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  • Passports and visas when you go to Australia

    Found in Leaving NZ / Travel or move to Australia / Passports and visas when you go to Australia

    Most NZ citizens can visit, live and work in Australia without applying for a tourist or work visa. NZ permanent residents need to apply for visas to Australia.

  • Authentication Unit document requirements

    Found in Passports, citizenship and identity / Proving and protecting your identity / Use your NZ documents overseas / Authentication Unit document requirements

    Check which documents the Authentication Unit will accept.

  • Trial periods

    Found in Work / Finding and starting a job / Trial periods

    A trial period is a timeframe that employers can use to find out if you are suitable for a job. An employer can dismiss you and you cannot raise a personal grievance for unjustified dismissal if the trial period was valid.

  • Transfer to a different residential care facility

    Found in Health / Rest homes and residential care / Moving into residential care / Transfer to a different residential care facility

    You can transfer to another residential care facility if you want to. Or you may have to transfer if the level of care you need has changed.

  • Your care plan after a needs assessment

    Found in Health / Help in your home / Your care plan after a needs assessment

    You’ll get a care plan after your needs assessment. This plan describes the home support services and equipment you’ve been assessed as needing, who’ll provide these and when they’ll start.

  • Health requirements for a student visa

    Found in Immigration and visas / Get a New Zealand student visa / Before you apply for a student visa / Health requirements for a student visa

    You need to be healthy to get a student visa in NZ. Depending on where you're from and how long you want to stay, you may need to provide health certificates with your application.

  • Fishing

    Found in Recreation and the environment / Hunting and fishing / Fishing

    You need to obey some laws and regulations — these can depend on where and what you’re fishing.

  • Get a marriage licence

    Found in Family and whānau / Getting married / Get a marriage licence

    Before you get married, you need to apply for a marriage licence. This confirms it’s legal for you to marry. A marriage licence costs $150.

  • Go overseas to work

    Found in Leaving NZ / Moving or travelling overseas / Go overseas to work

    What you need to know and do when you’re going overseas to work.

  • How many annual holidays you get

    Found in Work / Annual holidays / How many annual holidays you get

    All employees are entitled to at least 4 weeks’ paid annual holidays (annual leave) for each year they have worked for their employer.

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