Maximise your lifestyle experience and be a step ahead!
We share our expertise and knowledge with you by providing specially designed comprehensive Whangarei Welcome Packs to suit your needs. They are regularly updated and include hundreds of links to useful websites from Whangarei & New Zealand.
They're about why Whangarei is a great place to live and how to get settled within a very short time frame.
Personalised Welcome Pack - $105
- Emails with PDFs about finding a rental, where to live, shopping, settlement checklist, opening a NZ bank account, newsletters etc.
- Personal download page full of documents and PDFs about Whangarei, Northland and New Zealand (the three main documents are about 100 pages of information)
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| For newcomers to Whangarei who have concerns, would like their hobbies and interests researched and questions answered |
- Interesting highlights, history & statistics of Whangarei and Northland
- Health care and emergencies
- Newcomer support
- Schooling and education: choosing the right school, tertiary and adult education
- The Whangarei District Council, library, public transport, recycling and other services
- Options for telephone, internet, TV, radio, news, electricity, heating, saving money etc.
- Annual events
- The huge range of local leisure, sports & volunteering opportunities, walking tracks, art, pets, water sports, child and teenager activities etc.
- Interesting facts and statistics about Whangarei and Northland
- Northland information, sights and facts.
- Maori culture
- Local plants and animals, local weeds
- Special shopping tips for newcomers
Overseas sections:
- Immigration resources, employment search & law
- Importing your household goods
- Introduction to Maori and Kiwi cultures - and possible culture shock, origin of local Maori place names, Kiwi culture at work & tips for starting your new job
- Unique NZ geography, animals and plants
- Buying, renting or building a house, processes and tips
- Banking, insurance, investing, retirement and budgeting
- Most relevant tax matters (for example 'tax exemption for migrants')
- Driving license, how to buy a car and special NZ road rules
- Road safety, crime, scams and other risks
- NZ law and political processes
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