How to Retire in New Zealand
By Les Johns
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About this ebook
This book will be part of a series which will provide information on all aspects of retiring in particular countries. the monographs are a companion series to a web site which is a developing site and which is mentioned within the book. The details covered include choosing a country, getting a visa, police clearance, income, driving conditions, climate, time differences and many other aspects vital to settling in a new place. Included also is a resource chapter which provides links to many other sites of interest. The objective is to provide the reader with maximum information at minimum cost. These books are supplements to the web site which can be taken and read once the search for a retirement haven has been narrowed to a couple or so countries.
Les Johns
The author has traveled widely on all continents and is still keen to visit new places and to meet new people. He has lived and/or worked in Europe, Africa, Australia and U.S.A. and has visited Asia frequently. He has moved from country to country frequently often with the whole family when the children (2) were young, under five, and when they were older. Children are flexible and adaptable and their education loses nothing from wide and varied experience. Over one period the family had made an international or intercontinental move every eighteen months. The reasons related to employment, political/social conditions and simple preference but there was always an eye on safety and the future of the children. Given the university and career successes of the children travel has been a great educator. The author is always looking for further adventures in different places meeting more friends.
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How to Retire in New Zealand - Les Johns
HOW TO RETIRE
IN
NEW ZEALAND
by
Les Johns
(Revised)
All Rights Reserved © 2012 Les Johns
SmashWords Edition
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Choosing Your Place
Chapter 2 : Describing New Zealand
Chapter 3 : Residency and Citizenship
Chapter 4 : Police Clearance
Chapter 5 : Income
Chapter 6 : Driving
Chapter 7 : Climate and Time
Chapter 8 : Interesting and Expensive
Chapter 9 : Resources
Disclaimer
Cover Clipart
Privacy
By the Same Author
How to Retire in Your World
How to Retire in Australia
How to Retire in Canada
How to Retire in Belize
How to Retire in Ecuador
How to Retire in Panama
How to Retire in Uruguay
How to Retire in Malaysia
How to Retire in The Dominican Republic
How to Retire in The Commonwealth of Dominica
How to Retire in The Philippines
How to Retire in The Republic of Colombia
Retirement Abroad : Your Complete Resource
Notes on URLs
Web sites change. Ownership changes, location changes, subject emphases change, availability changes. All of this and other things mean that the link that you click on may reveal something quite different from what you expected or it may not work at all. Some sites are slow to open. In addition not all browsers perform well. The internet is dynamic and it changes by the minute, even by the second. That there is any consistency in the web sites that are viewed is amazing.
None of this is to excuse non-performing links or non-relevant sites. Every link in this book was tested immediately before publication using at least two browsers, usually Firefox and Safari but also including Chrome, Brave and Internet Explorer (the latter via a smart ‘phone). All were found to be live
and relevant
to the subject matter. This does not mean that this will be true tomorrow.
If you have problems accessing a site or if its subject matter seems to have changed then try Googling
that subject and you may find the site that it was originally intended that you should or you could get to an even better one. If the latter is the case please demonstrate your community spirit by advising the site administrator so that the appropriate changes can be made and that all can benefit from your discovery. Thank you.
We will also welcome any new ideas, experiences and indications of perceived omissions or errors. The author can be contacted at ljohns57@irendi.com and again, we thank you.
Introduction
The words of Neil Spencer's song The Age of Aquarius
are, on his own admission, astrological gibberish
. The new age of freedom and intellectual achievements of which he wrote, if it ever occurred, has long since passed with most of the hippie movements that it spawned. Since the late 1960s the world has seen oil shocks
, recessions
, global financial crises
, banking failures
and global warming
. Each and every event has been or is now a world-destroying phenomenon. Only those who are no longer active participants in jobs or careers that took part in, ostensibly caused or are to be disastrously affected by such events are likely to survive them. Those who are no longer brashly confident enough to believe that they can solve all problems need, and are gracefully able to accept, help. It is the retired or soon-to-be retired who can smile sweetly and say thank you
for any assistance. This book would like and hope to help you to reach your desired retirement haven. You cannot start planning early enough.Governments can be very slow.
There is an alternative to retirement to a single country. The first five web sites listed in the Resources chapter under Commercial Assistance
page describe this different way of life. It is promoted by Freedom Confidential and it is well worth examining.
Reasons for this Book
This is an age of fast mass communication and travel. More people now know more about the world, international events and countries other than their home base than ever before. It is also the age of mass retirement after the boom in the birth rate all over the developed world after the end of WW11. Improvements in medicine and public health have ensured longer lives for most in the first, although not yet in the third, world. Life after a career is lasting longer for more. Today's retirees also will probably be better off than the current work force or future generations. Generous, possibly over-generous, perhaps unsustainably generous pension schemes have ensured a rich and healthy non-working group which will live for longer after retiring than any of their predecessors. Although there are no longer dirty, dark, smoke-begrimed industrial towns full of slums and uneducated masses who know of nothing beyond their own close environment, of the struggle to live and their jobs, many people crave a life away from home. They have been to or know of environmentally friendly, low cost places with comfortable climates, good food and a slow paced life-style that suits retirement. Helping retirees or soon-to-be retirees to escape and to get to the places of their dreams are the reasons for this book and those that will follow. In the first instance it might be best to read these books on a computer. The web links will render the pages better. Not all e-readers are in color or have a large enough screen to display a web page well. Make notes as you wish and they will be available on the e-reader to enhance the reading of the book while you travel when it is possible that use of a computer will not be allowed or the machine cannot access the internet.
Informed Choices
Governments have become increasingly intrusive