Be an Au Pair in New Zealand and experience the real Kiwi Family and Culture
Families in New Zealand are always looking for Au Pairs to help out with the children.
New Zealand offers you a wonderful opportunity to live for 3-12 months with a family, while being able to save up and see some of the country. It's a beautiful place - one you will never ever forget - and you probably won't want to leave.
You'll need to have some childcare experience, references, a clean Criminal Record and Bill of Health - and be interviewed by one of our worldwide partners.
Benefits of au pairing in New Zealand
- Our weather is not extreme - we don't get extreme highs or lows and mainly only snow on the ski mountains
- Auckland has over 90 beaches within an hour from the city
- The summers are long, and in the north of the country, quite tropical
- Families are casual, friendly, and easy going - as are the people of NZ
- We are an island so you're never far from a beach
- We have lots of lakes too
- The natural forests are beautiful and easy to access
- We have whales and dolphins swimming in our waters - penguins too
- New Zealanders have a fairly good life/work balance
- You'll get 4 weeks paid holiday (or cash equivalent) at the end of 12 months (2 weeks after 6 months).
- We have about 11 Public Holidays as well a year - so lots of time off for you to explore the country
- You'll be treated as one of the family
- You'll work 25-40 hours a week and be paid $180-$220 a week live in depending on hours
- Our skiing mountains are world class if you like skiing
- There are more sheep and more horses per person in NZ than anywhere else in the world.
- We have the Adventure Capital of the World - Queenstown - for adventure packed weekends for you adrenalin junkies
- New Zealand as a whole is an adventurous country so there is always something to do
- We are the home of Middle Earth and the Hobbit movie (starts filming next month)
- Yogi Bear was also filmed here, as well as Lord of The RIngs Trilogy, The Piano, and more ..
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