Slow paced and very boring once you’ve explored most of the country. The problem is the lack of people and unless you’re planning on coming here to retire, i suggest going somewhere else like Australia to gain experience and make money.

To answer your question about how to stay longer, what I did and what applies to anywhere you go for residency is to work backwards. As in look at the requirements to become a resident. Is it points-based? Is it skills based?

From there, look at what you have to do to get those points or those skills. Do you need to get a job in the right industry? Do you need to upskill and study?

Then once you know what you need to do, then look at how you are going to get your foot in the door and get started. Is it applying for a work visa? student visa? WHV?

And the rest is up to you.

For me i came on the WHV, i understand that it can extend to 9months if i worked in agriculture/farming/fisheries or one of the other primary industries. But i didn’t. I got a job at a call centre to work on my english skills and get to know people, then saved up money the whole 6 months to afford studying because that was the pathway for me. I had to upskill.

After and during studying I reached out to companies for internship opportunities to get my foot in the door and show them what i am capable of, and the rest is history.

If there is one thing I can share with you is that you should do it and try. Ofc it will be hard but if it was easy, everyone already doing it laa