What the New Zealand Elections mean to Immigrants

So I told you that my posts would be all over the place and as the prime minister has announced the date of the national elections, I thought to write a small short piece about this. Elections, immigration blog, why would I be writing about this you may ask? The reason is that the government plays a big role in what immigration is doing and how this will influence immigration to New Zealand.

Some random thoughts from my side. I think the National Party think they have this one in the bag. From what people are saying, the current Government has not done soo much right, but also not so much wrong. There are quiet a few people that are not very fond of Simon Bridges, this might cost them the votes. The other thing is that we have a "new generation" that will be voting for the first time, and Jacinda is doing things right on the social media side. This might make a difference for them. So interesting times for all of us, those that want to come to New Zealand as well as those waiting for residency.

Soon after 19 September we will know.

We can only hope that the elected government will manage immigration correctly. They know New Zealand has a huge skills shortage as they are busy linking immigration to education systems to try and solve this. Immigrants are needed in New Zealand and we are looking for a country to call home. It is a win win situation if managed correctly. There are however some politicians that see us as a threat to "their" New Zealand. The world is a global village now, we are not here to "take over" your beloved country, we are here to help keep New Zealand the great country it is and leave our children with a future in this beautiful country.

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Intro to me and my Blog

Hey there, glad you found my blog. Hope you will enjoy following my journey and my thoughts on life. 

I’m not much of a writer, although I actually love writing. I am a guy with a really weird sense of humor, sometimes nobody understands it, sometimes I don’t even understand myself !!! 

But hey, how boring would life then have been. Although I must admit that I sometimes do wish life was boring and had no horrible surprises lurking.

Anyhow, so my wife and I decided to take the BIG step and emigrate to New Zealand from South Africa. I want to share our journey with those needing support, those still deciding or those that were bored and happened to stumble on this blog. 

I will also be sharing random thoughts on my life and probably whatever comes up in my head as well. 😎

So you may ask, TO WHERE did you Emigrate ??? 

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand, the really small land mass right bottom

Uhmmmm, but where is that ❓

Near Australia....

The small land mass right of Australia

Uhmmmm....🙍

HERE

#AllBlacks

Okay, now that you all know where I now am.... let's continue.

This was not an easy decision, it took a lot of our time reading up on different countries and lists and lists of pros and cons, but in the end we did it. We decided on New Zealand because of a couple of reasons, which I will discuss later, and pretty much took a leap of faith.

This blog will probably not be your usual, run of the mill, well organised blog.😉

I might post a blog entry and then later another with something that happened earlier in the process, or some background of my life, the emotional roller coaster of emigration, but hopefully you will have fun following our journey, and O my word what a journey this has been.

I hope you will enjoy the blog.

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VERY IMPORTANT - I will NEVER give immigration advice, so please do not even ask.

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