Is it illegal to take yaoi to New Zealand?
Hi there, I am 16-years-old, used to live in New Zealand, and now live in Melbourne, Australia. I have around 20 yaoi manga novels I'm planning to take to New Zealand via a pacific blue plane this Sunday, the only trouble is, I'm worried if it is illegal to bring over? I brought all of it in New Zealand at Borders in the first place, but took it over to Australia via a shipping container. Do you have any suggestions or think I may be pulled up for anything illegal while going through security at Christchurch/ Wellington airport?
Is Uber legal in New Zealand?
Uber is absolutely legal in New Zealand and we are starting to see a much bigger volume of people using the service as it rolls out to more and more cities. You will currently find Uber in the three biggest cities of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. If you are thinking of heading to NZ and using Uber, then you may also want to consider the cost of a rental car - a recent study showed that it was, in a lot of cases, cheaper to get a rental car for the day rather than taking an Uber or a taxi, especially if you are going from the airport to the city - Rental Cars vs Uber vs Taxi - what's the cheapest? - GO Rentals
Is it legal to make a boat and travel with it around the world and land in any country so long as I have a passport?
Within reason, in the US nobody cares whether the boat you want to travel on was purchased by your or built by you. EXCEPT that in a few rare instances a person has decided to enter the Guinness Book of Records by crossing an ocean in something very peculiar, like an oversized bouncy ball, or whatever. At least once that I recall, a man was preparing to sail across the Pacific in an absurdly unsuitable craft, people in the marina where the person was preparing the boat called the USCG and finally the Coast Guard stopped the boat from leaving the marina because it was patently unsafe. But that is such a rare occurrence that it made national news. Here’s a USCG pub. http://www.uscg.mil/d1/preventio...You can sail wherever you want, butthere are countries that you will not be able to “stop” at, though as a US citizen the list is very short. For example, North Korea. In fact, as an American citizen you won’t need a visa to enter most countries on your boat. In our near-twenty years of cruising outside the US, checking in and visiting about 50 countries, we only had to obtain a visa in advance for Indonesia, Australia (!), and Papua New Guinea. Everywhere else we just sailed to the appropriate port, dropped anchor, and proceeded, passport and boat documents in hand, to check in to the country.Of course, before one heads for a foreign country one needs to be aware of what the laws and rules are with regard to entering that country. They are not uniform nor intuitive.Please note that this “you can do what you want” vis-a-vis building a boat and sailing it is the US attitude - I can’t speak for other countries. (for example, New Zealand has rules and regulations covering this, but only for their own citizens).Fair winds
Can I travel to Australia with a student visa in New Zealand?
Not unless you are a NZ citizen…If you are from another country, holding another country’s passport, indeed, travelling on that country’s passport… then a visa for NZ is not going to get you into Australia. To travel from NZ to Australia, you need a VALID passport from your country of origin, and a valid visitor’s visa to enter Australia.NZ and Australia are two completely separate countries.
Where can you sleep in your car in New Zealand even if just a small car and not a van?
A car?There’s pretty much no limit as to where you can park, so long as it isn’t in front of someone else’s drive, off the main roads, or in things such as loading zones.If all you plan on doing with your car is sleeping in it, then you can pretty much just chill off to the side in the suburbs. This isn’t a recommended thing, really. It gets a bit frustrating because there’s always a mini-conflict when cars go up the opposite ends, but, depending on the area, is usually put up with well enough.Though I wouldn’t recommend staying in the same residential spot for too long, that just begs for unwanted attention, be it residents or the actual police themselves.There are an abundance of campsites that more or less serve this purpose if you don’t fancy it being on the side of the road.Parks. We usually have parking spaces for them somewhere around, close to the toilets, too, making it a very convenient place to catch some sleep before heading off.Area’s just off the beach. There’s little zones, again, for the cars to head off into. No one’s gonna complain. You’re just there for a little bit, then going away. Again, there’s toilets somewhere along the line, which is also convenient, because we don’t really fancy having backs of fecal matter or urine hanging around, or being done outside of a toilet full stop.You could go to a hilled area or the fringes of towns and go off to the side a bit.Pretty much, just find a parking lot. It’s easier, and they can’t tell you off because, technically, if there isn’t a sign saying otherwise (like supermarkets), you’re just using it for it’s intended purpose.But why a car? Surely that’s got to be just a little bit on the cramped side, yes?
What is the cost of living in New Zealand??
There are a number of variables in your question! You say 'we' but don't say how many 'we' stands for. You also don't say what you intend to do here in New Zealand. Do you mean you intend to come here to live permanently? will you come temporarily for work and travel? will you rent a house; will you flat with others? Are you coming as students? What part of the country will you live in? etc etc Without knowing this information, it's difficult to answer your question. However, in general, if you mean NZ$2,000 per month, then you will struggle to live, but may survive. NZ$2,000 per month is NZ$24,000 per year. The annual pretax income of the average New Zealand worker is NZ$42,600. So your NZ$2,000 per month is only just above half that average income; and, based on a 40 hour week, works out at roughly NZ$11.50 per hour which is just above the legal minimum wage of NZ$10.25 per hour As you can imagine, it will be quite a struggle to have a reasonable quality of life for your NZ$2,000 per month. There's a cost of living website below which will give you a bit more information about costs. As another indication, the government operates a 'working for families scheme' which provides extra benefits to pretty well any and all NZ families whose income is below NZ$45,000 per year!! That shows what the government thinks of your chances of having a decent living on NZ$24,000 per year!! Beware answers from people on this site who tell you NZ is a cheap place to live; they most probably dont actually live here.
Do they speak English in New Zealand?
I'm from Massachusetts and I'm planning to visit the beautiful state of New Zealand this fall. I've heard Australia is full of surprises, so New Zealand is definitely one of the places I wish to visit. It appears to be the most popular Australian state. Anyway, is English widely spoken in New Zealand? Will I be able to understand them? Or should I memorize a few phrases in the local language to communicate better? Please advise.