Airfares can change at any time, so statements of approximate costs must be taken as only a very rough guideline. You can look for prices in the $800 to $1000US in the NZ winter (june-august), $1600-$2000 in the winter..jan-feb, and in-between these amounts in the spring and summer. Remember to book as early as you can, since there are a limited number of the least expensive seats, and they sell first. Intra-NZ fares are in the $100-$200 range for the most part. We at newzealandtourist.

The airline has invested millions of dollars since the whistle was blown to start the first festival in 1979. Much has been spent on administering and building the movement around the world. In return for its expenditure and financial support Air New Zealand looks to carrying as many participants as possible to and from Festivals.

If you are a member of another Star Alliance airline's frequent flyer programme (e.g. Singapore Airlines - Kris Flyer, Thai Airways - Royal Orchid Plus, United - Miles & More, Air Canada - Aeroplan, etc.) or other airline partner's frequent flyer programme, you can use their frequent flyer points or miles to fly on Air New Zealand. However, you will need to make your flight booking through that particular airline.

Service numbers and service person's name might be found on a service persons headstone, death notice in newspaper or on the reverse side of the 1914-1915 Star. A soldier enlisted 17 August 1914 and was at Gallipoli in the NZ Army Medical Corps and his service number was 3/133A. The Army sometimes doubled up on service numbers, so instead of giving out new ones they added the A.

There are a limited number of Las Vegas style casinos in NZ. One is located in Auckland as part of the Sky Tower complex, while others are located in Christchurch and Dunedin.

New Zealand is not a creditor nation, has cancelled any debts we were owed, and has contributed generously to the HIPC Trust Fund. But beyond that, the New Zealand Government has assigned a low priority to debt cancellation, has not used our vote or voice to advance a more fundamental solution to the issue, and has opposed any extension of the current HIPC initiative or any reduction in the conditionality of debt relief.

The cost of building a new KRIS application is determined by the scope of targeted and available information as well as the capabilities and commitments of partnering organizations. The average cost of KRIS for watersheds 100-200 square miles has been $150,000. Those costs include managing reviews and conducting training workshops for local organizations. Cost per area decreases with increasing scale or extension to adjacent areas.

reported by the 2006 MetLife Market Survey of Assisted Living Costs, the costs associated with assisted living averaged $2,968 per month, or $35,616 yearly. That's up 2.2% or $63 from 2005 and 17.6% from 2004. Just as Assisted Living residences vary, so too do their costs, which depends mostly on the size of units, services offered, and location, according to the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL).

We have been touring Ireland since the early 1990's, while the New Zealand tours were new in 2001. We're very excited about this "other land-down-under," a good complement to our other tours. And new in 2003 were our "Best of the Northwest" Garden Tours. Be sure and check out our complete itineraries on line.

There are many different ways: personal job search programmes, 'cold calling/door knocking' on prospective employers, mail outs, work wanted advertisements and asking the people around you. However, in all fairness we have to say that it is very difficult, even for local people. People not already present in New Zealand have an even lesser chance. You'll understand that no employer is likely to hire a person they don't know; unless he/she has exceptional qualities and is desperately wanted.

After five full years residing in New Zealand you may apply to become a New Zealand citizen. Applications are processed by the Department of Internal Affairs. A citizenship certificate is issued after a swearing-in ceremony and then the new citizen may apply for a New Zealand passport. Some countries do not allow dual citizenship and an applicant may therefore have to give up their original citizenship and passport.

There is no registration process for a trust in New Zealand. There is no law in New Zealand that compels a trust to register with any government body of any kind. A New Zealand trust is private.

A New Zealand offshore trust is an excellent offshore investment vehicle and can invest in the same way that any other International Business Corporation (IBC) can. A New Zealand trust can also purchase property in New Zealand. The costs for a New Zealand offshore trust are normally significantly lower than virtually any other tax haven jurisdiction. For additional privacy and security we recommend that assets held in an offshore jurisdiction be owned by a separate trust.

Generally only about 50% of our turn over is conducted on shore, we specialize is international aviation and in most cases the aircraft we handle are not seen on NZ shores.

If you have any general questions about New Zealand that are not covered here then please email us for more information.

The .nz country code Top Level Domain (or ccTLD) is one of 243 country-based areas of operation (see http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm) and 15 generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs - see http://www.iana.org/domain-names.htm). The ccTLDs are managed by various entities (public and private) on behalf of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN - http://www.icann.org/). In New Zealand, ICANN has delegated the management of the .nz namespace to InternetNZ (http://www.