Veterinarians Who Want to Work Abroad in New Zealand via Working Holiday or Emigrating - Survey

VetStaff is New Zealand's only specialist recruitment agency dedicated to New Zealand's veterinary sector.
Now that New Zealand's borders are open again, VetStaff wants to help overseas-qualified Veterinarians have the working holiday of their dreams or to work in New Zealand permanently.

This survey is to find out where Veterinarians would like the most assistance when job-hunting and/or working in New Zealand. This is information VetStaff is happy to provide for free to Veterinarians genuinely wanting to work in New Zealand.
As VetStaff's way of saying thank you, all survey respondents go in the draw to win a Visa Prezzy Card to the value of NZ$500 to spend at participating retailers worldwide.

Complete our survey and go in the draw to win a NZ$500 Visa Prezzy Card - valid wherever Visa cards are accepted

(approx GBP250, EUR300, ZAR5,000, USD300 subject to forex fluctuations)

If you wish to go in the draw to win NZ$500 Visa Prezzy Card please enter your name and best email address to contact you.

By providing this information you confirm it's okay for someone from VetStaff to contact you in the future in response to your survey answers.

This survey closes 23:59 Easter Thursday 14 April 2022 NZST

No questions are compulsory (unless you want to enter the lucky dip draw). You can answer as many or as few as are applicable to you.
Most of the questions are a simple checkbox tick (unless you want to elaborate), which are under five main headings.

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Are you genuinely and seriously considering visiting New Zealand to work or live as a Veterinarian in the short-medium term (ie sometime between now and 2024)?

Yes

No

Unsure

Information on how to synchronise the multiple moving parts required before you can start working in New Zealand as a Registered Veterinarian:

Which of the following would you find it helpful to know more about: 🛈

How to set yourself up as a locum veterinarian in New Zealand

How to register with the Inland Revenue Department

How to set up your New Zealand Bank Account

What Pay rates are like for Veterinarians in New Zealand

What "perks" (additional extras) are on offer to Veterinarians working in New Zealand

Help with shipping your 'worldly goods' to New Zealand

Finding accommodation - the most reliable & accurate sources of information

Registered Veterinarians working in New Zealand are protected by / fall under multiple legally binding Acts of Parliament.

The type of contract you're working under determines whether you must meet Employment Law or Contract / Commercial Law obligations.

Information regarding Employment Law, Taxation Law & Working Conditions in New Zealand

Taxation obligations - the differences: employee vs self employed vs independent contractor vs casual employee

Taxation rates - who pays what, how much and when

Employment law obligations - the differences: casual vs permanent vs contractor

Interview questions it's unlawful of employers to ask job-seekers in New Zealand - information on employees' rights to privacy

Documentation required (eg; contracts, professional registration, insurance) when working as a locum in New Zealand

As a visitor you may not know about the different levels of protection you have as a worker in New Zealand.

All NZ employers have minimum obligations to their employees.

At the same time, NZs Privacy Laws protect employees' rights to privacy.

Information regarding New Zealand Veterinary Clinic EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS and EMPLOYEE RIGHTS in relation to:

Continued Professional Development

Professional Veterinarian Registration

Association Membership(s)

Annual Practising Certificate

Insurance(s)

Health and Safety

Provision of Annual Leave & Statutory Leave

Meal Breaks & Rest Breaks

Personal Privacy - what an employer has a legal right to know and what is your right to keep private

YOUR LIFE OUTSIDE THE CLINIC

Where you live and work makes a huge difference to your physical and mental wellness.

Different parts of New Zealand do some things better than others.

What's your R&R? What "life outside of work" would you like more information on for living in New Zealand?

This is where "local knowledge" becomes invaluable.

What SPORTING interests would you like to explore or be able to continue doing while you're in New Zealand?

Water, snow, sky?

Team or solo?

Field or court?

Indoors or outdoors?

High adventure or relaxing?

What CULTURAL interests do you have (eg, theatre, galleries, exhibitions, concerts, symphonies)?

Are you a FOODIE or HEALTH FOOD-CONSCIOUS? Is picking up a really good cup of coffee (or freshly squeezed juice) on your way to / from your clinic one of life's pleasures for you?

Do you like being able to choose from different ethnic menus each night?

Is having access to supermarkets and/or farmers' markets with a diverse range of produce important to you?

Is visiting WINERIES (with matching menus) one of your weekend joys - would being within an easy weekend drive for lunch enhance your weekend?

PUBLIC TRANSPORT: of the many things NZ does well, providing public transport sadly, isn't one of them.

If you don't have your own reliable vehicle you may struggle to get around.

In a similar vein, relying on solely electric vehicles isn't always a good idea either as you may struggle to find a charging station where / when you need it.

NB: having a driver's license in NZ is definitely an advantage

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I need information on public transport systems

I need information on charging stations for electric vehicles

I need other information regarding getting around in New Zealand I need other information regarding getting around in New Zealand

SCHOOLING: If you're emigrating to NZ or staying here for an extended time and you need to put your children through schools, what information would you find helpful to know?

What NORTH ISLAND REGION of New Zealand would you like to live / work in? 🛈

What SOUTH ISLAND REGION of New Zealand would you like to live / work in? 🛈

If you have no particular REGION you'd like to live in, what TYPE of LOCATION would you like? 🛈

About YOU

What type of Veterinary work are you looking for? *

What type of employment are you looking for? *

Locum

Permanent - Full Time

Permanent - Part Time

Something else? Something else?

You are planning to come to NZ *

For a Working Holiday

To emigrate

Other? Other?

Have you already got your visa sorted - do you know what you need to do and what type? *

Yes

No

I'd like assistance with this

Something else? Something else?

What timeframe are planning to arrive in New Zealand? *

As soon as possible in 2022

In 2023

2024

A later date? A later date?

What Veterinary Science qualification do you have? From which university?

Actual or planned year of graduation?

*

What other information can we help you with about working as a Veterinarian in New Zealand that we haven't covered off here?

Please feel free to ask as many questions as you would like.

Remember to provide your name and email address so we can contact you with the information you seek.

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Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. The information you've provided will help us better serve overseas-qualified Veterinarians who want to live / work in New Zealand.

If you've never heard of VetStaff before, we're NZs only recruitment agency dedicated exclusively to helping amazing vets and vet nurses find work in New Zealand.

We've been around since 2015 and have seen various Acts of Parliament introduced that affect employees. We help keep veterinarians and veterinary nurses current on things like this through Julie's weekly veterinarian podcast - Paws Claws & Wet Noses.

We've heard horror stories of overseas veterinarians accepting job offers that no kiwi veterinarian would ever accept, because they didn't have us on their side making sure they weren't being taken for a ride.

We're local. We're on the ground in New Zealand and work from the tip of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island and everywhere in between.

We know the great employers and the ones we won't go anywhere near - regardless of how much they offered to pay us!

All of us at VetStaff have different strength kiwi accents as we're all "imports". Julie and Isobel are both British, Kajal is South African. We understand what it's like to work in a different country; how exciting and angst-inducing that can be.

Again - thank you! We wish you every success with winning the $500 Visa Prezzy Card. If you're the winner we'll arrange it as an e-gift card for you.

Tiaki - take care!

Far North	Northland	Auckland	Coromandel	Bay of Plenty
Waikato	King Country	Eastland	Hawke's Bay	Taupo / Rotorua
Ruapehu	Taranaki	Wanganui	Manawatu	Horowhenua
Wairarapa	Kapiti Coast	Wellington

Nelson	Marlborough	West Coast	Christchurch	Canterbury
Mt Cook	Wanaka	Queenstown	Otago	Dunedin
Fiordland	Southland

Near the beach	Near the mountains
Near a lake	Somewhere warm
Where it snows	Big city
Small city	Provincial
Rural	Geothermally active
Or? Or?