Nouvelle Zélande

Country overview

Truly one of the most beautiful country in the world. In New Zealand you will pass through so many differents sceneries! North Island filled with old volcanos and bush is the best place to surf South Island is wilder, colder but worth the trip. You will move from jungle to glacier to stunning beach in less than 2 hours!. New Zealand with its 60 million sheeps and 4 millions people will give you the best welcome ever. It is one of the few remaining destination where you can still find breaks for yourself and even discover new breaks ( Westcoast of The South Island) Mountains in both North and South Island offers awesome lookouts and everything is done to satisfy the new generation of riders ( terrain Park...).

Nouvelle Zélande satellite map

Plan/Carte Satellite Mixte

Surf zone	Destinations	Spots
Auckland West Coast	2	5
Bay of Plenty	0	0
Canterbury	3	3
Coromandel	2	4
Gisborne	1	1
Northland East Coast	0	0
Northland West Coast	1	1
Queenstown	0	0
South Island - South Coast	0	0
South Island - West Coast	1	0
Taranaki	2	8
Waikato	1	4

Snow zone	Resorts
Canterbury	4
Central North Island	2
Mackenzie	1
Wanaka	3

Required visa

-Tourism Visa: Not necessary if you got a flight ticket to leave NZ to an other country in which you are able to go.
To get a tourism visa, you need to have a international credit card or traveler cheques or cash for an ammount of 1000NZ$ per month and per pax ( 500NZ$ if you are accomodated in someone place)
Your passeport need to be valid at least three month after your departure from NZ. When you arrive in NZ you will receive the visa, valid for three month and renewable up to 3 times ( you will still have to prove that you can live decently in the country though because this VISA does not enable you to work...)Cost 65NZ$
-Student Visa: It concers student who paid fees in a university and can justify more than 15 shcool hours of per week
- Working Holiday Visa: enables people from 18 to 30 years old to work in NZ for 12 months max. WHV can be used one time and must be ordered before the departure. The number of WHV is limited!
Besides you must justify that you ve got at least 4200NZ$ , a medical insurrance and a return ticket ( or the ammount to buy it...)
- Work visa: this one is a tricky one, difficult to get! You will have to justify a job offer and your futur boss would have to prove that he couldn not employ a kiwi citizen instead of you. check the immigration website.
If you really like nz and want to live here, you will ask the permanent residency!