Working in New Zealand

Wide open spaces, gorgeous beaches, untouched native wildernesses… and some of the best urban living in the world!

By choosing to live and work in New Zealand you open the door to a fantastic lifestyle for you and your family, with the same great career opportunities you’d find anywhere else.

A great opportunity

If you’re looking for banking jobs in New Zealand, you might find the great opportunity you’re looking for at BNZ. And it’s not just specialist banking and finance. We’re also one of the best places to look for roles in areas such as risk, legal, marketing, HR and IT. At BNZ, we take a global approach to recruitment. So we’ve got plenty of experience helping our future employees and their families move to New Zealand from overseas. We can even advise you on where to live, local schools, hospitals, and general information on settling into the New Zealand way of life.

Of course, your first job in New Zealand is just the beginning. At BNZ, you’ll find we’re committed to helping you map out your own career path, based on personal and career goals. It means a unique career for each of our 5000 employees – which is why we call it 5000 ways to be better off. It’s one of the ways we’re trying to be among the best places to work in New Zealand.

Working in New Zealand: what you need to know

If you need a permit to work in New Zealand (basically, if you’re not a New Zealand citizen), our talent consultants can help you through the process, once you have confirmed a position with us.

For more information about New Zealand’s visa requirements, see www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant.

Learn more about New Zealand

Here are some useful sites full of information about New Zealand:

For visa, immigration and entry requirement information, click here

For useful links about living & working in NZ, click here

For help with finding jobs and information on employment contracts, click here

For information about income tax, click here

For information about people, the economy and census results, click here

For help relocating, click here

For movers to help you settle in, click here

For short term housing or information on where to go when you need to relax, click here

For information about the NZ school system, click here