Preparing students for life in New Zealand

Information is available to help your students plan their move to New Zealand and settle quickly once they get here.

Preparing to travel to New Zealand

There are several online resources available to help your students plan their trip to New Zealand, find out what they will need once here and what it is like to live in New Zealand.

Getting ready

The Think New website has information to help your students to plan their trip to New Zealand, and make sure they know how things work here.

Naumai NZ — Think New, New Zealand Education

Arriving in New Zealand

There is also information on this website and the Think New website about the documents your students will need when they get here, and what it is like to live in New Zealand. 

Before you leave — Live and Work New Zealand

Living in New Zealand — Think New, New Zealand Education

Studying in New Zealand

People with visitor visas can study for up to 3 months. Those from visa waiver countries can study for up to 3 months in any 12-month period. Find out more about the visas your students could be using.

Visas for studying in New Zealand 

Find a visitor visa

Visa Waiver Visitor Visa

What your students can bring

New Zealand has very strict laws on what people can bring into the country. To make sure your students are aware of what they can and cannot bring to New Zealand, refer them to the New Zealand Customs Service and the Ministry for Primary Industries websites.

New Zealand Customs Service

How to declare items when arriving in NZ — Ministry for Primary Industries