Finding short-term work when on a working holiday

[Music plays as the camera zooms down a white sand beach surrounded by trees and bush. The scene then changes to a young woman sitting in the driver’s seat of a car, driving along a road next to the sea. The camera then cuts to her sitting at a table in a cafe, talking to the camera] 

“The working lifestyle in New Zealand is clearly different.” 

[A young man is standing in an urban park in front of sports fields and houses on tree-covered hills] 

“There’s a lot of job opportunities.” 

[The young man climbs some steps, above him are clouds, blue sky and parts of the Wellington city skyline. The camera cuts to him walking down a busy city street]  

“But there’s also a lot of scenic areas to go and explore and go and adventure through.” 

[A different young woman walks along a bush track among large trees. The camera then cuts to her standing at a lookout, looking out over Wellington city, and then cuts to her walking past yachts in a marina] 

“Nature, city, the waterfront, it’s everything you could want in a place that you live on your doorstep.” 

[The young woman turns to smile at the camera, raising her hands. As the camera pans out, she is shown to have become the letter ‘I’ in a large sculpture of letters spelling out ‘Wellington’] 

[The young man in the sports park is talking to the camera. He walks down a street, then the camera cuts to him sitting on a bench on a busy street] 

“It’s a lot more about life in New Zealand, as opposed to working, and a lot of employers understand that.” 

[The first young woman is sitting on a bench in a cafe and talks to the camera, then the camera cuts to her walking into a café] 

“I was working in the Mount Social Club with lovely co-workers, customers. It was chill.” 

[Two coffees are delivered to a table. Then we see the young woman sitting on the right, and a man on the left, pick up the cups and have a drink. The camera then looks at the young woman from over the man’s shoulder] 

[We see the young woman side on, talking to the man, before the shot changes to her talking to the camera again] 

“And I was working on New Year’s Eve. It was one of the best New Year’s Eves I’ve ever had!” 

[The young man walks down a street past a house, then the camera cuts to show him walking down a busy street, before cutting to him standing in the sports park talking to the camera] 

“My employer is actually really good with working holiday visas.” 

[The camera pans over rolling hills and the sea, then a shot of a city and its harbour, before cutting back to the young man in the park talking to the camera]  

“They will allow you to take a month off to go travelling, and employ you when you get back.” 

[The second young woman is shown wearing an apron over her clothes, standing behind a counter in a cafe. She is holding menus and laughing. We then see her standing at a lookout with the city behind her. Her hair is blowing in the wind. The camera cuts to her walking up the steps to the lookout, then cuts again to show her looking out over the city to the sea. The camera then cuts back to her talking to the camera] 

“It’s so much more rewarding over here, because, I get to finish my shift and then come up somewhere like this, which is incredibly beautiful or hang out with people who I already love. Genuinely, this country is so beautiful, I can’t get over it.” 

[The first young woman is walking down a wide pavement. She sits on a bench next to the sea and looks out at the water] 

“You don’t just work, work, work, work, work here. You appreciate the life you have and don’t stress yourself that much out.”  

[The camera cuts to her sitting in a cafe, talking to the camera] 

“I like that.” 

[The young man is in the sports park talking to the camera] 

“I would definitely recommend working holiday visas to everybody I know.” 

[The first young woman is sitting in a cafe, talking to the camera. The camera then cuts to her walking away from the cafe, along a pathway, before cutting back to her sitting down in the cafe] 

“I highly recommend doing a working holiday visa in New Zealand. It’s just a great, unique experience. You won’t regret it.” 

[The screen fades, the Immigration New Zealand logo appears in the right-hand bottom corner, and the words ‘Experience New Zealand with a working holiday visa’ appear, followed by www.immigration.govt.nz/work/working-holiday-visas/]