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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 09:18:11 JST Adrianna Tan

   RE: https://aus.social/@timrichards/115618645827929909

   We got married in Auckland, love NZ. We would move there in a heartbeat if there were good jobs. Almost all of my friends who moved to NZ, became citizens, love it to bits, also all work in Australia now.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 09:49:30 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jeff Smith

     @sumisu3 looked into that. They’re not very interested in Asian people running the APAC biz of tech companies in NZ, somehow. Just a vibe.

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     Jeff Smith (sumisu3@mastodon.nz)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 09:49:31 JST Jeff Smith

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     @skinnylatte the only way that I can see being successful while living in NZ has been to have an Asia Pacific or global role, at a minimum having an NZ role in a global company (at least for tech which is my space). Local roles, even in IT, are not world class in all but rare cases - and I say that after having a local gig for a while last year and knowing plenty of people in local company IT roles, IT consulting, etc.

     Current government announced incentives for digital nomads, though haven’t seen much about it since.

     Or if you are Peter Thiel you buy your citizenship with only a few days of being in NZ. :(

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 13:06:05 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • EliJ quilting cataloguer

     @EliJquilting but with a higher cost of living than many places

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     EliJ quilting cataloguer (elijquilting@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 13:06:06 JST EliJ quilting cataloguer

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     @skinnylatte Yes, not a place with huge paychecks for most.