• Call or go to a Kiwibank, ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac bank branch in any mall in which ever city you land at (probably Auckland but could be Christchurch)
• Supermarket for toiletries. Pharmacy for medicine. Some larger supermarkets have pharmacies in them. Supermarkets are Pac’n’Save, New World, Woolworths, Freash Choice, 4Square. Pharmacies are Unichem, Chemist’s Warehouse, Random mum and pop one off pharmacy
• Both types of deoderant (stick or spray) are readily available. Lynx is typically known as Axe in other parts of the world.
• The Warehouse or Kmart for cheap socks and undies. Farmers for midrange stuff. Boutique stores for high range
• Public health care for emergancy and accute need. GPs are roughly $35 to $70 for a checkup or general appointment
• get an IRD number from the IRD, work out your tax code (its probably ‘M’) then tax is mostly automatically deducted and paid by your employeer
• really!? Sounds like a double tax whamy… Ouch
• join clubs, hiking club, cricket club, soccer club, rugby club. Pubs and drinking are popular too. Most pubs run a quiz once a week ask the announcer about joining a random team