New Zealand has the work-life balance just right. It’s why we consistently lead international quality-of-life surveys.
Get a career. And a life.
Working hard and getting ahead is important to us. We’re a well-developed, well connected country with all sorts of opportunities to advance your career.
But New Zealanders also believe life is for living. It’s about balancing a good day’s work with time for family and friends plus all the recreation and wide open spaces our country offers.
For the record, New Zealand was rated sixth in the world for work-life balance in HSBC’s 2017 Expat Explorer survey.
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Imagine a land the size of the UK or Japan with all the facilities of an advanced Western economy but a fraction of the number of people.
Less pressure on space and natural resources means we don’t have the pollution, congestion and health issues that you often find elsewhere.
It’s one of the reasons New Zealand is one of the top three countries expats hoping to improve their wellbeing are most likely to relocate to, according to results from HSBC’s 2015 Expat Explorer survey.
Work-life balance
HSBC’s 2017 Expat Explorer survey ranked us sixth in the world for work-life balance (and first for ‘Quality of Life’). Overall, they voted New Zealand the third most popular place on earth for expats to live and work.
The latest (2017) survey by global HR consultants Mercer again ranked Auckland as the third best city in the world for ‘Quality of Living’, after Vienna and Zurich, and first in Asia Pacific and Australasia. Wellington scored well too, coming in at 12th.
The UN ranks New Zealand 13th out of 187 countries on its 2017 Human Development Index.
One of the largest global surveys voted New Zealand the 6th best place in the world for expatriates. HSBC’s Expat Explorer index reflects the opinions of almost 9,300 expats based in over 100 countries.
source: https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/why-choose-nz/balanced-lifestyle