Location
  • New Zealand
Length
52+ weeks

Program Details

Activities
City Exploring Snowboarding
Timeframe
Fall Spring Summer Winter Year Round
Age Min.
18
Age Max
35

Pricing

Starting Price
2495
Price Details
A small deposit is all that’s required to get started and assigned a Trip Coordinator. Pay your balance off with a flexible payment plan that suits you.

Guaranteed Interview before arrival
Unlimited extra interviews
Dedicated Trip Coordinator
Working holiday visa guidance
Personal Travel Concierge
Private airport transfer
4 nights of hostel accommodation
"Welcome to New Zealand" virtual orientation
Local life essentials
Auckland sightseeing tour
Adventurer or explorer activity package
Queenstown adventure
Permanent accommodation support
Tax return assistance
Ongoing support from our local team
24/7 Global Emergency Line
gWorld access
Social
Global Academy
Marketplace deals
$250 off your next trip
What's Not Included (Extra)

Flights, travel insurance, visa, criminal background check, souvenirs & spending money.

Jan 30, 2024
Oct 04, 2023
56 travelers are looking at this program

About Program

New Zealand is for nature lovers. Lush rainforests and mystical mountains are flanked by a wild ocean full of marine life. And during your Working Holiday in New Zealand, all of this will be on your doorstep.

The North Island is full of culture and history, with lively cities and a strong Maori culture. Home to the capital city of Wellington, and New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland, the North Island offers everything you could wish for in a cosmopolitan destination.

The South Island is where adventure awaits. When you’re ready to get amongst it in-between jobs, the South Island will more than satisfy your need for thrills.

On a Working Holiday in New Zealand, seasonal positions will help you replenish your travel fund while you explore the country. We’ve developed countless relationships with businesses that are eager to hire travellers, so looking for a new job is one thing you won’t have to do when you book with Global Work & Travel.

What else do you get?

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Program Highlights

  • Guaranteed Interview before arrival: Know before you go. Secure an interview before you leave home. Some things are best left to chance. Landing a job in a foreign country is not one of them.
  • Private airport transfer & 4 nights of hostel accommodation in Auckland when you first arrive, with permanent accommodation support.
  • Cruise through Milford sound to see the glaciers and fjords of the South Island or Get your adrenaline pumping on a guided half-day tour through the Queenstown Canyons on a high-speed jet-boat.
  • NZ Experience Day: Your choice of packages packed full with local experiences. Options include bungee-jumping and a trip to Rangitoto Island, or an Auckland Bridge climb and Waiheke Island wine tour.
  • Local Life Essentials: On arrival you get a local SIM card, help setting up a bank account, and any other admin you need to do to work happily in New Zealand.

Current Jobs

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Program Reviews

5.00 Rating
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  • Housing 4.6
  • Support 5
  • Fun 4.8
  • Value 5
  • Safety 5
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Beth
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Settling in seamlessly!

My partner and I have just finished our first couple weeks in Auckland New Zealand with Global Work and Travel for our working holiday! The jobs global organised for us have been incredible, the company I am with shows so much care already for employees and I’m enjoying every single shift. Finding our accommodation in the CBD was made super easy with Globals advice and support with banking, organised jobs, free experiences to explore the city and helpful advice for settling in! We are both loving the experience and grateful for Globals support!

Pros
  • Great job opportunities
  • Incredible inclusions
  • Helpful support & guidance
Cons
  • Organising accommodation separately
46 people found this review helpful.
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Jordan
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

New Zealand Working Holiday!

Have always wanted to explore & experience New Zealand. Global helped that happen, by guiding me through every step & asking what I wanted. I am now living in Auckland CBD in an amazing apartment with a job I love & a lifestyle I have always wanted. The whole process was very easy & enjoyable, my trip coordinator Bella helped with everything & went out of her way to ensure it was all perfect. Beyond grateful I did this! Would highly recommend if you want to work & travel. It’s a great way to travel, work, experience the culture & meet like minded people 🌎

Pros
  • Risk is removed with the support of Global.
  • Moving abroad is so easy & enjoyable with Global.
  • I now have the lifestyle I want.
Cons
  • Hard to find staff accommodation in NZ. But easy to find normal shared or private accommodation.
40 people found this review helpful.
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Vanda
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Working Holiday in New Zealand

I signed up for work holiday in New Zealand with a friend, and my trip coordinator was Kim Olsen. She was very helpful and friendly through out my entire process leading up to New Zealand, when I arrived in Auckland, and during my journey on the ground.

Kim was always available via email or phone call and always reminded us that she was there to help, she made me feel like I had support even in my most confused moments. Thank you, Kim! :))

I've been in New Zealand for a little over a month and so far am enjoying my experience, and I still have some excursions left to do that is offered through Global Work and Travel. :))

Pros
  • Meet new people also in the programme
  • Built in excursions and tours
  • Help setting up cell phone service and bank account
91 people found this review helpful.
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Petra
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Priceless experiences

My experience was unique because I learnt new things of the world and specially of myself. It was apsolutely terrifying at the beginning to go away from my confort zone and basically all I knew and go to another country where I didn’t know anyone. This new beginning made me realise that I can do anything if I really want to and there is nothing which could replace that experience. I will always remember these 6 months. I got so many friends I wouldn’t have ever even met without me being brave enough.

What would you improve about this program?
I would be cool to meet others who has choose this program
172 people found this review helpful.
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Natasha
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Global Work and Travel co Review

This adventure has been very unpredictable from the start. At just 18 years old I packed my bags and left home putting my full faith in Global. I arrived in beautiful Auckland with a driver and a sign with my name on it. Feeling like a movie star I was dropped off at Attic Backpackers in the CBD. I had orientation the following day where I met Heather and Andrea who were also Global travelers. After sharing our experiences we all came to the realization none of us had jobs secured or a plan for that matter. Feeling very anxious about being so far away and on my own for the first time with no plan I realized I was not alone. I made many friends fast. In just a couple of days we managed to make a crew of 20 mates or so. All from different places of the world, traveling for the same or different reasons, coming or going. New arrivals saw our group and assumed we had all known each other for much long than the 6 or so days that we had. Despite not having a job or waiting on an interview whether it be making dinner at Attic or going out to family bar it was so easy to feel carefree and enjoy my time with these new found friends. Eventually we all found jobs and went our separate ways. No matter the distance we managed to keep in touch with a group chat. Some stayed in Auckland even at Attic, some moved to Waiheke Island, where as I found my new home in Aoraki Mount Cook. Most of my friends are in fact older than me and have traveled and lived in many other places. With their experiences they seemed disappointed with their support and even in the size of the city. I myself can see where some areas of support lacked however being my first time traveling alone I believe Global was the perfect balance to get me on my feet and the experience to now figure life out on my on. Of course there has been nothing more unpredictable than the global pandemic of Covid-19 however New Zealand has done an outstanding job and I feel so safe and blessed to be in the position that I am. With the subsidy money from the government and with my knowledge and support from global I have been able to save money and find a new job for the winter season. I look forward to continuing my adventure exploring the mountains this winter while sustaining a job and hopefully traveling around New Zealand beautiful coast this coming summer. I am forever grateful of the strong connections I have made in the short amount of time and the home I found in the Mountains of Aoraki Mount Cook New Zealand.

What would you improve about this program?
My situation being very unique, New Zealand being a new place for Global travelers and with the drastic change in employment with Covid-19 there was never many job options. I was given one option until I spoke with a global traveler who had a job set in Mount Cook so I and asked for an interview there. Many people even did job searching on their own.
170 people found this review helpful.

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