Just so you can appreciate the cost of living in Auckland-for any oz based operaters.
Kiwis add GST to food ,oz dont (12.5 %)and its x'ey already
Rent for anywhere inside of the gangsta ring is roughly the same as Sydney minus the beaches.
Mobile telephone costs are at least twice as high(insane)
power and gas are about twice as high
Fuel is at least 15% higher
pretty well every time you walk out the door -you will spend.
On the plus. everyone partys hard, the gals are great fun,the people are lovely and the fishing awesome. Don't expect to save and please find a way to enjoy wet windy weather.
Kiwi pilots are great, nice people (i understand why they have such great sailors now) and are used to flying in continuously wet, windy conditions with lots of fog,shear and terrain on pretty short sectors ( I still can't understand why they are paid less)
theres no airforce now either- sooner or later the cost of training willll have to improve the conditions. the average wage could not sustain a pilot training.