I filled out a web form a few days ago about emigration to New Zealand

[meadowlander]

37. Best decision I ever made.

They have a points calculator on the ImmigrationNZ website so you can get a feel what your chances are against the criteria. Because you're also enrolling in the national health care system you have to have more or less perfect health as well - especially if you're not going to be part of the work force for very long. There's occasional horror stories in the papers about people who couldn't get in because their BMI was too high or one of their kids was special needs.

There's a more than four month wait to book a spot in MIQ now but it looks like they're going to start phasing out the quarantine requirements soon.

You should bear in mind though that house prices are crazy expensive. Median house prices in Auckland are over $1 million and in Wellington it's something like $800,000 now.

But if you're willing to live in a smaller more out of the way place it's not as bad.