[b&k]

Use the attached spreadsheet to calculate how much it will cost you to live in New Zealand and what salary you need to earn in NZ$ to afford the lifestyle you want.

(spreadsheet inside attached zip file)

[nickydwuk]

Thanks - you have been busy :nice1

[Björnsdotter]

Interesting, 68k is that one or two incomes?
I earn 30k, full time work, my partner earns 45k full time work.
Took us a couple of years to get to this income.
Most people here earn 12-20 dollars an hour.

[b&k]

Numbers are illustrative only and based on 1 salary. It gets too complex with multiple salaries to put in a simple way on a spreadsheet.

As stated in the spreadsheet, if you have 2 incomes then you will probably need to earn less than half of the single salary as you'll each pay less in the higher tax bands.

For example, at a single $75000 income, you'll pay $21495 in tax and ACC. With two incomes of $30000 and $45000, you'll pay a combined total of $16545 in tax and ACC.

[Scotty69]

Thanks for that. Very useful.:clap

[Drover Jess]

hey thank you so much this it is really brilliant.. just what I needed
we are getting down to minor details after the shock of the consultants ringing us and saying Dh is top of the list of applicants
but my hubby is really worried about taking a pay cut as he is on a good deal here....

really tough call if we proceed any further
thanks again, this may help others too

[AndyR]

Two further planners I found if anyone needs one

http://www.emigratenz.org/cost-of-living-in-new-zealand.HTML

http://www.moneymonkey.co.nz/my-planner.html

[Marsh]

Very useful and excellent to sort things out for me and the family. We are there from Feb 2009 and when you have a lot of things to think of you start to panic.

[Adders]

Thanks to both B&K and AndyR for taking the time to post this very helpful info.

[julius]

[QUOTE=Björnsdotter;172088]I earn 30k, full time work, my partner earns 45k full time work.
[QUOTE]

May I ask what profile/job?

[K&J]

This is really great - I was just about to create a similar spreadsheet myself.

Thanks sooooo much for doing it for me!

[markandjackie]

Top spreadsheet this has saved me soooooooooooooooo much time and effort, again many thanks. :cheers:clap

[doowrehsij]

Thanks for your efforts!!!