Hi Steve

Yes - that is helpful. Unfortunately, I've already had a WHV which I used to live in NZ for a year in 2001-02. And don't you need to be 30 or under? (I'm 32) I don't suppose they'd give me another year now that you're allowed 2 years on the WHV???

I was assuming that I could arrive on a visitor's visa and then apply for a work permit as the long-term partner of an NZ citizen without worrying about points and so apply for any job that was going...temping work or whatever...just in case the dream job I've been studying for doesn't come up (my degree is quite specialist, so it's a possibility!). And presumably, it would be a good idea to get police checks sorted before leaving here (UK)??

Thanks again,

Lil.