Our Au Pair is from Denmark and she speaks fluent english. The au pair agency we went through usually have au pairs from Sweden. We could only find 1 au pair agency in NZ and they have only just started up this year! Mind you not many kiwis know what an au pair is!!!!!
The agency do all the police checks, medical reports obtains references and they have someone in Sweden who interview the au pair face to face. You can specify that you want an au pair who has childcare quals, but there are not many with quals because then they are effectively Nannies who cost roughly $12+ per hour here in NZ.. Most of the Au Pairs are 19 - 25 years old who are taking a gap year.
If anyone want the name of the agecy we used just PM me.
Roll next year when my kids will be both at school and our childcare cost will be cut in half!!!!!!!!!
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