hi,
yes I have a New Zealander as my partner:)

and I am very optimistic to get the WP under partnership.
Just in case if not my registration at the Nursing Council is also in progress but it will maybe take another 6 month because I missed the required 7 points of the IELTS... I had just 6.5 in two of the four parts

but anyway I will improve my english in the next 6 month and then try the test in Auckland again...has anybody experience to improve from a score band 6.5 up to 7.0 within 6 month? Is this time enough? My result was:
listening: 7.5
reading: 7.0
speaking: 6.5
writing: 6.5
overall score:7.0
thanks, Anita