Hi All,
I just thought I would post an interesting thing Mum told me about NZ last night. My sister is currently over from Japan for 6-8 weeks, and is putting her 2 1/2 year old into daycare a couple of days a week to give herself some time to work for my mother in the shop.
Anyway - childcare costs!

In NZ, daycare costs on average $7.00/hr!!!!!!! There is a $2.60 (approx) rebate available from the govt, but I think only if you are under a certain threshold.
Keep in mind the minimum wage in NZ is about $8.50 for an adult. If you work in retail/supermarket/maccas etc, the normal adult gets about $10-11/hr wage.

How about that!!! Reckon it makes sense to go back to work in NZ??? I think not!
Fi