‘Work-cation’: New Zealand opens to ‘digital nomads’ with new visa offering

 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yhekIGQo4g

There is good news for people who want to work in New Zealand. The country has relaxed its visa rules. It wants to attract "digital nomads" to live and work in the country for up to nine months. A digital nomad is someone who can travel and live anywhere because they work online. New Zealand has a new visa that allows visitors to work remotely for a foreign employer for three months. This can be extended for up to nine months. However, someone staying for nine months may have to pay tax. Economic growth minister Nicola Willis hopes the new visa will aid  New Zealand's economy. She said: "We want more wealthy and super-talented people coming through the arrival gates."

New Zealand's economy has suffered in recent years. The Covid pandemic hurt the country's tourism industry. It has not yet recovered to pre-Covid levels. Another thing that is affecting the economy is the number of young people leaving New Zealand. Record numbers of people in their twenties are going overseas to work. Immigration Minister Erica Stanford hoped the visitors with the new visa will spend more money. This will boost the economy. She said: "I expect in their time here, visitors will spend longer than they normally would. They will spend more because they're here for longer. And the thing that we're really hoping for, is that they fall head over heels  with the place."


1. DIGITAL NOMADS: Students A strongly believe we should all be digital nomads; Students B strongly believe otherwise. Explain.

2. WORKING REMOTELY: What are the good and bad things about these online jobs? Complete this table

 

Good Things

Bad Things

Online tutor

 

 

Customer service

 

 

TikTok content generator

 

 

YouTube influencer

 

 

Web developer

 

 

What about with your job? 

 

 


3. Answer These Questions:  

1. What is the name of the platform that people use to hire new employees?

2. If you don´t have enough workers and you need to hire more, you are                                .

3. What do you call people from New Zealand?

4. Read this email address word for word and then read your own email address:

Yves_El-Mir@hotmail.com/es.eu

5. If you need to send an email but you don´ t know the name of the person , what could you write?

6. What are some good ways to end an email ?

7. If you have an online meeting with someone but you must change the date and the time, how would you ask this?

8.What is the colloquil way of referring to the countries of Australia and New Zealand?

9.If you are looking to travel to New Zealand and you found a ticket for a very good price, you can say that it is a                        .

10. If the ticket would cost you a lot of money, you could say that it would cost you two parts of your body. What are these two parts ?                                          .

11. Because New Zealand is very far from Barcelona, there is no direct flight. You would have to stop in Qatar for a few hours and then take another flight from Qatar to New Zealand. You will have to do a 

                        in Qatar.

12. If going to New Zealand is a place that you would love to visit one day, it is on your                        .

4.Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1.

relaxed

a.

A person or company that gives you a job.

      2.

attract

b.

A person who moves from one place to another and does not stay in one place for long.

      3.

nomad

c.

To make someone want to come to you or to a place.

      4.

remotely

d.

Money that people must pay to the government.

      5.

employer

e.

When a rule is made easier or less strict.

      6.

extended

f.

Working from far away, not in the office.

      7.

tax  (noun)

g.

Made something longer, or last longer.

    Paragraph 2

      8.

suffered

h.

When people travel to a place for a holiday.

      9.

tourism

i.

When people move to live in a new country.

      10.

industry

j.

To start to feel very strong love for someone or something.

      11.

recovered

k.

All the businesses that make or do the same type of thing (like tourism, food, or cars).

      12.

immigration

l.

To make something bigger, better, or stronger.

      13.

boost  (verb)

m.

To get better after something bad happened

      14.

fall head over heels

n.

To feel pain or have a bad experience.

 

5. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

  1. want
  2. relaxed
  3. nomads
  4. extended
  5. wealthy
  6. suffered
  7. recovered
  8. overseas
  9. normally
  10. aid
  1. lengthened
  2. hurt
  3. usually
  4. travellers
  5. wish
  6. abroad
  7.  help
  8. loosened
  9. rich
  10. got better

6.Role play

Role  A – Cairo
You think Cairo is the best place to work in for a while. Tell the others three reasons why. And why is it better than the other places on this list?

Role  B – Hawaii
You think Hawaii is the best place to work in for a while. Tell the others three reasons why. And why is it better than the other places on this list?

Role  C – New York
You think New York is the best place to work in for a while. Tell the others three reasons why. And why is it better than the other places on this list? 

Role  D – New Zealand
You think New Zealand is the best place to work in for a while. Tell the others three reasons why. And why is it better than the other places on this list? 

Role E- Bogota

You think is the best place to work in for a while. Tell the others three reasons why. And why is it better than the other places on this list?

Role F- Santiago

You think Santiago is the best place to work in for a while. Tell the others three reasons why. And why is it better than the other places on this list?

Role G - A Place Not On This List

7.Discussion - Digital Nomads

  1. What was the last piece of good news you heard?
  2. What do you think of working in New Zealand?
  3. Would you like to be a 'digital nomad'? What essential things would you would need for this?
  4. Would you like to work online and go anywhere?
  5. Where in the world would you like to work?
  6. What do you think of paying tax?
  7. What kind of online job would you like?
  8. What advice do you have for the NZ government?
  1. What do you think of New Zealand?
  2. How is your country's economy?
  3. Would you like to work as an influencer?
  4. What's tourism like in your country?
  5. Have you ever fallen head over heels with another country?
  6. Why might people fall head over heels with your country?
  7. What questions would you like to ask the NZ government?

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