Are you at work at the moment, do you often encounter 996, or think about the May Day holiday.
is overwhelmed by life, but he has to bear the mortgage, car loan, and watching his son who is about to grow up.
If you are told that there is such a country, people in their country never work overtime, take more than 140 days off a year, and give birth to a child and the country will raise you until you are 18 years old.
Here, the annual per capita income is 240,000, and even the cleaning aunt can get 14,000 a month.
Do you envy such a country? Why has this country become a paradise for "migrant workers"?
A paradise in the Pacific Ocean
When we pick up a map of the world and look to the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, we find that there is an island here: New Zealand.
The composition of New Zealand is particularly simple, with a strait dividing New Zealand into the South Island and the North Island, with 270,000 square kilometers of land, only half the size of Sichuan, but with a population of only 5 million, a quarter of the population of Chengdu.
The country was once known as the loneliest country in the world, and it was located in the Pacific Ocean, and the closest country to him was Australia.
But it's also nearly 1,500 kilometres from Australia, surrounded by endless seas, so New Zealand has never had a territorial dispute with other countries.
But it is such a small country, but the scenery is very beautiful, it has the blue bay of Lake Te Anau, where the water is so clear that when the sun rises, the water surface forms golden points of light.
But when the sun goes down, the water turns blue again, and the water is so clean that you can drink it with your hand.
The whole lake is also home to wildlife, such as horsetails, New Zealand honeyeaters, turtle doves, and more.
On a quiet afternoon, you can have a picnic by the lake with your family, watch the lake turn from gold to indigo, and watch the clouds roll in the sky.
As a "part-time worker", it may be difficult to imagine such a life, but for New Zealanders, such a life is almost the norm.
Work and life are the same
Work and life in New Zealand are two completely separate activities, and it is the concept of New Zealanders to concentrate on their work when they go to work and live seriously after work.
New Zealanders work 26 hours a week, five days a week, and no weekends off, with an average of five hours a day.
And the salary scale in New Zealand is also different from other countries.
Generally speaking, the salary is more work and more pay, but in New Zealand, even the salary of an ordinary cleaning aunt cannot be less than 3,100 New Zealand dollars a month, equivalent to 14,000 yuan.
In 2023, the average annual income of New Zealanders will reach 45,000 New Zealand dollars, which is 225,000 yuan when converted into yuan.
Even if this standard is placed in Shanghai on the mainland, it is difficult to match it, because the per capita wage income of Shanghai residents in 2023 is 53,260 yuan.
When 996 was all the rage in the workplace, New Zealanders didn't even know what 996 was all about, let alone the so-called "involution".
So New Zealanders not only have money, but also leisure.
After work, they will devote themselves to life, and they don't have to worry about the leader suddenly calling and asking them to work overtime.
In addition to the normal weekend holidays, New Zealand also has Christmas, the Queen's birthday, Labour Day, Easter and so on.
What's even more surprising is that New Zealand has regional holidays in addition to public holidays.
That is to say, all localities can carry out holidays according to their own conditions, and the whole country does not need to be consistent.
In addition, New Zealand stipulates that every active employee is entitled to 20 days of paid annual leave per year, which is increased to 30 days when the employee has completed 10 years of service.
In addition to these holidays and annual holidays, New Zealanders are also able to take a daily holiday.
Because the law says that if an employee works 2-4 hours a day, then the boss is required to provide the employee with a 10-minute paid break.
If an employee works more than 8 hours a day, his salary will be 1.5 times.
In a job advertisement in New Zealand, a gardening company hired a gardener for an hourly wage of 27.8 New Zealand dollars, which translates to an average of 120 yuan an hour.
If a gardener works 6 hours a day, he can earn 660 yuan a day.
Meticulous benefits
In addition to high wages, less work, and more holidays, New Zealand's benefits package is also very good.
Because there are only 5 million people on New Zealand's soil, which is not as large as the population of a prefecture-level city in China.
Therefore, the local government is very encouraging to have children, and any resident who immigrates to New Zealand will receive free pregnancy-related medical care as long as they become pregnant.
If a pregnant woman does not want to go to the hospital, she can also apply to give birth at home, and the nurse will provide special services at home, and these expenses are reimbursed by the government.
After the birth of the child, in addition to receiving a one-time allowance of about 6,500 yuan, he can also receive about 600 yuan of milk powder money from the tax bureau every week.
Before the age of 18, the government of Lazar almost all-inclusive of the child's food, drink, and Lazar.
In 2023, the New Zealand government will increase the subsidy for paid leave, and women will have 26 weeks of paid leave after giving birth, which will be paid 712.17 New Zealand dollars per week, equivalent to about 3,000 yuan.
When children grow up, they can enjoy an education allowance, which is free for primary and secondary schools, and only requires a nominal tuition fee for universities.
When people reach old age, the government provides for a government pension for those who have been living in New Zealand for more than 10 years and are 65 years of age or older.
Moreover, New Zealand's pension is calculated every two weeks, and the couple can get a pension of 6,500 yuan every two weeks.
Therefore, some people say that living in New Zealand, the government is responsible for basic birth, old age, sickness and death.
A land of immigrants in high demand
It is precisely because of New Zealand's natural environment and welfare benefits that are so good.
So there are many countries that want to immigrate to New Zealand, and there are many Chinese.
According to data released by Statistics New Zealand in 2023, the number of Chinese immigrants to New Zealand reached 17,000 in just one year.
For example, in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, there are 240,000 Chinese, accounting for 60% of Auckland's total population, and 5% of the country's total population are Chinese.
There are many people who envy the cattle and sheep everywhere, the endless meadows, the clean environment and the advanced dairy cow management experience, where you can taste the world's best quality milk powder and milk.
Of course, there are many who think that New Zealand's culture is too personal and does not have the same sense of family as China.
Rather than living alone in old age in New Zealand, some people prefer Chinese extended families and three generations living together.
Although New Zealand is a developed country, it is located in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by the sea, and it would seem lonely to live in such a country.
If you were given a chance, would you be willing to live in such a country?
Resources:
1. China News Network: "New Zealand Announces More Policy Cuts, But Welfare Increases," March 14, 2023
2. China Consular Service Network: New Zealand Country Profile, October 9, 2023
3. China News Network: "New Zealand: Paid Parental Leave Costs Will Increase from July", June 20, 2023
4. Global Network: "Blue-collar workers are more sought-after than white-collar workers, and sports are more popular than mathematics...... New Zealanders live "willful" July 22, 2021
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