New Zealand Internship Program

It is hard or almost impossible to get an internship placement in New Zealand on your own. Therefore we offer special services for interns (see also further below). We are your contact to prepare your entire stay in New Zealand and we offer this information for free.

Internship New Zealand is a cultural exchange program aimed at assisting university undergraduates, who are required to complete a practical work placement in order to complete their qualification.

There are 2 possible visa requirements:

A) Those participating must be genuine students who are required to do a work placement as part of their course requirements.

B) Or they can come on a Working Holiday Visa. Please check your eligibility.

The internship period is usually for up to 6 months but can be longer if required.

Internship New Zealand will find an employer willing to employ an intern and maybe pay a reasonable wage. At the end of the internship period, if both the employer and the intern request an extension for a further six months, this is likely to be approved.

Eligibility must be:

A) You can come on a Working Holiday Visa to NZ if you are eligible to apply for this visa (please check availability of places for your country) or

B) You must be a full-time student at a tertiary institution (college/university etc) who is required to undertake a practical work experience as part of the course. (NO AGE LIMIT) Applicants are required to demonstrate that they have a good command of written and spoken English (TOEFL 550 or equivalent)

Dates: The program runs all year.

Duration:

A) Work permit lasts regarding your Working Holiday Visa or

B) Work permit lasts for up the time your university or educational institute recommend an internship. You will need a letter written by your University or College. Participants can remain in New Zealand as tourists for up to 3 months after their work permit expires. Participants from some countries will need to apply for a tourist visa.

What is included?

• Visa sponsorship (only in variant B)
• Support services of the Internship NZ office
• 24-hour emergency assistance
• Airport pickup at nearest air connection to place of employment, and
  transfer to pre-arranged accommodation
• 2 nights' accommodation at budget hotel / hostel
• Welcome pack including NZ Lonely Planet

Programme Cost:

Placement from 0-3 months: AUD$1650

Placement from 3-6 months: AUD$2000

Placement from 6-12 months: AUD$2500

 
Cancellation Fees:

AUD$350 per applicant (the non-refundable application fee) - If the student withdraws before placement is made.

If the participant withdraws after they have received an internship offer, the refund amount will be AUD$700.

No refund is given if, at any time during the application/placement process, or while on the programme, the intern has their application cancelled or is removed from the programme because of false information given to Internship NZ or to the NZ visa authorities.

However withdrawal from the programme for visa refusal for other reasons prior to entry in NZ entitles a refund of AUD$1250.

Processing Time

We recommend to apply 6 months before you want to start your internship. You need to apply at least 4 months before you want to start to that a placement is possible.

Please provide us following details that we can look after an suitable intern placement:

Current resume or curriculum vitae, in English

• Statement of work experience objectives and how the work experience
  relates to current studies or occupation, in English.
• Details of the completed or current studies with academic results from
  your university.
• A high level of English language proficiency is required prior to
  commencing your work placement.
• Letter from your university that you need to do this internship within
  your studies.
• Evidence of financial resources.

If you can not meet the above mentioned requirements for an internship in New Zealand we can check if you are able to attend an internship program in Australia. In this case we will also need all documents are mentioned above.

Please let us know if you can fulfil the visa requirements for this program (Working Holiday Visa OR full-time student at a tertiary institution (college/university etc) who is required to undertake a practical work experience as part of the course.)

Please answer our questions and let us know when you would like to start
your internship.

As soon as we get your information we can look for a suitable employer.