yeah it all seems a bit tricky. and i don't know if i'll be able to bring the car back onto the road in NZ either, cause of the utterly stupid new rules. And i fly cessna's mate, nothing glamourous just yet

Interestingly its cheaper to ship a car from Japan than to have a car shipped from New Zealand.

If i were you, think about how much you love your car before you take the plunge.

Its possible it could be imported as either a Personal Import or a private use vehicle which will have to return to New Zealand at some stage. If your looking at importing it as a personal import, you will need to have had the car registered in your name for a period of 12 months to qualify.

What are the new rules in New Zealand?

ReubenH;167089 wrote:

Hey all. I recently had a chat with a pilot who was in my position about a year ago. That is, just got his CPL, and was having NO luck whatsoever getting a job in NZ. Well, it seems that Australia certainly is the place to be if you want to start your flying career. Unlike in NZ where we have far too many green pilots, and bugger all jobs, apparently he was getting job offers left right and centre!

So yeah, time to pack up and pay you lot a visit, this is certainly not the first time i've been told i need to move to oz to further my career. I'm real sorry to bother you guy's with newb questions, but do you think you could point me to where you guy's buy your cars and other useful sites/threads? I doubt i'll be modifying come to think of it, i do not wish to give up my VF39 powered GTB, soo will probably be getting a liberty LX or something (used to own one here, bloody mean cars)

I have considered importing the BG GTB actually, but i don't know about the costs or rules regarding it. As mentioned, it's... er... slightly modified, and probably best i leave it in NZ till I return.

Cheers