noatar Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 Hello Everyone My husband and I are considering immigrating to New Zealand. My husband has been working in the field of fresh water aquariums for the past 10 years. He worked on a breeding farm, managed a garden center and has been self-employed for the past four years. He imports aquariums and supplies, manly for water plants ( co2, fertilizers) and builds water plants aquariums for hotels. shopping malls and people at home of course (who have a lot of money because the equiptment is quite expensive). Water plants are his great passion. The economy here is pretty bad so we were thinking of starting over at your beautiful country. My question is - how developed is the field of aquariums? Do many people have them at home? Would it be easy finding a job in the field for someone with a lot of knowledge and experience? I will thank you for your reply Have a great day Noa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 Hi Noa, Not sure how to answer your questions as I have not looked at the aquarium trade from an employment point of view. There are certainly a lot of fish keepers here and many own aquariums. You also see them in malls and other public places so there are people who offer set-up and maintenance services. Not sure how much money is in it though, I imagine you won't get rich The economy isn't all that great here at the moment either (by the way, which contry are you from?) but most who come here say they do so for the lifestyle, not the money. If you are going to be poor you might as well be poor in a pleasant climate (that depends on which part of the country you live in too) We have extensive mussel and salmon industries here so perhaps he could branch out into other areas of aquaculture if nothing else is available. Anyone else got anything to add? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Caryl said... > ... which contry are you from? From the e-mail address in the profile, I'd guess Israel. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noatar Posted May 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Yours guess is right. We do live in Israel. Our aim is not to get rich. We just want a peacfull life - away from politics, war and corruptuion. We're kind of tiered struggling all the time. Caryl - thank you for your reply. You've answered my question. It sounds from your reply that it is possible making a living out of someones passion. Noa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Bear in mind we have very strict quarantine laws here with many fish banned so his selection may be a lot less than he is used to - especially coldwater fishes like goldfish and koi - both banned imports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noatar Posted May 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hi Caryl I am Guy - Noa's husband I just came home and found out that there is an uprise of an international organization trying to find me a job... thank you for all the information - I would love to learn more about the activities FNZAS and your share in it Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hi peoples, if you want to immigrate you need a certain amount of "points" and speak english as well as any university professor (they have just upped the rules for the english test). Most NZlanders would actually fail that test! Check out the NZ Immigration website http://www.immigration.govt.nz/ for more info. If you can - come here first for a couple of months and look if you like it here. We certainly do - but I do know of some people who were quite disappointed and left again. Not easy once you've sold everything at home! Read all about migration to NZ here: http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migration/index.html Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noatar Posted May 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hi Carla Thanks for the info and for the advice Noa & Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Thanks for that information Carla. As an immigrant yourself you would well know what is involved. The FNZAS is made up of 18 clubs around the country. We are all hobbyists wanting to learn about our fish and to help others with their fishkeeping. If you look at our home page (click on the 'fnzas.org is here' logo at the top of the page) you will see our aims. We are just about to have our 50th anniversary of the FNZAS and will celebrate with a party at our conference at the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 There are also bunch of different ways other than the points system. Umm...I forget the right word for them. There's ones for family, rare skills, things like that. Could just do what I did, marry a Kiwi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 Noatar is 'already' married Ira.. Welcome to the forum Noatar, and I wish you the best of luck in your search for a new home. A visit to NZ is definitely the answer, and in general, if you 'have something to offer' NZ, then it goes a long way towards your acceptance. Many business people bring their contacts, skills, and finances to NZ so all is not lost. The 'Aquarium Trades' are monopolised by certain companies, and importation of fish is strictly limited, mainly by these people who decide what to bring in, and what not to bring in, but then of course there is MAF.. the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries... another great wall to climb. You'll find the restricted fish and plants list at the head of the page... just click the twin fish. Best of luck to you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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