There is good news people who want to work New Zealand. The country has relaxed its visa rules. It wants to attract "digital nomads" to live and work the country for 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 a foreign employer for three months. This can be extended for to nine months. However, someone staying nine months may have to pay tax. Economic growth minister Nicola Willis hopes the new visa will help New Zealand's economy. She said: "We want more wealthy and super-talented people coming the arrival gates."
New Zealand's economy has suffered 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 young people leaving New Zealand. Record numbers people their twenties are going overseas to work. Immigration Minister Erica Stanford hoped the visitors the new visa will spend more money. This will boost the economy. She said: "I expect their time here, visitors will spend longer than they normally would. They will spend more because they're here longer. And the thing that we're really hoping for, is that they fall in love the place."
