Accommodation: In addition to living in New Zealand school dormitories, New Zealand students can also study and stay in New Zealand in the following ways. The student accommodation fee is about 130- 160 yuan (about 7 15-880 yuan RMB) per week, including meals. The family's food expenses are about 230 yuan NZD (about RMB 960 yuan) per week, including meals. The apartment has facilities such as a student kitchen and a laundry room. The cost is about S $ 100- 180 per week (about 420-750 yuan RMB). Students also need living expenses such as meals of S $ 30-40 yuan (about 165-220 yuan).
Diet: Vegetables in New Zealand are more expensive, and meat is similar to that in China. If one or two people count, the cost of buying ingredients every month is about 400 New Zealand dollars. If you don't cook it yourself, it's really too expensive to eat out. If you are a local tyrant, you can ignore it. Transportation: New Zealand is vast and sparsely populated. If you want to travel a little farther away, it's inconvenient without a car, but if you just live in town, you can take a bus. In some areas, although the student ID card can be discounted, the transportation cost is not low. From Auckland airport to downtown, the bus fare 16 NZD, taxi fare 30-40 NZD. In this way, the 2 yuan bus in the first-tier cities in China can cross the suburbs and urban areas, which is really cheap!
Communication cost: There are different telecom operators in New Zealand, offering different monthly communication services. Take Vodafone, which many international students choose, as an example. The NZD $29/month communication package includes 1G traffic, 200 minutes of New Zealand talk time, free calls and unlimited SMS. It can fully meet the needs of international students. Public transport in New Zealand is underdeveloped. It is suggested that international students buy a car, which will save money than taking a bus. Cars in New Zealand are very cheap. Used cars in the 1980s can be bought as low as 3,000 RMB, while used cars in the 1990s do not exceed 10000 RMB. Many parking lots in New Zealand are free, such as supermarkets and schools. In addition, you don't need insurance to buy a car or drive a car in New Zealand.
It is more cost-effective to buy local fruits in New Zealand. For example, kiwifruit is bought in bags, and the weight of a bag is almost 1 to 1.5 kg, only 2 New Zealand dollars. New Zealand is also rich in apples, with average quality in this season, 1 NZD /500g. In learning, make full use of the educational resources provided by the school, especially the library resources. Every school library is equipped with computers and Internet to facilitate students' information inquiry. Making full use of library books and electronic resources can save a lot of books.