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This is a bit of a gripe, but. My wife and I are UK citizens and are currently in Australia on a long holiday, we are then off to NZ…

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Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:28:50 +0000

This is a bit of a gripe, but. My wife and I are UK citizens and are currently in Australia on a long holiday, we are then off to NZ for a couple of months. We are in our late 40,s so are too old to get working holiday visas. Yet we have seen loads of jobs that we are qualified to do !!!!

We would love to stay here and work our way.

We have met NZ residents who are older than us but can work in Australia under a reciprocal thing between Australia and NZ

I understand that the working holiday visa for UK citizens is a reciprocal thing between Aus UK and NZ.

I feel that it is totally ageist, and wonder if it could be challenged. Has anyone tried? Would achallenge feasable?

Please post your ideas

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