What common sense should New Zealand immigrants know about life?

# New Zealand Immigrants # Introducing immigrants to New Zealand, everyone must be serious when making preparations to ensure that the goal can be successfully completed. Let's take a look at what common sense New Zealand immigrants need to know.

1. Living habits of New Zealanders

1. New Zealanders usually live a relaxed and casual life and wear casual clothes on most occasions, including going to cafes or shopping.

2. New Zealanders generally speak frankly.

3. New Zealanders don't have a strong sense of time in social activities. Some people say that when waiting for you at a certain time, "don't take time too seriously." For example, the appointment is at 1: 30 pm, and they may not have arrived at 1: 45.

You should make an appointment to meet someone in advance.

New Zealanders are very helpful. Don't be shy.

6. New Zealanders are very sensitive to personal privacy and generally don't talk to them about salary, property, age, etc. These topics are usually not discussed outside the family.

When someone stares at them carefully, New Zealanders will feel uncomfortable and think it is impolite and hostile.

8. New Zealanders are disgusted with personal comments such as "You are fat", "You are too thin" or "The back of his hair turns white".

Generally speaking, New Zealanders, especially adults, like to hear others say thank you after receiving goods and services or getting help.

10. New Zealanders are disgusted with the dirty environment and even lose their temper when they see someone doing this.

1 1. When New Zealanders talk on public transport or business occasions, even when talking to friends, their voices are very low.

Many New Zealanders like to keep pets, usually cats or dogs.

13. New Zealanders love sports and rugby. Participating in sports is a good way to make friends.

14. Public institutions are open as usual on Saturday or Sunday, but classrooms are rarely open outside.

15. Young people in New Zealand (18 years old or older) often go to pubs, bars or cafes together and rarely go to restaurants. Eating is more expensive, so they can participate in social activities without drinking.

16. There is no need to tip in New Zealand, and some cafes have consumption boxes.

17. New Zealanders generally don't talk about price when shopping, but the prices of big items such as cars, sanitary wares, household appliances and even bicycles fluctuate. If you pay cash, you can ask for a discount, and you can bargain when shopping in the free market.

18. New Zealanders generally pay by electronic means, and rarely carry large amounts of cash with them.

2. Safety precautions in New Zealand

New Zealand emergency number 1 1 1

The telephone numbers of Fei Jing, fire alarm and ambulance in New Zealand are all "11",which is much easier to remember than various emergency telephone numbers in Chinese mainland, such as 1 19,1/kloc-0.

Every New Zealander is constantly instilled with this idea. If there is any trouble, you can call11.

Whether at school or at home, this information has been "implanted" in every New Zealander's mind.

When your personal safety is threatened or you find that others need urgent help, please call 1 1 1 and tell them what help you need. Don't be afraid that you don't understand English. Even if it is some simple keywords and the address of the alarm person, the operator will try to "guess" the meaning of the alarm person and send corresponding personnel to help.

Of course, as a non-English immigrant, some necessary English words should be remembered, such as police /cop, fireman (ambulance), traffic accident (car crash/accident/) and so on.

In case of personal accident, please ask ACC for help.

Most people who travel, study and work far away from home are most afraid of getting sick or being injured by accidents, but they can't afford expensive medical expenses, especially when accidents happen abroad, which is even more worrying.

However, if you have an accident in New Zealand, you need not worry at all. New Zealand's national accident compensation system will pay all the medical expenses for you. No matter which country you come from, whether you come for work, study or short-term visit, whether you fall, have a car accident or have a sudden illness, whether the accident happened on the road, at school or at work, or just at your residence, you can get free medical care until you recover. No matter who the accident happened, the ACC of New Zealand Accident Compensation Bureau will be responsible for you as long as it happens in New Zealand-this is New Zealand Accident Compensation Company, referred to as ACC system.

Under this system, the funds of ACC are drawn from the income of every New Zealander, and 1.4% of each taxpayer's total income before tax must be turned over to ACC as ACC compensation funds. So New Zealanders pay, but people all over the world are guaranteed.

No matter who you are, no matter what the accident is, who is responsible, as long as there is an accident in New Zealand, ACC will compensate you for all the treatment expenses and lost time.

This is the ACC system in New Zealand, a selfless system that embodies the spirit of humanistic care to the extreme.

Traffic safety in New Zealand

New Zealand uses the British transportation system, as well as cars and bicycles. You must drive on the left, so friends who have just arrived in New Zealand should pay attention to changing their habits of participating in traffic; When crossing the road, you should look to the right first, then to the left, finally to the right, and then to the past.

Cars in New Zealand travel faster. Although drivers have the consciousness of avoiding pedestrians, if they encounter reckless drivers or cross the road in an incorrect way, they may also cause traffic accidents.

Pedestrian traffic lights at most intersections in New Zealand are pressed by pedestrians themselves. If no one presses them, the traffic lights on the sidewalk will remain off until someone presses the red button. When the green light is on, it is usually accompanied by a low "beep" sound, which shows humanistic care and instructs people with visual impairment to cross the road.

The New Zealand pedestrian indicator light is green for a short time, and then the red light keeps flashing; During this period, pedestrians can pass the intersection legally, safely and safely; If the red light is on and does not flash or there is no light indication, it means that pedestrians can't pass this intersection now.

There are two kinds of crosswalks in New Zealand. One is the conventional crosswalk, namely the white zebra crossing. As long as someone walks on it, passing cars must stop to make way for you, and motor vehicles can only pass after pedestrians pass by.

Another kind of informal crosswalk, usually in busy areas such as the entrance of the courtyard, is a crosswalk that is not formally drawn for the convenience of pedestrians, and sometimes it is a section of road that protrudes from the ground. Motor vehicles are not obliged to stop to take the informal crosswalk, but most drivers will stop to let pedestrians pass first.

Fire Prevention in New Zealand

Most houses in New Zealand are made of wood, so they are most afraid of fire, and because the frame wood used in New Zealand houses is quite good, it caught fire and the fire was fierce. Therefore, most houses in New Zealand are equipped with extremely sensitive and loud smoke alarms.

In fact, in order to prevent fire hazards, there are fire alarms in almost all human activities in New Zealand. When there is a little smoke, the sound alarm exceeding 65,438+000 decibels will be continuously reported until it is manually turned off by firefighters or professionals.

In a closed place, once the smoke alarm or fire alarm goes off, the first thing we need to do is to evacuate the building without investigating the cause first. If there are people around who need help, be sure to help them evacuate together; Turn off the alarm device after the staff or professionals find out the reason and confirm the safety.

Your own smoke alarm should be installed in all parts of the house reasonably. The battery life of smoke alarm is about six months to one year. When the battery is low, the alarm will sound a reminder. Be sure to replace the battery in time, so as to ensure that the alarm can work normally in case of fire accident and remind evacuation.