Deciding & researching
The groundwork before you commit. Comparing cities, understanding visa pathways, and figuring out whether the numbers work for your household.
We're documenting our move from Singapore to New Zealand. The visas, the money, the house build, the goodbyes. These are the checklists, spreadsheets and guides we actually used, free for anyone making the same journey.








The spreadsheet we used to pick our city is ready to copy. More checklists and templates from the rest of the move are on the way.



Here are the resources we made while figuring things out ourselves. Hopefully they save you time, reduce a few tabs, and help you as much as they helped us.
The groundwork before you commit. Comparing cities, understanding visa pathways, and figuring out whether the numbers work for your household.
The unglamorous middle. Applying for your IRD number, getting documents notarised and couriered from overseas, and lining up a lawyer before you need one.
Buying the ground it all sits on. Comparing sections, understanding titles and covenants, and getting through conveyancing and settlement from overseas.
We're building a new home in Canterbury from 7,500 km away. Everything we've learned about contracts, appliance selection, heating rules and negotiating with builders, all done remotely.
Transferring savings across borders, opening NZ bank accounts before you land, and deciding what's worth shipping versus rebuying.
The soft landing. First week errands, finding your people, and the things about Singapore we're packing into our hearts instead of boxes.
Most of these resources exist because someone asked for them. Tell us what would help you and we’ll add it to the route.
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