<p>If you have a student who wants to wait for Tulane to re-open......consider a working holiday in New Zealand.</p>
<p>Easy to apply online. Airfares have been low. Jobs in construction--painters, laborers, etc abound.</p>
<p>This morning, 19 year old Gap studnet who arrived last week got a job as a brush hand for $17 per hour. Leaves for Queenstown tomorrow with snoboard in hand.</p>
<p>Oohh, ooh, can I come?? I have already siged up to house a displaced Hurricane family-- so they can just hold down the fort here while I head over with my skis!! Oh,, One problem... I am just a "tad" older than the upper age limit...by over 20 yrs.... Think they'll mind??</p>
<p>uh...yeah, they will mind. Very difficult to get ANY sort of NZ working visa if you are over 50--no matter what your financial status. They don't want you in their nationalized health system.</p>
<p>Sorry.</p>
<p>Good on you for adopting a family! I knew Americans would come through like that!</p>
<p>Phooey. It's just darned discriminatory. I am helathy-- don't need their !@#$$%%^ nationalized health system... yet :)</p>
<p>Yeah yeah...all you old people say that ;)</p>
<p>It's not the money, they don't have the infrastructure to take care of more patients. Too many docs go to the UK for triple pay packets.</p>