Cost of Living in Auckland

I'm trying to think of a good reason why anyone should go to NZ and I cant think of any, especially Auckland what a hole.

Auckland/NZ is very very expensive, not just the obvious stuff like petrol, rent and food. No EVERYTHING is just so expensive you just couldnt label it anything other than a complete ripoff. Expect to pay $1000 per week for a rental you would actually want to live in, flying internationally is cheaper than flying domestically; want to go to Hobbiton well that is easily a $1000 day trip for a family, same for most attractions like the Rotorua hot pools, local council fees, building fees, car registration and maintenance fees, absolutely everything is a ripoff. Combine these price extortions with NZ's low wages and high tax rates and it is impossible to get ahead here. I finally followed through on my threats to move to Australia and I am just appalled at how much cheaper life is here compared to Auckland, NZ really has lost the plot.

expensive af. Gas prices are like $4 per liter (1 liter is about 0.26 gallons) and the aussies across the ditch are complaining about $2 a liter

Coke is delusionary. Auckland is muti-cultural.
NZ citizens can indeed leave the country, marry non NZrs and return.
Perhaps Coke can explain the Mosques and Temples?
Please ignore Coke's comments. It is likely Coke is trying to protect some vision he has for the country.

How Does the after tax income of Auckland come to nzd 5000???

that number corresponds to a yearly income of NZ$78000(before tax), anyone who live in NZ think it's reasonable??

An earlier comment about NZ not needing anyone's money or not allowing Muslims or Asians even to visit is incorrect.
The only reason generally speaking, we are not allowing visitors into the country is because of Covid 19..
In regards to not importing or exporting nothing, that is also totally incorrect.
Any reader should disregard that contributor‘s post.

New Zealand is expensive intentionally to keep paupers,out of our country.Even if a person has networth of 1 million usd or more than means nothing to New Zealanders.People outside of New Zealand have visited that are worth hundreds of million dollars and even billionaires too. But we've turned away those well healed types as well because New Zealanders don't need anyone's money never did. We don't allow Muslims into our country Africans or asians either not even to visit.We are our own country non-political non-religious.We import and export absolutely nothing We've never had one case of covid19 or one infection. Real-estate agencies in New Zealand aren't allowed to sell any Real-estate to anyone from any other countries.

I think the pricing is a bit high, as most of my family there are on the low income bracket and there cupboards are always full and bills paid. The only thing I can't get over is how expensive petrol is, I live in Australia now and when I go home $1000 over 10 days goes far. Most of it is spent on petrol and alcohol, food is cheap if you know where to go, clothing is cheap, tattoos are cheap, U can get cheap if you stay away from tourist areas.

my daughter want to study in auckland university for master of physiotherpy .piease send me how much cost of studay and living cost in the city.

I am an Indian who wants ti study for MS in Auckland,New Zealand.Also I am planning ti settle there further can anybody suggest me that is it affordable to settle in Auckland and also get the benefits further after being a citizen
Any answer will be helpful for me
Thanks

@Comingback home
Easy. 200k pa household income is approx $2700 per week after tax.
Mortgage for a $1m house is around $1000 per week. Grocery for family of 4 is approx $400 per week. Utility + transport + rates + insurance is approx $300 per week.
That leaves you approx $1000 disposable income every week. That would be very comfortable living.

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I am an New Zealander who left New Zealand in 2001. I lived in Auckland from 1995 - 2000, when it was still an affordable place to live as a single person. Since then I've lived in one of the most expensive cities in Germany (Dusseldorf). It was cheaper than Auckland. Then I moved to Michigan, USA. We bought a house for $300,000K NZD that would probably cost $1.0 million NZD in Auckland even 10 years ago. Then we moved to California, to one of the most expensive places to live in the USA. 300+ days of sunshine, gas is under $1 a liter, milk is $3 NZD a gallon, avocado and orange orchards around every corner, and coastal and mountain scenery that easily rivals the best NZ has. Closer than it would be in Auckland too. We bought a half acre property with huge house for less money than a 1 bedroom apartment in Auckland city!!!! Auckland is just an insanely expensive place to live. Not just house prices, but everything became insanely, illogically expensive in the last twenty years. I would caution anyone that thinks they are going to New Zealand to live some bucolic relaxed lifestyle to do a lot of research, a very careful budget, and be very realistic about expectations. Think of it financially as if you are moving to New York, Singapore or Hong Kong. Sometimes I think I would live to go back and live in my home country. But as I missed the property boom, I can't afford to go back and have anywhere close to the lifestyle I enjoy here in the USA. It seems to be the only thing that finances the nice lifestyle that many kiwis seem to have is the massive profits they made by buying and selling their family home or investing in real estate while prices went up at 20% per year. So I'll probably become a US citizen instead and abandon New Zealand to the foreign millionaires who to all accounts are taking over. Once a place gets that expensive, there are so many distortions in the social structure that are hard to recover from.