NZ is a great place to live, the quality of life is pretty hard to beat. We have moderate summers (but still plenty hot enough to enjoy the ocean) and moderate

NZ is a great place to live, the quality of life is pretty hard to beat. We have moderate summers (but still plenty hot enough to enjoy the ocean) and moderate winters (but still plenty of places to enjoy the snow). I live in Auckland, and if you're willing to try out the city of sails, I'd suggest going to the various co-working spaces such as: - https://www.theicehouse.co.nz https://www.theicehouse.co.nz - https://generatornz.com https://generatornz.com - https://smalesfarm.co.nz/bhive/ https://smalesfarm.co.nz/bhive/ There are lots of startups that build in Nodejs, Rails etc, ask around and you'll probably find yourself some job offers or short term contracts to start you off.