A good chunk of those students that we hire try and return after completing their postgraduate courses, but unfortunately we can't employ all of them, some come back and try and find work in Auckland or Christchurch with the end goal of moving back to Wellington when they get the chance.
Just curious. Those that do get to spend time in Auckland, what percent actually do get back to Wellington ? Dont think it would be high
Most head back home to europe because the work that we do is speacialised and there isn't much available in NZ, we have offices in several cities so if they get hired they kind of stay where they are put, off the top of my head probably a third of the ones that want to work in Wellington manage to get jobs down here. One guy tried for years to get full time employment in Wellington, with stints in Auckland, Canada, and Ireland in between.
People that are interns in Auckland love it there too, I don't know about Christchurch - they don't tend to get many students. The same with our Australian offices. I guess in some ways it's where you spend time is where you get attached. Although I lived in Auckland before moving to Wellington and got pretty tired of it pretty quickly.