>>>Not easy to sneak into New Zealand -- good one. Not exactly like walking across an artificially defined border.
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>Still there are problems with people on student or tourist visas working, but not enough to distort the economy.
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>re Lisa Slater: I know. Never understood why they didn't lay out the welcome mat. Today they would.

Who knows? Probably her application was handled by some unthinking functionary who lived by simple rules like "no employer, no visa."