u/750msPing

To start, I'm a United States citizen looking at a job offer in Auckland. The offer would be around 130k NZD and I'm wanting to see how that would hold up, what the culture is like, and how wary I should be of making this decision. To be clear, I'm not asking for a direct comparison between my current city's cost of living vs Auckland.

I have a wife and a 7 month old baby that would be coming with me. My wife currently has a remote job as a business analyst (but is basically a project manager) and takes care of our child during the workday. She would not be able to maintain this position if we move to NZ so she would have to find other employment. Are there remote opportunities available? Is it even remotely (heh) possible for her to find a remote position in NZ or will she most likely end up in the office? What does the childcare culture look like?

Any insights or help is greatly appreciated! Sorry if some of these questions have been asked before. I am actively researching so coming across new information constantly as I balance this decision.

Thanks in advance!

I get that you don't have to build inside the bonfire for a lot of things but if you go outside the boundaries of the bonfire, you run into a couple of problems. First and foremost, you can't place decorations because they're only "useful" inside the radius of a bonfire. Second, how do you deal with resources? I know it's mostly stone/grass/wood/clay for pretty much everything, but what about resource management? If your wharf is in one bonfire radius but your main base is in another, do you have to constantly balance materials?