The Reading / Listening - Digital Nomads - Level 0

There is good news if you want to work in New Zealand online. The country has a new visa. It lets visitors work online for a foreign employer. People staying for nine months have to pay tax. New Zealand's economic growth minister said: "We want…wealthy and super-talented people coming [through] the arrival gates."

New Zealand's economy suffered because of the Covid pandemic. Another thing that is hurting the economy is the many young people leaving the country. New Zealand hopes the new visitors will spend more money. This will help the economy. It also hopes they will fall in love with New Zealand.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Digital Nomads - Level 1 Digital Nomads - Level 2   or  Digital Nomads - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/new-zealand-relaxes-visa-rules-to-lure-digital-nomads-and-influencers
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-loosens-visitor-visa-rules-welcome-digital-nomads-2025-01-27/
  • https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/540177/visas-for-digital-nomads-a-positive-step-commentators-say-but-there-are-potential-complications


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. There is good
  2. if you want to
  3. The country has a
  4. It lets visitors work
  5. a foreign
  6. have to pay
  7. New Zealand's economic growth
  8. coming through the arrival
  1. employer
  2. new visa
  3. gates
  4. work
  5. online
  6. minister
  7. news
  8. tax

Paragraph 2

  1. New Zealand's economy
  2. because of the Covid
  3. Another thing that is hurting
  4. many
  5. leaving the
  6. the new visitors will
  7. This will
  8. they will fall in love
  1. country
  2. spend more money
  3. suffered
  4. with New Zealand
  5. the economy
  6. help the economy
  7. young people
  8. pandemic

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

There is (1) ________________________________________________ you want to work in New Zealand online. The (2) ________________________________________________ new visa. It lets (3) ________________________________________________ for a foreign employer. People staying for nine months have (4) ________________________________________________. New Zealand's economic growth minister said: "(5) ________________________________________________ and super-talented people coming [through] (6) ________________________________________________."

New Zealand's economy (7) ________________________________________________ the Covid pandemic. Another thing (8) ________________________________________________ the economy is the (9) ________________________________________________ leaving the country. New Zealand (10) ________________________________________________ visitors will spend more money. (11) ________________________________________________ the economy. It also hopes they will fall (12) ________________________________________________ New Zealand.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ThereisgoodnewsifyouwanttoworkinNewZealandonline.Thecountry
hasanewvisa.Itletsvisitorsworkonlineforaforeignemployer.Peoplest
ayingforninemonthshavetopaytax.NewZealand'seconomicgrowthm
inistersaid:"Wewant…wealthyandsuper-talentedpeoplecoming[th
rough]thearrivalgates."NewZealand'seconomysufferedbecauseofth
eCovidpandemic.Anotherthingthatishurtingtheeconomyisthemanyyoun
gpeopleleavingthecountry.NewZealandhopesthenewvisitorswillspe
ndmoremoney.Thiswillhelptheeconomy.Italsohopestheywillfallinl
ovewithNewZealand.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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(n) ________________

(o) ________________

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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