            
              Call or go to a Kiwibank, ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac bank branch in any mall in which ever city you land at (probably Auckland but could be Christchurch)
Supermarket for toiletries. Pharmacy for medicine. Some larger supermarkets have pharmacies in them. Supermarkets are Pac'n'Save, New World, Woolworths, Freash Choice, 4Square. Pharmacies are Unichem, Chemist's Warehouse, Random mum and pop one off pharmacy
Both types of deoderant (stick or spray) are readily available. Lynx is typically known as Axe in other parts of the world.
The Warehouse or Kmart for cheap socks and undies. Farmers for midrange stuff. Boutique stores for high range
Public health care for emergancy and accute need. GPs are roughly $35 to $70 for a checkup or general appointment
get an IRD number from the IRD, work out your tax code (its probably 'M') then tax is mostly automatically deducted and paid by your employeer
really!? Sounds like a double tax whamy... Ouch
join clubs, hiking club, cricket club, soccer club, rugby club. Pubs and drinking are popular too. Most pubs run a quiz once a week ask the announcer about joining a random team


            
          

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Excellent list, I hope OP see's it!

Also, I should have added a caveat to that last bullet: learn how to make friends without becoming an alcoholic. Meetup.com is usually the answer for finding readily available like minded people interested in the same physical activity as you, but meeting a whole bunch of new people at once can be overwhelming.