Hi all going to New Zealand on a working holiday what is the best way to take money over....cash or can one use a Irish debit card over there. All advice welcome...
It is very quick and easy to open an account in New Zealand, and once you do that you can transfer money from your Irish bank.
They are very switched on to using debit cards, rather than cash, but always take some cash in case electronics hit problems.
I've heard good things about kiwibank in terms of fees. Only issue is that you may find you can't transfer money out of the country to a euro bank account at this stage. I have an ANZ bank account for when I'm home, and the fees are pretty high. I think it was a couple of dollars to withdraw money from another banks' atm, which is something you should watch out for.
I'd suggest you check with your Irish bank before you go what the daily withdrawal limit is from ATMs over there. I discovered that I couldn't take out more than about €100 worth of NZ$. A bit of a pain, so if staying for any length of time then a local bank account sounds favourite.