Auckland - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability and cost of household help, and what types of help are typically employed by expatriates?
We pay someone $100NZD/week (about $68 USD) to clean. - Jun 2019
Domestic help runs about NZ$20/hour. - Feb 2015
You can find childcare and housecleaning services, but it will start at NZD$20 an hour. - Apr 2012
Too expensive @ $25 per hour. Nobody I know uses domestic help. - Jul 2011
I've seen no truly professional domestic help. I saw a handwritten ad pinned up on the bulletin board at the supermarket and tore the number off. The quote was for $20 p/h. Fair enough, she was an okay cleaner. The problem arose about two weeks into the deal. She began stealing from me. The first time I noticed it, I thought...well, it's only a half case of local beer. Then she stole my new phone, still in the box and food from the fridge. To be fair, I told her in the beginning that she could make herself a sandwich or something if she wished. She apparently though that meant she could take food home to feed her family, because she did!I buy in bulk when possible, but for the savings...not so my maid can steal it. I told her I no longer required her services. - Mar 2010
