I’ve decided to hack my life, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. When I return to Canada next April I will have been gone eighteen months. I will come home having seen a bit of the world, hopefully righted the things that were going wrong for me before I left, and God willing will have a small chunk of money in my savings account.  What this means is that if I am going to make some changes, now is the time.
What is life hacking? According to Wikipedia, it means …

I was really hoping that someone out there would have already tackled this issue, but to date Ive not been able to find anything, so I might as well. Granted, I don’t really know what I’m talking about here, and this is more for my own personal use, so if you have come here from elsewhere (hello!) please make sure you verify the info yourself.
Step one: Getting your IRD number
The first thing a foreigner has to do, a part from getting the NZ work visa in the first place, in …