It varies according to the place you choose to live. Cities like Auckland and Wellington have higher living expense mainly due to high house rental rates. An average house rental (excluding Auckland) for 3-bedroom house in New Zealand is NZD 350-400 weekly, if it is a 2-bedroom house it will be around 250-300. It is hard to figure out other living expense but an approximate weekly expense for a middle-class Indian household will be NZD 200-300. Few examples: Internet- NZD 80-100 monthly (unlimited data), electricity- NZD 100-150/month (summer), 200-350 monthly(winter) .