Help me understand this clearly. Are you guys trying to say that, taking up PhD in NZ is automatically considered employment in the school ? If that is the case, how does that work, will there be a basic salary or just allowance outside the scholarship funds(if under scholarship). What if am not under any scholarships? Will I still be allowed to secure a job to support my education and family with my previous degree and experience?
I am considering post doc as well but need to get this pathway figured out first.
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Manitude said, not a question of legality as it is practicality.
You will often be working 40+ hours per week on your PhD, potentially going up to 60 sometimes, and you won't be able to plan for such. If you add in a part time job then it will eat into the time you can give when your PhD gets busy. You also won't make a whole lot of money over the year, perhaps NZ$4500-5000, which likely isn't worth the extra work and stress when you've already got your stipend and your partner's income behind you.
More importantly it's a question of whether it will be acceptable within your research group. Your adviser/supervisor may not want you to, so doing so will strain your relationship especially if you start being unable to keep up. They could even straight up disallow you from working.
As an international student you usually can't do a PhD part time in NZ, and it's generally not advised to study a PhD part time anyway as part timers have much lower rates of completion. Going part time may also affect your funding.