hi ali
i am not in nz but i am a mw, rgn, hv in uk. registration for nz is frustrating. more so if you are rgn and mw as two seperate councils! re evidence of experience, you can read my comments recently about chasing up uni, human resources etc, driving me mad! you can get anyone who you have worked with to write on heade note paper that you worked at a place start and finish dates etc. some of my old managers are long gone and human resources salaries only keep records for so long. differs from hospital to hospital though. one of my ex employers from when i first qualified 1989 pulled my records no problem. my emigration agent has also suggested inland revenue asking for national insurance contribution print out and also nhs pensions. for your registration as nurse (not done the midwife bit of mine yet) you need police certificate 1 employment ref 2 character refs and verification form from nmc (£34). it all takes time and i have ended up spending 2 days solid either on phone, drafting letters or telephoning various hospitals. i wrote today about not selling self short if you were rgn before mw as the time spent training as mw can still count to rgn experience as you did mw training on back of rgn registration.
have also read that nznursing council have lost transcripts of courses etc. havent read anywhere that mw council has done same.
good luck