We are in the process of registration, although my husband has been out of the workforce in the UK since 2009 and done some self employment since then his Qualifications make him exempt from certain areas. We were told to fill in the form on their website for overseas applications, no work references available so had to do a statutory declaration ( googled and found a form on nz.gov website) filled that it and had it witnessed by JP, ticked assessment and registration only as no safety/ first aid. Paid the Fee and were told they would get back to us and tell us the result of the assessment.
There are courses in London we have heard but we are already in NZ so we called their helpline. Submitted last Tuesday and it takes 6-8 weeks for assessment.