Interesting....so you don't actually get a PR.

You get a 9 mth job search visa, then a 2 year temporary visa, only then you get a PR.

Any requirements to retain the PR? Or once it is granted, it's valid for life?

Ok, so depending on the strength of application, you could be offered a job search visa or a resident visa.

You mean to say that there's no residency requirements to main the PR? i.e. stay in NZ 2 out of 5 years etc?

So you could technically stay outside the country for 10 years and be an absent permanent resident

For a Msian growing up with Astro, Hitz FM, The Star in KL, 6 or 7 is nothing. You shouldn't even be allowing yourself to settle for 6 or 7. You need at least an 8 given the circumstances. Similarly for MUET, anything less than 5 is unacceptable if you grew up in a middle class family in KL.

This is an outrage when you consider the first ever English school in SEA is located in Penang. It predates both the foundation of Singapore and HK. There are also numerous Saint Blah blah Institutions throughout the country. In KL you have got SJI, MBS and VI. What those monkeys did to the country such that Msians have got to take the IELTS and be happy with a band 6 or 7 is frankly the most obscene thing that could be thought out.