"I've lost count of how many jobs I have applied for in the last two months, I can apply for up to 10 a day and since moving to Rotorua I've had five interviews.
"At the moment I just really need a job, but if things fall through I could go back to study, we can always upskill ourselves."
But, she said, her main goal was to pursue a career in recreation working with kids in holiday programmes.
"I love kids, working with them would provide variety, no day would be the same, it would never be boring," Miss Oneroa said.