The government is opening the door for up to 40,000 young people from overseas to spend working holidays here within the next two years. The Working Holiday scheme currently allows 31,000 people from 22 countries, aged between 18 and 30 and without children to work here for up to a year. Immigration Minister Paul Swain says last year almost a quarter of all working holiday makers found jobs in the horticultural and agricultural sectors. Other changes to the scheme include removing the cap on the number of scheme applicants from the UK, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands coming to New Zealand, in recognition that these countries offer the same arrangement for New Zealanders