Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Oct 17th 2012, 7:47 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,390
Re: Heading Home
Hi there, from a post I made a few weeks ago we felt much the same. We have been back in UK 4 weeks and it feels good. I have the odd "wobble" but that is mainly about missing my ex-colleagues and...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Sep 23rd 2012, 5:30 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,912
Back in UK
Well we finally decided enough was enough and made the huge decision to return to Blighty. It took OH two and a half years to find a job in NZ and when he got one he absolutely hated it, he began to...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jun 20th 2012, 3:50 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 832
Re: Documents to bring?
I left my car with my next door neighbour to scrap for us when we emigrated, but forgot I had left the documents needed to send to the DVLA in with all the stuff on the container!!!! By the time they...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jun 19th 2012, 4:00 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 553
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Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2012, 2:41 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 553
permanent residency visa's
Hi, quick question for you much more onto it people than me!!! Once you have the indefinite returning visa thingy in your passport, how long can you be out of the country and still get back in? Hope...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 13th 2012, 10:40 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 699
Re: nursing in nz
Hi there, I have been here two and a half years now. (Oz was never an option for us) I work for Waitemata district Health Board in North Shore Hospital. General medical nurse and I love it!! There...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 7th 2012, 10:15 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 615
Re: Approved!
yay, congrats to you. Soooooo worth the wait. Good luck with the packing and goodbyes etc :thumbsup::thumbsup: Bevissa
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Apr 29th 2012, 3:41 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,956
Re: two and a half years on
It is exciting and scary and when you say goodbyes very, very sad but soooo worth it. Good luck :fingerscrossed::thumbsup: Bevissa
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Apr 25th 2012, 6:39 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,956
Re: two and a half years on
haha, there will be no-one left in Norfolk at this rate :lol::lol: When do you hope to be here Crumpy and where are you heading for in NZ? Bevissa
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Apr 22nd 2012, 8:34 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,956
Re: two and a half years on
Small world! My stepson and his family lived there for a while but now live in Holt. Are you missing home or is this home now? Hope hubby finds work, its really hard out there at the moment as I'm...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Apr 22nd 2012, 7:22 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,956
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 10th 2012, 12:35 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,937
Re: BMI!!!!!!
I got refused as my BMI was 36. something, within a few weeks I got it down to 33.1 and was accepted! It doesn't matter how "healthy" you are (and I am!) they will refuse you if BMI is over that...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Apr 10th 2012, 12:29 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,956
two and a half years on
Well, surprisingly we are still here in lovely NZ and despite all our woes I think we have weathered the storm! My other half had to endure 2 long trips back to Uk to get work and after deciding that...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Apr 10th 2012, 12:15 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,026
Re: What a Rollercoaster of a Year
Hope things improve for you back here in NZ, it sounds like you have had a really crap time. Wishing you well with life, Bevissa xx:fingerscrossed:
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Forum: New Zealand
Mar 29th 2012, 8:21 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 473
Re: Times.....
Hi Crumpy10. I haven't been on here for ages so it was good to see you about but not so good that you still there and not here yet!!! Good luck with everything. Hope you hear good news soon....
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Forum: New Zealand
Aug 20th 2011, 5:24 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,201
Re: Please, please don't ship with Pickfords!
We used Pickfords Norwich Branch and they were absolutely spot on. would recommend them and use them again. Sorry to hear your experience was crap. its a shame there is so much difference within the...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 31st 2011, 2:48 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 419
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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 29th 2011, 7:47 am
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Replies: 57
Views: 3,592
Re: How long have you been here in NZ?
Two years in October. daughter and I settled in straightaway and we are happy to call this lovely country home. I do miss family and friends although the friends I am making now compensate alot. From...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 29th 2011, 7:36 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 419
pommie sparkies working in nz
Hi there, just wondering if there are any courses that can be done in Uk that count towards getting registered in NZ and do not have to be repeated once applying for registration here. Thanks for any...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 7th 2011, 7:02 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,985
Re: Separation
Hi there, no advice I'm afraid but hope you get everythng sorted out without too much more heartache. Your children will come through this as long as they know you love them. Good luck...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
May 5th 2011, 4:51 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 834
Re: still plodding along
:rofl::rofl: Mostly but sometimes it is nice to get the remote all to myself so he can't keep channel hopping when ever the adverts come on (which over here is about every 5 minutes!!!!) :thumbsup:
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
May 3rd 2011, 12:33 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 834
still plodding along
Hi all, we are still here, still loving NZ and OH still without work!!!! He spent 4 months in UK last year and is returning June for 3 months. He is applying for all sorts of work and not getting...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 3rd 2011, 12:26 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,030
Re: New Zealand Nursing Council being difficult
Hi, have to say I didn't have any issues with them apart from having to take the bloody English Test!!!! My Cv contained every mundane thing I ever done on the ward in UK and it didn't get returned...
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 15th 2011, 10:25 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,325
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Forum: New Zealand
Mar 11th 2011, 10:14 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,130
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