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Forum: New Zealand
Mar 1st 2023, 1:48 am
Replies: 44
Views: 7,504
Posted By Genesis

Re: Where next? - UK Citizen/NZ perm res living in New Zealand

Well, in the same frank and open ‘warts and all’ vein of above, none of which I disagree with by the way...... the U.K. is in a more parlous state than NZ!! At least we have space here. Oz has many...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 23rd 2022, 8:34 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 3,387
Posted By Genesis

Re: Emigrating Prison Officer

They are currently recruiting. I went through the rather elongated process to join back in 2017, I got offered a job but decided not to join because of the frankly parlous state of corrections then....
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 18th 2022, 10:37 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,944
Posted By Genesis

Re: NZ Opportunity

I don’t have a mortgage, just bills to pay for an average 150m2 home. I live in a small town. I live alone, am almost 65, I drive an older car. I have car, contents and buildings insurance. I have...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 11th 2022, 2:02 am
Replies: 69
Views: 12,220
Posted By Genesis

Re: NZ or Aus

And they’re off!!! https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300659348/more-people-leave-nz-than-arrive-for-the-16th-straight-month-stats-nz-says
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 10th 2022, 8:36 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,945
Posted By Genesis

Re: Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

Totally experienced it. I do feel for you. I only have 5 friends here after 17 years. All five are from Europe and I made all those chums in my first 2 to 3 years of my 17 years here.

I have found...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 10th 2022, 8:26 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 12,220
Posted By Genesis

Re: NZ or Aus

They are hugely different countries. I spent 3 months in Oz in 1990, have been here in NZ for 17 years. I have heard great things about Melbourne.

There is no doubt IMHO that NZ is descending into...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 17th 2022, 2:38 am
Replies: 21
Views: 4,676
Posted By Genesis

Re: We are moving to NZ - Please help advise us (NEWBIE stage)

And today this very well written and informative article................https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/129269692/damien-grant-were-following-in-sri-lankas-footsteps
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 15th 2022, 7:37 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 4,676
Posted By Genesis

Re: We are moving to NZ - Please help advise us (NEWBIE stage)

I think the grass is greener is a gene that many a human possess! I guess with life being such a brief sojourn, why not?
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 14th 2022, 11:12 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 4,676
Posted By Genesis

Re: We are moving to NZ - Please help advise us (NEWBIE stage)

Funnily enough I live in a dull town and from a social perspective my life is not that good here. However in other areas my life is dandy. When you are a little person like me life is a compromise....
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 14th 2022, 11:05 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 4,676
Posted By Genesis

Re: We are moving to NZ - Please help advise us (NEWBIE stage)

There is indeed a degree of truth in what you say. That said I have been here long enough to be able to see (from what I read and hear) that NZ did used to be, to a degree, the ‘land of milk and...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 14th 2022, 6:36 am
Replies: 21
Views: 4,676
Posted By Genesis

Re: We are moving to NZ - Please help advise us (NEWBIE stage)

I have been here 17 years in a relatively dull town in provincial NZ. I am quite happy with my life here, but my social life is not what it was in the U.K. as I have never really jelled with kiwis to...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 20th 2022, 3:30 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,441
Posted By Genesis

Re: Palmerston North renting

PS Hokowhitu is a great area and proximate to the University. I would focus on that area.
And when you get here invest in a dehumidifier for your bedroom. They are worth their weight in gold and not...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 20th 2022, 3:29 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,441
Posted By Genesis

Re: Palmerston North renting

Hi there,

I have been in Palmerston North since 2005. I know the Massey campus well here, I used to live next to it. It is a beautiful campus. Property Brokers are one of the biggest letting...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 6th 2022, 2:44 am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,961
Posted By Genesis

Re: Wanganui?

I know the town very well and I would recommend it. A friend of mine is a genius entrepreneur and he is spending a lot of money on an entertainment complex in Victoria Avenue. The town has seen much...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 24th 2021, 3:15 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,708
Posted By Genesis

Re: Changes to NZ Super for residents

Indeed, my friend who is a U.K. expat has just drawn this paragraph in the article to my attention.

I still think it is unfair and it should be for residents arriving after a certain date in the...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 23rd 2021, 9:19 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,708
Posted By Genesis

Changes to NZ Super for residents

The powers to be are looking to change the time frame from 10 years residency to 20 to be eligible for NZ Super.

It appears it will affect all residents, no matter when they arrived here, if I...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 3rd 2020, 8:54 pm
Replies: 87
Views: 13,802
Posted By Genesis

Re: Emigrating to NZ

Good morning Peter and Steph, I came here in 2005 for a better life for my children and my then wife and I. I think I got it right. Alas the marriage eventually failed (it probably would have in the...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 19th 2020, 10:18 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,263
Posted By Genesis

Re: UK LGPS Pension query

www.qropsnz.com
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 3rd 2020, 11:19 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,830
Posted By Genesis

Re: Taking teens from Scotland to NZ

Hi, all I can tell you is that bullying is a huge issue in NZ. Been here 15 years, previously spent 45 in the U.K. Bullying was not as wide spread in the U.K. IMHO. Here it seems to be prevalent in...
Forum: New Zealand
May 23rd 2020, 1:32 am
Replies: 2
Views: 863
Posted By Genesis

Re: Evisa

I am an NZ resident. I got my NZ evisa for permanent returning in NZ via email when I got my new UK passport......BUT I had to send all the documents by post to Auckland, I got the NZ evisa about...
Forum: New Zealand
May 2nd 2020, 6:58 am
Replies: 5
Views: 986
Posted By Genesis

Re: Drivers License

So it is even easier now!!! Does not make sense IMHO when one looks at the driving carnage in this country. It seems silly that because you are from a certain country you are deemed ‘fit to drive’....
Forum: New Zealand
May 2nd 2020, 1:50 am
Replies: 5
Views: 986
Posted By Genesis

Re: Drivers License

Hi, so long as you do it within a year you only have to do a theory test. 30 or so multiple guess questions. I think you can get three wrong. Eye sight test too. Get it done at any AA or VTNZ shop.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 23rd 2020, 11:43 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,740
Posted By Genesis

Re: Moving to New Zealand (Job opportunities)

Hi Ben,

I have had three part time jobs here in NZ. I will be honest, no point in being anything otherwise. In all three sectors, local council, private and the local health board bullying was...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 23rd 2020, 10:11 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,740
Posted By Genesis

Re: Moving to New Zealand (Advice on job opportunities)

Hi Ben,

Being a police officer still appears to be on the skills shortage list. Please see this link https://skillshortages.immigration.govt.nz/commissioned-police-officer/


To be honest this...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 23rd 2020, 3:56 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,539
Posted By Genesis

Re: 29yo should I move from Oz to Oxford with dog & BF?

If I were you? From what you have written? Stay in Oz. If the man does not like that...find one that does. Relationships should be about compromise. You sound well sorted in Oz. Sounds like you have...
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