sarahinnz

My husband really wanted to make a go of it here, and he has a well paid job, much better than NZ but is working longer hours. We both gave up good jobs to have a go here but we have both realised we are not enjoying the climate, where we live, lifestyle and of course when you throw 2 homesick teenage boys into the mix we just think its not worth it. We didn't come to live and feel like this. We moved from Christchurch initially because of the earthquakes but we are moving back because we now realise we were happy there, despite its problems and we want to stay together as a family even though we know we will be working harder. It's a trade off between staying together as a family and being happy in NZ or us staying in OZ because were financially better off but were not really enjoying our experience and knowing our children are unhappy...and we have decided that the money is not worth it!

sarahinnz

I hear you, we're from Christchurch and along with the earthquakes we also thought that we would be better off financially in the long run in OZ. My husbands in a well paid job but we had to come further north than we wanted to get good money though, there's no point moving to Brisbane where we wanted to go if the only job offers were well below what we wanted to make any difference in our lives. So we decided further North Queensland but now were here we realised what a great lifestyle we had in NZ. Sometimes you think the grass is greener on the other side and I'm afraid it's not, so along with the reasons in my originally quote we have decided as a family OZ is not for us.
I'm still glad we came and tried though as we would always be wondering what if?

Molly dog

thanks for that info dave99 and Evelin, the grass isn't always greener

Molly dog

Wow Sarahinnz, what a huge adjustment you have all had to make, putting things in context with the earthquakes. You may need some time to fully adjust to what you've been through, that's the stuff trauma is made from.

astera

I take it you've seen quite a lot of NZ and Christchurch is the place to be over there?

I would have thought that kids would always opt for the bigger place that can offer them more attractions and ways of spending their time, from big malls to multiplex cinemas , etc.

Is Auckland not even worth considering when compared with Christchurch?

Molly dog

There are a lot of housing problems in Christchurch at the moment, demand vs supply= price. People still living in quake damaged housing.