Allergies in NZ?
Dec 17th 2006, 5:41 pm
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Allergies in NZ?
Has anyone experienced any significant allergies since moving to NZ?
Dec 17th 2006, 6:36 pm
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
Originally Posted by Biscuits
Has anyone experienced any significant allergies since moving to NZ?
Dec 17th 2006, 6:51 pm
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
Originally Posted by sky
Yes really bad hayfever, worse than in the uk. Flixinase keeps it under control though.
Dec 17th 2006, 8:11 pm
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
Originally Posted by Biscuits
Has anyone experienced any significant allergies since moving to NZ?
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Dec 17th 2006, 8:44 pm
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
Yep - pine tree pollen seems to be the biggie that Mrs S'ner suffers from. Don't know why she then had to go buy a Xmas tree. 
Dec 17th 2006, 8:49 pm
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
Originally Posted by southerner
Yep - pine tree pollen seems to be the biggie that Mrs S'ner suffers from. Don't know why she then had to go buy a Xmas tree.
A bit cheeky this one and sorry for temporarily hijacking this thread but what is Mosgiel like as a place to live.....I noted where you live!
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Dec 18th 2006, 4:13 am
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
Originally Posted by Gill and Rob
No allergies for me, however I imagine how some people can suffer. There are times of the year when there is a yellow cast over our garden from the tree pollen, you also see it on the car windscreen and if it has been raining you can see a yellow pollen scum floating on the puddles.
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No allergies for Rob, however he doesn't seem to notice his wife and children living on anti-histamine tablets !!!!
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Dec 18th 2006, 6:27 pm
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Re: Allergies in NZ?
My Asthma was pretty bad in NZ - the doctor told me NZ and especially Auckland is one of the worst places in the world to live if you suffer from it.
