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Old Jan 5th 2010, 8:21 pm
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Wellington is much nicer
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Old Jan 5th 2010, 9:47 pm
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Originally Posted by colandros
Wellington is much nicer
except for the weather
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Old Jan 5th 2010, 11:16 pm
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Wellington has a heart and a soul, something i feel that is lacking in Auckland, just my personal opinion. BUT OMG Welly is windy and not so good on the weather front, but i would take Welly over Auckland any day.
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Default Re: Auckland is a dump!

Originally Posted by crap coffee
except for the weather
I second that Wellington is great although my first choice would be to stay here I would not mind living in Auckland one bit.

It says a lot I feel that we can sit back and call Auckland a dump, I love Auckland it is so diverse and there are some great people there. In some places you can feel very isolated where as in Auckland you feel more connected.

I would live in Auckland over a lot of places, I would live anywhere in NZ no worries.
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Old Jan 6th 2010, 12:54 am
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Originally Posted by bro69
I second that Wellington is great although my first choice would be to stay here I would not mind living in Auckland one bit.

It says a lot I feel that we can sit back and call Auckland a dump, I love Auckland it is so diverse and there are some great people there. In some places you can feel very isolated where as in Auckland you feel more connected.

I would live in Auckland over a lot of places, I would live anywhere in NZ no worries.
I guess Welly could be a good place if you have a good job to make very good money + have a family. Otherwise no no. so far I haven't met any people who consider retiring in Welly though they have worked for 30 odd years or something there. nobody likes the horrid weather!

dunno why but I love chch - I mean the environment - love the greenery like England! Its just my preference tho!

Auckland isn't too bad to be honest, however there is a lack of European feelings, hence I prefer Welly to Auckland (personally).

but hey, is there any place, does not have its fair share of problems? like Wellington has rather a lot of wind. lol

You seems to be a cool fellow, if you could live anywhere without too much prejudice.

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Old Jan 6th 2010, 5:54 am
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Quite honestly I don't know Auckland very well, passed through a few times, stayed there for 3 or 4 days when we did our recce in 2007, and I thought it was OK. Never had a burning desire to live there, which was just as well because our job offer was for Rotorua, not Auckland. But I'm not sure that I'd have a problem living there, although the house prices deter me a bit.

But I love Rotorua....and you should hear the rude remarks people make about my home town, largely concentrating on the smell , of course. So I must be very strange, as this is my little paradise. Each to their own I say
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Originally Posted by Tomsk
Quite honestly I don't know Auckland very well, passed through a few times, stayed there for 3 or 4 days when we did our recce in 2007, and I thought it was OK. Never had a burning desire to live there, which was just as well because our job offer was for Rotorua, not Auckland. But I'm not sure that I'd have a problem living there, although the house prices deter me a bit.

But I love Rotorua....and you should hear the rude remarks people make about my home town, largely concentrating on the smell , of course. So I must be very strange, as this is my little paradise. Each to their own I say
I love Rotorua too. Although it's not near the sea, it is somewhere I could live. The smell doesn't bother me, it smells a damn site better than Widnes
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Originally Posted by Kimi-Deacon
Wellington has a heart and a soul, something i feel that is lacking in Auckland, just my personal opinion. BUT OMG Welly is windy and not so good on the weather front, but i would take Welly over Auckland any day.
Yeah i prefer Wellington, but its the weather that puts me off! but nowhere is perfect and that's a shame I Love Napier, but the only thing its so far away from Wellington , wheres we are only a 2 hour drive away.

but anywhere's better than Wanganui, well not anywhere but you get my drift
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Originally Posted by love30stm
Yeah i prefer Wellington, but its the weather that puts me off! but nowhere is perfect and that's a shame I Love Napier, but the only thing its so far away from Wellington , wheres we are only a 2 hour drive away.

but anywhere's better than Wanganui, well not anywhere but you get my drift
Not been to Wanganui yet, we must head up that way sometime, closest we have got to Wanganui is Palmy North and i have to say i quite like Palmy despite what some people say.

Hope you had a good Xmas hon and a Happy New Year xx
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Old Jan 8th 2010, 12:30 am
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Default Re: Auckland is a dump!

Originally Posted by kiwinow
Speaking as a past Aucklander:
I have never heard Aucklanders put on fake UK accents. Why?


Why should you travel to Auckland? - because it's different. But do so with an open mind and enjoy what it has to offer.
Have to say I have never hard that one before!!! you would have a big job on to talk at all like me as I was born in Leeds, my Dad was from Scotland and Mum was born under the sounds of bow bells and I am married to an Essex Man!!!!

Most parts of the world have good and bad parts but in NZ WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE and thats the big plus for me.
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You would have a big job on to talk at all like me as I was born in Leeds, my Dad was from Scotland and Mum was born under the sounds of bow bells and I am married to an Essex Man!!!!
Same here, a right hybridised accent I have, being brought up by Northern parents in the Sarf East and then married to a Cockney geezer, mixed in with five years of inevitable Kiwi-isation of vowels. The cockney geezer sounds more and more like a Kiwi with every passing day. People are often surprised to hear that I am actually English!!
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Originally Posted by Bo-Jangles
Same here, a right hybridised accent I have, being brought up by Northern parents in the Sarf East and then married to a Cockney geezer, mixed in with five years of inevitable Kiwi-isation of vowels. The cockney geezer sounds more and more like a Kiwi with every passing day. People are often surprised to hear that I am actually English!!
YES! I have to fully agree with you him in doors sounds like half me half Essex man and now Yes!! a bit of Kiwi at times.. so long as he does not say women when its referring to more then one!!! and if he does I will place him back on a slow boat to god only know`s..Man dont you just love em!!
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YES! I have to fully agree with you him in doors sounds like half me half Essex man and now Yes!! a bit of Kiwi at times.. so long as he does not say women when its referring to more then one!!! and if he does I will place him back on a slow boat to god only know`s..Man dont you just love em!!


Find it interesting how accents change. Must be funny when your kids start sounding like little Kiwis.

OH Grandma lived in NZ for over fourty years and she sounded more British than the queen

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Old Jan 11th 2010, 1:49 am
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Find it interesting how accents change. Must be funny when your kids start sounding like little Kiwis.

OH Grandma lived in NZ for over fourty years and she sounded more British than the queen

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No Kids!! THANK GOD FOR THEM ,!but lots of friends with kids that have come over do pick it up sounding like Kiwis. Bless
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Originally Posted by Dewb09


Find it interesting how accents change. Must be funny when your kids start sounding like little Kiwis.

OH Grandma lived in NZ for over fourty years and she sounded more British than the queen

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It's not funny when your kids start saying bid, yis and dick. It horrifies me and sounds grotesque, I can't stand the thought of them talking like that. Although I think Canterbury is the worst place for it.
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