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Genesis

I have an english wife but managed to convince her of the merits of a life in NZ over a life in Northampton..Fortunately I was equally as persuasive as right. Life in NZ CAN be really, really good. I often have to pinch myself to appreciate it is NOT a dream. NZ as ever is full of shite, I guess I do a great job avoiding the shite (apart from being $140k down).

I would never try to tempt anyone to live here..Palmy is way from nirvana for most folk..ask me and I will sing its praises. It just happens to work for me and my family. Personally I would recommend many other places over Palmy. Its a very personal thing my love of this strange place. I have invested 4 years of hard work in my life here thus I think its great as has Kate. I can see why most think Palmy is a dump..most have not put in what I have..thus they cannot see the positives of living here.

kiwinow

Well, I dunno. I've never lived in Christchurch but visit often. It's a beautiful city with a cultural heart, but yes it is boy racer paradise. The big problem with the cops coming on too heavy handed is that most of these kids are just that. They aren't evil thugs. They often come from nice families. A heavy handed approach is almost guaranteed to get local thugs siding with the little boys because they want to nail the cops. They are teenage kids, and while it might be annoying, they do grow up, but if they get offside with the law it follows them. I guess if you live there and don't have teenage kids that won't matter to you, but as the mother of three teens I feel it.

Re Dunedin. This toga parade has been going for ages with no trouble. It's virtually an icon. This year some elements decided to create trouble and it didn't come from the University. Dunedin is a town I have walked around with my kids at night after Gym competitions. Mostly, it's a leafy Uni town with lots of students who occasionally do crazy things. That would never put me off living there. The thing that would put me off is that it is so damn cold in winter, and the sea isn't even that warm in summer.

pascalr

What an eccentric relationship with reality.....bliss

jennifer45

Yep that's right !
I'm a real smart ass Yorkshire lass!
You know the saying- You can tell a Yorkshireman- but you can't tell 'im much!
As for you living? in NZ for the past 6 years- we may well have bumped into each other, as we have spent three to four months of each of the last 6 years in NZ. There again we may not have had the pleasure of your acquaintance.
Us Yorkshire folk are very thorough when it comes to sussing a place out (and avoiding loud and aggressive persons)!
I really can't for the life of me understand why you have remained where you are obviously so unhappy.
Please don't blame your wife for making you live there.
If she is a kiwi, surely she would have known the area and its problems before you settled there.
Do you think you might be going down with something and feeling a bit tetchy and damned annoyed at all these 'happy Brits' loving NZ?
Most of us who have yet to settle (not long now ) know NZ has problems but have the sense to look at them in relation to everything else it has. To weigh up the pros and cons, and to avoid certain areas just as anyone moving to a new area would.
You obviously hate it- now if we can't sell our house - how about you renting it from us for a year just to get a feel of what it's like back in the UK at the mo. Don't forget your returning residents visa, 'cos you'll be using it.

NakiMan

I'll repeat the question I asked earlier in this thread..

Given that so many people seem to hate NZ so much that they wouldn't recommend anyone to move here and that the rest of the world seems to be turning to crap, where would you recommend people to emigrate to?

Zimbabwe perhaps ?

Browner_

What Halifax or Huddersfield? Nah Id rather be here, thats for sure! Ive enjoyed the rural areas outside Leeds and Bradford before though.

I would have to live down south thats for sure.

I have permanent residency thanks, so RRV cant expire

Browner_

You have answered your own question!
Maybe you are better off staying put.

Remember NZ is an awful long way - maybe it will work for you, maybe it wont.

Personally, I feel much more comfortable in Europe, but you are right, it is hard to know what to do.

Bellasmum

Car Mayhem is getting worse in New Zealand (if thats possible)

shouldn't that be...

Car Mayhem is getting worse in Christchurch (if thats possible)

So much for South Auckland being the worst place to live

RobClubley

Genesis

[QUOTE=Browner_;
You need to learn English.


Will you be my tutor? I will do 1 hours detention for my mistake.

jennifer45

[QUOTE=Genesis;7333003][QUOTE=Browner_;
You need to learn English.


Will you be my tutor? I will do 1 hours detention for my mistake.[/QUOTE]

Bless you for bringing a little light relief to a thread that was in danger of becoming 'uncomfortable'/emotional '

Genesis

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Thank you J. I can be a cheeky chappy when pushed.

pascalr

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BigRod

You sure you aint *Victor Meldrew* ROFL!!!