Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Apr 20th 2016, 6:27 pm

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Take it you'll be investing in a gun and a pig dog then.

Just the pig dog.

I hear they are very tasty!

[A cross between a pig and a dog sounds very hotdoggish.]

Apr 22nd 2016, 2:31 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Pears here are currently 99c/kilo. They were $7.99 in New World. That's 8 times as much!

BB

and banana's?

For the kids a simple Hawaiian Pizza here in Auckland $4.99 in Melbourne it was $12.99

Apr 22nd 2016, 4:16 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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and banana's?

For the kids a simple Hawaiian Pizza here in Auckland $4.99 in Melbourne it was $12.99

Banana's what?

Bananas seem to range from about $2 to about $4 per/kg here.

You can get a crap take out pizza here for $5.

Apr 22nd 2016, 6:42 am

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Banana's what?

Bananas seem to range from about $2 to about $4 per/kg here.

You can get a crap take out pizza here for $5.

Try $19 per KG for bananas

Apr 22nd 2016, 6:54 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Try $19 per KG for bananas

That's nuts.

Apr 22nd 2016, 8:42 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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That's nuts.

Tell me about it

Have a banana smoothie and they call you a banker

Apr 22nd 2016, 11:04 pm

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

Ouch! As a banana lover this would be a disaster. Where is this place, so I can avoid it?

Apr 23rd 2016, 12:33 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Ouch! As a banana lover this would be a disaster. Where is this place, so I can avoid it?

It was Melbourne

And you can imagine the pain with school lunches

Try placing bananas in vaults

Apr 23rd 2016, 2:40 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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That's nuts.

Happens in Aus after a big cyclone wipes out the crops. Bananas were like gold dust after Cyclone Larry in 2006.

Apr 23rd 2016, 3:29 am

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Happens in Aus after a big cyclone wipes out the crops. Bananas were like gold dust after Cyclone Larry in 2006.

Where as in NZ importing is ok

Apr 23rd 2016, 3:42 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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That's nuts.

I was playing on words after Bourbon and Parnells thing about bananas.

I find nuts expensive here.

Apr 23rd 2016, 11:18 pm

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Where as in NZ importing is ok

I have mixed feelings about Australia's refusal to import certain things produced here: on the one hand I think it is excellent and more sustainable; on the other I cannot believe we grow rice here and I refuse to buy Australian rice.

Apr 28th 2016, 10:41 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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I was playing on words after Bourbon and Parnells thing about bananas.

I find nuts expensive here.

Quite pleased about my nut allergy when I lived in NZ. Couldn't afford them!

Apr 28th 2016, 11:07 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

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Originally Posted by Bo-Jangles

It can only be rent / housing inflation that you are dealing with and that's not unique to Christchurch and I haven't seen any evidence to suggest wages have skyrocketed at any time over the past ten years.

I'm not sure either where this is coming from; since RBNZ has been cutting interest rates to prop up this rock'n'roll economy and try to boost inflation and make us all feel better off by putting more money into our pockets. Inflation is running at something like 0.1% and according to RBNZ ideally should be somewhere between 1 to 3%

In reply to the sky rocketing wages. My facts are i went to Aus 2004 my hourly rate in Christchurch was $21. I returned in 2015 and the best rate i got was $26. Now i am back in W.A. on between Aus $34-47 and not FIFO.

Apr 28th 2016, 11:16 am

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Re: Cost of living in NZ vs OZ

I am wondering if we had a mini-tornado or some other suck blight or pestilence that wiped out the crop of NZ leeks @ $2.99 each for heaven's sake.

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