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Old Oct 17th 2010, 12:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Stormer999
Wow!

Just got off the phone from my mum in NZ and asked her about the cost of living and she thinks it all overrated and not comparing like with like. She didn't give details though, and as she is wanting her beloved daughter back in NZ she might not be the most unbiased source! Just as well she's not charging me rent though.
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Cost of living in N.Z. is high.
If you want to live here be prepared to pay for the privilege.
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Old Oct 17th 2010, 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Expat Kiwi
In New Zealand a $100 basket of supermarket goods costs almost 13% of the gross weekly wage, the same goods would be 9% in Britain and Australia and 7.5% in the USA.
That might be true of $100 of anything as it is value based. What exchange rates was that comparison using as they will have shifted massively over the past 2yrs or so...
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Originally Posted by simonsi
That might be true of $100 of anything as it is value based. What exchange rates was that comparison using as they will have shifted massively over the past 2yrs or so...
It wouldn't have been using exchange rates as it was comparing local costs against local wages I presume.....
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Originally Posted by Stormer999


I guess the moral is don't believe anything you read. Either here or in official surveys!

Seriously, the only truly relevant knowledge you can be confident in is that gained through your own experience.
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Originally Posted by Woodlea
It wouldn't have been using exchange rates as it was comparing local costs against local wages I presume.....
It uses a common "$100 basket goods" so the common factor could have been the goods in the basket, the value of the basket (ie it was a straight $100 of anything)... etc etc the wording implies same goods so the local cost of those goods must have been converted using an exchange rate...

Its a statistic and therefore could have been concocted out of almost anything if the basis for it isn´t understood...remember starch (for collars) has only recently been removed as a typical good in one of the UK price index calculations because there were many Govt statisticians who valued "consistancy over time" above "consumption relevance"...
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Originally Posted by WhingingPom
Seriously, the only truly relevant knowledge you can be confident in is that gained through your own experience.
true, true, true
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I do not disagree with you. But at this point in time trying to keep up with Australia is counterproductive. We need to set our own path, IMO.
Which is fine but by almost any measure, no matter how wide, we are failing at economic development right now.
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I don't think NZ Govt makes any money out of immigration.
Increasing you tax take is always a good thing.
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I don't think NZ Govt makes any money out of immigration.
Explain the Migrant Levy then? most people see very little in return for this tax, you only have to look around this board to see the number of people seeking settlement support and not finding much.
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Seriously, the only truly relevant knowledge you can be confident in is that gained through your own experience.[/QUOTE]

so do I need to experience somalia in order to rule it out as a potential place to emigrate to?
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so do I need to experience somalia in order to rule it out as a potential place to emigrate to?
The exception proves the rule. But in general most American citizens who have travelled to Somalia over the past 25yrs have returned safely haven't they? (see, you can prove anything with stats)

Admittedly most toured the country using Blackhawks...
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hardly an exception. people must rule out hundreds of countries for potential immigration simply based on what they think they know about that country.

likewise, they choose countries based on what they believe rather than the actual facts.

fact is, N.Z. is expensive and unless your coming to a good job you'll struggle.
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Old Oct 18th 2010, 12:21 am
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Originally Posted by gocebe
...simply based on what they think they know about that country.

likewise, they choose countries based on what they believe rather than the actual facts.

fact is, N.Z. is expensive and unless your coming to a good job you'll struggle.
Not as simple as that. Somalia is an exception as so few people (if any) would want to emigrate there at all, under any circumstances. Whether in individual will 'struggle' in NZ depends on their expectations, desies and circumstances. Believe me, most people in most countries believe they 'struggle' by their own definitions...
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Originally Posted by Stormer999
Your point is what exactly? It figures that Auckland would be less expensive than London, where isn't?

Perhaps you should look at some of the other more comparable cities because the UK does exist far beyond the M25

34 United Kingdom, London
106 New Zealand, Auckland
141 United Kingdom, Glasgow
166 United Kingdom, Birmingham
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Originally Posted by Bo-Jangles
Your point is what exactly? It figures that Auckland would be less expensive than London, where isn't?

Perhaps you should look at some of the other more comparable cities because the UK does exist far beyond the M25

34 United Kingdom, London
106 New Zealand, Auckland
141 United Kingdom, Glasgow
166 United Kingdom, Birmingham
Quite simple....the COL in the rest of the country is proportional to the capital city. So other NZ hot spots do not rate high enough to make the list.
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