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Apr 1st 2010, 3:00 pm
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Hi everyone. My name Martin and i'm from Nottingham. My family and I spent 3 weeks in New Zealand in October of last year. We travel from the top of the North Island down to Christchuch and loved every bit of it. We are now applying to move there and the kids are looking forward to going back, even though it took 30 hours to get there.
Apr 1st 2010, 8:09 pm
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Re: Hi everyone
HI Martin and welcome to BE!
You did well to do both islands in 3 weeks!
Have a browse round the forum and happy posting!
You did well to do both islands in 3 weeks!
Have a browse round the forum and happy posting!
Apr 1st 2010, 8:56 pm
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Hi & welcome to the site
Good luck with your plans
Dewb
Good luck with your plans
Dewb
Apr 2nd 2010, 3:30 am
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Hello & Welcome from us too Martin
Apr 2nd 2010, 8:07 pm
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi Martin - Welcome we're in nottingham, just waiting for house sale to be finalised then we are off to NZ in June
Good luck with your application etc. The info on this site is invaluable and it will keep you sane during the immigration process
Good luck with your application etc. The info on this site is invaluable and it will keep you sane during the immigration process
Apr 3rd 2010, 3:08 am
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi everyone. My name Martin and i'm from Nottingham. My family and I spent 3 weeks in New Zealand in October of last year. We travel from the top of the North Island down to Christchuch and loved every bit of it. We are now applying to move there and the kids are looking forward to going back, even though it took 30 hours to get there.
I am from Nottingham too
Well Hucknall originally. We live in sunny Tauranga now
what part of Nottingham are you from ??
must admit I miss my football still a big Reds fan
as you can probely tell with Mr & Mrs Clough being my aviator
( I know i am sad)
good luck with the move back
Apr 5th 2010, 4:55 pm
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Hi Martin, similar to yourself we travelled the islands for 3 weeks last year visiting Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch. Queenstown and finally to Dunedin where we have friends for New Year. We're now just about ready to submit our EOI. Keep us posted of your progress! 
Apr 6th 2010, 5:07 am
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Howdy, howdy and welcome to this little NZ forum.
Happy Postings.
Happy Postings.
Apr 6th 2010, 1:18 pm
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Thanks for your warm welcome. I apologize for not replying sooner but it’s the kid’s school holiday and this is the first time I’ve been able sit down at the pc.
I can highly recommend going to the South Island (if you’ve not been), even though we only traveled the top half down to Arthur’s Pass National Park. We did intend to travel down to Milford Sound and Dunedin but we had several problems with the van and it eventually lost 4th gear. The second van wasn’t much better but at least the radio worked. We also got court up in the tsunami and a few days later, the snow, so we lost several days. But if the bottom half of the South Island is anything like top the sooner we get back there the better.
Martin
I can highly recommend going to the South Island (if you’ve not been), even though we only traveled the top half down to Arthur’s Pass National Park. We did intend to travel down to Milford Sound and Dunedin but we had several problems with the van and it eventually lost 4th gear. The second van wasn’t much better but at least the radio worked. We also got court up in the tsunami and a few days later, the snow, so we lost several days. But if the bottom half of the South Island is anything like top the sooner we get back there the better.
Martin
Apr 7th 2010, 6:56 am
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi Martin,
Welcome!
The Bottom half is just as spectacular, if not better!
Hopefully you'll get to see next time your here
Leanne
Welcome!
The Bottom half is just as spectacular, if not better!
Hopefully you'll get to see next time your here
Leanne
Apr 11th 2010, 10:15 pm
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi Martin,
Welcome to the forum! and hello to all you from Nottingham OH is also from Hucknall!
Goood luck with the process ahead and we look forward to your touch down in NZ. The whole of the South Island is a stunner.
Welcome also to Rochdal**** myself being from Middleton
Welcome to the forum! and hello to all you from Nottingham OH is also from Hucknall!
Goood luck with the process ahead and we look forward to your touch down in NZ. The whole of the South Island is a stunner.
Welcome also to Rochdal**** myself being from Middleton
Apr 14th 2010, 2:05 am
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi everyone. My name Martin and i'm from Nottingham. My family and I spent 3 weeks in New Zealand in October of last year. We travel from the top of the North Island down to Christchuch and loved every bit of it. We are now applying to move there and the kids are looking forward to going back, even though it took 30 hours to get there.
beach just 5min in the car Just this morning I have walk with my dog on the newly open path in Pegasus ( new small town) with lots of open space and the foot hills and alps in the back ground and you have a man made heated lake to swim in, and boat in, new golf corse, and picnic places or take the new path to the beach like we did.Hope it goes well for you keep posting just wish we had come a long time back!!!