suza712565

I am here. All back together again. Been two weeks now. It's all a bit strange.

Any help With settling in. Best places to shop. Schools. Pre schools. Restaurants.

We are in Tauranga

Pigdog

Welcome to NZ, glad you finally made it. How did the packing go ?

cappuccino

Welcome to NZ. You need to change your location on your BE profile now :-)

suza712565

The packing was hell. I had to box everything up before the shipping company coming due to fast house sale.
We move into our new home on Wednesday. Been a long time coming.

bearskin

Hi there. Welcome to NZ. Hopefully you'll get a decent run of the end-of-summer before our dreaded winter. You'll have been over to the Mount - nice isn't it, if a bit tourist heaven. There is a nice mexican restaurant on the main street, and a craft brewery.

Had to laugh when I saw those famous pommy words "Best places to shop. Schools". If you stay and settle in NZ, you'll grow out of it!! Shopping (as a leisure pursuit - like it is the no.1 in the UK) - doesn't really exist in NZ. Schools? pick the closest one to where you live. Again, angst over a 'good school' doesn't matter even 10% as much here, as in UK.

suza712565

Thank you bearskin. Yes I love it there the mount. We spent two days there.
Cleaning the rental now. Not too impressed but it will do for now I suppose.
Schools will be looked into me to week.

suza712565

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Perry Groves

Kia Ora

LauraNotts

Welcome!!! Haere Mai!

suza712565

So where is everyone staying?
We are in Brookfield. I'm not sure about the area. Any help?

Charismatic

I thought this thread was going to be one of those stories about becoming an actress "...then, like, my assistant offered me a bottle of Evian, like, which I immediately spat on her blouse and shouted at her because, like, it was above 4 degrees and he knows I like it at 3. But it just feels like I've so arrived."

bearskin

Oops you came before me.

escapedtonz

We're in Bethlehem. Brookfield only 5 mins away and where we shop sometimes as it's our closest New World and we regularly drive through to get to Otumoetai and the Estuary which has a great walking/cycle path all the way round - 9km's.

suza712565

Hi, I really wanted to be in Bethlehem but nothing in our price range. Love the little café there.

Looking at Welcome Bay. I say looking because we can't get any where with the estate agents out here.

Where did you emigrate from?

Sue

MrsFychan

what do you mean you can't get "any where with estates agents out here"?

what problems are you having?