more people keep leaving NZ
#76
Joined: Oct 2011
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
For me the lovely neighbourhood, the detatched house with a pool and a garage all existed in the Uk but I could not get anywhere near them with what I had in the UK moneywise. And that is just the start of it. A good life is way more about a nice house and a good neighbourhood. NZ is very unpopulous..one of the things that the Uk did not have was a small population. I really wanted to live somewhere like NZ with a big landmass and a tiny population. I wanted a different life. I certainly got that!!!
#77
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
BE has many members who aren't British, and there is no requirement to be British in order to join the forum In fact if we didn't have the viewpoint of people from other backgrounds it would be a far more boring place
Last edited by Pollyana; Nov 23rd 2011 at 8:35 am.
#79
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
Don't get me wrong, the situation is similar for me, it is just that occasionally I wonder where I would have been now had I stayed - will never know. You are right, you do get used to the space, and if returning, then it would certainly be to a part of the UK less densely populated.
If you are content to stay house/village bound then this is still an option.
#80
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
Although the common perception is one of lots of space here, I don't find that at times. Looking at all those houses crammed down those driveways and so close up together is somethilng I've never seen before. There's not much privacy there or much of a back garden. It's also frustratilng that you can't drive down roads at right-hand corners as they are mostly cul-de-sacs and a cheap way to avoid building more side roads. Also, in day time the roads are busy and not what you would except for a place with little population. Again, partly because there are few side roads.
However, even in Auckland it can feel pretty dead in the evening.
However, even in Auckland it can feel pretty dead in the evening.
#81
Joined: Oct 2011
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
I don't think that is what was meant - it is the people who pretend to be British that is the problem.
#82
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
I won't rise to the bait, however this is my experience as a parent of schools in a good area in the UK and a good area in Auckland, therefore it is not your place to call it utter nonsense.
I am not talking necessarily about academics I am talking about the environment, pastoral care received and other options that would not happen in the UK.
I am not talking necessarily about academics I am talking about the environment, pastoral care received and other options that would not happen in the UK.
#83
Joined: Oct 2011
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
I won't rise to the bait, however this is my experience as a parent of schools in a good area in the UK and a good area in Auckland, therefore it is not your place to call it utter nonsense.
I am not talking necessarily about academics I am talking about the environment, pastoral care received and other options that would not happen in the UK.
I am not talking necessarily about academics I am talking about the environment, pastoral care received and other options that would not happen in the UK.
#86
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Re: more people keep leaving NZ
A hell of a lot of UK schools have been using metal detectors to detect knives for quite a while.
#88
Re: more people keep leaving NZ
I could be suffering a UK-centric news view, but I am not aware of Kiwi school students murdering each other or their teachers. Such events were a fairly regular story during my eight years in England
#89
Re: more people keep leaving NZ
I wonder (and that's a dangerous thing here) if BEVS took you to mean that folk in that particular category could go and top themselves. I sort of took it that way the first time.