paul2

hi im moving to newzealand in january, am i doing the wright think, i have a wife and 2 kids one at 11 and one at 2, i am a joiner with my own business but its geting to hard here to ern money. im from grimsby in linconshire and is a real dump here now am sick of it. i have been offerd a job in pahia in bay of islands? what to you think

paul

simonmarkellis

Welcome to ther forum to you!!!

For the shear sense of adventure and for not wanting to have that what if feeling in 20 yrs, yeah I'd say go for it... you can have a wonderful life out here, so far we are having that life... but it's not cheap, but then again no where is nowadays. Only you can really answer the question for yourself... all we can do on here is guide you round the hurdles and pitfalls we've all been through... so best to pop over to the main forum and ask away... The Bay of Plenty is fanstatic...

Simon

howden40

Hi

Well done, go for it. My only regret is we didn't do it years ago.

NZ is not perfect it has it's many faults, but in my opinion they are far outweighed by the good points.

Your children are allowed to remain children for longer. And I just realised I haven't heard one parent screaming or swearing at a child when out shopping, which unfortunately is something I came across frequently in the UK.

I feel this country is more family orientated, families and groups of families get together for days out or BBQ's. It's not just adults going out and kids hanging out.

The Bay of Islands is beautiful

Hope this helps

Pauline

paul2

sounds brill, i am very unhappy here now we have got new neighbours who dont work live of the social and its drink and party everynight! i will be coming over with around £7000 and ive saved up $3000 up to now. i just feel there must be more of a life in nz then here

paul

squiddley

Hi Mate...
just do it..We live near Grimsby,just come back from a quick recci,just about to submit our ITA,then we are off,just like yourself,we've had enough..
Send me a PM if you would like any info...

paul2

hi mate
my cousin is out there at the min backpacking she says its great, the thing is i have never been there?

paul2

how much money do i need to come over with if i start work straight away?

squiddley

Hi...How much money do you need??? how long is a piece of string???
My wife and i both have jobs to go to,so i suppose we are lucky that way..
We dont have loads of cash as we havn't got a house to sell..But we have enough to give us some kind of 'cushion' when we arrive..
To cut along story short ,it cant be any worse than Grimsby..

It's better to know than to wonder...... that's what we think anyway...

paul2

your not kidding! ive got 2 kids tho thats whats on my mind? i recon i will have around £3000 to take, ive already got $2500 saved up buying them every week. i heard that joiners earn decent money there?


paul

squiddley

Dont know what joiners get paid...
Im also going with 2 children.....

paul2

are you in grimsby then? what a dump it is here now full of dol bums every where! ive just got new neighbours load of tossers never done a days work in there life

squiddley

We live near immingham,,like yourself we think it's time for a change of scenery lots of tossers about

j19fmm

OH comes from Grimsby too - Littlecoates Road opposite Western Comp. - left a long time ago though!!

paul2

were are you now?

j19fmm

Sunny Devon!