moving to new zealand
Feb 10th 2003, 8:33 pm
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moving to new zealand
has anyone that has moved to New Zealand regreted moving there and if so why, we are due to move there in the next few weeks if we get our residency passed as my husband has been offered a job in Auckland and they want him to start a.s.a.p. having never been there is it really a wonderful place to live, half of the time i am all for the move then the doubts start to creep in, are the local people easy to get along with and do they soon make friends or do they consider you as outsiders, will the children adapt to moving to a new country and starting a new school where they don't know anyone, are we making the right decision leaving family and friends behind, does everyone think like this before they make the final decision.susan
Feb 11th 2003, 5:47 am
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Re: moving to new zealand
Originally posted by manilow
has anyone that has moved to New Zealand regreted moving there and if so why, we are due to move there in the next few weeks if we get our residency passed as my husband has been offered a job in Auckland and they want him to start a.s.a.p. having never been there is it really a wonderful place to live, half of the time i am all for the move then the doubts start to creep in, are the local people easy to get along with and do they soon make friends or do they consider you as outsiders, will the children adapt to moving to a new country and starting a new school where they don't know anyone, are we making the right decision leaving family and friends behind, does everyone think like this before they make the final decision.
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has anyone that has moved to New Zealand regreted moving there and if so why, we are due to move there in the next few weeks if we get our residency passed as my husband has been offered a job in Auckland and they want him to start a.s.a.p. having never been there is it really a wonderful place to live, half of the time i am all for the move then the doubts start to creep in, are the local people easy to get along with and do they soon make friends or do they consider you as outsiders, will the children adapt to moving to a new country and starting a new school where they don't know anyone, are we making the right decision leaving family and friends behind, does everyone think like this before they make the final decision.susan
Feb 11th 2003, 5:56 am
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Muppet's attachment is a newspaper report showing many Kiwis go to work in Aus. Hardly surprising, that's one of our plans too once we have NZ passports. Not (we anticipate) because we won't like NZ but because we're sure we'll also like Aus and there are good work opportunities for our line of business, salaries tend to b higher, it's a bigger place with 5 times the NZ population and some has special places we've already visited and would like to see again in a leisurely way. Definitely not a vote of no confidence in NZ. I'd like to live in Spain a few years too but that doesn't mean I dislike the rest of the world.
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Feb 11th 2003, 6:22 am
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that link from muppetking proves nothing. many kiwis are tempted to spend time in aussie as it's so close to nz, they don't need any visa to live there, the culture is similar & its a good chance to spend time on their gr8 beaches.
we spent 3 years in sydney which was alot of fun. the majority of kiwis return after a few years.
mr muppetking would find something to moan about if he was stuck on a deserted island with anna kournikova.
we spent 3 years in sydney which was alot of fun. the majority of kiwis return after a few years.
mr muppetking would find something to moan about if he was stuck on a deserted island with anna kournikova.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:26 am
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Originally posted by Jaffa30
that link from muppetking proves nothing. many kiwis are tempted to spend time in aussie as it's so close to nz, they don't need any visa to live there, the culture is similar & its a good chance to spend time on their gr8 beaches.
we spent 3 years in sydney which was alot of fun. the majority of kiwis return after a few years.
mr muppetking would find something to moan about if he was stuck on a deserted island with anna kournikova.
that link from muppetking proves nothing. many kiwis are tempted to spend time in aussie as it's so close to nz, they don't need any visa to live there, the culture is similar & its a good chance to spend time on their gr8 beaches.
we spent 3 years in sydney which was alot of fun. the majority of kiwis return after a few years.
mr muppetking would find something to moan about if he was stuck on a deserted island with anna kournikova.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:31 am
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speak for yourself. just because you're a poorly paid primary school teacher! what's that saying, those who can, do, those who can't, teach!!!
Under my skin? haha to the contrary, your continual factual errors add great amusement to my working day. thanks very much.
Under my skin? haha to the contrary, your continual factual errors add great amusement to my working day. thanks very much.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:32 am
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Originally posted by Jaffa30
that link from muppetking proves nothing. many kiwis are tempted to spend time in aussie as it's so close to nz, they don't need any visa to live there, the culture is similar & its a good chance to spend time on their gr8 beaches.
we spent 3 years in sydney which was alot of fun. the majority of kiwis return after a few years.
mr muppetking would find something to moan about if he was stuck on a deserted island with anna kournikova.
that link from muppetking proves nothing. many kiwis are tempted to spend time in aussie as it's so close to nz, they don't need any visa to live there, the culture is similar & its a good chance to spend time on their gr8 beaches.
we spent 3 years in sydney which was alot of fun. the majority of kiwis return after a few years.
mr muppetking would find something to moan about if he was stuck on a deserted island with anna kournikova.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:35 am
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Originally posted by Jaffa30
speak for yourself. just because you're a poorly paid primary school teacher! what's that saying, those who can, do, those who can't, teach!!!
Under my skin? haha to the contrary, your continual factual errors add great amusement to my working day. thanks very much.
speak for yourself. just because you're a poorly paid primary school teacher! what's that saying, those who can, do, those who can't, teach!!!
Under my skin? haha to the contrary, your continual factual errors add great amusement to my working day. thanks very much.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:38 am
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of course salaries in a country as small as nz are not going to be as large as in the USA etc. if you are intelligent & an achiever, six figures are very obtainable.
Correcting your factual errors from past posts doesn't classify as censorship.
Correcting your factual errors from past posts doesn't classify as censorship.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:40 am
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in several years here i've met lots of people from england and scotland and they all prefer life here to the UK. it's not paradise by any means but for most people the quality of life here is better. i've often wondered how many people do go back home again. it seems that less than 25% of brits leave new zealand within the first 5 years here and after that less than 10% leave.
http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealand...tOutcomes.html
considering homesickness and just finding that you can't cope with life overseas for a variety of reasons i reckon that's not bad.
http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealand...tOutcomes.html
considering homesickness and just finding that you can't cope with life overseas for a variety of reasons i reckon that's not bad.
Feb 11th 2003, 6:45 am
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lots of examples:
(1) one thread you said a young driver crashed a car driving 180kms on a country road...shock horror! then a subsequent poster pointed out the correct speed was 120kms & it was a four-laned road!
(2) you said 1 in 4 high school students leave school with no formal qualifications. wrong again, as it was pointed out to you that the correct figure is 1 in 6.
(3) you thought the nz education system was substandard, yet it was pointed out that nz ranks 5th in the OECD for academic performance.
(4) you said motorcyclists are terrible drivers & they have no right to make comments on the subject. until a poster then rightly pointed out that motorcyclists have to actually take greater care on the road as if they crash, injuries are alot more likely than someone in a car.
i could write a book on this subject
(1) one thread you said a young driver crashed a car driving 180kms on a country road...shock horror! then a subsequent poster pointed out the correct speed was 120kms & it was a four-laned road!
(2) you said 1 in 4 high school students leave school with no formal qualifications. wrong again, as it was pointed out to you that the correct figure is 1 in 6.
(3) you thought the nz education system was substandard, yet it was pointed out that nz ranks 5th in the OECD for academic performance.
(4) you said motorcyclists are terrible drivers & they have no right to make comments on the subject. until a poster then rightly pointed out that motorcyclists have to actually take greater care on the road as if they crash, injuries are alot more likely than someone in a car.
i could write a book on this subject
Feb 11th 2003, 6:47 am
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Originally posted by Jaffa30
lots of examples:
(1) one thread you said a young driver crashed a car driving 180kms on a country road...shock horror! then a subsequent poster pointed out the correct speed was 120kms & it was a four-laned road!
(2) you said 1 in 4 high school students leave school with no formal qualifications. wrong again, as it was pointed out to you that the correct figure is 1 in 6.
(3) you thought the nz education system was substandard, yet it was pointed out that nz ranks 5th in the OECD for academic performance.
(4) you said motorcyclists are terrible drivers & they have no right to make comments on the subject. until a poster then rightly pointed out that motorcyclists have to actually take greater care on the road as if they crash, injuries are alot more likely than someone in a car.
i could write a book on this subject
lots of examples:
(1) one thread you said a young driver crashed a car driving 180kms on a country road...shock horror! then a subsequent poster pointed out the correct speed was 120kms & it was a four-laned road!
(2) you said 1 in 4 high school students leave school with no formal qualifications. wrong again, as it was pointed out to you that the correct figure is 1 in 6.
(3) you thought the nz education system was substandard, yet it was pointed out that nz ranks 5th in the OECD for academic performance.
(4) you said motorcyclists are terrible drivers & they have no right to make comments on the subject. until a poster then rightly pointed out that motorcyclists have to actually take greater care on the road as if they crash, injuries are alot more likely than someone in a car.
i could write a book on this subject
Feb 11th 2003, 7:47 am
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Originally posted by Jaffa30
of course salaries in a country as small as nz are not going to be as large as in the USA etc. if you are intelligent & an achiever, six figures are very obtainable.
Correcting your factual errors from past posts doesn't classify as censorship.
of course salaries in a country as small as nz are not going to be as large as in the USA etc. if you are intelligent & an achiever, six figures are very obtainable.
Correcting your factual errors from past posts doesn't classify as censorship.
Feb 11th 2003, 8:01 am
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wrong yet again muppet.
i said 6 figures are obtainable. "are obtainable" means it is POSSIBLE if you have intelligence and are an achiever. not all people who are intelligent achievers can achieve it, as they may have other priorities in life or may have occupations which have a limited salary range.
i said 6 figures are obtainable. "are obtainable" means it is POSSIBLE if you have intelligence and are an achiever. not all people who are intelligent achievers can achieve it, as they may have other priorities in life or may have occupations which have a limited salary range.
Feb 11th 2003, 9:53 am
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this constant bickering between Muppet King and Jaffa is about as interesting as all those awful threads that get hijacked by PB and the people who can be bothered arguing with him. Can't the two of you, MK and Jaffa do your bickering via email and let the rest of us get on withwhat this forum is supposedly about, helping each other out.
This last thread which started with a very interesting question about how many immigrants actually leave NZ again has totally veered off course, like so many threads that get taken over by these mudslingers. A pity, really.
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This last thread which started with a very interesting question about how many immigrants actually leave NZ again has totally veered off course, like so many threads that get taken over by these mudslingers. A pity, really.
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