New Zealand or Australia
Aug 1st 2004, 5:22 pm
#76
Dorset to Dunedin
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Re: New Zealand or Australia
Hi, we have just had are EOI selected from the pool it was only in there 2 weeks and we live in Dorset on the south coast and if you think house prices are bad you want to try and live here....fist time buyers..no chance.
We would love to live in New Plymouth in the Tarinaki region because we want a quiter life and sea views ect you cant get sea views here for under £1 million
I am agreat believer in you hold your own destiny and if you want life to be shit then in will be !!
I have 3 trades to play with and as NZ are looking for trades like these we hope this will get us the jobs we want buy hey you have to be versitile nowdays !!
And we want to live life and not be in the rat race that the UK has become i visited LOndon the other week and what a shit hole that place was i wouldnt live there if you payed me £1 million,
So wherever you are in this world its up to you how you get on in life, and as life is to short and it is not a rehersal enjoy it whilst you can .
We would love to live in New Plymouth in the Tarinaki region because we want a quiter life and sea views ect you cant get sea views here for under £1 million
I am agreat believer in you hold your own destiny and if you want life to be shit then in will be !!
I have 3 trades to play with and as NZ are looking for trades like these we hope this will get us the jobs we want buy hey you have to be versitile nowdays !!
And we want to live life and not be in the rat race that the UK has become i visited LOndon the other week and what a shit hole that place was i wouldnt live there if you payed me £1 million,
So wherever you are in this world its up to you how you get on in life, and as life is to short and it is not a rehersal enjoy it whilst you can .
Aug 1st 2004, 5:46 pm
#77
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Re: New Zealand or Australia
Originally posted by foofer
Hi, we have just had are EOI selected from the pool it was only in there 2 weeks and we live in Dorset on the south coast and if you think house prices are bad you want to try and live here....fist time buyers..no chance.
We would love to live in New Plymouth in the Tarinaki region because we want a quiter life and sea views ect you cant get sea views here for under £1 million
I am agreat believer in you hold your own destiny and if you want life to be shit then in will be !!
I have 3 trades to play with and as NZ are looking for trades like these we hope this will get us the jobs we want buy hey you have to be versitile nowdays !!
And we want to live life and not be in the rat race that the UK has become i visited LOndon the other week and what a shit hole that place was i wouldnt live there if you payed me £1 million,
So wherever you are in this world its up to you how you get on in life, and as life is to short and it is not a rehersal enjoy it whilst you can .
Hi, we have just had are EOI selected from the pool it was only in there 2 weeks and we live in Dorset on the south coast and if you think house prices are bad you want to try and live here....fist time buyers..no chance.
We would love to live in New Plymouth in the Tarinaki region because we want a quiter life and sea views ect you cant get sea views here for under £1 million
I am agreat believer in you hold your own destiny and if you want life to be shit then in will be !!
I have 3 trades to play with and as NZ are looking for trades like these we hope this will get us the jobs we want buy hey you have to be versitile nowdays !!
And we want to live life and not be in the rat race that the UK has become i visited LOndon the other week and what a shit hole that place was i wouldnt live there if you payed me £1 million,
So wherever you are in this world its up to you how you get on in life, and as life is to short and it is not a rehersal enjoy it whilst you can .
Tradies in NZ have got it made, they might even make GBP25K a year if they're lucky.
You have chosen a beautiful but a bit remote part of NZ. Money goes a long way as regards housing etc. As long as you made a few quid on the great UK housing bubble you should be OK - good luck.
Otherwise you might end up with Egmont on-yer-face.
Aug 1st 2004, 10:18 pm
#78
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Re: New Zealand or Australia
Originally posted by MikeStanton
No they don't - unless they are inwardly focussed. Some of the world's most successful small economies - eg Luxembourg, Switzerland, Singapore - have become so by specialising and exporting their services to the world. Oz needs to think less 'farms' and more 'business'.
No they don't - unless they are inwardly focussed. Some of the world's most successful small economies - eg Luxembourg, Switzerland, Singapore - have become so by specialising and exporting their services to the world. Oz needs to think less 'farms' and more 'business'.
Singapore - straddling strategic trade routes - the post office of the Indian and Pacific Oceans - "Much of the Singapore economy is located on its docks".
~40% of the Aus economy is international trade - enough business?
AUSTRALIA
Last edited by Megalania; Aug 1st 2004 at 10:20 pm.
Aug 2nd 2004, 1:05 am
#79
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Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Northern Rivers
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Re: New Zealand or Australia
Originally posted by The Don
Too right! You only live twice!
Tradies in NZ have got it made, they might even make GBP25K a year if they're lucky.
You have chosen a beautiful but a bit remote part of NZ. Money goes a long way as regards housing etc. As long as you made a few quid on the great UK housing bubble you should be OK - good luck.
Otherwise you might end up with Egmont on-yer-face.
Too right! You only live twice!
Tradies in NZ have got it made, they might even make GBP25K a year if they're lucky.
You have chosen a beautiful but a bit remote part of NZ. Money goes a long way as regards housing etc. As long as you made a few quid on the great UK housing bubble you should be OK - good luck.
Otherwise you might end up with Egmont on-yer-face.
Aug 2nd 2004, 7:22 am
#80
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Location: Far away from canned Oz
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Re: New Zealand or Australia
Originally posted by The Don
Could always happen but I reckon 'Primary Colours' will be the theme in Aus for some time to come.
They can develop the 'Gateway to Asia' idea a bit, throw in a bit of research + technology, but, despite the obvious attractions of certain possibilities - such as being in the right place at the right time (dead of night for Europe/ America) for call centres - Australia is still too distant and not as cheap on labour as many other places.
How many car/ white goods/ etc companies manufacture in Aus and export to the ROW?
Could always happen but I reckon 'Primary Colours' will be the theme in Aus for some time to come.
They can develop the 'Gateway to Asia' idea a bit, throw in a bit of research + technology, but, despite the obvious attractions of certain possibilities - such as being in the right place at the right time (dead of night for Europe/ America) for call centres - Australia is still too distant and not as cheap on labour as many other places.
How many car/ white goods/ etc companies manufacture in Aus and export to the ROW?
To use even more of the jargon, a lot of Oz income is derived from low value-add activities - eg ripping stuff out of the ground and flogging it.
Aug 2nd 2004, 7:39 am
#81
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NZ:
Fisher & Paykel (white goods) are doing very well and the F&P range has gone down a storm in USA - made just up the road from Dunedin. Otherwise can't think of too many exporting manufacturers who are NZ-based.
I think it will remain tourism, education (TEFL), agriculture, forestry and strong inward migration that keep the economy bubbling.
At least there is some attempt to add value, eg developing finishes on timber; butchering animals & freezing joints rather than sending half sides; developing niche marketing as regards middle and high end tourism; tax breaks for film makers (?); high end wineries (now largely foreign-owned = good distribution).
Playing to NZ's strengths or making the best of an average lot?
Fisher & Paykel (white goods) are doing very well and the F&P range has gone down a storm in USA - made just up the road from Dunedin. Otherwise can't think of too many exporting manufacturers who are NZ-based.
I think it will remain tourism, education (TEFL), agriculture, forestry and strong inward migration that keep the economy bubbling.
At least there is some attempt to add value, eg developing finishes on timber; butchering animals & freezing joints rather than sending half sides; developing niche marketing as regards middle and high end tourism; tax breaks for film makers (?); high end wineries (now largely foreign-owned = good distribution).
Playing to NZ's strengths or making the best of an average lot?
Aug 2nd 2004, 7:43 am
#82
Bitter and twisted
Joined: Dec 2003
Location: Upmarket
Posts: 17,503
Originally posted by jugsy
I read somewhere that Nottingham has the highest rate of crime in the country per person. My husband spent a weekend there and had the car broken in to. He saw several fights there too. If your house is worth that amount of money you could live somewhere much nicer than Nottingham. Good luck.
I read somewhere that Nottingham has the highest rate of crime in the country per person. My husband spent a weekend there and had the car broken in to. He saw several fights there too. If your house is worth that amount of money you could live somewhere much nicer than Nottingham. Good luck.
G
Aug 2nd 2004, 8:58 am
#83
farmer nr Queenstown NZ
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: doing stuff, lots of stuff
Posts: 367
Originally posted by The Don
NZ:
Fisher & Paykel (white goods) are doing very well and the F&P range has gone down a storm in USA - made just up the road from Dunedin. Otherwise can't think of too many exporting manufacturers who are NZ-based.
I think it will remain tourism, education (TEFL), agriculture, forestry and strong inward migration that keep the economy bubbling.
At least there is some attempt to add value, eg developing finishes on timber; butchering animals & freezing joints rather than sending half sides; developing niche marketing as regards middle and high end tourism; tax breaks for film makers (?); high end wineries (now largely foreign-owned = good distribution).
Playing to NZ's strengths or making the best of an average lot?
NZ:
Fisher & Paykel (white goods) are doing very well and the F&P range has gone down a storm in USA - made just up the road from Dunedin. Otherwise can't think of too many exporting manufacturers who are NZ-based.
I think it will remain tourism, education (TEFL), agriculture, forestry and strong inward migration that keep the economy bubbling.
At least there is some attempt to add value, eg developing finishes on timber; butchering animals & freezing joints rather than sending half sides; developing niche marketing as regards middle and high end tourism; tax breaks for film makers (?); high end wineries (now largely foreign-owned = good distribution).
Playing to NZ's strengths or making the best of an average lot?
Last year in NZ read 17.5billion$ in farming exports, 7 billion$ in tourism and 4 billion in forestry....tiny by global standards, excellent for NZ.According to this weeks papers migration is now down to 20,000 people a year, from 42000 the previous year.It feels like 19000 of them went to Nelson
