Picking your spot
Nov 10th 2006, 7:10 am
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Picking your spot
What made you choose the area in which you now or are going to live in New Zealand?
And was it the right choice?
And was it the right choice?
Nov 10th 2006, 7:14 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
What made you choose the area in which you now or are going to live in New Zealand?
And was it the right choice?
And was it the right choice?
Nov 10th 2006, 7:22 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
What made you choose the area in which you now or are going to live in New Zealand?
And was it the right choice?
And was it the right choice?
What made you choose the area in which you now or are going to live in New Zealand?
Schools, house prices & travelling distance to Wellington
And was it the right choice?
Absolutley
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Nov 10th 2006, 7:26 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
What made you choose the area in which you now or are going to live in New Zealand?
And was it the right choice?
And was it the right choice?
Are people who don't live in NZ any more allowed to respond?
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Nov 10th 2006, 7:45 am
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Re: Picking your spot
[QUOTE=Jack Daws]What made you choose the area in which you now or are going to live in New Zealand?
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And was it the right choice?
So Far
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And was it the right choice?
So Far
Nov 10th 2006, 8:31 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Are people who don't live in NZ any more allowed to respond?
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Nov 10th 2006, 8:34 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
Of course. I dont discriminate
It would have been a good choice for the scenic beauty of the place and the lifestyle but it was a crap choice financially. But then so was Christchurch.
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Nov 10th 2006, 8:35 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
OK - we picked Hokitika because the inlaws lived there, but we lived in Christchurch for 3 months cos we thought it would be better for work. After 3 months of not getting any jobs in Christchurch we returned to Hokitika as Mrs Buzzy got a job there through her Mum.
It would have been a good choice for the scenic beauty of the place and the lifestyle but it was a crap choice financially. But then so was Christchurch.
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It would have been a good choice for the scenic beauty of the place and the lifestyle but it was a crap choice financially. But then so was Christchurch.
Buzzy
Nov 10th 2006, 8:55 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
So if financially you could have made it work how then do you think your choice would have worked out?
My wife and kids are there on holiday right now and loving it. However after 18 months there in the 90's my wife said at the airport on the way back to the UK "I never want to live in New Zealand again". I felt the same.
I felt like NZ didn't want us and had done its best to frustrate our efforts to emigrate there at every turn.
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Nov 10th 2006, 9:16 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Would have been Welly as that's where my hubby is from but his whole family (all 5 of them 
) moved to Auckland a couple of years before we got here so that's why we ended up here.
We love it here though so.... result!
Mad is good
) moved to Auckland a couple of years before we got here so that's why we ended up here. We love it here though so.... result!
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Nov 10th 2006, 9:26 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Batty
Would have been Welly as that's where my hubby is from but his whole family (all 5 of them ) moved to Auckland a couple of years before we got here so that's why we ended up here.
We love it here though so.... result! Mad is good
) moved to Auckland a couple of years before we got here so that's why we ended up here. We love it here though so.... result!
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Nov 10th 2006, 9:30 am
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Picking your spot
Once I had a really nasty spot on my bum...........
Nov 10th 2006, 11:15 am
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Nice Guy
Once I had a really nasty spot on my bum...........
Nov 10th 2006, 3:59 pm
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Re: Picking your spot
Originally Posted by Paladin
I'm fairly mad - maybe we should all meet up when me & Mrs P & the nippers come thru AKL in Feb on our little reccy trip!!!
Nov 10th 2006, 4:06 pm
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Re: Picking your spot
We are planning (hoping) to move to Welly in January. Main reason is we are both children's nurses and outside of Aukland there is not much oportunity for both of us job wise. We also liked Welly well enough when we paid a fleeting visit last year but it wasn't our first choice. Got to go where the jobs are though ... time will tell if it's he right decision.
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