So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
Jan 22nd 2008, 2:17 pm
#61
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
$70K with a small mortgage would be fine. Comfortable means many different things to different people.
Jan 22nd 2008, 2:29 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
Small mortgage....least afforable place in the world to buy a house, the two may not reconcile.
Impossible to say if you'll find it easy to manage on that salary, the more you have the more you spend. No one ever has enough left at the end of the month.
Impossible to say if you'll find it easy to manage on that salary, the more you have the more you spend. No one ever has enough left at the end of the month.
Jan 22nd 2008, 3:13 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
You wont be thanked for saying that you found living on up to $185K can be hard!!! That is double what others live on and they say that they have a great standard of life. We were the same as you - we didnt come to NZ to live to count every penny and we felt we were. We were on a little less than you in terms of salary but really found it hard. We even got into debt. I never believe people that say they are happy living in NZ skimping and saving every cent. No one wants to live like that.
Everything we found in NZ was more expensive than that in the UK and the salaries were never going to get us anywhere.
Great country we just came 25 years too early. Too much of the world to see and too much money to try and make. We could not do any of that in NZ.
Everything we found in NZ was more expensive than that in the UK and the salaries were never going to get us anywhere.
Great country we just came 25 years too early. Too much of the world to see and too much money to try and make. We could not do any of that in NZ.
Jan 22nd 2008, 3:16 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
the shoe shop by hagley,next to burger king car park is very good,only place we would buy shoes for the kids..
Jan 22nd 2008, 5:27 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
Jan 22nd 2008, 9:28 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
well you're living in the right place then.
Jan 22nd 2008, 9:38 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
WOF I'm not sure - about $50? I had mine serviced at the same time and can't remember the itemised costs.
Jan 22nd 2008, 9:45 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
Maybe best to do the scrimping and saving for 5 years or so and get citizenship, then go away to earn the dough (Oz perhaps?? like lots of Kiwis do BTW) and *then* come back to retire and spend the $$$ saved where salaries are higher
Or am I a really bad person for suggesting this???
Personally I wish that I had spent less of my disposable income when I was in the UK, saved a bit more and had more stashed away for getting us started here......hey, ho - you live and learn
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:05 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
No sarcasm. It was a statement of fact.
You're living in the country where a sixth of its children are being raised in poverty and, from memory, it's something like the 4th worst country in the OECD for child poverty.
A lot of its social issues are also linked to low income, lack of social responsibility and over reliance on the welfare state.
Lardyl, a lot of kiwis do exactly that - earn the money in Oz and then return to NZ to retire. Seems like a good plan to me.
You're living in the country where a sixth of its children are being raised in poverty and, from memory, it's something like the 4th worst country in the OECD for child poverty.
A lot of its social issues are also linked to low income, lack of social responsibility and over reliance on the welfare state.
Lardyl, a lot of kiwis do exactly that - earn the money in Oz and then return to NZ to retire. Seems like a good plan to me.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:13 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
No sarcasm. It was a statement of fact.
You're living in the country where a sixth of its children are being raised in poverty and, from memory, it's something like the 4th worst country in the OECD for child poverty.
A lot of its social issues are also linked to low income, lack of social responsibility and over reliance on the welfare state.
You're living in the country where a sixth of its children are being raised in poverty and, from memory, it's something like the 4th worst country in the OECD for child poverty.
A lot of its social issues are also linked to low income, lack of social responsibility and over reliance on the welfare state.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:26 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
Ermmmm....I wonder if you actually ever read things properly.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:27 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
I'm suprised how many people think having loads of money is the key to a good life
That's really sad.
That's really sad.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:33 pm
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Re: So what would you say is expensive in NZ?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/st...ectid=10487928
Housing is the main thing that is expensive in NZ.
Eating out and anything to do with cars is cheap.
Housing is the main thing that is expensive in NZ.
Eating out and anything to do with cars is cheap.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:45 pm
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