gOD

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xpat19
Well, I can understand people wanting to move, and wanting to move to Australia, but after living for years in both, I don't see what NZ offers that Aus doesn't. On top of that Australia has more opportunities, and higher wages...

gOD

I have to laugh at this. My parents are still in NZ and rent a house out there. After trashing the place and failing to pay rent on multiple occasions, the occupant is now allowed to pay back the thousands owed at... wait for it.. $5/week.

Yep, those tribunals are fantastic.

SimonC

of course they are all like that, and I did no research at all before going in to this. As I have said before, I'm not stupid, if something happens it happens, that is what the property manager is for. Also have 3 weeks bond to play with if they do get out of hand.

If it is so bad why are all the wealthiest people in NZ Property Investors / Developers?

gOD

Sorry Simon, didn't mean to imply they were all like that.. Just that sometimes tribunals are completely worthless, in fact a pain, if you are the landlord..

Kiwipaul

Everyones different, and thats a good thing, if everyone wanted the same thing this would be a very boring uniform world. I lived in Auckland for 7 years it's a lot more like the UK than Australia, and so not so much of a culture shock. it's a very green and pleasant land it's a nice size to get around and it's not too crowded (even Auckland).

If your looking for a great career and making loads of money Australia is better (UK is even better, so why move anyway). NZ has a slower lifestyle, a great climate (neither too hot or cold Auckland anyway), fantastic scenery, an abundance of activities etc

I left NZ not because I didn't like it I just wanted to try somewhere else, and I've every intension of going back

Sarah2004

Wilf,

you have no idea what you are talking about

Check out this link to see where Auckland and NEw Zealand rank in the world, note the box labled 'World's best cities'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2815625.stm