Well after alot of stress selling the house in the UK and a stopover in Hong Kong we finally made in to Auckland on 27 August. We are staying my with husband's parents and still are but we both got jobs within 3 weeks which was a miracle because I was struggling so much in the UK to find something and I was amazed at the amount of interviews I got. So it is now 7 weeks in and we are both working, the youngest is at a lovely nursery where it doesnt cost and arm and a leg to go to, my daughter starts school in November in a new class where at the moment there are only 6 children in the class building up to a max of 18 which is alot smaller than the UK and is a really good school. The only downside is the pressure for property over here and the auction process but we will just have to take out time buying. So all in all a good positive move so far!!

glad to hear everyone is settling in well and much congrats on the job front, such a weight off the mind.

Lovely update

I just fixed up your post a wee bit so that newbies not yet arrived don't get the wrong idea: