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Search: Posts Made By: Tranmere Rover
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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 6th 2015, 8:31 am
Replies: 2
Views: 836
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Hanover

So the FMA has done with them. $18m in settlement, which will be paid by their insurers. Not a bad result for the directors who paid themselves $96m in dividends when the company was insolvent.
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Forum: New Zealand
Nov 17th 2014, 9:13 am
Replies: 2
Views: 444
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Vero

Dealing with them at the mo to do with a claim on our buildings policy and they are a fur-lined, Ocean-going nightmare.
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 17th 2014, 6:25 am
Replies: 2
Views: 444
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Vero

Anyone unlucky enough to have had to deal with these people?

If so, what are your thoughts?
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 29th 2014, 7:27 am
Replies: 13
Views: 823
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Genesis

The Hanover thing was my fault - sorry! I was trying to draw a similarity between those who make ill-advised decisions, be they investment or immigration decisions. With Hanover, there was much...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 29th 2014, 6:50 am
Replies: 13
Views: 823
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Genesis

I seem to recall I annoyed him with my views on Hanover Finance. He lost quite a lot on Hanover and expected the FMA or similar to bail him out.

But then < erm snippety snip > what would I...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 28th 2014, 10:07 am
Replies: 76
Views: 6,056
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Kiwi Professionalism

I can't think why you can't settle in - you seem so nice.
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 28th 2014, 7:59 am
Replies: 76
Views: 6,056
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Kiwi Professionalism

When we first moved here in 2008, the Global Financial Collapse was just happening. As an economist, I took a keen interest on arrival in the story of Hanover Finance, who had just collapsed losing...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 20th 2014, 3:54 am
Replies: 76
Views: 6,056
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Kiwi Professionalism

Wow! You're right! Such behaviour NEVER happens in Britain, eh?

I'll just go and start packing..... ;-)
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 17th 2014, 11:58 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 6,377
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Smile Re: Unfamiliar Expressions

Really?? You might wanna take a look at that apostrophe then!;)

My faves are:

"you might wanna..."
"snarky"
to give someone "the bash"

and "hard-case" doesn't mean the same here as in...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 15th 2014, 10:33 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,624
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: No Electricity

One of our neighbours down the road seems to have had problems opening his garage door during the outage. He's famously not handy - in fact, I wonder how he gets ready for work without hurting...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2013, 11:16 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,901
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: UK banks and Building Societies.

Why?
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2013, 11:09 am
Replies: 50
Views: 3,663
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: NZ could 'pull a Cyprus' some day

I confess I haven't read the thread (away on business for a few days, hone, knackered......you know the drill) but Cyprus is a whole different set of parameters to NZ. They took bailout money, then...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2013, 11:01 am
Replies: 4
Views: 758
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Margin Call

I re-watched this movie on DVD recently, and one quote really resonated:

"If you really want to do this with your life, you have to believe you're necessary, and you are. If people want to live...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 26th 2013, 10:33 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,901
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: UK banks and Building Societies.

Is there something going on that makes you think it's not safe there?
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 9th 2013, 1:42 am
Replies: 3
Views: 661
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: A word of encouragement and advice...

I'd pretty much agree with everything you said.

All NZ employers recognise the importance of recruiting and retaining good people. One pattern I've noticed is many companies here have really low...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 7th 2013, 5:38 am
Replies: 89
Views: 8,466
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Are you glad you immigrated to Auckland?

In Auckland, there's only 3 types of weather:
1. It's raining
2. It just rained
3. It's starting to rain

(except for this summer, natch ;))
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 7th 2013, 5:36 am
Replies: 89
Views: 8,466
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Are you glad you immigrated to Auckland?

Don't let those guys in Wellington hear you saying that.....;)
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 2nd 2013, 3:58 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,444
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Things you wish you hadn't said

I have a log-jam of these.

"What can possibly go wrong?"

"Microsoft Windows? That'll never catch on!"

"Another baby? Why not?"

"Now you mention it, yes, your bum **does**look big in that"
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 28th 2013, 2:34 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,167
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Job Market

We're hiring software developers, ideally intermediate to senior levels, but several I've spoken to recently who are coming over from the UK, including returning Kiwis, seem to have expectations in...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 28th 2013, 6:11 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,167
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Job Market

It's nuts just now. We're recruiting furiously, but can we find people?

But, recently I've interviewed people just back from UK (all Kiwis) who wanted CEO money.

Is the UK paying huge bucks...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 26th 2013, 6:49 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,392
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Advice for a newcomer

We often interview people from overseas, and have close links with Immigration NZ so can help progress visa applications too. So, to answer your question, yes it is pretty common for people to get...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 20th 2013, 9:54 am
Replies: 152
Views: 14,472
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Affordability of houses: NZ v UK

Hands up any other economists on this thread?
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 20th 2013, 9:26 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,714
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Moving to NZ for 12 months - suggestion on where to live please

Central Business District

I've obviously been here too long - I didn't know what that meant when I first came either!
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 20th 2013, 9:17 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,714
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Moving to NZ for 12 months - suggestion on where to live please

I work in IT in the CBD and we live in Kohimarama. Kohi's a lovely spot, close to the beach, not too busy etc. It's about 9kms from the Sky Tower, so dead easy to get to the CBD for work. Kohi's not...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 20th 2013, 9:05 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,486
Posted By Tranmere Rover

Re: Exporting a car to NZ

Lots of things to consider here. Cars in NZ are not expensive to be honest, especially Japanese cars. European cars used to be expensive here, not so much now though. For example, I have a Volvo...
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