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Forum: New Zealand
Dec 20th 2009, 7:28 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,635
Posted By emma23

Re: Do I stick it out?

Hi everyone

Thank you so much for all you're support. I am pleased to say today we booked our flights home and already feel a great deal of pressure has been lifted and we are looking forward to...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 17th 2009, 1:23 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,635
Posted By emma23

Re: Do I stick it out?

Hi

Thanks irnbru14 for your comment. I think probably the reason I am not enjoying it so much here is becuase this is not my dream. My other half persuaded me to come over, this is his parents...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 16th 2009, 11:56 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,635
Posted By emma23

Do I stick it out?

Hi everyone

As some as you may be aware me and my other half have had a bit of a rough time since arriving. We are 23 and 27, both finally have work - but now feel like all we're doing is working...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 16th 2009, 11:31 pm
Replies: 94
Views: 10,385
Posted By emma23

Re: Racism toward Poms

No offence taken! You're completely right though, racism is everywhere. Just at home I reckon it's all a bit of banter between different county's, I've never seen or heard anyone going out of their...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 15th 2009, 8:52 pm
Replies: 94
Views: 10,385
Posted By emma23

Re: Racism toward Poms

Hey I'm Cornish and have never said anything like that to people from other towns etc! I think it's a minority thing!
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 15th 2009, 12:52 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Hi Bev - my Visa was granted in Feb 2009 and we arrived here in Sept 2009 under the partnership category. Em
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 14th 2009, 11:16 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Hi everyone - thank you for your very kind words. However, the journey back to the UK won't be happening as soon as I had thought. Need to do my two years in order to obtain my IRRV! I had totally...
Dec 14th 2009, 11:08 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,778
Posted By emma23

Re: PR....but not going

Hello - I feel the same as you and we are here. All I can say is the grass is definitely not greener - I am missing home terribly and the cost of living here is really putting me off, we had a death...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 10th 2009, 11:08 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Hi everyone

I've not been on here for a while - but wanted to let you all know that I have a job as a PA in the council! So that's great news! However, we are heading back to the UK - the death of...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 13th 2009, 6:41 am
Replies: 155
Views: 12,283
Posted By emma23

Re: UK 2 NZ Jan 2010!!

Good luck - hope you have better luck here than we have so far!
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 13th 2009, 5:04 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Thank you Sary, I will take a look at the link you sent.

Cheers

Em
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 13th 2009, 5:04 am
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 12th 2009, 6:48 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions. Hi Lucy,we got our permanent residency through Shaun's side of the family obtaining there's a few years ago. So I managed to get sponsored by them. We are...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 11th 2009, 9:14 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Hello - fruit picking is definitely an option for us. Any ideas on how to apply for something like that? We're quite prepared to travel somewhere else if it means us getting some work and having fun...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 11th 2009, 8:33 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Hi

Thank you to everyone who has replied - I will definitely print off some more CV's and hand them out. My other half is qualified in Biology and has worked in hospital labs - but again, can't...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 11th 2009, 8:27 am
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 11th 2009, 2:20 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: This wasnt supposed to happen, we are now POOR

I've looked into everything - have not stumbled across anywhere advertising to rent a chair at the moment and the trouble is I'm recently qualified so would need more of a junior role, all I've seen...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 11th 2009, 2:15 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: This wasnt supposed to happen, we are now POOR

Hi Genesis, I am a qualified secretary and a hairdresser, I have applied for jobs in retail, supermarkets, housekeeping, cleaning - I've tried the lot! Apparently so far all the rejections I have got...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 11th 2009, 2:13 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Re: This wasnt supposed to happen, we are now POOR

We are both on perm residency visa's. I am a qualified secretary and hairdresser.
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 10th 2009, 11:23 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,472
Posted By emma23

Help !. We have PR but cannot find work here. Any help / advice please?

Hi everyone - I moved to NZ with my other half at the end of Sept this year, I'm only 23 and we thought we would come over and have an adventure - we obtained our visa's and here we are. So far what...
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