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Forum: New Zealand
Nov 12th 2017, 4:48 am
Replies: 18
Views: 4,075
Posted By MDD

Re: Moving to Albany . A few questions

Hi, congratulations on your move, you must be really excited and apprehensive at the same time.
I live very close to Albany, Browns Bay/northcross area and regularly walk to Albany mall, a friend...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 12th 2017, 4:02 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,509
Posted By MDD

Re: Finally we are doing it!

Hi, I am a nurse lead with Waitemata DHB, so not completely sure what it is like down in Southland, but there are some things I know are standard, everyone gets their years of experience taken into...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 18th 2014, 2:37 am
Replies: 37
Views: 5,002
Posted By MDD

Re: Worried that it will be a case of be careful what you wish for

Thanks Tirytory, that's really reassuring. I must admit I wasn't exactly impressed with the work here when I first came, but you just get used to it after awhile. However I loved my job in the uk, it...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 18th 2014, 1:52 am
Replies: 37
Views: 5,002
Posted By MDD

Re: Worried that it will be a case of be careful what you wish for

Thank you so much for you reassuring comments, it really helps to know how others feel.
I did say to DH that wasn't sure it was a good idea and he kept pushing back and saying oh you know you want...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 17th 2014, 11:56 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 5,002
Posted By MDD

Worried that it will be a case of be careful what you wish for

It looks like we are moving back to the uk after living in nz for over ten years. For the past 3-4 years I have been really homesick and would spend hours looking at things on the internet, in fact I...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 17th 2014, 11:24 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 640
Posted By MDD

Passports for children born overseas to british parents

We are moving back to uk after ten years in NZ and are both British with British passports. Our eldest ds has a British passport but our two dg's were born in NZ and have NZ passports. Does anyone...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 1st 2012, 10:08 am
Replies: 123
Views: 13,447
Posted By MDD

Re: Is NZ really that bad?

[QUOTE=Ray and Debbie;10258347]I'll fill the tank with 95 the next time I fill up. The 'pissed in the tank' remark made me laugh. With the distance I'm putting away each week, it won't be long till...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 1st 2012, 9:50 am
Replies: 5
Views: 3,305
Posted By MDD

Re: Nurses salary in NZ??

Your pay is based on years of experience, which is great for you as it will mean that your current band doesn't matter you will be on the top rate as it is years of experience. It can be a pain when...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 1st 2012, 8:56 am
Replies: 123
Views: 13,447
Posted By MDD

Re: Is NZ really that bad?

Just to add my part for what it's worth. After getting over the initial shock of feeling lied to from the agency that recruited us to come here. All the things I had worried about and asked them...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 1st 2012, 6:54 am
Replies: 5
Views: 3,305
Posted By MDD

Re: Nurses salary in NZ??

Hi stellios,

As stated the wages here when working for dhb's are set rates. They are incremental and increase yearly on the day that you joined your dhb. However what I can add is that they take...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 15th 2011, 9:10 am
Replies: 55
Views: 5,347
Posted By MDD

Re: Riots in the cities

What the book discusses is that the selling off of what was social housing, for those who previously could often not afford to buy their own home, has left the much smaller amount of council/social...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 14th 2011, 9:04 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 5,347
Posted By MDD

Re: Riots in the cities

This is one of my upsets as well Sally, I find the use of the word Chav quite shocking, they way people spit it out and feel they in some way know what it is like for the great number of people...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 12th 2011, 2:49 am
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Good luck with the move and congratulations on your pregnancy. I have felt that family around with children has become more and more important as they have gotten older, not only for the obvious...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 12th 2011, 2:46 am
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Hi Lynda, this was one of the worries that made me feel a lot worse. I had been a little unsettled anyway and then a lady that I have been working with since I came to nz, who has been here for...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 12th 2011, 2:31 am
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Hi MrsMcGoo,
I am in Browns Bay, so not far from you. Would love to catch up some time just let me know when would be a good time. Its great to talk through things with others and is part of the...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 10th 2011, 10:13 am
Replies: 112
Views: 14,367
Posted By MDD

Re: I want to move back to UK husband doesnt?

I completely agree, it is much easier to move without children, there is the obvious worry about which country is the best for them to grow up in and it is a huge expense, especially if it didn't...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 10th 2011, 3:55 am
Replies: 79
Views: 12,595
Posted By MDD

Re: Photo's of what you love..

Wow, thank you to everyone for posting the beautiful photo's. I have been considering moving back for some time but my husband is not keen, he will if I insist. After seeing these I am thinking, sod...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 10th 2011, 3:37 am
Replies: 112
Views: 14,367
Posted By MDD

Re: I want to move back to UK husband doesnt?

I also want to move back to the UK and my husband doesn't. I have been here for 8 years and initially thought it was amazing and really enjoyed it, however I have been really unsettled for the past...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2011, 9:10 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Thank you for this, I think you are right that at least if we can get NZ citizenship then we are gifting that to my son and he can have the opportunity for himself and children if he wants it. It...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2011, 9:08 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Chris this is exactly what my brother has said, he doesn't know anyone who has lost their jobs and they have a really good standard of living. He thinks that there has always been pockets of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2011, 8:56 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Hi Janey I am think that we have a mutual acquaintence, she set up the dinner ladies at Torbay primary school. I may be wrong, but it sounds like a coincidence as she the details she provided of the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2011, 2:17 am
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

My two youngest are nz citizens and have nz passports. My DH and I and my eldest don't as we have indefinite residency and were told that it was the same thing and the only thing that nz citizenship...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2011, 1:08 am
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

Re: ?move back the UK from NZ

Thank you so much for your replies. I completely agree Kiwikiss that its about a perspective and if someone has a different one they can't understand why you wouldn't have the same one. I also really...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 8th 2011, 10:01 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 10,219
Posted By MDD

?move back the UK from NZ

Would really like some advise from people who have moved back to the UK on what it is really like. I have been living in NZ for nearly 8 years now and when we first moved here we only had our one...
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