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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 27th 2012, 2:40 am
Replies: 81
Views: 5,393
Posted By liz_r

Re: How British are you these Days. - Home Office test added

Oh, and I've just failed the test online - 70%. Good thing I didn't when it really counted...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 27th 2012, 2:35 am
Replies: 81
Views: 5,393
Posted By liz_r

Re: How British are you these Days. - Home Office test added

Seriously, a few years ago when I was swotting for the "Who Wants to Be a British Citizen" quiz, I would bring in the study booklet and randomly pick a question every day for my (British) colleagues...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 24th 2012, 2:22 am
Replies: 81
Views: 5,393
Posted By liz_r

Re: How British are you these Days.

This is great! I scored 65% and am not even British, but have lived in England for the last 6 years. Used to have a German car in Australia though, which might have upped the score a little more if I...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 28th 2012, 4:10 am
Replies: 17
Views: 6,009
Posted By liz_r

Re: TAKING OUR CAT TO NZ

As well as the 10% that fail the titre test first time round, it appears there are just some cats that the vaccine just WILL not take for. My cats both failed their first rounds, had a second go,...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 22nd 2012, 1:20 am
Replies: 9
Views: 739
Posted By liz_r

Re: Christchurch -This day last year

Thinking of you all today, I was fortunate that my relatives escaped unscathed (some only by a matter of moments from buildings that bodies were pulled out of later). I remember Christchurch as a...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 3rd 2012, 12:54 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,423
Posted By liz_r

Re: Shopping help (again) were to buy blackout curtains

My sis (in Australia) got these suction cap take anywhere blackout blinds - good in rental accommodation as they just stick to the windows.
...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 7th 2012, 5:31 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,748
Posted By liz_r

Re: Damn! Cats "failed" their rabies antibodies blood tests

Janey, it's the other way round now for the UK - they have been forced to relax their quarantine regulations to be more in line with the rest of the EU, which now means that countries like Oz and NZ...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Jan 1st 2012, 7:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,366
Posted By liz_r

Re: I am in a big dilemma and i need ur help guys.

I don't know very much about NZ immigration (I'm an Aussie citizen myself so don't need to jump through their hoops when I move out to NZ later this year), however, I would be a little wary of too...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 1st 2012, 12:51 am
Replies: 19
Views: 3,794
Posted By liz_r

Re: New Years Eve fireworks in Auckland last night

I was sitting on the sofa in the UK watching them on Sky News - very disappointing. I thought at first it was just because of the cloud cover, but from the sound of it very little thought or effort...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 30th 2011, 5:24 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,748
Posted By liz_r

Damn! Cats "failed" their rabies antibodies blood tests

Hi all,

I learned about a week ago that my 2 cats have failed to reach the acceptable level of rabies antibodies in their blood. :thumbdown: I am taking them back to the vet next week to have...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 24th 2011, 1:08 am
Replies: 41
Views: 3,375
Posted By liz_r

Re: Hello all - Young Person(25/M) Solo Moving to NZ - Your experiences? Good/bad poi

Wellingtonboot, to be fair, the £10 you quote for paracetamol in NZ will buy you a 100 tablet pack of, say, Panadol from, say Life Pharmacy chain, whereas 50p will buy you a pack of 16 tablets from...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 22nd 2011, 12:20 am
Replies: 68
Views: 7,577
Posted By liz_r

Re: What do you wish you'd bought BEFORE moving to NZ?

Well, having grown up in Australia and also having lived in Germany, I'm not particularly precious about "stuff" as I've been ruthless each time and sorted out what I need to ship round with me and...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 20th 2011, 12:55 am
Replies: 51
Views: 3,882
Posted By liz_r

Re: what you doing at Xmas

This should be my last Christmas in the UK, my 6th here since moving over from Australia. Going to make the most of the cold weather while I can and make lots of Gluehwein to drink! One of my best...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 19th 2011, 10:45 pm
Replies: 68
Views: 7,577
Posted By liz_r

Re: What do you wish you'd bought BEFORE moving to NZ?

Hi all!

This is turning into a really interesting discussion!! Thanks for all the tips - any excuse to buy new shoes is a good one, in my book ;)

We are heading to Auckland and are shipping out...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 17th 2011, 11:19 pm
Replies: 68
Views: 7,577
Posted By liz_r

What do you wish you'd bought BEFORE moving to NZ?

Hi all,

Our stuff is getting packed up the end of January and I'm starting to make a list of the things I really want to buy here in the UK before heading over to NZ. Top of my list is a Dyson...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 15th 2011, 7:44 am
Replies: 60
Views: 6,026
Posted By liz_r

Re: Odd stuff about NZ.

Re the fireworks - at least you guys get 4 days to buy your fireworks. In most Australian states, fireworks for personal use have been banned altogether for decades!!
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 5th 2011, 5:36 am
Replies: 4
Views: 702
Posted By liz_r

Re: Rabies jab for cats - is any brand acceptable?

Hi Persephone,

The jabs seemed to go OK, thanks, we had emailed the vet a link to the NZ Biosecurity site earlier and so they had a better idea about what kind of jab to give. One of the kitties...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 4th 2011, 1:00 am
Replies: 4
Views: 702
Posted By liz_r

Re: Rabies jab for cats - is any brand acceptable?

Hi, thanks for that info - your older thread was very helpful and I've now also made a note of the suitability of the microchips (what a palaver!!!)
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 3rd 2011, 8:58 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 602
Posted By liz_r

Re: Aussie-Brit off to Auckland!

Hi,

Thanks for the welcoming words. At this stage not really sure about where in Auckland we might settle. We have Brit friends who live on the Lower North Shore and we were perhaps thinking about...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 3rd 2011, 3:48 am
Replies: 3
Views: 602
Posted By liz_r

Aussie-Brit off to Auckland!

Hi everyone,

I have just joined up and after almost a year of vaguely talking about it, am now planning a move over to NZ possibly as early as the first few months of next year.

I am...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 2nd 2011, 8:59 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 702
Posted By liz_r

Rabies jab for cats - is any brand acceptable?

Hi all,

I have just joined the BE forum and will do a "getting to know you" thread on the Introductions board shortly. However, have a very quick and quite urgent question that hopefully someone...
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