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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 11th 2012, 11:54 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 467
Posted By gowron

NZQA (new Zealand)

Does anyone know how much of the NZQA qualifications sytem is actually recognised back in the UK or anywhere else in the world for that matter?

Reason I ask is NZQA is "THE" piece of paperwork to...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 11th 2012, 11:48 pm
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

They say curiosity can kill the cat :sneaky:

Cellphone coverage is not what it is cracked up to be in Rural NZ, so we use pagers still.
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 11th 2012, 11:18 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 16,562
Posted By gowron

Re: Holiday Entitlement in New Zealand!

Ah yes a minimum entitlement to 4 weeks holiday per year.

http://www.dol.govt.nz/er/minimumrights/annualholidays.asp

I think I forgot about this entitlement being employed on casual and...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 11th 2012, 9:10 pm
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Hey Bevs, We still have this problem :( Saturday night to sounds of music eminating from the neighbouring property which they are not allowed to use for such social gatherings the council has...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 11th 2012, 8:53 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 16,562
Posted By gowron

Re: Holiday Entitlement in New Zealand!

3 pages on this topic and no one has actually got it right!

Your paid Holiday entitlement excluding the Public Holidays you are rosterd to work on is 8% of what you earn over the year! ...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 4th 2012, 3:52 am
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Well what I did not realise at the time was that the almighty council has the axe grinders hard at work on this person. Plus the fact their cash flow after some investigation and gossip is pretty...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 4th 2012, 3:34 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,960
Posted By gowron

Re: Storm!

Commented last night of de ja vue of the storms of 2004! At least the highways did not get washed away this time.
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 4th 2012, 3:33 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,960
Posted By gowron

Re: Storm!

Oh overhyped was it? Can you explain the dozen of pager messeges I got during it and the several roofs and trees cleared during the last 24 hours? Grabbed a couple hours sleep last night before...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 3rd 2012, 8:09 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,960
Posted By gowron

Re: Storm!

Just as I thought it had calmed down the winds have come back up :(

New battery has been installed in the pager after todays adventures :thumbdown:
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 3rd 2012, 8:02 am
Replies: 55
Views: 4,964
Posted By gowron

Re: You know you lived here a reasonable/long length of time when.......

Funny you mention Trademe, you noticed how much complaining is made on the messege boards there? They call us whinging poms yet reading the posts they certainly complain more than the english are...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 3rd 2012, 7:57 am
Replies: 53
Views: 3,604
Posted By gowron

Re: When you are driving...

The one golden rule that no matter what the turning rule is that you should always remember is...

Might has right:p

The last vehicle you want to argue with is one thats bigger than yours...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 3rd 2012, 7:53 am
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Sorry to here you got it going again Bevs :thumbdown:

We think we may have nipped our problem before it grows any bigger....think being the operative word.:fingerscrossed:

Our neighbour has the...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 3rd 2012, 7:44 am
Replies: 7
Views: 916
Posted By gowron

Re: Want to be an Extra in a film

I have already done my bit for the Hobbit film last year :)

I got myself a job as whats called a swing driver moving the filming equipment and other stuff across the country. First run was from...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 2nd 2012, 6:29 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 4,964
Posted By gowron

Re: You know you lived here a reasonable/long length of time when.......

You mean when the sun comes out :blink::blink:
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 2nd 2012, 6:24 pm
Replies: 132
Views: 11,978
Posted By gowron

Re: good points of NZ??

^^^^
That:thumbsup:

Life is what you make of it and riding the hand of fate is what makes the life more challenging.
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 2nd 2012, 6:16 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 3,604
Posted By gowron

Re: When you are driving...

It was all to do with the bill that was presented to parliement and the beginning of the new financial year! Although that last part is confusing in itself as many goverment departments eg...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 18th 2012, 9:54 pm
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Nothing sinister on the outside anyway ;)

Yes Council is on the case however my faith in our local council is just a bit lacking given an event a few years ago that transformed our village. ...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 18th 2012, 7:48 am
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Ughhhhhh!!!!!

Saturday night and you guessed it they have a "function" going on! All very hush hush behind blinds activity but there is certainly a gathering and yes noise has picked up as I...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 16th 2012, 6:44 pm
Replies: 94
Views: 7,826
Posted By gowron

Re: Driving standards in NZ

I got a dash camera as well for the same reason. The one day the missus drove the car that did not have the dashcam would have been real 111 stuff footage and good training material. So now we...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 16th 2012, 6:34 pm
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Sort of an update.

It seems that what ever the are planning in the way of this business venture next door has be scuppered by the local council but then again if they did not advertise the fact so...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 13th 2012, 6:48 pm
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

Thanks for the welcome :)

Honestly I can not remember what the words I used during my search that stumbled on this forum thread, but I found it to be more informative than the other stuff we found...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 10th 2012, 7:17 pm
Replies: 587
Views: 91,145
Posted By gowron

Re: Other peoples noise and anti-social behaviours. Be warned . RANT

I feel complete sympathy for you and are finding ourselves in the same situation. We found your thread through a google search and signed up here because of what you have been going through.

We...
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