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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 5th 2016, 12:28 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,622
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Sending a cat back to the UK

We moved two small dogs from Wellington to Heathrow. We used the export company at Wellington Airport who were fabulous (VenturePet?). We left earlier than them and the dogs were collected from...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 2nd 2014, 1:31 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 870
Posted By ohdearydear

Furniture rental

Does anyone know if there are companies that rent furniture and household essentials for short term rental?

In NZ there are companies like Mr Rental to keep people going until containers arrive...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 25th 2013, 11:52 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,521
Posted By ohdearydear

NZ to UK Returnees

There seemed to be a lot of people returning to UK from NZ last year and the beginning of this year.

I'd be interested to hear how you're getting on. Is life as you imagined it to be? Have you...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 9th 2013, 7:57 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 668
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Pets

If it makes you feel better we've now rented two houses (in Welly). One said pets negotiable and the other said no pets. I think a lot of agencies say no pets as standard even if the previous tenant...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 6th 2013, 7:54 am
Replies: 61
Views: 5,319
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Any British products New Zealanders would like?!

Oooooooh now what would I bring from the UK....it's a big list but to name a few...

A Boots/Superdrug that sells decent shampoo that doesn't cost the earth (my preferred brand is $14.99 in Farmers...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 5th 2012, 3:03 pm
Replies: 98
Views: 19,044
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: We're moving back to Blighty

We (Mr ODD and me!) actually agreed the same thing last night! We don't hate it here and didn't come from bad lives in the UK. The pull of family has been too much for us and we don't want our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 24th 2012, 9:31 am
Replies: 6
Views: 7,674
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Norwich, Norfolk

Thank you both for your replies...I was a bit concerned when I googled 'is Norwich a nice place to live' (stupidly :o - steer clear of google in these situations!) because the first thing that came...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 22nd 2012, 10:09 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 7,674
Posted By ohdearydear

Norwich, Norfolk

We are looking at locations to go back to next year and so far Norwich is coming out on top - not too far but not too close to family, an area that we'll hopefully be able to find work and also some...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 20th 2012, 2:23 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,497
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Have you...

This is something that we will do if (when!) we return. We are currently in Welly and were originally in the south-east (Essex). Having talked about it in detail we would be returning mostly to be...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 13th 2012, 2:55 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,602
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Return to the UK in over a month.

This is such a lovely idea....and possibly something I'll steal for the future!

I wish you luck with your move back. Such a great surprise for everyone...keep us updated.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 13th 2012, 2:48 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 11,426
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Moving from NZ to UK after 6 years....

Got a virus on our laptop but didn't want to read and run so replying on my mobile...how do teenagers send thousands of texts without getting finger cramp is anyone's guess!!

I found your post...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 8th 2012, 1:12 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,603
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Childcare 3+ nr. Wellington

I am based in Wellington and recently started looking at nurseries for my 16 month old daughter. I had been on the waiting list for my local one since January so needed to start looking at different...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 7th 2012, 10:08 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 3,010
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: UK breath of fresh air after NZ

Rix - I'd be interested to hear how long you were in NZ? I'm not saying I disagree with anything you say but it would be interesting to know where you were located and how long you were there (here)...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 1st 2012, 9:36 am
Replies: 17
Views: 2,223
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Vet Bills

We were told that there was no pet insurance in NZ so didn't even look in to getting ours insured when we arrived - I will now though! Thanks for pointing this out... :D

We have a dog with a knee...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 1st 2012, 9:17 am
Replies: 48
Views: 5,657
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: NZ/UK

Whilst something may be negative to you - it may be useful to someone else thinking of making the move. There are many positive stories from people enjoying life here - but they are probably too...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 31st 2012, 4:30 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,466
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Back a week now.

Great update Shirl - you seem to have hit the ground running - I'm not surprised you need the sleep! :lol:

I like Windsor - I can think of worse places to get lost - I'd have been smiling too and...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 31st 2012, 3:58 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,570
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: bringing the dogs with you

We used Pet Air UK in December 2011. We were due to come to NZ in Feb/March and thought we had loads of time to get the dogs sorted out. By fluke my husband was looking at a forum (much like this...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 15th 2012, 11:24 am
Replies: 43
Views: 5,245
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Why??

Why did you move? My husband worked long hours in London and we had a baby - we felt that he was missing out on seeing our daughter grow up. The deciding point for us was when he was sent away on...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 14th 2012, 9:59 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 4,319
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Pampers nappies

Unfortunately Pampers aren't sold in shops - only from the website in Auckland! We've resorted to ordering them online as we were having similar problems (nappy rash being worse than it's ever been)....
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 12th 2012, 5:33 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 617
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Diabetics

We moved over 6 months ago and I'm a t1 (20 years). In my experience I had a 5 month old during the medicals so my Hba1c was 7.9 (due to me bf'ing). They ask for it to be between 4 and 6.5%. Because...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Jul 12th 2012, 9:39 am
Replies: 145
Views: 24,763
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Very pleasantly surprised.

What a lovely post! :thumbsup:
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 12th 2012, 9:35 am
Replies: 5
Views: 989
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Returning to UK from NZ with New Baby

Just wanted to say congratulations! We`re expecting at the same time and I wish it was me posting this as I`d love to go home sooner! Unfortunately we`ll be giving it another year....:(

I don't...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 11th 2012, 3:38 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,626
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Flight Upgrade and Nearly time to Go Home!

Congratulations! Have a safe, happy, super comfortable journey home - very jealous!!! :thumbsup:
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 11th 2012, 3:00 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,626
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Flight Upgrade and Nearly time to Go Home!

Hope today goes smoothly with the house Shirl.

Keep us updated on how you get on back in Blighty! :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 1st 2012, 11:43 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,164
Posted By ohdearydear

Re: Job before going home?

Thanks for the replies.

We're all British Citizens. I'm currently pregnant with our second child but will be registering him/her as a BC too - infact I'm not sure that you have a lot of choice...
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