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Forum: New Zealand
Nov 15th 2013, 7:13 am
Replies: 71
Views: 4,071
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Housing bubble? Where's your money?

:goodpost:
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 15th 2013, 7:12 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,853
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Saw this and thought of you Returning Kiwis

My biggest regret in life - coming back to nz
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 15th 2013, 7:01 am
Replies: 118
Views: 9,760
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: I think but im not sure

Nz has all these same problems and more.
Can you still afford to feed,(an average healthy diet including dairy and meat) clothe your kids and buy a house in England?
Then you are very lucky I say.
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 14th 2013, 1:43 am
Replies: 118
Views: 9,760
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: I think but im not sure

Just go to scotland to live - it looks really similar to the south island of nz but with better housing and you can keep earning pounds rather than nz dollars that don't go far in a global economy....
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 9th 2013, 10:17 pm
Replies: 484
Views: 99,696
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: 20% deposit needed to buy a house from oct

Also according to the OCED Nz now has the 2nd highest cost of housing in the western world,
2nd only to GREECE, for gods sake(omg)....this article was a recent one from 6th nov.... it used to be...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 4th 2013, 6:07 am
Replies: 249
Views: 20,728
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Proof Kiwi rip-off housing!

The bubbles not gonna burst as long as the chinese or other wealthy asian investors want to come here and buy houses - they just pay cash, they buy 900k apartments for their kids to live in while...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 4th 2013, 5:57 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,968
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: What other languages do you speak?

My favourite language is French - but I would love to learn Chinese as there will be heaps of good jobs in nz if you speak both chinese and english - in tourism industry and in business here.
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 3rd 2013, 1:37 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,968
Posted By shocked kiwi

What other languages do you speak?

Living in Auckland you will note that Asian languages abound everywhere, in the shops and on the street and you feel quite inferior only speaking English.

How many of you speak another language...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 1st 2013, 9:31 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 977
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Auckland hits the top 10 in world best-cities list

Ha ha - that's because Auckland's new nickname is SIn Ciy after the major Len Brown saga - tee hee, he is the perfect major to run this place, heaps to do if you like casinos, and brothels and have...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 29th 2013, 7:13 am
Replies: 8
Views: 718
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: US Spying on NZ?

No - Winston churchill said never lose faith in the usa - lots of propaganda happening to undermine the USA, they are trying to protect us from terrorists etc, I would rather hve them as a super...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 24th 2013, 8:21 am
Replies: 20
Views: 13,371
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: A house in Auckland-or an island in fiji or norway

Well I own the island and the resort so the tourists pay for my beer and hammock - LOL
London is not as seedy as Auckland at night, Queen Steet is so seedy, full of crazy people and prostitutes in...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2013, 8:28 am
Replies: 36
Views: 2,973
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: The B****y wind in Wellington

LOL a girl I know was on a flight recently in that storm going from akl-wlg and she said all the passengers in her row (all strangers) were linking arms for courage, and thought the plane was going...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2013, 8:08 am
Replies: 20
Views: 13,371
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: A house in Auckland-or an island in fiji or norway

I would buy the island in fiji, have you guys been there? OMG paradise, and the fijian people the loveliest people you could ever meet, I would just sit in a hammock with my fiji bitter at the end of...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 21st 2013, 9:05 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,973
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: The B****y wind in Wellington

It is very windy in Auckland too - it never used to be like this- the weather patterns have changed as it used to be warm and humid here, raining all the time, then sun and you could not sleep at...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 21st 2013, 9:01 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,578
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Whats actually cheaper in NZ vs the UK

In a bar in Viaduct Auckland I paid $18.50 nz for a glass of house wine! This was the cheapest they had. What are the bar prices in uk?
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 21st 2013, 8:55 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 13,371
Posted By shocked kiwi

A house in Auckland-or an island in fiji or norway

Aucklanders are paying premium prices for average houses to be close to the city and good school zones. Alanah Eriksen in the NZ herald looked at 10 private islands around the world that cost less...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 18th 2013, 7:22 am
Replies: 51
Views: 4,374
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Should I stay or should I go?

lol anything else?
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 18th 2013, 7:08 am
Replies: 51
Views: 4,374
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Should I stay or should I go?

ok please humour me - can you name ONE thing that is cheaper in nz relative to income, thanks
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 16th 2013, 7:10 am
Replies: 51
Views: 4,374
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Should I stay or should I go?

It depends on your finances to be honest. Nz is more expensive than the uk for everything.
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 11th 2013, 10:07 pm
Replies: 249
Views: 20,728
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Proof Kiwi rip-off housing!

It is, even if I won some money I would not buy in Auckland until there is a correction as houses are way overvalued - this 1-brm damp thing in ponsonby cv 220k sold the other day for $470k .
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 6th 2013, 9:48 pm
Replies: 249
Views: 20,728
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Proof Kiwi rip-off housing!

You know what the biggest problem in NZ is - is that they are running the country like a business, john key is good at his job from a business perspective - doing deals with this one and that one,...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 1st 2013, 9:03 am
Replies: 249
Views: 20,728
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Proof Kiwi rip-off housing!

I agree with the bit about only wanting investors in NZ, shutting 1st home buyers will not lower the prices of houses at all, but what it will do is allow more houses available for the investors,...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 30th 2013, 8:47 pm
Replies: 249
Views: 20,728
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Proof Kiwi rip-off housing!

Don't worry davros1984 you are not going mad, I agree with you wholeheartedly. You have to live where the jobs are and Auckland is the only large city in nz and is where the majority of the jobs are....
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 29th 2013, 9:52 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,096
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Best inner city suburbs please - Auckland

Ponsonby is the best, lots of cafes, cool drinking holes etc, is perfect for a couple with no kids, walking distance from the CBD, or if are beach people mission bay or kohimarama is the best.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 29th 2013, 1:07 am
Replies: 249
Views: 20,728
Posted By shocked kiwi

Re: Proof Kiwi rip-off housing!

Well after living through 6xmajor earthquakes in the Christchurch region recently, I no longer have the "won't happen here" mentality. So Yes I would definitely give in to the "melodrama volcano...
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