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Forum: New Zealand
Oct 28th 2022, 6:23 pm
Replies: 81
Views: 12,959
Posted By SSky

Re: G'won . The $ price of one tomato and maybe -ssshhh ..the price of a cucumbe

Connections! Know the right people or work at the right places and food becomes cheap. I'm over manual labour now but used to get free eggs, tomatoes, milk and meat so pretty much sorted lol. The...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2022, 3:59 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 5,628
Posted By SSky

Re: Amazon UK is shipping to NZ again

I used to buy all my kids books from Amazon as they are stupid expensive here. But I've been here nearly 20yrs so don't really know what the price comparison is now. I might go have a little look, I...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2022, 3:53 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 15,215
Posted By SSky

Re: NZ or Aus

Depends on what you like really, your lifestyle. I like quiet and country so nz has always suited me. I have always found the choice of products to be very frustrating here and it is a very expensive...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2022, 2:54 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,941
Posted By SSky

Re: Why don't Estate Agents/home sellers put prices on homes in NZ?

It's always been like this, especially when the market is in a bit of turmoil. Its very annoying I agree. My son is looking to buy a house so I've been looking too for him, only way to really get an...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 24th 2020, 11:16 pm
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,433
Posted By SSky

Re: Coronavirus

Me and my hubby have both been essential workers throughout all this. .. first time we have ever felt special haha
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 24th 2020, 11:07 pm
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,433
Posted By SSky

Re: Coronavirus

So long since i posted on here I forgot how to do it. My sisters boss died of it and he was only 43yrs with a young family. So tragic.
Forum: New Zealand
May 9th 2017, 10:05 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,256
Posted By SSky

Re: Should I stay or should I go

Heck if you're single just follow your dreams Mushy.
Forum: New Zealand
May 9th 2017, 9:56 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,405
Posted By SSky

Re: Money money money

I hope not as there isn't much difference in the cost of living bar the rent.
Don't seek a job in fancy pants Auckland. Why would you want to inflict that horrible place on yourself anyways when...
Forum: New Zealand
May 9th 2017, 9:34 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,741
Posted By SSky

Re: Most people have few assets

Nope tits up is a very bad place to be. I don't want tits up to happen in nz thank you
Forum: New Zealand
May 6th 2017, 11:18 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,030
Posted By SSky

Re: Struggling to find work in Wgtn..

Join a club or go to church, volunteer or make mates, it's the only way I've ever got a job over here. Or go door knocking as another poster put it, that's another way I've got jobs, just go in and...
Forum: New Zealand
May 6th 2017, 10:41 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 5,809
Posted By SSky

Re: Looking to move to new Zealand looking for a bricklaying job and visa

Just to let you know bricklaying is different over here, it's more fascia/ tiling than structural and you need to be a neat freak. The houses are just constructed differently, it's all timber framed...
Forum: New Zealand
May 6th 2017, 10:25 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,455
Posted By SSky

Re: Is NZ the most dangerous Country

So sad, I wonder what happened. They obvs were used to driving on the same side of the road as us but they were young so was it inexperience or was it the driver who hit them?
All I have to add is...
Forum: New Zealand
May 6th 2017, 10:07 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,741
Posted By SSky

Re: Most people have few assets

What a boring article. Money rules our lives doesn't it. I so wish we could all have our homes paid off and see what happens to the economy. Now wouldn't that be interesting.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 30th 2017, 6:35 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,487
Posted By SSky

Re: Sick of the weather / alleged "summer"

I'm loving it, our land has been dry for nearly three years, yellow and crispy and now it's looking lovely and green.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 30th 2017, 6:23 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,228
Posted By SSky

Re: Another holiday in the South Island.

What did you think of Rangiora now though, it's such an exciting expanding town.
Nothing like the ghost town we visited in 2004. Tumbleweedy was my first impression back then but now it's vibrant...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 30th 2017, 6:05 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,071
Posted By SSky

Re: I Miss the clubs and festivals

Or maybe have your own event. My sons are constantly going to some music fest of another out here in rural south island NZ, there is always some big party or another going on around here. You may be...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 30th 2017, 5:55 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,044
Posted By SSky

Re: Different words for the same items

The accents are different though, although only very slightly. I can now tell the difference between a South Islander and a North Islander.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 30th 2017, 5:53 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,044
Posted By SSky

Re: Different words for the same items

I've gotten used to the different names for stuff here on the South Island but I don't know much about how that varies on the North Island.
I think from tv and stuff that Kiwis universally use the...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 30th 2017, 5:34 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 6,412
Posted By SSky

Re: Bullying in NZ....

Bullying sucks, I don't know what it is about NZ that makes it so common in the work place. I got hounded out of my last job by my manager even though my work performance was 100%,maybe that person...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 7th 2017, 5:05 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,188
Posted By SSky

Re: No cats please..

:eek:
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 5th 2017, 9:57 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 3,069
Posted By SSky

Re: Graveyard of Imported Appliances

In about June 2004 when we first moved into our first NZ home which was only a 4 yr old property we plugged in our UK fake electric coal fire (with real coals on top) and it melted it's plug and...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 4th 2017, 9:26 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,208
Posted By SSky

Re: Christmas Day updates

:rofl:
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 3rd 2017, 1:19 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,090
Posted By SSky

Re: Bluddy Wind !

I love the wind, I like strange wind even better! It's exciting! Today was a strange windy weather event in Eyrewell Canterbury, sunny and balmy in the morning and then War of the Worlds winds...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 3rd 2017, 1:04 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 3,443
Posted By SSky

Re: Why would anyone use an estate agent....

Our last agent we used was a right tight arse and all we got were soft drinks and crisps for the kids, we had had way better hampers from other agents with other house sales and purchases, wine,...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 3rd 2017, 12:58 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 3,443
Posted By SSky

Re: Why would anyone use an estate agent....

lol funny :rofl:
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