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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 11th 2024, 9:40 am
Replies: 8
Views: 976
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: NZ + UK ( Total state pension)

One thing that I am wondering about (prompted by the posters on here from time to time) is what happens after you retire and you move from the UK to NZ (or vice versa).
Are you locked into the...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Feb 21st 2024, 11:35 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 568
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Brand new resident!

We are now officially NZ Residents (just not permanent).

A big shout out for the automated systems.
We applied for IRD numbers and as new arrivals we just authorised the use of the identity...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 21st 2024, 1:01 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,203
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Where does the year to enter NZ start from?

For our Resident visas the start date was the date of the granting of the visa, as shown in the email.
Our also had a specific note of when we had to be in NZ to activate the visas.
I assume this...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 1st 2024, 6:20 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 774
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Merry Xmas everyone!

Belated Happy New Year as well.
Raining here and blowing a hooligan.
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 26th 2023, 1:34 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 618
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Flight disruption in Nelson - is this common?

There have been news items over the last few days about flights being disrupted in and out of Nelson because of fog and/or low cloud.
Is this a common thing?
We are planning to fly to Nelson and...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 24th 2023, 10:29 am
Replies: 5
Views: 774
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Merry Xmas everyone!

Just noticed that it is past midnight on Xmas eve in NZ.
Waving from the UK.
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 17th 2023, 4:32 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 452
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Aurora alerts

A very strong 9/9 alert reported at the moment.
Very high chance of visible aurora.
Shame it is daylight now in NZ.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 17th 2023, 3:52 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,551
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Moving Back to the Uk

It is worth checking if you have a full NZ pension which will be payable in the UK, and if it is index linked.

Probably also worth checking how many years of NI contributions you have in the UK...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 16th 2023, 10:48 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,265
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Current weather and quakes in NZ. All OK?

See you've got some rain warnings up around Nelson.
Is this a usual summer or a damp one?
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 7th 2023, 3:20 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,208
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Feb: Dunedin - a little bit South

We will be on SI for a couple of weeks February/March time.
Flying in and out of Nelson and going up to Golden Bay.
Be a shame if you are in Dunedin and we don't get the chance to finally say...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 2nd 2023, 3:39 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 570
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Car hire for 78 year old

RaD car hire (used to be Rent a Dent) have done us well in the past.
Going to book with them again this coming February and March 2024.
Pro -tip - take out a car hire excess policy for around £55...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 27th 2023, 3:54 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 680
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Return to NZ before 21 months GST issue

I think the first and most important question is "do you still have the receipts?".
I am assuming that if you can demonstrate that you have already paid GST you have an argument against paying it...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 9th 2023, 6:02 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,333
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Preparing to move.

Noting, of course, that his partner has a Psychology degree and currently works remotely, so that is another possible route to a work visa.
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 7th 2023, 4:50 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,333
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Preparing to move.

Our child raising days are long gone.
However if a 50 house village is too large then there aren't going to be that many kids around for after school activities unless you are very lucky.
You would...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 4th 2023, 6:47 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,207
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Insurancers - House - contents - car.

On car insurance AFAIK you need to cover cost of repair/replacement to your vehicle, cost of repair/replacement to any other vehicle involved.
Or is this one of the special NZ cases where you are...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 4th 2023, 6:30 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,207
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Insurancers - House - contents - car.

I'm not sure I fully understand your point.
If you under insure then no claim will be met in full.
If your house is wiped out then you will have to pay part of the cost of the rebuild.
If the...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 3rd 2023, 6:49 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,207
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Insurancers - House - contents - car.

That isn't quite how it works in the UK.
If you insure for £250k and the rebuild value (assessed by the insurance company) is £350k then you are under insured and any pay out on claim will be...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 3rd 2023, 12:12 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,207
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Insurancers - House - contents - car.

Same problem in the UK at the moment.
There is legislation which says you can't charge renewals at a worse rate than new policies, but everything is going up.
There is raging inflation.

In the...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 3rd 2023, 12:07 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 907
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: You can apparently ask for visa conditions to be cancelled

I'm not suggesting that you can have the Section 49 (1) conditions removed before you meet any other conditions.
The implication seems to be that if you fulfil all the requirements for residence (as...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 2nd 2023, 9:19 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 907
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: You can apparently ask for visa conditions to be cancelled

The quote seemed to address the visa we have.
10 year Parent Resident.
I am being vary careful to protect my sources but I am pretty confident in the advice received.
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 2nd 2023, 4:52 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 520
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Parent Resident Visa - 10 years of Resident (but not Permanent Resident)

Update:
A little birdie told me that the 10 year visa was a direct result of all the mayhem around Covid, where people were unable to fulfil the requirements of their 5 year visa due to being locked...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 2nd 2023, 4:45 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 907
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: You can apparently ask for visa conditions to be cancelled

I'm afraid I can't decode the IRRV acronym.
[Is it indefinite leave to remain?]

For Parent Resident you get a 10 year Resident Visa (with no travel restrictions) but not a Permanent Resident Visa...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 2nd 2023, 4:34 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 907
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: You can apparently ask for visa conditions to be cancelled

At the moment the information that I was given seems to be confirmed by the web page posted.
I have a reasonable level of trust in the source.

I am assuming that this is entirely discretionary,...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 2nd 2023, 3:44 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 907
Posted By LittleGreyCat

You can apparently ask for visa conditions to be cancelled

This hadn't occurred to me!
Becoming a Citizen...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 1st 2023, 8:22 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,888
Posted By LittleGreyCat

Re: Where do the Brits like to live in Auckland?

When we were over in 1987 at a camp site in Rotorua we met some lovely NZ ladies.
I said we were from the UK.
Really, they said, but you don't have an accent!
Make of that what you will! :p
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