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Forum: New Zealand

Mar 6th 2017, 8:33 pm

Replies: 23

Long term rent or buy?

Views: 2,306

Posted By kakapo

Re: Long term rent or buy?

Just to clarify, although we had registered for online tax returns, as non-resident landlords we were not able to use it. Perhaps your situation was different but this was certainly the case for us.

Forum: New Zealand

Mar 6th 2017, 5:17 pm

Replies: 23

Long term rent or buy?

Views: 2,306

Posted By kakapo

Re: Long term rent or buy?

I do not think you are able to complete UK online self-assessments as non-resident landlords but instead have to complete paper versions. At least this has been the case for us.

In NZ you do not...

Forum: New Zealand

Mar 2nd 2017, 5:21 pm

Replies: 44

Would this work?

Views: 4,593

Posted By kakapo

Re: Would this work?

Hi,

as a MH professional who moved here from the NHS, I would advise you that I personally have not come across any psychotherapists employed by DHBs (therapy usually provided by psychologists),...

Forum: New Zealand

Jan 31st 2017, 6:52 pm

Replies: 23

Nursing in New Zealand

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Posted By kakapo

Re: Nursing in New Zealand

I am not a nurse but work in health - if you do not work shift work, annual leave allowance significantly less 20 compared to my 33 in NHS (due to have worked there for over ten years). In NZ it does...

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 23rd 2016, 9:22 pm

Replies: 11

Credit cards

Views: 1,045

Posted By kakapo

Re: Credit cards

Several different ones, including supermarket ones.

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 23rd 2016, 12:39 pm

Replies: 11

Credit cards

Views: 1,045

Posted By kakapo

Re: Credit cards

Hi, I have kept UK credit cards with no problems and have all correspondence coming to my NZ address. Perhaps depends on credit card company?

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 23rd 2016, 12:34 pm

Replies: 144

Honest experiences of NZ life

Views: 23,506

Posted By kakapo

Re: Honest experiences of NZ life

:lol: that made me laugh so much, I have recently come back from the supermarket cursing the damn $6 cucumbers to my partner!!! I like NZ in the summer but in the winter find it frustrating that...

Forum: New Zealand

May 21st 2016, 9:33 pm

Replies: 10

Dunedin

Views: 1,436

Posted By kakapo

Re: Dunedin

Hi, depends of course what you want but some good areas are:
hill suburbs - Maori Hill, Roslyn, Belleknowes, Mornington
beach - some parts of St Clair
peninsula - Musselburgh, McAndrew Bay,...

Forum: New Zealand

May 21st 2016, 9:23 pm

Replies: 4

Shipping skis uk>nz

Views: 1,154

Posted By kakapo

Re: Shipping skis uk>nz

Hi, we sent our skis with our boxes with Parcelhero. They were sent just in the skibag and arrived with no damage :) As it was part of a bigger shipment, cannot tell you how much just skis would be...

Forum: NZ Update

Feb 5th 2016, 7:49 pm

Replies: 45

8 months in Auckland...

Views: 25,012

Posted By kakapo

Re: 8 months in Auckland...

Hi,

Moving somewhere else in NZ may be the answer - I do not particularly like Auckland although never lived there but could not imagine being happy there. However, whilst Queenstown is beautiful...

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