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Forum: New Zealand

Jun 25th 2023, 6:41 am

Replies: 16

NZ Universities

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Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: NZ Universities

She is an NZ citizen. She has already enquired with Otago and Canterbury Universities and is classed as a domestic student.

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 23rd 2023, 10:20 am

Replies: 16

NZ Universities

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Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: NZ Universities

She wants to do either psychology or law, she’s not decided yet. She s in her first year of A levels, so has time. She wants to do behavioural science within psychology which she hasn’t found a...

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 23rd 2023, 7:23 am

Replies: 16

NZ Universities

Views: 2,197

Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: NZ Universities

From the UK. The universities don’t do exactly what she wants here and as of September fees are doubling, so affordability has to come into the equation

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 20th 2023, 7:46 am

Replies: 16

NZ Universities

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NZ Universities

My daughter is thinking of returning to NZ to go to university to study either psychology or law. Does anybody have any experiences as to which one or just in general? Her number one at the moment is...

Forum: New Zealand

Aug 6th 2022, 8:36 am

Replies: 11

Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

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Re: Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

We lived in Hawkes Bay for 4 years and then the west coast of the South Island for 4 years. It took us a good 2 years to make any friends, but that was only because we had a young daughter and my...

Forum: New Zealand

Aug 5th 2022, 7:01 am

Replies: 11

Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

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Re: Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

The choices they have in year 8 aren’t the full choices for all gcse subjects, at my daughters school anyway. They had to choose a couple of subjects, but they weren’t the proper gcse choices, they...

Forum: New Zealand

Aug 5th 2022, 6:43 am

Replies: 11

Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

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Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: Moving back to the UK with teenagers...

Depending on when your childrens birthdays are will depend which school year they go into. School years run from September to August. High school goes from years 7 to 11 (ones with sixth form also...

Forum: New Zealand

Aug 3rd 2022, 7:04 am

Replies: 4

Contract job offer

Views: 1,269

Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: Contract job offer

Thanks for the reply’s. From your reply’s and our own research, it looks like we’ll be staying put for now.

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 28th 2022, 6:59 am

Replies: 4

Contract job offer

Views: 1,269

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Contract job offer

I’ve just been offered a 12month initial contract, which will then become a 12 month rolling contract. I’ve never done contract work before so don’t know the ins and outs. I’ve been told I will need...

Forum: New Zealand

Jan 16th 2022, 4:22 pm

Replies: 31

I think I've made a mistake

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Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: I think I've made a mistake

It takes time, how old is she? Once you get you own things that will make a big difference and when the schools go back things will get back to normal. Don’t panic too much and think you need to go...

Forum: New Zealand

Jan 16th 2022, 8:18 am

Replies: 31

I think I've made a mistake

Views: 8,712

Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: I think I've made a mistake

Once you get your own belongings things will seem more familiar. Christmas is always a hard time for some people, missing family and friends, plus it’s the holiday season there until February, (like...

Forum: New Zealand

Nov 20th 2021, 8:27 am

Replies: 5

Moving back with older teenager

Views: 1,536

Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: Moving back with older teenager

I think it’s normal to want the things you are used to and have fond memories of, plus seeing friends and family have their lives together, but sometimes it is the memory rather than actual place you...

Forum: New Zealand

Nov 19th 2021, 8:47 am

Replies: 5

Moving back with older teenager

Views: 1,536

Posted By stevenfoster13

Re: Moving back with older teenager

For us the work life balance wasn’t and isn’t great here. We don’t enjoy the traffic, stress of day to day life and find things are less enjoyable as a whole. We live in a beautiful part of the...

Forum: New Zealand

Nov 19th 2021, 8:14 am

Replies: 5

Moving back with older teenager

Views: 1,536

Posted By stevenfoster13

Moving back with older teenager

We are thinking of moving back to NZ after our daughter finishes her GCSEs in 2022. We moved to NZ Before she was 2 and moved back to the UK before she was 11. We always said we would never move back...

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