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Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
Apr 22nd 2005, 11:04 am
Replies: 1
Views: 319
Posted By javajive

Re: Nursing in France

I was born in NZ and lived there until my early 20s. I took coming back to NZ after living in Europe for me realise I could never live in NZ again.

Regarding nursing qualifiactions I do believe...
Forum: France
Apr 22nd 2005, 11:04 am
Replies: 26
Views: 40,006
Posted By javajive

Re: Nursing in France

I was born in NZ and lived there until my early 20s. I took coming back to NZ after living in Europe for me realise I could never live in NZ again.

Regarding nursing qualifiactions I do believe...
Forum: France
Apr 20th 2005, 4:28 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 762
Posted By javajive

Re: Nice - where to rent and language courses

My wife went to Alliance Francaise in Nice about 10 years ago (so may be out of date). I have also studied with them in an English speaking country. Both of us are happy customers.

The contact is ...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 16th 2005, 6:15 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,451
Posted By javajive

Re: Settling back in...

I can identify with you very much. This year I have been living a dual existance between France / UK and have had the topsy turvey feelings in both countries. Which makes me suggest once you make...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 16th 2005, 5:51 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 762
Posted By javajive

Re: sell or rent UK house

David,

Several points,

1. Need to factor in how you think the housing market is going to go - I'm sure you are aware that this year is different to the last 5-7 years of steep increases....
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 14th 2005, 7:30 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 456
Posted By javajive

Re: Banking Advise please

I would hedge my bets ;) and do both 1 and 2.

On one hand you will get better interest in NZ and foreign withholding tax is just 10% but on the other hand the NZ dollar has recently weaken against...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 14th 2005, 7:22 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 622
Posted By javajive

Re: Money exchange

Hi Glen,

My preferred way of shifting medium sized amounts 5k-20k lots is to use xe.com
Have a look at https://www.xe.com/fx/demo.htm to see a demo interface and do dummy trades to gain...
Forum: France
Apr 12th 2005, 10:17 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,520
Posted By javajive

Re: Pie in the sky?

Not sure what a PGCE is, but from what I understand the TEFL is what the language schools look for and it is not that hard to get. I had a friend that got it in one month doing a full time course. I...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 12th 2005, 7:51 am
Replies: 7
Views: 618
Posted By javajive

Re: Schools for A-Level

I very much agree, Universities like the International Baccalaureate and it does give a boarder education rather than the A-level system of only doing a few subjects.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 12th 2005, 7:39 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,103
Posted By javajive

Re: Looking to move to Cambridge area

Nice small city. Large enough to have facilities like a University and some cultural events but small enough to be easy to get around. You are within 1-1/2 hours of Auckland, Rotorua, east and west...
Forum: France
Apr 11th 2005, 3:17 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,520
Posted By javajive

Re: Pie in the sky?

You already have two very positive points.
1. Having a decent level of French gives you much more options and make getting on with life and other people much easier.
2. It is much easier for...
Forum: France
Apr 11th 2005, 1:15 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,030
Posted By javajive

Re: Moving to France with teenagers!!

Not an easy age to move...

One hint to give you an idea of what they are are expected to know at school is there are a number of books that give a complete summary of the years curriculum. You...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 11th 2005, 12:59 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,403
Posted By javajive

Re: Family moving from Australia to England

Another option is to deal directly with private landloards in local newspapers or message boards at local corner shops. The credit checks may be easier... although the standard of accomidation may be...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 11th 2005, 8:05 am
Replies: 7
Views: 618
Posted By javajive

Re: Schools for A-Level

I don't think you will find any schools in NZ doing A-Levels. An alternative to consider is the International Baccalaureate - I understand that this is a very well recieved qualification.

Look at ...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 5th 2005, 3:21 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 675
Posted By javajive

Re: Transferring $US to UK

I'm a happy customer of XE (https://www.xe.com/fx/). You can try the demo https://www.xe.com/fx/demo.htm to see how it works.

There are a number of ways to trade,
* Basic (really the spot rate)...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 5th 2005, 3:02 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,103
Posted By javajive

Re: Looking to move to Cambridge area

Cambridge is a nice place and a pleasent commute to Hamilton.

There is a private school there (might be secondary school age) which had a very good reputation - my wifes friends children when...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 5th 2005, 2:52 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 934
Posted By javajive

Re: shipping to n.z.

My tip for sorting this quickly is to buy some UK (or where ever you are coming from) multi socket strips. Then you just cut of one UK plug and replace it with a NZ one to get 4 or 6 appliance...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 5th 2005, 2:44 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 934
Posted By javajive

Re: shipping to n.z.

NZ uses a different PAL standard. So if you have a multi-standard TV that supports PAL-B (see http://www.openspaceproducts.us/pal.html) it should work.

For DVDs & DVD players be aware that many...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 4th 2005, 3:22 pm
Replies: 137
Views: 11,588
Posted By javajive

Re: What's wrong with Australia?

What most people see when they first go to a new country is the physical things - beaches, mountains, shops, buildings etc.

But really this things are just the back drop to life - not the essence...
Forum: France
Mar 31st 2005, 7:08 am
Replies: 12
Views: 6,720
Posted By javajive

Re: Using a british TV in France

Your right there are quite a few chat programs where they get some guests to talk about some philosophical topic.

One also needs to be aware that in France things happen to a different rhythm,...
Forum: Spain
Mar 30th 2005, 1:29 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,905
Posted By javajive

Re: British or Spanish Computer??

The the need arises you enter any special character buy pressing alt and the four digit code on the numeric keypad. Look at the character mapper to find the codes.

Otherwise you could simply buy a...
Forum: France
Mar 30th 2005, 1:08 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 6,720
Posted By javajive

Re: Using a british TV in France

The local terrestrial French channels are quite good if your french is up to it. Otherwise they are great way to get up to speed. Plus you get a local view on news and other events.
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 25th 2005, 8:45 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,508
Posted By javajive

Re: Cost of living in NZ - the bottom line

I'll leave the food stuff to someone else - you could try the foodtown website (www.foodtown.co.nz ??)

Re cars
Cars in NZ tend to be imports from Japan that are about 5 years old.
I understand...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 25th 2005, 8:13 am
Replies: 7
Views: 853
Posted By javajive

Re: Air fares from New Zealand

If you are starting from the UK then you would be better just buying a return when you first go to NZ (difference between one way & return is not double).

Re Cost: Really depends on the season...
Forum: France
Mar 24th 2005, 7:34 am
Replies: 37
Views: 9,924
Posted By javajive

Re: moving to france

I think it really comes down to logistics. If you are moving a van load of stuff and have room and aren't too concerned about possible problems getting it repaired in the unlikely even that it breaks...
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