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Forum: New Zealand
Mar 31st 2014, 1:00 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 671
Posted By pornopants

Re: FA CUP - Semi Finals

Not like Wendy's fans to be bitter.....yeah right!! Maybe if you had not bottled it against Charlton at the rust bucket you could have beaten those rape supporting, ambulance chasing, stain on...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 19th 2014, 11:04 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,218
Posted By pornopants

Re: Visiting Nelson next week for work, worried about catch 22 of job offer without v

I currently work in Nelson and have gone through this process with at least half a dozen people that I have employed. Although they were here at the time, the principle is the same. As stated above...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 8th 2014, 8:07 am
Replies: 33
Views: 3,211
Posted By pornopants

Re: + little rant+ Well wonderful - enforced unpaid leave again.

That is indeed a pain. We are going back to the UK for 8 weeks in Aug/Sep and my wife who is a teacher has to take unpaid leave for 6 of the weeks. This will affect her holiday pay for the next 12...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 19th 2013, 11:35 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,620
Posted By pornopants

Re: Moving to Nelson - Advice needed.

Hi,

I am in Nelson and would say that both the Brook and Tahuna would suit your needs. The Brook will be colder in the winter, but I have lots of friends that live there and they enjoy being...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 11th 2013, 1:35 pm
Replies: 75
Views: 6,695
Posted By pornopants

Re: Sad day

Thatcher turned us into a mini-USA where everything has a monetary value. Is this a positive change? Not in my book but what does that matter in the great scheme of things. I look back and think that...
Forum: New Zealand
May 8th 2010, 2:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 596
Posted By pornopants

Re: Anyone living around Nelson

Hi,

I have been here for 6 years with 2 kids and we love it. Big enough but not too big. One thing to get used to is the isolation,it is 5.5 hours to ChCh or a plane to Welly for anything...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 5th 2010, 11:53 am
Replies: 5
Views: 671
Posted By pornopants

Re: Waitangi Day rolls around again

I think that NZ should be applauded for at least attempting to put right some wrongs and not shying away from the issues. Whether the currently offered solutions are the right ones I am not so sure,...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 5th 2010, 11:42 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,722
Posted By pornopants

Re: learning to speak Maori

The Word Pakeha

Pakeha, which is a Maori term for the white inhabitants of New Zealand, was in vogue even prior to 1815. Its original meaning and origin are obscure, but the following are possible...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 5th 2010, 10:27 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,722
Posted By pornopants

Re: learning to speak Maori

It has not been clearly defined where the term Pakeha came from. It is a common perception that the term is white pig (I have never heard pig flea before) but there is no written or oral record of...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 5th 2010, 7:19 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,722
Posted By pornopants

Re: learning to speak Maori

You originally seem to be saying that you can/do have a healthy respect for Maori culture, but then flip to say that how can you respect a culture that has so many slackers. The respect of the...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 3rd 2010, 9:23 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 4,722
Posted By pornopants

Re: learning to speak Maori

You can still have respect for Maori, but to discount the importance of the language as you seem to, demonstates a lack of undersatanding of the issues. I do not know you, but I would suggest...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 2nd 2010, 10:33 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 4,722
Posted By pornopants

Re: learning to speak Maori

My wife has recently qualified as a teacher and underwent a Te Reo course as part of this. It taught us both lots about the culture and traditions of Maori and led to a deeper understanding of the...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 2nd 2010, 10:12 pm
Replies: 88
Views: 23,032
Posted By pornopants

Re: How backward is New Zealand

If the OP is going to get upset at the (really quite petty) comments aimed at them in response to the original post than why post such an inflamatory post in the first place? Glass houses and pots...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 2nd 2010, 11:53 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,172
Posted By pornopants

Re: Jobs for Electrician & Scientist?!

Hi,

I worked in the pharma industry and was in the same boat a few years ago. I applied for and got a job at Douglas Pharmaceuticals in West Auckland. They were happy to do what wasa required to...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 16th 2009, 12:31 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,341
Posted By pornopants

Re: Sports in NZ

I am in Nelson, but played in Auckland for a year and I see little if any difference. Some of the poms who play here are funny, it seems that they think they should play, not because of any football...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 15th 2009, 11:00 am
Replies: 32
Views: 2,341
Posted By pornopants

Re: Sports in NZ

The football over here is very low level and more often than not poorly understood. Lots of coaches, referees and administrators of the game do not know the basic rules. I play in a local league...
Forum: New Zealand
May 11th 2009, 1:14 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 711
Posted By pornopants

Re: moved work visa

Blades1889, I assume that you are a happy man tonight? I thought that I was the only lost soul on here.

Will you be going to Wembley? the last game that I saw before I came was the playoff vs...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 18th 2009, 7:44 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,718
Posted By pornopants

Re: BM1 over 35

This story was in the Herald this week:

135kg woman refused NZ residency over size
7:08PM Monday Feb 16, 2009

An American woman who tipped the scales at 135kg has been refused residency in...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Jan 5th 2009, 7:30 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,150
Posted By pornopants

Re: Only applicants legally entitled to work in NZ

This was not the case when I got my Job WS. The job as stated was advertised as open to those legally entitled to work in NZ. However the employer in my case was crying out for people with overseas...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Jan 4th 2009, 7:02 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,150
Posted By pornopants

Re: Only applicants legally entitled to work in NZ

I got a job from the UK which was advertised as open to those legally entitled to work in NZ. I was lucky that I got a phone interview and was able to tell the interviewer that we had already sold...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 23rd 2008, 11:20 am
Replies: 332
Views: 100,378
Posted By pornopants

Re: Got a bit of a story to tell..........

Is he not just posting from another site anyhow?? So why the wait??
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 14th 2008, 9:10 am
Replies: 59
Views: 5,046
Posted By pornopants

Re: Are the schools as bad as i've read

My wife is doing the ECE degree and her fees are $4.5K a year, but if she achieves an average grade of >B she receives a bonded merit scholarship of $3k. have you looked at this?

Also the pay...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 10th 2008, 8:15 am
Replies: 2
Views: 546
Posted By pornopants

Re: Stevedores

At Nelson port, unskilled stevedores (no experience) will get $21 an hour.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 20th 2008, 12:57 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 535
Posted By pornopants

Best flight deals??

This old chesnut again. Does anyone know of any good deals being offered for Aug/Sep flights from the UK to NZ/

Any help appreciated, not fussy as to which airline, just the cheapest.

Thanks...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 17th 2007, 10:48 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 2,172
Posted By pornopants

Re: So... UK football... Does it remain this difficult?

Sounds a bit NZish that quote;)

Seriously the Derby game is on the web on friday, PM me if you want to know how to get it.
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