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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 14th 2008, 12:21 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,044
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Moving back from NZ and looking for new alternative

I used to live on a small Greek Island, and would definitely recommend Greece as a place to live (its where I would be if my hubby could get decently paid work there :D) Might be worth looking at...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 9th 2007, 12:26 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 634
Posted By maggiemou

Re: crown removals

We asked Crown to quote when we moved back to UK from New Zealand, and they quoted us $18000 :eek:for sole use of a 40ft container, whereas Conroys, who we ended up using, charged us $12000 for sole...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Aug 8th 2007, 2:05 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 709
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Upgrades

I got upgraded on a KLM flight from Sydney to Heathrow quite a few years back, I didn't ask for it or anything, just asked for extra legroom when I checked in!! I was gobsmacked when I got on the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 5th 2007, 7:32 am
Replies: 6
Views: 744
Posted By maggiemou

Re: NZ bought Plasma TV

Don't think I'm going to be much help unfortunately, but just wanted to say that we didn't bring our LCD flat screens TVs back with us as we weren't certain that they would work properly. I don't...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 1st 2007, 10:34 am
Replies: 71
Views: 4,467
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Famous people I have met.

Before I became a sensible wifely mummy type, I was a bit of a wicked girl!! I've behaved impeccably badly with a very well known DJ from Radio 1 in the 1980s (too embarrassed to say which one!!) -...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 31st 2007, 5:53 am
Replies: 2
Views: 7,114
Posted By maggiemou

Re: can you get L&P in the UK??

Poppets - you are a complete star :thumbsup: Thank you so much for those links, I think I shall be ordering a few bottles to keep me going - ta!!

M
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 29th 2007, 2:38 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 7,114
Posted By maggiemou

can you get L&P in the UK??

Been back from NZ for just over 2 months, and have suddenly developed a huge nostalgic craving for L&P (NZ fizzy drink, now made by the Coca-cola corporation) - anyone know if its available over here...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 28th 2007, 10:44 am
Replies: 11
Views: 782
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Moving home and renting out OZ house

We moved home in May, and although it was from NZ rather than OZ, I am sure its the same sort of thing!!! We rented our house out to some UK friends who were on 18 month contracts out in NZ, so we...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 3rd 2007, 9:18 am
Replies: 44
Views: 2,029
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Build or Buy

Hi SavBlancGal, (love your user name by the way, think I should be changing my name to Pinot Gris gal!!) We used a company called Generation Developments who are based in the Bay of Plenty - we were...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 2nd 2007, 6:45 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,029
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Build or Buy

Hi HW, we went down the land and home package route, which means that the builder has already got an idea of what house is going to go on the section. It was the size of the section and the views...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 2nd 2007, 2:53 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,029
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Build or Buy

Hi Helinuk,

You definitely have to give it a go, for the majority of people it is the best thing that they have ever done, I certainly don't feel we have failed by giving it a go and coming back. ...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 2nd 2007, 2:30 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,029
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Build or Buy

Hi,

thanks for your message helinuk. Course I don't mind you asking why we decided to come back to UK, there are a variety of reasons, so not one thing pushed us into making the decision. One...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 2nd 2007, 1:44 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,029
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Build or Buy

We built in Tauranga, on an elevated development close to the city centre - we have wonderful views from the Kaimais right round to Mount Maunganui and glimpses of the harbour. We decided to build...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 30th 2007, 6:58 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,587
Posted By maggiemou

Re: My life is in boxes......

Hi Tillergirl, just wanted to say that yes it is daunting even thinking about returning to Uk, just as no doubt it was daunting thinking about emigrating to NZ. We have just returned from a year in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 30th 2007, 6:45 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,587
Posted By maggiemou

Re: My life is in boxes......

Hi Treacle Tart, and welcome back to the UK!!! Its good to be back, eh? You sound so like me just a few weeks back when we arrived back here after a year in NZ - I still remember the excitement of...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 30th 2007, 6:36 am
Replies: 11
Views: 687
Posted By maggiemou

Re: New to the site and to forums!!!

Hi, we used an agent to start off with cos we were naive and hadn't really found any of the moving to NZ forums at that stage. We ended up paying the guy £600 for very little, like a previous poster...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 22nd 2007, 8:48 am
Replies: 6
Views: 687
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Shipping cats back to UK

Hi Tilly, thanks so much for your responses, I can't believe how closely our circumstances resemble each other!! :) quite spooky! We rented in Matua for 6 months when we first arrived in Tauranga in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 21st 2007, 11:12 am
Replies: 6
Views: 687
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Shipping cats back to UK

Hi TillyB,

Thanks so much for the info, and thanks for the link to the pettravel guys. The cats are both microchipped, so I guess what I need to get our friends to do next is to take the cats...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 19th 2007, 10:33 am
Replies: 6
Views: 687
Posted By maggiemou

Shipping cats back to UK

Hi all,

Anyone got any recommendations/advice on bringing our 2 cats back to UK? At the moment we are in UK but the puss tats are still in NZ staying with the friends who are renting our house -...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 19th 2007, 8:53 am
Replies: 9
Views: 5,346
Posted By maggiemou

Re: NZ38 Via hong Kong

We flew back to UK with Air NZ via Hong Kong just last month. We have 2 kids aged 2 and 1. There is not a lot to do in the departure lounge (yes you do go into the main international departure...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 18th 2007, 5:05 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,127
Posted By maggiemou

So good to be back...

We have been back in UK for just over a month now, having spent a year in New Zealand. Being back has made me realise just how wrong for us New Zealand was (if you see what I mean) - we are as skint...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 18th 2007, 11:37 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,816
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Allied Pickfords....??

Sorry to put a dampener on this thread, but we used Pickfords for our move to NZ in June 06, and lived to regret it!! They seemed to be the most professional of the firms who came to quote (we had a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 20th 2007, 10:38 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,010
Posted By maggiemou

Shipping personal effects back to UK - customs query

Hi all, I'm really hoping that someone here can give me some reassurance on shipping our household goods back to UK less than a year after we moved out here to NZ. We are heading back in mid-May and...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 15th 2007, 4:02 am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,645
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Whatdya miss

Oooooh, Spotlight and whatever the one was called on Westward/ TSW/Westcountry TV - we use to call it the Cheese news (cos there was always something about a cheese going missing, or how the...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 15th 2007, 3:43 am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,645
Posted By maggiemou

Re: Whatdya miss

Thanks so much for the tip off about Bethlehem Butchers - will definitely try them out, have been so disappointed with the quality of most of the meat here at the supermarket and the chain-type...
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