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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 4th 2007, 7:33 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

Thank you, kiwi_abroad, for such a reasonable reply - it is really encouraging to hear you speak up for NZ education. :) I don't feel critical of the system, just trying to find my way around it,...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 4th 2007, 3:08 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

The other thing which is different from the UK, is that the higher the decile, the less the funding that the school receives :eek:- which puts all the cost of fund-raising for new facilities onto...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 3rd 2007, 4:27 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

A lot to do with class sizes - UK schools with heavily overloaded class-rooms have behavioural issues, and teachers who only have time to keep order. UK schools with smaller classes, maybe more in...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 3rd 2007, 4:20 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

just back from a visit, and we asked a lot of questions about schools from all the people we met. This was North Island, and an area between south of Auckland and Coromandel, with views from Taupo as...
Forum: New Zealand
May 12th 2007, 9:02 am
Replies: 89
Views: 8,541
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Whangarei - cost of living

You cannot go wrong with keeping the recipe cheap and simple, if you begin with 2 large chopped onions cooked really slowly in a little butter or oil, with the lid on, until soft. chop the beef into...
Forum: New Zealand
May 11th 2007, 3:56 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

Nishka - golden rule - never to agree to repeat a year!;) it is not good for the child: doing the same work twice over and this time with younger children is a real downer... and it does not mean...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
May 8th 2007, 7:00 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,474
Posted By currytiffin

Re: grounds for older immigration - any experience of this?

Thank you Leighlou, and I am glad if our questions have helped you to find answers for your parents:unsure: Like you I am sure there must be a way, and now it is just a question of looking further,...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
May 8th 2007, 6:56 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,474
Posted By currytiffin

Re: grounds for older immigration - any experience of this?

Has anyone got any information about this: Rob [son] is well-qualified to sponsor us into Oz: but does anyone know how migrating from Oz to NZ might work:D
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
May 7th 2007, 10:48 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,474
Posted By currytiffin

Re: grounds for older immigration - any experience of this?

Ah you know, :) these things happen, and if we didn't have kind people like you to put us right, we could spend a lot more time chasing the rainbow. Really this is a thankyou! and maybe some other...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
May 7th 2007, 9:45 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,474
Posted By currytiffin

Re: grounds for older immigration - any experience of this?

Thank you...:ohmy: you could say that has kippered that idea..!! back to drawing board...:( That poor man, what a tearing apart ...
Forum: New Zealand
May 6th 2007, 8:29 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

hey, thank you for this: very helpful shareware, and useful site. We are going out for a visit this month and will have a good look then as far as we can! :)
Forum: New Zealand
May 6th 2007, 1:28 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,123
Posted By currytiffin

Re: keen2go

Thanks Bevs, the best of all possible worlds: happy *living* memories and they balance each other, rather than pulling you in different directions. That sounds like the only way to immigrate, too, to...
Forum: New Zealand
May 5th 2007, 9:33 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,123
Posted By currytiffin

Re: keen2go

just listened to interview on [UK] radio where an immigrant returning to NZ for second time said it has only now dawned on her that the beautiful scenery and wonderful way of life really in the end...
Forum: New Zealand
May 5th 2007, 9:27 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,123
Posted By currytiffin

Re: keen2go

Yai! daughter is at present a Care Assistant and Deputy Manager in the Agency she works for - keen to move into nursing proper and working for qualifications, although that would be a while yet. We...
Forum: New Zealand
May 5th 2007, 8:57 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,396
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Schools!! Your View?

How does this compare with Oz? are there restrictions about going to University there? and how would the costs compare? Just a thought?
Forum: New Zealand
May 3rd 2007, 10:16 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

Alas! cannot open this file: I have an Apple Mac and it does not do Excel...any other way to include the info? thanks :)
Forum: New Zealand
May 3rd 2007, 9:34 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,396
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Schools!! Your View?

I wonder whether Uni in the UK could be done through other family members - just a thought - staying with an Aunt or whatever? If you are living locally, does that still count as an overseas...
Forum: New Zealand
May 3rd 2007, 5:38 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,123
Posted By currytiffin

Re: keen2go

How do you feel about that? Really, I mean... as mum of Emma we are quite concerned not to become 'groupies'..! but to offer support and encouragement/childcare as we do here We are sharing a house...
Forum: New Zealand
May 3rd 2007, 1:25 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

Is there any part of EP which says how the the different areas are in terms of income/education, etc? maybe that is hoping for too much? but it would be a great help in deciding where to visit on a...
Forum: New Zealand
May 3rd 2007, 1:15 pm
Replies: 89
Views: 8,541
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Whangarei - cost of living

Don't forget the good Yorkshire answer - stodge first, meat after... Yorkshire pudding full of gravy, with vegetables, then after that came the meat - and variations in different places ... lots of...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 3rd 2007, 1:10 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 912
Posted By currytiffin

Re: And Mum came too....

Thank you for this: we hoped - daughter, her children, and us - that we could all immigrate to Australia. We'd still be caring for her children while she worked - though we would not be financially...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 2nd 2007, 7:40 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 912
Posted By currytiffin

Re: And Mum came too....

A daughter - we share a house here and care for her children while she works [well, 24/7 or something like that!] and another 2 one married one not, who are posted around the world.:thumbup:
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 2nd 2007, 9:22 am
Replies: 10
Views: 912
Posted By currytiffin

Question Re: And Mum came too....

Our son has been a Citizen for about 15 years, lived in Sydney for 25 years plus. Can he sponsor us - over 60s - and how expensive/lengthy is this process? help please, we are new to this, and not...
Forum: New Zealand
May 1st 2007, 2:29 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 4,574
Posted By currytiffin

Re: Level of Schooling

So right!! but what will you do to find out about a good school? do pass on any tips you may have.:)
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