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Forum: New Zealand
Jul 12th 2008, 1:53 am
Replies: 157
Views: 27,584
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.

Nope trendy bars are for single women over 30 and middle aged men with sports cars :P, seriously though you dont end up having a local often in NZ more a case of heading on in to town for a drink,...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 11th 2008, 4:01 am
Replies: 157
Views: 27,584
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.

So in summary NZ is full of poorly built houses full of racist people with a badly stocked pantry and if you don't like it go home Johnny Englishman :)

I’d say come to NZ if you can afford a nice...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 10th 2008, 1:07 am
Replies: 157
Views: 27,584
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.

Isn't the largest racial group in NZ those of European descent?
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 7th 2008, 4:36 am
Replies: 157
Views: 27,584
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.

Id say category 4 of people who liven in certain areas of the UK and had a rough time then going on to put down the whole of the UK as a cess pool. They moved to a nice area of NZ and again judge the...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 7th 2008, 4:20 am
Replies: 235
Views: 12,120
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Get out as soon as you can!

Unfortunately so.
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 15th 2008, 11:52 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 958
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Hamilton Info

I'd avoid the parts of Ham East that are closer to the Uni.
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 10th 2008, 3:51 am
Replies: 10
Views: 854
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Difficult Teenager!

Just a few comments that spring to mind, although it’s been 7 years since I was a teenager, but with a teenage brother I do get some insight in to his gripes with my parents.

Playing devil’s...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 2nd 2008, 10:48 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,161
Posted By spoonguy

Re: opening a nz bank account from uk

Yes,

Depening on which bank you choose... :)

for ASB

http://www.asbbank.co.nz/section895.asp
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 2nd 2008, 10:38 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,793
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Wny not NZ???

There are a lot of social differences that people may want to consider, the main one I suppose is the prevalence of drug use, which could be an issue for some especially those bringing kids. Now I...
Forum: New Zealand
May 31st 2008, 2:14 am
Replies: 22
Views: 934
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Why NZ?????????????????

This board is very pro NZ and an decenting voices do tend to get jumped on pretty quick, where as it seems to be ok to have a go at the UK. I think this is mainly due to the reasons most of the...
Forum: New Zealand
May 30th 2008, 2:53 am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,528
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Who likes this 'dump'..NZ that is?

Two things i find disappointing about NZ, I jave lots of Kiwi friends but they just dont have it in them to talk nonsense like the Brits do :)
Forum: New Zealand
May 8th 2008, 3:50 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,204
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Mobile Phone and Laptop

Nope much the opposite, Electronic goods of almost any kind are more expensive over here, not to mention they take a while to get the latest models. You’ll be better off on both counts purchasing...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 25th 2008, 12:00 am
Replies: 46
Views: 5,655
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Thinking of Emmigrating to New Zealand

Was going by census data from 2006 which we had the fun of running some stats on for our Marketing dept but to quote...

In the 2006 Census, just over 2 million people, or 55.6 percent of those...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 24th 2008, 8:55 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 5,655
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Thinking of Emmigrating to New Zealand

I can see what you mean but apart from maybe Ireland I’d say NZ is the closet to the UK as you could get. Its adventure light I suppose, same language, common cultural routes, they like pies, fish...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 21st 2008, 12:15 am
Replies: 46
Views: 5,655
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Thinking of Emmigrating to New Zealand

I'd tend to agree NZ doesn’t have any less problems some the same some different. I say making the change seems to be the important step; however NZ is very close to British culture.

Maybe less...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 13th 2008, 7:01 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 449
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Flight of the Conchords in Wellington

Yes :)
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 11th 2008, 2:58 am
Replies: 10
Views: 6,832
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Is there much racism towards people of afro-caribbean descent in New Zealand?

I honestly haven’t met anyone of Afro Caribbean decent since I’ve been in New Zealand, that said I’ve only met a few people of any African ethnicity at all. I'd say NZ is more racist then England but...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 7th 2008, 11:55 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 623
Posted By spoonguy

Re: New Graduate Advice

Well I moved to NZ 3 years after getting my degree, I already had a job offer as I was transferring from my company’s London office to their Hamilton office.
I’d say try and get a job offer as...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 4th 2008, 8:38 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 3,177
Posted By spoonguy

Re: The Moriori, different race?

It was round my way, unless you're a posh lad..

Nope not really those are the facts as I see them and my housemates pretty much agree on all 3 points ;)
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 4th 2008, 7:40 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 3,177
Posted By spoonguy

Re: The Moriori, different race?

Well they're all New Zealanders in my opinion, can’t hold their drink, scary women and obsessed with obscure sports :)
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 19th 2007, 4:21 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,631
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Xmas in New Zealand

I've spent Christmas in London, New York, Boston and back home at my parents in Felixstowe. I've spent Christmas away from family and it still felt like Christmas. Honestly i think its the climate...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 19th 2007, 4:05 am
Replies: 10
Views: 844
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Radio 2

I get the BBC pod casts, its good to hear some familiar voices now and then :thumbup:
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 8th 2007, 11:54 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 769
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Mobile phones

As far as networks, Voda was the only real option as i wanted to use my UK phone in NZ. One of the other guys had to go with Telecom because Voda didnt cover the area his extended family lives in.
...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 8th 2007, 9:25 pm
Replies: 168
Views: 11,318
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Making Kiwi Mates - What's the Secret?

From what I can work out people from the UK seem to have a knack for talking nonsense which Kiwis just don’t have. We can go off on a tangent on the most bizarre topics for hours at a time. It seems...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 31st 2007, 1:52 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 827
Posted By spoonguy

Re: Men v Women...who's best?

Women look so cute when they’re being all feminist. ... Seriously though most men will freely acknowledge we are all completely useless, but then most of us have the good sense to hook up with hard...
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