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Forum: NZ Update
Jan 16th 2026, 5:04 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,225
Posted By Clappy

Re: 12 years!

Thanks for the update - it is good to hear that you sound settled.

I never used to have any grey hair when I lived in London but after 16 years of living in New Zealand I have lots - I blame the...
Forum: New Zealand
May 14th 2025, 3:46 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 40,503
Posted By Clappy

Re: Is everyone leaving? Very quiet here.

Migration from New Zealand to Australia is nothing new.

There is a good write-up in this article (which does not even cover the most recent 25 years)....
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 9th 2025, 8:29 am
Replies: 9
Views: 14,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Moving to Auckland! Advice welcomed :)

I should add that there are some short-term rentals in the central city that will have furniture included so that might be a place to start.
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 9th 2025, 8:14 am
Replies: 9
Views: 14,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Moving to Auckland! Advice welcomed :)

I rented for the first few years - couldn't buy because it was very difficult to find much work in the period after the Global Financial Crisis but that is another story.

In recent years Auckland...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 9th 2025, 12:04 am
Replies: 9
Views: 14,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Moving to Auckland! Advice welcomed :)

Congratulations! That is a great opportunity you have.

I live in Auckland. I wouldn't describe it as a city in the sense that people from Europe would recognise. It is a vast expanse of separate...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 13th 2023, 9:18 am
Replies: 7
Views: 3,128
Posted By Clappy

Re: Keeping your UK home (and selling after a few years?) CGT

Somewhere in the back of my mind I have heard that the UK has changed the rules in this area in recent years so UK tax is not as unlikely as it once was.

This is an area with two different...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 25th 2023, 7:56 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 4,492
Posted By Clappy

Re: Brokenwood tv series

It is filmed in places on the outside of Auckand, much of it around Warkworth but the Brokenwood police station is an old Post-Office building in Helensville.

Another place to appreciate New...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 27th 2022, 6:57 am
Replies: 7
Views: 5,630
Posted By Clappy

Re: Amazon UK is shipping to NZ again

I ordered a book so they are zero-rated for VAT anyway but to deliver it to NZ they now have to collect GST which Amazon UK have finally started to do so and they have restarted shipping orders here...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 24th 2022, 1:17 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 5,630
Posted By Clappy

Amazon UK is shipping to NZ again

I had completely missed that anything had changed and it would probably be better for me to use the US site anyway but the UK one is easier for my family there to use for gifts to me and that all...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 17th 2022, 7:18 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 7,564
Posted By Clappy

Re: Job offer - Auckland

170K sounds like a lot and it is much higher than the average local wage but the OP has not said what their line of work is. All companies that are listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 21st 2022, 9:34 am
Replies: 31
Views: 10,385
Posted By Clappy

Re: I think I've made a mistake

They do happen and they are recorded (volcanic activity too) https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake so you can make an assessment of how much you need to worry based on facts.
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 15th 2021, 5:34 am
Replies: 150
Views: 16,991
Posted By Clappy

Re: Easing of travel requirements in 2022

The UK government really needs something to divert attention away from themselves right at the moment. The latest crisis response might do the trick.
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2021, 1:12 pm
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

The way that Auckland is arranged I think makes it impractical to treat the three different dhb areas independently. It is quite normal for a person to live in one of the dhb areas and commute daily...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 23rd 2021, 8:42 am
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

The vaccination figures are good for the central city but not quite so brilliant once the Waitamata (Northern suburbs and Western Suburbs) and the Counties Manukau (Southern suburbs and Eastern...
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 11th 2021, 11:01 am
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

500 Days! :eek:

I am not going to complain about how things have been handled here despite the current hiccough.
Forum: New Zealand
Oct 7th 2021, 8:35 pm
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

Are we taking bets on what the case that travelled around Northland was doing that they want to stay so quiet about?

Unfortunately for them whatever it was there is now an awful lot of attention...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 25th 2021, 11:11 am
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

Back to the topic - I have now had the second Covid vaccination - right on the time that was set when I made the appointment six weeks ago. Do I still need to be locked-down?
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 25th 2021, 10:24 am
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

I was a teenager in Britain in the nineteen-eighties. I was sure that they gave me the MMR - I can remember lining up with my friends at school joking about how much use the Rubella protection was...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 22nd 2021, 4:44 pm
Replies: 1,385
Views: 170,455
Posted By Clappy

Re: Coronavirus

166 covid deaths in the UK yesterday (Wednesday). https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58653494
Despite the inconvenience I am glad NZ has followed a different track.
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 5th 2021, 10:50 am
Replies: 81
Views: 12,961
Posted By Clappy

Re: G'won . The $ price of one tomato and maybe -ssshhh ..the price of a cucumbe

I should think so, You must check for the cucumber's consent first otherwise it is a poor example to be setting the younger generation.
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 22nd 2021, 5:33 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 7,308
Posted By Clappy

Re: NZ Houses are freezing

The New Zealanders do seem to move house quite often so I suspect that might be a disincentive to invest in higher standard heating solutions.

There are some numbers about how long owners hang on...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 13th 2021, 4:33 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 7,308
Posted By Clappy

Re: NZ Houses are freezing

It is still a new country and there is still space free where a new build is a realistic option (not so much in the middle of the existing urban centres however).

The benefit of a newer build is...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 12th 2021, 8:37 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 7,308
Posted By Clappy

Re: NZ Houses are freezing

It is a common complaint of people that move to live here, the concept of central-heating was not embraced by the people of this country. The houses are fine to live in the during the summer but cold...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 9th 2021, 1:38 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,312
Posted By Clappy

Re: Possible to get into NZ with a Job offer

There have been times in the past where that approach could have worked.

The New Zealand job-market is small and I have watched it swing from a desperate shortage of candidates to a desperate...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 30th 2021, 4:57 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,831
Posted By Clappy

Re: Auckland vs London commutes

I can add some real statistics now because I had to drive to Greenlane for an appointment this morning.

I live on the western side of Auckland. I left from home Thursday morning at 6:45am and it...
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