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Forum: New Zealand
Feb 7th 2014, 6:23 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 520
Posted By marooned5

Re: Amazon.com

That looks good - who out there knows what products (if any) are exempt from import duties / taxes - I have a vague idea that books are exempt because they don't manufacture them here?
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 7th 2014, 10:14 am
Replies: 45
Views: 3,830
Posted By marooned5

Re: Furniture etc - to buy or to bring?

One country's crap is another country's treasure! I still think longingly of some of the stuff we gave away or sold in the UK...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 7th 2014, 10:09 am
Replies: 45
Views: 3,830
Posted By marooned5

Re: Furniture etc - to buy or to bring?

Bring it all - and more! (all the clothes you anticipate needing etc). Until you are here you can't quite get your head round how little choice there is and that everything is either v expensive or...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 2nd 2014, 2:48 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,086
Posted By marooned5

Re: Hello *wave* Just starting our potential journey :-)

Just noticed you are from Cornwall - yes, I can make a direct comparison: Penzance - Wellington, and can tell you that although the weather outside is not so different (although more sun here) the...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 2nd 2014, 12:27 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,086
Posted By marooned5

Re: Hello *wave* Just starting our potential journey :-)

Check out the visas carefully - you can bring under 18s in as dependents - but it can take a year or more to sort visaa, so if you want to bring your eldest son, best not leave it too long before you...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 30th 2014, 8:58 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 4,881
Posted By marooned5

Re: Costs of Living - Christchurch suburbs area

One other thing - although your kids are young now, they will grow and if they need braces, you're looking at $7000 each minimum. Ouch!
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 30th 2014, 7:50 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 820
Posted By marooned5

Re: Can we still fly? One outstanding query on a medical.

We had a situation, not the same - but may be useful - between applying for our visas and getting them, we decided to spend a few moths travelling en route to NZ, which meant we couldn't get the...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 30th 2014, 6:53 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 30,380
Posted By marooned5

Re: Cost of (and experiences) shipping UK to NZ.

Yes, I can echo MOSO's point -we went for the cheapest quote then found out it didn't include anything at the NZ end, so we had to pay for the stuff to be lifted off the ship and then to sit on the...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 28th 2014, 6:35 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,385
Posted By marooned5

Re: Our trip - any other "must-dos" please?

We stayed over for a night to break the journey - the accommodation was good value and it gave you a 50% discount on the hot pools.
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 28th 2014, 6:04 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 603
Posted By marooned5

Re: Moving question

We got a house and moved in and bought a car from the side of the road within a week of arriving, which was great. We paid less than $2000 for the car and it has been brilliant and gone everywhere....
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Jan 28th 2014, 4:16 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 4,512
Posted By marooned5

What to take to Shanghai

Me and family - husband and three boys - will be moving to Shanghai in a few months. I think we have a furnished apartment provided, and we will bring a few suitcases with us. What would anyone...
Forum: NZ Update
Jan 28th 2014, 7:32 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,269
Posted By marooned5

Re: Now it is my turn :)

It's great to hear you are back and enjoying life. I have always enjoyed your posts as you express much of what I feel about living in NZ. While it has a lot to offer (especially to hunting, fishing,...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 23rd 2013, 8:10 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,161
Posted By marooned5

Re: Flights For a Fortune

Hi - I have recently flown with China Southern -good seat sizes, good service - food quite chinese ( a bonus or negative depending on your POV) and no individual choice of DVD - they put us up for a...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 15th 2013, 4:41 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,422
Posted By marooned5

Re: What to Bring ........ various packing questions!

I would recommend bringing everything. With your desktop etc, we brought our power tower with surge protection - really useful - also meant we only had to change one plug, and kept everything else...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 8th 2013, 7:16 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,754
Posted By marooned5

Yesterday I found myself unreasonably excited by...

.... a tin of mushy peas. I even skyped my OH to prepare him for the dinner-time thrill!
I never used to get that excited by food - especially mushy peas - in the UK - I guess absence does make the...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 2nd 2013, 7:17 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,832
Posted By marooned5

Re: Selling houses

Just being nosy - are you moving within the area or selling up and leaving??
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 30th 2013, 6:03 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,632
Posted By marooned5

Re: I don't enjoy BBQ food.

Excellent - thank you - that's next weekend's cooking sorted! :thumbsup:
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 30th 2013, 4:56 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,632
Posted By marooned5

Re: I don't enjoy BBQ food.

Hey - I like the sound of cheese and chilli melts and beer can chicken - any recipe / description so I can give it a go?

anyone tried cooking their aubergine / eggplant on the barbie to use to...
Forum: ME Job Discussions
Nov 11th 2013, 5:52 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 12,639
Posted By marooned5

Re: Wesgreen international school - job offer

Any updates from the WesGreeners - or on life in Sharjah in general? Is the 10000 per month stretching to cover family life?
I'm still in NZ but looking to move soon...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 26th 2013, 2:11 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,620
Posted By marooned5

Re: friends in auckland

Check out the thread on loneliness (http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=808730) - gives quite an insight into everyone's experiences of making friends (or not).
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 26th 2013, 1:01 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 10,365
Posted By marooned5

Re: Weird Kiwi Cusine

Anyone find all the pre-cooked 'meat-flavored' sausages in the supermarkets a bit weird?
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 26th 2013, 12:56 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 843
Posted By marooned5

Re: Car insurance

Bear in mind that you don't actually need car insurance here - which is, of course, just great for keeping all those 16 year old lads on the road.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 26th 2013, 12:44 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 3,408
Posted By marooned5

Re: New Zealand Laws? What's the difference?

You're not allowed to say 'please' thank you' or 'excuse me' in Pak n Crap, but it seems to be tolerated in Countdown and New World.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 26th 2013, 12:35 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,620
Posted By marooned5

Re: friends in auckland

No - I'm with pippalonghorn on this one - even before they know you're English, or what opinions and plans you have, it can be very hard. I get a lot of the blank faced stares....
When I have had...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 26th 2013, 12:20 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 8,311
Posted By marooned5

Re: Are Kiwi employers 'rude'?

Someone (a longer-term ex-pat) told me - 'It's not that Kiwis are rude - it's just that they have no manners.' It's taken me a while to puzzle out the difference but I do get what she meant. And I...
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