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Originally Posted by TGM
Whilst I agree that the UK really isn't the best place to be at the moment unfortunately that doesn't mean NZ is a good choice, you need to be very careful you don't get into a frying pan to fire situation.
NZ is in the grip of a deepening recession and things are steadily going to get worse, its isolation isn't going to insulate it from the problems the rest of the world suffers from.
Do all the research you can, read read and then read some more and when you've done that book a return flight and visit for a holiday so at least you can see what you're letting yourself in for.
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Dear TGM,
Yes good advice to anybody considering NZ, book a return flight and come out and have a look .... things that have opened my eyes is the price of food, the price of petrol (they are both higher than we imagined) and also the houses .... blooming freezing! No double brick houses here, just wood and fake brick outer and also the plots around here where we live are all quite smallish and built together although we are just waiting for the house prices to come down and the dollar to go down so we get more dollars for our pounds in the UK (cause our money is still there at present, us having moved here December 2007).
I think the worst thing that is a killer here is the fact that I miss my mates in the UK, some of them I had for 20 years and although we stay in touch as best we can, well it ain't the same chatting on the phone or the PC and as always happens, people do tend to lose touch etc. although we all have good intention that we won't but I see changes already after 8 months of being here.
People here on the Kapiti Coast area of North Island are far more friendlier than anybody ever was in the UK .... you do get your crime here .... you do get gangs here .... but it's nothing like it was in the UK.
Seriously, would you move to a place 100 miles away in UK without going to look it over first .... I think not .... it amazes me that so many brits consider moving to NZ to save money without coming out for a look over first.
You have to ask yourself what reasons you are leaving the UK for .... and remember them when you are here!
Cheers!