Hi
I posted the original link and am very surprised by the replies on here
We currently live in the South of France where bullying can be an issue , even by teachers because we are not french , the way of life here is very relaxed and rural , we live in a small village of 500 people on the canal du midi.
We actually moved to France without really visiting the area first , we arrived in a caravan with 2 kids a cat and a dog , we couldn't speak the language , didn't have a job or anywhere to live , we have been here now for 6 years and love the way of life but find things hard with the language as nobody here speaks english so think that NZ would be similar but without language difficulties . We visited my sister for 3 weeks, she lives in Picton near Nelson on the SI so we have an insight into NZ