Hi, Me and my husband are looking to move to taranaki, my husband is from there so its just going home for him, but we have 4 children 2,,3,,9,,17 and we would like to know if anyone could give us some info on our visa application, we had a meeting with a private company and wanted to charge us...

Hello everyone! I've been researching like a mad-lady for about two months now on moving to NZ. I'm from the US, from Oklahoma (which is basically no-man's land). My husband has been to NZ and has made it his life goal to move there; and so, we have been prepping! We expect to be there within...

Hi. I am Brit from North west England. My fella and I moved to Auckland 3 years ago and we love it. We dont love the traffic or the house prices so we have decided to move to the Taranaki region - New Plymouth Its an up and coming place with lots of oil/energy related industry as well as the...

Hello, Total newbie to the forums but thought id give it a go! My husband & I are planning on making the big move from Wales, UK to New Zealand September this year - we have our flights booked to arrive in to Auckland and were also bringing our 2 dogs too! Our big dilemma is where to...

Hi all, Firstly must say Hi, I have been an expat forum stealth stalker for a while (researching what i needed though not posting) but this is my first post. To cut a long story short myself and partner of 11 years have been looking to move to Australasia since a year in oz 2009 after sampling...

Anyone ever been to or lived in either of these cities? What are your thoughts on these cities? There's not quite as much info on them as one might find online about cities like Auckland and Wellington. thanks all.

Hi all, Dawn & Lawrie have now been in Inglewood, New Plymouth for 3 months, for those who don't know, north island, west coast, Taranaki district, and we are still loving it! We decided to rent a room while Lawrie completed his 3 months work and got his Provisional License. He also had his...

Hi all, Dawn & Lawrie have now been in Inglewood, New Plymouth for 7 weeks, (for those who don't know, north island, west coast, Taranaki district) and loving every minute of it! Are you envious Song Si? We have been renting a room in a villa, we were here for the snow, even though we were...

Hello there My boyfriend has been offered a job in NZ, Taranaki to be precise, and I am interested in chatting with anyone who may live in or around the area of New Plymouth. I have never visited NZ and have the difficult dilemma of deciding whether or not to go with him. We are both from the...