I hope you wore total sunblock as the sun is lethal - when it does appear 
And yeah, the cultural intergration is NZ is awesome...
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And yeah, the cultural intergration is NZ is awesome...
yup for sure - its deffo "them and us" - is it so different to the uk really ...just you know where you stand with a kiwi - in uk they will just moan behind your back !
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just you know where you stand with a kiwi - in uk they will just moan behind your back
I see that you've never worked in the education sector then!
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The sun is strong for sure, but i've had worse sunburn in Spain. I didn't find it as much an issue as I thought that I would.
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We're out there at the moment (Christchurch, so this might affect my thoughts, and what people are saying).
Lots of comments elsewhere about lifestyle, weather etc elsewhere but have to say it's the first time I've had a bike out here for quite a few years and the riding's fantastic- there's been big improvements to the trail networks.
Economically the government and press have been pushing the line that things aren't great (nationally), and are going to get worse, since before the first quake. Obviously the outlook hasn't improved lately. Check out stuff.co.nz for the news.
As far as town planning goes, the last ChCh quake may have been a game changer. It looks like the city is going to be completely redesigned- some areas will be abandoned and reverted to wetland, others relocated, buildings restricted to 3/4 stories etc- but starting planning for this could be a year or so off. It's a big task, and will affect hugely what happens in the rest of the country- most available resources could be diverted to ChCh, leaving things pretty static in the rest of the country for the next few years, in which case potential work for you could just dry up. There's a possibility that big projects may just get put on hold or abandoned. I guess you'd want to really check that you could get work before packing up, unless you want a career change.
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Don't get me wrong though Wellington is a shed load better than my home town of Merthyr Tydfil
Lol, that's not hard is it? Let's be fair.
BTW you can't just mosy on over to the US. It's pretty hard to get a visa. You have to be sponsored by a company (unless you have family ties) and none of them can be bothered to do it.
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I lived and worked there for a year and loved the place. I'm pretty well travelled and it is the only place I have concidered moving to full time.
Auckland is the major business centre and whilst it gets a bad press I thought is was a really nice city to live in. City wise, Christchurch is (was?) a really pretty and chilled out city, Wellington the same.
The south island is stunning, Wanaka is like heaven on earth in my eyes, mountains, lakes, great people, incredible place.
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