[quote breadwidow]@littlepattilou I know what you mean and I think when people emigrate that far, and stay, things are driving them out of the UK as much as stuff pulling them to Australia/NZ. Eg my husbands uncle had a very bad relationship with his mother and I think when the family left England he wanted to put continents between them. The fact my family are all here meant our stint in Australia was always gonna be temporary [/quote]
Yeah, it does make you wonder, when people emigrate 10,000 to 12,000 miles away, why they're doing it, and what they're trying to get away from (or who!) And why they are happy to move so far away from everyone and everything they know, and their whole life, and their past and everything?
And as has been said, why go that far? Just for the sunny weather? There are plenty of places much closer to go to - like The South of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece etc... In addition, Australia is really expensive.
Further to this. I just watched 'A Place In The Sun' on BBC1, and a youngish couple (late 30s,) with 2 little girls, were contemplating going to New Zealand.
The wife/mother of the little girls in the family (I'll call her Sarah,) was the driving force for sure. The husband/father of the little girls, (I'll call him Steve,) was half-hearted about it, and the 2 girls (around 5 and 8) were not too keen either.
Sarah insisted the weather was better, and 'their jobs paid more,' and it's 'a much better life,' and she wanted to emigrate there. A house that cost around £325,000 where they lived (north west mids,) cost £475,000-500,000 in Auckland where this woman wanted to go. So the house prices are much higher for sure.
They showed footage of Sarah's sister and BIL, and 2 friends, and they didn't want them to go, and said they'd miss them. Then Steve's sister and BIL, and 4 children were upset and said they'd miss them, and so did his grandparents. And his mother and father, were very upset, and his mother started to cry.
Then the two little girls (Sarah and Steve's,) started to get weepy too, and said they didn't want to leave their friends, and nan and grandad.
Sarah was determined they were going, and told the to stop being silly, and said they'd make new friends, and could speak to nana and grandad over zoom or skype, and she refused to listen anyone else, as her mind was made up.
When Steve (reluctantly) said 'ok then, NZ it is,' Sarah grinned and said 'I knew I'd get my own way!' 
It was so cringeworthy to watch. Her husband and 2 little girls clearly wanted to stay, and there was nothing in NZ that they didn't have in the UK, (but there was plenty in the UK that they didn't have in NZ.)
Weirdly, Sarah's parents weren't interviewed, so I am guessing it's HER who feels she has nothing worth leaving behind, or is trying to get away from something or someone!
I felt very sorry for Steve and the 2 girls as they definitely didn't want to go. There's been no follow-up on this as it was only filmed in late 2019, but I can't imagine it will be a happy ending, because Sarah was the only one who wanted to go to NZ.