WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART4!!!

[AngryBeaver]

Arrgh,had to start a new thread!

Yes,you can get more land in Tauranga. Well,somewhere like Omokoroa or somewhere.Wouldn't want to live much closer than that. And I woulkdn't want to live at he Mount. Lovely as it is. Too touristy,imo.
We would like enough land for a pool (eventually) maybe a sleepout and still enough for a veggie patch and garden for kids. Don't neeed acres +. Wouldn't say no though,if we could afford it! Be nice to have a few sheep or something/

I think Mum would have to fly to Tauranga. So that would be
Manchester-London,London-Singapore, Singapore-Aukland,Aukland- Tauranga
Bad.

justa howws the back? Hope physio was a help,we may have driven past you!
Your house sounds great.
My mums friend lives in Silverdale.She has about an acre with some sheep etc
Wasn't overly impressed at but didn't give it a proper look I suppose,just stopped to buy flowers for Mums friend! Always worth another look

I quite like the edge on 94.6. Or 96.4. Not sure which. But then I have a rather silly sense of humour and also listen to Radio 1. I love Scot Mills.

BBQ- If you click on the 'I'm watching' button at the top then click on the last post in the thread it should bring you straight here.

I haven't read the whole thread but regarding tea, try the Kenyan Gold (Bell brand I think??). Closest to decent UK tea I've found.

(From kiwi living in UK but visit regularly)

For music I listen to George Fm (dancey) and Bfm (student radio) but I think they're both Auckland-only. I listen to the World Service for news and also National radio which I don't think is shit at all - it has some very good programmes (a bit Radio 4-y). I sometimes listen to Radios 4 and 5 on the iPad too.

Oh don't get me started on the state of NZ media ..... DH keeps retuning the radio to sodding Classic Hits, while I like national Radio (oh how I miss Radio 4) and I can just about put up with More FM. Newspapers are crap too - I have a real urge to take a red pen to the New Zealand Herald every day and amend punctuation and grammar gggggrrrrrr.

Had fun this weekend. Ds has signed up for cricket again this summer, as he is playing C grade this year he needed a cricket box. His poor wee face while he tried to figure out what this odd shaped thing was and what to do with it!

Right, will have listen to National radio. I had it tuned to The Coast for a few days,it was completely ridiculous! The host was like something off Kath and Kim,and they played the same bloody songs every few hours! I listened to it for 2 days and heard "You picked A fine time to leave me,Lucille" about 8 times!!
vviola sorry to hear about the hives. Hopefully you'll get some answers soon

at rubbish radios and newspapers. Luckily DH and I have just been living in syria, so basically, anything at all in English shall be viewed with nothing less than joy and unbridled enthusiasm. It looks like we have some time to go before we take up our residency though, after the initial excitement of getting through the process, we sat down and worked out the logistics. Damn you logistics!

Hey you lot.

We have 10 days until we fly out.

Obviously I can't bring masses of stuff for other people but I can get a few things for you if there's something you really want/need.

Just PM me and I'll get what I can.

Was wondering where you were up to Minerva,not long now!
The Herald do not sub edit their own paper,it is sent elsewhere..and they pay peanuts to the workers so,it's of a low standard
But, my step dad who is An Intellectual Type, was swinging between hysterical laughter and banging his head on the table when he came to visit and read the papers!

I have just got tickets to see Morrissey :) I know this will probably mean nothing to any of you you are all probably far too young but I was obsessed with The Smiths in my teenage years and I am VERY excited.

Many people would probably consider it MORE exciting

@Whatshesaid - where?!! I thought they wern't on sale till Wednesday? (Also plans on reliving my youth and he better be playing old stuff and not any recently recorded rubbish new material.)

Have just skimmed through to catch up!

Tea - quite like the dilmah Ceylon teabags, one per cup is fine but you need to leave it decently submerged for 4-5 mins to get a good flavour. Twinings NZ breakfast tea is fab but too pricey on a day to day basis (I do get it for treats now & then).

Root canals are the work of the devil. Had one in the uk before we came over, have been happily dentist free for 3 years. Sadly had to go a week ago with pain on and off in the same place for a few months - dead tooth, recurring abcesses, need root canal! Except there are a few other "problem areas" which need seeing to first so having not been to a dentist for over 3 years I now have to go every month for the next 4! Not looking forward to any of that...

Getting shampoo etc - has anyone mentioned strawberrynet yet? Most of the nurses here use them to get toiletries delivered. They're supposed to be cheap & reliable; given I get herbal essences from pak'n'save every month or so I've not tried them personally though.

Tauranga ... Lovely bagel shop next to the hospital and a flying burrito brothers in town is all I remember :) was only there for 2 days though, liked the look of what I saw!

Radio - DH has worked out how to stream radio 4 :-) great when the time difference is right, we get the comedy half hour with breakfast :-) have no clue how he does it. It's National in the car.

Morrissey ... Drool. I still love the Smiths! My sister got one of his daffodils at a gig, was vvvv jealous.

Nice to see such good weather again! Managed to go fishing with my boys over the weekend, had a fab time (and now have a freezer full of salmon).

I remember when we'd first arrived looking at the number plates, the housing, the electric blue sky and just wanting to see something familiar. In the end going for a car drive and seeing very unfamiliar things - mountains! - made me feel better :-) now its the uk plates that look odd, how quickly here has become my "norm".

xMinerva

We may cross in the sky. I fly back for 2 weeks on the 4th. Hideous flight - 00.50am departure but will be child free so am hoping to get some sleep on the flight. Hate flying since I've had children - hate having them with me on the place as have horrible thoughts about which would you save in an emergency and hate going on my own - what if something happens to the plane and they grow up without me. Spend about the month before flying having nightmares, all the time I'm there worrying about flying back and hopefully when I get off the plane go 'that wasn't too bad. wish I'd relaxed and enjoyed it more'. Bloody children, used to love flying...

moreyear there is a presale for Morrissey tickets from today if you registered with the company promoting it (Frontier Promotions), it was free to register with them. The details are here www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/2400492BAC452466?artistid=770791&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60, under "On sale dates and times).

Please everyone stop telling me how awful root canal is! I've psyched myself up to go the the dentist after a year of needing to go and now I'm on the verge of cancelling. I'm such a wuss...

LOVE the smiths - my favourite of all time.

no no no no, dont cancel! honestly, the root canal is the lesser evil. i didnt go, and ended up with such a terrible infection they thought they might have to remove a section of my jaw!!!!!! luckily it didnt come to that, but goodness, it scared me straight. now i would sign up for a root canal in a second if i needed to. good luck :-)

Ok frik you've convinced me, I'm quite keen on keeping my jaw.

My top 3 "bands I never saw but wish I had" list was the Pixies, New Order and the Smiths and now I have seen/will see them all in Auckland (well, Morrissey, not the Smiths, but still).

Am quite jealous of your child free flights Sibble, all the films you can watch!

Sibble- we fly on the 4th too. But not child free. And mid afternoon. Which way you going?

Thanks for the tip for enabling me not to trawl so much. Guess posting regularly will help the 'threads I'm on' section to stay...

Flying childfree is lovely. I only manage to do that on domestic flights these days, when doing clinics in other parts of the country. The consultant we travel with is a Koru member so we get smuggled into the lounge, which is like another world!

thelittlest I'm going through Singapore. Have about a 12 hour stopover (through choice). Will stay in the transit hotel, sleep, eat and hopefully swim. Can't go all the way through.

whatshesaid I've been following the root canal chat. I have had 3 fillings over the past week, another one due on Thursday. I'd had tooth ache for about a year but thought it was sinus pain as it was intermittent!!! Turns out one of the teeth is cracked in 3 and although they've filled it I may need root canal. Am petrified. Won't know until he fills the one this week and we see if the pain goes away. Problem is I still have sinus pain as I've hayfever..... NOt good, I sympathise with you.

BBQWidow Love Korru club as well. A colleague also gets me in when we travel.

just a quickie bbq...do you know you can bookmark your place on the thread?

Aaaaaargh, hot water cylinder has been leaking out of the bottom, plumber been this morning and reckons its buggered and we need new one. There goes 2K. What with new car battery, root canal and now this, it's turning out to be an expensive month...