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

Good luck Shells, when are you heading back? Will you have two winters in a row? (though the second one will at least be in a house with central heating!)

I know - thats my only comforting thought! 2 winters sucks doesn't it.

moving back end of November.

Hi girls! Just saying hello, from drizzly England, having talked to a couple of you on a different thread. DH has just left NZ and is now in Australia, having been sniffing around for jobs in both Tauranga (where we have dear friends who emigrated 4 years ago from the UK) and North Shore, Auckland (where the job sounds great for him, at the hospital there). Very excited about the possibility of coming back to NZ for a while - it would be initially for a year, though I reckon DH would love to stay forever. I will check in again soon once the decision has been made! If we were to move, we'd be aiming to come over in July next year. I am already suffering from anticipatory exhaustion at the thought of sorting out schools/housing/a job for myself etc. But very enthused by what I have heard so far about the North Shore! Bye for now

Could be good though the one you've linked to is quite far out - I just checked and it's 33km away from me. We may be able to find one that's more central?

hi meercat,hope you get things sorted soon!

We saw a house today,it was lovely, fully enclosed, big garden 4 bedrooms and an extra room in garden. Fingers crossed!
Made the mistake of posting on the Jeremy Hunt thread, now some fanatic has pm-ed me saying unpleasant things. Made me feel quite sad. I replied eloquently. Ok, I didn't, I told them to fuck off

AB report the PM to MN. You shouldn't have to deal with shit like that.

You got pm'ed with abuse? Why would someone do that.

Feels a bit like telling teacher! I might, but they won't pm me again if they understand plain English! I also posted on the thread telling the peson not to pm me again.
Ach, just feel a bit down now,bit battle weary. It doesn't feel very nice, being called a murderer
And it's a funny time. Feeling a bit fragile I suppose.

Anyway, onwards and upwards. Here's hoping we get that house, fabulous private garden ,with covered sandpit and veggie garden. Massive fences all the way round, front and back...so no neighbours need have bleeding eyes!
That would be nice,have really craved some privacy.
In this house, there is just windows and sliding doors,and steps up to decking all over the place, so you never know which way someone will try to knock. The postie scared the shit out of the children the other day by appearing at a side door we never use!

Also when the bad stuff was going on,and I just wanted to be left alone, dh said "The doctor is at the door" and I said (thinking he meant the front door) "Oh no,make her go away" ...she was standing at the patio door about 2 foot to my left side, totally heard me

So,in conclusion, big gates and one way in? Yes please!
vviola have you found your mugs yet?! Hope you're settling in ok

lolly It's the jeremy Hunt thread. The person that pm-ed me is a raging pro-lifer. As opposed to me, as pro-choice

It's not like telling teacher -MN should know because if this person continues to do it (to you or anyone else) they would probably ban them. Abusive PMs are just a form of bullying and it's wrong for someone to get away with it scot-free. I am on your behalf!

It was quite funny really, she said,to paraphrase, "I'm sorry if you feel it was a personal attack, I just believe..."
so I thought, oh,an apology, right.
Then she wrote 4 huge paragraphs on her views (that she had already put on the thread many times re how she viewedabortion as infanticide etc) ending in basically, "so you see I believe you are a barbarian and a baby murderer. But I'm sorry if you took that personally"
An apology sandwich filled with abuse! Genius.

AngryBeaver, at least you had the courage to post on such a thread in the first place. That PM sounds absolutely horrible. I would have felt most upset by it. Gotta rush, but back soon - just RISE ABOVE, AB, if you possibly can. It's amazing how people put away the thin veneer of civilised behaviour when it comes to issues like That One!!!

Thanks meerkate

shels sorry,I must have missed your post. Sorry to "see" you go. I really hope you'll be happy in Cmabridge, it's lovely.Hope you cab get back here fairly regularly. Good luck

Hi meerkate welcome to the thread. I am a lurker but trying to post more as these ladies really are lovely and supportive. I am a kiwi who has lived in London for 10 years (now in Cardiff). We move to Dunedin in January, can't wait!!!!

shells sorry to hear that you are leaving NZ, but a good job in UK sounds like an opportunity you can't turn down. hope you settle back into UK life.

AB I can't believe you got such a vile PM - that is not okay and you must report. Love the personal attack and abuse disguised behind beliefs - bollocks, she is just a bully spouting venom!

justabout is it the morrisons toothpaste your DS likes. Would happily send you over a stash or bring a consignment in our container and post to you when we get to NZ! Just let me know.

We are chugging along here, feel in limbo as we are only here for a few months so can't put any proper 'roots' down. Feeling a bit frustrated as time feels like it is dragging. Can't wait to hop on that plane but glad we are spending our last few months in UK near to Dh's family.

AB I'm speechless. I do hope you reported it.

You will all be delighted to know I found the mugs, and the coffee. Which is useful as it's after 1am and I'm trying to finish an economics assignment that's due for tomorrow. You know those times when it makes perfect sense in lectures but when you have to reproduce it you hit a brick wall

Oh well, nothing I can do now except keep going...

Keep going vvviola. Imagine how good it will feel when it's all finished!

Hi All! longwhitecloud - how exciting about Dunedin! We lived there in 2006 for a year and loved it - especially the enchanting Otago Peninsula. We lived on Balmacewan Road in the suburb of Maori Hill. Have you lived there before? It was a bit chilly for me (I do love WARMTH) but definitely superior to Britain in its weather, that's for sure - and a great size, with all that uni-related bustle. And the beaches round there were amazing. We used to love weekends down in the Catlins, too - and in Wanaka! Thanks everyone for your welcome and I will be checking in regularly over the next bit

Hi meerkate!

I actually grew up in Dunedin, so I am going home at long last. I have been terribly homesick for a while. We did consider other cities but want to be near family for a while, but who knows what the future holds. How exciting to "meet" someone who has lived in Dunedin, doesn't happen very often on MN.

I hear you about the weather, but I am a hardy Southerner so I am used to it. I am not a big fan of central heating but I think I will miss it. Not sure how my husband is going to cope.

I do love the smallness of Dunedin and the Uni does give it a great vibe. I can't wait to take the kids to all the beaches, we were just there in June and it was so great to take in all the nature (although smog from fires I didn't like as much). I definitely think I need to live near water, it instantly relaxes me.

We are hoping to live St Clair/Andy Bay/Musselburgh but I think we will look at other suburbs if the right house is there.

Hope all your planning and research is going well!

Thanks longwhitecloud! Ooh how lovely to be going home. I often wish that I had been born and bred Down Under - because then my main dilemma re living there forever, namely those pesky family and friends ties(!), would be resolved! We nearly bought in St Clair's - fab place - some friends of ours have a swanky house right on the beach, just near the salt water pool. Another friend has imported her mother from the UK, and she has chosen to live in Andy Bay and just loves it. I don't remember Musselburgh, but I bet a quick glance at Google maps would refresh my memory. I used to go to Tunnel Beach to blow the cobwebs away. I am really looking fwd to taking the kids back there, especially to the Albatross colony - DS has been studying them at school and keeps banging on in a somewhat professorial way about their huge wingspans at the mo One of my fondest (indoor!) memories is of the Yoga Centre btw - don't know if that's your thing but it got me into Iyengar yoga and I have been reasonably loyal to it ever since. There are some fantastic teachers there. It's very central, too. Good luck with all the planning