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11-15-2012, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bigboy_78  Isn't NZ the most easterly point of Australia. | Haha, they've talked about making NZ a state for years now, I'll be surprised if it ever happens though. Quote:
Originally Posted by 999Brent Nah, Australia is the West Island of New Zealand |  Quote:
Originally Posted by Downunderwonder Damn cheeky West Islanders are always trying to lay claim to us. Any band that makes it big here goes over there to further their sales and winds up being an "Australian" band. | Too true. We claim all the good ones 
I'd hazard a guess there's been more Kiwi Australian bands to make it big than there have been actual Aussie ones.
When it comes to immigration, I've heard NZ is far easier to get into the Australia, but still requires a fair bit of hoop jumping. Moving to NZ (or Australia) from the US or almost anywhere at the moment is going to be quite expensive due to the way exchange rates have gone with the whole financial crisis debacle. I didn't catch when you were planning the move, but if exchange rates move back to what they were a few years ago any time soon your money will be worth a considerable amount more than it is now, which could make a world of difference in affordability.
Gonna suck for buying effects pedals off US website though, I've had it too good the past year or two
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11-15-2012, 04:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie NY | | | Lol thanks guys again I appreciate all the info, the only vehicle I would consider shipping over should be fine I have a 1969 convertible corvette I'm finishing up and I would really love to keep it if possible. Also how far is Australia from New Zealand?
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11-15-2012, 04:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Germany, Europe, Planet Earth | | "New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand
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11-15-2012, 06:56 AM
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11-15-2012, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Horboychuk Hey TBrannon what is a "lifestyle block" | It's the NZ term for a small-ish block of rural land in NZ. Not so much used for real agriculture or livestock, but more for the lifestyle that comes with living rural. |
11-15-2012, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Horboychuk Lol thanks guys again I appreciate all the info, the only vehicle I would consider shipping over should be fine I have a 1969 convertible corvette I'm finishing up and I would really love to keep it if possible. Also how far is Australia from New Zealand? | You'd be just fine taking a '69 vette down there. No right hand drive conversion necessary. Not sure about import taxes, etc., though. Do your research there just to be sure. Not sure if import taxes apply to used items that you already own, but we're talking about a government and taxes. You never know.  |
11-15-2012, 11:36 AM
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11-15-2012, 12:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wellington,New Zealand | | | If you realy want to fit in when you make it here. Id recomend getting a full facial tà moko. |
11-15-2012, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Horboychuk how far is Australia from New Zealand? | not far enough.
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11-15-2012, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie NY | | | Not sure what you mean but I've never been worried about fitting in anywhere, hell I've lived in NY my whole life and I don't fit in here either lol.
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11-15-2012, 01:05 PM
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11-15-2012, 01:44 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I've been considering this move too. I'd be interested in the Raglan area being that I like to surf. Is it possible to buy property there, or is it really expensive? I'm a teacher with dual citizenship (US/British) with 12 years of teaching experience. I heard they're looking for teachers. How are teacher salaries there? |
11-15-2012, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Zealand | | | Teachers salaries aren't flash, you'd live well enough if you bring a good deposit on a house. Bear in mind the shortage of teachers is in rural and low brow urban, not famous surf spots as a rule.
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11-15-2012, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Downunderwonder not far enough. | +1 |
11-15-2012, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Downunderwonder Damn cheeky West Islanders are always trying to lay claim to us. Any band that makes it big here goes over there to further their sales and winds up being an "Australian" band. | We'll give you Russel Crowe back, and most of INXS if you take Robbie Deans as well. |
11-15-2012, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bigboy_78 We'll give you Russel Crowe back, and most of INXS if you take Robbie Deans as well. | Please keep INXS. Aren't they supposed to be split up again? Let's hope it's for good this time. |
11-15-2012, 09:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Zealand | | | Why would Robbie pass up two salaries?
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11-16-2012, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Downunderwonder Teachers salaries aren't flash, you'd live well enough if you bring a good deposit on a house. Bear in mind the shortage of teachers is in rural and low brow urban, not famous surf spots as a rule. | Lol. Yeah figured as much.
Actually low brow clientele is where I've been working for the last 10 years. I'll start looking into it. Thanks.  |
11-16-2012, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar I've been considering this move too. I'd be interested in the Raglan area being that I like to surf. Is it possible to buy property there, or is it really expensive? I'm a teacher with dual citizenship (US/British) with 12 years of teaching experience. I heard they're looking for teachers. How are teacher salaries there? | Maki-
Property is affordable-ish, depending on what you're looking for. Check Harcourts.co.nz for stuff in the Waikato region. Living IN Raglan can be expensive- or at least was when I was there.
I lived about halfway between Hamilton and Raglan for the 6 years I lived there. I was closer to Hamilton than Raglan (near whatawhata if you're google maps inclined).
In terms of teaching, it's definitely possible, but some of that will depend on what you teach and are qualified to teach. Check the NZQA and NZIS websites for that information.
If you want to be close to Raglan, Hamilton is probably your best bet for teaching. I taught at a pretty nice boarding school in Hamilton and the when I left Santa Ana in 2001, the pay in NZ was almost equivalent to what I was making in Santa Ana. Don't know how that pay scale has changed since I left in 2007 though.
The nice thing about that Waikato area is that there is decent surf (not the nice left at Raglan, but not bad) over at Mt. Manganui, which is only an hour the other direction. From Hamilton, you can be in Raglan in about 35 min and at the break in 40-ish min and can be in Tauranga and at the Mount in just over an hour.
Shoot me a PM if you want- I still have some contacts down there in education- one of them is the deputy headmaster at one of the bigger schools in Hamilton. |
11-17-2012, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by tbrannon The nice thing about that Waikato area is that there is decent surf (not the nice left at Raglan, but not bad) over at Mt. Manganui, which is only an hour the other direction. From Hamilton, you can be in Raglan in about 35 min and at the break in 40-ish min and can be in Tauranga and at the Mount in just over an hour.
Shoot me a PM if you want- I still have some contacts down there in education- one of them is the deputy headmaster at one of the bigger schools in Hamilton. | And, if you ever get to Tauranga/Mt Maunganui, hit me up! I'd be more than glad to show you around my hometown | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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