Why so many Poms in NZ?

[martybabe]

As the weather gets colder and wetter, my mind drifts to the city of my birth and I re-evaluate if moving to New Zealand 3 years ago was the right thing to do.

Kiwis, have you ever wondered why there seems to be a pom on every street corner these days. What makes these strange accented people pack up and travel 12,000 miles to a far away land where every one talks funny, where the wages are so poor that a large potion of it's citizens bugger off to neighbouring Australia in search of a financially richer life. A place where the effort involved in sourcing a rareish part for a motorcycle can turn into an eppic adventure to rival that of the Davinci code.

I can't talk for every Pom but here's a few pointers as to why I came.




So, did I do the right thing?

Hell Yes, I'm grateful to the UK for nurturing me, I miss my Whanau like crazy and I shall always support the English Footy team but but but, I fookin love New Zealand!

[Indiana_Jones]

We came from the UK for work mainly, old man was breaking his back for nothing just about.

Too many fucking Paki's & Poles in the UK now

Even managing to fuck up Tiverton....

-Indy

[george formby]

Just keeping up with tradition really.. fleeing the oppressors & invaders of my bleak shores.


Nah, I LOVE this country & it's people. Same shit as everywhere else in the world but by far & away the best place to be depressed about it.

[martybabe]

Nah, I LOVE this country & it's people. Same shit as everywhere else in the world but by far & away the best place to be depressed about it.

Brilliant and true.

[Big Dave]

'its head'

Going to Aus is not a great deal right at the moment. The Aus Dollar could go as high as $1.20US in the short term so if you are packing $kiwi you lose around 30% on the exchange, and while wages are better, if you make a decent buck, the tax rate is 49c in the dollar. And there is GST to pay as well.

[ynot slow]

Have a couple of cousins who were taken to UK by their mum when she left their dad as auntie hated being from her family,after 30yrs met my cousin and his family,they like UK,but their first trip back here for my cousin after all those years,he felt like a tourist,although Opunake,Hawera etc was his birth town for 10 odd years.

[superman]

'its head'

Going to Aus is not a great deal right at the moment. The Aus Dollar could go as high as $1.20US in the short term so if you are packing $kiwi you lose around 30% on the exchange, and while wages are better, if you make a decent buck, the tax rate is 49c in the dollar. And there is GST to pay as well.

Their GST is 10% yes?

So bad to move there if you have money cause of exchange, great to go if you have no money and are starting off?

If you're earning 180k Aussie (over $243,000 NZD) you're on average paying 31c in the dollar for every dollar you earn. Not too bad really.

[unstuck]

For bringing me to NZ from bradford when i was 7. What a fuckin dump that place is.Thank you .

[YellowDog]

Just said goodbye to some really close friends moving back to the UK.

NZ is 1970s UK and comparatively safe and crime free. Comparatively !!!

If you are from the UK and have loads of cash, then NZ is the place for you: Otherwise, you can get the same in Wales or Scotland.

If you have any health issues or don't have much money, then NZ is waaaaaay to expensive a place to live! You're far better off being poor in the UK; hence, half the thrid world has moved there!

Personally I think that Auckland is the only place in NZ worth considering. A harbour city with a great climate that has amazing stuff to do and see that is only a few moments away.

Also, no traffic on the roads!! Comparatively!

Just done the scenic route up SH4 from Wanganui through the National Park, upto Hamilton.

Luvvitt

[superman]

Also, no traffic on the roads!! Comparatively!

Yes heard this from my girlfriend who originates from Yorkshire. I was complaining about Auckland traffic... apparently it ain't bad at all in comparison

Judging by the reality tv shows, UK teenagers are either snobs or complete hooligans

[Gremlin]

Personally I think that Auckland is the only place in NZ worth considering.
...
Also, no traffic on the roads!! Comparatively!

I'm struggling to comprehend more cars on a deadlocked motorway in Auckland...

[martybabe]

'its head'

Going to Aus is not a great deal right at the moment. The Aus Dollar could go as high as $1.20US in the short term so if you are packing $kiwi you lose around 30% on the exchange, and while wages are better, if you make a decent buck, the tax rate is 49c in the dollar. And there is GST to pay as well.

Not so much the land of milk and honey then.

Have a couple of cousins who were taken to UK by their mum when she left their dad as auntie hated being from her family,after 30yrs met my cousin and his family,they like UK,but their first trip back here for my cousin after all those years,he felt like a tourist,although Opunake,Hawera etc was his birth town for 10 odd years.

I still feel like a tourist to be honest, I guess I always will but if that means I view NZ every day with an outsiders perspective then I will always be looking for possitve re-affirmation as to why I came here... I'm seldom disappointed in that respect

[Murray]

Fat Max came for the pies!!!

[george formby]

Not so much the land of milk and honey then.



I still feel like a tourist to be honest, I guess I always will but if that means I view NZ every day with an outsiders perspective then I will always be looking for possitve re-affirmation as to why I came here... I'm seldom disappointed in that respect

I feel here is home for me but still, everyday something makes me go WOW. Whether it's just the pleasure of riding my bike on ridiculously fun roads with stunning views & no traffic, picking chillies & tomatoes in winter, seeing today's good sort on TV (or Alison Mau) or seeing dolphins in the Bay on my way to work. Love it, love it, love it.

Broke but happy.

[martybabe]

I feel here is home for me but still, everyday something makes me go WOW. Whether it's just the pleasure of riding my bike on ridiculously fun roads with stunning views & no traffic, picking chillies & tomatoes in winter, seeing today's good sort on TV (or Alison Mau) or seeing dolphins in the Bay on my way to work. Love it, love it, love it.

Broke but happy.

Would you stop phrasing things better than me ! That's exactly the way I feel too dude.

It's the little things too, I just went out into the garden for a smoko and a multi coloured Rosella?/Parrot thing flew over my head. In my Birmingham garden that would have been a beer can thrown from a passing car!