Why so many Poms in NZ?

[Fatt Max]

Fat Max came for the pies!!!

Well, there is a certain amount of truth in that....

You see, I met and married my Kiwi born missus in the UK and she was always complaining that you couldnt get a decent pie there.

I arrived here in 1998. Didnt go too well to start with (couldnt get a decent job, decent house or a decent cup of tea) but the pies were farking mint so I stuck with it.

Nah, NZ is the best fucking country in the world. I love the UK, I am fiercely proud to be English and of my heritage, but NZ is a great place and no mistake.

I have terrible homesickness, it carves me up every day. Not for London or the UK, but for the huge family I have there. My single comfort is that I live in Gods's own and my wee boy will grow up loving this amazing piece of earth that we live on.

I feel privaledged to live here. It is not a right, its a privaledge. The only thing that annoys me is the amount of English that moan about the place.....nuff said

So thats why I am here......sorry about that....

[Pussy]

The only thing that annoys me is the amount of English that moan about the place.....nuff said

So thats why I am here......sorry about that....

I used to be the proud owner of a "Pommy Bastards" tee shirt!

Another old joke from many years gone by... you can always tell when a plane load of Poms has turned up, even when the engines have stopped, it's still whining...

Seriously.. Mart and Mark... nice to hear your patriotism for our fine little country!

[Ender EnZed]

True, the climate down here is utter crap 24/7, absolutely nothing to do, nowhere to go and don't even THINK about the roads down here - wall-to-wall grid-locked for miles...

Yeap. You're best off keeping up around Auckland.

[scracha]

I moved out here 6 yrs ago. The main thing I noticed about NZ is there's generally a can-do attitude. In the UK people are waiting for you to fail.

Are we talking about the same country I'm currently living in? I love the place but fuck, I've never lived somewhere so resistant to change. Hell, "she'll be right" is the national slogan.

Great pictures the OP posted, very true. New Zealand is a misery because of the absolute yobs and widespread hoon culture you get, the horrible accents (non Kiwi myself don't forget), the slutty woman, graffiti, the cultural blandness and racial intolerance just to name a few.

There you go...fixed it for ya.

You see, I met and married my Kiwi born missus in the UK and she was always complaining that you couldnt get a decent pie there.

Your missus is obviously retarded and I'm surprised they let her into the UK. The pies here are at best, average. Don't tell me you wouldn't give your left bollock for a decent Cornish Pastie, Scotch bridie, steak and kidney or an English made pork pie.

[JimO]

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.

really? i couldnt think of anwhere worse to live in NZ

[unstuck]

really? i couldnt think of anwhere worse to live in NZ

The north island is the best.

[jazfender]

I think most of the whining here is perpetuated by our media. They love sob stories.

[Kickaha]

The north island is the best.

gay old Gore would be far better than living in that shithole Auckland

[Elysium]

Some of the photos remind me of Highbury here in Palmy.

[terbang]

Mrs T is a pom, she used to do a bit of typical pom whingeing about NZ back when we were first married.
We went back and lived there for a year and then shifted back to NZ after also living in Darwin and Sydney.
She immediately gained her NZ citizenship and there hasn't been one more whiney peep from her about NZ since.

I still spend a lot of time up there (London) on a monthly basis and it certainly becomes a case of "spot the pom" amongst all the Pakis, Poles, Czechs and Africans.

However when on the rare occasion that I do venture into Auckland, it progressively feels more like I'm in down town Tokyo, Seoul or Beijing.

[martybabe]

One of my workmates isa Brummy.

One day he said to his 11 year old daughter "Say something to Scummie in you Birmingham accent" So she did.

And it sounded like Apu on the Simpsons.

Only more Indian.

Birmingham is running at close to 50% indian/Pakistani now so yes it's easy to imagine why the little darlin would sound like Apu. My accent isn't as strong as the bride's which has been described as posh and exotic since we came to NZ, widely considered common and horrible in the UK. You decide...

[Maha]

Some of the photos remind me of Highbury here in Palmy.

I lived there for a couple of years (Pembroke st)...gangs were not a problem back then...mid 70's.
I was more worried about moving to live in Rotorua.