Selling my bike and emigrating to NZ

**$ilver** · 3rd October 2005, 01:21

I am thinking about selling my bike, house and wife (well I might keep the wife lol) and emigrating to NZ. It sucks riding in the winter here in the UK.

Trouble is I need to find out a lot of stuff before I put my home on the market.

Like:

Can I bring my dog?
Can I bring my wife?
My daughter is in her last year of school, do you guys have public schools?
Can I ride my bike, drive my car on a UK licence?
How much Tax do you guys pay for motorcycles? (I saw a post ‘don’t let them tax us off the road’ what’s that all about?)
Do I need Tax, insurance and MOT on a bike.
Do you guys pay health and dental insurance? (we get free healthcare over here (well it’s not really free because we pay national insurance on our wages))

This is just a few of the questions I have but I can’t find a site/forum where I can find answers. If you guys know of any good forums or sites I could look at?

Cheers for any help

$ilver

**scumdog** · 3rd October 2005, 01:45

(1) Yes (will need to be quarantined though)
(2) Yes
(3) Yes
(4) Yes (after 12 months you will need a NZ licence though)
(5) The 'tax' is ACC levy - allegedly cover costs of injury should you crash.
(6) Yearly relicencing (rego), Warrant of Fitness (MOT). Ins? - up to you!
(7) A certain amount of our taxes and vehicle rego go to ACC who cover all out accident injury costs (allegedly) but when it comes to health you're on your own, you pay for each doctors visit (unless it's an accident related visit) and most that can afford it have medical insurance, saves waiting in line for non-urgent surgery and pays for doctors visits.

Very basic but hope it helps!!!!

And welcome to the site!.

**$ilver** · 3rd October 2005, 02:04

Do you know how long the quarantine period is for?

Also to get an NZ licence would I have to retake driving tests?

and cheers scumdog

**The_Dover** · 3rd October 2005, 06:54

Check out www.immigration.govt.nz it has a lot of answers on it. But I think most of your questions have been answered pretty well and people on here will always help you out!

**Sniper** · 3rd October 2005, 06:57

Hey mate, welcome to the site. I think you have got all your answers but feel free to ask away

**James Deuce** · 3rd October 2005, 07:35

Pet quarantine details:

http://www.maf.govt.nz/quarantine/contact/enquiries.htm

**WINJA** · 3rd October 2005, 07:56

KEEP YOUR DAUGHTER LOCKED UP , YOU DONT WANT HER TO MEET TRISTANK OR JOHN , THEY ARE HOMOS AND CAN BE VERY NASTY TO THE LADYS. WELCOME TO THE SITE , I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ZED

**Oakie** · 3rd October 2005, 08:07

Hi and welcome
Try here for info on NZ as a whole http://www.stats.govt.nz/default.htm and here for info on motor vehicle licensing etc http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/index-ltsa.html

**Fart** · 3rd October 2005, 08:36

I am from Afganistan and also thinking of immigration to NZ.

Just a few questions.

1. Can I bring my goats?
2. Can I bring my harem of ten wives?
3. Can I bring my Russian built bike?
4. Do you have public schools for beginners to explosives?

**scumdog** · 3rd October 2005, 08:57

Originally Posted by Fart

I am from Afganistan and also thinking of immigration to NZ.

Just a few questions.

1. Can I bring my goats?
2. Can I bring my harem of ten wives?
3. Can I bring my Russian built bike?
4. Do you have public schools for beginners to explosives?

I think in reality you actually have Russian goat-like wife who explodes and beats you ten times a day......as a result of this you were concussed when you wrote this.

**ManDownUnder** · 3rd October 2005, 09:04

Originally Posted by scumdog

...as a result of this you were concussed when you wrote this.

SD - now you don't actually KNOW that for a fact... but I'm willing to help "correct the situation" if you're wrong.

**bugjuice** · 3rd October 2005, 09:12

welcome $ilver.. there's a few fellow poms in the ranks here (I being one), so you'll fit in just fine. Just don't put up with all this kiwi crap

tis an awesome land (doesn't matter what part you choose to call home), and the people are all awesome too.. There are a few people who have imported their cherished rides from the UK, Tazman is one name that springs to mind, he brought over his bike earlier this year. May be give him a message and ask what he had to go thru to get it here. As for the other Q's, they all seemed to have been answered. And the lisence thing is easy too. Wouldn't worr about it. You get 12 months on the UK lisence, then you have to convert it to a kiwi one, which should be a breeze. Plus, you'll see what bad habbits you've picked up!

Insurance isn't compulsary, but most definitely ideal, and MOTs are required on all vehicles every 6 months on anything older than 3 years (I think), where they get yearly tags. The MOTs are WOF (Warrent Of Fitness) and road tax is refered to as 'Rego' too. The only other thing is some stupid turning left/give way to the right rule, which you'll pick up and become second nature, then every other country you'll visit after that, you'll crash cos you're too used to it. Schools are generally good too. As for the missus, no comment

Hope it all goes well for ya, hope you get here in time to enjoy the awesome summer we've got coming!!

**el milanes** · 3rd October 2005, 09:15