Selling my bike and emigrating to NZ

**dawnrazor** · 3rd October 2005, 18:57

Originally Posted by The_Dover

Agree with most of what branco said except the cheap houses, wages being ok and ladies wonderful!!

Houses are cheap where no civilised person would consider living (read: outside of Auckland), wages are pretty poor and the ladies under the age of 30 (I'm not yet ready to grab a granny) tend to be psychotic drama queens dosed up on Prozac (or the cheaper equivalent). Most guys I know have found the chicks they have dated to be absolute nut jobs, myself and numerous kiwi's included. We are all praying for a container load of imports to be brought in from the UK at rock bottom prices so if you do make the move bring your daughters, nieces, whatever.........we'll be nice......honest.

Ah if your that desperate, there is always the white house

**Macktheknife** · 3rd October 2005, 19:18

Originally Posted by scumdog

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.

ROFLMAO

**$ilver** · 3rd October 2005, 19:32

Well you seem like a dam friendly lot who have a great sense of humour!

Many many thanks for the replies, lots of help there. It's great that our dog won’t have to go in quarantine because I couldn’t bear to leaver her there for 6 months.

I will tell the wife she needs to go into quarantine for 6 months though on the advice given here

$ilver

**2wheels in Red Beach** · 3rd October 2005, 21:29

Hay Silver,

I have been here (in NZ) now for the past five years and it's the best thing I ever did was leave the UK. The winter here is more like our Autumn, so it doesn't really get that cold (not in Auckland anyway). The scenery is fantastic and the locals are friendly you don't have to walk down the street making sure you don't make eye contact with the person walking towards you....They say starnge things like......Good morning and other wierd stuff like Hello. You may how ever miss the pub scene. They do have sports bars over here. When I went for an interview on a friday at the place I work now I was given a bottle of beer while they conducted the interview. So you don't have to cut down on the drinking

. Anyway this is a bike site. Sorry one more thing I love New Zealand.

and i am looking forward to seeing more of it on two wheels.

**$ilver** · 4th October 2005, 00:07

Yea I will be selling my bike and using it as an excuse to get a better one

What are the second hand bike prices like over there? Similar to the UK? An average second hand Suzuki Bandit 1200 over here is £3,500 good condition. That works out at nearly $9000 NZ.

Oh yea what voltage is NZ on? It's 240v in the UK

What’s the job situation over there? Is there a reasonable amount of jobs going? I can turn my hand to almost anything but office work is limited to AutoCAD im afraid (I don’t like sitting in a chair all day).

$ilver

**betti** · 4th October 2005, 05:42

gday mate

Im a pom too, been here 12 months lovin it!.
Brought my gsxr kat with me, cost an extra £250 in the container with other gear, specialized firms will do it for £600.
All you need is yer v5 and purchase receipt, if you've owned the bike for 12 months you will pay gst on it, similar to vat, of 12.5%, less age depreciation, up to a maximum of 75% of the value of the bike if you've owned it over 5 years.
It will probably pay ya to bring it with you.

try www.bikepoint.co.nz, or www.trademe.co.nz for second hand prices
voltage is the same in Nz, BUT yer tele and dvd/vcr might not work, ours didnt, but they are bloody cheap over here anyhoo.
You'll need a load of two prong plugs and will spend yer first week cutting brit ones off and replacin em, either that or buy a load of four way adapters over there and change fewer plugs!..
As the guys stated one of you will need to have a job offer before you are allowed to enter the country, goto the immigration site and look at the skills shortage list, decide what you can do, and apply to an online firm or recruitment agency b4 you start the immigration process, you will have a much better chance of getting in with a job offer on the table!.
All the best, c ya on the roads in about 6 months

**Posh Tourer :P** · 5th October 2005, 05:13

No-one has mentioned it yet, but you cant bring a wife in, the sheep get jealous.

And dogs just ruin the sheep for everyone else....

**MisterD** · 5th October 2005, 11:26

Originally Posted by betti

gday mate

All you need is yer v5 and purchase receipt, if you've owned the bike for 12 months you will pay gst on it, similar to vat, of 12.5%, less age depreciation, up to a maximum of 75% of the value of the bike if you've owned it over 5 years.

If you've owned the bike for long enough then you can escape GST by signing a commitment not to sell it for 2 years. I brought my scoot over with me, and it was a reasonably painless process.

Ever wondered why you never find English people in London - it's cos we're all here! Sweet as, aye!

**fredie** · 15th January 2008, 23:50

what happened too pommy silver

**scumdog** · 16th January 2008, 12:13

Originally Posted by fredie

what happened too pommy silver

Yeah, and what happened to pommy silver?

**kevfromcoro** · 20th October 2008, 11:31

Originally Posted by $ilver

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?

$ilver

Yeah sure mate..
Small animals ...just wrap them up in something,, and put them in your handbag.....

Larger animals..may have to be seperated...and placed into small packages...

If you have a large animal...like a dog..
You could give him a shave....and buy an extra ticket for him...
Course,..... he may need an Albianian passport..........

**Hawkeye** · 20th October 2008, 21:19

Originally Posted by $ilver

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

Welcome to KB.

Here is a site that all of your questions and more can be answered.

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/

This site has been going for quite a long time and has lots of useful info.

**PirateJafa** · 21st October 2008, 08:31

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Welcome to KB.

Here is a site that all of your questions and more can be answered.

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/

This site has been going for quite a long time and has lots of useful info.

Psst. Mate, this dude posted up his question before you even joined KB back in 2005.