I'm looking for opinions/outlooks from folks from the Great North.
The good,bad or ugly as as far as shifting to Whangarei and the area in general.
I have always found Whangarei and the far north excellent but was only a visitor.
TIA
Kiwi gone Walkabout
I'm looking for opinions/outlooks from folks from the Great North.
The good,bad or ugly as as far as shifting to Whangarei and the area in general.
I have always found Whangarei and the far north excellent but was only a visitor.
TIA
Hardcore Biker
cum on up mate,im a jaffa who's been in kerikeri now for 9weeks,its all about lifestyle up here,oh yeh,and you need a boat........
VTWIN- SUPERBIKE
shot JR
But if it wasnt for work i would move up tomorrow.Its a playground
Has left the building
We've just moved from Whangarei to Tauranga.
Whangarei is a riders dream in some ways. A lack of cops apart from the obvious SH1...twin coast riding is easy done and heaps of fun.
Plenty of work if your have a hands on trade too as the place is still having a housing boom.
L-Plate Rider
Been here for 5 years, just out off town in the country, sweat place if you like to be outside, good roads.
Rasta Ratskins
Been in Whangarei all my life 'cept for OE. I'm still here tho I do believe NZ is the land of milk and honey. What kind of work do you do and are you looking at buying a house? There is no end of lovely beaches and bush walks etc etc. You need to do a temp stay prob to know for sure. Good luck.
Hardcore Biker
Lived in Dargaville (near Whangarei) for 18 years. Whangarei is kinda similar. I Wouldn't recommend
it if you have preteens or teenagers though. Thats my opinion. I left 17 years ago so things may have changed.
Originally Posted by scumdog
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What makes you say that Katwyn? I have been offered a job up there, Im finding it tough to make a choice considering I love where I live and it seems a world away.
Interesting thoughts..........
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Stoke me a clipper!
Don't know much about living up there but it sure is a beautiful part of the country.
Guest
Just make sure you've had your shots. White people get spat on up there.
Forum whore
Finn, they are called Pioneers and they dress funny ok.
Que?
Cheap pot?
Guest
Mate, they'll steal anything up there: Pioneer, Sony, Phillips, Sanyo...
Forum whore
I'ts beyond me but it's tied up with the "Treaty" somehow us white bro's just don't understand
Hardcore Biker
Kneescraper, I certainly aren't dising the place. In fact quite to the contrary:
I would probably move back now i'm all grown up (i.e., the people are really friendly and laid back, quite a relaxing place really. And only a short distance to the west coast ninety mile beach, the Kai iwi lakes, Opononi and Waipoua Forest) - its where my family roots are etc etc) - so it's always going to be
a special place for me.
But re the teenagers....Hopefully things may have changed.
I found when I was a teenager - there wasn't really a lot to do and jobs were limited - kind of a bit dead end unless you left and went to Uni. A few girls I knew became mums really young There seemed to be a lot of drug use, alcohol and partying going on with my age group. And this opinion seemed to be the general consensus.
But that may have been my perspective at the time.....I could be wrong - this was 17 years ago now. And its prolly like that everywhere!!
p.s They also have a great, very active historical society
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