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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Just off the top of my head...

    [lotsa stuff]

    Easy.
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    I was quite happy in NZ - just felt like a change and, with the right inducement......viola! I left!
    Otherwise, I would still be there.
    I'm still an NZer though! - that will never change!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    What price to stay in New Zealand? These decisions are best made in one's younger years, I suspect. I have just turned down a tax-free job offer in Dubai. Where on earth are we going to ride our bikes over there?
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    That road doesn't look too bad.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by davereid View Post


    actually "hi-tech" is crap - only a very few engineers making real money are required - high tech is mostly a bunch of poor people stuffing PCBs with components to make someonme else wealthy.
    Rakon and Navman are making a few people money here in godzone...... no need to go overseas and get the $$$ thats if the greenies stop there socialist whinging at some of Rakons customers.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Ban cats. Pointless bloody things.
    We've got cats. Two of them. A parasitic infection for a house, that's what they are.

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    This list should read "How I want to live in America"

    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Just off the top of my head...

    1. Get rid of this Government
    2. Scrap MMP
    3. Tear up the Treaty
    4. Sell off all state assets apart from public land and privatise the fuck out of the place
    5. Make NZ the tax haven of the South Pacific
    6. One Council per State (yes I said State) and make the fuckers accountable for once
    7. Scrap Resource Consent (It's our fucken country)

    8. Dig up all the roads and start again. Do it properly this time and go left hand drive.
    9. Negotiate trade agreements with every developed nation And we dont do that now or do we just not kiss enough ass?
    10. Go nuclear
    11. Free and open access to ALL public land
    12. Educate the fuck out of people with REAL, USABLE education.
    13. No skills, no enter our country
    14. Create a real military force
    15. Lower personal & business tax to a flat rate of 10%. 0% for overseas investors. (Keep GST as it is - user pay) GST money goes directly back into the state that produces it.
    16. Ban Shortland St.
    17. Ban Unions and abolish the Employment Contracts Act <
    18. Totally reform our justice system.
    19. Make welfare available only for the REALLY, REALLY needy.
    20. Ban cats. Pointless bloody things.

    Easy.
    Hey have I some more for the list

    21. Base all fines on people assets or pay.

    22. If a driver doesnt see a bike rider or pedestrian, they wont see there car or license again for a while either. And there ACC levies will go up with the more accidents they are involved in.

    23. Have a PD system based on work camps doing things like trapping possums, weed irradictation, track making, trash pick up etc. If you dont turn up, you go to do work in your community or at local schools in a chain gang, if you turn up and dont work, you dont eat or leave.

    24. Allow people to turn left on a red light once they have stopped. Works so bloody well in every country that does it. Fucking honest, its awesome.

    25. Pay teachers more, you cant expect good performance when they are trying to work out how they are going to pay both there student loan payment and the wof on there 1982 ford laser.

    26. Like most first world nations, make ticket quotas illegal.

    27. Scrap Kiwisaver, or at least put it in the hands of an industry that has a better history and track record.

    28. Get rid of the humans

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    This list should read "How I want to live in America"
    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Just off the top of my head...
    1. Get rid of this Government
    2. Scrap MMP
    3. Tear up the Treaty
    4. Sell off all state assets apart from public land and privatise the fuck out of the place
    5. Make NZ the tax haven of the South Pacific
    6. One Council per State (yes I said State) and make the fuckers accountable for once
    7. Scrap Resource Consent (It's our fucken country)
    8. Dig up all the roads and start again. Do it properly this time and go left hand drive.
    9. Negotiate trade agreements with every developed nation And we dont do that now or do we just not kiss enough ass?
    10. Go nuclear
    11. Free and open access to ALL public land
    12. Educate the fuck out of people with REAL, USABLE education.
    13. No skills, no enter our country
    14. Create a real military force
    15. Lower personal & business tax to a flat rate of 10%. 0% for overseas investors. (Keep GST as it is - user pay) GST money goes directly back into the state that produces it.
    16. Ban Shortland St.
    17. Ban Unions and abolish the Employment Contracts Act <
    18. Totally reform our justice system.
    19. Make welfare available only for the REALLY, REALLY needy.
    20. Ban cats. Pointless bloody things.
    Easy.
    Hey have I some more for the list
    28. Get rid of the humans and celine dion

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    The true beasuty and attraction of New Zealand is usually only appreciated after you have left and been other places, then you can appreciate that for all its faults, NZ is actually a very cool place.

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    Every young person in New Zealand should work overseas for at least a year. When they come back, with funds and skills, the country is better off. Plus it allows you to knowledgeably appreciate why NZ is great - if you haven't been overseas, you're relying on media and hearsay that NZ's great. In a lot of respects, it isn't. But on balance, it's the best place in the world.

    Live and experience the world. Earn some funds and come back to NZ to settle down and make it even better.

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    go over seas for 10 years, save up hard, come back with some money and buy a house.


    oh wait the goverment will take 60% of your money when you come back.

    the only problem with aussie is the roads dont have corners, its very much like the states.
    Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    I have just turned down a tax-free job offer in Dubai.
    For anyone else considering this kind of offer, be aware that the IRD will tax you on your earnings in Dubai, unless you ensure you have non-resident status. To do this, you will have to sell your house (unless you are deriving no income from it while you're away - i.e., someone is staying in it for free, or it's empty), and sell your car (and bikes). Basically, it's not enough to just go and work 'tax free' - you have to have no real ties to 'home' and/or being paying taxes to the country you're working in.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedie View Post
    I have lived and worked overseas, and I have done jobs with very good incomes. I can tell you now that the grass is always greener on the other side. You mentioned three of your mates have returned. I bet at least half of the ones that have not returned yet wish they could, whether they admit it to you or not, maybe a pride thing?
    OTOH, people who go and work in (for example) the UK, then come back here to get a job seem to do a lot better than those who just try to work their way up the ladder. It's like the employers go, "Ooh... you worked in London, eh? You must be pretty damned good then!"
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    OTOH, people who go and work in (for example) the UK, then come back here to get a job seem to do a lot better than those who just try to work their way up the ladder. It's like the employers go, "Ooh... you worked in London, eh? You must be pretty damned good then!"
    I guess it depends on in which industry you worked whilst in London. If say you worked in the the insurance market in London's "square mile" then you will no doubt gain experience which you never could here.

    If you worked in a bar in London then probably no better off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macstar View Post
    For those of you that are remaining in NZ, why?

    -Lifestyle choice?
    -Friends and family?
    -Not convinced that you can earn that much more money overseas?
    Know we could earn a lot more back home (UK for me, Dave's a Kiwi), know we would have a lot more disposable income back home, know we'd have family support that we don't have here...but....

    About to have a baby and need the stability more than the 'getting ahead' that a move would offer. Schooling is supposedly better here, and the crime rate is significantly lower. We also have 4 cats that it would be financially impossible to move to the UK and I couldn't simply dump them in new homes just because of something we wanted to do.

    If I could have convinced Dave to move to the UK instead of me moving here, that would have been the much better option - but he couldn't so I did, and now it's too late to go home. He's finally realised the UK would offer us so much more than here, but unfortunately that realisation has come too late.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macstar View Post
    For those of you that are remaining in NZ, why?

    -Lifestyle choice?
    20 minutes ride to the countryside, and rarely a cop to be seen... fits well with my love of bikes.

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