Newbie from UK

[Sniper]

Greetings and Salutations fellow Biker. We wish you all the best and safe riding in the New Zealand land called Aotearoa.

Sorry, thats my other personality. Have fun, good luck with the emmigration process

Sniper

[Blackbird]

Send an email or PM to K100 on the Members List (his name is Matt). He's from Northants and I've been giving him a helping hand with various bits and pieces, including junk mail from NZ, haha, so that he can check out prices and other stuff about NZ. He may be happy to pass them on. Matt has just accepted a job offer and he should be of great help too, having just been through the process

Good luck.

Geoff

[Riff Raff]

Welcome to KB and good choice of bike!!!

Good luck with the immigration process. I was an immigration consultant a few years ago now, so I'm a bit out of date on all the procedures now, but if you need any help just yell.

[Joni]

Hi...
Welcome to KB!

Quite a few immigrants on KB, Im busy finishing off my own right now. Like Riff Raff said, if you need help, pop me a pm, I am doing mine through the London branch (logistically: still dont know why I made that decision). So just yell.

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[Ninja51]

Hi Moggy...

Welcome to KB from yet another pom...(but not of the whinging kind I hasten to add!) If you are successful in your planned emigration, you wont regret it one bit. New Zealand is fabulous, as are its locals. It's far more relaxed here, and the folks are really friendly as is evident on this site! Dont believe all you hear... a lot of visiting poms say "its lovely...just turn your watch back twenty years!" Not true in my opinion.
Lynda (my Kiwi partner) and I moved here in January 2004 from Northamptonshire. I have to admit to by-passing the points system as we were in a "de-facto" relationship. But I still had to do all the paperwork, have all the tests and checks etc. We started applying in June 2003 having attended NZ Expo at Earls Court and asking lots of questions to the likes of the NZIS and international removals companies. My residents visa was stamped about a week before I boarded the plane in January! I asked my case officer how long it really takes to process an application and he said that if all the paperwork was in place and you meet all the requirements... about two and a half hours!! Trouble is they get close to 50,000 applications a year. Lynda set about finding work here (as a special needs resource teacher) and was successfully interviewed over the phone from England. Me? I was freelancing as a graphic designer in the UK and I have continued to do that here.
Send me a PM and we too will gladly advise or help where we can. I shipped my car and bike over in separate consignments so if youd like an idea of costs or recommendations for shipping companies (including ones to avoid!) just give us the nod. And when you come over for that holiday/recce we will be happy to show you round Wellington.

[wari]

moko all-ways re-commends these fellas ...

Te WAipounamu motercyle hirre ..

GOod to have ya on-bord ... evryone gitts one a these ... ==> ... butt only one of course ..

:spudwave:

[chris]

For a 40 foot container from UK to NZ with somebody like Pickfords will cost in the region of 4500 pounds plus depending on how much insurance you take out. That will include wrapping and packing ALL your stuff. Unless you really really need your household furniture and bikes it may be better to sell them in the UK and just ship your personal effects over.

[moggy]

Yes I was thinking of doing that, both bikes are standard apart from mine having a givi luggage set on, so could easily sell and replace over there. I doubt that we would bring the trike as it needs too much work doing to it anyway - new engine for one.
I was thinking about trying to sell most of my stuff on ebay. I was looking at what stuff I had brought with me the last time we moved that I couldn't bare to part with at the time, now I am thinking do I really need a 4 volume polish/english dictionary? All my favourite books, when was the last time I read them? am I ever going to read them again? All that crap in the shed can go and there is not much point lugging some cheap IKEA furniture half way round the world.
Quite looking forward to leaving all the crap behind actually

[Redstar]

Hi there, I am a female owner of a sv650sk3.
I've joined this forum as I have just started the process of emmigrating to New Zealand. I say just started as I am only looking at requirements of getting in etc, got all the hard work of actually moving there to come.
Also planning on coming over for a touring holiday very soon, so was wondering what places did bike hire and also what areas are particularly good for biking

I did the same in 1983 and theres plenty of room for you and your bike I remember the process chest xray and shitting in clingfilm yuk.
but you will never find roads like NZ this is a bikers dream! hope you do it and yes you can hire bikes not a problem. Just do it you will never look back!

[sels1]

Welcome aboard the site Moggy.
There is a few bike hire places, mainly in Auckland and Christchurch - they have good websites (google search) as they mostly deal with tourists (which is why us locals cant recall their names - never use them!)

[moggy]

For a 40 foot container from UK to NZ with somebody like Pickfords will cost in the region of 4500 pounds plus depending on how much insurance you take out. That will include wrapping and packing ALL your stuff. Unless you really really need your household furniture and bikes it may be better to sell them in the UK and just ship your personal effects over.

I've just had a quote from PPS which seems quite reasonable.
Total not exceeding 500 cubic feet Door to
Door.................................... GBP£2055.00
Any additional volume chargeable pro rata.

IF YOU HAVE THE SOLE USE OF A 20 GENERAL COANTAINER (STC 1050 CUBIC FEET ) DOOR TO DOOR £3273.00

[Bob]

Hi there, I am a female owner of a sv650sk3.
I've joined this forum as I have just started the process of emmigrating to New Zealand. I say just started as I am only looking at requirements of getting in etc, got all the hard work of actually moving there to come.
Also planning on coming over for a touring holiday very soon, so was wondering what places did bike hire and also what areas are particularly good for biking

Moggy,

Odd that a pom still in the UK (nice bike, btw...) should be able to answer this... but if you take a look at the article contained within this link ,there is a link to a company in NZ that hires out bikes. According to the author, they are an excellent outfit.

Hope this helps,

Bob

[moko]

As Bob and Wari have said in their posts I`d recommend Te Waipounamu for bike hire,they`re in Christchurch and Auckland and you can hire from one and drop off at the other.Good guys that I know from experience will "go the extra mile" to keep the customer happy and be happy to do so.If you want to pm me I`ll give you the bosses name and e-mail and you`ll have someone to deal with on a more personal level.nothing in this for me by the way,just a satisfied customer.
You`ll love N.Z.,all that "turn back the clock" stuff is crap,it`s not "Britain in the 60`s",or any other era, it`s New Zealand.You`ll feel a lot safer walking the streets,it`s clean(remember that?)and if someone speaks to you they`re being friendly and not about to mug you.Generally it`s just a much more pleasant place to live,if you`re a biker you`ll be in heaven,if the scenery dosnt blow you away then you`d better check your pulse.
I cant think of any negatives but it depends on what kind of person you are I suppose.
I dont own a lot but even if I did I`d go the route of selling everything before going and just jumping on the plane with a suitcase full of clothes.
I found the flight a real ordeal(and the return flight nearly killed me)so if you`ve got the time I`d definately recommend stopping off somewhere along the way for a day,Singapore Airlines will give you a free tour if you stop-over.
It`s all the little things you`ll maybe not even notice until you get home that`ll show you what a good move you`re making,I had 3 weeks without the persistant cough I`ve had for years,yep,clean air is vastly under-rated,and you`ll get off the plane wondering why everything seems so gloomy and dirty.

[moggy]

I'm not too worried about the long flight as I have travelled back and forth to poland by bus and train several time, the longest journey from door to door took 56 hours! The secret is just to sleep - alcohol induced is always good lol

[moko]

I'm not too worried about the long flight as I have travelled back and forth to poland by bus and train several time, the longest journey from door to door took 56 hours! The secret is just to sleep - alcohol induced is always good lol

When I said "nearly killed me" I meant literally.Got DVT in my leg and all but keeled over at Heathrow,being bright I picked up my rucksack and carried on heading for the coach stop despite breathing problems and palpitations.Eventually went to the Doc 2 weeks later because I could hardly walk,got a right arseing from all the medics I saw.Anyway point is if you drink loads of alcohol on the plane it`ll help dehydrate you,which can cause the same problem I had.Thing to do is get yourself a litre bottle of water and keep drinking,when it`s empty the stewardesses will re-fill it for you.I was very lucky.The cure involves injections in your stomach for 10 days,ongoing blood-tests and warfarin,which is very nasty stuff and they`ll tell you not to ride your bike while you take it(usually 6 months)because of the risk of excessive/internal bleeding if you fall off.Not trying to scare you but I thought "it always happens to other people" and I was wrong.Coughing up blood and having a leg the size of an elephant`s is no fun so please do all you can to keep yourself safe.