Why so many Poms in NZ?

[Bodir]

Fat Max came for the pies!!!

And the gravitational pull brought in the rest

[avgas]

As the weather gets colder and wetter, my mind drifts to the city of my birth and I re-evaluate if moving to New Zealand 3 years ago was the right thing to do.

Kiwis, have you ever wondered why there seems to be a pom on every street corner these days. What makes these strange accented people pack up and travel 12,000 miles to a far away land where every one talks funny, where the wages are so poor that a large potion of it's citizens bugger off to neighbouring Australia in search of a financially richer life. A place where the effort involved in sourcing a rareish part for a motorcycle can turn into an eppic adventure to rival that of the Davinci code.

I can't talk for every Pom but here's a few pointers as to why I came.


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So, did I do the right thing?

Hell Yes, I'm grateful to the UK for nurturing me, I miss my Whanau like crazy and I shall always support the English Footy team but but but, I fookin love New Zealand!

Don't worry we are just playing catchup.
NZ should look like that in say 20 years.

[nosebleed]

Yeah, you miserable cunts are alright. Someone stop all the frikkin yarpies though ay

[gijoe1313]

Where all 'dem white wimmen at?

[Big Dave]

Their GST is 10% yes?

So bad to move there if you have money cause of exchange, great to go if you have no money and are starting off?

If you're earning 180k Aussie (over $243,000 NZD) you're on average paying 31c in the dollar for every dollar you earn. Not too bad really.

GST is variable. Some is 15% (or was when I left).
180k put you easily at 49c in the dollar back then too. (just checked - its $60k + 45c in every dollar over - come down slightly)
But 180k is 180k when you live there. Then house prices in Sydney and Melbourne eat most of the higher wages.

Gold Coast is really cheap at the moment though. But can be hard to find work too.

I've lived a long time on both sides of the ditch. The grass isn't that much greener. Success is about the effort one puts in.

[Bald Eagle]

Don't worry we are just playing catchup.
NZ should look like that in say 20 years.

Some bit'sof south orks and sydenham are getting there a bit sooner

[martybabe]

Don't worry we are just playing catchup.
NZ should look like that in say 20 years.

Some bit'sof south orks and sydenham are getting there a bit sooner

I fear you may be right guys, the phrase "this is just how it started in England' is used more and more often in this House, you can but hope it will not come to pass.

[unstuck]

I fear you may be right guys, the phrase "this is just how it started in England' is used more and more often in this House, you can but hope it will not come to pass.

I live in southland now but try to get back to auckland at least twice a year,it amazes me how fast it is changing. Went for a walk down dominion rd last time i was back and felt like i should of been in india or pakistan.

[Swoop]

Don't worry we are just playing catchup.
NZ should look like that in say 20 years.

Only if we open up the doors to massive immigration, like UK did late 60's to their ex-colonies.

[admenk]

So what's wrong with New Street station - an archictural gem of the midlands

We came for the quizes at our local cafe

[george formby]

Meh, immigration is a fact of life everywhere, i reckon NZ is pretty unsullied yet. The biggest changes everywhere IMHO is modern, violent, consumer culture. Same shit on TV & same political attitudes to ignoring it in the Western world.

But, for us it's gone the moment we hit that starter button & get out of town.

[martybabe]

I live in southland now but try to get back to auckland at least twice a year,it amazes me how fast it is changing. Went for a walk down dominion rd last time i was back and felt like i should of been in india or pakistan.

Aye, if I showed you a picture of the inside of Birmingham and Mumbai airports, you would really struggle to tell the difference. When I left the population of Birmingham was fast approaching 50% indian/asian, then the hoards of Europe came, it really is like a foreign city now. Mind you I'm a bloody immigrant so I can hardly comment can I.

So what's wrong with New Street station - an archictural gem of the midlands

We came for the quizes at our local cafe

Actually uptown Birmingham has had massive regeneration in recent years, including New Street station, it looks good in photos but you don't have to travel far to see the real Brum and it ain't a pretty sight.

By the way Ad, Would you like to swap some used Lotto tickets for a bottle of wine?? you got the best deal there mr Quiz You up for another battle of the geniuses?

[nadroj]

would you stop phrasing things better than me ! That's exactly the way i feel too dude.

It's the little things too, i just went out into the garden for a smoko and a multi coloured rosella?/parrot thing flew over my head. In my birmingham garden that would have been a beer can thrown from a passing car!

duck !!!!

[ducatilover]

I feel here is home for me but still, everyday something makes me go WOW. Whether it's just the pleasure of riding my bike on ridiculously fun roads with stunning views & no traffic, picking chillies & tomatoes in winter, seeing today's good sort on TV (or Alison Mau) or seeing dolphins in the Bay on my way to work. Love it, love it, love it.

Broke but happy.

We have a beautiful country, nothing can beat our forests and scenery. Tramping in incredible bush and not getting killed by snakes

[george formby]

not getting killed by snakes

Yup, lack of creepy crawlie wriggly things is another bonus. Mind you, the sand flies up north can bite through canvas & turn a perfectly normal looking infant into a cabbage patch kid in seconds.