Why so many Poms in NZ?

[oneofsix]

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.

Don't go down the West Coast then or the sandflies will steal the kid, particularly around Haast. I reckon those ones can get through Cordura and they are designed for leather which is just cured skin after all.

[cbfb]

I moved out here 6 yrs ago. The main thing I noticed about NZ is there's generally a can-do attitude. In the UK people are waiting for you to fail.

Kiwis complain about the state of this country but shit there's worse problems abroad by far.

[Big Dave]

Don't go down the West Coast then or the sandflies will steal the kid, particularly around Haast. I reckon those ones can get through Cordura and they are designed for leather which is just cured skin after all.

All you have to do is start taking a lot of vitamin B a week before and they won't come near you.

[ducatilover]

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.

That reminds me of the Monty Python scene where the officer loses his leg in the night

Kiwis complain about the state of this country but shit there's worse problems abroad by far.

This is too true.
It's a brilliant country and I'd have a hard time buggering off to even Aussie.

[avgas]

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

We don't need to do it like they did. Everything is bigger now.....except us
To put things in scale
1950's china - 500mil
2000's china - 1.5bil

1950's UK - 50mil
2000's UK - 60mil

1950's India - 300mil
2000's India - 1.3bil

1950's NZ - 1.9mil
2000's NZ - 4.5mil

We are only just getting into stride now with population (UK has had a thousand years of it), even if the trend just continues as it has always done re: Immigration expect NZ population to double every 50 years........

Especially with all the poms leaving their own land and coming here.....

[racefactory]

Fuck England, it's shit.

Came to NZ and England is a foreign country to me now. I've got family there so unfortunately I can't say I'm never going back though. This is my home and I'm bloody proud of it. Despite what people say sometimes, we don't know how lucky we've got it. Alas, you have to go overseas to realise this though. I love this place and don't want it to change. Just trying to get rid of the last remnants of my accent now .

Great pictures the OP posted, very true. England is a misery because of the absolute yobs and widespread hooligan culture you get, the horrible accents (Brit myself don't forget), the slutty woman, graffiti, the cultural blandness and racial intolerance just to name a few.

I lived in a pretty 'wealthy' area back there too and am trying not to put forth close minded views here; but it's a fucking hole compared to this place. Naysayers will go on about the rich history and art but that's what I've got the internet for.

Love this country and want to stand up for it however I can.

[mashman]

Nearly 5 years for us now. I see NZ as home and can't imagine leaving. Sure I miss the convenience of local family and friends and most definately the pub and the football, but I was damned if I was gonna let my kids grow up there. The move was for the kids and their lifestyle... anything other than that was a bonus for me and the missus. We're still settling, but that's just life being a pain in the arse (near constantly)... but it is a great place to live.

[Maha]

.....and some of them are even quite enjoyable to be around...

[MisterD]

In my Birmingham garden that would have been a beer can thrown from a passing car!

I've had full nappy thrown from a passing car land in my Onehunga garden...fucken Dressmart drags all the undesirable trash (Len Brown) up from South Auckland.

I describe myself as an "import" rather than an "immigrant", being a victim of the secret NZ program to send their young people overseas to marry Brits and thereby improve the gene pool.

[martybabe]

Nearly 5 years for us now. I see NZ as home and can't imagine leaving. Sure I miss the convenience of local family and friends and most definately the pub and the football, but I was damned if I was gonna let my kids grow up there. The move was for the kids and their lifestyle... anything other than that was a bonus for me and the missus. We're still settling, but that's just life being a pain in the arse (near constantly)... but it is a great place to live.

My one regret is that I didn't move over when I was younger so my kids could have grown up in the Kiwi stylie. It is what it is though, at least I got here eventually.

.....and some of them are even quite enjoyable to be around...

Aw ....... You do mean me right?

I've had full nappy thrown from a passing car land in my Onehunga garden...fucken Dressmart drags all the undesirable trash (Len Brown) up from South Auckland.

I describe myself as an "import" rather than an "immigrant", being a victim of the secret NZ program to send their young people overseas to marry Brits and thereby improve the gene pool.

Eeeewww, dirty bastids.

I'm sure in your case it has improved the kiwi gene pool but I've met many back in Britshire that would drag the kiwi gene pool back to something akin to monkeys, were they allowed to breed. Every guest on Jeremy kyle for instance.

[MisterD]

I'm sure in your case it has improved the kiwi gene pool but I've met many back in Britshire that would drag the kiwi gene pool back to something akin to monkeys, were they allowed to breed. Every guest on Jeremy kyle for instance.

Heh. I love baiting Kiwis, they take the bait "like a bug fush" most of the time...I love their "just f-ing do it" attitude though and although I'll always be a Pom and I don't have some point in the future at which I'll claim to be a kiwi (looking at you Irene Van Dyk) I'm very proud to be the father of two great "Bri-wi" boys...they'll play cricket for England mind you, if they're any good and they have three first initials just in case!

[jonbuoy]

NZ is a great place and I enjoyed my time but long term it wasn´t for me, I only have good things to say when people ask about NZ but I can´t see me going back for anything other than an extended holiday.

[mashman]

My one regret is that I didn't move over when I was younger so my kids could have grown up in the Kiwi stylie. It is what it is though, at least I got here eventually.

aye... I just hope the Kiwi stylie is still around as my kids grow up ... I'm not being pessimistic about it, but it's certainly a worry having seen the UK turn into what it has in the last 30 years (prolly longer, but I ain't that old )... But it is what it is

[scumdog]

Personally I think that Auckland is the only place in NZ worth considering. A harbour city with a great climate that has amazing stuff to do and see that is only a few moments away.

Also, no traffic on the roads!! Comparatively!

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True, the climate down here is utter crap 24/7, absolutely nothing to do, nowhere to go and don't even THINK about the roads down here - wall-to-wall grid-locked for miles...

[scumdog]

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.?

One of my workmates isa Brummy.

One day he said to his 11 year old daughter "Say something to Scummie in you Birmingham accent" So she did.

And it sounded like Apu on the Simpsons.

Only more Indian.