What would it take for you to stay in NZ?

[Ewan Oozarmy]

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

And 2 minutes to the beach for me and a sea view. When I looked out of my bedroom window in London all I could see was a council high rise block with boarded up windows and iron doors hiding crack houses. Plus, the 24 hour noise of police sirens and got on my tits a bit.

[imdying]

That's one of the other things... if I get nicked doing 240km/h, I know what'll happen. I would not want to be experiencing the judicial system of another country any time soon... that'd be some freaky shite.

[kiwifruit]

if I get nicked doing 240km/h

i think you're pretty safe

[Wolf]

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

Try that in most other sizeable cities in the World - London, Paris, New York. You can get out of the centres of our capital and our largest cities and onto open country roads in next to no time. You can get to the coast within 2 hours from pretty much anywhere in the country. We have some of the best roads for riding bikes in the world. Sure, so does the USA, Europe and Australia etc - but from the heart of some of their cities you'd have the devil of a job getting to them.

That mad mate of mine that moved to Sydney because Auckland was "too small" did love being able to go hunting, camping, skiing or swimming at the beach with very little hassle when he lived here.

[007XX]

Geez, let's see... why stay?

No poisonous bitey, crawley, crippeys to worry much about...

About 4 hours away from snowboarding and snowball fights in summer...But not too cold!

A few minutes from awesome swimming, diving (scallops, crayfish...yummy!) and all around great sea derived fun in summer...Fresh water lakes for awesome kneeboarding, catamaran sailing, swimming...

Awesome people and roads to be ridden all over the country...

Fantastic wines and associated wine tasting (read piss-up) tours...

And I could go on and on like that...

[Wolf]

That's one of the other things... if I get nicked doing 240km/h, I know what'll happen. I would not want to be experiencing the judicial system of another country any time soon... that'd be some freaky shite.

"GET OFF THE BIKE! KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM! LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND! I SAID LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND! NOW!" kzzzzzrk! ( or BANG!)...

[Guitana]

i think you're pretty safe

Hey Mr Fruit whats up with ya mate Dover selling his Preemo Gixxer??????
Is being a father costing too much?

[Guitana]

"GET OFF THE BIKE! KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM! LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND! I SAID LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND! NOW!" kzzzzzrk! ( or BANG!)...

Or if in an Arab Country "Allah Akbar" then bang, lights out!!!!

[BMW]

simple

money

[kiwifruit]

Hey Mr Fruit whats up with ya mate Dover selling his Preemo Gixxer??????
Is being a father costing too much?

he is buying a kawasaki

[Street Gerbil]

If you are willing to abandon an underpaid but secure position in a corporation and is willing to take your chances by establishing a private enterprise, USA is the place to be. Honestly, how business owners in NZ manage to survive is a mystery.
I, on the other hand, am a bit too old for this shit, so as long as the guy, replacing Theresa Gattung, is willing to pay for my expertise, New Zealand, regardless of its economic woes, perfectly agrees with me.

[sAsLEX]

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.

how can they justify that, since you are in a different country not using anything that your tax in NZ pays for....... and how are the IRD going to find out what goes in to your bank account in a different country.....

[jafar]

how can they justify that, since you are in a different country not using anything that your tax in NZ pays for....... and how are the IRD going to find out what goes in to your bank account in a different country.....

They justify it because they are nazi's

[Hitcher]

They justify it because they are nazi's

w00t! 74 posts. Not bad...

[LilSel]

My family keeps me here... plus I have seen a bit of the world already... & I am always so glad to come 'home'...

A few places I have been, some more than thrice...
Thailand/Hong Kong/Japan/Venezuela/Korea/Argentina/Australia/China...

I have always thought to myself when I get home from these trips....
'I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful country'...