Dirt Bike Central????

[dammad1]

no,
you cant.

exactly what cheese said.

you can get paid well in places other than auckland, only in very few industries and only in very few places.

from my research, tauranga is NOT one of those places.

If you have a trade behind you like this guy then it won't be a problem! Everywhere in NZ needs people to build things and there is a lack of skilled people to do this. Auckland presents the best opportunities without a doubt but there is plenty of other opportunities in the country if you have some sort after skills to offer.

[cave weta]

Thank you everyone who has replied! I won’t quote every one of you (I post on a UK MX forum and find billions of quotes quite annoying to read) But I am very appreciative to all of your replies.

We’re out for a holiday in January in Tauranga - We’re hoping we won’t have to come back. Hubby is a hard working carpenter/bricklayer who works exceptionally hard during the week and all we live for is our passion riding MX at weekends. We don’t have flamboyant life-styles - we just want to work, exist and ride dirt bikes. That’s all that makes us happy.

We’d like to settle over there for a better life for us and especially our two sons….. We need to survive, but money is not that important as long as we have our dirtbikes. We’ll be checking out vicinities once we’re there.

Right Nicola! hows this then! if you are so into riding that you would relocate to the other side of the world for it, How about when you get here in January,I will pick up you and the boys and spend a couple of days showing you the parks and the trails? I will bring a trailerload of bikes and we can do a few loops of the MXtracks and the public trails between Auckland and Rotorua including The Hamilton and Tauranga areas too? I can sort family accomodation at awesome rates at www.bularangi.com and Ive got adult sized riding gear,- you will just have to Bring the boy's gear. Bulky I know but in the middle of summer here you wont need much else except teeshirts and shorts and jandals (flipflops) ::ha ha....

[A&R]

Nicola just for your info fletcher construction are presently recruiting from the UK. http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/building.phpthey are after chippy foreman etc. Could be worth applying as they will help with residency and pay for you and your family to get here. Like they did for us. If you want more info PM me.
This is a good site to visit http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/index.phpit gives good info on what living in NZ is really like in comparison to the UK. Expect a significant pay drop in comparison to UK money - at a least a third. However cost of living relative to what you earn we have found that it is cheaper to live here.

[Nicola W]

Right Nicola! hows this then! if you are so into riding that you would relocate to the other side of the world for it, How about when you get here in January,I will pick up you and the boys and spend a couple of days showing you the parks and the trails? I will bring a trailerload of bikes and we can do a few loops of the MXtracks and the public trails between Auckland and Rotorua including The Hamilton and Tauranga areas too? I can sort family accomodation at awesome rates at www.bularangi.com and Ive got adult sized riding gear,- you will just have to Bring the boy's gear. Bulky I know but in the middle of summer here you wont need much else except teeshirts and shorts and jandals (flipflops) ::ha ha....

We are passionate about MX - it’s our life! We’d also want to trail ride once we’re over there (something which is frowned upon here) (actually, any off-road riding is complained about )

Thanks very much for your reply. We already have accommodation for the first few weeks sorted thank you - a little bach in Papamoa. We’ll look into other areas once we are out there. With regards to the boy’s kit - that’s already been packed and is in storage with our bikes.

On our arrival we’d like to get to know the areas and concentrate on work and our ITA (we’ve already been selected from the Pool)

We’d like to hook up with you once we are over there though. Your website looks fantastic! I love the look of your tours - We just can’t wait to get over there.

[Nicola W]

Nicola just for your info fletcher construction are presently recruiting from the UK. http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/building.phpthey are after chippy foreman etc. Could be worth applying as they will help with residency and pay for you and your family to get here. Like they did for us. If you want more info PM me.
This is a good site to visit http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/index.phpit gives good info on what living in NZ is really like in comparison to the UK. Expect a significant pay drop in comparison to UK money - at a least a third. However cost of living relative to what you earn we have found that it is cheaper to live here.

Thank you for your reply! I’ve sent you a pm

I’ve emailed Fletcher Construction my husband’s CV. We’ve already paid for our flight over. This has been our goal for the last 18 months and we’re counting the days now until we get on that aeroplane.