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From: Michael on 22 Sep 2008 00:24
Hey Tai - I wonder if you could help focus a little research for me. I
recall you're a native of New Zealand - if you could live one place
there, where would it be?

If you prefer, this email address is live.

M.
From: Tai on 22 Sep 2008 19:00
Michael wrote:
> Hey Tai - I wonder if you could help focus a little research for me. I
> recall you're a native of New Zealand - if you could live one place
> there, where would it be?
>
> If you prefer, this email address is live.
>
> M.

Ooh, that's a hard question to answer, Michael! You have to bear in mind
that I haven't lived there for nearly 25 years and only visit once a year,
mostly for seeing family with just a little touristing for my kids' sake.
However, while I was growing up my family moved around a fair bit with my
fathers' job and our relatives are spread throughout the North and South
Islands so I certainly have some favourite places.

I'd probably choose to live in Wellington or, if retired, a little further
north along the Kapiti Coast, because it's where most of my old friends live
and it's close enough to be near family of mine and my husband's.
Wellington is a small city by world standards but it's much more friendly
and pleasant one than Auckland, say, despite being colder and windier, and I
feel very much at home there. It's also just a hop over Cook's Strait to the
South Island and thus more central, geographically speaking. If I wasn't
taking into consideration where family and friends live I'd choose somewhere
in the top half of the North Island near the sea (very important to me and
not hard to manage most places in NZ) but not in Auckland itself.

That's not to say I think there is anything wrong with the South Island,
it's just that I've got used to the warmer climate in Australia even if it
is too hot for me in the summer. The South Island of NZ is very, very wet on
the west side because of the Southern Alps and dry and cold on the east. I'd
find good folk pretty much everywhere in NZ so that's not something I'd
worry about much.

I did love living in Rotorua by the Bay of Plenty when I was in my teens.
There's the whole volcanic plateau wedge starting from the volcanoes below
Taupo through to the coast on the east. The whole area comprises stunning
mountains, geothermal areas, native forests (as well as huge exotic pine
plantations!) with gorgeous lakes and rivers and the climate would probably
seem quite mild to a Canadian. The far north Bay of Islands is lovely, as
well, and if I was looking for sunshine and a slow and gentle life, that
would also be near the top of my list.

Now you have me curious, are you thinking of emigrating? :) My email address
is also good once you unmunge it!

From: Michael on 23 Sep 2008 08:21
On Sep 22, 5:00 pm, "Tai" <tainuitiDEL...(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

>
> Now you have me curious, are you thinking of emigrating? :) My email address
> is also good once you unmunge it!


Thanks, Tai - that's a lot to look at. I'm not sure emigrating is the
exact term for it - my wife is a nurse, and we've been looking at
overseas work placements. They seem to be for a couple of years,
without any real offer of permanent residency. New Zealand is
somewhere we've always wanted to go, but it's a long way for a couple
of weeks or a month.

That makes a good transition - sell our place here, go there for a
couple of years and then re-settle somewhere else.

Perhaps I could email you with a question or two? I wouldn't want this
to become an off-topic thread that would prevent people from finding
out how to become a sex toy party consultant.


M.


From: Tai on 23 Sep 2008 18:53
Michael wrote:
> On Sep 22, 5:00 pm, "Tai" <tainuitiDEL...(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>> Now you have me curious, are you thinking of emigrating? :) My email
>> address is also good once you unmunge it!
>
>
> Thanks, Tai - that's a lot to look at. I'm not sure emigrating is the
> exact term for it - my wife is a nurse, and we've been looking at
> overseas work placements. They seem to be for a couple of years,
> without any real offer of permanent residency. New Zealand is
> somewhere we've always wanted to go, but it's a long way for a couple
> of weeks or a month.
>
> That makes a good transition - sell our place here, go there for a
> couple of years and then re-settle somewhere else.

Yes, and nursing *is* one of those wonderfully transportable professions for
people with wunderlust. My husband and I have IT backgrounds and we
travelled and worked overseas in our 20s, along with hoards of our
countrymen and women. Lately we've been talking about spending a year or two
in Britain again in about two years time and for us the draw is the
springboard to Europe. We're trying to find a window in time when our older
children are established in Uni and our youngest son isn't in the less
flexible period of his schooling. But so far I've only got as far as looking
at the horrendous passport application form the UK requires non-resident
citizens to fill in before they'll give us new ones. Ours lapsed a good
decade ago and we've needed only our Australian ones for tourist travel
since.

Anyway, I do understand the attraction in pulling up sticks and going
somewhere fresh for a while.


>
> Perhaps I could email you with a question or two? I wouldn't want this
> to become an off-topic thread that would prevent people from finding
> out how to become a sex toy party consultant.

LOL

Sure, I'd be glad to help if I can, so email away! (Actually, I'll send you
an email from another address for you to reply to.) It's a pity I don't know
any NZ nurses - but I do have several friends here I could mine for
information if you are also considering Australia. Experienced nurses seem
in demand.

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