Anyone live in New Zealand?

[WinkOsmosis]

How is it there? I want to live in New Zealand.

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
How is it there? I want to live in New Zealand.

Why?

 

[z0mb13]

if ur idea of hanging out in the weekend is going to sheep and cow pastures.. then yes..



actually I've went there once.. its a REALLY quiet country, and I think not a lot of night life...

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I want to live in New Zealand.

Me too. I tried getting a job there but no one wants to move a 5 person family from the US to NZ or even Australia.

 

[z0mb13]

IMO new zealand is better fit for like older people...

its a good place to retire when u want quiet and serenity..

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
How is it there? I want to live in New Zealand.

LOTR got to you, eh?

 

[Megatomic]

I'm not ready to retire yet, I'm only 34, but a nice quiet place to raise my family would be just the thing. My wife and I have no need of clubs to enjoy a "night life".

 

[Rumpltzer]

bah!

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm not ready to retire yet, I'm only 34, but a nice quiet place to raise my family would be just the thing. My wife and I have no need of clubs to enjoy a "night life".

Montana my friend. I love home. I'm retarded for thinking I could goto school in Georgia.

 

[RossMAN]

I wish.

If I lived there I would either want to be independantly wealthy or retired. Why work in such a beautiful country?

 

[trilks]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
if ur idea of hanging out in the weekend is going to sheep and cow pastures.. then yes..



actually I've went there once.. its a REALLY quiet country, and I think not a lot of night life...

I studied in NZ for a semester, and the night life really depends on where you are. Yea, lots of farmland and such, that's not too exciting. But if you go to the bigger cities, there's plenty to do at night. Dunedin is a college down, lots of pubs, lots of drunken Kiwis (and drunken Americans studying abroad :beer: :beer: )

 

[Viper GTS]

My dad's dad lives there, he likes it. Similar to Oregon (moderate climate, wine country, etc.).

Christmas day everyone goes to the beach.

Never been there myself, & don't really plan on going any time soon.

Viper GTS

 

[Tetsuo]

My best friend lives there. Crazy Kiwi

 

[So]

No. Nobody lives in new zeland. Stop asking.

They talked about sedning explorers there, but decided that 'we had problems at home' and there was no reason to explore.

 

[cressida]

Talk to DavidTua

 

[Allio]

Hah! Surely I can't be the only kiwi on ATOT.

No seriously. Where are the rest? I feel vulnerable over here

 

[Allio]

Oh, and in response to the OP - yes, it's a very nice country
As long as you don't want affordable broadband, that is... but I can't imagine anyone here needing broadband, right?

To give you an idea of what we've got, the best plan in Auckland would be 256k ADSL with a 10 gig cap, after which it gets throttled to 56k speeds. That's $65 a month, or about $43 USD. Anything higher speed and you pretty much have to pay by the megabyte.

That aspect sucks, but everything else is good. Best part = no dangerous pests/animals/insects

 

[Riprorin]

Talking about kiwis (the fruit that is), someone told me that they rub off the fuzz and eat the skin. Blah. Is that common?

The darn things are hard to peel. I just cut them in half and scoop the fruit out with a spoon.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Allio
Oh, and in response to the OP - yes, it's a very nice country
As long as you don't want affordable broadband, that is... but I can't imagine anyone here needing broadband, right?

To give you an idea of what we've got, the best plan in Auckland would be 256k ADSL with a 10 gig cap, after which it gets throttled to 56k speeds. That's $65 a month, or about $43 USD. Anything higher speed and you pretty much have to pay by the megabyte.

That aspect sucks, but everything else is good. Best part = no dangerous pests/animals/insects

That sucks about the net, but yeah, much fewer dangerous dangerous animals than Australia. I bet plane tickets are expensive to NZ. If they werent too bad, Id go.

 

[Allio]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
Talking about kiwis (the fruit that is), someone told me that they rub off the fuzz and eat the skin. Blah. Is that common?

The darn things are hard to peel. I just cut them in half and scoop the fruit out with a spoon.

That's what I do. Eating the skin would be like trying to eat a pair of woollen gloves :/

 

[Excelsior]

Just in case anyone is interested...I found some good info out. Apparently, the US law has been changed.

As long as you didn't have intention of relinquishing your US citizenship, you can gain citizenship in NZ, and keep your US citizenship.

 

[bleeb]

If Peter Jackson decides to make The Hobbit, then most likely it will be done in NZ....

 

[Zebo]

Why, it's a socialistic welfare state and we all know how crappy that works just ask rush limbaugh.

 

[deejayshakur]

TIM DOES

 

[StinkyPinky]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Why, it's a socialistic welfare state and we all know how crappy that works just ask rush limbaugh.

New Zealand a socialist welfare state!? You've got to be joking! It has the third most open economy in the world. Basically nothing is government owned. We barely even have any work unions. The mere thought of government regulations disgusts most of us.