by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
If you have ever thought about leaving your home country and living somewhere else, then I bet New Zealand was on the shortlist.
Since 2010, New Zealand has seen, amongst other nationalities, 10,000 Americans and 42,000 British, leaving their old lives behind and moving to New Zealand.
Thousands of excited people get off the plane in Auckland or Wellington and prepare to spend their future living in New Zealand where the grass is green and the sky is blue.
And where little men live in green velvet caves.
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by Liz Deacle | Emigrating, New Zealand Travel
When you think of New Zealand, one of the most beautiful places on earth, a few things come to mind.
The Hobbit, sheep, the weird kiwi slang words, nature, green, the not very much talked about New Zealand food and last but not least; cost. Money. Expense.
But how much does it really cost to live in New Zealand?
What are the most expensive items?
The cheapest?
How much money will you need if you’re planning to visit or (even better) thinking of moving to New Zealand?
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
We have decided to do a series of life in New Zealand and so this weeks podcast episode covered the basics on how expensive it is to live in New Zealand.
We have been living in New Zealand for ten years. We emigrated from the UK where we lived in the very posh (and bloody expensive) city of Bath.
If you are posh you have to say ‘Barrth’. I always like to try my best.
We now live in the very down to earth region of Taranaki on the West Coast of the north island in New Zealand and we love it.
Moving to New Zealand and raising our kids in New Zealand was the best thing we ever did. In our opinion.
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel
I have been living in New Zealand with my family for the past ten years, and only now am I finally learning what life in New Zealand is really like.
The New Zealand slang, the customs, cost of living, the fact that you don’t moan about the weather and last but not least not turning your nose up to theNew Zealand food.
I know. What can I say? I’m slow. And a Brit.
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel
You are reading an honest New Zealand travel blog.
Lucky for you, I like to keep it real and tell you how it is.
Whether you are in the throes of moving to New Zealand or are about to visit this beautiful country, then you are on the right page.
In other posts, I cover the cost to live in New Zealand, and what it is like to raise kids in New Zealand – so if you are thinking of making the move to New Zealand and emigrating down under you might want to check those posts out.
But for now, to keep you on the straight and narrow I have 20 perfectly honest (maybe a bit too honest) truths to share with you about New Zealand.
All of them were positive (some of them were a bit munted), and yes, That is a real New Zealand slang word.
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by Liz Deacle | Emigrating, New Zealand Travel
In August this year, we will have been living in New Zealand for 10 years.
I can’t quite believe it.
It seems just yesterday that we made the decision to emigrate to New Zealand with our kids from the UK. Our grounds for leaving were many, but here is the main reason we left the UK for NZ.
New Zealand has given us a fair share of surprises and not everything was plain sailing when we first arrived.
Every country has its pros and cons, and living in New Zealand is no exception.
But, while there are things that annoy us about living here (like having to get used to the many New Zealand slang words!), there are many, many positives that make New Zealand, in my humble opinion, one of the world’s top destinations.
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