by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
Liz and Brian are back from their four-day long weekend in Wellington, New Zealand, where they spent three nights housesitting and spending time with their daughter.
In this week’s show, they share the exact cost of what four days and three nights away set them back and discuss whether or not it was all worth it…
Sit back, relax and enjoy as we take you on a whirlwind weekend in New Zealand’s capital city and give you plenty of truths and giggles along the way!
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by Liz Deacle | Moving to New Zealand, New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
Do you dream of moving to New Zealand? Were you born in NZ and now live elsewhere? Or maybe you already live in Aotearoa. Whichever you are you are going to love this week’s show as we dive in and share: You know you’re a kiwi when…
Enjoy!
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
In this week’s show, we talk with Bryan Vickery.
Bryan is a journalist and radio presenter here in Taranaki New Zealand, and this week he had quite the shock when, what he thought would be a quick walk in the National Park, turned into a night of survival.
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by Liz Deacle | Moving to New Zealand, New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
It’s true. There are some strange laws in New Zealand.
But not nearly as strange as some of those found in other countries. Take Mexico for example, it is illegal to kiss on the street in Guanajuato, while in the USA it is against the law to sell Kinder Eggs at the grocery store!
If you are moving to New Zealand or plan to travel to New Zealand when the borders open, then you are going to LOVE this show. You will discover three weird laws that have been passed in New Zealand and then learn about five more laws that Brian and I are considering taking to Jacinda for consideration.
To make Aotearoa much more fun…
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by Liz Deacle | Moving to New Zealand, New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
New Zealand food. Not exactly the most talked about cuisine in the world.
Why?
Is it because the New Zealand people are ashamed of their national nosh, or are they hiding something from the rest of the world?
When we made our move to New Zealand from the UK fourteen years ago ( we were to have a new life in New Zealand with kids, and thankfully, I had heard that the ice cream was a winner, so at least I had that to fall back on!) but apart from that?
No. I’ll be honest. I wasn’t expecting much in the way of New Zealand food.
Maybe a few lamb chops and a packet of butter. A glass of milk at a push.
How wrong I was…
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by Liz Deacle | Moving to New Zealand, New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
New Zealand is often referred to as being, ‘like England was fifty years ago.’ At first, I wasn’t sure what this statement meant but after living in New Zealand and witnessing the life skills and the values that New Zealand people work hard to retain, the expression became a whole lot clearer.
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