Originally Posted by
Karen Phillips
I guess it's also relevant in terms of the sorts of questions I might be able to answer that while in NZ I worked in Higher Education and Real Estate, recruited students and tutors, mainly in the IT field and have a network of IT-related colleagues and friends. I lived for 11 years in Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty on a lifestyle block for much of the time and miss it every day - especially the beaches, the cafes, the food, the sun.:wah. I was there with my husband and daughter - who went through Intermediate and High School in Tauranga before Vic Uni and Auckland Uni. My husband was in the food industry - avocado oil and my daughter started work in Events management at a very large hotel in Auckland. Oh, and I was District commissioner for Pony Club for a few years.