So, comming back to the original question :- can we live on these wages..
1) What is your definition of 'live' is it maintain a materialistic or non-materialistic lifestyle or just exist.....
2) Is it a comparision of transplanting your current lifestyle into a new culture and environment only to reap additional benefits?
3) Is it about a life change, e.g. sacrificing one thing for something else that may make your sole more happy?
So, what is important to one person may mean totally something else to another?
I think what we can all agree on is that there is a motivation for comming to NZ, what ever that is. Also, for some, if not all, this means a compromise, one opportunity versus another.
Better to do that with open eyes and managed expectations, rather than rose coloured spectacles.
In life, like most things, there are no silver bullets.
Ultimately, a question of personal choice to be somewhere and accept it for what it really is - and we are lucky to have that opportunity.
So, is the question, can you afford to just exist, live your current lifestyle, or find a better one than the one you have now.
It is tough, but sometimes there is only one way to find out - try it.
Originally Posted by Rabbit
Been there and done it at less than $42K with four of us. We did and still managed it. To be honest, my OH and I prefer our life in NZ with low wages (still then, would be like to have more pay) rather than in UK with better pay. 
