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4th November 2010, 06:07 AM
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Behaviour in New Zealand and crime generally?
I have a couple of questions. We are from the UK and have lived in the USA for almost 18 years. We have obtained PR and are planning on moving to NZ in next 1-2 yrs and planning vacation next spring to activate our PR.
My husband is concerned about what he peceives as 'loutish' or 'yobbish' behaviour in New Zealand (he reads the online natonal paper every day) and the gang type violence that we both remember being an issue in the UK when we left (And I understand from family back there has got worse since we left).
I am talking about that petty and not so petty gratuitous violence, crime and bullying type stuff that you don't tend to see so much of over here in the US. Admittedly you are probably more likely to get shot and killed here!
Just trying to get a feel for what crime is really like compared to the US or the UK?
I have to say I have felt a lot safer in the USA than I ever did in the UK. He is concerned as we have 2 younger kids, 1 with special needs and they would both be of school age upon moving over. I was over in NZ for 2 weeks on a reccie trip 2 yrs ago and I felt very safe there but I am trying to convince him!
Thanks for any info or comments.
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