Felt like the existing thread wasn't appropriate anymore having gone past the fact finding 'so they work' stage and gone headlong into the 'lets find out' stage. So, here's the new one.
Currently in transit in Dubai en route to Auckland, already lost track of time, already missing havnig family with me (and no, they don't read this so it's not for her benefit ).
For anyone thinking about it, hopefully it might give you some idea of how things go, career, specialisation differences aside of course. With any luck, there'll be some good news at the end of it, and if not, well it will have given me some comfort that when we do make it out permanently with a visa in hand, I should be able to set myself up meetings and interviews fairly quickly.
Still not forgetting I have had some great help from members here to get atr least one of the interviews - support and encouragement means a lot.