Good things about New Zealand?

[Jaywalker]

So, what are the best things about New Zealand? We're flying out a week Monday and are terrified! Give us a positivity boost!

Matt & Jack

[Jaywalker]

Blimey! That many?

[Trigirl]

All those kiwi types are asleep right now! I don't think those of us that haven't gone dare say anything (tempting fate and all that!)

[StevieD]

Yeah only Kiwis you find around will be foraging in the forests of Northland for grubs at this time mate!! Or insomniacs....

[gil]

Hi Matt and Jack,
You could always watch Billy Connolly's world tour of NZ
We're flying a week Saturday (18/11) so can't tell you much yet. Good luck. Where are you flying to/from?

Gil

[Trigirl]

Despite the tempting fate thing – my thoughts on the “good things” about NZ:

As a tourist I loved:
Breathtaking scenery
So many different things to do and see
Safe to travel alone
Lovely fresh food, widely available, not horribly expensive to eat out.
Easy to get around the whole country
Very friendly people

As a migrant I’m hoping for:
A house I can afford without an enormous mortgage
A short commute to work
Less crowded city
Access to better facilities for swimming and other sports
A more outdoors lifestyle
Some new and different experiences

[Ana&Steve]

So, what are the best things about New Zealand? We're flying out a week Monday and are terrified! Give us a positivity boost!

Matt & Jack

It's not the US?
/ Oh, I'm just joking
// a little
Seriously, though, it was just something in the air, for us. I hate to sound cheesy, but just visiting the countryside and breathing it all in, it made me feel more hopeful than I've felt in a long time.

You could always watch Billy Connolly's world tour of NZ

I am having a hard time tracking it down in the US will keep trying.
Ana

[Ana&Steve]

Despite the tempting fate thing – my thoughts on the “good things” about NZ:

As a tourist I loved:
Breathtaking scenery
So many different things to do and see
Safe to travel alone
Lovely fresh food, widely available, not horribly expensive to eat out.
Easy to get around the whole country
Very friendly people

As a migrant I’m hoping for:
A house I can afford without an enormous mortgage
A short commute to work
Less crowded city
Access to better facilities for swimming and other sports
A more outdoors lifestyle
Some new and different experiences

It's like you wrote down what was in my head!
Ana

[felix]

So, what are the best things about New Zealand? We're flying out a week Monday and are terrified! Give us a positivity boost!

Matt & Jack

Its soooooooooooo far removed from the UK//like in miles and general day to day living. Always somewhere to park, empty beaches...kids are kids for longer, highly child orientated place, apparently happy, unstressed folk, the wide open spaces, the lack of crowds, the space, an unbelievably diverse country, the space..did I mention space?? A house and neighbourhood that I would have to be a millionaire to own in the UK... endless, endless things to do for both kids and adults alike..the beach is only 40 mins away..mountains are the view from my back garden, we have a swimming pool, no traffic, hugely better quality of life both spiritually and fiscally, great food and wine, a slower pace of life..loadsa space, zero crime that impacts us daily as a family..(we were up to our eyes in it in Northampton) a country that still seems to have an identity, we as a country are not in bed with the US..we are small and independent..the only people are those that don't like NZ and all the others we beat at so many sports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is no where else on earth that could give us everything we have here. Do you get the impression we like it here..19 months on and it just gets better!!

NZ truly rocks...especially when accompanied by an earthquake!!

[wilson182]

As a migrant I’m hoping for:
A house I can afford without an enormous mortgage
A short commute to work
Less crowded city
Access to better facilities for swimming and other sports
A more outdoors lifestyle
Some new and different experiences

We gained all of the above and then some..............