Emigrating to New Zealand where is the best place to live

Emigrating to New Zealand where is the best place to live?
Hi, my partner and I am going to be emigrating from the UK to New Zealand but where in New Zealand? Can you please help! We after somewhere with: * good job prospects (I'm a legal secretary, my partner is a service engineer for gym equipment) * house prices musnt be too expensive * nice location i.e. scenery, crime. would be nice to be overlooking or close to a beach, lake (i love dolphins) * dont really want a long drive to work each day * good shops & activities * also relaxing and peaceful (if possible) I think Wellington is possibly out for us as dont like the sound of earthquakes every 2 to 3 months and personally I dont like it windy. I think our main concern is job prospects and a 'nice' area. So have I made it near impossible to find our perfect place in NZ? Although if what I'm saying about Wellington isnt as bad as it sounds then PLEASE do put me right as I like the positioning of Wellington :)
Other - Australia - 4 Answers
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South Island is a good place to live plus all your likes - just pick any town but I think Christchurch possibly the better for job prospects. North Island is closer to the quake zone but job prospects are brighter given the larger number of people and businesses. Also warmer in North Island. South Island can be freaking cold. Take a trip and check out the places you shortlist. I did.
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G-day http://www.movetonz.org/ NZ is one of the few countries that really do have 4 seasons. Personally I think the south Island is better - beautiful landscape vast mountain chains, steaming volcanoes, sweeping coasts, golden beaches, alpine peaks, glaciers, rain forests and grassy plains.! I lived in Nelson (for many years) located at the top of the South Island. Nelson city is the 10th most populous city and geographical centre of New Zealand. Nelson and Tasman Region has a resident population of 92,300 (2006 census) Annual Rainfall: 985mm, Average Sunshine Hours: 2392hrs (sunniest place in NZ) Max Temperature January 22.3º Min 13º Extreme Max 36.13º Max temperature July 12.2º Min 1.5º Extreme Min -6.6º Main website for Nelson is http://nelsonnz.com On one side of Nelson you have Abel Tasman http://www.abeltasman.co.nz and Golden Bay, http://www.goldenbay.net.nz/en/guide.html and the other side Marlborough.http://www.destination.co.nz/marlborough - everything is not far away if wanting a change of scenery. Close to everything, beaches, the countryside, ski fields, wineries, hiking tracks etc…. again my opinion, less crime in South Island also. Nelson is probably the safest place. Next choice would be Christchurch. Houses are expensive anywhere in NZ – but Nelson is not as expensive as Auckland or Wellington. For more info – http://nelsonnz.com http://www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/jobs/jb-living.htm For Christchurch - http://www.christchurch.org.nz/Living/ Moving to NZ Information - http://newzealandnow.info/au/article/au-come-on-over Working in NZ http://www.workingin-newzealand.com http://www.workpermit.com/new_zealand/new_zealand.htm Cost of living in NZ http://www.emigratenz.org/cost-of-living-in-new-zealand.HTML http://www.nz-immigration.co.nz/cost-of-living Other option if you have Google Earth – type in Nelson, New Zealand and click on the many photos people have added to the database.
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NZ has a kind of social complexity that you do not encounter in any other country. There is a strong bullying culture at work environment especially towards foreigners. It is a small isolated country. So what you think the major source of income is. Of course it is agriculture and tourism.The problem is because salaries are low most educated people leave for better income overseas. This creates a big problem.. As I said it is a small country.So what do you think people might feel when most young generation emigrate. Well they feel they are invaded by foreigner migrants especially Asians, Indians and others. For many years white people dominated the country and Maories were lower class citizens. When the white young generation is emigrating the country, fear of losing the power and fear of losing the working class (age 16-45) can cause a hostile environment towards new comers….If you spend some time with them you will see how much they adore and admire themselves and their younger ones compared to other nationalities no matter where they are from…..This is a dominant culture…even if a kiwi commits a crime if the victim is not a main stream New Zealander the chances that lawyers and justice protect their own people is quiet high. Because they want to keep their people and stop them from leaving. This culture exists in all of them .Almost all of them…politicians, doctors, lawyers, taxi drivers, farmers…..almost all of them maybe because they want to teach them to value their country and stay….however because tourism is their biggest source of income over many many years of dealing with migrants and foreigners they know they need migrants for their money….I have never seen any other nationality in the world being able to rip off so skilfully as kiwis. They make a slave out of you. They make you work for free. Most skilled migrants are young, motivated, and energetic and have some saving. They come to NZ to make a better life. They spend some of their best years of life, the first five years after leaving their country to work hard to achieve nothing instead. I have seen many families break up; I have seen many of them get depressed. A lot of them leave NZ after a few years of putting up with abuse, some leave for Australia; some go back to their home country. Some of the migrants who have some kind of support network and can stand the abuse or work as self-employed may stay and instead the way they cope with this culture is they turn to be like their kiwi abusive mates. I have seen some of them start cheating, stealing and exploiting others to be able to mentally integrate into the society around them and of course some of them do none of these and stay the way they were but in a less motivated, depressed slavery mood. Ironically when foreigners get ripped off by kiwis they get blamed for not being careful. I have seen young rich Japanese students who get bashed and their money get stolen but instead they will get criticized of being careless. Kiwi students and young generation have this mentality that foreigners are rich, are pain free and they have their money because their mummy and daddy gives them their money and they do not work hard for it so they deserve their money to be taken away from them because this is the kiwi land and if these foreigners want to stay here they should help us with our economy. We are the best people in this world, our country is the most beautiful country in the world, our government is the least corrupted government of the world (of course that is the other way round), our graduates are the brightest in the world, our poo and wee is from gold and because of all these all non-kiwis should adore us and pay us lots and lots of money because we deserve it. New Zealanders are very jealous towards Australians. You just need to tell them how better Australia is compared to NZ. Then you get a sheep thrown to your head and they fart angrily into your face. I have seen some of these kiwis when they come to Australia they brag about their country to other nationalities to encourage them to visit their country and this way to help their highly dependent economy. Some of them say funny lies, For example they say they have lived in many countries all around the world and nowhere else is like New Zealand , The best wheater, the best health system, the best education, the best and most friendly people, no corruption, no crime, affordable and great lifestyle, etc, etc. The funny thing is some of them claim they were Aussies and now live in NZ because Australia had lots of crime, Australians were racist, Australia was this and that and NZ is the best place on earth and even the whole entire universe to live! If you do not know them well you poor naïve person will believe all these and if you know them well somehow you just feel sorry. However about 35% of the population rely on social benefits (a lot of elderly left alone by their children, a lot on sickness benefits and lots skill less Maories), 70% of the medical school graduates leave the country after 2 years of finishing their studies and only one third of foreign doctors remain in this country to work due to poor working conditions. You can imagine how dangerous it can be to become sick in this country. Studies show a great percentage of migrants lose their health after being and living in NZ due to poor health system comparable to third world countries even worse. Although they claim their country is safe but if you live there you feel how dangerous it is : high bullying rate at work, constant ripping off, constant pressure from local main stream New Zealanders to suck more blood from you and poor health system and poor service due to lack of skilled professionals. Because most migrants leave after a few years the government tried to make it longer to get NZ citizenship to keep them in NZ longer. They just try to make everything longer, stretching the time they can suck up more blood. They make it more difficult for everyone to get entry to the country just to make them more eager and make their own value higher. It is just like a rouge trade person who makes you wait and run after him before he comes to your house and does all the repairing and asks you a lot of money. It is just a way of torture to take whatever they can from anyone who goes to their country because this is the only way they can have income. Otherwise except exporting agricultural products there is nothing else to be able to produce significant profit. The number one source of money over the last few decades were international students, when the number of students and skilled migrants drops they do every effort to attract them into the country and then just drag them from here to there to take their money out of their pocket and how cunning and skilled they are in this industry God knows. For example, they stupefy these students and ask them to take papers which are more expensive .You just will be amazed by their ability. Nearly almost everyone knows some tricks when it comes to meeting other nationalities. They are superficially friendly to get your trust and make a fool out of you. Because the nature is green, beautiful and peaceful a high percentage of new comers get fooled... The best preys are some naïve idiot foreigners from third world countries. They know how to bully people around the globe if they can to be able to shake them till all the money falls out of their pockets. If you live in small city after a while you realise how much they are dependent on the money foreigners bring in .You just feel you are constantly have to feed them and let them suck and that will never end. If you are skilled you have to work for long hours with low pay, what they claim is our pay is low but we offer a great lifestyle. They have very particular ways of satisfying you instead of low pay, for example they give you the power to control others, greasingly admire you, superficially make friend with you, respect you and the list goes on and on….Then when it comes to daily life activities you gradually realise your dangerous position. If you have a computer problem for example: first of all there are not much good professionals to know what they are doing secondly they ask you a fortune for just doing nothing. I remember I had to leave my computer in a shop for some technical problems, he just did nothing, absolutely nothing and then asked me to come and pick up the computer, when I got home, I just felt hopeless. Where could I go to complain and how can I prove it. I have already paid and there was no way to claim it back. I decided to move out and sell some of my furniture. The guy from a tender centre came and picked up all my belongings and told me he would sell it. I waited weeks after weeks and had to pay a lot for mobile bill to ring him. But he never sent me back any money. I wrote a complaint to the local court but again if I wanted to do anything I had to pay twice to lawyers and the court itself to solve the problem. As they had no customer to get money from….It was ridiculous. If you sit among them you just feel sick. They just admire themselves and fart on you and then you feel your head is spinning and you have to leave.
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We've come here from the UK, too. Excellent move. What you describe calls for a place that isn't too small; unfortunately, there aren't many larger ones about. But what you describe perfectly describes Dunedin and Christchurch. Both are big enough for job opportunities, and you can easily live in breathtaking scenery around them and commute in very comfortably. Dunedin feels like Inverness, in my opinion, and the landscapes around it are unbelievable. If you buy a house on the Otago Peninsula, you get to live in what is probably the most incredible environment on the planet, and you can still be in an elegant town in 20 minutes. You can see my pictures of it by following the link in my profile.

How is wellington Florida

How is wellington Florida?
hey there!, So My Family and i are moving to palm beach Florida in about 1 month.. In wellington to be precise. I've been trying to find some stuff online but its not much. I hear wellington high school is famous for the fights. which isn't too good in my book.. but my parents are making me move so yeah. Also is the work load challenging?.. we go to prep school and MAY be switching to the public school system down there. We are from New York, New York. and There is an over whelming amount of races here. and In Wellington it is predominantly Caucasian or white.. like this beats all other Races by ALOT. We.. We're Black, and my little brother is afraid he will get picked on.down there or not liked because of his skin.. would this be something we would have to worry about? I apologize if I sound ignorant or rub anyone the wrong way but we are very curious on how living is there.
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well wellington is a nice neighborhood. yea there are alot of white people but there is also a good amount of black people. wellington high is not the only school in the neighborhood. you have palm beach central, royal palm high, seminole ridge etc. also theres a mall in wellington, and the movies. but there's nothing to worry about, wellington is great , its like one of the best neighborhoods in palm beach. also you wont get judged unless your really ghetto. but if you like hollister, abercrombie and stuff you will fit in just fine. if you need to know more message me .

any jobs for me in wellington

any jobs for me in wellington?
hi been out of work now for 6 months now,been looking for work but havent had anything apart from the odd day work, no1 is hiring!! im 21 hard working fit guy, had 2 years experience as a pipe fitter, have completed a pre trade course for automotive mechanics, looking for anything at the moment, so if you need a worker part time, full time or the odd job mail me. thanks.
Wellington - 2 Answers
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you should try and get into university. I know it is not what you want to hear but people these days want professionals.
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How about the Army? They're always recruiting. You can finish your trade qualifications with them as well. http://www.army.mil.nz/

Beef Wellington (or Pate) help please!

Beef Wellington (or Pate) help please!?
I'm cooking Beef Wellington, but I just don't like the taste of the mushroom in the pate. I was thinking about coming out of left field by using a seasoning recipe that I use for Jamaican Jerk Flank Steak, but I'm not sure if it will go well inside of the puff pastry. Will it work? Is there another alternative for the pate/filling to go with the beef?
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I am a former chef and you can use chopped cooked spinach, fire roasted peppers, other veg made to resemble the mushroom duxelle, it is up to you, the jerk seasoning sounds interesting, you could even use sausage meat or ground meat made into a meatloaf mix, the trim from the tenderloin, there are variations with chicken, pork, and fish, but sear the meat, and let it cool, if you use an water veg for filling make sure it is as dry as possible or mix some breadcrumbs or flour into them after seasoning. This is one dish with alot of various ways of making it, find one you like and go with it.