Are you keen to learn what life in New Zealand is really like? Settling in and making new friends are all key to falling in love with your new lifestyle in a new country! Our guides include everything from healthcare, making friends, keeping in contact with home, driving in New Zealand and also cover things like the cost of living in New Zealand or what life is really like in living in Auckland. These guides will certainly help understand the New Zealand way of life and what it’s really like living in New Zealand.
Before we arrived in New Zealand we wrote the article about How to Find a Home in New Zealand. We must have done as much research as anyone! Looking back… Read More »How hard was it really to get a flat in Auckland?
Living in Auckland you soon discover that the roads are a constant traffic jam! It’s one of the downsides of being a “JAFA” (Just Another F**king Aucklander!) our solution has… Read More »Cycling in Auckland
When your in New Zealand and unless you are a multimillionaire New Zealand is pretty much the furthest away country from Europe and the UK. The time difference is 11… Read More »6 Ways to Keep in Touch with Family & Friends while in New Zealand
Something that New Zealand and the UK have in common is the love of a good bargain. This is where the similarity ends though, as the way each go about… Read More »The “Coupon Culture” of New Zealand!
From April,1,2015 UK network Three are extending their feel at home services to New Zealand, this means that contract (and pay as you go bolt on) Three mobile customers can… Read More »Keep in Contact with Home Easier with Three, Feel at Home International roaming without the charges!
As our departure date drew closer our attention slowly turned to what life we could and should create for ourselves. Me and my partner already had a rough idea of… Read More »Settling In New Zealand – Community Organisations
Settling into the “Kiwi” way of life will be challenging! Meeting new people will be key to your happiness once you arrive, there are many different ways to meet new… Read More »Settling into Life in New Zealand
As you know Auckland is the largest city of New Zealand and is a lot of people’s first choice when considering relocation. The total population of Auckland is now over… Read More »Living in Auckland
In short, New Zealand does not have a National Health Service (Darn!) All though it is partially funded by tax payer’s but it is just not open to all. If… Read More »Healthcare in New Zealand
