Napier City Council is offering the chance for anyone in New Zealand to meet up with a sister who lives overseas, with a 10-day expenses paid holiday in Napier!
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Category: New Zealand
After the long haul across the Indian Ocean from Dubai, I spent a frustrating hour wandering around a hot and humid Sydney terminal before re-boarding for the short hop over the Tasman Sea to Auckland. On the final approach, the clouds over the North Island shone brilliantly in the sun and, seeing them stretch out southwards in great narrow wisps, it was not hard to understand how the Maori had come to name the islands The Land Of The Long
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The Robertson family moved out to New Zealand in late 2002. Steven (39), Hayley (38) and their two daughters Samantha (11) and Charlotte (8) had been based in Sussex. Hayley had worked and lived in Spain in her early twenties and loved to travel and Steven had a yearning to find a “better life” for the family.
Fed up of long hours and “chasing his tail” to pay the mortgage, Steven had been trying to persuade Hayley to move abroad. Steven
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"Maternity services in NZ are a bit different from those in the UK. Most women are cared for by midwives throughout their pregnancy, birth and post-natal care. Very few GPs attend births any more." Kez in New Zealand gives some useful information about maternity there.
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Do you pay NZ taxes and have a UK pension interest?
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