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Insure your property with Intasure!

If you have a holiday home, how do you know what’s happening to it while you’re away? To help give you the peace of mind you need, Intasure offer holiday home insurance, underwritten by Lloyds of London, for people with holiday homes in 25 popular holiday destination countries. Get your free no-obligation quotation here!

New Zealand – Maternity Services

“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.

Writing love letters to life

“If you are so lucky as to be a scrapbooker, you take your memories with you as you leave home, and you approach each new adventure with new appreciation because at the very least it may yield the best scrapbook page (or layout) of your life.” Joanna Campbell Slan explains how keeping a scrapbook can bring new joys and consolations to expat life.