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Moggy ?[smiley=023.gif] [smiley=026.gif] [smiley=041.gif] [smiley=eusa_clap.gif] [smiley=eusa_clap.gif] [smiley=eusa_clap.gif] Well said, we've often commented on how sorry we feel for you and your crap life. You're a real trooper to put up with all that and not head back to the UK. We don't know how you cope!
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Thanks for the support, it is tough you know, there are days when I think longingly of the traffic jams and road rage and I miss my old burglar alarm and security locks, I do miss all the company of 100s others you had in the UK when climbing a hill in the middle of nowhere - here you have have to do it on your own.
Sorry I get pissed off hearing people asking the question how do Kiwis cope on their wages. The thing is that you don't appreciate till you get here how many things you don't pay for, some might just be little things but they all add up.
Free 2 week full time business course for new migrants
With the exception of Chch Central - no car parking charges
Free use of BBQs in the parks
Free business advice from the tax people
Free social events from work (for OH the bosses buy beer every friday)
Free admittance to many tourist attractions
Rates are in less in dollars than they were in pounds
Tax is less when you take into account there is no National Insurance on top
ACC health care far outstrips the UK and it is free
Car inurance costs less in dollars than it did in pounds
Bike insurance is a fraction of in the UK
This is how us poor NZ residents survive - there is less coming in but a lot less going out - simple maths.