[Welshgirl]

Oh, so many things to reply to in your post gossage, but I will keep it short as I believe this thread needs to come to an end.

I believe that you questioned whether I knew what 'debate' was - I throw the same question back to you. People, such as yourself, give their opinion/s and opinion/s are returned - sometimes agreeing, sometimes disagreeing. After your original post, I think you will find that some people did agree with some of what you said and voiced their opinions, and some people disagreed with some of what you said and voiced their opinions - a debate. Nobody is 'attacking' you.

Moving on, if people know NZ's faults but still think it is great (as is your opinion), surely this just means that they are prepared to see NZ, warts 'n' all, as it really is, and yet are still prepared to live there. That's not blinkered and it doesn't necessarily mean they do not know any of the bad points - ask any of our members and I'm sure they will be able to tell you several downsides of NZ.

Finally, the fact that your comments were not pro-NZ had nothing whatsoever to do with what I said to you. We're not trying to sell NZ here, there's nothing in it for us! This site is about impartial, balanced advice from people who want to come here, people who are already here, people who have been here on holiday and people who want to come back - in fact, anybody with something to say.

Let's agree to disagree gossage and start afresh ?[smiley=White_flag.gif]