Ok heres my list. Might be repeating some others here as well.
Likes
1. The weather, even in Auckland it just isnt as cold as the UK.
2. The beaches. Wherever you look there is a beach. The accessibility to the beaches is great.
3. The cafe society
4. The food especially the seafood, crayfish, huge mussels and prawns.
5. The food & wine festivals all over the country love them. Can recommend The Devonport Food & Wine Festival and The Scallop Festival in Whitianga especially and the Auckland Food Show in Greenlane (really good value this one).
6. Also all the cultural festivals around i.e. Pacifica, The Lantern Festival, The Diwhali Festival etc. All great to go to at least once and taste the great ethnic food and buy great ethnic products.
7. How friendly people are and helpful. People even speak to you on buses (not quite like travelling on a tube!).
8. Never ever feeling unsafe travelling home at night from Auckland city back to the North Shore on my own on the buses (always did on the tubes).
9. Batches and great weekends away.
10. Having my very own deck with a bbq on it that is still getting used!
11. Going to super 14 rugby games and seeing the All Blacks live and totally immersing myself in the rugby culture here, love it!
Dislikes
1. Public transport it is pretty crappy, especially for me being a non driver. I can get around though but its still not great.
2. Being so far away from everywhere and paying through the nose to get out of NZ. Really miss the cheapo flights to Europe.
3. Missing my friends from the UK and not being able to get a single one of them over here!
4. Being bitten to death every summer. Never ever got bitten in the UK, ever but they are certainly making up for lost time now.
5. Not being able to buy half sizes in shoes - have really struggled getting shoes here that fit me.
So, there you go. Not many dislikes really and even those ones are nothing major and the positives far outweigh them anyway. The only one that still really bugs me is not being able to my friends to visit me - that is still a huge one for me.