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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #50 on: 17 Mar 2009, 22:14 »
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #51 on: 25 Mar 2009, 03:18 »
Quote from: ModernRonin on 11 Mar 2009, 00:14
Looking for smaller cities closer to 40 deg latitude.... any thoughts on Hamilton/Tauranga, Napier or Nelson?

Not many cities on the interior of the island, are there? Seems like almost everything is by the sea.

I know I'm a bit late, but you could always try Taupo? I've lived here most of my life, and it's a beautiful place. Its got Mt Ruapehu 1.5h away in winter for skiing, the lake year round for water sports, great walking/tramping tracks, and it's handy to both Auckland and Wellington.

Just a suggestion :D

Oh, and wherever you go, don't go to Invercargill. It's even flatter than ChCh, it's full of skinheads, and the weather is usually grey, overcast and drizzly.
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #52 on: 25 Mar 2009, 18:09 »
Quote from: Brutuz on 25 Mar 2009, 03:18
Oh, and wherever you go, don't go to Invercargill. It's even flatter than ChCh, it's full of skinheads, and the weather is usually grey, overcast and drizzly.

It's one saving grace is that it has Tim Shadbolt as Mayor.
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #53 on: 25 Mar 2009, 19:52 »
Quote from: Brutuz on 25 Mar 2009, 03:18
I know I'm a bit late, but you could always try Taupo?

Okay, worth checking out. Hmm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taupo

That's a whole lotta rain. What's the average humidity around there?
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #54 on: 25 Mar 2009, 19:56 »
Anyone here from Blenheim - or know about it?

Probably no chance of getting a job as a programmer there, eh?
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #55 on: 25 Mar 2009, 23:37 »
You could always send your Resume to Weta Workshops.
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #56 on: 26 Mar 2009, 02:10 »
Quote from: Kugai on 25 Mar 2009, 18:09
Quote from: Brutuz on 25 Mar 2009, 03:18
Oh, and wherever you go, don't go to Invercargill. It's even flatter than ChCh, it's full of skinheads, and the weather is usually grey, overcast and drizzly.

It's one saving grace is that it has Tim Shadbolt as Mayor.

QFT :D

Taupo's not really that humid. We had about 2 or 3 weeks of muggy, gross weather this summer, but that's really it. And as for rainfall, so far this year it's rained maybe 4 or 5 actual days in the town itself... If it's going to rain in town, most of it will be during the night. The district itself gets a lot of rain, but Taupo town centre really doesn't get much at all.

All I really know about Blenheim is it gets the most sunshine hours per annum in the country, its just south of Picton, and it has one helluva confusing Town Centre!!
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #57 on: 26 Mar 2009, 02:25 »
Oh, and for reference's sake, this is a panoramic view of Invercargill, from the Water Tower:



Not a hill in sight!!
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #58 on: 10 Apr 2009, 15:10 »
Quote from: Kugai on 25 Mar 2009, 23:37
You could always send your Resume to Weta Workshops.

I had considered it. But there's a problem...

I'm not much of a graphics artist kinda guy. Weta is mostly special effects. I'm not sure they would need someone who hacks microcontrollers for fun, but knows basically nothing about Maya and AfterEffects. I know people who are excellent computer artists/computer animators/etc. I'm not them.
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Re: New Zealand
« Reply #59 on: 12 Apr 2009, 22:39 »
Ah, good to hear from an American expat. Looks like I'm back to looking around Chch.
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