Topic: New Zealand (Read 20130 times)

CaptainClae · « **on:** 10 Mar 2009, 01:43 »

New Zealand! On Faye's shirt!

Wow, New Zealand on the internet. I'm way more excited than I should be. Any other New Zealanders who read QC?

~~mehmeh~~ · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 02:14 »

Bugmenot log in... But I'm at least one more.

Cheers for the support Faye/Jeph

Mr Knightley · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 02:20 »

Of course man. Since 2004.

Cool to see Faye wearing an NZ tee, but in her current mental state does it mean she wishes she could escape here, or that she'd like to exile Sven here?

Brutuz · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 02:44 »

Woo, NZ!!

Been reading QC since 2005

tweetles · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 03:27 »

Is this proof of how tiny our awesome little country is, that we're all like WHOOO! or does that just prove our awesomeness?
Either way I love it

happydementia · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 04:31 »

I joined the forum just so I could comment on Faye's New Zealand t-shirt. That is the level of exhaustion-numbed excitement I'm at.

Go us!

bhtooefr · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 08:22 »

Quote from: mehmeh on 10 Mar 2009, 02:14

Bugmenot log in... But I'm at least one more.

Cheers for the support Faye/Jeph

Uh. Dude. You never admit on a forum to using a bugmenot account for that forum. That usually tends to cause the account to get banned.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #7 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 12:04 »

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a bugmenot account?

bhtooefr · « **Reply #8 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 12:34 »

An account that someone registered, and posted on bugmenot, for anyone to use, without having to make an account of their own.

ModernRonin · « **Reply #9 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 17:56 »

Any of you kiwis have any suggestions about where a hopefully soon to be expat American computer programmer should move to if he wants to live in NZ?

I'm still trying to pick between Christchurch and Wellington. My friend keeps going on about Dunedin, but it looks too small for my taste. Auckland is RIGHT OUT.

Zanzan · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 19:43 »

Quote from: ModernRonin on 10 Mar 2009, 17:56

Any of you kiwis have any suggestions about where a hopefully soon to be expat American computer programmer should move to if he wants to live in NZ?

I'm still trying to pick between Christchurch and Wellington. My friend keeps going on about Dunedin, but it looks too small for my taste. Auckland is RIGHT OUT.

I'm glad that you think Auckland isn't an option as I've been living there all my life, (except for a brief stint in Christchurch) and it pretty much sucks!

tbh, I wouldn't mind either Christchurch or Wellington. Both are nice cities. Flip a coin, I guess.

tweetles · « **Reply #11 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 20:04 »

Wellington is my home and I pretty much love everything about it. Its the perfect size for a city pretty awesome bars and cafes and oriental parade is so awesome in summer. You really cant beat having a beach right in the city central.
But what i love most is sitting on cuba mall on a nice day, busker playing cool music and pretty much seeing every different type of person that exists in wellington walking past.

I love it.

So yeah Go Wellington!

SemiColon · « **Reply #12 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 20:16 »

Quote from: ModernRonin on 10 Mar 2009, 17:56

Any of you kiwis have any suggestions about where a hopefully soon to be expat American computer programmer should move to if he wants to live in NZ?

I'm still trying to pick between Christchurch and Wellington. My friend keeps going on about Dunedin, but it looks too small for my taste. Auckland is RIGHT OUT.

Go for Christchurch! Though I may be biased, I live there

Both have good and bad points, though. Christchurch is nice and flat to stroll around in, though the city centre is quite small (compared to American cities). Traffic jams in Christchurch are rare events. Wellington is hilly, and often very windy. But there are more events in Wellington, like the Fringe Festival, parades, and concerts. Plus it's got the biggest museum in NZ.

Out of curiosity, why did you rule out Auckland?

obey_the_soapbubble · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 21:52 »

I'm another dork who just registered to say how happy I am that New Zealand got a mention in one of my fave webcomics ^_^

Quote from: ModernRonin on 10 Mar 2009, 17:56

Any of you kiwis have any suggestions about where a hopefully soon to be expat American computer programmer should move to if he wants to live in NZ?

I'm still trying to pick between Christchurch and Wellington. My friend keeps going on about Dunedin, but it looks too small for my taste. Auckland is RIGHT OUT.

I would say Wellington, I live there and think it's a great city, it does have rather a lot of hills but the public transport is pretty good and the hills and harbor mean that it is a very pretty city, being in the North island means that you have easier access to other places that you'll probably want to visit but as Wellington has the ferry it's good for getting to the South island too. It has lots of shows and entertainment and if you want to brave Auckland for the ones up there it's much more convenient for that (Auckland is rubbish apart from one pizza place and Cirque Du Soleli though). As it's further north than Chch Wellington's warmer (although at the moment it's still kinda freezing) but the ski fields in the South island are much better than the ones in the North island. I would say that Chch is too flat but that's just because I love Wellington ^^

They are both great cities though so I'm sure you'll like whichever you choose.

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #14 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 22:06 »

Ah, yes, I live in (Wellington) New Zealand, and I have to say my reaction to the t-shirt was

I was brought up in Christchurch, lived for short periods in Auckland and been in Wellington 7 years. Christchurch is OK but I find it kind of stifling, Dunedin has a cool atmosphere but is fucking cold. Auckland sucks but has the most money. Wellington is definitely by favourite - but public transport is only good if you live in certain areas. Everwhere I've lived is a huge pain in the arse and drives me bloody nuts. And it's expensive!

tweetles · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 22:14 »

Wellington public transport was awesome for me especially since i didnt have to leave the house untill 9am so i could just buy daytrippers $5 unlimited travel from 9am - midnight which was awesome since it would usually cost me $3.50 to get to town or uni. The buses in general are pretty awesome except for when they brake down.

But man I love Wellington and miss it horribly

Chocolate Milk · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 22:38 »

Another New Zealander who joined just to say "awesome".

Also, I'm at university in Christchurch, and I think it's great. The main reason I chose it over Wellington was because (having lived in the North Island for most of my life) I've been there too much; I'd never been to Christchurch before. I love it now. Particularly the architecture, the flatness (hills are nice but you get sick of them) and the beautiful South Island scenery. Public transport is awesome. Wellington is way more trendy, warm, and the city centre's more fun, but for me I'd consider it more of a place to visit than live.

I'm thinking if you ruled out Dunedin because of the size you'd do better in Wellington, at any rate. Don't forget that New Zealand is small enough that you can get between cities for not so much. Definitely make the trip over to the South Island though, it's much prettier.

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:23 »

Quote from: tweetles on 10 Mar 2009, 22:14

Wellington public transport was awesome for me especially since i didnt have to leave the house untill 9am so i could just buy daytrippers $5 unlimited travel from 9am - midnight which was awesome since it would usually cost me $3.50 to get to town or uni. The buses in general are pretty awesome except for when they brake down.

But man I love Wellington and miss it horribly

Oh yeah, the day tripper's pretty sweet. If you're on main bus routes it's good and I caught the train from Khandallah to town for a while when I first moved here and the train was awesome. But where I currently live the only bus anywhere near leaves every hour and can be 5 min early or 20 min late. Alternatively when busing to Miramar I had to walk for 20 min and catch a bus (or walk the full 40 min, 5k). It's just painful when you have to allow an hour for a 10 min drive!

I'm glad I live where I do though (Lyall Bay/Miramar, great view, culdesac up a wee zig zag so feels private and great for cats).

Where do you live now then?

Quote from: Chocolate Milk on 10 Mar 2009, 22:38

Also, I'm at university in Christchurch, and I think it's great. The main reason I chose it over Wellington was because (having lived in the North Island for most of my life) I've been there too much; I'd never been to Christchurch before. I love it now. Particularly the architecture, the flatness (hills are nice but you get sick of them) and the beautiful South Island scenery. Public transport is awesome. Wellington is way more trendy, warm, and the city centre's more fun, but for me I'd consider it more of a place to visit than live.

Yeah I miss some things a lot... I don't think I'll ever adjust to the hills here (my calves and general sense of "wrong") even though I find Wellington's wildness beautiful. I miss souvalakis in the Square and the old university, walking the dog on the Port Hills and daffodils and blossoms in spring. Skiing so close to home every weekend, the Canterbury plains and endless blue sky with beating down sun in summer, 5 min walks from town to home.

But I love how open Wellington feels, how much less judgemental and socially strata-ed it is, and comparatively multicultural. Christchurch is so... English.

bloodypiper · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:29 »

It seems I am the only one here from Auckland, NZ.
I like the place. Its not the worst place to live but I can see why people love Wellington + Chch more. Wouldnt mind moving down country myself, actually hopefully moving to ohakune once ski season starts tbh.
Anyway.
Was shocked to see that on Fayes shirt and just generally in the mood of awe at our little country being featured on one of my favourite web comics...

Chocolate Milk · « **Reply #19 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:38 »

Quote from: Fenriswolf on 10 Mar 2009, 23:23

But I love how open Wellington feels, how much less judgemental and socially strata-ed it is, and comparatively multicultural. Christchurch is so... English.

First week of my first year here, I was with some new friends driving in town. We were laughing at the street names, and how English they were: Suffolk St, Leeds St, Essex St, Newcastle St. Then we went past England St.

But yeah, it's very English. Which can be a good thing and a bad thing.

I would say, though, that the judgmental thing and open thing can vary. I've not experienced anything like that (although granted I'm living in the university part of town). Except when I've spent time in the richer suburbs; but those are easily avoided.

Also, I like Auckland myself. I would have gone there for uni over Christchurch if the campus was less spread out. I think it has a lot more personality than people give it credit for.

tweetles · « **Reply #20 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:40 »

Quote from: Fenriswolf on 10 Mar 2009, 23:23

Alternatively when busing to Miramar I had to walk for 20 min and catch a bus (or walk the full 40 min, 5k). It's just painful when you have to allow an hour for a 10 min drive!

I used to live in miramar, the no. 2, 24 and 18 went right past my house so i still found it pretty sweet, though im guessing if you live around miramar heights it might be more of an issue and yeah buses are never on time and just when you think yourve got a bit of time because its always late the damn thing come early! haha but I did love the walk into town so pretty. My mate and me even chalked the concrete wall coming in miramar one day out of boredom.

Im kinda stuck in Brisbane at the moment, came for the holidays and to visit family and now i cant afford to go home haha

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #21 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:44 »

Nah I'm Lyall Bay/Melrose and buses around here are SHIT. I've lived in Mt Cook and Hataitai though and they were both pretty good. #2 in particular is mostly good. I was thinking this morning with the time it takes to catch a bus to work in Newtown (and get there 25 min early because of the timetable) I may as well walk the 5-or-so-k.

I am totally amused you're stuck in Brisbane.

I take it it's not too terrible?

ModernRonin · « **Reply #22 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:49 »

Quote from: SemiColon on 10 Mar 2009, 20:16

Out of curiosity, why did you rule out Auckland?

I live in a city of nearly 100k, and it's getting to be too big for me. Traffic is insane. I can't go out on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday without elbowing my way through endless herds of fratboys. Even the dive bars on the opposite side of town from campus are jammed to the gills. Most of all, I will never be able to afford any kind of house/condo/whatever here. Although the housing bubble (which has finally popped, and is now crashing the US economy) definitely made things worse than normal for the past decade, the truth of the matter is that even before that, a one-bed house with no garage still cost $250k around here. Going to Auckland... would just be making my situation worse. It'd be like moving to New York.

I'm also an outdoorsy person. I guess I have my hometown to thank for that. Looking at that wiki page, you can imagine how much fun it is to climb, hike and camp all over those mountains. I have done a whole lot of that for the past 15 years, and I love it. And when I'm not hiking or climbing I'm usually on my motorcycle riding the canyons. This is a mark against Christchurch, since I hear it's flat as a board out there. Or is it, really? I look at pictures like this and say, "Hey, that looks a lot like Boulder!" Maybe there's a small town in the foothills near Chch I can move to?

Of course, I suspect it will be economic factors that eventually decide. I need to be able to get a job, one way or another. It will probably be easier for a programmer to get a job in Wellington. And I admit, the idea of being in the New Zealand equivalent of San Francisco does appeal to me - I'm a big liberal, politically. What doesn't appeal to me is the humidity. Boulder is very dry (semi-arid) and I like it that way. I'm not looking forward to sweaty summers and chill winters in a big city. I realize that Christchurch isn't exactly dry either, but it's supposed to be one of the dryer places in NZ, so... Also, my friend who recommended Dunedin gave Wellington a very negative review.

Thanks a lot to everyone who's offered an opinion so far! I'm getting tons of great information from these comments. If anyone else wants to chime in, please do. And sorry if my thread hijacking is annoying anyone...

exia · « **Reply #23 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:49 »

Mint! found pplz la! keeped say im gonna make a account and look for kiwis. im in auckland. started reading qc when ep 10 came out. sarah posted in here yet ?

tweetles · « **Reply #24 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:54 »

Apart from all my friends and generally my life being in another country its actually a pretty nice place. And the weather is like perfect most of the time so can't complain too much. I feel bad but i still kinda of cringe when im talking to someone with a 'true blue aussie accent'. But it ok cos apparently they cant understand half of what im saying either

Living in KB an miramar during summer i rarely took the bus, unless i was heading straight to uni stuff walking un the hill to vic!

tweetles · « **Reply #25 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:58 »

Trust me it would be very rare for you to find a Kiwi who doesnt want to talk about New Zealand, we're very patriotic in our own little way. And most of us will say that our own little "slice of heaven" is the best in the world

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #26 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 00:02 »

Christchurch is flat as a board. But it does have hills to one side and Lyttleton is like a tiny Wellington, to me anyway. Haha.

This is Canterbury (Christchurch is on the Canturbury plains):

This is Lyttleton:

This is Christchurch from the Port Hills:

Christchurch has nice bike trails but the city itself is flaaaaaaaaaaat. Really foggy in winter because it's a basin, not so bad if you live in Brighton though. It's always a big smoggy so I was amazed at the amount of stars I could see when I moved to Wellington! Also my asthma was greatly improved by moving up here. Although the high pollen count here doesn't help...

Why didn't your mate like Wellington? I'm not going to be offended. lol Wellington also has horribly high house prices, as of a few years ago (don't think it's changed a lot though the South Island overall has gone up a lot) Auckland was the highest prices but Wellington had the highest averages. Anywhere in the South Island is generally cheaper than any of the cities in the North Island though!

Finally I find people in Wellington 200% friendlier than in Christchurch. I really like Dunedin but I feel a bit uncomfortable with how completely white it is. I'm white myself but you really notice as you travel down the country how you see fewer and fewer Maori and Pacific Islanders. My mate who's Cook Island Maori had a random dude run up to him in Dunedin to say hello just because he was all happy to see someone else dark! lol

tweetles: Isn't that hill wonderful? I lived right by uni for a while when I was going to VUW and man it's a bitch on your legs, even when you do it every day! Kilbirnie is certainly one of the best areas for getting around too.

ModernRonin · « **Reply #27 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 00:14 »

> Christchurch has nice bike trails but the city itself is flaaaaaaaaaaat. Really foggy in winter because it's a basin,

Sounds like Denver. I think I definitely need to start looking outside Christchurch. Lyttleton sounds very interesting, I'll check into that...

> Why didn't your mate like Wellington?

I'm guessing he stayed in a bad part of town. He said it was noisy all night (hookers outside) and that he got the impression that the whole city was sort of dingy and gray.

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.

Chocolate Milk · « **Reply #28 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 00:51 »

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?

I'm from a small town near Napier and it's a nice enough town, but not very exciting. You'd also have trouble finding a job in programming there. Biggest draw is the Art Deco architecture. Hawke's Bay in general is pretty sunny and has great vineyards. I'd suggest base yourself in a big city, but definitely go and visit the smaller towns.

Also, my mental image of Wellington has it a very colourful place, particularly the inner city.

I have a feeling you'll love wherever you end up, though. *is a little bit biased*

pwhodges · « **Reply #29 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 00:54 »

Quote from: Fenriswolf on 10 Mar 2009, 23:23

Christchurch is so... English.

I had a colleague in the 1970s who emigrated to New Zealand to find the preserved "English values" which he felt had been destroyed at home by the swinging 60s.

smellygrayham · « **Reply #30 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 01:44 »

Quote from: happydementia on 10 Mar 2009, 04:31

I joined the forum just so I could comment on Faye's New Zealand t-shirt. That is the level of exhaustion-numbed excitement I'm at.

Go us!

ditto. although i have been meaning to for a while know...seriously, i mean it

anywho yay for new zealand representing on QC! I do wonder why though.
I'm in Christchurch myself..damn this stupid weather! Oh and hi fellow QC kiwis

InsaneAlien · « **Reply #31 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 03:40 »

Another one who signed up purely for saying "I'm a kiwi QC fan!"

Personally, I love Christchurch. Fog is fun, and we've got hills aplenty in case of Viking invasion. (Where did the thing about New Zealand having Vikings come from, by the way? I have several American friends who've asked about the Viking invasions.) But then, I've never lived anywhere else, so I'm slightly biased.

Also, my first thoughts on seeing the New Zealand shirt were, "Why is Faye the one with a New Zealand t-shirt? New Zealand's not that big!"

ModernRonin · « **Reply #32 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 10:30 »

Huge... tracts of land??

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #33 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 10:57 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 11 Mar 2009, 00:54

I had a colleague in the 1970s who emigrated to New Zealand to find the preserved "English values" which he felt had been destroyed at home by the swinging 60s.

lol OMG... that's probably not a good thing...

Quote from: ModernRonin on 11 Mar 2009, 00:14

> Why didn't your mate like Wellington?

I'm guessing he stayed in a bad part of town. He said it was noisy all night (hookers outside) and that he got the impression that the whole city was sort of dingy and gray.

Ahh, yeah, there is an area that's fairly cheap that's like that. Most of it isn't though. Funny about the grey - while it can be, most of NZ can be, it generally isn't because of the wind. And yes, it is windy. I was like "meh" until I actually moved here and was shocked by how much it bothered me but not the locals!

But yeah winter's pretty grey and depressing but summer this year has been fucking glorious 90% of the time. We have quite up and down weather but it can be really beautiful. We have a lot of sunshine hours per year, it's just that often the cold wind takes away from that (I'm always whinging to Wellingtonians about that, haha.)

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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.

Hamilton is a shit hole, I hate it, and I was born there so I'm allowed to bag it.

Seriously it's incredibly muggy in summer, ugly, full of goddam skinheads and generally creepy... seriously it's just awful. It probably has up points but given it's smoggy, humid, flat and fairly big (for NZ!) I doubt you'd like it.

Tauranga's quite nice, really warm, is full of retired people though. Napier no idea though I think the weather's nice and I like Nelson a lot but it's pretty small. I think you can get pretty sweet accommodation cheap in Nelson, it's bushy and sunny. Never lived there but our American Bulldog was bred there!

ModernRonin · « **Reply #34 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 14:17 »

Cool. Time to check those out...

SemiColon · « **Reply #35 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 21:39 »

@ModernRonin

I think Lyttleton sounds like a good option for you (from what I've heard in this thread). It's right next to the Port Hills, which have some good trails for hiking etc. You'd get that small town feeling, too, and it's a pleasant and pretty place to live. Also, you can easily commute in to Christchurch for a job, it's about 30-40 minutes drive.

CaptainClae · « **Reply #36 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 01:38 »

Wow, didn't expect this large of a New Zealand presence! I guess this means we pretty much rock heaps by now.

Also for people moving here, go to wellington. I'm assuming most QC readers are into their music, and Wellington has got probably the coolest scene in NZ. The foreigners can check our wicked dub ragga stuff.

BUT whatever you do, don't go to Hamilton. It's my closest city and it's pretty average. Nothing really happens here, although we now get the V8s (woo?), and the music scene here pretty much is xHARDCOREx so that's also mega dumb.

Just out of curiosity, any other Hamilton/Waikato losers here?

tweetles · « **Reply #37 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 03:42 »

I used to live in Rotorua but since I didnt particually want my life to be about having babies I left for Welly as soon as I finished school.

Neskah · « **Reply #38 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 00:44 »

Hehehe I'm an Aussie who's been living in New Zealand for 5 years and I LOVE Wellington

It's fucking windy and cold and I bitch every time it rains. I've been Known to grumble "Why the fuck did I ever move to such a God forsaken place?!"

Then I look around me and remember. It's beautiful. It's just Right. It's not perfect but even the flaws are precious.

I'm from Sydney and just had enough of a hustle and bustle city. Welly has everything you need with out the excess, and everything is only a sneeze away. The people are relaxed and ....

Okay I'm not wording what I want to say right, I guess you have to go there to get it.

I live out Hutt ways and travel into the city and all I hear is people bitch about how small NZ is and Why would an Aussie want to move here?

Because your city is the size of a suburb, you have real ticket conductors who actually clip your train ticket. You have fog over the golf courses and hedgehogs!! Taxi drivers apologise for the traffic and you can only say "Dude, it's not even Sydney on a sunday". Take a load off. Shop at East Bank then wander down to Manners for a crepe. Take your coffee to the water front and feed the ducks, then head back in time to finish the afternoon shift...

Okay admittedly not every day is that relaxed, but even my worst day here competes with my best back home.

Your country is precious and I love it. It's worth putting up with the cold.

hehe my only complaint is everyone assumes you'll be having a kid soon. People seem to have a skewed sense about what a woman is supposed to aspire to... but i do find that attitude is changing slowly.

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #39 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 00:48 »

Man, there are a lot of Wellingtonians on here! Well, comparatively a lot. I do love New Zealand. I don't get on board with political patrotism per se but I do love how laid back NZers are, how wild much of the country is, how weird our native wildlife is and how fascinating all our different landscapes are. I love how liberal we (mostly) are, and I think as far as it goes we're pretty good for racism, sexism and homophobia. A long way to go, but I'm still proud of our country. Which is why I'm shit scared of our current conservative backlash... or whatever you want to call it. *sigh*

But yeah, Wellington is so fantastic. Cuba St and Manners Mall are such chilled places to hang out. And even though I too bitch about the wind and sometimes feel like I can't take it it's totally worth it.

tweetles · « **Reply #40 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 04:31 »

Aww Welly Love!

fortytwotwelve · « **Reply #41 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 15:53 »

Canadian here, but I spent 3 months (Sept-Dec) in Wellington. Love it, love it, love it. I miss living right next to the Botanic Gardens, wandering around Cuba Street, having gelato from Kaffe Eis on the waterfront, taking the bus down to Lyall Bay to watch the surfers... Definitely want to go back as soon as I can.

My only problem in Wellington was finding work, but I think it was mainly due to the fact that I wasn't planning on staying long-term, so they were reluctant to hire me for office/professional jobs. I applied to a ton of temp agencies, but I really didn't get much. (At one point I wore a sandwich board and handed out pamphlets at the train station, just for some income.) But again, if you're planning to be living there long-term, it'll probably be easier to find work.

Dunedin and Christchurch are both friendly, interesting, and very distinct cities, but my heart is definitely in Welly.

(Also, the "Vikings in New Zealand" thing is from Flight of the Conchords.)

happydementia · « **Reply #42 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 00:36 »

I like Wellington, it's nice. But after going to China, I have to say that I love Christchurch.

ModernRonin, if you are an outdoors person you need to move to the South Island. Christchurch is simply great, because you're an hour (or less in some parts) away from the mountains. It's two and a bit hours to the West Coast, which has to be some of the most amazing bush in the world. Further south is the Fjordlands, which I've heard are fantastic.

Christchurch itself is quite a conservative, traditional city but it's not that bad. It's got quite an underground movement if you're into that sort of thing, and the stuff you can find there is really interesting. It's probably not as interesting as Wellington, but Christchurch is cheaper and it's nice and relaxed and comfortable. Not to mention you can live in the country (as I do - go Prebbleton xD) and be twenty minutes drive from the very centre of the city.

I don't like Lyttleton because it's too far away from town for my liking. However to visit it's really cool, as it's got good walking, biking, swimming, exploring and isn't too far away from the city for many people. Banks Peninsula as a whole is really fascinating. Little River is another good place to live. It's 30 mins from the city, absolutely gorgeous and very close to good beaches, as well as being on the way to Akaroa.

I'm with you on patriotism, Fenriswolf. I'm not politically patriotic, but NZ is a great place to live and Kiwis are really cool (I'm a Kiwi born and bred). And the more I think about the countryside of NZ and the relaxed attitude we've got to most things, the more I like it.

-will love NZ forever-

ModernRonin · « **Reply #43 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 13:01 »

Cool, thanks. I will check all of those out.

Kugai · « **Reply #44 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 20:59 »

Well, it seems the consensus it that you should come and stay here in Wellywood.

Not a bad idea.

Zanzan · « **Reply #45 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 23:33 »

Quote from: Kugai on 15 Mar 2009, 20:59

Well, it seems the consensus it that you should come and stay here in Wellywood.

Not a bad idea.

You guys are making me want to move to Welly

championofkhorne · « **Reply #46 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 14:32 »

what would a denizen of Wellywood be called? I wellingwoodenite?

sounds sketchy to me lol

Kugai · « **Reply #47 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 20:30 »

The posh amongst us prefer Wellingtonian *Sniff*

Me, I'm just a plain ol' Wellylad

Hellava lot better than being a JAFA.

happydementia · « **Reply #48 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 12:49 »

I'm a JAFA! Nothing to be proud of.

ModernRonin · « **Reply #49 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 21:57 »

> what would a denizen of Wellywood be called?

Wellywoody?

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