[whiskythedog]

Hi everyone OH here
we left uk 10.00am mon (16th)morning and arrived at our new temp 3 weeks accomodation midnight tues in herne bay/ponsonby region (auckland)
been busy setting up new bank account/po box/looking for rental place/car hire-lots to do !!
managed to set up a broadband account (whoosh 5meg NZ$ 39.95/mth- wireless modem so dont need telephone line so handy when in short term rental)
had a long drive with our relocation exec looking at all areas of auckland - nice lunch in st heliers looking at the beach in bright sunshine - nice ( i think this could be the place for the next six months before we try to buy...)
having interview with recruitment agency tomorrow (fri) so fingers crossed ( i definitely need a job-not cheap in auckland if want to live somewhere half decent)
sarah asleep at 8.00pm as jet lag still affecting (+ being wken up at half three in morning by cockroach didnt help...aargghh)
bye all !!
greg+sarah+(but not whisky arrives 12 may..)

[Hesh]

Congrats :)

BTW.. the processing didn't take too much time.. that was really quick

[willsken]

So glad to hear you both arrived safely. :clap Looking forward to finding out how Whiskey is. (Peppers twin!!!):yes

[whiskythedog]

thanks both!
it does help a lot if got a job to go to so can put a bit of (gentle) pressure on nz immigration in uk (and all copies of relevant documents ready)
good luck - it can be done
whisky would love to meet pepper i'm sure-cant believe cost of dog licence per annum nz$ 131 + lots of restrictions re beach etc - not cheap to bring a dog and to keep it legally !! (but still cant wait to see him !)

[dipaul07]

Hi Guys,

Cant beleive you are there, I have e-mailed and not had reply so not sure if Sarah has new e-mail address, great to hear you arrived safely, I thought it was nearer the end of the month you were arriving, I bet your missing whisky.
anyway take care and will take soon.

DI ane Paul x

[Trigirl]

good to hear that you made it ok :)

[speckythecky]

Great to hear from you both and glad to know that you have made it safely (well 2 of you so far).

Hope all goes well with the job / Job search

[Marie P]

Welcome to Auckland :raebanana

Enjoy the weather ,looks like we have a nice weekend coming.:)

Best wishes .

Marie x

[shakyle2906]

Yes, Welcome to NZ!!

We have been her about 10 days and have settled in well, Jetlag was awful first few days, but now back on track.

We are based in Hastings, Hawkes Bay and loving it so far .....


Sharon
x

[whiskythedog]

thanks for all of your support!
we went over on ferry to devenport to look for a rental - sooo expensive (but it is a really nice place..)
anybody out there renting in auckland within reasonable commuting of cbd?
any ideas/tips?

[whiskythedog]

hi back again
got a temp contract working on queen street - yay!!
+sorted out rental for next 6mths - st heliers which seems nice with a 30 min commute so reasonable
we both start work on monday so real life approaching fast!!

[kanatakiwi]

st heliers, mission bay, kohimarama, glendowie, all good, not cheap but you can find something fairly reasonable, all pretty close to CDB. parnell very close but expensive. Ponsonby grey lynn and point chev, also very good areas, less costly, more funky.

[whiskythedog]

yes agreed unfortunately we are accountants so the least funkiest of all...
we are in temp apartment in herne bay so know what you mean
dog arriving 12 may so need fairly trad home