[woodrock]

Hello to everyone on the ENZ site.
Firstly, we're new to this forum stuff so if we make errors that make us look like a couple of planks we apologise and can only blame the immigration service for having let us in!
We'd been looking at NZ as a place to retire to because we couldn't see a way of breaking out of the UK "live to work" lifestyle for about 20 years or so but circumstances and, very fortunately, "she who must be obeyed" having a Kiwi for a father have allowed us to bring everything forward by a couple of decades.
She went over in July to have a look at properties just to get an idea of what we could afford and B@*$^r me if she didn't ring up and inform me that she had bought a farm in Wellsford. That is the last time I let her loose with the cheque book!(famous last words obviously).
We too are therefore going to provide all the local farmers with much amusement as we learn to drive sheep, milk tractors and shear cattle for some time to come.
Seriously though, we hope to be able to make a go of it and become productive members of our new adoptive country.
Good luck to everyone else doing the same thing.
Any advice to newbies would be welcome.

[holland]

Hello Woodrock and welcome!! Your post made me chuckle, I can't believe your other half bought a farm!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh

Good Luck, keep us posted

J and G xx

[lockstock]

Welcome to plankdom. See, in-laws come in useful sometimes.
You won't be having the same sort of rollercoaster ride as many of the rest of us. Looks more like straight down the shute! Good luck, save us a seat:clap

[j.cool]

Kia ora Woodrock,

Welcome and congratulations to your new farm.
That's cool. My husband is allowing me to get the next place where we want to live, as long as I take him with me (and his dog of course)!!
Where is your new place? We might be neighbours for a short while!
I can show you how to milk the tractor:laugh.
Do you have farm experience or do you jump in the cold water as we did?
We bought six goats when we stated. Not even half a day later we discovered that the neighbour has exactly the same six goats, they found the way through the fence.We were chasing them putting them back over the fence and they came through another hole somewhere. Until we put the buck back! We should have taken the buck first. The chase ended with a black eye in my face because I kissed a post during the chase and next day we went to get pictures taken for the citizenship applications. :clap
Hope you have a better start!

Cheers
Lilo

[Silverwing86]

Hi Woodrock and welcome to the forum !
Sounds like you've made a prolific start to your journey :clap , good luck with the rest !

Silver

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Wow, what a spectacular way to get stuck in to NZ.

Good luck, and welcome.

We look forward to hilarious domestic stock adventures in the near future.

[StevieD]

Welcome to the forum.

Good luck guys, welcome to Aotearoa - definitely the land of the long white cloud today after a promising start :(

Just remember the end with the tail has to be avoided and you won't go far wrong :laugh

Steve

[andreamatt]

Wow!! Good luck - hope your plans go smoothly,

Andrea Matt William and Martha