[holland]

Hey all,

Well we are here!! he he, on cloud nine at the minute...we are really happy, the sun is shining and I am sat on a balcony with my laptop in Parnell near Auckland. Been really busy these last few days, opened bank accounts, sorted mobiles out, la la la, oh yes and we have bought a car today, so we actually own something now...yippee!!!

Just got back from Auckland museum absolutely fantastic well well worth a visit.

Everyone here is so so friendly.

Heading to Hawkes Bay on Saturday so looking forward to seeing some gorgeous countryside and beaches...life is good....

Speak soon

Jade and Graham xx

[IanW99]

Congratualtions on the start of your new life!!!

:raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

You may want to check out these threads:-

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14653
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14690

Ian

[jubjub]

Ooh, straight to the posh part of town too, you dont hang about!

I love balconies on a sunny day, have you got a glass of white in your hand? or maybe a beer...??

Enjoy HB, we have still never made it down there..... (I even have relatives I could visit, and STILL not been!)

[holland]

Thanks for those links Ian....how lovely of everyone! I haven't got a clue whether I have typing errors in these posts...as I can't see the screen (literally) as the sun is so bright...aghhhhh, its a hard life!!!!!!!!!!!!

J and G xx

[M&J]

Welcome guys, you have definatley arrived in time for the good weather. You'll love Hawkes Bay we are going down there for New Year.

Enjoy this exciting time and this glorious weather. I'm off to fine the vino!!!

Jo :cheers

[Lupin]

Welcome to New Zealand Jade and Graham :)

Should warn you- weather here in HB is glorious atm, but set to change at the weekend and do the southerly thing for a while, so don't panic when you get here!

[Silverwing86]

Welcome to New Zealand Jade and Graham :raebanana :raebanana!!

How wonderful you must feel now that all the stress of the days and weeks before the move (I assume the house exchange turned out okay in the end ?) has finally fallen away :yes !

It's sounds like you're really getting things done at racing speed :laugh and isn't it lovely to come to such wonderful weather ?

Enjoy yourselves to the max and best of luck settling in !

Silver

[Smiler]

Ooooooooohhhhh Welcome to New Zealand at last! :raebanana:raebanana

Have a super time in Auckland and enjoy the drive to HB. :cheers

[Gemini]

Welcome, I hope you remain on cloud 9 and manage to settle really well. :)

[Kim39]

Well hello and welcome to a land full of blue skies and sun......at the moment!!!!


Kim

[Moorf]

Welcome to New Zealand :raebanana

Look forward to hearing more!

Moorf

[lockstock]

There you are! I was wondering when you'd get back to us. Congratulations - now get on and enjoy it all:raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

[holland]

Hey all,

Thanks for lovely replies, just deciding which of the gorgeous places we are going to eat in tonight!!

We are in the posh part...but in a cheap motel unfortunately!!! Graham is very impressed with all of the cars he says he has never seen so many Porsches (spelling?!?).

We have bought a retro classic!!!!!!!!!We have been looking all week for different price ranges of cars....getting the money wired over has been a slight nightmare...in that it isn't here yet!!!!!! So, we found this garage that had a little corker in it, its a VW Golf, 1989, GL, White, with 22,000 miles (original) on the clock and one deceased owner...the poor little car has never been out of Auckland in all that time, so the 3 of us are going on a road trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully we'll all make it!

I'm hoping Graham won'thave a Bazil Faulty moment with a tree branch!!

J xx

[Scotty69]

:raebanana Congratulation on getting their:raebanana Wish it was our time, hopefully middles next year (not long). Enjoy your new life all the best.

[LesleyS]

Jade Graham

Welcome so glad you made it.......!

Have a bottle or two on us......Get down to the old ferry house for dinner If you can (Alan say's).

Keep in touch guys

[Jo Jo]

Hey, welcome to New Zealand! Hope you had a safe journey and are settling in well.

[Bruckner]

Welcome to New Zealand Jade and Graham!

Emily

[jackie m]

As the others have said welcome to New Zealand, many happy times ahead:nice1 . Enjoy Hawkes bay let me know how the wine is there :laugh
Jackie

[Marie P]

Welcome to New Zealand :raebanana

Enjoy Hawkes Bay :cheers Have a glass of something nice for me down there !

Best wishes Marie x

[Perksy]

Great to hear you finally made it Jade after all the house selling stresses. Keep that sun shining and the wine chilling for the rest of us. I'll be joining you all in NZ in a couple of days but sadly only for three weeks - still a lot of hoops to jump through and a house to sell yet!

Kim

[shakyle2906]

Hi Jade

Hope you had a safe journey!

Glad you are enjoying it, said you would!

Weather down in Hawkes Bay is rather hot at the moment, you will love it i am sure.

Dont forget to drop us a line when you get down here and we can meet up!

In the meantime, enjoy.................

Sharon
x

[marcia]

Great to hear you got here safely, looking forward to more of your updates 9when you get chance!)

We're only two hours away in palmy so if you're heading down here give us a shout!

Marcia

[Mickstim]

So glad to hear you sounding so happy Jade - and know it will only get better for you. We are also very envious of you being there in the sunshine!! Keep posting and sending your emails, it's so good to keep track of where you are and what you are doing. Good luck for the trip down to HB at the weekend - hope you love it there too.

Barb xx

[james the mechanic]

Fantastic news!!!:clap
See you in the bay, have a safe journey, best of luck:nice1
James and Lucy

[vixxann]

you're there!!! :cheers

how was the journey - any significant events or beautiful moments??!!

Well you have left behind a truly wet and miserable Lancashire so enjoy your sun!:p

[Kerry and David]

Lovely to hear from you Jade you sound so happy!:raebanana

I am not sat on a balcony typing this message instead inside a cold house watching the rain outside - enjoy that wonderful weather:D

Kerry x

[Andy-Dee]

Congrats G and Jade
Glad you are enjoying yourselves - keep us all posting in wet and windy North west UK.

[peebles16]

Hey Jade and Graham
Great to hear from you and that it's all going so well :D
Keep us updated with all your news
Enjoy
Karenx

[holland]

rrrr, Thanks for lovely messages...

Off to Sky Tower today for a relaxing day as we have been so busy doing jobs, so we want to enjoy the last day here.

The Journey here was shattering...I think it was because we had to set off to the airport at 5.30am, and we stayed over at my mums that night. My mum and I just couldnt sleep so we we're awake chatting all night!

Got to the airport with e-ticket thingy's...thinking, surely they are not going to let us on a plane with this bit of paper...but yes they did, everything went smoothly....this may have had something to do with the fact that I was a crying wreck, shaking like a leaf!! extra baggage got through no probs, didn't want to check the email evidence I had taken!!

Plane journey was fine, a bit of turbulance and everyone had to be strapped in for about an hour and a half but thats it. Service (SA) amazing,couldnt do enough for us. By the time we got to Singapore we we're shattered, neither of us could sleep on the first leg....but wow did singapore airport ( kind of) wake us up...has the most beautiful flowers, shops, etc etc etc.

Second leg....still exhausted...didn't have a clue what time it was, what day it was.....just kept getting fed and watered...I was sick of food by this point! We both managed to get a couple of hours sleep on this journey..then we hit Auckland....went in Residents section....felt a bit strange and when we got to the desk he said 'you here forever'...and I burst into tears again!!!!

Taxi we booked wasn't waiting for us, but we just got the shuttle...no probs.

Motel ok but very basic....lovely helpful people who own it though they can't do enough for you.

So that is us...little rundown of the journey!!

Sharon will contact you when we arrive

Thanks again everyone for lovely messages

J and G xx

PS_ only slight nightmare since we have been here is trying to get hold of our money back in the UK, Graham has gone to the bank this morning to see if it has been transferred yet, it is taking forever

[Graham Cross]

I am so happy for you and it must be such a relief getting there after all the hassle........Just wish it was us on the other side and everything done and dusted here.....just enjoy the sunshine and the lovely people there......Jan

[Carey]

All sounds good...ENJOY!