[Diny]

Went out to Palmerston North airport today to meet Michelle & family. It was amazing watching them get off the plane .... I've never seen so many kids and so much hand luggage.

They all looked amazingly 'chippa' after such a long flight. Phils new boss and his wife were their to meet them too - it since turns out that they are friends of my sister in law and his (the boss) brother lives directly opposite us - small world eh?

We deposited them at the motel - armed them with a bag of goodies to see them through and then left them to it.

I think they're pretty pleased to be here - and it certainly was good to see them again.

Welcome to New Zealand folks !!!

Diny

[gil]

Brilliant news Diny, give them our love!
Gil

[Smiler]

Hello Michelle, Phil and kids

Welcome to NZ. :clap What a welcoming committee you had. :nice1

Hope you're getting some rest after the flight and look forward to reading your thoughts and feelings on being here.


Deborah

[katandbob]

yep, congrats on your arrival, Michelle and family,
Its so nice to see that there are some friendly faces to greet you when you finally get to NZ, I told my MIL last night about all the forum members, and she said that it made her feel a little better knowing that there is a network of support out there for us migrants, and that she felt a little easier knowing that you are there to offer your support
so :nice1 guys as last night was the first time she didnt have tears in her eyes while we talked of our plans! :clap

[marcia]

Had a text message this morning from Michelle. Said the kids were great on the flight - trying to work out what dose of 'medised' she gave them to achieve that result :p
Glad to hear they had a welcoming commitee, must be really nice to step off the plane and have some friendly faces there.
Looking forward to the updates soon!

[Cardiff Irons]

Phils new boss and his wife were their to meet them tooWow, I find that quite amazing! Is that normal practice?

Great news though. Well done Diny for welcoming them.:nice1

[Diny]

I don't know whether this is normal or not. I have to say though, Phil's boss and his wife seem really nice people, they even brought along a basket of games and colouring books etc for the children.

Diny

[K&CS]

That's fab news - must have been great for them to have such a welcome committee! Look forward to hearing from Michelle once they've settled in!

Kate x

[StevieD]

I believe Helen Clark does arrival greetings as well, for the usual fee of course! :)

[Singel]

Michelle and family, welcome to NZ.
Rest well and take your time with the unpacking (don't get too stress up).

Keep us posted of your progress :cheers

[eric_amanda]

So that's where they have gone!!! Must have missed the location part somewhere.

Congratulations on making it a safe and reasonably stressfree arrival. Please give them our best wishes when you see them again.

Amanda

[kiwidebs]

Hi Michelle, Phil and family - glad to hear you made it in one piece. I look forward to hearing how the flight went with the kids. Bet it was nice to see Diny's smiling face at the airport (nothing worse than arriving somewhere with no-one to meet you!)

How's the jet-lag?

Debs

[Kim39]

Glad to see you arrived safe and well Michelle/Phil. Hope to catch ya over there soon. Your a star Diny for making them feel a little more secure as they touched down:nice1 :clap

Kim