[nippa&pippa]

Tip please on what to bring with me? next weekend 13-15th i will be start packing suitcases to get our suitcases on one side before the packers turn up to pack all household on 16th!! :raebanana
We are fly out on 29th oct, staying in motel for 2 weeks, then should move into unfurnished place before our shipping (suppose to be!!) turn up on 29th November....
Right we got two young children as well as us...give us tip! i read post somewhere but lost it...i recall knifes, forks, spoons, sleeping bag, blow up bed (I can get it from nz anyway!?!), nappies...oh yes a bottleopener :laugh :cheers

[SharpBlade]

hi Sophia,
Like I said in a previous post, I could lend you some baby stuff and a few toys, but we have actually just sold the little wooden cot we had , I hope you have managed to find a travel cot. There are a few toy libraries in Chch which is really handy for the first few weeks before you get your container. I can`t remember what we brought with us, we only had 120 kg with us (that s for 2 adults and 4 kids), towels, kitchen equipment, laptop, books crayons etc..a car seat, a little baby chair that you can clip onto the dining table (you can borrow it if you want), all the important letters and paperwork.
pm me if you need help when you arive. Where are you going to stay in Chch?
Laura

[tigerlily]

Look here:
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6460

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7907

for information on what to bring with you on the plane.

Some other good threads on airplanes with the little kids too:
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7139
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7080

[nippa&pippa]

hi Sophia,
Like I said in a previous post, I could lend you some baby stuff and a few toys, but we have actually just sold the little wooden cot we had , I hope you have managed to find a travel cot. There are a few toy libraries in Chch which is really handy for the first few weeks before you get your container. I can`t remember what we brought with us, we only had 120 kg with us (that s for 2 adults and 4 kids), towels, kitchen equipment, laptop, books crayons etc..a car seat, a little baby chair that you can clip onto the dining table (you can borrow it if you want), all the important letters and paperwork.
pm me if you need help when you arive. Where are you going to stay in Chch?
Laura

Argh got three weeks left to go.. been busy with parties, and just realise i haven't sort out where we going to stay yet :no :laugh

[nippa&pippa]

Look here:
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6460

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7907

for information on what to bring with you on the plane.

Some other good threads on airplanes with the little kids too:
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7139
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7080

Thanks tigerlily for tips!

[Debbie]

I have to admit that I didn't pack any toys other than the sleeping palls and collapsable scootter for my kids, (aged 4&2). My son had a birthday 4 weeks after we arrived and my daughter's birthday is in 2 weeks so we gave them both some $ from family as pressents and they brought a few things. I thought toys were realy good value at the Warehouse where we went. Also my kids rediscovered the full use of their imaginations and played with bits they found around the house. Their fav game was airports for the first few weeks.
I took them to local music play thing which runs 2x a week which helped.
Personally, I would pack enough nappies to get you started but they are bulky and you might as well get used to NZ ones sooner rather than later. I packed all the kids clothes on the basis that by the time our shippment arrived they wouldn't fit them anymore. Im glad I packed all the kiddy over the counter medician stuff as I wouldn't have liked to try and find one that agreed with my kids once they were poorly.
I wish I had brought my large strong IKEA bags with me, it would have made Pak & Save so much easier.
Debbie