[jcisco]

Hello Everyone!

My wife and I are finally fulfilling our dream to move to New Zealand! We are leaving the U.S. very soon to relocate to Wellington.

I was accepted into the honours programme at Victoria University, I plan on receiving my Ph.D. in Psychology and hopefully become a clinician or professor.

We are a young couple (23 and 21), but we are well traveled and are very confident that we will adapt to NZ.

We love the culture, love the kiwi's -- we love New Zealand.

Although it's sad to leave home, (we have sad moments mixed with ecstatic moments every minute) we are ready to make the move.

I'll be writing a blog that some of you might be interested in:
http://www.dreamingnz.com

No doubt we'll be posting again here soon. I'm so happy (and somewhat relieved) I found this site!

Kind regards,
Jonathan and Jayme Cisco

[anna_c]

Hi Jonathon and Jayne, welcome to the forum

I'm a student at vic and (more to the point) also work for the international office meeting new students, doing orientation etc, so I'll probably meet you at some point.

[jcisco]

That's great Anna!

I look forward to meeting you!

Jonathan

[The Hodges]

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I hope that it all goes well for you. Please keep you blog and the forum updated, and it will be good to know how you're getting on and settling in.

[Hannah]

Hello and welcome....
I'm off to NZ on 18th Jan, so just a couple of days after you. We lived in NZ until May and now returning permanently.
Best of luck, will be interested to hear how it all goes. Please keep us all posted!
All the best,
Hannah

[Bruckner]

Hello, welcome and good luck! Can't wait to read your blog.

Emily

[jo-and-jeff]

Congratulations and Best Wishes on your emigration!

Jo

:cheers

[saabmania2]

:clap well done and good luck with the move, hope all goes well :cheers paul

[Marco]

Great to hear that we can welcome even more nice people into Wellington very soon!!

Do you want to meet a nice bunch of people, just read the thread under Meet Ups, since we will have a meeting on Saturday 27 January. Might be a good way to get to know some more people.

Good luck with the last bits and pieces and have a safe journey,
Anita

[Smiler]

Jonathan and Jayme, congratulations on the impending move. :nice1

[andreamatt]

Hi Johnathan and Jayme

Best of luck with your adventures in NZ - you never know, we may meet up with you in Wellington sometime (we hope to be there in July). Will look out for your blog.

Andrea Matt William and Martha (in Devon and - but I mustn't speak too loudly - the rain's stopped and the sun's out - yay!!)

[jcisco]

Our NZ Blog is officially up and running!

We will leave for NZ on Tuesday! Truly a dream come true!

I would love for you all to stop by (and possibly leave your comments!)

Here's to adventure!

Jonathan Cisco

[Ana&Steve]

Hi Jonathan, just read your blog :) I thought I'd throw out that if you were looking for a Backpackers for a few days in Welly, you could try Wildlife House. It's a 7 story building striped black and white like a zebra. They have dorm-style accommodation, private rooms with communal restrooms, or private "suites". They're pretty small and a bit shabby, but cheap and the building is on Tory right up from Courtney if you went a bit of nightlife. (The hotel gives you drink vouchers for a bar right down the street!) We ended up moving to a hotel across the city the next night, though, because we just felt so old with all the college kids staying there. :o Everyone was very friendly, though!
Congrats on your move,
Ana

[anna_c]

Hi Jonathon (I seem to always be answering your posts)

1) The hostel I understand you are staying in (I'm being overcautious in not revealing it here as I recieved it through work, and it's therefore technically confidential, if anyone was wondering) is in my experience and opinion, far superior to Wildlife House.
2) Have you tried looking for accomodation through the university's accomodation finder?
3) If you do need furniture, the salvation army family stores sell (and deliver) cheap second hand furniture. And whiteware (washer, fridge etc) can easily be rented, which students tend to do.

[Ana&Steve]

Well, since I'm basing my experience on a whirl-wind visit, and you actually live and survive there, anna_c, I bow to you wisdom! :D
Ana

[anna_c]

Wildlife House isn't bad at all, so I think you were right to recommend it Ana :yes

[Mexican in NZ]

Jonathan and Jayme,

Just want to wish you a happy move to NZ and look foward to hear the good news when u arrive here!
My husband is originally form Welly and he says is a Hostel in Newtown where he staid and also his sister was staying there a few months ago and is ok the prices are not bad either.. the name is "Capital City Lodge "
I hope i helped at least a bit ;)

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[jcisco]

Hi All,

Thanks for all your help! You all are so nice!

We found a great hostel that the university set us up with. Right now, we are focusing on finding permanent accommodation (hoping for 1BR, semi/fully furnished, close to Uni, safe area).

Please let me know if you know of anything!

Kind regards,
Jonathan Cisco