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20/06/2008, 4:57 PM Clair Joined on 21/06/2008 New Zealand Posts 2 Where in the World are you? Hi We moved out of the UK 6 years ago and now live in beautiful New Zealand, do get homesick occassionally, but on the whole love it. Where are you guys and what made you move?        Report

20/10/2008, 4:25 AM Tim Joined on 18/10/2006 New Zealand Posts 4 Re: Where in the World are you? Where are we? Warkworth, North of Auckland. We lived in Ottery St. Mary for 6 years where we had some really great times bringing up our 2 young daughters. However, our mid-terrace 2 bed house eventually had its limitations and we simply couldnt afford to move up to the next rung on the property ladder. We eventually sold up in 2004, moved out to NZ and within 2 weeks of arriving in the country moved into our present house and we havn't looked back since, its a really great lifestyle here, as you know, and a vast improvement on what we had before. This was well and truly confirmed on a recent trip back to blighty, we couldnt wait to return to NZ for some fishing and decent weather (even though it was the end of winter in NZ!).    Report

25/02/2009, 10:25 PM LizG Joined on 26/02/2009 Dunedin, New Zealand Posts 3 Re: Where in the World are you? Hi, I, too, am in New Zealand - Dunedin, to be precise. I love it here and have no desire to live anywhere else. I am fortunate in not having suffered homesickness at all! I married a Kiwi in 1988 and fell in love with the country and then Dunedin, at that time! Although my husband was from Wellington, I knew I would be happier here, so when we needed to buy a home, this was where we looked! I am blessed to be involved with voluntary conservation work, and get to see a lot of the endangered species found more readily in this region. I can recommend this part of the country as being well worth a visit, especially with young children. We need to value what we have whilst we still have it! Liz    Report

03/03/2009, 1:38 PM Seadog Joined on 05/03/2007 Posts 602 Re: Where in the World are you? You all obviously know how lucky you are living where you do. I had some fantastic times on the Kiwi coast. A truly beautiful country with marvellous people - beer wasn't too bad either.    Report

03/03/2009, 10:23 PM Tim Joined on 18/10/2006 New Zealand Posts 4 Re: Where in the World are you? Hi Liz, I am involved here in NZ with urban tree protection (council arborist). I must admit after serving 6 years as the EDDC tree officer, I was rather surprised at the general disregard for trees in NZ and a significant bias toward development over green matters. To top it off, the governnment are about to scrap the use of blanket tree protection, currently the most effective type of tree protection in the Auckland area. How are things on the conservation front? Green, clean New Zealand..................not quite, at least around Auckland!      Report

10/03/2009, 10:35 PM LizG Joined on 26/02/2009 Dunedin, New Zealand Posts 3 Re: Where in the World are you? Hi Tim, I was educated in Ottery - I went to Kings, when it was still a 'grandma' school! haahaa! I looked at the map on Google Earth the other day and could barely recognise the aerial view! Progress, eh? We're being kept busy here, caring for endangered birds. I specialise, with a friend, in rehabilitating rescued, sick and injured native woodpigeons, the Kereru. It can take many months of care before they are fit to be released, but those days are welcomed and really cherished. Nothing beats seeing a bird whose life had hung in the balance, slowly regaining strength and mobility, then being able to fly away and live a normal life again. It's hard when we get tiny babies in - displaced from the nest by high winds, poor building skills on the part of the parents or intrusion by people/possums/magpies or very rarely, cats - they seldom make it. Internal damage cannot always be assessed for severity and so euthanasia is the only option. We do get other birds in; Tui, Bellbird, Little Blue Penguins, Pukeko, Paradise Shellducks - but mostly hand these on to others with more specialised knowledge, to continue their care and rehabilitation. All we can do is give them emergency care and injury assessment. A tip here for anyone, anywhere, who finds a sick or injured bird. Pick it up carefully - they rely on muscular contractions not a diaphragm, so don't compress the chest area. Wrap it in a clean dry towel (or something warm if a smaller bird - woolly hats are a blessing!) and place it in an enclosed cardboard box. No need to modify the box beyond a couple tiny holes - a dead biro is ideal for puncturing cardboard. It will not suffocate. Leave the box somewhere warm, dark and quiet - airing cupboards are ideal. Then seek specialised help. Do not feed or offer water unless you know enouch about birds to recognise simple dehydration. Never force food or water into the beak - birds inhale food if unready to receive it and pneumonia will follow along with an agonising death. Good for you, working with the trees - we need people to stop and think about the value of the trees around them and learn to care for them properly! We have a planting scheme here, encouraging people to plant bird-friendly natives. They needn't be too large, but the flowers, fruits and foliage benefit so many birds. We have seedlings that we've acquired from friends gardens, self-sown, that have been checked by a friend in a nursery, and we offer them for a gold-coin donation to the work we're involved with, so kids often get them and go home, wanting the trees to grow a lot faster than they can - but it's a start! I could go on for many more paragraphs, but fear I'll exceed the bandwidth here! haahaa! Liz    Report

05/04/2009, 12:11 PM Delft Joined on 05/04/2009 Posts 4 Re: Where in the World are you? I moved to South Africa in 1971, to escape the strikes and find sunshine. Found a beautiful country going through turmoil, which it is now finally through, and found my my husband of 36 years, 3 daughters & 3 grand children, definately a good move. But I do love visiting Exmouth.    Report

07/01/2010, 1:37 PM Local People Joined on 07/01/2010 Posts 1 Re: Where in the World are you? How do you find it out there? I met someone recently who said NZ wasn't as warm as they'd expected...    Report

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