It looks fantastic, youngest place on earth it says?

 

Huh ?

Anyhoo, was in Taupo 2 yrs ago - where a young Scots lass was beaten to death a few days a ago. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.

 

we've been looking at possibley going to live over there!?

 

I'm sure you'd have agreat time. The point i was making was that it seemed a pretty safe place, so a tourist being murdered was very out of the ordinary.

So are you sporty ?

 

I don't think it matter's where you goin the world, every counrty has problems!!

Yeah I'm sporty, reason for the question!? You're not asking if I could run there are you

 

I believe it has one of the highest murder rates/population in the world.


Gangs are also a big problem.

 

It's a great place to live, I spent 9 years there. TBH, it is expensive, gangs are a problem in certain areas, along with Australia, it was the only country I've lived I where the house I lived in was broken in to.

Problem with adverts like that, 100% Pure NZ etc, is that it's like that very rarely. The environment is clean, for the most part, and the air is fresh. People are good mostly, but complete deekheeds on the roads, they all try to be Johna Lomu with the ball going for a try.

 

My mate and his partner (and dog!) left for NZ for good this week. He bought a Garden Centre in a place called Thame. He had visited a couple of times, liked the place and people, and was fed up with UK.

I last saw him last week busy cleaning all his tools as there are some odd immigration rules e.g. no dirt or dust; you can't take a vacuum cleaner into the country.

I'm quite jealous dl

 

Thames.

MAF would have gone through his possessions with a fine tooth comb. The rules are stringent.

 

the only wierd thing in nz is if you accidently do something wrong in your car to someone ie cut them up and they dont like it ,they can go to the post office with your licence number and get your adress for a small fee then come around knocking at your door

 

Thames - OK thank

My pal is shipping over a 20 ft container with his kit (excluding the dog!) so I guess the fun starts when that arrives.

Doggie went by air - £2500

dl

 

Cracking joke, son!

Do us all a favour.......stay off the sherbet at this time of the morning

 

Bloody nora - he couldve got a new one for that much

 

 

Nah, not quite ! It seemed to be a Mecca for sporty types. When I was there I did mountain biking, glacier climbing, ski diving horse riding and swimming with dolphins (1, 2, 3.......... "AWE" ! ).

Andy tJ

 

Yeah - he kept telling me that

But he drew the line at the £6000 wanted to freight 2 minature ponies his partner kept. They went to a home in UK somewhere.

But he shipped out his Elise so that should be worth a bit out there.

d

 

no joke, chip my old man!
seen it on tv .
was on about car crime in australia and new zealand unless the law has changed now over there

 

Yes, it does have several dubious statistics but the fact is they are heavily skewed by the Polynesian community.

For normal people crime is pretty much non-existent.

Murder rate still lower than the UK though

NationMaster - Murders (per capita) (most recent) by country

 

Why has the OK turned red under my first post?

 

Dunno why somebody negged it, but I've turned it neutral now.

 

Cheers Andy - I assume it was just the one Neg. then as yours counteracted it? I'd like to know what was offensive about it?

 

More than one, as Id already greened it.

 

Oh well, it must have offended a few then. Puzzled.

 

Nothing at all, as far as I could see.

It goes to show that Scoobynet and the hard of thinking really don't mix.

 

Im off over there at Easter

 

Damn ! There's no "I'm bloody jealous" smilie !!

Enjoy, Hectic.

 

hey, ill be back!! </swarzenegger mode>

off there for three weeks, then possibly a view to upping lock stock and barrel over there..

 

Depends on the time of year. What you describe suggests to me a Christmas/NY holiday in Taupo (Toe-pour is the best way I can spell it the way it's pronounced) in which case the pace is full of p*ssed up teens, shooting up and hooning around.

The surrounding area is fantastic though.

 

Yeah, MAF is very tough on quaranteen. Need to clean any item that has been in contact with dirt, sports gear, gardening gear, shoes, boots, gloves, tools etc etc....if they find something you have not decalared it will be cleaned or destroyed at your cost, and you'll be fined NZ$200 for each "instance" too.

Thames, nice part of the country, very small and roads a very narrow with heavy use. While up that way, Coromandle Penisula, they have easy access to Hot Water beach, which is quite fun.

 

Yes that is true however, most people dial *555 to "dob in a driver" to Police. Then THEY will pay you a visit. Ironic, Police promoting mobile phone use while driving. Down here, it's manoeuvre, mirror, signal.

Also, a big problem for UK drivers in NZ, are give way rules. An example; Driving a normal single carriage way, with a left hand intersection. If you are signalling to turn left, while another driver is in the opposite lane signalling right, YOU have to give way. I understand the LTSA are planning to "simplify" the rules and bring many into line with Australia and the UK. Some people still have problems with roundabouts though LMAO.

Australian and New Zeland driver are by far the worst I have ever shared roads with, even worse than the French and Italians. In NZ I used to have 48 tonne logging trucks stuck to my tail at 100kph (National open road speed limit also same for their "motorways". Wellington has a motorway, it's 3.5km long). In Aus, I now have to deal with 65 tonne b-doubles with drivers using a mobile phone in one hand and a smoking ciggie in the other while on your tail at 110kph.