THIS New Zealand Life provides news, entertainment, information and occasional provocation for Brits living or keen to live in New Zealand.
From setting-up your first Kiwi bank account and internet service, to Wellington gastronomy, Napier architecture and Taupo hot springs, the site details the things you need to know to plan your move and make your arrival, safe, cost-effective, and enjoyable, while offering a British take on New Zealand news and events for those already here.
It also features interviews with people from the area, those that have lived here all their lives and those that have moved to start afresh in New Zealand
The site is organised by categories and from the front page of the site you will be able to read all the latest articles and news.
About the editor
I AM a British a freelance writer and journalist living in Wellington, New Zealand. Or at least that's what I was before I left the UK. Now I work as an IT consultant coaching software development. The pay's better, and the NZ journalist is paid even less than in the UK... I'm not bitter.
In the past, I've written for The Guardian, the BBC, The Financial times and dozens of UK trade and industry publications covering subjects from the burps of cows to the intricacies of Chinese computer crime.
My first novel, Generation -- "ressurrect your fear with an injection of horror" -- is now available from Amazon, and I have another in the pipeline. All my fiction is detailed on my Author website.
But returning to NZ, me and my wife have fought – and I mean fought – a constant battle with the pull of New Zealand life and lived here on and off over the last decade interspersed with stints back in the UK.
Now, with two small children to take care of, New Zealand has claimed us once more, quite possibly for good.
