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So what's all this about then?
Hello, we are the Rays, Craig, Rachel and Myles our son. In September 2007 we started out on a trip / holiday of discovery to travel through New Zealand in order to find out more about the country, the people and its culture. After spending all our lives in the UK we are eager to find out if our lives could be better in another country? Is New Zealand somewhere we could emigrate to - we will endeavor to find this out along the way, and will record our thoughts and feelings of New Zealand and what we think it has to offer.
In the process of putting this blog together we have decided also to try and bring together lots of information on the different regions, towns and cities of New Zealand. Information on immigration, travel, places to stay etc. We also plan to produce a weekly podcast featuring some of the people we meet on our travels. All of this, in the hope that this site will become a valuable resource for others to find out more about New Zealand.
We booked our flights - made the trip of a lifetime and gathered our thoughts, feelings, photos and videos. Feel free to travel along with us!
Hiya Pete, Jo and April - great to hear from you! - drop us an email by contact us link at bottom of this page - we'll see u soon - hugs to all Rach n the boys xxx"
- Rach
Hi Guys ,
hope you are all well , it seems an age since you left on your travels.
I tried the e mail address but it did'nt work for some reason.
Love to you all . Pete , Jo and April."
- Peter Goode
Stunning pics guys! You so know how to capture the spirit of a moment."
- Sarah
Hi Kelli
Just send us an email: hello@onewaynewzealand.com and we'll reply
good luck with the move - Rach :-))"
- Rach
Hello, is there anyway to write to you? We are about to make a move to NZ and it would be great to speak with you. Please let me know. Thank you."
- Kelli
So do we - you'll be here before we all know it sista - hugs to ya both Rx"
- Rach
Lovely photos sis. Wish we could have been there too."
- Tracey
What precious and fun memories to hold on tight to till the next time. Can't believe you captured all that on film! It was lovely to meet your Mum whilst she was here and so pleased you got to share so many special moments together."
- Sarah
I need to get Craig round to give Dan some lessons! Awesome work on the planter box, which is no doubt over flowing with goodies by now - yummy!"
- Sarah
One of your best Craig! Anna and Myles are gorgeous together and look to be very good friends. What a fabulous piece of footage, to beautiful music and that view is always breathtaking."
- Sarah
Chariot Carrier
Myles's chariot! What a fantastic piece of kit. Bought this in the US after seeing it in Canada. It's a stroller, an off road buggy with suspension, a cycle trailer and you can even put skis on it! Wouldn't go anywhere without it - You can find out more and see it in action here
Our Travel Insurance
Used World Nomads for our annual policy for quite a while - They were recommended by Lonely Planet and Rob (Our global travelling friend!) also uses them - Good enough for him then it's good enough for us! Not sure if they are the cheapest but you do get what you pay for.
Get a quote online
Canon Camera
We use a Canon Ixus camera for all the photos and videos on the site. The size and quality is unbeatable - a great travelling stills and video camera in one! We got ours from Amazon because of their good returns policy and the online reviews from other users-Amazon reviews on this camera
Car Hire Worldwide
We've used loads of car hire companies over the years and we keep on coming back to auto-europe. They are usually the cheapest worldwide and the price includes all insurance / CDW etc,
www.auto-europe.com
Leatherman Wave
Brilliant multi-tool. Built like a tank and small enough to fit anywhere. Wouldn't leave home without it - Got us out of a few 'sticky' situations.
We got ours from Ready To leave.com
Well after a rushed morning finishing packing for every eventuality, we finally left on the 2 hour trip London around 9am. Liam and Tracey - good friends of ours are coming to the New Zealand Exp with us and staying over in London. Tracey works for the IHG hotel grup and got us a storming deal at a Holiday Inn for a comfy nights sleep!
The show at London Olympia was packed - and much smaller than we expected. All the key stands had good queues and many people seemed to come well prepared with fistfuls of CVs and questions. There were all kinds of stands there. New Zealand Immigration, banks, recruitment agencies, shipping companies, estate agents etc. Rach and I mainly went to check out the shipping options as neither of us are easy candidates for your average recruitment consultant.I have some firm work in Wellington and Rach will probably continue her public art and video commissions once there. The seminars that were running throughout the day seemed very informative also. I think these are great places to find potential NZ work if you come from an easy profession to place with some recognised qualifications to boot - otherwise the consensus of opinion seems to be to get yourself over there and get a job in person!
One method that seems to be successful for a lot of people of to go though the NZ Yellow Pages and pick out 10 employers that you would like to work for and send them your CV - sounds obvious but it seems to work for a lot of people.Select a region to view all resources availabe for that region
