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mastamindz · 10-28-2005, 05:59 PM

Work is sending me to New Zealand for a couple weeks next month. I will be in Hamilton.

Where should I go? What should I see? ANyone ever been around that area?

llporter · 10-28-2005, 06:32 PM

Isn't that Crocadile Hunter guy from NZ

sacX · 10-28-2005, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mastamindz

Work is sending me to New Zealand for a couple weeks next month. I will be in Hamilton.

Where should I go? What should I see? ANyone ever been around that area?

Hey I'm from New Zealand. You're coming at a good time season wise it's starting to get warmer. Hamilton is pretty much the only decent sized city that isn't on the coast. It's fairly rural, I don't know that there's a lot to do there. If I were you I might head over to Rotorua one weekend, or if you have a little more time go to some of the coastal towns in the coromandel, none of that should be more than a 3 hour drive.

If you have even more spare time I'd probably head up north to the Bay of Islands it's beautiful this time of year but from Hamilton you're probably looking at a 6 hour drive or so.

Most of the Lord of the Rings type scenery stuff is down the South Island. Get a plane to Queenstown and check it out for as many days as you can.

oh and we don't have crocodiles in New Zealand.

MaDalton · 10-28-2005, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sacX

Hey I'm from New Zealand. You're coming at a good time season wise it's starting to get warmer. Hamilton is pretty much the only decent sized city that isn't on the coast. It's fairly rural, I don't know that there's a lot to do there. If I were you I might head over to Rotorua one weekend, or if you have a little more time go to some of the coastal towns in the coromandel, none of that should be more than a 3 hour drive.

If you have even more spare time I'd probably head up north to the Bay of Islands it's beautiful this time of year but from Hamilton you're probably looking at a 6 hour drive or so.

Most of the Lord of the Rings type scenery stuff is down the South Island. Get a plane to Queenstown and check it out for as many days as you can.

oh and we don't have crocodiles in New Zealand.

hey - is that a good place to relocate? is porn allowed? costs of living? i always heard nice things about NZ

Screaming · 10-28-2005, 07:19 PM

nope but wish i could go, have fun!!!!!

sacX · 10-28-2005, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

hey - is that a good place to relocate? is porn allowed? costs of living? i always heard nice things about NZ

yeah New Zealand is a pretty liberal place. Cost of living is fairly reasonable compared to US, Europe. It's a great place if you like the outdoors and a more chilled pace of life.

The downside is that it's so isolated from the rest of the world.

sacX · 10-28-2005, 07:36 PM

actually I think there was a proviso in the last budget that immigrants can get overseas income tax free for five years. So if anyone was really thinking about immigrating somewhere I'd check that out for sure.

BRISK · 10-28-2005, 07:38 PM

Go to Queenstown

BlueDesignStudios · 10-28-2005, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by llporter

Isn't that Crocadile Hunter guy from NZ

Close, want to guess again?

10-28-2005, 05:59 PM	#1
mastamindz Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,547	Who is from New Zealand? Work is sending me to New Zealand for a couple weeks next month. I will be in Hamilton. Where should I go? What should I see? ANyone ever been around that area?

10-28-2005, 07:19 PM	#5
Screaming I can change this!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 18,972	nope but wish i could go, have fun!!!!! __________________

10-28-2005, 07:36 PM	#7
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10-28-2005, 07:38 PM	#8
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Go to Queenstown __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

10-28-2005, 06:32 PM	#2
llporter Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 3,221	Isn't that Crocadile Hunter guy from NZ