One of the top places for Brits to escape to is New Zealand and I am certainly not immune to its charms – but now a worrying new trend is turning that dream of a new life sour, thanks to a major shift in policy by the NZ Government…
They say home is where the heart is but it turns out some of the happiest people are those who have put 11,500 miles between them and their home town – Britain’s most content expats are those living in New Zealand, according to new research, which found that the country ranked highly in all areas of life…
It just goes to show that even the lure of celebrity may not be enough to shift a property in the current climate – the stunning house on New Zealand’s North Shore, in which TV ratings winner ‘Next Top Model’ was filmed, failed to sell at auction this week despite hundreds of viewings…
A new scoring system that could tell homeowners, renters and house-hunters at a glance how comfortable and cheap running a home will be, is being developed in New Zealand, which could potentially add more than five per cent onto the value of well-insulated and well-designed homes…
The annual Mercer 2009 Quality of Living Survey selects the cities that offer people the very best quality of life, taking into account political, social, economic and environmental factors – this year, Austrian capital Vienna nabbed the top spot, with Auckland in New Zealand and Vancouver in Canada also ranking high…
The authority on all things travel, Lonely Planet, has made a rather strange addition to its brand new book dedicated solely to New Zealand’s South Island – the city of Wellington, which is situated on the North Island…
Many people dream of retiring abroad to a country with a slower pace of life, cheaper living costs and far more sunshine than in the UK – and now a new study has found that pensioners in New Zealand are looked after far better by the Government than in any other country, including the world’s richest nations…
The millions of Brits desperate to emigrate to New Zealand state a better quality of life as one of the major factors behind their ambition – and now a new National Quality of Life Survey has revealed that Kiwis really are content with their country, with nine out of ten kiwis rating their quality of life as good or better…
Vacant houses can be a magnet for squatters, vandals and thieves, so in a bid to combat this, a pilot scheme between police and Housing New Zealand has been launched in the country, in which ‘house guardians’ are assigned an empty property on a street near their house and given duties such as emptying the mailbox…
Social networking and blogging has become the 21st Century way of expressing ourselves and anyone who’s worth their salt is blogging, tweeting or facebooking about something – but now, a new blog on an online expat guide has caused major controversy by rubbishing New Zealand…