5 years on and I've just read this blog for the first time and it kind of comes to a well, abrupt end! Needless to say after the 2nd August things went absolutely mental. What with filling in and sending the application; tidying up loose ends at work; going full throttle to sell the house; making peace with family and friends; packing then cleaning the house then packing it all into a lorry; selling two cars (although we had my brother to thank for this...eventually) and so on.
Luckily the company that employed me sorted out our relocation so we were extremely lucky in the that respect and finally left for Wellington early morning on the 4th September 2007 arriving (via Dubai, Melbourne and Auckland) some time late afternoon on the 5th.
We bought a house in November of 2007 but only sold our UK house in January 2008 by which time our daughter had been born here.
So 2007 turned out to be just about a stressful a year as it could have been we...got pregnant, got married, resigned a job, emigrated to NZ, started a new job, bought a house, had a baby, then at the turn of the year sold a house!
5 years on and we're still in Wellington and loving every minute of it. We have our own businesses now and the kids are 6 and 4 respectively. NZ is everything we hoped that it would be and whilst we have struggled at times not having any help or support networks to call on, we wouldn't have changed a thing. December 2006 feels like a long time ago now but it's nice to know that that dream that we had, is now a reality.
