hayleyearth

Her due date was 6 days before ours... Ours are tomorrow! But yes, she can come any time and even late too, the waiting game is killing us! I do feel 'different' the last 2 days, this past weekend I could still go hike 7km and 10km on the two days, but now walking from the lounge to the room takes forever with a weird walk. It's such a waiting game, and all papa wants to do is stay home with me and his daughter, but his daughter is sending him to work every morning.. Haha

Yeah but here you have the 'phone back' option actually... Don't know why patches didn't make use of that, they ALWAYS phone back.

Yesterday was 2 years for me in NZ and tomorrow is 3 weeks till due date of our little kiwi (kangaroo more if we go by her movements)...

And the recent temp drop too... I just told my partner this morning that I can't believe I was riding to work last year through winter!

Can things get even more relaxed than in Auckland? I often miss living in JHB!

You have something big wrong there with point nr.1 .... The points system is not for a 'work' visa, but for a residency visa. And you don't really need a job for that one (I think it is the only one you can come in with without having a job and millions of monies), but then you basically need to get 'full' points on all the other parts (so without a degree it can be difficult too). These are 2 different options...

Police clearance certificates are only taking 1 week these days at the police department in SA (from submission to ready to collect) so I didn't have the need to pay someone this time to fast track it.

Not even my test, but just as happy!! My sis passed! One step closer to her NZ life

Congrats WP on your families PR!! I am jealous! (My residency process will only start in 3 weeks!) And ONLY +- 5 weeks till we have to get use to another completely new process

There was a list of all the candidates and their results when my sis went to fetch her certificate at the place where they despatch all the certificates from (they are the main centre here in NZ). Edit: You can go fetch your results and/or they post it to you and/or you can view it on line.

Yip, my sis is getting her re-write results on Friday - DAMN I hope she makes it!

Has she written again and got a 7 for writing? It seems like that one is the most difficult to pass here, of the time my sis got a 6.5 for it only 2 people that wrote on that day got 7's (nothing higher).

I have found out quite a bit lately about teaching here, anything specific you want to know?

Correct, I don't need it for residency application, and luckily my partner is a PR already (hence the reason why we can register the little one as a NZ citizen at birth), but I will need it to do my LAT (Limited Authority to Teach) registration. They unfortunately only accept 4 tests, the Parsons isn't one of them. To register at the education council one needs to get a 7 in each section of the IELTS test (not as an overall). This seems like a big mountain to climb, as my sister wrote a couple of weekends ago and got 7.5 overall, but on 2 separate sections got 6.5 so she cant submit her education registration yet (although she already has a job offer). It is overall such a long process too (just to write the test), because you have to complete registration at least a week before the test date, then after the test date they take 2 weeks to give the results, so the quickest turn around time just to know if you passed is 3 weeks. That's longer than her Registration at the council will take and probably longer than her work visa too.

Anyone ever had to write it IELTS english test?

So how long does one have to go without riding a bicycle before being kicked off the hub?

Lets start with 'closer to home'....the Maori's. Actually I am quite interested to see my own data at this moment...or maybe I shouldn't be!

Ah thank you! I woke up this morning with everything exactly as I always dreamt of having (well maybe being kicked in my ribs from the outside would be one step better than being kicked from the inside) but all right there - a living dream

Yes! PM me ..

But non of you were/are roadies... haha There is actually nothing more relaxing/peaceful to go out on a long road ride around Auckland (as in really around it) - you get to see so much more of the areas and knowing you can go just by yourself and be safe is what makes it so peaceful. ** I am not riding now anymore due to an overprotected father (haha) of the little one inside me, but it is something I am longing for and missing everyday! **

Have you sent your documentation to the Police in SA yet? Did it arrive and are they processing it? Edit: for the police clearance certificate

I am still looking for people that want to exchange NZ$ for Rands (I give NZ$ and you Rands)... Just to avoid all the transfer costs etc etc

Anyone been to Rarotonga and can suggest some accommodation?

For anyone living in these areas and want to have an input regarding cycling infrastructure... https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/have-your-say/topics-you-can-have-your-say-on/howick-walking-cycling-network/Documents/howick-walking-cycling-network-information-boards.pdf

440 also close from I think just after Easter weekend for the 'wet season' till about Oct/November I think.