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Goodbye Slovenia
David Lednik (red_mamba) migrating to New Zealand
About New Zealand
Newcomers: over 50000 per year
Average salary: NZ$3600 monthly
Population: over 4 million
Area: 270500 km2
North&South GDP: US$22100 per head
Prime minister: Helen Clark
15% indigenous Maori population
12 regional councils
First European settlers: early 1800
Average temperatures:
Auckland: 11 - 24
Wellington: 6 - 18
Christchurch: 5 - 19
What you get in New Zealand:
- world’s lowest unemployment rate
- clean, nuclear energy-free environment
- world’s most open and least corrupt political system
- great skiing slopes and undiscovered hideaways
- active involvement in Maori and Pacific islander’s culture
- active volcanoes and long black volcanic sand beaches
- extraordinary blend of history and cultures
- sense of belonging from the first day on
- kiwis, sheep, deer, football (read rugby), cricket …
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September 9th, 2008 at 22:12
Hello from New Zealand! Wow, even from a Kiwi it’s interesting reading some of the info you have here David!
We are called a very green country, most streets have a stretch of green around them, we have very few ‘apartment’ blocks, most of us live in houses with yards. Where i live (Christchurch) i’m a 10-15 minute drive away from a beach, a couple of hours away from the ski fields and 1/2 hour away from being in the country. I love it here, we drink our water straight from the tap (not in all cities but in the best one, Christchurch, we have delish water!) we’re not to big but not too small. Anyone from Slovenia who comes down here be it for a visit or to live, i’d love to take you out for coffee.
Jo
September 9th, 2008 at 22:21
I’m planing a visit to New Zealand. Hopefully in the near future
My girlfriend has a friend in Christchurch so I am definitely holding you by word for that coffee. 
September 10th, 2008 at 23:24
Anytime David, you know your both welcome! Would love to show you my city
September 11th, 2008 at 22:49
You’ll regret it, you’ll be driving us around for weeks. We’re like Japanese tourist with cameras, must see it all
September 16th, 2008 at 03:29
lol i’m sure i can handle that… well… i can apart from when i’m at work LMAO
September 16th, 2008 at 23:34
September 24th, 2008 at 03:03
oh i just noticed that things in NZ you say football… is that rugby (massively popular down here) or soccer?
September 24th, 2008 at 07:18
Yes it’s rugby.
September 24th, 2008 at 07:25
October 1st, 2008 at 01:41
lol okies, i was going to say Rugby is our countries national sport, soccer is played but not as big.
Do you have netball over there? (talking to friends in the states they didn’t even know what it was!!!)
October 1st, 2008 at 07:59
No, we don’t know what that is either
Had to look it up on wikipedia 
November 7th, 2008 at 00:24
LMAO, well here in NZ it’s the national ‘women’s’ sport… it’s a great game!
February 10th, 2009 at 23:56
Hi David, I am a New Zealander married to a Slovene. He has been here in NZ about 15yrs and is really homesick for Slovenia. We are considering moving back to Slovenia and I reckon in many ways the standard of living is similar in both countries.(I lived there for 18 months in 1994). NZ is great in many ways but no-where is perfect. Joze (husband) is appalled at the standard of house that most kiwis live in (compared to Slovenia). He calls them wooden Baraks. Cold and damp in winter and too hot in summer. We pay about 400Euros per week for our mortgage 4 bdrm house in a poorer suburb of Auckland. He has to work seven days a week to support our family. I am a stay at home Mum with 5 daughters. Food costs us about $250Euros per week and we never eat in restaurants! Anyway a friend of ours is planning to set up a website connecting Slovenes living in NZ (there are only a couple of hundred I believe - we know about 10 in Auckland so far) so if you want to connect with any of us let me know and I’ll give you my email address. Good luck. Ann
February 12th, 2009 at 08:32
Hi Ann!
Lep pozdrav iz sedaj že malo manj zasnežene in hladne Slovenije
Well if you’re really considering moving to Slovenia you picked the right time. Currently the real estate prices are dropping so that they are equal to the prices some 10 years ago. 6 Months ago you couldn’t find anything below 3000€/m2. Today prices are below 2000€/m2 and there still is no bottom on the horizon
I’ll be interested in web site. After all I am a software developer
Well if you return to Slovenia you should expect that both of you are going to have to work 7 days a week and you will still not have enough to support the family. I have a decent pay, my girl friend has minimum vague. We have a dog, live in a rented appartment (400€ rent + 200€ expences + 200-300€ food /month) and we barely manage . It sucks!
At least the real estate prices are dropping. Here if you wan’t to compare prices.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:12
Thanks for the link to compare prices. Yeah, I believe you that things would be tough in Slovenia too. I’ve been looking at a few Real Estate websites and can’t believe how expensive the houses there are! Especially near Ljubljana where Joze is from. I thought NZ had the most expensive houses. Apparently Auckland has some of the most expensive real estate, on a par with some of the bigger cities like London etc. Anway, truth is we can’t afford to shift countries now so might just have to save up and buy a big photo of Bled to stick on the wall!
Do you have any firm plans as to when you will come?
Chances are we’ll probably still be here when you do, so get in touch and come for coffee or dinner.
Lep Pozdrav,
Ann
You can contact me at annoliver@xtra.co.nz
February 17th, 2009 at 14:44
Last years prices per m2 were higher in Ljubljana than in center of London, figure that
People were buying houses/apartments and giving them away for rent. At the moment there are a lot of real estates empty because there are no buyers, prices are falling.
Will see what the future brings
I don’t expect to move in the next 5 years, but we are definitely visiting NZ when before we move there. Our plan is to travel from North to South island in one month or month and a half 
I have to warn you that I’m a big coffee drinker and you’ll have to make a bucket of coffee
February 18th, 2009 at 23:11
Ha ha, a bucket of coffee it is then. I am rather fond of coffee myself. In fact my favourite coffee is the Barcaffe everyone drinks in Slovenia. I think thats because that is where I started my coffee habit. The pretty pink packet is nice too! I remember one time I was given coffee at a relatives that we were visiting in Slovenia. I asked for the suger and wondered why this cousin of Jozes looked at me strangely. When I tasted my coffee it was soooo sweet! I discovered that all coffee is sweetened before it is given to you. Seems this was normal there. I warn you that here if you are given coffee at someones house here in NZ they will always ask if you want milk and you usually sweeten your own. And just pray you don’t visit someone who gives you instant coffee!!! You will hate it! Unfortunately it is the norm in most households here. In fact ‘real’ coffee is only a relatively new thing here, and while it is widely available in cafes, many people still drink instant at home.
Just so you know we pay between $3-4NZ for a small coffee in a cafe here. Thats about 1.5 -
2 Euro I think. How does that compare to Slovenia?