Current Events > Covid breaches New Zealand's borders YET AGAIN.

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Trumble posted...

Okay so from what Bloomfield's saying, sounds like this might be wrong and it might be Level 2 for Auckland already.

Yep, and level 1 for the rest of NZ - definitely wasn't expecting that latter part, especially Taranaki.

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Drpooplol posted...

How do you like living in New Zealand? What are the great things? What are the poopy parts?

Relatively safe and temperate (that means it isn't a tropical paradise or like cali either mind you, but in Wellington the number of times it snowed in my life I can count on one hand. Good for consistency). Food is generally of a high quality as well (relative to my experience in other countries).

The main obvious negatives are distance (long trip to go to and from nz). A roll on effect of this is there has been a lag getting commodities to nz when they are new. In terms of media (movies, music, games) this isn't a big deal anymore as things tend to get simultaneously released everywhere these days. But you do run into stupid stuff like the Valve Index having no official avenue for purchase (despite Gabe living in nz). Similarly if you wanted the newest model Tesla I wouldn't be surprised if it was hard to find (and certainly it must be hard to find charging stations). One other thing that may be a negative is if you are from a large (maybe even moderate) sized city in America stuff in nz would probably close super early for you. Most regular stores close by 6pm and supermarkets 10-11pm. Liquor laws require bars to close at either 2 or 3 am (I forget which) as well. Mileage would vary depending where in nz you are

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