It can be a daunting concept of leaving your home and all that is familiar to you to start a life in another country. Especially a country on the other side of the world!
We know first hand what this is like. I myself moved to lived in the United States of Amercia for two years, and that is where I met my Mexican husband, Israel. Israel and I then moved to New Zealand in 2001 and were married in Christchurch!
We got married at a beautiful little church, and then had our reception on a dream like boat, with a three hour cruise with all of our guests and a beautiful dinner! It was a dream come true.
It was difficult even for us moving back to New Zealand, and for Israel to find work, make friends and adjust to a different culture and country on the other side of the world!
But let me tell you... it was worth it! Now, 8 years later, we are both incredibly happy and settled! Israel has so many friends that we can hardly keep up with them all
and is very settled in a wonderful job for the last 7 years!
We know it's difficult, but once you've made the decision to move, our advice is to jump in with all of you! It's easy to make friends and get involved when you make yourself really available
We welcome you to post your personal exeriences here and share with other migrants your journey and encourage each other along the way. You may also get in touch with other migrants directly through your Personal Profile section of this forum, and find other migrants from your home country, or from a similar culture or native tongue to yourself.
All the best with your process of becoming a kiwi. We hope that our website is above to bring you incredibly valueable information and help along the way.
Our move to New Zealand from USA and Mexico 
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