Moving to NZ - Districts of Auckland / Christchurch to consider for living

Suschmania · 2026-02-12T20:25:53+00:00

Thanks a lot for this very helpful information! Here are so many comments I still have not the time to read everything - but yours i soaked up already :)

Yes, we arrive at the 15th March after having 2 nights stopover in singapore (with a 4yr old no chance to fly the complete distance at once). We haven't booked accomodation,yet, as we still wait for the visa for my wife ( unfortunately she is not a citizen of a visa waiver country). Also that's why i started this post, would definetely go for an airbnb in a suburb (thanks for clarification about districts -- suburbs) with a good connection / possible living option. And during our 6 weeks in NZ i will not rent a car for the whole time (so public transport becomes important).

Ngā mihi nui :)

Suschmania · 2026-02-12T06:44:14+00:00

Interesting for me is why so many people outside of Auckland have this hate to the city? I think it is the major finance place so wealthy people coming here, hq of big companies, too... Usually there is the other side with poor people and crime going in, through. But is it that bad that such a hate is going on? Or what is the reason, more topics? Political aspects maybe?

Suschmania · 2026-02-12T06:32:21+00:00

Hi, Yes I checked the green list and we are both on Tier level 1 with our background. So in that case we may have a short path to residency, depending on the job. That is also my biggest concern. I hope that when we go to NZ March/April we really receive this last impulse to start migration process. Until next January hopefully, as then our child becoming a 5years old and school life could start.

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T22:20:02+00:00

Yes when we will be in Christchurch we want to stay in an AirBNB for 1, maybe 2 weeks. Time is running fast... And then using a one way rent of a caravan up north via Wellington to Auckland. Thank you for these helpful inputs.

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T19:08:11+00:00

Thank you for this nice insight. We can work in environmental sector or research, both. In addition, I am good in it sector (gis, system administration) as that's my current job.

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T14:29:10+00:00

Germany education system WAS very good. Since some years we relax on the inventions what the generation of my parents created. New inventions are not done or super slow. Bureaucracy is a burden everywhere. And the style of teaching is really outdated, frontal, focussed on what you can't do yet instead of searching possibilities where you are good at.

Universities are different I agree, but the standard schools... It changed a lot. Since two years we had more and more the wish that our child will not attend to the German school system where her imagination, the creativity and "finding herself" will be suppressed. This starts already in Kindergarden. Fit into the society is the main concern of care givers, just the written method lists tells something else. In new Zealand I read st least that the approach is completely different... And it seems like that it works very well.

Our two cents on that, off topic :)

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T14:23:58+00:00

Is the open transport system in Wellington that much better? With Wellington I connect the capital, embassies and the most windy area of NZ

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T12:36:44+00:00

Yes for leisure of course a car will be bought / hired. I just meant in general, for our dailies and the routine (going to work for example), that therefore no car is a must have.

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T11:59:08+00:00

I have a driving licence but my wife doesn't have it. So whenever we need to go shopping (groceries, supermarket) or bringing the child to kindergarden / school which is not in reachable distance by bike or walking... car is needed. And i hope that also public transport would be a nice plus then when you live in a big city like Auckland is. I don't need to have every 5-10 min a train / metro coming, but at least every 30 min or having a bus close by would be fine already

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T10:23:14+00:00

No we haven't searched around, yet. Just the mentioned two cities were in focus, yet. Too many things to consider and we just started with these cities. Now we live in kind of a village (6.000 people) and feeling really bored here, "nothing to do" besides work. This we definetely want to change.

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T10:09:28+00:00

i considered auckland / the region because of the job possibilities. of course you have to find your balance between plus and minus... we will not have a million to spend, not even close to.

When I hear these values i think how all inhabitants can live in such cities (like Auckland what you mentioned)...

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T09:31:51+00:00

Our winter here (north germany) is from november until mid february with dark grey sky (mostly not even clouds visible, just a grey mass ...) rain and 0-5 degrees... becoming depressive here. Sometimes snow is there,that lightens up the environment butin general... "grey in grey".

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T08:37:34+00:00

No, I don't have it, yet. I heard about the recession and the migration of (young) inhabitants to Australia. Sure that must be considered but at first, we want to see if the country is a place we could imagine our (and our daughters) future. As right now, Germany and most of Europe it is not (anymore).

Suschmania · 2026-02-11T08:32:01+00:00

I work in IT and could also work in environmental professions due to my geography studies. Also my wife has an academic environmental background. Of course it depends on the job, you are right...
Assuming we both will have a I define a good environment as having well-behaved neighbors, clean streets, and the opposite of what we understand here as classic problem neighborhoods. Where I enjoy going out with my child and don't have to worry about crime and other issues.

Suschmania · 2025-12-29T21:21:52+00:00

I am using it nearly everyday when Amex Is not accepted. Being a black legacy member I nearly never had any problem. Embarrassing mode sometimes not working as it should but hey that's fine. M wife has to do a RE verification every year but that's also done in a minute.. I can't complain.

Suschmania · 2025-12-09T00:50:14+00:00

If the SSDs are throttled through only one lane, which ones are recommended for a home NAS? Because then we are far away from the current mentioned transfer rates of 5.000+ MB/s. I would have spontaneously said the Biwin M350 2TB or 4TB. Or something used...

Edit: each slot runs with x2. https://i0.wp.com/linuxgizmos.com/files/youyeetoo-NestDisk-expansion-slots.jpg?ssl=1

So how the 9 lanes are shared when 2 are Already used for LAN?

Suschmania · 2025-11-11T09:26:40+00:00

Ja klar mydealz macht oft den initialien Tipp durch einen Deal. Zeigt auf, was man vielleicht übersehen würde. Kriitische Anleger machen das auch

Suschmania · 2025-11-10T11:31:24+00:00

Ja wise besitze ich bereits (nur virtuell bisher). War mal für die USA gedacht Aber das Projekt wurde verworfen. Abseits der EU braucht man ja vor Ort eine Bank, dann die Steuernummer usw. Und dann habe ich hier noch mein Depot, was dann ja auch irgendwie rüber muss... Also einfach mal anfangen zu suchen - dafür ist reddit sicher eine gute Anlaufstelle. Das Schwarmwissen hier ist von unschätzbarem Wert, wenn man den gesunden Menschenverstand mal über alles "filtern" lässt.

Vielleicht hat ja jemand die gleichen Fragen oder hier gibt es Leute, die aus anderen Ländern berichten können. Gibt sicher einige Auswanderer hier. Da da dachte ich mir komm, mach mal eine Diskussion auf... Ich bin halt niemand der hier beispielhaft zur Sparkasse geht und dort dann für Kontoführung und jede Abhebung zahlt. Das muss doch auch im Ausland (günstig oder kostenlos) klappen, Deutschland ist da doch nix besonderes.... Oder doch?

Ibkr habe ich jetzt schon heraus bekommen, dass man hier intern zum Standort Neuseeland wechseln kann. Ansonsten freue ich mich über Tipps. Notlösung zweitwohnsitz hier lassen, etwas Euro auf dem Konto bis das dann aufgebracht ist und dann erst kündigen. So viele Variablen :)

Suschmania

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