Tania Davidson, New Zealand

Who are you? My name is Tania Davidson. Where, when and why did you move abroad? I’m a licensed /registered Clinical Psychologist from Ventura California, and I moved to New Zealand March 29, 2021. New Zealand, like California, has everything I love: beautiful open spaces, sailing, backpacking, mountains, and a temperate climate, but less of … Read more

Simon, Napier

Who are you? I’m a languages teacher from the UK prone to wandering the globe rather than settling down.I’ve lived in Spain, France, China and now New Zealand. If you like, you can catch more of the adventures on my blogs… Warning, contains a lot of nonsense! Where, when and why did you move abroad? … Read more

Fady Magdy

Who are you? My name is Fady Magdy, I am an Egyptian civil engineer, I’m 37 years old. Where, when and why did you move abroad? I have decided to travel and move abroad since I was 24 years old: at that time I was so excited to explore the world around me.I was lucky … Read more

Joy, Auckland

Who are you? We are a mixed race family of 5. Andrew my husband is 36 and works as a Transport Planner for an Engineering Consultany Company and I, Joy, 39 used to be a teacher in the UK.We have 3 children: Ethan aged 3 years 7 months, Catherine 2 years and Genevieve 2 years. … Read more

Stephanie DeLaGarza, Hawke’s Bay

Who are you? I’m Stephanie DeLaGarza, a citizen of the United States having grown up in Northern Virginia and then moving back to my hometown of San Antonio, Texas for college.I resided there until I decided to leave my 20+ year career in the I.T. field and sell all of my worldly belongings to follow … Read more

Dawn and Isaac, Wellington

Who are you? Dawn and Isaac originally from Cornwall in England! We are very cornish but now live in Wellington! We run our own blog called Going NZ where we document our journey and our move to New Zealand.Where, when and why did you move abroad? We moved here in 2014, we are just coming … Read more

Abigail Simpson

Who are you? My name is Abigail Simpson and I’m a 25-year-old writer living in New Zealand. My blog is called Poms Away: A British Immigrant’s View of New Zealand.Where, when and why did you move abroad? I was born in England. My parents dragged me kicking and screaming to New Zealand when I was … Read more

Josh And Melissa, Wellington

Who are you? We are an American married couple that fell in love with travel during our college years. Josh runs an outdoors blog called YonderStoke and Melissa documents our adventures with weekly vlogs on our Youtube channel, TheJoshandMelissa.Where, when and why did you move abroad? Ever since we got married we have made traveling … Read more

Raymond Edwards, Hawke’s Bay

Who are you? My name is Raymond Edwards and I live on the east coast of New Zealand in an area known as Hawke’s Bay, the main towns in this area are called Napier, Hastings and Havelock North. I am a retired IT Project Manager having spent over 40 years in the industry working for … Read more

Laura Jerome, The Bay of Islands (Northland)

Who are you? I am Laura, I’m originally from Scotland, I’m a gardener/farmer now, but I used to be a teacher. I taught children with emotional difficulties and severe autism. I’m married to the lovely Lloyd, we have no children, but have filled our life with animals. We have 3 big dogs. Where, when and … Read more

Jenny, Auckland

My name is Jenny. We moved to Auckland, New Zealand in May 2010. My husband, Chris, was presented with a great job opportunity, so we decided to make the move from the States and head to New Zealand. I had never been to New Zealand, so finding first-hand information from other expats about life in … Read more

Diane Morgan, Wellington

My name is Diane Morgan and I’m originally from Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. I’ve been living outside of America for nearly 10 years now but have been in New Zealand for the past four of those. I currently work for the NZ government as a business improvement advisor however before coming to NZ I … Read more

Jared Gulian, Martinborough, North Island

My name is Jared Gulian, and I’m still not entirely sure how I ended up living in paradise. My partner Rick and I are two American city boys who moved to rural New Zealand in 2006. We live on 20 acres with an olive grove just outside the charming wine village of Martinborough, at the … Read more

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