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New Zealand
KERRYN REID in Auckland
I was born in Pietermaritzburg where I lived until the age of 9 when we left for a new life in New Zealand. Having spent the majority of my childhood (and life) in New Zealand I have come to love this country. Let’s be honest, Kiwis are strange people (but in a good way). For as many similarities they share with South Africans (rugby driven, love of the outdoors etc) there are more than enough differences ...
KEVIN BROOKS in Hamilton
Nieu Seeland ‘n nuwe avontuur.
Hoe en wat is dit om in Kiwiland te gaan bly, en wat is ‘n tiepiese dag? Met die eerste oog opslag sal dit jou byval hoe skoon en netjies dit is. Daar is baie buitemuurse aktiviteite en ongerepte natuur en alles is ‘n paar uur van waar jy bly. Dis ook ‘n land van kontras. Dele van die land is woes en moeilik bewoonbaar, ander dele word weer baie koud of nat. Mense is maar or ...
VANESSA LAVAL-GLAD in Auckland
Four years ago, I was living in Meyerton, Gauteng, the lovely little town where I had grown up, commuting four hours a day to get to and from my low-paying job 70km away in Sandton. I had no intention of leaving South Africa, as I had no idea that there was so much possibility beyond its borders. That was until my childhood sweetheart, who left me behind to immigrate to New Zealand 10 years earlier, turned ...
CINDY SMITH in New Zealand
I was born and raised in Durban. And besides travelling a bit around SA, Durban was basically all I knew. It was very sad to see it decline over the last few years from a clean colourful city, to a kind of drab place where locals wouldn’t even go to the beach.
In 2000 I travelled to Australia and spent a month there with a friend of mine who is also an expat South African. And I knew from then I wanted to ...
JONATHAN REID in Auckland
I arrived here in 1994 as an 11 year old and have now spent the majority of my life in this country. With all my family and some friends still in SA I have returned twice and always look forward to going back for holidays.
Whilst I have been in New Zealand 15 years I still don’t consider myself to be a full New Zealander as my South African upbringing will forever make up a big part of who I am. I do how ...
