Aidan T
@wellyaidan
American expat in New Zealand
Forum posts
12
About me
American
Lives in Wellington
Registration: 06 September 2011
Activity
Short survey for people considering migrating to NZ by wellyaidan
Hi all, This is the last study of my PhD (I hope!). Can you please help by participating and passing on to friends or relatives? My new study is exploring how personality characteristics influence not only whether someone will migrate, but where ...
Hi Aurélie, Thank you for putting me in the right spot. I have indeed placed an ad now, though the survey is only running for another week, so it's nearly done! Cheers, Aidan Read More
Short survey for people considering migrating to NZ
Hi all, This is the last study of my PhD (I hope!). Can you please help by participating and passing on to friends or relatives? My new study is exploring how personality characteristics influence not only whether someone will migrate, but where ... Read More
Coming from South Africa or India? by wellyaidan
Hi everyone, How do people decide to leave their home? How do they select a destination? That's the topic of my PhD thesis, and I'm looking for people who are willing to be interviewed. I would like to speak to people who are citizens of South ...
Thank you so much to all who participated in the study. I have now completed the interviews and will be working on the analysis for a while yet. Please contact me if you have any questions. Cheers, Aidan Read More
Anyone move to NZ from USA with children? by Stattie
Hello! We are on a fact-finding mission regarding moving from the US to NZ. One of the biggest considerations (besides my husband finding an IT job) would be our son. Does anyone have experience with children moving to NZ from another country? ...
Hi, We moved from the states when our kids were 5, so just starting school. They actually began school about 6 months earlier than they would have in the US, so they are a little ahead of where they would have been. The school year begins the first ... Read More
Coming from South Africa or India?
Hi everyone, How do people decide to leave their home? How do they select a destination? That's the topic of my PhD thesis, and I'm looking for people who are willing to be interviewed. I would like to speak to people who are citizens of South ... Read More
Any expats from the US moved to NZ find it safer, easier to live? by tpulling83
I am putting together a 3 week trip to NZ to not only view everything I have read about and researched, but also to get a job in the supposedly growing entertainment industry there. But the more I research what's going on in the world, in ...
I think so much of it depends on where you are coming from in the US (LA or rural Kentucky?). Do you mean safety from crime or terrorism? In general, there aren't nearly as many guns here as there are in the US. So crime is more likely to be ... Read More