I forgot to post this last week but now that it has come off the bank account it has reminded me.
Both the Wife and I need Police Checks. For me this is another copy, I really should have asked for two copies the last time I sent for one. The one I have has gone to the NZ Teacher Registration Board so I can't really use that for the NZIS.
Luckily as SmidsyJr is 16, he doesn't require a Police Check (he would if he was 17) so that saves us a tenner.
Costs to date=£1825.30
New Costs= £20.53
Total Costs=£1845:83
Tuesday 27 May 2008
Thursday 22 May 2008
Transportation & Banking
I have had a few quotes in the past week for moving our stuff to NZ.
Most are coming in at £2200ish +3%-3.5% of goods value for insurance.
Given that we are moving £10k+ of kit which we would otherwise be selling off at bargain basement prices, this represents a huge saving.
I checked the town we are moving to and saw it only had two banks. Now call me picky but I want to be able to bank with a company that has a branch I can get to at lunch time and has enough international clout that it could also transfer my capital (depending on costs/exchange rate as compared to an international money transfer company).
I have set up bank accounts with one of these banks which will become active one I present the branch with the paperwork they have sent me and my passport.
Most are coming in at £2200ish +3%-3.5% of goods value for insurance.
Given that we are moving £10k+ of kit which we would otherwise be selling off at bargain basement prices, this represents a huge saving.
I checked the town we are moving to and saw it only had two banks. Now call me picky but I want to be able to bank with a company that has a branch I can get to at lunch time and has enough international clout that it could also transfer my capital (depending on costs/exchange rate as compared to an international money transfer company).
I have set up bank accounts with one of these banks which will become active one I present the branch with the paperwork they have sent me and my passport.
Medicals or how to spend money FAST!
The EOI should have been accepted but remember I am dealing with a bureaucracy so action to reaction may take two weeks.
Call it jumping the gun but I have had the medicals and it is EXPENSIVE.
Firstly I had to download the correct medical form.
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/formsandfees/formsandguides/healthcharacter.htm
I had to go to two different places to get all the medicals done. One place did the chest x-rays, to prove that none of us has TB, (£240) and the doctor did the health exam including bloods. N.B. If you have a BMI of 35+, or are diabetic, etc you will require more test and this starts racking up the costs FAST. For three of us the cost came to £859! The Doctor actually apologised for the cost. Parking cost us another £4.30
Costs to date = £722.00
New Costs = £240+£859+£4.30=£1103.30
Total costs=£1825.30 YOWSER!
Call it jumping the gun but I have had the medicals and it is EXPENSIVE.
Firstly I had to download the correct medical form.
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/formsandfees/formsandguides/healthcharacter.htm
I had to go to two different places to get all the medicals done. One place did the chest x-rays, to prove that none of us has TB, (£240) and the doctor did the health exam including bloods. N.B. If you have a BMI of 35+, or are diabetic, etc you will require more test and this starts racking up the costs FAST. For three of us the cost came to £859! The Doctor actually apologised for the cost. Parking cost us another £4.30
Costs to date = £722.00
New Costs = £240+£859+£4.30=£1103.30
Total costs=£1825.30 YOWSER!
Tuesday 13 May 2008
The Job Offer
The job offer has come through, by e-mail. I have to print it off and send it by snail mail to NZ but one of the nice things it has on it is "Do you require school accomodation?".
The job is to start on 21 July 2008. Start of term 3, so I had better send in my TC1.
I submitted my EOI as soon as I had the e-mail as I needed some details from the offer e-mail, (like the headies surname for starters). That was NZ$400, about £160.
The job is to be governed by the PPTA agreement. I think it is this one here
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=12323&indexid=1014&indexparentid=1013
Total costs = £722.00
The job is to start on 21 July 2008. Start of term 3, so I had better send in my TC1.
I submitted my EOI as soon as I had the e-mail as I needed some details from the offer e-mail, (like the headies surname for starters). That was NZ$400, about £160.
The job is to be governed by the PPTA agreement. I think it is this one here
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=12323&indexid=1014&indexparentid=1013
I am going to have to get some flights together.
Total costs = £722.00
Thursday 8 May 2008
A JOB!!!!!
Call this the best progress that you can have.
I was in the house on Sunday afternoon and I thought "Seems I have my application into the NZQA, lets check what jobs are out there", so I logged onto the NZ Education Gazette website.
To find the NZ equivalent of the TES website vacancy pages use this:
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php
I looked under physics and only saw a few jobs and none in places I wanted to work (all decile 1 i.e. bottom 10% of the country for affluence and highest deprivation or decile 10 private schools, a sector that I think I am not suited to). I looked under Mathematics and saw a screed of work. So 12 e-mails with c.v. and covering letters later I thought "Job done" wrap it up.
Monday evening rolls round and I am sitting doing nothing much when the phone rings. I answer it and it is a call from a rural school I'd sent my c.v. to the day before. One instant interview with the headteacher later he told me the head of Mathematics would be calling me the next night.
Tuesday night roll round and the Glaswegian, like myself, head of Mathematics calls me and interviews me for the post. Turns out that he supports the same football team as me! We get to the end of the interview and he informs me that I am going to be his recommendation for the post. You could have knocked me down with a feather at that point.
11pm Wednesday night I am just getting in the door when the phone rings. It is only the headmaster calling to give me the job. Add to that the offer of subsidised school owned rental housing. I opted for the 2 bed flat at NZ$100 per week as this is all I really need for the moment.
Needless to say I am well made up!
I was in the house on Sunday afternoon and I thought "Seems I have my application into the NZQA, lets check what jobs are out there", so I logged onto the NZ Education Gazette website.
To find the NZ equivalent of the TES website vacancy pages use this:
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php
I looked under physics and only saw a few jobs and none in places I wanted to work (all decile 1 i.e. bottom 10% of the country for affluence and highest deprivation or decile 10 private schools, a sector that I think I am not suited to). I looked under Mathematics and saw a screed of work. So 12 e-mails with c.v. and covering letters later I thought "Job done" wrap it up.
Monday evening rolls round and I am sitting doing nothing much when the phone rings. I answer it and it is a call from a rural school I'd sent my c.v. to the day before. One instant interview with the headteacher later he told me the head of Mathematics would be calling me the next night.
Tuesday night roll round and the Glaswegian, like myself, head of Mathematics calls me and interviews me for the post. Turns out that he supports the same football team as me! We get to the end of the interview and he informs me that I am going to be his recommendation for the post. You could have knocked me down with a feather at that point.
11pm Wednesday night I am just getting in the door when the phone rings. It is only the headmaster calling to give me the job. Add to that the offer of subsidised school owned rental housing. I opted for the 2 bed flat at NZ$100 per week as this is all I really need for the moment.
Needless to say I am well made up!
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