Overview
- They completed the relocation to Warkworth, North Island, on June 26 after roughly a year of planning and say they are committed to staying.
- The move cost about £30,000, including roughly £600 per-person visas, £195 health checks, £100 document certifications, a £12,500 shipping container and £830 flights each.
- They now rent a five-bedroom beachfront property for about £1,600 per month and claim a comparable home in the UK would cost around £2 million to buy.
- After closing their independent coffee shop in the UK, he works in property and she has moved into website development and data entry, with their children reporting they enjoy school.
- They are searching for a smallholding with space to build homes for their children and describe a welcoming local community and lower everyday costs.