Originally Posted by Phil

100% humidity at 86F? Sign me up. We regularly hit 98F with 100% humidity. Damn New Zealand sounds like my kind of place. Good weather, hunting, fishing... I'm booking a flight now haha.

Originally Posted by Nvidia78

I can stand the cold there since -4c is like 24.8 F and 9c is like 48 thats not too bad since I live in Iowa and winters here get 0 F and below depending on the wind chill etc I have seen it -50 F below with wind chill before.... ehh 100% humidity you say and 30C thats like 86F, I am not much of a fan of bein soaked with humidity when i step out the door.. but it happens here too, not everyday... but i think i am used to that too, I think I would prefer 75 in the summer..... whats the pay rate there and the cost of livin??

Originally Posted by Sisk

Geez...winters here are brutal. And we don't even get the worst of it on the East coast. West coast and prairie winters are 10 times worse then what we get. Once winter really hits we're looking at high temps of -15C on a nice sunny day, and in Jan/Feb it's usually -20 to -30C and below. And I'm not including wind chill factors. I hate winter...wish I was on a beach right now lol.

Originally Posted by foxxie

Yeah you do get the odd sticky sleepless night when when the humidity gets up[NZ is subtropical].
As for the average wage $36,000-$40,000 a year Nz$
House rent $330-350 pr/week & average house price $400,000-$420,000
Power $150 pr/month
Phone $94 pr/month with internet access
Petrol $1.67 pr/liter
Average food bill a week $140-160 pr/week family of 3-4
Note we do have free medical care in hospitals & free schooling.