Jealous! I visited NZ (north island) for a week about 6 years ago and absolutely fell in love with it. Since that time I’ve made it a goal to 1) go back again for a longer stay and 2) retire there. Where are you looking at settling?
I’m not knowledgeable enough to answer your questions, but I do believe games tend to be more expensive there (along with pretty much everything else).
Not from NZ either but afaik you can let Steam know where you moved to and thus won’t need a VPN.
Bout the plug you could probably just google what kinda plug they are using and then buy the right adapter/power supply.
Am 100% certain that you will be able to play online games…it’s not like you’ll be the only human around lol Always depends on where exactly you are moving to tho
Not from NZ, from Aus but can still tell you some stuff.
Plugs are a different type from the US and power in NZ is 240 V vs 110 V in the US, if your power supply on the computer can convert from both 110 and 240 V (some have a switch) you should be fine, you will need a plug adaptor, or you can just swap the power supply in the comp. Be careful with all your electronic devices, some will not be able to handle the voltage difference.
Don’t think you need a VPN for steam and if you buy games on steam the prices are in US dollars if its like Australia. Games are generally a bit more expensive over here if you buy from stores and sometimes online as well.
I did it! I landed a job in New Zealand and I’m moving! It has taken many months of preparation and a bunch of Skype interviews, but I’m so happy I get a little misty even typing about it. I leave at the end of the month. I’ve been so busy that I’ve been missing out on all the great stuff in the Chrono Community, and I’ll be absent for a bit longer, but when I return I will be a slightly different person. The toilets flush backwards there, right?
Make sure you have everything in writing before you set off. No verbal agreements with promises of salaries or anything like that. Might find they’ll alter the deal and put a far worse offer on the table once you’re stranded there with few other options.
But if it’s all well sorted and above board then I’m real happy for you, congratulations. I do hope this’ll be a great thing for you.
It’s called the Coriolis effect if you want to read up on it more, but it’s such a weak force that it only really shows up in large weather systems and such. The trick that tourist guides will show you by spinning water through a funnel as they step across the equator is just tourist trap trickery.
I did know about the Coriolis effect, which is why I mentioned above the relative spin direction of the Earth… But if the toilet shape is a more dramatic influence, that would be new knowledge for me.
