Showing posts with label Moving to New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moving to New Zealand. Show all posts

November 08, 2024

Looking at Moving to New Zealand?

Many Americans appear depressed now that Donald Trump has been elected President for a second term. Internet searches related to New Zealand have increased. Before making the move there are a few things to consider, and many such things are addressed in my book: Snob's Guide to New Zealand

Get your copy today: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1727804147





November 10, 2020

Snob's Guide to New Zealand Making Comeback

 My book on navigating around New Zealand society is undergoing a resurgence. When first released it was always top 100 on Amazon's Australian and Oceanian Politics category in both the physical and Kindle format. As a Kindle read it also rated highly within travel guides, a subject it does also address. But then it fell away, still selling but not enough to push it back into the limelight.

Recently readers have started borrowing the book from the Kindle Lending Library, which is new for me as in the past people bought the book. I know how much of the book gets read this way as I'm paid by the page through the Kindle Lending Library. My last two books get read completely when borrowed which I'm told is quite rare. Books are generally not read properly, readers skip pages, more than 20% of each book can be skipped through in fact. These readers later claim to have finished the book, when they haven't done that at all. So it's nice to know that my efforts are appreciated or at least hold the reader.

Why the comeback for Snob's Guide to New Zealand? I think the answer is twofold, people in the US are unhappy with the way things are headed there and maybe looking to escape. The other is controversy surrounding NZ's election and the possibility of electoral interference there as well. Readers are interested to know how the NZ system works, and exactly how its electoral system is flawed.

You can read my book by following this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9XRCWK

It's an easy read, written in an accessible way, but it's not endless gush either, if you want to know exactly how NZ operates, this is your first port of call. You get the lowdown, need to know stuff.

October 21, 2018

Snob's Guide to New Zealand: Selling Well

My latest book, Snob's Guide to New Zealand has started off well, within the first week it has made top 10 in Germany and the USA within the politics category. In Germany it was for the paperback and in the US for the Kindle version.

Not a bad start then. Readers can find the book here:

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9XRCWK

Paperback: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1727804147

October 12, 2018

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

I've written a useful guide to New Zealand, out now in Paperback and on Kindle. This book will need to be read by anyone interested in a move to New Zealand. It reveals how Kiwis think and from a snob's perspective what are the best schools, cities, cool places?

It goes deeper than you find with most guides. What other guides do is gloss over things or they describe only how to do something. They don't contain criticism, or they're too stale. What Snob's Guide to New Zealand does is assume you know how to do things, such as filling in forms. But what you really need to know is; what will you experience and who will you come up against?

But this book isn't just a guide, it will also be valuable for Kiwis too. From this book they can measure where they're at, where they're going, and how to get there. It raises important issues only occasionally addressed in New Zealand.

What are the best schools and universities? Which cities are best? This is a no holds barred type of approach the reader will find invaluable.

Here is the link to the Paperback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1727804147

Snob's Guide on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9XRCWK



Snob's Guide to New Zealand is indispensable to anyone looking at a move Downunder, or for the locals who want to know how to get ahead in their own country.
Universities
“There is a strict pecking order…Dispense with all international rankings as they’re meaningless.”
Energy
“…the Tesla owner and the ordinary guy in his Nissan Leaf are at war with poor people.”
New Zealand Wars
“The history of these conflicts is one where Maori won all the battles but lost the wars.”

August 31, 2018

Snob's Guide

I have one guest contributor to my guide to New Zealand. If anyone else out there is up for it, send me an email from the contact form. I'm looking for Kiwi snob's prepared to vent on everything.

The contributor is Lucinda of Remuera.

Snob's Guide is now available in paperback or on Kindle:

Paperback: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1727804147

Kindle: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J9XRCWK

August 08, 2018

New Zealand Guide Book

I've started writing my guide book for people considering moving to live in New Zealand. It is not intended to be a detailed resource with all the forms to fill in and wotnot, but a guide to how the locals think and how to negotiate your way through NZ society.

I am the main author, and I have one other contributor to side bars with the book. If anyone else wants to submit material then I'm happy to discuss your inclusion and the type of material being sought. You'll get credit for the work but no payment.

You must have intimate knowledge of NZ to qualify, hold strong opinions and be able to write about them. I'd prefer it if the material is funny. I'm looking for humorous and thoughtful rants. There is probably only room for another two contributors at most so be in early. The work will published before the end of the year.

Contact me from the contact form on this site.