@Malcolm:- "a bit younger"? Thirty years would be about right.
As an aside, I once applied for a position with F&P (must have been at least forty years ago now) ... they replied suggesting I was "over qualified" (can you imagine?); I guess they were just being kind. For a couple of years previously I used to get a weekly newspaper air-mailed out from Dunedin (I think it was) as "the plan" was to head out there when I left the mob. It never happened, of course ... and more's the pity.
Mind you, Malcolm, the Kiwis have not always been too keen on England (see Sling Camp at Bulford, 15 March 1919).
@Dustcap:- "benefits"? If you have to ask, then you can't be serious!
However, TBH the "politics" of NZ are not what they once were.
For myself, I would be happy to head out almost anywhere in the world, just as long as it was for a permanent position (meaning that I did not have to return to the UK).
