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Well, let me tell you, I have travelled a bit in the past, and my Mum is still the best cook!

We also have a saying, "It's better to be a big fish in a small pond; rather than a small fish in a big pond"!

Here's another thought (based upon my own experiences):- at the end of the day it doesn't really matter where you are (and this is especially true in our modern internet era), but I have found it far more satisfying to work on kit where the need was great (and apparent), and when actual repairs were needed, rather than just droning on doing PM etc. in places where they had (have), shall we say, "everything" (but won't permit you to actually repair anything).

I should imagine that NZ is like that (that is, like the UK's NHS). All the challenging work (the organising, setting things up, and all the rest) will have already been done. Everything will simply be routine. A great place to live (and raise your kids) for sure ... but, there again, can't the same be said about where you are?

Stay in East Africa, Roman ... perhaps we can find a way to support you there, you never know.

It has been reported in news papers today that all the Doctors trained especially the Surgeons are living Uganda for Rwanda, in my country a surgeon is paid 700GBP per month and in Rwanda his paid 3000GBP so you can see what it is in our health system here so do you then what a Biomed takes home?? Geoff i really need to be in my country and serve the patients and i will always do that even if i leave uganda i will always contribute to the health sector growth

Yes, Roman, I'm aware of the general economics of the situation. But if all the good (that is, useful) people go ... what does that leave behind?

I have no easy answers to this f****ed-up world, except to say that each must look into his heart to find their own way of living in their own skin. For instance, just look what the Robber Bankers (... it rhymes easily with another well-used word, does it not?) have done to our credit-crazy world? Don't you just despise those w*****s (yes, that's the word)? I know I do (and always have). Doom on all Suits!

Who has the greater true value, the so-called "celebrity" (brazen, brainless ... but rich), or the lowly biomed toiling away on behalf of the sick and needy? I think we all know the answer.

Keep the Faith, Mate. You are not alone!

I am all in favour of people expanding their horizons, but as Geoff will tell you the hardest part is when you want to go back home. Have you taken the immigration test, these are free and they will tell you which countries will accept your applications, no use dreaming without the facts as there are countries that will only accept qualifications from "western" countries if you want to be classed as an engineer and not a technician.

... or rather, when you don't want to go home, but you have to leave all the same! Don't forget, Neil, that we were contractors, not immigrants!

Yes, like you I am all in favour of people (everyone, in fact) making the best of their lives. And the "grass is always greener" and all that stuff. But, personally, I do not believe that "economic migration" is the answer to the world's problems.

Meanwhile ... "Engineer"? "Technician"? Who cares? I have always been proud to call myself a Technician. All that muhandis lark was (and is) just a load of egotistical crap (something that seems to thrive very well where you are)!

Engineer, technician in some parts of the world it matters, especially when you are moving for the money.

Baboons are still Baboons, whatever you call them. See my earlier comment about "economic migration".

By the way (and returning, however obliquely, to the topic), let it be known that there are Kiwi biomeds working in London, so it's certainly not a "one-way street", by any means.

Still plenty of baboons about, most like to be called managers these days

Roman, Gazpacho
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Anyway...

Thank you all for your replies. Does anybody know someone who successfully moved to a biomed job in New Zealand from abroad?

Thanks,

Edwin.