believed it was the best decision. They had found all that gold, it was
going to be a wealthy country, everything was looking prosperous for South Africa, so that is why I chose it. Plus, it wasn’t so far to go, only a two-week trip.’
That was a long time ago, but it was the same with Sarah and me.
Our decision to come here, to Christchurch, the reason was the same. You ask yourself what is the best thing to do at the time.
We met in London. The two years I’d originally gone for somehow
turned into ten. As it happened Sarah moved into the same flat as a
friend of mine and we ended up going out in the same social circle. One night we hooked up and that was pretty much it. We never looked back.
London was good, but once we started to think about a family we
began to look at where that might best be done. New Zealand seemed like a pretty good option. The quality of the place, the values you found
here, so that’s how we ended up in Wellington. It was after the birth of our son, Theo, who was born with a disability, that we decided to come
to Christchurch. We came because we wanted to be closer to family but I have to say I have come to love it. I like the English heritage it
has and I hope that will remain. All those magnificent trees and so on, I love that it is the garden city. It reminds me a lot of Stellenbosch and the kind of English towns that we have in South Africa. Its winters
are cold but then that is nice as well, there is a difference between
the seasons and you get those lovely blue skies that I like. It was cold the day we arrived, but blue, a beautiful blue day and as you leave the
airport here you go through these lovely areas and wow, yeah, I thought,
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