"Part of the reason I moved back ... was to get away from those Auckland winters"
Wow, if you think Auckland winters are bad, you must not have experienced a real winter in the northern hemisphere!
There's far colder (and darker, and wetter) winters in much of North America and Europe.
As for New Zealand (and I'm saying this as a Kiwi), it's an amazing place for the lifestyle. Not necessarily an amazing place for career opportunities, though.
Wow, if you think Auckland winters are bad, you must not have experienced a real winter in the northern hemisphere!
There's far colder (and darker, and wetter) winters in much of North America and Europe.
As for New Zealand (and I'm saying this as a Kiwi), it's an amazing place for the lifestyle. Not necessarily an amazing place for career opportunities, though.