Which part of auckland?

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MARIO K

you can get stabbed , get shot or robbed in auckland as well !!
but anyway , a good and more or less safe part is east auckland or north of northshore . better rodney district with nice beaches and good schools !! i enjoy it with my family since we moved from germany !!!

Murphy

If you choose Auckland then live on the North Shore, there are plenty of your fellow countrymen living there as well. The North Shore is a great place, with top schools, beaches, shopping, etc.

Note: You may need to support the Blues :)

Sirius X. Offindur

try East AUck - howick, Dannemorra or the North SHore...plenty of RSA expats...

HandcuffedByBeingAStar

North Shore

Jimmy

Auckland is nothing like Jo burg not even close has crime yes, but again nothing like where you are coming from. There are allot of south Africans here in NZ I deal with 2 x pats everyday over the phone an they love it here (they live in Auckland). My local butcher is South African and a good drinking mate of mine. As already said Id suggest the North Shore in Auckland otherwise check out Wellington or Christchurch,Dunedin also great family safe city's

T. Dub â™¥ got rid of her big pink sunnies[new avi]â™¥

i highly recommend the North Shore.

if you wanted a suburb, Browns Bay would suit really well. Over the past years, there have been quite a few South Africans who have immigrated/moved to Browns Bay.
the area is really nice, friendly people, good shops,quite a few schools around that area and a lovely beach.

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JitterBug

I'm not too familiar with Auckland, but probably the North Shore would be the most family friendly area from what I've heard.

Totem

Sadly, we're starting to catch up.

In general, though, the further south and out of big cities you are, the safer it is. And I still say NZ is one of the best countries in the world to bring up children.

sparklee

I live in herne bay and it is lovely but an expensive neighbourhood. near central auckland are both westmere and point chevalier. westmere is in between herne bay and pt chev. and quite nice and safe but i really love point chev, with a library, two primary schools (one catholic and one public) and several day cares and preschool entertainment it is great for a young family. also has an intermediate school and highschool. pt chev has several parks, beaches and a compilation of shops along the main road. it is near enough to the city and a shopping mall so you really aren't missing anything. the houses arent particularly large but they are pretty and there are a few gems chucked in there. a great place to start off and then move somewhere else. however do not think it is free of crime, there is some graffiti here and there though that gets painted over quite quickly and every now and then people get robbed so really there is no place perfectly free of crime. however try out pt chev. is really a lovely place to live!

Zebra

It depends what you want, if you want to hang out with all the other South Africans here (there are alot) then the wealthier ones live on the North Shore (particularly in the Eastern Bays area like Browns Bay, Torbay, etc) & the less wealthy ones live in the outer Eastern suburbs like Pakuranga or Howick. You will find NZ completely innocent compared to South Africa, I live on the North Shore so have worked alongside alot of Sth Africans. One thing I will say though is that in order to fit in you will need to become laid back like NZers as we find South Africans very aggressive & in the business world I have found SA's downright threatening (standover tactics, etc) & we don't operate that way here. Also NZ is not sexist so it's a bit of an eye opener to be discussing business with a SA guy at work & he says something like "you look pretty"!!!! That doesn't go down well here! I found it really insulting & irrelevant (& inappropriate as it's always the married men that carry on like that - do all SA men cheat on their wives or something?! That's the impression I've formed!).

The only place that most Aucklanders try to avoid is South Auckland, although it's nothing compared to SA re crime, etc. West Auckland has I guess what you'd call, dare I say it, "white trash" type people. Although alot of wealthy celebrities are moving to the outer West Auckland area these days to buy up the lifestyle blocks near the great Waitakere Ranges park & great surf beaches out there.

Central Auckland is good & any Eastern suburbs area, but inner East is millionaire territory (Mission Bay, St Heliers, Remuera).

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