We all walked into Bayfair this morning, Craig to set up his kiwi saver (pension) and Sam to find out why her wages were short. It transpires that in the absence of an IRD number, she'd paid almost 50% tax. Much sulking was evident later on, particularly when asked for some housekeeping.
NZ Van Lines rang to say they would be delivering our stuff tomorrow afternoon. Woo! Not sure where we're going to put it all but we really can't wait for our own bed.
A phone call from the dentist - Imogen needs two fillings replacing and a new one. Rhiannon also went to the dentist this morning, and the strange arrangement of teeth (courtesy of extractions and orthodontic treatment) resulted in another set of week-long-to-process X-rays.
We received a letter from the Ministry of Social Development inviting us to apply for a community services card. Apparently the Inland Revenue had told them we were entitled to one. No such thing as data privacy over here apparently. As it entitles us to "the full subsidy for your health care costs" we applied straight away. It does seem to be related to having children but I guess it's also income related. As we don't have any income right now, we'll take any help we can get. This is I suppose pay back for the hundreds of pounds we've handed to the NZ government just to get over here. Don't feel guilty at all.
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