My advice is check who the shippers use NZ end to transport houshold belongings into your new NZ residence. We had excellent could not be faulted packers and shippers in the UK but the firm they subcontracted to over here were a nightmare. No exaggeration - broke things by literally throwing boxes to each other and pulling stacks down from high in the van made worse by what they were smoking whilst on the job.
Anyone who can provide the name of a good packing and shipping company NZ end would be really valued as we do not want the same experience again. We are moving on again - over to Oz and from our last experience if the goods had not been really well packed up in the UK they would not have survived the harsh treatment of unloading. I am going to see if I can contract a firm this end who comes which a good reference and do the same for the Oz side, rather than just assume that because we got a good service here the sub-contracters on the other side will deliver the same service. Its a lot of money to waste on trashed belongings and the insurance was not worth the effort of applying for as they asked for "before" photographs and original receips when will tried to get some money back. Of course we had neither - who thinks of taking picture evidence that your belongings were not broken when they went in the crate! Will next time though - for the expensive things. Good luck but please anyone who can help with reccommendations for the Auckland and further North area of NZ and the Perth end of OZ - I really cannot face the same scenario again. Please.
