my husband and myself are going over to the north island in november to look for work, and try and decide the best place to get work because my husband is a plumber/ gas fitter by trade. is their enough work out their for him as a plumber?if he gets a job offer then we can come home to start the paper work to migrate. also i have one child age 5 and one age 14. can any one recomend a good place for them to make frinds quickley.i would like to be near good school and shops. also does any one out their know of some expats called the watkins. they migrated i think about a year ago they came from wales, and they wher in a video called the migration experience their first names are kevin and debbie watkins. look forward to any replys.