Thanks everyone. You’ve made some very sound points and I really appreciate the time you’ve taken. I hope you won’t mind if I contact some of you if I have a specific question, but you’ve really improved my perspective and helped me get over that feeling of panic that we newbies must get from time to time.

I’m hoping someone may be able to clarify the situation for me. I’ve been spending every possible moment familiarising myself with as much information as possible in as short a time as possible. I now find myself reading postl to guage the feelings of others,and I’m getting the idea that I may have missed the boat as far as NZ is concerned….and…[Read more]