A common scenario New Zealanders are familiar with involves skilled professionals moving to Australia for the higher wages, opportunities, and weather.
Greymouth-based nurse Sophie Carey has bucked the trend by moving from Australia to New Zealand's West Coast.
She explained to Andrew Dickens why she chose to leave Australia and how it compares to Greymouth in terms of living and work-life balance. Sophie was also drawn in by the nation's housing market most of all.
"We found it really easy to enter the housing market over here on the coast, and that was after doing a bit of looking and searching around in Christchurch. A lot more affordable, and a lot less stress trying to find a way to enter the property market over here."
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