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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to proceed with this move with your children and DH. The situation is fluid and many expats have been separated from their loved ones with no idea when they can return due to unexpected border closings. Don’t bank on being able to visit them even if you are willing to quarantine.[/quote]

You should go to the NZ facebook forums eg  https://www.facebook.com/groups/367648494219248/ rather than dcum. Look at the UK kiwi sites rather than the the US kiwi sites.

I don't like your chances of visiting at Xmas. There are many married couples who are separated because they don't seem to be processing requests for spouses who aren't travelling with the NZ spouse quickly. Some NZ spouses are travelling back to Europe or the US or Japan to accompany their spouses back, silly as that seems, and then they will both be on the hook for the quarantine charges at the compulsory hotels.  Many people are facing multiple cancellations of their flights because they are restricting the number of flights.

Have you applied for the kids' NZ passports? At least get that started.

Regarding education, I wouldn't worry about 6 and 8 grade math. I grew up there, and they use spiral math, but in the end the NZ kids learn the same as the US kids - eg they do  a bit of geometry/algebra/trig every year rather than separating it out and doing only geometry for a year. My kids started out private schools in DC, and we faced the issue that the private schools didn't differentiate, so my kids were behind top public school kids because those public schools did differentiate. We solved this by tutoring them ourselves over the summer and they tested into the top math track. Amazing what can be solved with a $14 book  :) [/quote]

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