This week on Moving Out ` a lifestyle block that's become a lifestyle trap for a mother and son. To keep it looking beautiful requires a lot of effort. The work is really kinda just` It's endless. A massive mortgage prompts heartbreaking decisions. It's hard. Bye, handsome. Will selling push them to breaking point? That's frightening me. A medical couple on an ambitious mission,... We wanna be mirrors, or examples, to young Maori rangatahi around the country. ...committing to five moves in as many years. It's important to have good communication in every marriage. Otherwise you get in trouble. So are they prepared for the emotional toll it will take? www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2019 No matter what stage of the journey you're on, there's a Honda to suit you and your needs. Moving Out with Kanoa ` proudly brought to you by Honda. For many people, living on a lifestyle block is the ultimate prize ` you get to live in the great outdoors, the kids get freedom, the animals get space. But when the kids decide to fly the nest, can maintaining the good life actually become the tough life? The chance to bring her two kids up on a lifestyle block near the boutique market village of Matakana is what prompted Denni Holl to move her family 45 minutes north of Auckland 5 years ago. As a child I had a pony, and my daughter, who was just 8 at the time, she really wanted to have a pony as well. And Keanu, he was just 2, and it was getting a little bit hard to contain him; he was a very robust little boy. And we also felt that Auckland was getting too busy. Sick of dealing with the traffic. And I just wanted to protect my children from what I saw as some of the pressures of city living. The property backs on to Mt Tamahunga, which is a DOC reserve. We really liked the element of bush. We've got a little pocked of bush ourselves. And our water is fed from a spring on the mountain, so it had the capacity for us to be able to be self-sufficient. They called their lifestyle block Meadowsong, and growing up here has made an undeniable imprint on her 17-year-old son, Keanu. I think the bush is probably one of the most, like, important things to me. It's just a place where you can always feel at home; you're always safe. We've got endangered frogs and fish and everything. Eels. Our water comes from there, so I spent a lot of time up there. Kind of a spiritual feeling as well. And the connectivity here, because it's just` it's magnificent. It's lovely. Kua tutuki te momoea ko te whakatipu i nga tamariki i tenei kainga nui, a, kua tipu ano hoki te whanau kararehe. We've had lots of dogs in the past, lots of puppies. We've had about 27 puppies from all our dogs and litters. We've got, I don't know, about 25 chickens. At the moment we have 30 doves. We've had sheep; we've got goats, horses, cats, fish, my beloved parrot, Toffee. It's incredible. One of the main reasons why we moved out here in the first place. TOFFEE: Hello, darling. Good bird. Ina hoki ko Denny raua ko Keanu anake i konei e whakaora ana i te whenua nei. Nothing wrong with your feet. A, ko te kainga nana raua i whakaora i nga tau, kua huri hei a nenetanga nui. Not long before we bought the property, I was partway through a book. And I thought coming out here, where there would be less distractions like the city offers, that I would have more time to write. (CHUCKLES) And it turned out to be exactly the opposite. Come on! Come on! The workload has become too much. I really feel like I've been a slave to the property. It's beautiful, and to keep it looking beautiful requires a lot of effort. I feel like, um, it's my turn again. Yeah. I'd like to be able to get back to trying to accomplish some of my... my dreams. (AXE THUDS, CHICKEN CLUCKS) It's not just 17 acres, it's four houses as well; at least an acre of lawns with a push mower. So the work is really kinda just... It's endless. Sometimes it can just be really hard, you know? Kei te huri tonu nga ahuatanga ki runga i a raua, a, koira te tohu nui kia hoko atu i te wahi nei. I have fought against selling the property for years because of the animals. They're my family. Come on. Good girl, Skye. I don't have the finances to fund a lot of the ideas that we had here. You know, had my marriage held together, if... with two of us here, some of those ideas would still be possible. For me on my own, it's not possible. You want a hot drink? A kei te amaimai nui raua i a raua e tiro whakamua ana. Now that he's 17 he needs more of a social life. At some stage he'll have a girlfriend. And I don't want him to be spending every spare second he has working on the farm. And I feel like I want a bit of my life back, really. Is that small? The move is necessary for my mum's well-being, so I'm just accepting that we're gonna have to move and that, you know, there's no point feeling sad about it or angry about it because I've had my fun. It's now time to just move on, and change is good. It's November, and they're hoping to sell and have a new home before Keanu starts the school year in February. The idea is to move within a closer vicinity of his school. And I want to make the next move a financial move. This one was an emotional move. And I want to get back to buying and selling property and renovating houses, which is what I did before moving here. E huri ana a Denni ki te taha tu o te rangi. Koia pea ka whai wahi ia ki ana mahi kaingakau. I've missed being able to go and do courses at university. And I've missed being able to go and see concerts and bands. But it's a scary move, moving back to Auckland. It really is. Kaore au i te tino whakapono mehemea ko te taone nui te wahi tika mo Denni. But now the property market is cooling here, has she left selling out of this lifestyle too late to move anywhere? are now back to $5! Your favourite Value pizzas all with fresh dough, sauce made from vine-ripened tomatoes, and our mouthwatering mozzarella. Now back to $5! At Domino's. Denni and her son, Keanu, have lived near Matakana at the home they call Meadowsong for 15 years. # I will lay my burden down. # Kua tipu mai te whanau kararehe i waenga i a raua, a, i te tirohanga atu he haneanea te noho. Mt Tamahunga, yeah, it's a pretty special mountain. It's quite sacred. Very important for us because our water source comes from that mountain, from a spring up there. But oddly enough, when we first moved here, I was quite intimidated by the mountain. I love the mountain now. And we're friends now. (CHUCKLES) Na te nui o te mahi tiaki whenua e wha hoki nga whare ki konei, a, he morikarika i etahi wa. Akuanei ka wehe a Keanu i te kainga, no reira, kua whakatau a Denni ki te hoko atu i to raua kainga. But after two months on the market... I'm just going to be keeping my blinkers on and trying to buy a property that I see some development potential with, whether it be 5 acres, um, around Kumeu, Whenuapai, Dairy Flat, I'm not sure. My mum and dad originally were living in Herne Bay when they first came here and had me and my sister. If I stayed there, I wouldn't know how to fix a pipeline, I wouldn't know how to chop down a tree, I wouldn't know how to use half the things. He already does way more than any other kid at his school, probably. He knows how to hang a fence, he knows how to flush out the filters and fix the water pipes and build a dog house or a goat kennel. I just` I want him to have a life too. So, beautiful Meadowsong Farm with its 17 acres, four houses and bush-clad mountainside, is on the market. Engari, i a hatea tera? Well, local real estate agents say that people are wanting to buy lifestyle blocks; they're just looking for something smaller, something in the 2 to 5 acre range. Na te mea e toru nga whare reti i konei tena pea ka mama ake te hoko atu. Engari, kaore he paku whakata ma Denni. Having bought out my ex-husband, I'm quite dependent on the rental for paying the mortgage. The mortgage is massive. And at the moment I'm one rental down. Normally I've never had to advertise. I get people come down my drive and knocking on my door saying, 'Have you got anything for rent at the moment?' But lately things seem to have changed. And it is harder. I'm a relief teacher. I don't work full-time. A property like this, it's not possible to have a full-time job. We live hand-to-mouth, pretty much. We try to survive from produce from the farm, what we grow, eggs. So things are really, really tight. E rima marama kua pahure, kaore ano a Meadowsong ki a hoko atu, a, kei te whakapau kaha te hunga nei ki te mahi putea mo raua ano. OK, Nu, so what's the next step? We're gonna have to put the table in here. So I'll have to go and get some more plywood. OK. We'll do it nice and colourful, uh, put some of our Balinese cushions in. (STAPLEGUN CLICKS) Keanu and I, we do up campervans. Because we have a lot of backpackers that come and stay, and they're always wanting campervans to travel around New Zealand. So we do that sort of thing. I'm just, sort of, brave enough to try different things. He ono kiromita noa iho te tawhiti mai te makete nui o Matakana, he ahuatanga motuhake tena e hokona ana e Denni raua ko Keanu. So far we've sold 80 bags. A lotta entrepreneurial skills come into play. For instance, the persimmon trees. Package all that fruit up. Doing that furiously at the moment. I rely on a lot of skills, actually. In the 15 years they've lived here, Matakana has gone from being a rural pit stop to becoming an upmarket getaway for those who enjoy a taste of boutique country life ` like me. Hi, Bert. Please may I have these delicious fancy things. You may, you may. Pretty flash Four Square, I have to say. Oh, thank you. Is that just the standard around these parts? Standard around here. (LAUGHS) Koinei te papa takaro o Tamaki-Makaurau. This place has got everything from cafes and food stores to vineyards and wineries, and of course that famous farmers' market. In 2013 the census had the population of Matakana at a whopping 291 people. Te ahua nei kua tipu haere. Na te tokomaha o nga turuhi, tangata kaihoko hoki, ko te pohehe ia ka hokona atu a Meadowsong. (CELL PHONE RINGS) Hello. OK. Oh, OK, so what did he say? A po rawa te ono marama neke atu, kei te tipu tonu te hiahia. All right. You wanna come over and we can go over some bits and pieces? He rongo pai kua ara ake mo tetahi i Poihakena e whakaaro ana ki a hoko i te whare. What's the status now? OK, so he was really interested when he came and saw it. Cos he's not back to New Zealand for two years, and he thought it was a lot of money to put in a property when you don't use it for two years. So you have talked to him about the possibility of me renting the main house from him...? Yes, yes. So you could keep looking. First we need to get him to be committed,... OK. ...and then we can think about all the options. E whakarite ana a Denni kia hoki tata atu ki Tamaki-Makaurau. Te ahua nei ka uru atu a Keanu ki te whare wananga. Auckland's possibly no longer an option any more because Keanu will have finished school by the time I get to move there. What's worrying me is the more time that passes, some of the other places that I'm thinking of going ` Whitianga, Raglan ` those prices are escalating really quickly. They're actually comparable to Auckland prices now. So that's frightening me. He's coming back in May, and he said he wants to come back and look and we'll talk seriously. A, me whanga a Denni kia kokiri mai te kaihoko i Poihakena. Engari, ka whaihua i te tatari roa? Domino's declares war on delivery charges. Any large pizza, just 15 bucks. Delivered. We wanna be mirrors, or examples, to young Maori rangatahi around the country. (PEACEFUL PIANO MUSIC) Meadowsong has been on the market for eight long months. And for Denni and Keanu, it's been an emotional roller-coaster making the decision to leave but not actually being able to make the move. Inaianei kua kitea tetahi e hiahia ana te hoko i te kainga me whai kainga ano hoki nga kararehe. That is the really, really hard part about leaving. And I don't look forward to it. When I first came out here, it just ticked every single box that I envisaged for us. You know, I just wanted to lead a more natural lifestyle, and I really wanted to be around horses again. I always dreamed of having an animal sanctuary. I would still do that again if I was to do my time again. E kore a muri e hokia me te pai o te noho ki konei, engari kaore e tino ngawari ake te wehe atu i tenei kainga. You're going to a new home. This is Kenae, and, um, he was the first foal born on the farm. My good friend Rana, her son Mo has wanted to be riding for a while now, so they are actually going to take Kenae on borrow for a while. Come on, Kenae. Come on. Good boy. Good boy, eh? Give him a pat. So we don't have to go down the track of selling him right now. Because that would be just too hard. He's going to a great home, so I feel quite good about that. But it's still hard. He's still got a bit of winter coat, eh? Bit slow losing your coat, buddy, aren't ya? Eh? Yeah. Time to go. Come on, Kenae. Come on. Good boy. We'll see ya, buddy. Bye. Bye. See ya. (SMOOCHES) Bye, handsome. OK, ciao. Ciao, bella. All right. Thanks for that, eh. Thanks for putting in that extra mile. Bye, Mo. (CHUCKLES) Yep, one down,... about six to go. And hopefully I'll one day have a place big enough that he can come and be with us again. So, yeah. KEANU: If you asked me this five years ago, I wouldn't be able to bear the thought of leaving it, because it's the only place I've ever known. E wha katoa nga whare i tenei kainga mo te kaihoko kei aia te whakakitenga nui. There's an equestrian set-up and a workshop; it can be fully self-sufficient, with its own water supply; manohi ano ka haere tonu noa atu hei whare reti noa iho. OK. So hopefully this guy comes through. Kei tawahi tetahi kaihoko whare e tirotiro mai ana, engari kaore ano ia kia hoko i te whare. Let's see what happens. I feel that despite the market slowing down, your property is really unique, and some people will be just looking for that. It is unique, which is why I've loved it so much. Yeah, yeah. E tatari tonu ana a Denni raua ko Keanu kei te poroporoaki i a raua kararehe, engari kaore ano raua kia wehe i te kainga nei. Kua tae ra nei te wa ki a Denni kia wehe? Part of the problem is affordability now. It costs a lot of money to own a property like this. It costs an enormous amount of money to run a property like this. If I didn't have the rental income that I have, I would've gone down the tubes a long time ago. It's 10 months since Meadowsong went on the market. The wider Matakana area is a major selling point for this property, so I'm catching up with Denni for a taste of what potential buyers might enjoy here. So, korero mai about this market. Cos when I think Matakana, I think 'Matakana market'. What do you love about it? Um, well, I love the fact that everything's locally produced. That is the appeal, that it is local. Yeah. That all the produce is local. I know lots of people that run the stalls. It's just nice to keep in touch. It's my, um, outing, actually. (CHUCKLES) It's you coming up to the big smoke of the markets? This is me going to the big smoke, yeah. I head to the Matakana markets on the weekend. (ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYS) Roger's. Hi, Roger. Hi. Roger actually has bees on my property,... Oh, cool! ...so some of this honey here is from my farm. Let me taste what your farm tastes like, this beautiful miere. Good manuka honey. Yeah. Thanks, Rog. Yuuum! It's the best, eh. Yeah. It's just amazing honey, eh. So Rog keeps me in a good supply of honey,... Yeah. Which I have got for you. ...as a trade-off. You've got some honey? Fantastic. Oh, really? OK, I guess we'll take it (!) A box. A whole box? Thanks, Rog. (CHUCKLES) Thanks, Roger. Nice to meet you too. He wairua pai ki konei ka tere pou te katoa o te ra i ahau. Engari, me hoki ano ki Meadowsong kia ata wherawhera kei hea te huarahi whakamua. (RATTLING) Cool! Yeah, this is my, um` the shed that I'd like to eventually put all my tools in here and turn it into a bit of a workshop. Ahakoa tona aroha nui mo te kainga nei, ka puta a Keanu i te kura tuarua akuanei, a, ka wehe i te kainga. I just want to do a whole heap of travel. That's one thing I really wanna do. I mean, of course, New Zealand's my home. I was dead set on going to Antarctica a little while ago to work at Scott Base, but I think that was a phase, so not any more, really. (CHUCKLES) There's still time. Tera pea ka taea tonu. It's not melting that fast; you can still do that eventually. Yeah, let's hope it'll still be there. Should be, but maybe. (CHUCKLES) Korero mai, he aha o whakaaro? How do you feel about the farm maybe not selling? Um, I don't know. It's a bit of a mix of emotions, really. Because I'd kind of mentally prepared myself that we were selling it, you know, looking forward to the future and all that sort of stuff. But I mean, we kind of have to leave cos my mum needs better well-being, better financial place. Denni, e hoa, he aha te korero? What's the situation? There is a chappie in Australia who is planning on coming over, and he's supposed to be wanting to put in an offer. He hasn't materialised as yet. I'm not holding my breath. There's three properties down my road for sale; nothing has sold. We just have to keep on keeping on, keep going until it is sold. Let's say Australian guy comes through; you get to hit the road and go wherever you want to. Ka haere koe ki hea? At this stage, I don't really know because the Auckland idea is fast vanishing because the affordability is just not there. And Keanu will be finished school, and more than likely he'll take off. So there's no point me hanging around Auckland, really. When you leave, ka harikoa; ka pouri ranei? Whoa. Um, I really think it's going to be a mixed bag. In getting rid of the workload, that's going to be a huge relief. Um, I'll be incredibly sad too, because my children grew up here. The connection with all the animals. Obviously I'll have to let some of the animals go. I'm experiencing those mixed emotions all the time here. You know, 'Sell, sell, sell,' 'No, no, no.' In my struggle of deciding should I stay, should I go, I have to keep faith in knowing that letting go is the right thing to do, that I will find another place that I can call home just as beautiful as this. Pera te tohu ina te wiriwiri o te makete hoko whare. Ko te ata kitea mai o te tangata totika ka rua pea te tatari kia eke ai. So, for Denni, this move hasn't actually been a move at all. But you can become really attached to places like this ` ehara i te wahi noho, he ta nga pikitia. And they end up becoming a part of us ` ko au te whenua; ko te whenua ko au. Kei te pakari haere a Denni ka tae mai ana te tono totika mo te whare ka whakaaetia e ia taua tono. Coming up ` a career move locks a couple into five moves in five years. Quite important to have good communication in every marriage. Otherwise you get in trouble. But will it be a move in the right direction? Kei te pehea to mahi? How are you getting on? It was just over at` ...Rob Craig's 40th with` ...the boys. With the team. With the missus. We were only knocking back` ...twoooo... ...three` ...cheeky little` ...celebratory` ...frisky` ...vinos. Stickies. Brewskies. You know` ...brews. Doz. Silly juice. You know how it is. Moving from the city to the country is so often about slowing down and getting more of a work-life balance. But what if your move is all about the mahi and you don't know where it will take you next? Lincoln Nicholls is a dedicated doctor working in Hutt Hospital's Emergency Department. There's a temperature there. 39.2? Oh. But this is just one step in his very long-term career plan. I've been a doctor for 13 years now. In 2014 I decided I'd have a crack at doing orthopaedics. I've worked the last four to five years getting myself in the right position to apply to the orthopaedic training scheme. So I've been accepted. Usually people can break their hips when they fall over. And I have a look on the system for your medical co-morbidities. 'So, the next five years will be us moving to a hospital somewhere in New Zealand each year.' Ko te hunuku whare tetahi ahuatanga kohukihuki, ata whakaarohia e rima nga hunukutanga i roto nga tau e rima. Engari, hunukutanga motuhake tenei mo Lincoln. A, ehara i te mea ko ia anake. Morena. I'm Nora. I'm the pharmacist. I've been a pharmacist for 10 years now. Now, remind me where I normally prick for you. That one, on the top. That on, on the top of the pad? Mm. Ehara i te mea ko te wahi mahi anake te tuhonotanga i waenga i a raua. Ka taea te korero Maori ` we can speak Maori; we can walk in a Maori world. That's what makes us good at our job. Plus we wanna be mirrors or examples to young Maori rangatahi around the country that you can come into this profession and succeed and do well. I understand that you've got a sore eye. Come through and I'll just have a quick little look, and then we'll get something sorted for you, OK? In pharmacy I've got some really good experience talking to kaumatua and kuia, but also to rangatahi and tamariki; to children. I especially like engaging with children. So, I'm looking for Harrison. Hello, Harrison. Ko te ataahua hoki na te wahi ngaro a Lincoln raua ko Nora i tuhono ai. We met through another doctor friend of ours, and we were at a hui. And at the end of the hui, he said he was going to catch up with Nora, and he asked me if I knew her. He said, 'Oh, she's a Maori pharmacist. You might have met her before.' And I said, 'Uh, no, show me a photo of her.' So he showed me a photo of her, and I said, 'You have to introduce me.' So, uh, he introduced us, and here we go. It's all history now. Yeah. Kaore i pau te whitu marama no te tutakihanga tuatahi na te matatu a Lincoln ka huri ia ki te whakaratarata i a Nora. LINCOLN: Nora, will you marry me? Where's Nora? NORA: The proposal at the finish line of Ironman 2015... (PEOPLE EXCLAIM) ...I was really surprised. It was incredible. I'm really happy that's the way it happened. (PEOPLE CHEER) 'It was an incredible life moment.' Yeah. I came bounding over the line, and all pain had left me, cos I was all gee'd up for the moment. Yeah. And she said yes. (CHUCKLES) A, he kokiri ngatahi ano te haere ake nei, kei te wehe raua i to raua whare i Te Whanganui-a-Tara ki wahi ke. It would be good to move closer to our own iwi, where we're able to contribute and engage more. Ka pai. Homai. So, somewhere like Whangarei ` that's where Nora's from ` or other places of high Maori need. It'll be a place where we feel that we can put back into the communities. And this is just the first of five annual moves. But with two high-powered medical careers to juggle, what about plans for a family? Kids are resilient. They can adapt, and they'll just do that with us. We'll cart them around ` if that happens. (BOTH CHUCKLE) He iti te puna hoko whare i Te Whanganui-a-Tara ` ina hoki kua hokona atu te whare o Lincoln raua ko Nora i roto nga wiki e wha. E kore a muri e hokia, e hoa ma! Engari, i oti i a Lincoln ana whakangungu i te taha i a Ngati Tumatauenga, ko ia tonu te hapai o ka tae hoki pea ki Afghanistan. So, I was a regimental medical officer for, uh, Kiwi Base at Bamiyan province, basically kind of being a general practitioner for our team there. Ko te whakau i o raua pu ki nga whakaora tangata ki te hapai i te reanga hou tetahi ahuatanga nui ki a Lincoln raua ko Nora. We're catching up with our two mentees here. They're both fifth-year medical students, and they've got some good news ` they've passed their final exams and they start as trainee interns next year. So these are gonna be budding new doctors. Engari ka pehea a Lincoln raua ko Nora? Ka tau raua ki hea? We're moving to Whanganui. It's a Maori city; there's a lot of Maori there. Te Haunui-a-Paparangi, that's the local iwi there; I'm sure they're gonna look after us. Kia tau te tokorua nei ki Whanganui ka ahei te whakatau i to raua ara mahi. In Whanganui, plans are to have three roles. One will be my pharmacist role for a couple of days a week. And my other role is working as a research fellow for Victoria University Health Services Research Centre. I'm also going to pick up some study next year as well, so all three of them should complement each other. This is one ambitious couple. And they can't wait to share their skill set. Watch out, Whanganui. Today ` moving day. So, we're happy. Do you need me to help here? Got a crane coming as well, cos some of our furniture is a bit big to fit down the flights of stairs, so it has to go out over the balcony. This is actually our calendar over the next three months here. What it's gonna be like in Whanganui. That'll be running our lives. It's important to have good communication in every marriage. And this is one of our main ways of communicating. (CHUCKLES) So I don't get in trouble if there's some important dates I've got with my wife. You can't double-book those ones. Otherwise you get in trouble. NORA: Yeah! Ooh, I think we've got the guys here. Yeah. Here's the crane. (REVERSING BEEPS) There's four things on our checklist ` where the local swimming pool is; where the local running tracks are; do they have a movie theatre; where can we get involved in the community to help support us through these constant moves. He huarahi pai tenei, heoi kua tae te wa kia wehe atu i to raua kainga i Poneke. OK, bub. So we're gonna meet you in Otaki. We'll go to Mum's place, have a kai. Yeah. That's halfway. Then we head off to Whanganui after that. Sounds good. Shall we do that? Mm-hm. OK. So ka kite ano i a koutou. We'll see you fullas in Whanganui. As if their jobs weren't stressful enough, Lincoln and Nora are adding more stress to the mix by making this career move for Lincoln's future as an orthopaedic surgeon. But are they prepared for the emotional toll it will take? are now back to $5! Your favourite Value pizzas all with fresh dough, sauce made from vine-ripened tomatoes, and our mouthwatering mozzarella. Now back to $5! At Domino's. We wanna be mirrors, or examples, to young Maori rangatahi around the country. Doctor Lincoln Nicholls and his wife, Nora, who's a pharmacist, have sold up in Greta Point, central Wellington, for Lincoln's dream of becoming an orthopaedic surgeon. We've had support from our iwi along the way, and Maori communities as well, to be where we are. So we feel we need to go back to the regions. Hello. I'm looking for Gayle. He mahi nui tenei whakangungu. Apiti atu ki tena ko te taumahatanga o te nuku whare i a tau mo nga tau e rima. I think the busyness of it all can stress a lot of people. We know why we're moving ` it's about the career. He nui nga kaupapa kei runga i a raua ` ko te aronga ki te hapori, ko te tautoko i nga hoa mahi, ka mutu ko te nuku whare. Tera pea he wero nui te nuku ki Whanganui. 200km north of Wellington and next to its famous, ancient and sacred river is picturesque Whanganui, one of New Zealand's oldest cities. Wha tekau ma toru mano te tokomaha o nga tangata e noho ana ki tenei taone auaha. Ko Whanganui tetahi o nga tino rohe ki te hoko whare, a, kei te kitea rawatia he aha i pera ai. This is not city prices we are looking at. A beautiful, classic brick-and-tile for less than $200,000. Enough room to play cricket and probably have a trampoline and potentially farm some goats. A three-bedroom for 239. The cutest little cottage you've ever seen. We are definitely out of the big smoke. Within Whanganui, though, there have been big increases in prices in the last three years. But it is still one of our few cities where the cost of a mortgage can be cheaper than renting. Ko te putake o te hunuku ki Whanganui kia tu a Lincoln hei takuta ukutea. Kua hipa te toru marama kei te pai haere tona mahi hou? Orthopaedic surgery is what I really, really enjoy. And it's really satisfying doing an operation to help them get back to their pre-injury state. That's the goal, really. Kei te pakari haere hoki a Nora ki tenei kainga hou. I've made some connections here, a group that I work with, the Maori Pharmacists Association. Their home for the next year is this three-bedroom rental just 2km from the town centre and five minutes to everything else. This is what this whare's about right there. It's what it's all about ` aroha. Yeah, whare aroha. Whare aroha. Ka pai. Here's our wedding photo, 2015. Look like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers right there. 2016. Oh, '16, yes. No, the proposal was 2015. Kei te rata haere raua ki te hapori o Whanganui ka re e kitea ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. We can see the value in knowing your neighbours. And look, I've just brought in ` or Nora's just brought in` This is from our neighbour. She's just hanging this on the fence. Fresh vegetables. And we come home and there's something there. Pam's lookin' after us, next door, isn't she? She is. She's great. But there's more than just the two of them to think about now. What've you got here, Pam? This is for your little one. Aww! Anana! Kei te hapu a Nora. Miharo ne ha! Engari tera pea ka rereke nga whakaaro mo te nuku whare i a tau mo nga tau e rima. We'll just make it work, eh. Yeah. And we're fortunate that we have friends that are also on the training scheme as well that have small children. Thank you. Bye-bye! Very cool. You are so clever. All right, see ya. Bye-bye! Kei te manawa reka te tokorua nei ki Whanganui, engari he ono marama noa iho kei te toi. (FUNKY MUSIC) This is such a beautiful, beautiful day here at the market. He penei na wa katoa? Is it always like this here ` every weekend beautiful sunshine? Yeah, i tenei tau, yes. Yeah, this year's been... We've been pretty spoilt, eh, actually. Yeah. The first day we came here was like this, and this was December, wasn't it? Mm-hm. But we've been pretty spoilt this year with weather, eh, bro? It's nice here. It was a surprise. Wasn't sure what it would be like. Yeah. I'd love to see more of this spot. Can you show me a little bit around? Yeah, sure. Awesome. We come down here for some kai, and this is the first place we came to. What do the locals make of you? Do you feel like you're fitting in to Whanganui life? We're part of the community now. It's choice. That's awesome. It's a beautiful place. We've been pleasantly surprised here in Whanganui, eh? Yeah. We have been, yeah,. And you got the awa over here. And we found out pretty quickly that the awa is... you know, ko tenei te mauri o te iwi. Yeah? This is the life of the iwi here. And this is the beating heart of the city. Ara noa ana te miharotanga me te ataahua hoki koira e kitea ana i tenei whaitua rerehua. I'm good, I'm good. How you doing? Kei te rongo ake ahau kua tau te noho a Lincoln raua ko Nora kei te mohio hoki raua ki nga tangata katoa o konei. Kei te pehea to mahi? How are you getting on? Oh, e rawe taku mahi. He maha tapahi ana. Lots of operating I'm doing here. Lots of learning opportunities as well. Got four very good bosses I work under, helping me along the way. Yeah, this is a great little town, great community, great hospital. Learning lots. Is it feeling like home for now? Yeah, definitely. I mean, we're only here for a year. But we've settled in pretty quickly, didn't we, bub? We settled in here much quicker than we did in Wellington. Yeah. And what happens after this? Well, at the end of this year we're going to Palmerston North. Not too far to move, but, um, we're going there. I spent half of my life in Palmy, so it's a more familiar environment for me. And we're gonna have to, uh, help my wife out going to Palmy. (LAUGHTER) It's a good place, and she's gonna find that out pretty soon. But I'm pretty excited to go there. Hei te ono marama ka hiki papa ano ai raua ki Te Papaioea. A, ahakoa te pai o te noho ki konei, kei te kitea te pakari o tenei tokorua ahakoa pehea. So, kuhu mai, haramai ki roto i to maua nei whare. Awesome. He whare iti, engari he whare pounamu. (LAUGHS) Ae. You can see the outdoor area from the kitchen. Lovely indoor-outdoor flow. Yes, yeah, totally. Do a bit of cooking, see who's coming home. This is our office. We spend a lot of time in our office. Oh! Who's this fulla? This is our flatmate. You know, when we're studying and planning operations, it's good to have a local skeleton here to help out with planning. Also does double duty ` looking through the front door, scares the burglars away. Exactly. Yeah, yeah. This is our spare bedroom. Uh-huh. And is it gonna stay the spare bedroom or...? This is our spare bedroom and our baby bedroom. Baby will sleep with us in our wahakura, so in a sleeping pod made out of flax, and it's harakeke; it's actually weaved by one of my whanaunga up in Dargaville. So looking forward to getting that down. And it looks beautiful as well. It does. Beautiful and practical. That's my kinda thing. Te nuinga o te wa ko te kimi mahi, te take nui mo te nuku whare ` moving out for a promotion or a new job or perhaps a totally different career. But five moves in five years is a whole other level of dedication. And I think it says so much about Nora and Lincoln's commitment to their community that they are prepared to take on five years of stress he oranga nui mo te whanau. Kia ora, Kanoa. Tena koe. (BURPS) Oh! Oh! Ka pai. Ko whakakupa. Just had a burp. (CHUCKLES) So, we're happy to introduce our son, Hauora. Of course, Hauora means health. And myself being a doctor and Nora being a pharmacist, we thought it would be a fantastic ingoa, fantastic name for this wee man. So ka kite! Ka kite. Next week on Moving Out ` a free-range butcher with a thirst for the surf. If you don't give it a go, you don't know. But is setting up a new home and business doubling the risk of relocation? You're gonna have to get a job in between. And will opening delays see the dream sink? Money's slowly disappearing. Plus ` taking a chance to recreate their coastal childhoods for their kids. I was like, 'Oh, it's a sign.' Thought maybe we can make this work. But who gets to say which coast? And who will have to make the biggest sacrifice for it to happen? The worst thing, on my personal side, just being away from family. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2019