This 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. And will opening delays see the dream sink? Money's slowly disappearing. Taking a chance to recreate their coastal childhoods for their kids. I was like, 'Ooh, 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 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. In amongst the suburban rooftops of Auckland's North Shore, butcher Trent Lillie runs a business with a difference. Free-range. We do all free-range products and it's all handcrafted, and we do everything on the premises. And now Trent is planning to take flight himself. Trent dreams of taking his free-range philosophy and applying it to his own life. But how easy will it be to reinvent his business in his chase for the ultimate lifestyle? An insatiable love for surfing is driving Trent's relocation plans. But then, surfing is the backdrop to all of his biggest life decisions. My parents said I wasn't allowed to leave school unless I had an apprenticeship, so I got an apprenticeship as a butcher. (CHUCKLES) And for me it served pretty well, actually, over the years. It's allowed me to surf all the time. Ehara te whakatu pakihi i te mahi mama, engari ka whaihua? (WAVES CRASH) I've always wanted to move to Gisborne. That was always part of my dream ` to live in Gisborne ` cos it's always drawn me there ever since I first went there 30 years ago. And Daniella finally said yes. I tutaki a Trent raua ko Daniella tekau ma ono tau ki muri kei te aroha raua ki te reti ngaru. I came over here to study English in 2001. And I had some friends at uni, and they said, 'Oh, you wanna go to the beach for a surf with some Kiwi friends?' I said, 'Yeah, why not?' And then Trent was one of the Kiwi friends. And then since that day, we've always been together. I whai a Trent i a Daniella ki Brazil, he wahi pai mo te reti ngaru. I was there for a whole year. We got married and we came over. Rua tekau ma tahi te pakeke o Luis, a, kei te whare wananga ia. Engari ano a Tyler... She's a Braziwi ` half Brazilian, half Kiwi. (LAUGHS) ...kei te kainga tonu. One kid already left the house, so Tyler has just an extra two, three years with us and she'll be going too. So, yeah, we just... Maybe. (CHUCKLES) Let's hope she will. (BOTH LAUGH) So, uh, yeah, we just have to think about lifestyle, and we're getting older, so we have to think about our future. (RELAXED MUSIC) He moemoea nui tenei, engari kei te maharahara a Tyler mo tenei nekehanga nui. I'm really nervous for it. I'm leaving everything in Auckland, like, my friends and my grandma, my brother. And I've lived here for, like, all my life. So it's gonna be really different. She has mixed feelings all the time. Yeah. Cos she works for me at the butcher shop, after school, and customers ask her how she feels about the move. And when I'm there, she's very happy about it. And then when we're at home, she changes. So, yeah, I think she wants to go but I think she's gonna` you know, like friends and just familiarity around here, you know, what she's doing and things like that, that's what she's gonna miss. They've been living down the road from the shop for 14 years, and this October they put their house on the market. But their loyal pooch Rocket isn't budging from here until Trent finds a buyer for his butchery. And who knows which will be harder to sell. Ma te hoko i to raua kainga me te pakihi ka whaihua ai. First things first is buying a house, and setting up a business in Gisborne as well. And then we'll see where we are from there, you know? That's, like, a two-year plan to do that. E rua tau noa iho? Ko te mea ke kei te ngenge a Daniella. Going to work every day is, like, an hour to go there and an hour to come back. I go to West Auckland ` from one coast to the other coast. (GROANS) Here we go. Traffic. Coming home. As you can see, it's still... 3.59. It's not even 4 o'clock. I can't do this any longer. But like I said, no one is budging until the house and business sell. Eh, Rocket? (BARKS) And there he goes, so I guess that can only mean one thing. Kua hokona e te hoa rangatira o Trent te pakihi. As far as a butcher shop goes, it's the best place I've ever worked. Like, I mean, it's the customers. Ko tona rangi whakamutunga ko te mutunga o Whiringa-a-rangi. Kua hokona te whare, a, ka taea te neke i mua i te Kirihimete. Oh, that's so sad. No regrets, no. But I love this house as well. I cried a lot when it was the auction day and the people were, like, bought the house. I was, like, there, crying. (LAUGHS) Sobbing. Emotional Brazilian. Yeah. And, uh, funny is that the people that bought our house, they're from Gisborne. (LAUGHS) Ne ra? Engari he raru pea ka puta ki te whakatu pakihi ki Turanga. I'm feeling pretty confident. I mean, gotta give things a go. If you don't give it a go, you don't know. I think the market's there for it. There's a lot of people moving to Gisborne now. And I've already had a lot of people inquiring. And the word on the street` Cos I know a lot of people in Gisborne, and the word is that a new butcher shop opening in town. (CHUCKLES) So that's a good sign. Yeah. It's feasible to do it down there, cos just rents and things like that are a lot cheaper, you know? The media in recent years has been full of stories of people in Auckland selling up and getting huge prices ` big enough to fund their luxury lifestyles in the regions. Engari, kei te huri te tai. Gisborne house prices are rising. They had the second biggest rise in the country last year ` 21%. And Auckland, on the other hand, well, things there are taking a bit of a dip. (UPBEAT MUSIC) He nui rawa ranei o raua moni, kei te nui hoki o raua whakapai? 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. Surf-mad Trent is riding the wave of his biggest gamble yet. He's loved Gisborne for 30 years, and now he's betting a permanent move here will work for his family and butchery business too. I a raua e tatari ana kei te hoki ki Turanga ki te titiro ki nga whare. We went to an auction, and it was very popular. Seven people bidding on it. He makete nui tenei. Engari, he nui hoki nga utu. Ka tino raru mehemea ka he. (FUNKY ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC) Trent was not very happy about it, but, yeah. (LAUGHS) Little bit more than I wanted to pay, to be honest, but at the end of the day it's a nice house and we don't have to do anything to it. So, yeah. Tekau ma wha tau ki Stanmore Bay rima rau kiromita te tawhiti o to raua haerenga atu. DANIELLA: Yay! We're leaving! Bye, Auckland. Ko te hiahia kia tu te pakihi i mua i te Pepuere. Engari ka ea? Gisborne, the spot where sunlight first breaks in Aotearoa. Home to epic surf breaks, fertile farmlands, forestry exports, vineyards, beaches and beauty. Hey, Rocket. You like our new house, Rocket? You like our new house? Come on, go in! And who wouldn't, with its classic features, recent renovation and surf shed. He nui atu i te kotahi miriona tara te whare i Tamaki-Makaurau. Outside is old style, but inside is very modern, and that's why we like it. And, yeah, I'm loving it. I te Pepuere, e tau ana te noho a Daniella raua ko Trent ki Turanga. Could you not even, like, put a pair of shoes at least? We're in Gisborne now ` nice and relaxed. I have my tuxedo on. (LAUGHS) I have my tuxedo on. Kaore i te tutuki te rautaki. Kaore ano kia eke o raua hiahia. OK, over here we've got the shop when you walk through the door. Trent might have the vision,... And as we walk through here, we've got the chiller down the end here, which is the same size as the chiller we had in Auckland. ...katahi ano ia ka tono whakaaetanga. Would be nice now. (LAUGHS) Money's slowly disappearing. Na te mea kaore he toa, kaore he putea o Trent, ka puta nei ki te eke ngaru. My day consists of getting up at about 4.30, having a coffee, breakfast. I head down to the beach at about quarter to 6. Check the surf spots locally in town and on the coast, and that's all within 15 minutes. Have a couple of hours' surf, and then come home and do what I have to do at home. Yeah, real hard (!) Hard life. Well, he's living his dream. (LAUGHS) Oh, and then I have my evening surf as well. Oh yeah. Three surfs a day. He's loving it. I think because I'm so jealous that he's not working and I am working... Fun police. (LAUGHS) ...I have to complain about everything. (LAUGHS) Well, she forgets that when the kids were young I used to have to get up real early and go to work, be home at 7 o'clock, get the kids ready for school. Yeah. So now it's my time to just have a little bit of... play. Yeah. Kei te aroha nui a Daniella ki a Turanga. He mama hoki tana haere ki te mahi. I've been biking to work. It's only 10 minutes away from home. And it's saving me lots of time sitting in traffic. (UPBEAT, JAZZY MUSIC) Morena, guys. Morena. How are we today? Good. How are you? Good, good. What have you been up to? Oh, not much. Just surfing a little bit after work with Trent. What about you guys? I decided to go with this family-run business, and they're great. I'm loving it. It's more like traffic management control. So they work for the council, and for the big construction companies here. So I do all the office work for them. The industry that I am in, it's lots of Maori people, and most of them speak between themselves te reo and they have Maori names, so I enrolled at the university here to learn te reo and be able to pronounce the names correctly. Bit of an irony there that Daniella's escaped Auckland traffic to work in traffic management here. He hari a Daniella raua ko Trent. Engari, pehea a Tyler? The first month was a nightmare because it was the school holidays and she hasn't met anybody and she wants to go back to Auckland all the time. Then as soon as school started, she made a good couple of friends. Two days before. Yeah, two days before school. And she's quite happy. She's settled at school, she's doing tennis, and she studies yoga on Fridays. So she's enjoying. She's happier here than she was in Auckland. We can notice. Eh? Mm. Yeah. And she has a job. And she has a job as well. She got a part-time job after school at the Four Square. She got a job before me. (LAUGHS) Yeah! And she said, 'Don't ask me to help you to pay the bills.' (LAUGHS) Hm, I think I will wait to hear from Tyler that she is actually OK with this move, but Mum and Dad are certainly in their element. It's always been a surfers' Mecca, Gisborne. But the good thing about that, it's so isolated, quite far away, it stays relatively uncrowded. I lay on the beach, I go for a swim, I can bodysurf. (LAUGHS) And what I enjoy here in Gisborne is going to the brewery every week. And we have lovely wineries as well. And since we moved here, I done trekking at Lake Waikaremoana for four days. So that was something I never thought I would achieve in my life. What I really enjoy, being here, the most, like, these guys are way more active than they've ever been. And that's pretty cool. It's so different. Cos they have to get out and do stuff. You've gotta make fun for yourself. Yeah. He mauri tau rawa a Trent ki ta Daniella whakaaro. Mmm! Nice. I know. So, what's happening with the consent? OK, the final consent has just gone in, the building consent. Here's the plans. It's all been submitted. Yeah. So we could be looking up to six weeks for completion, eight weeks. Are you kidding? No. No, no, no. No, I'm not kidding. No, that's not right. Well, that's what's gonna happen. It's too long. That's the process, unfortunately. You're gonna have to get a job in between. Oh no! Because that unemployed situation is getting too comfortable for you. A, e raru ana hoki a Daniella me nga kaikamura. They say that they're gonna do it, and then they don't go on that day, and Trent is very cool, very patient, and I am not. So I'm kind of... They don't like me much. (LAUGHS) But, hey, we need to open the doors. It's March, and after three months on only Daniella's income, she's taking the reins, finding a new builder to get their butchery fit-out sorted. Because if they don't, their much-loved new life in Gisborne may have a very short shelf life. That's our policy. Moving to the stunning East Coast town of Gisborne is the realisation of a 30-year dream for surf-loving Trent. I've met lots of friends that I've known for a long time and made new friends as well. Surfing the same places, you get to meet the same people who have the same philosophy in life. Ehara i te mea ko Trent anake, ko Daniella raua ko Tyler hoki. He rereke ki Tamaki, a, he pai tena ki a Daniella. You can buy, on the side of the road, produce and it's super cheap. The supermarket can be cheaper as well. But there is a huge spanner in their work life. Despite thinking it would take just six weeks to get Trent's butchery business up and running, it's now four months and counting since they moved here. And Trent might be putting on a brave face,... This is pretty much what I'm gonna do for the rest of my life, I think. I've found my little spot here in Gisborne. ...but behind the scenes, it's taking all of Daniella's support to keep his big dream alive. A kua tae mai to raua tamaiti a Luis ne tana hari hoki. Wow! This is awesome. Engari ehara i te mea me noho raua ki konei; me noho a Tyler. A, kua tutaki i a ia etahi hoa hou mona? Hi, Tyler! Hi! How are you? I'm good. How are you? Good. It was so lonely, like, when I first moved here. I wanted to go to Auckland so many times. Feels like I've known you forever. Yeah, it does, eh? We've got so close so quickly. So quickly, yeah. Do you like living here or Auckland more? I like living here much better. Why's that? Well, that's a relief. And now, seven months after they moved here, kua tae mai au ki te kite atu. He ataahua a Turanga. Engari, is the population growing enough to support Trent's new business? Kei a Meng Foon etahi whakautu. So, Meng, have you noticed a change in Gisborne? Is it growing at the moment? Oh, he nui nga tangata kua haramai nei ki te Tairawhiti. I te tau kua hipa kotahi mano nga hunga kua haramai nei. He pai a Trent raua ko Daniella me tona whanau kua hou mai nei mai i Akarana ki koneki na te mea kei te pirangi ratou ki te mahi pakihi. Talk to me about house prices. Prices are going up; people should hurry before they go any further up? Oh, look, ki waku nei whakaaro, ko te mea nui ki te hoko whare, hoko inaianei. Na te mea apopo ka piki te utu mo nga whare. Houses were actually about $100,000, $200,000, and they've gone up to $350,000 average. It's still reasonable, isn't it? It is! It is. Boy. Yeah, and probably more realistically, if you want a better home, it's around about 500,000 or 600,000. Those are all good signs for Trent's business. So what's the other good news Meng wants to deliver personally? Oh, morena! Morena, Mr Mayor! How are you? Welcome to our shop. Hey, Trent. Kia ora. Welcome. I've brought a certificate along here. It's a mayoral certificate. Daniella and Trent ` I don't know why I put Daniella's name first. Because I'm the boss. Oh, OK. (LAUGHTER) Just make sure she does all the work. (LAUGHS) No, I spend all the money. (LAUGHS) But congratulations on your new butchery and, yeah, welcome to Gisborne. BOTH: Awesome. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you so much. Haramai. Haramai ki Te Tairawhiti. Thank you. That's awesome. It's a good move. We're all happy. Everyone's happy. What a warm way to welcome a new business. Kei te hikaka ki te haere ki to raua whare. Kia ora! Kia ora! Hi! Hi, bubba! Haere mai! Oh, thank you! This is so cool. So different to Auckland, eh. Yes, much nicer. Got a little bit of character, this one. A lot. A lot of it. I'd love to see more. Show me around. Yes. So, yes, that's our 1917 home. And here's my very modern kitchen. Really pleased with that. I would love to do some cooking in here. You're welcome to come and do some cooking for me, because I don't cook at all. (LAUGHS) (RELAXED MUSIC) A, mo Trent, i kitea tera i hea atu. So in here, Kanoa, I have my little surfboard factory. Oh yeah, you do. Wait, how many surfboards does one whanau need? I think there's 20 in here. Wow. Could you pick a favourite? No. All of them. Um, what about that orange guy down there? The orange one down there, that's pretty sentimental. When I first moved to Brazil with my wife, I had that made in Brazil. And then when I came back to New Zealand, I sold it. Uh-huh. And I just recently bought it back on Trade Me, 10 years later. Wow! For more than I sold it for. (LAUGHS) But worth it. But worth it, yeah. That's amazing. The circle of life. So that's pretty cool. No reira, pehea te pahiki tapahi miti? Kaore ano te atu i nga waru marama pehea tera ki te whanau? There have been a few hiccups along the way. Have they mainly been happening out here in the back? What's going on with that. Yeah, it's more like the consents took us a little while to get approved. And then, obviously, the people here are really relaxed to do their job, and you depend on everybody to have this completed. So that's what's happening at the moment, but it's all, like, looking good now. Yeah, it does. It looks really beautiful. Mo te aha tera? So I can play surf movies. So when you're working in the shop, you can think about being out on the waves. Well, I may as well surround myself around things I love ` surfing, good meat,... ...and a Brazilian girl. (ALL LAUGH) He tomuri, engari he aha tana e hoko nei? This'll be great. And so lamb, pig? So everything will be hanging in here. I'll probably have most of my sausages here, then I'll age.... With these racks here I can hang things underneath, so I'll age meat as well. And I can have like, time to do it. Can you figure out a postal service to Auckland, please, cos that sounds really yum. Really yum. After all the holdups, they plan to open for business in about a month. But not before some R & R. We're gonna have a little holiday in between, so we hope to come back and the builders have finished off everything so we can start ordering the meat... Yeah. ...and have that ready for Gisborne people. Nice. Yeah, builders, kia tere ` hurry up. (LAUGHS) Kaore ano te toa kia tu, engari kei te pai ki a raua te ahua o te noho? Has this been the right move for you guys? For me, yes, it has. (LAUGHS) You, Daniella? For me too, just seeing how happy the family is and how much Tyler's doing. And he's surfing pretty much every day. Seeing him happy makes me happy. And is the butcher's definitely gonna open? (LAUGHS) Are you worried about that at all? Of course you have your concerns, cos it's a new business and it's starting from scratch. But, oh, the word of mouth that I've heard, people talking and stuff around town, it's kind of exciting but nervous at the same time cos I have to perform. (CHUCKLES) So are you still feeling stressed now, or are things on the up for you? I think I'm always gonna be stressed. I think it's my nature. (LAUGHS) It's a South American thing. But, yeah, not as much as the beginning of the year. Kua tou nga matua. Engari, he pehea a Tyler? OK, Tyler, how different is Gisborne to Auckland? Um, a lot different. There's, like, no shopping malls here. I have to buy all my clothes online. I know. Very difficult. Yeah. But, um, it's better because me and my friends all live close to each other. So it's a lot easier for me to see my friends. And now what's your social life`? What's life on the weekends and after school like? So much better because I can just go to my friends' house after school and then still be home for dinner. And then on the weekends there's always a party on or something. Sorry, how old are you? I'm 15. Yep, OK. Things just have a way of coming together in the end, even long-awaited businesses. Yes, it's official. Four weeks later exactly, a new butcher shop has finally opened in Gisborne. DANIELLA: So, here's the shop, right in the heart of Gizzy. Kei te pakari haere a Turanga, ko te hiahia kia pera te pakihi o Trent. Coming up ` will relocating from city to coast create a split in the family? Look what we can get in Gisborne. If it was to hit the fan, just how can I get here? And will unexpected news create chaos? She rang me that night and told me I was pregnant. Beach life ` we Kiwis love it. In fact, so many of us want to move closer to the beach that coastal property prices have risen significantly in recent years. So does that mean that beachside living is out of reach for everyday New Zealanders? Pat and Joanne are at a beach any chance they get. But for years they've had to park their dreams of moving to the coast while their kids ` Hoana, 13; Ginvy, 11; and Thor, 6 ` were growing up. Instead, they've all been squeezing into a two-bedroom house in Johnsonville that Jo's lived in ever since she was a student. I think I moved here at the end of my seventh form year. Um, so it would've been 2000. So, um, going on 18 years. A, na wai ra ka tutaki a Jo raua ko Pat ki te puna wai. I became a swim instructor at the local pool. And Pat was the lifeguard. (CHUCKLES) That was basically it, really. Married 11 years; together 16� years. I'm from Gisborne; Jojo's from here, Waitarere Beach. Pat and Jo officially bought the house of Jo's parents in 2016. And as the family grows up, they'll soon be facing the prospect of having three teenagers under one very small roof. Two and a half bedrooms. It's not hard to be in someone's face all the time. Me whai whare nui a Pat raua ko Jo me to raua hiahia kia neke ki te taha moana. Engari, ko tea hea? Waitarere, had a beautiful upbringing there, great family home. Pat and I got married there. My father and I, our family spent a lot of time on the land there. My parents are both back up` Mum's in Pouawa and Dad's in Gisborne, and I've got two older brothers there. There's a lot of family up there as well, so, yeah. Gisborne was quite safe. You could just` I had my mates; we jumped on our bikes and we'd go everywhere. E hiahia ana raua kia noho ki tatahi tata ki te whanau. Engari ko tehea whanau? Me whakaaro nui ka tika. I've got 25 first cousins, and we'd all get to hang out and all sleep in the same lounge. (CHUCKLES) So that was part of my upbringing, you know? A lot of family. We're both very close to our parents. And even though my father's passed away six years, I just still can't handle the thought of being away from them, um, and such a great distance. He nui nga utu whare i Te Whanganui-a-Tara Otira he wa pai ki te hoko atu. He was actually looking on Trade Me at houses in Gisborne and saying, 'Look what we can get in Gisborne.' And I was like, 'Yeah, that's great.' But for my mum and sister, it's too far for them to travel, especially those roads. Um, and so I was like, 'Fine, I'm gonna look at houses in Waitarere.' And lo and behold there was one. I was like, 'Ooh, it's a sign.' Thought maybe we can make this work. It was a lovely big house, four bedrooms. And just the idea of being back home at the beach sounded really perfect. Go to the beach every day. Mm. Kua kitea e Jo te whare pai ki a ia me tere te hoko i to raua whare kei mahue ratou i te pahi. We just happened to have an appointment at the bank the next day, so I just said to our person that helps us at the bank, 'Could we make this work?' And she said, 'Yeah, go ahead, make an offer.' Just like that. (LAUGHS) Just like that. It was... We thought about it. It was real crazy. I think it was on a Wednesday, eh,... Yeah. ...we found it, and then Tuesday we were kinda conditional, and then the next day we met with the real estate agent, and we basically packed up our house. A, kua tonoa he utu i Waitarere i mua i te hoko i te whare i Poneke. They now have to sell for more than the $500,000 they've offered in Waitarere to make this move work. Lift up. There you go. Kua tae ki te marama o Whiringa-a-nuku, a, kei te hoki ano ki te noho i te taha o te whanau. Ka whaihua i te hokotanga o te whare? Ka mama te kite i tetahi turanga kaiako, engari e kore e taea e Pat te wehe i tana mahi i Poneke. I run the operations of a swimming pool over at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre. (KIDS SHOUT) What's going on? We run national events ` swimming, underwater hockey, water polo, diving. There's heaps. General overview ` a 50m pool, 10m platforms, which is pretty cool. We've got a spray area for the kids, programme pool for teaching, and a hydrotherapy pool as well. A steam room and fitness room, and a bit of a cafe too. What about these fullas? Mean mischief? Eh! I've been with them coming up 18 years. They've looked after me and vice versa. And it's actually worth travelling there for. But has Pat really thought through the commute? It's a 230km round trip from Wellington to Waitarere if their move goes ahead. Ehara ko te mahi anake te mea e mau nei i a Pat ki Poneke. He's been playing gridiron for 14 years. I've always loved American sports. What I love about it` I grew up with rugby; it's just different. I don't know how to explain it. There's a lot more contact. I play line-backer, which is defensive, so all my job is just really to tackle people. I've got some lifelong mates there. Pat will be shouldering the burden of moving from city to coast. He pai tonu tena ki a ia? I suppose the worst thing, on my personal side, just being away from family. I suppose on the positive, you get to miss your family. Get over! Get over! Yeah! That's it! (CHEERING, WHISTLE BLOWS) Kotahi rau whitu tekau ma rima tara te utu ki te taraiwa. If it was to hit the fan, just... how can I get here? And if I can't be here, what support is here? The risk for me is I get... I get hoha with the travelling. You know? I don't wanna be away from the family. Engari me whai utu pai rawa mo te whare i Poneke. No reira, ka tutuku te hiahia? And will the beach life Pat dreams of giving his kids actually create a daily nightmare for him? In the Johnsonville home where Pat and Jo have raised their family for 13 years, they're getting ready to move in with relatives for the home stagers to come in and give it an upmarket boost to maximise their selling price. It was beautiful furniture. And it was easily done. I didn't have to worry about anything. I think it made a real difference. Kei te neke ki Waitarere, te turangawaewae o Jo, me a raua tamariki tokotoru hei kainga tipu ma te whanau. I was worried about the house settlement because you just don't know what's gonna happen up until that point. Ka pai hoki. I hoko atu te whare i nga wiki e toru mo te ono rau mano tara. Ka whai whare hou i mua i te Kirihimete. Ke kotahi rau mano ano kei a raua. Me ki ko Aotearoa tawhito tenei ` seaside holidays, sand and surf. The population of this place swells to about 4000 holidaymakers each summer. But during the off season ` like right about now ` that shrinks back down to about 800 permanent residents. The village is named for the flour mill which was built inland in the 1850s and powered by a waterfall. E ai ki a Ngai Maori ko Waitarere. I hiahia a Jo kia hoki ki tona kainga tipu. Engari he tino pai ki a ia te whakaaro, kao ranei? It's been amazing. We still very much feel like we're on holiday. It's still a bit unbelievable that we've come from a small two-and-a-half bedroom home to a massive four-bedroom home with an internal garage and one and a half lounge rooms for us to all have our own space. It opens up to outside with a much more usable space than what we were used to in Wellington. We've only just put up the trampoline. It does take up a bit of room. And with the park being right next door, we've got plenty of grass that we can use and we don't have to mow. (FUNKY MUSIC) You're going much faster today, Thor. Already past halfway. You are. Very quick today. Kua kitea e Jo tetahi mahi hou, e hari ana nga tamariki, a, he kuri hou ta ratou. But there has been one major surprise that stopped them in their tracks. (LAUGHS) When I went into the doctors` I have polycystic ovaries. She had told us that without help we couldn't have another child. So I went in to discuss getting a hysterectomy with my new doctor, and she rang me that night as we were arriving home and told me I was pregnant. And so a month of being here and I'm pregnant. So it was a real shock. It wasn't something I was prepared for. But we had support with my mum and my sister. We've got Pat's family. Pat's an amazing father. Now I'm so excited; I can't wait. So... You know, in a couple of months we'll have a new baby and I'll be off work for five months, which sorts out the summer holidays for us. I told you it's high. (BALL THUDS) Yay! The kids are finding out which kind of baby will be joining the family. He kotiro! No reira kei te pehea a Pat? A surprise baby wasn't part of the plan. It's gonna change our lives again. I'm stoked. Kei te harikoa a Pat i te hokinga ki te kainga tipu o Jo kawa ko tona? I think it's the best move we've made. The benefits that we saw was for the kids. You walk on the streets, you know; you bike on the streets. And, yeah, my son just turned 7. He bikes everywhere around here, you know? It's safe. All the luxuries I had growing up as a kid, they've now got that here. A, ka mama te utu o nga utu penehini. But how is Pat coping with the massive 230 K round-trip commute now that it's his way of life? If I leave at 5 in the morning` I try and get out of here at 5, I'm normally over in Kilbirnie at work usually about 6.30. That's going the speed limit as well. Kei te noho ki tona whanau i waenganui wiki, a, kei te tatari kia oti nga mahi whakapai rori. When Transmission Gully opens next year, it'll help my situation heaps. It's the traffic really after Paraparaumu to, um, to Plimmerton, Tawa way that gets pretty chocked around there, and if you leave` that 10 minute sleep-in makes all the difference. He hua pai tenei mo Pat engari mo te taraiwa roa. And now I'm curious to find out did they really do as well on the real estate market as it seems? Well, if you ask me, Jo and Pat managed to get themselves a bit of a bargain. This is a beautiful beach house. $700,000. And just up the road, right on the beachfront, this place sold for over a million dollars. Five months after they moved in, it's time I see their new home for myself. Hi! Kia ora! Welcome. Kia ora! Good to see you. Thank you. Hello! Who's this? This is Pup-pup. Kia ora, Pup-pup. Our new dog. Ataahua hoki! This is awesome. Thank you very much. We're absolutely loving it at the moment. It's fantastic and it's` yeah, it's amazing. I mean, I'm gonna need to see more. Yes, please. Come on in. Awesome. Wow. Yeah. Kia ora, korua! Hi, guys. Um, awesome. I'm just gonna make myself at home. Please do. Because that's how I roll. (LAUGHS) This is choice. Such a difference from where you were, eh? Absolutely. It's a huge difference. One of the reasons we really love this house is because of how big it is. Pat has a lot of whanau that come from Gisborne quite often, and the poor things would end up in our lounge on mattresses. So this way, we've got lots of room for them. Also good having room when there's a little bit of extra good news in this whanau, eh? (LAUGHS) Yeah. Well, we managed to do 13 years with three children and two adults in a small house, but now with the fourth one coming along the way, we certainly need all the space we can get. Well, on that note, he koha tenei. Here's a little gift for the new bubs. Thank you very much. How exciting! Don't get too excited. It's the first gift. Oh! There you go. Oh, that's gorgeous. (BOTH LAUGH) The pup-pup is like, 'Yuss please!' That's beautiful. Thank you very much. Mwah! You're very welcome. Not for you, Pup-pup. Not for you. Off, Pup-pup. Hey, kei hea nga ruma? Show me around the different rooms of the house. I'm keen to see more. Brilliant. Fantastic. So, this is our youngest, Thor's room. This is cool. So he has a lot of toys. Which has been fantastic because he used to share a room with his sister. For him, it's a fantastic space. Yeah. What a lucky dude. Ka pai hoki. He's very lucky. This is Pat and I's room. Ohh! Ahh! This is so nice! So it's` Yeah. I mean, is it wrong that I immediately wanna get on your bed... (LAUGHS) ...and look out at the garden? This must feel like you're on holiday all the time. All the time. Even after five months, it's just amazing. It's wonderful. It's so peaceful out here. Yeah. Who needs meditation apps on your phone and stuff when you've got the rolling waves of Waitarere? The upstairs space for the girls. - Ah! Kia ora, korua. - BOTH: Hi. How's it going? So, this is Ginvy's room and our cat Wolfie. Lucky! So, she was the one that was sharing a room with our son. Yeah. So much more space. Hi, puss-puss. And it's very warm up here. Hi. Hi. Yees! (CHUCKLES) Yes. You're like, 'What?' (LAUGHS) This is great. This is so cool. And more bedrooms upstairs as well? Just one more over here. And this one's Hoana's room. Did you make your bed? Oh, no, this is wicked. This is so nice. He whare nui tenei mo te whanau e tata ana ki te moana. Te waimarie hoki! It's said that we spend a lot of our lives trying to recreate the magic of childhood. And both Jo and Pat have felt really nostalgic for the beachside communities that they grew up in. But unlike most of us, they've taken that dream and turned it into a reality. And it turns out e tika ana kia hoki mai te whanau ki tenei o nga papa kainga. Next week on Moving Out ` They've taken on the world and New York's high life. What do you know? They're all sold. All sold. But are they tough enough for the property market here? So 1.3 for an apartment. Or will trying to buy in Auckland push them further than they ever expected? First home, first mortgage. So is this the right time for a career change? The main thing that I'm passionate about is the birds, and rescuing and rehoming, helping. But are they being fearless in their ambitions or downright reckless? It's original 1960s, so it's gonna need some work. A total do-up. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2019