http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/ Kiwis-in-America was created to unite all New Zealanders, home or aboard, who are living in, plan to visit or are just interest Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:59:22 GMT Shell Mackay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7587 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7587 Auckland musician Pauly Fuemana, who found fame with the hit song How Bizarre, has died. The 40-year-old died at North Shore Hospital just after 7.00am on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:20:28 GMT Whitney Zeka-Mcfadden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7586 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7586 thanks jane, wow,you got yours really quick considering you are in california,not too many foreigners in oklahoma!!!! when my wife(whitney) set up the email,we Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:50:15 GMT Jane Two http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7585 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7585 I applied for citizen ship last year in March, went for my finger prints in April, my interview in June, and the ceremony in July. I am in California. The Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:58:18 GMT Whitney Zeka-Mcfadden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7584 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7584 happy new year everybody i have seen over the last couple of years on this group,different people writing about their experience with obtaining their Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:17:41 GMT Pamela Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7583 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7583 All you need is your valid passport and Greencard. You can stay outside of the US for no more than a period of one year before loosing your residency i.e. your Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:08:15 GMT Dave Rout http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7582 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7582 Gillian is right. We did this just a month or two ago. And if you begin your return flight from one of the smaller airports, be prepared for the desk attendant Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:04:15 GMT Gillian McArthur http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7581 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7581 All you need is your green card, resident card plus your passport. The NZ Airport people won't let you leave that end without it anyway.Have a great trip, you Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:57:02 GMT Carol Bhula http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7580 Yes.  as long as you return within 6 months of your departure date there should not be any problem.  Please make sure your resident card is not expiring Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:23:35 GMT Gary & Theresa Roberts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7579 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7579 Garry, Like yourself I was once on a permanent resident card.. i went outside the US for around 3 or 4 mths and returned on my card with passport.. So long as Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:55:30 GMT Garry McKenzie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7578 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7578 I'm a NZer living in the US , and have been for the last 13 yrs . I have the the oppurtunity to take a couple of weeks and go back to NZ for the 1st time since Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:46:13 GMT Brad Bornemann http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7577 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7577 I am in Van Nuys, CA How is it going? Brad Bornemann +1 (818) 235-6946 Mobile Phone +1 (626) 689-4135 Video Phone   "Accept the challenges, so that you may Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:44:57 GMT Trevor McGreal http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7576 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7576 Yeah I've been livin up in Santa Barbara since Mar 07 and its kinda similar to Tauranga/Mt Maunganui up here. Groovy little coastal touristy town with a bunch Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:48:08 GMT JadestoneRanch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7575 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7575 Hi, I live in Southern California and have been here from Auckland for 36 years. Meryl Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:40:58 GMT tana Ug http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7574 anyone from Southern CA. I've been here from Wellington for about 14 years. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:52:31 GMT Neil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiwis-in-America/message/7573 When I arrived in the US in '82 on my way to Canada I tried to buy a TV in a Penney's in Seattle on my way north. The salesman couldn't understand my accent -