Kingsleigh-Smith Family website
 

Welcome to our family website.

We moved to NZ from London in 2001. It was a huge decision to leave family and friends and life in the UK, but "if" is the middle word  in "life" and we would not change our lives here

We now live in Auckland and overall it's pretty good.  Everyone has the usual complaints:  traffic, public transport, weather, crowds.  All of these are better than London, with the exception of public transport, which is not too good from where we live.  We live in Oratia, in rural West Auckland, about 25km (12m) from the city centre.  We are about 20 mins drive from some fantastic beaches and are in the Waitakere hills, fern filled NZ rain forest.