Any other New Zealanders here?

[deansmith]

Hi Folks,

I'm wondering whether there are many/any other Kiwi vapers here?

I've been a full time vaper for just over 2 months now and I've yet to see a single ecig user anywhere locally here in Christchurch... which proves nothing, but it'd be great to hear from you and what overseas suppliers you'd perhaps reccomend.

 

[LowThudd]

Welcome to the forum! Nope, not from there but I plan on visiting N Zed one of these days. Really beautifull place!

 

[DocWyatt]

There is a forum on here for Australia, kinda sorta close.

Australia Forum

 

[NCC]

Not a Kiwi, but have had some online friends who were. And, as much as y'all hate the fact, if I had for some reason to depart my homeland, New Zealand is like ... yeah, that's where I'd want to go.

Surely, someone else on ECF is from your great country.

 

[deansmith]

Thanks heaps for the replies, I've got a friend in Oz who is wondering whether they can order supplies and get them past their customs, I'll have a read through the Oz forum and maybe help answer this question for them before they waste their money

Meantime, thanks again, and if anyone is visiting NZ, please feel free to look me up.

 

[deansmith]

Thanks heaps for the replies, I've got a friend in Oz who is wondering whether they can order supplies and get them past their customs, I'll have a read through the Oz forum and maybe help answer this question for them before they waste their money

Meantime, thanks again, and if anyone is visiting NZ, please feel free to look me up.

 

[ceevir]

Hi
I'm a kiwi vaper from Wellington! Been on e-cigs about 6 weeks now. It is legal for Ozzies and Kiwi's to order from overseas up to 3 months supply of nicotene in juice or cartridges. My friend in Oz ordered from NZ no problems. Intellicig.co.nz is up and running in NZ and supplies to NZ and Oz but we both have to order our nic from their UK site.

 

[deansmith]

heheh, I'm not sure how I made that happen 3 times sorry folks <blushing>

 

[deansmith]

Hey, hi ceevir, very nice to hear from you, I'll go and check out your source! Thanks heaps.

 

[ceevir]

Hi
It's pretty new here in Wellington too.
I picked up the Intellicig Evo starter kit in the last 2 weeks and am loving their flavours (Rich & Menthol) in the Ecopure juice.
To be honest it was the flavour juices that got me off the real cigarettes for good. It's great finally having a e-cig company in NZ to buy the gear from, even if we still have to order nic from UK

 

[ceevir]

No problem. They are very nice people and helpful too. Can't fault their service and products, I'm really impressed!
Good luck!

 

[LowThudd]

No problem. They are very nice people and helpful too. Can't fault their service and products, I'm really impressed!
Good luck!

Just curious, any idea what Oz dollars are compared to US dollars(or NZed currency)?

 

[ceevir]

dunno about Oz to USD but you would get about $1.30 NZD for $1.00 USD at the moment.

 

[deansmith]

oz dollars are pretty similar to US... 1 USD = 1.00959 AUD

 

[SuZamme]

I been to New Zealand twice, does that count?
It is also my absolute favorite country to visit in the World, does that count?

 

[Automaton]

Kia Ora!

I'm a Yank, but I spent a year in your fair land. I was mostly living in Wellywood.

Welcome to ECF, glad you've managed to find some other local Kiwi's. The nic juice situation down there is kind of convoluted.

 

[deansmith]

Kia Ora Suzamme, that counts for heaps.

Thanks

 

[deansmith]

and yip, it is pretty convoluted alright. Our authorities all of a sudden reckon that nicotine is a medicine. (yeah right !), of course they currently get a 8.5 million NZD annual subsidy for nicotine patches and gum that works for less than 5% of smokers... I guess they're trying to protect their turf, but to do so when there now genuinely is a decent smoking alternative is incorrigible. They're clearly prejudiced against smokers more than they are against smoking. (sorry about the rant

 

[Automaton]

and yip, it is pretty convoluted alright. Our authorities all of a sudden reckon that nicotine is a medicine. (yeah right !), of course they currently get a 8.5 million NZD annual subsidy for nicotine patches and gum that works for less than 5% of smokers... I guess they're trying to protect their turf, but to do so when there now genuinely is a decent smoking alternative is incorrigible. They're clearly prejudiced against smokers more than they are against smoking. (sorry about the rant

Don't worry man, if there's anyone who gets it, it's us!

I remember trying the Quit Plan thing when I was down there. 6 months of patches and gum for $15 NZ. It's a great deal. Even if it doesn't work, at least you guys don't bleed people dry trying to quit like the US does. But, obviously... it didn't work.

Yeah, just the drug companies trying to make sure no but them can deal their drugs. Same story as over here. The first vaper I ever met was in NZ, actually. And I found out later that he used to be on ECF! It's a small world.

 

[deansmith]

It's a small world with this interweb thing, and being able to order online means it dosn't matter much to us really