Lavina Botha, her husband, and their three children, moved to Hawke's Bay from Zimbabwe in 2002. They tell Blair Voorend about the ups and downs as part of our They Are Us series.
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How did you learn about New Zealand, and what did you hear about it?
My husband's brother had already moved out here a few years before we decided to move and he was working out here as a mechanical engineer, which is what my husband does and he talked so much and it seemed perfect.
Why did you decide to come to New Zealand?