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James QuentinJames Quentin

James Quentin is a Kiwi journalist working in London after moving there in 2009. Growing up, he was supposed to become a farmer, instead he wears skinny jeans and reads chick lit on the tube.

You can never go home again: On expat life, loving a local, and the enduring pull of NZ

28 February 2017 by James Quentin

It’s a story as old as the New Zealand OE itself. You move to London, you fall in love, you settle down. But what happens when you start feeling homesick and your UK-born partner doesn’t want to leave? James Quentin writes about the double life of an expat Kiwi. In May I will be bringing … Read more

Categories Featured, Society Tags expat life, Immigration, London

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