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New Zealander of the year Sir Paul Callaghan has come up with an interesting way to try and help with the relief effort in the wakeof the Christchurch Quake. We here at OrbitRemit are behind this proposal and have undertaken to make all student loan repayments free of charge. Read the full article below and visit our site for full details on how to make payments.
Dozens of people fled their homes near a restive Philippine volcano on Wednesday, while authorities advised pilots to avoid flying near clouds of fine ash shooting out from its crater.
More than 50 people fled two villages at the base of the 1565-metre Mount Bulusan volcano and more may follow, the local Philippine Army command said in a statement.
Soldiers and police would also be posted to keep people out of a six-kilometre zone around the crater and has trucks on standby to take evacuees to government-run shelters, it said. Bulusan showered nearby communities with ash on Tuesday, with its explosions accompanied by booming sounds, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in an advisory, adding that it expects more explosions.
“Civic aviation authorities must advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano’s summit as ejected ash and volcanic fragments from sudden explosions may pose hazard to aircraft,” it said.
Bulusan, 250 kilometres southeast of the capital Manila on the main island of Luzon, is one of the country’s 23 active volcanoes.
People living near streams and valleys in the area were warned that mudflows of volcanic ash could be triggered by heavy rainfall.
The local government said a quarter of a million people live in six towns around the volcano, and many of them could be at risk if the mild eruption increases in intensity.
Bulusan has erupted 16 times in recorded history, the last time in 2006. It began emitting ash again from November 6.
If you know anyone affected OrbitRemit are offering all new registrations free money transfers to the Philippines to help. Please visit our site for more information at www.orbitremit.com and select the country you are in.
OrbitRemit is now able to assist anyone living in the UK or Australia to make child support payments back to IRD New Zealand.
You are now able to link straight to OrbitRemit through the IRD website.
http://www.ird.govt.nz/makepayment/internet-banking/internet-banking-index.html
As a sign of our commitment to work with the IRD to make these payments as easy and cost effective as possible we will be making all child support payments from these countries for free. This means as a sender the amount you send is the amount that will be received by the IRD, there are no hidden costs.
Compare this with large fees levied by the banks in both the UK and Australia and also the difficulty in confirming rates and it all points to a a very user friendy, cost effective option.
Should you have any questions about how to make child suppport payments through OrbitRemit please visit our sits at https://www.orbitremit.com/global and choose the country where you are sending from.
As the aftershocks of the huge Christchurch quake continued to shake the ground of the South Island last week the New Zealand dollar remained relatively steady. The effects of the aftershocks have been severe providing significant further damage to many properties already affected in the initial shake.
The dollar traded in the range of 2.1246 to 2.1448 with an average of 2.1348 against the pound and on the back of strong unemployment data out of Australia we saw the New Zealand dollar lose some ground against AUD.
This week we will look towards the Bank of England Govenors King’s speech tomorrow to see what impact that is likely to have over GBP/NZD as well as GBP/AUD.
Our thoughts are still with those in the Christchurch area as they deal with picking up the pieces of the quake.
In comparison to banks and other money transfer operators, OrbitRemit offers great realtime exchange rate and best value money transfers with low fees and the convenience of being able to send money overseas online from the comfort of your own home 24/7. With offices in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, there is always someone on hand to help if you have any queries.
Sendmoneyhome.org, the independent online money transfer comparison site, has consistently recommended OrbitRemit’s services as one of the cheapest, fastest and most secure services around if you are sending money from Australia, New Zealand and the UK to China, the Philippines and Vietnam. You can also send money between Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
What’s stopping you, register for a free account today and your first transfer will be free!
It is quite miraculous looking at the damage caused by the Christchurch earthquake that nobody has actually been killed. I guess there is something to be said for the way buildings and homes have been engineered in New Zealand, with Earthquakes a very real threat as evidenced at the weekend.
The dismal weather that they are having down in Christchurch is not helping as the massive task of cleaning up the city and dealing with the destruction left behind begins.
All of us here at OrbitRemit send our sympathy to those affected by this act of nature. We also remind everyone that should you wish to send some money home to New Zealand to help out a friend or loved one you can do so first time for free. Estimates of damages are now looking as though they could run over a Billion NZD. Given the magnitutde of the quake every little bit helps and if you do need for any reason to send some funds back to New Zealand please do not hesitate to contact us to see how we can help.
Our best wishes go out to everyone.
Came across an interesting article published in New Zealand last week. It would appear that the government is becoming increasingly keen to try and actively re-coup some of the 11 Billion dollars currently outstanding as student loans. Whether we here at OrbitRemit agree or disagree with them targetting overseas borrowers is beside the point we are simply here to try and make it as easy and economical as possible to make payments to your loans from overseas. All new customers who make a pament towards their student loan through OrbitRemit will be able to do so for free until the end of October.
We realise how hard it is to make these payments and this is our way of trying to alleviate some of the headache and financial pain of doing so. Based on the article below it would appear that the tactic of simply ignoring the student loan is going to be fraught with more and more ramifications upon returning to New Zealand.
If after reading that you think you might want to make a payment towards your loan please visit our site for more information on how to make a free payment through OrbitRemit.
As we approach the end of the European Summer and those of you in the Southern Hemisphere look forward to the prospect of brighter weather down under we here at OrbitRemit have decided to give you something else to brighten your day. We have decided to entend our free payment offer for all new customers who sign up before the end of October. All new customers registering to use OrbitRemit to send money to Australia, New Zealand, the Philipines, Vietnam and China will receive their first payment free of charge.
Also remember that we are still running our loyalty programme so if you know of any friends or family who need to transfer money to any of our destination countries then please direct them our way to accrue loyalty points which can count towards further free payments.
We always like to hear from our existing and new customers so if you have any feedback on what we are doing or ways in which we could improve our service please feel free to get in touch with us at info@orbitremit.com
We thank all our customers for their ongoing support and look forward to hearing from you.
The team at OrbitRemit.
We are constantly looking to improve on things here at OrbitRemit and are keen to have as much interaction with our customers as possible. We have just reworked our blog so that we are able to keep you up to date with news. We would really appreciate any feedback on the blog and just our service in general. Look forward to hearing from you.
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Australian Dollar hits parity with the US
Monday, October 18th, 2010The Australian dollar hit parity with the US for the first time since it was floated in 1983. This came on the back of the US Federal Resrve announcing that they will continue with their quantitative easing program in November.
Sterling was down this morning towards levels close to the lows of last week against the Australian dollar. Last week saw a low of 1.60390 with an average of 1.61624.
Against NZD Sterling traded in a farily tight range last week with an average 2.10626.
With no significant data out today we would expect trading to be fairly soft. For those of you needing to send funds from New Zealand or Australia this is a great time to do so and remember that your first payment with OrbitRemit is free of charge.
Visit us at www.orbitremit.com for up to date rates and more information.
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