Staying on

I've made a big decision. Rephrase. A huge decision. My current visa expires mid-February and, until almost a year ago, I was fairly set on that being it for now. But things have changed completely. I still don't see myself living in NZ forever, but I'm enjoying it here at the moment and, more importantly, I don't want any relationship decisions to be made based on whether or not bureaucracy will let me stay. So I'm going for the only work visa currently available to me - one base on that very relationship. It's exciting, and very very right.