A few Canadians have recently smartened up to the fact that NZ is absolute paradise for the retired golfer. As Tom D. stated in a previous post you simply can't move here but you can simply come and stay for 6 month stints. So more than a few Canadians have started to rent beach houses here in Paraparaumu and stay for 3-4 months over the Northern winter/Southern summer where you can buy a summer membership for something like $500 and play golf every single day.
There are dozens of wonderful communities all around NZ that have lovely courses and near perfect weather and nearly all offer summer memberships. Why any North American would pick Arizona or Florida, etc. over NZ is beyond me.
This taken from my backyard just a couple of minutes ago, Paraparaumu's 8th green with majestic Kapiti Island in the background...