This morning Alex & I went down to the local Johnsonville Community hall to visit the Citizen's Advice Bureau. One of their people is a Justice of the Peace, and can legally verify the accuracy of copies of our passports and addresses, which are needed for the process of withdrawing all (or almost all) of our KiwiSaver funds.
Once that was done, I spent the rest of the afternoon getting the forms all completed, scanned, turned in to pdf files, and sent to the lawyer via a dropbox link.
I also have an appointment now with the builder, on Thurday afternoon in Dannevirke. My brother Harry is going to join me, and possibly so will Dad. Lots of judgemental eyes on "our" house!