PABLO
Tauranga

Great overview. Thanks for putting together! I once signed up on Match.com. It is now good to see that there are much more suitable services for dating in Tauranga. I liked match, but there is one problem. Once you have paid for the premium membership you can start communicating with girls. You can send e-mails to all the ladies who show up in your search. Sadly you can't see who is a paying member or not and only paying users can answer your e-mails. Even if some users would like to to answer your message, they are not able to do so if they do not pay any money. This was a bit discouraging, because there are plenty of users who don't reply and you doít really know if they are just free members or if they just donít have any interest.

BRENDAN
Tauranga

I think that dating on a NZ dating website Zoosk is a true numbers game. In a given week I might write four to seven messages a week to women I find attractive and interesting. I take care to personalize my messages, to proof that I have read the woman's profile, and include one or two questions with which to engage her. Normally, 1-2 of the women will answer.

GAYLE
Tauranga

I have registered with Oasis a a few weeks ago and I want to warn all the women here. 99% of the men who are on Oasis are insane. All of them just want sex. Some of them were telling me they wanted a relationship but in reality they just wanted to f**ck. I have met two different men. The No. 1 was attractive and knowledgable. We came together after one week. After we have slept together, he told me that he is not ready for a relationship. The second one was dating two other women at the same time. He pretended to work a lot. In fact he was having fun with all the other ladies more times during the week. Of course this is just my personal experience. I donít want to blame online dating at all. I will certainly sign up with other services for dating in Tauranga. Thanks for the overview. Happy to report about my experiences soon.