"We got to a stage where we could financially afford to move on and take it easy," he said.
His wife had a different take on their move. She had lived in Auckland for three years as a child, and it was her dream to return.
"We fancied having an adventure," she said.
They thought about moving to Canada or the United States, and decided on New Zealand. They looked at houses on-line, and toured some main centres. People told them not to go to Whanganui because it was full of motorbike gangs and drugs - but the town was the size they wanted.
They visited for six days at Easter last year, and fell in love with the place.
"Every day we were here we just wanted to stay longer."
They liked a house in Sandcroft Drive, and calls to building companies netted a job for Mr Teager with Jamie O'Leary's Stonewood Homes.
In England Mrs Teager used to manage their rental properties. They have just bought their first one here, and she's preparing it for letting. She's also focused on their house and garden, and loves going to the Splash Centre for aquarobics.
Son Marc wants to study computer science at Auckland University next year, while Charlie loves Westmere School. It has no uniform and he can go in bare feet, climb trees and took part in a water fight on the last day of term.
"That's the kind of thing we want for our little boy. In England they put fences around the trees," Mrs Teager said.
They now plan to enjoy the outdoors - canoe the Whanganui River and experience the "stunning" black sand of Castlecliff Beach.
