Greetings nutter, as Blow by said, it's good to see fellow Kiwis on this site. There are some very talented and knowledgable people here, and they're not at all 'snobby'. Some of the build sites that are going on at the moment would very likely give you some ideas for your 'T'.
There's a lot of good information, what really impressess is that, when they make a muck-up of something, they admit it, thereby showing everybody the likely pitfalls, and how to a) avoid them, and b) how to remedy them.
Welcome aboard.
You'll enjoy it.
I do.