In article ,
says...

"chris" wrote

I dunno what country you fly in, but I am talking about New Zealand,
and the rules here are obviously somewhat different to wherever you
fly..

Wow, you have to read back about everything.

What is there that you DO NOT have to read back?

Seriously?

Ground controllers - w' the exception of taxi intructions, typically
we'd read that back. Otherwise an acknowlegement is fine.

Advisory service, ie, Information, you'd just read back the QNH.

Tower and Control - you copy back the lot (they wanna know you've got it
right).

--
Duncan