sometimes I am baffled by American ignorance but other times I feel like they're just trolling lol which one is it? Is it possible to be that clueless?
Another New Zealand film recommendation for fans of NZ movies would be 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople' it has the same boy from Deadpool 2, he had done this film before Deadpool 2.
As a kiwi, I'm actually kinda impressed that people knew a couple of things. I think Flight of the Conchords did a similar thing around a decade ago and a lot of the Americans interviewed then were clearly hearing about New Zealand for the first time.
I was actually surprised myself! Like I said in the video, I didn’t know anything about New Zealand before visiting, aside from the Hakka. Super glad I went there and got the chance to learn heaps and work alongside some Kiwis. Had a blast while I was there, definitely a place I’d like to visit again someday.
I lost my shit at the people who correctly pointed out NZ on the Map and then STILL somehow came to the conclusion that our currency is the Euro. Especially the South-African girl. I just feel like she should know better haha.
Hi from Aus. Sorry that the word doesn't know you and leaves you off maps when the All Blacks keep winning but I guess cricket makes for the way a country to be recognized.
@BT- 1 gummon bro who gives a crap if were good at rugby talkin from our ego not our soul ay bro imagine not bringing up “what were better at” in a pleasant convo.. imagine that.. Just think how ud like to be talking with someone a mate and out of the blue they say “oh g im way better than u at cooking. I make way betta eggs than u. Shame g” Its like y say it brutha there’s plenty of topics u can bring up that arent creating a pedastal for what u represent just saying
From a Māori perspective, we could technically be all 4 ( Water, Earth, Fire and Air ). But comparing to our other Polynesian people, we would definitely claim AIR the most, due to our large and diverse bird population
@@cate9059 There are a lot of different bird species in New Zealand. Ones that can fly and ones that can’t obviously. I only connected it to air because it was pretty much a bird haven prior to humans. If you want something that goes with Earth, then you can go along the lines of all the Volcanoes the country has. Or is that fire ? Anyways like I said before, the country can be pretty much all 4 or even the Avatar with Māori spiritual beliefs and connections
As a kiwi I laughed that the most recognised of all was our flag. The previous conservative govt wasted millions of NZ dollars and lost a referendum to change it as they believed it wasn't widely recognised. Thanks for the confirmation for those of us that voted to keep it.
@Anne Speir I bet if the Ozzie flag was a choice they wouldn't have gotten it so easy, but most of them guessed the NZ flag because it was the one they DIDN'T recognise from the 6 choices, you even hear them say that.
It's interesting that people assume that NZ is exotic 😂 Some of our environment is pretty exotic but otherwise we have normal cities, towns, airports, supermarkets and roads. We have normal hospitals and just about every suburb has a shopping mall (or at the very least, a shopping centre), as well as a McDonald's , Burger King, Carl's Jr and Wendy's in a lot of places. I would say we are pretty similar to Australia, just less dry and more humid, more laid back and no insects or animals trying to kill you.
*goes into long thing about Taika Waititi's Oscar Acceptance speech and how she thinks its about Aboriginal Pride* next guy: it's gotta be some type of sandwich they have down there
@Black Weirdo I have to ask. Do you guys deliberately day Ozzy to annoy us. Instead of saying Aussie?? I've never known anyone to use the word Ozzie cept Americans. Even my Kiwi mates here spell it Aussie... Just curious ^^
hope trump doesnt know fat chance i guess but nz national police turned down his application for a casino licence over money laundering fears in late 1980s
REALLY odd, since all the States capitols are small cities, not the main known ones. Take Texas, 3 biggest cities Houston, Dallas and San Antonio yet capitol is Austin. Most states are like that.
Thanks Norton! I appreciate the feedback and I’m looking forward to visiting New Zealand again someday. Had such a good time there, thanks for watching 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Hey, awesome man, Kiwi here and love you did this. They were having fun while learning about NZ. I'm a Maori fella and you did a great job on pronounciation. Thanks man =]
Hey bm4n1 I appreciate that! Thanks for watching the video and I’m glad I pronounced it right hahah. New Zealand is definitely a dope place and I’m so glad I got the chance to live there for awhile. Had a blast down there and I met some awesome people along the way. You guys are awesome and I look forward to visiting again someday!
Kiaora. , That's what I was thinking. I am a pakeha in the Waikato. I loved your pronunctiation of "maori" plus your respect and wairua. Awesome, brother. Thanks for mentioning all three languages.
@@barbsmart7373 Kiaora! well thank you for watching it Barb! I’m very happy to hear that my pronunciation wasn’t too bad, I thought I would screw it up lol 🤙🏽
I met a New Zealander in the US who told me about his Uber driver in LA "Where are you from?" "New Zealand" "Oh, which part of Europe is that?" These people in the video are much smarter and brighter than that driver
I'm an Aussie who works with a huge percentage of Kiwis, so it was all no-brainers for me. But I started watching with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised at some of the correct answers (I mean the confident ones. It WAS multiple choice).
Ayyeeeeeeee Good to hear from you Jerray! Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video🙏🏽 I hope you’re doing well wherever you are! Are you still in NZ or did you finish up your time down there?
James Prime Yeah bro I got back home to Tampa Florida at the end of February. Solid 9 months in New Zealand was life-changing. i’m planning to do Australia next year. Same to you Homie I hope you’re doing amazing I still watch all your videos haha
I’m glad you had a good time in New Zealand. Time well spent. If you do make it down to Australia, I hope you have just as good experience down there as I did. That place was awesome!
This made me chuckle, but at the same time, before covid happened, not many brits new about NZ either. I spent over a year living there and it is the most spectacular country.
Great vid. My man with the SF hat and shades hit the target a few times with his guesses 😎😎 I was impressed. Also, I think if you had the Australian flag on there as well, that would have thrown a lot of people off
When I lived in the U.S... Most people had heard of New Zealand, but didnt know much at all... many believed it was in Europe... but when I met people who knew NZ, more often than not...they knew alot, which BUZZED me out, especially when they knew about Māori Culture, which buzzed me out more
Haha yea i think its a hit or miss when it comes to what people know about New Zealand. But I think nowadays, its becoming more and more recognizable. But anyway, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching the video Rangiteaorere. 🙏🏽
I'm impressed they know where we are :) you're all welcome to visit when travel returns to normal. I hope you guys all stay safe, you seem like a friendly bunch.
Kia ora!! That was awesome. Gotta start somewhere. Great way of making people aware. Hopefully more people will tour our beautiful country like you did to learn more.🙂
Loved watching this and the comments section was even better xxx love to see you do more videos like this maybe doing accents like you did in the nz one love it bro
Thanks for watching it Mere! Yea if I get a chance to make another video about the New Zealand accent, maybe I’ll go for it! Thanks for the feedback 🙏🏽
Kia Ora bro, amazing video! that second girl from the left in that big group copied the first guy on almost every answer haha. Nice to know that American's know some things about Aotearoa!
Thanks for spreading the awareness! We're quite often forgotten about or considered baby sibling of Australia. Hope you enjoyed your time in NZ amd and that you will one day return!
I absolutely enjoyed my time there thank you! And I look forward to revisiting again someday. Thanks for the feedback and I appreciate you arching it Ariana, thank you 😊
I’m looking forward to see how far New Zealand goes in my lifetime. From an outsiders perspective, it seems like it’s doing great 👍🏽 I know there’s plenty of issues that I’m sure I’m unaware of, but when I was there, things seemed pretty good.
@@JamesPrime1 Cheers James. We do have our problems, as does any country but we feel we are heading in the right direction. In some ways, the current situation in the US, has served to emphasise the old [comedian Fred Dagg] song “we don’t know how lucky we are”. Stay safe. Kia kaha.
20 years ago when I was in the USA I was talking to a group of Americans for a few hours then one of them asked me 3 questions in quick succession: 1) Did I learn English before I came over? 2) What time zone did we use? 3) In what order did the months appear on our calendar? Everyone had a good LOL at the time. As a Kiwi, my accent seemed to be a good conversation starter in the south, at least. Happy days :)
Proud to be one of the "10 people who live there" 😂😂 Crack up! Loving that most people atleast know where we are located now 😜 P.s your pronunciation on "Kia Ora" was bloody on 👌🏼
Thank you Blair I really appreciate that. Had a great time in your country and met some great people there. You guys have something good going down there 👍🏽
Your vid popped up in my explore and I saw New Zealand so as a kiwi I had to click and have a nosey 😅 that was great and those Americans where pretty good, very impressed.
Hahah well thanks for clicking on it Meg! Even better that you actually liked it! When I originally made it, I wasn’t sure how well it was going to be received, but people seemed to enjoy it which makes it all worth it! Thanks! 👍🏽👍🏽
@@JamesPrime1 hahaha my noseyness payed of thanks for the reply👍🏽awesome at 1.5k likes definitely well received, I'm just checking out your other vids there awesome.
I can just about see New Zealand from my place here in Australia.. ;) well, it's 3500ks across the Tasman, but whatever, that's pretty much next door over here.. In fact, New Zealand is closer to me here than Perth is, which I could walk to if I wanted to..!
I'm from new Zealand and I loved this video but funny she thought we spoke samoan lolol..I lolol..I definitely want to go to the big U S of A one day :)
Hey thanks Ed! I hope you had just as a good time as I did in New Zealand. I know the US can be a bit of a mixed bag, but I hope you had a good time 👍🏽
Literally the windiest place I’ve ever lived. Wind took my favorite hat away from me. Never seen it again. ☹️ If you’re ever in Vogeltown and see a black and white stripped hat, hit me up 🤙🏽
Great video, I find it fascinating to know how much people know about us. I do think that it's our prime minister that has put us more on the map as of late because she is doing some amazing things. Thank you from Invercargill, NZ (too close to the south pole!)
@@JamesPrime1 Understandable, Christchurch is lovely, I'm heading there today if fact for the long weekend. You gotta be brave for Invercargill haha, January and February are the warmest months in my opinion ☺
I made a video about Christchurch and I think at the end of the video I described Christchurch as a nice place to catch your breath. I wanted to go to Invercargill because it was the most southern city I could find in New Zealand and I had never heard of the city before. When it comes to weather, I think I would be alright because here in Chicago, it gets down to -22F. Which sucks, but you know that saying goes, it is what it issss.
I’d love to see a ‘side by side’ quiz of Americans vs. New Zealanders on US civics. It’d be really interesting to see the relative knowledge between the two countries.
That was the original idea but then I decided to make it multiple choice because it would be wayyyy to difficult. 95% of the video would be them saying, “I don’t know.” Which would make for a pretty boring video, but yea, it was the original idea. Thanks for watching it by the way!
Thank you DAYZemUP. I appreciate that feedback. Yea man my time in New Zealand was great, I’ll always put New Zealand on one of my top places to visit if anyone ever asks me. Some good stuff going on down there.
I got every single question correct. Mind you, it would look a bit suss if I didn't as I live in New Zealand! Great video, mate. I'm rapt that at least some of the people got some questions correct and that we're not just considered a suburb of Australia! With the flag thing, you could have sat the Aussie flag in there as one of the options to really get people thinking....but then again, I just like stirring people a bit I suppose. To be honest, my friend, you look like a Kiwi yourself (not the bird of course. A Kiwi is often what we refer to ourselves as collectively, instead of saying New Zealander....which is a mouthful) and I was quite surprised to hear your OWN accent not being ours! Anyway, thanks for the promotion of our little country and all the best. Kia Ora!
50 years ago, we liked the idea that "we are down here and nobody knows where we are." To be the smallest and most remote civilised country in the world seemed a good place to be during the cold war.
Hahaha. New Zealand was the worlds best kept secret. Now the cats out of the bag! I met so many Americans down there. Also a lot of Germans and French.
Kia ora bro I'm a New Zealand Maori and I appreciate this clip and your efforts on educating the American people and your pronunciation of the Maori language chur
WHAT Do AMERICANS know about WALES?
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sometimes I am baffled by American ignorance but other times I feel like they're just trolling lol which one is it? Is it possible to be that clueless?
Would love to quiz you on countries you may not know much about. When would you like to set it up?
@@indovilletv8601 you're xenephobic
100%.I watch the New Zealand family TH-cam
I swear every kiwi loves it when foreigners talk about our country.
not the Isolists
I'm a kiwi and I think its because Austraila usually overshadows us
I get so excited every time someone famous person mentions it or it gets mentioned in a movie or something
Yeah we do also I am a kiwi and I thought the Capital of new Zealand was Auckland Lmao
@@Real_K4nqR 🤦♂️
Big ups to the girl who watched "What we do in the shadows".
as an american, i love that movie
Lol I was surprised when she said that
Another New Zealand film recommendation for fans of NZ movies would be 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople' it has the same boy from Deadpool 2, he had done this film before Deadpool 2.
Sarah Simpson boy is a good one too
I love how she pronounced Kia Ora perfectly.
I can’t believe people think Sydney and Victoria are city’s in NZ
I know, and plus the euro is a special currency for EUROPE, it's in the name, can't believe these americans
😅 they know now.
@ Liam Hunter And we speak Samoan.
Haha lost in space ..
@Maksim Blagojevic Do you even know what ANZAC is? And New Zealand is bigger than the UK, if anything the UK would be a spec on the map and not NZ.
Well done for mentioning Māori and New Zealand sign language. You guys keep safe.
Thanks Kenneth! I gave it a shot at sharing some things I learned while in New Zealand. Definitely learned a lot and very happy with my time there
@@JamesPrime1 Definitely make another trip here once travel has been restored, and the world has covid under control.
Absolutely! Looking forward to my next trip there 👍🏽
@@JamesPrime1 also good job on your pronunciation. It's common for people to absolutely butcher any Māori words, but you did a pretty good job.
@@JamesPrime1 fun fact english isn't a offical language of New Zealand by law, only Māori and NZSL.
As a kiwi, I'm actually kinda impressed that people knew a couple of things. I think Flight of the Conchords did a similar thing around a decade ago and a lot of the Americans interviewed then were clearly hearing about New Zealand for the first time.
I was actually surprised myself! Like I said in the video, I didn’t know anything about New Zealand before visiting, aside from the Hakka. Super glad I went there and got the chance to learn heaps and work alongside some Kiwis. Had a blast while I was there, definitely a place I’d like to visit again someday.
It's a much more well known country now
I’m glad to know I’m not the only Kiwi who somehow stumbled across this video! I’m rather surprised as well by how much they know of NZ.
Same G
OH NO WE'RE GETTING NOTICED!
“It’s not Sydney” but let’s pick an entire Aussie state instead, that’s heaps closer 😂
Hahaha I had a feeling someone was going to go with Victoria.
I mean Victoria University is in Wellington so it could have been worse lol
We d have Victoria University in Wellington our captial.
And a Victoria mountain in new zealand
Lol 😂
I lost my shit at the people who correctly pointed out NZ on the Map and then STILL somehow came to the conclusion that our currency is the Euro. Especially the South-African girl. I just feel like she should know better haha.
I was thinking the same thing!
Haha. When they said Euro i was like! Wait you know where we are on the map it's no where near Europe 😂
Samantha Kuek ikr
It wouldn't be as bad if they said the pound but still
Hi from Aus. Sorry that the word doesn't know you and leaves you off maps when the All Blacks keep winning but I guess cricket makes for the way a country to be recognized.
As an Australian I obviously knew all the answers (they are our cuzzy bros after all).
Chur bro
Chur the brothers what a lad
@BT- 1 gummon bro who gives a crap if were good at rugby talkin from our ego not our soul ay bro imagine not bringing up “what were better at” in a pleasant convo.. imagine that..
Just think how ud like to be talking with someone a mate and out of the blue they say “oh g im way better than u at cooking. I make way betta eggs than u. Shame g”
Its like y say it brutha there’s plenty of topics u can bring up that arent creating a pedastal for what u represent just saying
@BT- 1 Sorry to say it's true. Kiwiland produced the greatest player of all time, Jonah Lomu, and we all recognise that fact. R.I.P. Jonah.
@BT- 1 shit lol i mean yea we are gangsta at rugby just dont see a reason to have that as the opener..
I don't get why so many people guessed Badgermole, its clear that we would be water nation not earth hahaha
Hahaha. Now that does make sense. 😂😂
From a Māori perspective, we could technically be all 4 ( Water, Earth, Fire and Air ). But comparing to our other Polynesian people, we would definitely claim AIR the most, due to our large and diverse bird population
@@arohap6041 depends. We're also on the ring of fire so we could possibly be the mainland of the Fire Nation lol
Kiwi can’t fly, they are a grounded species so therefore wouldn’t we be an earth nation by your own standards...
@@cate9059
There are a lot of different bird species in New Zealand. Ones that can fly and ones that can’t obviously. I only connected it to air because it was pretty much a bird haven prior to humans. If you want something that goes with Earth, then you can go along the lines of all the Volcanoes the country has. Or is that fire ? Anyways like I said before, the country can be pretty much all 4 or even the Avatar with Māori spiritual beliefs and connections
As a Kiwi that lives in NYC - you did a good job bro.
Thanks Nick I appreciate that feedback. Hope you’re having a good time in NYC. I’ve only been there once myself. 👍🏽
Chea
Wait til they find out we call our prime minister Aunty Jacinda 👀
Hahahahaha Actuals 😂 and how it’s the norms to make tik toks with aunty as well lmao
😅 👍🏽
🤣🤣🤣
Before that it was uncle John - uncle John key lol now its the aunties turn haha
@@d12grimreaper46 lol never thought he was part of the whanau that's for sure Donkey.
i love the fact the everyone laughed and enjoyed answering the questions, and did better than I thought.
Yea same here! Some of them knew more than I thought. This one was fun to make and everyone was a good sport about it.
They all already know how to dress like Kiwis :-)
Yup so do I, this is funny good.
As a kiwi I laughed that the most recognised of all was our flag. The previous conservative govt wasted millions of NZ dollars and lost a referendum to change it as they believed it wasn't widely recognised. Thanks for the confirmation for those of us that voted to keep it.
I was actually ready surprised on how many of them knew the NZ flag as well! Thanks for watching the video Anne 👍🏽
@@JamesPrime1 How many would have got it right if the Hawaiian flag had been there?
@Anne Speir I bet if the Ozzie flag was a choice they wouldn't have gotten it so easy, but most of them guessed the NZ flag because it was the one they DIDN'T recognise from the 6 choices, you even hear them say that.
hard mode would have been also including the Aussie flag
@@tumacaroni actually it was around 26 million. Still a massive waste of tax dollars though
It's interesting that people assume that NZ is exotic 😂
Some of our environment is pretty exotic but otherwise we have normal cities, towns, airports, supermarkets and roads. We have normal hospitals and just about every suburb has a shopping mall (or at the very least, a shopping centre), as well as a McDonald's , Burger King, Carl's Jr and Wendy's in a lot of places.
I would say we are pretty similar to Australia, just less dry and more humid, more laid back and no insects or animals trying to kill you.
Do sandflies count?
the biggest differences to me are way less people and traffic.
@Black Weirdo or Levin?
@Black Weirdo
Nah... but I probably know a couple of them.
And a tiny population
I think an Australian flag would've thrown them off big time. The main reason they knew the NZ flag was because they recognised all the others
Apart from that one woman who picked the Scottish flag 😬
Thats exactly what I was thinking
The union Jack was a dead give away. British/ Commonwealth. Thought its general knowledge.
Exactly
Bingo.. my thoughts exactly.
"Australian isn't a language, it's a way of life". Haha, great.
Lol.
That's why we Aussies love to do as Prince would say - paaaaaarrrrrttty!!!!!
*goes into long thing about Taika Waititi's Oscar Acceptance speech and how she thinks its about Aboriginal Pride*
next guy: it's gotta be some type of sandwich they have down there
"Aboriginal" means the native people [not just the Australian ones], so it's sorta technically-close...
You could of at least corrected the 'aboriginal pride' statement now she thinks aborigines live in Nz!
@@RogerBarraud
Yep exactly. "Aboriginal" can refer to a Maori person also but I'm not sure she intended to use it that way.
😅 Sandwich
@@AUmarcus lols . Call a Māori an aboriginal and see what happens.
It’s so weird hearing Americans talk about New Zealand lmao, no one ever mentions us
hahaha, you guys are hidden treasure.
And lets keep it that way
If that’s what makes you feel good sure.
it's really trending on YT right now, guessing lots of disgruntled democrats are looking to leave, lol. Aunty Jacinda will welcome them.
@@grantbuchanan7295 nope
Bruh. FYI Kiwis actually have wings, they're just too small.
@Black Weirdo hahahahaha
@Black Weirdo no it wouldn't. The feud must continue
and why fly around wasting energy when u got a smorgasboard on our forest floors..we conserve energy here lol
Just like our Emus. It's just ours are big and annoying, yours are cute and cuddly (in comparison... Not really lol)
@Black Weirdo I have to ask. Do you guys deliberately day Ozzy to annoy us.
Instead of saying Aussie?? I've never known anyone to use the word Ozzie cept Americans. Even my Kiwi mates here spell it Aussie... Just curious ^^
Damn, they know where we are..
You guys are on the map!
Shite was hoping they wouldnt know where we were.
@@JamesPrime1 Stop that right now please :-)
@@JamesPrime1 Not according to r/mapswithoutnz
hope trump doesnt know fat chance i guess but nz national police turned down his application for a casino licence over money laundering fears in late 1980s
"It's not the capital because it's a small-ish city"
oh honey we only have "small-ish" cities hahahaha
no
REALLY odd, since all the States capitols are small cities, not the main known ones. Take Texas, 3 biggest cities Houston, Dallas and San Antonio yet capitol is Austin. Most states are like that.
The thing that blows people's minds is that NZ has less than 5 million people in the entire country.
@luubelaar and 1.6 million of them are in aucklamd 😆
Great pronunciation of the Māori language. We hope to see you here in New Zealand again 🇳🇿 🇺🇲
Thanks Norton! I appreciate the feedback and I’m looking forward to visiting New Zealand again someday. Had such a good time there, thanks for watching 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Hey, awesome man, Kiwi here and love you did this. They were having fun while learning about NZ. I'm a Maori fella and you did a great job on pronounciation. Thanks man =]
Hey bm4n1 I appreciate that! Thanks for watching the video and I’m glad I pronounced it right hahah. New Zealand is definitely a dope place and I’m so glad I got the chance to live there for awhile. Had a blast down there and I met some awesome people along the way. You guys are awesome and I look forward to visiting again someday!
Yeah, that Kia ora was pretty solid.
Kiaora. , That's what I was thinking. I am a pakeha in the Waikato.
I loved your pronunctiation of "maori" plus your respect and wairua.
Awesome, brother.
Thanks for mentioning all three languages.
@@chriskelly3481 thank you Chris! 👍🏽
@@barbsmart7373 Kiaora! well thank you for watching it Barb! I’m very happy to hear that my pronunciation wasn’t too bad, I thought I would screw it up lol 🤙🏽
Some type of sandwich that had me dead🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha he was way off but that was hilarious 😭😭😭
I met a New Zealander in the US who told me about his Uber driver in LA
"Where are you from?"
"New Zealand"
"Oh, which part of Europe is that?"
These people in the video are much smarter and brighter than that driver
Ah yes, the Badger Mole, much more of a real animal than just a regular mole.
The illusive badger mole of New Zealand 🤣🤣🤣
Yep, I think it's related to Aussie's drop bear.🤣🤣🤣
@@kiwisweetheart71 a distant relative, but still just as lethal.
We don't have badgers or moles in NZ lol
@Black Weirdo Chucky's sister is a total psychopath. Somebody put her out of her misery.
I'm an Aussie who works with a huge percentage of Kiwis, so it was all no-brainers for me.
But I started watching with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised at some of the correct answers (I mean the confident ones. It WAS multiple choice).
Great video brother!! It’s Jerray from Wellington!(oriental bay) Shout out to New Zealand🇳🇿. Keep the videos coming man
Ayyeeeeeeee Good to hear from you Jerray! Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video🙏🏽 I hope you’re doing well wherever you are! Are you still in NZ or did you finish up your time down there?
James Prime Yeah bro I got back home to Tampa Florida at the end of February. Solid 9 months in New Zealand was life-changing. i’m planning to do Australia next year. Same to you Homie I hope you’re doing amazing I still watch all your videos haha
I’m glad you had a good time in New Zealand. Time well spent. If you do make it down to Australia, I hope you have just as good experience down there as I did. That place was awesome!
I'm in Auckland
@@Ct--yn1xw so am I.Born and bred.
This made me chuckle, but at the same time, before covid happened, not many brits new about NZ either. I spent over a year living there and it is the most spectacular country.
Great vid. My man with the SF hat and shades hit the target a few times with his guesses 😎😎 I was impressed. Also, I think if you had the Australian flag on there as well, that would have thrown a lot of people off
Thanks Witro. Yea that Australian flag would have thrown them off for sure
When I lived in the U.S... Most people had heard of New Zealand, but didnt know much at all... many believed it was in Europe... but when I met people who knew NZ, more often than not...they knew alot, which BUZZED me out, especially when they knew about Māori Culture, which buzzed me out more
Haha yea i think its a hit or miss when it comes to what people know about New Zealand. But I think nowadays, its becoming more and more recognizable. But anyway, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching the video Rangiteaorere. 🙏🏽
As a Kiwi I enjoyed this and was so happy with the results. Great vlog. I hope you get to return here one day!
Hey Meikura thanks for checking it out and I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I'm impressed they know where we are :) you're all welcome to visit when travel returns to normal. I hope you guys all stay safe, you seem like a friendly bunch.
5:17 props to that fella. He's not too far off on Kia Ora, which is an expressive word for 'Be Well', 'Keep on', 'How are ya', etc.
“Is that some type of sandwich?” 😭😭😭
@@JamesPrime1 Good name for a sammich.
I've never been there, but from what I've seen . It's a beautiful country. And the few New Zealanders I meet were right on .
This was awesome. They knew way more than I expected them to 👏🏼
Thanks for watching it juzzybot! I was actually surprised at how much some people knew as well. Way better than I had originally thought 👍🏽👍🏽
This is awesome! Hearing this from home (Wellington) it is interesting to see what the United States knows about us 🤣🤣🤣 great video bro, kia ora
Wellington is awesome. Glad I got the chance to live there for awhile! Definitely looking forward to going back someday !
Great pronunciation off Maaori too bro. Nice one! "what is a kiwi???" cracked me up.
Hey thanks Charlie I appreciate that! Hahaha yea the kiwi has potential to throw people off 😭 thanks for watching it 👍🏽
As a Kiwi, it would be nice if our $ was in fact the Euro. Good job on explaining the official languages of NZ.
Thank you Sean! Thanks for watching and giving some feedback!🙏🏽
New Zealand, clearly not in Europe:
Americans: No I think it’s the New Zealand Euro🤔
Maybe they don’t know what euro is short for...
@@CraftyWanderess If they don’t they’re literally so dumb😂😂
@@hopesole9702 nah, just ignorant. The Difference is important: ignorant can be fixed.
@@laurencefraser I’d blame it on the American education system though. They don’t get taught geography. So maybe uneducated is the better answer?🤔
@Ramadan Steve no but using common sense you’ll know that euro stands for European??? And that New Zealand isn’t in Europe also...
Cheers mate, especially love how you really try hard to pronounce the word Maori you were bang on. Loved the clip.👍🏾
Kia Ora from Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿❤️👍
Kia ora!!
That was awesome. Gotta start somewhere.
Great way of making people aware. Hopefully more people will tour our beautiful country like you did to learn more.🙂
Thanks Gee! Yea anyone I meet I tell them New Zealand is one of the best places to visit in my opinion. Will forever be one of my top recommendations!
Loved watching this and the comments section was even better xxx love to see you do more videos like this maybe doing accents like you did in the nz one love it bro
Thanks for watching it Mere! Yea if I get a chance to make another video about the New Zealand accent, maybe I’ll go for it! Thanks for the feedback 🙏🏽
I appreciate that one womans obvious appreciation for Taika Waititi and his works - she's obviously made an effort and we love it
This is actually really good love from a Maori
Awesome glad you liked it Erica! Thanks for checking it out I appreciate it 💯
Ka pai. Im surprised how much they all new in regards to nz in general. Good work bro...thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Cassino. I think the world needs to know how dope New Zealand really is. 🤙🏽
Kia Ora bro, amazing video! that second girl from the left in that big group copied the first guy on almost every answer haha. Nice to know that American's know some things about Aotearoa!
Hahah the old copy paste method, could be a hit miss technique lol
Kia ora Cam, I picked up on that too lol
But all and all I'm impressed by how candid they were and they all appeared to have a good sense of humour.
Impressed with the flag question but wonder if they would have had as easy an time if the aussie flag was there. A lot of people mix them up.
Thanks for spreading the awareness! We're quite often forgotten about or considered baby sibling of Australia. Hope you enjoyed your time in NZ amd and that you will one day return!
I absolutely enjoyed my time there thank you! And I look forward to revisiting again someday. Thanks for the feedback and I appreciate you arching it Ariana, thank you 😊
Kia Ora... Thankfully, the US have a younger generation who are showing some potential.
I’m looking forward to see how far New Zealand goes in my lifetime. From an outsiders perspective, it seems like it’s doing great 👍🏽 I know there’s plenty of issues that I’m sure I’m unaware of, but when I was there, things seemed pretty good.
@@JamesPrime1 Cheers James. We do have our problems, as does any country but we feel we are heading in the right direction.
In some ways, the current situation in the US, has served to emphasise the old [comedian Fred Dagg] song “we don’t know how lucky we are”.
Stay safe. Kia kaha.
20 years ago when I was in the USA I was talking to a group of Americans for a few hours then one of them asked me 3 questions in quick succession: 1) Did I learn English before I came over? 2) What time zone did we use? 3) In what order did the months appear on our calendar? Everyone had a good LOL at the time. As a Kiwi, my accent seemed to be a good conversation starter in the south, at least. Happy days :)
Yea i think the New Zealand accent is pretty cool. A great conversation starter that’s for sure.
As a kiwi myself this is hilarious 😂
Haha glad you found some humor in it Sebastian!
Proud to be one of the "10 people who live there" 😂😂 Crack up! Loving that most people atleast know where we are located now 😜 P.s your pronunciation on "Kia Ora" was bloody on 👌🏼
Hahaha yea I’d say a bit more than 10 people 😂 and thank you! Happy to read that my pronunciation wasn’t too bad! Thanks for watching it Teney🙋🏽♂️
They did pretty well, really. The kiwi does have wings, it just doesn't fly.
Well done guys from a kiwi👍👍.we love y'all from down under!🇳🇿🇺🇸
The official language is N'Zild, everyone knows that!
Was awesome to see you do a video on our country. Thank you for spreading the word and keep safe ☺️
I had a blast in your country. Met some great people and made some great memories! Thanks for watching Jintana 🙋🏽♂️
Apart from the badgermole, good to see an on the street interview clip that doesn't show Americans to be ignorant.
Yea there are plenty of those out there
Brother that was dope!!!! 💯🤣👏
Thank you Kj! Thanks for watching it🙏🏽
The way he said "Kia Ora" tho😂 rolled the r too much cuz
TY for doing that! Mauri Ora
I had a great time making it! Thanks for watching it😁
Awesome that you mentioned New Zealand Sign Language as one of our official languages! Thank you!
Upmost respect to you brother....from the kiwis in NZ
Thank you Blair I really appreciate that. Had a great time in your country and met some great people there. You guys have something good going down there 👍🏽
Bro I loved this, well done everyone
Hey thanks for that Kerry. Happy you watched it and even better that you liked it! I appreciate it 🙋🏽♂️
That was a good watch, solid video bro! 👌🏽
Thanks for watching it Rawiri. Glad you liked it👍🏽
I feel so smart now after watching this video!
I was happy with everything up until someone assumed r national animal was a kangaroo
Hahaha. She was doing so well!
And the sandwich too rofl
All 40,000 people who watched this are from New Zealand because we get excited when we see our countries name anywhere
I feel like a Kia Ora sandwich right now 😂😂😂
Mmmm. Make sure you grab the kumara fries with it 🍟
@@JamesPrime1 Complete meal 🤤
Your vid popped up in my explore and I saw New Zealand so as a kiwi I had to click and have a nosey 😅 that was great and those Americans where pretty good, very impressed.
Hahah well thanks for clicking on it Meg! Even better that you actually liked it! When I originally made it, I wasn’t sure how well it was going to be received, but people seemed to enjoy it which makes it all worth it! Thanks! 👍🏽👍🏽
@@JamesPrime1 hahaha my noseyness payed of thanks for the reply👍🏽awesome at 1.5k likes definitely well received, I'm just checking out your other vids there awesome.
I can just about see New Zealand from my place here in Australia.. ;) well, it's 3500ks across the Tasman, but whatever, that's pretty much next door over here..
In fact, New Zealand is closer to me here than Perth is, which I could walk to if I wanted to..!
That’s pretty cool that you can just about see New Zealand from where you are.
@@JamesPrime1 dude, I'm joking of course.. it's a 4 hour flight across to NZ from Sydney.. ;)
@@genelomas332wait, so you’re telling me that you can’t see over the curvature of the earth?
@@JamesPrime1 🤫 the Flerfs will hear you.. lol
😂😂😂
This was refreshing. When I travelled throughout America in 2008, literally nobody I met knew anything about New Zealand.
I'm from new Zealand and I loved this video but funny she thought we spoke samoan lolol..I lolol..I definitely want to go to the big U S of A one day :)
Thank you Sarah, if you ever do get the chance to visit the US, I hope you have just as good of a time as I did there 🙋🏽♂️
As a Maori That was Awesome I spent 3 months in your beautiful country back in eightty
Hey thanks Ed! I hope you had just as a good time as I did in New Zealand. I know the US can be a bit of a mixed bag, but I hope you had a good time 👍🏽
It’s windy Welly my bro’s 😂 where aunty Cindy sits in the Beehive lol
Literally the windiest place I’ve ever lived. Wind took my favorite hat away from me. Never seen it again. ☹️ If you’re ever in Vogeltown and see a black and white stripped hat, hit me up 🤙🏽
Great video, I find it fascinating to know how much people know about us. I do think that it's our prime minister that has put us more on the map as of late because she is doing some amazing things. Thank you from Invercargill, NZ (too close to the south pole!)
Hey I was on my way to Invercargill!!! I was going to make a video there but I ended up staying an extra week in Christchurch!!
@@JamesPrime1 Understandable, Christchurch is lovely, I'm heading there today if fact for the long weekend. You gotta be brave for Invercargill haha, January and February are the warmest months in my opinion ☺
I made a video about Christchurch and I think at the end of the video I described Christchurch as a nice place to catch your breath. I wanted to go to Invercargill because it was the most southern city I could find in New Zealand and I had never heard of the city before. When it comes to weather, I think I would be alright because here in Chicago, it gets down to -22F. Which sucks, but you know that saying goes, it is what it issss.
"Taika Waiti said kia ora at the end of his speech so it must mean something in aboriginal"
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I'm from NZ, so I knew all the answers. Love how you're spreading awareness. Kai pai
"Some type of sandwich" hahahahaha love it
Hahaha sandwich guy was funny
This needs more views based on the quality of the editing alone!
Well thank you Emmagrizz! I appreciate that and thank you for watching it 🙋🏽♂️
Pretty sure everyone watching this is a kiwi getting annoyed by their answers
Not really haha
I’m Australian and getting annoyed
Guess aussies aren't to far apart from us
I'm in hysterics
I’d love to see a ‘side by side’ quiz of Americans vs. New Zealanders on US civics. It’d be really interesting to see the relative knowledge between the two countries.
That would be an interesting video. If I ever make it down to NZ again, maybe I’ll give it a shot at making that!
This would have been great without multiple choice as i think there would be LOTS less right answers...fun quiz
That was the original idea but then I decided to make it multiple choice because it would be wayyyy to difficult. 95% of the video would be them saying, “I don’t know.” Which would make for a pretty boring video, but yea, it was the original idea. Thanks for watching it by the way!
Chur my bro! great content overall, thank you for spreading our Culture!! Haere ra my guy :)
Thank you DAYZemUP. I appreciate that feedback. Yea man my time in New Zealand was great, I’ll always put New Zealand on one of my top places to visit if anyone ever asks me. Some good stuff going on down there.
"What does Kia Ora mean?"
"That's gotta be like some type of sandwich they have there... I'm pretty sure" 😂😂😂
I got every single question correct. Mind you, it would look a bit suss if I didn't as I live in New Zealand! Great video, mate. I'm rapt that at least some of the people got some questions correct and that we're not just considered a suburb of Australia! With the flag thing, you could have sat the Aussie flag in there as one of the options to really get people thinking....but then again, I just like stirring people a bit I suppose. To be honest, my friend, you look like a Kiwi yourself (not the bird of course. A Kiwi is often what we refer to ourselves as collectively, instead of saying New Zealander....which is a mouthful) and I was quite surprised to hear your OWN accent not being ours! Anyway, thanks for the promotion of our little country and all the best. Kia Ora!
I was saying to myself why do I know all of the answers and then I remembered that I am a Kiwi (New Zealander)
hahaha. Hey, a wins a win.
50 years ago, we liked the idea that "we are down here and nobody knows where we are." To be the smallest and most remote civilised country in the world seemed a good place to be during the cold war.
Hahaha. New Zealand was the worlds best kept secret. Now the cats out of the bag! I met so many Americans down there. Also a lot of Germans and French.
Liked and a subscribed for being fair and honest. Ur videos are great
Thanks Dave, happy to see enjoyed the video!
Woah, your channel is underrated. your editing is amazing as well!
Lol thanks KylerRB. I appreciate that 🙋🏽♂️
Kia ora James! A kiwi guy did a similar vid years ago but was at a beach somewhere & noone knew anything 🤣.
Dee TW I was pleasantly surprised with how much some of them knew!
This is an awesome vid bro!
Thank you Elisha! happy to read that you liked it! Thanks for watching it!🙏🏽
This was a stressful watch 🤣
Lol
Kia ora bro I'm a New Zealand Maori and I appreciate this clip and your efforts on educating the American people and your pronunciation of the Maori language chur
As a kiwi, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this 😂
Makes me happy to read Darsha! Thank you for watching it 🤗
I enjoyed that! Well done to everyone for giving it a go. Taika and KJ seemed to help too lol.
Thanks Melissa I appreciate the feedback. Yea I think Taika and KJ helped a bit haha. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing our beautiful country Kia orana and Kia Manuia ( I live in NZ) but of different nationality, I am Cook Island Moari.
Well thanks for watching it Chalala!
i'm from nz and ik i can't expect them to know everything about us but it hurts me when they get them wrong