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This is so funny, because when I travelled to NZ several years ago, one of my journal entries was titled "Different Things about New Zealand". Here are a few that I listed: the light switches that we encountered were opposite from those in the US (up was off, down was on), not only do they drive on the left, but people walk on the left side of the sidewalks too, restaurant service is different in terms of ordering and paying, they have so many different candy bars (like so many different kit-kat flavors that we just don't have in the US), turning on the outlets before you can use them, screens in windows were not common, pretzels were hard to find, purchases in stores were always put in a paper bag and taped shut, bathroom sinks rarely had a blended faucet (there were usually two faucets one for hot and one for cold), the only music we heard played in bars and cafes was american classic rock and 70's tunes. And of course I wrote down the different words for various things (jandals, bin, boot, track, sweet as, etc). I love discovering differences between countries when I travel!
Love this Jennifer!! Thanks soo much for sharing
Wouldnt it be boring if we all were the same
And that’s just between countries that speak the same language. Gee, imagine if almost EVERY word was different in addition to all those differences in customs. Then it’s a glorious surprise when you find similarities. 29 years in Japan found me a lot of similarities that I remember from growing up in NZ. These 20 bring them back to me.
sweet as mate
@@mikemann903 churr bro
It's so funny what I take for granted - hate wearing shoes, always hang my washing outside, can't live without marmite and wouldn't want to live with sugar in my peanut butter!!!!!
Hi, NZ cop here. You are correct that NZ police don't wear firearms fulltime. We do have firearms in vehicles used for frontline purposes - generally 2x glocks in a lockbox in the front passenger footwell and 2x rifles in another lockbox in the boot (or trunk). Carriage of these depends on what information we have on the way to jobs. Sometimes after a serious incident where an offender may still be on the run, the district commander may issue a general arming order and police will wear firearms while this is in place. Length of time for things like this is always circumstancial, could be a few days, could be weeks.
Awesome. - thanks for letting me know how it really work. I appreciate it.
This will change though
With our new overreaching government, police is following
@@KingsDaughter. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@KingsDaughter. You might need to get your delusional thinking checked out. At least our Police Force and the information shared here we can believe and trust- even if the odd person like you comes up with nonsense (about people who are currently representing NZ among Royalty in London at the moment followed by the United Nations).
@@barbsmart7373 wow, keep trusting then 🥴
Not sure where you're getting the idea that we don't have dryers in NZ. Almost everyone has a dryer (even in many rented flats), but we only use them if it's necessary, ie raining or have lots of/urgent washing to do.
It would be ridiculously expensive to only ever use the dryer, as well as completely unnecessary and wasteful of electricity, when you can put the washing out on the line and have it dry in the sun and wind (or just slowly dry in the sun on an inside line). On a sunny summer day it can take no longer to dry outside than it does in a dryer.
I guess in the US it must have become a thing to only use the dryer because it's too cold for it to dry (in the Midwest etc) during the winter?
That is a good clarification.. you have them and use them when the weather is bad. It is not actually ridiculously expensive to use the dryer however. O have run experiments to find out the actual cost and it only came in at about $15-20 extra per month for a family of 6! I now use the dryer during my free hour of power w electric kiwi!
I don't get it either. I've seen other channels similar to this where people say that NZers don't have dryers. I lived there for many years and looking back it's hard to think of anyone I knew who didn't have a dryer, except maybe in a few older flats or rental places. The various people I stay with when I go back, they have dryers. But like many NZers they often prefer to put things on the line in good weather.
@@Kiwiamericans you have free power hour lol not in Auckland
@@Kiwiamericans BUT if everyone thought that way, we'd have to flood more valleys behind dams to provide the electricity to power cloths driers that are completely unnecessary to use. It is not just the cost of the electracy alone, but the environmental costs/destruction that is necessary to provide for the dryers.
Free hour of power is dope.. from p.north
A milkshake with ice cream from a dairy (convenience store) is basically chilled milk with flavouring and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. For a thick shake add thickener. They are not the same as a McDonald's-type milkshake which is a version of soft serve flavoured ice cream, but personally I prefer the traditional Kiwi milkshake with ice cream.
McDonalds shakes dont have any dairy product in them at all. I understand it's corn starch but I'm not certain of it.
True. Haven’t heard of a milkshake here without a scoop of ice cream 🤔
I've never added thickener to make a thick shake. I just mix it longer with more ice cream.
@@my12spoonswithrose43 I believe there is an ice cream for milkshakes, that includes a thicken agent.
@devious1 Hansel’s sell a thickening agent but some shops double up on the ice cream added.
My first job when I left high school in 1968 was as an office boy in UEB, a big conglomerate in Auckland. My job on the 18th of each month was to take the cheques around to be signed by the senior managers. The pile of cheques was about 15 inches high each month and i had a dozen signatories to tie down and persuade each to sign some of the cheques. As it also happened, that week was the week that all the directors of the company found reasons to be in Christchurch or Dunedin or Wellington or Hamilton or Napier - anywhere but Auckland so they got out of sitting for hours signing cheques. It was in the beginning of 1969 that the IT director arranged with the BNZ to pay our bills by sending a computer tape down to the bank's computer centre. It became my job to take the tape down to the bank instead of hanging around mahogany row trying to pin down the directors to sign cheques. That was in 1969. In 1980 I told an American accountant I was working with that we were paying our corporate bills by computer 11 years earlier and he simply wouldn't believe me. The USA is still decades behind NZ in their banking systems. .
A pity they didn't take advantage of Databank Systems Limited which was set up by the NZ banks in 1967 and enabled all bank transactions to be electronic.
@@paulg3336 They did. That's what enabled it
I found out much later that one of hte reasons American banks couldn't do the same was because in some states banks weren't even allowed ot have branch banks. I remember being most impressed when I was in Detroit working for a week in the local banks branch, a colleague told me he was takning me on a sales call. And we were going to see the ciorporate vice president of the bank.that was his client. THe corporate VP turned out to be the guy in the second teller's box from the left in their only branch.
Remember in the early 1980s when Service Stations would close at 6pm or 9pm but you could still fill up with petrol by swiping your ATM card at the bowser pump. We were 20+ years ahead of the _West Island_ across the Ditch (and we got colour TV first too). Way ahead in so many things especially Broadband.
Mahogany row. I like that term.
@@alanscott8063 I don't really know what it is referring to.
'Grew up eating fejoas in California. They weren't widely available in stores but lots of people grew them. We called them pineapple guavas. Love them. Also, Zero plastic bags for years here. This is a huge country with lots of regional differences. I also grew up with lots of natural peanut butter (I'm in my sixties).
Nearly every house in NZ has a feijoa tree, but if u don't, u knw someone who does, it's a once a year frenzy
@@denisetewhata2513, that's lovely! All I'm saying is we have them here. I love NZ.
@@denisetewhata2513 Maybe in the far north, but they don't exist on the south Island. I'm from the south and saw a feijoa tree for the first time when I moved to Auckland
Do u get around much? I've seen them in the South Is.....???
@@denisetewhata2513 OK, don't know how I never saw them then. Never knew anyone that had a feijoa tree and never saw one myself. Maybe I just didn't notice
When we travelled to America the first time, we got to the hotel, and as we were putting our things away, we noticed the water level in the toilet looked really high. We wondered if the toilet needed fixing, lol. We've been to America twice now, and loved it!
And may I add that drying your clothes constantly in dryer buggers them, line drying means longevity for fabrics.
Is this from experience? I find the opposite.. I have really never had clothing get ruined in a dryer but when hanging them out the sun bleaches them and they wear out easily
@@Kiwiamericans you must peg your clothes out inside-out!
Better yet hang the shirts on a (plastic ) hanger. They dry faster than in a dryer.
It’s an eyesore, unhygienic, primitive and 3rd world!… Is New Zealand a developed industrialized country?… It sure doesn’t come across that way!
@@aheat3036 how is a clothesline in your own backyard an eyesore? I also don't know how you arrived at unhygienic...you realise the washing has been washed in a washing machine, right? Primative/natural - that's just perspective. There's really no need to be rude though.
Same in the UK, nearly everyne has a dryer, but prefers to hang out washing as it is more environmentally friendly and saves power
The thing about power-points with switches is that NZ household electricity is 240 volts, not 110 volts like the US. That's enough to kill you. We were brought up to plug in and out with the switch off, just in case you happen to get a finger on a live prong as it goes in and out. I touched a 240 volt wire in a radio once and it sent me across the room.
I'm from Brazil and I've been to NZ and although the feijoa fruit is actually from Brazil, I've never tried it before I've been to NZ. It's very popular as you said, but people in Brazil barely heard of it. At least were I live, which is in Rio de janeiro. Feijoas are from the south of my country.
It's similar with the Guava, plenty of suburban Guava bushes in backyard, my grandmother had some. They're from Central America from northern Colombia to Southern Mexico I believe originally.
Not that common where they came from, but fairly common here in the warmer North.
I love Feijoas. Nom nom nom!😋
Fabio Silva , the best icecream in the world is made in Hastings, North Island, NZ & it's the Feijoa & Malted icecream. The Company is Rush Munroe & have been making their own icecreams for 50+ years from home grown fruit!
@@johnormsby2034 Good to know that information! 🤗 Thanks John 👍
It's the same as 🥝 kiwifruit they are originally from Japan and were called gooseberries
Marmite is super strong. You only need a tiny tiny amount of it. Plenty of butter though.
The cheap brand peanut butter has added sugar. I have to buy the more expensive peanut butter to get natural peanut butter.
There were some supermarkets that had a machine where you put a jar under machine chose smooth, crunchy or xtra crunchy and it made fresh peanut butter out of a big hopper loaded with peanuts 🥜
That is awesome- I know one of them here but only one.
You can still do this at "binn inn" stores.
Huts in tramping areas serve a purpose more than shelter. They have sign-in books to advise who came and went. If people go missing (and they do), the books give an idea of where that person may be. It was the system before emergency beacons were available. If people go tramping, they should *always* have an emergency beacon so that helicopters and search teams can find them.
Same idea in Scotland except they are called Bothies rather than huts. But it's the same idea, shared shelter in remote areas.
I think it depends on where you’re referring to with regards to come of these. We are in CA and we have had plastic bag bans for a long time. They got around it by providing reusable plastic bags, so they’re super thick. But they have signs all over to remember your bags and they have to ask if you want one before loading your groceries in bags.
Also, California Pizza Kitchen, a nationwide chain, really popularized bbq chicken pizza. So my husband always eats that at all the chains near us.
Monica - Thanks so much for the update! Oh my goodness - California Pizza kitchen is so good. I always got their Thai pizza. Yes you can get bbq pizza of course in the USA but here it is everywhere and a common topping.
Very interesting. "Nationalized" has a different meaning in the UK and to some extent in NZ. It means a private company being taken over by the government into public ownership. Perhaps national standards as compared with USA State standards may be a better definition for what you intend. When we arrived here from the UK 35 years ago we got caught out a couple of times. We were invited to "Tea" and as the time was late afternoon we expected an English tea and cakes but "Tea" meant dinner. Also "bring a plate" to a function does not mean bring a china plate it means to bring some food for a pot luck meal. A confusing definition at restaurants in NZ/USA is the use of "Entree" dish. In NZ it means a starter but in the USA it means the main dish. One big difference is tipping. Everyone tips in the USA (15-25%) is the norm. Here in NZ and Australia it is not customary to tip at all. One last big difference between NZ USA and UK is that here in NZ strangers will stop and chat to you. Staff at checkouts will ask you what you have planned for the rest of the day - this doesn't happen in the USA or UK. When we first arrived we were very cautious about this friendly style as in the USA and UK strangers being friendly is usually an indication of a scam or rip-off approach. It took us a few days to realise that Kiwis are the real thing! I love it.
Yes all great points - thanks for sharing Patrick!
Actually, in the Midwest you will see a lot of people hanging clothes out on the lines to dry. especially in the spring and summer. it makes the clothes smell so much better after being cooped up all winter long. it's a thing here. I would love to go to NZ. if someone could tell me what the nursing culture is like I would appreciate that very much, thank you.
Our nursing culture is very compassionate and professional - with nurses from around the world living and working here. Unfortunately our nurses work long hours and are underpaid.
NZ is desperate for nurses, but you'll get paid more in Australia
@@shaunmckenzie5509 I'm not looking for more money then what I make in the US just better culture and not so much bullying culture. Something different.
@@gideonporter537 I think every nurse is under paid and works long hours. 12 hours 4 days aweek is a lot to work and no pto sometimes more here. So much moral injury goes on its insane
@@coffeeholic47 Entry-level positions (registered nurses) start at $60,450 per year, while most experienced workers make up to $82,780 per year (our dollar currently worth 63cents USD) - you will enjoy the culture though, we are a lot more laid back generally (still hard work though I think!)
American here, visited New Zealand once (wanna go back when can afford) and we have BBQ pizza all over here! At least in MI it's at a lot of pizza places. It does feel like a trend that only started maybe 10 years ago
The milk shake. There's actually 3 levels.
1. Milk with a favour = Flavoured milk. Aka chocolate milk
2. Milkshake. Milk plus flavour plus one scoop of ice cream. Blended .
3. Thick shake....like at McDonald's.
The reason we have switches on power points is because the switch acts as an extra layer of security. By allowing homeowners to stop the flow of current before pulling a plug from a socket, they are less likely to die from electrocution if something goes wrong. Also, if you leave a device plugged in and switched on, it will use electricity even if the device isn't actually in use.
only if the device is on standby. if the device is switched off, it won't use electricity even if the power switch is turned on
Vegemite on thick white toast bread with heaps of melted butter and then a thin layer of vegemite mixed with the butter, if you put it on thick then its too strong of a taste, start off thin and work your way up to your own taste, have a coffee or tea to wash it down, this stuff is gold, good luck !
And that’s just between countries that speak the same language. Gee, imagine if almost EVERY word was different in addition to all those differences in customs. Then it’s a glorious surprise when you find similarities. 29 years in Japan found me a lot of similarities that I remember from growing up in NZ. These 20 bring them back to me.
We say maths because it's short for mathematics plural because its made up of several branches not just one.
Fair point - thanks for watching :)
Just remember Tara that we are a very small country of only 5 million although our landmass is about the same area as the British Isles. We use lines in the open to dry and air our clothes because fresh air and sunlight is much healthier than a dryer also it uses no power!
Our landmass is quite a bit larger than the British Isles actually. Each Island is as long as Scotland and England combined. So we're double their size in length. Many people don't realise that.
I live in Sydney for the last 41 years. I have my grandmother's dryer since she died 60 years ago It's still working fine because it hardly ever gets used. The clothes smell nicer coming in from the line than pulling them out of the dryer.
Auckland to Queenstown is about Lands End to John-O-Groats. So somewhat bigger than the UK AND Eire combined.
Have to agree .Using a dryer really ramps up your electricity bill.
Ive never once come across a milkshake here in nz that doesn’t have ice cream. Its literally one of the main ingredients. A thick shake is merely the ratio changed.
Nah, not for my husband and I. A few times we've asked for milkshakes and they've put a powdered thickener in the mix. I noticed it one time and asked what they were doing. The girl said I'd asked for one milkshake and one thinkshake, she was putting the thickener in the 'thickshake'. Both hubby and I were horrified and asked "what about the ice cream?" She replied, "what ice cream?" She said there was no ice cream in either 'shakes'. We quickly told her nevermind the shakes, we'll just have ice cream. We walked out of there and was like, "WTF was that?"
Since then, we've asked everytime we've wanted shakes and more a majority that don't do ice cream.
The barefoot thing - I think you see so many barefoot people in NZ because they don't wear shoes inside and sometimes it is just easier to go out as you were so to speak. I'm a kiwi living in Australia where the 'no shoes inside' rule has slipped a bit (Ozzie's look at you strangely if you take your shoes off at the front door when visiting people) and I find that I always wear shoes now when I go out. I was barefoot most of my childhood. I did have a very uncomfortable pair of sandals when I was a kid and hated them.
Oh that’s interesting 🧐
Yes I agree most moari household's don't wear shoes inside or at our maraes
Hawaii has no plastic bags at the store. It was great to see their protection of the sea
Awesome to hear~
Neither do we now in New Zealand Aotearoa
Hello Diane
Most of of us do have dryers in NZ, but pretty much only use them in the winter months when it's cold and wet
after living in NZ for a while it seems crazy that the US will have so many taxing infrastructures local, county state taxes. Of course they are used to among other things fund law enforcement entities at all these levels. I like the fact in NZ you have a police force enforcing the same laws nationwide.
Totally agree! Thanks for watching
Colorado is almost identical in size to NZ. It has a state police.
Don't conflate an island-sized country containing a city sized population -- with a continent-sized nation with a proportionate sized population.
Try comparing NZ with Burkino Faso or Gabon.
@@MyBelch I had a coworker from Russia, she use to work at the central hospital of a region that also had smaller local hospitals, like Waikato DHB. It serviced a population 5.5 million people. It cracks me up how NZ tries to compare itself to places like America. But culturally its fun. Tara does a great job of bring a smile.
Unlimited internet has been available in NZ for years, our family had it over 20 years ago, you just had to look outside the main big providers.
Now that New Zealand's borders will be opening up soon, Tara, have you issued an invitation to Chrissie inviting her and her family to come to New Zealand to visit you and your family? It would be fun to see a video of you showing her the sights in Wellington😀.
Have you ever tried feijoa/marange pie. Into a short sweet crust pie base add some lightly stewed feijoas and egg custard. Next whip egg whites and caster sugar into stiff peaks which can be spread or piped onto the top of the pie and baked, usually served with ice cream
um no! That sounds soooooo amazing.
I love your vids so much! Definitely my favorite American TH-camr that moved to nz. It would be a dream to move there😭 Thank you for your amazing vids!
I do hope catching up with Christy is on your itinerary when visiting the US. That would be a blast to watch.
Yes definitely
NZ has more species of flightless birds living and extinct than anywhere in the world.
Kakapo(parrot) Takashi, weka (rails) Kiwi (ratites), Auckland Island & Campbell Island teals.
Penguins - The Blue, Ford land, Rockhopper, Erect Crested, Snares, yellow-eyed penguins to name a few.
15 are now extinct e.g. the moa etc.
Takahe
@@harrycurrie9664😂 thanks Harry for the correction.
In the beginning New Zealand was occupied only by birds. There were also no rodents so birds did not need to fly because nothing was there to prey on them. Many birds the kiwi being one, nest in burrows underground. Now unfortunately the early settlers bought rats with them who thought all there Christmas’s had come at once. No effort required for a meal.That’s why many of our birds are extinct now.
@@Kiwinan1701 Yes there were about 225000 Moa before Maori arrived ...and they thought all their Xmases came at once, a 3 metre tall bird that would feed a tribe ... 20 years later the Moa were extinct.
I guess that's because there were no natural predators - no snakes and tigers and mongeese etc. The Kiwi and other flightless birds survived when if they lived in Australia, for example, they would be wiped out in a jiffy.
Don't you just love it when some oblivious septic explains something everyone knows.
Another difference is many Americans say "I could care less" and Kiwis say "I couldn't care less" which I think makes more sense. Also boot vs trunk on a car. Boot being a British term.
Hey, thanks a lot. You are providing very informative updates.
Thanks for watching!
Milkshake has a small amount of icecream. Thick shake has much more icecream.
Marmite is best served sparingly on light buttered toast with avocado
What??? This has just not been my experience. What is the point of a small amt of ice cream? I have had sooo many without any - ahhhh. Just never know what your going to get.
@@Kiwiamericans Way way back in the day when I used to have a milkshake 3-4 times a week they always had a scoop of ice cream in them ...don't know if that has changed as I haven't had one in years ..still have a large glass of milk with breakfast every day tho.
@@harrycurrie9664 ok that helps clarify a bit.. thanks
Have you tried Marmite/Vegemite on a hot buttered cheese or date scone ?
Yep - Have never had a milkshake without at least some ice cream in it!...otherwise it's a flavoured milk. A thick shake just has a lot more ice cream in it (and you nearly pop a vein in your forehead trying to suck it up through the straw!! - can't stand them.) I think the problem with Americans and Vegemite or Marmite is that they assume that you lather it on the toast and of course its way too strong... nothing like a nice piece of hot Vogels with a light spreading of Vegemite😁😁😁
For goodness sakes. Many Kiwis have dryers... we just prefer to air dry clothes when the weather allows. The laundry smells and feels nicer - but dryers for days when you can’t dry outside.
Im a kiwi born and bred and I enjoy your posts. Some comments are comical so I have a good chuckle.
In New Zealand, a milkshake with ice cream is just... a milkshake with ice cream. Unless you mix the ice cream into the milkshake, at which point it becomes a thickshake. 😆
Don’t really agree.
Milkshakes in NZ have ice cream.
Thickshakes have a different ice cream that includes a thickening agent.
I have a drier, problem is that half the materials cloths are made from shouldn't be put in the drier. But I have a garden, I have a cloths line, so no big deal, they get hung out and hopefully they are dry before the neighbours put the BBQ on or light their wood burner. Also try to get them in before the neighbour puts the sprinkler on.
Its better for the environment and for the pocket.
Lots of Kiwis have dryers, but unless you live in a central city apartment, we mostly use them when the weather isn't suitable for line drying. Why waste electricity?
😂 I find it hard to believe that anyone who has a dryer would waste time hanging clothes outside when it’s unhygienic and a terrible eyesore!… Besides, many neighborhoods have ordinances that don’t allow people to display such an eyesore!
@@aheat3036 I'm trying to work out if you're a troll looking to stir up debate or if you really believe what you're saying. The only time hanging clothes out on a line could be considered unhygienic would be somewhere with high air pollution, and frankly if that's the case you probably have to endure more eyesores than a few clean clothes flapping in the breeze. Fortunately, NZ doesn't have a serious air pollution problem and as most people hang their clothes on lines in their backyards no one else usually gets to see any of their washing close up. If you're unfortunate enough to live where what you say is true, I can only suggest you get political. Stuff ordinances that create as many problems as they solve. Pollution is not essential. Wasting electricity is not essential. Do something about it.
@@margaretp1465 Hanging clothes outside to dry is primitive and 3rd world!… Birds, animals, bugs & humans all could be defiling the laundry but your reply is not surprising coming from the land of the barefoot headhunters!… Crime & gang warfare will destroy that little island down under: th-cam.com/video/HOtcRkdamBY/w-d-xo.html
@@margaretp1465 i'm picking troll...but i'm probably being kind...
As a New Zealander, I have never not owned a dryer! As a child growing up we always had one and as an adult I’ve always owned one. We use the washing line when the weather is fine because why waste power running the dryer?
I think Fejoas are called pineapple guavas in Hawaii and come from South America
What I found interesting when I went to the states was the direction that the toilet water spun … it’s the opposite direction to New Zealand … there were quite a few differences
That is a northern hemisphere thing and not specifically American. You can't see the Southern Cross from USA just like we can see the North Star. Again that is northern hemisphere and not US specific. Unbeknown to Americans, the Earth revolves around the Sun but they think the Sun revolves around the US. 🙄
I haven't noticed that toilet water spins particularly at all. If it does, it would be due to details in the plumbing. The north vs south hemisphere difference in which way the water drains is real, but is so weak it requires very careful circumstances to observe. (You need to let the water sit still for days before letting it out, and have a method to open the drain which doesn't disturb the water.) In a sink you can get the water to swirl whichever way you want, irrespective of hemisphere, by just swirling it with your hand in the desired direction before you pull the plug.
Since toilets don’t operate like North American toilets, and therefore don’t spin in any direction, and you don’t seem to know this, you appear to be someone in North America pretending to be from New Zealand. Or you are just lying about toilets because you saw it on an episode of The Simpsons and think that maybe other people’s toilets must operate differently to your one, because, you know, a fictional character wouldn’t be repeating a myth, would they?
@@artistjoh Wrong on all counts. I have just this moment flushed my New Zealand toilet and not seen any spinning. Why come here if all you want to do is insult people?
@@michaelwoodhams7866 What a strange comment. You just confirmed exactly what I said. Only in North America do toilets use the siphon system which produces spinning water. The rest of the world, including New Zealand, uses the washdown system for flushing the bowl, and this produces no spinning water.
There is a widely believed myth in North America that toilets in the Southern Hemisphere spin the opposite way to the Northern Hemisphere, when the truth is that Southern Hemisphere toilets do not spin at all. It is common for TH-cam commenters to pretend to be something they are not, and your original comment said that New Zealand toilets spin the opposite way to Northern Hemisphere toilets, so it was reasonable to assume you were likely to be a North American pretending to be a Kiwi.
Since you confirm that Kiwi toilets do not spin it seems you are likely a Kiwi who simply misunderstood what the phrase "spinning in the opposite direction" actually means. There is no spin. Sorry for causing offense.
We only use dryers in the winter it's the only time we need it unless you need something dried quickly for that day.
Number 7 - Bank Transfer is so true. I had a possible USA Citizen who wanted to use my Airbnb but wanted to paid via Cheque. I had to advise here that Cheque payment is well & truely gone here in Ireland. EFT, Debt or Credit card or cash for payments.
Una - I totally believe that! Family members still send me Checks and I cannot cash them here :)
Could not believe it when we lived there back in 2005 that they were still using cheques at the cash register. NZ was right into EftPos by then and here we were queuing while someone wrote out a cheque. On top of that, you never knew what the final cost was going to be because the sales tax got added on at the register so you didn't know how much to pay until you got there. Each state has their own way of calculating sales tax. Some have a different rate for the $ amount and then another rate for the cents. Go figure !!
@@ingridlowrie1029 yes very inefficient
@@Kiwiamericans I get cheques ( checks) from some of my US customers, have an arrangement with a stockbroking company who have an agency for an international bank, and they process those for me. Of late though I prefer to use PayPal, its much quicker and a lot cheaper.
Some cities in Colorado and I think Cali have gotten rid of plastic bags and customers have to pay for a paper bag if they don’t bring there own. Camping sounds great in NZ I want to camp in a hut.
The lord created an awesome world in six days.
On the seventh he rested. Relaxed a little. Got a little high.
On the following Monday, feeling rough and suffering a hangover, he felt something was missing.
So, as an after thought, he created America.
Walmart is cracking down on camping in their parking lots. It might depend on the area, but around here it isn't allowed anymore. But you can do "dispersed camping" in the National Forests for free- up to two weeks in one spot (but not in trail heads and what not).
Oh really? great to know - thanks for sharing
If you think feijoas are common in Wellington, they're everywhere in Auckland. You'll find a tree in most backyards. I don't like them much to eat, but I like the aroma when I mash them up with the mower!!
Feijo chutney, marinated rump steak.
Milk with flavouring is a smoothie if it has ice cream it’s a milk shake.
Hello. Tanya, How are you doing?
The local dairy in the South Island I used to work at sold cream freezes/soft serve ice cream which was also put into the milkshakes, but we also made great thickshakes.
I do have a clothes dryer but only use it occasionally. Would rather hang my washing outside when the weather is good. Some great comparisons in your video. 🙂 Oh yes and a Happy Mother's Day to you and all the mum's watching.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Tara, we used to gave Freedom Camping but overseas & national tourists were leaving trash everywhere, urinating, defecating, leaving used sanitary products around and it got to a point that they outlawed freedom camping. Ppl just stopped wherever done there business and moved on especially in supermarket carparks, playgrounds, forests etc.
Roger plenty of camping in both places New Zealand & USA.
no NZ law courts will up HOLD CITY council Fines in New Zealand.
Haven't been fined in either country
You can buy feijoas from amazon in season. Plants and fruit. I think they're under the name pineapple guava, but it is the same thing. Can't see any available currently though (but amazon doesn't like to show me things that can't ship to nz)
On the topic of dryers we have one but it’s a bit dodgy at the moment we aren’t going to pay to get it fixed we hang our washing on the line on nice days and inside on the clothes airer on cooler or wet days in front of the heat pump
Hi Tara, love your videos. But can we please, please, please, stop expressing shock at the fact that the range of stuff or extent of service is less in a country of 5m people in the South Pacific compared to a country with 350m people. HELLO! Who thinks a small island country will have everything a large continental country will have? This should not be a surprise and therefore worthy of comment.
Peter - Thanks for your thoughts. Just doing friendly comparisons and this video talks about what American does not have even though it is so much larger :)
@@Kiwiamericans Hey thanks Tara. I realise that it's just friendly comparisons and I love watching your videos. I just get frustrated when kiwis moan about a lack of choice compared to their experiences in much larger countries. A pointless exercise! Keep up the great videos and I hope the new business is going as you hope. 🙂
@@peterhibbard347 I"m a Kiwi and Ive lived in Australia since 1981. I can testify that in NZ there's a LOT LOT LOT more choice in brands, flavours, models, colours etc of things. Just a walk through a supermarket and the difference is stark. The range of brands of almost anything is much wider. And NZ has much better food than Australia - Things like butter for example - NZ has all the spreadable brands but much more choice of actual REAL butter. And cream and Ice Cream (WIth dairy product in it!!) Fruit and veges are far better in NZ, even though you also have things that have been in cool storage for a year like we do in Aussie.
@@peterhibbard347 I'm with you. I'd happily forgo a multitude of choice and a high cost of living for the wonderful way of life we have.
@@afpwebworks I'm a kiwi in Australia, and the supermarket food here tastes identical to me. maybe I need to go home again to compare.
Not sure about people in the USA or their way of life .
You made me appreciate here.
People and life in NZ .
I hope you all the biggest happiness living here.
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Awesome - glad you liked the video!!
I enjoyed your observations. Thank you.
Save power - use a clothes line for natural drying.
I used to hate marmite as a kid, now I can eat it by the spoon. As for hiking, I always take a tent/tarp when I go because there might not be a spare bed in the hut, or sonething might go wrong.
Oh my goodness really. Honestly I should give it another shot as it has been awhile! Thanks for watching.
@@Kiwiamericans The trick is to spread it thinly on buttered hot toast, Marmit/Vegemite has a very high salt content, in Vit B,
it goes well in Winter stews. NZ ice cream is full Diary, so this may be why its now not included in milkshakes unless asked for?
Our family moved from San Francisco to Wellington right before COVID, love ur videos :)
Awesome! Thank you! How do you like it here??
@@Kiwiamericans 3 years here so far, and I’m still not used to Wellington 😅 I have to keep telling myself oh as long as my kids r safe, I need to suck it up for no good Asian food haha.
@@Kiwiamericans I even dream about Costco, Amazon one day shipping and google same day shipping oh and Weee!(asian food shopping app). If one day I don’t dream about them anymore, I might get used to Wellington NZ haha. In addition, Trader Joe’s 😍please
@@Kiwiamericans I do enjoy live right next to Jacinda’s premier house. Super convenient :) I can walk to everywhere. I don’t miss the traffic in San Francisco Bay Area even tho it’s a bit better than LA.
I had no idea you have your peanut butter with sugar in it. I have to now pick up a jar at a US specialty store.
Surprise 😂🤩
When I was a kid we had vegemite and lettuce sandwiches and also date sandwiches. I have a dryer but dont use it very much. Even in winter I use a clothes horse in our empty front bedroom which gets the sun all day. I love barefoot but if I go out anywhere I put on shoes or jandsls if we are going to the beach. Love your I interesting videos.
Feijoas are also known as Strawberry Guavas outside of NZ
I live in Otago. We need to use a dryer as our clothes often do not get dry when hung outside as it is too gloomy and not warm enough. I once had clothes hanging for days before I took them down and popped them in the dryer.
I used to own a dryer, but global warming/heating has rendered it redundant.
Please its a KIWI not I repeat NOT a Kiwi Bird. That's like saying an Eagle Bird or a Pigeon Bird. Its just a Kiwi!
And it's kiwifruit and not Kiwi....
@@petnzme Exactly!
Ok calm down...just distinguishing as I say "kiwi" alot.
It’s a kiwi fruit, a kiwi person and a kiwi bird!… The New Zealanders (Kiwis) are not very creative so the distinctions have to be pointed out!
@@Kiwiamericans Um no, its a matter of respect. The Kiwi, a flightless bird and a national symbol which we take great pride in. Kiwis, us New Zealanders, is a moniker that is greatly respected worldwide and we also take great pride in. Kiwifruit (note 1 word like grapefruit) is the name that was hurriedly given to the first exports of Chinese Gooseberries to the USA from NZ when it was pointed out that the Americans xenophobia meant that they were unlikely to buy something with Chinese in its name. A couple of more interesting facts about the Kiwi - it is the only bird with nostrils at the tip of its beak, the female lays the largest egg in relation to body size of any bird and lately when people see a Kiwi they focus on its cute boot button eyes and fluffy feather ignoring its powerful legs, feet and claws. In other words the Kiwi looks cute and laid back but when pushed can get really stroppy please feel free to draw any analogies you like!
Feijoa's are also known as pineapple guava in places like US. Believe they originated in South America. Some people in US who do permaculture and live in moderate zone may know the pineapple guava. But they won't know it as feijoa.
For the American gardeners out there, feijoa's are an attractive shrub that is easy to grow in many places in NZ. Fruits prolifically as long as you have two or others in gardens nearby. Some people regard the fruit as a nuisance as you can get bucketsfull off a relatively small shrub. Not unusual to have a bag on a desk in an office with people trying to give fruit away. Was offered some at a class tonight but I can't find homes for my own crop. The fruiting season is short. That and the fact that feijoa's don't store or travel that well, plus their ubiquity in Kiwi suburban gardens is probably why they aren't a huge commercial crop, although they are grown for all the products we put feijoa into. Taste is a bit weird- kind of perfumey.
Pics peanut butter is amazing try It if you haven’t already ❤
Tara - I am a Kiwi and have never ever had a milk shake without ice cream. I don't know where in Wellington you have had a milk shake but don't ever go back there again!
Where do u live? Yea have had it with no ice cream all over the place??? Maybe this is a passive aggressive tactic on the American!!
@@Kiwiamericans I live in Christchurch, back in the 50's there were milk bars open all over NZ and we would go there to have an American milkshake and listen to the latest records on the jukebox. Kia ora, maybe you have to ask for the ice cream now, I don't know.
@@EllieRid oh my goodness is that what a milkbar is?? Some signs on older buildings have “milkbar” on them… I always wondered🤷♀️
@@Kiwiamericans Milk bars sold everything from magazines to milk in bottles, Coke - when Coca Cola was really Coca Cola etc. The milkbar where I lived was great - it even had black and white tiles on the floor.
@@EllieRid Sounds awesome!
Australian, we also now have a rule for schools regards hats and sunscreen ( sun smart) for children, since about the mid 1990‘s. Some people, still go around barefoot here, and we do have some dangerous snakes etc. Oh yes people still do use a line to hang out the washing rather than the dryer , although for convenience. Or bad weather the dryer is used . Personally only ever had unlimited data on my internet since 2018, and some mobile phone plans are now including unlimited data.
Peanut butter like a Nutella version instead of hazelnuts U use peanuts? Only time peanut butter for me gets sweet is when jam or banana is added oh satay too
#21 My understanding is the USA does not have ELECTRIC JUGS (it just boils water, like a kettle, not like a coffee pot)
GREAT LIST BY THE WAY!
Thanks for watching
NZ did have a system of provincial governments, but they were abolished in 1876.
One big Nanny State now.
@@MyBelch ain't that the truth
It's "Maths" in NZ, Australia, and the UK.
‘Maths’ is short for ‘mathematics’.
Makes sense.
Does it??
@@Kiwiamericans Yes it does.
@@imagik2446 No one does mathematic or goes to mathematic class at school it's always mathematics, so why would it be shortened to math?
@@Kiwiamericans Both the Oxford and the Merriam-Webster dictionaries say the word is plural - hence the s on the end.
@@ohwhye ok well that settles it then
Honey with peanut butter is much more healthier than sugar.
Ich verstehe eines nicht, warum sagen alle Amerikaner, die im Ausland leben, dort würden keine Wäschetrockner benutzt?
Es gibt etwas, das ist kostenfrei und umweltschonend. Sonne und Wind, und hier im Winter auch Frost.
Nur im wenn mal mehr Wäsche anfällt, kann man ihn mal benutzen.
Für das eingesparte Geld kauf ich mir lieber ein Buch, oder eine ausgefallene Leckerei.
As a kid in the 80's and 90's the milkshakes used to have ice cream.
#17 Power points dont all have switches in NZ, but its most common, not totally but one of the reasons is our power is 240v not 110v so it's more dangerous.
I'm tryin to explain feijoas on facebook and the whole culture around sharing them rather than selling/buying. Also I prefer dip on my chip sandwiches.
Feijoas? Pineapple guava in USA... You can grow them in California I think. Ask your plant nurseries.
Just ask for a scoop of ice cream in the milkshake. When I worked making milkshakes donkeys yrs ago it came with plain ice cream in it or if you wanted a thick shake it was a creamy coloured icecream that had thickners in it specifically for milkshakes (came from TipTop in 20 litre boxes). Haven't followed the scene really since as lactose intolerant. But agree 'what on earth?
The barefoot thing cracked me up 😂😂
Not barefoot in some restaurants. Health and safety. Hot food on foot.
Chickens are flightless.
Nationalised utilities rail etc.
Rail went private for a while. State bought it back. Micheal Faye springs to mind. Private ownership ran the railway into the ground for profit.
Telecom used to be. Got sold to Bell.
Most people have a dryer. But used when it's pissing down and theres no option.
Many people wash, and take their clothes to a laundromat to dry them if they have no dryer.
Ss far as thick shaked v milk shakes. You want a think shake? Or a milk shake. Thick gets the ice cream.
Fijoa. We had, as many people do, a couple of trees in the yard.
Kids would bag them and sell them at the top of our driveway to passing traffic.
The thing is, in the English speaking world only the USA and Canada say Math rather than Maths (as in Mathematics)
For a few years when I was a student, I went barefoot almost everywhere. (Pro tip: always carry a pair of tweezers, to deal with small glass shards.) However, in my experience barefooting is much less common than you make it sound. If you go to a city center on a nice day, sit down and look for bare feet, expect to be looking for quite some time. However, if you wanted to go to the beach from your house which was perhaps 100-200m from the beach, quite a few people would do that barefoot (if the pavement is not too hot.) While I don't go to church, I would be really quite surprised at someone turning up in bare feet. (Unless it was some sort of hippy church, I suppose.)
I had Maori language lessons in school aged 11-12, but they were very poorly done: I never learned to make a sentence. Maori language has become much more integrated into mainstream culture in recent decades, so I hope they do a much better job now. (When I was a student, there was a fuss because a telephone operator had been fired for persistently using the Maori greeting "kia ora" rather than "hello", as they had been instructed. This firing would be unthinkable now.) For non-Kiwis out there, go to the Radio New Zealand website, listen live, and you'll probably only need to listen for a few minutes before some Maori is spoken.
Wow this is so interesting - thanks for sharing.
Shoes at the front door. It's rude to wear shoes in someone's house. Unless they tell you that it's ok not to take them off.
Feijoas are grown in Oregon (Originally from various parts of South America) NZ Police will wear the side arm Glock pistol if there is an order to arm from a regional commander because there is a known dangerous offender/s (potentially armed) on the run in their area. If it takes a few weeks to find the offender/s, the NZ police will wear sidearms for a few weeks. In the NZ patrol car trunk lock box they have a Bush Master patrolman type ar15. NZ police do not have body worn cameras or patrol car cameras, certainly well behind the times in that area. (NZ parking wardens have worn body cameras (bwc) for years) NZ Police actions that are filmed and screened are usually from general public phone cameras and television/ media cameras.
Alan - thanks for the clarifications!
Where did this information come from? I'm calling BS on this
@@whoareyou361 Nope. Alan B pretty much has it bang on.
I dont have a profession that the NZ goverment might want or need, but I have dreamed about living here since I was a teen...how can I move there😳😔?
I met a guy in my hometown Wellington New Zealand who emigrated to New Zealand from Brooklyn New York after 9/11 and he's a bus driver here as he was back in New York. So don't give up on New Zealand for emigration to.
Incidentally, he witnessed the towers being hit by the aircraft.
@@brucegporter1088 It's more strict and a lot harder these days
Marry a kiwi. Sorry I'm taken.
Seriously, it's sad that people can't go where they want to without meeting arbitrary criteria. I hope you find a way. If not, at least pop down for a visit.
Math and “Maths” is like Sport in NZ, and in USA it’s “Sports”
Oh man good point - I never thought of this!!!!
I'd have guessed "Maths" is simply a contraction of Mathmatics. I don't think I've ever heard the word Mathmatic spoken??
Cheers
It also used to be called Arithmetic
@@chere6577 I think you'll find that arithmetic is just one branch of mathS, for those of us mentally challenged by the whole subject, the easier one😉
@@hinterkress Damn. Memories from my youth. In early Primary school, we learned to spell long words by using phrases. Eg Arithmetic was "A Red Indian Thought He Might Eat Toffee In Church". Weird, eh?
I have had unlimited internet since the early 2000's. A lot of people I know also went for the unlimited option. It all depended on your ISP really if they offered it or not
Awesomeness Love the video's
Glad you like them!
Maori studies have become the flavour of the decade, and about time. Feijoas grow in California look for pineapple guavas
Oh I have pineapple guava, is that what a feijoa is??
Thanks for watching Denise!
First time I had BBQ sauce on pizza was in downtown Seattle in May 1993. BBQ sauce and roast chicken.
Great video 🌸
Thanks for watching
Just found your videos😇 thank you🙏 I would love to visit new Zealand !🇺🇸
Awesome!! You should definitely visit
With Marmite, subject to correction, I am of the impression that one can never really "acquire" a taste for it, you either like it from the beginning or you don't. I have never heard anyone say: "I used to hate Marmite, now I absolutely love it"
Secondly, how common or popular is salted peanut butter in both places? (as opposed to natural and sweetened)
Good question - not sure about salted peanut butter??