Taking your shoes off before you go into someones house is a mark of respect for them and their house. Also remember it rains a lot in NZ so again you are respecting the persons property by not bringing in wet mud etc. I sometimes tell certain people to leave their shoes on. I also trained my dog to stand on her towel so I could dry her feet before she came in. She just did it automatically in the end.
That's whats they never do in Germany. It rains quite a lot here too, but you can forget people automatically taking their shoes off once they come in. Bah, they will even step on your carpet as if it was normal.
Sounds like a good custom. Not done at most places here in the U.S. Question though, do people usually have a place on the porch to take those on and off? I didn't notice the when I visited NZ but I didn't go to private residences.
I'm a kiwi and completely agree with you about prices and salaries. Don't need to tip but please look them in the eye and say a heart felt thank you. We have lots of water. Got a ticket because I missed the sign.
Okay, that parking thing is weird that you WOULD cross traffic to park. In Canada we turn around and park with the direction of the traffic. I like the idea that servers get paid properly in the first place and don't need to rely on tips.
I know it's totally legal in the UK to do the "opposite facing parking" thing, but it's also illegal in Australia. You MUST do a u-turn and park facing in the direction of the traffic. I know in some European countries if you drive a super small compact car (like a Smart car) you can park "rear to kerb" in places where others are parallel parked. You can't do that either in Australia.
It's so that oncoming traffic can see your reflectors on the back of the car as there are none at the front, so when it's dark and your lights are off they will shine with the oncoming cars headlights showing you're parked there.
The parking makes sense and is so much safer than people darting across incoming traffic. You do see tip jars on counters so it's not entirely unknown. No prices on some platforms I understand. It's to stop people doing sneaky DMs to undercut the seller.
All these things sound so familiar, and I'm from Denmark which is literally like the opposite site of Earth from NZ. Our cultures seem a lot alike actually.
I stayed with friends in Denmark for a while, and it was eerily similar to NZ (the people and the neighbourhoods)...I was in Aarhus and the Ilse of Mon.
A lot of us are of Scandinavian descent. I have blonde hair and blue eyes and my great grandfather was from Møn. We also have, I think the same culture of fairness and public wellbeing which is similar to the Scandinavian countries. Also with respect to this video and as a 4th gen kiwi, the price thing drives me nuts as well
Speed signs are all over the roads. Places that have a lot of people are 50km, schools 20km Open road 100km All of these are in the NZ Road Code. Also smart newer cars have sign / map recognition where the car knows what the speed sign is.
I went to America and got very flustered because I didn't know how much to tip, I didn't want to disrespect the server but it was such an awful experience. I was 19yrs at the time so my naivety might have had something to do with it. Also I always take my shoes off before entering someone's house to show respect, but my cousin said his Dutch Inlaws didn't like us doing that so we had to respect their home but I felt so uncomfortable! Taking shoes off at the front door was how my Parents taught me to show respect. I also have signs by my doors asking for shoes to be removed again my upbringing. Lucky our power meter is outside so I dont have to awkwardly ask the meter person to remove his shoes for such a short time.
There are speed limit signs at almost every intersection where the speed limit changes. You want to visit Czech Republic. They have a reduction of speed sign, but no second sign to let you know the speed limit has gone back to open road again.
I have always worn my shoes inside my house. Not all the time - slippers are more comfortable - but it was more rare to visit a house where we took shoes off at the door. I think it varies.
Mostly seems to come down to how new the carpet is, how clean your shoes are or aren't, and how warm the building is, that I've seen. Most of the time if the host isn't wearing shoes it's because the house is warm and either they've not gone outside yet, they're done going outside for the day, or their shoes suck.
The not showing the price thing is relatively new. On products, I believe it is a marketing trick that is supposed to entice the buyer to ask the question, so the seller can then elaborate on how good their product is in order to explain the (usually) much higher price than other similar products. Seems to often be applied in my experience to hand-made, locally-made, organic or other specialist products. Sometimes works, but is extremely annoying and waste of time. Out of principal I bypass any product listed like this, as I don'g feel its fair to the buyer. Auctions are a way of finding out what other people think your product or house is worth. Good if you are the seller and you are really unsure of the market and worth of house and you don't want to prolong the sale, as all building reports need to be done before auction, as bids are unconditional. Tipping in Auckland is becoming quite normal in my experience. I always tip for good service and I am a kiwi born and raised. There's a lot more speed signs in Auckland and there are signs that measure your speed and tell you to slow down if your going to fast. This seems relatively new. Great video.
Oh yeah. Tipping... Had a very awkward situation first time in NZ. Was trying to tip the waitress at an indian restaurant for the (in my opinion) exeptional curry and service. She was kind of baffled but i insisted. Found out later that what i thought was execptional curry was basically good but nothing "special". We really got no good indian places where i live i guess ;) I regret nothing. Maybe that one time i ordered onion rings as a starter and got what would probably fill a whellbarrow of awesome onion rings ... Thanks for sharing
Visited NZ 5 years ago and would love to move from California to there. Getting ready to retire so it's probably not in the cards because of the cost! Stunning country and awesome people though!
The price thing bothers me so much! I just want to know without having to talk to anybody. Also the salary thing. Irks the heck outta me. I don't want to be asking the awkward question of "how much will I be getting paid?" It's just weird
Jen, are you aware how blue-colored blouses really highlight your eyes? On a different topic I also do not like the price omissions but many older Kiwis have told me that is has to do with tax issues. As a foreigner, when in Auckland, the wait staff certainly tried to get tips from me which I politely declined. Water has always been offered free in US restaurants except during drought periods when you might be required to ask for it.
As an American I hate the tipping culture. It all started during prohibition and restaurant owners trying to save money on employees salaries since they were no longer able to sell alcohol. Then somehow it stuck. I loved going to Europe where you could maybe leave a euro or two, but it wasn't expected.
I'm British and have lived in Australia for 13 years. My wife and I will move to NZ if the virus ever settles down.. There are plenty of similarities between oz and NZ mentioned here and I have to agree about the lack of prices. Plenty of retail shops in 2020 still display goods that are not priced. These days I just walk out. I think it's mainly laziness of the staff. But it is a terrible waste of customers time.
Hate the no price thing too, I personally think is so that you are forced to contact them. I feel like in the south island we prefer to keep shoes on. I think it's to keep feet warm?
Tip jar is optional or just coins left at the table after a meal in australia-what I noticed. It's warmer there so modern houses are tiled as you walk in ,different story if you go to kiwi family or ethnic and you see their shoes rowed up outside front door step
NZ don't have crooked politicians. If there's a whiff of any politician breaking the law they'll be out of there so fast they wouldn't know what hit them. The people of NZ wouldn't stand for that nonsense.
Its also cultural about the shoes. You take your shoes off when entering a marae because you don't want to bring the paru (dirty) outside into your house :)
Tap water is filtered, I've never known a cafe, or restaurant not to have filtered water. Aotearoa is not the only country where a person has to remove their shoes before entering the home. Great post.
About Free water in restaurants. If you have On license premises Free water should be available at all times it’s a must and these laws were implemented by the liquor license inspectors in New Zealand :)
I agree with all of those quarks other than the price thing. I still need to get used to taking shoes off inside a house - it is a good thing to do, I just forget. I’ll love the no tip thing - been arguing that for years.
When there’s traffic, you shouldn’t go on the fast lane then insert yourself, most of the time you will find it hard to get in or get honked at. You shouldn’t use the shoulder either to drive fast then insert in traffic
The mentality with not disclosing prices online is that you don't want to lose the opportunity to justify or negotiate the price with the customer (you'll notices that businesses where prices are inflexible are much more likely to list them). In the case of job listings, disclosing the salary in the ad would also provide that information to existing workers, which is problematic because salaries are generally a closely guarded secret in NZ due to the dreaded Tall Poppy Syndrome.
you check the general prices on properties to get an idea of price, research, pays are often negotiable, shoes off is cultural when you come to a country you should be respectful when moving to a country of the culture! you do or can tip staff here and they really appreciate it. there are signs everywhere with speed limits pay attention,you park on the side you drive. if you don't like it please feel free to leave. happy not having thousands of people coming here being disrespectful of those of us who were born and grew up here. its the little cultural things that are different that make us unique.
I had a different experience regarding the shoes thing. We don’t always get kiwi visitors but the agent of the prvious house we lived in would just enter the house without removing her shoes. It honestly flustered me the first time I saw it. And recently, when we went to view a house, the first group that entered the house before us did not remve their shoes. And since we’re Asian and removing shoes before entering the house is a must, my parents and I removed our soes/slippers and everyone that came after us followed suit.
I agree not knowing the price is super annoying. It was strange to pay for water going to Europe and paying to go to the bathroom - so glad it is not done here and yes the shoes, found it very strange in the beginning to go into a house without my shoes but I am so used to it now it is just what I do.
The lack of salary range info in job postings is sadly all too common here in the US. It's really annoying, especially considering the first step in every company's hiring process is a screening phone call with someone from HR -- and that person ALWAYS asks what kind of compensation are you looking for.
For point no. 7: despite it being illegal people do it all the time in my neighbourhood. It's kind of jarring because it's often people who pick up and drop off their kids to kindy.
Parking across the road facing traffic isn't allowed in the U.S. either. The first ticket that I ever got, 45 years ago, was for doing this. I've only had three in 46 years of driving, so not too bad.
It is possible that the shoes indoor thing has stemmed from the influence of Māori culture. On a marae, people are expected to leave their shoes at the door and it tends to be the same in their places of residence. As for tipping, I am not sure what wages are like for hospitality staff overseas but am guessing the wages in NZ are expected to cover that side of things. All in all, new to your channel but enjoying it. Thank you 🙏 PS I hate the no pricing thing too and I am a kiwi 😂
Most places, for most people, it's nothing to do with Maori anything: the houses, and thus floors, are warmer than they used to be so people don't put their soes on until they need to on the way out the door, and no one wants to leave a bad impression by accidentally tracking mud or something onto someone else's carpet, that's it. You'll find as you go further south, particularly, people are more likely to wear their shoes inside (and at all :p), and to ask what you want them to do as they entre rather than automatically take their shoes off. Unless they're Government/social workers, who for some dumbarse reason are trained to follow Maori custom and use random Maori words all the time even when addressing monolingual English speakers of European descent in their own homes. (Because screw 4th+ generation citizens who aren't some flavour of minority, apparently.)
@@laurencefraser As both a Māori and as a 9th generation NZ European, I thank you for your perspective. We do not have to agree. I choose not to argue with you out of respect for the creator of this video and her viewers.
When I visited the hairdresser for the first t8me in NZ I tried to tip her just like I would have done in the UK and it was really embarrassing for us both haha. We are a shoes on house but lots of people feel more comfortable taking theirs off, either way is fine by us. No pricing on house sales annoys me too! The parking thing is such a great idea! So much safer!
I understand the wages are better in NZ for servers than in the States, in fact they do rely on them in most cases I discovered when I was over there, but the tip jars on the counters are becoming more commonplace here nowerdays. Totally feel the same way as you people not putting the price on things especially the way Real Estate is going .I have carpet and don't get people to remove their shoes before coming in if their shoes aren't covered in mud, but I'm a laidback Kiwi from yesteryear.
No price tag is pretty annoying................ shoes off is making good to both house and people, I agree with that! No tips is good, make sure all the service is treated even on every customer! The 7th thing is absolutely correct due to the risk of car accident.
Taking shoes off in the house is not unique - most places in the US have that tradition - I don't know about other countries - but in the US it is more normal in most houses. And in the US water is free with every meal - it is brought to your table when they bring the menu - and they come around often to ask if you want more water. And parking facing traffic is definitely something that will get your car towed - impounded and a huge fine in the US.
JoAnn Bayne I lived in the USA, Canada and Italy and I will say the same as you ! I think being born here in NZ we don’t see these things as special to us at all! Maybe Jen is just making a point that NZ is great! Far from perfect I can assure you of !!
where i live in the US it is not common to take off your shoes right as you come in the door. Yes, once I change after work or going out, I don't wear shoes unless they are shoes that are only for the house and have never been outside.
The take your shoes off thing annoys me big time. I dont expect people to take their shoes off in my house. The house price guideline is more common when the market is slow. When it is hot, forget it. Like you, I bypass websites that do not publish their prices. I was born here.
your steering wheel is on the right hand side of the vehicle.parking facing oncoming traffic means you pull out with almost zero visibility until the right hand side of the vehicle is in the road,,very dangerous and i am suprised you can do that in the uk.very ,very dangerous thing to do
It's actually illegal in the UK to park facing oncoming traffic but for some reason it's not enforced. I noticed that habit of British parking way back in 1977 it's been around for decades. It becomes an offence at night because a red reflector is supposed to be displayed at the rear of the vehicle to warn other traffic.
I agree about the price absence, it is most annoying and counter productive to the seller. Even looking at buying a house is difficult - no price shown and open house is 11.00 to 11.15. It's like a TV game show. Interpret the advertising hyperbole and guess the price. Like you're going to make the biggest purchase of your life after fifteen minutes. Kiwis don't wear shoes anyway most of the time. No one in the civilized world charges for water but the challenge in NZ is to get cold not lukewarm water and if your extremely lucky an ice cube. Speed limits signs may be hard to find but at least Kiwi speed limits are sensibly high and adult. The parking in direction of travel thing is the same in other countries but at least in NZ you can usually park next to the shop or restaurant you want to visit not six blocks away at $10.00 an hour. My son once left a tip in a restaurant. The server ran after him and angrily thrust he money back at him. Kiwi servers are one of the few NZ workers that get paid more than the equivalent work in other countries.
Showing the price on a website... is a marketing ploy... Don't know how it works ... I agree with you... but I will also say it not just in NZ that does this. The salary is because it will based on the skill of the employee and you can negotiate.. most I see put a range for x amount up to x amount... and based on what you knowledge and skills you bring to the table negotiations take place... The shoes thing is more a north island thing... Tipping is frowned upon... it is part of the service that you are paying for including . You have to remember they are on at least minimum wage (or higher) and not on a some thing 5 dollars an hour plus tips. Never seen the parking thing before so.... can't answer that. But you are technically driving on the wrong side of the road to achieve this (no matter how short a time and distance)
Most of that could maybe relate to a natural sense of humility common in kiwis. The prices, salary, tipping, footwear. We just aren't as 'in your face' as others.
And this is a cultural thing. Never ever sit on table and kitchen benches or any surface where food is prepared. I don't want to eat food where someone has plonked their poo or pee area down on. Us Moaris find this very offensive so please don't do it.
I get annoyed at theTV ads with phone selling I ring to find the price and if I dont give these I dont get told the price of a product and get asked fpr my name address an phone no They always lose a sale by doing this to me
50km on an urban roads, 80km on rural roads usually but most ppl are able to correctly guess the speed limit based on the type of road and surrounding environment
No faster than the car in front of you :p Jason's advice is probably correct... Except most state highways have 100km/h speed limits until and unless they hit a sharp corner or something and drop much lower than 80 to get around it, and a lot of side streetss (at least in Christchurch) have recently had their speed limits lowered to match actual conditions and/or desired behaviour, rather than the previous "everywhere is 50 unless there's Very good reason for That Specific Bit to be lower".
You can also add that they don’t know what to to when there’s a faulty traffic light. Because there are no 4way stops in the whole of NZ this rule is not applied when there is a faulty traffic light. I lost it completely when people just drove on without slowing down. You almost had to just wait and slowly crawl into the intersection hoping someone would give you a chance to go🤦♀️
LOL you are so right about tipping, I moved from New Zealand to Canada in 1999 and found things so strange. I never tipped in Canada and would get the strangest looks from servers. I was on low income and could not afford to tip.
Yep the speed signs it would be my downfall if not posted more than once. Great seeing a video of you again. Love hearing what other countries don't do. Hope you keeping well Jen.
NZer here! Definitely acceptable to be barefoot inside, totally normal. It's something we laugh at ourselves for but NZ has a bit of a culture of going barefoot outdoors too..like she said in another video-very casual!
As a New Zealander I never understood tipping. Why pay twice for a meal? Employers should pay their waiting staff enough so as not to rely on tips. God Bless Aotearoa.
With real estate you can cross reference with the council website or the trade me property insights to find out what it's GV/CV is. Then add about 200k 😂😂
If they don't mention salary in job applications it is usually minimum wage And to remove foot wear before entering ur home is a mark of respect to the home owner it's cultural
I like your videos, keep it up! 7 Is a nice number, but the 8th one I'm still not used to (relative to the Netherlands) is that you DON't leave your cup on the table after having a cuppa with someone at their house. You're really supposed to take it into the kitchen or otherwise you're being rude. Where I come from it's the other way around, lol. Number 9 would be that most cafe's and restaurants don't take your first order at the table, you have to go to the counter and order. And you don't raise your hand to call the waiter (also rude :)).
The 'taking shoes off in the house' must be a North Island rich person's thing. I am born and raised in the South Island and my friends and family leave shoes on when visiting each other's houses, unless someone's just bought new carpet. The 'taking shoes off' is definitely not a thing that applies to all New Zealanders so you can't really say it's a thing that New Zealand don't do, just the ones you've come across so far.
Carpet is bloody expensive here so the tradies can take there dirty boots/shoes off! Now the parking thing, if you park the wrong way like you do in England, you are pulling out into the on coming traffic to cross over into your lane, clowns here would be pranging
bahahahha yeah the parking on the otherside of the road thing is just weird to us! someone does it on our street and everytime I see the womans car, I think, WTH! park the right way lady. hahahaha. Glad those things didn't put you off living here Jen. Because NZ is still a awesome country to live and visit. :)
I hate hate hate the price thing. And it is something that has probably been around for less than 20 yrs. When we bought our first home in 1998 almost all houses were listed with a price and or some kind of valuation to indicate price. Now it is truly rare. Websites without prices are just as annoying. I dont want to fill in a form to find out how much something will cost, I want to know the price so if I contact you it's because I have enough info to make a decision to go forward. If I wanted to have a bloody conversation I would have dialed your number and asked that way.
As a decently well traveled individual I laughed at the free water part. Very normal in the US and Canada, but in Europe and much of the rest of the world water is treated like a delicacy.
Wish they would put prices on houses etc. Spitting and burping also gets on my nerves. Parallel parking circles would be nice, to show you that you are parked correctly.
Re the no prices on houses and no salary mentioned. I agree! It shows lack of respect for my time. Perhaps they have something to hide. There's deceit right there imo. Some jobs don't even say where the workplace is and who the employer is! What the hell are they being so secretive about? It puts me off- they want to know ALL my relevant details are, but won't give me the courtesy of telling me who I'm in telling this stuff to! I wouldn't expect people to remove their shoes on my house-. I don't do it 🙂
Taking your shoes off before you go into someones house is a mark of respect for them and their house. Also remember it rains a lot in NZ so again you are respecting the persons property by not bringing in wet mud etc. I sometimes tell certain people to leave their shoes on. I also trained my dog to stand on her towel so I could dry her feet before she came in. She just did it automatically in the end.
Taking your shoes off is also the custom in Sweden, this stops a lot of dirty snow and rain s(p)oiling your floor covering
That's whats they never do in Germany. It rains quite a lot here too, but you can forget people automatically taking their shoes off once they come in. Bah, they will even step on your carpet as if it was normal.
Sounds like a good custom. Not done at most places here in the U.S. Question though, do people usually have a place on the porch to take those on and off?
I didn't notice the when I visited NZ but I didn't go to private residences.
@@tgchism It's just done where you enter someone's home. Tradesmen will ask you IF they need to take their work boots/shoes off or not.
No, it doesn't rain alot in all parts of the country. Christchurch area hasn't had decent rain for months. There are many micro-climates around NZ
The price and salary thing is right...it's so annoying and im a NZer
I'm a kiwi and completely agree with you about prices and salaries. Don't need to tip but please look them in the eye and say a heart felt thank you. We have lots of water. Got a ticket because I missed the sign.
I'm not so sure about salaries and wages, I've found most jobs have them, but she's right about lack of house prices
Okay, that parking thing is weird that you WOULD cross traffic to park. In Canada we turn around and park with the direction of the traffic. I like the idea that servers get paid properly in the first place and don't need to rely on tips.
I know it's totally legal in the UK to do the "opposite facing parking" thing, but it's also illegal in Australia. You MUST do a u-turn and park facing in the direction of the traffic. I know in some European countries if you drive a super small compact car (like a Smart car) you can park "rear to kerb" in places where others are parallel parked. You can't do that either in Australia.
@@Luubelaar I've parked my mini rear to the curb. Parking warden laughed when he saw it.
It's so that oncoming traffic can see your reflectors on the back of the car as there are none at the front, so when it's dark and your lights are off they will shine with the oncoming cars headlights showing you're parked there.
@@Luubelaar It is illegal in the UK at night.
The parking makes sense and is so much safer than people darting across incoming traffic.
You do see tip jars on counters so it's not entirely unknown.
No prices on some platforms I understand. It's to stop people doing sneaky DMs to undercut the seller.
Not showing the price thing is sooooo annoying !!
I'm a kiwi and this frustrates me so much!!!
@@gumbootsensation95 me too lol, no idea why its like that
It's just a grubby marketing tactic, unfortunately becoming more prevalent.
I'm a ex- pat I'm looked up the Government website see what the pay rate was!OMG! And price on housing! Talk still backwards NZ🤔😲🙄
Totally agree, especially when it comes to fast food outlets.
i'd feel so weird walking in someones house with my shoes on xD
All these things sound so familiar, and I'm from Denmark which is literally like the opposite site of Earth from NZ. Our cultures seem a lot alike actually.
i head they are, my girl was from Denmark, she blended in here very well, and most public would
reckon she was a kiwi lol :)
I stayed with friends in Denmark for a while, and it was eerily similar to NZ (the people and the neighbourhoods)...I was in Aarhus and the Ilse of Mon.
A lot of us are of Scandinavian descent. I have blonde hair and blue eyes and my great grandfather was from Møn.
We also have, I think the same culture of fairness and public wellbeing which is similar to the Scandinavian countries.
Also with respect to this video and as a 4th gen kiwi, the price thing drives me nuts as well
Speed signs are all over the roads. Places that have a lot of people are 50km, schools 20km
Open road 100km
All of these are in the NZ Road Code. Also smart newer cars have sign / map recognition where the car knows what the speed sign is.
I went to America and got very flustered because I didn't know how much to tip, I didn't want to disrespect the server but it was such an awful experience. I was 19yrs at the time so my naivety might have had something to do with it. Also I always take my shoes off before entering someone's house to show respect, but my cousin said his Dutch Inlaws didn't like us doing that so we had to respect their home but I felt so uncomfortable! Taking shoes off at the front door was how my Parents taught me to show respect. I also have signs by my doors asking for shoes to be removed again my upbringing. Lucky our power meter is outside so I dont have to awkwardly ask the meter person to remove his shoes for such a short time.
There are speed limit signs at almost every intersection where the speed limit changes. You want to visit Czech Republic. They have a reduction of speed sign, but no second sign to let you know the speed limit has gone back to open road again.
I have always worn my shoes inside my house. Not all the time - slippers are more comfortable - but it was more rare to visit a house where we took shoes off at the door. I think it varies.
Mostly seems to come down to how new the carpet is, how clean your shoes are or aren't, and how warm the building is, that I've seen.
Most of the time if the host isn't wearing shoes it's because the house is warm and either they've not gone outside yet, they're done going outside for the day, or their shoes suck.
The not showing the price thing is relatively new. On products, I believe it is a marketing trick that is supposed to entice the buyer to ask the question, so the seller can then elaborate on how good their product is in order to explain the (usually) much higher price than other similar products. Seems to often be applied in my experience to hand-made, locally-made, organic or other specialist products. Sometimes works, but is extremely annoying and waste of time. Out of principal I bypass any product listed like this, as I don'g feel its fair to the buyer. Auctions are a way of finding out what other people think your product or house is worth. Good if you are the seller and you are really unsure of the market and worth of house and you don't want to prolong the sale, as all building reports need to be done before auction, as bids are unconditional.
Tipping in Auckland is becoming quite normal in my experience. I always tip for good service and I am a kiwi born and raised.
There's a lot more speed signs in Auckland and there are signs that measure your speed and tell you to slow down if your going to fast. This seems relatively new.
Great video.
I like the shoe idea. In SA we never took our shoes off, but since living in Asia it’s a habit we adopted.
Interesting...I love learning about different cultures ....Thanks for sharing 👍
Oh yeah. Tipping... Had a very awkward situation first time in NZ. Was trying to tip the waitress at an indian restaurant for the (in my opinion) exeptional curry and service. She was kind of baffled but i insisted. Found out later that what i thought was execptional curry was basically good but nothing "special". We really got no good indian places where i live i guess ;) I regret nothing. Maybe that one time i ordered onion rings as a starter and got what would probably fill a whellbarrow of awesome onion rings ... Thanks for sharing
I think tipping goes against our culture most NZers dislike it because we would rather people were paid a living wage up front.
Visited NZ 5 years ago and would love to move from California to there. Getting ready to retire so it's probably not in the cards because of the cost! Stunning country and awesome people though!
The price thing bothers me so much! I just want to know without having to talk to anybody. Also the salary thing. Irks the heck outta me. I don't want to be asking the awkward question of "how much will I be getting paid?" It's just weird
When you search on the job sites use the salary range ...when a job is listed the lister has to add the salary range. A search will weed it out.
The price thing drives me NUTS!
A very accurate lot of observations. I'm kiwi and it drives me mad the way businesses don't say the cost on their websites.
Jen, are you aware how blue-colored blouses really highlight your eyes?
On a different topic I also do not like the price omissions but many older Kiwis have told me that is has to do with tax issues. As a foreigner, when in Auckland, the wait staff certainly tried to get tips from me which I politely declined. Water has always been offered free in US restaurants except during drought periods when you might be required to ask for it.
Grrrr....I so get you with the prices and salary offers. Why do they do this??? So frustrating!!!
As an American I hate the tipping culture. It all started during prohibition and restaurant owners trying to save money on employees salaries since they were no longer able to sell alcohol. Then somehow it stuck. I loved going to Europe where you could maybe leave a euro or two, but it wasn't expected.
Thanks Jen. Re: the last point. You can’t park facing oncoming traffic in SA either. It’s odd that you can in England.
Not reminding for the speed limits might has to do with "laid back" culture where the council is too laid back to add more signs on the streets!
I'm British and have lived in Australia for 13 years. My wife and I will move to NZ if the virus ever settles down.. There are plenty of similarities between oz and NZ mentioned here and I have to agree about the lack of prices. Plenty of retail shops in 2020 still display goods that are not priced. These days I just walk out. I think it's mainly laziness of the staff. But it is a terrible waste of customers time.
Hate the no price thing too, I personally think is so that you are forced to contact them.
I feel like in the south island we prefer to keep shoes on. I think it's to keep feet warm?
Certainly part of it, yeah.
Tip jar is optional or just coins left at the table after a meal in australia-what I noticed.
It's warmer there so modern houses are tiled as you walk in ,different story if you go to kiwi family or ethnic and you see their shoes rowed up outside front door step
As a Kiwi, I agree. We did have a price on houses, but this changed in the nineties.
Housing crash! The financial crash of 87 caused this.
French and most of the Asian countries don't tips the servers too. And we do practice shoes off at home, or change to slippers.
Taking your shoes off inside is also compulsory when you enter a Marae
Houses are so expensive and wages are shit- thats why they don’t advertise the price!!!
NZ don't have crooked politicians. If there's a whiff of any politician breaking the law they'll be out of there so fast they wouldn't know what hit them. The people of NZ wouldn't stand for that nonsense.
Its also cultural about the shoes. You take your shoes off when entering a marae because you don't want to bring the paru (dirty) outside into your house :)
If I wore my shoes inside I’d get told off by my mum so it’s been ingrained since childhood.
Tap water is filtered, I've never known a cafe, or restaurant not to have filtered water. Aotearoa is not the only country where a person has to remove their shoes before entering the home. Great post.
With the parking it's because it's illegal to drive on the wrong side of the road which you have to do to park on the wrong side of the road.
About Free water in restaurants. If you have On license premises Free water should be available at all times it’s a must and these laws were implemented by the liquor license inspectors in New Zealand :)
There's even places like McD's and Countdowns that have signs saying 'if you have muddy boots please take them off before you enter'
You're so right about house prices, it's ridiculous finding maybe 2 or 3 houses out of 10 with them
Haven't seen your videos for a while, too busy renovating our home but wanted to say how well your looking and blue looks stunning on you. Blessings!
Oh thank you!
I agree with all of those quarks other than the price thing. I still need to get used to taking shoes off inside a house - it is a good thing to do, I just forget. I’ll love the no tip thing - been arguing that for years.
When there’s traffic, you shouldn’t go on the fast lane then insert yourself, most of the time you will find it hard to get in or get honked at. You shouldn’t use the shoulder either to drive fast then insert in traffic
The mentality with not disclosing prices online is that you don't want to lose the opportunity to justify or negotiate the price with the customer (you'll notices that businesses where prices are inflexible are much more likely to list them). In the case of job listings, disclosing the salary in the ad would also provide that information to existing workers, which is problematic because salaries are generally a closely guarded secret in NZ due to the dreaded Tall Poppy Syndrome.
you check the general prices on properties to get an idea of price, research, pays are often negotiable, shoes off is cultural when you come to a country you should be respectful when moving to a country of the culture! you do or can tip staff here and they really appreciate it. there are signs everywhere with speed limits pay attention,you park on the side you drive. if you don't like it please feel free to leave. happy not having thousands of people coming here being disrespectful of those of us who were born and grew up here. its the little cultural things that are different that make us unique.
I had a different experience regarding the shoes thing. We don’t always get kiwi visitors but the agent of the prvious house we lived in would just enter the house without removing her shoes. It honestly flustered me the first time I saw it. And recently, when we went to view a house, the first group that entered the house before us did not remve their shoes. And since we’re Asian and removing shoes before entering the house is a must, my parents and I removed our soes/slippers and everyone that came after us followed suit.
The reason for no prices because the price is negotiable. There is not set price. These websites are not to shop from. They are advertising.
I agree not knowing the price is super annoying. It was strange to pay for water going to Europe and paying to go to the bathroom - so glad it is not done here and yes the shoes, found it very strange in the beginning to go into a house without my shoes but I am so used to it now it is just what I do.
Tap water is free in restaurants in California by law if you are a paying patron.
The lack of salary range info in job postings is sadly all too common here in the US. It's really annoying, especially considering the first step in every company's hiring process is a screening phone call with someone from HR -- and that person ALWAYS asks what kind of compensation are you looking for.
For point no. 7: despite it being illegal people do it all the time in my neighbourhood. It's kind of jarring because it's often people who pick up and drop off their kids to kindy.
In the US you can't parallel park all wacky like that either. Seems very dumb and dangerous. How would you get back onto the road properly?
Parking across the road facing traffic isn't allowed in the U.S. either. The first ticket that I ever got, 45 years ago, was for doing this. I've only had three in 46 years of driving, so not too bad.
It is possible that the shoes indoor thing has stemmed from the influence of Māori culture. On a marae, people are expected to leave their shoes at the door and it tends to be the same in their places of residence. As for tipping, I am not sure what wages are like for hospitality staff overseas but am guessing the wages in NZ are expected to cover that side of things. All in all, new to your channel but enjoying it. Thank you 🙏 PS I hate the no pricing thing too and I am a kiwi 😂
Most places, for most people, it's nothing to do with Maori anything: the houses, and thus floors, are warmer than they used to be so people don't put their soes on until they need to on the way out the door, and no one wants to leave a bad impression by accidentally tracking mud or something onto someone else's carpet, that's it. You'll find as you go further south, particularly, people are more likely to wear their shoes inside (and at all :p), and to ask what you want them to do as they entre rather than automatically take their shoes off. Unless they're Government/social workers, who for some dumbarse reason are trained to follow Maori custom and use random Maori words all the time even when addressing monolingual English speakers of European descent in their own homes. (Because screw 4th+ generation citizens who aren't some flavour of minority, apparently.)
@@laurencefraser As both a Māori and as a 9th generation NZ European, I thank you for your perspective. We do not have to agree. I choose not to argue with you out of respect for the creator of this video and her viewers.
The speed limit thing and the parking facing away from traffic is the same here in the US
When I visited the hairdresser for the first t8me in NZ I tried to tip her just like I would have done in the UK and it was really embarrassing for us both haha. We are a shoes on house but lots of people feel more comfortable taking theirs off, either way is fine by us. No pricing on house sales annoys me too! The parking thing is such a great idea! So much safer!
I understand the wages are better in NZ for servers than in the States, in fact they do rely on them in most cases I discovered when I was over there, but the tip jars on the counters are becoming more commonplace here nowerdays. Totally feel the same way as you people not putting the price on things especially the way Real Estate is going .I have carpet and don't get people to remove their shoes before coming in if their shoes aren't covered in mud, but I'm a laidback Kiwi from yesteryear.
No price tag is pretty annoying................
shoes off is making good to both house and people, I agree with that!
No tips is good, make sure all the service is treated even on every customer!
The 7th thing is absolutely correct due to the risk of car accident.
Taking shoes off in the house is not unique - most places in the US have that tradition - I don't know about other countries - but in the US it is more normal in most houses. And in the US water is free with every meal - it is brought to your table when they bring the menu - and they come around often to ask if you want more water. And parking facing traffic is definitely something that will get your car towed - impounded and a huge fine in the US.
JoAnn Bayne I lived in the USA, Canada and Italy and I will say the same as you ! I think being born here in NZ we don’t see these things as special to us at all! Maybe Jen is just making a point that NZ is great! Far from perfect I can assure you of !!
where i live in the US it is not common to take off your shoes right as you come in the door. Yes, once I change after work or going out, I don't wear shoes unless they are shoes that are only for the house and have never been outside.
In Asia, everyone takes shoes off.
The take your shoes off thing annoys me big time. I dont expect people to take their shoes off in my house. The house price guideline is more common when the market is slow. When it is hot, forget it. Like you, I bypass websites that do not publish their prices. I was born here.
The speed limit thing drives me mad! And we got a parking ticket in Hamilton for parking on the wrong side of the road, we learnt fast!
How can a speed limit drive you mad? It's just a number!
your steering wheel is on the right hand side of the vehicle.parking facing oncoming traffic means you pull out with almost zero visibility until the right hand side of the vehicle is in the road,,very dangerous and i am suprised you can do that in the uk.very ,very dangerous thing to do
It's actually illegal in the UK to park facing oncoming traffic but for some reason it's not enforced. I noticed that habit of British parking way back in 1977 it's been around for decades. It becomes an offence at night because a red reflector is supposed to be displayed at the rear of the vehicle to warn other traffic.
The parking on the right thing is something I wish we could do in NZ. Would make it so much easier.
Ignore nasty comments, I was always enjoy your videos... :-)
I'm a kiwi. I was impressed by the small "repeater" speed limit signs. Bring them here, Waka Kotahi!
Us maori agree with you on showing prices for things and salary. We don’t know why they do it either 💯 agree
Agree, it's so silly not show prices, why can't they be up-front.
I agree about the price absence, it is most annoying and counter productive to the seller. Even looking at buying a house is difficult - no price shown and open house is 11.00 to 11.15. It's like a TV game show. Interpret the advertising hyperbole and guess the price. Like you're going to make the biggest purchase of your life after fifteen minutes. Kiwis don't wear shoes anyway most of the time. No one in the civilized world charges for water but the challenge in NZ is to get cold not lukewarm water and if your extremely lucky an ice cube. Speed limits signs may be hard to find but at least Kiwi speed limits are sensibly high and adult. The parking in direction of travel thing is the same in other countries but at least in NZ you can usually park next to the shop or restaurant you want to visit not six blocks away at $10.00 an hour. My son once left a tip in a restaurant. The server ran after him and angrily thrust he money back at him. Kiwi servers are one of the few NZ workers that get paid more than the equivalent work in other countries.
Waze tells us the speed limit, thank God! Got a ticket in Temuka once because we missed the sign!
Showing the price on a website... is a marketing ploy... Don't know how it works ... I agree with you... but I will also say it not just in NZ that does this.
The salary is because it will based on the skill of the employee and you can negotiate.. most I see put a range for x amount up to x amount... and based on what you knowledge and skills you bring to the table negotiations take place...
The shoes thing is more a north island thing...
Tipping is frowned upon... it is part of the service that you are paying for including . You have to remember they are on at least minimum wage (or higher) and not on a some thing 5 dollars an hour plus tips.
Never seen the parking thing before so.... can't answer that. But you are technically driving on the wrong side of the road to achieve this (no matter how short a time and distance)
Most of that could maybe relate to a natural sense of humility common in kiwis. The prices, salary, tipping, footwear. We just aren't as 'in your face' as others.
And this is a cultural thing. Never ever sit on table and kitchen benches or any surface where food is prepared. I don't want to eat food where someone has plonked their poo or pee area down on. Us Moaris find this very offensive so please don't do it.
I get annoyed at theTV ads with phone selling I ring to find the price and if I dont give these I dont get told the price of a product and get asked fpr my name address an phone no They always lose a sale by doing this to me
What if you did miss the speed limit sign. What would be a safe speed to drive? Thank you for this information by the way. :-).
50km on an urban roads, 80km on rural roads usually but most ppl are able to correctly guess the speed limit based on the type of road and surrounding environment
No faster than the car in front of you :p
Jason's advice is probably correct...
Except most state highways have 100km/h speed limits until and unless they hit a sharp corner or something and drop much lower than 80 to get around it, and a lot of side streetss (at least in Christchurch) have recently had their speed limits lowered to match actual conditions and/or desired behaviour, rather than the previous "everywhere is 50 unless there's Very good reason for That Specific Bit to be lower".
You can also add that they don’t know what to to when there’s a faulty traffic light. Because there are no 4way stops in the whole of NZ this rule is not applied when there is a faulty traffic light. I lost it completely when people just drove on without slowing down. You almost had to just wait and slowly crawl into the intersection hoping someone would give you a chance to go🤦♀️
Thats an accident waiting to happen 😕
isn't it give way rules apply?
It's literally addressed in the NZ Road Code.
Give way rules apply.
Lisa Ryan that makes sense but in South Africa we apply 4way stop rules. But glad someone could clarify this☺️ thank you.
LOL you are so right about tipping, I moved from New Zealand to Canada in 1999 and found things so strange. I never tipped in Canada and would get the strangest looks from servers. I was on low income and could not afford to tip.
Yep the speed signs it would be my downfall if not posted more than once. Great seeing a video of you again. Love hearing what other countries don't do. Hope you keeping well Jen.
is it acceptable to be barefoot in anothers home, or should you wear socks with your sandals?
NZer here! Definitely acceptable to be barefoot inside, totally normal. It's something we laugh at ourselves for but NZ has a bit of a culture of going barefoot outdoors too..like she said in another video-very casual!
As a New Zealander I never understood tipping. Why pay twice for a meal? Employers should pay their waiting staff enough so as not to rely on tips. God Bless Aotearoa.
With real estate you can cross reference with the council website or the trade me property insights to find out what it's GV/CV is. Then add about 200k 😂😂
You can do it on Trade Me too by listing low to high. By negotiation is awesome because you can go off valuations.
If they don't mention salary in job applications it is usually minimum wage
And to remove foot wear before entering ur home is a mark of respect to the home owner it's cultural
I like your videos, keep it up! 7 Is a nice number, but the 8th one I'm still not used to (relative to the Netherlands) is that you DON't leave your cup on the table after having a cuppa with someone at their house. You're really supposed to take it into the kitchen or otherwise you're being rude. Where I come from it's the other way around, lol. Number 9 would be that most cafe's and restaurants don't take your first order at the table, you have to go to the counter and order. And you don't raise your hand to call the waiter (also rude :)).
The 'taking shoes off in the house' must be a North Island rich person's thing. I am born and raised in the South Island and my friends and family leave shoes on when visiting each other's houses, unless someone's just bought new carpet. The 'taking shoes off' is definitely not a thing that applies to all New Zealanders so you can't really say it's a thing that New Zealand don't do, just the ones you've come across so far.
What is the Facebook group called? i wanna join
Whoops, I forgot to put the links in the description box! Here is the group facebook.com/groups/366961367030120/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf
Removing shoes to go indoors is quite normal in most of the developed world.
Carpet is bloody expensive here so the tradies can take there dirty boots/shoes off! Now the parking thing, if you park the wrong way like you do in England, you are pulling out into the on coming traffic to cross over into your lane, clowns here would be pranging
bahahahha yeah the parking on the otherside of the road thing is just weird to us! someone does it on our street and everytime I see the womans car, I think, WTH! park the right way lady. hahahaha. Glad those things didn't put you off living here Jen. Because NZ is still a awesome country to live and visit. :)
I hate hate hate the price thing. And it is something that has probably been around for less than 20 yrs. When we bought our first home in 1998 almost all houses were listed with a price and or some kind of valuation to indicate price. Now it is truly rare.
Websites without prices are just as annoying. I dont want to fill in a form to find out how much something will cost, I want to know the price so if I contact you it's because I have enough info to make a decision to go forward. If I wanted to have a bloody conversation I would have dialed your number and asked that way.
New Zealand seems very similar to Ireland just with less rain.
And the shoe thing, we don't take our shoes off, when visiting. It'd feel strange to me doing that 🤔
Yeah the not advertising wage & salaries is a pain!
You are right. They even do this in dairies and supermarkets. I hate this. I think it's because they get your email so they horrass you to buy 🤔🙄
As a decently well traveled individual I laughed at the free water part. Very normal in the US and Canada, but in Europe and much of the rest of the world water is treated like a delicacy.
not putting prices and wages pisses me off so much.
Wish they would put prices on houses etc. Spitting and burping also gets on my nerves. Parallel parking circles would be nice, to show you that you are parked correctly.
Slow walkers on the right of the path, when you’re in a hurry you stay on the left walking briskly - rules apply on walking like cars
Re the no prices on houses and no salary mentioned. I agree! It shows lack of respect for my time. Perhaps they have something to hide. There's deceit right there imo. Some jobs don't even say where the workplace is and who the employer is! What the hell are they being so secretive about? It puts me off- they want to know ALL my relevant details are, but won't give me the courtesy of telling me who I'm in telling this stuff to!
I wouldn't expect people to remove their shoes on my house-. I don't do it 🙂
I will fit in nice with the shoes thing and i am from South Africa
What if the person has a. Disease on their feet.
that no price tag thing has triggered me to my soul like the americans not just putting one price on a label
Nice video
But please what is the name of the facebook handle
It's so weird to not take your shoes off. It's funny how every country has it's own little quirks aye. Great video though 👌
My in laws still wear their shoes.
Maybe they have got holes in their sox.
@@harrycurrie9664 or better yet maybe they dont even have sox
@@Zuzu-72 eeew ! just toe jam ? 🤢
How common it is depends what part of the country you're in.