New Zealand Inventions that Changed the World

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 20 жов 2024

КОМЕНТАРІ • 272

  • @ingramdw1
    @ingramdw1 2 роки тому +270

    I think the most important one missing from this collection is the Hamilton Jet.

    • @vickicurline9116
      @vickicurline9116 3 місяці тому +11

      I agree, my Father worked for Hamilton's for nearly 40 years, he had one arm and was fantastic with the jet boats, did the Hamilton spin perfectly

    • @patrickmckoy5491
      @patrickmckoy5491 3 місяці тому +2

      Absolutely agree

    • @amikawellesley4694
      @amikawellesley4694 3 місяці тому +3

      The jet engine wasn’t invented by Mr Hamilton he took someone else’s design and pattern it under his name

    • @patrickmckoy5491
      @patrickmckoy5491 3 місяці тому +6

      @amikawellesley4694 check your facts he pioneered it's development in 1949/50 , I was very involved with jetboats I the late 70s hand making different manifolds & exhausts for racing engines on different types of engines for South Island rivers

    • @amikawellesley4694
      @amikawellesley4694 3 місяці тому +1

      @@patrickmckoy5491 Fact is he was working with my grandfather in the design of the water propulsion system and patient my grandfathers work under his name giving the actual engineer no credit.

  • @TonyWhite-x3c
    @TonyWhite-x3c 3 місяці тому +76

    The airtight round tin-lid invented by a Dunedin tinsmith to keep food and biscuits airtight and food safe, used internationally.

  • @65adventures
    @65adventures 2 роки тому +55

    You left out the Hamilton Jet engine which was the first thing I thought of LOL

    • @JonnyDredd
      @JonnyDredd 3 місяці тому +2

      yes I thought of that first too

    • @mikejones-go8vz
      @mikejones-go8vz 2 місяці тому

      Same

    • @brucerogermorgan2388
      @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому

      The Hamilton Jet was not an engine, it was a water jet pump connected to an engine. Brilliant invention, but not an engine.

  • @nicholassmith787
    @nicholassmith787 2 роки тому +69

    Instant coffee was invented in invercargill by strange coffee and also the Bobby pin was invented in invercargill

    • @zenaburgess2855
      @zenaburgess2855 4 місяці тому +4

      It's Strang coffee, and the building is still there, off Esk st, almost opposite the Council offices, behind another newer building.

    • @geraldperyman6535
      @geraldperyman6535 2 місяці тому

      I think he refined it to the point where it was useable.

  • @pugtimusprime5074
    @pugtimusprime5074 2 роки тому +80

    BUT WE FORGOT the pavalovaaaaaaaaaa

    • @kentl7228
      @kentl7228 3 місяці тому +7

      Pavlova with other names, has existed for about two centuries before NZ or Australia argued over inventing it.

    • @NexTime00
      @NexTime00 2 місяці тому +4

      @@kentl7228 Evidence?????? Source??????

    • @kentl7228
      @kentl7228 2 місяці тому +3

      @@NexTime00 “To start with, we undertook a forensic examination of both the Kiwi and Australian legends, and new facts [were] quickly revealed that flip the narrative completely,” Utrecht said. “By the 18th Century, large meringue constructions incorporating cream and fruit elements could be found in aristocratic kitchens across German-speaking lands, so the thing we call a pavlova today is actually more than two centuries old.”
      "Soon, she said, women in middle-class European kitchens began creating meringue cakes topped with whipped cream, nuts and fruit or fruit preserves. Utrecht said Europe was in turmoil with the Napoleonic wars in the 1800s and when people moved and settled in other lands, the pavlova-like desserts went with them. “By 1860 you can find it in Great Britain, Russia and North America,” she said. “I have made a couple of cakes from 1850 that I have served to guests and asked what it was, and they say pavlova. But I tell them it’s not, it’s a schaum torte, which means ‘foam cake’ in German.” Utrecht said recipes for shaum torte arrived in South Australia in the lead-up to World War Two, when there was a large influx of German immigrants."

    • @kentl7228
      @kentl7228 2 місяці тому

      What we want to believe and what reality is, disappointing can be to some. Like Richard Pearce being first to fly. Bullshit sorry. In fact, every second damn nation has someone that supposedly were first before the Wright Brothers. Even though none of them invented the wind tunnel, custom engines and invited the press... Pearse was a clever dude but there was no aerofoil shape to the wing

    • @NexTime00
      @NexTime00 2 місяці тому +1

      @@kentl7228 Source??????

  • @lanceallen5092
    @lanceallen5092 2 роки тому +24

    The rotary (spray) portable sheep dip was invented by Ian Ferguson of Invercargill.

  • @libbysevicke-jones3160
    @libbysevicke-jones3160 2 роки тому +11

    Looking forward to the next video, there are plenty more you can add on. Good video - well done 👍

  • @kerrywerder
    @kerrywerder Рік тому +18

    the Yale lock, the spare wheel and tyre for cars, first franking machine, self sealing lid ( as per paint tins ) first successful replacement of diseased heart valves with artifical valves first succesful pre-natal blood transfusion

  • @mockbattles
    @mockbattles 3 місяці тому +13

    The Hamilton Aqua Jet.
    Aerial Top Dressing.
    The Ski Plane.

  • @kiwibonsai2355
    @kiwibonsai2355 2 роки тому +80

    Electric fence. ✌️

    • @spacecadet35
      @spacecadet35 3 місяці тому +6

      The uninterruptable electric fence.

  • @brettjones4553
    @brettjones4553 2 роки тому +60

    My father Lionel Jones invented the drench gun on Paparatu Station. He sold the patent for $35 pounds and purchased a Rolex. I have the Rolex, my brother the patient documents and prototype.

    • @newzealandstories5621
      @newzealandstories5621  2 роки тому +7

      That's pretty cool. I wonder if he could've got a bigger offer if he shopped around?

    • @Cobra427Veight
      @Cobra427Veight 3 місяці тому +2

      That's cool , but what a bummer, sure think the royalties over the years would have been $$ more ! .

  • @obee1kanobee
    @obee1kanobee 2 місяці тому +7

    John Brittens race bike ! Beautiful piece of history

    • @brucerogermorgan2388
      @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому

      Brilliant, but not an invention, just a very advanced design of an existing product.

  • @Jabbatan
    @Jabbatan 2 місяці тому +6

    My grandfather invented the solid state electric fence in levin he founded speedrite that was later acquired by Gallaghers

  • @MajesticDemonLord
    @MajesticDemonLord 2 місяці тому +7

    New Zealands best invention: 'Yeah, Nah, Yeah' - Did you agree with it or disagree with it - perfection.

  • @thecommissi0ner252
    @thecommissi0ner252 2 роки тому +17

    We've been inventing things before we even existed

  • @Willyz6
    @Willyz6 2 місяці тому +13

    Egg beater is impressive, but what about the bucket bong lol😂

    • @IcchiNutz
      @IcchiNutz 2 місяці тому

      Or indeed, the OG

  • @grahamhutton1633
    @grahamhutton1633 3 місяці тому +7

    I remember when Peter Snell was training between olympics by distance running in the bay of islands. My cousin and I were able to run with him, something pretty cool for a bunch of under 10 year olds.

  • @oldcodger4672
    @oldcodger4672 2 місяці тому +1

    The HOLEP prostate surgery procedure was invented in New Zealand in the 1990s.
    It has many advantages over the traditional TURP prostate rebore.
    Its disadvantages include a steep learning curve, and the cost of the robotic lasers.
    I’m up for the chop soon. My surgeon has a plaque, congratulations on his 2000 HOLEP operations. Very reassuring.

  • @TonyWhite-x3c
    @TonyWhite-x3c 3 місяці тому +9

    Hamilton Jet boat by Bill Hamilton. Gave the world jet boats used internationally.

  • @kiwiingrid
    @kiwiingrid 3 місяці тому +21

    Hokey pokey ice cream.

  • @charzemc
    @charzemc 2 місяці тому +4

    AJ Hackett didn't create bungee jumping, he modified a tribal tradition for men from PNG, I believe. They used vines & AJ introduced the use of elastic.

    • @idenhlm
      @idenhlm Місяць тому

      Pentecost island actually, a strong custom tradition in Northern Vanuatu. I do wonder if proper recourse has eventuated in regards to the profiteering of the custom.

  • @David-zh9qr
    @David-zh9qr 3 місяці тому +3

    I’ve seen an ad on the box that says we are also responsible for the pineapple lump.

  • @billhudson2722
    @billhudson2722 2 роки тому +20

    The fortified pa with trench/bunkers for defence, spring hair-pin, wire strainer for farm fences, thermette for boiling water over an open fire, steam pasteurising for butter, continuous fermentation for beer-brewing, electric fence for pastoral farming, farm bike for pastoral mobility, base isolators for seismic safety, Tullen snips for general cutting, hand pump for freezer bags...

  • @spacecadet35
    @spacecadet35 3 місяці тому +8

    New Zealand also invented the high speed dental drill.

    • @peterwhite7252
      @peterwhite7252 3 місяці тому +1

      I just remember the low speed one. and the sadistic dental nurse. Hastings NZ

    • @spacecadet35
      @spacecadet35 3 місяці тому +2

      @@peterwhite7252 - That's why the Wellington Dental College was tasked with making a better dental drill. A I remember the dental nurses. There is a reason we called it the torture house.

    • @mikejones-go8vz
      @mikejones-go8vz 2 місяці тому

      @@peterwhite7252I’m sure she travelled the country, but she let me play with the mercury on my hand 😳

    • @lloydbeattie9370
      @lloydbeattie9370 2 місяці тому

      Yeah the murder house . Where I got a gum infection and didn't know until my teeth started falling . Thanks to all dental nurses from the sixties .

  • @harrycurrie9664
    @harrycurrie9664 2 роки тому +6

    So where's the #8 wire ? and the Taranaki gate ?

    • @frednutz1604
      @frednutz1604 2 місяці тому

      Probably still in Taranaki 😂

  • @kishidabu
    @kishidabu 3 місяці тому +12

    pineapple lumps!

  • @johnforde7735
    @johnforde7735 2 роки тому +5

    The Hamilton Jet Boat.

  • @walkerhjk
    @walkerhjk 2 місяці тому +2

    Ernest Rutherford lived in Havelock on the Marlborough Sounds

  • @bjammin187
    @bjammin187 3 місяці тому +14

    My dad helped invent the device that could be strapped on a bull to ‘mark’ the back each cow that he set, serviced, as part of selective breeding programs. Whatawhata research station. Love you and miss you, dad.

  • @TheChirozachtor
    @TheChirozachtor 3 місяці тому +4

    NEW ZEALAND MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!!!! (A lesser known random invention would be the SWER (Single wire earth return) power lines

  • @morganlefey
    @morganlefey 3 місяці тому +2

    ‘Ratchet fence wire strainer’ - used on wire fences to tighten the wires.

  • @morganlefey
    @morganlefey 3 місяці тому +3

    The Taranaki Gate, but I’m not sure that it’s been widely adopted outside New Zealand.

    • @alanh9159
      @alanh9159 2 місяці тому

      I’ve seen many in Queensland whilst trail riding.

  • @wheelbarrow01
    @wheelbarrow01 3 місяці тому +3

    Don't forget the Swanndri (or bush shirt), invented by William Broome.

    • @craigmooney3744
      @craigmooney3744 2 місяці тому

      played a part in the oiling of driza-bone coats

  • @greggiles7309
    @greggiles7309 2 роки тому +4

    just shared i didnt know about the egg beater,

  • @bensdad123
    @bensdad123 3 місяці тому +5

    HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OUT INSTANT COFFEE

  • @philnorman9425
    @philnorman9425 Рік тому +7

    First man to fly was a German aviator Gustave Whitehead in 1901. Also, two Tinsmiths from Dunedin invented the triple rim can sealing lid, still in use today as used on paint tins, food cans etc.

    • @kentl7228
      @kentl7228 3 місяці тому

      It was the Wright Brothers. Every second nation seems to have someone that was first, but they all never thought to prove what they did, just claim it after the Wright Brothers did it.

  • @reuben3868
    @reuben3868 3 місяці тому +13

    Trench warfare

  • @karlrensburg3472
    @karlrensburg3472 2 роки тому +6

    I am pretty sure kiwis have added a few more inventions since this was edited.

  • @nzlotrfan
    @nzlotrfan 2 місяці тому

    Wow this is cool, didn't know half of this!

  • @DrLeavingsoon
    @DrLeavingsoon 2 місяці тому +3

    The Thermette - if you don't know what that is, you're missing out on the real NZ road trip.

    • @brucerogermorgan2388
      @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому

      Oh, I remember the Thermette all right. My Dad had one! Miss you, Dad.

  • @wantsumbread9586
    @wantsumbread9586 2 роки тому +8

    Instant coffee was invented in Invercargill

    • @leeroy77
      @leeroy77 2 роки тому +3

      Yep, I heard about that one just after I finished making the video.

  • @timwoodhams217
    @timwoodhams217 3 місяці тому +8

    Whole bunch of dairy industry inventions, start with extraction of milk protein fueling the protein supplement industry.

  • @avgeek021
    @avgeek021 2 місяці тому +2

    I am from nz 😊 this makes me feel 😢well a thing

  • @TheLolism
    @TheLolism 2 місяці тому +1

    Instant coffee powder too, made by David Strang in Invercargill in 1889!

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 3 місяці тому

    Wonderful

  • @mximm
    @mximm 3 місяці тому +2

    Man I love my country

  • @a10n37
    @a10n37 2 місяці тому

    learnt recently about the "superflite". its a trampolining tool used to record time of flight used world wide

  • @katetailby6334
    @katetailby6334 3 місяці тому +3

    1st life jacket designed in 1863 after the sinking of the Orpheus?

  • @marsspacex6065
    @marsspacex6065 3 місяці тому +2

    We also invented a way to make our whole country invisible on maps 😂. You can’t hit what you can’t see.

  • @bk2544
    @bk2544 3 місяці тому +2

    Yeah like others said I can’t believe you missed the jet boat

  • @Tony_7791
    @Tony_7791 2 роки тому +4

    Instant coffee was invented in NZ in the late 1800s

    • @Nathan-ry3yu
      @Nathan-ry3yu Рік тому +1

      Ethiopia had it for hundreds of years.

    • @karlmorgenstern2316
      @karlmorgenstern2316 3 місяці тому

      @@Nathan-ry3yuLOL.

    • @cadifan
      @cadifan 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Nathan-ry3yu They still had to crush the coffee. So not instant.

  • @mirandahotspring4019
    @mirandahotspring4019 Місяць тому +1

    The electric fence was a Kiwi invention.

  • @paulcosbrook1952
    @paulcosbrook1952 2 місяці тому

    A Pahiatua farmer named Norman Daysh invented mechanical milking machine. In 1917 it was fine tuned dy De Lauval and sold.

  • @jbrassic5434
    @jbrassic5434 3 місяці тому +6

    We also invented refrigerated shipping

  • @Battleneter
    @Battleneter 3 місяці тому +2

    So mostly the South Island doing the heavy lifting, nothing ever changes :P

  • @battleheights
    @battleheights 3 місяці тому +2

    my grand father invented the Campion calf crush a device for holding live stock also you forgot the Zorb

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 2 місяці тому +2

    If the Bob Semple Tank doesnt make this list, you dont get a sub.

  • @shyd00d
    @shyd00d 8 днів тому

    where is the swing lift for moving 40 ft containers or the dremel?

  • @notalizard-f3l
    @notalizard-f3l 2 місяці тому

    thank god you included the bob semple tank

  • @paulcosbrook1952
    @paulcosbrook1952 Місяць тому

    I forgot my wife's uncle Jack Bruce invented the electric coffin hoist. He was a grave digger at Mangere Lawn Cemetry. Jack achieved this by welding together car axles.

  • @TonyWhite-x3c
    @TonyWhite-x3c 3 місяці тому +9

    Harold Gillies and his cousin Archibald McIndoe both ENT surgeons invented plastic surgery as we know it today.
    The Gillies forceps are used world wide in modern surgery.

    • @Al-vb6js
      @Al-vb6js 3 місяці тому

      And aren’t there McIndoe scissors?

  • @paulthomson2288
    @paulthomson2288 3 місяці тому +3

    Hamilton Jet, Britten Motorcycle...gumboots as fashion wear...

    • @stephengibbs4372
      @stephengibbs4372 3 місяці тому +1

      Saw a kiwi guy really well dressed at a resort in Fiji in may, wearing a pair of red bands 😂 had to say lookin good.

    • @paulthomson2288
      @paulthomson2288 3 місяці тому

      @@stephengibbs4372 awesome!

    • @brucerogermorgan2388
      @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому

      The Britten motorcycle is brilliant, but not an invention, just a very advanced design of an existing product.

  • @dannyfrisken2393
    @dannyfrisken2393 Місяць тому

    My dad invented the chassis straightner, David Frisken CHCH legend panelbeater

  • @splidude
    @splidude 2 місяці тому +2

    You missed nekminit

  • @tinyengineshed34
    @tinyengineshed34 2 місяці тому

    We also invented the 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive wheel arrangement. Technically.

  • @JamesKeuPita
    @JamesKeuPita 3 місяці тому +1

    The main one missing is when a John Hamilton created the first water engine for cars

  • @georgemulligan
    @georgemulligan 3 місяці тому +1

    What about the Hamilton jet for boats

  • @lindsayjanes7203
    @lindsayjanes7203 3 місяці тому +1

    The paper clip and the machine for dispensing things eg stamps.

  • @deanedeane4318
    @deanedeane4318 3 місяці тому +2

    Awsum video Bro !!! 😉🙃😎

  • @pumpkinlife6209
    @pumpkinlife6209 2 місяці тому +1

    That's cool

  • @bloomsaddis8928
    @bloomsaddis8928 2 місяці тому

    I know the New Zealand Anthem -" I still call Australia Home"

  • @ianwebb3496
    @ianwebb3496 2 роки тому +4

    The Hills Hoist washing line. (Yeah, I know it's actually an Aussie invention, but turn about's fair play, right?)

    • @65adventures
      @65adventures 2 роки тому +5

      Nah we don't need to cheat to compete mate, we're good enough on our own 👍

    • @girlsblouse7866
      @girlsblouse7866 3 місяці тому +1

      @@65adventures What about the second man to scale Mt Everest?

  • @AWSgraphics
    @AWSgraphics 3 місяці тому +1

    how could you have forgotten the jetboat?

  • @davidhayes8670
    @davidhayes8670 3 місяці тому +1

    How about refrigerated shipping.

  • @MrModeldad
    @MrModeldad 2 місяці тому

    The postage stamp vending machine. I can just remember them. A South Island invention. We didn't invent the bobby pin. We improved it by putting in the crimps which grip the hair better. Another Mainland contribution.

  • @phaestor
    @phaestor 3 місяці тому +3

    Bruce McLaren. G.O.A.T

  • @alanh9159
    @alanh9159 2 місяці тому

    Also missed farm bikes (motorcycles).

  • @bchantz3056
    @bchantz3056 3 місяці тому +1

    The spare tyre

  • @craigD712dec
    @craigD712dec 2 місяці тому +1

    Pearce was the first to ever fly but as usual the USA has to be the best and first at everything. Yes the Hamilton jet was a phenomenal invention in the industry

  • @kri-m19
    @kri-m19 3 місяці тому +2

    Chur, I didn't know about half of these

  • @bb21again.67
    @bb21again.67 2 роки тому

    Poms say that bungee jumping was first done by the Oxford Uni' dangerous sports club.

  • @carrier411
    @carrier411 3 місяці тому

    there are more inventions for a second video - Bill Hamilton - jet boat engine, Bill Gallagher - electric fence units...

    • @JamesSmith-ui2hv
      @JamesSmith-ui2hv 3 місяці тому

      Jet boating was used by the American Army well before some kiwi try to claim this invention as theirs , if it wasn't for NZ the world will still be flat / ''an example to the world'' as you constantly repeat that

    • @brucerogermorgan2388
      @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому +1

      FFS, The Hamilton Jet is NOT an engine, it is a water jet pump fitted to and engine. Brilliant invention, but NOT an engine.

  • @kiwiadventures3773
    @kiwiadventures3773 3 місяці тому +4

    Britten Motorcycle, Deer net gun, Refrigerated meat for ships 1876, Voting for Women. Gibbs quad ski, Wobble yoke MCHP Stirling engine. Milking Machine and pineapple lumps. Most things Australia has claimed

  • @say123154
    @say123154 2 місяці тому +1

    The pavlova!

  • @brucerogermorgan2388
    @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому

    What happened to number 5?

  • @scriblegamer
    @scriblegamer 2 місяці тому

    This raised my self confidence as a kiwi

  • @Sharon-yk7xm
    @Sharon-yk7xm 3 місяці тому +1

    My father invented gold plating but it got stolen by his boss

  • @debeeriz
    @debeeriz 3 місяці тому

    continous fermentation for beer

  • @peterdykzeul3074
    @peterdykzeul3074 3 місяці тому

    The electric fence by Gallagers
    The wire strainers by Hayes
    The Hamilton jet
    Aerial topdressing

  • @mattwatson591
    @mattwatson591 3 місяці тому +1

    Cool. first time id heard Chris Mentioned regarding Bungy jumping... I remember helping him cut long rolls of elastic into various widths that he would then tie together to "break" at different times.. Didnt know what he was planning at the time but he said there was science involved.. Hmmmm

  • @bb21again.67
    @bb21again.67 3 місяці тому

    Jet Boat,by Hamilton a Canterbury farmer,Marching as a sport Dunedin after WW2 ?.

  • @Alphoric
    @Alphoric 2 місяці тому

    Yes

  • @williamtoohey9714
    @williamtoohey9714 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes, didn't you Kiwis invent the Pavlova?

  • @sirn3cr045
    @sirn3cr045 3 місяці тому

    What about the jet boat tech, my uncle and his bros were the ones who invented it man.

  • @dipayanchakraborty4751
    @dipayanchakraborty4751 7 місяців тому

    Hello Sir, thanks for uploading this video, it was very informative. I am Dipayan from India.

  • @Jasheen0
    @Jasheen0 2 місяці тому

    Cant forget the bob semple tank

  • @jessemcgurk2076
    @jessemcgurk2076 2 місяці тому

    Barb wire and the electric fence and countless amounts of faming tools and systems

  • @Andrew-jx1ly
    @Andrew-jx1ly 2 місяці тому

    the hamilton jet engine for boats

    • @brucerogermorgan2388
      @brucerogermorgan2388 Місяць тому

      The Hamilton Jet is not an engine, it's a water jet pump fitted to an engine. Totally brilliant invention, but not an engine.

  • @jeffersonneeson1535
    @jeffersonneeson1535 2 місяці тому

    The number 8 wire
    Washing machine
    The burp wire
    Etc

  • @sundancer014
    @sundancer014 2 місяці тому

    Taranaki Fence & Gate 😊