USA vs New Zealand... Americans living in New Zealand
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- What are 20 things you won't see in the USA vs New Zealand? Well in today's video, we're going to break that right down. Today I'll be sharing 20 things that I've noticed are not common in America compared to New Zealand. From Marmite, to clothes lines, to nationalisation... we cover a lot of ground!
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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!!!!!
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
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.
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.
'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
Same in the UK, nearly everyne has a dryer, but prefers to hang out washing as it is more environmentally friendly and saves power
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
Hey, thanks a lot. You are providing very informative updates.
Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed your observations. Thank you.
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
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.
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!
I do hope catching up with Christy is on your itinerary when visiting the US. That would be a blast to watch.
Yes definitely
We only use dryers in the winter it's the only time we need it unless you need something dried quickly for that day.
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.
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
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 !
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.
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
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.
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.
Great video 🌸
Thanks for watching
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.
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😀.
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!)
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
Just found your videos😇 thank you🙏 I would love to visit new Zealand !🇺🇸
Awesome!! You should definitely visit
Awesomeness Love the video's
Glad you like them!
Save power - use a clothes line for natural drying.
Great video, fun facts for sure ! From someone in the USA Ct👍😊
Thanks for watching
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 :)
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
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
you look slimmer. hope all is well. funny you mentioned feijoa as I was just eatin one. been eating piles of them. soooo yummy.
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.
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 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
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.
Feijoas are also known as Strawberry Guavas outside of NZ
Don't you just love it when some oblivious septic explains something everyone knows.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pics peanut butter is amazing try It if you haven’t already ❤
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 😂🤩
First time I had BBQ sauce on pizza was in downtown Seattle in May 1993. BBQ sauce and roast chicken.
As a kid in the 80's and 90's the milkshakes used to have ice cream.
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
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.
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 UA-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.
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.
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)
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.
I love your vids so much! Definitely my favorite American UA-camr that moved to nz. It would be a dream to move there😭 Thank you for your amazing vids!
Milk with flavouring is a smoothie if it has ice cream it’s a milk shake.
Hello. Tanya, How are you doing?
Feijoas? Pineapple guava in USA... You can grow them in California I think. Ask your plant nurseries.
Gotta go bare foot lol esp mid winter at the petrol station
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.
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
My aunt (Kiwi based out of San Fran) has a Fejoia tree, granted she planted it herself probably a good few decades ago but I've heard they grow well there so I presume there must be some commercial supply, though I think they have a different name.
Oh really??? That is very interesting. I have heard that you can get it but is rare so quite expensive.
@@Kiwiamericans That's interesting probably why she planted one herself 😅. Isn't it funny the premium they bring? As well in OZ I kid you not a single small/medium feijoa $1.60. Meanwhile here you just about need to pay someone to take them cause you have so many 🤣. This year I discovered Feijoa cake and my world is forever changed. Highly recommend 👌.
@@letlookatdisney Feijoa cake will forever change your world!
Pineapple guava..😁
I think Fejoas are called pineapple guavas in Hawaii and come from South America
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?
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.
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?
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.
I'm a kiwi but I live in Australia your reference to chippie sandwich with marmite is a new one for me as it used to be with tomato sauce .
Brit here. We have chip butties ( a sandwich of thick french fries) possibly with ketchup and crisp (potato chip) sandwiches. Never heard of putting marmite on on a crisp sandwich but a smearing of salad cream (vinegary mayo) is quite popular. A chippie/chippy is the fish and chip shop and people will have a 'chippie tea' for their evening meal.
@@alanscott8063 they all sound delicious. I love hit chips and mayo 😋 but not a fan of potato chips and tomato sauce sandwich .
Been watching a lot of your videos.. I'll be staying in the us:)
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
Not sure if my reply went through in time sorry! Something he's always been interested in, I think now with promotions, experience, & he loves helping the community! He doesn't see it as work, he loves what he does!
That is awesome Luke - thanks for sharing :)
@@Kiwiamericans Absolutely! An early welcome home for next month! If I can help with your travels in anyway? Please don't hesitate to ask! Something for a different day, but at some stage I'll look to head over to your Kiwiamericans site. Things you'd mentioned that I was curious about. Happy Mothers Day! All the best, Cheers Luke!!
When I was in New Zealand they always put ice cream in the milk shakes wheather it be chocolate or strawberry vanilla didn't matter yes they used the syrup but it was yummy dont get here in perth milk shakes or thick shakes not that I like thick shakes
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.
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😁😁😁
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?
OMG Feijoas!! I love them!!!!
One thing i noticed is usa has a yellow line on their road marking center line (is that correct?) But in NZ a yellow line in centre of road is a dangerous line- do not cross. in my rural town so many tourists from usa have cause major and fatal crashes in NZ because they overtake or drive to close to the center line, clipping the oncoming cars.
Yes the yellow line makes the centre! That is so odd - it needs to be in dashes if they want to cross. Is the same in both countries.
I *think* the Thickshake has a thickening powder added to it as well. And then if you get something called a Malt it is thicker again (using a powder additive).
Whereas the McD's style of soft serve icecream is different again.
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.
Happy mothers day, enjoy the Pizza and Wine, in Winter sunshine,
Thank you, I will
The barefoot thing cracked me up 😂😂
Hi Tara,
Thank you for posting and Happy Mothers Day 💐
I hope the kids are taking you out for a pizza with BBQ sauce on it and some fries with aioli, on the side 😋
One thing that wasn’t on your list was fish n chips. I’m guessing that wouldn’t be very common in the USA.
If a Kiwi opened a fish n chip shop in the US, say California, I wonder if it would work? I’m sure seafood is popular in the states.
Also, hope your business is going well.
You should do a collaboration with Immigration NZ and recruit for highly skilled immigrants from the US, wanting to move to NZ. Just don’t mention the high cost of living until they fly-in 😋
Thanks! They have fish fry on Fridays in the USA and also not uncommon to see it on a menu somewhere. There are just ALOT of food options in the USA! Yes I wonder if a fish n chips shop would do well - many would not realise you are selling fries! I agree that I should do a collaboration :)
@@Kiwiamericans Ah yes. Fish n Fries would be a better name, in the USA.
Actually Tara, I've reviewed my collaboration idea about working with Immigration NZ. Perhaps a better idea would be to work with specific industries in NZ, who are experiencing a shortage of skilled employees. An excellent example is the building industry. Maybe working with each industry and headhunting for them, is a better/more productive idea and then Immigration NZ on the back burner?
@@rlb3339 That is very interesting! I could make some decent content for the building industry as I used to own a construction company! Not sure how to get this started or how the collab would work. Will think on it
@@Kiwiamericans I totally forgot about your previous history in the US building industry.
Your transferable skills are a perfect match for NZ, who is crying out for more industry workers.
Yes, will have to do some brain storming on how the scenario would specifically work.
Maybe like how an employment agency works? They are employed by you and you refer them for work/on sell them to an employer in the industry.
What about like a finders fee? You find them and match them with a Wellington builder and get paid to hand them over after a specific trial period. ;)
I have a clothes dryer. Havent used it for about 8 years. I also have another clothes dryer. Its called sunlight. ;)
#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.
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??
i think most if not all ISPs have unlimited data now....you can get unlimited data on your phone but that is expensive
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.
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.
It's "Maths" in NZ, Australia, and the UK.
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.
My husband is a kiwi. The bbq sauce on pizza is not my favorite. We have lots of pizza parties at friends and I haven’t seen it there, mostly take-outs have it.
milkshake ( possibly no ice cream) thick shake = ice cream
I just started binging your videos since our family is considering traveling (and maybe moving) to NZ. I’ve heard you mention in a couple of videos that you can’t do bank transfers in the US, but that’s not correct. I can give my account number to friends or family and they can deposit directly to my checking or savings easily at the bank in person or through their bank’s mobile
App. I have done this many times and have paid vendors for services this way too. Not unusual at all!
Hmmm .. yes my dad can put money in my account but he has to go in person. In nz sooo many transitions are just giving someone your acct number. Banks won’t take checks anymore either.. so the USA has most things but it is not at the same scale
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: ua-cam.com/video/HOtcRkdamBY/v-deo.html
@@margaretp1465 i'm picking troll...but i'm probably being kind...