American Reacts to CRAZY New Zealand Laws
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Doing these things in New Zealand is ILLEGAL...but I'm thinking that should not be the case lol...
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Like any country, there are old laws still "on the books" that aren't really enforced - these sounds like some of those.
Totally, America has a gagillion of them, especially in the south. Thanks for watching=)
One law that may have been pushed out onto a motorway fast lane was one that allowed a truck driver caught short to Pee against the off side front wheel. In this country that would be the left side that got the wash. A rural and a motorway location was probably where the lawmakers had in mind rather than the high streets of our towns and city's.
I believe that Māori Wardens were appointed by the Māori tribe leaders, because they feared the effects that alcohol would have on the Māori community when we were a young Commonwealth country - and rightly so - none of the indigenous population had any experience with anything as toxic as alcohol before settlement by Europeans. It had a terrible impact on their culture.
Not quite, Māori wardens use traditional Maori values to help uphold laws. The idea is, if they are able to stay in their culture you are more likely to get a successful outcome.
I think cannibalism and massacres.had a far worse impact on their culture.
Here in France there is an old law that states that every household must keep a bale of hay stored in case the King is riding past and needs food for his horse.... That's an old one!
I'm loving your videos :) I'm a kiwi and always enjoy people from other countries that have moved here. I lived 8 years overseas and wonder if I missed lots of things that are obvious to the natives. One thought I had for a video is Whitakers chocolate, New Zealanders love it and are very proud of it, arguably the best chocolate ever and in some weird flavours.
don't go home ever its changed so much you wont recognise it
Murder v Manslaughter - the difference is intent. If you intentionally kill someone, it's murder, if it's by accident or otherwise unintended, it's manslaughter. Proving it in court is, of course, the tricky part, and this is where they negotiate lowering it from murder to manslaighter (for example) because if they cannot prove intent for murder, then they risk the defendant getting off scott-free
That was very well explained, thank you! I don't know why I thought it was opposite, slaughter just sounds so much worse to me??
Police seldom negotiate charges in NZ. You've been watching too much American TV.
@@iatsd Police only charge for a crime, it's up to the courts to determine whether it was or not.
@@gracewestern1132 Thanks for the comment which has exactly nothing to do with what I wrote
The reason for the 'no reward' ad is that people are known to steal other people's pets that look the same as those in the posters to just claim the reward. So it just spreads the misery 😓
Always informative and honestly even as a maori there is so much content you have that I never ever new or bothered to know. I feel so unkiwi! Which is why I love your channel so much. Having an "American In New Zealand" educating a maori about KIwi stuff. Now that's funny. Keep the funny, weird, unbeleivable and so interesting stuff coming Morgan.
Some people offer rewards for pets or missing items. It's not common though.
Yeah right I struggle to think of any nz wedding with no booze lol
Yeah right, the banquet would be empty and all the guests would be down at the local pub
@@libbysevicke-jones3160 exactly. Lol
Change over to the metric system in NZ was on July 10th 1968 Before then we used the English measurements along with NZ pounds shillings and pence
Yes, there are certainly lots of laws that need revamping!
Agreed=) I think most lawmakers think they're just so ridiculous that no one will actually take them seriously?
Maori Wardens are not the police but have been empowered with authority to enforce laws applicable to their position. What you may not realise is that they are held in high regard by our people and are respected by all kiwis
The last one was pretty funny. 😂
The Classification Office determines what objectionable material is and the things they restrict or ban are usually things like child porn, how-to suicide books, graphic depictions of rape, the livestream footage taken by the guy who massacred people in Christchurch etc etc. You can submit stuff, appeal decisions and apply for exemptions if you're a teacher or researcher and have a valid use for the material. The office is independent of the government of the day and has mandatory public reporting on what they ban and why.
I think you will find the objectionable material law sentence increases were to allow for more serious sentences to applied to those involved with downloading and/or distributing child porn.
One thing i miss form NZ Feijoa's
geez..... those laws at the beginning regarding Maori will be very old. Sounds like 1930s and 1940's style laws. The 10 pounds fine dates it pre-July 1967 when we converted from Pounds, Shillings and Pence to Dollars and Cents. If they haven't already been repealed or updated, they sure as heck won't be followed.
Publican still required by law to provide water and a place to tie up citizens horse
There is some crazy laws and crap here for sure.
I remember about 20-30 years ago, a prisoner in a Max prison climbed the walls and jumped off the other side and broke both his legs... and the prisoner sued and won under the health and safety laws for a workplace.
Sheesh! That's really crazy Paul, actually it sounds quite American of him lol=)
@@gracewestern1132 Yeah we do, but its not like American civil suits. You can take a claim against a company for breaching your safety, even stress. Usually OSH will do such, but you can get a payment maximum NZ$500,000 for severe cases and have to prove you weren't covered by ACC or other.
It is usually handled by unions, or arbitrations out of court, but the courts can hear them if you want to go that far. Its not people vs people, its person vs company.
For instance in NZ Police employment contracts it specifically states you cannot sue them for stress as it is a consistent expectation of the job and your aware of it.
@@paulprice1705 Thanks
Wardens don't police Maori.. they look out for our people and try keep everyone safe.
Some of those laws are really outdated and some are straight out all shit 😂😂
Frontera Edgecombe looks like it's in for a bumper season
Back in the day New Zealand used to have the same currency as the United Kingdom, Pounds/Shillings and pence, yards, inches and miles. Then they changed over to metric system in the late 60's early 70's oooohh happi happi joy joy love the metric system even though I was schooled in both the metric system is so much easier. Any ways love your videos. Maori wardens where of the 60's and 70's era and would police the Maori people mainly at the pubs getting them out at closing time and on their way home without fuss. Those laws you read out are ancient history but still in existence so can be referred to if cases are similar and can reference to. (my limited knowledge of Law, I only did one Law paper at uni Contract Law 101) Do some more food reactions or give us a tiki tour of your area.
Aw thanks for the info Billy=) They sounded super antiquated lol. Good ideas- I think I'll try some snacks soon!
Maori Wardens do a great job and are respected by all, they often catch the late night trains on Friday and Saturday nights in Wellington and ensure peace is kept and everyone is safe - Maori or otherwise.
While the Bill of Rights Act 1688 is recognised in NZ law, the provision enabling armed Protestants for the purposes of self-defence comes with important caveats. The first is the use of the word 'may', and the second more important caveat is 'as allowed by law.' As you are aware,. the Arms Act governs the ownership and use of firearms in NZ, and the courts in NZ are not going to pay any attention to a 'general' provision when there is a specific statute in place. Accordingly, anyone trying to gain an advantage over the Arms Act via the Bill of Rights Act 1688's provision will not succeed.
The book into the river is a book written by the new Zealand author Ted Dawe and I believe serves as a prequel for the novel thunder road it has strong themes such as sex,drugs and racism which are somw pretty heavy topics but it's still weird that it's banned
its available online from American internet archive, just saying,
I mean to be fair I have met a few people in new Zealand who own it so it's probably not actually too hard to get
@@iank7198 its only illegal until someone gets caught with it,
It's not banned. It was initially restricted to 14+ yrs old, and then that was appealed by a religious group wanting it banned altogether, so then it was temporarily banned while they reviewed it, and after review they removed the age restriction and it's generally available
@@gareth4457 yeah that sounds about right. I'm not really an expert on the full story
New Zealand used Pounds until 1969 (maybe 1968)
Ah, did not know that! Thanks=)
It was 1967 we converted to NZ dollars
@@johnmorrison9181 "the tenth of July, next year" was a jingle as part of a radio commercial reminding people of the change to decimal currency and the ditching of Imperial: £.S.D. Metric weights and measures we also introduced at the same time.
The government introduced an initiative for the public to choose/suggest a name for the new currency. Most were just plain ridiculous but since the Australians had chosen to name their new currency Dollars and Cents New Zealand did the same. Thank goodness for the because most of the name suggestions were childish pathetic and embarrassing. The same thing happened when the then government made good on their pre-election promise to seek public I put suggesting a replacement design for our country's flag. The best that could be said about that was it was all just a bit of fun. Fortunately, no change was made amongst a flurry of public polarisation.
John Key not John Kelly lol
Many of these laws are still sitting on the books, but aren't in use.
We should see ourselves as others see us.
It's not a constant nagging in my under utilised brain, but still, I've wondered sometimes if there is lying deep within the being of many New Zealaders, mainly of Anglo extraction, a nagging internal pain from the resentment that we feel. Exactly what that is though seems difficult to pinpoint exactly, so I'll say everything and hope that will cover most of it. Although probably scary the notion of live and let live needs to be adopted more generally within us for a life to be lead more free from anxiety and stomach cramps. The kiss acronym = keep it simple sweat heart - may be a rewarding bit of nonsense to follow to achieve a life well lead, yet just like all complex theories; kiss is likely to be difficult to ponder without a slug of amber J.D, or similar. Not too much though because that could lead to purposeless drivel as can be noted right here. Cheers and best wishes and don't go taking of for elsewhere. Although Aotearoa çan not be accurately observed as a treasure trove of joy and as journalist and social commentator; Gordon McLauchlan, discussed in his introspective thom, The Passionless People, we are for the most part at the high end of pretty much OK.
geez the maori wardens are wonderful people basically a helpful and control feature for all people, what you were saying in number 1 is interpretive load of rubbish, and most of the others are similar... you said the nz herald was a reliable source... in nz never believe the rubbish that newspapers produce, they are mainly big business controlled and overseas owned. Maybe yiou should look at te old lawS and regulastions floating round in you federal or state laws. Please reliable sources if youv do any more reporting!!!
The first one is old and not enforced but maori wardens are a thing, atleast here in Hamilton
If someone breaks into your house here, you call the police. 'Defending yourself' with a firearm just keeps escalating violence - I personally don't want to be able to own a personal defence firearm in NZ because of what I see in America.
Hahaha I like you it's a real pleasure having you here can you say aotearoa yet
Perhaps Looking over Different Internet Speeds......
Nice video! My video suggestion is 'what each city is popular for', but only mildly interesting things - e.g. Palmerston North sucks for [insert anything really].
Wellington is the safest city to live in.
As of 2017 Gisbourne watches the most porn, and has the highest teen pregnancy (they used to have the highest STI rates too, i think lol). I'm sure smelly Palmy used to hold the crown for the teen preg.
Auckland has ugly grass... god it's so ugly.
Don't quote me on these, these are just off the top of my head and i only have 3 functional brain cells at this time o' night.
You can, however, quote me on the grass.
A man knows his grass, and Jafa's have ugly ass grass.
Christchurch has nice grass.
Blasphemy is insulting God, the poem suggested that He could be bargained with.
New Zealand used UK Currency (12 pence to the shilling, 20 shillings to the pound) for a long time. Any law citing a fine in old money has probably lain unused in decades.
The UK went decimal (100p = £1) in 1971.
Yeah fair comment, however check out some of the UK's outdated laws
Some of these laws are really no longer applicable and would just take a court challenge to have them cleared.
Blasphemy is offending the dominant local religious god through speech or media.
Our so called adopted laws, parliamentary legislative laws and all the rest of it has definitely changed for the better over the years, Maori are now in parliament the only place legislation can occur so finally maori have a say on law changers and referendums bla bla bla discrimination is no longer you could say our laws are very on par with "we the people" there has been the odd stupid law passed but that's why we have activists, protesters or people like tame iti who fight for justice and freedom we need people like him..lol as you know our laws have most certainly shaped how kiwis live, how we see ourselves the importance of maintaining the natural order and how we perceive others and their countries, not sure what America's laws are like I heard it's very contradictive with to much going on, but at least your constitution is strong, countries within a country will always be America's problem, when I was living in Aussie it's the same countries within a country doesn't work, it divides and segregates a nation when different laws are in place anyway i appreciate why I love living here in aotearoa our laws and law makers have evolved so to speak we also have the treaty of waitangi although controversial its still a written promise on paper a kind of constitution which as you know stands a mile above any law and thats globally that's got to be a good thing right? NZ is a cool place to live with good laws in place which as you know maintains the natural order, goes to show you put the right people in parliament only then can a good legislative process work for all parties involved it's what keeps us real, anyway w compared to other countries were doing ok, and on a side note our police force is the best in the whole wide world...lol take care, sori for
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How old are the laws? Lol.
Murder is on purpose Manslaughter is not on purpose
no you cant defend yourself in your own home they say you can but in reality the NZ cops will charge you for some offence
First you that Law is older than 60 years old and Maori Wardens are still a thing Maori Wardens are Maori themselves and they had them because Maori didnt know how to Drink and instead of putting them in Prison they would take care of it themselves with their own Maori Wardens which are still around most Marais have them and NZ Stopped using pounds in the sixties 1969 and went to Dollars for our currency
Decimal currency replaced Imperial currency on July 10, 1967. The Penny was replaced by a one cent coin, a shilling/12pence became 10 cents. The florin was worth two shillings or 24 pence, or one-tenth of a pound. A ten shilling aka ten Bob note was the lowest denomination paper currency, next was the one pound note - twenty shillings and so on. There were £= pound sign: £5, £10, £20, £50, £100 notes the last two were rarely seen. A pound was referred to as a Quid. These are names from England the colonisers of Aotearoa-New Zealand.
If you've got a mind to learn a bit of New Zealand's history you may well be interested in it as you're now one of us. What also might find interesting are the similarities that run parallel between The US and NZ - both at one time were British colonies. America had to fight for its independence while New Zealand waited patiently, cap in had, for the British to say: yes, all right then, but screw up once and it's back to British rule. Not really, just kidding. But because Britain was New Zealand's most valuable export destination, we pretty much did as we were asked. Britain held New Zealand's favoured nation status. Although American cars were assembled here at the Ford, General Motors and Chrysler factories at Petone, near Wellington NZ, British cars were too. When Japanese cars started to become widely available here, those saw the the gradual decline of US and UK vehicles from our roads.
So there you have it, a brief local history lesson that I hope you will enjoy reading.
Your first mistake was reading the right-wing NZ Herald. 😊
There is so much mis-information. You need to publish your sources. In a word RUBBISH!
Reading from a herald article
What’s with Māori nonsense in New Zealand?…Are these people getting preferential treatment?
Yes
Hallo, Grüßen von Deutschland, Greetings from Germany
The maori wardens are part of law enforcement, they were set up by maori to take care of minor problems without the new zealand police. Of any major crimes are taking place the maori wardens will call the nz police. There actually really good and do good work without judging people. Which is a big part of maori culture. In greymouth they set up a community garden to feed poor ppl. Gloriavale built the planting box's