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I used to study in Christchurch (1994-2000). I fell in love with the country! Even then I saw NZ from a vision of a child. 24 years has passed, now I have family and all, been around countries and experiencing various cultures. NZ is still remains dearest in my heart. ❤️ NZ! 😊
Thank you for sharing! 🥰
Mums are the strongest women in the world. Love and enjoy her with all your might Liz & Bri. Sending you both heaps of hugs and kisses!
Thank you my friend ❤️
Bless you both, and your mum. I'm so sorry for the bad news, and your mum is such a strong lady. Kia kaha ❤
Thank you so very much, Trudi ❤️
Your Mum is definitely a STRONG Person!!!!! Before and after I had surgery to remove cancer from my breast.....my thought was: "Oh hang No, I'm not having anyone's pity/so sorry/poor me attitude...dang it". What I needed was and still is the good and bad vibes. The good ones to help me stay stronger and the bad ones to help keep me fighting.....I'm Alive. We all have strengths in our own way!!!! Kia Kaha Liz's Mum!!!!
Thank you so very much Caz. We send you much love, good health and continued strength. Thank you for the inspiration ❤️
Your sincerity shines through the video. Prayers for your mom and family.
Thank you, our friend ❤️
Nice to see yourself and Brian back Liz. So sorry to the news of your mum. I remember from the video. She is a lovely lady
Great to be back! Thanks so much, she certainly is lovely. Thank you again ❤️
Thankyou for sharing with us, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your mum💓
Thank you Carolyn, so much ❤️
Thinking of you both and your mum Liz take care
Thank you so much ❤️
Hey, you are Kiwis, complaining about the roads. Lol.
Did you say "kiwis" or "Kiwi" Ivy??!! Don't drag me into this...🤣
Praying 🙏 for your mum and family. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you so much, Tara, I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. Thank you, my friend ❤️
Keep smiling, keep your chins up. Mum will be ok as she has such a positive outlook on life, as you both do. I always enjoy listening to you both (even if Brian has a hard job of getting a word in edgewise) With our love, from Tauranga
Thanks so much, Dave. Whhhaaat??? I tried extra specially hard this week to zip it and give him a turn and that's the thanks I get...😂
Liz & Bri, Always watch, sometimes comment. Thinking of your mum - unexpected prognosis. Life throws curved balls. I know you are close to each other ( so lucky ) laughing at all your stories from famous off Utube in New Plymouth🤩 to local city council NPDC and roading .
Auckland is a city of orange cones - road works Argh😤our weather over past year has continued with imploding infrastructure.
My love hugs to you both ❤️💫✨💫 and mum. I was at the beach this morning taking photos xxx thinking of youse
What a beautiful comment Kathy, thank you so very much for holding us in your thoughts and for laughing in all the right places at the show. we couldn't ask for anything better ❤Liz and Brian xx
Prayers for your mom and family.
Thank you ❤️
Hi Liz and Brian, After reading Liz's book I left you a comment which you mentioned in your following video which was very sweet. I wanted to make sure that you both remember the inner strength and determination it took for you to take that trip with your family in the first place. As you support each other through your Mum's illness your strength and intrepidness will carry you through this "emotional journey" too. Just lean on each other and the 4 of you can achieve anything. You can be sure your extended whanau that listen to your podcasts, watch your videos and read your book are here for you too.
Arohanui
Tracy
You are such a beautiful person, Tracy, thank you. Your words of support around my new author doubts have always stayed with me and now here you are again sharing your goodness. Thank you for making this platform a joy. You are much appreciated and loved ❤️ Liz and Brian
Big virtual hugs. ❤️
Well said Gordy! We love you guys, huge hugs♥
We love you too!! Keep on truckin' and making us smile with your wonderful messages, we appreciate you guys enormously 🥰
Dear Liz and Brian, I'm sending you both and your mom so much love and strength. Your videos and podcasts bring me so much joy, thank you ❤
Thank you so much, Mila ❤️
I started watching your videos over a month ago as we are planning to relocate from England to wellington and I’ve just been hooked to listening to you both, your both such genuine people and you really do bring joy to others.
What a truly wonderful comment. Thank you so much and good luck with your big move to lovely Wellington! 🥰
Your mum is a kiwi mum now and NZ will look after her with you in her journey Gordy is a true kiwi we can't all express ourselves as great as he dose his words were wonderful and a sentiment for most kiwis to you both at this time Nz Will look after Mum And Your family just ask
What a truly beautiful messsage, Glen. Thank you so very much ❤️
Best wishes to you both and your family, Greg in QLD
Thank you so much Greg ❤️
Ah, man…I know this was posted 6 months ago, but I’m a devout Liz and Brian fan and I’m just seeing this now. I’m a critical care nurse, and I myself have had a brush with the big C and have lost everyone in my family to it. It’s hard…so I am sending you guys love and strength to get through all of this. I know you will not feel like making content as things get tough-it’s ok to take the time you need to take care of your mum, each other, etc. we have plenty of content to rewatch ;) sending you guys much love from San Francisco, California ❤️
Thanks for your amazing openness. I honestly was a bit teary, this story is close to my own. Try to be kind to yourselves, it's not an easy journey.
Thank you so very much Anna, we are sorry to hear you are also being challenged right now and want you to know that you are held in our hearts. Sending you so much love and strength ❤Liz and Brian x
Much love to your mum, Liz. Kia kaha.❤
Thank you so very much ❤️
Bon courage, thinking of you all !
Merci ❤️
you do our accent pretty good lol
Right?? 🤣 I've studied the Naki accent for the last 15 years, Daniel 😂...
As a New Zealander.. the English accent is so cute lol
Lovely words Liz & Bri😀
Sending so much love x
Thank you my lovely friend. I appreciate you ❤️
Our dear Liz and Brian, It's wonderful to see your smiling faces in the video - thank you for sharing it with us.💖 We hope your mom is doing well and that everything is under control. 🙏
Despite the challenging situation with your mom, it's heartwarming to see both of you still finding moments of joy and humor. 🥰Gordi's message was truly beautiful and deeply moving (we were both in tears). 🥺You two are an incredible couple, and we want you to know that we love you and thinking of you.💖 Stay strong, and know that we're sending you lots of love and positive energy every day.💖🌼
Thank you so very much, Renata and Saviz, mum is doing well and remains positive (and still has her wicked sense of humour which I inherited!!) We are so grateful to call you friends and as always, appreciate your kind words, positive messages and most importantly your fabulous emojis!! 🇨🇦😍
All our love and hugs, Liz and Bri xx
@@ItsaDrama 💖💖thank you our darrrling friends😘😘💖💖
Sorry to hear about the news of your Mom,I'll keep you all in my prayers. A positive attitude is always a winner and I believe God knows the best. May God bless 🙌 you and let your light keep shining. Love your you tube messages ❤️ ♥️ 😢😢
Love your show guys
Thank you so much! Yes...Gordie is a very special friend and we feel VERY lucky to know him ❤️
Hey Guys, lol I've only just come across ur vlogs and I just love them.Hope alls well Brian and life's goin along well.Onya guys,Don.
Thank you for being with us, Don! We appreciate your wonderful comment 😀
So sorry about your Mum Liz .. as you say, good you are close by as support.
Thank you ❤️
So sorry to hear about your mum, Liz. I wondered what was going on for you and Brian. Virtual hugs to you. OO...
Thank you, Wendy. Right back to you too ❤️
All the rural roads in the Wairarapa are 100kmh and Highway 2 between Featherston and Masterton is 80kmh 😅😅
Please talk about the holiday "baches". I loved that! Do you still have them?
Your mum is in all our hearts and thoughts ♥️
Let her know from the people she has never met we wish her peace and strength.
Thanks for the hug can't get enough of those.
Brian when ever you see road works amongst them is a dedicated and separate group of people keeping them safe.
Traffic Management personnel concern themselves with both your and their client's safety. I know I've been on the end of a lollipop a few times.
Stay safe my friends. A special hug for mum.....
Right this minute, people you share your lives with are sending you love & comfort, strength & prayers. Peace.
💖 🎶 🙏 🕊️
Thank you so very much, Mark ❤️
Thank you so very much, Stephanie, we appreciate you ❤️
I never comment usually but watch you both. Love your honest opinions and thanks for keeping it real. Sorry for your sad news God bless ❤
Thank you so very much for your kind words and for taking the time to comment today, it means the world to us ❤️
My father fell over and hit his head on a traffic island, a year later he was rushed to Auckland in an ambulance,after the operation, they opened a hole in his skull to drain the blood , dementia set in slowly. My aunt has been drinking Soursop tea for her cancer, she's moaning again,so i guess its working.
Thank you for being with us my friend, we appreciate your thoughts. So sorry to hear about your dad, please know we send you much love ❤️
@ItsaDrama Thanks so much, stay well.
Sorry to hear about your Mum Liz.
Thank goodness she lives close and you can see her every day.
My Dad in NZ died of cancer aged 90.
I just wish he had been diagnosed sooner because living here in OZ I would have visited more.
My Mums 92 and I phone her regularly.
Loved the story about the apricots😂 great kiwi accent.
I must admit I don’t watch all your UA-cam videos but really enjoy stories from Back home.
Brian we have the same problem with roads here to.
Councils never have enough money given to them by the Federal government.
Cheers Brent
Thank you so very much for your kind words, Brent, we appreciate you so much. Sending our love from us here to you in OZ 😊
Just found your channel, love it. I was in New Plymouth (Fitzroy) during the lockdown! Would love to go back to Aotearoa.
That's so very kind, thank you for joining us and saying hi! We are glad you found us! 😀
Thanks for you show. Theres some rough times here in Oz for this Kiwi at the moment. But your show is a welcome uplifting shot in the arm. Sorry to hear about your Mum, my thoughts are with you all.
Thank you for being with us. I'm sorry you are going through upset and we hope all is better in the future. Much love, Liz and Bri ❤️
Just found you two. Love listening to you. We travel NZ in our motorhome from time to time so really enjoying your take on us!!! We have a beautiful country - despite the incessant road works!! So sorry about your mums health issues. Tough all round but lovely you have her nearby. 🌻🌻
Thank you for being with us, Marie! We appreciate your wonderful comment 😀 Safe road travels!
Downer are not great here in Wellington either .. they resurfaced the path outside our house and it now slopes AWAY from the gutter and floods the path. The excess water runs down our front footpath. They resurfaced our road last week (dunno why - looked fine to me) with gravel over some sort of sealant .. it is already coming away at the edges of the road from water runoff.
I love your content....been following from the start. I would say you guys are a great example of great kiwis there is. Keep it up. I live in both countries Australia and NZ but haven't been there for a while. I do own property over at Tauranga including shares in Mayor Island Motoiti, Matakana Rangiwaea Islands and a bit more on the mainland so I wont be going away hehe. Thanks Liz and Bri.
So wonderful to have you with us, my friend. Thank you for your kind words, we appreciate you very much ❤️
4 years? I'm guessing there will be survey after survey, meeting after meeting, red tape everywhere, and paid by the hour. Love and hugs to you both,the kids and your mum.
Thank you x
Hi, I knew your Mum had stage 4 lung cancer but I didn't realise you found out in a very similar way as my Mum. The night before my Mum went in for hip replacement surgery she slipped in the shower and really hurt her hip. We couldn't go into the hospital because of covid but Dad made sure that they knew what had happened. To cut it short they did scans and found cancer in her hip but also was diagnosed with stage four cancer. They drugged her so much that she wasn't able to tell us what was going on so we started ringing the ward but it took a week for the hospital staff to let us know what was happening. Unfortunately my Mum passed away about 5 months later on Boxing day three years ago. My dad unexpectedly but peacefully passed away in his sleep 13 months and one day later of a broken heart. I thought I'd be the first to die because 13 years ago I was given two years to live by my lifelong specialists. Your Mum is in my prayers. ❤
Oh, my goodness, Amy. Thank you for sharing such a personal story. We are so sorry...our thoughts are with you and I am so glad to hear you are strong and fighting on. Kia Kaha, friend ❤️ Liz asnd Brian
@ItsaDrama thank you for replying. It's easy to see that you put a lot of effort into your videos and never fail to make me laugh with your banter. You both have the gift of being excellent storytellers. I never know if I should share any or all of my journey but I hope that it helps others to see that if I can get through tough times, then anyone can. 😊
Pepeha. Introduction of where you are from and who and what you affiliate to. So much more eloquent. Taranaki is now a big part of your pepeha, maybe construct a pepeha for general use.
Thank you for being with us and for the suggestion 😊
better the blue metal (gravel) washes away than ground underneath
You returned to your haven.
But all's not well.
Usually you guys like the lolly pop man.
The trouble is cruise ships come in and the tourist get on a bus and off they will go ti Taupo. That's what they do in Auckland, off on buses to the airport or Hamilton or Rotorua
Arohamai to you all Liz and Bry, espe cially your Mam. Me te Atua manaaki tia i a koutou ❤️.
Thank you so very much ❤️
You can have ALL the tourists. I know they are back in Central Otago and it sucks.
Pns tomatoes dropped from 16.99 to 4 dallors holy someone's making a coin in off season
They're hot houses tomatoes that got no taste. Just buy enough for wot u want them for n not too much that u're going to chuck them.
Hi Liz, Hi Brian, I am very sorry to hear this news about Mum, this is just devastating for all of you that's for sure. But now you know and I am sure the NZ Health Service will do everything possible in this battle, obviously your Mum will put her best foot forward and fight like a mad dog to beat this thing, I believe that having the right attitude carries a lot of weight in a fight like this. I sure your Mum will have this spirit to go forward. Pass on my very best wishes to her and same to you all as well. Best Wishes from Wellington. John I. 🌹❤️👍
Dear John from wellington, thank you so very much for your lovely comment and for your kind words of support. That means the world to us. Thank you ❤️ Liz and Brian
Some of in New Zealand just call it the beach
Gotcha. Brian slipped by accident a bit of Kiwi accent at 10:36.
😆 You are right!! "Sex months at a time..🤪"
Hey genuinely inspired by your story on the money podcast this morning, once we sell the house def will emulate your 1 year journey with the kids. Quick question, best house sitting website for you in NZ ( thinking Kiwi housesitters versus NZ house sitters) and what's best for house sitting in Asia (where my heart's at ...), thanks much
Thank you for joining us and saying hi! 😀 we only ever use Trusted Housesitters and we are very happy with them! Good luck with your adventure 😊
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Vitamin C intravenous therapy might just help should do no harm. Loads on the internet, championed at Otago University
Thank you, Dave
The. Let Brian talk channel❤❤❤❤❤
What’s the best place to find houses that are for rent in Taranaki if you’re over seas?
It’s nice
$5 for a great price 👍 in the likes of the cities for the same coffee you would probably pay $8😅
It's great that you revealed your mother's illness. I must admit, when you first mentioned family strife I thought of your kids, so it's good to let us in.
Wherever you are in world, Bri, councils can be a pain in the arse regarding road potholes and rubbish collection. Lol.
Thank you for your thoughts, Robert ❤️
Can you spell the name of the cafe you liked in Napier? Do they have a website?
The cafe is called Magnet Cafe. Here is a link (I'll also add it to the description)., It's a true little gem 😊
www.hbtrails.nz/discover-our-region/eat-and-drink/magnet-cafe/
@@ItsaDrama I found a promo video of the cafe:
ua-cam.com/video/mmmmtHP1A38/v-deo.html
Please tell me how you do that NZ accent. I'm flawed. It has to be the most difficult accent to copy.
Gosh...you are the first person to say that...😂 Everyone else thinks I sound like an Australian Goose 🪿😂
Just thought I would ask. What your thoughts are on your members sharing any tourist'ie experience's they enjoyed while being here in nz and comparing them to the Us or where ever??? I don't think I have heard anything like that from you guys yet???
Maybe Concerts or events you guys enjoyed. Wine experiences etc.
This road thing, I HATE the way they are dropping speed limits to stupid slow.
Let Brian Talk - nah his name is Brian isn’t it? (All Brian’s are henpecked)
We are your nemesis the road crew your local road is npdc controlled as a pom l am a roading forman from Downer and l'm sorting all the drainage on the sh45 right now .
John! Thank you! Give us a nod when you next see us at the lights and I'll make Bri apologise for being such a grumpy pants 😂 Thank you for all that you guys do 😊
Brian. you’re so right about some of the dumb things our great country does!
Still love it though, Ben! Thanks for joining us 😊
Maoritanga x
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Liz, you need to work on "let Brian talk" thing a bit more. It's a good start, but practice makes perfect.
Is Brian allowed a view ? 😂
Nope. Never..😂.
Each episode has more twadle
So sorry you are not enjoying the show, Peter. May I suggest you don't watch any more of our episodes and perhaps move on to one of the many other videos out there. You'll find there are millions to choose from. And lucky for you, they are all free too! Hurray!
"Let Brian talk" and yet you still went blah blah blah! Come on honestly, let him speak.🤫
Thank you so very much, Christopher, we appreciate you ❤️