15 Things I Love About Living in New Zealand 

Hi, mind if I ask what your occupation is?

In all of these videos, people are referring to the income / low wage vs the high cost of things and I'm trying to determine how big of an issue it really is and if it would be better to look at a different country to emigrate to. I don't really know how to determine that before making any decisions. I am also from South Africa.

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@@ThoseTwoSausages It's very expensive but you get what you pay for. There is zero load shedding 😜

​@@ThoseTwoSausagesDid you know that Albinism awareness day is June 13th? God bless you and all that you hold dear to your heart.

Thank you :)

Also our terrible weather is our best kept secret!

Statistically NZ is still one of the safest countries in the world, I understand how a spate of ram raids on the news may skew that view, but you need to keep an eye on the big picture for context.

All places have their bad parts except sinagpore I'm convinced that place has no crime.

@@Memoryman12367 That just means that the crime is being managed by the only people with the power to expose it.

She’s in Otago. Not too many lemon heads down there aye

Thank you John for your warm comment :)

That's a really good point Alexander. I think it's a good idea to set limits on cards, where even if they get stolen, only a limited balance will be available. You are totally right, common sense is always the best :)

@@simplenewzealandwithanna Hello Anna I have something to add to the paywave system I was just thinking about how my bank puts a limit on the amount one days paywave limit my advice is that you call your bank and ask them what their policies are for limits are for the paywave and IPHONE transactions "per day" and also ask for their after hours number for stolen or lost credit cards because its a long weekend, Easter weekend so the banks will be closed on Monday and cheek out if the town you live in if you are living down in South land of New Zealand could be with in the Southland anniversary area and Tuesday maybe a bank Holiday as well so to simply put it if your bank has a limit of $80 and you went out on the Friday night say McDonald's OK and you're credit card falls on the floor that's Friday Saturday $160 because your credit card say its Visa credit card will an over draft balance of $ 500 Check out the bank Holiday dates for this weekend coming ask for their lost or stolen card after hours phone number and ask if you can block the card on line tell the banks reopen or set up another account so you can transfer funds from you card to it take a private photo of your card both sides print it a put in a safe place for conversational purpose with your bank I hope you understand all of this take care and remember use your common sense trust is hard to gain but destroyed in blink of an eye welcome to New Zealand I'm Alexander take care.

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@Simple New Zealand with Anna found out later watchn more videos. Christchurch is nice I like visiting from Dunedin. Probably NZ best city for immigrants (cost of living vs size+amenities). Welcome enjoy the kiwi madness.

You can slow down the video to any speed you want on RU-vid. It has that feature. Select custom to say choose 0.8 or 0.9 speed.

@@shanewilson2484 You can, however that is not the best way to reduce the rate at which a dialogue is delivered, as it needs pauses between words and thoughts.

Yeah, drivers are quite patient, plus there are cycling lanes in cities. Unfortunately, outside the cities, have to share the road.

@@simplenewzealandwithanna Anna, New Zealand drivers are NOT quite patient. The opposite actually. They turn into angry people behind the wheel. Their fatal vehicular accident statistics are though the roof. Riding a motorcycle in New Zealand is dangerous to your health.

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Expensive. Auckland comparable to California

@@roryhebberd9766 ok thanks alot

Don’t think I said something about not locking the car. I always do.

@@Andrew-tf8jt , when did you last check the review?? I checked it yesterday and we are 9th, plus I was not whining about it, just stating a fact that the cost in New Zealand is part of the cons that expats notice very much. If you don't believe me then go check out the Pro's and Con's videos from people that have moved to NZ.

@@johnking2740 There are at least well know indexes, depends on which one you are looking at.

Retired to NZ 3-years ago. 75-years old. Live by myself. When I first got here, my groceries were NZ$100 per week. On Monday these very same groceries were NZ$145! Diesel was NZ$0.99 per liter. My last fill up; NZ$2.25! My rule is: Things are 2x more expensive in NZ than I was paying in Seattle. Even McDonalds.

@@DennisMerwood-xk8wp , Aside from the increase in costs for diesel, food and housing - do you regret moving to NZ? What would you say to others that are thinking of retiring in NZ?

@@johnking2740 Yes I do regret it. It was a huge mistake. Seattle is a much better place to retire in by any criteria. NZ is too small and the Kiwi's too parochial. And the woke left wing government is killing the old New Zealand I knew in 1974 John.

We've never ever locked out home door mainly because we lost the key like a million years ago but yeah

@@adamsweetz5156 that's a great compliment to NZ society but I'd get your key replaced if I were you. Particularly since you've just advertised your keyless status to the world lol

@@johanmeischke9189 nah if anyone wanted something inside no point stealing it just ask it's yours knock yourself out (not literally) but you get the point. There's plenty of everything so why lock it up?

@@adamsweetz5156 fair enough personally I wouldn't be quite so sanguine

@@johanmeischke9189 I had to Google that word lol 😂 sanguine I'm so stealing that word and sanguine to my little sister when she's telling me off 😭

While what you say is to some degree factually correct... uprooting to one of those countries you may deem to be better requires one to have adequate financial support to move there. If it isn't an English speaking country and you don't speak the language, then you are already at a disadvantage. I'm a Native New Zealander in my mid 60's. As a relatively new nation, the country 'HAS' undergone a number of cultural, political and social changes in my lifetime. Personal attitudes are very much more diverse as a result of the currennt 'eclectic' makeup of our nation. However... as a street photographer who has spent time with and engaged with many people visiting here from many many different parts of the world... New Zealand is still a pretty special place to visit and live. I accept that there are negatives, however it may be a more a case of life telling one to up their game and rise above it instead of leaving. Have a lovely day 🤗🤗

Well you can trace that back to the Lange-Douglas Labour government. Prior to them, everyone could have a job if they wanted one, post that government that was no longer possible, and NZ has been steadily sliding downhill ever since. To teeVIS: I am one of those who couldn't raise their game........ just getting by, not making any real progress. So I left NZ to live in China.......best decision I ever made! Haha....she just talked about leaving her bike unlocked. Years ago when I was living in CHCH, I had two bikes stolen when I forgot to lock them.