20 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE USA & NEW ZEALAND | my real opinion moving to new zealand from the usa 

I’m glad that we don’t make a huge deal of Halloween and the likes which are imported holidays. Very excited that we are now celebrating Matariki, New Zealand’s first officially recognised indigenous holiday. Very cool

Fun fact: New Zealand/Aotearoa used to have the biggest eagle known to ever exist before becoming extinct. It was named Haast's Eagle after Julian Von Haast who was first director of Canterbury Museum.

The segues!! Nice work. Getting better and better :)

You're a natural,such charisma & natural beauty,that top you are wearing looks really good on you from what I can see,plenty of humor & very informative,you are very brave as leaving home & family can be extremely difficult,all the best.

Welcome to NZ!!! We are glad to have you here! 😊

Great video Morgan!!!

Make your own Mexican, it's fun. Supermarkets have special aisles for it. Okay, so I've watched 3 of your videos and liked them all. Good for you getting out and finding happiness 🤣 Good luck with creating your new family. ❤

Fun vid. :) Returns - for non faulty items - you can almost always return if product packaging is unopened & it's fairly promptly after purchase. Most Clothing can be opened and tried on, but no tags/labels can be removed (+ items like swimwear and underwear and hats cannot be returned once opened, for hygiene reasons). Once other product types are opened it's rare to be able to return them just for a change of mind/don't like it reason, but you can of course return if they are faulty, incorrectly supplied/advertised or damaged on arrival. On the plus side - NZ has strong consumer protection laws, so if product fails sooner than the reasonable lifetime of product (due to manufacturing defect not using incorrectly etc) - you will be able to get sorted out - return back to where purchased from.

Love your hair!

Maternity in New Zealand is also free midwives and stays in hospitals so you don't get a giant bill when you leave.

Oh- I’d love that spiced recipe- can’t find it - thanks !

I am traveling to NZ soon to see my boyfriend for the first time in 2 years! He went to see his family before boarders closed annnnnnd two years later I get to join him and meet his family. Also hopefully move there! I'm in Texas where we met so very happy I found your channel!

I spent time in Cali and Phoenix, so xmas bbq at a pool or beach is exactly what i'm all about.

This is so great !!!!!!! aaaaaaah fucking awesome love you morgan !!!!!!!! more more more

5:32 i mean you can ask but unless it was damaged or defective when you bought it then they dont have to accept returns .. but you can ask and most of the bigger stores will accept most things back mostly assignment it hasn't been damaged ... and you still have the box and packaging etc and the receipt

Having lived here all my life I just thought that’s normal for web searches. I have learned something today and I am processing the lie we’ve all been told here about search engines. Lol. Nice to meet you. Look forward to more videos. Kia Kaha

Yes power outlets can be that high, but that aspect depends on the house as most places I've lived in or been to in NZ these days, don't have them that high. Then I have come across what you showed us a number of times as I grew up there. I lived in a house once where it was much higher up. I love Christmas in summer. It's one of the things I miss living in the UK. Then I grew up with it being in summer and like warm weather

Camping in the far north on an isolated doc campground will give you the best opportunity to see them in the wild… or at least hear them calling out at night.

I freaken miss screens, and I grew up here. I remember screens as a kid, but this was in the 80's. It was mostly in my grandparent's houses there would always be a normal door and a screen door. As for the outlets no idea why they're that high, the older houses had them closer to the ground. But now that I have a free roaming bunny inside it's actually a blessing XDD

Returns policy depends on where you make your purchase. For example, The Warehouse has a 60-day change of mind Money Back Guarantee with proof of purchase. It pays to read the return policy of the store you're shopping at before making your purchase.

How did your doggie Handel the trip over there? I drove with my beagle from Chicago to Arizona last year and he liked it but he has never been on a plane yet

I just put "cups" into Kmarts search bar and it returned a list of cups and glasses. Returning things is absolutely a thing in NZ. My mother buys all my fathers clothing brings home 20 pieces and takes back 15.

As a kiwi from Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty, we have a lot of adventure tourism you come visit. Things tend to be expensive to buy because NZers generally equate USD to be 2X our money, UKP to be 3X too. New Zealand hasn't had much heavy industry to speak of ,to say from car assembly , locomotive assembly and light ship and boat production. Buying a screen door with damper and made from aluminum is expensive ,so kiwi's in the recent past have had strips of different coloured plastic at the front door to catch the breeze to keep flys away often seen in rural dairies(convenience stores). Perhaps the person who had that house built didn't want to bend down switch off the light (thinking outside the box).

Wow! What a refreshing surprise to find you! (For once I'll thank my RU-vid algorithm.) I'm an old Kiwi but not a Kiwi bird. Our real and unique kiwis need a lot of protection from dogs etc so I'm glad you mentioned it. When the first humans arrived we had more unique (endemic) bird species than any other country. Still have l believe. This was mainly because we only had 3 mammals! Yep - and they were bats! Every other mammal has been introduced. Crazy eh? And we do actually now have 3 poisonous spiders. 1 native and 2 introduced. Anyway, thrilled to meet you and hook-up! 😆 I mean subscribe...

Morgan have you thought of shopping in Australia? They do have a Amazon, not sure of Walmart and others you have in States.

You can return things in new Zealand you just need to read the terms and conditions first . I return stuff all the time. Screen door are a thing in nz but if really depends on the owner

5:51 i mean in many ways that is the saving grace of it .. it makes you inherently more thoughtful about buying things as to weather you really do want it and also consequently it means a lot less goes to land fill soo meh its sort of like the choices things ... no one want to be limited in the things they can buy but at the same time having to many choices actually leads to assort of choice paralysis where you can make up you mine because their to much information to compare ...so you just end up buy the thing you always buy...because its the thing you always buy because a you know it works and b because you cant be arsed to figure out how everything else stacks up .. i cant remember where i heard it but i think they have actually done study's into it and its something like 20 to 30 choices is optimal more that 30 choices of say cereal and people sort of just cant make up there minds and less than 20 and it starts to feel restrictive ..something like that anyways

Big hug to Mr. Barkely!!!! MIss him so much!!!

With regard to lack of Mexican restaurants it could be because Mexico is not on the New Zealand border and so has little cultural exchange.

Yeah the mail service sux here in N.Z Yeah food stands are amazing hereĺ I go check what they have to offer.

As a kiwi I can say not all house have plugs that high up the wall lol 😆 you have an old school housing New Zealand house that is state housing the government built a very long time ago that was for low income people, they sold a lot off so no longer state housing , how I know this that fire place is a standard state housing fireplace lol

If you are ever in Wellington, go to Te Papa museum, they have a lot of history stuff and just things that you might find interesting. You should check it out 👍 It’s pretty cool to see what Americans think about NZ

Think the plug height might have something to do with keeping it out of reach of small children 🤔 but I totally get that it doesn't look nice. It as if the plug gets the ,"center of attention" rather than the fireplace.

If you want screens you can get them, just not standard

Plug height depends on age of home and area. Kitchens half way up, halls, bedrooms down low, sitting rooms both. Like your chipper delivery.

What annoys me about NZ websites is that they are so out of date. The store closed 3 years ago but the website is still up. It restaurant moved 6 months ago, but the details still show the old address, and on holidays the information provided is the regular opening hours maybe with an additional " hours may vary due to the holiday". What use is that?

+ no baby bill when you leave the hospital, i have never seen a Kiwi in the Wild, probably heard some? Moreporks (Owls) are common.

Am a kiwi myself living in Australia. NZ & Australia have similar way of life we can identify ourselves with. But l do miss having a tasty hangi for Xmas.

Your video must of hit the right notes since UberEats and Ubers are common now :D

I'm kiwi and love pumpkin pie when I can get it my wife makes yumm pumpkin pie

Um you can definitely return stuff… you can’t always return for cash, usually only store credit. That for change of mind. If something faulty you can too. Uber is only in big cities . I’ve never had a search engine issue… heaps of beaches are dog friendly….

Depending on where you live usually they have a sanctuary for kiwis at the zoo. I know for sure there’s a cave at the wellington zoo, so you’d be able to see a kiwi there, unless they are hiding

Great video! Not understanding the pumpkin spice thing, cannot imagine pumpkin flavours in our coffee 😫 🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢 and in a pie hmmmm, more like mince and cheese.

6:14 yeah .. which is why you would be a fool to do that .. no what you do is take like 4 weeks off work and fly to say Thailand for say 5 days then fly to say turkey for another 5 days then fly to europe for a week then to say Australia or Indonesia for a few days and then home ... that way you dont have so much jet lag :) if your doing like a 2 week holiday then you might just go to Australia or ...Tahiti or Rarotonga or Samoa or Indonesia or japan or Thailand or Hawaii or Fiji or maybe just to the other island for sking or hot pools or bungi jumping if you only have a 3 day weekend then well depending on where you are oyu might spend 2 days stuck in traffic or you might end up as part of the road toll or you might just stick in the same island :)

Moringa - Just found your video, your lovely and very entertaining to listen to. Most Kiwis l know use bug spray applicators in our homes, they stop the insects from flying inside. If the insects make the mistake of flying in, they are desperate to get out!!! . Easi pesi . No screens, We love our open homes and spaces. Opening and closing doors, windows and screens is a pain in the butt, especially when you are a kid and you have half the neighbourhood kids chasing after you in a game of cat n’ mouse. It takes about three days for the spray to settle throughout the house before they work effectively, if you have a large house, it pays to site several cans in different areas of the house. Replace the cans about once a month. The spray is pyrethrum so is harmless to humans and pets. We use to use pyrethrum cans when we lived in the city. But now we live in an off the grid cabin in the NZ bush. I have screens on Everything! We have a lot of Manuka- silly me had happy thoughts of Bees and pots of beautiful yummy Manuka honey 🍯 Wrong - Wasps LOVE Manuka too. I’m sure we have every wasp species known to man kind. I’m hate wasps. We have bees too, and will be getting bee hives soon. I have traveled around Canada and the US a few times, and I swear the insects are much worse over there. I was horrified to see pumpkin coffee on offer last time I was in New York, yes l gave it ago - totally gross 🤮. Tried grits as well. Had to spit it out - seriously people eat that ??? Even with gravy? 🤮 I’m sure you will have your culinary horror stories to tell as well since you have been here 🤣🤣🤣 Love love love the American biscuits and gravy - yum yum yum 😋 genuine Mexican food, and BBQ rib 😋

What part of NZ do you live?

Fantastic video! Just subscribed. Cheers! (Greetings from the EU!)

Do Americans open non twist top beers (Corona, Stella Artois, Heineken etc) with a lighter or knife or egg flipper?

8:14 oh acc is so good .. its something we really should be alot prouder of than we are and yes i know it has its problems .... but its so good compared to anything else in the world lol

Just did a search for 'cup' on the Kmart site, only got 3 pages of hits oddly including a 'Lace Soft Cup Bra'.😂

4:02 yeah .. i do envy the rest of the world their dark magic hot cold air machines lol

Very unusual to have a power switch half way up a wall ...maybe the original occupant had something like an aquarium perhaps. Yes, no screens on windows, bugs and flies have right of way in NZ 😜

for cups , try crockery.

Love how you Americans love this country. NAU MAI HAERE MAI KI AOTEAROA means in English welcome to new Zealand

Hmmm there are tigers in Texas? Didn't know that one! Welcome to NZ 😊

Outlets/plugs you have are unusually high

My friend from Kansas is always telling me to put screens on our windows when I complain about bugs and flies. I wouldn't recommend anyone to hitchhike here. Lower income families also get some money per child to help with food and expenses until they turn 18 or get a job.

You didn't talk about the cost of living. I grew up in NZ, currently live in California. I come back to NZ every year and everything is so expensive...

There _is_ the katipō spider. It is black with a red wiggly stripe down its back, like a black widow. It is slightly less harmful than a black widow: A katipō bite produces the toxic syndrome latrodectism; symptoms include extreme pain and, potentially, hypertension, seizure, or coma - no human deaths have been reported from a katipō bite, but don'[t take that as a suggestion to pick on up with your hands. It doesn't seem to bite humans oftens, but there is an anitvenin available just in case. I don't imagine a small animal like a dog or cat would get off as easily as a human if bitten.

Maybe Mug?

Supermarket visit ... how many times have you been asked where your from?, are you on holiday ?. ...

no dogs on beaches to protect ground nesting birds

Depends on the tradie doing the plug lol....Personal preference on the plug with those fullas hahahaha!!!!

You forgot "Cuz" and "Bro". I know that visitors are always a little confused by these terms as they don't necessarily denote a family connection. Oh, and we do have a few birds of prey, but you have to go bush to see them and they're no danger to humans or dogs.

Nah I've had pumpkin Spice latte at the Starbucks here in New Zealand it is a thing

If you want to see large mammalian wildlife here you need to visit a beach in the south during spring or summer. Our sea lions are about the size of bears and not scared of humans. Females will generally ignore you but you do need to be careful of the males, who can get curious about humans. I've had them come right up to me trying to figure out what I was...

Talking of NZ slang, after watching this I'm feeling "a bunch of fluffies".

lol how bad is the bug prob? and and, can i buy a chihuahua there? lol

Taxation was an interesting point. I would have thought NZ taxes would have been much higher than the USA as it includes Healthcare and ACC.

4:35 oh god speak it brother they're like 10 years ahead at being 20 years behind lol

2:43 well thats not quite true... there's the odd Australian about but so long and you stay away from the ski fields or at the very least give them a wide birth you should be fine :P mind the teeth tho

The best thing is the Accident Compensation Commission (ACC), Im a man in my 60's and I play football every Saturday and climb mountains and fly microlites, If I injure myself in any way at any time, all my medical costs including ambulance are free and I get 80% of my salary until I can return to work or am judged to be unfit to work. If I am badly injured I will recieve a lump sum payout for dissability. This is a scheme run by the government and funded by employers. Everyone paying staff is required to contribute. Its brilliant, no lawyers, making medical choices for you, no hospital fees, no liability if someone gets injured on your property, no lawsuits for injury and more important most folk are honest about their claims as there is a high trust model in place.

Pumpkin latte..thats so wrong

Authentic Mexican?,.. Well you might need authentic mehicans(they don't really exist down these ways) try authentic boilups.. Yum. Chip sammies(white bread, chips (hot/bluebird) with or without other food combinations e.g cheese, vege/marmite, gherkin). Enjoy. I hope. 😉

Most the time the no dogs allowed isn't for the kiwi but actually just native birds in general.

Hitch Hiking isn’t that safe in NZ, definitely wouldn’t recommend it. 😬

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I hope the Kiwi's you have met so far are treating you well. If not, let someone in the comments know and we'll sort them out for you. There's bound to be at least one Kiwi here who is their cousin! (jokes) Best wishes. 😅👍

New Zealand Commerce Commission guarantees 7 day money back, even if the company tries to say no refunds.

Can be summed up in just one. Kiwis are sane people unlike Americans who protest about everything and use a gun at the slightest bit of upset

Where do you live in NZ? I am the polar opposite of being a Kiwi that has been living in New York for 7 years. Some of what you say is complete bollocks.

Animals aren't dangerous here. Watch out for the plants though, Tree Nettle (aka Ongaonga) is a mean bastard.

What? Tigers don’t live in Texas or anywhere in the United States lol.

Hard case girl no accent ah what's with that ? Hot points usually are lower maybe a tall person ordered that lol ..very nice personality by the way 😊

I wouldn’t really recommend hitchhiking in NZ

Try mug

Most Americans are just as friendly as kiwis as i found out during my time there. kiwis used to be the friendliest people. Sadly not so much now.

3:21 lots of rats and stoats tho...

Coffee mug

I'm guessing this one isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.,....

One comment here. Hitch hiking is not safe in New Zealand! We have had a number of people (usually young women) murdered or raped/molested here in New Zealand whilst hitch hiking. Friendly advice, don't hitch hike! anywhere, it is not safe.!!

My word. All you do is moan, moan, moan. If you like this and that about some of the things have or not have like bears, tigers, online shopping etc but America does. We are a country of 5.5 million people and thousands of miles from any where. But we love it this way. No wars. Hardly any shootings. So why, why, why stay in New Zealand

OK teach me how to play American football and I'll teach you how to play rugby... NAH JOKES welcome to new Zealand it's your new home now

Americans really do your research NZ isn't like USA we have more class and plus where are you leaving because you didn't do your research , the only major thing we celebrate is the New Years eve and day Waitangi Day Easter and Christmas all the rest is a No nono . We do all deliveries and returns depending on who you go with you need to do a deep research the help is their and yes its true our country doesn't have animals like bear and lions and snakes and stuff but we do have poisonous spiders we do have insects and all sorts of animals and I'm sorry we have a lot of different birds century spread out across our country what are you going on a out and I can't believe she's mocking our lingo guys I mean really . If your planing on coming over or to live here know us and our homeland before you come over don't judge us .

7:32 and god will hopefully never will.. ugh such a terrible company ..

Who's comparing tiny nz to USA?

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The trick for search engine results Is that you have to say that you’re a “girl looking for 1 cup” but for double the results search for “2 girls 1 cup”…

Not sure why you have so much of a problem with search engines (eg. GOOGLE)