5 things I did not know before moving to New Zealand

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As an American living in New Zealand, I've come to learn a lot about NZ / Kiwi culture. A lot of things I may have been able to gage before I travelled here, but others would become more apparent on arrival.
In today's video, I'll be sharing 5 things I did not know before moving to New Zealand, from the weather, to the finances, to the general manner...
Here we go 🇳🇿
0:00 - 5 things I didn't know before moving to NZ
0:51 - The Wind...
1:50 - Laws & processes
4:17 - Taxes NZ vs US
8:30 - Spelling Differences between NZ & US
10:08 - How you find NZ...
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@terryansell6641 2 года назад

I left the UK in 1984 for a holiday in NZ and 37 years later I’m still here and a proud NZ citizen.

@bubandlisa 2 года назад

Too bad you now have lil miss hitler turning it into NaZiland The 🌍 is both laughing and pitying you

@technogo246 2 года назад

Hahaha. People don't care about idiots who think our P.M is a dictator. She is not. She is the voice of reason and the voice of the people. We are one. Don't pick a fight you can't possibly win. Peace.

@mamatamati 2 года назад

Still waiting for your view on the Gangs New Zealand has roam the country, what colours not to wear in certain areas

@louissmith6300 2 года назад

@@mamatamati do gangs bother you?If not why even mention them?

@EllDay 2 года назад

9 years deep and the same. Never going back

@williamsandrew9521 2 года назад

New Zealand has been wonderful. I came here for a seminar and I must commend the hospitality I've been shown thus far. The city is full of beautiful people.

@johnnorbert2408 2 года назад

Yes. NZ is a beautiful place and with awesome people. I hope you have a wonderful experience here.

@williamsandrew9521 2 года назад

Thanks Mateo and yes I had a wonderful experience at the Broker's summit yesterday and I learnt a lot too.

@maximilianobenjamin3607 2 года назад

@@williamsandrew9521 Were you at the Broker's summit too, it was a great experience. I hoped to find a good trader who can manage my investments at the summit but unfortunately there was a clash in my schedule and I had to run.

@williamsandrew9521 2 года назад

@@maximilianobenjamin3607 Oh! I'm sorry about that, however I can introduce you to my financial guy, Mr James Merrin, he can be of great assistance to you as regards your investments and he's strategies are quite commendable in earning profits in the stock market. Good a thing he's still in New Zealand so you guys can meet.

@maximilianobenjamin3607 2 года назад

This should be great. Please how can I get to Mr James, I need to meet with him before he travels back home.

@jehanc 2 года назад

When I first arrive to Auckland, I when to the church here and a lady of the church met me the next day afternoon when I was walking around the neighborhood, a lady who recognize me invited us, me and my friend, for tea. I say to my friend ok we should have our dinner first before leaving to the lady home at 6.00pm. When we reach there we realise is for tea meant dinner. Also, when we go to church, we are invited to "bring a plate". We bought our plates but it turns out there are a ready plates, what it means is bring some food whether is for lunch or dinner.

@pisaseala 2 года назад

That is so funny.. Haha. Yep, we are a bit different here. Lol

@westcheetos6860 2 года назад

😂😂😂 yes when we say bring a plate, it means bring food HAHAHAHA

@Marist_Chanel 2 года назад

😂😂😂 @ actually bringing your plates 🤣

@cadifan 2 года назад

Yeah you picked the windiest part of the country to live in. Talking about visitors settling down here I sometimes work with (we're both tv extra's in Auckland) a guy who was born in LA who's dad used to build movie camera's for the Hollywood industry. Anyway, he went out on his big OE in his early twenties and travelled all over the world, TWICE, before landing in New Zealand, he's 80 now, and still here! He sounds like he just landed, still has that strong American accent, but speaks New Zealand English peppered with Maori words, as he once said "I've been here longer than most New Zealander's". As soon as he got his NZ citizenship he went to the American consulate (embassy or whatever) to renounce his American citizenship. They said "You can have both you know". He told them they could shove it, he's a bit of a hippy type and hates war so didn't want to be a citizen of a war mongering country invading Vietnam. He married, raised kids, and is very happy and a very active 80 year old.

@harrycurrie9664 2 года назад

I wonder if he kept his US citizenship would he have been conscripted ? Fortunately for him no New Zealand conscripts were sent, only army regulars.

@cadifan 2 года назад

@@harrycurrie9664 That's why he drop kicked it, not a citizen, no draft. My Uncle volunteered, Malaria and agent orange ruined him for life. The agent orange also screwed up his two biological daughters mentality to the point they both committed suicide.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

David - so interesting! Thanks for sharing.

@RobinCapper 2 года назад

I know someone who renounced their US citizenship as decided not going back and couldn't be bothered dealing with the US tax thing

@mitchand9 2 года назад

Born and raised here in Wellington. I love my hometown and wouldn't want to live anywhere else tbh.

@mendyerwin555 2 года назад

One of the thing I always liked about NZ (and Australia) is, when you go to buy something the taxes are already added in. "What you see is what you get" price-wise. No figuring in your head - it's already done for you. Also, no figuring out tips on top of figuring out your bill. 🎉

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Yes so true!

@michellezevenaar 2 года назад

Same in Europe

@mrkennedy4394 2 года назад

I had to exact opposite experience when I went to America. It was so damn annoying not knowing how much the total would be until the end. Made budgeting so hard. Just tell me the price and I'll pay it or I won't but I want to know up front. Also went to a grocery store in late November where the expiry date of a hard boiled egg said 12/2/2(whatever) I was like oh thats my birthday then I was like it will be rotten by then and then I thought about what they were doing to their eggs to make them last so long until finally my brain clicked that it was actually the 2/12 that was a huge mind f*ck 🤣🤣🤣

@bremCZ 2 года назад

That's pretty much everywhere in the world but the USA.

@bremCZ 2 года назад

@Keanu Reeves Good thanks. You?

@kiwi-iu1ny 2 года назад

Where I live in NZ: A gentle breeze is when brown pine needles come straight for you. A real wind is when it's green pine needles or even branches.

@cadifan 2 года назад

A moderate wind in most places is a bloody gale in Auckland.

@kytddjj 2 года назад

@staceymcgimpsey4550 2 года назад

Down in Southland we tend to be less worried about the wind strength (with the exception of gale force winds) & more concerned about the wind chill, especially when it is coming up from Antarctica

@Mcfreddo 2 года назад

Haha, very funny.

@kieranh2005 9 месяцев назад

A high wind is when the pines are tipping and the barn has departed.

@horsebee1 2 года назад

You know every Kiwi needs to see this video particularly when they are having a crappy day

@Kiwiamericans 5 месяцев назад

I agree

@hyponoise1829 2 года назад

I was wondering what your kids think about living in New Zealand and if they would want to move back to the America?

@nevillenepia574 2 года назад

Really awesome perspective. For me as a kiwi I’m so interested in how Americans view our country. It was sweet as!!!

@s6r231 2 года назад

The great thing about taxes in NZ is if you just have a salaried or wages job, you don't need to do a thing.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

I know right! So amazing.

@titaniumwolf2 2 года назад

You can also do nothing and get money too. Everyone is so kind here.

@icebergrose8955 2 года назад

If you earn under 20 thousand a year you dont have to do taxes at all.

@Justaguy10723 2 года назад

@@icebergrose8955 can you survive with 20k NZD per year?

@richardigp 2 года назад

@@Justaguy10723 Sure can. That's $833 per fortnight. About the same as the Superannuation ($806/fortnight). Rent a room at $150/week, and plenty for food and a bit of entertainment with a slowly accumulating credit. Just don't smoke!

@kaynewzealand117 2 года назад

Sorry you didn't know my country before the monetary reforms of the 1980s. It was truly utopia. I grew up with native bush behind our house, a grass paddock with a stream, a park across the road for sports where we would gather mushrooms for breakfast and blackberries for jam, and a river down the road where we pottered around in our home-made kayaks. This was the Hutt Valley, just out of Wellington, and is now high density housing. Our primary schools (age 5-12) and our secondary schools (age 13-17) were free, we ate home-grown lamb for our Sunday roast with vegetables out of our garden, and there were so many jobs when we were ready. Universities were free, as well. Then along came the new money era... and the great divide happened. Property developers became rich, working people became poor, and the divide widens.

@TheClunkingFist 2 года назад

" before the monetary reforms of the 1980s. It was truly utopia." Err, it was a debt-fuelled fantasy world. And EVERYTHING was regulated. So it wasn't just monetary reform. E.g. Milk was expensive (to benefit farmers) and Woolworths supermarkets wanted to sell milk cheaper than regulations allowed. Flavoured milk was unregulated, so they decided to create "Milk flavoured milk" by adding milk powder to fresh milk. They got away with it for a short period before being jumped on. I believe it was one of the nonsense things that highlighted the need for reforms: monetary policy, fiscal policy, business regulations, banking regulations, import licencing and tariffs reform, tax reforms (both simplifying and reducing), industry subsidies and protections.

@kaynewzealand117 2 года назад

@@TheClunkingFist Are you secretly Roger Douglas?

@JohnyMcNeal 2 года назад

Same thing in Europe, literally the same.

@haroldgodwinson832 2 года назад

You can't be serious. The economic reforms in the 1980s saved NZ. We went from a drab, backward, insular little entity somewhat like a third-rate Soviet republic, (Wellington in the 1980's was about as grey and depressing as a place could be) to something more akin to a modern free market economy. Instead of trying to pay for social spending with borrowed money, we actually started to grow and manufacture stuff that the world wanted to buy. And yes, that created huge disruptions for a lot of people who were largely employed doing essentially useless, unproductive work. However, the alternative would have been something like Argentina or Venezuela, which is to say, insolvency and ever declining living standards. If you want a 'social safety-net' you have to be able to generate the wealth to pay for it. Free market capitalism is the only system, yet devise, that has the capacity to do that sustainably. Socialism, as they say, only works until you run out of other people's money.

@julianskinner3697 2 года назад

You're right, the reforms of the 80s were about dismantling our welfare state.

@wahinetoaataahua8966 2 года назад

Kia ora I'm a maori and I've been watching your videos and it's so nice to hear the way you love our country so thanks heaps

@HadriansWallNZ 2 года назад

I think a lot of Americans believe they live in the “greatest country in the world” because they have been told this all their lives, but they haven’t actually travelled or lived anywhere else to compare. Whereas Europeans live in close proximity to other countries with different cultures that they are able to compare the differences and experiences.

@k9nick 2 года назад

80 percent of New Zealanders have a passport. 80 percent of Americans don't.

@libbysevicke-jones3160 2 года назад

The American dream is all propaganda and brainwashing

@titaniumwolf2 2 года назад

America is still the greatest country. NZers are way too sensitive. Too many beta males.

@k9nick 2 года назад

@@titaniumwolf2 that's what you see. To hundreds of other countries around the world, looking into the fish bowl as it were, that's not what we see. That's why so many Americans live and contintinue to try to gain residency here.

@superhoriguy3164 2 года назад

@@titaniumwolf2 only too you so meeehh

@LSgrimm91 2 года назад

Completely understand that feeling of being relaxed and loving it in NZ. My first trip overseas, ever, was to the North Island and spending two weeks travelling around solo from Auckland to Wellington. I'd travelled interstate a lot in Australia and there is always a specific feeling when you travel home. I was shocked that when I landed in Auckland airport, I felt that homecoming (even though I'd never been there before!) and have felt it every time I travelled over the New Zealand. I'll be glad when I finish university and can finally move over there permanently.

@Andy_M986 2 года назад

I hope you can make the move " Home" when the time arrives mate.😊

@Andy_M986 2 года назад

@@LSgrimm91 Swallow a teaspoon of Manuka honey before you lie down at night,it will sooth your throat.

@cuddlypandas2995 2 года назад

Good on yah mate, we have our ups and downs but were bloody Switzerland when it comes to world issues lol. Safe travels.

@dalekrenegade2596 2 года назад

@@cuddlypandas2995 What's that mean?

@cuddlypandas2995 2 года назад

@@dalekrenegade2596 It means we don't usually take part on any other countries bull. We just stay neutral. Unless it has something to do with is directly. People here don't generally give a shit...HOWEVER catastrophic events NZ sends help etc. BUT you won't see us staring wars or anything. We too chilled out.

@irishuang7190 2 года назад

I was falling in love with NZ when I first travel Au and NZ from China. Love here more and more, lucky been living Auckland 17 years. Thanks your program！

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Couldn't agree more!

@isaiahvolcy3751 2 года назад

More content like this! me and my wife plan to move to NZ after college! We have watched hundreds of videos but have never heard these points! love your video!

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Soo glad!! Thanks for watching

@juliawong1544 2 года назад

Come and see it for yourself and feel NZ...it might be good for you

@isaiahvolcy3751 2 года назад

@@juliawong1544 thats our plan when we finish college! We're starting to look for people across the pond because we don't know anyone! We might save for a year or 2 becasuee of the housing market

@juliawong1544 2 года назад

@@isaiahvolcy3751 there's always opportunities around NZ within any type of field. Nz is shortage of worker's in many field's.beutiful country and it's lovely for families. I know America cost of living is way better than here But once your settle you'll be all good. Stop over in south Auckland NZ when you're over here.

@isaiahvolcy3751 2 года назад

@@juliawong1544 Ya of course! I check the chats all the time as a Cyber Security IT person, and ya I'll be sure too! I'd be nice to cross over and have friends waiting for us! 😎

@murrayleckie4937 2 года назад

Wellingtons wind is unique and doesn't really apply to the rest of the country.

@kristinreign8026 2 года назад

Yes

@peterdonnelly1074 8 месяцев назад

Yes

@jeffbrehove2614 Год назад

I went to New Zealand for volunteer service when I was in college, and I fell in love with it immediately. Fell even moreso with its public health care, COVID-19 response, and general quality of life. I'm NOT happy in California. And I'm barely scraping by. I often wonder if New Zealand is for me.

@staceymcgimpsey4550 2 года назад

I love that at the end of this last tax year I received a bill of over $3000 from IRD but I knew that it was wrong. So easy to email them just to ask for some clarification and to receive a phone call a week later to say that they had input the wrong dates so it had calculated wrong, was actually due a $700 refund 😁. It's something I have never had to think about whether I can question a government agency or not

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Stacey - exactly what I am talking about! So amazing.

@NZKiwi87 2 года назад

I worked at the IRD for five years. Some people were pretty spectacularly rude when they phoned in 😂 on my very first shift answering the call centre phones I got called an incompetent baboon 🐵 I thought it was a quite inspired insult, but I still hung up on him 😂🤫

@julierose7841 2 года назад

Re the thing with the IRS, holy shit that’s awful. I’m glad you were able to get it sorted out. Had to laugh at the thing about the spellings - I’m a translator for an international company where US English is required for 99% of the jobs and it’s common for those of us from countries that use UK English to be able to get those jobs because we see US English so much in places like books and the internet. Glad you’re happy here. I moved away for a while but got really homesick and ended up coming back. In light of Cindy’s overall handling of covid, I’m glad I did.

@lisacole8256 2 года назад

Love this! I'm from Missouri and have lived in the UK for 13 years. So much of what you say about New Zealand is the same for me in the UK. Healthcare is less stressful, less chemicals in the food, driving a stick shift on the left, etc. Your comment about NZ being windy made me laugh - I say the same about the UK! It makes sense, islands are windy - but you don't realise how much until you live on one! History & traditions are what surprise me here. A normal family day out could consist of visiting a thousand year old castle or walking the remains of Roman cities. I just love it!

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Sounds amazing! I want to spend more time in Europe

@olivermailata8178 2 года назад

I really love how your review on things you notice on NZ vocabulary and the US vocabulary ,as well as you loving the kiwi culture with its nature...awesome😆😁..really love your video clips ❤.

@gerardo259 2 года назад

I moved into the southern alps Westcoast , 21 years ago , surrounded by mountains, rivers and native forests native birds including kiwi , Kea and many more , it can get windy and rainy , wouldn't want it any other way . Kiwi born and praise God for this great country , Aotearoa, NZ

@ingramdw1 2 года назад

David Hackett Fischer wrote a book where he contrasts the core value underpinning New Zealand and US society - long story short, for the US it is freedom and for New Zealand it is fairness. That goes a long way towards explaining your second point.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Oh really? I will have to check it out

@gissyb1 2 года назад

Lucid, But nz is actually more free than usa in alot of things too.

@tomfrazier1103 2 года назад

A lot of people are free to try and constrain someone else's freedom.

@miaowmail 2 года назад

What's the title of the book? I have read albions seed

@hugomeares7325 Год назад

A short history of The Treaty challenges the fairness notion

@johnforde7735 2 года назад

As a New Zealander, I moved to Japan in the early 90's. I got a job rewriting bad English translations from Japanese for Fujitsu. But the thing was, I had to correct to American English, because that was their main market. It kinda felt weird, but I got used to it. After that I moved to England and I would use American English in emails just wind them up (and I had gotten over my aversion to US English).

@queenslanddiva 2 года назад

As an Australian, the only other country I would ever want to live in is NZ. I love it.

@kathlinke1130 2 года назад

💯

@Lily_Catt- 2 года назад

I live in New Zealand but I want to live in Australia 😫

@morrisanderson818 2 года назад

For me as a Kiwi,,my choice would be Ausie,, unfortunately,,we can't become Ausie citizens anymore,but, Ausie's can become Kiwi's,,after 4yrs living here,,and can,go onto our healthcare system, straight away,, But I still,love Aus,,must be the ANZAC thing,, Been to the Goldie a few Times,,best holiday's ever,,if ya do come over,, you'll be welcomed I'm sure,, Cheers from the neighbour across the ditch 👍

@queenslanddiva 2 года назад

@@morrisanderson818 I am hoping to get back there some time! We'll catch up at the pub 😂

@dalekrenegade2596 2 года назад

Lemme guess, less things to kill you right?

@gozwal 2 года назад

Thank you, Tara... As always, I enjoy your ALL your vids!

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Glad you like them!

@gpark6050 2 года назад

No tipping, that is one absolutely awesome thing here. Everyone gets paid straight up a salary even when starting a minimum wage job. Don't have to rely on tips to make a dinner for a night.

@unnamedchannel1237 11 месяцев назад

Not completely correct but mostly.

@chicken_nugget154 2 года назад

Born and raised kiwi, this channel just makes me question other countries intelligence and I'm face-palming the whole time

@shadowstargate Год назад

I also don't think a lot of kiwi's appreciate how ahead of the rest of the world we are in terms of technology and money. Because we're a small but "first world" country, many technologies are rolled out here before the rest of the world (eg eftpos). The USA still uses cheques, fax machines, and a complicated tax system, while here most people under 40 can't write cheques (most banks dont accept them now anyway) or use a fax machine, because we can do everything from our phone

@Gardenpixee 11 месяцев назад

Yea I watch her just to see the differences and to see an "outsiders" perspective

@davidcurle7381 2 года назад

We moved to Fiji from NZ to build houses for Fijians. Watching your videos reminds us of just how priviledged we are to be Kiwis and it makes us very Homesick! We are coming back in January to build a motorhome and tour NZ for as long as we are fit and able.

@view5558 2 года назад

Thank you so much. Excellent video. Loved the information.

@SageRosemaryTime Год назад

With this and the " Mom Skills " help I have become a FAN . You Go Girl ! 🤩

@lol-gj1iq 2 года назад

Welcome to new Zealand .. I love everything about this country.. I love how we can live off the grid and be happy and well off

@bobpackard9527 2 года назад

Look at the latitude. We are smack in the Roaring Forties and the country is largely broadside onto it. Its exciting, and you know you are alive.

@stevewiles7132 2 года назад

Aw come on, you have Tasmania as a windbreak.

@bobpackard9527 2 года назад

@@stevewiles7132 With the rest of Australia as windbags!! Tassie, I love and like the people. It SHOULD be part of NZ.

@crystalchainz3419 2 года назад

Yup wind is definitely a Wellington thing

@haleyrichardson8818 2 года назад

Fair bit in Auckland too though 😫

@jumpingjohnflash 2 года назад

I saw a list of common 150 vocab differences between the US and the UK (such as elevator vs lift), so I sat down and worked out which ones we used in NZ - it turned out (oddly enough) for about 1/3 of the examples we used UK English, in another 1/3 we used US English, and the other 1/3 we used both interchangeably .

@WinterWind 2 года назад

Tax is online through IRD here. So easy, they already have most of your info and anything you need to input is just a box and you can submit questions 😊

@lenoraqereqeretabua5614 Год назад

This is by far my favourite of your videos. I am in Fiji and my family and I love NZ. My Dad and my brother went to school in NZ. My bro met his Kiwi/Fijian bride in Fiji and are raising their amazing family in Auckland. If I was to ever go live somewhere else, it'd be Aotearoa New Zealand for sure.

@2mangere7central59 2 года назад

Solid vid!!

@iallso1 2 года назад

I've experienced the wind in Canterbury, huge NorWesters that rip mature trees out of the ground in the hundreds, but not one that lifts my skirt around my ears.

@Kiwi403 2 года назад

Try living in Wellington. My entire garden is geared to withstand 140kph winds. As for the streets of Wellington - in Spring, the windiest season, nobody wears dresses.

@kaynewzealand117 2 года назад

In the 90s when I was skinny, I bought a white mini pleated skirt. It wasn't too mini - just a couple of inches above my knees. Walked down Lambton Quay - never again. It blocked my hearing.

@iallso1 2 года назад

@@kaynewzealand117 after which you were known as Marilyn?

@iallso1 2 года назад

@@Kiwi403 we seem to get windy conditions around all 4 equinox.

@flangekiwi 2 года назад

ROFL! "The Wind" .... Wellington is my hometown and our local hairstyle is called the "Windswept and Interesting" cut, please 😂😂😂 The gap between our two main islands is a funnel for the mighty winds of The Pacific. Hence the Wellington "breeze". PS: It's just "English" 👍🏾

@newzealandinsight-itstime2188 2 года назад

As an inbound travel agency run by Kiwi's for Americans to travel here we really appreciate getting a point of view from our favourite (or favorite!) clients! We look forward to borders reopening so we can see more of you. And if you're ever over in the Wairarapa would be great to catch up 😊 - Luke

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

That would be awesome! Yes borders please open…

@tgchism 2 года назад

The clearest and bluest sky I ever saw was in NZ! Also, we visited in July. We knew it would be winter but it was still weird to see the sun rising much further to the north because of the whole southern hemisphere thing!

@mistrylyra5848 2 года назад

Winter in July?

@doreenstirling2169 2 года назад

That was really nice to give a positive report or over view of N.Z. thank you. It isn't until some one comes into the country with fresh eyes on the matter which make us realise . . .oh is that how it is here . . .I hope you and your whanau enjoy the rest of your days here

@Tim_Shu 2 года назад

That wind is next level 😂 Flying into Welly when it's windy is an experience and even watching the planes come in from the bays is 😳

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@mogshade66 2 года назад

Oofania It's excellent isn't it 💚

@celianicoll7060 2 года назад

It's the only times I've ever been genuinely in fear of my life, landing in Wellington in a wind storm. We all clapped the pilot for getting us on the ground.

@peterdonnelly1074 8 месяцев назад

@@celianicoll7060 And the runway looks like it's about 100m long

@videoworks7731 2 года назад

a few days ago we had wind gusts of 160 kph in Canterbury... work continues life goes on

@FairnessFobe 2 года назад

About the spelling: it works in reverse, American 'english' spelling (& pronunciation) grates on 'native' speakers of English. Because so much of English has so many french words in it the French spelling has been retained, eg colour.

@chantelleventer1487 2 года назад

Love your posts, off topic love the hair today. My brother in law is there and they love it so much, hope we might go and visit soon

@davidschwartzguitar 2 года назад

Thanks for the video. This information is very helpful, as we're planning on making the move late next year/early 2023. I too am from the Chicago area, and Wellington is in our top five potential relocation destinations.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

ohhh exciting!!! Let me know how I can help!

@raeward1605 2 года назад

Lovely to watch you appreciate being here in New Zealand. And as a few mentioned you chose "Windy Wellington" for your home. 🤣🤣🤣 That's why so many don't live in Wellington. Try Christchurch next time, the "Garden City". I am sharing your video on Facebook for my many international friends. 💜

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Awesome.. thanks for sharing

@kathrose4811 2 года назад

Christchurch nor'westers, usually in Spring, can be pretty brutal too.

@taaimit9808 2 года назад

You are so right about the wind here: I got a friend from oversea, he looked at the fast moving clouds and asked me: is this clouds real? He through he was watching the clouds in the movies.

@markvegar1442 2 года назад

Your reactions are great

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Yes thanks - I have been more comfortable lately.

@hoover517 2 года назад

Same in Australia with Tax returns. Took a max of 15 minutes to complete both of our returns

@roycesenon2456 2 года назад

your accent is very strong, but you obviously have the kiwi spirit! so cool!

@teedub3984 2 года назад

I love the "Wellington" sign on the hill on the way into Wellington, the last few letters appear to be blowing away 😁

@erichfeit7779 2 года назад

I came from South Africa. Been here exactly 20 years. The best thing is feeling safe from crime here. I don't have to get up every day at 3 am to check the doors and windows are still securely locked. Erich from New Zealand.

@dantesempio7633 Год назад

Hi, I have 3 kids living in New Zealand. 2 in Wellington and my eldest is in Auckland. We visited them August of 2019. Hopefully will be back there and visit again next year.

@beinghang 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for making these video. I can totally relate to your last point. I had a spontaneous trip to Nz in Dec for 10 days and fell I love with it (and I love where I live - Hawaii 😊). I loved it so much that I am taking my work w me for 3 months...leaving in 2 days 😱 and see where this special country will take me 😍

@dmwallacenz 2 года назад

How long before you start saying _zed_ instead of _zee_ ?

@marinagabriela5806 2 года назад

Lovely video and insight!! I'm a new subscriber and I would like to know about your thoughts on homescholling. Like, what made you decide to chose this type of education for your kids, when the school system in NZ is actually effective in comparisson to ohter places

@stephendickson9000 2 года назад

It often amuses me seeing wind speeds in the states and them saying how bad it was. I'm like, a stiff breeze 😂😂😂

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Yes Yes Yes exactly! Thanks for watching.

@benedictachiechem7250 Год назад

Thank you very much for this beautiful information, I'm really interested in relocating to new Zealand. I've applied to some jobs already. Hope to be successful so that I can have the new Zealand experience.

@maltnz 2 года назад

Wellington wind - you can walk down one street in perfect calm and turn a corner to be bowled over by a gale. The strait between Wellington (bottom of the North Island) and the top of South Island channels the wind like a Venturi tube. Also nothing much between us an Antartica and winds from the South can be really cold.

@TheTheotherfoot 2 года назад

Hey Nalt, you forgot the one or twon tall penguins that break the wind.

@JL-jr9gk 2 года назад

I had to laugh when you talked about the Wellington wind, quite a long time ago (early eighties) I was leaving Wellington by plane, and back then the airport did not have airbridges, you had to walk across the tarmac and go up those stairs that are stored in the aircraft. I was behind a girl in a short skirt, and halfway up the stairs we were whipped by a gust of wind. She was holding onto the rails so that she didn't fly away, I don't need to tell you what happened to her skirt.

@richardluvsford7849 2 года назад

I have heard that Wellington has the freshest air of any metropolitan centre. I am a 4th generation Wellingtonian. I just that not only is it the cleanest air...but we get it to you faster!!!

@LucieMayer 2 года назад

Hey, yep, Wellington is probably the most windy town of New Zealand. I must say I was always lucky for a good weather. 😅🙌 So I don't really know how bad is there, but I feel like the whole NZ is just windy country 😅. My home country is not that windy as we have over here in New Zealand. Haha, when I used to worked as a waitress I have met so many different english speaking people and i had so much fun to help people understand each other what is "capsicum or bell pepper" "car boot or trunk" 😅😅 Great video 👍👍😍😍

@alastairtopham5939 7 месяцев назад

Another excellent video! Back in the early nineties I had an American girl friend and she was the love of my life! However, we used to laugh about some of the language differences. For example when she said "I am looking for my bill fold"...asked her "what the heck is a bill fold? It turns out it means a wallet. Another one was when I could say to her " Have you seen the flannel? I was meaning the small towel used for cleaning. She would say "when you say flannel I thought you were meaning a flannel shirt.? It was so funny we used to have alot of laughs about it.

@jimmymars1249 2 года назад

Dear Tara:It's the same as in thailand.When you report the yearly amount of either workmen compesation fund or accumulated summary monthly fee for social security for employees to sso wrong ,the amount difference that are supposed to be will be reckoned to the amount different based on the new amount.Sometimes even the amount usually will be rounded up,but sso officers will tend to round off.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Oh that is interesting - thanks for sharing!

@VtorHunter 2 года назад

Have you made a video about what it was like to move back to America and then what made you decide to move back to NZ? I think that would be really interesting if you felt like sharing.

@MichaelPower212 2 года назад

I spent two years in Christchurch, courtesy of the U.S. Navy. Yes, there was wind during the summers but nothing like you described in Wellington.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@IzukuMidoriyaArtYT 2 года назад

I would love to see this ✨ but it's gonna be out at 4am in the morning (not good at maths if I'm wrong)

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

No worries - just watch when it works for you!

@IzukuMidoriyaArtYT 2 года назад

@@Kiwiamericans mk✨

@lesp315 2 года назад

You are so natural it's amazing. Thanks for the tips. Gratings from San Diego. It's time to move I think.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Les - Thanks for watching!

@AHD2105 2 года назад

Wellington is windy, Im in Christchurch and it scared me. Blenheim, opposite Wellington seemed very sheltered. Blenheim and Christchurch are flat also. But ChCh has really bad southern winds sometimes.

@hellofromhoney 2 года назад

Aw bless... love your viewpoint and Wellington isn't called "Windy Wellington" for no reason lol. You could come further north where the wind isn't as crazy? Just a thought

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@bowenwinterbottom 5 месяцев назад

Love this one. I travelled to NZ from Canada at age 21 for a 3 week trip. It was meant to be a stopover on my way to Aus. I ended up staying for 6 weeks and have been back several times since then! I have Aus citizenship which allows me to live in NZ…..Have been daydreaming about moving there for years.

@Kiwiamericans 5 месяцев назад

Umm you should... you never know

@markwairepo2871 2 года назад

Im a Kiwi boy, just want to say thank you, welcome to your new home.

@lukeduke3001 2 года назад

I feel so proud watching your comments about nz

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Luke!

@kateythurlow4241 2 года назад

I’m a Kiwi now living in Spain. When I saw your video in my feed, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve seen videos before about with people giving a negative portrayal. However, I loved hearing your viewpoint! I’ve been gone 16 years now, but I’m still proud to be a Kiwi. Living in Spain has not been easy at times, particularly for taxes & other government issues! 😬😂 I’m from Auckland, but my brother lived in Wellington for a while, also known as the Windy City. 💨 I’m so happy to hear how much you love beautiful Aotearoa. 🌿

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Katey… thanks for reaching out! I would love to hear more about living in Spain. Soo glad you liked the video and it is a privilege for me to live in NZ! Thanks for watching.

@kateythurlow4241 2 года назад

I’m so pleased to hear that. I also love that you write a cook book! I celebrate Thanksgiving - for some reason only when I moved here… 🤷🏽‍♀️ I often google recipes, which are of course American & always need to google the measurements to convert!! 😂😂 Before Spain, I lived in London & Glasgow. I’m in the process of a blog, which will include my travel experiences, but not entirely about that. Spain is SO different to NZ & not just because of the language! Overall it’s pretty welcoming & there’s a lot of aspects I love about it, but certain processes can be very challenging & not just for foreigners. I also miss the greenery & space of NZ as well. 🌿😍

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

@@kateythurlow4241 sounds like amazing experiences! Please send me a link to your blog when you start it! The best things in NZ are free… the amazing outdoors!

@craigauckram1087 2 года назад

As a Kiwi, I find that how New Zealand was populated by the British, or settled has a lot to do with attitudes, first its was not by people coming into a developed land, those who arrived found that they had to roll their sleeve's up and erect shelters or get wet, those that who had the skills, ie workers that the better off settlers who had indentured, as soon as they could struck out on their own, the shortage of young women, nannies, maids etc. meant that they did not stay single for long, and the English class system broke down, and the New Zealander was born.

@gissyb1 2 года назад

Actually Maori were here 900 yrs ago and they developed very sophiscated social practices.. also fishing, gardening,spirituality and education were very developed.

@peterdonnelly1074 8 месяцев назад

I'm not so sure. I think a small number of enlightened people gave rise to the NZ culture of progressivness and tolerance. Although it started well before Michael Joseph Savage, but he was surely the architect of pre-neoliberal NZ, which despite the best efforts of unspeakable politicians, still exists, at least in background

@philld2576 2 года назад

Wellington is called windy Wellington because of how the wide can be so strong 😁

@louisetillett438 2 года назад

In Wellington you experience all 4 seasons in one day, annnd they don't call Wellington windy wellys for nothing 😜. On the corner of Bunny Street and Waterloo Quay is a wind tunnel, I had my son in his pram at the lights and the gale force winds blew the pram out of my hands 😅. Fun times

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Oh my goodness - really? Thanks for sharing.

@tiablasangoriti8347 2 года назад

I would love to visit New Zealand for a month. We'll see what happens. Thanks for the useful perspective.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

You are very welcome

@tiablasangoriti8347 2 года назад

@@Kiwiamericans I like your presentation style and voice tone. This content is very helpful.

@Terrestrial..1 2 года назад

A couple of weeks ago I got a financial statement from NZ IRD (inland revenue department) showing the amount owed back to me from paying too much tax.

@tasmanianbadger 2 года назад

Very diplomatic. I, too, was born in the US and ended up south of the equator (I live in Australia). I get that you don’t want to say it, but the truth is that compared to many, many countries, the US sucks. Its laws are capricious. The working conditions are awful. Education and health care would be a joke if the pain they cause weren’t so tragic. The US was once a great nation; now its just a cautionary tale.

@monowaikiwi6802 2 года назад

Your fairness observation is apt. There are many (Govt) agencies that ensure everyone gets a fair deal. For example the Ombudsmens office (and the banking ombudsmen), Commerce Commission (Fair Trading), Human Rights Commission, Childrens Commission, Police have Victim Support for all victims whether crime related or otherwise) etc etc.Another thing is the ease of talking to your local politican (well not the PM) - but politicans have ann office and anyone can pop in when they have a weekly clinic. Or you can make an appointment. One thing people notice is the Kiwi attitude to everyone "mucking in" - that is helping out whether volunteering to help or helping because they can. (Say cleaning up after an event.)

@Scarlett-mx4ox 2 года назад

Hello fellow Wellingtonian! Lol you definitely picked the windiest place in NZ to live in. Still haven’t gotten used to the wind, well I guess I have gotten used to it, It’s just annoying haha.

@kristinaldridge1712 2 года назад

I'm studying Law in Sydney and the difference in English makes a big difference. Such as the definition of redundant or how the pronounce caveat and the spelling and so on. My lecturer told me I have a "linguistics issue" because I'm American.

@harrycurrie9664 2 года назад

The ability to walk horizontally is an acquired art in Wellington.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Haha true!

@ghaithandmom 2 года назад

Thank you very much for your lovely sharing blessings, love and hugs and like

@myraclarke6124 2 года назад

You haven't spoken about dentists here and how expensive they are. I would like to get your perspective on that.

@Kiwichick138 2 года назад

Yes I do feel because we are so far away from the rest of the world we get ripped off for : electricity, solar panels, hearing aids, eyewear, dental etc :(

@K1dPhresh1 8 месяцев назад

My wife’s sister and her family and her mother live in Auckland. We’ve visited twice and I loved it. If the cost of real estate wasn’t so high…. I seriously considered moving there. I looked at the in demand jobs on ANZSCO and the work visa thing works. Haven’t been there since before COVID and looking forward to eventually getting back over there.

@Jovixgal 2 года назад

If you think the wind is bad in Wellington, don't come to Palmerston North! I'm an ex-Wellingtonian, and I was shocked when I first moved here. I've spoken to other ex-Wellingtonians and they agree, it's much worse here. On a bad day the wind blows from every direction and NEVER lets up. At least in Welly it comes in gusts.

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Wait what??? really??

@drayner2517 2 года назад

Vouch for that! When I was working for Air NZ a couple of years ago, the westerlies coming into and leaving PN airport were so bad! I was handing out the lollies on descent once when we hit some bad turbulence and the basket of lollies flew up out of my hand and onto passengers! I just said “Lolly Scramble anyone?!”

@tewhawhai7550 2 года назад

Yes! I'm born and bred Wellingtonian but that Palmy wind is so bone chilling!

@laskinov 2 года назад

Totally agree there. They have wind warnings on roads signs, as a Motorcyclist, you'll be riding straight between two hills, and when you come out of it, your bike would be leaning at 45 degrees and you'll be either heading to on coming traffic or heading off the road...scary stuff, but fun.

@xolelwassimpleliving9219 2 года назад

I love NZ . I’ve been here for 20 years.

@Justice0900 2 года назад

@kiwiamerican Are you going to do a delta experience vid?

@Kiwichick138 2 года назад

Yup, the Wellington wind, it ain't fun :( . There is this saying is 'you can't beat Wellington on a good day', that I reckon is because when there is no wind, Wellington is AMAZING!

@kaynewzealand117 2 года назад

We used to drive to Island Bay and park up to watch the southerlies roll in. Haha. Trouble was, as time went on, we couldn't get a park!

@mogshade66 2 года назад

@@kaynewzealand117 Do you remember the storm of February 2004? We went down the road to Island bay the next day. What a mess. 😊 It's so beautiful here.

@periaadoc 2 года назад

I don't know but I think the US is one of the few exceptions regarding filling tax forms. In Sweden (and I guess in some other Countries) i do my taxes online och on the cellphone. It takes about 5 minutes.

@tomc8854 2 года назад

Great video as always, just wondering is all of New Zealand super windy or just the area you live in? I’m a mountain and road biker and super strong winds can be a bummer.

@aza4632 2 года назад

No, that part of NZ is called the Windy City for the obvious reason 😂 Other parts a normal

@dougsmith3499 2 года назад

@@aza4632 depends on your point of view.... A Chinese friend of mine, when she first came to NZ, she was in Auckland and wondered why few people regulary carried umbrellas, after a few being blown out, she realised why. And from other places I have been, there is rarely wind to the extent I would get normally living in central North Island, and when there is wind, it is often more seasonal

@ananamu2248 2 года назад

I like to hear how much easier it is to live here ..I appreciate my country even more

@Kiwiamericans 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@GrumpyMcFrog 2 года назад

RE Using the local spelling -- Depending on what word processing and email programs you use, you can customize the Autocorrect settings. In MS Word, go to File > Options > Proofing > Autocorrect Settings. Just tell it to replace "color" with "colour". Should also be available on most smart phones.

@CapitalVideo 2 года назад

Fairness is a guiding principle I hope you are aware of and that taking advantage of somebody else is something that should be actively discouraged. It is necessary however to realise and accept that there are always two sides to every story and unless you take the effort to look at the other sides perspective, fairness is not something you are able to assess accurately. Always nice to hear your views Tara.