I was in a tired and shitty mood when flying from Auckland - Sydney and this is the briefing they play before taking off, made me smile. Best briefing i've seen with the amount of times i've flown. Air New Zealand you never fail to keep up such a fantastic reputation and awesome staff! you make our country proud!
I agree a hundred percent. I flew Air NZ in 2015 for my first visit and the cabin and flight crew were incredible. You mightn't encounter elves, hobbits or wizards on board, but the crew definitely embody the attitude of New Zealanders . Once I landed and got out of the airport I fell in love with every aspect of the country. If/when you do get to New Zealand, you simply must indulge in feijoas. They are the perfect fruit to eat there. Like the people, they can be slightly tart when under-ripe, and sweet and juicy when fully ripe. You will love the people, the food, the geography - every little aspect of the country. Oh, and if you eat seafood, you really should indulge yourself in some green-lipped mussels! Kia Ora, and I sincerely hope you get to fly this amazing airline and set your feet on my favourite place in the world!
There's a lot to be said about this briefing method! I spent 21 years in the Air Force and I received a First Aid briefing back in the 70s. The individual delivering the briefing incorporated a lot of humor into the briefing, he missed his calling, he should have been a stand-up comedian in Vegas! Everyone was quiet and leaning forward in their seat because you didn't want to miss the next punch line. You could hear a pin drop. It's been over 40 years and I still remember that briefing; the only briefing I can say that about. Gen. Patton said that when he wanted his troops to remember a something he gave it to them dirty, well, I can tell you that humor works as well.
@@hobbygamer6220 so you think this humorous Middle Earth safety video should say "So if the plane fills with water you aren't forced to the ceiling, unable to move down and drown in the water like Boromir did on his own blood." Personally I always found it simple to suss the why of it and considered it Darwinism at work to disregard it.
This is absolutely the coolest airline video yet! Peter Jackson and his films are some of the best films of all times and it is really great to see New Zealand using their imagery.
Or more than 200 cigarettes. Going into Australia was even worse, that was one open pack and one unopened pack, the tax on anything over that is $1.10360 AUSTRALIAN per cigarette for cigarettes not exceeding 0.8 grams per ciggy. When I went they told me that Marlboros were terribly expensive so I considered bring a 90 day supply of 90 packs. That would have been just about AUS $1,980 to bring them in the country. They now have a more complex formula that is 16.5% of retail price PLUS $341 per thousand smokes. That would work out to about US $1,400. I chose not to take all those cigarettes. But once I got there I wish I had because the only Marlboros you could get were made under licence in Korea and tasted like burning newspaper, they were also $32 and change per pack, and that was Jan. 2017, now they are close to $50 per pack. I would have seriously considered permanent immigration to Australia except for this. And let it be a caution to you that the country as lovely as it is, is a major nanny state that never tells you precisely what you can and can't do, but taxes the snot out of any behaviours the government doesn't want.
I laughed until I cried when I first saw this on the flight to NZ, it was a wonderful way to start my visit, I was sorry I could not see it again on the in-flight video service, and have watched it so many times again because it is so warm-hearted and the music is great too, as well as being so funny and cleverly made!
+Hermione Jean Granger Didn't you send your parents there when you went off looking for horcruxes? Or was that Australia? It's been so long since I read the books.
I had a mortal, quaking fear of flying, even with Air NZ. Then I saw this and never felt safer. You could see everyone else around just beaming. It was amazing.
I watched this the first time 8 years ago, now I came back after reading 'there's a hole in my bucket by Royd Tolkien to see him and his brother Mike in the video, that made it possible for Mike to see New zealand. Still great 💜
Whilst a very loyal BA frequent flyer, this has to be the best produced and biggest passenger safety film ever. If ever i've seen branded content, that's it!
This was absolutely brilliant. Seriously they should play this before every flight. I've never been on a plane before, and I started watching this because a friend said it was a good laugh, but I actually ended up learning something too. Brilliant, I love it!!
capu700 yes! Your're so right! It could be Harry Potter for one airline in the UK and Doctor Who for another :) and in the US the Avengers for one Airline and for another Airline, The Justice League
On my last few flights before this global lockdown, was it with KLM... or British Airways, or... anyway, there was definitely humor in the flight safety movie, enough to to enjoy watching it fully a few times giggling half the time.
Being a kiwi and currently living in NZ myself I've found this to be quite the opposite. New Zealander's are proud of their country and love to have it shown off to the world. 100,000 people showed up to the hobbit premiere in Wellington, that's 1/5 of the Wellington region.
Yes, Even something as boring (but essential) as retirement savings plans have a fun cool name “Kiwi Saver”. In Canada that’s RRSPs Registered Retirement Savings Plans. In the US it’s “401k” or IRA. (essential, but dry and boring and lots of red tape.)
Can I just ask, how does our kiwi accent sound to the rest of the world and are you going to watch the upcoming AirNZ safety video with the Sports Illustrated models? I definitely can't wait!
To an American, it sounds like a clearer Australian accent with fewer idioms, a far more oxford-like dialect than Brumie & Cockney British, or US regional speech found in Massachusetts, Georgia, Louisiana and the Ebonics forms. It sounds like a sharply annunciated Southern American accent to many here.
Ac1dR3FL3X I am from southern USA and it doesn't sound southern at all to me. If I only heard it and didn't know from the film, I'd have guessed Australian or New Zealand.
I find the kiwi accent lovely to listen to. It's warm and friendly sounding. I believe the first time I heard it as different from Australian was when Rachel Hunter was interviewed. From what googling I've done on NZ, it's on my list of "wish to visit" places.
It sounds like a variation on the stereotypical British accent. I probably would think it was a British accent if I wasn't paying close attention...and what is this Sports Illustrated models you speak of? It sounds cool!
+Jared Taylor-Finch He doesn't say that in the movie? I never noticed! Must be they were counting on ignorant modern people who would take "fly" literally..."what, he wants them to fly away?" I guess I just mentally made myself hear it as "fly, you fools". Not that I've watched the movie many times.
They had 300ER, 200ER, 787 and 320 versions. Almost the same but with evacuation scenes altered. Seats differentiate between the Boeings and the 320s in real life but were left as is in the video. 320 video cut Business info etc
Love it! Funny, charming, with a little bit of sex appeal. I am so looking forward to visiting Australia and New Zealand once this pandemic is under control. Well done Air New Zealand.
(As of October 2022) Covid restrictions are finished now, and the vast majority of people have been vaccinated, with many folks having the Covid afterwards, and only having minor symptoms. If planning a trip "down under" allow yourself enough time, remember that Australia is a huge island continent as large as USAmerica's lower 48 states put together, (stretching from Temperate in the South to full Monsoonal Tropics in the North) and that NZ is a separate country comprised of 2 large islands totalling same size as Wyoming State or the UK with just 5 million population. We are 1,000 miles / 1,600 km away to the SouthEast of our Aussie cousins (we range from moist subtropics in our North to cool temperate in the South). Remember our seasons are reversed compared to USA, UK and Europe. So Christmas, New Year's into February are our mid Summer and peak holiday season, and mid Winter (and peak Snow skiiing in NZ) is around July/August. When you do visit, take extra care crossing roads as our steering wheels are on the right side of the car and we therefore drive on the left side of the road (same as Britain and Japan, but the opposite to USA and most of Europe etc) . In Australia almost all the animals want to bite you, suck your blood or eat you, (Salt Water Crocodiles, Fresh water Alligators, snakes, and in the Tropical North, they reckon the mosquitoes are so big, that ground crew at Darwin Airport started filling one up with Av-Gas, before realising their mistake ! LOL) and in NZ expect higher prices because although almost nothing bites (except grocery and petrol/gasoline prices !) there are no snakes, no scorpions, almost zero biting spiders, but goods often cost more because of extra shipping needed for imports. If you ever make it to Christchurch city in the South Island of NZ, look me up, I'll show you 'round a bit ! Generally speaking, Over the years, I've found flying with Air NZ ok, but QANTAS or Emirates is far far far nicer, and worth any small extra cost. Cheers
@@KiwiCatherineJemma Thank you for all the info. it's much appreciated. I live in Canada, and know what it's like to live and travel in a big country (2nd largest country in the world after the Soviet Union). My goal is to ship my motorcycle over to Australia and ride the roads, then grab a ferry to New Zealand to explore there. I've never flown Qantas but have used Emirates which is a great airline. If I ever make it over NZ I'll definitely give you a shout and the same goes for me; if you ever make it over to Alberta, Canada let me know. Best time to visit is late August til October (22C today). Cheers, and thanks again for the advice.
@@deborahcabot3100 (Just between you, me and the 400,000 people quietly reading this text thread...) Be aware there are no public ferry boats between Australia and NZ, so people MUST fly (exceptionally rarely, folks can pay to get a ride on a freight cargo ship, they sometimes have cabins for a handful of paying passengers. It's no cheaper than flying, but is a one week "experience" apparently. I must give it a go someday !). NZ's climate is entirely different to the North American landmass which stretches to the polar North. Because we are islands we're never more than about 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean. And although there is nothing between the South of NZ, until you reach Antarctica, being ocean all the way, (except a few small rocky islands inhabited by weather scientists counting penguins etc) moderates Winter cold weather from making its way here. Christchurch is about 43 degrees South Latitude, about the same from the Equator as Chicago USA. However here we are lucky to see a dusting of snow once every 5 years LOL this year we got a dusting twice, both times it was mostly melted by 9.30am and on roads it melted instantly. (However inland we have mountains up to 12,000 ft / 4,000 metres, and at altitude they get lots of snow, and world class snow skiing). Winter morning frosts are mild and short enough we can grow oranges and lemons and some vegetables like cabbages all year around and other subtropicals including some types of palm trees here (far more up North). Local Oranges are a keen gardener's curiousity, not as good as shop-bought ones grown in the North of the North Island or Australia though. Some gardening textbooks say Christchurch City's climate is like Vancouver Canada, but I think we're more like coastal parts of Oregon State. When I see RU-vid videos of temperatures of minus 18*C I think of my freezer at home. When I hear of colder temperatures, I can hardly conceive of it. Here there is no such thing as needing to Winterise a car, no Winter tyres, no Winter engine oil. People into skiing fit tyre-chains when necessary to access icy access roads. Diesel fuel oil does have a "Winter" formulation though. But yippee we are heading in towards Summer now and I have Beans sprouting in the garden and more to plant tomorrow.
@@KiwiCatherineJemma Lol, well there goes my dream of riding around NZ. We use ferries most in BC and to NL (Newfoundland). The longest being a 7 hour during from Nova Scotia to NL. I'm originally from NL, grew up in Quebec and settled in Alberta. We are moving into winter, with morning temp. at -3 then warming up to 15 all the way up to 21C. We do drop to -30 or even lower in winter, but hey all part of living in Canada. The East coast of Canada gets heavy snow and it stays until March or April. The West coast get light snow which like NZ usually melts by mid day. Enjoy your garden. Cheers
@@deborahcabot3100 New Zealand's North and South Island are connected by large ferries which transport passenger walk-ons, cars, trucks, motorbikes and train freight wagons. There is also a small picturesque very nature-y, "Stewart Island" right at the very South and that is also connected by ferry to the bottom of the South Island. In general, Australia's roads are long straight and mostly flat (except for the strip up the East Coast which is all old volcanoes) whereas in NZ almost all roads are hilly and winding corners (because we're either volcanoes or tectonic plate boundaries uplifted). I actually live in one of the few "mostly flat" places. Although we have some lovely hills favoured by bushwalkers, cyclists and motorcyclists , just touching our Southern city suburbs. The remains of 2 extinct volcanoes from a gazillion years ago. Up to 900 metres high at their peak where radio and TV transmitters are located. There's several places renting motorcycles here. Here's one with a large local branch. www.motorcycle-hire.co.nz
