You would honestly love it here Tonia. So many visitors arrive here on a 4-week holiday and i tell them, you are not gonna see the whole of NZ in a month. 😁😁😁 Most come here and don't wanna leave, once they see how wonderful NZ , is and can be. A lot of persons and families have immigrated here, due to The Quality of life, and how laid back it is here and the people.
It's a bit of a shame he didn't mention the Far North and the Bay of Islands. I'm from Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island. We have awesome beaches and lots of geothermal activities nearby in Rotorua and Lake Taupo.
I know what you mean, being a Kiwi myself, but it's Ten Best and that means a lot of great places haverto miss out: Christchurch, East Coast, Hawkes Bay, Far North, Marlborough, Rotorua Lakes, etc, etc.
16:23 - Agreed, NZ is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. If you love the outdoors and if you have the money to afford it then NZ is a very rewarding place and even when you're poor, its still not difficult to enjoy all of NZ's natural splendor. HOWEVER we do pay for that through everything else that's broken and wrong about our country and our society. We're not perfect and there's a lot of things here which would drive people crazy. It's really about figuring out what's important for you and what's healthy for you and then finding the right lifestyle and country that suits that. Suffice it to say - tourist or NZer - life is easier in NZ when you're right than when you're poor.
New Zealand has 3 official languages, English, Māori and New Zealand sign language. So yes, we take our locals seriously. A lot of our signs are bilingual as well... Sometimes with braille in surprising places....
If you love nature I'm sure you would enjoy seeing NZ in person. I live in a small town (South Island) near the southern alps. It's currently winter here so I get to see the gorgeous sunrises heading into Christchurch City to work everyday with a view of the snowy mountains behind me. Driving back home at the end of the day the view of the sun going down behind the mountains gives them a hazy water colour look. The North and South Islands are both beautiful but are quite different. I feel lucky to live so close to beaches, Mountains, lakes,, rivers and yet still only 30 minutes to the city . Have enjoyed watching your NZ reactions and just subscribed to your channel.
Those archway rocks are, I think, limestone, so they erode like that Pricing of flights to NZ from Chicago return, cheapest seems to be about $NZ2900, roughly $US2000, going via San Francisco. But that was Expedia quoting for me in NZ
I love the fact you love where I was born... thank you... it's as freaking mad as it seems.. as below kia ora... I like you and your attitude a lot....I come from Te Kuiti and I use the name above for other reasons...
The Marlborough Sounds is glorious & no not fake none of what you see here is fake! We used to fish out there all the time and it felt like you were the only people in the world. The only thing that annoys me is that he cannot pronounce the place names very well at all perhaps he should have doubled checked this first, but apart from that he did a great job. As the entire South Island has only 23% of the country's entire population, the rest is what you see, mountains, ranges, beaches etc. I wake every day to look at spectacular scenery and when I was young, I did take NZ for granted, but I don't now though I have travelled to many countries around the world, lived in Australia for 15 years but to me there is no place like New Zealand, my home!
@@Kiwiklassic Oh did he mispronounce things? Oops. I always try to say the correct pronunciation of things but if a narrator says it wrong then I guess I wouldn’t know unless someone corrects me lol. You definitely grew up in one of the most beautiful countries on earth though 🥰
@@ToniaElkins The mispronounced words were place names most Māori place names. Starting with WH are usually pronounced as F so Wharariki is pronounced "Fara-riki". Tekapo is pronounced Tek-apo" not Te-ka-po its minor I know but it's just a correction. Also, Wanaka is pronounced Wan-a-ka not Wan-aka & Pūrākaunui is pronounced Pūrā-kau-nui (more emphasis on the ka). Finally the black sand what he didn't tell you is the black-sand beaches on the western side of the North Island are rich in titanomagnetite - a magnetic variety of iron oxide that also contains some titanium, it is more commonly known here as Magnetic ironsand. Hope that helps you out here.
@@Kiwiklassic Thank you so much! I appreciate it! And I understand completely, people from Illinois like myself, we get SOOO angry when someone pronounces the “S” in Illinois 😂
New Zealands south Island is like Jurassic Park without the Dinosaurs. No snakes or big carnivorous animals closest thing to a snake we have are eels and garden worms. We have one poisonous spider but ive never seen one in my 56 years its called the the Katipo spider.thoses Alpine birds will dismantle your car if you let them their mischief.
13:52 - the reason why the indigenous peoples of New Zealand - The Maori - get so much respect is because they learned, very early, to be extremely litigious. When the British colonized New Zealand, they got the local tribes to sign a treaty called the Treaty Of Waitangi - a document as important and founding as the US Constitution. This treaty outlines rights that the Maori return to - again and again and again - to fight for their rights whenever European interests begin to take over and the NZ government and court systems are forced to recognize this document as legitimate. Nothing happens in New Zealand without consulting the document and when it is ignored, the local tribes sue the government. It's only in the last 20 years that New Zealand has - socially and culturally - begun to actually appreciate and respect Maori more than they used to and that's largely due to global movements pushing back against colonialism which has become mainstream and fashionable. But prior to that, the Maori had to fight hard to be recognized and have their rights respected. Sadly the Native Americans have no such legal powers to protect them as the US government basically ignores the majority of treaties signed in the past and it sucks.
@@SPVFilmsLtd I LOVE that about New Zealand so much! I give your country so much respect for that. ❤️ It’s definitely sad, unfortunate, and down right f&cked up that the Native Americans don’t have anything like that.
Kia ora (hello) as another indigenous, I see and love your culture e hoa (my friend) and I hope you and your whānau (family) hāpu (sub-tribes) and iwi (people/tribe) are well, ny heartbreaks at how history has treated your people too and I stand by you all in you’re fight for landback too ❤ NZ was “discovered” late in terms of “world discovery” and our tupuna (ancestors) saw what had happened overseas and to other people like us :( we tried to enter a deal- The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi but the two versions were different and they tried to get rid of us but we’re fighting for our rights today under it- it’s the only reason our traditions are alive today and we’re reclaiming and holding the government accountable for things like our original names!! We’d love to have you visit ❤
one reason nz didnt join with australia as one country was the concern that the treaty of waitangi would be under threat leading to disadvantage for the maori.
the video u are commenting on has poor Maori pronunciation, so don't expect to copy him and say the words right lol. there's probably better videos to comment on lol.
Hawaii is a stop-off on the way to Australia and New Zealand, the flight from New Zealand to Australia is only 2 hours NZ is further south than OZ so it is a lot cooler there they don't get the hot summer like Australia.
There have been some sweltering hot summers in New Zealand, and l was born here 65 years ago. I am of maori descent, and if you ever do make it here, plan to have at the very least a 6 month visa. I've met so many people that come here with 1 month - 6 month visas that have told me they are already planning a longer return visit or that they are going to apply to come back with a long term view of applying for residency and starting a family. I won't elaborate bur we have our share if issues like every other country that need ironing out. I l could afford it... l would personally send you the return airfares and associated costs of visas and a reliable fully fitted campervan... simply based on the genuiness of your love of the natural beauty that many of us here take for granted. Camper vans are very popular with a lot of visitors... irrespective of age. Word... two essential must haves if you visit... 50 + sunscreen... ( she can get hotter than July here), and that's the least of that issue you have to concern yourself with. The bigger problem is that there a bloody big hole in the ozone layer above New Zealand and while it's hot and arid in places across the ditch in Australia, the sun here will fry your ass super quick if you aren't careful and that includes the days you least expect that when it's cloudy and overcast. Do the researched about that part. The other absolute is insect repellent. There are going to be times in parts of the country where you will absolutely require this. Thanks for sharing.
Most of the men in NZ wear velcro-gloves, it helps with the sheep. lol Yes black-sand, it is what is used to make titanium , I think, but don't quote me lol BTW the NZ$ is worth buggerall compared to the US$ so any prices mentioned would be significantly cheaper in your currency.
16:00 - Apart from Japan, New Zealand is one of the most expensive countries in the world to both visit and to live. Cost of living is incredibly high and NZ has the same wealth-gap issues as America and Britain, so its very difficult to make ends meet here. Thankfully we have socialized medicine and good unemployment security here to keep our society up on its feet. But basically if you want to visit NZ, its around $1000 USD return trip and then basically take the cost of anything in the US and double it for the NZ version.
I want to go to New Zealand and meet the RU-vidrs Your New Zealand family. Also go to the hobbit houses. From lord of the rings.they also have a place to eat dinner at hobbiton.. Let's go. I will leave wesley with my mom. 😂
All the rocks are left over from the Pacific Nuke tests in the 50,60,70s lol. Around Iceland-Norway, Faroe Islands etc has a lot of those rock features too.
Not this part of the pacific- most of our islands are relatively new landmasses pushed up via ocean volcanoes or tectonic movement in the Polynesian Triangle. NZ sits on the barrier of two tectonic plates so the uplift here is really evident via the mountain range vein running up the middle of both our islands at the bottom of our triangle :)
@@art3mis202 If NZ wasn't part of the Commonwealth the US would have likely nuked it in the latter 70's 😁 being all the anti-US nuclear protests that took place under the Muldoon Labor govt of the time.
Absolutely wrong. Closest nukes got was Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia by France and Northern Territories in Australia by the Brits. NZ has been anti-nuke forever and made official in the early 80s, at which time America sanctioned us. France sent in agents to commit an act of terror by bombing Rainbow Warrior murdering one soul on-board from South America. You've been corrected. That is all. Carry on.
@@AilsaPehi I wrote this so long ago can't even remember what it was in reference too now. Anyway it seems I've upset yet another greenie's applecart so that is just splendid. Btw there were no Nuke tests in the NT, that was in SA and they were only Atomic tests. Awee did the French blowup your gay boat? What a shame!
Nice to see the wonderful views and advice for sights to visit, BUT, this guy's pronunciation is off-the-scale whacko! 🙂 It seems to be a feature of his travelogues from around the world. You get zero knowledge of real Maori pronunciation from it. Great pictures, though, and YES! the water in those lakes really is as you see here.
The Indigenous people of New Zealand who are the Māori have gone that step further to challenge the government with success, but still to this day they are the only ethnic group being victimised when it comes to crimes, high imprisonment rates, poverty etc
New Zealand also has the highest rate of teen suicides in the world. uses to have the highest rate of imprisonment to especially amongst us Maori people.
