13 Surprising things that REALLY happen in New Zealand | that american in new zealand
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- New Zealand has some surprising things that are actually very common to see that you won't in America. If you are coming for a visit or to travel around on your holiday, you may be shocked as well!
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Interesting take on NZ. A word on the goats. First - at some point do a farm stay - may help understand how the rural sector views life in NZ - completely different to the urban folk. The goats need a short lead s they don't get tangled or try an jump a ditch or fence and get strangled. Some reason the shelters are in a pyramid - it prevents the goats from jumping on the roof (which they will do if the roof is flat.) Sure as eggs is eggs if on a chain they will get caught up. The farmer will put out water and move them at regular times - the goats will be a family pet so pretty happy and looked after. If not on a chain they would wander off and be shot as they are a pest and eat native plants. Being on a chain or lead is like having a notice saying "I m a family pet don't shoot me!" Hope that offers a different view.
Pretty much exactly what I was going to say! Yep, they definitely get moved regularly and come into a proper shelter at the end of the day
You don’t like tree plantations? Not being rude but where the fark do you expect wood to come from? At least we’re not demolishing native forest like other countries. Anyway the trees are replanted.
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Yes pine plantation are generally replanted, and in parts of the country native bush was cleared to plant the stinking things, also as rabbit control and because of soil deficiency making the land, in the past, unusable for livestock. Look up bush sickness.
Exactly.. maybe we should be like usa and cut down their native forests??
You sounded English with a mix of an Aussie accent when you did our accent 🤣🤣🤣
Your accent sounded more Aussie :D
Yes that was a very good aussie accent.
It's awesome to get a unique perspective on us Kiwi's. Love the humour and entertaining video.
Baked beans on toast is an English thing...maybe a hangover from wartime shortages? But it is good
Don't let the goats out...they destroy native forest. Short chains so they don't get tangled. Water is provided, moved regularly and they have adequate shelter .. legal requirements even if not adequate for you lol
Great video. You made me literally laugh out loud when you did the Kiwi "bye". I honestly didn't realise and now I'm aware of it and can't stop thinking about it. Keep up the awesome. Oh sorry... Kip up th orsum.
Baked beans and sausages sandwiches my school lunch 60 years ago, still eat them.
As a kid we had acres, chains, yards, feet and inches in 1967 we got desaminalised , one of the best days of my life, all divided by ten so easy.
I've never seen baked beans served as a side dish. Here it's either an extremely basic, but yummy, breakfast or lunch. It's home food, not something you'd give to guests.
Breakfast of champions. Baked beans on toast with a couple of poached eggs on top and a nice cup of tea.
To understand Kiwi's love of baked beans on toast, check out the Dunedin band, Mother Goose & their song, Baked beans. A kiwi hit in 1977. Bye 🤗
can i just point out that most early western movies I've seen (made in the USA I might add) & the many western novels I've read feature beans as a staple breakfast food of early Americans (& perhaps Mexicans re: Barrito's etc) Surely you must of seen cowboys sitting around the fire having beans & coffee?
You've got to do a Baked Beans "taste-off". Watties B/B are too sweet for me, Heinz Imported English B/B are too watery, Heinz "English Style" B/B hit the spot for my taste - nice and savoury. You can always put cheese and/or your favourite sauce in to make them your own preferred bespoke breakfast (Marmite/Ketchup/Worcestershire your call) and if you can ...do them in a saucepan instead of a microwave. Thick Toast with lots of butter ...nom-nom-nom
Hate the sweetness of nz food like that and watties is the worst! Cut the freakin sugar!
Baked beans as a side dish for a barbecue? Aaaargh!
Couldn’t agree more regarding how many people treat goats and your comments on forestry. Both are a scourge on New Zealand imo.
Baked beans on toast, or mince on toast - breakfast of champions!
Baked beans toasted sandwiches too
I'm born bred 2nd generation kiwi most teenagers move out when they want independence but smart teens like my son 18 going to uni still at home cheaper that way 30 min bus to uni
I can't remember a time when as a teen still living at my parents home when my mother didn't offer us backed beans on toast for breakfast. My memory here goes back to the middle 1950s.
I think that this was a local NZ thing - but who knows.
Can beat weetbix fruit and fresh cream for breakfast
Been to hotels in Aussie (well Sydney and Melbourne) that also offer baked beans and toast for breakfast.
@@markvegar1442 Weet Bix are Australian.
@@kathrynperry992 so
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On a short first time visit to Missouri US I bolted out of the loo cos the water flush was about to come out of the bowl haha😂
So many things that are mixed up in this one….
The prescription pill thing isn’t how you described it, that’s only in the USA. Those ads are fairly rare, limited and they don’t tell people to just ask/tell their doctors what to prescribe -ie proper personal medication, it’s only for basic painkillers where there are different options.
Not really sure what you’re talking about re the goats, that’s not particularly common at all. Likewise the sleep out thing is hardly that common, you might see it v occasionally with older teenagers.
Also v confused what you’re saying about bye… what English speaking country doesn’t say bye short for goodbye?
You’re right about dairies, they are how you described your assumption of them, they are mostly for bread, milk and ice creams… maybe lollies for the kids on the way home from school. Other than that just emergency supplies when you run out and can’t get to a supermarket for some reason.
Marmite and Vegemite are equal offenders, some kiwis are Vegemite people, some are marmite people…some are neither. But there’s not a majority for Vegemite. As you mentioned it’s Aussies who are mad for Vegemite.
Plantations are the way most countries produce wood for paper and timber, even the US and Canada does this, you may just not realize it there, but in the southern hemisphere these plantations stick out because they are not indigenous trees
Lol we do it both ways in South Africa, beans on toast and as side with our bbq😂
Are you in Kawerau or whakatane area both have large amounts of pine and palm trees, old people eating baked beans on toast and kids sleeping in sleepouts.
EFTPOS is the name of the payment system created by paymark in the 1980s
it is not just anoter name for credit but credit cards can use the EFTPOS system
The sauce in NZ Watties Baked Beans, particularly decades past, was very sweet, compared to the American version of Bbeans.
When I first had French Toast back in the 70s, it was topped off with little blobs of tomato sauce instead of any Syrup. I didnt have Maple Syrup till I was well into my 20s back in the 90s - Im sure it was here in NZ, we just never had it in the house and tomato sauce was a sweat and savory flavour.
Even our current half sugar version of Baked Beans is sweeter than in most countries.
Same old reason, corporation thinks sugar is cheap, sugar is sweet, sugar is addictive, NZ especially back in the day you cannot sue for just about anything so lets pack that chit in there no matter the health consequences... Laws and guidelines and overwatch has helped change that over the last few decades.
Radiata Pine is the species of pine you see everywhere. It grows more than twice as fast here in New Zealand than any other place on earth, so its a good cash crop and NZ company owns the 2 largest Radiata pine Forests in the World, 1 here in NZ and 1 in Canada if I recall right.
I HATE New Zealand's sweet stuff. It's so horrible and horrifying. You can't even get decent mineral water that has it's sugar cut. I have to do it myself and cut it if I want it.
@@Mcfreddo Absolutely, its slowly changing with soft drinks offering lower sugar, and sugar free options.
Back in the day (and now with full sugar option) soft drinks like Coke and Fanta had something like 40+gram of sugar per 375ml. To equate that, that is like having 12 teaspoons of sugar in a large mug of coffee. Adults are supposed to not exceed 12 grams of sugar per Day - that is 3 times the daily in one drink.
Regardless of how gross that is... how can anyone tell the difference between even 6tsps and 8tsps in that quantity. So why is there 12tsps of sugar in that mug in a commercial product. What purpose is it there for? When it is known to be very damaging to peoples health when over consumed. Is it's addictive qualities?
Again you cannot tell the different between half that sugar and that much sugar in the liquid and governments literally dont care here in New Zealand about this, they give little speeches and encouragement... while taking all the GST and profit tax off those companies. And GST and profit off dental clinics on adults.
If I remember right, Thailand's version of Coke is about 12% of the same sugar content by law.
I cannot believe governments do not understand that if they reduce the consumption and therefore profits they get off these very damaging products, the tax dept will still get that money from somewhere else. People will still spend on other items, so why continue to let the health of Kiwi's deteriorate with diabetes and shocking dental outcomes.
Sorry in a rant mood haha.
@@paulprice1705 Well they won't do a sugar tax or have a simple traffic light system.
I have to say the reduced sugar is replaced by either an alcoholic sugar (still has calories, but much better) or an artificial one. They are still sickly. I would have a sweetness tax.
Yes! They bang on about personal responsibility when it's a communal thing. Those companies have a responsibility. Frighten them with class action litigation if that were possible and they would also change their tune! Far better to legislate a standard and a 'taxometer' system for health.
Vegemite is gross.
All hail marmite (which is made in nz as well)
Yesss
100%
Baked Beans is an English thing that is still done in NZ and Aussie. Personally I have never liked them. Marmite is also English, if I have it I put cheese with it to tone down the flavour… or use it to make a beef casserole more rich tasting. Vegemite is more bitter and I won’t eat it by choice. Almost nobody lived in a caravan or sleep out, unless overcrowding in the home.
Trees are replanted, we regenerate.
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Sure the pine tree farms are fairly ugly but they’re the best tree for wood so what can you do bro.
I don't know anyone under 60 years old that has beans on toast for breakfast... that's an old British hangover
we shoot 3-4 Goats on the farm every week to feed the farm dogs 1 a day lol
Prescription medication commercials have a cool history in NZ. If your interested to know why it is allowed, reply and I am happy to explain.
Granny flats are great for teens or young adults.
If you haven't eaten beans on toast, you haven't lived. A meal fit for a King.
Beans on toast, classic Brittish fare, try it you may be pleasantly suprised
You made it...kiwis perfected it
@@londonbeatz I agree mind you I was born in NZ lol
@@johanmeischke9189 lol
Baked beans on toast with a poached egg on top..
@@meatavoreNana all good except I hate eggs, lol
its kinda new....i would live in a tent in my back yard ...in mairangi bay north shore auckland
Yeah apart from Myanmar the us are the only nation to still use imperial all other countries use metric, go figure
beans on toast "vogels" with a couple poached eggs.......the greatestet thing in the world
marmite on toast with some wet-bix thats a good kiwi breaky
Beans on toast= UK, no doubt Scotland and Ireland, Australia.......😁
How dare you talk about baked bean on toast
lol...ur awsome...good accent
True Kiwis don’t like Vegemite 😂
Goats are a pest animal here an escaped goat can cause a lot of damage. Don't feel s9rry for tethered goat's they're living a good life n are treated l8ke pet's and are bloody good eating
Indeed
My mate Makes a delicious Indian (Punjabi) goat curry
Straight up
Hearty azz😁
I don't think married couples calling their husband or wife partner
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That NZ accent sounded more london british to me
lol in a jiffy....ur so funny
NZers like baked beans on toast, its simple, un-ostentious and cheap. In fact that is one of the cons of NZ. Fabulousness, extravagance, artsy flair, have traditionally been greeted with suspicion and mockery, its just across the board. Take our old brutalist architecture, for instance. Hospitals and universities look like cement WWII forts. There could have been colour, pizazz, but no. Everything is sensible, plain, needs to blend in. Just enough to get by. Conformist.
The goats are fine.& get looked after.. they are pests in nz.
eh that was an Australian Accent !!!
Marmite is much stronger. Prefer Vegemite 😊
No Vegemite is stronger in taste
@@londonbeatz No....? For you. Your thoughts. We don't all have the same taste. But not for my family. They can't stand Marmite
Don't get the goat thing at all.
Farmers or property owners using goats this way care deeply about their comfort and well-being. Free range mostly, but will transfer them short term when required.
Your really going to hate this.
Dogs used for hunting wild pigs specifically are called working dogs.
If they can't perform meaning they don't show the courage breed in them are shot on site.
These dogs are feed kennels provided thier only job hunt. They know nothing else.
As a child I befriend these dogs as pups as they grew became beloved pets, much to my fathers dismay. When a dog or dogs failed to return from a hunting trip my father would explain they now live with Mr snow another farmer down the road.
The point I'm making is rural life is about survival not niceties.
Try a farm stay experience or better still spend a week on a real farm this may give you a better understanding the kiwi "No 8 wire" thinking.
Love your vids love your bubbly personality. Hate your kiwi accent.
LOL 😆 🤣 😂
ur not allowed to use the word "moa" in NZ...its very taboo
Just as an aside you're kiwi accent sounds distinctly Australia.
And no I don't like marmite or the other hideous mess
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Heavens NZ is different to America whooda thunk it?.
The electricity companies do nothing to supply power they are only billing franchises; Not a good idea to my mind.
Wife and husband for married folks. Partner for unmarried couples
no!!!!!!! marmite is not like bloody vegemite!!!!!!!!!!................whats wrong with eftpos----
Baked beans never been served Baked beans for breakfast either porridge or weet bix or cornflakes not Baked bean's nah not John Wayne thank you
Nup marmite is way the best.
Blasphemer!