lol there are more co ed schools here in NZ than there are unisex, guess you've not been here long before making this vlog . .hope you enjoy your stay.
Yes, Epsom Girls' Grammar School is hardly the sterotypical NZ. School. It is older than most (founded 1917), larger than most (2,200 including a number of boarders). It is also has as an alumnus Helen Clark, who was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of NZ (Jenny Shipley was the first woman PM, but gained the position by topelling Jim Bolger mid-term).
Firstly New Zealand is a Maori nation that shares the country with the crown ( the queen) 👑 and her subjects and together we are doing a much better job in the world then America ever would or could.
@@JohnDoe-tc5bc wow bro we all know they stole it. That is what the colonizer's do. Im talking about now and with out starting a full on riot I just stuck simple stuff for Americans to understand. Attacking myself who would love the queen to fuck off and Maori to get all their land back, is probably not a smart thing to do. Kia ora mete
@@JohnDoe-tc5bc no trade and theft was the thing back in those days, NZ wars is a great doc to watch, tells the real story behind the wars, im part english i cant apologise for both of my ancestors, back then it was normal.
Kia Ora, Aotearoa/New Zealand was discovered years before the Europeans arrived here. It was newly discovered according to European history but not according to Maori people who were here before the European settlers 😀.
@@kLb780 The Irish arrived in the 1840s as traders and whalers. The Maori arrived in the 1300s It was not until 1642 that Europeans knew the country existed.
Although the cities are not that big here in New Zealand, when you move here there's still the thing where you have to get used to the city you live in here, you gotta know where things are located, where your even going, what brands we have, and how much different things can cost, e.g. if you need to visit financial services or stores then you gotta know where to go, if there are large local parks in the city then you would also want to get used to them, e.g. know where your going when visiting so that you don't get lost in them
Its not true that most schools are single gender schools. The majority of schools are public co-ed & the private schools are generally religion based. We have two major single gendered schools where I am, that traditionally accomodates the rural children (high school only) & are boarding schools. You usually find these in the main centres.
Of course we also have the nicest people, the best scenery, lovely weather, great education, excellent health care.... but I don’t want to go on about it.😊👍
I mean, technically a minority, but only barely. And the more upmarket the school, the more likely it will be gendered. They are slowly becoming less common, because most new schools are co-ed. But that's also why the best schools are gendered, because they're usually the oldest.
An important thing for Americans in the military to understand (as I am sure her father fully understands) is that NZ was an ally of the US for most of the 20th century and even stood with the US in the major wars even years before the US showed up to the fight. But when they did NZ was the home and training ground for the USMC 1st div that went on to Guadalcanal. So when NZ decided, in the early 80s, not to play into the world nuke madness and say - "We are now nuke free and if your ships are nuke powered or potentially have nukes on board then you cannot visit" American went apeshit and cut NZ off from trade, diplomacy, military corporation etc (no wonder there are no US bases and her father's role was new). There was even a US admiral who said that the US should go down and take over NZ!! What set that policy in stone was when the French blew up the Rainbow Warrior in NZ waters and the US said nothing about it!!!! A State sponsored act of terrorism against a "western". In an ally's harbour and that killed someone!! Britain - crickets. The US - crickets. Vets, drinking beers at the veterans clubs, said "fuck you! Nuke free NZ policy and an independent is now a cultural thing no matter how many Bush's say war is a good thing. I wish her well and hope she learns a lot
Mt eden where you live love has some incredible history,the Maori dug tunnels to all those old volcanoes that you mentioned ,this new warfare became popular in Vietnam hundreds years later,my ancestors were cunning buggers,but ruthless against an enemy be it other Maori tribes,or the British.
The volcanoes are extinct… but we are on an active lava field. Earthquakes are rare in Auckland though… gotta go further south to start shaking. We are still in danger of Tsunamis though… we get them from South America as well as Japan and some are from more local earth quakes
So many negative comments. By in large she's fairly accurate. Obviously most schools are coed, but it was one of the last colonised countries, colonised by Europeans, the Maori found NZ around 800 years ago, which compared to Australia's 60 million is makes NZ very new. Whist kiwis say it's bigger than the UK or Japan in land mass compared to most of the world it is small and does have a small population. But having lived in NZ 22 years it's a fantastic place to grow up.
the pacific triangle: aotearoa (new zealand) - hawaii - rapa nui (easter island), you’ll find everyone in this area have more than a few things in common .. the world’s best navigators ..
There are 2533 schools in New Zealand ; 2417 co-ed, 64 all girls, and 52 all boys. Out of the 116 gender specific schools, it is safe to assume that they're predominantly highschools. These gender specific schools are among our larger educational institutions, with an average enrollment of 90,000 children per year, or roughly 7.5% of our population under the age of 18. It is understandable why she may have assumed that most of our highschools are gender specific, but it is misinformation. Where I grew up, there were several co-ed primary and intermediate schools, which then merged into gender specific highschools ; Marlborough girls and Marlborough boys. This is common amongst the more populated areas of New Zealand, but is less common across the rest of New Zealand.
Slightly odd statements about geography. Okinawa is mostly volcanic (as are a lot of Japan) , so she had lived near volcanoes before. Also most of the North Island (in which Auckland is located) isn't volcanic.Though are a lot of volcanic fields in the top half of the
@Johan Meischke LOL Yeah right a qualified geologist who can't use basic english grammar and obviously doesn't know the TAUPO volcanic zone is the NZ geological term for very a large V shaped section of central Nth Island which extended north from Mt Ruapehu all the way to the bay of plenty. A large section of the TVZ lies under the sea. There dozens and dozens of volcanoes in the area. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00268925 Go and troll elsewhere kid.
@@user-uy6uc5ey5q multiple cones in Auckland. Ruapehu, Ngaruahoe, Tongariro, Taranski all active. Lake Taupo the crater of one of largest eruptions in aeons.
@@17garm Your making the classic mistake of thinking prominence is the the same as dominance. Volcanoes standout in the landscape and though they are significant geographic features in the NI, suggest one day looking at a geological map of the island. You will see the igneous rocks are islands in a sea of sedimentary rock types. The dominant rock in the NI is boring old greywacke.
There are 52 known volcanic cones around the Auckland isthmus. The landmass of our nation is made up of 3 main islands and geographically speaking is larger than the u.k or Nippon. 🙃
Military transfer, where’s the church?... perhaps not the best intro to NZ. Unisex schools, recently discovered, white people... perhaps not the most enlightened summary. I hope you are enjoying our country and your horizons / perspectives have been extended. Tip: Perhaps watch the kiwiamericans vlog for a more comprehensive bilateral overview.
You couldn't have picked a better country to live or holiday in, except perhaps Australia. Love NZ. Lived there for 3 years in my younger years in Christchurch. You are talking shit when it comes to gender specific schools. There are some private girls schools and some private boys school. As a rule, however, private and government schools are co-ed and arguably have a better education system than many countries and in particular much better than the USA. Uniforms are worn to prevent students using schools as a fashion event (predominantly girls do this). Uniforms are also widely worn in Australia. Just stating the obvious. NZ is as modern as any other modern country if not more so. Obviously the housing met your lofty standards. Houses in Australia and New Zealand are mostly brick exterior so your sarcasm regarding cinder bricks is unfounded and unusual. Have you heard the story of the three little pigs. Well, the house made of stone was much stronger than houses made of sticks, as used in the USA. Housing in New Zealand and Australia is very expensive. That million dollar house you lived n was probably closer to 2 million whereas in the USA a similar home would be much closer to $250,000. What Australia and New Zealand lack is pollution. That stench, stink and mess you can keep in America. We don't want it. Our lands and waters are pristine and as a people we intend to keep it that way.
It wasn’t clear in this clip but we are actually the children of American military members and have had to live in varying housing situations, such as the cinderblock ones in Okinawa, Japan. From my conversation with Kena, she seemed very appreciative of her time there and was respectful towards the people of NZ. I admire the love that you have for your country and hope that our “stench” reeks of freedom. Thank you for sharing your experience!
@@SHANONSHOW Don't mind John. He appears to have picked up a lot of Australian rudeness. Many of the points he made are correct, but he could have been nicer about it. He's wrong about brick houses being strong though. In an earthquake prone country, they're the worst way to build (too prone to cracking and collapse in a big shake).
@@Lucalikesstuff You're right. My wife and I spent many days in Christchurch following the earthquake with me reminiscing over the years I lived there. I was more thinking about the weather and how bricks are a better insulator especially in Australia where summer is very hot. I am flabbergasted that Americans know so little outside the USA and even then know so little of their own country. Their medical system is woeful, they own more guns than people and consume outrageous amounts of fossil fuels and the resulting pollution which the southern hemisphere countries have to contend with.
John is right,far too many people will go to NZ,and start slagging off about it,if they don't like it,they can just go back to where they came from,we don't need that kind of attitude. If I go to a country, I am a guest,and I don't start ripping into a place before finding out about it ,some American chick in another video, assumed New Zealand doesn't have trains,that's ignorance. Enjoy your stay,and please,watch what you say,people will rip you to shreads,wherever you go.
@@Andy_M986 Um, where did you get the idea that anybody was slagging off anything in the the video? Everything I heard about NZ in the video was admiration or adoration. It sounds like you're just hating on Americans for the sake of it, or because of your own prejudices. Maybe you should take your own advice and find out more about a person before ripping into them, and certainly take your unwelcoming attitude elsewhere as it's not very Kiwi at all.
Guess that urban legend about Americans and geography is true.
lol there are more co ed schools here in NZ than there are unisex, guess you've not been here long before making this vlog . .hope you enjoy your stay.
Yes, Epsom Girls' Grammar School is hardly the sterotypical NZ. School. It is older than most (founded 1917), larger than most (2,200 including a number of boarders). It is also has as an alumnus Helen Clark, who was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of NZ (Jenny Shipley was the first woman PM, but gained the position by topelling Jim Bolger mid-term).
Firstly New Zealand is a Maori nation that shares the country with the crown ( the queen) 👑 and her subjects and together we are doing a much better job in the world then America ever would or could.
No your full of shit the crown stole all our land and set up there government the crown don't share shit with maori so get it right or shut your mouth
@@JohnDoe-tc5bc wow bro we all know they stole it. That is what the colonizer's do. Im talking about now and with out starting a full on riot I just stuck simple stuff for Americans to understand. Attacking myself who would love the queen to fuck off and Maori to get all their land back, is probably not a smart thing to do. Kia ora mete
@@JohnDoe-tc5bc no trade and theft was the thing back in those days, NZ wars is a great doc to watch, tells the real story behind the wars, im part english i cant apologise for both of my ancestors, back then it was normal.
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@@gracepreston9995 so is eating you white people that's normal
New Zealand isn't that small, it is bigger than the UK for example.
My country don't spend and waste billions of dollars on weapons of war to kill but peace and love.
Alot of US military people in New Zealand work out of the United States Antarctic program based at Christchurch airport
We are mostly co-ed schools. School year starts approx feb until nov/Dec. depending school you go to and what year you are in.
Kia Ora, Aotearoa/New Zealand was discovered years before the Europeans arrived here. It was newly discovered according to European history but not according to Maori people who were here before the European settlers 😀.
The Irish were in NZ before the Maori arrived.
@@kLb780 The Irish arrived in the 1840s as traders and whalers. The Maori arrived in the 1300s
It was not until 1642 that Europeans knew the country existed.
@@kLb780 wtf....where did you get that info from???? Obviously you know sweet F all about our history!
@@kLb780😂
Although the cities are not that big here in New Zealand, when you move here there's still the thing where you have to get used to the city you live in here, you gotta know where things are located, where your even going, what brands we have, and how much different things can cost, e.g. if you need to visit financial services or stores then you gotta know where to go, if there are large local parks in the city then you would also want to get used to them, e.g. know where your going when visiting so that you don't get lost in them
welcome, enjoy your time here stay safe healthy happy learn heaps share your experiences may they all be fun
The best ever comparison I've heard about NZ schools is hogwarts 🤣😂
Hobbits and now Wizards. Gandalf you have some competition mate
Hogwarts? 🤔🤔🤔mmm. Hobbits to be exact.
Soon as our borders open up not sure when, be real nice to see you come here again, love your energy👍
Its not true that most schools are single gender schools. The majority of schools are public co-ed & the private schools are generally religion based. We have two major single gendered schools where I am, that traditionally accomodates the rural children (high school only) & are boarding schools. You usually find these in the main centres.
Nz has military bases. I live next to our air force base.
NZ has just over 5 million people, which is roughly the same population as South Carolina.
It’s also the same size as Great Britain.
@@17garm Actually slightly bigger than Britain and slightly smaller than Japan
@@dennisfoster5910 don’t be so picky😊
Of course we also have the nicest people, the best scenery, lovely weather, great education, excellent health care.... but I don’t want to go on about it.😊👍
@@17garm you think being accurate is being picky?
AOTEAROA new zealand had been discovered years before the dutch and english “discovered” it ..
Yes about 400 years.
Somewhere around 800 years
Actually the Chinese were the first to discover NZ around 1421 to 1422,sailed up the west coast and madeandfall in the north island.
@@dennisfoster5910 Actually the Māori were the first around 1320 - 1350
@@yellowfirecat are you sure, maybe the Chinese beat them here.
A very interesting outlook, haha
Single sex schools are not uncommon, but definitely the minority
I mean, technically a minority, but only barely. And the more upmarket the school, the more likely it will be gendered. They are slowly becoming less common, because most new schools are co-ed. But that's also why the best schools are gendered, because they're usually the oldest.
Single sex public high schools are definitely the minority. And ALL primary schools are co-Ed
An important thing for Americans in the military to understand (as I am sure her father fully understands) is that NZ was an ally of the US for most of the 20th century and even stood with the US in the major wars even years before the US showed up to the fight. But when they did NZ was the home and training ground for the USMC 1st div that went on to Guadalcanal.
So when NZ decided, in the early 80s, not to play into the world nuke madness and say - "We are now nuke free and if your ships are nuke powered or potentially have nukes on board then you cannot visit"
American went apeshit and cut NZ off from trade, diplomacy, military corporation etc (no wonder there are no US bases and her father's role was new). There was even a US admiral who said that the US should go down and take over NZ!!
What set that policy in stone was when the French blew up the Rainbow Warrior in NZ waters and the US said nothing about it!!!!
A State sponsored act of terrorism against a "western". In an ally's harbour and that killed someone!! Britain - crickets. The US - crickets.
Vets, drinking beers at the veterans clubs, said "fuck you!
Nuke free NZ policy and an independent is now a cultural thing no matter how many Bush's say war is a good thing.
I wish her well and hope she learns a lot
Mt eden where you live love has some incredible history,the Maori dug tunnels to all those old volcanoes that you mentioned ,this new warfare became popular in Vietnam hundreds years later,my ancestors were cunning buggers,but ruthless against an enemy be it other Maori tribes,or the British.
hope things are going sweet az for you in NZ,And that us kiwis are taking care of yall yanks :)
The volcanoes are extinct… but we are on an active lava field. Earthquakes are rare in Auckland though… gotta go further south to start shaking. We are still in danger of Tsunamis though… we get them from South America as well as Japan and some are from more local earth quakes
how did epsen girls take this girl
As an NZer ... your description of us as a European Hawaii is just a bit too accurate lol
The indigenous Maori pple diacovered Aotearoa about 1000 Yrs ago
Try 2000 years plus.. we were coming here way before the main migrations
Actually around 800 years.
What we have a military we fought in ww1 and ww2
So many negative comments. By in large she's fairly accurate. Obviously most schools are coed, but it was one of the last colonised countries, colonised by Europeans, the Maori found NZ around 800 years ago, which compared to Australia's 60 million is makes NZ very new. Whist kiwis say it's bigger than the UK or Japan in land mass compared to most of the world it is small and does have a small population. But having lived in NZ 22 years it's a fantastic place to grow up.
what, Australia's population is 23 Million, and they all live near the coast,
@@greggiles7309 25,800 so almost spot on and 90% live by the coast....your point?
There wasn't a single all boys/girls school in my city you had to go to the capital (Wellington) to find some.
Which is 20-30mins from my city.
Maori or Hawaiian same same but different !.
the pacific triangle: aotearoa (new zealand) - hawaii - rapa nui (easter island), you’ll find everyone in this area have more than a few things in common .. the world’s best navigators ..
New zealand is 92% bigger than Florida is
Our population is smaller
Most of the schools are co Ed… it’s only in the inner city suburbs that you have seperate gender schools. Prob cos those areas are quite wealthy
There are 2533 schools in New Zealand ; 2417 co-ed, 64 all girls, and 52 all boys. Out of the 116 gender specific schools, it is safe to assume that they're predominantly highschools. These gender specific schools are among our larger educational institutions, with an average enrollment of 90,000 children per year, or roughly 7.5% of our population under the age of 18. It is understandable why she may have assumed that most of our highschools are gender specific, but it is misinformation. Where I grew up, there were several co-ed primary and intermediate schools, which then merged into gender specific highschools ; Marlborough girls and Marlborough boys. This is common amongst the more populated areas of New Zealand, but is less common across the rest of New Zealand.
Most schools are co-ed
Slightly odd statements about geography. Okinawa is mostly volcanic (as are a lot of Japan) , so she had lived near volcanoes before. Also most of the North Island (in which Auckland is located) isn't volcanic.Though are a lot of volcanic fields in the top half of the
@Johan Meischke Can I have the sourced geology paper for this "fact".
@Johan Meischke LOL Yeah right a qualified geologist who can't use basic english grammar and obviously doesn't know the TAUPO volcanic zone is the NZ geological term for very a large V shaped section of central Nth Island which extended north from Mt Ruapehu all the way to the bay of plenty. A large section of the TVZ lies under the sea. There dozens and dozens of volcanoes in the area. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00268925
Go and troll elsewhere kid.
@@user-uy6uc5ey5q multiple cones in Auckland. Ruapehu, Ngaruahoe, Tongariro, Taranski all active. Lake Taupo the crater of one of largest eruptions in aeons.
@@17garm Your making the classic mistake of thinking prominence is the the same as dominance. Volcanoes standout in the landscape and though they are significant geographic features in the NI, suggest one day looking at a geological map of the island. You will see the igneous rocks are islands in a sea of sedimentary rock types. The dominant rock in the NI is boring old greywacke.
@@user-uy6uc5ey5q your claim was that New Zealand isn’t volcanic. Patently, greywacke notwithstanding, New Zealand was and is.
There are 52 known volcanic cones around the Auckland isthmus. The landmass of our nation is made up of 3 main islands and geographically speaking is larger than the u.k or Nippon. 🙃
there 104
Epsom girls had some baddies 😅
yes they did, removed my daughter after 2 months
Not just hogwarts dont 4get the hobbits n orcs to...haha
This was hard to watch! An american with a small mind, spewing nonsensical views about New Zealand in a valley girl diatribe
You want to cut her some slack,mate.She was wrong on some points - but not in a vindictive way.
Jeez,people get so touchy about the littlest things.
Oh for heaven sake she’s only very young I bet you didn’t speak that well at that age
Military transfer, where’s the church?... perhaps not the best intro to NZ.
Unisex schools, recently discovered, white people... perhaps not the most enlightened summary.
I hope you are enjoying our country and your horizons / perspectives have been extended.
Tip: Perhaps watch the kiwiamericans vlog for a more comprehensive bilateral overview.
In NZ the ocean is only 70k to the ocean from anywhere, as the crow flies
Says the one who thinks it doesnt even exist
You couldn't have picked a better country to live or holiday in, except perhaps Australia. Love NZ. Lived there for 3 years in my younger years in Christchurch. You are talking shit when it comes to gender specific schools. There are some private girls schools and some private boys school. As a rule, however, private and government schools are co-ed and arguably have a better education system than many countries and in particular much better than the USA. Uniforms are worn to prevent students using schools as a fashion event (predominantly girls do this). Uniforms are also widely worn in Australia. Just stating the obvious. NZ is as modern as any other modern country if not more so. Obviously the housing met your lofty standards. Houses in Australia and New Zealand are mostly brick exterior so your sarcasm regarding cinder bricks is unfounded and unusual. Have you heard the story of the three little pigs. Well, the house made of stone was much stronger than houses made of sticks, as used in the USA. Housing in New Zealand and Australia is very expensive. That million dollar house you lived n was probably closer to 2 million whereas in the USA a similar home would be much closer to $250,000. What Australia and New Zealand lack is pollution. That stench, stink and mess you can keep in America. We don't want it. Our lands and waters are pristine and as a people we intend to keep it that way.
It wasn’t clear in this clip but we are actually the children of American military members and have had to live in varying housing situations, such as the cinderblock ones in Okinawa, Japan. From my conversation with Kena, she seemed very appreciative of her time there and was respectful towards the people of NZ. I admire the love that you have for your country and hope that our “stench” reeks of freedom. Thank you for sharing your experience!
@@SHANONSHOW Don't mind John. He appears to have picked up a lot of Australian rudeness. Many of the points he made are correct, but he could have been nicer about it.
He's wrong about brick houses being strong though. In an earthquake prone country, they're the worst way to build (too prone to cracking and collapse in a big shake).
@@Lucalikesstuff You're right. My wife and I spent many days in Christchurch following the earthquake with me reminiscing over the years I lived there. I was more thinking about the weather and how bricks are a better insulator especially in Australia where summer is very hot. I am flabbergasted that Americans know so little outside the USA and even then know so little of their own country. Their medical system is woeful, they own more guns than people and consume outrageous amounts of fossil fuels and the resulting pollution which the southern hemisphere countries have to contend with.
John is right,far too many people will go to NZ,and start slagging off about it,if they don't like it,they can just go back to where they came from,we don't need that kind of attitude. If I go to a country, I am a guest,and I don't start ripping into a place before finding out about it ,some American chick in another video, assumed New Zealand doesn't have trains,that's ignorance. Enjoy your stay,and please,watch what you say,people will rip you to shreads,wherever you go.
@@Andy_M986 Um, where did you get the idea that anybody was slagging off anything in the the video? Everything I heard about NZ in the video was admiration or adoration. It sounds like you're just hating on Americans for the sake of it, or because of your own prejudices. Maybe you should take your own advice and find out more about a person before ripping into them, and certainly take your unwelcoming attitude elsewhere as it's not very Kiwi at all.
BS
My country don't spend and waste billions of dollars on weapons of war to kill but peace and love.