10 Signs You Grew Up In New Zealand

[@brandoooon4688]

Glad I grew up in a time where Bullrush was still played

[@bendavis6530]

It was banned in my last years of primary. It was so popular

[@Arcanace]

It was still played a lot at my Intermediate school (6/7 years ago).

[@fallenangel_899]

Played it in intermediate but I've finished college this year. Was it banned or removed or something?

[@DavidBainGaming]

How shithouse is it that you aren't allowed to play it anymore I remember it being all we did in primary/highschool

[@DavidBainGaming]

@@fallenangel_899 A lot of schools have banned it due to 'risk of injury' to the students As if people don't know what they're signing up for when they agree to play

[@natashaa2015]

Although I loved your mention of Poi E, I think Tutira Mai Nga Iwi rates a mention. No kiwi can hear it without calling out Aue! We all grew up singing it at school.

[@whoareyou361]

You forgot never wearing shoes. I was with my little one at the Christmas parade the other day as we were leaving I realised that he wasn't wearing shoe and neither were any of the other kids. It was quite a walk over rough terrain. Were they bothered? No , no they weren't

[@charlottegrace6656]

Kids running around in bare feet in the middle of winter and rain? totally fine. No hat? No outside for you!

[@celianicoll7060]

If you want good sliding, real estate signs are the best. They're a plastic coated tough cardboard. More slippery than a box, and a bit more durable too.

[@AilsaPehi]

🤣 good one.

[@taniawilson2509]

Good for snow too......

[@TheMarathonomahos]

Bliss by th' dudes has to be the most iconic Kiwi song surely. It was originally called Piss, but they couldn't call it that in those days. But the song itself tells you what it's about. Poi e still a great song though

[@ALaughingMan]

The "Manu" is a new term for it. It was called "bombing" or "doing a bomb" previously.

[@megahyperdeathAIDS]

I feel like they're interchangeable terms, I always heard either one being used often. Mind you, I'm 25 and grew up in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato 🤙🏽

[@ALaughingMan]

@@megahyperdeathAIDS Cheers for chiming in my bro :) Im 31 and grew up around Tauranga, Rotorua, Kawhia and Tokoroa. Holidaying often in Taranaki region, mostly Hawera, Patea and Whanganui. I never ever, not once, came across the term "Manu" until recent years. Might just be the new term eh?

[@Day_0ne]

Same, I'm in my 40's and we had names for different bombs ( coffee cups, roller bombs etc ) but I have never heard of a manu.

[@Aamtrua]

I’m from Taumarunui King country and Manu been around since I was a kid, 25 years now sheesh

[@megahyperdeathAIDS]

@@Aamtrua Kia ora my bro, I get the feeling it's just what hood you're from that determines whether you're exposed to hearing "manu" instead of any other terms. Sad to say I can't pop manus at all 😂

[@zaynevanbommel5983]

Run it straight nope it was called Bull Rush when i was at School

[@kiwitimber7154]

Wearing Pjs while shopping for groceries at the supermarket.

[@kerridavis2630]

We moved here from the UK in '74 when I was 4 years old.. I'm now 53 and this beautiful country is home ❤️ glad I got to grow up on the beach running around barefoot ❤️

[@bronzymcgrady1159]

1. Jelly crystals 2. Bull rush 3. Bow and arrows made out of branches 4. Kite made out of a rubbish bag 5. Crazy joes, jelly tips and choc bars 6. K bars and peppy chews 7. Swimming with tyre tubes 8. Tom thumbs 9. Blue light discos 10. Fancy dress balls

[@AnnaLizzyRose]

Another thing is fixing a jandel (flip flop) with a bread tag, although now they aren't plastic I don't think that'll work so well anymore.

[@thatkiwiguy.738]

As far as I know the cheap brand from Countdown still uses plastic tags.

[@thewhitepanther6052]

Its not "run it straight" its called "bullrush" and it was could be quite brutal

[@leahmaree692]

I love how you pronounce Te Reo 😍 Honestly I look forward to your every video,your honest opinions and feedback on our beautiful country 💜

[@TheScratchingKiwi]

So that's what it was like growing up in NZ in the early 2000s! Definitely different from Four Square (the game not the shop), Elastics, Rompers, Bullrush, A Haunting We Will Go, Children of the Dog Star, Telethon, Raleigh 20s... and DD Smash. Hats at school? Nope, bake and burn!

[@TheChirozachtor]

If you ever go to Moore Wilson's on Tory Street, in their foodservice trade warehouse, you can buy a 1.6kg bag of Raro that makes 20 litres! This was a popular thing at my ski club where we had a whole barrel with a tap on it, full of Raro and we'd fill our cups and water bottles with that to give us energy for the day. Also, if you add just a pinch of salt per litre of Raro, you get a very low cost electrolyte drink which is better than Powerade/Gatorade (proven by a study from sports scientist, Greg Henderson).

[@luscus9754]

Doing bombies at the Parnell Pool in Auckland in the mid to late 70's. Memories.

[@jillmortlock8439]

Raro actually used to be in large tins and was Orange or pineapple juice. That was fifty years ago though!

[@janebarnes4449]

The sachets were available at the same time. The cans were actual juice where the sachets were cordial concentrate. I think the sachets came in about the mid to late '60s. and were a much cheaper alternative for the children.

[@traditionalfood367]

Artificial flavours, whereas the relatively expensive juice in the quart sized tins was the real thing, pineapple juice from Rarotonga or Kerikeri oranges.

[@mahenonz]

They were handy as you could use them as little rubbish bins afterwards. Also Fresh-Up used to be concentrated and came in a big tin.

[@tez_vj1116]

Churr neat alright bro keep making these videos I love showing them to my nieces they love them

[@mvdn777]

In my late teens & early 20's if you were looking to pick up a girl at a party you'd bring two crates, one for yourself & one for her (an maybe her mates) We played bullrush at my primary school, usually one of the 5 or 6 year olds in the middle of the field and one of the 9 or 10 year olds would pretend to be tackled & then the "team" would start taking out the rest of the players as they repeatedly charged across the field. Endless fun. I started playing it when I was 6 and had a technique by the time I was 7 where I'd take another couple of younger kids first then the group of us would monster the bigger & older kids to get the game really rolling along

[@christinecassin1541]

I have two sons, and we all had a New Zealand up bringing. Even though they are in their 50’s now, live in NSW, this will surely “ ring a bell”.

[@BEVERLYPRINCESS90210]

Keep the nz series coming ❤️

[@T3mpestwulf617]

BULLRUSH! Was great training for tackle practice during rugby. Pity they banned it

[@ExcretumTaurum]

The sun these days can be harsh but back at the end of the 80s, it was downright vicious. The ozone hole has healed somewhat since then. Back then anyone with fair skin could burned in 10 minutes and darker skin only bought you a little more time. I recall a couple of Welsh women attending the 1990 Commonwealth Games , talking to a reporter about getting burned through their blouses.

[@fallenangel_899]

It still takes 10 minutes for burning to occur on white skin

[@moonknight4053]

Has it actually healed abit???

[@tomf8093]

So you manage to finish your crate Curls? Good to see you getting in on our most important national holiday

[@SamYoungnz]

Yes, and a winter mod for cardboard on a grassy slope is a plastic bag on a snowy slope (been there, done that). And - as many of your other commenters have said - what about bullrush?

[@ngahuiroimatanutira-langda4153]

Cardboard down the hill was my fav thing

[@kenbearsley8322]

Patea maori club is one of a few songs almost everyone knows. The gumboot song by Fred dag, little button nose song and sailing away song were or are all very well known and classic kiwi songs

[@jumpingjohnflash]

Bullrush was banned in some NZ schools around the late 80s/early 90s - but it made a comeback in the early 00s - so it is still played today. Piggyback (or shoulder-ride) fights were banned at my intermediate school in 1979 - I don't know if they've made a comeback though. My intermediate school playground also had a lot of tyres of various sizes - we used to build tyre forts and "attack" each other. With the bigger tractor or truck tyres you could get inside them and be rolled along (getting incredibly dizzy in the process). Oh, and there was concrete under the jungle gym - a good incentive not to fall. In high school my friends and I spent most of lunch breaks and interval playing handball aka 4 square. The best way to play was when you had a wall or two to rebound your shots off. Straight in no bounce was out.

[@it-really-hurts2092]

Crate day was a University tradition til The Rock radio station heard about it and marketed it as their own. There was also a "King of the Keg" but that seems too hard core for today's lightweights.

[@stephenlitten1789]

VUW's Chunder Mile - a pie and a pint at the start of each lap Spectators needed strong stomachs

[@sonyavincent7450]

@@stephenlitten1789 that really is a bit gross eh.

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@sonyavincent7450 Yep...

[@barba5537]

My kids used plastic type of fertilizer bags to slide down grass hills. Three of them in the boot of car all the time.

[@someotaku8744]

This guy knows more about nz than I do and I was born here

[@jondnz]

No hat no play is a relatively new thing. I was a kid in the 90s and I don't remember ever hearing it but my kids definitely have

[@aarontaylor3491]

as a kiwi i can say the v is right but as you hit the water you try and straighten your back out so you make the splash of the water alot bigger

[@HannahMitchell-Art]

Helen Clark served as MP for the area around Morningside for a couple of decades I think. So it makes sense she appeared in Brotown.

[@zaynevanbommel5983]

Try Terry Teo and the Gunrunners

[@andreamuir1959]

Omg yes!!!!

[@nicholastautuhi5031]

I literally never heard of no hat no play until about 3 weeks ago when my daughter mentioned it to me.

[@maiyneboros6693]

I did the card board hill slide as a young fella. Got heat stroke real quick. Didn't know what was wrong at the time as ild never had heat stroke before. Suffered greatly until I got of the hill. The slide parts fun, but bring water.

[@november50]

lol, if you can't bomb, staple.

[@mirahnyra4696]

Hey curls! I’m going on WHV for a year in NZ! Would love to see more of NZ and what to expect on a daily basis living there from cost of living, transport, expectations and so on. I don’t think I’m speaking for myself I’m also speaking on behalf of those who are planning to move to NZ! Love your content dude! That sarcasm is just my kind

[@xZotiC454]

Never had fairy bread as a kid. Would probably say chip n dip was a must a birthdays. But I know you’ve touched on chip n dip before

[@mahenonz]

I never had it as a party food - it was more of a poverty food! If Mum had nothing to put in my sandwiches for school she would ask me if I wanted “100s & 1000s sandwiches” and I would be excited that I was getting a treat. 😂

[@brazn]

Morningside 4 life!

[@joash3714]

Raro sachet was nice but I had too much of it and there was another sachet I preferred. Can't remember the name but it came in a blue packet, 50c and my favourite flavour was pineapple. Superior I remember going down my primary school hill and slid right over a tree stump that ripped my cardboard and poked me right up the anuk hahaha. Fark it was sore Loved fairy bread as a kid but we never had any sprinkles around home so had to wait for our school mini galas Me and my brother watched bro town religiously but we had to record it on VHS so we could watch it when our mum wasn't home because she hated it lol

[@billymack333]

Vita-fresh by Hansells

[@Tonicbrah_]

Wheres the 2min nooduks

[@shenlun]

Once again there are Parrales to Australia, no hat no play, fairy bread and backyard cricket

[@tonyfreejazz20]

Nice list! When I was a little wee lad I and my friends walked around barefoot everywhere...which I still do to this day 🙂 (always get told off by my manager at work which is why I like casual fridays ;-P)

[@paulg3336]

I was born in NZ and have lived here all my life and am pleased to say that the only thing on this list that applies to me is the cardboard thing

[@darrylpeterson7500]

Anyone please feel free to correct me, but it was my understanding that cannonballing off a bridge or jetty into water was always called doing “bombs”, until the NZ Warriors rugby league winger Manu Vatuvei had an absolute howler in one game where the opposition team constantly kicked up and under “bombs” to him all night and he couldn’t catch one for the life of him. From then on, bombs have been referenced as doing a “Manu” 🤷‍♂️

[@joegoon8444]

I agree, in that jumping from a height and assuming a particular position while in flight, so the jumper upon landing, causes as much water displacement as possible, is generically known as "a bomb" or "bombing" and the term MANU refers to a specific type of bomb just as those other mid-flight-position-assuming-BOMBS are known variously by their differing names: THE STAPLE - entering the water upon impact with hands and feet first and bum (tero in Maori) up in the air, as in like an A shape or staple; THE GORILLA - a jumping forward rolling motion to upside-down position where the chin is tucked in to the chest, the legs are above, and the shoulders (neck and head) impact the water first; THE COFFIN - a feet first drop with a slight lean where the hands are placed on the chest or, mouth and nose, one ankle crossed or both side by side, and when upon impact the jumper leans back fully to widen the splash area; THE FIGURE 4 - where the jumper drops feet first but pulls one knee up to the chest with the other leg out and when upon impact the jumper leans back fully to widen the splash area; and THE MANU - where the jumper assumes a V shape position with arms upon chest so that the tero (or bum) is the bottom of the V shape and impacts on the water first. And if you were to spend a summer’s day on the banks of the river, at the pools or by an ocean wharf, you may be witness to all these bomb techniques and more (if there are not mentioned here) particularly when Maori are about as they love to do bombs where the big splashes are encouraged. However, these BOMB techniques all have their strengths and weaknesses, with the MANU and the GORILLA probably being the hardest techniques to master, albeit due to trying to master the accurate positioning required throughout the fall so critical to preventing body slap injury, while maximising water displacement. The COFFIN is the easiest and was the most common at one stage before the widespread adoption of the MANU technique, though there are some who may say that none of these are easy to do well.

[@themooreclan1220]

Chocolate icing on bread is nice as, especially when the icing has been in the fridge to thicken up

[@mlaffey4026]

You should do some city tour videos. I mean get out and about.

[@normandunckley3926]

Manu - dosnt that mean bird? If your referring to doing "bombs" ( making a big splash etc - that Kiwi's know, grew up with & called it) then the Maori word for "bomb" is "poma". Your either did bombs or belly flops, "Marco polo" along with "tiggy" 4square, bull rush, home built trolleys & building huts. Innocent fun, but today it's all too "dangerous" & non pc.

[@joskubl6017]

Now you need to find this. The piss take of Poi E Poor yeah, by Gish Ya gonna love it

[@AimeeKanon]

all of my primary friends would say “ no hat no play no school today”

[@cmdrglass5096]

I had about 7 of those things never did the stand and run or the diving one but I did most of those . If you are in Wellington there is a Golf Course that is in-between Island Bay and New Town and it has some of the best hills to go down on a cardboard box or a bike . Stopping before the road is you pick up to much speed can be an adventure :)

[@fallenangel_899]

gosh the amount of golf courses is ridiculous, espacially in the south island

[@johnprater8191]

Run it straight was know as kiwi tag or bull rush .the hat thing must have come in the 90's as I was leaving school because I don't remember that. Yes I remember cardboard we also did drums that we used to stand on or sit inside , we did this till one little girl I think she was 3 got rolled over and had brain problems after that.

[@jan_Masewin]

Raro was also regularly diluted to what was practically tea by sugar-fearing adults,, god it was awful

[@Tanias112]

Some of the things you mentioned are quite new to me, like crate day, it was the last video of yours I heard of it for the first time, so this must be quite a newish trend, google says 2009. Running into each other (never heard of), do you mean Bull Rush? If so yes that was a huge thing in my childhood, sadly these days banned as a school yard activity. The no hat wasn't introduced until 1998, it's a great rule to have.

[@AholeAtheist]

Crate day predates 2009. I'd say at least 2005, if not possibly a little earlier. I at least remember being involved in one in 2006.

[@tetsumcneil1545]

Charles King of England also made an appearance on Bro Town

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

The really cool kids just snorted raro.

[@mohork]

I still miss my 2 litre cotties cordial. They don't have it here in New Zealand only in Australia. Yes I remember sliding down the ice cold mountain in Mt Ruapehu on a cardboard box. Running into each other is another word of saying British Bulldogs.

[@x_L3m0n]

my school had a rhyme the kids made up about the no hat no play rule and it was no hat, no play, no school today

[@simonlitten]

The then Prince Charles also made an appearance in Bro Town

[@danielleLaw007]

Poppin a manu. A splash bomb lol

[@Fattybryce]

How you gonna mention Bro Town and not mention Outrageous Fortune?

[@steelparadox]

Run it straight carrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnt!

[@AliciaHeron-q7c]

At swimming sports at schools we end with a Manu competition

[@chambielion70]

Every day is crate day in certain areas 🤣

[@itscurlsbaby]

Great point 😂

[@anzackiwiastrix2850]

run it straight, Kinda sound like bull rush with out the ball or scragg, both are tackle the person who got the ball. With scragg it everyone with the ball. They where band when i was a kid 20 years ago so it must be what replaced it

[@caitlinroy8678]

I am a jolt inclusive dance tutor trainer and dancer poi - e is one of our members favorite dancers

[@anthonyarthur750]

Lololol run it straight bro XD

[@sammyharford2720]

i did crate day with my mate and im 15. classic nz ingenuity 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sonnyday6830]

Have never heard of run it straight or popping a manu, maybe a north island thing

[@ItchyDuckling]

i just said to myself as soon as i saw the thumbnail "pop a manu" XD

[@jhonsmith2377]

Fairy breads the goat

[@AlexWithington]

Run it straigh evolved from chicken with very stubborn people Even my grandfather does crate day but the crate should be shared as it could be a health risk

[@KiwiGames12]

I am a kiwi but I have to admit, fairybread is australian!

[@ivysavage5569]

Aaaaahhhh!M! Memories. Yep did all that 👍

[@ELCAyoutube]

I know what run it straight is but I didn’t know it was called that 😂

[@ymaxey]

To clarify run it straight is a tackling game where one person would run at the other person and would try not to get tackled

[@Devilofdoom]

Never heard of it growing up in Wellington.

[@stoneageart9965]

Poping maunu ?,56yrs old grew up in the Te Puke .Never heard of this we used to drop bombs...Your mate is pulling the wool over your eyes bro

[@robadobdob]

Crate Day is not something to be proud of.

[@Froggability]

Nikau palm down the hill yes! Missed: Billy T James jokes! PS we don't use the term "run it straight" or "fairy bread" Bro town was so droll didnt catch on like Billy T!

[@Kandi-tg]

I sprained my foot sliding down a hill on cardboard many years ago

[@christiantasidaily]

Run it straight eah

[@itscurlsbaby]

Where it all began 😭 rrrrrrun it straight

[@michellefox1052]

You forgot the punga slide, where you use a punga old leaf instead of cardboard 😂😂

[@joegoon8444]

Kiaora hello Michelle Fox, this is a small but relevant educational update for you and other interested parties on your incorrect spelling of the word "punga" which as a kupu Maori or, Maori word, is quite widely spelled like this by many unknowing NZers. The correct spelling for the noun that refers to the silver tree fern (Cyathea Dealbata) the native NZ tree that you refer to above and which can grow as high as 12 metres, is ponga or more accurately, kaponga. The phonetic pronunciation of "ponga or kaponga" is "paw-nga", but with a short emphasis on the first syllable "paw" and not a long emphasis. To phonetically pronounce the (incorrectly spelled) word "punga" would be "pooh-nga", and this word punga (pronounced "pooh-nga") has several meanings including the verbs "to anchor, to secure", and the noun for "ankle or eel trap". Hence, when people say "pah-nga" and write it as "punga", they are inadvertently pronouncing it wrong (i.e. by saying pah-nga) and spelling it wrong (by writing punga). This may seem an insignificant matter to many people but, knowing and learning to spell words and names correctly in this age of information must be viewed as being culturally (both for New Zealand and for Maori) appropriate in the advancement of literary and verbal cultivation and refinement, as Heaven forbid that Curls also develops this trait of incorrect Maori word usage while living here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Finally as I finish, your reference to the use of an old ponga leaf instead of cardboard is both an interesting and ingenious one given that I have not heard of it before, but I would certainly attempt it in the ample presence of large ponga leaves and great grassy slopes!

[@michellefox1052]

@@joegoon8444 wow fuck really thanks but I wasn’t looking for a lesson

[@joegoon8444]

@@michellefox1052 If not me or you, then who Machell Fawks? Or perhaps you think its okay to perpetuate one's ignorance by not looking for a lesson?

[@cairomiravity]

LMAO YES people do manu's specifically for the "sound" it makes and totally not for the height of the manu itself, that's why whenever I was with friends doing manus it'd be the sound that'd make us lose our minds and not the height. First one down and you've got it wrong already. Maybe I should make a video on what it's like to grow up in the UK even though I've never been. I'd know what I'm talking about for sure 🤣🤣🤣

[@itscurlsbaby]

Sounds good, look forward to seeing your video :)

[@jtg01dfish81]

Does snorting Raro make me a Kiwi?

[@jondnz]

The boys of Bro Town aren't all Samoan. Jeff is Maori and Sione is Tongan.........Mac is "confused" (if you know you know hahaha)

[@hongkongfueynz3071]

I’m 43 and still like to not wear shoes, unless it’s really necessary!

[@zaynevanbommel5983]

#3 never happened to me

[@richardhague801]

'Jeff the Maori' wasn't Samoan ...ow ;)

[@itscurlsbaby]

Ahhhhhhhh so angry at myself. You’re absolutely spot on. Dammit! One mistake every video and this was it haha

[@greggiles7309]

i regret not learning to Surf at Raglan, like in the Elvis Beach Movies,\ its just a Tinder picture hobby theme, Women like men with Hobbies that entertain them? I am happy to be proved wrong!

[@EightSixMusic]

yepp everything goes on bread thats edible

[@perkar49]

68, never heard of doing a manu, Bombing was the name we used . Never heard of " run it straight " we had Bull rush and Kingaseenaye..hard game, not for pussies..and we never wore shoes..grounded 24/7

[@danmoore3457]

Or put some plastic down then slide down the hill on that must have water too

[@zaynevanbommel5983]

#1 Never heard of it

[@markthiele770]

LIved in NZ all my life but never heard of "popping a manu". Must be a North Island thing lol

[@SamYoungnz]

Hey @markthiele770, I live South but we pop a manu here too

[@fellyapper]

lets be honeest all the people that are watching this are kids from new zealand wanting to see what people think about their country

[@roblee1977]

You forgot hidings 🤣🤣

[@joegoon8444]

Is that with a laundry baton, vacuum pipe, electric cord, wooden spoon, rope, belt or just the good ole forehand, backhand, knuckle sandwich or a boot up the arse??? LOL

[@roblee1977]

@@joegoon8444 remote, shoe, hanger, broom stick, wet tea towel, open palm 1 an 2, hair pull and if all else failed the infamous mum pinch🤣🤣

[@thatkiwiguy.738]

Back when I was a kid we didn't have a swimming pool, what we did have was a lot of cast iron bath tubs. Problem solved.

[@stephenlitten1789]

And a hose. Don't forget the hose

[@thatkiwiguy.738]

@@stephenlitten1789 Very true