10 WAYS LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND CHANGED ME | AMERICAN REACTS

[@ToniaElkins]

Welcome back! 💩 Today I’m reacting to a channel called CURLS. This is a first time reaction to this channel and it was suggested by a Kiwi in my Discord. 🙌 DISCORD: discord.gg/MsAQwz5M WISHLIST: throne.com/toniaelkins

[@suzannekirkwood6392]

A kiwi opened a pie shop in Colorado. He wasn't sure how it would go because as you say in the US sweet pies are mor the thing. He was doing very well last time I looked it up

[@maryenglish999]

He's jolly because us kiwis have been teaching him how to be a happy kiwi take a break and have a kit kat .

[@Adele.Bielski]

Curls is cool, he's a positive guy.

[@ChrisFirth-do2sm]

Any of his. I am a kiwi, and i have watched a few. He is well liked in NZ.

[@ChrissyRaeofsunshine]

New sub here- liked your video on NZ & Curls is the man - he lived in Aussie first then came here - he has many great videos on food, cities, sayings he’s got a big following here. I love my country we are a friendly hospitable bunch, with a can do attitude. Kia kaha from NZ 🇳🇿

[@ToniaElkins]

@@ChrissyRaeofsunshine Welcome! 🥰

[@libbysevicke-jones3160]

I live in a.region of New Zealand where Te Reo Maori is the base language, English is taught as a 2nd language in our schools. Unfortunately this is not the norm in the rest of the country - yet.

[@ToniaElkins]

❤️

[@hinefamily7565]

My favorite pie is steak and blue vein cheese pie. But trying pies outside of New Zealand, can agree that our pies are superior.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

Venison cranberry and brie for me!

[@diden3527]

paua pie all day

[@sharsim1728]

The people of Aotearoa are marching right now to keep our Te reo Maori. Our govt wants to squash the Maori language ❤

[@ToniaElkins]

@@sharsim1728 Sending you lots of love and prayers! I hope the Govt keeps their nasty paws off your culture. 🩵🩵🩵

[@joyatodd]

NZ DIY is just an everyday thing. Your colleagues will wonder why you're not fixing something yourself. Boxing day, lazing around eating leftovers. Christmas lunch sitting on the beach opening a bottle of fizz. Yum.

[@diden3527]

DIY sometimes gets a bit circular....we give it a burst, and when we fk it up we pay the man to come and fix it.......then we give him beers to try and reduce the bill, and when he don't want to , we ask him if he's a mate of bubba........cheap job.......

[@mexi72]

I live in New Zealand and I have a pie every Friday. My go-to is Steak and Cheese, Steak and Mushroom, Peppered Steak and Steak and Kidney. I gues you can guess I like steak.

[@ToniaElkins]

@@mexi72 Lol I love steak too! The steak and cheese sounds delicious!!

[@mexi72]

@ToniaElkins Jamie Oliver made a steak pie on one of his shows. At the end he said" here is something learned from my Kiwi mates down in New Zealand. Add some Cheddar before you cover and bake it.

[@joyannehoani9504]

Omg I'm hungry lol

[@rednesbit4920]

‘Pie day, Friday’!

[@rna8arnold]

DIY in New Zealand is unique because of its isolation from the rest of the world. In the early days the settlers had to do things for themselves as it would have taken months for anything to arrive via sail or steam boat from Europe or the UK. So self reliance was an important survival skill - that has translated into New Zealand's modern culture of DIY.

[@zanasteer]

Number 8 wire 🙂

[@lizahenry3343]

No help from the local population?​@@zanasteer

[@martinbynion1589]

"Whinge" means "whine". Curls has become a bit of a u-tube celebrity in Aotearoa over the last year or two. I think he is the most fanatical Pie afficianado (meat pies :-) ) in the world by now!

[@lakelady57]

Again watch Glen and Mado :) for the pie thing, they have tasted pies all over NZ and became pie addicts. There are meat pies but we do also have fruit pies. Curls did a lot of pie tasting vlogs 😊😊 One of the reasons for the DIY is because of cost of shipping to NZ and comparatively small population so not all things are available or cost so much to import. My biggest surprise I struggled with working in North America was not having four days off at Easter - we get Friday and Monday always, forever. Also, we get a holiday allowance of 4 weeks annually.

[@rogerb4436]

Oh FYI, In New Zealand we have 3 official languages. 1: English 2: Maori 3: New Zealand Sign Language.

[@eddieedmondson7698]

English is not classed as an official language in NZ. "English is the most widely spoken language in New Zealand, and is used in the government, commerce, and Parliament. It is also the language of New Zealand's foundation documents. However, there is no statutory provision that makes English an official language."

[@rogerb4436]

@eddieedmondson7698 ohhh here we go, this is the problem with KZbin, the internet & ppl that got nothing better to do in the lazyboy!!!! The NZ Government said itself on a tourism video, so take it up with them as I'm just repeating what they publicly issued.

[@eddieedmondson7698]

@@rogerb4436 There has been a movement to make English an official language, but it just gets put in the "Nah, she'll be right cuz" basket.

[@monster10ify]

@@rogerb4436 it is correct English is not an official language, but the default one.

[@firebrand2619]

The “Ten Pound Pom” scheme was launched in 1945 and continued into the early 1970s. It was just one of Australia's assisted passage schemes of the post-war era. Most of the 1.5 million Britons who came to Australia until 1981.

[@Kiwiklassic]

Kia Ora - When you say "pie" in NZ it's mainly meat, but it can be mushroom, chicken, bacon & egg, steak, butter chicken and heaps more. We rarely eat fruit filled pies. We really are Clean and Green & big into recycling. New Zealanders are big into DIY, you can even go to one of the many DIY classes especially put on for women, they are great. Yes, we are big into community spirit here without living in each other 's pockets. I lived in Australia as well for years, but our community events etc. are different here than Aussie. #10 Whinging means (wining, moaning & complaining) yes, the Poms generally are whiney!

[@twichyi3ones312]

Custard Pie Is a thing too, lest we forget.

[@roygroves5983]

​@@twichyi3ones312 Custard pie is far superior to custard square . Hard to find tho

[@ChrisFirth-do2sm]

NZ has a no 8 mentality. This means we can fix anything with a piece of no 8 wire.

[@xxragequiter_ytxx9412]

I think all us indigenous have that connection to nature...it's just part of who we are

[@ToniaElkins]

💜 So true

[@DuaneDibbley-c3p0]

"us indigenous" what does that mean? all humans are indigenous. I am sorry but like the word "ethnic", "indigenous" annoys me. It is used to suggest that "White people" aren't indigenous. And this bs about "indigenous" having some special connection to nature is laughable, Europeans are the most respectful of nature. The Maori burnt entire forests to the ground to flush out animals. The indigenous people of India throw their rubbish in the rivers, so much for respect for nature.

[@xxragequiter_ytxx9412]

@@DuaneDibbley-c3p0 well what I have seen of infrastructure that white people create, has been very disastrous to the natural way of life, we " indigenous" have fought over n over for those rights in our country and somehow, who knows how, but they always get the upper hand to keep polluting our lands,, and that's the difference between white people and indigenous if that helps you, white people think their clean, but when they Wana build houses and sewage infrastructures that run into water streams or near it, that's paru "dirty people" bro

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@DuaneDibbley-c3p0 Ok, man with Stonehenge for an overbite, white guys burnt entire forests to make charcoal, turned rivers into giant sewers (the UK did it twice), the Moscow and Cuyahoga Rivers have both caught fire, and let's not talk about the Welsh and sheep.

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

Whinge is to complain in a persistent manner. I think the closest America word would be whine.

[@ToniaElkins]

Ok thank you. Yeah we use whine or Whiney baby here lol.

[@rogerb4436]

My wife is half Maori half Australian but the Maori culture here is MASSIVE with Maori radio/TV stations, our government ministers, its taught in schools, im not sure how it works but they have land returned to the individual tribes.Even a few rivers have been granted human rights status (not sure of the correct terminology, sorry. Im doing this at 0315 in bed..lol)

[@Waitomo64]

I'm a kiwi living in aussie... been hard... I'm of scottish and irish descent... DNA was a spin out!!! he's interesting.. lived in aussie for a long time and left... me.. I want to go back to nz... it's happening...

[@SharonMcauley-h1w]

Love Curls ! Subscribed to you today

[@rednesbit4920]

Personally, I think NZ is at least 100 years ahead of Aus when it comes to recognising and respecting our beautiful indigenous people… but we still have a long way to go. Unfortunately the current Government is trying its best to push that backwards by about 50years … they are going to have a fight on their hands!

[@tinaokeeffe5060]

100% agree 👍

[@Unt0t]

Grow up. New Zealand for all new zealanders

[@jillmortlock8439]

​@Unt0t well for at least 100 years we excluded maori from New Zealand. Yes we. If we we accepted the discrimination, if we didn't fight it, if we benefitted from it, then we excluded. That exclusion set maori progress back by decades and we did it. Then when we finally appear to recognise what we did, what we stole and make reparations and try to provide the means by which maori are able to achieve equality, what happens? Seymour and luxon stick their heads up and declare that by trying to ensure equality for the original resident owners of new zealand, it is racism against white people!!! I kid you not. At the end of the day the government is not aiming for equality, they want white superiority. All the dirty little racists salivated at the thought. As far as luxon and Seymour are concerned it's much easier to sell off and sell out nz if the Indigenous population are disempowered.

[@dezstepz2427]

I don't have a problem with the current government. Majority of the country aren't Maori so to start tying Maori words or to every god damn thing is a backwards step. I love Te Reo but I don't need it next to every city or town where I go.

[@MarleneNgaronga]

Tautoko (agree)❤

[@monster10ify]

In my area there book groups, art groups, history groups, walking groups, groups that go out and plant native trees or get rid of weeds in the bush, or trap predators and many more. I recommend that you listen to him doing 25 accents in 5 minutes and he totally nails two Kiwi accents. He has been to Australia.

[@tommyau2006]

always loved your perceptive and unbiased views and comments Tonia 😀😀

[@ToniaElkins]

Thank you so much 💜

[@verdellellis4043]

I love the way how he explains himself about his experiences, Im from New Zealand myself Born and Raised. ❤ Our country is only small, but the amount of people living and wanting to be part of ours is a phanomenol 💯 experience with Diversity and love. ❤

[@chevydoitzKiwiVerrer]

In NZ 🇳🇿we don't evn associate ourselves with dessert/Fruit pies🙄 It will always be *MEAT PIES" 💯💪

[@Pauline-s7t]

I liked my mums fruit pie but I have never had a bought one. In fact I don’t think you can buy them bakery fresh down here in the south.

[@brycemacdonald4621]

Pom..prisoner of her majesty cracks me up 😄 🤣

[@lailavisesio296]

Yep, we make the best Meat Pies here in New Zealand!...What he's talking about in regards to community is totally different from what you're saying.

[@trudimclaren4301]

Agreed, it really is hard to explain when you haven't been here, but I have been to America, Australia and Canada, and it really it just so much more. People will go out of their way to help, even strangers, and all the communities come together when in crisis (such as the Christchurch earthquakes) and the outpouring of love is very palpable and real. 'Kia kaha' is often said and it has a depth of genuineness and meaning that is very hard to translate. I credit the Māori culture with a lot of this attitude. Also being a country of 5M means we feel a more of an intense bond somehow ❤

[@thiskiwigal]

​@@trudimclaren4301 Yep. The Food banks, Good Neighbour group, Community Gardens etc. Oh, and the many unwanted goods which are often still in EXCELLENT condition, left on the verges for whoever needs it to take it free of charge - tables, chairs, kids toys, bikes ...

[@polh6462]

Boxing day is a public holiday in New Zealand & Australia. So is New Years Day and the day after New Years Day as well.

[@mattieclan8957]

I know of someone who moved to the UK for his OE (overseas experience that is a big thing with the young in NZ). He said that he accidentally changed to working as a handyman because there was a huge demand there.

[@lakelady57]

Funny (oddly) reading all the comments when essentially apart from some of our indigenous genes we are all from the UK or Europe. It is interesting to see the divergence nowadays from those roots. My DNA is Scottish, English, Maori and Scandinavian ( in order of percentage genes) but all branches of my family have been here for at least five generations so I am a Kiwi variant (I always say a bit of a mongrel but people get upset 😊😊). Lots of Kiwis, English South Africans and Australians are of Cockney descent because of the convicts and the want for a better existence not under a feudal land system.

[@ToniaElkins]

@@lakelady57 Yeah it’s very similar to Americans. We all have a mix in us from many places. I know that I am Irish, German & Cherokee Native American but I know there’s also some other stuff in there, possibly Dutch and English. But my family like yours, has been here hundreds of years. My family settled in the city I live in, in the late 1700s. So we’ve been here a long time. Lol.

[@sarapowell4282]

We don't celebrate boxing day as such. It is a public holiday the day after Xmas day. Most know it's origins , probably younger children may not. But the main thing is for us that it is a public holiday ( a day to go to the beach or have a gathering or head off on holiday)

[@karekarenz7683]

Kiwi and Australian Male + Pie = Meat Pie. 🤣

[@ToniaElkins]

😂

[@mearip6116]

comparing NZ to America....nah...NZ on the next level when it comes to community gathering🤣

[@samara5448]

🥰

[@ToniaElkins]

💩

[@joyatodd]

Whinge = whine / complain

[@Frank-rx8ch]

NZ pies 👍 steak & mushroom, steak & cheese or bacon & egg pies to name a few

[@kimbrown2313]

always blow on the pie lol

[@thiskiwigal]

Māori isn't pronounced May-oree. It's Mah-or-ree. Say it a couple of times and then speed it up to make it flow smoothly.

[@hellovanite]

Australia doesn't respect their indigenous people at all. They're shocking

[@juliewilliams3579]

Community meaning the whole country in NZ.

[@HaurakiVet]

The DIY culture here is not of the "going down to the😅 18:40 hardware store" variety. Not for nothing is our approach called the numberveight wire mentality. It comes from our settler / farming backgroundbwhen snything from a truck to a stove could be fixed with number eight wire (a common type of soft fencing wire), no fancy tools or precision parts. During the second world war when the British Eighth Army in North Africa was creating a special force of highly mobile reconnaissance teams they requested Kiwi soldiers from the NZ Division as they could keep equipment and vehicles functioning with minimal resources. The comment about the large number of Irish in US probably includes people who have never been within a bull's roar of Ireland, unlike our Samoan people who retain their links with Samoa.

[@patrickpb3353]

Your friend from London needs to go to Scotland. Equally as beautiful as NZ.

[@tipiwhenuatanirau8105]

New Zealand Māori share ancestry with Hawaiian

[@joyatodd]

Curls lived in Oz for a while but prefers NZ. Pies in NZ are mostly meat although we do apple and apricot pies but in far smaller quantities. Maori = Mah o ri not May ori.

[@carolcuming2152]

I think you should jump on the next plane and visit Aotearoa.

[@robby1816]

In my neck of the woods, if there's a whinging Pom around, someone invariably asks if they want some wine [whine] with that.

[@ToniaElkins]

🤣🤣

[@monster10ify]

Please listen to how he pronounces “Māori”, he gets it correct. Indigenous peoples in Australia are not treated very well at all.

[@cadifan]

He 100% was talking about meat pies. DIY is on our culture due to the fact that we're an island nation in the southern pacific ocean. When our ancestors came here they had to make do with what they had and what they could find around them, they had no other choice. That has been handed down through the generations. You can't just go out a get a new one, you have to cobble the old one together to keep it working. There's no one around to do it for you so you have to do it yourself, etc. I can't even imagine wasting Christmas holidays in winter, YUK! The community comes from the same as the cultural DIY thing, there's no one else to do for you so you do it yourself, and your neighbour will pitch in and help and you'll do the same, etc. I'm from Auckland and yes we have our fair share of Samoans for sure. Whinge = moaning, complaining, etc. Yep, whinging pom is a term I grew up with. CURLS has a pretty good channel

[@brucehowe194]

We don't have any wild animals in New Zealand or scary reptiles like snakes.

[@Ron-uq2hg]

Try walking through the bush in the coromandel ranges and coming face to face with a wild pig. I guarantee you will be scared

[@brucehowe194]

@Ron-uq2hg fresh bacon on the hock i don't think so 😆😅🤣😂

[@vaiapisai1346]

Whinge means whining, complaining

[@SPVFilmsLtd]

04:29 - Mow-Ri, not Mayo-Ri. If you don't call the old leader of China Chairman 'Mayo', then don't call the Maori 'Mayori'. It's Chairman Mao. It's Maori.

[@rajendrakumar8419]

What part of Nz does he say ,life is laid back ? I like people to be more precise than general statements . If you are a tourist on holiday life is different . New Zealanders are smart and do their own repairs , house maintenance, cars ect .i think Americans should celebrate Trump birthday as he has become the protector of all American women

[@michaelcatherwood4088]

Why do Americans claim to be Irish and have never been to Ireland they are not Irish they are American. The Samoans in NZ are mostly from Western Samoa, a territory taken from Germany in 1914 at the beginning of the First World War. The Samoans in the USA are mostly from Eastern (American) Samoa

[@ToniaElkins]

@@michaelcatherwood4088 Because many Americans ARE Irish. You can have Irish DNA and never visit Ireland a day in your life you dumbA$$

[@michaelcatherwood4088]

@@ToniaElkins You say that with so much confidence. I repeat why is it only Americans who claim this. He seems a nice guy but he still doesn't know much about NZ yet for instance POM was originally an Australian term shortened from POME (Pommie) prisoner of mother England. A derisive term for English immigrants referencing transported convicts to Australia. I strongly suggest you listen more and react less it would help your credibility with people from this part of world. I have an Irish name and my Great Great Grandfather and Great Great Grandmother fled Ireland to escape religious persecution I don't claim to be Irish only an American would. Why?

[@taniac1860]

@@michaelcatherwood4088😂😂😂 Geta grip. My Grandmother was Maori, two grandfathers were German and one Grandmother Polish. Yes, I’m a Kiwi, but although Maori is where my tanga te whenua lies, I’m also part German and Polish, having never visited either doesn’t make me any less so. Don’t speak on behalf of an entire country, when voicing your rather close minded views. My mother grew up in Wellington, where there was a large community of Italians, Lebanese and as well as Irish and other European communities that centred a round the Catholic Church. We still stay in touch with some of these families, and yes they actually do still identify with their original cultures, mainly because they have kept their traditions etc alive. I dare you to wander the streets of Melbourne or Sydney and tell any of the fourth or fifth generation Australian Italians, Greeks or even Asians for that matter, that they are in fact not what they say they are… let me know how that works out for you 😂😂😂. Keep up the good work Tonia, ignore imbeciles like this one.

[@trudimclaren4301]

​​@@michaelcatherwood4088yes, I agree we don't do that here - if I think about it, I had Irish, Scottish and Welsh great, great grandparents, but I would never claim to be any of these nationalities. This many generations in, I'm just a Kiwi, and that's that 😊

[@johanmeischke9189]

Nah its the mindset. Nz is a bloody long way from anywhere hense the diy attitude

[@ToniaElkins]

Totally get it! I’d LOVE to visit there one day ❤️

[@johanmeischke9189]

@@ToniaElkins you should I can almost guarantee you'll have a ball. It's a long way but most think it's well worth the effort and cost.

[@ToniaElkins]

@@johanmeischke9189 I agree. I’ve always said if I ever leave the USA for a vacation I choose NZ and Australia! It would be cool to see other places but those are at the top of my list lol

[@johanmeischke9189]

@@ToniaElkins yeah Aussie is a great place too. Culturally. NZ and Aussies are very similar but also somewhat ironically very different, particularly in regards to the indigenous cultures, Polynesian specifically maori in NZ and aboriginal in Australia. Aussie is statistically the hottest inhabited country on earth and 85% desert. NZ has a temperate climate and is one of the most geographically diverse countries on the planet. You can literally go from the beach to skiing in about 1. 5 hrs. There's also no native predators besides sharks and only two species of indigenous mammals, bats . So if ya want, do the kiwi thing, take ya shoes off and go barefoot. We do...all the time lol

[@ToniaElkins]

@@johanmeischke9189 I feel like I’d fit right in! NZ & Australia seem very similar to my region of the Midwest. Very chill & go with the flow. I think you both are similar also to us and Canada. The same but not the same 😂

[@michaelnolan6951]

Curls is a real one. He used to live in Australia, and genuinely prefers NZ. When he refers to "pies" he of course is talking about real pies, not fake dessert pies like those in the USA . I grew up NZ but have lived nearly 20 years in the UK. It is SOO beautiful! (I am in the North West of England) the variety of English landscapes and scenery is mind blowing. (Lonely Planet voted Britain the most beautiful island in the world.) I think your impression of English people is a little bit regional based. Here, people are famously friendly (until you piss them off and they stab you) and I usually loathe people from London (Cockneys especially)

[@mindi2050]

Pies that don't have meat in them are fake? No, they're not. There are savory pies and sweet pies.

[@michaelnolan6951]

@@mindi2050 Each to their own! Personally, I think fruit pies are literally made with animal droppings. 😉

[@mindi2050]

@@michaelnolan6951 OK, I enjoy both kinds of pies. Hopefully meat pies aren't made with animal droppings. Just animals.

[@thrusta100]

Britain won? On what planet is it better/ “ prettier” than NZ, apart from the “ lonely” one 🤷‍♂️🤮Gotta be satire or some ridiculous biases going on...😂🤦‍♂️👎

[@lakelady57]

@@michaelnolan6951 🤣🤣

[@gailwarnock2764]

Meat pies all kinds .

[@joyannehoani9504]

Omg is this chick like out of it? Really, a pie is a pie lol

[@ToniaElkins]

No, there are dessert pies which is what we have in the USA and there’s meat pies which is common for y’all. Meat pies aren’t a thing here. Most Americans ne’er heard of it. Maybe YOU need to learn a thing or 2.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

"May-Ori"? Maori is pronounced "Mow-Ree".

[@greenscene5215]

Nope! The first vowel is a double sound a , so, ma-a-o-ri.

[@ronniethompson7464]

You can learn your own language need some old elders to write down your language so hope the native people can keep there culture gone kia kaha nz

[@morganrussell8150]

You should learn your Ancestry Darling, before it too late x.

[@2112666123]

Way better than living in the US

[@firebrand2619]

?

[@ToniaElkins]

Every country has pros and cons

[@2112666123]

@@ToniaElkins Yeah tired of living in México but I’m in the US thinking of moving to Netherlands 🇳🇱 Poland 🇵🇱 Germany 🇩🇪 area next year get closer to my Metal 🤘 concerts and festivals

[@firebrand2619]

@@ToniaElkins absolutely 100% correct couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@deanparkin1176]

If you say pie in nz it means meat pies very few sweet pies❤🇳🇿👍

[@yvonnebarretta]

Whingeing is complaining :S

[@ChrisFirth-do2sm]

Whinge, constance complaints.

[@kevinbalfour1728]

Hes talked about meat pies. You can get them everywhere and there's lots of different flavours.

[@skylagaaia6615]

Please never compare us NZ, to Australia..

[@markflint2629]

Speaking of language pify this guy hasn't mastsred it, total gringe fest.

[@trudimclaren4301]

I think you mean 'cringe fest'? 🙄 However I think he's doing an amazing pronunciation job - very respectful of our culture and makes the effort. Curls is awesome!