11 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Moving To New Zealand & How To Prepare

[@MorganMarieWolff]

Car-b-que - A newly invented American term to describe an intentional car fire. Goes well with a side of baked beans. - Seems to be a lot of confusion about this :)

[@ISBayHudson]

Literally hearing about 3 burnt out cars over night in our suburb.... 'car-b-q' is all I thought

[@islandvibez]

@@ISBayHudson What ghetto hood you from? 😂

[@ISBayHudson]

@@islandvibez Karori 😁

[@cheetaih]

Car-b-que could be a New Zealand term now as you bring the term into the community.

[@mikeymike1374]

Kiwis are not private about our emotions we're probably more open then americans

[@Theodisc]

*Hullo* 👍☺ Some tips for incoming Americans to Aotearoa (and *Welcome* ): We will commonly greet strangers in the street and you will see us thanking our bus drivers when we alight the bus. We are kind, if a little parochial, and down-to-earth in nature we are told (someone cryptically told me we can make Canadians seem like Texans. Dunno what they were on about). Don't worry you are not being hustled, our nature just lends us to saying Gudday to one another even if we once were strangers before this.👍🏽 If you are invited by the friends you make over for "tea" for around five-six o'clock, then this "tea" actually means dinner. We don't really like to stand out above the crowd (this is called "tall poppy"), or to be making a fuss, or causing too much of it by putting folk out. We are kind of wallflowers like this. We think you are loud and brash, *you* who have gotten to know us long enough say we mutter and mumble when we speak (possibly due to the reasons just above). We are self-named "Kiwis". Naming us thus after our feisty long-beaked national bird, the kiwi. And those of us who like them eat *Kiwifruit", named also after the kiwi(bird). If you are a visiting celebrity and we see you coming, we will cross the road away from your side. Musn't fuss. And once again, Welcome!

[@johnprattley945]

There are only three toll roads in Gods Own, one in Auckland and two in Tauranga. Their total length is 27.5 km. So nothing to get stressed about.

[@Andy_M986]

One north of Auckland heading up north as well.

[@CaptainCalculus]

I've lived in NZ my whole life and I have never heard of anyone stealing a car and setting fire to it.

[@NZFarmboy80]

It happens a lot

[@TheTHRILL101]

did you live on Stewart Is by any chance? Happens all the time, everywhere else in NZ.

[@nsnz6014]

Shit you must live in a flash area cause it happens more frequently than u think😬

[@robertdean1579]

Thanks! I'm planning to spend a couple of months in 2023 in NZ on a university sabbatical.

[@calebsmith9190]

There are numerous other beets BTW, the other common one in nz is silverbeet. You would not want to mix them up as the part of silverbeet that gets consumed most of the time is the leaves, somewhat similar to spinach but not nearly as good. Also going a little left field, a huge portion of modern sugar is sourced from sugar beets rather than sugar cane like it used to be.

[@chrismclean980]

The bloke who designed the rubber "Jandal " whose surname was Yock ( can't remember his first name , might have been James ) had gone to the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 and observed the Japanese team wearing their traditional split toed sandals which is obviously where he got the idea , hence Jandal = Japanese sandal . As an old joker I can't help you with the applicator issue ! Good luck with that .

[@MorganMarieWolff]

This is a perfect explanation. Thanks you for the knowledge Chris!

[@NZKiwi87]

I’m learning things! I’m a kiwi and never heard of car-b-cues (they sound dreadful but a hilarious name!), or toll roads here! Thanks for an interesting video 👍

[@desireeg5807]

Lol the toll roads are only in Auckland.

[@MorganMarieWolff]

I am glad you are learning from my videos.😅 I really love Nelson BTW Kaiteriteri Beach is great.

[@NZKiwi87]

@@desireeg5807 ohhh that makes sense, thanks 😊

[@bethbarclay855]

There are 2 toll road on TGA too

[@desireeg5807]

@@bethbarclay855 oh I forgot about those!! My bad!!

[@ISBayHudson]

"Japanese sandals" I believe jandal was an iconic kiwi brand which became universally used.

[@r.1599]

You sure can bring your North American appliances to NZ and use them. My parents moved to NZ with some appliances, in the 1970s, and ran the sewing machine, the blender, and other household appliances off a transformer my dad made. Nowadays you can buy them and they're a lot smaller than the big boxy thing my father made. Look for "step down transformer". This is not a plug adapter; this is a device that lowers/steps down the NZ 230/240v current to the North American 110/120v.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Bank transfers work the same here in the UK, just give your account number and the money is paid in usually within minutes.

[@chrismclean980]

I have been here for 67 years and I've never heard of a carb eque ! I think that maybe peculiar to the area you live !

[@cheetaih]

Me either living in Auckland for 30 years.

[@TimeToTravel-u2x]

Or she made it up...after all it is the interweb

[@MorganMarieWolff]

😉

[@cheetaih]

But we have stolen cars crash into shops in Auckland and some other cities.

[@bethbarclay855]

Ram raids

[@awhiwhanau3000]

You are hilarious!!!! Love your witticism.....please keep it up. And...... kia ora💖

[@christopherharvey4849]

Hay just wanted to say that with your friendly personality you will do very well in NZ and stoked you chose here to live have a great day :)

[@MorganMarieWolff]

Thanks for the kind words Chris, I would do better if Kiwis got my sarcasm 😂

[@pianoman4967]

Dang - I'm late! I've been off grid and missed my *MorganFix* but here l am to catch up. Really enjoyed your perspective on the points raised. To tell the truth I'm too scared to disagree with anything you say knowing that if l do you'll send Mr Barkley to hunt me down! Keep doing what you do as you do! 💖👍🏻🇳🇿

[@fairynuff167]

You are fun to listen to, refreshing.

[@michaeltaaffe5531]

"Jandals" The name is a combination of Japanese and Sandals. They came on the New Zealand market in the mid 1950s.

[@bendavis6530]

Never heard of a carbeque but we had a Subaru that got stolen 3 times and in the last one it was on the news in a police chase. Didn’t come back that time 😢

[@andrewcomerford264]

Jelly, is what brits, Aussies, and New Zealanders call jello. Wellies is an abbreviation of Wellington, (yup, Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington)who invented them.

[@ExcretumTaurum]

They used to publish an asking price for houses but then agents got this idea that they can get better results but concealing the expected price. Bloody annoying. Ps: you still see published prices from time to time.

[@Huia1975]

House valulations are readily available online for anyone to see. QV. Just put in the address and it tells you how much it is currently worth, when it was sold last & for how much. People just need to know where to look.

[@jami4354]

Loved this one😊

[@guykrenn]

What did you mean when you said that you can't bring electronic devices even with an adapter? Adapters don't work for laptops, etc in NZ?

[@nadeansimmons226]

I live in South Auckland . Never met anyone who had there cars taken and set on fire

[@whoareyou361]

Hahaha I have never heard of at carbaque. But I love the word play

[@MorganMarieWolff]

Aww ...the kleenex of sandals.

[@anngodfrey612]

No toll roads that 8 know of in Christchurcgh, don't like the auction system for buying houses either, that has creapt in to give the impression of demand and to achieve higher than the already ridiculous prices.

[@dennisteriini659]

Straight to it ! Aye kook vid

[@donaldduck2139]

I've never heard of gangs stealing cars and burning them. . . gangs don't really target the public.. . . normally keep gang stuff between gangs. ..

[@r.1599]

It really _is_ 'jelly'. 'Jello' is the Kraft Heinz brand name for their powdered, flavoured gelatine ('jelly' is an abbreviation of 'gelatine').

[@johanmeischke9189]

When you buy a house look on line for a govt valuation also most properties are sold via real estate agencies not via auction

[@WinterWind]

The real estate agency is the company contracted to sell the home, auction is the method of sale. It isn't one or the other. You'd be in the same situation whether it was tender, negotiation or ticket price

[@johanmeischke9189]

@@WinterWind yes but my original comment still holds

[@dgk42]

I'm a painful person sometimes and insist on real estate agents provide a rough price and sell prices on similar properties.

[@johanmeischke9189]

@@dgk42 agreed, however I'll think most real estate prices are listed, also there is govt valuation. By law conveyance lawyers work for you which includes provisions for pims ( project info memos) which will tell you amoung other things the market value of any chattels( buildings) and lims( land info memos ) listing geological challenges, also NZ land law is based like the US, on Brittish common law, buyer beware. The prices are Thier, just be informed

[@pedroestevesgarcia2917]

I love your dog, he is very cute!

[@nicoletripp3331]

It’s so funny that kiwis don’t like when they shop in the US that the price on the tag isn’t what you actually pay at the register, yet think it’s normal to sell a house with no price. The whole auction experience of buying a house would give me a heart attack. It’s like a Black Friday sale at Walmart but $1 million dollars more.

[@hbaykiwi]

House sale prices are public information - you can just go look it up online or ask the realtor what the asking price is. Most house sales are not auctions and its just a realtor taking offers to find a buyer that the seller is happy with. However for general sales, the housing market has been so hot over the last 2 years that the asking price is always exceeded. Tara did a comparison of grocery prices and found NZ is surprisingly cheap compared to the USA kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqu3Z6ukrbF7ptU

[@cheetaih]

What about you open a separate bank account for payment and be comfortable giving out the account number. Then you have another bank account for saving? I actually come across more often in Auckland the sellers or service providers that give me their bank account numbers and I deposit the payment to them.

[@WinterWind]

There's literally no benefit in that. No one can do anything with your bank account number other than put money into it, that goes for any bank account

[@TheScratchingKiwi]

Close, but not quite: You go 'on the piss' (out drinking) with your mates... then you get 'pissed' (not angry, drunk) and if you get really drunk, you have a 'technicolour yawn' (throw up).

[@eugenewharawhara9420]

Luckily me I had hardly no gas in my car so I found it down the road still intact

[@paulleckner9148]

Do you say musk melon or cantalope?

[@paulleckner9148]

I want to drive a pickup truck, What they call a ute, or utility truck.

[@whoareyou361]

Also the online Maori dictionary is super helpful.

[@TheClunkingFist]

Crikey, I've lived in NZ for 50 of my 55 years. I don't know if anyone I know has had a car stolen, let a lone carbbq! I did have an old car stolen by joyriders in the UK.

[@robertbaird4822]

There's cars stolen every hour of the day,jees where the hell do you live?

[@Bettyish]

With regards to the femenine hygiene products. After living in Europe for a 10 years, I can safely say that it is America that is the odd one out as far as applicators are concerned. It's fairly standard practice everywhere.

[@paulleckner9148]

How do you say aluminum?

[@janettesteele631]

That’s Aluminium

[@marcanderson8669]

Jandal is the original name. The word is made up from Japanese Sandal; cheap footwear issued to NZ and Australian pow's who the Japanese captured in Malaya. One of the Kiwi prisoners brought the idea back home with him and marketed them as Jandals.

[@FastKiwiBoss]

You're young, lovely and you make your videos very interesting, very enjoyable and with added humor, luv it. Our NZ version of the USA social security number is our IRD number. Your bank account requires a access number(1)and your password(2) so having your bank number out there really don't matter, but having lived in the USA myself I understand your questions an querys. Keep up the good work and enjoy NZ.

[@MorganMarieWolff]

Thanks for the kind words Dale.😀

[@dgk42]

Kiwis tend to be laid back and reserved, when compared to yanks anyway. When I lived in the USA I was always told I was extremely quiet, when I thought I was just being a normal Kiwi. Oh, and people don't eat Kiwis.

[@jdb9388]

"A-o-tora" 🤣🤣🤣 absolutely massacred that one its our-te'ah-raw

[@desireeg5807]

Ummmm... In my experience with the house value thing.... that's only for Auctions and E.O.I's?

[@MorganMarieWolff]

90% of the houses where I live seem to be auction.

[@johanmeischke9189]

Ah no it's not called social security however if you have any dealings with work and income you will have the NZ equivalent

[@fairynuff167]

We have social security numbers if we have the need for govt support. Today it is called WINZ. In the 70s it was Social Security and then Social Welfare. To get financial support they allocate you a 9 digit no.

[@r.1599]

I object, Your Honour! "Jelly" is what it actually is. "Jello" is a _brand name_ that takes the "y" off the end of the word, and replaces it with an "o" to be cutesy. Jelly is short for gelatine. Jello is a north American dessert of flavored jelly.

[@drthomason7043]

Silverbeet

[@r.1599]

If you don't see tampons with applicators, ask. They're there and they're usually Tampax.

[@gregarchipow7643]

jandal-japanese sandal

[@WeboughtaplaneNZ]

MMmmmm sounds like a north island thing never heard about a carBQ down in the friendly island

[@kirstinstansbury2017]

I’m from the South Island but live in the north island and have never heard of a car b que!

[@mikeymike1374]

Kiwis are not private with our emotions

[@eugenewharawhara9420]

Nice going American girl you said aotearoa better than most Maori people I no 👋👋👋👋👋

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

I've lived here for more than 70 years, and never come across anyone who's had their car stolen and deliberately set on fire.

[@niueanlaho]

kia ora......

[@gregarchipow7643]

silverbeet

[@jackprichard6780]

Buying houses here is awful. But the houses are awful to, I think we should call them Living Sheds so there's that.

[@GS-wz1ud]

Ki a o ra. Maori pronunciation is simple. Just voice each vowel individually, and when you get to a consonate, just tack on the following vowel. A O TE A RO A, A O RA KI, or A O RA NGI, TE WA I PO U NA MU, OO TA U TA HI. And look up the song a haka mana for pronunciation on KZbin. Start slow and you will eventually be speaking like a ma o ri. It's refreshing when people get a person's name right, especially when they're talking with that person. Don't stress, have fun, and you'll pick it up. Ka ki te a no. And I love sarcasm, just not the American kind.

[@robertbaird4822]

They talk like that because they haven't learnt to speak properly

[@cheetaih]

In New Zealand, the sellers pay real estate agents and will jack up the property prices as high as possible. I was told the realtors in America are the opposite paid by the buyers.

[@MorganMarieWolff]

That makes sense. From my experience in the states, there is a x% commission of the total sale price that its spit between the selling and buying agent

[@cheetaih]

@@MorganMarieWolff High housing price policy has been copycatted from Hong Kong and Singapore as such a policy can generate more tax income to the government.

[@jumpingjohnflash]

@@cheetaih There is no tax on real estate transactions in NZ - you may be thinking of Australia which has a "stamp duty" (NZ used to, but abolished it years ago). There is however a "brightline" test that the IRD (tax dept) will apply on assessing whether you should pay tax on a capital gain from a sale.

[@cheetaih]

@@jumpingjohnflash You probably never heard of "the Brightline Tax". The timeframe was extended to five years in 2018 by Jacinda Ardern and more property sellers got caught. You seem to have no idea how many new taxes were brought up by Jacinda Ardern and we have to fight every day to stop her lawmaking and new tax making.

[@jumpingjohnflash]

@@cheetaih I suggest you read my first comment more carefully...

[@bethbarclay855]

I thought we got paid more than American’s

[@nzfreeski]

As a kiwi who has lived away from NZ for years, the home sale advertising and blind to price is insane. You are spot on. Such a waste of time - the capital value is sometimes shown, always off.

[@MorganMarieWolff]

Exactly! iI it 300k or 1.5k million. JK we know nothing is 300k any more.

[@fairynuff167]

Try some humour with your jandals,(Island styles) channals.

[@Seekingtruth4488]

Never even heard of a ‘carbecue’ and I have been here 20 years. Sounds like you just have some toe rags living near you.

[@zaynevanbommel5983]

ha ha very Kiwi Toe Rags lol

[@november50]

Entertaining lol.

[@johanmeischke9189]

Yes we have gangs. Utopia does not exist

[@aheat3036]

😂 How about Switzerland, Norway or some little island in the Caribbean?… Look, New Zealand’s gang problem is quite bad and getting worse mainly because of this overly woke and politically correct government!… Most of the crimes are being committed by Pacific Islander criminals and their numbers are increasing and the government is in denial!… New Zealand is also a collectivist socialist monarchy hence the citizens or the subjects are not allowed to own guns or defend themselves!… The future for New Zealanders is very bleak!

[@johanmeischke9189]

@@aheat3036 every single one of the countries you mentioned is supported by a primarily capitsalistic base for eg NZs supposed SOCIALIST policies is sipptorted untill jacinda by capitalist base. NZ is one of the freest less regulated countries on the planet d

[@markbraxton1289]

Best tip was to probably to stay in the USA...lol

[@MorganMarieWolff]

Aw, they both have their quirks=)

[@markbraxton1289]

I was only kidding lovely funny lady i hope it all works out for you

[@Juleka-and-roaar]

ive hear TONS, TONS OF BIRDS.

[@johanmeischke9189]

Aotearoa pronounced ah oh tay a row a

[@jumpingjohnflash]

It's actually only 3 syllables: "Ao", "tea" and "roa". The "ea" - is a single vowel, as is the "oa" .

[@TimeToTravel-u2x]

Your videos are a carBque. lol

[@aheat3036]

😂 There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for an American to go to New Zealand to live!… It’s a huge step down but there is nothing wrong with going there on vacation for a week or two although your money will be much better spent in Europe, Asia or even Australia!… The dollar is very strong and just keeps on rising against the euro and other major currencies so go enjoy your vacation!

[@haydengoodall6767]

Every person you encounter always remarks about your endearing personality... Aye.. bro..

[@Huia1975]

And thankfully you feel that way because we don't like AH Americans coming here. We'd rather you stay home. 😘