Best Kept Secrets in the Bay of Plenty (North Island road trip)

[@karinkereama]

Awww gonna miss you guys. Another great vlog.

[@michaelhohaia1651]

Hi Nick & Raychel, I'm amazed you made it to my Home Town of Te Puke (meaning The Hill) in the 80s the town had over 50 millionaires who exported kiwifruit all over the world. A little fun fact of knowledge.

[@jahhman5986]

Awesome guys hope use are enjoying it love our country ❤

[@nickandraychel]

Thank you we do love it!

[@annetteconroy6921]

Thank you for reminding me how wonderful my NZ back yard is

[@TheOnlyTaps]

Outdoor adventure heaven 🙏🏿👊🏿

[@TheOnlyTaps]

10:42 🎯💯

[@NomadicDanny]

Woah that cave was freaky indeed. So dark! - I got claustrophobic just watching lol. How brave of those women and children to have actually hidden in there.

[@murraystirling]

Love you guys ❤

[@nickandraychel]

Thank you!! ❤

[@rlb3339]

That toastie though. My hole is dripping just thinking about all those infused flavours. Thank you for posting your day trips.

[@michaelhohaia1651]

Learned to swim the Kaituna river when i was 5 yrs old along with all the children at our school.. Don't think they swim it these days.. Kaiate Falls is Famous these days. It was the backdrop scenery to Stan Walkers song I am from the Origin movie..

[@Sandyde321]

Great video thanks 😊 i need to do the Papamoa hills walk soon. I live at ohope beach.

[@nickandraychel]

You should!

[@LeslieWalters-n9t]

One of the problems with instant coffee can be how bitter it is. There is a way to avoid that though. For a black coffee, put the coffee and sweetener in the cup and add enough cold water to mix the coffee and sweetener so they dissolve. Mix thoroughly and then pour in the boiling water. For a milky coffee, add three heaped teaspoons of whole milk powder to the coffee and sweetener before proceeding as above. Hope this helps. Leslie

[@CookingAroundTheWorld]

You guys have such a peaceful vibe about you....I am loving how much wonder of New Zealand you uncover in each episode. Raychel, so true - I will never go sky diving because I just don't like it.

[@nickandraychel]

Thank you so much for your comment, it means a lot ❤

[@richardcaldwell9160]

Some great places, I did not know existed. You can't beat a good toastie I say. From a Kiwi (not kiwifruit). Cheers guys x

[@Nickubus99]

Did you guys clock that the pap hills you were climbing are fortified Maori Pa at the top? Ancestral hill forts. Pretty sure that was 200 year old hangi pit Nick was lying in 😆😆

[@nickandraychel]

Omg not the hangi pit LOL- we actually only learned more about Papamoa Hills after we climbed it, I wish we knew beforehand so we could've looked at it from a different perspective on the way up. Guess we'll have to read more and do it again!

[@modfus]

You guys are so nice (stereotypical Canadians I guess 😉) - always enjoy your content. I hope you are enjoying NZ as much as you appear to be in your vlogs.

[@nickandraychel]

Thank you so much! We are loving it here and will miss it very much when we have to leave

[@datractor]

You guys absolutely have to do the river rafting experience, river rats are an amazing tour group, the water is super warm. It will honestly be one of your best experiences ever. Chur 🤙

[@Jeffmell-ot2yz]

My cousin lives in Rotorua. He is a rafter and kayaker and has been trying to get me to do Okere falls with him. I might give in next March when I go back over to visit them. They are building a house across the river from the Okere Falls Store. We had lunch at the store the first time I was over in 2018. We paddled the Ohau Channel between Lake Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti, then we hiked to see the falls and had lunch at the store.

[@nickandraychel]

Oh that's so cool! It's such a great area

[@jenniferhylkema5834]

Try the gold kiwi! Soooo good

[@ianwilkinson3425]

You know what else is good ? Saying kiwifruit, not kiwi 😆

[@macdac9861]

@@ianwilkinson3425actually we always called them Chinese Gooseberries in NZ.

[@ianwilkinson3425]

@macdac9861 cool story. I'm 42 and born in NZ. NO one calls them Chinese gooseberries, bro.😆😆

[@macdac9861]

@@ianwilkinson3425 no one you know in your little bubble which doesn’t prove anything.i know plenty that do so you are clearly wrong. Clearly didn’t even bother to check with a quick google search before shooting your mouth off

[@macdac9861]

@@ianwilkinson3425what happens in your little bubble isn’t a reflection of the whole country. Maybe do a quick google search before shooting your mouth off next time champ

[@thekiwinomad]

Great video and yes Rachel is correct its called a kiwifruit not a kiwi e.g. a people don't call a grapefruit grape. As it the shorten word means something completely different.

[@EGGHEAD-o2c]

do you guys wanna come over to our gang headquarters we give tours

[@d.a2500]

YOU CAN CALL IT A KIWI……the wife is being a meanie.

[@nickandraychel]

Haha we get bullied online for calling it a kiwi!!!

[@macdac9861]

@@nickandraychelChinese Gooseberries which is what they originally were is what we always used to call them. There was some event that saw NZ taking over the market and rebranding them

[@Kiwi-Macca]

nah mate kiwis are birds or New Zealanders 😉

[@richjdnz]

ah, eh, ee!, ooh! ''ou (as in you) is all you need to smack your lips around the vowel sounds. the rest is as you read it. But Maori is a conversational language and as such, is spoken fast. Mastering the pace is the real test :-)

[@rollyrolly7729]

@richjdnz so true. All you need to do is learn the 5 vowels. Pretty simple really. There's no excuse for kiwis that have lived here all their lives to not grasp it. I guess their the racists

[@Kiwi-Macca]

o is more like awe than ooh, u is like ooh

[@rollyrolly7729]

@@Kiwi-Macca o is actually more like or

[@Kiwi-Macca]

@@rollyrolly7729 unless you roll or emphasise your r's, I think awe is safer 😉

[@rollyrolly7729]

@Kiwi-Macca both the same. I apologize, after reading your reply again I can see my mistake

[@Shenzenxo]

Those ain't even the biggest kiwifruit signs either

[@nickandraychel]

Yesss we saw the other ones that are behind the fence now too

[@adamv5219]

☕💩🗝

[@rhianajellick9009]

For the pronunciation of Okere and most other Māori place names. Look up how to pronounce the vowels in Te Reo Māori. And roll your R’s, then you should be able to pronounce them all pretty well! :). Also anything with ‘Wh’ in it is typically pronounced as ‘f’

[@shiftleft]

ignore pronunciation, just try your best. Some Maori try to make you feel bad about saying things, yet they have all sorts of problems with basic English. Yous fellas, aks, etc etc

[@LovelyMrsT]

​@@shiftleft what a tosser!

[@Kiwi-Macca]

@@shiftleft any opportunity to have a go eh?

[@lakelady57]

Also 'wh' can be pronounced like in whisper - wh. We have lost this pronunciation even in English as Where is not wear or ware but 'wh'ere with a breathy whisper sound.

[@Charlayo]

@@shiftleft slang 🚫 proper English ✅

[@rollyrolly7729]

Hey guys, here's a lesson on how to eat a kiwifruit. Use your thumb to cut the skin all the way around the middle. Then twist the kiwifruit and it will break into two. Squeeze the bottom of the kiwifruit and the fruit will rise out of the skin and pop it straight into your mouth.

[@nickandraychel]

Aww thanks for the tip!! We love the skin haha we've both eaten them like apples since we were kids :)

[@Andrew-tf8jt]

Kiwi fruit comes bigger than that and that makes it sweeter and don't eat it like a monkey peel it or use a spoon...if you like the skin that much save it till last ...yumyum.

[@nickandraychel]

'like a money' hahaha!! Omg I've eaten it like this since I was a little kid! 😆