Lockdown in New Zealand | Russell Howard Stands Up to the World | Avalon Comedy

[@thehairykiwi100]

I was the gardener at the hotel Russell was staying at, the Grand Millennium, up until the moment we had our first lockdown. I am genuinely thrilled to see the plants alive and relatively healthy, especially in that balcony area. Thanks for the unexpected moment of happiness Russell.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

That's really cool. Hope you've found other work since then though. Pretty tough otherwise!

[@thehairykiwi100]

@@nikiTricoteuse I was a contractor working there just one day a week. Sure enough my boss found me something else to do. It was my favourite site though! After you said that, it does sound like I was out of work, sorry for implying that, but thanks for the kind words.

[@Efflorescentey]

This whole post is so wholesome, it brightened my day ❤️

[@nikiTricoteuse]

@@thehairykiwi100 Oh cool. I am glad to hear you have other work. I'm in the South lsland so feel a bit bad and a little concerned over how much of the load Auckland has been carrying.

[@tempestive1]

I'm a gardener too (permaculturer), I know the feeling :p I think in any area it's rewarding to see people respect your work, even (specially) when they don't understand much about it. All the best, mate!

[@nix2747]

You can tell Russell is an extrovert because he started going loopy on Day 1. Two weeks in a hotel room with no human contact sounds like a vacation to me.

[@Qwentar]

Extroverts are so weird IMO.

[@nix2747]

@@Qwentar So weird

[@ladykayla7417]

Yeah, my kindle & phone/tablet (reading, audiobooks & streaming/downloaded films) and I’m sorted. I’m still not planning to go anywhere away from home any time soon, though.

[@nix2747]

@@ladykayla7417 Exactly this! As long as the wifi stays steady and the food keeps coming, I'd be happy.

[@Withjoyfulsenescence]

Same here.. I was wondering why he’s finding it hard. I could go on for days to week. 😂

[@heyysimone]

"are you worried about your mental health?" "And you have to lie."

[@KjetilMland_Nor]

How Russel did not get murdered by John Richardson when they where flatmates is a mystery with no answer...

[@rupedog]

John would have just tidied up, and moaned in secret about it!

[@jonathandhoward]

@@rupedog he actually left them an itemized bill. but otherwise yes

[@nikiTricoteuse]

IKR ‽ It must be a special skill to make a room with that little in it, look like a shit bomb has exploded!

[@bertplank8011]

Theyre both of a certain ethnicity which youre not allowed to mention on YT.

[@chantalfinn6173]

@@bertplank8011 English?

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Ngl, two weeks in a hotel room by myself sounds fantastic. 😌 Yes, I'm a massive introvert.

[@julierose7841]

NGL I’ve sometimes thought about recreating the conditions of managed isolation in some normal hotel.

[@jasonwoods3711]

Im so grateful i chose to live off grid on my boat .. feel for you people out there in built up areas with or without a pandemic 😥

[@WhakaNiaMai]

"Don't pin drop.. There's trolleys down there" I think that's a sentence you could only ever hear here ahahaha

[@premadonna]

I know… kiwi as 😂😂

[@chriskoudelka24]

What does it mean though?

[@bodybalanceU2]

@@chriskoudelka24 shopping trolleys are found everywhere even at the bottom of local harbours - people wander off with them from the shops and dont return them

[@GinaMazzola]

"whenever they're hungry they have to head butt a tree"...his mother is hilarious.

[@Alcagaur1]

I doubt there are many greater compliments than "It's like being in a nightclub with Chris Hemsworth."

[@ilovefabricandflowers8543]

Russell's special skill is making the room look like the local tip with a minimum of items.

[@camelopardalis84]

"Tip"? I guess that was non-US English. I'm Swiss but I consume so much US media. And some of the UK youtubers I watch for some reason decide to use US expressions all the time.

[@ilovefabricandflowers8543]

@@camelopardalis84 refuse tip is Australian for garbage dump.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@ilovefabricandflowers8543 I only saw what it meant before, but now I know it's Australian, too. Thanks!

[@jorenbosmans8065]

Russell's mom seems like a wise sage

[@mhangell]

OMG, I was exactly the same way with Pineapple Lumps. It was Luke, Meh, then a while later, all right, then I MUST HAVE THEM. I took home 3 bags & I ate every last one of those lumps. Can't wait to get back to NZ for more. Oh, and visit NZ, yeah yeah.

[@pseudonayme7717]

😄

[@rachelcookie321]

I’ve been eating them occasionally for 9 years and still don’t like them. I hated them the first couple times so I guess there’s some improvement.

[@Angela-382]

The very name strikes horror into my soul. On a ski trip many years ago ago with the kids; they were allowed one bag of lollies of choice for the trip down from Auckland. My 6 yr old boy saved his until the last minute and gobbled the lot as we reached the motel. We were sharing a bed. During the night, he reared up, burped, and puked up the whole lot on my head. Since then, I've had to avert my gaze when I pass them in the supermarket.

[@susanwylie9890]

Pineapple Lumps straight from the freezer are the best!

[@lobstermash]

I can attest that pineapple lumps (correctly pineapple chunks) were disgusting in the 1950s and still are. But they used to be cheap - 2 or 3 for a penny.

[@simonrodriguez4685]

The woodpecker syndrome is when confined people start banging their heads against the wall.

[@halfhearted2799]

I was advised to shield last year - 3.5 months alone in a one-bed flat with no garden access and no family nearby. Weirdly I coped ok, mentally, at the time (as tough as it was). It’s now that I feel like I’m struggling, as I try to make sense of the fact that some people view having to wear a mask for a 20-minute bus journey as being an affront to their human rights. People suck. A fortnight in a hotel - with the ability to get out for 40-mins a day - would’ve been much preferred to my experience last year. On the plus side, though, I haven’t had covid and my friends and family are healthy so I’ve lots to celebrate. Not everyone is as fortunate. This pandemic has really shown people’s true colours. That’s another blessing, in a way.

[@adam346]

before when people were secretly crazy they tended to stay in smaller groups... now one crazy is latching onto another and there has been a massive snow-ball effect... its more scary than the virus tbh.

[@moniquem783]

Coping with isolation is a bit of an art form. I’ve had a chronic illness for 18 years. I was so bored when I first stopped working. Now I can kill time like a master 😂😂😂 Really the only difference in my life from the pandemic is that I stopped going to my doctor fortnightly and had calls instead. I go to him again now but less often. I still go to my chiro. It averages out to leaving the house once every 4 weeks. I’m fine with that. The part of it that I’m not fine with is the inner ugliness of people being displayed proudly. You are absolutely correct. People suck.

[@SamTheManWhoCanTwice]

I'm disgusted that people will give up Thier basic freedoms over a very minor illness. Humanity used to live with many many illnesses many times worse than covid and it never decided that hiding away was the correct thing to do.

[@adam346]

​@@SamTheManWhoCanTwice ah yes, a very minor illness that kills 1 in 10 men it infects over the age of 70 in the US... more over not all can get vaccinated, including anyone undergoing cancer treatment, on immunosuppresses or have a compromised immune system so we can all just exclude them from society from now on... also being compounded by people refusing the vaccine... anti-maskers... misinformation... society is only as strong as it's dumbest link after all. Also ever since we discovered how viruses and bacteria work and are transmissible this is EXACTLY WHAT WE DO IN EVERY PANDEMIC SITUATION.

[@SamTheManWhoCanTwice]

@@adam346 we didn't even do this for spainish flu which was over 10x as deadly

[@4evertrue830]

Walking around in a cycle for 40 minutes? Looks like they were preparing everyone for a space flight.....lol.

[@emmareadagoodbook9643]

I'm doing a face mask and I'm not supposed to move my face while it dries. Watching this was dumb. I laughed so hard at the woodpecker.

[@luuketaylor]

It could be worse, Emma!

[@NextianGeometry]

Surely everyone but clods has been "doing" a face ma--oh wait, it's a skincare thing.

[@noemiecansier8466]

In Hong Kong you have to stay 3 weeks in a hotel room for 24 hours a day. Barely made it out with my sanity.

[@ryeencoke]

Never realized Russell was so fit.

[@jorenbosmans8065]

He does look good. I always thought he was just skinny.

[@rachelcookie321]

I thought he was one of those people who is just really skinny all the time.

[@angelaburrow8114]

I'm still having to shield. I've not seen anyone since Covid started apart from my wife & the nurse who's been to take blood 6 times. It's still not safe for me to meet other people. If I catch Covid, it's game over, so my GP & hospital consultant say I must stay at home (not difficult because I'm bed-bound) but I can't have visitors, which is the hard part. I've had both vaccinations & am due a booster, but the first 2 haven't worked because I have a very poor immune system. I'll be glad when it's all over.

[@MindfulStir]

Good luck Angela!

[@purrfectdesignstm]

So sorry to hear that Angela. I'm also in the highest risk group so me and my husband have been shielding the whole time. Everyone is quick to judge that decision with little empathy. I'm so sorry you have to too and just wanted to send a virtual hug your way.

[@amy_pieterse]

If there is wifi I would binge watch all the shows I have on my Netflix list.

[@nzlemming]

There is WiFi in MIQ, yes.

[@1santillan1]

I would binge the loading screen because I can never decide what to watch

[@franticranter]

most people did that in the first lockdown

[@amazinggrace5692]

@@1santillan1 so true!

[@knusern666]

I have finished Netflix... Twice

[@mallow173]

That must have been a blast! Visiting a covid free country and getting to mill about without a mask on! You have the unique ability to make anything funny! Rock on Sir!

[@nicolarobinson3140]

A covid free country??!🤔

[@gabrieldacruz3150]

We know about covert free country it's called Florida and it's bigger than New Zealand

[@dawggonevidz9140]

@@gabrieldacruz3150 at the peak of the pandemic, florida was losing more people every three hours than New Zealand lost for the entire pandemic. And nobody cares because each dead floridian = a slightly better and more intelligent world for the rest of us.

[@Erika-ox3tq]

as an introvert this seems like a dream

[@mustwereallydothis]

I think I may go to New Zealand just for the 14 day quarantine.

[@stn7172]

As a introvert that is sad

[@rachelcookie321]

My mum is very introverted and barely survived in MIQ. I think she was at the same hotel. Being trapped in one room, not being able to see your family, no fresh air. The food was bad too. She collected the coffee cups from her daily coffee and named them so she could have friends.

[@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544]

I’m a introvert and I would hate this

[@Michael-lg4wz]

@@rachelcookie321 Im an introvert and considered ordering a taxi to wait around the corner and jumping the fence. you had to book in to go for a walk and walk in circles like oomaloompas. Extremely unhealthy, almost zero sun no movement and copious amounts of alcohol.

[@kristianaaberg7882]

Tasmania is still covid free. We have had a normal life this entire pandemic except for a short lockdown in March 2020.

[@RoverIAC]

but I bet they'll still come jabbing for you.

[@operator0]

I live in a state in America that acts as if COVID never happened. Sometimes I forget there's a pandemic. Watching the portion of this video where he's in awe of the people sitting outside, maskless, and with the freedom to go where they want, when they want, made me feel sad that he's saddled with leaders who would chose to restrict his liberties because his countrymen are so incredibly scared of death.

[@kristianaaberg7882]

@@RoverIAC Yes, we need vaccination to protect ourselves from the virus. That is a no brainer!

[@initxl8847]

@@kristianaaberg7882 protect from what this virus u can still take it and why is the point someone to force you do something and u pretending u are in I democracy and free Virus don't go nowhere they are here we need to adapt and that's it mask vaccine or lock down do dhit this is only I exercise for future come here in 5 year time

[@RoverIAC]

@@kristianaaberg7882 sure, and please let me know when an actual vaccine is available, you know, one that actually stops you from getting the virus and one that has been fully tested for human safety. (maybe you should try to find out why they skipped the animal testing)

[@marianjeffrey8684]

Unfortunately thanks to New South Wales, New Zealand has Delta. So do we in Victoria but at midnight tonight, our lockdown and curfew will be over. Yeah! Love pineapple lumps. Great video.

[@julierose7841]

As someone in Auckland, I’ve been referring to the premier as “Gladys Beredicklian” and “Gladys Bereshitlian” ever since.

[@NotChukkov]

Gulag Gladys, Gladys BinChicken, Bereshitlian... and of course she resigned the other week due a corruption investigation. I hope all New Zealanders know her name

[@havissard]

Fuck I really hope Jon Richardson saw the state of that apartment.

[@lauracresswell9699]

I want to hang out with your mom! She sounds hilarious!!

[@purpleishpanda]

Pineapple lumps are like crack to us

[@SquirrelNutkins]

Not all of us. They’re gross 🤮

[@JargonMadjin]

In our family the term "Pineapple Lump" also refers to a brunette that acts like a dumb blonde

[@casinodelonge]

are you not supposed to put them in public urinals??

[@Laurielism]

Addictive chewy sweetness.

[@Antechynus]

I buy a pack one or twice a year as a treat for my sister... been doing it for 30 years now. She loves em.

[@murrayclarke2171]

My hotels never had quizzes. You had it grand Russell. I just had petrified nurses or staff at the door despite my 3-4 negative tests over 14 days. This whole thing has just been total madness.

[@leahmcpherson7560]

Russell howard looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. ^_^

[@beverlyblake4325]

You couldn’t do this in America, you’d hear so much whining and “I have rights, I’m an American”, I know my rights! Whiny, whiny, whiny!🤣😂

[@lancaster5498]

Yeah, wish I lived there. Fuck Australia

[@ursusmega2803]

@@lancaster5498 If you don't love it, leave it. I'm an immigrant and I've ALWAYS wanted to say that.

[@lancaster5498]

@@ursusmega2803 I love Australia, just not the controlling bullshit of the last 2 years. Also you need permission to leave now? Kinda my point, need to ask the gov gods for everything. That is not the Australia I love.

[@kirk5152]

@@lancaster5498 Most Aussies wish that.....Not to move to America. But that people like you would!!!

[@lancaster5498]

@@kirk5152 copy that big boi. I hope you guys are right and everything is fine in the police state we are building. I hope I am just paranoid and wrong. I bet I am not though. We can check back in 5-10 years and see how happy you still are with how things progressed.

[@scarlettstott7570]

Popular prime minister, the view of our pm overseas is interesting

[@foryou6888]

It seems to be Russell's view yes.....

[@Iris_and_or_George]

I hope so much the quiz prize of 1 extra night in the hotel is actually true! Hilarious!

[@MrHaydnSir]

his impression of good mother gets me every fuckin’ time 😂🤣

[@martywild6359]

Sitting here in Auckland seven weeks into lockdown, bored shitless. Paradise lost.

[@chinboy66]

Paradise paused. Toughen up a little

[@pascalroggen8364]

yeah, it sucks, but we did have a year of paradise when everyone else was chocking, in a couple of months we'll end up close to normal and similar to other countries, but with a far smaller deaths per million and a better economy, because of that year of freedom

[@merchant48]

Wow hanging out at home with wi fi video games books Netflix Like prison🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@ShaeSandybanks]

Now frozen pineapple lumps. Fucking hell. They absolute best. 🤤🤤

[@nikiTricoteuse]

OMG Frozen chewy ones are to die for. I can heartily recommend frozen chocolate fish too. Those "sprats" that the warehouse sells are even better though. Perfect chocolate to marshmallow ratio.

[@GTRoberts]

Frozen pineapple lumps are the ONLY way to eat them!! I'd do a month of hotel MIQ (without the 40 minutes outside time) for a lifetime supply of them!

[@laurabond2139]

Yes, the only way to eat Them!!! Same with anything marshmallow like buzz bars.... have you tried the queen Anne mini fish so good and they come in milk and dark chocolate. More expensive but I'm treating myself for Xmas lol from countdown

[@nzihatebarney]

I love that you can get chewy ones and then suddenly one of those ones that shatter in your mouth

[@nikiTricoteuse]

@@nzihatebarney l love the shatterers but l always feel as though l've won some sort of prize if l get a frozen chewy one.

[@iammattbarker]

It was nice to be reminded of the good times. 🤣🤣😭

[@Anna-2]

Not gonna lie, I'm in MIQ in NZ (quarantine hotel) right now and I'm loving it. Would not mind staying longer to be honest.

[@Michael-lg4wz]

I did MIQ and found it extremely disturbing. It also went much longer than what it needed to

[@Anna-2]

@@Michael-lg4wz What was disturbing?

[@impoisonivy88]

Anyone else enjoy seeing Russell with no shirt or is it just me? 🔥

[@bertplank8011]

Its just you....

[@sherritanner6237]

He's so cute!

[@bertplank8011]

@@sherritanner6237 He is partially cross eyed.....

[@sherritanner6237]

@@bertplank8011 So, he's still cute and very funny. I enjoy hearing a point of view from another country since this is so f...ed up. It sounds like his is too.

[@fatbelly27]

US, Italy, UK all at around 1 in 500 of the population having died of covid. NZ would have lost 10000. Actual figure is 28

[@xiaoabrose]

Do you know over 150,000 kiwis have died from various other illnesses and old age over the same time period? That's what people end up doing.

[@Pink.andahalf]

3 Million people a year die in the US, mostly of heart disease and influenza. Covid never made it past 4th on the cause of death list, even at its height.

[@fatbelly27]

@@Pink.andahalf Probably due to the great US diet

[@ogthebarbarian641]

fatbelly27 Nope, bullshit. We had over 90,000 cases at our peak and the reason we had so little deaths is because the covid death rate is extremely low; nothing ti do with lockdowns. Now our government is trying to find a way round the Nuremburg and Hague conventions so they can literally FORCE us to get the vax.

[@ogthebarbarian641]

@@xiaoabrose Damn right. And more people committed suicide from being isolated from family members they depend on than died of covid. She was caught last month selling NZ weapons to countries on the UN 'banned' list and now she's gagged the media and investing in legal experts to try and find a way to legally force Kiwis to take the vax. Jacinda is nothing but a tyrant, and I do mean NOTHING.

[@andycontento3563]

I think you've probably summed up most people's stay in having to quarantine in a hotel. 👍👍👍👌👌👌😂😂😂

[@evilbetty9204]

We did that circle walk in jail. Join up and go for a stroll through the dorm talking about life and what got our sorry asses there.

[@davidmsmith268]

I love Pineapple lumps. Got them ina snack crates years ago and now I ask for them every xmas. It costs like $8-10 US to get them here.

[@gamewithadam7235]

An extra night's stay at the hotel what a prize lmfao.

[@donovan6206]

I did not realise russell howard was in that good of a shape

[@thelibrarianofalexandria6200]

Sooo... I really don't understand. Was he NOT ALLOWED to bring books? It looked like there was no TV, but surely he could ave had some books with him.

[@ThievingWizard]

He prolly didn't want books linda

[@thelibrarianofalexandria6200]

@@ThievingWizard could be, but in that case him being soo bored is on him. Maaany books in the world, and there are many books for everybody.

[@ursusmega2803]

He had a laptop & wifi. Sorted.

[@thelibrarianofalexandria6200]

@@ursusmega2803 hmm Then I really don't understand why we was soo bored. Huh some people are just REALLY social I suppose

[@itsonlysound]

​@@thelibrarianofalexandria6200 You don't have to be social to not like the idea of being locked in a room for 23 hours a day. Reading doesn't remedy the feeling of being locked in.

[@decodolly1535]

Quiz prize: An extra night in the hotel! 🤣🤣🤣

[@StefanTravis]

So many things are better with Russell Howard shirtless.

[@henrypeters5925]

The dudes a crack up keep it up man

[@edwinfrerichs8674]

So he's not alone for half a hour, that's more than what I had!

[@susanfarley1332]

Hope those floors are soundproof. Anyone in a flat underneath hearing the sound of him running around to all the rooms... Doesn't sound fun to be closed up in a room. I would need a lot of books. A lot.

[@cormacatcyclesierranevada1451]

Funny how the passage of time can give us a different perspective on things

[@jesseleeward2359]

She is a hated authoritrian lunatic and the international press keeps singing her praises! Those who do not have to live under her I insanity. She wants to fine citizens thousands for not reporting their whereabouts to ghe gov checking into every shop!

[@darianistead2239]

@@jesseleeward2359 That's your opinion. Count yourself lucky, you are far better off with her than elsewhere. Problems actually stem from entitled halfwits whom think they know better and fk it up for everyone else. Like the OP said "perspective", if you haven't been in lockdown for more days, under the strictest restrictions in the world like some of us have then you can just fk up.

[@neddkelly4477]

@@jesseleeward2359 shes extremely disturbed.....give me that "activing" a fool baffoon anytime.

[@neddkelly4477]

@@darianistead2239 your br@@nwashed. End of. What NZ is going through is disturbing. U working for the NWO ?

[@robertschwartz4810]

You should take the fish you caught and cook it on your iron. Atmosphere!

[@auselessblob]

My family and I got covid in the first wave. My mom and sister had to be quorantied for 48 days so they could not go out in all that time. we live in a block so in the end they started to walk back and forth on the balcony. Sorry for my spelling :(

[@loridrblake9770]

🤗 now i feel like a jerk for silently correcting grammar - you did fine, got your point across, it’s amazing that we can get to talk at all. Blessings to your family and you

[@captainhotrod7948]

It's a bit strange seeing this from Florida.

[@aaronmartin7001]

Because its been like new Zealand the whole time

[@travelwell6049]

I'd like to see data showing a comparison covid responses based on female leaders and male leaders.

[@rupedog]

No need, the result is obvious - female leaders have done better (less deaths, less cases, therefore less lockdown and so less economic impact). Same for centre and centre-left parties. NZ had both!

[@screamtoasigh9984]

Why? You think blackface Trudeau and Authoritarian Ardern have different levels of testosterone? 😅 they're both totalitarian. One's on an island with limited illegal invasions.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

@@screamtoasigh9984 Grow up poppet. Regardless of your political leanings, you only need to realise that here in Aotearoa, we've lived in pretty much complete freedom for most of the pandemic and with "only" 28 dead in a population of 5 million it's obvious that Ardern has done well.

[@nix2747]

The data is already available and the women aced it.

[@simonwhite8836]

@@screamtoasigh9984 Compared to USA NZ has far more inbound tourist visitors far more foreign students far more citizens travelling overseas far more expats who returned home in the 2 weeks before the lockout, and after the lockout ended. far more air and sea freight crews visiting Being an island was crucial later on for sure. But the initial flows of virus across the US borders were south to infect Mexico, and I imagine north to infect Canada. The US infection sources are known from DNA tracing. It was heavily from Europe especially Italy. Not much from China, which was targeted by the non-citizen ban at the same time as NZ did it. The US initial response was astoundingly anti-managed. It is not fair to call it mis-managed, Trump and his stooges knew what they were doing.

[@peterbarnard5028]

them walking around in a circle reminds me of the film midnight express

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

How can anyone not like Pineapple Lumps immediately?

[@helnbak9372]

Thank you I needed that today 😂😂😂❤️

[@ananamu2248]

I still crack up about the skit on the top of a hill looking at a pasta rock . .....and then the dramatics about the marmite disappearing ..I wake up I the middle of the night giggling " yeahsssss it was in the papers "

[@arsenalfan_412]

I would have said you can handle a fishing rod and your wife can handle a pandemic

[@iain7945]

How lucky we all are to have survived it this far my friends so remember hug your neighbor's kiss your loved ones because one day it will be too late peace my KZbin family love and respect from liverpool uk

[@patrickmarriott4422]

TIL I missed Russell when he was in my city. Goddammit

[@KeenBaker]

7:06 "where do you stand on pineapple lumps?" "I'm not a pieapple lump guy" "You got any other barbers?" 😂

[@becpico2165]

U can come into NZ from overseas, I live here but can't even leave my fucking home due to lockdown!

[@rachelborowyckyj626]

I am from Western Australia and we are free over here too.

[@srijulakhotha7247]

You're so right, mate. New Zealanders and Canadians - this is what we should all aspire to be.

[@mariag.8242]

I would like to agree but we’ve developed quite a qlutch of Qurious people out being angry and threatening violence. We had more than our share of white supremacists and incels, about 1.5% but now they’ve gathered in all the pandemic’s fearful and confused people, persuading them that immigrants and China-owned commie government and media are all lying to (that part’s never really clear.). Still under 10% but there are pockets of kookery where scarcely half the people have had a shot. Since the national rate for all eligible people is about 82%, you can see these outliers are quite far out from most places. Unfortunately, the prairie provinces are run by stubborn white guy conservatives who did the trumpy thing so people there are in trouble and the rest of us have to hope they just stay where they are until the hospitals can let in cancer patients who need tumours removed and other “optional care”

[@robynzelickson6164]

You betcha! As a Canadian, I can always vouch for peeps from NZ! They're as awesome as we are #REPRESENT

[@susanwylie9890]

Any Kiwis notice how, in some shots, Russell wearing glasses looks like our own Ashley Bloomfield?

[@Efflorescentey]

In hotel quarantine in Australia, I got a 5 minute walk up and back on a driveway 🙄

[@Efflorescentey]

I also got the Melbourne security guards yelling at my face

[@emilykeepsmiling9465]

Live the way he just casually shows off his chest and abs while running in the hotel 😂 I mean I'm not complaining though

[@laurabond2139]

Beers are required on a fishing trip in nz

[@SphynxsShadow]

As a Kiwi, I find this fucking hilarious XD Special Blend Coffee represent! Hahaha and his reaction to Pineapple Lumps was awesome. Though we are implementing No Vaccine, No Entry policies as well to prevent future outbreaks. Which is funny because Americans are like "Oh we are going to be stuck with this" but he mongs put themselves over doing what they need to and go "Why should we do what the govt says. Muh freedumbs come first". Thankfully those Americans won't end up here. Can't believe world leaders don't look at how far we went and do the same thing. We proved it's not around for life. But everyone else is giving up and saying it will be like the flu and always around. The world outside NZ, where people think of themselves and not their community, is a weird and unintelligent world

[@IanDinBC]

It must be very hard to be a member of the most intelligent group on earth, and then realize you voted for Jacinda.

[@FartisticFlatulence]

@@IanDinBC Well, they clearly did a few things right.

[@SphynxsShadow]

@@IanDinBC pretty unintelligent to look at how well things are going for us and still think she's doing a bad job lmao. How's the COVID deaths going where you are?

[@SphynxsShadow]

@@FartisticFlatulence hard. No fucking about over here or shitting on the govt for putting in mandates that protect us all. We all gotta pitch in and do our part. Shouldn't need a govt to tell you how to go about things anyways. Shits logical lol

[@pascalroggen8364]

yeah, it's kind of heartbreaking that stopping it was entirely doable. A lot harder with delta, but, it never would have got to that, if other countries took it seriously enough. We are probably stuck with it now though.

[@michaelohwtf]

Wow is it not like conditioning people for life in a prison like environment. Also comparing UK to New Zeland isn't wise. They have the population the size of Scotland in a country the size of the UK. They're not a travel hub for the world, more of a holiday destination.

[@fionaross3495]

You have hit the nail on the head. Also if you should become overweight while applying for citizenship you get booted out. Your prime Minister gives me the creeps like a stepford wife. Give me Angela Merkel anyday.

[@fredm5245]

Keep your room tidy and be less bored.

[@SewSumi]

Bang on about the boomers hating on the response.

[@simonwhite8836]

I don't understand that, being a boomer in NZ. Nobody I know thinks like that, but they are all educated.

[@SewSumi]

@@simonwhite8836 It could be an education issue, but it's also a question of whether you surround yourself with sexist and misogynistic idiots... That is the 'other trait' that these sort of people exert.

[@mariajefferies8555]

👏🏼👏🏼Great guy, we grew up in the same city Bristol 👍🏼 very funny man 💕💕💕

[@life-timestories]

yeah this really hasn't aged well.

[@mikestaff3042]

Yeah, watching this after 6 or 7 weeks of lockdown too...was fun while it lasted though

[@fionaclaphamhoward5876]

Ummm still looks pretty accurate from Christchurch...for now. More masks being worn but otherwise we're out and about. Sorry Auckland...and Waikato...oh and Northland, and maybe soon Tauranga...but I'm gonna enjoy it while it lasts in the South Island because my guess is Delta's coming for us eventually too 🙄

[@sylviaalger4917]

@@fionaclaphamhoward5876 of course it is , the only point of the delay is so we could learn from other’s mistakes . But have we ?

[@fionaclaphamhoward5876]

@@sylviaalger4917 while there's still so many people choosing not to be vaccinated, I'd say overall we've learned nothing.

[@georgeorwell6869]

@@fionaclaphamhoward5876 just because you're willing to participate in a medical trial, doesn't mean everyone else has too...

[@francoisbezuidenhout4638]

I believe the covid situation has changed somewhat in the meantime..?

[@theesikstee.fawr.doler.kwe9585]

Didn't she go covid crazy with stricter rules, fines and laws?

[@AllIsWellaus]

I'm a kiwi living in New Zealand. This was awesome. Proud to be a kiwi. Get out and vote those fingers Tories out. :)

[@Brucemcleod2345]

Chairman Arden is a dreadful leader. It’s weird how the world thinks she’s great but she has divided us and destroyed our economy. She has turned Maori against European and created a segregated society. She has treated farmers and businesses as criminals. Kim Jung Arden has turned us into North Korea and a banana republic

[@aylaha.5216]

Jacinda Arden - A woman who lead with dignity and sheer class in the wake of the Christchurch shootings Who took measures to ensure her people are safe from COVID by being cruel to be kind, unlike Boris who… well we don’t need anyone telling us about Boris. The point is, let her lead. So far she has not only lead New Zealand but the entire globe can take a leaf out of her book 📚 May God bless New Zealand and bless her. Ameen. 🤲

[@andrewm8610]

Worst prime minister ever, wrecked our country economically and socially. All that covid nonsense, what a waste of time.

[@johnsheahan2437]

When does the comedian come on ?

[@elmarobberts5128]

Strange how people get so hung up about not being able to go outside, but during their allowed 40 minutes, they're all just looking at their phones. Why bother?

[@Kisyfurr]

Yeah good point Elma. Let's just stay inside for ever cause of stupid paranoid boomers.

[@elmarobberts5128]

@@Kisyfurr Well done, Chris: A double whammy. You missed the point of the comment AND you reverted to name calling! I suppose the shoe fits.

[@dudeman549]

The fact that the phrases "not being able to go outside" and "allowed 40 minutes" are being used in reference to adults who have done absolutely nothing wrong is what's so strange. Maybe it's the fact that people have just accepted it that is so strange. Either way, it's absolute insanity.

[@Kisyfurr]

@@elmarobberts5128 you're wondering why people get strung up over 40 minutes. Thats all I needed to hear. All the people happy about being locked in their house all day never had a life before lockdown.

[@elmarobberts5128]

@@Kisyfurr 😂😂You keep echoing your irrelevant narrative and insist on missing the point of my comment. Just quit while you're not a full lap behind.

[@robertingle9845]

Great leader. Lockdown due to one positive PCR test.

[@julierose7841]

Because she guessed, very correctly, that that wasn’t the only person who’d been infected.

[@steventhomas9461]

Russel went fishing with the First lady of New Zealand as well ,all woke together.

[@paradigm_sh1ft532]

Managing a small Pacific island with a population roughly size of Sydney and everyone thinks she's all that and a bag of chips. Plus Kiwis are super easy going folk. She's a glorified mayor presiding over a small, well behaved population. I guarantee she'd have a nervous breakdown if she had to run the UK or USA.

[@steventhomas9461]

@Ariadne /Lady Lettie Exactly all that money to the mob, 700 suicides in nz last year, 80 were between the ages of 10 to 16, that 1 every 5 days a child kills themselves & nothing on the news & all the family abuse that's going on she is giving money to the mob because they must have something on her

[@Reiswaffel]

This must be difficult to watch for all those people wanting to see their families after years who didn't get a spot in managed isolation. I'm not saying a comedian doing a tour doesn't deserve it. I'm saying there should be enough spots for everyone who wants to visit family.

[@KK-qd6ro]

Or and here's a crazy thought, no spots at all. Stop the madness.

[@NinjaChrisSillyHistory169]

14 Days in a hotel, doing sod all...Wow, I'd lose it...Well done Russell

[@Michael-lg4wz]

I considered jumping the fence. I was only allowed to walk in circles after making a booking, no running or skipping rope. I ended up drinking about 70 standard drinks during that time also.

[@Pippis78]

If everyone in every country would have done the same as New Zealand - covid would have disappeared 1,5 years ago.

[@robertingle9845]

Bollox. Coronaviruses dont just disappear. zero covid is a dream. The restrictions on you freedoms to supposedly achieve that dream are a nightmare. See the video today of NZ politician describing the lockdown in one word: "RESET"

[@robertingle9845]

@Wake up NZ sad that so few people calling out the title of this video. Sadly RH is a lefty and has a ton of woke followers.

[@NZKiwi87]

So nice to see those days, unfortunately delta is loose in the community now 🥲 that said, we can still do everything we want to, we just have to wear masks 👍

[@adam346]

your cases are still very low in comparison to any other english speaking country... so still doing very well if not perfect anymore.

[@CelebrianUndomiel]

Auckland can't :(

[@uncletomcobley6950]

@@adam346 lol batshit...

[@AGDinCA]

Does the population generally abide by the mask rules?

[@adam346]

@@uncletomcobley6950 how so?

[@rittherugger160]

I understand that the forced hotel stay is paid for by the government which is great. So, that's what Freedom looks like down there? Looks a lot better than what we have here in Florida.

[@northpaul707]

Do you even hear what you´re saying? Forced hotel stay=freedom? Are you fu*king nuts? I don´t think you understand what the word freedom means.

[@rittherugger160]

@@northpaul707 Because of you being 'invited' by the government to stay at their expence EVERYONE else in NZ is allowed to go about their lives free from restriction. They can go about unmasked, shake hands or go to an All Blacks match free of fear. If that doesn't beat having to cower alone in my trailer here in Florida because at 70 I have respiratory issues and over a third of the population refuse to get vaccinated or even put on a mask. As I said, sounds like Freedom to me.

[@northpaul707]

@@rittherugger160 🤣🤣🤣 "invited" AKA imprisoned. In Norway we have quarantine requirements, but you can stay where you want for 10 days or until a negative PCR test. If you have been vaccinated or had Covid in the last 6 months there are no restrictions. We are free to walk around and do whatever we did before the pandemic. No masks and no vaccine mandates. I assume you´re vaccinated, but if you´re still afraid just get some N95 or N99 masks. If you´re still afraid you can use glasses to get some extra protection. You do understand that freedom includes a good portion of personal responsibility, right? There is no need for other people to wear masks or get vaccinated to protect you, you can do that all by yourself. Like I said, you don´t understand what freedom means.

[@suppmydiff3257]

That's because the only actual freedoms you have over any other country is a higher likelihood of getting shot and twice the probably of your heart clogging shut

[@rotties-rules]

@@northpaul707 all restrictions in Norway were only recently lifted, you make it sound as though Norway didn't have any restrictions remote learning for kids was a thing, masks and social distancing was a thing, closed border was a thing as well, closed shops as well Norway did have their freedoms restricted just earlier on in this pandemic, same population as NZ yet 871 people have died from covid that 840 more than NZ, and there are 6721 active cases today in Norway with only 67% vaccinated, NZ could afford to take a different approach because they have total control with their border being as they're an island country in the South Pacific, they've also had more freedom and less deaths due to covid in the last 18 months than those of us in Norway. Your attempt to compare the two countries doesn't do Norway or NZ any favours.

[@WestOfEarth]

You have to give credit to New Zealanders for being wise enough to elect her.

[@ellemontgomery5262]

Noooooo, electing her was a mistake, she’s a freaking lunatic.

[@cheritzie9343]

The fact that i can hear my fucking laugh is fucking mortifying 😆 he was an absolute pleasure to see

[@dashund365]

He's whimsically comical. But all I'm saying, is that if he told his jokes while running back and forth topless, I'd just enjoy it more. 0;-D

[@Ryukuro]

I'm glad I found out about this guy from taskmaster

[@celestethisandthat8887]

It's like solitary confinement. Inmates also stay in their cells for 23 hours per day and are allowed outside for just 1hour.

[@skippyguy3]

And that's why it's called a punishment....

[@crypticTV]

0:40 arrival 1:30 walking 3:13 food

[@richardmutch8302]

So jealous of New Zealand's choice of leader... An example to many nations. Best to you all😁

[@kackerlakensalat]

I will never ever see a gibbon as an innocent animal anymore

[@seandees3028]

I wish I could afford to immigrate to New Zealand.

[@sylviaalger4917]

I am in Nz , but I’d rather be somewhere where ivermectin is legal… why not have all the tools to fight this thing if she is such a saint ?

[@motherofcatsnz]

@@sylviaalger4917 Ivermectin is not a way to fight Covid unless you also have worms.

[@rossto862]

It's not that hard. It's also a crap hole because it's not that hard.

[@sylviaalger4917]

@@motherofcatsnz …yes parasites don’t like ivermectin… that’s why politicians a not into it.

[@nix2747]

Same!

[@dodobean7620]

2 weeks indoors? so long as i have a TV and internet - no prob. 2 weeks of HOTEL FOOD!???? TORTURE.

[@OCCUPIEDNATION]

I caught Covid a couple of weeks ago, along with a few other work colleagues. We all had an identical slight cough which lasted a couple of days and a runny nose.

[@dawggonevidz9140]

You posted that in roughly March of 2022. If you caught covid in the start of 2021, before it mutated into a far weaker but more infectious virus, odds would be about 1 in 30 that of one of the three of you would have died.

[@bleddynwolf8463]

oh rus, spoiling me with you shirtless

[@RamadaArtist]

I legit, for a while, was thinking I'd do New Years in Hong Kong, because hotel rates were so low. Then I realized I'd have to quarantine for two weeks. Several months later I'm like, "vacation? we need other people working here if that's going to happen."