Moving from New Zealand to Austria | Austriankiwi

When I was 21, I left New Zealand to embark on an adventure through Asia. Fast-forward two and a half years and I am now living in Austria.
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Thanks for watching ❤

[@hannsmuller842]

It sounds all nice but we all know that he wanted to go to australia but got confused at the airport

[@fab006]

“Yo, why is this quick little hop across taking so long?!”

[@daniusrides9889]

😂😂😂

[@acanorum]

😂😂😂

[@Moodytraxx]

🤣🤣🤣

[@flympi1539]

Finally I understand the whole story behind the Austrian Kiwi 😂😂😂😂

[@michaelholz160]

Danke dass Du deine Geschichte mit uns teilst, ich finde der Liebe wegen, hier nach Österreich in die Berge zu finden, ist eine tolle Lebensgeschichte die du als junger Mensch schon aufweisen kannst. Ich mag das was Du machst und bin oft erstaunt wie gut Dein Dialekt schon ist nachdem Du ja erst 3 Jahre in Österreich lebst. Ich mag deine Videos und finde es witzig wie du Österreich und die österreichische Kultur erlebst und deine Erlebnisse die du wohl hier schon gehabt hast. 😂 Ich wünsche Dir und Maria alles Liebe und Gute! Ihr scheint füreinander gemacht zu sein.

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Facts

[@youngtsunade666]

The. Only truenesse. 😂😊

[@brigittefarmer4400]

Ich hielt es für einen Joke , cause my english husband did the same with his friends here ...

[@indeekay]

ich bewundere, wie schnell du die Sprache und den Dialekt erlernt hast, erstaunlich! Alles Gute!

[@daSeeshaupter]

Der Dialekt ist echt unglaublich - ich dachte erst er ist Österreicher 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Melanie_M]

What a lovely story. You know a guy is serious when he flies to your home country and spends his days helping the family on an Austrian farm on the countryside. There's probably no bigger culture shock than that. I had to leave Austria the same way you had to leave NZ. Good luck to you, I hope my home country will continue to treat you well!

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Wohin bist du gezogen

[@rf1349]

Such a sweet story! Good luck to you both 🥰

[@mrpetervideo]

Your story realy inspired me, I think I have to go to Asia and find myself an Austrian girlfriend. I'm from Austria by the way 😂

[@austriankiwi]

Hahah do it! 😂

[@Yppengasse28]

Thanks for posting your story. I had a similiar experience to yours as an English speaker, except twenty years earlier. I met a nice Austrian woman and moved to Vienna, learned Hochdeutsch as quickly as I could (about a year to be reasonably "fluent", focus on the 'reasonably'), but then struggled with the dialect for the next two years. You speak it much better than I do. Now that same nice Austrian woman wants to come to the states for a visit - jo, passt ... and therefore I'm working on understanding dialect (kann ned schaden, ge?). Your videos are helping! Donksche.

[@guesswho399]

So happy for you. I did the opposite some 20 years ago, now living in NZ with strong connections back to Austria, trying to go back every 2 years. The two countries share a lot yet are incredibly different. Hope you're still happy there!

[@prettyamazonbabe]

How do you like it in NZ so far?

[@ImKuechengarten]

Super Geschichte! und du machst echt einen guten Österreicher! 😂 Ich bin der Liebe wegen von Österreich in die Schweiz gegangen. obwohl das nicht so weit auseinander liegt war der Kulturschock enorm und verstanden habe ich zu Beginn auch nichts 😂 Cheers!

[@HerzbluatFilms]

Respekt, dass Du diesen Weg gegangen bist. 1 % von Deinem Mut wäre nicht schlecht, wenn manche hätten. Für alle Nicht-Insider: Österreich, im Speziellen Salzburg, im Speziellen der ländliche Tennengau und die Grenze zum Pongau - dort wird man schon schief angesehen, wenn man aus dem Nachbardorf kommt. Wir sind hier nicht unbedingt für Offenheit, Integrationsfreudigkeit und Gastfreundschaft bekannt. Ein ziemlich hartes Pflaster für Zugezogene. Ich spreche hier aus Erfahrung. Und ich ziehe auch den Hut vor dem Erfolg, den Dein Business-Modell mittlerweile hat. Chapeau!

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Wirklich? Ich habe Salzburg eigentlich als sehr nett erlebt, war aber auch noch nicht dort am Land

[@HerzbluatFilms]

@@bernhardsonn7758Zu Touristen ist jeder nett und lieb. Die bringen ja die Kohle. Aber melde Dich als "Einheimischer" mal um eine Wohnung oder einen Kindergartenplatz im Nachbardorf an. "Zuerst die Unsrigen, dann die Fremden", so oder so ähnlich sind da die Antworten.

[@myeyesburn641]

Du hast das Wort "ausländerfeindlich" so schön nett umschrieben 😹

[@htjohn8202]

I've only seen your shorts lately but man this video is super nice, this story sounds like it could be a romantic movie, I hope I find my luck like this one day too

[@srdjanboskovic656]

Everything happening with a reason in life...welcome to Europe brother .u choosed a very beautiful country to live in...greatings from Novi Sad on the Danube,Serbia..

[@A_New_Error]

Really interesting and cool story. What I've seen from your YT shorts you already figured out what the Austrian identity is all about :) On a side note I suggest you try an Via Ferrata if you haven't already. They are a really fun way to explore the Alps. I'm sure there are some amzing ones in the mountains around Salzburg

[@austriankiwi]

Thanks legend!

[@Sadjina]

Awesome story! I can relate two ways: I am from Salzburg (and I love how you share your Kiwi perspective on my home country and region in all its glorious weirdness), and I moved to Norway when I was 23 (and can relate to being an expat and all that brings about). Anyway, thanks for sharing, and keep up the shorts. They are AWESOME.

[@AlexLeSmu]

I absolutely love your videos and thank you for giving us this glimpse into why and how you came to be here. Prost!

[@ABiggerPicture]

What a nice story! Respect! Changing one's whole life within some weeks is kinda brave.

[@TheTolleBiene]

thanks for sharing! Traveling is the best thing you can do to your life! love the way you made your experience.

[@rachelarotariu3622]

Thank you for sharing your story❤and welcome to Austria 🇦🇹 I live here too and I am very grateful and blessed❤

[@ryanthemage]

Great video and such a heartwarming story! You look awesome together! And I'm happy for you that you found each other and that Austria got one awesome new citizen with you! Wish you two the best in the world! ❤️

[@Kiwi_Bayer]

Such a dope story bro! I most definately agree with your statement. I live in Rosenheim and visit Salzburg often and will come down for the Christkindlemarkt. Love the podcasts bro!

[@borstibar7341]

❤️👍❤️ Dein Beitrag war super schön und sehr emotional. Ich freu mich daß du dich gut hier bei uns eingelebt hast. Ihr seit ein super nettes Paar. Alles Gute. Habt Spass. Und 😀 wilkommen in Österreich. Gruß aus Wien 👍

[@rennmaus7gfamily245]

Was für eine romantische Geschichte 🥰 Hoffe sie geht für dich weiter und machst noch viele gute Lebenserfahrungen .wenn du für deine Liebe so viel Schwierigkeiten überwunden hast,dann gib bei den nächsten struggels nicht auf. So eine besondere Liebe,die Kontinente überwunden hat musst du mit aller Kraft festhalten ❤

[@xaro122]

I love it, i wish the best to you both ❤

[@musakerim4088]

Thank you so much for sharing your story, I got moved to tears and wish you all the joy and luck one can have on this earth. As you said, with discomfort comes ease and with sometimes not understandable ways of fate one can find a pair soul that brings your life sense and your roots the kind of soil that they need to flourish by finally finding the place one actually always belonged to. Wünsche Euch vom Besten das Beste 😊 willkommen im schönen Österreich 🇦🇹

[@EK-ds2vx]

Einfach großartig! Danke fürs Teilhaben und weiterhin alles Gute!! Große Hochachtung 🎉🎉🎉

[@blubb2010]

Within all the discomfort there is so much happiness. Resonates with me a lot since I had the same feeling when I was backpacking New Zealand. Leaving comfort zones does great things.😊

[@Ryanfung07]

Your story is beautiful. I am Vietnamese and living in Bavaria now. I traveled around South East Asia before and met some cool backpackers, I am admiring their free spirit, living their moment, packing up their bags and discovering the whole. And you are one of them. Glad to e-meet you. All the best!

[@BlindIllusionist]

I follow your comedy for a while now but hearing your story for the first time and it makes me tear up, it's so nice!

[@tarikmehmedika2754]

I have just yesterday stumbboled upon some of your funny content. What a lovely and incredible story. You are so brave to make such a change and make such a journey. Alles gute in deinen weiteren Plänen.

[@MJWinters]

guess thats what everyone always had in their deepest thoughts when thinking about how life should be. finish uni - travel a bit - find your girl on that trip - move together ... and you are embracing it. even though finding this girl on a trip where both of your friends ditched you is really destiny at its finest haha :D sick track btw at 5:01 ... hybrid minds - touch

[@roland859]

Mega nice! Alles Gute mein Lieber

[@VerenaElsa]

Das ist eine tolle Geschichte und ich freue mich sehr für euch beide :) finde deine österreichischen Videos sehr entertaining und bin überrascht wie GUT und SCHNELL du den dialekt gelernt hast. Hut ab! Basst scho ;)

[@Spider-yq1ez]

Thank you so much, im about to move to Austria to go to university. I'm def nervous, but i have a strong feeling in my heart that its going to be exactly what iv been hoping for.

[@MaggiFuchs]

We are happy that you‘re here. My husband moved to Tirol from Brazil and - being surrounded by my family and friends - he can always relate to your videos… 😂 Prost Oida! 🍻

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Wonderful story thank you for sharing it kiwi

[@Stardave86]

Dude..u are amazing! glad to have u here^^ Have a Good one, Prost Jonboy^^

[@Freddus]

That‘s really a beautiful story😊

[@Soulkiter84]

Mate. Well done. I have done the opposite almost. I moved to NZ from Germany about 10 years ago. And finding enjoy through discomfort I stayed eight years. Enjoying every bit of it. ... moved back to Germany about a year ago. Still adjusting... not finding it easy. incredible how well you have taken on the Austrian accent. Love it. Hope you are enjoying Europe?

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Why did you go back

[@josefe.5669]

Du bist so ein lustiger und sympathischer Kerl! Grüße von der bayrisch-österreichischen Grenze. Deine Videos sind einfach so on point 👍😂

[@mamwaswdupie4683]

Best person from around the world that come to Austria. I'm from Munich but I love u. Please bring the whole family;) wish u luck and all the happiness. Love u and Maria❤ God bless u;)

[@elektrogstanzl]

Good luck you 2. Pocktsas!

[@MrRichieOtti]

Welch schöne Geschichte! ❤

[@pirminkogleck4056]

hey ! realy nice to hear the story ! i met you and the girl today in Wien ! and i was realy glad i saw you because a few days i thought maybe one day i will meet this guy ! i mean what are the odds ! thanks for sharing your story!

[@austriankiwi]

Haha awesome 😍😍

[@pirminkogleck4056]

@@austriankiwi ja hoi

[@Alex_Nikolai]

Johnboy du bist a Legende 🍻

[@zzzbavarianbikerzzzxxx489]

Such a great story :)

[@Lalaidh]

Passt scho gö 🤣 You are Great Man 💪🤣

[@Maxzero0]

what a lovley story

[@M0RPHOBIA]

Such cool story mate! I am going through a similar experience right now, brewing faced with discomfort of being all by myself and this really gives me hope.ich appreciated! Btw. Your Austrian is so good, I thought you were native. Cheers from the neighborhood (Germany)

[@M0RPHOBIA]

*being

[@jackomile1838]

"Through my discomfort came tremendoues joy"❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@uhgs]

I genuinely thought you're 100% Austrian :O For me as a Swiss person, i can't spot any flaws in your dialect, wow!

[@blackbirdkd]

Travelled with my friend 3 months in NZ. Loved it. I enjoy your Videos u r such a Bauernschädel hilarious!

[@amosioanchiriac7513]

I thought you were in Austria for 15 years. Your German is the next level. I know the struggle

[@alexneugeofficial]

beautiful story

[@Zeno-zf6li]

Looking forward to hearing from Austrian 🇦🇹 Mini👶🏻-Kiwis 🥝in the future.. 🇳🇿 !

[@Hohoho103]

You’re blessed, your life is a love story

[@69hanswurst]

Nice Dude❤

[@chrisrico9138]

WOW you went to Electric Love, great!!

[@user-mm5dg6cx6t]

Normalerwiis tuän ich nöd Videos kommentiere...aber dini Gschicht hät mi bewergt...bisch en geile Siäch! Dickä Gruäss us de Schwiiz!

[@tigrone08]

2:03 That wasn't just a good thing but the best example of how you can explain the word „Schicksal“

[@catwoman_7]

Lovely ❤

[@sircharles7323]

Da liegt eine erstaunliche Weisheit, in dem was du sagst: "The discomfort led to something new and happiness". Es geht nämlich oft umgekehrt, nämlich, dass die Komfortzone zur Unzufriedenheit, zum Mangel an Sinnhaftigkeit usw. führt. Ich bewundere dich, dass du diesen "discomfort" ausgehalten und durchgehalten hast und dadurch sicherlich gewachsen bist. Ich wünsche euch beiden ein langes und glückliches Leben miteinander und wenn es sein soll, dann eine tolle Kiwi/Schnitzel Promenadenmischung in Form von kleinen Austrian Kiwis.

[@stieglbier1592]

Sauber! Salzburg ist einfach super! Du bist "angekommen"! Servus aus Thalgau

Ich finde deine Story so toll, viel Glück weiterhin! 💚 Total witzig, ich finde Neuseeland und Österreich gar nicht soo unterschiedlich (obwohl Du das ja besser beurteilen kannst). Sollte ich jemals den Wunsch haben, auszuwandern, wäre es wohl Neuseeland: ich war bereits dort für 2 Monate, ähnlich wie hier: viel Natur, hilfsbereite freundliche Menschen und alles fühlte sich so easy und safe an 🤩 Vermisse es, merke ich gerade. 😅 All the best!

[@SimsonOo]

Was für eine schöne Geschichte ❤ ich hab gänsehaut 😅

[@Max-vu2uo]

watching your videos I always thought youre austrian that did work and travel in new zealand haha. willkommen havi :D

[@a12i9]

You're right, sitting with discomfort is a very helpful thing. And with the right company probably the best experience in the world😏

[@markusluftner8418]

Lovely Video! I really loved the background lore! XD I only have 1 complaint. Heast Gschissener wos is mit da Musi im Hintergrund. Da fangst ja zum bliatn an aus die Ohren.

[@kapuzinergruft]

Its a really cute story.

[@potofflowers2792]

Good on you bro .. arohanui from aoetearoa

[@bennypohler3312]

Nice!

[@metal_concerts_austria5400]

I see you have been to Electric Love Festival on the Dance Hardstyle Stage 😊 Don't forget you live on the Country Side, cheers from Vienna, here we speak Hochdeutsch😊

[@hans-jurgenoberfeld343]

Tolle Frau, toller Mann. Du hast die beste Deutschlehrerin der Welt. So macht Schule Spaß. und genießt euer Leben.

[@jopa9703]

❤

[@Curzon1999vie]

Sehr schön! Willkommen in Österreich! Finde es wirklich genial wie du Dialekt gelernt hast 😂 Sag, wie hast du es geschafft eine Arbeitserlaubnis zu bekommen?

[@cko78]

Awwwww a love story🥰

[@AnotherSwissYoutubeUser]

0:12 good stuff

[@Stefanie_rising]

Nice! Where do you live in Austria? It looks beautiful!

[@aleshinteregger8554]

i went to newzealand some years ago and was fascinated by the stunning nature and the lovely people. but one aspect, that bothered me was the car dependancy. compared to austria, where i also live, many places felt like american surburbia

[@G40s_WW]

Das Video hat mir meinen scheiß Tag versüßt, danke 😊

[@ghostdog_ninja]

Warum ist das Fenster nicht gekippt? :D

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

Me, being Polish (as in: grow up in the 80s in a communist country, puberty in post communist realisty) having spoken to my Oz partner - yes, you were blessed by growing in a good place (although we can rub our jellyfish against our nipples). Having the liberty to travel and discover other countries, cultures (and the you know... that thing) is another thing i can say you were totally blessed with which is amazing . you had the emazing experience of farm life in Austria while not speaking local language (and trust me, I speak fluent german but Austrian dialect still gets me). You nailed it with learning the local language as most English speakers dont't bother. Trust me, I'm Polish, i speak a very crazy language. You did it. also, the lady sounds like she's a keeper :)

[@derfurzgottes]

from new zealand to austrian comedy price. best story ever :)

[@andreasschlager9154]

First I didn't understand you. I am Austrian and I dream of New Zealand. You left the paradise to go to Austria . But then I see your Austrian girl friend and I understand you. I hope you understand my horrible English. I like your Austrian german.

[@vlord47]

Certainly, the phrase "through my discomfort came pleasure" is a profound statement that warrants extended contemplation. My initial reaction is to agree, as it's often the case that after enduring significant hardship, things generally improve. However, is enduring pain truly the gateway to a fulfilling life? Upon reflection and considering my own experiences, I find this notion resonates with me. The challenges I've dreaded, which represent life's painful moments, have often led to my greatest joys upon conquering them. Looking back, overcoming adversity is indeed a source of pride, but it's crucial to acknowledge that prolonged suffering can also lead to trauma, depression, and other emotional burdens. Final thought: Could enduring a lengthy depression merely be a precursor to immense happiness upon its resolution? 🤔

[@holger_p]

Or in Reverse: Comfort makes you rest, and resting is not fun, at least in the long run. It's not a suffering in the idea of pain, it's just a suffering of walking vs. sitting down. Effort. Sometimes it just feels better, to have some external drive, somebody forcing you to do something, or just asking for help. Than having the stress to spend your spare time, cause you have a comfortable situation. A good example for this dilemma are "mens fun park", where you pay money to be allowed to drive an excavator, caterpiller, forklift whatever, versus beeing in need of money, do the very same thing, but get paid for it. The latter feels better, and is anything but depressing. Effort and usefulness create pride and self-confidence ! OK, maybe after 20 years on a caterpillar you get bored and depressed.

[@user-ez1dq4vp1b]

❤ servus

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

"cause, i really loved her i guess" me: no, u are crying! 😂 greetings from Vorarlberg!

[@ifzwischendurch]

Du bist der coolste Influencer Österreichs!

[@ChristopherJohnsons]

I always thought you wanted to go to Australia but instead ended up in Austria.

[@NB-oi4uc]

Seawas Oida ! ( First i thought: who te f**k moves from New Zealand to Austria ?? ) now i realize : what a sweet story !! and: Your german is amazing, took me a while to realize the "wrinkles" . . . You´s a definite language talent. will follow You. Yours NB / Vienna

[@RobboFromNewZealand]

You are me in 2003. I moved from New Zealand to Switzerland and also ended up living temporarily with my fiancees parents... them with no English, me with no German. But as you also have seen, you get there in the end. Sorry that you have to love in Austria though, eh. Maybe one day you will be lucky enough to escape to a cool German-speaking country like Switzerland or Germany. 😉

[@daniellebarazin9408]

I did the same. Met an Upper Austrian farmer in the Caribbeans, visited him at least 5 times. Big culture shock for me. Love has no eyes😂😂😂. Lived the most comfortable life in Montreal with all the perks etc.. came to Andorf married and realised how Austrians can be nice and mean at the same time. Was treated of Turkish Muslim.....Where's your Kopftuch today....our kids were also treated similarly by police and teachers....th

[@PandoraMask]

👍🏻 had to write a comment to like twice, weil doppelt besser hält

[@EnricodertraurigeClown]

Junge du hast mein Herz berührt. Bruder ich küsse dein Auge 💋 In Austria you can do what ever you want to, but you should not get caught. That once a teacher told me. Die einzige Regel nicht erwischen lassen 😅😅😅😅

[@DrTrax1887]

Wait, After all the Shots i watched, i really thought your austrian 😂 da hast du mich aber sauber verarscht haha

[@kiwizaun2418]

Are you around salzburg?im living about 1hr away out in the wops

[@austriankiwi]

Yeah bro. In Parsch!

[@gorxor]

passt scho. Ich wollte dafür immer zu den Kiwi auswandern :)

[@mathiaslist6705]

probably that's how life must feel when you find out that having a beer or two or a whole barrel doesn't make a difference anymore

[@patrickradhuber7824]

Geiler Typ 👍🏼

[@samihrigane7593]

Servus !!

[@HeidiBird]

As an Austrian expat just recently having returned home from London, I am wondering how you were coping with the culture shock. I spent the first 30 years of my life here, but after just a few years abroad, I am struggling to readjust to the narrow-minded, bureaucratic desert that is Vienna...