ODD Things Kiwi's Do! Part 2 🇳🇿 Live in New Zealand with Kiwi Americans | 197 Countries, 3 Kids

Join Chantal and our dear friend, Tara from KiwiAmericans, for Part 2 of Odd Things that are not so odd in New Zealand.
Watch Part 1 at Kiwi Americans: • ODD Things Kiwi's Do! ...
Chantal kicks it off with something both ladies found very strange upon arrival, but in reality, it’s a common sight in New Zealand - barefoot people! No matter how unusual it sounds, walking without shoes is a common practice among locals, especially children who sometimes walk barefoot to school or while playing in the street.
Unlike the US, where wearing shoes is mandatory in public areas and, honestly, dangerous to walk around without them, here it seems like people are just not afraid to get a cut or a bug bite.
The next odd thing was realizing that Tea Time has plenty of other meanings depending on the time of the day. From coffee and biscuits in the morning to a late-night dinner, be careful when you invite guests over for Tea Time as they might be expecting to see some food on the table.
Talking about food, supper has a totally different meaning in New Zealand. When someone invites you for supper here, they are actually asking you to share a late dessert or a glass of milk, not dinner.
Kiwis also have another word for dessert and...wait for it... it’s pudding. So, if someone tells you they are having pudding, chances are they are having anything but.
Moving on from food, the next thing we found odd in New Zealand, was air-drying clothes out in the open. This would be a rare sight back in the US, but it seems it’s quite normal here on the Island.
And while still at it, Chantal said that seeing people wearing summer clothes during wintertime was one of the strangest things to get used to. Even at home, they rarely use heating. It's like Kiwis don’t feel the cold at all.
The next two things are fun facts that come from the geography books. Believe it or not, in Zealand, there are many active volcanoes that are huge tourist attractions and there are almost six times more sheep than people on the island!
And if you thought we were done with food, you were wrong. The next thing we found unusual is the meat pies. They are literally everywhere; you can even find them at your local gas station. The traditional ones are made of beef and cheese and the recognition for the best pies is not something people take lightly in New Zealand.
But meat pies are not the only thing you can find around every corner. In the absence of countless Starbucks, Kiwi came up with the Pop-Up Coffee Truck idea. Not only do they serve amazing coffee, but they are also a place for socializing. People, especially students, love mingling over a cup of coffee around these coffee trucks and carts.
And the last, but not the least odd thing on our list is about money. If we could give you one piece of useful travel advice, it would be to put money on your debit card. Don’t be surprised if a restaurant or a store won’t take your cash. New Zealand has a simple yet effective banking system, and people here pay for almost everything via PayWave.
So, if you are interested to find out more about Odd Things You’ll Find in New Zealand, you can check out Part 1 on the KiwiAmericans channel.
Enjoy the video!
00:00 Intro
01:17 Barefoot People Everywhere
03:17 All the Different Meanings of Tea Time
04:42 Let’s Have Some Pudding
05:05 Hang It Out to Dry
07:02 Clothes vs Weather Mismatch
07:53 Active Volcanoes
09:11 More Sheep than People
09:52 The Meat Pie Experience
11:22 Pop-Up Coffee Truck Craze
12:10 No Need for Cash
14:31 Any Odd Thing You’d Like to Add?
Enjoy the video!!!
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[@paulg3336]

I find it bizarre that people from other countries are so obsessed with bare feet. I don't get it. I did read that others consider it a mark of poverty. In New Zealand it's just a mark of bare feet

[@harrycurrie9664]

Maybe in those other countries they wear shoes because of what they have to walk through.

[@ocatty1798]

I think it's a mark of being hori :P

[@Luubelaar]

My granny grew up in Scotland during the Great Depression. She always had a thing about people not wearing shoes. I guess it's because when she was a child, if you could afford shoes, you wore them!

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@Luubelaar I can't see why people wouldn't wear shoes in shopping centers given they are quite affordable these days. You cannot legally go bare foot into a pub for health and safety reasons so why do it in other public space/buildings.

[@jandutton]

I have to say that this is something I have never gotten used to in NZ. To me, your feet will be so dirty and full of bacteria. I don't want that in my house or on my carpets etc. and you can't really ask people to wash their feet before they come in. It's just gross in my opinion.

[@tonywood6163]

The reason there are not Starbucks on every corner is their coffee is rubbish. Thats why there are coffee carts everywhere.

[@spidermek5416]

Tony Whoau

[@AzaleyaReid]

Yeah, Starbucks sucksss (and super expensive)

[@jadeclothier8587]

So true. Starbucks coffee is not great...

[@FairnessFobe]

Too right! Agree! Starbucks coffee IS rubbish. This side of the world we KNOW what quality coffee is. Australian coffee knowledge, appreciation & culture stems directly from the Italalian coffee tradition.

[@pinballrobbie]

Got to agree, Starbucks coffee is pretty bad compared to every where else.

[@jandutton]

I came here from Canada to work as a teacher and on our first day we had to "bring a plate" I came over with two other Canadians and we just figured that maybe the school didn't have enough plates for all the teachers to eat at the same time. So we all showed up at school with our own plates. Turns out "bring a plate" means pot-luck! We all had a good laugh.

[@aguyfromnewzealand3392]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kelstonify]

Too funny cuzzy 😂😂

[@pashakdescilly7517]

My mother got caught with that one when she arrived in NZ in 1950.

[@ivansk265]

A common thing in Australia as well!

[@geensjc]

Hahahahahahahaha omg

[@annaboivin9209]

There is nothing nicer than the smell of fresh linen that has been dried by the sun in the fresh air. Although we do have a dryer, we usually hang clothes out in the summer, it saves power and they just smell better. :)

[@pollywolly7988]

I've never had a drier! They use so much power. I love putting my washing on the line and the smell of it from the fresh air. Grey days in winter it goes on the clothes horse in front of the log burner and gets turned over and around until it dries evenly, then the smell of the clean laundry makes the room feel cozy.

[@ivansk265]

Agree about sheets dried by the sun in the fresh air

[@panchopuskas1]

Dryers are an American thing. Kiwis are not freaks - everybody else in the world hangs out their clothes if they can.....so did Americans back in the day......

[@nikiTricoteuse]

One of the nicest smells ever! Up there with freshly baked bread.

[@paulwhitear4983]

I live in England. And we have a drier but it's only used in winter. They are expensive item to run all yr round.

[@Andy_M986]

If we say Tea,we mean dinner,if we say cuppa,it means a cup of tea or coffee or whatever.

[@user-uy6uc5ey5q]

To makes thing more complex dinner traditionally meant having a large meal at noon. My Grandparents always called lunch, dinner, so when i was a kid if I spent the day with G & G when I got home and Mum said 'dinners ready" I'd say 'granny's already given me dinner' and she would get all confused about the label vs having an evening meal earlier.

[@jeromegray7170]

Loved this. It's funny because as a Kiwi when I think of pies I only think of meat pies. I think of Apple pie as a pudding or dessert😂

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

They have so many variations of pies - it's amazing! We love the butter chicken ones 😋

[@rebeccarigg3002]

My favorite pie is potato top or a pea pie and put ie mince with peas throughout with mashed spud aka potato

[@allanwysocki6234]

My favourite pies are Steak n Kidney, or lambs fry and bacon....

[@blakpearl8855]

Bakery pies are way better because you know they're not frozen,whereas dairy pies usually are frozen, which are mainly Big Ben or Oxford pies,you definitely notice the difference .Growing up in the 60/70s here pies,cakes and bread were delivered freshly baked every morning from the bakeries to the dairies.

[@Murrray_Duncan]

Steak and mushroom!

[@christineapro8852]

People are barefoot/shirtless everywhere in Australia. Even though everything is out to kill you we still take our chances.

[@Luubelaar]

Australian here. Where I grew up, red-back and funnel web spiders were a reality so we never left shoes outside and always wore shoes outside. As an adult, it feels VERY odd being outside with no shoes on.

[@christineapro8852]

@@Luubelaar yep definitely understand the no shoes outside. I am a coastal/suburban dweller so maybe that has a part to play. If I never see a funnel web again I will be happy girl :)

[@Luubelaar]

@@christineapro8852 - after a fair bit of rain, one time at my old house, I had a funnel web in my laundry room. Yeah that one had a swift introduction to the tent peg mallet. Spiders can be outside. I'm okay with that. But inside my house? Hell no.

[@christineapro8852]

@@Luubelaar haha! Agree outside is fine inside nope nope nope.

[@littledotti6808]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@carolkrishnan7842]

I love that our short hand - Yeah, nah. Short hand for 'yes, I know and understand what you are saying or offering BUT I either disagree or I don't want what you are offering.

[@whumpingwillow]

Eftpos actually stands for Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale. It’s like the collective term for paying for goods with a card instead of cash.

[@TheClunkingFist]

And the banks are trying to kill it with Debit, which works more like (and costs as much as) credit cards.... but using your own money.

[@JudithKiwi10]

I believe NZ was the testing grounds for EFTPOS. In the 1980s it was a god send as I worked at Tiwai from 7am to at least 5pm, I never could get to a bank, but with my plastic card I could get cash out. (Just don't take it with you into teh potline.)

[@lisasstitchingandsuch]

When I was a child I used to go barefoot everywhere and I remember one afternoon my mother marching me back to school because by that point I had left 5 pairs of shoes at school by accident and I didn't have any left to wear lol. In the summer time my mother also had to make me wash my feet before coming in to tea (dinner) because I had spent my whole day barefoot and the soles of my feet were black. And all kids knew which berms had prickles and the technique was to sprint across as fast as possible to get the least prickles.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

That’s crazy. I can totally see that happening. 🤪🤣🤣

[@mrkennedy4394]

I went to school once and my teacher said put your shoes on. I realized I had left them at home. She made me walk home and get them 🤣🤣

[@angeladenton8765]

Yeah, one walk around the supermarket without shoes, your feet are black. Honestly, I spend 85%of my life barefoot. 2 of my kids refuse to wear shoes at all....

[@stephendickson9000]

I had something similar with the getting marched back to school. And if you wore your shoes when mucking about there was a high chance of a thick ear or worse when you scuffed them.

[@Grumblemarc]

Memories of hiding our shoes in the neighbor's gardens because we didn't want to wear them to school but mum tried to make us... bare feet feel so much better!

[@cadifan]

Black singlet or swannie and gumboots walking into the store and you're in rural NZ. Boardies, no shirt and bare feet walking into a shop and you're near the beach somewhere. Anything else and you're in the city somewhere.

[@derekbean2126]

Hi, you could also mention that the price on the label or on the menu is actually what you pay - tax (GST here) is included, not added when you get to the cashier.

[@heathercreighton9613]

And there is no tipping here, yay!!!

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

@@heathercreighton9613 There is more tipping in NZ than you might think Heather.

[@barrynichols2846]

@@DennisMerwood-xk8wp not necessary though. My daughter worked as a waitress. She got 5 or 6 tips in 9 months I don't think I've tipped in NZ, ever

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

@@barrynichols2846 I always tip my Uber driver. And my barber. And the guy who mows my lawns. None of them refuse my money. And their families benefit from my generosity. That you lack the compassion and generosity to tip for excellent service is not proof that there is no tipping in NZ Barry.

[@shitzhu16]

@@barrynichols2846 hospitality workers, waiters etc are paid a living wage. in NZ Waitress ieyc. n US are lucky to get & an hour and have to almost ask for tips. Awful to see.

[@gbw28]

The term "Shout" meaning paying for others is probably one that would send foreigners into a tailspin!

[@smolgok384]

Chur, are you shouting G... ...um, no, wut

[@stephendickson9000]

Especially when they get told its their shout. 😁

[@TheClunkingFist]

Brits and Aussies will know it.

[@hdmassive4360]

The Bro who fired up about the parking is the same fella who if you had a flat tire would ask you if you need a hand :-)

[@smolgok384]

Definitely. Kiwis being courteous also extends to enforcing that others are courteous. I understand that it was confronting, and maybe he could have gone about it differently, but if everyone stopped in that spot for a short while to pick thier kids up then it'd be an issue

[@Scottygirlnz]

I've lived in NZ all my life and to be honest, I've never noticed people not wearing shoes other than at the beach etc. Maybe I simply don't notice? Also up north you hardly see sheep -- it's all cows. I love our differences and glad you are enjoying NZ as well :)

[@johnpaki1534]

Come to whakataned gumboots and bearfeet everywhere, just saying😎

[@meg7088]

@@johnpaki1534 😂 I'm from there, sometimes I can't be bothered get all dressed up to go to Whakatane town, so go as I am, gumboots and our weather is perfect for barefeet 🌞

[@johnpaki1534]

@@meg7088 so true meg lol😎😄❤️

[@Luubelaar]

You probably just didn't notice. I know I did, but I put it down to my granny. She used to get SO upset at people not wearing shoes. She grew up in Scotland during the Great Depression and if you could afford shoes, you wore them! She just couldn't understand people choosing not to wear shoes.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

We've spent quite a bit of time in the Rotorua area and see this all the time.

[@user-oz7gc9bi7w]

Maybe I don’t notice shoeless people at home anymore haha. But it’s up to them if they want to, their life. Currently living overseas in a big city (Seoul) and I often just crave being outside without shoes on but there are no big open fields, areas without too many people or beaches without rubbish were I feel comfortable too. Bare feet is amazing, a little dirty, but excuse the pun - it grounds you, you feel so much more at connected and relaxed. The general saying in NZ is ‘Harden up’ or ‘toughen up’ - hence the shorts and tshirts. But also a little ironic because most kiwis are softies on the inside and will never say no if you ask for help. 😂

[@craigwells3655]

Yeah. Go the soft hearted. Just what this world needs.

[@kathyg224]

I don't know who you are mixing with, but most people have a dryer. They'll still prefer to hang their washing out in the fresh air but use the dryer if it's raining

[@drayner2517]

I was thinking the same! It must be 30 years since I didn’t have a dryer. Essential in winter.

[@butterbuttersbetter3689]

Yes this was exactly my response. Use the line if you can, the dryer if you can’t.

[@arthurgordon6072]

Too many of my clothing labels are 'Do not tumble dry'

[@catherinekilgour2563]

There are still plenty of New Zealanders who don't own driers. For one I never have owned one.

[@lecarver]

Exactly, most people I know have a dryer, but if you can get those clothes on the line they come back smelling great than any old dryer can do.

[@Mannequeer]

The term "tea" to mean dinner comes from the old term "high tea" which was a cooked meal between 5pm and 7pm. "High tea" (shortened to tea) was used by the working class and "dinner" was used by the upper class. Today many countries (example: Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) still use "tea" to mean dinner. "Supper" means a late meal (usually something light) at night. "Pudding" means dessert.

[@MissTirsty]

Big banks have always tried things out in New Zealand for ages. Because we're a small but relatively advanced county it was a great way to test new ideas. I know because I worked for a bank here

[@harrycullen1643]

I love feeling the texture of the earth beneath my feet. Bit chilly in the frozen food section but ya just walk faster.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

That’s funny 😂😂I would be frozen. I can hardly walk through the grocery store without gloves on let along without shoes.

[@AilsaPehi]

🤣😂 It's hilarious watching you two noting our oddities. Kiwi culture is an actual thing. We're relaxed pragmatic, progressive, left leaning, family centric, chill traditional conservatives I reckon. Quite the contrast.

[@harrycurrie9664]

I reckon too. 👍

[@kaptainkiwi]

Sweet As and she'll be right Mate!!!

[@Tsass0]

and amazingly out of the box thinkers

[@mrakunu1]

Progressive... I wish. I've been here 2 years and I think it's still small town thinking.

[@maganalia]

@@mrakunu1 That's what we love about it.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Hi,eftpos stands for Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale.

[@cindyvelez8158]

As old school as the US and Canada seem to be with banking, I think our eftpos systems are old school. I mean, why still 'cheque' and 'savings' as the two main choices? And debit cards can only have those two options. These days we have multiple accounts and no such thing as cheque. Eftpos NZ needs to move with the times...

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@cindyvelez8158 That's the banks...

[@aguyfromnewzealand3392]

@@cindyvelez8158 it's not a big deal what they call it. It's still the same thing. First world problems 🙄

[@aguyfromnewzealand3392]

Fun fact, we were the first country in the world to use this system. Often we are used as a guinea pig country to trial stuff before it's used in the rest of the world 😁

[@jomcfadden1154]

@@aguyfromnewzealand3392 and we need to keep using it as it's free, in Australia they usually have a minimum spend as they get charged for each transaction

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I'm wondering that due to the Covid-19 lockdown resulting in Chantel and her family's greatly extended stay here. I wonder if she and her husband would decide to settle down here because on all of her videos she comes across as a very nice person and as a New Zealander I think that she and her family would make a great new addition to our country.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Well thanks so much!!! We'll have an announcement on our next video as to what our next steps will be but definitely want to stay!! 🙌🤩

[@joshe3713]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders oh no theyre leaving ! get ready to get home sick when you leave lol

[@terezinhabraganca3233]

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[@carolhouston4071]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders I'm enjoying your vids. Where are you now? Still in nz?

[@dakotatreacy101]

I was so sad when it was finished! I could listen to yall keep going about your experiences! So fun to watch! Thank you!!

[@hballantyne0]

Hard case to listen to as a kiwi. We are probably more connected to the earth! with bare feet. Grew up as kids with no shoes so flick them off as soon as we need to. No cash is normal as we got EFTPOS very early. We love to hang our clothes on the line. Crispy from sunlight and wind is so much healthier. In earlier days no one saw our clothes lines as the sections were bigger and the clothes in the back yard, or on a farm. and power is expensive to run a dryer. But clothes in the dryer don't feel properly dry! We wore gumboots jeans and hand knitted jumpers in winter to school and jandals shorts and tee-shirts in summer- boys and girls. As adults not much changes. No need for formal clothes for most people. We have a much more outdoor life. I love living in NZ.

[@londonbeatz]

Agree

[@chrisharris1522]

If I remember correctly, Eftpos was tested here before it got rolled out in the rest of the world, so we had a couple of years to get used to it before all fear mongering about scammers became a thing

[@johneducatemyself5249]

@@chrisharris1522 Eftpos was introduced in the mid 80's as I remember paying for my petrol with it.

[@lornah9267]

When I was growing up my brother didn’t have any shoes to wear to school until he went to intermediate. In winter he would slide on the icy grass at the side of the road on the way to school. In class photos most of the kids were barefoot, so I’ve never once thought about what visitors from overseas would think of it. I love what you find “odd” about us. So many things I’ve never thought twice about - just always been normal to us.

[@aearnshaw9800]

Re barefeet here in NZ - in the U.S. spitting on the ground is really common. Not so here - I've seen it a few times but not as often. Another odd thing: kiwis return their supermarket carts/trollies to the store or to the bay. They're not left in the parking lot.

[@jeringatai3156]

Putting trolleys away is odd? Its just messy, and can get in the way of other vehicles if you just leave it where ever

[@aearnshaw9800]

@@jeringatai3156 - odd by American standards. Of course we return trollies to the store in NZ but in the U.S., people leave them all around the car park.

[@Murrray_Duncan]

If I see a trolley left in the car park my first thought is "Who is the lazy bugger that left that there?." Then I'll go put it in the trolley bay or use it myself so it doesn't ding up someones car.

[@Gefflez]

“They live cold here…They haven’t figured out the heating” had me absolutely cackling because it’s so true!

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

🤣🤣

[@kyblack123]

Sheep numbers now are less that 30 million but when I was a kid back in the 60s, there were 70 million.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Wow!

[@robert3987]

People often forget for some odd reason there's more sheep than people in Australia.

[@eddysaul4582]

@@robert3987 Yeah, but it's harder to tell them apart...

[@barrynichols2846]

Yep

[@Cbyneorne]

If you're curious, the last time I saw a cheque in NZ was in the late '90s.

[@NZFarmboy80]

I had a cheque book in the late 2000's my mother still has one and uses it every month

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

See what I mean....many in the US and CDN are still stuck on using cheques.

[@jenifferschmitz8618]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders banks have just phased them out

[@drayner2517]

My dad still uses cheques - well until this month when his bank will stop issuing them. Caused a few headaches for him as he is definitely not digital savvy. We sorted him out with APS.

[@Zoiekiwicoco]

I live in Canada and I have only had to use a check once in years. Only to write VOID on it to set up auto checking account debits for mortgage, etc. The only thing I see people shopping with is their debit card, credit card, Apple Pay, etc.... and most just use tap if under $100... Now the USA on the other hard is still living in the 90s when it comes to paying for stuff.

[@heathercreighton9613]

I'm a 58 year old New Zealand and I've never heard anyone, in their own home, call it supper. You will hear it called supper after a function, a meeting in the evening perhaps. As far as hanging out clothes, it is much healthier and clothes last longer.

[@Tsass0]

Haven't been to our house

[@TheClunkingFist]

"As far as hanging out clothes ... and clothes last longer." Except in Wellington, where you t-shirts will grow 3 sizes, your towels will end up trapezoid shaped, and all you washing ends up in Dunedin.

[@lachypaterson63]

My mother, who is English, came to NZ in the 1940s. It was the end of the [field] hockey season but they went down to the local club. She and her sister said they would come to the game and shout for the team. By "shout" they meant to cheer the team on - that's not what the team thought!

[@pepta]

Yes " My shout!" means it's my turn to pay for drinks

[@torig2726]

im kiwi oh noooo did they have to pay for the team !

[@Murrray_Duncan]

LMFAO. Funny as!

[@louisetillett438]

It's funny watching someone who isn't born here pointing out our weird little quirks. I host international students and they mention it too, oh and apparently we speak really fast and our sayings too like "oh chur bro" which can mean a whole bunch of stuff 🤣🤣

[@MusicStrap]

Awesome video! You both have great energy together and lovely content :-)

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@margaretp1465]

I bought myself a second hand drier years ago. I could count on one hand how often I use it annually. Handy if desperate, but why in a temperate climate waste electricity, steam up your house, and have to iron everything when you have fresh air and a clothesline?

[@em_pen]

Same here. I have owned a dryer for a few years - I use it a couple of times in Winter and that's it. Otherwise, fresh air on the washing line is the best or I can dry on a line in the garage if it's raining. I don't understand using a dryer constantly!

[@silmuffin86]

I totally agree! Our rentals have always had dryers, but as an Italian born and raised I only use it if I really need it, like if I wash my kids' winter jackets after they dirtied it and they need it the day after

[@ExcretumTaurum]

Credit card fees tend to only apply at small retailers that don’t have enough turnover to absorb the fees themselves.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Yeah that seems to be the case smaller local stores.

[@chrisharris1522]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders ironically if they went cashless, they would no longer have to pay cash handling fees at the bank which would offset the fees for electronic transactions, the banks are trying to nudge everyone to give up cash, but just like cheques for the previous generation some can be quite stubborn

[@patriciastewart5272]

Don't get caught out when you're asked to bring a plate. I think you mentioned it on one of your video. Bring a plate means, bring food to share. 😊

[@mattieclan8957]

I recall a friend mentioned about her hilarious experience of bringing empty plates and she also brought along knives, spoons & forks at a kindy get together🤣🤣

[@patriciastewart5272]

@@mattieclan8957 🤣 that would have been embarrassing.

[@mrkennedy4394]

People don't know the term 'potluck'

[@mattieclan8957]

@@mrkennedy4394 simply love pot luck. Best way to entertain

[@mrkennedy4394]

@@mattieclan8957 my family and I do it all the time. We have themes. It saves time and money if everyone makes a meal. I love potlucks 😀

[@rebeccalomax8861]

As a kiwi I have found myself in a couple of odd situations due to NZ terminology. For example, when living in London as a nanny I was asked to ensure 4 year old boy was wearing a vest and pants before going outside to play. Fair enough it was autumn. The boy was already wearing pants so I just put a vest on over the child before the jacket and off we went. On getting back the mother asked why her son was wearing a waistcoat. In my confusion I stated that she had told me to make sure he was wearing vest and pants. Turned out vest and pants meant singlet and underwear.

[@janeshea1798]

Oh wow, have just discovered your channel. I am Kiwi born and lived there until I was nearly 18. Now living in the UK, but visit NZ regularly. Also have travelled around Europe, the USA and Canada. You are both so right about the things that Kiwis do and say, differently from some of the rest of the world. A lot of the sayings are very English and my Mother was from England, so was quite natural for me to hear. On my husbands first visit to NZ, he was quite shocked to see people walking around barefoot too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New Zealander’s love their Morning and Afternoon Tea and Pies!!!!!! Do hope you are both enjoying your time in NZ at present. A great place to see and visit. Can’t wait for our next visit to see family and friends. X

[@magicwandfour]

I live in the UK and we have dryers but they are big energy users and expensive to run. Instead we try to use washing lines and mother nature to dry our laundry . Also most flats and houses have "Airing Cupboards" . These are a floor to ceiling cupboard (closet ?) about as wide as a door with 2 or 3 slatted shelves . In the cupboard there is usually some sort of heat source- like your hot water storage tank or as in my flat a 2 foot wide wall radiator plumbed into the central heating. After you have dried your stuff outside you put it in your airing cupboard for a few days and it finish's the drying and fluffs up you towels. After you bath or shower you get a warm fluffy towel from you cupboard to dry yourself (heaven!!!)

[@Tim_Shu]

The cheque thing in the US & Canada always baffles me, haven't seen them since the early 90s

[@karoberts2198]

There. Is too much theft in the banking system in the US for me to use a debit card. It is not safe. There was a recent loss of funds case with Bank of America.

[@Eohippus100]

I have been here for 24 years but in the beginning I was caught out embarrassingly. I joined a club which was having a function and was asked to 'bring a plate" I was a bit surprised that they were short of plates but just so you know it actually means bring food Also a funny thing is being told "see you later" by people who know that they will never see you again - check out staff etc See you later stands in for "goodbye" In the South Island the use of "wee" is excessively used the wee bridge the wee child. We even called our car the "wee" car

[@harrycurrie9664]

Yes the Scottish influence in the south but where I was raised "Wee" meant something else.

[@Murrray_Duncan]

@@harrycurrie9664 That's what we call a wee wee.

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@Murrray_Duncan That too. 🤣

[@timmonapier8832]

Back in the 70's we used to say "Hooray" instead of good bye. Originally from the tongue in cheek " Hooray you're going at last!"

[@harrycurrie9664]

Yes the Scots are known for wee things.

[@jah8859]

Have you tried a Bacon and Egg pie yet? that will be interesting. 😁

[@FairnessFobe]

This puzzlement about savoury pies as well as sweet pies might be because Americans have never heard of plain pastry. That is to say:- sweet pastry for sweet filling unsweetened pastry for savoury fillings. I think Americans might just be deprived!

[@TheClunkingFist]

@@FairnessFobe WE NEED TO TAKES OUR PIES TO AMERICA! Before those Aussies get there first.

[@libbysevicke-jones3160]

To late, kiwis opened a NZ meat pie shop in Brooklyn NY, about 8 yrs ago. They had a 2nd store somewhere in Manhattan?, tried to find it but alas but it closed down. The Aussies had those stupid smiley face meat pies - forget the franchise name, it didn’t look like they were doing any better. Americans just don’t get it.

[@susanhammond2724]

As a South Islander I generally wear shoes everywhere except around my house. And definitely thermals in the winter as the wind off the Southern Alps When there is snow is absolutely freezing. You do see a lot of people in shorts and gumboots all year round which as a born and bred kiwi I still find crazy in winter.

[@NZFarmboy80]

I wear shorts and t-shirts all year, except when I go to a bar/restaurant, but I do live in the winterless north

[@catherinekilgour2563]

You need to travel down south and discover cheese rolls. On offer in most southern cafe, bakeries. My favourite old fashioned word that we use as a family is overmorrow. So if today was Monday then tomorrow would be Tuesday and overmorrow would be Wednesday.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Yes we did do that!!! We tried those cheese rolls and they were delicious!!

[@ExcretumTaurum]

Re Volcanoes - our biggest city is built on 60 of them.

[@carolkrishnan7842]

and much like the rest of the country they are all asleep. Lol.

[@user-uy6uc5ey5q]

Technically the way the Auckland volcanic field works is a new eruption produces a new cone mostly every time. It more accurate to say the city is built on one volcanic system with multiple vent locations. Its more likely the next eruption will be in someone's backyard than say Rangitoto will erupt again.

[@raeward1605]

Lovely to see you ladies together comparing your kiwi experiences. Thank you and I look forward to your next video. 👏👏👏❤❤❤

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Great! Glad you enjoyed the video. So many more to come! 🙌🤩

[@glenradford5988]

We have always had dryers. Mostly used in the winter because it's harder to get your clothes dry. I think with bare feet, kiwis if there just popping down to the store don't want to put shoes on. It depends really.

[@galajensen6416]

It's not rare to have a dryer lol. Lots of people do but most houses use washing lines too because it's way nicer to dry your clothes and bedding in the sun

[@glennmclaren3108]

Hey, you two are great together. So very entertaining. You should do more of these.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@emmahollings4985]

Breakfast= brekky, 'the best meal of the day', 'the Most important meal of the day' Morning snack = Morning tea, a cup of tea, cuppa, smoko then brunch and elevensies(if ur an old person) Lunch=lunch or sunday dinner(at lunchtime) Afternoon snack= afternoon tea, cuppa, a tea Dinner= supper, tea/teatime, din dins, grub... Dessert= pudding, supper, after desert is supper good luck Americans hehehehe

[@rttheo7327]

The first vlog was funny-as, had to watch this one. Keep doing these US vs NZ comparisons, they are hilarious and you both work well together. Kiwi slang would be very funny

[@ianes6377]

At the risk of generalising too much, the use of breakfast/dinner/tea (and pudding) in NZ tends to have British working class origins, whereas the use of breakfast/lunch/dinner (and dessert) has emerged from the British upper middle classes. One "oddity" in NZ is that when you're shopping and see an item advertised at a certain price, that is the price you pay - so a $5 ice cream costs $5. It always drives me around the twist in the US where I pull haul out a $5 note to pay for the $5 item and the shop assistant says "oh, that will be $5-35" or $5-50 or $5-16 or whatever, because the tax level changes from state to state. I get that, but I don't give a toss about the different levels of tax, I just want to know how much it will cost inclusive of tax. And then you get your change in loose one cent pieces, which is odd. But even odder in the insistence on calling one cent coins "pennies". Pennies are British currency. And after visiting several shops, it's easy to finish up with a pocket full of coins and a distinct lean to starboard....

[@robert3987]

That's very true about the terms derived from the British classes.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

That would do my head in! Here legally you have to charge the advertised price. The only places l've come across that don't show the full price are trade suppliers who usually show the pre GST price, as businesses don't pay GST or pay it differentlyto retail shoppers. IDK.

[@myrashotton1362]

I get annoyed at the fact that when asking for a quote, quotees never include GST when GST included is what you're going to have to pay, I tell them it's illegal to give prices excluding GST, but they still do it, bloody annoyiing that one.

[@binklebonknz]

We would always end up walking home from school with our shoes in our bags. We had a section of playground paved with black asphalt and in summer no kid could play on it because it got too hot, once they painted lines on it we had challenges to run around the lines and not burn our feet. We also climbed trees which was allowed, no kid feel out, only an egg would fall out of a tree.

[@Andy_M986]

Haha egg,such a sweet insult back in the day,and people took to heart more back then,now it's just funny . . as.😉

[@Carol-ud9gp]

You girls are hialrious, I'm Kiwi 62 years born and bred and this video and your other one was a total eye opener. So funny what we take for granted in this country.

[@mckaypaterson2519]

Some people call circular clothes lines, Rotary Clothes Hoist. You lower the clothes hoist to the level to allow you to peg your clothes out and then you can raise the hoist higher to catch the wind. Keep having fun you all.

[@artemisiaW]

This is quite funny. As a kiwi I don’t even notice most of those thing.

[@olivermailata8178]

Thats a wonderful review on odd things in NZ, that you have observed, thats great you both are embracing the difference in the way NZers lifestyle culture..Awesome 😀.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

It’s always fun to talk about differences.

[@addrock7695]

From 5-17 years old the boy’s school uniform where I went was shorts, all year round. Biking to school in -1 etc, certainly builds “Character”.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Yeah it sure would. That sounds freezing cold considering I’m Canadian 😂😂

[@delphichristall8508]

I can't.!!! 😂🤣😂 It's so funny to hear others perspective of how they see us & what we do as odd. Hilarious.!! It's just so normal for us & so weird to listen to. My face is hurting from smiling 😆🥰

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Nice to know we made you laugh 🙌😂😂

[@lecarver]

You saying about coffee carts everywhere in NZ, this is pretty much the same as Seattle in the USA you can't escape them.

[@iammattbarker]

The cashlessness of NZ is amazing. Phone cases with a card slot are totally made for New Zealand. Who needs a wallet?!

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

It’s conviennent that’s for sure.

[@dennisfoster5910]

I must be the odd one out I always 90% of the time pay with cash,its total financial freedom.

[@iammattbarker]

@@dennisfoster5910 What do you do now we're in lockdown? Nō choice but to go cashless?

[@dennisfoster5910]

@@iammattbarker Only pay by credit card at Farmlands and Paperplus,everyone else cash. Also stack Silver and Gold,currency of the future. The Government knows nothing about my accumulated stash which is how it should be in other words become your own Bank,as I keep all of my cash out of the Corrupt Banking System.

[@Kiwi403]

In this time of covid lots of shops are saying cards only, no cash, it's considered a spreader. However if we get rid of cash altogether, our money is under the bank's total control. Just saying :-).

[@charleenmitchell4302]

Your right about the tea lol u are really starting to get us lol

[@markwairepo2871]

Thank you girls, love your honest viewpoints.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

You’re most welcome!

[@harrycurrie9664]

I think the meaning of dinner, tea, pudding, etc varies according to the area you are in, much like the NZ accent does.

[@Luubelaar]

This. Also, "pudding" in the UK is slang for dessert. So regardless of what is being served for dessert, it's "pudding".

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@Luubelaar In our household pudding was something we usually had in winter, dessert like fruit salad and icecream or peaches and cream was a summer thing.... with one exception ...Xmas pudding. ( sed to eat so much of it trying to find the thruppences and sixpences I'd get drunk on all the sherry/port in the thing. Happy daze !

[@jeringatai3156]

@@Luubelaar pudding means desert in NZ too. However there are dishes called pudding. Like steam pudding and just pudding

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

@Harry Currie What happens if someone invites you over in between times of day...how would you know if it's for dinner or tea?

[@jonlowing7907]

Same in Australia.

[@Luubelaar]

Hanging out the laundry... yeah other people might see your underwear but whatever. They're just undies. Everyone wears them (well, mostly everyone).

[@Luubelaar]

And the clothes vs weather thing. We have that in Australia too. There's always that one person you know who doesn't start wearing long pants until at least June, and some who never wear them at all. In Canberra there's a thing I call the "local uniform"; jumper/puffer jacket with shorts (sometimes long pants but not always), and either thongs (jandals) or slides.

[@bilit26]

Luv the pair if them Makes me appreciate our beautiful country and so thank ful to hsv u both here in nz

[@psychotichare957]

A lot of these depend on what part of nz you are in. For example, in southland lux is a vaccume and luxury is soap in Auckland. Also the dryer depends on where in nz you are also. In southland, dryers are more common because its wetter down here

[@OryanMcLean]

Try bacon and egg pie.

[@gypsyelvesj6257]

My husband and I plan a long visit to NZ hopefully late 2022. We want to do only a carry on case and personal bag each. Obviously we will need laundromats. Will these be hard to find on either island and do they have clothes dryers? Also, using debit or credit cards, do most places charge fees for using them? My bank doesn’t charge me, I just wondered if I should use debit card mostly to avoid credit card fees locally? Thank you.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Firstly, you’re going to absolutely love your time here. I’ve travelled this whole year on a little suitcase and backpack (plus a few sweaters and now extra shoes 😂😂) there are leads of opp shops here so you can find any missing clothes you may need. They have laundry mats everywhere with dryers so you’ll be good to go. For your debit card, it’s going to depend on your bank. For us it only will let us run it as a credit card purchase.

[@gypsyelvesj6257]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders, thank you! My husband’s aunt Ada May lived for many years in Mangawhai (she married Louis Wintle) in the 1930’s. We never made it over while she was alive but plan to spend time there, and we plan 6-7 weeks, seeing both islands. Just trying to learn about how to travel there, things to see, and how to go about things.

[@rebeccarigg3002]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders laundromats have only just started becoming a thing here, well in my city, within the last 5 years. We have been using one recently as the handle on our front loader snapped off and we haven't ordered the part yet haha. It's probably more expensive here than in Canada or the US tho. We pay around $24 for 2x18kg loads and 1x8kg.

[@gypsyelvesj6257]

Thank you, we will not have much with us, so washing clothes will be necessary.

[@cindyvelez8158]

Soap plus sink or bucket plus washing line - sweet as for backpackers 😉

[@lxralouu]

Its so entertaining to watch people from the USA talking about the odd things we do in NZ, especially because we are such are a small country, and America is so big. All the things that you mentioned in this video I find totally normal! LOL Cool video guys keep it up!

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

That’s funny that it’s all normal for you. When I see some of the things in the US that are considered “normal” I’m now starting to think it’s odd. 😂😂

[@mssjethan]

It's cool as kiwi (living in Australia, however) to listen to the differences you guys notice. Awesome videos guys, well done! 🙂

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bhanani5480]

So weird how you see so many kiwis wearing no shoes when you are out and about, it must be the norm in Wellington. I don't really see that many in Auckland. Good observations though 👍

[@stephendickson9000]

Wellington has a lot of weirdos.

[@momwalker2706]

I feel like america is so different from any other country how they live,eat, pretty much everything😁 I miss NZ. New Sub here Love ur chanel n little family God less you guys🙏🙌💞

[@momwalker2706]

Another odd thing about NZ is Christmas day lol it's summer and everyone go hangout at the beach. I don't know if they do that in wellington 😅

[@jeringatai3156]

@@momwalker2706 yeah. We all do that. Christmas is family time really. Where we just eat and drink all day and go swimming at the nearest beach, river, lake etc. Its more about spending time.with family and loved ones rather than church or Santa. However alot of families do go to church as well.

[@momwalker2706]

@@jeringatai3156 I miss it so much can't wait to move bk 🤩

[@69T57]

Very interesting thanks loved it❤

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@glasseverywhere]

They are next to the land down under they can relate to the oddness so yea, tea, supper , hanging your clothes and wearing your shorts in the cold.😂😂😂

[@debjanidebnath6451]

Hey, how are you guys??? Seeing you after a long time!! Really nice and informative video. Keep making these kind of videos. Well, in India, the situation cannot be expressed in words. It's so horrible. There are more than 4 lakh( 400 thousand ) cases per day. People are dying😢😢😢. I am so worried about this situation and don't know what will happen in the future. For now, let's keep our fingers crossed 😊. Have a wonderful day 😁😁😁

[@meg7088]

Arohanui (much love) to you and yours, I was shocked to see the amount of deaths its really sad 😔 you stay safe over there.

[@debjanidebnath6451]

@@meg7088 Thanks😊😊😊 Stay safe too ❤

[@meg7088]

@@debjanidebnath6451 👍🏽

[@eileenhildreth8355]

We love our coffee...need coffee thats better than Starbucks, I rarely carry cash

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

It's so nice that anywhere in NZ you'll find good coffee.

[@VhenRaTheRaptor]

@@GrowingUpWithoutBorders Honestly I've found some of the best coffee is at places like petrol stations... its crazy.

[@s.harrison3699]

Just in case anyone was wondering, Eftpos stands for Electronic funds transfer (at) point of sale

[@Murrray_Duncan]

It's funny as listening to you guys pointing out our oddities. Us Kiwis are weird ay. Good thing we like to laugh at ourselves. Or your mate that fell over. LoLs.

[@Murrray_Duncan]

EFTPOS - Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale. I remember going to the UK in 2003, you had to sign your name on the vendors receipt when you paid electronically and it had to match the signature on the back of the card. They had no clue what a PIN number was. That cracked me up. Stone age caveman stuff.

[@danensis]

Have you ever considered that it might be North Americans who are weird? Most of the things you describe are quite common in the rest of the world.

[@ronprince1478]

Oh kiwis have feet. New Zealand has the heaviest insect in the world (bush weta). Tea, kiwis are from the UK (a British colony) America is a British colony to. Meat pies and sausage rolls common in New Zealand, Australia, Britain, Scotland, Ireland and a lot of other countries. Try a bacon and egg pie, it’s made with bacon and egg. In Australia a bacon and egg pie is made with mince (ground beef). Americans have strange concepts to, they CAN things by persevering them in BOTTLES. When my mum canned food it was in tins (metal tins) and when she preserved things in bottles (jars) it was called bottling.

[@Rocket-hb6jh]

Togs is also used in Australia. It comes from, way back, the English word tog which is a derivative of the Latin ‘toga’, through the French ‘toge’ and down to tog. I think togs maybe got used because early bathers or bathing costumes were very baggy like old clothes. Tog dates to the 18th Century.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Oh that’s very interesting😄

[@michaelcoorssen3338]

When I was a kid in the 70s (in the San Francisco Bay Area), we had a clothes line, so that doesn't seem bizarre to me. Where I live now (also in the S.F. area), we have little "libraries" in different locations in our town where people can take and leave books, so that's not odd to me either. Of course, our climate (as well as the topography) is very similar to New Zealand.

[@harem137]

When you talk about the mince and cheese pies its making me hungry lol

[@raegenpio7497]

Shorts and tee shirts 24/7 summer or winter with ur jangles, just chuck on a jumper if ur cold and sockes., I lived in the uk for a couple of years, and use to do that even when it was snowing.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

That’s what I mean...I see this everywhere and have no idea how you don’t freeze your butt off. 😂😂

[@ajdesigns6979]

LOL this is so funny !

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Coffee carts are a really recent thing. Never sae them in 1990s NZ

[@furpurse9543]

3:55 Other than the obvious morning and afternoon, dinner there it's all so "high tea" which is what you would expect of an English style tea (cucumber sandwiches, lamingtons with cream, Devonshire scones and assorted finger foods). If someone comes to your home and you want to offer them a hot drink it's common to offer their A cupper (cupp-a), then ask tea, coffee or Milo depending on what's on offer.

[@brianmeadows1137]

Always nice to see you yanks(which is another odd thing to you tha twe call all of you north and south Yanks) apricating our whenua

[@lukerolleston4852]

“Who’s gonna come meet you” hahahahahaha I’m crying

[@trudimclaren2609]

The meeting point for a volcanic emergency is usually allocated because of the stability of the ground, the distance from potential explosions etc. and those are the first places emergency services will go to rescue people 🙂

[@gabrieltemple7960]

As to your question about food cart, we called it those days as Pie cart and in some other parts of town in NZ are seated pie cart like they have in the US.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Pie cart sounds amazing!

[@blackpearlbp]

for me tea time is scone or muffin with tea, supper usually non dinner meal in the evening lol also barefoot normal until i saw it in the public bathroom also no ac units/heat pumps in most houses, my japanese students asked if we were poor, but more recently if it was because we were eco (green)...yeah

[@lizg5574]

Breakfast, dinner and tea. That is how most of the early settlers had their main meals. Breakfast would have been porridge or bacon and egg. Dinner would be the main meal of the day, a hot meal prepared while the housewife was doing other chores inside the house, to fuel the husband for the rest of the afternoon. Kids would get dinner at School, a hot meal. Tea was bread with jam, cake, seasonal fruit and a cup of tea. As women started working outside the home, so "lunch" crept in, bumping dinner to a later time of day. Morning tea is what was called "Elevenses" in the UK - the chance for manual workers to sit for 15 minutes and have a drink - and if they'd brought something, a quick snack. Afternoon tea was similar, though it also encompassed kds coming home from school and needing something to drink (and eat) before doing homework and home chores. Supper often means a warm drink, sometimes accompanied with a snack, but less often nowadays. Puddings - that is the sweet part of the main meal - dessert came from restaurant meals, which brought more more variety.

[@ngawaiking6003]

"they eat a lot here".... We are land of the hobbits 😂😂😂 but this is very true

[@johnpaki1534]

Pop up fish trucks are the best, fresh as and cheap as hehe!😎

[@elizabethnepia8878]

In NZ we also have heaps of laundromats which are so cheap and if you don't have a dryer and need a load quickly dried you can just whip down to the laundromat and it'll dry in about 20 mins

[@husainshaikh6981]

Amazing... Meet local people

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

We've met so many locals and made amazing friends!