When is summer time in new zealand
The truth about living in New Zealand | An American's point of view
the people there were so much nicer than
the people in california
i was so surprised i was like this this
can't be real these people are so humble
the people in california were just jerks
you know you know they didn't yell at us
it's kind of like a paradise really they
love to sing you know they sing they
they don't always sing in tune but they
sing they sing a lot
they sing loudly the culture there is
slower than the united states
it's very more family oriented they put
a lot of fat in everything but not as
much sugar
so in america we love our sugar right in
new zealand
the food will be fatty but it won't be
as sugary there's one crazy food that i
like the maoris eat it it's called kenna
it's like sea urchins and they get them
from the ocean and they like put them on
toast and it's really good
marmite is so nasty don't try it it's
not worth it
and then one time i had a like a raw i
think it was either squid or mussel
oh it was so bad so that was weird
fish and chips yeah fish and chips
that's a big thing and that could be
really good or it could be really
natural because sometimes they just put
the whole fish in there and they fry it
up and the bones are still in there
but that's kind of weird but mostly it's
good
the tongans eat horse you might eat that
i didn't and they put eggs on their
hamburgers
so love the hamburger then they'll put
eggs on it and the ice cream and the
dairy is really fresh
the cows you know they're pretty i think
they're free range over there so
when you eat the ice cream you'll be
like oh this is the best ice cream i've
ever had it's called tip top that's the
brand
it's really good the milk is better than
here shepherd's pie
it's kind of like potatoes on top of
meat and vegetables
with some gravy wheat fix it's a
breakfast cereal it's really good
you could eat it with honey or with
brown sugar taro which the polynesians
eat
it's kind of similar to a potato but
it's
more filling it's really it's really
good
then there's a kumara which is a maori
food it's
kind of like a sweet potato but it's
sweeter it's kind of like
dessert but you eat it for dinner it's
really good the chop suey
which is kind of like vermicelli noodles
with meat and this
sauce i think it's samolin corned beef
the tongans eat
then there's this dish called the lou
they cook i think it's pork they wrap it
in these
i think it's taro leaves and they cook
it that's really good
they have meat pies so if you like go to
the gas station and buy some food it'll
be like
a mince pie you know they call soda
fizzy drink
it's kind of interesting they have this
drink called cordial
it's a it's basically like kool-aid with
a little bit less sugar and they don't
drink hot chocolate they drink milo
so they have nestle milo mix you put it
in the boiling water and you put some
teaspoons of sugar in it
and it's good you'll probably drink a
lot of that because it gets cold once
you come back to united states you'll
never want to drink hot chocolate again
you'll say give me some milo
if you eat at a samoan person's house
sometimes they'll have the manny first
and the women later it's kind of
interesting
the samoans and tongas they're very
delightful people you know they're very
friendly they like to laugh they like to
eat if they like you they really like
you you know
then the kiwis the european new
zealanders they're nice
there's a lot of older people there's a
lot there's some retirement communities
you know
you want to get some shoes that you just
slip on and off because
you take your shoes off before you go in
you know well i guess if you're eating
dinner you know make sure that
head of the table eats first or just
like says now it's time to eat you know
they have a day called waitangi day it's
kind of their independence day
they uh the maoris they sign this treaty
of waitangi with the british which
you know the british they like to take
over countries and take everything
but the maoris they like retained a lot
of their lands from this treaty
so that's important then this guy fox
day which is kind of like the day they
light all the fireworks basically
christmas in new zealand it's the summer
time so people go to the beach
at christmas is kind of funny you know
they don't celebrate thanksgiving
obviously
but we did once because one of the
families was like we want to celebrate
thanksgiving
okay it was really cool well english in
new zealand is more british english
which i guess is the proper english you
know
instead of apartment they say flat
instead of the chunk of the car they say
the boot of the car
instead of dinner they say tea or the
maoris call it kai
a lot of times lunch they'll call it
supper they say sweet ass
which means if something's like cool
they'll be like oh sweet ass bro
which is like that's really cool or if
something is hard that's
be like oh that's hard ass or if
something is
ugly that's ugly ass it just means like
it's really ugly
so they'll put ads on the back you know
like sweet as pie
they say sweet ass like that kind of
thing they say heaps a lot
instead of a lot of they say heaps oh
that's heaps of food but when they say
like bring a plate it means like bring
something to eat it doesn't mean bring
like your plate i got confused about
that one time
it was funny like we say yes right yes
they say yes
like that yes they say straight away a
lot instead of that i'll do that
immediately they say i'll do that
straight away
but you'll hear some maori chants they
still have their traditional chants
they're really cool there's a lot of
teas and caves
compared to samoan and tongan it's
completely different than them
it's it's a lot more harsh samoan and
tong is very flowing and smooth a lot of
o's and odds and ooze
and maori is take a poo it's just harsh
consonants
and it's kind of cool you know i would
like to learn maori if i could you know
