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Thank you for showing this, as a child in the sixties we use to spend time here. :)

Hi, I am international student and I am going to apply for master in AUT in new zealand and I have children who need go to school. Should I pay tuition fees for them? Thank you

EDUCATION IS NOT FREE in New Zealand. 1. Roughly $1000 per year 2. If you want your kids to do well in extracurricular activities you need to be in a central Auckland school, one of the big ones. 3. If your going to put your kids into one of these top schools then you’ll pay BIG money, but still cheaper than private. 4. Not all private schools are good 5. Private schools will cost between $20,000-50,000 per year 6. Want a school with excellent music teachers then you need to be in Central Auckland. 7. NZCEA is a scam, it gives you the same credits for garbage courses like Drama, Dancing, Photography as Math, Chemistry, Physics, English. So be prepared for kids to get top awards at schools for crap courses like these as opposed to core subjects. GIRLS GET EVERYTHING! Boys get nothing.

As a kiwi born I totally get your negatives they're all true especially the credit card notes I have often wondered how the rest of the planet travels and lives off their credit card points but in lil old NZ you here about it but you don't actually see that action happening, Im from Akl so our summers are pretty warm but theyre not long enough for sure, I agree you about the imports of tropical fruit we are starting to get more tropical farms in the far north where we are making coffee beans , banana farms, avocado farms and pineapple farms....but I wish someone would grow lychees and mangoes then we would truly be self sufficient I wouldn't hold my. breathe though, like every other food source it would probrably be packed and sent off to other places of the world so they can buy it cheaper than we do.enjoyed your share very positive

Hiya, cool video. Czech living in nz over a decade... Last year made a trip to Sydney and I was beside myself coming to variety of products available... I felt like I'm in Europe... I understand paying the price for import but 'supporting local' is just like drainage for my wallet, same goes for some sort of healthy foods... Food is only thing I miss from back home... It's sad here...

I think you made the conscious decision to choose life for safety and security reasons. God bless you.

Pardon. NZ is one of the most geographically diverse countries on earth😂

Sorry as an Australian I lived and worked in both South Africa and Mozambique for periods of around 1 year in 1995/6, 2003/4, 2019/20. Australia has all those things you said you missed in South Africa but on a much larger scale what both Australia and NZ dont have is the same level of crime, poverty or uncertainty . I was there for my first stint when Nelson Mandella took office, the Apartheid era was ending and there was a lot of hope in the rainbow nation. I went back 10 years later I saw some changes but people on the whole were getting pretty frustrated that their quality of life wasnt improving fast enough. My last time in that part of the world was in 2019/20 which was eventually cut short due to the covid pandemic. What I got then was a real feeling of discontent amongst both black and white due to government corruption and the way that the ANC had managed to move South Africa from being a relatively rich developed nation to something more akin to a poorer 3rd world country. The only real change that I saw over that 25 years was that the privileged class had probably changed colour and the less privileged had largley stayed where they were. I love South Africa and its people but they seriously need to get their act together because if they dont their most talented people are going to continue to leave. Based on my own personal experience of lving in South Africa I think that your parents probably made the right call but thats really up to you guys to decide.

I’ve lived in 3 countries (NZ, Aus, Thailand), everywhere has its ups and downs, what I don’t like about NZ is the dollar is weak and salaries low, lastly not sure how to put this in a PC way, but I don’t like how the country is always being divided by Maori and non-Maori, instead of being one people… But it’s safe, clean, lots to do outdoors and I think our food/produces tastes great.

Im a proud New Zealander, very grateful to have been born here and I wouldn't choose to live anywhere else, however i also wouldn't choose to live in Wellington.

Kiwi here, absolutely don't like the tourists area's, Generally, don't like overseas people,they don't have an, affinity with,and to the land, Always going on about home, easily solved,go home, That's my opinion anyway,

This is very helpful, thank you

Unlike South Africa there are no Black Mambas or Lions in the bush

Maybe you should go back where you came from or Australia might suit you better

Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

I lived in Queenstown NZ for about 8 or so months, originally from Australia. (Not a lot of time). I love NZ for its nature. But my experience with working there was unsafe and extremely dodgy, and in Queenstown specifically was too expansive, so you kinda got stuck there once you are there. The people were okay. I found NZers to be very clicky with each other and I preferred to be with people from other countries. Because they seemed a bit more open and friendly. Just my short experience there. Anyway. Wouldn't live there, but I would visit again for the landscapes.

Comes across a bit whiney and idealistic I’m afraid. SA is not the place you remember.

You were blessed your parents got you out of that hell hole. i really wouldn't want to be a white person there nowadays

We came here from ZA in 1961.I remember my dad saying.."Green green bloody green." He decided that we had to get out of ZA as the writing was on the wall for the eventual end of the "status quo".He went to work in Australia for six months.When he returned my mother said.."So we're going to Australia then"..to which my dad replied.."No we're going to NZ".My mother said "But we don't know anything about NZ because you never went there!"..to which my dad replied.."Well it can't possibly be any worse than Australia!" Looking back it must've been very hard to start all over again here at the age of forty,three kids and only a few Pounds left in savings.He missed the warm climate of Capetown.I'm old now but I like walking along the trail at Pukerua Beach on the Kapiti Coast because it reminds me a bit of St James,Cape Town where we lived at the end with the mountain behind the beach and the salt water natural swimming pool wherewe used to swim.

I think some of the comments are a bit nasty. You did say that it's just your view. Some people can't handle any criticism no matter how mild. Your still here and you are free to live where you want so you must like it🙂

plastic is one of the best things ever made for the environment, the things it replaced are legion getting rid of it is utterly braindead

your parents did you a big favor

typical whinging saffa

go back to RSA then... no one was forcing u to stay here after u left school

and you are thanking your parents for doing all the legwork in making that choice for you. How about you tell us about how hard it was for them and how many tears they cried and the sacrifices and struggles they made to make this move.

landscape variety????????????????? its 3 days of the same thing on the train from Pretoria to C town, the Karoo is .......... nothing ness Kalahari is........... an empty nothingness Jo/Burg is Yukkville (Kruger isnt cheap either ) ps you can always return to RSA if NZ isnt to your liking or courtesy of us you get to live in OZ as NZ resident/citizen

Did you just say New Zealand has a lack of variety of landscapes, lmao lady it's one of the most diverse countries in the world when it comes to nature from snow capped mountains, glaciers, fiords, sand dunes, volcanoes, braided rivers, mangrove forests, I could go on all day!!

The parents are woosies so the child will be as well. I bet the dad never did military service as many of us had to.

NZ and Australia have an open border (for citizens). Between the 2 most things you mention exist.

Sorry I really disliked the weather ..cold wet too much rain I couldn't do it

Such a great video with lots of information

Great video, Also considering wages are high in Australia and mortgage costs are lower than Nz, overall you’ll have more in your back pocket to enjoy your lifestyle, not like in NZ your always thinking about money 😂 Moving there soon

Informative. Thanks for your effort and time. - WW supermarket stuff, [CCP ingredients], avoided as toxic. What about Oz fruit and veges ? Vege shops and markets/ stalls ? Are these cheaper in that Lucky fly blown and flooded Country ? NZ prices are blatant fraud and scam

My theory about dairy in Australia is that the industry has been gutted by the barn door price per litre. Many dairy farmers have left the industry.

dont forget the wages in NZ compared to AUS is shit

A friend of mine moved to New Zealand to be with her Kiwi partner. She told me it was significantly dearer to live in New Zealand.

Interesting. As an Australian, I always thought it was overall cheaper to live in NZ than here, even allowing for GST. As least Kiwis have better interest :)

Well done. That would have been a lot of work and very informative 😀

I visited the locations in the video in early Jan/Feb 2023 for our son’s wedding. A truly beautiful place. Thank you for the video it brings back so many wonderful memories.

‘up?. wow! splendid !bye! :))