My French Husband's HONEST Opinion of New Zealand (after 2.5 years, how does he feel about NZ?)
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2024
- What is life in New Zealand like? How my Frenchman feels about life in New Zealand!
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Hear from the Not Even French husband ,my wonderful french husband Niels, about life in New Zealand as seen by a French in New Zealand (is this revenge?! 😝)
Having been with a Frenchman for so long, it was only a matter of time before we spent some of our life in NZ. But there is a massive difference between VISITING New Zealand and actually living here. This video will cover some interesting points as a French person in New Zealand, such as:
* new zealand lifestyle and culture
* new zealand pros and cons
* What life might feel like for French people in new zealand
* What life is like in New Zealand (from the perspective of two professionals living in Wellington New Zealand)
Who knew 10 years ago that this French boyfriend would end up doing such a big move to New Zealand!
If you have any other questions about the experiences of my French man or the New Zealand pros and cons of living, just let me know in the comments!
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I have to agree on the lunches (American here). I definitely grew up very low-tax mindset, but as I’ve aged … it’s very hard to not agree with the French on food education. It is cruel to deprive the majority of your youngest citizens of nutrition and common decency at the table. And to raise generation after generation with such poor nutrition understanding is ridiculous. I love that the French take it upon themselves via taxes to raise their citizens with care.
I so agree! I'm American too.
Your husband has summed up my experience living in Australia as a French woman 😅
I think Australia does better than NZ in most of these, but the countries are very similar. Both are very efficient and with easy administration though.
I’ve been a French guy in Australia for 10 years and I agree with him. lunch at school should be a cantine. It’s so much better.
All the thinks I learn to eat a school that my parent will not cook at home for instance.
Cantine should be in every single school.
And it don’t cost this much per kid per day on tax.
Cantines for all would be amazing!
We had school canteens growing up in Soviet Union. Everyone had hot meals for lunch, simple - soup, second dish, compote or cup of tea. Kindergarten meals were amazing- 3 proper hot meals a day plus hot milk with biscuit for afternoon tea. I struggled to pack my kids linches in NZ. I tried my best to make proper meals getting ideas by googling French school lunches. Meals can be simple and cheap if there was a canteen culture at schools.
I am a NZer living in France for 5 years in retirement. Interesting to hear your husbands reponse. My (woman!) partner had some similar responses from spending three months in NZ.
Yes, service is so easy and effective in NZ. Something I miss.
There is so much more variety in food in France.
It is great to see so many people taking care with their dress in France.
The health system is so well organised but low key in France.
There is more accessible flat land in France for walking etc. In NZ, so much otherwise accessible land is fenced off.
People are very friendly in France, provided you speak your best French.
There are just so many differences, it is quite surprising.
France is so much more to the left politically than NZ. But public services are generally well funded it seems.
Sounds like you are moving back to France. Bon retour à vous deux.
Much as I am proud of NZ, I can't see me moving back to NZ.
If only we could cherry pick the best parts of two wonderful countries!
That’s funny about the fashion. After living in London for close to a decade I had these great stylish (men’s) winter coats. Moving back to Australia even when it was cold enough to wear them, I got looks like I was in Zoolander or something. Back to North Face!! :)
hahaha yep!
Just wear them! I have a very nice long wool coat I love to wear in the Aussie winters. Nothing wrong with a bit of style
Hi - I've been learning French with Lingoda since September entirely because I watched your video on what you would have done differently if you were learning French all over again and you said you would have chosen to commit to a structured learning program like Lingoda. Thanks to Lingoda I can now hold a basic conversation in French (present tense only so far!) and my French has improved 1000%!!! So I owe you a very large verre de vin when you return to France!!!! Merci, merci beaucoup!
Hey Rosie, great video!
Your point about cantines (not crèches ;-)) providing healthy food in the right amount for all is SOOO important, and I’m shocked by the concept of lunchboxes. I remember going to the UK on a school exchange when I was 12, and opening the “lunch” box given by my host mom… Everything looked like snacks, I didn’t understand, and didn’t know when to eat that 😂
I find it odd when you say the French don’t eat “for pleasure”… I find people inhaling a cardboard sandwich at their desks the definition of not eating for pleasure: bland, low quality food consumed mindlessly just for fuel - not something we do much in France, but something I’ve witnessed with a puzzled look on my face in both England and Australia (so I’m guessing this happens in NZ too?). Maybe you mean that we don’t eat “just for fun”?
Take care x
I'm a Frenchman who's been in New Zealand (Auckland, Rotorua and Wellington) for a few months now and I definitely agree with all of your husband's observations. It's been quite the change, especially coming from Paris 😅
My general comment as a french : you are comparing a parisian way of life to a NZ way of life.
I appreciate his views on the school lunches... as a person coming from an immigrant family on benefit some days at school were really tough!
This was really eye-opening; I’m Australian and it’s interesting to ponder how similar and different our country is both to NZ and France
Yes my husband doesn't snack between meals, he is very strict, he is French ,. And he dresses nice when he goes out,. And we do wear our lovely wool coats, I have 4 , different colors to go with my clothes, I love my coats,. I am English from UK .
Amazing vid, well done!! 😃😄😁🤩👏👍 Loved watching this!
Agree about the fresh fruit & veg, fish & meat but as a foodie, eating out at restaurants in NZ was 90% a big disappointment. Some wonderful exceptions.
Really fascinating 😊
8:41 Nobody told us that when I was studying "The French Paradox" for gastronomy or wine studies.
Très intéressant !
I started using Lingoda two months ago because of watching your videos and I’ve been growing more confident speaking French! So thankful for you!!
What was your original level of French?
Just want to commend you for how gracefully you represented his opinions. It goes to show that you've taken the time to understand his point of view which is not always the case in intercultural relationships! You seem to be a lovely couple! 😁
Niels sounds like a stand out kinda guy ❤️
I definitely prefer the fashion in France and Italy compared to NZ I just like how it’s much more put together
Fashion is a foreign concept here. It's for decadent and soft Euro types. We have plenty of harden up pills.
@@NotEvenFrench I'm in Dunedin. Casual Friday every day and the students don't give a toss.
Jeans and t-shirt type stuff.
Fashion can vary a LOT in Aotearoa also... some places, like Christchurch, are a lot less casual. Auckland can be schnazzy too. My brother in law is an architect in Whangarei and he goes to the office in board shorts and jandals, so.... shrug. I'm in Wellington now and i find it pretty casual.
Very interesting. Thanks 🙂
Great video!
I love that hairstyle on you. You're so pretty with any hairstyle but I love the side part and sort of fluffiness.
I didn't realize France sounds, dare I say, restrained and a little less laissez-faire than I imagined. No snacking/movie popcorn sounds so unfun ;)
They have so many wonderful pastries and snacks, they'd eat themselves to death if they didn't have any moderation.
@@CallieMasters5000 Well quite easy as French people are educated from around 3 years old to eat 3 meals and a goûter ( 4 pm snack) mainly for kids. I personally cut the 4pm snack of my children when they were around 9 years old. Only exception in case of sport in the afternoon.
I'm fascinated to know what Niels looks like but of course I respect his privacy haha. This channel was originally a marvellous advertisement for France and now it's rapidly becoming a great advert for New Zealand! 🙂
@@NotEvenFrench no you were very fair and balanced. I've only ever visited France as a tourist but I long to return when this crisis is over.
Oh yeah not for me. I have read and heard enough from people from New Zealand and Australia and I do realize those are two different countries but they both started the same way with these draconian lockdown and requirements and look where Australia is now, hauling people off to concentration camps.
I learned NZ is particularly exposed to wind, and it would be a problem for me because I don't like the wind at all. I can deal with it as a tourist because it's temporary, but not as an immigrant.
Just because the French eat at specific times doesn't mean they don't eat for pleasure/enjoy what they're eating.... For me, eating popcorn (for instance) after dinner when full makes no sense, because it might make me nauseous - *not* hating, just speaking from personal experience :)
Having said that it doesn't mean I've never eaten a snack after dinner, but not in the automatic "movie = snack" way.
The most common way of being raised in New Zealand, involves a "eat what your given" motion. Basically as a kid even when full we had to finish our plates, and if grandma (e.g) made an apple crumble you had to try some, if uncle got a home kill beast you had to have the sausages. Then we also used lollies and sweet food as a treat and reward, so when we feel sad or need a dopamine rise we want to do nothing but eat candy! Personally being raised this way gave me a huge appetite, and i rather wish I had your sense of fullness because i agree with what you feel. But here, my whole life, If someone bought sweet treats and I'd just finished dinner, I'd feel like i would miss out if i didn't take a share, even if i was full. "Eat what your given".
Sorry my reply was so long haha.
I really loved this video:) It would be great if you could do more about life in NZ! I am sure that others would be interested in them too!
Thanks Dóra!! I will see what other topics I could think of!
Great and interesting video! Specific details aside, many of your comments on New Zealand in terms of friendships, fashion, housing, education, and healthcare apply here in Canada.
Oohh fascinating! I would live to visit Canada one day!
6:22 I had the opposite happening to me. I remember trying to get work experience in a French cheese and wine shop, where: Although most of the workers are New Zealand-born French or Belgian, but other than the kitchen and warehouse staff, are really well dressed, to the point that even my generic black work top almost won't cut it. I didn't get in because my level of French is only good for reading wine labels and asking a few basic questions, but I can't understand what they say to be comfortable translating.
10:40 Last year: I had to use part of my savings to get chiropractic care for my long-standing sports injury. Because it's no longer injury-related, it's no longer covered by ACC like it did when I first hurt my back. Fortunately, it was effective enough that I can manage on my own again, and I no longer need it before the second (and current) lockdown in Auckland.
Oh, I thought the lockdown in Auckland was finally over! (After 90+ days?)
@@LauraMorland Depends on your definition. If we are talking about just staying home and dining in, then it's was over.
However: If you are referring to watching a live event without crowd restrictions, it's still ongoing. We are still on red light, so I can't go back to work at events until at least next year.
My husband is Italian and it's interesting to discover your own country's quirks in some way through a foreigner's eyes. There are parts of Italy I wish NZ had (kitchens open until whenever! Art galleries in every nook! Sun year round!) and parts of NZ he wishes Italy had (wild and empty beaches! International cuisine at every corner! Easy access to services!). I would say friendship/politics etc. can be very dependent on your circles, career, family etc. You could have a National Rally experience in France, or a a super liberal/socialist experience depending on who you know (I worked with many French people in London who all happened to be very much in support if Le Pen, which was horrifying but I would never hold the whole of France to!). So important to be nuanced and understand the layers that make each country unique, and how the best and the worst of a country is often the same quality. I would also guess that Kiwis tend to be very critical and harsh on NZ, and the French tend to be really, really patriotic which factors into these assessments.
This is excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed watching and hearing how he feels about it all. I wouldn’t swap my NZ upbringing for the world but I do very much agree on everything he brings up and some things I hadn’t thought of that were really interesting. Thank you for this!
when is your book coming? :)!!!!
12:01 I had been told by my very mature students that it wasn't the case before the 80's.
NZ seems like such a nice country. I have friends there and I hope to visit some day. Glad to hear you guys are enjoying!
There are pros and cons like anywhere, but it is beautiful!
@@BadassCareers I'm sure it's totally worth a visit
Smart Niels🙂
you should do a video on verlan
Have you left NZ permanently now? I thought your husband had a good job there and you were happy being around your family.
What surprise me the most here are: for a country that really like sweet stuff there is a big lack of choice in term of candy / chocolate. Not having lardon might have been the most shocking thing for me ^^ having to cut middle eye bacon to get a similar result was so weird initially. Still sad I can't get a full bed width bolster pillow and euro pillow are really not common
Ah les lardons le truc auquel tu penses pas et que tu pense ne pas être un façon exclusive à la française d'apprécier de la poitrine et/ou de la bardière de porc ...
Jusqu'à ce que tu bouges dans un autre pays et que tu réalise que cette habitude de tailler de la bardière en petit cubes bah en fait c'est carrément récent dans l'usage boucher français et c'est vraiment pour le coup EXCLUSIVEMENT une coupe française !
XD
Bonjour. In the other video, I forgot to comment that as a Mexican young woman I also arrived with a fake orange 🍊 tan and too much jewelry and make up! By the time I left Paris I was totally post gentrification :) and was able to blend with Parisians. I already spoke French but could not understand fast (normal) conversation. Most of my conversations were with sales associates and landlords or ordering food at the boulanger or super marché.
Housing is also incredibly expensive in Canada, we are just behind New Zealand on that list. Vancouver is the 2nd most expensive city to buy a home in the world, after beijing (there are lots of rich Chinese in Vancouver). But as for our other big cities, if you are young, you'll probably never afford a house either. Even in smaller cities its becoming difficult
Amazing considering the amount of available space in Canada... 😳
@@khaelamensha3624 It sadly has nothing to do with available space, but how much money there is. Basically what happened was our former prime minister Stephen Harper, lowered rates and barriers to purchase property if you are a foreign resident. Lots of foreigners saw Canadians had money, and began purchasing like crazy and reselling for 2x - 3x. Vancouver was bought out by Rich Chinese buyers and the rest of Canada saw lots of properties, especially rental properties, bought out by American buyers.
@@MyLittleGreenHairdedMermaid About the same here in Paris. Think this is worldwide and average people have more problems to buy a home and in more and more places this is no more possible 😞
@@en.chamade its already extremely bad. On the oecd site mentioned, I also saw where you can check housing cost to income ratio.... Canada is 3rd, behind Luxemburg and Netherlands
Having no idea what you're doing is usually the best place to start. I started playing football in my fifties and it meant whatever I did I couldn't get any worse. Probably applicable to most things. Probably not skydiving but you get the idea. 🙂
Que se passe t il quand il y a un match france nouvelle zélande ? Est ce que vous le regardez ensemble ?
ID love to try lingoda but it is sooooo expensive ! A few times more expensive that the most expensive language school in my city
@@NotEvenFrench where I live they cost about 3.5 euro per person per class if you study in a group of 6 people - but I live in Poland so we dont even have euros hah
Number 7 is the same in Canada.
Hey, I think it’s interesting that you think French people don’t eat for pleasure (outside of the hours of eating). There are cases such as when we have “l’apéro” (a uniquely French concept) that can just be snacks and drinks from 1pm to very late, very irregular. My sister and I grew up in the US so when we are at these family friends “apéro” events, we are also soo confused: should we eat the snacks and not be hungry for dinner? Or are the snacks the mail meal? 😂 every time we end up eating way too much from confusion.
Good point. Me too and I'm french 🤣
New Zealand is definitely a country I would be happy to live in although I would pick the South Island to be more specific. Other than that Australia and Canada round out the list although there are many countries across Europe would be interesting short term including France.
do a collab with Mama doctor jones comparing NZ to USA!
The New Zealand attitude towards food is similar to ours in the US. Well, y'all are probably not as "bad" as we are here in the states.
High and low context conversation: absolutely fascinating. Do people in France/NZ tend not to gently explain to educate each other or is there an intolerance there? Hopefully the former.
Quel est le taux d'obésité en NZ?
Presque 35%
As a New Zealander, Im scared to move to France and hold a conversation in fear I’ll be looked at as a stupid person because of the NZ education system haha
You'll charm this with how friendly and down to earth you are, we all have our strengths!
I'm French and let me tell you we're not all geniuses!! Her partner sounds to me like he comes from an educated upper middle class family, and I would take that filter into consideration... Don't worry, you'd be judged in France because it's kind a national sport (people like to have opinions) but common knowledge will only be one of the criteria ;)
@@soizicparsy8898 agreed. You will be judged in France no matter what your education level is. Also, even in France the education level has dropped.
Growing up in England, taking a packed lunch was a voluntary choice😂. But seriously, it's sad that NZ doesn't provide lunches for kids? Wow.
Growing up in the U.S., it was the same thing: we could either bring a packed lunch or eat a hot school lunch -- the choice was ours. I didn't like the school food very much, so I usually had a packed lunch in elementary school. By junior high I had too many books to bring back and forth, and so I ate the school food, which was often "Sloppy Joes," as I recall. I, too, find it unbelievable that NZ doesn't provide hot lunches for schoolkids.
In California, up to 40% of children in many schools are on reduced pay or free lunches. All the students have a lunch card, and nobody knows if their parents paid for it, or if it's paid for by the State. In Middle School, each child is given a little carton of milk and a snack at the start of the school day.
Nowadays there are some schools providing lunches, and they are normally very healthy, meaning no salt or seasoning😭. But as a student myself i also find the portions so small, so i have to bring money and buy food from the tuck shop, or pack an extra snack
The culture sounds very similar to here in America.
@@NotEvenFrench Absolutely! In that way, it sounds much more like the French take on politics.
Yes, in fact higher studies are free in France, University courses are free but of course each trimester there are parcels of evaluations, in medicine the first trimester is already selective as well as in law, etc ... grandes écoles Polythecnique HEC (high commercial studies) ENA, ENSA, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ENM SUPERIOR MARINE SCHOOL, ST CYR, ESTIA, etc .... the selections are made by competition but the studies are the responsibility of the French state. the big problem of our country is the fact that many students having their graduates go to other countries example: United States Japan Great Britain and Commonwtsh countries; Thank you France, The French state should make it compulsory that those who studied in France at the expense of the state work for a certain number of years in France in French state companies, laboratories, research etc. ... what is annoying is knowing that a large American pharmaceutical laboratory is at the head of French graduates
Pay them better and they would stick around. My husband who is French told me how hard it is for scientists to stay in France, not only there is a lack of jobs but also low wages.
@@martinasandoval5326 madam, a year of an average American medical university costs about 14,800 euros the most prestigious go up to 40,000 euros American students are no more learned than French or European students! if everything goes well ? they need 7 years of studies for a doctorate of general medicine for a university of average medicine the student will incur debt of 103,600 euros for a basic doctorate without counting a specialite? in a prestigious university 280,000 euros a doctorate in general medicine. Right off the bat UK, Commonwealth and American students are in deep debt and not sure they can repay their debts?
In France, medical studies for the 7 years for a general doctorate are free when they specialize in Cardio surgery, pediatrics, neurology, etc. the French state pays for 12 years of studies. a general practitioner in the private sector if he has a good reputation, he earns between 17,000 - 20,000 euros per month.
the reflection of your husband is inadmissible. which other country supports full studies? the least of things, would be gratitude towards the country which paid you for higher education. the same goes for French and French people who will make a career in Anglo-Saxon countries fall seriously ill and come for treatment in France because care is free and American insurance is Australian etc. no longer support them.
madam before saying absurdities about France and wages weigh the pros and cons
@@ybreton6593 well said. Everyone keeps talking about how bad salary are in France without taking into account that we don't have to pay our degree for years after we finish it.
Wow., You already have a N.Z. Accent!
Les cantines françaises ne sont pas réputées pour leur qualité...
A South African here, I know of a South African, who moved to NZ about 20 yrs ago!
She always dressed elegantly, wearing her 9ct Jewellery… ! Except on weekends..
In her work place, she was asked if she was going to a Wedding? ! And why was she dressed so smartly and wearing gold Bracelets etc.. ! 😳😮🤣
She was soo upset, But realised, she had to dress down!🇿🇦🦁🦏
Niels! GET CALLED OUT
I'm a kiwi and think NZers dress appallingly
Casual we dress casually!!
very very interesting but just one thing. Could you slow down a bit. you're like a runaway train. Not easy to listen to for a whole video. mean it in a friendly way. Take a breath. Think you are so interesting .
Bon, on doit renoncer à vous entendre en Français ?
Of course it is more easy to navigate politically or else in New Zealand... It is Islands 😂
We do eat for pleasure just we do not eat too much between meals so we do not finish looking like whales. We do like nature but not as much 😁
More seriously and less provocative, I am shocked too that a child may come to school with just bread. A child need far more than that to grow and learn properly.
Donne lui du camember et du sauciflard si il a le mal du pays. 😂
Punaise que fout le quai d Orsay il faut un pont aérien sanitaire avec des traitements à base de claquos bien faits, des quilles de rouquin, du saussiflar et des jambons de Bayonne 😂 Merci pour l idee 😉
@@khaelamensha3624 Ouais un largage de Cochonou , ça urge.
@@stephen10. Suis plutôt production traditionnelle mais on fait au plus vite 😂
What you say about the work place is a joke. Maybe it's valid in an elitist Parisian company. But in my "provincial" company your comment is totally irrelevant. I am an engineer.
I hear his comparisons to NZ which match America in the area of education. However America is much worse. America is just a rich country. But as far as healthcare it’s terrible. As far as political discussions it’s mostly discussed only in big cities in the Northeast & Midwest. And as far as US education it’s extremely contingent on both money, race & family set up. Especially since the US has discontinued sex education and home economics. We mainly learn those things through asking physicians & social media. …. NZ sounds way more privileged than America in many ways. - The only reason I probably won’t live in any other country other than America is because I’m financially comfortable here.
Interesting point. We have real racial inequlities for education in France as well (like in many other problems), especially, immigrants (because most non white people or slavic whites are first to third generation of immigrants from another country or a former colony, at least in Metropolitan France) are often poorer, faces the problems any poor family will experience, and of course, continuing studying at school will be more difficult than for a french often white bourgeois. I was in the university, I saw during my three years of Bachelor in biology ("licence" as we say in French) the number of black people drop from something like 30 out of 200 in the first year to 3 out of 50 in the last year, these three black people where all born in France (metropolitan or oversees), there where no more Africans, they simply not succeed to have all their years. These last years, there has been some price adjustments for non european foreigners, a year at a French public university now costs 3 770 euros per year, it's still great for any anglo-saxon, but out of reach for most people from "developing" countries. They are suppose to obtain some help, but even if it is the case, it may be complicated to obtain it, and even to know it.
@@hirokoai3013 you do realize that black people come from all over the world … and… Africa is not a developing country. From what you just said, it sounds like France has an institutional racism problem in its collegiate system that’s not common knowledge to those outside of France. … Also when I was speaking of racial inequality in the American education system I wasn’t speaking of college dropouts. In America, black women are actually the LARGEST educated group in the entire country. Even though black people only make up 30% of the US population. We’ve also been the largest group of small business owners for the past 5 years. - Institutional racism is an annoyance here but it doesn’t force black people out of school. You my dear are a racist because you seem to think that black people “just can’t hang in French institutions. However this doesn’t surprise me considering France’s historical ties to slave trading ports in New Orleans in the 1800’s after the Louisiana Purchase. This is why Louisiana is so influenced by France to this day. & Louisiana is the US’ 2nd poorest state because of its faulty ways.
@@racheljoimusic Calm down, you are not at all getting my point. Yes, Black people are coming from all over the world, but the majority of black people in France come from Africa, especially former french and belgian colonies. I know it is not a country, but I won't list every african contry with many black people coming to France, it wil take quite some time. It is good if in the USA, black women are well educated (I could ask "and what about black men ?", but it is another story), we are from two countries, facing different problems. Black people (and arabic people, and east european people, and asian people, and romani people) are in average in France, poorer than white french people for many social reasons including more difficulties to find a job, more difficulties to find a flat, a quite racist police institution (even if it kills less people in total, and Arab especially may be fed up with reoccuring paper inspections)... Bad financial situation is often linked with family problems, insecure neighbourhoods with lack of public services, bad quality food (even if there is more support on this in France than in the USA, it is far from perfect)... The other problem comes from the fact than most of the time, being non white (and non slav) implie often coming from abroad, or your parents coming from abroad. So, you don't have your house, you don't always speak French well, and finding some help on this may be difficult, you learn social uses from your family, your school or workplace may require an adaptation to other uses... All this makes dealing whith school, university, workplace and administration way more difficult. It is not at all because "Black people don't try to integrate" or other crap like that. The goal is really to share one of a flaws from the country I am from.
About ties between France and slavery, it is true, but :
- The ones deciding a country to go imperialistic is rarely it's people, during french colonial times, most french people were still peasant, then factory workers, not really the one deciding, nor even benefiting from this, people are not their governments, it's important. Otherwise, as an American, should I tell you are complicit of what the USA is doing in the world, even to Europe ? Your are not reponsible for Snowden affair, or Alstom affair, and the possibility you benefit from it does not change anything about it.
- Poverty of Louisiana is not necessarily linked to it's french history. For example, Quebec is quite powerful economically or politically. Economics is way more complex than that, and we still don't really know what makes a region or a country rich or not.
- French americans, cajuns for example (as many other non anglo-saxon europoean american) received their share of discriminations as well, and thay may have some revendications as well.
PS : for positioning, I am a French, white, autistic, considered male, bisexual, PhD student, with a father from Spain (some part of the family fleing Francisco Franco), and white (I wonder why hispanic americans are not white by the way).
Hello Rachel,
I’m very curious where you live/grew up, to better understand some of your views and assumptions about the U.S. For example, why do you believe politics aren’t discussed in the West, or outside big cities?
I agree with many of your observations, about our terrible inequities in healthcare, education, law enforcement, etc.
One small correction: the Black/African-American component of the U.S. population is only 13.4%, not 30%. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau website)
Best wishes 💐
@@goosebump801 Don’t correct me about my own race. I know black history and current black demographics. After the trans Atlantic slave trade black people made up 10% of the population until world war 2. So I’m not sure which census you’re quoting but if you don’t know that African-American women are the most educated & entrepreneurial minority despite the racial wealth gap you are living under a rock & need some sense smacked into you.
Snacking all day long is the best way to gain weight and get fat after several years.
Agree all children deserve a nutritious school lunch. However doesn’t justify France having pretty much the highest taxes in the world which pushes out anyone that wants to achieve in business and creates an essentially communist system. Too much money is squandered by politicians anyhow.
Something in the middle. School lunches for all and lower taxes is achievable.
France is far from having the highest taxes in the world (very far). I actually paid more taxes in NZ than I would've in France for the same wages. Also, it is not sad to pay higher taxes when you don't ever have to budget to go to the doctor's, you don't even have to think about whether you should postpone or avoid the appointment altogether, when you don't have 10s of 1000s of dollars worth of debt right after uni, when you have good social security in case you lose your job or are sick for a long time.
@@miyounova well said. The tax thing is always brought up as an excuse . And describing France as a communist country is just hilarious
Pourquoi . un de mes commentaires en anglais à été annuler , alors que j'avais deux pouces levés ? peut être que mon anglais est insuffisant ?
Your dear leader just said NaZilanders are NOW ALLOWED TO USE FRIENDS TOILETS 🤣🤣
- I'm sorry but there is something wrong: I know that you apply for French nationality. If your husband is French (although I've never met any Frenchman named Neils but why not) you can get the French nationality automatically. So I don't understand all your previous statements about the difficulties you seem to have in order to get it.
- "Putting the right names in copy of a mail in the right order in relation to power and hierarchy": you probably were working in a nut house in France. I've been working in a big company and this kind of sensitivity didn't exist at all. The important is to put a person in copy if he has to be, whatever is his power and that's it. Nonsense.
- Apart from that, all you mention is mainly related to cultural differences, as the concept of friendship, more volatile as you say in the anglo-saxon world where relations seems superficial or even hypocritical to us. Anyway, no one is better than the other, they are just different and that's it.
- I might be wrong but I feel the impression that you are mentioning the positive aspects of NZ vs the negative aspects of France ... I understand that you prefer NZ, it's absolutely normal but then ... why do you want to become French? Especially if everything is better in your country (except housing): workplace relations, vegetables and meat, relaxed political sphere, nature, service and happier kids. That's a description of Paradise! As I already said in a previous comment (which has been deleted ...) about another video, this idea of changing nationality is something beyong all comprehension for me.
- The statement about taxes is very strange to say the least. Your husband is the first person I've ever heard thinking that taxes should not decrease! Come on! Especially in France which has one of the highest levels of taxes in the world, not because of the health system or whatever but to compensate a disastrous management by several recent governments throwing the money out the window ... And obviously, even in France, politicians promise to lower taxes to get votes.
Well, here is not what is wrong or right, but about the feelings, experience and opinions of her husband. I know frenchmen called Niels, especially in the younger generations. And yes, of course Niels is experiencing a different culture it's the point of that video. And there are heavy criticisms of New Zealand's system here, beginning by widening inequalities and bare minimum school knowledge learned to children. I know inequalities are widening in France as well, but in France you are still guaranteed to receive healthcare and good food at school no matter how poor you are. University grade education will be a lot easier to achieve as well (even if there is real inequalities in the way you can handle it to the end).
And, for taxes, yes, everywhere you will find movements to decrease taxes, but not everyone sign in, many french people don't want to decrease taxes, but everyone to obtain the public services they are paying for. Many demonstrations in the last decades in France where about maintening good PUBLIC retirement, paying healthcare workers and teachers better, ensuring unemployed people still can live... It goes far beyond payin less taxes. Much money is diverted to a real corrupt government, but the question here is more "if we take the money, where should it go ?". It is the case in the United States as well, still, Americans are far from paying as much taxes as french people, but they also receive much less services, which is especially a problem for the poorest ones. So I totally understand Niels's point of view, I actually join it, and this Anglo-Saxon focus on taxes is either a lack of political education about why we pay taxes, or a very individualistic point of view (which is different from egoism, I prefer to precise) where financial independance is considered as a moral value, and poor people are actually paying some wrong choices.
I agree about the specific order of names when CCing people - I've never heard of this before, it must have been specific to Rosie's workplace... one of those unwritten corporate culture rules?
@@NotEvenFrench OK, I will not argue about politics, we're all entitled to our own opinion.
- I believe you about the e-mail story but it's very unusual to my knowledge, I really never heard about that. You mentionned LVMH if I'm not wrong: this company is based in Paris and, as I already mentioned: Paris is not France, far from that. It might be related to some strange corporate culture.
- I'm sure all what you say is based on your lived experience, no doubt about that but I'm afraid your experience is mainly Parisian, isn't it? Keep in mind that there is a huge social and cultural divide between Paris and the rest of the country (it has even worsened in recent years), so it's quite touchy to generalize about French habits and mindsets. That's why I'm often surprised by what you say about French habits. The country is far less homogeneous than you think.
- Anyway, regarding NZ I noticed that you also mentioned some negatives indeed but, except housing, it looks like a country I would really enjoy to live in. The health care system doesn't look that bad: unlike you may think the Sécurité Sociale in France pays back let's say 80% of medical expenses indeed but not for everything.
Dental treatment (your example) or ophtalmology are badly paid. For the record: I went to my dentist 2 weeks ago and in the end they gave me an offer for a possible treatment to be negociated with my Mutuelle (additional insurance) and I'm still thinking about since I'm retired and it's quite expensive. Same applies for eyeglasses for my wife, she should get new glasses but it will be next year (I'm not kidding).
- Regarding the unstable weather in NZ: OK but it depends on the region in France. We have almost everything except deserts, there are 4 climates in the same country: mountain (Jura, Alpes, Pyrénées), oceanic (Brittany and the West coast), mediterranean (Mediterranean coast and Corsica) and continental (Eastern part, Alsace, Lorraine, Ardennes). If you live in Paris, you already know but if you are in the Massif Central (Aurillac, Clermont-Ferrand) you might regret NZ weather. In North Brittany and Normandy you have 25 sunny days per year (average) and the rest is rainy. In Provence it's the opposite but there are 300 windy days. In the East it's just the same weather as Germany. So, it depends.
- Sorry for Niels, it's not an usual name, to say the least but OK, not a big deal. Apology.
- At last, the "automatic" nationality: that's really mind-blowing to me. I tell you why:
I'm an old man now so I'm referring to a very different era. My father was French and my mother was Spanish but she got quite easily the nationality just because she had married a Frenchman although at the time she was barely speaking French. Nowadays there is a law called "regroupement familial" dealing with the possibility to immigrate because of family ties and to become "French".
Could somebody tell me why I meet everyday people in the super-markets or in administration offices, not always speaking (and even less reading) French, muslims or whatsoever, sometimes even wearing burkhas, therefore having no intention at all to integrate into French community but ... they have French ID cards (which means that they are technically French!). And they ask you to prove your language skill and integration will, right? Don't you think there's something wrong?
I don't question what you say, I'm just thinking about the French administration i.e the French Government ... I stop here otherwise I won't be politically correct for sure.
Anyway I'm sorry for misunderstanding you sometimes. Be sure I never had any intention to hurt you
All the best
@@patolt1628 Bon , Paris n'est pas la France et la France ne se résume pas seulement à Paris !
Rectification !concernant la météo ! étant breton , habitant la Bretagne , nous avons heureusement beaucoup plus que de 25 jours d'ensoleillement . les régions pluvieuses sont les Pyrénées - Atlantiques , Basses Pyrénées , Vosges , Haute Savoie , Massif Central . dans le Finisterre il n'y a que 150 jours de pluie en moyenne ; question mauvais temps la région bretagne arrive en 7eme position . les précipitations sont beaucoup plus importantes et violentes dans les régions du pourtour méditerranéen bref : le sud- est , d'où les inondations importants !!!
quand au prénom : Niel , même si c'est un prénom scandinave quel importance ! dans les années 80 90 beaucoup de parents français donnaient des prénoms anglo-saxons à leurs enfants , comme si les prénom français étaient moches ? mon prénom est : Yannick origine bretonne , mes parents étaient bretons , la Bretagne est une région de France et nous sommes avant tout français , sur les quatre millions et quelques habitants , il n'y a que cinq milles environs qui se réclament indépendantistes .
Oui effectivement , il est demander aux personnes étrangères voulant travailler ,habiter et s'intégrer , puis demander la nationalité française 1) d'apprendre le français 2) le fonctionnement de notre Pays 3) son histoire . et ceux quelques soit la nationalité : américaine ,canadienne , australienne ,N.Z., japonaise , vietnamienne , chinoise et maintenant les britanniques . concernant certains diplômes hors communauté européenne : Docteur en médecine générale et différentes spécialités ; les infirmières , Pharmaciens , Kinés etc... non seulement la présentation de leurs diplômes ne suffit pas , mais ils seront évalués en facs de médecine et CHU avant leurs inscriptions à l'ordre des médecins , cela prend deux ans . dans le sens inverse c'est la même chose ???
il y a en France des gens de la troisième voire quatrième générations ; nés en France donc français d'origines maghrébine qui portent le foulards voir des voilures intégrales mais ils affichent leur religions alors que nous sommes dans un pays laïque . mais généralement c'est par provocation . Beaucoup se revendiquent algériens , tunisiens , marocains , quand ils sont en France mais se revendiquent français quand ils sont en vacances dans les pays du Maghreb .
@@ybreton6593 J'ai caricaturé un peu c'est vrai pour lui faire remarquer que le climat en France était loin d'être homogène, tout en me disant que si un Breton lisait ça il allait réagir... gagné ! Elle a vu Paris et a travaillé chez Loréal, elle est sympa mais elle a un peu pris un cas particulier pour un cas général. J'ai été à New York donc je sais tout de la vie en Amérique ... et ben non.
Pour rester sur la météo, ayant déménagé 21 fois en 30 ans (j'étais militaire à l'époque) je confirme qu'en effet il ne pleut pas tout le temps en Bretagne mais pas mal quand même : et j'étais dans le Morbihan, pas dans le Finistère nord. J'ai été à Pau aussi et il est vrai qu'il y pleut bien, j'ai trouvé que c'était assez breton finalement mais j'étais pilote hélico et j'ai rarement été coincé par la météo. On disait pourtant à Pau que lorsqu'on voyait les Pyrénées il allait pleuvoir, quand on ne les voyait plus ... il pleuvait.
J'ai trainé un peu plus longtemps dans le Sud-Est à Istres et Aix-en-Provence : là c'est 25 jours de pluie par an mais 300 jours de vent (sérieux). Quand il pleut c'est de la "grosse pluie" comme on dit et ça peut être assez violent mais sans inondations. Ça ruisselle dans les rues de Marseille, le temps de nettoyer un peu et ça s'arrête, le vent se lève, sèche tout, le nettoyage de la voirie est terminé ... Les inondations c'est plutôt les Cévennes, les fameux épisodes cévenols qui ont toujours existé (c'est géographique) mais on en parle plus parce qu'il y a des dégâts et ça c'est parce qu'on a construit partout et n'importe comment. C'est le Sud ...
Quand au Massif Central ... j'ai très rarement pu y passer en vol à cause de météos pourries (+ la montagne). C'est le seul endroit où j'ai vraiment été bloqué par la météo, ça ne m'est même pas arrivé dans l'Est !
Pour les prénoms je ne fais pas de fixation là-dessus mais Niels j'avais jamais vu, je me demandais même si elle avait vraiment épousé un Français, c'est dire ... C'est une question de culture : en général on adopte des prénoms français en France, espagnols en Espagne, etc ... et pas chinois ou autre. Et pourquoi pas Bjorn parce qu'on aime le tennis ou Isoroku parce qu'on aime les sushis ? Ou Oussama ... là pour le coup ça me gêne vraiment mais on est sur Internet alors ...
Il faut aussi penser un peu à ceux qui vont porter les prénoms qu'on choisit car toute la vie on risque de leur demander : "pardon? ça s'écrit comment ?" Ça peut être lassant mais bon, les gens font ce qu'ils veulent. Quoique ... ça me rappelle une copine quand j'étais jeune qui s'appelait Labeth de nom de famille. Ses parents l'avaient appelé Anne ... c'était malin !
Cela dit les prénoms bretons ne posent aucun problème parce qu'ils font partie du patrimoine : Yannick en l’occurrence n'est pas mal et est utilisé ailleurs qu'en Bretagne, Nolwenn un peu aussi, certains sont plus "lourds" mais c'est une question de goût. C'est moins courant dans d'autres régions : il y avait bien Marius en Provence mais c'est un peu passé. En Alsace-Lorraine où j'ai évidemment trainé aussi, personne ne s'appelle Hans ou Wolfgang : ils pourraient mais non. Chaque région a son histoire et celle-là est compliquée.
The driving is absolutely shockingly bad... NZ are the worst drivers out there.... I'm ex uk and to compare, way less people driving here, but way more people that should just give up their car keys. 👍
Pro tip: Don't give your spouse too many extensive surveys or they'll give you a divorce. 😁
New Zealand sounds like a much nicer place to live than France!! I’m American and would love to visit New Zealand some day, but I would not visit France (even though I am part French) because I think the French have forgotten that they would be speaking German now if Americans did not save them. Many French soldiers gave up during the war and some even assisted the Germans. My Great-Aunt’s son was a pilot during the war. He was her only child. He was killed by the Nazis and some French people buried him in the countryside. She never got his body back. So every time I hear an American share how they were treated rudely in France, I vow to never visit that country. 🇺🇸
🤣🤣🤣 typical American. America didn't save Europe. Most of the work had already been done by Europe itself (a fair bit of it by Russia actually. Oh the irony).
Wow this is just not true. There are memorials for American soldiers especially where I live, as well as for the Canadians and English soldiers. We also have a school program that highlights a lot this side of the story, American helped Europe during the second war. This just nonsense. Also it justified a lot America cultural influence on Europe, especially the country like Germany or Italy which were in the wrong alliance, and they were forced to sign agreements which allowed a lot of American t.v program and other cultural stuff from America for example. History as a lot of different sides, it's not black and white. It should be reached in school.
Sounds like you would be much better off going to France when you decide to have children - better healthcare and better education right through tertiary. NZ does not do a good job in these areas, as your husband has realised.
New Zealanders should be grateful that France is so far away. In the UK, we are only 22 miles away from them!! 60 million French with a permanent sense of resentment that the rest of the world does not share the high opinion that the French have of themselves and their ludicrously cumbersome language. France takes over the rotating Presidency of the EU in January - Their prime objective is to stop the EU using English and use French instead. TRUE!!. You can imagine how the Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, Dutch etc will react to that!!
(Just listen to the broadcast and the French sense of superiority is evident!)
Well it seems that it's you who is pissed off for now 🤣 it's just not true about the French language and also, it's good to have a different opinion. Everyone thinking the same is not only boring, it's not democracy