It took about a year to acclimate from Georgia in the USA. Things move at a slow pace here no matter what your doing. Banking sucks but other than that I am very happy I moved. I am in a nice safe gated community with trails, tennis courts, gym, private school and 24 hour security.
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb Lately I have ran into several people that packed up and moved here to Costa Rica from the EU. They didn't even have a home here. They just moved into hotels until they find a home. That signals an escape.
After living in NZ for 12 years, I left in November last year for a new life in Dubai. The brain drain is real, wages are low. Cost of living is crazy - $20 for a block of cheese which is more than 1 hour of work on minimum wage after tax Taking my 4 university degrees and 25 years of IT management experience to a country that values me and does not tax the living daylights out of me. The oppression from Covid was intense. Get this - I lost my job because I could not wear a face mask at work even with a legal exemption card. How is that for justice. Currently have a claim for disability discrimination with the Human Rights Commission open. Top tax rate 39% + 15% GST + $1.50 tax on fuel ($3.20 per litre), cigarettes $30 per 20 pack, $9 for glass of beer. Need I say more
Like Scott Morrison of Australia, the New Zealand prime minister also went through the 5-year Young Globalist Leader program at the World Economic Forum under the auspices of Klaus Schwab. That's all you need to know to understand the predicament New Zealand is in.
I think the argument that he's making is that if you're gonna go through the trouble of moving, why just go for "where I'm a little better, like UK" or "where I have human rights". Why not go straight for "where I'm treated BEST"!? My recommendation is to move to the US. The govt and corporations here treat people like the brown stinky stuff, but fortunately you can find plenty of people who're fighting back, and can join them.
@@JasbirSingh-zj1fg If you can get in. Right now you need to be jibby jabbed to enter the USA so until this changes, the USA is a no go (or if you can get a green card before you arrive). Unfortunately, even then, you'll need a test to enter, which most countries have now scrapped.
@@JasbirSingh-zj1fg You can fight back in NZ too. There are many groups and efforts pushing for the end of each of the narratives, everyday in every way.
Well said. NZ is a beautiful place if you’re speaking about its natural environment. But the socialist government, like much of the Anglosphere, is a nightmare. I hope that the Kiwis give Ardern a solid thumping at the next election.
They'll rig the election. Australia just had an election and voted back in the party of quaccine mandates. We had protests in multiple cities with hundreds of thousands. It has to be rigged.
@@simplelifelost sadly, many many many of the people working in government jobs are also extremely left leaning. They have an abhorrence to addressing difficult problems and ignoring dangers in society (such as criminal elements which are rapidly growing). In New Zealand when a new party is voted in and the old out, it is only the ministers and their advisors which change, the staff in each department remain and are generally there for life. It is going to take monumental changes in our society to alter the psyche of New Zealand. It has moved left heavily, to the point one office I worked in many of the staff would ridicule me calling me "Trump Jr" because they knew I had several semi-successful small scale businesses. I do not see how without significant realisation of loss of wealth New Zealand is going to change their trajectory.
@@MRT-co1sd I reside in Larnaca which is on the Greek side. I am a non EU passport holder so to get Permanent Residency (PR) I had to spend €300K on a property. The VAT requirement for such a new purchase under the scheme was reduced from 19% to only 5%. The whole process was streamlined & efficient. The Greek side is very friendly & English is commonly used. And yes you can actually go into a cafe after 1:45 in the afternoon & get a meal & NOT be told “ sorry mate kitchen closes in 10 minutes “ Hope this was helpful. Cheers.
@@gregoryroebuck8273 Larnaca seems lovely with beautiful beaches as well as being quite cosmopolitan. You lucky fella. I hope to follow your footsteps in the future. Thanks mate for the explanation. I actually think Cyprus is way better than Dubai in terms of living and I also hope so in terms of taxes but haven’t done a in depth comparison.
Our new head of the library is from NZ. She said she and her husband (who is an engineer) could not wait to get out of NZ. I was surprised since so many people dream of moving there but now I have a better understanding of that country.
It’s a huge struggle, being self employed and seeing my large tax rate being stolen from me and used in the most idiotic evil ways is sole shattering... The countryside is great, the govt and communist take over is unbearable. I hope to leave this country soon 😖
I suspect with such a selfish attitude NZ will be better off without you. Incidentally if like the USA if you remain a citizen does your tax bill follow you round the planet??
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb How am I selfish? That's a rather volatile statement to make of someone you don't know. NZ tax law only follows you around for the first year, after that you're scot free (for now)
The people leaving likely do not vote for the ruling party, who are about to enter a run up to an election they are now beginning to realise they are likely to lose. They are actively marginalising and penalising opposition voter blocks in an attempt to silence them, or make them leave. There is no mistake in their intentions.
More than that. And also the top earners are leaving too or at least exporting their money elsewhere. All thanks to Labour and the Greens and the socialist/communist push.
We were in New Zealand in March 2020 just as this Covid thing started. The lockdown was total and brutal. We were very lucky to be on the very last back to Vancouver Canada. Yes Canada that is just as bad as New Zealand. Once we can leave Canada we will and be looking for somewhere to move to and it will not be New Zealand, Australia. Notwithstanding we left the UK 16 years ago so God help those Kiwis if they move to UK, they are in for a big shock.
And thanks to Jagmeet backing the Libtards, the Conservative motion to end these ridiculous lockdowns on travel got defeated. Internment Camp Canada continues...
@@andycommonsincanada Many people coming to Mexico, and heading to immigration office. They tell them to return to apply for temporary residency once their 180 day visas expire. In their cases a shorter visa may have been better. I get my temp-res certificate on Friday. :)
He ain't wrong. We have a typical nanny-state woke Government that is doubling down as it starts to look electoral defeat in the eye. Everything is geared towards as many as possible being tied to social welfare and public housing in the hope their captive vote will eventually count for them. On top of that is a low-wage economy that is driving anyone qualified and skilled overseas - mostly Australia. The only other thing they put any effort into is increasingly by-passing Parliament and electoral system democracy with co-governance arrangements of carefully selected directly appointed obedient cronies. Anyone who speaks against this insidious policy is deemed racist.
The co governance issue, if fully passed, will determine if I will return there to live. I can handle the other issues, but handing over control and governance to a minority, based on their ancestry is reckless in the extreme.
@@fbpmuffs5715 Even though I personally could play the ancestry card to obtain the new preferential treatment if I chose to, I find the policy devisive, demeaning and offensive.
Totally agree this. Am a nurse Kiwi in Australia who left during 2020 as the direction Arden was taking they country by August 2020 was an apparent power grab. I will never return while Ardern is in power!
Maybe now people will believe me that we actually lost WW2. We won those battles but lost the war. Once we stop being in denial, we can dig our way out.
So before Covid here was our plan. Spend 6 to 7 months here in Canada, buy a place on the Coramandel in New Zealand and spend 4 to 5 months in New Zealand. We will not set foot back in New Zealand until Jacinda Hardern is gone for good. DO YOUR SELVES A FAVOUR KIWIS AND GET RID OF HER BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
You must be loaded Andy, because a nice place on the Coromandel is close to a million dollars. Life is easy for people like you who can splash the cash...
@@jackmorgan1677 Hi Jack I have worked my butt off for 36 years having started out with absolutely nothing. Yes I can afford a place on the Coramandel if I wanted to buy one. But you sir have confirmed what Andrew is saying in the video about people like you wanting to tax the rich etc. We live in a small tourist town in the Canadian Rockies which has seen incredible growth because of people like me coming and investing in this place. The benefits to the existing population are that they have good well paying jobs etc and now a community of only 4500 can afford a brand new indoor swimming pool and a whole host of other amenities. Unfortunately I have seen first hand what socialism has done to New Zealand and Canada.
New Zealand has been a lovely and pleasant place to live, for a long time. Unfortunately, that has led to the populace becoming incredibly docile and compliant, while the Govt has become more and more socialist, with a strong feminist bent. Jacinda smirking, while stating that she is working on creating a two tiered society, is what you get when the populace is weak and emasculated. For all its' faults, I will continue to live in the republic of America, where I can move to another state if the one I live in becomes a leftist hell hole. New Zealanders need to man up and oust all leftist politicians from their positions and also address the lack of normal men in teaching positions in the country. A feminized populace, is a docile and compliant populace. This has to change.
@@mariecameron9592 I was so depressed when I saw the latest election results. I had serious plans for moving to Australia before covid. The one saving grace of Australia is that they have a more logical, measured approach to immigration than does America. Under Biden America has tens of thousands of migrants entering our country each month with absolutely no idea who they are. I, like you, have few options now. The Anglophonic countries have gone destructively nuts.
@@andrewweber2010 You are fortunate you have Florida as a possible solution and your mid terms coming up. I certainly agree with the anguishing relentless invasion your all suffering. All funded by your citizens absolutely outrageous and should be deemed a crime perpetrated against Americans. Biden is a demented evil fool serving as a puppet for the evil cabal, we all know this. But the West will continue to self destruct as long as we have his kind in the WH. all our Western countries are guilty of mass immigration only to lesser degrees . Our Labor/Greens would love to burden us with further mass immigration. No where to run.
20 years ago when I was 16 and left Colombia for The Netherlands due to the civil war, I never in my life thought I would see people flee from what I thought at the time were some of the best countries on earth (AUS, NZ, Canada). It was unimaginable. I now live part-time in Colombia and part-time in The Netherlands. If you need to flee from any of the above mentioned countries, I can guarantee you you will be well received in Colombia, and we can use some good brains down there.
I have a question : I'm originally from Canada but have been living here in Belgium for many years. There is no way that I'll go back to Canada but I want to go to Central America...my husband though, for some crazy reason, is convinced that I'm overreacting and "giving in to "fearmongering" and yet we know that the EU has extended the validity of the Digital Vaccine Passpprt until June, 2023. In France, there are 15 000 health workers still suspended from their jobs since last September, 2021 with absolutely NO pay (nurses, doctors, pharmacists, paramedics, etc.). In France, you cannot even be treated in hospital without a vaccine pass. You read that correctly... And here in Belgium (where they copy almost everything from over the border in France) they're going to do the same more than likely - to force people to take a potentially lethal, still very mucj experimental injection. Our youngest is only 8 yrs old and cannot remember how it was before all this insanity 2 yrs ago. The EU's unelected Ursula Von Der Leyen now wants all the children injected (re an EU press communiqué dated 27.04.2022). Because I want to get out of the EU, my husband thinks I'm exaggerating because he prefers to cling to his govt office admin job in hopes of getting a pension in 10 years' time. I've told him that I'm taking our little girl to safety. He thinks I'm giving in to fear mongering. I'm pretty sure that his cognitive dissonance has him in denial. What would YOU do ?
@@Canuckbelgo Yet we also know most European countries have scrapped entry restrictions and domestic vaccine passport rules. This "extension" is simply for the benefit of recognizing vaccine certificates from member states in those few countries, which have yet to relax their rules (such as Italy) or if they plan to bring back mandates in some countries, later in the year. It's worrying but don't read into it too much. It's much more about mutual recognition than an indication that 2021 rules are coming back. Otherwise, they would have never scrapped all these restrictions.
@@Canuckbelgo I think it’s still a bit premature to assume they will implement the same measures as in France. Unless the law in Belgium does indeed change for the worse and you are faced with that devilish dilemma, I wouldn’t put too much thought into it right now. You are safe.
I recently visited Cartagena and Medellin to consider moving there. I Loved Medellin BTW. But it looks like with the current elections, the country is about to take a hard left. My impression of the young people in Colombia was great. I took them as being smart, opportunistic and never wanting to live with the violence they grew up with. The problem I've found with South American countries is that they are constantly going back and forth. They will have a brief period of an economic boom like Chile but as soon as the country gets comfortable, it goes right back to socialism and falls into violence again. I'm thinking Asia might be a better choice for me. But I really want to get out of the US.
@@Canuckbelgo You can pretty good live in Latin America, like Mexico City, the Beverly Hills area, Polanco, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, or Culiacan. Most towns a have big American expats community, where you can go 24/7 only with English and no need to speak Spanish. COSTCO, and Amercian TV on cable-tv.
Agree with this Andrew / as an expat South African… living in Auckland the cost of living is insane and it’s incredibly depressing living here. Exactly correct what you say about long flights - it’s certainly not worth those long flights … thanks for another awesome video 🙏🏻
We left the US. We were not worried about our government. We worried about all the sheep around us. We took our wealth and went where we are treated best!
You're correct. I'm still in the US and most people I talk to think high inflation and empty shelves are all because of businesses or Putin. Some are even blaming Trump even though he's been gone for over a year. Then conservatives here think some sort of Republican sweep of the next elections are happening in 2022. First off, no that won't happen, and second, even if it does happen, little to nothing will change. Just look at all the conservatives in congress that are voting to pump a ton of tax payer money to the Ukraine while ignoring crises in the US. But you're exactly right. It's the US culture and mentality that's screwed up and driving all of this. Politicians are just opportunists and an extension of American complacency and laziness.
There might be various ways to properly discribe the mechanations of the current NZ government, but to cut to the chase, the term fascist swine will do quite nicely.
Remember like...maybe 3 years ago, when people said "New Zealand will never become tyrannical just because they banned guns". Good times...good times. 50k Kiwi's fleeing in one year is over 1% of their entire population! It has to be pretty bad to flee such a beautiful place.
When you ban law abiding citizens from having guns the government which has the guns with the use of the military and police always become tyrannical against the citizen's.
Australia is also going backward. Inflation is high. Rent is high. House prices are ridiculous. Employers mandate vaccination to get an interview. Luckily I work for myself and looking at options outside of Aus that make sense, where my money goes further, and I get treated best.
Not every employer mandates it. You can definitely get a job without being vaccinated in Australia. The dark old days were mainly in 2021 and limited to Victoria, Western Australia and the NT. NSW is a lot more free, as is Tasmania. Queensland is middle of the road. Don't exaggerate.
Are employers in Australia still not using online interviews (e.g. Zoom, Skype, etc.) during currently-ongoing pandemic times like this? It's the year 2022! Multiple corporations in countries like South Korea had began online interviews back in 2020 already!
@@therock8224 got friends in WA who were mandated out of jobs and still can’t get work in their fields of expertise. Loads of employers still require the vx, same in NZ. Businesses are doing the government’s dirty work for them. Schools don’t require masks anymore but most schools still have them because people want to “feel” safe.
Yea I’m from uk and I lived in NZ for 15 years. Was cool when I first moved there, super care free and chill. Now it’s gone to shit in a very short time due to poor leadership and also due to somewhat ignorant citizens that just go along with it. I’m now in Australia which is not much better and contemplating my future options. Such a shame as these places were so great not that long ago.
I lived in Australia for 22 years, moved back to Northern Ireland with my Australian wife November 2021. In relation to wages, rentals and house prices are just as ridiculous as Australia, food is so much cheaper but on the whole things are more expensive. Getting settled back into my home country has been extremely difficult, the support from family and so called friends was not there, and I mean zero support, not as much as a welcome home. We don't regret the move but it's been extremely testing. wifey is working in her nursing role and I start my bus driving job in a matter of weeks.
@@bazbbeeb7226 that sucks. A lot of my friends have disappointed me throughout this whole ordeal mainly due to their blind compliance. Uruguay and Portugal is looking good to me.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the kiwis who lived in other countries around the world, often for decades, lost their jobs and had no access to income support from their adopted countries. They came back to NZ in droves, as soon as they arrived they had access to unemployment payments and some even got lucky enough to get cheap social housing. This put more pressure on an already short supply of all real estate; social housing, rentals, homes to buy and prices sky rocketed. Realistically the majority of these people were never going to stay. The other thing to bear in mind is New Zealanders have always travelled and/or settled overseas, there has been a net loss for 4 decades, and the only time there's been a gain has been during covid.
But many of us knew that - why the government did not know that, I do not understand. They are very good at pushing through change under urgency in parliament, why they did not adjust access to government benefits and housing to encapsulate only those that had paid tax in NZ in the last 5 years is beyond me - other countries have such schemes. No, they let the mercenaries in the door, and now they use the mercenaries as part of the excuse of increased pressure on public services. Get real, people of NZ. If you put free food on a table outside your house, do not complain when everyone turns up for dinner - and do not complain when you forgot to put enough aside for yourself and you go to sleep hungry. The world is not a nice place. Kind people stand on their own feet - you need to plan for those that refuse to and protect yourselves from the realities of a cold, tough and selfish world.
How interesting! I was delighted to visit New Zealand and truly it was wonderful, however, what was happening to the country was heart breaking. They had the most beautiful wildflowers I’ve ever seen, however, there are laws and Plans to eradicate them all. I saw many thousands of acres of trees cut let fall , un harvested, to rot , the excuse was “not native”. On the most “beautifully gardened place on earth, there is a powerful movement to reverse that. Though I enjoyed greatly most of my visit, there were parts that make me sick to my stomach to remember how destructive people can be to beautiful places. Sadly most of the beauty was non native .
Aaron, they are gone. The flowers in McKenzie Tekapo area have mostly all been sprayed. I would take my wife each summer to take photographs in them, one of the ways we would record our transition in this lifetime together. The Lupins have almost all been sprayed and killed. It was horrible to see.
Are you referring to the self sown pine trees that are killed before they mature? If so, then they are just another invasive introduced weed, with the potential to overrun any and all open land. They also 'thin to waste' in commercial pine plantations, removing all imperfect ones, and thinning to allow for the others to grow better. Just like growing carrots. Years ago, they were extracted for use as fence posts, or pulped for paper, but it's not normally economical now. Radiata pine, where I live, gets felled at 28-30 years of age. That's how fast they grow here.
@@peterrhodes5663 That may very well be. In Queenstown I saw beautiful fir trees, and I was told they are non native so had to go. So when we were on our way north to Christchurch we drove through miles and miles of fallen trees as far as the eye can see. And I’ve heard recently that all the lupins are now gone. Perhaps you have your reasons, but it looks to me like a crime against the planet. I don’t think I would ever want to return to witness more of this. It is painful enough for one lifetime, seeing a beautiful garden island being trashed is not pleasant, whatever excuse is given for doing it.
@@baronbattles4681 Years ago, I had to listen to a hysterical woman on talkback radio here, raving on about a complete hillside being scalped of the beautiful forest that was growing there, at the top of the South Island. Two callers on was a man that said " Yeah, and I was one of those men doing the scalping. If you want to see them again, go to the port at Nelson where they're in piles, waiting to be shipped to China. The area will be replanted this winter, and in 30 years the place it will be scalped again." Tree farming. Production forest. The lupins were probably planted as part a fire brake, ie for a reason. If the resulting seeds were causing problems, then it's chop time. In the North Island there are many pretty plants that are ultra invasive. Scotish broom, gorse, ragwort, and pampas grass to name a few. Not a problem where they occur naturally, but here they go mad, and are a real problem. That's why, when you arrive here, they check everything that you bring in.
PS, Mount Taranaki and the Alpine fault are overdue for a major volcanic eruption and earthquake. The mountain is a strata volcano and most of its history it has blown itself a apart and the Alpine fault is expected to be over 8.0. These two major events may happen in your adult life time but if not they will happen in your children's life time. The NZ economy is too small and weak to handle these two events, how serious is it, Parliament is preparing for it and it's becoming a hot topic. The volcanic event will have a significant impact on one of NZ's primary exports Dairy, algaculture and forestry. Both events are ticking time bombs and both are overdue since their last cycle.
Yes, but predictions are for this to happen in our children's lifetime or later not ours. The Government at the time handled the Christchurch earthquake pretty well and retained its low debt status, so I can't agree at all with your statement.
Fear not mateys, my bet is that the northern hemisphere will be destroyed first in a nuclear holocaust before or at the same time as the onset of the Big One in NZ… so what we worry❓Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think😁😱
Houses are definitely out of reach. I am in Auckland, have been making 6 fig for a few years now, but cannot afford any house in the city, except maybe an apartment. Ridiculous...
So sad, it's a beautiful country. Ironically it was NZ's working visas that first got me interested in a second citizenship, and eventually I found this channel.
@@michaelhayes588 Another victim of the NZ honey trap, and it's not going to improve. Tens of thousands of others have been victims of the incompetent idiots here, and it's not just the immigration clowns. Incapable of organizing a pissup in a brewery. It's a third world country pretending to be a first world one. Warning. If you ask for information about NZ at NZ House, in London, make sure that the person that you deal with actually comes from here. I had to deal with some that weren't, and they just gave me BS answers, that proved to be wrong. NZ has been going backwards for the 42 years that I've been here, and rapidly over the last few. Once you are surrounded by your new Ukrainian imports, you might feel like leaving Ireland again.
I would say the government does not want to get over covid, it keep the control going, and the longer it goes on the more it becomes normalised for the sheeple.
It's got to be pretty bad if you want to leave a beautiful country like New Zealand to go to the U.K. Of course I can't point fingers from here in Canada.
@@joemurray8902 A young unjabbed male can leave Russia (a war-waging and generally not particularly free country, to put it lightly), while anyone unjabbed can't leave Canada (one of the best and freest countries in the world)
Our family (husband, 2 teenagers, mother in law, myself and the dog) are selling up and moving to Thailand. I 100% agree with your video. So much restrictions and not enough freedom for a country that's high in taxes, high in mortgage/interest rates and increased living expenses. The food and petrol prices is disgustingly expensive here. People are suffering and struggling but our Government is still focused on COVID restrictions and vaccine booster shots. Can't wait to get going!
NZ actually keeps stats on emmigration. More New Zealanders emigrate then come back. This is an ongoing reality, not just now. The difference is made up by immigration into NZ from other countries. The culture is changing.
More people left NZ last month than in any other month since the GFC. I think your source of information is out of date. The 50,000 have already started to leave.
@@asiatravel2010 there's no dispute here. There are always NZ leaving, the issue I made was net migration. Last stat was only significant because the net migration was minus . My stats are current NZ govt. NZ has always had a large migration, the net ...you can easily find online from NZ govt.
@@markdav90 That's not a simple question. I'm currently researching as things like employment and taxation require careful planning. A few stand outs are Malta, Portugal and oddly enough, Mexico but there are lots of choices on offer.
Great video Andrew, right on the mark. I’m an entrepreneur, NZ citizen and currently live there but not for much longer. Business owners here are force to pay crippling taxes that inhibit growth, while the unemployed and homeless get paid good money and put up in hotels… a bizarre style of leadership from a current government 🤨
Amazing to think of Australia and New Zealand as "hermit kingdoms" but it really does look that way. Very sad, completely avoidable, but that's the road they committed to.
Canada is now worse than these two countries. Australia was terrible last year but is now almost back to normal (except for Western Australia). Also, don't forget what Asian countries are doing, which in many cases is far worse. You can't get into hardly any business in Singapore without showing vaccination proof and they have NO intention to drop this. In fact, effective July 1, 3 shots will count as "fully vaccinated" for this purpose. Unvaccinated foreigners can't enter and all foreigners working and living in the country MUST be vaccinated else their stay permits will be revoked and they will be deported. No other country to the best of my knowledge has implemented such a rule on foreign nationals residing in their country yet. Also, in Thailand mask wearing could be made permanent. They don't even want to relax outdoor mask rules. While you can enter the country unvaccinated with no quarantine and just a negative antigen test (including a saliva test) and insurance, and also go most places with no vaccination proof - bars and clubs require proof of 3 vaccines (though they might stop enforcing this after a week or two, being Thailand and all) BUT masks MUST be worn at ALL TIMES everywhere in the Kingdom. Thais wear them even at the beach, between bites of food and while hiking in the mountains. They take it this seriously. There are often scuffles between foreigners and security guards due to the [understandable] reluctance of foreigners to wear masks. Australia and New Zealand have none of these problems. Yes, they did have strict mask rules in some Australian states at various times BUT these lasted maybe 2 months and that was it AND only one city or state at a time, never the whole country. In Thailand strict nationwide mask rules are into their 27th month and they even wear their muzzles ON TV!!! What other country does this? I think there is this bias with respect to the Anglo world only focusing on what goes on in other Anglo countries. The reality is that tryanny has been global and while one country may have been very bad last year, that same country might be doing much better this year. Also, most Latin American countries had dreadful strict lockdowns at the beginning with military on the streets, which a lot of people seem to forget. Everyone is like: "Oh, but Costa Rica is open without restriction!!" Yeah but if you have a family, don't forget the strict childhood vaccination rules. This applied long before Covid - government nurses even visit the homes of unvaccinated homeschoolers and coerce them into getting their shots. Various Latin American countries refuse to issue birth certificates to babies who haven't had their Hep B, BCG and Vitamin K injection shots. One must do EXTENSIVE research and weigh up the pros and cons depending on the situation in each country. For example, I cited the example of mask lunacy in Thailand but if you can deal with that, or try to live in a bubble, such as on a small island in the south where hardly anyone wears a mask and you homeschool (which is legal) and have income from abroad, you might actually have more freedom than in parts of the USA. That's because Thailand is not strict on vaccines. Never has been. However, they have gone way overboard on muzzle wearing. Australia is middle of the road - no vaccines required for school children BUT full vaccination required for pre-school in some states. No masks were ever required for under 12s even during the dark days of last year, except in Victoria where they briefly lowered this to age 8. Vaccination NOT required for entry anymore if you're a citizen or permanent resident, but still required if you're a non-resident foreign national.
I remember in the early 2000s thinking about moving to New Zealand because I heard it was somewhat libertarian and much move freer than the United States. Wow have they proved that wrong the last few years.
I have a question : I'm originally from Canada but have been living here in Belgium for many years. There is no way that I'll go back to Canada but I want to go to Central America...my husband though, for some crazy reason, is convinced that I'm overreacting and "giving in to "fearmongering" and yet we know that the EU has extended the validity of the Digital Vaccine Passpprt until June, 2023. In France, there are 15 000 health workers still suspended from their jobs since last September, 2021 with absolutely NO pay (nurses, doctors, pharmacists, paramedics, etc.). In France, you cannot even be treated in hospital without a vaccine pass. You read that correctly... And here in Belgium (where they copy almost everything from over the border in France) they're going to do the same more than likely - to force people to take a potentially lethal, still very mucj experimental injection. Our youngest is only 8 yrs old and cannot remember how it was before all this insanity 2 yrs ago. The EU's unelected Ursula Von Der Leyen now wants all the children injected (re an EU press communiqué dated 27.04.2022). Because I want to get out of the EU, my husband thinks I'm exaggerating because he prefers to cling to his govt office admin job in hopes of getting a pension in 10 years' time. I've told him that I'm taking our little girl to safety. He thinks I'm giving in to fear mongering. I'm pretty sure that his cognitive dissonance has him in denial. What would YOU do ? PS: With the impending explosion of fuel prices, inflation, (programmed) shortages, and general unrest as the so-called "elites" plan their next scamdemic, I have decidee to go it alone with our daughter. She does not deserve to live through this insanity. No one does but especially not the children. I dearly love my husband but my priority is my daughters safety and well-being. I just hope he wakes up and steps up to the plate as a loving, protective husband and father should.
How good is your Spanish? How street smart are you? If you've never been there, and only know life in the Western world, expect to be eaten alive upon arrival. Go for a trip there first, before jumping into the fire, and leave your girl at home.
I hear you and understand 10000%. And i believe it's much worse than what we imagine, the COVID thing was just the beginning. We left Europe, Sweden, in December as things are slowly heading (or fast actually) in such a wrong direction!!!! We have been in Italy a month (it was a prison, without 3 doses you couldn't even take a bus, of course not go to a café, cinema, gym or to work) and then 3 months in Argentina (nobody cares about rules and the only bad thing was the stupid mask inside places) and now in Mexico, which right now is a paradise for us freedom lovers. Trust your intuition and save yourself before they lock you in if you cannot show you have been injected many times.
Notice how it's always the Anglo countries that are so inclined to take away freedom? The most "Anglo" part of the USA; New England had some of the most draconian restrictions in the US. Something is in the genetics apparently.
Smart overseas New Zealanders are unlikely to vote for the NZ Labour Party because most of their election pledges and in-government policy do not support their ideals. It is part of that "all day every day campaigning" that the Labour Party do when they are in government, actively punishing anyone that does not support their world view.
We flee because there are no houses...the few available to rent or buy are 4 times the price anyone in their right mind would pay. Taxes are low for companies and the rich, who keep buying all the houses to rent at outrageous prices. I am about to flee, actually. Other than richer get richer and poorer get poorer is an amazing country. I leave because I cannot afford to live here. And this problem comes from the previous right wing government so it is not a question of leftism here , both are to blame for this. The guardian: "IRD research, meanwhile, shows that more than half the country’s ultra-wealthy individuals - those with over $50m - declare incomes of less than $70,000, an implausibly low figure. They avoid tax, the IRD argues, by taking their income as untaxed capital gains, undervaluing the services they provide to their own companies, and transferring wealth to charities which they control but which make “little or no charitable donations”.
I live in NZ. I totally agree with your comment. House prices is a problem that has started before Jacinda. Historically, kiwis leave NZ to go to Australia or Europe (many kiwis have ties with England). It's an expensive country to live and the wages are low compared to the cost of living, however, it is a safe and nice place to live and have a family.
Been going on for at least 40 years. Back in the day of one Piggy Muldoon & the national party of the day. "Would the last person leaving, please turn out the lights." Kiwis are adventurers by nature apart from the chinese batflu disaster.
Early 70’s. Most of my friends worked multiple jobs and traveled the world in our early 20’s on the smell of an oily rag as we would say. Freedom! Now but a memory
@@mariecameron9592 The Snowy River & Manapouri Hydro Schemes were kick starters & a doorway for lesser mortals to hit the road on working adventures, real movers & shakers.
Andrew, Great piece as always. I can suggest another place for a similar story: Hong Kong, a country that refuses to live with Covid. I’m contracted to be here through January, but when my contract is up, if Hong Kong isn’t back to normal, I’m out. What was a great city 10 years ago is decaying before my eyes, is run by fear and not by living.
Someone who lives in my town just got back from NZ after being there during Covid, and she couldn't wait to get out. She also said things are way worse there than in the US. I just can't believe the stories I am hearing from people out of NZ and Australia. I always thought they were the countries in the anglosphere that everyone who wants more freedom socially and economically should move to. Now maybe they're the worst countries in the anglosphere to live.
For me there were several issues I had with NZ. But Covid was the last straw. I got out end of 2020, when travel opened up enough to do so. No intention of ever living there again.
That’s because New Zealanders automatically have the right to live in AU. New Zealanders are the 2nd largest immigrants to Australia, and 10% of total New Zealand citizens live there.
Live in a country with a transparent democracy. Insist on a government that is not controlled by corporate interests and is in control of the water supply. Insist on universal healthcare and where the natural resources of a country are primarily shared by its residents not foreign pirates.
She was the head of the Young Socialists movement, to be more accurate. There is a small difference between a socialist and a communist, so we should just be clear. Neither communist nor socialist is positive for the direction of a progressive and hard working New Zealand - but very beneficial to the hordes that do not want to work and want free money from the increasingly small pool of New Zealanders who are tax-positive (as in, they pay more tax than government funded/subsidised facilities they absorb).
@@asiatravel2010 She called her party members comrades at a rally , and these are just semantics using the words socialist or communist politically . one could argue that one is death by a thousands cuts and one is a hammer hitting a persons head . Slowly we march , slowly we march .
@@chrisj8764 How do you know these states are accurate? Your has been eaten up with corruption and as with most other countries the media and hospitals are colluding to manipulate the numbers. WHY? To make people stay home, accept tyranny and give up there last bits of freedom. Keep allowing this and by 2025 you will be a government slave.
Andrew you’re a numbers guy pay attention 50,000÷5,000,000 is one percent look at the population of New Zealand you’re a good smart man keep up the good work
I'm looking to take my family out of NZ over seas and we won't be coming back. We've already done the OE and know what it's like living over seas. Now we have a family and we're going for good. No opportunity and no progress in NZ and completely hopeless school system. Not to mention the massively deteriorating crime situation. We also already have wealth taxes for overseas assets. Everything you've mentioned in this video is correct about NZ, which is why so many people are looking to leave. It's on a downward spiral.
Just join the 10% of kiwis total that fly across the ditch and live in Aussie. It’s not perfect, but for the automatic residency and higher wages it’s better than nz.
@@riptyurass302 Wages wouldn't be higher, tax rate is way higher and I'd end up being worse off. Aussie is good if one is mediocre. Not so for someone moving there at the top of their field globally. The tax paid is not returned in value. The Government has gone too far with their division as well.
@@riptyurass302 I don't need automatic residency either as I'm an Australian passport holder. But I'd rather not pay 50% in tax too.. So nah. I'll skip Australia, except as a place to take a holiday maybe.
New Zealand is mess because of poor a government. Everything is so expensive. Still some of the strictest covid mandates. Have to wear a mask everywhere. Beware if you come here as the government may lock the country down again and it could be hard to get out with limited flights.
We're completely free of Covid restrictions in the UK and have been for sometime. I believe the US is still masking children in some states and requiring vaccine mandates. I know where I prefer to live and it's certainly not the US (with all due respect) for a myriad of reasons.
All the kiwis are already in Australia. NZ must be empty by now. Considering the social security and healthcare they can't avail themselves of in Australia, that's quite amazing.
Ironically, my sister just moved to New Zealand a few weeks ago to be with her fiance-now-husband. It took her two years to get into New Zealand and she wants me to drop my long term retirement plans (Spanish is my second language and I lived in Spain for a while so I want to retire in Spain or a Spanish speaking country.) and move to New Zealand. (That was a mouthful!)
@@chrisj8764 And a communist government hell bent on destroying it for the benefit of the WEF and UN. You need to get out more!!! Research what Ardern is before you make stupid comments.
@@TheShikaina Unless you're in Marbella you will need to speak Spanish to get around and get things organized on your own. Pop down to Gibraltar for some fush n chips occasionally. Speaking English or Maori won't get you too far. England is the historical enemy of Spain. Even if a cop knows that you are an English speaker, and they can speak English, they respond in Spanish. Been there done that. Not for Kiwis.
@@last_samurai6690 SEA is Covidiot heaven though. Mandatory muzzles, some countries don't allow entry to the unvaccinated (Singapore, Indonesia, Phillipines, Myanmar) or impose quarantine (Cambodia, Malaysia). Vaccine passports widely used in some countries (big cities in Cambodia, some settings in Malaysia, everywhere in Singapore, bars and clubs and some high end hotels in Thailand).
@@therock8224 Yeah. Was thinking covid will be over soon but I woulndt want to travel under these circumstances. I am not even vaxxed. Lols. Atm I chose to do two jobs to take away financial worries but it is not sustainable, so I was hoping that within a year or so, the world will come back to its senses and let us live. No rush though. I will wait.
@@last_samurai6690 Oh, you can travel now if you want. Vietnam is fully open with zero restrictions but apparently they're not granting long-term visas. You get 30 days and it might be difficult to get an extension of stay. Masks are still mandatory there but you can get away with not wearing them in many settings as enforcement has basically ended.
@@therock8224 Thanks for the info. Been to Vietnam before the koof and I like it. Especially Da Nang. Don't mind about masks but the vax... plus yeah even then people who wanted to stay longer had either to get a good teaching job or do a border run. Neither of which I want to do. So maybe the Philippines when they relax the conditions. Easy to stay at least 3 years without needing to leave
Do you like to live in your country?
I'll get one and let you know. Regards from Germany...so much for our lack of humor
It took about a year to acclimate from Georgia in the USA. Things move at a slow pace here no matter what your doing. Banking sucks but other than that I am very happy I moved. I am in a nice safe gated community with trails, tennis courts, gym, private school and 24 hour security.
Since leaving the EU the uk is now an international joke, leaving the EU has resulted in the man in the street losing freedoms and protections.
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb Lately I have ran into several people that packed up and moved here to Costa Rica from the EU. They didn't even have a home here. They just moved into hotels until they find a home. That signals an escape.
Belgium ? NO ! I want to GTFOH to Nicaragua!
After living in NZ for 12 years, I left in November last year for a new life in Dubai. The brain drain is real, wages are low. Cost of living is crazy - $20 for a block of cheese which is more than 1 hour of work on minimum wage after tax Taking my 4 university degrees and 25 years of IT management experience to a country that values me and does not tax the living daylights out of me. The oppression from Covid was intense. Get this - I lost my job because I could not wear a face mask at work even with a legal exemption card. How is that for justice. Currently have a claim for disability discrimination with the Human Rights Commission open. Top tax rate 39% + 15% GST + $1.50 tax on fuel ($3.20 per litre), cigarettes $30 per 20 pack, $9 for glass of beer. Need I say more
Holy smokes! $30 a pack??? That’s crazy
Insane
Dubai does not seem like a good option to live long term. probably doing business.
Odd that cheese would cost so much considering how much dairy NZ produces.
@@Mr_Fairdale that dairy is for the wealthy Chinese yo! privileges are different 😂
Like Scott Morrison of Australia, the New Zealand prime minister also went through the 5-year Young Globalist Leader program at the World Economic Forum under the auspices of Klaus Schwab. That's all you need to know to understand the predicament New Zealand is in.
Exactly. She like many other tyrannical leaders of the West. They are pretty much everywhere, and that's scary.
Finding out who funded her scholarships is interesting.
From where "I'm treated best" to "where I have human rights"
I think the argument that he's making is that if you're gonna go through the trouble of moving, why just go for "where I'm a little better, like UK" or "where I have human rights". Why not go straight for "where I'm treated BEST"!?
My recommendation is to move to the US. The govt and corporations here treat people like the brown stinky stuff, but fortunately you can find plenty of people who're fighting back, and can join them.
@@JasbirSingh-zj1fg If you can get in. Right now you need to be jibby jabbed to enter the USA so until this changes, the USA is a no go (or if you can get a green card before you arrive). Unfortunately, even then, you'll need a test to enter, which most countries have now scrapped.
@@JasbirSingh-zj1fg You can fight back in NZ too. There are many groups and efforts pushing for the end of each of the narratives, everyday in every way.
Freedom is not free in 2022! One has to be smart and aware of what is going on in the world. Your channel contributes a lot to that! Thank you!
Well said. NZ is a beautiful place if you’re speaking about its natural environment. But the socialist government, like much of the Anglosphere, is a nightmare. I hope that the Kiwis give Ardern a solid thumping at the next election.
Perhaps the rot is deeper than a single politician.
@@patricktraichal9287 Definitely it’s more than one politician. I was using the prime minister’s name to represent her party.
They'll rig the election. Australia just had an election and voted back in the party of quaccine mandates. We had protests in multiple cities with hundreds of thousands. It has to be rigged.
Election‘s change nothing!
@@simplelifelost sadly, many many many of the people working in government jobs are also extremely left leaning. They have an abhorrence to addressing difficult problems and ignoring dangers in society (such as criminal elements which are rapidly growing). In New Zealand when a new party is voted in and the old out, it is only the ministers and their advisors which change, the staff in each department remain and are generally there for life. It is going to take monumental changes in our society to alter the psyche of New Zealand. It has moved left heavily, to the point one office I worked in many of the staff would ridicule me calling me "Trump Jr" because they knew I had several semi-successful small scale businesses. I do not see how without significant realisation of loss of wealth New Zealand is going to change their trajectory.
With respect to the citizens of New Zealand. I would not waste a Fiver to go there.
I am an Australian & I just migrated to Cyprus. Best move I ever made !
May I know, on the Greek side or the Turkish side and what are the visa requirements?
@@MRT-co1sd I reside in Larnaca which is on the Greek side. I am a non EU passport holder so to get Permanent Residency (PR) I had to spend €300K on a property. The VAT requirement for such a new purchase under the scheme was reduced from 19% to only 5%. The whole process was streamlined & efficient. The Greek side is very friendly & English is commonly used. And yes you can actually go into a cafe after 1:45 in the afternoon & get a meal & NOT be told “ sorry mate kitchen closes in 10 minutes “ Hope this was helpful. Cheers.
@@gregoryroebuck8273 Larnaca seems lovely with beautiful beaches as well as being quite cosmopolitan. You lucky fella. I hope to follow your footsteps in the future. Thanks mate for the explanation. I actually think Cyprus is way better than Dubai in terms of living and I also hope so in terms of taxes but haven’t done a in depth comparison.
Our new head of the library is from NZ. She said she and her husband (who is an engineer) could not wait to get out of NZ. I was surprised since so many people dream of moving there but now I have a better understanding of that country.
It’s a huge struggle, being self employed and seeing my large tax rate being stolen from me and used in the most idiotic evil ways is sole shattering...
The countryside is great, the govt and communist take over is unbearable.
I hope to leave this country soon 😖
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 They're sheep lol baaaaa
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 you can't take down tyranny with 'virtue signaling'
Sad for your trouble- best of luck from me in Perth
I suspect with such a selfish attitude NZ will be better off without you. Incidentally if like the USA if you remain a citizen does your tax bill follow you round the planet??
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb How am I selfish? That's a rather volatile statement to make of someone you don't know.
NZ tax law only follows you around for the first year, after that you're scot free (for now)
The whole thing was like a reverse IQ requirement. The 50,000 smartest New Zealanders are now leaving.
The people leaving likely do not vote for the ruling party, who are about to enter a run up to an election they are now beginning to realise they are likely to lose. They are actively marginalising and penalising opposition voter blocks in an attempt to silence them, or make them leave. There is no mistake in their intentions.
More than that. And also the top earners are leaving too or at least exporting their money elsewhere. All thanks to Labour and the Greens and the socialist/communist push.
We were in New Zealand in March 2020 just as this Covid thing started. The lockdown was total and brutal.
We were very lucky to be on the very last back to Vancouver Canada. Yes Canada that is just as bad as New Zealand. Once we can leave Canada we will and be looking for somewhere to move to and it will not be New Zealand, Australia. Notwithstanding we left the UK 16 years ago so God help those Kiwis if they move to UK, they are in for a big shock.
And thanks to Jagmeet backing the Libtards, the Conservative motion to end these ridiculous lockdowns on travel got defeated. Internment Camp Canada continues...
All the best in finding the place with more freedom!
@@NadiaDubininaValues
We are looking at Mexico, Florida etc.
My be Ireland too.
How will the UK be a shock?
@@andycommonsincanada Many people coming to Mexico, and heading to immigration office. They tell them to return to apply for temporary residency once their 180 day visas expire. In their cases a shorter visa may have been better. I get my temp-res certificate on Friday. :)
He ain't wrong. We have a typical nanny-state woke Government that is doubling down as it starts to look electoral defeat in the eye. Everything is geared towards as many as possible being tied to social welfare and public housing in the hope their captive vote will eventually count for them. On top of that is a low-wage economy that is driving anyone qualified and skilled overseas - mostly Australia. The only other thing they put any effort into is increasingly by-passing Parliament and electoral system democracy with co-governance arrangements of carefully selected directly appointed obedient cronies. Anyone who speaks against this insidious policy is deemed racist.
The co governance issue, if fully passed, will determine if I will return there to live. I can handle the other issues, but handing over control and governance to a minority, based on their ancestry is reckless in the extreme.
@@fbpmuffs5715 Even though I personally could play the ancestry card to obtain the new preferential treatment if I chose to, I find the policy devisive, demeaning and offensive.
Totally agree this. Am a nurse Kiwi in Australia who left during 2020 as the direction Arden was taking they country by August 2020 was an apparent power grab. I will never return while Ardern is in power!
I’m a NZ citizen and the govt lock me and thousands of others out of the country for years due to insane COVID policies.
Maybe now people will believe me that we actually lost WW2. We won those battles but lost the war. Once we stop being in denial, we can dig our way out.
I've always said the same thing. We did not win.
So before Covid here was our plan.
Spend 6 to 7 months here in Canada, buy a place on the Coramandel in New Zealand and spend 4 to 5 months in New Zealand.
We will not set foot back in New Zealand until Jacinda Hardern is gone for good.
DO YOUR SELVES A FAVOUR KIWIS AND GET RID OF HER BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
I knew she was shit when she unilaterally imposed strict gun laws. That's ALWAYS a tell-tale sign of tyranny to come.
Jacinda is Soros kid and so called by WEF young smart leader.
You must be loaded Andy, because a nice place on the Coromandel is close to a million dollars. Life is easy for people like you who can splash the cash...
@@jackmorgan1677
Hi Jack
I have worked my butt off for 36 years having started out with absolutely nothing. Yes I can afford a place on the Coramandel if I wanted to buy one.
But you sir have confirmed what Andrew is saying in the video about people like you wanting to tax the rich etc.
We live in a small tourist town in the Canadian Rockies which has seen incredible growth because of people like me coming and investing in this place. The benefits to the existing population are that they have good well paying jobs etc and now a community of only 4500 can afford a brand new indoor swimming pool and a whole host of other amenities.
Unfortunately I have seen first hand what socialism has done to New Zealand and Canada.
But you have no issues with baby castro's socialist utopia? I don't so much difference between them.
New Zealand has been a lovely and pleasant place to live, for a long time. Unfortunately, that has led to the populace becoming incredibly docile and compliant, while the Govt has become more and more socialist, with a strong feminist bent. Jacinda smirking, while stating that she is working on creating a two tiered society, is what you get when the populace is weak and emasculated. For all its' faults, I will continue to live in the republic of America, where I can move to another state if the one I live in becomes a leftist hell hole. New Zealanders need to man up and oust all leftist politicians from their positions and also address the lack of normal men in teaching positions in the country. A feminized populace, is a docile and compliant populace. This has to change.
Seems like exactly the same story in Australia and Canada. The dreams of living in these places are becoming crushed.
@@jamesm.9285 The downward spiral into feminist driven socialism, is why my wife and I can't live back in our home countries of NZ and OZ.
All this while she is busy making babies, 😂
As an Australian with nz in-laws, this cuts deep
An an Aussie I can completely sympathise with the sentiments expressed here.
What do you think of the new government that was just elected?
@@andrewweber2010 Hell. Drag us down just like Biden’s green agenda!
I want to leave but few options
@@mariecameron9592 I was so depressed when I saw the latest election results. I had serious plans for moving to Australia before covid. The one saving grace of Australia is that they have a more logical, measured approach to immigration than does America. Under Biden America has tens of thousands of migrants entering our country each month with absolutely no idea who they are. I, like you, have few options now. The Anglophonic countries have gone destructively nuts.
@@andrewweber2010 You are fortunate you have Florida as a possible solution and your mid terms coming up. I certainly agree with the anguishing relentless invasion your all suffering. All funded by your citizens absolutely outrageous and should be deemed a crime perpetrated against Americans. Biden is a demented evil fool serving as a puppet for the evil cabal, we all know this.
But the West will continue to self destruct as long as we have his kind in the WH.
all our Western countries are guilty of mass immigration only to lesser degrees .
Our Labor/Greens would love to burden us with further mass immigration. No where to run.
@@mariecameron9592 Do you think Oz can return to normal after you get all the crazy Teals and Greens out of the system?
20 years ago when I was 16 and left Colombia for The Netherlands due to the civil war, I never in my life thought I would see people flee from what I thought at the time were some of the best countries on earth (AUS, NZ, Canada). It was unimaginable. I now live part-time in Colombia and part-time in The Netherlands. If you need to flee from any of the above mentioned countries, I can guarantee you you will be well received in Colombia, and we can use some good brains down there.
I have a question : I'm originally from Canada but have been living here in Belgium for many years.
There is no way that I'll go back to Canada but I want to go to Central America...my husband though, for some crazy reason, is convinced that I'm overreacting and "giving in to "fearmongering" and yet we know that the EU has extended the validity of the Digital Vaccine Passpprt until June, 2023.
In France, there are 15 000 health workers still suspended from their jobs since last September, 2021 with absolutely NO pay (nurses, doctors, pharmacists, paramedics, etc.).
In France, you cannot even be treated in hospital without a vaccine pass. You read that correctly...
And here in Belgium (where they copy almost everything from over the border in France) they're going to do the same more than likely - to force people to take a potentially lethal, still very mucj experimental injection.
Our youngest is only 8 yrs old and cannot remember how it was before all this insanity 2 yrs ago.
The EU's unelected Ursula Von Der Leyen now wants all the children injected (re an EU press communiqué dated 27.04.2022).
Because I want to get out of the EU, my husband thinks I'm exaggerating because he prefers to cling to his govt office admin job in hopes of getting a pension in 10 years' time.
I've told him that I'm taking our little girl to safety. He thinks I'm giving in to fear mongering.
I'm pretty sure that his cognitive dissonance has him in denial.
What would YOU do ?
@@Canuckbelgo Yet we also know most European countries have scrapped entry restrictions and domestic vaccine passport rules. This "extension" is simply for the benefit of recognizing vaccine certificates from member states in those few countries, which have yet to relax their rules (such as Italy) or if they plan to bring back mandates in some countries, later in the year.
It's worrying but don't read into it too much. It's much more about mutual recognition than an indication that 2021 rules are coming back. Otherwise, they would have never scrapped all these restrictions.
@@Canuckbelgo I think it’s still a bit premature to assume they will implement the same measures as in France. Unless the law in Belgium does indeed change for the worse and you are faced with that devilish dilemma, I wouldn’t put too much thought into it right now. You are safe.
I recently visited Cartagena and Medellin to consider moving there. I Loved Medellin BTW. But it looks like with the current elections, the country is about to take a hard left.
My impression of the young people in Colombia was great. I took them as being smart, opportunistic and never wanting to live with the violence they grew up with.
The problem I've found with South American countries is that they are constantly going back and forth. They will have a brief period of an economic boom like Chile but as soon as the country gets comfortable, it goes right back to socialism and falls into violence again.
I'm thinking Asia might be a better choice for me. But I really want to get out of the US.
@@Canuckbelgo You can pretty good live in Latin America, like Mexico City, the Beverly Hills area, Polanco, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, or Culiacan. Most towns a have big American expats community, where you can go 24/7 only with English and no need to speak Spanish. COSTCO, and Amercian TV on cable-tv.
The BBC are always banging on about that woman as if she's some sort of second coming. In my opinion, she's a complete lefty loon.
With a pedigree in being dangerous through a great cover of good PR skills.
Never watch the bbc!! Bias, bias...
Every time that cnt smiles i want to fkn vomit.
Agree with this Andrew / as an expat South African… living in Auckland the cost of living is insane and it’s incredibly depressing living here. Exactly correct what you say about long flights - it’s certainly not worth those long flights … thanks for another awesome video 🙏🏻
Auckland is great
@@chrisj8764 its asian
Auckland is insanely expensive need over 1 million to afford a decent property and cost of living through the roof
@@inspiredfree2494if you convert to USD it’s about 600k US for a house… pretty standard for US cities
And i am not in any rush to return to NZ, probably never
Jacinda Ardern? I spray that stuff as soon as it grows in my driveway
lol that biatch was busy making a baby during the COVID
We left the US. We were not worried about our government. We worried about all the sheep around us. We took our wealth and went where we are treated best!
You're correct. I'm still in the US and most people I talk to think high inflation and empty shelves are all because of businesses or Putin. Some are even blaming Trump even though he's been gone for over a year.
Then conservatives here think some sort of Republican sweep of the next elections are happening in 2022. First off, no that won't happen, and second, even if it does happen, little to nothing will change. Just look at all the conservatives in congress that are voting to pump a ton of tax payer money to the Ukraine while ignoring crises in the US.
But you're exactly right. It's the US culture and mentality that's screwed up and driving all of this. Politicians are just opportunists and an extension of American complacency and laziness.
Friend of mine years ago said he really liked ol horseface Arden. Now, hes finally come around
Wasn’t she just recently humiliated when even Biden wouldn’t meet with her? Now that is low!
Why the insults - weak
@@evenbiggeral5089 She has just met him
@@chrisj8764 PROBABLY, EMPEROR Schwab ordered Brandon to see her; GOTTA KEEP/SHOW THE PUPPETS AS BEING 'one big happy family'
Is it not surprising that each countries government leader is a strong WEF member
SNIVELLING, MORONIC WEAK W+E+F PUPPET; you meant. but i agree with you.
Exactly! Where to go, this criminals are everywhere more or less. The Great reset. Horrible
Ardern has a messiah complex. Very scary.
Many Americans are moving south, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Ecuador because the cost is living is low.
And they are more free there
There might be various ways to properly discribe the mechanations of the current NZ government, but to cut to the chase, the term fascist swine will do quite nicely.
It's never a good thing for any country when you have an outflow of the smart and rich people.
Remember like...maybe 3 years ago, when people said "New Zealand will never become tyrannical just because they banned guns". Good times...good times.
50k Kiwi's fleeing in one year is over 1% of their entire population! It has to be pretty bad to flee such a beautiful place.
not really its good senery thats about all
Years ago it was a top destination as a safe haven for those who could afford it - maybe too many elite moved there.
You can be sure that the ones who are fleeing are probably among the most useful people to keep.
ah yes ... the first step towards ensuring freedom for the peasants ... 'banning guns'
When you ban law abiding citizens from having guns the government which has the guns with the use of the military and police always become tyrannical against the citizen's.
I don't trust Jacinda Ardern, or any other woman with the "I give up" haircut.
Is it that you don't like her, or just against women in particular?? Your comment sounds very prejudice!
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 I see your grievance studies degree has paid off.
Your not allow to talk about ⚧ people like that bro 😉
Leftist women should't be anywhere near politics. Call it what you want...they make horrible "leaders".
Look at her face. Her name is trouble.
In New Zealand we refer to her as "Comrade Ardern" , She IS BY her own admittance a Socialist!!!
I never thought I would live to see the day where Maylasia is more free the New Zealand. You're airplane sorting story really tells the tale.
NZ was one of my preferred places pre covid. Sadly, it’s no longer a reasonably free country as much as I like the country and the people.
Things change with as do governments. When the current NZ government is thrown out, the previous policies will all change. Reassess at that point.
Sorry to break it to you but we never wanted you 😂
50,000 is more than 1% of population. Wow. This is really high.
Australia is also going backward. Inflation is high. Rent is high. House prices are ridiculous. Employers mandate vaccination to get an interview. Luckily I work for myself and looking at options outside of Aus that make sense, where my money goes further, and I get treated best.
Not every employer mandates it. You can definitely get a job without being vaccinated in Australia. The dark old days were mainly in 2021 and limited to Victoria, Western Australia and the NT. NSW is a lot more free, as is Tasmania. Queensland is middle of the road. Don't exaggerate.
Are employers in Australia still not using online interviews (e.g. Zoom, Skype, etc.) during currently-ongoing pandemic times like this? It's the year 2022! Multiple corporations in countries like South Korea had began online interviews back in 2020 already!
@@therock8224 LOL you sound like you work for the Australian Gov't
@@pinetworkminer8377 They are.
@@therock8224 got friends in WA who were mandated out of jobs and still can’t get work in their fields of expertise. Loads of employers still require the vx, same in NZ. Businesses are doing the government’s dirty work for them. Schools don’t require masks anymore but most schools still have them because people want to “feel” safe.
Yea I’m from uk and I lived in NZ for 15 years. Was cool when I first moved there, super care free and chill. Now it’s gone to shit in a very short time due to poor leadership and also due to somewhat ignorant citizens that just go along with it. I’m now in Australia which is not much better and contemplating my future options. Such a shame as these places were so great not that long ago.
I lived in Australia for 22 years, moved back to Northern Ireland with my Australian wife November 2021. In relation to wages, rentals and house prices are just as ridiculous as Australia, food is so much cheaper but on the whole things are more expensive. Getting settled back into my home country has been extremely difficult, the support from family and so called friends was not there, and I mean zero support, not as much as a welcome home. We don't regret the move but it's been extremely testing. wifey is working in her nursing role and I start my bus driving job in a matter of weeks.
@@bazbbeeb7226 that sucks. A lot of my friends have disappointed me throughout this whole ordeal mainly due to their blind compliance. Uruguay and Portugal is looking good to me.
I couldn't disagree with you more (as a KIwi and visitor to Os)
@@chrisj8764 I’m guessing you’re a Jacinda supporter then?
@@grantdavies7561 wifey and I were in Tavira, Portugal five weeks ago. We were very impressed and would live there tomorrow if funds would allow.
Nomad Capitalist, please give us more content like this.
Thank you for your comment. We will.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the kiwis who lived in other countries around the world, often for decades, lost their jobs and had no access to income support from their adopted countries. They came back to NZ in droves, as soon as they arrived they had access to unemployment payments and some even got lucky enough to get cheap social housing. This put more pressure on an already short supply of all real estate; social housing, rentals, homes to buy and prices sky rocketed. Realistically the majority of these people were never going to stay. The other thing to bear in mind is New Zealanders have always travelled and/or settled overseas, there has been a net loss for 4 decades, and the only time there's been a gain has been during covid.
But many of us knew that - why the government did not know that, I do not understand. They are very good at pushing through change under urgency in parliament, why they did not adjust access to government benefits and housing to encapsulate only those that had paid tax in NZ in the last 5 years is beyond me - other countries have such schemes. No, they let the mercenaries in the door, and now they use the mercenaries as part of the excuse of increased pressure on public services. Get real, people of NZ. If you put free food on a table outside your house, do not complain when everyone turns up for dinner - and do not complain when you forgot to put enough aside for yourself and you go to sleep hungry. The world is not a nice place. Kind people stand on their own feet - you need to plan for those that refuse to and protect yourselves from the realities of a cold, tough and selfish world.
How interesting! I was delighted to visit New Zealand and truly it was wonderful, however, what was happening to the country was heart breaking. They had the most beautiful wildflowers I’ve ever seen, however, there are laws and Plans to eradicate them all. I saw many thousands of acres of trees cut let fall , un harvested, to rot , the excuse was “not native”. On the most “beautifully gardened place on earth, there is a powerful movement to reverse that. Though I enjoyed greatly most of my visit, there were parts that make me sick to my stomach to remember how destructive people can be to beautiful places. Sadly most of the beauty was non native .
Aaron, they are gone. The flowers in McKenzie Tekapo area have mostly all been sprayed. I would take my wife each summer to take photographs in them, one of the ways we would record our transition in this lifetime together. The Lupins have almost all been sprayed and killed. It was horrible to see.
@@asiatravel2010 In small ways they often prove we have idiots running governments, don’t they?
Are you referring to the self sown pine trees that are killed before they mature? If so, then they are just another invasive introduced weed, with the potential to overrun any and all open land. They also 'thin to waste' in commercial pine plantations, removing all imperfect ones, and thinning to allow for the others to grow better. Just like growing carrots. Years ago, they were extracted for use as fence posts, or pulped for paper, but it's not normally economical now. Radiata pine, where I live, gets felled at 28-30 years of age. That's how fast they grow here.
@@peterrhodes5663 That may very well be. In Queenstown I saw beautiful fir trees, and I was told they are non native so had to go. So when we were on our way north to Christchurch we drove through miles and miles of fallen trees as far as the eye can see. And I’ve heard recently that all the lupins are now gone. Perhaps you have your reasons, but it looks to me like a crime against the planet. I don’t think I would ever want to return to witness more of this. It is painful enough for one lifetime, seeing a beautiful garden island being trashed is not pleasant, whatever excuse is given for doing it.
@@baronbattles4681 Years ago, I had to listen to a hysterical woman on talkback radio here, raving on about a complete hillside being scalped of the beautiful forest that was growing there, at the top of the South Island. Two callers on was a man that said " Yeah, and I was one of those men doing the scalping. If you want to see them again, go to the port at Nelson where they're in piles, waiting to be shipped to China. The area will be replanted this winter, and in 30 years the place it will be scalped again." Tree farming. Production forest. The lupins were probably planted as part a fire brake, ie for a reason. If the resulting seeds were causing problems, then it's chop time. In the North Island there are many pretty plants that are ultra invasive. Scotish broom, gorse, ragwort, and pampas grass to name a few. Not a problem where they occur naturally, but here they go mad, and are a real problem. That's why, when you arrive here, they check everything that you bring in.
PS, Mount Taranaki and the Alpine fault are overdue for a major volcanic eruption and earthquake. The mountain is a strata volcano and most of its history it has blown itself a apart and the Alpine fault is expected to be over 8.0. These two major events may happen in your adult life time but if not they will happen in your children's life time. The NZ economy is too small and weak to handle these two events, how serious is it, Parliament is preparing for it and it's becoming a hot topic. The volcanic event will have a significant impact on one of NZ's primary exports Dairy, algaculture and forestry. Both events are ticking time bombs and both are overdue since their last cycle.
Yes, but predictions are for this to happen in our children's lifetime or later not ours. The Government at the time handled the Christchurch earthquake pretty well and retained its low debt status, so I can't agree at all with your statement.
Fear not mateys, my bet is that the northern hemisphere will be destroyed first in a nuclear holocaust before or at the same time as the onset of the Big One in NZ… so what we worry❓Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think😁😱
Im in NZ & I wana flee, the Govt signed a Military agreement with China in 2019. Cost of living is ridiculous & house prices Sky High
Houses are definitely out of reach. I am in Auckland, have been making 6 fig for a few years now, but cannot afford any house in the city, except maybe an apartment. Ridiculous...
What military agreement?
Tell us about the ‘Military Agreement’?
Surely we would all know about it if true!
I'm an immigrant to NZ and I want to stay - this country is just beautiful
So sad, it's a beautiful country. Ironically it was NZ's working visas that first got me interested in a second citizenship, and eventually I found this channel.
Yes, it's such an attractive place before you look into details...
Same with Cali.. nice location.. but…
@@michaelhayes588 If you'd have hung on you would almost certainly got work to residency with the changed rules
@@michaelhayes588 Another victim of the NZ honey trap, and it's not going to improve. Tens of thousands of others have been victims of the incompetent idiots here, and it's not just the immigration clowns. Incapable of organizing a pissup in a brewery. It's a third world country pretending to be a first world one. Warning. If you ask for information about NZ at NZ House, in London, make sure that the person that you deal with actually comes from here. I had to deal with some that weren't, and they just gave me BS answers, that proved to be wrong. NZ has been going backwards for the 42 years that I've been here, and rapidly over the last few.
Once you are surrounded by your new Ukrainian imports, you might feel like leaving Ireland again.
Too much government. My guess is that NZ government could not get over covid.
She is governing it as a “safe space”
Same with japan. Economy Is finished.
I would say the government does not want to get over covid, it keep the control going, and the longer it goes on the more it becomes normalised for the sheeple.
It's got to be pretty bad if you want to leave a beautiful country like New Zealand to go to the U.K. Of course I can't point fingers from here in Canada.
I heard it's pretty touch in Canada as well....is it?
@@NadiaDubininaValues If you mean touched as in locked down for no reason? Yep! I absolutely hate my government.
@@joemurray8902 A young unjabbed male can leave Russia (a war-waging and generally not particularly free country, to put it lightly), while anyone unjabbed can't leave Canada (one of the best and freest countries in the world)
@@justintie Welcome to Canada. No longer the best and freest.
@@joemurray8902 I wish you to find freedom and peace, if its possible on earth...
Our family (husband, 2 teenagers, mother in law, myself and the dog) are selling up and moving to Thailand.
I 100% agree with your video. So much restrictions and not enough freedom for a country that's high in taxes, high in mortgage/interest rates and increased living expenses. The food and petrol prices is disgustingly expensive here. People are suffering and struggling but our Government is still focused on COVID restrictions and vaccine booster shots. Can't wait to get going!
Imagine the amount of pent up ‘wanting to flee’ 🇨🇦
NZ actually keeps stats on emmigration. More New Zealanders emigrate then come back. This is an ongoing reality, not just now.
The difference is made up by immigration into NZ from other countries. The culture is changing.
get proper stats you are being lied to
@@richevericheve5156 about what?
More people left NZ last month than in any other month since the GFC. I think your source of information is out of date. The 50,000 have already started to leave.
@@asiatravel2010 there's no dispute here. There are always NZ leaving, the issue I made was net migration. Last stat was only significant because the net migration was minus .
My stats are current NZ govt. NZ has always had a large migration, the net ...you can easily find online from NZ govt.
You are becoming Asian and Indian. 30 years ago NZ was basically England in the Indian Ocean.
Yes New Zealand is looking more and more like a police state. My wife and I plan to leave as soon as we are able. Its not the country it used to be.
100% agree!
Where do you plan to go to?
@@markdav90 That's not a simple question. I'm currently researching as things like employment and taxation require careful planning. A few stand outs are Malta, Portugal and oddly enough, Mexico but there are lots of choices on offer.
You need to do a video on US/EU/Pan Asian countries - Income Personal Tax + VAT ... that would be an eye opener for many.
Great video Andrew, right on the mark. I’m an entrepreneur, NZ citizen and currently live there but not for much longer. Business owners here are force to pay crippling taxes that inhibit growth, while the unemployed and homeless get paid good money and put up in hotels… a bizarre style of leadership from a current government 🤨
Amazing to think of Australia and New Zealand as "hermit kingdoms" but it really does look that way. Very sad, completely avoidable, but that's the road they committed to.
Canada is now worse than these two countries. Australia was terrible last year but is now almost back to normal (except for Western Australia).
Also, don't forget what Asian countries are doing, which in many cases is far worse.
You can't get into hardly any business in Singapore without showing vaccination proof and they have NO intention to drop this. In fact, effective July 1, 3 shots will count as "fully vaccinated" for this purpose.
Unvaccinated foreigners can't enter and all foreigners working and living in the country MUST be vaccinated else their stay permits will be revoked and they will be deported. No other country to the best of my knowledge has implemented such a rule on foreign nationals residing in their country yet.
Also, in Thailand mask wearing could be made permanent. They don't even want to relax outdoor mask rules. While you can enter the country unvaccinated with no quarantine and just a negative antigen test (including a saliva test) and insurance, and also go most places with no vaccination proof - bars and clubs require proof of 3 vaccines (though they might stop enforcing this after a week or two, being Thailand and all) BUT masks MUST be worn at ALL TIMES everywhere in the Kingdom.
Thais wear them even at the beach, between bites of food and while hiking in the mountains. They take it this seriously.
There are often scuffles between foreigners and security guards due to the [understandable] reluctance of foreigners to wear masks.
Australia and New Zealand have none of these problems. Yes, they did have strict mask rules in some Australian states at various times BUT these lasted maybe 2 months and that was it AND only one city or state at a time, never the whole country. In Thailand strict nationwide mask rules are into their 27th month and they even wear their muzzles ON TV!!!
What other country does this?
I think there is this bias with respect to the Anglo world only focusing on what goes on in other Anglo countries. The reality is that tryanny has been global and while one country may have been very bad last year, that same country might be doing much better this year.
Also, most Latin American countries had dreadful strict lockdowns at the beginning with military on the streets, which a lot of people seem to forget.
Everyone is like: "Oh, but Costa Rica is open without restriction!!" Yeah but if you have a family, don't forget the strict childhood vaccination rules. This applied long before Covid - government nurses even visit the homes of unvaccinated homeschoolers and coerce them into getting their shots. Various Latin American countries refuse to issue birth certificates to babies who haven't had their Hep B, BCG and Vitamin K injection shots.
One must do EXTENSIVE research and weigh up the pros and cons depending on the situation in each country.
For example, I cited the example of mask lunacy in Thailand but if you can deal with that, or try to live in a bubble, such as on a small island in the south where hardly anyone wears a mask and you homeschool (which is legal) and have income from abroad, you might actually have more freedom than in parts of the USA. That's because Thailand is not strict on vaccines. Never has been. However, they have gone way overboard on muzzle wearing.
Australia is middle of the road - no vaccines required for school children BUT full vaccination required for pre-school in some states. No masks were ever required for under 12s even during the dark days of last year, except in Victoria where they briefly lowered this to age 8. Vaccination NOT required for entry anymore if you're a citizen or permanent resident, but still required if you're a non-resident foreign national.
I remember in the early 2000s thinking about moving to New Zealand because I heard it was somewhat libertarian and much move freer than the United States. Wow have they proved that wrong the last few years.
Both parties are more to the left than in US
@@chrisj8764 Supposedly wasn't like that before from people I know who often visited. But now don't doubt what you say at all.
man why is the anglosphere so bad?
Marxists in goverment.
Liberal government
Read Lew Rockwell's posts/blogs/articles which will answer your question. Hint: it has to do with the process of creating the Great Reset.
I have a question : I'm originally from Canada but have been living here in Belgium for many years.
There is no way that I'll go back to Canada but I want to go to Central America...my husband though, for some crazy reason, is convinced that I'm overreacting and "giving in to "fearmongering" and yet we know that the EU has extended the validity of the Digital Vaccine Passpprt until June, 2023.
In France, there are 15 000 health workers still suspended from their jobs since last September, 2021 with absolutely NO pay (nurses, doctors, pharmacists, paramedics, etc.).
In France, you cannot even be treated in hospital without a vaccine pass. You read that correctly...
And here in Belgium (where they copy almost everything from over the border in France) they're going to do the same more than likely - to force people to take a potentially lethal, still very mucj experimental injection.
Our youngest is only 8 yrs old and cannot remember how it was before all this insanity 2 yrs ago.
The EU's unelected Ursula Von Der Leyen now wants all the children injected (re an EU press communiqué dated 27.04.2022).
Because I want to get out of the EU, my husband thinks I'm exaggerating because he prefers to cling to his govt office admin job in hopes of getting a pension in 10 years' time.
I've told him that I'm taking our little girl to safety. He thinks I'm giving in to fear mongering.
I'm pretty sure that his cognitive dissonance has him in denial.
What would YOU do ?
PS: With the impending explosion of fuel prices, inflation, (programmed) shortages, and general unrest as the so-called "elites" plan their next scamdemic, I have decidee to go it alone with our daughter.
She does not deserve to live through this insanity. No one does but especially not the children. I dearly love my husband but my priority is my daughters safety and well-being.
I just hope he wakes up and steps up to the plate as a loving, protective husband and father should.
How good is your Spanish? How street smart are you? If you've never been there, and only know life in the Western world, expect to be eaten alive upon arrival. Go for a trip there first, before jumping into the fire, and leave your girl at home.
I hear you and understand 10000%. And i believe it's much worse than what we imagine, the COVID thing was just the beginning. We left Europe, Sweden, in December as things are slowly heading (or fast actually) in such a wrong direction!!!! We have been in Italy a month (it was a prison, without 3 doses you couldn't even take a bus, of course not go to a café, cinema, gym or to work) and then 3 months in Argentina (nobody cares about rules and the only bad thing was the stupid mask inside places) and now in Mexico, which right now is a paradise for us freedom lovers.
Trust your intuition and save yourself before they lock you in if you cannot show you have been injected many times.
It's actually Jabcinder
New Zealand has always been an expensive place with wages lower than Australia. That said it is a wonderfull place.
Notice how it's always the Anglo countries that are so inclined to take away freedom? The most "Anglo" part of the USA; New England had some of the most draconian restrictions in the US. Something is in the genetics apparently.
Read Lew Rockwell's posts/blogs/articles, discusses all this. Hint: it has to do with the process of creating the Great Reset.
Still nothing compared to the Asian countries like Singapore, China and Vietnam that wouldn’t let you leave your house during covid…
NZ has long COVID. We still haven’t got over it!
Dear Kiwis, Don't come to Canada its pretty much the same shitty deal over here.
It's almost as if people don't like being controlled but they do like freedom. Who could've ever predicted that! Lol
People in NZ and Oz vote by majority for Labour and the Greens. That means they like being controlled and they don't like freedom.
People will be leaving Canada also.
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Silicon valley billionaires fleeing California's taxes to end up in California on steroids.
Most smart people are gone from NZ. The government treat smart overseas NZ as foreigners. Not very positive
Still much better than the Dutch government. They consider Dutch people living abroad as having died...
Smart overseas New Zealanders are unlikely to vote for the NZ Labour Party because most of their election pledges and in-government policy do not support their ideals. It is part of that "all day every day campaigning" that the Labour Party do when they are in government, actively punishing anyone that does not support their world view.
We flee because there are no houses...the few available to rent or buy are 4 times the price anyone in their right mind would pay. Taxes are low for companies and the rich, who keep buying all the houses to rent at outrageous prices. I am about to flee, actually. Other than richer get richer and poorer get poorer is an amazing country. I leave because I cannot afford to live here. And this problem comes from the previous right wing government so it is not a question of leftism here , both are to blame for this. The guardian: "IRD research, meanwhile, shows that more than half the country’s ultra-wealthy individuals - those with over $50m - declare incomes of less than $70,000, an implausibly low figure. They avoid tax, the IRD argues, by taking their income as untaxed capital gains, undervaluing the services they provide to their own companies, and transferring wealth to charities which they control but which make “little or no charitable donations”.
I live in NZ. I totally agree with your comment. House prices is a problem that has started before Jacinda. Historically, kiwis leave NZ to go to Australia or Europe (many kiwis have ties with England). It's an expensive country to live and the wages are low compared to the cost of living, however, it is a safe and nice place to live and have a family.
@@TheMax1179 Safety in depends on where you live. IN some areas, it is not safe at all....and criminals have no consequences. Times have changed.
Been going on for at least 40 years. Back in the day of one Piggy Muldoon & the national party of the day. "Would the last person leaving, please turn out the lights." Kiwis are adventurers by nature apart from the chinese batflu disaster.
Early 70’s. Most of my friends worked multiple jobs and traveled the world in our early 20’s on the smell of an oily rag as we would say.
Freedom! Now but a memory
@@mariecameron9592 The Snowy River & Manapouri Hydro Schemes were kick starters & a doorway for lesser mortals to hit the road on working adventures, real movers & shakers.
It doesn't matter where you live, they ALL follow the same path.
I agree, Andrew. Go BIG or stay home and accept your fate!!
They will face the Hong Kong effect of losing capital and talent
BTW Andrew, same here in Canada/Cuba-Norte, Castro is following their trends........
You have not been to Hong Kong yet. Still 7 day quarantine in a designated hotel + 2 jabs vaccination + 48hr negative PCR test result
Exactly. One of the worst of the bunch.
A psychosis. It's all been insane.
I left New Zealand after they banned camping.
Andrew,
Great piece as always. I can suggest another place for a similar story: Hong Kong, a country that refuses to live with Covid. I’m contracted to be here through January, but when my contract is up, if Hong Kong isn’t back to normal, I’m out. What was a great city 10 years ago is decaying before my eyes, is run by fear and not by living.
Someone who lives in my town just got back from NZ after being there during Covid, and she couldn't wait to get out.
She also said things are way worse there than in the US. I just can't believe the stories I am hearing from people out of NZ and Australia. I always thought they were the countries in the anglosphere that everyone who wants more freedom socially and economically should move to. Now maybe they're the worst countries in the anglosphere to live.
Looking New Zealanders fleeing in Jealous Canadian unvax prisoner.
One on one with Canada! Glad I'm out.
For me there were several issues I had with NZ. But Covid was the last straw. I got out end of 2020, when travel opened up enough to do so.
No intention of ever living there again.
You neglect to mention that New Zealanders are fleeing to Australia.
Frying pan, fire...might as well really leave...
That’s because New Zealanders automatically have the right to live in AU. New Zealanders are the 2nd largest immigrants to Australia, and 10% of total New Zealand citizens live there.
Live in a country with a transparent democracy. Insist on a government that is not controlled by corporate interests and is in control of the water supply. Insist on universal healthcare and where the natural resources of a country are primarily shared by its residents not foreign pirates.
She used to be in the communist party when she was young , the freedom , super model prime minister of New Zealand .
She was the head of the Young Socialists movement, to be more accurate. There is a small difference between a socialist and a communist, so we should just be clear. Neither communist nor socialist is positive for the direction of a progressive and hard working New Zealand - but very beneficial to the hordes that do not want to work and want free money from the increasingly small pool of New Zealanders who are tax-positive (as in, they pay more tax than government funded/subsidised facilities they absorb).
@@asiatravel2010 She called her party members comrades at a rally , and these are just semantics using the words socialist or communist politically . one could argue that one is death by a thousands cuts and one is a hammer hitting a persons head . Slowly we march , slowly we march .
That is roughly one out of one hundred people leaving !
I have not heard of anyone dying from C in a very long time. I'm sure some that are sick already but not many.
You mean from the vaxxx. But nobody wants to have that conversation. Wake up
which begs the question: how many are dying from V?
@@justintie viagra?
There are quite a few sick every day and about ten dying a day in NZ - the papers have regular stats
@@chrisj8764 How do you know these states are accurate? Your has been eaten up with corruption and as with most other countries the media and hospitals are colluding to manipulate the numbers. WHY? To make people stay home, accept tyranny and give up there last bits of freedom. Keep allowing this and by 2025 you will be a government slave.
Andrew you’re a numbers guy pay attention 50,000÷5,000,000 is one percent look at the population of New Zealand you’re a good smart man keep up the good work
When you have a crazy ex, don't just move across town. Put a good couple of borders between you...
We left Aust for America... FF 30years and we did think NZ was an option. Scratch that !
I live in California. I want to move to Mexico
I'm looking to take my family out of NZ over seas and we won't be coming back. We've already done the OE and know what it's like living over seas. Now we have a family and we're going for good. No opportunity and no progress in NZ and completely hopeless school system. Not to mention the massively deteriorating crime situation. We also already have wealth taxes for overseas assets. Everything you've mentioned in this video is correct about NZ, which is why so many people are looking to leave. It's on a downward spiral.
Just join the 10% of kiwis total that fly across the ditch and live in Aussie. It’s not perfect, but for the automatic residency and higher wages it’s better than nz.
@@riptyurass302 Wages wouldn't be higher, tax rate is way higher and I'd end up being worse off. Aussie is good if one is mediocre. Not so for someone moving there at the top of their field globally. The tax paid is not returned in value. The Government has gone too far with their division as well.
@@riptyurass302 I don't need automatic residency either as I'm an Australian passport holder. But I'd rather not pay 50% in tax too.. So nah. I'll skip Australia, except as a place to take a holiday maybe.
Everything we want will require unfathomable violence.
Thank you
Say what you like, but always wise to err on the side of caution, the less body bags the better!!!
New Zealand is mess because of poor a government. Everything is so expensive. Still some of the strictest covid mandates. Have to wear a mask everywhere. Beware if you come here as the government may lock the country down again and it could be hard to get out with limited flights.
We're completely free of Covid restrictions in the UK and have been for sometime. I believe the US is still masking children in some states and requiring vaccine mandates. I know where I prefer to live and it's certainly not the US (with all due respect) for a myriad of reasons.
All the kiwis are already in Australia. NZ must be empty by now. Considering the social security and healthcare they can't avail themselves of in Australia, that's quite amazing.
Ironically, my sister just moved to New Zealand a few weeks ago to be with her fiance-now-husband. It took her two years to get into New Zealand and she wants me to drop my long term retirement plans (Spanish is my second language and I lived in Spain for a while so I want to retire in Spain or a Spanish speaking country.) and move to New Zealand. (That was a mouthful!)
No don’t do it! NZ is a communist hell hole. I was born there and wouldn’t bother going back even for a holiday.
I don't think you would regret moving to NZ - it is a beautiful country with pleasant cities
@@chrisj8764 And a communist government hell bent on destroying it for the benefit of the WEF and UN. You need to get out more!!! Research what Ardern is before you make stupid comments.
Retire in Andalusia beautiful countryside lovely people NZ is too woke and uptight now
@@TheShikaina Unless you're in Marbella you will need to speak Spanish to get around and get things organized on your own. Pop down to Gibraltar for some fush n chips occasionally. Speaking English or Maori won't get you too far. England is the historical enemy of Spain. Even if a cop knows that you are an English speaker, and they can speak English, they respond in Spanish. Been there done that. Not for Kiwis.
Flee to where in this insane world?
Thinking of going to SEA to save up on rent and living costs, since I work remotely. Then come back when the job ends or at retirement to collect SS
@@last_samurai6690 SEA is Covidiot heaven though. Mandatory muzzles, some countries don't allow entry to the unvaccinated (Singapore, Indonesia, Phillipines, Myanmar) or impose quarantine (Cambodia, Malaysia). Vaccine passports widely used in some countries (big cities in Cambodia, some settings in Malaysia, everywhere in Singapore, bars and clubs and some high end hotels in Thailand).
@@therock8224 Yeah. Was thinking covid will be over soon but I woulndt want to travel under these circumstances. I am not even vaxxed. Lols. Atm I chose to do two jobs to take away financial worries but it is not sustainable, so I was hoping that within a year or so, the world will come back to its senses and let us live. No rush though. I will wait.
@@last_samurai6690 Oh, you can travel now if you want. Vietnam is fully open with zero restrictions but apparently they're not granting long-term visas. You get 30 days and it might be difficult to get an extension of stay. Masks are still mandatory there but you can get away with not wearing them in many settings as enforcement has basically ended.
@@therock8224 Thanks for the info. Been to Vietnam before the koof and I like it. Especially Da Nang. Don't mind about masks but the vax... plus yeah even then people who wanted to stay longer had either to get a good teaching job or do a border run. Neither of which I want to do. So maybe the Philippines when they relax the conditions. Easy to stay at least 3 years without needing to leave
Accurate! NZ has been very funny
Where are they going?