13 WEIRDEST things about new zealand for an american | oh you kiwis...

Day, Month, Year is the logical way to express the date. Smallest unit up from left to right. The US way is out of order compared to the English language syntax.

When you talked about yutes, its actually called a Ute which is short for Utility Vehicle meaning its a multi purpose vehicle.

I understand that some years ago Walmart was intending to opened a series of branches in New Zealand but naturally wanted them to be union free. The right to unionism was explained to them and being a big organisation suggested that an exception could be made in their case. Nope! And now we have zero Walmarts and feel no loss for that.

The date thing - I'm in NZ and say the 3rd of May, so we write it as we say it. :)

The date thing made me laugh, as a kiwi I'd tell you its the 4th of October, we mostly say it the same way we write it!😊

We don't have many high rise apartment buildings because they fall over when the earthquakes happen. Just ask someone from Christchurch or Wellington. Buy a house with a tin roof and made of wood unless you want it to come down on you.

I agree about the American Clothing lol. I think everyone wears the University sweatshirts since they seem retro and the lettering is actually nice. The takeaways are actually nice in NZ, especially Fish & Chips. Most of the time, the takeaways that have those photos of the menu, are actually the best.

Why Kmart is doing fine here is that in the late 70s someone in Australia licensed Kmart as a franchise and the same company does Kmart NZ they have been completely independent of the US Kmart for years

Limited high-rise buildings because of the high earthquake rate in NZ.

"Ute" without a "y". Because we don't say "October 4th 2022", we say "the 4th of October 2022" so the date is written the way we say it.

Pineapple usually gets shipped to NZ in cold storage with leaves & it helps with ripening. However once here in Distribution the leaves can get wet due to condensation & changing temps in storage. So the leaves are cut off because of the surface Mould on the leaves. This does not affect the fruit inside. However if mouldy leaves are left on too long it speeds up rot going to the fruit.

"It's the 16th of October 2022" And it's logical to write the date in order of size. And Kiwifruit grow better in New Zealand.

Kiwi fruit was chosen for its main benefit of being able to be picked when not ripe. It has a longer shelf life. This enables long distance shipping overseas without rotting before they arrive. Yes there is some cold storage but far less required than most fruits that we export. Same with avocados I believe. Pip fruits and citrus can go off very quick once picked.

The "Chinese takeaways" originated in the 1960s as a kind of extension of what fish and chip shops offered and the "Chinese" was mostly southern Chinese styles altered to suit NZ tastes and available ingredients (kinda like "chow mein" in the USA) - they're generally cheap and pretty tasty. Some of them these days are now owned by more recent Chinese immigrants and will have a separate Chinese language menu with authentic Chinese dishes if you know to ask. There were very few actual Chinese restaurants in NZ cities offering authentic Chinese cuisine until the large Chinese immigration began in the 90s, first from Taiwan, then Hong Kong, followed by those from the PR China most recently. So there has always been a kind of distinction between "Chinese takeways" and "Chinese restaurants".

the prime minister that was caught speeding wasn't driving. she was running late and was rushing to catch a plane, the car even had a police escort but some people were up in arms about it.

Various commenters are commenting about how non-US date formats (d/m/y) are more intuitive than US formats (m/d/y), and I agree ... but you know what's an even better format? I kicked off a web-development career some years back, and learned tons about date formats, and by far my favourite is yyyy-mm-dd. Why? If you have a bunch of text files with dates in their titles, and sort them by their title, then you also sort them by date. Both at once. So much easier.

Why don't we have more apartment blocks to provide affordable housing? Because we actually have building and rental regulations in New Zealand, so constructing and leasing apartments is really quite expensive! 😅

To you it’s October 4th, to us it’s the 4th of October - like the 4th of July, see?

Day, month, year seems more logical to me, smallest to largest / First to last. But if you're taught one way your whole life then it would be weird to think of writing or saying the date any other way than you're used to I guess

Cos almost all the world would say it’s 4th of October 2022.. but I get it American , you gotta flip the switch wrong way 😂🤣