Ask a Kiwi/New Zealander?

[Nobody]

1. Why are New Zealanders called "kiwis"?

2. Where was the original "Zealand"?

1. New Zealand has a small flightless bird called a kiwi that has become our national symbol. Although you don't call Americans eagles.

2. Holland i think someone said, because the first white man to find nz was able tasman.

 

[Nobody]

Auckland is also an objectively awful city. And the South Island is for mugs. Wellington4lyfe.

Your right, and wainuiomata is the best place in Wellington!

 

[jtb1127]

What do you do for a living?

What American tv shows do you watch or are popular in NZ?

 

[kiwitt]

What do you do for a living?

Retired @ 49 - living off my investments

What American tv shows do you watch or are popular in NZ?

Can't stand American shows. They are aimed at the lowest common demoninator to get the most ratings. We have too much here, so I choose to watch purchased British series like - Spooks, or play games , watch old movies, or watch docos on the internet.

 

[otago]

That place was sort of neat I must say.

Question:
What is the relationship between Maori and the rest. Is it tense like that of Native Americans and everyone else?

Well it can be when one upsets his white English born wife
Interracial marriage is not compulsory but it is very common over here, we have idiots in Maoridom whom I would not want my daughter to have a thing to do with.

One could say we tend to marry the people of the same class regardless of race, creed or colour.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Have you ever lost a boyfriend/girlfriend because they would rather be with an australian?

 

[Masada]

2. Holland i think someone said, because the first white man to find nz was able tasman.

Zeeland =/ Holland. Holland was/is a province of the Netherlands; Zeeland was/is a province as well.

 

[Ronojoy1917]

1. Why isn't New Zealand Australia? That's to say, why aren't they one entity? Was New Zealand originally colonized by the Dutch or something?

2. How how popular are Flight of the Conchords in New Zealand itself?

3. Are you familiar with Masterchef Australia? Is that show followed in New Zealand? Do you have a Masterchef New Zealand?

4. That video you posted, is that really the busiest street in the whole country?

 

[warpus]

You should have just eaten it. That's what my aunt did once when the Americans wouldn't let her bring a bag of potato chips across the border. She just pulled off to one side, ate the chips, and then went through.


Would somebody please answer my previous questions? They were not meant frivolously. I really want to know the answers.

They were 3 fairly sizeable salamis that I brought for the hikes I was going to be doing. I wouldn't have been able to eat half of one in a sitting

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

They were 3 fairly sizeable salamis that I brought for the hikes I was going to be doing. I wouldn't have been able to eat half of one in a sitting

Did you purchase 3 more sizable NZ salamis to take hiking ? If so , how did they compare?

 

[kiwitt]

Have you ever lost a boyfriend/girlfriend because they would rather be with an australian?

No ... and I have my wife since High School

1. Why isn't New Zealand Australia? That's to say, why aren't they one entity? Was New Zealand originally colonized by the Dutch or something?

As mentioned earlier ... It was discovered by a Dutchman Abel Tasman.

2. How how popular are Flight of the Conchords in New Zealand itself?

It was a popular show.

3. Are you familiar with Masterchef Australia? Is that show followed in New Zealand? Do you have a Masterchef New Zealand?

Masterchef Australia is going to replace a long time favorite on TV - Coronation Street. We had a Masterchef New Zealand. Also there are just too many cooking programs on TV already ... and now putting them on in prime time 5 nights a week is really bad. I now spend more time on the internet, gaming or watching movies.

4. That video you posted, is that really the busiest street in the whole country?

Yes it is. i.e. it has the most people and is surrounded by our tallest buildings.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Retired at 49 , married and still in love with high school sweet heart , living in a great country .

You've got it going on there Kiwiitt

 

[kiwitt]

Retired at 49 , married and still in love with high school sweet heart , living in a great country .

You've got it going on there Kiwiitt

... and I can play and mod Civ for as long as a like, whenever I like, plus a few other things as well.

 

[Nobody]

1. Why isn't New Zealand Australia? That's to say, why aren't they one entity?

It almost was one country, New Zealand was involved in the federation but pulled out at the last minute, fiji did the same. I think the australian constitute actually allows us to join them when ever we want. I think pretty much New Zealand didn't want to be controlled by australians. Also australia had some racist laws which didn't fit well with Maori.

and if we were one country their would be no All Blacks and no Haka!

 

[Masada]

That's not the reason; though racism and some degree of particularism did play a part. The simple fact is that Colonial Office was hostile to the notion and domestic opinion was tepid too, as a result the merger never took place though it wasn't abandoned until the late-1910s. This in evinced in the concessions that were built into the Federal framework to make allowances for New Zealand potential entry. The best example of this is Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 which gave Maori the right to vote thus putting the racism issue to bed. I've reproduced the text here for your perusal:

No aboriginal native of Australia Asia Africa or the Islands of the Pacific except New Zealand shall be entitled to have his name placed on an Electoral Roll unless so entitled under section forty-one of the Constitution.

The Second Reading is also instructive, because you can see the difference in opinion between what Australian politicians though of Aboriginals as compared to Maori. It's kind of stark...

Sir WILLIAM LYNE (Hume—Minister for Home Affairs).—I move–...The principal amendment which was made there has reference to the aborigines. As originally drafted, the Bill provided that no aboriginal should be allowed to vote, notwithstanding that at the present time, in some of the States, aboriginals are endowed with the franchise. The measure also provided that the suffrage should not be extended to half-bloods. Personally, I think it would be a serious mistake to deny half-bloods the right to vote in their native country. A further provision has been added to endow the New Zealand Maoris, or their descendents, with the franchise if they became residents of the Commonwealth.

Mr. O’Malley.—An aboriginal is not as intelligent as a Maori. There is no scientific evidence that he is a human being at all.

Sir WILLIAM LYNE.—In view of the fact that in some of the States aboriginals are allowed to vote at the present time, the Bill has been amended to provide that all aboriginal natives of Australia may exercise the suffrage.

Sir Edward Braddon.—And their gins, too.

 

[Arwon]

1. Why isn't New Zealand Australia? That's to say, why aren't they one entity? Was New Zealand originally colonized by the Dutch or something?

Australia was 6 colonies itself prior to 1901. Western Australia nearly didn't join, and in fact voted to secede in 1933 (didn't happen, obviously).

New Zealand was party to the federation talks, but the 1890s were a time of crippling drought-induced hardship in much of Australia and NZ didn't really see much benefit in the federation from an economic perspective. I've seen it said that if federation had occurred ten years earlier it was more likely you'd have New Zealand as part of it.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

And I'm ashamed to say not a great deal has changed

 

[Masada]

New Zealand was party to the federation talks, but the 1890s were a time of crippling drought-induced hardship in much of Australia and NZ didn't really see much benefit in the federation from an economic perspective. I've seen it said that if federation had occurred ten years earlier it was more likely you'd have New Zealand as part of it.

Ehhhhhh that's not the reason insofar as there was a reason.

 

[Optical]

Another 'Kiwi' signing in to answer all your questions.

Well, the ones that apply to 15-year-olds, anyway

 

[GoodGame]

Does New Zealand have a rivalry with Australia in the "telling of sheep jokes"?