My father and his sister and brother in law moved here in 1952 from the Netherlands where they left behind a huge multi generational catholic family. They worked on a farm in rural Taranaki and life was a lot quieter back then than it is now. My poor Aunties highlight of the day was when the mailman came with letters from home. Seventy years later they’ve long gone but their legacy’s live on and we’re all grateful they made the move.

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for being with us! We appreciate you taking the time to share your story, Marv. Have a lovely week, and I hope pour kids feel as grateful to us in 70 years! Liz and Brian 😊

I had a mate at high school that spoke in a true kiwi accent, but hearing him at his house talking to his parents he was Scottish! He didn’t even know he could switch between the two without thinking. It was so amazing to hear his accent change.

@peterpain6625

3 ай бұрын

Kid of a friend is the same. RP when in school or adressing "grown ups" (except me ;)). Scottish accent like you wouldn't believe when with friends or swearing at the clouds ;)

Firstly, Thankyou Krissy for bringing your professional skills to our country, we do so very much need you and several thousand more. I genuinely hope you and your family adapt and thrive here..we are far from perfect and the past decade or so seem to have taken giant strides backwards.... but Im hopeful for our future. It is a unique culture but at its core it is all about having a happy productive and enjoyable life .. we got to this point by damn hard work by several earlier generations.... the essential parts are still here but we have suffered from poor leadership and management. Welcome to NZ.... Thanks Mrs Drama for your efforts to put this out..

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome 🥰 Thank YOU for watching and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family! We appreciate you and your insights 😊 with love, Mrs Drama 🤗

When you grow up in NZ your feet get much thicker skin on their soles because you're running around barefoot all the time. When you come from somewhere else were you were raised in shoes and socks your feet don't "toughen up". Thats why your feet hurt going to the beach barefoot.

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing! We appreciate you being with us! Have a great week😊

Great interview Lizzy. Krissy is lovely, I couldn’t help but notice her favourite word is ‘like’ 😊😊😊

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, Muzz and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family! You are right! Krissy is a positive ray of light that has brought much needed health care help to NZ. Like is her attitude and always has been. We love her 🥰

@nosleeplisa

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, she’s that generation that does that. It’s kind of a west coast thing.

I wonder.... Are there any asians who are willing to give their experiences in moving to NZ?

@miggyalejandro

3 ай бұрын

Filipino living in NZ. Best thing i ever did.

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for replying! Welcome to NZ! If you would be so kind as to chat with us on a podcast episode about your move then please reach out to us brian@itsadrama.com Thank you! 🤩

@Varsung

3 ай бұрын

@@miggyalejandro yea man. Would love to hear your experience from the SE Asian perspective, since m from Malaysia

We love these interviews, Liz.💖 You are doing an amazing job👏. Soo happy for these young families that they made their moves to this beautiful country.🙏💖 I wish we could do that.🥺 Thank you, Liz, for all your efforts. 💖 Good for you, Krissy. All the best.💕

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family! We appreciate you, Renata 😊 Have a lovely week! Liz x

This is making me think that we as a country could do better helping out people who come to live here. Even if it's taking people to set up bank accounts, housing, furniture etc when they first arrive or a sounding board. I did that once and it was rewarding. I think that would help single people or those with children so that you don't have to pay for someone to do it for you. I agree with Liz you have been here for a year you can call yourselves kiwis especially with how often you use the word 'like'. I also want to thank you for your nursing skills. I've spent my life in and out of hospital with crohns disease with many other illnesses, complications and contradictions tossed in. I know it's a different field but I still want to show you respect for what you do. 😊

@amyrivers4093

3 ай бұрын

I have to add in that I've learnt so much about myself as a born and raised kiwi. I feel like I live in an amazing country. I do live in Auckland so it's a bit different but I've moved right to the edge of Auckland in a new little suburb. I lost both my parents in the last few years and I've got no family except for my two puppies but I have an amazing friend of 35 years. We met at age 10 and her family include me as another family member. I can appreciate how you have made a family out of friends. The support system is very important. Thank you to both of you for this video. ❤

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, Amy and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family! We appreciate you 😊 Have a lovely week!

Generally about 3 years really before you really adjust to NZ. Maybe earlier for those younger but it does take a while. Once you make that decision, it’s tough to realize you can’t just hop on a plane easily or drive elsewhere if you want to have break as there’s no where else to go and we are really the last link in the chain. Congrats for those who have managed to adjust. This lady is to be congratulated for her and her family’s leap of faith to experience a new world. What a beautiful woman and such a great outlook she has, so positive! Love her attitude. Just amazing since so many struggle the first year trying to accept shortfalls then wait for the benefits. I wish her and her family well. NZ is so much better for people like her. One idea is to look at surrounding suburbs north like Katikati or Waihi beach up to 40 min drive away, def cheaper. Papamoa is one place that’s a bit overpriced because of its location.

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

What a truly wonderful comment and welcome...Thank you so much. You are right, Krissy is one of the most positive people you will meet, we are happy to have her and her family with us! 😊 Have a lovely week and thank you again for your kind words 🥰 Liz and Brian

So brave and so inspirational!

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your warm welcome, Carmen! 🥰

Hi Liz and Brian. I think you have done an amazing thing by setting up your moving to NZ videos and slack group. I imagine It must be quite scary moving across the world to a totally new life not knowing all the little things that will make the transition easier. Having the group must be a lot of help and great support. I love listening to these interviews. They are very interesting.😊 Lots of rainbows alas no unicorns😢. The air is nice and fresh smelling until you drive past a local dairy farm.🤢😊

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Oh, what a truly wonderful comment, Susan...thank you so very much. We are very proud of our community but it is the people that make it as special as it is...It is an honour to get to walk alongside them all as they make their adventurous (and yes, often scary) move to New Zealand Thank you so much, again, Susan 🥰 Liz and Brian x

I loved Bellingham,nice little seasode town up in Northern Cali, i walked around for 2 days there,very fond memories,spoke to a cop,who i had asked if i could take a photo of his Police Car, he was very obliging. Building relationships within the slack group, is gojng to have a very good effect on their kids, seeing how things can work with others,and be adaptable to change if needed . Happy to see they have settled into life in NZs biggest Retirement village,Tauranga, all jokes aside, i wish them and everyone else the best of luck moving to our little piece of paradise .Hope you are all well Liz and Brian. Love to your mum.

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family, Andy! We appreciate you my friend 😊 Have a lovely week!

@Andy_M986

3 ай бұрын

@@ItsaDrama Likewise Liz, much love to you all.

@nosleeplisa

2 ай бұрын

Bellingham is suburb of Seattle, Washington.

@Andy_M986

2 ай бұрын

@@nosleeplisa I know.

Hi Krissy!

Yes, several times we said “thats it we are leaving” and 2016 was for sure when we really started thinking about it. I started looking before the internet even existed (1988-89?) when you have to call the tourism board and have them mail you an envelope of brochures 😂 (how did we live back then?) so I’m a second career critical care RN and I wanted to do it after I became a nurse but thought I should get more experience first, then I went to grad school and time got away from me. When Covid hit us (Im in San Francisco) we weren’t hit as hard as New York or the Deep South, but we still wanted to get away. Politics! We’re in a VERY blue area, but it’s even changing here! We got worried about 2024 elections. Now I’m a widow, at 57 and I looked at the pay rate for nurses and it’s about 15x higher here than the jobs I’ve seen posted in NZ so I’m stuck until I retire and can get there in a retirement/investment visa. I should have done this sooner!

@ItsaDrama

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for sharing! We appreciate you being with us ☺️

That's what I'm worried about....I've lived in America for close to 30years...I was born and raised in Mairangi Bay North shore Auckland....I'm gonna have culture shock coming home 😢 Beach walks are the best 😁🎉

That's why I'm coming home to whangarei next week is for mental health care

@OkinInc

15 күн бұрын

Hope you’re doing better mate. 🤙🏽

Health care in NZ is the best on the 🔵 pearl blue

ah nothing like organized chaos to get you to where your going haha nice video Liz heart felt all the way and why i love my country oh by the way big thumbs up to you Krissy and family

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family! You are wonderful😊 Have a lovely week! Liz

If you are retired can you actually do this?

If I ever have a medical problem, i hope Krissy is at hand hehe

What’s this community she mentions? Slack? I looked it up and what comes up seems like a business networking ap. Can anyone clarify?

@ItsaDrama

2 ай бұрын

Hi! We are referring to our private 'moving to NZ community' which is hosted on Slack. You are right, it is a networking app where people can chat in real time! Hope this helps 😃

@nosleeplisa

Ай бұрын

@@ItsaDrama Ah! yes that makes sense, thank you!

Have they experienced any of the Maori hospitality? Like visiting a marae?

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! there is that Compare newmarket To Davenport To takapuna

@chefdinre7717

3 ай бұрын

Ur absolutely right....new Zealand does smell like the ocean 🌊 the second u step off the plane

Ughhhh, having just had an operation in the nz public health system, I can't praise the system from start to finish enough, kiwis always moan and whine about nz and everything in it, you'll get used to that, judge for yrself, I'm so thankful I live in nz

@ItsaDrama

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching, and for saying hi! We appreciate you being with us and wish you a healthy recovery after your operation 😊

I was born here and I still don't feel like I fit in with the kiwi ways being born to English parents

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

That's interesting to know, Martin. Thank you for sharing. Have a great week ☺️

@martinsamuels2897

3 ай бұрын

@@ItsaDrama same to yourself Liz and Bri 😊✌️

@jewelsvibration2115

3 ай бұрын

I think that's more to do with values, and upbringing I am a kiwi and do not identify with a lot of how things are done now, because NZ has changed so much over the years. NZ has become very casual

Egalitarian. believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

@drthomason7043

3 ай бұрын

Didn't you come for a safer life. Rarely are there shoot outs in schools here.

@drthomason7043

3 ай бұрын

It is important to have certification because all countries do things slightly differently, but also there are some cons who have slipped in in all professions.

@bradclifton5248

3 ай бұрын

The opposite of the direction NZ is currently heading.

I am a Kiwi and have known people for years and still do NOT know what they do haha

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Hehehe! True! Thank you so much for watching and for being with us! We appreciate you! 😊

I love that about New Zealand....yes I grew up in Mairangi Bay....bare foot 🦶👣 is very normal.... wearing shoes u look like an odd...

I am a kiwii and love this interview, especially as my daughter lives in Magnolia, Washington, which is not far from Bellingham However, one point i feel the need to say, is I would not go beyond the house without shoes, unless at the beach of course. Equally my children were never allowed to go to the shops or anywhere without shoes. I think it very much depends on where you live. For e.g we are currently in Nelson, which is much more casual, and some people do just go barefoot or wear jandals to the shops. Personalky, i think wearing shoes away from home is just practical and dare I say it, "looks sooo much better".Btw, the standard of education in NZ has dropped dramatically, compared with when my children attended school. Guess that shows my age, a little...

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your warm welcome to Krissy and her family! We appreciate you sharing your thoughts 😊 Have a lovely day!

My wife & 5 daughters looked at moving to New Zealand when Trump got elected but it would of costs close to $20thousand American dollars

Look at new market or Davenport or takapuna....trust me ur getting a crazy good deal

Kiwis don't really care what you wear. .. Our schools n hospitals are free... lkiwis are free... 100% better than usa.

@peterpain6625

3 ай бұрын

Thats one of the things i loved in NZ. People give a fudge what you wear. I mean if you "show WAY too much skin" you'll get the side-eye but even then they'll shrug it off. Friend went to the Countdown basically having a towel wrapped around the waist because the AirBnb had a sewage-leak and everything got soaked. Be bought "the basics" for everyone holding the towel and swiping the card with the other hand. Nobody said anything except for variations of "bit chilly?!" and offering help to get the leak fixed ;) If you'd do that here somebody would call the police for sure :D

@ItsaDrama

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for being with us, Peter! We appreciate you taking the time to share! Have a lovely week 😊

@peterpain6625

3 ай бұрын

@@ItsaDrama Right back at ya. What i learned from the photos of that torrent of "brown stuff" is: Don't cheap out on AirBnBs even it it's only for one night. Luckily everything was either washable except for the suitcases or in zip-lock-bags. Luckily his gf isn't into expensive clothes ...

if you havnt got intergenerational wealth in this country your kids will never be able to get ahead in life and own a property..sad but true...the crime in this country per head of population is worse than the states,for a small country it is very violent...we have the worst child abuse rates in the oecd,we have the highest suicide rates for people btween the age of 14-21 in the oecd and for males of the age 35-50,we are the third most obese country in the world per head of population behind only tonga and samoa yep we are fatter than the states!!.ram raids are that common now they dont evan make the news...you need 900k to buy a house minimum in a half decent suburb...i know south africans that have been here 10 yrs that are moving back thats saying something..my to girls dont use the bathroom at there school as of fear of getting beatn up by all the kids vaping..my youngest got a urine infection because of this....and this is common in nmost public schools nothing gets done about it.i could go on and on..ive actually become ashamed to call my self a kiwi...i married a canadian and we recently spent 2 months in that country and it was a easy decision we are selling up and moving to a little ski town in bc where 700k will get us a awsome house my kids can use the bathroom at the school there arnt vape shops on every corner...petrol was $1.50 less a litre, food was on average $120-140 less a week,my salary will be 15k more no road cones hahaha honstly didnt see one anywhere in two months the roads were mint courteous drivers unlike here where we love to follow 2m off peoples bumbers at 100km hr...i could go on... we are taking our skills to a country we feel will be appreciated and my kids will be able to get ahead in life...sorry to burst the bubble but alot of kiwis these days have there head in clouds those tend to be boomers with loads of money.. and i think it is just going to get worse....

@Shootingstarz22

Ай бұрын

thanks for these comments - i am in the UK and have been considering mobing to NZ but i am concerned about how isliated the country is interms of how people think and understand what is happening outside NZ - is there open mindset there

Damn u pay $850 a week and ur that close to the beach that's so cheap

Go back leave your attitude there ..

@DomingoDeSantaClara

3 ай бұрын

You appear to be the one with the attitude.

@jewelsvibration2115

3 ай бұрын

What is your problem? Attitude? That's you.