 Hey, welcome back to my YouTube channel, guys. Today we have a great video where we're going to talk about the 10 things that you should definitely not do when you are visiting New Zealand. So you need to watch this and pay attention to these tips before you ever think about coming here. So if you don't know me, we are a family of six who have moved to New Zealand from America about five years ago and we just kind of share our experience and our journey. So if you like this topic or you like this channel, please subscribe below and here we go. Okay, number one, when you are in New Zealand, don't compare it to Australia. Don't say, oh, I'd love this or this is like the same thing. Don't do that. While they are close as siblings, they also are rivals like siblings. So don't compare them too much together. Okay, and number two, don't forget to offer guests tea when they come to your house. This can be an adjustment for a lot of Americans, especially that don't drink tea where coffee is more of like the common thing that you can offer coffee as well. But tea always have tea. Don't be stuck without tea in your house and offer it when people come over to visit. Number three, don't drive over the speed limit. Let me tell you, I have learned that lesson the hard way. Basically in the US, it's normal to drive 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. In New Zealand, the speed limit means the speed limit. Don't speed. There's cameras everywhere and you will get a nice ticket in the mail if you speed. It's very passive aggressive. They don't necessarily like pull you over. You just get a ticket in the mail. So that's my tip to you. If you're moving here, if you're visiting here, don't speed. Number four, very important one, do not disrespect Malory culture. It's everywhere in New Zealand. It's valued in New Zealand. They speak to Rio in New Zealand and they respect Malory culture, which is really, really a wonderful thing here and very different than how we treat our indigenous people in the US. So just know if you are coming here to definitely respect Malory culture and find out as much as you can about it and explore it. And it's so awesome and it adds so much to this country. And in fact, the values of a Malory culture is just amazing. And it's really what makes New Zealand what it is today. Number five, don't enter New Zealand with dirty shoes or really anything dirty in your luggage. You have to go through biosecurity when you enter New Zealand and you don't want to bring in any dirt. They're very particular about this because they don't want to bring in anything bad into their country. And that is really what makes New Zealand so stunning and so beautiful. And it doesn't have horrible, awful things in this country because of their biosecurity system. When you go through immigration, when you get off an international flight into New Zealand, don't have dirt on your items. And number six, this is a good one. You're going to need to know this, okay? Shopping is not open. Malls, stores, whatever is not open generally after 6 p.m. So a lot of you will be coming from countries where you can shop anytime of the day. Open 24 hours, not in New Zealand. Stores close 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock on the weekends a little bit later. But generally don't expect them to be open past 6 o'clock. So that can be very frustrating if you need to go get something and it's not open. Now in New Zealand, they have Thursday night is the night that everybody stays open late. So if you want to plan your shopping, plan to go on a Thursday night. In addition to the shopping, don't expect restaurants to be open until 5.30 at the earliest. And in addition to that, don't expect cafes to stay open past 3 p.m. So if you are traveling around New Zealand and it's between 3 p.m. and 5.30, good luck finding a place to eat, okay? It's weird when you're used to everything being open all the time to everything's not open all the time. And if you're just kind of stuck in those weird hours, you can find an American restaurant that'll be open, McDonald's, Burger King, Subway. Those restaurants will be open for you but not most places in New Zealand. Now in addition to restaurants not being opened, don't expect chain restaurants. There are not a lot if any. Well, there's a little bit of chain restaurants in New Zealand at all. So every town in every city that you visit are new restaurants, new types of restaurants, new things to try. So you will always have a fish and chip shop. You will always have like an Indian restaurant. And you know, there are always generally American restaurants, American fast food, let me say. But there isn't, you know, a consistent brand across the country. Franchising really isn't a thing here. And so that could be a little bit frustrating when you just want to go and know that something's good. You're not going to know that you're going to have to try a new place. And that could be very stressful when you come from a country that you're used to chains to, now I don't even know what's good here. So there's these four different Indian restaurants and I have no idea which one to choose. So Google review is good to check, but just go ahead and try it and be okay if it's not that good. Another good thing to note is don't expect to tip. There's no tipping in New Zealand in a restaurant with a service like somebody picking up your bags or hairdresser or any places that you normally tip, you don't tip. The price is the price. So while you may sit down in a restaurant and think, oh, this is expensive. Well, keep in mind there's also no tipping. So no tipping when you're in New Zealand. Number 10, no crowds. Okay, there are not a lot of people here and it's amazing. And so just expect to be around no crowds quite often when you're in New Zealand and it's really great. So if you get to a beach and it's packed with people, go to the next beach. There won't be anybody. It is not uncommon that you could walk along a beach with nobody on it. It's amazing here. I know there's a lot of parts of the world where there's no way to avoid crowds and that's what makes New Zealand so special. So don't expect crowds. And the last little tip that I want to leave you with is when you go and you get off of the off of the plane and you're in the airport and you go up saying, I'm going to need a coffee and you order your coffee and that butterista says to you, sweet as I'll get that for you. They're saying sweet as one s. I hope you enjoyed my video this week and I will see you next week. 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