 I am not sure if you heard the good news but the borders are opening early so I just wanted to do a shout out to that at the beginning of this video to let you guys know hey you guys can come here sooner than you thought so if you're Australian you can come next month in April if you are pretty much the rest of the world all the bigger countries you can come May 1st so that's for travelers and for visa holders so New Zealand is finally opening up and you guys can come here and check it out so if you are moving here or traveling here make sure that you reach out to me I have lots of resources to help you definitely check out my other videos and yeah and all the links are below if you're interested in any of that but I'm so excited that you guys get to come to New Zealand sooner. Alright welcome back to my YouTube channel guys I'm so excited to have Robin on with me today from the New Zealand pocket guide he's so cool and their website is amazing and it has everything that you need to travel in New Zealand I mean down to the minute details and it's all free you should check it out for sure so why don't you tell us a little bit about you and then we'll jump into some tips for traveling around New Zealand. So I've been in New Zealand for about 11 years now I've been a tourism industry for pretty much the whole time I speak way too fast and I'm passionate about traveling in New Zealand and yeah you can sit on our YouTube and on the site. Yes so you should definitely check out their site anything that you need to know about travel I've used it many times it's super helpful so you'll definitely want to check that out so today though we're going to talk about travel tips I just thought of course if I have Robin who knows everything about traveling around now I've been to most places in New Zealand but I don't know it as the ins and outs of it like he does so we're going to get some travel tips in today so here we go. Alright so the first thing I have for you guys and that's that's the worst one but you have to be up to date with the COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand and the best place to get up to date with the COVID-19 restriction is covid19.govt.nz it's the official New Zealand government website and that's you know there's a lot of information from the source. We cannot wait until the borders open and people can travel so hopefully yes hopefully when you're watching this you can travel. Yes and hopefully as you're watching that you are currently planning your itinerary because like now we have plenty of time to just plan the itinerary and that brings my second tip to light and it's planning a realistic itinerary if you only have a week in New Zealand you can only do one of the both islands and it would be absolutely crazy to try to cram two islands into one week so the bare minimum the absolute minimum of time that you need to do both island is two weeks we have plenty of samples of itineraries on the site if you guys want to check it out but seriously just make sure that you plan yourself a realistic itinerary otherwise you're just going to drive drive drive and just spend night somewhere and have no time to do anything. Yeah no that's really good advice I would even say even half of one of the islands for a whole week and this is the other problem with Americans that travel here is that they they plan their trip to Australia and they think hey I'm just gonna do a stopover for a week or less in New Zealand and not a good plan I'm telling you I have so many people that have visited me from the States and they're like I don't know why we spent all that time in Australia I mean Australia is great has its benefits but New Zealand is stunning. That's what I did my first experience in New Zealand I was doing a working holiday in Australia and I was like I can just pop into New Zealand before I leave and just do everything in one week learn from my mistake. Alright next tip when you're coming to New Zealand make sure that you know which visa you need or if you are from a visa waiver country meaning a country that doesn't need a visa to visit New Zealand you need to pay the NZ ETA and the IVL which is a levy anyway there are some fees to pay make sure that you're aware of those things that's the boring part. That's good to know I didn't even know that yes I think I'm from a country that I don't have to pay that you do actually have to pay that yes that's okay. Are you serious? Yeah I paid a lot of money to get here let's be honest yeah yeah but so if you come in New Zealand with a visa like IE as an immigrant as an immigrant and everything this is all included you don't have to. It's all included. I'm talking about visitors and everything yes. She can stay. She can stay. Yeah no yes I didn't come as a visitor I came as an immigrant and I already paid my fees. Okay while we're talking about the boring stuff when you come into New Zealand there is a very strict biosecurity rules and on what you can and cannot bring into New Zealand so make sure that you read up on that there is plenty of literature online I'm not gonna point one website again but yeah there's plenty of literature online there's plenty of photos at the airport there is plenty of information and if you are unsure declare it so just an example right let's say you are bringing a gun into New Zealand you shouldn't but let's say you're bringing a gun and you don't know if you can do that or not if you declare it at the border they will inspect your luggage they will check it and they will tell you you can't bring it and they will ask you to surrender it you won't be fined because you declared it however if you bring a gun to New Zealand and you don't declare it and you try to sneak in past and they find it then the fines are heavy strict and you may even be denied entry to New Zealand oh so let's not do that when in doubt declare exactly all right next tip let's talk about some more fun stuff if you're planning to travel around New Zealand there's plenty of method of transportation available to you you can take buses you can fly around you can rent your own car you can buy a car if you're here for an extended period of time there's plenty of ways to make your way around New Zealand so make sure that you research even before you start making your itinerary which method of the transport you want to use and then go from there it's the best way to plan an itinerary there's even some bus tools which let you have everything included the itinerary is already done and therefore you have nothing to do just sits but you're bumming the seat and enjoy so I so do most travelers rent a car I guess that's what we talked about earlier so most people rent a car or they're doing the bus tour yes yes that's the two main method of transport in New Zealand and that's the best way to also see most of the country as well traveling by land flying around New Zealand doesn't really give you the best experience because New Zealand and you know that it's all about road trip even just driving up to here it's just fantastic amper vaning it or like even just the public buses are good you know some of the cool trains that go across islands are cool now when it comes to the nitty gritty of planning your trip it's all about picking the right time of the year to plan your trip New Zealand is notoriously busy during December to February this is when most of the tourists are coming in New Zealand and also when most of the locals have well the Christmas holidays and it's summer as well so you max all that together Christmas holiday summer all the tourists coming over this is becoming really really busy so everything is more expensive everything is more crap so you're gonna pay more for less good experience so traveling during the shoulder season which are basically a couple of months either way so basically not in December to February will be ideal save you big bucks and give you better experience because everybody goes back to school in the beginning of February so February March April amazing weather to be traveling and it won't have so many travelers so yes however if you don't have any other option and you have to travel in summer just book in advance do not expect that you're gonna be able to find easier accommodation in Lake Ticapo in Queenstown in those kind of really hot spots in you know in the middle of the summer you won't and it's gonna be tough to find accommodation so book in advance if you travel in summer okay do you travel often in summer I do because I have kids but when we first moved here is homeschooling some of them and so we were able to trap in the off season and that was so much so much better and even just the high exhaled scrams and everything so so much better so much better all right moving on if you are traveling on your own ie you're not taking a bus to what is already organized for you consider traveling south to north so most travelers travel north to south because the main port of entry to New Zealand and I mean port of entry as airport as well is Oakland which is relatively north of the country so most people are actually traveling north to south so if you travel south to north first you're going against the grains you get less people on the road and all that kind of things also you may be able to find some better deals for your car or campervan rentals because well at the end of summer a lot of companies end up having all the inventory on the Saturday and then need to find a way to bring it back up and therefore you'll be getting better deals to go from south to north that's really good advice yes so yeah that's a I mean that's something that we advise everybody speaking of campervans you can't just camp anywhere it is a myth freedom camping is a thing in New Zealand but there is rules so yeah I won't go into details about all the different rules because they mostly buy different districts but we do have a full page on in the pocket guide and I'll point that to you guys because it's too boring to talk about but you can't camp anywhere but my you can camp everywhere you can't you can't you cannot camp everywhere right is there a country that you are allowed to do that because it to me I don't I don't think I would ever come in and think oh I can just camp anywhere so are there people coming in thinking yeah well from top of my head like Madagascar is a great country to be able to do that you but but it's kind of almost cheaper to stay with local stay in accommodations and everything but you are able to camp pretty much everywhere you go along the road that main highway and everything so yeah but yeah don't do that in New Zealand next tip what do we have always carry an extra layer news and it's famous for forces in one day isn't it the weather in New Zealand so how cold were you this morning I know how hot are you right now I know I know I was so cold the weather changes throughout the day it'll be like so hot and then we'll have a rainstorm and then yeah definitely definitely have that light fleece that light layer that you can always throw on yes all right if you need to buy alcohol in New Zealander a little bit like in the US you will always be I did in New Zealander is only three form of ideas which are going to be accepted it's going to be the New Zealand driver license the hospitality 18 plus and your passport if you have any or other form of ideas i.e. you US driver license or anything like that it will not be accepted and you won't be able to buy your beer just know that if you want to have a bit of a bender by the beach or something like that can't do that if you don't have the correct idea what was what was the second thing that you said the hands 18 plus card it's a hospitality news it is okay so this one's a good tip i don't know that you can apply for it you have to bring your passport to go to the bar yep yeah i'm we are how i hang out in bars i am still being checked and i do look damn old and i'm still be checked regularly that's rough i'm not you know it's because it's because they know it's because they see almost yeah yeah they see all my kids no don't worry they don't see you at the bar i'm not going to the bar it's true okay moving on this is great tips you guys all right next up when you plan your trip around new zealand yeah choose the right type of accommodation for you so everybody travels differently and in new zealand is a breath of different type of accommodation hostels are great you can get private room in hostels so that means you don't have to litty stain dorms and you can make use of their communal kitchen it's great we save money when you're on the road um motels are usually more self-contained units you have campsites where you can have powered campsite for your camp about or even unpowered campsites and you still have access to all the facilities you can have self-contained unit fuel and obviously we have everything from the luxury lodge to the boutique hotel um and everything in between so there is a ton of different type of accommodation so don't get restricted to the thing that you know you may want to try something different for your trip to new zealand save some big bucks try something new and yeah yeah so it was cool about the campgrounds here like because it's hard to i would say that new zealand travel is really set up for couples and that when you when you have a big family it gets harder and so like we had campground they have these like communal kitchens like that might be normal and you know but um i was like oh this is so cool i love it because i'm a people person and love to meet new people and you know but my kids were like what what so it's good for them that's really cool yeah and if you don't feel like tenting uh we do know a lot of families which are traveling around and they just go in a hostel and they literally hire a private dorm of six and you get a six-dome okay i've seen that and i've never done it should i be doing that yeah i mean you will you will actually save money on accommodation oh yeah i know i would to holiday park you have access to the kitchen so if your kids are gluten-free or any dietary requirement you can cater to them easily by doing that and uh yeah and like that you don't have to hire an expensive camper van or having to do a whole setup with the tent and everything like that you literally just rocking with your car that's really a good option you guys because honestly like if you're if the plot of land at a campground is expensive yeah you add all these people to it i'm like i'm just gonna stay somewhere that has walls hiring hiring a dorm in like a six-bed dorm in uh in uh in a hostel it costs you about 120 dollars to 150 at most you heard it here first here you go if rice changes by the time you watch this video don't hold me accountable for it yes some unconscious supply to support local all right speaking of buying things when you buy things in New Zealand pay in New Zealand dollars uh you know when you use your credit card everything choose the option New Zealand dollars if you can withdraw some money it's easier don't change your money at the airport all that kind of tip that you probably heard a million times be wise with your money bank fees add up to a lot when you travel around and if you stay for quite a while in New Zealand are you a backpacker and stay in the working on the visa open a bank account here make it easy for yourself get yourself a local debit card it's gonna make your life super easy yes do that that's really good all right now we're going to talk about New Zealand road rules that you love a lot so yeah be aware of the New Zealand road rules like do a little bit of research there is like let's say about 10 points that you need to know about and that you need to kind of just have read at least once you know if you're new if you're not used to driving on the left side of the road which is the wrong side of the road uh it's okay agreed it's okay just make sure that you start running very slowly and just kind of get used to it honestly it comes really quickly a lot of people are super stressed about that yeah i was number one stressed about that but it does it does kind of come and it really was not a problem honestly you guys it was not a problem yeah so be aware of how to use round about if you have not used the roundabout because you are used to grid system it's absolutely fine that you just need to kind of watch the traffic for about 20 seconds and just take your time get used to it something for one way bridges and everything it's all kind of self explanatory but you may want to have self explained it to yourself before you're on the car and you stress don't just pull out because you don't know what to do i don't keep driving because you don't know what to do that's even worse that could lead to an accident or something so do neither okay and a couple things to note about the roads is people stop for everybody okay so if you're from like new york or chicago you're like uh it's happening they're always like let them in let them everybody lets everybody even in the most dangerous situation they let them in so just be aware everybody's nice and they drive quite a bit slower um than i'm used to uh yeah and okay i thought they drive faster than i'm used to oh no oh i am like anyway yeah you should okay that's another she can stay she's driving she's driving fine okay well they have all these cameras they keep the and then all of a sudden you get a ticket in the mail yeah lots of tickets in the mail yeah and not for many kilometers over like i i don't i am fully aware and somebody sent the ticket to the wrong address which is years old and then they call you and they say hey you're as that much because there's a lot of late fees and that happened to me recently fun times anyway moving on um let's not talk about that please no thank you let's talk about cyclists what about you use a bike instead of uh instead of using a car because uh you know you want to um if you are a cyclist and you dream about uh roads biking all around new zealand don't stick to the mountain bike trails and all the other bike trails that we have around new zealand and they're all really fantastic the new zealand roads tend to be a little narrower there's gravels there's all that and and there's a lot of trucks around and everything yes it doesn't make for good roads biking experience i know the dream sounds amazing you know but it's it's not the instagram pic instagram pic today looks no but like they do if you're in the city it's like wallington people ride their bike to work yes and come back and they don't have any room so but there is more bike lanes coming up yeah there are so yeah but fun times doesn't mean you can't but we don't recommend it all right speaking of another fun time money budget new zealand can be more expensive than what you expected uh we are very small island nation importing things is quite expensive gases so expensive at the moment i love that you said gas yeah i mean the gas at the moment what did i pay i pay two dollar 48 cents per liter which is 3.62 a gallon so here you go multiply that by 3.6 if you're a genius put it in the comment below she wants some comments and uh yeah there you go comment call uh but yeah it's super expensive uh the gas for example yeah the gas is expensive yeah come i would say just travel in general is expensive yeah and even just getting pop drinks and everything like that it's not going to be it's not going to be cheap uh compared to what you used to uh i mean literally i came from uh north america arriving to new zealand and that was a shock money wise so yeah just just be aware uh that doesn't mean you should pack all the food that you can in your suitcase to come to new zealand that would be a silly thing to do but uh yeah just be aware that you will need a decent budget in order to make your way around new zealand comfortably and have fun yes all right i love how i'm just saying all the bad things right now and just like nice and friendly right here i feel like i'm a i'm a downer right here really good tips because people do that it doesn't mean new zealand is not amazing it is it is really fantastic i promise but i need you guys to know those things these are the insetter tips all right um another thing that you need to be aware of when you are playing your trip around new zealand and you check the gps and it says oh yeah driving from point a to point b is going to take you an hour plan two uh first up you're going to drive a bit slower than what you plan because well there's going to be people in front of you and all that and second the sceneries are fantastic and there's plenty of pit stops along the way that you're going to want to stop take some pictures and all that new zealand's are all about the journey around the i know what you're saying i know it sounds so cliche but new zealand is genuinely about the journey traveling around and so i feel like you're going to enjoy it much more if you take your time and there's so many windy roads you guys yeah and google map is terrible it's not obviously bad in new zealand we've got lost multiple times so if you have the spare few dollars to download like the garmin map or something like that on the on the app store or something all the tum tum map or whatever or the brand it's not sponsored but yeah that's a good idea yeah definitely get one of the real gps map a will yield a better result for you speaking of you know the landscape and everything if you come to new zealand you're coming for the nature not for the cities if you're planning to just go from city to city in new zealand you're not really going to see what new zealand is all about it's all about the beautiful nature the beautiful sceneries the awesome hikes and all this kind of thing so just know that if you're here to come and party and go nightclubs and everything like that you may have a couple of fun nights in quinstan but that's going to be nowhere near the fun night you can get in las vegas so what about you go party in las vegas with dr dr here you go see i'm with the kids right here dr dr is in gta now i know things i know things with the kids play gta online with dr dr all right when traveling in new zealand make sure to protect yourself from the sun and the sunfly look at that i move from dr dr to psa i know awesome what a transition anyway sandflies can be notoriously annoying especially in a saturday around the nelson lakes area or things like that so just a sandfly repellent will work it generally does work you just have to be aware and use it and also there is some fantastic soaps which are natural and includes a sandfly repellent in it oh really yes you americans can fly that on amazon very easy for us in new zealand we have to import them from amazon and that's really expensive so very sad so you guys are lucky pack that that'd be good and for the sun there is a holy new zone layer everybody knows that if you were a kid in the 90s you saw a lot of psas on tv's about these kind of things and captain planet with his ring was trying to save the planet for that should we ever watch that cartoon anyway i am i am young for sure anyway um there is a holy new zone layer it's right on top of new zealand you can burn on up to seven minutes only so make sure you sunscreen sunscreen and sunscreen for sure and we apply every couple of hours yes no you guys it literally feels like it's burning through your skin it's it yeah bring your sunscreen and i mean i don't know i've been here for six years i'm horrible at reapplying and wearing a hat well yeah use it in australia have some of the highest rate of melanoma in the world because of that yeah yeah so yeah fun times now don't underestimate the amount of things that they used to do in new zealand next tip ton of activities ton of stuff ton of high ton of points to add on your map so yeah a lot of people just think there is only a handful of things to do in new zealand that's just a side trip from australia don't do that it's really a ton to do here yes and and and even when you plan your itinerary if you have the luxury of time when you're driving from point H point B make that your whole day activity and add points of interest along the way there's really ton of them and yeah that's the best way to do things and then you spend one day in a place that you want to you know stay at and do some activities there and then you're driving again from point H point B and that is your entire day activity rather than try to drive do an activity eat at that place check into your accommodation check out the next day and keep on moving oh man it's not gonna be a holiday you're gonna want to sleep at work on the way back so yeah well it's really the best things in new zealand are free yes and actually great transition hiking would be your best friend in new zealand look at that i love hiking yes which height do you like the most in new zealand i would say that there isn't a hike that i don't like that's the problem every time i go into the bush i'm like it literally feels like Jurassic Park it does come in and you're like where am i this is so amazing i try to do it every day because i have one by my house and i'm just i love it so for people that grew up watching movies the dinosaurs are not real so it feels like Jurassic Park but it's safe it's safe yes no snakes we're not australia you can come on in here you go if you're an american living abroad listen up we are entering or we are currently in the worst time of year tax season and if you hate doing your u.s taxes so if you don't know if you're an american citizen no matter where you live and work anywhere in the world you have to pay american taxes so if you dread that as much as i do and how hard american taxes are compared to where i currently live in new zealand um then i just wanted to put a little something on my youtube channel this week that i have been working with right tax i will link them below and they are giving my community $50 off if you wanted to do your taxes with them because it is so hard to find somebody to do your u.s taxes when you live abroad so if that's you check them out get a discount and let's do our taxes all right and next step where am i on i'm completely lost in this one yes so um if you are coming in new zealand for only a short amount of time then we only recommend you to do one of both islands so therefore you have to kind of study up a little bit and kind of learn about the difference between the north and the south island obviously i can go over hours and hours talking about both islands but in short the north island will be more volcanic and a lot of rich mariculture and the south island will be more drastic all those thick forest mountaineers snow-capped mountains all these kind of things are amazing wildlife such as you know the bottom line is you're not going to be disappointed with either of them no of course but they are different so if you have to pick only one of them just you know study up because both of them are not you know north doesn't offer different things yes so yeah that's good all right uh talking about food you need to try the local cuisine there's some really good food in new zealand fishing ships is fresh right out of the water delicious you and the seagulls will love it and uh yeah it's really it's really awesome you have also a traditional mari food such as the hangi which is really really nice so yeah plenty of awesome food and you will have to try a local because there isn't really chain restaurants here i mean you other than the american ones so you always have the mcdonalds burger king subway pizza class junior i like it is it is it's called see the ads that's hardy's if you're in the u.s by the way um but yeah so otherwise there's not chain restaurants so it can be as an american when you're used to knowing what you're going to get going into a town and you like have no idea every town will have a fish and chips every town will have cafe right most of them will have at least a domino's or a pizza what do you order at the cafe huh what do you order at the cafe what do i order at the cafe what kind of coffee because it's very different in the u.s right yeah so the the most common coffee is a flat white i probably go with the lattes or i'll go with the mocha is the way that they make mochino's here or like they figured it out it's not the same as the boring syrup in the us but that's for another if you want to try a hot chocolate or mocha at the cafe called the shelf on high street in oakland best one in the country just my tip are you serious i haven't been there you've got to the shelf i don't know it's gonna be i don't think it's gonna be as good as the one in wellington that i guarantee it or you get your money back not you guys is that what they say oh i i pay i pay for the coffee i let me send you the money it's not better than any other one you've tried in your life oh my god there you go there's this one in wellington on cuba street that is it's literally like liquid chocolate but it's so good try it we'll see i put my money where my mouth is okay all right i may regret that depending on how you're traveling luxury budget family or anything like that there is or even working holiday gap year and everything there is really options for all different budget and different ways to travel around new zealand but you've got to kind of plan a little bit differently so do make sure that you do research for like the way you want to travel right if you travel as a couple research like couple or honeymoon or or thing like that and you genuinely going to find some experiences which are absolutely unique that's going to match exactly what you are after and uh yeah don't be afraid to kind of like actually kind of i know it sounds weird but put yourself in a box and from that box you'll be able to actually find things that you usually don't find it sounds crazy but i think it's it's really true for new zealand and it's all available too on the new zealand pocket guide it is yes it is true like that's literally the place to go if you want to know anything you can type in couples and it's everything it's great and then pocket guide dot com boom i should have the tisha that says that you should what the heck is this i know uh all right uh another thing that's going to be taken as a complaint which is not you know when on the roads traveling around don't expect you can get good wi-fi everywhere uh nope i mean i i work online and you work online and how goes the wi-fi in the local cafe okay the lack of word tells you a lot because she's never like i use my hat spot a lot let's be honest yeah so do be aware that's you know there is still even some accommodation that will provide you with like a 20 megabyte voucher then you can just you have to log in onto a certain browser enter code and you have 20 megabyte whoop whoop to use online i mean there is still this kind of things happening around new zealand so just do be aware that you may have to unplug which is definitely not a bad thing right it is a good thing to unplug sometimes that's what actually makes a holiday holiday you know forget your phone at the hotel wow change your life you may not even be able to get through this whole video on that internet oh absolutely not hell there is no way all right uh for you americans i included this one just for you guys tipping is not mandatory in new zealand is it it is not mandatory you probably have talked about that yes i have i have talked about that not to death i would say but you know people are always asking people from new zealand get stressed going to the us and tipping and like how much they should do and all that but here no there's it's not expected you can if you want sometimes we'll have like the tip jar at you know at the cafe or at the bar where you pay and you pay you know you get up and you pay they're not bringing you your check this is probably the biggest change if you're coming from the us you're just sitting there forever you've got to do your part okay you're like they don't make you cook the meal but you've got to go all get up and pay at the bar or pay it wherever it's at and if you're at the pub you actually have to walk to the bar to also order uh no one's gonna come and ask you for your order if you're at the pub no if you're at the restaurant someone may show up if you're definitely like it but uh and yeah and like when i go into a restaurant when i first came in they were like pink bringing me water not everybody just brings you water like they'll have their own my cooler where you get your own one get your own water um but it was funny i was with people when i first came in there brought water to the table and they're like oh they're bringing it because you're american because they heard the accent were like you're expecting one yeah yeah but they also know that you made tips therefore they want the tip so here you go all right still sticking with the difference between the us and new zealand make sure that you research uh which travel adapter you need for new zealand for all your appliances for your phone charger and everything and also just do a little bit of research because the cheaper adapter is not necessarily the best uh there's plenty of adapters with extra little things with extra like usb plugs and everything and that is really a lot of different adapters which are really great is some of them that will last your lifetime and go through every uh countries and everything and that so yeah to research for your adapter you do need one and also research if you can get a good one yeah and definitely you know from from the us it's 120 volt to the 240 here and so you can it's fine to use your your curling iron or your hair straightener um with the adapter so a lot of people ask me that question here you go our next step is i read it i was like i'm gonna remember it and then i forgot it anyway tap water is drinkable here in zeland and doesn't taste like chlorine so it's so good i love the water here you guys it's so great and it's so really that's that's that's a real selling point save the planet save money don't buy uh don't give my money to nestle the evil uh stop buying aquafina toss it and drink some water from the tap here you go whoever thought we'd be spending money on water i know that's crazy right that's a brilliant marketing campaign what do i do i have the right to read the next one oh yes um oh it's fine yes can i read that no please because that's a big one okay i'm gonna read it you need to be a dick to the environment yes okay so often i walk uh you know i do some of the most popular walk around us and everything and i see wrappers on the floor and all these kind of things and italy you can see us on our videos doing activities in new zeland pretty much every time we have to pick up a rapper from somebody else don't be a dick to the environment uh if you do bring something into national parks into hikes into places just live with it and dispose of it properly and uh yeah think about all the stuff for example if you are a lady that travels around new zeland and really cannot live without your hairspray know that aerosol cans for example cannot be properly recycled in new zeland for instance so you may want to pack it with you and get it properly recycled in the us for instance just one thing you know just those kind of just kind of things just be mindful you know we only have one planet you know uh we're not all in musk we can all go to mars and uh i think that's interesting that you i did not know that you couldn't recycle the aerosol can you use batteries have you tried to recycle batteries in new zeland yeah like i have to bring it somewhere yeah so you there's you know you have to jump through many different routes okay so you can put it somewhere because i find it interesting i have a hard time finding hairspray that's not aerosol here like like the spritz yeah yeah because we have why don't they sell that new zeland's a little bit behind on regulations right so uh you option oh is that why yeah your options would be like uh those kind of you know they some which i'll actually just like spray like your you know like those like yeah yeah like that yeah the gun sprays yeah the gun none of the aerosol spray but the actual gun spray so they stay some of those available um they some mousse available those kind of things but still like there's a bit of aerosol in there so yeah and what am i talking about mousse i know i these are all my tips my actual tips i'm gonna use air tips like girls so right now we're 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