Life in NZ. Is it REALLY like that?🇳🇿

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@richjdnz 27 күн бұрын

I enjoy the fact I live in a country where I pay a nominal amount every three months to get my arthritis, reflux and blood pressure medication. Thanks for this episode- a very timely reminder how lucky we are!

@ItsaDrama 26 күн бұрын

Thank you for joining us, Richard! Have a great weekend! 😊

@danielknight9956 28 күн бұрын

You guys cheer me up every time. Thanks guys

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Our pleasure! Thank you for being with us Daniel 😊

@shelleydunxan2380 28 күн бұрын

I loved listening to these tales. Captivating story telling. Just like being there. Thank you! 😊

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Thank you Shelly for being with us. It is always lovely to see your name in the comments 🥰 Have a great weekend ahead! Liz and Brian xx

@xintiapreda5934 28 күн бұрын

Hello from the UK! We’ve recently found you and you are amazing! Love your stories 😊

@ItsaDrama 27 күн бұрын

Hello and welcome! What a lovely comment to receive, thank you so much. We can’t wait to get to know you better and we send you lots of love to the UK 🇬🇧🥰 liz and Brian x

@RandyAldred 26 күн бұрын

Loved the stories, and you guys look great! The cashier just wasn't sure you were old enough and was going to card you 👍😆...for vinegar lol!

@ItsaDrama 23 күн бұрын

That's the one Randy....🤣🤣 xx

@pennypearson7096 28 күн бұрын

Yay! A liz and Bri vlog to watch with my glass of wine!

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Make mine a large, Penny!…😘🍷🍷

@drthomason7043 28 күн бұрын

In regard to medication , there are many who are deprived of their meds then in other parts of the world there are some of us who have all their meds and we forget to take them.

@stuartgouk316 22 күн бұрын

With this pod, I will now think of you two as "Jack & Jill" 🤣🤣🤣 This possibility of rolling down the hill, hope you don't have a "hole in your bucket" 🤣🤣

@ItsaDrama 22 күн бұрын

🤣🤣 Oh, Stuart...that made me laugh!!

@minnowx7099 19 күн бұрын

I read on stuff today that Pharmac have been directed to “stay within their budget” and although the Health Minister denies this means any cuts in practice it means they are limiting supply to $347000 a day and not being flexible at all - effectively “ working to rule”!I suppose and it is causing shortages for everyone.

@raytaylornz 15 күн бұрын

To expand on this Pharmac sticking to their budget is one of the key reasons why we get such cheap drugs in NZ. Drug companies bid to supply pharmac and knowing that pharmac have a specific budget to stick to is something that drives prices down. Drug companies know they need to bid low and win the pharmac contract otherwise they wont be selling much of their product in NZ. Pharmac is designed to get the many common drugs to new zealanders at a cheap price, but not to cover everything.

@minnowx7099 14 күн бұрын

@@raytaylornz This is not to do with the contract - this is after they have it. They are restricting supply because they are being pressured to account on a daily budget rather than being able to scale up or down depending on demand. Micomanagement is never an effective way of managing and leads to the situation we are now in where the medicine people need is unavailable due to an artificial constraint - a disguised budget cut in effect

@babishedavy7631 21 күн бұрын

I love you two. ❤ I am desperate to move to New Zealand, I was there with my husband in 2011, and have wanted to move there ever since. We took our young children there last year, and it solidified it even stronger. However, I'm not sure my husband will get as good a job out there and we would be leaving family behind. I'm happy to leave them😂, but think my husband and kids would miss them greatly. Your videos always give me hope and makes me feel like I'm there again. Thank you Bri and Liz, you are both so wonderful. ❤

@ItsaDrama 20 күн бұрын

What an absolutely beautiful message! Thank you so very much. We are happy to bring a slice of New Zealand to you while you work on convincing the rest of the family! Thank you again for your kind words 🥰 Liz and Brian

@susanhammond2724 27 күн бұрын

Love hearing these little snippets of day to day life. I live in a small rural town in Selwyn Canterbury and can so relate to the 4-square and local cafe stories and people. Ours is a 5 minute walk from home. I think they must be the same everywhere. 😅

@ItsaDrama 27 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoy them, Susan. We love having you with us and it is always a pleasure to see your name here ❤️ Have a wonderful weekend my friend! With love to all in beautiful Canterbury! Liz and Brian 😊

@BrigidWard23 25 күн бұрын

I am clearly American because I thought he was kind by saying. May I just say, I would like to have some time with my wife. To me that’s not rude at all. He didn’t say “get the eff out of here” which I have heard said in New York. I am married to a kiwi and he doesn’t think it’s rude either.

@Mysterx1440 24 күн бұрын

Im a kiwi and i think he handled it well. Its not his fault that harmonica guy lacks social awareness.

@ItsaDrama 23 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing, Brigid! We appreciate you being with us. Sending much love to the USA 🇺🇸🥰

@bucketree 13 күн бұрын

You two are hilarious 😹

@ItsaDrama 12 күн бұрын

We're glad that we can make you giggle, Yvonne! 🥰 Thank you for being with us!

@geraintroberts565 22 күн бұрын

Hope to be in New Plymouth/Taranaki in November. Love your videos!

@ItsaDrama 22 күн бұрын

Thank you! Have a fabulous time! 😃

@clausbuhlsrensen602 Күн бұрын

One fine day, I do come by for coffee

@renatamortazavi2450 24 күн бұрын

Oooh Liz and Brian, you both are such an amazing couple. 💖We love your episodes and are always happy to see your smiling faces.💕 We're laughing and learning about your beautiful New Zealand at the same time.👍 We completely agree that if you want some private time in a public place, it's okay to nicely ask someone to leave us alone. The American handled it very politely and nicely. Good for him!👍 The story with the supermarket young lad is interesting. We think he might be underage and therefore not allowed to serve or sell alcohol, which is why he asked his supervisor.🤔 He probably didn't realize it was vinegar! 😜 Medication shortages seem to be a global issue. 🙉We’ve had some shortages in Canada as well. My pharmacist had to find a perfect replacement, and thankfully, I have one now. Thank you again for your informative and entertaining vlog.💖 Love you guys!💖💖

@ItsaDrama 23 күн бұрын

Love you too 😍 Thank you as always for your fabulous support and love xx

@rosalenebradbury2722 16 күн бұрын

Love you stories. As a NZer born and bred and well travelled there are two reasona we run out of pharmaseuticals periodically - 1) Only ONE container of X drug is ordered per YEAR for the country. Normally it arrives in Spring, and by mid Winter the following year it has run out. (I kid you not) 2) The financial year means that the govt cant order the next container till after 30 June (hence the Spring arrival three months later.) There are only 5m of us, two containers would be overkill and are not budgeted for in the govt health budget. Moreover major international pharmaceutical companies have a long - several years - lead time - they do not supply emergency shipments.).. NZ is a long way away, most goods ( CERTAINLY anything bought by the govt) arrives by sea. Lots more chances of containers being late. On a similar note did you realise that this year, 2024, there was no oral morphine in the country AT ALL for the first six months (so tough if you needed it) because the one and only factory that makes it in Australasia (Perth) shut down a while back and there were delays in the build of a new one, (As a special concession at usurious cost a different overseas supplier did agree to sell us some,, but the govt could only get enough for the sickest and the emergency supply did not make it to the provinces anyway. Moral of the story, don't get sick in Winter, Cheers Rosie

@ItsaDrama 13 күн бұрын

What a fabulous comment, Rosalene, thank you SO much for sharing this fantastic information with us! 🥰

@bethanyrangel9779 28 күн бұрын

As an American, sometimes I forget that other places will think it's rude if you tell someone to "can you please leave" or along those lines are considered rude. Doesn't matter how polite you are about it. 😅 However I have really bad anxiety so I would just just let the man talk to me and ask all the questions. 😆

@ItsaDrama 27 күн бұрын

Are you SURE you’re not secretly English, Bethany??? 😂😂 thank you for being here with us and for saying hi have a great weekend! 😊

@bethanyrangel9779 26 күн бұрын

@@ItsaDrama I WISH I was secretly English 😆but I am not. If life were differently I would have found a way to move to New Zealand myself. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

@summerlake356 19 күн бұрын

Like the UK 50 years ago, sounds fabulous to me! I think most people in the UK would agree, whether they were alive then, or not. The UK declined horrifically between 2000 and now.

@MyEverydayGarden 27 күн бұрын

I relate to the HRT patch shortage. I got the last box from our pharmacy last month (coromandel peninsula region)and this month they said I could have some pills(on the doctors say so) then they said hang on we have these patches(larger dose)you just have to cut them into quarters😂So I’ve got both at the moment. I think with more research into HRT and an aging population often exhibiting signs of bone loss etc it’s become a whole lot more popular.

@ItsaDrama 27 күн бұрын

Oh, I hear you!! The same thing happened to me last week…cut this massive one into three…I swear, my back looks like a patchwork quilt!! 😂😂

@MyEverydayGarden 27 күн бұрын

@@ItsaDrama 🤣

@meatavoreNana 21 күн бұрын

I stopped taking HRT ,handled the flushes. It worried me when my sister was on it and got breast cancer.

@ERo1972 19 күн бұрын

Let me know if you need some 😂help. Artist in, Melbourne but Maori fella moved in 2009. Handy with editing and thumb nails. But keep going. Awesome couple. I am in my fifties in Melbourne on a yacht 😮

@ItsaDrama 16 күн бұрын

Thank you! Happy to have you with us, my friend 😊 Liz and Bri x

@user-oz7gc9bi7w 28 күн бұрын

You guys are brilliant. I didn't quite get the vinegar story... surely he didn't mistake that for alcohol?? 😂 My thoughts would've gone to why? What happened to that bottle of vinegar.... did they find an old case in the basement (was it out of date?)

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Ha ha ha! I should have explained that… So the bottle is quite large (75 mil I think) and it is also green and on the label. On the front of the bottle there is a picture of grapes and the words ‘Modena’ written in quite big letters…I think this is what confused the poor lad 😂🍇🍇 Thank you for being with us! Have a great weekend 😊

@Carolevw 28 күн бұрын

@@ItsaDramaLol,Yes it's obvious to me, the bottle looked like a wine bottle to some degree, but what is obvious is, he doesn't do any cooking,! 😂😂😂

@user-oz7gc9bi7w 16 күн бұрын

@Carolevw at least not with fancy vinegar! 😆 😁

@rosselliot8971 16 күн бұрын

You should look at the connection between the shortage of HRT for women and the high use of puberty blockers for children since NZ has the highest rate of puberty blocker usage in the world.

@Pauline-s7t 12 күн бұрын

Really????

@Passionjp 9 күн бұрын

Love from japan ❤

@prizecowproductions 7 күн бұрын

Having worked in the UK in the late 80,s for a American English company in London That did construction. I was regularly dealing with both countries sides of behaviour. The Poms were conservative and would have a little whinge about it. The Americans were loud and brash and push ahead no matter the problem. Aussie Jeff Moore

@meeramanickam4527 28 күн бұрын

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@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

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@jillcadman8139 24 күн бұрын

very funny🤣🤣

@ItsaDrama 23 күн бұрын

Glad it made you giggle Jill! Thank you for being with us! 😘😃

@bernz3025 28 күн бұрын

Benny Hill: What’s the difference between a vitamin and a hormone? You can’t make a vitamin! My Scottish friend (both of us are in Auckland) didn’t it. Sorry, you mentioned them ❤

@ItsaDrama 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for joining us! 😊

@slamtilt01 28 күн бұрын

Russia 🇷🇺 has quite a history with the USA 🇺🇸. Obviously 🙄 they did own Alaska up until 1867. But they also had a colony in California called Fort Ross from 1812 to 1841. But at that time it would’ve been too far for them to project power so they left it.

@ItsaDrama 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing, we appreciate you 😊Have a lovely weekend!

@prizecowproductions 7 күн бұрын

South Sea Poms thats what i have always called my mates in Kiwi Land

@dustinfrost5214 20 күн бұрын

Just pop Down to the local tinny shop

@TheScratchingKiwi 28 күн бұрын

HRT: yeah it's short everywhere. Pharmacy companies are merging overseas and pulling out of the market. Pharmac has not been on the ball to organise alternatives when possible. The issue with HRT is that it seems only one brand is making all the HRT NZ imports and that company is not making enough for the world. It does not help that the amount of medicine Pharmacists can get of this type seems to be throttled. They know when people will want repeats, but they never have any in their stocks. This means Pharmacies are getting tight with repeats; if you have more than a few days of a medicine, they will not fill the script! I've had to beg at the counter. You may need to switch off patches to get continuity. See what your GP says. There is a list on the Pharmac website of supply issues and medicine discontinuations. Keep a close eye on this if you are on prescription medicine.

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Thank you!! Wow…I knew someone would know but I didn’t expect such an in-depth answer. Really appreciate that, thank you!! 💕 Liz x

@TheScratchingKiwi 28 күн бұрын

*switch off patches to tablets! Tablets seem easier to get. Not easy, easier.

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

@@TheScratchingKiwi I'll get onto the GP tomorrow. Thank you!

@robert3987 28 күн бұрын

I enjoyed the Mouth Organ Man story. I must admit, I was waiting for you to say the Greenpeace Man blew his top.😅

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Hehehe!!! Me too, Robert, but quite the opposite 😂😂 must be all that peacefulness oozing from his tea shirt…😉😂💚💚

@DeanSmith-x8b 11 күн бұрын

Had a little laugh about your vinegar story. People under 20 aren't allowed to sell alcohol so he had to clear it through his supervisor also they have to have like a alcohol duty manager on at all times or they cant sell it at all. Also somewhere near the checkout they have to display the name of the duty manager. Basically anymore over 20 who works there sits an exam gets a certificate. One of them has to be on duty or they're not allowed to sell alcohol. Still funny though.

@ItsaDrama 10 күн бұрын

Thank you for being with us, Dean! 😊

@user-dw9ip8cx5j 28 күн бұрын

If a woman from Croatia is wanting work as a health assistant, can you please tell me what she needs to do to make it easy. She has been trying by herself for a year and no luck so far

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

We suggest contacting Prudence from Accent Health. (Healthcare recruiters). She is lovely and I’m sure would be able to help 😊

@peterrhodes5663 27 күн бұрын

You have no skill that is in demand here. Your only chance is to find someone who lives here, and marry them, unless you are a qualified nurse. Plenty of unemployed that can do that work.

@jobond3317 27 күн бұрын

@@peterrhodes5663thats not true. There is work for care assistance in Nz. In hospitals and resthomes. Yes rest homes do not pay well and the work is hard and demanding.

@grandadneal8114 25 күн бұрын

Disguise herself as an Indian we let 250,000 of them in last year

@Mysterx1440 24 күн бұрын

@@grandadneal8114I heard that National have shut that door

@jillcadman8139 24 күн бұрын

@janineclarkson3991 20 күн бұрын

I’m getting some Catherine Tate vibes dunno why but I would complete me if you’d said’ the dirty bastards’ 😂

@ItsaDrama 20 күн бұрын

I might drop that in the next video, Janine...just for you! 🇬🇧🇬🇧😆

@janineclarkson3991 20 күн бұрын

@@ItsaDrama thank you ☺️

@markcrisp8279 25 күн бұрын

Brian. Just put hands in air and say: Liz Liz your right sweet as .......... VIAGRA won't make you Brad Pitt..... But it will make you Roger Moore .......

@ItsaDrama 23 күн бұрын

At last!! A man who speaks sense...😂😂😂 Love you, Mark!

@summerlake356 19 күн бұрын

But how hard is it to move to New Zealand? EU citizen, IT consultant. I assume I would be competing with all of India and China for a spot in paradise....?

@fraserwilson9852 16 күн бұрын

Whinging poms Whinging

@hmmm6775 28 күн бұрын

You descibe things well but It would be nice if you would show actual footages of what you are talking about

@user-ir3eb8jn2t 28 күн бұрын

great show again love home when it ome to my meds back home 3 months supply would cost me $20 but here in Philippines one months supply cost me $100 BUT PAYING $400 a month for 2 bedrrom apartment which includes internet and TV off sets price

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Interesting! Thank you for sharing. Sending much love to the Philippines! 🇵🇭😊

@hanamason5379 28 күн бұрын

I agree with your daughter. That was mean. How hard is it to take 5 minutes of your life to show kindness to a harmless person, who is trying to make people’s life better by playing them a song.

@ItsaDrama 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for joining us, Hana, we appreciate you😊

@victoriabutler2465 27 күн бұрын

Agree. It will be someone with a disability, why can’t we be kind. Direct does work with these members of our community. But they want to be included not rejected.

@erikowren7894 59 минут бұрын

As an American it was not mean. The guy interrupted them and invaded there Paige and space. They allowed to correct it.