SCARY THINGS IN NEW ZEALAND (That'll Have You Running For Cover.)

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And who could blame you? Clean, safe, green. Hobbits roaming the countryside in search of golden rings. Perfick.
But what about the scary things in New Zealand? The matters that make you nervous about visiting down under?
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@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, Liz...Famous last words..." we're gonna hurry things along..." 🤣🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of moving to New Zealand - SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE 5-day video guide! itsadrama.com/ilovenz/

@Andy_M986 3 жыл бұрын

Another time,my dad took me to a funeral, someone from his work,he was mingling with the other people, and I was sitting down waiting for him. An old man in a black suit came over and said,"Live your life to the fullest son,it's too short to waste it", then passed his hand over my head and walked off. I was about 5 i think,my dad came over, and told me to go and pay my respect to the guy in the coffin, I went over,looked in,and it was the same old man that was talking to me. For years I freaked out,couldn't sleep without the light on. Years later, I learned that. . That old man had a twin.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness...I was reading this with goose bumps.. then read that he had a twin and no-one told you? Poor thing! You must have never slept at night...Love this story, thank you so much for sharing it (there is something about spine tingling stuff that is so fascinating!!) ☺️

@Andy_M986 3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsaDrama I told this joke to the staff at work,half of them spat out their drinks, the other half laughed for about 10 minutes.😊

@moniquegin8444 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

@@Andy_M986 🤣

@garywheaton-lifewithgaz50 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I love you guys you're awesome.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊We are so grateful that you are here and that you take the time to connect with us 😊

@vexxxboy 3 жыл бұрын

i live in Rotorua and when you live on a native geothermal field with ground collapsing and geysers springing up without warning you tend not to worry about volcanoes.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

yes! Being in Rotorua is something else - love that place! 🥰

@dominicray-chaudhuri4576 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there may be earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis but as far as I'm concerned the most dangerous thing here is other drivers. The standard of driving here is appalling and it's a daily hazard! Love your videos. Keep them coming!

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Dominic, we appreciate your support! 😊

@heatherrhind 2 жыл бұрын

You'd hate india

@bluebellybrown2361 2 жыл бұрын

I went over to visit my nephew at Hawera Taranaki the mountain dominates the town as a maori i can feel the life force of that mountain almost bought tears to my eyes ..so the energy you feel is what we feel.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Love this so much ❤️Thank you for sharing.

@susanhammond2724 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this! You have a great view in the background. Thanks for sharing. 😀😀

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Susan, always lovely to have you 🥰

@r.1599 Жыл бұрын

I grew up on the beach, on the east coat, Northland. I remember the first time I heard a tsunami warning on the radio as a child. I spent every night after that, for over a decade, lying awake at night, hearing the surf and dreading a tsunami. I have PTSD from that. Never felt an earthquake when growing up, never saw a tornado of any size. But a friend of mine died of skin cancer when he was 25. The farmer down the road did the same when was about 55. Another friend of mine has scars on her arms from skin cancer removal. I first encountered towering columns of merciless sandflies at Tutukaka while on a family trip, and have vowed to avoid any area with sandflies should I win that magical lottery and move back home. Sandflies are a variety of black fly, which means they bite chunks out of your flesh.

@WendyJoseph-ww8ws 9 ай бұрын

Ugh! Kiwi here from over the Ditch. I do NOT miss the Sandflies!

@johnforde7735 3 жыл бұрын

Love to see Mt Taranaki in the background. It was a stand in for Mt Fuji in "The Last Samurai".

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it John. So a beautiful and magnificent❤️ We never tire of admiring him...☺️

@michaelgrey7854 2 жыл бұрын

Mt Egmont in the background is such a beutiful mountain. :)

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

We think so too 😊

@maxineamon 2 жыл бұрын

Lake Taupo, our largest lake, located in the middle of the North Island, is one big volcanic crater. When it blew 2,000 years ago it wiped out the forests in the central area (where the Desert Road passes through) and was recorded by the Greeks because they saw the glow and it darkened the skies for a long time.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing, this is fascinating! 😊

@pollyrg97 2 жыл бұрын

1. Volcanoes 2. Earthquakes 3. Tsunamis 4. Tornadoes 5. The Sun (skin cancer) 6. Sandflies

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Hope that you enjoyed the show ☺️

@Andy_M986 3 жыл бұрын

Scariest thing for me growing up,was when my ex,we were 15 and 14,asked me if I had ever thought about marriage, scarred me for life.😱

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

🤣You nutcase!!

@umumclean8161 Жыл бұрын

Great show again.

@lrVyne 2 жыл бұрын

Your view is absolutely stunning

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Pina 😊

@bri200490 3 жыл бұрын

Driving …..lol used to be 15 years old

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Crikey...I can't imagine...😳🤣

@unpluggedkiwi1063 3 жыл бұрын

Only one thing to do if you see a volcano erupting. "Sit down, put your head between your knees, and kiss your arse goodbye."

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

I'll remember that Colin! Thank you for watching! 😊

@petrieberries 2 жыл бұрын

Norway? I live there! I had no idea about uv rays being so high here but when I think about it you can get burned in spring when the snow is still on the ground

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Oh that's so wonderful to hear that we have someone watching the show from Norway! Helllooo to you guys and your lovely country! 🇳🇴🇳🇿

@elaineremains Жыл бұрын

i've lived in vancouver canada for 30 years and i have yet to feel one of the earthquakes, but you have succeeded in scaring me about the rest!!

@ItsaDrama Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Elaine, Lots of love to BC 🇨🇦

@eileenhildreth8355 3 жыл бұрын

Rotorua is actually in a volcanic caldera...,somehow we never ever worried about that, the earthquakes were a fact of life in the Bay of plenty, in the 60s when American kids were being nuclear bomb drills we were doing earthquake drills. Kids still do, just like fire drills, but they weren't super scary..

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

I guess it's what ever you grow up with isn't it Eileen? It's great that the schools do those drills, makes the kids aware (and then they can tell parents like me what to do?! 😉) Thank you so much for watching!

@hoffman117 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in PNG so got used to quakes as much as 1 cn .

@quakegirlnz 3 жыл бұрын

I've lost count of how many large (7+ magnitude) quakes I have "survived", the Seddon/Kaikoura double whammy was intensely insane. 2 minutes of being shaken off your feet crawling out the house the sound was total bonkers, the aftershocks for months afterwards were triggering. Humour especially dark humour gets you through, and a pair of land surfing shoes 😂

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

That must have been terrifying... Thank you for watching and for sharing your story. Agree that humour 100% gets you through the hardest of times! Keep smilin'! 😁

@quakegirlnz 3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsaDrama Always 😁 I thoroughly enjoy your warm, funny encounters with NZ. Top stuff!

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

@@quakegirlnz Thank you ☺️

@lindadechiazza2924 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! California. I know usually monitors alerts and evacuations happen before full or gaseous eruptions. . .maybe call your representative and ask for evacuation plan so a just in case scenario

@vivwinsome2363 Жыл бұрын

6.52s " Liz is a minesweeper " 🤣🤣🤣

@injectingRevolution 2 жыл бұрын

You guys do know that lake Taupo is a caldera of a large super volcano.

@terryadamz870 3 жыл бұрын

Love u channel and ya work👍 U forgot to mention paritutu😳that’s whats left of a huge volcano And then there was lake Taupo 😬

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Of course!! There are always things that afterwards we say "oh! We should have said about that!" The first week we arrived in Taranaki 12 years ago and we went to climb Paritutu - we were so shocked to see that people were climbing (what looked like a flippin' mountain to us) up there in crocks and trainers!! Now of course we are used to it and climb up on a Saturday to take in the view...just lovely! Thank you for your kind words Terry 😊

@marleneedwards6989 2 жыл бұрын

Liz you pronounce Taranaki very well.... very much appreciated from this maori nani

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marlene 😊

@WarrenVanWyck15 3 жыл бұрын

Regarding tornadoes: You should know that Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz was from Kansas! Sure, it borders Oklahoma... but have you ever seen the movie "Twister"? That takes place in Oklahoma. Great movie too. It was the first movie I ever saw in the theater without my family. I went with a friend when we were 11 (in 1996).

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

You're right, Kansas...there's no place like home...And yes, Twister is a fab film! Thanks for watching! 😊

@keacoq 2 жыл бұрын

A French person from Verdun once asked me why people live in NZ with all those earthquakes. I replied that every place as its risks. Verdun has had invading armies pass through it twice in the last 100 years or so. Keep up the good work on the videos.....

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thanks so much for watching! 😊

@purplepuma123 2 жыл бұрын

I love your guys effortless prononciation of Taranaki. You’d put my mum, a born and raised kiwi to shame 😊 Congrats to Tess for getting her learners!The kids would get them at 15 back in the day 😲

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@danielknight9956 2 жыл бұрын

I'm off on my wedding aniversary to Rotarua in August now I'm bricking it. Lol thanks guys .

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

😆Aww...you'll be ok...have a great time Daniel! 😊

@JamesHurford 2 жыл бұрын

I remember eathquake drills at school. And we had tsunami evacuation drills, up the nearest hill. There are signs along the Whanganui river about tsunamis. I remember the rolling earthquake in NZ, I was in Wellington at the time, walking along the waterfront. I grabed a post and I felt it move from side to side. It was scary. Thankfully I wasn't in the multi story building I'd not long left, as that would be really scary as they sway from side to side. I remember it being 3 days for emergency kit. Maybe it's different where you're living. You're way better prepared than most people who don't bother at all. The UV is because of the hole in the ozone layer for NZ. That's what I was told. Ozone provides protection from UV.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching James! 😊

@cdalesupersix 3 жыл бұрын

Put on sunscreen, nothing else is not worth worrying about. Climbed ngarahoe, walked past tongariro, been in a few shakes. Been here fifty years, none of these things are worth worrying about. Bugs..... just keep moving. Pfffffft sandflies! Just give em a slap.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Yep! Perfect advice! Thanks so much for watching 😁

@sambodi9332 3 жыл бұрын

Yep your right. Seen ausys come here from 40 celcius summer. Only to get burt to a crisp. Lol

@moniquegin8444 3 жыл бұрын

just give em a slap.......lol

@monowaikiwi6802 3 жыл бұрын

You should get some old time Kiwis on to tell what its really about - you see us kiwis who have been around for 150 years dont concern ourselves with your scary things as they (except sandflies!!) are out of our control. NZ Life is about living - not worrying what may be. Yes - there are earth quakes - but there is also traffic accidents and all sorts of other things that can end is tears. You seem to have got the "kiwi attitude" and not worry about what you cant control - and enjoy what you have. Cheers

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

We would LOVE to have an 'old time kiwi' on our show! That's such a fabulous idea! 😁 My email is liz@itsadrama.com if you know of anyone who would like to come onto the show and share an interesting story please put me in contact with them. Thank you so much fo watching and for your suggestion! 😊 Liz

@RM-ti8nf 3 жыл бұрын

You're right, the Japanese tsunami WAS 2011 Brian 🙂 not long after the Chch quake. It terrified me because I was only 4mtrs above sea level and wanting to leave Chch forever anyway. Deet is the key ingredient to deter sandflies.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! (*Note to oneself...have faith in first answer 😆) Thanks for watching!

@kumarvikramaditya9636 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from literally the other corner of the world!🇮🇸It's intriguing to see how similar our geographies are despite us being poles apart.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Heellllooo Iceland!! Hope you are keeping well and enjoying those long light days! 🇮🇸❤️

@cazi13mama67 2 жыл бұрын

Talking about earthquakes here, one night my daughter and I decided to sleep in the lounge area (lazy weekend), and at 1-3am there was this violent shake of the house. I dang well tried to wake my daughter up (thinking safety - get out of the house) and her response was: mumbling what, what (sleep-talking). I was getting wild/hoha (meaning annoyed) cos she wouldnt't wake up. By the time the earthquake stopped and my daughter finally wakes up and goes "what Mum?", I said: "nevermind go back to sleep".....shesh!!!

@DomingoDeSantaClara 3 жыл бұрын

I read the title and honestly couldn't think of any scary things in NZ. Most of the things you mention are only scary to people that have never lived in NZ. The only time I recall being scared was in the 70s,walking home from school when an earthquake hit,it was very violent and I wrapped my arms around a lamp post to stay on my feet. I think I was around 6-7 at the time.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

That must have been scary... Thanks so much for watching and for sharing your story ☺️

@downtherabbithole9143 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! you made NZ sound so scary! I live here and now you have me worried 🤣🤣🤣 I live on the coast and we don’t get tsunami warnings or sirens...the rule is...if it’s long and strong, get gone. But last time that happened I woke up but thought oh, please stop, I’m too tired to get up. But then friends and family from round the country start texting and telling us how there’s been a tsunami warning...so eventually I looked up the council website and saw the warning, called my neighbour and we drove up the hill. Called some other neighbours but meh...they weren’t bothering. Sat up the hill for an hour or so, got the all clear and went home again. Only the second time in my life I’ve moved for an earthquake/ tsunami warning though. If a ‘for real’ one hit I’d be under water before I got round to deciding to get out of bed. I suppose we’ve all gotta go some time...that’s what I tell myself......earthquakes are scary though not gonna lie, but you do get used to them, they don’t happen that often, and usually over pretty quick. Rather that than snakes *shudder*.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Or poisonous spiders! I loved reading your comment, thank you so much (and it made me feel better about not getting gout of bed when the house began to shake...🤣)

@barbaraengland7104 Жыл бұрын

😂 Mt Taranaki would give warning first Even though dormant it is still being monitored by scientists

@chchwoman9960 3 жыл бұрын

That cat is just too pretty. Hope to see it in future vids

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Awww...Pandora...she's a cheeky little minx Nicola!! 😻

@johanmeischke9189 Жыл бұрын

Switzerland mountains snow, reflecting uv

@rollyrolly7729 3 жыл бұрын

Been in Wellington all my life and only once got under cover and that was the big Kaikoura quake. I did think to myself that night that things were going to be bad. It started off as normal but then started to intensify. It would get stronger and stronger. I had to really brace myself in the doorway and hang on as the house creaked, twisted, rolled in every direction like your on a ride but it was for real. I recall saying to myself this must be the one we've been overdue for and to just hang on and hope for the best. It keep increasing in strength and then eased off quickly. That's the only time I've shat my pants here. All the other ones you just pause for a second or two and they go away and you carry on. Even in major earthquakes around the western world there are very few casualties really. You've got more chance of dying on a plane or car crash combined, than you would of an earthquake. It makes you aware of nature just as you guys said in the beginning

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this...yes...nature makes you super respectful. Things like the earthquakes make you realise just how small and powerless we are don't they? Thanks again for taking the time to watch and to share. 😊

@chchwoman9960 3 жыл бұрын

I do feel quite conscious that the Alpine Fault could easily give at any moment, and may very well in my life time. Love my walks by the lake here in Te Anau - with an extra bit of spice, wondering how it will be when chunks of mountain drop into the lake when the big one hits. My guess is that we won't even know about it until we meet St Peter. Have experienced 2 biggies - Doubtful Sound in 2009, and Kaikoura in 2016. Both 7.8 mag

@stephenfarry3151 3 жыл бұрын

Had a house in Wellington back in the 90s along Upton Road. Been outside NZ, apart from holiday visits, since 97. Sold my house only because one house, two doors down, went for an unscheduled trip off its foundations to the bottom of the hill. But loved living in Wellington, such an underrated city back then.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenfarry3151, Thanks for sharing, yes...seeing a house go for walkies down the hill might have prompted me to call the real estate agent too?!! 😬

@gordonbennett5638 3 жыл бұрын

The sheilas are a bit scary.....

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Only the ones who drink vodka and cranberry...😉Thanks for watching!

@moniquegin8444 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@madpete6438 3 жыл бұрын

Small willie willies - little tornado's..... puff into existence puff right out again... Fun when sailing a small boat.... Mind you that one in south auckland was the worst I could remember

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Never heard of that saying! Thanks for watching and for sharing Pete! 😊

@BeansKnees 2 жыл бұрын

Kids now in NZ can get their licence at 16, but when I was a teen, it was 15! Living on a farm I was learning to drive at 14. We lived up in the hills and our road was about 1km long. So, my folks would let me drive to the end of the road to teach me, and if it was quiet on the roads I was allowed to drive to the next bend on the main road (which was about 200m away). My little brother had to wait until it he was 16 (it changed about 3 years after I got my learners licence) and I was so nervous for him lol, both younger siblings had to wait that extra year and didn’t even know it used to be 15. Recently my little sis and I were talking about this and they were really surprised it used to be 15. I remember when it was changing to 16 and majority of the rural communities didn’t want it changed because a lot of the rural kids had after school commitments so removing their independence to drive themselves disrupted this.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this! Loved it ☺️ We really appreciate you being here with us. ☺️

@juliewilliams3579 3 жыл бұрын

Live in Christchurch and you saw buildings doing things they shouldn't. Happened so often you got use to them. Sort of. 😬

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

We visited Christchurch last year and the feeling of unity and positivity in the city was quite remarkable. Such a beautiful place. ☺️

@jimbo6059 3 жыл бұрын

In Wellington there are around 200 earthquakes or more a year. Most so undetectable, there is one though every 4 years that releases a slow amd more powerful quake but still nothing huge, just a slow release of energy. But it is criss crossed with faults. Switzerland is also quite high up so it gets a lot more rays.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you James 😊

@danielm4696 2 жыл бұрын

There are three factors that influence UV - the two you mentioned (ozone hole & lack of pollution/dust), but the other is that the earth is closest to the sun during the southern summer.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information Daniel! We really appreciate it 😊

@robert3987 3 жыл бұрын

In NZ you might be struck by lightning. Wooden houses are safe in earthquakes unless you live on the side of a steep hill, which might slide away.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Ermmm Peter...WE live on the side of a hill...oh gosh...😳(But then it was retained brilliantly by Brian and his woodwork skills so we should be ok!) Fingers crossed!😁

@MeppyMan 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t miss the sandflies!

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

😂No...they're just starting to reappear here in the Naki with summer around the corner. Thanks for watching Mark 😊

@maccladoz 3 жыл бұрын

It has always been, and it always will be Mt Egmont to me. No disrespect but at nearly 60 it is hard to change.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Ian ☺️

@robert3987 3 жыл бұрын

It's always been Mt Egmont for me too. I'm 66. I'll always remember climbing it as a schoolkid and seeing New Plymouth far below.

@iallso1 3 жыл бұрын

I think it may have been Taranaki before it was Egmont.

@maccladoz 3 жыл бұрын

@@iallso1 Quite possibly, but when I was at school in the 70's it was always referred to as Mt Egmont and that is what I grew up calling it. Now it doesn't bother me that they've changed the name, it's just that if you call something by a certain name for 60 odd years, it's very hard to suddenly change, which is why it will always be Mt Egmont to me, because it is just ingrained into my brain.

@jannythomas3104 2 жыл бұрын

I'm older and it's a no brainer to call it mt Taranaki, just repeat to yourself for heaven's sake. You still can learn something can't you, learn that.

@ITTechHead 3 жыл бұрын

If Mt Taranaki erupted, you are plenty far enough away to be unaffected, at worst you might get some ash if the wind was blowing in the your direction from the mountain

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carl 😊

@kathyscott2885 2 жыл бұрын

Read the title and couldn’t think what was scary about living here. Only live in Auckland on volcano field. Thought wasps and white tail spiders haha

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Kathy 😊

@kaptainkiwi 2 жыл бұрын

There are NO scary things here in Aotearoa. I love Mt Taranaki and have hiked it many times I live in Hawera close to you guys, loving the Vids keep up the awesome content

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Mike and so glad to be alongside you in Taradise 🥰

@rollyrolly7729 3 жыл бұрын

Mt Taranaki was used in the movie the last samurai. As it looks like the Tokyo mountain that is sacred to the Japanese. I forget the name of the mountain. The only name I can think of is Fujiyama but I'm unsure

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Mt Fuji 🥰 The film was made before we arrived in Taranaki but we have heard lots of fab stories about Tom Cruise and the film making process!

@shane5156 3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha I was surprised you didn't mention our weta's hahahaha

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Shane..I actually think they are really lovely! (At a distance mind you... 🤣)I remember when my daughter 7 year old begged me to get her one to keep as a pet??!!

@richardsingh5827 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the taniwha I am most afraid of

@cadifan 2 жыл бұрын

I used to get bitten ALL THE TIME but since I was discovered to have a heart problem, the medications they put me on must taste bad to biting insects because I don't get bitten by ANYTHING anymore.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment David 😊

@user-xg6vw2ro5b 5 ай бұрын

Heading for Kaiti hill

@grahampeters6609 3 жыл бұрын

I live in West Otago we have twilight so sun goes down slowly in summer have very little snow most years, it's gone within a couple of days and as I'm typing this it's 10° out at 9:30 pm. I lived in Brentwood Essex for 2½ years from 1976 - 79 you had IRA problems, Gnats like sand flies, and freezing winters. I married my wonderful English wife before returning home in 79 @18years old, it took a few years before she fully settled but would not live any where else now. Enjoy your selves

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Graham and for taking the time to share your story! ☺️

@cmvalt5975 3 жыл бұрын

I'll see your Taranaki and raise you a Ruapehu, lol. I live in Raetihi, and this just came up in my suggested videos.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

So nice to have you! Thanks for taking the time to say hi! 😊

@gregarchipow7643 2 жыл бұрын

Re: earthquakes in NZ .buildings in NZ are built with quakes in mind

@johanmeischke9189 Жыл бұрын

If and when Taranaki or any of the other 3 in the Taupo volcanic zone blows you'll have about ,10 minutes to bend over and do the proverbial. Remember the entire nth isl is essentially one gynormous volcanoe

@PhilipTaramai 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, I'd prefer a decent Shake over sandflies! LoL

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

🤣 The smallest are always the worst...Thanks for watching Philip! 😁

@davidtyree1842 Жыл бұрын

The last time a tidal wave killed someone in NZ was over 150 years ago.

@jimmyers7044 Жыл бұрын

Emergency rations? What about those big things on 4 legs behind you? I know that there not Tim Tams but you could eat on them (for weeks) if you had to.

@ItsaDrama Жыл бұрын

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@gregarchipow7643 2 жыл бұрын

uv rays Norway and Switzerland high altitude

@greggiles7309 3 жыл бұрын

Just had a Tornado in Auckland which killed one person.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Yes...that was so very sad. We recorded this show back in May so we couldn't mention it. Sending the family much love and condolences. ❤️

@haydenoswin 3 жыл бұрын

Meeeeow... the cat was the star!

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't she!! She is such a show off!~ 😻

@whitelady1948 3 жыл бұрын

Should show a Naki Sun set.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Got lots of those...we will do our best to include it soon! Thank you for watching ☺️

@jimmyers7044 Жыл бұрын

Lemon grass keeps the flies away.

@kellyheppleston7157 3 жыл бұрын

Maaate....dont stress...shell be right!

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Love it! 🥰

@gilesgoldsbro5816 3 жыл бұрын

Higher UV level at altitude

@iallso1 3 жыл бұрын

I was sent to check the state of a toilet block in the Florida Everglades, I applied repellent walked in, came straight back out and was bitten multiple times. Then I moved to NZ and there have been several locations where the sandflies have been even worse, I think the worst was Lake Rotoroa in the Nelson Lakes area, and Lake Paringa in Westland, although sometimes I only need to go in the garden to hang out the washing to get bitten.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Ian...reading this and I'm sc-ra-tc-h-ing...🤣

@heathcornbeef 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in the Naki back in the 90s that insanely awesome mountain was out my bedroom window about 10 km away LOVE IT MISS IT every time I go back to the Naki (where the men are men and the SHEEP are TERRIFIED) when you're coming down the coast and THAT mountain comes into view i feel happy/home and I'm the JAFA born and bred in (AUCKLAND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND THE EXACT CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Love this description...describes Taranaki perfectly 🥰 Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to share your story with us! 😊

@heathcornbeef 3 жыл бұрын

When I was living in the Naki it was the best live PUNKROCK scene anywhere in the world tiny city with so many great bands. STICKY FILTH are still my favourite band from any where in the world T.H.C TARANAKI HARD CORE..... and WELCOME TO AOTEAROA YOU GUY'S

@bruceleen6086 2 жыл бұрын

Hi dettol and baby oil mix it together put in a spray bottle spray on your skin no more sandflies

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip! Thanks! 😊

@juliewilliams3579 3 жыл бұрын

Higher altitude???

@beejaynz4285 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like Plymouth road or Hurford road, I am a 68yo Naki lad,

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Hellooo fellow Nakian!! 🥰Thanks so much for watching!

@bmmaru 3 жыл бұрын

I cant say ive ever been involved in any of those disasters in Auckland. I felt a tremor in 2005 when I thought my cousin pushed the couch I was sitting on... no that doesn't count. maybe a close encounter in 2012 when the tornado passed by my college in Mount Albert and hit north shore. up north takes the cake, at night its mosquitoes then day sandflies

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds as though you have had some lucky escapes! Thanks so much for watching 😊

@bmmaru 3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsaDrama love your work, its as equally entertaining as listening to the radio 😊

@HarmonyHaven44 3 жыл бұрын

Japan - The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@harrycurrie9664 3 жыл бұрын

The reason why most NZ homes are built of wood ..earthquakes. As a matter of interest, how far are you from MT Taranaki ? my guess would be about 15 klm ?

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

About that yes, Harry. Close enough to admire and respect and far enough away to run fast...😉🗻

@michaelgrey7854 2 жыл бұрын

Of course what is more scary is the Taupo Supervolcano. I.e The whole of lake Taupo is a volcano. If that goes then the whole country is screwed!

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely! Thanks for watching Michael 😊

@earthwomanforever 2 жыл бұрын

you forgot about the wetas in the woodpile and the possums in your attic 😀

@garthpaul6216 2 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah, I'm 57 - hate them with a passion. How I would describe them ... Think of a bad ass/ pre historic mother fogger grass hopper + 150%

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

😆We had rats in our attic once...they ate all of our Xmas decs...scared the life out of me...😬Thanks for watching Barbara ☺️

@jaceacekalgoorlie 2 жыл бұрын

If you had grown up here, you could have gotten a license at 15. Bit different now.

@gregarchipow7643 2 жыл бұрын

re: white island eruption tourists were walking on the island when it erupted

@denisegibson819 2 жыл бұрын

I was told that the flies like to bite beer drinkers. I am the only one in our household that does not get bitten by the sand flies. 😋🤣🤗

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! That'll be another glass of wine for me tonight then...😆🍷

@moniquegin8444 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah when I was looking at buying property In NZ I'd see places in Taranaki and google map to see the proximity to the mountain itself and I'd be like hmm mmmm NO. Its a beautiful mountain and massive in real life and I love your view to it in the background tho. My place in Gisborne before I bought it I showed my husband the LIM or something with earthquake info for the area, since he's used to reading those bldg reports and he looked it up and down and said "No worse than where we are in San Francisco", so that was alright a risk for me being used to those. When I was growing up in NZ I never felt earthquakes. I'm comfortable where I am in Gisborne being tucked behind a hill in Kaiti it should steer a tsunami to downtown area I studied a topographical map, My place in Reefton makes me nervous though with the river behind the house, whenever I see the reports of heavy rains further north Im picturing the river rising, but I'll deal, so pretty with the trout. Isnt it funny when the old fellas come and tell you something about where youre building after youve built and not when you start, its like they wait to deliver the bad news the buggahs

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

🤣It's true!! Talk about raining on your parade...!! (Or bucketing it down as it's been here for the past few days in the Naki!) I love living so close to such an awe inspiring giant...and I do believe that it makes you appreciate life and ignore those little trivial things. Thanks for being there Monique! 😊

@juliewilliams3579 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes sand flies. Yes I'm with you. Ruins EVERYTHING LOL

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Small but lethal...😬😆

@vexxxboy 3 жыл бұрын

i have lived in NZ for 50 odd years and have never been bitten by a sandfly

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky! Don't ever visit my mum's garden...🤣Thanks for watching ☺️

@rosemaryporter6208 2 жыл бұрын

Some people don't attract the sand flies, they love me but never bother my husband ! Maybe he is too tough or sour ??

@strengthandmindset5318 3 жыл бұрын

I have to say, when I dug into skin cancer and saw NZ ranking 2nd it was scary! But then… wait a minute! UK is 13th it’s not like it’s 170th, it’s not that far from NZ! Well, you just have to pile up on that SPF factor and enjoy life!

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

That's so true and our philosophy too...these things are mostly out of your control so do what you can to stay safe and enjoy life! Thanks so much for sharing that!! 🥰

@dragunovbushcraft152 2 жыл бұрын

Living near a volcano? Nope! Snow? Nope! California sucks. I lived there. I moved. I was in the Bay Area, during the 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake, about 20 miles from the epicenter.... It was violent. No thanks. Tsunami? Just stay away from the coast. Tornado? WTH! I live in Texas, but just a little too south for tornadoes. Growing up in Kentucky, We call them "Horseflies", and they BITE! Austria, France, Germany, and Italy, border Switzerland.

@ItsaDrama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information and for watching! ☺️

@larryrayner3826 3 жыл бұрын

A hot teaspoon, hot as you can stand applied to the bite, will neutralize the protein in the bite. Works !!

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks Larry! 😁

@shellraym Жыл бұрын

Yes we have all these things. But you have to remember we are islands that are sitting length ways on the ring of fire. Still wouldn't live anywhere else

@flashrobbie 3 жыл бұрын

My nan's pet goat used to scare me as a child so I left it alone. Now I'm googling what it's like to punch a goat in another tab as I listen.

@flashrobbie 3 жыл бұрын

it's not good, don't do it

@robert3987 3 жыл бұрын

Insect repellent from the pharmacy keeps away sandflies.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter ☺️

@johanmeischke9189 Жыл бұрын

NZ gets.between 1800 to 3000 earthquakes anually

@Mcfreddo 3 жыл бұрын

I got my full licence for car and bike at 15. It's not like that now tho.

@aatravelandstuff2958 3 жыл бұрын

I am surprised nobody said the 🐀 Rats! That is the scariest and cockroaches yuck use to vacuum those suckers up. I don’t have either of those two were I live now!And possums my husband had one jump on his head when he was little.

@ItsaDrama 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh....I know I shouldn't laugh but Amy...On his head??? Yikes!!! The biggest rat I have ever seen in my life was one that my cat left for me on the deck. As a present...🤯I'm with you...I'm terrified of them!