Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:

[prl@hachyderm.io]

@rdm @sundogplanets @davidtheeviloverlord

As I was warned by an Aussie in NZ...

In Australia, the wildlife is trying to kill you.
In New Zealand, the wildlife is fine, but New Zealand itself is trying to kill you. (earthquake, boiling mud, poisonous gas, landslide, flood...)

[shom@gts.shom.dev]

@mattdm @Daveosaurus @rdm @sundogplanets I zoomed in and still see that. Even the spider is concerned and hightailing it!

[johnbrown@dillyofapickle.com]

@sundogplanets One of my daughters wants me to take a trip with her to there.
The plane ride is sooooo long.

[mattdm@hachyderm.io]

@ada @sundogplanets @rdm

This heli-shark has serrated blades!

[lynnd@mstdn.ca]

@scotdowser Tim Horton’s coffee used to be really good until they sold out to the American Wendy’s outfit and went with a cheaper blend (of course they did). MacDonalds them swooped in and got the original Timmie’s blend. Now they’re owned by a Brazilian outfit, which would lead one to hope that the coffee would get better, but nope, Timmie’s coffee still sucks, but it’s relatively cheap, and their marketing is great. Anyone I know who actually likes coffee won’t touch the stuff. @sundogplanets @grb090423

[ada@blahaj.zone]

@mattdm@hachyderm.io @sundogplanets@mastodon.social @rdm@aus.social Thankfully, it doesn't enable true flight. But they can coast above the water for quite some distance! It's a scary sight

[thefathippy@mastodon.world]

@ada

That last one's a cockatoo warning—those beaks'll chomp ya!

@sundogplanets @rdm

[arcadiagt5@mstdn.social]

@prl @rdm @sundogplanets @davidtheeviloverlord @prk Indeed, as a kiwi housemate once put it to me: In Oz it is the ecology that tries to kill you, in NZ it is the geology that tries to kill you.

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Today I learned that New Zealand "supper" seems to be more like what I'd imagine hobbits eat for meal number 6 (cheese, crackers, fruit, cookies) than Saskatchewan supper (the full meal you eat at the end of the day after a lot of hard farm labour)

[newstik@social.heise.de]

@sundogplanets Oh no, I hope you have emergency rations to save you from getting hangry!

[grb090423@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

I wonder if they eat a full dinner at lunchtime?

[ambientspace@cloudisland.nz]

@sundogplanets watch out for being invited to tea. Try and determine if it is full meal, or just a cup of tea (speaking from personal experience).

[theeddieshow@beige.party]

@sundogplanets

"Kia ora!" Dying to share a clip here that convinced me Aotearoa/NZ is paradise, esp for foodies. May I?

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@TheEddieShow of course!!

[theeddieshow@beige.party]

@sundogplanets

Enjoy!

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[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@TheEddieShow Saving to my "soothing food-making videos" stash!!

[theeddieshow@beige.party]

@sundogplanets

In-flight, fond memories of your new favorite place.

[mattwilcox@mstdn.social]

@sundogplanets If that is supper, what is a later night snack pre-bed called?

[ingram@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets Sask supper sounds like 'tea' in NZ.

[ameliasbrain@mstdn.ca]

@mattwilcox @sundogplanets That would be a "bedtime snack".

(And as a Canadian, the idea that "tea" is the main evening meal definitely is hard to wrap my head around. While "tea" is not commonly used here as part of the daily meal schedule, the primary definition would be a beverage and a light bite mid afternoon.)