NEW ZEALAND
Drive on the left, like in England.
Farmers hate birds which eat their crops. Crops have netting, noisy gun noises, drivers circulating, lasers.
Peanut butter is a breakfast favourite.
Marmalade is unusual in hotels, and only teeny quantities with little visible orange peel.
Long stretches of mountain roads on the north island crossing mountains with hardly any cafes, most permanently closed or closed at 4 pm.
Lots of sheep, cows, and sometimes horses or goats.
Farmers' Markets everywhere.
Hotel fridges empty so you can store food. Drinks can be ordered at the bar or from room service.
People are friendly but quietly spoken with teeth clenched together so you have to listen hard. They say yiss for yes.
Place Names
New Zealand place names are mainly Maori, every vowel pronounced, wh pronounced as F. Often hard to recognize and remember.
Hints - Te is the (just remember to drop the h, but prounced tay). Wai means water. Adjectives are second, after a noun.
Paua shell jewellery. Single items such as pendants on chains, and sets of three, ear rings and pendant.
Shop in Soflans Winery near Auckland. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Baseball caps are decorated with the letters NZ for New Zealand and embroidered kiwi birds.
Fruit
Kiwi Fruit.
Wineries and cellar door tastings
All over the North Island and the South Island.
Ice Cream
Numerous small shops and kiskos selling ice cream home made with local fruit.
Affogato on dessert menus of all kinds of Mediterranean restaurants.
Skiing on the South Island, at Mount Hutt, and Queenstown.
Soft Toys:
Kiwi birds, sheep, cows.
Second Hand Shops -
Hospice shops and SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) abound. Also Op Shops, short for opportunity shops.
Sandal Names
Flip flops.
Jandals (a brand name combining sandals and Japanese word.)
NZ Shops & Supermarkets
Spotlight. Harvey Norman. Woolworths.
Pedestrian Signs
Flat discs in orange either ends of pedestrian crossings to alert traffic to stop.
Food
Lamingtons (also in Australia0
Pavlovas (you can buy meringue pavlova shell bases in supermarkets to fill with fruit, strawberries, berries and kiwi fruit and whipped cream
Supermarkets
New World. Woodworth's. Pak N Save. Farro (more boutique). Four Square (seondary size, in Pak N Save group, in a smaller town).
Monuments
War Memorials.
Captain Cook.
Jean Batten, aviation heroine.
Maori carvings which might remind Americans of Totem poles.
Seasons the reverse of the UK. Skiing in August, UK summer time. Warm weather in January and February which are school holidays.
The British tourists, especially the retired, visit NZ in Jan-Feb which is New Zealand's summer to escape the British cold weather.
ENGLAND / UK
UK Fast Food
Service Stations
Pubs and fast food places everywhere, petrol stations with coffee machines, Tesco Express open 7 to 11 serving buttery freshly cooked croissants.
Numerous giant eatery malls at intervals along motorways.
Starbucks.
Caffe Nero (Italian).
Ice cream parlours from the USA with 36 flavours, such as Dayvilles, Ben and Jerry's, fruit and chocolate flavours.
Affogato (coffee over ice cream) in Italian restaurants.
UK Skiing & Snow
On artificial indoor slopes in England.
Outdoors in Scotland in the UK winter.
Snow sometimes after Christmas in January, February, occasionally even March (1979).
UK Soft Toys:
Teddy bears, Disney characters.
Sheep and soft toy sheep featured in Wales and Scotland.
Woollens and tartans in Scotland.
Yellow Belisha beacons, spheres, at both ends of pedestrian crossings which have back and white 'zebra crossing' stripes.
Supermarkets
Marks & Spencer. Waitrose. Tesco. Aldi. Lidl. Central London and some suburban areas have large super size hypermarkets which are open 24 hours.
Monuments
Queen Victoria and the royal family.
Numerous historical figures.
Trees
Oak, plane trees in London, weeping willows, silver birch, chestnuts with conquers in autumn.
Seasons
Cold weather in winter, November - March. Summer April - October.
New Zealanders visit the UK in December/Christmas/early January which is their long summer break.
Useful Website
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/maurice-yock-trademarks-jandal.
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