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  • SoundFinance May 15, 2012 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    Have you heard about the disastrous shortage of Marmite since the Christchurch factory was damaged in the quakes? Just take a look at what's going on at Trademe.co.nz! People have gone mad!

    I can sympathise with English not being English to other folk! When I arrived in NZ from Africa I was confused about 'bring a plate'. Fortunately my husband, who is a Kiwi, put me right as I was going to phone the host and ask if they needed anything else...cutlery or more plates, chairs etc!
  • Jayke Aug 30, 2011 @ 5:50 pm | delete
    Great lens! FYI, U.S. consulates in foreign countries can no longer accept visa applications (re: Marrying a Yank). Enjoying your articles. Keep it up!
  • Connie Beliveau Jul 7, 2011 @ 1:10 pm | delete
    Hello! We're co-hosting a wonderful fundraising event to help the people of Christchurch rebuild after the earthquake. This will happen on August 3 in Burlington, Vermont, USA. If you would like to attend, please contact me at connie@cliohistory.org. Or you may send donations to American Friends of Christchurch, c/o Carolyn Dwyer, 329 Murray Hill Road, Montpelier, VT 05602. 100% of donations will go directly to earthquake relief efforts. Thank you!
  • kiwinana71 Jun 24, 2011 @ 2:19 am | delete
    Thanks for a great lens, I enjoy it very much. Yes I am a kiwi, those saying that trap you, like this one "Apparently I can't shift the car" love it.
  • zitaseven Apr 1, 2011 @ 3:29 am | delete
    go west auckland all the way haha
  • photofk3 Mar 29, 2011 @ 5:14 am | delete
    Nice lens.
  • ZablonMukuba Nov 17, 2010 @ 9:38 pm | delete
    your lens made me happy
  • WriterBuzz Oct 9, 2010 @ 9:49 pm | delete
    This is a great lens. Thanks for making it. Very informative. I gave you a thumbs up

    cause I like your lens.
  • sandyspider Oct 1, 2010 @ 4:00 pm | delete
    I couldn't help smiling while reading your lens. Nice work.
  • Sep 10, 2010 @ 4:29 am | delete
    Wow!
    I like your lens, very useful and inspiring. thank you.
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  • Jun 2, 2010 @ 9:00 pm | delete
    Gayle;
    Along the life roads we meet people like you, we may have never lefted our feet to do so. Amazing the Internet how this space can become so filling and I'm glad I read your len's. You've brightened my day and your so right... Christopher
  • NetballSkills May 31, 2010 @ 8:53 am | delete
    Ka Pai!!! Great lens
  • skiesgreen Apr 23, 2010 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    Nice lens and good info on New Zealand's taste in food. 5*
  • KiwiGayle May 31, 2010 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Wow, praise from a giant! Thank you. I'm checking out your lenses for inspiration.
  • roserednz Apr 18, 2010 @ 10:42 am | delete
    Good website, really interesting stuff
  • Pukeko Jan 16, 2010 @ 11:04 pm | delete
    Really fun lens, quite the opposite of my life as I am an American expat in New Zealand. I am lensrolling this page.
  • Amy (from A Kiwi's Guide to Surviving America) Oct 30, 2009 @ 11:50 am | delete
    Hi Gayle,
    Thanks for your comment. I really enjoyed reading your blog when I was setting mine up.It provided more than a few laughs. It does sound like we have had some fairly similar experiences. Surprisingly there aren't many blogs from Kiwis in the States (but there are loads from Americans in NZ).
    Oh, some homemade soup sounds great! I do miss that. Some good pumpkin soup. I've either tried or been told all about pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin bread and roasted pumpkin seeds...but no soup!
    Amy
  • Irene Sep 10, 2009 @ 12:54 am | delete
    Just stumbled across this but you had prob told me about it. Well writ girl. And very clever. WIsh I was coming for your road trip to Lake Michigan. Juanita is looking forward to it. Have just seen a pic of her in Colerado whilst branding some cattle with some handsome lookin dudes. Cowboy butts still drive me nuts even tho I got one of my own!! The Dallas group would have been good for her to catch up with most likely.
  • steven-g Jul 12, 2009 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich... great lens

    Cheers

    Steven
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  • Carmen Smith Mar 11, 2009 @ 9:07 am | in reply to Nicole | delete
    Kia ora to fellow kiwis out there ,awesome site !!,...I dont miss Marmite yet ,but its only been a month . No Ive been too busy stuffing my gob with sugar-laden goodies ,the Americans just blow us away when it comes to convenience foods aye ,but I will say this my teen was right ,it is better that fresh foods in NZ is cheaper than fastfood!! absolutely makes more sense . But damn those 99c deals work for me .
    Im such a hypocrite.
    Hey be neat to hear from other kiwis even one who lives nearby , grab a coffee and yakety yak.
    Can I leave my email in here ?
    Thanks again for an awesome site
  • Nicole Feb 12, 2009 @ 12:15 pm | delete
    Ahh.... the good 'ol Sav. Oh how I've missed that!!
  • kiwisoutback Jan 29, 2009 @ 1:20 pm | delete
    Excellent work! Well done, you've provided some excellent links. If you have a minute, I have a store featuring /www.squidu.com">SquidU!
  • KiwiGayle Dec 11, 2008 @ 11:01 pm | in reply to Nikki G | delete
    Thanks Nikki. Send me another msg with and I'll contact you. Will be in Carlsbad in Feb - Maybe have a beer and vegemite! Can put you in touch with other kiwis near you.
  • Nikki G Dec 11, 2008 @ 2:02 pm | delete
    Great to catch up on some true blue kiwi culture. I've been looking at pics of meat pies, moro bars & milo & makes me homesicker :) I've been here in San Diego for 10 years & some days I feel like the only Kiwi rattling around in the place. Nice site, I'll be back often :)
    Take it easy
    Nikki
  • KimGiancaterino Nov 7, 2008 @ 10:56 am | delete
    I enjoyed your lens, and am inspired to try Vegemite on toast.
  • StevenCousley Nov 2, 2008 @ 6:12 am | delete
    Great site and being a true blue aussie I easily picked the most popular poll answer. :)
  • Shannon Sep 4, 2008 @ 6:43 am | delete
    Very informative site.
  • Chaste Sep 2, 2008 @ 3:19 pm | delete
    Wow, I just found this page and I think it helped me, and Gayle helped me, fifty times more then any other site I've been too over the last three years.

    I'm in Christchurch at the moment, but hoping to move to Texas soon enough to be with my boyfriend there. I've lived in FL for two months previously, and in Xmas we might be holidaying in TX for two months as well. I cant wait, and look forward to joining the rest of the "Kiwi's in America"!

    Thanks heaps Miss Gayle.

    Mindy
  • Blind Poet Aug 22, 2008 @ 12:20 pm | delete
    Oh my God!
    I am crying reading this.
    I am a kiwi in Denver since May 8th, and breaking into the American way of life is not easy. America is wonderful and quirky and I need to say this very quietly, BUT if it wasn't for love and the best friend I have ever had WHO would want to leave ENZED.

    Its like America was built by embracing the lost and hopeful of the world, now the brave travellers to the new world just get spat out. It is NOT easy to get here, or feel welcomed. MEXICO has killed all that I believe.

    I am desperate to make contact and network with other kiwis here. I am an Intermediate School teacher from Whangarei.

    Man I miss the beach being up the road, and cities being knowable. Denver confuses me.

    BUT I see great beauty here, the mountains, the good parts of American culture........and my friendship with Susan.

    Please check out my blogs from my jump page @ http://theblindpoet.com

    Please.

    Graham
  • NZgurugirl Aug 18, 2008 @ 9:02 pm | delete
    Hi Gayle
    How's life? I've just finished 2 more lenses... cool huh! i'm pretty proud of my efforts but my neck and shoulders are paying for it now!
    If you wanna stop by an check em' out, they are Buy Great Kiwi Gifts from New Zealand, and Top 10 ways to help combat Fibromyalgia - for under $20. Hope you guys are doing well anyhow! Amy
  • Alexandra Taylor Aug 1, 2008 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    Great site Gayle! I want to go visit New Zealand! My husband has wanted to go there forever too. Maybe we can manifest the trip and have a fantastic experience on the other side of the world.
  • TimTam Jul 24, 2008 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    Hi KiwiGayle, this is the perfect use of a lens! I've spent plenty of time in Kiwiland, and love it and the people there. None of that false Aussie/Kiwi competition for me!

    I feel homesick reading this!
  • susannaduffy Jul 23, 2008 @ 12:37 am | delete
    How can there be any comparison between Vegemite and Marmite? Marmite is a pale and sickly imitation of a glorious, soul-lifting culinary delight.

    I would wither and fade away without my vegemite toast each morning.
  • jennifer howard Jul 17, 2008 @ 9:10 am | delete
    I am setting up a Kiwi-Koala club in dallas with the help of a school friend - Janet Maloy. Can you believe wewent to Otahuhu Primary together from 1959 to 1961 (makes us sound old) She tracked me down in dallas, and I discussed the idea of a club. For out first meet our guest speaker will be Dr Peter Snell. We will be meeting for the first time in a restaurant in Rockwall around the end of august.
    Love to hear form kiwi's or aussie's interested in joining. The email address is
    kiwi.koala_8@yahoo.com.
    Love to hear from some "mates"
  • blujeanmomma Jul 17, 2008 @ 8:46 am | delete
    I found your lens fascinating and your personal insight wonderful. It's a great resource for anyone
    moving from one country to another not just from New Zealand.
  • Maggie Jul 15, 2008 @ 7:46 am | delete
    Lots of new things!! Are you leaving soon for your trip?? I have suitable bug spray now, so I'd be willing to have some outdoor adventures when you get back!!
  • estherjane13 Jul 8, 2008 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    Hey great lens! I'll definitely have to favorite this one!
  • poddys Jul 7, 2008 @ 9:35 pm | delete
    Very nice lens, 5***** Having spent 9 months in Auckland I can understand a lot about Kiwi culture. I still claim though that Marmite knocks spots off Vegemite (although basically the same thing), and the gravy was so bad I had to get Bisto shipped over from England. But I loved it over there...
  • debnet Jul 7, 2008 @ 12:02 pm | delete
    Hi Gayle, I love the lens! I can empathise with the language stuff & missing Marmite!! I'm about to leave the UK & spend a year in Florida, so I'm busy collecting items I just can't be without, such as Marmite ;)
  • NZgurugirl Jul 6, 2008 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    I see you've added to your lens! I gave ya a rating too, hope it helps! Makes me homesick for good'ol Kiwi Sausages! Yum! Hey, i noticed you recommended my lens, on the right hand side of this page, how do I do that? Amy
  • ohkiwiio Jul 6, 2008 @ 2:43 pm | delete
    Hi Gayle, deb here, married to an american living in BF Ohio, miles of bean and cornfields, and a nasty old mud hole they call a lake lol, miss the ocean and mountains terribly, keep up the good work, will check back often to read your ramblings.
  • NZgurugirl Jul 4, 2008 @ 9:03 pm | delete
    Hi Gayle, Amy here. Great first lens - congrats!I went ahead and started my own too! Come visit and leave me a comment too :)
  • Duddo Jul 4, 2008 @ 7:41 am | delete
    Looks good!! I'll read your ramblings too, hope the masses catch on!!!
  • Deslie Jul 2, 2008 @ 3:26 am | delete
    I see you take after other Blanch members by putting "pen to paper" quite well. Interesting site and works quickly for those of us still on peddle power rather than broadband.
  • Lesley Jun 29, 2008 @ 9:28 pm | delete
    Hi I'll read your ramblings to keep in touch. Miss you in NZ old friend!
  • Maggie! Jun 29, 2008 @ 10:52 am | delete
    I 100% support this endeavor. I'll read your ramblings anytime!

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