What the what?

For real. What is up with New Zealanders and:

* Their love of late 80's early 90's soft rock (we've heard more Tom Cochrane, Bare Naked Ladies, Shania Twain and Wham! than anyone might like to!)

* Their aversion to spicy food (spice lovers take note: bring your own chilies!)

* Their overuse of plastic bags (I thought that NZ was very mindful of the environment, but the way the plastic is tossed around here that assumption is blown out of the water)

* The fact that Diet Pepsi doesn't exist here (in Fiji though it does and is called Pepsi Light). Coke owns it all down here in NZ!

* Not wearing shoes ANYWHERE...when driving, when walking (and not just on the beach), when cooking in the shared camping facilities, when in a restaurant or picking up take-out, when in ANY WASHROOM (eewwww!!!!!!)

* Their love of mullets and rattails. Yeah, it's a making a comeback with the fellas down here.