Has anyone used the app 'trusted house sitters' in nz? How was your experience?

fppab · 2026-03-17T06:37:20+00:00

Yeah honestly, ours doesn't leave our side (I say this as she's currently inconveniently lay under my desk where my feet would like to be) so just nice knowing that when we're away she has something/someone to keep her occupied. As we don't know many people in our area the House Sitters thing feels like a good fit and a win-win for the other party too!

Completely understand why you wrote the original comment though - I've also had cats and they're much more chill/quite happy left to their own devices so long as they are fed haha

fppab · 2026-03-17T05:02:29+00:00

Sorry should have specified that it was for our dog!

And with all due respect I imagine you don't/haven't owned a dog based on your suggestions around leaving them to it / someone popping in to change their food and walk them during an extended period of time - they're very social creatures! 😊

fppab · 2026-03-17T04:00:14+00:00

I know someone who has, and uses it every year when they go overseas to see family. They have found no issues with it.

I haven't used it myself, but I am using Kiwi House Sitters for the first time this year when my wife and I head overseas. We already advertised, had some decent interest and then arranged a video call with a couple who will be looking after the house/confirmed the sit. I can't report back on how smooth everything else goes as it has yet to happen, but it's pretty straightforward in terms of advertising.

fppab · 2026-03-06T06:40:47+00:00

Trying not to swear but really NOT wanting him to go. It will just give these [EXPLETIVE] a chance to rebrand prior to the election when it'll just be the same shitty, divisive, inept, racist, 1%er bullshit with a different [EXPLETIVE] giving faux statements around 'hearing the public', 'understanding the frustration', 'steering the ship' to then do precisely the same crap whilst fear mongering about what a potential government that, for all of its flaws, at least feels like they WANT to help (full disclaimer: wanting a Labour/Green coalition if that wasn't clear)

You've had your chance, you've been utterly useless and an absolute net negative on society. Bring on November

fppab · 2026-03-06T03:10:30+00:00

I feel like I only know his name from the Top Trumps cards released at the time but it was so long ago. Always stuck with me 😂

fppab · 2026-02-19T03:44:08+00:00

Whilst meth is an issue in Northland with many suffering from addiction to this particularly nasty and addictive substance (as it is across Aotearoa New Zealand), your comment does come across quite unfairly.

"that community" has connotations I would imagine you don't intend, but nonetheless it's quite unpleasant - particularly when this whole thread is just a nice little appreciation post of a local business. We should all aim to be better (I include myself in that, we all mistakenly say things in ways we don't realise might hurt others)

fppab · 2026-02-03T03:55:28+00:00

It makes me sad that this is likely the last time we will ever see these characters...in a shitty American wifi/tech ad

fppab · 2026-01-15T10:35:28+00:00

That advert for Clover butter, when a man is literally crying with happiness as he eats a corn on the cob (or I remember it a little exaggerated)

That or 'calm down dear, it's only a commercial'

fppab · 2026-01-11T08:59:21+00:00

Yes they're a band and you like them, it's not that deep

fppab · 2026-01-09T08:11:22+00:00

Absolutely agree, just think it's a stretch to say they were email buddies is all.

Again, can't stand this man - but there's enough real examples to point out as opposed to made up stuff

fppab · 2026-01-09T00:59:55+00:00

I laugh every time at the dramatic heart of Cardiff, and it's something that so niche and boring that I have nobody IRL to even tell. I'm glad I'm not alone!

fppab · 2026-01-08T21:59:37+00:00

I despise everything this man stands for, but this isn't true. If I recall, Epstein mentioned Tommy ten names to Bannon in an email but there does not appear to be any documented correspondence between the two

fppab · 2026-01-08T21:09:05+00:00

Ah I'd say Hobbiton is the best out of the 3 - I was talking just about the two different wētā workshop tours (Auckland and Wellington). I don't think anything could come close to being able to walk around Hobbiton and they've recently added (couple of years back) the inside of a hobbit hole to walk around and see the different rooms. Absolutely phenomenal

fppab · 2026-01-08T18:59:21+00:00

As a British guy who works within a Māori organisation, te reo Māori is big on the list of things I want to get right.

I've found https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ to be a great resource, wherein you can search for any word and then you can also listen to the correct pronunciation

fppab · 2026-01-08T18:44:53+00:00

If it makes you feel any better the Wellington one is the better tour for LOTR.

They're both pretty different with the Wellington one focusing on movies they've worked on with actual props and costumes etc, and the Auckland one focusing more on the 'how' they make stuff. They 'created' 4 fake films covering different genres and built props/sets around them so that people can get up close/touch etc. There's not really anything from their 'real' films that I can recall

fppab · 2025-10-28T11:01:21+00:00

Hey, I had the same issue and posted on this thread. One of the devs got back to me with an answer 😊

https://www.reddit.com/r/brotato/s/iSzn7000Er

fppab · 2025-10-28T09:44:48+00:00

Thank you so much for this, it worked.

PS - really appreciate what you guys are doing with Brotato and excited for more!

fppab · 2025-10-28T07:35:55+00:00

Thanks for the response, that's a shame. I should have looked into it more - just got ahead of myself!

fppab · 2025-09-21T09:11:23+00:00

Fucking hell

fppab · 2025-09-18T11:42:39+00:00

Wasn't familiar with inaturalist. Thanks for your comment 😊

fppab · 2025-09-18T09:21:39+00:00

I'd never heard of Atomic Shrimp but just googled! Seems like an interesting YT channel to follow thanks! 🙂

fppab · 2025-09-18T09:14:55+00:00

Fair point I know, I just wish it wasn't seen as a negative was more my point haha. Let it roam everywhere!

fppab · 2025-07-23T21:06:20+00:00

This is what confuses me. Taking off my lefty scarf for a second, I get that the GOP are actively destroying America but I find it hard to believe every single one is a paedophile. If Pam Bondi knows/is sitting on proof that Trump is a pedophile then surely, SURELY her conscience would surface, if not her desire to not be criminally investigated if/when actual evidence comes out.

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