Southern fauna: a quick comparison
At first sight, the Dutch seem to be very well-informed about New Zealand: they all want to go there for a holiday. A bit of questioning, though, often turns up a certain lack of awareness of the enormous gulf separating the Kiwi holiday experience from the Aussie one.
Here are a couple of youtube clips that might help clear up the difference.
This one is about Australia:
And this one shows pretty much the worst thing that any New Zealand wildlife is likely to do to you:
(The first was featured on Pharyngula, not sure any more where I turned up the second one.)
Well, the Kiwi fauna seems really friendly...