> love weird great-in-Kiwiland stuff like wild pig shooting, buried BBQs, boats, gardening, learning to fly or building houses in remote, windswept natural locations or something.

Your idea of "popular" Kiwi past-times is kind of hilarious.

I'd say a significant portion of the population has never been any kind of hunting or had a hangi in the past decade.

I'd say we're very similar to Vancouver. Nature, sports, bars, mainstream media.