''I'm at the stage where I quite like the student bubble, protected from what I consider to be ignorant opinions,'' Mr Fridman said.
The pair pledged oaths as two of the 68 people to officially become New Zealand citizens at a ceremony in Dunedin yesterday.
The city was ''very politically different'' to the right-wing country of their birth, he said.
''There are many political issues in Israel.
''It is surrounded by enemies, but New Zealand is just surrounded by water.
''That affects everything from behaviour to humour. People here are also political, but less aggressively.''
Both attend the University of Otago, Mr Fridman studying medicine and Miss Fridman studying health science.
The two grew up in a farming community 10 minutes drive from Tel Aviv and moved to New Zealand in 2009.
Miss Fridman said they had fond memories of their culturally-diverse home.
''They're more political in schools over there, but I think they push children to reach higher.''
Dunedin had a small Jewish community, although not necessarily Israeli, she said.
While officially becoming New Zealanders was exciting, they were familiar with the ceremonies from when their older sister and both parents became citizens previously.
Other new citizens:
Meera Alex (India); Cerys Alexandra Bailey (Britain); Lezanne Campbell (South Africa); Kyung Yil Cha, Myung Hwa Cha (Korea); Jonathan Gilbert Chapman (United States); Ma. Theresa Bilo Co (Philippines); Barry William James Crane, Ann Elizabeth Crane (Britain); Alison Elizabeth Davis (Britain); Caroline Wendy Day, Robert Charles Day, Sam Robertson Day (Britain); Adam Gareth Nicholas Devlin (Ireland); Danielle Rachael Edwards (Britain); Cyril Ann Eusebio Evangelista (Philippines); Aitaufetuli Fevaaiai, Samalaulu Tuisalega, Valentino Sivia Fevaaiai (Samoa); Michael Patrick Foley (United States); Terence James Hibbert, Kelly Louise Hibbert, Iona Annie Hibbert (Britain); Rajesh Gopalrao Katare, Jayanthi Bellae Papannarao, Ashwin Rajesh (India); Sinead Marion Kearney (Ireland); Norman John Kendrick (Britain); Ginaline Reubal Kilsby (Philippines); Tejas Dinesh Kudsadia, Jignasha Tejas Kudsadia, Dakash Tejas Kudsadia (India); Carla Elaine Kin Yin Lam (Canada); Su-Ming Lee (Malaysia); Nina Frances Lewis (Australia/Britain); Grant John Mungo (Britain); Rejeesh Ravindra Nair (India); Melanie Jane Peters (Britain); Jacob Benjamin Picard (Netherlands); Benendra Vikash Prasad, Doreen Ranjeeta Singh, Bhavya Shivomni Prasad (Fiji); Maria Perpetua Ashwinni Rajaratnam (Sri Lanka); Ian Robert Rees (United States); Pamela Bulaon Romero (Philippines); Andreas Fritz Scharr (Germany); Lee Khey Sim (Malaysia); Rodolfo Jr. Villamor Solon (Philippines); Jo-Ann Lee Stanton (Australia); S. Sangeetha Jothi Subramanian (Malaysia); Kin Shun Wai (China); Mary Nirmala Gunaratne Wijesinghe, Malinthi Roshanara La'Broody (Sri Lanka); Yiquan Shu, Huixiang Xie, Yingying Zhu (China); Richard Dichosa Fuentes (Philippines); Richelle Bobis Policarpio, Leonile Pabalate Policarpo, John Lester Bobis Policarpio, Jaspher Kenth Bobis Policarpio (Philippines); Mini Jose, Mickle Manavalan Jose, Mariya Manavalan Jose (India)
