In the Herald test, Ms Simpson followed a videographer with a hidden camera around the city for five hours. She found Kiwi men appear to have good manners - a marked change from her experience in New York, where she lived for five years.
"It was nice, it was a change from New York. People were actually quite polite," she said.
"I didn't feel uncomfortable at all."
Though the video shows heads turn as Ms Simpson walks past, she was approached only twice.
She said the men that approached her did so respectfully by trying to strike up a conversation. In contrast, New York men would just yell at her, or put their arm around her.
