Murray from touch the sea aquarium was a good family friend. Great memories fishing with him to stock the tanks and it was a very bad day when it was torched. We lost Murray recently but I will never forget him - one of the only happy birthday texts I would get without fail.
Murray was an old friend of mine too Simon. I gave him guitar lessons and I taught him what was the best guitar to use. We played together just for fun. I can still remember his big strong finger. Him and I also got the same cancer. Alot of men in particular got cancer in Mapua. Some believe it was related to the old FCC plant clean up. Murray was a good bloke and I have many fond memories of him.
Who said there's nothing to do in Mapua?? it's a great community with lots of good people and amazing creations thanks for sharing your village with us I'll be stopping there for sure.
Love this! Met Snook some years ago, 2004 I think it was? Have a few bits of Snooks big circular wooden art here in the UK! Was there when the Worlds Biggest Games were on; fantastic times!!
great snapshot of your village and the people that live there Clay, some sadness when the inevitable change and development comes to town, hope changes don't detract from the attraction of being a quiet seaside village, so glade you have your little pocket of dirt to retreat to.
Clay , you are very proud of your home town, Mapua is as you say one of the nicest places on earth. Thank you so much for showin* us around the place brings back lots of memories of my visit there. I visited the knife guys place was brilliant and I coffee in the place beside it is great, you should try it. I can’t think of the place just off the main highway it’s a cafe where they have a small river and loads of big eels. Thanks again.
Awesome one Clay, so cool to see what home looks like and hear the facinating stories to go with it. Will definitely stop in on my southern road trip one day. Cheers mate
What a great place mate, spoilt for choice, its good to see Dan's doing good. loved that shop where you bought your sharpener , great and interesting video as always.
No doubt I saw you back in the day. Love my 4Square. Great trip, had a beer last time at the Sprig'n' Fern. Nessie,my mum was the swimmer. Thanks Clay 😊 Oh the whitebait, yummy.
Awesome place mate thanks for sharing if they ever want to give you a surprise this is your life that’s the town do it you have so much personal history there mate cheers Colin 🇳🇿🥃🎣
Sure is a nice place alright , that whole area including Nelson is just fantastic and so are the people . What caught my eye was that knife sharpening jig you bought , man you could get a fine edge on all your knives with that , cheers mate .
Thanks for the video Clay. Have not been to Mapua in forty years. Hell its grown. In your video I caught a glimpse of the old ship Matipo from the Anchor Shipping and Foundry. Worked on her during Surveys in Nelson. After my apprenticeship at Anchor Shipping moved to Cobb River with the NZED. Great life and never really appreciated the place in my younger day. Just wondering if you knew the Sparrow family in Mapua. Worked with Dave Sparrow at Cobb River.
You might have known my dad John Ward. He worked on that boat. He was a marine engineer before he became the ranger at Totoranui in the early 70s. Yeah I knew Dave. That was all years ago now. Mapua has grown
Wot a great vlog mate living in nelson and not even nowing all these great shops need to take a day out and check out those shops love the hands on shop I'm going there and get a burger at fans for sure cheers,shaneo,nelson
Great vlog clay, been a long time since I was up your way, I need to get back there. Loved this video, hopefully I get the 4 days off I've requested at Easter, I'm still a modern day slave though, so fingers crossed.
Haha wow i went apple picking down there had a few beersies in that pub but there was a ruggard old accommodation up at the apple picking orchard the sonoma or something like that met sum nice people there too nice place that mapua
Thanks for sharing were you live mate definitely on my bucket list before you bought that knife sharpener was going to comment on you buying it but you bet me to it 👍 🏴
Hey Clay great Vlog mate, Need to get down to Mapua one day. On that note would you be interested in going out for a mission on the kayaks one day? I have my own kayak and I'm living in Wellington at the moment .
Great tour of Mapua Clay! Lucky you didn't leave the "Bat Mobile" overnight, can you imagine the whitebait stink? Speaking of the "Bat Mobile", where did it come from? Borrowing or hiring while the ute gets fixed?
A business man in Auckland paid for it while I was running around getting treatments for cancer all over the country two years ago. I have to give it back once I get the all Clear which will be when I get bloods do this month. Hopefully I give it back to him. 😆
Hey Clay. I was wondering if you’d be able to create a video about the pros and cons of living in New Zealand and some things to consider if moving from the US. Either on UA-cam or Patreon. Thanks mate. Keep up the great vids!
@@ClayTallStories Your videos are the first glimpse of NZ I have seen other than your tv shows "Westside" and "Outrageous Fortune" -- I especially like Westside, but it left me curious about how the real people live!
have a look at the kerrismore SF boots . the are a great winter boot full leather 2.4mm , goretex, thermal lined so nice and warm... also a hih cut boot . the boots were designed for the british special forces. they are a high quality boot . retail price $99 from the military surplus store. .
Love this! Met Snook years ago, 2004 I think it was? Have a few bits of Snooks big circular wooden art here in the UK! Was there when the Worlds Biggest Games were on; fantastic times!!
Several days ago I read a headline regarding hunters in New Zealand being a bit irate over some new laws passed or trying to be enforced affecting the population's personal firearms. So far you've yet to discuss what they have in store for the civilians there. Hope to hear something soon, as our new President is trying to erase or delete our 2nd amendment here.
I will keep you posted but so far everything is sweet. My daughter just got her fire arms license no problem so I am going to set her up for this winter. It's going to be awesome when she starts dropping me off some meat for a change.
@@ClayTallStories Too true Clay...I remember when she got hers and you were setting her up for some possum traps. No big talks about a mandatory gun "buy back" of all the owners-that is good news.
Owning guns not a problem in New Zealand chaps, just high power military automatic weapons and enormous magazines designed to mow down human beings, leaving them for the professional use only :-) Wonderful trip down memory lane, cheers Clay. Snook!! He hasn't changed a bit! Super.
I live in mapua. It’s amazing!
Murray from touch the sea aquarium was a good family friend. Great memories fishing with him to stock the tanks and it was a very bad day when it was torched. We lost Murray recently but I will never forget him - one of the only happy birthday texts I would get without fail.
Murray was an old friend of mine too Simon. I gave him guitar lessons and I taught him what was the best guitar to use. We played together just for fun. I can still remember his big strong finger. Him and I also got the same cancer. Alot of men in particular got cancer in Mapua. Some believe it was related to the old FCC plant clean up. Murray was a good bloke and I have many fond memories of him.
Lovely village clay
really keen to visit mapua sometime looks beautiful
I'll add Mapua to places I'd like to visit!
Nice 😊beautiful!!!!
Awsum video mate, love Māpua, will visit for sure 👍😎
Who said there's nothing to do in Mapua?? it's a great community with lots of good people and amazing creations thanks for sharing your village with us I'll be stopping there for sure.
You are gonna love it Toni.
What an awesome little village I bet there is a few funny stories from there.
Definately on my place to visit mate
some great things to see👌
Love this! Met Snook some years ago, 2004 I think it was? Have a few bits of Snooks big circular wooden art here in the UK! Was there when the Worlds Biggest Games were on; fantastic times!!
Wow. That's cool to hear
gee what a lovely place cant wait to get to NZ to have a look
Great video clay & if I ever get back to nz & to the South Island I’ll be sure to call in there my home is Japan & has been for over 20 years now
I have always wanted to go to Japan
thanks
Great work Clay Tall Stories! Well played sir...
great snapshot of your village and the people that live there Clay, some sadness when the inevitable change and development comes to town, hope changes don't detract from the attraction of being a quiet seaside village, so glade you have your little pocket of dirt to retreat to.
Fantastic video."Rare Creations".That must be one of the most mesmerising places I have ever seen!
Man Mapua has grown since the early 90's... a Man needs a trip back through his old haunts lol.
that was so enjoyable
Good on ya James for taking a minute to say just that. It really is appreciated mate.
I like this video especially when you talk about the places and recommendations. Very nice!
Thanks mate
Thanks, that was a nice tour. I won’t ever be able to make it there but I love seeing how others live in far away places.
Never say never bro
Awsome video amazing village oooosh smiled the hole way cheers
Awesome mate
That's a very cool place will definitely be up there for a look around
Lest we forget.
Never forgotten always a lesson
U just named ur boat man “sweet as “👍🏽
Clay , you are very proud of your home town, Mapua is as you say one of the nicest places on earth. Thank you so much for showin* us around the place brings back lots of memories of my visit there. I visited the knife guys place was brilliant and I coffee in the place beside it is great, you should try it. I can’t think of the place just off the main highway it’s a cafe where they have a small river and loads of big eels. Thanks again.
The Jester House?
That shop is amazing mate . Could spend hours in there
Me too
What a great place!
I would love one of those knife sharpeners too, get one one day.
cheers clay.
I am planning on hitching and working down the west coast in Jan and Feb. Videos like this are super helpful thanks brother
Good to see adventure dan getting it done!!
OMG! I HAVENT SEEN ADVENTURE DAN IN AGES! T^T Great video mate! What an awesome spot to be with great people
Hopefully next time you see him we are hunting
Good To See Dan!!
Awesome one Clay, so cool to see what home looks like and hear the facinating stories to go with it. Will definitely stop in on my southern road trip one day. Cheers mate
What a great place mate, spoilt for choice, its good to see Dan's doing good. loved that shop where you bought your sharpener , great and interesting video as always.
Yeah that shop is awesome. I am going back to buy one of those Japanese kitchen knives when I have my new kitchen one day
Great vid Damon that brought back many happy memories. Hoping to visit again next summer and catch up with all our friends there.
Love the Java Hutt! And their little border collie dog that is always lying outside. 👌
Whitebait... Yea boy! that's awesome
Awesome spot! Lived there for a few years 🙌💯 cant believe the taverns gone 😂 it's all changed so much! Looks beautiful though 🙌💯
Enjoyed the Tour of Mapua.
The words of a well Settled Man,thanks for that & i want one of them knife sharpeners.
Bloody awesome clip bud will definitely have to come spend the day out there again when we come up in January
No doubt I saw you back in the day. Love my 4Square. Great trip, had a beer last time at the Sprig'n' Fern. Nessie,my mum was the swimmer. Thanks Clay 😊 Oh the whitebait, yummy.
No doubt Deb.
Awesome place mate thanks for sharing if they ever want to give you a surprise this is your life that’s the town do it you have so much personal history there mate cheers Colin 🇳🇿🥃🎣
Sure is a nice place alright , that whole area including Nelson is just fantastic and so are the people . What caught my eye was that knife sharpening jig you bought , man you could get a fine edge on all your knives with that , cheers mate .
Thanks for the video Clay. Have not been to Mapua in forty years. Hell its grown. In your video I caught a glimpse of the old ship Matipo from the Anchor Shipping and Foundry. Worked on her during Surveys in Nelson. After my apprenticeship at Anchor Shipping moved to Cobb River with the NZED. Great life and never really appreciated the place in my younger day. Just wondering if you knew the Sparrow family in Mapua. Worked with Dave Sparrow at Cobb River.
You might have known my dad John Ward. He worked on that boat. He was a marine engineer before he became the ranger at Totoranui in the early 70s. Yeah I knew Dave. That was all years ago now. Mapua has grown
Yes! This is the new clay look, OG baller!
Haha. Thanks...I 🤔
Really enjoyed that thanks man
No worries mate
Awesome place to exist man 💯
Wow, would love to take my wife there one day..Cheers for the great video.
Wot a great vlog mate living in nelson and not even nowing all these great shops need to take a day out and check out those shops love the hands on shop I'm going there and get a burger at fans for sure cheers,shaneo,nelson
You will get stuck in that shop Rare Creations mate. There is so much and the knives!!!
Hell mate, I can remember when the Mapua Tavern was a garage and service station.
Haha. Yeah me too mate. Back in the day it was an epic we village. Now it's way bigger.
Great vlog clay, been a long time since I was up your way, I need to get back there. Loved this video, hopefully I get the 4 days off I've requested at Easter, I'm still a modern day slave though, so fingers crossed.
Good luck coming to Mapua mate
Haha wow i went apple picking down there had a few beersies in that pub but there was a ruggard old accommodation up at the apple picking orchard the sonoma or something like that met sum nice people there too nice place that mapua
Wow awesome shop💯
Thanks for sharing were you live mate definitely on my bucket list before you bought that knife sharpener was going to comment on you buying it but you bet me to it 👍 🏴
Awesome mate thanks 🍺🍺
Nice town bro👌
Interesting video mate.
Hey Clay great Vlog mate, Need to get down to Mapua one day. On that note would you be interested in going out for a mission on the kayaks one day? I have my own kayak and I'm living in Wellington at the moment .
Brilliant
Great tour of Mapua Clay! Lucky you didn't leave the "Bat Mobile" overnight, can you imagine the whitebait stink?
Speaking of the "Bat Mobile", where did it come from? Borrowing or hiring while the ute gets fixed?
A business man in Auckland paid for it while I was running around getting treatments for cancer all over the country two years ago. I have to give it back once I get the all Clear which will be when I get bloods do this month. Hopefully I give it back to him. 😆
Shes a beaut wee spot ole mapua
Hey Clay. I was wondering if you’d be able to create a video about the pros and cons of living in New Zealand and some things to consider if moving from the US. Either on UA-cam or Patreon. Thanks mate. Keep up the great vids!
Yep. That would something to look at.
@@ClayTallStories Your videos are the first glimpse of NZ I have seen other than your tv shows "Westside" and "Outrageous Fortune" -- I especially like Westside, but it left me curious about how the real people live!
Edit. Awsome thanks for that .Clay the shop you were in the nick nack shop
What was that called and do they have a website
Yep. Take a screen shot where I held up the card
Awesome!! Hey clay I’ve worn my hunting boots out do you have any recommendations for hunting boots 🥾
have a look at the kerrismore SF boots . the are a great winter boot full leather 2.4mm , goretex, thermal lined so nice and warm... also a hih cut boot . the boots were designed for the british special forces. they are a high quality boot . retail price $99 from the military surplus store. .
Vivobarefoot Tracker FG
I rate scarpa mate
@@ClayTallStories oh yip thx bro keep the wicked videos up 👍
@@bakerm109 thx bro
Hey Clay, did you know John Smith that had the old ww2 plane collection?
Great mate any chance of a coment on the knife sharper
Yep. Will post a vid soon on that. I am excited about it. Every hunter & fisherman loves a sharp knife
Have a good freind Paul Minoply lives there great place as soon as we can fly back home will be there David k Trevathan
I've got one of them knife sharpeners...works bloody good...
Count how much times he sed mapua wohh
Nice shit
white bait
Love this! Met Snook years ago, 2004 I think it was? Have a few bits of Snooks big circular wooden art here in the UK! Was there when the Worlds Biggest Games were on; fantastic times!!
Several days ago I read a headline regarding hunters in New Zealand being a bit irate over some new laws passed or trying to be enforced affecting the population's personal firearms. So far you've yet to discuss what they have in store for the civilians there. Hope to hear something soon, as our new President is trying to erase or delete our 2nd amendment here.
I will keep you posted but so far everything is sweet. My daughter just got her fire arms license no problem so I am going to set her up for this winter. It's going to be awesome when she starts dropping me off some meat for a change.
@@ClayTallStories Too true Clay...I remember when she got hers and you were setting her up for some possum traps. No big talks about a mandatory gun "buy back" of all the owners-that is good news.
Owning guns not a problem in New Zealand chaps, just high power military automatic weapons and enormous magazines designed to mow down human beings, leaving them for the professional use only :-) Wonderful trip down memory lane, cheers Clay. Snook!! He hasn't changed a bit! Super.
Thought for a minute Joe Biden was in Mapua!
Do you know anyone who witnessed the “ mystery ketch “ docked at the mapua wharf mate. ?
No but I heard about it. Still unsolved