Lord of the Forest - Tāne Mahuta in HOKIANGA, New Zealand | NORTHLAND NZ ROAD TRIP VLOG 3/3
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- In this final vlog of our Northland, New Zealand road trip we made our gradual journey back to Auckland down the west side of the North Island while stopping at a few small towns to enjoy the special sights like Wairere Boulders in Horeke, Hokianga Harbour and the main must do activity on our list - visiting Tāne Mahuta, the largest Kauri tree in NZ.
We started our day off with a quick tour of our Airbnb in Houhora (where we stayed after visiting Cape Reinga) before we made our way over to a hidden gem activity - Wairere Boulders.
Houhora Airbnb accommodation:
www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/33473981
Wairere Boulders is a private nature reserve with amazing rock formations and an enchanting NZ bush walk. They operate on an honesty box system (if no one is in the cafe) for payment. You can either drop cash into their box or simply do a bank transfer which is what we did. It's definitely well worth a visit if you enjoy nature walks and geology.
Wairere Boulders
Address: 70 McDonnell Road, Horeke 0475
Hours: Monday- Sunday: 8am-6pm
From the boulder walk we went to check out Hokianga Harbour to get some lunch in Rawene at Hokianga Takeaways. We met a very lovely and friendly couple (Monty & Nina) who were temporarily looking after the takeaway shop on behalf of Monty's mum. Hokianga Takeaways is a popular local spot so you've got to get in quick especially if you're after their raw fish and flounder.
Hokianga Takeaways
Address: 2 Parnell Street, Rawene 0473
Hours:
Mon: 10:30am-2:30pm
Tues - Sat: 10:30am-7pm
Sun: 10:30am-6:30pm
We then checked into our classic small town Kiwi hotel at Opononi and were treated to some great sunset views at Hokianga Habour.
Opononi hotel:
opononi-resort-hotel.business...
Address:
19 State Highway 12
Opononi 0473
New Zealand
The next day before heading back to Auckland, we visited Waipoua Forest and finally saw the "Lord of the Forest", Tāne Mahuta. Tāne Mahuta is the largest living kauri tree in New Zealand and the second oldest, around 2,000 years old. It's an incredibly majestic and impressive tree.
We were advised by Vanessa, who is a guide at Waipoua Forest that the oldest kauri tree (around 3,000 years old) was a short drive and walk nearby so we also went to see Te Matua Ngahere, "Father of the Forest".
We hope you've enjoyed our Northland, NZ vlogs. You can check out our previous episodes below if you've missed parts 1 and/or 2.
Northland Road Trip Vlog 1 of 3:
• We found an AMAZING HO...
Northland Road Trip Vlog 2 of 3:
• Reaching CAPE REINGA o...
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VLOG DATE: 10 & 11 Jun 2020
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Good morning. What a beautiful B&B👌 Yen you so cute waving at them cows😊 Of course Peter wearing jandles while Yen is very much covered 😂 You guys making me miss NZ😍aaawwww and the kiwi accent🤙 Yummy fishnchips and raw fish, you guys are winning, pity about the flounder😋my fav❤️ you guys are so good with your pronunciations👏 Much alofa’s😍😍
😁 Seliama you're so lovely always sending us your positive vibes on Sunday. Yen n I both love reading your comments. Glad we got the pronunciations right on this one too 😆🤙 gutted to miss out on the founder now will always wonder what it tastes like 🐟🤤😂
You guys make it so easy to enjoy your vlogs so thank you.❤️With all my kids, I always craved flounder and oysters, unfortunately they not keen, o well more for me🤪. Thanks again, have a beautiful week🤙
Growing up my parents love for flounder and oysters thankfully rubbed off on me. Yen not so much either though 😅 hope you also have an awesome week ahead ❤
😂😂I’m happy I get to enjoy seafood to myself😋😋 Enjoy your week guys. Much alofa’s🤙🤙
It makes me so happy to hear everyone in this pronounce place names and te reo Māori words properly as a matter of course. Ātaahua. Ngā mihi ki a koorua, great vids!
Ngā mihi nui Karen ❤️🙂 We try our best as think it's important to respect te reo and Maori culture (actually any and every culture really!) so thank you for your kind comment 💕😊 Glad you enjoyed our video too 🙂👋
Awesome guyz, and thank you for taking the time to pronounce te reo correctly. Much respect.
Thanks Raymantis 😁👍 We tried our best so appreciate the kind comment 🙂
Mōrena korua, loving your content. From a fellow Aucklander. Thanks for taking me out of the city!
No worries Spencer glad you enjoyed the video from hokianga 😁✌ have an awesome week
Wow that fish & coconut milk dish looks so interesting, never tried that before! Classic fish & chips, good choice! 😋👍
Gotta have it in NZ 😁 fish is so fresh here!
Love the part when Yen says.. ."moooo" to the cows and got such classic respond back":) Been staying in NZ many years and now realized there's so many beautiful places to see and appreciate. Thank you so much my dears for opening my eyes.
🥰 New Zealand is like a treasure box of beautiful things. Sometimes you take things for granted when you live in one place for a long time glad these videos helped you with that mum.
Great Nothland Showcase road trip with both mainstream & off the beaten track attractions - Loved It
Thank you for the props Garrie, glad you enjoyed the series. Northlands is a very special place 🌿🤙
Nga mihi kia korua
Thank you to both.
Great pronunciation and making an effort.
💯💯
Safe travels.
Thank you! 👋❤️ We try our best with other languages so we're glad we did ok with our te reo 😁
Awesome vlog guys. Nz have the most magical forest, flora & fauna...Imagine the fresh air. Not to mention the best fish N chips, love the raw fish dish too. 👍
Thanks TJ and you're totally right, the forests we went into on this episode were spectacular. Felt like something out of fantasy. Nz is awesome 😁🐟👍
Hello there you two! Glad to make your acquaintance. This popped up on my Recommendations the other day - watching it again. My family from near here. Watched two other videos of you - now hooked! I'm a little bit of a Johnny-come-lately but I want to hop onboard your adventure bandwagon too; so I have a little catching up to do. Isn't it a nice feeling to have, the travel-bug! Might get me started again. Take care.
Hi Francis 👋 thanks for watching our videos and leaving us the nice message 😁👍 do hope you enjoy watching and traveling around is always fun 🌿 have an awesome weekend
I really enjoy watching you guys! You're very thorough in your travels and your speaking. Out of all the vlogs I have watched you guys are by far the best!
Thanks Gina that's so nice of you to leave us that comment 😁🤙 have an awesome new year celebration and all the best for 2021
Thank you for your impeccable Te Reo pronunciation. It is better than most kiwis and greatly appreciated
Ngā mihi nui 🙂 We really try our best so thank you for your comment ❤️
Purrrrrrrrfect pronounciation on the Maori
Omg loves the little mini interviews with locals. Um and hiking with no creepy crawlers YASSSSS the fish and chips looked so good and omg the cows crossing 😂😂😂 I would’ve gotten out I’m obsessed with cows
Hahaha you are in for a treat when you eventually come and visit New Zealand cause if it's one thing we got a ton of it's cows 😂 you and yen can moo at them together 😆
U both got the kiwi accent
I've enjoyed this Northland road trip series. Such beautiful nature and country, and so unspoiled. Just majestic.
Thank you for watching these vlogs. Yen and I had an awesome time making them too. Currently spending some downtime in Auckland but can't wait to get back on the road again. New Zealand really has stunning scenery 🌿😁❄
I love the fact that NZ is so careful with the environment. I hope one day here in Brazil we put that much effort to protect our forests as well!
Unfortunately in the past a lot of New Zealand Bush was burnt down to make farm land. But these days we are extremely careful with the remaining forests which is awesome to see. Fingers crossed Brazil will do the same in the future. The Amazon is an amazing place would love to visit one day!
Omg another beautiful Airbnb!!! Love the decor, so clean and plants are always a plus 😍
It was a great Airbnb 😁👍 plants are always a bonus!
Haha the cows!!!! Great final vlog of this trip guys, really enjoyed it!
Thank you! 🐮 Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I just visited Tane Mahuta today, for a school field trip, it was the biggest tree I have ever seen(4th largest tree in the world)
Aaaaargh!!! You both have been such a light for me during this crazy panademic. Im from Auckland originally but have family/my nan from the Hokianga!!! It's such a beautiful thing to see N.Z properly represented and accurate in regards to facts and the heritage behind the places. Bless you both!!! Look forward to your channel growing bigger.
Thank you so much for the kind words ❤️❤️🙂 Glad you've been enjoying our videos! It is such a crazy time in the world right now ay but hang in there! Things have to pass and will get better again 🤞🍀🌻🙂 Take care and stay safe! ❤️
Thanks for awesome series, the Northlands look beautiful. Cant wait for the borders to reopen to visit NZ again. Hopefully we get an Australia and NZ travel bubble soon 🤞🤞
No worries Matthew glad you enjoyed the series 🤞 we are hoping for that trans tasman border to open too and maybe throw in some islands along the way. That'll be a good start to things getting back to normal 👌
OMG! So amazing adventure! I have to visit NZ again. It's so amazingly beautiful! Enjoy guys! TFS! Much love! ♥️🙏
Really is incredibly beautiful here in New Zealand yen n I are very blessed to have grown up here 😊 hope you get the chance to visit again sometime in the future 😊✌
I love seeing all the countryside of New Zealand. It looks like a really fun place to explore and relaxing. That tree is so massive
Yeah mate New Zealand is an awesome country to get lost in cause you'll find so much beauty. Tane mahuta was just amazing 🌿
Hey Peter & Yen! Wow this is sooo cool! Always love watching your travel Vlogs sooo beautiful. NZ will always be home . Love it & cant wait for more
Hey dame 😁👋 hope you're doing well. New Zealands amazing right so much beauty everywhere makes you wanna come back from aussie right 😂
Honestly miss the far north grew up in Dargaville & Opononi 😩 moved to Hastings a few years ago but I miss that freedom feeling. Where you just feel free & at peace
Wow Tane Mahuta facilities has changed so much... I remember back when I was younger there only use to be a gravel foot path 😂
We saw from some other comments that you use to be about to touch the tree too! But yea the place was well maintained and had that good scrubbing station 🙂👍 Oponini was lovely. We're so near Hastings at the moment! Currently in Napier but last night here before we shoot off to Gisborne in the morning. Thanks for dropping us some comments 🙂💕👋
Another awesome Vlog guys! NZ is so great truly! 💕💕
Thanks germaine 😁 yen n j are currently in Napier and saw some absolutely amazing scenery yesterday at te Mata peak 😍 coming up in a few weeks
Guys! Thanks for taking us along the beautiful nature! The visuals are so relaxing and pretty. 😊 We will definitely put it on our travel destinations list.
😁👍🌿 come to New Zealand when y'all get the chance guys
Such a nice way to end the road trip. Glad to see Peter fulfilling his childhood dream of seeing the Lord of the Forest. Will definitely check all these places out 😊
😁👍 yes it was so good to finally see tane mahuta.. still can't believe it took us so long to get there. Better late then never though 😂 yen n I enjoyed this trip so much we are now on another roadtrip 😁👍 if you visit these places please let us know what you think 👌
Beautiful videography especially the drone footage...thanks.
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video 😊👍
Awww...I'm hungry now....
You guys rock!
You're vlogs are awesome!!
Thanks heaps Meekey! 😁👋 Hope you found yourself a mean feed haha 👍
Another nice AirBnb! Love the view to wake up to
😁👍 3/3 great Airbnbs
some big boulders there nice views in the forest too ah fish and chips nice cool drone views and that hotel well its functional awesome forest that tree is amazing a cool waterfall too oh oh cows everywhere
*got our like👍Au👍and a total view with pleasure*
Cheers Billy glad you enjoyed the vlog 😁✌after you put it like that guess we did end up doing a fair bit on this video 🤔😁
Great little road trip. We missed our visit to NZ this year sadly because of the weird times so this is a proper tonic. Thanks for sharing :)
That's a shame but hopefully you'll be able to visit when our borders reopen again 🙂👍 glad you enjoyed our video in the mean time!
Yes, it does look like an enchanted forest on the boulder trail. Nice try communicating with those cows! That AirBnB was just lovely and an incredible price. Tane Mahuta is absolutely epic. A sacred tree, full of life. We definitely enjoyed coming on this trip with you. New friends here.
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it 😁👍 that boulder trail was awesome and Tane Mahuta is very grand in person 🌳❤️ gotta see it for yourself 🙂
Tane Mehuta looks wonderful!! High tree tops...amazing plants and looks like a place where ppl come to film often how nice!
The kauri trees are truly spectacular. They live for so long and they have such an interesting growth curve. Starting their life skinny then becoming tall and once they mature becoming thick and short while co existing with the rest of the forest... Amazing
All the accommodations of your road trip have been amazing for sure
Yusss 3/3 for Airbnb 😁👍
Love a nice clean and immaculate accommodation like you guys stayed there. Ah yeah hardly any bugs in NZ, that is nice!
Yesss, fish and chips, looks amazing!!! That fish n chips shop has a great view too, that’s a bonust point 👍🏻
The largest tree in NZ, that’s so cool guys!
Haha love the ending with cows blocking the road. On the bright side you can stop and enjoy the NZ nature view on the road 😍
😁 yeah it's kinda crazy how many stops there are for points of interest here in New Zealand. We just drove from cambridge to Napier and found so much cool stuff to stop off for including a hidden waterfall 😍
Javi has been obsessed with the biggest things in the world lately and we were watching a few videos that had the biggest kauai tree in them. It’s incredible! Nice tours of your Airbnb’s. Short and sweet. The walks you did were beautiful! So peaceful.
Hahahaha I've watched similar videos and seen tane mahuta in them too... really happy we finally got to saw this massive kauri for ourselves. You guys would totally enjoy the walks too 🌿👍 the kids should be able to walk them without being carried which is a plus 😂
Great Vlog - good views & photographs. True Kiwi Spirit.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁👍🌳
Awesome Airbnb! We love the clean look too 🙌🏼. Haha Yen’s so cute waving at the cows 🐮.Those boulders really are gigantic 😱😆. The Tane Mahuta tree is so cool! I went there when I was little, would love to go back. Mmm fish and chips! They look so tasty! Awesome vlog guys! We always look forward to watching it! Love how Peter’s always wearing his jandles even though it looks a little cold too 🥶😂🙌🏼.
Thanks heaps Lana! Glad you enjoy our vlogs ❤️😊 we've got a bunch more from NZ coming up, currently on another road trip! Hope you're both doing well 🤞🙂💕 are you guys in turkey still?
NZ forest looks awesome!! Great Vlog guys
Thank you! Yea nz has some awesome forests 😁🌳 it's also such a cool relief hardly ever see creepy bugs like you get in Asia 😆
Wow those trees are truly magical and beautiful
The kauri trees are really amazing 😍🌿
hiya. its me again lol. another great vid, gotta agree with yen fish n chips one of my favs too. looking forward to the next batch of vids. take care both yeah
Hi Barry 😁👋 yen n I are currently on a 8 day road trip. Day 3 right now in Napier, having an amazing time. Think you'll really enjoy this area too 😊
I love this country so much! There are so many incredible things to see and do there.
Hi thu 😁👋 New Zealand has a lot to offer if you enjoy nature that's for sure. So much diverse greenery, mountains and beaches 😍
Great video guys! 🥰
Thanks Emily glad you enjoyed it 😁✌
That's a really nice place and looks so cosy!! hhahaha Jandals all the way! Those rock formations are amazing and so big! Fush and Chups bro!! lol That's a good son, helping mum out at the shop. crazy views! OMG lord of the forest is so epic!! Peter you can now check that off your bucketlist. I'm like mind blown at the age of those trees. hahah human herders, dogs called in sick that day.
😁✌ yes finally check off tane mahuta from my life bucket list. There are still way too many things on there though. Will get through them slowly 😅
Aww at yen waving at the cows lol - definetly something i would do too hahaha. Awesome 3 part series, loved it. NZ you absolute beauty. We're planning a 3 week sth island rd trip in jan 2021 - cant wait if its anything like Northland! Thanks Peter & Yen!
Heya Jessica 😁👋 o my gosh 3 weeks in south island jealous! It's quite different from the north island both are really beautiful. Think you're gonna be in for an amazing time. January is good sunny weather too. Hahaha yen's such a dork but it does have it's own charm, cow whisperer 😂
Lol cow whisperer 😂😂😂
Thanks a great video and New Zealand is very beautiful 😍❤️👍
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video 😁👍🌿
Ohhh the sizzle of those fish and chips! So simple yet so good with that fresh fish
🐟🤤 golden brown deliciousnes
Another great video from your NZ series! Definitely makes me wanna visit! Wish the situation gets better real soon so we can travel safely and enjoy the beautiful views there! That is definitely a beautiful looking forest - straight out of a fantasy movie! You must be a skilled hiker haha, you’re wearing sandals and make the walk through the forest seem very easy! The fish and chips looks absolutely amazing - i haven’t had fish and chips in a long time and this is making me hungry! $90 is definitely a great deal for accomodation! Great video once again! ♥️ take care!
Hi Alditha glad you've been enjoying the northland vlog series 😁👍 definitely fingers crossed that the world recovers from this virus soon would be nice to be able to travel the world at some point. But for now yen n I are totally enjoying our home 😁🤙
Those forests are pretty amazing!! That tallest tree is so unique looking, the trees around it are really different in comparison! It's so cool how similar they are to BC here in Canada even though it's literally on the other side of the earth! Great video guys!!
Plan on seeing as many great forests of the world as possible, but so far tane mahuta has been the most amazing tree we've met 😊🌿 Canada is def on the bucket list too you guys have some amazing scenery
wow thank you for the tour vlog, i didnt even realize te matua was their, and i live in the north island lol too busy working we dont even get to see our own country. looking forward to seeing more from your vlogs. cool as
Te matua is an amazing tree for sure 👍 highly recommend visiting hokianga for the beautiful scenery. Might need to hold off on the travel again now that there's community spread in Auckland 😅
We also appreciate immaculate Airbnbs like this one, especially now. Good choice, Peter. You're hiking in sandals?! Noooo. Hahaha It looks like you guys had the trail all for yourselves. What a lovely fish shop. We would be all over Yen's plate. 2,000 years old?! That's amazing. We would want to see that too. It's so sad when the camera don't make justice what an experience.
Hahaha hiking in sandals is all good as long as it's not wet 😁 winter here in New Zealand means there's a lot less people at the tourist activities so we've been lucky in getting a lot of these attractions to ourselves. Fish and chips is a solid choice 😁👍 tane mahuta is definitely something you appreciate even more in person ❤🌿😊
Cool trip - amazing accomodation, beautiful scenery, nice people - has been way too long since I visited.
Thanks Brett 😊👍 hope you get a chance to visit once the pandemic settles down
These videos are really making me miss home, I love how you've captured everything too
😁 bro you sound like you're in need of a trip back home. Know that feeling all too well as soon as we leave too.
@@PeterandYen very much, our plans changed due to the covid
Ar damn true... fingers crossed things go back to normal soon 🤞
awww man i watched all 3 vlogs of your northland trip and its making me wanna go on a roadtrip..just waiting for lockdown to blowover.. lol nz is so beautiful man and i loved all the little airbnbs you guys stayed at ....
Heya Mia 👋🙂 How you been? Aw glad you enjoyed our Northland road trip vlogs 😁❤️ NZ is so pretty ay! Yea ikr can this whole corona virus please just go away now ay 😅😅
Just being by the water is amazing.
That room is good for its price.
Sometimes that's all you need a nice bed and a bathroom
Yen and I often end up in rooms like this in Asia especially. A desk is the only additional thing we need while overseas to edit videos ✌
@@PeterandYen correct
I love how you were waving at the cows Yen! hahaha love it. Raw fish is the BEST. Yum. And to think I used to hate it. Rarotonga helped me decide that actually it;s amazing!
beautiful reo Yen!
Thank you Leah! ❤️❤️🙂 Trying my best with te reo so appreciate the encouragement 😁 those cows were really cute lol so shaggy! Yes! Raw fish so good 👌😍
Horeke is my whenua. Many generations of Taylor’s have come from that very area. Motukiore specifically. How beautiful to stumble upon this video at random and be reminded of the wairua of my land. Tautoko and Aroha to you both
Thank you Jamie, glad you enjoyed our video 🙂👋 Aroha to you and your whanau 💕
Awesome! Good to see you both again...just came in my...
Hi missy hope you enjoy the vlog from hokianga 😁👋
Your stay is amazing, and for a great price! "Yen is waving at a cow" 😆coz... why not!! 😍Mooooooo hahahaha!! So cute!!!! The cows there are so fluffy!!
😆 yen loves the highland cows...
NZ has probably one of the best nature forest I've seen and like you mention without the creepy crawlers...looks like the temps play a role too
Totally man New Zealand nature is really hard to beat. So much lush greenery everywhere 🌿
Loving those Hokianga harbor views! After finally being able to travel again here in Malaysia, we appreciate being by the water more than ever!
😁 feels like an instant lift in spirits when you're next to the ocean right? Something much needed after all this pandemic stuff 😅
I hope the kid who made Peter jelly in primary school stumbles on this video and gets jelly😁 More NZ vids! Love them!!!
Who knows how many trees that kids seen now needa catch up 😂🌿 much more nz content coming yen and I are currently on a 8 night roadtrip right now 😁
Hokianga Harbour looks incredible! Love the blue water! This is a great stop. OMG I'm craving for fish and chips now! would love to try the raw fish with coconut milk!
Mmmmm that raw fish with coconut milk is the best. If I see it on the menu that is 💯 my lunch over anything else 🐟🤤
Loooove the episodes guys.
Thanks guys ❤
the ika mata looks so delicious! Love anything with coconut in it 😄
Mate ika Mata is the best! Could eat that everyday
what a nice fancy place you stayed in!!
All our airbnbs on this trip were awesome!
I’m absolutely obsessed and in love with New Zealand I cant wait to visit and possibly live their just hope amazon ships here😁😁😁
Amazon does ship here 😁👍usually no free shipping though 😅
Awesome vibe brother and sister love your pronunciation of maori words👌 im from the farnorth love the #farnorth beautiful place
Cheers bro, appreciate the nod of approval on the Maori pronunciation 😁👍 the far north is amazing for sure
Whoa 96$ a night...amazing view a good amount of privacy...nice place to stay!! Why not!!! So lovely!
💯 when you leave the bug cities you get more for less 😁
Ugh just what I needed omg!! Harry cows😫😫😫😫😫🥰🥰🥰😍😍
😂 Sundai... another cow fan with yen. Yen also wants to find a place to see these sheep with black fur on their faces 😅
You’re totally right. That place is a hidden gem. It looks like a scene out of a fantasy film 3:17
😁 yes! Looks like it could have been from jurrasic park or avatar or princess monoheke 🤔🌿
❤❤❤love this video.
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Back 2 nature ~ I 💖 it 🌿 🏝️ 🌹
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Ika mata! Remember you guys eating that in Rarotonga and drooling over it every time. Reminds us so much of kinilaw from the Philippines
On point about Kinilaw. Definitely tastes close to it. 👍
🤤🐟 kinilaw gona have to try that as soon as we arrive in Philippines!
03:16 what a beautiful forest walk. It's like one of those scenes from the Princess Mononoke, the Japanese animation. Impressive!
Yeah so beautiful right! Not really a well known attraction here in New Zealand so we're happy to have stumbled upon it.
Amazing video bro
Cheers bro 👌😁
Hello, watching from the Philippines. I love watching your videos. I'm new to your channel.
Welcome sophie 😁👋 thanks for joining the channel hope you enjoy the content
Haha the roadblock at the end!! 🐮🐄
moooooooo
I am super impressed by your pronounciation.
Thank you 🙂👍as kiwis we gotta try get the te reo Maori right
I'm love urs v.blog, keep it on...
Thank you! Yen and I are currently on another road trip so the vlogs will keep rolling 😁👍
@@PeterandYen , Hi guys, me n my wife, impressed with living in NZ.... ( We think here better than NZ
neighbor,)
Btw, we stay in Singapore now...
Love ur videos......n ya I didnt skip ur adds...lol...goid to see u guys.
Thank you Jayeeta for your support, appreciate it ❤️
Highland cows! Wow they are short legged!! Kind of cute!!! Haha
Hahahaha I dunno if they have short legs or if their just really hairy with normal legs... mystery
Hahahaha I dunno if they have short legs or if their just really hairy with normal legs... mystery
We make that raw fish goodness and it’s called Oka for us fobs...
Man we miss good oh kiwi fish n chips! Awesome seeing our home spots!
My samoan friend at my first job used to make the meanest oka which he would share with me during lunch. That's the good stuff! 🤤 even beats fish n chips for my rankings 😅
If you don't like coconut cream in your raw fish, you can substitute it with sour cream (very yummy). Thank you so much for this video, I got very teary eyed seeing Tane Mahuta again.
As a point of interest, there is a Kauri furniture Museum (Matakohe), (located in Church Rd, Matakohe 90 minutes north of Auckland), it doesn't sound very interesting, but I can assure you it is an amazing place. I remember going there many years ago and not expecting much, but it really blew me away.
Also just outside of Whangarei there was a very large Victorian house you could visit that hadn't been changed in 100 years. The story behind it was that the last family member to live there, stayed in one part of the house and left the rest of it as a time capsule. When they died in the 1980's the property was sold to the Historic places trust. A really worthwhile place to see in Northland. I managed to find the name it's called : Kiwi North on state highway 14 on the way to Maungatapere. I would rate this place a 10/10.
Tane Mahuta is such an incredible tree ay ❤️ So magnificent. Photos and videos don't do justice to how grand Tane Mahuta is! Wow thanks heaps for all the great recommendations! Sounds like some worthwhile attractions we should check out 👍 Appreciate the time you took to leave us all the details 🙂👍👍
Haha loved the cows my bro! Crack up
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Good job!
Thanks Dave! 🤙
seeing those fish and chips made my mouth water...can't get such nice fish and chips here in taiwan...or least haven't found a place yet
Sounds like a mission you gotta complete Michael 😆👍
Pretty good. Pretty respectful and knowledgeable. There are taller Kauri but they are really deep in the Waipua forest. I'm a little disappointed there were no shots of the harbour opening or the twin taniwha but that's a local nitpicking haha
Must be super local knowledge! 👍 We tried to Google about twin taniwha in Hokianga but couldn't find any info haha
02:11 Mooo~~~ so cute the hairy cows 😆😆😆
🥰 moooooo
Wait did i just see Yen playing pool 😂👍👍👍 woaa
😂 yes, I won though - Peter
Those fluffy cows! Looks like they acknowledged you, Yen! 😂
Hahaha that wasn't scripted yens moo worked
Peter wearing jandal while Yen was trying not to dirty her white vans! haha
Haha it was tough but I managed to keep them pretty clean despite muddy patches 😆
I remember Tane Mahuta when I visited there away back in the 70s. Back then they even allowed you to touch it.
😍 woah must have been awesome to walk right up to tane mahuta, it's a real shame about kauri dieback disease...
I have a photo from about 30 years ago of a friend standing right in front of Tane Mahuta before they stopped people doing that. You really get a much better Idea of the size when you see a tiny person right up next to it.
We drove up northland over summer all the way to the cape, pretty amazing with all the raw Maori history and the beaches are absolutely gorgeous.
Would be great travelling now without many tourists, Tane Mahata was crowded when we went couldn't get a good family photo! 🙃
Traveling in winter and post lockdown has definitely been awesome, so empty everywhere that it often feels like we have places all to ourselves 😍 Maybe you can make another trip if there's a stretch of sunny weather? 🙂
Soo beautiful and full of cows
Loooove cows 😍😍😍
😊 those highland cows are particularly cute with all that shaggy hair 😁
LMAO Peter with the jandals of course 😂😂😂
😆👍 he swears they're more comfortable and sturdy for him than regular shoes lol
Great views and hikes.... truly an enchanted forest! Very unique! Very happy to hear that there were no bugs! I’m curious, do Kiwis ever eat fish & chips with malt vinegar?
Heya ray how's everything going with you? Usually fish n chips are eaten with tomato sauce or aioli. Don't hear of anyone eating with vinegar. Maybe you're onto a new trend 😁👍
Peter and Yen Like you guys, 2020 has been a year of cancelling trips! With the recent uptick in virus cases in the US, we decided to cancel our short Grand Canyon trip. By the way, the Brits eat fish and chips with malt vinegar.... so vinegar is served in the US with fish and chips. I always eat my French fries with ketchup unless I’m having fish and chips. Any more cooking videos in the near future?
Ooo I see! Thanks for sharing Ray 👍 nah no new cooking videos any time soon.. but more road trip ones after this week 😁🇳🇿 Stay safe and take care over there!
I love you guys ❤
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The lord of the forest reminds me of the place in princess mononoke where the forest spirit was 😃
😍 totally does right! Also had jurrasic park vibes in there