🗺️ 24 Hours in Wanganui - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year - Backpacker Guide New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2017
- Day 59: Today we’re exploring the city of Wanganui in New Zealand! We are checking out some of the free things to do in Wanganui city as part of our 365 Days: 365 Activities!
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It’s Day 59 of New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year where we are challenging ourselves to do 365 Days: 365 Activities in New Zealand! Today we are exploring the city of Wanganui! What’s more all the things we are going to be doing are free (or very very cheap).
We take a look at the city centre architecture of Wanganui before hitting the Wanganui Museum. Next, it’s off to Durie Hill to take the historic Durie Hill Elevator which is down and awesome tunnel lined with Maori carvings.
After a bumpy ride up the Durie Hill Elevator, we arrive at the Durie Hill Water Tower which is free to climb up. We go up countless stairs of the Durie Hill Tower to get some awesome views of Wanganui City and the Whanganui River.
It’s back to our accommodation now, the 42b College House backpackers.
So what do you think of Wanganui? Is it a city you would like to visit in New Zealand?
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The spelling of the name changed, but the pronunciation is the same. Local Maori have a regional accent where "wh" is pronounced "wa". That is why the town was originally written as Wanganui but should have actually been spelled Whanganui. Still spoken as Wanganui though. See, totally simple, don't know why anyone would be confused...
It's so simple!
The tower is not a water towre - that is further along the river (incidently you are seeing this because my internet comes via a microwave link fixed to the top of the water tower). The tower these two climbed is actually a memorial to soldiers killed in WW1 and was built only for that reason.
thanks for pitching in, many people have corrected us in the comment already and we have update dour travel guide to reflect this too :)
My uncle helped with the construction of the fountain in Victoria Avenue in 1993 😊 it’s a lovely little old town 😊😊😊
That's super cool!
Oh wow! My Dad is the one who currently services it people please don't put dish detergent in it!
Cool video...that elevator was awesome 👏 with the tunnel
We do like a good tunnel, haha! Thanks for watching, guys :)
Hey guys cool video,the tower you climbed isn't the water tower . You may have noticed a tower to your right. That's the water tower 😉 sadly that's restricted to the public though. Zzzz
Yes, we did see that tower too :) Thanks for the info, Anaru. Are you local to Whanganui?
BackpackerGuide.NZ yeah I've lived here all my life!
Awesome! Do you have any other recommendations for what to do in Whanganui? We're sure there are things we must have missed.
The bason botanical reserve is beautiful.
Kai iwi beach is cool.
Mosquito point is gonna be cool once they put the swing back up. And kayaking up the river is stunning!
Damn we missed all those things, but we'll definitely check them out next time we're in town. Thanks for the advice :) We also did a 4x4 trip on the beach which was pretty cool -> ua-cam.com/video/NWpsMbGING4/v-deo.html
Botanical gardens is the BEST its full of plants flowers lake field BBQ tracks suuuper cool
True! Is that where you spent Boxing day?!
Nah I went on a shopping spree
@@joemcclutchie8849 Haha classic!
I'm from Wanganui and it's beautiful at night
Thanks for sharing Denzil!
Nice video guys, thanks. It reminds me a lot the time when I was in Whanganui 7 years ago
Thanks for the kind comment :) Will you visit Whanganui again soon?
@@NZPocketGuide i have no plan yet at the moment, are you guys living in wanganui？
No we are not sadly, we travel all over New Zealand regularly to keep the content of our travel guide www.backpackerguide.nz fresh ;)
I grew up in Whanganui:)
Nice! Any local tips?!
I love my city great video I got some cool videos too from Wangas too.
Very cool! Whanganui is such a hidden gem!
That elevator is safe the cool thing is that it's over 100 years old the goal of the elevator is to keep everything as original as possible if you get the chance you should see the plant room and ride ontop the elevator it's an amazing experience!
Good tip! Thanks for sharing Harold!
Im from surabayacity indonesia actually want to visit NZ where having view beautifull landscape
Awesome, hopefully you get to visit soon :)
Yous are cool, nice vibes
Thanks for the ind words Adam :)
My best friend was from Wanganui...his name was Lyndsay Gray...a prince of a man.
The kindness of kiwis can not be overstated :)
Durie Hill Tower is not a Water Tower, its a Memorial Tower.
Thanks mark! Yeah a ton of people have pointed that out, sorry for the mistake :(
Lol this is so cool
Thanks mate! Glad to have you on board!
watching this video cuz I'm about to join NZICPA😁😁
Awesome! You will learn a ton!
@@NZPocketGuide thanks guys
ayeee i live in good ol wangaz
Nice one! Any local tips on what are the best things to do around?!
@@NZPocketGuide uhhh not to sure since I haven't really looked around too much for what to do but if I see anything I'll letchu know!
@@usedis5996 Awesome! Then you may also want to hit subscribe, we have a ton of Whanganui videos with fun things to do for you ;)
I can give you a lesson of how to pronounce Wanganui wonga n ew ie
Yep we really need to get a lesson on that haha!
3:38 i fall on the steps. And i was 3 years old then now im 11. Ow i can see a bit of my blood.
Oh no!!!!!
Uhmmm Yes im the one hundreth comment so whanganui is my hometown and i love it here
Haha congrats on being out #100 mate!!!
You should make a vid of the Victoria Street, on a sunny day, when it's hi hustling and bustling, with all it's cafes and business. This video didn't do Whanganui a lick of justice.
Thanks for your honest feedback Mark ;)
I agree
The tower is not a water tower
Yeah somebody else also pointed this out, our bad sorry :(
That tower is not a water tower it is a ww1 memorial type thing I live in wanganui pretty close to the tower
Yeah some other people pointed out or mistake in this comment thread already. Sorry about that :(
Also I need to stop saying lol for no reason..... Lol
Lol!
You climbed jury hill tower
Have you been there too?
@@NZPocketGuide I've been to the Durie hill tower
Nice one! Did you get some good pictures from the top?
@@NZPocketGuide unfortunately not
I live down the road from the tower so I go up and down the stairs and up the tower 1or 2 times a week
Its changed it name from wanganui to Whanganui get it right guys 🤣🤣
Haha we do have some video with the correct name, we just use both so everybody is happy :)
Lol I go down the tunnel every day to go home from school
How do you go up?!
What do you mean the elevator or stairs ?
@@joemcclutchie8849 I know who you are
@@BeemanNZ who am I and how
@@joemcclutchie8849 your a man from Whanganui
Art gallery
Have you been to the gallery yourself?
@@NZPocketGuide yep
btw They do not say it wrong you guys are because Maori people say Wanganui not Whanganui because h's are silent in Maori.
Damn! It looks like we can't get that right :(
not a water tower its a memorial Tower
Thanks for the heads up Kilie :)
That is not the water tower
Yeah we kind of made a mistake on that one sorry :(
it's not spelt wanganui for either the river or the town.
the name change was to put the h back into the town name to make it Whanganui as it is supposed to be.
the only reason it was ever spelt without an h is because white people didn't understand how the local Maori people spoke.
it's not pronounced as an f either time, because the local iwi's dialect doesn't pronounce wh as an f.
so both the town and the river are Whanganui, but pronounced with the w sound instead of an f sound.
Insightful! Thanks for the clarification Ted!
It is actually spelt both ways with an "h" and without an "h" it just depends where your from
Going up the steps sucks
Haha you bet it does! Good exercise though! I bet it keeps you in shape!
You havnt seen me haha
@@joemcclutchie8849 haha!