New Zealand’s Capital City Is OVER

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  • @tamlynburleigh9267
    @tamlynburleigh9267 10 місяців тому +78

    I have many happy memories of living in Wellington, but it was the people which made the city a great place to live, not so much the infrastructure, and there was a good arty feeling about the place.

    • @avpr1574
      @avpr1574 9 місяців тому +1

      Green mayor and Labour govt have destroyed it.

    • @karimtabrizi376
      @karimtabrizi376 8 місяців тому

      Sounds my kind of place

    • @salmonoven
      @salmonoven 8 місяців тому +1

      In some of the part of world these infrastructure are well build enough rather than some procrastinate local mayors that would save tax money in their own pocket and choosing their own stomach instead of build their own town to look way more better.
      Here best regards from me, the country north-west from yours, indonesia.

    • @brucegporter1088
      @brucegporter1088 7 місяців тому +2

      Wellington is small and compact and it's easy to get around, good public transport. Great cafes and restaurants. I was born in Chch but Wellington is my adopted home town. I feel safe and secure and the vibe of the place is quite special...and despite the rumours we do have good weather quite often, and at least with the wind we don't have air pollution😊

  • @boomchika9547
    @boomchika9547 10 місяців тому +245

    "Weather is atrocious" whilst proceeding to walk around peak winter in a T-shirt! 😂

    • @sgct89
      @sgct89 10 місяців тому +2

      It's more than likely to be lined with genuine sheep wool so it's all good!

    • @JamesmcCarthy777
      @JamesmcCarthy777 10 місяців тому +1

      it all ways trash weather here

    • @zolandia5262
      @zolandia5262 10 місяців тому

      I've heard you can't beat it (on a good day), though

    • @MrRup999
      @MrRup999 9 місяців тому

      im one of em

    • @obesetuna3164
      @obesetuna3164 9 місяців тому +10

      It is in the mans blood lol. We British folk have plenty experience when it comes to shitty weather.

  • @LR-vy5yy
    @LR-vy5yy 10 місяців тому +20

    I remember Wellington had a great vibe back in the early to mid 2000's back when the city hosted the Wellington 7's and Lord of the Rings premieres.

    • @moaningpheromones
      @moaningpheromones 5 місяців тому

      Don't forget that good vibe sevens weekend door charge the club's didn't have the rest of the year. Nah - those 'fans' were just drunken morons.

    • @multitablez7825
      @multitablez7825 2 місяці тому +1

      man and the v8 super cars Wellington. That was such epic vibe. so many people. everyone was happy.

  • @paulosoria1279
    @paulosoria1279 8 місяців тому +36

    I lived in NZ over threes years and I visited Wellington for three days back in 2013, I loved my time there, the time I’ve visited there, it was so windy, I still remember how crazy windy was. The waterfront is indeed beautiful.
    By the way, the flag in the first part is Sri Lanka.
    Greetings from Lima Peru.

    • @danny94041af
      @danny94041af 8 місяців тому

      interesante

    • @popcorn3948
      @popcorn3948 7 місяців тому +1

      i was like "what the Sri Lankan flag doin there???"

    • @icebaby6714
      @icebaby6714 5 місяців тому

      Wow, you are from Lima! Peru is not far from New Zealand.

  • @robertmagillold
    @robertmagillold 10 місяців тому +90

    I visited Wellington for the first time a few weeks ago. It was windy, rainy, cold, full of traffic jams (because of questionably designed roads), and I loved the city. People were friendly, beers were good, food was great, coffee was spectacular, waterfront was amazing, and stadium was excellent (football results not so much). We had a great evening at Thistle Inn chatting with locals and visitors alike. Got to get out of town and visit Martinborough as well as drove over to see Weta. Despite its faults, I miss Welly already. Keep sharing Curls-makes me remember the great time we had there!

    • @walkingwithtretz
      @walkingwithtretz 9 місяців тому +1

      WELLINGTON: my traffic jams are legendary
      CHCH: yeah I'll admit you got me beat on that one. I don't think there is anyone who can top you
      * Auckland has entered the chat

  • @roskis6493
    @roskis6493 9 місяців тому +4

    Cool. Visited that museum back in 2019. Really great exhibitions.
    Greetings from Sweden

  • @seanrota3359
    @seanrota3359 10 місяців тому +29

    Welliington is my home town, once upon a time I worked in Courtney Place as a kid, it was a thriving and vibrant area back in 70s but today it looks run down and derelict.

    • @richardv9648
      @richardv9648 10 місяців тому +3

      It was viberant even in 2008 when I was there. Woke policy has killed it.

    • @seanrota3359
      @seanrota3359 10 місяців тому +5

      @@richardv9648 Yeah the fun police killed the place, woke mania killing many things

    • @houseofblues9016
      @houseofblues9016 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@seanrota3359what do u guy mean by that can u be a bit more specific give dome examples maybe so i can understand

    • @Persian-Immortal
      @Persian-Immortal 8 місяців тому +2

      Courtney place was awesome during 2019 as well!

  • @Carolevw
    @Carolevw 10 місяців тому +12

    One thing I love about Wellington is that you can walk around and you will see someone you now - just about always!

    • @msgesus4518
      @msgesus4518 10 місяців тому +4

      this is the reason I want to leave 🤣

  • @MALONE6663
    @MALONE6663 10 місяців тому +11

    Returned back home to NZ 3 months ago after spending 5 years abroad. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY ? We've just sold our house & are leaving for good. NEW ZEALAND IS OVER RATED & FAR TOO EXPENSIVE. THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN NZ LOOK SOOO SAD & DEFEATED. Pick somewhere you've always dreamed of going, sell up, pack up the family & just do it... BETTER THAN SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WONDERING. Bon Voyage.

    • @LTLT900
      @LTLT900 2 місяці тому

      I've been away for 20 years. Won't go back until Jacinda Ardern is in prison and houses are affordable and wages are better.

    • @user-sr4pd5yf4w
      @user-sr4pd5yf4w 2 місяці тому +1

      And if my dream is to go to NZ lol ?

  • @strugs
    @strugs 10 місяців тому +9

    Thank you for sharing!
    I’m grew up in Wellington and love it dearly. I’ve been away for almost a year now, and can’t wait to return. There is ALWAYS something happening, and easy enough to get out of town.

    • @robdykes3659
      @robdykes3659 10 місяців тому

      Just another woke delusional lefty

  • @trevorparlane
    @trevorparlane 10 місяців тому +14

    The reason the north end of Lambton Quay is shut on weekends is because it mainly caters to Wellington's public servants who are not at work during weekends. Also, the waterfront is my favorite part of Wellington too, especially in summer when it is vibrant

  • @Julia20508
    @Julia20508 10 місяців тому +30

    I'd say Auckland City Central is finished. The City is no longer a bustling place since COVID-19 happened and it can feel quite seedy at times.

    • @seanodwyer4322
      @seanodwyer4322 10 місяців тому

      @@ Nga- iff ahh see another- battery push- bike/ scooter/ other in all off Auckland greater/ central city ahh going to praye 24/7 that God confuse's it with 2,000 B.C.- '''Sodom.'''

    • @avpr1574
      @avpr1574 8 місяців тому

      Yep Green MP, Greens always destroy everything

  • @rachellydiab
    @rachellydiab 10 місяців тому +9

    You know what's funny, I went to the top of te papa the other day and looked over the city and was like 'this is the most beautiful place in the world'... but seeing it here, god it looks rubbish on camera hahaha

  • @TheButlerNZ
    @TheButlerNZ 7 місяців тому +17

    Wellington is shut on the weekend because you have to pay to park anywhere in the city centre... and not just pay... but pay the Hong Kong Millionaires Wilson Parking... So everyone leaves the city for nearby Lower Hutt or Porirua for shopping.
    Also Wellington is systematically removing all the carparks and replacing them with cycle lanes... which is great in fair weather.. if you don't have to take the kids to school, or drive a van, or truck or any vehicle needed to conduct business.. or want to arrive not dripping in sweat (and I'm a cyclist)...
    And certain streets they removed more than half the parks.. often leaving NO parking for shops like Takeaways that rely on people driving up ... and parking...
    And were a social society... but remove ALL the parks from one side of a road and half from the other (See Coutts St Rongotai) and you can no longer have visitors come to your house (as there is no parks for miles as all the airport fliers are taking what little free parks there are)... and all the little struggling business's with no off road parking suddenly not only have no staff parking, but no customer parking... (Lets see a cycle rock up to out shop with a 120kg piece of equipment to be fixed).
    And the roads are falling apart (because all the budget is gone putting in cycleways that often were completely unwanted by all, but somehow the council did a "Survey" that no one knows of anyone in the areas that participated... and the few that you can find.. were against it... yet the result is always.... 75% wanted "this"...
    And the sewer pipes are over 100 years old and falling apart (Yes this happened... Flowing raw sewerage in the middle of the city...
    Generally a Wellingtonian is laid back and friendly... so we just put up with huge potholes, water leaking from everywhere (There's a footpath in Island bay that has been running more than a burst garden hose of water from the middle, down the hill... that is now green and slippery from the 2 months it's been flowing... because they are too busy with road lines and another cycle lane (oh and they just put in the Rongotai cycle lane, loosing over half the car parks... when 500 meters (1-2 blocks) over, there was a cycle/pedestrian only lane running almost the full root of the new lane... And as a cyclist... the idiot that thought turning the cycle lane down a side road half way would "Make" cyclists like myself do more than the straight line till we need to turn... should see the West lane of Rongotai Rd cycleway that this year I have actually counted 2 cycles on it... East bound side.. sure... use it my self... West... Nope.. Just continue on Coutts or use the DEVOTED CYCLEWAY that was already there with community gardens and all... beautiful...
    Did I mention that I'm not so hot about cycleways even as a cyclist.. (Ok mainly on hills as my videos show... but guess how I get to the hills)...
    Then there's those road lines.... they keep changing.... and they don't remove the old lines... just paint them with tar... which #1 wears off... and #2... when it rains... (And we get our fair share of rain in the capital) look EXACTLY the same as the white lines... and at night... that means you drive into the middle or into a parked car because these false lines point you there...
    And in NZ, due to the sun angle and Tar... we get glare from the road surface (almost blinding)... and guess what... a white reflective line... and a black tar line... LOOK EXCATLY THE SAME when the sun is glaring off the tar around it...
    So... Yeah..... We'll cross the street to say hi to a complete stranger... and give you directions to anything anywhere... but maybe not so friendly if it turns out your a councillor... who Honestly... only joined the council for their own agenda... because face it... what SANE person would join a council for the money (just like politics)... You join to get something changed... and usually to suit you, not the majority...

    • @je7647
      @je7647 2 місяці тому +1

      wilson parking is criminal lol...

    • @TheButlerNZ
      @TheButlerNZ 2 місяці тому

      @@je7647 haha... didn't expect anyone to make it throu that rant..
      I went through Christchurch Xmas after the Sept 2011 Earthquake...
      People are trying to put theis shattered lives in some sort of order..
      Lots of buildings had been raised to the ground and cleared...
      And Wilsons Parking was in every empty lot charging all the people struggling to survive when the Council/government should have said.. Mr Hon Kong Millionaires... You have enough money, get the flock out of CHCH, its free parking while people get back on their feet.
      But no... Council gets their rake off the top so they didn't give one letter between E & G.

    • @TheButlerNZ
      @TheButlerNZ 2 місяці тому +2

      @@je7647 Ha, you made it through that rant...
      I went to Christchurch the xmas after the September 2011 Earthquake and noted so many buildings had been raised to the ground and the sections cleared.
      While the people were struggling to get their lives together, Wilsons Parking turned every lot into a PAY PARKING lot...
      The council/Government should have said... F-Off Hong Kong Millionaires, Chch is a Free Parking zone while people pick up the pieces...
      But no... The council were getting their cut from the parking so who cares about a few hundred thousand people struggling to recover.

  • @kidsperspectivefamilytrave9184
    @kidsperspectivefamilytrave9184 7 місяців тому +4

    Te Papa is one of the best museum's I have ever been to ... I highly recommend it if you are in Wellington!

  • @lazbogi
    @lazbogi 10 місяців тому +63

    20yrs ago Wellington was at its peak. It is now a sad shadow of what it use to be. Same could be said about all of New Zealand.

    • @jaspervanp2346
      @jaspervanp2346 10 місяців тому

      but werent we KIND ? imposing a two tier society? Wrecking the country over a mild flu?

    • @darrellm9915
      @darrellm9915 10 місяців тому +7

      Yet New Zealand is still one of the most beautiful countries in the world -- attracting people from all over the globe. So the potential hasn't gone anywhere.

    • @KanyeKetchup
      @KanyeKetchup 10 місяців тому +5

      ​@darrellm9915 it's a succession of meatheads in in charge that have killed it for the average joe

    • @brucegporter1088
      @brucegporter1088 10 місяців тому +4

      Friends in San Francisco and LA say the same about their cities and California nothing like it was 50 yrs ago

    • @StephSancia
      @StephSancia 8 місяців тому +4

      You could say that about England LOL My friends are write to me often say England has gone to the Dogs LOL I'd rather be in New Zealand than a tempestuous UK especially London I mean everywhere you go is standing room only I can go to any beach down here in Otago and be the only person on the beach on any particular day it's just amazing when you look at Europe and the med and the holiday makers are jam-packed like sardines in a tin I mean that's not living. It's also easy to run down New Zealand but we've got it made here in New Zealand absolutely luxury and the people who complain about this and that well you've only got to spend a bit of time in any tempestuous country and I'm pretty sure that you would be looking back to New Zealand with a fond yearning. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.

  • @UrbanTaxi99
    @UrbanTaxi99 10 місяців тому +13

    Courtney Place is the worst night out experience in the world. It’s the only place where they promote drinks and having a good time , then don’t let you have either and charge you a mortgage for it. So much potential, yet the law and the execution of how it’s applied in the bars is all wrong, and just sucks all the fun out and makes it benign. No wonder all the businesses struggle and go under.

    • @thrusta100
      @thrusta100 10 місяців тому +4

      Perth is similar, especially Casino, stop telling kiwis to stop moving there! It ain't no better!!!..

  • @RoryEwanTan-gv3jx
    @RoryEwanTan-gv3jx 8 місяців тому +5

    Wellington is a giant retirement village stuffed with retired public servants.
    Been there in 2001.
    Its so different when I visited last .

    • @ben9l351
      @ben9l351 6 місяців тому

      bullshit upon bullshit that really would make the biggest high rise in Wellington

  • @gtone339
    @gtone339 10 місяців тому +17

    Good ol Windy Welly

  • @wandersonvfernandes7643
    @wandersonvfernandes7643 8 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations. I don't know nothing about Wellington, but when you show us the part of the Harbor for me was so amazing. In the next year i'll Go to NZ and i'll pass for Wellington. My english isn't not good but i love your way of speak 👍

  • @malama29
    @malama29 10 місяців тому +73

    the city has had its run. Back before covid town was wonderful during the day even in winter. Now its like roadworks and vacant buildings

    • @furqansuleman1353
      @furqansuleman1353 10 місяців тому +2

      What do you think has changed after covid?

    • @jasonjoslin
      @jasonjoslin 10 місяців тому +6

      ​@@furqansuleman1353
      Emergency housing on Courtney place and around the CBD + more people work from home than ever before.

    • @gregenhersu
      @gregenhersu 10 місяців тому +7

      @@jasonjoslin this, during Covid19 lockdowns people realised they can work from home instead of in an office in the CBD and many have continued doing just that. The flow on from that is a lot of small businesses that used to service the CBD week day workers have closed as they became financially unsustainable. E.g. cafes, bakeries, restaurants, bars and diarys. Like all places Wellington will have a renaissance though. When and what that will look like I do not know.

    • @ColetteNicoll
      @ColetteNicoll 10 місяців тому

      Things are getting worse for every city in the developed South Pacific - since Covid. People with small to large independent businesses lost a lot of capital. The rising costs of fuel overseas means the end of cheap, or even consistent supply to our small populations. Sydney has the same population of the entire country but rising interest rates, energy costs & of course -freight- means even Post Offices are closing, so the premise that it's just remote workers is simplifying things. We're not going to "bounce back" from Covid. It's a slow falling Domino effect . Once coffee or flour is affected - everything will get real scary. In Noumea -even the City supermarket and Chinatown are closed over the weekend. The morning market is half the size. The majority of remaining stores only open Thursday - Saturday. Returning tourists have nothing to look at, so they'll drop off too

    • @danielxbox28
      @danielxbox28 10 місяців тому +5

      @@furqansuleman1353 Inflation and Business closures. No one spending money going out and drinking as much..

  • @gilliandrysdale5306
    @gilliandrysdale5306 10 місяців тому +8

    I saw the museum when I was there 8 years ago it’s awesome! ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @rosselliot8971
    @rosselliot8971 10 місяців тому +51

    If Curls is saying things are a little bleak in places you know it's bad, he being such a champion of ESG. Wellington is the San Francisco of the Southern Hemisphere. Homeless sleeping in doorways, addicts bothering workers, enforced pedestrian zones inconveniencing people. It won't stop anytime soon because Wellington is populated by bureaucrats who earn enough to retreat every day at 5pm to their houses above the fray leaving the taxpayers to endure the effects of local and central government policies. Just keep pronouncing Maori well and everything will be alright.
    Nice to have known you, Wellington. Good luck.

    • @jame2433
      @jame2433 10 місяців тому +6

      You're just describing any capital in the world with that though right. Not sure what that has to do with Wellington specifically

    • @oluoto
      @oluoto 10 місяців тому +8

      I don't see the problem with pedestrian zones

    • @mortonwilson795
      @mortonwilson795 8 місяців тому +3

      This is exactly the story I'm getting from old friends, well, the ones who are still there . . .

    • @shadowbanned15
      @shadowbanned15 8 місяців тому

      Ahh wellington where the weather and slips will take away your home then scumbag thieves will strip it bare while you are not allowed to enter.

  • @SamUrtonDesign
    @SamUrtonDesign 8 місяців тому +5

    Reminds me of the San Francisco Bay Area, and a little bit of Portland as well (and, just like Wellington, those two places have lost much of their energy since covid via "WFH", leading to vacant office buildings and business closures in the downtown areas).

    • @boyfauna19
      @boyfauna19 7 місяців тому +1

      I was thinking wellington looked like the older parts of Seattle all around, where I have grown up here. The wind and rain just like being here in Seattle too for sure. I agree.

  • @rustyone7299
    @rustyone7299 10 місяців тому +7

    That was Absolutely Positively amazing

  • @jondnz
    @jondnz 10 місяців тому +8

    9:46 "for all it's faults" LOL was that a pun on the fact that it's (supposedly) New Zealand's most earthquake prone city

  • @lucasSilva-wl6rs
    @lucasSilva-wl6rs 4 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤ amazing vídeo!!

  • @dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855
    @dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855 10 місяців тому +4

    Thanks to you and people like you total respect and God bless always English man Curly living in New Zealand and other British Colonies very great educational videos all the time

  • @mikeymofonz
    @mikeymofonz 10 місяців тому +19

    Did you see the mayor of Wellington stumble out of one of those bars 😂

    • @seanodwyer4322
      @seanodwyer4322 10 місяців тому

      mike- ahh was there in 2001 gearing upp for 9/11 .- not sure who the mayor was in 2001.- ?????? Had zero constipation in Wellington City as ahh was useing the High Power Public toilets on Courtney Place/ Street.

  • @dianegauci65
    @dianegauci65 9 місяців тому

    Love your videos and stories 🙂

  • @adrianthomas6667
    @adrianthomas6667 9 місяців тому +25

    As an Ozy I lived and worked in Wellington about the time of the Falklands War, At that time it was a beautifully spread out city with few high rise buildings. The Freiburg building (defence headquarters) had a sweeping lawn leading up to it & the offices had great views of the city. Now they built a high rise on that lawn and Freiburg sits in it's dark shadow. You could jog around the city in your lunch break and then go back to work. I cannot stand the unplanned mess & congestion they have made of it now.

    • @juliaforsyth8332
      @juliaforsyth8332 8 місяців тому

      My then boyfriend worked at Defence HQ at that time and stationed at Fort Dorset. He was really concerned and hoping NZ wouldn't get involved with the Falklands.

  • @kakisot3674
    @kakisot3674 9 місяців тому +1

    I've been there for 10 days last 2019! ❤ I miss the vibe of Wellington !

  • @walkingwithtretz
    @walkingwithtretz 9 місяців тому +5

    Wellington is pretty sweet. The hills are amazing and the bush walks are epic. Definitely a vibe there. Its not allways windy either. Wellingron has some nice varied weather and varied temperatures. Meanwhile in Auckland every summers day is in the mid 20s and sunny.... gets boring after a while lol.

  • @user-vz4ys1st2h
    @user-vz4ys1st2h 5 місяців тому

    Cheers dude I am considering moving , still the research stage tho and tips would be cool .

  • @lindyjourde7411
    @lindyjourde7411 10 місяців тому

    Great vid. I haven't been down there for a year or so and now you've made me miss it. 😁👌❤️

  • @KristineBroad-dr8rc
    @KristineBroad-dr8rc 10 місяців тому +20

    I don’t live New Zealand but Wellington is my home and I love the city and will forever it is a little gem

  • @deniseg-hill1730
    @deniseg-hill1730 7 місяців тому +1

    I liked Wellington if you go to the top of the town the views are fabulous. There was an organic store near to the hotel we stayed in. The musuem was really good. The weather so much like the UK. Nice property is expensive. I noticed the lack of motorways.

  • @richardcaldwell9160
    @richardcaldwell9160 5 місяців тому

    Thoroughly enjoyable from a Wellingtonian - Thank you

  • @gsjame
    @gsjame 10 місяців тому +3

    Worked in Wellington a few years back, before COVID. Didn’t get to see much, flight out delayed due to wind. Would love to go back for another look, hopefully one day.

  • @louisaklimentos7583
    @louisaklimentos7583 9 місяців тому +6

    Great architecture in Wellington and the streets look so clean . I like it ! Thank you for this lovely video .

  • @sthakshay18
    @sthakshay18 10 місяців тому +118

    Oh, you won't believe how fantastic it is here! We've got the thrill of a scarce job market, rent that practically doubles as a luxury tax, the friendliest bunch of reserved folks you'll ever meet, and let's not forget the ever-surprising combo of windy chills and delayed services. What's not to love, right?

    • @Mcfreddo
      @Mcfreddo 10 місяців тому +4

      Yes and that kills any nightlife off. I think businesses are doing it tough. Retail etc.
      One thing that local governments around the world keeps doing it seems, is to put bloody apartments in the entertainment districts and end up destroying them?

    • @robdykes3659
      @robdykes3659 10 місяців тому +19

      Post-modernist Marxist polices, diversity inclusiness and equality of outcome ha ha woke Wellington

    • @robdykes3659
      @robdykes3659 10 місяців тому

      The woke can only destroy , it can't build anything

    • @teuilagracetualaulelei1609
      @teuilagracetualaulelei1609 10 місяців тому +8

      It’s a class war - only those who own a home can expect security and peace of mind, that’s sad.

    • @honeylinus7139
      @honeylinus7139 10 місяців тому +8

      Pretty much the whole New Zealand

  • @kellywalker4494
    @kellywalker4494 9 місяців тому +4

    Lived in Auckland for a while. Not much ever seems to happen, not much industry yet the price of property is horrendous. Weird.

  • @terencewise7349
    @terencewise7349 9 місяців тому +1

    From Terence Wise in UK...........Judging by the weather anyone from England should feel at home in Wellington.

  • @furball8967
    @furball8967 6 місяців тому +13

    I’ve visited and lived in many cities the world over, but Wellington is probably the most underrated city on earth. It’s not too big, not too small, just right. Great feel about it, friendly people. The weather is shit most times, but when it turns it on, it turns it on! Love love Wellington!

    • @davidcampbell3642
      @davidcampbell3642 4 місяці тому +1

      The weather's crap most of the year round though.

  • @findmeintime
    @findmeintime 5 місяців тому +1

    Wellingon was one of my favourite places to live. Went to Vic uni and worked at a pub, had the time of my life.

  • @BrayZap
    @BrayZap 8 місяців тому +2

    Not sure if i would want to live there but would definitely want to visit it a few times, it seems beautiful and a big change in pace from the U.S.

  • @Jordan-du6fu
    @Jordan-du6fu 10 місяців тому +8

    We only say they are hills because we are used to seeing big mountains. In the uk you are not used to it because your tallest is ben nevis and its not very tall

  • @MealsBeast
    @MealsBeast 5 місяців тому +2

    It's worth mentioning the embassy theatre, if your a film buff and Peter Jackson fan, there is so much rich film tours for LOTR there, but the embassy is something really special. I was there for the hobbit desolation of smaug premiere and it was brilliant. Also went to weta studio and Peter Jackson's studio. It was so epic. I know it's a bit cliche but it really adds value to wellington!
    Also worth mentioning te ahumairangi and mount Victoria. Wellington is just a gorgeous place

    • @deangarden3816
      @deangarden3816 5 місяців тому

      I went there and watched Bad Taste when it was first released

  • @Andrew_kiwi_AF
    @Andrew_kiwi_AF 10 місяців тому +5

    Even thou it’s lunch time and a week day lampton quay used to be a lot busier even at 8pm on a Monday night then what you just showed. Wellington city I feel used to hum more then Auckland during the week days.

  • @TeeJayAwrekaOA
    @TeeJayAwrekaOA 7 місяців тому +1

    You have awesome pronunciation of maori words man, im glad you are attentive to pronunciation

  • @Northafrican2097
    @Northafrican2097 8 місяців тому +12

    Im from north africa ,been hoping to immigrate to NZ for 2 years now ,love the accent,the urbanism,the calm and the uniqueness of new zealand ❤

    • @StephSancia
      @StephSancia 8 місяців тому

      @dirtdirtdirt ~ I was in Cape town 1973 .. about 50 light years ago :) but I do remember on a Sunday the only place you could get beer or alcohol was in a hotel so I'm really not sure what that was about but I thought Cape town was pretty neat pretty neat ! not sure what it's like these days. And has it happens in my opinion the South African accent is very close to a kiwi accent, I mean born and bred Kiwi accent which isn't me but there's a slight difference in pronunciation from my perspective. Or maybe I've just lived in too many countries LOL Happy days

    • @Northafrican2097
      @Northafrican2097 8 місяців тому

      @@StephSancia you sound very interesting,with rich life experience ,that's great

  • @albieapiatawebsitebuilder7872
    @albieapiatawebsitebuilder7872 6 місяців тому

    Chur bro, I liove WGTN.... nice video, i think to truly appreciate Wellington you need to go up both of its coasts, then you will understand it better :)

  • @kristinahebdon686
    @kristinahebdon686 6 місяців тому +1

    We travelled around NZ for 2 weeks in July/August this year. We didn’t get to Wellington but looks like we didn’t miss much! Our favourite city was Christchurch 😍

  • @willem1642
    @willem1642 10 місяців тому +3

    Its not dead, its just resting.

  • @probld
    @probld 7 місяців тому

    2:13 - at the weekends, everything is closed! I remember visiting some years ago on a Saturday, counting 67 people on the main street. Having said that, I remember the bars and restaurants in the marina being busy, great service and food...

  • @cheeseisdelicious111
    @cheeseisdelicious111 6 місяців тому +2

    Gosh I worked in the city in 1995 and tried to avoid going down Lambton Quay during the day because it was so busy. It's sad to see less people there now. The world has changed.

    • @johnosullivan-nq2wd
      @johnosullivan-nq2wd 5 місяців тому

      Auckland's Queen St is like that now I heard, is it because people just stay home in front of their computer screens now?

  • @balung
    @balung 10 місяців тому +3

    Yeah, they all can be found in Brisbane Australia, mate.

  • @k.vn.k
    @k.vn.k 10 місяців тому +3

    I was there in Summer, last Jan. It was also raining for a while then sun finally appeared. It’s not very hot in summer. I love it, already miss it. It’s a lovely city though I am bias and will always love Sydney where I live. Will travel there again soon though.

  • @lioneldemun6033
    @lioneldemun6033 8 місяців тому +2

    Fun fact : at 41° 17' latitude Wellington is at a similar latitude ( Antipodes) as these cities in the Northern Hemisphere : Rome, Barcelona, Istanbul, Porto (PT) . In the US, Martha's Vineyard island

  • @mop5033
    @mop5033 7 місяців тому

    Looks like a nice small town, ty!

  • @exploreearth6275
    @exploreearth6275 5 місяців тому

    So many beautiful places in Wellington

  • @jonathanbiwit1729
    @jonathanbiwit1729 6 місяців тому

    In my 8 years of work in Wellington, I escape the first month of winter every year heading for vacation back home in the tropical Philippines. I dreaded the winter season so a month long basking under the sun in my tropical country at least shortened my bearing the wintry cold Wellington weather to just two months.
    Over all, I still love windy Welly because it doesn't have snowfall during winter (except in 2011 when Welly was blanketed with snow).

  • @evaestelle677
    @evaestelle677 10 місяців тому

    Love the video, im a kiwi living in Vietnam at the moment so its nice to have a little peek back home

  • @amall.k
    @amall.k 8 місяців тому

    I'm watching this as a manifestation (great video)

  • @benorsman9654
    @benorsman9654 10 місяців тому +7

    The weather can be miserable. What other cities in NZ have more entertainment..Maybe Invercargill or Whangārei?

  • @Jordan-zd2tx
    @Jordan-zd2tx 5 місяців тому +1

    Lived there from 2009-2012 at the time it was the most exciting place in NZ without a doubt. But after visiting this year after 10 years in australia i couldnt believe how much things had changed. So much closed down. No nightlife. So sad.

  • @carltwidle9046
    @carltwidle9046 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi 👋 I lived in Wellington twice once in the 1980s and the early 2000s. The harbour is so nice particularly on a good day.

  • @davidlawton7845
    @davidlawton7845 6 місяців тому

    I’ve travelled through Wellington on three separate occasions to catch the inter-islander ferry to the South Island and it’s rained heavily on each occasion…it’s an expensive place with bad weather most of the year….

  • @MyBriefworld
    @MyBriefworld 9 місяців тому

    Thank You

  • @tanioraaura1274
    @tanioraaura1274 10 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely spot on man,
    Good commentary 👍
    I don't live there anymore.
    Windy wellington for the young ones

  • @theking16060
    @theking16060 5 місяців тому +1

    Lmao we are from Boston, USA and we did a road trip from Auckland to Wellington and when we went it was packed with people. There was a Jimmy Beam Homegrown event in March 2023 which brought tons of people from all over NZ. Weather was amazing

  • @deegnuts4664
    @deegnuts4664 10 місяців тому +1

    mean video curls love ya bro cant wait to get that tat lol

  • @Hastenforthedawm
    @Hastenforthedawm 7 місяців тому

    That's how I felt when I went on holiday in Wellington late last year.
    I really dont miss it.

  • @cheeseboard3704
    @cheeseboard3704 8 місяців тому +4

    In the five years I've lived in Wellington, it has definitely changed from being open and friendly to closed and judgy. Not my kinda place anymore, I can't wait to explore the other cool cities we have in this country. Might go to Tauranga 😎😆 or home to New Plymouth

    • @MeadowDay
      @MeadowDay 8 місяців тому +2

      Australia changed in the same time period, just lost that safe natural laid back feel

    • @user-bd3bq7is2d
      @user-bd3bq7is2d 7 місяців тому +3

      As a life long Aucklander of 67 years. Even I don't love the place anymore. People really are on edge in a non Kiwi way. I'm planning my escape and leaving it to the new comers who don't now the old Auckland. Sadly gone forever.

  • @musselchee9560
    @musselchee9560 10 місяців тому +18

    Wellington's best kept secret: a constant flow of breathable fresh air.

  • @User-gaiasaak
    @User-gaiasaak 9 місяців тому

    Nice, hope get chance to visit

  • @Irwin.009
    @Irwin.009 8 місяців тому

    Since the riots no one talks about wellington nice video

  • @arekkrolak6320
    @arekkrolak6320 6 місяців тому

    city looks beautiful, I visited once but it was during a night, so haven't seen much :)

  • @mohammedbinladen4619
    @mohammedbinladen4619 9 місяців тому +2

    I'm from Christchurch and have never been to Wellington, i had considered visiting one day but now i don't think I'll bother unless i have to. Looks terribly depressing and boring.

  • @carlingram1003
    @carlingram1003 10 місяців тому +3

    Yo can you do a run through of the galleries in Wellington? I came in on Sunday and was kind of disapointed, portrait gallery was a mixed bag but overall really good, Parkin drawing award was better than expected, city gallery was garbage (But the staff were actually amazing, like really good despite what they were working with).

  • @ironshark8869
    @ironshark8869 7 місяців тому

    At the end there he’s walking in the side lane next to police central station.
    He mentioned a couple of lunch places in Courtney place that I go to..
    the coffee shop who he met an old friend is literally around the corner from my work!.
    should do a nice warm evening walk thru oriental parade.
    And a visit to Mt Victoria lookout.
    Soo much more to see.. cable car ride etc..
    Guess it’s about choosing the right time and day to video

  • @gavinlew8273
    @gavinlew8273 8 місяців тому +4

    What do you mean by "things are a little bleak in places"? NZ (Wellington) is just beautiful compared with most cities in Asia. Maybe not as crowded which is a good thing in my book.

    • @xinyiquan666
      @xinyiquan666 6 місяців тому

      most cities? no compared to china

  • @singhn6032
    @singhn6032 10 місяців тому +2

    Wellington CBD on Mondays and Fridays (especially if it is raining is dead), everyone just works from home. if you wanna see an alive CBD, do it on a sunny day. Good on you for highlighting some of the CBD. Also, I think the dead dinosaur that is the reading complex is killing Courtney Place, it you to very busy there before but all the food courts and nice shops clothing shops moved to Willis Street

  • @tylerpixel
    @tylerpixel 7 місяців тому

    The alley and the street (Manning St and Victoria St) at the end was featured in the film Ghost in The Shell.

  • @stephaniebattersby4556
    @stephaniebattersby4556 10 місяців тому

    was in Wellys a couple of weeks ago was so hoping to pump into you lol just wanted to say love Wellington and suburbs so much nicer than Auckland . love your workmate keep it up xx

  • @pce12345
    @pce12345 7 місяців тому

    Reminds me of the Spinal Tap song 'Hell hole'

  • @ponzitizen
    @ponzitizen 10 місяців тому +7

    Nation of debt slaves don't have time to walk around and bring the city to life...

    • @KanyeKetchup
      @KanyeKetchup 10 місяців тому +2

      That is the best analogy of the current situation of Nz

    • @LTLT900
      @LTLT900 2 місяці тому

      100% accurate.

  • @tundeowoola6417
    @tundeowoola6417 8 місяців тому +9

    No homeless zombies pitching tents/sleeping on sidewalks? No encampments and people living in RVs? Wellington sounds like paradise!

  • @wellingtonian2009
    @wellingtonian2009 10 місяців тому +2

    I haven't lived in Wellington since the early 2000's. The CBD looks pretty quiet compared to how I remember it.

  • @margaretvanson3601
    @margaretvanson3601 7 днів тому

    Lampton Quay is the Northern end of Wellington CBD, it ends at Willis St, which is it's southern end.

  • @BigJFindAWay
    @BigJFindAWay 8 місяців тому +6

    When I was in Wellington some 28 years ago I found the place beautiful but strangely depressing. Maybe the crap weather. I saw no trolley buses in your video. Do they still have them? I found they gave the place a lot of character.

    • @free456...
      @free456... 7 місяців тому

      they took cables down for trolley buses about 5 years ago... at same time they sold buses routes to a private company totally stuffed up Wellingtons bus system...

    • @BigJFindAWay
      @BigJFindAWay 7 місяців тому

      The rest of the world is putting in things like this in their cities. That’s progress. Why has Wellington regressed? What is wrong with that city and its people? When I was in Wellington I found the architecture nice but the horrible weather ruined it. It doesn’t have a nice sea front and I didn’t see many nice shops or decent shopping precincts or social gathering spots. There was no part of the city I would be as desirable to live in even though I sadly found it preferable to Auckland. The trolley buses were one of the city’s few redeeming features.

    • @free456...
      @free456... 7 місяців тому

      It was greed, Wellington Regional Council got private companies to bid for the right to run bus routes...the difference in bid prices between companies was the drivers wages, bus companies tried to cut over time pay rates for drivers... they introduced double decker busses to make up for a reduced bus services, Scrapped long established bus routes, which often means have to take several buses to make a trip when in the past you could catch one bus. Also chronic bus driver shortage so multiple bus services are cancelled daily@@BigJFindAWay

    • @moaningpheromones
      @moaningpheromones 5 місяців тому

      calm down - they only served a small number of shitty routes and weren't found anywhere outside central city - not the Hutt, or north of the railway station. suck on the truth mate - yeehaaa@@BigJFindAWay

  • @KylieMackLA
    @KylieMackLA 10 місяців тому +28

    Wellingtonian who's lived in LA 28yrs here - the best things about Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara are not commerce-based, the sea, the hills, the clean air, and the weather always reminding us who is really in charge. But the thing that really makes Wellington great is the people; the nods you get from strangers, the decades-deep immigrant communities who've helped shape the city, and the friendships you'll find if you slow down and visit a coffee shop, bar, sports club, surf club, marae, or even one of the well established Pacific Island churches around the city. Community runs deep in Wgtn and as long as you're not a d**k, you're welcome :)

    • @mistawolfe8541
      @mistawolfe8541 10 місяців тому

      Shaped the city?... Yes, negatively... We do not need any more economic migrants fleeing their nations, increasing labour supply and driving prices up

    • @robdykes3659
      @robdykes3659 10 місяців тому

      Another delusional woke lefty

    • @PV1230
      @PV1230 8 місяців тому +3

      that reads like a tourism pamphlet.

    • @je7647
      @je7647 2 місяці тому

      @@PV1230 shes speaking like it needs to be nefd but its got to be upgraded

  • @jumpingjohnflash
    @jumpingjohnflash 10 місяців тому +1

    The 'Beehive' is the executive offices for the government ministers and the PM, - the actual parliament building is the one in the middle. The building on the right is the parliamentary library.

  • @MrSilverfish12
    @MrSilverfish12 7 місяців тому +1

    I tried to like Wellington, I really did. But the continued growth in homelessness in the city and crazy rent prices is what caused me to leave. I really wanted to stay in the city as that is where I prefer to be as a tech professional. Unless you live out far and can catch the train in on very cold and wet mornings this place is only meant for upper middleclass.

  • @JM19649
    @JM19649 9 місяців тому +1

    Lived there in 07 and spent many a long and happy evening on Courtney place.. From what ive heard the places i remember are all gone now😢, boogywonderland, electric avenue and mollys.. protect the welsh bar at all costs

  • @jondnz
    @jondnz 10 місяців тому +1

    4:23 I've been in said helicopter. It's a scenic flight attraction. The office is in the building down the alley just next to the Mexican place

  • @Persian-Immortal
    @Persian-Immortal 8 місяців тому

    anyone in Wellington, I can recommend KC cafe too.
    mix chicken fried rice with Hot and sour soup.
    delicious!

  • @CostaKazistov
    @CostaKazistov 9 місяців тому

    With so much panning camera angles in this video, higher frame rate would have been really good.
    For travel videos 60fps instead of 30 frames per second is ideal.

    • @itscurlsbaby
      @itscurlsbaby  9 місяців тому

      Only problem is I use iMovie for editing and it never lets me export 60fps. Says it’ll take up too much space, even though I have plenty of storage. Even happens with 30ps sometimes too!

  • @ashima999
    @ashima999 10 місяців тому +3

    1:36 the flag of Sri Lanka.

  • @gerardmackay8909
    @gerardmackay8909 5 місяців тому

    I visited back in 1995 (the country not Wellington) and was captivated. It was March and summer still lingered. Flew from a rain drenched Sydney to clear blue skies in Christchurch. Loved Queenstown, Nelson, Abel Tasman, Tekapo, Rotorua, Tauranga and the Coromandel Peninsular. Met the loveliest people and the sun shone for almost the entire 3 weeks. My sister went last year and said it was still beautiful but a lot of locals were really fed up with the cost of living crisis and the lack of affordable housing (exactly how people feel here in the UK). Fly 13000 miles to find the same problems you left behind.

    • @jun8569
      @jun8569 5 місяців тому

      Nah NZ is now F***d mate.