I’m from Wellington and I think it’s a great place to live and I’ve lived in London and Sydney so I’m not some clueless yokel. It’s not too great a place to visit, but attributes for living in a place every day and merely visiting a place once or twice are not the same thing. He must’ve gone to Courtney place on a Monday or Tuesday night or something, because Thursday night to Sunday night it is full of people even in winter. And I honestly don’t understand why he keeps mentioning Melbourne for, how is that place even relevant to bring up?
I've been living here 16 years. It's faith in the superficial facade has left homelessness unchecked. We have water leakage depleting our water reserves - everywhere and right now, businesses all along Wellington's major streets beyond are shutting up shop, which feels like it reached a contagious free fall state. People are leaving, who really wants to stay freely on a burning ship, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean?
I have been raising with the Council, the issues you have mentioned, for over three years. The council are aware of them too. A lot could be done just by passing bylaws, especially the anti-social behaviour ( which I believe people themselves are very much self-aware of others'perception of them). It is difficult to get people in council to change their attitude. I believe we are cursed by our proximity to central government.In that many in local government, adopt an indifference and uncaring attitude to taking action. I am campaigning hard to get fares on the Airport Flyer down to the same price as any other regular fare , for an equivalent trip from the CBD.
@@scottgresham6759 I didn't know there was a suicide but that's real bad. They should take better care of their students. I only went there for a year and a bit before i left so I don't know much.
@@MonkeFive I'm actually a teacher in Asia, but I don't have much involvement with student's welfare, I just write lesson plans, teach classes and do some administrative tasks. I remember the indifference of teachers at Wadestown main school when I had some serious personal issues. A lot of school staff don't do more than the bare minimum to do their jobs.
@@MonkeFive Actually I understood it was an adult youth who hung himself in the playground. Sometimes you hear ghastly stories of child suicides. Anyway enough about this awful topic.
I didn’t move to New Zealand, I moved to Wellington, reason for that the rest of New Zealand the sun goes down and they go to bed, at least in Wellington you can still get dinner at 2 am ❤
Moved back to Wellington (regretfully and reluctantly) from townsville in early February and im already making plans to leave for another part of New Zealand..The mayor is a Boozehag and the city has been run down so much while I was in Australia that it resembles south central LA in some parts
Wellingtonian here! Nah, it's great here! The city is big enough to be interesting and have great food, cafes and shopping, but small enough to be "human scale" - not overwhelming. The harbour, with the ferry across to Day's Bay (beautiful place). The laid-back pace of life! No "rush rush rush" like in Auckland. The food and the awesome cafes! Some of the best in the country! The "Green Belts" - so close, no matter where you are in the city. Mt Vic, the Botanic Gardens (easy to get to on the iconic Cable Car), the University with its lovely old Hunter Building. The beaches - from those around the harbour to Island Bay and Makara! The weather - it hardens you up! Give me Wellington's refreshing wind and rainy days over Auckland's *awful* humidity and heat any day! At least you can sleep at night on cold evenings here - not like in Auckland in the summer! I'm originally from Napier but I'm a Wellingtonian now and always will be!
Looking forward to going there! I'm a 69 year old Canadian with a pretty great family and we have done some travelling, but never gone there. Will have to do some talking, but will be spending my 50th wedding anniversary there in Jan. or Feb. 2026 with as much of my family - and my wife haha - as possible. Cheer
Remember mid 1970's Wellington was cut off ow was just a lonely town and you could only catch the train to Wellington all walk there were no roads going into Wellington then yea
I got super stoned in wellington like mega baked i had to spend some time in a garden to recover but then I got some creeps from a shop no wider than a doorway they were the best creeps i ever had
Honestly Christchurch is such a shit place, homophobic shits, Dunedin used to be good until the rich Auckland students moved down there for uni and is a sad place in general
Perry Freshwater went to Kelburn Normal School. Back in the day, there was no grass and yet he has gone on to a promising rugby career. He could have been an All Black!
"Thank the Reserve Bank for all this inflation." To be fair, it was only acting on the government's instruction, printing cash to be dished out while the economy was being strangled by persistent lockdowns and closed borders. Why do you think inflation is currently a global problem?
@@chrisheffernan3998 I only agree with the first two about Wellington and have no basis to say about Melbourne. London is all three of those things, are you going to make the same association?
As a Wellingtonian I can only dignify this video by telling you that your attempt at humour is primary school bully level and that I’ve barely heard of Melbourne let alone have any idea about the place. So why do you keep mentioning Melbourne for? Are you some super insecure person from there and who thinks everything is a competition or something?
@@Wesda Of course I've heard of it. I just have barely heard of it and barely have any idea about the place. It's not relevant to me. I'm not familiar with what the place is like. I hear little to nothing about it and what's happening there. I've never known anyone from there. I don't know of anyone nor anything famous from there. I am not familiar with any landmarks there nor anything that sets it apart. The only thing I ever hear about Melbourne is that horse race, and I have no interest in gambling nor horse racing. It's like Adelaide or Hobart or Perth. Or Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, etc. They're just some city in some other country.
Totally agree. This guy has no clue about welly and in typical Australian fashion compares everything to themselves that they have copied us in doing. Wellington was ahead of its time and Melbourne has just come on the scene in the last 2 decades but makes sense he’s a young dude.
“Not even Luxon has done yet” 💀
He ain't wrong though
Kinda makes me wanna go there
I’m from Wellington and I think it’s a great place to live and I’ve lived in London and Sydney so I’m not some clueless yokel. It’s not too great a place to visit, but attributes for living in a place every day and merely visiting a place once or twice are not the same thing. He must’ve gone to Courtney place on a Monday or Tuesday night or something, because Thursday night to Sunday night it is full of people even in winter.
And I honestly don’t understand why he keeps mentioning Melbourne for, how is that place even relevant to bring up?
I would recommend 100%
@@Wesda so dose it actually suck compared to Australia ro Melbourne because it doesn't have massive spiders or dangerous animals so it's way better
I've been living here 16 years. It's faith in the superficial facade has left homelessness unchecked. We have water leakage depleting our water reserves - everywhere and right now, businesses all along Wellington's major streets beyond are shutting up shop, which feels like it reached a contagious free fall state. People are leaving, who really wants to stay freely on a burning ship, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean?
I have been raising with the Council, the issues you have mentioned, for over three years. The council are aware of them too. A lot could be done just by passing bylaws, especially the anti-social behaviour ( which I believe people themselves are very much self-aware of others'perception of them). It is difficult to get people in council to change their attitude. I believe we are cursed by our proximity to central government.In that many in local government, adopt an indifference and uncaring attitude to taking action. I am campaigning hard to get fares on the Airport Flyer down to the same price as any other regular fare , for an equivalent trip from the CBD.
i went to kelbern normal school and sprained my leg. nNobody helped me and i was eight years old. Never go there.
'Kelburn not normal school', because teachers don't help children with injuries. Wasn't there a suicide in the playground one time?
@@scottgresham6759 I didn't know there was a suicide but that's real bad. They should take better care of their students. I only went there for a year and a bit before i left so I don't know much.
@@MonkeFive I'm actually a teacher in Asia, but I don't have much involvement with student's welfare, I just write lesson plans, teach classes and do some administrative tasks. I remember the indifference of teachers at Wadestown main school when I had some serious personal issues. A lot of school staff don't do more than the bare minimum to do their jobs.
@@MonkeFive Actually I understood it was an adult youth who hung himself in the playground. Sometimes you hear ghastly stories of child suicides. Anyway enough about this awful topic.
Thanks for the tip(middle aged dude from Oz).
Somehow this had the reverse affect on me... seems cool. But then I'm proudly from Hobart.
I didn’t move to New Zealand, I moved to Wellington, reason for that the rest of New Zealand the sun goes down and they go to bed, at least in Wellington you can still get dinner at 2 am ❤
Hahahaha
Moved back to Wellington (regretfully and reluctantly) from townsville in early February and im already making plans to leave for another part of New Zealand..The mayor is a Boozehag and the city has been run down so much while I was in Australia that it resembles south central LA in some parts
Mayor is fuckin awesome tbh
@@Lorem_64 surely you can't be serious? She's a drunkard
And the best part about Wellington? All the visiting Aussie critics won't be staying too long. 😂
The world's biggest round about isn't the Queen's Park Savannah in POS, Trinidad?
Wellingtonian here!
Nah, it's great here! The city is big enough to be interesting and have great food, cafes and shopping, but small enough to be "human scale" - not overwhelming.
The harbour, with the ferry across to Day's Bay (beautiful place).
The laid-back pace of life! No "rush rush rush" like in Auckland.
The food and the awesome cafes! Some of the best in the country!
The "Green Belts" - so close, no matter where you are in the city. Mt Vic, the Botanic Gardens (easy to get to on the iconic Cable Car), the University with its lovely old Hunter Building.
The beaches - from those around the harbour to Island Bay and Makara!
The weather - it hardens you up! Give me Wellington's refreshing wind and rainy days over Auckland's *awful* humidity and heat any day! At least you can sleep at night on cold evenings here - not like in Auckland in the summer!
I'm originally from Napier but I'm a Wellingtonian now and always will be!
Looking forward to going there! I'm a 69 year old Canadian with a pretty great family and we have done some travelling, but never gone there. Will have to do some talking, but will be spending my 50th wedding anniversary there in Jan. or Feb. 2026 with as much of my family - and my wife haha - as possible. Cheer
I’ve lived my whole life in wellys & I approve this message!
I was expecting you to rip the city to shreds but apart frok the gentlemens club bit it was pretty spot on
Remember mid 1970's Wellington was cut off ow was just a lonely town and you could only catch the train to Wellington all walk there were no roads going into Wellington then yea
0:01 ow dude im right here...
Waiting on the Christchurch Sucks video, so you can reference the CTV building when calling the National led coalition unstable.
You can't beat Wellington on a good day. For the rest go to Nelson!
Wellywood got off lightly compared to your Auckland video haha
U should make a why Hamilton Sucks vid lol
when i eventually go there i will
But that’s just a given
You dont need a whole video to explain why Hamilton sucks.
@@Wesda Don't go there..
“The Road Up There Feels Like I’m About To Stop At ✨Franklins House✨From GTA” 1:08
I live in Welly and I disapprove this video! Wellington has the most amazing hidden gems that no one else can find and I always surprise myself! 😃
I'm in Broadbeach these days but damn you sold me on welly
What do you do if your in a wheelchair in Wellington, genuinely interested.
I miss the bucket fountain
Hi from Wellington. I did not know we has a Jis Cafe.
Lower Hutt
as crap as it can be still my favorite city on earth haha
Auckland is windy too
ver humid in Auckland and a lot of transport issues
I got super stoned in wellington like mega baked i had to spend some time in a garden to recover but then I got some creeps from a shop no wider than a doorway they were the best creeps i ever had
You won't see much change till they sort the sewerage. And that'll use most of the rates for the next 20 years.
Based on you, whole New Zealand socks, *your best useful content you can make, no more expectation*
I haven’t made any videos on the South Island yet…
Yup don't worry will try to leave wellington asap way too many hippies and too expensive and bad weather why anyone moves here no idea
Weather was hot this summer. You must of been in hibernation 😆
If you really don’t like Wellington, why not take a ride up to Steam Incorporated in Paekok!! It will DEFIENTLY IMPRESS you
Honestly the whole north island needs to go tbh
Honestly Christchurch is such a shit place, homophobic shits, Dunedin used to be good until the rich Auckland students moved down there for uni and is a sad place in general
Why?
We do
Nah the South Island is irrelevant ngl
why? Not our fault you know more sheep then people😂😂
Perry Freshwater went to Kelburn Normal School. Back in the day, there was no grass and yet he has gone on to a promising rugby career. He could have been an All Black!
Nice to complement my father's friend's architecture!
Do one about Christchurch!
high quality production
Glad I live in Upper Hutt instead of Wellington -_-
I’m from Lower Hutt
"Thank the Reserve Bank for all this inflation."
To be fair, it was only acting on the government's instruction, printing cash to be dished out while the economy was being strangled by persistent lockdowns and closed borders.
Why do you think inflation is currently a global problem?
The question is, where is all that money going?
Wellington absolutely sucks.
New Zealand sucks, big time!!
Yeah it sucks but it is home
smellington
Childish.
Another sweet as video, aye.
the 10(ish) dislikes are probably luxon simps. 🤣🤣
Cool people spell it sux.
Its called Bobbys pizza now.....seems yo be exactly yhe sale though,i literally ate it two days ago
It was tired and overrated twenty years ago, can't imagine how bad it is now
gday wesda
where's the chch edition bro
What Eva yah bogan where you frm the out back
Such amazing footage and edit
Thank you 🙌
..stop at Franklin's house in GTA..hahaha!
The double decker buses definitely fill up...
@hypernova52 way too fast. In winter it gets steamy and suffocating too
Do Christchurch Next
Sooooo iz pretty cool
Yeah, Wellington is so much better than Auckland
Wellington SUX, Auckland NIL.
Duckworth lewis is the way they calculate scores in cricket when it rains and thankfully the lads did huge burnouts on the rainbow crossing
I work down the road from there
Great video,has Wellington and totally newzealand many lesbians?
Wth
How dare you not mention the tuataras from zealandia!?
Ya missed the skatepark
whey
We do have good coffee
@@joanjames1557 true shout out to Raglan, Midnight the French Place on the Woolstore but hey good coffee is pretty much ubiquitous in NZ
I have been to Wellington it's amazing so you can stop telling people about your opinion cause no one cares
País lindo!!! Amo!!! Bem diferente desse lixo chamado Brasil...País imundo e corrupto! Nova Zelândia, meus respeitos❤❤
País lindo sim, mais com muito vento especialmente Wellington. Não quero morar aqui mais não tenho dinheiro para deixar.
Comparing Welli to shitty american cities 😂
Love it
I'm going to vomit 🤢
Never going there, and I'm keeewee. So effing woke.
Actually I will. 🤮
You mustn’t be from Wellington. Because I am and I am struggling to understand what you have typed.
Wellington and Melbourne are twins
@@chrisheffernan3998 How is that when I am from Wellington and barely ever think of Melbourne?
@@danieleyre8913 both cities are cold wet run by greenies and woke to the eyeballs
@@chrisheffernan3998 I only agree with the first two about Wellington and have no basis to say about Melbourne.
London is all three of those things, are you going to make the same association?
Best place in NZ
That’s frightening.
🤣Wellington has become a shithole 🤣🤣🤣
Wellington rocks! 😄
You can’t beat Wellington on a good day! Which is about three times a year and one of them falls on winter.
Still loving this place anyway:-)
Laters wellington cant wait to leave 👋
Already looking at making Christchurch my new home and I've only been back in Wellington since February
@@chrisheffernan3998 Christchurch over Welly is insane
christchurch
I don’t give a shit what you say. Wellington is awesome
Haha great one🤣
As a Wellingtonian I can only dignify this video by telling you that your attempt at humour is primary school bully level and that I’ve barely heard of Melbourne let alone have any idea about the place. So why do you keep mentioning Melbourne for? Are you some super insecure person from there and who thinks everything is a competition or something?
I'm from Melbourne, and it has more people than the entirety of NZ so surprised you've barely heard of it.
@@Wesda Of course I've heard of it. I just have barely heard of it and barely have any idea about the place. It's not relevant to me. I'm not familiar with what the place is like. I hear little to nothing about it and what's happening there. I've never known anyone from there. I don't know of anyone nor anything famous from there. I am not familiar with any landmarks there nor anything that sets it apart. The only thing I ever hear about Melbourne is that horse race, and I have no interest in gambling nor horse racing.
It's like Adelaide or Hobart or Perth. Or Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, etc. They're just some city in some other country.
@@danieleyre8913 boring
Huh?
Totally agree. This guy has no clue about welly and in typical Australian fashion compares everything to themselves that they have copied us in doing. Wellington was ahead of its time and Melbourne has just come on the scene in the last 2 decades but makes sense he’s a young dude.
I ju hate theres alot of LGPTQ supporters and cities support and when its winter due to how windy it is
No way bro 💀
It's almost impossible to watch, your camera shakes all the time.🤢
if you shake too it looks like it's not shaking