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What It's Really Like! FIRST IMPRESSION AUCKLAND - After Spending 10 Months in New Zealand 🇳🇿

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
  • Join us on an exciting full tour of Auckland's CBD as we share our first impressions after revisiting the vibrant city 10 months later. Have our thoughts and feelings about Auckland changed since our last visit? Discover how this fast-paced hub, brimming with opportunities and excitement, stands out from the rest of New Zealand. Dive into our updated insights and see what makes Auckland a city like no other! We take the approach of showing you what we see while wandering the streets of the big city.
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Комментарии • 114

  • @KeetahHudson
    @KeetahHudson 29 дней назад +9

    Auckland is a huge city for it's population size, there is so much more then just walking through downtown!!

    • @karensayer3089
      @karensayer3089 6 дней назад

      Downtown not living anymore.No parking.Smith and Caught closing this summer.
      It's equivalent to Macy's in USA.
      Blame our Green party.

  • @ZinzanZ
    @ZinzanZ 29 дней назад +7

    You both look so much more relaxed then when you first got here. Seems the kiwi way of life has rubbed off onto you that easy going kiwi vibe. Loved keeping up with your journey around our beautiful country and glad you enjoyed it. Come back again for another taste of paradise. Nau mai hoki mai nga wa katoa (Welcome back anytime)

  • @lh6135
    @lh6135 29 дней назад +4

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful journey in NZ, love the spirit of both of you

  • @flyingpossum55
    @flyingpossum55 28 дней назад +2

    Love how Glen is not afraid to talk to people you randomly meet and is friendly too.

  • @shanedigby
    @shanedigby 29 дней назад +13

    Nice to meet you Glen and Mado. Wasnt expected. That tall building umder construction is an apartment block called Seascape. It will be the tallest building in New Zealand other than the Sky Tower.

    • @taniasouth
      @taniasouth 28 дней назад

      That was cool. You met them. Lucky fella! 😊

    • @rickren3696
      @rickren3696 15 дней назад

      This project is paused due to serious finance issues.

  • @graceiren1256
    @graceiren1256 29 дней назад +6

    Oh so sad to hear you’re leaving our shores soon. It has been an awesome trip with you both around our beautiful shores 🥰

    • @danielayers
      @danielayers 29 дней назад +2

      They left NZ weeks ago. Since then they have visited Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia and now are in Japan.

  • @user-ic8dl4fe7o
    @user-ic8dl4fe7o 29 дней назад +4

    I lived in Auckland 62yrs ago... Certainly changed a lot since then...I worked in the City...Thank You for the for the look at what Auckland is now ..

  • @MikeTapealava
    @MikeTapealava 29 дней назад +2

    I'm in Dunedin and I used to work in the Auckland CBD 23 years ago, and I use to walk those streets! Glen and Mado, you two really travelled New Zealand well, so love your videos!

  • @user-ut7px3hc7p
    @user-ut7px3hc7p 22 дня назад

    We loved all your videos!❤

  • @rolo4945
    @rolo4945 29 дней назад +2

    June 22nd, mid winter ! It’s cold in the shade. Travel home safely. It’s been lovely seeing our country through your eyes.

  • @02petal
    @02petal 18 дней назад

    It's been a blast travelling with you lovely people. All the very best for your future travels. ❤

  • @karinkereama
    @karinkereama 29 дней назад +7

    Awwww our daughter just yelled Glen and Mado have got another video. She’s a massive fan. Auckland has the largest Polynesian population in the world. Loved the selfies at the start. Kia ora guys.

  • @timrussell9869
    @timrussell9869 29 дней назад +5

    You missed the best part of the waterfront. From the ferry terminal through to the Wynyard quarter is really nice.

  • @richardbrown1397
    @richardbrown1397 29 дней назад

    We were in Auckland on Thursday! We missed you!

  • @Itsmylife414
    @Itsmylife414 29 дней назад +3

    NZ is really beautiful ❤

  • @darrenwareing5715
    @darrenwareing5715 29 дней назад

    Great photo

  • @donnamaben2923
    @donnamaben2923 29 дней назад +1

    I will miss you both but hopefully we get to travel to Japan with you. I live on Waiheke Island in Auckland. I was in the city on friday and thought wouldn't it be cool to see Glen and Mado but no. Happy Travelling you two. Thanks for showing me my country.

  • @danielayers
    @danielayers 29 дней назад +2

    Ha! I used to live on the 26th floor of that tall white apartment tower that Glen said would be very expensive to live in. (It is 6 Lorne St). Its a nice building, but didn't have double glazing so you get all the noise from around the city. Including loud buskers at 2am! :(

  • @rolo4945
    @rolo4945 29 дней назад +1

    Sky Tower, it’s def worth it ! Walk over the city on its glass floor in places ❤️

  • @camhyde9701
    @camhyde9701 29 дней назад +1

    3:01 - used to live in that apartment eight above the ICBC balcony.. the two windows on the left and right of the front corner... sometimes would climb out onto that balcony through the left window (not sure why)... it was very noise although I see they have closed the cnr of Queen and Quay Street to traffic so would be much better now... ICBC was a bar back then

  • @alexn6060
    @alexn6060 28 дней назад +2

    Good tour but you guys missed going to the Viaduct and Wynyard Quarter around the waterfront!

  • @florence2720
    @florence2720 29 дней назад +1

    Great to see it without the jet lag

  • @danishtanveerdanishtanveer
    @danishtanveerdanishtanveer 29 дней назад +2

    Love u l like your all videos

  • @rolo4945
    @rolo4945 29 дней назад +1

    Second Impression ! Second chance ! There are many more “gems” in NZ…the best gems are the people ❤️❤️

  • @Andy_M986
    @Andy_M986 29 дней назад +3

    The Museum up in the Domain is a great place,Gold coin donation,well it used to be.

  • @thekiwinomad
    @thekiwinomad 29 дней назад +3

    As someone from a small south island town. I can't handle the busyness and the amount of people in Auckland. I definitely like the smaller towns more. But I guess it all depends on what your into

  • @Max_Flashheart
    @Max_Flashheart 29 дней назад +1

    Vulcan Lane is very old. If you look the Occidental Pub 2nd & 3rd building on the left at 34:00 it isn't straight at all

  • @Sai_technologies
    @Sai_technologies 29 дней назад +3

    Love you from Bangalore

  • @beesknees7138
    @beesknees7138 29 дней назад

    Did you do a video on Waiheke Island? You'd have loved it

  • @i.g.n2trip684
    @i.g.n2trip684 29 дней назад

    30:20 three trees or tree trees. Glen your accent got her there

  • @Andy_M986
    @Andy_M986 29 дней назад

    Head over the Wynyard Wharf,Oceans have really good Fish n Chips.

  • @i.g.n2trip684
    @i.g.n2trip684 29 дней назад

    You guys should get 4 or 5 paua yourself, glen can bash them to tenderise. Slice it up and butter cream garlic. Don’t cook too long. Like 5min. Oh and lemon

  • @skorpiogrl
    @skorpiogrl 14 дней назад

    20:31: Far out! Ballistic Tattoo is still there! Got my first, and only tattoo there in around 2002...(Still love it btw! Just may have to pop in for a touch-up)

  • @DavidTuara
    @DavidTuara 29 дней назад +2

    Thanks for showing a lot of us kiwis a look around our country . kiwis think it's too small so a lot of people go over seas to bigger Country's to look around.and our home country is truly so beautiful . loved your videos you two wear your hearts on your selve and it showed in all your vids around our Country .So glad uses came down to see middle Earth and all us hobbits

  • @richardcaldwell9160
    @richardcaldwell9160 29 дней назад

    Hey a deja vu for you guys. Wished you had spent more time in my usual stores Bvlgari, Louis Vuitton etc as you can't get better quality (hehe) Can't wait for some South Pacific adventures

  • @kimibrowne4440
    @kimibrowne4440 10 дней назад

    You missed the commercial bay food court few floors up, maybe next time check it out...

  • @danishtanveerdanishtanveer
    @danishtanveerdanishtanveer 29 дней назад

  • @deannorman
    @deannorman 28 дней назад +1

    Thank you so much G&M ! I have watched you travel around our country. You are so down to earth and chilled, I must decleare you honorary kiwis. I love your vibe and will follow you throughout your travels. Glen, don't forget to let Mado have her sweet treats :)

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  26 дней назад +1

      You absolute legend dean! thanks so much for the special words of motivation :) she always gets her sweet treats in the end no matter what I say anyways 😂

  • @marias8007
    @marias8007 29 дней назад

    i think those birds were huia (i only know that cos the name was on the building)

  • @lakelady57
    @lakelady57 28 дней назад +1

    Pity you didn't pop inside the Civic theatre, quite amazing. Also go on the ferry to Devonport or out to the local islands. Auckland is for making money and then you get yourself a place out of town. :)

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  26 дней назад

      we will be in devonport in our next video :) the theatre was also closed :(

  • @troybodle4772
    @troybodle4772 29 дней назад

    Hi guys, which country are you heading to next ?

  • @florence2720
    @florence2720 29 дней назад

    the man at 7:42 staring Glen down 😭

  • @TonyTMH
    @TonyTMH 20 дней назад

    Good Afternoon...permission to use some of the footage off here for my short film please. Will give thanks in the credits. TT

  • @user-cw1lh9xd9t
    @user-cw1lh9xd9t 29 дней назад +2

    Tui also known as parson bird for obvious reason.

  •  29 дней назад +3

    That huge old building built in 1912? Have you ever researched Tartaria? Who built the old buildings when there was no electricity, no jumbo trucks, only horse and cart? And hammer and nails,?

    • @Andy_M986
      @Andy_M986 29 дней назад

      Rubbish,there are photos on the walls of the workers that built it at the time, you fools think every old building was built by them, know your facts before commenting.

  • @rolo4945
    @rolo4945 29 дней назад

    You walked past Nandos !

  • @Andy_M986
    @Andy_M986 29 дней назад

    Sky Towers base goes 150 metres underground,sits on 4 massive steel balls , earthquake proof apparently.

  • @ForevermoreVibe
    @ForevermoreVibe 29 дней назад

    If you went into the ferry building you would see thats where to get the ferry to Devonport, to Waiheke Island etc, Shame if you missed that.

  • @ba-dum-tss9169
    @ba-dum-tss9169 16 дней назад

    "2 months later and theyre still doing construction" damn right that what we aucklanders been saying for a while in auckland city lol

  • @exutiku
    @exutiku 28 дней назад +1

    Those scooters are a health hazard and something has to be done before a pedestrian like Mado gets killed, it was closer than Glen said, and if Mado had stepped out it would probably have hit her. Point of interest, the public area that you were walking around on where the bouncy castles were is the top of an underground car park building.

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  26 дней назад

      yeah close call! wouldn't be able to make any more videos haha. thanks for letting us know about the car park too :)

    • @skorpiogrl
      @skorpiogrl 14 дней назад

      I hate the scooters too. Annoying af.

  • @scottyfrognsock2396
    @scottyfrognsock2396 28 дней назад

    Last time I went to Auckland I was wearing jandals with socks, black trackies and a bush shirt, people were looking at me like I was homeless, lol nope I'm just from northland

  • @stumpymcstump
    @stumpymcstump 13 дней назад

    Oh and Kea's are the pirates of the avian world, right bastards but you gotta love them!

  • @johnmcnulty1129
    @johnmcnulty1129 29 дней назад

    ☀️ 🇳🇿 ❤
    Isn't Auckland known as the City of Sails. Must be some incredible walks alongside the water.
    $38 to go up the Sky Tower
    & l was waiting for your bungee jump Glen 😎

  • @graemethomson5167
    @graemethomson5167 29 дней назад +6

    I've been an Aucklander for 68yrs
    no one goes into town because it's a shit hole
    Get over to the north shore lakes, beaches,or
    around to the eastern suburbs mission bay,
    Mt eden volcanoe

    • @harrycurrie9664
      @harrycurrie9664 29 дней назад +4

      If Glen and Maddo's video is of what you call a s@#t hole then it's a pretty good one...... have you been barred from there ?

    • @Auckland-girl
      @Auckland-girl 29 дней назад +5

      @@harrycurrie9664 you learn to just ignore vile old Graeme, never anything nice to say. Thankgod for Auckland, ❤

    • @graemethomson5167
      @graemethomson5167 29 дней назад

      @@harrycurrie9664 No 5 decades of decline, vagrants,parking,crime, and then covid hit
      it's a ghost town now in comparison to last century

    • @skorpiogrl
      @skorpiogrl 14 дней назад +2

      Way to diss Auckland. Why on Earth do you live here still w that opinion then?

    • @graemethomson5167
      @graemethomson5167 13 дней назад

      I'm on the Shore..born and bred in the South Is..Auckland Central was great last Century,a busy vibrant place full of crowds and people enjoying themselves.now, after Covid, it's a Ghost town, full of undesirables and not safe to visit.

  • @Ginlah
    @Ginlah 28 дней назад

    Those mural birds are Huias. They went extinct because settlers would hunt them for their feathers which Victorian ladies donned in their hats.

  • @perryl3476
    @perryl3476 14 дней назад

    Guess you missed the homeless people walking up Queen St (the main shopping street in NZ)

  • @rolo4945
    @rolo4945 29 дней назад

    Second Impression ! Second chance ! There are many more “gems” in NZ…the best gems are the people ❤️❤️everyone thinks it rains in NZ everyday ! That’s not true ! Old buildings in NZ were built in the last 200 yrs.

  • @rolo4945
    @rolo4945 29 дней назад

    Hope you sold your van !

  • @stumpymcstump
    @stumpymcstump 13 дней назад

    Auckland is great but the CBD is dying, thank you for putting a good spin on it but there is an awful lot of work to be done as evidenced by the amount of shut stores you captured. It hasn't recovered from the double whammy of the CRL and Covid but people should not come to Auckland for the shopping, it has so much more to offer than shopping and buildings. You should have gone to Waiheke or done a wine trail out west, checked out the Hunuas or the West coast so many great experiences.

  • @FLSTFB103
    @FLSTFB103 29 дней назад +3

    Auckland looks lifeless compared to 30 years ago.

    • @mikefoot9354
      @mikefoot9354 28 дней назад +2

      I was there recently on a Sunday, and there were thousands of people creating a good vibe. More life on a Sunday than any other NZ city even on their busiest days

    • @eddielong8663
      @eddielong8663 22 дня назад

      Yeah? I bet you're one of those people that likes to say that McDonald's and KFC somehow tasted better back then aswell. And kids back then were better behaved. Music was better too, right? And movies? Yep.
      blah blah blah. People like you are BOOOOORINNNNG. Need to take those rose-tinted nostalgia goggles off and stop remembering the past as if it was better than it actually was.

  • @Carolevw
    @Carolevw 29 дней назад +1

    Pity you toured through the most superficial part of Auckland ever. That area is really built for tourists from the boats visiting, hence all the high class brands. Plus it's the financial district and universities for overseas students. Not for you guys though! You would be better just to tour around in your car, drive around the bays etc. Lots of big parks like Cornwall, Domain, drive up some of the hills that give you fab views. Hopefully you got to do some of that.

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  29 дней назад +1

      @@Carolevw oh yeah we know! Basically we just wanted to show this part anyways but have other videos for others areas too which we will upload carol ♥️

  • @MYLO-ig7wd
    @MYLO-ig7wd 21 день назад +1

    Auckland is not as big as other major megacities in the world, but stop calling it a Town.

  • @marias8007
    @marias8007 29 дней назад

    not as good as wellington, though, eh? 😉

    • @jackl4739
      @jackl4739 29 дней назад +1

      welly is the best !

    • @Andy_M986
      @Andy_M986 29 дней назад +3

      100 times better .

    • @mikefoot9354
      @mikefoot9354 28 дней назад +1

      Are you joking ?

  • @florence2720
    @florence2720 29 дней назад

    should be called the city of construction not the city of sails

  • @modfus
    @modfus 29 дней назад

    I think Auckland is quite a nice place to live ....but it isn't the best place for visitors. Sydney is far more exciting and entertaining for tourists.

  • @LeonardSamuels75
    @LeonardSamuels75 15 дней назад

    How embarrassing to show visitors the hollowed out husk that is central Auckland. Its a damn shame, ten years ago you would have experienced a vibrant living bustling city...

  • @amandacollecutt2491
    @amandacollecutt2491 16 дней назад

    According to the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA), a self-contained vehicle is able to “meet the ablutionary and sanitary needs of the occupants for a minimum of three days, without requiring any external services or discharging waste.”9 Jan 2024 The car did not look like it met this rule! 10 months worth of shit Low value tourists bring absolutely no value when they visit.

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  16 дней назад

      @@amandacollecutt2491 it actually had everything you mentioned. We also were certified self contained. We spend so must be helping the economy in some way.

    • @amandacollecutt2491
      @amandacollecutt2491 16 дней назад

      @@GlenAndMado Glad to hear your van met the standards! I did email immigration as Nz has had a scourge of tourists just sh%$$# anywhere, hence the law! I never saw the cert in the window. The PT sessions wouldve assisted the tax take frfr

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  16 дней назад

      @@amandacollecutt2491 haha yeah I could never give in to do such a thing 😂😂 we usually use cafes and the gym everyday anyways so we use the facilities also as it’s also a better option lol

  • @MaTtRoSiTy
    @MaTtRoSiTy 29 дней назад +3

    As someone who was born in NZ I honestly think Auckland is a miserable city and a horrible place to live. It may be different as a tourist but to me Auckland is not NZ as it isn't even full of kiwis anymore, it has terrible public transport so its very bad to get around and about and the traffic his horrific and worse than cities with 10 times the population. I hate Auckland with a passion and I would say to foreigners to please realise Auckland is not true NZ

    • @jackl4739
      @jackl4739 29 дней назад +1

      Go to Wellington, that’s real NZ lol

    • @joharrison3469
      @joharrison3469 29 дней назад

      Yep, Welly is real NZ

    • @shanedigby
      @shanedigby 29 дней назад +2

      I've always said, as soon as you get out of Auckland, you see the real New Zealand.

    • @Andy_M986
      @Andy_M986 29 дней назад

      Have you ever lived there?.

    • @francesgraham5411
      @francesgraham5411 29 дней назад +4

      I love Auckland

  • @coopsnz1
    @coopsnz1 25 дней назад

    On Waikea island a home on a acrege sold 18 million

  • @coopsnz1
    @coopsnz1 27 дней назад

    If you impressed with the malls you going to fall in love with sydney victoria mall

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  26 дней назад

      We checked it out! its definitely unreal!

  • @coopsnz1
    @coopsnz1 27 дней назад

    Northshore the best part of auckland

  • @jackl4739
    @jackl4739 29 дней назад +1

    oh this German is coming back to Auckland and gonna be leaving nz to Europe 😯

  • @smyleong
    @smyleong 28 дней назад

    The place is absolute crap and I can tell you guys are struggling to find something remotely good to say about that awful city.🤣 Queen St used to be known as the gutter of Auckland. It's now the sewers.

    • @walkingwithtretz
      @walkingwithtretz 27 дней назад

      it's pretty good out East past the Tamaki river. 😅😅😅😅😅

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  26 дней назад +1

      awh its not a bad place at all haha

    • @walkingwithtretz
      @walkingwithtretz 25 дней назад

      @GlenAndMado where abouts did you go? The waterfront is pretty nice. I live out east. Pretty quiet out here with the exception of Botany. Howick is good so is Bucklands Beach. Out west Piha is amazing

    • @skorpiogrl
      @skorpiogrl 14 дней назад

      Step off.