Is This New Zealand's WORST City? 

Duck Island just opened a new ice cream parlor at Newmarket, Central Auckland.

Yup, got a Duck Island here in Welly too

Na Mate - the Micky Ds and KFC he showed are in Ham east, right across from Steele Park. It was fun for me to figure out where he was as I haven't lived there for 40 years and haven't been back to NZ since before Covid. Miss it a bit...

@@gurkharugbyray where you now bruiser?

@@TNP1990 San Diego since late last century :). I used to live down cook street from the Mickey Ds in the vid. My sister lived a few blocks the other way. Just fell into this Poms channel a few days ago and making me homesick ( a bit)

Like nearly in most of the country of my birth, I do miss the sea and the harbour ports around the country. There are very few places too far away from the coast in New Zealand. Shipping, once a preferred method of transportation of freight and people before it wasn't any more made for the excitement of movement and thoughts of far off destinations. Provincial ports, were once a hustle and bussel of coming and going and mechanised activity. Large cranes stood like sentinels along tar and sand covered planks where trucks received their loads, often waiting in lines along sturdy wooden wharves. The smell of the sea, ever present and defining where kids fished for "spotties" using hand lines wound around a wood stick. British seamen and ship girls, Fishing Boats from Taiwan, seagulls loudly squawking overhead or fighting among each other for food scraps. Mussel shells; their flesh scraped out ending up as bait on lines to tempt fish who had seen it all before and now seldom took any notice other than sometimes nibbling at the Mussel bait skillfully avoiding the hook.

Yeah I remember the story of the Beatles. They lived in Liverpool a port city. The sailors would come off the ships bearing the records of chuck berry , little Richard etc. and wearing the latest wildest rock and roll threads from the USA. I guess Wellington and Auckland had these switched on vibes as well being port cities. I would reckon curls might know all about Liverpool as well!!!

My first thought was Palmy, but then I realised he said “is” and there was no way he’d still be asking the question if he was in Palmy.

Bang on yo, I seen the back ground and recognized the shithole

Same😂

Thank god for the Waikato expressway. No need to go to Hamilton ever again

Sir John Cleese.british actor ,, said Palmy,was the suicide capital of the world,,1990s -2000s,,, I laughed for years,,,. born and bred,,,. still laugh...

Statue bro? 😅

I love Hamiltons Gardens too.

Has he not seen the videos its Huntly that is nz's worst town x'D

@@davemonster2 I feel sad about Huntly. It could be a place to build a new Hong Kong.

Waikato river starts from lake taupo not Cambridge its the longest river in Aotearoa

The CBD has gone downhill at night in the last few years for a city of its size. When visiting now, I prefer to spend time in Frankton.

Genuinely did find that interesting! Cheers Daryl, great fact and great bit of knowledge.

The CBD at night gets worse every time I visit, a shame as my mother grew up there, and I have been visiting since the 70s.

Thank you for letting me know this Allan! Totally reasonable request from the lady but I couldn’t work out the exact thought behind it. Cheers!

They just open a new open at central Auckland.

and the aquarium!

And gangs

I made the mistake of trying to go to The Base on Boxing Day. Drove straight back out.

@@ILoveAngie69 Horrible road system around Te Awa..it's crazy on a slow day. The mistake my kids made was to work there and not get their car licence 🤦

What is the "Base" One of the Forces Base?

@@billporter846 the Base is a huge shopping complex

@@ceeeno5491 Well I never would have guessed that. Nice to know tho' Thanks.

Couldn’t agree more mate!!

Same here

What about the bang bangs, i feel like every time there is a murder on tv it is always either Christchurch or Hamilton

It’s a dump

This place looks great, curls always keeps positive and he makes the best of things. He manages to walk around this town and it is so quiet he seems to be on his own but he seems happy about it and makes the best of things. NZ is curls kind of place.

Totally agree with you. From what I’d heard, I expected far, far worse. Very pleasantly surprised and looking forward to coming back!

Come to Wellington then. You'll suddenly be wishing for Hamilton's weather very quickly

Ohhh, I wondered why he'd been moved, haha. Thanks for that.

Hold on really I am gonna kill Charon by now

I did both of those things mate but my stupid video editing software meant I had to cut so much out :( hopefully will splice them into part two!

@@itscurlsbaby check out Last Place bar and Wonderhorse if you're still in town too

Did it burst into flames

Me too, I used to love going to Garden Place, I loved seeing the fountains as a small child and lost a baby tooth standing next to one of the fountains as I was eating a toffee. Loved going to Woolworths and getting the pic n mix lollies and sometimes as a special treat we would go to the top floor lunch room at the department store (forget the name of it now) and had lunches that seemed so sophisticated to me, with salads that included beetroot, boiled eggs, ham and tinned green peas, lol! The DIC, that's it, anyone remember the DIC?

Thank you so much Sharon as always for your lovely words!! Was happy to get the first one done. Hamilton definitely exceeded my expectations

I live in Auckland and I think I could move there... Quieter, just the right size

Hey mate :) Hamilton gardens coming in part two, absolutely loved it!

@@itscurlsbaby hey man Huntly is voted the worst town in NZ consistently x'D Hamilton is a nice place to visit if you stick too the right areas just stay out of Nawton, thats Mob territory and east Hamilton belonga to the Tribal Hucks (thou honestly they are pretty nice guys for meth dealers) You should definitely hit up the Zoo thou that place is awesome and make your way over to the Taranaki region, the mountain the sea the coastal region will blow people's mind!

Too true, drivers in Chch are unmatched and it’s definitely my least favourite thing about living here. Trying to cause accidents in merge lanes to no end is a competitive sport which is pretty depressing but all you can do is be courteous and try to buck the trend.

NZ just has a lot of shops per capita but they're not near where most people work

Hamilton does have the highest rates of theft and burglary in NZ. Something cultural about it

With ocean rise, that distance will be a good thing

Which is exactly why it is going to boom and have good logistics. The port cities are in terrible locations to expand. Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga in particular have no free land to go to

Raglan is only 30 mins drive. Not an hour to a beach...

That's not the only reason actually

Couple years out of date there.

True

Absolutely. Coming in part two tomorrow!

I was born here, and lived here (mostly - a few stints away) since 1975. I can promise you it has! :-) Mostly for the better too...

@@GreigMcGill I was only joking.

@@carltwidle9046 Heh, all good. I didn't mean to come across as defensive. Just that I remember well how bleak it used to be!

@@GreigMcGill I visited in 1988 from Auckland. It was in winter, and it was cold. I went to a theater play, and enjoyed it, but I'm trying to remember what the play was. I'm getting old now, so my memory isn't good.