I now live in London but grew up in Hamilton, NZ from 1985 to 2011. Thank you for bringing back the memories!
@69butternut.
Жыл бұрын
After watching more of the video, I see how dead the CBD is. It’s hard for me to gauge now as I’ve lived in London for 12 years and visited many huge cities around the world. I have heard from family there that the central city died down and I think a big part of it was that they developed large shopping and entertainment sites on the outskirts of the town. Hamilton sprawls over a very large area and as you say, the population is relatively low. The developments on the outskirts also have large and free car parks available. The council made a conscious effort to reduce vehicle use in the CBD and I think it somewhat backfired.
@wheresthedeli8822
9 ай бұрын
@@69butternut.The Base is busy and the industrial estates in Te Rapa continue to expand.
@ysnsteez
21 күн бұрын
It's called victoria street because we were colonised by the english, many of our street names are named after english names and places
@jpascual1815
20 күн бұрын
Hamilton is actually a beautiful city. Lots of things to do and visit. The Hamilton gardens is worth the visit and zeelong tea farm for high tea. Also less homeless people
@ellemontgomery5262
10 ай бұрын
I’ve lived in Hamilton for 26 years. It’s always quiet like this during the day.
@HumanHuman.
Жыл бұрын
I am loving Hamilton already! Can't wait to visit. Kiwi people so benevolent and kind! Kia Ora, my friends Mado & Glenn!
@mereassassinates550
2 ай бұрын
Careful who you call Kiwi in the Waikato….Some like myself don’t like it…It’s like calling an African a “N-word”
@lilxsweet
Ай бұрын
Not true.@@mereassassinates550
@LTLT900
26 күн бұрын
@@mereassassinates550you are a kiwi. Get used to it.
@mereassassinates550
26 күн бұрын
@@LTLT900 I’m not a kiwi…A kiwi is a bird that can’t fly Get educated & stop being racist
@mereassassinates550
26 күн бұрын
@@LTLT900 Who are you to say what I am???? What gives you the right???
@ivydickson7596
8 ай бұрын
I used to wake up at times on the bus in Ireland and think I was back in New Zealand. Similar green aspect.
@luannefarmer
2 ай бұрын
Thank you lovely couple videoing my home town I live in uk but nice to see home again
@avonrastonar
Жыл бұрын
If i didnt live in Tauranga I'd be in H-Town. I love it there. My dad's Tribe is from the Waikato so i have a homely connection to the place
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
I feel that Hamilton is abit nicer actually compared to Tauranga but both have good and bad I suppose! I mean Tauranga has the mount which is the highlight! :) awh wow would be so nice to hear about the history of your dads tribe :)
@avonrastonar
Жыл бұрын
@GlenAndMado yea Tauranga CBD has been let down by the local hierarchy. It was a great place a few years back with a great night-life. H-Town is University town so the night-life is rather rowdy too lol Anytime y'all want to have coffee and ask questions about stuff, just gotta holla at me🤙🏾
@ladytee7711
10 ай бұрын
Hamilton is where i grew up but am currently living in perth thanks for showing me my home once again i really miss my family
@neversayneveragain3748
2 ай бұрын
Lucky you! Perth is abundantly stunning and sunny city
@makoira_the_man
26 күн бұрын
It looks pretty fun until you start living in it. U realize that an unprotected shop is prolly gonna get ramraided
@rowanwoodward2533
Жыл бұрын
Best one yet!
@jaredford8440
Жыл бұрын
Whangarei will surprise you.👍
@lauriemhaysom1396
2 ай бұрын
Even JB hi fi moved out of Hamilton to the base shopping centre to get more customers as Hamilton CBD is quiet
@user-gslt
Жыл бұрын
Very good film, hope to see more.
@kingcountrykiwi7429
Жыл бұрын
At the Northern outskirts of Hamilton is a shopping complex called “The Base”. This is where everyone is now. That has killed the CBD of Hamilton now leaving it like a ghost town. I use to live there 20 yrs ago before the base and it was awesome. Was the Waikato flag flying near the coffee place you went to. When I first saw it I said to my mate “why are they flying Germanys flag”. Hh they look similar.
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
Awh that's why, we were wondering. so thats the norm!?? its always quite then. what made you decide to leave good owl Hamilton? did you move far from were you grew up then? I thought it was the world cup flag we seen in Hamilton square. not sure need to look at it again haha
@kingcountrykiwi7429
Жыл бұрын
@@GlenAndMado yes it’s the norm, BUT as you seen all the restaurants and bars the place comes alive in the evenings when these are open and with the casino in the Main Street also. The big building where you get your coffee is the main Waikato council buildings where the mayor chambers are. Normally they fly their sporting flag which is Black/ Red and yellow. You see these colours on the uniforms of the local Rugby team. I’m from a tiny village below Mt Ruapehu where my mothers Maori heritage is from. I move to Hamilton to study and work in orcharding. I left that in 2006 and now live in Orewa (North of Auckland) and been at my current job for 18 yrs. Are you’s going to tour the north? Summer is best up here.
@kingcountrykiwi7429
Жыл бұрын
@@GlenAndMado if you want to go into history all the land from meremere (south of Auckland) to Kihikihi (south of Hamilton) was confiscated by the crown in the 1800s. Reparations were paid and with this money some Maori tribes have become finically successful. One being Hamilton tribe, Tainui.
@donna878
5 ай бұрын
I was born an breed here in Hamilton an i love it
@Dodilafir
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful kiwiland
@kennethhammond4028
5 ай бұрын
Mexican next to Indian , deadly 😂
@user-eu5cn3ty8m
25 күн бұрын
Yes majority working hard but Friday nights is where it's at..your wonder where they come from😊
@echo13x
Жыл бұрын
Hello you should come to Taupō 😊
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
haha we actually just went the other day to see the mountain and ski slope!
@user-zt3le2ot5x
7 ай бұрын
I love Hamilton I live there
@Joshdaimary733
Жыл бұрын
I love new zealand and Glen and mado so cooling video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
thanks so much hope you enjoyed brother :)
@JamesGillum-eLIV8
2 ай бұрын
Check Napier, or Havelock North. Art Deco Beachside & World Class Gardens, Wine estates
@leeceyah
Ай бұрын
I went to hamilton once and felt like everyone was looking at us like we didnt belong there lol
@DezciiXx
2 ай бұрын
I'm Born and raised in Hamilton. Hamilton central is always dead quiet. You should go out to "The Base" / Te Awa Mall, in Te Rapa ( a suburb in hamilton) The Mall there is PACKED. No one goes to the Central city anymore they're all at the Mall. Also Night Life/ Night Clubs are DEAD also..... if you came 10 years ago there was a very Lively Night Life on Thursday and Saturday Night at the Night Clubs/Bars. But now its cheaper to get wasted with alcohol and music at home.
@Infern0121
Ай бұрын
John Lawrenson not doing so hot these days
@DOOM.SLAYER666
17 күн бұрын
Yeah i just moved back and theres no outback, no axcess bar, no rodeo rodeo, everything has changed. But ah well, theres still metal bars out Te Rapa and in town so all good. And yeah everyone goes out to the Base and even JB Hi Fi has moved out there aswell.
@shanedigby
Жыл бұрын
The Tron.
@SohailKhan-uh7od
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Vlog
@hobocyclist
22 күн бұрын
Thanks for visiting my home town so I dont have to!
@kennyx8482
10 ай бұрын
the cars loud cos they hooked up the same speakers as a supermarket intercom lol
@GlenAndMado
10 ай бұрын
haha they waking the whole neighbourhood up!
@kennyx8482
10 ай бұрын
hamilton is nice flat land...easy to walk, not like auckland which is very hilly
@fahadfilms23
Жыл бұрын
Come back Switzerland 😃💖
@ysnsteez
21 күн бұрын
Also, new zealand history is ancient, atleast 2 thousand years, it's the government that want you to think that new zealand history is only recent, there are many landmarks in new zealand that prove this as well I.e (kaimanawa range wall)
@PraveenSingh-vw5ni
Жыл бұрын
Nice vlog 👍
@Vanessa-zv2hl
Ай бұрын
Hamilton is the most boring boring did I mention boring city, I should know have lived here all my life. Hamilton gardens is a top tourist attraction if you like gardens and flowers but honestly it ain't that great. Use to be free but now there's a fee. City council always say Hamilton is vibrant with lots to see and do. Whatever gardens museum and zoo. The best thing bout Hamilton is that it is central to all other towns and cities that actually do have actual attractions to see. For a city it's pathetically lamem. Don't come here and waste your money, drive in, fill the tank up , have a feed or buy to go and move on coz there ain't any shit here worth seeing. Even Jimmy Carr says it's fuckn boring and he wasn't joking lol
@brianhancock3344
5 ай бұрын
Captain Cook arrived in 1769
@P3AC3LOV3CAR3
9 ай бұрын
its similar to europe cause we were colinised by england. mauri aroha
@briggsvillin8523
2 ай бұрын
Dairy is pronounced dearee 😀
@GlenAndMado
2 ай бұрын
awh sure your comparing the nz accent with an irish accent haha
@thomasabraham3291
6 ай бұрын
I invented revelosionary ideas ,while I am living in this place,yet they throw me out ,now the whole world is paying the price for that.
@EnthuEvide
7 ай бұрын
Hamilton is how far from Auckland?
@DanJo-or2sz
6 ай бұрын
On car it takes 1hr and 24 minutes. By bus it takes around 2hrs and 20 minutes.
@kingranaoop
Жыл бұрын
Nice bro
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@barrynichols2846
11 ай бұрын
250k and 5%
@ivydickson7596
8 ай бұрын
Glenn, New Zealand history goes back a long way for the Maori, it is just the european side that is new.
@kiwionarope
5 ай бұрын
I agree, history in NZ goes back a very long way, far longer than the given 1000 years of Maori history. I'd say Polinesians have been coming to NZ for thousands of years. What I find curious is the history of Rats in NZ. rat bones have been dated to 2200 years old, someone brought them to New Zealand, Id say it was the Polynesians of old.
@whateverbro9002
21 күн бұрын
1000 years to a European isnt really a long way to be honest. Maori culture is literally the youngest culture in the world. No less important but it they have limited history compared to everyotherculture in the world.
@Ngatikahu-aka-panbadass
Жыл бұрын
good tattooists in frankton Tiger Tattoos
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
did you get yourself a tattoo there yourself?
@Ngatikahu-aka-panbadass
Жыл бұрын
my 17 year old daughter got her first from the youngest one of them .beutiful primrose mum watched i couldnt . we drove from Kaitaia for it @@GlenAndMado
@Andy_M986
Жыл бұрын
Hamiltonians shouldn't even start to compare their city to Auckland, no contest whatsoever, and the main rivalry is between Auckland and Christchurch. Hamilton is such a snooze fest.
@ladytee7711
10 ай бұрын
If Auckland stops sending their homeless and drug addicts to Hamilton maybe it would be a better place we are so sick of getting your shit people. Learn how to look after your own people we would never compare our selfs to you Auckland lot we don't think like that just you Auckland lot
@lesleyhughes3174
7 ай бұрын
Chch wins hands down
@jimpaterson1253
4 ай бұрын
Please, don't even go there, Auckland is the last place, to compare other cities, 😂😂
@lesleyhughes3174
7 ай бұрын
Thanks to Covid and money hungry landlords there are now many empty shops. Much like Tauranga sadly. The outlet shops and malls out of town draw more people now too.
@Sten111
22 күн бұрын
Looks very North American....heritage conservation was obviously not upper most in the town planners vision.
@milsilva3074
Жыл бұрын
Ciao ❤️ sister and brother
@user-eo1wi5iu4l
Жыл бұрын
😢😢😢😢
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
whats wrong? :(
@JohnSmith-rf9if
8 ай бұрын
Are you two just off the farm in Ireland?? Everywhere you go you find something you didn't expect or were surprised by. If you're that blown away by Hamilton or Auckland you'll be gob-smacked by Dublin or Scunthorpe. London, Paris, Rome or New York - from a future so unimaginable. Your not working for the New Zealand tourist board are you - they're just as remote from reality.
@lesleyhughes3174
7 ай бұрын
Who are you? 😴😴😴😴
@jonveetoo9258
26 күн бұрын
auckland is way better
@robert3987
Жыл бұрын
What fools eat plant-based mince which tries to taste like meat?
@K-usha_l56
Ай бұрын
Hamilton is still boring 😂😂
@MO.143
Жыл бұрын
I don't have fckig money 🙄
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
What do you mean? Are you okay? Hope your day is going well 🙂
@lesleyhughes3174
7 ай бұрын
Stay in Pakistan then. Please!! 🙄
@DanJo-or2sz
6 ай бұрын
@@lesleyhughes3174perhaps try not to be racist.
@kingmarcus9691
10 ай бұрын
very isolation and lonliness
@nadirhosseini6395
Жыл бұрын
Why ur move in new zealand ?
@GlenAndMado
Жыл бұрын
Sure why not? 🤣 only for 10months though.
@nadirhosseini6395
Жыл бұрын
@@GlenAndMado I just asked, I didn't mean anything else!! Well, great
@user-wq3sf7kj1c
8 ай бұрын
Hamilton is dead town, only activity is gambling. An economic collopse is expected to come.
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