IS THIS THE REAL NEW ZEALAND? Experiencing Local Hospitality In The

[@jonhuzegmail9178]

Kia Ora. U Eva in the north island again come to the heart of the king county and I'll organise a marae stay over where U can experience true Maori culture and our hospitality. Nga mihinui me nga manaakitanga. God bless.

[@shunta1984]

Absolute pleasure having you both stay with us, 2 absolutely beautiful humans! Great evening with some great chat and my family and i have come away from it realising we have met 2 pretty cool people! I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in the South Island team and you are both welcome back at the "Hotel Kent" on your way back through Blenheim, it would be an absolute treat ☺☺

[@Auth0R_M0RGaN]

Thanks for reppin Kiwi Hospitality Sir 🇳🇿🫡.

[@GlenAndMado]

You absolute legend Kent! Thanks for the lovely experience my friend 😀 you’re one of a kind. We had a lovely time but feel that the video part of town could have being a little better 😂 mado was out of service that day so it was a challenge 😂

[@rhyspotaka6196]

Very sad I missed you both. Would have been nice to have you around for some lunch or dinner.

[@Zakri_Boy]

Nice video I really enjoyed❤ full marks.

[@vickiemorgan8581]

Love the Morgan sighn on the wall.from vickie Morgan lol

[@kiwis0uth]

Welcome to Blenheim. Sadly the museum has been taken over by the District Council from the Heritage Society. Quick as a flash, they made the top people and others redundant and it hasn't been opened since. Us locals are a bit upset about that. The Heritage park has open days which are quite good. I hope you enjoy yourselves. I live in Renwick, just out of Blenheim.

[@nzajflynn]

I didn't get a chance to cook for these guys. Mado kept dishing up beautiful meals Noone could turn down. Those nachos looked top notch though . I hope kiwis continue to open their homes to these wonderful people. They should be living easy while they are guests in our country. Great to see❤

[@GlenAndMado]

Haha no need for that Flynn 😂😂🙈 thanks for the special words though! Mado loves to cook a few dishes of her own so she’s always happy to do it whenever she can! ❤ it’s so nice to meet people so alike though makes our experience so much better as we do have ups and downs always but the good people always make it a better day for us!

[@CapitalVideo]

They run steam train rides in Brayshaw Park on the weekends and one of the best aviation museums in the world is next door and part of the Omaka Airfield. It has quite a few aircraft of Peter Jacksons collection and is well with looking at if you go back through Blenheim.

[@jaredford8440]

Really heartwarming seeing NZ hospitality shining through 😊 those nachos looked pretty scrumptious ❤

[@GlenAndMado]

In heaven we were! 😂😆

[@bigthinker281]

So nice that people start friendly conversations with you. Very nice people.

[@shanedigby]

You are in for a treat being in the South Island. The scenery gets more intense the further south you go.

[@coopsnz1]

what about nelson & abel tasman ?

[@shanedigby]

@coopsnz1 it's all good. It really doss feel like going to a new country, especially from the zoo that is Auckland lol.

[@mikem922]

So glad for you guys that you had another kiwi 'host' experience. The Irish are also famous for this hospitality too. The drone footage again really helps showcase Blenheim and the weather was beautiful. Now the forecast for Christchurch is more sunny and warm and you guys will enjoy some summer temps again.

[@GlenAndMado]

good owl Mike we sure did my friend :) see you on friday! ;)

[@simonbarry1886]

Just found your channel and it's been great watching your adventures all afternoon. 😊

[@GlenAndMado]

oh wow thanks for following our journey Simon! :)

[@Trev09a]

Hey guys love watching your vlogs, I have lived in blenheim for 3.5 years now and wasn't aware of Hedgerows strawberries untill I watched you visit blenheim, now I know where it is after visiting today and yes yes yes the icecream is absolutely fantastic , stay safe and travel well , all the best for your future adventures

[@vaclavnovak7316]

Hills in the background are called Wither Hills. Good you guys enjoyed your stay

[@drbobjim]

If you get a chance go and check out the Burleigh pie shop. Always have to stop in there if we are in Blenheim.

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

Really great. I think you'd find a whole lot of kiwi family subscribers would be very happy to have you over for dinner ;) God bless!

[@marias8007]

love the way you pronounce nz place names :)

[@walterhilhorst3670]

It's the correct way; 'Blenheim' is a German word named after a location in Bavaria and pronounced 'Blen - hime'.

[@StaceyMane]

Glad you are enjoying your holiday in NZ. I have been in Ireland twice and I loved the beautiful sceneries too. Love both your Irish accent.

[@GlenAndMado]

hope you enjoyed Ireland and then ladies and gents treated you well back in my home country :) the funny thing is Mado is German and she's with me to much thats why she's picking up abit of an Irish accent hahaha

[@BeachcomberNZ]

That tall, grey building is an old NZ Post Office building, circa 1974. It's no longer owned by NZ Post. By the look of it, it may also have housed the main telephone exchange, as it's very similar to other buildings that housed telephone exchanges. I used to work for NZ Post as a telecoms technician, which is why I recognised the building style.

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

Typical 1960s-1970s brutalist wannabe soviet architecture for NZ.

[@kedet749]

I went to Blenheim and worked in a winery for 2 months! It was a great experience. Cool town. Awesome seeing it again

[@GlenAndMado]

Loved it too and hopefully make it back soon! 😎

[@momoho1571]

Sounds nice! Do you remember the name of the winery? :)

[@kedet749]

@@momoho1571hunters winery was the name of the one I went to. But there are plenty of others you can go and work at during the start of every year as it’s harvest season!

[@kedet749]

@@GlenAndMado hope you enjoy the rest of the South Island! I’ll be watching!

[@thomas_smi9658]

for Christchurch I have to recommend the gondola & lyttelton, sumner beach & taylors mistake, hanmer springs, sign of the kiwi and victoria park :)

[@eplazai]

Sumner Beach is a really good spot!

[@mohammedbinladen4619]

Better off walking up the port hills.

[@johnnoble1790]

Glad you are enjoying your stay here in our Town.

[@GlenAndMado]

awh John it was a beauty! should be proud of your town :)

[@lucasNZL]

Hi glen and mado! Im so glad you guys are in blenheim! Thats my home town, i hope you guys have enjoyed your time there. Theres so much more to see heading south! Glen you gotta take mado to kaikoura! The entire south island is just beautiful and is so different to the north island, take care guys

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks Lucas for your kind message :) yeah were actually in Christchurch now and we are usually nearly 2 weeks behind our content as its really tough to edit on the go! we went to Kaikoura but we weren't completely amazed but it was nice to pass by and see it as its super touristy and difficult to find a place to stay in our car haha.

[@LilySidaway]

Good too see you guys are enjoying you’re time in the South Island. My partner and I would be more than happy to have the 2 of you over for a meal or if you need a place to stay we would love to help. We are in Christchurch so by all means hit us up if it suits 😊

[@GlenAndMado]

Oh wow that would be super awesome! 🤩 were currently in Christchurch staying in our car hahaha. even if you want to catch up that would be amazing. maybe you can send us your details by email or istagram. our email is: [e-mail]

[@ivydickson7596]

When I drove down to Queenstown, where I worked for 3 months, I was Wow! At all the mountain scenes, so by the time i got to Queenstown i was out of Wow!

[@GlenAndMado]

hahaha yeah were starting to say WOW alot lately too!

[@kereiha24]

You should go to Nelson, Motueka, and Tasman

[@PS-Straya_M8]

Love this video. FYI locals pronounce Blenheim as.. Blen-im not Blen-Heim i.e. silent H FYI my partner used to have massive issues at that time of the month. Please for Mado's sake please get a prescription of Naproxen !

[@walterhilhorst3670]

Blen-Heim is correct, it is a German word/place-name.

[@eplazai]

Blenheim's people are veeeery special.... Fairlie people agrees with me. 😂. Jokes aside, hope you can take a look at west coast, everything there is magical. PS: Blenheim library is soooo beautiful.

[@mohammedbinladen4619]

the spatula is called a fish slice.

[@davidwoolley8157]

My home town! glad you enjoyed your time in Blenheim 😊

[@GlenAndMado]

haha it was delightful !

[@ss2gora0]

Such a fun journey watching you guys

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks so much for supporting us and being part of our journey :)

[@Tuatara587]

My old hometown! Wish they would knock down the old postoffice building - as you said - doesn't blend with the town vibe. Building like the library would look good.

[@Andy_M986]

If you drive across pring creek road,you'll come to Spring cheek jumction,then onto Nelson from there.The mountains are right there,about 100 metres away.

[@GlenAndMado]

we will get there eventually we hope :)

[@Andy_M986]

@GlenAndMado Cool,drive safe my friends.

[@philaldridge4178]

Love the pronunciation. Blenhime.

[@GlenAndMado]

damn... haha

[@anthony.3614]

Here in Australia too, there seems to be a kebab shop in every medium-mid sized town. Owners can be Turkish, Afghan, Syrian etc.

[@GlenAndMado]

its awesome! haha

[@anthony.3614]

@@GlenAndMado Yessss, so good 🥙 !!!!!

[@tweedataf]

nice vid :-) Im in Nelson. We dont have a chemist warehouse! And Blenheim does! wow!

[@GlenAndMado]

yeah its definitely convenient when you need to get your goods!

[@ChristoKiwi]

Blenheim is for the most part a popular retirement city/town in NZ, wineries, elderly and people passing through, to/from the islands. My guess is you will be heading through Kaikoura next? Keep an eye out for the teeth like rocks coming out of the ocean as you drive around, an earthquake pushed them up in an earthquake just a few years ago!

[@GlenAndMado]

we have already past by unfortunately and in Christchurch! but we have come acorss them and they look pretty cool! we felt kaikoura was a very touristy town and we couldn't really sleep in our car anywhere as there super strict!

[@GwigglesNZ]

You know the biggest similarity between NZ and Ireland? The people. Both a good bunch.

[@AlexPowerish]

Make sure you get to the Catlins and Clyde!

[@Vurtico]

OMG those narchos look amazing! Yummmm!

[@johnpaki1534]

Kia ora guys wow what a beautiful family to allows yous into their home and put on a hearty Kai,so very heartwarming it seems to be the theme here in nz, im just in aussie atm visiting my daughter for Xmas, she was wondering if you guys are ever planning on coming here?, kia Kaha guys take care much love❤

[@florence2720]

Glen has said they are planning to hit Australia next.

[@GlenAndMado]

Kia ora! hope your enjoying your time in Aussie :) and merry Christmas! 🤶 yeah we would love to hit up Sydney some time next year actually :)

[@GlenAndMado]

you got that right!

[@johnpaki1534]

@@GlenAndMado merry Xmas guys and a happy new year

[@BoldRam]

Welcome to the South Island.. Just holla if you need anything. 👌👌🙏🙏😎😎

[@GlenAndMado]

haha we just want a smile from everyone!

[@MothershipVideos]

Good stuff.

[@Midnightsurgeon123]

Y’all are close to “One pack wonderers “ on KZbin

[@coopsnz1]

the in christchurch 300km away

[@coopsnz1]

my uncle has a farm in st arnods that about 300km from Chritschuch

[@dolmakanchitamang1118]

Hye I ma from langtang Nepal 🇳🇵🎉 I ma big fan ❤

[@Moon130k]

Watching from Nelson, see you on the way past

[@GlenAndMado]

we will be passing by eventually !

[@samdekker90]

My hometown! Looks just as dead as it did when I left for Perth in 2011 😂 Nice area though. You're in for a treat the further south you go!

[@GlenAndMado]

hahaha every town we go to its pretty quite but we like it :) yeah super excited for it!

[@SohailKhan-uh7od]

Really Great

[@archie_bol8153]

Definitely should have picked your own cherries. Have good feed

[@barryscott6222]

Don't know if you will have the time... But a day (or even half day) trip from Blenheim, up the Wairau valley to St Arnaud and Lake Rotoiti, is well worth it.

[@Sunrise-the-Therians]

I live in Blenheim and lm sad that l didn’t get to go in the video 😂😂

[@stevecooper8643]

Hey guys - love your channel - watch from Australia regular. Expat Kiwi...maybe things have changed since I left decades ago, but we always pronounced Blenheim "Blenem", rather than Blenhime! Correct me if I am wrong - keep up the good work, great channel.....

[@coopsnz1]

it looks the same as a child ! im now a millennail still a boring looking town im born in nelson

[@cadifan]

Yep, the "h" is silent. "Blenim"

[@GlenAndMado]

You got it right Steve! hope life is good on the other side. we realised after making the video haha

[@benorsman9654]

Try the cherries in a few more weeks. First pick isn’t normally the best in my experience

[@GlenAndMado]

good call! we didn't even realise till we got there haha

[@Dave_Kennett]

I love 'Thingy things' too, Mado 😜

[@GlenAndMado]

hahahah dave you legend

[@sunitrakahu5214]

The way you pronounce Blenheim cracks me up 😂 never heard anyone say it like Blen-heim 😂 we pronounce it like Blenem. Now I think about it, you guys are probably pronouncing it the way it’s supposed to sound 😂

[@GlenAndMado]

Ohhh no yeah we probably said it wrong in this video then realised we were saying it wrong then said it right in the next video haha.

[@sunitrakahu5214]

@@GlenAndMado I think I’m gonna start saying it the way you guys do just for shxts and gigs 😆

[@mackenziewoolley5652]

I biked past you guys and you can just see me in the video lol 11:16

[@GlenAndMado]

Omg don't even know how you seen that hahah love it

[@titaniumwolf2]

As an Aucklander you can pronounce it how you like.

[@heyim3487]

Eh lik a jaffa

[@VlogsWithKahu]

The 3 boy in the back are my neighbours lol

[@reeganmorrell9844]

Im pronouncing blenhiem like you Glen from now on.😊

[@Innerlight320]

Theres was or still is a 3lt cask of white wine from blenheim called blenheimer . Might be multi regional blend now :)

[@Carolevw]

Don't eat all those cherries at once, you'll get the runs ... ohahh, too late 😂

[@coopsnz1]

Nelson like Blenheim but it on the water and has higher mountains !

[@T_Vk1327]

Alot of Kiwis are quite welcoming to their house its the norm, and even for me its hard to be in a hosts house and they leave you there, and Im born here lol, with that said though, once you're considered a family or friend they treat you like you've been there beefore. Get used to it lol.

[@GlenAndMado]

starting to realise that lately and were truly embracing its amazing hospitality lately :)

[@FayazaliKhan-cv8qu]

❤❤❤❤

[@6282rain]

Blenheigh lol

[@GlenAndMado]

hahaha yeah yeah we know

[@dangerboy1111]

there is any bus picton to bleinham??

[@GlenAndMado]

not totally sure unfortunately as were driving :(

[@walterhilhorst3670]

Yes, Info-Centre has details.

[@KyleWaaka]

i am enjoying your travels in nz ,you will love the south island ,i live in south canterbury ,south canterbury is a lovely area ,

[@Innerlight320]

The old grey post office building, yes a bit ugly😂

[@GlenAndMado]

Definitely didn't fit in! haha

[@PaulSmith-bb7lv]

Love your Irish accents. We Kiwis pronounce Blenheim as "Blenham" but you are forgiven for not knowing that.

[@Andy_M986]

She is German.

[@cadifan]

We pronounce it with a silent "h".

[@cadifan]

@@Andy_M986 Yes Mado is German but her English is heavily influenced with an Irish accent.

[@florence2720]

5:31 😂

[@GlenAndMado]

haha

[@marias8007]

there are many faces to NZ 😃

[@Andy_M986]

Fire sale at the jewellery store.

[@GlenAndMado]

hahaha love it Andy!

[@simeonalcorn3497]

Hey guys, enjoying watching your adventures. Cool to see that you're enjoying 'our backyard'. Just 1 correction: Blenheim is pronounced 'Blen-im'. Have fun down there. God bless.

[@walterhilhorst3670]

No its not, it is a German word correctly pronounced 'Blen-Hime'.

[@Sujowi]

Blen-im is how we say it here, kids. So please don’t copy the Irish version!

[@GlenAndMado]

yeah don't be copying me! haha

[@Maungateitei]

If they are over 1000m they are mountains here. Not like UK where 1000ft qualifies. Just a suggestion, try listening to how locals pronounce place names before you attempt it. If you don't ask, they will be polite, and giggle their tits off after you turn your backs.

[@GlenAndMado]

hahahah very true! just got used to calling them all mountains.

[@camhyde9701]

interesting pronunciation... kiwis just say 'blenim' but you might be right.. Austrian place name maybe?

[@GhostOfArtBell0935]

Bavarian, although the true name is Blindheim and Blenheim is an Anglicisation

[@barryscott6222]

It is not pronounced "Blen-Heim". It is pronounced "Blen-Am".

[@classicpunk]

Blen-hime 🤦‍♂️

[@Auth0R_M0RGaN]

Thought it would pronounced more like “Blen-imm” than “Blen-am” 😂, either way can understand why they’d pronounce it the way they did as the place name is European/German in origin. Find it cool how One Pack Wanderers research how to pronounce the local names but to each their own 👍🏽. Still great of this channel to showcase NZ to the world 🇳🇿🫡.

[@barryscott6222]

@@Auth0R_M0RGaN LOL Blenim, Blenam... Yeah, either/or. depends on your accent. 😄

[@maccasjanda]

Pronounced... Blennim .... 'h' is silent as it is in England.

[@Andy_M986]

Why do you keep asking that same question in your thumbnails?.

[@sonnyday6830]

Bro!!

[@Saul-s6q]

That woman is probaby stealing.watch her

[@StevelatuStevelatu685]

Just want to say Jesus loves you and welcome to New Zealand ❤ the land of the long white cloud ☁️

[@GlenAndMado]

were very grateful to be here! :))

[@LordBledisloe]

Judging by the comments i think 90% of your viewers are kiwis. 😂 🥝

[@coopsnz1]

i live in sydney born in nelson my parents live in collingwwod st

[@mohammedbinladen4619]

so you're a kiwi in other words.@@coopsnz1

[@johnpaki1534]

Yeah people usually drop off when their country isn't been showcased, understandable, IL be the same when they leave here😅 I'm more interested in 3rd world countries than my own backyard...lol but they will forever have my subscription🫡

[@coopsnz1]

you tried fruit ice cream in malbough & tasman region very comon for it !

[@GlenAndMado]

ohhh its in our next video ;)

[@coopsnz1]

go south west to nelson lakes

[@upp.social2490]

think it was solve about 3 years ago

[@coopsnz1]

nelson wins for beauty ! i forgot how flat Blenheim is

[@Jordan-du6fu]

Blenheim is way more beautiful especially in winter when some of those hills have snow on them

[@coopsnz1]

@@Jordan-du6fu my parents place has views of water ' cbd ' mountains in nelson . you know where Grampians are? top of collingwood st

[@coopsnz1]

shit it has a lake !

[@greggiles7309]

Did you know you get negotiable paid maternity leave here, I get 8 weeks at my work, Have you tried smashed Avacado on Toast yet?

[@GlenAndMado]

Oh trust me plenty of Avacado! we picked full sacks of them and had over a months supply so basically eating avocado and toast everyday at one point in Tauranga hahah. we didn;t know about thre paid leave though! awesome to know and great that you get such benefit!