Is This The FRIENDLIEST TOWN In New Zealand? Thames North Island | Coromandel 🇳🇿

[@churcuz1961]

Been following you both since you landed in Auckland and purchased your car. Have enjoyed every video & of cause your trips to places I've never been or seen like your treks. Thank you both. ❤

[@willieidle8122]

Thanks for visiting my home town! All the best for your New Zealand adventure!

[@natashabramwell6697]

I have not long found this KZbin channel, glad you are enjoying New Zealand, love the content. Will be catching up on all the series.

[@ianmcleod4381]

Missing you Thanks so much for your Entertainment

[@alanbennett4001]

Number one rule when eating a pie, keep it in the bag and just eat it from the front, use the bag to stop the pie falling to bits.....contains the crumbs as well...haha

[@mnl77Bl]

Happy that you enjoyed our place here in Thames.

[@Skrote]

'Predator' in the window of Vessel by my buddy Marti Wong Sculptor.

[@FrontYardFilmz]

Marti is my neighbor he's such a friendly guy 😂

[@lowcarbtoronto1691]

My wife and I will be travelling for 6 weeks in Sept/Oct - 2.5 weeks in AU, 3.5 in NZ. These videos have helped us better prioritize during our limited time. Many of the places we planned to visit have been covered in this series. Most helpful are the food/restaurant reviews. Raw and minimally edited, the videos could get a bit tedious if you two were not so endearing and honest in your appraisals. You’ve really grown on us. Thank you for putting in the effort, and safe travels.

[@TamaandRoxy]

Have enjoyed your vlogs while visiting our beautiful country. Thank you for visiting us. Safe journeys home. 👍

[@jonathannorris8992]

We moved to Thames at the start of the year, bloody funny place because it’s commutable to Auckland, Hamilton , Tauranga close to the Coromandel and the house prices are stupidly affordable in comparison to those three cities.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

Those little birds were in the midst of migrating. They are wading birds and called Oyster Catchers. Resting onshore, after travelling thousands of miles. So Glen, 🤫🕊 🙂

[@CaptainKevHaurakiGulf]

Our oystercatchers do no not migrate they are here year round I am in next bay been here 15 years, the Miranda bird group did a tagging thing few years ago

[@MarkMcLT]

I had my last colonoscopy in Thames! :) I spent a night in an airbnb, and the host, who I'd never met before, very kindly came up to the hospital ward to pick me up afterwards as I wasn't allowed to drive myself.

[@danielayers]

I've heard of a lot of people having their photo taken in Thames, but never that kind of photo!!

[@joharrison3469]

I had that fun experience in hospital for the first time last year Thought it would be a nightmare but everyone was so nice and it was so interesting. Would recommend. So that's an experience Glen and Mado can look forward to in the future 😆

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

thanks for sharing 😅

[@danielayers]

@@joharrison3469 You could start a KZbin channel. "Is this the BEST COLONOSCOPY in New Zealand?". Call it Rectum Reviews.

[@garrycarlyle4429]

Ive folloed your hole vernoy i n nz and loved your videos ive ciommrentsd4 and loved your reply that everthinng is a thing i love having people like you humans thank you for your jouney

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video! I'm a bit of a rock-hound and Thames and the Coromandel are good places to find interesting rocks ( quartz, jasper, even gold ore if you're lucky). Great area, both for scenery and rocks!

[@GlenAndMado]

We missed our opportunity so haha we didn’t find anything good! We didn’t realise this had to much to offer 🫣

[@2foleyquarry]

Defo need a Burtons steak n cheese pie. Love Coco too, best coffee.

[@GreenMMs100]

Oh hey! This is my town and within the first few minutes I recognised someone. Crazy!

[@craigevans2941]

The firth of thames is a amazing fishery..she'll fish fish amazing ecosytem

[@mervynpeka]

Nice people....loved it.

[@taniac1860]

I hope you managed to find the Coromandel distillery… a tiny boutique distillery that won the world Gin awards in 2022. It was tucked in behind cafe Melbourne, so easily missed, but well worth a visit. 😊

[@CaptainKevHaurakiGulf]

No they blasted past it and missed everything in the depot

[@amyturner6275]

its probably pumping in summer its the middle winter so a bit sleepy, it will have lots of tourists in summer and holiday people

[@joharrison3469]

I parked my motor home on the other side of the inlet at Ray's Rest. It is a bird sanctuary. I was so excited to get there I to the shore wearing my jandals (aka flip flops, thongs). I was instantly ankle deep in that sticky muddy silt that Glen discovered. Took me quite awhile to get my feet out without losing my jandals. i got back to my motorhome covered in that gunk. Not fun! But it's a very beautiful and serene place to park up with the birds for three days.

[@richardcaldwell9160]

You guys are both legends in your own lifetime (well In Thames) Those pies looked so good

[@timrussell9869]

Legends in their own lunchtime!!!

[@jonathanmanson775]

If you go to Northland, best kept secret is Mimiwhangata Coastal Reserve. Fantastic spot on a fine day.

[@MarkMcLT]

Agree, Mimiwhangata is very cool. There's also a beautiful walk at Ngahau Bay just to the north. But I have a feeling they may have left NZ without exploring Northland, which would be a shame. I think it has the best beaches in the country. Mahinepua is another gem. But it's all best experienced in the summer.

[@allentewhare1102]

Celebrities in our Nation. Well done team.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

Thank you guys!! Loving your food adventures in Japan atm!! 😊

[@samuelcecil9273]

thank you both I really want to go there xxxxx

[@Superion866]

Hahaha you will be disappointed😂

[@MothershipVideos]

I did enjoy it...thanks.

[@lyndonbeach2387]

Hi guys, it’s funny how you collect shells from the beach. My kids always do that, and they’re adults now. I never know what to do with them after. Lol

[@F0RTY4]

I think that gem was a quartz?

[@robertbaird4822]

Hope to see you at the sea bird coast Kiawua next episode,then you will see shells,

[@kiwihib]

Sorry I missed you guys when you were in town.

[@danialwilson8217]

Hello Mado and Glen so where you off to after New Zealand if Australia enjoy your coffee and pies there cause Australia still looking for a good pie and fish and chips plus seafood cheers have a good trip where ever you go

[@danielayers]

Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia (briefly) and now Japan. Its almost like they are hiding from the Police. :)

[@thekiwinomad]

Great video. Mado was correct it's kiwifruit not Kiwi Glen. A Kiwi is someone from new Zealand or the flightless bird. A kiwifruit is the fruit lol.

[@JamesPatterson-r4d]

Coromandel /Thames district council do not wellcome responsible Freedom Campers.They come down very hard with fines on anything they can find that does not suit them regarding Freedom Campers.I was told the local camp sites loose money because most campers stay in their vans at parking spots.So the District council works along side the camp sites by trying to stop Freedom Camping who dont use the camp sites.

[@eileenhildreth8355]

Best fish and chips down at the wharf in Thames

[@modfus]

Racelle was very friendly - she has a very strong Kiwi accent, you two have been in NZ long enough to understand it now😊

[@gissyb1]

All kiwis have strong accents. It's normal

[@modfus]

@@gissyb1 No, that's not true. Some have much more subtle accents - you find some older New Zealanders were taught to speak "Received Pronunciation" - it is becoming rare to hear that now but I know Kiwis who speak in Received Pronunciation.

[@AilsaPehi]

Welcome to Thames on this 'fine rainy day' he says. That sums up our weather. Is it fine? Is it rainy? The obvious answer is "Yeah, nah, yeah" because it's usually both.

[@GlenAndMado]

😂😂😂 love it.

[@Andy_M986]

You missed Waihi,an old mining town.

[@aatravelandstuff2958]

My in-laws live there!

[@KiwiGlen]

We saw you both that day by time turned around you had gone in to that Cafe you can see our car in video would have love to meet you

[@GlenAndMado]

Kiwi glen! same name as me 😂😂 I know its a shame! always love to say hello to fellow subscribers! you must be living in the area then?

[@KiwiGlen]

@@GlenAndMado yes a local

[@GlenAndMado]

@@KiwiGlen living the good life in Thames then!

[@user-gslt]

nice video

[@MarkDonnelly-j9v]

Hi I like your video

[@anonymousanon9056]

U can eat the skin on the kiwifruit gold

[@K_one_w_one]

Kiaora, sorry to nitpick it's pronounced Temz like the London river Thames. 👍

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

PaknSave has been in Thames forever

[@robstratton6296]

How ya doin, ya well?

[@johnotimi6813]

Thames is a cool town!

[@Andy_M986]

Pronounced "Tems" but spelt like the river in England ,Thames.

[@CaptainKevHaurakiGulf]

cafe melbourne/ depot WHY? it was a bus stop (the depot) the bus drove in the back and out the front where window is now you missed all the shops in there, cinema for sale unfortunately building is not earthquake safe and Never will be..you saw the car art you missed the wall when you stopped on the corner missing the wall behind you..A and G price they made Trains

[@johnmatrix4685]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@rayray2602]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@janlipski5215]

The economic recovery must have some bearing on all the shops for sale.

[@kiwihib]

Thames is a big retirement town, so not a lot of disposable income for a section of the population.

[@michaelmoynihan9591]

A kip of a place fact

[@GlenAndMado]

Awh no need for that Michael it’s a lovely place 😂

[@johnallsopp6324]

So sorry but I have to say it - it is pronounced 'Tems', not Taymes' - just like the river through London.

[@dd2451]

Any homeless in Thames?

[@santoshsunar910]

I am Rita

[@GlenAndMado]

Hey Rita hope you’re good! We miss you a lot and we tried to contact you before through Istagram but your account has disappeared 😧

[@stephenwride5695]

Be carefull dont turn your back on any maori

[@jellysmith4350]

I lived there for over 10 years. I wish i hadnt. Its a shithole.

[@TheEnzedone]

Sure is

[@toddfather7541]

Yup the 'pandemic'closed huge amounts of small family owned middle class businesses. And they got it wrong. But something like 600 new billionaires all of a sudden appeared, mostly pharmaceutical and political benificiaries..Just saying😂😂going to miss you guys

[@kentaylor2416]

Nice nutty rant. I think you've got the wrong channel.

[@toddfather7541]

@@kentaylor2416I never bought it up and far from nutty? You got to be be nutty and stupid if ya can't see it. And fact check the nutty you will see it's actually TRUE. But you won't because like majority of people you don't know how to critically think for ya self and instead the TRUTH to you is what ever the box tells ya. Once again my bigger rant at your ignorance the question was asked if COVID had effect I simply answered. If you want to reply Ken at least have an educated opinion about what I said don't just dumb arse ding bat character assault me by calling it nutty bro??? You started this let's finish it. Had to take a know it all Ken( male version of a Karen).. I agree not on this channel but ken started it, nobody else cares Ken. I said I simply had an opinion on a public video now YOU TAKEN HERE....KEN

[@toddfather7541]

@@kentaylor2416 Hello ken biarch I'm back! I can not STAND FOOLS LIKE YOU

[@jjkill3847]

Get rid of James and come live with me in gisborne baby

[@GreenMMs100]

Oh hey! This is my town and within the first few minutes I recognised someone. Crazy!