I know of some beautiful hidden gems you may interested in. Pm Me if you'd like anymore info. Also a lot of ww2 tunnels here and alot of history in this little town of Northland
OMG THANK YOU! This is my hometown and I felt a real rush of nostalgia as it made think of my childhood days where everybody new everybody watching this. I haven’t been back home for over 30yrs and two days ago was thinking of returning to visit the my home. Just a couple of things I will correct: the big white building which was a prison for white collar offenders was a Mens Hostel for the miners when the coal mines were operating. That place was where I got my very first job after leaving school as a waitress in 1965. One building you mentioned was a church: but it wasn’t, it was a community hall where functions were held. My daughter had her birthday in that hall and my dad used play in a band for dances, birthdays and cabarets and every other event that happened. Thank you so much for job well down your filming is great someone has good steady hands at videoing. Loved it. I will definitely follow and journey with you wherever you go cause I know all the abandon towns you will visit. You must be happy👉 tramping thru the long grass and never have to worry about snakes. 🙄🤪
I was in prison there transferred from waikeria because of over crowding i didn't want to go but when we arrived in our van we looked at each other and all smiled JACKPOT hahaha steak eggs and chips for our first dinner there and seconds if you wanted, everything about the place was cruisy even the staff cheers for the memory bro
@@kevenwatson6443 no ive neva owned a harley and i worked there from jan 1996 to april 2001 and the locals there were great people, looking back now its unreal how time has flown past
@JonnyDredd Roger that I was only in there for the last month of my sentence and that was around 96 but can't remember any staff just swapped a harley davidson shirt I had with a staff member for a packet of rolls all the best cheers
Haha that cracked me up when you were looking at the free stuff outside one of the abandoned shops. One shoe? Broken vase anyone? 500 recipes from 1940. 😂😂😂
gday m8. in nineteen seventy i worked on a large sheep station just out of ohura. i worked there for two years. i used to go to the cozey club on a saturday night. i used to shop at the genaral store. i now live at the bottom of the south island. the station was called hawea hills. sheep and stud angus cattle. i looked up the farm a while ago on the computar and boy has it changed.
This is so nostalgic to me, I used to go visit my Aunty in ohura and I used to love it. I remember when the shops were open (well only the general store in my day) thanks for posting this brought back so many memories
The old prison was originally the mine offices... my Dad worked on it as an apprentice carpenter in the 1950's. Later it became a 'white collar' prison & then later it housed drug dealers & pedos as well. It was much bigger when it was a prison with many out-buildings & big organic gardens with massive greenhouses. In 2005 they closed it & removed everything but the original mine buildings... it was then sold to an Iwi, who then on-sold it to a private owner... now it belongs to the Hope Foundation who are part of the Seventh Day Adventist network. It is used as a rehab centre I believe. All those 'dead' houses around it were prison owned houses for staff etc... one was being used as a Police station for years.
Oh thank you very much for sharing your story. Really fascinating to know more on this town. We were reading and we were like ohhhh wow, interesting and now talking on taking a day trip to explore the town that once had the life and those who lived there. Thank you
Who was your aunty. I went to school there, it was my hometown. And your correct in saying the prison was a coal miners hostel. It was my very first job working there after I left act in 1965. The prisoners did a great job with their gardening.
55yrs ago as a young lad from PioPio High School, we'd go to Ohura to play rugby & I thoroughly enjoyed it. Nostalgic but sad to see abandoned shops & buildings! How can we breath life back into our nearly forgotten Towns??🤔
I live in New Plymouth and far out I didn’t even know anything about this little town out in the wop wop. I couldn’t help but feel the spirit’s of those who once lived, walked in this town. I was so fascinated to the old building that stood once, booming with people and the abandoned houses. We are going to take a day trip to visit and explore. I know myself, I’ll be crying, not with sadness but with joy exploring of what the People had left behind.
I was basically the last Policeman that lived and worked in Ohura, 1993 to 1995, my office was in the old laundry of the Police house, no computer... Lana's shop, Kahlil Motors was still going, the prison was over the back fence, my two kids attended the local school, we socialised at the Cossie club down the road....remember my wife was invited to the annual harvest festival...she thought that was great until we discussed it and decided that was not such a great idea, 😀 but some great people living in the town and I enjoyed the couple of years we had there, very fond memories
Is this you mike plant? I got a job at the prison and we moved in next door to you at williams ave, john and nelle and our twins in early 1996 and I remember the story you me about your wife being invited to the annual harvest party, funny
This town reminds me a bit of my first impressions of NZ when I first moved here from Europe in 83. I loved the derelict desertedness after the orderly nuttiness of Sweden and still do; now live with the cows sheep birds and Pudditat in the far north. Nothing happens here and its great....thanks for the quirky vid - hope the car keeps going, it sounds like it wants to stay there too...
I use to travel by bus from hamilton to taumaranui with my cousin.we hd to do our shopping in taumaranui to take to ohura . .the houses there were open for people visiting an inmate's
Yes, it's a wonderful little town, only downside of living in a remote location would be the huge drive into the nearest town to get food and supplies needed, thank you for watching and your comment 🙂🙂👍❤
Fantastic videos very informative and interesting you both do a fantastic job. 👍I like you to speak more clearly and loader please keep the videos coming doing a fantastic job showing NZ how it was years ago RM
I've always been fascinated by this town for some reason. I've only ever been through it a couple of times, but it kind of interests me. Maybe I'll retire there.
@@Audogo-b2g I wouldn't! I was being facetious, but I have to admit that this town holds a certain intrigue for me. Nestled deep in the rugged King Country ranges.
Some awesome spots..... absolute love the bridge and the goat with the old church, almost looked like the door was open on that... :D I know its hard when you can't just go in them though. Looking forward to the next episode. Thats crazy residents don't get .. at least benefits
Yes they have their own law out there, very hard not to cross the line while exploring, all the residents have watchful eyes, there was a man outside the rugby grounds keeping a watchful eye on as while at the church
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz ahhh yes...small towns. It is like that down here too. Sounds otherworldly there though. Thank you for sharing. Amazed at how many empty places there are around and look forward to what you find
That's very rude!! but I'm not sure what a camer is perhaps your attempting to spell camera? Perhaps next time you attempting to insult somebody you should learn how to spell first 🤣🤣🤣
Im a former inmate during the early 2000s. We literally walked through the town ship to play league at local rugby field. You could basically walk out the Gates if you wanted to escape but it was that laid back you didnt want to escape. I remember 2 56 chevs full of mobsters driving into the compound to pick up one of their members. Crazy lol. I also remember 2 guys who allegedly got raped by the cook. They told the guards and they instantly became targets because they told. In jail if something happened to you, youd better do something about it or keep quiet. Even though it was looked at as being a punishable act raping someone. Telling on that person was worse. Totally forgot about this place
Having been in NZ for quite a number of years, knowing that quite a number of small towns in NZ are remote and people left for opportunities and all shops closed so no more economic activity and became ghost towns.
Car broke down there a few years ago me and my mate slept in the car and something about this town was off but we didn’t really sleep it wasn’t the fact we were in a car it was the town very scary didn’t meet any locals tho we kept to ourselves stuck on the side of the road near town got picked up the next day by the missus tho towed us all the way to Hamilton
Love this upload bro it's like a lot of stuff around the traps in Country NSW we have smaller towns than this though that are abandoned but I'm an old bushy and it felt good to watch this upload, cheers & Merry Christmas 🎄🍻👍, 🇦🇺
Next time you do the forgotten highway, you should visit the place where a small town used to be. Their is only a small farm/place to stay now. Sorry but I can't remember the town name but it began with a T. My gran lived there for a few years while the train tracks were being built. I visit a few years ago and they have iformation boards and pictures.
I was in Ohura prison i can remember some of the screews stealing the food so inmates went hungry one tablespoon of mashed potatoes wasn't enough to work in the forestry
Hi again you are where i started working after about 4 years my boss traded a D4 bulldozer that did knot sell he put a tender with the minstry of works to work on bulldozing corners of the Waitongas the road from Ohura and the west coast i was getting married in about 6 mounths and said he would pay me more pre hour about dould i did it i stayed at the minners camp (Ohura Prision) small world smile still married to the same woman
I drove through Ohura about 5 months ago toke my Nephew & Niece for a drive to get out of the house (From Taumaranui) told them what it was like in Late 80s early 90s they were like (People still live here?) Yes bubba (But these no shops or Police stations here!) I know 😂
Yip was on the spot filming right here, Had all the research but no internet to read any of it so had to try memorize everything on the spot while walking around filming with my broken microphone not bad for the 17k plus views 😎
Mate, your vids are hard to watch.. You pan too fast and moving the zoom in and out fast makes watching very difficult, almost get a seasick feeling , which is a pity as i like these types of explore videos. Maybe once you sort that out i will come back to your channel.
This video nearly 4 years old and was filmed on a phone.. we have a completely different camera set up now for over two years now and we film in 4K and HD so these issues are old news..
Alot are for sale but there's no power or phone lines super markets or shops available, or jobs available, also the roads to drive there aren't maintained so driving for supplies is hard, aslo the government doesn't offer any benefits as there's no jobs available in the town, So really buying there for most people isn't really an option, Cheers for your comment though 🙂👍
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz Yes & the prices have gotten pretty steep too... $45k for a section that floods & you probably can't build on... around $300k for house & section in flood zone... when we went there in the late '90's the council was selling off sections for $1 (+plus the rates owing on them)...
Yes definitely not abandoned, this video isn't about it being Abandoned this is part of our ghost towns series of towns that are now ghost towns compared to their hay day
You should get an even worse quality microphone. I can still make out a few words over the needless annoying background music and wind and I feel that was just not the goal here.
I'm sorry i do this as a hobby and i wear my sunglasses to help obscure my identity as i wish to not be bothered in the street my members of the public, I have plenty of respect for what i do but sounds like you have lack of respect for why i wear my sunglasses 😎
Episode two now available th-cam.com/video/yYzc2Dgz5AU/w-d-xo.html
I know of some beautiful hidden gems you may interested in. Pm Me if you'd like anymore info. Also a lot of ww2 tunnels here and alot of history in this little town of Northland
@@moanathelma198 that would be great but unfortunately we are now touring the south island making our videos down here 😁
Very interesting thanks for your great work 😅
OMG THANK YOU! This is my hometown and I felt a real rush of nostalgia as it made think of my childhood days where everybody new everybody watching this. I haven’t been back home for over 30yrs and two days ago was thinking of returning to visit the my home. Just a couple of things I will correct: the big white building which was a prison for white collar offenders was a Mens Hostel for the miners when the coal mines were operating. That place was where I got my very first job after leaving school as a waitress in 1965. One building you mentioned was a church: but it wasn’t, it was a community hall where functions were held. My daughter had her birthday in that hall and my dad used play in a band for dances, birthdays and cabarets and every other event that happened. Thank you so much for job well down your filming is great someone has good steady hands at videoing. Loved it. I will definitely follow and journey with you wherever you go cause I know all the abandon towns you will visit. You must be happy👉 tramping thru the long grass and never have to worry about snakes. 🙄🤪
I loved Ohura
Did it look the same back then? Like 30 years ago?
@@bladerees5919yes, but it would've been "Alive & bustling"!
Your welcome, thank you for your information and also thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
I never even thought about New Zealand had ghost towns?! How cool are you, out there finding them! Very very cool 😎
Taumarunui born 1952 ,went to Ohura many times,beautiful part of the world like the rest of the king Country,thanks for the post
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Did you know Tania & Delwyne Smythe? 😊
I was in prison there transferred from waikeria because of over crowding i didn't want to go but when we arrived in our van we looked at each other and all smiled JACKPOT hahaha steak eggs and chips for our first dinner there and seconds if you wanted, everything about the place was cruisy even the staff cheers for the memory bro
I worked at the prison for 5 years, left about end of april 2001
@JonnyDredd did you have a harley bro?
@@kevenwatson6443 no ive neva owned a harley and i worked there from jan 1996 to april 2001 and the locals there were great people, looking back now its unreal how time has flown past
@JonnyDredd Roger that I was only in there for the last month of my sentence and that was around 96 but can't remember any staff just swapped a harley davidson shirt I had with a staff member for a packet of rolls all the best cheers
Haha that cracked me up when you were looking at the free stuff outside one of the abandoned shops. One shoe? Broken vase anyone? 500 recipes from 1940. 😂😂😂
gday m8. in nineteen seventy i worked on a large sheep station just out of ohura. i worked there for two years. i used to go to the cozey club on a saturday night. i used to shop at the genaral store. i now live at the bottom of the south island. the station was called hawea hills. sheep and stud angus cattle. i looked up the farm a while ago on the computar and boy has it changed.
This is so nostalgic to me, I used to go visit my Aunty in ohura and I used to love it. I remember when the shops were open (well only the general store in my day) thanks for posting this brought back so many memories
Your welcome 🙂👍
The old prison was originally the mine offices... my Dad worked on it as an apprentice carpenter in the 1950's. Later it became a 'white collar' prison & then later it housed drug dealers & pedos as well. It was much bigger when it was a prison with many out-buildings & big organic gardens with massive greenhouses. In 2005 they closed it & removed everything but the original mine buildings... it was then sold to an Iwi, who then on-sold it to a private owner... now it belongs to the Hope Foundation who are part of the Seventh Day Adventist network. It is used as a rehab centre I believe. All those 'dead' houses around it were prison owned houses for staff etc... one was being used as a Police station for years.
I've just been reading that my Uncle Bill Aitchison worked on that job as well. J
The iwi will want it back again in another 150 years when you will be able to claim if your 1 in 300 Māori
Oh thank you very much for sharing your story. Really fascinating to know more on this town. We were reading and we were like ohhhh wow, interesting and now talking on taking a day trip to explore the town that once had the life and those who lived there. Thank you
Who was your aunty. I went to school there, it was my hometown. And your correct in saying the prison was a coal miners hostel. It was my very first job working there after I left act in 1965. The prisoners did a great job with their gardening.
Did you have a cousin called Susan Aitchison and then went to Ahititi and owned a grocery store there?
This is better than google street viewing the old town. Thanks matey.
Thank you, +Thank you for watching 🙂🙂👍
55yrs ago as a young lad from PioPio High School, we'd go to Ohura to play rugby & I thoroughly enjoyed it. Nostalgic but sad to see abandoned shops & buildings! How can we breath life back into our nearly forgotten Towns??🤔
Not allowed to build there due to being a flood plain, so probably can't get it going again.
☺❤👍Great video, I like that you are exploring our country and sharing it with us... thank you 😊
Thank you, your welcome thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
I live in New Plymouth and far out I didn’t even know anything about this little town out in the wop wop. I couldn’t help but feel the spirit’s of those who once lived, walked in this town. I was so fascinated to the old building that stood once, booming with people and the abandoned houses. We are going to take a day trip to visit and explore. I know myself, I’ll be crying, not with sadness but with joy exploring of what the People had left behind.
My home town that I grew up in Ohura was an awesome place to live in back in the early 1960 , I now reside in Australia for over 48 yrs.
You had to be related to Lucy, John. They had a brother who drowned in the Ohura river. Was as always a sad time for everyone.
Yes was 😢 for the Whanau, Lucy and John are my older brother and sister, by the way we landed in Ohura in 1958 I was born in 1956 over in Wamiha.
Very interesting bro.Wexhave alot off sleepy towns in NZ
I was basically the last Policeman that lived and worked in Ohura, 1993 to 1995, my office was in the old laundry of the Police house, no computer... Lana's shop, Kahlil Motors was still going, the prison was over the back fence, my two kids attended the local school, we socialised at the Cossie club down the road....remember my wife was invited to the annual harvest festival...she thought that was great until we discussed it and decided that was not such a great idea, 😀 but some great people living in the town and I enjoyed the couple of years we had there, very fond memories
Do tell more about the "harvest" festival and y it wasnt suitable for ur wife to attend? 😎
@@katrinaunclez8412 Harvest festival, the annual cannabis harvest celebration-probably not the best place for the local coppers wife to be seen...😂😂😂😂
You would know my cousin Donna Sandilands who worked for John Koorey at Kallis
Harvest festival is funny. Cool story
Is this you mike plant? I got a job at the prison and we moved in next door to you at williams ave, john and nelle and our twins in early 1996 and I remember the story you me about your wife being invited to the annual harvest party, funny
Cool channel my bro, keep up the great work!
Cheers thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
That was awesome 👍🏾
Oldie but a goodie, Thank you watching and commenting 😎👍
Wow! I am so enjyoying your vids. Good job!
Thank you kindly, also thank you very much for watching 🙂🙂
Loved this video bro, mean content !
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it 🙂🙂👍
Love to see what new Zealand looks like I live in Australia but was born in Auckland but thanks till the next one 🦘🐨👍👍❤❤
Just saw a post on abandon New Zealand Thought I would look up. have a look at what it used to be like a man this is a really cool video
Cheers thank you for watching, Yes I just saw that post too 🙂👍
This town reminds me a bit of my first impressions of NZ when I first moved here from Europe in 83. I loved the derelict desertedness after the orderly nuttiness of Sweden and still do; now live with the cows sheep birds and Pudditat in the far north. Nothing happens here and its great....thanks for the quirky vid - hope the car keeps going, it sounds like it wants to stay there too...
Hi There, a few years old this video now, cars still going well all these years later no issues, Thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
I use to travel by bus from hamilton to taumaranui with my cousin.we hd to do our shopping in taumaranui to take to ohura . .the houses there were open for people visiting an inmate's
Omg that's were I Wana live somewhere quiet like that fantastic outstanding video chears
Yes, it's a wonderful little town, only downside of living in a remote location would be the huge drive into the nearest town to get food and supplies needed, thank you for watching and your comment 🙂🙂👍❤
One hour drive on a un maintained broken road
Mean vid!!
Thank you cheers, Thank you for watching👍😎
awesome views my brother
Much LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉thankyou 🙏 💛 💓
Fantastic videos very informative and interesting you both do a fantastic job. 👍I like you to speak more clearly and loader please keep the videos coming doing a fantastic job showing NZ how it was years ago RM
Your welcome, Thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
really scared that Invercargill is going to turn out like this one day :(
Yes with the meat works closing. I worked in Don st for Winz and lived in Tweed st.
The little cart is Fiesta Fare. A Mexican food cart . A definite must stop. Michelle also runs a B&B in Ohura.
I've always been fascinated by this town for some reason. I've only ever been through it a couple of times, but it kind of interests me. Maybe I'll retire there.
By the way, thanks for the great video!
No worries thank you for watching 👍 😁
Why would you want to retire to a Ghost Town Why?
@@Audogo-b2g I wouldn't! I was being facetious, but I have to admit that this town holds a certain intrigue for me. Nestled deep in the rugged King Country ranges.
Coal Miners were such hard and dedicated workers back in the day!!
Absolutely very hard workers
I stayed in the prison when it was used as a backpackers. They gave me a key to lock my cell for when i went out.
hi bro this was awesome really looking forward to this series, always love talking to locals safe travels merry christmas
Thanks my mate, few more ideas coming up, Merry Christmas to you too mate 🙂🙂👍👍
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz + liking it ma dude, something new 🙂
A great location for shooting zombie movies. I wonder if they have any hotel or Airbnb accomodation.
Good night from Papua New Guinea.
Some awesome spots..... absolute love the bridge and the goat with the old church, almost looked like the door was open on that... :D I know its hard when you can't just go in them though. Looking forward to the next episode. Thats crazy residents don't get .. at least benefits
Yes they have their own law out there, very hard not to cross the line while exploring, all the residents have watchful eyes, there was a man outside the rugby grounds keeping a watchful eye on as while at the church
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz ahhh yes...small towns. It is like that down here too. Sounds otherworldly there though. Thank you for sharing. Amazed at how many empty places there are around and look forward to what you find
Another one coming soon hopefully
Barely watch able mute button helps...the ads where a welcome break from the dizzy camer
That's very rude!! but I'm not sure what a camer is perhaps your attempting to spell camera? Perhaps next time you attempting to insult somebody you should learn how to spell first 🤣🤣🤣
I stayed there for a week, at the old prison owned by the 7 days Adventist, and boy was it freezing lol.
Im a former inmate during the early 2000s. We literally walked through the town ship to play league at local rugby field. You could basically walk out the Gates if you wanted to escape but it was that laid back you didnt want to escape. I remember 2 56 chevs full of mobsters driving into the compound to pick up one of their members. Crazy lol. I also remember 2 guys who allegedly got raped by the cook. They told the guards and they instantly became targets because they told. In jail if something happened to you, youd better do something about it or keep quiet. Even though it was looked at as being a punishable act raping someone. Telling on that person was worse. Totally forgot about this place
Did you do computer trading by a Donna Sandilands at the prison?
interesting how it’s an abandoned town yet the lawns and berms are mowed
It's not an abandoned town, Just a ghost town due to a 80% drop in population within the area
Awesome video but please change the music lol
Very very old video now we haven't used this sound track or this camera or microphone in many years
Having been in NZ for quite a number of years, knowing that quite a number of small towns in NZ are remote and people left for opportunities and all shops closed so no more economic activity and became ghost towns.
Nice. Regards from Poland ( Europe )
Thank you, And thank you for watching 🙂🙂
YEAAAA ohura i have to travel auckland to ohura 7 times a year to see my grandpa lmao 6 hour drive to this place lol so much old memoriess
Congrats on the new concept. Happy exploring to you!
Cheers man Thanks 🙂🙂
My husband lives there. His father Stan Grunberg truck coal and timber. Shops were all open .but little place back then.
Oh wow that's awesome, Thank you for sharing some history with us all 🙂👍
Car broke down there a few years ago me and my mate slept in the car and something about this town was off but we didn’t really sleep it wasn’t the fact we were in a car it was the town very scary didn’t meet any locals tho we kept to ourselves stuck on the side of the road near town got picked up the next day by the missus tho towed us all the way to Hamilton
Wow that's really cool story, Thanks for sharing 🙂👍
Thank you 🙏
Your welcome 🙏 🙂👍
COOL FOOTAGE DUDE, INTERESTING AS.
TOO GOOD.
I remember living there when I was younger the store was open back then
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Love this upload bro it's like a lot of stuff around the traps in Country NSW we have smaller towns than this though that are abandoned but I'm an old bushy and it felt good to watch this upload, cheers & Merry Christmas 🎄🍻👍, 🇦🇺
Thanks mate, really glad your enjoyed the video, thanks for watching and for the feedback
down under the bridge is surveillance cameras... true story, i too have footage and did the forgotten hiway last yr
I use ro live there for a while grew up there.mint place
I've lived in ohura for 16 years
That's awesome it's truly a beautiful little town, loved visiting their 🙂👍
Wouldn't mind camping here for a while
So cant get WINZ benefit if live there? Or Pension?
Not last time i checked no, Thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
Next time you do the forgotten highway, you should visit the place where a small town used to be. Their is only a small farm/place to stay now. Sorry but I can't remember the town name but it began with a T.
My gran lived there for a few years while the train tracks were being built. I visit a few years ago and they have iformation boards and pictures.
The name is Tatu
What a pretty town can I know in which country its so that I can plan for a visity
Name is in the series of course, New Zealand
New Zealand.
Nearest town iz Taumarunui.
Nearest small city, New Plymouth
I'm born and raised here
Nice, it's an awesome place, 🙂🙂👍
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Thanks, and also thank you for watching 🙂👍❤❤
I was in Ohura prison i can remember some of the screews stealing the food so inmates went hungry one tablespoon of mashed potatoes wasn't enough to work in the forestry
Another awesome video man !! P.s that armorguard van doesn't look like a 97 BMW 320I
Cheers man glad you enjoyed it, thanks 🙂🙂👍👍
I'm unsure of your reference to the BMW on the Ford Transit armorguard van?
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz The "plate" belongs to a bmw 🤫🤣🤣
Haha definitely dodge then lol 😆 🤣 😂
Almost bought some beautiful land here. Was going to put a lil cheap home on it but it was so far from where I was living. And no work options.
And you wouldn't be able to get a building permit there.
What a nice look around Ohura mate 👍
Thanks mate, was pretty surreal place to be
Hi again you are where i started working after about 4 years my boss traded a D4 bulldozer that did knot sell he put a tender with the minstry of works to work on bulldozing corners of
the Waitongas the road from Ohura and the west coast i was getting married in about 6 mounths and said he would pay me more pre hour about dould i did it i stayed at the minners
camp (Ohura Prision) small world smile still married to the same woman
I think sad music would fit more than Errie music for ghost towns such as these.
Audio is a bit low
Yes very very old video now possibly 4 years old, we have different camera and mic etc now
@TheForsakenExplorerNz don't get me wrong I loved it. Great video
I drove through Ohura about 5 months ago toke my Nephew & Niece for a drive to get out of the house (From Taumaranui) told them what it was like in Late 80s early 90s they were like (People still live here?)
Yes bubba
(But these no shops or Police stations here!)
I know
😂
Yes it's such a cool place so glad I got to visit and feature a video here for everybody to see 🙂, Thank you for watching 👍
Oh my God I would love to live there with my husband
Has'nt got it all right but still worth watching.
Yip was on the spot filming right here, Had all the research but no internet to read any of it so had to try memorize everything on the spot while walking around filming with my broken microphone not bad for the 17k plus views 😎
So why are you driving so fast??
Hahaha I hope your joking right, It's called a time lapse camera, every ten seconds it films one second, but I seriously hope you already know that 🙂👍
These houses are my fathers family homes in Mokai xx
That's awesome, thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
Just to think all these abandoned placing were thriving back then
Its a shame these places become like this all them empty houses could house some of New Zealand homeless people
Good idea,put all those Kainga ora house's down there.
Couldnt read the graphics too fast
First complaint with over 52k views maybe it's just you reading too slow
Ohura Prison another one of my past journeys 2003
Mate, your vids are hard to watch.. You pan too fast and moving the zoom in and out fast makes watching very difficult, almost get a seasick feeling , which is a pity as i like these types of explore videos. Maybe once you sort that out i will come back to your channel.
This video nearly 4 years old and was filmed on a phone.. we have a completely different camera set up now for over two years now and we film in 4K and HD so these issues are old news..
Can people buy houses there?
Yes
Who owns them to sell them
How long town ghost town
Alot are for sale but there's no power or phone lines super markets or shops available, or jobs available, also the roads to drive there aren't maintained so driving for supplies is hard, aslo the government doesn't offer any benefits as there's no jobs available in the town, So really buying there for most people isn't really an option, Cheers for your comment though 🙂👍
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz Yes & the prices have gotten pretty steep too... $45k for a section that floods & you probably can't build on... around $300k for house & section in flood zone... when we went there in the late '90's the council was selling off sections for $1 (+plus the rates owing on them)...
My mother lived in ohura with her sisters and mother and father. but I have never been there , I am 71yrs
Oh wow that's awesome, Thank you for sharing with the viewer's, Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂 👍
It's hard to imagine what Ohura would have looked like such a long time ago. Thank you for sharing that.
Its not completely empty.. I can see a chair.
How is it a ghost town with freshly cut grass ? Odd
It's still lived in by people, it's a ghost town because 90% isn't lived in any longer
Thanks to you I think I just a new hobby lol might visit some places in the north island
Awesome be sure to take a camera 😎👍
Its not abandoned people still live there just the shops are empty, probably shop at a bigger town...
Yes definitely not abandoned, this video isn't about it being Abandoned this is part of our ghost towns series of towns that are now ghost towns compared to their hay day
Are ghosts mowing the lawns there too? 😂
Dr andrew darby and dr de beer mr smilly?
done listening to ANYONE wearing sun glasses
Hahaha, your wouldn't want me to get sore eyes from the super bright summer sun just to suite you would you?
Is that lady that's always in your videos your wife? 🙂
That's a great assumption but My photographer and I prefer not to associate our personal information with the video channel, Thank you 🙂🙂
@@TheForsakenExplorerNz Understandable, I respect your decision, thanks for the great content.
No worries anytime, thank you very much for watching 🙂🙂👍👍
Yoko Ono
go and knock on doors and have a chat with a local to get the history of the place.......
Yes we did do that we meet with a local man Jim who was born there.
Thank you for watching and commenting 😎👍
You call it Tamanui 🤣🤣 umm bro, its Tauramanui... Tau ram an ui... easy as eh bro
Lol, Thanks for the Maori language lesson, lol
Any time bro 😳😂
its actually pronounced Tau Maru nui 😉
I have a cousin that lives In Ohura
hi and stayed at ohura
That's awesome what a awesome little town it is, very friendly locals, was a awesome little visit 😀😀👍
yep
You can see sunglasses on a wet day hell no I move on
Native timber buildings
It is a deserted town. Nothing to do with ghosts.
That is correct, but deserted towns are referred to as ghost towns, hence the title 😎👍
Hi I was released from that prison in 2003 we use to make honey at that prison
You should get an even worse quality microphone. I can still make out a few words over the needless annoying background music and wind and I feel that was just not the goal here.
Yes we since have fixed this technical issue, 1 complaint out of over 7800 worldwide views is pretty good going, Thanks for watching 👍🙂
take your dark glasses off when talkung with PEOPLE. you want people to watch and listen to you have respect.
I'm sorry i do this as a hobby and i wear my sunglasses to help obscure my identity as i wish to not be bothered in the street my members of the public, I have plenty of respect for what i do but sounds like you have lack of respect for why i wear my sunglasses 😎
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