Serious question, have you thought about writing a book? Would be super handy while out in the bush to know what to look out for, and what I can/can't eat
as an old timer in Te wai Pounamu, i cant hear the cicadas any more in the bush, or the grey warbler, but i have millions of cicadas in my ears 24/7. I stay sane by remembering summer in the bush, just close the eyes and im there. my fav bush berry, if you can beat the Keru, is the fuchsia berry. And a week in the bush at Punakaiki once I made jam out of wineberries. thanks the video, but no bare feet for me!
Dude, where have you been, if you can please, post more often. While I cannot speak for all the other viewers, I can well imagine, that we all want to know how you and your family are doing. Absolutely love your content what ever your Vlog is about. BEST WISHES to you all.
My grandparents and mum and dad use to teach us about a lot of what you spoke of in the vid as we were growing up in the king county being maori they taught us about the rongoa (medicine) plants to use and what they were for now staying in Oz it brought back memories of my childhood appreciate the content blessing brother
I agree we need to get the men and the boys back in their element so they can show up As the whole powerful beings they are. And when it comes to the soul... All creatures came from nature and it is our natural environment for man and woman. The Earth and nature is out true home. it brings out the light of the soul.
Plantain is excellent for bites and stings. It takes the pain out of bee stings really quickly. We’re surrounded by bush here and I’m excited to see plants you’ve identified that I see everyday! This is awesome!
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I'm an argentinian living in New Zealand for the last 9 years. I enjoy going to the bush for survival experience (In Northland is quite easy). I believe you are one of the best wild life teachers on you tube. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
hi Pablo where about in northland do you go bush? thanks
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@@KingsCrossVIP sorry for the late answer. I live near Helena bay. Here you can go to Russell forest. For bow hunting, in the same farm I leave we have some big areas of native bush where you can find wild pigs turkeys, rabbits...
There is a difference between showing what works for the personal objective of a hunter, and being an expert on most of the topics that can be shown. Being able to hunt productively does not make an expert, & a few of the opinions presented are flawed. This is not unusual, the majority of hunting videos share that, & TV hunting ones excel (should be comedies at times).
glad the algorithm was being good to me tonight. my favourite sort of content aswell as being a chill fellow kiwi , subscribed mate looking forward to more
Really loving the local knowledge! Thank you! There’s a need for our younger generation to be taught bushcraft and basic survival skills.. important right up there with reading and writing.
This is information that is valuable. Local knowledge of edible fauna & other plant matter is more important than what 69x420 is. This is what schools need.
Kia ora I recently found your videos, and I have enjoyed each one. Your knowledge of the bush & bush medicine, rongoa is awesum. Your amazing at so young an age at starting your life experience at 16 years fresh out of school, your incredibly intelligent, well educated & well lived. Thank you so much.
Some fern products that have been tested are also carcinogenic. Not a problem probably for brief survival situation, but it was suggested as a contributor to the brief life expectance of pre-European NZers
@@BruceNJeffAreMyFliesNah it's not a laxative, like herbal tea is and shouldn't be drunk too much or too often. A good rule of thumb is, to drink no more than like a little whiskey shot glass full per day. (As I've been told by a rongoa māori (māori medicine) practioner who makes a lot of different varieties from different māori plant species. And yes it can be made in to salves and balms as well for the likes of rashes, burns, eczema, cuts and chaffing etc..
Immigrated to NZ around 5 years ago, most of these plants I've seen the birds eat but not humans! Had to chop down a very old nikau though and took the chance to make a pork rib soup with the core, was the best broth I ever had. Will definitely try out the Kawakawa fruit though, used the leaf to help a friend's centipede bite a few years ago, really got used to the smell as plenty of the bush grow wild in the garden :)
Bro no joke yours is the best TH-cam show of this type going I'm part Indigenous to Cairns man and yours blows every other show out of the water Way to go showing us how it's done Is there any supplements of these or are you please able to get your own made up?
you are my new favourite youtuber!. Love your content. From the plants. To the hunting. And then pro as butchering hahaha love it bro!. Glad i found ya!
finally useful video on the topic if you live in new Zealand, most sites dont have much info on the topic, or cover a wide range of plants that arnt even in new Zealand.
Thanks for the knowledge man! I already now a lot about those wild plants from Brazil, now with this video I grow my self knowledge about wild here in NZ! Keep doing this! Cheers!
It is worth noting that the brix test does not indicate starch levels, only sugar levels. Something like a palm heart, or palm frond, would be likely to contain a lot of starch which will break down into sugar when you cook it, or even when it enters your mouth and comes into contact with the amylase enxymes in your saliva.
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Brix actually indicate not only sugars, also water soluble substances.
Brilliant mate, loved it. If you write a book about edibles I'd drive into town to get it and there's very little I'd ever go there for. Big thanks and best wishes.
Excellent video bro. Informative and down to earth. That new hand axe looks awesome. I'm amazed at some of the hand tools for bushcraft and nature survival there are available today. Thanks for the video and helping to preserve our countries natural food resource environment.🌎☀️🌧️
Great video, just as a side note. Cabbage tree/tī kōuka Introduction The cabbage tree is one of the most distinctive trees in the New Zealand landscape, especially on farms. They grow all over the country, but prefer wet, open areas like swamps. Growing 12 to 20 metres high, cabbage trees (Cordyline australis) have long narrow leaves that may be up to a metre long. It has lovely scented flowers in early summer, which turn into bluish-white berries that birds love to eat. As the plant gets old, the stems may die but new shoots grow from any part of the trunk. The bark is thick and tough like cork, and a huge fleshy taproot anchors the tree firmly into the ground. Quick facts The trunk of the cabbage tree is so fire-resistant that early European settlers used it to make chimneys for their huts. Conveniently, too, the leaves made fine kindling. They also brewed beer from the root. Cabbage trees are one of the most widely cultivated New Zealand natives and are very popular in Europe, Britain and the U.S. In the U.K. they are known as Torquay palm. Cabbage trees are good colonising species, growing happily on bare ground or exposed places. Their strong root system helps stop soil erosion on steep slopes and because they tolerate wet soil, they are a useful species for planting along stream banks. Māori used cabbage trees as a food, fibre and medicine. The root, stem and top are all edible, a good source of starch and sugar. The fibre is separated by long cooking or by breaking up before cooking. The leaves were woven into baskets, sandals, rope, rain capes and other items and were also made into tea to cure diarrhoea and dysentery. Cabbage trees were also planted to mark trails, boundaries, urupā (cemeteries) and births, since they are generally long-lived. Above info taken from DOC (department of conservation) website
Really informative video, love to have a bit more explanation on how to identify each plant cause we know nature is good at having look a likes that might not be safe. Either way saved for future use :)
Beautiful ❤ thankyou for sharing your knowledge, loving how you are in the real bush giving back to help those who need to learn how to survive when out in the bush and harvesting rongoa.....
I have recently seen that plantain and pasture together for grazing has reduced Nitrogen in the cows urine. Puts paid to monocropping if true. Great vid btw
Mean my Bro good that you sharing Ancient Maori Knowledge of the Land and Bush...that u2 are most definitely Kaitiaki (Guardian) and Tangata Whenua (People of the Land) of Our Beautiful Country Aotearoa New Zealand We call home. Cher kHz Tihei Mauri Ora.
This is the best video on bush foraging in NZ I've ever seen. Thanks heaps! Seeing it in action is great (instead of books or photos), and your commentary excellent and informative. Chur bro. Please make more.
Yep don’t just eat stuff willy nilly cos you seen it in a YT vid. Only eat anything if you have a professional guide with you. Some very poisonous stuff out there.
Well, ive been watching a bit of les strouds videos at the moment ... and he always suggests to learn from your local expert when it comes to harvesting and foraging for wild edibles. So cheers bro, guess i came to the right place, cuz im learning. Fantastic videos bro. Keep em coming!!! 🙂👌👍👏
Serious question, have you thought about writing a book? Would be super handy while out in the bush to know what to look out for, and what I can/can't eat
Would like to make a complete survival food field guide at some stage, still have a bit more research to do first though, thanks for watching 😊
Was about to say the same thing.
And some classes or workshops?
Maori been doing that for over a thousand years lol, and still.
Most of his knowledge would have come out of books, perhaps he could recommend a few.
as an old timer in Te wai Pounamu, i cant hear the cicadas any more in the bush, or the grey warbler, but i have millions of cicadas in my ears 24/7. I stay sane by remembering summer in the bush, just close the eyes and im there. my fav bush berry, if you can beat the Keru, is the fuchsia berry. And a week in the bush at Punakaiki once I made jam out of wineberries.
thanks the video, but no bare feet for me!
I live a little further south in Ōtautahi and we still have plenty of cicadas, I'll send them your way lol!
Mamaku has the most beautiful heart
Dude, where have you been, if you can please, post more often. While I cannot speak for all the other viewers, I can well imagine, that we all want to know how you and your family are doing. Absolutely love your content what ever your Vlog is about. BEST WISHES to you all.
Thanks so much, really interesting, learned a lot, cheers
I agree lol!
My grandparents and mum and dad use to teach us about a lot of what you spoke of in the vid as we were growing up in the king county being maori they taught us about the rongoa (medicine) plants to use and what they were for now staying in Oz it brought back memories of my childhood appreciate the content blessing brother
You are an impressive down to earth kiwi, may you influence and leave your legacy in many young men.
And women 🤙
@@gibo1363 Yep, we're out there in the bush too!
I agree we need to get the men and the boys back in their element so they can show up As the whole powerful beings they are.
And when it comes to the soul... All creatures came from nature and it is our natural environment for man and woman. The Earth and nature is out true home. it brings out the light of the soul.
Plantain is excellent for bites and stings. It takes the pain out of bee stings really quickly.
We’re surrounded by bush here and I’m excited to see plants you’ve identified that I see everyday!
This is awesome!
I'm an argentinian living in New Zealand for the last 9 years. I enjoy going to the bush for survival experience (In Northland is quite easy). I believe you are one of the best wild life teachers on you tube. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
hi Pablo where about in northland do you go bush? thanks
@@KingsCrossVIP sorry for the late answer. I live near Helena bay. Here you can go to Russell forest. For bow hunting, in the same farm I leave we have some big areas of native bush where you can find wild pigs turkeys, rabbits...
There is a difference between showing what works for the personal objective of a hunter, and being an expert on most of the topics that can be shown. Being able to hunt productively does not make an expert, & a few of the opinions presented are flawed. This is not unusual, the majority of hunting videos share that, & TV hunting ones excel (should be comedies at times).
glad the algorithm was being good to me tonight. my favourite sort of content aswell as being a chill fellow kiwi , subscribed mate looking forward to more
Really loving the local knowledge! Thank you! There’s a need for our younger generation to be taught bushcraft and basic survival skills.. important right up there with reading and writing.
This is information that is valuable. Local knowledge of edible fauna & other plant matter is more important than what 69x420 is. This is what schools need.
Love your content. All the years I've spent hunting and didn't really know any of these plants to eat
Amazing video mate, I love it. Great quality. Don't worry about the bush "ambience" :)
Cheers mate
Love you're vibe man no ego just pure kindness. Really great way of explaining aswell
Awesome video bro!!! Great to see the hatchet out of my storage box and out in the bush lol. Really liked learning about the Mamaku. Thanks Shay
Thanks heaps Dave, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Kia ora I recently found your videos, and I have enjoyed each one. Your knowledge of the bush & bush medicine, rongoa is awesum. Your amazing at so young an age at starting your life experience at 16 years fresh out of school, your incredibly intelligent, well educated & well lived. Thank you so much.
It is worth noting that kawakawa has a laxative effect. It can give you an 'upset tummy' if you eat too many berries or leaves.
people make in into a paste to apply to itches or burns aswell you dont always have to consume it yk
@@blckcadilac4413 Yeah that's another good point. Makes a great salve, and is even decent as an everyday balm for skincare - or so I hear.
Some fern products that have been tested are also carcinogenic. Not a problem probably for brief survival situation, but it was suggested as a contributor to the brief life expectance of pre-European NZers
@@BruceNJeffAreMyFliesNah it's not a laxative, like herbal tea is and shouldn't be drunk too much or too often.
A good rule of thumb is, to drink no more than like a little whiskey shot glass full per day. (As I've been told by a rongoa māori (māori medicine) practioner who makes a lot of different varieties from different māori plant species.
And yes it can be made in to salves and balms as well for the likes of rashes, burns, eczema, cuts and chaffing etc..
Love the sounds in the back ground. I'm a Aussie. Gotta love our NZ cousins. Just subbed. Love this channel.
Immigrated to NZ around 5 years ago, most of these plants I've seen the birds eat but not humans! Had to chop down a very old nikau though and took the chance to make a pork rib soup with the core, was the best broth I ever had.
Will definitely try out the Kawakawa fruit though, used the leaf to help a friend's centipede bite a few years ago, really got used to the smell as plenty of the bush grow wild in the garden :)
I love videos like this. very relaxing. I just went out and gathered a few mushrooms and ate Slippery jacks for the first time
Bro no joke yours is the best TH-cam show of this type going
I'm part Indigenous to Cairns man and yours blows every other show out of the water
Way to go showing us how it's done
Is there any supplements of these or are you please able to get your own made up?
TH-cam is testing your content as recommended in more people's feeds at the moment, long may your channel grow mate!
you are my new favourite youtuber!. Love your content. From the plants. To the hunting. And then pro as butchering hahaha love it bro!. Glad i found ya!
Mate, just found this channel and am a fellow kiwi forager but from up north. Cheers for your mahi brother looking forward to more
Everyone who goes into the NZFS bush should know some of this , a lot of these plants are introduced ,so are well known as food Herbal plants ,
The mamaku heart looks like something that would've inspired aboriginal art. Its stunning!
The food value tests are awesome thanks
The cicada noise is lovely
finally useful video on the topic if you live in new Zealand, most sites dont have much info on the topic, or cover a wide range of plants that arnt even in new Zealand.
Fantastic information, but more, your video is so clear! Thanks so much, and I look forward to more.
Mamaku heart looks exactly like taro! Taro is slimy too, gotta boil the slime off. I wonder if it tastes the same. Great video
bloody brilliant more people need to learn this sort of stuff 👍
Legend bro this video was full of Knowledge had me hooked the whole time.
Thanks for the knowledge man! I already now a lot about those wild plants from Brazil, now with this video I grow my self knowledge about wild here in NZ! Keep doing this! Cheers!
"The designs that are in this plant are out the gate" - Instant sub 🤣🤣🤣😂
It is worth noting that the brix test does not indicate starch levels, only sugar levels. Something like a palm heart, or palm frond, would be likely to contain a lot of starch which will break down into sugar when you cook it, or even when it enters your mouth and comes into contact with the amylase enxymes in your saliva.
Brix actually indicate not only sugars, also water soluble substances.
Well not actually that correct
Brilliant mate, loved it. If you write a book about edibles I'd drive into town to get it and there's very little I'd ever go there for. Big thanks and best wishes.
This is cool, thank you! I love seeing what _isn't_ safe to eat too.
Thanks for your knowledge and research findings. Invaluable. Cheers
Great video. Amazing concise content.
Awesome content with a real sincere down to earth vibe
Thank you so much for this info, I have some of these in my garden and i recognise all of the plants you have mentioned, I had no idea. Love the bush.
Excellent video bro. Informative and down to earth. That new hand axe looks awesome. I'm amazed at some of the hand tools for bushcraft and nature survival there are available today.
Thanks for the video and helping to preserve our countries natural food resource environment.🌎☀️🌧️
That is a rather mediocre copy of an old design
Great video, just as a side note.
Cabbage tree/tī kōuka
Introduction
The cabbage tree is one of the most distinctive trees in the New Zealand landscape, especially on farms. They grow all over the country, but prefer wet, open areas like swamps.
Growing 12 to 20 metres high, cabbage trees (Cordyline australis) have long narrow leaves that may be up to a metre long. It has lovely scented flowers in early summer, which turn into bluish-white berries that birds love to eat.
As the plant gets old, the stems may die but new shoots grow from any part of the trunk. The bark is thick and tough like cork, and a huge fleshy taproot anchors the tree firmly into the ground.
Quick facts
The trunk of the cabbage tree is so fire-resistant that early European settlers used it to make chimneys for their huts. Conveniently, too, the leaves made fine kindling. They also brewed beer from the root.
Cabbage trees are one of the most widely cultivated New Zealand natives and are very popular in Europe, Britain and the U.S. In the U.K. they are known as Torquay palm.
Cabbage trees are good colonising species, growing happily on bare ground or exposed places.
Their strong root system helps stop soil erosion on steep slopes and because they tolerate wet soil, they are a useful species for planting along stream banks.
Māori used cabbage trees as a food, fibre and medicine. The root, stem and top are all edible, a good source of starch and sugar. The fibre is separated by long cooking or by breaking up before cooking.
The leaves were woven into baskets, sandals, rope, rain capes and other items and were also made into tea to cure diarrhoea and dysentery.
Cabbage trees were also planted to mark trails, boundaries, urupā (cemeteries) and births, since they are generally long-lived.
Above info taken from DOC (department of conservation) website
Just love your knowledge of the bush & its foods, thanks for another fantastic video.
Ken, Australia
Thanks f sharing. May save someone frm all sorts of drama. Good work.
Your videos are top notch bro. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. Cheers, Amy, Welly
Excited for the next one!
Thank u bro this is the best video i seen about our bush food and medicine.
Awesome video bro! Just come across your channel. Great for you to share your information on wild edibles in Kiwi bush! Cheers!
wow, thanks for sharing, a book would be a great idea.
Great insight , thanks for going to the trouble of showing the nutritional value of each plant.
Thanks so much for teaching me. You are a really good speaker and teacher. Well done mate🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉
great video man, always looking for new things to forage in the bush. keep it up bro
The absolute GOAT channel.
Haha too kind
The exact type of content you tube was made for.
Yooooo youre back!
Nice gathering of bush food ,you should go for a dive some day
Good on ya bro , great kiwi survival knowledge.
Its me Wah from Millies good to see you educating us on nz bush .
Really informative video, love to have a bit more explanation on how to identify each plant cause we know nature is good at having look a likes that might not be safe. Either way saved for future use :)
My thoughts exactly. There’s almost always a mimic that’s toxic
Beautiful ❤ thankyou for sharing your knowledge, loving how you are in the real bush giving back to help those who need to learn how to survive when out in the bush and harvesting rongoa.....
This was interesting! I know most of those plants, but didn't know any of them were edible
Thanks very much for this information we love u from Ghana
Great video, info I need to know.
Shot bro love that you spoke about kawakawa first definately my preferred rongoa for most things
Great video mate.
I love your efforts,keep it up!
Incredible bush knowledge!
I have recently seen that plantain and pasture together for grazing has reduced Nitrogen in the cows urine. Puts paid to monocropping if true. Great vid btw
lova ya videos and love to see more south of south island content where temp. and food are much tougher to thrive in
Mean my Bro good that you sharing Ancient Maori Knowledge of the Land and Bush...that u2 are most definitely Kaitiaki (Guardian) and Tangata Whenua (People of the Land) of Our Beautiful Country Aotearoa New Zealand We call home. Cher kHz Tihei Mauri Ora.
This is the best video on bush foraging in NZ I've ever seen. Thanks heaps!
Seeing it in action is great (instead of books or photos), and your commentary excellent and informative. Chur bro. Please make more.
Absolutely love this!! Really appreciate you taking the time to make this guide 🙌
Another awesome and informative vid!
Thanks - this is a great video. Both the info and the presentation. After just a few minutes I subscribed.
Good video. One of my favorite interests nz wild edible foods.
Well done.
Thanks!
Xclnt knowledge and information. Thanks
Just be careful in the wild love you❤❤❤and take care😊
As always excellent stuff! I’m currently in New Zealand and am gonna keep my eye out
Yep don’t just eat stuff willy nilly cos you seen it in a YT vid. Only eat anything if you have a professional guide with you. Some very poisonous stuff out there.
Damn, sick video bro. Interesting as. Always wondered what shit we got out here we can eat outside of domestic foods. Have a sub.
Would love to see a vid dedicated to the edible berry’s from nz native trees
Thanks mate for the info. Take it easy.
Excellent mate! Makes me want to get back to the King Country :)
Awesome ❤
Thank you.
Awesome content love yah mahi kahi 😎
Most chill narrator ever😂
🤔 awesome 👍
🤔 its also great no horrible background music 💞🤗
Actual legend. Thanks for the knowledge.
Love from the Horowhenua ❤
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, mate -- how about the berries that grow on more mature Nikaus -- are they edible?
Well, ive been watching a bit of les strouds videos at the moment ... and he always suggests to learn from your local expert when it comes to harvesting and foraging for wild edibles. So cheers bro, guess i came to the right place, cuz im learning. Fantastic videos bro. Keep em coming!!! 🙂👌👍👏
Thank you hun much love
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Wow first time ive seen this.....awesome and learnt heaps
Nice video. Keep it up. The brix device is pretty cool 😎
Great video, want to see more and learn so much more
Very cool. Cheers for info.
Lots of information ,,, Thanks so much well done
First rate video, thanks very much
Love your content bro I too love to learn about rongoa
Love this video! Thanks bro
wicked video mate. subscribed hoping to learn more from you.
Mean channel, subbed, not my kinda thing but now im quite hooked, awesome vids bro, chur