True. Are you from South Auckland? I wonder if you know this people from New Zealand documentary ”hip hop crime wave” ? I think SBS Australia did a documentary in Otara ”gangsters paradise” maybe you know these guys in the video. Best regards, you do nice video, Im from Sweden, But Im a big fan of New Zealand.
Solid brother i actually live in Maraenui napier was a member of the Mob most of my life but got saved by jesus christ and he changed my life, love the area i live in and all the positive things happening such a blessing to see the brothers making moves much love an Godbless
I used to stay in marewa but go down to the bball courts at Fitzgerald park. And there was a pad right next to the park where mob members used to drink outside and watch us jam especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Would always go hard when they were watching because the commentary from them was priceless 😂 man, fond memories down in maraenui for sure.
Came to Sydney in '82 and had 9 son's and 3 daughter's. Only arrest in the whanau was me in '83. My greatest act, was keeping 9 Maori tama growing up in Sydney out of trouble. I'm a 'No Buts' falla like my father and koro. Teach them why thinking in absolute terms is important. Eventually they all arrive at the conclusion that the Bible is true and God is watching. Love your mahi bro. 🙏👊💪🇳🇿
My father and older brother fell victim to the gang life in hawkesbay they got killed so in retaliation i went the same way but stopped as i didnt wanna be the same God helped me through and is helping me now All Glory to the most high
Growing up in Papakura in the 90s I thought i had it hard (and I did at times) but watching these hood diaries gives you a different perspective of everyones struggles and makes me humble so much love bruv and keep up the good work
i cant fathom that in NZ a young lady, Ariki Rigby, was butchered in the most vile manner and justice has not yet been served, this is a horror story you read about from war zones......not New Zealand, RIP rest with the Lord Ariki
NZ very dark history suicide capital of the world, dark history in havelock north , witchcraft capital th-cam.com/video/Nvo6A7EGL5U/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I grew up in Sth Akd, moved to Sydney 24yrs ago. So good to see people in other towns around NZ of the same demographics doing positive in the community. We are in desperate need of strong leaders, attitudes reflect leadership. Keep up the good work whanau / aiga.
I was born and raised in Brisbane but spent about a year and a half living and working in Hastings between 2022-2023, i met my partner in brisbane during covid who's from Hawkes Bay and she brought me over to spend some time with family, loved every moment in hastings, everyone was super nice and the weather was awesome. Made some great mates over there and can't wait to visit again soon!
It’s so refreshing to see everyone stepping up and focusing on what they can do, radiating positivity despite the challenges. Must be something about that sun.
I was brought up in Flaxmere & Hastings had the best upbringing there even made it into the Hawkes Bay Softball Rep team back in my days lol always love coming back home 👍🏾
Chur my brother, what a great video. I was the milk boy for Mayfair in the late 80"s till the mid 90's. It was always a good place. And Sterling...dude...I am pretty sure I played Rugby with him when Ebbet Park and Park Vale couldn't form a team...my old man coached it... Dude I miss home so much. Thankyou. Kia Kaha
I was born in gizzy but raised in Hawkes bay most of my life. It can be abit rough in some places but I’ll always call it home. A lot of good memories there and same bad ones too. Always had a large gang culture but now days it’s all over the place. I’d probably never live back there because of it but I’ll always call it home. Much love brother Dave
As a fellow 501 i can truely appreciate your journey to success, away from failing as they wanted us to. Keep it up my bro & keep on proving them wrong!
Born and raised in Napier and grew up in Maraenui and i just want to give a shout out to the cuzi tucker for all his hard mahi, shout out to the brother Tipene and all his hard work with working with youth and the bro peleti for all your mahi too bro, as well as a shout out to all the cuzis that are paving the way for our rangatahi. Maraenui has had bad rep in the past but thats the past and they never tell the good that comes out of the hood and what moves they are not only making there but in flax as well and im proud im from Maraenui, Napier, Hawkes Bay. We may not be rich in materialistic items but we are rich in heart and our wairua. Love us, Napier🤙
Have you tried to get any patch members to do walkthroughs with you and get their stories on the history behind their chapters and neighbourhoods they grew up in I know a lot won’t speak on camera but getting real stories from brothers that walk that life and are still members would be interesting
Thank you Toko for sharing what life is like for the rest of the fanau around the motu , just watching your video some of us can count our self lucky , thank you and keep up with the good mahi and God bless 🙏❤️
Grew up in Camberley with a few of the mongrel mob bros around Moa Place. I was lucky enough to make it to University which changed the course of my life. Living abroad now. However, every time I'm in NZ, I always make a stop in Camberley. Took my daughter to Kirkpatrick Park last time I was there. Great memories. Camberley,is always home 👌.
@@afasetu8632 Yeah those were the good times. Its been 20 plus years since though... I lived next to the Rowlands and met up with uncle Rayza at a party last year here in Australia 😂 🤙 🤙
@@AngeleeneTeTonga-mb3nd It's been 17 years for me. I think they still have a couple of families still living on Moa Place, from the time we were there.
Thank you for your video. I was born in LA but my mom was born and raised in Hastings. My mom spent 18 years over in LA , during that time met my father, created a family and along the way faced some trials that led us to move to NZ . Its now been 25 years since that move and i couldn't thank my mom enough for making that decision for the family. Have lived in Hastings, havelock north , Camberley , flaxmere and Napier .. now in Central Hawkes Bay . One thing i have noticed no matter if its a gang member over in LA or here in Aotearoa ..they all have the same thing in common... they believe/believed that gang life was the way to help themselves or there family. To feel valued , respect and to feel they have a greater purpose then what was previously available to them . Theres no greater concern then thinking you have no other options , you do what you feel you have to with the tools presented . This life as hard as it is sometimes is the perfect play arena for your souls journey..love hard, be present, be humble and never give up xx Much love and admiration for you my bro ❤️
Man this was an awesome but hard watch! Seeing how the hood has changed... those old state houses that have been torn down and new ones have been built... Mayfair born and raised... luckily the memories remain... miss home and love visiting on a regular 🥰
I'm a fellow brother in Christ from Whangarei. I love hearing testimonies of how Jesus has changed the lives of the broken-hearted. Great to see God move within the Maori population too. Bless you brother
Blessing to you for sharing their story. I’ve love this series and I commend all the people down there fighting the good fight. Stay focussed and on track you guys. You are all doing amazing things for the children and your community. You are all worthy.
I remember shamrock we went to Parkvale primary and Hastings intermediate together and we were both in theatre performance. He was a lovely guy and was so talented and had a great voice. Didn’t know he passed away. Very sad. Glad his dad is honouring him.
Grew up in FLX. Go home every year and I will forever appreciate my home!!!. The supermarket a massive loss for our community. I slept in flx park too after getting on it🤣. Back in those days you had to earn the colour to wear it. Tipene and west side hori is how we all grew up, we all thought it was normal until we grew up with the realisation how bad it was. But it made most of us who we are today - humble beginnings. Thank you my bro!!
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future, like my big bro use to say, its not how you start but how you finish! Love the work brothers keep it up & god bless!🙌🫡💙
@@stephenheatley9380 #1 Opotiki - it has the highest homicide rate and violent crime rate in the country #2 Wairoa - most notorious "gang town" in all of nz and gang warfare that stretches decades back, while only being tiny. #3 Kawerau/Murupara - Kawerau's a town controlled by MM and is basically an extension of Whakatane which is a BP stronghold causing tons of tension. Murupara's a very rural type of rough and is home to the tribesmen. Probably one of the visually roughest n poorest towns I've been but it has cleaned quite a bit recently. #4 Gisborne - one of the biggest hoods in nz and a centre point for east coast gangs. #5 Rotorua - highest crime rate city in nz. There's actually some decent places in rotos but recently tons of crimz have moved into Ford block's motels which are being used as emergency housing that was originally used by/for backpackers before Covid hit..... There's some actual 3rd world looking towns I would've added to the list but they're just too small and rural to be called a hood or whatever.
grew up in the Nui as a young pakeha kid in the late 80s / early 90s , had mates in and around surrounding suburbs, was a central hub for us to hangout and get up to mischief of course !! 😅 was awesome fun times and met many new friends , both Māori and Pakeha, there was no judgement on skin colour just young kids having fun with each other , those early times bought me up with respect for all skin colour and people with different backgrounds … i’m super proud of that time of my life and still have many that I call good friends no matter what their situation in life
Far the biggest smile on my face seeing camberly park and the OG dairy on the corner there infront of camberly school 😁😁 left 14 years ago for Aus and to see the place is mad lols a lot of new things installed in that park I see but the old change room is still there
i grew up in the nui bledisloe rd the 80s, moved to bledisloe st raureka late 90s then moved to flaxmere, seen the hoods change over the last 40yrs, 80-90s was the toughest times.
right where you said you were entering Raureka, my family owned that big 2 story tudor style house that just got torn down across from the race course. (bunch of flats being built) we lived there maybe 20 years ago now, but it was nice to see the old area, i have a lot of fond memories of Hastings. (live south of Perth in WA now)
I haven't been home for many years but this video I really like as it's my Mum's country and she always spoke highly of Hastings and the people I thank everyone who was involved with this video U mob really relaxed about all the info of that area both positive and negative- Aroha goes out to the family of that young lady who was gruesomely murdered I hope they find the perpetrator- Te ko tahi Tanga - thanks for your truth and cool way of the whole video
Mean as guys that was awesome brought a tear to my heart. Grew up In Wainuiomata though but could feel the same vibes. Some beautiful beautiful men on and around you bro. Was awesome to see there’s hope in this world. Keep striving forward my friend.
Theres a Family in waipawa, waipukurau south of Hastings they can give you some real in depth storys about gangs and community, the name was mentioned in the wairoa episode
Chur I was brought up in Bledisloe Street I remember going down those streets to school. Chur bro cobham st was our way home. Farout bro gives me chills. Seeing the old hood.... I went to Ebbett park school heretaunga and then hastings boys high then fostered out to waipawa and went to Central Hawkes bay college.Camberly remember the houstons they used to let me have lunch at their house everyday of school I remember haviong cheese and jam samwiches. The albert hotel across the road from the old cafe food store everyone went to on dole day we used to get our tinnies from the Albert Hotel. I used to sleep under the bushes at cornwall park next to the glass house under the trees. I wonder if Marleen and Bruce live in Flaxmere. We used to call Flaxmere Blaxmere back in the day Your bringing back some memories. I left and went to live on the streets of auckland in 1980 at the age of 15 I was living on the streets in hastings apparently I was the first streetkid in Hastings living in cornwall park and it a carpark by the old woolworths and the bowling club. I remember living in a kids park fort in Flaxmere and my friend Staffy and his Mum Carol(R.I.P) took me in and gave me a home and somewhere to lay my head Staying at the Wirihanas they looked after me for a while in flaxmere. Carol took in other streetkids apparently I was her first streetkid resident and she helped others afterwards. Man memories for me totally makeing me now think about my childhood. The good and the bad,
I was a street kid back in 85 in Wellington. There was so many of us it just wasn't funny. I've only stayed at the marae in Hastings once. I have nothing but love for them. ❤
Im a pakeha that grew up down the far end of the Ave in the late 80s early 90s . As poor as we were ill always remember that we had the best views of the mountains.
Awesome episode Dave, now you’ve done both me and Apii’s hometowns in your hood diaries …don’t know if that’s a good thing or not…lol 😊. Keep up the good mahi bro. God bless and take care. ❤👍🙏🏽
Come to hamilton one day g theres a few interesting stories and places Ive heard about and been to. Not as rough as auckland or east coast but could still make a mean video
Be interesting to see part of the window washer communities stories in Hamilton. See them heaps and hear stories from the olds but can never be too sure unless it's from the horses mouth
Love u brother just left my hood today and watched this cast today herd u we’re home love always man Araia from my dad Paiti Araia and Teea Araia of Flaxmere thank u ma brother godbless from me 🙏❤️🙌🏽
Grew up in Flaxmere on Dundee drive,across from hugh little park around the 80's n 90's.Grew up there with friends playing games like longball,bullrush,hide n seek and other cool stuff,Awesome memories,Millzy,Horo,Lancey,Jock,Nob,Rik 🤙🤙🤙 and so many others,you know who you are😂,miss those days
Life is a gift from God the Father and we shall live it for his glory. Thank you for the video. I enjoyed it. Took me back to when I use to live in Napier Maraenui. Good old days. Love to all the brothers and sisters from Flaxmere Hastings and Napier. God bless.
Awesome Mahi Uso...Love The Podcast...My Allah Keep Blessing you 🤲...And Showing The World Our Beatiful Country For Positive Things Not The Negative 💯💪
Chhuurr mean watch brother, we too nearly fell victim to the street life growing up, blessed to have our grandparents who tried their hardest to guide us towards the light, sadly as they do they passed away (2 out of 4) but that's when reality hit and the realization that no one but ourselves can help us! That's us at the 29 minute mark trying our hardest to make something of our lives. So non hit us up if you need your lawns done haha. Jah Jah Whānau. R.I.L Kuzzie Darcy ❤️💛💚
Awesome VLOG Brother, I grew up in Flaxmere , Pool St a house on the corner across from the shops in the early 80s, late 90s moving around different streets Margate Ave, Cortes Crescent didn’t really think of it as a hood then, brought back a lot of memories though good ones keep up the good work brother.
Born and raiised in flaxmere, carried the 06 rep and mentality throughout NZ, glad to say i work construction management now on 6 figures. It is possible for us to strive, succeed and grow. Churr
i grew up in bledisloe rd the nui, moved to bledisloe st raureka age 19 1996, then to livingstone rd flaxmere, lived in old pap and beachhaven in aux for few year now back in livingstone flaxmere since 2002
Shot TIPENE 2 different people played the remix at work had to correct the. Real quick they never new there was an original WESTSIDE HORI. Loved this episode bro missing home hard HASTINGS
Love the content and mahi you're doing out here brother. Keep spreading awareness and showcasing the true beauty of all our hoods here in Aotearoa. Not everyone gets to see or hear the good things, only the bad. E mihi ana ki a koe brother.
Lived in the flax 90s thru to 2010s.Definitly wasnt the safest place to grow up.seen stabbings,robbing,shootings.always fights especially amongst the younger gangs.but like any community you have the good and bad.Heaps of good people as well.The flax park looks awesome.Too much peleti keep up the good work brother 879 bay all day
Good to see bro rush cane along way from OCB chamberlain bloods days , that was him the last rapper on that song with the red cruiser , recognized the snuggle tooth and accent, never met him a day in my life
Chur' "The Y Ki Waho Trailer", providing our Tamariki with "wheels of Fun" Ezy Rollers, scooters ,skateboards, pogo stick challenges not only in Camberley but also at the Flaxmere Skate Park , Positive Vibes throughout our community's. Mauri Ora! 😊
Meke my bro. Bug shout out to Stirling Mataira doing massive things for our tamariki and community. Haven't been home to flax in 7 yrs. Time to head home I think. Mauri Ora 🤙🏽
Naw love our home. original camberley sister of hastings.. tee.. love the vid brother.. thank you for putting us on the map... Hawksbay all day and night
I remember the day the police had found that baby in the sewer. The bro talks about it a little 9:16. Good times and a lot of struggle during my time in raureka, always will love that place. Rip baby Aaron
Moved to flaxmere from Napier in 1988. Left there in 2007 for Australia. Never returned since, sad to see it looks worse than it did 20yrs ago when I was there last
chur the bro and bros i roamed around in those places back in the mid to late 90s orsom then and still orsom today cheers for your work and korero, Im not from there but called it home well i was there for on and off for 4 years, I now reside in Levin you must come these ways bro,
What is notable brother about your vids is that all share a common theme ' Poverty ' .....in this day in age because I look at the streets and the dilapidated state of some of the state owned house's ......yeah bro .
I was working for a company at the time. That did maintaince etc etc on housing commission houses. The plumber double Dave we called him because he stuttered really badly. Was the poor bloke that found that baby in the drain because he was sent to unblock it.
Hi how are you all I love New Zealand our family left in 1980 didn’t want to leave my grandmother was sick so we came Australia to look after her but she sadly passed away my dad was the best dad he came from family of 18 we sadly had to return in 2009 to lay my dad to rest my mum is aboriginal but I love my country
Naaw I love that the people of my generation are still back home and trying to make a difference. Facing their pasts and traumas and moving forward ❤ Made me miss home. FLX 879
Life is a gift family don’t throw it away!
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Thats not neke wirihana frm Melbourne is it?
LIFE IS A PRECIOUS GIFT ALRIGHT ..ALL GLORY TO GOD 🙌
True. Are you from South Auckland? I wonder if you know this people from New Zealand documentary ”hip hop crime wave” ? I think SBS Australia did a documentary in Otara ”gangsters paradise” maybe you know these guys in the video. Best regards, you do nice video, Im from Sweden, But Im a big fan of New Zealand.
Solid brother i actually live in Maraenui napier was a member of the Mob most of my life but got saved by jesus christ and he changed my life, love the area i live in and all the positive things happening such a blessing to see the brothers making moves much love an Godbless
Sending love to you brother
Praise God 🙏🔥
Hearty brother. I am in awe of your change and your truth. Blessings to you and your family
I used to stay in marewa but go down to the bball courts at Fitzgerald park. And there was a pad right next to the park where mob members used to drink outside and watch us jam especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Would always go hard when they were watching because the commentary from them was priceless 😂 man, fond memories down in maraenui for sure.
Praise the Lord
Came to Sydney in '82 and had 9 son's and 3 daughter's. Only arrest in the whanau was me in '83. My greatest act, was keeping 9 Maori tama growing up in Sydney out of trouble. I'm a 'No Buts' falla like my father and koro. Teach them why thinking in absolute terms is important. Eventually they all arrive at the conclusion that the Bible is true and God is watching. Love your mahi bro. 🙏👊💪🇳🇿
My father and older brother fell victim to the gang life in hawkesbay they got killed so in retaliation i went the same way but stopped as i didnt wanna be the same God helped me through and is helping me now All Glory to the most high
Growing up in Papakura in the 90s I thought i had it hard (and I did at times) but watching these hood diaries gives you a different perspective of everyones struggles and makes me humble so much love bruv and keep up the good work
South Auckland ain’t shit come to gizzy😂 real gangstas killings every month real slums
@@rayhunapo9154 I'd wish you'd talk like this in SA 00s 90s and 80s. You'd be dead SA was no joke back then.
i cant fathom that in NZ a young lady, Ariki Rigby, was butchered in the most vile manner and justice has not yet been served, this is a horror story you read about from war zones......not New Zealand, RIP rest with the Lord Ariki
NZ very dark history suicide capital of the world, dark history in havelock north , witchcraft capital th-cam.com/video/Nvo6A7EGL5U/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
That how they roll.if u not a dog your nothing.clowns😂
RIP..ARIKI RIGBY...
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They arrested somebody today!
I was born in hastings raised in auckland now ive been in aus one year. My old lady commited suicide 4years ago and this podcast hit real hard 💯
aw man i hope you're all good
Much love to you brother
I grew up in Sth Akd, moved to Sydney 24yrs ago.
So good to see people in other towns around NZ of the same demographics doing positive in the community. We are in desperate need of strong leaders, attitudes reflect leadership.
Keep up the good work whanau / aiga.
Born in hastings raised in napier growing up in hawkes bay hits different when you look back in the days roaming the streets of the bay day and night
I was born and raised in Brisbane but spent about a year and a half living and working in Hastings between 2022-2023, i met my partner in brisbane during covid who's from Hawkes Bay and she brought me over to spend some time with family, loved every moment in hastings, everyone was super nice and the weather was awesome. Made some great mates over there and can't wait to visit again soon!
@@reensbne yes we got world class weather
It’s so refreshing to see everyone stepping up and focusing on what they can do, radiating positivity despite the challenges. Must be something about that sun.
I was brought up in Flaxmere & Hastings had the best upbringing there even made it into the Hawkes Bay Softball Rep team back in my days lol always love coming back home 👍🏾
Thank you for your work man, this sort of content should be on the 6pm news every night and what a different world it would be.
Chur my brother, what a great video. I was the milk boy for Mayfair in the late 80"s till the mid 90's. It was always a good place.
And Sterling...dude...I am pretty sure I played Rugby with him when Ebbet Park and Park Vale couldn't form a team...my old man coached it... Dude I miss home so much. Thankyou. Kia Kaha
I was born in gizzy but raised in Hawkes bay most of my life. It can be abit rough in some places but I’ll always call it home. A lot of good memories there and same bad ones too. Always had a large gang culture but now days it’s all over the place. I’d probably never live back there because of it but I’ll always call it home. Much love brother Dave
Im from hakesbay napier and moved to gizzy Gizzy is home now will never move back to hawkesbay to KYT FO LYFE
@@totothebeast7819 KYT for lyf 💯
As a fellow 501 i can truely appreciate your journey to success, away from failing as they wanted us to.
Keep it up my bro & keep on proving them wrong!
Watching from Perth 🦘 Visited Napier/Hastings as a kid and have fond memories. God Bless all the positive role models featured here. One Way Jesus 🙏👑
OH this made me miss home my bor.. So happy you went to our hoods in the sunny HawksBay. Hastings/Flaxmere for ever 🤟
That's what I was thinking bro. Took me 22 years to come back and it changed so much but was mean to go back to Havelock North and Hastings
Born and raised in Napier and grew up in Maraenui and i just want to give a shout out to the cuzi tucker for all his hard mahi, shout out to the brother Tipene and all his hard work with working with youth and the bro peleti for all your mahi too bro, as well as a shout out to all the cuzis that are paving the way for our rangatahi.
Maraenui has had bad rep in the past but thats the past and they never tell the good that comes out of the hood and what moves they are not only making there but in flax as well and im proud im from Maraenui, Napier, Hawkes Bay.
We may not be rich in materialistic items but we are rich in heart and our wairua.
Love us, Napier🤙
Have you tried to get any patch members to do walkthroughs with you and get their stories on the history behind their chapters and neighbourhoods they grew up in I know a lot won’t speak on camera but getting real stories from brothers that walk that life and are still members would be interesting
No these are hood diaries, it’s more about the community as a whole. If it was a gang thing it would be called gang diaries ❤
The Maraenui Napier part are patch members one is the prez
Thank you Toko for sharing what life is like for the rest of the fanau around the motu , just watching your video some of us can count our self lucky , thank you and keep up with the good mahi and God bless 🙏❤️
gotta love dave and the good work his doing always honest never fake
Grew up in Camberley with a few of the mongrel mob bros around Moa Place. I was lucky enough to make it to University which changed the course of my life. Living abroad now. However, every time I'm in NZ, I always make a stop in Camberley. Took my daughter to Kirkpatrick Park last time I was there. Great memories. Camberley,is always home 👌.
Lol Moa place was the best!!! 😂
@@AngeleeneTeTonga-mb3nd I still miss those days.
@@afasetu8632 Yeah those were the good times. Its been 20 plus years since though... I lived next to the Rowlands and met up with uncle Rayza at a party last year here in Australia 😂 🤙 🤙
@@AngeleeneTeTonga-mb3nd
It's been 17 years for me. I think they still have a couple of families still living on Moa Place, from the time we were there.
Thank you for your video. I was born in LA but my mom was born and raised in Hastings. My mom spent 18 years over in LA , during that time met my father, created a family and along the way faced some trials that led us to move to NZ . Its now been 25 years since that move and i couldn't thank my mom enough for making that decision for the family.
Have lived in Hastings, havelock north , Camberley , flaxmere and Napier .. now in Central Hawkes Bay .
One thing i have noticed no matter if its a gang member over in LA or here in Aotearoa ..they all have the same thing in common... they believe/believed that gang life was the way to help themselves or there family. To feel valued , respect and to feel they have a greater purpose then what was previously available to them . Theres no greater concern then thinking you have no other options , you do what you feel you have to with the tools presented . This life as hard as it is sometimes is the perfect play arena for your souls journey..love hard, be present, be humble and never give up xx
Much love and admiration for you my bro ❤️
Man this was an awesome but hard watch! Seeing how the hood has changed... those old state houses that have been torn down and new ones have been built... Mayfair born and raised... luckily the memories remain... miss home and love visiting on a regular 🥰
I'm a fellow brother in Christ from Whangarei. I love hearing testimonies of how Jesus has changed the lives of the broken-hearted. Great to see God move within the Maori population too. Bless you brother
Peleti is a top man! Done and continues to do a lot for the community ❤
Blessing to you for sharing their story. I’ve love this series and I commend all the people down there fighting the good fight. Stay focussed and on track you guys. You are all doing amazing things for the children and your community. You are all worthy.
Awesome ,lived all over the bay ,flaxmere,camberly, Havelock,hearty hoods and hearty people much love for the Hood
I remember shamrock we went to Parkvale primary and Hastings intermediate together and we were both in theatre performance. He was a lovely guy and was so talented and had a great voice. Didn’t know he passed away. Very sad. Glad his dad is honouring him.
Awesome podcast. My sisters and I were born in Hastings. My youngest sister lives in Raureka. Just spied her whare on Cobham Cres 👍
Live❤ life
Life is a gift
Dont throw it away .
Touching message
God bless Hawks bay 🙏
Good to see my brothas,had the pleasure to meet Tipene in Whitianga..A true leader..From the ashes we well rise.
Grew up in FLX.
Go home every year and I will forever appreciate my home!!!.
The supermarket a massive loss for our community.
I slept in flx park too after getting on it🤣.
Back in those days you had to earn the colour to wear it.
Tipene and west side hori is how we all grew up, we all thought it was normal until we grew up with the realisation how bad it was. But it made most of us who we are today - humble beginnings.
Thank you my bro!!
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future, like my big bro use to say, its not how you start but how you finish! Love the work brothers keep it up & god bless!🙌🫡💙
Some vlogs in Opotiki, Murupara, Kawerau, Gizzy would be on, probably the roughest places i've been.
Kaikohe too💯
@@againstallodds6407 ye true actually
Imo I think hoods are rough coming from an outsider looking in, but born and raised hood is just a normal part of their life and society.
What are the roughest hoods outside of Auckland would you say if u had to give a top 5
@@stephenheatley9380 #1 Opotiki - it has the highest homicide rate and violent crime rate in the country #2 Wairoa - most notorious "gang town" in all of nz and gang warfare that stretches decades back, while only being tiny. #3 Kawerau/Murupara - Kawerau's a town controlled by MM and is basically an extension of Whakatane which is a BP stronghold causing tons of tension. Murupara's a very rural type of rough and is home to the tribesmen. Probably one of the visually roughest n poorest towns I've been but it has cleaned quite a bit recently. #4 Gisborne - one of the biggest hoods in nz and a centre point for east coast gangs. #5 Rotorua - highest crime rate city in nz. There's actually some decent places in rotos but recently tons of crimz have moved into Ford block's motels which are being used as emergency housing that was originally used by/for backpackers before Covid hit..... There's some actual 3rd world looking towns I would've added to the list but they're just too small and rural to be called a hood or whatever.
grew up in the Nui as a young pakeha kid in the late 80s / early 90s , had mates in and around surrounding suburbs, was a central hub for us to hangout and get up to mischief of course !! 😅 was awesome fun times and met many new friends , both Māori and Pakeha, there was no judgement on skin colour just young kids having fun with each other , those early times bought me up with respect for all skin colour and people with different backgrounds … i’m super proud of that time of my life and still have many that I call good friends no matter what their situation in life
Far the biggest smile on my face seeing camberly park and the OG dairy on the corner there infront of camberly school 😁😁 left 14 years ago for Aus and to see the place is mad lols a lot of new things installed in that park I see but the old change room is still there
i grew up in the nui bledisloe rd the 80s, moved to bledisloe st raureka late 90s then moved to flaxmere, seen the hoods change over the last 40yrs, 80-90s was the toughest times.
Mean Chad cool as to see you and mentioning some names I havnt heard for years :) keep up the good work respect the change x
Good men. Good men. Helping others. Respect. Respect.
Another awesome video with a lot of inspirational people who have been through alot. But that community has alot of amazing leaders
Kool Hastings marae nui good to see the aroha amongst our people the brotha God blessing u lovly vibration
right where you said you were entering Raureka, my family owned that big 2 story tudor style house that just got torn down across from the race course. (bunch of flats being built)
we lived there maybe 20 years ago now, but it was nice to see the old area, i have a lot of fond memories of Hastings. (live south of Perth in WA now)
Meke brother David thsnk you for showing the world our home
Churr bro as someone who lives in the area it’s mean too see you bringing attention too this pretty small part of nz aye. Love homie
I haven't been home for many years but this video I really like as it's my Mum's country and she always spoke highly of Hastings and the people I thank everyone who was involved with this video U mob really relaxed about all the info of that area both positive and negative- Aroha goes out to the family of that young lady who was gruesomely murdered I hope they find the perpetrator- Te ko tahi Tanga - thanks for your truth and cool way of the whole video
Mean as guys that was awesome brought a tear to my heart. Grew up In Wainuiomata though but could feel the same vibes.
Some beautiful beautiful men on and around you bro. Was awesome to see there’s hope in this world.
Keep striving forward my friend.
Theres a Family in waipawa, waipukurau south of Hastings they can give you some real in depth storys about gangs and community, the name was mentioned in the wairoa episode
Massive. Salute to the brothas Chad, Tipene, Adrian, Peleti, Jistar and all the familiar faces. Solid vlog and tour. 🙌🙌
Saw you coming down the mountain last weekend at mt eden your the man solid content respect 💯
Solid vlog, Rip to the guys brother. “Life is a gift, dont throw it away”
Bro your production value is getting so much better.
Chur I was brought up in Bledisloe Street I remember going down those streets to school. Chur bro cobham st was our way home. Farout bro gives me chills. Seeing the old hood.... I went to Ebbett park school heretaunga and then hastings boys high then fostered out to waipawa and went to Central Hawkes bay college.Camberly remember the houstons they used to let me have lunch at their house everyday of school I remember haviong cheese and jam samwiches. The albert hotel across the road from the old cafe food store everyone went to on dole day we used to get our tinnies from the Albert Hotel. I used to sleep under the bushes at cornwall park next to the glass house under the trees. I wonder if Marleen and Bruce live in Flaxmere. We used to call Flaxmere Blaxmere back in the day Your bringing back some memories. I left and went to live on the streets of auckland in 1980 at the age of 15 I was living on the streets in hastings apparently I was the first streetkid in Hastings living in cornwall park and it a carpark by the old woolworths and the bowling club. I remember living in a kids park fort in Flaxmere and my friend Staffy and his Mum Carol(R.I.P) took me in and gave me a home and somewhere to lay my head Staying at the Wirihanas they looked after me for a while in flaxmere. Carol took in other streetkids apparently I was her first streetkid resident and she helped others afterwards. Man memories for me totally makeing me now think about my childhood. The good and the bad,
I was a street kid back in 85 in Wellington. There was so many of us it just wasn't funny. I've only stayed at the marae in Hastings once. I have nothing but love for them. ❤
History in the making 🔥 Solid content bro! Cover the whole Nz!
Always heard HB was a hearty place, definitely know you will be visiting porirua soon🤙 mean
Powerful bro!
Live life, life is a gift don’t throw it away!
🙏🏽❤️🔥💯
Im a pakeha that grew up down the far end of the Ave in the late 80s early 90s . As poor as we were ill always remember that we had the best views of the mountains.
Awesome episode Dave, now you’ve done both me and Apii’s hometowns in your hood diaries …don’t know if that’s a good thing or not…lol 😊. Keep up the good mahi bro. God bless and take care. ❤👍🙏🏽
Happy sabbath brother hope all is well and good 😊
some good guys doing the mahi trying to help , i miss my hometown bought up in napier and moved to paharakeke in the 90s now in oz , love you fullas
Come to hamilton one day g theres a few interesting stories and places Ive heard about and been to. Not as rough as auckland or east coast but could still make a mean video
went there easter weekend, it was mostly allg but there were a few streets that were actually hammered az.
Hamiltons rough as bro I'm in chartwell lol and not a fan of most of the city lol
Be interesting to see part of the window washer communities stories in Hamilton. See them heaps and hear stories from the olds but can never be too sure unless it's from the horses mouth
Hamiltons fxxkd too mbros everywhere is...
Even get kidnappings on the North Shore be vigilant whanau. ..
Love u brother just left my hood today and watched this cast today herd u we’re home love always man Araia from my dad Paiti Araia and Teea Araia of Flaxmere thank u ma brother godbless from me 🙏❤️🙌🏽
Good on you Dave 🔥Young girl at the 33"32 mark is wearing the mighty Logan brothers rugby league jersey all the way in Hawkes bay.. how cool
Grew up in Flaxmere on Dundee drive,across from hugh little park around the 80's n 90's.Grew up there with friends playing games like longball,bullrush,hide n seek and other cool stuff,Awesome memories,Millzy,Horo,Lancey,Jock,Nob,Rik 🤙🤙🤙 and so many others,you know who you are😂,miss those days
Can you do cannon creek it's one of the biggest public housing in Wellington
Fond memories of cannons creek as a kid.
Life is a gift from God the Father and we shall live it for his glory. Thank you for the video. I enjoyed it. Took me back to when I use to live in Napier Maraenui. Good old days. Love to all the brothers and sisters from Flaxmere Hastings and Napier. God bless.
@@Belovedservant okay Tupac
Awesome Mahi Uso...Love The Podcast...My Allah Keep Blessing you 🤲...And Showing The World Our Beatiful Country For Positive Things Not The Negative 💯💪
Chhuurr mean watch brother, we too nearly fell victim to the street life growing up, blessed to have our grandparents who tried their hardest to guide us towards the light, sadly as they do they passed away (2 out of 4) but that's when reality hit and the realization that no one but ourselves can help us! That's us at the 29 minute mark trying our hardest to make something of our lives. So non hit us up if you need your lawns done haha. Jah Jah Whānau.
R.I.L Kuzzie Darcy ❤️💛💚
This has blessed me, thank you
Awesome VLOG Brother, I grew up in Flaxmere , Pool St a house on the corner across from the shops in the early 80s, late 90s moving around different streets Margate Ave, Cortes Crescent didn’t really think of it as a hood then, brought back a lot of memories though good ones keep up the good work brother.
That spacie thing at the back of the pool st dairy tho
Was there playing spacies almost everday,clicking credits with a wire😂,the owner was fuming when he caught us,grumpy guy with the glasses
Born and raiised in flaxmere, carried the 06 rep and mentality throughout NZ, glad to say i work construction management now on 6 figures. It is possible for us to strive, succeed and grow. Churr
Inspirational work my bro..
If you ever want to do a side segment on your Cook Island culture, holla, can help..
Shout out to the leaders taking care of our future god bless brothers👊
Mean video my bro, thinking about coming to Christchurch anytime soon?
i grew up in bledisloe rd the nui, moved to bledisloe st raureka age 19 1996, then to livingstone rd flaxmere, lived in old pap and beachhaven in aux for few year now back in livingstone flaxmere since 2002
Shot TIPENE 2 different people played the remix at work had to correct the. Real quick they never new there was an original WESTSIDE HORI. Loved this episode bro missing home hard HASTINGS
Love the content and mahi you're doing out here brother. Keep spreading awareness and showcasing the true beauty of all our hoods here in Aotearoa. Not everyone gets to see or hear the good things, only the bad. E mihi ana ki a koe brother.
Lived in the flax 90s thru to 2010s.Definitly wasnt the safest place to grow up.seen stabbings,robbing,shootings.always fights especially amongst the younger gangs.but like any community you have the good and bad.Heaps of good people as well.The flax park looks awesome.Too much peleti keep up the good work brother
879 bay all day
God bless your ministry…love you brother
Good to see bro rush cane along way from OCB chamberlain bloods days , that was him the last rapper on that song with the red cruiser , recognized the snuggle tooth and accent, never met him a day in my life
Chur' "The Y Ki Waho Trailer", providing our Tamariki with "wheels of Fun" Ezy Rollers, scooters ,skateboards, pogo stick challenges not only in Camberley but also at the Flaxmere Skate Park , Positive Vibes throughout our community's. Mauri Ora! 😊
Chuur Harare u trained me back in tha day much love old boy ❤ keep it with thez vlogs g ther on !!
Meke my bro. Bug shout out to Stirling Mataira doing massive things for our tamariki and community. Haven't been home to flax in 7 yrs. Time to head home I think. Mauri Ora 🤙🏽
Naw love our home. original camberley sister of hastings.. tee.. love the vid brother.. thank you for putting us on the map...
Hawksbay all day and night
I remember the day the police had found that baby in the sewer. The bro talks about it a little 9:16. Good times and a lot of struggle during my time in raureka, always will love that place. Rip baby Aaron
Good to see home for sure, been in oz too long!
Moved to flaxmere from Napier in 1988.
Left there in 2007 for Australia.
Never returned since, sad to see it looks worse than it did 20yrs ago when I was there last
chur the bro and bros i roamed around in those places back in the mid to late 90s orsom then and still orsom today cheers for your work and korero, Im not from there but called it home well i was there for on and off for 4 years, I now reside in Levin you must come these ways bro,
Looks like a nice quite place to live compared to Auckland ay . Sunny Hawkes Bay. I remember doing jail there it was always sunny
What is notable brother about your vids is that all share a common theme ' Poverty ' .....in this day in age because I look at the streets and the dilapidated state of some of the state owned house's ......yeah bro .
Life is a Gift- So keep your Gift. inspiring video cuzz
My fav vlog to watch straight up! Keep that fire coming bro.
Chur Summer in the beautiful hawkes bay nothing beats it.
Could you come to Hamilton or waikato
Takes a village to raise a child. Beautiful...modern day pa life. Awesome
Primo hood tour's my bro much love an respect
Refreshing to see a positive outlook on our hoods even seen my whare in cmb fuu famous🤣🤣
I was working for a company at the time.
That did maintaince etc etc on housing commission houses.
The plumber double Dave we called him because he stuttered really badly. Was the poor bloke that found that baby in the drain because he was sent to unblock it.
Hi how are you all I love New Zealand our family left in 1980 didn’t want to leave my grandmother was sick so we came Australia to look after her but she sadly passed away my dad was the best dad he came from family of 18 we sadly had to return in 2009 to lay my dad to rest my mum is aboriginal but I love my country
Naaw I love that the people of my generation are still back home and trying to make a difference. Facing their pasts and traumas and moving forward ❤ Made me miss home. FLX 879