Exploring Hawkes Bay | New Zealand Travel Guide
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- Come explore Hawkes Bay with us in this epic New Zealand travel guide!
On the menu are lots of world-class wines, delicious organic food, a day adventuring out to Cape Kidnappers, and living out my wildlife filmmaker dreams, plus a cooking class all about fermented foods. WHAT AN EPIC WEEKEND!
Thank you to the Hastings City Council for inviting us to come and visit. #gifted
It's pretty crazy that only two months ago we were in MIQ NZ (Managed Isolation and Quarantine in New Zealand) but since we've been out we have been exploring around the country and looking for a place to call home. Perhaps Hawkes Bay should be it?
Let me know if you liked the Gannet (Sea Bird) section since it was shot on my RED Komodo. Tell me your favorite part of the video in the comment section! Talk soon!
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Glad you enjoyed my home region. We moved here 13 years ago from Wellington after travelling for six years and haven’t regretted it one bit. The weather, the produce, the wine, the outdoors and lifestyle is what drew us here and keeps us here.
Couldn’t agree more Liz! The Bay has a vibe!
@@AlexanderAyling And loads of gangs
i would like to mouve; i m ready
You are very fortunate to be in new zealand. It is one of the best place on earth for sure
We are so grateful to be here. Love NZ
Awwe thank you!
(Im from NZ and hawkes bay)
Loved this. Hope you guys are not feeling homesick. New Zealand is a beautiful place to live and raise a family.
We love it here.
One of the best farmers markets in the country in my opinion!
We’ve heard the same from many people but we need to experience more before we can add our opinion haha
It's good but there's definitely better out there.
@@AlexanderAyling Hold my beer - Matakana Farmers market;)
I’m going to New Zealand for my masters degree for psychology as a international student. I can’t wait! Thanks for the video
You’re going to love it! Where are you studying?
@@AlexanderAyling university of Auckland. They have great social psychology program and I’m planning to live in NZ after my studies are over
@@BrownManLifts Your gonna love it here, I'm happy for you and good luck with your studies, buddy 👍🏾
@@BrownManLifts I reccomend signing up to the tramping club and AUCC (Auckland University Canoe/rafting/whitewater/kayak (can't remember what the acronym stands for exactly) - they have some amazing trips out into the country all year around. The rock and alpine club is good too if oyu know how to climb or want to learn.
Also Northland is beautiful and only a short drive up (plus it's warmer), even if it's less publicised tourist wise as it has less infrastructure than other areas.
Make sure you're vaccinated before coming over first👍🏻👍🏻😉
You guys have me 👌🏼 this close to getting a flight to NZ. [LOVING YOUR JOURNEY ♥️]
Haha cheers Maria. It’s a lovely little country 🙏🏼
@@AlexanderAyling we look big from space :)
Give this kiwi fella a tourism show already. Showcasing NZ to the world.
LOL
I agree! This is the best I've seen... even I'm learning something, and I live here lol
Can't wait for New Zealand to allow Australians back in to travel to that amazing country.
The Napier-Hastings region is awesome.
Napier is a beautiful and unique 'Art Deco city'. The Pania of the Reef mermaid statue and surrounds are a must see.
Cheers David!! See you once the bubble opens
Absolutely stunning....what a video
Thank you 🙏🏼
Such a great video. New Zealand is just a paradise. You guys are so lucky to be there rn
Thank you and yes we are so appreciative to be here. Love NZ
Thank you and yes we are so appreciative to be here. Love NZ
@kiwi fella So many decades of neglect by both major partys has brought us to the point we're at now. All around the globe, country after country are struggling to find solutions for the very same social ills that plague NZ. Acknowledging the issues we face is the first step in moving forward. Denying there ever was a problem, particularly regarding poverty and homelessness, was the worst thing that could have happened and contributed big time to the damage we now see. These issues will take years to right, if ever, regardless of who has their feet under the top table. I for one am extremely grateful to live here and my whanau work hard at helping those in our community who need support. Maybe more people should try mucking in instead of cultivating a negative attitude and bringing others, and themselves down. Try it mate, you might be surprised and find yourself actually enjoying the privilege of lending a helping hand to those less fortunate. Kiaora.
blame John Key for the migration population increase and sell of of state housing,
Australia gave him their award for a reason,
@kiwi fella Part truth... don't let stats cloud you mind. however I understand your point.
My friend Matt! Wow!! 😁😁😁
Haha small world :)
If you guys love farmers markets definitely come visit Clevedon, 45mins south east from the Auckland cbd, we’re a small farming village super close to the city and we have an amazing farmers markets on a Sunday morning! 💖
Haven’t been to that one yet so we will have to check it out!
Another most enjoyable video Alex. Very informative, and excellent camera work.
I have a brother who lives in Waipukurau, he absolutely loves it down in Hawkes Bay.
Cheers Stephen! Yes Waipukurau looks like a nice place to live. Enjoyable country life. Thanks for tuning in Clinton 🤙🏼
That area of New Zealand is so nice 👍 we went there 6 years ago!!! Definitely with visiting
Yeah it’s a really beautiful part of the country!
and affordable housing,
Taking notes! We can't wait to get to this part of the world.
Cheers!
you cant buy an AR15, but you can get universal health care, ACC accident insurance, and ambulance extra membership costs, :)
@@greggiles7309 I'd like an AR-15.
Napier is the best. Nice city nice people great region. Walking along the coast to work every day is a great way to start the day. Art Deco festival is world renoun every Feb. NZ is truly paradise away from the rest of the mad world.
OMG, my hometown!!!
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Watching from my home in Hastings. Weird. Who would have thought you would end up in my backyard after all these years ...
What a great way to reconnect with the land where your family is from. Loved everything nd the food looks amazing! ❤😘
Thanks Monique and yes the food was delicious:)
Thanks for taking us along on your road trip. It still seems sureal to see normal life in NZ while pretty much the rest of the world is living with the pandemic. Seeing this video gives me hope that my husband and I will be able to go back to our love of traveling sometime in the future. This area you explored (and may move to?) has definitely been added to our bucket list when we revisit NZ.
This is my home. I’m not sure why I spent 20 years in Wellington. Very happy I moved back.
Love Hawkes Bay! Thanks for taking us along for the ride Alex, looks like you’re having an awesome time👍
Thanks Noeline - we are loving it here
Whenever I see these uploads, I always gravitate to it. Love the content Alex. :)
Cheers Michael! I'm glad you're enjoying my work. New video goes live tomorrow so keep an eye out!
Awesome mate. What a good way to end the night watching your vlog.
As always, beautiful, interesting and educational!
Thank you 🙏🏼
I’m watching this a bit later than when you posted it but you did an excellent job with this video!! Really enjoying watching you all explore NZ and bringing us this awesome content
Thank you Brianna 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Alex, as always, greatly currated video! A pleasure to watch and very educational! Thank you for sharing your everyday adventures in New Zealand!
Aww thank you Petinka. I really appreciate reading your comment 🙏🏼
Very slick editing and photography. Gorgeous.
Ugh Hawkes Bay! My home town! So glad you enjoyed your time here, the farmers market is incredible and the winery’s are just as great 👌🏽
Thanks Charlotte! Loved it there and it’s definitely up at the top of our list of potential places to live :)
Such great ambassadors for New Zealand! Excellent video and so much fun!
Thank you Alison. Hope you and the family are doing well 🙏🏼
Love it Alex, Thank You for sharing the Wonders and Beauty of a Beautiful Country that i have the Pleaseure of Calling...”Home❤️🇳🇿💯”
Thank you 🙏🏼
Probably one of the best decisions. Heard a lot of wonderful things about New Zealand.
Great nature and animals !🧡
Ahh yes the weekend markets, the food and the wine, wow!
The best! Thanks for tuning in :)
So dreamy! Thank you for this N-Z tour!
Of course! Thanks for watching
Really enjoying your videos of discovery. As a kiwi living in Australia its great to see my homeland seen through new eyes...Look forward to more....
Thank you Steve - I’m falling deeper in love with Aotearoa. It’s such a special place. Hope you’re doing alright in Oz
Hawkes Bay is just an incredible area 🙌 Great video!
Couldn’t agree more. Thank you!
So crazy seeing you guys here in my home town! I hope you’re enjoying your time here!
We loved it! Thank you :)
The foodie in me was so happy about this video! 😍
Yes we ate so well there! Thanks for tuning in Amelia :)
Alex what a fantastic video thank you so much
Aww thanks Effie. Appreciate the kind words
Awesome vlog Alex!!
The wineries & the beautiful scenery makes the trip worthwhile. 🥰
Love NZ 🇳🇿😎💖
Cheers Nikki!
Cheers!! 🍻🇳🇿
Awesome! I live here and u make it look so good 😂 need to get out more obviously haha
It is great! Take advantage Emma :)
Awww good old Hastings. Love living here. And so handy to other parts of New Zealand too for day trips etc. And the yummy food at the local farmers markets (which is family friendly with kids too).
Great Collab Vlog. great round-up of "the bay" thanks for sharing
Cheers Tony!! Thanks for tuning in 🙏🏼
Awesome content!. NZ looks amazing!
Thank you! Yes it’s so beautiful here
Beautiful vlog and that wine looked delicious! Must get back over to Hawkes Bay one day, love it there
Thank you Michelle!! Yes Hawkes Bay is definitely worth another visit. Cheers for watching
Beautifull vídeo, what an amazing place! 😀❤
Muito obrigado Glenda 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hey Alex beautiful part of our little piece of paradise. 💜😊
Indeed! Thanks for watching Joanne 🙏🏼
great video, the farmers market at the end id the stuff dreams are made of, I've never got over the vinegar taste of fermented foods to be honest. Looking forward to seeing where you guys are headed next
The farmer’s market is one of the best in the country. I feel you on about fermented foods but they are SO so So good for you.
I was born in Napier Hospital way before it closed down ( spent little over 30 years living there ), missing home love the video seeing some the fimilar landscape , hope you have had plenty of fun and laughter off camera to with the locals...ps some the names from locals in your comments sound familiar too, might have meet some or they know my family still living in the area.
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I miss Hawke's Bay so much, it's so chilled out and friendly. It's a shame you guy's couldn't see Napier/Hastings before the Rona. This year was the first in 100 years that the art festival has been cancelled.
Also I know it seems boring but you should visit the Eskdale Iron Museum. My sister's partner owns it and it's really charming
Great video! I want to go there now.
Thank you!
You guys bypassed Gisborne! Love your videos I'm learning how to see my country in a different way.
I went to Napier as a kid but went over Easter with my new partner to visit his family. We loved it so much we’re planning to move from Auckland with our kids and settle there :)
Way to make me jelouse bro!!! Hawkes bay is a stunner
Cheers Dave! Yes it is
Great vlog! Have lived in NZ most of my life but have yet to visit the Hawkes Bay! Good tips :)
Oh wow well it’s worth a visit for sure!
Loved this travel style video. I subscribe for this kind of content! 💗
Thanks Kim! More of it on the way! But I hope you don’t mind there will be also be other types of videos on here. I’m exploring all elements of my creative expression, not just strictly travel videos. Cheers
Of course! I love it all! Just was a nice Vagabrothers throwback. 🥰
My family did the Cape kidnappers tractor & tralier trip way back in the early 1970s when I was a child. I don't remember the details but we still do have the photos. Alas we were never able to get back to the Hawkes bay to do a repeat.
So cool! We're actually gonna drive to Hawke's Bay from Wellington for Easter weekend so this video is just on point before our wee trip! Thanks :)
Epic!! Enjoy and if you visit any of the spots we mention tell them we sent you :)
@@AlexanderAyling well, what's not to like in wine tastings hey... There will be probably a lot of that :D
The Havelock's..and the Have Nots...pretty much sums up Hawkes Bay...
Nice - You’ve moved to where I used to live! Left the nest just over a year ago for Auckland but it’s a lovely place
Amazing video!!!!
Thank you Farzana! 🙏🏼
It’s great seeing Hawkes Bay this way. Next time you need to visit Napier!
For sure! Can’t wait to get back and explore more of the region
My home town 😁😁😁😁
So happy for you!
Aww thank you! You’d love it down here the stars are unreal. Check my Instagram I shared some star photos recently ;)
@@AlexanderAyling great
Cool and dramatic Landscapes. I've always wanted to try and make my own Kimchi, will have to give it a go.
Yeah so many dramatic landscapes in this country. Kimchi isn’t too difficult to make, give it a shot. Thanks for watching
Opening few minutes looked like Te Mata Peak, y’all been up there yet? Absolutely fabulous country, New Zealand. So wish I was there! So happy you are. 🙌
Good eye! Yes I love running up there when visiting the family. Drove up this time with the car haha
Great video. I feel so lucky to be home in Aotearoa/New Zealand. You need to come to Whanganui and explore our mighty awa/river from the mountains to the sea :)
Thank you Jude! We hope to come visit Whanganui soon!
While your down this way you should also visit the wind farm near Ashhurst (30min out of palmy).
Loving the vids guys, lifes too short to drink instant coffee though haha we have the best coffee here
Love a good flat white
Hi ..
These birds are called “Fou de Bassan” in French. We have so many on Bonaventure Island off the coast of Quebec, in the gulf of the St. Lawrence. They are so beautiful !! Love the vlog guys....
Merci
Monica
Hey! I was born in Hastings in the 60’s and my Grandparents lived in Havelock North. The Hawkes Bay region in those days was called ‘The Fruit Bowl of NZ’ I have lived in Western Australia since 1981 and now reside in Margaret River, Western Australia which is sooooo like Hawkes Bay, beautiful wine, fantastic food and beaches ( ok the beaches are way better here 😆) just want to say it was super nostalgic watching your video, so Thankyou for reminding me just how beautiful my old stomping ground is 🙌❤️
Cheers Remy! I’ve heard of Margaret River from the surf contests. Would like to visit one day. Cheers
I'm watching this from Mandurah, WA and was thinking how Margaret River is alike The Hawkes Bay. I agree though, those south coast beaches are just spectacular.
I love you guys!
Awww thank you Marisela 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
My partner and I are planning on moving from Wellington to HB in the next couple of years - this video just made me even more desperate to move! Love wgtn but the sunny Bay is calling
Great video mate!.. Im over here in the Bay Of Plenty, bit rainy today tho!
Gotta love the Bay of Plenty. We couldn’t get enough of Ohope Beach 🏝
@@AlexanderAyling it is pretty stunning!.... next time check out Papamoa Beach and Mount Maunganui, you guys will love it!
What a lovely wine country! If I went there, I'd wish for either bikes or taxis to all the wineries so I could drink as much as I liked :). Also got distracted by Paulien/Pauline the Dutch Kiwi! I noticed her slight accent so I rewound a little bit to hear her say where she was from. Fun (because I'm also Dutch!) Also, I don't think science is completely clear on the benefits of fermented foods for people's gut health yet, but it's a great technique for making great food anyway, so it won't hurt while we wait for more results of research :)
The bike rentals are for getting around the wineries! And yes Pauline is Dutch. Jezellig ;)
@@AlexanderAyling ooh, those rental bikes sound perfect then! And yes, gezellig :)
I am looking forward to visiting Hawkes Bay in around September this year when I go back to the North Island. I have friends and family in so many parts of New Zealand and have just been up north in Taranaki. I live in Christchurch. I really hope I'll get to meet you and your wife sometime when I go there. Hopefully you'll come visit Christchurch sometime. I love it how we are all like neighbours in New Zealand because its so small and we are like a family. I love your videos and will subscribe to your wife.
Thanks Rachy! Please say hi if you ever see us. All the best :)
It’s funny, my partner and I did the wine tasting at Craggy Range with the same man a few weeks ago, he was very helpful and knowledgeable!
Hawke’s Bay is fantastic 😊
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Its the first land place to see the Sunshine in the World, how isnt this a promotion?
Happy to have a beer with you when you back in Auckland, :)
Oh lol. I think you've come into the warehouse!!
My fav part of the video i dont know i cant pick one part so the whole video?!??? Lol can that be part of the video lol just the entire video hahaha
Tena Koe Alex
I hope you and your wife are enjoying exploring your family homeland, making it yours also.
Kia Ora Linny. 🙏🏼❤️
Went to Craggy Range last year (we live in Auckland), we left with a food baby. The food was just beautiful
Lol 😂 - we did the same
Enjoyed that video. Hi, we’re the American couple who got “stuck” here over a year ago. We visited Hastings and Havelock North during the month we stayed in Napier. Loved that area. We went to Craggy Range and the Hastings market as well. Right now we’re in the South Island in Kaikoura headed to the Marlborough wine country around Blenheim. We will then spend all of April in Nelson.Then a week in Picton before heading over to Wellington where we will spend another month. It would be fun if our paths crossed somewhere along the way. I’m Daniel L. Manske on Facebook and Skeman on Instagram. All the best!
Thanks Daniel! Great place to be “stuck” hopefully you can stay longer haha
nice video Alex and also nice to see normality compared to Europe
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hoping the world can return to normal soon
"A journey through wine" or as everyone else says,getting pissed.
Lol 😂
We got the same vibe... "So basically, wine." lol If their local motto isn't "Hastings & Hawkes Bay, wine not?!", it's a missed opportunity.
David... OOPS !!! - Alex .... what a beautiful spot! Love the gannets, I remember seeing them at Muriwai Beach in Auckland, such a beautiful bird. They can have Australia though hahahah :P ... I am now looking at courses in my location (Dunedin) in fermentation as I love sauerkraut and kimchi ... what a good idea to do.
Cheers! No idea who David is though lol
@@AlexanderAyling David Attenborough haha...you pretended to be him.
Probably an area of NZ i have seen the least of. Haven't been there since i was a kid.
Lol craggy range, doing an assessment on that huge mess of a track they made.
would love to learn how to make the farmkraut that you guys made. will try to find the recipe, thanks
Super video! I applauded for NZ$2.00 👏
🙏🏼❤️ Aww thank you!
Welcome to our special region
Thank you Sabstian 🙏🏼
Hawkes bay ,napier is where I'm from its great for raising kid or for old people to retire but there is a huge crack problem and not much for teenagers to do
I remember hanging out at a place we called 'the metal farm's right next to the te mata mushroom farm and listening and playing to heavy metal all night long
Thanks for sharing. Bummer about the drugs... that’s everywhere nowadays though
how sad! i hope that gets better soon
go to napier city one day great people great wines and foods my home region were my famliy lives alex
Awesome that you guys came to the Bay. When did uz come to the bay?
Just a few weeks back :)
Alex dude if you are in hawkes bay you got to get down to the mahia peninsula. Some of the best surf in the country
Thanks dude. I’ve heard of Mahia and that it’s legendary. I’m looking forward to exploring the area and Gizzy too :)
Up the mighty Hawkes Bay
we moved from Hastings 3 years ago to Nelson,Nelson has its advantages like there isn't a massive GANG CULTURE like in THE BAY ,but do miss Hastings
Was looking for this comment. One of my concerns about potentially moving to Napier
Gosh, I miss NZ.
Isn’t it the best
Isn’t it the best? Where is home for you?
@@AlexanderAyling yes it is! NZ was my home for 17 years, and we are now back in Colombia. Our boy is a kiwi 💜 Yet another bond with such an special country ❤️ All the best to you both settling in!!!
Your kids will have kiwi accents hehe
Churrr bro 😎
@@AlexanderAylingi think i remember seeing you on either Funforlouis or Bens vlogs back in the day! Trippy to see you in New Zealand now living that good life 😁
@@AlexanderAyling chur my bro 💯
Yeah Louis and Ben are mates. 🤙🏼
🤣chur
I already know it’s bubbling