Graeme Moffatt
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Bryan Easte
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Bryan Easte
The Country Touch
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The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band formed at the end of 1966, but it was not until 1968 that they first burst on to the New Zealand Folk and Country music scene. They were the first New Zealand group to popularise bluegrass music and were the anchors of the widely enjoyed television show 'The Country Touch' on Saturday evenings, and toured the country and represented country music three times i...
The Last Fatso
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Well-known New Zealand ceramic artist Barry Brickell and international award-winning film maker David Sims join forces to bring you this intriguing humour-rich story with a serious educational purpose. Join Barry through all the processes from the clay pit to throwing, glazing and firing in the kiln, as he makes the latest of one of the celebrated and notorious Fatso jugs, whose modern day coll...
White Heron in Wonderland
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The exquisite White Heron and its ancestral nesting site on the Waitangiroto River in New Zealand's South Westland spell a magic allure. To the Maori the Kotuku, or White Heron, has long been revered as a sacred bird and has come to symbolize everything that is beautiful and rare. For centuries the White Heron returned to the same nesting trees above the tranquil flowing river of the swamp fore...
Mainline Steam Tui Express
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This details an excursion from the Mainline Steam Wellington depot at Plimmerton to the Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka for such and a tour of the famous brewery, before returning back to Plimmerton.
Interislander Combined
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A combined series of four films commissioned by the Interislander Line of return journeys between Wellington and Picton on New Zealand's Cook Strait ferries.
Hamilton County Bluegrass Band at Petone
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The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band formed at the end of 1966, but it was not until 1968 that they first burst on to the New Zealand Folk and Country music scene. They were the first New Zealand group to popularise bluegrass music and were the anchors of the widely enjoyed television show 'The Country Touch' on Saturday evenings, and toured the country and represented country music three times i...
Freshwater Dive
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This award-winning short film explores Te Waikoropupū Springs. The springs fully live up to New Zealand’s 100% Pure brand, with some of the clearest water known (a 1993 study measured visibility to 63 metres). After visiting the springs' ‘dancing sands’, three divers take a down river run: going with the flow of the 14,000 litres per second discharged from the springs (here the classical score ...
Opera on the River
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The Whanganui concert was staged aboard the paddle steamer 'Waimarie', moored at its jetty, with the audience invited to picnic with blankets, cushions and low picnic chairs along the river bank. "A large screen was set up for close-ups of the performers, the sound system was spectacular, and the concert is an absolute one-off - purely to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the school.
Paddlewheels on the Wanganui Trailer
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Recall the exciting days when the old paddle steamers plied their way up the two hundred and thirty nine rapids between Whanganui and Taumarunui. In the years between 1912 and 1919, David Reid was an engineer on boats of the famous Hatrick fleet - among them being the Wairua, the Whakapai and the Wai-iti. These vessels were the lifeline, of the pioneer farms and Maori settlements of the river v...
Metlink Wellington to Waikanae Drivers View
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Metlink Wellington to Waikanae Drivers View
Metlink Waikanae to Wellington Drivers View
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Metlink Waikanae to Wellington Drivers View
30 Aug 2023 Upokongaro Trip
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30 Aug 2023 Upokongaro Trip
The Ghost Town Ball trailer
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In 1905, gold prospectors stumbled on to a rich quartz reef in a remote West Coast Valley and the mining town of Waiuta soon sprang up. Following the nine's sudden closure in 1951 as the result of a cave in, Waiuta became a ghost town virtually overnight. The inhabitants of the town departed believing they would never meet again. In 1986 former residents decided to hold a reunion weekend amid t...
Daffodil Express 2000
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Daffodil Express 2000
Interislander Connecting New Zealand since 1962 Films
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Interislander Connecting New Zealand since 1962 Films
Johnsonville to Wellington by English Electric EMU
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Johnsonville to Wellington by English Electric EMU
A Drivers View
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A Drivers View
Father of Wellington Trailer
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Father of Wellington Trailer
Daihatsu Delta V58L Motor Running
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Daihatsu Delta V58L Motor Running
Shantytown Sawmill
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Shantytown Sawmill
Shantytown Steam Railway
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Shantytown Steam Railway
Regent Foyer Lighting Appeal
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Regent Foyer Lighting Appeal
Family Farming in New Zealand Trailer
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Family Farming in New Zealand Trailer
Mr Mainline Steam trailer
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Mr Mainline Steam trailer
Dannevirke Unity Hui
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Dannevirke Unity Hui
Regent Opening Night Compile
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Regent Opening Night Compile
TINZ preview
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TINZ preview
Regent Cinema Fund Raising Trailer
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Regent Cinema Fund Raising Trailer

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @grahampye5299
    @grahampye5299 9 годин тому

    A very very good not mucked up with too much music.

  • @philipblick8887
    @philipblick8887 3 дні тому

    Why the need for silly dramatic background music 👎🏼🙁

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 4 дні тому

    Great Video Graeme, my only reason to comment is I am a Manawatu resident, thanks for sharing

  • @escellesmith1665
    @escellesmith1665 19 днів тому

    Love this, real nostalgia trip. Thanks so much for posting. I've taken this trip so many times, its great to re-live it 😊

  • @escellesmith1665
    @escellesmith1665 22 дні тому

    Great nostalgia trip, thanks so much for sharing this. Loved it. 😊

  • @alasdairwright1397
    @alasdairwright1397 2 місяці тому

    First travelled to Waikanae from Wellington in 2011. As to get away from all of the Seismic Activity. I have travelled to Hamilton in 1985 via The Northerner...in November of that year

  • @RoddCutts
    @RoddCutts 4 місяці тому

    Nice video

  • @marc21091
    @marc21091 4 місяці тому

    The speed of these trains is low. On Cape gauge speeds can be up to 160 km/h (100 mph). Most of the line is straight enough for a speed of 130km/h (80 mph).

    • @atom608
      @atom608 2 місяці тому

      Yeah I agree the line speed of these could of 100% gone atleast 140 on the straights

  • @kiwis0uth
    @kiwis0uth 4 місяці тому

    Buggar. Well done for what you did

  • @Phil-oj5nr
    @Phil-oj5nr 5 місяців тому

    Thank you Ian for your efforts over many years to keep steam history alive in New Zealand. Also for getting a team together to do what is necessary to repair, run and keep your vision alive.

  • @disaray3575
    @disaray3575 5 місяців тому

    Very cool! Thanks

  • @robertedwards3147
    @robertedwards3147 5 місяців тому

    Thank you Ian for your work to save steam in New Zealand I will meet you one day and shake your hand

  • @latexbuster
    @latexbuster 6 місяців тому

    This so clearly shows why we still do need rail enabled ferries for the replacement fleet. Nicola Willis, are you watching, are you learning this?

  • @jnawk83
    @jnawk83 6 місяців тому

    Came to see the insides of the tunnel, guess the head lights on those old Ganz units were weaksauce, but also, fast forwarded? 😢

  • @Gee-kb2pv
    @Gee-kb2pv 6 місяців тому

    Been on them, absolutely wonderful between the two islands.

  • @nzsaltflatsracer8054
    @nzsaltflatsracer8054 6 місяців тому

    The correct spelling is Wanganui. I was born in Pipiriki & have lived in Idaho for 40yrs.

  • @GaryPeters-nv8pj
    @GaryPeters-nv8pj 7 місяців тому

    It's Wanganui not whanganui.

  • @stephenking4170
    @stephenking4170 7 місяців тому

    The northernmost tributary is 60km north of Tongariro in Pureora Forest at the Forest Tower,

  • @jackponting3489
    @jackponting3489 7 місяців тому

    My first viewing of this was just now. And this video is such an entertaining and informative collection. What a taste of good feelings when amazing vision and effort comes together! This is what makes UA-cam worth tuning in to. Thanks to everyone involved!🚂🚃🛤

  • @Samjacknewman
    @Samjacknewman 7 місяців тому

    When was this filmed

  • @K1W1fly
    @K1W1fly 8 місяців тому

    always a great trip, I've often grabbed a Day Metlink Pass when holidaying in Wellington. The run along the "P-Coast" (most of the locations have names starting with P) is a good day out.

  • @scottlewisparsons9551
    @scottlewisparsons9551 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for another interesting video. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

  • @LWJCarroll
    @LWJCarroll 8 місяців тому

    56:50. Gloria Welsh! We used to live next door to the them at 361 Stokes Valley Rd, Stokes Valley. Good memories thanks. Laurie Carroll. 😊

  • @LWJCarroll
    @LWJCarroll 8 місяців тому

    I cant help wondering if hydrogen fuel cells/new sodium batteries or perhaps LiFe electric batteries and other current new tech (glass cockpits, wifi service, food n beverage, carpets etc). would enable these back into service? Nothing stopping private rail companies operating services here in NZ like they do in Japan etc. Laurie. 😅😊🎉

  • @LWJCarroll
    @LWJCarroll 8 місяців тому

    The same Spiers that lived in Stokes Valley? They were friends of my parents. Laurie. NZ. 😊

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 8 місяців тому

    Great Video, I trained to and from welly a few times, it's good to be able to view the trip from home, thanks for sharing

  • @runfromthejungle
    @runfromthejungle 9 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @russy8488
    @russy8488 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for this video!! The old video of the Eo’s was fabulous

  • @MichaelS1995
    @MichaelS1995 10 місяців тому

    I miss this journey. Taken it many many times.

  • @railwaymechanicalengineer4587
    @railwaymechanicalengineer4587 11 місяців тому

    NZ's EE EMU's - SOUTHERN RAILWAY UK 4SUB EMU SIMILARITIES !! Amusing. These English Electric EMU's, when I visited Wellington in 1986 were still in operation on the Johnston branch. What I discovered however (being a British Railways Mechanical Engineer) was that the EE control & Westinghouse straight air brake equipment on these 1,500v DC overhead units, was identical to the Southern Railway's 4SUB (4-car SUBurban) 750v DC Third Rail standard Gauge EMU's introduced in 1941 by the famous Southern CME Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid (originally from New Zealand). Indeed driving one of your units revealed that the handling & braking even felt & sounded similar to the British version. One of which is preserved (unit 4732). Although Bulleid was probably more famous for his Air Smoothed Pacifics, 30 x Merchant Navy Class & 110 x West Country Class) he built during & after WW2. Twenty of which are preserved !!!

  • @Andrew-zw9fi
    @Andrew-zw9fi 11 місяців тому

    What is sad is New Zealand politicians who are vandals destroying New Zealand Rail !

  • @keacoq
    @keacoq 11 місяців тому

    Well done. Where are things at now?

  • @BellaFirenze
    @BellaFirenze 11 місяців тому

    What a wonderful concert. Bravissimi tutti!

  • @Fearpoopoopeepee
    @Fearpoopoopeepee 11 місяців тому

    dont look like ngaporo

  • @gjml1597
    @gjml1597 Рік тому

    Awesome! We've got our own our little Kestrel resto project going on too. Hope it turns out as good as yours 😊

  • @paultrehearn4271
    @paultrehearn4271 Рік тому

    Hi, i'm from the UK and just wondering why you get a red light above the green?

    • @loiswallace3334
      @loiswallace3334 6 місяців тому

      It is my understanding that the top light indicates the track/block status for the straight ahead or main track, and the bottom light indicates the track/block status of the side track. So in the case of the red light over the green light, the top red light indicates that the track/block ahead along the straight or main track is not to be entered as there may be another train ahead. The bottom green light indicates that the side track is clear and can be entered by the train without restriction. However, usually the switch/points on the tracks ahead of the train are aligned/positioned so that the train can only go along the track as specified by the position of the switch/points. In this case here, the train can only go into the side track, and it is physically impossible for the train to proceed ahead along the straight ahead or main track anyway.

  • @richardvoogd705
    @richardvoogd705 Рік тому

    Sounds a bit like one of the now retired Ganz units.

    • @CapitalVideo
      @CapitalVideo 8 місяців тому

      It certainly was thanks to Trans Metro, and was filmed to be part of a documentary about 'The Father of Wellington' John Plimmer and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, that will hopefully be completed sometime later this year.

  • @richardvoogd705
    @richardvoogd705 Рік тому

    As much as I appreciate the newer Matangi units, I sometimes miss the ability to look out the front window of the English Electrics and the North bound Ganzes.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus Рік тому

    Great video! I had no idea that this line existed! I really hope that the railway trust can get it back up and running again!

  • @RuGgEdMaOrI41
    @RuGgEdMaOrI41 Рік тому

    Mai te Kahui Maunga ki Tangaroa Ko Au te Awa Ko te Awa ko Au Its awesome to see these old boats traveling our River,Awa Awesome history

  • @richardvoogd705
    @richardvoogd705 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing this video. Interesting to see the searchlight signals, since replaced, in a couple of places.

  • @richardvoogd705
    @richardvoogd705 Рік тому

    I understand that there is (or was?) another tunnel between the "Neptune" and "Brighton" tunnels, which was decommissioned in 1900 due to safety concerns. For a while the northern portal was visible back in the 1980s, but it's pretty much inaccessible these days.

    • @scottmaclean1248
      @scottmaclean1248 Рік тому

      Correct. It was bypassed because the land was unstable, and I believe a driver lost an eye to a brick that was dislodged from the lining. Despite that, it's still there in the hill

  • @richardvoogd705
    @richardvoogd705 Рік тому

    A piece of history, with, amongst other things, the now retired Ganz EMUs, the footbridge at Kaiwharawhara, and the old Tawa station. There have been some changes over the years! Thank you for sharing.

  • @jbtrailbuilds4763
    @jbtrailbuilds4763 Рік тому

    nice job!!!

  • @zankyelbow4462
    @zankyelbow4462 Рік тому

    What a great video. Brought back many memorious of travelling from Palmerston North to Napier and Gisborne on the Fiat Rail Cars in the 60's after catching the overnight Express from Auckland

  • @hphp3662
    @hphp3662 Рік тому

    This must have been a while back. Saw mechanical bells at paekakariki, plimmerton and redwood. Beautiful scenic ride tho.

    • @Devilofdoom
      @Devilofdoom Рік тому

      Looking at the road, it looks to be prior to the Kapiti expressway. But obviously it was after Feb 2011, since the electrification before that terminated at Paraparaumu. I'm guessing this was about 2012/2013. Also from the sound of the train I think it's a Ganz-Mavag. Which are no longer in service.

    • @richardvoogd705
      @richardvoogd705 Рік тому

      ​@@DevilofdoomI think there's a surviving Ganz unit at Ferrymead, possibly the "super Ganz" upgraded one. Ferrymead also has examples of Eo (from Otira) and Ec (Christchurch) locomotives. They also have an English Electric set that was in use in Wellington before the introduction of the Ganz units in the 1980s and the Matangi early in the 2010s. I recall travelling through the Lyttelton tunnel on a train hauled by an Ec, back when I was little.

    • @michaeljones7497
      @michaeljones7497 Місяць тому

      ​@richardvoogd705 Yes ferrymead has the super ganz hope it does see an original restoration it has been sitting there for years untouched