Factoid. Banana's in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left while those north of the equator curve to the right.

1:54 "I went for a little chat with the boat captain, and told him about life on the narrowboat--whether he wanted to hear about it, or not." Hilarious! I laughed out loud! Thanks, David! I look forward to your next New Zealand campervan holiday video! Thanks again and take care!

I know you apologised in your other video that it was all shot on your phone and very basic. If you hadn't told me that I wouldn't have known, really great little video, shows not only how great phone cameras are but also that in the hands of a professional you can produce good looking videos with basic equipment. Look forward to the rest and glad you are home safe.

Ah back to what David does best - well-described & well edited videos. And not a Christmas jumper anywhere in sight !! 😎😱

You got your New Zealand trip just in time. The world will never be quite the same again. Thanks for this see you again when you're back cruising the cut. John, Ontario, Canada.

Nice little compact camper van and good to see that you know where your towel is! :-)

Whenever I listen to David's voice I always feel he is the natural heir to Brian Cant's throne.

Thanks to the strategically placed bananas all imgurians can tell exactly how big everything is. 👍👍👍

Funny, we pretty much Skipped Auckland and saw the entire rest of the country. Will have to go back one day.

You really do need a theme song for your Vandemonium Channel just like you do with the ending of your narrowboat channel.

So...I'm migrating from the CruisingTheCut here. Start seeing all episodes from the beginning as I did for CruisingTheCut. Thank you!

New Zealand is the closest thing to Shangri-La there is on earth. Thanks David!

Great to see NZ from another’s eye. So sorry your trip was curtailed by Covid-19

Watching you cruising on your narrowboat and now watching you cruise thru the area I grew up in and left back in 1980 left so many memories. Thank you for allowing me to travel with you. Cheers Scotty, now in Canberra Australia

Where your camper show was is where they were planning to have the World Science Fiction Convention in late July. Needless to say, it has been transformed into a Virtual convention, a first for WorldCon, should be interesting. Friends are scrambling to cancel travel plans.

Great video, Thanks!

How sad everything has changed so much! Everyone seemed so happy at the meetup and now this. Thank you for a lovely view of what we once had.

Great vlog as always! Cheers!

Great video look forward to the next👍

A friend in Auckland told me that the extra traffic lanes that were bolted onto the bridge were installed by a Japanese company. The locals call it the Nippon Clip-on.

great vlog looking forward to more ty

Awesome David!

Thank you David! Such a great travel vlog!

Fascinating, thanks for sharing. And all this was filmed on a mobile phone? Incredible! Looking forward to the next episodes. Cheers.

Very enjoyable, looking forward to more. Thank you, cheers.

Love it , brilliant vlog

Glad to see you got back ok

Thanks, David. Neat to see the van.

Lovely little van!

Just finished binge watching all the cruise and van videos. Great stuff!

Really enjoyed that vlog David.......bring on part 2.......stay safe......thanks for sharing

Thank you David. A lovely insight, enjoyed it very much. Best wishes

Missed your videos. Looking forward to this series. Enjoy the lock down.

Cool little rig!

The clouds and sky like a painting in every shot! Fantastic!

Nice to see some places around Auckland I'd not seen before. Camper looked good too.

Thank you David for the wonderful tour around the harbor and the camper van. This will be nice series of video I can tell already. Do take care and stay well.

Very nice video

Nice one Dave that camper was ok but that bed set up was mad but comfy I bet 🙂✌️

Hi that was great and loved you had fun there nigel

It looks like a beautiful place.

Gread vlod David, sweet little van

Loved the video. Although small, the camper van was quite nice. I especially liked the “kitchen.” I look forward to more videos of your adventures.

Good to see your first NZ vlog. It looks like you sure had some great weather in the first week. You certainly showed Auckland at it's best, thank you for showing the world what it's like down here. Good to see you at the meet up, cool to see us all in the view of the people that were there.

That mini-camper is such a cute little thing!

Great little vlog 😃 Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures in NZ. Glad you managed to make it back ok 😃

This looks like an interesting series, I look forward to the rest of the story. Thanks. ilona

Cute van!

What a cozy li'l van. And NZ looks spiffing!

Thank you David. So glad to see you back home and online. Hope you stay well after experiencing all the travelers you had to pass by en-route.

van is small but looks to have all you would need. Glad you got there...I saw on the other channel the trials that come next, glad you are home and safe! Thanks for taking me with you.

Quite a lot of vans with the kitchen setup in the rear like that here and seam to be the way to go for overseas travelers like yourself. Anyway nice to see our country from another prospective. All the best and stay safe up your way.

...a superfantasticwonderful surprise trip! NARROWBOAT TO NZ!

I think the big seats at the front are called First Class, David. A lovely video as always. I wish we could get out in our van 🙁

I wasn't sure why this popped up on my alerts, until I heard your voice. I forgot I subscribed last week, because you do very good videos. Thanks for sharing. Glad you're home safe.

The park you were in was probably Auckland Domain. Ahhhhhhhh Home! Whole heartedly thank you for sharing that!

Great little camper👍

Great vlog.. Bagus sekali

I like what we've seen of NZ so far. Great video! Be safe on the road!

I do like the design of that camper-van it looks very good. It must have been a good 2 weeks exploring New Zealand 👍

A well fitted out #krampervan... But at least the steering wheel is on the correct side!

Very well done sir. I am sorry you had to leave early. Let us know how you are doing.

I rather liked that little camper van. The tour of the city was very interesting. Thanks for taking us along. Cheers

Very nice David. Well you went from a canal to open waters. Very nice views. Really enjoyed the boat ride. Liked thoughts apartments that looked like the boats. Oh what a nice place to stay it would be. Would like to try that bungee jumping. That view is wonderful. Your pan shots was just perfect. Your camper van looked like a bee from the back w/all those lines on it, reminds me of how they buzz around. But I guess it served it purpose. You just drive, cook, & sleep in it. Oh & see wee in it... lol... So sorry you spilled your milk. Oh I hate that. Looking forward to part 2. Have a great day David. Be safe & God bless us all from this virus, Chris from Missouri

I was about to go and paint a new picture but....it can wait! 🙂

"Kitchen" looks very much like one on a Teardrop camper here in the states. Glad to join you on the NZ trip, but, I like the narrowboat much more. Cheers to you.

I had something similar when I was travelling around NZ, (8 yrs ago) looks like they have upgraded the back kitchen section. I had a hi-top Toyota Hiace from Escape rentals, which had a cool box & ice blocks and a hand pump water tap. I only used it for rinsing things & used the campsite kitchen facilities.

Done with a telephone or with a real camera, your videos always are of excellent quality and most enjoyable to watch and listen to. That small campervan may not have been the best around, but I thought that it was all fairly nicely done, and I even think that a small van like that would certainly find clients in our part of the world, but so far I've never seen anything that resembles this van. I could be completely wrong, and there may be thousands around here, without ever having been near enough to see one. Looking forward to the rest of this holiday of a lifetime, too late for me to still do that one day, unless I'm lucky in the lottery.

you sound different on these videos, I like the way you work through the processes, it much like an instruction manual to assemble some gadget

What a fantastic adventure. Glad you managed to get home OK.

Hi David. Silly fun fact: when the were building the extra lanes onto the harbour bridge, we called them the "Nippon Clipons". Nice to see my home town again. I've been in Australia noe for thirty years. Look forward to your next chapter. Cheers, Mark.

Gorgeous wee van. Couldn't help noticing the Lurpak , impeccable taste, my sister is freaking out because she cant get any . Ok ….next episode !

Lucky you got your trip in just in time to come home and isolate. I've always wanted to visit New Zealand. Too late now even after the plague. Can't fly long distances any longer. Old bird, tired wings.😉😎

I do enjoy seeing your perspective of NZ😀

We were there from 10 Dec - 7 Jan also renting from Mad Camper too. Our trip was in reverse as we picked the van up in Christchurch and dropped off in Aukland. We had a two seater/sleeper van which looks as though it was an easier set up than the single version. We sooo loved travelling around NZ although had to revise some of our journeys due to roads being closed due to earlier storms. This was a trip of a lifetime but would love to repeat it in the not too distant future.

Very neat little camper van! Very well designed and efficient... not sure it would be ideal in bad weather but I suppose one could take a tarp with them to toss over the open hatch to make more of a sheltered cooking area. Still not ideal.

/me adds Auckland to his list of places to visit, somewhere between Norway's Atlantic Highway and... Hastings. I like Hastings, and want to go back there some day. Very good panning shots! I felt like I saw everything, and I didn't feel dizzy once.

Excellent.

Thanks for this! I really enjoyed seeing every nook and cranny of the van, just like I do with your boat. I know that's not traditionally considered good content for videos but I'm not watching traditional BBC or PBS am I?

Nice! Last year May, I went to the Republic of Georgia for 5 months to fly paragliders. I bought a Mercedes Vaneo 1.9 petrol auto, and did something similar but much simpler. I didnt bother with any cabinetry, just a single bed from the back door up to the back of the passenger seat, so I retained the front seat. Six little plastic veggie crates under the bed, the two at the back being the kitchen. I learned long ago... Dont cook in the van. Its cute tho. Concept is sound. Prefer the space in my Sprinter tho. Thanks for the entertainment. I dream of a life on the Cut. Keep it up.

Hooray! NZ at last.

I really love this camper it would be perfect for me who likes travelling by myself i never really thought about converting a car you've definitely give me food for thought

Very nice episode and wonder why they decided to build an underground tube now?

I loved New Zealand. Lived in Wellington for a year. You'll have to go back and do the South Island.

I found the bit about the new underground train line interesting, as in Ottawa our first one opened about a year ago. Hopefully they won't have as many issues as we did.

One day I’ll maybe get to enjoy seeing New Zealand! Hope you had a blast!

Wonderful video! So looking forward to the rest of the vlogs of your trip ♥ I was in New Zealand 19 years ago. Am curious to see the changes. Auckland still looks the same tho.

Thank you very much.

I can only imagine how invigorating that view was after so long in an airplane.

good vidoe i would love to see you in nelson city but ho will

Looks like a nice trip so far. How did the bed in the campervan sleep? Sure didn't look like you had a lot of room in that little van, but then it was built for just one person.

Great to see you came down under,it’s been a while since our chat whilst moored on the cut at Braunston.I had a stroke there not long after so now am back in Kiwi.take care

Have to say that I like your own van a bit better !! 😁

cant believe i missed you ..... perhaps next time your down in Nz

Very good, NZ is a great place to visit (or live :-)

Wonderful start to the holiday. NZ is gorgeous as ever (sigh...). I'm tempted to donate an additional quid on Patron just for the phrase "vomit-inducing" ;-P

Did you make it up the sky tower? Great views from there.

I live in Auckland! There is plenty of other things here as well such as the Waitakere ranges and Piha Beach. We also have a number of awesome museums in Auckland besides the one on the Domain such as MOTAT(Museum of Transport and Technology) and the Maritime Museum.

I’m curious for you next video to see how a micro van worked or didn’t work out for the trip.

Your video is an interesting watch, two points - [a] the underground railway is being constructed in the same way as the original undergrounds of London, dig a "big hole" construct what you need to, then back fill the dirt on top. This underground railway was proposed by a former Mayor - Sir Dove Meyer-Robson, back int he 1960's -70's, he was "laughed at", yet he had studied such systems around the world, including London and was convinced then it would work for Auckland - how time flies; the second [b] - the external lanes on the harbour bridge where manufactured in Japan, and became know as "Nippon Clip On's" as NZ did not have the engineering capabilities (then) to achieve such a build. For what journey's you achieved prior to having "escape lock down", I hope you enjoyed the trip. I hope you will be able to return in "saner times".