Does Invercargill deserve the title of ‘NZ’s Shittest Town’?

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Жыл бұрын

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Last year, Invercargill won the title of ‘NZ’s Shittest Town’ for the first time.
Despite Re: News journalist Baz Macdonald saying Invercargill “looks a bit fucked” in 2019, he’s seen the city make big improvements in the years since and wondered if it deserved to win the title this year of all years.
So he took to the streets over Invercargill to ask people if they thought it deserved to hold the title.
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@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
The kid with the mullet and composite Canterbury top looks like he stepped out of a time machine from 1988!
@LR-vy5yy
@LR-vy5yy Жыл бұрын
Compared to some other places in NZ Invercargill ain't that bad.
@WayToManyAssassins
@WayToManyAssassins Жыл бұрын
Invercargill is depressing, but outside of Invercargill. Paradise. The catlins. Fiordland national park. Beautiful southland countryside. You can't beat that lifestyle
@Skiwi51
@Skiwi51 19 күн бұрын
I left Invercargill and spent 7 years in London and surrounding areas...I came home to having a mortgage free, warm, well insulated house, ten minute drive to work with free parking close by...ten minute drive to a beautiful beach, 2 hours to Queenstown, less time to Te Anau...I recall being on a UK motorway and traving 8 miles in 5 hours through sheer volume of traffic, something I experienced during a recent road trip to Auckland...almost 3 hours from Papakura to the North Shore...if there's a gang problem here, its not overly visible...and certainly not as bad as other areas...As for the weather, my first British winter nearly sent me home...bitterly cold... Southland weather can be challenging, but July is the worst month. Take a look at recent events up north, flooding in Auckland on Anniversary day...total disaster, lives lost, property destroyed...then came Cyclone Gabrielle, huge damage everywhere...Southland gets wet, cold and occasionally really unpleasant, but there are upsides... People up north may criticise the South, but Im wondering if those affected by flooding etc in the Esk Valley were critical of the large group of Southland farmers who loaded a convoy of trucks with fencing gear and headed up there and got stuck in repairing farm fences...??
@thejoker7477
@thejoker7477 Жыл бұрын
this made me want to help rebuild invercargill
@crunchmcm8780
@crunchmcm8780 Жыл бұрын
I love the way they pronounce the "r'"s
@fancyfeast4610
@fancyfeast4610 Жыл бұрын
Baz the reporter really over emphasises his R's ..not sure if it's on purpose because most people don't sound like Irish or Cornish 😂 although we do tend to harden the r. but he clearly is from invers.
@acash93
@acash93 Жыл бұрын
I stayed there for 1 year. It's really boring, the weather really sucks, and the town tries to attract people, but it's rural population have such a narrow and conservative view about only being local, and supporting locals only, that it puts most newcomers off. Also, it's super conservative and people hate change too unless it fills their pockets.
@WayToManyAssassins
@WayToManyAssassins Жыл бұрын
Weather sucks? I know for a fact the winters arent as bad as Auckland rain wise
@acash93
@acash93 11 ай бұрын
@@WayToManyAssassins winter is winter. To me personally the weather was horrible compared to Auckland
@damo9961
@damo9961 6 ай бұрын
Conservative is a negative to you? Lol.
@Sky-Daddy
@Sky-Daddy 2 ай бұрын
​@@damo9961close-minded is negative lmao
@toolbox0001
@toolbox0001 21 күн бұрын
Lol Conservatives! They just thought you weren't worth the effort probably you have a nose ring and blue hair! Surprise😂😂😂😂
@jeydee123
@jeydee123 6 ай бұрын
I love visiting Invercargill, but that’s probably because I’m from LA and enjoy that life is just way calmer here comparatively. I visited in winter 2022 and summer 2024 and feel that the city centre has improved dramatically.
@plsdontstoptherain
@plsdontstoptherain 9 ай бұрын
OMG! Im planning to study there and live my whole life in Invercargill. I am in the Philippines and there's a mall everywhere. Id rather be in a place where its still in a developing stage. I cant wait to start my new life in NZ :)
@fancyfeast4610
@fancyfeast4610 8 ай бұрын
Man, I'd rather be in the Philippines.
@w3tmutt
@w3tmutt Ай бұрын
It’s actually not that bad!!
@Justvibin2024
@Justvibin2024 2 ай бұрын
I live there and that is sooo not true anymore. The new mall is soooo great!
@andrewlim9345
@andrewlim9345 Жыл бұрын
I live in Dunedin and have visited Invercargill. It has nice facilities and buildings but does experience cold weather. Heard that crime and gangs have been an issue in Invercargill. I think it’s geographic isolation does limit growth but it does have some industries.
@fancyfeast4610
@fancyfeast4610 Жыл бұрын
Dunedin is flipping cold as well mate. I never felt such icy winds anywhere in nz but there.
@last_samurai6690
@last_samurai6690 Жыл бұрын
Are there gangs there.? Thought it was quite clean and was planning to move there almost blindfolded ie just pick up a house and move
@fancyfeast4610
@fancyfeast4610 Жыл бұрын
@@last_samurai6690 I wouldn't say there is a major problems with gangs. There is a mm pad half an hour outside of invercargill in mataura but the crime rate doesn't seem as bad as other big nz towns and cities although it is slightly on the up as with everywhere else. I'm planning on leaving simply because I'm bored and prefer not knowing a whole lot of people in town everytime I go to the supermarket 😂 it's still big enough to have anonymity but you still see plenty of familiar faces most days, well I do because I'm relatively social but really it's not my jam if u know what I mean? Some people like that sort of thing though.
@fabmanly1070
@fabmanly1070 Жыл бұрын
Gangs, oh dear. Crossing this town off my list of places to retire to. Tasmania is looking better all the time.
@last_samurai6690
@last_samurai6690 Жыл бұрын
@@fabmanly1070 I wouldnt retire in Invers anyhow. Too cold for me. Ironically we will be relocating there for maybe 5 years, then move out.
@josephl9619
@josephl9619 Жыл бұрын
That does actually look like a nice mall.
@w3tmutt
@w3tmutt Ай бұрын
It is ❤
@honahwikeepa2115
@honahwikeepa2115 8 ай бұрын
Plenty kaimoana. That's a plus..
@stuartmunro2474
@stuartmunro2474 Жыл бұрын
No way - Auckland by a country mile.
@fabmanly1070
@fabmanly1070 Жыл бұрын
Actually Auckland is the counties only City, so that’s out.
@stuartmunro2474
@stuartmunro2474 Жыл бұрын
@@fabmanly1070 A technicality - Auckland never does anything on its merits.
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
@@fabmanly1070 Why does Auckland feel less like a city than Wellington?
@HalifaxHercules
@HalifaxHercules 8 ай бұрын
Invercargill has some competition for being one of the crappiest cities and towns. If you ever visited the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the City of Corner Brook is also the same way. Like Invercargill, Corner Brook is also a natural resource intense town as its home to the only Pulp and Paper Mill left in that Canadian province. The city also doesn't have much shopping and employment opportunities due to its poor business climate, limited shopping and recreation opportunities, poor public transit service, and lack of jobs for young people. Corner Brook is also dealing with a "grey tsunami" of its own as nearly 1/2 the city's population are seniors and low income earners, which makes it difficult for aspiring entrepreneurs to set up shop. Winters are also bad as they get snow almost everyday, mostly "sea effect snow" from the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
@grgmetube
@grgmetube 4 ай бұрын
I just looked around Corner Brook with google Earth. Not totally depressing, it has quite a few hilly views and looks like not a bad bay. The imagery of the central area was from late 2019, so might have been a few changes since.
@HalifaxHercules
@HalifaxHercules 4 ай бұрын
@@grgmetube I agree that Corner Brook has some nice highland views, much like most of Western Newfoundland. At the same time, Corner Brook faces an uncertain future as their main employer, Kruger owned Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, is struggling as newsprint demand dwindles, leading to worries that the mill will shut down for good. Saltwire Network and "The Chronicle Herald", Halifax based privately newspaper media companies owned by the Dennis and Lever families, recently filed for bankruptcy, which will further hurt demand for newsprint. The good news is that Kruger are planning to diversify Corner Brook Pulp and Paper's product line away from newsprint, and focusing on cellulose fibre for biofuels, textiles, concrete, and wood pellets. They also plan to sell their logs to other mills, and also excess electricity to NL Hydro to meet the province's power demands. Corner Brook is now facing numerous challenges, including a large senior and low income resident population, which makes it difficult for growing local businesses as they will typically go to big box chain stores for their groceries and essentials In addition, the city's services are not very good as their public transit system operates on weekdays only, and persons with disabilities have no day programs.
@grgmetube
@grgmetube 4 ай бұрын
@@HalifaxHerculesSounds to a certain extent like Invercargill. There is a growing senior population here and the paper mill at Mataura closed a long time ago. A lot of government service industries moved out of provincial areas during the 1990's. The island harbor at Bluff brcame largely redundant with its meat loader machines. That was built in late 1950's early 60's era. I think it was most paid for by Southland but I'm not certain if it was superceded with the port Chalmers container port before there was money payback for the investment. There is now talk of hydrogen production as the Tiwai smelter was going to close but it may not close now because the government reduced its electricity cost. I don't know if hydrogen as a fuel will ever be considered economic. There is talk of a computer server data centre at Makarewa. I have not seen any sign of construction yet. Something like a data centre could attract a lot of technical people that would spawn other computer related jobs. It would use quite a bit of the electricity that was going to be surplus, from Manapouri if the smelter was closing. The smelter closing might have been a good thing if it caused many more technical industries to spawn. The government may not see any need now. I do think towns/cities need to attract people that are in the future industries and jobs otherwise they may die.
@annemariefearn4082
@annemariefearn4082 10 ай бұрын
Great town I live here all my life
@callumfreebairn8082
@callumfreebairn8082 Жыл бұрын
'nz's least desirable town' has really bad weather
@nikkster01
@nikkster01 Жыл бұрын
hell no that would have to be Huntly nothing comes near it
@donreeves4039
@donreeves4039 Жыл бұрын
LMFAO, you're right 😅
@fabmanly1070
@fabmanly1070 Жыл бұрын
Huntly officially does not count as a town. It’s a sewerage pond for Hamilton.
@Rooxie973
@Rooxie973 2 ай бұрын
Huntly is a good spot. Hamilton and Auckland at their doorstep. Invercargill is at the ass end with nothing going on. Then again, sometimes isolation is a bonus. Depends on the age/interests of the person asking
@AlphonsodeBarbo
@AlphonsodeBarbo 6 ай бұрын
Looking at this clip, the great thing about Invercargill is it's people! Loved it!
@donreeves4039
@donreeves4039 Жыл бұрын
The worst thing about invercargill is the homeless man who wanders around looking for a job ,I think his name is Tim Shadbolt 😅😅😅
@chopchung
@chopchung Жыл бұрын
UK here...saw a NZ police programme over here a few years back. STILL remember that a group of drunken lads were dressed like it was 1970 in a car that had escaped from 1974.The cop who stopped them asked "where are you lads from?".The time honoured reply was the poetic..."INVER-FAKUN-CARGILL MATE!".When ever i hear that name, THAT is the image i SEE.
@w3tmutt
@w3tmutt Ай бұрын
Yeah I see him all the time
@paulhoskin5353
@paulhoskin5353 4 ай бұрын
I love that city. It's a really great place.
@bradking9668
@bradking9668 Жыл бұрын
In addition to the title I straight up bloody well say yes!!!!!!
@tillik1004
@tillik1004 6 ай бұрын
Don't know about the rest, but definitely must have the worst hairdressers and barbers in NZ. 🤣🤣
@michaeledgar6118
@michaeledgar6118 8 ай бұрын
The word, ahem, is "shittiest".
@joelmclean4350
@joelmclean4350 Ай бұрын
😂😂 your not really interviewing the cream of the crop aye. no offence guys
@garrymcdonald5456
@garrymcdonald5456 6 ай бұрын
The slogan for Invercargill should be "At least it is not Gore".
@rockkid8306
@rockkid8306 4 ай бұрын
Been to both and I preferred Gore over Invercargill.
@andricerapana4987
@andricerapana4987 4 ай бұрын
Nope. Still better than Huntly
@williamearnshaw410
@williamearnshaw410 Жыл бұрын
Always been a freezing cold dump...😂
@grgmetube
@grgmetube 4 ай бұрын
Cannot change the weather unless climate change with green house gases warms it up but then other northern places would get too hot. Everyone would want to come. It would be a metropolis with hardly anything to provide enough food or money for everyone. It would not just be Invercargill that would force attract people. It would be south of South America. Northern Canada. Siberia, Scandinavia. Maybe also parts of Antarctic. Would that be sustainable for 8 billion or more people? All the different nationalities and races crowded together. Imagine it.
@suchevski
@suchevski 3 ай бұрын
I didn't mind the place.
@jemma_19988
@jemma_19988 Жыл бұрын
My travels around New Zealand have made me think that one island and it's cities are ruled by gangs and a general loser culture pervades with little space for the homeless to sleep at night because there are so many of them Also this island and it's towns' buildings are heavily draped in graffitti The other island has much less crime Has beautiful architecture and parks that have lovely EXOTIC trees The general vibe in this island is much more peaceful and the scenery is magnificent
@WayToManyAssassins
@WayToManyAssassins Жыл бұрын
Very true
@fabmanly1070
@fabmanly1070 Жыл бұрын
So basically what your saying is the north is full of Māori and the south is nice.
@Manu-wk2so
@Manu-wk2so Жыл бұрын
Imagine how beautiful our country Aotearoa was before colonization
@harryman1303
@harryman1303 5 ай бұрын
bcos south island has very little moari population and full of white people. Its safe
@zoomerboomer3109
@zoomerboomer3109 2 ай бұрын
​@@fabmanly1070 Indeed, violets are blue roses are red maori are disproporinatly more likely to be gangsters. Invercargil also has a higher proportion of them than many other S island city's.
@fancyfeast4610
@fancyfeast4610 Жыл бұрын
It really isn't that bad and I've lived in some of the major cities in the world..Sydney, London and New York for a short stint. It's boring more than anything. There isn't much going on entertainment wise but if you're into nature and hiking and being able to access places people pay thousands to visit every year I.e Queenstown then it isn't so bad. It has everything you need there. Also getting around to and from work doesn't take hours or cost the earth in travel. House prices are still affordable as well. I lived in Wellington for a few years and that to me is shit 😂 just hills and scrub
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
I take it you never went into town in Wellington…
@fancyfeast4610
@fancyfeast4610 8 ай бұрын
@@danieleyre8913 I lived there for around 5 years, I'm pretty sure I made it into the city a few times since I worked for an agency on lambton quay 😬
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
@@fancyfeast4610 All those hills and scrub on Lambton quay you had to negotiate…
@edwardtagg
@edwardtagg 29 күн бұрын
How does a newsreader/journalist get to use the F word, and hold himself to standards of dignity and integrity, and take himself seriously. I pity this country. That's why I'm leaving for good. It's becoming way too cringe and embarrassing for me to stay.
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
The guy with the mullet and the girl with the beany hat seem nice. I guess that's..... something.
@russellturner1909
@russellturner1909 11 ай бұрын
It's a girl 😨
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
@@russellturner1909 She looked like she could scrub up quite nicely if she made an effort. She had a great smile and nice eyes and bone structure to her face.
@Peter-kk6rg
@Peter-kk6rg 11 ай бұрын
As a Aucklander it's like going back in time.The people are simple folk and pace of life slow but it wins you over after couple of days
@johnnyeftpos...broughton2052
@johnnyeftpos...broughton2052 9 ай бұрын
It's not the shityest town because it's so cold the shit frezzes and we can send it away in post bags before it thaws to the north island for shit burger toppings.and beating the cold is no problem my mum leaves the fridge door open to keep the house from freezing 😊😊😊
@Dave-qp8rq
@Dave-qp8rq 2 ай бұрын
Bro, you need to get out more. There are worst towns in the north island, unless you think Taumaranui or Kawarau are better? Kaitaia, Waiouru, what about Greymouth? You don't know shite bro. Invers is way better than most Kiwi towns unless you don't know better.
@lachlanbradley1779
@lachlanbradley1779 Жыл бұрын
It’s actually a really beautiful place
@LifeWithBigDogs
@LifeWithBigDogs Ай бұрын
Bruh Invercargill is a city
@motuekarewaka5145
@motuekarewaka5145 Жыл бұрын
So so glad I left NZ
@Rooxie973
@Rooxie973 2 ай бұрын
Where'd you end up?
@waiata216
@waiata216 Жыл бұрын
Men make all the videos so we always get a male take on the world, be good if men stopped making videos for 20 years and let women make all the videos.
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
Then get out there and make themselves yourselves, who is stopping you? What a weird comment to make.
@harryman1303
@harryman1303 5 ай бұрын
nah nothing would get done whr3e. Men build everything in the world
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
Invercargill sucks. But there are worse places. Gore. Huntly. Upper Hutt. Wanganui. Oamuru. Palmerston North. Tokoroa.
@rockkid8306
@rockkid8306 4 ай бұрын
Tokoroa and Huntly maybe, but there are much worse places than the other ones mentioned: Milton, Greymouth, Hawera, Dargaville, Waimate just to name a few.
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 4 ай бұрын
@@rockkid8306 Dargaville. I think that might be the winner.
@user-mq7ex2no3h
@user-mq7ex2no3h 7 ай бұрын
I've been living in Invercargill for the last 15 years. It's an okay town but the weather is shit. Job options down here are career limiting with little to no opportunities. But you're lucky enough to work for a bigger organisation the culture usually consists of the boys club so you're buggered either way. I have found Invercargill people to be a little unfriendly and negative while having old school beliefs. But there's lots of opportunities to get out of town with ease of access to other centres.
@theladiesman.8537
@theladiesman.8537 Жыл бұрын
NZ needs a fashion make-over. No offense to my kiwi buddies but some of you need to work on your self improvement, invest more time in your appearance and learning to speak with your mouths open so you can pronounce words properly. You're like the only people that struggle with English - despite it being your only language.
@fabmanly1070
@fabmanly1070 Жыл бұрын
These are ferals…….
@danieleyre8913
@danieleyre8913 8 ай бұрын
This is Invercargill. Most people in Nz aren’t that badly attired.
@joelmclean4350
@joelmclean4350 Ай бұрын
I was thinking he could of interviewed a more mature lot.
@KEK_404
@KEK_404 5 күн бұрын
Do what you want and we'll keep living how we want mate. If your too high fluton for a casual lifestyle then you just go do that
@conorpatrickmarsh3785
@conorpatrickmarsh3785 Жыл бұрын
It’s badly named, unbelievably difficult to reach by any transport, under an enormous Māori curse, and hugely underdeveloped. It’s the place that time forgot. It is the shittiest town on planet Earth. (If you want places that come even remotely close, try “Cox’s Bazar” in Thailand, “Port Mathurin” on Rodrigues island, or “Fort-aux-Frances” on Kerguelen island. They are each similarly deranged.)
@Kult365
@Kult365 Жыл бұрын
Tell me more about this "Maori Curse" please !
@wm8982
@wm8982 Жыл бұрын
@@Kult365 Apparently... You'll have to do the work on this one yourself !
@conorpatrickmarsh3785
@conorpatrickmarsh3785 Жыл бұрын
@@Kult365 most Māori (sp?) that I have seen interviewed on KZfaq, and I have never been to NZ, seem to enjoy playing cruel jokes on the “Scottish hipsters” that occupy most of the island. “Dunedin”, “Invercargill”, “Wellington”, could I even be bothered… 😴
@conorpatrickmarsh3785
@conorpatrickmarsh3785 Жыл бұрын
Is there anybody down there?!
@last_samurai6690
@last_samurai6690 Жыл бұрын
Is it that bad? I am actually thinking of moving there 😅
@SpiderPigggg
@SpiderPigggg 3 ай бұрын
Not as crap as Southend on Sea
@goojedooje660
@goojedooje660 Жыл бұрын
I remember a great place for music rock music and girls I left in 1969 comments please
@delinquentinparadise
@delinquentinparadise 4 ай бұрын
Yes.
@tomipojaghi
@tomipojaghi 3 ай бұрын
nice people
@annie-marie.catfan
@annie-marie.catfan 2 ай бұрын
Strange accent. I hardly could understand them
@Kult365
@Kult365 Жыл бұрын
All your kina are belong to us
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