What Will You Discover in the Seaside Village of Mapua NZ.

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Mapua is a very magical sunny place by the sea on the South Island of New Zealand. It has many creative people with restaurants, galleries, and quirky things. The shops are a little bit different and so are the people as you will see in this video. I hope you enjoyed this video. To contribute to my work and see a little more jump on my Patreon.
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@Louis_Roper Жыл бұрын

I live in mapua. It’s amazing!

@SMDesignNZ 3 жыл бұрын

Murray from touch the sea aquarium was a good family friend. Great memories fishing with him to stock the tanks and it was a very bad day when it was torched. We lost Murray recently but I will never forget him - one of the only happy birthday texts I would get without fail.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Murray was an old friend of mine too Simon. I gave him guitar lessons and I taught him what was the best guitar to use. We played together just for fun. I can still remember his big strong finger. Him and I also got the same cancer. Alot of men in particular got cancer in Mapua. Some believe it was related to the old FCC plant clean up. Murray was a good bloke and I have many fond memories of him.

@pennypershing5118 2 жыл бұрын

I'll add Mapua to places I'd like to visit!

@wittyfpv 3 жыл бұрын

gee what a lovely place cant wait to get to NZ to have a look

@joshlomax1843 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely village clay

@leonardvirtue5753 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 😊beautiful!!!!

@soulboy6073 3 жыл бұрын

Good To See Dan!!

@Dmcsniz 2 жыл бұрын

really keen to visit mapua sometime looks beautiful

@craigemorehu4278 2 жыл бұрын

Awsum video mate, love Māpua, will visit for sure 👍😎

@craigperry7376 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the Tour of Mapua.

@bonnie8441 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video."Rare Creations".That must be one of the most mesmerising places I have ever seen!

@marciodasilva1011 3 жыл бұрын

thanks

@stephenmcgowan354 3 жыл бұрын

Definately on my place to visit mate some great things to see👌

@Iswhatitisssss 3 жыл бұрын

That shop is amazing mate . Could spend hours in there

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@bro031 3 жыл бұрын

What an awesome little village I bet there is a few funny stories from there.

@MADKIWI 3 жыл бұрын

Man Mapua has grown since the early 90's... a Man needs a trip back through his old haunts lol.

@mgradden 3 жыл бұрын

Love this! Met Snook some years ago, 2004 I think it was? Have a few bits of Snooks big circular wooden art here in the UK! Was there when the Worlds Biggest Games were on; fantastic times!!

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's cool to hear

@p.t7495 3 жыл бұрын

U just named ur boat man “sweet as “👍🏽

@ThomasTheWankEngine1 3 жыл бұрын

Great work Clay Tall Stories! Well played sir...

@S1monH 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Java Hutt! And their little border collie dog that is always lying outside. 👌

@steve-deltasdad3906 2 жыл бұрын

great snapshot of your village and the people that live there Clay, some sadness when the inevitable change and development comes to town, hope changes don't detract from the attraction of being a quiet seaside village, so glade you have your little pocket of dirt to retreat to.

@mcmenace4847 2 жыл бұрын

Whitebait... Yea boy! that's awesome

@jamesstewart5665 3 жыл бұрын

Lest we forget. Never forgotten always a lesson

@tonigilsenan6320 3 жыл бұрын

Who said there's nothing to do in Mapua?? it's a great community with lots of good people and amazing creations thanks for sharing your village with us I'll be stopping there for sure.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

You are gonna love it Toni.

@dennyduffield5185 3 жыл бұрын

Awsome video amazing village oooosh smiled the hole way cheers

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome mate

@paulfrew6291 3 жыл бұрын

That's a very cool place will definitely be up there for a look around

@ISUZU237 Жыл бұрын

Great video clay & if I ever get back to nz & to the South Island I’ll be sure to call in there my home is Japan & has been for over 20 years now

@ClayTallStories Жыл бұрын

I have always wanted to go to Japan

@jamesharris8859 3 жыл бұрын

that was so enjoyable

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Good on ya James for taking a minute to say just that. It really is appreciated mate.

@mcmenace4847 2 жыл бұрын

What a great place! I would love one of those knife sharpeners too, get one one day. cheers clay.

@johnnyfepuleai1248 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome one Clay, so cool to see what home looks like and hear the facinating stories to go with it. Will definitely stop in on my southern road trip one day. Cheers mate

@carlchester1092 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! I HAVENT SEEN ADVENTURE DAN IN AGES! T^T Great video mate! What an awesome spot to be with great people

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully next time you see him we are hunting

@BruceHitchings 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid Damon that brought back many happy memories. Hoping to visit again next summer and catch up with all our friends there.

@Matipolandscaping 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome spot! Lived there for a few years 🙌💯 cant believe the taverns gone 😂 it's all changed so much! Looks beautiful though 🙌💯

@kokming 3 жыл бұрын

I like this video especially when you talk about the places and recommendations. Very nice!

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

@brigzthemostHigh 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see adventure dan getting it done!!

@20807shane 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that was a nice tour. I won’t ever be able to make it there but I love seeing how others live in far away places.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Never say never bro

@jsmithnevinsky 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is the new clay look, OG baller!

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Thanks...I 🤔

@toddys_gone_walkabout4576 3 жыл бұрын

Bloody awesome clip bud will definitely have to come spend the day out there again when we come up in January

@lb.9095 Жыл бұрын

Awesome place to exist man 💯

@justinc6861 3 жыл бұрын

I am planning on hitching and working down the west coast in Jan and Feb. Videos like this are super helpful thanks brother

@maxinesmyth3183 3 жыл бұрын

Clay , you are very proud of your home town, Mapua is as you say one of the nicest places on earth. Thank you so much for showin* us around the place brings back lots of memories of my visit there. I visited the knife guys place was brilliant and I coffee in the place beside it is great, you should try it. I can’t think of the place just off the main highway it’s a cafe where they have a small river and loads of big eels. Thanks again.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

The Jester House?

@akav75 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, would love to take my wife there one day..Cheers for the great video.

@debramage739 3 жыл бұрын

No doubt I saw you back in the day. Love my 4Square. Great trip, had a beer last time at the Sprig'n' Fern. Nessie,my mum was the swimmer. Thanks Clay 😊 Oh the whitebait, yummy.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

No doubt Deb.

@hardy5288 3 жыл бұрын

What a great place mate, spoilt for choice, its good to see Dan's doing good. loved that shop where you bought your sharpener , great and interesting video as always.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that shop is awesome. I am going back to buy one of those Japanese kitchen knives when I have my new kitchen one day

@villain1409 3 жыл бұрын

The words of a well Settled Man,thanks for that & i want one of them knife sharpeners.

@xunclerusko6333 3 жыл бұрын

Wow awesome shop💯

@colinprice5414 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome place mate thanks for sharing if they ever want to give you a surprise this is your life that’s the town do it you have so much personal history there mate cheers Colin 🇳🇿🥃🎣

@TheSebtrain 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that thanks man

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

No worries mate

@rickoliver2059 3 жыл бұрын

Sure is a nice place alright , that whole area including Nelson is just fantastic and so are the people . What caught my eye was that knife sharpening jig you bought , man you could get a fine edge on all your knives with that , cheers mate .

@davegreen2052 3 жыл бұрын

Haha wow i went apple picking down there had a few beersies in that pub but there was a ruggard old accommodation up at the apple picking orchard the sonoma or something like that met sum nice people there too nice place that mapua

@shaunmccaw2911 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing were you live mate definitely on my bucket list before you bought that knife sharpener was going to comment on you buying it but you bet me to it 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@downunderfulla6001 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome mate thanks 🍺🍺

@hamishballantyne3476 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@Gluzet 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video mate.

@Hazardbone 3 жыл бұрын

Nice town bro👌

@shanedavies9564 3 жыл бұрын

Wot a great vlog mate living in nelson and not even nowing all these great shops need to take a day out and check out those shops love the hands on shop I'm going there and get a burger at fans for sure cheers,shaneo,nelson

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

You will get stuck in that shop Rare Creations mate. There is so much and the knives!!!

@blocka58 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Clay. Have not been to Mapua in forty years. Hell its grown. In your video I caught a glimpse of the old ship Matipo from the Anchor Shipping and Foundry. Worked on her during Surveys in Nelson. After my apprenticeship at Anchor Shipping moved to Cobb River with the NZED. Great life and never really appreciated the place in my younger day. Just wondering if you knew the Sparrow family in Mapua. Worked with Dave Sparrow at Cobb River.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

You might have known my dad John Ward. He worked on that boat. He was a marine engineer before he became the ranger at Totoranui in the early 70s. Yeah I knew Dave. That was all years ago now. Mapua has grown

@craigwilliams6337 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Clay great Vlog mate, Need to get down to Mapua one day. On that note would you be interested in going out for a mission on the kayaks one day? I have my own kayak and I'm living in Wellington at the moment .

@davidtyree4368 3 жыл бұрын

Hell mate, I can remember when the Mapua Tavern was a garage and service station.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Yeah me too mate. Back in the day it was an epic we village. Now it's way bigger.

@leroywelsh5439 3 жыл бұрын

Shes a beaut wee spot ole mapua

@gavsfishing5461 3 жыл бұрын

Great vlog clay, been a long time since I was up your way, I need to get back there. Loved this video, hopefully I get the 4 days off I've requested at Easter, I'm still a modern day slave though, so fingers crossed.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck coming to Mapua mate

@Iswhatitisssss 3 жыл бұрын

Do you know anyone who witnessed the “ mystery ketch “ docked at the mapua wharf mate. ?

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

No but I heard about it. Still unsolved

@MrBillchair 3 жыл бұрын

Great tour of Mapua Clay! Lucky you didn't leave the "Bat Mobile" overnight, can you imagine the whitebait stink? Speaking of the "Bat Mobile", where did it come from? Borrowing or hiring while the ute gets fixed?

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

A business man in Auckland paid for it while I was running around getting treatments for cancer all over the country two years ago. I have to give it back once I get the all Clear which will be when I get bloods do this month. Hopefully I give it back to him. 😆

@joshualeelee577 3 жыл бұрын

Edit. Awsome thanks for that .Clay the shop you were in the nick nack shop What was that called and do they have a website

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Take a screen shot where I held up the card

@shepdogg23 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Clay. I was wondering if you’d be able to create a video about the pros and cons of living in New Zealand and some things to consider if moving from the US. Either on KZfaq or Patreon. Thanks mate. Keep up the great vids!

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. That would something to look at.

@Duke_of_Prunes 3 жыл бұрын

@@ClayTallStories Your videos are the first glimpse of NZ I have seen other than your tv shows "Westside" and "Outrageous Fortune" -- I especially like Westside, but it left me curious about how the real people live!

@oldredcoonhound2182 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Clay, did you know John Smith that had the old ww2 plane collection?

@pighunternz3318 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Hey clay I’ve worn my hunting boots out do you have any recommendations for hunting boots 🥾

@bakerm109 3 жыл бұрын

have a look at the kerrismore SF boots . the are a great winter boot full leather 2.4mm , goretex, thermal lined so nice and warm... also a hih cut boot . the boots were designed for the british special forces. they are a high quality boot . retail price $99 from the military surplus store. .

@shoutatthesky 3 жыл бұрын

Vivobarefoot Tracker FG

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

I rate scarpa mate

@pighunternz3318 3 жыл бұрын

@@ClayTallStories oh yip thx bro keep the wicked videos up 👍

@pighunternz3318 3 жыл бұрын

@@bakerm109 thx bro

@alecparatene2175 3 жыл бұрын

Count how much times he sed mapua wohh

@davetrevathan9430 3 жыл бұрын

Have a good freind Paul Minoply lives there great place as soon as we can fly back home will be there David k Trevathan

@simonakers4381 3 жыл бұрын

Great mate any chance of a coment on the knife sharper

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Will post a vid soon on that. I am excited about it. Every hunter & fisherman loves a sharp knife

@westcoastferral9242 3 жыл бұрын

I've got one of them knife sharpeners...works bloody good...

@spencersadventures612 3 жыл бұрын

Nice shit

@marciodasilva1011 3 жыл бұрын

white bait

@mgradden 3 жыл бұрын

Love this! Met Snook years ago, 2004 I think it was? Have a few bits of Snooks big circular wooden art here in the UK! Was there when the Worlds Biggest Games were on; fantastic times!!

@stanleyshelby7460 3 жыл бұрын

Several days ago I read a headline regarding hunters in New Zealand being a bit irate over some new laws passed or trying to be enforced affecting the population's personal firearms. So far you've yet to discuss what they have in store for the civilians there. Hope to hear something soon, as our new President is trying to erase or delete our 2nd amendment here.

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

I will keep you posted but so far everything is sweet. My daughter just got her fire arms license no problem so I am going to set her up for this winter. It's going to be awesome when she starts dropping me off some meat for a change.

@stanleyshelby7460 3 жыл бұрын

@@ClayTallStories Too true Clay...I remember when she got hers and you were setting her up for some possum traps. No big talks about a mandatory gun "buy back" of all the owners-that is good news.

@SailingTaranto 3 жыл бұрын

Owning guns not a problem in New Zealand chaps, just high power military automatic weapons and enormous magazines designed to mow down human beings, leaving them for the professional use only :-) Wonderful trip down memory lane, cheers Clay. Snook!! He hasn't changed a bit! Super.