Night out in Karangahape Road and Ponsonby

Paul and Marcus explore Auckland’s nightlife along its famous Karangahape Road, known as K-Road. But will it feel any different when they return during daylight hours? They also explore the boutique shops in Ponsonby, where Marcus fine tunes his musical skills!

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But Paul you do have another bar in mind  it’s not a gay bar it doesn’t matter and  I quite like the name of it also yeah so is it any   relation to Boris Johnson [Music] [Applause] [Music]  we are on our way to ponsonby they are  renowned for their independent shops 

Cafes restaurants and it’s a lively place renowned also for their nightlife  let’s take a look   with the sky tower behind us and a hill ahead of us we are on our way towards ponsonby   [Music] [Music]  well it looks as though we have reached  ponsonby the ponsonby hotel is flying 

The flag in front of us and that’s the  hill we just came up College Hill Road I  think it is and if we swing round to here   we can see all the shops of ponsonby now Paul I think you want to go into  

The op shop yes let’s do it let’s find some Bargains shall we   Paul is already in the shop and as we said on our previous episode   charity shops are known as op shops here though we haven’t actually seen one that  

Said that on it well you didn’t find  anything in the op shop today well yes  or no well again this is one of these little  parades where you see all the shop signs  above as you walk along and we were talking to  somebody and we were asking you know what is the 

Story behind these signs yeah and what  was it I can’t remember now uh I don’t  really think she knew either I  think it was keep out the rain  possibly but not the sun although  it does serve a dual purpose 

Yeah shade and relief at all times Paper Plus is a book shop it also sells calendars   what newspapers there are and you can also do the lotto here what’s on in ponsonby Paul  uh social knitting club oh that’s  one for you it says for beginners and 

Experts all right so I’m definitely not an expert  and then there’s something about Dungeons and   Dragons yeah it is a presentation at the   library all right shared reading because reading is fundamental yes indeed  there’s also a Pottery Market so  you could do Pottery in ponsonby 

I do like the look of this historic building  I’m not sure when it was built but the  Art Deco type exterior is very very exciting  this is the first time that I’ve  seen a New Zealander post office  let’s check out the opening  hours so the post office is  

Open Monday to Friday from 9 00 a.m to 5 p.m it’s closed on Saturdays Sundays and public holidays   and right in front of me is the K10  Sushi Train so I would imagine that they  would have really really nice and tasty 

Sushi well we walked up here but there are plenty of buses you can take the inner link   which is this green bus and that will take you down into the CBD  more shopping for Paul there is a  pre-loved co-op and a deaf pop-up across  the road [Music]   thank you 

Okay so first impressions I do  like the variety of what’s on offer  there are some places that may be closed but  it’s very appealing that we went into what  two of those OP shops and we went into  one of those pop-up places which was 

Nice and cute and quirky which  is kind of encompasses what this  whole area means like I think it’s very  vibrant like it’s when I’m feeling just  now uh and then there’s also restaurants  and bars and stuff and also a church a 

Church look we haven’t been to one yet so maybe  it’s time that we went and it is Sunday after all  and this is all since Anglican Church   are they open well it’s Sunday I would think so   [Music]  thank you [Music]  I help you [Music]  bye [Music] let us pray 

Glory Lord thank you for giving us a lovely thing so far in Auckland New Zealand  just about this for the most part  and then the time goes by  slower because I want to enjoy  and try to kiss them were very blessed  to be here finally after the pandemic and 

I hope that it will continue to be  memorable for the right reasons and  help make the most of our time here and thank you for watching over us and   being a safe and healthy and  I hope you make a recovery from all the walking the drinking you know the eating  

But but my hope would be enjoy the rest of our time what a fabulous find yes  and you lit a candle as we  went out you said a prayer  it’s funny because there were stained  glass windows around the church and I 

Was immediately drawn to four of them  without reading the names of the Saints   and they just happened to be four sins that actually mean something to us   sin Alban of course we live near Saint  Albans Saint George the patron saint of  England where we live also sent  Paul and finally it’s in Patrick 

So all four of them were together  I think that was rather pathetic  see if I can get a little tune going [Music]  thank you  about us oh look one of your favorite comedians Ruby wax oh she’s over there 

The thing I have noticed here is that  all they for lease or the for sale signs  are pretty plain so it might have the  name of the company such as jll there  or is it jio no jll and it just says for  lease and then the name of the person to 

Contact Marlo another place we live quite near I think it’s a women’s clothing store   we better have done our fifteen thousand steps today I think it’s close to 20 000.  this car park is reserved for fish only interesting names of places I like this  

One boy and bird free-range Chicken Kitchen eat drink be humble   doc Island looks popular look there’s a line yeah yep it is definitely  dreading out of the water it’s an ice cream  place look it says scooping today all right  Parker’s is right over there do  you like the feel of All These Bars 

And cafes and shops yeah there’s a real  Village feel to this place even though  it’s like a big long strip yeah quite a  wide Road but um yes it feels sort of quite  intimate hmm all was a view of the sky  tower when there’s a gap in the streets 

Gosh ponsonby seems a really big area how  far does it go I think it is quite big   I think that we’ve only did halfway so far you’re kidding right I think   I think it goes for like about a mile or so I feel as though I’ve walked about five miles  

Oh maybe look at how wide the road is down there as well are we going this way then   I think we go where the green lights okay  [Music]  but this is a fun fact I’ve noticed  that they are showing the root the root 

Numbers the destination the occupancy  rate and when they are due so that’s  quite a lot of information to  know when watered you though women  Okay so you come across Burger fuse and they are a lovely place to have Burgers which  

We did back when we went to Parnell and it’s right there and I think that   they stay open pretty much throughout the day and that place right behind   me long room I think they have various types of eating places because I remember   researching constantly and long room did come  

Up in one of the searches but I’m not going to have it right now because we just ate something  ah my condition magazines  books stationery cards maybe  this is the place for you well I’ve got to take  a look well we’re just about to come to the end  

Of ponsonby what did you think of it well it is quite a long road   very long indeed there’s more than one road and we had that big hill   to walk up at the start and if we haven’t done our  

15 000 steps today I will be very upset  then maybe the accuracy of apple or your  phone isn’t as accurate as we  expected we’ll just have to see  well you know what time it is don’t you  it’s time to subscribe to our YouTube  channel it’s Paula Marcus come  on hit the Subscribe button  

You know you want to [Music] foreign [Music]  whichever way you want to look at it um well  I don’t really know why they call it gay  because there’s only 80 gay bars but  that is where they are located two  

Of them don’t open till 10 o’clock and that’s too late for us because we’re old   people online but there is one that  opens at four o’clock no we are in a  cycle land so just watch where you’re going this  is supposed to be the happening place at night 

Do you think it is [Music] all  I’ll say is that something’s  definitely happening what’s that so  we are in search of the Eagle bar now  we were alone here the other day in  daylight and we couldn’t find it so I am 

Thinking it may be underground or it may  be a very very tight entrance we just  have to try to find out well  I’m what I am noticing lots of  those charity shops well maybe we’ll just have  to come back during the daytime to look at those 

Because I think this is one of the  areas that is very different at night uh  Sahara is during the day  that’s like a total facelift  it is like a total facelift it’s totally different  I see the rainbow flag over there oh  I thought it was on this side though  

I think that might be something else well they’re all bunched together the gay bars   um two of them really are clubs there’s Jay and family bar  and we are on the move again  um what is that rainbow thing  there I don’t think that they’re  open yet no it’s not until 10. 

Well it’s got to be a long hair somewhere because  we are coming near the end of the road aren’t we   no here it is right here oh   baby girl [Music] [Applause] [Music]  pictures [Music]  thank you [Music]  well I’ve just come out of the eagle and  we’re having one only had one not one 

Pint no it wasn’t even a pint no no  they don’t do paint here they do sort   of like 450 ml or something I have to say I didn’t really like it um there was no atmosphere  uh zero character yeah there’s you know  I just maybe these places liven up after 

10 o’clock at night but no it  wasn’t really my cup of tea  but Paul you do have another bar in mind  it’s not a gay bar it doesn’t have to be  gay bar and I quite like the name of it   yeah so is it any relation to Boris Johnson let’s find out  

There are so many places to eat around here I think this is the Premier place   for the eating and I think that we have found Bozo and it’s right over here   we found that it’s right here oh okay shall we go in then yes why not   [Music]  thank you [Music] 

[Applause] [Music] thank you [Music]  but no this is a really interesting  setup there is another bar called achos  so they basically share the same space  so one is in the front which is anchos  anchos which is a Japanese place  and and I had this really strong 

Bottle of what was it was so so strong  and I had a Japanese Stout and it  tasted I was smoothing in there but you  wouldn’t be able to hear me because of the  music um it tested like a limited edition 

Black card from fillers it was really really  good but if you want to go to Bozo’s it’s  actually dying right in the back it’s  right at the back and it’s kind of weird   but anyway gin and rum bar and I’m not really into those but maybe that’s what  

You wanted I don’t know but after your  strong one I think that’s so you’re  gonna need to eat that’s about it so  we’re off to find somewhere to eat now   well we’re leaving Cairo now I’m afraid I didn’t like it but maybe you will  

Heaven for fans although having said that I might like it during the daytime   so there are a lot of those charity shops I think we should go into see   what they have to offer and at least we are getting to use  

The bus again the only thing is I have to  hold on to my car to make sure I tag off  girl we have been to a karanga Hape road at night time pay Road as it’s known and now  

We’ve come back during the day to see  what it’s like now when we came at  night I didn’t really like it  was it kind of dodgy for you   it did feel a little bit but maybe it has a different feeling during the day now the very  

Start of K Road the furthest point from the city is at Great North   Road which was just back there which is  intersected by ponsonby Road and we did  visit a clothes shop that you had  been wanted to go to as color oh 

I don’t know well it kind  of spells it like as color  oh right so I don’t know and we’ve got  a couple of t-shirts and they’re really  good quality now you were talking to  the guy in there when I was trying them  

On and did he say they have a shop in London or they sell them in London they   have like an online presence oh right so if you wanted something and you lived in   the UK you could order something and hopefully it will get to you very  

Quickly I see I would assume anyway there’s lots of names from the UK here   this is Hereford Street one of the intersections oh wow   see what I was saying about the names of streets um Edinburgh Street is quite interesting because   it features what I thought was an  ice cream parlor called pictures and 

Cream I thought it was so chill  no but it is an adult mega store  maybe we should check it out or maybe  not of course K road is known for its  nightlife and there’s lots of pubs along  here we’ve got the Thirsty Dog in front 

Of us oh and on the other side of the street thirsty liquor   so this is coluzzi we were almost gonna come here uh but you had to book it in advance   and we we weren’t sure that we would make it   so they basically are only open from 7 00 PM until midnight  

Um on Fridays and Saturdays and who do we have over here do you know anyone   uh Anita Wiglet did she win it and she was one of the running around I’m going to say   it I mean RuPaul’s Drag Race yes  I think she was runner up anyone 

Else that we know there was one from this  year from last year’s uh I think I think  I found a drink I don’t remember there’s  a pub just up there I don’t know yes  that’s true but yeah um so they  basically do drag branches and 

They do Cabaret and you have like a  dinner entree and then it comes with  live shows as well I see lots of bananas do you I do look at this it’s a Bananarama drama  you make me better you know  what I’ve noticed somewhat it 

Seems a little more subdued during the  daytime and it seems like a lot of the  shine isn’t there that’s because everybody’s  gone to sleep and everyone is not drinking   or doing other things well they’re all in bed   yes all right so we are passing these bus stops and they multi-colored online  

Is without the red and the orange but you see with other colors quite nice  that’s more than a rainbow  flag Paul isn’t that the entire  lgbtqi plus everything else flag yeah I think so  so it looks like stuff that is one of  the major media Outlets here have some 

Show called K Road Chronicles all  new episodes stories from our streets  well this is where we were at  night time um at chos and bozo  and we are coming up to the  eagle family bar and Jay  and on the other side opposite is family bar  and g-a-y well we’ve come to the  

End of the bit of Cairo that we are going to be  walking along because we are going to get a bus  from Pitt Street I suppose  you could say it’s a pit stop  what have you thought about K Road  during the day a lot more tolerable 

Yes a lot of the bars are still open  um but it doesn’t have that sort of  nighttime feel about it so if you’re like me and  you maybe don’t like going out to these places   at night the daytime could be better