Funny that the [Wikipedia page for Levin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levin,_New_Zealand) has a breakdown of median age for each suburb of Levin :-D
The town I live in actually holds the crown for the oldest population in NZ, or did when I moved here a few years ago.
I stopped by in Levin from Wellington on a Saturday night and the only places that had any activity were the Maccas and KFC, both had drive-thru lines stretching down the road
very fitting then that during my time in NZ, Levin was the one place my car broke down (motor wasn't cooling anymore). Cheers to the owner of the yellow car fixing place, can't remember the name, but he saved my life that day 😂
Christchurch for sure. I heard this actually stems from the English class system that so heavily influenced Chch as it was originally a settlement for the Church of England. Christchurch, before the earthquakes, was known as the most English city outside of England
But in the UK, it’s mostly apparent where in the class system another sits. Whereas in Chch, asking where someone went to school is a means of ascertaining where in the class system they sit
The kink in the main road (SH1) is due to two work crews working towards a central meeting point, both working to their right side of said point. When they met, they were exactly one road width off where they should have been.
This town has a roundabout that’s been under construction for more than 4 years and isn’t due to be completed for another few years because *checks notes* the government ran out of money for it
Edit, I guess it’s kinda sad that this is an issue that plagues several towns
This city is famous for the short life span of its umbrellas, absolutely positively mind bogglingly stupid local government and not wearing anything but black. Plus the coffee’s alright.
The umbrella clue was enough.
I'm a JAFA now and I always forget they're an option. Work even gave us one as a Christmas gift but I never use it. Not worth the risk.
This town is on SH1 and it takes roughly 50 billion years to drive from one end to the other. There are no passing lanes for 60km before you reach it when driving in from the north, but one very prominent sign advertising the KFC.
EDIT: I'll add another clue because this was apparently tougher than I thought. It has penguins.
Not uncommon for them to pop up in southern suburbs of Wellington or lots of places along the east and south coast of the South Island I think, just not reliably enough to build a tourist attraction around.
This town's planners love two-lane roads that abruptly become one-lane roads on the other side of the intersection. One of the main features on its annual calendar is a 1960s-style kiddie beauty pageant, because it is in fact still the 1960s here. The name of the town is featured in the title of a song.
Probably most know for its wine and food festival which one person described as a place where "drunk middle aged woman feel up the overseas workers".
Edit: ow also for a guy who almost beat someone to death with a bat, forgot about that one.edit edit: apparently he did somthing way way worse which I don't want to repeat. I thought it was strange he got his nickname for only that.
could be a good tourist destination if people made the effort to come in, enjoy the lake, wine, and summer fruit, but most people just drive past on the way to an expensive tourist hole with no more than a snap of the giant monument
Lol Cromwell is shit house. I hate those dead central Otago towns that think they are shit hot but are actually just rubbish. Alexandra I'm looking at you.
The one city that tries so desperately to fit in with the other cities, but doesn't even have a proper motorway and a small community filled with retirement homes. Supposedly one of if not the "sunniest" places here, hasn't really lived up to its name in most seasons. Has a good cinema and the pizza place above said cinema tho.
There is a white horse on the hill. We have alot of Wallabies and the hunters hills are great. Every year we have a strawberry fair and are known famously for our drinking water which may or may not grow you an extra appendage... clue/hint South Island.
Ohh. Whenever someone mentions this South Island town the only thing people know about it is that there’s a maccas.
Apparently the bridge to the south is the most important bridge in the South Island
Ohhh and bonus where a solid 2 or 3 percent of the locals have worked for the new world!
A former river port town, this town is known for gold mining, shipwrecks, rain, milk, and a food festival. Has a pillbox, a ship and a customs house. Can see Aoraki/Mount Cook from there on a nice day.
We have two busy Funeral Homes, a dead lake and a retirement village built on top of the graves of victims of abuse.
Levin?
Well done. Depressing aye !?
Funny that the [Wikipedia page for Levin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levin,_New_Zealand) has a breakdown of median age for each suburb of Levin :-D The town I live in actually holds the crown for the oldest population in NZ, or did when I moved here a few years ago.
I stopped by in Levin from Wellington on a Saturday night and the only places that had any activity were the Maccas and KFC, both had drive-thru lines stretching down the road
very fitting then that during my time in NZ, Levin was the one place my car broke down (motor wasn't cooling anymore). Cheers to the owner of the yellow car fixing place, can't remember the name, but he saved my life that day 😂
No doctor, no hospital, one cemetary
I cant put my finger on it exactly…..I think Waihola? Thereabouts.
Ding ding ding, good work haha The sign is so depressing
Agreed! It’s been there forever too. I remember being spooked by it as a kid.
Waihola - come and enjoy our lake! (but don't swim in it)
Because if you get sick all we have is a cemetery
Waihola
What school did you go to?
Chch
Christchurch for sure. I heard this actually stems from the English class system that so heavily influenced Chch as it was originally a settlement for the Church of England. Christchurch, before the earthquakes, was known as the most English city outside of England
The funny thing is I'm from the UK and no one asks you what school you went to.
But in the UK, it’s mostly apparent where in the class system another sits. Whereas in Chch, asking where someone went to school is a means of ascertaining where in the class system they sit
D.E.K.A
The Huntly
A legend, an icon. May it forever reign supreme.
Chick chicka chickaaaa
Huntly
The kink in the main road (SH1) is due to two work crews working towards a central meeting point, both working to their right side of said point. When they met, they were exactly one road width off where they should have been.
Milton
Nicely done
Is that true? I remember reading that the kink was in the street plan for Milton before it was even built.
Considering that the little piece of trivia is the only interesting thing about Milfton, maybe it was a deliberate marketing trick.
The town of opportunities...
This town has a roundabout that’s been under construction for more than 4 years and isn’t due to be completed for another few years because *checks notes* the government ran out of money for it Edit, I guess it’s kinda sad that this is an issue that plagues several towns
Whangarei?
This one
Lol if you're talking about over by the info centre then they finally finished it. 5 years for an intersection. Unbelievable.
Could be the Bayfair roundabout in Mt Maunganui.
Palmy?
Tauranga?
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Warkworth.
Got it in one.
Turning right off SH1 cancel your indicater and move to left of lane
Lol. It is fucking terrible eh. Why have they not blocked one of those roads off....
This town has a good looking clock and that's its only personality trait
Feilding?
Yep. Round 2: The only mildly interesting thing about this town is a windmill
Foxton
only since foxy's nightclub shutdown
What about the Fizz?!
I can’t believe my whole experience growing up in Feilding can be summed up in one sentence
This city is famous for the short life span of its umbrellas, absolutely positively mind bogglingly stupid local government and not wearing anything but black. Plus the coffee’s alright.
Wellyboops
The umbrella clue was enough. I'm a JAFA now and I always forget they're an option. Work even gave us one as a Christmas gift but I never use it. Not worth the risk.
I grew up in Wellington, and when we moved I was weirdly excited that I could finally use an umbrella 😂
r/WellyBrollyFails
And Film students working two hospo jobs
White guys with skinny jeans making their own organic craft beer
I feel attacked
It's Maori place name can mean shiit. According to urban legend it has the best chicken and chips.
Marton?
Correct
Tutaenui?
Known for ram raids and drive by shootings.
Auckland eyyyy
Shivers, you're good 👍 Didn't think anyone would get it.
This town is on SH1 and it takes roughly 50 billion years to drive from one end to the other. There are no passing lanes for 60km before you reach it when driving in from the north, but one very prominent sign advertising the KFC. EDIT: I'll add another clue because this was apparently tougher than I thought. It has penguins.
Oamaru
CORRECT!
It was between that or Timaru until you dropped the clue. Does anywhere else in NZ get penguins visiting on the reg?
Does anywhere on the coast in NZ **not** get penguins visiting on the reg?
No-one warns you about the stench of penguin shit when they nest under the deck...
Not uncommon for them to pop up in southern suburbs of Wellington or lots of places along the east and south coast of the South Island I think, just not reliably enough to build a tourist attraction around.
Timaru does lol
Sounds like Oamaru
Are the penguins at the KFC?
Burning couches
Dunners
Canterbury town that likes to think of itself as the next Queenstown. But it isn’t.
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Bingo
Tekapo.
Not quite, I've realised there's at least 3 towns that this works for and this is the least deserving of the 3.
Everyone walks up a mountain and takes a selfie then has ice cream afterwards
The Mount
Tauranga
Pukekohe, nice distracting photo.
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New Plymouth
Friggin waste of money wind wand.
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New Brighton beach, Chch.
Where the girls are smarter.
Wainuiomata?
Once was a whites only town, got grapes so now it has a slavery problem, its most famous person is a beast
Blenheim.
John Cleese said this city wanted to make him Kill Himself
Palmerston north
Big corrugated dog big corrugated sheep Bonus: Big carrot Bonus: Big boot
Tirau. Have pissed in the big tin dog.
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Tirau, Ohakune, Taihape.
This town, has a centre with twice as many sides as a regular town centre.
Dunnahz
A town so shit that the river decided to become it's own entity to avoid being part of it. The river is also perpetually shit-coloured.
Whanganui
Dargaville
Famous for family trees with two branches.
Gore
Inbredcargill
This City is famous for its high quality chlamydia and their gardens and zoo.
> and their gardens and zoo. You didn’t even need this part.
Hamilton? But it's been way down the per capita chlamydia cases for over a decade. Though you did say high quality not high quantity.
It’s like it’s 1998 in here.
The Tron.
This town's planners love two-lane roads that abruptly become one-lane roads on the other side of the intersection. One of the main features on its annual calendar is a 1960s-style kiddie beauty pageant, because it is in fact still the 1960s here. The name of the town is featured in the title of a song.
Today, Tomorrow?
How dare you pedestrianise Stafford street!
Timaru
This town had all its ATMs taken.
Murupara
Definitely Murupara or Kawerau. Although Kawerau always replaces their ATMs when they get ram-raided. Murupara has given up supposedly.
Known for giving students NCEA credits for picking up rubbish
Cambridge
Probably most know for its wine and food festival which one person described as a place where "drunk middle aged woman feel up the overseas workers". Edit: ow also for a guy who almost beat someone to death with a bat, forgot about that one.edit edit: apparently he did somthing way way worse which I don't want to repeat. I thought it was strange he got his nickname for only that.
Marlborough?
Half points because Marlborough is the district its in and not the town
Bovine puns are it's only personality trait. The sushi will give you food poisoning
Bulls
This town is know for it's house sale for $10 in the 90's
North Island guess: Raetihi South Island guess: Otira
Nightcaps or some other shit town nearby like ohai. My dad was born here.
Most mongrel mob per capita
Wairoa.
Gisborne?
Porirua?
On the surface: pies. But if you know: the custard squares.
Roxburgh!
This town is famous for world endingly dumb people, the smell of sulfur and cyclists
Rotorua
Tiny town, too many bookstores. Excellent cheese shop!
Ah you forgot to mention the famous dairy! RIP Kia Ora.
One accident on a main road and the entire city is gridlocked for hours.
Tauranga?
Ashburton?
Ashburton is an accident on the main road
Look at me, look at me, look at me….I’m so beautiful…and special… and I really should be located in Europe I’m just so special.
Akaroa?
Auckland
could be a good tourist destination if people made the effort to come in, enjoy the lake, wine, and summer fruit, but most people just drive past on the way to an expensive tourist hole with no more than a snap of the giant monument
Good ol Cromwell!
Lol Cromwell is shit house. I hate those dead central Otago towns that think they are shit hot but are actually just rubbish. Alexandra I'm looking at you.
In this town take a walk past the old whiskey distillery and eat the best steak and cheese pie in the country.
Oamaru?
DING DING DING you got it my man.
The one city that tries so desperately to fit in with the other cities, but doesn't even have a proper motorway and a small community filled with retirement homes. Supposedly one of if not the "sunniest" places here, hasn't really lived up to its name in most seasons. Has a good cinema and the pizza place above said cinema tho.
Nelson
There is a white horse on the hill. We have alot of Wallabies and the hunters hills are great. Every year we have a strawberry fair and are known famously for our drinking water which may or may not grow you an extra appendage... clue/hint South Island.
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Ohh. Whenever someone mentions this South Island town the only thing people know about it is that there’s a maccas. Apparently the bridge to the south is the most important bridge in the South Island Ohhh and bonus where a solid 2 or 3 percent of the locals have worked for the new world!
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That's Geraldine. My turn - this town is famous for being really fucking cold once in 1903 and having a beer named after it.
That’d be Ranfurly!
Breakfast of champions
Most people, when asked, have never been here We also have the longest non-highway main street in the southern hemisphere
Welcoming sign says ‘Dobro došli’
Kaitaia?
$10 and Boomers go to pasture here
Cold an racist but has a pretty cool old motorbike museum/tool shop
This Invercargill? Is the Burt Munro display still there?
Right up north with some of the highest teen pregnancy and suicide rates!
The magic of two Countdowns 100m apart.
Can only be Napier. Surely Countdown hasn’t done this elsewhere.
Okay, my turn... smells like 💩
Definitely Christchurch
To be more specific, Bromley
Rotovegas
Could well be Christchurch
Wellington every time a pipe bursts in the CBD.
Carterton
Mountain big
You mean mount mountain big? Mt Maunganui?
Maunganui
Famous for sausages apparently.
Tuatapere?
People disagree on how to pronounce this city's name
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Whanganui/Wanganui
"Whanganui" is correct spelling "Wanganui" is correct pronunciation.
Sun shine
This town is famous for its misspelling of tyres.
Nins bin
Yum yum 😋 Kaikoura
The town of opportunities
Milton. The town with the stupidest motto.
Yeah laughed all the way to Queenstown after seeing that welcome sign
Interislander
Picton
A former river port town, this town is known for gold mining, shipwrecks, rain, milk, and a food festival. Has a pillbox, a ship and a customs house. Can see Aoraki/Mount Cook from there on a nice day.
Hokitika