NZ Ghost hunters (2005)

This is an old show from the land downunder.. no not Aussie but New Zealand,.. small island under Australia. And yes its named after Dutch explorers, hence alot of the names come from there and England. and some French who visited this land 100s a years ago.   But the bulk of the city and place naming is from the local native people who settled here first called the Maoris.

Great show if any thing to learn a little about New Zealand. And see some of the amazing country side from the top of NZ to the bottom and some local History. If you havent seen the show yet... perhaps you can find online to watch. Alot of people have gotten to love NZ people from the characters from the hit tv show in USA called the Flight of the ConChords, although no country side and city scenes from NZ its atleast putting NZ on the map to people not heard of NZ before. Believe me, Kiwis have a good sense of humor but they are not as stupid as them in that show. yes they do have that special accent too :)

Only 10 episodes were made, yet they caught some interesting footage for Amateurs  from voices, to apparitions of a ghost lady to shadow creatures in door ways. Some evidence at first looks spooky but then some can be  explained with common sense explainations for some video from mud patterns in water to light reflections of windows and camera lens.

Great creepy THEME song they choose.. the full length song is worth grabbing a copy of and listening to.. Sung by the group called

Evermore - and the song name is "Into The Ocean (calling you)".. look here for a copy of their CD  (you can hear part of it played there too :)

Auckland is the largest city in NZ with just over 4 million people. You would expect a few ghosts there? Christchurch is the second biggest with over 500,000 people, Wellington the capital City of over 400,000 people? Dunedin over 100,000? people, Other remote places from a few 1000 to 10,000s of people especially down near the old gold rush towns.

List of episodes

ep1_Larnach_Castle_Dunedin
ep2_Psych_hospital

ep3_Waitomo Caves Motel
ep4_Fortune Theatre, Dunedin
ep5_Riccarton_house_Christchurch
ep6_Whatipu, Auckland
ep7_Vulcan Hotel, St Bathans
ep8_Waikamete Cemetery, Glen Eden
ep9_STJames_Theatre_wellington

epi10_Ayr St, Parnell

Summary

Do you believe in ghosts? Three brave Kiwis are about to find out if they are cynics or believers in the new local series, Ghost Hunt. Michael Hallows, Brad Hills and former What Now presenter Carolyn Taylor will put their fears aside while exploring New Zealand's haunted sites.

Each week, the Ghost Hunt team will use a combination of technological gadgets and old fashioned bravado in their pursuit of paranormal activity. They will explore a number of spooky locations, including an abandoned psychiatric hospital, the Waitomo Caves hotel, Riccarton House in Christchurch, Vulcan Hotel in St Bathans, St James Theatre in Wellington and Kinder House in Parnell.

 

It's a frightening tour and no-one knows this better than host Carolyn Taylor. Since filming began on Ghost Hunt, Taylor has started sleeping with her light on. "I didn't want to go into each and every location," Taylor laughs. "I was so scared every shoot, it's a feeling you just can't get used to!"

It's a far cry from Taylor's former job as host of the TV2 kids show, What Now. "You can't even compare the two, they are entire worlds apart," she says. "What Now is the most fun I have ever had, hunting ghosts was the most challenging; to face your fear every time you are working can be difficult!"

The 24-year-old found certain sites scarier than others. During filming in Dunedin, Taylor was forced into a deserted Larnach Castle in the middle of the night, just as fog was enveloping the property. "It did my head in a bit," she says. "It was an old place with such a morbid history."

Taylor had many eerie experiences during the filming of Ghost Hunt. "I am prone to seeing strange coloured lights that no-one else can see," she says. "In a few episodes, the video footage showed lights flashing across my face, but I know for a fact I was in a pitch black room. It goes to show I'm not making things up!"

Luckily Taylor had two able-bodied co-hosts to help her come to terms with her scary surroundings. "Brad and Michael are great guys," she says. "When you are going into allegedly haunted places and only two other people in the world know how scary it is, you're bound to form a common bond."

Having wrapped filming on the series, Taylor has one message for the cynics in New Zealand: "Everyone is allowed their opinion, but whether or not you believe, you certainly can't say that the unknown doesn't exist!"

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