The empty streets of Auckland during lockdown | The Spinoff
In an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19, New Zealand is officially in lockdown. With people instructed to stay at home, Auckland's streets, schools and parks are near empty. Watch as our camera travels through Queen Street, Dominion Road, Onehunga Mall, the Western Motorway and Waterview Tunnel.
Footage supplied, in full compliance with guidelines for essential services, by:
Swish Studios, Bayley Broome Peak and Steve Gulik
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Пікірлер: 154
Now would be a great time to get stock footage for a post apocolyptic movie...
@georger6707
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that hahahahaha!
@BrianSmith-vl7xu
4 жыл бұрын
definitely.
@geecee515
4 жыл бұрын
I did too.. lol
@mactaggart7854
4 жыл бұрын
Are you saying Auckland is full of zombies
@ASCENSION416
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahaha. Good one
The positive side is ...air quality is at its best and it's peaceful and quiet
@johnr8235
4 жыл бұрын
The air quality has always been good in New Zealand
@glennjones2300
4 жыл бұрын
Yep birds and the bees are amazingly increasing for once and the bugs and insects are growing by the day
@glennjones2300
4 жыл бұрын
Someone has been a busy bee ..lol anyways
If there wasn't a pandemic, longboarding those empty streets would be any content creators wet dream.
Thanks! I was wondering what Auckland looked like and now I don't need to drive around too find out. History recorded!
Empty streets , perfect for Ken Block to film a Gymkhana in Auckland, We all ready have to road cones and barriers up.
@singhn4v
4 жыл бұрын
Cameron Patterson 😂😂
@notme4921
4 жыл бұрын
or his chinese equivalent ?
@adryantai9867
4 жыл бұрын
Good one bro
Urban exploration back in 2019: exploring abandoned and still secured buildings. Urban exploration now: walking around town without going to the super market.
what a joke. can u show what south auckland looks like cause sure as hell aint like that around here lol
@WHOHATESTOWORK
4 жыл бұрын
Same over the shore, heaps of people about
@opium_fields2690
4 жыл бұрын
The Suburbs of Rodney are the same as always
@mynamestiiara
4 жыл бұрын
Manurewa is quite empty to me. Barely see cars travelling only through day time for essentials.
@laylalyndon-tonga4187
4 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to head out to Franklin there are cars and people everywhere running and walking an stuff
@MAMMP
4 жыл бұрын
Teori Johnson yup manurewa is really empty especially southmall! It’s usually full of cars and people walking up and down but I’ve only seen like 5 people max on the street there and the roads are dead only thing that’s booking is the damn line for the supermarket lol
Bro someone drove around my street playing The Purge siren. I almost cried because of how beautiful it was.
This is rare, we are in the CBD and there’s more cars than i thought there would be
This is just incredible and what is more mind boggling, I lived through this, we all lived through this. Just incredible to think about at times.
@RED-hb1di
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I knew humanity was easy but damn it will be a cakewalk when the time comes.
An absolutely stunning video 🥇
This is all so surreal!
@ritashaw9660
4 жыл бұрын
And very unusual!
Man! Haven’t left the house for ages, but it makes me feel so fresh to watch this video as I have already been outside
It's like a horrible movie I can't turn off!😷. Science Fact is worse than Sci/Fi!!!!!
The Quiet Earth
Should have came out to South Auckland, far from empty.
@gangstahhh
4 жыл бұрын
100% bullshit video auckland is not empty
@WHOHATESTOWORK
4 жыл бұрын
Your right its busy on the shore as well, people dont care lol
@mapper7310
4 жыл бұрын
New Zealand what idiots
@mapper7310
4 жыл бұрын
Heir apparent I was responding to the person with the username, “New Zealand.” Maybe you should consult an optometrist and learn how to read.
@adryantai9867
4 жыл бұрын
South Auckland is very densily populated u could fit the whole population of Wellington and Palmerston north in The city of Manukau in it 600.000 people live in this greater part of the metropolitan
The city looks so much better without traffic jams.
Good on New Zealand!!! Stay home, we can fight this if we all work together & listen 👍 The more we listen, the quicker we can all get back into our normal 9-5 routine 💯
Wow Auckland
Love the shot of the cbd and city at the end
It's sad, never expected I'll experience that in Auckland!!.
Lincoln road ain’t empty
It's just like the Quiet Earth movie with Bruno Lawrence
When was this? I live in the Mt Roskill area and the streets are carrying on as normal, just very quiet in the morning
Not sure when this footage was shot, as I live close to the bridge that spans the motorway exit, the Westmere tunnel and have noticed roads are still busy, all hours. The motorway heading into tunnel (north and south) and surrounding streets. There is too much traffic on the roads, people aren't taking lockdown seriously.
@beny3872
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the 1st 2 days were the quietest. but now people are going back out again
Love you Auckland. 👍♥️
There were heaps of people out and about today in small town NZ too, on day 7 of the lockdown.
Um I live in Auckland and every single day I have gone out to drive to work, I have seen busy roads full of people and cars. I do shift work and I have seen heaps of cars at all sorts of hours. You can't tell me that even half of them are essential workers or going to the supermarket all at the same time! People need to take the lockdown seriously, I am only saying this because the more people go out the higher the transmission rates will be. This could by extension hurt my own loved ones, I don't care if people hurt themselves but find another way to do it without endangering my loved ones.
Great work Bayley!
Lol me and my father went walking along the new stretch of walk ways alongside SH16 NRTHBND. Freaking empty
I'm loving the empty roads normal traffic-30mins heavy traffic-1hr no traffic 15mins to get to work
WOW hard to believe this is real world !! its like a scene from a movie.
@gj1881
4 жыл бұрын
Hello Ray 😅👋👋
@stevi7219
4 жыл бұрын
HAY @RAY!!!😁😁😂👍
@gj1881
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevi7219 🤣🤣🤣
@stevi7219
4 жыл бұрын
Look..... its US!!!🤣🤣 we found you lol
@gj1881
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevi7219 Haha It's so Exciting Task
Omg Someone needs to make a movie of coronavirus and put auckland in it
They must of taken this early early in the morning or on a sunday because as an essential worker who drives from south akl to balmoral daily, Ive never seen dominion rd empty like that during the lockdown. There are nearly always people out & about sometimes even when I drive home late at night🤷♀️. Southside on the other hand is pretty quiet (well in my area) Ive seen ppl exercising & heard the odd hoon driving down the street but thats about it.
the quiet earth
Now is the time everybody love Nanny State.
Дисциплина и понимане и уважение !
I'm liking this. It's quiet, peaceful....it's actually bliss. The only thing I don't like is I can take my pup to all those empty parks and walks.
@johnr8235
4 жыл бұрын
You can take walks though...
@Kiwi_Tea
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnr8235 only locally. I cant pop Doggo in the car and take off for Bethells or Meola Reef park
@johnr8235
4 жыл бұрын
Oh!
Its like i am legend but cleanner version of it
Guess the picnics at Misson Bay and orewa beach were edited out 🏖️🤣
Kind of how I remember things on early Sunday mornings 1970s except lines of people and dustbins. Nowadays er before SARS-Cov2..it's even emptier than this in the summer holidays-everyone's left for the beaches and batches!
Back to this for 3 days everyone
Woow stunning video. Looks great piece and quiet except in Peninsula cars people still roaming my goodness.
Mean while everyone in Australia is out and about lol.
Super!!!
I hope this was all essential travel....
@thespinofftv
4 жыл бұрын
Footage was captured in full compliance with guidelines for essential services
Bugga..miss that, no traffic on roads, motorways..🤦♀️😂🤣😅😅🤣🤣😂😂🤣😅😷 being essential worker it was ok!! no rubbish, no window washers at the bloody lights, and sweet ride into work!!😂
It feels like a ghost town. Like an apocalypse just came and went.😨😨😨😱😱😱😱
God be with us
Auckland.. love you
I love the peace and serenity. People not cluttered around towns, streets are clean, less pollution, less violence... I mean. We should never have to go back to slave work again.
The road workers better finish their jobs, can't find a perfect time like this.
eerie
Dang looks like its straight outta a zombie movie😂
Wow. I miss traffic now 😭😭😭😭
It reminds me of The Quiet Earth
Auckland, remind me where is it?
needs to have some Gustavo Santaolalla playing in the background 😉
Thank you all for staying indoor.
I yesterday I left home 5.30pm Bollard Avondale and saw people on street walking or on front by footpath talking to neighbors which is normal now but much more than b4 this close down. Started work 6pm driving truck manukau onehunga downtown wharf etc and there still a few cars on road. However less than last week and much less roadworks. Not eerie like how video shows but if continues could be true.
I Fell LIke New Zealand Should Make A Movie The San Andreas Theme Song Would Be Good
Be fun to boost a blown V8 down those roads
Aucklanders are under restoration.. you will see them soon. Please stay calm and safe.
New world new lynn thats were i work lol 😂
Preparing for the 5g
@glennjones2300
4 жыл бұрын
James 5G was out in Europe a few years ago it took a long time to get here ..But a infection can spread around the world instantaneously because they wanted to check out who really is listening and who isn't The Harmony between the nations are outstanding . Hate to be at war ...at the best of times A simple virus can end it quickly
Streets ain't empty, still a couple of boys tearing am the streets in turbo Skylines and Silvia's, just they do it at night
It should be called into empty New Zealand
Like any given day in Auckland. At least you won't get assaulted on your way to buy milk and bread.
I hope y’all that capture these footage weren’t just out joy-riding around Auckland, but we’re actually doing some essential travellings🤷🏽♀️!! Because South Auckland be displaying a whole different concepts of lockdown😂🤦🏽♀️!!
Two weeks in nz respect the law we are one we wall fight the Good fight work hard for the next two weeks so we all can have a beer at your pub.
This would have been edited showing quiet footages only.
@joshkatz4448
4 жыл бұрын
Shaun Penny yeah no shit
My street is full of cars,normal traffic flow.The police are all talk but no action.
All them trees on the side of the highway will be having a good break from the usual everyday rat race!
After the lock down is lifted, we should carry on and do this once a week. All stay home. 😃
Taxindas social experiment lol
Great time to do a zombie movie.
Nice clip 👌 but I live in CBD jus noticing I think some people starting to think everythings bk to normal and its jus a never ending payed holiday 😊🤘
I thought they all went to Australia.
Really EPIC A CITY NEVER SLEEP LIKE THIS BEFORE , GOD BLESS US ALL , TO GET RID OF MAN MADE CALAMITY
Well at least mother earth has that time to heal along side us till carbon dioxide pollution returns.
this is nothing what its like. there are people fucking everywhere.
90% of people are compliant.... can't stop every body it's a human right to exist
Ghost town 09
Hope you didn't go more than 2km from home to film this?
This is a lot of bollox....I am an essential worker...trust me....this is NOT the case.There are nore people out on street than normal....Cant where and when this was taken...tou go to the suburbs its atotal different story !!!!
Haha looking like police are struggling
Funny not seeing any jafas
Can see zombie 👻🤯🧐😵😜😫🤪👀👀👺👹😈💩👻🤯🧐😫
Mate easy fix abolish 5g
The cyclist's dream
And yet still a 50/50 chance of getting hit by an Asian driver.
@kaiathompson4043
4 жыл бұрын
ok racist
@Aryxism
4 жыл бұрын
Not funny. Never was. Never will be.