"A real lonely person is lonely in a crowd" now that is some wisdom...

@Swtorswtor

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed :)

@BlueHopi144

7 жыл бұрын

neither do i .....be in the world but not form the world .

@Swtorswtor

7 жыл бұрын

I prefer to be alone, people confuse me. i like people but hate interacting with them.. Being alone dont have to be a negative thing if you have the right mindset :)

@Karmakaze

7 жыл бұрын

So true.....

@ppumpkinhead937

7 жыл бұрын

haha I love this :D

It's bizarre that I clicked on this vid. I had no idea it was based in NZ and didn't at all recognize the word mahana, but as soon as the video started playing I realized I'd met this man earlier in the year. I was at a family party thing wearing a tye die shirt that I did myself and he was beyond impressed. my father lived at mahana as a rebellious teenager. I really can't believe I accidentally clicked on this.

@Rabidpanduhs

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome 'coincidence', thanks for sharing ^-^

@moerkensL

5 жыл бұрын

Your dad went from The Netherlands to NZ to live a rebellious life?

@pacifysoothingvibe9761

5 жыл бұрын

This place is awesome❤

@ouustin2211

5 жыл бұрын

r/quityourbullshit

@Sda-vh1or

5 жыл бұрын

Even I live in NZ and have never heard of Mahana

A house in New Zealand cost $1500 to $3000 per square meter to build and there's a housing shortage, destroying those houses is such a crime.

@tim3854

4 жыл бұрын

well that is the world, a big crime scene

So it sounds like Arthur is the last free and true person and on the right path

@pacifysoothingvibe9761

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@PrinceJes

5 жыл бұрын

False

@user-nx9vp1mp2l

5 жыл бұрын

It’s insane that most people think like you.

@pacifysoothingvibe9761

5 жыл бұрын

נח not insane at all it id what it is!

@user-nx9vp1mp2l

5 жыл бұрын

Pacify Soothing Vibe And what is that supposed to mean...

I love how friendly and peaceful this guy is. I hope the community problems can get resolved, because I'm genuinely sad that his beautiful home is being disrupted (especially with him being elderly) in such a way that seems to be clearly depressing him, and no wonder. I couldn't believe how rude the guy was to him at around 9:45. And his response was so measured and polite! I haven't finished watching the video yet, but I felt the need to comment. I'm fascinated and depressed by this at the same time. I hope he's doing okay today, man.

@Ella7194

7 жыл бұрын

effluviah ,you said exactly what I was thinking and feeling. I wish him all the best and continued blissfully long long happy life 💝

@brainflash1

7 жыл бұрын

"He hasn't tried to reach out... we don't want him around our kids." Why? Because he's fine with having neighbors and you're afraid that will rub off on them?

@jamerlybob28

7 жыл бұрын

Nick Butler he was running the half marathon here in Wellington yesterday

@EsmagaSapos

6 жыл бұрын

@Nick Butler and @james daly Nice to know his okay. His apart of an old generation that founded those ideals for the right reasons, nowadays some younger generations like the way things were but they don't want to change certain fulcral aspects in there life. Would be nice if you guys keep us updated. Cheers!

@cruelty113

2 ай бұрын

I agree, I think that rude guy has a very toxic additude and I think he and his friends run people out by making all these excuses that people are stealing. When it's really them causing problems. Vandalism on a house is probably not all they do. I like Arthur. He seems like a kind gentleman. 🙂

this is the only person who knows how to use ironic shirts...

@GrandmasterFerg

7 жыл бұрын

Perfection haha

@fengkorberfer

7 жыл бұрын

^Not a bad looking guy for his age.

@DavidLee-fo6gd

6 жыл бұрын

"They are so poor all they have is money" this man is clearly rich in his heart

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

@@fengkorberfer I find him very attractive in many different ways. If I was single and living in NZ I would love to go find him and end my days with him

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLee-fo6gd one of my favourite sayings!

Arthur's a legend. Honour. I am still trying find a community like this. Would love to live in it for the rest of my days.

What a well spoken, well experienced, humble, noble, charitable, down to earth, peaceful man!!!! The world could do with a lot more Arthur's.... I am going to visit this beautiful place in a week or two

@ASmellySmellThatIsSmelly

Жыл бұрын

Did you go, and did ya die? Lol

It's called the last man of Mahana because he (Arthur) is the only one to live by its values anymore.

@Korronikov

6 жыл бұрын

TheMoustachedMiner thanks I didn't know what the fuck was going on.

@SylasTheGreat

6 жыл бұрын

Shaggy Korronikov Hahahaha. *Insert John Travolta looking around meme*

@itshexon

6 жыл бұрын

*Minecraft avatar*

@diegosilva3927

6 жыл бұрын

Hex Tafuq you have against the *BEST GAME EVER MADE?*

@itshexon

6 жыл бұрын

Diego Silva Roblox 4 life.

He's old and has ZERO regrets. Goals

@theb1rd

7 жыл бұрын

He's old and has zero, period. Productive years squandered on hippie bullshit, now scratching in the dirt at a centuries-stale standard of living.

@LavionsOregon

7 жыл бұрын

He has zero? He is happy, thats what money cant buy you. Like it would matter what you have after death.

@colto2312

7 жыл бұрын

I find this thinking funny, It's always a race with humans. Who can live the longest, who can have the most shit, who can be the most fit, funny, smart... ect. The day humans live to not impress others, but impress themselves is the day we begin making progress as a collective.

@colto2312

7 жыл бұрын

White Boy what's tumblr? Like a rock tumbler? That's a wierd place to put words, do I like print off the words, or just stick my phone in there with this thread pulled up?

@c.u.r.c.c.6901

7 жыл бұрын

theb1rd that man has zero? lol he prolly has a lot more than you will ever have with that way of thinking

Anyone else glad that this was in their recommended?

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!!!!🧙🏾‍♂️

I wouldn't mind living out in a community like that! If there is ever an apocalypse communities like that will be the ones to thrive and survive

Great documentary Vice. "A real lonely person is lonely in a crowd". Thats a nice closing statement.

@Insert639

7 жыл бұрын

If he were me in that situation, he'd already have pulled the trigger, or jumped-off the chair....

@taitheguy85

7 жыл бұрын

That's what he says at the end. He's not lonely just cuz he lives alone. & if he really were lonely, not even a crowd of ppl would change that.

@TheJumpingJake

7 жыл бұрын

You can be happy alone, but never happy lonely. You can be happy in a crowd, but never happy lonely in a crowd. Self happiness in the key

@Insert639

7 жыл бұрын

Except, only lonely people have yet to find that key. TheJumpingJake

@jiyar8903

7 жыл бұрын

Ya

What a legend.

@fengkorberfer

7 жыл бұрын

proper ledge

Arthur is a real good old man...his got a good humble heart...your awesome Arthur..👍never mind what people say about you.....you still doing great hats off to u oldman..👍😔

I want him as my teacher.. this guy knows things about life that none of the people I've ever encountered will ever know. He has a perfect structure for the society. He is not lonely. Only if he was listened.I could talk to him for ever.

Happy to see Gandalf is now living in Mahana...

@school_pizza

6 жыл бұрын

Philippe Trotier that movie was filmed in New Zealand sooooo

@ugandanknuckles381

6 жыл бұрын

Yes he was one cast in that film

@jamesp4521

6 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be sick if he started to whistle, and a giant white horse comes crashing through the bushes?!

@JakeGiu

6 жыл бұрын

Philippe Trotier Gandalf let himself go 😭

His voice needs to be in video games

@biggybwana6304

7 жыл бұрын

Joryah X Far Cry.

Arthur is the purest human we must protect him at all costs

Lived at Mahana for a few years on & off as a teenager in the 90's was a great place but factionalism & paranoia brought out the worst in a lot of people went to a reunion some years later & was absolutly shocked at the state of how people there had grown into enemies it was never all peace & love hippi dippi but at least there was respect & some bounderies now it looks like a totaly different less pleasent place to be for the sake of residents former & current i hope it finds a way to pull out of feuding snake syndrome (i remember when Rose Arthurs granddaughter was born he would sit with her in his shirtless arms singing out front of cookhouse glad to see he wore clothes for interview)

@wolfgangsimonsiv9444

5 жыл бұрын

kinda like true communism can never work because of human nature.

@philippe9604

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, like Terrence Mckenna once said: "The people that invented the concepts of democracy or marxism clearly haven't met a human before" ;)

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

Borders and boundaries seem to be one of the problems

@pfupftheman

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Karl, i am in New Zealand right now, and i would love to go to Mahana and meet Arthur... but i cant really find the exact location anywhere.. could you maybe give me a road name or something that i could find it? Would be greatly appreciated!

@karlashdown5228

5 жыл бұрын

@@pfupftheman go to coleville top of corro peninsula & ask at general store that's how I found the place hitching around NZ

Even though he has come to terms with it, I can't imagine how it must feel to watch such a close knit community gradually fade. I'd like to think that even though it's all gone, the base of the ideal upon which it was built on still lives on, in him. Fuck, I think I finally got the title

@SylasTheGreat

6 жыл бұрын

Kyle Le Roux You indeed did! :)

@jesus4602

6 жыл бұрын

It’s not all gone if he brought people into it.

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

@@jesus4602 there's a Facebook support group. Gofundme would be better.

Vice is back boys! Great documentary, really reminds me of what vice used to be

@OakedRS

7 жыл бұрын

evs251 TRUE. I wish Vice would read people's comments..they'd see how often people yearn for the old vice.

@masonkim7

7 жыл бұрын

it's called evolution.

@nedisahonkey

7 жыл бұрын

name Its called selling out (quite literally) and being compelled to make content that makes the most money versus quality content.

@XDivineintervensioNX

7 жыл бұрын

+Ned Gold oh fucking Boohoo that's how the world works. who the fuck wants to work for a community that has trashed them every video that came out, I remember "vice is becoming shit" "what the fuck they uploading now". now they sold out the same people are complaining vice is selling out. Get fucked

@nedisahonkey

7 жыл бұрын

Heil DARKSEID You work for them or something? And there are plenty of people or originizations that sell out to media conglomerates and keep their integrity. It's just ironic (but beautifully fitting) that a publication that started out as counter cultural and anti corporate would sell out so spectacularly, but I guess that's true for ALL of generation X.

In terms of the kids leaving, People have to understand this. The only reason that community is there is because a group of like minded people came together, said X, Y and Z is what is wrong with the world and created that community. The kids grew up in that community but didn't share the world grow their parents had adopted. They saw the life and opportunity that the outside world held and rightly left. They're their own people and they hadn't been through the life exspereinces that had shaped their parents. They had to shape their own philosophy and their parents had no right to force theirs on their children. The only way the community would have survived is if their parents went with a cult like approach and isolated themselves fully and kept their children ignorant, in which case they would have failed as parents.

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

Yup kids always think they know better than their parents until they become parents themselves. Then even some still think it until their very last breath and then they say.....ohhhh, now I understand!

@tankofun

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatchouliPenny its the pervasive rebellious attitude. its not just between kids and parents.. but its also between current and older generations, i am speaking of ancient and modern time. we think we are right and we throw away "ancient traditions" because we deem them vile, repulsive or simply wrong. turns out, they are right... well, most people live their lives never finding out, those who deal with the problems the current status quo poses, figure it out...

@PatchouliPenny

4 жыл бұрын

@@tankofunI'm fascinated and enjoy learning about ancient traditions

@tankofun

4 жыл бұрын

​@@PatchouliPenny good for you...

@crunchybrains

3 жыл бұрын

This dude is my grandad and my dad loved living there when he lived there

He says he's not lonely, but I can feel his pain through the camera. Sadly, a community without rules doesn't quite work. It always collapses in the end.

@earugo2531

6 жыл бұрын

LetoZeth the are rules.

@clevernamehere

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think his pain is bc of loneliness. I think he's just sad bc the place he loves isn't full of life and love anymore. And that's a reflection of the world. Unfortunately a sad refection.

@johntore8119

5 жыл бұрын

Because people are shit heads if only we could help and love another. No one is saying you have to be perfect but look back in the glory days people would just cook for Each-other but no one was obligated

@tyrozinehappykitchen

5 жыл бұрын

It has rules lmao

@tim3854

4 жыл бұрын

s community without rules aye... that is earth (they are not kept by those in power)

must admit this is the first vice videos i've enjoyed in years

@MrGabiiiii94

7 жыл бұрын

If you haven't enjoyed any of their videos for years why were you stil subscribed? Just saying. For me if a channel starts uploading shit i dont like i will unsubscribe after a 1 or 2 weeks.

@Naturaldnb

7 жыл бұрын

cool bro

@wesleydunphy9182

7 жыл бұрын

yeah but I bet you still watch all their videos.

@jaygee5344

7 жыл бұрын

You do know if someone is not subscribe they can still watch their videos right?

@CIARUNSITE

7 жыл бұрын

Wesley Dunphy I would guess not since there's been plenty of good shit, although not nearly as much as before the HBO show. On the other hand he's probably just another one of the thousands of triggered edgelords voting and commenting on all these videos they claim to hate.

I love how David Prisk goes on about how Arthur is lonely and hasn't established relationships with people in Mahana and then immediately follows that up with " we don't want him around our families". which one is it fucker. those are two very different things.

Fantastic documentary. Such a shame. *Long live King Arthur!! King of Mahana* 👑

Arthur reminds me of father time who got stuck in the Jungle and just wanders in the present. It's kind of brilliant.

I love how homeboy had his smoke and wine room lol

@peterr6205

7 жыл бұрын

When did they say that it tore the community apart?

@jake98161

7 жыл бұрын

+fakeaccount8888 he knows the herb is the truth

@Gufberg

7 жыл бұрын

What? You're grasping at straws. How did weed have anything to do with it?

@cooliodiablo6117

6 жыл бұрын

None of these comments make sense

In the beginning you kinda feel bad for this man. He is longing for the past, daydreaming of what happened and isolating himself in the hope that maybe one day it will come back. So it makes you feel bad to see him like that - with the dream of what was there. But then I heard his ending lines, and I understood what he said; he's exactly where he wants to be...

Maybe living in an anarchist community isn't for you David? Because that's the whole point of a community like that and if you can't deal with it you'd be better off living on a local housing estate. I hope Arthur finds some proper people to move in and protect the place. It's very sad that there are so many Davids in the world and so few Arthurs so that every anarchist community at some point has to fight the Davids.

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

@Jesse Campbell it's not my nature! .... maybe I'm not human. Boy I'd be proud if that were true

Such an interesting accent. I hear Germsm, Australian, New Zealand, Scottish and British. And ribbons of Irish and Welsh.

@lauravanderzee4137

5 жыл бұрын

I hear Dutch. And the name sounds Dutch as well.

@HiHi-gn2dw

5 жыл бұрын

Laura van der Zee That’s because New Zealand is named after Zeland in The Netherlands. Dutch explorer (Abel Tasman) was the first European to discover New Zealand, but he didn’t go ashore. 100 years later English Explorer (James Cook) went ashore and became the first European to step foot on New Zealand and here we are now. That’s why we speak English and not Dutch. Nothing Dutch about this country apart from our name. The Maori (indigenous people) however were the first to discover and settle down in New Zealand (Aotearoa is the Maori name for NZ) and came here in about 1300. Tasman discovered in 1600 then Cook came in 1700.

@lauravanderzee4137

5 жыл бұрын

O I just read that he's originally from Belgium. Close. And thanks for the info.

@HiHi-gn2dw

5 жыл бұрын

Laura van der Zee Tasman from Belgium? I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re talking to someone who is from this country and that knows about this country’s history and the people that made it today. I’ve never learnt or heard anything about Tasman being born or having any ties to Belgium.

@lauravanderzee4137

5 жыл бұрын

My intentions are friendly haha, I'm not trying to win an argument. Do I really come across like that? If so, I'm sorry. It's great to know so much about your country. I meant Arthur. From this video. I read somewhere that he's originally from Belgium. Then again, I don't know the guy but the accent makes sense.

imagine all the acid trips that were had there from the 70s through to the 90s

@wilhelmu

6 жыл бұрын

implying the trips are still not going on

@bash6555

5 жыл бұрын

OHHHHH BOY

@pvnsau5062

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 first thing I thought when I seen them all together in that photo

@memelovzky21

5 жыл бұрын

You know it lol

@lordwater4184

5 жыл бұрын

In order to see how calm and beautiful it is 💧😋

The people burning down houses should be tried as criminals. They are destroying free property, and the environment around that property by releasing toxic fumes and waste. Bring back mahana 2017.

@joeblack4436

7 жыл бұрын

Nobody owned the house or owns the property it is located on. I mean it's not nice, but I doubt it can be considered illegal.

@insolentish4529

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Black so many places have open laws about starting any type of fire not being overseen by firefighters

@GrillinMahToast

7 жыл бұрын

it's still illegal to burn down structures lol

@tiagosuhet2101

6 жыл бұрын

That was symbolic. Burning houses was a way to stop people going there and living in a lie.

@c_m00

6 жыл бұрын

That just sounds retarded. living a "lie" lmao

Gandalf is real😱

@elhali8682

3 жыл бұрын

big fan

@NativeNarrator

3 жыл бұрын

LOTR was also shot in NZ

@woah459

3 жыл бұрын

more like radagast

very happy for arthur he is doing so well sending him love and gratitude

Was wondering how this guy supports himself...as soon as he lit up that joint at the end I had my answer.

@mrsoundrave1

7 жыл бұрын

self righteous is a bit strong to explain a man who knows how to enjoy himself

@M4T1J4P0

7 жыл бұрын

You are saying it like it's a bad thing.

@swagboyy571

7 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@m-tminds3929

7 жыл бұрын

it was probably tobacco jack ass

@stevehamilton8184

7 жыл бұрын

matthew warke or it could've been weed jackass

more stuff like this please vice

VICE , WATCHING U LIVE FROM GHANA WEST AFRICA ... I LOVE YOUR DOCUMENTARY ,MY WISH ONE DAY I WILL STAY IN MAHANA

@oliviagatesfe2634

4 жыл бұрын

Please join our page, facebook.com/393212937917105/posts/698542174050845/?d=n

My heart it's broken such a beautiful place forgotten in time

Gandalf got himself some badass tattoos

@lasercat3598

5 жыл бұрын

That's Dumbledore though.

I fucking love this man

Awwe u can see how much he loves children u can see the happiness in his eyes i hope people can live there again so he wont be so lonely

I am really moved by this story of Arthur and the Mahana people... Especially with Covid-19 happening right now... and how the Mahana way of life is a dream of the past, but perhaps it could manifest a new future? An old man, who has remained true, He’s Inspiring, he does not feel loneliness & experiences hostility in his community for being Free! Wow! Arthur you are a beautiful human being. Thank you for doing this documentary, I never knew this place existed.

@oliviagatesfe2634

4 жыл бұрын

Pls join ourvMahana interest group facebook.com/393212937917105/posts/698542174050845/?d=n

I went to the coromandel in NZ recently and stayed in the Mahana area (tapu-coroglen road) . I was camped with other people who lived there in caravans and old school buses which was really interesting to see. Driving on the dirt roads you come across a load of old hand built houses which always had old buses in the front garden from when they arrived in the 70s and stayed there. very beautiful place and lovely documentary.

This man's philosophy really resonated with me. I hope Mahana gains the success and proper, willing residents it deserves! :)

@aapkip130

6 жыл бұрын

Move there f*ing hippy, you would be happy we would be happy.

@SylasTheGreat

6 жыл бұрын

Let's all go! Who's down? I honestly am!!!

@jesus4602

6 жыл бұрын

I am...as long as I can bring my records!

@MK-hs9ck

6 жыл бұрын

Communism will never succeed, therefore Mahana will never succeed.

@lyric_cyril

6 жыл бұрын

Fyodor Dostoyevsky not on a global scale but with small off the grid communities it really isnt impossible. Of course the best possible way is a healthy mix of capitalism and socialism!

Shout out to you ! I hope with all that has happened and all that will , that you get what your searching for.. Good Luck Fam ! Much love from DC.. ☘️✨🏴‍☠️

I’m from New Zealand and I’m only just hearing about this now. Wow

I could sit and listen to him for hours. Very wise man, I can tell

"He hasn't established relationships with us....We don't want him around our families." Don't you think THAT MIGHT BE THE REASON why he hasn't established a relationship with you in any tangible way? Because you just tell him to go away all the time? Arthur seems like a genuinely nice guy. The other guy seems like some jackass who wants to live by himself in the woods and not pay taxes.

@joebazooks

7 жыл бұрын

amen

@John-wb1ny

7 жыл бұрын

hobo fosho the dude does has a point. If it's as easy as David says to get residency in mahana we all know people with shady backgrounds or overall shitty people would chomp at the bits to get in this kind of community. But I think this documentary isn't to show who is bad or good, just that mahana has changed. The community is no longer vibrant and now it has become a few families who live in a commune. Just a somber documentary really.

@RamblinVan

7 жыл бұрын

Rather than create some sort of gate and whatnot you just have to live with the shitty and shady people and let the good ones influence everyone into either being good or you systematically weed out the bad ones. While Slab City is mostly shady people, the honest worst of them all get weeded out and shunned by the rest eventually. Shit works out.

@sunlightdavid

7 жыл бұрын

You're so on point. I feel that Mahana and this documentary is poignant reminder that humans have evolved over time - perhaps with the force of technology, perhaps just urbanization and globalization. The community started because they were people with the same ideology. But today, this information spreads faster and invites visitors that are not necessarily people with the same ideology. I could imagine tourists who just want a taste of adventure with little regard of the culture here and of course punks that would tear down the place overnight. Arthur's wish for for the community to return to its initial form is a reflection of our wish for humanity to return to a time we are starting to forget.

@mariephoenix9401

7 жыл бұрын

Hypocrisy at its best...

He looks more like Gandalf than Gandalf himself

Cool place! Keep it going!

Im pretty sure that he is the villan from the last airbender that shoots things out of his forehead.

@beyondnames6442

7 жыл бұрын

BlackNekoChan He's Gandalf

@Saquan876

7 жыл бұрын

BlackNekoChan You mean Combustion Man/Sparky Sparky Book Man

@FoxyR

7 жыл бұрын

ohh shit!😂😂 you made me laugh so loud lmao coworkers looking at me weird now

@talhatariqyuluqatdis

7 жыл бұрын

BlackNekoChan YESSSS "Why once,with my trusty boomerang, i fought a man who firebended with his mind" - Sokka

@juliett5789

7 жыл бұрын

talha tariq Hahahahha yash

I like this guy a lot he seems really nice and kind and he deserves more respect from other people

thank you arthur , i hope you read this you are a grate man

video ad playing but i saw the thumbnail. i love him already

i don’t understand how people could neglect such a place. it is a paradise. you work for the good of the community, not for money and for yourself. if you could build it up again it would be a thriving community. hopefully it’s still intact by the time i’m old enough to move there. you’re doing great arthur. i respect him

@xXFartGarfUncleXx

6 жыл бұрын

Yes thats well and good but without a leading figure it will just end up crumbling down and it shows in this video.

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

@@xXFartGarfUncleXx well Arthur is the leading elder with the best intentions. Apparently there's a Facebook page for support. A gofundme would be better. At least 100 people have said they'd love to go and help him get it working again

@alessandrofirmani700

2 жыл бұрын

Paradise is an utopia that involves a selflessness that humans lack

That Dave guy isn't a wanker, He just isn't respecting the Mahana way of life, It's clear that he prefers to be isolated and private which is the exact opposite of why this land was freed. His reaction with Arthur is very revealing as he tells him he'll do the interview as long as Arthur isn't present, This man wants to govern the community and choose who can and can't live there, this goes against all the Mahana stood for.

@Eaode

6 жыл бұрын

Then you resolve that as a community. David was right in one thing: There needs to be precedent for how the community deals with newcomers and handles disputes like that. Communities can self-organize without the huge burden of modern laws and society but shrugging all of those off for "Total Freedom" is only the first steps. The new foundations of their small society need to be laid out in clear and lasting ways. But becoming an isolationist and purging "undesirable" elements by burning down and vandalizing property isn't the proper way to do anything. A community like this can only exist if it is that--a community. It needs communication between all its members, interdependence, and transparency.

@Philocyb1n

6 жыл бұрын

dave seems like the guy to just move there because land was cheap or pretty much free

@FeOfTheElement

6 жыл бұрын

i think you just proved he is a wanker, coming into the Mahana and disrupting all the stood for

@ilove2929

5 жыл бұрын

Well thats not the spirit when it was founded.

@nowammies9986

5 жыл бұрын

He's a freeloader

i live in new zealand, ive been near there how have i not heard of this

A genuinely endearing story

There are humble & Grateful people commenting here. PEACE to you all.POSITIVE ENERGY ' Thank you & Arthur may the laws of attraction be in your favour.

The guy and his wife didn't want Authur around. Then he goes on to say they think he is lonely and doesn't communicate with others. If you and all the others say :We don't want him around our families etc. How is he suppose to get to know everyone? They keep treating him like dirt. God Bless Aurthur and those who like him. Then bless everyone else who doesnt.

@sindras7974

6 жыл бұрын

ERose Gumbs Maybe, you do not know all story. Maybe , he are not so friendly like it seems.

@Clippidyclappidy

6 жыл бұрын

UAB Nero statyba lmao well considering the guy who is talking shit on the man is an arson who despises him and everyone else living near him, sounds safe to say he's the one with the moral high ground

@jacksonthemurican5634

5 жыл бұрын

We never see Arthur really interact with non camera people aside from the kid and the guy, I agree that ""Without You Present" is pretty harsh... but... There is alot of context here we don't have.

That 3rd eye! Amazing video!! 🙏

Beautiful place wish i could pack up and go there and stay lol love this guy hes so awesome :)

That is Robin Williams living there in Mahana.

@xXVScytheVXx

7 жыл бұрын

Gunner looks like Tom Hanks from Castaway

@BobRobie1

7 жыл бұрын

he does look like hin

@skynyrdnemoy2418

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not...

@betom19995

6 жыл бұрын

what if thats true. another robin williams in a different dimension. i wonder if we all have reincarnations of ourselves.

@agnel47

6 жыл бұрын

+Beto Martinez watching too much Rick and Morty?

"We don't see eye to eye." What, not even your third eye?

@DontJudgeMeRS

7 жыл бұрын

illdemoteu no one implied that it was funny.. obviously apart of you thought it was though

@addfuture

7 жыл бұрын

***** clearly 60+ people thought it was a bit funny. Maybe grow a sense of humour?

@MabzProductionz

7 жыл бұрын

7EvilAdams 4th eye

@hankeat

7 жыл бұрын

They look at each other with their browneyes.

@DanielJames97

7 жыл бұрын

Anuk Eye Yo fuk yo uso

Not Author or Martha..... Its definately Arthur. I wish all people were as good hearted as Arthur. Wow Mahana is sooooooo beautiful!

just beautiful......

David,move and leave Arthur in peace so he can bring Mahana back to it's former glory.

@alkalinemk1588

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao so it can be another socialist dump like skid row with human shit everywhere. You suck.

Real life Gandalf clone!

@jigsaw2.035

7 жыл бұрын

Yashi 🖱🖱🖱🖱🖱

@fromthedeserts

7 жыл бұрын

You mean Ganjalf right?

@studiovideoheads3662

7 жыл бұрын

It is the real Gandalf. Retired that is.. )

@OverlordZephyros

7 жыл бұрын

more like Radagast (the brown wizard)

@jesse-thalongway-jaie7055

7 жыл бұрын

Lord Zephyros why do he have to be brown

Im going to go to Mahana one day. Looks like a very interesting place. See you in April David

@tia5532

3 жыл бұрын

i wish you luck. im from new zealand and this is honestly my first time hearing about mahana.

This guys house is awesome

Let's get a team of people to help re build this place before a developer comes and ruins it

@joestichbury4298

7 жыл бұрын

Jake Kolberg I'd help out 👍

@stacib1199

6 жыл бұрын

Jake Kolberg id go n help!!!

@azrielr8439

6 жыл бұрын

I have always thought about starting a community like this in America.

@esrahtuala2370

6 жыл бұрын

👍🏽 from Auckland

@MichaelBrown-pq7li

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Bruce watch the video again Robert, to the end, all of your questions are addressed.

This way of living is beautiful. There should be more communities like this.

What a great guy, hope he finds some positive change in his life. Seems like a very wise man, would love to meet him.

Arthur is a legend!!

I often times find myself wishing for a life of simplicity such as this, derived of the dogmas and media propaganda and lust for nice shiny new things. The people that are bashing this man, what good does it do you to have such a closed mind about another man's happiness? Some people truly love life more by owning less. I don't know about anyone else, but i believe owning nothing and being absolutely happy with it is worth so much more than having it all and not giving a shit about others. You rock, dude! One of these days i too will live that lifestyle, truly happy and away from all of this modern bs. by the way, to those thinking im some 50 year old wannabe hippie, im 20 years old and have a nice job. It just seems as though modern life isn't where my happiness is. Peace and love

@Matt_Saucier

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Logan, I'm with ya. You should check this out theworldwalk.com/

@constructiveinterference7289

6 жыл бұрын

My life

@nachofranc2400

6 жыл бұрын

I feel you

@brentg6127

6 жыл бұрын

If this man was born with a billion dollars he wouldn't be here, he was born poor and went there, his shirt reads "Why can't I be rich" for gods sake lol. There is a reason nobody lives there anymore.

@nachofranc2400

6 жыл бұрын

Bee Gee how do you know? Many people that where very wealthy went for a life like this, also i would pay much attention to what his t-shirt says.. Because probable its the only one he has.... Also because its meant to be a joke...

This concept has been around since recorded history. The problem with Mahana is that they had no elected leaders or elders. Every Indian tribe had a chief and the elders had positions of authority due to their age and wisdom. If this process of authority is not established then you start to get manipulation by those that do not pull their weight. You end up with just a few that take care of many and no one has the authority to settle conflicts which will always arise.

@bushwhackedonvhs

6 жыл бұрын

Pilgrim777 Fundamentally you need hierarchy and leadership, but it is not necessary to have tyranny unless your society becomes too large.

@nnoffuture

5 жыл бұрын

Pilgrim777 bro the feminist don’t need no elders

@helenalford2831

5 жыл бұрын

The concept of anarchism is there are no leaders. The problem here is that David wants to be the authority and authority always leads to abuse of power. When you have elected leaders you have government, then you have tyranny and that then is not an anarchist community.

@Lazurath101

5 жыл бұрын

@@helenalford2831 what's the point of having an anarchist community if it can't even function properly?

@helenalford2831

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lazurath101 It stopped functioning when it stopped being an anarchist community, because a few individuals sought power.

i feel so enlightend

I wish your documentaries were longer. 😪😢

Just the way Arthur looks at people, and talks, you can tell he's the reasonable mind in the matter (and that he's certainly a wonderful person). And the other guy is garbage - the way he looks around, stressed, unable to look in the eye, bringing forth the excuses he uses to exorcize his guilt. Arthur is wiser and the second guy is just weak - free communities, in fact, end up attracting lazy people, and wiseguys, who just stick around to suck the community dry. For the moment, the cicle of Evil has planted it's roots in Mahana (in the same way good triumphed for many years). Another cycle will one day come. Five star documentary.

@MDud-pg2un

6 жыл бұрын

The first guy is a hippie lunatic, the second is a resposible father. Life is not a children story, some people are lazy and violent. If you had a child living there you definitelely would change your mind, this is the crucial difference between the two guys. One's family left to live their own life so the only person in danger is he himself. He can afford being an open-minded guy with open heart to anyone willing to live in Mahana. The second one has to think about his family too. Imagine living next to a bunch of vandals destroying property for fun and now imagine your daughter playing next to them. That's the problem of all those idealistic communes of "flower generation". In order to work all people must be willing to sacrifice for a group. All people living there must be decent people without flaws. And that's an utopy

@TheLuismaBeaTle

6 жыл бұрын

M. Dud the second guy decided to live in Mahana and attain Mahana rules. If he was so worried about safety he wouldn't have gone to live there in the first place. He's just a bad guy, preventing others from joining, disrupting the whole idea that the place was founded on.

@patrickhebdo5423

6 жыл бұрын

M. Dud where would you get the idea that his lifestyle is dangerous? He built his own home, and raised his children on principles of love and kindness. Let me guess, it's just because he smokes weed that he's a "hippie lunatic"...

@MLATX512

6 жыл бұрын

Arthur is an idealist, clearly. The other guy is a bit more pragmatic. The conflict is created because there are few laws or law enforcement. Meaning, there was no reasonable way in which to deal with accusations of theft. So, a kind of anarchic vigilantism filled the gap. On top of that, natural tribalism has taken place. I find it very telling that the other people on the land, the ones who reacted by destroying the house, they have kids. Children are very commonly victimized in situations like this by drifters who come through to take advantage of the lawless conditions. There is evil in the world beyond land ownership. Simply giving up ownership doesn't purge the evil in men's souls. Theft, abuse, pederasty, etc, those things do not hinge on land ownership. Signing a book isn't enough of a test.

@juanhurkdur6914

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's a key point to remember, Arthur DID raise kids there when there was an actual community that held values. Isolationists have since decided to move onto the freehold and decide to only protect what's "theirs". I am more inclined to not want to live there because of him than some vague fear of thieves. The decline of the cook house is the most telling sign.

memories , still can hear hoppy turning that sax into a fog horn lol , mahana had the best cook house in the country , we lived by the hall in Colville many years ago, still miss the place

@bash6555

5 жыл бұрын

nukerzero the first Then go back there and start over

@karlgray2351

5 жыл бұрын

Do you know how to get there or contact Arthur. I would love to give Arthur a hand fixing the place up some time. Its obviously a sensitive situation but if he is willing i would be.

@adminfenzexpo573

5 жыл бұрын

@@karlgray2351 Please join our page facebook.com/mahanalandcoromandel/

@PatchouliPenny

5 жыл бұрын

@@adminfenzexpo573 that is wonderful that there's a support group. I'm dead poor but also not on Facebook. Is there another way of just chatting with Arthur?

@adminfenzexpo573

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatchouliPenny Hi, I have him on fb but don't know if there is any other way sorry

Woww just to imagine so many pure hearted folks who simply wanted to live in peace, then here comes the bad apples. 😞 I'd love to meet Arthur and listen to his stories all night. 💙

What a gem

I love this old man. Beautiful solid man right there

David: "[Arthur] hasn't really established relationships with a lot of us. We don't want him around our families." The perfect example of the backwards mind of a land monopolist. How do you expect people to establish a relationship with you if you won't give them a chance?

@arturab976

6 жыл бұрын

Frank Howell these ppl make angry

@lordkira9791

6 жыл бұрын

David is a fucking scumbag I mean, my family and I are super cool with our neighboring families One of the reasons why we all chose NOT to make fences (unless you have a large dog that likes to spend much of its time in the yard then there needs to be a fence since there are many kids around This is all until we got someone like David that was trying to force all of us to build fences, make curfew rules around the neighborhood (uhh what?!), have all of us do our neighboring "duties" (i.e. neighborhood watch even though we all think it's unnecessary, clean the street which I am fine with, etc). only problem is, he and his family doesn't want to do those duties themselves because they are "busy". I don't even...

@animefreak8718

6 жыл бұрын

Frank your such a genuis lol😅😂 lol I love that joke bro hahhahahhahahhahahahhahahahahahahahaahahahaahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaahhahahahahahaahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhah

@peterkatipatapine76

6 жыл бұрын

Frank Howell as why he's moved away from people like yourself ignorant & arrogants along with materialism as you a judgmental man would never know his position.Meet the man before you judge a man is a saying my wise grandfather's & there father's alway lived & taught us by there.As for living in Mahana the new people living there are trying to do change what mahana stands for & made for free living for all whom decide to stay.You have these new residents paranoid from the outside world for what ....what have they to hide hmm. MAYBE you need to move Arthur is part of the land you arogant the persons.

@itsmebutwhoami8177

6 жыл бұрын

man fuck them if they kept that going for too long with me I'd write the hell out of their house

"Arthur"... today I have found One more hero! Love for the legend❤

Loved this story I'd live there if I was in NZ Respect!!

This is the kinda stuff that made me love vice. Keep it up guys :) !

Should I go live there

@Rygoat

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like now more then ever these sorts of communities could thrive gain, especially with things like solar panels and battery backups becoming cheaper and easier to DIY. Could have an off-grid and self sufficient community going. It's kind of always been my dream to have that kind of life. A friend/acquaintance just bought land in NZ too, im rather jealous of him for it

@web1187

6 жыл бұрын

smith wesson Me too!

@cameronmckeating3902

6 жыл бұрын

yeah h

@RedPlaystationController

6 жыл бұрын

Well you can't it seems because what the guy was saying in the video is that there is another person living there keeping new people from moving in by burning their settlements down. There's always that one guy to ruin everything.

@919ben919

6 жыл бұрын

i want to go there are some in america. i want to live like that

I love this guy's crazy Dutch New Zealander accent, I've never heard the combination before.

"THE REAL LONELY PERSON MEANS LONELY IN THE CROWD" this touched my soul.

This guy looks like the ice king

@TTuoTT

6 жыл бұрын

Who knows, who knows

@kyotodreams3306

6 жыл бұрын

alfie harris lol

@maryk.h7838

6 жыл бұрын

Where's Gunter?

@portcitypro.

6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit he does lol

@frankielopezzamudio4127

6 жыл бұрын

Wow I was thinking the same thing (x

The human condition. They talk about their things getting stolen and being raided but I think the people who live in Mahana completely forgot about the sole purpose of it. Mahana was created because they wanted to have free people to live on free land. Away from society, law, and societal regulations. I think Mahana would've worked if people left their connection with tangle goods and disconnected themselves from ownership of things. If people entered the community with an understanding of "what's mine if yours", to not hurt/ harm one another, and to hold strong communication, I think Mahana would be still flourishing today.

@ChrisPBacon-jl7oc

6 жыл бұрын

Janine McQueen ok you spend an entire 3 seasons planting growing and harvesting the food youll need to live for the year i come by your house and take it all becuase you said yourself you dont belive in owning the food. i take this and hoard it all and and dont let you have it back.

@ChrisPBacon-jl7oc

6 жыл бұрын

thats the problem with mohana

@jonathanstarsmoure5791

6 жыл бұрын

Chris I think you got it twisted. That's not the problem with Mahana, that's the problem with people. Mahana tries to discourage such traits by having members of the community freely give away what they worked for voluntarily, and by such merit every other person in the community will follow suit. But if one new member is disagreeable and disrupts that kind of connection then the community has the right to disavow that somebody. I think that's why mahana did not flourish, is because they were too forgiving, and the new people were too cruel.

@alphastateofmind4336

6 жыл бұрын

The leviathan took over.

@jonathanstarsmoure5791

6 жыл бұрын

MrBruceLee I acknowledge your points and should be considered factual. But Mohana did not fail, it's a good ideal, but the people in it ultimately failed. It stands on the premise that everybody who joins should work for the betterment of their community, and whatever they work for should go to that. And that includes lending a hand to the people who needs it. The keyword their is everything should work, and therefore already eliminating the leeches expecting those "handouts". So by having people voluntarily not working is failing the community, and by having the people not freely giving/helping community members who legitimately needs it is failing the community.

Looks like my home across the sea, Tasmania

Mahana is a vanilla Minecraft server and David is the griefer

@astoruby3008

7 жыл бұрын

fuck David, man

@dakila2012

7 жыл бұрын

i was thinking more like rust lol

@mathewwatters9743

7 жыл бұрын

Bruni omg yes

This is what retirement should look like.

@VictoriaWonders

6 жыл бұрын

lmao true

@illuminickiblanco

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Walking though mahanah must be like visiting the old abandoned fort you and you freinds worked on during the summer.

What a cool old spirit....

So this is in New Zealand. This guy looks like Gandalf the Grey. You cant fool me, vice!

@joeblack4436

7 жыл бұрын

And he lives in Bilbo Baggins' house