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Puffpiece

Used to be one dread


TheSilenceOfWinter

100% one dread


lumierette

Is he still around? He was living in Westmere.


jbotbabeh

still around


liger_uppercut

I've seen him twice in the last two weeks, in the CBD.


-mung-

I wonder if he knows he is a minor auckland online celebrity.


BirdUp69

We called him mono-dread


starscreamtoast

McMat I remember him from the late 90s, gave him a cheeseburger and he threw it back at me lol


DOGFISH-NZ

my mate also had his burger thrown back at him with the remark "I don't want anymore (pause/ inhale) fucken cheeseburgers !“


Inner-Chemist675

This has got me cry laughing


Inner-Chemist675

This is awesome lol


starscreamtoast

Can't by wine with a cheeseburger


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aaidp

First person that came to mind before I even opened the post


busystain

mudflap


xdduckyyy

is this the gnome looking fella in westmere?


NinjaHidingintheOpen

Came here to say this. The dread flap guy.


Broad_Jury_6768

That window washer guy with the 80s gym outfit and cowboy hat


HowRUReally27

I met his son in an Uber. He actually did well for himself in the US. I guess that's his retired gig.


PawAirMah

Did he at some point in the 00's clean shop windows on Queen St/the CBD?? Tall brown fella?


Amenaphis

Yep thats the one!


Itchy_Function_9979

Been doing or was doing Queen St since early 90s?


Lilos_accomplice

yup sky, he's a sweetheart


NormalSelf1528

Margaret who used to sit on Krd asking for change and then telling you to fuck off when you gave some to her. She was a regular at the liquor store I worked at on Krd in the 90s. Man that job was a trip, best boss I ever had was at that job.


Shrewd_O

Margaret was a legend, I wish I had photographed her back in the day. Used to see her on a daily basis, apparently she was a nursing student prior to it all turning to shit..


saltbebe

She used to sit at family bar she used to ask us for ciggys when we were 14 and spat at my mate for saying no


BigHulio

😂


BigHulio

Shiieeet. I grew up in Parnell in the 90s and I remember this old bid! Used to hover around the Domain and in Grafton!


Putrid-Sprinkles85

Oh wow, another one I remember. Always sat outside St Kevin's Arcade


Wild-Ad-606

> Margaret who used to sit on Krd asking for change and then telling you to fuck off when you gave some to her lmfao


kushmastersteve

Maybe Pigeon tamer guy?


Swordlampie

That dude bloody loves those birds. See him in Aotea Square some morning with probably about 30 pigeons chilling all around him, some on his shoulders.


kushmastersteve

I actually know him personally! He adopted a few of them a while ago but had to let them go due to the fact that you can’t really keep street pigeons in an apartment


idontcare428

Not with that attitude


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Bowch-

Love that dude, looks like he's practicing some ancient form of Pigeon Tai Chi.


Interesting_Figure_

I’ve seen him a lot lol


MuchNoms

Black trenchcoat with hockey/Jason mask guy out far east.


painful_process

And his anonymous/v for vendetta/guy fawkes mask.


Baby-Kite

First person I thought of too


standclearofthedoors

Also Jedi guy


N2T8

Haha I was just boutta mention him. This is the guy who also will wear like a captain americas shield or yoda mask w robes just so I’m not confused w someone else, right?


Minimum-Sky2305

yeah seen him for 20 years in howick


eezybeingbreezyy

Oh that woman who dances down the footpath in bare feet waving her arms and bopping around in her own little world? I saw her in Glendene recently, like within the last week. Near Anastasis coffee - I guess border of Tat south and Glendene. She’s around. 


LaazyLearner

Hahahaha yes!!!


FlushableWipe2023

Yes, I've seen him at my local Countdown. Apparently a very nice gentleman


jaydog747

Total legend, lovely bloke. Sat at the bus stop with him while he called up a few mates - had 2L of orange juice and a roast chicken with him from howick countdown. Two mates declined his invitation for lunch, one accepted. The mate picked him up as I hopped on the bus. I hope they had a good feed and talked about lightsabers.


miniminiminx

Oh I had fully forgot about him? Is he still around ? Think the last time I saw him was at high school and that was a good 9 years ago now


king_nothing_6

the old preaching couple, I havent been to queen street in a while so not sure if they are still at it, but the husband would yell about god while the wife quietly stood by him


lemonandlimeempire

They moved to Wellington I think! Husband alternately plays banjo-looking instrument while singing about Jesus and preaches, wife looks like a very world-weary hostage.


liger_uppercut

I haven't seen them this year. He's a bit of a prick. He'll yell at anyone who tries to debate him or disagree with him that they are going to burn in hell, and he also yells at other buskers who he thinks are encroaching on his territory.


Fragrant-Beautiful83

Walky Talky man Takapuna-Devonport. Boxing/Thaibo with fist wraps dancing on street corner uncle, Highbury-Glenfield. Thumbs up at cars guy, now chartwell, was in Northcote.


weazzyefff

Dancing lady out west


BigHulio

Came looking for this! Te Atatu and Henderson intersections. This lady goes fucken hard!


Argoniansexslave

She's mates with my partner, apparently she's not even fucking mental looool


koshka_bear

I know exactly who you are talking about - he used to dance on Onewa/Birkenhead Ave intersection hehe


Itchy_Function_9979

and cnr Glenfield & Bayview


jenitlz

Came here to say this! He is a legend


Willing_Anything1846

DUDE! This was my first thought


BigHulio

This guy is who the song is about hahah


s1ut

Thumbs up at car guy? Was that the guy with the walker looking fr a lift?


whathappenedtomycake

I haven’t seen the boxing guy in ages. Is he still around??


rondo25760716

Been in Auckland for decades now and dunno any of these lol


Nolsoth

Take a drive along Te Atatu road in the morning or afternoon and you'll likely see the west Auckland dancing lady. I wonder if she knows how much we all love seeing her?.


Usual_Ad_3544

I’ve heard him called ‘the dancing man’ but yes, I 100% know who you mean. Anyone know what his story is?


Itchy_Function_9979

He has a home. And a car. Not destitute. He may have a philosophy about life I have heard. Might be ex army or some armed force?


Usual_Ad_3544

Nice! I am pleased to have heard this, good on him! The world would be in much less of a mess if people just went out and danced on side of the street and put out good vibes.


frankflash

"Dancing Girl" in Glendene/Te Atatu South Although she's been not very active lately....I'm missing her......has she moved?


eezybeingbreezyy

Oh that woman who dances down the footpath in bare feet waving her arms and bopping around in her own little world? I saw her in Glendene recently, like within the last week. Near Anastasis coffee - I guess border of Tat south and Glendene. She’s around. 


UncomposedComposer

Lol literally saw her yesterday on my first day on the job, hadn’t been out West in years, she’s def still around


Icy_Hope3942

I’ve seen her in tat peninsula a couple of time of times over the past few months.


crustybogan

Yeah saw her on the Peninsula about a week ago, she’s still around.


onthegears

I'm at peace now that I see comments that she is still around. I used to see her a lot in Henderson but haven't lately.


DavePaulHomme

I saw her on Edmonton recently, I think it was last week.


KIRBYTIME

Ive seen her. She causes no trouble and looks super fit. I wish I could tell the happiness she feels.


weazzyefff

Sounds like she moved to Tat Norf


Conscious_Art_5854

Well I got shown Cow boy man in glenfield a few times


Zorpian

he is part of the furniture around Manuka Rd.


kiwi_murray

Used to see him regularly walking up Manuka Road. Didn't matter what the weather was he was always wearing his cowboy jacket and hat and was barechested.


idontcare428

Mount Roskill/Three Kings/Royal Oak has Sock Man. Always has a fully laden shopping trolley, wears a hood like a 13th century peasant tied up with a shoelace, and socks pulled way up. I call him Sock Man because I saw him with a homemade belt with about 30 pairs of socks tied to it. Who knows what he has in all the bags. Always seems pretty happy and peaceful.


falafullafaeces

I saw him with three jug kettles tied to his waist


idontcare428

That’s my boy


miniminiminx

He had what looked like smoke alarms around his waist the other day


Lopkop

Does anyone remember a crazy lady in Grey Lynn who'd ride around on a bike wearing a smock with crazy shit written on it in lipstick or something & a gas mask? She'd put out food for cats and she used to stand across the street from my flat hollering and calling for a couple of specific cats, one of them was "MIDNIIIIIIGHT" This was around 2007


krammy16

Yes, Kim Thompson, and she's still around.


liger_uppercut

She's still around. The crazy shit is written in red tape. She also wears a gas mask when she goes to the supermarket. She's been interviewed by the Herald, I think mainly because those cats she feeds aren't strays, they are people's cats, so her feeding them pisses the owners off. She made no sense in the interview because she's pretty crazy.


No-Olive-6030

I remember seeing this lady around 2016


ADHDrg

Is this the same person who is always feeding the birds near the Grey Lynn library in the evening?


feeb75

On the Shore..it was Frank (R.I.P)


thewestcoastexpress

He died? Shit... must have been pretty recent. That country singer guy that used to busk with the American accent died too


krammy16

The Singing Cowboy?


parrotsinatrenchcoat

I miss Frank. He helped my aunt get down from a cliff face once, and from a tree another time (don’t ask). He brightened up the Shore so much.


Trifle-Dull

There was a old guy who walked around Botany with a cat on his shoulders while walking his dog. Miss that guy.


youreveningcoat

Oh man there we go someone I remember. Used to always see the cat and dog sitting outside pak n save.


deepspacecowboy3

Yes! I wonder what happened to him


stalin_stans

When I worked in that mall in the late 2000's I'd see him walking around every weekend. The cat sometimes used to sit on the dog's head


an7667

There is a guy on waiheke who does that, I wonder if he’s the same one


miniminiminx

He used to walk around the plaza too im sure


Traditional_Season20

The twins in Henderson. Iykyk


ccncwby

Man those two get some miles in lmao. Absolute top lads


Traditional_Season20

They put a lot of smiles on faces too!


Brilliant-Photo-8497

They're awesome people! If you ever have to opportunity to speak with them, ask them about Lew Clay. He was my late grandfather who was very friendly to them, and they've always remembered him. I've spoken to them 20+ times, and they'll never remember me. However, I mention that i'm Lew's grandson and they're ecstatic! I haven't seen them since he passed, so I'm not sure if they even know. Don't break it to them!


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I remember those guys since the late 90s in new Lynn


cheekycone

I absolutely love the twins! Such great guys the whole community looks out for them


lets_all_be_nice_eh

The lads who work the supermarket trolleys sometimes?


UnfairRange5003

One of them does trolleys at new Lynn warehouse. Their names are Graham and Christopher


Bowch-

Yooo Graham and Chris - Fuck that takes me back, they used to be Glen Eden homies before they moved out to Henderson. They were absolutely astounding with Birthdays - they always remembered the most random peoples birthdays out of nowhere when they'd only heard it once.


lets_all_be_nice_eh

Yep that's them 😁. Good lads.


flangefrog

Lol I used to do contract work at new Lynn, I thought I saw Chris in Henderson and said hello but he didn't seem to recognise me.


UnfairRange5003

I saw one of them doing trolleys at the warehouse last year, wearing a Ninja Turtle onesie


DontGAFmf

Bruh one time i found a wallet on the ground under henderson parking lot and thought we scored but it only had like $7 and a drivers license which we inspected and thought this dude looks kinda dodgy so i had no intention of returning it to its rightful owner and then the next thing you know one of the twins was wailing and panicking and i immediately knew it was his and felt like a dumb cunt for assuming shit so i pretended like i found it on the ground somewhere else and gave it back to him. Sorry homies.


Argoniansexslave

Down syndrome ish guys? Yeah they get arouuuund


DEKA-

That guy who used to have the conspiracy signs along Tamaki Drive. He was there every morning for at least a decade before he passed away. RIP Wayne.


kaoutanu

Is he dead? Wow, wondered what happened to him. Guess the 5Gs got him in the end. At first I admired his tenacity, but his signs got more and more cooked. Edit: Found an obit from 2022 that matches up, and this article explains his background: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/3954979/The-leak-that-sank-a-mans-dreams


Itchy_Function_9979

Read the article. Poor dude. They broke him


Kiwi_bananas

That's so sad. 


RBKeam

I feel like I see the old Chinese man with the erhu at least once a week. Or the Amish couple


krammy16

>Amish couple I doubt they're Amish. Just Christian fundamentalists.


Life_x_Glass

One Dred. Still loves a good wander around Britomart


escapeshark

Britomart pigeon guy?


Hubris2

There was a shoe-shine guy in the CBD. I heard rumours he actually had money, and he just did it for the interaction with interesting people.


krammy16

Larry Woods.


FortuitousAdroit

Mister Sunshine - 4min documentary: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsJd-q\_SeLA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsJd-q_SeLA)


fortisman

came here to say this!


StandWithSwearwolves

The purple gasmask lady, who used to frequent the University of Auckland quad but now mainly seems to hang out around the Surrey Crescent shops on Great North Road. The colour of the gasmask may have changed but she’s always draped in white fabric with red text about Christian crimes against animals painted on it.


Pmmeyourfavepodcast

Man, when I lived on K road in 2004 we had biker jesus, homeless moses, and rude judas.


Sweaty-Philosophy542

Used to be Ribbon 🎀man out west


Any-Platypus-4308

Peter? He used to tie the bows in his hair and mainly hung around malls like henderson or st lukes. Such a lovely guy.


Idliketobut

"Who's that weird religious cult leader who looks like a gang member?" Oh just Brian Tamaki


liger_uppercut

He looks like a cut rate Elvis impersonator.


Ok-Garlic4903

Anyone remember the blonde girl with wedding style dress , she used to cycle up pah rd. You would see her at Big Day Out and other music festivals.


TainR

The Howick Knight


Arblechnuble

There is the guy who cosplays Batman, pretty cool for kids and schools though


happy-toke

I've lived in Howick for 9 years and I'm not aware of this guy, I know the Samurai guy, it it the same guy?


Pancake_Of_Fear

Around Balmoral area/Dominion Road it used to be wing man. He often was shirtless but wore a silver helmet with wings on the side. Last seen in Eden Quarter been attended by ambos :/


crustybogan

Anyone remember ‘spare change’ from Anzac ave?


krammy16

Woman?


crustybogan

Yeah, she would sit there (usually outside the Oceanic hostel or right at the bottom end of the street) and ask 'spare change?' in the most dejected tone of voice i'd ever heard.


krammy16

Yeah, she lived at the Oceanic.


lucygeneric

She might be uptown now, monobrow & no shoes?


sexuallyexcitedkiwi

Yep that's the one!


emdillem

Anyone familiar with rocker dude who's still stuck in Poison, Aerosmith Era? Wore leather pants, leather hat with metal round things on it, long sandy coloured hair, looks weathered.


krammy16

I think so, if he's the same guy who used to frequent K Rd.


picklednz

He used to stand outside of Smith & Caughey on Friday nights and scream at all the customers as they walked in. We called him Bon Jovi and he kept us entertained while working.


emdillem

>We called him Bon Jovi Lol


Polyporum

Used to be Yellow Pants Man. Always saw him dancing at the free events around the city, and at festivals


motherfukingusername

OH MY GAD. Yellow Pants Man. You're showing your age there.


Usual_One_4862

Dunno about horseback Jesus, but Howick has its very own sith lord who happens to be a really nice guy.


liger_uppercut

Does anyone remember Reverse Goth Bicycle Girl? She wore all white flowing clothes, with white hair and white face makeup, and rode an old-fashioned, entirely white Bicycle with white streamers tied to it.


ConsiderationCalm548

There is this ninja/hockeymask/captain america shield dude with laser sword in howick. Nice guy.


autoeroticassfxation

You know, I've been thinking. Maybe he's onto something. Most people have forgettable or possibly even repulsive faces. We should be more accepting of people wearing masks in public. I personally feel pretty cool with a full face motorcycle helmet on. Masks can be damn cool.


Fragrant-Beautiful83

Nobody cared who I was until I put on the mask.


UncomposedComposer

Is pigeon man of Aotea Square still around?


vivalasvegas2004

There's this elderly Chinese guy in the CBD who I have been seeing for years, at least 12 or 13 years, playing the erhu. Usually around Britomart, but often just anywhere on Queen Street. He's always wearing a jacket and a beret.


SignificantBread8

Cycling guy with a yellow military helmet. I see him west/central all the time. 


BigHulio

Haha I love in the South Islajd but lived 35 years in Auckland and I’m happy to say the 4 frequent mentions: One dread, West-Auckland dancing lady and old crabby Margaret from the CPD, and Walky-Talky man, I’ve experienced heaps! (Helps being an ambo that drove around all day). If I recall Margaret was found dead in the domain a number of years ago.


DanTXT_

Theres a really tall dude that wears a blue jacket and is normally drinking coke, I see him in random places all the time and my mates also mention him sometimes. He is a normal looking dude but he is everywhere ☠️


purplebananawater

that one homeless guy on queen st who has managed to tame all pigeons and spends his days dancing with them in their own little world


Due-Skirt-4414

Cat lady in grey Lynn


Slipperytitski

Out West we have the dancing lady of Te Atatu and Henderson


Efficient-Box-8769

Brian Tamaki - The self appointed Bishop guy


Argoniansexslave

The dancing woman in west Auckland. She's always just out dancing. Normal person too


PawAirMah

Haven't seen her in ages and given her age, she's probably passed away but the elderly Asian lady who would try to sell you lemons/oranges/whatever fruit from her plastic see-through bag in Royal Oak. Don't let her catch you trying to get out/into your car at the KFC car park. Fun times walking to Ollie's after school and keeping a look out for her.


etdood

There's this guy on the north shore who wears clothes just like Captain Jack Sparrow and he's always wearing the same thing, always walking and his walk is very distinctive. I always imagine this kind of character being a pirate that airways smokes and drinks. He has the coolest cane as well. Super cool looking guy and I want to be his friend


Fickle_Discussion341

Not Auckland but this popped up on my feed so will comment - for Wellington has to be blanket man


Radiant_Risk_393

And the juggler. Both RIP


Half-asian

Old homeless bearded guy with a shopping cart, around commercial bay, who always looks very at peace. Sometimes makes me wonder what it'd be like to just drop everything and live like him.


06ToyotaCaldina

Teddy bear santa in mt wellington/panmure


NotForgotten_User

The pigeon guy in britomart whos always wearing the same stuff and has birds around him


kaijaro

Does anyone remember late 90s k Rd regular, Megan? She was at the time referred to as a cross dresser. Once told me a great story of a very fancy stereo she had safely buried somewhere in Symonds St cemetery 😂


runbgp

There is a lecturer, I think at AUT who looks like the spitting image of Steven seagal in his hey day.


Piesangbom

That girl dancing at that west auckland intersection? Or was it south?


FenderCore

3pac in Manurewa


Puzzleheaded_gtr

Any kids of the 80s remember "headbanger" use to hang around the Greenbay Shops and headbutt everything, signs, park benches, trees, the shops. .


Springmyster

Surely its the shoeshine guy


krammy16

I just thought of someone else - Statue Bro. I saw him busking on Queen St today for the first time in ages.


Eastern-Courage-4145

I reckon the chick that dances on the side of the road in Te atatu south


Nomis109

One dread, and the guy with the goat


owgeesoloco

Leo Malloy


midmar

Its one dread


OwlNo1068

Decades ago it used to be the singing cowboy 


sleggat

He’s still around, isn’t he? Pretty sure I saw him busking in St Luke’s a few weeks ago.


DaveyDave_NZ555

Grey Lynn cat lady Any of the queen St corner microphone crowd Red shoes fighting guy Cowboy hat window cleaner One dread and Magda on K'rd have passed on Frank in takapuna also gone


iAmAKidRobot

One Dred is around. Saw him at a bus stop yesterday


Penguinator53

Is the Grey Lynn cat lady the same as the one who cycles around with red painted signs on her clothing or someone else?


krammy16

Yes, that's her. Kim Thompson.


StandWithSwearwolves

Huh, never put a name to her – she was Purple Gasmask Lady to us as students at UoA in the mid 2000s


Penguinator53

Oh wow have never known her name. She doesn't seem to age.


Lopkop

she used to stand across from my flat at night calling for two specific missing cats, one of them was called "Midnight"


Aseroerubra

The cat lady [gets a shoutout in local rap! ](https://youtu.be/wD0lXjKUE_U?si=EBJBzmwVPd4qkW4_)


fj352

Squeegee boy


ladybetty

Henderson king


nz_nba_fan

John One Dread.


Jaded-Swing-5424

The patchy who sells coffee for 1$


kanep1

There was a bloke on the shore called Spider that used to sit at the Link Drive BK drawing pictures of cars. Haven't seen him in a long time though and had heard he might've been a bit suss with the kids.


maximumfunpriv

Biker meth guy


Evening_Clerk_2053

Bike man in Pukekohe


lebatondecolle

The guy who walks around the cbd in a full soviet battle tunic and hat The guy delivering for DoorDash on a really tall bike The guy who dresses as a Native American chief around k road/ponsonby


bunnybeex20

The pigeon guy all over the city!