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Maunu Cemetery

Maunu Cemetery

Maunu Cemetery and Crematorium is situated 6.5km west of Whangarei in Cemetery Road off State Highway 14 (the Whangarei to Dargaville highway). It is set in over 90 acres of rolling countryside, with beautiful bush clad valleys and pockets of remnant native trees. The cemetery is maintained to a high

The Sandringham Spectre

The Sandringham Spectre

It is said that in the early hours of the morning the apparition of a man in his 30’s can be seen standing in the middle of the intersection of Balmoral Road, Pine Street and Eldon Road. He manifests himself briefly each night at various times, and it is said

Two more houses lost to developers – Ramarama

Two more houses lost to developers – Ramarama

Gordonton Cemetery – Waikato

Gordonton Cemetery – Waikato

Gordonton Cemetery is a small rural cemetery next to St Mary’s Church in Gordonton, Waikato.

Home of the Loom

Home of the Loom

 

Molloy’s Antiques Centre Investigation [Haunted Object experiment]

Molloy’s Antiques Centre Investigation [Haunted Object experiment]

Can spirits attach themselves to an item or location? Can an object become cursed, possessed or haunted? How could an object store something like that? If one item can hold an energy / curse / entity (in theory), what happens if a whole room is filled with these items? Would

Angry homesick doll yearns for the Highlands

Angry homesick doll yearns for the Highlands

I thought I’d share the story of this little girl that sits in my ‘’haunted items’’ room. I was hoping to return her back to her homeland of Scotland during a recent trip over, donating her to another researcher /haunted item collector over there, where she could hopefully be at

Mokena Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Mokena Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Haunted Auckland journeys to the historic and vibrant Spa town of Te Aroha to investigate the paranormal claims at this scenic hotel.

Lonely House – South Auckland

Lonely House – South Auckland

Thanks to Daniel at Aotearoa Abandoned for the heads up on this fascinating location.

Bastion Point Generator Room revisit

Bastion Point Generator Room revisit

We had a great day revisiting one of our historic local favs today. Every year or two, the team has climbed the central Auckland cliff-face to further document this old decommissioned WW2 Generator Room which powered the sea-facing searchlight which would scan the coast looking for intruders. From 1885 until

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Private Residence, North Shore – Auckland
Private Residence, North Shore – Auckland01/06/2014Investigations / Private ResidencesHaunted Auckland were called to look into mysterious on-going activity in the beautiful, but under renovation, North Shore bungalow. We have omitted any names, location specifics and personal details in order to maintain the privacy of our client. Investigators on the night – Mark and Barbara Weather Conditions on the night – Fine and cool Luna Cycle – First Quarter History The original house was built in 1936 and has been extensively renovated and modernised inside. The land it sits on is actually an old tennis court, which was originally owned by the family of three women that lived next door. The original owner was a boat builder, so had fantastic wood working skills, which was evident within the home. The original house was very small and has pretty much doubled in size during its 20 years of renovation. A garage has been added as a third level to the home. The outside areas have been extensively landscaped over a long period of time. There was only one other owner before the present owners. The current owners purchased the home 20 or so years ago from the son of the man that had actually built the home back in 1936. Current status An extra lounge/sitting room and a garage with internal access had been added to the front. The back of the house had been remodelled to make a bedroom larger, add a bathroom, a laundry and extend the kitchen/dining/living room. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large laundry, lounge, and a large open planned dining/kitchen/family type room and garage downstairs . Also a bedroom upstairs. The outside areas have been landscaped. Over the years the owners have added a pool, removed the shed and (about 3 months prior to our visit) removed the asphalt outside the master bedroom window, which they grassed and landscaped. The home was tenanted out for a few years before the new owners decided to move in themselves. Barbara – Of particular interest to me was the newly worked area right outside the master bedroom. Mark – The home was in obvious stages of reconstruction. Floor boards were uncovered, revealing the joins where the home extensions have been connected to the original building. Walls were un-papered and plastered, but it was clear to see that when this ongoing ‘work in progress’ was eventually completed it will be a stunning piece of North Shore real estate. Alleged activity Over many years various people (children and adults) who have lived in the house have claimed to have seen a “dwarf”. Dirty, dressed in miners working clothes and helmet, carrying a pick axe, seen in the bedrooms and in the hallway by the stairs. The young daughter continually reported “Mummy, Mummy there’s a dwarf at the end of my bed!” Several people have seen a ‘miner’ dwarf in the front bedroom and by the stairs. He has been described as looking like ‘he belonged in a fairy tale’. The woman’s daughter was the first person to speak of the dwarf and apparently it would stand in her room at night when she was a young child. The owner had called a group of mediums in and they too commented about a dwarf in the house, without knowing of it. One incident was when the daughter (5 years old at the time) ran to a nanny that worked there claiming there was ‘something on her bed’. When the nanny went to look, she saw an ‘imprint’ on the bed which was ‘moving’. The Nanny also reported seeing the dwarf for herself on another date as she came out of the bathroom. This time standing at the base of the stairs. Since then various people have reported seeing him over the years. It is not known if the dwarf is actually a dwarf, or perhaps just a short person. One theory is that, because the home was raised a foot higher during its rebuild, the dwarf could in fact be a normal sized person standing on the ground below, but the floor boards are now at his knees, giving the impression of a dwarf. Our theory on this, for now, is that maybe the land was being mined at one point in time. For what , we do not know. This was a miner that died on the scene, but is still seen today as a residual based haunting. Non intelligent and non- responsive or conscious. More a visual recording of a moment captured long ago. – The owner told us of electrical appliances (beaters, vacuum cleaners, radio) which have turned themselves on and off for various family members over the years. – There had also been times when the family returned home to find windows open that had been closed when the family had left the house. – Some sort of energy often visits the lady of the house, who gets touched and affected by an apparent unseen spirit. She hears it coming, as the door rattles as it arrives in the bedroom. It tickles her, strokes her face and head, thumps the bed, touches her and she feels it moving around on the bed at night. – Uncomfortable and frightening full body ‘tingling’ sensations are experienced at night. The feeling of ‘energy’ enveloping the woman whilst in her bed. She knows when it is around as the feeling it gives her makes her feel ill. – Many times the activity will last all night long causing a serious lack of sleep. – The night time sensations sometimes become so unbearable that the woman will go out and sleep in her car to try to escape whatever is causing it. – Unexplained noises are also heard in the walls and ceiling. – A Nanny employed by the family had her daughter complain that there was something moving on her bed and when the nanny investigated she could see the imprint of something on the bed. The master bedroom was where most of the recent activity had happened, but the hallway, bedrooms and garage were also interesting as that was where other activity had occurred. First Impressions Barbara – The house was very orderly, clean and tidy. It had been extensively renovated including the addition of a lot of Rimu and glass joinery inside (interior wall, cupboards, wardrobes etc). The master bedroom had bare walls and looked to have had recent plasterwork done in preparation for paint or papering. Feelings Barbara – Initially I had no change of feelings or emotion, however in the master bedroom when The owner was saying that “it” was there, I did get strong physical sensations of energy in my lower back and stomach. It’s very hard to explain but felt like a weird “tingling pins and needles”. It was not a pleasant feeling. I have felt this before but not as strongly as it was at times during this investigation. Investigation The owner walked us through the house and explained the various ongoing activities that had been experienced in the home over many years. We then carried out as thorough an investigation as time would allow, including temperature readings and EMF sweeps of all rooms, communication sessions in key areas, taking hundreds of photos and filming video footage of areas of interest (including times when the owner indicated that she could feel the spirit energy was with her). The whole investigation was also audio recorded. We were lucky enough to have the owner indicate that the energy was in the room with us several times which meant that we could focus on trying to get evidence of the energy/spirit at those times. Interestingly, while the EMF meter did not indicate activity at that time, the studfinder indicated that there was some sort of interference. We were able to document several odd noises that occurred during our investigation 8pm & 10pm Ambient and surface temperature readings – Front entrance – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 19.1   and   Ambient 17.8 degrees / surface 18.5 – Inside front door, living room – Ambient 17.8 degrees / surface 18.1   and  Ambient 17.9 degrees / surface 18.7 – First bedroom – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 17.5   and   Ambient 17.3 degrees / surface 18.7 – Single bedroom – Ambient 18.3 degrees / surface 18.2   and  Ambient 17.4 degrees / surface 18.7 – Hallway – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 17.9  and   Ambient 17.9 degrees / surface 18.1 – Bathroom – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 17.7 (Tiles and glass windows made this room colder than the others)   and  Ambient 17.2 degrees / surface 17.9 – Shower / toilet ensuite – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 16.8  and  Ambient 17.2 degrees / surface 17.9 – Master bedroom – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 17.4    and  Ambient 17.8 degrees / surface 18.2 – Laundry off kitchen – Ambient 18 degrees / surface 17.8   and  Ambient 17.9 degrees / surface 17.4 – Lounge room – Ambient 19 degrees / surface 20.8   and  Ambient 18 degrees / surface 18.5 – Kitchen – Ambient 19 degrees / surface 21   and  Ambient 18 degrees / surface 18.8 – Upstairs stairwell – Ambient 19 degrees / surface 17.00  and  Ambient 18 degrees / surface 18.2 Noted: Stairwell temperature fluctuated suddenly and briefly from 19 to 21 degrees as I ascended the stairs into the spare room at 8pm. This did not occur at the 10pm temperature check. – Upstairs Spare room – Ambient 19 degrees / surface 17.8   and  Ambient 18.5 degrees / surface 18.1 Descending the stairwell, the ambient temperature leapt again from 17 degrees to 21 degrees at the 8pm, but not the 10pm update. I could not find any reason for this happening. If the temperature had dropped instead of increased, I could have put it down to cool air movement, but in this case, that theory didn’t fit. EMF Field levels EMF levels stayed constant at zero throughout the entire house, except for in the master bedroom. On the wall to the right of the couple’s bed, the EMF meter immediately went off the scale. We were able to trace the area and size of the unusually high energy and its path. It was presumed at the time that there might have been wiring inside the wall cavity, though we were unable to confirm this. Barbara – I found it very interesting that my studfinder went off (sound and light initially) when the owner said she felt that “it” was with her in the bedroom. Then when “it” was no longer there, the studfinder stopped only to start flashing (no sound though) again once the owner said the spirit was back in the room. The light on it continued to flicker at various times during the investigation and did seem to correspond with when the owner said she sensed that the spirit was in the room. When the owner felt something in the bedroom I did also feel an odd sensation in my stomach and lower back. It felt almost like an electrical vibration and was quite strong and not pleasant. I have felt that sensation before but not as intensely as during this investigation. I noticed it a few times and it lasted from a few seconds to about a minute. I do question whether I was imagining it due to what the owner had told me and it is unfortunate that we have no way of verifying this feeling, however I have not felt that sensation since that investigation. Mark’s meter indicated that there was high EMF in some small areas of the master Bedroom. My studfinder indicated that at times there was some sort of energy in the bedroom. It was making such a broken beeping sound I didn’t even recognise it as my studfinder initially! [soundcloud url=”https://soundcloud.com/barbarac-1/devonport-investigation-studfi” params=”” width=”100%” height=”100″ iframe=”true” /] The Clearing At the end of the investigation, Barbara conducted an energetic clearing ritual which involved ‘smudging’ the entire home. (The burning of sage). “Smudging” is the common name given to a powerful cleansing technique from the Native American tradition; however, the burning of herbs for emotional, psychic, and spiritual purification is a common practice among many religious, healing, and spiritual traditions. It is a ceremonial way to cleanse a person, place or an object of negative energies or influences and replace with positive energy to hopefully restore balance within the home. It is also an effective method for energizing or blessing a person, place or object. Barbara – Whilst doing the clearing in the garage I saw one of the towels hanging on a line jump as though someone had yanked on the washing line. I was the only one there at the time as the others were following me and had not yet entered the room. At this time, as Barbara was in the garage and I was behind her , with the owner behind me, we all heard a metallic “ping” which sounded like something metal (maybe the weight of a key) had dropped to the floor. Barbara continued with the clearing whilst we set about searching the floor for any sign of what had dropped. We could not find anything that would have made that noise. [soundcloud url=”https://soundcloud.com/barbarac-1/devonport-investigation-someth” params=”” width=”100%” height=”100″ iframe=”true” /] Conclusion Barbara – The investigation went well. We probably could have had a few more investigators there but we were able to do temperatures and EMF sweeps as well conducting a full investigation. The client seemed happy and made a lovely supper for us. I’d love to put infrared cameras in to see if they picked up anything over a longer time period (preferably through the night). It would also be very interesting to get another sensitive in to see if they also got the same strong sensation as both Sue and I got when the spirit comes close. I saw, heard and physically felt enough to consider that it may be possible that this home is haunted. I cannot be certain of this as further investigation would be required but I would definitely be interested in doing further investigation and research in this home. Mark – The occupants do not use any medication. Have no mental illness. The owner has had a full health check due to the worry of assuming it was her that had a problem. Only a sleeping pill is taken from time to time to aid sleep, nothing else. The woman experiencing this activity seemed, alert, intelligent, healthy and perfectly sane. There was no sign of depression or menopause or anything of a similar nature that could possibly have explained a few of the elements. The woman came across as genuine in her claims and had made efforts to communicate and capture on her cellphone what was happening. I thought the temperature drop on the stairs was unusual and I could not explain this occurrence. The stories of the ghost dwarf fascinated me. I’d love to cover this case some more in the hopes of capturing an image or video footage of it. While we didn’t come out of this with much unusual data to work with, I still feel that this bungalow might be housing a few neat mysteries. The sense of honesty and genuine frustration was evident here. I do not believe this woman is making all this up. The fact that numerous people, from children to adults (plus an ex husband, an un- family related Nanny and a group of stranger Mediums) have all had experiences within the home, tells me it’s not a case of one person’s mental illness. I won’t yet say this home is haunted, but at this point it’s certainly straying well outside the usual realms of normality. Case still open. [...] Read more...
Lake House Art Centre – Session May 2nd, 2021
Lake House Art Centre – Session May 2nd, 202102/05/2021Investigations / Lake House Arts CentreAnother return visit to one of our fav’ local haunts, the LakeHouse Art Centre. Always a pleasure to get back there to try out new experiments, ideas, trigger objects, and gadgets and to see if we can recapture activity that occurred during previous research sessions. Here are a few fun photos we snapped off during the night. Enjoy – Mark [...] Read more...
Hunua Falls
Hunua Falls13/01/2019Locations of InterestThe Hunua Falls are located on the Wairoa River in the Hunua Ranges Regional Park in Auckland. The 30-metre waterfall is a popular point of interest for hikers visiting the Hunua Ranges. It is known for its idyllic and picturesque beauty. The small lake below the falls is also a popular swimming spot for visitors. Beautiful but deadly Despite its tranquil setting, there have been an unfortunate number of drownings which have occurred at Hunua Falls. As of 2019, at least 16 people are known to have drowned while swimming at the falls. The swimming hole, formed by volcanic activity, falls away steeply underwater. There is a series of ledges at depths of five metres, eight metres and 15 metres down to the bottom at 30 metres. Visitors are warned that inexperienced swimmers can get into difficulty if not supervised. Several of the deaths have occurred when thrill-seekers attempted to dive off the top of the falls. This can prove to be very hazardous if you hit the water at the wrong angle, as the height is equivalent to an 10-storey building. Paranormal activity at Hunua Falls There have been various reports of unusual occurrences at Hunua Falls. Some people report strange feelings or energies at the location, and some visitors have reported odd voices being captured when filming video at the location. Whether these reports can be linked back to the tragic deaths at the location, the presence of moving water or some natural phenomenon, we may never know. The nearby YMCA Camp Adair also has many ghost stories associated with it. Could it be there is a paranormal hot-spot in the Hunua Ranges? Do you have any stories to share about Hunua Falls? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments below, or get in contact with us. [...] Read more...
Playhouse Theatre – Glen Eden – Investigation Session 2
Playhouse Theatre – Glen Eden – Investigation Session 213/02/2022Haunted Locations / Historic Buildings / Investigations / Paranormal New ZealandSunday evening the team headed West to Glen Eden to re-visit the much loved, Playhouse Theatre, a location we had spent time investigating in back in 2013. Again with the hopes of some interaction with the alleged resident ghost ”Ernie”, who some say, has been residing there since World War 2. Ernie is often blamed for any theatre mishaps within the theatre and is comfortably known by most that have worked there through the years. He has been witnessed on occasions up in the lighting booth, whilst some have claimed to have been ‘pushed’ by an unseen force whilst heading down the stairs from the booth. footsteps have been heard walking across the empty stage . Nothing is really known about the mysterious Ernie. It is thought that he used to work in the upper-level lighting/sound booth. It was blowing quite the gale that night, which ”livened up” the building a notch, with much non-paranormal creaking, knocks and taps as the building shifted with the weather and atmospheric changes. However, it was rather a quiet one with nothing much (yet) to report. Until we’ve reviewed the many hours of audio and video from the night we wont know if our mysterious friend made an appearance, or not. Perhaps whatever, or whoever ‘Ernie’ is, has now vacated the premises? We look forward to heading back to the Playhouse Theatre in coming months for a further research session. [...] Read more...
Puhi Puhi / Hapuku River Bridge ghosts – South Island
Puhi Puhi / Hapuku River Bridge ghosts – South Island08/10/2021Haunted Locations / Urban LegendsGHOSTS AT THE RIVER’S CONVERGENCE There are stories that tell of the lonely figure of a person standing on the bridge that overlooks the intersecting Puhi Puhi and Hāpuku Rivers, near Kaikōura. There have been numerous deaths in this region, through the earlier years of the 1900s up until more recently; from river drownings, to motor vehicle tragedies, along this lengthy strip of New Zealand State Highway 1 which snakes it’s way down the South Island east coast. The Puhi Puhi River is a river of the Marlborough Region. It flows southwest, roughly paralleling the Pacific Ocean coast, from its source 12 kilometres west of the mouth of the Clarence River, and reaches its outflow into the Hāpuku River 5 kilometres from the latter’s mouth at Hāpuku. The Hāpuku River begins in the Seaward Kaikōura Range of New Zealand and flows south-east to enter the South Pacific at Hāpuku, between Clarence and Kaikōura. The name comes from the Māori word hāpuku or hāpuka, a deep-water marine fish. Its main tributary is the Puhi Puhi River. At the intersection of these two rivers is the State Highway 1 bridge. Drivers have reported a figure (possibly a woman) in white standing alone on the bridge in the darkness looking mournfully out towards the river. Hikers and cyclists traversing this area have also heard what sounds like voices, or someone “calling out”. I remember a story from a local fisherman, sitting on the bank one day, seeing what he claimed was a person (possibly a woman) crossing the river from left to right. However, the river level had recently increased due to recent heavy rain and there was no way a person could’ve just walked across at that point. The most unusual part of the description, was that the figure was apparently walking at about knee depth. Where, at that level the water should’ve been well over their head. An impossible crossing at that time according to the witness. The figure disappeared from view when reaching the other side. Could this be the ghost of someone that had drowned in the river? [...] Read more...
Theatre Royal – Raetihi
Theatre Royal – Raetihi07/11/2016Historic Buildings / Locations of InterestRaetihi is a historic town in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is located 11 kilometres west of Ohakume. Founded in 1893, Raetihi originally relied on the Whanganui River for access. Nearly 15 years later, the town finally connected by road to Wanganui. The great fire of 1918 was a terrible setback to many businesses and residents in Raetihi. The loss of numerous mills slowed the timber industry but it continued successfully into the 1940s. The Theatre Royal, built in 1915 and designed by Thomas Battle, a well-known Wanganui architect, is the oldest theatre in New Zealand, as well as being the oldest theatre in the Southern Hemisphere. Recognised and registered as a historical building, the theatre is currently enjoying an ongoing process of renovation and refurbishments. [...] Read more...

“Pioneers in the field…. Leading the way with Paranormal Research in New Zealand” – Connor Biddle, Paranormal Encounters.

“I have much respect for the level of study Mark and his team have put into the paranormal phenomenon through the years. His work is interesting and very well researched.” – Murray Bott, U.F.O Researcher & NZ’s MUFON representative.

”Refreshing to see solid and innovative investigation work, done with passion and honesty. Haunted Auckland stand out in the crowd and dont fit any typical mould. This is a very good thing”. – Paranormal Review newsletter

 

Paranormal New Zealand is the home of Haunted Auckland, a Paranormal Investigation and Research group.

Whether you’ve been aware of Mark Wallbank’s research work since the 1980s, attended his early 90s discussion events, received the quarterly newsletters, subscribed to his popular mid-2000s online blog BizarreNZ, followed the Haunted Auckland team since 2010, or just recently discovered us; WELCOME and thanks for joining in the fun, learning, and adventures.

We are a dedicated group of paranormal researchers, all having one thing in common – a passion and drive to find out as much as humanly possible about the mysterious and unknown field that is the Paranormal, as well as documenting New Zealand’s historical buildings and landmarks in their current state.

Paranormal (păr′ə-nôr′məl) adjective.
Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as beyond normal experience or scientific explanation. The term “paranormal” has existed in the English language since at least 1920. The word consists of two parts: “para” and “normal”. The definition implies that the scientific explanation of the world around us is “normal” and anything that is above, beyond, or contrary to that is “para”.

We’re always learning new things, so hope to pass that knowledge on to you all so that you might learn as we do, in this crazy but fascinating world of the paranormal.

Our primary reason for existing as a team is to experience first-hand and document any perceived paranormal activity so that we may learn to better understand the phenomena and the misconceptions surrounding it. Our aim as a research team is to study these phenomena as closely as possible to form more educated opinions via experimentation, documentation, and simply being present at the moment to record and respond accordingly to it and wherever it may lead us.

Firstly a few things you should know about Haunted Auckland. We’re a small Auckland based team of friendly, dedicated, well seasoned and enthusiastic researchers with differing levels of experience, knowledge, skills and expertise.  Our investigators are intelligent, honest, compassionate and possess critically thinking (yet wide open) minds. We’re also very good listeners.

We work closely with Property Managers, local Councils and Historical organisations to help preserve local histories, bring further awareness and raise funds by running public events.

In our time, the team has successfully raised many (much needed) thousands of  dollars, to assist with the upkeep and general running of these wonderful historic locations. Something we are very proud of.

We are also very proud to have worked alongside and assist both the NZ Police and NZ Fire Services with our work.

Haunted Auckland has it’s roots deep and strong. Going back to 1984, with a team (Auckland Ghost Hunting Group) formed by H.A founder, Mark Wallbank; making them NZ’s longest running Paranormal field-research entity.

What we aren’t:

We aren’t Ghost Busters, Ghost Hunters, Exorcists, Mediums, Clairvoyants or Psychics and we don’t do clearings, blessings or rid homes of alleged demons. We don’t do prayers, rituals, or bring in any religious elements to our work. We aren’t mental health experts or sleep disorder professionals, though we do work closely with mental health professionals.

We travel that spooky road, between sceptic and believer. We are happy to sit right in amongst it all and take the research wherever it may lead us.

While we are sceptical and doubtful of certain cases and ideas, we have seen and experienced enough in our time to realise that dedication to the research is definitely a worthwhile cause. Instead of blindly believing (or disbelieving), or just accepting what we are told is true and real, we prefer to seek out the answers ourselves through first-hand, “boots on the ground” investigation. Experimentation, observation and documentation. We don’t have all the answers and we don’t consider ourselves experts.

We don’t make bold claims we can’t back up with evidence or reliable data.

The team prides itself in being quite a bit different from other paranormal investigation teams out there. We tend to stay away from the mainstream gadget fads.

Research time in locations is valuable and a privilege, so wasting it on pointless flashy boxes that offer no accurate data in return or are vague and open to interpretation (as well as mis-interpretation) is counter-productive and a poorly used opportunity. Thinking outside of the ‘’box’’ confinements of the popular T.V and social media- lead mainstream is something, the team sees as important if the field is to move forward and gain any serious credibility or traction within scientific or academic circles.

The team utilises a combination of old-school thinking and techniques, coupled with a modern way of thinking. Simple and stripped back yet embracing current technology to work though theories and ideas that may find their way into our research. We don’t make claims we can’t back up with evidence or reliable data.

We pride ourselves in keeping it real. No faking evidence or embellishing of facts. If nothing happened, nothing happened.

Why we don’t offer Clearings and Banishings

We decided many years ago to stop offering clearings and cleansings, as the more we learned, the more unethical (even damaging) we could see it was on a few levels.
We wanted to experience and observe these ”beings” and learn about them. Learn from them directly, if such a thing is possible.
To hopefully interact and document as much as we could of it to advance the study of the paranormal.

If the theories on spirits are correct, then clearing, or ”banishing” becomes nothing more than a punishment, torture, an eviction from a home, or even a death. Death to a person (possibly living in an alternative dimension we are yet to even understand or comprehend), that has as much right to exist as ourselves.
Until ghosts, spirits, negative energies, and demons have been sufficiently verified to actually exist, (to which they as yet haven’t, outside of belief, possible misinterpretation, and superstition) it would be unethical to assume a position of knowledge and superiority enough to think we have rights that far outweigh theirs. That we may enter their home and try to evict or eradicate them as if they were cockroaches or some other household pest.

It’s about respect, understanding and compassion; on both sides.

What we are, is “real world” researchers. Learning by doing. If we don’t know something, we say so.

We don’t charge anything for what we do. The opportunity to investigate a location and hopefully further our research is its own great reward.

We follow the Scientific Method as closely as we are able to; though it’s not always easy to create a fully controlled environment and the fact that true paranormal activity is sporadic and very rare means we don’t always have a lot to go on. Still, we do our best with what we have to work with at the time and go wherever it takes us.

We go to where the stories come from in order to see for ourselves. We talk to the people involved to get their sides to the occurrences.

Our conclusions are never really final and we find multiple return visits yield the best results; so have built up trusting relationships with quite a few locations within the historical communities in this country.

Our clean and respected reputation within historical circles is something the team prides itself on, as it has grown over the last decade and is based on well over 200 investigation sessions within that time.

For a full listing of References & testimonials, please visit our TESTIMONIALS page on this website.

Exploration – Observation – Experimentation – Documentation … Ultimately leading to Interaction, Understanding and Conclusion.

KEEPING IT REAL

Please check out our website and don’t hesitate to make contact if you have any queries or would like to know more about what we do.

We’re always happy to talk about spooks!

Through the years the team have investigated:

Auckland

Wellington

Northland

                                                                    Dargaville Central Hotel

Coromandel

Waikato

Hawkes Bay

Central North Island

  •                                                                Chateau Tongariro Hotel                                                               Jubilee Pavillion – Marton

 

Northern South Island

                                                                                 Trout Hotel

West Coast and Central South Island

  • Seaview Asylum
  • Otira Stagecoach Hotel

Canterbury

  • The Old Shipping Office (Akaroa)

Otago

  • Cardrona Hotel
  • Vulcan Hotel (St Bathans)

Dunedin

United Kingdom

  • The Drovers Inn – Scotland
  • Traquair House – Innerleithen
  • Ancient Ram Inn – Wooton-Under-Edge
  • 30 East Drive – Pontefract
  • Boleskine House – Scotland
  • Ballachulish Hotel – Glencoe
  • Chillingham Castle
  • The Golden Fleece – York
  • Bunchrew House – Scotland
  • Oswald House – Kirkcaldy
  • The Skirrid Inn – Abergavenny
  • Halston Hall – Carlisle
  • Airth Castle
  • Dalhousie Castle
  • Barcaldine Castle – Oban
  • The Witchery – Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh Vaults – Scotland
  • Touchwood House – Scotland
  • Greyfriars Kirkyard – Scotland
  • The Hellfire Club – Ireland
  • Ostrich Inn – Slough
  • Caynton Caves –  Shropshire
  • Four Crosses Inn – Staffordshire
  • Torwood House – Scotland
  • Dalhousie Castle – Scotland
  • Windhouse – Yell, Shetland
  • Swan Hotel – Wooton-on-Edge
  • Weston Hall – Staffordshire
  • Clava Cairns – Inverness, Scotland
  • The Queen’s Head Hotel – Troutbeck
  • Haunted Antiques Paranormal Research Centre – Hinkley

Australia

YHA [Katoomba]

Hartley Village [NSW]

Quarantine Station [Manly]

The Russell Hotel [Sydney]

Maitland Gaol [NSW]

Kilmore Gaol [Melbourne]

Aradale Lunatic Asylum [Melbourne]

 

Hawaii

Kaniakapupu Palace Ruins – Nuúanu Pali – Manoa – Oahu Cemetery [Oahu]

Norfolk Island

New Gaol – The Crank Mill – Bloody Bridge

Cryptozoological Field Research

YOWIE RESEARCH: Blue Mountains [ Australia] – Kanangra Ranges [Australia] – Blue Mountains Exploration: Research Area – Bullaburra [Australia]

MOEHAU RESEARCH: Coromandel Ranges [New Zealand] – Urerewa Ranges [New Zealand]

LAKE MONSTER RESEARCH: Loch Ness [Scotland]

 

… as well as many private home visits around Auckland and surrounding towns and extensive investigation and exploration internationally.

Some of the services and experience we have on offer:

Research and Investigation of buildings, historical locations and businesses

Photo & video analysis

Photographic enhancements

General paranormal consultation

Historical Research

Conferences / Public speaking

Educational talks & fundraising for historical locations

Media interviews