Tony Blair's motorcade leaving Auckland Town Hall, 28 Mar 06

[conmanumber1]

schitt police cars!, why can t we in new zealand use only american made cop cars and use american uniforms only. the uniforms and cars are so fucken ugly!.

[badn1ss]

what a fricken waste of tax payers money they should have put him on the bus with a bottle of L&P & a packet of Gingernuts....... !

[Konigstiger222]

@badn1ss couldnt agree more what a waste of time, really in NZ who gives a S%&t

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Oh and for Americans trying to figure out what cars they are VZ Holden Commodore the modal before the VE Holden Commodore as known in the States as Pontiac G8 and GXP

[YannMizser]

2011: Tony Blair on his way to jail....

[yendytok]

Blair and Bush should be tried for war crimes at the Hague ..

The Israeli regime admits telling the US and UK that Iraq had WMD.

USS Liberty was attacked in international waters by Israeli forces killing 34 American servicemen and wounding 172 . They were going to put the blame on egypt . . Blair and bush knew israel lied about this.. Yet they still belived what israel was telling them about iraq having WMD .

Make your own mind up .

[spikwizflo]

i didn't know the Holden Commodore, this is good cars

manufactured only in New Zeland?

[thekiwicanuck]

@spikwizflo Originally based on Opel Omega, currently built only in Australia, but sold all around the world under different names!

[spikwizflo]

@thekiwicanuck omg yeah, I searched on google, there are much names of manufacturers in this model

[ChoppaMate]

@spikwizflo In the states I think they go under the name Vauxhall, or maybe the UK. Im not to sure, but that is another name they go under.

[fpvshitsonhsv]

@ChoppaMate Vauxhall in the UK and Pontiac in the States that they may change to part of the Chevy line.

[NAVY76]

@spikwizflo Holden Commodore are Australian mate

[gavinjamesaitken1]

fucking hell whats with buletproof cars and shit. this is nz not iraq lol

[TheNotoriousKRP]

Tony who?? .....the guy from the Blair witch project?

[xorxos77]

Tony Blair, the King of England and the main architect of war of terrorism :D

[tev1988]

Comodorres,Statesmans,Fairlane­s and fkn Suburbans......wtf? and did I catch a fkn Tarago in there?shouldn't that be south side somewhere lmao

[Joggaa18]

thats small, watch "Sheikh Mohammed PM of UAE driven ..." - thats a motorcade!!!!!

[Marks1157]

more CARSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

[929ish]

Wow chevy haters, good for you. If your to poor to pay for a gas guzzler to bad :/. My mom actually owns a retired USA government suburban. Yes it is awesome. Yes it does have dark tint. Oh btw it's rolling on 22" amp sixers rims

Anyway your probably just another American hating on America. Anyway it's probably time for you to go glue your spoiler on to your civic. Don't hit your head on your lamb doors.

[Insertings]

He didn't get that much security in the UK.

[ferrariman14]

The black chevy's are Armed Offender's Squad cars

[simsie213]

Jeeezus I never knew our taxpayer money was going towards gas guzling pieces of crap chevrolets. I thought it was all toyotas

[soudenm84]

hahaha did anyone else notice the guy with the brown paper bag, why was he not leapt on by men in suit's that bag culda contained anything lol. Its NZ we dont need security here cause we dont piss the world off hahahaha stupid other countries. Mind you, now we have john keys in charge, i bet theres a few people out there (the poor) wh would like to throw a brown paper bag at him, if only they could actually afford a brown paper bag thanks to his new policies etc. IDIOT

[MS4d2200]

Nice catch .. : )

[Bren29]

New Zealand police have the ugliest police cars I've ever seen.

[simsie213]

@Bren29 Well that may be but there better than the american crown victorias

[TheLuxsource]

Can see the STG boys in the black Suburban

[gonkhead1]

where the fuck are the terrorists this is who they should be trying to bomb not innocent civilians

[igotanM16]

British police cruisers are fucking AWESOME!!!!!!

[thekiwicanuck]

A lot of them are, but this is in New Zealand...

[WHK243]

amen

[Fucksvensker]

@thekiwicanuck lol igotanM16 got owned.

[TheLuxsource]

Yes, they're New Zealand Police cruisers

[fpvshitsonhsv]

@igotanM16 You are joking right? lol The British cop cars are these little hatch backs that even they hate driving and complain. In this video they are in New Zealand and most are ex Australian cop cars (Holden Commodore). They usally use ex Australian to keep costs down but the cars are still only around 12months old(used). The Holden commodore is actualy a Australian francise of GM so they use the v6 and v8s from the sates along with running gear

[cl998]

@fpvshitsonhsv

Panda cars are mostly Vauxhall Astras, which are "OK" to drive. Some of them use Ford Focuses, which are better. Some of the traffic cruisers are pretty cool though, BMWs and Range Rovers etc., and the lucky basts even used to have some unmarked AMG E55ks in some areas!

[fahadDaar]

Blair was riding the motor bike in the last.

[SaradominNUB]

@fahadDaar probably yh...

[EmergencyVehiclesAu]

Blairy boy's in the first black suburban

[murrymurrymurrymurry]

lol

[ASBJATT1]

Ohhhh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!This much Security for PM, I'm not sure where my Tax goes....

[dogandgun]

To house all the fuckin immigrants thats where !

[skuxxxboy]

against da law !!!

[rachel42]

One thing I can say for Gordon Brown, at least he hasn't got a 'beast' for a vehicle. So what makes Obama, a world leader so special that he needs a tank to go about in, unlike other world leaders. Just an observation?

[primalsuspence114]

because he is a BLACK, LIBERAL politician in America, which is the world superpower (at least for now). A country so huge has many enemies, and Obama has a huge number of enemies from within his own country (mainly right wing racists). If you read a lot of the right wing press in america (including Fox News) you'll notice the emphasis they place on mentioning his middle name (Hussein) as if it is some kind of scandal.The sad fact is that liberal presidents don't usualy live very long in the USA.

[CubeLuda]

"A country so huge has many enemies"

Yes, that it created.

And obama is a Mason, so I don't give a fuck. A Mason is a Mason, there is no good or bad Mason. Still part of the same group that Bush and the 3 presidents before him where in. Full stop.

The only 2 presidents that where not Masons where... well, assasinated for not doing as they where told. And we know which two they are.

Stop with side taking, you need to find the root of a person, and now that I know Obama is a Mason. Fuck him.

[jameswsparker]

Why the fuck are you telling us this?

No-one gives a toss about god-damn America. I mean, really?

Can't you bitch out this shit on a video which at least has SOMETHING to do with what you're talking about?

[CubeLuda]

I wasn't bitching asshole, I was replying to the asshole below me. That simple.

[AuntyTala]

are you seriously comparing a british PM with the U.S president.

[ianhumphreys7]

Well he's just the government, it's not like he's royalty.

[DanofBritain]

Yeah Queen Elizabeth II is head of state for not just UK and NZ...She is also head for Canada and Australia too...

this is why I hate the EU and stuff so much...Sheis the one thing that unites us in common values, language and principals. I think we should work even closer together. If we have a king/queen as head of state then we have prime minister. And that IS our identity, why would we want to change it? its been the same since day 1 for us.

LETS CELEBRATE IT!

[angrynoor]

fk up u nerd kunt

[moviesunrated]

So the U.K. and New Zealand has the same priminister thing, if not whats Tony Blair doing there.

[thekiwicanuck]

No, technically Queen Elizabeth is our head of state, but we have our own PM. Blair was just here for a quick visit.

[xNiUmOwNer]

@thekiwicanuck just a quicky :P

[lucianmaddness]

damn you dumb.... you never heard of presidents and Prim Ministers traveling ?

[hugoegbert79]

@moviesunrated Prime Ministers do visit other countries you know...

[bevanpalmer]

stuff tony blair hes an evil man whos is working with and towards the NEW WORLD ORDER. go back to israel tony

[Player9090]

the us presidential motorcade is much more exciting than this.

[thekiwicanuck]

What can you expect from a country that has half the population of NYC?

[TheNewMex]

seriously? thought there were more of ya oh well, more room for nice countryside

[DeezilB]

@thekiwicanuck good point man

[jwul004]

the us president is more of a moving target than the british pm. Nobody cares about assassinating the prime minister... except maybe the IRA... but they're all retired geriatrics now

[gavinjamesaitken1]

@Player9090 typical yank. back home in america we get this and that...

[04smallmj]

@gavinjamesaitken1 They assume that the world revolves around the US... Thankfully it doesn't.

[8565]

i wouldnt have thought the sas...

[Kushanjaya]

Hummm, the first thing which came to my mind when I saw the title of this video was the fact that the UK and New Zealand (among many other nations) have the same head of state, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Nice video though, most of it was clear enough, thanks for waiting to film it.

[ASBJATT1]

Ohhhh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!This much Security for PM, I'm not sure where my Tax goes....

[PiNkYaBsOlUt]

slam this tight lil ass =]? d

[blademanx]

wastn money protectiing that waste of human flesh..lol..im sure some of the rookies must be excited to be part of a motorcade..rofl

[rothschad]

Aww poor boy!! is the system treating you bad?? Here have a cookie and cup of cocoa :)

[Congo4life]

lol the police car look more like a race car ...

[goonew]

Shit New Zealand has some crappy Government vehicles. Holdens? Is that really the best you can do?

[thekiwicanuck]

They have since replaced the fleet of Fairlanes and Statesmans with the more economical but very ugly BMW 730Ld.

Try this vid:

"Condi Rice's Visit to NZ, Part 2: Motorcade 1. 26 Jul 08"

[nippyisasexcake]

Mean motorcade! but wats up wit the the toyota previa? never seen the police use them

[thekiwicanuck]

The police do have Toyota Hiaces for transporting staff, but think that Previa was just a rental for transporting Blair's aides, etc. In my latest motorcade vid, there's Iveco and Fiat minibuses, also hired...

[NorcrossMedia]

What a waste of tax money. I've filmed the presidential motorcade in DC, and I gotta tell ya, what a WASTE.

Also got a cool shot of Marine 1 (US Presidential Helicopter) passing by the Washington Monument as it exits the White House South Lawn. While it looks cool, it's so very not warranted and overly done.

[bozzwilson]

Australian holden commodores gmh general motors holden

[maarten919]

that are some damn fast police cars what are they

[NoCopywrite]

Holden, which are based on GM cars (namely pontiac)

[thekiwicanuck]

You mean Holden, which some GM cars (namely Pontiac) are based on... The Pontiac GTO, G8, etc, are made in Aussie and shipped to the States...

[skatamasta]

Thats a great motorcade, stop right in the middle of an intersection.

[benwms]

He has quite an entourage hasn't he :P

[thekiwicanuck]

Tell me about it! :D

[infrared567]

Which one is the PM car?

[thekiwicanuck]

I'm not sure. I guess that's the idea!

[eoslensman]

The one with tw@t written on the side.

[2k7simon]

well to be honest i acctually prefered tony blair he was a better priminister than the one that took over his place

[2k7simon]

allthough gordon is pro british

[canadaonly2]

that is very witty

[bellsmeg]

if you think thats big, then watch the queens one

[thekiwicanuck]

When did the Queen last come to New Zealand?

[NoCopywrite]

more people and terrorist would target Blair than the queen.

[apwh1]

great video. makes the wait worth it. nice 1. hope you reach ur goal to be a police officer

[thekiwicanuck]

Thanks mate! It would be great to be able to see events like this from the inside, but then, I wouldn't be able to film it, so it goes both ways!

[PoliceAndTrainMadNat]

nice siren on that Bike! I see NZ Police are getting the same LED lights on theyre bikes as police are in the UK

[waddleduckie1]

Eh, so that must be a limo. Nice limo, better than ours which is longer than a ruler. The length of it makes it hard to turn onto narrow streets.

[thekiwicanuck]

Yep, they're just "limos", as opposed to "stretched limos". They're few inches longer than the standard Holdens and Fords they're based on.

[farodkhaledmossad]

Cheap escort, almost hit each other. LOL

Where is the Rolls, Bentley ok, WTF is the Jaguar at least. Come on. That's way to cheap.

Hated.

[666demonknight666]

Seeing that you've managed to catch all these actions makes me wonder...are you a police officer?

[thekiwicanuck]

No, that's my future goal, but I'm not one yet. I just try anticipate good photo opportunities, and sometimes it pays off! Then I do my research so I know what I'm talking about when people ask the obvious questions. Its amazing what you can find on the net! I knew the PM was at the Town Hall and would have to leave at some point, and there's really only one exit, so I stood there and waited for over an hour to get this clip. It was worth it though!

[costateguise]

why would that make you wonder if he is a police officer? he filmed some vechiles in a street?

[666demonknight666]

cuz I thought if he is, then obviously he'd have some inside info about all these important events. I guess he was off-duty or sthg, but i guess i was wrong.

[thekiwicanuck]

There were hundreds of protesters in front of the building yelling and waving placards, so it wasn't really inside information! The rest of the cameramen, were crowding at the door, trying to get a shot of the PM as he walked to the car, but that's not my style...

[StJohn12Care]

Oh wow, Great score!

[thekiwicanuck]

Thanks mate! I had to stand there for over an hour waiting to get that clip, so I'm glad you like it! It was worth the wait!

[aarhap]

Cool. I didn't even know that Tony Blair was in NZ last year! :(

[EmergencyVehiclesUK]

Brilliant video as always!

[thekiwicanuck]

Thanks mate, glad you like them!

[thekiwicanuck]

Thanks mate, I wish I had one myself! ;)

[HBGmannen]

i like the police cars, they are cool : )

[sftball14535]

what did tony travel in

[thekiwicanuck]

I don't know - I think that's the general idea! My best guess would be that he was in the Fairlane and his aides were in the Previa (it looks like a rental) but I wasn't trying to get a shot of Tony. I'm no paparazzo...

[Powell999]

back in the UK he (the PM; now gordon brown) always travels in an armoured Jaguar or range rover but the same principle applies, there will be atleast 3 of them and you can never tell, however, its usually the one surronded by the most police motorbikes which gives it away a bit.

[thekiwicanuck]

The motor bikes here are are usually used to control the intersections ahead of the cars. One or two will stop traffic as the convoy approches, while the other one or two overtake the convoy and zip up to the next intersection. Its like leapfrog on motorbikes...

[Powell999]

they do that as well sometimes in the UK but they quite often close the roads when either he or another senior goverment type or royalty are passing through - the PM/ queen also have access to a fleet of helicoptes and planes which my taxes pay for annoyingly.

[uniquevideos]

flip!