Waikino Hotel

May 2022

This location is part of PROJECT 22 which is a series of investigations to be undertaken at this location over a period of 24 months.  We love visiting our second home and view the staff and management like family now.  In fact, if we are away too long, withdrawals set in so I can assure you we will be back off there very shortly!  This time we spent 2 nights investigating the Hotel and the old gold miners boarding house. You can read the history on this location and it's alleged hauntings on our Haunted NZ Page.

The Investigation

The first night we investigated our accommodation, the old gold miners boarding house.  This has been renovated and is now used as accommodation.  It comprises of a open lounge, dining and full kitchen with 4 double rooms and a further open room with double bunk beds by the bathroom.  The accommodation sits atop of the hotel and looks out across the road to the Victoria Battery site.  We set up IR cameras throughout the property and had someone manning them during the investigation.  EVP sessions were conducted in each of the rooms using 2 audio recorders as well as the static camera audio. Nothing of note was captured.

The second night saw us mainly investigating the upstairs of the hotel.  The Manager joined us and we conducted a few EVPS downstairs but on this occassion, we were dedicating ourselves to the upstairs of the building. We had the building to ourselves for the night so set about blanketing the upstairs with our static IR cameras. On this occassion as there were only 4 investigators present and the area we were investigating was a small one, we conducted our investigation as one unit rather than split into smaller teams. We did appear to capture an odd sounding male voice. This voice exlaimed that he could hear one of the investigators walking whilst he delivered a voice recorder to a team member who was about to start an EVP session. Luckily he turned the recorder on before setting off.  You can quite clearly hear him walking down the hallway, his trainer's squeeking on the wooden floor then a faint voice says "I can hear you walk".

Personal Experiences

An investigator was in a walk in wardrobe where a shadow person has been previously seen standing in the doorway by the owner of the hotel. She began to conduct an EVP session and then stated she wasn't liking this space. When questioned on it she exclaimed she was done and wanted to get out. This was about 5 seconds after the voice was captured on the recorder she was using.

Please note: While our organisation finds personal experiences of interest, it is our view that personal experiences alone do not constitude proof or evidence of paranormal phenomena. 

Investigation Status: Ongoing