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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • It was one of Wellington's most legendary landmarks, the Iconic swimming pool at Mermaids adult club on Courtney place… then one day it disappeared!
    What happened to this iconic piece of Kiwi history?
    Guy Williams investigates.
    Thanks to New Zealand on Air!
    Follow Guy on social media: @guywilliamsguy
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  • @FinnCulver
    @FinnCulver Месяц назад +677

    They don't show it but when Guy takes us into the Mermaid we promptly got kicked out because all of our cards declined :(

    • @usèr1234-x1o
      @usèr1234-x1o Месяц назад +13

      😂

    • @HughJanus69er
      @HughJanus69er Месяц назад

      Is that dudes milf mum still available, asking for a friend.

    • @DrPorteous
      @DrPorteous Месяц назад +4

      hi finn

    • @arikibot5353
      @arikibot5353 Месяц назад +33

      You got a future in comedy my bro

    • @hamishfox
      @hamishfox Месяц назад +30

      Dude you were funny as shit

  • @milliardlewmaun4034
    @milliardlewmaun4034 Месяц назад +282

    It's an inspiration to see that Guy Williams has overcome his crippling wellyphobia

    • @benn1s
      @benn1s 18 дней назад

      You have a whole radio station dedicated to Wellington called National Radio....

  • @PhallacEye
    @PhallacEye Месяц назад +288

    Lisa Lewis: Come for a wenk.
    Absolute gold.

    • @00Donkey00
      @00Donkey00 Месяц назад +6

      Yeah but not for $50 a month thanks.

    • @xwhite2020
      @xwhite2020 Месяц назад

      ​@@00Donkey00but she's the hottest bietch in Willington.

    • @Extremefishingnz
      @Extremefishingnz Месяц назад

      Str8 up delusional ​@@00Donkey00

    • @kubabooba548
      @kubabooba548 Месяц назад +3

      @@00Donkey00 I know right...cost of living crisis.....

    • @PhallacEye
      @PhallacEye Месяц назад +5

      @@00Donkey00 For $50 month I'll give myself one and play pretend.

  • @Kiwi_In_Japan
    @Kiwi_In_Japan Месяц назад +77

    NZ's top news source to the world has returned

  • @BBrodieMarshall
    @BBrodieMarshall Месяц назад +44

    The greatest and most underrated show on the internet

  • @regularlug9536
    @regularlug9536 Месяц назад +44

    i havent seen johnsonvilles laser tag since my childhood best friends birthday party over a decade ago. I was caught in nostalgia then promptly disgusted by what followed, suddenly my happy childhood memories were corrupted and defiled by the debauchery only your sick mind could come up with. Unforgettable experience, cheers Guy.

  • @derynvirtue1849
    @derynvirtue1849 Месяц назад +164

    "I was hitting it off with the local kids" Guy man you gotta think 😭😭😭

  • @deadlegintheface568
    @deadlegintheface568 Месяц назад +52

    When you think the story is over Guy revolutionises another industry.
    Just another day for such a genius

  • @mycoolcar
    @mycoolcar Месяц назад +32

    Another excellent piece of NZ journalism. How does Guy keep the standard so high?

  • @jemalem1
    @jemalem1 Месяц назад +104

    I was one of the first to swim in it when it first opened. Worked there a few years. Good times.

    • @Owesomasaurus
      @Owesomasaurus Месяц назад +53

      Being the first one in was probably a good way to dodge the thrush...

    • @dp2273
      @dp2273 Месяц назад +54

      @@Owesomasaurusor patient zero 😂

    • @ArcGG
      @ArcGG Месяц назад +13

      thank you for your aquatic service!

    • @gretchenbaker7435
      @gretchenbaker7435 Месяц назад +4

      I really wanted a go in the tank! And I thought it was going to be like an aquarium. A bit disappointing when I saw it . Gorgeous people working there though.

    • @hamishfox
      @hamishfox Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for doing what you do! Much respect ❤️

  • @DavidLimofLimReport
    @DavidLimofLimReport Месяц назад +33

    7:22 - Shout out to The Library for shouting Guy drinks!!!

  • @wackynz3260
    @wackynz3260 Месяц назад +14

    "You got a shoe one too WTF" Classic !

  • @ChrisMustard
    @ChrisMustard Месяц назад +12

    PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND... you are ALL LEGENDS!!! Amazing people!

  • @thedappercook
    @thedappercook Месяц назад +18

    OMG being here, tacky as hell but we had a top laugh and a fantastic night out, great great great times.

  • @ostirus
    @ostirus Месяц назад +16

    moved down to wellington 11 years ago and mermaids was our first stop good times

  • @cas1994
    @cas1994 Месяц назад +34

    If exporting rugby players stops for whatever reason, all of New Zealand should just switch to shipping out comedians to boost the economy.....everyone guy manages to find are way funnier than most comedians out there

    • @zorastin
      @zorastin Месяц назад +5

      They already do. A lot of them are over here in Aus outfunnying or local talent by a long shot. Aussie comedy has been so lame here for a bit. Kiwis are top notch when it comes to comedy at the moment.

  • @eucalyptusbunny
    @eucalyptusbunny Месяц назад +9

    There's no way this is how I'm finding out there's a lazer tag spot in my town 😂

  • @howgoodisit
    @howgoodisit Месяц назад +5

    Well done Guy, thanks for covering the serious issues of NZ.

  • @chrisphilpott8427
    @chrisphilpott8427 Месяц назад +43

    Them 13 year olds are hilarious.

  • @hamishfox
    @hamishfox Месяц назад +21

    I've never been but now that I know it's gone I'm kinda sad I didn't check it out.

    • @TheJugHeadHat
      @TheJugHeadHat Месяц назад +1

      For what it's worth, I don't think the tank was there in even 2008.

  • @thatfellafrazer
    @thatfellafrazer Месяц назад +12

    How much of the camera crew was roped into dancing? 🤣

  • @dustywoood
    @dustywoood Месяц назад +14

    Love me some sloppy seconds welcome back Guy

  • @bitterbuffalo8997
    @bitterbuffalo8997 Месяц назад +11

    lol those kids are hilarious

  • @KarlRock
    @KarlRock Месяц назад +1

    06:59 quite the invitation 😂

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Месяц назад +40

    Be his Daddy, Guy.
    Be his Daddy.

  • @flyea2009
    @flyea2009 Месяц назад +2

    I loled so hard on this one, pure gold!

  • @JohnDoe-tn6dk
    @JohnDoe-tn6dk Месяц назад +9

    Funny thing is, people naturally pee due to the pressure of the water on the bladder. It was due to fail from the start, still it looked good 😂

  • @BigCgull
    @BigCgull Месяц назад +4

    I heard from a Seagull that a mermaid did a code brown in the tank during a show....ended the tank show permanently

  • @unfailingfeline5215
    @unfailingfeline5215 Месяц назад +4

    I used to work at Mermaids and they told me that they got rid of the tank because of "health and safety"

  • @Gunnercv
    @Gunnercv Месяц назад +2

    I miss Wellington at times like this

  • @andymcconchie3904
    @andymcconchie3904 Месяц назад +3

    Guy you are one crazy mo fo, funniest you tube I’ve seen since bush barbie. Epic 😂

  • @sasoriza8655
    @sasoriza8655 Месяц назад +4

    PLEASE SAVE ORANA WILDLIFE PARK ❤

  • @jameshorne88
    @jameshorne88 Месяц назад +6

    Full Episodes please

  • @danprateratl
    @danprateratl Месяц назад +7

    this is amazing.

  • @x.Rhymiie.x
    @x.Rhymiie.x Месяц назад +2

    " shit you gotta shoe one too wtf" aww nah 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @shylohana6434
    @shylohana6434 Месяц назад +2

    Ermagherd. I would 100% frequent The Minotaur

  • @sylph4721
    @sylph4721 Месяц назад +3

    You missed the Chow Brothers & Max Key Business Shady link Guy

  • @andrewlynch1754
    @andrewlynch1754 Месяц назад +5

    NO FUCKIN' WAY! HE'S BACK!

  • @MIck-M
    @MIck-M Месяц назад +5

    They need a 'We don't swim in your toilet so please don't pee in our tank' sign I would postulate 🤔

    • @stevehunt914
      @stevehunt914 Месяц назад

      You're not even allowed to touch the girls,....
      they'd kick you RIGHT out for Postulating.

  • @evltwin984
    @evltwin984 Месяц назад +37

    Did they finally drain the fish sauce out of it?

    • @stevecorrigan5139
      @stevecorrigan5139 Месяц назад +37

      Yep. and Sealord bought the contents to use in their tuna canning plant.

    • @NewZealandToday
      @NewZealandToday  Месяц назад +16

      ​@@stevecorrigan5139😭😭😭

    • @evltwin984
      @evltwin984 Месяц назад +2

      I think golden sun bottled most of it

  • @focusofthefuture8689
    @focusofthefuture8689 Месяц назад +1

    Thank god Guy is giving us the news we really need in our country, not all this lack of housing and inflation rubbish
    (Laughing my ass off through out the whole minotaur part)

  • @hildonnschoeman4591
    @hildonnschoeman4591 Месяц назад +3

    plzz yt gods have this interaction make this go viral so they make bank and make more so much more , AMEN

  • @alch3myau
    @alch3myau 20 дней назад +1

    whens The Minotaur opening in Western Australia?

  • @afrobandit869
    @afrobandit869 Месяц назад +2

    Love it Guy! Keep it up! One love!

  • @MrKurns
    @MrKurns Месяц назад +2

    Johnsonville has laser tag? Where?

  • @MrMagoo7676
    @MrMagoo7676 Месяц назад +36

    I dont know who or what is funnier... Guy or the fact that Lisa is asking for $50 subcriptions!! Damn nana, youd be lucky to get a free sub 🤣🤣🤣

  • @FritteMF
    @FritteMF Месяц назад +3

    Finally back on RUclips man 🙌🏻

  • @Roasttrumpet
    @Roasttrumpet Месяц назад +3

    Move over al jazeera, real journalism is back

  • @jaspermeagher7540
    @jaspermeagher7540 Месяц назад +2

    What's the "hot like a lion" track during the Minotaur scene?

  • @lawrencemakoare-z7p
    @lawrencemakoare-z7p Месяц назад +1

    That thumbnail is crazy 😂

  • @hildonnschoeman4591
    @hildonnschoeman4591 Месяц назад +2

    great ive waited soooo long

  • @robertdavis8196
    @robertdavis8196 Месяц назад +2

    How do you even think of this 🤣🤣🤣

  • @watermelon2223
    @watermelon2223 Месяц назад +4

    is this season 5?

  • @rofalmatt
    @rofalmatt Месяц назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @1WildTurk
    @1WildTurk Месяц назад

    Good to see back 💯👍

  • @troyG373
    @troyG373 26 дней назад +1

    Obviously the tank needed a fish filter.

  • @JackTheRangaha
    @JackTheRangaha Месяц назад +74

    Not my proudest tug

  • @Rygoat
    @Rygoat Месяц назад

    4:22 will live on forever

  • @gohome445
    @gohome445 Месяц назад +1

    Hey, thats not the JVegas laser tag!

  • @DavidLimofLimReport
    @DavidLimofLimReport Месяц назад +4

    These Gen-aas are so wholesome - they have no idea what a strip club is lol.

    • @Chaz16
      @Chaz16 Месяц назад +1

      Gen X was born from 1965 to 1980

  • @hankhicks2265
    @hankhicks2265 Месяц назад +2

    I don't know could have had a joke about sirens

  • @waLTron52
    @waLTron52 Месяц назад +3

    Went to school with "Lisa" lol she's a cool as chick tbh

  • @williamrussell174
    @williamrussell174 Месяц назад +1

    It's all over for these industries. Only fans is getting axed as well. Comedy will survive.

  • @lozbro7782
    @lozbro7782 Месяц назад +3

    GUY MADA FAKIN WILLIAMS BROTHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH CHUR MY BROTHAAAAAAAAAAAAH GUY WILLIAM

    • @stevehunt914
      @stevehunt914 Месяц назад +2

      Your comment was SO cryptic there's a 'Translate to English' option.
      Spoiler alert - Even Google couldn't understand what you said.

  • @kcosminhz7988
    @kcosminhz7988 Месяц назад +2

    Minotaur!!!!!

  • @Haveafoodtime
    @Haveafoodtime Месяц назад +1

    Top stuff

  • @Chahalxsatinder
    @Chahalxsatinder Месяц назад +1

    gold

  • @GuybrushK
    @GuybrushK Месяц назад

    Open one in Auckland please.

  • @hamishfox
    @hamishfox Месяц назад +3

    Lisa Lewis is a fucking legend and a legend of fucking.

  • @MarkCotton
    @MarkCotton Месяц назад +1

    haha gold dude

  • @alexanderstainton3199
    @alexanderstainton3199 Месяц назад +1

    This story is what I've been waiting for my whole life. Ruined my expectations of strip clubs forever.

  • @josef8648
    @josef8648 Месяц назад +1

    Imma need some @s

  • @aj-qj4lt
    @aj-qj4lt Месяц назад +2

    I had minor tore on my penis it struggled to get erectus maximus...But it was good seeing Guy again..Oh wait we saw him last night on The Hundred on Oz TV....😁🤙

  • @Sadder302
    @Sadder302 Месяц назад +3

    If this isn’t I sign times a tough in New Zealand I’m not sure what is …. 😂,

  • @youtube_is_bad_for_art
    @youtube_is_bad_for_art 10 дней назад

    This should have more subs than Mr. Beast. Guy does far more good in the world

  • @ignaciolorello
    @ignaciolorello Месяц назад +1

    three!

  • @thomasneal9291
    @thomasneal9291 Месяц назад +1

    why is the new season not appearing on TV3 yet??

    • @NewZealandToday
      @NewZealandToday  Месяц назад

      its on threeNow! go check it out

    • @watermelon2223
      @watermelon2223 Месяц назад

      @@NewZealandToday I can only see season 4 on threenow

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 Месяц назад

      @@NewZealandToday nope. I am logged in to three now (sorry called it tv3 earlier) there is only season 4 there.

    • @lilalpenglow
      @lilalpenglow Месяц назад

      @@thomasneal9291season 4 is the new season dummy. I’m an American and even I know this

  • @pirimoretukariri-hn5yb
    @pirimoretukariri-hn5yb Месяц назад +2

    The mermaid tank gavr them a yeaste infection 😂

  • @jessebarlow1277
    @jessebarlow1277 Месяц назад +4

    0:18 "footage courtesy of Leigh Hart" must be just a statistical probability that if you find stock footage of a strip club in new zealand it was filmed by Leigh Hart

  • @dahlia_day
    @dahlia_day Месяц назад +1

    I like that Guy's "strip club owner" persona involves channeling 2000s Indie Sleeze Lite--the Strokes not the Sopranos.

  • @maniac1367
    @maniac1367 9 дней назад

    You know you're probably just could have called the strip club and asked them about the fish tank 😂.

  • @hildonnschoeman4591
    @hildonnschoeman4591 Месяц назад +2

    omg

  • @timfagan816
    @timfagan816 Месяц назад +1

    The girl in the purple has such a great body!

  • @unachieved
    @unachieved Месяц назад +2

    this will be a challengeing w**k...
    ...BRB.

  • @NatAliDenton
    @NatAliDenton Месяц назад

    I thought mermaids was up in auckland cbd??

  • @jamieminnell7316
    @jamieminnell7316 Месяц назад +1

    doing gods work🤎🙏📿

  • @freebeerishere
    @freebeerishere Месяц назад

    9:50 he doesn't know guy's bi 😭

  • @sprintershepherd4359
    @sprintershepherd4359 Месяц назад +1

    Guy is tha guy ! .........................................cunny funt

  • @jackl4739
    @jackl4739 Месяц назад

    Omg mermaid chicks !

  • @WabMiran
    @WabMiran Месяц назад +2

    bro uses bing...

  • @kubabooba548
    @kubabooba548 Месяц назад +3

    Hang on, why did he start a strip club called Minotaur? The pool was diseased, so he started a strip club, and something in a book?

  • @vaunarevalo7253
    @vaunarevalo7253 25 дней назад +1

    I remember when NZ today was about things that you could slightly call “news”
    Wtf is this

  • @HungTran-39
    @HungTran-39 Месяц назад +2

    🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳❤️🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🕊️

  • @genepoole1771
    @genepoole1771 Месяц назад +1

    In an era where media outlets spread falsehood with impunity, Guy Williams brings us real facts. And while naysayers say Guy's news is trifling sordid nonsense, I say give him credit for his high ethical standards. Look, he paid a fair wage to the strippers.

  • @MrPieguyDaBoss
    @MrPieguyDaBoss Месяц назад

    Whatever you do dont go to the OF
    also why would u not do sheep?

  • @angmaiaxander
    @angmaiaxander Месяц назад +2

    Lisa Lewis hasn't been relevant for a very very long time.

  • @fireiadmire5189
    @fireiadmire5189 Месяц назад +2

    I 💛 the exploration with your sexuality 💛😍🙏

  • @Thunda1986
    @Thunda1986 Месяц назад

    So the men got payed tge same wage as the women 😂

  • @Jayden-xn9gg
    @Jayden-xn9gg Месяц назад

    skux

  • @charlesh3492
    @charlesh3492 Месяц назад +2

    Golriz stole it and installed it at home to keep all of her swag in it.