New Zealand Today began on Jono And Ben as a parody of click-bait journalism and modern media culture. The segment went on to become its own 'show within a show' and clips have since racked up hundreds of thousands of views online. New Zealand Today takes Guy Williams around the country checking out strange and unusual goings-on in regional New Zealand.
Showing Season 2 of 5
Season 2
2021
Volunteer journalist Guy Williams visits small-town New Zealand to investigate what he thinks are the most interesting stories in New Zealand today.
01. Guy heads to Feilding in Manawatu
2021-04-09
Guy heads to Feilding in Manawatu, which claims to be New Zealand’s most beautiful town after taking the title 16 times in the awards 32-year history
02. Episode 2
2021-04-16
Guy heads to the windy capital to investigate what is quite possibly the biggest story of the year – a man who broke into Wellington Zoo to steal a monkey.
03. Episode 3
2021-04-22
Guy steps outside of his comfort zone as he travels to Geraldine and further into the Southern Alps to explore the ‘art’ of Tahr hunting.
04. Episode 4
2021-04-29
Guy heads back to Christchurch to find out what happened to the Wizard, a legend in Cathedral Square for several decades.
05. Episode 5
2021-05-06
Guy travels to the small Manawatu town of Woodville to investigate the story of a man who chainsawed the ‘private parts’ off a local carving.
06. Episode 6
2021-05-14
Guy heads to Christchurch to learn more about the nocturnal world of boy racers, before jetting off to Huntly to investigate an unusual spate of sex toys.
07. Episode 7
2021-05-21
Guy travels to Mermaids, Wellington’s iconic strip club to investigate a missing fish tank. Then, onto Wainuiomata to get to the bottom of some unconventional means of travel.
08. Episode 8
2021-05-28
Guy heads to his hometown of Nelson to investigate conspiracy theories surrounding 5G Technology. Later, he goes undercover to stay at the worst reviewed motel in the country.
09. Episode 9
2021-06-03
Guy returns to Taranaki to visit outspoken New Plymouth district councillor Murray Chong, who stood as a candidate for the New Conservative party at the last election.
10. Episode 10
2021-06-10
Guy heads to Granity to try and save the sinking town, then over to Millterton's no. 1 punk rock radio station Bedrock FM to help solve the mystery of who stole their CDs!