New Zealand Today - Who’s blasting Vengaboys at 2am in West Auckland?

For years the sleepy West Auckland suburb of Te Atatū has been haunted by someone playing Vengaboys and Celine Dion at 2am in the morning!?
Guy Williams attempts to solve the mystery and catch whoever is behind this bizarre phenomenon.
Thanks to New Zealand on Air!
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[@GeneticDrifter]

I like the sophistication that they rule on clarity and not just loudness.

[@humanityandme]

Yeah, they really took us through an art exhibit with that one

[@deucenickeltrey]

@@humanityandme😂

[@RichSmithson]

"West Auckland a strange place" I love how we can all agree on that point.

[@ouroborostechnologies696]

all of auckland is weird and dumb

[@snoopyfan1234]

I live in west Auckland 😭😭

[@Tom-mk7iq]

The place is awesome.. Its just been over run with weirdos and randoms.

[@juniornivo656]

😂😂😂 cover the face but seen his driveway

[@Peter-kk6rg]

Westie for life

[@lukemoy5630]

As a dude from the UK, thank you so much for coming back Guy. This show is the fucking nuts

[@cakebandit]

I swear to god if this series had proper KZbin titles and thumbnails it would be huge

[@wuko687]

Agreed, NZT if you put some work into these I'm sure you will find a lot of success. My basic suggestion is putting New Zealand today at the end. (Even still though the title could become even more click baity even though I hate to say it) E.g: Who’s blasting Vengaboys at 2am in West Auckland? | New Zealand Today

[@TheMeldingMuse]

YES!!

[@Sam-en5uc]

Guy sold us out to TV, gave up on the channel, then TVNZ collapsed and now he's reviving his KZbin. He should have kept the grind going, money-wise I imagine he would be doing quite well for himself if he didn't give up his momentum for a contract with TVNZ

[@alioh7615]

​@@wuko687 that's not what click bait is

[@socks2441]

@@wuko687 did they change the title to match your suggestion?

[@eamonntee]

Genuinely a great bit of journalism. Love that it just became a story about exploring one of Auckland's stranger subcultures (without condeming or making fun of them). Siren battles can be annoying, but I'd hate for them to be shut down or pushed out of an area because of it.

[@Owesomasaurus]

The Vengabus is coming for you, West Auckland.

[@citizen-7xl5]

Is everybody jumping?

[@kathleenlewis1954]

Bring it 😊

[@joash3714]

As annoying as sirens can be, I'd be lying if i said i didnt want to go to a siren battle lol

[@QuickeMart]

That looks like a fuckin good night, ngl.

[@grey_watch]

"We can't change the story, mid-story" but interview person gets changed during interview 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@loveunlimited777]

Mr Williams, you are the epitome of endearing New Zealand brilliance. Bravo. 👍

[@Dlweta57]

Your kidding... This is crap unintelligent juvenile shite

[@jasebaker]

New Zealand Today* (from like 3 years ago)

[@BradCollier-zn2uc]

Who cares good watch these again for shits & giggles 😂😂😂

[@freelancerconverse4413]

Good for us expats overseas, never seen this before and nice to see what people are getting up to these days back home.

[@aarondavidson6409]

nah brah nz internet uploads are just heaps slow aye

[@aintnobetterthan]

​@@aarondavidson6409you would hate australia then 😮

[@aarondavidson6409]

@@aintnobetterthan im an aussie lol... i wrote this comment 10 years ago

[@afatron]

Bringing nz together 11 minutes at a time. Love your work.

[@donbrashsux]

Guy makes Kiwis laugh at themselves 😂😂

[@Dlweta57]

No he doesn't.. His talent is wasted on this type of bullshit msm television

[@Deadend09]

Do the ram raiders next 😂

[@pbpb8499]

interview PRO1 from rotovegas

[@espoalehandro]

Pov I know they hangout spot

[@pbpb8499]

@@espoalehandro drop it g

[@chillinoutmaxin4630]

I'm sorry but WTF, as someone that has always HATED those cars with loudspeakers on them blasting this music in neighborhoods late on weeknights, and the bicycles with the same speakers being ridden by some lone nutcase doing the same thing, I find the whole car meet-up stuff really fucking awesome (haha I hope that first half of the comment threw you off). It reminds me of first two The Fast and The Furious movies and ( as a white early 30's Kiwi) I think its awesome that the Islanders are getting together and all hanging out having fun and sharing the love, and also seem to be accepting of people new to the scene to join in. Growing up in such a multi-culturally expanding country like NZ in the 90s, I probably had friends of every race and culture on the planet by the time I hit Intermediate, and one of the best aspects of that is being introduced to customs and cultures that I probably would have had no idea about if I grew up in any other country. That is a core aspect of what it means to be a Kiwi, in my opinion. We shouldn't let the few people that do this kind of thing late at night in neighborhoods during weeknights, or the media that portrays it as "Islander culture just here to annoy everyone else with their music", cause us to believe that the majority of people aren't just like you, me, or the next fulla who just want to have fun during their free-time and be a part of a community. Too many people seem to hate and fear anything they don't already like more and more these days, rather than even giving themselves a chance to understand or be involved in it. Also, "Celine cos She's-On" is fucking crackup.

[@wheresmysanity]

Fark. That sound was pretty clear tho

[@ohtruebro]

9:02 "Where's your vaccine pass?" lol why did that make me laugh so hard

[@vinnierawiri]

9:38 when they go all go off together was pure magic 🎉

[@MargaritaNZ2024]

My old neighbors always played Vengaboys after midnight while they would party, lol.🎉 There were never any fights, thankfully. But their volume was always LOUD🔊😅

[@BradCollier-zn2uc]

Drinking their vailima 😂😂😂

[@havokgames8297]

"Wheres your vaccine pass"

[@khandallah4725]

sums it up. five million burgers, five million sheep." safe and effective, 'if you get the mRNA you will not get it or pass it on and if you do not you want to kill grandma" trust authority.

[@BradCollier-zn2uc]

It's up my anuk bruv😂😂😂

[@yasmin4281]

😂😂😂

[@Monica-jq4gy]

don't have one 😂

[@BradCollier-zn2uc]

@@Monica-jq4gy my dog ate it lol 🤣

[@andyhunter5869]

Isn't it wonderful to see Polynesian kiwis smiling, laughing, socialising and having a good time? Their sense of humour is so refreshing :)

[@havokgames8297]

I was expecting a kind of rough scene...but it was super wholesome.

[@toddfather7541]

As opposed to? Islanders not happy smiling???

[@andyhunter5869]

@@toddfather7541 I expected a rough scene, but this was so wholesome and inclusive. Music isn't to my taste, but that's neither here nor there.

[@toddfather7541]

@@andyhunter5869 I actually agree with you 😂😂. It was good

[@andyhunter5869]

@@toddfather7541 let's be honest - most people who inadvertently walked into that group would probably want to turn and run! But they looked like a fun group to hang out with.

[@hotpotato96]

someone get these boys a nightclub so that they can blast their music and the rest of us can sleep haha

[@BradCollier-zn2uc]

Is Jermaine still on the team ? I feel he needs his own show 😂😂😂

[@dahlia_day]

The people demand more Jamaine content.

[@georgiac91]

Jack Tame disease comment made me choke on my tea so hard I feared for my life

[@Enadiius]

11pm nearly on the dot until whatever time they get shut down, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, The Venga boys. Its honestly like someone has the stereo on in my garage. Go out south to the industrial areas.

[@craigsymington5401]

they'll get robbed😂😂😂😂

[@ChoadMaster]

NZT ask the questions that the world is too scared to hear the answers. More than that they look for solutions, maybe not finding them but hey they try. God bless you NZT.

[@KyleDangerKopp]

Ask not for whom the vengabus is coming, it is coming for thee

[@Rob_i]

After watching this, I’m glad I live in Australia.

[@dogfriendlynz9462]

You are the best New Zealand content hands down, my pants plz

[@teana4447]

best content I’ve seen in a while

[@EightSixMusic]

Guy Williams like a Frontline NZ Reporter, going into places people say are dangerous

[@DOCTRJ]

8:34 The bean one was a goodie

[@slickxcix8262]

Bro this is crack up 😂 we need more of this lol

[@RuStyMoNkeY964]

This happens in Porirua too. Haven't heard much over the last few months but it was quite bad during Summer

[@NickMate]

MR BEAN! 😂☠️

[@Schrammwow]

Idk who’s blasting Vengaboys at 2am but that’s a bloke I’d like to meet

[@joshuataylor3550]

Ah ye, good job he's also a homosexual.

[@dadcooks1347]

I hope he does an expose on retail clothing shoplifting next🤣🤣🤣

[@teokangahuata-wagner5398]

we got a Guy williams siren battle before GTA 6 😂

[@lightyear9829]

0:33 Me in my head at this point* “Vengaboys make some noooise!”

[@CRAIG5835]

They ALL look like they are having a ball, esp when Vengaboys start rocking. A far better option for Aucks young fellas than wanting to patch up and waste 20 years of your youth to either Jail, and, or, so called brotherhood I would have thought but its a free world and to each his own is what I have always lived by and I have been around for a few haircuts nowdays.

[@jeremiahyi8541]

GUY WILLIAMS NZ TODAY

[@drama8019]

I cant lie shalalala is a banger 😂😂😂

[@PiercerOvHeaven7]

Nah the song choices are absolute bangers 😂 I love this

[@aramoana01]

There’s some guy that drives around South Dunedin doing this too. Can’t remember the song but it’s some shit like this

[@TradieTrev]

Fantastic journalism! Love my kiwi bros!

[@Numptaloid]

this is like when the man who killed your father also makes a mean sausage sizzle

[@GeekChicPolitiq]

Ok the dance party looks like so much fun though

[@SINBIN9023]

Jermaine !!!!! Linwood to Glen eden!!! build a statue of this man at Eastgate!!!!!

[@westernsellers9148]

Vengaboys were massive in 1999 and 2000

[@lnaf]

Memories lol

[@abbyizes]

Love the face blur

[@freelancerconverse4413]

80s West Auckland was more V8s and heavy metal.

[@brownpunk1794]

yep till coconuts took ova

[@BoosieBadazz-24]

​@@brownpunk1794it's good that we showed up, we seasoned it up, no one wants to listen to that unseasoned ass metal rock music has no taste 😂

[@danielthomas8507]

@@BoosieBadazz-24 better than monkey music

[@damienr5554]

If this had english subtitles it would be huge in Australia

[@NZ.Zer0]

this is brilliant, why did i only just find this??!!

[@victor_iosi]

This is plain funny. Well done! 😂

[@Tom-mk7iq]

"We just need some place to go" Just put some headphones on!

[@robbojr11]

They could play it in industrial or reserves that dont disturb the peace at a decent volume. But nah bro we gotta piss the community off cos we are cool

[@Reuben-z1j]

That foodies food song at the start got me dying 😅

[@NolanSeniors2024]

this guy is the NZ Max Fosh

[@QuickeMart]

That looks like a f**kin' good night, ngl.

[@rebekahwestwood]

Every episode is gold 🤣

[@sundaychiild]

4:27 this guy 😂😂

[@shumcr]

Is That house still for sale???

[@mattyjs4603]

Islanders on Rtd’s with thir fresh ways.

[@stallyyt9189]

Did you feel tough typing that

[@mattyjs4603]

@@stallyyt9189 not really, was more of a statement then a ego stroke. Thanks for checking in on my feelings

[@user-kx3js9ec2h]

HEY JUST SHALALALA IN THE MORNING..

[@kaylagorrie]

Budget candy glucose hitting my veins 😂

[@Gunnercv]

Now I have Venga boys songs in my head 😂😂

[@Kingohel]

"No-one calls me Mr. Bean and gets away with it" - Guy Williams 2024

[@MarstaJNZ]

Love how this interview played out.

[@jaspercrozier3516]

00:13 that car had the same reaction as me when I saw ya walking through the courtyard outside tom segura's gig haha

[@lxopenfirexl7007]

Love the energy from the boyz, crack up xD

[@PrettyPurplePolkaDots]

Ask not for whom the Vengabus comes. It comes for thee.

[@pants_cat]

that motorcycle's tire was about to blow, wire coming out and everything just cruising down the free way

[@kaylagorrie]

"how much is your house worth" classic intrusive questions

[@HK-vv9kv]

Jemaine is a brilliant addition to the team 😂

[@livingimprovements4382]

Guarantee the siren kings aint know where near their parents house 🤣

[@robbojr11]

Yep otherwise falalala that jandalbus is coming for youuu

[@livingimprovements4382]

@@robbojr11 🤣🤣

[@cumafua4207]

Your not islanders if you don’t play these songs at get together or when having drinks 😂😂

[@nocaphen]

My O.C.D made me google what squeechy was 😂😂

[@WavyNZL-]

siren kings. another word for jobless

[@LorraineI-i4v]

He has a job - and you got time to be on here keyboard warrior

[@Clumzy420]

Its the fact that they can't edit out their face so they made a face blocking stick 🤣 This is definitely Nz 😎

[@sincerewyd2285]

Best channel on KZbin...

[@donna6806]

If this was on channel 1 at 6 I might actually watch the news.

[@BigYumps]

Great story, i learnt lot

[@Kenso6969]

Myyy heartt goes shalala lala, shalalaaa in the morrrninggggg

[@MrCutlis]

👏👏👏

[@robbojr11]

Same sound mom or aunties jandal makes if they do that sht near their own house

[@IraserH]

It went from the vengaboys to vengerboys to fingerboys in the subtitles.

[@craigsymington5401]

😂😂😂

[@Izakayz_]

Cops foldlowed me to the park when i was on my siren bike

[@robbojr11]

Not surprised sure a heap of those sirens are stolen. Not saying yours was. But funny how theres heaps of sirens from schools and beaches and civil defence sirens getting stolen as this scene gets larger.

[@guybarryman]

This one is a classic

[@kweenzwalters3916]

When I took my friends from otago up to Auckland they ended up asking the Samoans and Tongans in otago why they don't do siren battles😂 only in Auckland lol

[@robbojr11]

You dont want to start it. It starts as in carparks and reserves, then they start cruising the streets with screechy crap that shocks you awake. Or cruise with so much bass it reverberates right through the entire house. Had to check windows for cracks afterwards its so bad. Usually random times through the night and early hours. All days of week and weekend. Its horrible.

[@kweenzwalters3916]

@@robbojr11 yup I'm not complaining bro haha that will drive me mad in dunedin. I work nights 12hrs 4 days on at the mines and I'm glad I don't live in Auckland because of the crap siren music lol

[@hunta7078]

thanks guy!

[@thomasneal9291]

Guy... season 5 (current season) does not appear on ThreeNow. Please have someone other than yourself check if they can see it? I am logged in and it is not there, only season 4. Can anybody else see it there?

[@onynee281]

Vote Guy WIlliams for Mayor, he will solve all of Aucklands problems .

[@rzh8752]

man i cant even be mad at these guys now, they seem like GC's

[@ryangordon3794]

Some people watch the news , i watch NewZealand today

[@una_10bananas]

Your reaction to the Mr Bean comment was gold 😅

[@dylanbishop1940]

I love guy Williams...🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@pablokampung]

WEST AUCKLAND 🗣️

[@abrom253]

Enjoyed watching this a lot while eating my mac&cheese that I brought for lunch to work

[@TheMushroomTrap]

It's easier to answer who isn't!

[@tokousomate]

"wheres your vaccine pass" BAHAHAHAHA

[@trustGodsOnly]

😂😂😂 bro I like this guy, dude don’t use blur ma he use his own real life blurr 😂😂😂😂 south Auckland papatoetoe here 😂😂😂

[@Westmansouth]

He is literally wearing mr Beans Suit hahahaha

[@rileymanasco]

This show reminds of why NZ is great

[@DukeLuke-kh4pr]

This show makes NZ look fckn stupid

[@Nephalym_]

He's back lol