New Zealand Today - Opo the Magic Dolphin and the legend of THE TANIWHA

open on a a town obsessed with a dolphin [Music] in the summer of 1955 Orphan Annie was visited by a dolphin they named opal a highly intelligent and friendly creature that became a national icon bus-only two months later the dolphin was tragically found washed up on some rocks did 63 years later Orphan Annie is still infatuated with or poor every store in town is or port-based its grave holds pride of place and its main attraction is the opposite a tube in the village square why is this town still obsessed with a dolphin that's been dead for over half a century why can't they move on and why is the boy in that statue naked I had to find out what was going on in open Ani so what if he'll do out here lots of P and fishing for information on PD so he's gone now is that bad for - Ernie well to be honest mate he was here in 1955 II mean it's a dolphin it was here what a Jim does the job he had come in here and play with the kids and the people and I think and then they're suing they've got rid of them beatboxing [ __ ] yeah I couldn't believe what I was hearing some of the beast' beatboxing of all time but also the Opera may have been murdered maybe this is why or not II couldn't move on I had so many questions who would hurt I'll pour the friendly dolphin and what was a Jim job and they lastly I needed to learn more about the region so they put me in touch with a local legend the tiny fire collects iake over sounds a tawny flower we call them have you heard of this Legion know if you meet them why is it the telephone [Music] what's your name my name is uh who booth but the people here call me the tummy paw does your name actually here blue these can you show me some ID no no I'm worried about oh the dolphin oh um not here they got a new animal what animal that's only [ __ ] is that yours yes me what sort of tricks do you do tricks are there do tricks so we can't be like open only the home of a man who does no tricks I'm the trickiest out no more tricks damn are we that was a good so you're also a tiny funny fire I danced say and do and show you they will just blow your mind be a cheeks would just pop I would love to see an experience that to you just saved my name in the wind no word of a lie I'll just pop up in her belief was one of the beast dudes and trickiest tricksters that I'd ever met in my life but he didn't know about OPOs mysterious deaths I was still thirsty for leads so I went to the pub to get a pint of knowledge do you remember / the dolphin do I look that old I don't want to go into that part there because there's a lot of suspicion on Howard back what do you mean Westar special it was killed by some people whose murders yeah do you have any idea of why I passed away dynamite are you bullshitting me no the locals confirmed my worst fears oh poor was taken out possibly by a local fisherman who as possibly I couldn't believe what I was hearing what started as a light fluff piece about a strange town obsessed with the dolphin head turned into a murder mystery and it was up to me to find out who did it the next morning I traveled deep into the hokianga harbour the scene of the crime with some tough questions for a local angler there's rumors that a fisherman killed Oppo well I cannot cannot be a hell of a scene sure because everybody loved okay all right well let me ask you hutch Walker my name's not that's real Co if someone was gonna hunt and catch a dolphin and how would they do it okay get some big-ass dynamite get out there trying to find out where that dolphins and then all are you just drop a couple great that's a perfect take all right when you use that when a splice are gonna make it light you cool dope oh great what I think you can't do that I can do that I've got editing technology so do i what it means so do you I've got Beauty to college you the new probably I got better to editing technology than you how much would you like the bit get back all right don't call me Jeffrey across the line there what the [ __ ] you doing out here I told you all the tiny bar would swim in the middle of our safety but I feel I should come on in oh just because y'all well nice to see you again may I have Akeem I'm running into you this one at any fires easy making sure you follows a steeper line for a strange man I found a tiny fire but I was no closer to finding opals killer I needed some new information so I went to the information center and that's where I saw the video that blew the case wide open winnie has a ball she's not very sure about lending it to open but the schoolmaster thinks she'll get it back safely a small girl named Gwen a traumatized by having a boar stolen by opal she had a motive could this be the killer there was only one way to track her down the open on a museum do you guys know anything oh we do yes her name wasn't funny it was dawn and the story it wasn't here bull she was only four years old do you want to continue this story right okay what else can I tell you about that story not very much at all do you want to continue with the story we have since been in contact with Winnie whose real name is dawn so the phone numbers as far as we can go to lead you to quitting they gave me the phone number it was time for me to continue with the story on my own there's a specific reason why I wanted to meet you in particular and that was because you were famously in the video of oppa the dolphin I was in the film you were called greeni mr us why we called gwynnie in the film I think because it producer of it film got it wrong your name is Grace no I'm sorry dawn sorry Dorney sorry dawn sorry grace so I'm the little girl he gets really upset because they take the ball away you love that boarding it I don't you a Devastator that you've lost your ball yeah and you don't give a toss about how far in your mind OPO is a villain no I stole your border name no I don't know the teachers stole the port to give to a pack yeah so I post saw the war the teacher was working for over I wasn't here so I'm saying is the only person in all of open Oni who had any reason to harm oco-2 did you kill her okay pause the tape for a minute this was the moment standing on a wharf accusing innocent lady of dolphin murder that I realized that I'd lost my mind it didn't matter how many innocent fishermen I stitched up in the Edit I can't get some big-ass dynamite and then I'll feel like Oh Paul wasn't coming back if I wanted to help open Oni I needed to stop looking for what was wrong with it and focus on what made it great but if I was gonna do that there was only one person I could trust to show me the Beast of the town someone guaranteed to make my cheeks pop all I had to do was say his name in the wind [Music] oh you mean we were hoping you'd be able to show me like all the best features of open own it beside you besides ha okay took me on a tour of all the top sites around town anyways I mean so burgers ice creams this is the big basket here and they selling smokes and ice cream this is dope in any restaurant and they sell while states and lots of ice cream was everybody hotel they saw my face they do ice creams in the year the tour finished at the local car park /dance metal spots so you say you're a good dancer [Music] Shane Robertson who I'm guy Williams coda welcome to hook young open oneis dance-off between Guy Williams in a local boy [Music] [Music] [Music] you're the man I'm a man and the results are in folks dance against each other we dance together [Music] so we celebrated with some ice cream and herb told me a little bit about the origins of the tiny fire here's the crazy thing when I first met you I assumed you were [ __ ] cuz you said your name was horribly yeah Lauren sleep that's your actual name there's the most awesome name I've ever heard in my life you also said you're well known in the town I was like this guy's talking crap but then everyone knows who you are how does he know who you are because I am the one they it stays up to gangs and big crews they come through here I am the one that hugs them in are your hug games oh you do their water hug have a piece I'll put it down one of the hardest upbringing anyone could ever have no once Warriors there's nothing to work on on three I've got step six times I've been stabbed six times was this when you tried to hug a gang member you voluntarily jumped in the boat yeah and then have that go well I thought they just put me on Facebook and I just started back hopefully I get feed to the other pretty hungry haha what'd you get they stabbed me in the cheese then these get told stay me again and then he wouldn't stay me gave birth then I said what are you encouraging to stab yeah I told him to do it he ain't gonna do it ah genius yeah I mean ideally you wouldn't've just hopped in the boot in the first place they're looking for here now there would have been a bit of playing these well I did all those things for reason why for me to be able to speak and teach so I could help our young ones what sort of listeners do you take well listen up one thing it it's a good listen listen number two love life every breath every day okay that kind of relates to listen number one doesn't it don't get stabs herb taught me a valuable lesson that day the open or knee was so much more than a town that had a dolphin sixty years ago it was a beautiful place full of beautiful people and the people deserved a new icon a new symbol of hope for the future [Music] it's been so wonderful to spend some time here and the wonderful small naked child I came here to meet Oppo the dolphin and I was severely disappointed to learn that the dolphin possibly was murdered 65 years ago look make you stop pulling there for a quick second my point is is that you guys don't need a dolphin you need jobs yeah you need jobs that is true you do need jobs but more importantly than jobs you need a new icon a new inspiration and you hope for the future ladies and gentlemen I give to you your new icon the Tony for [Music] look after each other try not to hit another soul just love life to the fullest kids my time and open ani had started as a murder investigation and while I didn't find the killer I found one of the most beautiful places on earth so if you get the chance visit often Ani you won't get to see our poor but you might get to see a dance battle or experience a gym job and if you're really lucky who knows you might even meet at an ephah [Music] Guy Williams New Zealand today

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Views: 452,716

Rating: 4.95083 out of 5

Keywords: comedy, jono and ben, Guy Williams, New Zealand Today, Opononi, Taniwha, Herb Leef, Herb Leaf, Opo, Opo the magic dolphin, Opo the friendly dolphin, Comedian, New Zealand, Dolphin Murder, new zealand

Id: nlu0foF3WBk

Length: 13min 46sec (826 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 05 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/jw44]

Interesting that Guy keeps posting videos to the Jono and Ben channel even though the show got cancelled. Is he producing new videos or are these archived from old episodes? Either way; a Guy travel channel where he just goes around to small NZ towns and does stuff like this for a full half hour would be great.

[u/Atheist_Mctoker]

new zealanders are precious. Let's wall it off and just see what continues to develop.

[u/brwonmagikk]

How does anyone living in new Zealand ever hold a straight face? Their proportion of memes per capita is out of control.

[u/Rejoyces]

"Lots of p and fishing... ...for information... ...about p dealers..."

[u/thalne]

Legend. The Taniwha would make any city better.

[u/koffiebroodje]

I freaking love this man. Why isn't this a bigger hit on YouTube? This deserves to go on forever!

[u/mrcarlita]

Love these videos, pleasantly surprised to see a new one.

One of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U69QBO-qSpE

[u/Spageto]

"'Once Were Warriors' got nothing on me"

Fuck that's a heavy sentence from the Taniwha.

[u/GeronimoRay]

Taniwha / Herb Leef is the hero we need but don't deserve