Nek minnit (next minute; alternatively negg minute, nek minut, "nek minute", or simply nekminit) is an Internet meme made popular by New Zealand skateboarder Levi Hawken. Hawken appeared in a viral video which shows a scooter, apparently destroyed outside a dairy. [1]

Man from ‘Nek Minnit’ video featured in new documentary. The man who became known as “Nek Minnit” guy has spoken out about the severe impact becoming a viral sensation had on his life.

Feb 15, 2025 · In 1994, Māori activist Mike Smith tried to cut down the lone pine on Auckland’s Maungakiekie One Tree Hill. More than 8 million views and 14 years later, Levi Hawken spoke to 1News about the nek minnit meme and the "strange phenomenon" which followed.

Levi Hawken, once the "Nek Minute" guy, now star of a documentary on what it was like to become a meme. Photo / Stjohn Milgrew A broken scooter and a throwaway line went viral and made Levi...

Sep 11, 2019 · Levi Hawken's viral video, which launched the catch phrase 'Nek Minnit', began as a joke between him and a friend as they skated through a park in Auckland, New Zealand in 2011.

Aug 29, 2019 · Speaking for the first time in a new documentary, the man who became a meme recalls the joke that birthed a viral catchphrase and turned him into an internet caricature. Hawken originally featured in a skateboarding video.

To Levi Hawken it signals the moment that defined him. Speaking for the first time in a new Loading Docs short documentary, the man who became a meme recalls his joke that birthed a viral...

Aug 24, 2019 · When "nek minnit" exploded in 2011, Hawken was, he says, "down in Dunedin just kind of minding my own business and doing art and skating – and that happened." There was little to indicate his life was about to change.

Sep 13, 2019 · A Loading Docs documentary - The man known as the 'Nek Minnit' guy confronts the meme that defined him. Levi Hawken recalls his joke that birthed a viral catchphrase. Living with a rare genetic condition which affects his appearance and turned him into an internet caricature, Levi defines the price of our fame based society.

Blurring the line between internet icon, skateboarding legend and talented artist, he discovers all is connected and fate is often as simple as being careful what you wish for. Director: Stjohn...