ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 15th February 2021

Episode Date: February 15, 2021

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Cheg 1-2, Cheg 1-2, hello, hello, hello everybody and welcome to the Brie and Clint podcast with No Brie, the first podcast that's got No Brie on it for 15 years. It's been 15 years since we did a podcast without her on it. And Caitlin is filling in for you. 15 years? Yeah, crazy eh? We've only been doing this show for three years. I'm so confused.

Caitlin is back. If you've only ever exclusively listened to this podcast and never listened to zm she used to um produce the morning show with fletchboard and megan i did and then you went fuck that oh we can swear in this yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah um no no i love it i hate getting over this time i loved loved it. It was great. But then I decided that I wanted to become a nurse, which is also a good thing. You had a really good line before that you tell people when they say, why did you choose to leave radio and become a nurse? Because the money.

It's not true. There's no money. No, I love people. I love the people. It's really nice being able to help people when they're, you know, at their most vulnerable. So that's what I'm trying to do. Yeah, but what about the a-holes?

Like people being arseholes or the actual a-holes? Oh no, not the physical a-holes. Like the arseholes. No, they're just an occupational hazard. And I wouldn't ask you about that. It's like you don't ask a plumber about sticking their hand down a toilet. Like I'm not sure it's their favourite bit of the job.

But it comes with the territory. What about the arseholes I've actually been pretty lucky I know there are arseholes out there But ED people get a lot of a-holes right Because they deal with a lot of drugs and drugs Drunks and stuff yeah

Drunks and drugs But even when I'm drunk I'm pretty nice I reckon Don't you reckon like when you're like drunk Yeah yeah yeah You're like But that's not true for everybody Yeah I know

We did our hot tub time machine tour from Cathedral Square the other day And there were some not very friendly drunk people Oh really How many fights broke out while we were doing that Cry shoots broadcast Three Three

Yeah Pete had to call the police three times during our show What Like because of you guys Or just No there were punch ups going on around us Oh no It's a hot area It's a crime At three o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday Because of you guys? No, there were punch-ups going on around us. Oh, no. It's a hot area.

It's a crime. At three o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday. Oh, no. Shout out to Christchurch. How good's Christchurch? It was good. Christchurch is great. Yeah.

That's disappointing. Yeah. You're going to hear in the show soon about how I gave producer Anastasia my beard, which I'm happy that it's gone to such a good home. Yeah. Thank you. She's treating it well. What I didn't mention is what Anastasia got us as a gift for the bed.

Oh. Because I said I don't want anything for the bed. Yeah. Just take it. Because we have to empty that room anyway for the baby. So you're actually doing us a favour by taking the bed. Because otherwise we'd have to put it into storage. Yeah.

And so she brings beer and chocolate. Aww. And a thank you card. Oh my God. You've been raised really well. Yeah, you have. My mum, she gets angry at me if I don't send people thank you cards. So I buy a box of them and then, yeah.

Oh my God. Oh, is that a bulk buy thank you card? No, no, that was a special one. I explained that in the card. Yeah. But I didn't have any left. Did you read the card, Clint? Why did you not read the card? I did read the card.

You read the card. Yeah, she goes, sorry for this ugly card. So it was after hours when I was going to the liquor store to get them. And I had to go to the dairy and dairies don't have very cool ones they should have cards at liquor stores like not gonna lie like clint you're awesome but lucy's real really trendy and i was like i'm really worried that she's gonna see this card and be like oh she totally got this from a petrol station like okay that's good doesn't have taste i can't believe you write cards to everyone that's lovely yeah they should have cards at bottle stores. They should.

Like, I'm sorry I broke your leg. Here's a bottle of wine. Yeah, they should have thank you. Yeah. They should have sorry. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations.

Dog box ones. Oh, yeah. Although, are you buying booze to get out of the dog box? Probably not. Because booze probably got you in the dog box. Depends who it is. Happy 18th. That would be a big one.

Happy 18th. Well, because there's a lot of 18-year-olds. You know, you're going to buy them their first drink. Not that it would be their first drink, but. No, I don't olds You know you go and buy them their first drink Not that it would be their first drink No I don't think it's kosher to buy them their first drink Is it? Yeah he's got a bottle of wine too Oh actually no that doesn't make sense

Because the whole point of being 18 is so you can buy yourself Buy your own yeah true true true Okay I backtrack on that Anyway thank you for the card I thought it was a lovely touch Thank you for the bid I appreciate it No problems Still so weird

He told me that it was a guest bed that was like a year or two old It was his bed before it was a guest bed He had a previous relationship in it Love that bed It's a good bed Can you admit this? You left that large portion of the story out when you told me it was a couple years old

and it was your guest bed that was practically never used. I used it. For the last three years, it has been. And Ben slept in it too. I slept in it. Ben, Ben, Ben, did you have a girl in that bed with you? Yes. What did he just say?

Anastasia. What did he just say? Iastasia. What did he just say? I said yes. Yes to what? He shared that bed with the person he loves. Yeah. When he was house-sitting my cats. Both the boys have...

Katelyn, what are you doing tomorrow morning? Done 60 times. Do you want to take a bed to the dump? Don't you dare. Maybe I'll take... Because I'm the only person. Has Bree been in that bed with anyone? No. Maybe I'll take, because I'm the only person. Has Bree been in that bed with anyone? No.

Maybe I'll come over with someone. I don't know where I'll find them. But then, and then it will just make it all even. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. There's no evidence that I did anything in the bed. There's no evidence that I did. Well, it's the look on your faces. Oh my gosh.

And yeah, not a good time. It's wearing isolation. Yeah, we are I thought I was getting A mean deal out of this And just It's a good deal The more and more

I find out about this I got two dozen Heinekens Out of it So I got a mean deal Oh It's a lot of Heinekens They didn't have the big box though At the supermarket

You got two small boxes Even better Yeah Two small boxes Right Do we put secret sound in the podcast? No, I don't. Right.

Okay, that's fine. It will be mentioned. You'll hear it mentioned. Do you guys tell us if you want to hear secret sound? Oh, I'd rather not put it in. Really? Oh, you can. Well, maybe if you want to play.

Podcast, maybe podcasters want to play. Well, then give them the sound now. But they're not going to hear every guess. But you guys do sum it up. Like, that's it. I reckon. But you guys do sum it up. That's it. I reckon, I think I know what it is. You say it.

Do you reckon? Say it, we'll get it on record. I think it's a soda stream. Oh, it's a bottle. That is a good one. You know how you put it in? Not drinking it, but you know how you do the little... Yeah. Oh, that's actually a really good guess.

I think I put that idea in your head because I was talking about SodaStream. No she heard it today when you opened it. I was like oh that's good. No she's not talking about opening it. I'm not talking about it. Yeah. I'm talking about like shh. That's actually a really good guess Caitlin. I am pretty good at guessing stuff. Anyway if you really want it

Ben will have to do it so just tell us if you want it. Poor Ben. Do you want me to do it? Yeah. Yeah? You just tell me what to do. I'll do it for you, Ben.

Stop producing. I know. It's hard. See, she's been so lovely today. That's nice. I was getting shocks from this microphone and Ben just runs in and sorts it out for me. Gets rid of the taser. The microphone's literally electrocuting Caitlin in the face.

And she's like, it's fine. Honestly, it's fine. It doesn't matter. Hey, Anastasia, can you please bring me some tweezers tomorrow, though? Sorry, I could ask you after. No, this is a good time. But I really need you to bring some tweezers in. Well, I told you that I don't grow hair, so I don't really actually have any on hand.

Bring those tweezers you use to bone fish. No, I don't. Oh. I don't eat fish have any on hand. Bring those tweezers you use to bone fish. No I don't. I don't eat fish. Oh yeah. I'll bring you my deboning tweezers. No thank you. I could just buy some. No you can't. Lockdown. Oh by the way we're back in lockdown our international listeners.

We're back in lockdown. It's our third lockdown ever and it's a whopping three days. So. Yep. I had a lot of big plans for those three days. God, we were so arrogant about our freedom and now look at us. It's just Auckland though. It's just Auckland.

The rest of New Zealand are in level two so they can still do stuff. Here's the podcast everybody. Enjoy. Hey Google, what's the time? It's 3pm, give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio.

Hey Siri, when are Bree and Clint on? Bree and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Kia ora everybody. Welcome to the show. Bree and Clint. No Bree. She's away filming a TV show at the moment. And the producer formerly known as Producer Caitlin is here.

Hi Caitlin. Hello. What do we call you now? I don't know. I'm in between jobs. Nurse Caitlin. Hi, Caitlin. Hello. What do we call you now? I don't know. I'm in between jobs. Nurse Caitlin. Nearly Nurse Caitlin. Oh, we're legally not allowed to call you nurse.

Yeah, no. Don't ask me any questions I don't know. Nearly Nurse Caitlin. Yeah. How far through nursing are you? I finish in November. I'll be a registered nurse November. Is that all it takes to become a nurse?

Two years? I already have a degree, so it's a master's degree. It's postgraduate. Yeah, but what does your radio degree have to do with nursing? Because I know how to study and write essays. Oh, is that what it is? It's like a contents. It's like three years put into two.

So we don't have any holidays. It's all go. Yeah, right. Okay, well, you're here now. I am. You're back up in Auckland. How's that for timing? You came to Auckland yesterday and then we go into lockdown.

So you can't even go back. If you wanted to go back and study, you can't. Yeah. Yeah. So thanks, Ross Boss, for putting me up in a hotel. I've been messaging Bree as well about how lockdown's affecting what they're doing. They're under control. Because then I was like, well, is Bree going to be back tomorrow?

Is it all going to be called off? But no, that's still going. We're still going. No one really knows what's going on. There is a press conference at four o'clock, which is going to have more information about what is going on. There is a press conference at four o'clock which is going to have more information about what is going on. Yeah. I think that's the full Jacinda Bloomfield

Full Avengers style. Full Avengers. I think it is. Yeah, I think it is. It's an update. We'll bring that to you guys live. Also at four o'clock,

Secret Sound's back. There's been one, two, three, four guesses already today. If you want to have the fifth guess at what the Secret Sound is, they'll be inactivated just before four o'clock. We might have

to do it slightly early today so that we can do the press conference as well, but we'll play it by ear. We'll figure it out. Let's start the show with tradie versus lady though. Bree and Clint's tradie versus lady. Okay, tradie versus lady

is where we get a lady on and a tradie on. The tradie can be a lady. Okay. And the lady is also a lady, but the tradie can also be a man. All right. It's all up in the air with that as well. It's just the name of it. Okay.

$50 cash. You're the quiz master. All you've got to do is get three questions correct, and you take home the $50. Sweet. Okay. If you want to play, call us now. 0800 dials at M.

We'll play after Harry Styles. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Okay. Bree and Clint. Tradie versus Lady. Okay, Tradie versus Lady. We do it every day.

You go head to head with someone else. And if you get three questions right first, you'll win $50 cash. Our standard quiz master, Bree, is away for a few weeks. So Caitlin, you're going to ask the questions today. I will. I will do that. Our tradie is 24 years old. He's a fire alarm servicer. Please welcome to the show, AJ. G'day, mate. G'day, AJ. AJ, I've got an issue where my smoke alarm has been going off randomly in the middle

of the night for the last couple of nights. It's very loud and it's very terrifying while you're asleep. Any advice? Replace it. Replace it? But it's one of those fancy 10-year smoke alarms. I've only had it for one year. It was really expensive. Clean it out.

Okay, good advice. And then, yeah. All right. Get AJ around. He might help out. Yeah, we can't come around this COVID, but maybe afterwards. Oh my God, I forget.

Taking you on, our lady today. She's 43 and she's from Palmy. It's Sarah. Hi, Sarah. How are you doing? Hello, how are you? Hi, good. Okay, your buzzers are tradie and lady,

and Caitlin is going to ask the questions. Good luck, everybody. Okay. Are we ready? All right. Justin Timberlake has apologised for the way he treated Britney Spears after the release of the Framing Britney doco. What boy band did Justin used to be in?

Lady. Sarah. NSYNC. Yeah, hold on. Ding, ding, ding. Okay, second question. Donald Trump was found not guilty in his impeachment trial over the weekend. What TV show was Donald Trump on before becoming president?

AJ. Apprentice. Yes, nice. Nice, one all. Megan and Harry have announced that they have another baby on the way. What is the name of their first baby? Archie, Arnold or Augustus? Lady.

Sarah. Archie. Nice. Nice, well done. Okay, question number four. We've locked down again. What strain of COVID is the latest outbreak? Brady.

AJ, tie it up, man. Come on. UK, yeah. Nice. Well done. Okay, guys. This is tie break. This is the decider.

All right. The third To All The Boys I've Loved movie is out on Netflix now. Speaking of love, what was the special occasion that happened yesterday? Trady. Lady. AJ. Valentine's Day. He's done it.

Did you have a Valentine, AJ? No. Oh, me neither. Don't worry, mate. He still remembered the day, though. Well done. We're going to give that 50 bucks out to you. That's mate I still remember the day though Well done We're going to get that 50 bucks out to you

That's a victory to the tradies Well done AJ Cheers Thanks guys There is a member of the team Who over the weekend Got a new item of furniture Like a pretty

Pretty big deal item of furniture Okay Upgraded their bed Ooh Yeah right That's nice New bed time. Yeah.

That was producer Anastasia. Anastasia, come in. Yes, hello. How well rested does she sound? Yeah, did you have some good sleeps in the weekend, Anastasia? I sure did. Clint upgraded my bed. I was on a terrible old double bed and he gave me his queen over the weekend.

She inherited my old bed. Oh. Was that your old bed i thought it was your guest bed well no it was my bed oh originally it was my bed oh that changes things i didn't realize that it was his actual bed it's also my beard from a previous relationship too so does that gross you out it was a bit of a cursed beard as far as the new relationship's concerned it's like put that one in the spare room let's get of a cursed bed as far as the new relationship's concerned. It's like, put that one in the spare room, let's get a new bed.

Oh, I see. Okay. You've got the old, old bed. Oh. But, bloody good bed. Bloody good bed. A lovely bed. Yeah.

It's like a soft medium, which I really like. Yeah, and this is what I wanted, actually, because I love that bed. Yeah. But it's been banished to the spare room or the dog box or the party room. I like to brand it the party room. Oh, my God. Can you imagine what's been going on in this bed, Anastasia? In the party room?

Yeah. Yeah, I don't really want those pictures of my head. No, no, no. Party room as in when I've been out partying and I come home late. Oh, okay. By yourself. Or as normal men call the dog box. Well, sure.

Yeah. But I'm rebranding it, like I said. Oh, okay. This is a spin into a positive. I'll rebrand the bed as the bed Clint definitely has not done anything in. That's all my beds. Just for your... Yeah, just for my own personal...

So, Anastasia, did you test it out over the weekend? Yeah, I did a lot of sleeping. Oh, okay. Yeah. Just sleeping. Yeah, no, that's good. No, that's what I wanted to know. Strictly sleeping.

Just strictly. So, can we get a bed review? I mean, I'm glad it's got a new home. Can I get just a brief review of the bed? It's lovely. There's a topper on it, which makes it the perfect soft-medium balance. It's kind of like you feel like you're – it sounds really cheesy, but it is kind of one of those cloud-feeling beds.

Wow. And, yeah, great size, more space if there was a partner in the beds. Yeah. Wow. And yeah, great size, you know, more space if there was a partner in the picture. Okay. There isn't, but if there were to be. When there is.

When there is. When there is, I need to meet him. If he's going to sleep in my bed, I need to meet him. Dad, no. Bring him around.

I need to shake, look this guy in the eye and shake his hand. You're sleeping on my bed. Does it have one of those like, what's it called? Is it called a trellis? No, what's it called? Valance. Valance. Valance. my bed. Does it have one of those like, what's it called? Is it called a trellis? No, what's it called?

Valance. Valance. Valance. Valance. Does it have one of those? I have no idea what that is. I think, well, maybe is it an old thing?

It's the skirt that goes around the base of the bed. No, no, I bought one of those. Lucy made me take it off before we gave it to Anastasia because she said it was too ugly. Oh, yeah. No, I bought a new one.

Oh, there you go. Nice. So you've got my old bed. Congratulations. You have a bed with a backstory. Oh. Yeah, no, I bought a new one. Oh, there you go. Nice. Yeah. So you've got my old bed. Congratulations. You have a bed with a backstory. Yeah. Was that a dad joke? No, you have a bed with history. Oh, backstory. I see what you're saying. Does it have a back? No, we've talked about this

before. People whose beds have history. Remember we talked to that girl who called up and she had Bowdoin and Hannah Barrett's old bed. Yeah. She bought off Marketplace. Yeah, she had an all-blacks bed. So random. Did she have to pay extra for that? No, it was like $400. Yeah. Bargain. That's so

cool. But unfortunately, Bowdoin was away when she went to pick it up because I think that was actually half of the excitement behind it. She wanted to go and meet Bowdoin Barrett. Go and meet Bowdoin Barrett and be like, hey, thanks for the bed. Thanks so much. We want to know this afternoon, does again, we've asked this question before and we're going to ask it today.

Does your bed have a backstory? Does it have history? Whose bed did you inherit? Maybe it was someone famous or maybe it was someone not famous. Maybe it was someone whose bed you wouldn't really want, but you just have to have it. And we need the juicy details of why it's awkward. And does it have stains on it? Oh, God.

Oh, $800. Anyway, you can text us on 9696. We know. Bree and Clint. We want to know, does your bed have a bit of a backstory? I've just handed down my bed to producer Anastasia.

Gifted it. I've gifted it. Yeah, I've passed it on to the next generation. To the next generation. How long do you think is a good amount of time to keep a bed for, by the way?

I don't know. I think I've only ever had- Secondhand beds? Yeah. No, so I had like my childhood bed. Yeah. And then I was in like, I don't even know where I got that bed from when I, probably just like off the street or something, when I first, you know, went flatting.

Off the street? Well, you just like find stuff. You know how you just pick, you know, you just pick poor students, you pick stuff up. Yeah, you're definitely worth a $100 trade me bed though. Can you buy beds for $100? I think so. I thought they were like thousands. No, they'll be second hand like someone is leaving their flat

they're leaving to need them this weekend and it's got to go kind of thing. Yeah. I guess like you can just get a single bed. They say you're meant to change your bed every 10 years. Wow. That's the lifespan of a bed. Oh, definitely have you're meant to change your bed every 10 years. Wow. That's the lifespan of a bed. Oh, definitely have not done that. So my bed turned 10 years old and I gave it to producer Anastasia.

We want to know this afternoon, what's your bed's backstory? Who had it before you had it? Hi, Rewi. Hi, Rewi. Oh, are you there? No, he's gone back on hold. Rewi, are you there? Hello.

Hello. No, we'll come back to Rewi. Let's gone back on hold. Rewai, are you there? Hello. Hello. No, we'll come back to Rewai. Let's go to Carly. Hi, Carly. Hi. What's your bed's backstory? Who had it before you? Elijah Wood.

No, from Lord of the Rings. Correct. What? So was he filming in New Zealand and he stayed in this bed and then was he like, hey, Carly, do you want my bed? Not quite. We had a family member who worked on the actual set of Lothering. Yeah. So once they finished filming,

obviously the bed was surplus to requirements. So we were gifted it and it still sits in our spare room. Was it a bed that, was it on set? Was it like his set bed? No, it was what he had in his flat or where he was living. Yeah, right. Hey, Carly, what do you reckon went on in that bed? Wouldn't you like to know?

Yeah, you should have asked him. He's quite a small man, too. It wouldn't have been that worn out. Like, even if he had given it a good thrashing. Exactly. It's still a good bed. It's very comfortable. Well, I've just done some Googling.

The first Lord of the Rings movie came out in 2001, so you're potentially sitting on a 25-year-old bed there, Kelly. Yeah, but it's still pretty good. Can't complain. Yeah, I'm going to come stay one time, sleep on... Absolutely. You can count the notches on the headboard. Yours or Elijah's.

Okay. Let's see if Rewai's still there. Hey, Rewai. Kia ora. Kia ora. Watch your bed's backstory. Who had it before you? Rewai's still there. Hey, Rewai. Kia ora. Kia ora. Watch your bed's backstory. Who had it before you? Actually, it's my wife.

When she was flatting in Sydney, she moved into a flat and the room she went into was furnished and the person who was in it before had passed. So she inherited the bed and she lived in it for a good three years. Didn't faze her at all. And when she moved back home,

she sold it, but she never told the person who brought it that someone had passed on it. Wait, they died in the bed? Aye. Isn't that a bit taboo? Isn't that a bit like, do you have to get it blessed or anything?

I would say yes if we were here but it was Australia. Oh right, okay. So they're just like, oh they won't mind, we just won't tell them. You're right though. You know, it's totally over there, slightly different. Yeah, yeah. You definitely don't put that in the trade me listing, though, eh?

No, you do not. Someone texted and said they've got Fletch and Vaughn's old bed. They used it for a radio promo when they were at the other radio station. They had a joint bed? I knew they were close, but... Nah, that doesn't... Let's go to Claudia finally. Hi, Claudia. Hi. What's your bed's

backstory? Who had it before you? I just moved to my boyfriend's flat, and his bed is the flatmate before his bed. Okay. And it has a huge dip in the middle of the mattress. It's time to flex your girlfriend muscle and demand a new bed. Yeah.

And like last night, I was lying in bed, strictly lying in bed rolled over. Good to clarify. You rolled over what? And the bed broke. Oh, okay, yeah. You need to say to him, I'm not coming over anymore unless you get a new bed. Yeah, this is not the way I wanted to

break a bed with you. Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA withartRadio. This is The Latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Things are really starting to heat up around this Britney docker.

Have you seen it yet, Caitlin? Not yet. I'm going to watch it tonight. You have to watch it tonight. It's called Framing Britney Spears. It's the story of basically how she got

to where she is now and I mean that as in someone who is under conservatorship and stuck and having mental health issues. Dean, a lot of stars in the wake of this

are starting to come out and apologise to Britney. They have because, you know, it's really shone a spotlight on how the press, celebrities, her friends, her ex-boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, for example, treated Britney in those years. It's so disgusting. I'm so glad, I'm pleased you guys get to watch it tonight.

You'll see what I mean. But Justin Timberlake is the one that has been shredded the most. If you remember, let's rewind. Remember he made that song, Cry Me a River, where he alleged that she cheated on him? He really trashed her for all those years and really made everyone look at her

in such a bad light. He has come out and apologized. Justin Timberlake went on Instagram the other day and wrote a three-page Instagram post apologizing to Britney Spears and to Janet Jackson because he has been shredded this week. Everyone's like, you know what? You're actually a jerk.

You're actually a pig. That's how it's come out. When you look at it in 2021 eyes, you're going to agree with me. So he's come out and he's pretty sad. He's like, I'm deeply sorry for all the times where my actions contributed to this problem of misogyny and racism. I want to specifically apologise to Britney Spears

and Jenna Jackson both individually. I care and respect these women and I know I failed them. So he's owned it. People are saying too little, too late. Other people are saying, cool, he's grown. Whatever it is, it's really stirred everyone up, and it's great. People are saying cry me a river. I went back and watched

the, sorry, that was a really bad dad joke. I went back and watched the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, because I don't remember it correctly. I was like, oh yeah, he pulled a little bit of Janet's top off, and you could see her nipple. You've got to go and watch it, because he rips her whole top off and her whole left breast comes out.

And yeah, it would have been planned, but it doesn't look good these days. No. I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the planning meeting where we go, okay, Justin, this is what you're going to do.

Can you imagine that happening in 2021? It just would never happen. You're going to rip her top off and everyone's going to be like, you're the man, Justin. Yeah, exactly. The doco framing Britney Spears is on three now.

You can stream it tonight if you want to go and watch it. Like if you haven't found an illegal download and you want to watch it legally, you can tonight. And that's the latest out of Los Angeles

with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McCarthy. Brie and Clint. Big announcement coming out from the government at four o'clock. There's a press conference regarding you know, the topic

of the day. The topic du jour. We'll bring that to you live when it comes out and Secret Sound as well. But before then, we're very lucky to have Dr Susie Wiles on the phone. Hi Susie. Hi there. Big day for you. You're right back in the thick of it again. I've forgotten how exhausting it was.

Right? How many phone calls have you taken today? A lot. Yeah. Well, we appreciate you because you're the only one who can break this down in terms that we can understand. So we've got some questions of you

from ZM listeners so we can get our head around this latest outbreak. Susie, what do we know about the UK variant? So this is one of many variants, B.1.1.7. What we know about it is that it's more

infectious than the previous versions of the virus. It's one of several actually that are more infectious. And yeah, so what that means is that there tend to be more people infected from a case. And we've seen some quite quick transmission chains where the transmission has happened quite fast within a few days. And that's what we've got, right? The one that's in the community at the moment is the UK variant. Yes, that B.1.1.7.

So how come only Auckland has to lock down but not somewhere like New Plymouth had to lock down at this stage? Because at the moment, we don't think the people were infectious, so it's very much on the cusp of whether they would have been infectious then, whereas there's definitely infectious while in Auckland and then obviously living and working in Auckland,

so that's where it's been picked up. But that's also why there's this new kind of contact, casual contact plus or something, which is if you've been in one of the places, indoor places where they have been while they were on their trip, that's why we ask people to self-isolate and get tested. Got it. And are the symptoms different to the other variants with the UK one?

So this is something that we're not really quite sure about at the moment. The problem with COVID-19, of course, is that there's lots of symptoms. So some people just lose their sense of smell. Some people have a cold or flu-like symptoms. Some people even have kind of gastrointestinal symptoms, which we don't talk a huge amount about. Yeah. So it's really like if you're not well.

Stay home. Yeah. I mean, especially, but especially the, you know, losing your sense of smell, especially having flu and cold-like symptoms or a fever. Definitely isolate and call either health line or your GP to talk about getting a test. God, the Brits will hate it if the variant named after them is a gastro side effect one as well. They'll be like, man, that sucks. Question going forward.

So once we start getting vaccines in the community in New Zealand, and I know that vaccines are supposed to start rolling out shortly, is it less likely that we'll have to lock down in the future once we have a certain level of vaccination in the community? That's certainly the hope. But the worry is that those countries that are not controlling their outbreaks are allowing these different variants to evolve. And so we've got these ones that are more infectious,

but there are some that are evolving that look like they are going to be less able to be dealt with by the vaccine. So it doesn't mean the vaccines will be useless completely, but they might not be as effective, in which case we might need more people to be vaccinated than we would have done before. And if those countries continue to allow the virus to evolve,

then it's not really clear where that's going to leave us all, kind of globally. Got it. Okay, well, lots to take in. We're going to leave you there. We appreciate your time. We're going to go to the news so we can get the Prime Minister's press conference live on here.

Dr Susie Wiles, thank you very much. We appreciate your time. My pleasure. Okay, Bree and Clint. Oh, Secret Sound's coming up too. Let's go. Bree and Clint. I actually arrived in Auckland on Saturday

to be here for the week with you, Clint. What great timing. I was like, oh, wow. And because then I was heading back to, I live in Christchurch, I was heading back to Christchurch for a wedding because I'm a wedding celebrant in the weekend. What's happening with that wedding?

We're just paying it by ear. We're just paying it by ear. Obviously Christchurch is level two. Because you're a fairly important part of the wedding. Yes, yes. So I'm hoping I can get back. I know how stressed brides get the weekend. I know.

So a lockdown is one thing. Yeah. Reducing your numbers for the wedding is another thing. And then your celebrant is stuck in Auckland. It's all right. We've got some backup celebrants. The celebrant community really gets together on these occasions. Jason Gunn, is he ready to go?

Is he a celebrant? If he's not, he should be. He should be. Yeah. He could charge, I don't know how much celebrants cost, but how much do you think Jason Gunn could charge for a wedding? Oh, like $1,000. Really?

Well, I don't know. $800? Well, I don't know. You're the celebrant. You know what the going rate is. I don't know. He's a top tier. He's like A-list celebrity celebrant.

There is like a little bit of work that you put into it, obviously, before like catching up, getting to know the couple. It's quite, yeah, all the legal stuff is very, I get really. Oh, no, no. I'm not saying you don't deserve the money. No, I know, but with Jason. Yeah, like $900. Damn.

Someone get at Jason. Someone send Jason a text and say, you want to make some money? He'd be great at it. He'd be a great celebrity. Yeah. So that's happening this weekend. So I've only brought up stuff that I need for the next, for like five days. So I'm really lacking in stuff.

I don't have enough contact lenses. That's something you can't buy from the supermarket. No. Mine are very specific to my eyeballs. Do you have glasses? Yes, I do. You bought your glasses. So I could wear those.

Yes, yeah. I don't have my iron pills. I'm really worried I'm going to have to start eating meat. Have you gone off the meat? I haven't. I don't eat. I've been vegetarian for years. Have you?

Yeah, and I just have iron pills just to like, just to top me up a little bit. Yeah. Just to keep me going. And you've got none here? Well, I've got a few. I've only got enough for four days. If Caitlin starts looking really weak, we need to find her like

a beef stroganoff or at least some chicken flavoured fantastic noodles. Yeah. Oh no, because it has chicken in it. Oh, that's not protein. You don't get iron out of it. Do you know chicken flavoured chips has chicken in it? Yes, I don't eat them. Right. Yeah. Oh, no, because it has chicken in it. Oh, that's not protein. You don't get iron out of it. Do you know chicken flavoured chips has chicken in it? Yes. I don't eat them.

Right. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay, so you've forgotten your iron pills. Yeah, I've got, and I've only got about three pairs of undies. I can get them from the supermarket though. Those nice big granny panties, they'll be great.

But my hair on the bottom of my chin is starting to sprout, so I need some tweezers. How did you forget your tweezers though? I forgot my tweezers. So, I mean, first world problems. Would you use a Gillette Mac 3 on there? No, are you kidding? I don't know.

I'm not shaving my chin. I'll start growing a beard. You just pluck out the one hair. Everyone has one. And, Estasia, you've got one or two hairs under your chin, don't you? It's a girl thing. You're asking the wrong person. I don't grow much hair.

Like, I don't grow armpit hair. Oh, shut up. Oh, way to. I hate you. Oh, way to body shame, Kate. I'm sorry. When we go into lockdown on this show, we instantly bring back the morale boosting request. A song

to boost the mood of the nation. You know, whether you're working from home or maybe you're an essential worker and you're out there and you're still working or maybe you're just in level two like most of the country and you're like, yo or maybe you're an essential worker and you're out there and you're still working or maybe you're just in level two, like most of the country, and you're like, yo, can you guys chill out? All I've got to do is stretch my hand a bit further

to pick up my coffee. It's not that big a deal. Yeah, make sure you wash those hands before you go get that coffee back. You better wash your hands, otherwise you're going to be in level three like us. This sucks. This sucks because I was in level two

and now I'm in level three. You've moved. I've moved. To level three. You moved. I moved. To level three. Okay, so we've got our suggestions in. Our morale bursting request is in here somewhere. Let's run through a couple of them. This is fun.

These are from you guys, by the way, on the text. Yeah. This is fun. It's fun. It is fun. It does make me happy. Oh, banger. Yeah, but Justin Timberlake's in the bad books at the moment.

Oh, yeah. Forget about, I think he's in the song. Totally, right? I think Justin Timberlake has to have a break. Yeah. Just for a bit, just to think about what he's done. So not fully cancel and just have like a wee. No, I don't want to cancel.

I don't really want to cancel anyone. Yeah, okay. But he's got to have a bit of time in the naughty corner. Yeah, all right. To think about what he's done. Yeah, this one. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Who even is this? It's, um, it's, um, she's just completely gone out of my head. From Grace and Sandy. Oh, it's Olivia Newton-John. Olivia Newton-John. Yeah. Right. Oh, this is a banger. Robin. Yes, I love Robin.

Yes. Two more. S Club 7. My favorite thing. Six. I was six probably when this one came out. Yeah. And Dave Dobbin.

Who opened for 660 on the weekend at Sky Stadium. Very cool. My wife, Lucy, goes, 660 should be opening for Dave Dobbin. Show some respect. What's it going to be? What's your choice out of those? Don't say Olivia Newton-John. Okay, I'm not going to say Olivia.

Well, you can. I'm not going to stop you If that's what you want Okay it's between Olivia and Robin Is it? Yeah Just because it's My vote is for Robin Sure

So do we go from what we agree on? I don't want to get fired on my first day I don't want Ross to He can't fire you I know We're in lockdown He can't get anyone else to do this Now let's go with Robin

Because I think I want to hear that whole song Okay sweet Here you go. This is your morale boosting request. The first one, we're only going to play three because we're going to be out of lockdown on Wednesday.

Yes, exactly. Well, on Thursday. Yeah. Hopefully. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. No one gets any more COVID.

Here we go, Robin. Bree and Clint. Bree's away She's on a Secret mission We can't even say What you're doing right Brie We can't give any details Away whatsoever

It's so secret We can barely hear you Actually Where are you? There is the worst reception Wherever you are right now I'm not joking. I'm kind of standing on a chair.

Can you hear me now? Yeah, yeah. We can kind of hear you. Bree's got a bidet sponsorship and she's away on a photo shoot for it. Okay, that's all we're going to say. Caitlin's here. She's sitting in your seat. I am, Bree. She's very nervous, Bree, and I thought we could get you on this afternoon to give her

some advice to get her through these three weeks that she's going to be filling in for you. Yeah. Well, first of all, Caitlin, don't be nervous. You're an absolute star and you're hilarious, so you'll be fine. And Clint is a very good companion. He'll look after you. But there's a few tips and a few things you should know about working with Clint.

Oh, okay. I'll write them down. So the first thing is he does like to be called and only likes to be called off the air Daddy Clint. Daddy Clint. That is something that, yeah. You joke, but Dean McCarthy has actually already referred to me as Daddy Clint Brie, so that would be funny if it weren't weirdly true.

Can I just say, it's not a name that I've asked for. Like, I haven't asked everybody to refer to me as Daddy Clint. No, you just want to be, okay. It's just caught on. We'll just. Okay, thanks, Daddy Clint. That's a lie. I do have it in writing that he did ask me to refer to him.

Moving on, Caitlin, you need to ask him about the story with the horse. No. The story with the horse. No, there's no. No. Okay. There's no story with the horse. He loves that.

No. Also, Caitlin loves to talk about his KOTU membership. He loves that. No. He also, Caitlin, loves to talk about his KOTU membership. He loves talking about it. Oh, KOTU. Yeah. Yeah, okay. All right.

Are you big time? Have you got a KOTU membership? No, I don't, okay? I used to, but it's lapsed. And I can't fly anymore because I've got a kid. Yeah.

So I just let it go. Daddy cleanse. He's not asking about KOTU membership. Ask about his brand new Audi He bought with the turbo Did he You're so

Honestly you're so lucky That there is bad reception At the moment Because if what you were saying Was clearer I would have hung up On you by now Thank you so much Bree

This is great ammunition I'm excited No worries And toilet humour is key Toilet humour No We've lost her She's breaking up

No We've lost her altogether Bye Bree Stay safe. No, we've lost her altogether. Bye, Brie. Stay safe. Love you, guys. You know when you think you're going to miss someone and then the reality of it comes? It's like, this is actually going to be good for us, I think. Thanks, Brie. Have fun with your toilet sponsorship. See you soon.

Love you guys. Bye. Let's have a game of the... Do we ever come up with a name for the name game? Yeah, you did, but I've actually forgot it. I always call it the real or fake celebrity name. The real or fake celebrity name. Okay, let's go with that. It's the name game that needs a name.

Caitlin, you're going to be playing me in this today. Okay. And you can play in the car as well or in your home office, wherever you're working from today. Basically, producer Anastasia has got celebrities and you have to figure out whether that's their real name or if they're using a stage name. Oh, okay, cool.

Yep, yep, yep. And you can go first, actually, I think. I think I've got to be quite good at this. Do you? Yeah. All right, put your money where your mouth is. I have no confidence. The first celebrity

is Paris Hilton. Oh that's her name. That's correct. Yeah of course it's her name. It's the Hilton Hotel. No but I mean Paris is a bit of a like not normal person. Yeah alright. I don't know sometimes I put them in just to trick you. Yeah well done. You're a lot more fun.

I told you I thought I'd be good at this game. Okay well you're doing well. Okay. Thanks. Your celebrity I thought I'd be good at this game. Okay, well, you're doing well. Okay, thanks. Your celebrity Clint is Adam Lambert. Adam Lambert. Oh, I watched a doco on Adam Lambert recently

and how, well, it was about Queen and how they picked him to be the front man. And they're like, he's the perfect front man. Yeah. It made me want to go

and see a Queen Adam Lambert show so bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Adam Lambert is so flamboyant and fabulous on stage that I feel like he would have come up with a stage name for himself. But if he did, it would have been more exciting than Adam Lambert is so flamboyant and fabulous on stage that I feel like he would have come up with a stage name for himself. But if he did, it would have been more exciting than Adam Lambert.

So I'm going to say Adam Lambert, real name. That is correct. That's his real name. Yes. One all at the moment. Good reasoning. Yeah. Like if he'd come up with his name, it would have been Mr. Gaga or something.

Mr. Gaga. The thing that's taken the Gaga part. Third celebrity for you, Caitlin, is Marilyn Monroe. Oh, nah, that's definitely fake. I feel like I'm having to answer quickly, but I can probably slow down. Is that right? You're doing so well.

That's great. She's had heaps of different names from different marriages and everything, but yeah, basically, Monroe was a family name, and Marilyn reminded some old studio executive. Yeah right. So what's her actual name?

Do we know? Her real name is Norma Jean Mortensen. Yes, yes because of the song! Because Elgin John sings Goodbye Norma Jean. Goodbye Norma. Do you know what? I'm always like how is that song about Marilyn? Because it's her actual name. Yes. Have you ever understood who he's talking about with Norma Jean, and now I know. And I actually didn't pick that up, even though I wrote the question.

Moving on to question number four. We've got James Corden for you, Clint. Real name. Yeah, that's correct. Hey, we're both good at this. Normally this game takes ages to run through. Like, they go back and forth, whereas you guys are just like acing it. If James Corden had a stage name,

it would be weird. Yeah, you're right. I don't know. I think James Corden can be quite, well, I don't know. It sounds quite, it sounds like it works. But if it wasn't like a name for TV,

like if it was a really, really weird name, you might have to change it. If a talk show host had a fake name, I would think they were hiding something. Yes. Yeah. You've got to be able to trust them. Exactly.

So this is our last round. It'll be a sudden death. Just yell out your name if it's your buzzer and say whether it's real or fake. Okay, okay, okay. All right. Rihanna.

Caitlin. I'm going to give you that to Caitlin. I don't know. What were you going to say? Okay, hang on. I know the answer to this. Yeah. I think it's fake.

That's correct. Her name's Robin. Yeah, it is. Her family still call her that, but Rihanna is her middle name. Congratulations on winning your first ever real or fake name game. Thank you so much. What's my prize? We're going to do Secret Sound next.

Big of chips. Yeah, that's the prize. It has no name. We're going to do Secret Sound next. Bag of chips. Thanks. Yeah, that's the prize. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint with Caitlin Bree's away for a couple of weeks. Caitlin, who used to be producer Caitlin

and is now nearly nurse Caitlin, is here. It's very confusing. She flew up from Christchurch just to help us out. I did. Got here on the weekend and then we put you straight

into a level three lockdown. It's fun. It's great. Thank you so much. Welcome back to Auckland, bud. I was messaging you on Thursday night. Was it Thursday night? Yes, yeah, last Thursday.

And I said, hey, can't wait for you to get here. We're going to have some fun when you get up here. Let's catch up for a drink. Yeah. And you messaged me back quite late. I'd had quite a few drinks, I think, when you texted me back. Yes. And you said you'd been out doing something a little bit different.

A little bit different. So I, as everyone will know that used to listen to Fleet Shore and Megan when I was on there, I'm still very single, Clint. You're still single? Still single. You haven't found a hot doctor yet? Nah, I haven't. There's been a couple, but I feel like because I'm a student,

I don't think it's appropriate for me to be like, hey, what are you doing after work? To the doctors. To the doctors. Do it to the doctor students. No, because they're all like 20. Get your term deposit going. Get my term deposit. You forget I'm a mature student as well.

I'm 31 this year. So they're all green. They're very young. Right. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just feel like I'll overpower them. I don't know why I said that. Okay.

Anyway, so on Thursday, Clint, I went. I'm thinking of this poor, meek medical student going, this is not what I expected. Just overpowering them. Anyway, Thursday night, you're out doing what? On a speed dating. I went to a speed dating event. Fun.

And I've never been to one, and I always thought it would be definitely up my alley because I love to chat. I can chat for ages. Yeah. And it've never been to one. And I always thought it would be definitely up my alley because I love to chat. I can chat for ages. And it was really interesting. I did really enjoy it. But I think there was a couple of times where I had to get my phone out because, like, no one was talking to me.

And everyone, like, people were talking to other people. How could you have no one talking to you? I thought they literally moved along the line and you always had someone. No, this was like a new modern way of speed dating. So the girls have numbers and they all stand in different areas and then the boys come and they move around after the ding. Yeah. So then it's more like a group setting so you don't have to feel so like one-on-one. But I probably would have been better in the one-on-one

because I just ended up talking to all the girls. Yeah. And then I ended up being by myself for quite a bit. So I was like pretending I was talking to someone on my phone. Yeah, shame. I know. I thought you would – you want the – because then you can go, if it's not working, you know they're going to leave.

Yeah. But there's never any awkward intervals. Well, there was like these – they had little like conversation starters and they were quite good and someone would sort of take charge and like ask the conversation. Can I have one? What the conversation starters were. Someone asked me what my pet peeve was about this event.

Like, what's your pet peeve about being here today? Oh yeah. And I was like, oh, it's too hot. I don't know. I just didn't know what to ask. This is good stuff. But I met, yeah, I met this guy who made prosthetic hands.

And I was like, excuse me, can I just talk to you for the rest of the night? Yeah, fascinating. I wasn't attracted to him, but I was just like, man, that's interesting. And then I was like, oh, I'm probably here to find a husband, so I should probably do that. Wait, why weren't you attracted to him? Actually, no, don't say, he might be listening. No, but not in like a bad way. He was a lovely guy.

But you know how you're just either attracted to someone or you're not? Just didn't tickle your pickle. Just didn't, it, don't say. He might be listening. No, but not in like a bad way. He was a lovely guy. But you know how you're just either attracted to someone or you're not? Just didn't tickle your pickle. Just didn't. It just wasn't. He had the same name as my dad. It was a bit weird. Oh, that's what it is. So that's probably like that as well.

You're picturing down the track. Yeah. It's not a nice thing to have to. What is your dad's name? Doug. Good. Good. Douglas. Okay, so you left the speed dating event with no love matches?

Yeah, no. No? Oh, I'm getting embarrassed. Okay, there was one guy that asked me to go golfing with him, so I'll just see what happens when I get my treasure. Okay, don't know yet. I'll just keep it open. Okay.

I'll put all my eggs outside of the basket. You're so uncomfortable right now, aren't you? We want to talk this afternoon about speed dating disaster stories. You didn't have a disaster. No, not quite. There were no disasters that went down. But have you done speed dating before? And did something happen that means you never want to go speed dating again?

Yeah. Well, maybe you're fine with speed dating still, but just this one thing could have put you off for life. Yeah, love to know. Please tell us about your speed dating stories. Our phone number's 0800-DARLS-NM, or you can text them to 9696. I've never been, and now I'll never get to go.

Aww. They need to do like a speed dating for married people with no consequences. You've got everything. You married people are fine. Let us single people have it. No, we want some of that too. Give us a call.

We'll get your speed dating stories on. We're talking about speed dating. You went speed dating. It was in Christchurch on Thursday, wasn't it? Is it your first time speed dating? First time. I know. It sounds right up my alley.

I just haven't had the opportunity to do it. This one was weird because they bought you groups of guys. Yes. Was it equal amounts of guys to girls? There actually was because I always thought there'd be way more girls than guys. But no, there was a good amount. So you're in a singles area of what, five-ish girls? Is that right? No, there was like ten of us.

There was quite a few people there. Yeah, and then they dropped ten fresh guys in. And then like the fresh guys would walk around and be like a scene from a movie as the guys are just coming towards the girls, like eyeing their prey. Look at that ladies, hot shit coming through. And I'm like trying to look real nice so someone talks to me so I don't stand by myself.

The guy who you had a connection with for a bit, the prosthetic hands guy. Yes. You said that he models the prosthetic hands on his own hands. Yes. Did he have great hands? I didn't actually, I didn't feel them. I didn't touch them.

But yeah, I guess so. I didn't look at them too closely. I asked him, what about females? And he said that they were still working on it. That's what he needed you for. Yeah, I was like, I've got quite nice hair. He's like, I'm looking for a wife so I can get a female hand model. And we've asked for your speed dating disaster stories this afternoon.

And someone who wants to remain anonymous has called through. Hi, anonymous. Hi. What happened when you went speed dating? So I thought it would be great, but there was probably like 50 girls and probably about 10 guys and two of them were probably potentials, but all the girls flocked to them.

So, of course, I got stuck talking to a guy who made rat traps for a living. Oh, yeah? Rat traps? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So he's got a job, that's positive. Yeah.

And then he also told me about how long it took to make genetically modified meat. Oh, wow. So that was great. Oh, what? Now, Anonymous and Caitlin, I've been out of the dating scene for a bit. Yes. Is that the kind of banter that's getting the ladies

hot and heavy? No. Not for you either. No. No, I left alone that night. Oh, babes. Can I also say, as a guy, you listen to that, you're like 10 guys to 50 girls.

And you might think as a guy, you're like, yeah, this is living the dream. I would not be able to handle that. Yeah. I would be so uncomfortable. Especially those two hot guys. Because all the girls just fucked with him. All the girls wanted them. I wouldn't be able to handle that.

Yeah. No, it's too much responsibility for one man. That's weird for a guy to say, though. Normally guys would be like, oh, yeah. It's because I'm being honest. Right. Or at least guys listening to it will go, yeah, I'd love that. In reality, I reckon you'd hate it.

Yeah. I reckon it'd be way too much pressure. Too intimidating. Anonymous, is that the end of speed dating for you? Are you ever going to do it again? I don't think so. I think that was one and done now. Yeah.

Right. Good experience. Well, no, actually it wasn't really, was it? No. Well, good experience if you wasn't really, was it? No. Well, good experience if you're looking to get some rats trapped around your house. Yeah. Brie and Clint. Caitlin is standing by.

Caitlin, come in. I nearly am bloody crying looking at this photo. Megan and Andrew Pappas have, of course, had their baby. We know this. Yes. We have a name. We have a name. Now, it's a wee baby boy and everyone thought that for years she was going to name her baby boy Lorenz

because that was just the joke of the... The joke went on so long. For so long. It became real. It is not Lorenz. Oh, that's so disappointing. The baby's name is Bastion Milan Pappas. Beautiful.

And look at him. Isn't he the cutest? Oh, they've done a real photo. Look at him. He is beautiful. He's adorable. He's adorable. He's all swaddled up on a pillow. That's so cute.

And where is it? It's on Megan's Instagram. Yeah, Megan Louise Pappas. Bastion. Bastion. So cute. That's your Breaking Baby news. Okay, Birthday Banger is where we figure out what was number one on your 16th birthday.

We play them and then we figure out what the best one is and play that in full. Here to play first is Stacey. Hi Stacey. Hi. How are ya? Good, thank you. How are you? Good. Where are you? I'm in Christchurch, pulled over on the side of the road because I really want to hear this. Just enjoy level two. God, I'm jealous.

Alright, what's your birthday, Stacey? The 3rd of October 1990. That means that in 2006 this was your song. How come every time you come around my London, London bridge wanna go down like a... That's a great birthday banger, Stacey. I really like that. It's around my London, London bridge. Wanna go down like... Oh, banger.

That's a great birthday banger, Stacey. Yeah, I really like that. Yeah, it's good from you, Stacey. Hot contender for a win. Okay, wait there. Adam. Hi, Adam. Hey, mate.

How are you? Good. How are you? You all right, Adam? Yeah, good. You good? Oh, sweet. Just pretty chill.

You're on the vapes, Adam. No, I'm not. No? No? Whereabouts in the country are you calling from? Christchurch. Nice. Man, you guys are loving it.

We're so jealous of you guys down there. Okay, what's your birthday, Adam? 19th of October, 2001. Ooh, young. That means that in 2000... Calm down. Oh, sorry. I'm really quick at maths.

Adam, here's your birthday banger. Post Malone and Rockstar. It's pretty chill. How do you feel about that? Oh, yeah, it's all right, I suppose. I reckon it suits Adam. It's like Adam's song. Yeah, chill guy, chill birthday banger.

Hayley, hi. Hi. Hi, where are you calling birthday banger. Hayley, hi. Hi. Hi, where are you calling from? I'm in Papamoa. Oh, right. Living by the... Okay, shush, post-mortem. Sorry.

What's your birthday? 3rd of March, 1998. Okay. In 2014, this was your song. That's a good birthday. That's a good birthday banger, Hayley. That's a really good one. So you're 16 and you're rocking out to Five Sauce.

Yeah, that's a pretty good one. You've got those two strands of hair down your face. Yeah, you're getting drunk at the surf club on the main Mount Beach You're just living your best life. Okay, wait there Can we go to choose between Post Malone Fergie and Five Sauce What do you think is the winner? I know what I want Yeah, what is it? 100% Stacey's song

London Bridge. Yeah, right? That's the winner Yeah Stacey, you've just won birthday banger Congratulations. Awesome, thank you've just won birthday banger. Congratulations. Awesome. Thank you so much. No worries. Here's birthday banger on set in.

Brian Clint with Caitlin. It's me. Fergie. Uphead. Paula. Fergie Ferg. What's up, baby? Come on.

When I come to the club, step aside. Pop the seats, don't behead me in the line. VIP, cause you know I got a shot. I'm Fergie Ferg, and we love you long time. All my girls get down on the floor. Back to back, drop it down real loud. I'm such a lady, but I'm dancing like a... Cause you know I don't give a...

So here we go. How come every time you come around my London, London Bridge, wanna go down like... London, London, London bridge Wanna go down like Wanna go down like Be going down like How come every time you come around my London, London bridge Wanna go down like Wanna go down like

Be going down like Drinks get pouring and my speech starts slurring Everybody start looking real scary That great goose got the girl from the news We going down like I got the bass. Locked in, locked in, bridge, wanna go down like Locked in, locked in, locked in, wanna go down like Locked in, locked in, locked in, we going down like Ah, da-da-da-da Feel like a bullet, tell you what I'm going right Go get like a long time, I'm gonna support a ride Ah, da-da-da-da

Feel like a bullet, tell you what I'm going right Go get like a long time, I'm gonna support a ride Da da da da You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good

You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good

You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good You look good Outro Music Every time you come around my London, London Bridge Wanna go down like London, London, London Wanna go down like London, London, London Be going down like I've come every time you come around my London, London, Bridge

Wanna go down like London, London, London Wanna go down like London, London, London Be going down like There's ZM, Brian Clint with Caitlin. That's Stacey's birthday banger. Take it away, yeah.

London Bridge. What year was it? I was 1990. I was also 16 when this song came out. No, that didn't come out in 1990. No, sorry, that was 2006. Got it, right. She's from 1996. Damn, we are old.

I'm getting the hang of it. Right, that's your 16th year birthday banger too. Yes, it was. Right. I hate to think what I was doing to that song. No, I mean like dancing to that song. All right. Getting buck wild and fairly.

Probably not. Probably studying. The Minister for COVID-19, Chris Hipkins, is actually with us now. Minister, good afternoon. Thank you for your time. Good afternoon to you guys too. Jeez, you've got busy over the last couple of days, haven't you? Yeah, well, it wasn't quite the Valentine's weekend that I was looking for.

Did you have big plans, Chris? What was that? Did you have big plans for Valentine's Day? I have to confess I didn't. My wife was actually away, but it still wasn't quite the relaxing weekend that I was hoping for. It's a good get- of jail free card, though. Because you can say, oh, babe, I had so much planned.

We were going to go out to dinner. You know, I've got to lock the country down. Look, everything's changing very quickly. And we did get the four o'clock press conference from the prime minister, which explained no changes to the lockdown levels or durations yet. Is that correct? No, we're still in the assembling information process. But what we are assembling so far is encouraging. So we haven't seen, we're still in the assembling information process, but what we

are assembling so far is encouraging. So we haven't seen, we've seen a good rate of testing so far. We haven't seen any new positive cases coming up from that. That's encouraging so far. Still early days. It does take about 48 hours to really kind of gather the sort of information that we need to start making more informed decisions. Yeah, it's tomorrow that you'd actually know if there's been a spike in cases. Is that fair to say? Yeah, that's right. So we get a lot from our overnight testing.

They do a big batch of testing overnight. Yeah. So a big batch of processing test results overnight. And getting those results back tomorrow is really quite important. So, Chris, the Pfizer vaccines, they're here in New Zealand now. When are you going to start rolling those out? So we'll start the vaccinations on Saturday over the weekend. There's quite a bit of stuff that needs to happen before that can happen. So first thing we've got to do is there's a whole lot of safety stuff that needs to happen. So they've got

to be thoroughly checked to make sure that they've been kept at a consistent temperature right the way through and that there's no issues with any of the safety of any of the vaccines. We've then got to go through a process of breaking them down and getting them ready to distribute. They're working really hard to make sure the workforce have the specific training they need around the COVID vaccine itself. So these are already trained vaccinators, but they need a little bit of extra training around the COVID vaccine in particular. So all that stuff is happening at the moment and we'll be, you know, we'll be kicking off with the vaccination for border workers on Saturday. So border workers, that's who's going to get it first.

Is that right? Yeah. So it'll be border workers. So that includes people who work at the airport, includes people who work in our manipulation and our quarantine facilities, the nurses who are doing our testing for those people who are coming in from abroad, those people who are most at risk. And then once we've got through that group, we'll then look to extend that to their families,

bearing in mind that they're also more at risk. So we want to try and work with a risk profile as we roll it out. Gotcha. A lot of people are looking forward or looking towards the weekend. Caitlin, who's here at the moment, is actually a wedding celebrant as well

and she's meant to leave Auckland to do a wedding on Saturday, Caitlin? Yeah. I know you can't tell the future, but Minister, what would cause the lockdown levels that exist currently to be extended? What would it take for those to be extended? Look, I think if we saw that they're picking up

a significant number of additional cases, if we started to see that there were cases that we couldn't identify where they'd come from, if we saw that there were risks in our investigation that meant that there might be additional cases that we were going to pick up, those are the sorts of things that we'd consider in the decision. So my advice to people about, you know,

thinking about their weekend plans is just hold tight. It's only Monday. So give us another 24 to 48 hours and then we'll have a lot more to say and we'll be able to give you much clearer guidance. Caitlin can't hold tight though. She's got a nervous bride. Understood. Understood, yeah.

So if you could take that up to the Prime Minister, that would be really helpful. Yeah, thank you. That would be great. I'll pass that on. I'll pass that on. Yeah. Minister, we appreciate your time. could take that up to the Prime Minister, that would be really helpful. Yeah, thank you. That would be great. I'll pass that on. I'll pass that on. Yeah.

Minister, we appreciate your time. Thank you for the work you guys are doing and thank you for the information you keep getting out to us. We really appreciate it. That's Minister Chris Hipkins, the COVID response minister. Big deal. Big deal interviews on this show and this hard-hitting stuff. Take that, Mike Hoskins. All right.

Up here in ZM asking the big questions. Basically seven sharp up here. Last week, the lawyer in Texas who couldn't get the cat filter off his Zoom call went viral. It was so cute. So cute. He seemed like really scared as well that he was like, I'm not a cat.

Because if you haven't seen it, it's a really good filter. It's not just a cat on him. The cat talks. So when he talks, the cat talks. And his really scared eyes translated to the cat as well. And they move with him. And there was a judge in the Zoom call. This is what was going on.

I believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings. Can you hear me, judge? I can hear you. i think it's a filter it is and i don't know how to remove it i've got my assistant here she's trying to but i'm prepared to go forward with it that's i'm here live that's not i'm not a cat i can i can see that the bit where he reassures the judge that he's not a cat Is priceless I promise

Anyway because it's 2021 and this is what we do He's been remixed Official Lawyer cat video Ticked Remix So here it is I believe you have a filter turned on

In the video settings. I think if you click the up arrow, I think it's a filter. I'm not a cat. Not a cat. Can you hear me, Jed? I'm not a cat. Not a cat. Can you hear me, Jed?

We're trying to. Oh, we're trying to. Oh, move it. I've got my assistant here. She's trying to move it. I'm here live. I'm not a cat. Oh, not're trying to remove it. I've got my assistant here. She's trying to remove it. I'm here live. I'm not a cat. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, not a cat.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, cat. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, not a cat. Oh, oh, oh, oh, not a cat. That. That's a gem. That is a banger. That's great. I'm not a cat.

Oh, good. I've a banger. That's great. I'm not a cow. Oh, good. I've got sore cheeks. ZM's Free and Clint, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's Fletchborn and Megan a listen too? Subscribe on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. ZM.