ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Podcast - 16th March 2023

Episode Date: March 15, 2023

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Drive through and get a cup of barista-made McCafe coffee on the go. Still lads, lads, lads, lads today with Hayley at Marching Nationals. Lads, lads. And I wonder if she may have some explaining to do on her return.

Although in further investigation and further paragraphs down this news story, I think maybe it's not Hayley Jane Sproul responsible for this, but Air New Zealand has banned self-serve spirits from its Air New Zealand regional kōru lounges because some old bird got too pissed and couldn't even get on her flight. So basically regions are your smaller. Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown. No, I don't think Christchurch. Oh, Christchurch does have a little regional one.

Oh, no, no. I was going to say these Coru lounges aren't the big main ones. But then what about the Auckland one that flies to the regions? So this... Is it losing its... God, the regions did this to themselves. A small amount of you ruined it for everybody. So until recently,

it did have self-serve spirits at lounges in Queenstown and Dunedin, as they also function as international lounges. Right. But the airline has now removed the option after a conversation with police. So this follows an incident in November of last year where a member was unable to board an aircraft due to her intoxication.

And so this obviously got bad. How did she do it? She must have turned up with a little in her system and then just knocked on. Yeah, so the lounge was like, we're pretty lucky because we get a free membership with work. Because, you know, it gives you extra baggage and you can get stuff around the country. So we've been in there. We've had a sparkling wine, haven't we? Oh, yeah. At 11 o'clock in the morning.

Yep. But you have one and that's it. Yeah, I mean, you might have two. You might have two. You might have two. But that's it. You might have three. You might have three.

That's it. Because, you know, you're getting a taxi at the other end. Yeah, unless it's the evening, then you might have two. You might have two. You might have two. But that's it. You might have three. You might have three. That's it. Unless it's a taxi at the other end. Yeah, unless it's the evening, then you might have four. But that's it. Yeah, but that's it. But then the bottle's almost done, so you might as well have one more. So six, but I promise, that's it. But yeah, apparently she couldn't even get on the flight.

So yeah, this one person has ruined it. And we have confirmation that wasn't Hayley? Well, it was November last year, because initially when I saw her. She was flying a lot at the end of last year. Well, she is allowed back into the lounge. One would assume you wouldn't be allowed back with this behavior. Oh, okay, yeah. But yeah, because they're licensed areas.

So this would be like a bar just giving you a bottle of spirits, and you just go and ham yeah okay so i don't look out any word on what spirit what was his spirit of choice i'm feeling a big bourbon i'm getting a bourbon energy from a big bourbon energy from this regional new zealander does it say what region uh dunedin no yeah canterbury no it said here Our Canterbury alcohol harm team had a conversation So it was in Christchurch Or was it in Dunedin But she was flying to Christchurch

Yeah maybe Details are blurry Oh it doesn't say but yeah interesting Not blurrier than her vision After a bottle of bourbon though Imagine that person that ruined it for everyone Like because of something you did the rules got changed.

Yeah, yeah. Nobody wants to be It was always like a small amount of people ruining it for everybody. Yeah. They should have pointed those people out.

They should have got them up on stage. And you were sometimes weren't you pointed out and dragged on? Nope. I was a very, very good boy. I never led to any

major rule changes I don't think. No. I can't think of any. That doesn't mean it didn't happen. You got away with most of it, didn't you? Yeah, you got away with it. Yeah, if they'd caught me, there would have been a rule change.

Play ZM's Fletch, Fawn and Hayley. Thank you, the lovely Kay Gregory. A pleasure, as always. If you're getting married in the Waikato, I believe she travels, you'll get no better wedding MC than the lovely Kay Gregory. Oh, the lovely Kay Gregory. A pleasure as always. If you're getting married in the Waikato, I believe she travels, you'll get no better wedding MC than the lovely Kay Gregory. Oh, the lovely Kay Gregory. If you're dead, she also will conduct your funeral. I've been to a funeral

and a wedding conducted by Kay. Wonderful on both ends of the spectrum. Yep. And if you want her there for birth, so you can get born to the sounds of Kay Grigory married and then

buried she'll do a package she'll do a package she calls it the Kay Grigory triple dip love it love it

just us today Hayley's away again marching at the Nationals in Canterbury we had a photo of the dinner last night didn't we

yeah it was exactly. So, Mama Fia Rally's garlic bread. Yeah, good stuff. Because they have to have these bulk dinners. A tossed salad. Yep. And was it a lasagna? A pasta, yeah.

A pasta. It was long pasta. Long pasta? You know those long tubes? Yeah. Yeah, those. Just bulk. Penne.

Yeah, penne. It was penne. Penne pasta. So she's living the life. Can confirm, penne pasta. Penne pasta. You've looked at the photo. Yeah, I googled penne pasta.

Coming up on the show, 7 o'clock, be quick for Wick. 7 to 7.30, your chance to win $500 cash. All thanks to the new John Wick Chapter 4 movie, which is in cinemas March 23. Bit of cash this morning. The top six on the way. Yeah, a lot of primary school teachers striking today

for better working conditions. Yeah, good on them. Some kids staying at home. Some kids being shipped off to grandparents. Some kids being taken to the local pools. You're just dropping yours at a sweatshop, aren't you, to do their shift? Well, I just think it's important that we get clothes. Yeah, yeah.

They keep up their banana skills. So we can all wear clothes. So the top six things that the non-protesting teachers are up to today. Because not all teachers will go and wave a placard. No. Some will probably be hungover this morning. You bet. You absolutely bet. But next on the show, there's a new documentary

about Pornhub. Okay. It's on Netflix and apparently a few interesting tidbits. Not tidbits. Tidbits. Although you can see those in the videos too. Because it is tidbits, isn't it? It's tidbits. Yeah, it's tidbits. About it. Although you can see those in the videos too. Because it is titbits, isn't it? It's titbits. Yeah, it's titbits.

About it. Including how many hours the reviewers have to watch. There's a new documentary on Netflix about Pornhub. A very well-known website. Yes. On the internet. I'll have to take your word for it. It's not all, yeah, I haven't been on there, I've heard of it. Yeah, same. That's why it's well-known website on the internet. I'll have to take your word for it. It's not all,

yeah, I haven't been on there or have heard of it. That's why it's well-known. But, you know, we have a laugh, but this actually covers the really serious side of it as well. Basically that

when you had to verify age and different aspects to get content on there, they lost 80% of their content. Isn't that wild? Because people couldn't verify it. It also follows a young, I believe she was from New York. Oh, no, it was in the New York Times.

Kind of broke the story about a young lady who found a video of herself on there and really struggled to get it removed. Be like, that's me. It shouldn't be on there. Oh, wow. I'm young. Take it down. And they wouldn't take it down.

And then that led to, yeah, the sort of like verification of age of participants in videos and it got taken down. So it covers a whole lot of things. It sounds like a fascinating documentary. And it just came out yesterday on Netflix. Yes. Okay. So also

that there were moderators, apparently 30 moderators. One man came forward and talked about Wait, for the whole website there were moderators. Apparently 30 moderators. One man came forward and talked about the... Wait, for the whole website there were 30 people that have to go through every video. You wouldn't be able to. No, you wouldn't be able to

but you have to, it's... You know. Gatekeeping, better than nothing. Do your best. Yeah. So this man who came forward who remained anonymous said that he worked in Canada,

but most of the moderation happened in Cyprus. Cyprus? Cyprus. Because it's cheap. Must be. That would be a horrible job. Like, you go to work 9 to 5, you clock in, you get your cup of coffee, you sit down,

and all day you're watching that. It's like chefs. They don't want to come home and all day you're watching that. It's like chefs. They don't want to come home and... You would never. No. You would never again. And Cyprus is right by Turkey, which lately has been really conservative. Yeah.

In a world of, you know, some nations being very progressive, Turkey is one of the ones that is not, right? Yeah. And Syria to the side, Lebanon is like right in there. Yeah, Cyprus. So what are they, is this like, because what was that documentary and they talked about the people

that have to watch all those Facebook videos and they just get traumatised. Yeah, yeah, yeah, because they had no idea what they were saying and it could just go. Yeah, people report them and it gets put into a queue and they just have to make their way through. That's right, yeah.

And yeah, and they just see some horrendous things. So each moderator was expected to review 700 videos oh no had to review 700 videos per day but was expected to do more 700 videos was the baseline but how could you watch a whole video so they scrubbed through them right they couldn't like just go jump ahead five minutes. They had to watch it. Yeah. On like a high speed. Right. To be like, I get to the end of it. And then like the checkout operator, if you look under 25, you're going to get ID'd.

Right. If someone looked young, the video was flagged. Right. And then they would then require. ID. More ID. Right. More specific ID or to make sure that it lined up. What?

That would not be a good job. No. That would be horrible. And how could you do 700? How many is that math? Let's get out the maths. If you're 9 to 5 you have an hour lunch break. Yep. 8 hours a day. That's 8 hours. 8 times

60 is 480 minutes. And then doing 700 videos a day. Divided by 700, you'd have to be doing a video every 30 seconds. So you're hardly even scrubbing through. You'd be like just quickly clicking to see if they looked of age. And that it wasn't something dodgy.

And then that's it. And then that, yeah. Essentially. And then maybe one comes along every now and again, like, give us a bit more of a look. That's, yeah, bookmark. That's insane. To think you've got to be doing that,

at that consistent, through the day, to keep up that pace. Yeah. And you would have to have targets. It would be like a call centre or working in sales. It'd be like, Smithy, your numbers are down. You're spending too long looking at the videos. You're dawdling.

You're looking at the videos. Yeah, sorry. I'm dawdling. Yeah. Well, the documentary's out on Netflix. Sounds like a fascinating watch. Horrible. Yeah, but also like a horrible, as you said, horrible watch.

It would be, yeah. I mean, initially, some guys might be like, great job, David, great job. Oh, yeah, yeah. But it's like when you hear about people whose dad caught them smoking, so he made them sit in a small shed and smoke the whole pack, and at the end of it, they're like...

Either that or they're now horrendous. Nicotine addicts. Yeah. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. It is so silly, silly, silly that the silly little pole. Silly little pole.

Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole kids on leashes. Yes or no? You can say no till the cows come home. This is it, because we did talk about putting this up after the show yesterday, and then yesterday I saw a dad with a kid on a leash, and I was like,

That's great. Well, he's not getting away, is he? It's like a dog on a leash. You put a dog on a leash, it can't get away. The kid can't get away. Yeah. Famously, you were saved by a leash when you were on a leash. I walked off the edge of the Fungimata wolf.

And my dad's arm just went, fling, up as I fell. Yeah. And then just got hoisted back up. Good harness strength, that. I don't think they'd make harnesses like that anymore. You're calling me a fat kid, are you? What? You're calling me a fat kid, are you?

No, I'm just saying that the quality of harnesses and leashes these days wouldn't be as, like, back in the day, that would have been leather. Oh, it would have been leather. It would have been, like, studded together and hand-stitched. Yeah, she was probably a beauty. No, no, in my appearance, that wasn't. It would have been cheap. It would have been the cheapest one they could find.

But, yes, 41%, 59% of people saying no. No to leashes. I guess there's that whole, they're not a dog. Yeah, but that's worse. They're children. Yeah. They could bite someone like a dog, or they could walk up to a lady and say, why are you so fat?

Which is worse than biting. Because they're children, they can speak. Kate, you never put your kids on a leash? No, I didn't have runners, though. They're not runners. They weren't runners. They'd stand by you. They were a little bit more shy, so they'd stick to your legs and kind of, you didn't

need to watch them. They weren't runners. Okay. Kate messaged in, it's not something I've needed to do, but if other people wonder, that's their call. Kids can be truly hectic. You do what you've got to do, mama. Yeah, good call.

I think leashes are more dad's territory. Yeah, okay. Mums are a little bit, you know, doting and caring and will watch their children, whereas dads are just like, bloody hell, look at that. And then their kids are gone. Yeah.

I've literally bought my toddler a backpack with a leash. It's for safety, says Aisha. Okay. He doesn't want to hold my hand or be carried, so I'm happy to let him think he has some freedom and autonomy, whilst also making sure he can't run onto a road. It's also peace of mind in busy places that he won't be easily kidnapped. Yeah, good.

That's good. Yeah, she's got a runner on her hands. Yeah. She's got an independent little man and a runner on her hands. Sarah said, I'm going to be a single mum with triplets. I need a leash. Oh, my goodness. You look like a dog walker. You know when you see a dog walker and they've got all the leashes tied to a leash. Oh my goodness. You'll look like a dog walker. You know when you see

a dog walker and they've got all the leashes tied to a harness? Yeah, yeah. You get a harness with a steel hoop on the front and you connect all the leashes to that

and then you'll look like a dog walker. Three. Best of luck. Good luck. Fletch will help. No. You've always wanted to help.

Absolutely not. No, I'm loving this. Sort of a pseudo father figure. No, absolutely not. You don't want anyone popping up with a three kick. I don't want anything to do with that. Well, chuck us loving it. Sort of a pseudo-father figure. No, absolutely not. You don't want anyone popping out with a three kids? No, I don't want anything to do with that. Well, chuck us through your...

Maybe you could help. You've had experience with two. Yeah. Yeah, you'd be great. I only do girls, though. Oh, right, okay. I don't want boys that noisy and messy. Horrible situation.

Chaz said, nothing wrong with it at all. Give the kid a bit of freedom, but still keeps them safe. Yeah. Pip says, if a kid can't be trusted to walk on its own, it needs to be in a pram. End of story, says Pip. Oh, yeah. End of story.

But sometimes you might not be able to get a pram somewhere. Yeah. And you know when you, sometimes you can't get a kid in a pram. There's two things that you can't count down, count under, what am I't underestimate the strength of. Yep. A cat when you're trying to get it in the cage to take to a vet. Oh, my God, that's so hard.

They'll be just like, no, arms out. And you're just like, how is this cat so strong? You can see how tigers can drag people up trees backwards. Yep. And a toddler when you're trying to get them into a pram or a car seat. Yeah, right. And they just stiffen their body. Great core strength.

Yeah. From the toddlers. Lane said, I was a leash kid and I can fully understand why, otherwise I'd still be missing in action to this day. Yeah. And Courtney said, yes, leash them because they are not tame. Do you think leash parents get dirty looks from other parents? Because they're, what, 60, 40?

I wasn't a leash parent, but maybe because I was a leash child. Yeah. I would look at other leash parents and I'd be like, you do Uber. Yeah. I want to see a parent with a kid, because the backpack leash is the best. You put the backpack on there. If they've got a backpack on there, put a bottle and some chippies in there or whatever. I'm a little Mr. Independent.

Have them on one of those long run leads that people have their dogs in. You know the ones that wind out? Yep. And then you can lock it and then you can like pull them back. Yeah. So they think they're getting away

and then... Or get one that winds the kid back in like a winch. Yes. Yes. A little mobile winch. Winch the kid back in. Because you couldn't see them in a crowd.

You just engage winch and it just pulls them back towards you. That works. Next on the show, I've got a list of the 99 best to worst. I've ranked 99 to 1. Yes. I don't know why the list didn't start at 100. But they've started the list at 90.

Maybe there were only 99 tourist attractions. So I've got a list of the 99 best to worst tourist attractions in the world. There's one New Zealand spot on the list. What do you think it is? Rainbow's End. I'm still paying off my daughter's birthday party. I've got to say that. I'm still paying off my daughter's birthday party.

I think you've paid off. Really? You put up a lot of social media. Yeah, I did. I know, but I just didn't want to mention as well. It's not Rainbow's End. We'll go through the list next. Well, somebody has analysed

Google and TripAdvisor reviews and ratings and also they've looked at TikTok videos and the popularity of these places. We've got the three big ones there. They've put them all

onto a blender and they've come up with the 99 best and worst tourist attractions in the world for 2023. Here's what sucks being number

45 to 50 because no one's reading those ones. You want to hear the 99 and you want to hear the top 10. Shall I tell you

45 oh my god 44 is Machu Picchu but then that wouldn't be visited as much to then get the TripAdvisor to get the Google ratings. The Lincoln Memorial is number 45.

Universal Studios Singapore is 46. But you're right. I didn't know Singapore had a Universal Studios. Neither. And the Burj Khalifa. It'll be a good one. Burj Khalifa, which we've been up huge, that's 49. Wow.

So I've touched on the middle. Now, do you want me to do... You should do, I mean, in your own time. But go through and see how many you've been to as the most well-travelled of the show. Well, this is true. I've been to number 99 on the list, the worst. Well, no, it's not the worst.

It's still the top 100. It's still the top 100 things to see in the world. Top 100, but it's still the worst on the list. The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Yeah, because I was expecting it to be glitzy and glamoury and got there and a homeless man dressed as Elmo told me to F off. Yeah. Because I took a photo of him and I didn't know you had to pay.

You've got to pay, yeah. I just took a photo of him. I know, you've got to pay. It's quite, but I was warned. Yeah. I feel like a lot of people have the, you know, the asterisks. Oh, the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It's not like the Oscars.

Yeah. Like, it's quite grimy. We're going on a family vacay in July to LA. Mostly for Disneyland. Yeah. And Universal Studios and such. But. Oh my God, Minions.

Do we take the kids to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, do you reckon? They won't know. During the day. Yeah. During the day, yes. Definitely not at night. Not at night. But doesn't Jimmy Kimmel film his show there? He films, yeah,

on the, over the road from the Chinese theatre. So you want to go to that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, you can, during the day it's cool, and you can see all the different stars. It is fine. But it's not like, it's not what you expect. No. Okay, let's go to the top

ten, which New Zealand has won in. Number 10, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. Oh, the big. I've been there. It's pretty amazing. Yep. Pretty amazing. Number nine, Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand is number nine on the list.

Sir, I beg your pardon, sir? I know. So this is based on Google and TripAdvisor. Like, I'll... If I've got three quarters of an hour to kill in Wellington before I can check in, it's the Bucket Fountain. Yeah, you go for a walk down Cuba, don't you?

I like Te Papa. It's a beautiful building and it's well spread out and everything. It's always got a couple of really good displays in it. But there's nothing else on the list from New Zealand in these 99 spots. Does it include natural? Well, I mean. Wanaka. Yeah, I would have thought.

Or Punakaiki. Queenstown. Just the Remarkables. Yeah. That amazing vista. But yeah, Te Papa is number nine on the list. This is the 99 best and worst tourist attractions in the world. The Acropolis in Athens.

We've been, haven't we? We've been together. Lots of scaffolding. Lots of dust as well. Quite dusty. Grease. Hot up on the top of the hill too. They weren't thinking about shade up there really.

No. Could have done with a few more trees. Yeah, did they not? But they had those people walking around that fanned you and put shade over you. I made the buildings for shade, but just natural shade. Number seven is the El Ateneo Gran Splendid, Argentina. I've got no idea what that is. The El Ateneo.

R-T-T-A-T. Oh, yeah, El Ateneo Gran Splendid. It came up as soon as I put that in. Okay. It's a bookshop. What? In Buenos Aires. The Guardian places the second most beautiful bookshop in the world,

and in 2019 it was named the world's most beautiful bookstore. Okay. It's got lots of old wooden shelves and ladders and stuff. Yes. Okay. It looks like a Harry Potter library. Oh, okay. That'll be why then.

That'll be why. This isn't just some run-of-the-mill bookstore. Number six on the list of the 99 best attractions in the world, St. Peter's Basil Oh, okay. That'll be why then. That'll be why. Yeah, this isn't just some run-of-the-mill bookstore. Number six on the list of the 99 best attractions in the world, St. Peter's Basilica, Italy, Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Where have you been? Been there. That is phenomenal. That is incredible. That is remarkable to walk around that.

And then the other like temples in the jungle, it's like Tomb Raider. Didn't they film some Tomb Raider? Yeah, they did. Because they love to tell you about that too. And there's monkeys too. Then you get a honeydew melon outside for like 25 New Zealand cents and eat that and then chuck a bit to the monkeys. They love that.

Plaza de España in Spain. Plaza? I think that's just an old Spanish town. Oh, okay. Is it Seville? Number three on the list is Blue Lagoon in Iceland. Is that the one you always see when people are in like, is it? Yes.

Like a hot pool? Yes. Is that it? Yeah, I think so. Disneyland Paris is number two on the list of the best and worst tourist attractions in the world. Is that a good one? Must be, must be. Okay. Number one,

the best tourist attraction in the world, the Hungarian Parliament Building in Hungary, which is an incredible building. You've been there? Yeah, the best place is over the river.

You look at it and day, even at night, it's better at night because it's lit up. It's incredible. That is a hell of a building. It's an incredible building.

That's a big river in front of it. Yeah. How old is that? It looks... Yeah, at least. It's very gothic-y. Gothic era. Yeah.

But yeah, that's... Okay. Yeah, I mean, Taj Mahal in India, that's 97. Grand Canyon on there anywhere. Yeah, but down the list. So you just remember to papa. So that is... Taj Mahal in India, that's 97. Grand Canyon on there anywhere. Yeah, but down the list. So you just remember to Papa. So that is, so from what you can see,

it's how many people have Googled it, Google reviewed it, because this is the Hungarian Parliament buildings are 4.8 stars out of 5. Yeah, so it's TripAdvisor reviews, Google reviews. And how many TikTok hashtags. And also some TikToks as well, yeah, hashtags. So, yeah, go to Papa. Okay. Probably wouldn't have go to Papa. Okay. Probably wouldn't have had it up that high. I mean, it's great and all, but...

Well, they got rid of the earthquake house. Yeah, I say I'm not going to bother him. I thought they brought that back. No, it's a different sort of thing. It's a different... I think it's a volcano house or something, yeah. But they do have some cool old skellingtons and such. Skellingtons.

Skellingtons. And that's to Papa. That World War I to Papa exhibit's phenomenal if you've never seen You Simply Must. Oh, with the giant people. You Simply Must. Oh, that's so good. You Simply Must. You Simply Must.

Play ZM's Fletchford and Ailey. Play ZM. From the self-driving ZM think tank, this is the top six. Underpaid and undervalued. That's how teachers feel, and that's why today there's a primary school strike. I know, we very quickly homeschooled our children during lockdown and forgot about everything. Yeah, remember how hard that was when it was just your kids? Remember when everyone was like, God, you're teachers, God, they're great?

Yeah. This is really showing us. Yeah. We're quick to forget. So I didn't know that 800,000 students from preschool to year 13 will be impacted because of the strike. I thought this was just a primary school strike, but apparently 30,000 primary school teachers

and 20,000 secondary school teachers and kindergarten educators are striking. Yeah, okay. Meaning up to 50,000 teachers will be taking industrial action in total. Not all of them? I know, I don't want to brag, but my girls are going to school today. teachers will be taking industrial action in total. Not all of them. I know, I don't want to brag, but my girls are going to school today. Are they? You want to brag, but my girls are going to school today.

Yeah, I don't know what happened there. But it's a public school. Yeah. They're just like, let's keep going. I think they're definitely in support of it. Yeah. But I think they're also like, we've had a very disrupted year.

And my kids have had days off school that other kids haven't. And then they had that lockdown when that guy was with a gun down the road and then that wild dog. She's the wild west out there, ladies and gents. Yeah. So I've got the top six things the non-protesting teachers are up to today because there'll be some protests, there'll be some signs, there'll be some marching.

And best of luck to them. Well, yeah, look, I don't want to name names, but I knew a teacher that was hoping this strike would be on a day after a concert next week. Oh, really? What if they pushed it out to tomorrow? Yeah, see if they pushed it out to next week. I would have been very happy about that. Maybe they're rolling strikes.

They can do another one next week. Yes. I've got the top six things the non-protesting teachers are up to today. Six, number six, sleeping, still sleeping, which is the only reason I I've got the top six things the non-protesting teachers are up to today. Slick. Six. Number six. Sleeping. Still sleeping. Which is the only reason

I feel safe doing this top six because I don't want to be given detention. Yep. Number five on the list of the top six things the non-protesting teachers are up to today.

Spending some time really working on some epic takedowns for the worst behaved kids in class. Yeah, good. They've got to start, you know,

they'll write down their name. It'll be like Jaden or something. And they'll write that down and then they'll be like, you know, coming up with something jazz, jazzy. Jaden, eh? More like. No, you can't be mean to them. You're not allowed to be mean to them. Oh, like lightly mean.

Lightly mean. Like, not physically. Yeah. Just a bit of mental. Put it in there. Let the seed grow. They'll always remember it. Number four on the list of the top six things

the protesting teachers are up to today are probably having a wine at lunchtime. So just the usual there. And your kids are to blame. That's why the staff room is sponsored by Mills Reef. Mills Reef Sav in the classroom this week. Everybody, great news. Number three on the list of the

top six things the non-protestant teachers are up to today. Looking for jobs teaching English in the United Arab Emirates. For way more money. You do. I'm not even kidding. I'm not even kidding. They probably are. They probably actually are. They don't have a family. They're about to move to the United Arab Emirates.

Number two on the list of the top six things the non-protesting teachers are up to today. Catching up on the latest Gen Alpha slang so they know what the hell the kids are saying in class. No cap, this is bossing. And number one on the list of the top six things the non-protesting teachers are up to today. Hanging out with their nursing mates,

talking about who's got the worst end of the government employee stick. Yeah. Sadly. Yeah. Both. Yeah. Both. Yeah. Maybe they can both talk about those United Arab Emirates jobs.

Actually, you know what? That's a hot play to get over the United Arab Emirates. That's today's top six. Now we've got an intro, an introduction. What are we doing? I was going to say, I've just been caught a little off guard. I'm scrambling because we were just talking about bank crashes. It's the sort of behind-the-scenes highbrow stuff that we get out of our system

so we can come back on air and be like... It's time for Von's Force of the Week. Look, I don't know if this is a thing, and now it's got an introduction. It's got an intro. I thought maybe we'd do one. Hayley's not here. I don't know how Hayley a thing, and now it's got an introduction. I thought maybe we'd do one. Hayley's not here. I don't know how Hayley feels about Sauce of the Week. She was a huge fan of Sauce of the Week.

You got on board with last week's Sauce of the Week. Well, I did end up buying it in the supermarket and saw it, and I was like, well, I'll buy it. And I had it last night as well. It's good, right? Wasabi mayo from Cully's was last week's Sauce of the Week. It's good. This is Sauce of the Week.

I actually got sent these, so I'll be honest with you. I don't know if I would have come across this. What's that? You being influenced? I'm being influenced and I'm influencing. I'm simply the middleman. Then Malcolm Gladwell had a term for this. What was it?

The tipping point. The tipping point. You are what? A hawk or an eagle or a robin or a maven. Maven. There's a term in this book. Maven or a... Yeah, something.

Well, anyway, what I am not is... Can we just take a moment to talk about this driving 80s background music? I feel like Patrick Swayze's about to rock in with a mullet and just like, yeah! And like roundhouse kick someone. Yeah.

Roadhouse. The original Roadhouse. So this is from King Street Sauces. Okay. This is a New Zealand sauce company that started in Graylin in Auckland. Yeah. Two lads, a company born in Graylin, two lads that have a passion for hot sauces, teddies in bondage gear, and awkwardly posing for photos because each one of their

hot sauces has a teddy. Okay. Like an animated teddy bear on the front. Right. So there's various ones. I went for the hottest one that they sent me. Blueberry and Carolina Reaper is this week's hot sauce. Oh, that's too hot for my little palate.

It's not too hot. It's got that sweet. Oh, I like that. It's got a really sweet blueberry aspect to it. Okay. I've had this on wraps all week. Okay. A little lunch wrap.

And this is your sauce of the week. Various meats. Right. Get the blueberry on there. It's called Blueberry Dreams. So wait, you are being sent sauces now from sources. From an artisan. This has won an award too.

Okay, but Hayley and I aren't being Sent Sources, so what's in this for us and the listeners? Well, have you heard? I'm just promoting New Zealand businesses and getting some Sources going. You will also note that so far, both Sources have been New Zealand-based Sources of the Week. Oh, yes, she is.

You haven't heard the word Audi mentioned on the show in the last two days, and that's only because Sproul isn't here. All I'm thinking is, I would have wanted a few more hot sauces for the hot sauce cupboard. And in turn, I find a favourite, and I tell people about Sauce of the Week. There's nothing in this for the listeners.

She's just trying to get herself a free Audi. Yeah, okay, that's fair call. She's just begging. Yeah, she's begging. I'm sharing. You're helping out small business. I'm helping out. God, you are just, this is why you've got an OBE.

This is why I should have an OBE. For service to sauces. Yeah. To sauce service. Look at this. It won gold at the New Zealand Artisan Awards in 2022. Oh, fantastic. The King Street Sauces.

That does look delicious. It's so, so, and it's not two hocks. Carolina Reapers, anything with a reaper, a ghost, it scares me. Yeah, it does. I've got peppers growing in the garden because I always plant some peppers. And the jalapenos are delicious, fatty jalapenos. Perfect for jalapeno poppers, which I'm thinking about making some. Oh, yum.

And I've got this one at the back that's like this long one. He's got a curve to it. I'm scared of him. The scariest one is I've got this real wrinkly red one. He terrifies me. You know he's going to be too hot. Too hot to trot. So I'm yet to crack into the other King Street sauces

because I started at the hot end of the thing, the Blueberry Dreams, Blueberry and Carolina Reaper. Love it. It's delicious and it's this week's sauce of the week. Great. What's next week? Tomato sauce? I feel like you should come back to the normal person.

There will only be a tomato sauce if it is an outstanding tomato sauce. You won't just do a Watties or a Greens? Absolutely not. I won't be doing a Carnie sauce. I think you just need to come back to what the everyday person's using. It's the new industry of hot sauce. It's taken over. A man to save.

You know when you go to a store and they're like, do you have a one card? A one card. Flybys card or Airpoints card. It's so annoying. My local countdown has, like, they've got laminated photocopied ones by the checkout. Oh, so you can borrow it.

Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Because I just got sick of using my card every time and then, like, once every two years I got a $15 voucher. But you can put it on that app on your phone. It doesn't scan the app. Yeah, it does. It doesn't. It does. They didn't use to, but then they, because I used to have a

myriad of issues with scanning my phone screen at New World, but now it's every easy peasy. Oh, because they've upgraded the machines. Straight away they may have upgraded the scanners. Yeah, but also I don't. Put it in there, look. Put it in there. I've got to put my Costco card in here because I'm sick of carrying thatanners. Yeah, but also I don't... Put it in there. Look, put it in there. Put it in there. And your stow card. I've got to put my Costco card in here because I'm sick of carrying that thing.

No, but you need your photo on there. Oh, you need the photo on the back to get into the shop but not to get the petrol. Oh, right. To fill up with the petrol, you just need to scan the... Oh, you need the petrol. You need the photo. They got you there.

They got you there. They got you there. They should have a little computer they're holding and when they scan... Look at the ski fields. Oh, yeah. When they scan your thing and your face pops up on their screen.

Yeah. Get the card out of my wallet. It scan your thing and your face pops up on their screen. Yeah. Get the card out of my wallet. It's one gram that I don't want to be carrying. I know, I love a skinny wallet. I need a new wallet. Oh, okay. I'm moving into new wallet territory. The card holding flaps have got a little loose.

She's an old girl. Oh, your flaps have got loose. She's an old girl. It's loose and the cards fall out now. Oh, no. If I pick the wallet up upside down, the cards slip out. That happens when you get older, though. That happens. With a wallet that gets older. I said to the wallet, giggles, giggles, giggles out now. Oh, no. If I pick the wallet up upside down, the cards slip out. That happens when you get older, though. That happens.

With a wallet that gets older. I said to the wallet, giggles, giggles, giggles, giggles. It didn't, and now it's loose. So I am in the market for a new wallet. Okay. What did you do new wallet-wise? Because you had the zipper, Sue. I've got a new wallet.

I just got a new one. Shiny, though. I know, because... Give it a rub down with something a little bit rough. No, it takes a while to get like my old one and get... That's rough That's the thing about A nice gentleman's

Leather wallet It takes a while to wear And remember this one I've got now It's still the same one When I got it It was skin coloured And people thought

I'd had a wallet Made out of Human flesh Human flesh Yeah And I got it just after One of my grandads died So I did say a couple of times

It was his last gift to me So grandad's always with me That was a weird joke. It didn't go down well. It never hit. But no, once it's shiny, that needs a rough. I know, but it'll get roughed up. You should YouTube how to age shiny leather.

There'll be someone on YouTube. Really? Yeah. It'll be like, I reckon it'll be a really fine wet, dry sandpaper. Also, there's got a purple tinge to it. Are you happy with that? No, but my last one did, but it goes old and then it looks really nice. Where did you get that from?

Online. I'll give you the address. Please do. I'm not spending too much. No, but my last one did, but it goes old and then it looks really nice. Where did you get that from? Online. I'll give you the address. Please do. I'm not spending too much. I'm not spending money to facilitate an item that carries the thing that helps me spend more money. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, but also I don't want you having the same wallet as me. I don't want the same wallet as you. I don't want a zip.

I'm anti-zip. I just want a fold. You just want flaps. I want a flap and a fold. Okay. I don't want a buckle. Okay. I don't want to buckle. Right. I don't want to have to go... Okay. This is more than $30, so I don't think you'll want this wallet.

I'm off. I'm out. Okay, you're out. I do have a Velcro. I got a Velcro wallet in my drawer. Bring back the Velcro wallet. When we went to the Cook Islands and I brought that Velcro wallet.

I think that suits you. I've got big Velcro wallet energy. You do. Well, this guy that I want to talk about doesn't even have a wallet because he got sick of carrying around. I guess you can pay paywave on your phone. Yeah. A lot of places, but not every place.

You can't rely on that. But this guy got a tattoo to save carrying his supermarket points card so he can go and scan the tattoo and it adds it to his points. Now tattoos, I didn't know until recently how very expensive they are. Yeah, and they hurt like hell. They hurt like hell. I went with Jared and my mate Auburn when they got D&D tattoos and I told them all along I was not getting one because I don't have any tattoos.

And then we got there and they packed a big soot that I didn't get one, even though it made it very clear I was never getting one in the first place. Yeah, Vaughn's never getting a tattoo. Why do you think Vaughn would get a tattoo? I never thought Vaughn would get a tattoo? I never thought Vaughn would get a tattoo. I always said it was going to be a very hard sell to get Vaughn on the tat buzz. They tried to peer pressure

me and that's the one thing when you peer pressure me, I would just dig my heels in and be an Irishman. But I couldn't get over the cost. I know it's an art and you want a good one so you'll pay the money. It takes a long time. It takes a while. You've got the fine line work and I think it's amazing what tattoo I know it's an art, and you want a good one so you'll pay the money. It takes a long time. It takes a while. You've got the fine line work, and I think it's amazing what tattoo artists do,

and they are indeed artists. But how much was your nerd tattoo? It was just a dice, right? Yeah, dice and some wording. 150? Right. Now, I'm thinking about a Playboy bunny, like maybe two inches high. How much would that be?

I think about 150, but it depends on the artist. Oh, I could do that. Like right on the small of my back? Yeah. It'll look good. I think so. Who laughed? Wow.

That was Carlin's giggle. That was Carlin's giggle. Unbelievable. I just don't see you with a tattoo. This barcode work is a lot of line work. You know, like it wouldn't have been cheap. And so far using this. Because he's had it for eight or nine months so far.

He has only accrued $26 worth of savings. So his tattoo still hasn't paid itself off. This is why I don't bother with store cards. Like I don't, like the New World one, it's like, oh, you got four cents air points. It's like, don't bother with store cards. Like I don't like the New World one it's like oh you got 4 cents air points. It's like cool. 4 cents air points. I know it all adds up but what after a year I've got what like $4? Yeah. Cool.

Like the countdown one they send you a voucher they're like here's $15 after 18 months. It's like not worth the 200 times I took that out of my wallet to scan it. To scan it. Yeah.

Like, ugh. I'm sorry. And now he's got a tattoo. He's got a tattoo for life. And he's made. And they might change their system. Yeah. If they change the system, he's got the tattoo forever.

Has anyone ever got a QR code tattooed? Because I'd imagine that would be impossible, right? No, but it would take ages. But you would have to be precise. Very precise. Because at least barcodes, it's just the lines and the thickness of the line. Yeah. But that would also be quite hard too, right?

Well, it's straight line. It's great line work. And that's the thing. You'd want a good tattoo artist to do it. And not put on any weight. Because otherwise you'll blow out your barcode. You'll blow out your barcode and then you're absolutely screwed. Your points are going to somebody else.

Yeah. Because the thin line became a fat line and now somebody else is accruing your points. Yeah, right. Mm. Because people got vaccine passes as well. That was stupid. Tattooed on them.

Yeah, because they're not lasting forever. Like, we're not even using those now. No. And that was on your phone, so that was easy peasy. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Yummy, yummy, yummy. In my tummy. It's so rich and good.

Hey, shout out salted roasted caches. Vaughn, salted roasted caches. Shout out salted roasted caches. Porn salted roasted cashews. Shout out salted roasted cashews. I can't get enough of you at the moment. They're great. You're on my snack du jour. What about honey roasted cashews? So good.

Oh, my God, honey roasted cashews. I'm going to have to get myself a bag. But the problem is I have to share with the children. So. No. You've got to make certain snacks have a dad appeal where the kids are like, I'll have a couple, but I'm not. They don't want them all? Yeah. So. No. You've got to make certain snacks have a dad appeal where the kids are like, I'll have a couple but I'm not.

They don't want them all? Yeah. Yeah. That's why dads used to love aniseed wheels. And snifters.

Yeah. Fact. Now, Yummy Yummy is not a segment of the show where we look at old foods like salted roasted cashews.

As old as time has come. We take a look at new foods. Now, this collab comes to us from Australia and I imagine this will be here before we know it

because Kit Kat has teamed up with another icon, Milky Bar. And so we're getting Milky Bar Kit Kat. Now, I know overseas you can get, and some parallel imported stores, like, you know, the American stores, you can get Kit Kat white, but it's not Kit Kat Milky Bar. Right. It's just a white chocolate.

Right. From America. Because that's what I was Googling. Yeah. Have you seen? This will be right up your bloody alley. It's right up my bloody, because I love a Kit Kat finger. Nestle Milky Bar Chocolate Block Raspberry.

Where's that? Oh, no, yeah, no, I've had that. It's good. It's got raspberry chunks in a Milky Bar. Yeah, it's hard chunks, though. Hard juice. Hard kind of a juice. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yeah, no, I've had that. It's good. It's got raspberry chunks in a Milky Bar. Yeah, it's hard chunks, though. Hard juice. Hard kind of a juice. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.

Yum, yum. Because they do those little drops as well, which are like the raspberry lollies, juice, covered in a white chocolate. Real yum. Potter's Brothers. No, no, this is actually... Just dipping somebody else's lolly

and calling it a new chocolate. No, this is their lolly and chocolate. Cheeky. But yeah, Kit Kat Milky Bar in Australia. That's a bit much, isn't it? Yeah. I'm going to go and record. I think it will be a bit much.

No, it'll be perfect. A bit much. Because do you remember there was what Kit Kat used to do? The chunky used to have a white chunky. They're yum. So it's still got the wafer bits in it, but all chocolate involved is... Is Milky Bar. Milky Bar.

Yeah. So it's kind of appeared online. Some food bloggers in Australia have posted this. So yeah, it looks imminent. Is it a... Is it a Kit Kat? That the middle of the Kit Kats are made up of other Kit Kats? Yeah, broken Kit Kats.

Wasn't that a fact of the day? Yeah, but was it Kit Kats or was it something else? No, it was Kit Kats. I, broken Kit Kats. Wasn't that a fact of the day? Yeah, but was it Kit Kats or was it something else? No, it was Kit Kats. I'm sure it was. It made it smashed up. The moolied up bits of the middle. What's another chocolate

that's got that sort of inside? Because it might be Kit Kats, but I feel like the best example is another. Yes, the head of Nestlé conffectionery at the time said, yes, Kit Kat does theoretically contain parts of a Kit Kat. The delicious praline we use between the wafers is, in a Kit Kat, is in fact Kit Kat chocolate and wafer pieces

mixed together with other ingredients. Moolied up seconds. Yeah. Gotcha. Waste not, want not. Yum. Well, there you go. All right, you're on board.

Absolutely. Sounds a bit much. I'll have one. One finger? You'll have a finger? I always start with one finger. You won't do five? Eventually. Just at a time. But slowly. With some delicious salted roasted cashews in between. People that bite the whole five

fingers at the end. Monsters. Monsters. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Play ZM. A therapist, a therapist, a qualified therapist has come out and said the secret to, well, one of the secrets. I mean, there's a lot to do, but something that definitely won't harm your relationship, in fact only beneficial, is if every day you have a big pash. Which you

stated for the record, you love a pash. I love a pash. I'm a huge fan of a big tonguey kiss. Mostly because of how silly it is. And I think we're the only species that does it. I don't know any other species that have a tonguey kiss. Really?

Well, I don't know many other species that have a tonguey kiss. Really? Well, I don't know many other species that kiss for, like, romantic intentions. Maybe, like, monkeys. There's always, like, the bonobos or something that do it. They're very similar to us with that. But I don't know if they, like, tonguey kiss. Many animals actually do engage in kissing-like behaviours to show affection. Yeah, kissing like... That's like nuzzling and stuff.

I'm talking about big, tonguey... So they give an example for dogs sniffing and licking potential mates. Yeah, no, no, no. Elephants putting their trunks in each other's mouths. Okay, that's hot. Tell me more. What if you've just been in the mud and then you chuck it in your missus' mouth? Wow, that's funny.

That's funny. That's like kissing your partner and when you've got a mouth seal on going, and filling their mouth and lungs up. And it goes, out their nose. That's good stuff too. The bonobo ape is the only other one that can, and I mean.

It's always us and the bonobos. Yeah, they kiss, but that's the only species that actually lock lips. It's always the bonobos. And do the kissing. Historically called a pygmy chimpanzee. At least often a dwarf chimpanzee.

Right. A change of use of language has led to them being called the bonobos, but they're just little chimps. Okay. So you have a pash, and it's good. It's a connection. It's everything. Huge fan. Sade's not as much.

But when you've been with someone for how many years? I could stool every day, I reckon. You reckon? Could she, though? No. No? When's the last time you had a good pash? A good pash.

Just like a solo, standing alone pash. Yeah. Just the pash. In the end. Because you do like, mwah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll often, every way. I give her a kiss every morning before I leave.

I think that's, she's not awake for it, but I just think she knows she's getting it. A kiss on the forehead. She knows she's getting it and you're like, you looked offended. I don't know. She knows she's getting it. I can't say that. A kiss on the forehead. But a standalone pash.

Very good question. Not often enough. I'm taking this home. This is my homework. Every day. It's got to be every day. It's got to be a good question. Okay. Not often enough. Well, there you go. So it's got to be this time this is my homework. Every day. It's got to be every day. It's got to be a Pash. Right.

Is she? Yeah, right. I love it. How good is it? How good's a Pash? Just quick check in the producer's booth. Pash?

Pash. Jared, you're pro Pash? That's a thumbs up for Pashing. When did you last have just a Pash? Just a Pash. Not leading to anything? Just a P a pash, not leading to anything,

just a pash? Oh, not leading to anything. This is what this therapist has said. You shouldn't be pashing with the expectation. It's just a pash. It's just a pash.

Yeah, but like, there's never an expectation. It's just a consequence. You're so good at it, she gets more of that. Oh, yeah, right. Okay. Leads.

But you can't remember. It's got to be every night, Jared. It'll probably be like on the weekend or something. Just a pash, yeah, right. Okay. Leaves. Leaves. But you can't remember. It's got to be every night, Jared. It would probably be like on the weekend or something. Just a pash. Yeah, right. What about Shannon's chandelier pyjamas? Have you pashed the magician? Yeah, we're in a long distance.

So whenever we see each other. Oh, you've got a lot of passion. A lot of passion. Dry spells and then back in. Do you pash at the airport? Yeah. Do you pash at the airport? Wow.

I'm pretty bad because it's like we have such a small amount of time so as soon as you get there. And then he's just like disappears. Yeah, exactly. I said airport but you're dead right he doesn't. He teleports. It's a cloud of smoke. He doesn't need one and then poor Shannon has to deal with all the rabbits that are running

around. The Uber driver because I assume to make the most of your time to give you Uber to the airport to pick them up so you can just pash the whole way back. The Uber driver looks in the reflection of the mirror and it's just Shannon back there. He's got a cloak on. Magic. He's got his invisibility cloak, yeah. Carwen, I've never had you

pegged as a big pasha. When was the last time you had a pash? I don't know if I should be offended by that. Sometime this week. Ryan doesn't give me big pash energy either. Wow. I don't know what that says about us. So you've had. Sometime this week. Ryan doesn't give me big passion energy either. Wow. I don't know what that says about us. So you've had a passion this week?

Yeah. Good stuff. Well, there you go. What's got to be every day. Fletch, when did you last passionately kiss someone? A long time ago. Margaret doesn't like a passion. Margaret's prudish.

Margaret doesn't exist, Vaughn. Gentle entry, Margaret. The gentle entry is your tongue in her mouth and she won't have it. She doesn't exist. You always go in so aggressively. We talked about it before. I love talking about this. It's so, it's funny, but it's also like, oh, yeah.

If you're listening, you'll be like, that's right. That's right. But this one was particularly from, for Sydney World Pride. Yeah. People were asked about their queer awakenings. Like what character, fictional character, TV show, cartoon, movie, anything was kind of like, oh. Oh.

I see. Oh. What's happening here? He's hot. But I've got a girlfriend. What? That's interesting. Oh. I see. Oh. What's happening here? He's hot. But I've got a girlfriend. What? That's interesting. Yeah.

Who knew? Well, now I do. Fantastic. So what was your awakening? This article in particular, a guy called Louis said, icon might be a strong word, but the gardener and desperate housewives, Jessie Metcalf. That's right.

Prime Jessie Metcalf. Definitely hit some sort of nerve. Prime Jessie Metcalf. Prime Jessie Metcalf. That's right. Prime Jesse Metcalf. Definitely hit some sort of nerve. Prime Jesse Metcalf. Prime Jesse Metcalf. Yep. Jenna said Xena Warrior Princess. I mean, this is no surprise. Is this the second mention of Xena Warrior Princess this week?

Statistically, 92% of lesbians who came out in the 90s, Xena was their awakening. 100%. Absolutely. Oh, okay. Here we go. Kai, male, says Hayden Christensen is Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. Bad boy.

Yeah, the ultimate bad boy. He became Darth Vader at the end of the movie. Yeah. There's not much more of a bad boy. Spoiler alert. Sorry about that. Sorry to let everybody in on that. Oh, I don't know that one.

Hayley Graham from the 2006 film Stick It was my awakening, said Jasmine. It may have been the killer workout montage to the Missy Elliott soundtrack that did it. Yeah. Jessie McCartney. Not Jessie Metcalf, Jessie McCartney. Yeah, singer. Early to mid-2000s singer. You had a signed poster on your flat wall for a while, didn't you?

I did, yeah. That was to cover a hole, but it also served a purpose. Well, your wife wasn't complaining, was she? Not at all. Mia said the lifeguard from Lilo and Stitch. And made Marion from Disney's Robin Hood. Right. And Lockie.

Yeah. That's the most Australian name ever. Right. And Lockie. Yeah. That's the most Australian name ever, eh? Lockie. Lockie. Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. He's the bad guy. He's the chauvinistic. Oh, yeah.

Big, strong hunting man. Yeah. Who thinks Belle should just stop reading books and be with a big, strong man. King Triton from The Little Mermaid. Yeah. He was a big, strong man who thought his daughter should just be happy books and be with a big strong man. King Triton from The Little Mermaid. Yeah. He was a big strong man who thought his daughter should just be happy to stay with him. Sounds like Lockie wants a big bear.

Lockie's got a type. And Wreck-It Ralph. Oh, yeah. Lockie's got a type. He was just a huge, muscular man. Yeah. Well, on the back of this, we wanted to ask the same question. What character or celebrity was your awakening?

Who was it? Yeah. Okay. They've started to flow in. I wish to remain anonymous, but Nala from The Lion King. See, Simba, a lot of people saw Simba go from, you know, the cub to the big strong role, and that was a lot for them to handle, the power of that.

Another anonymous message from someone we know, 50 Cent. 50 Cent in the club. 50. 50 in the music video where he's upside down doing the city pull-ups. Oh, yeah, yeah, right. Iconic. Iconic. She says.

Iconic. And that text remains anonymous. Yes. So now we want to know from you. Yeah. Give us a call. 0800 dials at Emerson number. You can text as well.

9696. Whom was your awakening? To whom stirred the inner workings of your biology? Play ZM's Fletch, Fawn and Hayley. 13 minutes away from 8. We want to know what celebrity or character was your awakening? Oh my gosh. Some amazing stories coming through.

And undated. Hit us with some text messages. Someone said Uncle Scrooge from DuckTales because he was rich and bossy and he had a Scottish accent. Oh, wow. I hope he or she, whoever was awoken by Uncle Scrooge, one day got themselves a bossy, rich Scottish person. A sugar daddy.

Yeah. Somebody else said the cartoon Samurai Jack because he was a strong, silent type. He was. He very rarely spoke. You know there's something when they don't speak. Yeah. Why aren't they speaking? Ah, lots of... Robbie Williams in the music video for Rock DJ.

That was the one where he tore his skin off. Oh, that's not hot. No, that's not hot at all. That was weird. Yeah. Goku from Dragon Ball Z. That was a very ripped individual. I find it weird, though,

when people's awakenings are cartoon characters. But I guess because you're watching more cartoons at that age, so it's likely to happen. Somebody said in the Aladdin movie when he said, do you trust me? I nearly slipped off my seat. Do you trust? I mean, you're putting your trust in this street rat.

Now, this is quite unusual because we've had a call from Cece. Good morning, Cece. Morning, guys. And also we've had a call from Julia, who I'm going to bring in on the same line. Julia and Cece. Kia ora. You both have the same crushes from the same movie.

Hell yeah. Youth girl. Julia, please meet Cece. Cece, meet Julia and tell each other. And I mean, you know, I'll say it and then we can discuss it. You both had your awakenings to the movie, the 1999 Brendan Fraser movie, The Mummy, but your awakenings were both Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Yep, absolutely.

Have you seen them? You two don't know each other. No. No. Are you two currently seeing anybody? I'm just thinking, I mean, this could be a hell of a story for the grandkids. I am sadly married.

Oh, you're sadly married. Me too, me too. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Let's not make sadly married. We're happily married. Wow. And so what was it about them? Well, you've got Brendan Fraser is just the perfect himbo

who drinks his Respect Women juice and you've got Rachel Weisz is just stunningly beautiful playing a librarian and She's lost for words You've got

a much nicer way of describing it Mine is just like, oh, damn. Yours is personality and what they said, like she was an archaeologist and stuff like that. And I'm like, oh, no, honey, take that top off. Hot, that hot. You know, normally we'd have a caller of the week, but I'm going to say you're both callers of the week.

We're going to give you both a $50 McCafe voucher thanks to our mates at McCafe, because that's just so funny. Maybe you guys could meet up. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bring your respective partners. Yeah, over at Capucinio. Have a catch up. Oh, 100%. Yeah, and then watch 1999's The Mummy with Brendan Fraser

and Rachel Weiss. Alright, CC Julia, wait there. We're talking about your awakening. Who was it? It was somebody. So you need to tell us who. There are some amazing texts coming through. George has just wandered in after a more... What were you at last night?

Morgan Wallen. I don't think this T-shirt's appropriate for work, I just realised. What does it say? It's just got boobies on it. Oh, yeah. They're covered. So this is country music. Did you have a country music awakening?

Did I? No, my awakening was probably, oh, a crusader. Like, let's be honest. How Christchurch of you. That is the most Christchurch thing ever. Was it Richie McCaw? No, Dougie Howlett. Dougie Howlett ticked a lot of boxes for a lot of ladies

because he did one of the Toffee Pot commercials after Carlos Spencer chucked in the Toffee Pots. Oh, did he? Yeah, Dougie Howlett. Dougie Howlett ticked a lot of boxes for a lot of ladies because he did one of the Toffee Pot commercials after Carlos Spencer chucked in the Toffee Pops. Oh, did he? Yeah. My wife's grandmother had a huge soft spot for Dougie Howlett. Really? She was an old bird too. She loved a bit of Dougie. And he ticked a lot of boxes. It was the curls. The curls. Get the girls.

Get the girls and the Toffee Pops. It turns out. And the biscuits. You've got the curls and a box of Bickies, you're in like Flynn. Somebody said the two oldest sons on Home Improvement, when they got a little bit older and they're a bit mature and hot, and JTT was one of them, Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Isn't he in real life now on anti-abortion and anti-Isabette?

The very conservative end of the scale. Quite conservative. Yeah. Optimus Prime. This is the Transformer. Now, I believe we've got another anonymous caller. You share the same love. Optimus Prime was your awakening.

Absolutely. Now, this is cartoon Optimus Prime or in the movies Optimus Prime Movie Optimus Prime Because it was the same guy Did the voice for both of them We talked to him Yeah we did

Was it the voice that did it for you Oh 100% Absolutely Right that deep kind of Peter Cullen Yeah that Yeah That I am Optimus Prime

Transform and roll out. Yeah, I get it. It's a deep voice. So did that, like, if you're with a man now, does he have to have a deep voice like that? Oh, no.

That would ruin it for me for Optimus. Oh, okay. So you want to keep the two things separate. Oh, yeah, definitely. You just one day want to be told to transform and roll out. Thank you, Anonymous.

Zane, who was your awakening? I'm Azusuka Tano from Star Wars The Clone Wars. Blessings. Vaughn's nodding in agreement. I was an older man when I watched Clone Wars, but a very admirable female character. Strong and independent. And I can see if you were younger, yep.

I can see if you were younger, it would be, yeah. She's keeping it up with the male Jedi, you know? Yeah, right. Really wish. Jewel wields lightsabers. Yeah, and the sassiness, yeah. Yeah. The what?

The sauciness. The sassiness. Oh, sassiness. Yeah, she's sassy. Okay. Take it. All right, Zane. Yeah, she's sassy. Okay. All right, Zane, thank you. More messages in.

Diego from Ice Age. Was that the saber-toothed tiger? I think that's the little weasel thing, isn't it? No. What was it? The one that eats the acorn. Yeah. The thing that ate the acorn was your sexual awakening. That's why the cackle came out.

No, Diego is a saber-toothed tiger. Voiced by Dennis Leary. And again, I think a lot of the voice that a lot are carrying there, because Dennis Leary, a deep, raspy voice. Oh, my God. Sam joins us. Good morning, Sam. Good morning.

What was your awakening? I'm so sorry for laughing. No, it's fine.. What was your awakening? I'm so sorry for laughing. No, it's fine. What character was your awakening? Barry B. Benson from the Bee movie. The Bee. With the voice of Jerry Seinfeld. Yes, but that wasn't what got me.

What got you? What got you about Barry B. Benson? I don't know. It was just a scene, I think, where he was having a perc mac and he was on his side with his arm up, smirking at the woman. It just just a scene, I think, where he was having a picnic and he was, like, on his side, like, with his arm up, smirking at the woman. It just made me feel a type of way. A bee was on its side?

Do bees have a side? Yeah. They're, like, all round, though. It's a humanoid bee, but he's still tiny. Yeah. The first time I watched that, well after it came out, I expected at the end of the movie somehow he was going to become a human and he ended up with the florist.

No, it's even better he didn't. Hey, there's no judge here. No, no. You are wild. You're a wild card, Sam. How is that different than someone having a crush on a cartoon character? That's just as weird. It's a bee, though.

He's only ever a bee. Sam, thank you. Wow. So many. Where to finish? I just realised there's something about that movie. Because I went to that movie on a date and just hooked up with someone the whole way through. Is it just the movie?

The bee movie making people horny. I just remembered that. I was like, what's up with the B movie? Is it the buzzing? It's just like a low vibration. Yeah, maybe that's it. Yesterday, I was on a hunt for a certain product. I don't want to talk about products.

I don't want to name what product I was after. You were searching for a product, but you won't name the product. The product is in shortage. Okay. And I was darting between stores trying to find said product. Now it just sounds like the product is dodgy. No, the product's not dodgy.

I'll say what the product is. Salt. Salt? Salt. Go to the supermarket. No. Sacks of salt. Why do you need sacks of salt? I've got a snail problem.

A giant... Giant snail. I've got a giant slug issue. Is that million dollar snail getting closer? Yes. The one that chases me forever. Yeah. I made a deal with the devil for ten million dollars, but a snail pursues me forever. So I'm buying sacks of salt. I make a salt with the devil for 10 million dollars but a snail pursues me forever so I'm buying sacks of salt and making salt

all around my house unless it climbs onto my car when I'm at work I'm going to have to drive through salt on the way home go through a car wash pool salt that's why you didn't want to tell people it's a real first world problem

oh my heart bleeds. It does bleed. As someone that doesn't own a pool. I appreciate that. Oh, it must be tough. Getting the pool ready for winter. Okay. I'm winning up my water tested.

Yep. And then I was after some salt. No salt. Spacious salt shortage. I thought you put chlorine in a pool. No, the salt turns into chlorine. Well, this sounds like real chemistry. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

There's a little thing that turns it into it as it needs it. Yeah. But there's a huge salt shortage. Why? In West Auckland particularly. It's rained so much. Yeah. That everybody's pools overflowed and got to a no horn.

We're all feeling it in our own way. Do you need me to start a collection? This is why I didn't want to say what the product was. Okay. I'm aware of the scope of this problem being minimal to none and it's not about, I didn't mind having a, you know, this is a problem. I'm starting a give a little.

This is horrible. Please don't. Please don't. No, don't. Start it. Sure. Don't start a give a little. Don't start it. Please don't. Please don't. No, don't. Start it. Sure. Don't start it. Don't start it.

Okay. No, so this is what I'm saying. There's a minimal problem in the scheme of things, and this isn't the problem, but I had to chase some salt around. Okay. There's a salt shortage. Well, because it's raining so much.

It's not just me. It must be everybody in West Auckland who's got a pool negative the salt. Because there's a salt shortage. Again, heart bleeds. It's for everybody whose pool's overflowed due to too much water. And now you're running at a low chlorination rate. I feel's a salt shortage. Again, heart bleeding. Heart bleeds for everybody whose pools overflow due to too much water. And now you're running at a low chlorination rate. I feel your pain.

Yeah. It's a minimal pain. It's like standing on a prickle on a lawn when someone's just been impaled by a sword. You know, we understand. Yeah. It's not even comparable. Yeah. So I'm chasing down some salt.

No salt to be found. Okay. I get sent to the North Shore of Auckland for salt. Okay. I get to the North Shore. I talk to this place, the salt dealer. And they say, no, where have you come from? I said, West Auckland.

And they said, Westgate's got 60 bags of salt. I was like, I was just there. They said they had no salt. Oh. So I don't want to go back. I'm ringing, trying to ring them. Yeah. And I'm ringing them and I keep going, ring, ring, click.

And it'll be like, thank you for calling. One of our operators will be with you shortly. In the meantime, you can shop online at doodoodood. Please hold. Yeah. And then it goes back to Dave Dobbin. It's always Dave Dobbin. Must be making a killing of call.

Hold music. In fact, if Dave Dobbin's got a boat, it should be called hold music. Because that's 100% how Dave Dobbin could afford a boat. Hold Music. Hold Music. And Bik Rung is about to buy a Hold Music boat as well. She's about to have a beach house and they should have a little rinky sign outside

that says Hold Music. Yep. They're killing it. They're killing it with the Hold Music. Yeah. So I'm getting the Hold Music. And it's one of those messages that repeats every 30 seconds. It goes, click. And you're like, someone's going to answer this, it's one of those messages that repeats every 30 seconds. It goes,

click. And you're like, someone's going to answer. Thanks for calling one of our operators. It'll be with you shortly. In the meantime, you can shop line at da, da, da, da. Please hold.

Back to. Over and, I'm just driving. Isn't that when you call an airline and they say the same thing? You can, you can do everything online. You can't do everything online.

That's why I'm calling. You can't do it online. But maybe there's just one or two boomers that didn't know they could do it online. They can't do it online. Yeah, they can't do it online. You can't do everything online. That's why I'm calling. Otherwise I'd be doing it online. Yeah. But maybe there's just one or two boomers that didn't know they could do it online. They can't do it online. Yeah, they can't do it online.

Easy things they can't do online. So it's going over and over and over and over. And then it goes click and I go, thanks for calling. One of our operators will be with you shortly.

And this woman's like, hello? And it's the woman who recorded the message. No, it's not. Thanks for calling. One of the operators will be with you shortly. She's like, hello?

Who is this? And I'm like, ah. And I hang up. Oh, but you've been waiting. I've been waiting. But it's like, I didn't, you know, you kind of get into the rhythm when it's every 30 seconds that you're getting it.

It must have been so close. If it had happened after 10 seconds of Dave Dobbin. Yeah. Call me like, I would have been like, oh, yeah, this might be it.

But it was kind of so close to that 30 second gap that I'm like, I'm not thanks for calling. What about raising me? Are you sure? Oh, and it was her.

It was her. And basically, you just hung up, right? I hung up. And so did you get the song? So I went back into the shop. Oh, you, so I went in and I was like, hello there.

And I put on a different voice. Again, to ask for salt. And they said, it's on a pallet. And I was like, fantastic. And they said, it's on the high shelf. And I was like, brilliant. Let's get it down. We can't.

Why couldn't they? They weren't allowed to drive the forklift. Oh, Han. it down we can't why couldn't they they weren't allowed to drive the forklift oh hon so you didn't know but i am very well aware yeah this is a first world problem that i am privileged to have yes but but i was very thirsty because i expected to only leave the house for like 10 minutes i was gone for close to two hours. Right. Constantly thinking about salt. Now that'll dehydrate a fella. Yeah, well. That'll dehydrate a fella.

So when are they allowed to use the forklift? No word. Perhaps today. Maybe today. I said, what are the chances? Okay. If I call in on the way home tomorrow, it's going to be here. And she said, I'd put them at about 50-50.

I said, that's a bullshit answer. So I'm going to go elsewhere for my salt. Apparently Central Auckland not suffering from a salt shortage. So I'm going to... Well, it's because none of us have pools. I live in Central Auckland and there's no room for pools. There's no room for pools. But you've got the salt.

Yeah. So I'm going to import, export some salt. Oh, yeah, good. From Central Auckland to West Auckland. Right. Anyway. Good luck. We're all going through our own struggles.

Real first world problem, that one. Real first world problem. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. A study, a report has found that Australian parents of children under 12 have reduced their kids' pocket money due to the cost of living. Okay. Pocket money. This also comes after a woman's messages with her daughter went viral.

How? The kid messages mom, my room, kitchen, and lounge. Mom says, okay. The kid says, plus you owe me $25 for washing. Mom says, your pricing's too high. Kid says, no, I will make it so you owe me $30, not $35. Mum says, that's not a good deal. I don't negotiate with terrorists.

The kid says, very good deal. I just gave you a basket of washing I filled for free. So because she's got the washing in, she wants even more money. And then everyone's just going, this is nuts. You don't get pocket money for got the washing in, she wants even more money. And then everyone's just going, this is nuts. You don't get pocket money for getting the washing in. You get the washing in because if your mum gets home and a skiffy shower's passed and her washing's damp, you're going to get your arse kicked.

You're going to win it. You're in trouble. Can you imagine negotiating with Bev? If my mum was in the middle of dinner or whatever and she'd said, I can see a shower coming. Run and get the washing in. If you'd have had the sheer audacity to say that's going to cost you. $5.

Oh, God. She would have hit the roof. $5. No. Yeah. So, yeah. But apparently because of the cost of living, parents are just like no to pocket money. No.

Pocket money is a no-no anyway. You've got a roof over your head and nails. Yeah. Yeah. What more do you want? Exactly. And your school money's a no-no anyway. You've got a roof over your head and nails. Yeah. What more do you want? Exactly. And your school uniform's not free. If it's a big job, like recently we cleaned out the shed

for the cows. Took all the sawdust out because it was pooey and wheezy. New sawdust time. And I said, August, if you come and help me, then there'll be something at the end of it for you. But you didn't say what? No. You always leave. No, I wouldn't do it.

And then I decide on how well they did to what they get. No, because if that was me, I'd be like, well, how much? What? Are we going to McDonald's? Are we going to show sponsor McDonald's up to this day? It's money or the bag. You don't know. No, I'm not.

I'm not taking a risk on working all that work to find out you're going to give me like a mini Easter egg or something. It's not going to be a mini Easter egg. It's going to be better than that. But I don't know, do I? You haven't promised. Well, it's it. And then what you do is you're like, do you want 20 bucks? Yeah.

Or do you want five Robux? Which is equivalent to like five bucks. Right. And they are a fiend for the Robux. So you give them five Robux and you save yourself money. Yeah, I know, dum-dums. Dumb. They don't know.

Big dum-dumbs. Oh my God. That's like when I used to say to my brother, I'll swap you this $1 coin for your $2 coin because it's smaller. No, the trick was, the trick was,

I will swap you two 20 cent pieces for 150. Then you've got two coins. Yeah, because two coins. Two is better than one. Two is better than one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they believe it. Yeah, and you're like, ha150. Then you've got two coins. Yeah. Yeah, because two coins. Two is better than one. Two is better than one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they believe it. Yeah, and you're like, ha. And then you've got, you've made a 10 cent profit. Yeah, good stuff.

And you've begun your life as a fraudster. But you, you won't do pocket money, like per chore or week. No, we've actually got a new thing. I instigated this last night because I am sick of picking up wet towels after a bath or a shower. Oh, yeah. And the day's dirty clothes that have just usually just been kicked off in the hallway. Right.

We call it, and I might even put a template up online so parents can play at home. Okay. So parents can play at home. We're calling it the towel clothes chase. Okay. Because we watch the chase as a family. Yep. Now, I am in the situation.

Who's the family am the chaser. Who's the family's favourite chaser? The Jenny. Okay. The vixen. The vixen, yep. She's, I think, if you look statistically, I think she's one of the best players.

No, but she does have some shockers. But she's sassy and I like her. I think she's my favourite of the originals. Quite good soft spot for the Irish guy, but you don't see him too many Anyway This is how it works We've got a piece of paper On the fridge

Yeah At the top it says The towel clothes chase Yeah On one side is Indy And on the other side is August Yep So there's

How many sets? Eight squares? Okay So they start two squares Ahead of me I'm at the back Yep Now if they can get to the bottom

Every day After they have a shower I check and there's no towels and no clothes they advance one square. Right. Every day I pick up their towels or their clothes, I advance one square. Oh, okay. Now if I catch them, we go back to the top.

Oh, goodness. If they can get to the bottom without me catching them they get a yet to be decided reward. Again, a yet to be-be-decided reward. This could be nothing. It won't be. I've got a good history of the mystery of rewards being, as you say, a trip to show sponsor McDonald's.

Yep. Knock yourself out, get a 10-pack of nuggies. You know, that sort of stuff. Well, I would say to your children, start your day with a great-tasting McCafe coffee, made just the way you like. Children, they shouldn't be drinking McCafe. Oh, yeah. I would say to the children, start your day with a great tasting McCafe coffee made just the way you like. They're children. They shouldn't be drinking McCafe. Oh, yeah.

I would say to the parents, to you, get a fluffy. I was going to say, do they have like a child-friendly? Get them a hot chocolate. Get them a hot chocolate. A drink of some sort? They will. Of course they would. But yeah.

So that's when they, if they get to the bottom. And last night, Indy, towel hung up, clothes put in the laundry. Oh wow. She advances one square. Yep. August hung the towel up, forgot the clothes. I advance one square. I am on her tail now. Because it's towels and clothes. Towels and clothes. That's what she said. That's where the rules.

I said check the title of the card and it said towels, clothes, chase. Right. And I'm chasing them down the board. Okay. Is she going to pack a sad if she loses? Absolutely. Abs. Especially if Indy keeps it up.

She's advancing down the board. Do you know what's going to happen though? August is the kind of sister who would leave Indy's clothes on the floor. Pull them out of the laundry room and put them on the floor so then I'm one step closer to her. So that she evens it up. Do you think that's a possible possibility? Well, absolutely.

You might need a security camera in the laundry. Why are you going to set it up? I'm the chaser, but I'm also Bradley Walsh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm chasing them, but I'm keeping the rules fair. Sade should be Bradley Walsh. Is she putting her clothes away, Sade? She is a real shocker.

Okay, well, put her on the chase. For kicking off a sock. Oh, well, Okay, well put her on the chase. For kicking off a sock. Put her on the chase board. Lying down on the couch and using one toe to like wedge off a sock and then just leaving the sock there. She's a shocker for it. Oh, not a sock here. So maybe she's going to be on the sock chase. Yeah, she'd put her on the sock chase. I'm going to put her on the sock chase.

Should you be on the chase for anything? Yeah, because I'll go home from work and change out of clothes into like rougher clothes to go outside and do work. And then I'm like, I sniff them at the end of the day. I'm like, they're a little bit smelly, but they'll do another day. So I put them, just put them beside my bed. Just constantly like, plant out the clothes beside your bed.

Well, you can be on the clothes chase as well. I'll be on the side of the bed chase. Yeah. Everybody's chasing everybody. I love this. That might be a better way to do it. That might be a better way to do it. That might be a better way to do it. A circle and we all start in one corner.

Like a quarter. If it was a clock. 12, 3, 6, 9. And you've got to chase. And you're chasing the person in front of you. And then once a family member gets eliminated, you send them away somewhere. Yes. You never see them again.

Never. Might be a bit harsh. Yeah, probably a little bit. Yeah. But anyway, it's working so far. Great idea. Play ZM's Fletch, probably a little bit. Yeah. But anyway, it's working so far. Great idea. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day, you'll like this, is about fruit. Oh, okay. It's about fruit. I was just actually checking. I've got a fruit that I would like to introduce you to. I was just checking if you can buy this fruit tree here in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Today's fact of the day is about this fruit.

Is about this fruit. Okay. And I don't think you can. I did stumble across eight tropical fruits you can grow in New Zealand. Bananas. Probably up north, right? Yeah, up north would be the place. All of these, it's got to be warm and it can't be frosty.

And New Zealand's new meth capital of the world, by the way. Did you see that story yesterday? No, go on. Yeah, it's number one from water tests. They water tested everywhere around the country in Northland. Northland? Yeah. Come on, guys. Yeah, the everywhere around the country in Northland. Northland? Yeah. Come on, guys.

Yeah, the whole thing's quite sad, really. Very, very sad. So the fruit that I would like to introduce you to is the Gak fruit. How's it spelled? G-A-C. It's a Vietnamese, originally from Vietnam. The Gak fruit. It's sort of a motor group.

I'm going to have to put Gak fruit. Gak fruit. Oh, okay. It looks like a, in the middle looks like a passion fruit. It's like bigger than a passion fruit. If you were to compare it to a size, I'd say a large apple, but not apple shaped. But then on the outside. Mango. It looks like a kind of a passion fruit mango, doesn't it?

Yeah. And it's kind of spiky on the outside, spiky and orange, originally from Vietnam. The reason I want to tell you about this and why we should get them here in New Zealand... Yeah? Is they're a bloody super fruit. Are they? Super fruit. More lycopene than...

I'm not saying that right, am I? More what? Like the lyopene. Okay. Like a penny? L-Y-C-O-P-E-N-E. Lysopene. Right.

Is that good for your skin? That's what's in tomatoes. Oh, okay. Miraculous. Yeah, okay. It reduces the risk of strokes, unburdened cancer. It's found in naturally red foods. So tomato or tomato products.

Okay. 70 times more than tomatoes. Wow. It's got beta carotene in it as well. That's good for, that's the stuff that's in carrots? Yeah, because these are orange aren't they?

Good for the eyes, eye health, memory, brain power. It's also, and although it's not a substitute for sunscreen, it's good for the skin and can reduce the skin's damaging effects.

Okay. And it has significantly more beta carotene than carrots. So apparently this fruit has very little taste. Some people describe it as a bit like an avocado. Yeah. Avocado in taste. And those things in the middle are seeds. Yeah, they look like a passion fruit meets a,

what are those red seeds in the middle of the... You have them in salads sometimes, and they're real hard when you bite them. What are those called? Shall I always put them in the salad? Pomegranate. Pomegranate. Pomegranate.

But the seeds are bigger than pomegranate seeds. Yeah. So these ones are like legend. And the seeds are like ground up and used in like traditional Asian medicine as well. Okay. What a super fruit. 70 times more like...

Yeah, that stuff. Than tomatoes. Powerhouse of antioxidants. Beta carotene through the roof. Omega-3 fatty acid. Oh, yeah. Fights inflammation. Well, that'll be probably coming from the texture of the avocado-like texture.

Perhaps. The fats. The fatty acids. Good stuff. Yeah. I know, now I want a tree. But from what I can see, you can't get a tree in New Zealand. No, it doesn't seem like you could.

But. But. I won't risk New Zealand's unique biodiversity to smuggle one in. I mean, back in the day, you know, all I'm saying is, you know, these colonisers turned up, he says. As a direct descendant of said colonisers. They were like, you know what, we'll be fine when we get there. Shooting wabbits.

Let's take some rabbits. And then, oh, there's too many rabbits. You know what we should bring? Ferrets and stoats to hunt the rabbits because we couldn't shoot all the rabbits we got. Now there's too many of those. And then, oh, it gets cold. Let's shoot some possums And then oh there's too many rabbits You know what we should bring Ferrets and stoats to hunt the rabbits Because we couldn't shoot all the rabbits we got Now there's too many of those And then oh It gets cold Let's shoot some possums

What I'm saying is They could have brought some of this fruit Yeah And then we could all be Eating delicious Gak fruit Yeah So today's fact of the day Is there is a fruit out there

Called Gak fruit And it's Loaded with goodies Fact of the day Day Day Day Day Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch Vordernaley. Play ZM. We said when we got to work, Georgia Burt's going to be tired tomorrow, didn't we?

Because she had a late night and she was yelling and she was screaming and she was excited all day. She had that high adrenaline running all day into the night. I really did. I had the shakes all day yesterday and I couldn't, I was like, what is wrong with me? And then you were in here on time, maybe a little bit later than usual. A bit later than usual, I think.

It's because, look, Haym and I got home late, and then we realised we're actually heading to Christchurch tonight, so we hadn't packed our bags. So it was a bit of a debacle. We were up to, like, one packing our bags, and then I was like, How long are you moving to Christchurch for? Now we've got a wedding in Twisell, but then I've got a hen's do on Saturday. Honestly, this week's a big to-do.

What a nightmare of a weekend. You're going to be exhausted. I hope you've got some downtime planned. No, because then I've got another wedding next week. Honestly, it's full on. But, guys, my God. This week's a big to-do. What a nightmare of a weekend. You've got too many friends. You're going to be exhausted. I hope you've got some downtime planned. No, because then I've got another wedding next week. Honestly, it's full on. But, guys, the bags are smashed. And are you getting married sometime soon? Whoa, way to head a gallon.

She's already down. You've got all these hens-dos and weddings. Now, you get the last K about the ranks. I'll be like that Eminem song, always the bridesmaid, never the brides. Although I've never been the bridesmaid, but that's cool. Now, last night you went to a concert, a country music concert. Was it a sold-out Spark Arena?

Sold-out Spark Arena. So I live near Spark Arena, and is there anyone left in Christchurch? No. Rural Canterbury? You live in Spark Arena. I live inside. You hang out the commentary box of the Breakers and you go, hey, keep it down now, keep it down now.

And sometimes I'll do the spotlights for the gigs. Oh, that's actually a tough gig. Yeah, just because I can't sleep. You're like the hunchback of Notre Dame. You're the hunchback of Spark Arena. But like yesterday before the show, I was like, what is this concert that George is going to? Because it looked like everyone from rural Canterbury

was in Auckland for the show. Honestly, and that's the best part. This is when Auckland's the best, is when everyone who doesn't know what to was in Auckland for the show. Honestly, and that's the best part. This is when Auckland's the best. It's when everyone who doesn't know what to do in Auckland comes to Auckland. I know, like, they were going to the concert at like 5 o'clock. I was like, it doesn't start for like hours. Yeah, and they were frothing it. The bars

were packed all on the waterfront yesterday, and I was just like a giddy little kid. A lot of mullets. A lot of mullets. There was a mullet phase. I bet. Big mullets. Yeah, some of them were quite long and curly, which I was a bit interested in. Now, who is this guy?

Morgan Wallen, guys. He's got the number one album in the world right now, like globally. He's beating Harry, beating Taylor. I wouldn't say he's Adele. He's not Adele. He's not Harry Styles. He's no Ed Sheeran, is he?

Producer Carwen can actually back me on this one. No, she won't. Yes, she can. He's no Ed Sheeran, is he? Producer Carwin can actually back me on this one. No, she won't. Yes, she can. He's number one right now, my pals. Yeah, she's a little right there. You're telling me a man with little to no appeal to Asia has the number one album in the world? Look, don't just heavily rely on American data.

Oh, does it? Some of them. He's got like some of them. Is he number one in Singapore? I don't know. I actually don't look at the stats. No, but globally, as a conglomerate. As a conglomerate.

Now, if we're going to use the word conglomerate, which I don't believe you're even using in the right context. No, you're not. You are using. There was a big word coming to mind and that was the first one. Okay. This guy that I've never heard of that a sold out Spark Arena

has heard of, you got a meet and greet. I did get a meet and greet. It was like, I think that's what made me have the shakes yesterday. So we get put into this little like pen

kind of thing when you first get in there and you get to like, it was like eight minutes of drink your own, eat your own. Like where the basketballers get changed, backstage at Spark Arena.

Yeah, backstage, get a little pass, gets you back there and then you get taken to another room once you've got a couple of drinks in you and you get to kind of hang out there until he gets brought in. And when he walked in, it was just like, like this like, hello kind of vibe. Now, are you comfortable asking, telling everybody the question that you asked your partner just before you met Morgan? I didn't ask my partner anything. Oh, okay, yeah, I did.

Okay, okay. Yeah, well, I basically had this like quite nice reason and I was like, do my boobs look respectfully good on this today? Wow. She asked her partner if her breasts were adequate to present to another man. Yeah, wow. No, respectfully being like, do they look great, but covered? Are they respectful for you, my love?

Oh, so you were asking him if he was happy with what you were about to present. Yes. As he was about to give. But did they look good, you know? What did he say? Good, but good for both parties. Both parties. An interesting proposition to put towards your long-term partner.

But you know what? As we just said, you go to all these weddings and he's not going to put a ring on it, so those aren't his. Not yet. No, they are. Oh, nah. They're yours and you will do with them as you please. Feminism.

Feminism. Ally. Ally. Yeah, you are. Now, so you got a photo with him. Yeah, but I, okay, this is the worst part. So I thought we were getting a little individuals and then I'm like, oh, sneak

a photo because we wouldn't let our phones. So I was like, I'll just grab my phone. But at this point, everyone's already surrounding him. So I'm on the end. How many people are there? There's like 12 of us. Okay. And I'm the furthest away. So even when I Photoshop, it's not going to look right. So if I Photoshop out all the others. Who was beside him?

Could you put your head on their body? He was a real tall guy. I probably could. Probably won't work. Yeah, probably won't work. And that's it? You didn't get a photo individually? Nah.

Was he not doing that? Nah, no. It was a real strict sort of situation and then well, Hosking got one though, didn't he? Hosking and Kate. Wow. You're kidding me. Nah, I wish I was. After all they've done lately. After all they've

done. After all they've done. They got the interview with him as well? I know. I know. I mean, not to like, whatever. I mean, there's no justice in the world. You didn't need to tell me that. Yeah. There's no justice in the world you didn't need to tell me that yeah there's no justice in the world Georgia but this is the situation

I left with that little sinking feeling of like no one will ever believe me what if I never get that photo and I'm just the weird girl on the end who's like too excited

to be there for her own good this is terrible but he did look me in the eyes and pretty much tell me he was in love with me so it's fine right that's how you go take that home

did he say that take that home did he say did he look at your home. Did he say that? Take that home. Did he say, did he look at your cleavage and say, that is both presentable to myself and your partner? You've absolutely nailed the cleavage today. Congratulations, madame. I actually think he did, now that I think about it. He did say it.

I think he did. Play. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Some Maori words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Yes, the new Oxford English Dictionary will include chit. Chit, brilliant. Chit. 47 New Zealand English words and phrases including such as the after ball.

So that's a party that takes place after a ball. All right, so not just Māori words, but just... Just Kiwiness. Kiwi. There are some Te Reo words in there. Chir, which is an interjection similar to cheers, used colloquially to express good wishes on meeting or departing. I love that.

I've never even thought about the definition of chirp. Chirp. Chirp. Yeah, you just say it. I love the after balls in there. Yeah. That is very Kiwi. Yeah.

Is there not... In America, is there no after prom? Like, do they do after proms? Like, we do after balls? Or do they just go home? After party? The after party? I don't know. Okay.

What else is in here? Kia ora, I believe. Yeah. Isn't there a traditional sort of greeting? Rahui. Do you know it's a formal or ritualized prohibition against entering an area or undertaking an activity? Yeah.

Scanning through the article. I don't know how to say this properly. I hear it on the news all the time. Simon Dallow now, if he comes back from sav with some sports it's it's like friend what yeah yeah e space h o a yeah it's friend yeah but when i was growing up it was sort of like a negative friend like a negative no i don't think it was what an air whore you'd say that so you wouldn't say like a negative friend, like a negative... No, I don't think it was. What an a-hole. You'd say that. So you wouldn't say like,

what a friend. What a friend. So I grew up, when I first heard it on the news, I was like, it's bad. What, did they just call it? No, no, definitely not.

Because I was like, I think we use it as almost like a-hole. Yeah, really? What an a-hole. Like that. But now I know that it's friend. Yeah. All those times I was calling,

people were probably chuffed. Were they? If you liked today's podcast, tell your friends you could send them the link. And if you don't have any friends, just pretend you did. Yeah, great. And rate and review.

And maybe get out there and try to make some friends. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.