ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - November 7th 2025

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

On today's episode of the Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Big Pod, we asked you why you pulled a sickie and who your Michelin Stars would go to Vigil was held for a cat killed by a WAYGO This is a sign of a healthy relationship Top 6 - Signs the new Frigate is Japanese  Why hospo is dying Bag Spreading needs to stop SLP - Do you mind not sitting next to your partner on a plane? Silent book clubs Predator: Badlands Interview - Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi Who is your local Michelin Star? Hayley thinks she can run a marathon Custom Wordles Fact of the day When did you pull a sickie and why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the ZM podcast network This is Fleshwon and Haley's Big Pod Brought to you by Chemist Warehouse The Biggest Brands at the lowest prices Good morning, happy Friday, two minutes past six Fletchhorn and Haley, Haley You're joining us from our Napier studio this morning Kiyahua, yes I am, yes I am, yes I am

How are we? And by Napier Studio I mean you're in a motel or a hotel? Motel, hotel, hotel, halliday, Ian. No, I'm in a hotel, it's, um, It's lovely. Beautiful day. Again, I just feel like the country's having, so he's shining at the moment. Yeah.

As is the motel you're in at least Art Dei-K, as it is want to do. No, but I was at the Napier Municipal Theatre last night. Art Deco. That's Art Deco. Yes, lovely. Absolutely beautiful. The hotel that you're in, are those two wine bottles on the table behind you complimentary they want you to pay for them, or are they yours?

You're okay. Need to do a little cleaner. Um, so what occurred in this room last night is somewhat of a room party. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, no. Wait, so when the producer said to you, big night last night, is he, no, actually, no, no. You were lying.

Well, no, we had a couple of drinks in my room because my cousins lived down here. So we had, like, you know, connected with my cousins, which was very lovely. Right, okay, a couple of cousin wines in the hotel room. A couple of cousin wines. I will say one of those bowls of panegrees is essentially full. And now I'm like, can I take that on the flight to Dunedin? Because I waste not what not. Yeah.

Yeah, you can. Yeah, you can in New Zealand, yeah. Well, then I shall. So you fly from Napier to Dunedin? Flying Napier to Christch to Dunedin. I was going to say, I, Napier to Dunedin. No, there's no direct. No, there's no direct.

But we're on the seven days tour, by the way, and it's fun. So come and see us. Yeah, tickets available for tonight's show in Dunedin. In Danetian. I think there might be some seven days. Okoro, NZ, if you want to come and hang out with me. Otherwise, I'll see you at the night and day afterwards. The top six on the way?

It is on the way. We look to be purchasing. We, I mean, we as a country. Okay. A Mugami class frigate from Japan. So much like, you know, your Toyotas, your Hondas. We're getting a secondhand Japanese import frigate. So I've got the top six signs that you and you frigate is a secondhand Japanese import.

Also coming up. I have the top signs. that you're actually in a really healthy relationship. And the number one sign, it's good. Next, though, San Fran is mourning a cat. Oh, okay. A well-known, popular cat. We'll discuss this next.

The Fletchborn and Haley, big pod. Well, guys, sad news, a cat has been run over in San Francisco. Oh. By a Waymo. Okay. One of the fully, do you say autonomous? Autonomous. automated vehicles.

Yeah. I saw a lot of these when I was in L.A. last, and I really wanted to drive. Our friends went in one. I really wanted to go for a ride, but I couldn't get my tech because I didn't have roaming, so it couldn't get my number to authenticate the app.

Oh. Oh my God, they're just insane to see driving around. Do we, in New Zealand, because we're getting more cars that can drive themselves. But don't we, we've still got a rule right, that you have to be behind the wheel? I think so, yeah. There is in L.A. and whatnot. There literally is no one in the car.

No. I have so many friends that are just like, this car just pulls up and like takes it around. And it is weird to see. They've got like a big kind of a bubble thing on the top. And then they've got cameras everywhere. And then here you do. You sit in.

You don't, I don't think you're allowed to sit behind the wheel, but you can literally sit in the back seat and no one's driving. It's so wild. So who, how, how? Well, so this cat is quite famous. It's a bodega cat. So you know, like a dairy cat?

And it's just always in the dairy. And apparently, yeah, a few days ago, it was run over by a Waymo. And it's got people really pissed. Reported details, I just googled to see Kit Kat, the Cat. Yeah, it's a grey tabby, Haley, like your Raleigh. Oh, no, don't even know, no. The local complaint alleged the Waymo did not break, swerve or otherwise avoid the animal. Bystanders say people on the sidewalk tried to pull Kit Kat from underneath the vehicle.

Oh, stop it. It's too awful. The visibility could have been limited because it took place. at night, the incident. Oh, right, and the cat's grey maybe. Yeah. But you'd think that we'd have cameras that would be able to see in the dark.

I mean, cats are thick. Because yesterday I drove, from Tauranga to Napier, and I saw two cats, like, running across highways. And I don't, I mean, obviously, you know, you do your best, but you're gagging for it. Yeah.

Could they have been feral cats? You know, I've got no time for feral cats. Yeah, I know. They need, though, is a mother's love. That is absolutely not true. That is absolutely not true. There's been a vigil held for cash. Oh, candles.

And it's got some, like, local politicians saying, well, maybe the state needs to do more and let people have a say in how these vehicles operate. Right. So I don't know what's going to happen going forward. But, like, just a couple of days ago, the CEO of Waymo, she was asked a question, do you think the public is prepared for Waymo to cause a death? and she said, I think society's ready for that. What, a human death?

Yes. But when you think about it, like, it is, humans are causing humans deaths every day. Every day. And we, I mean, you know, we're affected by it when it's someone we know, but you just accept it, don't you? We crash cars all the time, and if someone dies in the car crash, you're like,

what an awful way to go, but off they've gone. So they've said that their robotaxies, cats aside, Cats aside, its driverless vehicles are involved in 91% fewer crashes compared to human operated vehicles So I mean, that's a great stat, isn't it? I know it's a good stat, but you're right The moment that a Waymo causes a death

Everyone's going to be like, they're the problem They're the problem, even though we've been doing deaths We've been doing deaths for ages. Since like 1421. No way before that. Are you sure? Yeah, heaps before that. Okay, okay.

Well, 1421 was the first Waymo. I was Waymo death I was reading my Bible last night Oh yeah I believe it was Kane and Abel How did that go back How far did that go back 6,000 years

Of course that's how old be your things We've been doing a lot of death then The ZM Podcast Network Play ZM's Flethorn and Haley I mean there comes a moment Doesn't there When you're in a new relationship

And you decide to take the plunge And instead of Going to the bathroom and doing it into a tissue or waiting until you get home and getting in your car and releasing, you make the choice to fart in front of your new partner. Why are you doing it into a tissue

to muffle the noise? To muffle the noise, yeah, yeah, yeah. Women know what I'm talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What you'll do is you'll pop to the toilet, I'm assuming away, and fold yourself a little pad of sorts, and you just sort of plug up the back

and you're pf into it, and then we just like release that. Kind of like rolling up a big wad of tissue paper and chucking it into the end of a trumpet really yeah really it to muffle the trumpet yeah as I say you wouldn't want to do it into your um you know curved palm because that's if you've ever seen someone play a trumpet sometimes they put those things on the end to get a little bit of a different sound yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah but I like I mean I know the pain I know what it is like to start dating someone and to hold on to your farts sometimes for days so sometimes for 48 hours

and then get into your own car and just release. So this is the sign that you are in a good relationship. Not only a good relationship, a healthy relationship. And that is what everyone's looking for. If you can fart in front of each other. Fart

in front of your partner. To fart in front of one's partner is an indication that you have a deep level of comfort, respect, trust and intimacy. It signals a mutual respect. A sign that you would have good communication

moving forward for bigger issues, non-fart issues. If you fart in front of a partner and they accept it, you're actually laying the foundation for great communication in terms of how you move forward. It breaks down a barrier when it comes to intimacy and actually

farting in front of... This is a quote that I'm pulling from a psychologist report by the way. Farting can increase intimacy and lead to better sex in your relationship. I mean... Really? because you're becoming more intimate

and you're becoming more comfortable with this person. But you should at least wait a little bit before you let rip all the time, right? So this psychologist has put together a list of what to consider before you make the anal a choice to release. Mutual respect.

They say, while farting is natural and we agree, a healthy relationship also requires open communication and mutual respect for each other's comfort levels. So you want to know that your partner is going to receive it well. Or they suggest communication is the best way to move forward and perhaps approach the topic with your new partner and say, hey, how do you feel about me?

Latin rip. And then couldn't imagine that conversation. And then you're going to fart and you sleep at some stage and wake them up anyway. Didn't you wake yourself up? other night, Haley? Yes, I did wake myself up with a slappy fart, and yes, was there a gentleman in the bed beside me, correct? And I...

Did he acknowledge it? He didn't, but I had that moment, I went like a big slapy fart, and I kind of came to, and I looked over at this gentleman, estranged to me, and did sort of wait to see if he was reacting, and he didn't, so there was nothing. Well, it's a good sign. If you're in a relationship, maybe communicate. Hey, are you ready for me to find out front of you? Play Z-Ns, flesh, morning, Haley.

From the unmoderated comment section, this is the top six. Are we getting a Mogami class frigate, possibly? What's a frigate? A frigate's a boat. It's just a, that's just Navy talk for a boat. Now, that'll be secondhand from Japan. Did we get an insurance payout? Yeah, our AMI insurance payout for that frigate we sunk in Samoa.

Well, that's right. We've finally came through. We've paid the excess. Okay, and now we've got to go secondhand because what we rode off our new one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're just going to, you know, save up for another one. But in the meantime, we need a daily. Yeah, right. So we're getting a Japanese multi-mission stealth frigate. Have you just been pouring through the Wikipedia of the Mogami stealth?

Because I said it's very boxy, and it's because it's stealth. Yeah, it's like, you know, the. stealth bomber, that plane, that black plane. But it's also got capability, it can have a helicopter on it and it can have anti-ship missiles and I'm assuming

some kind of buffet on board. Yeah. Oh, what's on the buffet? It's giving big, like... No, it's a sushi train around the inside of it. You just sit at your station and a train goes past. I think it was one of those buffets that is like equal parts roast and equal parts Asian. Do you know what I mean? Yum. Yeah. It's my favourite.

Some ham and some, like, noodles. Are you talking like a breakfast buffet where there's congey and like... Fried noodles? Yeah, fried noodles and then there's also a... Yeah. So apparently Australia's got a few of these. There's one of the few navies around the world that have these. Try it.

Yeah. Okay. Hey, we've just had a suggestion in on the text machine that's pretty funny. I'm going to add that to the list. Oh, really? I've just going to decide which one of the six? Your worst one. Yeah, the worst of the six.

Replace the worst. Love this. Well, it's actually, it's actually quite similar to one I've got. It's very similar to number five. You're claiming. You're claiming jokes you did right. And then I'll read you 5A, which is Braden's suggestion. 5A, okay.

Which is a Braden suggestion. Braden, have I got that name right? Yeah, Braden. Okay, the top six signs, the top six ways to tell you a new frigate is a Japanese import. Number six on the list. It's got a spare propeller in the boot, but it's a space saver propeller. Oh, it's the worst. So it's just designed to get you to the next place.

where you can get your other propeller fixed. Other propeller, yeah. Don't drive on this spaceover propeller. Haley, don't get on the motorway in a space saver propeller, please. I reckon you can leave it on for a month at least. That's madness. That's silliness talking. Number five on the list of the top six ways to tell your new naval fring is a Japanese import.

It talks to you in Japanese every time you turn on the key. Don't know what it's saying, but you can recite it every time. Some cars do that the Japanese imports, don't they? Oh, yeah, yeah. Shunzum. You're like, okay, all right. Right, there we go. 5A from Brayden on the top six ways to tell you a new naval frigate is a Japanese import.

When you start up the ship, it says Bluetooth is connected successfully in Japanese. Is that why his stereo does? That's what his does. Amazing. So that's 5A. Brilliant. Okay, good. Thank you, Braden.

Number four on the list of the top six ways to tell you new naval frugters of Japanese import. The inbuilt maps don't work. It thinks you're somewhere in Japan, which kind of looks like New Zealand upside down if it was drawn by a trial. Yeah. A scribble, a skinny squiggle. Was it one of your old cars that had a Japanese, the map was Japan and it never changed? They're really old, yeah, many, many cars ago.

I was in a Uber the other day and the Japanese map was on and I asked the guy to zoom right in so I could see where we would be if we were in Japan. Oh, fun. And we were just like driving and then it would chuck you on the nearest road and then of course head turn in New Zealand, which isn't a turn in Japan and we'd be in a rice paddy field. Yeah, and I love the car stereo.

says 91, whatever, and you just know it's on ZM because you can hear it, but all the... Oh, the band expanded? Yeah. Yeah, well. Oh, yeah, yeah. Is that on your right? Shush, shush! Wow.

Shush! Wow. Shush! Shush! Shush! Shush! Number three on the list of 126, way to tell you new naval frigates of Japanese. Come on, guys.

It's the most obvious one. You found it... It's a sitter, and I would have thought that you wouldn't have had, you know, such low-hanging fruit. That shit! I thought you would have done better, to be honest. Top six ways to tell you new naval frigate is a Japanese import. You found a Japanese coin in the fold of the seat. Did you ever get that?

Oh, no. Yeah, we got a Japanese import. We found some Japanese money in it. Well, that's exciting. Yeah, that was exciting. They didn't clean that very well. I assume there might have been a Japanese bug in there. The radio band.

Shut up, Haley. Shut up or I'll punch you in the face. Hard to do one, Zoom. Yeah, I know. Bring it on. I'm in Nate Pierre. Not impossible. Lean into the mic.

Ow! Got it. You got it. Got her. Good. from you. Number two in the list of the top six ways to tell you a new naval frigates of Japanese import

when you go over 105 kilometres an hour it goes ding ding ding! Oh my God, I was driving I was driving on a four-hour road trip once and someone had a ding-ding set for every time they went over 105 and I was like, you can't as no, you just turn it off

as someone that drove a 1986 Toyota Starlight for the first five or six years of his driving you can't. Did it was the car radio, the display in a different language? And then you had to get one of those bands. Hey, both you lean into the mic.

Yeah. Oh, oh. Yeah, shut up. Sorry, sorry. And number one on the list of the top six ways, you'll never have seen this one coming. Here it comes. Top six ways to tell your new naval frigates of Japanese import, the radio doesn't go above 90 on the FM. We literally just said that.

I literally made that joke minutes ago. Both you shut up. It's today's top six. The ZM Podcast Network. Play ZNZM's Fleshhorn and Haley. It's so scary. Screaming at us with five seconds and go, Stop, stop, stop what you're talking about.

We're about to go to here. We're so deep in a chat. Shut up, shut up, shut up. Put some mics up. Complete change of subject. Yes, yeah, yeah. So here's some absolutely terrible news, basically, for the hospital industry.

An industry going lasted five months in before I poured a hop, long black on someone and fed a nut allergy person pine nuts. Oh, Jesus. Struggling actress. Really trying to have a job to help her pay rent. I had bigger dreams than this cafe. So again, another problem in your life was caused by a long black and some nuts. Hey.

Some would say that's not a problem. I don't see any problems. Not for you, your size coin. Anyway. Hospitality. HOSMO. Anyway, hospital. Anyway, the dire state of hospital.

The direstate of hospital. They're calling it in New Zealand the hospital industry hanging by a thread. I mean, that's just... It is weird seeing restaurants that survive multiple, like, recessions and global financial crises and COVID and everything. And they're like, this is the hardest it's ever been. We can't do it. I know. It's really tough out there.

It's so tough. And I do feel for people, over 2,500 restaurants, cafes and bars have closed this year between January and August. Oh, my God. In New Zealand. In New Zealand, that's up 20% from years gone by. And that includes your little hole-in-the-wall things, you know, giving it a go. Holes in the wall. Haley, please.

You know, those hole-in-the-wall campaigns are born. You know, those hospital places with the holes in the wall. Christ, calm down. Though if we're going to, if we're going to open a cafe, you've got to have a point of difference. I say some holes in the war more more popular than ever. But isn't that, in New Zealand alone, 2,500 restaurants in the space of eight months this year?

And some are really well-known ones as well. Yeah. Like getting the headlines. SBQR in Auckland was one of the most popular restaurants. That shut down. I mean, as you say, it hung on through COVID. It's hard. Wellington suffering

Auckland and Christchurch the hottest spots of a place is closing down I suppose that's just your big centres right yeah a lot of 81% of surveyed hospo spots

in Christchurch said that they're not in a good state 81% isn't that absolutely insane I will say though it is like it's expensive when you do go out

like it is like I can see why people are finding it tough I can see why when people do go out, they may not be staying for long, maybe not having as many drinks, or maybe even not buying drinks with dinner. So this is the number one cause they're saying

is the cost of living crisis, right? So everyone's raining in theirabouts and stuff. So we might say, we're going to go out for dinner, we'll give ourselves a treat still, because, you know, as we want to do, we want a nice little meal. But where we're going to cut costs

is we're going to go, oh, we won't drink. We might have a couple of drinks before and after at home. Yeah, right. We're not going to buy drinks there because, you know, each drink is between

bloody 12 to $20 and people are saying no no they're not so they're cutting extras like drinks, desserts and sides we're just going out and we're going to have the main and we're going to come home

I've always feel really bad when they're like would you like to see a dessert menu and you're like no thank you but that's mostly because I've stuffed myself so much I just can't I'm engorged yeah and then you're like oh no

I'll have a lot and then you stuff even more food You have been late, you want to share something. The ZN Podcast Network, play ZN's Flash, Forn and Haley. Men have been caught out for ages, for man spreading, right? Which is when you're on your public transport

or on a park bench or something and you spread your legs wide so that your balls can have a bit of space. They need to breathe. I know they need to breathe. I want them to breathe born. The humidity is making them very sticky, Haley. I'm sure they are,

but you're taking up so much extra space. Yeah, guys can be pretty bad on public transport or seats. Oh, my God. The spread on you. You know what I mean? Yeah. And then it becomes almost sort of, what's the word, like performative because you're like, man, I've got to spread real hard because they all got a whopper on my hands. And you're like, okay, guys.

I don't think that's what guys think when they're man spreading on a bench. They're just like, comfortable. Where does it hang? I'm trying to think of the logistics. So when you've got your legs tight together, does it sort of sit? on top. Yeah. Just there, isn't it?

Well, don't know. Testicles go down and my penis goes up. Up? Well, it just sits at the top. Why they're so separated? It's on the top, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah.

Has there ever been one backwards? I don't know. Has there ever been a medical case of cause on top? Like upside down DMB. Excuse me while I Google. Do you remember that guy? There was that guy on Reddit didn't ask me anything and he had two. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, he may need to man-spread.

But did he have four balls? No. No, too. No. So two balls? These were all, and probably all answered in the Reddit Ask Me Anything. You can probably go back and find those. Yeah, yeah, probably.

But, okay, so man spreading. Man spreading we've known for years. Now men are calling out a social behaviour from men called bag spreading. And Fletch, you do this as a man who loves his backpack. And actually, Vaughn, you love a backpack as well, but you're not as bad as Fletge.

Yeah, because you won't let me keep putting things in your purse. That is not its purpose. I've been, I've had to bring a bag because Haley doesn't have any room for my charger and battery pack. Are you taking a bag? Are you bringing your bag? I know exactly

what you're asking. Bag spreading refers to wearing a backpack in like crowded public spaces, public transport, concerts, and then like you're like extra a hump is actually invading my personal space now. And I've got to sort of navigate your back hump so that you can have your backpack.

What is the etiquette then if you're on a bus or you know when you're on a train maybe and you're standing and it's quite crowded? Should you take off the bag and hold it with one hand and put it on the floor? But then someone could trip over it or someone could steal it if you're in a big city overseas. Yeah, I don't know what proper etiquette is.

But here's an example story. I would have in a big place overseas on a bus. I'd probably put it down. there anyway to keep a better eye on it because if it's on your back they could be getting into it wear it on your front oh yeah wear on your front but you're still taking up space like a baby ya jen took part in this uh online commentary about bag spreading Sydney commuter she said she was repeatedly hit in the face by a man's backpack on a crowded bus because he was sort of swinging around yeah and I hate that if you're shorter as well you're getting that

right in the face totally they call it entitled and inconsiderate And they're saying, yeah, it's a, it's a big gendered thing because often, excuse me, often men are, you know, already maybe taller and bigger. Yeah. In general, shall we say. And now you've added this huge sort of back girth. And here you are swinging it around. And us, petite little women, we're like, ah, ah, we're obsessed of it.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I don't know what to say about that. I, yeah. Apologize, don't do it again. They're saying it's a decline of social etiquette. decline i'm pretty sure i've been and also i feel society's got far bigger issues yeah i will say though

the collapses societal etiquette i will say if we're gonna like have pot shots i've been sitting on an aisle seat many times and had a handbag in the face oh really you know when people walk down the island they're like don't don't don't don't that's because you say sweet knockers love and she wax you with your handbag do not say sweet knockers love i'm sick of you being like, give us a smile, sweet knock. Yeah, come on, sweet nonsense. Oh, is that why I keep getting a hand out of this? Play, Z-N's, Fletch Fawn and Haley.

Fletch Fawn and Haley, silly little pole, silly little pole. It is so silly, silly, silly, silly that a silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole. Silly little pole today, are you okay if you're not sitting the next to your partner on a flight. Yeah, something popped up online again, one of those people like, ah, they wouldn't let me sit next to my boyfriend for a one hour flight.

Oh, one hour. Who cares? Like, I don't know, sleek deceit or don't moan about it. I just, I actually prefer it. I don't want to talk to anyone ever, ever on a flight. Like, I just want to put my headphones on and not talk to anyone.

Yeah, you're in your space, eh? Yeah, I'm doing my thing. Yeah, I'm doing my thing. Like even if your partner's next to you Yeah Wow This also started You see what happened in the group chat this morning

Because we've really kind of opened a wound here again Ripped off a scab Oh I know Mike and Matt are not Yeah We've caused a marital riff Our friend Mike will constantly use his upgrades And leave his partner in economy

He's done it many times And you know if you've got a free upgrade And it comes through I'm sorry but you're in economy I'm off Could you save the upgrade until next time you've got an upgrade and then upgrade both? No, it might not be, it might not happen. Oh, really?

In fact, you know what he told me the other day? He purposely... I wouldn't say it online. I wouldn't say it don't say it. What he told you to do they? It might have been... Oh, okay. Didn't he say it in front of him?

I'm pretty sure he was there. I just wouldn't say it. He said he purposely books him on separate tickets so that he doesn't get held back by him when he gets upgraded. Because sometimes he reckons they won't upgrade him because he's with his husband. Yeah. One of the most understanding marriages I've ever witnessed in my life between those two. It works, doesn't it? It works if you work it.

Well, we asked you, are you okay if you don't sit next to your partner on a flight? 53% of you said yes, I don't mind at all. Okay. 47% said no, I'll only sit next to them. See, it's pretty close. I've been asked once to move on a flight, and I did because it was, you know, the same aisle seat. Yeah, and I was like, that's fine. Yeah.

And then when I got to the seat, it had one of those. You know that sometimes the seatback entertainment has a big box under the seat. And it was right, it was right where my leg goes. And I'm like, I hate that. I hate that. I've just downgraded myself. Yeah. To be nice.

With your kindness and generosity. And that's why he never did it again. Exactly. Some feedback on it. Pateek says, I'm on staff travel, so you're grateful to get a seat on the same plane. Yeah, that's sitting next to each other is a big bonus. That's when airline staff get the, like, you know, cheap fares. But you have to literally find out last minute.

if you even get on the plane. Yeah. I voted no, said Asia, but only because we have children and if we are sitting together then chances are I'm not the one sitting alone. If he would have the crotch gremlins with him, then I'm all for it.

Yeah, okay. Crock gremlins. Crench gremlins. Oh my. Imogen said, my mom once said, I think it would be nice for you kids to know your dad and I were together if the plane went down.

And I generally thought that was a really sweet look at being an orphan. So that's why Imogen's mom and dad Like to sit next to each other So by side Yeah look Matt's just messaged saying He does know that he does book separately I reckon it should null void a pre-nup

Oh Yeah okay yeah That's a legal question I can't answer Shallie said I said no but it really depends How long is the flight domestic All good if we're apart Ozzie maybe

But if I'm going to the other side of the world You best believe we're sitting together So we can watch something on the iPad together and tour Yeah, and talk. Curse, said, depends on length. Totally fine with domestic trips, but would be a bit upset for a long haul. Preeti says, sit next to a stranger.

No, thank you. Well, that's just going on an airplane every time, though, isn't it? Yeah. She might opt for switching seats with their partner, so they're the buffer between her and the stranger. Yeah, yeah. What if there was a four-planar in the middle, and they had the middle two seats?

Oh, yeah. She's going to have to the stranger. It really depends. Probably want to sit next to them on the way our destination but separately on the way home if you know what I mean because you're sick of them yeah had enough of them

I think that one deserves the okay McAfee voucher yeah okay for that you know very real take on on traveling with time the silly little pole today all thanks to Mick Cafe keep the shell on the road one cup at a time it's more socially acceptable to grab my partner

when I'm scared rather than a stranger said Carolyn yeah but that's the sign of a beautiful love story grab onto the thing do you want someone that's that scared all the time No, I don't No From Carolyn to a Caroline

I mean I don't mind Caroline Caroline Stay tuned for Friday Stay tuned for Friday James today Oh Little clue there Long play

But we can't see Caroline You've got to Then you've got to play roses No I'm not playing roses And Haley won't let me play Hay-ya Because it's her most hated song Okay

You know what I didn't want to be outed on ear And I didn't ask for this I think Hay-ya by Outcast is a rubbish song. Wow. I mean, the catcher song is the year of its release. I'll die on this hill.

I don't mind, but like, why am I not? Be organised and pick your seats. But in reality, I'm with the kids and he's sitting across the aisle with noise cancelling headphones on acting like a childless bachelor. Like James Corden. Like James Corden. As James Corden is want to do.

That is such a great story, that story of James Corden on a plane. It's so funny. Somebody was on... Wait, is it real? Yeah. How do we know this is real? Because he apologised.

That's right, okay. So he was on a plane. Somebody was at the buffer of business class and economy on a transatlantic flight from America to the UK. And James Corden got on there like, oh wow, James Corden. And then opposite James Corden

on the other side of the aisle was a woman with a screaming child in business class as well. Now James Corden ignored them and they were like, man, James Corden's going to be pissed off having to sit next to that screaming child on the end of the flight.

That's whole flight. At the end of the flight, James Gordon got up, got her bag down, and held her hand. It was his wife and childhood and all of them the whole time. It was his cat that was screaming the plane down and he just had very expensive noise cancelling headphones on. He's like, nah, my proud. We both want an aisle seat so I can book us opposite aisle seats

so we're still together but can get up when we want to, says Bex. Oh, that's nice. I saw this online the other day. It's the ultimate couple seating, double aisle, and yeah, you can hold hands if you want, but you've got easy access to the aisle. But watch out for the drinks, trolley. Yeah, get you in the knees.

I would never go on holiday, so best bet, I am 100% beside him. And so someone says, if they are there, that's better, of course. If they aren't, though, I'd better be sit next to someone with tan skin and green eyes. Show fave. So today, for silly little poll, we said, do you mind if you are not sitting next to your partner on a flight? And 53% he said, don't mind it all. The Z&M Podcast Network. Play ZDN's Fletch, Fawn and Haley.

Now, we know the producer girlies love the books. I love books as well, but probably not as much. And also, shout out at Carwin Reads on Instagram. Get it to 3,000. She's really trying. She's trying to get there. Get it at 3,000. Yep.

Carwin, book fluencer. Yeah, she's a book fluencer. She's a book fluencer. You love to read. I do. I saw on your actual... You're at 3,000. You're at 3,0006.

Yay! What a day, what a day. It's going for four, baby. Baby, because I saw on your Instagram, Carwin, at Carwin reads on Instagram, you have already, on the 7th of November, blown out, you've surpassed your book reading goal of the year. Yeah, my goal was 40, and I'm at 42.

40? 40? Yeah. Books. Yeah. But this does include audio book. A lot of them are hearing McCleary from Donaldson's theory. It takes five minutes.

Oh, yeah. She just re-reads it. How many times we're allowed to read that? I reread the entire Captain Underpants series. No. Yeah. But also, some of those are audiobooks in fairness, which I have had official word from Hachette,

the publishers, that audiobooks is reading. Audiobooks is reading. Thank you. I've said this many years, haven't I? Of course it is, because you're ingesting the beautiful story. I totally agree. So now there is, there's the rise in a kind of a social activity and they're saying it's perfect

for those who are introverted but still looking for a little kiss of social interaction. Silent book clubs. We get together. There's no assigned reading, no discussion, no pressure. Not like the book clubs that you're part of, Karwin, and that you run

where you chat. This is, we hop in, we might say hi to kick things on. And then we all silently there. Do we turn up and say anything? Or do we just sit? Is it like a line Brie, you just come in quietly and sit. Nod quietly. And yeah, basically, and then you all sit around and you read

silently together and then eventually you go, great session you leave. I love this, you know? Do you know? I think this is so fun. You all meet up at somewhere cute, maybe like a cute bookstore or like the park or something and then just like read. It's nice. It's like I spent some time with my friends, but also I got to do what I wanted to do, which was read and no one talked to me ever. So this was, this started in 2012. So this has been going for a while. It all started...

I don't want to... I don't want to purpoo your story but I actually did silent reading at school a long time ago. Silent reading! When the teacher just couldn't be asking... When we did silent reading, it was just called silent reading,

it wasn't even called sustained silent reading. It was just silent reading. Yeah. Just shut up and read. So this started years ago as a small thing of like, oh, should we meet up? You know, we're reading the same book, let's go. And it is just exploded post-pandemic.

And now it's huge. these silent groups, they just like meet up, they pick a spot and read their quiet little box. I love this. I think that there are quite a few bookstores in Auckland that do this. Like they offer late night, so after work you can go to the bookstore, just sit there and have a read. But don't you want to like, okay, I get it, well, reading in silence, but just do that, but at home. If you're doing a sort of semi-social thing, don't you want to be chatting and saying like, you know, good book, good chapter? I guess it depends on your living situation, though.

like if you have flatmates maybe they're annoying and loud maybe if you have kids you just want to escape them you know like right you need the quiet space yeah yeah yeah but also I'm sure that if you did have a chat but like oh my god you have to read this bit I just read it's like no one's gonna be like no they would they're called silent book clubs for a reason but just you were like oh my god

somebody said they do similar things with craft clubs people take their work and project work and progress projects and just sit in a group setting and do their crafts. Would love that. You go and crochet at a... Yeah, I've seen some movie cinemas

offer it and they do dim lighting because obviously you need to see to craft. Yeah, obviously. Yeah, and people will bring their knitting, their crochet or anything and then girlies will just sit there and craft together. Could I bring the set of drawers I'm making? Yeah, totally, babe. Absolutely.

Play. Play Z-N. Flesh won and Haley. The movie Predator Badlands is out in cinemas across the country today. We're joined in studio by the star of Predator Bandlands. Dmitrius, good morning. Good morning, good morning.

Dude, I effing, almost swore, love the Predator franchise. It was the first scary action I watched as like a kid. The original Predator, yeah. And it was horrifying as a kid, eh? It was terrifying. Because you couldn't see them. He was effing invisible.

Yeah. And also the three red dots when he was like hunting things in the original. I love him. So was this like, you've got to be the predator, man. You have to be a predator. It's crazy. It's still kind of surreal, to be honest. Yeah.

Yeah, man. Like, it's a franchise that literally spent like 20 years. Yeah. Yeah, like being able to be a part of it. Also, your face is so much better than in the film. Are you sure? Are you sure? Your lips are way less sort of flaring, you know, when you talk.

Yeah, less like teeth like, like, oh. Yeah, you can just show your mouth. Less spangs and mandibles. You've got great teeth. Demetrius. I had to leave those other teeth at home today. So how much of that? Because when it came out, I didn't know that it was you.

I was like, this will be the opening a little bit and then we'll see him. But how much of that was prosthetics and how much was CGI? So pretty much the whole suit was prosthetic except for the face. So the face is cut out for the facial capture stuff. Oh wow. Okay. Yeah. So I was quite lucky in that sense where I didn't have to have like hours in makeup.

Because have you seen what they did to your face? I don't know We've seen it Have you? I think it's uncanny I'm like you're typically pretty handsome man In the film you're ugly I feel like I'm the star of this movie

And you can't even see me Exactly Keep the an anonymity a little bit You know People aren't going to be on the street Being like oh my god I said predator guy Look he looks just like the character I've got a few of those messages

Yeah yeah yeah yeah They didn't use any makeup Oh yeah well From like childhood friends and stuff I don't want to talk up of you. Yeah, gotcha. Gotcha. They're not predator, though, are they?

So stick it. Also, this is a bit of a side step, and I will get back to the film. But do you know, when you Google you that it says that you're 7.7? I've seen that E, like 7.3 or something. Yesterday we were like, oh my God, this guy's, like, massive.

When he comes in, we just all be like... Duck through the doors and stuff. No, it's so funny because, like, I've got so much, like, hate from it. Like, people are like, you're not 7, 4, 3, but I just refuse to, like, address it online. Because I'm like, bro, I love it, e. I was like a little bit of controversy is good

This feels like such a huge leap up Like I mean it's amazing This is like a huge blockbuster film And you've been in some of like New Zealand's awesome stuff Like the um What was the brass? Red white and brass

And the Panthers and stuff Are you feeling that leap like going from Not that New Zealand cinema is small But it's a bit more isolated And now you're on this global stage Yeah it's quite um It's buzzy It feels the same like

when you're working because you know same kind of thing it's a crew camera or whatever but um yeah I think it's all the stuff afterwards you know the press and the um yeah it's a it's a lot at time and you had L Fenning on strapped you back as a backpack she's so coolie she's actually really humble

and like just really nice I was like kind of nervous at first I was like oh my gosh she's going to be a divot like I don't know what she's going to be like but then yeah she came on and she's just so like down to earth and really helpful yeah yeah put me on a lot a game which was um yeah really cool so we saw the first 20 minutes and there were three intense separate different fight scenes and maybe four technically yeah as just like what's it's a lot

what was the training like for it like man it was um so we had a month of pre-production and they just had me in every day with the stunting just like um pretty much just strength training trying to get my body prep to like have the suit on because it's like an extra what like 10 kgs 15 ks that i have to wear like every day yeah yeah Yeah, and like the suit kind of restricts your movement. Like it kind of just feels like resistance bands the whole time like that you're wearing. Oh, we know.

We've all dropped a bit of weight recently. I've carrying around a 20-KG pack for the last three years. I know what it's like to train a bit heavier. Yeah, but it was good training because at first day I was like, oh yeah, like I trained usually so I should be fine. And then I got in the suit, I was like, oh, yeah, I'm not fine. But also the speed of it, like all of the sword work and stuff Because I'd want to just go fast

But imagine you had to start super slow, right? With all the combat stuff Yeah, it was funny because the swords that we used in training They like tape together two swords So it could be heavy as So that when we're on set, like it just feels light Yeah, yeah, yeah I was like, Bernie, like broke my arm

Like doing the trainings eight Because it's so heavy I'm like my forearms, I'm like, big aim I'm actually not 7-3 Despite what you're read How much do you get to like Understand what the audience is going to see eventually.

You know, because I imagine there's lots of green screen. You're not completely looking like what you're going to look like. Do you ever get to see a snippet of, hey, this is what it is actually, what you're creating? Yeah, yeah, so they had the,

I called him the CGI Master, but he was just the, you know, pretty much the guy overseeing all of that. He would show us, like, snippets or what it would be looking like. So they'd be editing while we're filming. Wow. Yeah.

Yeah, so they'd like do, yeah, little bits and pieces here and there. So they're like, yeah, this is what you're going to look like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And did that help you? Because otherwise you'd just be like, we're just like weird green dots. You know,

but silly. Kind of, but it was kind of cool because since we filmed a lot of it in New Zealand, like we were actually on location. Yeah. I was going to wonder

because I saw like some ferns and I was like, I always went over here in New Zealand. I always claim a fern. Yeah. No, but then I've been overseas and seen ferns and I was like, I thought only we had fern.

No, there's a fake phone. It was only when we saw the bucket fountain and the sky tower and, you know, we were like, oh shit, it isn't. yeah wow okay so some of all that was gonna i was gonna ask whereabouts in new zealand did you film like all over man all over north island so there was um that opening at um like when you first get to the planet yeah that's bethels yes yes yes yes yes yes that okay yeah that's bethels beach um we found

that like hanua falls we went to the redwoods and um rottoroa southhead um yeah all over the place man it was it was really cool like yeah the americans they they love it it here. They do. They flaw off it. I was just like, yeah, this is standard, you know what I'm saying? This is like, this is what we have. I kind of feel like it would be that, you know,

usually you imagine a Kiwi kid getting on a massive set being overwhelmed by like how cool in American everyone is. But it'll be the other way around. People would be like, you're so lucky to be for me. No, literally they were all saying like, man, we would love to love here. I was like, hmm. You stay on that side. We love it over here.

It's pretty good. We're actually getting a bit crowded. Sorry. Did you take them any cool places? Were you like the guide? Oh, I tried to be. but then like during the shoot like our hours were just hectic yeah so it was just like I couldn't really I was like I think I'll just sleep but I'll give you like um some pointers

yeah yeah yeah yeah get a sandwich from there I'm not coming I'm gonna bed so I'm gonna have a nap but you can go yeah so what's next like you're going you'll be traveling around doing press for this all over the world yeah so um we'll be at London for the Comic-Con that they have going on there and then premiere in LA and then um yeah just go around doing press junker and whatnot. It must feel so surreal. So surreal. Going to L.A., probably get a nice suit or something.

Yeah, hopefully. Like, you guys, can I take this home? Yeah, yeah. Do we've got to return this? Like, Zealand is like, what's happening to this afterwards? Yeah, yeah. Tom Ford comes in for a fitting. You're like, I've already got one from Helen Stein.

Like, this one's just a good. $200. This is my year 13 suit, thank you. Yeah, yeah, I think it's still first. It brings it from Frank Casey here and take it with, you know? Yeah, yeah, totally. and just return it when you get back. Love it.

Well, best of luck, Demetrius. Yeah, I can't wait to see the rest of the film. Thank you so much. Thank you guys for having me. Appreciate it. The Fletchhorn and Haley, big pod. New Zealand's a bit of a buzz at the moment because, especially the restaurant industry, because apparently the Michelin Star people are expanding into New Zealand

and have for a while been dining at all the restaurants secretly. Jesse Mulligan, I mean, we'll be beside himself, that these people are coming in with a hotter opinion than him. Well, he writes for the The Herald, doesn't it? Yes. Mine that would be the best job, I reviewing restaurants. Oh, I think about it all the time.

Because, like, you're not paying. We know, you... Go around and eat all this nice food. You do pay. No, but he claims it back. He would claim it back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, oh, so good.

I read what a Michelin Star sort of, like, dining experience looks like. Okay. They visit anonymously. They never announce themselves. They pay for their meals. They announce for special treatment they blend in. Yeah.

They apparently ignore decor, celebrity status, how big the wine is or whether or not the chef's Instagram is popping off. They focus on quality of ingredients, mastery of the techniques, harmony of flavors, personality of the chef in the cuisine and consistency. A star cannot be awarded by

a single reviewer. They have to have multiple visits. Oh, that's good. Yeah. So you think someone's like Susan's like Barry, I've got a star here option. You go and give it a go to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Give it another one. So that's...

Because Susan might like the squid, and Barry might not dabble with seafood. So stars are for the food, not the restaurant. One star is a very good restaurant. Two stars, excellent cooking worth the detour. Because that's why it's called Michelin Star, because the tyre people initially started at how much of a detour this food would be worth. Right, so it's worth wasting your tyres on. Worth wasting your tyres.

Three is exceptional cuisine worth a special journey. They get re-evaluated every year. Oh, yeah. Restaurants don't apply. They don't pay. There's no nomination system. they decide where to send the inspectors based on buzz, food media, local recommendations,

word of mouth and their own discovery team. I've never eaten at a Michelin Star restaurant. They're always posh, eh? Like, you hear of a Michelin Star restaurant. They're expensive, right? Yeah, but every now and then they'll give one to like a street food place. Remember those documentaries on Netflix and it was like this little noodle spot

in wherever gets a Michelin Star? And then they get overrun and you can never beat you. You're going to line up from 7 a.m. Well, aside from this and all the posh places that we'll get Michelin Stars, we thought this morning, it would be funny to take your local recommendation. Who's your Michelin Star? Who has a Michelin Star in your heart? Is it the local takeaway shop that does...

It's Jane Ems on Courtney Place in Wellington. That does a Chinese smorgasbord because it's just amazing. Yeah. Maybe they do a cracking fish and chips, like the chips. The fish is always crispy. Maybe you've got a great local fish and chip shop or just your local place that is never going to get a Michelin Star

but has one in your heart. Has your heart's Michelin Star? Has your heart's Michelin Star? Yeah, beautiful. Because everybody has that plate and maybe it's a bit great. Maybe it's got a D food rating. Yeah, maybe it's got low food rating

that's what makes it delicious. That is. It's consistently delicious and dirty. Do you remember how much people used to love that food court, the Mercury Plaza before they turned it into the train station? Yeah. Oh, did it?

a hell of a soup. People love that place. The All-Backs always went there before a game, which was, you know, was a real roll of the dice when it came to a rumbly-tumbly. Because sometimes there were birds inside. Yeah, Katie Cafe in Wellington. I know Wellentonians would be like, yeah,

Casey Cafe Kingdom. Oh, Sate Kingdom. Sate Kingdom. I've never been, but I would go just on the name alone. I mean, D-Ratings, you know it's delicious. It's Michelin Star in my heart. Okay, right. Well, this is what we want to know this morning.

I'll 800 at Diles at Em, You can text as well. 9-6-96. Who's getting your Michelin Star in New Zealand? What has a Michelin Star in your heart? It's a shout out to those eateries, those takeaway places that you just love. They haven't done you dirty. Yeah.

They're stayed true. Man, and we're hearing some messages. I tell you what, we're getting some amazing recommendations. Someone said Tokos Tarkos. In Avondale? In Auckland. I just looked to their Instagram. Oh my God.

Yeah, that looks amazing. Get in me now. Yeah. A mango reader? They do a mango. reader? Menu highlights. Apparently they're fish tacos.

So many messages and calls. Mela, what has a Michelin star in your heart? Gow and Albany. Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. What kind of food do they do? Asian fusion. Yes. Oh, my God.

You had me. Okay. It's got like Wagu, dumplings and Balba and amazing cucumber salad. Yes, I've Uber eats this to my house. It's so good. That's a hell away from your house.

That's a 25-50 minute. No, Albany to my house isn't that bad because it's sort of the backway. Oh, my good. They'll go along the River Head Coatsville Highway. They'll get a speeding ticket at that place. You can only go 60, which is ridiculous because it's a rural road. No, bring me dumplings the backway. Sproul the carbon footprint on these tancos on this dumplings.

On these dumplings. Shut up. Shut up. I'm looking at the photos. It's incredible the food here. You're good stuff. Number two out of all the restaurants in Albany on TripAdvisor. Okay.

So there you go. they do tipsy yam chah as well our twist on the traditional yum chard's bottomless feats of Asian fusion menu with tea-inspired cocktails flowing all session long. Five Michelin stars. Five Michelin stars. Mila, thank you. Harvey, what has a Michelin star in your heart?

Definitely traditional Thai and upper heart. Yes. Traditional Thai. Do you know what? I was saying the other day, I think it was to you guys, Haley and Vaughn, that I feel like Ty used to be everywhere. Yes. And now it's not like, it's kind of like

not in the flavour of the month maybe. Yeah, I guess so Yeah, it's not, there used to be a tie Takeaway on every 100 metres And so traditional Thai And Upper Hut has survived, has it And it's still gone strong Yeah, PETCU

And chicken fried rice go pretty hard, eh Yeah, do they do it do a good money bag, Harvey? A good, what, sorry? A money bag Um, I'm not, I kind of, I'm pretty, uh, I speak to what I know to me, for you know, I still always look pretty consistently good Really? You know, I would always recommend a mixed entree.

Yeah, mixed appetises. Me too. Yeah, mixed appetises, $15. Yeah, good. Got money bags in there? Yep, they do. Okay, money bags. Yeah, Harvey, try a money bag next time.

Yeah. You've got to... Call back with your review. Yeah, you've got to dip it in a lot of Sweden sour sauce sauce. It's quite, you know. It's awesome saute. Absolutely. Thank you.

Some messages. Let's not go crazy. Panthers Rock Country Pub, somebody said. On the Rokkaa Gorge and Tech Mayfield, they say technically. Never let me down. Always worth a stop. Yeah, good. Fou You roast and barbecue on Northcote in Auckland. Yum.

It's described as rice dishes, Asian fusion and noodles. Yum. Someone said, never let me down. Toby's seafood in Massey, West Auckland. Okay. Grab a to Toby's and head out to the beach for a sunset and a fishing shop on the beach. Oh, romantic. And he said, always crisp. Always crispy. Always crisps than me ever soggy. Always crisp.

A few messages in AFG. It's an Afghan restaurant in Addington in Christchurch. Oh, okay. They said the best part about it is there's no like set opening hours. There's one set menu. You just roll the dice turning up. You could be waiting for over an hour. But top-tier shish kebabs and chicken curry that rivals any Indian restaurant you've ever been to. And they said it's three Michelin Stars that give it.

Okay. Three. I love that. Julie, this could help. Haley. She's currently in Napier. Where's your place that has a Michelin Star in your heart? Hi, team. It is Dilley Roast in Clive Square in Napier.

Fantastic. Dillie roast. Dillie. Ditty, Ditty, Ditty Roasts. Daly. No, Dillie.

Oh, Daly. Not Dillie as in Dildo roasts either. That's not. You just give me the directions. Dely. Okay. Do they do a good roast? Oh, yeah.

The pork roast is my favorite wine. I think the pork roast is the real test in the roast because they can dry it out. I feel like roast shops used to be everywhere too like Thai. Yeah. Yeah. Just looking on Google reviews. Napier, yeah. I think per head of population.

The pork sandwich is amazing and delicious. Okay, fantastic. Oh, make them a lot. Well, you'll have to get it. Julie, thank you. So many messages. We'll get to more of these next. What has a Michelin Star in your heart?

What takeaway place? Takeaways that have a Michelin Star place in your heart. Yeah, if you... New Zealand's getting a Michelin Star guide. Yeah, if you get to dish them out, who would be getting them, someone said, you know, when you go to a restaurant and their son is doing homework in the kitchen, and you have to walk through that same kitchen to get to the toilet. boil it, the food is going to slay it.

Yes. When an eight-year-old takes your order, I'm just like, this family knows what's up. They know what they're doing. This family knows what they're doing. This is going to be good stuff. Some other messages in, and again, this is by no means are we endorsing. We're just reading out other people's endorsements. Yeah, yeah.

We're just, what are you distancing yourself from? No, I just distancing myself from, you know, if somebody goes on our recommendation and it's not to their taste. And they get food poisoning or something like that. Taste is subjective. East Village Takeaway and Howick. The most delicious, fresh, not oily Chinese takeaway. Oh, yum. Okay.

And how, yeah, I know, is it worth going to Howick for the? I don't know. Is it worth venturing into East? You know, you know, I get real scared when the Skytower is that small. I know. It's so, he gets lost. Isn't it where he is? Shannon's in Easty and she is, you're giving that the thumbs up.

I just had to Google to make sure because I don't know the names of, you know, but that's the one we go to as a family. Oh, it's good, yeah. Yeah, it's good stuff. And the Skytower is the appropriate amount of size for the distance you've gone. Stop bringing that up. Like you can hold you It's like a centimeter between your fingers

It's weird You're actually driven like four hours to get there I posted I posted that hack on Instagram And you guys made fun of East Auckland And I had so many messages from friends being like I didn't know this was an insult Why are they making fun of you from East Auckland

Yeah it's the worst It's the most embarrassing part of Auckland It's the worst cardinal you know Compass direction of Auckland I don't know why it's just funny to tease you about it I don't know So many messages $2 rice in Christchurch

I don't know what's in the sauce but yum yum yum yum You don't ask what's in things You just enjoy it You just enjoy it yeah Saigon Star and Christchurch Is the best Vietnamese in town The chef will pretty much do anything you want He's fabulous people have been throwing around

Christchurch as the coolest city And there's so many great eats There's lots of good eats It's just incredible Plimid and Thai is the best Rotis and saute sauce and curries Or rotis Rootis can get it

Roadies can get it. I actually saw a list of the world's best breads released this week. Oh, yeah. And I tell you, the roadies and the nans. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not even close. The western breads hardly touched the sides. Okay.

Yeah, they didn't get much love at all. Another shout out for Zab Thai in Christchurch. Yum. Elite $15 portions. Sometimes you wait, but that's all part of the charm. Okay. New Hong Kong Chinese and Fakata, the menu has been the same for 30 years. Yeah, white.

Don't change it. Don't change it. Fresh caught fish from gibbos on the wharf and Fokatane also does the best fish and chips. Yeah, good. Jay and M's at the end of a big night on Courtney Place. Yes. Yes. The only thing you need to have on board, though, is like three bottles of wine.

Yeah. Oh, shout out to JJ's burger bar in Morrinsville. The JJ. The JJ Dog, which is the American hot dog with bacon, onion, tomato sauce and mustard. So she's a fully loaded hot dog there. Someone said KK. Malay in Wellington. and as a wally girl, I cannot support that harder.

That's amazing. Esmeraldas and papacotta. Wakanai Beach Takeaway, the best fish and chips. Still miss. I haven't lived there for every year. Still miss it. I haven't found a place in there. That's when you've got your fish and chip array and you move.

Yeah. Something happens and they shut down and you're like, oh, no, no, I've got to go through all the other soggy fishies to try to find a good one. The ZDN podcast network. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. I, listen, the skateboarding, quick skateboarding update. I've got my board. It's been

fixed, it's been tightened, I've got all the pads and stuff, I've just been too busy and I haven't been able to get out, but next week my calendar lightens and I will be hitting the decks. Is that we say? No, not really. I will be shredding the deck so hard

and doing Olly flips all the time. Okay, and then before that it was Reforma Pilates Which, did you join? No, but I've downloaded the app. Okay, right, okay, yep. So, yeah, I've downloaded the Studio Pilates app, so that's, we've got that going.

Okay. And then yesterday, as, if you've just joined the show, I'm actually on tour at the moment. I'm broadcasting today from beautiful Napier, and I'll say, not a cloud in the sky. Like, it's just one of those days. You're on the seven days tour. You'll be in Dunedin tonight. Dunedin tonight, which means I am heading to Napier Airport very soon, and I look forward to seeing Dame Judy Drench. Oh, okay.

Oh, yes, great, yeah, fantastic. I'm going to go say hi. And then you fly to Dunedin and you're actually closer to Invercago because someone built it at airport so far away from the city at might as well be called something else. Were they hoping the city was going to end up at the airport? Like, what were they thinking there? I don't know, they should have just reclaimed some land.

Because you fly over the city and then like 10 minutes later, they're like, all right, everybody, get ready for dissent. And you're like, oh, okay. I know. And then I am actually, and then we drive from Dunedin to Invercargle on Saturday. That's going to be fun. Tickets at seven days not co-dottings. There's still some seats available.

Indeed, but yesterday we drove from Tauranga to Napier, lovely drive. I don't know, I slept through most of it. And when I got to Napier, I had a hankering for a sweat. You know, and I just, I haven't exercised for a while. And as you know, I'm trying to get, like, extraordinarily hot quite quickly. For summer. Yeah.

For many reasons. Okay, yeah. Summer being one of them showing my naked body to strangers being the other. And so I got to Napier and I just hankered for a sweat. And I will say, and this is no disrespect to where I'm saying, but they say gymnasium, you know, complementary gymnasium. And I go down. There's a half deflated Swiss ball.

Yeah, there was an exercise bike that didn't have a power cord and nor a power point to plug it into. Why do they bother right? They should just buy memberships for the local gym and say, go here. Yeah, grab a swipey. There was six weights, none of which matched. Yeah.

You know, and I was like, okay, this is not what I'm after. I know, yeah. Yeah, it was in the basement of the car park. I was like, this isn't happening. Yeah. And so something in me just said, run, you know. Run, Haley, run. And for some people, yourself included, Vaughan,

that's a normal thing to do for exercises, to run. A lot of people run. our dear friend Maddie McLean he loves a run he's become a runner who doesn't shut up about running and posts all of his runs like just went for a run

it's like cool cool yeah I also did interesting things with my day yeah and so I went for a run here's my review one my shorts my thighs are hungry

and man they ate up the shorts right and I just constantly so if you saw me running along the waterfront of Napier, constantly pulling at my crotch. It was because the shape of my thighs, it's like a mouth when I run. It was like, num, num, num, num, nap, nap. Do you not normally run?

You walk, right? You do walk. I walk. I don't, cardio's not for me. And I hate running. I've always hated running. Yeah. And then so, yeah, my crotch is eating the shorts.

And then because I hadn't planned to run, I did not wear a running. are you sent us a video and I did want to ask because it was the boobs were everywhere and I was like this I had to look away and then I was like I know I was like yeah and then I don't know this nauseous kind of that was a bit

I was trying to help her out I felt nauseous watching my norks bouncing up and down in my run I did send a video I had to get content of me doing this run of course I am the new Manny McLean. Yeah, it was great, though. I loved it. Oh, my God.

The whole time I was running, I was like, I reckon this is one of the most horrible ways that a human being can pass time. You're like, this sucks. It's good fitness, so if your body can handle it, it's good fitness. I know, and I will say, like, I've always struggled with running.

I've never been able to go far. I hit 4.2 kilometers. Oh, that's fantastic. On my first run in years. And you didn't post it on social media. Interesting. No, because what I'm going to do is hard launch. I'm going to do a marathon.

Wow, okay. I finished my 4.2 kilometers and I was like, I can do a marathon. You've done a tenth of a marathon and you're like, I can do that. Wait, do you. Are you doing a full or a half? You should start with a half. Halfs are embarrassing. Start with a half.

You better strap those norks down because you're going to have two black eyes in about 10Ks in, I reckon. I know, because the last time I ran as well, my norks were much younger and I was much lighter, so they were smaller and tighter. and now, yeah, the nork, so I've got to get a good running bra. Yes. Okay. But this is what I do, right, is I hyper fixate on my new hobby,

and then I'm going to get all the gear. I'm going to get one of those running vests. A running vest? And I love it. You know, like the... You need to put all my little gels and stuff. Oh, I know, I don't think we need to look that serious. It looks like you're in the special forces,

but instead of grenades, it's gel packs. Get some of those running sunnies. Oh, yeah, my friend's got some of those. People wear, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That cricketers wore in the 90s and stuff Like pit vi-fi, the original pit-fire Well, why don't you start with a half And then go to the full?

Because honestly, the 4.2 just really fell under my feet. It was so easy on the feet. So you've got to do 10 of those. How long did it take you to do 4.2? I will not say. Okay. I genuinely will not say on air how long 4.2 kilometres took me.

It's shameful. Why do we took on like an hour? No. No, okay. Well, that's not that right. Okay. Because if there's 10 of them, that's a 10-hour marathon, you'll be out there for a long time.

You've said it on air, so now you have to. Yeah, next week. I'll find a local one. Like when you see next week. It's okay. How hard can it be? It's really hard. Actually, really hard.

4.2 is a breeze. Okay, yeah. The Vennan Podcast Network. Now, Shannon's very excited. A daily gamer in the New York Times game section, which is an app you can get and play all sorts of games in there. So the New York Times doesn't release specific numbers, but a 2024 report stated that tens of millions play weekly

and 5.3 billion puzzles were solved in 2024 alone. Wow. They reckon tens of millions still play worddle daily, and that is you, Shannon. Oh, my goodness. You play it every day still? I think my mum still plays every day. I recently lost 150-day streak.

That's right. I'm back to about 30 now. But no, a new update for people who pay. for the app so I do have a subscription you can now make custom wordles to send to your friends Oh, does it let you do swear words? So it has to be a legitimate word

It has to be a word recognised in the dictionary Which does Well, I am N-N-N-Y I made a backup one for you guys this morning And it allowed the word boobs Boobes are a... Boobes, what about M-I-N-G-E? I didn't try that, but what I'm doing now

So the word can be between 4 and 7 litres long So check your phone. Four and seven. You've got a seven letter word coming your way, FBAH. Oh, and seven. And we still have only got five guesses to get it, or six guesses to get it.

And I want to see who's going to get this first out of FVH. I reckon I'm going to talk about. Oh, my God, I can't even think of a seven-letter word. No, you don't. You don't. I can't even think of a seven-letter word. Oh, it happens that up to so many more words. Play.

Oh, that's a rainbow. Oh, crazy. I got it in one, guys. I reckon I'm going to get it in a nine and then are we helping each other we're going separate I mean how competitive are you feeling I'm starting with the word goings because I'm panicking goings isn't long enough that's only six letters I will say if you can't think of a seven-letter word you could do five letters and then chuck an EED on the end or something just to get some letters

mum's message her word or streaks 384 days Wow Bebbeb knows Beb knows how to do it Okay, I'm going smartness Oh no, no, that's terrible, that's too many Oh, hey Lee, that was so ironic Smartness It's not Shannon, I'm out

Oh I thought you were just going to do your own name So you've got a shout out I do deleted Oh, I should have got it But did you just give me a shout out anyway? Oh wait, okay, I've done laughed Okay, maybe here's a bit of a hint

What are you guys? What do you, how do you view yourself? Genuine, genuine, genuine? Genuine, genuine friends Oh, that's cool Adding more letters, this is cool, completely throws me. Yeah, so you can make it between four and seven letters. You can send it to your friends.

You can do as many as you want today. And this is now my new hobby. How long before someone's like, hang on, marry me? And then they get it wrong. No, it's two words. Two words. No, they wouldn't accept it though. Engagement?

No, that's too long. I was going to say how long before someone does is all people use it to communicate drug trades. Engaged. Drug drugs. Imagine. Engaged. Yeah, you could do engaged. Marry me doesn't work. No. Using it for drugs? Just cocaine for...

Bags. Or the gays find out a way to hook up on it. Oh, the gays will find out a way. Just, I don't know. Like life. Gays will find a way. Play Z-M's, Fletch, Worn and Haley. Play Z-M's Fleshworn and Haley. Fact of the day, Day, day, day, day, day.

I do-d-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do do-do do-do do-do do-do do-do do do-do do do do do do do do do do-do. Well, it's fairytow week at Fact of the Day, and I've just realized they accidentally sourced six, not five. Oh, okay. So do you want Goldilocks or Pinocchio or both? Goldilocks. Goldilocks. Yeah. Okay.

Pinocchio. No, no. He's about Pinocchio. But Pinocchio was like... Well, which is a big story? Well, they're both pretty dark. Okay. I'm just going to really...

No, you're not to do two, I've told you. Okay. We don't have time. Okay. Okay, fine, yeah, no, cool. Thanks for ruining Christmas, Dad. Goldilocks, before porridge and cuteness, there was trespass and punishment. The first written version came in...

What, like a two-year trespass notice? She was trespassed. She was trespassed. The first written version came out in 1837. It featured not the golden-haired child that gave it its name Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but it was simply the Three Bears and a malicious old woman.

A malicious old woman. Malicious old woman in the Three Bears doesn't quite... No. Yeah, so she sees the Bears' family cottage, stumbles in there, eats their food, drinks their milk. Yeah. Breaks their chair and sleeps in the baby Bears' bed.

The Bears return. she wakes and screams and depending on the variant that you'll read she's either beaten yep to death yeah burn in their fireplace

or throwing out the window now I don't believe the window's open before she's thrown out that's a very important distinction because I have always thought this is very realistic because in real life

she would be more to death by the bears and they would just eat her real life because were they grizzlies yeah they were brown grizzlies but there was in where they're cute

They'd be European bears because it came from Europe. Oh, did that, okay. If it now, if it was written in Canada or Alaska. Oh, yeah, those beers would tear your face off in a second. If it was Goldilocks and the three polar bears, there would not be a story. No. But Goldilocks opened the door, Alpha Predator, dead. Yeah.

She messed with the wrong bear. You know the saying, if it's black, fight back, if it's brown lay down, and if it's white light. If it's white, good night. Is that about beers? Good night. Otherwise, I disagree, but carry on. If it's brown, lay down. Lay down. Lay down on your stomach.

Lay down on your stomach. I don't even know why I said that. Roof. Fully regret it. Later on, a few years later, the retelling softened her to be a naughty little girl. Oh, yeah. And Victorian illustrators gave her the now iconic curls. It was easiest kind of hair to, to,

drawer. Okay. So they made her Goldilocks and the story shifted from being about violent retribution to the moral lesson of don't invade others' homes or take what isn't yours. A much nicer story. Yeah. Without the gore. Yeah. But it remained about boundaries

and consequence and a nice little warning to not go into other people's houses. I love that. Yeah. So today's fact of the day is originally Goldilocks was a malicious old woman and the bears ate it. Fact of the day, day. Day, day, day.

I do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-to-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do do-do. The Z-M Podcast Network. What's going on? Z-Dem's Fletch, Vaughn, and Haley. New Zealanders are taking more sick days than ever. Yeah, we're over a day. But it's still just not that many. Yeah, so the average was 6.7.

and since this workplace survey started in 2022, it's the highest it's been. So it's actually gone up since COVID. So it equates to nearly 13 million lost work days, which is compared to last year, 10 million. So it's insane when you look at it like that. Yeah, but why are we looking at it like that? Yeah, also, you're entitled to them.

This is a thing, Fletch, you don't take your sick days. You're entitled to them. I'm not sick. But just take them. I've got great gut health. That's why I didn't get barley belly. I was going to say, I've taken a few this year for like mental health reasons, but you've also got great mental health.

I mean, there's just no faulting the guy. Well, once, remember when I had to have two weeks off for adult chicken box. Yes, I remember that. That was wild, and I watched four seasons of 24 with Jack Ballard. Which, if you do the maths on it, that's quite impressive also. Very impressive. I didn't leave the bedroom. That's 96 hours of television. It's fantastic.

Well, it was 24 out, 24, it was 24 hours. Text in now, 9-6-96, or give us a call, 0,800,000, what was the great reason you pulled a sickie? I don't want to, like, not actual sickness, like, what did you pull a sickie for? You know, like, did you have a long weekend somewhere? Did you go to a concert? And you've got to be careful when you do this, because if you're friends with workmates on social media that, you know, want to climb over you on the corporate ladder, you know, kick you down. You've got to hide your activity on social media. Oh, God, yes.

There's some really good, we've just asked this lightly. The text machine's already flooded, and we had heaps of responses on Instagram. Today, I'm taking a sick day because I want to plant my potatoes. It's the season, isn't it? Christmas is coming? I've already got my Christmas spuds in, but I got my later in the season spuds in a little bit after. You've got to get Christmas spuds in at least three months before Christmas. There's this big warehouse place full of food, and they actually just sell piles of them.

them and bags of them. Have you thought about doing that? Madness. What I call these things. That's crazy. It sounds like some sort of wonder market. I go to a place where if it's not seasonal, what they've done, it's sort of a big warehouse thing, they've brought it in from a different country as well.

Wow. I've been to a place where you can buy them long and they've all been fried. The potato. Yeah, it's a Scottish restaurant. A mekudanald. Oh, my God. Because they're French fries. This is St. Pierre's sushi all over again.

What's a French man doing dabbling and a religious French man doing sushi? A Scottish person doing French food. Some other... When I was teaching in the UK, I'd call in sick once a term to go to Santa Rini. Oh, boy. I took a sickie to hit the ski field on a power day. Had to take a second sickie because I took a nasty fall. Love it.

It was raining and I work outside. L.A. Mayo needed a cozy sleep-ins. I took a sick day. I took a whole day for some adult fun times Oh Okay Pulled a sickie from school Yeah

To finish the last twilight book When it came out before anyone could spoil it for me Yes My friend called sick for three weeks To go visit New Zealand from Melbourne When his leave got declined So he just calling sick for three weeks You say I want this holiday

To go to New Zealand And then they say no And then you just disappear at the exact same time They know what you're doing Yeah Oh my dear Sam what did you pull up a sickie for?

Hey, I pulled a sickie to drive from Hawks Bay to Wellington for a job interview. Oh, did you get the job? I did, I did get the job, and I still live in Wellington. Yay, fantastic. So that's a really popular

one that's coming in on the tex machine to Sam. Someone said, when I worked in Wellington, I pulled a sickie to go up to Martinborough and drink at the wineries and apply for a job I was up there. I mean, why not have a drink while you're in town? It's not like a job is going to let you just have time off to go to a another job's interview.

To leave them. Yeah. You can't tell them. No. Yeah. I took a sick day for a job interview when I lived in the UK was living in Edinburgh

and had to take a flight to Bristol. Pretty sure the boss could hear the intercom at the airport when I was calling it to say I was sick. Oh my God, so many people getting, yeah, Bing Bonged and they're like, so Bing Bong. Paging passenger Fletcher on flight to Barcelona. We'd like to know why you pulled a sickie and what for. No judgment from us.

No judgment. Oh my God, I love these stories. So many. Let's start with Anonymous. Good morning and on us. Why did you pull a sickie? I pull a sickie the last Friday of every November to hit the Black Friday first. Oh, okay. Worth it and you get all your Christmas shopping done, is it?

Yeah, pretty much. Okay. So you avoid the busy malls. No, no, no, she's going on the Black Friday sales. She's in the guts of the busy. Yeah, right, okay. What about Cyber Thursday or whatever it's called Monday, Cybersex Monday, when you do it on line.

No, it's not fun to be at the malls. It's more fun to be at the malls. You're insane. It's my worst nightmare. I passed a sign the other day. Yesterday on a store, it's like Loser Singles Sale or whatever they call it. Oh, 11.11.

11. Yeah, so that's happening soon as well. Yeah, is it? Yeah, it's definitely the time to get your Christmas shopping done. Lose a single sales? As a single person. Cybersex Monday. Natalie, thank you anonymous.

Natalie, what did you pull a sickie for? I pulled a sickie to go and get married What? Oh, how to approve that leave? So I'd already had leave approved to get married overseas But didn't want to do the paperwork overseas So we had to drive to Christchurch to go to the registry office Oh yeah, oh yeah

And I was scared it would get declined So I just pulled a sickie for it at step Yeah, right, fair enough, fair enough Okay I mean I'm sure they would have said yet But you never know the way that with if you have a, you know, you know, no boss and he's like, no, not today, we don't have enough stuff.

I didn't want to pull a sickie and go anyway because I know exactly where I was going. Yeah, true, true. Natalie, thank you. A couple of messages, so many texts. I booked a three-week holiday to Southeast Asia and work would only let me have two weeks, but I've already booked it. So I was like, what I'm going to do is at the end of this two-week break,

I'm going to say I caught COVID on the flight home. So I pulled a COVID-sickie on the last week. That's brilliant. Yeah. It's so good, eh? I pulled a sickity to watch Michael Jackson's funeral. Oh, okay. Pulled a sickie, a couple of sickies for my 18-year-old at school this year

so she could go to Vietnam to celebrate her birthday. Shokes on me, she got sick and I had to fly over to her come to her home on a medical flight and she was in hospital for three months. So the school found out I lied. Oh my God, what happened? I don't know. We would like to know what happened. Yeah, we need some follow up on that.

Keep your text coming in, 9-6-96. Why did you pull a sickie? This is a classic. Pull-de-sicki and drove six hours to New Plymouth for a hookup from Hinge. Spent two hours getting busy, then drove home. Worst bit while she was a smoke show, but I couldn't brag about it because my colleagues were nuts. No.

A new Plymouth smoke show, otherwise no one is in Auckland, Puff of Steen. Vaughan. I'm wrong. I know. Georgia, have you ever pulled a sickie here at ZM and you haven't been sick? No, guys, I'm honestly such a teacher's pet. George had cancer and was coming to work. Yes, I was like, would you not come to work, please?

That's right. You came to my house and you were like, I think you ticked. Ross, I'm like, George's not coming to work next week. Yeah. Literally. I went around there. I saw George, which was like in the midst of cancer treatment. I was like, can you please not come to work?

Yeah. You know what? Maybe I'll do it next week. Maybe Monday's on day. It's that time of year. It's the time of year the weather, by the way. You want a lovely sick day where you can enjoy the sun. You want to sit outside and enjoy it.

And it's that time of year where everyone's getting tired. At the end of the year. Just quickly. We'll finish with a couple of text messages because Haley has to get to the airport to catch her fly. I do. Catch flight's not feelings. How's that going? So bad. Behind the scenes. It was quite ruthless for me.

It was a little... Actually brutal. Actually brutal behind the scenes. I was getting ready to leave a company I had 15 sick days so I booked my hysterectomy. Nothing dramatic. Anyway, on the day of the surgery, I sent them an email.

I had a month of leave and 15.6. days and I said this is my resignation and then just I won't see you ever again they had to pay me for my recovery period oh my god amazing yeah um it's because teachers we were chatting to our friend who's a teacher matt he said they banked them up and he was saying there are some like teachers that retire like a year or so early and they just get paid for the whole year because they've banked up so much leave we don't bank house so that's why you got to use them fletch yeah Fletch, if anyone. I have Fletcher's.

Yeah, actually, that's a good question. You should be able to sit. Wasn't there a situate a cash-leven? No, you could donate them to somebody. There was someone at the company going through long-term treatment, they couldn't work, and you could donate them your sick days. Oh, unfortunately, Fletch should donate me his, so. Yeah, it's crazy.

So she had to keep coming to work when she had cancer. Wait, well, did you donate yours to her? I don't have any to give them. I've got the, I've got the, I've got the, immune system of someone going through. I literally would have done that if I'd known that was even a thing, George. Don't make it. Unbelievable from you, Fletch.

What a prack. Wow, what a prank. Remember we talked about the mum that lied and got her daughter to go to Vietnam? So she got a cold in her body instead of fighting the virus, fought itself and killed off all of her nerves and left her completely paralyzed. Her nerves have to grow back at the rate of

one millimeter a day, so we just have to wait, have lots of physical therapy to relearn how to do everything. The condition is called GBS. I've never heard of it before and all I can say is always have travel insurance. Yes, 1,000%. 100,000%. I call them sick whenever there's a new

Pokemon set coming out. I was going to say a lot of gamers do this as well when there's a new game release. When Grand Theft Auto 6 drops, expect never to see the game is oh God, I don't know, we're next year now, I think. Next year, I read Dead Redemption 2 is another one. People will just chuck them to take some time off. Gamers and sneaker heads.

Sneaker heads love a day off waiting in line to get a sneaker that's going to be sold out. Grow up. And then they don't wear them. Oh my God, I've got a set of shoes in a box in my wardrobe. Cool, man. That's so cool. Put them on your feet.

Grow up. Get a pair of crocs, man. Oh, another one in the bag. It's a Versace bag as well. If you enjoyed that, give us a rating and a review and be sure to tell your mates. You don't sound sincere there, boy. I'm just reading what's written here. Play ZM's Fletchhorn and Haley.