ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 15th February 2021

Episode Date: February 14, 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fleets Morning Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Buy five McCafe coffees and get one free on the Macca's app. Yeah, sure can. Yeah. You don't even have to ask nicely, but you should. But you absolutely should. Always use your manners. We're time at work. It's very quiet. We've finished the show. We're recording this podcast intro after the show.

It's raining in Auckland and the majority of the North Island and that's weird because it hasn't rained properly for ages. We're just going into level three and I believe all three days of lockdown are going to be wet. Yeah, so if I was I'm going to have to do something though because I'm on an absolute hot streak when it comes to closing my rings

on my Apple Watch. We've got a skipping? I've got a skipping rope, yeah. There's an area where maybe the roof's tall enough for some skipping That's right So we've got I think they've They used to have skipping ropes at my gym Which I'd use

But now they've taken them all away And do you know why? Ceiling fans I saw someone skipping dangerously close You know those things that stick down Those things from the ceiling And when it gets hot up there The glass cracks and the water just turns on

That thing He was so close to it And I was like Watch out You kind of want to see that But let me put my iPad away first I want to see it But I don't want it to cost me my iPad

Movies ruin sprinklers They're not like that in real life Are they? They crack when they're triggered by hate And they don't all go off Only the one that's cracked I'm pretty sure If it's like a fire then the heat around it

Would also get cracked Gotcha I had a dream over the summer break i accidentally set one off the herald was showing us around this new flash newsroom they had and i accidentally set one off in a dream i threw a ball yeah in a dream yeah i think you would have heard about it i think you would have been heard about it if it happened in real life yeah also something that you would do yes yeah and that that was more like the movies that just really heaved down from everywhere.

Well, don't crack one of those off. And if you are in New Zealand, if you're in Auckland, obey the rules in Level 3, outside of which familiarise yourself with the rules of Level 2. Let's just get this done. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleets, Warner, Megan with Hayley Sproul. Hayley Sproul away today but back tomorrow.

She was meant to be away all this week but her other work got cancelled. So old trusty reliable radio's here. Yeah, can't be tripping around the country at present. No. At present. No. If you've been asleep for 12 hours and you've just woken up,

we have re-entered a level three in Auckland, a level two for the rest of the nation. That's your COVID alerts. Now, no, I haven't seen any news. I didn't hear Rachel mention that I haven't seen anything online about the testing, which has come back from the three cases.

The genome sequencing to see like like if this lady caught it from her workplace from someone on a flight. Because she worked at the place that dealt with the laundry from international flights. Yes. Not domestic. So hopefully she's got it from there because if she's got it in the community, well, that's a whole nother...

That's a whole different story. The mother and the daughter were the first to test positive. The father has since tested positive. The fourth person in the household last night had returned a negative test. Now, obviously was isolating. There is a big list. You can go to the COVID website.

You actually tried to angle for a couple of days off work because we went to... Sure bloody did. We were in New Plymouth on Thursday and a couple of these cases went to New Plymouth for Waitangi weekend. Yes. So there are some places of interest, not just in Auckland, but also in New Plymouth,

and they were on the same bridge that we went to, but they were there like a whole week before us. Well, did anyone wipe the bridge down between Anne? Well, you didn't touch the bridge, did you? I licked it. You licked it? Okay. I didn't touch the bridge, did you? I licked it. You licked it. Okay, Paul. I wanted to taste the bridge. Yeah.

You know, I love a bit of civil engineering, especially when it's got a bit of architectural flair. Yeah. And I want to engage all the senses. I see it, I smell it, I lick it. We've got Chris Hipkins joining us at 22.8 this morning. So we'll get the latest from Chris Hipkins. What's his actual official official title? COVID response

minister. Yeah, that. Yeah. Alright, he's on with us 22-8. The top six is coming up. Yeah, the top six things you're likely to hear today with the return to a level three for Auckland, level two for the rest of the country. And hey, I just wonder as well, because Auckland is in level three, a lot of people will be working from home

and may not even be up or awake yet. That is a chance for the rest of New Zealand because we have this secret sound returning at seven this morning. Right.

So maybe an easier chance to get through. Well, you've just, maybe. Maybe. You've just maybe. It is ZM's $50,000 secret sound returns

at seven o'clock. It's all thanks to Star launching Feb 23rd on Disney+. More movies, more apps, more originals. You can check out Disney Plus New Zealand on Insta for more. So we haven't even heard the sound. No.

We'll play it for you at 7 and give you the first chance for you to get through. And we'll play across the day as well at 7, 8, 11, 1, 4 and 5. It's coming up soon. But next on the show, Valentine's Day yesterday. So there's been a plethora of Valentine's Day stories. I wonder if any dates were cut short. Well, if you're already on the date. Yeah, but maybe that whole, should we go back to mine?

Oh, no, wait, we're going to level three. Should we go back to mine? No, let's go to the supermarket. Well, because would you want to get stuck at someone's house for like the next three days? Yeah, no, not really. No, not really. Unless it's going really well.

Why not? Yeah. But next on the show, a name of couples, the names of couples that are most likely to go the distance, like relationship couples. Right, yeah. Yeah. Like names. I don't know if Vaughan and Sade are on there, because Sade's not.

Our names are never even on lists of, like when you go somewhere for a souvenir. Yeah, yeah. Our names are just not on things. No. It's a custom-made job if your names are as even on lists of, like, when you go somewhere for a souvenir. Yeah, yeah. Our names are just not on things. That's a custom-made job if your names are as rare as ours. All right. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Well, with Valentine's Day yesterday, maybe you've met the one.

Gone on a nice. Jesus, early in town. Well, a list has been made of 10 couple names that are likely to go the distance. Now, how did they come up with this list? I hear you asking yourself. That's exactly what I was about to ask. Where did you get this?

It's cake orders. So these are like the top cake orders for couples for like anniversaries and couple celebrations. Oh, I see. Congratulations, Steve and Barbara. Sure. and couple celebrations. Oh, I see. Your name written on it. Congratulations, Steve and Barbara. Sure. Well, so I've got the top 10. But this would also then just be the most popular names.

Have those been taken into account? Yes, a bit of that. There might be 80% divorced Johns, 20% last to 50 years of marriage, but there's just way more Johns. So this also, and I guess it'd be older as well. Right. Because they're celebrating probably a big anniversary

that needs a cake. Because no one's really doing a cake for a, like a fifth. Well, it's an old school thing to do. So yeah, you have a party with all your descendants. Yeah. And at number 10, Harry and Jack.

Harry and Jack. So maybe it's not old couples. No, it might be an old homosexual couple. There. One or multiple. It'd have to be multiple if you're on the top 10 list. Yeah. More than one cake. Yeah.

Rob and liz at nine rob and liz rob and liz robert and elizabeth uh oliver and eve and number eight on the list these are the couples that'll go the distance according to celebrity yeah celebration cakes uh karen and john and number seven karen and john classic. Shit, I bet they have a Barney, though. They'd have a rack up every now and then. Oh, yeah. And you know if this cake's not made right, Karen's complaining. Karen's definitely straight back to the baker.

Charlie and Jess at number six on the list of couples that'll go the distance. Kate and Anna. And your sister's called Kate and Anna? Maybe they're just having a sister cake. Maybe it could be, yeah. Charlotte and Daniel. That's, yeah. And a lot of these names not as old as I thought they'd be.

No. Dave and Steve. Dave and Steve? Yeah, Dave and Steve. Golfing buddies, Dave and Steve. Golfing, yes. Decided to have a cake. Olivia and Alex.

And Sophie and Paul. Olivia and Alex. And Sophie and Paul. Sophie and Paul. The most popular names. This feels like one of those bullshit things that radio stations put up on their Facebook account being like, if your name's on this list, you're going to get pregnant before the end of the year. And then everyone tags in their mate as on the list. Okay, but everybody does that. Like, you know how lame they are, but everyone does it.

Everyone does what? I've never done it. I've never even tagged anybody in one. Have you ever tagged anyone in one of those your first at has to buy you McDonald's? No, absolutely not. I refuse to engage in any of that stupid shit. Stop it.

I know. Stop it. Because they're not going to. No, they're not. They're not going to. Like, they're not. They're not going to. Like, is anybody actually ever? Yeah. No.

Your third at is who you'll end up on a treasure on a deserted island with. Who could it be? At. It's my friend. I better put their name in. What are you packing for the deserted island? And by the way, you're also my at M, so you owe me McDonald's. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Now, our executive intern,

I'm just chomping at the bit to get involved in this conversation, but just wait there. We are going to be with you in a moment. She's given up. She's not in the mood for today. I think, yeah. Free Britney. The Framing Britney Spears documentary that a lot of people are talking

about. I still haven't watched it. My wife watched it, though. Yeah, I watched it on Friday. What did Sade think of it? She thought it was terrible. I mean, like, a very fascinating documentary about what's happened to Britney is terrible. Oh, it's because it's basically chron it basically chronicles how she got famous. Yeah.

And then it's like a big up. Everybody's just got what they want from her and then cast her aside. Yeah, it's a big up and then it's a big down. And you just see her demise and her mental state just go rapidly downhill. I read an article that said that when she'd had her kids, the postnatal depression, postpartum was obvious and the fact that everyone just kept

at her and pushing her and wanting more from her. But even some of the interviews they played that she did, some of the things people were asking her and saying about her. I was just like, wow. Was it Diane?

Yeah. Shardacy Diane Sawyer was like, I don't think you've got the right person. She's like, no, no, she looked it up

and yeah, it was Diane Sawyer just absolutely went to. Yeah. One time when she was like struggling. So it is,

so I know a lot of people that are watching. I just found a YouTube link but they're taking them down pretty quick because it's not allowed. But today from midday, three will be streaming that from midday.

Right. Because they've got the rights with Discovery because Discovery now owns three. So they've got the rights to that. Does that little shark go along the bottom? It does, yeah. It tells you it's Shark Week soon. It's always Shark Week, baby. It's always Shark Week soon, yeah. It tells you it's Shark Week soon. It's always Shark Week, baby.

It's always Shark Week soon, isn't it? Every week's Shark Week when you... Yeah. But it's incredible. It's an amazing watch. Really? Yeah. And then she had a win over the weekend with the conservatorship.

Right. Is it sad, though? You're watching it just for a moment. This sucks. This is somebody's life. She doesn't get a second go at this. Yeah, it is pretty sad. Oof.

But she got a little win over the weekend. So her dad's got less control. So now a trust and her dad run the conservatorship. Right. It's weird because there's also stuff we don't know about why she's in this conservatorship. That's what I haven't... Nobody knows.

And they mentioned that in the documentary. Is there a website or like a... I guess it would be like a fact-checking place. Like, who made the documentary? Well, so there's a podcast. And they actually talked to the girls that started the podcast. And that's kind of where the Free Britney movement started. Okay.

And that sounds pretty fascinating. Okay. It's all fact-checked and stuff. It's not biased one way or the other. No, it's... Yeah, well, the New York Times did it. Okay. So it's like, it's pretty in-depth and yeah.

Yeah. Unless you ask Donald Trump and then... It's fake news. You'll probably say it's all fake news. Sure. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

Now, I know anyone listening to the show now certainly didn't do this last night because I pride myself, don't I? I rub it in other radio shows' faces, don't I? I often say that our audience is significantly smarter than the average. You do say that. You do say that, yes. I say they're not dickheads, these fellas. These hell-asses are a good bunch.

I defend you guys. I want you to know that. Don't touch me, but, you know, I defend you. So this is Don't touch me, but, you know, I defend you. Yeah, sure. So this is aimed at everybody else, other radio stations listeners. Oh, okay. Who last night when there was an announcement that Auckland would be entering level three and the rest of the country level two, a surge of people to their local supermarket.

Oh, yeah. And they just grabbed everything. Bread, bread. I don't even eat bread, but I better grab loaves of it. Toilet paper. Oh, yeah. I've got heaps. I don't even eat bread, but I better grab loaves of it. Toilet paper. Oh, yeah, I've got heaps. I don't even wipe my bum. But I'm going to start with 1,500 rolls of toilet paper.

I felt sorry. I'm going to eat the flour, the self-raising flour, which, by the way, it's my wife's birthday today. I'm off to make a cake afterwards, but, of course, I didn't pre-buy cake ingredients. It was something I was going to do for girls after school. Yeah, right. Without home all day today. I'm off to make a cake afterwards, but of course I didn't pre-buy cake ingredients. It was something I was going to do for girls after school. With our home all day today. This is what people forget. You can still

go to the supermarket. That's what I'm saying is that people better not have rushed in and cleared out all the ingredients. I think I've still got some flour, if you need some flour. Yeah, what I'm really hoping is that they haven't cleared out those boxes of pre-made stuff. The pre-made cakes?

You chuck an egg in. Yeah. Chuck a bit of oil in. Yep. You just bake it. That's easier. Yeah. So if they're not there, I might have to go old school and bake a cake from scratch.

Okay. But yeah, hopefully not. Reports of huge lines last night. Yeah. I watched the 7 o'clock announcement and then looked out the window and there were just the cars just within minutes screaming towards the supermarket. People with supermarket shopping bags running across the road to get there.

But you can't take in your own supermarket shopping bags during Level 3. Huh? Jokes on you. Maybe you couldn't take reusables in. Oh, because they spread germs. There was a worry about what you were bringing and touching and touching things and then touching other things. Yeah, they spread germs. There was a worry about what you were bringing and touching and touching things and then touching other things. Yeah, they were gone. But you know that if you're going somewhere,

you can look it up on Google Maps. It'll tell you the busiest times to go there. Yep. By people who have Google Maps open that are in the store. So there was a live last night at 9pm, showed supermarkets, various supermarkets around Auckland were significantly busier than their busiest periods. Wow.

Yeah, she was all go. People were uploading videos of the queues and everything. Yeah, empty, what do they call those things that loads of bread in? Trolleys. Oh, racks. Yeah, like a rack. The bread racks completely cleared out,

the toilet paper gone, the baking stuff at a minimal. And people did this in Melbourne last week when they announced their snap lockdown. Like the toilet paper thing happened all over again. Yeah. What is wrong with people? If you don't have toilet paper, you just do a poo and you jump straight in the shower afterwards. Trust me, I lived like that for like a year and a half in Flatton Hamilton. I never caught like anything.

Yeah. In fact, it's cleaner. It's what most of the world does. Yeah, no, that's true. You wash it with water. You don't give it a dry wipe with even the thought of dry paper on your tenter butthole straight after. You know?

Blah. Well, on that note. The washing makes so much sense. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Did you get a Valentine's Day present? No. Your cat did. You looked after your cat.

I looked after my cat, yes. With some friskies. Some Temptations, actually. Yeah, a different client. Are they a different client? Yeah. The frisky's not made. Temptations is their own brand. Yeah, it is, yeah.

Well, you've influenced and alerted me. Thank you, thank you. Is it Clint that's always trying to sell me friskies? Probably. What is it? Everybody's got a bloody British short-haired cat trying to force cat biscuits down my throat. They are.

Oh, no, buy this one. Buy this one. They're just model cats. Yeah. They're the cat influencers of this world. The cat influencers. The cat influencers, yeah. No, I didn't get a Valentine's.

Did you get a Valentine's? I know you're going to speak about your wife's Valentine's Day present later in the show. Did she get a Valentine's Day? I know you're going to speak about your wife's Valentine's Day present later in the show. Did she get you something, though? Jack shit. Okay, right. No Valentine's Day present, but I did say I didn't want one. Oh, man.

You can't be upset then. That was a test. What? She's allowed to be upset when she's like, I don't want anything, and then I don't get her anything if she's upset. Then I do the test. Back on the person who originally put me through the test, and I'm the bad guy? Yeah. I can't win. Back on the person who originally put me through the test and I'm the bad guy? I can't

win! When will the white man catch a break? When will a white man in the lap of luxury catch a break around here? I'm out. I'm going to go hang with Hosking. He gets me.

Nah, just jokes. A TikTok woman has been branded the queen of petty for her Valentine's Day gift. She got her husband a, I guess it's kind of like a multiple card book. What's going on? I'm seeing photos on your shoulder. Yeah, so she's got like, she's printed out Instagram photos that he's liked of other hot women and then put them on sticks. Put them on sticks?

Put them on sticks into like a polystyrene block and mounted them on a nice block and that's his Valentine's Day present. I mean, this guy's, this is rookie, this is rookie stuff. You don't like them. You just follow and look? Is that what?

Tsk, tsk. No. So good. You're telling me she's never liked a photo of a guy she doesn't know who's attractive. Or she doesn't follow them. That's the other thing. Maybe she doesn't follow them. Because she's probably not never liked.

She follows them, but she's never liked it. Yeah. So if he's like, well, you're not perfect. And then she'll be like, show me then. And he can't. Yeah. Oh, God. Well, she's had 4., you're not perfect. And then she'll be like, show me then. And he can't. Yeah. Oh, God.

Well, she's had 4.4 million views so far. Wow. What's the general feedback? People like, calm down. Well, yeah, there's a bit of that. There's a bit of, you know, everyone does it, don't they? Also, sticking them on sticks and sticking them in polystyrene. She should have ordered one of those. Very artsy.

Should have ordered one of those books. Yeah, printed them out. Yeah. That should have ordered one of those. Very artsy. Should have ordered one of those books. Yeah, printed them out. Yeah. That would have been a great idea. But then he's got it in hard copy, doesn't he? Yeah. He can enjoy his favorites. I mean, really, it was a great gift.

Fletchforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. From the triangular ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Today's top six is the Top 6. Hello there. Today's Top 6 is the Top 6 things you'll no doubt hear today. Level 3 in Auckland. At level 2, rest of the country. Yes. Prime Minister did say that there'll be a bit of leeway for those,

because they've set the border up, the roadblocks again, leaving Auckland. There will be a little bit of leeway for 24 hours. Sade's dad was supposed to deal with some stuff in Auckland today. And last night, he loves a panic. So he freaked out. He's like, I've got to go. I was like, oh, no.

Stay. Stay. Also, there's one upside of this, is that the father-in-law's left. He's scarped early. Yeah, right. But no, he's like, they'll roadblock me. There's no way they'll let me out of this city. I was like, calm down.

Of course they're going to. You're allowed to go home. You're not the only person somewhere at the moment where they don't live who's got to get home. There'll be lines. There'll be cues. They'll be questioning people. I'm like, you've got nothing to hide.

Stop freaking out. He's like, they'll be questioning people. I'm like, you've got nothing to hide. Stop freaking out. He's like, I'm out of here. We've got Chris Hipkins on 7.40 this morning for the latest, by the way. Happy. So these are the top six things you'll no doubt hear today. Yeah. Number six on the list. Oh, here we bloody go again.

I think I actually said that last night. Here we bloody go again. Yeah. This got to my parents last night. I was half night. Here we bloody go again. Here we bloody go again. Yeah. I Skyped my parents last night. I was half expecting a here we bloody go again. Yeah. But they weren't. No, they didn't engage me in a here we bloody go again.

But no doubt you'll be hearing a lot of here we bloody go agains. Yeah. Number five on the list of the top six things you'll no doubt hear today. Bloody Auckland. It's always Auckland. Lock down Auckland. Lock them off from everyone. They can be their own problem.

That's what people will say. Yeah. A lot of people. It is probably always bloody Auckland, but that's because Auckland's the city that deals with the most, well, A, it's got the largest slice of the population. Yeah, and the most quarantine hotels. The most quarantine hotels by a mile.

The entry point for international travel. Yeah, most quarantine hotels. The most quarantine hotels by a mile. The entry point for international travel. Yeah. Also the services dealing with international travel and the services dealing with New Zealanders returning to New Zealand with COVID. So yes, it is often Auckland.

Yeah. Number four on the list. I'm just saying they're doing the heavy lifting Yeah Yeah you can't expect The Auckland based people To feel bad They're doing the heavy lifting Everybody just scan in

With your bloody app And we'll all be fine Alright Calm down Number four on the list Of the top six things You'll note out here today Working from home

Or home from working That's the old take on Working hard Or hardly working. You know that one is working from... Number three on the list. You can't win them all. Number three on the list of the top six things you'll know out here today.

Well, there goes our winter holiday to Rarietonga, Steve. Yes. Guess that bubble's not happening. No, guess that bloody lovely bubble to a nice warm Mai Tai on Murray Beach isn't happening. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six things you'll note out here today. Just shut the borders. If they're not home now, they haven't tried.

Those are from people who often can't imagine anybody else's circumstance. Like someone who may have kept their job until now in Britain, but all of a sudden has lost it as the British enter the worst economic recession in 300 years. Wow. That was something I read last night. It's official. Their economy hasn't been in this dire strait.

So crazy they're just bringing in like quarantine hotels like now, like a year later. There's been no... There's been nothing until now. No tracing. No. And they're like, oh, we are also outlawing,

lying what country you've come from. What? But we'll just go, where have you been? Oh, nowhere. Okay, in you come on. In you come. Show us your passport.

Yeah. I don't want to. I'm British. I'm home. All right, governor. Stay inside for two weeks, will you? Yeah, right. I'll do that.

And number one on the list of the top six things you'll no doubt hear today. Well, this is the government's fault. Isn't that what Judith Collins said yesterday? Many people will be saying it. You'll be like, how's that? And then they won't really have a decent reason as to why. Yep. That's today's Top 6.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Are we ready? Yeah, I'm ready. Ready? Over four years. You've just won $50,000. Holy crap. Eight winners.

No way. I just won $100,000. Oh, my God! That's right. Do you remember when we gave away $100,000? Yep. Last year. In one go.

Yeah. What happened to that lovely soundkeeper Annabelle? I don't know. Is that Annabelle? Have I got the name right there? Yeah, it was Annabelle. Soundkeeper Gary joins us. Hey, lads.

How we doing? Good. From our studio too. Yes, I'm playing safe. I can't look at your big beautiful eyes, Fletch, because I'm in a different studio playing it safe today. Are we doing bubbles? Is that why?

Uncertain times, right? Let's just be safe. Best to air on the side of caution. That's right, that's right. Well, Soundkeeper Gary, are we ready? I think you both know that you've been sniffing a little twist coming. Well, I mean, we were told there's something happening, but we weren't told what.

Should I tell you? Go on. So in the group of babies, there is Clint's, there's Megan's, and then there's also mine coming along. Yes. And I've never changed a nappy in my life. I have no idea what I'm doing. Yeah, I saw a picture of you holding a baby the other day and...

It's not a fish. Yeah, not a fish, Gary. It's not a fish in your Tinder profile. It's not pretty, is it? So I think myself doing baby preparation and secret sound is going to be just a bridge too far. Okay. So what I've been doing is I've been training a Padawan,

I've been training a protege, and Jared, if you wouldn't mind bringing up that curtain, can I please introduce you to this year's soundkeeper? Our intern soundkeeper. Oh, you stupid girl.

You stupid, stupid girl. We've all been radio interns. You don't say yes to anything. Guest mic three there, Fletch, if you want to bring up that. Guest mic three. Hello, intern. Hello. Hi.

They've trapped me in a room. So you are living in our studio. There is an internal window where we can look into what is called the iHeart lounge here at work. And we use it for events and stuff. Yeah, yeah. The curtain's often pulled because stuff happens out there

and I'm easily distracted. Yes. So not knowing what was going on behind that curtain it's been rolled up and revealed living quarters.

Hello. Hello. What's your name intern? Oh, I'm Al's. Soundkeeper Al's. Soundkeeper Al's. Intern Soundkeeper Al's. What's that short for?

Internship? What? No, your name Oh, we are off to a storm and start And you've trusted this one with the money, have you? Good one, Gary Sorry, Al's long for Ella Short for Ella

Short for Ella So you're Ella But we're Al's Guys, it's really early I'm usually sleeping Alice or Al Ella Okay, it's really early. I'm usually sleeping. I just wonder if it was Alice or Ella. Okay, it's Ella. Okay.

Now, have we run a background check, Soundkeeper Gary, on this intern? Because it's a lot of money and, you know, we are always bribed during this competition. People will say, I'll go halves with you. And that would be a lot of money for an intern, wouldn't it? Yep, a lot more than I have now. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we've done some tests on her,

and we've given her some tests with her family and flatmates whether or not she would reveal this, and she's passed with flying colours. Okay, have you ever been arrested? No. Have you ever stolen anything? Stolen? Yeah.

No, I thought about it when I was like five, and then I didn't. It was gum. I'm not going to do that. Oh, that's a good one. I had a dairy or something at a supermarket. Yeah, that's good. I was like, no. So you're good.

You're trustworthy. Okay. Because we're just thinking what we would have done, right? That's what you were doing. Yeah. Because I would have. A hundred percent, yeah. I totally would have.

I would have. I would have 100%. I would have like found someone, three or four people down the chain. Yeah. Got them to win the money. Like that McMillian situation. Yes. I get a little bit.

They get a little bit. Yeah. A hundred percent. People in the middle get a little bit. Okay. Yeah. But she's not allowed to Like that McMillian situation. Yes. I get a little bit. They get a little bit. People in the middle get a little bit. Okay. But she's not allowed to do that. No.

No, but I get to know the jackpots. Not now, but on air. Right. So you got a bed in there? Are you living in there? Yeah, no, I am. Got a bed.

That's yuck. Got a chair. Got a TV to watch Yeah, but that's probably a better, to be honest, that's a better living situation than a lot of interns would have in an actual flat.

Sleeping at work. Yeah. Not bad. A single bed, an itchy blanket. Sleeping at work. Yeah. Not bad. A single bed, an itchy blanket. What more could you want? This is a good setup. Excellent. Okay, well.

Thank you. Thanks, guys. Yeah. So I get to distract you all day. That's going to be fun. Usually it only takes about six months to break them, but I reckon this will be fun. Sure. Now, Soundkeeper Gary, have you made the sound?

Soundkeeper Els has made the sound. Wow. Really? That's a good one. It's good. I think it's good. Okay, well, we're going to have a listen now to Soundkeeper Els' secret sound. For the very first time.

Got any idea? It's like, you know, like when TVs used to do that fuzzy noise thing Yeah, yeah, yeah I could do it for you with my mouth Not quite the same Oh What is that? Oh. What is that?

What is that? Now, how much money are we playing for? Oh, well, that's my job right now. I've got a little envelope. Okay. Because we're about to take the first guess, right? Yeah, we are. We are.

Okay, so let's see if they get it right on the first guess. Yeah, so we trust the intern, but I think this will show you how much we trust the intern. Oh, okay, right, okay. So we are starting... With a dollar? Eh? The jackpot starts at $1.

Let's just iron a few creases out before we get into the big money. Kerry, I'm in a money suit. I want to be giving away money. You are, a dollar. Okay, so we're starting it at but every guess for ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound wins $100. Yes. So you

could win $101. Or actually it's pretty better to get it wrong. Yeah. Because then you get $100. Yes. At this stage. And then when a bonus is up you could get more. Alright, well, ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound currently at $1. All thanks to Star bonus is up, you could get more. All right, well, ZM's $50,000 secret sound currently at $1.

All thanks to Star launching Feb 23 on Disney+. More movies, more apps, more originals. Check out Disney+, on Insta for more. And if you would like

to have a crack and tell us what this secret sound is, I'll wait $800,000 right now to be the very first caller when that cash. This is New Talks.

ZM. Good morning. The Prime Minister has just confirmed that the COVID-19 case that has put Auckland into level three lockdown and the rest of the country on high alert level two. Yes, the three cases are of the country on high alert level 2. Yes, so three cases of the UK variant. Genomic sequencing shows that it's not related to any cases in New Zealand isolation. So they're thinking that it's come from either

someone in transit, which does happen, or international airline crew. Yes, because the mother works at LSG Sky Chefs. She doesn't deal with the food side. She deals primarily with the laundry and may have contracted it from laundry infected with the COVID-19 UK variant. Let's incinerate

all of that from now on. Yeah, burn it. Just burn all the towels. Burn it. Burn it all. Burn it. So that is the latest. We will have Chris Hipkins joining us at 7.40 on the show. ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound. Tell them what the secret sound is. But now back to our regular programming and ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound.

It's thanks to Star launching Feb 23rd on Disney+. Excited about this? More movies, more reps, more originals. You can check out Disney Plus NZ on Insta for more. And Soundkeeper Gary, as we just heard moments ago, is having a baby soon. Yeah. He's got to learn how to hold it.

That could take a long time. So he has passed the baton to intern soundkeeper Al's, which is short for internship. Yes. Don't give that up again. Oh no. Great start. And you'll be living Intern Soundkeeper Owls, which is short for internship. Yes. Don't bring that up again. Oh, no.

Great start. Great start. And you'll be living through the studio window next door, which is great. Now, this is the secret sound. This is the brand new secret sound. Isn't it good? I think I've done well. You've done well.

Thank you. Got any idea? Absolutely none at this stage. She's very excited at this. She's very cocky. She's very cocky at this stage, yes. We'll see how the first guest goes. Yeah.

First up, Sam. Good morning, Sam. Good morning, guys. How are you? Good. You are the very first guest at our secret sound, and we have only started at $1 just because we're not trusting the intern. But every guest gets $100, Sam.

Oh, awesome, awesome. No, it's back. Do you have any idea? Do you think you know at this stage of the game? I'm pretty confident, to be honest. Okay. We'll see. Wow.

For $1, Sam, what do you think the ZM $50,000 secret sound is? I'm guessing is it the sound that whipped cream makes when it comes out of, you know, those cans of whipped cream? Not bad. Yeah, you know, you shake it into the mouth and you get a bit of a nang hit as well. Nangs. You get a bit of a... Yeah, okay.

Well, yep, serious music, please. Sam, was it? Hi. The first time... Sam, was it? I get to say, that was not the secret sound. But, Sam, there's a cool hundy to start your week because every caller that calls, even if they get it wrong,

gets $100 of the secret sound. All right, well done, Sam. And another chance at 8 o'clock. We're going to play right across the day, 7, 8, 11, 1, 4, and 5. All thanks to Star Launching Feb 23 on Disney+. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We're joined on the phone. The show starts tonight.

The Walkers on TVNZ2. And the man, it's not about John Walker or Johnny Walker. It's about Stan Walker. And the whole family. And the whole whanau. Joining us on the phone, Stan Walker. Hello. Morena.

Morena to you. Now, are you stuck in, are you in Auckland or you're outside of Auckland? No, I'm in Tairana. I was supposed to come to Auckland, but then with the lockdown and like happening,

I was like, ooh, I'll stay away. Lucky. Because you've, on Instagram, so you've already been, you've done MIQ, right? Arriving back in New Zealand.

You did some isolation? Yeah. Oh, best time of my life, honestly. Really? Every adult needs to do it. People either love it or hate it, right? Yeah. A lot of people were just like, it was actually good just to chill, just relax, which is what

a lot of people got out of lockdown as well, last year, just sitting. What did you do to pass the time in isolation nothing just like just was ungrateful but like grateful at the same time like i i loved the day it was so awesome i had my mum and um she was in the room across from me and just like yeah it was just so relaxing. Had no responsibilities. And I recommend this to every adult. Yeah. Yeah, like a bit of meditation sort of.

Without the meditation. Just a bit of zen. Some time of zen. Netflix meditation. Yes, that's the meditation. Now, tell us about your show. Tell us what we can expect from tonight's first episode. Um, oh, geez. Where do I start? Tell us what we can expect from tonight's first episode. Oh, jeez. Where do I start?

I think, well, my family's quite like up the guts. Yeah. No pun intended. Yeah. No guts. They're very black and white. Yeah. The women in my family run the show.

Okay. They're just hilarious. Like, it's quite, like, it's really funny, but at the same time, it's just, like, that's just who we are. Yeah. And so, yeah, like, I don't know. It's hilarious.

It's very, I was going to say exposing, but not exposing. Like, yeah, just, it's funny as. Who's going to be the hero? Who are people watching going to instantly like fall in love with? I know your mum's a real character. Oh, my mother, my father, my dad. Honestly, he's, oh. I can't watch it in the same lens that you guys would watch it in.

Right, right. I watch it in my lens and I just like, I laugh at me. At the same time, I'm like, oh, why did you say that? Why did you do that? So when was it? Not in a way. Oh, sorry. I was going to say, when was it filmed?

Oh, it's been We've been filming it Over the last year Okay Oh wow okay So there's a little bit of Like the COVID Stuff in there

So You know Or did you try to Ignore that Hoping that by the time It aired This would be A long forgotten memory

Oh yeah We never ever like Said anything about it But yeah It was still happening Yeah How many episodes Have we got? Oh, yeah, we never ever, like, said anything about it, but, yeah, it was still happening. Yeah. How many episodes have we got?

I'm not actually too sure. A few. More than one. Until they run out. More than one, yeah. Until they run out. That's how it rolls. Until they run out. Wow.

It was filmed in both New Zealand and Australia because I'm the only one in New Zealand my whole family are in Australia. Right, okay. Right. It was filmed in both New Zealand and Australia because I'm the only one in New Zealand. My whole family are in Australia. Right, okay. So, yeah, it was interesting. Wow, okay. It's cool though, it's really cool.

Yeah, well, we'll be the judge of that. First of all, first of all. Here's where you went wrong. It's on tonight on TVNZ2. It's The Walkers. It's all about Stan and the whanau. Six parts. Six episodes.

I've just read. There we go. There we go. There we go. The mum, the dad, the whole situation. Hey, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. Stay safe in a level two area. I'm out of Auckland, so I'm good. Take it easy, Stan. All us. Oh, thanks for having me. Stay safe in a level two area.

I'm out of Auckland, so I'm good. Take it easy, Stan. All right, thanks, Stan. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Crazy. I saw people saying at the weekend that their last show in Wellington had a bigger crowd than the Super Bowl last week. Biggest concert in the world, yeah.

Isn't that nuts? And they've been doing that, like, pretty much every Saturday. And then Dubai were like, we'll show you. And everyone's like, wait a minute, you've still got like heaps of community transmissions. And they're like, we're Dubai, baby. We don't care. Yeah. There's going to be some massive beach party in Dubai, apparently.

That's not full through. No, it's not. Well, sadly, and you would have heard the news, did you get the horrible civil defense? Yeah. And my phone was on the hardest part of the news. Did you get the horrible civil defence? Yeah. And my phone was on the hardest part of the bench. So I'm really like... Right. Well, the latest, of course, Auckland is in level three.

The rest of the country is at level two. And there are 21 locations of interest that have been visited by the COVID positive family. You can go to the COVID website for all of those details. But for the latest. Yeah, we're going to join on the phone now by the Minister of COVID Response, Chris Hipkins. Thanks for joining us, Chris. Good morning. Good morning to you. Now, what's the latest? Because the Prime Minister has spoken this morning about the genome sequencing has come back. That's right. So the genomic sequence is like the fingerprint of the virus.

So every person who gets it, we do what's called genomic sequencing. And it tells us what the links are between the people who have contracted COVID-19. So we do a genome sequence for every case that we get here in New Zealand that we can do it for. You can't always do it for the historic cases, but every current case you can do it for. And there's no link between this case and anyone who's come through the border. So everyone who's come through the border,

gone into a managed isolation, tested positive, we've got the sequence for them. There's no link between any of them and the people in the, you know, this small group of people that we've identified with it now. So it's a real mystery. And as a result, you know, that makes our decision yesterday all the more wise

because it means until we know what that link is or until we can prove that it hasn't spread anywhere else, we need to be careful. Is it just the New Zealand database of sequencing or can you... What other nations are doing genomic sequencing? Well, that's an interesting thing. So yes, we can access the databases internationally.

Not all countries are sequencing every case. You know, New Zealand's lucky because we don't have that many cases. We have the luxury of being able to do that. It's a time-consuming process. But we can certainly tap into the countries where they've been doing it extensively. So the UK has been doing it very extensively, and that's why we know that it was this extra UK variant. And the case that we're dealing with now is the UK variant,

which is the one that spreads faster and spreads more easily. So again, that's another reason why we're being very cautious here. But there are other countries that have too. So we will look to see whether we can find an international match. Right. So, you know, we will look to see whether we can find an international match. Right now. So how do you think it's likely she got it from what? What does she do for her job exactly? She deals with laundry from what aircraft? That's right. So at the moment, that's certainly one of the scenarios that we're working on.

Could it have been picked up off the laundry? So could there have been someone, you know covert 19 on a plane um you know they they cough into a napkin they wrap themselves in a blanket or a pillow and then the person working in the laundry somehow gets a surface transmission from that is there a missing link here is there someone who's been on the plane interacting with those passengers who's been interacted with this person could Could that be the link? Or could it have come from somewhere else? So if you go back to our AmeriCold cluster back in August, we never were able to firmly identify where it came from. But what we knew from the very extensive testing we did in that 48 hours was that it was spreading to others. So our goal here, we're either looking for the source, and even if we can't find that, we're at least needing to know whether it's spreading out there. So the extensive testing we do in this next 48

hours, if that shows up no new positive cases, well, that's a really encouraging sign for us. If we start to see extra cases popping up, you know, that we can't, again, that we can't find clear links to, which again was the case with our AmeriCold cluster back in August, that's where you might see restrictions stay in place a bit longer. Right. So are there extra pop-ups today in Auckland and New Plymouth? Absolutely. So have a look on the covid19.govt.nz website. That'll tell you where the best place to go and get tested is. And again, if you're one of those people that you might not have a link to this, so you might not have been in one of those places but you're feeling like you've got symptoms,

ring Healthline first and they'll tell you where to go and get tested. Cool. If this does, and I'm fingers crossed, touch wood, all my wishes are it doesn't become a cluster, but who gets to name the clusters? It's the Ministry of Health that gets to name those ones. That's got to be a bit of fun,

a bit of a brainstorm on the cluster name. Like this one could be like the laundry cluster or the... Yeah. I guess you've got to find out more about it before you can go naming it. That's right. That's right. Maybe we could call it the Valentine's Day cluster.

Yes! Oh, yes. Damn it, you're good at this. Yes, the V-Day cluster. V-Day, yeah. Yeah, the Valentine's Day cluster. Yeah, that's a good one. That's a good one too.

Brilliant. All right, well, yeah, let's all be using the COVID Tracer app. Have we seen, probably too early to see stats, but were we using it well over the last week? No, look, not so great over the last week. We'd started to see it tail off again. It's the New Zealand story, really.

We relax pretty quickly these days. So I think we will see a spike in that. But main message to everyone is if you're in Auckland, stay home if you can. Around the rest of the country, just stay safe, everybody. You know, keep your distance. You know, minimise your movements if you can. Just generally be careful.

Wear a mask if you're out and about. You know, that's voluntary unless you're on public transport. But we encourage you to do it. Fantastic. Chris Hipkins, we'll let you back to it. A busy day for you, no doubt. Thank you so much for talking to us. No worries. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Yesterday was Valentine's Day. fantastic Chris Hipkins we'll let you back to it a busy day for you no doubt thank you so much no worries

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan the podcast yesterday was Valentine's Day today's my wife's birthday Vaughan surely you don't give her two presents no no

not usually but this year I did because also we were supposed to do that thing we were like okay for Christmas this year let's not do presents

this is what we did last year we'll put our money that we would have spent on presents for each other towards something We were supposed to do that thing. We were like, okay, for Christmas this year, let's not do presents. This is what we did last year. We'll put our money that we would have spent on presents for each other towards something, and we were going to put it towards a robot vacuum cleaner. But then Christmas budgets got blown, and so we were like, well, we'll do that at some stage. And then it got put in the probably later on pile, probably next Christmas pile. So then I was like, well, surprise, surprise, Valentine's Day.

I will add to the budget and buy a robot vacuum cleaner. Now, some people might be listening thinking, oh, Vaughn, that's a folly. You've made a huge error. Because that's like giving, you don't give someone a cleaning thing for a gift. No, you don't. On a day where you're supposed to express your love for each other. Yeah. Surely not. And I thought, well, you don't. On a day where you're supposed to express your love for each other, surely not. And I thought, well, you know what? It'll save you so much time.

Here's how much I love you. I don't want you cleaning. I don't want you doing that back-breaking work. I don't want you trying to get under that cabinet or under the couch when I know a little robot could go sip-sip and get under there itself. And people thought I was crazy.

You've wanted one of these forever. I sure have. And Sade was always like, no, we've got this Dyson. And I was like, you have to push that around. And then she's like, no, I don't think they're that good. Then her mum got one and her mum's like, they're amazing. And she's like, oh, okay, maybe they are good. And I'm like, oh, yes, listen to your mother's opinion,

but not my informed researched opinion. Yeah. This happens a lot. So I did the research. I purchased a robot vacuum cleaner. It arrived. I wrapped it. And yesterday I gave it to her and she unwrapped it.

And she was like, this is lovely. And so I was like, you ain't seen nothing yet. So we set up the robot vacuum cleaner with the working title, the girls wanted to name it Bella the Robot Vacuum Cleaner. Oh, that's not a name for a robot vacuum cleaner. No, I didn't think so either. Did you say go to your room? Let you all grounded?

I just hit them. Oh, you're right. Okay. I didn't hit them. I said, well, that could be a working title, but I don't think Bella is suitable. It needs a better name. So we set it up in a way when it mapped the house.

That was amazing looking at your house on the app. Does it just zoom around your house and it figures out where the walls are and stuff? It does a mapping run. And it zooms around and vacuums as it maps. Right. Which was pretty cool to see that. And then

Sade said, well, I only vacuumed yesterday. I don't know how much it's going to get. And then it vacuumed and I opened the thing and the little catcher was full. Oh, so she didn't vacuum. And I said, you did a shit job of vacuuming. How did that go? Well, it was pretty hard to deny she did a shit job of vacuuming. Yeah, because there was the evidence.

Because I had a handful of dust and hair and bits and pieces to prove it. Yeah. And, yeah, no, it's good. When it goes on the carpet, once it's mapped this little area and it goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. It's like, you know that my favourite part about cricket is the grass. So not the actual sport itself. No.

No time for that. It's very boring. Famously very boring. You love manicured pitch. Oh, God. I don't like the pitch part because that looks hard and it's often got cracks and there's a lot of grass in it. But the outfield's got that beautiful short green grass.

And they do the patterns. They do the cross patterns. Yeah. I love that. Oh. And so they had that. Yeah. That's in the carpet now, the back and forth.

So the carpet looks clean because it's got a pattern in it. It went down the hallway. It went into the bathroom. It was like skiddly-D. Yeah. But you can't leave stuff on the floor. Otherwise it bumps into it and it's like, I won't go here. Now famously robot vacuum cleaners

have run into dog poo. Are you worried about this happening? The dogs sleep outside now because Ludo, our oldest dog, had had a couple of night time accidents on hardwood floor. Okay. But we will schedule it so that it runs during the day. So if there is any poo, it will be easily identifiable and cleaned pre-vacuum

run. Right. So it can't identify poo yet. So when I was ordering this one, the one that comes out in the middle of the year, it's far more expensive, but it's going to be able to identify poo and not go into the poo. It's also going to have a camera on the front so you can log in when you're not at home and remote control it through your house to do like a security run. What? Or to like talk to your pets or whatever. It's going to have like a lifetime. Yeah, right. But yeah, that one doesn't come out

until later on in the year and it was very expensive. So when's that released? Like June, July. June. How long before someone's on the news for having one of these in their Airbnb and spying on their guests? Yeah. July? I was having a shower and the robot vacuum pushed the door open. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan.

The Podcast. ZM. Well, it's back for 2021. ZM's $50,000 secret sound all thanks to Star launching Feb 23 on Disney+. More movies, more apps, more originals. You can check out Disney Plus on Insta for more info. And a change up

this morning. Soundkeeper Gary, who is expecting a baby soon. Yes. Can't be pulling these hours with a baby on the way. Absolutely not. He's got to learn all the things that you've got to learn. Nappy changing. How to hold them. Hold them right way up, by the way.

The head always up. Yep. Okay, good. That's the way to hold them. So he's passed the baton to intern soundkeeper Al. Sounds good, doesn't it? It's already going to a head. Yeah, I know.

This power. Now, you've made the sound. Yep. Are we still at a dollar? I don't know. The thing is, they don't tell me what the jackpot is. Right, okay. Because we've had no update, I guess.

Yeah, no update. Still a dollar. Okay, so we're we're just... Well, if you've had no update, I guess it's... Yeah, no update. Still a dollar. Okay, so we're not trusting you yet at this stage. Okay, well, every guess that's made during this season of Secret Sound gets you $100. So even if you're wrong, you still walk away with $100 cash. So at this stage, it just pays to be wrong, really. Yeah, it does.

Because you'll win more than the jackpot. Now, this is the secret sound. Yeah. Any guesses now? You've had an hour to sit on it. No, I'm really... This sounds very staticky. Or rippy. Or teary or rippy, yeah. It's a little bit rippy Rippy Well Jessie has got through

Jessie good morning Hey guys how's it going? Good good Alright well you're our second ever guest That's very exciting Even though you are playing for $1 $1 What do you think the ZM Secret Sound is?

I think it's ripping Velcro apart Nice I can see it Yeah Oh I can hear it I think it's ripping Velcro apart. Nice. I can see it. Yeah? Oh, I can hear it. No. Yeah, it's not bad.

But it's Velcro's more of a, yeah. But that's the thing, it is, it's an up-close listen, isn't it? Yeah. So sometimes that can be, you've got to isolate that. Yeah, all right, all right. Well, Jessie, it is not the secret sound. Number two, no, no't it? Yeah. So sometimes that can be, you've got to isolate that. Yeah, alright, alright. Well, Jessie, it is not the secret sound. Number two, nope, nope, nope, nope. Sorry. Alright, we have another.

You've got $100 cash, Jessie. Well done. Just playing ZM's $50,000 secret sound. We'll have more chances again coming up at 11, 1, 4 and 5. Yeah, I'm here all day. Not going anywhere. Well, you're living out there, aren't you? You've got a bed and everything.

Yeah, it's cool. Got a TV. Are there any clues? Any clues? I'm not saying. Okay, that's interesting. There could be. There might be.

When does the general public get to see? Yeah, we'll get it on social soon. Okay. All right. Okay. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This happened in 2018, but is now in the news because they've alerted the people whose details were snooped upon

that a previous employee of the New Zealand Transport Agency, the NZTA, had accessed the personal details of 44 customers unlawfully. Now, for what? Not sure. I know that's the annoying thing about this article is it doesn't say why they did it. Yeah. I mean, we can assume maybe they were good looking. If the NZTA rang me and said, I'm very sorry, there's been a privacy breach.

Yeah. One of our employees accessed your details unlawfully. I would say, why? And if they said, I'm not really supposed to say Mr. Smith, but when you came in for your horn of fitness, they found you undeniably attractive.

I'd be like, I'd say, oh my god. Thank you. I'm like really angry, but at the same time, wildly flattered. Yeah. I'm like, thanks? I will let this slide. Yeah.

Because I'm feeling good about myself now. Yeah, you tell them I'm upset, but also thanks. Yeah. Yeah. So they could get, the information they could get were vehicle plate numbers, the make and model, full name, date of birth, gender, driver's license and customer number. Yeah, so when it gets to stuff like driver's license number,

that's a bit sketchy because that's a possibility for identification fraud. But they were just checking Tinder matches, weren't they, by the sound of it, do you think? Possibly. Very possible that that would have happened. Because I'd like to know that someone I match with on Tinder has a Suzuki Swift, for example. Well, I want to know that they're driving an economical vehicle.

I don't want to get into a relationship with someone with a gas guzzler. Like, oh, do you want to go to Coromandel for the weekend? And they drive a V8 or something. Oh my God, yeah. Can you imagine the fuel bill on that? Or it comes to the time where you've got to split insurance premiums and they've modified... Modified?

What? They've made a modification. They've modified. They've modified. Modified. They've modified... Modified? What? They've made a modification. They've modified. They've modified. They've modified their... I like the sound of that. They've modified their car. I'm going to call my third child modified.

Just really confuse everybody. They've modified their car, of course, so their insurance premiums are higher. I don't want that. I don't want that. I want the car as it left the factory. Okay, here's what we want to know this morning And look we don't need to know

Exactly who you work for Or worked for But have you ever Had a little snoop in the database Over a customer Or if you feel more comfortable You can like play another role in your story And say this happened to somebody at my work

And they got laid off You can make it as you I've always wondered you know when you go into a gym play another role in your story and say, this happened to somebody at my work and they got laid off. But it was you. It was you. And you had a lot. I've always wondered, you know, when you go into a gym and you swipe your little key card, you go, what information pops up on the... I know your photo does because at the gym over the road,

you walk behind the desk to go to the changing room and you see the ugly photo they took of you. Yeah. When you sign up and you're like, and of course you look, because you're joining a gym. Yeah. To look great.

Yeah. Yeah, but I was wondering when it pops up. I think your name pops up. Yeah, if people could see that, they'd be like, hello. Exactly. Maybe, I'm not talking about the people working at the gym, but as you said, other patrons could stand behind the desk

if they see someone hot coming in behind them. And then see the name pop up and then store them. Have a store. Yeah, right. Okay, that's, I guess, possible. But yeah, I don't know. I guess, especially in this day and age, it's obviously a lot of rules, and this guy's got called out because they've run a check.

You were saying your supermarket, for the people that don't scan in on the app, if they sign in manually, it's no longer writing it on that clipboard, are you? They pop it in a bin. Yeah, one of them, it's like a little, just a little tiny piece of paper. You write your name and your details and you put it in like an entry bin. Yeah. So people can't see your details. Which I think is really good because some

of them are still, some cafe I went into the weekend still just has the piece of paper and you can see all these people's full names and phone numbers. I was like, oh, that's a bit creepy. But yeah, 0800 dials at 8. We want to take some calls now. You can text as well, 9696. Have you ever had a snoop

in the customer database at work and maybe looked up some customers? Because if you work somewhere and they were like, say they were famous people, like, would you just have a little look? Yeah. Like if there were details like, because I remember, yeah, this you just have a little look? Um, yep. Like, if there were details like, because I remember, yeah, this

is going back years, the IRD, there was a famous case of the IRD where, like, all blacks and celebrities had their like, details, and they were looking at how much they were earning. The late, great Sir Paul Holmes. I believe it was. Yeah, he was, and Jonah Lomu.

They outed how much money they'd made, or how much money had gone through the IRD anyway. Yeah. So, 0800 DALS. And we can keep the businesses out of it, but have you ever had a little snoop in the customer database? Well, somebody's... I don't know. Was this person ever fired?

There's been a leak. The NZTA, somebody accessed 44 people's driver's licence and personal details. Yeah, they're fine, mate. They got charged by the police. Oh. Wow. Needless to say, they have not kept their job.

That'd be cool of the NZTA, though, eh? Like, oh, you've been charged, but nah, we'll see you Monday. As long as you promise not to do it again. It's hard to find good people. Yeah. But they've never said in this story, this happened a couple of years ago, they've never said why they were accessing the details.

Yeah. Hot though, right? If we're going from the text messages we've received, it may have been because the people were attractive. And we are asking you this morning, if you've ever had a snoop on the company database or in the company system, to look something up. Maybe hot people or celebrities, whatever.

Yeah. And the majority of which sound pretty creepy. I'll be honest with you. Yeah, okay. That's a fair call. Someone messaged in saying, the guy at my local video store looked up my home number many years ago

and left a message on her home phone asking me out on a date. I was 17. He was around about the same age, but I was absolutely mortified. As you would imagine if there's a message on your phone that's from a video guy who wants to go on a date with your daughter.

Yeah, that's outrageous. And I've been on both sides of this. Had I worked at a video store, I probably would have. And now that I'm a father, I daren't think anyone should. Fran, you've had a little snoop in the database? Good morning. Yeah, I've had a little snoop in the database. Good morning. Yeah, I used to work at a gym. So, of course, the members would swipe in and their details would come up.

Yep. And just once I saw a bit of a hottie walk in. I wanted to know their name and how old they were and stuff. Vaughan Smith, 38. Sorry, but I'm married. No, not quite. You could have at least played along. And we looked them up on the database,

and I got their number, and I texted them. Oh, my God. And we ended up dating for a bit, so yeah. Oh, my God. See, ended up dating for a bit, so yeah. Oh, my God. See, okay, roles reversed. Creepy. And the guy had done that to a girl. But even just, what does the first text say?

Oh, it was actually the manager who texted for me. And said what? Just basically said, oh, there's a bunch of girls that are into you at the gym like tried to play it off like it wasn't me so insane then the manager's like yeah i'll roll the dice on my management position yeah he basically took the phone and like started texting him hey but you you dated so it worked. Yeah, yeah, for a bit, so. Oh my god, that's amazing, friend. Thanks, you call anonymous. You had a snoop on the database. Morning. Good morning. So what did you look up? So years ago, I used to work for an international hotel chain, and we would host international and national sports stars.

As bar staff, we were able to search up, like if people wanted to charge back to rooms, we were able to search up their room numbers. So obviously when we had the likes of All Blacks or South Africa, cricket teams, etc. We could find out what rooms they were staying in. But would you...

What do you do though? We were doing nothing because they all had security. But you know, we knew so and so was in this room and whatever. But would you And then what do you do though? Did anybody ever Well it's really nothing Oh okay Because they all have security But you know When you're so and so's In this room And whatever Wow

Next time I think Maybe I'll be like Vaughn was that creepy? I'm going to be like No Vaughn It wasn't Not competitive Compared to these people

I am not creepy Brilliant Anonymous thanks You call some more text messages I had access to Criminal record files, and I screened all of my sister's boyfriends to see if they were in the system.

One of them gave us a fake name once, but I got around that little situation. Somebody said a... I like when people aren't saying what system they had access to. Somebody said a international system where details were very, lots of details. Interpol. Yeah, well, not Interpol.

It was more like a card reward system, I think. We could get details from people or look up how many, you know, times they'd been to different places.

Yep. That's crazy, right? I know. They didn't look up anybody by their name. So gyms, lots of gym stories coming in.

Would you have a search if you worked at a bank? Or do you reckon it logs? You'd wait till someone went on lunch break and use their computer terminal. That's what I'd do. Fuzz snooping. Wait till someone took a toilet break and just jump on their computer and look up like how much celebrities earn. My friend used to look up Tinder

matches on her database and let's just say she worked in probation. I don't know why they put cough, probation, cough. That's good. It's very easy to read probation. Bankers are the worst. Back in the day when it was slow,

we used to look up radio personalities' bank accounts and check out their salaries. Good to know. I work at a courier company. You can check what famous people import and buy online from overseas because it has to come through customs and then their name gets logged. Oh, yeah, right. One involved a blow-up sex toy.

I'm really hoping that was for a joke. Can they text back what celebrity that was? Yeah, because then we'll be able to tell you whether or not it was a joke. Yes, we can cross-reference that. Yes, against our records. Yeah, with our rumour records. We keep a very thorough rumour record. I was at a law firm that my estranged dad was a client of.

So one day I had a look in his will and it specifically said he's not leaving me a thing. Fair enough. What? Could you just change it? Fair enough. Just get the old twink pen out. I don't. And the typewriter.

Yeah, would it be digitised? Yeah, I don't know. Fake the signature. Do a little initial. Drag him in his paint. Yeah. Joke's on him. He's dead.

He won't know. He leaves. Stephanie, nothing. Nothing. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. Everything. Enter. Yeah, same amount of letters-ish.

Both ends with thing. Yeah. Every. I mean, the balls in your court fake, Stephanie. Yeah. Let's do this. Right. Well, safe to say that there's a lot of creeps out there.

Yes. Yeah. Yes, there are. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about the crew of the oil tanker M.T. Iber. It was once called the Titan Brave, but it was renamed by a company to the N.M.T. Iber. Okay.

Now, the reason this is a story, it's not about like, four friends bought an old oil rig and converted it into a nice home, and I've skirted paying rates. You know one of those stories? Yeah. Or like, this couple bought a double-decker bus from London's transport agency and have turned it into a tiny home. You won't believe how much stuff they've got in here. Which are great stories because I always like the photos. Yeah, I always like the photos. Yeah, I always like the photos.

Absolutely, absolutely. Oh, they can fit a lot in this double-decker bus. Oh, my gosh. Now how much did they pay for it? Convert that to dollars. We could do that, Darren. Could bring an Airbnb. You know how I love to host.

It's these people who actually how I love to host. It's these people who actually don't love to host. So the reason that this is a story, four years ago, the company that owned the oil tanker that they were on

went bust. Oh, okay. And said, stop right now. I think you very much need somebody with a human touch. And so just stop

and drop anchor. Oh, okay. Because we can't pay for you to dock anywhere to go anywhere yeah uh we can't pay for you to get through any canals yeah we also can't afford to refuel the ship goodness we're absolutely we're we've gone belly up okay and also we can't afford to pay your, but we also can't afford to get you home and we're not sending anybody to help. So this was four years ago that that happened and they've been anchored off the United Arab Emirates

for four years, relying entirely on a charity that has been helping them out. What? Are they still on there? They are still on there. They've been living on the ship. They have not got off. They've been living on the ship. They have not got off. They've been given minimal resources.

Food, they said there hasn't been a time where they've had a lot of food. Food gets like airdropped to them. People can't go onto the boat to help them. Why not? And in January, rough seas just off the coast of the Arab Emirates caused both of the anchors to, the chains broke. Because they've been sitting there for four years, there's been no maintenance on the ship. Yeah.

And now it's run aground. However, they are absolutely not allowed to get off that ship and go into this country. Because they don't have any of the paperwork, any of the passports. No one's going to pay for it. It's at the standstill. So they've been living on a boat for four years. They are owed collectively $230,000 in back wages by this company that's gone belly up. The company has said we'll settle for $150,000.

And the crew are kind of like, well, it's kind of got to the point where that's still going to leave us wildly out of pocket. Yeah. They're from countries where they said they took the job because it was an income that they weren't able to get at home. They're from Myanmar, Pakistan and India. Right. And they said they've been stuck on there ever since. They've got families at home.

And they haven't been home for four years. And they've just been living on the ship for four years. That is crazy. And I'd never even heard about it until I read a story about how this crew now that have been stranded at sea were on land but they couldn't actually touch it because they've run aground.

They've run aground. So today's fact of the day is for the last four years, five men have been living on an oil rig. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. And I said rig, but I meant ship. I know you did. I meant tanker.

I was going to hit that slider. No, I can't feel it correctly. Mistakes. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. George're correcting mistakes. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. George is still here. Now here, how would you feel about dating somebody who is an anti-vaxxer? This is the new deal breaker for these COVID times.

Would that be a deal breaker if you met someone new? I know you've got a long-term boyfriend. It would be a deal breaker now. Like if I was to meet someone new, it would be a deal breaker. But if say my partner now was to be like, oh no. Do you know going forward if you have children, he's pro-vax? I guess I've actually never had this yarn. I've

never asked. If you say are you pro-vaccination if we have children and he starts with, well I've been doing some reading. That's not heading down the right road. I don't know. Nah, he'll be sweet. I've done my own research And then you go Oh dear

I would have left that to the professionals Mr. Fella Okay Because in 2021 apparently It's a deal breaker, right? It is, yeah So they've done a big I guess kind of a Valentine's Day thing

And just also as a side note 57% of Americans are feeling optimistic about finding the one in 2021 singles. Aww That's quite special isn't it? Because people always famously find them when they're desperately searching for them I won't give up the search till I find

someone who loves me! They're staying optimistic, that's a positive sign isn't it? But within this study was their chat about... Yeah, there was... Basically, it's a deal breaker. The vast majority of people, it's a deal breaker if they wouldn't get the vaccine. So this is specifically the COVID vaccine.

This isn't just vaccinations on a whole. Oh, that's interesting. So we've asked on our Instagram, we've run a poll, would you date somebody who won't get the COVID vaccine? 69% of people said no. 31% of people said they would. And then we followed up with a very important follow-up question.

But what if they were like really, really hot? And 67% of people said still no. Because you know how you've got principles for ordinary looking people and then your principles slightly change for hot people? Oh yeah, they go out the window. We wanted to know. That's pretty much the same.

So yeah, 33% of people were like, oh, okay, yeah, go on then. I would. But yeah, so still pretty much the same. Only a couple of points different there for the hotness. But yeah, still it's still pretty much the same, only a couple of points different there for the hotness. But yeah, still a vast majority, 67% of people there, even if they're really hot, saying still no, they wouldn't date them if they didn't want to get the vaccine.

Okay, that's interesting. When do frontline workers, I have not heard if the plan is still for frontline workers to get the vaccine Saturday. Yeah, so Saturday was the original plan. I don't think that's changing. But then that, from what I'm reading and hearing from overseas news, if you have the vaccine, you can still pass it on, right? Yeah.

Oh. It doesn't mean that you can't transmit the virus. So that might be why there's 31% of people being like, I wouldn't mind. Right? Because if it's like, well, they could potentially transfer it anyway. Yeah, crystals are the only way to stop it. Only when they're fully charged.

Now, I've got a letter in front of me saying that I've got authorization for purpose of supply of essential services. Yeah. So you can get to work to inform the nation about... Rocking on Saturday and get a shot with us. Could you imagine? I'd be like, hey, guy, do you read the story about that Canadian,

like, casino-owning millionaire who flew up to a First Nation reservation because they were deemed a more susceptible portion of society that were getting priorities for vaccines, and he walks in and he was like, how, and said basically hello in the language and then got a shot and then jumped back on his private jet and flew back to. With his girlfriend. Yeah. Did the girlfriend get a vaccine?

Yep. Yep. So that would basically be the story of me this weekend. Except I'm not a millionaire. And I'll drive my barely warranted fitnessable Honda Accord home. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. And now, New Zealand, wow.

Is this going to be an apology or what? Can we play that song in the background, Hooked on a Feeling? Absolutely not. It's a terrible song. What if I light it up? No. It's a great song. No.

Ooga chugga. Ooga chugga. Come on. We're just behind the scenes. We're just riling up Executive Intern Anya, who's in a very tired mood. And so we're just riling up executive intern Anya, who's in a very tired mood. And so we're... We said we needed to release our pent-up testosterone and male energy,

and then we chose to do it by singing Ooga Chaka. Ooga Chaka, Ooga. Anyway, Vaughan, apology time. Don't distract from the apology. I'm not doing my apology until I get my... This song's... It's... Ooga, Ooga Chaka, Ooga, Ooga, Ooga Chaka, Ooga. The baby's dancing

I can't stop this feeling Deep inside of me Okay, that's enough Actually, Paul, that's a Great Friday flashback Oh, no, it's not Yes, girl, you just don't realise What you're doing to me. It's that kind

of Monday, isn't it? Yeah. I think that's good though, isn't it? Looking forward to that. When's my choice next? After you. You're this week. Next week. Yes. I love when I get one that's going to hit ages of you trying to talk me out of it and I just do it anyway. Those are my favourites. Anyway,

yesterday I had, and this is Vaughan Smith speaking, I will freely admit, I had tofu that I actually liked. Wow. Now I'm a long time believer of many people have tried to get me to eat tofu and I'm like yuck. And they're like, no, try this one.

This one's good and I ate it. And I do always try it and I'm like, yuck. And they say the famous line, you're just cooking it wrong. You haven't had a good tofu. And then I say, well, you give me the good tofu and they've given me tofu

and I've always been like, yuck. Right. Well, I had tofu that I liked. Went to yum cha yesterday. Right. And Valentine's Day yum cha

with my father-in-law. Where does the romance stop? Did he pay? He did actually. Oh, that's nice. Very rare. Very rare. He paid, but. Oh, that's nice. Very rare. Very rare.

He paid. But he ordered, when you go with him, it's the full yum chow experience. It's the chicken feet. It's the tripe. It's the everything. So I wouldn't usually have got the tofu, but he's got the tofu. And he's like, try that. You might like it.

And because I always tell my kids the same thing, try that. You might like it. Yep. I did. I tried it and it was yum. So I googled what it could have possibly been. Was it deep fried? Because that can make tofu yum.

Yes. It was deep fried tofu in a Chinese sesame soy sauce. Oh, yes. So it was deep fried so it had a crusty outer, but inside was like a soft cheese. Because the times I've had tofu that I've liked have been at like Chinese kind of buffets or like in a dish.

And I'm like, yeah, that's good. And because it's deep fried, because anything deep fried is great, right? That's the best way of improving it. Like take, for example, vegetables. Yes, tempura. And then you fry it. Yeah, deep fry it.

The Japanese were like, we've got an idea. Your kid won't eat broccoli. Hold on. I'll show you what we've been doing for a little bit. So yeah, you tempura fry them. But I will admit, I finally have had tofu. It's taken just shy of 39 years. Yeah.

I have had tofu that I liked. So is this an official apology to the vegan and vegetarian communities? It is saying that you said it was out there. Yeah. And you were right. That's an apology. Well, I'm sorry for saying it was out there. Yeah. And you were right. That's an apology. Well, I'm sorry for saying it didn't exist. It did exist.

It just wasn't the stuff that you were eating. Right, okay. Because I think, correct me if I'm wrong, it was deep fried animal fat. Okay. Because it definitely had that animal fat. It could have been vegetable oil.

It was not that vegetable oil taste. It was that, you know when something's fried in animal fat? I've got like five jars of animal fat behind from my rendering. Yes. Oh, duck fat chips. And you can taste the animal fat. Yeah.

So my apology is, yes, you were right. There is good tofu. I am sorry. There is good tofu. But. Yep. Asterix. Suffix.

Yeah. To the point, it was fried in animal fat. So you can't eat it. Okay. But Yep Asterix Suffix Yeah To the point It was fried in animal fat So you can't eat it Okay right So there's more for me