ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 16th October 2020

Episode Date: October 15, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Download the Maccas app to get McCafe rewards today. Don't forget, for those New Zealand listeners, vote today if you're listening on Friday or tomorrow, the general election day. What about overseas New Zealanders who still haven't cast a vote from abroad?

Have they fucked it? It might be too late, but there is, I know a friend of mine over in Melbourne was doing his like weeks ago. Yeah. Melbourne. Melbourne. Melbourne.

Melbourne. Melbourne. He was doing his weeks ago. So, yeah. You can find out at vote.nz, right? Yeah. This sounds like an ad, but I mean like you can find out if you can still vote overseas. Yeah.

Oh, it's an ad for democracy. Yeah. Hashtag spawn. Just get involved in democracy. Woohoo. Yeah. Can't wait to get outside and exercise my democratic right. Hashtag spawn Just get involved in democracy Woohoo Yeah Can't wait to get outside And exercise my democratic right

If I'm going to be honest They ask too many stupid people When it comes to democracy I'm always thinking The smart people only Should be in charge Yeah You know

That's not at all how democracy works Who defines who is smart Just one person Alright I think that's called something different Dictatorship I think that is No but not when you kill people and stuff Like a nice dictator

Okay That's what they're calling what Trump's becoming Or wants to be Authoritarian Yeah Just slightly different again We know this isn't great But it's not, that's not democracy

Everybody gets a say in a democracy Yeah As bad as that is Yeah, okay It's not bad It's not bad Respect other people's decisions and choices But not stupid people

Okay Thanks Ash Good morning Lizzie Ann. Fleece Fauna Megan. The podcast. Rage. Rage it in. Fleece Fauna Megan. Thanks, Ash. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleece Fauna Megan. Happy Friday. Yay.

We have a huge show today. Yes, on this election eve. Yes. We've got John Campbell and Hilary Barry coming in. About quarter past seven this morning. They're hosting the election night coverage on Television One. Yeah. Although you'd imagine with what, 1.5 million early votes as of a couple of days ago.

They'll know pretty soon, won't they? Surely they'll have some early indication. Are they counting the early votes and tallying them up? Or do they only count them on election day? I do not know. Well, you know who we can ask? The Prime Minister. Yes.

She's in studio, normally on the phone, but she's in studio with us this morning after 8 o'clock. We had Judith Collins yesterday. Yeah. You would say we're the mouthpiece of the centre. Balanced. We are the mouthpiece of the balanced. Although everyone here is wearing mascara today. Yeah, I did notice. Even Fletch, which I thought was a

lovely touch. Yeah, no, well all the producers offered it to me because they've got all the makeup on today, which they don't normally go all out for. Also, everybody is wearing black. Yeah, it's very slimming. I've worn my grimace purple. The problem is, Justin is very lean.

I'd say very, you know. You're worried about looking fat in the photo with the Primus? Absolutely. God, I'm in purple. This is bloody Grimace's colour. And that's why we coordinated black, because we knew you'd wear your purple on. Dammit. We're all wearing our black blazers and mascara for the Primus.

For the photo. So we've got your questions for her at 8 o'clock this morning. Make sure you're listening for that. And also, after 8.30 this morning, we have tickets to the All Blacks versus the Wallabies, the second Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park on Saturday. So if you want to win those after 8 o'clock this morning. The top six is coming up, though.

Yeah, there is a really cool property for sale in Wellington. It's the old air traffic control tower for Wellington Airport. And it looks like an absolute sitter for one of those shows, you know, with the soft-spoken George? You know, Renovation Man? Yes, and he's like, the family bought this not really knowing what

was around the corner. Alright, I've got the top six uses for an old air traffic control. All right. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Somewhat of a stoush has occurred

after someone broke wind in an Uber. And did a little farty. That's a nice way of you putting it. And then farty. This happened in Britain. Bristol? Oh, yeah. So a group of guys, there was four guys, got an A-Uber.

And apparently they were... An-Uber? Yeah, did I say A-Uber? I think you said A-Uber. An-Uber. An-Uber, yeah. An-Uber. We say an when the preceding word starts with a vowel.

With a vowel. Good to know you've got a degree in broadcasting. Yep. I've got it. I just don't use it. So they were having drinkies, so they're of a boost. And one of them farted. Now the Uber driver found the fart offensive.

But also saying having earlier been like somewhat. But a little bit funny? Well, I think they were a little bit lippy. So the Uber driver had already had... The fart was a little bit lippy. It was one of those... It sounded a bit wet. Fawns.

No, he was already getting a bit of verbal... Right. Diarrhea. I honestly don't know how taxi drivers and Uber drivers do any kind of drunken shift. Yeah. They deserve a medal. They deserve double pay. I was talking to a woman

who was a former taxi driver the other day and I was like, what an interesting, like, do you have some stories? She's like, I've seen it all. But she said,

middle-aged to over 50 women who have been drinking are the worst. Really? Really? I've got a 30-year-old woman who's the worst in the world. Well, she, and she hasn a 30-year-old woman who's the worst.

Well, she, and she hasn't, she soiled. She did soil an Uber. She soiled an Uber on the way home for a wedding. Even I said multiple times, if you need to be sick,

let's just stop. I had the Uber driver on board. He's like, yeah, absolutely. That sneaks up on you sometimes. Anytime, let me know. So,

if that's the case, it's only going to get worse for you dealing with your wife. That's why we've moved to the country so we don't go out. Yeah. So the fart happened. The Uber driver found it offensive and asked them to get out.

Now this escalated and the farter ended up punching the Uber driver in the face. Oh, what about the mutter? The what? The mutter and the farter. I don't get it. You said fart. Did I? You said the fart and I said, what about the mutter?

So now that's ended up in court. It's gone to court and it was started over a fart in a taxi. I've actually had an Uber driver fart. It was a silent but extremely violent. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was just the two of you. There's just the two of us. The windows were up, and then he wound the window down.

I was like, the international sign, but I've just dropped my guards. What do you say, though? Do you acknowledge it? I think he saw a star minusing. But I always give five stars. I'm not a... Unless your safety is... Yeah, unless, like, you know, it's a really, really bad experience. But they're just doing their job, so I always give five stars. I'm not a... Unless your safety is... Yeah, unless like, you know,

it's a really, really bad experience. But they're just doing their job. So I always give five stars. But yeah. And it might have just slipped out. At least he wasn't... This is why I couldn't be a noob. No, I'm just saying,

what a saint you are for giving five stars. I know, I felt like that. I feel like that went unacknowledged. You're a goddamn saint. Thank you. What an angel of a man. No, but do you know, people are assholes when they're dishing out stars.

It's like, who do you think you are to be dishing out, like, anything on anyone else's. Perfect. Four stars. Yeah. It's like, where's the five? Well, the car wasn't quite as nice. It's like, what?

Just give them five stars. Yeah. But you're right. Mother Teresa. Yes. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. A big shout out to Huntley Who wears it

And look I've doubted out I've doubted out to Huntley Over the years you have I've made fun of Your Top Twins mural But then I think people thought I didn't like it But I did

I think more towns should celebrate The Top Twins Are they from Huntley? Yeah well they spent some time in Huntley Also did a stint in Morrinsville. Their parents owned a caravan. Not a caravan park. What would you call a place?

A yard. They sold caravans. And there's a top brother, too. Is there? Hmm. Huh. So they celebrated them, local league legends. I think they just got a bad stick because it was just a giant speed bump on your way to anywhere.

Yeah. Wasn't it? Driving out of all places. And now you drive through, you'd be like, that's where Trev from Tika Water was working when he won that $26 million in Lotto. Kind of probably New Zealand's most high profile big Lotto winner. They got the big chimney stacks there. There's a few things to point out when you're driving through. Yep.

There's a massive, you don't see it. Well, you kind of see a bit more now because you go on the bypass. There's a massive, very shallow lake behind Huntley. Right. A flooded old coal mine. She's all going in Huntley. Lovely. You can lie on that picnic bench and pretend the chimneys are your diddle.

We've done that. We've done that, yeah. Multiple times, multiple times. You know what, lovely town. Well, it was in Huntley where somebody went into a local restaurant and noticed that the only person working was snowed under. Now, I'm not sure if there was an absolute failure on behalf of employees to turn up. But one person noticed that this person was really holding the fort down.

Okay. So they said, look, I'll start taking orders. I'll help you out. I'll start taking the orders. You concentrate on the cooking. Someone else said, well, I can help with the dishes. And it was slowly that people in the store, in Huntley, staffed the store. And they said it was a real coming together of community.

Oh, wow. Yeah. That's such a Kiwi story, isn't it? Yeah. Because would you want to trust people on the till? Or they probably weren't taking the cash. I mean, it's a fair question. It's a fair question.

Are you even allowed to do that with health and safety? I think the person who runs it was in the kitchen. In the high danger zones. But they would have been, if someone was doing the dishes, or were they clearing the dishes? Yeah. Megan's shaking her head. You couldn't have done this work in the cafe if you were like...

If you... Anyone who's working in the kitchen, there's processes that they have to sign off that they know. So health and safety processes. Right. They have to be briefed on all of those. But someone could get the dishes from the... Yeah, you could be...

Part. Yeah, you could do the dishes. My dish is like a takeaway-esque place, so I'm not sure there'd be heaps of dishes on the bench or whatever. But somebody could work the till if you trusted them they could be in that part of the restaurant helping out.

But then you'd just be like a little bit for me a little bit for the till. Well I mean it's only fair that they take a wage I mean they've got to hang around and fill out the withholding tax form fill out the IRD number on them

that would also be super helpful but that's some nice news from Huntley. Yeah lovely nice story touching. Yeah. Better than the usual sort of story about touching at Huntley. Yeah.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. From the yummy ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there. Welcome to the Top Six. Today we are discussing the disused and now for sale old Wellington Airport air traffic control tower. Yes, built in the 1950s, it spent nearly 60 years watching flights. Yeah. Nearly no natural light on the lower levels.

A narrow stairway, a staircase to get up to the top. And it's believed to be the only air traffic control tower in the world that has a residential address and a letterbox. What? Because you think about them, most of them are on airport land. Yeah. But because of the way Wellington Airport is, it's just like they had to build it

in the middle of the suburbs. So where the, to describe its location. Over from the main terminal. Yes. So over the runway, over the other side, by that little beach that sometimes has some surf going on. Yes. So you see both bays and the runway perfectly.

That is cool. So apparently some plane spotters have already been quite keen to look at the property, but they reckon it's going to be sold by developers and then just torn down. Because, I mean, it's probably not the most ideal place to live. Like, you can make your bedroom or lounge the actual air traffic control bit at the top. Yeah.

But there's, like, dingy, dark nothingness downstairs kind of thing. And, like, is it just stairs to get up to the top? Yeah. And it does also need some earthquake strengthening and some asbestos removal. So, it'll be torn down. You lost me on the last two. Is everything else like, oh, yeah, brickies are very capable of chucking a lovely double-glazed window

in that dingy stairwell. Double-glaze the windows up top to keep the sound out. Mind you, it'd be like a bloody glasshouse during the day, wouldn't it? If the sun got in there, it'd get very warm. But the top six uses for this old air traffic control, it would kind of be a shame to see it torn down. It would, it would. Any city that's going to have someone with enough money

that's got enough sort of quirkiness to do it, it'll be Wellington. Well, you know, I tell you who loves a bloody bit of airport, Sir Peter Jackson. He bloody loves planes, doesn't he? He's got a museum. He could buy it and put Gollum in the window or something. I don't know.

That giant Gollum from the airport. Has it been taken off the airport? No, but just get another one. Imagine that just looking out at you from across the... Jeweling Gollums. Yeah, Jeweling Gollums. He could put the ring on the roof because you know Gollum looks like he's peaking. Yes. Great idea. That's really cool.

Okay, you're welcome, Sir Peter. So the top six uses for the old air traffic control tower. Number six, if you've always wanted to live like French hunchback Quasimodo, you could turn it into a bell tower. Put a bell on the top. Yeah. Have a little bit of an urban legend about you, which brings us nicely on to number five,

the top six uses for the old air traffic control tower in Wellington. Haunt it. Oh, okay. And then what, make a tourist attraction? Yeah. Great idea. Say it's like haunted by the ghost of Jean Batten. Were you struggling to remember some kind of old aviation pioneer?

I was going to say Amelia Earhart, but I was like, well, we've got a homegrown heroine of the skies. Number four on the list of the top six uses for the old Wellington traffic control tower at the airport. Start controlling planes again. Reclaim your throne. Just be in kind of opposition to the news.

Still got all the plugs. Just plug in your headphones and a microphone or Just like your gaming headset from your PlayStation. Yeah, and just start bringing planes into land. Oh, Victor Charlie, Foxtrot Tango, free for runway one. Over, suddenly approach, holding at the outbound marker. Yeah, I'm sure air traffic controllers are like, oh, job's that easy, is it? No, the computer does it all now. So it's even easier.

Number three on the list of the top six uses for the old Wellington Airport traffic control tower it looks like a great place to start a cult yes it does

and I could just say it yep and you could leave the followers in the dingy downstairs bits and you get the nice invite them up

into the light for the sex stuff and then if they start complaining just say back into the ding for the sex stuff. And then if they start complaining, just say, back into the dingy darkness with you. And then if they start complaining, just say,

this is how our Lord wants it. Yes. Get back downstairs. That's exactly how they work. Number two on the list of the top six uses for the old Wellington Airport Traffic Control Tower,

start-up headquarters. You know how like when a business is a startup They always have like A wacky HQ Yep This could be a real Like what is there You got like a kombucha

Business or something Kicking off You This would be great For one of those Wellington Brewers You know what it is Craft beer

Craft beer brewer Yes yes yes And you could call it like I don't know Traffic or something Or air traffic The controller Yeah the controller Oh the controller The control A craft beer brewer. Yes, yes, yes, yes. And you could call it like, I don't know, traffic or something. Or air traffic. The controller.

Yeah, the controller. Oh, the controller. The control. It's very hoppy. What about that new gin coming out? The controller. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sounds good.

And you could use these herbs and botanicals that are growing in the garden in front of it. Yeah. And the bottle could almost be shaped a little bit like Should we start a gin company? Should we what, man? Oh my God. Should we what? And number one

on the list of the top six uses for the old Wellington Air Traffic Control Tower. It looks like the perfect start for a burgeoning

superhero to have a new superhero headquarters. Yes. You can have a little hatch at the top that you edged out of

to fly to save the world. Oh, actually, the top That you Eject out of To fly to Save the world Oh actually no You can't fly out of that It's a no-fly zone Get permission first You've got an Air traffic control tower

You can clear yourself To take off Yeah Straight out into the Engine of a bloody A320 Eww Sheesh

That's the Top six Flesh, Vaughan and Megan The podcast ZM At ease God you're at the 20. Oh, jeez. That's the top six. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. At ease. God, you're at the Navy for an hour yesterday or two hours and all of a sudden.

Time flew by. Yeah. Time flew by. We went to the Devonport Naval Base yesterday because we wanted to enlist the services of the latest addition to the Navy, the HMNZS Aotearoa. Brand new ship. Flash. Brand new. Like four months old.

Yep. It's being fitted out at the moment. It's going to go on its first mission, we were told, in November. Yep. And then I think it's going to go to Antarctica. Next year, yeah. Next year, yeah. Hiondo made it, which is great.

I don't like your Santa Fe. Because my Santa Fe keys actually unlocked it. Yeah, it did, yeah. Hyundai made it, which is great. Oh, they're like your Santa Fe. Because my Santa Fe keys actually unlocked it. Yeah, they did, yeah. I just pointed my Santa Fe keys at it and it was like, and I unlocked the doors. I was looking for a badge, you know, like the H badge somewhere on it. It was the helicopter landing. See, with the helicopter landing, they don't do the traditional H.

They do the Hyundai H. Yeah. But, yeah, we got Sean around. The reason being you may have worked out a week from today will be the start

of a long weekend. Hello, we're Fletch Morning Megan and this weekend it's a long weekend. Do you know what that means? Sleep in. Monday off.

I don't deal with you two for another day. No. Sunday roast. No. The long weekend group tooth this Friday. That's right, that's why we're here, yeah. So make sure you're listening at 8 o'clock and join us from your car for the long weekend group tooth.

Bourne, would you like to demonstrate how it works? I'm the captain here, Lieutenant, so... Yes, but that was not an order. Sorry, sir. I'll do it out sorry my own free will yes did that fairing took back or did that literally echo around all kinds of it echoed around auckland it was a very, very loud horn.

That ship's horn went right through my body. I could just feel it pass through. And Executive Internania, you were actually on the bridge of the HMNZS. HMNZS.

Oh, yeah. When they pressed the horn. It was so exciting. I was on the phone listening to Mountie tell us when we needed to toot, and then I gave a literal thumbs up to the homies on board, and they were like, let's do this. And they went, burp.

Was it a button? We had one take of that, because apparently it's so loud, everyone on the ship has to block their ears. They have to warn everyone that they're going to toot. It was so exciting. And then after, so we filmed that yesterday, and then they were like, it was so exciting uh and then after so we so we filmed that yesterday and then they were like do you guys want to look around and we were like

yes we do oh my god that was incredible yeah what an incredible experience what an amazing ship brand new just walking around yeah and we got to go on them on the bridge that's what you call it the bridge the main bridge the steering wheel is real tiny it doesn't seem like teeny tiny like if you had a Mazda 323

or a Toyota Starlet in the 1990s and you had a Momo steering wheel smaller than a Momo even smaller that's what I was going to say even smaller than a

Momo steering wheel it was like a little gaming it was it was like a little one that you like yeah if you've got a gaming setup. So weird. And that steers the whole ship.

It's an amazing ship, and it's not like a frigate, eh? No. Because it's not like a warship. Like, it can, like, shoot. It's going to be able to shoot stuff, eh? It's going to have guns on it. Because I said it, the guns, eh? Yeah, it's mostly a fuel and supply ship.

Refueling, supplies. It had the ability to turn salt water into fresh drinking water if there's like a disaster in the islands or anywhere really that people are without fresh water. An amazing ship. And we were shown around by, I'm just saluting. I have to salute him because I'm lower ranked. We learned how to salute, didn't we?

You have to put the hand to your face because it's dirty. I always thought in the Navy it was you saluted and showed them that you cleaned your hands. Oh, no. Hide your dirty hands. Yeah, that way. So put the palm towards your face. Yeah. Sean, I should have called him Sean.

Sub-Lieutenant. Is that right? Sub-Lieutenant Sean showed us around. That was just fantastic. And I tell you what, he really set your Instagram up, didn't he, Fletch? Oh, I wasn't going to say this, Vaughn, but yes. Enrollments, enlistments for the Navy

went through the roof yesterday. I feel enlistments may have gone up because I got a lot of messages like, who is this man? I'm like, excuse me. Matty McLean was very keen to do a, one of those TVNZ breakfast weather crosses from on the ship.

I actually have set it up for him so he's going to be on board that ship and I just want to see it just for pure enjoyment. And light flow. We make jokes about like,

naval officers, but, yeah. Is it the uniform? Everyone was like, at least two points hotter than your average public in there. Was it the uniform?

Maybe, yeah. There were some babes on that ship. Yeah, because you put it a uniform? Maybe, yeah. There were some babes on that ship. Yeah, because you put on a uniform and you just looked like Donald Duck. You did. Oh, you did. That is so rude. It didn't help you weren't wearing pants.

I said, excuse me, we're on an official HMNZS. They told me you should have pants on, sir. Did that bring back memories, going back to the naval base? Yeah, last time I was there, I pulled up in an Evo with an officer. And this time you pulled up in a Sanyong and you're a mob to me. Oh, my God. That's almost like a movie, an Evo and an officer. Like that movie.

Officer and a gentleman. Oh, yeah, yeah. Not many gentlemen drive Evos. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast Yesterday afternoon I received a message From one Carl Fletcher Saying

Have you noticed this Dot dot dot And I said What And he sent it to me And I was like Ladies and gentlemen We are in the presence

Of an official influencer What are you talking about Whoa Blue tick Hey Easy on there. Hey, hey, calm down with your Blue Tick on Instagram. Us non, us non, what do you call this?

Authenticated? We're just normal Instagrammers over here. We're just a couple of grammars, baby. We're hustling on the gram. We're just trying to make a living. Blue Tick over here comes swanning in. Sorry, you shouldn't be jealous though. Like authenticated blue tick.

So when we went to the Navy yesterday, you tagged me in your story and I was like, it came up with, you know, you've been tagged and I was like, a blue tick? A blue, a what? A blue tick, oh, the queen. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, hell. Queen of England. I was waiting for this.

I have been waiting. And you didn't tell us, did you? Why didn't you tell us? Why would I? When did you get your crown? When did you get your castle on the hill? Listen to this jealousy. When did you get too big for your boots? When did you get your castle on the hill? Listen to this jealousy. When did you get too big for your boots?

When did you get an impersonator? When did someone was like, it's very Megan Pappas. And you're like, excuse me, Instagram. Don't hate the player. Hate the game. When did this happen? Like a week ago. What happened?

Did you have an imposter? What? No. Because that's what they said once. Who was it? If someone impersonates you, you have to prove that you're you. Authenticate. What is it called when you get the blue tick?

Officiated. Authenticated. Did they, like, send you a message? Were they like, hey, sister, girl, you're a big deal now. You've got a blue tick. I don't want to tell you. No, tell us. No.

Or did you message them and be like, oh my God, I'm a big deal. No. Oh my God, you applied for a blue tick. Can you apply for a blue tick? I don't want to have this conversation with you. This is purely why I did not bring it up. We are having the blue tick chat. Verified.

That's the word. Thank you, person who text messaged that in. Verified on the show. As you can tell, there's a bit of jealousy in this show. I just want to know how it happened. Dex, I want to tell you. John Campbell doesn't even have a blue tick. I'm going to get absolutely owned for this.

So you just go to the settings. Hilary Barry's got a blue tick. You go to the settings. What? So you applied for a blue tick? It's not a full-on application. You can apply for it. And if you meet Wadi,

they don't really tell you what their criteria are. And then they let you know. I actually just saw it appear. And you were like, I'm going to apply to be a blue ticker. All you have to do is apply, say what category your Instagram falls under, and then send them some ID. What's your category?

Celebrity. Oh my God. Oh my god. Oh my god! Where did you get two big photos? Yes! This is great. Don't apply to get a blue ticket New Zealand Megan. Hello tall poppies. It's us, short poppies.

And we bought the trimmers. Fleshforn and Megan. The podcast. ZM. We're in Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. We're in studio by John Campbell and Hilary Barry. Good morning. So nice to be with you.

Gosh, this is just a delight having you both in here. It's a delight. With all of us here, it feels like the people who MediaWorks didn't appreciate. Yeah. Yeah.

The joke's on them. Standing ovation for that call. Not that any of us are bitter. Now, One News, your vote 2020 election night special. It says here, state-of-the-art graphics and studio technology. Will there be a Rob Muldoon hologram? I don't know. There should be.

Oh, my God. I can't believe it. Has this been discussed? I don't know. I have no idea. Simon Dallas in charge of graphics. I don't know. Hillary this been discussed? I don't know. I have no idea. Simon Dallow's in charge of graphics. I don't know. Hillary and I have got no idea what happened.

It's a tough gig. I have seen some of the graphics. I have you now. I've seen some of the AR graphics. AR. Augmented reality. They're very, very flash. And they will be amazing.

But Simon has the job of coordinating them and breaking them down. It's actually a really tough gig. And what he doesn't know is I'm going to heckle. But he's a professional because I've got a bit of that on the news. And he's always pointing at things that don't exist. Yeah, they're not really there. Have you got an AR beehive? There'll be one of those, won't there?

Oh, definitely. And that'll pop up from the ground. Yep. The seating plan. How it all breaks down in Parliament. Actually, we couldn't run to an ARB so we're bringing a real beehive in just going to put it beside Simon

Love that. That'll be good You guys have got a finger on the pulse with current events at either end of the day on TVNZ. What's your feel going into the election? How do you think New Zealand will vote? I personally don't feel like it's going to be as far apart

as the polls predict. I think it'll be a little bit closer. I think Labour probably will win. And I do think New Zealand first will be gone. Yeah. The Greens will be in. They'll be in there. The Māori Party, that's an interesting one to watch out for.

They potentially could win one of the Māori seats. Look, I'm reading the tea leaves here, and I'm really, really bad at it. I'm notorious at making predictions. But I think the National Front Bench has disappeared without trace. You're just not seeing people like Todd Muller and Simon Bridges, Todd Maclay, Louise Upston, the kind of people who might be with Judith Collins on the campaign trail. And success has many fathers and failure is an orphan.

And I think when you start deserting your leader about a few days out from you, and we're also not hearing what the Nats internal polling is, so I think they're in a little bit of trouble. I feel like they are. Look, if things were going well, she would be surrounded by her senior, by her front bench colleagues. How early in the piece are we likely to see results? Because what, 1.2 million New Zealanders have cast early votes. Very early. We're thinking that we're going to get the first results through at 7.25.

And that could potentially be about 60% of eligible voters. So we should have a clear indication pretty early on in the evening. I've booked a table at the Empire I was going to say. We'll see you there.

We'll see you at the booze thereafter. If it's close, as Hilary's predicting, then the night will, you know, at 7.20, we'll just be thinking, wow, it's all on. But if it's not close, then we will know basically pretty early on in the night who's done what. And what about the referendum?

Because you guys are impartial journalists, but do you get people asking you, have you been open with how you're feeling on the two referendums? I'm open on how I feel. I'm not open. No, aren't you? No, I'm not open about anything to do with voting. But John is.

Well, no, I have been in the past, and it gets me into trouble because people will remember and then forevermore say, oh, you're a lefty or whatever. I've never been, my politics have never been tribal, so I don't believe strongly in the fact that one party is invariably right. I really do look for what I believe are the best policies. I really do.

I try really hard to find stuff that I think will be materially different. But in terms of dope, I feel strongly that we have criminalised a whole lot of people for what is largely a victimless crime. And I also think that at the end of the day, God, I hate that phrase, I would rather we knew who was growing and selling our marijuana, where it was coming from, that we could tax it and have some controls around it

than just leave it up to the gangs. And we do tend to disproportionately criminalise Māori for possession of marijuana. So I think they're all good. I think that's actually, that's not a marijuana argument, that's just a social justice argument. And it's how do we manage this problem as well as we possibly can. I'm still making up my mind on the euthanasia referendum. I haven't voted yet, and I thought I was very strongly for it.

But I think I've got some stuff going on in my life where people I love aren't well, and you think, wow, this is serious now. It suddenly has real meaning. So the unwell people in my life where people I love aren't well, and you think, wow, this is serious now. It suddenly has real meaning. So the unwell people in your life have made you question what was going to be a yes vote? Yeah, I just, yeah, I think it's probably just the fear of what's happening to them,

and maybe my reluctance to approach that. Maybe, I don't know. The other thing to mention too is that we're not going to know the results of the referendums on the night. So that will come two weeks later. So they're only counting the votes on who will be in government on the day. And they will count the referendum votes later. And that result will be out a couple of weeks later.

I won't bring the bong to the Empire then. So don't bring the bong. How are you voting on the referendum? I'm voting double yes. Yeah. Yeah. That's um. Yeah, I'm double yes. will see you then. How are you voting on the referendum? I'm voting double yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's um. Yeah, I'm double yes.

Yeah. Double yes. It's hard though. I see where you're coming from, Hillbaz, because I don't. Hillbaz. I'll take it. I'll take it. You've got to say that deep.

Do you know what? Hillbaz. Part of the reason that I don't talk about it publicly is because I just I'm not a politician and I don't want to be a poster girl for one way or the other you look inside your heart and you vote the way you want to and

if the referendum result is not the way I voted I'm totally comfortable with that. Everybody had their say and that's what the collective decided. And you can just go and get stoned. I've never, ever, ever smoked marijuana.

The stench of marijuana coming out of your house in Milford. The sweet on. You know how all the neighbours are, oh,

Hillary's in it again. So much of this, as we talk about the marijuana referendum is like, everybody's trying. I was like, I haven't.

Why do you have a Bob Marley flag on your lounge hall? She's a huge fan of reggae. Cheeky bastards. It's amazing then that all your cans and your recycling have little holes. Me think the lady doth protest too much. What has stopped you though? Because this is interesting. Because my mum is the same

And I said what stopped you? And she said well it's illegal So is it a legal issue that stopped you? Or you've just never been curious about it? Look I'm a rule follower Right Do you know what I mean? I am a straight white woman

Who follows the rules And other than a bit of speeding now and then I just Jeez that's way worse than marijuana I don't I generally don't break the rules and other than a bit of speeding now and then, I just don't. Jeez, that's way worse than marijuana. I generally don't break the rules. Right. I'm just, that's the way I am.

I think I'm the same. Yeah. It's like a yellow light, I've got to stop. I'm just a nerd. And that's actually what it boils down to. So if it was legal, would that change? Because then you're not breaking any rules. That's a really good question. That's a really good question.

It's a very good question. Do you know what? I feel like I've got to 50 and I haven't. Yeah. And I feel like I've now drawn a line on the sand. So the wheels are off for the next 50 years. That's such a good question because if it is legalised, then it's kind of like, okay, well, you wouldn't be breaking any rules,

so what are you going to do now? I don't know. I know. It's too crazy! Well, looking forward to tomorrow night's coverage. One News, Your Vote 2020 election night special all kicks off on TVNZ1 from 7pm. Thanks so much for having us. Thank you!

Am I a bad person? Okay, today's dilemma is one that I think people would have been in a lot of times and I don't know how to navigate out of it. It's not fun. So this is the anonymous message we've been sent. I found myself in a situation where I'm questioning whether I'm a bad person or not. My friend Lisa is...

Oh no, it's in commas. I was like, should we have named her? So they've used fake names? Okay, good. Lisa is doing a wine and cheese pairing night. Her fiancé is helping to organise it and has asked that we deposit $40 into his account

to cover some of the cost, as obviously wine and cheeses don't come cheap. Doesn't say how many people are going. Okay. Lisa has said not to pay as we're her guests and she doesn't feel comfortable with us paying money for her birthday. So this is a birthday celebration.

I don't drink red wine and I stay away from blue and stinky cheeses. Plus money is a little tight right now. Yeah. Am I a bad person for not wanting to pay

to be at a friend's birthday? So, okay, so who's asking for the money? Her fiancé is organising it. That's, yeah.

It's like when you go to a BYO and then at the end there's always someone who's like, let's just split it evenly. And you're like, well, hang on a sec. Like someone only ordered one dish because they probably don't have that much money. Yeah. Or they weren't that hungry. And it's not fair. They pay for everybody else's food.

So I'm almost a bit like, I don't care if, you know, it's split, personally. Yeah. If we've all kind of had roughly the same, but I don't know, you always just got to think about other people because they might be, yeah, like you say, saving or not have the cash. And also this is, yeah,

this is an invitation thing. If you've all agreed to go to somewhere like a BIO or like you've all agreed to go to a function, you'd accept the splitting? Yeah. But like this is an invitation. Yeah, it's a party. If you're going to host a party,

you're expected to put on a few cheeses, right, and some snacks. Well, like if you can't afford to pay for the party that you want to put on, you have to adjust it, right? Yeah. And I would just say in that case, I'd just say bring your own wine and cheeses. And then you share the cheeses. Like a potluck cheese.

That's kind of cool. And like you bring brie. You bring camembert. And if you only like one type of wine, just take your own bottle. Exactly. And say, oh, I'll just drink this because I'm not into. If you're hosting the party, maybe you just buy all the delicious crackers. Maybe a few varieties of crackers. And then that way everyone's

bringing in the cheeses and they eat what they want. It's a little on the nose expecting people to pay, especially given this current climate. Yeah, well, exactly. Money's tight at the moment. So we want to take your... It's uncomfortable. Yeah, we want to take your calls.

What do you think? 0800 Giles.M is the number. You can text 9696. Is she a bad person for not wanting to pay to be at her friend's birthday? Maybe you've been in this situation before where someone's asked you to pay and you maybe think it's a bit steep

or it gets a bit awkward with the friend group. 0800 Giles.M. What do you think? Well, it's another edition of Am I a Bad Person? Another conundrum someone finds themselves in. It's one of those ones that involves friends and money. So a wine and cheese evening is happening for Lisa, put on by her fiancé

for her birthday. The fiancé is asking the friends to put in $40 and one particular friend that's messaged us says she doesn't want to pay that, things are tight and doesn't like a lot of cheeses. Is she a bad person for not wanting to pay to be at her friend's birthday? What's the friends to make on?

The fiancé is asking for the money, but what about the actual friend? It's not's the friends take on? Like, the fiancé's asking for the money, but what about the actual friend? It's not a surprise party, right? Yeah, I'd be mortified. Lisa said not to pay because she doesn't want her guests to feel like... But then, like, can Lisa and her fiancé afford to, like, put on a wine and cheese party

for all of their friends? Obviously not if they're asking $40 a person. Well, just tell your partner to write it in. Maybe the partner just doesn't want to have to foot the bill for these people that he doesn't really even like that much. That's why you've got to do BWO. That's why it solves everything. Then people bring what they want if they want lots of cheeses

and wine, they bring lots of cheeses and wine. Let's take some calls. Sam, what do you think? Hey, yeah, I don't reckon she's a bad person at all. I reckon that it's fair enough that if she doesn't like half the stuff that's going to be there that she shouldn't pay to contribute for it. She's got to take her own stuff and sit in the

corner and just drink her own wine and eat her own cheese. Yeah, I mean, that sounds like just a regular Friday night to me. Does that sound like a great Friday night? Would you still go, though? Yeah, 100%. This might be a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I reckon that, I think the fiancé is all good to us,

but that if people want to contribute to the wines and cheeses, then they'll show up and they'll contribute to the wines and cheeses. I think that's all right. Okay, all right, fair call, Sam. Thanks. Isaac, what do you reckon? Bad person or not? Yeah, I don't think she's a bad person.

I think she's 100% overreacting because this is your friend. And, you know, $40 for your friend is not that much, you know. It is. It's a lot, Isaac. I don't know if I'd spend $40 on even. French has $40 and he probably wouldn't spend $40 on either of us. I mean, maybe $28. It's a lot cheaper than going out for dinner and having a foot of bill for dinner.

So, I mean, he is making it a cheaper alternative. And once again, it's your friend. So $40 is quite, you know, quite a good little... Tell her what's cheaper is lying about having other things happening and not going. That's the most approach to any social function. Isaac, thanks. You called some text messages. Definitely not a bad person.

Each people should just be told to bring their own drinks and some nibbles. And then you share them potluck style and she can eat what she actually wants to eat. Yeah. Even if it's just all of what she, which sounds like a great. I was invited to a hen's party afternoon. It was $50 each to attend to cover the alcohol. I don't drink at all.

Oh, and you don't pay. But we're good friends, so I felt I couldn't say no, so I just sucked it up while complaining to myself about how unfair life is. Oh, that sucks. I wouldn't have paid that. No, only if it was specifically for alcohol and you don't drink. Just be like, oh, I'll come, but I'm not drinking.

But they might need to hire that bus, the party bus with the disco mirrors and the poles in it. And so you should pay a little bit for that, for the transport. For the absolute pleasure of going on a dark bus that will definitely make you feel sick. That smells like vomit. Yeah, that you're riding sideways on. It still smells like smoke from the days you could smoke inside.

Thanks, Ash. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleeche, Vaughan and Megan. It's two minutes past eight. We welcome into the studio the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the leader of the Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern. Good morning. I was going to give you a clap.

Yeah, I was just like... Oh, thank you It was like this kind of Thank you for the intent there Megan I appreciate that We had a question obviously of the elections tomorrow 1.5 million early votes have been counted Are they actually tallying them up

Do they know who those votes are for now No, they are sitting Away somewhere, they start Counting those on Saturday. So that count will happen on Saturday, and then at some point in the evening, they just all get loaded at once. They just drop it.

They're like, boom. Yeah. And then, wow. Like a Beyonce album. All at once. Yes. What a surprise. Yep, all at the same time.

Wow. First time an election's been likened to a Beyoncé album drop. That's probably... That's good. That's good. I might say the last. Yes. Now, coming up, we've got your questions for the Prime Minister.

And, yep, what's that game? Yearna, political yearna game? Yeah, political yearna. We played that yesterday with Judith Collins. But there has been a coup, Vaughan. You've been ousted today with your pick of Friday Flashback. That's fine because next week, actually, mine might make even better sense. Oh, okay.

I thought this was taking over your turn. Are you going to go next week? No, no, I just get next week. Oh, okay. Friday Flashback. I don't think you know the seriousness of this. If swing voters are listening. I did not know what I was taking on.

They just said, hey, do you want to pick a song? I was like, oh, sure. Not realising that apparently I'm about to get the reckons of the country. Which is known as being the worst. Vaughan picks the oldest, but I pick the bangers. Okay. Not true. I should have canvassed with you.

But really old does, people tend to like the really old ones. Yeah. In your days as a DJ. I was never a DJ. You were a DJ a couple of times. Do you have any songs that you knew would go off? Is this one of them? Actually, I haven't.

No, this is just one that I, you know, played a lot when I was, you know, at Morrinsville College. Wow, okay. Already, already, one's like, oh, no. Okay, I'm just trying to think, because I don't know what it is. So give us some clues.

When was the song released? Well, actually, this is the thing. It's actually not of my era. It's a bit early. It's from the 1980s, but I still think a classic. But it didn't become big until the late 90s. Well, in our world, yeah.

So it was a bit of a cult classic probably at the time. And would we say pop? No. No, I think we'd call it alternative, I think, is what we would put it. 80s alternative.

Yeah. That's where I'm going to classify it. Don't... Oh, wow. Great song. Great song. Alright, would you like to introduce her, Prime Minister? This is Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes. Yes, great song.

Alright, we'll be back next. See them. When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out Let me go on like I blister in the sun Let me go on big hands I know you're the one Body of beads I stain my sheets I don't even know why My girlfriend, she's at the end

She is starting to cry Let me go on Like I'm blistering in the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you're the one When I'm out walking, I strut myself And I'm so strut out I'm out walking, I start my stuff, and I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out When I'm out walking, I start my stuff, and I'm so strung out

I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out Body and feet, I stain my my sheets I don't even know why My girlfriend, she's at the end She is starting to cry When I'm walking, it's just a fucking I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite I chose my hands up to check you out Let me go on

Like I'm blistering, I'm soft Let me go on Like I'm blistering the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you're the one ZM, Fleeche, Morning Megan, it's the Friday flashback choice today from the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, who's in studio. Absolute banger, that song. And we have worked out why it got a resurgence in the late 90s when you were at

Morrinsville College. It was in a movie. Yeah, Gross Point Blank. John Cusack was in it. He was a hit man going back to his high school reunion. What, to take out like the...

I think he had a job to do when he was in town, but he went to his high school reunion. Oh, okay, right. That's the premise of the movie. And that's why it came back. So there you go.

There we go. Megan, the text machine, great feedback. I was actually just saying, you never show anyone the text machine because you don't know what's going to be on there. But I would say probably 95, 96% positive. I'll take that. Everyone's saying banger.

Yeah, great choice. Couple of swing voters swung there. There we go. Couple of Collins voters. I think you've won them over. Now you can join us live on Facebook as well while the Prime Minister is in with us on our Facebook page FVMZM. Yeah, we've got some questions. People have sent in questions. We put up a little Instagram thing saying got any questions

and these are some of them. What do you want for Niamh's future in Aotearoa? What's your... Do you know, one of the things that I pick up a lot from our young people in particular, there's a real anxiety out there amongst our young people, whether or not it's because they're worried about the future, particularly after we recover from COVID or whether they're worried about the environment.

I want her not to be anxious about those things. I want her to feel like we've got a plan that is going to make a difference for those really big NALI challenges. Yeah, so if we, a generation that doesn't suffer anxiety, that'd be a good thing.

This is a very anxious generation. Yeah, and for lots of good reasons. And there's lots of things we can do, lots of tools we can share to help people, because lots of the things that exacerbate all of that weren't around in our day. I mean, we were just talking about the text machine, social media. So just making sure our young people have those tools, but also actually addressing problems as well.

Somebody else said, who inspires you? And has that changed? No, it hasn't changed. I'm a total cliche. My family. It's the people you're closest to because you get to see them warts and all. And my parents in particular are both amazing people, incredibly generous and kind, super hardworking.

And so, yeah, they've always been my role models. You know my mum. Yeah, lovely lady. She ditched you for Ferg Burger last night. I know, that was the most classic, classic thing. When I got that text, I just almost died laughing. Sorry, darling, that I missed the debate last night. I was lining up at Fergburger.

We've all underestimated the Fergburger line. Everyone's been in a Fergburger line, just usually not that early in the evening. Yeah, true. The key is to phone ahead, people. And then you just get right in there. But the idea of my mum and the Fergburger line just really got me.

Shoulder to shoulder with like Darrow Queensland. Would she ever pop in I'm the Prime Minister's mother? No. She wouldn't dare. No, no, no. Do you know what burger she got? I don't, I don't. There were a lot of questions about that, so I need to follow up.

I reckon cock-a-doodle-oink, I reckon she'd be right over there. What would your celebration dinner be? This is just, I'm guessing, to celebrate. Well, look, last night after the debate, I went home and had Clark's mum made some mac and cheese. That was good. That was a good post-debate meal. Bacon on top.

Yeah, it was classic. Celebration meal, well, oh, I don't know. I haven't really thought that far in advance. We need to actually have something to celebrate first. No, no, exactly. I don't want, I haven't really thought that far in advance. We need to actually have something to celebrate. No, no, exactly. I don't want to take anything for granted. But so the campaigning ends today. Yes.

There's no campaigning on next day. Not allowed to do anything after midnight. The hoardings come down. Hoardings come down, even though everyone's been voting for the last two weeks. It's a little, it's an anomaly. I'm wondering about that. We need to fix that.

But no, hoardings come down everything comes down so you've got a day to kind of like what do you do what's your day look like tomorrow yeah this is the odd thing it's the big day

and yet I can't I'm not allowed to do anything so and you've already voted you could literally be in your pyjamas till four o'clock tomorrow afternoon well I did I've promised the volunteers

I'm going to whip up some scones oh wow and go and see go and see the people actually working on the day. Okay. Someone says, what are the plans for climate change action for the Labour Party? Yeah, that's quite a long and

detailed list. Fletch got a keep cut. Good. Everything counts. Waste is a big contributor. I have been telling these two that. They get takeaway cups all the time. Look, I've got mine as well. Waste is a big contributor so actually we've got quite a few plants

there. Megan just removed the take away cup. Yeah, I saw that. I'm not... I have a Cape Cup. I'm not here to shame you. I'm not. This is so opposite to what it usually is. Megan's the Cape Cup one and Fletch is always... Oh, well I can see that because you do have a water bottle there. A reusable.

Look, in the last three years, we've done everything from banning offshore oil and gas exploration. We've set up some legislation. That means we'll set these carbon budgets next year to make sure that we're reducing our carbon. In the next term, we want to transition all our buses that are currently diesel into being electric. We want to make sure we've got hydrogen and EV options all through the country as well.

So we've started quite a bit of really good work. It's just about continuing on with all that. Right, pushing on. Someone just says, how are you? Please, that's really nice. I'm good. Last day. I'm good.

Thank you. Have you given much thought to funded dental care in New Zealand? Yes, a lot of thought. And if we had the room to do it, you know, there are just so many things we need to do. And that's one of the tricky things of government. You know, you've got climate change, you've got child poverty and inequality,

and access to dental care is a part of that. The one thing we've said this time is it's already free for under 18s, but not enough kids are accessing it. So we want to increase the number of dental buses going into rural and isolated areas. And also, if you're on a really low income, we want to increase the grants that you can get for dental care. At the moment, it's

$300. That doesn't cover much. No. So we're changing that to $1,000 just so that some people are in excruciating pain and don't do anything about it. Right. Someone said, I live in the UK. If you've got five minutes, could you sort us out too?

That's got to be quite an amazing compliment. Like whenever I've seen international Facebook pages sharing stories of New Zealand, whether or not it was after the March 15 shootings in Christchurch or the COVID thing, people are always like, oh, can we borrow you for 10 minutes? That's got to be. And on your Instagram, I see every time you post, there's people from around the world being like, can you come here?

Those are Kiwis. They're Kiwis in different places. Yeah, it is flattering. But at the same time, you can see through an election campaign, you're never free and nor should you be, of the criticism, because actually that's, you know, we've got to, we've always got to keep doing better and doing more, and so it keeps you on your toes.

That's as it should be. Cool. Well, we're going to come back next and play our political year now. Just, you answer in the year or nah? We'll see. We'll see. ZM. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.

The podcast. ZM. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's political. Yeah, nah. This is where we just put topics to politicians

and they have to yeah, nah it. In classic Kiwi style. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, are you ready? Oh, I feel like... Is there a big song? A big like...

I did, I did. It was the music. It's very ominous. Okay, are we ready? Yes. Chardonnay. Yeah. Surprise that surprising.

Why are you surprised by that? Chardonnay. I mean, it's not my first, but I'm not going to gnaw it. Room temperature or cold? Oh, cold. No. No it's not my first, but I'm not going to gnaw it. Room temperature or cold? Oh, cold. No. No. Room temperature.

No. Pigeons. No. Lazy boy recliners. So comfortable, but so awful. I know. If they could just nail a good looking one, everyone would have one. Yeah.

I don't have one. So obviously, nah. Poofing it through an orange light and saying, dedicated. No. You have banged the roof. You've got to bang the roof. You do. I do.

Bang the roof. You have to bang the roof. I didn't know about the bang in the roof. I thought you just had to say dedicated. No You do. I do. Bang the roof. You have to bang the roof. I didn't know about the banging the roof. No, you bang the roof. I thought you just had to say dedicated. No. And sometimes I yell at America. Why do you yell at America?

I don't know. No, banging the roof is a thing, yeah. Is it supposed to keep it yellow longer? I don't know why you bang the roof, but you bang the roof. The ticket's coming through. Oh, my God. Not that I've done that. No. Well, Marisol doesn't have any trip advice. No. So you didn's the tickets coming through. Oh, my God. Not that I've done that. No.

Well, Morinsville doesn't have any trip advice. So you didn't grow up doing it, unless you were allowed to borrow the parents' car to go to Hamilton. Self-serve checkouts. Nah. You and Judith Collins have that in common. Oh, they just, for some reason, they never work for me. Can I say my favourite moment

of last night's debate and maybe the whole campaign was where you gave each other like a genuine thing you liked about each other. I thought that was, we need a bit more of that. I know that's not in the like,

people want to see blood and guts and it's like a blood sport. I don't know if they do. Anyway. It was nice. I digress. It was nice. Double dipping a chip.

Flip it. Flip dipping a chip. Oh. You flip it. Flip dip. Yes. Coriander. Oh, it's taken a while, but I'm in the year now. Yeah. Following Megan on Instagram.

Give me five. Do you know she's got a blue tag? We don't have blue tags. She's a big deal. I'll find you. I was halfway through a post, and so it's going to take me more than five minutes. Prime Minister, I do not want a pity follow. You sure?

You're not getting a pity follow? It's not at all a... But I follow both of them, so I need to round it out. That has been noted. Yes. You're a genius. That's all I got. That's it. Prime Minister Jacinda O'Donnell, thank you so much for coming in, and

good luck with the election tomorrow. Thank you. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Day. Beautiful. Today's Fact of the Day, we learnt yesterday, whilst we were at the Devonport Naval Base for the long weekend group tip video

that you can see online now at ZM Online. We involved the HMNZS Aotearoa. Brand new. It hasn't even been, it's been sailed here from South Korea, but since it got here, it's been in the garage getting some mag wheels. They're putting in a new sound system. The paint's still fresh as. They're lowering it.

It's got a Momo steering wheel. It's got a Momo steering wheel. Actually, do you have one of those. Blower film. Yeah. And some guns. And it was amazing. It was incredible.

We got a tour of the ship. You can see in the video, they honk the horn. Is that what they call it? The horn? Yeah. And apparently it just looks like a horn. I thought it would be like a big pull-down thing or something. Like a truck.

Yeah. Incredible. So we got the tour of the entire ship. Wow, incredible. And we, what was that? Was that a relaxation? Not a relaxation station. It was a chill room.

A lounge? Yeah, I think it was an officer's lounge, wasn't it? For the officers. Yeah, yeah. It's where they can sit. There was tables. It was not like, the rest of the ship was pretty all go. Yeah. Every station had its purpose. This is where you would chill out like the rest of the ship was pretty all go. Yeah.

Every station had its purpose. This is where you would chill out. Not the mess wall. Not where you eat. No. Just where you relax. And on the wall, there was a portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. And these were recent photos and they were signed.

Yeah, by the actual Queen and Prince Philip. Yeah. And apparently this is a Royal New Zealand Navy tradition is that you have on every boat a picture of actual Queen and Prince Philip. Yeah, and apparently this is a Royal New Zealand Navy tradition, is that you have on every boat a picture of the Queen and Prince Philip. And there was multiple ones. However, when we walked in, I looked at them and I was like, oh my God, someone's done a

terrible job of hanging those. Yeah, like this is a brand new ship and they're fitting it all out and someone's hanging them wonky. They've not put up a spirit level. They've not like, you know, worked out where the center of the wall is and done everything that's involved with

hanging a picture. And I didn't want to say anything because anybody there could have beat me. Yeah, because the queen, there's a queen's picture. Yeah. And that was like,

what, an inch higher than Prince Philip's. Yeah, maybe not that much. That's why, because, yeah, like a centimeter because it looked not enough to be on purpose

but too much to be an accident. Yeah. But they had their own lights too so they've gone to effort to this is where they're hanging them. The lights were even.

Yeah, the lights were even. That was what I really based my measurement off. The base of the lights and then the top of the lights of the ceiling and then down

and I was like, that's definitely not, but I didn't say anything. Now, then I was like, interesting, you've got the Queen and Prince Philip here and I believe it was Nikita was the name of the,

the member of the name. Yeah, it was Nikita. That was Nikita. I'm terrible with names, Vince. We live and we learn. Felch. Sorry, that's the only thing I had. So Nikita was looking at it and she said,

oh yeah, you always hang the Queen's portrait higher because she is the Queen. She's higher ranked. She's the Queen and he's Prince Philip. And I was like, I thought it was a mistake. And she said, no, no, that's a thing that happens on every Royal New Zealand Navy ship. And you were like, that's going to be today's fact of the day.

I said, that's going to be today's fact of the day. That's going to be tomorrow's fact of the day. Were you able to corroborate that? Did you do any further research? Is this like all navies have to do this? I cannot find a single thing that backs us up online. Really? But they said it's the same situation on every Royal New Zealand Navy ship.

Now, I don't know if that means every Commonwealth or everything that falls out of the royal navy and i said so why is it the royal navy and the royal air force but not the army you don't say the royal new zealand army yeah it's because the army aren't the queen's favorite apparently now this might have been some inter-armed services banter that i was sold on yeah but it's because they're not the royal no army are they? No, there's aspects internally of the army that can be called the Royal Army Band, maybe,

or the Russian Regiment. But apparently... Well, what did they do to the Queen? Well, apparently they pissed her off. How? I don't know. Is that it?

Megan and I, this morning, before you got to work, watched a trailer for The Crown 4 with Princess Di. Oh, my God. That looks so good. Was there anything in that, Megan? Did you spot?

About the army? No. Nah. They might have skipped's amazing. Oh, God, it looks so good. Was there anything in that, Megan? Did you spot? About the army? No. They might have skipped that out. It might not have been interesting. She was like, hello. Answering the phone, it's like, oh, good day, Auntie Liz. It's the army here. Give us more guns.

I beg your pardon. And hung up. That could have all been it. And that could have just been it. Yeah, fair call. I don't know. And then the Navy said we had to make sure that the Army and the Air Force listeners of the show knew that they were the favourite and also the oldest branch of New Zealand Armed Services

and also the most important. That's what they said. Well, they're our favourite because they let us on the boat. I mean, if the Air Force wants to let us in an Iroquois helicopter. A sea sprite? Yeah, or a chinook. We don't have chinooks. No, we don banks. I mean, if the Air Force wants to let us in an Iroquois helicopter. A sea sprite? Yeah, or a Chinook. We don't have Chinooks. No, we don't have a Chinook. Well, get a Chinook. Get a Chinook and invite us along. And we'll be there. And you can be

our favourite. Because they fly over my house all the time. I can be like, that's my house. But they don't look comfy on the inside. No, they don't seem very, very loud. So today's fact of the day is on all Royal New Zealand Navy ships, not boats. I got told.'t seem very, very loud. So today's fact of the day is on all Royal New Zealand Navy ships, not boats. I got told. Megan got told off three times.

Calling it a boat. Well, you called it a ferry at one stage. Have some respect. On all Royal New Zealand Navy ships, the Queen's portrait will be hung slightly higher than Prince Philip's. Fact of the day! Day, day, day, day, day.

Yeah. Well, I tell you what, this is a radio drama that people are quite heavily involved in now. Totally invested. We talked to, well, it got us, it all started when we talked about the things that you'd left in your car

and forgotten about. Yeah, and Bryony's friend rang in and shamed her gratefully for the fish bait she left in the car that by the time they got to take it out on the way to a potluck dinner, mind, it had rotted, it was very stinky, and

maggots were everywhere. Bryony then wanted to defend herself by just confirming that all that was exactly true, so I'm not sure it was the greatest defence. And Bryony M, this was a, you called it a fishing phase, where you never actually caught a big fish.

Yeah, no, still haven't caught one. Okay. So sorry to disappoint. Right, you did try the other weekend, didn't you? But again, nothing happened. Yeah, no, that was just poor planning, I think. Pesky tides are giving you trouble. You got there and you realise the water goes out.

It happens to the best of us. It does. Now, this weekend, you're planning on going fishing? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I'm actually going up to Dulanaki this weekend. So

we've planned to go fishing along the way, make it a nice drive. Have you done your research on spots, though? Well, we've got a few in Wellington, so we'll probably just do a few here and then maybe just wing it after that.

Oh, I wouldn't count out the Taranaki Coast. There's some beautiful Oponaki and there's some beautiful spots around there. Okay, well, we're a little worried, Bryony. I mean, you did go out last weekend and the tide was out and you've really got no clue. You did tell us you were going to do some research, but I don't know.

No, I did research. I did some research. Okay, well, what did you research? So most people just came back with no tips at all. But someone did say that surf casting in Wellington is actually really hard. So they took me out on their boat. Oh, right, okay. I don't know if we go on boats with strangers.

Well, we thought we'd better go straight to the horse's mouth for some advice in joining us from the ITM Fishing Show. Matt Watson, hello! Good morning, team. Great to have you on the show. Matt, we'd like you to meet Bryony M, who you may have just heard doesn't know a lot about fishing.

Yeah, I picked that up. But real keen to catch a fish. Yeah. But it sounds like there's plenty of enthusiasm there. And that, to be honest, is the main ingredient. So the first step is the main ingredient. So the first step is the wanting to, and it just sounds like we've got to just hone in on some of those skills a wee bit to get that big fish for you.

Right, so she's heading up to Taranaki this weekend and leaving from Wellington. Have you got any experience on that coast? Any spots you could recommend? Yeah, well, that Oponaki Coast is actually really good. Getting some good access can be a little bit tricky. So what you might want to do is stop at the pub and buy a pint for a few of the local farmers.

And if you can get some access through some of that coast there, the few dairy farms along the coast there, which has got some of the better fishing. And I tell you what, a couple of beers to the right person can get you in the right spot. Really? It's a big part of fishing. You can have all the gear and skills in the world,

but if you're not where the fish are, you're not going to catch. I'll be honest with you, Matt. I thought that story that started with stopping at the pub was going to be just pretend you went fishing and just go to the pub. Well, you see, then you're in a win-win, right? Yeah, yeah. You're in a win-win, right? Yeah, yeah. You're in a win-win. You might not get a spot,

but you might have a hell of a good time and meet some new people and who knows where you might end up. Now, Bryony M, what's your fishing rod like? Because you need a surfcaster

by the sound of it, don't you? Yeah, I've got one of those. Okay. It's pretty old. I just got it off Vic Deals. I just went out to Wainui in Pitsmouth.

Do you know how to use it? Yeah. Yeah. Any tips for the amateur surfcaster, Matt? Yeah, well, Bryony, if you could just give us a little bit, a few more clues. So, like, what sort of links are you talking for PSCF Caster? Long. give us a little bit, a few more clues. So, like, what sort of length are you talking for PSCF Caster? Um, probably like, it's probably like two and a half metres.

Two and a half metres? Okay, so reasonable. You probably want to be a little bit longer than that, to be honest, if you're going to surf. But off the rocks, like, if you're off rocks, it's probably a decent size. So, my advice would be try and get something a little bit longer. If you're in the surf, it's all about distance.

If you're off the rocks, it's actually about bringing the fish to you. So get a bit of burley in the water and the fish will come right to your feet. A little bit of what? A little bit of burley. A little bit of burley. Right. Okay. What's your favourite type of burley, Matt?

What's going to get them on the rocks? What's getting the honeys in? Yeah. Oh, kinner. If you can get kinner, you see, and if you're a kinner eater like me, it's a real bonus. So you grab some kinner out of the rock pools,

you know, low tide, and you sit there and eat them, and you sit there and eat them and throw all the guts and shells into the water, and when you're ready to fish, the snapper is sitting right there, eating your kinner and you're lobbing her bait. You're eating the kinner, it's eating the kinner.

How does she stop getting a snag, Matt? Because, like, this has happened before, off the rocks. Yeah, yeah. So don't use a sinker. If you're off the rocks, distance, casting out fire isn't an issue. So don't use a sinker. Just sort of lob it out, let it free, sort of float down, and you've just got to stay in touch with your bait.

So if you feel it getting into the weeds, just give it a little flick up. Matt, does she need one of those fake little neon fishes on the... You trying to jig? I don't know. What are those things called? Yeah, what the hell? What the hell? Get half a dozen of them.

It's good for the industry. Yeah. There you go, Briony M. How do you feel after that, Briony? Good. Can I ask you go, Bryony M. How do you feel after that, Bryony? Good. Can I ask you a question? Yes, please. If I'm putting burley in, what kind of bait would I use?

Yeah, so use a pilchard or a bit of squid, just whatever works in the area. Squid does stay on better. But, like, if you've got to carry, you know, a bag full of bait, I always carry more weight in burling because you can always catch more bait while you're there. You see? So you catch a car while...

Oh, hang on. The catching's the hard part for you, right? Yeah. Okay. Mate, you might catch... There is always the fish shop as well. Yes. But I don't think we're going to have to resort to that

because I can tell you've got the enthusiasm. And, you know, once you're hooked and you are, you won't stop until you get the results. Oh, that's brilliant. Matt Watson from the ITM Fishing Show, thank you so much for those tips. And Bryony M, we're going to catch up with you Monday and see how you went.

Awesome. I'm really excited now. Can't wait to see. I want to see photos. If you want some more tips, Matt the Fishing Guy on Facebook. Thanks so much, Matt. Easy as.

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