ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 19th October 2021

Episode Date: October 18, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe, barista made coffee available from drive-thru, make delivery at level 3 and also dine-in level 2. If you follow Fletch on Instagram, you may have noticed a real attention-seeking story yesterday. Oh, I did that on purpose.

I was actually about to do like a whole series of them, but they came into the room and said, you can go now. And you're like. And I was like, ah. Yeah, and then I actually regretted it because then everyone was like, what's wrong with you? And I had to tell them. Because you were getting your needle in your back.

I got a steroid injection into the back. It's quite fascinating. You've had one. You had one in your hip. They have to get it guided by a CT scanner. CT. Yeah. So they can see where they're putting it.

And they move you on the bed. So they make a mark and CT scan you where they want to put the needle. And then they whiz you out of the machine. And they're like, and put a needle in. And then just put you back in the machine. And then just millimeter by millimeter, they inch it closer to where it needs to be. That's crazy. So you go in and out of the machine maybe 15 times,

and then when they find the spot, they inject some dye, and then they inject the steroid, and you just feel it kind of pushing. But I didn't really feel it. You said it was going to hurt heaps. It's making me feel queasy. But they did my injection straight after my local, and I don't think it had enough time. I had about five minutes, and I didn't feel anything.

You didn't get the fentanyl? No, I didn't. I have a hole in my back, though. I've got a really cool plaster. You know a hospital plaster? Yeah. They're real cool. They don't fuck around with plasters.

No, why can't we buy plasters like that? Because they don't come off. Yeah, and I had to really pick at it to come off. Yeah, I know, and then you've got to really tear them off. It was like a skin-like, it was amazing plaster, top-notch plaster. And how is it now? Oh yeah, she was a bit sore last night.

Because the idea is it's like a long-term painkiller, right? Yeah, for like three months. And then, but yeah. So no, it's good, it's good. Feel a lot better today. Yeah. That'd be great. It's just, you know, science and technology, guys, when I was in that machine, and I was like, here we are, are here i am trusting science and a doctor needling you know within millimeters of my spine he could paralyze me yeah paralyze me not for me mate this

medical medicine and science you said i should go to your mate from facebook that does the steroid injections yes yeah out the back of his um gym. Yeah, yeah, yeah. His protein power shop. You'll be jacked. Yeah. And you won't even feel the pain anymore. The only thing you'll feel is your heart beating. Yeah, right. Okay.

That's the sort of steroid injection I'm after. Yeah. One right in the ass cheek. I tell you what, I really knew I was in West Auckland, though, when I was waiting for Vaughan to pick me up. Yeah. Because I got some sushi, because I wasn't allowed to eat for like two or three hours before, so I was starving.

And you're a grazer. And I was like, well, I'll just wait in this bus stop. Lovely Vaughn came and picked me up and dropped me off. Love, thank you again, Vaughn. That's more than all right. Couldn't bear the thought of you, you know, stumbling around West Auckland, high on painkillers. I was, yeah.

And ending up in a drug den. Well, yeah, I went to that no-name sushi shop, and that was questionable. So I was in the bus stop eating the sushi and then i looked down and there was someone had ripped off their like blood or iv drip so there was plaster the port that was on the ground of the bus stop and then i looked around and there's just a trail of blood and i'm eating the sushi i'm like i'm i'm moving oh my god someone had like checked out of hospital which is right behind the bus stop, and thought, F this, I'm going home on the bus, bleeding. Yeah.

West Auckland day. West Auckland. West Auckland. Thanks, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleeche, Vaughan and Megan. It's two minutes past six. Happy Tuesday. Happy Tuesday. Happy Tuesday.

Taco Tuesday. Oh, I've got some leftover tacos. Great idea. I was going to buy a taco press. I forgot about that. We had tacos on Sunday. Oh, no, that's not right. You've got to wait until Tuesday.

It's not Taco Sunday. It's not Taco Sunday, no. But then there was murmurs, murmurs of nachos last night at the dinner table. There was murmurs. Oh, okay, for Tuesday. Of nachos. All last night. Right, okay. Cling to what you can cling to.

Yeah, it's six o'clock and we're talking about dinner. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you've got to have these things to get you through the day six o'clock and we're talking about dinner. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you've got to have these things to get you through the day, you know. Yeah. When you're in level three

but to those that aren't, bloody enjoy it. Lucky you. Wow. Okay, we're not swearing at them. Okay, cool, cool. Cool, cool, cool. I thought we were swearing at them.

You need some actual tacos. Yeah. Dine in. Yeah. Yeah, piff. No, we're not. No, we're not. No, we're not.

Really struggling not to swear. You're all right, mate. You're alliff. No, we're not. No, we're not. No, we're not. Really struggling not to swear. You're all right, mate. You're all right. Coming up on the show, secret sound. Thanks to Neon. Seven o'clock and eight will give you the chance to guess this morning. The activator's just before the news. The top six on the way.

Nude gardening day this Saturday. International day of the Nude Gardener. I've got... I was just going to say, wear your sunscreen. Oh, yeah. Well, your eye got you a little bit burnt on Saturday. Did you? It was a lovely day.

There was a change in the sun. Yeah. I mean, we're lucky we got through October. Yeah. Usually it's a September day where you get a little bit pink. It was bloody lovely. But you and the wife have to get out with your matching weed pullers. Yes.

Well, you'd want to watch your weed puller if you're in the nude. Yeah. And the top six other things to watch out for when gardening in the nude. All right, it's coming up on the show. Next, though, the most common plastic surgery procedures. I tell you what, it has changed a lot since 2011. CDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. With the rise of social media and everyone Zooming,

plastic surgery procedures are going up. This is from the US, the most common plastic surgery procedures, because I think in the UK, it's a little bit different. Love Island has the lip injections right up there. So interestingly, in the US, lip

injections aren't as high. Isn't it weird that in one part of the world, everyone's like, I'm going to inject my lips. And then on the other side of the world, they're like, no, that looks ridiculous. Don't do that. Or is it just people are getting it done, but there's not as many people who need it done? Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean?

Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Right. With a higher population of African-Americans, that wouldn't be as high on the priority for African-Americans, a lip injection. Whereas, like, famously, white Brits don't have lips. So they need. Yeah, maybe.

So in the US, it has gone down a few spots. It was 12th on the list in 2011. Now it's 15th most popular cosmetic surgery procedure. That's in the US. So in 2011, it was very popular to get a breast augmentation, to get your boobs done. That is not so much anymore. The number one procedure now, do you want to have a...

Reduction. Breast reduction. No. Nose. Rhinoplasty. A rhinoplasty. Really? Is number one.

It's always been up there. It was number two, but it is number one. So people are getting eyelid surgery. What's number two, but it is number one. So people are getting eyelid surgery. What's it? Why? That is number two. That's massive. That is massive in the Asian community.

To have a fold put into the eyelid. There's a special name for it. A blepharoplasty Yeah Bleeparoplasty Wow, okay Yeah Or is it when you get old and you get a wrinkly eyelid I think that too

Yeah, right It takes some skin out The alteration of it Yeah A facelift is on the rise as well Just a straight up facelift. Yeah, right. Liposuction is still up there, number four.

Breast augmentation has gone down to number five. A neck lift is the biggest new trend. So that was 26 on the list back in 2011. It's now number six. People are getting the... The boom is raging and they're getting that little gobble. How old when you get that?

When am I going to get a little gobble? Not everybody gets a little gobble. Do they not? No. That's when I'm going to start wearing turtlenecks. Hold it all in. Is that why... Also, cheek implants That is the biggest jump

So number eight It's the eighth most popular Cheek implants Cheek implants Just think it'd be weird Like seeing your friend All of a sudden Have big cheeks

Well I guess Would you say something Point his subtlety Yeah right I don't know You've seen people Who have had work done, and have you ever said anything?

No, but I wait till they leave. Yeah, wait till they leave and then say, what have they done? What have they done to themselves? What have they done to their lips? What is that? Yeah. I guess the whole point is to try and do it

so it doesn't look so obvious, but people are, it's becoming more and more popular. Wow. I'd love to see a list from New Zealand. Do you think it would be the same? No, I don't actually. Just because the UK and the US is so different. What do you think our top ones would be?

Like your boob reduction and enlargements? Yeah. I think boobs would still be up there for New Zealand. Noses? Lips? Lips. I think lips would be higher in New Zealand than they are in... Ears being pinned back.

Oh, yeah. So you can run faster and play for the All Blacks. Is that what they say, is it? Yeah, pin your ears back and go for it. Yeah, I know. It would be interesting because I do really think it would be different. All right, the top six is coming up on the show. Yeah, the top six things to watch out for while nude gardening,

this Nude Gardener International Day of Nude Gardening. Next on the show though Fairgo touched on this last night and it's outraged people. I didn't even know this was a thing. No, they've changed the recipe of the Kiwi Classic. And people are livid. Livid I tell you.

Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. If you have thought lately that your twisties, your rations, your chisels and your burger rings look a little different, taste a little different, you're certainly not alone. No. And last night, Fairgo dipped its toe in it. Well, to Fairgo's advantage of having one of its main reporters,

Hayden Jones, not living in Auckland, he could take to the main streets of New Plymouth. Or if you've got enough teeth to eat a hard chip, you can really, you know, snack into these delicious snacks. He was on the walkway. Yeah. I'm surprised he didn't run into mum because she loves a walk. She loves a lunchtime walkway walk.

Oh, good on her. Yeah. And weather was nice. Lovely day. Still couldn't see the mountain, but apparently it's there. Now, in that piece, so he talks about all the Bluebird chips. Cheeseballs aren't in there. And I haven't seen cheeseballs lately. Have they ceased production

at Tesla? I know because he's still around, but I just think they're not as popular, maybe? Are cheeseballs Bluebird? Yeah, they are. Is that a ridiculous question to ask? Or are they? I'm pretty sure they are. Cheeseballs. Yeah, they're Eater Cheeseballs. Oh, I haven't seen them. Eater Cheeseballs. They better not mess with that.

They've changed the packet. The package looks a little different because it was always blue, wasn't it? God, they're bloody lovely, though. It's a red. No, it's always been red. No, though, you're thinking of Cheezles. Cheezles. Now, Cheezles are Bluebird.

And that's one of the ones that's changed. No. Jesus. Sorry. Calm down over there. Cheezles. Now, let's not forget that Bluebird did this to Grainwaves years ago. Ruined Grainwaves. You can't eat Grainwaves. I can't eat them now forget that Bluebird did this to Grainwaves years ago. Ruined Grainwaves.

You can't eat Grainwaves. I can't eat them now. Did Bluebird do that to Grainwaves? Because Grainwaves also, didn't they have something else added to their name? Like Sun something Grainwaves? I think they tried to flash up the name to make them sell again. They're rubbish. Yeah.

Cardboard. So. Thanks for ruining those. Apparently they had to upgrade the machines. The ingredients have remained the same. Bullshit. They had to upgrade the machines and that's changed something. As well as they went to a canola oil at one stage.

Right. Producer Jared is saying that grain waves are good again. No. No. We don't know though because it was the change. Maybe they've changed back. Yeah, you haven't tried them for a while. There's so many better chips.

He says, I think they reverted. No, not by the look of this photo. They didn't have them reverted in this photo. Look at that. That's not a revert, is it? Because they made them smaller and like. Yeah, no. Had some on the weekend.

They retracted the recipe. He said, I had some on the weekend. They were banging. Okay. So a grain wave's back. All right. We'll see. Bluebird do Doritos, and Doritos are like so good.

The new ranch flavor. Oh, my God. Oh, and that hot one. Oh, my God. The hot Doritos. Yeah, I got a bag of each because they're like hot or cold. I'm like, why not both? Although I do have a new favorite salted vinegar chip, the Waka Changi.

Oh, my God. Snacka Changi. So good. I haven't actually, I bought a packet because you guys always go on about it, but I haven't eaten it yet. How do you have a bag of chips in the house without eating it? Waiting for a moment. I can't do that. A moment is like, you were watching The Chase last night

when that dude smoked The Chase. That would have been me. 75,000 pounds by himself. If I'd seen that, I would have popped a bottle of champagne and opened a bag of chips in celebration of this young man. You've got to celebrate everything in that. Yeah. What a better way bottle of champagne in a bag of chips in celebration of this young man. You've got to celebrate everything. Yeah. What a better way to celebrate than with a bag of chips.

Yeah. Well, yeah, apparently they've got new machines. Yeah. But the recipe, they're saying the recipe hasn't changed. A bit of backpedaling from the one that's not on Fairgo. So how many chippies are different then? All of your cheesy flavor, all your cheese-based ones. All of the ones on Fair Ellen Figo looked aerated.

They looked like they'd been pumped with air or something. Yeah, and they didn't have that same really unnatural bright orange that we all came to love. People were commenting saying there was no powder after they were eating rations. What about twisties? All of them. Yeah. But see, this is what happens When you only eat chips

On special occasions You've got to eat them all the time So that you can monitor It's like taking The wastewater samples Yeah They're always taking Wastewater samples these days

I want to know what else Is in the wastewater I think if they were going to do A what chips are in the wastewater Every suburb would be Deluged with chips That would be really interesting Yeah

Ashley Bloomford would be like, there's positive chips in every wastewater this week. From the hard-to-find ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Nude, nude gardening day. It's this Saturday. This comes to us as a press release from the New Zealand Naturist Federation. Coming up this Saturday, this comes to us as a press release from the New Zealand Naturist Federation.

Coming up this Saturday, masks may be on. The rest is coming off. Gardeners and naturists will be out in force as part of National Gardening Week. And they said it's no better day than Saturday for Nude Gardening Day. Getting closer to nature and having some fun. Spruce up your bush. And then spruce up your bushes for Nude Gardening Day. What if you like, I'm just thinking if you squatting down in the garden,

sit on a thistle or something. Oh, there's many, many things to worry about. Stick up your gapsy. Well, that's what I've got the top six things to watch out for whilst nude gardening this weekend because you won't have the protection of clothing. Number six, standing on a rake. You've done that, haven't you? Yeah. It smacked me in the ribs and it really hurt.

But if you're naked, not only will it hurt your foot, but you could get a rake in the nip or the tip. So I want you to be very careful about that this weekend if you're nude gardening. Number five on the list of the top six things to watch out very careful about that this weekend if you're nude gardening. Number five on the list of the top six things to watch out for while nude gardening this weekend. Sitting on anything because A&E ain't believing your nude gardening accident story as much as they were believing the slipped and fell in the shower story or the I was up on a step ladder and I fell on that weird bottle of vinegar story. Okay. Olive oil.

Whatever bottles. Yeah, right. It's very specific there. Yeah, it was, wasn't it? Yeah, it was. Number four on the list of the top six things to watch out for while nude gardening, getting a sprinkler jet to the sensitive bits. Oh, ow. Yeah, a little jet of water there. The old... If it hits you right in the bit, it'll drop you. It'll drop you, whereas your clothes would, you know, take the brunt of it. Yeah, a little jet of water there. The old... If it hits you right in the bit, it'll drop you.

It'll drop you, whereas your clothes would, you know, take the brunt of it. Yeah. Take the brunt of it. Number three on the list of the top six things to watch out for whilst new gardening this weekend. Sunburn on the parts that don't often see the sun. Yeah.

Got to be real careful. Yeah. Talking about the inner butt. Who was that celebrity that... Yeah, who was the celebrity that burnt their perineum? Josh Brolin? That's right. Was Josh Brolin? Because he was a, what was that thing a year or two ago, and you were meant to moon the sun.

Was it perineum sunning or something? Yeah. All it ended up doing was burning some buttholes. Yeah. The gooch got a little yowchie. Yes, Josh Brolin, victim of perineum sunning. Yeah. Bravely speaks out.

Thanos, the man that destroyed half the universe, burned his bum with the sun. Number two on the list of the top six things to watch out for while you're new to gardening this weekend, aphids. Oh, okay. You don't want an aphid infestation. No. Well, your pants are down. They'll destroy your roses and they'll make a mess of your swan plant. So, okay. You don't want an aphid infestation. No. Or your pants are down. They'll destroy your roses, and they'll make a mess of your swan plant.

So you obviously don't want them anywhere near your bits and pieces. And number one on the list of the top six things to watch out for while new gardening this weekend, your neighbours. Do take into consideration that people around you will definitely be able to see you. Because, I don't know, your garden's in the backyard and their house is two-story and now you're naked, but hey, just give them a little bit of a heads up

and you'll be away laughing in your garden. That is today's top six. CDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Producer Jared and the Middy, who has a name, Emma is her name, but the Middy. Yeah. By the way, this is real cute. We've been playing some Dungeons and Dragons lately.

And we've got like a video chat going. And Jared's the dungeon master. And the other night when we were playing, she was making something. And every now and then she'd come with a little fork and like put it in his mouth. And he'd like hold his mic from the way. I'd be like,

that's really good. That's really yum. And then he'd be like, all right, I need a, oh my God. I need you guys to roll a D20. That was so wholesome. I know,

it's insanely wholesome. She knitted him a little bag to keep his Dungeons and Dragons dice in. Like, it is honestly like, it's so cute. It's like watching your grandparents. But they're like in their 20s.

It's so watching your grandparents. But they're like in their 20s. It's so unbelievably wholesome. Thanks. Yeah, it's pretty cute. Now, how long have you been together? We're two days away from 11 months. Oh. Coming up a year. Nearly got the big year anniversary.

Yep. Yep. Going to be popping out triplets any day now. Yeah, well, the rate you're going. Yeah. You moved in pretty quick yeah the album what's it and you've you've got a big another milestone yeah um so over the weekend the midi took my whip to the supermarket your whip my whip the toyota vitz yep yep um and when she got back i went out to go help her carry in the groceries. And she says, hey, don't be mad.

And I was like, oh, what have you bought? And she's like, no, I broke your car key. In the car? Yeah. So, like, I've got one of those remote-y things. Oh. And the key bit is gone. Oh. Oh, yeah.

Where is it? In the lock? No, it's in her purse at the moment. Because I didn't think I had a spare key. Yeah. And then we had a mad dash inside. I found one, which is this one. Yeah.

Jesus Christ, that's a huge key. That's the biggest key I've seen. Show me the key. It's bigger than your car. Yeah, it's bigger than the bits. Your key to car ratio is out of whack. No wonder it snapped off with that kind of long leverage. Yeah, so the midi didn't know her own strength

and broke my key. There was a mad dash trying to find my spare one. And then we made the decision to put each other's spare key on each other's key ring. So I've got the Middy's car key. She's got a big key as well. Yeah, we're a couple of big key cats. Yeah, God.

Chuckie, key's in the bowl. If you're ever to swing us party with Jared in the middle, and you, you know, particularly fancy one of them, go for the biggest key in there because you'll get a key to one of them. Yeah, and I've got a little glowy thing, so you can always tell which key's are mine in the bowl. You seem very keen on this uh key party yeah you're already pre-planning your uh swingers parties in your 40s well that's a big move yeah i thought so i've never given you insured for each

other's cars no okay well that's it you don't drive her car no i don't i don't like her brakes what kind of car is she wait a second you don't like her brakes as if they don't drive her car? No, I don't like her brakes. What kind of car is she on? Wait a second. You don't like her brakes as in they don't work? They're too squishy or they're too... My brakes I have to push in real hard for the car to slow down. Not hers, you just have to touch. So she's got good brakes. She's got good brakes.

And you're not used to them. You've got pillows for brakes. Yeah. Wow. How are you passing a warrant? We'll find out in two months. Oh, goodness me. You've got great calf muscles, though.

I do. Thank you, Megan, for noticing. On the right leg. On the right leg. Yabba-dabba-doo. Go low with Flexphone and Megan. Every day this week, it is your chance to win cash. Chelsea, good morning.

Good morning. All right, this is all thanks to Warehouse Mobile. It's a shot at $500. You've just got to tell us which is lower. Okay. So, three landmarks. The Statue of Liberty.

Tane Mahuta. Or Auckland's Harbour Bridge. From lowest point of bridge to highest point of bridge, not top of bridge to water. Okay. Oh, okay. So can we go the Statue of Liberty

because I don't know what the second one was. Tane Mahuta, the massive kauri tree up north. Oh, she's big. Oh, okay, okay, yeah, all right, all right. So that's got to be pretty tall. Yeah, yeah. So is it taller than the Statue of Liberty, though? We're going for what's lower?

Lower is out of all of them. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Okay, so I am going to go with Are you Googling? You feel like This feels like a Google storm You know what Bradley would say

We need an answer We need an answer Okay So I'm going to go with the Auckland Harbour Bridge being the lowest It's not It's not

Google said that the tree was Yeah Google sold me in Auckland Harbour Bridge was 43 You didn't go to the right part of Auckland Harbour Bridge. Not what I just explained, was it? Or the length. Not the length.

We went after the length. I described what part of the bridge. I described what part of the bridge. Not what you did. This is why I described it as that part. Because you've Googled. You Googled. You cheated. Goodbye. Goodbye.led. You cheated. Oh, okay. Goodbye. I'm with you now.

Goodbye. This is the chase. This is the chase. This is the chase. This is the chase. You just got Bradley Walsh, Chelsea. All right. I'm lucky.

We'll go to Alex as our backup. Good morning, Alex. Good morning. How are we? Good. All right. Three different, this time, people. Yeah.

What's lower? What's lower? So we want the shortest out of Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, people. Yeah, what's lower? What's lower? So we want the shortest out of Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, or Lady Gaga. I'm going to go Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga? Yes! Correct. Correct.

Congratulations. Well done. She's the lowest. Which is quite amazing because Bruno Mars is tiny, right? Becky is very short. Yeah, I think she is. Well, I thought she likes to wear those big meat heels, so she must be, you know.

She wears chops. She's moved on from the meat heels. She wears chops. A couple of lamb neck chops. Hey, congratulations, Alex. $500 cash, all thanks to Warehouse Mobile, New Zealand's low-cost mobile with top-ups from $5. Grab a SIM and join today.

Congratulations. Cheers. Thanks, Sam. Another chance tomorrow to win. Next on the show, the most dangerous sport has been revealed, and it's not badminton. Badminton? Why did you put a G in badminton? Is it badminton?

Badminton. Badminton. No, not minton. Yeah, you're right. It's badminton. Badminton. Thank you. Well, it's not Badmington.

And it's Squelch. Next time you're out playing that board game. It's also not Squash, although that does suck your eyeballs out. It can. It goes, yeah. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Well, a study out of the US of A has revealed the most dangerous sport. And I have also looked up the most dangerous,

well, the ACC claims for sports injuries in New Zealand. Oh, okay. And I found a news story from a few years ago. But out of the US, horseback riding is the most dangerous in any other sport, more dangerous in America than football, motorcycling, and skiing. Wow, football surprises. Oh, maybe it's the big injuries.

They wear the pads. But is it the C? They get donks. Yeah, the... And it comes later in life. Yeah. Have you watched the documentary on that? I've heard about it.

It's a harrowing watch. Yeah, it's brutal. I wonder how it's going to be affecting professional rugby players a little bit later in life. Who was that guy that killed all those people? They reckon that's what happened to him, eh? Got donks on the head. I watched that top three. Yeah, it was not like a big bit.

That was crazy. Yeah. What was? It's on Netflix. Who did that? Is it Alex? Ah, Rodri, Alex, Rodri. No, that's A-Rod.

That's J-Lo's ex. Who was it? Was he an American football player? Yeah, and they reckon he donked, and that's why. Is it CE? Yeah, that's what it's. Yeah, they. Okay.

But then when people do fall off horses, they hurt themselves. Like, it's a long way to fall. So apparently older horseback riders between. Aaron Hernandez. Yes. Yes. That's a wild documentary. Watch that on Netflix.

Older horseback riders between 50 and 59 were more likely to be taken into trauma centres while those between 30 and 39 were least likely to be injured. Because they bounce. When you get over 50, you stop bouncing. If you were, would ACC if you fell off your horse,

would that be a sport injury or would that be a farm injury or a workplace? It depends for what purpose you're riding it. If you are working like a farm on a horse on steep terrain, it would be work related, but most people would be riding horses recreationally. So from a story about sporting injuries, rugby is New Zealand's biggest ACC claim.

And they say like a spinal injury. They use an example, a spinal injury for a 17-year-old would cost ACC between $6 and $9 million over the whole of that person's life. One person? Yeah. Whoa. Crazy, eh? So, yeah, it goes rugby in New Zealand.

Where was the rest of the list? Snow sports shot up there, one that might not be the case anymore, but I remember 10 years ago, snow sports, like skiing and snowboarding and basically anything on ice, it all came under one umbrella. Because you've got to learn. Lots of people hurting themselves. Yeah. Yeah.

But I guess rugby just because so many people play it and given it's physical. Yeah. Soccer and netball next on the list. They account for 7% of new claims each.

Wow. Yeah, sometimes I wish I hadn't played netball because it's ruined my knees and my ankles. But it was worth it though. You were in the Silver Ferns.

Yeah. You went to the World Cup that time and you got a Fisher and Parker washing machine from the sponsor so that was lovely. And you had that stellar post-netball career commentary. Yeah. You went to the World Cup that time and you got a Fisher & Parker washing machine from the sponsor.

So that was lovely. And you had that stellar post-Netball career commentary role. Oh my God. So I think it's worth it for your injuries. Savages. Your knees aren't good, but you're a lifelong member of the Silver Ferns. Silver Fern number 742. 42. Perfect. Lovely. Perfect.

Lovely. Is there that many silver ferns? Feels like I shot too high with that made up silver fern number. I don't think there's that many. No, because I remember I saw someone been like, congratulations, you're a silver fern now. I think now how many silver ferns have there been? Sorry, everybody.

You've just got to stand by while I answer this question. Otherwise, it's going to bounce around in my head. Maybe we could come back We'll come back We'll come back to this Nope sit right there We'll come back to this How many silver ferns

Who was the youngest silver fern Who was the best silver fern That's very subjective Subjective Yeah Joan Harrett was the greatest silver fern ever We'll come back to this In the year 2000

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A little bit late for me. It's on my watch list today though. We're under a week away from you, Curb. Yes, Curb your enthusiasm. The trailer came out last week and that looks amazing. As per, you wouldn't expect it to be rubbish. No.

It's always brilliant. Hayley joins us this morning. Good morning, Hayley. Welcome to Secret Sound. Hi. We've got soundkeeper Al standing by. This is a sound that could win you right now $15,000. Have you been able to work out the sign clue that was last posted?

We haven't figured out what she's actually saying, but we're thinking it's maybe got something to do with sound. Okay. I'm curious. What's your guess? So we're thinking capping a microphone when it's on to see if it stops down. Have you tested this at home? Because we've got microphones, but do you have one?

Yeah. No, we don't. So this is a stab of the nut. I like it. Yeah, we saw that you had microphones in a few of your videos, so that's why we thought, oh, maybe. How does it make the click, though, Vaughan? Vaughan, do you just want to – I'll turn your mic right up.

Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Well, what about if you run your finger down this bit? This is ASMR. Mm, isn't it? Hello. Oh, right. Okay, well, I mean, we have different microphones, I'm sure.

And Hayley, I heard you're saying we. Are you working with a team? I am, yes, my workmate. Oh, yeah, hello. Hello, let you know. Get you out of your misery. 15K tapping a microphone. Hayley, that is not the super sound.

All right, Hayley, well, another shot at 8 o'clock this morning. ZDM's Fletch, Ronan Megan. So there is a massive Spanish literature prize with the prize money being 1 million euro. It was awarded to the Spanish female crime writer Carmen Mola. Carmen Mola. Love a crime thriller, don't we? She, yeah.

She is an acclaimed female thriller writer and we don't really know much about her. So her agency, they just listed, it's got like pictures of her but she's kind of looking away from the camera. There's some photos yeah but you don't really see her face. And then she's described as a peculiar and lowly woman.

A lover of karaoke, collector's cars and sex in SUVs. Sex in SUVs? Yeah. But it's just like a small little bio. Right. And it's the idea that she's mysterious.

Yeah, and she just wants to keep her privacy. Okay. So Carmen won this one million euro prize and everyone's like, okay, we get to see her. Because there's an awards. Yeah, there's an awards ceremony. And then when it was announced that she had won, three men got up on stage. Television scriptwriters,

Augustin Martinez, Jorge Diaz and Antonio Mercado, who all three of them claimed to be Carmen Mola. So they invented a female fiction writer. Yeah.

And under her name sold books. And won this one million euro prize. But it wasn't won for the fact that she was female. It wasn't a female only literacy prize. No, I don't believe so. So they still get the money. There's no... Oh, wow. Because they still get the money. There's no... Oh, wow.

Because they still get the money. People write under pseudonyms all the time, don't they? Yeah. But normally, like, really big writers, like, you know, if you had a Stephen King. Yeah. Yeah, but if E.L. James, who wrote... Goosebumps. No, that's R.L. Stone.

Fifty Shades of Grey. Yeah, Fifty Shades of Grey had been a dude. It wouldn't have sold because it would have been creepy. No, that's R.L. Stine. Fifty Shades of Grey. Yeah, Fifty Shades of Grey. Had been a dude. It wouldn't have sold because it would have been creepy. Yeah, totally. This is kind of the issue that some people have. One of the responses was, beyond using the female pseudonym, these guys have spent years doing interviews.

So it's not just the name. It's the fake profile they've used to take in readers and journalists. Wow. And so they're like, well, a million bucks. It's time. The gig is up if we want to claim our million. Yeah. It's time to reveal our almost Banksy level.

Yeah. You know. But can you be mad? Because they wrote it. Maybe they felt like women wouldn't buy in as much if they weren't like a feminist, you know, novelist. I don't know. I'm torn.

I don't know how I feel about it. Yeah, because it should be a prize based on the writing, right? At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who writes it. But I guess using just the name and then going as far to create this profile that they did with photos of a woman. I don't know who that woman is. And then three guys got up on stage to accept the award. Everyone's like, hang on.

It's quite funny. You've got to admit, it's quite funny. I mean, they look pretty happy. Yeah. Pretty happy with themselves. So I list some famous writers that have used pseudonyms. Stephen King used Richard Bachman. Yeah.

Michael Crichton. What did he do? Mate, Michael Crichton did everything. Jurassic Park, ER. Yeah. Michael Crichton. What did he do? Mate, Michael Crichton did everything. Jurassic Park, ER. Yeah. John Lang, Jeffrey Hudson and Michael Douglas. He's done a few pseudonyms. J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith.

That's who she wrote as, Robert Galbraith. That's who she wrote as, yeah. And C.S. Lewis, Clive Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Mrs. Silence Duguid. That was like the 1700s. I wonder if there's been any New Zealanders. I wonder if Margaret Mahi ever did, you know. Something under a swan.

Yeah. Or Joy Cowley. I'm just thinking who wrote my favourite kids' books. Oh, or Annabelle Langbine. Tessa Duda. Yeah. From Mary McCleary. From Donald's Hysteria. Or Joy Cowley. I'm just thinking who wrote my favourite kids' books. Oh, or Annabelle Langbine. Tessa Duda. Yeah, from Mary McCleary, from Donaldson's Theory. Annabelle Langbine.

Yeah, just wants to put out like a baking book and it's just real budget and she doesn't want to use it as much. Doesn't want to be judged. She doesn't want to put out a Gleeson's book. So she's just like, I don't know, Betty's Muffins or something. Her name is Betty's Muffins. Yeah, her name is Betty Muffin. Betty Muffin. Terrible pseudonym, Annabelle Langbine.

People are going to sit right through that. Mrs. Muffin. Yeah, Mrs. Muffin. No. Because that just sounds like a pseudonym. You're asking people to look into it. Yeah, people are going to be like, yeah, I want to know more about this Muffin woman.

Whose last name is Muffin and they're a bakery? She's a mystery. That's why people love And they love the recipes You rouse my suspicions And then she goes and accepts the award And it's Annabelle goddamn Langbein Yeah

Nadia Lim's like Nadia Lim's like I'm gonna do the same Yeah I'm gonna be called Vanessa Salad And then it just Kicks off this like

Long run of Famous New Zealand chefs Yeah And then she brings kicks off this long run of famous New Zealand chefs. Yeah, and then she brings out my food box. Who? Vanessa Salad. Yeah, Vanessa Salad. Your kai box. Yeah. She's just got her fingers in all the pies.

I don't know how these things work. We're going to delve into the latest community notices, the weird and wonderful postings you've seen on your local Facebook pages soon. But I'm excited. We're just going to talk to an economist next. Not only an economist, a principal economist and director of Infometrics. Vaughan in the group chat last night is like,

what's inflation, guys? What does it mean? What's happening? It's in the news. It's going up. It's the highest it's been in 10 years. And like it or not, this will affect you

if you have, don't have, deal with, or try to actively avoid money. Money! Well, this is a bit of a downer, isn't it? Is it? I don't know. It sounds like it. It's on the news.

It might be good news. We'll raise next. ZDM's Fletchvorn and Megan. He is a principal economist and director at Infometrics And we're excited because we always see this guy on the news And I'm just like, he's so smart Look at him know about money Brad Olsen, good morning

Good morning It's great to have you on the show I'm always so impressed And I guess this is something you're probably sick of The fact that you are so respected in the industry But you're such a young fella Oh, I think it's important though That we talk about these sort of issues.

And look, normally I'm on something like the business news, which could be a pretty serious affair. So I'm keen to come on and have a bit more of a casual chat about the important things that matter. Loosen your tie, Brad. There's no need for them around here. And speak to us like we're children because we know nothing. We're money dumb.

And this is why we wanted you on the show because everyone's talking about inflation What's happening? Well, we are seeing prices go up Which will be absolutely no news to anyone at all They'll be seeing that, you know, every time they go to the supermarket Crikey, every time you go to fill up your car You're paying a huge amount more

Oh God, you've just triggered Vaughan Yesterday, because when you pay at Palm The limit is $150, and it hit the limit before it filled my car. Oh, my God. I was bone dry, Brad. I was bone dry. What we're seeing at the moment, though,

the real challenge is this is the highest inflation we've seen in a while, so it means that not only are prices going up, but they're going up higher than we've seen them previously, and they're going up faster than we've seen them previously and they're going up faster than we've seen them previously and they're going up across the board. And that's what's worrying a lot of people because what we're seeing here is the amount of cash

that people have got in their back pockets, effectively that buys less stuff now. Uh-huh. Well, that's not good news. Well, shit, this is all... How do we fix that? The casino. Well, I mean, winning the Super Sound is going to help someone at some point, right?

And Lotto. Wasn't Lotto at bloody $42 million? That'd help. That'd help. That'd help. But look, it only helps one person. I think at the moment what we've got is we've got a lot of people out there with cash. A lot of people saved up cash over lockdown and similar.

And now we're all trying to spend it. Or a lot of us are trying to spend it. I know outside of our lovely team in Auckland, the rest of us are getting on with trying to keep the economy going in your absence. But what that also means is that our shops are going, crikey, I don't have a lot to sell. You know, particularly if we look at a lot of furniture and those sort of bits and pieces.

Used cars, guys, I mean, I don't know if you've looked at the price of a used car recently, but they're up a good 13 odd percent. For some people, you can sell your secondhand dunger for a lot more than you paid for it originally, which is quite incredible. I saw an old dunger at your New World for sale for like five grand. I was like, tell them you're dreaming. So what, I don't quite understand that because I've heard that mentioned

that used cars are a reflection of this. What, people can't afford a brand new one, but they'll pay more for a secondhand one. And is that because there's not enough cars coming into the country? That's very much the issue, that supply and demand. Again, a lot of people,

and look, New Zealanders are naturally always looking for a second-hand car. It sort of goes in cycles. There's always a few people out there, but there's not nearly as many second-hand cars that have come in from Japan or similar. So you've got a classic case in economics of that supply, demand, and balance. And look, it comes through all the time. You've got a smaller number of cars. You've got a larger number of people who want them,

which means that if you want that car you've got to be prepared to pay the top dollar and whoever's prepared to pay the most will get it. That means that all the prices are going to be bid up. And look, we see it across the board. I mean, we look at petrol prices up 22%, an extra 40 cents a litre at the pump.

You're looking at DIY stuff around the home. You're paying a fair bit more. Cheese now is 1111 a kilo. I mean, tomatoes are an extra $8 now. Broccoli's going up. I mean, it makes it easier not to eat your greens. Yeah. Takeaways.

Takeaways, yeah. More economically useful option. So if you've got money in the bank saved, it would be going backwards. Absolutely. And that's very much that purchasing power. You're not losing money, right? If you look at your bank account, you're going, well, the number hasn't gone down. But it means that if you took that money out today, you wouldn't be able to buy as much with it

because those prices have gone up and it means that the same amount of cash is going to buy you less. And that's why as well with interest rates so low, if you're a saver, you're making very little to start with. So inflation now going to nearly 5% per annum means that you are getting very much less bang for your buck as you head forward. But you're also starting to see the Reserve Bank getting quite concerned about that inflation figure because it is higher than it's supposed to be. That's what the Reserve Bank tries to do is keep it a bit more stable so households are not paying megabucks for everything. And that means that they're probably going to have to lift interest rates even more.

And that means, one, if you're trying to repay your mortgage, you're going to be paying more. But also if you're trying to get into the housing market, well, it's not quite as cheap as it used to be. Brad, this is all bad news. Any good news? Is there any good news? Is there any good news? Look, it's a little bit hard to pick through too much of the good news.

I guess the one bit is that we see inflation like this when the economy is going well rather than when it's going bad. So sort of the underlying threat of this is, look, people are still upbeat enough in New Zealand's economy to be spending cash. That is a good sign. The only other one I can tell you is that the one group that continues to go down in price, if you will, is communications. Not because the latest iPhone is actually any cheaper,

but because the latest iPhone gets smarter and smarter each year, effectively you get more bang for your buck. So the sort of area where you like to tell yourself you're getting something better, although you're paying the same price. Wow. Jesus Christ. Okay. Does inflation go down again? Generally not.

That's been great talking to you, man. The hope is, though, right, that your wages continue to go up. And so what we're seeing at the moment is a lot of people saying, maybe, boss, it's time for a pay raise because, look, I'm having to pay so much more for cheese. I need a little bit more of a hand. And we're seeing a little bit of that. A little bit more cheese for the cheese.

I think we're going to have to start stealing some milk out of the fridge. Make our own cheese as well. Make our own cheese. Yeah, good luck going to your boss being like, I know you've been dealing with a pandemic, but... Money! Yeah, I need some. Okay, yeah.

Okay, well, good to know, Brad. Is it? Now, next time we talk, Brad, we're going to need more good news. I'll prepare a better list next time. Oh, thanks, Brad. No, thank you for explaining that. That's, yeah. Horrible.

Well, we're just going to watch what we're spending our money on, eh? Maybe not go crazy. Exactly. That's the big thing. Look, households are going to watch what we're spending our money on, eh? Maybe not go crazy. Exactly. That's the big thing. Look, households are going to have to look at their budgets again. It is going to be a sort of tough conversation, but I think people are better to think now about what the budget means rather than getting into that place where they're at the supermarket

and going, crikey, I really don't know how to pay for this. So being smart with money is probably now more important than ever just because those prices are rising higher and higher. Should I take out all my KiwiSaver and buy all the cheese and then hog the cheese and then I'll have all the cheese? Supply and demand. And then supply is at an all-time low. Demand's still the same.

I can sell cheese for whatever I want. The issue there is that your KiwiSaver might well last for a long time, but cheese is going to go off relatively quickly unless you can shift it all. Maybe not the best investment strategy. God damn it, Brad. And I'd have to worry about the rats. God damn it, Brad.

God damn it, Brad. All right, Brad. Thanks so much. Thank you for chatting to us this morning. Thank you. Really appreciate it. Play ZM's Fleshphone and Megan. Can I just say we've had a couple of text messages in?

Yeah. Thanks for having Brad on today. This is Brad Olsen. Bad news, Brad. We've decided whenever we talk, we're going a couple of text messages in. Yeah. Thanks for having Brad on today. This is Brad Olsen. Bad news, Brad. Bad news, Brad. We've decided whenever we talk, we're going to call him Bad News Brad. But then he's going to try really hard to find a good thing to tell us about the economy. Brad feels bad about the bad news.

It's not his fault inflation sucks. No, it's not. But he explained it to us. And someone said, thanks for having him on today. I heard that yesterday. I had no idea what it meant. I enjoyed it, even if it was bad news. And someone else said, thanks, Brad.

I now get it. Bring back Brad regularly to explain this weird economic world we live in. Absolutely. Well, only if he's got some good news. Well, yeah, that's why we call him Bad News Brad. So he comes on and we're like, what's the bad news, Brad? Well, it's good. Tell us how the economy's going down the toll. I took that as a, you've got to lay off your online

shopping. No, I'm stimulating the economy. That's what I took from that. But the economy is doing so well. Yeah. It's the inflation's getting bad. It's detrimental. Hey, well, some good news. Yesterday, we were blessed with a celebrity engagement.

Kravis is official. Is that what the ship name is? Isn't that the bad Santa that comes in Eastern European countries? Kraken? No, Kraken's the giant octopus monster. Maybe. What's evil? Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got engaged after they got together at the start of the year.

So it hasn't even been a year yet. Krampus. Krampus is the Christmas devil who punishes naughty children. Google that if you don't know about that. Don't. It's a year yet. Krampus. Krampus is the Christmas devil who punishes naughty children. Google that if you don't know about that. Don't. It's a real ride. So they got engaged

on a beach at Montecito, the Rosewood Merrimah Beach Hotel, which is where they often frequent for a weekend away. It's just in California. Okay. And when you saw the close-up on Kourtney Kardashian's Instagram,

it looked intimate. It looked beautiful. There was a million roses. I don't know the official count. There was. I mean, I know it's not Valentine's Day, and they put the prices up for red roses, but, jeez, those would have cost a fortune.

Maybe we should get Brad back on to tell us why roses go up at Valentine's Day. Supply and demand, I think. There'll be more bad news. So many articles trying to find the details of the flowers, the crevice flowers. But there was a lot. Like a thousand red roses. Easily.

Thousands, easily. And like long stems stuck into the beach, not to mention how long that arrangement would have even taken. Imagine if you were late and the tide came in. Or there was like a tidal surge. Or a tsunami. Or wind. Because look at the picture.

That's very close to the water. Yeah. So are the roses all set? Could they have done a beach sweep? Yeah. If you're going to spend that much money on the roses, get one of those tractors that they have at the mount that goes up and down the beach picking up rubbish

and fireworks and syringes. But yeah, when you see a close-up photo, it'd look very intimate and it'd look beautiful. And then when I show you that picture from further away, there's just people walking on the beach. It's very public. Not like a Kardashian to edit an image to make it look like something that it's not.

It's very public, but then I guess they're not too bothered because, yes, the cameras were there. So it will be featured on the Hulu show. Right. I love the picture that's going around of someone's dad and they're just like, my dad's watching the engagement. Yeah, of course, they get engaged. He's standing on this balcony and being like, it's a lot to do about nothing down there. That's the thing.

It was visible from what you'd assume is the hotel balcony, like out in the eating area. Yeah. So like lots of people could see. There's people walking past, strolling on the beach with their dogs and stuff. It was a very public, very massive engagement. I remember we've talked about this before, engagements, and we asked people if they prefer public or private. And it was quite amazing at the time.

I think I was surprised. Most people, wasn't it like 90% were like, I do not want a public engagement. I do not want to be proposed to in public. You're just not sure how you'll react. I ugly cried. And I didn't really want anyone else to witness that. But also, it's just a pretty, you know, intimate moment.

But obviously, it was never going to be private for Courtney because they had their cameras there anyway. So they're obviously not too bothered. But yeah, most people would prefer a private one. But some people still do it big and they do it out in public. So I kind of thought it would be good to throw it out there and see if anyone's seen an elaborate proposal. A what?

Why can no one on the show say words today? You called it badminton. It is called badminton. Badminton. There's that down the road. There's the badminton hall. The badminton centre.

It is. I've seen it. Dude, it's like Tralanchula. I like your version better. Badminton. Yeah, it's like Tralantula. I like your version better. Badminton. Yeah, maybe you've been at the movies and someone's paid for one of those pre-movie ad proposal things and you've been like, oh, God, this is awful. Yeah, and then it's for you. You start taking a piss.

Yeah, you say to your partner, I hate these. I hate these. They're so cool. Oh, God, That's my mother So 0800DANCE.NM We want to take some calls This morning You can text as well

9696 When did you witness An elaborate proposal? Maybe it was yours Yeah And maybe you loved it Or you hated it Because everyone was watching

It's 11 minutes away From 8 Proposals Big proposals Talking about the very It's 11 minutes away from 8. Proposals, big proposals. Talking about the very public proposals. Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian got engaged yesterday on a beach amongst thousands of roses, but also amongst people just walking their dog on the beach. Yeah, and film crews.

So that'll be on the new show. So very public. Sorry, I was having a Mandarin burp. Do you remember Walter? Walter. Secrets. He's on the phone. We're going to talk to Walter.

Remember Walter? Yeah. I was a million percent sure that he knew the secrets. Yeah. But it turned out he didn't. He made an elaborate proposal. We're going to talk to Walter. I can't wait to hear Walter's proposal.

We're going to talk to Walter next on the show. Okay, we want to hear about your elaborate public proposals. How did they go down? Courtney and Travis got engaged yesterday, and if you're proposing to a Kardashian, I feel like it needs to be big. Yeah. Oh. You want romance?

Yes. I've got a text that's full of romance. This one comes in from Shaz. Okay. Okay, Shaz. I proposed to my husband when we were on a trap run, cleaning dead rats out of dock traps. Okay.

I thought, this is the time. Pretty romantic. And he said, yep, why not? Let's see Adele write a song about that. I love that. They're just out there helping nature. Totally. Ritting pests from our...

And every time they see a dead rodent, they'll be reminded of that. Romantic gesture. Simon, what happened? You were the one that made the elaborate proposal. Yeah, I kind of was. I was on a plane and thought it might be a good idea. She fell asleep.

So I sort of had 20 minutes to write something quick on the phone and asked our air hostess if I could do it and proposed over the intercom. Oh, my God. Wow. Oh, and she's not escaping that, is she? At 35,000 feet. There's no getting away from that one.

And, yeah, no, she was sort of pretty meek about the whole thing, hiding behind her seat. And she did say yes, but only quietly. Oh, and then did the whole plane clap? Yeah, it was actually fantastic. The plane clapped and cheered. And when we were collecting our bags, everyone sang thank you. And it actually happened in the States.

And we were going to Disneyland. We were getting on a ride and someone called out from the line, hey, we saw you get engaged on the plane. We're on the same flight. Oh, that's so cool. That's amazing. Oh, so she said yes. Yeah, so that was the main thing.

And then when we landed, the ground crew came on because they had radioed ahead. So they came on with a bottle of bubbly and a lovely card all done out. That's lovely. So it was special. Yeah, that's cool. That's cool. I like when you said the plane clapped.

I imagine the plane itself clapped. The wings. Very flexible wings. Simon, thanks for your call. Dave? Yeah. Now, did you make a very public proposal or did you see one? No, I made quite a public proposal, yeah.

Okay, whereabouts? So we were in Paris and I thought, well, you're in Paris, you've got to do these things, you know. Yep, yep, city of love. So I'd organised a big banner to be dropped down saying, will you marry me? We're halfway across the the bridge had a photographer lined up and everything from the top of the tower and i put my hand i got caught up in the moment and

thought it was going to be amazing and forgot that my wife uh doesn't like attention um okay notice i said wife so it did go it did actually turn out all right but i put my hand into the camera bag and pulled the box out, and she turned around and saw it and said, it better not be an effing ring box. So, yeah, it was a bit awkward then, but I told her, look across the bridge, there's a sign that says, will you marry me?

There's a photographer over there. She was in shock, but no, she said yes, and everything worked out all right. Oh, but just doesn't like the attention. But it's fine in Paris. You don't know anybody. You're never going to see any of those people again, and it's Paris.

That sort of thing happens all the time. Come. Yeah, I think I saw three up the Eiffel Tower alone when I was there. This is what happens, isn't it? Good on you, Dave. Yeah, thanks for your call. You'll remember I said we had Walter on the phone.

Well, Walter apparently gapped it once he heard Simon's story on the plane. Okay. I'll read it out. Hi, Tim, it's Walter. Remember me? Sure do, Walter. I proposed to my darling wife in an amazing steak restaurant. Yum.

It was packed. The whole staff was in on it. Got down on the knee, popped the big question. We got massive applause and free mo Yum. It was packed. The whole staff was in on it, got down on the knee, popped the big cushion, we got massive applause and free moet. Oh, lovely. He even put the umlaut

above the E in moet. Hang on a sec, could this be the new dessert at dinner? You know when you say it's your friend's birthday and they get a little cake? Yes.

Oh my God. A fake proposal. A fake proposal and then they bring you free. Yes. Although not after months of COVID lockdown and no... Yeah.

They'll be stoked to have you there. Yeah. But that could be a good plan. Yes. Fake engagement. Wonderful. Get a free bubble. Always after a freebie.

Why not? ZM's Flesh Warner Megan. Play ZM. ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound. Season 10. Season 10 of Secret Sound. It's all thanks to Neon. Watch the TV series and movies

everyone's talking about on Neon, our favourite Kiwi streaming service. First ep of Six Sessions out. Great show. That's on Neon. We welcome Rachel. Good morning, Rachel. Oh my god, hi. Oh my god, you got through. I got through. So $15,000 is the current jackpot. This is the sound. Our guess at seven o'clock was a microphone being tapped. Incorrect. Was not a microphone being tapped, but $15,000. What do you think it is?

I thought it might have been the amplified sound of like a trigger on a cleaning bottle. Oh, we've got... Here we go. I've got one here. Do you have one? Do you want to... That is a sanitiser bottle. That's a trigger. You want me to pull it?

Well, yeah, but squirt it away. Away from us. Squirt it away. I'm going to squirt it at Sunny Bill. The cutout. The cardboard cutout. You can't do that to Sunny Bill. Be careful.

Be careful. Be careful. That's very disrespectful. I apologise to the Sunny Bills. I apologise. Would you like me to hold Sunny Bill's cutout? Well, maybe he could. Because I don't want to just go on the floor. Okay.

This is ridiculous. Okay, so this is. Hang on, I'll turn your microphone up. Let's have a listen. Sorry, Rachel. Here we go. Here we go. Oh!

Oh! Okay, let's listen to the secret sound. Go again. Oh, no. It's like a dry. It's like a dry squirt. Yeah, if there was nothing coming out. If there was nothing coming out. Or nothing in there.

Like being qualified. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go again. Go again. Yeah, see, it's got too much. Yeah. Can you turn the squirty bit off? Take it out.

Take it out. No, it's like open, close up. Yeah. Ooh, okay. Watch out, Sunnybilt. You know how it's like open, close up? Yeah, ooh, okay. Watch out, Sunnyville. Oh, there's too much. There's too much. Liquid there, isn't it?

Yeah, I don't know if... Now the studio smells a lot like steroid dry. Well, the bottle's dry because you've been cleaning for the last nine weeks. Yeah. I've almost got it completely dry. Just a little bit of residue. Okay. All right, give us the squirt now. Nah. Just a little bit of residue. Okay. All right.

Give us a squirt now. Nah, still got a bit of husk. It's still squirty, that, isn't it? Still got a bit of husk in it. But that first time you did it sounded... Yeah, it did sound clunky. Yeah, because it hadn't been and it had nothing up the straw. And it could be a clunkier squirty bottle.

It could be. Wow. Shall I let you know, Rachel? Please do. Okay. First off, how long have you been playing Secret Sound? I play along at home, I never like get through, it's always engaged like yeah, I'm stuttering along

because I can't believe it Don't be nervous, you're amongst friends Sonny Bill's here, he's got a little bit of residue We're all friends Alright, well Rachel for 15k you have convinced Fletch, Juan and Megan

but that's not the secret That was worth wasting our sanitizer on, wasn't it? Now we're nearly out our sanitizer on, wasn't it? Now we're nearly out of sanitizer. Uh-oh. All right, well, your next shot.

Cheers, Rachel, at 11 o'clock with Georgia. If you think you know what the secret sound is, all thanks to neon. It's really hot. Yeah, it's really. I can taste it. Speaking of neon, had an incident with one of my children in neon yesterday. Okay. Not a bad, well, it's not bad for neon. It was bad for me.

ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. Just discussing a little exit moulding behind the scenes. Exit mould is like, you should need a licence to use that. Yeah. You just get it at the supermarket, you're like, this will clean my shower, and then you're just like. In your exit mould undies? Yeah. Because if you're doing the bathroom, you're like, this will clean my shower and then you're just like In your exit mould undies?

Yeah. Because if you're doing the bathroom, you've got to be in your undies. Oh, I ruined some gym tights. Oh yeah, you know, you've got to have exit mould clothing. Yeah. If it drips on you, you'll be like, oh no, no! I just do it in my undies. Me too, I've got exit mould undies. I clean the top of the toilet and then put the lid down, clean that, and then I sit down on the toilet to clean the cabinet. And so I have a perfect

toilet shape on my gym tights. From Exit Mold. From sitting on the toilet. Do you Exit Mold every surface? Yeah. You're loose.

I know. You're loose. I'm telling Chloe Swarbrick. I just assume she's anti-Exit Mold. I think she'd be anti-Exit Mold. Yeah, there's a lot in there.

I think she'd cleanse everything with baking soda. And vinegar. Good, and elbow grease. It's a great cleaner. Because I sprayed exit mold on our outdoor chairs. Right. Those plastic white ones from the warehouse.

Oh, I'd be worried that would just... Excuse me. Excuse me. No. Your wooden ones. No. They're a resin, but they're not the white $10 plastic chairs. I'd be worried that the exit mold would chew that right up.

No, but so I would have blasted them last year, and it made them like pink bats to sit on. Everyone that sat on them was like, ha, I'm itchy. So now we're cleaning them this. They do make you itch. Yeah. Like rashy. We're fixing it.

We're painting it with an enamel paint. But you've got to get everything off first. I didn't want to tell you that your chairs gave me a rashy butt. Yeah, everyone got real rashy, but no one told me because I didn't sit on them because if there's guests around, I'd let the guests sit on the chairs. But everybody was getting rashy. Wow, you made everyone have an itchy bottom. So I exit molded them, went for a walk, came back,

and no one could believe they were the same chairs. I was like, you guys go for a walk. I've got this. Just leave me with it. I've got this. By the way, I'm taking all the colour out of the tiles that you've done this onto. Is that cool?

Yeah, man. You knock yourself out. Cool. See you guys soon. It's a completely unpaid endorsement for the harsh chemical cleaning. Yeah, I don't know if it was. And completely unrelated.

Yeah. Yeah, totally. But I also don't know if they would have paid for that sort of endorsement. We just did spend five minutes talking about how it will strip everything from everything. And while we were like, it's great, we weren't saying it was like, fantastic.

That's just an honest opinion. Honest review. Well, that's not what even we're supposed to be talking about here. On to that then. You're welcome, listener, for that bonus content. Yesterday, my daughter wanted to watch some indie. My nearly 10-year-old daughter wanted to watch I know. Is she nearly double digits? Yeah. Geez, I remember when she was born. I know, and she's like going to be tall in the shut, eh, soon. She's like up to the shoulder.

Oh, good Lord. Blows your mind. Yeah. And she said, actually, I'm not crying about her because I'm angry at her still. She wanted to log on. She wanted to watch something on Neon, the sponsor of The Secret Sound. Yes, okay.

Seamless. It's a bonus mention. In fact, the listener would hardly have even noticed that you crowbarred that in. Easy peasy. So she's like, how do I log on? I said, well, it's my email address. And she said, what's your email address? And she said, what's your email address? And I said, it's Vaughn and blah, blah, blah.

And anyway, she put it in. And then she said, what's the password? I told her the password. And then she said, it's not working. And I said, did you put the password in right? She's like, I'll try it again. And then I'm like, so I walk around and I see she has spelt Vaughn, V-A-N-G-H-A-N.

And I said, you've spelt my name wrong. It's not an N. Vaughan. Vaughan. Vaughag. Van Gan. Van Gan. Van Gan.

Van Gan. Van Gan 3000. I mean, she got all the letters. No, she missed the U. The N. The U is V-A-U-G-H-A-N. She had spelt it V-A-N-G-H-A-N. She had to write a V-A-N-G-H-A-N. No, I mean there's an N in the N.

There's a G and an H. Now I don't expect this from a takeaway place. Because I famously. Vag hand. Vag hand. But not my own child. So I said it's not an N. Yeah.

And then she was like, oh, okay. And changed the last one to M. So now I was Van Cram. Like Jean-Claude Van Cram. This is your own daughter. I know. I said, no, you've got it all wrong. It's an N on the end.

And it's a U. Yep. And then she changes it to like V-U-N. I was like, are you taking the piss? So I spouted right and we got logged in. And then it was lunchtime so I made leftover tacos. And then

once I'd made them, everybody came to the kitchen and Indy was like, oh, I really wanted one of those. And I was like, you can have one. I've got three. And then August was like, well, she's having one. I want one. And I was like, I'm depleted. When you said you were making leftover tacos,

I thought you meant for the family. No. Every man for himself in lockdown. They're old enough to feed themselves. See, they make a sandwich. I'm not making them a sandwich. No, they took one and then there was one left and then Sade gave me the look.

I was like, fine, have it. So I made lunch for everybody inadvertently. And they can't even spell your name right. And they can't even spell your name right. And they couldn't even spell my name right. It's a tough time. It sounds like a terrible day. It's a tough time in the odd world of Van Gan. Van Gan.

Van Jan. Van Gorgan. Van Gorm. You'll be all right, mate. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. I think sometimes we get caught up on red flags. So those are the things that, they're warning signs when you're dating someone.

Sorry, Vaughan, could you please stop colouring in and come to the radio show? I almost finished my dinosaur. He's almost finished the purple dinosaur. I've got to finish my dinosaur. You were doing real nice lines there. Yeah, that's what I was saying. I was doing nice big strokes.

So you get caught up on red flags when we're dating someone and the warning signs that you're like, oh, they're not a good person. Green flags are a thing too. And apparently we should be looking out for these just as much. So when you're on a date, these are some green flags that you could potentially look for. Okay. Is this one of those one person's green flags, another red?

Another person's red? You can decide. One man's trash is another man look for. Okay. Is this one of those one person's green flags, another red? Another person's red? You can decide. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Exactly. Yeah. So if they're a good, clear communicator, that obviously is a good sign for a relationship going forward. Yeah, true.

Or they could be a con artist. I can red flag every one of your green flags, by the way. Or they could be over. Could they be one of those over communicators? Over sharer? And they're over confident and they're cocky. Okay, sure. And they're like, do you want to go to a party on the North Shore later?

Yes, is that a red flag or a green flag? No, I think that's a pretty good green flag though, isn't it? Okay, yeah, yeah. They're keen to impress you from the get go. So if someone makes an effort, they look good, they smell good, they've put an effort to come and murder. They're a murderer and they're overcompensating for the fact that they've murdered. Okay.

That's the red flag you've got to watch for this. If the conversation flows, if there's minimal awkward pauses, if you're getting along great and you don't feel awkward. Yeah, that's a good great. I can't find much wrong with that. They might be in radio. They don't like silence. Yeah. that's a good, I can't find much wrong with that. They might be in radio. They don't like silence. And that is horrible.

They're genuinely listening. So you can tell because they ask you questions about things that you've just said. They're boring and they don't have any stories of their own. Because every story you've got, I've probably got one that I can tell about myself. Pessimistic you are. How cynical and pessimistic, yeah.

If they talk about the future, that's a good green flag. Oh, but do you want someone talking about, like, babies and marriage in your first day? Not necessarily that. It just means, like, about their future. They've got goals. They've got aspirations, you know. They've got some carbon emission goals.

Something like that Kyoto Kyoto Kyoto Protocol they mention their ex with no bitterness or anger as a green flag

they're still no even mentioning excuse me you've got to say something bad about them why aren't you still with them it sounds like you're still they want to be with them

yeah okay they're as invested as you are so it feels like the relationship is 50-50 and you're not putting in you're both crazy okay that's the bad you are So it feels like the relationship is 50-50 And you're not putting in any more You're both crazy Okay

That's the bad thing You're both a bit over the top And two, you can't put two people like that together Have you found any of these good green flags? What about this one? At least I found one They respect you and others They're a pushover

They're a wimp No Do you want a wimp? When you're out for dinner That's a really big one Is like're a wimp. No. Do you want a wimp? When you're out for dinner, that's a really big one, is how they treat people around you, not just you. Yeah, that's a good one. That is a good one.

Yeah, but I need someone who's going to complain on my behalf when things aren't up to my standards. Because you're too scared. Because I'm a people pleaser. As someone who does, as with someone who complains on your behalf, it's not fun. No, it's so embarrassing.

Oh, no, it's good. It's so good having someone that will complain on your behalf. My meal's not right. And it's so embarrassing. Oh, no, it's good. It's so good having someone that will complain on your behalf. My meal's not right. And he's like, oh, I'll tell them. I'm like, no, don't tell them. I don't care.

I'm just going to eat the plaster. He's like, you're pretty good. It's a blue plaster. It's not that bad. Don't worry about it. What about if they ask you questions about yourself? Nosey.

They're nosey. They won't stop until they know everything. That's a good one because if they just listen and don't ask you a question, that's pretty bad, right? Well, it's more if they're

just talking about themselves the whole time. Mine'd be like going on a date with a boy. No, I feel like you would ask questions. Yeah. You'd say something like, you'd just drop one topic in like,

oh, I have a child and you'd be like, I've got two. I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what, Andy did yesterday. She bloody spelt my name wrong. I've got a date with that guy. He's me.

I have to go on dates with him. Every time, every date I've ever been on, he's been there. Yeah. Talking in my ear. Ask them this. Okay, more green flags. You don't worry about where they are or who they're talking to. Yeah, but that's because I've got a GPS tracker on me.

Yeah, okay. They're stalking you. They know what you're up to. They'll bug you fine. Those are pretty good green flags. Yeah, and I think you do get caught up looking at things that are wrong with people rather than being like, actually, the conversation is flowing. They are sociopaths.

Yeah, sociopaths. Yeah. Sociopaths are always really good at a yard. But they love me. All right. What better person to be loved by than a sociopath? CDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Fact of the day is about bread clips. Oh, yeah.

Because you know how they're on cardboard now? Yeah. But they were plastic for so long. Great for flicking. You can't flick them across the big pack and save, can you? Can you? I don't know. I haven't tried it with a cardboard.

No. You might be able to flick it. Not too many flicks, though. Yeah. But it's about the invention of it. The man who invented it, his name was Floyd G. Paxton. Floyd Paxton died at the age of 57 in 1975.

Okay. That's young, isn't it? That's young. Yeah. Did he choke on a bread club? He died of a heart attack. Okay. He lived life fast and furious.

He was a manufacturer of ball bearings in World War II. And it was on a flight in 1952 when he was eating a bag of peanuts. And he got to the end of the bag of peanuts and he's like, I don't have anything on me to shut this bag of peanuts. Right. That he peeled out his pen knife. So this was 1952 where you could take a pen knife on a plane. Yeah. And an expired credit card that he had in his wallet.

Yeah. And he began carving out what he believed would keep a bag closed. Oh, yeah. And that was the first ever bread clip. Now, through his line of work, a fruit packer called Pacific Fruit said, we've got rubber bands around the top of our plastic bags. Yeah.

But it doesn't really, like, work great. Once the rubber band's off, it's hard to get back on. Yeah. And he said, ah, I invented something recently. And he found it, and he was like, this is how it works. And he showed them, and they said, sweet, we'll take a million of them. Oh, my God. So he made a machine that could produce the clips at high speed.

Did he patent it? He never won the patent for his clips. Why not? Yeah, he got a patent for the machine that made the clips. Oh, yeah. But he never got a patent for his actual clips. So did he make a lot of money? He, yeah, he did it right.

He was never like short of cash because he had, he made ball bearings and stuff during World War II as a big factory owner. Right. So yeah, he did it right. Huh.

That's my hope is that one day I'll just stumble across something like that and I'll be like, oh, I'm a genius. But what's left though? Well, if I knew that, I'd already be a millionaire. Yeah, true.

Yeah, that's what you – every now and then I'll be like, what does everybody have? Yeah. Because that's what you just need to stumble across something that everybody has. Yeah. And there's something to do with that. No, and then something will come out and you'll be like,

oh, I felt like I could have thought of that. I could have done that. I could have thought of that. No, and then something will come out and you'll be like, oh, I felt like I could have thought of that. I could have thought of that. Yeah, like a cure for COVID. Probably a little bit outside of my jurisdiction. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

But imagine if you stumbled across it. Yeah, well, exactly. And it was like a packing peanut. You accidentally inhaled a packing peanut when you had COVID and something in the packing peanut like grabbed all the COVID on the way through and then you pooped out a packing peanut covered in COVID. And that just stripped their body of COVID.

That was an accidental discovery. Please nobody eat a packing peanut today. People are eating ivermectin so I feel like you do need to put out that warning. So thank you for warning the public. I don't want this to be the next big thing because it takes on a life of its own. That was the other thing. We were joking

about starting a conspiracy theory to see how far it would go, but then when you sit back and you look at it... No, people have done this, haven't they? And then they're like, guys, guys, I started that. It was a joke. It was a joke. I was just saying you didn't start it. That's what the media's telling you to say. And they're like, wait, wait, wait. It's like lighting a fire and being like, I wonder

how far this fire's going to go. And then the whole forest is on fire and you're like, it's out of my hands now. It's quite far it turns out. Yeah. Yeah. So today's fact of the day is the man that invented the bread clip that holds your bread bag. Yeah. You know the thing that you take off once and then the next time you just spin the bag shut and put it upside down in the fridge?

Yeah. The thing that you just threw in the bin that's made of plastic but now made of cardboard. Don't even get, who's making that bread with the, that doesn't do that? You know that, the peel-off top packets? What? Bread. What?

You can't like twist it up. Wait, plastic peel-off, what are you talking about? Bread. I get angry enough when I get like a loaf of bread from the deli and they put it in a brown bag and they put the sticker on it. Oh, right, yeah. It's a sticker you've got to use it. Yeah, it's high. bag and they put the sticker on it. Oh, right. It's a sticker. Yeah. EXI. You've got to find a big container.

What? These bread loaves and they just, you rip the top off. And it's, you can't put it back in the, because I put bread in the freezer. Where are you getting your bread from?

A supermarket. It's one of the, the posh part. No, because my one only has like that or the massive loaves that I don't like. Oh, are you just getting a little loaf? Yeah, it's like a little loaf.

A little loaf. Is it a keto loaf or something? No, I don't know what brand it is, but I don't like the packaging. Oh my God, I simply must know what you're talking about. I'll find it online and tell you. You can get a bread bin to put on top of your fridge, you know, those ones with the roller doors on. I don't like those.

I don't like those. They're tacky. I just always liked how the roller doors. I don't like those. I don't like those. They're tacky. I just always liked how the roller door. Yeah. Like when I was a kid, I got pulled off all the time for playing with the writing desk. Oh, yeah.

By the way, no one has a writing desk anymore. No. Why not? No one's doing any writing. You use your laptop at the desk. Where are we writing? We need a writing desk.

Because we're not penning letters to our friend in... It's where we put all the bills. Yeah. Right. Right. Fascinated by those sorts of rolly doors. Yeah.

Today's fact of the day is the bread clip was invented by a guy who needed to close his bag of peanuts when he was on a plane. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Day. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. This party at the weekend that breached level three rules in Auckland has been the talk of the town. The talk of the country.

The talk of the country. A 28-year-old man arrested last night? Yeah, 28. Just let that sink in for a second. Because I thought it was going to be like 21 or 22. I wasn't expecting 28. Like, I was a douchebag in my 20s, but by 28, I was like, I got married when I was 28.

You were still. I was a dickhead in my early 20s, like a proper piece of... Yeah, but you could still party at 28. Yeah, but not illegally. When you were 28, when you rolled down both flights of my stairs?

Close to it. Yeah, see? See what I mean? How easy you forget. That was my attempt to join the 27 Club. Yeah. By breaking your neck

on my stairwell. Yeah. Did you survive? At the landing, I was like, am I there? Not quite. to join the 27 Club. Yeah. By breaking your neck on my stairwell. Ba-boom. Ba-doom. Ba-doom. Did you survive that? At the landing, I was like, am I there?

Not quite. Oh, yeah. Ba-boom. It was a good party that night. Yeah, yeah. But again, that was perfectly legal. And it didn't make the news.

Yeah. And no one broke a ping pong table. Oh, that was what upset me the most. It did it, really. No, it still wanted to be a ping pong table. That's what people

called me out yesterday saying, oh, it's not a ping pong table. I'm like, well, actually, check the rules. Check the width. The dimensions. I think it was a table tennis being used for beer pong. Yeah, right.

Which might be the origins of the beer pong table, but it's now got its own dimensions. Yeah. You know. But it reminded me of those parties in the, like, was it like the mid-naughties? Late 2000s into the 2010s. In the infancy of social media, people would put parties online and it wouldn't be a closed thing.

It would be an open invite and then someone's parents were away from the weekend and they'd get a call from like... Sue down the road. Karen, I don't mean to bother you. I know you're at Paonui for the weekend but there's about 5,000 youths

at your house. And I believe it's on fire. Yeah. And if it wasn't social media it would just be like a text.

Yeah. People would just be like come to this party. There's a party here. Just come. Yeah. It's on the street. And then before you know it

you didn't know who was at your house. You always see that party and you don't know who the host is. You don't know whose house it is. Yeah. Still, on the street. And then before you know it, you didn't know who was at your party. And you don't know who the host is. You don't know whose house it is. Yeah. Still, are you still going to parties that you don't know who the host is?

No, back in the day. Oh, back in the day. A couple of years ago. They'd be like, someone's mum's here. Yeah. Andrew's like, no, that's my wife.

I'll head off. See you guys later. You're a dick. So we wanted to ask the question this morning. Did your party ever make the news? And why? Maybe it was one of those parties that got out of control. There was a time there where the riot police,

what are they, the riot control, not armed offenders, the level down. They were rocking up to a lot of North Shore parties. Now, every city had its problematic areas. Oh, the level down. They were rocking up to a lot of North Shore parties. Now, every city had its problematic areas. Oh, the North Shore was famous. North Shore with the sense of, the most crazy sense of entitlement would have these open-ended parties and they'd be like, what? Why?

God, didn't you guys have real criminals? Yeah, so nothing's changed. Track down, yeah. Hamilton just anywhere, really? Yeah, Hamilton was just sort of like a citywide party. It was just whoever's parents were out of town, wasn't it? Really? I was...

Wild. So we want to know, 0800DARLS.M this morning. You can text 9696. When did your party make the news? Or maybe you had a legendary party in your town or city that ended up making the news. And maybe it's the party that is now referenced to the younger generation as to why it's not a great idea to have that sort of party.

Because I remember houses would get wrecked, eh? Yeah. Like holes in the wall. Yeah. It ended up being quite nasty. Like, damage was done. 12 minutes away from 9. We want to know when your party made the news.

Hearing from some wild days gone by. My brother had a leaving party before moving to Perth. It was at the local rugby club. 600 people turned up. Everyone was all good, but the security guards got freaked out by the numbers alone and called the cops. Heaps of cops showed up because the security guard rang and said, There's 600 people here. And then they cleared the place within minutes.

The party ended up making the Herald. That's a big one. That's a big one. Anonymous joins us. Anonymous, when did the party make the news? Hello, is that me? Yes. Oh, hi.

So what happened? Oh, it was my sister's 16th birthday party. Oh, wow. And our neighbour got really pissed off with the noise. So he, well, later in the night, he got so pissed off, he ended up jumping the fence with a machete and started chasing people around the back here. Wow, and that made the news because did he have to be arrested or?

Nah, no, because the cops ended up having to be called because everyone was just so pissed off with the noise. So the paddy wagon turned up. My boyfriend at the time got pepper sprayed and it was just crazy. Wow. So a lot of people got arrested and there were a lot of angry parents. Wow. And did the guy with the machete get arrested?

Nah, I don't know what happened. Well, I think we just kind of let it go because we didn't want to get in trouble. My gosh. That is absolutely wild. Yeah, it ended up in the paper a couple of days later. Nice. Yeah, so we weren't allowed to have friends around for a while. Grounded. Brilliant. Anonymous. Thank you.

Well, the party on Saturday night that broke Level 3 restrictions went viral. Influencers have been dropped from agencies, losing modelling and influencing gigs. A 28-year-old arrested last night. And, of course, what did they expect when it was all over social media? Yeah. Idiots, eh? So stupid.

Like, just don't put it online. Dumb, dumb. But it's got us talking about when your party made the news because it was when Facebook kind of fueled the party invite, didn't it? Before people knew about making events private. Text messaging in the 2000s, Facebook in the later noughties, like these things would get out of control.

So many great stories. This text is one of those legendary ones on the North Shore that I was talking about. My sister invited her study group over to work on a group project. My other older sister decided to take this as an opening to invite some of her friends over. There were estimated 8,000 kids from the North Shore

partying on our street. There were police helicopters, police dogs, paddy wagons. My dad was so mad at my sister, he told the cops to let her spend the night in jail. Oh my gosh. Did you? Yep.

Seeing your house on the 6 o'clock news, it was like Christmas. It was wild. My nana taped it. It still has it. The tape's still around somewhere. Wow. That's amazing. Alice, when did the party make the news?

I think it was maybe 2007. Okay, so was this a classic case of the parents leaving town for the weekend? Yeah 100% So it wasn't my house but it was a friend's house So this was in Tauranga and it was Guy Fork's night So it was like the big St. Mary's fireworks And after kind of that died down and all the families went home, we just walked pretty close by to one of the avenues and it started off

with just our friends and then it was just a bit of a forward message on and it was a bit of everyone and anyone that was keen to party at the time from, you know, it got out of hand anyway. And, you know, the paddy wagons ended up coming, so everyone was loaded into the paddy wagons ended up coming.

So everyone was loaded into the paddy wagons. People were getting pepper sprayed. Whoa. Yeah. It was pretty hectic. Did they still have Alcatraz up? Do you remember when the Mount used to build Alcatraz? Yeah. And locked drunk teens up for New Year's?

Yeah. And did it make the national news or just the local? Just the local news, just the old babe plenty times. Oh, always good to make the local paper. Wow, and was there any damage to the house? Oh, yeah, it would have been a mess. Like, I won't name my old friend,

but his mum kind of, oh, she wasn't one to turn the eyes. She knew what went on, but she came home and she definitely would have had some tradies to organise during the week. But I think that a few of his mates would have come over and helped out as well during the week. So I've just taken a few days off school to clean up the house for Mum. Amazing story. Alice, thanks for your call. There are so many of these stories.

My friend's parents went away, so we decided we'd throw a party at their house. We worked at a fast food alley, so we just put the address on all of the cup holders and pass it to people out the window and take them to the drive-thru. Wow. Oh, my gosh. The party was basically a huge sausage fest. There were holes in all the walls, vomit in the washing machine. Someone flooded the

upstairs bathroom someone someone got her mum's adult fun toys out and was passing them around the party someone stole the middle photo on their photo wall um it was yeah it got really really out of control you'd be in so much trouble. Back in 2011, I lived in a flat of four houses. We all decided to have a block party. There was over 1,000 people at the party. The police were monitoring it.

Once more people came, it was shut down. Made the Hawke's Bay paper. Oh, yep, okay. I went around on Facebook. It was the biggest party of 2011 in the Hawke's Bay. They even at the end of the year relived it. In the end of the year, what happened this year situation? Oh, that's something you cut out and put in a frame.

Somebody else said, I remember the party we were just talking to. The North Shore? No, no. Oh, Tauranga. Tauranga. Yeah. Someone said, I remember that party. I was there.

Somebody else said, I went to that Tauranga party. My mate broke his leg trying to do action slides across car bonnets. So people remember that party when people are messaging about that specific party. It is.

It is.