ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 29th October 2021

Episode Date: October 28, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play. The N's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe, barista made coffee available from drive-thru and McDelivery at level 3 and also dine-in at level 2. Fletch, tell us about this Vibra that you've ordered online. Okay, so I didn't actually...

I don't think you want that near your bits. It looks like the tunnel boring machine you may have seen digging Auckland's tunnel there. Don't clean a cooper. It looks like a Shakti mat. I did that thing you do where you order something online and you forget it's coming. Oh, yeah. You won't forget you're coming with that thing by 100%. So I got this on AliExpress a week ago and it's already here.

Like, I'm amazed it's here. In this time, in this day and age, that's incredible. I keep getting tagged in this video where this cat is getting, this is a scalp massager. This is what this is. Right. And it's got these little silicon four prongs on the end of it that slowly rotate around and massage your scalp. And I keep getting tagged in this one and it's a green one. It's like an expensive brand in the US and the cat's gone crazy for it.

All these cats are like loving it. And everyone's like, you should get Murray one of these. And I'm like, I should. So I Googled it. It was like $79. I was like, there's no way. I'm spending $79 on my cat. But then I found this one on AliExpress Where I think it was $12

Thanks China You spent $12 and it came in a week It came in a week, I know Amazing And so I'm going to take it home Charging it currently USB charging

And I'm going to see if Murray likes it If not Vaughn You're a golden retriever Richie would absolutely Richie would love this So either way, it's going to be good news. I'm not even paying attention.

He's doing his bloody crossword. No, I did both. I was doing both. I was multitasking. I was doing my number crunch and I'm talking about Fletcher's big minge mangler. Has it charged enough

to turn on at all? Like Megan said when I first opened this, this looks like a vibrator. I said, that would mangle your minge. Yeah. Absolutely mangling.

It would bore a tunnel right through to your bum hole. And you'd have an Auckland City rail at three in no time you'd be popping through to the Aotea Centre in like two weeks with this get all tangled up in there it'd be fruver untangling yeah are you giving it a full charge before you turn it on it's already partially charged I actually I didn't see it no I had to go on Megan's head before and you liked it, didn't you? You loved it. It did feel real good. She was like, it did feel real good. Thanks, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleets, Fawn and Megan. Happy Friday morning. Happy Friday. Happy Friday. Yay.

Two things. Yep. I almost finished my bumper word before the show today, which bodes well. Bodes very well. Yeah, because my brain's engaged now. And then you're not distracted during the show. Oh no, because I've still got my number cruncher to go. Okay, right. Secondly, I think

I feel like I shouldn't have to work today because I've already worked. What do you mean? This is what happened as I woke up. I had dreamt we were at work and I said, all right, take care, have a good weekend, see you Monday. And then my alarm went off. So I'm done. I've done it. I hate that.

Mentally, you're done. Physically, you didn't come into work. Yeah. But mentally, I have. So what about physically I'm here, but mentally I'm not? So that's kind of like every day. It's often, yeah. Yeah, that's most days.

All right, you've won this one. All right. Employment. Coming up on the show, Secret Sound today at 7 and 8. And at 7, we have a video clue. Ooh. So this will be out on TikTok at 7 o'clock. I was going to say, because we're the radio, we don't have...

No, we don't have the means to broadcast a video. Not on the FM. But on the social channels, there will be a video that will help you identify, I believe, the secret sound. All thanks to Neon. That's coming up at 7 and 8 this morning. Benny joins us via Zoom on the phone. One of those ways. Benny Hill.

Benny Benny. Seriously, go back to sleep. Benny Hill. Benny Hill. It was the only Benny I could think of off the top of my head. This is a great joke. This is a great joke. This is a great joke. Benny and the Jets.

Great, yes. That is a great Elton song, by the way. When's Dua Lipa going to force him into covering that to make her more money? I think he asked Dua just by the way. No, she's got him tied up. It's elderly abuse. Right. It's elderly abuse.

Yeah, she's totally capable of it. We've met her I wouldn't leave her with my nana Shots fired I wouldn't She was very hard to read Benny's brand new song came out yesterday And we're going to play that for you

Just after 7 this morning And have a chat to her Top 6 on the way Lonely Planet has named Auckland As the world's number one city. Yeah, cool. I'm already here. I look forward to enjoying all that Auckland has to offer. Not that anyone can come here.

No. So the top six things you can do in Lonely Planet's number one city this weekend. Okay. All right, that's coming up. Chance to win cash as well before seven, all thanks to Warehouse Mobile. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. We always get it like

Prince Harry for taking a private jet. Leonardo DiCaprio loves to fly around the world even though he's an eco-warrior. We're like, hmm, hmm.

Well, something that we're all doing every day could be very bad for the environment. Even if we think we're eco-warriors? Yeah.

Hmm, okay. Because you know, I don't use those supermarket plastic bags anymore. I use my backpack, my little school bag. That's only because they're not there. You'd still use them if they were there.

Don't mean to sound a hero by something completely out of your control. It's like I've stopped hunting whales. You know how I used to love doing that. But I made a choice. I was like, I'm not going to harpoon orcas anymore. In the 1850s. You're like, you know what? I'm going orcas anymore. In the 1850s. Yeah. You're like, you know what?

I'm going to stop this now. Yeah. And good on you. Yeah, thanks. Because it's been so long since you've hunted a whale. Yeah, and you know, I used to own that tyre shop and when we were finished with tyres, we used to set them on fire. But we don't do that anymore.

Because we're heroes. You just put them in the landfill. Correct. Or the ocean. Okay. Well, there's something you can do very easily to be a hero, to be an eco-warrior. You can do it right now. Okay, well, there's something you can do very easily to be a hero, to be an eco-warrior. You can do it right now.

Okay. Because this research has revealed that people are contributing over 355,000 tonnes of CO2 every year just through unwanted pics on their phones. Because they're in the cloud. Yes. And that means they're being stored by giant computer backup farms that need a lot of energy.

Gotcha. They compared this to the entire population of Chelmsford flying to Australia and back. That's 170,000 people flying to Australia and back. Is that from the UK? Yeah. Right, okay. So everyone takes a lot of pictures.

They reckon it's about an average of five pictures for every one they post online. And then they don't delete them. So a lot of people just leave. Who are these people? Because I absolutely delete the duplicates. It's not the taking of the photos. You know when you take like 50 to get your one. And then you just delete the 50.

Yeah. Oh my gosh. Because otherwise you've just got, when you're scrolling through, you just see duplic that. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Because otherwise you've just got, when you're scrolling through, you just see duplicates. Yeah. So taking them is fine, but you've got to delete them.

Because every photo you take on your phone is backed up to the cloud. And so there could be like thousands of unwanted photos. Yeah, they reckon the average person takes almost 900 photos per year and then left alone in storage could accumulate 10.6 kgs of CO2 emissions annually for every adult in the UK. Sorry, how many kgs?

10.6 kgs. How many people in the UK? A lot. CO2 tree calculator. Trees needed to absorb carbon. Stand by. Because I'm not deleting those those photos i'll plant some trees though i'm not going through just the admin alone that is the equivalent of a hundred and over 112 000 return flights from london to perth australia okay so when we're getting at leo for And celebs for getting on a private jet.

Yeah, when he's probably done more for the environment than most of us. He's also probably cranking the CO2 out because he takes photos and just leaves them on the cloud too. This is pretty news to him. How many photos did you have on the cloud? Me? Yeah. Like would there just be tens of thousands? Because the cloud asked me to pay for more storage, so I was like, nah.

38,000. 38,000? Associated to this phone. As soon as you got kids, you'd just be like, photos, photos, photos, videos. And that happened to me. They're like, you've hit your 500 megs. Do you want to buy more? I'm like, yep, two terabytes.

And then I hit that, and it was like, do you want to buy six then? I was like, sure. And it's like $5 a month. Do you remember that stat? 900 photos per year accumulates 10.6 kgs of CO2 emissions annually for every adult. Excuse me, like I said, I've got trees. How many more trees do you need to plant? I don't know.

Nah, because that calculator was trying to get me to give them money. Right. And if I plant trees wherever they are, I don't get trees. I would just plant trees at my place. Fruit trees and stuff. Because then technically my

photos, my 38,000 photos are plums. Yeah, so you're actually getting some reward as well for your trees. I'm getting something back. But then what happens when that tree you plant to offset your photos that you've uploaded to the cloud falls through your house and kills you in a storm? Well, then it won't be producing any CO2.

Yeah, you'll be in credit. And at least my photos will be on cloud. They went on the computer, they just got crushed. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Elon Musk on Monday this week made $36 billion. On Monday. On Monday. On Monday.

Yeah. Yeah. Same. So this was a surge in Tesla's stock. So he's the owner of that. And it was a $36.2 billion rise. It was a record-breaking rise in wealth. And now he's worth $289 billion.

And Republicans in America still don't want billionaires taxed. I know. So they were like, they want to tax billionaires. And the one guy is like, no not happening. The one guy with the deciding vote is like, no. No. Not, no, not, not. He only made 36 billion. If we want

to encourage people to work hard we can't tax the wealthy. Okay, I can understand that but this is wealth on an exponential level. Like this is wealth on an exponential level. This is the world's wealthiest man wealth. There's 7 billion people in the world, and this guy is the wealthiest. I feel like him and about the next 10,000 people could probably be taxed.

They're not going to miss it. Slightly higher. They'll be fine. They'll be absolutely fine. Well, it led a lot of people to ask how much would it cost for Elon Musk to save 42 million people from around the world from starvation. Is that what they reckon is the number? The 42 million people. Yep.

Yep. An immediate danger of starvation. It would cost Elon Musk 2% of his wealth. Holy. And if he got other American billionaires to chip in the same amount, it would actually cost them less. Chip in, a.k.a. tax at a fair rate. Yeah.

Wow. Wow, that is crazy. And he would not even miss 2%. Like on Monday he made. He'd just make it on Tuesday. Yeah, exactly. He could make that all another day. Yeah.

That is insane. So the way they measure the hunger in global populations is one, minimal, none. So no food. Two, their stress is stressed, meaning like their food, ability to get food and everything is stressed. Crisis, emergency, catastrophe and famine. So he said the way we've looked at it is at four. Yeah. And Elon Musk could take care of all of that with 2% of his wealth.

See, now I'm not a billionaire and this is probably why I'm not a billionaire and never will be a billionaire. But I probably couldn't chuck together a space program knowing that the same amount of money could cure hunger or help people. Or fix some world problems. Yeah, I don't know.

I don't know if I could. Also, like, he's not an extravagant, like, he sold everything and he lives in, like, a little, one of those little. Yeah, he's got, like, one of those prefab houses. And it's well tied up to a company. It's not like he's got that sitting in cash reserves, but he would have access to, I don't know.

Because also he did that thing, remember when South Australia, well, like our power system's buggered, and he's like, well, actually, I think this would be a great test for the Tesla battery. And he did it for like nothing, didn't he? Or did it for like drastically reduced and he was like,

see, told you I could do it. Someone needs to go like, the reason he won't is because he can't. I feel like Elon Musk is really one of those people that you get to do something

by being like, it's okay if you can't. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's cool if you can't. Bit of reverse psychology. It's probably more of like a

Jeff Bezos thing. And then he'll be like, what? Yeah, if only they were having a big wang measuring competition. About saving people. About saving people. Not rockets. Yeah, that'd be great. They could deliver the food in wang-shaped containers or something.

Yeah, sure. You know? From the Muggy ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Hi, guys. Hi. Hi. Lonely Planet has named Auckland the best city in the world to travel to in the year 2022. Good luck.

It's good for us, though. It is. Because if we can fling things open next year. Fling them open. Fling the doors open for vaccinated travellers. That'd be great for the country. Well, we're the number one city. The other cities on the Taipei and Taiwan is number two.

Freiburg in Germany, number three. Atlanta, USA, number four. And Lagos in Nigeria, number five. Our friends, the Cook Islands, are the number one country. Congratulations. Beautiful. They beat out Norway, Mauritius, Belize, Slovenia, the top ten regions. Because remember when you were always like,

you promised to tell us the number two region. Excuse me, New Plymouth absolutely made, I mean, so many people came when they read about the crossing. It's not even on your list. But they do a different one every year, don't they? Interview them after they leave. Rude. Very rude.

That's where they fell off. Very rude. Yeah. I'll tell you who hasn't been on the list. Morrinsville. Excuse me, that's just mean, actually. Why did you have to go and say that? This year, Lonely Planet's announced Morrinsville. Excuse me, that's just mean actually. Why did you have to go and say that?

This year, Lonely Planet's announced Morrinsville is the top place to visit. Come and see the giant cows and all the meth. You can't see the meth? They hide it very well

from the tourists until the tourists are like, anybody around here sell meth? Yeah. And then, lock the doors, wind up the windows

on your way to Hobbiton. Absolutely, how dare you. But yeah, Lock the doors, wind up the windows on your way to Hobbiton. Absolutely. How dare you? But yeah, number one. So a lot of people would find themselves in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world. So the top six things to do in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world this weekend. Okay. Number one.

Number six. We'll probably start there. Go up the sky to... Oh. Well, that needs an edit. Yeah. Go up the sky tower. Oh. Well, that needs an edit. Yeah. Look at the sky tower. Yeah.

Look at the sky tower. What a marvel of modern engineering. Yeah. Look at it. And then it rains and it gets wet on one side. Blows my mind. I know. I know.

I want them to wet all the sides. Me too. Then it looks. So when you're water blasting or cleaning something and a bit of the concrete is not wet, you've got to wet the concrete so it doesn't feel left out. I'm glad I'm not the only one that is upset when it's not all wet. That's also...

You should just have a hose up the top. Yeah. And just water it down. Just dribble it down. Yeah. I also really rate that as a way to know which way the weather's coming from when you're in Auckland. It's like, which way is that weather coming from? It's northerly. That's why the rain's a bit warmer. I rate that as a way to know which way the weather's coming from when you're in Auckland. It's like, which way is that weather coming from?

It's northerly. That's why the rain's a bit warmer. I rate that. Okay. Good on you. I rate that. Number five on the list of the top six things to do in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world this weekend.

Walk across the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge. Yeah, can't do that, can you? Here's one. You can walk under the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge. Yeah, you can. Yeah. See some people fishing for, I don't know what, like a manky crab or something. A tyre.

Yeah, and then look at the underneath of it and be like, wow, that's what it looks like from underneath. Neat. Yeah. Quite the hook-up spot too. Really? That's okay. That's what I've been told. That's what I've been told.

Without those nosy people running that bungee service, you could probably really make some sweet love in the shadow of Auckland Harbour Bridge this weekend if you wanted to. Number four on the list of the top six things to do in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world this weekend. Hop on the ferry and go to

Waiheke. Just edit this on the fly. What about walking to the top of a hill on Auckland's east coast to see if you can see Waiheke Island from there? Yeah, that'll work. Be like, that's it. And someone's like, no, that's not Waiheke.

It is, yeah. It's the one that's nestled behind Rangitoto that you don't even know is there until you're on the ferry to Waiheke. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six things to do in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world. Visit the iconic

Auckland Museum. Oh, for fuck's sake. I mean, I can guess you can still do that. You can go outside it. Yeah, just walk around it. It's a lovely building. It's a real cool building.

It's a lovely building. When I'm like Jeff Bezos rich, I'm going to buy that. Are you? Yep. No one's allowed in it. Do what?

Oh, okay. Just make it your house. I'm living it. I'm not living it. I live in the domain. Yeah, and then you'd be that prick that calls up when Christmas in the park's on and says,

keep it down. No, Christmas in the park won't be happening in my domain. I'm buying those in my lawns. Keep off my lawn. No one's allowed on my lawns. And I'll go-kart round with a paintball gun

on my go-kart and shoot anybody that's on my lawn. Sounds like Elon Musk. Pretty sure that's a public domain, Elon Musk. No, not anymore because I bought it. I'm like, hey, Auckland City, do you want out of debt? And they'll be like, please help us.

I'll be like, it's going to cost you a museum and a domain. And they'll have to take it, obviously. Number two on the list of the top six things to do in Lonely Planet. By the way, you pay rates. Have you seen how much goes to the museum and the domain? Eh, I don't get that much use out of it.

It's like 11 bucks. That's on you. Eh, they charge me Freedom Park. I've been twice. I should be getting free tickets

all the time. Go more often then. No, I've got to pay to go. It's part of my rates. I should get a ticket. Oh, God.

Being a rate payer's fun. You get to have ridiculous arguments like this. What have I been looked after specifically for me? Just me in a city of one million. Number two on the list of the top six things to do in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world this weekend. Watch an All Blacks game at the world-famous Eden Park. Okay, hold on.

On the fly, there's an All Blacks game this weekend. Playing Wales. Yes. 5.15am New Zealand kick- an All Blacks game this weekend playing Wales. Yes. 5.15am New Zealand kick-off at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Yeah. You could watch that All Blacks game on your device while parked in your car at Eden Park. Yeah. So technically you're watching an All Blacks game at Eden Park.

Yeah. Okay. And then to make it real, urinate in the neighbour's letterbox after the game. Yes. They love that, the Eden Park neighbours. They love Park. Yeah. Okay. And then to make it real urinate in the neighbour's letterbox after the game. They love that. The Eden Park neighbours. They love that.

Yeah. Take some cold chips. Charge yourself a fortune for them. Sounds like good fun. And then go and be really noisy outside Helen Clark's house

so she can tell you shut the hell up. And number one on the list of the top six things to do in Lonely Planet's number one city in the world this weekend.

I've been told that Kelly Tarleton's is an amazing... No, you're not going to be able to go in there. Nice. Okay, okay, okay. Stay with me. Surround yourself with TV screens. Yeah. And put on all the different

movies set under the sea. You could have Finding Nemo on one screen, Shark Tale on another, SpongeBob SquarePants. Just a screensaver. fish tank screensaver. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Those are calming. And walk around. That could totally do it.

That is today's top six. CDM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. Get it on Neon. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan's top picks. So Neon's sponsoring the Secret Sound and we have our top picks ahead of the weekend. A chance for you as well to win a 12-month Neon's sponsoring the Secret Sound, and we have our top picks ahead of the weekend. A chance for you as well to win a 12-month Neon subscription, and it's super easy. Just got to text the word TOP, as in our top picks, to 9696,

and you're in the draw to win that 12-month Neon subscription. And as always, some amazing stuff on Neon. Do you want to start, Megan? I'll start. What's your pick? Three-part documentary. It's called Expecting Amy. So when Amy Schumer was pregnant and found

out she was pregnant, she was still doing stand-up shows and she filmed the whole situation. So there's a documentary on conception. It's three parts. Gestation and the birth. I haven't watched the birth yet. But it's really interesting because she's obviously quite famous.

Yeah. And they show like full on arguments between the two of them, parts of her wedding. It's really interesting. Her and her partner, she was with a chef? A famous chef? Yeah. Because they did cooking during the pandemic. If that was you, you'd be like, we'll just edit out the argument. Yeah.

100%. And like the issues and like she was very sick during the pregnancy. So it's just really interesting to see like, you know, you hold them up on a pedestal, but they still go through their own struggles. Yeah, 86% on rotten tomatoes. Yeah. Wow. Vaughn, your top pick?

It's a New Zealand show. It is an Aotearoa made Chinese bilingual drama. Vaughn, what? It's called Inked. It's about a medical student who is secretly also studying the art of tattooing. In New Zealand's biggest city, life can be tough.

Especially when you've just gone through a breakup. I can't believe he ghosted me. Dropped out of uni without telling your dad. Your ex-landlord is chasing you for unpaid rent. But despite it all,

you've got good friends and a passion for tattooing. Yeah. So this was written in level four. Right. All the production was done in level three and then filmed as soon as New Zealand went into level two. Wow. Yeah. So it's a New Zealand show that's on there and you can watch. Alright.

I've gone for Insecure. It's my top pick this week. Mom, I'm really not pressed to be dating right now. I'm just focusing on me. Well, by the time you're married, maybe your daddy could roll you down the aisle because he'll be in a wheelchair because he'll be old.

So this is season five of Insecure and it's the fifth and final season. Issa Rae 97% on Rotten Tomatoes Wow Average audience score of 81

I've been like into this show since season one it's HBO it's an HBO show so amazing it was originally based on

she had like a YouTube series Issa Rae the Comedian who you definitely know and recognise and you would have seen around heaps.

But basically, yeah, just like, I guess. Is that Wanda Sykes? Playing her mum? Ooh. Or just someone who sounded a lot like Wanda Sykes? Yeah, maybe sounded like. I'm sure I haven't seen the latest season, but. Right.

Yeah, dropping. Okay. On Neon. And if you haven't seen the previous seasons, very good. Comedy, drama, amazing. Yep. Not Wanda Sykes. Confirmed.

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ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound. Season 10. Tracy joins us. Good morning, Tracy. Good morning. Was that a, was that a, it's me? Yes, it was. It's me? Yes, it was. It's me.

Oh, my gosh. Well, Tracy, you've managed to get through, and all thanks to Neon. Get a Kiwi streaming service, get great value, get it on Neon. $20,000 cash is all yours. All you've got to do is correctly identify this secret sound. So, what is it? Well, I think it is the side rail of a baby cot. When you lift the rail up and it locks into place.

Oh, yeah. Oh, okay. Soundkeeper Owls. Hello. Hello. You've got a six-month-old, don't you? Yeah, no, don't you? Yeah, no, I don't. Mum's happy about that.

Tracy, how would you... Yeah, because you're still at home. She needs you to bug her off before you can give her the grandchildren. She's like, they keep bringing more mouths into my house to feed. Oh, yeah, well, no thanks. Not yet. Tracy, how has the Clue Level 3 Made Me helped you out with the guest today? A baby. Level 3 Made Me.

That's not a lot of babies. Yeah, okay. That's true. Well, $20,000 is a lot of money. What would you do with it? Oh, gosh. Well, I have to give some money to my colleagues.

I promised them $1,000 each because they've been trying to help me get through. Oh, okay. I'm at home at the moment, but I'll still honour that. Okay. And I'd really like to go on a holiday

one day. We'd love that, eh? I love how everyone's laughing, like, ha, ha, ha, is that going to happen? Yeah, not for a while. Tracy, you are locking in a baby cot, sliding into position, is that correct? Mm-hmm, yeah.

Well, that is not the secret. Tracy. Oh, Tracy. I got it. Unlucky. Well, no cash for the workmates. And back to the drawing board. 11 is the next chance.

Why don't you give me a clue? With Georgia. But it's clue time, owls. Yes, it is. If everyone wants to go over to ZDM Online's TikTok page, there is a video clue there, and I think this one is a big one. You're welcome.

Okay. Wherever I hid my TikTok. My algorithm's all messed up because my kids are always on there. All about Dixie D'Amelio, apparently. All right, well, check out that clue. The next chance coming up at 8 with us and then at 11 with Georgia. See if that video helps you.

Benny joins us on the show soon. Her new song came out yesterday. We're going to play this for you soon and then have a chat to her. She's in MIQ. Yeah, isolating. Next on the show, though, I've had the call-up. and play this for you soon and then have a chat to her. She's in MIQ. Yeah. At the moment. Isolating. Next on the show, though,

I've been, I've had the call up. You've had the call up. I am plan B. I'm plan B. I'm like the reserve. Well, it's better than no plan. You weren't even

on the list of possibilities when you hear what he's been called up for and you'll see why. All right. ZDM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan. Now, yesterday I asked Fletch if he'd like the call-up for an adventure. Yeah, so, okay, Megan.

By the way, I did tell you about this when I said we were floating. Yeah. Pun intended, the possibility. I did know. I did know that you were doing this. And you were unsure as to where your summer plans laid. Yeah. Because we booked this a little while ago.

Megan, I've been plan B'd. I've been called up. I've been, you know, when they got Stephen Donald in for the World Cup. And look what he did. He did great. But then he had to give his ute back. Yeah, well, Wes had to give his ute back in the Antigone miniseries, didn't he? You weren't first choice, though.

No, I wasn't first choice. But you were told about it when it first happened. You said, I don't know what I'm doing for summer yet And now it's got closer and it doesn't look like you'll be doing a damn thing Well I've been rung in I'm that bridesmaid that Everyone knows wasn't meant to be there Because the dress is not quite right

He is really squeezed into the dress And later on you're just going to make a casual outfit change When it comes to the sitting part of the day You're just going to make a casual outfit change when it comes to the sitting part of the day. You're not sitting in that dress. We're doing the Whanganui River canoeing over summer.

Are we going to get to see the big giant pencils and that tunnel in Whanganui before or after this? I don't know where it ends. It must start in Whanganui. No, you end in Whangan ends. Well, it must start in Wong... No, you end in Whanganui. Oh, well, we can go at the end. I'm not paddling upstream for three days.

I'm sitting on my arse and floating downstream for three days. You go do the Whanganui River experience with Lisa Carrington and the rest of the museum and kayak team. They'll go upstream. I'm not going upstream. I'm a downstreamer.

So you're paddling down the stream? Yeah. Right. The stream, it's a Whanganui River. That'm a downstreamer. So you're paddling down the stream? Yeah. The stream, it's a giant river, Megan. How long is the trip? It doesn't feel like we're on the river for three days. So I didn't know it signed up for three days. I thought it was like a day and then you just get off and stay in a campground.

You get off at the end of every day and you stay somewhere. That is so cool. I'm very excited about this. Like a lodge, I think. Oh, that sounds nicer than a hut. Like a special lodge. That's just what they say to get you there. Now, I was meaning to ask because, you know,

I had that horrible thing at the start of the year when I went sea kayaking and I got out and my legs were numb. My legs got pins and needles because I'm not very flexible and I fell over on the beach. And the sea kayak went on and slapped me. I get that as well. Yeah, but these are open canoes, aren't they? These are big. I believe the pronunciation is canoe. Okay, yeah, yeah.

It's a big open canoe. So if your legs are getting numb during the... I can move them around and kind of move. But is it multi-person canoe? It's two-person canoe because here's the problem. Oh, my God. Cute. With three couples.

Yeah. You'll remember I told you about my mate Fizz who didn't tell us he was expecting a child. We had to read it off his partner's Facebook. Quite sad. She's pregnant and going to be heavily pregnant right by then. Okay. So has said, I've been advised not to sit in a canoe for... You lost a couple when you invited Fleek and...

God, so now I'm ultimately third wheeling. No, no, we didn't lose a couple. Callum's still coming. Oh, is he? Just leaving them easily pregnant. I had to double check that. But yeah, so... Right, okay.

So does that mean you have to share the canoe with Vaughn or... I feel like he also, if he's not the kind of people to tell you that he's having a baby, he's going to be a lazy paddler. I'm going to be doing a lot of paddling. Put him in front of the canoe because otherwise he won't paddle. He's not a paddler. Yeah, because then you keep an eye on him and be like, yeah, stop, keep paddling.

But I don't think you need to paddle hard out. You probably need to steer more than aggressively paddle. I don't know. I've never done it before, but I've just done it in photos. I'm in internationals for rowing. You know I'm a keen water sports person. You'd want to do it backwards. B, you'd bitch about it the whole time.

C, the accommodation wouldn't be up to you. I could keep going through the whole alphabet. There's no cocks either. You'd be out of time. Well, there isn't your boat. There's two of them. Is that a little person? Is that what they call that little person? Yes, that's right. We're all in the cocks either. You'd be out of time. Well, there isn't your boat. There's two of them. Is that a little person? Is that what they call that little person?

Yes, that's right. We're all in the cocksless too. You've got such a dirty mind. Excuse me. That's the reason. Why do you think she signed up for rowing? They said, every boat's got a cock. She's like, how many of them?

When do we get to see them? Nationals? It turns out that's when she saw her first one. Oh, my God. So I've been told. Right. So I've had the call up. You've had the call up.

And this is what I wanted to ask this morning on the show, is have you ever been the ring-in? You weren't invited in the first round, but you got invited the second, and maybe you were the ring-in bridesmaid. Yeah. Or you were the ring-in person on holiday. But it's nice to be at least second in the list.

It's nice to be on the waiting list, you know. At least you're on the list. I'm never on the list. But then it was a – that's what everybody said, it's a single person. And I was like, I only know one loser that's absolutely good. No chance of finding a serious partner before summer. And he's a good paddler. And he's a good paddler.

And he loves adventures. He loves adventures. Yeah, that's true. Yep. And I want to see the giant pencils at the end in Whanganui. Yeah. Well, I just looked at the photos. You go under the bridge to nowhere.

And I know you're a bit of a fan of that civil engineering faux pas. They build a bridge in the middle of nowhere. It costs a fortune. Yeah, in like the 1910s or 20s. Was it for roads or rail? Yeah, they wanted to make a road there one day, and then it's just there in the bush. I know.

Take a picture and send it to me. You wouldn't like that because you'd have to leave the canoe and walk up to it. Yeah, that's why. So you're not coming. You'd stay there with the cocks and the boat. So 0800 dials at M, 9696 attacks. When have you been the cocks and the boat. So 0800-DIALS-IT-M, 9696-ATTACKS. When have you been the ring-in, the last-minute ring-in,

and what was it for? And maybe you felt on the outer the whole time. Why are you making yourself on the outer? The people are going, oh, very friendly, very sociable. You've met all of them. I know, I know them all, I know them all. We're talking about when you've been the call up, the ring in. Fletch has had a call up to join the Whanganui River Expedition.

This is in January. Yeah. Now, I did fail to mention we're doing this authentically as if the first explorers would have. Okay. Yeah. And you're in the Waka Canoe. So you're going to need to Get in touch with your Maori ancestry

Okay Which I don't have But sure Come on Okay Do your part And yeah So all technology

I'm excited Old compasses Navigating by the stars Etc It's not that hard mate Come on Find your friends You'd go

No no cell phones Is he going to be 5G Well are you vaccinated I tell you what Lots of people Whilst are messaging in About the Being called up

Lots of people Are also messaging in Saying we've made A wonderful choice The Whanganui River Is stunning It is something I've wanted to do

For a long time. It's gorgeous. Isn't it one of our natural great walks or great wonders that the dock calls it? It is. It's one of those things. It's on their list. Yeah. It's on their list of places. So you're not going to be able to chuck plastic in the river? No, I think that's frowned upon in any river.

We burn it at the end of the day. Okay. Yeah. Keep those fish safe. Yeah. Just get it up in the air. So what you've been caught, I'm not going to burn the plastic. I just want to really settle on the fact

that we will be taking all of our rubbish with us and trying to leave absolutely zero footprint there. We want to know when you've been called up though. Last minute call up maybe or when somebody dropped out, you got the call up. And I tell you what weddings are pretty pretty big. Yeah. Lots of call ups for weddings.

Somebody else said this is weird the exact same thing happened to me last summer. I was a last minute call up to do the Whanganui River expedition with some friends because somebody's partner couldn't go. Now do they have any tips? I don't know I've messaged them back for some tips.

Because you know what I've got and this is why I'm a great addition on the trip. I've got Tropical Strength Date bug spray. Oh, yeah. We're going to need that. We're going to need that.

We'll certainly need that. Those little sand flies off us. I've got a yellow tin. A yellow? What's a yellow tin? I don't know. It's just like a cream or something.

No, no, no. There was two tins and one was like 40% spray. A spray. Spray tin. That don't know. It's just like a cream or something. No, no, no. There was two tins and one was like 40% spray. A spray. Spray tin. That's a can. I would thought

you're talking about like a little screw top tin with a balm in it. Well, like I said, we're going 1850. And you paint it on your legs.

Yeah, yeah. It's tar. Spray can. Yeah, spray can. Yeah. Good stuff. Yeah, that's good stuff. Good deep.

Somebody said wedding. We've got a backup for our wedding. And it's no coincidence that most of the people on the backup list are also the vaccine-hesitant members of VIL. That's good. You've got to look after your guests that are there. You've got to look after Nan. She's got to look after those guests.

Fifteen years ago, someone pulled out of a tramp. Last minute, one of the guys knew someone who could come along. By the end of the three days, we were dating, and now we have been married for nine years with two kids. You could end up with Callum. Callum's got a partner. A pregnant partner.

What happens on the river, you know? You should totally understand that, imagine. In three days, it's going to be a magical bonding experience. I mean, nothing would surprise her with Callum, I'm sure. Yeah, he comes home, he's like, I've got news.

She's like, you're leaving me for Fletch. And he's like, how'd you get here? He's a great paddler. Yeah, Callum and he's a great paddler. He's a great paddler. I'm a good paddler.

ZDM's Fletch, morning Megan. And she joins us on the phone right now. Good morning, Benny. Morning. I love when a song tails out because then I get to talk over the end of it. Oh, I've never done it before.

Do you hate it when you hear it on the radio and someone like blahs all over the end? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. She's just saying that. It needs to be interrupted. Benny's too young to remember the pain. Everybody who hates radio announcers talking over the start or the end of the song is when you used to have to try to tape your favourite song off the radio. Yeah.

Benny's too young to remember it. Too young. Shut up, I'm trying to record it. Hey, it's a beautiful song. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. It's very beautiful. Are you an EMIQ at the moment?

Yes, I am. I'm like, this is the most I've talked to any human in the last like 14 days. So it might be a bit weird. Sorry, guys. How many times have you done EMIQ? No, this is my first time. Is it? So this is a little bit, it's a bit of a challenge for Stella because I'm desperate for a walk.

But it's okay. Did you get a good one or a shit one? No, I actually shouldn't complain because it's actually, I'm at the Grand Millennium and they're actually taking really good care of us. They're very very sweet and everyone is just very kind.

That's near my house. Every time I walk past it, I hold my breath. just, like, very kind. Oh, that's near my house. Every time I walk past it, I hold my breath. Oh, no. Don't say that. Only when I walk past the little hole thing where they take all the deliveries, I'm like... Oh, my God. No, no, no.

Although, to be honest, now that you've come back, we've probably got more chance of catching you anywhere on the way to work, to be honest. So don't even worry about it. Does that mean home for Christmas? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Cool. What's the plans? I don't know.

What are you inviting yourself around Stella's house for Christmas, Megan? Oh my goodness. Yeah, well, hey, you're most welcome if that's a thing that we can do at Christmas, but just crossing my thing that we can do at Christmas. But just crossing my fingers that I can hang out with my whānau and friends.

So what was it like being in America? Because it's just life as normal pretty much, eh? But just a few of them are wearing some masks? Yeah, it was like, I was actually pleasantly surprised with how many people did wear masks, actually. I think that, I mean, I was actually, like, pleasantly surprised with how many people did wear masks, actually. Really? I think that, I mean, I was in LA. I think it would be very different if I was, you know,

somewhere in the middle of fucking... Oh, she's all like, Rich. It would be very different if I was... It'd be very different if I was in, like, Wyoming or something. Yeah. But it was actually good, and we were, like, going to get... It was crazy. I was like, like damn i just want people to get vaccinated so we can just get back to it because that's what everyone just there has just accepted it and just like i don't know it's yeah it's

actually all good yeah and and because how has the last year been for you because i heard you uh explaining about your new single and there were and like all of us had a few down and dark times in the last year. Yes, indeed. It's been a bit of a challenge this year for a lot of us I think, it's safe to say. Yeah, I don't know, I just kind of found myself in a bit of a whole start of the year

and I kind of had this trip to look forward to, luckily because I was like, oh my gosh, I'm going to be here forever. It's sad. But, luckily, because I was like, oh my gosh, I'm going to be here forever. It's sad. But, no, I mean, it's, I'm kind of, you know, I've worked on, worked on kind of my mental a bit and, you know, I'm just happy to be making,

I'm just happy that I honestly did that trip. I think I needed that trip just to make more music and to kind of, you know, boost my confidence with the music thing. So I think, yeah, it's actually all, it's all turning around. It's nice to see like that your vulnerability, I saw on World Mental Health Day, you opened up about how, you know, you've been feeling it like a lot of us have. And then, yeah, your new single is about,

or partly about being diagnosed with OCD. Yes, it is. Indeed. So what did that look like for you? I know a couple of people with OCD, but a very different sort of how it manifests itself. Yeah, totally. Yeah, and I mean, I was, you know, I was kind of,

I don't know, I kind of, I didn't really think about it as being a serious thing until probably like the start of this year when, I don't know, I feel like my friends and I were like, well, maybe you actually have a pussy. And I was like, wait, but like, you know, is that not just like the cleaning thing and the counting thing? And then I was like, you know, and then I quickly realized that it was just exactly what I was thinking every day it was you know I don't know it's just it's just kind of just like I mean it's it's very close to or it's part of anxiety and I already knew that I was an anxious person because you can't really ignore that but um I don't know I think it just kind of got to a level where I was just it was just like order

and counting and intrusive thoughts and all of this like stuff that was just kind of like, I was just hating everything. And I kind of, you know, I wanted to go get diagnosed and I did and now I'm on meds and it's actually a lot better than I was before. So yeah, there has been, yeah, I don't know. That's so cool.

It's so powerful for you to put that out there because I know, like, to me, you are such a positive and fun person and people would never know. And then for you to put it out there is so cool. And now we've got this awesome song, Doesn't Matter From It. Thank you.

Thank you. It's always the ones you don't expect. It's always the ones you don't expect. Yeah. Always the ones you don't expect. Yeah. And so does this mean you've got a new album soon then? It has a different, it's not an album. Right.

I have to, I'm not going to do an album for a little while, I've decided. Okay. But it's a project. Okay. Yeah. A project. A project. That's all I can say. Oh, Yeah. A project. A project. That's all I can say.

Oh, gosh. Very mysterious. Oh, very mysterious. All right. Well, thank you so much for making a new song and for chatting to us this morning. We'll let you get back to your locker. And good luck with your getting out and your freedom.

I hope you get a walk soon. I've got lots to do, guys. Yeah. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. Last night as I was getting get a walk, sir. Got lots to do, guys. Yeah. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. Last night as I was getting ready for bed, I had my sleeping cap on and I blew out the little candle beside my bed and I went, goodnight, Jesus. It has happened.

Goodnight, mummy in heaven who died from tuberculosis. Oh, my God. Good night, little orphans around the world. Has it been how many days? 60 days, 70 days. So you blew out the little candle. It took a while. And the sheets were blowing Because I don't have windows

Imagine I'm in a Charles Dickens novel Yeah, yeah Victorian London And then my phone gets a message So there's that whole illusion shattered And it's a message from a young man called Kane. And he says, Vaughn in capital letters. Oh, aggressive star.

I know. What do you think about the Tui? The bird. The bird. Help me win this campaign and support the Tui for bird of the year. I work for Tutaki. It's a not-for-profit organisation. I get the ZM family involved and support a Naki boy.

I mean, he's speaking to the wrong guy. But then I said, ooh, yuck. Are you getting a reflection on what you're like at the end of the day? After a whiskey? Tui pillage my orange tree every year. I allow it, but I don't love it. And he said, maybe they just want to be noticed by you. Try campaigning for them and see if they find fame

and leave your orange trees alone. I said, Cain, what about the harsed eagle? And he said, they're dead. And I said, that's a terrible attitude. We're never going to get them back with that attitude. Let's reinvigorate them and once again have the sky filled with terror. Small children could be snatched at any moment. That's my bird of the

year. And then I sent him a picture of it's a drawing of a horse eagle swooping down on some mower in the riverbed and I was like, get out of my riverbed mower! And he's like, look man. He's like, I really don't know how to navigate This conversation

I didn't choose my bird I got stuck with the tui And I said Finally some honesty He said You think it's easy To campaign for a bird With a ball sack

On it's chin This is where you can Help a brother out I said well I like the tui It's a beautiful bird If you're in the bush And there's tui around

They're so They're so beautiful There's nothing more kiwi Than seeing a tui in a pohutukawa tree. Oh, yeah, and it's got a little nose in that. Or a kowhai because it's got its nose in that yellow flower. It's like. Has it won the bird of the year before? Never because there's too many of them.

You're never going to win when you're doing okay. According to birdoftheyear.co.nz, its current status is doing okay. You always vote for the endangered ones. The one that's in the controversy this year is that the bat is in the bird of the year. That little tiny bat that's all furry and cute. But a bat's not a bird. No. No. So they've gone really out on a bat's not a bird. No. No.

So they've gone really out on a limb here, the bird of the year people. They should do bird of the year and then do other stuff of the year. Yeah, do bats of the year. Miscellaneous of the year. Yeah. Because I want to see the bat go up against the Maui dolphin. Yeah, right. It's not going to stand a chance.

No. It's not going to stand a chance. No. Everyone loves the dolphin more. Yeah. But they've just created their own controversy, right? So we all talk about it. So we're stand a chance. No. It's not going to stand a chance. No. Everyone loves the dolphin more. Yeah. But they've just created their own controversy, right? So we all talk about it. So we're talking about it.

Totally. Well, there's more controversy. This morning when I was leaving for work, some tuis were making a noise in a tree. And I sent that video to Kane. And I said, who would vote for these inconsiderate assholes? Well, he's just trying to get some support up for the tui. Well, he just messaged back. And he said, how do Fletcher Megan feel about tui? Well, I like them. I get some support up for the Tui. Well, he just messaged back and he said how to Fletcher Megan feel about Tui.

So I like them. I like them. I like them. But then, so when I woke up, there was a message and it said, I don't know who you are, but I love my husband very much. And if you don't make him happy and send him a campaign video after messaging him about an extinct eagle when his bird is a Tui, I will end you. With claps.

I will end you. Okay. So vote for the Tui. Vote for a Tui, I will end you. With claps. I will end you. Okay. So vote for the Tui. Vote for the Tui. Don't tell him I messaged you because I'm a librarian and I know a thousand ways, probably, made up ways to dismember a body. I've been physically threatened. Are they from you?

This is what Bird of the Year does to people. I know. It makes people crazy. Every year there's a controversy. The Russians, they were involved one year. Do you remember that? Yeah, yeah. They flooded it, didn't they? Yeah. When they were going through their real let's disrupt democracy

situation. Well, you know, because the Keriru won that one year and that was, I love the Keriru, beautiful bird, so maybe this year I can throw him a weight behind the Tui. Get out and vote for the Tui. Why do we even care though? What does this mean? Yeah, what happens? Nothing.

They just say there's a winner and then I think we're meant to care more about nature, are we? That's the idea. It raises awareness and it can raise money for different organisations looking after the different birds. And it might let you know, for example, that's a bad example, I was going to say the Kia

is in serious trouble. We all know that, don't we? Because they keep ripping out tourists. Well, when we had them, ripping out the tourists' windscreen seals. Yeah, they did, yeah. So we'll tie a Kiwi one again, though, I reckon. Did you reckon? Maybe.

Like a Southern Brown or a North Island Brown or, you know, we've got a few different types of Kiwis. We might as well just vote for a cute one that's endangered. Vote for a cute one or vote for the Tui. More pork. There's so many great options. I do love New Zealand birds. And I do love Tui's cane.

I don't want to make it sound like I've got anything in for Tui's. Poo kickers, though. Can. Right on. I've had a guts full of them. They got into your chickens, didn't they? When was I taking my chicken? I think it was...

Which Carnassian? Plunknashian. Oh, the slowest one. Rob. Was it Rob? Plunkdashian. Oh, the slowest one. Rob. Was it Rob? The others ran probably Rob. Welcome, everybody, to Friday Face Yoga. Namaste to you all.

Namaste. Namaste. Time for yoga that you can do in your car with your face. Just your face. You can be driving and doing this. You can be getting ready for the day and doing this. Maybe making some school lunches doing this. Anything.

As long as you've got a face, you can participate. Without a face, you can do the slightly modified version. You can follow Sue for the slightly modified version. Okay can follow Sue for the slightly modified version. Okay. First of all, I want you to grit your teeth. Grit the teeth.

Look around a little bit as you try to judge around you who are the 60% of New Zealanders that have more than $1,000 in savings. Because there's a story this week that 40% of Kiwis have less than $1,000 saved for an emergency. And it's not me. I love that ASB just went into everybody's bank accounts and were like, okay. And shared the data. Yeah.

Thank you. Yeah, ASB were like, you guys want to know some neat stuff about our clients? Give us some more. Is that not confidential? Give us some more data, ASB. Tell us what your clients are up to. Tell us how much they're spending on food. Make us all feel terrible. Next, I want you to think,

whilst the weather this weekend might not be great, where summer is upon us, it's just around the corner, it's going to be November next week, the last month of spring before we get into December. And maybe you've lost a little bit of ice cream fitness. This is using the tongue, the lips, maybe a little bit of the teeth, but not too much teeth, to slip up delicious ice cream. Maybe you're a gelato enjoyer. Yeah.

Maybe, what's the dairy-free one? Sorbet. Yeah. Sorbet. Sorbet, dairy-free. It's dairy-free, yeah. Anyway, we all need to use our lips and our tongues, so let's get a little bit of that. Don't do that.

Okay. Lick round the cone Turn the cone in the hand Lick in the cone I can't look at you I just cannot look at you right now Lick round the cone like that Back to the tongue lip combo Which we haven't done yet

Oh it's all around your mouth Tongue-lip combo, which we haven't done yet. Oh, it's all around your mouth, you dirty, dirty boy or girl. Okay. I hope someone's just turned on the radio right at this point. Yeah. I went down the wrong part. Brain freeze. And relax. That is today's Friday Face Yoga.

Get out there and slurp those ice creams this weekend. Namaste. Namaste. Namaste. ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. Play ZM. ZM's $50,000 secret sound. Season 10.

It's all thanks to Neon. Watch the TV series and movies everyone's talking about on Neon, our favourite Kiwi streaming service. Soundkeeper Owls has uploaded the video, ZM Online on TikTok, and it's one of those sounds in the video videos. The thing that makes the sound is in the video. That would be so easy, but there's so much. There's a lot of mess.

She's a jam-packed scene, and I like it. But, I mean, that is going to help people. The sound is in the video. Somewhere. Carlawin. Carlawin. Good morning. Carlawin.

Carlawin. Is that Welsh? No, it's South African. Everyone asked that, eh? Because when it's spelled, it looks Welsh, doesn't it? Yeah. Because the Welsh are just like, how they name their children is they get a bag of, like, banana graham, and then they just shake it, and then they just pour it out on the table. I don't think, I't it? Yeah. Because the Welsh are just like, how they name their children is they get a bag of banana

graham and then they just shake and then they just pour it out on the table. I don't think, I think that's offensive. And then they drag a few more. I think that's very offensive. Drag a few more vowels in. Like that. I feel like that's what my uncle did because he named me, just made up a name. All right, well, Carly, $20,000 cash is our

current jackpot and this is the secret sound and that's all yours if you can tell us what it is Alright I've got bloody

two answers but I'll go with my first one I think it's a playstation remote controller the toggle

so if you push that down Oh that's yeah right okay toggle button yeah so up close the toggle. So if you push that down. Oh, that's the button. Yeah, right. Okay. The toggle button. So up close. Amplified and up close.

It does click though, doesn't it? It does click. It does. Because I was going to say moving the toggle, but that's a bit different. So yeah, pushing it down. Okay, so you're going to stick with that? Yeah. Now, have you seen going to stick with that? Yeah. Now, have you seen the video?

The sound is in the video video? I did. I did. And there is a controller in there. Okay. All right, so that works. How does Level 3 made me do it? Because you need something to do in Level 3, I suppose.

So you just buy a PlayStation to play some games. Lots of people were buying PlayStations, right? That works, yeah. The logic's there. Yeah, and I heard yesterday on the radio that the, what's it called? Why can't I think of it? You know, how you talk with your hands.

What's it called? Gesticulating? Sign language. Sign language, thank you. How the lady said the 3D communication, you can do that on a PlayStation. Okay. Wow. Yeah.

Wow, okay. Yeah, I think so. Well, well, well, I'll tell you now. Let's lock in a PlayStation controller. Clicking, you know, clicking the toggle, that's correct? Yeah. Okay. Yes.

Make my day, Ella. That is not the secret sound, unfortunately. She's not making your day. Sorry. No. All right, Carlin, sorry, mate. Another chance at 11 with Georgia to have a guess. Friday Flashback. It's a guess. Friday Flashback.

Wait, it's a tradition. We each take a turn each week to pick a song that's at least 10 years old. It's got to be a banger. And this one is 10 years old. This year. Okay. I can't believe we haven't done it and it's almost November.

So this song is described by the artist as dark, bluesy, gospel disco. This. What? Not how I'd describe it. This person, this song actually, artist is dark, bluesy, gospel disco. That's not how I'd describe it. This person, this song actually went to number three in New Zealand. Number three around the world. Not the biggest song for

them, but a huge artist. So this artist is massive at the moment. Number one around the world and has just broken so many records, beating Ariana Grande's streaming records. 24 million listens

in one week to their latest song. That should give it away. Okay. So my Friday flashback this week is an oldie from Adele rolling in the deep. I can't believe we haven't done this.

I know. I can't believe it's 10 years old. That too. All right, it's your Friday flashback, ZM. There's a fire starting in my heart Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark Finally I can see you crystal clear Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare

See how I'll leave with every piece of you Don't underestimate the things that I will do There's a fire starting in my heart Reaching a fever pitch And it's bringing me out the dark The scars of your love Remind me of us They keep me thinking

That we almost had it all The scars of your love They leave me breathless I can't help feeling We could have had it bad You have my heart and I hate it You paid it to the beat Baby, I have no story

To be told But I've heard one on you And I'm gonna make your head burn Think of me In the depths of your despair Make a home Down there as mine sure won't be shared The scars of your love

Remind me of us love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love, they leave me breathless I can't help feeling we could have had it all You had my heart and soul in your hand And you played it to the beat Cause I've had it all Throttled in the deep

You had my heart instead of your head But you paid it with a beating Throw your soul through every open door Count your blessings to find what you look for Turn my sorrow into treasured gold To pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow Never had a wish Never had a wish

We could have had it all We could have had it all Never had a wish Never had a wish It all, it all Oh It all It all It all We could have had it all

Walking in the deep You had my heart You had my heart And I paid it To the beat To the patty You had my heart in stone And you played it to the beat

It's Adele on ZM. It's your Friday flashback. It's 10 years old this year. Rolling in the Deep are currently streaming worldwide, smashing records. Just announced a heap of shows as well, which is interesting because she said she wouldn't tour. Yeah, I remember her last tour.

She's like, this will be my last because she gets horrific stage fright. Yeah. And still does. But she's doing another tour. Maybe the pandemic's made her want to get out in front of like hundreds of thousands of people I reckon she's struggling financially

Did you go through a divorce? Yeah totally, she's absolutely on her last penny because she's going to do the tour Alright well fingers crossed she gets it, good feedback for that Sad when little indie musicians have to tour Yeah Good feedback No that. Sad when little indie musicians have to tour. Yeah. That is.

Good lifestyle. Yeah. Good feedback. You'd say no one hates Adele. Well, it's a song. That's what somebody said. Wow.

It's Adele. That just brings me back memories of my MP3 player. Yeah, right. Good Lord. That could be good memories. Yeah. Could be nostalgic memories of your MP3 player. Some people. It could be good memories. Yeah. It could be nostalgic memories of your

MP3 player. Some people are hard to please, eh? Notoriously hard to please. The lockdown has affected people's mental health. It's affected personal connections. It's affected heaps of stuff. But a sexpert. This is

Alex Fox. She is the script consultant for the TV show Sex Education. On Netflix, okay. Yeah, so she has spoken about how post-pandemic life will be during dating. She also teamed up with a gum company to do a little test. They did a kissing booth, like a pop-up kissing booth. I know. During a pandemic.

It feels like we shouldn't be doing that yet. But they were trying to give young people more confidence post-pandemic. But they noted that a lot of people had either forgotten how to kiss or had just not had practice prior to the pandemic. Lost confidence. Lost confidence and were very rusty. So, quote, she said, prepare for, when you get back out there, squelching and awkward slurps. Squelching and awkward?

What's squelching? When it comes to having a pash. Yeah, like an excessive saliva. So you both go in with a bit too much pressure in your mouth. Yeah. And then it has to come out somewhere. Yeah. Oh.

Yeah. So, I mean, she says, you know, everyone's a bit rusty. Yeah. So make sure you, when you get back out there, are very forgiving of people's passion techniques. Yeah, right. Yeah. But, you know, try things as well.

Great time to be trying some new techniques. No, I don't. When you get back out there. No. You try. No, don't try new techniques on a new partner. No, I don't. When you get back out there. Do I? No. You try. No, don't try new techniques on a new partner. Yeah, try it on.

On a first date. Slash hook up. Step out into that freaky stuff. We would like to know right now. Tell us about your worst kiss. Because, oh, I had one. The one that,

oh, yuck. When you got some teeth in your mouth. No. Teeth clanging.'ve got some teeth in your mouth. No. Teeth clanging. It's in with too much saliva in their mouth. Oh, okay. That can't help that.

They've got a slightly moister mouth hole. It rushes into your mouth. It's very unpleasant. I vividly remember that one. So it flowed over into yours. Yeah. Were you like lying down? Was it gravity that assisted the dribbling?

No, no, no. You were standing? Standing. They just had such an intense amount of saliva it went into your mouth. They dribbled into your mouth. Essentially. But you definitely remember.

That sounds quite scarring. Especially if you've had a kissing injury, you'd remember that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I had braces, but I don't had a kissing injury, you'd remember that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I had braces, but I don't think I ever kissed anyone when I had braces. Ever do that thing where you pash someone so much

the inside of your mouth gets a bit chopped up? What? Like, you know pash rash where you just at it for hours? Like, I get that if I ate a whole bag of, like, nachos. Similar. Similar? How? Well, you know if you bite into a really hot potato and then your gums aren't blistered

exactly, but they're very tender with a toothbrush. Yeah, right. That, except it's on the inside of the lip. Right. Okay. What were you doing? Going at it. Ooh, yuck.

Num, num, num, num, num, num. I can't even imagine you going at it. I was a teenage me. I was told to calm down multiple times. Oh, my God. But I was so excited to be there. Someone's going to call up about me kissing you. Okay, so we want to know now.

0800-DARLS-IT-IN. And you can text in as well, 9696. Your worst kiss and why. Maybe it did end in an injury. Like teeth going through the lip. Or maybe you just got off balance and fell over down a cliff or something. Oh, yeah, that counts too. That counts as well.

Yeah, your kiss injury is the worst kiss. A sex expert has said that we should prepare ourselves out of lockdown for squelching and awkward slurps because everyone's got a bit rusty. And people are lacking the confidence. It's been a while. It's been a while. Yeah. Wow.

And we are hearing... So good. Disgusting. Some we can't put on here. Executive Intern Anya, I believe you have a bad kiss you'd like to share. Yeah, this was very early on. Possibly one of the first, if not the first.

With Mr Bon Bons? No, no, no, no, no. First overall. That seems to be a common thread. The first kiss is horrible. And he had just had a bag of Thai sweet chilli Doritos. You know that's my favourite flavour. I do.

Honestly, whenever you talk about it, it kind of sends a shiver down my spine. Oh, I'm sorry. It's okay. I'll do a trigger warning next time. Because we were sort of, you could call it a pash, I guess, but like a small crumb from his mouth where he'd just been like hoofing the bag went into my mouth.

And now whenever I like smell Thai sweet chili Doritos, I'm like, no, absolutely not. I'm resigning. What was his name? I'm not saying. First name. Josh. Josh. Oh, Doritos Josh.

All right, let's take some calls. Anna, your worst kiss ever, what happened? Well, look, I still try and think about how this even happened. It was years ago. It was in high school. That's my explanation is that maybe we were both a bit inexperienced. Yeah. But somehow we kissed and he bit my bottom lip, but actually it was my chin.

And it left teeth marks in my chin. And I remember going home and my mum said, what have you got there on your chin? And I was like, I think I said I like walked in on something, but it was there for a good few days. Wait, did it have top jaw and bottom jaw? I have no idea what happened. You should have worked out that road map.

Like he had a giant ass mouth. I think he went full open mouth right in there and he must have a soft chin i don't i don't know it scarred me like i've thought about it years later how how how maybe he was just a chin dude maybe yeah yeah, yeah. You might have a nice strong chin. Anna, thanks. You called Sarah. Worst kiss ever. What happened?

Mine was similar to Megan's. I met up with Tinder date. It was maybe the second date, actually. And it was at his house. And he basically, we were just sitting on the couch. And he launched at me and basically just ate my face. There we go. And I had saliva up by my nose. It just scarred me.

So he couldn't even keep all the saliva in the mouth. It was going everywhere. It was just everywhere. Wow. We're making out with It was just everywhere. Wow. We're making out with a Labrador. Yeah. Sarah, thanks. You called Kevin.

Worst kiss ever? Yeah, my first girlfriend had a tongue piercing. Okay. And she ended up chipping my tooth. Oh. Oh. Whoa. The tongue went in, kind of got behind the tooth,

bit of a snag on the way back out, and it just... Yeah. Which tooth? Top tooth, bottom tooth? Top. Top tooth. Did you end up... She was flinging it around too much.

Did you have to do an ACC claim and get a new tooth? Yeah, I went to the dentist shortly after that. Right. Got it put back in, but yeah. Did you tell the dentist the honest truth truth or were you a telephonic? Of course not, of course not. What did you say happened, Kevin? I fell over and hit a rock.

Cassing over Kevin, eh? I'd rather be called Casser Kevin than Clumsy Kevin. Yeah, yeah, really. Kevin, thanks for sharing some messages in. My first kiss was at school. We had an audience. Now, I knew at the time it felt weird, but as he leaned in to kiss me,

he cupped my elbows. And pushed them in against my side, kind of pinning me. And then sucked at my tongue like a lux. So that's a vacuum cleaner. This gives a clue that that that's a vacuum cleaner. This gives a clue that that person's from the South Island because they call vacuum cleaners luxes. His nickname for the rest of school was elbows.

Nice, nice. He would have been scarred for a long time. But then he gets to war. Maybe he couldn't get his hands around the back for a cuddle. Well, he just like cut the elbows. Cut the elbows and then pin them against his... Yeah. Well, he just like, I'll hold something.

And maybe he wanted to hold... Yeah, but he was like, well, I'll just... This is a nice little... Fits perfectly. Poor elbows. I had a guy, we started kissing, that was all right. He moved down to my neck. I was like, oh yeah, that's okay.

And then he came up to my ear and I was like, oh yeah. And then he stuck his tongue in my ear. And I was like, wow, that's loud. I don't think he knows how loud that is. It's like a wet willy straight from the tongue. He left the ear and transitioned along the hairline and started licking my forehead. Again, like a Labrador.

That could have been a Labrador. Got yourself a golden retriever boyfriend there. Always check it's not a Labrador. He stuck my tongue in his mouth and then can only do what I would describe as Very large circles with the tongue Right Attempting to explore every crevice

Nook and cranny of my mouth Well there's a lot of tongue The tongue seems to be the problem My first kiss was the absolute worst I was 13 and I felt like I was kissing a turtle or a lizard or something. He had a really stiff tongue and just kept poking it all the way in and then pulling it all the way back out and then all the way back in and then all the way back out.

Probably looking for flies. It's overwhelmingly more females, right, with experience? Because dudes don't care. They just like being there. Less tongue is always better. Work up to it. My first kiss, he had braces. I went for a quick peck goodbye, and he opened his mouth,

and I got a mouthful of braces and teeth to the lips. It was very awkward, and there was blood. Oh, no. Here's a few awkward braces messages in. Sorry, that's not your invitation to read that one, Vaughn. What one? The one that you read out to us is the braces. Sorry, that's not your invitation to read that one, Vaughn. What one? The one that you read out to us as a racist. Oh no!

That was a different sort of kiss. Yeah. On a different area. Yeah. And there was entanglement. Yeah. I came away from a kiss, I pulled back and then I felt his slobber running down

my chin. And then he said to me, you're quite salivary. Maybe you were both salivary. You just didn't know. You just didn't know. Fact of the day is next. Oh, you didn't let me tell us through about the guy who tongued the nose hole. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan.

Fact of the day Day day day day Today's fact of the day is Your tear ducts don't make tears They just drain them I learn a lot about tears in this little research. Okay. Today's fact of the day.

I never thought about where they come from. Just in the corner of your eye. Yeah. In the two corners of your eye, right? Because that's the thing. It comes in from both sides. Yeah. But there is, if you, above your eye, so on the outer side of your eye,

so not the part by your nose, the side closer to your ear, if you go above that into your eyebrow, just between your eye and your eyebrow, not your eyelid, the skinny skin part underneath the eyebrow, the tear glands stuck in behind there. Oh. So if I was watching a scary movie or getting broken up was, could I just put my fingers there and hold the water in?

I don't know. So I'm not crying. It's not like if you need to cry, can you squeeze it out? It comes down behind your skull. I mean, maybe putting pressure on it could make it work more or work less. But yeah, it comes down into your eyes. Yeah. And there's like three different types of tears.

There's something called basal tears, like nasal but with a B. Basal. Okay. They're always in your eyes. Yeah. And that's like the one that keeps your eyes lubricated. Okay. Correct.

It protects you from dust and stuff. Then there's reflex tears, and that's when your eye is irritated, like, you know, when you get a bit of smoke or onions in your eyes, and those are something like reflex and, again, just kind of up in the defense of the eye and then emotional tears are the ones that you feel when you get sad. But it's still being researched as to why

when you get emotional, you over lubricate your eyes. It's still being researched. They think it's like a- They've been doing it for ages. What are they doing? I don't know. Maybe back in the day, because everyone was getting broken up within caves,

they were quite dusty. Dusty. So you needed like that to kick in. Sad. Dusty. Because they spoke English, but just a little gruntier. Yeah.

So it all worked. So also the ones, there's drains that go from your eyes into your nose and your throat. So that's why when you cry, you also get a runny nose because it drains into your nose. And if those drains worked effectively, they work effectively and like you don't over lubricate your eyes. But when you cry, it's too much water to go down the drain and that's why it goes in your face. Oh, okay. Otherwise, if you had like fat tear ducts, it would never drain down your face.

When you cried, it would all just come out your nose and your throat. But they're not big enough. It's like having a small pipe where you need a big gutter, a big downpipe. Yeah, right. So today's fact of the day is your tear ducts don't produce your tears. They just drain them. The tear gland sits just above your eye. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Well, our local reporter segment, we want you to break us the big news in your suburb, in your town, in your city, across the country. Those news stories that don't always make the big news. But it's big news in your town. Oh, big news in your town. We welcome our local reporter from Hastings. Good morning, Rebecca. Morning. All right, what's the big news in Hastings?

We just got a new countdown. Yay! Isn't it right beside your old countdown? Yeah. Okay, so what are they doing with the old countdown? I'm assuming they'll knock it down and make it into a car park, but, yeah, it looks quite funny. There's, like, two countdowns right across from each other.

Like Shuling Countdowns. Like someone's made an error. You're just like, do you guys realise there's another Countdown over the road? Yes. Is the new Countdown is it fancier? Like is it one of the ones that has the produce in baskets? It's so fancy. Oh yeah, Hastings isn't

going to know what to hit it, are they? I know. The hood just got fancy I say. Yes, good. Alright Rebecca we'd love you to sign off. Something along the lines of this is Rebecca, Fletch Warner Megan's local reporter in Hastings. This is Rebecca, reporting live from Hastings, Fletch Warner Megan. Yes! Great sign-off, great sign-off.

Mel, our local reporter in Ashburton, good morning. Good morning. What's the big news in Ash Vegas? The Ash Vegas news is we are getting new sets of traffic lights, so three sets outside of my work is going to be ready in 2023. 2023? Geez. Yeah, no, we were told by the council, like,

how long is this going to go on for? They're like, yeah, May 2023. So big news up to everybody. God, those boys are fangirling. What else are they doing? Those road workers stand around so much, eh? I don't know when you say that. I've been still in the middle of the town for a few years now,

making one-way systems and, yeah, it's just difficult. Oh, okay. It's all going, Ashburton. I know. All right, that's great. Mel, if you'd like to sign off, please. Hello, this is Mel Stoning from Ashburton for Flex Morning Megan. Yes!

Brilliant, what a report. We've got some great reporters. Rachel joins us. Good morning. Whereabouts are you, local reporter Rachel? Well, I am calling from Napier, but my news is regarding

Hastings as well. Oh, it's not the new countdown? No, no, it's not. We've got bad news here. What? What's happened? Splash Planet will not be opening this summer. Oh, you what?

Why? COVID. Oh, yeah. One word answer. So are they using summer to give the pools a fresh coat and a bit of a zhuzh up? Well, here's hoping because I have some pretty gutted children that swash planet won't be open. Yeah, and you don't want to wait at a hot pool situation on your hands. That was up in Auckland.

They're just sitting there falling to bits, aren't they? Yeah, they are. Oh, dear. I'm so sorry to hear that. Yeah, that's horrible. Where will children be dropped off in the morning and picked up late in the day? Well, they weren't a babysitting service ward.

No, but that's how it kind of works. And then a kid would drop a Code Brown in the pool and they'd be like, where's your parents? And they're like, I don't know, the pub maybe? Yeah. Rachel, would you give us a sign-off, please? Who's our local reporter in Napier? This is Rachel and my son, Jaya, signing off from Napier.

Yes! Really some great local reporting this morning. Jennifer joins us, our local reporter. We're about to see you, Jennifer. Good morning, family. We are from Papatuitui here in Auckland. Good morning. Morning. Good morning. Nowatoetoe here in Auckland. Good morning. Morning.

Now, what's the big news this morning? It is my daughter's 13th birthday. Her name is Oceania and she's right here. And she would like to say something. Oh, okay. Hi. Hi. Happy birthday.

Thank you. Yay. Big teenager. Woo. I was going to say, so is there a party, but sorry. Just in the bubble. Just in the bubble. Would you like to give us a sign off there as our local reporters this morning?

Okay, baby. Well, this is Jane and Oshie signing off from Papatūtui here in Auckland, New Zealand. Yay! Happy birthday! Stay safe, family. Happy birthday. She's like, Mum, no! Hey, she just got a great birthday broadcast nationwide.

Get on here, Mum. Great stuff. Thanks, Jennifer. Thank you to all of our local reporters. Join a quick whip around with some of the news. A couple of text messages coming in. Timaru is getting a second Armadillo's family restaurant, the best $15 chicken schnitty.

Oh, yeah. There's already one, and now there's two. It's so popular they've felt the need to expand. They're going to have two. Wow, okay. And someone said, local reporter here from Matamata, a seal has made its way to Hobbiton. I saw this, and I was like, I feel like someone put it in their car and made its way to Hobbiton I saw this

and I was like I feel like someone put it in their car and then took it to Hobbiton and dropped it off there's no way what kind of seal it's a fur seal

or something because this is the part I didn't feel this should have been massive international headlines it was a 90km inland journey to the lake it set up

to set up lake by the way this is in the middle of a huge expanse of farmland. How it got through that many farms from the Waihau River to get to that lake. It's very suspicious.

Is this a Hobbiton PR stunt? The good people at Hobbiton wouldn't need the PR of a visiting seal. I wouldn't think so. It's living in the lake now. Oh my god, it's so cute the lake now. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God, it's so cute.

Yeah, I know, but how did it get there? I know, they're always so cute. Look, he's living his best life. I always want to pat them, like, when I go through Kaikoura. I just pull the car over and... But they're so smelly. And bitey. And aggressive, yeah. Very, very bitey.

Yeah, that's all the news from around the tracks. Fantastic. Thank you to all of our local reporters. I didn't know they were serious about this, but Facebook has rebranded. Now, this is the company

Facebook. It's still going to have Facebook because you know how Facebook owns WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, but then the umbrella company is called Facebook. Yeah. Well, they've decided to change the name. It's going to be Meta, which isn't at all creepy.

I don't know what you're worried about. M-E-T-A. M-E-T-A as in like metadata, as in. That is so, especially because metadata is like, we all think that's bad, right? Because we know that all these companies have all this metadata about us and they use it to make money off of us. So they're like hiding in plain sight now.

Metadata is defined as data providing information about one or more aspects of the data. It is used to summarise basic information about data which can make tracking and working with specific data easier. So it's like predicting your behaviours. Oh, it's creepy. Where you've been, where people would go, all that sort of like,

you can't predict one person's path, but you can predict a million. Like that sort of- So very creepy. Yeah. So when you log onto Instagram now, it'll just say Instagram by Meta. Yeah.

Rather than Instagram by Facebook or WhatsApp by Facebook, it's going to be called Meta. Oh, well, problem solved. And the best part about it was- Forget about everything. Mark Zuckerberg didn't at all look like a robot with a human skin on when he did the presentation. I know, he does.

He looks like an AI robot with a human skin. He's very, yeah. It's so weird when he tries to do like, tries to be sensitive and like relate to people. Yeah. I could quite happily not have Facebook. Yeah. I could quite happily not have Facebook. Yeah. Just with everything, like all the comments

and especially in the last, you know, year or so of pandemic and vaccine. Yeah. It did feel very free

when they had the big outage. I know. It went down and everyone was like, okay, this is what life could be like. I was like,

ha! Back on the group chat and what did I miss? ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. And then it came back and I was like... Back on the group chat. What an abyss.