ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 31st August 2021

Episode Date: August 30, 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 with just us today, Megan. Just us. As you'll hear in the podcast, or maybe, I don't know if it'll make the edit, but Vaughan marooned. In QMU. In floodwaters, unable to make it in or out. Yeah, we're still not sure. He's seen a lot of pictures this morning.

We don't know if they were from like the community pages or whether he actually attempted to drive in. I don't think he did. I think he was copying and pasting from the group. To be fair, though, he got off lightly by the sounds of it because some of the places out west... Horrible. God.

Yeah, people have lost everything. Yeah. It's pretty sad. The house is completely flooded to the second story. So it's pretty serious. Meanwhile, here in the city, above the ground, floors up in an apartment, I today will be wafting my neighbours with the smell of pulled pork in the slow cooker. You'll be running a shopping list. Yeah, so I've got a shopping list. Here's my problem, and this is why I don't do big cooks a lot.

This is why I always eat out. Because to make this this right yeah if it wasn't covid level four i just go out and buy this i know because look at this shopping list i'm gonna be spending like 40 for all this stuff the thing is though all of those ingredients you then keep in your cupboard like the chili powder your Worcester sauce yeah and then you make it again or you make something else yeah i guess i could use it again yeah time see i don't have time i need to talk to vaughn about getting a good like rub for your your pork too you'll be disappointed if you don't ask do you rub the pork before you put it into the

slow cooker yeah you put like herbs and stuff and spices on it and then yeah okay you make a sauce with the stock that comes out of the pork i mean i can't hold your hand through it well then you make a sauce with the stock that comes out of the pork. I mean, I can't hold your hand through it. Well, I've got a recipe. I did it ages ago and it was noms. See, you could also make a massive batch and you can freeze the pork and then defrost the pork and put the sauce on it again. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

Also, I'm struggling. This is my current thinking. I could go tacos or buns or bao buns. Bao buns. my current thinking uh i could go tacos or buns or bowel buns or all three over the next like three days because i'm gonna have enough pork at my solo apartment to feed an army yeah bowel buns and what was the other one soft tacos yeah god she's coming she's coming out of this uh lockdown a bit tubby, eh? Thanks, Rachel.

Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleet Schworn and Megan, as you would have heard Rachel mention. Wow. And the photos and videos that are coming out of West Auckland. Insane. Like cars underwater. Yeah, it's nuts.

I actually nearly got driven off the road this morning. I didn't see like like, there was a gush of, like, a river across the road, where there's not usually a river. Did you aquaplane? I nearly ended up in a bloody gully. I had to pull over and have a minute. Oh, Jesus. I was very scared. At least you got to work.

He's still at home. I believe he's dealing with a wet deck. Good morning, Vaughn. A wet deck, yeah. How's your deck? We will rebuild. We will rebuild. Okay, all right.

So what, you've got a centimetre on your deck? Yeah, a flat centimetre on the deck, yeah. I've just never seen rain like it. According to the rain gauge, we've had like five inches of rain overnight. Good Lord. Right. Are you coming to work? Well,

I've only just got water back to our house. Our water pump was underwater, which is not how water pumps work, apparently, even though the name would indicate they could. And I've just dug out a hole in the corner of the shed so all the water can get out. And now I guess I'll go and see

if the bridges are still there. So I've seen how you drive. Just it's very dangerous out there. Just be careful. Bring in the big family car today. Take it slow. It might be a Land Rover day, I think. A large.

Okay, yeah. 54-year-old four-wheel drive. Good Lord. Yeah, I know. I've got to go. It's insane. 54-year-old four-wheel drive. Good Lord. Yeah, I know. I've got to go check. It's insane. Like, we're on a slope.

Our little farm there, is on a slope, and there's still like a foot of water in the paddock. It's nuts. So there'll be some people dealing with some, oh God, even just the photos on the community page, people's literally, their cars are underwater. You can just see the roof of their car. It's insane.

All right, well, be safe if you can get in. Yeah, I'll let you know. I'll go and have a look at these bridges. Okay, all right, four minutes past six. Another chance you didn't get in. There's nothing that's not dramatic, though, is there? Yeah, right, okay, bloody hell. Good.

Well, you nearly died on the way to work. I know, but I'm not going on about it. Are you hearing this, Sassborn? Yeah, you townies don't know what it's like living on the rural station. You need better drainage out there. You've got to remember, we're the backbone of the bloody economy at the moment. Tourism's gone tipped up, hasn't it? Who are you falling back on?

The bloody cockies get out there and... You guys said it lived four, five floors up. Yeah, you're all right. I'm fine when it comes to global warming. I'm going to be the one

laughing with the sea... Sea view. Sea view, exactly. Yeah, a bit like Venice. You'll be able to take your boat to work. Exactly. I will, yes.

Will there be a man to do the paddling? Oh. You need a paddler. I mean, that's your... I don't know what your tastes are when it comes to paddlers. Man, woman, otherwise, I don't know. Anyone, just with the hat.

I want the man with the hat. And the stripy shirt. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, lovely. Yeah, I think they call that pan paddler. When you just have anybody. Not particularly anyone in particular. Okay, yeah, yeah, nice.

All right, well, get to work, please, Vaughan. ZDM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan. Auckland Civil Defence and Emergency are currently monitoring the weather and flooding. Now, there is a heavy rain warning that's still in place until 2pm this afternoon, which is, I know, not good news considering that a lot of parts of West Auckland, particularly Kumeu and Henderson areas Henderson areas absolutely slammed. Now the Civil Defence and Emergency Auckland are saying that if you are in a flood prone area be prepared to evacuate

and that any evacuation does override the level 4 lockdown but obviously still if you can keep a safe distance still wear a mask but just be prepared. Firefighters just after 4am a.m. this morning, saying they'd attended about 100 events,

mostly flooding in the Kumu and Henderson areas. Wow. So, yeah, be safe. And, again, they're saying as well, don't try to attempt to drive through floodwaters. No, because that almost landed me in a ditch this morning. I've literally never been so scared driving my car. Yeah, and it's why Vaughan's not at work yet.

Yeah. There is a rise in naturism, specifically with French millennials. Ooh, oui, oui. Yeah. Get your oui, oui out. So the spokesman of the Paris Naturist Association said that there has been a rise with naturism amongst people aged between 18 and 25.

He attributes it to COVID restrictions and people wanting to get in touch with nature and get back in touch with the essential part of life. So they're allowed to go outside now, so they're just going to a park or a... Or those beaches that are... Yeah. Or like nature's clubs. Yeah, right. Because you forget about that whenever you remember travel. When you'd go to Europe and people would just be nude on the beach and you'd just be like,

what? Yeah, like Italy and stuff. And they're just like changed to like... Everywhere. Yeah. I'm kind of used to it because I if you don't know I grew up like kind of in a naturist park

we'd go there so I was always used to it in Marpua in Nelson but 18 to 25 year olds not represented even when I was

I was gonna say it's normally the realm of the older person yeah that doesn't care about they're just letting it all out they've given up haven't they

like 30 year olds all more confident and don't care about, they're just letting it all out. They've given up, haven't they? Like 30-year-olds, all more confident and don't care. Yeah, true. And once you've grown up in a nature's park, you realise that everyone's got different bits and wobbly bits. Yep. Bumpy bits. Yep, yep. You know, it's all pretty.

Everyone looks different naked. Yeah, we'll get on the French. Do you reckon that'll be us, though, after all of these lockdowns? I don't know. We're too prudish. Is it taking your fancy? No, we're too prudish. Kiwis are too prudish.

Kiwis are way too prudish. Way too prudish. Yeah. I grew up like that, and I'm still not keen for it. Yeah. I'm not about to, like, get my clothes off in front of people. We're too judgy. But hey, you know what?

If you're finding it hard in level four, maybe give it a go. Yeah, but maybe just check the neighbours can't see first. Pull the curtains. Although I don't think this weather is conducive to being nude in the backyard. No, that's true too. Well, there's been a study done in Australia at the Macquarie University, and it's looked at people driving with phones in their car. Okay.

And they had volunteers, and they each completed the exact same route, and the results showed that drivers anywhere near a phone in the car, even if it was turned off, and it was just, if it was turned off and just left just, if it was turned off and just left in that little thingy. Cup holder thingy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If it was off, it made significantly more errors.

Drivers made more errors and drove faster and were more likely to collide with other vehicles. Isn't that crazy? Even if it's turned off. Even if it's off. Because why? Because you're not going to engage with it. It's not going to flash up.

Do you think even if it's off, you still see it's there and you're like, I've probably got messages. Yeah, I need to turn it on. It's still distracting you when it's off. I know. Isn't that insane? I wonder if you put it in the boot, if that would be the same. Then you're still just thinking about what if I have messages and it's in the boot.

And when you're thinking about that, you plow into the back of another car. Good Lord. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. Soon we won't even be allowed to have like Bluetooth situation going on. Well, a lot of phones now

like do automatically do do not disturb when it senses you driving. Right. I'm guessing because it knows you're going 30, 40, 50 or whatever. But what about like Apple CarPlay and stuff?

Yeah, I don't know. Because I've always thought that that is just as distracting because you're trying to touch a screen while you're driving. It's just a bigger screen. Yeah. This study found that or pointed out that motorists are four times more likely to crash if they take a call or message when driving. I still see people on the motorway, like, holding up their phone to the air and talking.

Oh, you speaker. Yeah, and I'm such a narc. I always give a little toot and I'm like, no, no. Do you? Yeah. You are a narc. I'm such a goody-goody. I'm just like, get off your phone, please. And what do they do when you do that?

Are they just like, ugh? Most of them just look away And don't do anything Really They don't want the confrontation But like honestly You see people like Swerving on the motorway

And you're like Guaranteed on their phone And most of them are Either like looking down In their lap Pretending that I don't know what they're doing Or like holding it up

And talking on the phone I was like Get Bluetooth Yeah But yeah Give them a little toot Give them a little toot. Give them a little toot and tell them off. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan.

This is a really sad stat, but apparently teenage boys now hate their bodies as much as girls do. They have become unhappy about their appearance over the past decades. Their appearance. Their appearance. Appearance. And they probably hate their parents too.

That too. And low self-esteem and depression and eating disorders have gotten worse with teenage boys. Is this another thing we can blame Instagram and social media for? 100%. 100%. Yeah. But also like there's so much focus on body positivity for women. And, like, when you see catwalks and stuff, everyone's like, yay, women of all sizes and stuff.

Yeah. And I commented on that recently. And my husband said, yeah, but all the men look the same. And I was like, I never thought about that. On the runway, all of the men were slender. Yeah. And there was no representation for them. Because it's always been mainly a problem.

With women. With women, yeah. But I guess it's always been a problem with men. We just haven't focused on it. Exactly, yeah. But apparently bigorexia is an issue now. So these are lads who are fixated on getting muscles. Right.

So instead of like trying to lose weight and maybe- Just trying to bulk up. Yeah. So going to the gym, excessively exercising, they are drinking protein shakes. They're to the far end of the scale. They're doing it wrong. I've got some great tips.

It's called dirty bulking. It's a lot of lollies, chocolate. It's your vigorexia. Baking. Well, yeah. The dirty bulk. Yeah. it's a lot of lollies chocolate baking well yeah the dirty bulk yeah I mean we're all kind of doing that in lockdown at the moment

yeah sadly yeah but yeah just obsessing about their looks in other ways yeah right which yeah

is really sad what do you think there needs to be more of a look at like catwalk and fashion shows that need to have

representation of all types I know that there are some online sites like I'm just like catwalk and fashion shows they need to have? Representation of all types. I know that there are some online sites, like I'm just talking about ASOS at the moment because that comes to mind. They have representation for male models in different body sizes. But I can't think of too many, you know,

like there's a real groundswell for it happening with women, but not for men. Okay, I'm just looking at ASOS men's. I've just Googled ASOS men's t-shirts. I'm not seeing any. They're all very good looking. Skinny, skinny binnies. There's a few though.

Okay, well you're having to scroll quite a bit. Now I've seen there's 15% off. Oh, okay. Yeah, great. Now I'm going to give that a look. It's not good though because like you're scrolling through and you're just seeing like these bodies that don't represent your body and you're just feeling bad about yourself.

Yeah, I don't remember. Like when I was at school or a teenager, I don't remember. Yeah, because I mean there was no like Instagram and Facebook in your face. And when you're at school and you're eating like noodles when you get home and ice cream, like you don't need to be worried about that kind of thing. No. And you're just being bombarded with images that are unachievable. It's just, yeah.

ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Now, Vaughan currently making his way to work, trying to. Just sent us photos of roads flooded and a photo of what looks to be eight to nine utes underwater or half submerged. Man, that's a lot of what looks to be eight to nine utes underwater or half submerged. Man, that's a lot of utes. But yeah, hopefully making his way in if he can. Careful if you're just waking up in Auckland, there's flooding in West Auckland mainly.

Yeah, Auckland Civil Defence and Emergency Management saying there are lots of reports of flooding and please be careful. Don't drive through floodwaters. Also, the heavy rain warning is in place for 2 p.m., and if you do need to evacuate, if you're in a flood-prone area, be ready to evacuate, and that any evacuation will override Level 4 stay-at-home orders. Obviously, still, though, wear a mask and try to maintain

your social distancing if you can. Crazy out there. Be safe out there. The founder of an Australian skincare company is very upset. She has shared a scathing email sent by a customer. And what she did to make this customer angry is something she thought she was doing out of like niceness. So she wanted to brighten everyone's day

and COVID times and when she sent out packages she was sending out little bags of gummy bears. Just to be like, yay, thank you for shopping with me. Here's a little sweet treat. And she received an email from a customer who was

irate at the complimentary lollies. Who's irate at complimentary lollies? I know, right? So I've definitely had, you know, like online shopping where it comes with like little Whitaker's bars or something or like lots of people do it and you're like, oh my god, cute.

Love it. But this person said I will not be buying from you again as they no longer trust her. I don't even eat lollies, vegan or not. So the customer is vegan. But what, this is how the email went. What do you think you were gaining by sending someone a bit of sugary junk in the first place? I'd rather pay less for my product than get something I never asked for or wanted. You could have, if they were vegan lollies, they went on to say, I could have at least

appreciated the thought, but they weren't. They were just like, you know, haribo. Just give them to a friend that's not vegan. Yeah. Right in their day. But like, you can tell what the intent was. Yeah, exactly. A little bit of like happiness shared.

But yeah, I mean, you only have to work in some kind of job where you're trying to hand out free stuff on the street and you realise that people don't do well with things they haven't asked for. They always think there's a catch or have you ever tried to hand out stuff on the street? But that's because that's how we're brought up.

Don't take the lollies from the man. Well, they look at you like, no. But it's free. There's no catch. Do you want it? No. Get away from me. Well, they look at you like, no. And you're like, but it's free. There's no catch. Just, do you want it? No. Yeah. Get away from me. Well, this is why

you don't do nice things. I've been saying it all. Never trust anybody. Never trust anyone. Don't do nice things. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. It is scam savvy week.

Just being savvy on the internet, especially if someone is asking you for money. And we've always, we've always said if you've got older people in your life that aren't as savvy on the internet,

just say to them, hey, look, run things past me. Especially if there's money involved in the internet, run it past me. Because a woman tried to send $30,000 to a guy in the United States and it wasn't until she went to the bank, it was the BNZ, and they asked her what the money was for. And luckily they did because she said it was her boyfriend who she'd met on the internet and he wanted to come to New Zealand. When you're saying that out loud to someone at the bank, are you not like, hang on a second, this is exactly what it sounds like. A scam. But, like, this is a long play.

Like, they put in so much effort sometimes, and, like, emotions get involved, and people get blinded, and they prey on the vulnerable. And so she believed that they were together, and she was sending him $30,000. And the bank stepped in and said, hey. What did she say what the money was for? Was he coming to New Zealand?

Yeah, so he could come to New Zealand. What, did he have a spot in MIQ? I don't know. That was probably the first giveaway. Yeah. I don't know if she was asking too many questions, more than that. But imagine like going to the bank and then the bank are the ones that tell you. I know, imagine the bank telling you your boyfriend's not real.

We're not going to transfer that money because yeah, he's... Good on the bank though. Yeah, 100%. Because sometimes people don't tell I mean, you might be close with this person, it could be your auntie, but she might not tell you that she's got an internet boyfriend. No. Because she doesn't want to hear your

judgement and then suddenly she's put $30,000 into another bank account. So I mean, good on the bank for doing that, but I hope that never happens to me. I've got you and Vaughn. Please, if I ever get divorced and suddenly I'm talking about a guy I met online, just do the right thing. Break it to me gently. And euthanise you. Yeah. ZDM's Fletch Vaughn and Megan. ZDM's Fletch Vaughn and Megan. ZDM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan. Thanks, Rachel.

Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch Vaughan and Megan. Two minutes past seven, as you would have heard Rachel mention, flooding in a lot of West Auckland. You've just even joined your local community Facebook page. Yeah. They are onto it this morning. I've just seen a story about some people who live on a, like,

worn a little farmlet with horses. They said, we've lost everything. We've lost our cars, all of our belongings. Everything is gone. The kids were able to be taken out by jet ski, which is the most important thing. But they have got two horses that they have managed to rescue. One of them doesn't look well.

And they are on the second floor of their house. The photo's looking out of their house, and the garage is like half submerged. You can't even see the farmland. It is nuts, these images. Vaughan joins us. This is why he's not in studio with us, because he can't get to work.

Good morning, Vaughan. Good morning. Good morning. I just went past where that, Megan, I know whereabouts that place is. Really? It's crazy. It's a flat bit of land, right? And it's got like a creek beside it, but I guess it's filled up like a pool because of high land around it.

It's nuts. It's crazy. Yeah. I just went to see if there were any roads open to get to work, and there wasn't. Everything's kind of, and there was a bridge, and they were like, oh, we don't want people crossing this. They were just turning people around. I did hit some flood water this morning in the dark on, you know, like our back roads don't have streetlights,

and it's the most scared I've ever been in my car. I literally thought I was going in the ditch because I didn't see the gush of water, and it just, and my car just aquaplaned. So, I mean, if you don't have to drive, don't. Especially because, yeah, don't forget we're in level four. But if you need to get out here...

Yeah, exactly, because then you need to get rescued and it's level four. But if you do need to be rescued, if you do need help, that overrides level four. Just try and stay safe, social distance, keep your masks on and stuff. But, yeah, it's pretty full on. All right.

Okay. Well, be safe, please, Vaughan. Yeah, yeah. I'm just, like, after hearing those people have got their horse on the second story, am I trying to find where to put the perfect bucket under the drip in the garage roof? Sounds pretty low-end sort of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right. Pretty low end sort of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we had more rain in 12 hours than we had in an entire week in June that was like really bad as well. So it's just crazy. Crazy stuff. Well, a reminder, the Civil Defence and Emergency saying if you do need to evacuate,

that overrides level four lockdown rules. But if you can, do wear a mask and socially distance. Coming up on the show, eight o'clock, another chance for you to win a free ride with the movie Free Guy.

Get your boring mundane bills paid off. Joining us soon on the show, though, Paddy Gower. Yeah, he is doing a documentary on hate.

Which, I mean, he just loves the serious stalkers, doesn't he? Saying he should branch out into a comedy show next, maybe.

It's on 8.30 tonight. Yeah, so this looks at the Christchurch terror attack, doesn't it? And just hate in New Zealand. Yeah, it's prevalent. It's there. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Well, the Tokyo Paralympic

Games are on. It says here the 2020 Paralympic Games are on. It says here the 2020 Paralympic Games, and I'm like... That always throws me when you see the signage. It's 2021, but yeah, they had it all ready for last year, didn't they? So it's too hard to change a zero to a one, it turns out. They already paid enough for the Olympic fit-out. Your dad's a sign writer. We all know how much Warren had charged to bloody get up a ladder and change a zero to a one.

All the monies. Well, day seven today, but yesterday a couple more medals for the New Zealand Paralympian team. We're currently 27th on the medal chart table. Two golds, three silver and one bronze, a total of six. Gina in Great Britain and the Russian, the Russians. Olympic Committee. Yeah, Paralympic Committee sneaking in at third and the United States fourth. So day six yesterday, the highlights, New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian, Sophie

Pascoe. She's amazing. She won a second medal in Tokyo. That's her 17th Paralympic Games medal, bronze. And I believe it's her first bronze. 17. I believe it's her first bronze, which means her other 16 are either gold or silver. What do you do with all those medals?

17 medals. I imagine she's got them in a cabinet. That could be a great question to ask her. So she won bronze in the women's 100m Backstroke S9. GC Reynolds, Paralympian, finished sixth. That was, I believe, a personal best. Amazing. William

Stedman won a silver medal with a huge jump of 5.64m setting a new Oceania record. And those were our two medals yesterday. Michael Johnson, five-time Paralympian, finished sixth in the R4 Mixed

10m Air Rifle. Coming up today at the Paralympics. William Stedman and Sophie Pascoe at it again in finals. But road cycling, that starts at 11am. We have Anna Taylor, Nicole Murray, Sarah Ellington, Rory Mead, Stephen Hills and LJ Melsbender all going to do time trials for cycling.

In athletics, Anna Stephen at 1pm is doing a heat in the 200m. Okay. William Steadman is doing the 400 metre final, T36 final at 2.20. And then Anna Stephen again at 10.52pm. You're going to be up that late, 200 metres. That's the final. And then in the pool, Sophie Pascoe,

she's doing a heat at 1.36. Very specific times. Very specific, very. 100 metre freestyle, that's a heat. And then at 10.14pm, the 100 metre freestyle S9 final for Sophie Pascal. Wow. Alright, so some medal chances today. TVNZ's Juke with highlights this morning and then some action throughout the day live.

And good luck to all of those. Yeah. It's always just so amazing to watch. Incredible. And you're sitting at home eating chippies. No judge. We all need to be at those. It's always just so amazing to watch. Incredible. And you're sitting at home eating chippies. No judge. We all need to be at home. It was actually biscuits yesterday.

Was it? Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. I mentioned yesterday on the show, I saw a police checkpoint over the weekend. Yes. Just spent 45 minutes. Watching. At a safe distance on the overbridge, watching.

People sit, turn the corner, see the police checkpoint, and then try to do a U-turn and then get chased down by the police. And look inconspicuous while doing it. Be like, oh, no, I meant to just turn around. Yeah, and I forgot at the supermarket, I forgot the butter. It's the one going back. People were honestly trying it on. But that was funny because I thought maybe Thursday, Friday, last week,

I thought, man, there's a lot more traffic around. I thought so too. And then when the police came out with checkpoints, I was like, they know. They're looking at data. We know from previous checkpoints they've mentioned, they see the Google analytics, they see the movements, motorway movements, and they've got all that data.

So that's why. That's why the checkpoint was out. I think that's why at the weekend they really cracked down. And Dunedin Police have shared their accounts over the weekend. I didn't know this was Dunedin. It's just Dunedin. And there are some absolute pearls from Dunedin. Now, Dunedin Police set up several checkpoints around the city over the entire weekend,

and they found that traffic volumes were similar to usual levels pre-pandemic. So I don't know if that's a bit of, we're in Dunedin, it's not Auckland, we'll be fine. But, I mean, it only takes one person to have been in Auckland. It's Delta, guys. Yeah, it's pretty bad.

So they set up a lot of checkpoints. They found that, yeah, Yeah, it's pretty bad. So they set up a lot of checkpoints. They found that, yeah, a lot of usual traffic volumes. A few breaches, a few infringements. Most of the time, it was an education-first approach. Okay. So if you had a bit of attitude, you were probably getting a ticket straight up. Yeah. Because infringement notices were issued to some that refused to get on board.

So maybe some anti-vaxxers or some grumpy people. People said boredom was the reason they were out in the car. Don't say that to the police. People told police they were visiting friends and family. That's not allowed. That's not allowed. They're not in your bubble. Somebody else told the police, I just had the desire to get out and drive.

Also, somebody said they were going from one side of Dunedin to the other because the supermarket did not have their preferred flavour of snacks. Another police report from Dunedin. A group of teenagers were found driving around St. Clair at 3 a.m. yesterday. They had burst their bubbles to go on this little road trip. The teenagers returned home to their parents at various households around Fairfield and punishment was

left in their hands, say the police. On Saturday night, a 48-year-old woman outed herself for breaching the lockdown when she called police to say she was the victim of a crime. Now, police attended and the female advised that she needed a ride back home to Dunedin in the city,

and the offence she reported was historic and simply claimed this so she could get a lift from Port Chalmers to town. She also admitted to breaking the level four rules to drink and smoke weed with her friend. So as a result, she got herself a fine because she called police for a free ride home. Donated.

Donated. Still level four. Still level four till midnight. And then level three after midnight for the rest of the country outside of Auckland. ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. Keeping up to date with the news just became a little easier. NZ Herald's new podcast, The Front Page, is your short, sharp daily news podcast. Join me, Damien Venuto, every weekday morning as I chat with journalists and newsmakers

going behind the headlines to break down what you need to know on the biggest news stories of the day. Listen to The Front Page at nzherald.co.nz slash podcasts and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Patrick Gower on hate. It's on three tonight at 8.30 and he joins us now on the phone. Good morning, Paddy Gower. Good morning, team. And thank you so much, first of all,

for keeping everybody company during lockdown and getting in there and doing your mahi. It's awesome that you're on here and people can listen to you and you can reach out to them. It's cool. Lovely words, Paddy. Thank you.

There's only two out of three of us here, though, so Vaughan's not getting that compliment today. Vaughan's stranded on a farm in QMU, surrounded by encroaching floodwaters. Oh, is that what it is? It looks really bad out there. Okay, heart goes out to him as well. And hopefully

everything's okay out there. Now, tonight, your in-depth look, just tell us what it's about. Surmise tonight. Yeah, listen, on hate is the most documentary after I've been on weed

and on lockdown. And hate obviously is a really strong word, as everybody knows. But it's about the March 15 terror attacks. And obviously that was caused by extreme hate. So what we do tonight is look into the hate that

caused March 15 and try and look at whether it can happen again and how we can stop that sort of hate in our society and a lot of people have drawn a comparison with the Hollywood movie that was planned and I can tell you this it's the complete opposite.

We go through this with seven other victims who have given us their full consent and really want to take us there and we've done it completely in a different way to Hollywood. Right, okay. So is that movie still going ahead and how do you and the community

feel about it? Yeah, listen, when I heard about the movie, I've made this documentary nearly a year working with the victims of March 15 and I was frankly horrified by the idea of the movie.

As I said, this is the opposite. These people are my friends. I know them well. They're New Zealanders. We should be proud of them and they should tell their story in their way the movie was going to have an action sequence at the start basically recreating

the live stream, it had effectively taken all of the story of these people without their permission and it was causing them all sorts of grief and pain and I'm glad that the movie has been put on hold and that I've made the documentary in the right way.

I'm really proud of that. I'm open about it. I'm actually stoked that I've done it in a way that the people of March 15 can be proud of. Because this is a victim-led documentary. How did it affect, how much did it affect you working so closely with these families? Yeah, I mean I've been

covering March 15th since the first day I was down there when it happened I've covered stories along the way but this was different because in the documentary you go so much different, so much deeper when you're making the documentary there's more time with them

when you interview them, you interview them for more time with them when you interview them. You interview them for a lot longer, and you really take them to a place that you don't see when you're watching them on the news. And people will see that tonight. I think New Zealanders tonight will see some of the most full-on emotional interviews that have ever been screened on New Zealand television. And that's because that's the real emotion that's there with these people.

That's what this terrorist has done to them. And in some ways, you have to show that horror for people to understand what's happened. But for me personally, it's a huge burden to do that, to take people to that extreme grief. But I'm hoping tonight, like some of the victims, that burden will be lifted when their stories get out. People in New Zealand like to think that we're not racist, and maybe that was an isolated

event. Do you think the attitude in New Zealand has changed since then, especially towards maybe the Muslim community? I think at the time, you know, they are us was a great saying, and a lot of us wanted to believe it. Yeah. But the reality is much more complex. And that's actually a line that I use in the documentary tonight.

You know, the way that the Muslim community had been treated in the lead up to this in New Zealand, you know, the way that they had been treated like they were different to much of the rest of us, is pretty awful when you look back on it. And also, I think we haven't really, really got to grips with what happened that day and what caused it. And you're quite right, whether New Zealand is racist, whether hate is still circulating in New Zealand, these things, we sort of started to look at it a little bit

and then into the back of the bus as we kind of got on with life. This documentary is about bringing that out. It will be challenging for some people to watch as we address issues of what do you really think of Muslims? But that's what documentaries are there for. They're there to make people think and I want everyone to watch it tonight and feel something and think something.

Is there more, is there new information that people will see in this doco about much of the day? Yeah, and there's some scary stuff for Kiwis. You know, YouTube is where this terrorist was radicalised and we have a really good look at that. And, you know, looking at YouTube, out in the open, there's a lot of crazy stuff on there that can cook people's brains. And that's exactly what happened to this terrorist.

Basically, he was just watching stuff on YouTube and it cooked his brain and made him think all sorts of crazy, hateful things about Muslims. And that will scare Kiwis. It can happen to anyone. That algorithm on YouTube that just drags you, and we've all had it with different things, whatever we've been watching, where it just continually makes you watch more and more and more and drags you deeper and deeper and deeper, is really dangerous,

especially when it comes to things like white supremacy, like people will see tonight, or stuff about COVID that we're seeing every kind of day. Yeah. And this negative impact of social media supremacy like people will see tonight or stuff about COVID that we're seeing every kind of day. And this negative impact of social media and people will learn a lot about it when they watch tonight is really, really worrying. And it can

radicalise people and that's the other thing that people will see tonight. It only takes one person to do an attack like Christchurch. Yes, this guy was an Australian. The next one could easily be a Kiwi who gets sufficiently angry by watching crazy stuff on the web. Well, that sounds like an important watch. Yeah, it does.

Thanks so much for talking to us, Paddy. And tonight, 8.30 on 3, Paddy Gow is on hate. And I tell you what, just before that, 7.30, we've got a special on Delta that I've been working on as well, all of our investigative journalists. And I've got an interview with two people in quarantine at the jet park who caught COVID in downtown Auckland in the library at uni. You've got to watch that as well. Oh, jeez.

Okay. I'm going to need something light after this, Paddy, after two hours of that. Yeah, that's right. Sorry to bring you down, guys. Sorry to bring you down, guys. No, you're doing great work. Paddy Gower, thank you so much tonight. And Hate is 8.30 on TV3 tonight.

Well, Yummy Yummy, a segment of the show where we take a look at new food trends, new food items. Honorary shout-out to our favourite peanut butter people. Picks. Peanut butter. They have come out with almond butter and I'm not on big peanut butter money but that's the best almond butter I've ever had. Have you tried it?

Yeah. It's good. You use almond butter. It's always a bit more spinny than peanut butter. Use it in like making delicious slices like paleo slices. Yeah, or like in your birch. That's not one you'd spread

all over your toast, I don't imagine. Nah, it's an expensive one, isn't it? But yum. I haven't tried it yet, but you recommend that? It's good.

Well, we're not here to talk about nutty butter. Not today. It's a chocolate day. I saw these at the supermarket and I was like, no. But you haven't yet tried. I haven't tried them. I saw these at the supermarket and I was like, no! But you haven't yet

tried. I haven't tried them. I thought, this does not belong in the middle of an M&M, this flavour. I'm always excited when we physically have them already and we can try them. So these are new M&Ms. Now they're in a delightful pink packet and they are

Hubba Bubba flavour M&Ms. It says inspired by Hubba Bubba. Because is traditional Hubba Bubba grape, or is that just a flavour? Yeah, I think it's like a grape. Grapey situation. But is that the grape Hubba Bubba? I don't know. Isn't there a pink Hubba Bubba?

Yeah, pink is more just bubblegum flavour. Because then when you get jelly beans, the blue jelly bean tastes like bubblegum. Oh, yeah, I love that. And then if you get Goody Goody Gumdrops tastes like bubble gum. Oh, yeah, I love that. Yeah. And then if you get Goody Goody Gumdrops ice cream, that tastes like bubble gum, right? So. I'm just putting them all in my mouth. Ah, that's so weird.

I'm not mad at it. What does that taste like? It tastes like candy squiggle tops. Yeah. When you mix it all together. Candy flavoured squiggle tops. Which I didn't like because you know I'm an OG. Hokey pokey.

They even still do candy ones? It's like there's bubble gum in your chocolate. I don't like this. I'm not mad at it. Nah, it's a no from me. You can have the rest of the pack. That's weird. Really weird.

Yeah, chocolate and bubble gum. I couldn't eat a whole packet, and I can smash a packet of M&M's. Maybe that's for the best. Thank you, M&M's, for finally making a flavour I don't like. It's crispy. If I have to choose, every time it's crispy. But no, those are... I actually don't mind them, to be honest.

It's kind of like eating goody-goody gumdrops in an M&M. Great. Well, it's lockdown level four. It's 7.45 and I've had chocolate for the first time today. It's a great indication. Won't be the only one. It's a great indication of how my day's going.

ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Big day for me. It is my second vax day. Vaccination number two, as long as my vaccination centre isn't underwater because it is out West Auckland. Yes, so man, the photos coming through, just sidetrack of that,

the photos coming through of West Auckland, insane. There's one photo I saw where there's like eight or nine utes in like a car park underwater or half submerged. There's houses underwater. Like there is people up on the second story of the house just to get away from the water and the rest of the house is flooded. And many of your horses. In the house.

In the house upstairs. Being rescued. So lots of roads are flooded out in West Auckland. So unless you have to, don't leave home. But if you do need help, emergency help overrides level four restrictions. Just remember, keep your distance, keep your mask on if you need help. Yeah. If you do need to leave home because it's flooding, then obviously that trumps the level

four stay at home order. So I'm guessing that someone will give me a heads up not to go if it's flooded. Now, this is your second vaccine. It is, and I did get a text message from the government or whoever's doing that yesterday to be like, we are a go for your vaccine. Well, that's good. So number two is happening today.

Now, I've heard that the second one, the first one's a dead arm. I've had the first one. Dead arm, couple of days. I felt fine, yeah. Apart from it felt like someone had given me like a punch in the arm. Yeah.

But apparently the second one's the one that makes you, that hits you. But it's a good thing. It's not a bad thing because it's your body. It's working through the vaccine, right? Yeah. Well, I'll be able to give you a heads up. Or maybe I'll be too sick to come to work.

This is why I've booked my second one for Friday after work so that I can, if I do feel miserable. Silly you. You could have got the next day off. That's why I went for a Tuesday. Today's Tuesday, eh? Yep. Tuesday.

I don't know what day it is, but yeah. It feels like it should be a Thursday, but no, it's not. It's a Tuesday. But shout out to all those people who, and Level 4 are still doing. Oh, still working through, yeah. The vaccinations, still getting out there and helping us out. Because I got mine in Level 4, and they're all wearing full PPE, and they're just wonderful dealing with everybody.

It's a well-oiled machine. And still so caring, like asking everyone if they're okay and keeping a watch on you. It wouldn't be me. I'd be like, roll it up. Get out. You're done. Jab it in.

Sit over there. Wait 20 minutes. One of the many reasons why you are not a medical professional. Terrible bedside manner. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. And with another day of Level 4 for the entire country, this week with Level 4 and 3, we are running through

the best genres to stream while we're stuck at home. Some of the best TV to binge. Yeah, maybe you need a new show to watch. We're taking your recommendations. I just started last night, The Flight Attendant. So we spoke about that yesterday. Flight Attendant.

What category did we do yesterday? Crime. Crime. But I don't think that would come under. This category did we do yesterday? Crime. Crime. I don't think that would come under. This is more of a dark comedy drama. Right. The flight attendant. Is it like a whodunit? Yeah. So it's like, it's Kaylee Kwako.

Kaylee Kwako. Big Bang Theory. She's a flight attendant. She wakes up in a hotel room, her hotel room in Thailand on a work trip with her one nightnight stand next to her, and he's dead. And she doesn't remember. No, she's got a drinking problem. That's become evident to me in the first two episodes. It's good, though.

I'm definitely hooked in. It's been out a year, and I've always seen hype about it online. It's an HBO show. It's streaming on Neon. Cool. So comedy is today and we'll kick it off with one that I hear about all the time. You guys watch Ted Lasso. Oh my God. On Apple TV. The most wholesome TV show ever made. Big call. Heartfelt. Heartfelt. Which is weird that you like it, but it even tickles your fancy. Yeah, don't let, football is the background for the show,

but don't let that put you off because it would have put me off if I didn't know anything about the show. It does sound weird. So a small-time football coach, Ted Lasso, is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England despite having no experience coaching soccer. Yeah. Heavily sport.

The idea is that the ex-wife got the football club in the divorce and she wants someone to run it into the ground to spite her ex-husband. Right. But his charms win everybody over. Okay. And you can't hate him. And season two is currently coming out at the moment as well. That's on Apple TV.

And it's been nominated for 22 Emmy nominations. Is that a record? That is humongous. Like, for a show to get that many. Honestly, I've put so many people onto it. Everyone I've heard who's watched it says it's amazing. No one's come back and said, oh, that was rubbish. I didn't get it.

I didn't get it. Like, fleabag. We've had a real bombshell this morning behind the scenes at the social media desk Carween, let's go to the social media desk Carween, good morning What did you tell us earlier this morning? No, this is not fair I just said

someone had mentioned, is Fleabag a comedy, and I said well I haven't laughed yet Fleabag, when did it come out? It's a little bit older, otherwise it probably would have made the list Fleabag, when did it come out? It's a little bit older. Otherwise, I probably would have made the list. Fleabag is a comedy, you'd say. Yeah, it's on Amazon Prime.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge. So good. Who everybody loves. How did you not watch the first episode and laugh? Even the first scene, like I spat my coffee out. It's so funny. If you don't know Phoebe Waller-Bridge, she's in Harry Styles' music video,

Treat People With Kindness. She's the one that dances with him. She's awesome. But you just not. I love her. So how many EPs are you in? Maybe like three in. Yeah, but you like Big Bang Theory.

No, I don't. So maybe that's why. This is a conspiracy. Executive Intern Anya, you love Fleabag. I adore Fleabag. It's very funny. Yeah. Why aren't you laughing?

Despite Carwin, chuck it on the list because Fleabag is a must watch. Guys, I haven't written it off yet. Were you on your phone or something? No. Look up, look up. It's really perplexed. But you love Dairy Girls, eh? Yeah, of course.

See, that's funny. So you get it. Yeah. Dairy Girls is also on the list. Okay, so let's keep going through the comedy list. Derry Girls follows a 16-year-old Erin and her friends as they grow up in a world of armed police and armoured land rovers and British Army checkpoints

in the 1990s of Northern Ireland. Sounds serious. It is not. So it's been out a while. The third season was confirmed in April 2019, but filming has been repeatedly delayed because of COVID. Right. Nicola Colon, who I believe was in,

what was that Netflix show that got us all horny at the start of the year? Bridgerton. Oh, Bridgerton. Yeah. She confirmed on Twitter in Feb this year that filming would begin this year. Right.

It is very funny. Yeah. And you said in the 90s. And there's lots of cranberries. It wasn't my vibe. It's on Netflix. I couldn't get into it. That doesn't surprise me.

You didn't like that. Excuse me. Superstore on Netflix. Oh, yeah. This is good. This is good. See, we can agree. Yeah.

A group of employees working at Cloud9, a big box store in St. Louis, Missouri, face several challenges while dealing with customers at the same time attending to their personal requirements. Yeah, I just think Glenn the manager's great. It's a good show. It's just an easy watch. It's an easy watch. You can even be on your phone on it.

It's funny. Yeah, it is. It's good. Brooklyn Nine-Nine made the list on Netflix. I feel like everyone knows about this. It's Cops in Brooklyn, New York City. Andy Samberg.

Yeah. The Mindy Project on Netflix. Have you watched this? Nah. Oh, I love the Mindy. I watched all of the majors ago.

She is Mindy. She's an obstetrician and gynecologist in New York City. She tries to find romance and her co-workers are weirdos and it's just

it's really funny that's good okay and Broad City on Neon oh yeah that's great take it away it's so good

it's so good it is really good I mean I feel like that's it's been around forever but again you might not have heard about it but again so good

such a good binge and a couple of the people that have made that show that made that show, that made that show, not the main two girls. I forget their names. Alana and Abby. Yeah, not those two.

But the guy who's in it, who runs Jim, him and another guy have made another show called Hacks. You used to do that, Hacks. Which is coming to Neon. It's an HBO show and it's brilliant. Okay. I think we have to wait a bit for that. Okay.

But I've just seen it. So I saw a clip of it online. Yeah. Okay. And you can tell from the clip. I can tell from the clip. The whole season is so good. Yeah, I can tell.

Just tell. Just got an inkling it's going to be good. Okay. It's good to know. So there you go. There's some tips if you need a laugh or a pick me up in these COVID times. What's next on the show? Oh, yeah, people are being naughty on Trade Me.

ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Vaughan marooned by floodwaters today and unable to make it to work. Like, actually. We're unsure how hard he tried. Well, we don't know if he was sending us photos from the community page of roads covered in water and saying he couldn't get to work or luck.

But we've seen his car. But I think, oh, yeah, there's no way that can. Nah. It smells. That would be the end of the Honda. I mean, if I was him, I would have. I'm not encouraging insurance fraud, but Megan. So trade me. insurance fraud, but Megan. So Trade Me,

even though it is tempting and level four, you are not to engage in picking up and dropping off Trade Me purchases using other people's letterboxes and front lawns. Now was it last time, like last

year when we first had our lockdown, didn't they shut all the listings? I don't remember. Did they? I can't. I think you can still do the. The trade, but you've got to wait. You've got to wait.

Yeah, maybe it was. That's what happened last time. Yeah. But then in saying that, like my local dairy has a post office in it. Yeah. And then I'm pretty sure you can still go in if it's essential. But then what's essential? Not a trade me purchase. I know, and then, no, but like

you might be buying something essential on trade me. And then if it's not, it's kind of hard because like it's non-contact, right? If you left it outside. I don't know. It's still increasing your chance. Can't wait at the social media this when she's not laughing at the hit comedy Fleabag.

She's trying to buy a mirror on Trade Me. Would we say that's a seat chill? No, I didn't say I was trying to buy it during lockdown. You just want to buy a mirror. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so I've been looking and I liked one. And I was like, oh, if I message them, maybe they'll like hold it for me until after lockdown.

Yeah, perfect. That's what I thought. No, they wanted me to come that day and pick it up. They're like, we can do a contact list. I was like, this is not an essential thing. No. Then I got ghosted. So they are very concerned that people are doing this

and obviously they are if this person's saying to come and to come pick it up. That is not allowed. Imagine if you started a whole new cluster because you went to go pick up like a lawnmower or a mirror. And you break it. Or a vase. And then like Jacinda and Ashley are up there

doing their one o'clock press conference and they have to tell us all we're in a lockdown because someone brought a vase. Oh my God. From Cheryl on Trade Man, broke a bubble. Yeah. That's my worst nightmare is having like details either where I've been eating

or like how you caught it in some stupid way told by the Prime Minister. That's why I didn't go to McDonald's twice in one day once because I was like, if this is on a press conference, people are going to be like, why did he go twice in one day? Yeah. So Trade

BFC, the clear rules, if we were to find out any of our members were blatantly disregarding the government's guidelines by dropping or picking up goods from someone else's home, we would take appropriate action and that would mean a ban. Okay, well that's another thing on the list. No tindering and no trade me-ing. Please. And even level three.

What's the level three? I'm sure they've got the rules online on their page. I mean, I could look, but what do you want me to do everything for you? We're not here to hold your hand. What else you got to do? Do some research. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.

Mine is Vaughan today, who's marooned at home in rising floodwaters. It is time for Fact of the Day jingle without Vaughan. Okay. Fact of the Day. Oh, youn. Okay. Fact of the Day. Oh, you're not. That was. You've got to try. I was trying to make up for lack of Vaughn.

It's time for. Fact of the Day, Day, Day, Day, Day. So, Vaughn actually sent us the Fact of the Day. I didn't like it. Doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, in a letter to Winston Churchill. Did it mean something else though? Or did it mean, oh my God? I have the letter. So this is the first documented, tried to find back where it originated. And this is the earliest they can find of OMG, meaning, oh my God.

So this was Lord Fisher. And he was a first sea Lord in World War I. But he resigned in 1915. And and by 1917 his naval career was over, but this is when he wrote the letter to Winston Churchill. So the Sea Lord were doing military stuff first? Fish fingers came later. Okay, mate.

Vaughan's not here. You're picking up the dad jokes well. Good stuff. Yeah, well, someone has to. Lord Fisher to the Right Honourable Winston Churchill. My dear Winston, I'm here for a few days longer

before rejoining my wise men at Victory House. But some headlines in the newspapers have utterly upset me. And then he goes on to list some headlines.

Okay. This is holding the ring with a vengeance. Are we really incapable of a big enterprise? I also don't know what he's talking about. I hear that a new order of knighthood is on the ring with a vengeance? Are we really incapable of a big enterprise? I also don't know what he's talking about. I hear that a new order of knighthood is on the tapas. OMG!

In brackets, Oh my God! Exclamation mark. Right. Shower it on the Admiralty. Yours, Fisher. 9th of the 9th, 17. He wrote Winston Churchill a letter

so that he would knight him. Is that what that means? He's fishing. The sea lord is fishing for a knight so that he would knight him. Is that what that means? He's fishing. The sea lord is fishing for a knighthood. For a knighthood. And then wrote OMG. Literally, O dot M dot G in brackets. Oh, my God.

Yeah. So we know that that's exactly what he meant. And that was in 1917. So that's the very first recorded OMG. Mm-hmm. Huh. Amazing. Amazing.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. A woman has put her proposal online. Trouble with this is that everyone has an opinion. Yeah, you can see the photo of this proposal, this end result on our Instagram, FEMZM in the stories. It's a pizza. So yeah, she put up a picture. The ring is like, that's an enormous diamond.

It's kind of blurry, but it looks enormous. But then he has proposed with a pepperoni pizza that just reads, marry me with tomato sauce. And the pizza doesn't even look that great. He's cut the pepperoni out, hasn't he? Yeah, actually it says pepperoni. Oh, it's pepperoni, I see. I thought it was done with sauce, but you know. And the sauce is around it, yeah.

Salami, yeah. Because I was like, that's quite accurate for a sauce, but there's a heart, salami heart in the middle. Who's gone to... The pizza doesn't even look that great. Great effort. People have criticised the woman for making fun of the pizza, saying that, you know, it was a grand gesture

and she should be thankful. But this is the thing. It's like if someone's gone to an effort, I mean, this isn't a great amount of effort, is it? It's putting letters onto it. That's a very nice heart out of salami. But nobody ever, unless you get divorced, nobody says, oh, I didn't like my proposal.

I mean, maybe to your friends or in secret. No, because no, that's the meanest thing to do. You're just happy you're finally getting a ring on it. Yeah. I mean, my first proposal. You're not with him anymore. I know, so I can

tell you about it. But it was out on a West Auckland beach and it was freezing cold. It was October, so it's not tropical. And it was a stony beach. And I just wanted to go home. You know what I'm like. I would just have an absolute sook. And he wanted to go for a walk and I did not.

So we were walking along a freezing cold beach and that's when he proposed. And I didn't get an actual ring. I got like a cute little pretend ring. Yeah, right. So it was even more personal. Yep. I can say that now.

We can see why that didn't last. Yeah. That didn't work out. Because the second husband, he proposed on a tropical beach with an actual ring. Yeah. Yeah. I have no complaints about that one.

No, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you think that anyone would? Well, I would love to see if anybody is not happy with the way they were proposed to and is willing to admit it. Maybe they are still with their partner and they've been open about it years on.

Okay, well, I'll write 100dollars. Give us a call. You can text as well. 9696. Did you secretly hate your proposal? Or maybe... Was it not your vibe? Maybe it was public and you didn't.

Oh, that would be horrible. I'd hate the public. I wouldn't like a public proposal. No, because everyone's looking at you and then you've got to say yes. Yeah. 0800-9666. Also, dobbing your friends too if they secretly said, I hated that. It can be anonymous.

Yeah. Did you secretly hate your proposal? So, did you secretly hate your proposal? A woman has been proposed to with a pizza that said, will you marry me? Or just marry me. Too many letters for the pizza. And a salami heart.

Yeah. And yeah, she's... Wearing it online as well. Yeah, a lot of people wearing it. So, hey, it does turn out that, yes, some people secretly do hate their proposal. Anonymous calls us. You hated yours.

Yeah, mine sucked. Wait, are you still married? Yeah, we've been married 10 years. Okay, right. So what happened? We were in Rarotonga and everyone knew it was going to happen. It wasn't even a surprise. And we were with his parents, and we were out snorkeling one day,

and he just, like, wrote it in the sand, but underwater, and he only wrote, like, the first letter of each word. Me. Marry me. So, like, W-Y-M-M. Oh, okay. And after I figured out what he was saying, I was like, yeah, of course. And then he's like, no, you have to reply underwater.

So I was like, okay. And then I was like, right, let's get the room. And he's like, nah, nah, let's wait and just put it on and see how long it takes for my parents to notice. So it was like three hours before I could tell anyone. And then his parents were like, oh, we want to shout you a bottle of wine to celebrate. And he was like, nah, don't do that. It's too expensive. And I was like, well, can we go for cocktails?

He's like, nah, it's too expensive. We didn't even do anything. Is he still a sting? Pardon? Is he still a sting 10 years on? Not so bad, but I was like, dude, your parents have paid for this holiday. They can

bring a bottle of wine. Yeah, of course they can. I would have been like, hell yes, wine and then cocktails. 100%. Anonymous, thank you for sharing. Lots of messages coming in. Oh my God, so good. Someone said, please keep this anonymous. I went to his parents' house to have lunch with his family.

After lunch, my husband and I went for a walk around his parents' backyard. And there he got down on one knee and proposed. He wasn't planning on doing it at all. So he just used a ring that I was already wearing. Can I just borrow that ring? Yes, take that off for a second and I'll give it back. Talking about proposals that you, in all honesty, didn't like. And will you admit it?

And people are admitting it, even when they're still with... Still together, yeah. Still with their now husband or wife. Maybe after a long time, you can be honest. Alana, you secretly hated your proposal? I did. Okay, was it worse than the man that did the marry me pepperoni pizza?

Possibly. He didn't actually even ask me to marry him. He just threw a ring box at me. And what, where were you when he threw the box at you? I was at home sitting on the couch and he just came and sat next to me and threw it at me.

There was no words of, I love you, what are you doing for the rest of your life? I don't know, like... Any emotional sentiment? Not really. I mean, he's not really an emotionally sentimental person where I am. So I think that's why I hated it. Right. Is he one of those guys who that's why I hated it. Right. Was he one of those guys who was like, yep.

Yeah. Yeah, yep, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Put that on. But did you like the ring? Oh, yeah, I did. It was a really beautiful ring. Right. And then, so when you realised it was a wedding ring,

were you like, oh, my God, yes, or were you just like, is that it? Yeah, I was like, oh, is that it? I was like, well, what finger do you want me to put it on? Give me a hint. That one? That one? Oh, no, you want. Wow.

Yeah. Wow. But obviously still. I don't think every guy is super romantic. No. And it's the thought that counts? Is it? Yeah.

Oh, yeah, I suppose so. And still happily married? Yeah, yeah, we got married in January this year. Oh, yeah, I suppose so. And still happily married? Yeah, yeah, we got married in January this year. Oh, awesome. Well, there you go. All good then. Alana, thanks for sharing. Some messages in.

Someone said, I was blindfolded. I walked for 40 minutes through town, passed friends playing at sports fields and dragged up a grass hill. By this point, I was totally exhausted, battling morning sickness. Said yes, though, and we've been happily married for 17 years. So it kind of sounded like they went on like a treasure hunt or something.

But if she's pregnant, then maybe don't do that. Riley, did you secretly hate your proposal? No, it was actually my parents. Okay. And so what happened? Well, so apparently, Dad got a bit excited because they were going out for dinner. Obviously he was trying to propose.

And Mum was ironing his shirt and he obviously just got down on one knee while she was doing that. Oh. Don't propose while she's doing a chore. So 31 years later, four kids and they're still happy. Oh, there you go. See, you don't need to go to all the effort. Riley, thanks.

The message is in. Still with him, but I hated mine. He got KFC. So I felt bloated and yuck. We had a shower and had fun times and he did it while we were both naked. He had a ring though, so positives. He took the ring in the shower. Well, it was like a very exciting moment for a guy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was like, this is my moment or something. Another one said, my ex proposed to me by presenting a ring and a giant dildo. My gut said, run. I bet your guts did. But also, she said my ex, so she did. Okay, good.

And he was deathly hungover in his undies. It was Christmas morning and he'd been spewing an hour before. No word on whether they said yes. Spew breath,

will you marry me? Yuck. There you go. See, who said romance is dead? All of these people