ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - February 22 2019

Episode Date: February 21, 2019

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Hello and welcome to the Fletchvorn and Megan podcast brought to you by Spark. Get the new Nokia 7.1 from $499 on a Spark prepaid rollover value pack. And now, on with the podcast. It's on. ZM's Fletchvorn and Megan. Thanks, Andy. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletchvorn and Megan. Today in our Christchurch Garden City studios. Yes. Good morning. Good morning. Good morningurch Garden City Studios. Yes, good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Took Caitlin to the gym this morning. That's cool. Well, she wanted to come, so she came for a pre-work gym. That's mad. I got invited along. I thought you were going to go.

Oh, yeah. Oh, no, no. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Yesterday you said you were like, you were all done. Just before bed. Don't wake me up in the morning. Yeah, no, because, nah, nah. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Ah, keen, keen. Yesterday you said you were like, you were all over. Keen, then just before bed, don't wake me up in the morning. Yeah, no, because I had gelato. I had a lot of gelato and I was in a sugar coma.

I just knew that about myself. I was like, that is too early for exercise. Oh, it was great. We looked like some sort of weird cult couple turning up in the previa that we've hired, popping out, going in and gymming. I think that's the previa too. We can fit like a whole fam dam in one car.

Very long. Veru backing down that driveway this morning. That was a challenge. He almost hit the fence. Yeah. Now, this weekend, lots of, as Anya mentioned in the news, a lot of festivals. 660, the huge concert at Western Springs.

It's even more amazing to me now that a Kiwi band has packed that many people into Western Springs, given the other massive events that are on. Like, Spore is a pretty huge festival. Don't mention it. If it was a Venn diagram of one circle was people who want to go to 660 and one was people who want to go to Spore, there'd be quite a bit of crossover there. There would be.

Quite a bit. And then, Chuck, what is the other one? Hidden Valley. Yeah, so... The hardest part about that festival is finding it, but once you're there... Just looking at the weather, and it's looking like any rain in Auckland for that gig

is going to be in the morning. But then it's New Zealand. It's very hard, isn't it, to forecast. We've got the top six coming up. Yeah, we do. The top six ways to stay dry at the 660 concert. Because it is a possibility. It might not be the brunt of the storm,

but it could be raining. Could be skiffy showers. So I've got the top six ways of staying dry and later on in the show today we actually went for a ride along yesterday with Sergeant Carl of the Christchurch Police. He took us for a drive around in a police car and just kind of

we just talked about Christchurch because it is eight years today since the February 22nd earthquake. Isn't it because it is eight years today since the February 22nd earthquake. Isn't it insane it's eight years? Yeah. It's even more insane, and you'll hear this in the interview, he was working on the day that the earthquake happened and has been working on Christchurch since as a police officer.

So you'll hear about how the city's changed and kind of how that day went down for him. All right, it's coming up on the show. Story time's next. F.A.M. ZM, Fleet's coming up on the show. Storytime's next. ZM, Fleet, Vaughan and Megan and our secret sound. We're at $15,000. A video clue yesterday at ZM Online.

Your chance to have a crack at seven. All right, you lot, listen up. It's storytime. Storytime. I've got three news headlines. Interesting, quirky, unusual news stories. Vaughan and Megan will pick one headline only. The others are deleted.

And the rules state we're never allowed to Google or find out about them. We will go to our graves never knowing. Headline one, student not winning young enterprise scheme. Headline two, small problem for wife. Or headline three, pilot spells out his boredom. Oh, I know number three. I know three. Do you know three? Yeah.

That pilot who wrote, I'm bored in the sky. Yeah. Didn't he draw two? He's drawn a penis too. A couple of penises too. A couple of pains in there. But what kind of pilot was he? He was trying to get his hours up.

Oh, right. So it was just in a smaller aircraft. Yeah, yeah, it was. Yeah. So I guess he's like, well, I've got to do, you know, so many hours. So many hours. To me, that that's worth a couple of hours off. You can mark it pretty well. He did very well.

Oh, yeah, it's great. Phenomenal job. Yeah. Yeah, I'd give him the rest of his hours off. Okay, well, you know that story. I quite like the Young Enterprise. Student not winning Young Enterprise scheme? Yeah. Or small problem for wife? Oh.

Young Enterprise. Oh, I want small problem. Is it about his penis? Oh, okay. Small problem for wife. Are you going to go over that now? No. Oh. Well, we know it's about someone's small penis. Oh, okay. Small problem for wife. Are you going to go over that now? No. Oh.

Well, we know it's about someone's small penis. Okay. We go to Santa Cruz in California. A college student created an app so that he could sell drugs on campus. Now, the app meant that students could buy coke, methamphetamine from their app. Oh, we're not talking low end. We're talking straight to the top, baby. At the push of an app button,

Colin Howard, 18, was indicted on Thursday on charges. He sold at the University of California, Santa Cruz, drugs from his app, which he called the Banana Plug app. A play on the school's mascot,

Sammy the Banana Slug. A banana on the school's mascot, Sammy the Banana Slug. A banana slug? A banana slug. I have no weird idea for a mascot. Anyway, students could request drugs such as cocaine, molly and shrooms, according to the US Attorney's Office. All the top-ranked drugs.

Yeah, and not only that, he also put up posters around the university campus for the app. That sounds like a trap. Who would actually, okay, there's a poster, you go onto the app, you'd be like, I'm definitely getting caught out for buying drugs. Yeah, it does sound like a trap, doesn't it? But it wasn't. It was legit.

And I guess putting himself out there like that soon caught the attention of university officials and drug enforcement. Yeah. So, yeah, apparently they worked in police. A police officer was alerted to this, spotted the poster and used the app to buy marijuana and cocaine and then used Snapchat to set up the drug deal. So he'd then go on to Snapchat, which, you know, wasn't traceable. And then they made an undercover transaction and he was arrested. Right. I'm entrepreneurial, like, awesome job, but also really dumb at the same time.

Faces five years in prison. What an idiot. And, you know, you could have had a degree by then. Because if you're going to put an app in the app store, there's a lot of paperwork involved. Yeah. Oh, you'd have to use like... Yeah. Different code.

Yeah. The thing about selling drugs, Megan, is technically, a lot of the time, they're making some pretty good money. Yeah, that's true. But then you've got to get that money into a bank account

to pay all these app charges. Yeah. Back to the original point of Googling a banana slug. You're not going to be disappointed. Okay. Really? Oh! Oh, my God. That massive... It's just like a banana. 100%. That's why they're called banana slug. You're not going to be disappointed. Okay. Really? Oh!

That massive. It looks just like a banana. 100%. That's why they're called banana slugs. They look exactly like a banana. And they grow to the size and weight of a banana. They look like the same texture as a mango. It's like somebody's carved a mango slug.

Very mango flesh looking. Yes. Is that the school's mascot? Yeah. Banana slug. Yeah. What? That was their, it must be like their area's overwhelming.

Whereabouts was it? Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz. Right, yeah, because they are only found in California. Right. And on the west coast of America. Right. So that's probably why.

When they were brainstorming names for mascots, like were all the tigers, the panthers, the eagles, were they all taken? They're all like animals or insects and stuff that you wouldn't want to cross. Like, but I don't know about a banana slug. Some people are terrified of a banana slug, aren't they? Why? Oh, just slugs full stop. Oh, right, okay. Oh, and look, it's like, it's a pretty cute mascot.

Oh, that is cute. It kind of looks like a frog, a cross between a frog and Shrek. And he's smiling. A yellow froggy Shrek with antennae. Basically. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan.

We've just noticed that the Google homepage, you know how they always have special... Google doodles, they call them. Google doodles. Today, Steve Irwin. Oh. It would have been his birthday. Yeah, he would have been... Hold on, I just opened up my calculator to work it out. He would have been 57 today. Yeah, he would have been, hold on, I just opened up my calculator to work it out.

He would have been 57 today. Oh, wow. Steve? How old's too old to be wrestling a crocodile? Oh, he'd still be at it. He would 100% still be at it. I reckon if he'd not been killed in that tragic accident, he might have lost an eye or he would have had a hand or something.

Right, yeah. He definitely would have had some like a hand or something right yeah like he definitely would have had some prosthetics by now we knew something was coming yeah just not his death he would have loved this video oh my god so quite fitting because yesterday in australia you may have seen this video during the runs yesterday it was reshared a lot it was straya to the max so a snake is up a TV aerial, an old school TV aerial, like not a sky satellite dish. Yep. Not a free view, one of those old ones.

And when you say a snake, what are we talking? We're talking a big, big dog. A python? Yeah, I think it's a python. And it lowers itself down and the person doesn't get the initial strike on video. They start videoing it when it's kind of underway. But the snake lowers itself down.

Maybe like a metre and a half. At least, at least. And there's a bird, a large Australian. I don't know what they're called, but if you've been to Australia, you've definitely seen them. Looks like a crow or something, eh? Do you reckon? It looks like their version of a shag.

Right, okay. But a bit bigger. Just one of those yucky Australian birds. Their bird's a mank, by the way. They've got a couple of cockatoos, them all four. Galahs, them all four. But then that either thing.

What about a kookaburra? Oh, yeah. Actually, okay, I take it back. They've got some good birds, but they've got some yuck birds. They've got a lot of yuck lines. That trash parrot thing. What's that pink and grey one?

Parrot thing. That's a galah. Oh, yeah, I like those. I think that's a galah. I like those. But this one's one of those manky river ones. And the snake lowers itself down using its, well, what part of a snake? Where does the tail start on a snake?

Like right behind the eyes. I don't know. It like anchors itself with its butt or the end of it. And it lowers itself down, makes a kill strike on this bird, and the video is it winding itself back up, which is phenomenal enough as it is because it's using just the tiniest bit of anchor point to pull itself back in with the bird in its mouth. If you've not seen the video,

all you need to Google to find it is snake eats bird. And it's the top result. It's this massive python. And the bird is a sizable bird as well. Steve would have loved it. RIP, Steve. I would have called the local aerial guy straight afterwards and be like, yeah, got a problem with my aerial. Oh, what's the problem?

There's a giant snake eating a bird on it. I need you to come sort it out. Is it like when you're watching something on Sky and it's like rain fade? Yeah, but it's snake fade. Australian version snake fade. I saw a friend share a screen cap of this article and an Instagram story, so I googled the title, what the title was called, because they didn't do a swipe up to read this article.

Absolute amateur. Amateur hour over here, So they've unfriended them But the article's called Five reasons to wear the same thing every day Now this is my bag baby This is me A basic AS colour tee And in winter a long sleeve tee

And winter jeans And summer jean shorts Same shoes all summer And winter it'll be the same boots. Summer, it'll be a hat. Winter, it's a beanie. It's very predictable. You are our Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin in one.

I could, you know, I'm great for a continuity edit because I'm wearing the same thing. So this guy who wrote this article was just like, man, I'm just, this looks good on me. Why don't I just wear this all the time? Well, like Steve Jobs, let's not forget Steve Jobs loved jeans. Jeans and a turtleneck. A turtleneck. Is that Mark Zuckerberg too? He's pretty standard with his attire.

Yeah, he wears the same thing. So he was just like, well, I'm going to wear a dark grey T-shirt and khaki pants. Okay. Oh, he picked colours too even. Yeah, I know. Okay. Yeah. So he just decided colours too, even. Yeah, I know. Okay. Yeah. So he just decided that was what he was going to wear, and he was worried about when people

were going to hit him up about it. And now they never did. At the end of week one, he was just like, okay, this is good. This is me now. And just, and got into it and got over any sort of worry he had about it. And did people pick up on it? Well, but yeah, they didn't mention it. Right. He said. Because I feel like? Well, but they didn't mention it. Right.

Because I feel like guys can get away with it more than girls. Well, that Carl Stefanovic proved that on that Australian TV show. He wore the same suit every single day for a year, and his female co-host wore different outfits every year, and people would write, oh, what's she wearing? Oh, God, you look terrible on that. And then he's like, well, I've been wearing... It wasn't a year, though, was it?

Yeah, it was. It was a year. He did it for a year, and then he announced people had... And no one had noticed. It was this dark blue suit. That's crazy. Yeah.

So these are the top five reasons to wear the same things every day, according to Joshua Becker, who wrote this article for Forbes. Yeah. One, reduced decision fatigue. He's like, without having to make the decision on what you're going to wear,

there's five minutes of your day you've got spare. Is that the reason, the argument for school uniforms as well? It takes away that kind of need to impress people and you just wear everyone's uniform. The class aspect, right? Yeah, because everybody's uniform is the same. Yeah, right. But also, you don't have to decide what you're going to wear.

It's already decided for you. So, yeah, well, you've got more time on your hands now. But also, you don't have to decide what you're going to wear. It's already decided for you. Yeah. So, yeah, well, you've got more time on your hands now. But I like the decision. No, but imagine if Mufti Day was every day. You know how stressful that was, Megan? That's called real life. Because some of us didn't have a lot of time.

Otherwise known as the workforce. Number two on his list of five reasons to wear the same thing every day was recognise what looks good on you and then repeat. No, but the thing is, not everyone recognises what looks good on them. Because you look good in other things, but now you just freak out and don't want to wear it.

But no, it's a combination with number one. Right. I'm happy with this and now I don't have to decide what to wear. Three, minimising the wardrobe. He talks about how before he did this, his wardrobe was cluttered with a whole lot of stuff that he never really wore, but he didn't feel

comfortable getting rid of. Chuck a bit of Marie Kondo in there. Yeah. Yeah. And it's not bringing you joy because you're not wearing it, so get rid of it. Chuck it out. Then fourth was embrace forever fashion. So just like t-shirt and jeans are pretty timeless. Yeah, right. People have been wearing them for

60, 70 years. But then jeans go in and out of fashion too. Baggy jeans now, and you've got all your skinny jeans. You're like, well, I can't wear those now. Yeah. What's the deal with baggy jeans being back? We're not talking like early 2000s baggy. No, we're not talking baggy baggy.

It's like mum jeans for girls and straight leg and stuff. Okay. Slim fit rather than skinny fit. Because you know Vaughn bought those expensive jeans. He doesn't want to have to. No, no. You're okay. That's a good in between.

Like you're not skinny, but you're not like wearing baggy. Yeah. It's just a nice in between. Okay. They're not like painted on type. No, yeah. And bask in the glory of easier laundry in more time. This is also true.

Everything I own can go in one wash. Yes. Ducks. I don't have to worry about different fabrics and something needs to be washed by itself and something needs to go on a delicate wash. You dump it in and your breasts go. And then you just hang it all out.

So there you go. And if you spill something, you're just buying other like cotton tea. Yeah. You're sorted. And most of the time if you buy like five or six of them, you get a group deal.

You get like a discount. So if you buy five, you get the sixth free and something. And then, you know, that's pretty great. Yeah. You get one for every day of the week and a backup.

Yeah, you're keeping AS Color in business. I believe so, yes. Yeah. It's 18 minutes away from 7, so a lot of rain expected for the country this weekend. Northland mostly wearing it. Yeah.

First up. Which is, people are saying it's good because there's been a drought up there, but intense rain on extremely dry leads to slips and flooding and a bit of a mess, so hopefully it's not too chaotic. But it's good on one hand as well because the Northland region is exceptionally dry and hopefully Nelson as well getting a bit of rain later in the weekend. The North Island, I don't think anyone escapes the rain, especially on Sunday,

and for a pacing. But 660, there are a lot of festivals. Saturday afternoon and evening, actually now it's looking all right in the weather forecast. Not a lot of rain forecast. Yeah, it's the sweet spot of the weekend, really, isn't it? But you never... But it's New Zealand. But a little bit windy.

It changes so quickly. You never know. So, I mean, if you are going festivaling or concerting... Poncho it. Poncho for sure. Yeah. And I'd probably say in Canterbury, tonight's the best night for the Lantern Festival because there are showers tomorrow and Sunday.

We drove past that, you say, setting it up. Oh, it looks great. Oh, my God. Super cute. Check it out. Dragging down the Avon looks great. It looks super cute. If you are going to be stuck inside, though,

we've got some Netflix suggestions. This is just, we just wanted to yarn about the TV shows that we're watching at the moment. I am in the midst of, I'll tell you about the one I finished first recently, Titans, which is based on Teen Titans,

which is a superhero comic book about like sidekicks that form their own little get together gang. It was a cartoon and then it became like a wacky cartoon and they had a movie last year

called Teen Titans Go to the movies, which was awesome. Are people really into this, Megan? Do you have any? Because, you know, born in a superhero's gets all. This one, so this is way more adult. Oh, right.

I think it was on the CW when it aired on television. Oh, right. And now it's on Netflix. The same vibe with Riverdale, right? That was on the CW, and then it got on Netflix for worldwide release. So that was really good. That was like an adult-y take on superheroes. But the one I'm watching at the moment, another superhero,

is one of the Umbrella Academy. I want to watch this. It's so good. It's Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance. Wrote a comic book in 2008. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. And it's like the art and the comic book.

I haven't read the comic because I want to watch the TV show first, and then I'm going to read the comics because there's three comics. And this is apparently only covering the first one. I've seen the art for the comic book and it looks like a My Chemical Romance album cover. And there are aspects of the TV show that are very Gerard Way-esque. It is so good. The story is so good. Basically seven kids born on the same day in 1989

where their mothers weren't pregnant at the start of the day, but at the end of the day they're pregnant and had a baby. And so this eccentric billionaire goes around the world trying to collect all 42, but he only gets seven. Right. And then they've all got powers, and he kind of turns them into this superhero team called the Umbrella Academy.

Right. Yeah. But BuzzFeed did an article, Who is Gerard Way? Yeah, who is this Gerard Way that wrote, so yeah, that made you feel old when My Chemical Romance was a reference that a lot of people didn't get. He looks way different now, though. Does he?

He's definitely calmed down the eyeliner. Yeah, he has. Right. My pick for Netflix, binging this weekend, would be Russian Doll. Oh, you've been going on about this. So good, so good. And they're half our eps, too, so you can get out a couple. It's got Natasha, what's her name?

She's from Orange is the New Black. She's from Orange is the New Black. She was in American Pie. You'll definitely be like, oh, that one. She's the lead. She's great. Yeah. Yeah.

And Amy Poehler produced it, eh? She's involved in it. Is it like a dark comedy? It's kind of like a dark comedy Groundhog Day where she keeps dying and then has to kind of figure out, well, what's happening? Why is this happening to her? And it's very well done.

It's so good. Right. And my pick is Sex Education. So this is like a British comedy drama. It's got Gillian Anderson in it. But basically there's a son who has like, it's all about his awkward time at high school and he's not very good sexually in any way.

But his mum's a sexpert. Yeah. Like she's a sex counsellor. So everyone assumes he's going to be really knowledgeable about sex and then he just kind of takes on the role, eh? He kind of becomes a semi-sex therapist at school, but he also has no experience himself. And no idea. Right. Very good, very good. What's that guy been in?

I don't know. Just looking. He looks really familiar. I think he's been in a couple of episodes of Black Mirror. Oh, he was Hugo in that movie, Hugo. And he was the boy in the boy in the striped pyjamas. Oh, was he? He was the little boy in the boy in the striped pyjamas. That movie? Oh my God. Yeah, that'll wreck you.

I haven't watched it because you told me it would wreck me. What's not a good outcome? No, right. Sitting in a concentration camp. Yeah, they seem to be fairly dark movies, actually, those movies sitting in concentration camps. They do. We've got the top six coming up and at seven ZM Secret, so we're up to

$15,000. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. The Podcast. From the ZM Secret Sam are up to $15,000. Fletch. Vaughan. And Megan. The podcast. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top 6. Hello there and welcome to today's Top 6. The weather looking less than favourable for the 660 concert tomorrow in Auckland. While I think at this stage somebody said we're missing the brunt of Omar, which is Dutch for grandma,

which is funny to think your Omar is about to Omar. Cyclone up a storm. Wet the bed all over the place. The top six ways to stay dry at the 660 concert is today's top six.

Yeah, well, unfortunately, rain is forecast, although more so in the morning and very late at night. So there could be like a small little chance of some drops. Well, I'm saying be prepared. And here are the top six ways to stay dry at one of New Zealand's biggest concerts this summer. Number six, a rubbish vessel.

But I'm not talking a black rubbish sack. I'm talking a whole wheelie bin. Flip it over and put your arms in holes, arms in head holes. Yep. It'll look great. They're quite heavy. Yeah. Cut the bottom out of it and then have like the lid throw back

and then if it rains, chuck the lid back over your head like a hood. Okay. Yeah, they're heavy, but it'll be worth it as long as people don't start chucking their empty bottles and drinks in you. Yeah. In your outfit. Number five on the list of the top six ways to stay dry at 660. Single-use plastic bag. Oh, no, that's not happening.

Thanks, Taxcinder. Thanks, Greenies, for caring about the environment and dolphins and making us think that we can't use single-use plastic bags and they're billions every year. I've actually forgotten about single-use ponchos. Or do they not call use single-use plastic bags and they're billions every year. I've actually forgotten about single-use ponchos. Or do they not call them single-use? If you're turning a New World bag into an old plastic bag into a poncho, no can do.

But if you're buying a $2 poncho made of exactly the same material, fine. Wow. I know. There's a loophole. Do your shopping and hold it in a poncho. Number four on the list of the top six ways to stay dry at the 660 concert tomorrow night. Have you seen those Russian videos on Facebook where they can do anything with a hot glue gun?

No. What the hell? You've not seen it? No. Is it on your Facebook? Yeah. God, you have a weird algorithm, mate. I know.

I know. They've tapped me because I always watch them because I'm like, I've got a hot glue gun. What? And then I watch it and they always do like anything. Is it crafts? Crafts, I know. They've tapped me because I always watch them because I'm like, I've got a hot glue gun. What? And then I watch it and they always do like anything. Is it crafts? Crafts, but anything. Right. Like they make sculptures out of hot glue guns.

Oh, right. They got a stick and made it look like a Harry Potter wand with a hot glue gun. These aren't long-term things though, right? Oh, no, they're not going to last forever. Oh, yeah, right. But if you've watched those videos and they're always from a Russian, they always say it on the bottom, like, Russia-y something. At Russia, oh, glue gun craft.

Right, okay. Waterproof whole body suit made of a hot glue gun glue. Okay. So you just do it over yourself. Right. And then when it dries, peel it off, and then you can peel it back on. And then you can get treated for your third degree burns. Yeah. Yeah. It doesn't stay hot for long. Okay. you can get treated for your third degree burns. Yeah. Yeah.

It doesn't stay hot for long. Okay. Like candle wax. Yeah, exactly. Erotic. Don't kink, shame. No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. That would be quite erotic actually. Plugging in the hot glue gun, letting your lover relax on the bed and say wait a minute, it'll warm up in a second and then dropping blobs of hot glue

on them if you haven't got a candle. Yeah, right. Nips, any erogenous. Again, I don't think we should be encouraging this. It sounds dangerous. We are not here to kink or craft shame. Number three on the list of the top six ways to stay dry at 660. Umbrella hat.

Hello. 90s cool. Oh, are they allowed in? Because you're not allowed umbrellas at concerts. But it's like a little wee hat. But what about your shoulders? It doesn't matter where you just keep your face. It just keeps your face.

It's good for makeup. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You could wear like some sort of wheelie bin with the... You could combine number six and number three here. I'm yet to see a rainbow hat, an umbrella hat, because they're normally rainbow colours, with guttering, with a guttering system. Yeah, that's actually very true.

That's what you need. It just means you get very wet shoulders. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six ways to stay dry at the 660 concert this weekend, take a shrub and hold it up. Okay. It's quite nice when it starts to rain and you can hide under a tree.

Nature's umbrella. Yeah, nature's umbrella. Or a shrub and have a little wee shrub there. Okay. Maybe have an edible shrub so you could eat a leaf and pass some time. Good call. And the number one way to stay dry at 660 this weekend, just don't go and say you did.

You've got photos somewhere of you in a wet crowd, just put those up again and say how much you loved it. Everyone will be posting pictures, just take someone else's. Exactly, I was there. I took this photo. Fingers crossed it might not rain but there is a lot of rain forecast for the weekend, unfortunately. So fingers crossed it's not,

because that's going to be an epic event to be at, because that's going to be New Zealand's biggest headline concert by a New Zealand band. Yeah. 50,000 people. That's insane. Don't let the rain ruin your day. And a lot of the parts of the country are still riddled by drought,

so they'll really be looking forward to rain. Really looking forward to rain. That is today's top six. You know, I've got a vested interest in orcharding and agriculture. Oh, you're a farm boy. Yeah. Can't take the city out of the farm boy or something. And love a bit of machinery too.

Yeah. I've just been reading, and you might be thinking that's a very boring topic to be reading about at nearly quarter past seven in the morning. But I've been reading about strawberry picking machinery. Okay. Because if you've ever, like you know how you can pick your own strawberries? Yep. Which is fun because you eat them and you fill up your ice cream container and you go home.

But have you ever done berry picking for a job? Oh, it'd be horrible. Now I've never done a ground berry. I've done kiwi fruit picking. That's intense. That's a real backpacker student job, isn't it, over summer? Yeah. And blueberries, they're sort of shrubs, so they're up a little bit higher. But strawberries are a ground berry.

So you've got to be, like, bent over or on your knees the whole time. Or your back. And also, I feel the pressure not to squish the berry or you'd have to pick a ripe one. Well, exactly. That's where humans are still way better than strawberry picking machines. Right, okay. This is what this article is telling me about. Hold on.

Hang in there. I'm getting to it. I'm going somewhere with this. Okay. So there's the latest machines. And the thing about trialing these machines is strawberries are, as you said, so fragile when you squeeze them that they often can't trial these machines. Strawberries are, as you said, so fragile when you squeeze them that they often can't trowel these machines.

So this guy has been growing strawberries and his primary purpose of growing these crops is to test the machines. Right. And these machines are savage. Like when they haven't got the pressure things right, it just has a row of smushed up strawberries. Oh no. And then they have to adjust because apparently

one other one detected the colour of the strawberry for when it was ripe and it wasn't picking enough so they sent it back and turned it right up and it just picked everything. So I'm imagining that gets to the end and there's this mess of white green strawberries or completely smushed up strawberry jam. Well you've got your jam ready

to go. So do they have a success rate? Like a picking rate? 20% versus a human which averages over 80%. Oh, that's... Humans, they do have this thing where a human pretty much lies in a harness that you would wear

if you were going hang gliding. And you hang there and you go down and you pick the berries because then you're flat so it's easy on the back and you're just hanging there and you can put them in a conveyor belt underneath you that takes them back. Also, that's just like lying down. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

That's lying down on the job. The place I went over Christmas with mum, we went strawberry picking just before Christmas. Yeah. And they had like a little bicycle over several lanes of the strawberries. Yeah. And they'd just sit in a seat, a low seat and it had a sun umbrella over it. And they'd just cycle along. Pedal forward and pick the strawberries

as they went. Now that's a good idea. That's good. But it's not like your toolkit, it's not fully automated. No, they want fully automated because then they can take the human cost out of it, which is not good for people who, like you said before, backpackers. But it's like supermarket checkouts. When they first started a bit, and they're still a bit fiddly.

You know, with the whole, you know, you haven't put your thing in the bag. Yeah. And you have. And you have to get the supervisor. The reason I was talking about it is, and I wanted to talk about it, is to take calls on people when machinery has made a mess at your work. Has messed up. Yeah, you know when like a conveyor belt should stop when something happens,

but it doesn't and it just keeps pumping them through but there might be a blockage and it just makes a mess or... Do you mean machines

that aren't operated by people? Like not diggers? Automated machinery. Okay, you're right. Well, I mean if a digger has made a mess that sounds like

it would be a great story about a big mess. Okay, so 0800 dials it in. Give us a text 9696 When did a machine Mess up at your work

Okay Oh this is good This will be good I reckon I want to hear some stories Of some wastage It would be a dream of mine I've always Because there's one of those

Boat storage things In downtown Auckland Yeah So you bring your boat in And this machine comes down And picks it up And it's like a vending machine You put your number in

And it picks it up and racks your boat. I'd love to see one of them crush a boat. Instead of getting a Red Bull or a packet of chips, you're getting your boat down. You get a Haynes Hunter. You get a 17-foot bloody Haynesy. And then it gets stuck and you rattle and put your hand up there to go and get it. Yeah. Oh, brilliant.

It chops your arm off and you can't drive your boat anymore. I would love to see one of those drop a boat one day. It's only because you don't have a boat. Yeah, and I'm not a huge fan of them. I'd love to see a boat get dropped. All right, well, give us a call. 0800-DARLS-NM-9696. We need a boat.

We need a machine. We need a boat picker up. Rig a boat. We need a machine mess up at work. Give us a call. Fletch. Vaughan. And Megan.

The podcast. We're talking about when machines mess up and make a mess at your work. Strawberry picking machines, definitely not up to the standard of humanity. Well, they're only picking 20%. So take a pat on the back, humans. We're still better at picking strawberries than machines. For now. For now. Give it time.

There'll be a Black Mirror episode about strawberry picking machines. I feel it already. So we want to know when they made a mess at your work. Some text messages in. I worked at Quality Bakers for a while. So from making the dough all the way through to packaging the bread is a very long sequence of different steps and conveyabouts. And on more than one occasion, all hell would break loose

as one very vital cog would stop working and you would end up with a literal truckload of bread on the floor, either before it was baked, baked or packaged, and it would end up with a literal truckload of bread on the floor, either before it was baked, baked or packaged, and it would just be a massive pile. Wow. If it had just been baked, could you eat it? Oh, yes. I'd take it home.

Yeah. If it didn't touch the ground. Yeah. And then if it touched the ground, bread's one of those things you can definitely just give a wipe. A blow and a wipe. I don't know if you can. Yeah, you can.

Something you probably couldn't give a wipe. Somebody said, I was working in a factory. They wished the factory to remain nameless when a sausage machine went haywire. Oh. And started spurting out sausages. Oh, my God. And it was just like, it was. No, but it wouldn't squirt.

Would it squirt out the. Sausage meat? The sausage meat. It wouldn't be encased. No, I feel like this is a pre-cooked sausage deal. Oh, right. I'm not sure of the ins and the outs of it. Somebody else said their fiance was in charge of programming machines to do with honey manufacturing. Oh, right. I'm not sure of the ins and the outs of it. Somebody else said their fiancé was in charge of programming machines to do with honey manufacturing.

Oh, okay. And one of them went nuts once and it was just like a honey explosion. A sticky mess. Oh, that upsets me because I feel like that's a real waste. How are there honey machines? Like, what, like, it goes... Well, I guess you put all the raw... And it gets to a certain...

Oh, okay. Churns it all up. Yeah, right. Spits it out. Kaelin, you know, what's it called where you you're like, what do you have to do to honey? It's not pasteurizing, eh? Homogenizing. There's like a process to it, isn't there?

Your dad's a honey person. He's a honeybee for you and me. But he just provides the raw honey, right? He doesn't do the manufacturing. No, he doesn't. He's a raw honey man. He's the first step in the long honey process. Right.

Who knew there was such a process? There's a honey process. Right. Who knew there was such a process? There's a honey process. Right. Somebody said they worked at a factory with automatic plastic casting. So this is like plastic things I guess like injection moulding. Anyway, one guy was taking an extended

break in the toilet. We all thought he was playing with himself. That's an interesting side to the story. And when he came back there'd been a really massive problem and the entire workshop was set in rapidly covered in rapidly setting plastic

oh my god amazing yeah and somebody else worked at a factory with long runs of fabric and there was

an automatic cutting machine yeah a fabric cutting machine and a bolt came out of it and it just turned effectively into a giant spinning ninja sword

and just destroyed a whole bunch of stuff. I would like to see it. I would like to see it. From a distance. I would like to see a machine powered ninja sword basically. It's so amazing to see like if you ever see those like how they make it docos on like what is it Discovery they have those?

Yeah. Or just online like that time we saw the biscuit machine. At Griffin's. Yeah. Oh my god. like that time we saw the biscuit machine, the conveyor belt. Yeah. Oh, my God. That's right. I remember that. It's so mesmerizing to watch, but when it messes up, it must be great.

Yeah, and they were like, oh, seeing how biscuit made can ruin biscuits for some people. I'm like, I just want to open my mouth at the end of that conveyor belt. There's nothing being ruined here. This is dreams come true. Yeah. Coming up on the show, we go for a police ride-along. Yeah. Sergeant Carl was kind enough on the 8th anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake

to take us for a ride around central Christchurch, talk about the day as it was eight years ago today, and just, yeah, give us a bit of an insight into the emergency services. Yeah, that's coming up along with Chris Mack from 660, head of their big show tomorrow night. He's on with us soon. FEM. Joining us on the show ahead of a very big weekend, Chris

Mack from 660. Good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you? Good. Have you slept much? Because I saw your rehearsal Instagram story and you guys, this looks like a very professional big show. Guys, we're big boys now. You are. I don't know what he's

expecting from you. I don't know, you know, just normally used to seeing you guys at some summer tavern. And this looks like the real deal. Yeah, I mean, normally we're just in like a tiny little rehearsal space. But because the stage is so big and like the production is so epic, we had to kind of, what we had to do was actually take one of the pavilions of the ASB showgrounds where they have like the big Easter show and take one of those and kind of map out the stage

so we could actually rehearse on a stage the same size because otherwise we'd never be prepared for a show this big. Do you have to, like, run around a bit more and, like, make use of the space a bit more? Yeah, there's definitely a bit of conscious thought going into that. They're, like, you know, it's a big stage and we're going to have to make sure we're using the whole thing otherwise what's the point?

I just put a podium up in the middle. So, we're figuring it out. We've got layers, we've got steps, we've got lights. It's going to be awesome.

Got any houseplants? I was thinking they're a great way to fill a space. That is a good point. I could be way more lazy if I just got myself maybe some,

I don't know, what kind of plant are we going for? A cacti? Doesn't take a long time. No, you want something soft in case you're back into it. You don't want a cacti.

Big palms, maybe? Yeah, yeah, yeah, palms. I'm going to have to put you on staff, I think. Bushy situations. I could totally do this. Now, are we a little bit worried about the weather? The latest forecast that I'm seeing for tomorrow sees that by the time you guys are on stage,

there's not a lot of rain, which is good. Yeah, I mean, it's a slight concern, obviously. We've got, you know, we've got like a catwalk out the front and stuff, which is obviously going to be a little bit tricky if it's got torrential downfall. But, no, I think it's going to be all right. I'm hoping that this rain all gets pushed towards Australia. Yeah, they can stuff it for a couple of nights

just so we can have a good show. Do you have to take turns on the catwalk? You're like, OK, it's my turn. There is a little bit of that. Like, there's a bit of organising like, okay, who's going to do this when? Because, you know, it's a hot in the catwalk. A pecking order.

Have you guys had a show this big? Because this is a record, isn't it, for a New Zealand band headlining. But have you opened for a crowd this size? No, the biggest, I think, before that would have been when we played with Ed Sheeran, which is about 30,000. So this is 20,000 more than our biggest show.

So it's definitely going to feel like something. I don't know what. People keep asking me if I'm excited, and I don't know how to answer that because I just don't know what it's going to be like. Yeah. Wow. Well, we're looking forward to it. It's going to be an incredible thing to witness.

And so all the best for tomorrow night, Chris. Okay. See you guys. Next on the show, we're riding along with the Christchurch Philips. Fletch. Vaughan. And Megan. The podcast.

Today we're broadcasting live from our Christchurch studios. It is the 22nd of February and it's hard to believe it has been eight years today. It has been. There's a few believe it has been eight years today. It has been. There's a few things happening around Christchurch today. As always on February 22nd, a day of memorial just to remember and to sort of celebrate the city coming back to life. And it is eight years later. And next we're going to play the audio of our ride-along with Sergeant Carl around Christchurch.

But I just wanted to say if you are on Christchurch today, there is a memorial service, a civic memorial service, happening at the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial. So at 12.30 today, all are welcome to attend. There'll be a karakia, there'll be a welcome, and at 12.51, which is when the quake struck, there'll be a minute's silence and then some readings from two members of the Quake family's trust. The New Zealand Army Band will perform.

So, yeah, there are some things happening around the city. And it's kind of, I think it's awesome that the Lantern Festival's happening, a bright, colourful celebration at the same time. For sure. As Christchurch rebuilds. Leach, Warner, Megan, Activator coming up for Secret Sound. We're at $15,000, just minutes away. And also, Megan's pick for Friday flashback today.

Oh, yeah. Banger. It is. I'm hoping it's a banger. I've got my... I actually just can't believe this song's 10 years old. I know. That's a scary thing.

I think that's what's going to shock people the most. Today is February 22nd, which is eight years since the big Christchurch earthquake, and we are in Christchurch. And yesterday we were lucky enough to do a police ride-along with Sergeant Carl. So this is nice, being in the back of a police car, but not actually having done anything wrong. But we're in a police car with Sergeant Carl. G'day guys, how are you all right? The last time I was in the back of a police car, I was 14 and I'd just been done shoplifting. Oh, really?

Yeah, yeah. A few of those. Are 14-year-olds still shoplifting, are they? Yeah, and younger. Yeah, and younger. Okay, Megan was younger when she shoplifted. Actually, Megan has a history as well, Carl. She got done at Rickerton Mall, actually.

Sounds like true confessions, doesn't it? Cockpit confessions. Yeah. What a show. That could be interesting. Have we discovered the new Netflix phenomenon? So we're just going for a bit of a ride today to well it is 8 years since

the Christchurch earthquake on February 22nd 2011 and what a massive role the emergency services played and you were actually working that day. I was yep. How are you talking about it all these years later? Is it still pretty fresh in the memory, such a traumatic sort of thing? I think it's very fresh for everyone in Christchurch.

But I think the key is, as we've all learnt now, you talk about things, you don't bottle them up and I think that's why people are able to sort of cope. Some people can cope better these days because we sort of get things out. How long have you been a police officer for? Coming up, ooh, 18 years in June. So it's different to when you started being a cop all those years ago? Oh, yeah, absolutely, yeah. There's more openness, more talk.

Now, was it because of an event like the Christchurch earthquake that you saw people needing to talk and talking about family? I think you could be right there, actually. Yeah, I think it was probably more encouraged. I mean, they put on counsellors because some of the stuff that some of the guys dealt with that day was up in pretty next level stuff. You know, I dealt with a couple of body recoveries myself, but not on the scale of the guys who were at CTV or the Pinegold Guinness Building. You know, those guys are next level stuff.

So the police recognised then that they needed to have some coping mechanisms put in place for staff, as with the fire and ambulance. And even just members of the public who helped on the day, you know, everyone just got involved. No one wrote about who they were. They just got involved, really. So it was basically a whole town took over and helped each other day, you know. Everyone just got involved. No one wrote about who they were. They just got involved, really. So it was basically a whole town took over and helped each other out, really. I just had to stop at a light. It's not a good look for a cop to run for.

Not when you're filming, it's not. You guys got camera footage of it. So, like, personally, run us through how it went for you. You had told us before you were in the square and we're just approaching the square now. Yeah, at the time, I was a beat cop. So basically our responsibility at the time was that we were officers that walked on foot

around the central city, just keeping an eye on kids around town and just general sort of day-to-day sort of public policing really. And so on that day, I was due to start at two o'clock and obviously this happened at 10 to one. I was just about to come into work

and sort of live quite close to the police to run into work on the fifth of days. So I basically just ran straight in. In my running gear, I spent the first half of my shift in my running gear and my vest because we weren't allowed initially back into the crotch at Central where our gear was, just in case. They didn't know if it was going to collapse or whatever. Then they gave us

10 minutes to get in, grab our gear and get out. So we basically just frantically ran in, grabbed our gear, came back to the beat kiosk in the square and got changed there and had uniform for the second half of the shift. And how has being a police officer changed in those eight years? Like, what do you find yourself dealing with a lot? I think there is a bit more mental health and Christchurch issues. And I think a lot of that does come back to the quakes,

all the people who are still affected by them. A lot of young kids coming through, like my kids were four and five at the time, and some of their friends coming through are still having effects of that because they were quite traumatised. Do you think since the quake there's probably a lot more respect for police and law enforcement here? I'd like to think so, but at the same time, you do get a lot of abuse in this job. This is a job you can only do your best, and people don't understand our job. They're very quick to criticise us,

but they don't understand the pressures we're under and the things we've got to deal with each day. They don't understand we're not just dealing with them, we're dealing with other offences at the same time. And they might not like the way we do things, but it has to be done, and we're acting on the information we've received. So, yeah, sometimes if that's the wrong information given to us,

we can only deal with what we've got, unfortunately. Should we pull over this cyclist that's just run a red light? Possibly could. The tomorrow cyclist who runs red lights is a traffic tractor. You're a nut. I never even noticed until you put me out. Is that why you've been quiet? You've been looking at people committing minor crimes?

Yeah, I've been waiting for criminals. I'm just trying to think you can go and deal with them. If she would have turned around, she would have shit herself. Yeah, yeah. You've got all these cameras pointing at her. Do you ever just want to go, boop, just for fun?

Not now. Maybe when I was younger. I've been doing it for so long now. See, if I saw her do that, I would have just done a wee little boop. Oh, you mean to give them a bit of a... Oh, yeah. You do that sometimes, yeah.

I mean, sometimes you'll pull up next to them and just sort of put your window down and have a little chat with them. Say, hey, helmets on the handlebars. That, to me, is like just a slap sometimes you'll pull up next to them and just sort of put your window down and have a little chat to them and say, hey, helmet's on the handlebars. That, to me, is like just a slap in the face. They're not even trying to pretend they've got a helmet, you know? So I'll usually pull them over and have a little chat to them and say, look, you know, your handlebars are quite safe, but your head's not.

Is something rolling around in the boot? Is that someone or something? Maybe for someone from earlier, yeah. Right, yes, I've always thought that would be a good punishment. Just not obviously jailable, but chuck them in the boot for the day. Oh, exactly, you know, give them a roll around. That's the old police station used to be there. It's got blown up. It's funny, even some people who spent time in the cells there

were actually quite sort of sad to see it go because they had a lot of memories for them, which is kind of weird. It's funny, you talk to some people who have got a history of us who have grown out of it and stuff and are now quite happy to talk to us and things and they reminisce about their days themselves like we reminisce about you know arresting them sort of thing which is quite funny even even criminals can be nostalgic oh yeah absolutely as a police officer how long does someone have to look at you suspiciously until

you're like you know when you're a kid they're like oh the police don't look there's no there's no sort of offense for looking suspicious time play circumstance if it's three o'clock in the morning and someone's walking around looking at people's front yards as they're walking down the road, yeah, we'll definitely have a chat with them. If it's the middle of the afternoon and someone's walking down the road looking at people's yards, they're probably just walking down the road just walking, you know, looking. It's time, place, circumstances really.

Fashion-wise, like how are you coping with the heat this summer? Do you have a shorts option? No, we don't have a shorts option, no. No, but I'll tell you what, it'll be handy sometimes. I mean, we had a wee bit of a play this morning with a guy in the square and there's a lot of big sweat factor going on underneath these vests when you finish that in 31 degrees heat. Bit of a play or you mean a bit of a tussle, bit of a wrestle? Bit of a tussle yeah. You must have been playing a bit of basketball.

Yeah I played with the best one. Just noticing the Suzuki Swift isn't parked right? Is that your jurisdiction? You're such a loser. What is wrong with you? You really want to do that? Did you have a ticket? Did you see how that was sticking out, though? It's a danger.

When you leave the radio station, come back and be a trippicle. Oh, yeah, he'd be the winner. He'd be a ticketer at the most. Ruthless. I'd be ruthless. He'd be a parking officer. Next time my daughter's a misbehaving and not listening to me, do you think, like, a call to the local police force,

just say, hey, look, in a bit of downtime, guys, if you've got a quiet moment, could you come and arrest a seven-year-old and a five-year-old? Sometimes I pretty violent seven-year-olds and five-year-olds. I wouldn't want to risk it, to be fair. It's definitely true. The first time you deploy your taser. Yeah, that would not go well for me.

They love that place, don't they? They love getting asked about tasers. Yeah, he wasn't keen to let me tase one at all. So thank you so much to the Canterbury Police. And Sergeant Carl for taking us on a trip around Christchurch. Yeah. Next on the show, it's a return of Am I a Bad Person? We get our judgy pants on, and it's Megan's pick next for Flashback Friday.

FEM. Friday Flashback. Flash next for Flashback Friday. F-E-M-Z-F. Friday Flashback. And it's Megan's turn this week. Don't worry, guys. I'll bring it back after two abysmal fails. I beg your pardon, madame. This is from 2009, of course.

I might give it away if I say it's a collaboration between a French and Singalese recording artist. Oh, Singalese. Yep. Singalese. Probably like one of the only

Singalese famous artists. Yeah, I only know one. Yeah. And this was released on my birthday. Actually, let me see. I'm pretty sure it was number one

in New Zealand. It went number one all over the world. Yeah, this was huge. This song. Yeah, let me see. I'm pretty sure it was number one in New Zealand. It went number one all over the world. Yeah, this was huge. It was an absolute, yeah, number one in New Zealand. I can't believe it's 10 years old. I know. Yeah, that's really nuts. Yeah, that's the biggest shock. So

today, I mean, it's not lyrical genius, but it's an absolute banger. It's not lyrical genius. That's never a good sign for Friday Flashback, Megan, is it? No. My Friday Flashback today from David Guetta and Akon. Sexy bitch. Sexy bitch.

Sexy bitch. All right, it's a diva I feel the same and I wanna meet her They say she low down It's just a rule and I don't believe them They say she needs to slow down The baddest thing around town She's nothing like a girl you've ever seen before We'll see you next time. The way that booty moving, I can't take no more Had to stop what I'm doing so I can pull the clip I'm trying to find the words to describe this girl

Without being this much comfort Damn girl I'm into sexy bitch I'm into sexy bitch Damn girl I'm into sexy bitch Damn girl Fleek, Jomana, Megan, as we kick off Friday Jams.

Megan, your pick. David Guetta, A-Con. Sexy bitch. It was a banger. Majority of feedback saying neither positive nor negative, just that cannot be 10 years old. I know. As the general.

People almost seem angry at you, Megan, for making them feel older than they thought they were. I just Googled David Guetta his net worth 75 million dollars yeah he made and he still can't dance

like no amount of money can make you dance better yeah what can he not dance he's got a dancing issue oh he's real blessed I'm just trying to find

where he is on the 20 richest DJs in the world because Calvin Harris is number one with 190 million dollars that's madness oh Avicii R.I.P. forgot about that Here he is on the 20 richest DJs in the world because Calvin Harris is number one with $190 million. That's madness. Oh, Avicii.

R.I.P. Forgot about that. Was he number one? No, he was number four on the list. So actually, David get a five on the list just after Avicii. Right. In the top 20 DJs of the world. Yeah.

What about Moby? Not on the list. Not on the list. Not on the list. Oh, man. Don't about Moby? Not on the list. Not on the list. Not on the list. Oh, man. Don't tell Moby. Am I a bad person? Get on your judgy pants, New Zealand, because we're about to judge someone.

But they're asking for it. Well, they need advice, don't they? They do need advice. They were asking for it. But literally, they called and asked for it. Yeah, yeah. Aroha joins us this morning. Good morning, Aroha.

Good morning. So you have a situation and you need us to tell you if you're a bad person or not. Yeah, so basically I've been dating my boyfriend for about a year. And sort of about six months and I asked him to, well, we kind of decided that he would move in with me and my flatmates and basically sort of six months later,

I really, like I really like him still but I just, I don't like lovely with him and I just, am I a bad person if I ask him to move out? So you asked him to move,

you asked him to move in originally? Yeah, but like kind of mutually but yeah, it was kind of me pushing it. Yeah. Because you were spending it. I get that because you spend so much time at each other's houses. You're like, it makes no sense paying two rents. Let's split one.

Yeah. Yeah. It was just kind of the natural kind of way that we were going. And I was like, well, I had a bigger room and stuff. So it was like, well, why don't you move on with me? And yeah, I just really don't like it. What kind of things annoy you, like living with him? I don't know.

I just, I think like just other people's mess and like even just, you know, stupid guy stuff, like leaving the toilet seat up and just all that kind of thing. And I think just because I don't know, I'm like I'm not a sharer, just like having to share everything and all that kind of stuff and it makes me sound really selfish and maybe I am a bad person but yeah

it's just not, I think like yeah. Can you imagine marrying this guy or like or just having a long like life with this guy? Yeah I can. But I just think that maybe it was too soon that we moved in together. But yeah, I just am not enjoying the whole flatting together

with other people and with him specifically. Yeah. It's so weird. I can't imagine asking someone to move out but not breaking up with him specifically. Yeah. It's so weird. I can't imagine asking someone to move out but not breaking up with them as well because surely then you are like, well, when it comes to being a long-term relationship and we have to live together, it's not going to work then either.

Yeah, maybe. And I don't know. Maybe it's kind of like a sign. I don't know. Maybe it is that we need to break up. I don't know. Maybe you're not ready. Yeah, I'd still know. Maybe it is that we need to break up. I don't know. Maybe you're not ready. Yeah, I'd still want to be with him if we were not living together. It's just like the living together stuff kind of just really grinds my gears a little bit. Is there like something else you can do?

Like maybe have more kind of you time and get away somehow? But where do I go? Oh, yeah, true. The library. The flat he moved out of? Do they still have an open room? Mike, I just would love to be there when you try and explain it to him because even explaining it to us, you're like,

I just don't want to live with you anymore. But you still want to go out with him and you still want to be with him. Yeah, I do. I really do. Like, I really like him. It's just that it's just, it's the cohabitating stuff that's not working for me. Right. But somewhere down the track, maybe it could.

Yeah, absolutely. And I just, like, I hope that maybe he would understand that or, yeah, yeah. And I guess it will kind of come down to how we have the conversation, if I have the conversation or if I just put up with it. It's like a driving licence test. He sat the test, but he's failed, but that doesn't mean he can't sit it again in the future. Yeah, and there's different levels of a driver.

You've got to get your learners, your students, and your full. So it's kind of like, well, you know, maybe you haven't quite got through your restricted, so we're not going to the full licence. Like staying overnight as learners and then restricted as moving and temporarily and then full license is where you move in together. You just want to keep the L plates on. Yeah.

Okay. All right. Well, this is where people get their judgy pants on. And you tell us right now if you're listening, maybe you've been in this situation. I'd love to hear if someone's gone and reversed a moving in and then stayed together. Is Aroha a bad person? 0800 DALS at M 9696. Maybe you've been

in this situation, you can offer some advice or maybe you just want to be nosy and just judge anyway. Yeah, like we all do. Like we all do. 0800 DALS at M 9696. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast. Am I a bad person?

So we need to know if Aroha is a bad person because she has moved in with her boyfriend. They've been together for a year and she doesn't like it. She wants to ask him to move out. She still likes him. Oh yeah, doesn't want to break up. She just wants him like once or twice a week. But then I don't know why you don't just have a casual thing.

Like not constantly in her space. Yeah. It's not a good sign for the future. That's what I'm kind of like. And a few people are pointing this out. We'll take some calls. Isabel, what do you think? Is she a bad person?

Jessie, just say it. Isabel, mate. You don't say Isabel like it's a question. Isabel. Hi, guys. No, I say Isabel like it's a question. Isabel. Hi, guys. No, I think she's a bad person. In the long run, if he stays there, they're just going to get sour and fight, and she's going to resent him.

So I think in the long run, it is probably better if she does tell him to move out. And if he has a go at her and gets upset, then maybe, and doesn't understand, maybe then he's not the right person for her, you know? How would that chat go down, though? Like, how would you even? How do you bring it up? Yeah, I'd text. Hey, so you know how you're here, like, all the time?

Can you not be? How about don't be? Is it bad to do it over a text? I would. Personally, I would. I would initiate the conversation over text. No, because you text him, but then he's still going to come home. No, I'd say something like, we need to talk over text. I would. Personally, I would. I would initiate the conversation over text. No, because you text him but then he's still

going to come home. No, I'd say something like we need to talk over text so they start expecting the absolute worst. Yeah, right. Okay. The anxiety goes through the roof

when you get that text. Yeah. I don't know, but I think, I don't think she's a bad person and I just think, like, tell him to move out

and it's going to be, if she explains it, it's going to be beneficial to the relationship in the long run. Yeah. And, you know? Wise words, Isabel. Wise words. Thank you for your call.

Rebecca, is she a bad person? No, she's not a bad person. Okay. Why? Well, I think the situation happened to me. Okay. And, you know, sometimes if he's messy, if he's horrible, you've just got to let him go.

But sometimes it works out. And if you love what basically we're saying is if you love something, set it free. And hopefully it'll tidy up its act and start leaving wet towels on the bathroom floor. And then once it can prove it can do that, maybe it can come back. Yeah, yeah. Maybe.

Maybe he can come back. And that happened to me. He came back. He cleaned up his act. Sometimes guys just need to clean it up. So you're like treat him mean, keep him keen kind of thing. Exactly. So make him clean, keep you keen.

Exactly. Okay, that works. Rebecca, thanks. You called some text messages. Somebody said This is why I have a dog And kick Tinder dates out After I'm done

So you would have thought This was a fletch text But the dog's Throwing it off the scent Oh yeah Cause I'd rather have a cat She's not a bad person She is a bad person

Why is she even with him Save both of your times And just end it now Rather than string them along Ouch But it's kind of Yeah If you're really into someone,

you want them around, don't you? Yeah, I mean, there are marriages where people live in separate places, aren't there? Well, Caitlin wanted bloody separate beds. Well, lots of people do that. Before you had a boyfriend, Caitlin, you were like, we're going to have separate beds. I only want to see them once or twice a week.

How's that now that you're all alone? Well, I do only see my boyfriend once or twice a week. Closed that now that you're all in love? Well, I do only see my boyfriend once or twice a week. Clothed, am I right? You're just jealous, Bourne. I see him clothed far more often. After the honeymoon period. The honey period? Which is...

Honeymoon period? Where you enter your menstrual cycle, except it's honey when I start getting annoyed with him I'm going to suggest separate beds that's not going to happen

that's not going to go down well there's no way to sugarcoat that even if it's with honey you're like I don't mean it come spoon me but then I'll be like

once I'm falling asleep go to your other bed oh my god that's so weird like he's a dog get off the bed so you don't think she's so weird. Like he's a dog. Get off the bed. So you don't think she's a bad person?

No, she's not. I wouldn't have asked to move in in the first place. How am I ever going to get into a proper, like this relationship is doomed, isn't it? It's going to sneak up on you

and then you're going to be married. Oh my God. Hopefully. Somebody else said after this long together, they should be able to cohabitate

Because six months That's what I thought Six months So it's like over a year Yeah Somebody else said She's not a bad person I felt the same

It took me three months To say it all It had gone too fast We broke up And it was for the best Oh That person broke up I felt like they were going to say

Move out Right Nah Break it up Okay So not a bad person But maybe the relationship Is not meant to be Yeah a lot of people Okay So not a bad person But maybe the relationship Is not meant to be

Yeah a lot of people Are saying not a bad person But you probably need to Just end it End it Because it doesn't sound Re-evaluate Yeah

The whole thing Fact of the day is next F-E-N-C-T Fact of the day Day Day Day Day

Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Tay, Tay, Tay. Today's fact of the day is about the term maverick. You know, you call someone a maverick. They're all over the show. They're a maverick. They're a maverick. They don't follow the rules. They do what they want.

They're a maverick. Like maverick on Top Gun. Yeah, because he was a maverick. They do what they want. They're a maverick. Like Maverick on Top Gun. Yeah, because he was a maverick. He did what he wanted. Well, the name, the term maverick comes from Samuel Augustus Maverick. Okay. Who was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron, and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

And was he a maverick? He was a maverick. He was independently minded because the origins of the term, he was told he had to brand his cattle. Now, that's where you get a piece of metal. It might be a number. It might be a sign. It might be your initials.

You get it searing hot and you brand your cattle so that nobody else can steal your cows. Yes. Okay. Correct. Nobody else could steal your cows because you'd be able to be like, that's mine. But he didn't want to do it. Okay. He basically because he didn't want to do it. Okay. He,

basically because he didn't want to hurt the cows. Oh. Which is a little bit nice, right? It's a granny before his time. Yeah. Okay. But also he said, it also added to the excitement

of living in the West that someone could rustle your cows. Wait, so he wanted people to steal his cows so that he could then go after them. I bet that's what it more feels like. That's kind of like leaving your car in a car park in a high crime area and hiding in the bushes

waiting for someone to steal it. Yeah. Correct. So he didn't brand his cattle and then they would be called mavericks. Okay. Because they were unbranded cattle. Right.

But it was named after him. Being a maverick, he wasn't conventional and he didn't follow the rules. He was independently minded. And his grandfather actually invented the term as well. Okay. after him. Being a maverick, he wasn't conventional and he didn't follow the rules. He was independently minded. And his grandfather actually invented the term as well. Okay.

A term that I said as a child but now I don't feel like it's alright to say it anymore. Oh, really? Because you didn't know what it meant as a child but now you're feeling it's got really racist roots.

Oh, right. Okay. So I don't even know if I want to say it. Turn off the microphones I'll tell you what it is. Okay. Oh, yeah.

I think that's right. That's definitely racist. Yeah, it sounds racist. It feels and sounds. The last part, particularly racist. Yeah, yeah. Good on you. You're so woke identifying that.

Real woke. Read ahead. Saw that was a problem. Identified it and dodged it. Yeah. So today's fact of the day is that if you are a maverick, you're actually named after Samuel Augustus Maverick. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Friday Jams on CDM Fleets. Morning, Megan. It's our segment, I Have Never, and we've been giving people their first tastes of experiences, a whole range of things that most of us take for granted and have already done in our lives. First time eating fried chicken, we've done. First Hydra slide.

First Hydra slide. First flight to the South Island. All these new experiences for people. And joining us this morning is Desiree. Good morning, Desiree. Good morning. Now, Desiree, you have never what? I have never been to a concert.

Like, ever? Not even like a little community concert? Yeah, nothing. No. Not even like your local gig at the pub or anything like that. You've never seen a musician play music on a stage live? Nope. Most unusual.

Has there been like opportunities? Have friends gone to concerts and you've just been like, nah? Yeah, they totally have. But I feel like there's so much pressure. Like it was all right. But after 20, there's so much pressure as to who's going to be your first concert and you have to start small or do you go big? Yeah.

You hear about this pressure for virgins. Yeah. Just like virgins. Do you go big? Do you go small? And you've left it so long and then it just becomes a problem. Exactly. So I've heard.

Fletch has got no problem with that. Well, so you've never been to a concert? No. Well, if you'll let us decide for you, we're going to go big. We're going to go big. We're going to go big. Do you have any favourite bands?

Basically, everyone. You love music so much, yet you're terrified to watch anybody play it on a stage. Well, this Saturday, New Zealand's biggest concert this year. It's sold out. 50,000 people will be going to Western Springs to see 660, and you will be one of those 50,000 people. Are you joking? Because your first concert

will be 660 live tomorrow. Are you serious? Yes. Oh my gosh. I just dropped my sunglasses. Oh no, you might need to get new sunglasses. Have you even experienced lining up for port-a-loos and toilets at a festival? No.

The stress. This is going to be something. Like lines for those little plastic bottles of wine. All the best parts of a concert. Like when the tallest person you've ever seen decides to stop right in front of you. When the person behind you keeps nudging you with their elbows, it's all good stuff. I'm very scared but very excited at the

same time. Well, Desiree, congratulations. You're off to 660 and on, you know, Saturday night, Sunday, Monday, you'll be able to say, I have been to a concert. Oh my God, thank you so much. And if you have something that you've never done before

and you'd like us to fulfil that dream for you, you can register at ZM online. Stop registering saying you've never had a million dollars in your bank account. Yes, because none of us have. That's not happening. No. Hiya, Desiree, enjoy 660 tomorrow.

Thank you so much. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Friday Jams on ZM. It's Destiny's Child, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. A paper. Hey, baby. Hi, Jams. On ZM, it's Destiny's Child, Fleets, Vaughn and Megan. A paper in the UK, the Daily Mail, has looked at booking hotels online versus ringing hotels directly. Oh, yeah, okay.

Does anyone still ring a hotel? I know. Imagine the admin in it. Yeah. I've done it because there might be like a deal on a place, but you don't know if the dates you want are available because the calendar on their website might be a bit. So I say, hey, look, before I ring them, I say,

before I buy, are these dates available? Right. And they're like, yeah, they're available. And I said, well, what will it cost just to go straight through you? Yep. And then I've done it like that before. And has it been cheaper? It's been on par, maybe a little bit cheaper

because there was no like booking fee attached or anything. That's the thing. And a lot of these websites are under investigation in the UK for the tactics that they use. And we've talked about this before. You're booking a hotel and it's like, there are 42 people looking at this room right now. Only five rooms left. Four rooms left. I don't want to panic you guys.

But like heaps of people want this room. Exclamation mark. But they're creating some panic aren't they for you to buy these rooms and more often than not it just doesn't exist

yeah really and it's quite I had no idea to the extent that hotel booking sites are owned by predominantly

in the UK it mentions here 95% of hotel booking sites are owned by two companies. Get out. What companies? So Expedia. It's Mars, isn't it?

Expedia. No, not the people that make M&Ms. No, they own everything. Yeah. So Expedia, they own TripAdvisor.com, which I knew. Yeah. Hotels.com. Trivago.

Hotels. Trivago. So I donago Hotels Trivago So I don't know if Trivago are only popping you through to their websites They might be Travelocity.com And Hotwire.com Those are big in America They're all owned by Expedia

Booking Holdings Which was called Priceline They own Kayak Agoda.com Cheapflights.com Rentalcars.com And OpenTable.com I know Kayak, Agoda.com, CheapFlights.com, RentalCars.com and OpenTable.com. I know Kayak is good.

This is all. I've started using Google Flights for quite a few things, like for flights. It scares me because I'm like, is this legit? Well, that's the thing. So this news site rang

and compared ExpediaBooking.com, eBookers.com and Hotels.com for the same room. And more often than not, the room was quite similar in price on all of those websites. For example, that one hotel room was £200 with option for breakfast or not. They contacted the hotel directly

and not only was the rate a little bit cheaper, but if you booked the two nights in February, you actually got a third free and that wasn't on any of the hotel booking sites. So that hotel room was 15 pounds cheaper, so 30 New Zealand dollars. And you got an extra night. And you got the extra night.

And that was actually a common theme. A lot of extras, like one hotel with cocktail, free cocktails, extra upgrades for free, or breakfast as well with discounts. Those weren't available on the booking sites. But if you rang the hotel directly,

you quite often got a little bit of a deal. So they weren't, like most of the four hotels they use here, they got them 12.50 cheaper, 15 pounds cheaper, and 5.50 cheaper. So it's not much, but if you're going away for four weeks holiday, that would add up to maybe, you know, one or two nights free. Yeah, and plus you're talking in pounds, so it's double for us.

It's double for us. But I mean, you could find a room you liked online, then give them a call from your work phone because work pays. Yeah. Or maybe even just try on their website. Yeah. Because that could be cheaper. Sometimes you can call internationally from apps as well.

Yeah, like Viber's good for that. Yeah, exactly. So that, it's interesting because 95% of the UK of these travel websites are owned by the same people. So I don't know what Booking.com comes under, but they're one of the biggies as well. So yeah, crazy. Go direct.

Go direct if you can. You might be able to save yourself some cash. I don't know if that's the same in New Zealand. This is done in the UK. Because the hotels would have to pay to be on the massive booking sites, right? They pay for click-throughs. So that's another reason a lot of like,

if you, people that run small hotels or motels, they're getting people clicking through and they're getting charged, but they're not even booking a lot of the time. Right. So yeah, they're kind of feeling the pinch as well. So they actually prefer that you go straight to them. Wow.

Okay. But, yeah, something to look out for. Or if you just CBF, you're just going to do it anyway, right? If you're going to get some reward points. Exactly, exactly. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast for more. Check out FBMZM on Facebook.

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