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December 12, 2024 3 mins

Every Friday on Matt and Tyler afternoons on ZB we name the New Zealander of the week.

An honour that we bestow on your behalf to a newsmaker who has had an outsized effect on our great and beautiful nation over the previous week.

As always, there will be three nominees but only one winner.

And remember, it’s often not even a human.

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Every Friday on Matt and Tyler Afternoons on zeb we
name the New Zealander of the Week and honor that
we bestow on your behalf to a newsmaker who has
had an outsized effect on our great and beautiful nation
over the previous week. As always, there'll be three nominees,
but only one winner. And remember it's generally not a human,
So without further ado, the nominees for Matt and Tyler
Afternoons New Zealander of the Week are Nominee one. Also

(00:43):
gets the Shoelace Express Award. You lost your cars and
your bears. You polarize the nation with your political harker.
Your CEO refused to answer any of Heather's excellent questions
on zedbre breakfast, and your Yankee cash grab with the
French got shut down in your face. But a few
of us like me still love you. They're all blacks.
You are nominated for the New Zealander of the Week.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
The Boys.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Nominee two also gets the Shocking Cost, Blowout, Delay and
Hospow Destruction Award. You broke down in November twenty three.
You became the poster boy for how we need to
get better at building and fixing things in this country.
You cost three point seven million to build in twenty eleven,
but somehow cost the Auckland City Council ten points six

(01:25):
million to fix at twenty four But at least you're
back in time for Christmas. The Windyard quarter a bridge.
You are nominated for New Zealander of the Week, but
there can be only one New Zealander of the Week.
And the wonder is your muscular, smooth, coated and long tail.
You have powerful legs, a deep chest and a flexible spine.

(01:48):
You can hit seventy five kilometers an hour. And you're loyal,
lovely and friendly. When he doesn't want you racing anymore,
but we will welcome you into our homes. The good
old about to be retired Kiwi Greyhound. You are the
Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealanders of the Week. Who

(02:09):
one boy, good boy?

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Who's a good boy? Boy? Oh you're a good boy.
You're a good boy.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Setting ready and they're off and charging to the early lead.
Patch it up over on the outside. Now took go
Roy Ruggy starting to pierce through his big time fern
and there followed further back in the field. There was
going to be a pawer Jenny, and then came go
Luna's out wider. Further back in the field there Sweet
Amber Joy well back, Red goes faster and they're followed
by back in the field then to go Luna. But

(02:55):
up they come and t a b number three. Third
time of asking is a win a big time fern.
Second over tokoh Roy Ruggy followed and then by patch
it up, Go Luna rushes into fourth and they were
followed Red goes faster, not today power Check was back
in the field there and patch it up in Sweet
Amber Joy amongst the tail enders Madden Tyler.

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