Matt and Tyler's New Zealander of the Week - 14th March

Every Friday on Matt afternoons something or something is awarded New Zealander of the Week.

This week we have Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, the New Zealand taxpayer, and Kiwi band Shihad. 

But who is the winner? 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Every Friday. Our mattin Tyler Afternoons on zb WE award
the coveted New Zealand of the Week to a newsmaker
who has had an outsized effect on our great and
beautiful nation. As always, there will be three nominees, but
only one winner. And remember, like the Time magazine Person
of the Year, the New Zealand of the Week isn't
always an agent of good. Sometimes heroes, sometimes evil, offern
average to poor. So, without further ado, the nominees for

(00:41):
Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealand of the Week. AH
nominee one also receives the Excellence and Historical Language Award.
He has been accused of using too much corporate speak,
although no one's ever explained why that's a bad thing.
But this week, while talking about the Wellenton City Council,
he pumped energy into a lost, beautiful piece of Kiwi language.
It's pretty lameo for bringing back the term lame o

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and shoving it right back into the Kiwi vernacular. Christopher Luxen,
you have been nominated for New Zealander of the Week
World Art. Last time I heard Lamo was at Malory
Hill probably School in Dneden. Beautiful woman again. Nomine two
also gets the Good Samaritan Award. We didn't get them
when we're at school now. Apparently it's tears and tantrums
and the end of the world if they aren't. Three

(01:24):
star Mitchen and Level Cuisine for gifting a bunch of
kids who don't seem to want them free lunches the
generous cash strapped New Zealand taxpayer. You were nominated for
New Zealander of the Week.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yeah, well deserved, Yes, bloody nice of us.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Also heartw owing that one. Yes, what a lovely gift.
And the winner that will be the only one also receives
the Soundtrack of Our Lives Award. Thirty seven years, six
number one albums, a movie, more top forty singles than
any other New Zealand artist, a weird period where they
changed their name then changed it back, but most of
all a million gigs all over the world and all

(02:01):
of which kicked ass. But it all finishes with a
sold out gig at Sparkeringda tonight and then a farewell
in the place of all started Wellington Tomorrow Night at Home,
grownd Home Again, Run Pacifier, the General Electric, Wait and
see comfort Me one will hear the other. So many
great songs, John, Phil, Tom and Carl, collectively known as

(02:21):
She Had for being the biggest and best rock band
in New Zealand across four decades. You are the Matt
and Tyler Afternoons New Zealanders of the week.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
Congratulations Johnny, too good and the she Hearts, O Good,
God bless and God's bleed and enjoy your retirement.

Speaker 4 (02:59):
We've just got back from Australia. Every show in Australia
was sold out. I don't think you've done that, and
it's just been a joyous celebration of music every night.
I think, just for once in my life when up
in eighteen, she has always been the priority. It's always
come first before everything, and so I just wanted to

(03:21):
try putting my family first.

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