Matt and Tyler's New Zealander of the Week - 28th March

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

It's an honour that we grant on your behalf to someone who has had effect on our great and beautiful nation over the past week. 

There are three nominees but can only be one winner.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
Every Friday our Matt and Tyler Afternoons we name the
New Zealander of the Week in 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 seven days. As always, there will be three nominees
but only one winner, and I think we can all
agree this New Zealand of the Week Award is real
and earned, not like most awards in twenty twenty five,
which are a load of crack. So, without further ado,

(00:39):
the nominees for Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealander of
the Week AH Nominee one also gets the Anti inflam
and Heart Health Award. Our superstar agricultural sector is spearheading
the country's recovery, and another product has joined the party
with one hundred and twenty four million bucks for popping
your cherry of five thousand export tons for the first
time in history. You Sexy cherry growers, you are nominated

(01:03):
for the New Zealander of the Week. Editing YAP nomine
two also gets the g You're Looking Good Mate Award.
He's turning eighty in a couple of weeks but looks
sixty five, and he puts it down to a purpose
and life and munching fish heads. The man is sharp
of suit and sharp of mind and may just live forever.
Winston Peters for failing to age for the last twenty
years and preaching personal responsibility in key we Health, You

(01:26):
are nominated for New Zealander of the Week World I'm
winning impressive considering the matter whiskey and darts. The great
man has pounded over the years, but there can be
only one, and this one is a very very worthy
recipient and also gets the Some Heroes don't wear a
Capes Award. All right, here we go. Now, some idiot

(01:47):
of an MP who should no better claim that all
you do is throw homeless people's stuff in the bin,
that New Zealanders don't feel safe when you're around, when
actually you are doing the hardest and most dangerous job
in the country. Crime stats are plummeting and some goddamn
appreciation would be nice. New Zealand's heroic beat cops. You
are the mad Tyler afternoons New Zealanders of the Week. Whoop,

(02:15):
you ain't hippy, but you are our brothers and sisters,
so she's really an impas not for much longer.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
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