Matt and Tyler's New Zealander of the Week - 19 September

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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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Every Friday on Matt and Tyler Afternoons on zb we
name the New Zealander of the Week in honor that
we bestow.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
On your behalf to a newsmaker who has had an
outsized effect on our great and beautiful nation over the
previous seven days.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
As always, there'll be two runners.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Up, but only one winner.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Who will it be? Without further ado, the nominees for
Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealand of the Week ah,
and the second runner up also gets the dad's jokes
attached to some man's award.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
In a time of division, misrepresentation, performative politics, and media bias,
one publication takes the light aside the innocent, cheerful community.
Coffee stained, folded one piece known as the Coffee News,
a beige colored beacon and cynical times. You are our
first runner up for New Zealander of the Week, And

(01:11):
here's a joke from the owner of all the nation's
coffee users.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
What does Jeff Fizos do every night before bed?

Speaker 1 (01:20):
What does Jeff bezas to every night he puts his Pajamason, he.

Speaker 4 (01:26):
Puts his Pajamazon like Amazon Amazonzeki.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
So much for talking to us, Rudy, what good man pjamas?
So long?

Speaker 1 (01:40):
So much now.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
The first runner up also gets the boring but important award.
Something was placed in our boxes this week, well for
those of us who bother to enroll anyway, A beautiful
booklet packed with the faces of those who wish to
govern us locally. I know what you're thinking. Who knows
who these people are? Who has time to find out?

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Who cares?

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Well? We all should because some of these very strange
people will make the terrible decisions will annoy you for
years to come. Local body elections. You maybe low wattage,
You may be confusing, but you are so very very important.
And you are the first runner up for New Zealander
of the Week and local body elections are for whatever reasons,

(02:23):
our winner cannot fulfill their duties as New Zealander of
the Week.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
You'll be asked to step up for all.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
Public appearances, functions and photo opportunities, but there can be
only one and the winner also gets the heroic keiw
We success at a non fringe sport award. Everyone in
the world tries scissoring at some point. Most of us
can't do it very well. We don't have the natural ability.
The best of us move on to flopping. But one

(02:49):
tall and beautiful man from little Old New Zealand Fosbery's
like no one else on God's Green Earth. Born in Dunedin,
raised in christ Church, lives in Auckland and gets over
the bar on his own steam better than anyone in
the world. High jumping hero Hamish cur for winning gold
at the World Athletics Championships to add to your Olympic

(03:11):
one and then celebrating by panning beers on the street
outside of Tokyo seven eleven like a true Kiwi. You
are the men and Tyler Afternoons New Zealand of the
Week take it away.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
Howie Laura, He smiles, He gets himself ready.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
He now has the mentality of a champion. The foremost
Olympic champion becomes the world champion.

Speaker 4 (03:52):
And what a couple of nights for the New Zealand Two.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
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