Matt and Tyler's New Zealander of the Week - 3 October

At the end of every week, Matt and Tyler name the New Zealander of the Week.

It's an honour that we bestow on your behalf to someone, or something, that's had an impact on our 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 (00:16):
Every Friday on Matt and Tyler Afternoons on zb we
name the New Zealander of the Week and honor that
we bestow on your behalf to a newsmaker who's had
an outsized effect on our great and beautiful.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Nation over the previous seven days.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
And as always, there'll be two runners up, but just
one winner.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
Who will it be?

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Without further ado and passing around the nominees for Matt
and Tyler Afternoons New Zealand of the Week, Ah, the
second runner up also gets the award. The part of
our brewing company at Fungerpudura is a fantastic community hub.

Speaker 5 (00:58):
And a house of joy for so many, But despite
bending over backwards to appease the selfish haters, it has
lost its right to sell alcohol to customers from December
twenty Shame on the DLC with your humiliating phone app
sound level tests.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
You need to remember that the needs of the many
and the social outweigh the whining of the bitter, cloistered few,
or in this case two or potentially one, The part
our brewing company, Funger Puno. Don't give up. Hope you
will win your appel. You are doing great things for
the community and you are second runner up for New
Zealander of the Week.

Speaker 5 (01:36):
Do you want to hear one more?

Speaker 2 (01:41):
The first runner up also gets the Achievement Unlocked Award.
You can waste your life on video games, but not
these smart kiwis. They are making the buggers and bringing
in hundreds of millions of dollars to our economy thirty
eight percent growth year and year, and hiring more and
more New Zealanders. Hey, Government, if you're listening, let's give

(02:01):
them all the support we can get before they have
to say game over and piss off to Australia for
the flash of rebates the New Zealand gaming industry. You
first runner up.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
For New Zealander of the Week, but there can be
only one, and the winner also gets the Passing Away
with the Same Dignity and Positivity that you carry through
your life award. He spent much of his working life

(02:34):
in the dark lands with the sorts of scary people
most of us would prefer to pretend didn't exist, but
it didn't stop the man from bringing humor and positivity
to the world.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
His books have helped a huge amount of Kiwi parents
through the tough job of bringing up kids. Everyone's seen
one of his TV shows or his live appearances. He
was great at so many things, but most important of all,
he was.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
A fantastic human being in his personal life.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Gone too soon. You good, good man and great great
New Zealander. As your wife Natalie put it, you spent
your life helping others and now it's your time to
reach Nigel Letter. You are Matt and Tyler Afternoons New
Zealander of the Week, take it away. Howie Morrison a.

Speaker 4 (03:50):
Very very special human, a person who was and Mario
I would say, coo cool, Yeah, he was love and
love with Nigel and a man of love.

Speaker 6 (04:04):
And I feel right at the moment if I look
at the response from the minister and all the responses
that are happening around the country, and as Nearly said,
she feels like Alta is giving Nigel one huge hug
right now, and that's because of the man who he was.

Speaker 1 (04:23):
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