Matt and Tyler's New Zealander of the Week - June 5

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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The Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons New Zealander of
the Week, Good.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
News, News Talks EDB. It's the most important awards ceremony
in the world. The Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons
New Zealander of the Week. As always, three shall be
equally honored. And remember it doesn't matter if you are
a human and animal, an objective group, a snack or
a vibe. As long as you are Kiwi, you are
eligible for celebration. So without further punishing Admin, let's get

(00:47):
on with it. For three powerful decades, this group of
amazingly talented Keywi musicians have been having the happiest days
of their lives, touring New Zealand, Australia and South Africa
as a bunch of British musicians. This week, however, they

(01:07):
got the you had a stop chasing the pink money
in Napier? Was it pink forward? Was it simply a
case of us and them? Are they on thin ice
with Sony? Who knows? But the show must go on
and they were back in the flesh again in pame
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(01:32):
Zealanders of the Week. He was the least followed player
in the least fancied team going to the biggest sports
tournament in the world until some Argentine football content creator
decided to pump up his Insta tires. Now he's gone
from four thousand to a five million followers, twice as

(01:54):
many followers as the All Blacks. Sure, the All Whites
went down four nil to Haiti in Fort Lauderdale and
a warm up, and maybe maybe one of those goals
was slightly his fault. But Tim Payne, you are tall,
you are handsome, and when you're you're a teenager you
are the best player. My mate, Alex ever faced, you
have fifty one caps for the national side, millions of

(02:15):
unearned followers. You are currently the most talked about football
player on the planet. But more importantly, you are now
one of this week's Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons
New Zealanders of the Week. It is known by many names,

(02:37):
the media Mothership, the death star of the dial, the
talkback Titanic, and last night it once again reigned supreme
over all others upon this great nation's airwaves, this powerful
platform that is home to some truly legendary names and
broadcasting the likes of the Mighty Matt Heath and Tyler

(03:00):
Adams and also others like Mike Cosking, Heather Duke, Lass,
Allen Woodham, Ryan Lushy and any anymore. U Storks h B,
you won everything at the New Zealand Radio and Podcast
Awards last night. You are a formidable FM firebrand, the
big dog of digital and an unstoppable sex machine. Well

(03:22):
maybe not the last one, but undoubtedly the most listened
to an awarded radio station destination has ever known and
now in twenty twenty six, and a shameless example of
on air self sourcing. Neustorgs NB, you are the Mad
Heath and Tyler Adams afternoons on New Stork's EDB. Neustorgs
eNB New Zealander of the Week, Take it away, Sir

(03:45):
Paul Hose.

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Speaker 2 (03:59):
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always i'd see you.

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