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

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

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Great news, Newstalk ZB. It's time once again for the
Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons, New Zealander of the Week.
As always, three powerful New Zealanders shall be equally honoured.
And remember... This is the most inclusive awards on planet Earth.
Any person, group, taxpayer, state-owned enterprise, smell, vibe or concept

(00:44):
can be honoured. So let's get the f * * *
on with it!

Speaker 3 (00:50):
Bad news, everyone.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
It's August 28th, one of the big tax payment days
of the year. For many self-employed people and businesses, it's
Provisional Tax Day. And for the really lucky ones, it's
also their GST cop-up day. So, to all those hard-working Kiwis,
starting businesses, employing people, sole trading, taking on the stress...

(01:12):
Working hard, grinding away hour by hour, day by day,
and then paying high, wateringly high amounts of tax on
days like today? Thank you for your service. You're covering
for a lot of Kiwis that don't. And you are
New Zealanders of the Week. This week, we heard the

(01:33):
news that a humiliating AI-generated song by an embarrassing Australian DJ...
had reached number two on the Australian music charts. This
must not be allowed to happen here in New Zealand.
Stolen vela non-musicians prompting some AI bullshit and claiming that
they've created something must not be allowed to profit from it.

(01:57):
Let's instead celebrate musicians. The human ones, talented enough to
actually play instruments and perform them in front of an audience.
To those Kiwis who make real music. We're talking your LABs,
your Alien Weaponries, your Mel Parsons, Vroom, Phaser Days, Half Angels,
Troy Kingies, Tangerinos and the rest. Go see them live,

(02:20):
because they can actually play.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
And they are.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Actually, New Zealanders.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Of the Week.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
A few years ago, the haters said these guys were finished.
That they were going the way of the fax machine.
The Yellow Pages. and the horse and cart. They were
dubbed the snail mail fail, but every Kiwi knows you
can't keep a good package down. And Postman Pat has
risen from the grave, fired up the vans and the

(02:51):
cool electric high-speed golf cart things we see on our
streets and delivered a decent profit on $ 1. 26 billion turnover.
That's right, the letters might be dying, but our inability
to stop ordering everything Absolute crap off the internet is
keeping the good old New Zealand Post alive. So keep
knocking on doors when we're at work. Keep dropping off

(03:13):
boxes of stuff we don't need. And keep parking on
the yellow lines with your emergency lights flashing to our
mighty New Zealand Post. Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons
on Newstalk ZB.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Have a little delivery for you.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
And it is the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons
on Newstalk ZB New Zealander of the Week. Take it away,
Sir Howard Morrison.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Choose whether it should go in the bin or the
post bag.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
Two letters for.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
The same person.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
But I'm in a hurry.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Don't let them wait too long, or they'll get upset.
How great.

Speaker 2 (04:35):
The wind has blown the post out of my post bag.

Speaker 1 (04:46):
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