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October 24, 2024 10 mins

Friday has come so Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby joined Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.  

It’s been a scandal filled week, with Darleen Tana being ousted from Parliament, Andrew Bayly’s offensive comments, and the new Crown Observer for Wellington City Council, so they decided to play a game of Rank the Scandal.  

They also stand on one leg as they discuss balance, and debate working from home versus teacher-only days.  

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, Katie, yes, coming with coming with a hot boon
or a knife in the back of whatever it is
you got. I wasn't going to do that.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
I was just wondering. Many of the audience, like me,
were quickly standing on one leg during your speech. Obviously
not the people in cars.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
But well, you don't know that ebody.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Else was immediately sticking their leg up.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Yeah. Well, the problem is, did you stick your leg
in front?

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Okay, because Sam did it like a pelican, and it's
clearly it's easier to do it like a pelican. But
I from the picture I saw in the story I saw,
it appeared that you had to stick it out in front.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah. But here's the thing, it's too easy, So I reckon.
Surely you have to have your eyes closed, because that
is a challenge with balance. People do that because acc
Please do not fall.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Please, can we do a public health barning regarding.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
The balancing exercise? It has to be done with your
eyes closed. Lorrain texted that, no, it doesn't. That's the
point the tiss they did. It doesn't have to do
with your eyes closed because as.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
But yeah, because your balance is you're receiving visual feedback
that helps that's that's part of the data for your balance.
So if you're closing off that, then you're not doing
it properly.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
I would argue, if you can go longer than thirty
seconds on one leg dominant and not dominant with your
eyes closed, you're a freak and it's not actually possible.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, now, of course going to try it.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Did you go I've been doing the what was that?

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Sorry?

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Did you go more than thirty seconds with.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
My eyes closed?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Did you shaye it with my eye closed? But it's
too easy to do it with your eyes open. Yeah,
way more than thirty seconds. I mean I can just
it's just tedious.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
I've been I've been doing the flamingos since I've been
doing the Flamingo since we started a segment. I mean,
I'm on one leg third so here I am.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Did you hear Mark mitchelltim this week on Politics Wednesday
his claim of thirty press ups.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
I did not hear that. But thirty Well, there's nothing
well that the police minister should be doing a hundred
a day.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
Well, I know a hundred a day. Well, of course
you do. But you don't look like you're a.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Wiry we thing.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
You're a wiry.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
You're a wiry.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
We don't start.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
Don't start skinny shaming me, all right, I won't have it.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
No, No, you're busy, you're running around after kids. You
go go go, you know, not saying Mark's not go,
go go, but he just probably moves at a slightly
slow pace than you do.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
I saw him on the news last night and he
was running up a mountain in Gisbon. And he barely
got up the mountain. In fact, when I say a mountain,
it was a slight slope and he was he was
blowing like there was no tomorrow. There was a there
was a fitness issue at play there.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
Are you thinking? Are you thinking maybe there's a bit
of a bit of over inflation at the thirty?

Speaker 1 (02:46):
No? I think he's good for the thirty. I just
thought that, you know, I'd like to see him stand
with one leg out in front, see how long you
can do it.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
How old is Mark?

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Eighty?

Speaker 3 (02:56):
He?

Speaker 1 (02:58):
How old is he?

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Do you know?

Speaker 1 (02:59):
I'm I'm going to guess at fifty two? Yeah? Four,
fifty's fifty six?

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Hey, Mike, remember being fifty six?

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Good out at neck of the woods. No worries. How
many people are you are you at the office yet.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Tim, No, No, it today's work from home.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
Answer is my next question, is anybody in this country
actually at work today? And given the answer is no,
then we've got to stop shaming schools on their teacher
only days because we are as bad as they are,
because no.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
One is here.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Everybody wants the Friday. I've emailed people today to solve
the many problem you know, the many crises I'm facing
at this company at the moment, and every single one
of them's come back to me with it. Ome on
and you'll leave until.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
Out of office.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I'm out of office.

Speaker 3 (03:57):
Well, to be to be fair, I was. I did
did an event yesterday, so I was up quite early.
So I'm taking I'm taking time and loo when we bail.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
Really my sixty six year old husband struggling to stand
on one leg. Now we're worried, Oh dear. Yeah. In
defense of Mark, and it is true the minister had
street shoes on. That part is true. But as he said,
when you and it was an exercise and what to
do when an earthquake and a tsunami's coming, And as
he said, you're going to get caught, you got to

(04:26):
run for it. And if you happen to be in
a suit and works, Yes, you got to run for
as simple as that.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, got on him for even doing that. I mean
he's a go getter, isn't he? For doing it? Hey,
by the way, two months till Christmas. I just worked
that out today. Can you believe that?

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Well, giving us my twenty fifth of October, that would
be correct? That is where has this year gone?

Speaker 2 (04:46):
It is the fastest year in the history of the world.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
Don't you think it feels like that?

Speaker 3 (04:51):
I completely agree, I'll bear it.

Speaker 1 (04:53):
So what was a random science fact segment? Now, Oi,
there's the fastest month through the world.

Speaker 3 (05:00):
Okay, so it's okay, what what month do you identify as?
You're not a fan of November? So what months would
you like to identify you as? To be more comfortable.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Feeling some much, especially in Auckland, feeling the vibes?

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Twenty three is the high today. You can't argue with that.
This is this answers the question. If you've got a
strong and stable plant offlection movement in your foot combined
with strong stable glutes, the sixty second single leg hold
should be a breeze. I think I think i'd agree
with that. It's probably true. Yeah, Mike Hobby drives and
milk Tanker is working all weekend. A friend is a nurse,

(05:33):
same deal.

Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
That's what keeps the country going because somebody else goes
come on like it's a long weekend. Friday's extra.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
I would just say, Kate and I are work, now,
are we not?

Speaker 2 (05:41):
Kate?

Speaker 1 (05:42):
Is that we class? Don't pretend this isn't work.

Speaker 3 (05:48):
Don't tell that to Mark Mitchell and Jenny and Jenny Anderson.

Speaker 1 (05:51):
They're working. This is there's a whole chap from my
book dedicated this is. This has been a joke. Now.
The title it's something like that, I'm at work today, Mike,
thanks for asking. I can do you thirty seconds with
my eyes closed. So Jamie is a hero. I stand
on one leg and swing the other backwards and forwards.

(06:15):
I'm seventy seven and can do it indefinitely. Actually, the
swinging makes it easier. I gotta say I'm doing it now.

Speaker 3 (06:25):
It's a lot easier when it's yeah, yeah, I'm doing it.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
Does so seventy seven or not? It becomes tedious? Right?
Do you want to play a game of rank the scandal?

Speaker 2 (06:38):
Why not?

Speaker 1 (06:39):
Here you go on, Okay, so Andrew Bailey, Darlene Tana,
Tory Farnow one is the worst scandal of the week.
Three is the non scandal. Tim ranked them. Okay, I'd
say darl Darleen, Tory, Andrew. So Andrew's the worst scandal
of the week.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
No, no, no, no no, I'm going so I'm going
for first number one.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
You know you always go three through one to build
it up to something.

Speaker 3 (07:08):
So there's the least Sanders. This is not the Oscars
least sandal. You about everything, Tom Wilson. Literally, is this
what it's like for you, Kate. You have to litigate
every single minor detail.

Speaker 1 (07:21):
It's scandal number three.

Speaker 3 (07:23):
Standing whilst Whilest standing on one leg swinging the other one.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
The ludicrous.

Speaker 1 (07:28):
This is what makes the show fun. There is not
a radio prager bit your morning reports not doing this.
I'll bet you know one a morning report is on
a single leg at the moment. So scandal number three, Tim,
The least significant scandal of the week is Andrew Bailey.
The second most scandalous scandal of the week is Torriano.
The most scandalous scandal of the week Tim Wilson of

(07:49):
Grayland Auckland.

Speaker 3 (07:52):
I'm not gray then I just to build it up,
all right, all right, Yeah, it's it's bow moral, all right.

Speaker 1 (07:59):
That was dully okay. Kate Hawksby of unknown address the
least significant scandal the week.

Speaker 2 (08:07):
Is the sorry I'm starting from third the least Andrew Bailey.

Speaker 1 (08:13):
That this should be a pre recorded segment so we
can edit it up. You've made it and we can
tighten it. It's you.

Speaker 3 (08:22):
You're a wrinkle.

Speaker 1 (08:23):
Edited it up.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
When you edit it up, cut this whole bit out.
Andrew Bailey. Darlington a Tory finel. I say Tory finel first,
because you single handedly have wrecked an entire city and
killed a CBD and businesses are closing and people are
leaving and students don't want to be there, and it's
just I know so many people affected by personally. It's
horrific what's happened to Wellington so and Darling Tanner was

(08:47):
really just an ongoing systemic failure on part of the
on behalf of the Greens, which is to be expected.
But ruining a city is unforgivable.

Speaker 1 (08:57):
That's a nice way of putting it. When you've ruined
a city, I would.

Speaker 3 (09:00):
Say that I'm going to defend Darli the Darling Tana
because Labour didn't do it with the Greshama, National didn't
use Walker jumping with Jamielee Ross and and the pulled
the trigger. They pulled the trigger and also managed to
eviscerate the possibility of the pacifica vote. The Professor Collins

(09:22):
used to chat with him and he was like, this
is where the Greens will grow. I think they've actually
done themselves a terrible disservice.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
Okay, nice, nice, nice hot take on that near the
end a turn table to me, you have a table?
What about you? What about you? You know it's a
good question. I need to think about it.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
I do think. I do think we talked about it
this week. I do think lux and missed the boat
on the Andrew Bailey thinks he's got to be he
needs to he needs to take a lesson from Winston.
Shut it down. And he just let that go and
go and go because he's too nice, it's too corporate.
Is to forget it, get savage, get in the gutter,
go for the scrap.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
So what would you part the to do?

Speaker 3 (10:04):
Litigate it or or or like dropped drop something on
on Andrew Bailey. What would be the.

Speaker 1 (10:12):
Take him out, fit him with some concrete slippers.

Speaker 3 (10:15):
Give them the old not give them the old wet
telephone book like the NYPD used to. You're wet the
telephone book. There's no bruises and you get a confession.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
Is that real?

Speaker 2 (10:23):
They just weren't. They weren't across it like they should
have been. They should have been all over it and
stumped up day one and given the media all the
answers they wanted and shut it right down instead of
letting it just litigate and litigate and go on. And
I bore us all witless.

Speaker 1 (10:35):
Right, I gotta go.

Speaker 3 (10:37):
You have you said that with the size of telephone
books these days, it wouldn't be quite the same.

Speaker 1 (10:40):
That is true. Nice to see how a good week?
When Tim Tim Wilson Kate Hawks.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
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Speaker 1 (10:48):
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Speaker 3 (10:49):
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