Marcus Lush Nights

Would you encourage your child to get into the same career you did? And who ever heard of putting curry sauce on chips?

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Smith & Caughey's has confirmed it will close after 145 years of business. In a retail nostalgia hit, Marcus learns about the novel way money was delivered from customers to store accounts. Also, George Wendt, who portrayed Norm on Cheers has died.

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Marcus enquires about the special skill or talent you have, and boy... did you come through!

Oh, and how long can you hold your breath for?

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Caller Heather tells Marcus she's concerned about a new sport she's seen on the news, and Caller Suzy reckons she's got an answer for that high price of butter!

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A Friday free-for-all that covers electricity prices, billeting overseas students, expandable homes, and butter raffles.

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Marcus wants to know what would necessitate having a helicopter on your front lawn, and how on Earth butter getting even MORE expensive?

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Ten years on from the referendum that divided a nation, Marcus checks in on whether there's still any appetite for change.

Plus bringing back the commuter train service from Auckland to Tauranga seems like a no brainer, right?

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Marcus has a theory about New Zealand's trend of footwear favouritism, and wants to know if you can still get turned away from places for not being dressed up enough.

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Marcus talks burgers, whether New Zealand has the ratio of pubs to golf courses right, chipped windscreens, and disposing batteries.

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With Mother's Day this weekend, Marcus collects cryptic (and often threatening) lines your mother would say, and keeps a close eye on a band of heavy rainstorms heading down the North Island.

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It's World Donkey Day, Marcus is either lazy or a psychopath, a Russian satellite is falling out of orbit (and might land in Ashburton again), and a brand new country music station is coming on air in New Zealand!

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What is the most dangerous appliance at your place?

And what household item does Marcus hate the most?

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Marcus is very much in favour of a proposed under-16 social media ban, and wants to know if anyone's ever won anything of note from a claw machine.

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Marcus talks the proposed reopening of an infamous prison, and gets advice on in-home help. 

Then Kathy has the mother of all questions about fences....

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Marcus talks slow cookers, duck shooting, and getting your eyebrows tattooed.

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More weather coverage (this time focusing on Wellington and Christchurch), plus what can you use when you've run out of laundry soap?

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Marcus has a question about swanndri, and also talks ice-skating tours and the sinking of of the Titanic.

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Marcus neighbours who feed birds, expensive domestic flights, and even more expensive airport parking!

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Marcus talks table tennis, terrible bed sheets, cooking in an air fryer, and what to do when council keeps shifting bin day around!

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