Marcus Lush Nights

There's continued backlash to the banning of the cowbell from the Super Rugby final this weekend, and Marcus talks about taking melatonin tablets to aid sleep.

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This weekend marks 50 years since the release of Jaws in the United States, and Marcus hasn't ever seen it!

Plus a "health and safety" decision has some people outraged...

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Marcus gauges where New Zealand is at with its love or hate for self-service checkouts.

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Marcus talks Brian Wilson, the poisonous mushroom case from Australia, and covers a tragic plane crash in India.

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Marcus talks about the new road opening from Ashurst to Woodville (seeing as no one else seems to have mentioned it!), North Islanders have moved to the South Island in droves over the last few years, and how the Newstalk ZB newsreaders end the news comes up for debate.

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Marcus gets advice on how to stop (or remove) frost on your windscreen, discusses the poor road planning of Tauranga, and gets into the history of cars with crank handles.

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While struggling with a croaky voice, Marcus talks nose bleeds, cheese, POW marches, and covers the band of very heavy rain sweeping down the North Island.

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After a week off from illness, Marcus returns to talk the upcoming military tattoo event at Eden Park, 65 years of TV broadcasting in NZ, and whether cash use is back on the rise.

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Marcus embarks on another great sweepstake, investigates the price of scones, and hears about the sinking of the HMS Hood.

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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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