Marcus Lush Nights

Marcus Lush Nights

Marcus Lush engages Kiwis from all walks of life, discussing the issues that matter most on Newstalk ZB.

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May 12, 2025 119 mins

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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May 8, 2025 110 mins

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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May 7, 2025 116 mins

What is the most dangerous appliance at your place?

And what household item does Marcus hate the most?

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May 6, 2025 113 mins

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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May 5, 2025 103 mins

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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May 2, 2025 114 mins

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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April 23, 2025 120 mins

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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April 22, 2025 113 mins

In this weird 'inbetween two long weekends' week, Marcus covers the upcoming funeral of Pope Francis, cleaning lawn mowers, and getting your Dangerous Goods license.

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The Waitotara Pub has been destroyed by fire, there's talk of a possible snap election in NZ, and Jason's not a fan of the road cones!

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Marcus gets reports as ex-tropical cyclone Tam starts to impact the upper North Island, and makes sure that everyone has their TV connected after last night's satellite switchover special.

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Marcus helps people impacted by the Sky TV satellite switch over, and talks about why you'd get bullied for having a certain colour of hair.

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Glenn starts off the night with a call about mushrooms, but things take a quick wild turn...

Plus, Marcus is all okay with the proposed changes to how NZers get their driver's license.

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April 11, 2025 135 mins

A Friday free-for-all edition of Marcus Lush Nights, that covers chip scoops, the new road through the Manawatu Gorge, and 8-track tapes.

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April 10, 2025 128 mins

Marcus talks the useless gadget you thought was going to be amazing, leaf blowers, and marks the anniversary of the Wahine disaster in 1968.

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Big news for folks who've always wanted to be on our favourite quiz show, and some excellent tips on how to get to sleep if that's something you struggle with.

And Marcus tries to give George a phone number.

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April 8, 2025 111 mins

What extinct creature would you want to see brought back to modern times?

And can you answer Marcus' out-of-the-blender interview question?

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