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June 13, 2025 3 mins

Every Friday on Matt and Tyler afternoons on ZB we name the New Zealander of the week. 

It's an honour that we grant on your behalf to someone who has had effect on our great and beautiful nation over the past week. 

There are three nominees but can only be one winner.

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Every Friday our Matt and Tyler Afternoons on ZIB we
name the New Zealander of the Week and honor that
we bestolen your behalf to a newsmaker has had an
outsized effect on this great and beautiful nation over the
previous week. As always, there will be three nominees but
only one winner. So without further ado, the nominees for
Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealand of the Week are nominee.
One also gets the Death to the Parsnip Award. You

(00:38):
were all over the news this week because you are
making a huge comeback across our beautiful country, bringing New
Zealand families and friends together at home or at our pub,
beef check or lamb, spuds, cubes, pumpkin peas, stuffing Yorkshire
hoods and a bucket of gravy. You should be compulsory
the good old Kiwi Sunday Roast. You are nominated for

(00:59):
New Zealand of the Week. Yes for no parstners hate pastners.
Pays are the parstnips. Gedaman Gross nominee two also gets
the Heartwarmingly Cute Award.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Their dad is.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
An absolute champion, charging to a second PGA Tour title
in the space of a month at the Canadian Open.
As the Odt put it, he may not play perfect golf,
but he is the perfect golfer, a humble, likable, no nonsense,
nice guy who likes to drink, loves his family, and
sports a bit of a gut. But the true champions
of the day were his two little daughters. In a
very key moment, while dad was making his victory speech

(01:33):
in front of a fawning world media, they run off
to play castles in the sandtrap as a bowl And
Margo Fox, for running a mark and having yourself a
very cute good time and enjoying yourself on dad's big day.
You have been nominated for New Zealanders of the Week world,
ain't girls.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
That's pretty special to have them here.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
I apologize to the guy that's going to have to
rake the bunker just there, but uh.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
There she goes. Where's can't describe it, but.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
There can be only one and the winner, and the
winner also gets the Non Winging Pomb Award. While everyone
in this country has turned into a bunch of cry
babies running New Zealand down winging, moaning and acting like
they are living in the hardest time in history. These
two immigrants stood up in a major UK newspaper and

(02:25):
pointed out that we actually have it incredibly good here.
They raved about their improved work life balance and family time,
the safe environment for raising kids, our friendly and inclusive
local communities, are access to beautiful nature and outdoor activities,
and our lack of stress compared to the UK. British
couple Robert and Sabrina Eaton for moving to Fungerpura and

(02:47):
reminding us we don't know how lucky we are, mate.
You are the Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealanders of
the week who take it away. Holy Morrison, Ya, welcome
to New Zealand. Congratulations, give them a taste of carew
God bless and God speed. Start your God damn one.

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