Matt and Tyler's New Zealander of the Week - 24 October

At the end of every week, Matt and Tyler name the New Zealander of the Week.

It's an honour that we bestow on your behalf to someone, or something, that's had an impact on our nation over the past week. 

There are three nominees but can only be one winner.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
As you know, every Friday on Matt Heath and Tyler
Adams Afternoons on News Talks EDB, we name the New
Zealander of the Week and honor that we bestow on
your behalf to a newsmaker who has kicked ass for
the greatest little country on Planet Earth over the past
seven days. As always, there'll be two runners up, but
only one winner. Who will it be? This is the

(00:39):
Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons New Zealander of the Week,
and the second runner up also gets the Equestrian Avengers Award.
This week we had flames tearing through Kaikora trees, exploding smoke,
punishing paddocks, and two ponies trapped in the middle of
it all. Luckily, a former firefighter and as partner, we're

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on hand halters in their grasp, towels wrapped around their faces.
They ran straight into the blaze and led those ponies out.
Not done yet, they directed traffic, put out the alarm,
and hauled water and buckets throughout the night to protect
their neighbors Home Renee and Mark Davis, Kai Korda's pony

(01:25):
saving power couple. You are second runner up the New
Zealander of the Week. Our first runner up also gets
the Settlement Samurai Award. This week, a living real estate
agent had just wrapped up an open home when he
spotted some dickhead up the road waving a knife at

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a woman. Some of us would have done nothing, but
most of us don't have two decades of kung fu
training behind us. This real estate agent, he entered a
zen like state, stepped up, disarmed the guy, got rid
of the knife, and saved the day before packing up
his home sale. Signs for mastering the open home and

(02:09):
open hand combat. Take about Levin real estate agent Stu Dunn.
You are the first runner up for New Zealander of
the Week, but there can be only one. He's played
one hundred and three All Blacks tests, one hundred and
twenty five games for the Mighty Hurricanes, and at forty

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three years, he played his one hundredth game for French
Top fourteen side to lorn A Kiwi barrel On Toothpicks,
who has played one hundred games for three different major teams.
Around the globe, and he's also played for the Blues.
Manu you barrel chested, ex muskara wearing Master of the Game.

(02:52):
You age to find dreadlocks, human wrecking ball. You are
the Matt and Tyler Afternoons New Zealander of the Week.
Take it away, howie yeah no lukie saha sha my

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no lookie best you push have your hotel, I.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Have games and no no no crost my god scorner.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Picture of the talk.

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