It was singly one of the most out of touch presentations I think I've ever had the pleasure of sitting through and thinking at the time.

My rates paid for that.

They paid for this presentation.

Well, speaking of out of touch, there is a very fierce debate erupting online about whether people should be taking – I just want to get the drink right – a cold drink into an interview, a job interview.

Yeah.

Iced coffee.

Iced coffee in particular.

Okay.

This is sort of an equal opportunity mistake insofar as it's a mistake.

Absolutely.

And even then, I'll sometimes get through a show and be like, oh, hang on, I haven't made fun of this.

But you're getting up in Northland and you go, this has been a 60% Shane Jones dump on.

We need to actually address the other parties.

And that can be quite fun, too, because at that point in the show, you might have heard some stuff.

from candidates, maybe they're about the Greens and strength of economics or their concerns about how dairy gets affected.

in terms of what you're doing james you are doing 33 shows across the country you do bits of tv work you do bits of uh podcasting journalism and stuff what is the nikise business model as it stands to get serious for a minute

Look, I guess what happened is I closed my eyes and I saw you going out to your letterbox in your Udi, coming back, because I know you were on, James, opening it and going, how the heck am I going to pay this on my wage?

Look, you've got it right.

I mean, obviously, it's winter.

But it's yeah, it's I think that's the thing is that they flagged for people around the country who aren't quite aware.

We've been flagged in Wellington.

Hey, new water company bills are going to go up.

What wasn't necessarily made clear was that at the end of July, you're going to get the bill for July, August and September.

Is there going to be a pushback? And you personally, is there going to, you know, payment plans in place? What are the council going to do to try and make this a bit more workable?

Uh, people should visit more.

I mean, that's, that's the joy of the Welsh really, is that if, if you dress up as the Grim Reaper, but you've got a poetic reason for, for dressing as the Grim Reaper at a hospital.

If he'd just belted out maybe some Dylan Thomas, you know, and, uh, and, and been entertaining.

But he wasn't.

He just stood there and they were like, "Mm, no."

... um, women are now going absolutely crazy for a man made, made of wicker.

I've, look, I, I think if anyone hasn't seen, uh, the trailer for Wicker, they should go out and, and watch it, but not at work.

Not at work, listeners.

Poppy Prendergast.

P- Amazing name for fighting crime, by the way.

And I, my theory is this: it's her.

And it's, it's, but it's not, she doesn't know, right? Because she looks like a wholesome detective, and I think what's happening, she's, she's having a little something to take the edge off at night, and then this whole new Jekyll and Hyde persona is coming out, and she's the one leaving the milk bottles half empty around because the weed wears off, and then she's not aware that she is, um, committing these crimes.

What else cracked you on? What's caught your attention, James?

Uh, well, look, it's, um, the, there's, it's something I've, I've, I've experienced a little bit of.

It, it's a year at sea.

So there's, uh, this retired teacher, uh, Sharon Lane.

And, you know, if no one else is prepared to...

The problem is, Andy, I'm from New Zealand.

It's going to be a comedy club gig where some dude's going to stand up and go, Oi, I'm McClellan MacLean's great-grandson and your mate's a dickhead.

And then what do I do with that, mate? What do I do? That's true.

Yes, it's all

coming up, Milhouse, as we say over here.

Andy, the Fur Patrol, now there's a lot of different names here, so I'll try and summarize.

Essentially, the Aotearoa New Zealand Music Awards was last week.

It sounds absolutely phenomenal.

Yeah, it's...

We've really...

And shout out to Beagle fans for the past few years because we've really manifested me actually being in the Pacific reporting on monkeys.

I think it was the moment I was interviewing the president of Palau seriously about monkeys that I went, I feel like Zoltzman's in the next room.

This is...

This is a strange, strange moment.

Happy Gilmore 2.

That was when he was born, which I think makes him a valentine's baby but look i don't think about that too much it's not our business uh but it's his uh official birthday um in new zealand um uh is uh this this month coming monday is that

right uh we go with the first monday of june uh so that we always remember when when the white weather comes we celebrate the white ruler that's the uh normal state of play in new zealand um So as it gets cold and we cover up, we think of England.

We go, oh, it's chilly here.

If only we had central heating like they do in the UK.

But we don't because we're too tough.

We're too tough in New Zealand.

If we get central heating, the All Blacks will never win a World Cup again.

I mean, it wouldn't be a monarchy if it didn't have completely f***ing ridiculous traditions that if you suggested were introduced now, you would be politely invited never to share your thoughts and opinions in public with anyone ever again.

Yes, it's all coming

up, Milhouse, as we say over here.

Andy, the Fur Patrol, now there's a lot of different names here, so I'll try and summarize.

Essentially, the Aotearoa New Zealand Music Awards was last week.

The leader of the house, Chris Bishop, was at those awards.

We are unsure if he was there as the leader of the house, of the government, or as just a fan, because he was wearing a Fur Patrol t-shirt.

During those awards, there was a performance by a beloved Maori artist called Stan Walker.

I don't know why it's happening.