1 00:00:09,093 --> 00:00:11,972 Speaker 1: You're listening to a podcast from News Talk zed B. 2 00:00:12,373 --> 00:00:16,133 Speaker 1: Follow this and our Wide Ranger podcasts now on iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:18,293 --> 00:00:21,133 Speaker 2: Good News It's back again for twenty twenty six. They're 4 00:00:21,213 --> 00:00:25,093 Speaker 2: hugely popular. Matt Heath and Tyler Adams afternoons on ZB 5 00:00:25,573 --> 00:00:28,333 Speaker 2: New Zealander of the Week. As always, there'll be two 6 00:00:28,412 --> 00:00:29,053 Speaker 2: runners up. 7 00:00:29,173 --> 00:00:30,533 Speaker 1: And one winner. 8 00:00:30,853 --> 00:00:33,893 Speaker 2: It's Friday, the thirteenth to feb So, without further pissing around, 9 00:00:34,293 --> 00:00:38,213 Speaker 2: let's get into it. This week, a study found forty 10 00:00:38,253 --> 00:00:41,412 Speaker 2: seven percent of New Zealand smme owners are so stressed 11 00:00:41,452 --> 00:00:44,053 Speaker 2: they've considered giving up. Please don't. 12 00:00:44,253 --> 00:00:46,892 Speaker 3: You're the absolute backbones of this country. 13 00:00:47,132 --> 00:00:49,973 Speaker 2: You take the risks and dream the dreams, and put 14 00:00:50,013 --> 00:00:52,333 Speaker 2: in the sleepless nights, and employ a third of all 15 00:00:52,373 --> 00:00:54,773 Speaker 2: working kiwis. And while not all of you get the 16 00:00:54,813 --> 00:00:58,813 Speaker 2: batches and the boats, you all deserve them. Small business owners, 17 00:00:59,013 --> 00:01:02,333 Speaker 2: you are first runner up for New Zealander of the Woman. 18 00:01:03,573 --> 00:01:06,973 Speaker 2: She fearlessly fangs down fourteen story high ramps on forty 19 00:01:06,973 --> 00:01:10,773 Speaker 2: degree angles to big air herself at crazy speeds like 20 00:01:10,893 --> 00:01:14,732 Speaker 2: some kind of mad human helicopter, before smashing to the 21 00:01:14,733 --> 00:01:17,893 Speaker 2: ground in a way any sane person would consider a 22 00:01:18,013 --> 00:01:21,733 Speaker 2: terrifying nightmare, and she does it all with a big. 23 00:01:21,333 --> 00:01:22,333 Speaker 3: Smile in her face. 24 00:01:22,813 --> 00:01:26,212 Speaker 2: Zoey SADOWSI senate for winning your fourth career Winter Olympics 25 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:29,773 Speaker 2: medal and with slop star to come. You have been 26 00:01:29,813 --> 00:01:32,932 Speaker 2: named first runner up the New Zealander of the Week, 27 00:01:33,373 --> 00:01:34,973 Speaker 2: and I can only hope that your dad is as 28 00:01:35,053 --> 00:01:37,533 Speaker 2: drunk as he was when you won gold in twenty two. 29 00:01:37,932 --> 00:01:41,533 Speaker 2: She was atkin crazy, she living off the roof. I'm 30 00:01:41,613 --> 00:01:43,372 Speaker 2: pretty good excited, to be. 31 00:01:43,292 --> 00:01:47,613 Speaker 3: Honest, but there can be only one winner, and this 32 00:01:47,693 --> 00:01:52,413 Speaker 3: one is huge, literally against the odds. A beautiful little 33 00:01:52,493 --> 00:01:55,093 Speaker 3: nation in the middle of the South Pacific has made 34 00:01:55,093 --> 00:01:58,613 Speaker 3: itself the third most frequent launcher of orbital rockets in 35 00:01:58,653 --> 00:02:00,973 Speaker 3: the world, behind only the US and China. 36 00:02:01,493 --> 00:02:03,173 Speaker 2: If you had told me when I was a kid 37 00:02:03,173 --> 00:02:05,693 Speaker 2: that we would one day kick ass in the space race, 38 00:02:06,093 --> 00:02:08,613 Speaker 2: I would have called your mental and slapped your around 39 00:02:08,653 --> 00:02:12,853 Speaker 2: the face. What a futuristic achievement by little old Us. 40 00:02:13,413 --> 00:02:17,692 Speaker 2: From farmers to the final Frontier Pohas to serious payloads 41 00:02:18,093 --> 00:02:22,373 Speaker 2: Number eight wire to outer worldly domination Kiwiz. Let's all 42 00:02:22,373 --> 00:02:23,453 Speaker 2: pat ourselves on. 43 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:25,693 Speaker 3: The back, even though, to be honest, you and I 44 00:02:25,733 --> 00:02:28,853 Speaker 3: had absolutely nothing to do with any of this. 45 00:02:29,173 --> 00:02:29,893 Speaker 4: But who cares. 46 00:02:30,293 --> 00:02:33,333 Speaker 2: This week's New Zealand of the Week is New Zealand, 47 00:02:33,373 --> 00:02:37,253 Speaker 2: the third most frequent launcher of orbital rockets in the world. 48 00:02:37,653 --> 00:02:39,533 Speaker 2: Take it away, Howie Moranted. 49 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:57,972 Speaker 1: Five three one, look after. 50 00:03:09,813 --> 00:03:32,653 Speaker 4: My Bright 51 00:03:46,853 --> 00:03:51,053 Speaker 1: Matt Tyler for more from News Talks at b Listen 52 00:03:51,133 --> 00:03:54,093 Speaker 1: live on air or online, and keep our shows with 53 00:03:54,213 --> 00:03:57,373 Speaker 1: you wherever you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.