Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: Luxon's comments on MMP, 100 Years of ZB, Joseph Parker
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What’s the opening banter and tone for this week’s Wrap the Week?
Newstalk ZB with Hosking in the morning.
I couldn't have made those calls. She sobbed from the passenger seat of the arty convertible. I was having my hair done. Oh, was I in the flotation tank? If you cannot get through to us, then a fax number will do if you have access to 13772132. What do you think should happen to Laurie Mains? Well, look, you know, it's too easy to blame Laurie, you know. Not too easy to blame Laurie. The work is very demanding and tiring. You know that no one can do that, don't you, Colleen?
Um, I thought that was pretty good.
Yeah, but it's not real though. And I always try and order something where they cook something at the table. And I ordered a Caesar salad and they make it at your table. And it's brilliant. But I seem to be spending my entire life turning up late places. But this is alright. Because this means that the ladies by the time I get there are on edge. Believe that?
Oh, my goodness.
Wow.
It didn't even sound like you.
It didn't sound like me. No, it sounded like 1.5 speed. And people say I speak fast now.
Was it sped up? Had you inhaled helium from a balloon before you started talking?
It sounds like it, doesn't it? I think what happens is when you get material from the archives, we store it in a cupboard that's lacking oxygen, and the tape shrink, and therefore I speed up. I'm actually moderately entertaining. I used to be anyway. I decided on that.
Okay. No, you're still... I'm still what, Tim? Okay, have a good day. I think you're still more than entertaining. Oh, you're very nice to say. Hey, I love the Joseph Parker interview. Wasn't that good now?
That was epic. Now, it was epic. That was epic. I agree. I found it quite an emotional experience, to be honest. I could hear it. I could hear the emotion in your voice. Because here's the thing. Either he's a drug-taking liar, And I've been sucked in badly or he is who I think he is.
Why do the hosts praise the Joseph Parker interview and what emotions does it stir?
And he was hard done by by a bloke he hired who let him down. And so the interesting thing from the feedback is you've got those two camps and never the twain shall meet. I was talking to Sammy off air about it. There's a thing in this country. It's probably applicable in all countries. People take sides on things and people. So MMP, FPP, all black coaches who shouldn't be coaching, teams that will win or lose, flu ride, tin hats. And in this case, it's a weird thing. And no matter what you do, so I side with Parker. I love Joseph. He's a cool guy. People, no matter what we do, will go, ah, he's a loser. He's a dickhead, Mike. And so it goes. It's the weirdest thing.
Yeah, you know what? And I think that, you know, with the whole Chris Luxon MMP thing, that whole thing plays into that polarising narrative. And that produces clicks, right? So then the media goes on the victim hunt. Oh, it's small business won at the beginning of the week. It's MMP at the end of the week. Oh, what do you think about what he said? It's sort of, it's playground-y a bit.
It is a bit. Katie, the Parker, do you hear the Parker interview?
I did. I will just say, and I'm with you, I like to believe Joseph Parker because he's a nice guy, but I will point out the last man standing claiming Lance Armstrong never doped and was innocent.
This is just, oh my God.
Was you. And you, even when he came out himself, even when he came out himself and confessed, you were like, Nah, I reckon someone put him up to that.
No, no, no, I didn't say any of those things.
I think with our heroes, we struggle to, you know, if you look up to somebody, you really struggle to see, and if people don't look up to them or have any respect for them, it's probably easy for them to just castigate them.
For the record, what I said about Lance Armstrong was he is innocent until proven guilty. And until he's proven guilty, he is innocent.
Even when he came out and said he was guilty?
Yeah, and when he came out and said he's guilty, I said he's guilty. I mean, I was devastated, obviously, because I want to think the best of everybody. I'm just one of those little kids who never grew up and who thinks that Santa Claus is cool and everyone's a nice adult and stuff like that.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What’s the opening banter and tone for this week’s Wrap the Week?
0:00–1:50
2
Why do the hosts praise the Joseph Parker interview and what emotions does it stir?
1:50–4:37
3
How does Christopher Luxon’s comment on an MMP referendum spark a polarising debate?
4:37–6:59
4
What is the ZB 100 podcast project and why are the hosts excited about it?
6:59–9:03
5
How will the 100‑year ZB celebration be shared digitally for younger listeners?
9:03–10:50
6
Why are the hosts joking about $82 salmon and what does it reveal about food pricing talk?
10:50–11:09
7
What surprise breaking‑news segment do they tease before the show ends?
11:09–11:26
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