Podcast appearances and mentions of marcus lush

Why do we no longer learn shorthand and typing at school? Marcus also keeps you updated on the flooding in Dunedin. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marcus keeps you updated with the flooding in Otago and Dunedin tonight. And the census is out! LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On tonight's show, Marcus asked listeners about where they were sent during the school holidays and if they traveled alone. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marcus rings in daylight saving with a debate about whether it's saving or savings. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Paris Games get underway, Marcus talks all things Olympics. He also reflects on the life of blues legend John Mayall who passed away age 90, the obsession with the Grateful Dead and where to get a torch fixed. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A longstanding debate has emerged once more: should you return your shopping trolley when you're done with it?  An LA based clinical and forensic psychologist shared her answer on social media, telling viewers that she doesn't return her trolley and they can judge her all they want.  "I'm not getting my groceries into the car, getting my children into the car and then leaving them in the car to go return the cart. So if you're going to give me a dirty look, f*** off."  Marcus Lush weighed in on the debate, saying that while some might be “all rageful” that others abandon their trolleys, he's not so set in stone.  “I reckon the supermarkets are extorting us so much with money that if they want to pay someone to go and get the trolleys and make the whole day easier for us, we're having to check out ourselves, if they want to return the trolley, good on them.”  He personally doesn't abandon the trolley, instead pushing it from a bit closer and hoping it slots in neatly, but he doesn't have a problem with others leaving them.  “That car park space, it is part of the supermarket,” he continued.  “They should manage it.”  The combination of high costs and a transition to more self-service operations is driving this thought, as customers are now seemingly responsible for every part of the operation.  “There is no customer service, so if one small way of getting back is just leaving your trolley akimbo by the car so they put it back, I don't have a problem with that.”  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The concept of nicotine pouches has seen a mixed response from the public and experts alike.  Posts have been making the rounds on social media, influencers promoting flavoured products such as “zyn”, “buff”, and “ace” as a method to quit smoking and vaping.  Public health experts are concerned, Sydney University's Becky Freeman saying that the “wellness” influencers who promote these products are often unclear that its sponsored content.  Freeman said that the pouches are being pushed without reliable knowledge as to what their benefits are.  On the other hand, Action for Smokefree sees the pouches as another tool in the toolbox for helping kiwis kick their smoking habits.  Director Ben Youdan says there's a place for more products to get people off of the most harmful nicotine product: the cigarette.  The sale of nicotine pouches was banned in New Zealand by the Labour Government in 2020, but importing from overseas remains legal as long as they are not sold on.  Nicotine pouches consist of a small mesh bag of vegetable powder, over which concentrated nicotine was dripped. They were banned alongside snus, a similar product containing tobacco.  Dylan, a caller on Newstalk ZB's Marcus Lush Nights, agrees with the second opinion, saying that by recommending them the pouches, he got three full-time smokers to quit.  He's been using pouches for three to four and a half years and told Marcus Lush that these have probably been the best thing for his smoking addiction.  “I went from smoking to vaping, and then to these just because vaping is not... I don't think it's a good thing.”  In the past, Dylan was able to get the nicotine pouches from his local dairy, but due to the ban now has to import them from Sweden.  While he used the pouches to ween himself off smoking and vaping, he revealed that he's happy with his continued use of the pouches.  “One day, if I feel the need to get off it, I can, but yeah, at this stage I'm quite happy taking them.”  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cast iron pots seem to be the 'it' thing in the kitchen, we're running low on potatoes and UP THE WAHS!!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Rolleston the city of the future? And what do you use banana skins for? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about racist abuse of journalists and the potential for more of it in a toxic election campaign. Also: an eyebrow-raising Media Council decision; two enduring magazines changing hands; exclusive coverage of awards that excludes other award winners - and some surprising talkback debate about cycling.      .

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about racist abuse of journalists and the potential for more of it in a toxic election campaign. Also: an eyebrow-raising Media Council decision; two enduring magazines changing hands; exclusive coverage of awards that excludes other award winners - and some surprising talkback debate about cycling.      .

There is so much to unpack from the great Auckland anniversary weekend flood and organisational screw up that I'm just going to detail a few points. Firstly that the storm was unexpected and unforecasted. Well, it was and it wasn't. All Spring we were told that La Nina was into its third successive cycle. The implication of that was a very warm, wet, and windy summer. Well that sure came true. Some have immediately jumped onto the storm as evidence of climate change. Except this weather cycle was already predicted and has happened many times before. Climate change may be adding to the impact of La Nina, but that's a very difficult calculation to make and certainly not one that should be barked at local body politicians hours after the event. Forecasters knew it would be a significant event, but not quite as significant as it turned out to be. That said, the fact that we sent 40,000 Elton John fans out into the eye of that storm and the concert was not cancelled until 15 minutes before showtime is still inexplicable to me. An earlier declaration of a state of emergency might have prevented the exodus of innocents into harm's way. So, the state of emergency was not declared until 9.30 and then made public at 10.18pm at night. The Mayor explains that this was when the emergency services officially informed him that they were overwhelmed. This is all technically correct but it lacks basic common sense. It's not what the Mayor and his advisors got wrong. What was lacking was leadership and communication. Proactive leadership from a mayor and emergency staff. Geeing us up. Helping the spread of information. Auckland Emergency Management issued no social media alerts for four hours between about 6pm and 10pm. I find that incomprehensible. But also incomprehensible is that the Mayor didn't recognise the problem and kick them into action. Not for the first time, Mr Fixit didn't know what to do to fixit. Wayne Brown doesn't get it but others do. Thank God.   Councillor Richard Hills was brilliant on twitter. Praised by Mt Albert MP Jacinda Ardern on Saturday for his compilation of info. Councillor Desley Simpson was the real Mayor on Facebook and posted all night long. Marcus Lush's programme stopped my son going down an on ramp closed by a fallen tree with just minutes to spare From the Mayor's office we got no advice on how to cope all Friday evening. We got one picture of him signing a piece of paper and that's it. And that was symbolic arse covering. Look I did something. The next morning he was sniffy about twitter versus official channels. Well, Twitter saved my family mate. Welcome to 2023. Mayor Brown's performance is part of the pantomime of leadership amongst the politicians we see these days, which views the pursuit of political power as some sort of theatresport, rather than a competition of valid and workable ideas. We saw examples all week long. Jacinda Ardern steps aside for Chris Hipkins and suddenly we think that the Labour Party has essentially changed? Nicola Willis saying raising the minimum wage by a few cents would be inflationary after spending last year claiming a tax cut for the rich would not be. It's time to remember: many of these politicians aren't leaders, they're politicians. They'll say anything to keep power and popularity. They're people who don't get that government is different than business because you have to worry about everything and everyone all the time and not just your mates. And it appears that many of them really don't care for what Christopher Luxon charmingly calls the bottom feeders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over in Invercargill, there is a new mayor for the first time in 24 years. Nobby Clark has defeated Sir Tim Shadbolt and Newstalk ZB night host Marcus Lush to claim the Invercargill Mayoralty.  Nobby Clark is here to discuss his election win and what this historic change means for Invercargill. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chat to Marcus Lush live from Invercargill ahead of his mayoral race.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the Jono & Ben podcast we are live from The Batch Cafe in Invercargill! Marcus Lush joins us to chat funny radio calls and running for the Mayor and the boys do a myriad of food sampling!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local body election campaigning is in full swing and one mayoral candidate is getting creative about reaching voters. Invercargill mayoral hopeful Marcus Lush is opening his Bluff home up on Sunday, inviting local voters to come over for a chat. Lush, who is one of ten mayoral contenders including incumbent Sir Tim Shadbolt, spoke to Karyn about the novel campaign tactic.

Marcus Lush is talking up his chances of becoming Invercargill's new mayor. The Newstalk ZB host and Invercargill City Councillor has confirmed he's running for the job Sir Tim Shadbolt has held since 1998. He told Mike Hosking he's not just there to make up the numbers or bring attention to local democracy; he's in it to win it. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newstalk ZB nighttime host Marcus Lush will be taking a tilt at the Invercargill Mayor. Lush will face off against eight other contenders and the long serving Sir Tim Shadbolt who has been in charge since 1998. He won't be hanging up his microphone though he says he'll keep his hosting job on his top rating radio show. Marcus Lush joined Heather du Plessis Allan Drive to discuss his upcoming mayoralty race. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There has been much discussion in recent times about the diversity of our local councils, with Local Government New Zealand launching a campaign to ensure councils reflect the people they represent.Currently only 14% of councillors are under 40 years old, with the average age being 56 - 60. The majority are men, while 41% are women. There's also a lack of ethnic diversity with 14% of representatives Māori.Newstalk ZB Nights host Marcus Lush is also an Invercargill City councillor and he joined Kerre Woodham to discuss life in the job and the discourse around diversity.LISTEN ABOVE

The mother of one of the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks has a simple message are shocked by an early draft script of a film based on the attacks: "No". Newshub received a leaked script of 'They Are Us' and say the first 17 pages are focussed on the attack.The project, described as following the week after March 15, has faced strong criticism and prompted a petition to stop it being made.Janna Ezat lost her son Hussein Al-Umari in the attack when in court forgave the terrorist, saying "I decided to forgive you Mr Tarrant because I don't have hate … I have no choice."Speaking to Marcus Lush, Ezat says that she is still suffering from the tragedy - including that she is suffering from anxiety and is having to move to Auckland to get away from Christchurch.However, she says that someone from production called her, trying to get her approval to be included in the film.  "From this point, they told me we will write about your son because he is a hero, and we will write about you because you are a forgiver."Ezat says that her "son's blood is not cheap", and she does want the movie to go ahead and the producers should respect that decision. "For me, the scenes of March will happen again and again." "We are the victims. We are the families. They can't do things on behalf of us that we are not expecting. It's a crime."LISTEN ABOVE

Kia Ora! We discussed Dadmin today and heard some wonderful stories from when dads around the country dropped the ball, or when they were in charge of the admin and it all went wrong. As well as this, we talked about the night show on Newstalk ZB with Marcus Lush. Jono was listening to him last night and noticed something Marcus does that goes against EVERYTHING you're taught in radio. So we tested it out on our show and my god it felt weird! Finally, you may have heard the story floating around about how some kids as young as 11 are vaping. So, we got Dr Kelly Burrows on who is currently studying the effects of vaping as part of a research programme at the University of Auckland. INFORMATIVE AF! Enjoy the show.

New Zealand is well known for being a small country – but what is the likelihood you would know the person phoning into talkback?That question formed the basis of Marcus Lush's newest radio game ‘Connections'. The premise was to one caller on, and then the second had to know or have some connection to the first, and thus start a chain of connections – a sort of dot-to-dot – between callers across the country.It started with Matt and ended with Kay, creating a 23-person long chain covering the country from Papakura to the Chatham Islands, with an Olympic gold medallist, a former newsreader and the mother of a current Government Minister all getting involved.Listen as Marcus and his callers make the connections with each other, and learn why ‘FONC' may just be the show's latest catchphrase.LISTEN ABOVE

Change is coming to Invercargill's City Council.Newstalk ZB host Marcus Lush's been elected a seat at the table after scoring more than half of the already counted votes in the by-election.He told Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford the public's spirits are low."A lot of people in Bluff and Invercargill have spoken to me and they seemed pretty disillusioned with the council."I don't know if that's right across the country, but it did concern me with what people had to say." 

Can you think of a better way to end 2020 than with some Radio I-Spy?Thanks to Vivian, Wendy, Kyle, and Lisa - here are our favourite rounds. See if you can guess them before Marcus did.LISTEN ABOVE

Newstalk ZB's own Marcus Lush is throwing his hat in the ring for an Invercargill City Council seat.He lodged his application just minutes before the deadline closed yesterday.Lush told Tim Dower people had suggested he run.“It's easy when you move to a city to criticise decision, but after a while you need to be part of the solution.The 55-year-old has lived in the south for 18 years and said his passion lies in developing youth spaces and housing affordability.There are two other confirmed candidates in the running for the seat, Carl Heenan and David Pottinger.LISTEN ABOVE

After learning that The Chase has a play-at-home board game, Marcus decided to see how his listeners would fare against the smartest people on television.After a rather rocky start - involving a giant kitchen knife and a brief excursion to The Warehouse - people from around New Zealand phoned in to put their nerves and knowledge to the test.It all came down to an exciting Final Chase - but, of course, not everything quite went right there! LISTEN ABOVE

Fire crews in Christchurch are battling a substantial fire on the hillside in the Hillsborough area.Appliances from across Christchurch, including Governors Bay have been called in to help. A Christchurch City command unit has also been set up on Port Hills Road.A Port Hills resident near the scene of this evening's scrub fire says the blaze appears to be getting smaller.Witnesses told Marcus Lush the fire is about a kilometre in width and there are a lot of crews fighting the flames, and that there are houses in the vicinity.Can you tell us more? Get in touch here or email news@newstalkzb.co.nz.LISTEN ABOVE

We head back to 2005 and this week's pick of the Going West Festival is an event in which television presenter and talk-back host Marcus Lush delivers a witty account of his life-long love affair with rail, his relationship with the train-spotting fraternity, and his enormously popular television series Off the Rails: a love story, which chronicled his journey along New Zealand's railway lines.

Green Party MP and spokesperson for drug reform Chloe Swarbrick joined Marcus Lush for a marathon four-hour session of talkback to discuss the referendum that will gauge the public's support on whether the recreational use of cannabis should become legal.Kiwis will vote on the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill alongside this year's election.The Bill's purpose is to eliminate the legal supply of cannabis, and provide access to legal cannabis, that meets quality and potency requirements.Swarbrick told Marcus Lush it's important to note this referendum isn't about whether you like, use or support cannabis."This is referendum is about the kind of legal framework that we have in response to cannabis, which exists regardless of whether you vote no or yes."She says the cannabis referendum would enable the Government to implement a similar control mechanism to Smokefree 2025. That campaign seesthe Government is working to control the amount of tobacco purchased, put educational information out, and investing in products to quit smoking.Swarbrick says the Government want to do the same with cannabis."We have the opportunity to do all those same things when it comes to cannabis. Right now, we have no control." She hopes the experience of the Covid-19 lockdown, and slowing down, helps people look into the issue differently."But also perhaps recognise things from a community and compassionate perspective would have enabled more people to see the benefit of voting yes."Swarbrick also took calls from listeners to answer their questions about the referendum.

Green Party MP and spokesperson for drug reform Chloe Swarbrick joined Marcus Lush for a marathon four-hour session of talkback to discuss the referendum that will gauge the public's support on whether the recreational use of cannabis should become legal.Kiwis will vote on the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill alongside this year's election.The Bill's purpose is to eliminate the legal supply of cannabis, and provide access to legal cannabis, that meets quality and potency requirements.Swarbrick told Marcus Lush it's important to note this referendum isn't about whether you like, use or support cannabis."This is referendum is about the kind of legal framework that we have in response to cannabis, which exists regardless of whether you vote no or yes."She says the cannabis referendum would enable the Government to implement a similar control mechanism to Smokefree 2025. That campaign seesthe Government is working to control the amount of tobacco purchased, put educational information out, and investing in products to quit smoking.Swarbrick says the Government want to do the same with cannabis."We have the opportunity to do all those same things when it comes to cannabis. Right now, we have no control." She hopes the experience of the Covid-19 lockdown, and slowing down, helps people look into the issue differently."But also perhaps recognise things from a community and compassionate perspective would have enabled more people to see the benefit of voting yes."Swarbrick also took calls from listeners to answer their questions about the referendum.

At Going West 2005, Television presenter and talk-back host Marcus Lush delivers a witty account of his life-long love affair with rail, his relationship with the train-spotting fraternity, and his enormously popular television series Off the Rails: a Love Story which chronicled his journey along New Zealand's railway lines.  This was a fitting last hurrah for a Going West tradition: a literary steam train journey from Auckland out to Helensville, echoing the train journey in Maurice Gee's Going West that inspired the original festival. Lush spoke at the Grand Hotel in Helensville, at the end of Going West's line.  It also serves as a reminder that Going West has always been about the word in its meaning forms, not just books. The Listener described Off the Rails as ‘a small beautifully shot work of art'. Lush reveals it ‘was the greatest thing I've ever done' and led to an absolute passionate transformation with his love for his country. Lush first rose to prominence on the radio, at the University of Auckland's 95bFM. A high profile radio career followed and, after some early forays into television, he carved out his own niche as the presenter of uniquely New Zealand shows that travelled the country and explored its curious corners. https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/off-the-rails-2004 (Off the Rails) won acclaim and awards including gongs for best director and best information/ lifestyle programme at the 2005 Qantas Screen Awards

Marcus Lush has once again had a colourful clash with a caller on Māori names, after caller Judith raised concerns about albatross names.Starting off the call by saying "I just want to probably change subjects because I haven't been listening," Judith went on to ask about the competition to choose the names for baby albatrosses. "I'm not at all racist, but I don't know why the albatross chicks have to be called a Māori name all the time," with Judith suggesting other names, such as Reg or Bob. Lush responded saying that people send in names they think are best, and found the judging criteria, which lists relevance, originality and creativity. "Do you think Bob would fit in with that criteria?" Lush asked, but Judith kept pushing her point in a 14 minute back and forth, to the delight of callers. LISTEN ABOVE

There are allegations a senior National Party figure attempted to derail one of the candidates for the Auckland Central seat with a late-night talkback call.Newshub is alleging 'Merv' who called Marcus Lush's show last Monday is actually party board member Roger Bridge.He told Marcus he was in Manurewa and was a bit confused after seeing billboards all over the place for Nuwi Samarakone.LISTEN TO THE FULL AUDIO ABOVE.

Marcus Lush has made it clear that his show is no place for misinformation and conspiracy theories.While discussing the second New Zealander who has been diagnosed with coronavirus, caller Rangi-Marie's anger over coronavirus - which she believed was a "scam" - was quickly shut down by Marcus Lush. He told her that he would not be "the portal for misinformation" in a time when we need an unified voice. "This is a time where we have to be responsible with the information we put forward." As she continued to insist that everything was a scam, Marcus asked the woman if she would promise never to call again, as he found her "unsettling".LISTEN ABOVE

Royal deaths, political changes - and the demise of Paper Plus?!That's what ZB listeners think will happen over the next 12 months.This week, Marcus Lush continued his annual tradition and asked listeners to share their five predictions for 202057 people - including Marcus and producer Dan - shared their thoughts, and we've got all the results here.12 people think Donald Trump will get re-elected this year, while four people think he will lose, and two think he'll spark a major international crisis. Voters were split on whether Jacinda Ardern or Simon Bridges will emerge victorious, but several think ACT will have a big role to play in post-election negotiations. People are also predicting a bad year for the All Blacks, a good year for the Warriors, and plenty of sporting and celebrity deaths or retirements! You can see all 280 results here. 

Who would have thought one phone call could have sparked such a serious discussion?Last night, Marcus Lush took a call from one listener asking when the Coronation Street episodes that air in the afternoon will catch up with the episodes that air at night.For a reminder: last year, TVNZ 1 skipped ahead 18 months so that New Zealand would be just one week behind the UK. The episodes that had been airing in the evenings moved to the afternoons, giving audiences two different timelines.Those afternoon episodes have slowly been catching up, but fans are wondering when exactly the two timelines will become one again. It prompted a very vigorous discussion - featuring a lot of mathematics - but did anyone work out an answer?LISTEN TO THE CHAOS ABOVE

0800-80-10-80? 080-080-1-080? Zeros or naughts?Newstalk ZB has had the same number for years, but talkback host Marcus Lush has found a new spin on the number.LISTEN ABOVE 

The search for Lucas the cavoodle, who'd been missing in bush near Wainuiomata since last Friday is over.The dog was found on a public street some way from where members of the local community who'd raised thousands of dollars to fund the search had been looking.Caller Campbell told Marcus Lush he was involved in the search.He says the dog covered a lot of territory to get to where he was found."No one can believe how he got over to the spot, given the size of him and the steepness of the terrain, so we really are quite amazed at where he ended up."LISTEN TO CAMPBELL TALK WITH MARCUS LUSH ABOVE 

It’s not often you get the competition ringing up, but that was exactly what Marcus Lush had last night.Expecting to get a caller interested in discussing Jono and Ben, Marcus instead got the comedians themselves phoning in.The pair were up on a billboard promoting their latest burger venture, and phoned up to get involved in the night’s chat.The pair shared their joy for Marcus’ show, while he called them up on stealing his ideas.LISTEN TO JONO AND BEN CHAT WITH MARCUS ABOVE

It’s hard for me to really say too much about Merv Smith.I would say that for a long time, and certainly probably forever, he was the biggest name in radioHe dominated breakfast. It was the whole cliche ‘the King of the Cornies’.Merv Smith was that, and probably had a bigger market share than anyone’s ever had in radio. A great voice, and an absolute broadcasting legend.That name is bandied around somehwat recklessly to describe people’s career, but certainly when it comes to boradcasting legends Merv Smith would be right there at the very top.Pretty much in his days when he was doing radio, when he was dominating everyone in the breakfast, he wasn’t on the big money either. In those days it was pretty much the role of a public servant was the job of being a radio announcer.That was Merv Smith, and he dominated for a long, long time.He did breakfast radio from 1961 through until when Paul Holmes came on. Merv Smith went from 61 to just shy of 1990.Probably no one’s role as a breakfast host has been as distinguished or successful or as lengthy.I don’t know how big he was outside of Auckland. I think the Earlybird was on before some of the breakfasts on the ZB network outside of Auckland, some people might remember him for the kid’s show on the weekends.The other thing about Merv Smith too was he was very much a railway man. He was very involved in railways and restorations. His two loves were radio and the railway, probably three with country music.  I met him once when I was making a railway documentary.People that work in radio, they don’t always live forever. Plenty die young, but when you look at Merv Smith. He must have had 30 years of retirement. It was a long, long time.

In this Aqua-riffic Male Gayz ep: Kiwi talkback legend Marcus Lush is a surprising pick for Queen of The Week, Brokeback Fact of the Gay, a new summer fruit sponsor and conversion therapy is a still a thing? Plus, all-male Shakespeare shows are dumb and Barbie is *THIS CLOSE* to coming out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 5 is here and it sits head and shoulders above the rest. We say that in no uncertain terms because it contains a real life guest.That guest? MARCUS LUSH; talkback maverick, broadcasting legend, and all round great New Zealander.Things covered range from south facing ports to drone racing and, of course, Marcus' illustrious career.Give it a listen as we try to get some momentum behind the pod. You'll hopefully find us on iTunes next week but for now, Soundcloud's the best you'll get so don't be ungrateful.Cheers as always and Stay Stoked (on talkback).