/on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/rss 九一星空无限 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:23:55 Z en /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-most-bored-youve-ever-been-19-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-most-bored-youve-ever-been-19-june-2025/ The night before a long weekend has Marcus talking about being bored, and having red hair. LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:04:06 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/like-wind-chimes-but-with-more-bass-18-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/like-wind-chimes-but-with-more-bass-18-june-2025/ There's continued backlash to the banning of the cowbell from the Super Rugby final this weekend, and Marcus talks about taking melatonin tablets to aid sleep. LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:10:14 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/ill-be-all-sharked-up-17-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/ill-be-all-sharked-up-17-june-2025/ This weekend marks 50 years since the release of Jaws in the United States, and Marcus hasn't ever seen it! Plus a "health and safety" decision has some people outraged... LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:11:00 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/there-were-seven-options-16-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/there-were-seven-options-16-june-2025/ Marcus gauges where New Zealand is at with its love or hate for self-service checkouts. LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:59:31 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/funky-pumpkin-13-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/funky-pumpkin-13-june-2025/ Marcus' first Friday free-for-all in a little while includes talk on the only survivor of the Air India plane crash, the first semi-final between the Crusaders and the Blues (or was it the Hurricanes...), and marking 40 years of Pak'NSave. LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:58:34 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-ol-burn-of-the-sock-12-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-ol-burn-of-the-sock-12-june-2025/ Marcus talks Brian Wilson, the poisonous mushroom case from Australia, and covers a tragic plane crash in India. LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:06:42 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/flexible-but-not-movable-11-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/flexible-but-not-movable-11-june-2025/ Marcus talks about the new road opening from Ashurst to Woodville (seeing as no one else seems to have mentioned it!), North Islanders have moved to the South Island in droves over the last few years, and how the 九一星空无限talk ZB newsreaders end the news comes up for debate. LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:59:28 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/where-would-you-keep-it-10-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/where-would-you-keep-it-10-june-2025/ Marcus gets advice on how to stop (or remove) frost on your windscreen, discusses the poor road planning of Tauranga, and gets into the history of cars with crank handles. LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:09:04 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/just-a-lot-of-people-these-days-are-intolerant-4-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/just-a-lot-of-people-these-days-are-intolerant-4-june-2025/ While struggling with a croaky voice, Marcus talks nose bleeds, cheese, POW marches, and covers the band of very heavy rain sweeping down the North Island. LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:10:23 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/just-a-sprinkling-of-the-bagpipes-3-june-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/just-a-sprinkling-of-the-bagpipes-3-june-2025/ After a week off from illness, Marcus returns to talk the upcoming military tattoo event at Eden Park, 65 years of TV broadcasting in NZ, and whether cash use is back on the rise. LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:05:56 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/no-known-anecdote-23-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/no-known-anecdote-23-may-2025/ Marcus embarks on another great sweepstake, investigates the price of scones, and hears about the sinking of the HMS Hood. LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 23 May 2025 12:04:05 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/if-you-want-a-mango-get-a-mango-22-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/if-you-want-a-mango-get-a-mango-22-may-2025/ Would you encourage your child to get into the same career you did? And who ever heard of putting curry sauce on chips? LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 22 May 2025 12:06:28 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-lamson-cash-rail-system-21-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-lamson-cash-rail-system-21-may-2025/ Smith & Caughey's has confirmed it will close after 145 years of business. In a retail nostalgia hit, Marcus learns about the novel way money was delivered from customers to store accounts. Also, George Wendt, who portrayed Norm on Cheers has died. LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 21 May 2025 12:05:27 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/thats-a-power-move-20-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/thats-a-power-move-20-may-2025/ Marcus enquires about the special skill or talent you have, and boy... did you come through! Oh, and how long can you hold your breath for? LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 20 May 2025 12:08:22 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/it-does-sound-remarkably-stupid/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/it-does-sound-remarkably-stupid/ Caller Heather tells Marcus she's concerned about a new sport she's seen on the news, and Caller Suzy reckons she's got an answer for that high price of butter! LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 19 May 2025 12:08:12 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/you-better-hide-it-16-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/you-better-hide-it-16-may-2025/ A Friday free-for-all that covers electricity prices, billeting overseas students, expandable homes, and butter raffles. LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 16 May 2025 12:07:59 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/we-havent-had-a-ram-raid-in-a-while-15-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/we-havent-had-a-ram-raid-in-a-while-15-may-2025/ Marcus wants to know what would necessitate having a helicopter on your front lawn, and how on Earth butter getting even MORE expensive? LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 15 May 2025 23:17:41 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/literally-running-it-up-the-flagpole-14-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/literally-running-it-up-the-flagpole-14-may-2025/ Ten years on from the referendum that divided a nation, Marcus checks in on whether there's still any appetite for change. Plus bringing back the commuter train service from Auckland to Tauranga seems like a no brainer, right? LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 14 May 2025 11:56:32 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/id-look-like-shrek-13-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/id-look-like-shrek-13-may-2025/ Marcus has a theory about New Zealand's trend of footwear favouritism, and wants to know if you can still get turned away from places for not being dressed up enough. LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 13 May 2025 12:08:24 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-sandwich-would-be-better-with-bread-12-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/the-sandwich-would-be-better-with-bread-12-may-2025/ Marcus talks burgers, whether New Zealand has the ratio of pubs to golf courses right, chipped windscreens, and disposing batteries. LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 12 May 2025 11:57:12 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/fresh-air-fortnight-9-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/fresh-air-fortnight-9-may-2025/ With Mother's Day this weekend, Marcus collects cryptic (and often threatening) lines your mother would say, and keeps a close eye on a band of heavy rainstorms heading down the North Island. LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 09 May 2025 12:23:21 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/thats-snails-for-you-8-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/thats-snails-for-you-8-may-2025/ It's World Donkey Day, Marcus is either lazy or a psychopath, a Russian satellite is falling out of orbit (and might land in Ashburton again), and a brand new country music station is coming on air in New Zealand! LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 08 May 2025 12:13:08 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/love-the-french-press-7-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/love-the-french-press-7-may-2025/ What is the most dangerous appliance at your place? And what household item does Marcus hate the most? LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 07 May 2025 11:59:07 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/good-luck-sven-6-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/good-luck-sven-6-may-2025/ Marcus is very much in favour of a proposed under-16 social media ban, and wants to know if anyone's ever won anything of note from a claw machine. LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 06 May 2025 11:59:48 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/plastic-in-your-head-5-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/plastic-in-your-head-5-may-2025/ Marcus talks the proposed reopening of an infamous prison, and gets advice on in-home help.  Then Kathy has the mother of all questions about fences.... LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 05 May 2025 12:06:55 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/hes-big-on-cloves-2-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/hes-big-on-cloves-2-may-2025/ Marcus talks slow cookers, duck shooting, and getting your eyebrows tattooed. LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 02 May 2025 12:06:42 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/im-quite-versatile-in-the-family-home-1-may-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/im-quite-versatile-in-the-family-home-1-may-2025/ More weather coverage (this time focusing on Wellington and Christchurch), plus what can you use when you've run out of laundry soap? LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 01 May 2025 11:59:30 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/what-about-washing-woollens-29-april-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/what-about-washing-woollens-29-april-2025/ Marcus has a question about swanndri, and also talks ice-skating tours and the sinking of of the Titanic. LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:00:20 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/one-long-day-on-the-inter-city-28-april-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/one-long-day-on-the-inter-city-28-april-2025/ Marcus neighbours who feed birds, expensive domestic flights, and even more expensive airport parking! LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:11:08 Z /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/a-bedding-abomination-23-april-2025/ /on-air/marcus-lush-nights/audio/a-bedding-abomination-23-april-2025/ Marcus talks table tennis, terrible bed sheets, cooking in an air fryer, and what to do when council keeps shifting bin day around! LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:08:31 Z