Marcus Lush Nights

After hearing about a man in one of Auckland's MIQ hotels complaining about the food he was being served, Mark echoed Marcus' sentiment that returnees to NZ should be grateful to have the opportunity to come back to NZ in the first place and quit complaining.
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After Marcus asked about Joe Biden's watch (which has made headlines around the world for being a $9000 Rolex), 80-year-old retired Navy SEAL Bob phoned to talk about where he thinks Joe got it from and then went into storytelling mode about his time as a SEAL. 
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With news of a new case of Covid-19 in Northland, Marcus wanted someone to run him through setting up Bluetooth tracing on his phone, and the "double-tap hack" he'd seen so many people online talking about.
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You cannot get one of those New World Smeg Knifeblocks for love nor money, and reports are coming in that some New World stores have run out of some of the most sought after types of knife.
Jason managed to find himself a knife block workaround, Karen is looking for one of the meat carving knives to finish her set, and after hearing Ron's story (WARNING: it's  not for the squeamish), Marcus isn't sure sharp knives are all they're cut out to be (pun definitely intended).
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People said over and over again that 2020 was unpredictable - but that isn't going to stop Marcus' audience from trying to predict five news stories of 2021.
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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.
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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! 
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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 [email protected].
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It's a long-standing New Zealand tradition that Christmas Day means pretty terrible viewing on our free-to-air channels.
Armed with her copy of the TV Guide for Christmas Week, Pat gives Marcus the rundown.
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While delivering her maiden speech in parliament, Ingrid Leary mentioned Marcus' pronunciation of her electorate. Caller Elsa phoned the show to make sure Marcus knew about it, and to share her enthusiasm for NZ's most diverse parliament parliament ever.
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