Nine To Noon Friday funnies with Pinky Agnew and Irene Pink
Mar 12, 2026
Irene Pink, panel commentator known for comic cultural takes, and Pinky Agnew, writer and comedian with sharp local humour, trade playful banter. They spin childhood mishaps, a bogan wedding tale, inventive appliance-music stories and a spirited debate about AI-made art. Light-hearted, quirky and full of local colour.
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Childhood Getting Stuck Stories
- Kathryn Ryan and Pinky Agnew share childhood stuck-in-stories including a tambourine and climbing into an old TV set used as a pretend newsreader.
- Pinky recounts a niece whose rattle got stuck and needed persuasion and the fire service, making the moment vivid and humorous.
Upper Hutt Bogan Wedding Picked
- Pinky Agnew describes Upper Hutt's bogan weekend and a contest to find an ideal bogan couple for a themed wedding officiated by Scott Phillips.
- She details the winners, their trike wedding vehicle, a ruby red gown with black veil from a prior marriage, and public comments she found brilliant.
Manu World Champs Measures Splash Not Form
- The Manau World Championships reward splash height rather than Olympic diving form, using biomechanics tech to quantify splashes.
- AUT's Patria Hume videos each manu, freeze-frames splash height and uses hydrophones to measure the pop on impact.