Blunt, unfiltered takes on everyday life, relationships, and culture from a New Zealand perspective.
The Shaboo Show is where real opinions meet real conversations, whether it’s food, modern dating, or the things people think but don’t say out loud.

by Shaboo Show
Blunt, unfiltered takes on everyday life, relationships, and culture from a New Zealand perspective. The Shaboo Show is where real opinions meet real conversations, whether it’s food, modern dating, or the things people think but don’t say out loud.
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4/19/2026
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August 17, 2026
<p>Cake-cutting fees, council parking grabs, a builder whose legal defence was</p><p>"I'm not a builder", and a 67-year-old bottle shop legend who got sacked for</p><p>stopping three thieves. Plus: I want to be buried in a tree.</p><p><br></p><p>😈 SUBMIT YOUR SINS — DM @shabooshow on TikTok or Instagram and Shaboo will</p><p>judge yours on the show.</p><p><br></p><p>📱 Follow @shabooshow everywhere — TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>0:00 Cold open</p><p>0:49 Winter in a 120-year-old villa</p><p>2:30 The leftover roast chicken pie</p><p>4:53 Why I clean other people's houses</p><p>6:08 Asian fusion has gone too far</p><p>8:10 Stop putting a Kmart rug under mid-century furniture</p><p>9:32 The man who buried his dog at sea</p><p>10:21 I want to be buried in a tree pod</p><p>12:51 Electrolytes before coffee</p><p>15:36 NEW SEGMENT: The Shaboo Times</p><p>16:36 City Rail Link opens after 103 years</p><p>20:16 Wellington's first snow in 15 years</p><p>24:27 Silver Ferns strike gold</p><p>26:21 The councillor who Zoomed from her bathroom</p><p>28:02 Kmart's $99 spy glasses</p><p>32:46 Kiwi rapper cracks the US charts</p><p>34:30 Most Kiwi drivers would fail their licence test</p><p>37:29 Sydney Airport picks a fight with coeliacs</p><p>40:42 The $2.50 flat white coffee war</p><p>45:17 Op shops, bugs and brand prices</p><p>46:07 Dubai's robot wedding</p><p>48:15 Lorde headlines Lollapalooza</p><p>49:24 The billion-dollar Michael Jackson biopic</p><p>50:42 The Pak'nSave postcode lottery</p><p>54:55 THE SIN BIN</p><p>55:50 $8,870 to park outside your own house</p><p>57:00 The $110 cake-cutting fee</p><p>58:48 The builder who said "I'm not a builder"</p><p>1:01:01 The three-year hole in the front door</p><p>1:02:26 The world champion and the parcel</p><p>1:04:34 The office admin who stole $850K</p><p>1:07:14 The sacking of Wendy the Enforcer</p><p>1:09:56 The straw-licker of Singapore</p><p>1:12:13 Wrap up + Submit Your Sins</p>

August 9, 2026
<p>The flu took us both out, so this week we got our lives back in order — and Shaboo has opinions on exactly where your money should go.</p><p>Five things she reckons are worth every dollar, a chicken hack that changed how we cook, and a Sin Bin stacked with companies that got caught this week: City Fitness</p><p>and the $6.99 membership that wasn't, a Wellington landlord who skimped on heating, and HelloFresh making 1.2 million cold calls to people who'd already cancelled.</p><p>Plus: why NZ houses aren't worth their money, petrol up 27.5%, and the only thing on earth allowed to tell you to go back to your own country.</p><p><br></p><p>⭐ SUBMIT YOUR SINS ⭐</p><p>We want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done — or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous.</p><p>→ DM us on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW THE SHOW</p><p>TikTok: @shabooshow</p><p>Instagram: @shabooshow</p><p>Facebook: @shabooshow</p><p>YouTube: @shabooshow</p><p><br></p><p>Mentioned this episode: First Table · El Corte, Shortland Street (both unpaid — we just like them)</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>00:17 The bug that took us both down</p><p>01:32 The series we binged, and what to watch next</p><p>02:56 Yellowstone, and why every woman wants a Rip</p><p>03:29 Tuna poké, cookies, and why home baking never survives the night</p><p>04:42 First Table at El Corte</p><p>06:43 The cold pan chicken hack</p><p>09:44 5 things actually worth your money</p><p>10:09 1. A coffee machine with a grinder</p><p>11:06 2. Heated seats</p><p>11:32 3. A monthly massage</p><p>12:06 4. Quality steak</p><p>12:34 5. A sauna</p><p>13:34 IShowSpeed hits 60 million</p><p>14:58 HOT TOPICS</p><p>15:19 NZ house prices are falling</p><p>16:39 "New Zealand houses are not worth their money"</p><p>17:11 Shaboo's House Reviews</p><p>18:47 Petrol is up 27.5%</p><p>22:25 Are Teslas giving people migraines?</p><p>23:02 Banning under-16s from social media</p><p>24:34 The earthquake in Japan</p><p>26:43 Winston Peters and the crocodiles</p><p>30:00 2016 vs 2026</p><p>32:24 The AI that broke out of the sandbox</p><p>34:16 ⭐ THE SIN BIN</p><p>34:47 City Fitness and the $6.99 that wasn't</p><p>36:57 The Kilbirnie landlord with no heating</p><p>39:02 HelloFresh and 1.2 million cold calls</p><p>41:58 The Queenstown street fight</p><p>44:39 Your sins: the Christian school doorstep</p><p>47:29 What you'd break in a sibling fight</p><p>48:57 Wrap</p>

July 28, 2026
<p>Op shops are charging $400 for coats that were donated to them for free — and</p><p>that's just one of the sins this week. We also get into the $500 winter power</p><p>bill, the two supermarkets that have us over a barrel, school camps doubling in</p><p>price, and the 105-year-old who jumped out of a plane for his birthday.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: the missing bird in my neighbourhood, why cabbage is criminally</p><p>underrated, and the most feral thing I do the second I get through my front door.</p><p><br></p><p>SUBMIT YOUR SINS</p><p>Got a confession? Send it in and I'll read it out and judge you properly. It</p><p>stays anonymous. DM me on TikTok or Instagram, or email us. Dating dilemmas,</p><p>work dilemmas, cooking dilemmas, postman dilemmas — give it to me.</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW</p><p>TikTok: @shabooshow</p><p>Instagram: @shabooshow</p><p>Facebook: @shabooshow</p><p>YouTube: @shabooshow</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>00:20 The flu that took out the whole crew</p><p>05:50 There's a missing bird in my neighbourhood</p><p>09:20 Grooming a husky is a two-hour war</p><p>11:11 When "mild" is absolutely not mild</p><p>14:49 Duck Island, and how cabbage won me over</p><p>19:09 HOT TOPICS</p><p>19:22 Two Kiwis just split $40 million</p><p>22:38 Left behind by the bus at 74</p><p>23:45 Do the supermarkets have us over a barrel?</p><p>27:45 School camps have doubled in price</p><p>30:34 Could you feed a family on $5k a year?</p><p>33:40 E-scooters: menace, or just bad riders?</p><p>34:51 Politicians, showgirls and "it's showbiz, baby"</p><p>37:02 Japan invented a human refrigerator</p><p>39:23 The 105-year-old who jumped out of a plane</p><p>42:58 You can now rent a bloke to do your BBQ</p><p>44:56 CLIP FARMING</p><p>46:30 My $500 winter power bill</p><p>48:13 Nobody looks after you when you're sick</p><p>49:03 The most feral thing I do at home</p><p>50:28 THE SIN BIN</p><p>51:14 A Sunday surcharge on sunglasses</p><p>52:28 Fined for parking outside his own house</p><p>56:45 The op shops that got greedy</p><p>58:24 The "very, very viral" influencer</p><p>1:00:33 Submit your sins</p><p>1:01:35 Wrap</p>
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Blunt, unfiltered takes on everyday life, relationships, and culture from a New Zealand perspective.
The Shaboo Show is where real opinions meet real conversations, whether it’s food, modern dating, or the things people think but don’t say out loud.
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