Radio host Mike Hosking had to gather himself for a few moments on live radio when news broke that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
As wife and fellow Newstalk ZB broadcaster Kate Hawkesby crossed to Hosking - shortly before his programme was due to start - she said: "Very sad day indeed ... the Queen dying at age 96. Mike Hosking - nobody loves the Queen more than you and I."
"Oh don't," Hosking can be heard saying with an audible sniff.
Hawkesby replies: "It's very upsetting isn't it? We're royalists, aren't we? I mean, it's an end of an era."