If you've ever urgently needed the toilet when there are no toilets to be found, you'll know that desperate times call for desperate measures; but perhaps no one knows that more than AM's Nicky Styris.
The newsreader shared her shocking (literally) toilet escapade on Tuesday morning, much to the amusement of her co-hosts Melissa Chan-Green and Lloyd Burr.
The conversation arose as the hosts discussed Christopher Luxon being forced to fly to Australia commercially at the last minute due to a maintenance fault with the Defence Force (NZDF) Boeing 757 jet.
Due to the fault, the Prime Minister missed his first two meetings with international leaders - a result Newshub senior political reporter Amelia Wade described as "pretty embarrassing for New Zealand".
Following this morning's developments, Chan-Green appealed to viewers to send in their most embarrassing stories - and asked her co-hosts if they too had anything to share.
"I've got lots of them... they include pooing in bushes and stuff," Burr admitted.
Despite Chan-Green attempting to move the conversation on, Styris quickly interjected: "Actually, I've got one really similar to that."
The topline summary of her story? "When I was out running, I got electrocuted by one of those farm fences."
She continued: "I needed to go to the toilet, and I was looking around - it was near Hahei - and I was like, 'I'll just jump the fence and go' - and I got zapped by the fence."
As the hosts erupted into cackles, she said through her laughter: "I was lying on the ground going, 'What has my life become?'
"I really need to do a poo and I've just been electrocuted."
But rest assured, despite the shock, she still found a place to relieve herself.
"Did you end up finding a place?" Burr asked, to which she responded: "Of course I did."
"It happens to all of us," Burr said.
Not sure about that one.
As the hosts encouraged viewers to share their embarrassing moments, no matter the context, Styris said matter-of-factly: "Nothing better than a good poo story."
Watch the video above.
