Overheard while flying through the NZTG control zone.
A/C: TG TWR, ABC at XXX, 3000ft, 2 POB, Requesting joining instructions in receipt of golf 1019
TWR: ABC, TG TWR, Make a XXX Arrival, traffic is a XXX at 2500ft, Heading XXX
A/C: Roger the Traffic, ABC
Traffic: Rather you didn't.