Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - 24 hour Handball begins!

Episode Date: April 3, 2024

Show Highlights: Prime Minister chats on his handballs skills. The handball location brings back bad memories for Megan... Are the boys in love with Art Green? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Today we're broadcasting from the Kids Can event, where we're going to be playing 24 hours of handball, or foursquare, whatever you call the game. It's happening at 8 o'clock this morning. To raise money for Kids Can, you can text 933, KIDS to 933, to make an instant $3 donation. Already over $100,000, so thank you so much. Oh, thank you for your generosity so far. Ben Boyce, you wanted to start the beginning of this with $100,000 under your belt.

Because $350,000 is a lot of money. But at the moment, the current climate, people are doing it tough. So people have spared. That amount of money is incredible. OK, and I've just thought of a perfect sponsor. I'm going to go big with the corporates. Playing four square, four square. Oh, yeah, great.

Million dollars for four square that'd be great, we could be done by 8 o'clock ask the guys, always giving a thumbs up it's a yes, it's a yes for the four square guy now we're here at the Auckland Netball Centre, that's where we're going to be playing four square in St John's in Auckland and Megan, just as we arrived here

you're like, uh oh, last time I went here I left in an ambulance that was literally the last time I was here. So I used to play netball, club netball, you know, like competitive. So many sporting layers to you. Surprisingly, too. No, I don't do sportiness. No, for someone you're like, I don't really watch a bit of rugby in F1, but you're like,

I'm not big on the sports. No, but I used to play a lot of sports. Roller derby? Yeah, roller derby. Yeah, netball. And surprisingly, I hurt myself in netball more than I ever did in roller derby. So last time I was here, I jumped up for like a high ball and popped my ACL, which is the ligament in your knee. And so that required like surgery.

It took me about a year to get my knee back working. Got a big scar on my knee. You just showed us before, yeah. And so I was one of the admin with those things. You're often the ambulance. Who goes and collects your car? Who had to pick up your car? Yeah, well, my partner had to do it at the time.

Yeah, it was a lot of admin. A lot of admin, yeah. You get injured and shipped off in an ambulance. Yeah, you're like, oh, my car and stuff is all back at the network. Left my bag, my phone and all sorts, yeah. Yeah, well, I wasn't driving for a while, that's for sure. Describe the pain. Initially, it's quite sore, but then it went numb.

It kind of goes numb. Jeez. And the weird thing with that injury is you can kind of walk on it, so it doesn't seem like there's much wrong, but your knee will give out. So I had to have surgery and then yeah well i like how you turned up today in in sporting attire ready to play handball you've got shoes on that aren't practical at all massive heels i'm like well you're not gonna clearly not gonna play i don't scream sportiness yeah no i can jump in there i can go bare feet she traded a netball for high

fashion yeah change gears switched it up good on you there's gonna be lots of people here i wanted I can jump in there. I can go bare feet. She traded a netball for high fashion. Changed gears. Switched it up. Good on you, Megan. There's going to be lots of people here. I wanted to make a good impression. All right. Well, you can head to kidscampbell.org.nz if you'd like to make a donation. And there's varying levels you can do.

You can do the text one as well, which is an automatic $3 donation, but also anything from $10 up to endless, endless amounts. But $10 will buy breakfast for one child for an entire week. Yeah, just $10 up to endless, endless amounts. But $10 will buy breakfast for one child for an entire week. Yeah, just $10. So if you can give that, it'd be greatly appreciated. Head to kidscampbell.org.nz. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Lotto Powerball rolled over Saturday night, a $20 million price.

Up for grabs Saturday night. So good luck for that one. Well, you could donate money to our Kids Campbell fundraiser today. Two of you in that. All we need now is, what, another $250,000? Yeah. Nothing when you've got 20 mil. Yeah.

Now, over the weekend, we had our big mascot race, 18 mascots running out at Go Media Stadium. Halftime at the Warriors, we had our hit eponymous, the hippo mascot we have for the hits, taking on all those other mascots. Absolute fiasco. It was a fiasco. As you'd expect from 18 oversized costumes running on the field, half

time at the Warriors. And I heard yesterday it was on a sports podcast. They dissected our mascot race. I was like, oh dear God, what do they have to say? Were you holding your breath all the way through the uh the commentary yeah from listening to it down now we've uh sort of shortened it up a little bit but you just keep the good bits yeah well this is what they had to say on the acc's agenda sports podcast yesterday have a listen uh at the halftime

show they had the uh mascot race yes which was quite full-. Steely Dan won it. Yeah, I mean, he was always going to win. Yeah. Steely Dan was basically just had a silver mask on and rugby kit. Yeah. And everyone else liked the potato, the giraffes. They were in all sorts. I thought, oh, this is going to be lame. But when they lined up, it was when they were calling them out onto the field.

That was funny. There were 18 of them. It just never ended. They kept coming. And Auckland Rugby Had a seagull And a potato Yeah So it was

I was trying to work I couldn't work that out The Sky Tower Could have been out there Going for it Yeah There was a few missing But the asterisk

From Oh yes From Frank Energy Yeah yeah That was quite good But unwieldy though A lot of unwieldy costumes That's why Steely Dan won

That's right It was him Or the Warriors mascot, who I've always thought is one of the worst mascots in the NRL because it's just a guy with a Warriors head on. With a logo on his head. Yeah. Which, I mean, the logo is someone's head,

but it's like, eh, I don't know. But he could never have won it because it would have been rigged. But the other thing is, much like the ACC Opens, if you win the mascot race, it's because you cheated. Yeah. And if you didn't win, you just didn't cheat hard enough. Yeah, they said that because they were at the game. They said a lot of the mascots never made it the full length of the field.

They just turned around and started running back because we couldn't see that on the field. But we were MC. They were like, no one went near the line. And if they did, they were way behind. Work smarter, not harder. That's a flaw. I think it was too much.

Like two lengths. We did two lengths of the field. We're not details guys, are we? No. It's a flaw. I think it was too much. Like two lengths. We did two lengths in the field. I think it was too much. We're not details guys, are we? No. It's a real honesty system too. We're like, all right, you can start when we say you start. The seagull went way too early.

And to be honest, when we were on the field, they put an earpiece in your ear. And I had some lady talking in my ear the whole time. And I was trying to half listen to what she was saying. So, you know, paying attention to the actual race. It was probably fourth or fifth on the list of my priorities. So there was a lot of cheating that we didn't know about. So maybe we wouldn't have come dead last. No, we definitely wouldn't have come dead last.

Our mascot was definitely dead last. Well, then maybe the wonderful Agenda podcast could dissect our 24 hours of Hamble. All 24 hours of one blow-by-blow hourly coverage. Do you actually want them too? Probably not after that. No, they do a great job. But hopefully no cheating from us today.

Next though, Megan, how you got out of something. Yeah, I did. I forged something. Do you think I could use this to get out of the 24 Hours of Hamble? I don't think so, no. You definitely committed fraud. Yeah. On a light scale.

What did she do? We'll find out next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A little bit of talk yesterday there. Some of her besties, Selena Gomez and Blake Lively, while they're besties with Taylor, they don't actually like each other. You're trying to trigger me. Because they're never seen hanging out together in the same group.

That clearly means. They're always seen hanging out with Taylor, but never at the same event with Taylor. Maybe they're just busy and they can't coordinate it. Well, yeah, they probably live in different sides of america yeah well maybe they got a forgery note from their parents because that's all we need to talk about that's all we need to drill down on here something you mentioned yesterday i i'm coming across as a really bad influence but um i when i was younger i was not a huge fan of cross country i also like

blamed a lot of it on asthma who is a fan of cross country. I also blamed a lot of it on asthma. Who is a fan of cross country? Even cross country runners probably don't like cross country. Some kids really love running. I don't mind cross country. It just wasn't my thing. I always tried to cut across the course or just get out of it. There was always those kids that ended up on the tractor.

The kids that were real slow and can't ride back with the tractor right. They got towed back on, that's humiliating yeah, you never want to be that's a degrading act, why do they have to tow them back on a tractor I was having the one-upper all the time it was like the tractor was at the end following everyone and then the kids would end up on the tractor you're taking too long, stop on

that was pretty much me, I'd always come last so every cross country I was like, what are we going to do this year to get out of it and one year I was like I are we going to do this year to get out of it and one year I was like I reckon I can forge my mum's signature

so I wrote myself a note saying I wasn't well and my mum's signature was pretty much just her initials so I did a little squiggly initial

and got out of it and so but you were at school like you had to watch the cross country you just had to participate in it? I just got to chill while everyone else ran.

But a school fraud there. Like fraud. Did your mum ever find out? Yeah, I think she did. When she went, how did the cross-country go? I think the school asked her, so is she unwell today? And she was like, no, she's fine.

And she found out, I don't know. But she should have had a harder signature do like a more intense signature if you don't want your kid to forge it we uh we want to open up the school school yard confessional uh maybe you want to open up about things that you've held on to for years wagging because wagging is obviously a big one with school i honestly don't feel having wagged it's worth worth the stress and anxiety. Like you're at school for five hours, you've got lunchtime, you've got morning tea, so three and a half hours maybe of actual work that you have to do. And everything that comes along with wagging and lying and sneaking around

and worrying if you're going to get caught into your parents. Me and my friend Ben Russell, another friend of mine named Ben, we made a pact, we wagged. And we both said neither of us will give in if there's a parental investigation into our whereabouts that day. His mum came home and said, we're at school today. I was like, no! No, we weren't. So I came clean immediately.

Oh, really? Yeah. And then I, so we got busted. Annie Pryor had to pick me up. I vomited in her car on the way home. That's a whole other story. And what did you be up to? What were you doing while you were wagging? And then I...

Gloss over that one, didn't he? I later found out that Ben's mum came home and said, hell was school. Oh, really? You just like... Oh, Ben. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Today, of course, we are playing 24 Hours of Foursquare for Kids Can.

We're raising money for Kids Can, the schoolyard game. And we wanted to do right now schoolyard confessionals. Did you want to confess to something that you did at school? Megan confessed to forging. So, yeah, I confessed to forging my mum's signature to get out of cross-country. But I never wagged. You two both wagged. Yeah, wagged, yeah.

Working with a couple of bad boys, babe. It always goes bad. I think I've told you But it's always... Working with a couple of bad boys, babe. It always goes bad. Now, I think I've told you guys this before, coming back with a mate of mine, and then the deputy principal's like, come into the office, and where have you been? I was like, dentist. Great excuse.

And then he picked up the phone. I remember this. And he's like, so, what dentist? I was like, uh-oh. Whenever an adult calls a teenager's bluff, boy, oh boy, they get a cave. And he's like, so if I called the dentist right now, they'd confirm that you had an appointment. And I was like.

You should have just tried your luck. Yeah, I should have. You had nothing to lose at that point. Yeah, I should have actually, but I just went. How many dentists were there in Marston? Not many really, to be honest. I just went, no, there weren't. You're paying the dentist.

Maybe he would have covered for you. Yeah, it would have been great to see if they would cover for us. I'm surprised you didn't get an open-your-mouth check in a scale and polish situation. Yeah, so what do you want to confess to this morning? That's what we want to hear on 0800 The Hits. Great text here, 4487. I used to work at school and I hung out at my friend's parents' dairy.

However, I got busted when mum's friend came into the dairy and saw me hiding out in the back. Okay, 0800 The Hits, telephone number. Shea, good morning. Oh, good morning. Oh, good morning. Wow. Schoolyard confessions. What happened? It's coming back to haunt me.

I was wagging school when I was walking along Lampton Quay as I go to school in Wellington. I saw a camera, thought not too much of it. Later that night, my parents were watching the news and there I go, walking past Lampton Quay BNZ in my school uniform. Oh.

And wagging on the news. Wagging on the news. This is why they're cancelling the news, stuff like this. Yeah, I know, I know. Could you not say they'd filmed it after school at like three o'clock or something? They were looking at the stock exchange boards

that they used to have in the window, so it had the time. At the time. It was all working against you. It was. I just wish I'd walked the other way around him, but it just didn't occur to me at the time. Do you know, I got snapped on camera too,

a bloody gutter journalism sting, wasn't it? Oh, yeah. Crossing the road here, and they were doing an undercover sting, Seven Sharp, Hilary Barry, Jeremy Wells and that mob, doing an undercover sting on Jay Walkers Hillary Berry, Jeremy Wells and that mob, doing an undercover sting on jaywalkers. They got you jaywalking. It was jaywalking. And you said, what are you filming for?

And they said, busting people jaywalking. And you laughed. I laughed. I was like, that's a funny. I thought it was an unusual joke, but I'll laugh politely. And that's what they were doing. So, hey, I feel your pain. And were you sitting down watching the news bulletin

as it was playing out in real time? Yep, with our dinner trays, having our family dinner. So you had no idea this was coming up? No, no. Like I say, I saw a camera, but Wellington City, anybody can be doing anything. That's true. It wasn't a huge deal.

I got filmed at the cricket in Wellington too when I should have been at school. And that was, at that time, I was like, don't film me, don't film me. And they did. And that was, I was at that time, I was like, don't film me, don't film me. And they, no, they did.

And that got on the TV. Were you in uniform though? Yeah, I was in uniform, but one of our deputy principals saw it. He was watching, I don't know why he was watching the cricket during school hours,

but anyway. The moral of the story is, if you're going to wag school, avoid cameras and don't wear your uniform. Yeah. Yes. Were you on camera going, don't film me,

don't film me. Yeah, I was pretty much with my mate going, don't, don't. Yeah. Were you on camera going, don't film me? Yeah, I was. He must be my mate going, don't, don't. Putting your head like, you know, you see the criminals leaving court with their head buried in their jersey. I'm like, why do these kids don't want to be on camera? You go and have a great day, Shay. Yeah, you guys too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

In just an hour's time, we'll be playing handball for 24 hours, raising money for Kids Can. You can donate by texting KIDS to 933, an instant $3 donation. And he's joining us down here today. Great to see you. Jeremy Corbett from Seven Days. Good morning. Good morning.

Thanks for coming out here and joining us today. Yeah, not at all. Not at all. You used to do radio for many years. I did. Do you come back and you're like, damn, I miss saying words? Yeah, I know. It's all different, you and your FM.

It's a different world. I don't miss it, actually. You don't? Well, I've been lucky that sort of when I left radio, it was time to leave. And I've had other things sort of to keep that creative outlet going on. But you could be playing 24 hours of handball like we're about to do. One thing I definitely don't miss in radio is... Stunts. Yeah, suggestions other people come up with around a table that you have to then do

it's a real wonderful cause and we do appreciate you coming down here also seven days is back seven days back tonight tonight it's uh it's on air on three and uh 7 30 so yeah very funny um most people know we we've recorded it already did it last night. And yeah, very, very good. I'm always surprised how much I laugh. I shouldn't be because they're always funny people, but it always catches me by surprise because essentially we're hearing all of this stuff, all the jokes for the first time.

Are you surprised? Because people come along and obviously watch and you record for a lot longer than what makes it to air. But are you surprised sometimes that even the stuff that does make it to air in the edit? Because sometimes you go along there and you're like, well, that'll never make it to air in the edit because sometimes you know you go along there you're like well that'll never make it and then you watch you're like oh my goodness that made it yeah well especially we used to be like a 9 9 30 show at night um you will have experienced this move to 7 30 yeah it's sort of it's more family so you are you're sort of thinking well that was that might have made the old cut but not the new

cut and but sometimes it does sneak through. And I remember when we first went on air at 7.30, my daughter, who was 11 at the time, said, can I watch seven days? And just my knee jerk was no, because that's always been a no. And then I was like, well, hang on, it's 7.30. This is family-friendly stuff now, yeah. So we turned it on. Within five minutes, Ursula had dropped two swear words. And my daughter couldn't have been happier

She didn't say anything You know when you're both Looking at the TV And you know it's happened It's like when you're Watching a news scene With your parents or something Both pretend it's not happened

Both pretend it's not happened Because I mean What season is it up to now? Season 16 How many episodes Would you have done? 2009 we started I don't know

We must be over 400 Wow That's a huge achievement It's crazy isn't it? It's good you're still laughing I know You're not dead inside How many episodes would you have done? 2009 we started. I don't know. We must be over 400. Wow. That's a huge achievement. It's crazy, isn't it? It's good you're still laughing. I know. You're not dead inside. Well, lads, I think it's a bit like this show, right?

You're getting together with mates and talking nonsense. I've asked a lot of questions about Seven Days, the TV show of the year. So I've got some questions about Seven Days, just the week, and see if you can answer these. Oh, yeah, okay, go. These are just questions. Okay. What day of the week was named after the Norse god thor jeremy call well i'd go thursday you're right

thursday i did not know that not know that thursday yeah it was thursday i should have used it as marketing for the movie too i know okay according to research jeremy call but mondays and oh sorry i read out the answer that mondays mondays and also what other day are the most popular days for employees to call in sick? Call in sick? Yeah, Mondays and? Well, I'd say Friday. Yeah, you're right.

That makes sense. Yeah, the old WFH system that came into play. There is no one in this building Mondays or Fridays. I know. It's COVID changed everything. I like this. Okay, true or false? If a month of the year begins on a Sunday, it always has Friday the 13th in it.

Yes. Yeah, true. Yeah, I did not know that. You've got quite a mathematical brain. Not really. You just made it look like it. Do you just glaze over for a second? Is it looking up at the ceiling?

I found in my career, if you just sort of look off to the left, pause for three seconds, and then have a stand at it. Paid off, mate. You look like you worked that out. Okay, so Mondays and Fridays, most popular days, people call in sick. What's the most productive day of the week?

I reckon it's Tuesday. You're right. That's purely on, I actually have a theory. Like, my email inbox, stuff happens on a Tuesday. That's when people email and say, need to book this and need to do this, all the rest of it. You watch it on your email inbox, the Tuesdays are the days. That's the productive day. Tuesdays is my least favourite day.

Really? Productive day, according to research. You're very good at seven days the TV show and seven days the questions as well. I've been alive a long time. Hey, not to bring the vibes down as well, obviously the end of the project last year. Is it?

Did they tell you? A hell of a way to find out. Have you still been turning up to work? And you know, you've been doing this job a long time. Yes, I have. What do you see the future of this game? What, the whole broadcasting game? I think shows like your own will continue.

In radio, there's that saying, live and local. I used to roll my eyes at that when I was in radio, but it's very true. I think people who, especially in the morning when they're getting on their routine and their way to work, they like to connect. Whether it comes over an FM band or on your world crazy web, I think that's still going to survive. So content will be king. A good show will continue to be listened to or watched. Well, even like Seven Days, you're right.

Leaving the move to 7.30 earlier, move to be a longer one-hour format, it's still even more popular than it has been. It did actually surprise me because I think that's a tough slot to move to. And I predicted less than what happened, so I was pleasantly surprised that it worked. So thank you, Kiwis, for watching. You're right. Content's always going to be made.

It's just where you place it. And if content is king, then marketing, I suppose, is queen, if you know what I mean. Letting people know where you are is the big challenge. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Good morning, it is The Hits, coming to you from the Auckland Netball Centre. We're about to play 24 hours of handball for 24 hours for Kids Can. Yeah, and what wonderful halls we're in here, Ben.

You can only imagine the amount of volunteer referees that have been abused in this building, my friend. But we are about to embark on this. It's for Kids Can, the brainchild of How To Dad, Jordan Watson. You've got the horn to officially launch this. I've got the horn. I've got the horn. You tell me when. Okay, and we've got AM host William Wairua with us as well.

William, thank you very much for joining us as our first celebrity, the fourth in the square. Hey, I couldn't hear a thing. My ears are blocked because I know he's going to hit that horn at any minute. Here we go. It's about to start. 24 hours of Kids Can Ball. Here we go.

History's about to be made. Children are about to be saved. And the first ball is bounced. We are underway, New Zealand. And, of course, you can donate as well. Head to kidscanball.org.nz. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're in the middle of playing 24 hours of handball.

You can donate to help out Kids Can at kidscanball.org.nz. A very ambitious task of playing handball for 24 hours, but also trying to get $350,000. Tell you what's even more ambitious than trying to get $350,000, Ben, doing radio and playing handball at the same time while holding a microphone. I know. I'm very confused at the moment. Actor Sarah Wiseman's down with us.

Nice to see you. Hi, hi. Don't take me away from my concentration. Sorry, you're in the middle of the game as well. It's a bit tricky for everyone as well. See, they can't even just talk to you. We're trying to do radio over here, Sarah, mate. I love how much everyone is puffing too.

We're trying to make a difference for Kiwi kids because Kids Can partners with over 1,000 schools, feeds more than 60,000 kids every day, providing them with breakfast, jackets, shoes, and it makes a real difference. It does, and you can text KIDS to 933 for an automatic $3 donation, and some bigger donations, anything from $10 upwards at kidscampbell.org.nz as well.

And, you know, $10 will feed a child for a week. So your money is going to a really good cause. And we have Alison on the phone, who's actually a nurse at a primary school. Good morning, Alison. It's actually, hi, guys. How are you doing? How are you? Awesome, if that.

Well, thank you. We've only just started, and we're making radio sound very hard at the moment. Alison, you see firsthand what Kids Can does at the primary school you're at? I mean, it's actually a college. A college. Apologies. Yeah. You see the benefits.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. No, we've had the food. The food is great because you can give it on tap for hungry students. I've had students cry when they've been given a pair of shoes. And they're quite cool shoes now. They're sort of like trainers.

So in the raincoats when it's raining, because I used to watch kids walking to school in the pool, you know, with no protection. So, yeah, it's really incredible. I used to watch kids walking to school in the poor area without protection. So, yeah, it's really incredible. It's hard to describe the magnitude of what impact it has on the children when you're not there at the front. You know, coalface actually seems to be going down. Yeah, and you'd notice a huge difference in their learning as well.

Oh, absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, a hungry'd notice a huge difference in their learning as well. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. A hungry child doesn't learn. Yeah. Yeah. Now, Alison, I know you're... Sorry. It took us a while to get on. We had to wait about six months,

and it was quite a lengthy application process, but you never look back once you've actually been accepted. Yeah, no, that's the thing, and there's hundreds of schools, dozens on the waiting list. That's why we're trying to get 350k to get some of those schools into the KidsCan programme. Well, Alison, this has been an absolute pleasure. I know you're a nurse, you're out there doing God's work, but boy, we're playing handball and talking at the same time, and that couldn't be any more difficult than that.

Supposing how difficult we've made that, but you can donate. It's quite easy to donate. Head to kidscanball.org.nz or you can text KIDS to 933 and make an instant $3 donation. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Julie Chapman, the founder of Kids Can, joins us three metres away from the handball court. Julie, lovely to have you with us. Lovely to be here.

Thank you. Firstly, congratulations on starting such a wonderful organisation. Thank you. I appreciate that. Now, people listening, we want them to donate. Could you tell them what exactly their money is going to go towards? Look, Kids Can supports children throughout New Zealand in schools who are doing it tough, like living in hardship. We provide food, clothing, shoes, all the basics that kids need. So this

handball event, all of the money raised is going to go to those kids and also help us to get children that are on our waiting list into our program as well. Well that's the thing, over 60,000 children you help feed every day but there's thousands more, there's thousands more schools wanting to get into the program. Yeah we have our biggest waiting list right now since 2018. We have around 10,000 kids in schools and early childhood centres that really need the support. So we're asking the public to really dig deep. I didn't realise it went to ECEs as well, early childhood.

Yeah, it does. Like, you know, these are the littlies that are the most vulnerable, and they, you know, there's 137 early childhood centres waiting for that support. Wow. Wow-wee. So this $350,000, if we get there, we'll go a long way to helping many of those on the waiting list. It will help so much.

It's a really tough year for charities and the fact that you guys have put your hands up to do this and look we're not even an hour in. It's going to be epic. But we've said this a couple of times. We're dads and it really hits home to know that in New Zealand

there's kids up the road from where you live. They're going to school without breakfast, without raincoats, without jackets. And, you know, things like this shouldn't happen in our country. So it's great that what we do and it's great what everyone's doing to get in behind it and support the cause. Absolutely. And right now, if people want to donate, Zespri is actually doing a dollar match. So for the next hour, when you donate, Zespri will double your dollars. Oh, that is awesome. Well, you can donate right now at kidscanball.org.nz or you can text KIDS

to 933 and make an instant $3 donation. Thank you for all the work that you do, Julie. And I hope no doubt we'll see you for the whole 24 hours, right? Yeah, yeah, you will. You'll see me. Absolutely. We'll get back to doing radio and playing handball at the same time. But if you can donate, that's an amazing thing that Zespri's done as well. Dollar matching right now. So head to kidscanball.org.nz to make a real difference for Kiwi Kids on

The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're playing 24 hours of handball. We're doing it for Kids Can. And right now, Zespri are doubling your donations. If you can help out Kiwi kids, head to kidscanball.org.nz. I always said that Kiwi fruit were the most generous of the fruit and produce range. Exactly, so it's a pretty awesome thing, so kidscanball.org.nz, even if you just give $10, that will help one kid have breakfast for an entire week.

Makes a huge difference, that's what kids can do. Yeah we're playing 24 hours of handball with How To Dad, Jordan Watson. And obviously, being the game four square, we need a fourth person all the time. And the wonderful Art Green has come on down. How are you, Art? I'm good, thanks, mate. He's very handy on the handball court, I'll tell you that. He's really brought some athleticism to this.

Hasn't he? All right, mate. Well, I mean, we've got Ben, who's anemic. And Jono, who's anemic. Yeah. And Jono, who looks like a Joe Biden impersonator. I don't know. Somehow, the more you breathe, the hotter you get. How is that possible?

How is it possible? Genetically. Look at me. I've had two kids and I'm bloody... He doesn't know how to answer that. I don't know what to do. Let's just play handball, then. Well, it's so good to have you here.

I'll handle some balls, mate. How do you know that? The actor is here as well. We're in the middle of a game. It's quite confusing to play a game at the same time, but we're doing it for a great cause, Kids Can. And how did Dad, Jordan Watson, he's the Kids Can ambassador, and he had a really moving video he put up yesterday on Instagram

where he read out some letters from Kiwi kids and teachers. Have a listen. I hide at morning tea and lunch so other kids can't see that I have no food. I'm always paranoid people will hear my tummy rumbling in class. I couldn't ask mum for a new school bag. We hardly had any food. I thought having quarter of a sandwich for dinner was normal. And from a teacher, one day we were doing some writing and one boy said, I can't think what to write. I said, just write what's in your head. I came back to find a page of, I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry. My son received a new pair of shoes and socks from Kids Can last week.

He absolutely loves them. We had to wait until he fell asleep to remove them from his feet. He thinks he can tap dance, jump higher and run faster in his new shoes. Kids Can has made a real difference. No child goes hungry and no child feels different. Our students are now focused on learning. Yeah, so that's what Kids Can does. It's really, really heartbreaking to know that's going on in New Zealand. I played that video to my kids last night, Sienna and Indy, and here was their reaction. I think it's really sad how so many kids have to go through that, especially in New Zealand. And it's just, we could make such a big difference with more and more people donating and trying to do it. And like, I feel like it would be hard to focus because without like fuel and stuff,

like you can't really focus properly. That's sad how many kids are going through that and how many schools that need the help of Kids Can. But it's really cool that a charity can help that many people and bring so much joy to these kids. So that's why we're doing it. And as we said before, Zespri are right now for the next hour doubling your donations. Kidscanball.org.nz

Just $10 or anything you can give will be so greatly appreciated. You can text as well, kids, to 933 for an automatic $3 donation as well. Can I just say thank you to the anonymous donor we just got, $500. So that's $1,000 with the Z-Spring double right now. Oh, that is amazing. So awesome. Megan's like, I wish this was my bank account. I'm just watching it go up.

Thank you so much for your generosity. Opposite of your bank account when you're online shopping. It's Mike Hosking's bank account. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? We're doing all right.

Well, we're very early. We've just started our 24 hours of handball for kids cancer. We're feeling all right so far, but this is where we get the call from you. You're like, you're going to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars and we can go home by nine. That's a great cause and it's just fantastic what you guys are doing. It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. So where can people go if they want to donate?

They can go to kidscanball.org.nz or just text KIDS to 933 and make an instant $3 donation. As you say, Christopher, it's a great cause. Kids can help out so many kids. Lots of kids on the waiting list as well. Lots of schools. No, Christopher, it's a great cause. Kids can help out so many kids. And there's lots of kids on the waiting list as well. Lots of schools.

No, no, it's incredible. I've spent a lot of time with the team there, and they've just done an amazing job on a number of issues. So, no, it's really fantastic. It's great what you guys are doing. How are you going to handle the whole 24 hours? I mean, I'd love to have come and played with you, but I'm down here in Wellington in my office.

But I played a lot of four square when I was at Cockle Bay Primary School, put it that way. Not well would be the answer to how we're going to handle these 24 hours. I mean, maybe you could join us on the show tomorrow. Just do a welfare check and check in on us. We were talking to you well past the start of this, but we

thought we'd get the Prime Minister to launch the 24 hours of handball, even though it's been going for about half an hour. Yeah, I'm not starting again. You know that, right? Okay, the official, we hand it over to you, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Prime Minister for?

Great start, John. He's already delirious and he's only just started. Was that Prime Minister? That was very good. Prime Minister for Luxon. It was like that ad, the good afternoon, constant noon or whatever it was. Yeah. We hand it over to you. that ad, the good afternoon, constant noon or whatever it was. Afternoon.

Yeah. We'll hand it over to you. All right, here we go. Prime Minister. 30 minutes in. Hey, well, listen, can I just say to you guys, congratulations. This is fantastic what you're doing.

Kids Camp Ball are going to support a fantastic organisation. What you guys are about to put pain, you're about to put yourself through for 24 hours. And for everyone who wants to get behind a great cause and John and Ben and the team, just please step up and donate because this organisation gets incredible results. Every dollar that goes in ends up generating

many, many more dollars of benefit. So it's just fantastic. So the team's done a great job. It's just a great organisation. So all the very best to all of you. And good luck. Go well. Thank you very much, Prime Minister Christopher Lux.

And probably you've opened this, a handball tournament. Have you opened other sort of random things in the job so far? I've had a few plaques on a few buildings, which has been quite exciting, but I've never officially opened a handball competition at all. Do you still get to cut ribbons? Is that still a thing? Occasionally you get ribbons, you get ropes, you get a lot of sort of tea towels covering clerks, which you sort of

have to remove gently. I could never be Prime Minister for a number of reasons, but one of the main ones being I'm left-handed, so scissors and cutting ribbons just wouldn't ever work. Yeah, you've always got to be careful with the scissors pretty quickly. You've got to turn them around very fast.

And you want some tension on that ribbon as well, don't you? Yeah, I do. Yeah, it could go wrong. You do, you do. I promise the crystal luck. The challenge is when you're actually cutting it with a few other people at the same time. That's always a difficult one. I've done a few where there's four or five of us cutting the same ribbon at the same time.

We'll get back to our handball. We really appreciate your time. We know how busy you are. And those lovely words you had to say about the great organisation that is Kids Can and supporting us, we do appreciate it. Well done you guys, you're awesome and just good of you for stepping up and making this happen, really appreciate it.