Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - April 21 - Ben Already Has The Design Of His Coffin Sorted...

Episode Date: April 20, 2021

Okay, we know, that title sounds morbid! But we chatted to Ross Hall, the owner of a company called Dying Art, where he designs bespoke coffins. He's designed ones that look like cream donuts, lego pieces, boats, and a whole lot more! And we chatted about what Ben's would look like if he had one designed by Ross! We also spent a lot of the show giving away a bunch of Six60 tickets, because yesterday we sat on the lucky seat that allowed us to give away 50 tickets to their show this weekend! We even had PM Jacinda Ardern on the show, and she gave away a double pass to a listener too. Finally, Ben chatted about the very sneaky thing he's doing when reading the Harry Potter books to his daughter. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings, friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, welcome. It's the 21st of April, 2021. This is the podcast, Jono and Ben. It's so wonderful to be here.

You've got a new jacket today, Ben. That's a nice jacket. Oh, yes. Well, yes. Sort of a black denim job you're going on there. Jono and Ben it's so wonderful being here you've got a new jacket today Ben that's a nice jacket oh yes well yes sort of a black denim job you're going on there sort of stonewashed I guess was it 90s style

it was in favour in the 90s wasn't it sort of your new kids on the block style era I've got a mixing

with the we've really gone 90s Space Jam t-shirts I've really gone all full 90s are you not using

the internet as well are you going full blown 90s? Yeah, I'm refusing to use the internet. Yeah. Because that's what I'm doing. My cell phone doesn't exist. The 90s, okay. Of all the decades that you've been awake, alive, 80s, 90s, or the 2000s, what have been

your favourites? 90s are a bit of a wild time looking back, aren't they? But it feels like the fashion has come back in. Well, again, I'm trying to bring the fashion back. I'm just talking in general. What's been your favourite decade, though? What's one that if you go back to a decade and go, jeez, I could do a couple of days there again.

I would say. If you could go, it's a plot line. So you meet this guy and he's got this car that can take you back. Ah, to a decade. Yeah. I would say the 20, what is it, the 2010s? Oh, the 2010s, yeah.

You know, like having young kids was awesome. You know, John and Ben TV show was, I don't know, we'll be able to, you know.

I don't know if I want to go back to that. It was a lot of work. It was a lot of work. Are we ourselves now or are we going back there? Oh, I don't know. Like, are we in the trenches there or are we posting going,

geez, that was too much? Oh, I don't know. It depends how you want to look at it. I just go, we did some pretty awesome things during that time. I'd probably go age 19, 20. Right. Because your 20s disappear. They do.

They go so quickly. Yeah. It's wild. I keep saying that to Producer Juliet. One thing, you're 21. You don't sleep for five years. And the next thing, you're 30 with children. Producer Juliet, she's a lot more 21, you don't sleep for five years, and the next thing you're 30 with children. Producer Juliet, she's a lot more sensible though, isn't she?

She's a lot more sensible. Maybe her 20s will go a bit slower. Yeah, she'll be like, I'm at home with a cup of tea, watching a royal wedding. She got up for the royal funeral. Yeah, she did. Yeah, there you go. Two o'clock on a Saturday morning. Anyway, had a fun show this morning.

Gave away our first batch of 660 tickets. We managed to unlock those after sitting in stadium seats all day at Eden Park yesterday. That was bleak, wasn't it? Had a confetti clean up that we had to do. Oh jeez. Tell you what. I was spraying the thing. I had the hose for the Eden Park cleaning up the confetti as you were sweeping

and picking up as well as Juliet and Millennial Max and we're sloshing in confetti into an old KFC chicken bucket and I was like, looked out. It was pouring down with rain. And I thought, it could be a lot worse. It could be. It could be a lot worse.

You know, through that whole process as well, there are people doing construction, getting organised for the concert. They walked through the whole thing. The scaffolding and climbing. It felt like 20 metres in the air on scaffolding. And the pouring rain. At 7 o'clock, 7.30 last night, it was like 20 metres in the air on scaffolding. And even though we were there. In the pouring rain. At 7 o'clock, 7.30 last night, we're raining. It was cold and tired and we're like, oh, we need to go home.

But they were still there. I know, you just watched it and we spoke to one of them. And we're like, man, you guys are putting in the hard yards. He's like, show must go on. Yeah. What a wonderful saying that is. The show must go on. That's right.

Unless. What? You don't want to get wet. Oh, no. And you want to go home to bed then hey the show can wait no the show's going on it's happening this weekend

and we have plenty of double passes to give away you can head to the hits Instagram or Facebook why don't we do a special one for the podcast audience you can email us

if you're listening to this well we can try and do that yeah what do you reckon why don't we do jono.prior.nzme.co.nz? Does that work? I don't know. I've never opened that email.

Just check. jono.prior at nzme.co.nz. It'll give me a reason to actually check that email address. All right, well, you have a look and see if there's some tickets. We might be able to allocate to someone that emails through here. But I want emotional stories attached to the emails as well. Why you deserve them. I want you to work with them.

Oh, it's over to you. But once you read one, then you'll be like, I want to give away eight tickets to one. Yeah, no. Maybe not emotional stories. You know, because once you read that, you'll be like, but anyway, over to you. It's your email.

Yeah, okay. Jono.prioritynzme.co.nz. Have a look. Two dads just trying to fill some air time. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some air time for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Producer B Humps, he had a baby yesterday, which is pretty awesome news for the Hicks family, isn't it? He doesn't like the spotlight being shown upon him, Producer Humphrey. He's from Fairleigh in the South Island, the deep south. All day we were waiting yesterday because we knew it was going to happen. We kept going, have you had a baby? Have you had a baby? I mean, obviously a lot going on, so we didn't reply. And then he's just, yep, baby, all well. Yeah, had a baby, all good.

Mum and baby doing well. That was all he said. Yeah, which is awesome. So congratulations to him and Caitlin, but that's the only information that we know. Mum and baby are doing well, and he gives us nothing. It's like when your kids come home from school, you're like, how was your day?

Good. And? And? Tell us more. That's it. That's what producers are working like with producer Humphrey. You know, so it starts off, you know, you're a newborn, and very soon, you know, yeah, they're growing up. And? And? Tell us more. That's it. That's what producers are working like with producer Humphrey. You know, so it starts off, you know, you're newborn and very soon, you know,

they're growing up. It happens. It's a bit of a cliche. But at the moment. Hold on. Did you say they grow up? They grow up fast. From the baby they get older? You think they're going to stay that size forever, but they don't.

They'd be cuter if they did. Yeah, but no, they're just, yeah. But I was actually noticing last night. Benjamin Button or something. Last night, yeah, my daughter, Indy, she's getting really into the Harry Potter books at the moment. She's such a great little reader.

But I thought, you know, maybe it was time that I went in, you know, and tried to read with her, you know, because it's been a while since I've, you know, sort of read. You read heaps when they're younger, but as they get a bit older, they enjoy sort of reading a bit more by themselves.

So I was like, hey, we'll go on and read a book. But we had a big day yesterday and it's very, firstly, very hard to stay awake. Yeah. And generally, you know, the bedtime reading conditions, very cosy environments. I know.

Sleepy settings. I know. The lights are dimmed, you're lying down, you're reading some Harry Potter. It's just a long, long book. Oh, you're in the trenches with Potter. JK Rowling, really. She didn't stop.

No. She just kept writing. There's like nine books or something, isn't there, produced two of you or something? I think there's seven books, eight movies. Oh, jeez. So they just keep going. So anyway, I did that bit where I was like,

I'll read you a chapter. And then you start reading the chapter with a lot of gusto, really adding characters and all sorts into it. And then you sort of do that little secret flick along, go, how long is this chapter? And you're like, oh, this is quite a long chapter. I know what you're about to say. I know what you're about to say.

We've all done it. So I was like, oh, maybe we could skip ahead. We could skip ahead just a little bit. We could sort of look. You take some creative license with the story. I can add a book by J.K. Rowling and Ben, adapted by Ben, just paraphrasing a little bit what she's trying to say, to get to the point

a little bit faster. No difference from the book being turned into a screenplay, in my eyes. So I started sort of scaling ahead and then trying to sort of create a new story with the book. You know, the same story, but just Julia is going to be shocked. Just so you can skip ten pages. I'm not making up new stuff,

but I'm just trying to get to the point a little bit quicker. I mean, great book, but she's taking her time. You're getting there. She does. Sometimes you're going into some exhausting detail here, Roland. But that's so good. But I was like, Harry, it's this. And then, oh, all of a sudden, this happened.

But the problem is... Harry's a wizard. He plays some Quidditch at the end of the chapter. But the problem is that Indy, of course, she's nine years old now, and she can read really, really well. And she's reading along with you. So she's like, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.

Oh, you get the uh-uh. I can see you. You know what? That's not what it says up there. You're like, oh, yeah, but I've just jumped to this bit down here. She's like, uh-uh, uh-uh. You're like, oh, we have to go back up there

because she's reading along as well. Listen, it was great. You have a great, probably four or five years. I mean, for about the first five years of their life, my children hadn't even heard

of Bits of Maloney and Hercules Morse. They didn't even know they were cast members of Harry McCleary. He just went out for a walk and that was it. It was Harry McCleary

out of the gate, off for a walk and then he returned home. What a wonderful day it was. The end, go to bed. But now Oscar's the same. He reads to me. Oscar and Poppy read to me.

But I'm the one falling asleep. I can imagine. The roles have been reversed. I'm like sitting there dribbling on their pillow. And you're like fast asleep. Dad said, tuck Dad in. Have a good night. He's had a big day.

Same words on the radio. They go and clear some emails at night. Tidy out the kitchen. It's wonderful. So there you go. A little bit of a trick you can't skip ahead. No. You wouldn't on Harry Potter.

I would never do that for Harry Potter. Well, it's still the same. Harry Potter. I love it how you say it. Harry Potter. Have you got that audio of when Juliet was so excited? Who were we interviewing? Neville Longbottom, the guy who was there.

Neville Longbottom. Matthew Lewis. Someone was secretly filming Juliet in the office. She's like, oh my God, we're interviewing Matthew Lewis, Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter. And she secretly filming Juliet in the office. She's like, oh my God, we're interviewing Matthew Lewis, Neville Lombardi from Harry Potter. And she was saying in the office, and it was secretly recorded, we'll try and hunt down this audio for you because it will be the single greatest thing you hear today.

We'll do that next. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, we were just talking before the ads, we were talking about Juliet's obsession with Harry Potter. Ben Boyce has admitted to skipping pages, trying to skip pages through the

night time reading with the children. Just abbreviating it. Just summarising the story for J.K. Rowling. Just in summation. Just in summation. I love how you put yourself in the same writing camp as J.K. Rowling. Like you could convincingly continue on the storyline. That's the little game I try and play is just to make

it feel like it's part of it. It's quite a skill. You need some seamless ad-libbing going on there. But Julie, obsessed with Harry Potter and we were interviewing Neville Longbottom and you were so excited. Someone secretly recorded you in the office. Apparently we're interviewing Matthew Lewis in like

a couple weeks. He's Neville Longbottom Harry Potter It's my lifelong dream to meet someone who plays a character in Harry Potter Yeah, like anyone Like to the point where I almost bought a ticket to Armageddon just so I could meet Draco Malfoy From Harry Potter Harry Potter

I thought I just said it normally I feel like I just say it normally But then I get roasted for saying Harry Potter I love it I thought I just said it normally. I feel like I just said it normally. But then I get roasted for saying Harry Potter. I love it. Harry Potter. I wish they called that the movie series in the trailer. Come see.

Harry Potter. But now that I'm reading the box, you know I'm going to go, then they said the Harry Potter. Harry Potter. My daughter and I will be like, what's he saying? From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Vin, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. Now joined by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.

Morena. Morena, how are you? Lovely to have you on. Where are you this morning? What are you looking at right now? I'm looking at a rubbish truck. Tell me more. I'm walking into the beehive.

Oh, this is when you're walking to the beehive. Do you just walk in by yourself or you've got a fleet of people following you? An entourage. I've got a couple of friends. You've got a couple of friends in suits that could end your life. Do people yell out stuff when you walk down the street to you? Oh, the truck driver just waved.

Oh, that's nice. Yeah. You must always have to be on, always waving and smiling, eh? Look, I think people still let you be human. But you must have sore cheeks at the end of every day, I imagine, because you've

got to be polite and nice to everyone. Oh, thankfully, smiling is my natural state, so I don't mind. It's mostly orthodontic. This week, exciting week for New Zealand and Australia. The bubble opened up and you said it was like the scenes at the airport were like Love Actually,

the scenes from Love Actually with families reunited. Well, I thought so. I mean, that was the closest thing I could see when I watched some of those images, which I don't know if you saw them. They were just lovely, particularly when families were introducing new babies for the first time.

You could see those moments and, oh, that got me. Speaking of love, actually, the scene Hugh Grant, he's the Prime Minister, he ends up kissing the person at the school recital. You've never had anything happen like that for you as Prime Minister? No, no. No, no, none of that.

Oh, good. I thought so. That was really where the comparison began. Okay. I didn't know how deep we were going with it. That's good. That's good to know. Now, Prime Minister, I am very confused,

but I am easily confused. How does the person who was cleaning the airplane being vaccinated contract COVID? Ah, look, I'm happy to share how that works. The vaccine is 95% effective stopping symptomatic illness. So that's the way they technically describe it. What that basically means is

it's really, really good at making sure that you don't get sick from COVID. What it doesn't mean is that you never ever get it. And so that's why we still make sure that people who are working at the border, we're still testing them, we're still making sure that they're using PPE. And, you know,

the research suggests that once someone's vaccinated, even if they get it, they're less likely to pass it on. That's one of the things that we're still waiting for a bit more research to come in around. But basically, we want to stop people getting sick and we want to prevent them from being so sick that in some awful cases they die. And that's what the vaccine's all about. Because they weren't symptomatic from what I understand either. So they didn't probably even know they had it.

Yeah, and you'll remember we had a case a while ago of a cleaner who had had the first dose of the vaccine, also not symptomatic, when we found that that person was positive. It's one of those things where people, I think, because they immediately think all vaccines mean you never ever get something, whereas actually here we're talking about people not being sick. Just getting yourself some security.

Hedging your bets like Ben does at the casino with his children's life savings. I know what you're saying. Well, Jacinda Ardern, thank you so much for your time this morning. Just quickly before you go, you know we love a pop quiz. You're like, oh, the pop quiz every time. This is what you want when you're walking into your office. Eye roll.

Eye roll. A 660 playing this weekend at Eden Park. It's going to be a historic event, the first concert at Eden Park, right? Yes. Yes, where am I going? Where am I going with this? What are you dragging me into here? We've got a double pass to give away to a

listener right now, but we wanted to have all rest on the shoulders of you, Jacinda Ardern. Do you like this pressure, Prime Minister? Yeah, it's building. Well, to be honest, it's the game show where every answer is 660, so how's that sound? Still not good.

Go ahead. Christy, say hello to the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. You may have heard of her. Who is that again? Oh, Jacinda Ardern, my favourite. Well, she could be your favourite for years and years and years if she gets every answer to the 660 quiz here right now. On the new game show, the answer is 660.

Okay, Jacinda Ardern, I bought two loaves of bread at the supermarket for $3.30. How much did I spend? 660. There we go. But the important question is, how much is a bottle of milk? No. 15,840 hours is how many days? 660.

Yeah, well done. If you want to call Apex Car Rentals, their number is 0800 500 660. And which Kiwi band is making history with the first ever concert at Eden Park on Saturday? That would be 660. Well done. Kirstie,

Kirstie, sorry, Jacinda Ardern just won you 660 tickets. Thank you, Jacinda. You are welcome. There we go. Not too bad. The Prime Minister, right? Not too bad?

Right up there, guys. Right up there. That's true. I look forward to the next spontaneous pop quiz. You have a great day. Look after yourself.

Keep safe. You too. See you. Take care. Bye. You can tell that's her happy place when she's talking to us.

She would rather be nowhere else than talking to us. At least Mike be nowhere else than talking to us. At least Mike Hosking's show, when it ranks slightly higher than that and on the show she wants to be on. So there we go. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on The Hits. The Hits. We want to know right now on 0800 The Hits, we want to look at the lighter side of death and mortality because sometimes at funerals, some funny things can happen. In those sad times, there can be moments you look back later and go, actually, that was quite funny. It kind of broke the ice a little bit.

We had a friend who, well, not a friend. Was it a friend or a caller? I can't remember. They were all, hey, callers are friends to us. They phoned us up and they were carrying a coffin with all of their uncles out of the church and their pants, you know how your belt goes through the

hooks at the top of your trousers, hooked onto one of the hooks which were at the end of the church seats, ripped his trousers off. And of course you're holding up the casket. You can't obviously bend down. Had to ride it out to walk out with your undies. He was dying a funeral.

He was dying on the inside, I think. And so he walked all the way out to the hearse with no trousers on. Oh, no. Carrying a coffin. So, yeah, putting the fun into funeral. 0800 the hits, the telephone number, because we've tracked down someone

who's made national and international headlines for something he's doing really special, really cool with coffins, actually. His name is Ross Hall. How are you? Yeah, good, is Ross Hall. How are you? Yeah, good. Thanks, guys. How are you? Ross Hall, owner, operator, director, accountant, financier, CEO, board member of Dying Arts joins us on the phone now. Welcome.

Thank you, guys. How are you this morning? We're doing very well. Now, what an interesting sort of business that you've started up there. Where did you get the idea? Well, it all happened about 15 years ago when I was doing my will. And I don't know whether you've done a will or not, but boy, they ask you some tricky questions. Yeah, they do. Mate, I was just having this conversation with Ben earlier this morning.

It's a bleak document to fill out. So do you want to be cremated or buried? And you're like, I don't know, I'll just go cremated. And then my wife went, oh, you didn't ask me what you want to do. I'm like, well, is it going to matter? Yeah, there's a lot of things you don't really want to think about, but I guess you have to at one point to do that. Yeah, that's very true.

And I got to that part where it said, do you want to be buried or cremated? And then I thought to myself, oh, man, I really don't want a brown box, you know? Like, I mean, I've been a little bit more colourful in my life and I think I deserve better want a brown box. You know, like, I mean, I've been a little bit more colourful in my life and I think I deserve better than a brown box. So I wrote in my will that I wanted a red box with flames on it because I think I know where I'm probably going to end up. And I sort of, after I did that, I sort of thought to myself, I wonder whether there's other crazy buggers out there

that want something a bit different. But you're sort of aiming to bring a smile to people's faces and potentially reflect the person inside a bit more than a brown box. Exactly. And, you know, I mean, the amount of very, very personalized caskets that we do with very, you know, personal pictures and stories is fantastic. I mean, I was just looking through some of my images the other day and I came across a casket we did for a lady

and her daughter ended up taking high-res digital photos of all of her shoes because she had thousands of pairs of shoes and we just plastered her casket and all of her shoes because that was her love and her passion. Oh, that's awesome. And you know, I mean, that sort of stuff I think just really takes the edge off the day, you know. So some of the custom coffins that you've made

over the years, you've got cream donuts, you've got Lego, made it look like Lego pieces, a sailboat and what other ones have you done? Goodness gracious me. I mean, I've got a list of caskets that I want to make. I want to make a bulldozer and I want to make an airplane. There's so many things that you can actually make.

And, you know, as I say, it just takes that edge off that day, you know. Well, you've got like game fishing here. You've got a golf course on one of them. You've got New Zealand. You've got Middle Earth, a fire engine. There's so many different things. So you were saying it's not really about the money for you. It's, you know, it's set about making people happy, which is awesome as well.

Yeah, yeah. I have a signage business and that's sort of my main drive. But the caskets are just something on the side. And to be honest with you, it's all about trying to make people feel good. And I guess that's my little bit of feel good that I'm giving back to the world, you know because I see what sort of joy I put onto people's faces when

they see these caskets. It's such a personal thing and as I say, I'm just really thrilled that I can do things for people that make the day a little bit different, you know. What are you guys going to have? I know, I was just thinking, I didn't, like, until

I saw what you did for Dying Art, I didn't even think this was an option. Now I see it, I'm like, oh my goodness, this is exactly something like this, what I would want. I would like to maybe get Ben Boyce a coffin just covered and head to toe full of puns. Oh, puns?

Coffin? Oh, that's quite good. You love a pun. Oh, like all puns related to, yeah, you must be dead inside. This funeral's a grave affair. Yeah. I do love a pun. He was dying to get inside here. That's great.

I like that. The pun coffee. Can you make sure if I go before you? That's what I get. All right. Can you do a coffin laden in puns? Yes, of course I can. I can even do 3D lettering on the top for the most famous one.

I want it called the cough fun, though, okay? So it's like a pun with a name. Ben's cough fun. Oh, that's good. Okay, we've got that one. This is a dead giveaway. They keep on coming. A little pun quotes.

Love it. Love it. All right, listen, well done on you giving back to the community. What a lovely thing you're doing. It's not your main form of business. It's just something you're doing for a nice thing. Good on you. Thank you.

I appreciate that. And if people want to get hold of the Dying Art, how do they get in touch with you, Ross? This way through our website, which is dyingart.co.nz. Oh, what a wonderful thing they're doing. Putting a bit of a smile onto what can be, you know, a very sad day. But we want to know right now, 0800 the hits, the funniest thing that's happened at a funeral.

Let's look at the lighter side of an occasion that's not always looked on in the lighter side. Putting the fun into funeral. We were going to put the narrow into funeral but that made absolutely no sense whatsoever. So 0800 the hits.

What happened at a funeral you can text to? What happened with you Anna? Sorry. My dad passed away in Scotland and went back to the funeral

and being Catholic and rested at home. So when my mum when the coffin was opened and my mum saw my dad, she was really upset because he's a ginger. And she was like, she thought his eyelashes, his eyebrows were painted on. And then she was awfully upset because he wasn't smiling.

And anyway, that was, you know, she kept on going on about this the whole the whole day we had some relatives come over for a couple of gin and tonics just to say farewell to my dad and once they'd left i'd gone up to say good night and i was just looking at him and i thought you know what mom you're right he doesn't look as if he's smiling so i just touched his cheek a wee bit and just pushed it up a wee bit. That's better. I went to the toilet and then when I came back,

I was in the toilet and then I heard my mum screaming, Mary Jesus, St. Joseph, it's a miracle. It's a miracle. I ran out there and I'm thinking, what's going on, what's going on? She goes, it's a miracle, he's smiling. Because you made your dad smile.

You made a dead man smile. I did. I love to hear you're like, because he was a ginger, which actually had nothing to do with the story, but just get that little dig in there. It's just because she thought they were painted on, and then she realised, oh. That's brilliant, Anna.

Thank you so much. Really do appreciate it. Thanks for your calls. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Of course, yesterday we were at Eden Park all day long, sitting on seat after seat after seat.

The biggest game of musical chairs ever. The world of scene, I kept saying. And the world was, I don't know if the world cared. Oh, a lot of people in New Zealand cared. New Zealand cared, but not the world. I mean, you keep saying the world, like as the world was invested in this. No, I lot of people in New Zealand cared. In New Zealand cared, but not the world. I mean, you keep saying the world, like as the world was invested in this.

No, I just said I don't think anyone's played a game of musical chairs that big before. In the world. In the world. It's not saying it's making CNN news or anything like that, but it's just saying

as anyone... I got home last night, I was watching Al Jazeera all night and nothing. They didn't mention it? No, not even a scrolling one down the bottom. You know how they cover

other news stories while they're talking about the current one on screen. Nothing. Nothing. Not even like update. Still the bottom you know how they cover other news stories while they're talking about the current one on screen nothing nothing not even like update still the biggest in the world just the world

you know gave zero yeah anyway but then I got home last night and my daughter Indy she had her tonsils out last week it was on Friday

we were away for work yeah so poor little thing she's been a bit up and down with obviously the pain for that but you've got to wake her up during the night to give her her meds.

So she's got to go every four hours. She's got to keep having her meds at the moment because it gets quite sore. What, do they have painkillers and things? Yeah, but it's been quite interesting last night. So I set the alarm for four hours in to wake her up. And it's interesting. That must be fun because you get to wake up at four and then you also get to wake up every four hours.

Yeah, because Amanda's been doing amazing things while I've been away so, and my wife, so I was like, well, yeah, maybe I'll get up and try and, you know, help out. Babysit, you call it? Yeah, babysit, no, parenting. Oh, parenting, sorry. But interesting, you know, when you've got a newborn, it's them waking you up, but then on this occasion it was like the tables are turned, you know, like I get to wake

my child up in the night. How you like it now? Yeah, and she didn't like it, you know, to be honest, it was like, it was like, Indy, Indy, Indy, time to wake up. And she did a funny little thing, you know, cause she was like, what, what? And I was like, time for your medicine. She'd go, wait, just wait a minute, just wait.

I go, okay. And then 30 seconds later, she was asleep. And then I would go, Indy, Indy, Indy, wake up, Indy. She'd go, wait, wait a minute, wait a second. I'd go, yeah,, Indy, Indy, wake up, Indy. She'd go, wait, wait a minute, wait a second. And then bang, back to sleep. I was like, we can't keep doing this. It's like she's preparing you for a magic trick or something, but the only outcome is she dozes back off.

Yeah, three times it happened. Waiting. She's like, wait, wait, wait a second. I'm like, yeah, wait. And I'm like, Indy, we can't keep saying wait because you keep going back to sleep. I'm sure she doesn't even remember it today when I go home. She probably has no idea that happened.

But yeah. Maybe she was wanting you to wait until 7 o'clock in the morning. Waiting. I think I wanted to do that and she wanted to do that. But the whole thing of wait. It is so cheeky. And then go back to sleep. The negotiation you have to do with children to get them to take medicine as well.

I know. It's a back and forth. It's like a UN peace treaty. Yeah. It's like, this will make you feel good. No, no, I'm not doing it. It's a back and forth. It's like a UN peace treaty. Yeah. It's like, this will make you feel good. No, no, I'm not doing it.

Do kids not like taking medicine? They're like anti-vaccine. Sometimes they don't. Yeah. Sienna's pretty good, my other daughter, but Indy just, yeah.

It's like, just go and take it. It's going to take literally 10 seconds to do it and we can talk about it for 20 minutes or we can just have it done and over.

Have you got to pill swallowing? Oh, Jesus. Yeah, do kids hate swallowing pills? It's like giving it done and over. Have you got to pill swallowing? Oh, Jesus. Yeah, do kids hate swallowing pills? It's like you get into the dog, you know, sometimes the dog will spit it out.

It's like that with the... And to be fair to the kids, they don't know what to do. This is a new act, swallowing a pill. We had like a seven hour marathon the other night and we're like,

oh, don't worry, just get sick, we don't care. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

On the hits. It's a Wednesday and it's a big day for us. Jono and Ben's 50,000 seat musical chairs. The only thing that stands between them and 50 free 660 tickets are 50,000 seats at Eden Park. And we did it yesterday. We spent 10 hours at Eden Park sitting on seat after seat after seat until we unlocked and found the lucky seat.

And now we have 56 60 tickets to give away. It was an awesome moment because we were over. It was raining. It was pretty tired. My legs were sore. And then suddenly there was, when I sat on a seat,

confetti went off, an explosion, like, what are those called? What are they? The cannons. The cannons. The cannons went off, I got a heck of a fright, and we

unlocked the tickets, but also unlocked a lot of confetti into the ground. Oh yeah, and then it just went like thousands of pieces of confetti just sprayed all over the stand, and then afterwards I said to the wonderful pyrotechnics lady, hey, I assume this confetti is the, you know,

this magical confetti that when it rains on it just disappears, you know, disintegrates. Because it was paper. Yeah, it was paper. She was like, no. And I was like, oh, okay. And then things ran through my head of like, we could just leave. We could leave.

That's an option. But then the decent human being inside me said, no, it's disrespectful to Eden Park who have hosted you today. We must clean up this confetti. Which, because it was pouring down with rain, was soaking wet and clinging. It was just everywhere. It was mushy confetti everywhere. I'll tell you what my legs needed after 10 hours of sitting on seats up and down,

up and down, was just to bend down and pick up all the confetti everywhere. I'll tell you what my legs needed after 10 hours of sitting on seats up and down up and down was just to bend down and pick up all the confetti. I was like oh my legs are hurting and now we're bending down picking up. But we did, we stayed for about another hour and picked up all the confetti. It was fun, it was all the fun parts you have of cleaning up after a party except without having a fun party.

It was so enjoyable. There was a point there too where I got a hose and I was hosing it down. And Millennial Max, I'd found a KFC, you know, 20-piece bucket. And he was holding the bucket of the set and all the slosh was just going into the bucket. Then you'd go up and empty the bucket. It was a great moment. Great moment in our lives.

Yeah, no, it was a dark, dark, dark moment. It reminded me too of when I clean up after Ben's all-male dance review. The Cutting, Cutting Cosmopolitan Club. Hell of a clean up after Ben's all-male dance review. The Cutty Cutty Cosmopolitan Club. Hell of a clean up after that. And if you want to book him, a fewgoodben.com is the website. He's a wonderful night's entertainment. He does funerals, resignations, engagements.

Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Of course, yesterday, if you're listening to the show, we were at Eden Park, and for 10 hours, we sat on as many seats as we could. We just kept going around and around the stadium until we eventually sat on the lucky seat

that unlocked 56, 60 tickets to give away, and this was the moment where I got a heck of a fright. Where's the seat? I'm guessing it's the seat. I'm gathering answers. Look at that! Where's the seat? I'm guessing it's the seat. I'm getting that. Oh! Oh! Oh, no!

Yeah, it was a pretty awesome moment when a whole lot of basically like pyrotechnics and fireworks went off. High powered, high velocity fire extinguisher things almost blew Ben's face off. I know. It's a celebration. It know. Missed celebration. It looked wonderful. Now, the Prime Minister is actually joining us after 8 o'clock, I only assume, to offer us a knighthood

or maybe a public holiday in the honour, in our honour, of a momentous occasion that took place yesterday at Eden Park. Now, we've got an Excel spreadsheet all locked and loaded to give away these 50 tickets for 6.60 this weekend. We can't wait for the concert at Eden Park on Saturday. And we thought, you know, people in Invercargill down the deep south, we thought we'd start there today.

They shouldn't miss out. No, they shouldn't. So we've got flights, we have got tickets, and we have got Ashley, our hits representative in Invercargill, on the phone with us. Last time we spoke to you, Ash, we sent you to a bluff for one of our shabby promotions, didn't we? Yeah, yeah, it was amazing.

I'm still living the dream. Whereabouts right now in Invercargill are you? I'm at the Gala Street Reserve. Okay, now we're going to play a game. This is 60 Seconds. Gone in 60 Seconds. Gone in 60 Seconds. There's a movie called Gone in 60 Seconds.

Invercargill, we want you to come in 660 seconds to Ashley from Invercargill. Okay? There's no cars pulling over just yet. Well, that's fine because we haven't started the timer. We're just explaining the formatics. People in Invercargill would know where you are?

Yes, yes, absolutely. It's an iconic landmark down here. Okay, people of Invercargill, you have 60 seconds to get to Ashley to win these tickets and flights. If you don't, the tickets then go to Christchurch. Tickets and flights go to Christchurch or Dunedin. And they go on to another town in the South Island. So we're going to start the timer now.

I have a lot of... Oh! What? I'm so excited! What? The timer's just started. Have you got someone? Yeah, no, I think there's a truck already pulling over.

Oh, no, just kidding. It's just giving me a wave. Oh, that was some high energy. I have a lot of faith in Invercargill. They have cheese rolls. They roll their R's. If anyone's going to roll up to Ashley right now, it'd be... Someone's pulling over.

Someone's pulling over. Someone's pulling over. Okay, how many seconds left on the clock? We have 22 seconds left on the clock, Invercargill. Get out of the car. Go to Orson, go to Orson. It's not going to happen. We're going to be brutal if they don't get there. Get out of the car.

Get out. Time is almost up, Ash. Here we go, here we go, here he is. We're on the phone. We've got all the answers. Good morning. Oh! You've got three seconds to spare in Bacargal.

Who is this? Who are we talking to? One to get to 660. Oh, awesome. Just on the way to work, see? Oh, there you go. And rolled the R, too. You couldn't get it more south of the goal than that.

What's your name, my friend? My name's Jason. Can we give it up for Joe? That was some wonderful... I mean, how many red lights and old ladies did you run over, Jason, to get there? Hopefully you drove safely. I can't. No, I'll take the fifth, thanks. Oh, did you run over, Jason, to get there? Hopefully you drove safely. I can't. No, I'll take the fifth, thanks.

So you've got a double pass to 660. We're going to give you return flights as well, all right? Outstanding. That's awesome. So on Friday or Saturday, you're hopping on a plane, heading to Invercargill's favourite city, Auckland. How much do we all love Auckland? And have a great weekend. It's all on the hits. All right.'s favourite city, Auckland. How much do we all love Auckland? And have a great weekend.

It's all on the hits. All right. Cheers. Thanks, guys. Who are you going to take? Who are you going to take before we hang up on you? What's that, sorry? Who are we going to take?

Who are we going to take? I'll put it up for grabs. I'll see who pays the most. Oh, that's good. Yeah, run a bit of an illegal auction. That's what we love. That's what's happening in Invercargill. Back tomorrow morning, we'll head to Christchurch maybe

and do the same thing gone in 60 seconds. Ash, thanks so much for getting out there. I can only imagine it's freezing cold this morning there. It's beautiful. Have a great day. Look after yourself. Alright, guys.

And we've got more tickets. It's raining tickets. Oh yeah, after 8 o'clock on the show, actually, you want to see how many tickets we can give away in 60 seconds, Jono, just on our 100 of the hits. Well, we realise, you know, we've got so many and so many for Producer Juliet to send out. Why are we playing this celebration again? You keep playing this all the time.

It's just there and I'm like, this is a good celebration song. It's the third time this morning she's played Call on the Gang. Call on the Gang are like, no one's played us in about 30 years. But they're getting a thrashing this morning on the hits. Aren on the gang are like, no one's played us in about 30 years. They're getting a thrashing this morning on the hits. Are we celebrating this morning? Hold on, there's money? There's royalties coming in from New Zealand?

No, we'll find something. We're sure we can find something from 660 or something to play that's more of a celebration. Let's stick with call on the gang. It makes no sense and I love it. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the gang. It makes no sense, and I love it. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Five words for 5K on the hits.

You're only five words away from a massive payday. This is my favourite part of the show behind what's Ben nervous about today? This is five words. I've lost some things. Not today, not today. You're nerve-free. I'm always nervous about something, mate.

Always got to be worried about something going on in your life. What are you nervous about today? I'm trying to think of it. No, there's a few things going on, mate. There's a few things going on. Yeah, off-air stuff. Yeah. I hope we've done a good enough clean-up at Eden Park.

That's one of the things I'm nervous about. Oh, we had to clean up confetti. That was making you nervous. We're sending in cleaners again today, too. Yes, we are. I'm nervous about. Oh, we had to clean up confetti, that's pretty. That was making you nervous. We're sending in cleaners again today. Yes, we are. We cleaned last night. Yeah, we did. This was when we won 56-60.

It was quite dark and it was quite hard to see all the confetti. That's weighing on him at the moment. We did a pretty good job regardless. I hope so. That's all right. Well, you can be sure Ben Boyce will be there picking every piece of confetti up with his bare hands today at Eden Park. But that's not what we're talking about right now. We've got five words for $5,000.

And we've got Caitlin joining us from Auckland. Mordena, Caitlin. Hello. How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? I'm doing very well. You sound all business and we appreciate business.

One of our favourite things is business. We like business. Now, Jono, yesterday you almost got there, four out of five. It was pretty close. So, you know, hopefully today's the day we win you five grand, Caitlin. Hopefully. Now, Caitlin, who are you going to send into that soundproof booth, which is actually a fun fact.

It's only a one metre by one metre box in central Auckland. It's worth nine million dollars, this box. It is. It's worth a lot, actually. Very expensive real estate. They keep waiting for box prices to go down, but... They don't, they just keep rising. The soundproof booths are on the rise. Yeah, I mean, Juliet hasn't bought her first box yet.

She's not in the box market, the novelty box market. Alright, Caitlin, who's going into the soundproof booth? Are we going to throw Producer Juliet in the mix again? Yep, you can pick Juju, you can pick Ben or myself, whoever you reckon you'll vibe with the most. I'm going to pick Jono. Ah! Okay! Vib to pick Jono. Ah!

Vibing with Jono. Jono's, again, making his way round to the corner of the studio. Thanks for the commentary. Getting inside the soundproof booth. Caitlin, I'm going to say five words to you. You tell me the first things that pop into your head and hopefully they match with Jono's, okay? Cool as. First word. Butcher. Butcher.

Meat. Meat. Nice. Yep. Producer Julia, Butcher. Butcher. Meat. Meat. Nice. Yep. Producer Julia, we're nodding along. That was actually the first thing that popped into my head as well, so hopefully that's the same for Jono. The next word, Caitlin, is sky.

Sky. Sky. TV. Oh, yeah. Sky TV. Yeah. Okay. Nice. A lot of options for that one too so hard to narrow that down the next word this morning is can

C-A-N can opener can opener yes good one globe is the fourth word globe G-L-O-B-E globe globe um Globe is the fourth word. Globe. G-L-O-B-E. Globe.

Globe. Oh, globe. Yeah, like globe. Yeah, globe. I always want to say like something, but I don't want to influence you. You don't want to put, yeah. Like, yeah, the globe. It's a globe. Okay.

We can come back to that one if you want. Yeah. Can we? Yeah, we'll come back to that one if you want. Yeah. Can we? Yeah, we'll come back to that one. And the final word this morning is clothes. Clothes. Clothes. Clothes.

I'm going to go clothes dryer. Clothes dryer. Okay, good. Now we'll go back to globe. Any thoughts on that? Probably not because we're talking about close your eyes I'm going to go I'm looking at

like Atlas well yeah something along those lines right you get a Globe you can look at the Atlas

yeah I'll go Atlas okay lock it in Caitlin that was a toughie we're going to bring Jono out of the soundproof booth, and hopefully he's thinking the same as you. There was one in particular this morning, Jono,

that was tough for Caitlin, and a tough for us, actually. There wasn't too many options for that one. I don't want to hear your problems, mate. Okay, sorry. We're going to get into five words, $5,000, see if you match up with Caitlin. It's like Word Tinder, isn't it? See what words match up here.

See if Caitlin and Caitlin's words and my words are compatible. Good luck, Caitlin. First word this morning we said to Caitlin was butcher. Meat. One from five. I can hear Caitlin panting and puffing there. Because you sounded like you were going to say meat. Yeah, but then I was like, butchers knife.

Anyway, we had a win. Let's move on. Let's not reflect. The second word this morning, five words, $5,000. Sky. S-K-Y, sky. I'm going clouds or tower. So I'm gathering it might not be clouds.

Sorry. That's all right. Just remember the careless whisper rule as well, which we have a play with the careless whisper. Anyone careless whispers, they're eliminated. Oh, Jono, you're doing so well. They're viciously evicted from the competition. It wasn't a careless whisper.

No, it wasn't a careless whisper. It was just, ah, come on, Jono, you've got it. I'm going to go Sky Tower. What did you go? I said TV. Sky TV. Oh, Caitlin, I'm so sorry. So sorry.

Word number three? It was can do. Oh, it's good. I see where you went there. Can do attitude. Yeah, I've got a can do attitude. You just can't do this game. Globe was the fourth word.

This was the tough one. Globe trotter. Oh, that's good. Oh, I didn't even think of that. Yeah, Atlas. Caitlin, that was one that was tough, that one. Yeah, globe trotter's a good answer, Jono. Well done.

And clothes was the last one. Clothes line. Oh, well, we didn't quite get there this morning, Caitlin. All good. Sorry about that, Matt, but thank you so much for playing. It was the last one. Clothes line. Well, we didn't quite get there this morning, Caitlin. All good. Sorry about that, Matt. But thank you so much for playing. It was lots of fun. Thank you.

Have a good day. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Jono and Ben's 50,000 seat musical chairs. The only thing that stands between them and 50 free 660 tickets are 50,000 seats at Eden Park.

660 at the first concert at Eden Park happening this Saturday. Drax Project, Sir Dave Dobbin and many more are playing before them. 50,000 people they reckon are going to turn up for this concert. It's going to be incredible. And Jono, you arrogantly asked Chris Mack from 660 for some tickets, 50 tickets to give away. And he was a little rattled by that. So he came back to us in 24 hours with quite a ridiculous challenge.

Here's what you can do. If you want these tickets, you can get them at Eden Park. You can go down there and you have to sit. It's like a musical chairs kind of thing. If you sit in the right seat, I'll give you the 50 tickets. There we go. And we took him up on his offer, which he'd forgotten he'd even done. He said, I haven't

given this a second thought. And we're out there 12 hours pouring rain, sitting on seats. He's like, oh yeah, I forgot that that was a thing. It got organised behind the scenes. But anyway, this is what happened when we headed to Eden Park yesterday to try and win you guys tickets for 660. But a lot of people suggesting on 4487 on the text

to try seat number 660 first. And seat number 16, section 644, seat 660. I'm sitting. And nothing. Nothing. No, that was underwhelming. So we're a couple of hundred seats into sitting here at Eden Park. Joe, you've just come up with a really good suggestion.

The flip and slide approach. You flip it down and slide across. And I'm flipping loving it. Flip and slide. Producer Juliet here, Jono and Ben have just tried the portalers. Jono spent an unusually long time in there. Not sure what he was doing, but I don't think there were any tickets in there. We've sat down on the roof of Eden Park.

We've had a safety briefing. We've been harnessed in. Amazing view, but no tickets. There's a piano with a seat on it, signed by 660. Is it the lucky seat? No. But you're really good. Thank you.

Okay. Where have we just found out we're going? Into the cells. Apparently there's a holding bay if anyone's naughty here. Anything in there? No. Okay, we'll keep going then, eh? Enough, isn't it?

We're a few hours in. I reckon we've done a thousand or two seats. And my behind's getting quite sore. My tender. Not only are the pants wearing thin, so am I, of this challenge. Oh, you're ready? You want to call it quits? Well, just for a bit of drama, yes. Yes, I do.

And I'll do a walk-off. I've had enough. I'm walking off. Oh, yeah, well, you walk off. It'll be just like you to quit. I am. Don't laugh when you're doing it. It needs to sound like it's drama. Yeah.

I am. You're good. Good. I don't need you anyway. You probably do, because there's quite a few seats. Yeah, I do, actually. Stay. Stay, please. Yeah, I do actually, stay, stay please. Yeah, we're going into the men's toilets to test these seats, and it absolutely reeks. This feels lovely, it's like an English meadow today. It's beautiful.

Raining quite hard, but hey, we're here and we're doing it because we wanna win you six sexy tickets, and to be honest, I wish we just bought the tickets. Yeah, we should have. Look at it! Where's the seat? I'm guessing it's the seat. I'm gathering the answers.

Oh! Oh! Oh, this is beautiful! Jono and Ben, you two idiots. You did it, though. I don't know why you did it. It was a stupid challenge. You guys have no respect for yourself, but you found the seat, you two idiots. You did it, though. I don't know why you did it. It was a stupid challenge. You guys have no respect for yourself,

but you found the seat. You sat in the seat, and so 50 tickets for you to give away. We're really excited about the show, 24th of April. It's going to be incredible. We're making history. We're pumped. But if you guys want to come,

buy your own tickets, all right? There we go. That's Chris Mack, and I tell you what, my buttocks have PTSD listening to that back. Oh, I saw it. Getting in the car this morning, I was like, oh, cool. Yeah, it's another Mack. And I tell you what, my buttocks have PTSD listening to that back. Oh, I saw it. Getting in the car this morning, I was like, oh, cool. Yeah, it's another couple of layers added on down there.

Oh, very sore. But anyway. Juliet said we'll give the Kardashians a run for their money now. Yeah, absolutely. I'm going to release my Lycra. Break the internet. Oh, yeah, you can have some leisure wear. Yeah, my figure-hugging leisure wear.

Skims. Yeah, my skims, yeah. So we have the tickets. Now we're at 100 of the hits. Next, Jono, you wantims. Yeah. So we have the tickets. No, 800 of the hits. Next, Jono, you want to see how many tickets we can give away in 60 seconds. Yeah. Oh, 800 of the hits. This is the number.

660 seconds. And we'll just keep going. Cooler, cooler, cooler. Because we've got to get rid of these tickets. It was raining for a large party yesterday. And we're making it rain 660 tickets right now. So get on the phone. No, 800 of the hits.

We've got them here for you. You've just got to grab them. We'll start the clock now, Producer Juliet, and we'll go to Louise in Bukkakoe. Welcome, Louise. What are you doing this weekend? Nothing. No tickets for Louise.

On to the next one. Rachel in Matamata. Hello. What are you doing this weekend, Rachel? I would love to go and see 660 with my son. You're off. You're going. You're going.

Oh, my God. Thank you so much. No worries. You're going to 660. All son. You're off. You're going. You're going. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. No worries. You're going to 660. All right. We're going to keep going. That's one. Jess, you're on from Auckland.

Hello. How are you? Oh, mate. Guess what? What? Cancel your plans. You're going to 660 on Saturday. Thank you so much, guys.

That's amazing. Double pass for Jess. We'll go to Bev in Tauranga. Bev? Bev, hi. It's a two and a half hour drive from Tauranga to Auckland. It is? Have you thought about that? Yes, I have.

Are you going to make it? Because you've got a double pass. It'd be so worth it. Alright, double pass is all yours. Oh my god! 14 tickets to go, Joe. We'll go Jocelyn, New Plymouth. Jocelyn, you're on. You've got tickets to 660. I'm not Jocelyn-ing you. Jocelyn? Jocelyn-ing you. Jocelyn?

Jocelyn's not getting tickets. We'll take one more. Oh! Damn it. Oh, jeez. I knocked my headphones off my head there. Disgust. We got a few, a few,

we got given, we're giving away a few tickets there, but not as many as I thought we were going to do. Well, we've got 50 tickets to give away before Friday, so stay tuned. We'll try and, have we got the Prime Minister next?

We'll get the Prime Minister to win some tickets for someone. Oh, yeah. We'll drag her into the sham of an idea we've started. If you want to win some tickets as well as that, they're on our social media. Check out the Hits Breakfast on Instagram and Facebook. You can win some tickets on there. Tomorrow on the show, and I guess Friday as well, it's the only show giving away heaps and heaps of 660 seconds. What more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. The Google Game. It is the Google Game where you give us a call and we'll know

100 of the hits and you ask us any question or we've got 10 seconds to frantically try and Google it. If we can't get the answer in 10 seconds, you win. Would you say that Google is the greatest invention ever for humankind? It's up there.

It's up there. They've really taken over because there's lots of other search engines, but they really have become the one. I mean, it also brings out the worst in humankind too when you look at some people's Instagram feeds. But for the most part part as a tool to move the human race forward Google is just a game changer. What did radio do before Google? What did we

talk about? That's true. It's in the paper I guess. We brought you delayed news from the scrunched up women's magazines and doctors surgeries. Really? That's where it pretty much came from. Yeah. And we're going to welcome Kavanaugh from Wellington.

This old man will stop rambling on about how impressive Google is. You sound like a boomer. How are you, Kavanaugh? I'm good. How are you? We're doing well. We're going to give you the chance to win right now Hell Pizza vouchers, which also, they deliver booze as well. Hell Pizza.

They've got into the booze game. That's quite excellent because my nana just passed away, so I might be needing that. Oh, that's, what, the booze as well. Hell pizza. Never got into the booze game. That's quite excellent because my nana just passed away, so I might be needing that. Oh, that's what? The booze or the pizza? The booze, the booze. Oh, right, the booze. And then some pizza the next day or something.

Yeah, sounds good. All right, your question, who do you want to Google? Don't know. Okay, all right, what's your question? How many cat eyes reflectors are there on New Zealand roads? How many cat eyes reflectors are there on New Zealand roads? How many cat eyes reflectors? On New Zealand roads. How many?

Is he frantically Googling right now? Did you have the answer for it? Have you got it there now, Jono, or not? Cat eye reflectors. I'm deep in an article which is explaining the history of Cat Eye Reflectors, which were invented in New Zealand, did you know? Did they? Yeah. I did not know that. There you go. That could have been

a Google question. Cat's eyes. There's no information on this on the internet. I didn't think there would be. Well played. You didn't know. Well played. There's a wonderful article on AA as well with Jeremy Corbett about money matters if we wanted to watch that video. Oh, that's good.

Well, congratulations. Some hell pizza coming your way, okay? All right. Cheers. Thank you. Well done, Kavanaugh. There we go. We've got a Darren.

Welcome. How are you? Good to have you on, Darren. How are you, mate? We're doing well. What do you do? I pump effluent ponds, mate. Oh, you pump effluent ponds.

Do you get over the odour? Oh, yes, you get over it after a while, but some ponds are pretty smelly, you know? Yeah, right. I mean, you must have nostrils made of steel. I think I've got some fulces in there, so I don't smell it. Yeah, right.

That's good. I guess you would get used to it. All right, Darren. I'm going to nominate Ben to Google here. Okay. What's your question? Okay, where does the water go when the tide goes out? Where does the water go when the...

Just don't type out the full sentence. Keywords, keywords. When the tide goes out, that's a great question. The tide's caused by the gravitational movement in the... Ah, he didn't get there. People are starting to find flaws in our Google games now. Is there an answer? Because the Earth is turning,

the pull of gravity affects the different places as each day goes on. So when the tide is out in your area, it is in somewhere else. So it goes... Oh! Yeah, that makes sense. So on the other side of the world,

they're getting high tide while we're getting low tide. Yeah, from the gravitational pull. I never thought about that. Oh, that's really good. Well, I didn't get it in 10 seconds, so you get some hell pizza as well. Oh, me?

What a good question. Stuff you don't think... You know stuff I didn't think about? You said boomer before. I didn't realise the generation was called the baby boomers. Did you not know that? That happened post-war. Well, maybe I did, but I

just hadn't thought about it. I just thought the boomers. The baby boomers. There's a lot of fornicating going on after the war. When people reunited. Yeah. Thank you for playing the Google games this morning. That's alright. You're welcome, Jono. playing the Google games this morning. That's all right.

You're welcome, Jono. Add these two men together, and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits, with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Scrolling through your feed. Yes, this is Scrolling Through Your Feed, my favourite part of the show, and it's time for some news fresh from the Newswire.

Now, that's what we actually call Ben around here, because he has the body of a piece of wire. Thank you very much. Come on from the Newswire. Now, that's what we actually call Ben around here because he has the body of a piece of wire. Thank you very much. Come on in, Newswire. Well, this is making news this morning. The footage of a Ukrainian man who was on a tram and the ticket inspector came up to ask for his ticket and he went, oh, oh, just give me a second.

And then he climbed out through the window and ran away, made a hasty exit, even had time to flip the bird at the train. What, double down on it? Like you've already kicked them in the guts? Clambered through the window and off he ran and got away. So there you go, that's making some news this morning. We were in Christchurch last week and, you know, quite a tram-heavy city, Christchurch.

It's a perfect mode of transport if you want to go slightly faster than you can walk the tram. I mean, it's not travelling at lightning pace, is it? No, no. So if you're in a rush to get to work, tram's definitely not the option. But we actually made us think this morning

of a story of a friend of a friend who was in the UK and he was actually on one of the tubes and he had a wee bit of an accident after a friend who was in the UK and he was actually on one of the tubes. And he had a wee bit of an accident after a late night. And so he had to go into a quickly whip into a store to buy some new pants. It was a pit stop, was it? It needed a full change.

He ran into the store, bought some pants and got on the train and went straight to the tube and went straight to the bathroom as the train was moving. He was like, I'll quickly get changed. Took off his pants, took off his undies and he's like, well, I need to get rid of these

and he, you know, put them out the window which you probably shouldn't do as it was littering but he couldn't find a bin so he put his pants and his undies out the window, opened up his new shopping bag

to put on his new pants and then realised that it was a shirt he'd bought at his haste. A long-sleeved shirt. So he sort of tied it round like a nappy and had to walk out

was he on the bathroom on the train or was it in the train station stuck on the train none of that because I guess

it would depend what period of fashion we were in because you could sell them as drop crotch chinos couldn't you if you're wearing a shirt as pants

but I saw the MC Hammer style pant. Well it's fashion guys. Yeah true. Just wear them around. Well it's a business shirt that you're wearing on your legs. But anyway.

How can you confuse a shirt for pants? Even in a panic. I know. Even in that situation. Yeah. I mean you are in a panic but yeah.

But you know a pair of pants from a shirt. I know. I mean I'm an idiot but even I compare. Makes a great story. And this, I think, is a great invention. So Apple are going to basically are coming out with this thing called an AirTag.

And you put on your keys. And basically, if you lose your keys somewhere, it's like a Find My iPhone for your keys. And through the app on your phone, you're like, oh, that's where it is. Oh, that's really good. It's going to cost somewhere between $29 to $99, somewhere around that, and be available later this month. But it was a really good invention. Knowing Apple, they'll do updates on it, and you'll lose your keys because you won't have

done the update. It's not compatible with your new app. But a very good invention right there. Great invention from Apple. They also put it on suitcases and bags and things like that as well. Children. Sunglasses would be handy. could also put it on suitcases and bags and things like that as well. Children. Sunglasses would be handy. I could put it on Ben.

Yeah, put it on your hand. I've lost my Ben. Find my Ben. There he is. He's over there. Oh, he's hiding from me again. I'll find you every time. Switch forward to Megan again.

That's where I'm off to. Do you know, we were just talking about apps before, because poor Alan, who's filling in for Ben Humphrey, producer Humphrey, who's away having a baby. Had a baby. Yeah. He's using the sleep app on his iPhone. And it didn't quite work this morning. No.

It knocked back to his normal sleeping routine. So therefore it didn't set the alarm for when, because he'd set the alarm for like, you know, 4am. And the sleeper's like, you need a little longer time. This is not what you usually do, mate. Treat yourself. It's when apps stitch you up, isn't it? We rely a lot.

Where is it? Yeah, sleeping in because the app wasn't loud enough and it's just, you know, apps fail you, technology. Oh, that was on Plunkett Day, fundraising day. Juliette slept in. She hates children. She hates raising money for children. And that is what's making news in New Zealand

and around the world this morning. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah, no. Yeah, no. The whole movie. He's raising money for children. No. And that is what's making news in New Zealand and around the world this morning. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right.

And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Of course, yesterday we were at Eden Park. We were issued a challenge by 660, the band, to sit on every seat in Eden Park until we found the lucky seat that would unlock 50 tickets to give away on the radio to the concert this weekend. And arrogantly last week when we were in Christchurch, you gave away the first double pass even though we hadn't even got the tickets, Jono. Getting way ahead of myself.

Absolutely, but that was the confidence that I had in you being that you were going to sit on the lucky seat. We needed to. We had to. Blind faith, they call it. Even though our behinds were sore and our legs were screaming and it was raining, it was pouring with rain, and we were like, we're going to have to give up and come back again the next day.

We kept going. And we played a heartless game on radio. Gee whiz, it was callous, wasn't it, this game? It was who was on the phone at the end of 60 seconds. And you just had to try and keep our attention. And if you didn't, we'd mow on to the next caller. And whoever the last one was standing won the tickets. Let's start that timer.

Max, what do you want to say? Jessica? Good morning. I was actually going to sing this 660 song for you guys to see if I can keep you on for 60 seconds. Oh, okay. I sat alone this morning And I heard what the birds had to say

You were a monster if you cut her off, Jono. Next caller. Oh, no. Next caller. Oh, this is nuts. She was good. She was good. Had to move on.

Let's get Nardine on. Oh, my goodness. Nardine, you want these 660 tickets? Oh, yes, please. Good morning, Jono and Ben. Please. Oh! And Nardine was the last one standing.

Good morning. We mowed through people for telling heartfelt stories about their children. Someone who had lost some ears or something. Just, you know, heart-wrenching stuff.

And Nadine, you were the last one there. Good morning. You've got the tickets. Oh, thank you so much, Donna and Ben. Yous are awesome. You're awesome. You're welcome.

Now, we already said... Julian's playing cool in the gang from the 70s for you. We already said you had the tickets the other day, but we didn't officially have the tickets then, so now it's all official. You've got a double pass for 660 this weekend. Oh, thank you, my daughter. My daughter-in-law will be so, so buzzing.

Oh, good on you, Nadine. So you're going to give the tickets to them? You're not travelling from Taranaki for the show? No, no. My daughter-in-law, she well deserves it. She's a good mum to my five grandchildren and she's never been to a concert, so I just want to let her have a good weekend away

with our kids, my grandkids, and take her sister and her sister. Oh, Nardine, what a wonderful mother-in-law and mother and grandmother you are. And listener. I'm going to put listener in that category as well, Nardine. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much, Donna and Ben.

You're welcome. You're welcome, mate. Tell us how much you love the show. Oh, I listen to you every day. Every day, hear that? I try to ring every time you have something, especially on the Christmas, around the Christmas,

and I got in there once, but then that was it. So I'm buzzing because, yeah. Loves it, loves it. Loves the show every day. Buzzing, buzzing to be honest. Stop trying to milk it. It's a lovely moment.

I hope they enjoy the concert this weekend. I'm very excited about it as well. Enjoy it. I'll say well and I'll get them to take some photos and I'll send it into the morning show. Oh, you're a legend, Nadine. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Buy the WhatsApp by.co.nz. Her loose lips have sunk ships previously. Literally. It wasn't the iceberg that was problematic for the Titanic. It was actually Juliet's loose lips. And here they are right now with Spy. What's happening?

So the Oscars are happening this weekend on Sunday. So we'll kind of get all the news on Monday. But it's going to be quite different to previous years. The speeches, punishingly, are going to be longer. Thank you, speeches. Because they said there's been a decline in ratings for awards ceremonies in the Oscars over the years, and then I read yesterday a headline,

the speeches are going to be longer. Well, that's a way to pull everyone back in, isn't it? No one has ever said that those awards things make the speeches longer and then I'd watch more. I know. I think you think they make them shorter. I know. Jeez, I wish Angelina Jolie would talk for another 10 minutes

about humanitarian stuff. And also the problem is that people start getting out. You want to thank so many people. So you start, and as soon as someone lists off all the different people, then the next person who wins, their obligation is to continue to thank the same amount of people as before. You know, the producers, the writers, the fingers, the family, you know. As soon as one person does that, it opens the floodgates. Everyone's got to do it.

Otherwise, you look callous if you get up there and you do something else and you don't thank, oh, he thanked me. He thanks his wife. Wow. This is obviously a topic dear to your heart. I just was like, don't make the speeches longer. I know. And don't have someone get up there and say,

oh, I don't want to thank my family. And then everyone goes, oh, no, I don't want to thank my family. No one cares about your family. Of course you want to thank your family. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a given. Yeah, I know, I know. But the reason for this is they're changing the way

it's all going to be presented in film. They want it more looking quite theatrical and movie-like, which is probably part of the whole tactic to get more viewers. Maybe people just don't like watching other people get awards. I know when I turned up to a primary school, I love the little kids there. They're all wonderful, but I'm like,

oh, I'm not going to win anything. Yeah, I'm not here to win anything. You only care about the people you know. The rest is like, oh, it's just people getting awards. Totally, totally. And one third of the budget is said will go towards COVID safety protocols for the Oscars. That's a big chunk going towards COVID-related things. So it's not live stream.

It's not one of the live stream jobbies. Actually, they're all there in real time at the Kodak Theatre, are they? Yeah, yeah, I think so. And it's going to be like attendees won't, but it's weird. So they've put a third of the budget to COVID, like safety precautions, but then attendees won't wear face masks during the broadcast, but they have to wear them behind the scenes. So it's like, well, you really are COVID.

When you're on television, you can't catch COVID. It's actually one of the least known facts about coronavirus. Did you know that? No, I didn't know that. They try and keep that hidden but they're like, if you've got a camera in front of you, you're looking fantastic. There's no way you're going to catch COVID. Totally fine.

And just quickly, a few artists, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Paul McCartney and Noel Gallagher have written a letter to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging an overhaul of streaming services, streaming industry like Spotify. So they basically want, they've said they want the value of music to be put back in the artists' hands, like with records and CDs,

because the streaming services basically just take all the money and the artists don't get a bunch of money. So those three artists and a bunch of others, they've kind of let it, have written a letter to Boris being like, can you help overhaul Spotify? So that story is three old men complain about technology. That's true. That is true.

I say bring back the cassette tape. That's what I'd like to see back. The DAT machine. Yeah, yeah. The DAT machine. I have no idea what it is. Exactly. It's an unusual piece of technology, the DAT.

Did you ever use a DAT, Ben? No. Digital audio tape? I did not. No, I've never had a DAT. The DAT didn't quite take off. No, no. Okay, okay.

Bring back the DAT. And that is spy for more. You can head to thehits.co.nz. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this.

Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits. The you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. The hits. It's Taylor Swift, a love story. It is the hits of Jono and Ben, 8.54 on your Wednesday. That was the re-recorded version where she's trying to dodge legal issues. Being sued for recording her own music, right?

I can't tell any difference. It's a weird story. It seems a little different. You were in the voices a little bit different at the start. I produced Juliet and you've done the analytics on it. And also in the chorus, it seems like there's a few more instruments in there. But it wasn't like she was trying to make a version of someone else's song. It's her song, so she probably can do it pretty much the same.

Yeah. I listened to it. She doesn't even take a breath during the chorus, which is very impressive. Somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting. Listen to it. She doesn't even take a breath during the chorus, which is very impressive. Somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting. Now, I'm out of breath already. I know.

I'm an old wheezy man, though, so it's very impressive. So there you go, Tata Swift. But this weekend, speaking of music, 660, Eden Park, Drax Project, Sir Dave Dobbin, and many more. It's going to be broadcast to the Pacific Islands on TV and right around the world. You can see it as well online. They were talking, spoke to Chris Mack yesterday. He said he was on the phone to the Queen of Rarotonga.

I know. Of all people. I said, well, we just finished a Zoom call with the Sultan of Brunei. So that's very impressive. So the Queen of Rarotonga was saying thank you for doing this because they've had no tourists. Oh, must be hard.

No entertainment. Yeah. So lovely stuff. Lisa, you're on from Rotorua. Welcome. Oh, my God. Hi. Oh, must be hard. No entertainment. Yeah. So, lovely stuff. Lisa, you're on from Rotorua. Welcome. Oh, my God. Hi. Oh, my God.

We caught you by surprise. You did. It's almost like you didn't know you phoned up for this competition, but you did. Oh, no, I've been trying for hours. Hey, well, guess what, mate? Oh, my God, you guys are awesome. Unfortunately, we don't have any tickets left.

Oh, we do, don't we? Ah, you got them. No, not play this. Anyway. You guys are awesome. Double pass for your, it's all yours. Enjoy the concert. Thank you so much.

Will you be coming from home to Auckland, obviously? I will, and then back to Rotorua for Anzac service on Sunday morning. Oh, good on you. Good on you. Have you got somewhere to stay up here? No, no, we'll come home for Anzac service. Oh, you'll just come back that night? Yeah.

Oh, my, what a wild weekend. It'll be primo. Hey, good on you. Thank you so much. No worries. Enjoy the concert, and thank you so much for listening to the program. Awesome, thank you.

We'll do the maths on how many we've given away after the show, but we've got a whole bunch more tomorrow on the program to give away, as well as if you want to head to the Hits Breakfast on Instagram and Facebook we've got a double pass up for grabs there as well. So plenty more 660 tickets where they came from that's for sure. And Juliette.

Juliette we're playing more Call in the Gang celebration. Oh they've got a song called Celebrate. Celebrate. Yeah. I found this one

which is more appropriate. Yeah. They're not cool we've been playing Call in the Gang since six this morning. And they've got this part of Closer that says Celebrate. There you go. Oh We've been playing cool in the gang since six this morning. Yeah. And they've got this part of closer that says celebrate. There you go.

Oh, listen, we got there in the end. Thankfully, we nailed that over three hours. Oh, now we're back to this. Anyway, have a great day, New Zealand. We'll catch you tomorrow from six. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from six on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.

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