Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - August 31 - Nano Girl, Win A Jono & Ben Face Mask, What Were Your Pregnancy Cravings?

Episode Date: August 30, 2020

Hello you wonderful New Zealanders! Jono's son Oscar discovered a very easy way to wag online class and we got into a discussion about our times' wagging school... and getting caught. Whoops. We also wanted to hear about your pregnancy cravings; we had some bizaaaaaare foods come through! Finally, we chatted to Dr Michelle Dickinson (Nanogirl) for some advice around mask-wearing and all that good stuff!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to the podcast. It's good to be on the podcast. I feel like I get paid every time I say podcast. As we do this podcast Thanks to our partner Skinny too Oh yeah Skinny Come on board

And friendship Friendship We've got a wonderful friendship Based on So does that mean They can pick me up From the airport And things like that

Yeah Help you move house too Oh cool I hate helping people Move houses Yeah That's my worst nightmare You know why

I was tarnished by it When I first started in radio And you'll just do anything. You're working for free. You'll do anything. Stuff I did. And the boss was like, hey mate, you helped me move house this weekend. And I was like, oh I didn't learn about this at broadcasting school

but okay, clearly it's part of the curriculum. So I helped him move house and then midway through the moving, the truck broke down. So he's like, mate, you stay here. A truck full of my boss's stuff, Brad. And you stay here and I'll go and try and sort out the truck. Six hours I sat in that truck.

He came back. This would have been before you had a cell phone to look at or anything. I just sat in this hire truck. He came back drunk. He was like, oh, I just swung by the pub. I was like, well, I'll be sitting here for six hours. Anyway, made me the broadcaster I am today. Very good at moving house. Not so good on the radio. But hey, you learned a lot. On today's podcast, we've got our own masks. The first one we give away today, commemorating a great New Zealander who's helped us through

the last few months. Legally, how does this sit with this great New Zealander? Can we use their image? Because we are. We are. It's a tribute. We're not asking for any money. They're free. They're free.

So it's a tribute. It's a tribute. Yeah, if he sues us, he'll sue us for nothing we've made off him. Yeah, exactly. If anything, we've invested money into this. We're losing cash. As well as that, on the podcast, John, I did something very unusual in an open home. Yeah. very unusual.

Was it? Yeah, well, yeah. Was it? Yeah. What I did in the area that it was designed for was not unusual. Yeah, but you're in an open home. Well, you be the judge for yourself. Enjoy the podcast.

As well as that, our Nano Girl Scientist talking about the new normal. Everything we're having to do at the moment. If you've got questions about masks and social distancing, she'll answer all those on the podcast. The soggy cornflakes of radio. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, a lot of kids going back to school today. Well, a lot of the kids have been going to school

around the country in Level 2, but for Auckland, their school kids are going back. How are you feeling about that? How are your kids feeling about that, Ben? One is super excited. The other one, not quite as pumped to be going back to school. As a parent, I'm a little bit on the nervy side about it at the moment. It seems a little bit unusual that you can't have more than 10 people together

hanging out, you know, here in Auckland, but then you can have 30 kids in a class in schools of thousands of people. I see you kind of contradict yourself. It seems a little bit like, I say, how come you can't trust 10 adults to be in a house together? Do kids have to wear masks to school? No, no, no, because I think anyone under the age of 12

doesn't have to wear a mask. They can if they want, but kids won't be able to wear them in classes and stuff. But again, that kind of contradicts itself, right? Yeah. If everyone else has to wear masks. Yeah. No one under the age of 12 has to wear a mask.

Oh, well, listen, yeah, I know there's going to be probably a lot of underachieving children getting into university this year. Imagine if you're in your final year of school, you'd be like, this is so good. Because aren't they marking on like, did you help clean up the house? I know. And did you make your bed during lockdown? You get NCEA credits for doing the dishes. In the UK, they've just gone back to school.

We're just starting to. It's six months. Six months the kids haven't been back. I mean,, they've just gone back to school. We're just starting to. It's six months. Six months the kids haven't been back. I mean, this year is just pretty much a write-off, isn't it? As far as schoolwork goes. I mean, at least you've got an excuse, like us. We went to school and we had to blame it on ourselves not being smart, but

you've got an excuse now. Well, Oscar must have because they've been doing a lot of learning online and stuff and doing Google Hangouts and things. They do a video class. Now, do you ever wag? Do you wag? A couple of times I attempted it. Not very well. Yeah, I only did it once and the one time I did it, it was

planned out for weeks like an Ocean's Eleven style heist. And it was well executed and then my mate Ben, another friend, Ben, his mum came home and she's like, did you guys skip school today? And he was like, nah, he held rock solid. Rock solid.

That's the thing. And I just went, yep. We did. We waited. And then my mum picked me up. Oh, it was terrible. Mates of mine and I, we went to the cricket in Wellington. And then we got on TV.

And the guy was right there with a camera. And we're like, go away. Get us off. One of the teachers saw got on TV. And that was, the guy was right there with a camera. And we're like, go away, go away, get us off. One of the teachers saw us on TV. We're like, oh, yeah, they're not good. So, yeah, my son Oscar, on Friday afternoon, he's doing his maths class. And it'd been a long week.

It's Friday afternoon. No one's really concentrating. And he's like, oh, just clicks a button, mutes the audio, turns off his video. And that's how you wag in 2020, with a click of a button. Looks like he's still there participating. TV, too easy. Kids don't know how easy they got it.

I heard someone online was saying that you can record yourself, basically, you know, little videos going, oh, yeah, like nodding along, and then you can just play like a loop. A loop. Like meetings and stuff. So you look like you're there or paying attention or like, but then if they ask you a question, that's where it's going to go.

It's also quite concerning because kids are so good with technology that they will just be able to find a way around everything. So they will become like absolute kings and queens of being able to get around everything. Oh they will become like absolute kings and queens of being able to get around everything. Oh, manipulation, absolutely.

Yeah, no, they don't know how easy they got it, these kids. Don't know how good you got it. Remember to double pump the vogels. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Producer Juliet, you stumbled across some interesting news, entertainment news. Yeah, so Chrissy Teigen,

she is pregnant with her third child, but she's revealed her pregnancy cravings, and they are sour lollies. But she's eating them to the point that you know when you eat so many sour lollies, your tongue starts going numb, it goes tingly, and she's posted a photo, and it literally looks like her tongue is burning off

because she's eating so many sour lollies. Oh, because the acidic nature of them would burn layers off the inner of your mouth. I get that. You were just saying just before 7 o'clock on this topic, Ben. Yeah. My wife, Amanda, her craving for a little bit there was gherkin. Well, not just gherkins, but the juice.

Would she eat the gherkins or just drink the juice? Yeah, but now and again I'll put her in the fridge opening up and I'll have a little sip and put it back in. Not a whole lot of it, but just a little, you know, the gherkin brine or whatever they call it. I do that on a normal day. Would you? You drink gherkin juice?

Yeah. Do you? Sometimes. But you've said you do it, and now you're backing out of it. No, I love gherkins. And then the other day I was like, because I know that gherkin juice is quite common for people who are pregnant to crave, I think,

or I've heard about it quite a bit. And so I was like, oh, I might just give it a whirl and had a little sip, and it was quite nice. I did some shots one night about it quite a bit. So I was like, oh, I might just give it a whirl and had a little sip and it was quite nice. I did some shots one night. There was a thing and it was like, you had to have a shot of whiskey and then follow it up with a gherkin juice. I'm like, both were just like, I don't know.

But it's a thing. It's a thing. Can we beat gherkin juice? Can we beat the sour lollies? What was your pregnancy craving? I've got none because... No, I've got, yeah. For obvious reasons.

Yeah. But I do like chicken nuggets. I eat a lot of those. That's good. 4487 on the text, so under the hits. Let's go to Rachel in Morrinsville. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Rach. How are you? Hello. Good, good. How are you? Yeah, good. What were your pre-go cravings? Well, I used

to have a real craving for potato peels. Oh, okay. The filthy, dirty bits. Yeah, so I'd peel a potato and eat the skin. What, even the bit that had the soil on it? Yeah, and it's so weird, but I couldn't get enough of it. Really? Yeah.

How did you not get poisoned by the pesticides from the farmers? Organic. Organic, oh yeah. It's organic dirt. I suppose you'd give it a wash and stuff and clean off all the dirt, but it's actually the skin of the, yeah. Did you wash them previously or not?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, you are, okay. All right. Oh, that's good. That's potato skins. There we go. Not uncooked potato skins. Now, when you think about them,

do you feel sick or you'd have more? Oh, no, I wouldn't do it again. You wouldn't go back there again? Like a wild night out, hey? Thank you so much. We'll go to Thames, talk to Kyle. Welcome to the show, Kyle. How are you?

How's it going, mate? Are you good? What were your pregnancy cravings, Kyle? Me personally? Nothing. But my wife, she used to crave a lot of things, but the weirdest one I thought was peanut butter and celery sticks. She'd sit there with a jar of peanut butter and a bunch of celery.

Oh, and just dip it in and scoop away. You were saying before, Producer Juliet, that you like that. That's a great combo. That is a really yum combo, peanut butter and celery. I reckon my seven-year-old taste buds would like that. Yeah. Yeah. Feels like something you'd eat with a Cheerio at a birthday party.

Hey, good on you, Kyle. I don't know. Oh, sorry, you, Kyle. I don't know. Oh, sorry, this is awkward. I made it awkward. Why did I make it awkward? What did you want to say, Kyle? Nah, nah, it's something I wouldn't go eating, that's for sure. Oh, good on you, buddy.

You're going to have a wonderful day. Yeah, same to you, mate. Thanks for listening, man. Inartia, Elsie, you're on the air. What were your pregnancy cravings? Oh, yeah. I'm having a shocker, aren't I? No, yeah.

This is on me. You really killed the vibe, didn't you? Yeah, I did. I made it awkward with Kyle, and now Elsie's too scared to even tell. That's you, too. We've been trying not to say anything for a while, but it's you. We'll see if Michelle is on board. Welcome to the show, Michelle.

Hi, how are you? Oh, we're good. You had what in your pregnancy cravings? Noodles and pies mixed together. Oh, you put the. You had what in your pregnancy cravings? Noodles and pies mixed together. Oh, you put the noodles inside the pie? You'd lift the lid off the pie and put them in? Yeah. Oh, what was it like?

It was okay back then, but now, no way. A lot of carbs going in there. Just hoofing the carbs in. Yeah. Yep. The food bogan in me thinks that sounds... Yeah, that sounds like something you'd love, Jono. Yeah.

That's got like two-minute noodles you're talking. Yeah, two-minute noodles. Whack it in a pie with a little tomato sauce, tea sauce as well? Ah, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. She's not a monster, mate.

Sorry. What a stupid question. I'm sorry. Look in the mirror. And we'll go to Lynn in Kaitaia. You're on New Zealand's Breakfast. Lynn, it's great to have you with us. What was your pregnancy craving?

Liver. Raw liver. Raw liver. Not even cooked? Oh, my God. The butcher used to see me coming, and he would get the liver out, chop it all up, put it in a plastic bag for me,

and I would just eat it like chippies. Oh, you'd put your hand in and like... The blood dripping down her chin. G'day, guys. It's just old Lynn the liver eater here. Coming back into the bushes again. Wow, what a crap. So how long... And you wouldn't eat it now?

Oh, yeah. Oh, you wouldn't? Still don't? Lynn's a caveman. Wow, Lynn. That's really impressive, Lynn. Oh, thank you. I went from one extreme to the other.

First one was ice cream and grapefruit. The second one I didn't have any cravings, and the third one was raw liver. Next you'll be eating power poles or something. Where does it stop, Lynn? Lynn, you have a great day. Thank you for sharing that with us. Okay, bye.

All the best. Serving poles of lolls for breakfast. Actual lolls may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Now, Jono, I've mentioned this a couple of times. Before the first lockdown, we got a kitten in the household. Oh, you named it COVID, didn't you? No, no.

What did you name it? That was what you wanted us to call it. The roaner. No, bubble. Oh, bubble. This is part of our bubble. It was in the bubble, yeah. Yeah, it was, yeah.

Your dog gets a lot of air time, gets a lot of lip service. You never talk too much about the cat. The cat sort of feels like it's the second thought. No, no, the cat's there. We're adjusting to having the cat and the dog in the house. Do they get along? Are they friends? They actually do.

They actually do get on quite well. They actually play fight, which is quite cute. Yeah, I think you showed me a wonderful video where the cat's on the couch. The cat sometimes gives it to the dog. The cat's quite feisty. But the cat, since starting on this breakfast show that we do in the mornings, you know, you get up around about four o'clock,

the cat has become quite vocal at that time in the morning. And normally when I'm up at four o'clock I'm like, oh, that's nice. The cat's, you know, wanting to hang out and sometimes getting a little bit of, you know, extra feed or milk or something like that. The cats never just want to hang out. The cats always have an ulterior motive, don't they? They never just like, hey, buddy, let's hang out.

I get suckered into thinking the cat wants to hang out with me. But then the cat doesn't understand the basic structure of the week. So when it gets to Saturday and Sunday, I don't need to get up at four o'clock. But the cat's like, oh, mate, it's time to get up. Cats should understand weekends, shouldn't they? Yeah. I think we could teach that to the animal kingdom.

That guys, hey, we check out a couple of days a week. This happens. And you can too. Yeah. So on the weekend, this happened because this frustrates me because I'm the only one that gets up, that waits, that hears any of the animals on the weekend. So on Sunday morning, I recorded them.

This was around about four o'clock in the morning. This is the cat. And the cat's doing this not in just our bedroom, every bedroom over the house. No is the cat. And the cat's doing this not in just our bedroom, every bedroom over the house. No one wakes up. Have a listen. Yeah, so this is happening. No one, no one.

What do you mean no one wakes up? I think everyone's doing a good job of pretending not to hear that. Maybe, because everyone just lies still. No one gets up and you're like, oh, the cat, the cat. No one does. And then the dog, and I've told you about the dog before, when he wants to go out to the bathroom or whatever, he makes a sort of a little noise, not quite a full bark,

just a little bit. Well, I actually recorded that as well. So this is happening on Sunday morning. You make that same noise. Doesn't he, Juju? That was me, actually. And we're like, oh, time for the little visit. So I left it.

Sunday morning, I was like, okay, no one. The dog's like, oh, time for the little visit. So I left it. Sunday morning, I was like, okay, no one. The dog's like, oh, next to me at the bed. I'm like, no, I hear you. I hear you, mate. I hear you, but no one else. You know, you'd be like, Monday to Friday, I get up at 3.30 in the morning. Can I help you out?

Now's me time. Yeah, and so I was like, leave it. And then the dog kept going. No one. No one. No one moved one No one moved No one in my family got up Nothing It's like the dog is clearly barking now

He's frustrated I'm frustrated You know What I appreciate you Even in the midst of anger He's asleep It's six o'clock in the morning On a Sunday

He's recording He is recording Is this guy never not recording Look I gotta get this audio for radio So I had to get this audio for radio. So I had to get up again. Always the best in the biz. Always recording. Let the dog out, feed the cat.

I was like, oh, my family. They're just quietly sleeping. I also recorded the family sleep. No, I didn't actually. But I will next time just to prove a point. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. I just let on.

I was like, well, last time I was in an open home I probably did something that you know Was less than distinguished You? Yeah Well like we'd been driving around all day And I'd just been I hadn't had the chance

To visit the ablution block Ben And so I was in this open home And was looking through the rooms and stuff And I was like oh Here's the bathroom Can looking through the rooms and stuff and I was like, oh. Here's the bathroom. Can I use the bathroom? It was like calling me. And so, yeah.

You used the bathroom in an open? Yeah. And it was thrilling. Thrilling. You never know if another vendor's going to come walking in. And as I was doing it, I was like, oh, your excuse is you're just checking out the plumbing system. Does it work?

Does it function? Because, you know, you've been to many houses where you turn up checking out the plumbing system. Right. Does it work? Does it function? Because, you know, you've been to many houses where you turn up and the toilet's not even connected. And so that was my, because that was going to be my backstory. I can imagine it was quite a thrill. Yeah. I mean, it was not a great moment,

but I mean, what was the alternative? The alternative was even far more embarrassing. What? Oh, just like having to awkwardly run out with. Oh, what, peeing your pants? Oh, was it at that stage? It was at that stage, yeah. Now, you were just like, you weren't sitting down or anything.

You were standing up in this situation. Yeah, yeah. And when I... Oh, it was like a wild fire hose. You know those ones where the firefighters can't actually hold on to it? Was there a lock on the door? Because, jeez, you'd hope there was a lock on the door. No, that was the thing.

There wasn't. So I was like just kind of kneeling down half squat, you know, doing a leg workout, holding the handle shut and controlling it. Multi, multitasking at its finest. Someone goes, is the door safe? Everyone crowding around outside. You'd be like, oh, no. Oh, no.

And then do you flush? Do you not flush? So it's a little life hack. If you do find yourself caught short out there, then what you need is the conditions to be just perfect to be walking past an open home. For that open home to be open, then you can sort out your problem.

But I feel like you're going to shame me tomorrow with Angela Bloomfield, the new real estate agent. Maybe we will, maybe we won't. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. They're back. Thanks to kindface.co.nz,

we've got our new edition of our mask. Yeah, now there was debate whether, you know, what Kiwi legend we'd put on the mask, whether it was Ben Boyce or Dr. Ashley. No, you're the only one that said. I mean, unfortunately, on a mask, there's only room for one legend. You know, you can't, you know, Sir Ed beat out the Briscoe's Lady for the $5 note.

You can't cram all the legends onto one thing. So, Ben, maybe your time will come another day. Right. But in the meantime, if I know Ashley Bloomfield like I don't, he seems like the type of guy who would really enjoy all of this attention and novelty merchandise. Have a listen. Back by forced popular public demand.

We want more. We want more. The Jono and Ben face masks. Thanks to kindface.co.nz. The masks were just great for avoiding my neighbour in the supermarket. I stole a TV in my mask and no one knew it was me. Until now. This time, Jono and Ben present a new, sleek, stylish range of face nappies.

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Use every tool in the toolbox. Get your sanitised hands on Jono and Ben's range of commemorative Ashley Bloomfield face masks for free thanks to kindface.co.nz. So we've been sent the first one. We're hoping to have these out to give away this week thanks to kindface.co.nz in the next few days. But we've got one.

Yeah, we've got the prototype, the sample. And all morning people have been texting in 4487 why you think you deserve the mask. It's like, oh, you know all this and all that. Don't give any example. Don't be too specific with it. Just go, oh, because that's all I need. Your words don't do.

They won't work here. Words can't describe their messages. Literally, I couldn't find any words. But Rebecca was one of these people who went, Hello, Rebecca. Hello. You were quite touched by your words of, someone like, Rebecca, you deserve this mask.

Why do you want this prototype, Rebecca? This is the first Ashley Bloomfield mask. I just think he's amazing. He has done such a great job, hasn't he? He has. Unsung hero, just every day. I mean, that guy. He's not unsung, he's sung.

Everyone's singing. No one's not singing. Don't call him unsung. He's hardly a day off too. The guy has just been there day after day doing great stuff for New Zealand. So yeah, you've got the first Ashley Bloomfield commemorative mask thanks to kindface.co.nz.

Oh, awesome, because I missed out on the T-shirt, so I'll be really wrapped with the face mask. What T-shirt? Oh, they had some Ashley Bloomfield T-shirt. Someone else got them. Someone else is doing Ashley Bloomfield. Who? Who is this monster?

Yeah, he even got one. I think Ashley got a photo with Ashley wearing it. It was pretty cool, yeah. Oh, well, there we go. You've got a face mask and said, better than a T-shirt. Trying to take down that T-shirt, son of a gun. How dare they. All right, you look after yourself, Rebecca.

Thanks so much for listening to the show and have a wonderful week. Thank you, you too. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Who could forget the segment that's truly forgettable? Jim Horton Dates.

Father's Day, this Sunday coming up, and thanks to GrabOne, who have got your Father's Day sorted with a huge range of gift ideas on site at grabone.co.nz. We're going to put one dad on the spot with some dates that they should remember. Morning, Finn. Morning, Jim. How are you? Yeah, we're doing well.

Are you a father, Finn, or are you a practising father, or what are you doing? No, not a practising father? What are you doing? No, no. I'm not a practising father. Just working, mate. Just working, mate. Are you practising to become a father? I guess so.

Yeah, I guess so. How regular. I'm a details guy. No, let's not get into details right now with Finn. No, actually, we will get some details about your dad. So your father, who's your father? My father is Gordie. He's middle-aged, 50, we will get some details about your dad. So your father, who's your father? My father is Gordie. He's middle-aged, 50, I guess.

Yeah, right, Gordie. I've never met a Gordie that's not a character. Okay, what does Gordie do for a job, Finn? Gordie's a principal. Oh, okay. Oh, okay, yeah. Ben Boyce, your dad, Kevin Boyce is a principal. Yeah, no, he's very good with numbers and remembering things.

How's your dad going to be with remembering dates? If my dad remembers anything, I'll be amazed. Okay. Right, okay, so we're going to ask him. He's even forgotten he's a principal. He's just running a lawless society with miniature human beings. Yeah. So we're going to ring your dad, put him on the spot,

and we're going to ask him three questions, three important dates, but we need the answers from you. So let's go. Your birthday first, Finn. The 18th of August. Okay, 18th of August. Do you know your mum's birthday? Yeah, she's the 5th of December.

5th of December. And should we make it easy for Gordie? What's his birthday? I'm pretty sure he's the 27th of January. 27th of January. Hopefully he'll know that one. Yeah, okay. $100 online for each question correctly answered.

For GrabOne. $100 voucher for GrabOne. Oh, so he could potentially win $300 GrabOne vouchers for Father's Day. Don't say we don't give Gordon anything. Well, you never have before, but let's see. We'll give him a call. Here we go. Good luck, Finn.

This could be your Father's Day present or signed and sealed, my friend. Hello, Gordie speaking. Oh, Gordie, Gordie, Gordie. Hello. It is John O'Bien calling from the Hits Radio station. Oh, hell. Hey, guys. How are you?

That's the reaction that we like to invoke. Oh, my God. Well, we're doing all right. We have your son, Finn, on the phone right now with us. Why am I not surprised by that? Now, Gordon, there's some childhood issues that Finn needs to... No, it's not a therapy session, Gordon. It's Father's Day on Sunday.

Oh, you're kidding. It's Sunday. Yeah, we want to put you on the spot. This is not a good start. He's even forgotten that it's Father's Day on Sunday. Okay. Some important dates. We're going to ask you three questions.. This is not a good start. He's even forgotten that it's Father's Day on Sunday. Okay. Some important dates. We're going to ask you three questions.

Important dates. These are the things you should know. Every one you get right, you could get a $100 Grab One voucher. Oh, I think you guys are pretty safe. We haven't even had a lovely father-son moment yet, have we? Breaking the rules of radio here. We're barreled in. Let's give them some time.

Finn, say hello to your father. How's my little lockdown man? Are you all right there, fella? Yeah. Oh, this is nice. Yeah, we're barreled in. Let's give them some time. Finn, say hello to your father. How's my little lockdown man? Are you all right there, fella? Yeah. Oh, this is nice. Yeah, good. Good on you. Gordie sounds like a lovely chap.

Love Gordie. Okay, now to the pressure, Gordon. These are important dates in your life. Every correctly answered question, $100 grab one voucher. First question, Finn's birthday. Well, it's only just happened. The little fella turned 21 a week or so ago, and that would be the...

Good biting time here, Gordie. Good biting time. Drag this out. 18th of August. 18th of August. Yes, well done. One from one, Gordie. He's put him on the spot.

He's sweating, but he's doing well. I truly am sweating. He's literally sweating. All right, question. Finn's mum's birthday. That's the double stress at Christmas. So we've got definitely not the 25th. That's the Lord, isn't it?

The 5th. 5th of December. 5th of December. Oh, it's 5th of December too. Gordie, listen, I won't lie, Finn was like, I'd be very surprised if he remembers these, but you are coming through. You're working for your Father's Day presents here, third and final one. Okay. Well, we had this one easy because we didn't have any faith in you, but your birthday.

Oh, you want mine? Yeah. Ripper. I've got that one. Oh, you want mine? Yeah. Ripper. I've got that one. That's the 27th of January. 27th of January. Well done. $300 of GrabOne vouchers for Father's Day. All yours.

Oh, that's bloody awesome, guys. Thank you so much. You've made my day. Nice to talk to you, Freddie. I can't believe that. Yeah, he had no faith in you, to be honest, Gordie, but you came through. Don't blame him.

I got stopped by a policeman once and couldn't even remember where I was born when they asked. Well, I don't have a great Father's Day on Sunday. Thanks, guys. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. Spy, know what's up? Spy.co.nz.

All right, Juliet, she lives off celebrity gossip, which is fantastic for this part of the show, but she's severely malnourished. We're quite concerned about her health. Thank you. She's trading some food instead of gossip. Maybe I should. Yeah, I'll take that on board.

So Kiwi director Jessica Hobbs, she's been nominated for an Emmy for her work on the third season finale of The Crown. And she's also directed Broadchurch. Did you guys ever watch Broadchurch? Loved Broadchurch with that lady. Don't go into too much details. See, because you said that,

I know you've definitely watched it. I mean, that information, you couldn't have made up. And the guy. Yeah. And the house. And the other people. And the car. And the church. And it was the house. And the other people. And the car. And the church.

Was there a church? And it was broad too. It was quite broadly speaking, yeah. No, it was a good show. I forget that when you see her, you'll be like, oh, that lady. She's on Norton all the time. Wonderful actor. Wonderful actor.

So yeah, Jessica Hobbs, it's good to see another Kiwi. I feel like Kiwis are really doing well in the film area. You know, you've got Taika, you've got her, you've got James Cameron. Nicky Caro, of course, directed Mulan. Yeah. Kiwi as well, which is awesome. Peter Jackson, he's done all right, hasn't he? Yeah, he's done all right for himself.

Who else has done pretty well? Oh, wait. That lady? She's done great. I mean, yeah. And that other guy. Yeah. No, that's cool.

That's awesome. I'd never heard of her. Yeah, well, she's got her siblings. So there's Rebecca Katrina And Chris Hobbs They all played They were all on Shortland Street

At the same time For a period of time I think I was just researching So I don't know If many people remember But Chris played Frank Malone

Katrina was Janet Maxwell And Rebecca played A couple of people At the same time Oh that's the Hobbs Film and television dynasty Dynasty yeah Imagine being the parents.

You'd be like, all right, all my kids are in the film industry. Here we go. All my kids are in the Kiwi film industry, so they should probably go and get a proper job. Yeah, yeah. And Gordon Ramsay, he is set to lock in a multi-million dollar deal with TikTok to make 60-second recipe videos, which is really smart, I reckon.

So he's already on TikTok, and he does a little segment called Gordon Reacts where he judges people's cooking attempts, which is really smart I reckon. So he's already on TikTok and he does a little segment called Gordon Reacts where he judges people's cooking attempts, which is quite funny. But imagine I feel like this is quite a good way to rival Tasty. Have you ever seen Tasty videos on Facebook? No, you guys haven't. Mate, look at us, Chu. Good demographic, mate. Facebook?

What is the Facebook? Listen, I feel like Gordon Ramsay cooking meals in 60 seconds. A lot of undercooked meat. Yeah. Serving raw chicken to the kids. I always had the problem with food in a minute. I was like, none of this is done in a minute.

True. Imagine Gordon Ramsay, he'd get really stressed, wouldn't he? He'd be like, oh, good dad. He'd be really stressed. He's got quite a temper, but then sometimes you see the mellow, levelled Gordon Ramsay. I can imagine he's not always. No, he's not.

We spoke to Andy, who's one of the judges on MasterChef, and he has spent some time with Gordon Ramsay. He's the most lovely guy, you know? But I guess he just, you know, he has a persona. All right, Rambo, you know what time it is. All right, here I go. Throwing knives, stabbing chefs. Absolutely.

For more spy, you can head to thehits.co.nz and Viva Volume 1 has gone glossy. It's on sale nationwide, and if you want more info, you can head to thehits.co.nz and Viva Volume 1 has gone glossy. It's on sale nationwide. And if you want more info, you can text Viva to 4487. New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Of course, Auckland this morning moving out of lockdown into the new normal, as everyone loves to say. Shut up! Stop saying new normal! At level 2.5 is the new normal. Rest the country at level 2.5 is the new normal. Rest the country at level 2. Masks, compulsory. That's the big news in mainstream media,

but we want to look at some other big news. It's the big news. Small town, town, town, town, town. Maybe we should do that reverb in production. Yeah, we probably should get an intro for this. Anyway, we're looking at some big news from a small town, and as of 11.59 last night, New Zealand came out of lockdown. Well, Auckland did.

I know. And thank God the shackles were freed from this butterfly. And I can now spread my wings, Ben. Spread my beautiful ball loose. You don't go out on the weekends anyway. I've finally become what I know I need to become. Oh, jeez. I've reached my destination.

And there's a young Kiwi girl who goes by the name of Girl who released a song about going crazy in lockdown for the second time. Fantastic production values. Does she do that at home? Oh, yeah. During lockdown at home. Well, let's give her a call. Her name's Sophie Brown, as I said before.

Otherwise known as Girl. We'll find out more about her song. Hi. Hello. Is this Sophie Brown, a.k.a. Girl, a.k.a. for a prearranged interview? Yeah, that's me. How's it going? John, I'm Ben calling.

Hi, it's good. How are you guys? Yeah, no, we're doing well. You're part of our big news segment. You've made some big news, Soph's me. How's it going? John, I'm Ben calling. Hi, it's good. How are you guys? Yeah, no, we're doing well. You're part of our big news segment. You've made some big news, Soph. Thanks. How old are you, mate? I'm 16.

16 years old. Now, this is, again, it's been something I've been banging on for a long time. Kids are getting too talented too young. Do you know what I was doing at 16? I was still wearing nappies when I was 16. Still being breastfed by my mother when I was 16. That was quite disturbing.

How long have you been writing music for? I think I started when I was 15. A year ago, and you're already this good. Now, you've done quite a lot in this past year, I understand. You not only released this song right now about going crazy in lockdown, but also you played in front of some pretty famous people. Yeah, it was really cool. I played in front of Mick Fleetwood and Bob Geldof.

Bob Geldof and Mick Fleetwood. How did that come about? I've done nothing in front of Bob Geldof and Mick Fleetwood. The stuff I would do in front of them. All sorts of stuff. But how did that happen? They just came to Auckland for a gig sort of show thing, and I got to play my song in front of them. All sorts of stuff. But how did that happen? They just came to Auckland for a gig sort of show thing and I got to play my song

in front of them. It was very intimidating, I must say, but it was very cool as well. You can imagine. Were they like, now you shall play your song for us. They were very,

yes, they were old. They were very old. They've been around for a while. Yes, when you're 15, 16, everyone were old. They were very old. They've been around for a while. I guess when you're 15, 16, everyone's old. It was hard to sort of make them smile. They were very... Oh, yeah, so you're saying they were lifeless. They were quite...

Barely breathing. I think they might have been dead. Well, I just hope they're not listening right now. I don't think there's any concern that Mick Fleetwood and Bob Geldof will be listening to our show. I think they might have been dead. Well, I just hope they're not listening right now. I don't think there's any concern that Mick Fleetwood and Bob Geldof will be listening to our show. So how long did it take you to write your song about going crazy in lockdown? I wrote it, I started writing it the second I heard the news

that we were going to go back into lockdown. And I think I wrote it in two days or three days. Now, your artist name is Girl. Now, have you thought long-term about this? I always had concern with Boyz II Men, the group from the 90s. Eventually, they were Men to Men. They were no longer Boyz II Men.

It's going to happen. Eventually, you're not going to be just a girl. Have you thought about that long-term? I have because I think I'll always be a girl at heart. I'll always be a kid at heart. I don't want to grow up. Oh, that is a good long-term play. Well done, Sophie I'll always be a girl at heart. I'll always be a kid at heart. I want to grow up. That's a good one. That is a good long-term play. Well done, Sophie. I'll tell you what, Sophie,

congratulations so much on being so talented and when you win a Grammy, we will play this interview over and over again and this will be a black mark on your career. Alright. Okay, and we'll say, remember the horrible things you said about Bob Geldof?

You can catch Sophie Brown on Girl. Have you got a Spotify? I do, yeah. Somewhere where people can get your music? Yeah, just search up Girl. on Spotify. Sophie, legend. You go and keep being good, mate. Have a great day.

Thank you. Morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hips. Joining us as she's done all this year to help us guide ourselves through this pandemic. Pandemic, sorry. As Dr. Michelle Dickinson, Nano Girl, good morning. Good morning.

Welcome to Level 2.5. Oh, Level 2.5. The new normal. Who's sick of hearing the new normal? We are. But thanks for joining us. Now, Michelle, cases, they're still climbing. Is it too soon to go out of lockdown?

Well, it's too late now, obviously, but what are your thoughts? Look, we're going with a different strategy now. Our last strategy was elimination. Now it's almost learning to live with a virus that we hope we know where it is and sort of who's going to be affected. So yeah, it's new times for us.

And so it's probably, you know, businesses need to open. So this is the time to help the economy and it's time for us all to be careful and it's time to remember that just because the levels have changed doesn't mean you need to go out and party. Okay, alright. Hold on, I just want to party, mate. You've just been holding back my partying for months.

Michelle, masks, they're obviously mandatory on public transport. Should we be wearing masks in the office? Should kids be wearing them to school? Righty, righty, right. Look, kids shouldn't be wearing them to school. The evidence is looking at kids in masks and it shows that children under the age of 10 don't transmit the virus, it seems, as well as children over the age of 10. So it seems like our children are lower risk. When it comes to the office, like I run a business, I've asked my employees to stay at home if they can. We do have a work from home policy

and I've gone into the office yesterday and I've moved all of the desks two metres apart from each other. So I think employers can do things to help change what's going on in their workplace. Hey, have you committed a crime? You okay?

I live next door to a fire station. Oh, okay. You're not hiding right now? Okay. We can be an alibi if you need us to a fire station. Oh, okay. I'm hiding right now. Okay. We can be an alibi. You need us to be Michelle. I was talking to John a bit on the hits. So you would say those that don't need to go into work stay at home?

If you can stay at home or work from home, please do. Just because the levels have increased doesn't mean that we need to go all outside straight away at the same time. Obviously, the virus spreads because people move around. So the more we move around, the more we go to offices and then mingle with people outside of our bubble, the more likely it is that this cluster will grow. My advice is just we don't need to all go outside today. Try and stay at home if you can.

I guess it's a bit confusing for us non-science people because on one minute you're saying, or the Prime Minister's saying, no more than 10 in the gathering in Auckland, which I understand, but then you're sending your kids to school which have got maybe 30 in a class, you're hundreds running around the playground. I mean, it just seems a bit weird. Yeah, and schools have been really good actually. You probably won't get hundreds of running around in the playground or assemblies right

now. Schools are actually putting in some processes in place so that the gatherings at schools are still quite small and again remember children we've seen with the transmission of the virus are very different to adults so 100 adults in a room is a very different scenario to how the virus spreads compared to 100 children and so that's why and again we're balancing up long-term education long-term mental health for our kids, as well as control of this virus. And you can't do both well, and so we're trying to live in this middle land right now. Now, the hot discs.

Remember, hot discs are all the rage around officers. Everyone just grab a disc. Chill, bruh. What do you think about hot discs now, Michelle? Yeah, look, hot discs are fine as long as you clean up after yourself. If you are in a hot desk, just bring some spray and wipe or have some around and wipe down your desk after you leave it. Hot desks don't mean that you have three people sitting at them at the same time. Just make

sure that when you are done with it, just give it a bit of a wipe time. We've got Dr. Michelle Dickinson, Nano Girl, with us. You got a shout out from the Prime Minister I saw when she was demonstrating how to wear a mask, which is pretty cool. It's pretty cool. It's this weird life that I live as a nerdy scientist suddenly getting shout-outs from the PM.

No, it was cool. I've got a question, though, regarding masks because I've seen some online and then I've seen ones with filters as well. You know, you put a filter inside and you change your filter. I mean, is that necessary to have a filter inside a mask or is any sort of covering for the face and nose going to be okay? Look, any covering is going to be okay.

The recommendation is that if you're using a covering, it's got at least two folds, so two layers of fabric. If you've got a bit of cotton, fold it over twice. If you're wearing a scarf, fold it over twice. The filters are great, but you don't need them. My advice has always been you don't need to spend a lot of money. You can just use

an old t-shirt. You can use a bandana. You can use anything that just stops when you cough these respiratory droplets from coming out of your mouth. Now, Michelle, I did notice yesterday I went out and about, and there were some people not in masks, and you can tell they were quite self-conscious about it

because the majority of people are wearing masks. So it's your message. Everyone, get a mask. Everyone, get a mask. We're in a public space. You've got people you don't know around you, don't know what their situation is. They might have to go out even if they're immune compromised. Don't put them

at risk. Just wear a mask. It's easy. It's simple. You don't have to do it all day. You can not wear one at home, but if you're out in a space where you might actually be harming other people without realising it, just wear a mask. It's great for avoiding people who you'd usually have to talk to as well. It's the benefits, right, outside of health benefits.

Do you think this is going to be, and I'm going to say the new normal, but do you think the masks are going to be the thing we're going to have to live with in our lives? I hope so. The reason why I hope so is because actually it's going to stop a whole bunch of other viruses and bacteria transmitting,

which is going to keep people safe. We know how many people die of the flu every year, for example, and we haven't really taken that seriously. So mask wearing when you are sick or symptomatic, I think is really going to help the whole population from lots of things. Final question from me. So I'm wearing a mask.

I've got my takeaway coffee. I bought it contactless. What happens then? Do I, am I allowed to quickly whip down the mask to have a sip and then put it back up? I mean, how's that work? You are, but make sure that you're not in an area with lots of people. So this is going to be solitary coffee drinking time.

Okay. Dr. Michelle Dickinson, we always appreciate your time. Give us so much insight on what's going on. So thank you so much. Don't worry. See you later. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is where we call a different town or city in New Zealand. We do one a day and we're doing it alphabetically. We're working our way slowly through every town and city in New Zealand. Yeah, we phoned Fielding in the Manawatu on Friday and actually phoned probably one

of the more famous Fieldonians. Fieldonians. Fieldonians, Fieldesians. Yeah, yeah. William Wairua, you'll know him. What's the one thing we should do if anyone's going to Fielding? What's the one thing you'd recommend? I'd say mini golf was pretty famous there. So, Willie Wairua, thank you so much.

That was friendly Fielding. We've heard all about it. Oh, man, I hadn't even scratched the surface. What else is there to do? He definitely didn't want a follow-up question. Social media superstar William Wairaua, that was him on fielding. Today we're going to where?

Fernside. Now, it's a small rural community in the Waimakariri district situated next to the popular North Canterbury town of Rangiora. Fernside's historic park-like gardens and an ornamental lake feature on Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning masterpiece, J.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Wow. Did you know that? I didn't know that. No, why would you know that?

No, I'm not surprised that you don't know that. So let's go through to Fernside. Phone rings. Why would you? There's no... I'm not surprised that you don't know that. So let's go through to Fernside. Fernside School, Sandy speaking. Hello, who's this, sorry? Sandy. Sandy? Oh, I've never met a bad Sandy.

Oh, you never will. Never will. 100% of all the Sandys I've met have been up to scratch. Oh, absolutely. Now, Sandy, it's Johno and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Right. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We do one a day. And today, and Jono, I forgot where we're calling.

Ferns. Listen, he's so involved in this. He's so committed to this project, Sandy. He's too deep. I was going to say Ferndar, but that was short in the streets. Fernside. Fernside. Yes.

Do you know what number? Do you know why he's a bit lost, Sandy? No. It's because Fernside is number 82 on the towns that we have called. Oh, really? So he's deep. Yeah, I'm in deep. But I'd love to know something about Fernside.

Oh, well, it's a really cool community. Not far from Rangiora. My parents used to live in Rangiora. Oh, well, there you go. Yeah, stayed in Westbelt. Westiora. Oh, well, there you go. We stayed in Westbelt. Westbelt there. Okay, yes. The thing I remember about Westbelt,

an extraordinarily wide road. It took you about 20 minutes to cross the road. You probably would. The principal actually lives on Westbelt. He lives on Westbelt. Yeah, no, listen, I started crossing the road in the morning and when I finished finished it was pitch black that's how wide Westfield is

and that's not a word of a lie that's actually true it's certainly a lot wider than most streets nowadays yeah they make them thinner nowadays don't they the streets they don't make roads like they used to do they

no absolutely so what else we've got to talk about roads but what else in Fernside it's just a community you know a very tight knit community What else in our, we've got to talk about the roads, but what else in Fernside? Oh, it's just a community, you know, a very tight-knit community. Good sporting community.

We've got a community hall next door that the school uses. And tennis club, netball club. And what's the favourite type of knitting the community likes to do? Knitting? Did you say knitting? Knitting. Yeah. Did you say knitting? Knitting. Yeah. Did you say tight-knit community?

Oh, God. We do have a knitting club at school. Yeah. There you go. There you go. Sandy and I were so confused by that. And now we get, it was the terrible joke. What do they specialise in? Tight knits.

So, just picking the kids out of the knits. Oh, lovely. How many kids at the school, Sando? We got 28 kids out in it. Oh, lovely. How many kids at the school, Sando? We got 286 at the moment. Oh, lovely. Now tell me, do you live on a farm? Lifestyle block. Oh, beautiful.

You got a couple of this, a couple of that in there? A what? A couple of this, a couple of that? Yep. Yep. Beautiful, Sandy. I tell you what, Rangiora, it's a lovely community. A lot of people moved out there after the earthquake, didn't they,

Sandy? Absolutely, yes. How long have you lived there, Sandy? Oh, what? 30 plus years. Oh, right. Now, do you know my uncle used to be the detective of Rangiora? Oh, really? Yeah, David Cartwright. Are you familiar with him? Oh, absolutely.

No, I'm well. I used to gherkin pick for him. Oh, you picked his gherkins? They did have a gherkin patch. Yes, he knows a crew of gherkin girls, and we used to have great fun. And he always gave us a wonderful lunch with lots of wine. And do you have gherkins for lunch? Gherkin and cheese is quite nice in a sandwich.

Absolutely. Yeah, I don't know if you like that. And so you'd know my Aunty Joan. Yes. Oh, my cousin't know if you like that. And so you'd know my Auntie Joan. Yes. Oh, my cousin Stuart. Cousin Stuart, Nicola Louise. This is a great real catch-up. Yes, I went to school with my kids.

Oh, my God. New Zealand is too small. It is so small. Do you know that when my wife, I just want to chip in here with some banter, when my wife was pregnant, her craving was gherkin juice. So she would drink the juice out of the fridge. Oh, okay. Yeah, which is good. She could have been with the gherkin juice. So she would drink the juice out of the fridge.

Oh, okay. Oh, okay. She could have been with the gherkin girls. One of the gherkin girls. Maybe. Hey, Sandy, lovely to talk to you. Lovely to meet you. Yep, you too.

And you look after yourself in Fernside. Yes, we will. All righty. See you, mate. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Alright, the news that's broken on your feed

overnight, like the pesky pests we are, we've been intruding and rifling through your personal feeds. Got your passwords as well. Now Auckland this morning out of lockdown and into another new normal, that's the buzzword around at the moment. If I hear new normal or team of five million one more time, I'm going

to rip my esophagus out. And there was a bit of a message that was put on the government's official COVID-19 social media channels yesterday that said if you're in South and West Auckland, you should get a COVID-19 test, even if you're asymptomatic. It

led to massive queues in the area for people all going to get a test. It was kind of like a clickbait headline because when you actually read it further, it would say, oh, it didn't quite say... If you have symptoms, go and get a test. Yeah. I watched the press conference yesterday,

the 1pm-er, and poor Jacinda. She was getting a grilling on this from the reporters. They were loving it. That was not correct. We are not asking every single person in West and South Auckland. From what I understand of that message that has gone out, the detail within the message was correct.

Some of the top line headings were simply oversimplified and they were wrong. It just kept going. You were saying, I turned it off midway through. I thought, oh, that's me, I'm done. But it just kept going. It kept going. There was some guy called Jason.

I think it was for the Herald. Jason was just going her. She's like, thank you, Jason. Will you apologise? Will you apologise? And then Jacinda would try and find another reporter to ask a question that she'd think might deviate away from the subject. But then they would ask about it as well.

And you could tell she was stunned a few. Then old Jason came back and he's like, at 1.29pm, it's still up on the social media. And the look on her face was like... You know how you do that thing where you're so furious you just breathe up through your nostrils and you can tell someone was going to get a roasting backstage. The commotion backstage, it must have been fever pitch. Well, we are in the new normal, as they say,

so I hope everyone's taking care out there with all the changes going around the country. In other news, not quite as important, but Japan. They've made a flying car, Jono. Now, they've claimed it's happened for the first time a couple of days ago. This was SkyDrive, a company that did it, and it just looks like a drone.

It just looks like a drone with a guy sitting in it. It almost looks like it's a little tiny little minute person they've shrunk down and put in a drone. Is it looks like a drone with a guy sitting in it. It almost looks like it's a little, like a little tiny little minute person they've shrunk down and put in a drone. Is it like the Jetsons? I hope it's like the Jetsons, you know? Oh yeah. The cartoon? Yeah, no, it just looks like, you know, the drones you see around. It looks like a bigger version of that with a guy sitting inside a

drone. I think we're placing a lot of faith in your general public to be able to go up and fly. It looks very shaky. Yeah. Like really there's a lot of, yeah, public to be able to go up and fly. It looks very shaky. Yeah. Really, there's a lot of... Yes, I don't know if I'm jumping on board of that just quickly, but anyway, they've claimed the first person. You've seen me drive on the road. Imagine if I'm up in the air.

With multiple propellers and all that. I don't want myself up there. Lastly, speaking of flying, a couple of pilots in the States, Joe and Margaret Farnham, two Delta pilots have retired after 30-odd years, but the unique... Some normal years as well. Not all of them were odd.

Not all of them were odd, yes. But what made it kind of odd for me was the fact that they flew together, pilot and co-pilot, for about the last six or seven years. Imagine the arguments you have with your partner driving. Well, multiply that and put that in the sky in the plane.

I mean, jeez. Who was the pilot? Who was the co-pilot? I don't know, actually. But it'll just be like, yeah, no, no, no. No, Brazil's down here. Get down to this latitude.

You missed the turnoff. No, I know where I'm going. You know, like, so well done to them. And it would be a silent 13-hour flight to America, wouldn't it, from here. Just imagine if you

started kicking off on the runway So that is scrolling through your feed this morning Not a morning person? Sadly neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits She's like the nosy neighbour who's up in everyone's grill. Juliet with Spy Entertainment

News. So Brad Pitt's new girlfriend, she is 27, which means that she is 29 years younger than him. She is married to a 68-year-old man. He's 68? What is going on? I know. This is just crazy after crazy. So it's a 41-year age gap.

They share a seven-year-old son, but their marriage is open, which means that she can date Brad Pitt if she wants to. Oh, my God. Now, unless this guy, her husband, this 68-year-old, is dating Angelina Jolie, he needs to up his game. It's the problem with an open relationship. One's going to have better results than the other. That's so true. Imagine if you were him.

You'd be like, oh, jeez, my wife's with Brad Pitt. Yeah, I feel like how that open marriage thing goes. Oh, yeah, Brad Pitt. We've got an open relationship. I see you looking at Vaughan Smith. I see you checking out other bald guys. I see you, mate. I don't think I don't notice.

Have you had any luck with him? No. He's playing hard to get. Damn. He walks by the glass, gives us a little bit of a wave. He's comfortable with Fletch and Megan. Good luck the glass, gives us a little bit of a wave. He's quite comfortable with Fletch and Megan. Good luck out there. So yeah, that's a bit, that's a, I wonder if many other people,

open marriage is like a thing? Like, do you guys know anyone with an open marriage? I thought you were going to ask her. We in open marriages. No, I was as close. I wouldn't have any, I'd be shocking. If there was a genie out there, I'd be like, trying to get my numbers up.

Because surely it would become like a passive-aggressive competition. I reckon it'd be shocked. If there was a genuine genie out there, I'd be like, trying to get my numbers up. Because surely it would become like a passive-aggressive competition. I reckon it would be too. Yeah, it needs to kind of be on equal playing fields. It does. It's like, tonight's the night that we go out,

okay, and see what happens. And do they come back to your house? I think there's rules as far as I've, yeah, like people set the rules. Like you can't bring them home, or you can bring, you know, all that sort of stuff. Okay, 4487,

can we find anyone who's actually in and over marriage? Yeah. How does it work? What are the logistics of that? That'd be interesting to know. It works for you. I guess it works for you.

Some people would be happy to do that. True. So good on them. Yeah. And if anyone knows if Vaughan's keen on Ben too, text 4487. Yeah, yeah.

If he's dropped any hints over on ZM. He might have, yeah. And Wendy Petrie, she has officially signed off from TVNZ's 6pm news bulletin. After 14 years, she was with Simon Dallow on that time slot. But she will continue to present across TVNZ's news and current affair shows, but she just won't be on the nightly 6pm bulletin, which is sad.

But she ended with a nice message. Amazing community spirit. And that is One News a Sunday, my last 6pm bulletin for a while, but I will be popping up on other news programs very soon. Thank you for having me for the last 14 years. It's been an honour and a privilege. Until next time, goodnight.

Oh, isn't that lovely? She made it sound like she was going to pop up on the news by committing crimes or something. You'll see me making news bulletins from time to time. Armed robberies and the likes. I'll get back on the news like by committing crimes or something. You'll see me making news bulletins from time to time. Armed robberies and the likes. I'll get back on the news somehow.

Good on you, Wendy. Great, great tenure. 14 years. Yeah, it's great. And a lot of people remember Richard and Judy's stint together. But I think

Simon and Wendy What, did they go longer? I think they went longer than Richard and Judy. So it was a hell of a run. Yeah, for sure. For more spy, you can go to the hits.co.nz and Viva Volume 1 has gone glossy

and is on sale nationwide. If you want more info, you can text Viva to 4487. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We want to start Monday on a positive note. It's a bit weird out there today. We're back into 2.5 in Auckland, 2 around the country. Kids are going back to school, so we want to start today on a positive note.

Why is it going to be a good day? Yeah, Monday can be a bit hard to crank into gear, eh? Sometimes you just shove that gear stick in there, grind it away and kick it in the shunter. Here we go. Why is it going to be a good day for you, Juliet? Oh, I think I'm going to do some baking this afternoon. Spend my afternoon baking. You're looking at me with the most boring eyes, Jono. No, no, it's good.

It's a lovely thing to do. I haven't baked in many years. No. What do you reckon when the last thing you baked was? You must, every weekend you must do a lot of baking. Oh, so I baked it over the weekend. So you baked it over the weekend, yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of scones. Yeah, a lot of scones. A lot of scones. Yeah. Every time she comes in. A lot of scones, a lot of scones.

No, yeah, scones. You're right. Yeah, a lot of, yeah. What do you think? Was it going to be a good day for you, Benjamin Ross, boys? Well, actually, for, like, weeks. For weeks that we've had two cubic metres of gravel at home that it was my responsibility to move.

Who's that impersonation of? There was no one. No one at all. It sounded like. Oh, school started. It was my wife. Okay, she wanted to do that. It was my wife.

Dad, that's yours. Two cubic metres of gravel. Thought you could do it. I don't know why she got this delivered and thought I could do it, but over the weekend, Where did they move two cubic metres of gravel to?

I had to move it with a wheelbarrow. It took me all blimmin' Saturday, but it's gone. It's done now, so it's done. Where'd you put it? I had to move it around the corner about 15 metres.

It got dumped in the driveway. Two cubic metres and off they went. And I had to, like, wheelbarrow it around there. So now I'm going home for once. I'm like, oh, that's done. So that's a good feeling to go home and not go, oh, God, that's mounded. I can't imagine you doing that.

No, I did. Oh, yes. I'm a little sore now, guys. I'm a little sore, but I did it. I'm glad you got rid of that. Thank you, McMeeters. Oh, jeez. And we'll call Amanda tomorrow and see if she heard that impersonation.

That's how it works. Why is it going to be a good day? Maybe you just want to get on air and bitch about your partner if they're not listening. You can do that too. It's an open forum. Tony's on the air. Welcome, Tony. How are you, mate?

Good, good, guys. He's on the Christchurch motorway here, blowing in the wind, tuned into the hits. Why is it going to be a good day? Last weekend of winter, mate. First day of spring tomorrow, first day of the coastline. First day of the coastline. You and producer Juliet

are very, very excited about the first day of spring. I'm so on board with spring. I'm so excited. Can't stand winter. Yeah. Oh, there you go. You and Juliet,

the only two people really frothing for spring tomorrow. Tony, hold the line, mate. We'll give you a double pass to Reading Cinemas, alright? Have a great day. You too, guys. Thank you, mate. We'll give you a double pass to Reading Cinemas, all right? Have a great day. You too, guys. Thank you, mate.

Thanks for listening. Someone's texting. Good news is everyone's in level two, Auckland. We can stop looking at Aucklanders like they have leprosy now. Yeah. So Auckland's 2.5.

2.5. Still 0.5 more contagious than the rest of the country. Fair enough. But still, you can accept Auckland again, New Zealand. Adeli, welcome to the show. Hello.

How are you? Why is it going to be a good day in Tauranga? It's going to be a good day in Tauranga because the kids are at school and I've got the house to myself to clean the way I like it. Oh, the cleaning you're going to do. Talk me through that cleaning. What are you going to do? Oh, we're going to clean the toilets, the showers, wash down the walls,

just a bit of a clean freezer. Oh, yeah, under the thing with the toilet duck. Oh, yeah. The dusting. Oh, yeah, that's monkey with boys. Oh, yeah, there we go. Hey, Adele, you have a wonderful day cleaning. Adele Basta, Reading Cinema's coming your way.

I had a mate the other day go, I didn't realise the toilet duck is shaped like a duck. I was like, yeah, well, that's kind of... Oh, the bottle. Yeah, did you not? It does indeed. Oh, there we go. I didn't realise that, but it makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, it does. I mean, it's called toilet dust. I pay very little attention to my toilet disinfectant, but there we go. You have a great day. You can catch up on the podcast if you want to check out the show. Angela Bloomfield, Rachel McKenna from Shorten Street, joins us tomorrow about a new career. We'll catch you.

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