Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - December 11 - Jordie Barrett, Ben Needs Your Help Choosing Amanda's Present, Who's Having The Best Weekend?

Episode Date: December 10, 2020

If you've listened to us quite a lot since we started at The Hits you'll know that Ben once made a big mistake with a gift he once gave his wife Amanda. A frying pan. IT WAS MEANT TO BE A ROMANTIC GIFT. She has never let him live it down. So we wanted some solutions on what Ben could get Amanda for Christmas and we had some hilarious (and practical) ideas! We also had All Black Jordie Barrett on the phone and there's a little kid who's a huge fan of him, so we surprised him with a phone call with Jordie, it was adorable. We also played Stealing Santa with The Hits team and it was a lot of fun because we ruthlessly stole all of producer Juliet's presents. Enjoy the poddy & enjoy your weekend, today was a fun one!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. Welcome to the podcast on a Friday. That's always a good feeling.

And I'll tell you what was really cool on a Friday. We've just recorded something for Monday's show. Big interview with Grover from Sesame Street. First time interviewing a Sesame Street character. Yeah, cast member. Cast member, yeah. The big guy. You've hit the big time there.

Oh, that was actually really cool. I was really excited about talking to Grover and it did not disappoint. No, no. Grover was fantastic. Yeah, he brought the noise. Yeah, you can really have a hard-hitting interview with a Sesame Street character. It was really cool to log, because it was over Zoom

as well, and we sort of connected to Zoom, and then there's Grover, just over Zoom, just waiting for us. We were late. And then at the end, he's trying to figure out how to turn it off. He's like, I never figured this out, and he's sort of still, he's got the same problems with Zoom that we all suffer. We do, yeah.

One of my favourite books I showed Grover this was The Monster at the End of This Book. It was a Grover book I had as a kid. Is that the title of it? Yeah, it's a good book because the whole thing is like, oh, you don't keep reading, there's a monster in the book. And Grover's trying to like, warn you off. He's basically like tying up the pages with rope and bricks and stuff like that. So he doesn't, he's like, don't you keep turning pages.

You should stop. Stop. You're getting to the end of the book. What's the end result? Well, the end result, spoiler alert, he's the monster at the end of the book. And that's fine. And he's quite embarrassed by it. You know, so he was worried about getting to the end of the book because there was a monster.

He's scared of monsters. And then he realizes. But he didn't know. He realizes that he's the monster at the end of the book. But he wrote the book. Well, yeah, I guess. By Grover. So he must have figured out. Well. He must have known what the ending was going the book. Well, yeah, I guess he did. By Grover. So he must have figured out.

He must have known what the ending was going to be. Well, I don't know. I feel like, well, at least he was narrating it. If he didn't, he was like, yeah. He was just along for the ride. Well, no, maybe he didn't, because the first page is, what did that say? There's a monster at the end of the book.

I'm so scared of monsters. But who's the creative conceptual? He's like, don't turn any pages. There's a monster at the end of the book. And you turned another page. I used to love that as a kid I'm turning pages

he's like stop turning pages so one of my favourite books haven't quite got to the end too scared too scared Grover's warned you often but you know

he was fun he was funny he's going to be on the show Monday that was really good today we had an enjoyable programme Geordie Barrett

All Black he's in quarantine three more days to go for the All Blacks because they obviously went to Australia, did the old Trinish haunts. Yeah, they did. And we connected Geordie Barrett up

with a little kid who is like the biggest Geordie Barrett fan in New Zealand. Oh, that was adorable. That was adorable. And you just imagine what you've done for two weeks. And all they've been doing is sitting in hotel rooms. Oh, no. Isn't that good?

Anyone who's doing quarantine, not just the All Blacks. Yeah. I just feel more sorry for the All Blacks because they're the All Blacks. All the other average people. Don't think about them. No, but you know, anyone who's in quarantine is such a long time and I appreciate that everyone would go through some pretty depressing

moments, you would think. Yeah, just by the nature of just not being able to get out and about. And it's almost because you'd probably think about it more. You'd be like, oh, I just want to get out. I imagine day six or seven would probably be quite difficult, or 14 days. You'd probably start doing some interesting things.

Trying stuff out, you know, experimenting. Okay. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know what you would do in your spare time. Maybe I would, I don't know. Who knows, six days in, what you would do in your spare time. Maybe I would. I don't know. Who knows six days in what you'd do. Yeah, well, yeah. Because it's not like they're office workers.

So they're not doing their, they're not working from the hotel room to pass the time. No. I suppose they could work out. They're having to sit there and do it. Yeah, you're right. You can watch Netflix. You can work out if you're lucky enough to, you know, some of the All Blacks, I think, have got exercise cycles in there because you can hire those.

And they don't have their family with them because I imagine when you're quarantining with your family, you're all in the same room or a bigger room. Yeah. So there's full respect to everyone that's done that because I imagine it's not the easiest time. I could do it. Yeah.

Yeah. I don't know. I'd rather just. You don't like going out, so maybe this is perfect for you. Oh, true. You'd be like, whatever parties you guys want to have, you have it over these two-week periods. Oh, sorry, I can't. I'm't know. I'd rather just... You don't like going out, so maybe this is perfect for you. Oh, true. You'd be like, whatever parties you guys want to have, you have it over these two week periods. Oh, sorry, I can't.

I'm quarantining. That's the perfect excuse, isn't it? No one can fight back from that. Because I've got three... I'm doing my third birthday on the trot this weekend that I've got to go to. Yeah, you'll be like, oh, sorry, mate, I'm quarantined.

Yeah, no, I'm doing... You're going to... You never see your friends enough, do you? No, no. When you do, you're like, you need to catch up with them more. All you do as a child is hang out with friends from the beginning to the end. And then when you're an adult, you don't see them for years on end.

But then when you catch up with them, it's just like. It's awesome. It's awesome. Yeah, and it's just like you haven't. There hasn't been a year between you catching up. Life gets away on you. Life does. You should spend more time with your friends.

And that's a touching moment from Jono and Ben. Oh, there you go. Enjoy the podcast. What a rollercoaster of an introduction. We went from talking about monsters at the end of the book to some deep and meaningful discussion. You get it all here, don't you? Enjoy the podcast.

It's just like the brain dump of weird people. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Ben, boys, we want to help you out because, you know, you're a friend. We're all friends on the show. Okay, I'll go to one place. It's a friendly show. We're here to help each other.

Yeah. Why am I nervous about this? I feel like with radio, it's never really like... Well, let's be honest. If it's good, wholesome helping, it's never as entertaining. That's what I mean, yeah.

I'll help you clean up your garden this week, you buddy. Oh, thanks. Didn't make great radio, but it was helpful. But a bit of a narrative that's sort of thread its way through the show over the last six months

is a present that you purchased for your lovely wife, Amanda. I bought a frying pan. It was one of many gifts for my wife, but the frying pan's all we remember. But it turns out, no matter what the circumstances, is a frying pan is not a good gift to buy for your wife. About how I bought a frying pan a few years ago for my wife. A few times.

As part of a few presents. We should be saying how we need a new frying pan. We need a nice one. And I'll go, oh, great. I'll put that in amongst all these other presents. Yeah, I got some jewellery. I got something else. And I got a frying pan.

And, you know, this was part of a trifecta of presents. I have talked so much about that frying pan. Yes, too much. I've had a lot of air time. A lot of air time. I should have so much about that frying pan. I do so much. I've been complaining to myself. A lot of air time. I should have shut up about the frying pan. People think less of me. I was trying to do the right thing and I didn't know.

I realise you can't win in that situation. Every time you reference the frying pan, it's almost like you're rubbing salt into the wounds. The wounds of a sirloin steak that should be cooked on a frying pan. Oh yeah, I know. Anyway, yeah. So your task in 2021, I just want to set you this task, is, well done, and I do say well

done on listening to Amanda because she did say that you guys needed a new frying pan. It was the frying pan that she wanted when she was in the store. She was like, oh, we should get one like this. And I was like, oh, I remember that. But not for her. You just need to decipher when she's talking about that stuff what justifies

a useful household item and what justifies a present. That's all. I've learned a lesson now. Yeah, but you don't know what you're getting at this Christmas

you said yesterday. No, I don't. No. So what we want to do. Last Christmas I gave her a frying pan. The very next day she gave it away.

Unlike the George Michael song. So what we want to do is 0800 the hits you can help Ben out what should he get his wife this year for Christmas I like this yeah will you take the advice of loads of strangers

you've never met no I will I trust the hits audience I trust the people listening to this show most trusted audience we did the Colmar Brunton poll yeah

most trusted audience in radio the hits audience I like this okay so what okay what am I going to Yeah. Most trusted audience in radio, the hits. Oh, I like this. Okay, so what am I going to get my wife for Christmas? Yeah. 0800 the hits.

4487 is the text. Someone's texting, maybe you could get her a bigger frying pan. Okay, now I'm losing. Show her how much you really love her. I'm losing trust

in you guys now. I really like you said I trusted. Anyway, we'll see where this goes. Let's head to, oh, it's Invercargill, our wonderful mate Ange is back

on the air. Oh, Ange. What's your advice, Ange? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm still laughing. You're obviously listening to the Breakfast Club on More FM, are you? Yeah. Yeah, they're doing a good job. Gary's funny. You're just so great, man.

Oh, my gosh I have so much laughter in the morning Thank you Ange I sit up every morning out of bed We love you Ange You're awesome Why haven't I got abs? Now tell us what should Ben be getting Amanda this Christmas

Ben I bought myself a Wilshith Electric fry pan From Briscoe. What an electric one. An electric one, buddy. Top of the range. But I, yes, I'm sure it's... Top of the range, mate, right?

And if you want to do your wee trifecta, do a wee sterling silver wishbone necklace. Oh, there we go. From Michael Hill Jewelers. Yeah. And from the warehouse at the moment, and they're doing them real cheap, are the Rihanna heat perfume.

Oh, some perfume. Oh, Rihanna's perfume. Oh, okay. So we've got perfume and a necklace. It smells real yum. Now, I've got told if you can't smell it on you, other people smell it. Oh, okay.

Well, maybe you could go to the perfume shop, Ben, and go, you smell like my wife. Can you try this on for me? I just want to smell your neck. I'm married, by the way. Jodie's with us. Morning. What do you think you should get?

So my husband got me a Pandora bracelet a couple of years ago, and then he just goes and buys a charm each birthday and Christmas. So it requires some thought for him to pick the right charm, but it kind of means you can fill it up or your kids can go and get a charm for a birthday or something like that as well. So that's a really cool idea. He's laid the foundations for easy gift buying for years to come.

Yeah, exactly. And then you can just buy another one when that one's full. And there's not yet wrong. You say there's thought that needs to go into it, but there isn't much thought. It's just go to Pandora and get a new charm. Genius. Jodie, that's a great present. Thank you very much, Jodie. Literally got a char but there isn't much thought. It's just go to Pandora and get a new charm. Genius. Jodie, that is,

that's a great present. Thank you very much, Jodie. Literally got a charmer there. That's great. You have a wonderful weekend. All right, you too. See you. We'll head to Auckland.

Maria, welcome. Hi. I don't know why I brought you in like Oprah Winfrey. Maria. Yeah. Tell us, what should Ben get Amanda

this Christmas? Ben, you should actually get Amanda. Yeah. Amanda a voucher for a beauty spa. Oh, that's quite a nice idea. Treat herself, you know. It's her beauty spa day. Yeah. Hang on.

Us women do a lot of work for you guys, and you're a lot of work. Honestly. You are a lot of work, Ben. I can vouch for that. I am a lot of work. What did you say? He's a lot of work, too? Yeah, I'd say so. He's a lot of work, yeah. vouch for that I am a lot of work What did you say He's a lot of work you Yeah He's a lot of work

You should give us A massage voucher too You have a great day Maria You too That's a great suggestion We'll head up north Whangarei Ursula you're on the air

Morena Ben Boyce This Christmas What's he getting his wife Oh nothing to do with the kitchen Because that's just Yeah I've learnt that lesson And yes okay

Any kitchen related items Should be bought In a non-present time. Yes, yes. Okay. You could get it for an all-day start. You could follow it up with a glamour photo shoot. You could get her a nice watch from Michael Hill. You could get her into a horticulture class.

She likes her plants. She does like plants? Oh, yeah. That's a good idea. The horticulture. I've talked about her plants not as much as the frying pan, but I have talked about the plants. Yes, good.

Ursula, this is great. Is this the same horticulture class you went to to run your operation? No. You should get her a voucher because they've taught you very well, Ben. They have. You've got those things growing beautifully. They have some great suggestions. I really like those.

I appreciate that. Thank you so much. Good on you, Ursula. A glamour photo shoot is a good idea. I love body shots. You know the body shots that are in the back? Can we do you a glamour photo shoot is a good idea. I love body shots. You know the body shots that are in the back? Can we get you a glamour photo shoot? Can I do a body shot shoot?

Yes. You should. Yes. You get me for Christmas a body shot shoot, and I will do that for you. That'll be my present for you. So good. Hayley, welcome.

Hello. How are you, mate? I'm excellent. Good. You sound sprightly. You do sound sprightly. You're the most sprightly person I've ever spoken to. Ever.

Ever. Ever. Yeah, and I've spoken to me before. More sprightly than the last time, Hayley. Now, Hayley, you've got some help for me, some advice on a present I can get for Amanda, my wife? Yes, it's slightly on the pricey side. Okay.

He doesn't like it. You're going to stop me there. He's going to hang up on you. Thanks for your time, Hayley. He's the tightest person I know. What is it? A hot air balloon ride, and then you can both go up, and it'll be magical.

Oh, I've never been in a hot air balloon. It always does look magical. You're right. We went in Hamilton, and it was still magical. No, I'm not going to go there. I love Hamilton. I was almost... Hamilton is magical.

Yeah, thank you. It just depends on what your level of magic is. But that's what I mean. It was still amazing, even though it was Hamilton. Yeah. It went in a cool place. She's really going in on Hamilton here. But a great present, too.

And if you need some hot air, I can come and blow it for you. You're full of hot air, yeah. Hey, Hayley, that's a great suggestion. Thank you for your sprightly suggestion. Sweet as, have a good day, guys. Stay sprightly, Hayley. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on my heads.

Now, the hot spring spas, T20 Black Clash is on again. New Zealand's biggest sporting stars from rugby and cricket up against each other in a T20 cricket match. Fun for the whole family. It's going to be in Christchurch Friday 22nd of January. Next year at 6.30pm Hagley Oval. Looks like a great day out.

Apparently you do need to get your tickets because it's sold out the last couple of years too. So get in quick with the tickets. Now the All Blacks obviously they're in quarantine at the moment and I think we've got Jordy Barrett on hold and I tell you what

you could lock me up in a room with him and throw away the key. Do you know what I mean? He's one of the stars competing in the Black Clash, and it's great to have him back on the show. How's quarantine, Geordie? Yeah, it's not too bad. Day 11 of 14, so... Home stretch, baby.

Yeah, I'd hate to break protocol now and get sent back in. Oh, yeah, that'd be the worst. I can imagine, because they're all blacks, you guys are all pretty active people. Has it been really tough to be sort of confined to one space for a while? Yeah, it is. It is. But you've just got to take your medicine. Everyone else is doing it.

So that's the way it is. I've actually got a Watt bike I've become good friends with in the last couple of weeks. It's parked up in the corner of my room. Oh, so you've been biking away. Because I see Cody Taylor is doing 12 hours on a bike for an amazing cause as well. Yeah, that's mad. I think I did 45 minutes the other day, and I was buggered.

45 minutes isn't going to cure any kids, mate. So what's in your room? Because we saw Aaron Smith, he did a bit of an Instagram video. He had a PlayStation, he had a bike, he had the Supps, which I now understand are supplements. I've never had Supps before. But what sort of things have you got in your room? I've got plenty of groceries that I ordered on day one.

That's not good. A bit of an overkill. So I'll need to put them on in the next few days. Got a couple of softballs to be fair that I can smack against the wall. So I've been annoying Joe Moody for 11 days now. Just to have studs against the wall. Got a cricket bat with a piece of string and a ball attached to it hanging from the ceiling.

You really made it. It sounds like the room of a madman. Or a teenage boy or something. I love it. Geordie, a bit of pressure on you, because you've been playing really well over the last couple of games. You're a bit of a gun cricketer.

I did get Stephen Fleming out, which I'm a bit worried about, because he might hit me for a few this year. He's not going to be giving you any Fujitsu heat pumps any time soon. Got him one of those in your room. It seems a little unfair. I think next year the cricketers need to play you guys in rugby.

Yeah, and especially after looking at the squad they've got together for this year, we need a couple of late rounds to even up the stocks. They're not too happy after the last couple of competitive years. They might just want to give us a hiding this year, but we'll see how we go. We've got Geordie Barrett with us. You were one of five boys growing up. Is that right?

There's five Barrett brothers. Yeah, I've got four older brothers and three younger sisters. Massive family. Was there some epic sports games that must have been going on in the backyard? You guys must have broken every window and hallway door and stuff. There was. There's a few golf balls that went through some nice double glazed windows that mum wasn't

too happy about. Plenty of cool balls. That's an enormous family, Geordie. What's just the protocol, because you're going to be out in time for Christmas Day. What's the protocol on present giving in the Barrett household? Because counting in parents, there's nine different presents, let alone extended family. Yeah, we don't buy for everyone.

I think every, well, 1st December, my little sister threw a Christmas draw, so I've only got to buy for mum this year. Oh, good. If you have any ideas, that'd be nice. You do need a system like that, don't you, with a family that big? Yeah. Yeah, it's not a sustainable buying system. Even on all-black celery.

I can't afford nine Christmas presents. It's not sustainable. You would have seen you guys, you guys, the Barrett family, you would have seen that cute little video that was doing the rounds with the three little kids who all wanted to be one of the Barrett brothers? Yeah, I did see that a couple of years ago now, is that right? Yeah, here it is here. I'm Jordan Barrett. They Yeah, I did see that a couple of years ago now, is that right? Yeah, here it is here. I'm Jodie Barrett. You're Scott Barrett.

I'm Jodie Barrett. You're Scott Barrett and Bodie is Jodie Barrett. No, I'm Jodie Barrett. No, you're Scott Barrett and I'm Jodie Barrett and Bodie's Jodie Barrett.

It's getting quite heated. It's mainly between our two brothers, Jonty and Oscar. They're having quite a lively debate over which Barrett brother they wanted to be. That is pretty cool. Which Barrett brother did you want to be when you were growing up? Kane, my oldest brother. Oh, your oldest brother. Kane, did you say?

Yes. What does Kane do? He's on the farm back home in the Naki. Oh, nice. He played rugby as well, too. Took quite a high level, right? Yeah, he was up at the Blues, played New Zealand schools, charity captain, and he had a tire, I think,

at about 25 or 24 from concussion. It's a bloody successful family, isn't it? But listen, Geordie, if you don't mind, we've got a special little treat. Jonty, who's the little boy in the video demanding to be you, he's on the other line. Oh, wow. Yeah, should we get him on? Jonty, are you there? Yeah. Hey, Jonty, it's Jono and Ben here from The Hits. We have on the phone right now with us Geordie Barrett. Cool.

Cool, yeah. Do you want to talk to him, Jonti? Okay. Jonti, how are you? Good. I was listening to your video this morning. You wanted to be Geordie Barrett. What do you love so much about Geordie? I'm Geordie Barrett because I start with a J.

Oh, yeah, okay, makes sense. I'm Scott Barrett because his next letter in his name is S. Okay. And Bodie's Rodden Barrett because he starts with a B too. Oh, so it's all alphabetical. Yeah. It's all alphabetical. Not so much based on the love of the person,

just based on the structure of the alphabet. Are you okay with that, Geordie? Yeah, that's fine. I'm happy with that, Johnty. Johnty, you're in the middle of your school prize giving, your mum was just saying. Yeah. Are you cleaning up?

Have you won any awards? Yeah, I won was just saying. Yep. Are you cleaning up? Have you won any awards? Yeah, I won a sports award. Aww. This has been a hell of a day. You're talking to your hero, Geordie, for alphabetical reasons, and you get a certificate. And you're talking to two low-level

broadcasters. Yeah, which will mean nothing. Well, well done, Jonty. Thank you so much for that very cool video that was on the internet with you guys. We loved watching that and well done on your prize. Thank you. Oh, good on you, mate. Geordie was excited to meet you, Jonte. You go look after yourself. Have a great Christmas, buddy.

Thanks, Geordie. See you, mate. Oh, that was cool. That was adorable. Thank you so much for that, Geordie. That was awesome. No worries. Geordie Barrett, don't forget, go along, see the Black Clash. It seems like one heck of a day out to go along and watch. Yeah, so all the best and a bit of pressure on you now after that stellar form. Yes, there is.

Yeah, thanks for that, guys. And quickly before you go, first thing you're going to do when you're released from quarantine, Geordie Barrett? Dive straight into the sea. Oh, he's going to go straight into the ocean. I guess it's probably been taunting you. You probably can see the ocean almost from your hotel, right? Yeah, and the blue water looks good.

Good luck. You're on the home stretch now. Three days to go. Bombs off the wall. Love your work and all the best for the Black Cash. Oh, thanks, guys. New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them.

They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. So you went to a school assembly yesterday. Don't you love the Champagne Kiwi school assembly? It has had the same structure for hundreds of years. Yeah, they've mixed up a little bit, but you're right. There's a lot of the same sorts of things going on. Just love it.

Just takes you right back to primary school, singing the anthem. Wonderful. And I love the unwritten rule too of receiving a certificate is that you must hold it up in front of your chest. Yeah, proudly. And the smiles on their faces. They couldn't be happier getting a bit of paper. That's awesome, eh?

Isn't it great? Yeah, it's very, very cute. It's the joy on a child's face when they receive a certificate is the same joy I get off your face is when you realise you've got 30% extra free hummus in a hummus container. I'm like, I'll hold it up. I've only got guys, Lisa's beetroot hummus.

Everyone's like, okay, he's holding up hummus again. But you also notice the different styles of parents that turn up to an assembly. You know, it's in the middle of the day. So it kicks off 1.30ish before the three o'clock finish, obviously. So for many parents, they're doing other stuff,

usually at that time. And it's a stressful time of year, isn't it? Oh, yeah. You're rushing around from one thing to another. You don't want to miss the assembly, especially if your kid's getting an award. But it's hard to juggle that into a work day. Yeah.

Do they email if your kids get awards? Do they send out a little cheeky, hey? They do at the school that my kids go to. You get a little email going, hey, don't tell your kid but they're getting an award in the assembly. Yeah, nice. Because you don't want to miss that, you know. Sometimes you can't because you've got work

and that's what happens. But if you can get there, it's good too. And when Sienna and Indy see Ben turn up, they're like, you haven't turned up to one of these all year. I must be getting a certificate. It's a giveaway. I'm going to sit through eight other assemblies. I don't want to watch other kids get certificates.

I don't want to watch that. But also, yeah, the different types of parents that turn up. So me, obviously, I fall under the underdressed. Yeah, do you dress up? Flustered. What do you mean do I dress up? No, you don't. I just wear this.ustered Yeah do you dress up? Flustered What do you mean do I dress up? No you don't

I just wear this Oh do you? Yeah Okay What should I wear like a tuxedo or something? No like a shirt collared shirt

you go into the kids school respect That's what my dad Kevin Boyce would say he was serious about that Yeah Hats off inside

that's always another big one I do take my hat off inside Yeah it's always a big one for the kids the kids they say to me at home

at the school they're all hats off inside And apparently not allowed big one for the kids the kids say to me at home at the school they're all hats off inside and apparently you're not allowed to wear hats when you're driving too is another thing

oh really never trust a person who's driving in a hat apparently so I turn up in a two pack t-shirt or a smell light t-shirt with them pulling

the fingers yeah like okay is this guy is he just turned up off the street is he 18 or is he?

You need to be sitting there with the kids. Are you up for a certificate? Yeah. No, but then there's the other style of parent, which is the, I'm still in the middle of the work, but I'll secretly check emails on the phone, on the phone parent. There's the, I've just come straight from the gym parent.

Yeah. You got the fitness gear parent. Yeah, that's right. As well, there's the stock market, well-dressed suit parent, isn't there? And then there's just the good, wholesome parent. Different types of parents you find in a setting like that, don't you? And they're all, all of us, and this fellow and me, have to film it. So we're all up there filming with our phones.

And I tell you what you don't factor in is how sore your arms get. Oh, you film the whole thing, are you? I film the whole thing. I was like, why do I need to film these other kids arms get. Oh, you filmed the whole thing, oh yeah. The whole thing. I was like, why do I need to film these other kids getting certificates? Oh yeah.

You know, we're never going to watch this footage back. No, yeah, I'll be the one going, this could be it. Oh no. Nine seconds of like,

yeah. And next to water's foot. Oh no, it's not there, okay. My phone the other day was filled up with about 32 little,

oh no. Oh no. No. Because you're right, you don't want to be the whole thing, but then you're slowly putting your arm up and down. So I've got two hours of non-stop footage here that I'm never going to watch. I had a moment,

I think I was telling you about it the other day, kind of with the school hall, reminded me, seeing one of my daughters was in the school production, and backstage they were like, bring a drink bottle, you know, and bring some snacks and stuff, but don't bring a big drink bottle.

And she grabbed, unbeknown to me, a promotional hip flask, not knowing it was a hip flask. Luckily I'd never used it before, but she thought, oh, that's a small drink. That's the smallest drink bottle I could find. So she's backstage sort of drinking water out of a hip flask. I imagine not a great look for a 10-year-old kid to be like, especially before a show, they're like,

well, how much alcohol does she need? He's worried about me turning over a two-pack T-shirt. He's sending his kids to school with whiskey. Hell of a performance, though. Very slurry, but no. Morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hips. We're heading into the weekend,

and we'd like to know who out there listening right now is going to have the best weekend. And then for some reason, we rank them and give away a prize. What do you mean for some reason? This is why it makes us that. You know, you're going out for once in the weekend. Yeah, this is a well thought out format, my friend. And the judging will fall this week upon producer Juliet.

Oh, you're joking. Yeah, usually it goes on Benny hates picking winners. And so we always end up with everyone winning. We'll go to Danielle. Why is it going to be a good weekend for you, Danielle? Yeah, I've got the mother-in-law turning up and she's looking after the children for the whole weekend so my partner and I can finally get some time out

and we're going to some lovely friend's wedding. Oh, lovely. That's awesome. Parent's gone wild. It's been a long time. How long has it been since you've had a night alone? Probably before COVID. Oh my gosh,

nearly all year. Oh, you enjoy that. You make the most of that. We will. You'll come back a shell of yourself. Oh, Jesus, we've made this sound quite, anyway. I didn't mean it like, you know, just be, enjoy it. We will. We will, yeah.

Good, you enjoy that weekend. Good on you, Daniel. I'll stop talking. I'm making it weird. Sharon, how are you? You going all right, Sharon? Yes, I'm good. Are you going to come back and shell him yourself?

What's up this weekend? I've been running around for the weekend watching my son touch. Touch rugby? Yes. Oh, in Rotorua. Was there a big tournament there or something? Yes, there was a big tournament on this weekend.

Always like a game of touch rugby. You'd be quite nimble on the touch rugby field. I really enjoyed playing touch rugby. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Good for your fitness. Jeez. Yeah, Ben likes wearing skins tights. You know, the compression tights.

I always admire the people that had the coloured, you know, like turf shoes and stuff and touch coloured. And I was like, you have to be a really good player to pull off, you know, the coloured shoes. You better be bringing the noise if you've got colourful shoes. Yeah, I wasn't quite at colourful shoes level. Well, you and your son with his colourful shoes go and win that tournament, Sharon. Thank you. Have a good one. We'll go

to Emma. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Who's going to have the best weekend? Emma, is it you? Yeah, we're celebrating my grandma's 100th birthday tomorrow. Oh, that is. Do you get a letter from the Queen? I think you do, but I'm not too sure if it's arrived yet. The Queen's across everyone's birthdays, isn't

she? She's bloody good. It's pretty clever. Yeah, so that arrives in the mail. That'll be awesome. It will be. How does the Queen get your address? That's a good question. How does the Queen know all of our personal information?

How does she know my birthday? Yeah. This is freaking me out. I guess with the government and stuff like that. But yeah, that's awesome. Yeah. Hey, when you guys get the letter, can you give us a call back? I'd love to know what's written on it.

Yeah, absolutely. That'd be really cool. Yeah, we'll keep your number. And wish your grandmother a happy 100 years. And I know that'll mean a lot coming from us. Who? Thanks, Em. I appreciate it.

Someone in the New Zealand government must be in charge of delivering birthday information to the royals. Yeah, it must be like a calendar. You know, you go, oh, someone's birthday tomorrow. You'd be like, oh. It'd be a full-time job. No, do you know what I actually think it might be? Is I think you actually have to apply for the letter.

You say you're a, you email the queen. Well, you don't email the queen. But you have to, if you want a letter from the queen, you have to put in the groundwork to get it. Oh, queenlizzie at g it. QueenLizzie at Gmail, QueenLizzie43 at Gmail.com Oh, so right, okay. I think that's the way you do it. She doesn't automatically just send it.

So I could go, I'm 100. Yeah, and you just send a photo of yourself because you look it as well. Alright, let's quickly, let's quickly. That is the best call Juliet's ever made. Is he 100 like 10 years ago? He looks good for 100.

Oh, that was good. Who's having the best weekend, Juliet? It falls on you. Oh, I'm going to go Emma because of the 100. Oh, she's gone. She's gone. She's gone. She's gone.

Well, let's go. Okay, we'll let a backup one. Oh, we'll go Danielle. Danielle. Danielle, well done. You win the best weekend. Oh, wicked. Thank. Danielle, well done. You win the best weekend. Oh, wicked. Thank you so much.

We'll get you a letter from the Queen. Hold the line. We'll find something for you. Have a great weekend, New Zealand. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now, we are leading up to Christmas.

Not long to go, actually, now. And we're getting through some festivities here in the office. We've had the work Christmas party, and yesterday we had the equivalent of like a secret Santa, but a new game that none of us had played before, which was quite fun. Was it Stealing Santa? Was that the name of it? Yeah, Stealing Santa. And it feels like a lot of admin feels obligatory to do these Christmas events,

doesn't it, before Christmas comes. And so good old Ozzy Allen in the office, he's taken it upon himself to run them. Yeah, and I really like this one. I feel like in the past we've talked about Secret Santa as almost like a form of bullying in the office. You know, this one, there's a personal joke on them and sometimes people are like, oh, that's a bit...

You know, like it can go either way if you don't know the person that well. When you just wrapped up an egg and gave it to me, I was like, what does this symbolise? And you're like, oh, guys. And everyone laughed. Did I give you a wig? No, I didn't.

That was the other year. Yeah, not as a form of bullying, but I mean, it's good because you... It can be. You build up all this frustration over there and you can unleash it through the form of a present. But it's not really bullying because you've spent money on it. True, you've gone to a lot of effort to pick on someone.

So I was like, well, I don't know what this game is, but I hope it involves some form of bullying. And thankfully it did. It was actually quite fun. So everyone had like a $20 limit. Everyone bought a present, wrapped it up and put it in the middle of the table. And then you got, it was kind of like a lot of

draw, you got numbers drawn out from one to how many were playing and that would mean that you'd get to grab a present based on the number you got. So number one would grab the first present. Yeah. And then, but if you were number nine, you had the option of stealing all the presents that had come before you. So that was the thing, if

you're number two, you had the option of getting a new present or stealing off a first person. So it became a little. If you're number two, you had the option of getting a new present or selling off a first person. So it became a little game. So like number 13, for example, has the option of all the presents. That's the number you want to be. And it felt like a lot of the presents were bought in a last minute panic.

I mean, there was one there in a polystyrene cup with a coffee loyalty card in it. Yeah. With eight stamps done. So you still had to get two more stamps and you got a free coffee. Producer Humphries ended up with a hair voucher that was expired.

Which was expired. He's like, oh, great, I want to go to that place. And he was like, oh, okay, in 2015. And some people took the $20 limit thing quite literally because there was a couple of $20 notes and envelopes on the table as well. Yeah, so there was a range of presents. You know, little bottles of wine. There was vouchers for

restaurants and cafes. But we had great joy, didn't we, Ben? Yeah. Well, because I feel like we don't know, you know, we know the hits team well, but not well enough. You know, to really go, oh, can we steal from these people? But you held some sort of speech at the beginning,

and you were like, he gathered everyone around in a group. He's like, okay, so no hurt feelings, okay? Everyone's okay, okay? Everyone was like, oh, this guy. This guy's going in savage. What sort of game is he about to play? I just wanted to set the ground rules that we're all playing the same game. No one gets hurt feelings.

And because everyone didn't really go, yeah, that's the way we're going to play, I was like, oh, well, no one's really agreed to what I had to say. My little speech didn't go down well, so I'll obviously button off from being, from savagely stealing from everyone else. In hindsight, the structure of this game really goes against everything Christmas is all about giving. Yeah.

And this is all about taking. So anyway, Juliet, you were ranked in at number... I think I was number two. Number two. So she was early, first cab ranked in at number... I think I was number two. Number two. So she was early, first cab off the ranks, second cab off the ranks. So Juliet got a lovely little bottle of wine, didn't you? It was a plant, first round. It was a plant.

It was a nice plant. Someone took that off you at some stage. Yeah, I was so excited for my plant because I wanted to get more plants in my room. But then you were very excited because you ended up with a bottle of wine next. I ended up with a bottle of wine. So then once I got it stolen off me, I then got to choose a new present. I was like, yes, bottle of wine. And then I tried to hide it

so people wouldn't really see because they would steal it off me. And then Jono came along sort of mid-pack and you were like... And I was like, oh, jeez, what? Nothing would give me greater joy than stealing this wine off you. I don't even drink wine,

but it was purely for the satisfaction. You know, no greater present than the present of stealing a present off Juliet. So you stole the wine off Juliet and then Juliet went back into the table and then pulled out a piece of paper which meant you got a bottle of wine. It was like a voucher. A bigger bottle of wine.

I know. So you're like, oh, this is good. Karma. Karma. It was egg on my face. And then Ben with a magnificent double bullying play. Swoops on him. Again, I was like, oh, no, it's going to be a lot funnier if I take Juliet's wine off her.

I was like, surely not. So I took it off you as well. I was like, you're the nice one of Jono and Ben. It was too funny not to do. It was too funny. Now, for something that was meant to bring the team together, it's really driven us all apart. Juliet hasn't talked to us all morning.

No, no, I've only forced to on here. It takes a lot of guts to look at a person in the eye and actually steal a present off them. But it brings you a lot of joy. I see why the Grinch traded off it for so many years. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. And on Friday, we said this before,

other shows like to reflect on their best moments of the week. We like to single in on one member of the team's worst. Ben Voice Productions Limited proudly presents Jono Fryer's Worst Moments of the Week. It's the audio version of a good, long, hard look in the mirror for me, isn't it? You've got to have a full person. Someone's going to take the hit

if things go bad, and this is my opportunity to put you as that person. Yeah, and you hold a weekly meeting Thursday afternoons, which sometimes drags on into the evening, doesn't it? Long, long. Yeah, Julie, it takes some minutes for those meetings, and they're a lot of minutes. Oh, yeah, totally.

Yeah. 100%. Because it's so much worse stuff, so much bad things that you've said over the week, you know? We debate it, which is worse. Do you sometimes order in, like, Chinese takeaways and stuff at night if it goes over time? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We had pizza last week. It was lovely. Yeah, yeah. Chinese food last night was great. So it goes up to the board. The board have a meeting about it too. Yeah, we're going to send it up to the board. Anyway, these are some of the worst moments from Jono Pryor this week and it started off with

it felt like it was going to be a cute story talking about a pigeon that had accidentally got into your child's bedroom. A cute bird singing in a doll's house. But really, it took a turn. And I ran down to the room and perched inside a tiny little doll house is this massive pigeon. I put it in a nice towel.

And then I was like, oh, what we'll do is we'll just place it on the deck. It's obviously not in the mood for flying at the moment. Right. Then the neighbor's cat came along and ate it. Oh, no. In hindsight, the delivery was a bit bad, wasn't it? I should have said, and prepared everyone for it. I know, suddenly it was like, oh, this is nice, you're doing the right thing.

And then it kind of came out of nowhere. Like the cat. Yeah, of course. All-black legend Carlos Spencer came and hung out with us for a bit, which was awesome. You'll remember him from his rugby days. Of course, he was the Toffee Pops. He was the top-notch guy. You'll remember him from his rugby days. Of course, he was the Toffee Pops. He was the Toffee Pops guy.

He'd come out in his boxer shorts. But we had a very awkward start to the interview, thanks to Jono. Lovely to see you, Carlos. Now, this is just pulling back the curtain a bit. When Carlos walked in, I went to shake his hand and I was like, uh-oh, I've got chewing gum in my hand. But then I panicked and I put the chewing gum in my pocket.

Should you put it in your pocket? I'm sure it's in the half left of my hand. And now it's stuck inside my pocket. But anyway have put it in your pocket? I'm sure it's half the left in my hand. Now it's stuck inside my pocket. But anyway, this isn't your problem, Carlos. Still in there too. You and Carlos will be holding hands for four days. I haven't been able to get those hands away from each other. He's still there, he's just not saying much. Thanks, Carlos. Trying to get that chewing gum out. You have to get surgically removed.

You also had a chat about not just pigeons in your house, but also weevils. I've had a shocking time. What are you talking to? So many things in your house. And this story you were telling didn't quite go to the place that Juliet and myself thought it was going to. But they're weevils? Have you ever had weevils?

No, I haven't. Listen, mate, like every time I look in there, there's more and more of them. And it's just like. How big are they? Oh, they're tiny. Right. Yeah, they're tiny little things. But it's like when I go to the beach

and I take my togs off at the end of the day and just... I was like, where's all that sand been stored? I thought you were going to say something else was tiny. Sorry. Well, that's a given. It's just tiny little things. A weevil would be generous.

Yeah, that wasn't where I thought it was going to go. But I'm... To be honest, that wasn't my worst moment of the going to go, but I'm glad. To be honest, that wasn't my worst moment of the week. That was just more of a shaming again. Unnecessary shaming. Anyway, we all really enjoyed that. Well, most of us did anyway. The majority in the room right now. Not a morning person? Sadly,

neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Bye. Thanks to Sharesies, New Zealand's fastest growing share platform. Shares made easy. Alright New Zealand's fastest growing share platform. Shares made easy. All right. She's been sniffing out the dirt on those that have been sniffing stuff up their nostrils. Here's Juliette with Spy.

What's going on? So Ellen DeGeneres is the latest celebrity to contract COVID. She released a statement this morning saying that she tested positive, that she's in isolation and that everyone around her has been notified and will go into isolation as well. It's very sad. And one thing I'm grateful for is that I haven't spoken ill of Ellen over the last four weeks. That's one thing I'm grateful for. A horrible year for Ellen.

This is just really the... Capped it off. Yeah. Icing on the cake. Listen, all jokes aside, we've been having jibes at Ellen. Well, you guys have. Yeah, true. Actually, Ben's been having jibes at Alan. Well, you guys have. Yeah, true. Actually, Ben's sitting up there

on his ivory tower right now, isn't he? No, I'm not. No one's enjoying this right now because it's horrible to hear anyone getting sick. You never want to. And we wish her a speedy recovery so she can get back to her job, which is hosting a talk show

professionally in a happy, well-rounded environment where everyone is treated fairly. Thank you. Well done, Jono. Thank you, Benjamin. I'm glad you acted professional. Thank you, Juliette. And over to you. And in other news, Michael Jordan,

there's been some footage of his golf course, his personal golf course that he's got. He's got a personal golf course? What, just for him? Well, actually, yes. It is his personal golf course. It's got a name, The Grove. I remember when I got my first personal golf course Just for him Well actually Yes It is his personal golf course It's got a name The Grove I remember when I got

My first personal golf course Yeah It wasn't personal enough though No And there's been Some footage released That shows From Caroline Wozniacki

Who I believe Is a tennis player Yes yes She's come to Auckland A couple of times In the ASP Classic You said Wozniacki With confidence

Which made me believe You knew she was A tennis player Wo Classic. You said Wozniacki with confidence which made me believe you knew she was a tennis player. Wozniacki. It kind of sounds like Mike Wazowski. She's very good. She posted a video

of his golf course and of a drone coming from the sky and I feel like this is something you guys would totally get around. Delivering beers

and snacks from the drone. So if you're hungry, you don't have to wait and you don't have to walk to the little golf, I assume you've got little golf huts. Well, that was the problem I found with your personal golf course, Jono. You know, when we would play, I would be like, I'm thirsty, I'm hungry.

You have this, I could do with a drink. I would have to walk all the way back to the clubhouse. I mean, sure, they were free in the clubhouse, but that was the problem I had. No, I got the help to get it for you, remember? That was the grievance I had with your golf course. I'm glad Michael Jordan has sorted out that problem. Maybe I should get some drones.

Yeah. Julia, would you like to attend my personal golf course this weekend? I would love to. Yeah, okay. Thank you. You're welcome. If you set up some drones for me, that would be lovely. Actually, text 4487.

We'll have a charity round of golf if you'd like to attend my personal golf course this weekend. Thank you very much and Taylor Swift has announced her second surprise album of 2020 earlier this morning

it's called Evermore and everyone's just freaking out because her other album was also a surprise Folklore I think it was it was and nominated for many Grammys as well too right

yeah and so you know artists usually release albums maybe once every few years or couple of years or so. But they've been locked down so they've had nothing else to do. Exactly, exactly.

So they're cashing in, making albums after album and everyone's just losing the plot. They're like, oh my God, a second Taylor Swift album in 2020. This is the best year ever. Do you know a friend of ours, she used to run a recording studio in town

which was a very popular, world-class recording studio. And a lot of the artists, when they're on their road, they're touring, obviously, so they don't have time to record their music. So more often than not,

after a show in New Zealand, they'll go straight to the studio and just record overnight. Really? Yeah, she reckons she saw Pink probably record what could have been five number one songs in about an hour and a half.

Oh, my goodness. Just wandered in, had her child with her, bang, bang, bang, knock them out, thanks for coming, release those, give me another number one, I'll go and have some brunch. Incredible. Give me some million dollars. Wow, that's really interesting. Yeah, well I suppose

now, because they can't do that, they're probably stuck in their studios at home just belting out music. So I reckon next year, it's kind of like COVID babies, you know, like it just happens and then six months of musical babies. Like all next year, there'll be just an influx of new music, I reckon. People birthing musical babies. Yeah.

Out of the womb of the musical uterus. Yeah, yeah. Plays a sweet tune. There we go. It's a weird analogy. And that's five and more. You can check out the hits.co.nz. Like starting your day without your morning coffee.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. I love Ed Sheeran. Seems like a lovely gentleman, doesn't he, Ed Sheeran? Most likeable person in music. We've been very lucky to chat to him a couple of times and he's been awesome, actually. Yeah, lovely guy. He seems genuinely just one of those people

that are lovely to everyone. You know, not putting up a facade or anything like that. He peer-prested you into drinking gin while you were interviewing him, didn't he? Well, we did a heads or tails thing because I said I stole some stuff from his minibar and then I drank it and he loved it. He lost it, yeah. You got quite abusive and slurry by the end of the interview.

I did get quite slurry. You know another thing, you can't sing anything for me to sing you a song. You've got to be weird at the end. I love you, man. Now I love you. Oh, jeez, you're a rollercoaster, mate. And like I say, love of the guy.

But a bane of my life, I think I've spoken about it before, is when your phone and your iTunes or your Spotify or whatever, it just goes to a default song. Generally, in your library, it's the one alphabetical, so A. Yeah.

And he's got a song called The A-Team that I'd never heard before. Oh, you see, when you plug your phone in, it happens all the time in my car, to charge your phone, it goes straight to the first song. It's like, oh, you want to play music? You want to play this first song? I'm like, no, I don't. Yeah, what's yours?

Yours is A, B, C, E, which of course makes sense, you know, because it was obviously the first letter of the alphabet. It was smart of Jackson 5, wasn't it? Yeah. They were ahead of their time. Some of those businesses that call themselves Double A something or Triple A something. Yeah, Triple A plumbing.

Just to get first in the white pages. So the song called The A-Team comes on, but it's a live version at some iTunes festival. Right. And you know what I don't like though? And this is not just Ed Sheeran, but all artists is when you go to a concert, you've paid to see them do their thing, sing.

But then they go, all right, now it's time for you to sing. You're like, hold on, mate. You're the professional singer. Yeah. Why are you getting me to do this? I don't want to listen to the sweaty guy who's trying to lick his ears sitting next to me sing. And he does this in his song.

Everyone's like, hold on. his ears sitting next to me sing. And he does this in his song. I want you to sing the last middle-aged chorus with me as loud as you can. Scream it out. Everyone's like, hold on. Are you ready? Say yeah! Hold on, we paid to see you do it. Yeah, yeah. Now you want us, okay, we'll sing. There's not many other jobs.

You don't take your car to the mechanic and he's like, all right, now you do this bit. She's like, well, no, I can't, I can't. See, now, all that I think is when I'm at a concert and they're like, all right, now it's time for you to do it. See now All that I think Is when I'm at a concert And they're like Alright now

Now time for you to do it They've either forgotten the words Or they're out of breath And then he does it down At the end too It's a fly It's a fly Sing the last line

He can't even remember The last line It's a good play I mean they have that advantage When you're a singer Just to kind of go You know you You fill in the bits

Oh you don't know My song is that well. You know, the equivalent for us would be like we get people to call up the show and tell their stories just so we don't have to do any heavy lifting. We do that quite often. We do that. Oh, do we? Yeah, we do.

No, we should do more of it. Yeah, and some of the other things I like while we're talking about Ed Sheeran, I like how he just, it's almost like he writes a song sometimes just about what happened. Like there's one, I think it's Galway Girl, where he's just, it's almost like he writes a song sometimes just about what happened. Like there's one, I think it's Galway Girl, where he's just, it's just like a recount of the evening and it's just like, it's like he's telling it to a friend,

but then he's like put it into song. I walked her home and she took me inside to finish some Doritos and another bottle of wine. It's like he's even name checking. Doritos. Some corn chips and Doritos. And a bottle of wine. I went to the loo and I said I was fine.

Yeah, I know and then another one just more on Ed Sheeran I love him but there's a song Castle we keep going

hey we love him but we'll rip him out Castle on the Hill it was a great song about him growing up

but he seems to go through all his friends and I always think what would it be like for his friends to go oh that's

me one had two kids but lives alone. One's brother overdosed. One's already on his second wife. They'd be like, oh, okay. That was the guy living alone with his two kids. Yeah.

The guy mowing through the wives. Yeah, they'd be like, oh, you don't really need to sing about that, mate, because it's a small town, everyone knows it. It was kind of personal just between you and me and the guys, the gang. Yeah, we're like, oh, you don't really need to sing about that, mate, because it's a small town, everyone knows it. It was quite a personal just between you, me and the guys, the gang. To your wife,

it didn't really work out too much, but that's all right. I didn't know you were going to make it into a number one hit. Everything's gone great for you,

mate. One just lost his job. But I'm doing fine. One just got a parking ticket. Love him, love him, love him. Love him. Great guy. Start your day the wrong way.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Fresh from reading every single page of the New Zealand Herald, even those weird classifieds offering therapeutic massage by the minute. Ben Boyce, what's been happening in the news? Actually, speaking of the New Zealand Herald, they've got a wee article today about how the shop is going to be there for Christmas, which is good, and they reckon the money's going to be there.

But some of the products, it might be hard to get your hands on some products heading into Christmas. There's some low stock in New Zealand, which you kind of understand at the moment. It's hard to ship things around the world. And they reckon e-bikes and non-e-bikes are really low in stock in New Zealand. Men's shirts, if you want some business shirts or long-sleeve casual shirts, very hard to get at the moment apparently. Trampolines, big delays on orders for trampolines.

Luxury cars, if you want to get another luxury car, Jono. Another one. Premium luxury car, high-end vehicles, they're all sold out. No. And home appliances, they reckon the cheaper end home appliances are pretty low, so that means that there's a demand on the sort of higher end. This is what, because things aren't leaving China? Yeah, I guess so.

It's harder to get stuff sent around the world at the moment. It takes longer and things are probably not getting sent out because of COVID-19. Remember last week when there was the back and forth between China and Australia about the soldier, the photo that Australia say was doctored and China say was authentic. Well, they were actually going when, because Jacinda said,

oh, listen, we're teaming up with Australia here, obviously. We believe it's doctored and it was ill-informed information. And the news were going, China can just shut off any shipping to New Zealand and just shut off any importation of any New Zealand product. It would pretty much cripple our economy. Yeah. At the click of a finger. Oh, jeez.

They've got the world by the short and curly's child, don't they? And actually, speaking of Jacinda Ardern, last night she was on 7Sharp, and she got asked some questions from some very cute New Zealand kids. What do you do with Christmas? And this is her answers. Will Santa still be able to come to New Zealand this year?

Well, the answer is yes because Santa's in the North Pole and that's free of COVID-19. Because he'll be coming to us first and because he won't be having contact with anyone we've decided it'll be safe. Under our current COVID alert levels am I still allowed to leave out food for Santa in the rain there? Yes. I'm sure everyone's doing a good job of washing their hands before they're preparing food. So if you just do things like that. Well, there we go. And Santa too, given the age,

would be one of the first in the world to get the vaccine. Surely we've rushed through a vaccine for Santa, right? Yeah, I think Pfizer went to the North Pole. First. He was the first in the world. The oldest and most important old person. There were some cute questions from kids. Really light-hearted questions

a little bit different from when we got Jacinda Ardern to answer some questions from my daughter Sienna. They were a bit more hard-hitting. I'm thinking of selling my dollhouse. Can you guarantee there's not going to be any capital gains tax? There won't be any capital gains in your dollhouse. And finally, I want the scoop in my first interview.

The weed referendum. Which way did you vote? Oh, there we go. Now, that's journalism. That's what you want from the kids. They surprise them with a hard-hitting question. Capital gains. Now, something's just come through breaking news.

Oh, really? Ellen DeGeneres just tested positive for COVID. Really? Just now. Came through. Nothing? NoGeneres just tested positive for COVID. Really? Just now. Came to a point. No, we haven't said anything. Okay. Okay, thank you.

I'm just an update. You don't wish to point anyone. You don't wish to point anyone. She has. That's sad. It's when celebrities get it, really. For me, I'm like, oh, my God, they're a better class of person. They don't deserve it.

Give it to me. Well, you think that, yeah, they would be more isolated than the general public because they've probably got people, you know, doing all sorts for them. And particularly in the US, I imagine in her studio there are very stringent measures. You were saying on the movie that Sam Neill's doing. Oh, Jurassic World, the new Jurassic Park movie, yeah.

They spent, what, $8 million on COVID breakfast? That's what, rumoured on COVID protocols just to make sure they could safely do this movie within a bubble,, yeah. They spent, what, $8 million on COVID practice? That's what, rumoured on COVID protocols, just to make sure they could safely do this movie within a bubble. So yeah. And it's no matter how much protection you have, it's really not up to you whether you get it or not. You know, you can wash your hands, you can stay

clean, you can wear a mask, but you're relying on so many other factors. Yeah, and do you know though, not to bring the vibes down on a Friday, but it's a fact I heard this morning on the radio, that within every 30 seconds, someone in America passes away from COVID-19. Really? Every 30 seconds?

At the moment. How sad is that? Wow. Yeah, so horrible, horrible stuff going on in the world. So we're very lucky to be in New Zealand. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Now yesterday, this blew up on TikTok, a little song that people were hearing different things. Have a listen to see what you hear. And it's amazing when you do, when you say what some people are hearing and you hear it again, you're like, oh yeah, I can hear how that could happen. Isn't that an interesting mental thing, isn't it?

Yeah. Where you almost plant a seed in someone's head and they'll hear what you want them to hear. What was the other one you mentioned before? Was that Yanny or Laurel? Yeah. Laurel. Laurel.

See, I'm hearing Laurel now, but when Juju was auditioning that during the song, I was hearing Yanny. Actually, so was I. Wow, sorry. It's the same bit of audio.. Actually, so was I. Wow, sorry. It's the same bit of audio and also I think with that one

they reckon it depended on people's ages as well. What's the different frequencies they hear and they're more receptive to. So it's very interesting how the body works.

And you know, this thing will blow up for 24 hours and we'll forget about it next week. So let's ride this wild rollercoaster while it's on form

and then we'll go and do some planking after the show, okay, guys? Yeah, it's still a thing, right? Okay, Tanya, you're on the air. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast from Christchurch. When we play this... What are you hearing, Tans?

I'm hearing borderline. Borderline? Is borderline one of the options for you? No, no, it's not even one of the... You're crazy, Tanya. Oh, no. Are you saying Fortnite or iPhone? I can hear iPhone and Fortnite.

No, I don't hear any of that. She's like, I'm hearing borderline. I told you what I'm hearing. Sorry, I'm just... Exactly. Don't try and tell me what I'm not hearing. I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it.

Literally don't want to hear it. Oh, well, that's great. Okay, all right. We'll add another one to the mix. There's about six different examples, now seven of the things that people were hearing. You're going to have a great weekend, Tanya. Yep, you too.

Thanks. See you, mate. We'll go to Matt in Auckland. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Matty. What are you hearing after this? G'day, lads. It's the game that's a guilty pleasure, Fortnite. Fortnite.

Okay, have a listen here. Can everyone hear Fortnite? Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite. I can hear Fortnite now. Now you've told me I can hear Fortnite. Yeah, it's amazing what you do. But then if I go 9-4, 9-4, have a listen. Oh, sorry, guys.

Oh, Julie. You're having a good run, June. I was. Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite. 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, guys. Oh, Julie. You're having a good run, Jude. I was. 9494, 9494, 9494. Yeah, it's amazing what, if you plant the seed, like Fortnite, iPhone, 9494, nice one, eye for an eye and throw a knife, and borderline now we've done,

you can almost hear those things when you hear it back. Bloody interesting, isn't it, Matt? It's not too bad. Not too bad. Out of 10. Easily influenced I can be. Out of 10, what would you give the last two minutes and 50 seconds on the radio, Matt? Oh, 10's not enough, lad.

10's not enough. Too much. It was too much radio. I'm hearing 10 from Matt, but really, like, a lot of other people are hearing maybe a two or a three. Go and have a good Friday, buddy. You too, guys. See you, man.

Wake up full of shame Wake up with these guys It's Jono and Ben on the heads The A to Z of New Zealand We are calling every town and city in New Zealand We've made it our show's mission And we're not going to stop until we call every town and city in the country Why don't we do one a day

And we're working our way through alphabetically That's right We're heading to the wild west coast today with the only clothes you need to wear, the skin of the animal you just caught with your bare hands. And Katamia is actually where dreams come true if your dreams are to live on the west coast of New Zealand. And we're going to head through right now

to the Katamia Information Centre. Good afternoon, Katermie Information Centre. Caroline speaking. And we've got the KIC. You have the KIC, yes. Do you call it the KIC? We actually call it Kirk. Oh, Kirk.

Kirk, how do you get Kirk? It's also a resource centre. Oh, resource. Oh, the Kirk. They have the information and resource centre. Well, we've got some information for you. We are Jono and Ben. We're calling from the HITS radio station.

Yep. How's that information for you? All right. And we want to dive into your resource. Yeah, well, that could be interesting. We just want, we're basically what we do on our radio shows. We call a different town or city in New Zealand one a day,

and we like to learn about the place. And today we're doing it alphabetically. It's Katamia's turn. Excellent. So can you tell us any information or is this information centre going to hold that information from us? Well, we do say it's the West Coast's best kept secret, but we're quite happy to share.

Oh, that's good. Because you'd be failing as an information centre if you weren't willing to hand out any. So whereabouts is it exactly? Karamea is about just short of 100 kilometres north of Westport. It's the end of the road. The road goes no further. It's a tiny, I was reading on,

there was an article a couple of days ago about the town, a tiny West Coast town. And apparently house prices half the national average. Yes, but not much property for sale at the moment. Oh, really? Because booming in there. The only hair salon, more clients than ever. Medical centre, 87 new patients this year.

It's got a lot to offer. It is a beautiful place. When you were boasting about 87 new patients, is that a good thing? I don't know if it's you guys boasting about this. Is that a figure you want to market yourselves off? Well, I think it just shows the number of people who've moved in rather than the fact that we are 60 lots.

Up 77 from last year's patients. Yeah, sure. That's a very good point. So about 800 people now, they reckon? Thereabouts, yeah. And when you say it's the end of the road, could they not be bothered making any more road or you physically can't build any more road?

Well, you've been going into the Heafy Track, so one of the great walks. Absolutely stunning. I was just reading before, well, at the start of the year, selling about 20 pies a day, now up to 60 pies a day. That's right. Now that's a figure you want to trade off. Let's ignore how many patients the A&E...

Sorry, I read with that one. I'm just skim reading an article as we talk about it, so I apologise. But yeah, that's good. That's good numbers for Vinnie's Cafe. It sure is. We have everything that we need, but there's one cafe, a couple of hotels, some other accommodation options. We've got our four square post office hardware. We've got fuel, 24-hour fuel service, big dairy and farming area.

Hold on, 24-hour fuel service. What if I wanted to fill up at 3.34 a.m.? You may come in at 3.34 a.m. as long as you have an F-Post or credit card. 11.02 p.m. Any time you like. 7 a.m. Oh, this is going to be a long game if you keep...

It could be. Okay, now you've done a wonderful job of promoting so far. Do you want to be part of a commercial? Welcome to the beautiful, tranquil... Okay. Haramia on the west coast of the South Island. When you come to visit, you simply must check out the... The Opurara Basin and the Kohaihai,

which is the start of the Hefei Track, a great walk of New Zealand. Not the A&E Centre. No. And as the locals always say... The Hefe Track, a great walk of New Zealand. Not the A&E Centre. And as the locals always say... The West Coast's best-kept secret. If you haven't visited this beautiful location, it will have you saying... Wow.

And once you've said that, this special place of paradise will have you uttering more words like... Amazing pity about the long road in... And once those words have left your mouth, believe it or not, further words will fall from your mouth. Fantastic. Wish we could spend longer. But be sure to pop in so the locals can tell you the town slogan. Caramere. I'd rather be in Caramere.

Oh, beautiful. You did a marvellous job of handing out information. Okay. Thanks very much. Thank you. Thank you. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on my hits.

Bye. Thanks to Sharesies, New Zealand's fastest growing share platform. Shares made easy. They tried to pay her hush money, but she refused because of her journalistic integrity. Now to our respected journalist with an update on what colour Kim Kardashian has painted her toenails. Here's Juliette with Spy. Thanks very much. Now, Ellen DeGeneres is the latest celebrity who has contracted COVID-19.

She tweeted this morning that she tested positive, but she's feeling fine right now and that anyone who's been in close contact with her has been notified and they're following all the guidelines that they need to in California. Well, she's been filming her show, hasn't she? So I imagine there's quite a lot of people she's come into contact with. Oh, and guests as well. Oh, wow. Yeah. And then what if those guests are then going to other talk shows

and going to the other talk show hosts and then all the celebrities just end up getting it? Good. This is good to fuel this sort of madness. This is what the media's for. Yeah, you're right. Hysteria. Great hysteria.

This is how it starts, Hugh. This is the fake news that Trump's been rambling on about for four years. No, but very sad. It's sad. You don't wish that upon anyone. No, and it makes me feel bad about all the jobs I've been having at Ellen DeGeneres over the last four weeks. It does? Yes, it does. And we wish her a speedy recovery.

Yes, we do. You never want anyone to get COVID. I wonder if she'd, because if she's feeling fine enough, I wonder if she'd do what she did in lockdown, filming the Ellen show from home. Remember when she did that? Because you can still, I think you can still function all right. Not even having it. No, I haven't had it. Well, I think it depends on how bad you get it, right?

Yes, are they varying degrees? Some people are very lightly. Some people don't even know they've got it. And other people, it affects them really badly. So, yeah, probably like the cold, the flu that goes around every year. Exactly. Well, Trump was in and out in 24 hours, wasn't he? He got injected with all sorts of stuff.

I feel better than ever. But he was still a little wheezy. Yeah, he was a little wheezy. I feel great, guys. And in slightly lighter news, our very first Bachelor couple that are still together, Art and Matilda.

When you think of the Bachelor, you're kind of like, oh, they never last, because you think of the American Bachelors and it's always never really ends up. So I think New Zealand is just really stoked that they've... Stoked together.

Well, I've always cast suspicions over them. Oh, yes, you have, haven't you? Yeah, they know it. We've said it to their face. Yeah, we've brought that up to their faces.

You're like, they're only staying together for the contract reasons. Yeah, it was a show. A long contract too. Two kids, part of that contract. Well, you know, the more children they have, the less of an argument I have.

They seem quite happy, you know, still living a great life out of Auckland. That was a hell of a deal. 25-year contract. You wait 25 years, it'll be a bit of a break up. I always hated him. So, yeah, yesterday on Matilda's Instagram, she posted that little baby photo, her holding a little baby bump,

so the second child's on the way. Some people apparently, she said some eagle-eyed people had already figured it out. So they must have seen her stories or something and was like, oh, there's a bump there. Yeah, but you never want to make the call, do you? No.

Never make that call. I've never made that mistake, thankfully, but I've been in a room when someone has and you're like like what are you doing not even if you're at the birthing suite you wouldn't even say it then until they bring it up didn't we witness

someone do a belly touch oh no what what is a belly touch when are you due put the hand on the belly. No. Yeah, shocking play.

I bet that was you, Jono. Sorry. Slander. It's fine. We can check out that stuff on NZ. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, TikTok has brought us a lot of joy over the past couple of years it's been around.

But something today that's dividing the internet is what you can hear in this song. So people are hearing about half a dozen different things. I'm hearing for a knife. You're hearing nine four. iPhone's another one. Eye for an eye, throw a knife. But have a listen. As soon as you say something like 9-4,

have a listen to it again. And we went to the phones earlier today to see what you thought. What are you hearing, Tarns? I'm hearing borderline. G'day, lads. It's the game that's a guilty pleasure, Fortnite. Fortnite?

Can you hear Fortnite? Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite. Ah, whoa. It's like that Yanny or Laurel or the dress that everyone could see different colours on. It's, yeah. Trish, what crazy stuff are you hearing? Um, I have to go with Fortnite as well.

Yeah, but is that just because we just said it? What if we said it... No, no, that was actually going to be my original answer. What about, can you hear that if I say iPhone now? Could you hear iPhone? Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite, Fortnite. No, it just sounds like Fortnite. I feel like you didn't even give that a chance. What about, can you hear that if I say iPhone now? Could you hear iPhone? No. No.

I feel like you didn't even give that a chance. No. You're like, no. No, you're wrong, Ben. No, you're wrong. Yeah, he is wrong. I agree with you, Trish. He's always wrong. All right, Trish, hold the line.

We'll find something for you. Anyway. Are you going to find her a new attitude, Ben? Yeah, I am. I am. Thank you for your calls. Yeah, so listen, I don't know. What was the point of that?

What are we going to do with that? It's a thing. It's going worldwide. It was just us reflecting on it, talking about it. Did we solve any problems there? We didn't really. And next week on the show, as we said, Keith Urban and Grover. Grover from Sesame Street.

I am so excited about this. A Monday on the show. You have a great weekend, New Zealand. We'll catch you Monday from 6. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on The Hits. And via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast.

Friends of Skinny.