Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - February 10 - How Complicated Is Your Morning Routine?

Episode Date: February 10, 2021

Now that kids are back to school, everyone's at work, the morning routines and school drop-offs are getting hectic again! Jono's wife Jen spends a lot of time in the car in the morning dropping their two kids off at different schools, before having to come into work herself. And we asked you guys if you have an even busier morning drop off routine! We also caught up with a 14-year-old boy from Tauranga who was invited on stage by Kiwi band, L.A.B, to perform in front of 20,000 people! His name is Michael Van Lieshout, and what an epic opportunity he had! Finally, Ben was in a bit of a funny situation where his friend tried to barter something from a shop they visited. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The podfather. Oh, that would be a good name for a podcast, the podfather. Has anyone done the Podfather? Okay, so what do you reckon? You reckon it's old Googlers? I reckon this pun's too low. It's low-hanging fruit. Surely someone's doing the Podfather.

Okay. Let's have a look. Podfather. Yes, the Podfather's on Apple Podcast. Clem Large and Uncle Chaps from Barstool Sports do the Podfather's podcast. There you go. Also, it's a coffee shop too.

In the UK, the Podfather must sell Nespresso pods. Yeah, they've got their own. No, they're actually doing really well. They've got their own Instagram. Yeah, they've got their own Instagram. Don't worry about them, Podfathers. Hey, well, maybe one day we'll come up with a wonderfully pun-themed podcast for you. But until that day, it's Jono and Ben with their whatever we do at the beginning of these.

But what's coming up on the show today? Because I know you like to front foot these, Ben, at the top of the year podcast. Our game, five words for 5K. Do we win five grand for someone two days in a row? You'll find out on the podcast. As well as that, we talked to a Kiwi teenager who played in front of 20,000 people over the weekend. It's an amazing story. And we also talked to people who were doing some ridiculous,

they're going to all sorts of places in the morning and afternoon, the pick-ups and drop-offs. Who's got the wildest morning schedule? One lady who takes two and a half hours to get from her house to work and the dog legs and drop-offs she has to do along the way. Is she dropping off dog legs? It's a part of it It's wild

The left leg goes over there 5k's down the road, the right leg So it's amazing what some people do In the mornings isn't it? We do the show I tell you what, driving to work At the hour that we do with no other Traffic on the road and obviously leaving

When the peak hour has finished, you really appreciate it when you are stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. It happened on Friday. It's something that we don't get to experience too often now. But when you're in a traffic jam, you're just like, whoa. And some people do that every day. How do you do it every day?

I suppose you just factor it in to your day. I guess you know probably it's going to take me this long, and you just kind of accept it. You kind of have to go, okay, this is, yeah, sure. We were coming back from Hamilton on Sunday. We couldn't say, well, we're veering off the motorway. We're going to get off motorway this day. Oh, wait, too.

We went through a new sub-development that wasn't it. No houses, isn't it? Just a road. And then we sort of ended up in a country road, drove through a farm, and it got us back on the motorway and saved at least two minutes from that dog leg. But yeah, it's incredible what you get used to. And I'll just fade out on this chat, Ben.

Okay. Unless you've got anything more to add. No, I'm good. What are we doing today? We've got a meeting. There's the podcast. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless,

but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the podcast. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. On Saturday, I went out with a mate. Me and my kids went out with him and his kids. We went out for a bit of an activity and a bit of a catch up. He's kind of like the opposite. What's this activity?

It's a suspicious sounding activity. Let's go do something with the kids. He's kind of like the opposite to a lot this activity? Is this a suspicious sounding activity? it's just like, well, let's go do something with the kids. But he's like, kind of like the opposite to a lot of Kiwis. He's one of those people that doesn't mind sort of having a,

you know, a confrontation, having a bit of a, you know, a discussion. He would say an open discussion. I would say, well,

it's a bit of an argument. But he's one of those people that would, you know, doesn't mind at all. He's argumentative. Yeah. Yeah, right.

Yeah, like we've been, I've been at a restaurant before and he's, you know, sent a meal back Oh gosh And then it doubled down

And he said the wine wasn't right And I was like Oh don't And you know at that stage As a Kiwi I just wanted to hide under the table I always just think about All of the

Atrocious things That the chefs are doing To my meal If I ever send a meal back You know I don't make a fuss And is he one of these people That when they're like

Oh would you like to try the wine And he tries a little bit and he's like, nah. Yeah, he did that. I've never seen anyone do that before. And the wine's just like, I've just opened the bottle. This is just protocol. You're not meant to say nah. You know how this little dance goes. You used to go, yeah, that's great, thanks, and off you go. And you pretend like you look like

you know what you're looking for in the flavours of the wine. You have no idea. But you look good in front of the table. In that situation, another thing he does is he, I was around there once and his wife, his wife had opened up a letter. It was like a bill and he's like, well, it's mine. That's illegal.

You've opened it up. She's like, well, I was going to pay for it. He's like, no, it's my mail. You know, like it's one of those people. They're just like, it's illegal. We can't open my mail. It's addressed to me. So I guess your wife, she was going to pay the bill.

This is a marital discussion. Yeah. But anyway, we went to a place. He took her to court, sorted it out. I'm not to pay the bill. This is a marital discussion. Yeah. But anyway, we went to a place and took her to court, sorted it out. I'm not surprised that we did. But we went to a place with the kids, our kids and the weekend. It was like a tourist activity. I'm not going to say the place. But you know,

when you go in those places and sometimes they take a photo of you on the way in and then they must hurriedly print out photos and put it like a Photoshop backdrop and then on the way out they try and sell it back to you going, hey look at these photos You can buy this for $90 a photo of yourself that you could have taken

with your own phone, but why? Why would you do that? You're inside a giant shark's mouth and the shark is eating you and you're pretending to act afraid. Yeah, all sorts of stuff like that I've got so many of those novelty photos Yeah, well on the way out I just go, oh no I don't want it and he was like, no I don't want it, but then he was like,. We've got so many of those novelty photos. Yeah, well, on the way out, I just go, oh, no, I don't

want it. And he was like, no, I don't want it. But then he was like, well, what are you going to do with that now? And the person, the poor person behind things was like, oh, I guess we're going to have to get rid of that. He goes, oh, I'll give you 15 bucks for it. And then the poor person was like, well, it's dirty. He's like, well, you're going to get rid of it.

You don't want it. You're not going to keep it. It's a photo of me and my kids. You're not going to frame it and put it up at home? You've printed it out. You've gone to the trouble of printing it out. You could tell this poor person. It's a great argument, though. Like, they've got nothing back. They're like, what are they going to do with it?

They're like, you're right. I have no need for this photo of this random family. Yeah, then I photoshopped into a background. A random family holding up the Sky Tower. Why would I want this? So it sort of got into a little bit of a negotiation. He was like, well, no, I can't really do that, you know, because this poor person's like,

well, he hasn't got the authority to sell them at $15. I'm just the photographer, mate. I just put you inside the novelty thing. But it's quite a good point, though. It's like you get your photo taken, and then what do they do with it? What would they do with it? I have a friend who in

his lounge he's got a photo of this wonderful family. They're in the park and they're all smiling and having a panic and I'm like oh who's that? He's like it's the family that came with the photo frame. He's just left it up.

He's like I haven't found the right photo to put in it. It's been in there for like two years. Just this red. They look like model-esque. Beautiful looking. Because I was like, they look nothing like him. You're like, who's this family you love? He's just rolled with the...

Because you wonder in those situations, because often they've got them displayed at the tourist attraction. I'm like, is this your photo? But yeah, next to all the other families. But you go, yeah, it is. But that family's way better looking than mine. I'll take him, thank you. I'll pay you 30 bucks for that one. Those is, but that family's way better looking than mine. I'll take him, thank you. I'll pay you $30 for that one.

Those kids are heaps. He's better looking than mine, I guess. I'll take that one for $30. Can you Photoshop my head onto that dude's body? And then I'll take that, thank you. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, Kiwi Band L.A.B., over the summer, Jono,

they probably had some of the biggest hits all over the charts and performing to sell out crowds all around the country at the moment. And you might have seen this on the news last night. Simon Dello, he's on the news. I love Simon Dello. He's wonderful, Simon Dello. But a pretty awesome story involving LAB, the Kiwi band, and a Kiwi teenager over the news. I love Simon Dello. No surprise there. He's wonderful, Simon Dello. But a pretty awesome story involving LAB, the Kiwi band, and a Kiwi teenager over the weekend.

Own it and enjoy it. That was the message to a 14-year-old invited to play alongside leading Kiwi band LAB at One Love Festival. Tauranga teen Michael van Lieshout is back at school today after playing to 20,000 people on Sunday. Oh, there we go. It feels like Simon Dello just intro'd our little bit there, didn't he?

Yeah, well, thank you very much. Courtesy of Simon Dallow. We'll take it from here, mate. Thanks. With Jono and Ben and Simon Dallow in your mornings. The only thing is he doesn't know about it and or get paid for it. Yeah, exactly. But the teenager in question joins us right now. Michael, welcome.

Thank you. Lovely to have you on, my God, on stage in front of 20,000 people. When I was your age, the only stage I had been on was stage fright in the urinal. Yeah. So well done. How did it feel up there in front of 20,000 people? Man, it was phenomenal. Like, it was crazy.

You couldn't make anyone out. They were just like an ocean of people. It was awesome. Well couldn't make anyone out. They were just like an ocean of people. It was awesome. Well, I have a question. Was the guitarist in the band that you replaced, were they a bit miffed with their replacement? Were they like, oh, I've been replaced already by someone much younger? Oh, yeah, Joel was pretty funny.

We kind of started off trading and built it up and stuff and then brought it in. And, yeah, it was awesome, just the connection. Now, well yeah, because Joel is the lead singer of LAB and plays guitar as well. Now he has been your guitar teacher for many years, right? Yeah, yeah, that's correct. Joel's taught me now

for eight years since I was six. It's amazing, because Ben was just saying before the show this morning that one day LAB are playing in front of 20,000 people and then two days later he's gone back to his job as a full-time school teacher.

Yeah, it's nuts. Yeah, and for you as well, playing in front of 20,000 people and then two days later you're going back to school. How did that feel? If I'm being honest, it's a bit boring since it's your double maths day. Double maths day. Double maths day. Double maths day.

I much preferred the rock and roll lifestyle. Because you were saying, look, the weekend, he's out there doing a Super Bowl halftime show. Oh, yeah, in America, the weekend. Yeah, and he's not coming back. He's not teaching a couple of days later. He's going back to his job as a real estate agent two days later. So this is a very New Zealand story.

Yeah. So how awesome is Joe as the teacher? Oh, he's the man. Like, he's done so much for me over the years, just constantly uploading things to Facebook and slowly increasing my identity

and yeah, he's done everything. Oh, that's awesome. And it's been obviously quite a journey. He said you were quite shy when you first started playing guitar and now you're playing to 20,000 people. Yeah, yeah. How much warning did they give you before that? Did you know like a week before, a month before,

or was it like five minutes before the song? No, I think I got probably three weeks. I got a Facebook message from Brad Corder saying, would you like to jump up on stage at One Love? Oh, awesome. I love it when people who aren't in the band get pulled on stage at shows. You know, I could never nail it. You know when people come up and they have to sing songs

and things like that at concerts? I'd forget the lyrics, so I'd get all nervy. You must have been freaking out a bit. Yeah, definitely. The band were just so welcoming and stuff. I just felt like a part of their family almost so it was just like such a culture to be in

at the moment. That's such an amazing story and is this what you want to do once you finish school? Do you want to carry on with music? Yeah, that's the plan at the moment, but who knows? Well, you've had a great start. What was the biggest crowd you'd played to up until 20,000 people? Oh, around 1,500 at my intermediate school. Oh, that's a bit of a leapfrog.

That's not bad. 1,500 is not bad, but not 20,000 is pretty amazing. Yeah. When's your next gig,,500 is not bad, but 20,000 is pretty amazing. Yeah. When's your next gig, Michael? Oh, well, hopefully Mount Smart with LAB in March. Yeah, yeah. I think they're thinking. Oh, you're coming back. He's coming back. He's a permanent member.

He's like, mate, we're going touring. Now we've got 40,000 people. Oh, that's so cool. Michael, this will probably be the last time we talk to you. We generally catch people on the way up. We won't hear from you for about 20 years now. Yeah, you'll be too good for us, all right? And then when you're keen to retire, you'll come back on our radio show.

Yeah. All right, good on you, Michael. Appreciate that. Do you remember when we got dragged on stage? Are you talking to Michael still or me? You. Okay. Sorry, I kind of blended the two in.

You did, yeah. I should have gone, thank you, Michael. Goodbye. Should we say that now? Oh, thank you very much. Thank you, mate. Nice to talk to you soon, buddy. Have a good one.

Now, Ben, now over to you. Do you remember that time, that atrocious moment we were dragged on stage with Vanilla Ice, the rapper? Oh, yes. He was like, I want to bring you up on stage and I want to dress you as clowns, which I found ironic. Apparently it's something he does in all his performances around the world.

And when he was in New Zealand, we were helping bring him here. He's like, you guys have got to dress up in the clown costumes. Well, okay, we can dance away, you know, but... Oh my God. And we were like, I mean, that's a chapter that rap music would rather forget about. We kind of started with a bit of gusto, and then it was like...

This is a long song. It was like dad's dancing at a wedding, and then we just slowly backed off the stage about three quarters into the song. Even with the mask on, I was like, I'm embarrassed for my dancing, you know? Oh, there we go. Well done to Michael.

That's awesome stuff. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. Now, shout out to all the stressed out commuters out there listening to the show this morning. I know pretty much everything's back to normal now. School, work, you name it.

The schedules are back. The routine's back on. Yeah, yeah. A lot of people yesterday, school pick-up saying, oh, a week too long. A week too long for the kids that went back yesterday. Oh, yeah, it was a whole other week. Just lagged.

The tail was lagging there on the holidays. But now, because we work in the mornings, Ben, is the morning right? Yeah, it is. Got my time zones right? You look to be a little confused. Yeah, we do. It's the morning somewhere in the world.

Not involved in the... And it's a stressy morning routine, isn't it, getting ready? I mean, everything is down to the minute. You need to run your exit from the house and your journey, no matter where it takes you, to and from work with military precision. Yeah, and lots of other things can affect how long it takes, whether it's traffic or whether it's kids

not putting on shoes or something. Why are you wearing your shoes on your head? They go on your feet. Things like this that you don't need in your time. Yeah, you're right. We used to have to deal with a lot more of that when we weren't working mornings, but now I get the pick-up side of this.

Oh, the fun part. You get the fun part, do you? Yeah, the days over, the lunches are packed. It's one guy turning over the gate What do you want to do kids? Can we get an ice cream? Yeah we can get an ice cream Ice cream yeah

Be mummed and pay you for ice cream on the way to school No not at all Well Jen my wife she's doing it at the moment she's got two different schools

so she goes leaves a quarter to on the dot has to take probably an Oscar because he gets to go down the T3 lane that's about 6km

away from home drops him then goes back literally goes back almost a block from our house to drop Poppy at primary school

because the school's not open till 8 has to drop her off then has to navigate her way into the city for work wow like I mean

that's a complicated drop off yeah should we give her a call no maybe not live on the radio? Yeah. We can see how the drop-off's going this morning.

You want to do that? I'll type that. What's your most complicated drop-off or pick-up? Well, I do the afternoons, but sometimes it's a bit more, well, it is a bit more complicated now that, same as you, two different schools for my kids now. And also, I know I'm probably going to lose a lot of respect from the South Island saying this,

but I also have the dog two days a week goes to doggy daycare. Oh God, we just lost him. We lost him. So, you know, like I have, that's another pickup I have to do as well. You know, you could hear a collective groan as they were drinking a can of spates when you said, I have a dog at a doggy daycare. They had a sip of the spates and they went, just as I said, it's better to get out and discuss. Yeah, it happens two days a week. Hello. Jimbo. Hi, Jen.

I said not to do this live on the radio, but we're live on the radio. Over to you, Jono. Just wanted to know how the drop-off's going. There's a lot going on in your mornings. Hello. Hello. You're right.

We shouldn't have done this live. Sorry, you're cut out there. Yes, no, no. The drop-off, how's it going this morning? Oh, yeah. It's going. It's going, yeah. So have you done the T3 bit?

You've dropped Oscar? Yeah, smashed down the T3, just dropped off Poppy. Now I'm back in the car. Back in the car now, making her way into work. It's a nightmare of a loop. It is a pretty big loop. Four to eight, we're in the car. Did you also need the live call on the radio to

add to your morning as well? Probably not. I thought that might have been the case, but anyway. Only a few minutes to my day. We'll let you get back into it, because every minute counts. Don't worry about us. We're pretty stressed out in here as well. Okay.

Love your dog. Well, this is what I want to open up on 0800 The Hits is who is running the most complicated pick-up or drop-off regime in the morning or afternoon? Yeah. We'll start with Mel in Hamilton. Welcome. Most complicated routine, Mel. What are you running?

Oh, I have my two kids that I have to take to school. I take one to daycare in the morning and then- Here's a little tip. Don't just go, oh, I've have my two kids that I have to take to school. I take one to daycare in the morning and then... Here's a little tip. Don't just go, oh, I've got my two kids. Don't go to her and then say my two kids. It's a mission in the morning. Yeah, love them, but they're a mission. Okay.

Yeah, yeah. And then I take my other son to primary school and then I have my stepson three times a week and he goes to school in Cambridge. And then I have to drive him out to Cambridge. How long does this take? It takes about an hour and a half. Just in the morning.

And then you've got to do the afternoon pick-ups as well. And then you're off to work after that? And then you're off to work, yeah. Wow. That's three hours. That adds to your day, doesn't it? You're a better class of human being than I am, Mel. Well done.

Godspeed. Good luck to you. Morena Erica from Wanuiomata. How being than I am, Mel. Well done. Godspeed. Good luck to you. Morena, Erica from Wainuiomata. How are you? Good, thanks. You're pretty busy this morning. What's going on, Erica? I'm just about to do my first drop-off.

So I leave Wainuiomata up the back at quarter past eight in the morning. So I'm just about to drop the boy off. You're on speaker, so don't worry. And then I go back to Wainuiomata right by home and drop off my little one to kindergarten. And then I go back over the hill to Petone where I go to work there. And it takes me on a good day an hour for about five school zones. And then you have time to call the hits breakfast as well.

Oh, you know, I've got pretty good hands free in here, so it's all good. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, all right? Oh, thank you so much. Well done. Good luck navigating your way through all that. Jeez. Welcome. Laura's on the air from Christchurch.

Come on in, Laura. Hey. Yeah, not quite as bad as these other guys. It takes me about 45 minutes. Still a lot of time. Yeah, it is, right? So we've got four kids, all at four different schools. We've got preschool, and then I've got the two middle kids at different primary schools because one's a stepchild.

And then we've got high school. So I've only been doing it for about a week now, but I got home yesterday and had a wine at 4 o'clock. I just needed it, eh? Yeah, fair enough. Here's a tip. Here's a tip. Why don't you hold back the older kids And just take them to kindergarten

So the one at high school starts back at kindergarten It's one drop off Life's easy Resync them up and then they all start And they can go through the school system together It would be ideal, you should put that to the government Yeah I will, now Laura too from Christchurch Ben mentioning before here

Has a dog that attends doggy daycare Thank you for you not switching off in the South Island. No, she's gone now. We lost her now. She brought it up again. I shouldn't have brought it up again. We'll have to send her out some help pizza. We'll head to Taranaki.

Kyla, welcome. Hello. How long is it taking you in the morning? It takes me two hours. O-M-G. Wow. Yeah, two hours. O-M- Two hours? Gee. Wow. Yeah, two hours. What are you doing? Talk us through. What do you do? Okay. So I've got a five-year-old

that goes to Hewey Akimus School, which is out in the boons. Right. Because we live out in the wops. And then I've got a one-year-old and six-month-old twins. And so they're all going to different locations? Yeah, and it takes us about 45 minutes,

maybe half an hour on a good day to drive all the way into town just to drop them off. What time are you getting up in the morning to start this? Six o'clock and we're out the door by eight. Gee, two hours of just madness. You put your nappies on, you put your clothes on. Who's at breakfast? Who's not eating their toast? Why you got a remote control up your nose?

And then do you go to work after that? No, I get a good, like, sometimes I get some free time, but otherwise I normally go rousing. Wow. Yeah, so I work in wall sheds as well. Oh, Kyla, well done. Well, you win this. Well done. I don't know if it's a prize. I don't know if you've won. Oh, we'll send out wool sheds as well. Oh, Kyla, well done. Well, you win this. Well done.

I don't know if it's a prize. I don't know if you've won. Oh, we'll send out some hell pizza as well. Everyone can get hell pizza. Every morning you're losing having to do that routine, but you'll get pizza this time around, eh? Oh, you guys are wicked. Have a good one.

Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. Well, I was thinking yesterday, I was asking my son who was was doing something and I was like, this is just something that's happened to every child growing up and it is probably one of the most frustrating things when you're that age. He plays basketball.

A lot of basketball, man. Yeah, he loves basketball, Oscar, doesn't he? Apparently it's set to take over as the most popular sport in New Zealand this year, basketball. Wow. With participants. Nate, what do you think the most popular sports are from first through to third at the moment?

And this is what you're talking about? Participants. School kid age? Yeah. Well, I'd say football would be up there. No. Okay. No.

Okay. Obviously basketball's in there, like you said. That's number three. Okay. Rugby in there? Number two. Okay. Ooh. Number one. I wouldn't have thought it would be

netball. It's netball. Is it netball? Netball. The most participatory sport. But anyway, basketball is set to take them. So he's practising all the time. He's out there on a hoop, hoop, hoop. And so he comes inside and he's like, come and watch me land the three pointer. And he's been practising.

He's like, I've just been nailing them. And then always, as Murphy's Law would have it, when you're a child wanting to demonstrate your ability to your parent, you never nail it. But you're still like, you've got stuff to do. You're like, oh, that's really good. You keep trying. You go, oh, nice one.

And the ball's like nearly gone over the backboard. Oh, good on you. Keep it up, mate. And it just winds. It frust the backboard. Oh, that's great, mate. Oh, good on you. Keep it up, mate. And it just winds, you know, it frustrates them further. No, no, wait, one more, one more, one more. And then they miss that one. You're like, oh, good one. Here we go. One more.

And it just, the tension just rises and rises, doesn't it? And it's the same thing as when I said to you, I came to work one day and I said to Ben, you wouldn't believe this shot that I got in in a baby's basketball hoop many years ago that was on the lawn and i threw a mini basketball here we go across the lawn how did we end up in this story because you won't believe me because stuff happens when people aren't around and you nail stuff when people aren't around and they don't believe you when it happens now julia as the millennial uh you know as the flying the flag for millennials,

you could just film this. Yes. We've got phones. I didn't know I was going to get in. It was a casual shot. Hey, I'm going to go for a 30-metre shot. 30 metres away, Juliet. Just in case.

Just in case. I threw it and it bounced off the lawn, off a fence, hit a rubbish bin, and then went inside a hoop. And Ben's like, that didn't happen. And I was like, why would I make photos? Prove it, otherwise it didn't happen. Actually, see, kids, last night I caught my daughter Sienna and she was doing something in the room

and she was a little bit flustered and I was a little bit like, what's going on in there? What are you doing in there? And she was listening to our podcast and I was so disappointed. I was like, why are you listening to our podcast? She's so ashamed she gets flustered if she's ever caught by anyone. I know.

What are you doing? Nothing. It's like our podcast. There's plenty of other options out there. No, it was from a couple of days ago too. And I was like, oh, mate, that's way out of date. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Of course, kids are back at school. Everyone should be back. Unless they're wagging. Unless there's any wagging kids listening, well, then you're not back at school. But as of today, I think all kids are back at school in New Zealand. And as parents, Jono and I, you know. Unless you're the homeschool kids as well.

Oh, God. But, you know, you want to make sure that your kids are learning at the right level. We want to help out with their learning, but it's getting trickier. Sometimes when homework comes home to be worked on. The name homework says it all, yeah. I get these maths equation problems and English questions. I have no idea. I'm like, why am I an adult?

How did I get through this stage of my life? I end up secretly Googling answers on my phone. I feel like I might have forgotten it or I didn't learn about it in the first place. But anyway, if you're a parent... All right, go, you don't need to know that. Well, there is someone that might be able to help. His name is Dave Cameron.

He joins us right now. How's it going, Dave? Good, thanks. Good, how are you guys? Yeah, good. Do you mind if we call you DC? That's what all my students used to call me. Oh, they did?

I was reading up about you. You were a secondary school teacher and you saw many of your own students struggling and then you received a bit of a poem from a student. That's what all my students used to call me. I was reading up about you. You were a secondary school teacher, and you saw many of your own students struggling, and then you received a bit of a poem from a student. That's right. It said, Roses are red and violets are blue.

Dear Mr Cameron, I don't know what to do. It was about exams. It seems like it's always about exams, and so this was coming close to exam time, and every student starts to realise before exams that they don't quite learn as much as they expected to during the year and need to do a lot of catch-up and so you sit down and most students when they sit down to study just have no idea what to do. You've set up a website now to hopefully hopefully make things like what simpler for students to help them navigate through the schooling system? That's exactly right we found that lots of students just go home

and will think, I've got to study for this biology exam. They have no idea what to do. So we made a series of videos that will just show them exactly what's coming up in their maths or biology or whatever exam, how they're going to ask questions and what they need to answer. So it makes study a lot faster. That's a really great tool.

It's called LearnCoach. Oh, yeah, LearnCoach. Yeah, also reading you, it helped 150 students in your launch in 2012. And now you're 150,000 students. Is it each year you're a Learn Coach. Yeah, also reading you helped 150 students in your launch in 2012 and now you're 150,000 students. Is it each year you're helping? Yeah, every year. So we get a lot of people coming on.

It turns out it's a really big problem that everybody gets home and just needs really fast and simple ways to help them study. And so it's become much more popular than what ever first expected as a teacher. As you said, that's 80% of the entire NCEA population and a lot of Lynx Africa, which I had a little laugh at on your website as well. Never walk in the changing room. Oh, that is the official odour of all pubescent teenage boys.

That's exactly right. You know it when you smell it, it takes you right back. Lynx Africa and cool charm. Yeah, seems to be the way it was. Now, Dave, I'm going to pitch an idea to you, and you may disagree coming from the teaching fraternity, that we just let Google educate the kids.

You can step back. Leave it up to the internet. See, I think that would be a brilliant idea, except that can you imagine if the teacher wasn't in the classroom and it's like, hey kids, do what you want on Google, how's this learning actually going to go? Yeah, you're right. There's not always correct information, too, that you get. You know,, hey, kids, do what you want on Google. How much learning is actually going to get you? Yeah, no, you're right. There's not always correct information, too, that you get.

You know, there's a lot of made-up stuff on there. But they are going to nail NCEA TikTok. That is right. Which, honestly, who knows? Could make them more money than a real job. Well, that's true. We've got Dave Cameron with us. He's got a website to help out students and parents.

It's called LearnCoach. Now, Dave, there was a question on Australian radio, a simple math question that has been bamboozling people. Bamboozled John when I asked him that. I just want to play it to you and see how, put you on the spot right now, all right? Okay, this is stolen from the Kyle and Jackie O Show in Australia. Here we go.

So if you buy a baseball bat and a baseball, and your total is $1.10 and the bat costs $1 more than the ball, how much is the ball? Now hopefully Dave you could understand through that nasally Australian accent what the question was. That's a mean question to do on here.

Yeah so a baseball bat and a baseball, your total is $1.10 and the bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the ball? The ball must be $0.05. He got it right. Jono said $0.10, which is the common answer. A lot of people go $0.10 because they're thinking it's $1 more,

but it doesn't work out. You're right. It must be those years of math teaching. Okay, three plus two. Three plus, definitely seven. Oh, you got him. Yeah, you got two. Three plus, definitely seven. Ah. Oh, you got him. Yeah, got him. I knew I would.

I knew I'd trip him up. What's an awesome thing that you're doing? What an awesome tool for students and parents here in New Zealand to check out. Congratulations

on what you're doing. Yeah, thanks very much. Appreciate it. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben,

New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. No, 7.45 and that means five words for's breakfast on the hits. No, 7.45 and that means... Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our Game of Word Association. Lots of people are really enjoying playing along with this one wherever they are in the mornings at 7.45.

It can, you know, play along in your car and it can distract you from that person who didn't let you merge just a minute ago. Let go of the anger and play five words for $5,000. Let's bring in Serena Morena from Wellington. Serena, how are you? Morena, very well, thank you. Good to have you on.

You know how it works? Absolutely, yeah. I've been listening every day. For those that are new to The Hits Breakfast, welcome. We welcome you with open arms and we hug you. Not for too long and it's not inappropriate. It's just a welcoming hug.

Ben, you can explain the rules. It's a game of word association. We give you five words. Serena, you say the first word. Well, basically the first word that pops into your head you want to lock in. And if those words match up with one of our words, all five, you get five grand. Perfect. Now, let's not forget our careless whisper rule.

We've had some whispering. A whispering scandal. Two whispering scandals. Mark the competition. So it's called the careless whisper. And if you whisper your answers down the phone during those tense moments, you'll hear this. Smooth, sultry sounds of G. Michael.

And you'll be eliminated from the competition, okay, Serena? That's not going to happen today, right, Serena? No, absolutely not. Okay, so... You're going for the game. Now, yesterday, John, I got five from five. We got the five grand for Trish. So...

Emma. Oh, sorry, for Emma. Who's Trish? I gave... I paid Trish five grand after the show. No, no, not Trish. Oh, Oh, sorry, for Emma. Who's Trish? I paid Trish five grand after the show. No, no, not Trish. You just urged. Now we're ten grand

down yesterday. Trish. Oh, jeez, sorry. Sorry, Boss Todd. All right. Who are you going to pick there, Serena? I think I'll go with Ben today.

Oh, okay. Ben heading into the sound. Poof, poof. Lack of oxygen and a lack of sound in that poof. He can hear nothing. So, Serena, we're going to rattle off five words.

Take your time. It's the first thing that comes into your head when you hear these words. Word number one, Serena. Razor. Shave. Okay. Oh, shave blade.

Oh, hang on. Oh, okay, we'll go. No, we'll stick with razor. Oh, what did you say, razor? I say shave. We're now listening to... Oh, with a blade. Lock and blade.

Lock and blade? Yes, please. All right, the sound of a woman having a conversation with herself. Razor, blade. All right, next one. Mail. As in postal mail. It's either letter or box.

Let's go box. Ear, as in Jono has ginormous ears. Listen. Listen. Listen with those tartingers. Word number four, car. Drive. And the fifth and final word that could win you $5,000, Serena, is beautician. Nails.

As in fingernails. Nails. All right. Those are your five. You're locking them all in? Yeah, we're locking in. Okay, how happy are you with your choices? Yeah, oh, maybe only like 50-50.

It's a 50-50 chance, according to Serena. Producer Humphrey will beckon Benjamin out of the soundproof booth. I don't know what went on in there, but whatever happens between you and the soundproof booth stays between you and the soundproof booth. The lock is got, it's sticky. It gets a little sticky, like you and the soundproof booth. The lock is sticky. You can't really, anyway. It definitely requires a squirt of CRC

or some silicon or something. We'll get onto that after the show. It's not important right now. Ben Boyce, Serena has locked in her five words. I haven't told you this. Serena didn't want me to tell you this but I thought it would be appropriate Don't put more pressure on me

with some made up story Her pet turtle is currently on life support and her local veterinarian $5,000 Pay the vet bill will it? Pay the vet bill and save that turtle otherwise there's that switch flicking off straight after this competition.

Oh, don't. No. R.I.P. turtle. All right, let's go. Five words. You match with Serena, you've got $5,000. Word number one. Razor.

Ooh, okay, razor. I've got two. Talk them out, baby. Well, first thing that popped in was razor blade. I've got two. Talk about, baby. Well, first thing that popped in was Razor Blade. Second thing was Shave. And Razor Robinson, the Crusaders coach as well. But I'm... I'll lock in the first thing that popped in my head, Blade.

Well, there you go. That's one for one, Serena. I thought it was going to be... Lucky. Okay. Serena had what felt like a 12 minute conversation with herself. Were they still in debate apart from Razor Robinson?

She was looking at Shave and Blade as well. Second word. Mail as in New Zealand Post delivers. Not as in Mail. No, as in New Zealand Post. Are they still delivering?

There you go. Mailbox, mailbag, mailbox. Serena, two from two. God, if we give away another five, it's going to be the end of the competition. Third word. Ear. Ear. As in Ben Boyce has disturbingly tiny ears.

Wax. Oh! What was it, Serena? I said listen. Yeah, listen. Listen with your I said listen. Yeah, listen. Listen with your taringas. Yeah, you do. And you couldn't listen with those taringas in that soundproof booth.

Listen, let's keep going. Car. Park or drive? Park. Serena went drive. And the fifth word was beautician. Wax. Nails. Oh, good. You let me down three times, Serena went drive. And the fifth word was beautician. Wax. Nails.

Oh, God. We'll let you down three times, Serena. I don't let you down. I'm sorry, Serena. We can't all be winners, but you can go and have a wonderful day, Serena. Look after yourself, and thank you for listening. Will do. You too.

All right, back. Good on you. Back tomorrow, 7.45, five words, five cuts. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Valentine's Day is on Sunday. And thanks to Food Snob, who have amazing hampers,

we've got some hampers to give away. They've got all sorts of amazing cheeses, some crackers, antipasto, some olives things. Oh, incredible. I'm less of a food snob and more of a food bogan. But we got to try one of these over the weekend. And I tell you what, up until the weekend, my favourite cheese was a Chesdale slice.

Yeah. Now. Not now. Not now. It's an aged French gouda from the south of France. Welcome to the good life. You can check them out, the food snob hampers. You can get them delivered in time for Valentine's Day.

But if you register at the hitstockco.nz, you can win a food snob hamper and a personalised love poem by the two of us that we hurriedly write together. I don't know why we don't give ourselves more time. We give ourselves about three to four minutes. Yeah, and you can also be in the drawer for an amazing night away for you and your partner with a fancy meal as well. Now, yesterday, who did we write the poem for yesterday?

We were Charmaine and her partner James. James, James, we met on Tinder and I first saw you in the Astrolab bar. I was glad I swiped right and went to meet you that night. You work on an avocado orchard. Lucky I like them or that would be awkward. I knew you were my type Like an avocado that's ripe Like Bieber sings you're holy

I want to mash you like guacamole Yeah, awesome. I remember we only gave ourselves like a song to do it. Yeah, bear in mind this is a hurriedly put together poem but that's what we can do for you, Mandy. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

Hello, good morning guys. Well, yesterday's was a bit of a banger. How are you going to beat that? Oh, I honestly don't know It makes us quite nervous That we only have one song to do this Mandy, Valentine's Day, big day coming up What are you doing?

Well, we're pretty low key So we just got a new sofa I think we're just going to chill on the new sofa Listen to some vinyl And hopefully be eating some good food Good on you, good on you I love it when you on the new sofa, listen to some vinyl, and hopefully be eating some good food, yeah. Good on you, good on you. I love it when you get a new sofa and you just want to sit for hours. Now, what's your partner's name?

Jackson. Jackson, okay. Let's get some information. Where did you first meet? So we met at a previous workplace, but we also had a ton of mutual friends. So kind of both those things. Okay, work colleagues, yeah, as well as that. No.

What's he into? So he likes gaming, so he's like big on the old Xbox and PC and sports. What sort of sports does he like? So he likes basketball and baseball, yeah. All right, nice. Good, good, good. And what's your ideal date? What do you like doing?

To be honest, we just like watching films and then having some mean food. It's all about the food. Having some mean food. Okay, all right. Now, I think we've got enough. I think we've got enough to work with. I've been taking down notes.

All right. We might talk to Annie a little bit more off air, get a bit more information, but we'll hurriedly write together a poem. And after Justin Timberlake, we might try and do this poem. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm.

Shona and Ben, breakfast on the hits. We're a little bit frazzled in the studio. It's just got 7.10 because we give ourselves one song to try and write a Valentine's Day poem for someone. And they register at the hitstockcard.nz. They win a daily food snob hamper, which are amazing, full of cheeses, full of olives, peppers. They're incredible.

You can get that for Valentine's Day. Also go on the draw for an amazing night away with your partner and a fancy meal. But now we've tried to write a poem for Mandy. Yeah, I'll tell you what. William Wordsworth, Rudyard Kipling would be eating their heart out at this. Would they?

I don't know if they'd eat their heart out. I'd just like everyone to bear in mind this was put together during a commercially friendly Justin Timberlake song so we'll welcome back Mandy to New Zealand's Breakfast Mando Hey hey hey We've got your other half Jackson on the phone Morena Jackson

Hey hey hey Jackson's like what am I involved in right now Sounds appropriately apprehensive right now I understand We've written you a poem, Jackson. Now this is on behalf of lovely Mandy. Oh, awesome.

Jackson, we first met as colleagues and flirted a bit. I'm not sure if our workplace liaison was appropriate. Nevertheless, we continue to date. Now I've won you a platter of cheese on a plate. That's part of the platter that you won the hamper anyway. Client obligations. You're a gamer and a fan of LeBron James.

Hopefully one day we will share surnames. You love your dog, your friends and music I hope you love cuddling as much as your iPhone that you got for free From your job in the telecommunications industry We love watching films And eating mean food Apologies Jackson

If Ben's last line was rude It sounded like it was going to be rude didn't it Yeah right Sponsored by Food Snob you've won a platter of cheese Jackson, if Ben's last line was rude. It sounded like it was going to be rude, didn't it? Yeah, right. Oh, sponsored by Food Snob, you've won a platter of cheese. Jackson, will you be Mandy's Valentine's, please? I will. Sounds awesome.

Oh, there we go. Touching words. Touching words, Mandy. You guys have won that Food Snob platter. I tell you what, if you love cheese and antipasto delicately placed across the platter, well then this is the competition for you. And you're in the draw for that night away as well as the fancy meal as well. You have a great Valentine's Day, alright guys?

She's perched on a tree high high in the sky ready to swoop down and start feeding on the carcasses of a celebrity who slipped up. Here's Juliet with Spy. Now, Framing Britney Spears is a documentary that has come out in the States on Hulu. It's been produced by

the New York Times and it is everywhere. Every celebrity is talking about it. Everyone is really focused in on what Britney Spears' life has been like and the whole Free Britney movement. So essentially it covers her rise to stardom as a kid and the conservatorship where her father basically owns all of her money and her schedule and everything like that, as well as her relationships that she's gone through the media scrutiny here's kind of the trailer for it Brittany was so focused this is a girl that's coming

from strength people became fascinated with her sort of unraveling she accepted the conservatorship was gonna happen but she didn't want her father to be conservative anytime there's that amount of money to be made you have to question the motives of everyone. Why is her dad making all of her decisions? What do we want? Free Britney! And so... It seems fascinating. Didn't the whole... I've read a lot

about it online. You know, obviously Britney Spears as we all know, child star, became super famous and then things sort of unraveled a lot and it seems now a lot the media and her family had a lot to... a big huge hand to play in that. Yeah exactly and there's so much that it covers but a couple of things

her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake doesn't come off very well from the documentary I mean there's clips of him in interviews sort of going into depth about their relationship of things that shouldn't be shared with the public that it's kind of like if that happened now even back looking back at it,

you're like, this is shocking that he went into detail about those things. And even now his Instagram is being flooded with comments of people saying you need to apologise to Britney Spears. Like even though it happened so many years ago, she still deserves an apology. There's honestly so much.

And another thing that's kind of worth noting is now that this documentary has come out, former late show Craig Ferguson, there's a clip of him back in 2007 defending Britney Spears which is going crazy on the internet right now because back in 2007 no one was

defending Britney Spears. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable about making fun of these people and for me comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. It should be about us attacking the powerful people, attacking the politicians and the Trumps and the blowhards and the... Go after them. I want to change it a bit.

So tonight, no Britney Spears jokes. This woman has two kids. She's 25 years old. She's a baby herself. So, yeah, that's kind of it. Likely, there's so much more to it. I feel so sorry for Britney. You do, you do.

But it's, you know, naively, we've probably all made jokes about Britney Spears over the years. You know, you put your hand up and say you probably have. But then you go, these are real people. Yes, they're living lives that none of us will ever get to experience. But dealing with a whole lot more than, you know, a lot of us will ever have to experience as well. And, you know, one no wonder things happen the way

they do because all that pressure and all that scrutiny and all those jokes, yeah, it's horrible. Yeah. And I think it's really good that this documentary has come out because it's shone a light onto she might be feeling quite relieved that change is probably happening and hopefully this never happens again in the

industry with people like that, like child stars growing up. And I'd like to publicly apologise to Ellen DeGeneres for all of the things I've said about her bullying her staff. Thank you for that apology. I take it all back. Thank you. And that is Spy.

For more, you can head to the Hits website. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Are you familiar with the intersection window screen washer? Oh, yeah, yeah. You see them from time to time out there, don't you? I mean, we all know it's illegal, but they're out there giving it a bash, and that's what I appreciate about the profession.

What I admire is the fact that they always know the light. They've worked out the sort of... Oh, the light phasing. Yeah. Yeah. They time it perfect. Impeccably. Impeccably. And we're just talking about couriers' legs. Those guys have got wonderful legs as well. Yeah. And anyway, so I was at an intersection yesterday

and I find, I don't know if it's just me, but they have an uncanny knack of somehow making your windscreen 80% dirtier than it was when you arrived at the intersection. Yeah, also sometimes you're like, no, no, no, I'm fine, but they've already started. I can't say no to them. I can't say no.

Some people are rock solid. They just wind up the windows and just look straight ahead and just ignore what's happening outside. I generally don't have cash. I don't really carry around cash, even in the car as well. But that's an awkward situation where they've started and you're like, I generally don't have cash. Like, I don't really carry around cash, even in the car as well. But that's an awkward situation where they've started and you're like,

I need to give them something. I've got an emuzee bar. I've got, what have I got in the car? You're just looking for something. Half a pump bottle. A map book. You remember map books?

I've got one of those. Do you want my car keys? Because you want to give them something. They've started. Yeah, and this guy, this guy yesterday, he was wonderful. He had his shirt off

and flipping the brush around, the stick around doing tricks. It was like the intersection version of a Cirque du Soleil performance. Really impressive. So he came up and again, like I can't say no to them, and he starts scrubbing away. I was like, okay, I thought I had $5 in my pocket from in the morning we got coffee.

And so I pulled it out, and as I'm handing it to him, he's going, God bless you, God bless you. He's blessed God upon me. And then I look down and I'm like, oh, God, it's $20. It's $20. And at this moment, I'm like, well, you know, I have the blessings of God. Yeah, well, it's God going to bless you if you take it away. That's right.

You can't reverse that. And he's got one hand on it. I've got one hand on it. I've got the option to rip it away and just speed off. But I did the good thing. I did the honourable thing. Oh, good on you. And, Jesus, I've got God's blessings now.

Oh, that's lovely. I've got $20 less. And the car's a bit dirtier than it was when I turned up at the intersection. But at least I've got the blessings. You can't do it in that situation. Remember what happened to me when we were doing it and there were people

collecting buckets for it? It was for a good cause for charity and I again thought I had $5 and turned it out I saw the five and it was a 50 and I didn't normally have a cash so I'm like,

oh, they heard me but I looked around like, and I was like, look at this guy, he's putting $50 in it. It was the greatest moment of my life

because I knew, I was like, I knew, I knew how painful that was for you. He likes to he likes a tight bottom don't you Benjamin? You like your bottom to be running very tight. Nothing's coming out, nothing's

going in. Although as your window washes the other day, one of them came up to the car and I was parked at the lights with the windows open and I had my dog, you know, Bo sitting in the front seat and he was sitting next to me and he gets quite protective, and as soon as someone comes up to the car, he was like, oh!

And the poor, poor guy was like, oh! I got a fright. That's a good way to end it. But I was like, well, hey, in the way. I avoided that awkward interaction where he starts wiping and I've got nothing. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. So that's your trick, to avoid...

Take an aggressive dog around. No. A rabies laden dog and you'll be free from window washers. Add these two men together and somehow you'll get three

quarters worth of a normal dad. The hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. We're just all saying all a bit tired this morning.

Are you feeling that? Yeah, just trying to wake up a little bit. Do you look a little glassy eyed this morning? Oh, I am. I am.

I went to bed a bit late last night. I find once you make it through Wednesday, you feel a lot better about life, don't you? And only a couple more days to go in the week. But every day, I'm like, I'm going to go to bed early tonight. And you never do. You never do.

You know, you get busy with the things at home. What time are you usually going to bed? Like 9.30 if I'm lucky, you know? Yeah, right. You? I'm usually about 8.30 asleep by nine, but last time was a bit later. Yeah. So like, yeah.

You, John? I'm about 9.30. Yeah, but you don't go to sleep at all. You go to sleep straight away. Your brain's ticking over thinking about arriving into parties via Flo Fox. Yeah. Actually, last night I was looking after the kids, rushing around doing stuff, and my daughter Indy came up to me.

She's nine years old. She said, I'm really sore. I'm like, I'm sore. I've got sore muscles. I was like, oh, have you done anything at school today that could have led you to the sore muscles? She said, no, not that I can think of. I was like, OK.

And we carried on. She said, oh, yeah, I'm quite sore around the shoulders. I was like, well, have you done anything? And she said, oh, I did do 78 cartwheels. I was like, well, that could be it. She got into a competition with a friend. Why did she go for the round 80? I don't know.

Too short of 80. Who could do the most cartwheels? I guess she might. Is it non-stop? Maybe she took it out. I don't know how long, but I was like, well, that'll be your answer. I mean, 78. That's a wild amount of cartwheels in a row.

I know. I don't know if it was like straight one after the other. It was over the course of an hour over lunch. But yeah. Oh, so you'd have a breather. You're like, there's a set of 10. Yeah, get back to it.

Like CrossFit. There are 45 of cartwheels. Can you cartwheel? No. Can you cartwheel? Oh, probably not. I used to be able to. I feel like everyone can

when you're a kid and then you become an adult and you just can't do it. I couldn't even as a kid. I just couldn't really nail it. But I never really spent much time trying to hone the craft. So we're going to have a bash now.

Never felt like something in life that I was ever going to go, hey, I know how I'll get out of this burning building. Cartwheel. Cartwheel out. It's the only way to get out of here. You know, it felt like something that was. It would be handy if you're a travelling circus or something. It was quite showy, you know, like I don't walk into the office,

stay wide and lay, guys. I'm Ben. Cartwheel my way out. Watch me do 78 cartwheels in a row. Well, yesterday I was at the, so on the way home, I like to sit in this park in my car and just work.

I work on my phone, like talking into it. So, you know, you just see anything. Why don't you go home? Eh? Why don't you go home? I like the park. Okay.

It's a nice thing. But then I'm like, I look around the park and there's other people parked in cars. I look to the park. But then I'm like, I look around the park and there's other people parked in cars. I look to the guy next to me and I start casting stereotypes. I'm like, what is he? Is he a pest? Is he a, was he dealing something? Is he an undercover cop? You know, you automatically

assume that of someone just sitting in a car in a park. And then I'm like, well, I'm in the same thing. Yeah, what are you doing? Yeah, I look even worse because I'm talking to myself dictating into a phone. I'm in the same thing. Yeah, what are you doing? Yeah, I look even worse because I'm talking to myself, dictating into a phone. But it's a wild thing. And what I used to do, and I was caught outside your house doing it,

is working on my laptop, which really heightens suspicions, doesn't it, of passers-by. That, or sometimes I remember when we were doing the TV show that you'd get to a location early. You'd sit in your car and like an old man, you'd fall asleep. You'd have a wee nap. Yeah, I would. Like, oh, Jono's here.

Oh, no, he's asleep in the front seat of his car. Comfortable part. I was outside your house the time and your neighbour came over. I was on the laptop. He's like, g'day, mate. I was like, hey, what are you up to? You want to know some websites?

I was like, oh, listen. You look like that's the character. Why else would you be in a car on a laptop? I was like, oh, listen, I'm fine. He's like, I know some good websites. He's like, you can hook into my Wi-Fi. I was like, I'm fine. But again, he's an insolence looking at me.

He's like, I know what that guy's up to. But it was all about board. Or was it? Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right in at the end of the day...

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Something we like to do every day on the show is this. The A to Z of New Zealand. We call a different town or city in New Zealand, we call one a day and we're slowly making our way around New Zealand calling every town and city alphabetically. And today we are heading to Lee just out of Auckland and Lee is not just a versatile name for any baby, no matter its gender.

It's also a name of a sleepy beachside town where the official footwear is a jandal. And if you have your bottom half of your legs covered up, you better be off to a funeral or you can get the hell out of Lee. And on the phone right now, we have local proprietor, Heather Morena. Welcome to the A to Z. How are you? Hi there. Come on down, Princess Heather. How's it going?

How are you? Listen, a lot of good street talk about you around the traps, Heather. Is that right? It's all nice. How are you going? Very good, thanks. What are you doing in Leigh? We run Leigh Central, which is motel, cabins and a wedding venue.

Used to be the old Leigh pub that was abandoned for 10 years and we've renovated and made it a really nice accommodation destination. Now, this is not the Leigh Sawmill Cafe. No, it's not. That's just up the road from us, which is a great place to visit. So, no, we're right in the centre of Lee, what we call the CBD of Lee. So, yeah, great place, great fish and chip shop, great pub, and a great place to visit. And that's all you need for a good time is a fish and chip shop and a pub. Absolutely.

And we've got Goat Island Marine Reserve just nearby. So that's one of our main attractions in the area. Goat Island. Yeah, I've looked into doing that, but I've never actually done it. It looks amazing. You basically go snorkelling with a whole lot of fish. Yeah, the great big snapper, so no, it's a great experience. I definitely recommend it.

Have they got snapper on steroids? Oh, definitely. Some big boys in the reserve. They just keep getting fed. Do you know there was, near a marina, I think, in the Coromandel, same thing, there's this school of snapper who don't stray too far from the marina,

but all the people who have been out fishing chuck the leftovers off the boat, and these snapper have turned into monster snapper. 40 kgs. Really? Wow. Wow. Maybe that's a lot of kgs.

Is that probably too much? Is that too much, Heather? I wouldn't know, actually. I've never caught one that big. No. Biggest snapper. Just going to light it up here. A bit of light googling.

40. How big a snapper have you caught? No, they're probably more like 10 to 15, I would say. Yeah, the world record. 16 kgs. 16.35 kgs. There we go. Yeah, the world record, 16 kg. 16.35 kg, so 40 was way off the mark. A 40 kilogram snapper. There could be a movie about that snapper that would come and get everybody.

But how long have you lived in Lee, Heather? Been here nearly five years now. So if you want to find our accommodation, we've got our website, www.acentral.co.nz but also we've got our local business website which is Lee by the Sea and so people can go on there and see all the things to do. We've got some great walks, we've got a reptile park, the marine reserve, so that's a great place to start to find out all the things you can do in Lee. I'm googled here, okay, the top five things to do in Lee and I want

you to mark them out of five, okay, as we rattle through the top five big bangers, okay? Okay. Okay, number five. Visit the Goat Island Mall. You've already said that. The 40kg snapper in there. What do you give that out of five?

Oh, definitely five out of five. Visit Parkery Beach. Parkery Beach is gorgeous. Oh, it is gorgeous, yeah. It's a long, white sand beach. Horse trekking along the beach? Horse trekking, excellent as well. Definitely five out of five. Visit Parkere Beach. Parkere Beach is gorgeous. Oh, it is gorgeous, yeah. It's a long, white sand beach. Horse trekking along the beach? Horse trekking, excellent as well.

I've done that. Really nice. Lovely riding along with the surf. Number three, things to do in Lee. Walk on the Lee Harbour Walkway. That is great also. Beautiful blue harbour fishing boats and a lovely shady track around the harbour so that's

definitely a 5 out of 5 as well. Okay if you haven't had enough of walking by then well then there's more walking. Walk the Goat Island Walkway. Yep that's another great one just looking down into the beautiful blues of Goat Island and along the coastline there and great views out to the Hauraki Gulf.

And at number 1, suspiciously was also at number five, the Goat Island Marine Reserve. We're on the other top five with the one you... It's so good they've put it in at number five and at number one. Great. Very impressive, very impressive. Well, listen, you go and look after yourself.

Thank you very much. You are looking after yourself? Oh, I'm trying to, definitely. Getting those vitamins in? That's the one.. Thank you very much. You are looking after yourself? Oh, I try to, definitely. Getting those vitamins in? That's the one. Good on you, Heather. You keep safe and Lee, and lovely talking with you. Lovely. Thanks a lot, guys. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not

fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. It is the hits, 6.6.31, LAB in the air, and after 8 o'clock, we're going to talk to a Kiwi teenager from Tauranga who actually played with LAP LAB over the weekend at one love festival

in front of 20,000 people crazy what an amazing achievement at such a young age I how old sorry 14 years old yeah

I'd only learned not to not to I won't say this I was going to say something I was like no no let's not go there let's see what's happening

around the world and in New Zealand with the big news. Scrolling through your feed. Keep it clean, Jonathan. Keep it clean. Indeed. Paul is self-censoring. Listen, I tell you what,

he's looking tanned, terrific and with one hell of a social media following. He's like Kim Kardashian except with different private parts. Ben Boyce, he's got scrolling through your feed. Now, a lot of headlines floating around saying a potato chip shortage in New Zealand. You said

this about nine months ago. Yeah, well, it's happening again. The potato chip aisle at supermarkets are looking a little bit empty at the moment. Many customers getting a chip on their shoulder, but not in their trolleys, Jono. Apparently it's due to the suppliers. The country, you know, it's basically a supplying thing problem, and it's going to be fine. The stock will return very shortly to the suppliers. The country, you know, it's basically a supplying thing problem

and it's going to be fine. The stock will return very shortly to the supermarkets. So it's not a breakdown in any relationship or anything like that. He's used this as a wonderful vehicle to crowbar some great puns. As they say, John. Keep them coming. When the chips are down, they'll restock them shortly in a couple of weeks when they get the supplies through.

So chip, chip, hooray. And that's all the chip puns I've got for you. Actually, Producer Humphries, can you be humphries? You come in here. Nine months ago or so, you said there was a potato chip shortage. You had a wee panic about it, and you bought up potato chips. Yeah, I did. I actually went to – I saw the shortage on the news,

and I thought, God, that's a great radio promo. I'll go out and spend our whole promotional budget on chips, and then we can give them away in the time of crisis. Like when toilet paper was at a premium. Or marmageddon when we couldn't get marmite. And so I bought $2,000 worth of potato chips, and yeah, it was fake news. There wasn't a crisis.

For this show? No, so it was prior to our show starting. Oh, right. So we were working in the promo department. And how did that go down with management? Yeah, well, that's when I got shifted out of the promo team. That's when he ended up on the show. And now I'm here.

You can get the chip out of here. And in Australia, the Australian Open tennis is going on in Melbourne at the moment, and there was a bit of an altercation between a tennis player, he's from Canada, and the umpire yesterday, who wouldn't let him go to the toilet. Have a listen. I'm going to piss my pants. I'm going to piss on a bottle.

So what, you guys are not allowing players to piss? No, but I don't understand this. He sounds like that troublesome kid in class who's antagonising the teacher. Yeah. You know? He kind of looks like a bit of a teenager too. He sounds like that troublesome kid in class who's antagonising the teacher. Yeah. You know? He kind of looks like a bit of a teenager, too. He's from Canada.

Denis Shapovalov is his name, and he's got sort of long blonde hair. He's got a cap backwards. He kind of looks a little bit like Justin Bieber. He looks like a teenager. He looks like he's having an argument with Dad going, You're the worst parents ever! Dad's like,

Ever! I told you to go before we started the game. Never let me go to the toilet. And what was the end result? I don't even know. He just had an argument. He wouldn't let him do it. So I don't know.

I don't think he, yeah. Yeah, I don't know. You would go before the game. Surely you'd make that part of your routine. Yeah. You know you're going to be out there for at least two hours. You'd go before, yeah. Yeah, like a long car trip.

Exactly. But anyway. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail, like a long car trip. Exactly. But anyway. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. That's what Ben Boyce has always told me. And that is. And that's why he always goes to the toilet with me before we go on long car rides. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Let's do some spy. Spy. The WhatsApp spy.co.nz. She had dreams of being a journalist and working for CNN, so she settled for the next best thing, and they wouldn't take her. And that's how she ended up, 82 runs down the ladder, on an average rating New Zealand breakfast show.

Welcome in, Juliet with Spy. Thanks so much. Now, Lily Allen, singer Lily Allen, she tweeted that about five years ago, she was offered hundreds of thousands of Bitcoin dollars, I guess you could say, to do a gig, to live stream a gig. And she turned it down. Oh, so that was her payment. That was her payment for the gig.

And obviously back then, Bitcoin was kind of a bit of a mystery. People didn't really know what it was and no one knew that it was going to spike. Yeah. And now she would essentially have been a billionaire if she had accepted that money. Oh my God. Crazy. I hate stories like that. Crazy.

But to be fair to Lily Allen, you've got to go back in that moment of time and it's like someone going, I'll give you five million buttons to perform a gig. You don't know those buttons are going to be, you know?

No. She made the decision that was right for her then but obviously is reeling in it now. You see those movies, like, it's in the 80s, where, like, kids are writing out cheques for a million dollars when I'm 21, cash in the, you know, like, who had a cheque book, you know?

You never know that kid's going to be a millionaire. It's the same sort of situation. Yeah, exactly. I drove past a shop yesterday on Kiva Pass, and Lily Allen's the face of... I thought you were going to say Lily Allen was there. No, no, she was in the shop window and she's the face of an adult toy.

Oh, yes, I think she is. Yeah. She must have done a collab with them or something. Oh, right, okay. Imagine if she had all that Bitcoin. She wouldn't have to do collabs with those. I'm taking the high ground on this one. I drove past anyway.

Oh, here we go. Anyway, carry on. The high ground. But you haven't taken the high ground. No, I haven't. Because you say you'll take the high ground

and then you've gone, drive past. Which alludes to you've gone a couple of grounds lower. I'm just repeating what you said. Drive past. So yeah, carry on.

Yeah, but I know your tone and your smile. Your big goofy grin at me right now. I understand you drove past. That's good. Alright, should, carry on. Yeah, but I know your tone and your smile. Your big goofy grin at me right now. You drove past it, I understand. You drove past. That's good. All right, should I move on?

There's some bad vibes in here at the moment. Oh, God. Here we go. I'm moving on. Now, some of the people of the internet are ripping into Reba Wilson a little bit because she posted a photo of herself in a private jet flying to go watch the Super Bowl. Why are they ripping into her? Are they wanting flying to go watch the Super Bowl. Why are they ripping into her? Are they wanting her to walk to the Super Bowl?

I know. Travel and COVID and all of that. You know, everyone's up in arms as the internet always is. Yeah, right. But this is our thing. Yeah. Is everyone always up in arms or is it just one person who's up in arms and a journalist who's gone, I can make it sound like everyone's up in arms.

I'm not up in arms about it. She can do what she wants. Yeah, exactly. And she probably was flying very safely, you know, had a mask and everything like that. She probably went through all the protocol, but I guess in some ways it's an example of that travelling during a pandemic, so I can see you.

But you're right. I don't know who's up in arms. My arms aren't up. Yours? And it's all in her name. She's a rebel. You know, you can't have a name like rebel and not expect it.

Now and again. And now you've got a couple of rebellious things. You're right. It comes with the territory. And I'm just going to add a little third story in here because I'm a big royalist. Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby boy. Eight pounds, one ounce. Is that heavy for a baby? I never know

when everyone's like, oh, there's a 12-pounder, I never know. Neither. I never know. Let's have a look. Neither. I'll go average baby weight. Ten pounds is the average baby weight. Really?

Oh, no, sorry. The average birth for babies is around 7.5. Oh, okay. Okay. So, yeah, she's in the realm. She's in the realm. Yeah. So Prince Andrew's got a new grandson.

Take the high ground. Prince grandson. Take the high ground. Prince Andrew. Take the high ground. There we go. I'm just repeating what you said. Yeah, exactly. Well done. But Producer Humphrey's made a good point before.

If Charles does take over as king after Liz goes, will we celebrate King's birthday instead of Queen's birthday? And will we get new money? Two things. All the coins with the Queen's face will have to go. Or will they just

you know that's a bit. There's a lot of administration she can't die. She cannot die. Keep her going. Somehow I don't know how

you keep her going keep blowing life into her. And that's five for more you can head to the Hits website. Warning this show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast.

Jono and Ben's road to the bay with the 2021 Art Deco Festival Napier. Oh, yeah, the Napier Art Deco Festival. It's one of New Zealand's largest, most iconic events. It looks like so much fun. It's one of these events I've always wanted to go to. And next week, we are going down to experience it all. Be amongst the 40,000 people. Everyone's dressed up.

It's a party. There's heaps of stuff happening. Parades and we're going to want to get you in the draw for flights and accommodation to get down there as well. Great prize up for that. And appropriately just played a rain on me because Leanne and Wellington understand the weather's atrocious in the capital. Yeah, it's

horrible today. Oh, Leanne, don't worry about that because it's going to be nice in the capital. Yeah, it's horrible today. Oh, Leanne, don't worry about that, because it's going to be nice in the Hawke's Bay. You could be off flights, a comm, you name it. That could be yours next weekend. Cool, sounds awesome. Far deco. Do you know, last time I was actually in the Hawke's Bay,

did you remember Marineland in the Hawke's Bay? They had Marineland. Oh, I've heard of it. Yeah, yeah. It's a skate park now. Yeah. But you could have a dolphin experience. And I was patting the dolphin in the water. And I was talking to the instructor and I could hear,

and I was like, oh, the dolphin's really liking that. And then the instructor was like, oh, yeah, that's because you're patting the private parts there. Oh, jeez. I didn't know. It's good in 2021. You can't do that anymore. It's because you're padding the private parts there. Oh, jeez. I didn't know. It's good in 2021. You can't do that anymore. It's good you can't pad dolphins properly.

And also that they're probably not in that sort of environment anymore. Yeah, they're out in the ocean. Yeah, where they should be. Free, free. Doing their thing. Swimming with glad wrappers. Exactly. Yeah, so if you want to get to the Art Deco Festival in Napier,

dress up in the 1920s, 1930s style. 17th to the 21st of February. Tickets on sale right now. People come from all over New Zealand. It's a heck of a lot of fun. Boss Todd was like, we can't get flights for you. And so he's like,

you're going to have to find another mode of transport. So Producer Humphrey has found us a state of the art 1934 vehicle to transport. How long is this going to take us? It would be generally a six-hour drive, usually, I think, from A to B. But this won't be top speeds, as we were saying yesterday.

We're going to be a nuisance on the road, and I hate being a nuisance on the road. We're going to be those people, aren't we? Yeah, just going to be like, oh, who are those? It's a novelty radio adventure. Yeah. People are going to be like. We drove a tractor from Auckland to Palmerston North and that was the anxiety of holding up traffic.

Because as soon as you pull out onto the road, 20 cars pile up behind you. You pull over, you try and let them pass, you're like, we'll go back out. It's clear now. Another 20 pull up. And you just, basically you spend six hours of having cars go past going, Oh yeah man! Just getting abuse out the window.

Which is normally what we get anyway, but we're getting abused in a novelty vehicle. So we're trying to drive our way down to the Napier Art Deco Festival next weekend in that 1930s car. Wish us luck. I feel like this car won't have the legs to get, anyway, not to bring up now. Hey, thank you so much for listening to the show.

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