Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - February 26 - Stories Of Survival

Episode Date: February 28, 2021

Hello! Today we discussed stories of survival, or why you shouldn't be alive. Actress Ashley Judd had a massive ordeal in Africa where she was in the middle of a jungle at night-time, fell over a fallen tree, broke her leg in 4 places and was left with nerve damage. After 4 flights back to America and an 8-hour surgery, she's recovering, but it was a very close call. So we wanted to hear whether you guys had been in a situation where you perhaps could have died but didn't! This was super interesting. On a slightly lighter note, Jono had a bit of a situation in the bathroom yesterday... He dropped something in the loo that he shouldn't have. We were also joined by professional boxer Joseph Parker ahead of his fight against Junior Fa this weekend, and we found out what it's like to go against someone in the ring who you actually really like. Enjoy!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. Here we go. I'm shooting off home a bit earlier today. Sick children, you know.

Yeah. There was a time where you could send your kids off to school sick, you know, and it was adversity, and it would build character. Not nowadays. Not now. I imagine kids, I'm not saying in this occasion that that's anything, but, you know, there'd be kids playing up to that, knowing that, you know. I know.

I'm sure there's employees playing up to it. Oh, I've got a bit of a snotty nose. Stay at home. You're never going to question it, are you? Not now. Not now. If anything, you know, anyone sneezes in the office, we lock them up. We burn them.

Don't we? Like witches. Chase them out of the office with pitchforks. It used to be like a badge of honour, didn't it? You're like, oh, I haven't had a day off in five years and I've worked. Now you're like, go home, mate. No one wants you here. No one, yeah.

So you've got a sniffle. It's like, get out. I need a lung transplant. Look, I've lost my arm. I'm still go home, mate. No one wants you here. No one, yeah. So you've got a sniffle. It's like, get out. I need a lung transplant. Look, I've lost my arm. I'm still at work, mate. You know a guy who works in your local dairy. He hasn't had a day off in, what, 20 years? Yeah, it was a long time or whatever it was.

I think he has done since. Other people have looked after the place. But it was a long time, and that's what happens. I don't think people should feel guilty about taking a day off. Not now, you know, particularly. Yeah, you deserve it, you know. Life's not all about work. And if anything lockdown taught us is you can operate from home

Zoom technology. It's amazing isn't it? But yeah we should do that tomorrow on the show like the person who's worked the longest without a day off Oh that's a good idea. That's a good topic. This is what we'd usually discuss in a meeting. Yeah it's a nice one. If we can't get in tomorrow we'll get in later in the week.

Yeah, shall I write that down in my notes? Yeah, write that down in your notes. Who hasn't had the longest day off? Okay, let's have a competition. Who can come up with the funnest radio topic on the spot? Ooh. Ooh, okay. All right.

The weirdest present you've got given, actually. I was thinking about that. I got sent something from my dad. I was actually going to... Oh, you're bringing it out here? All right, but it needs to be plugged in. Oh, okay. got given actually I was listening about that I got sent something from my dad I was actually going to oh you bring it out here oh okay so this NSFW no it's well it's

just like this oh what is it oh so like a little leaf blower yeah oh so why why did he give you that

oh is it for your keyboard exactly why did he give me this no blow the dust off your keyboard well no as I say it needs to be charged through a USB thing.

So, yeah, so when we do it on radio, we'll... It's like your stock standard leaf blower you'd see at a Bunnings warehouse, orange and black. Okay. If you like a gentle breeze. For blowing your dust off your keyboard. I mean, it's... I can go...

Or I can get this out and plug it into the USB. Was this a birthday present? It was a present. It was just like, hey, I thought of you. It might have been a birthday. It was my birthday. Yeah, I was like, yeah, so there you go. So we'll do that in some sense.

It's very novel. Novelty, isn't it? I don't know. I want to know Dad's thought. He was in the shopping store. Oh, yeah yeah tell you what Ben would love that

he would the amount of stuff he loves blowing off he loves blowing away I'm going to give this to him

anyway well that's a really good phone talk with the most unusual gift you got given it just reminded

me of that yeah yeah okay well we'll do that as well as the people who have worked

nonstop the longest. Okay. That's, that's, that's been a great brainstorm. Anyway, there's a great podcast as well. All right. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Hey, and Ju, you brought up a story about Ashley Judd, actor Ashley Judd. Yes. Terrifying ordeal she went through. Yeah, she was, she does a bit of humanitarian work

and she was spending some time in Africa in the middle of the night, tripped over a log and broke her leg in four places and had nerve damage. Had to trek two days to get to a hospital in Africa. Had to have a surgery and then took four flights to America

to go through another eight-hour surgery to repair her leg, essentially. And she could have died, literally, long story short. Yeah, and so she was there saving the apes. Yes, she was, yeah. Now, I don't know if that was worth saving the apes. Would you save the apes for 15,000 dollars? My kids might be listening.

So what we wanted to open up is this. It is a crazy story of Ashley Judd. I'm a survivor. A story of survival. So what is your best survival story? Have you got a story that is as epic as Ashley Judd's story? I'll tell you who didn't survive, the other members of Desi's Trial. Yeah, they weren't the survivors.

So if Kelly Rowland's listening, you can phone up. Deb, welcome, morena. Morena. Lovely to, you can phone up. Deb, welcome. Morena. Morena. Lovely to have you on, Deb. Can you just do us a favour and sing, I'm a survivor. No. Okay.

That's not for everyone. Not for everyone, no. Deb, you are a survivor though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or my husband's a survivor. Oh, what happened? So it's coming up 20 years ago, and my husband always had an amazing love for aviation,

so he thought he'd, you know, do the learn to fly thing. So he did the whole practical theory part, went on to the practical thing, and was getting ready for his solo flight. So his last flight was with an instructor before he went solo. And they were doing touch and go, like landing and going. And the instructor had a different pair of shoes on and got his foot stuck in the pedal

and got the plane wing caught in a fence and slipped the plane, plane upside down. Oh, my God. He was in a plane crash? Yeah, he was in a plane crash. And he survived, obviously. And he survived, absolutely. Wow.

Sing along, Debs. I know you love singing. Take it away. Jeez, that's epic. My friend had that happen in a car where the jandle caught underneath the brake and it was very scary. He got mad as he got it out. Oh, I call jandles the machetes of the feet of the footwear world.

Yeah, like... Very dangerous. Not safe for boots at all. All right, Debs, lovely talking to you. Thanks kindly. Have a great day. You too. Impressive tale of survival.

Emily, will you sing for us? I'm a survivor. Take it away. No. It's not working quite in your head. My vision. My vision is not playing yet. Everyone will sing I'm a survivor.

No, they won't. But they'll tell us their survival tales. What have you got for us? About 16 years ago, I was over in South Africa and I was in a pretty serious car accident Basically The driver took a corner too fast Slammed the brakes on

And spun a few times Missed the fence, missed the tree Missed the side of the bridge Went off the edge, smashed into the other side of the canal And I was the only one wearing a seatbelt And I didn't have a headrest so my head bounced backwards and forwards a bit and uh we went to hospital and

they discharged me with whiplash and then the next day the surgeon like they have this policy they have to re-look at the x-rays and he looked at me he goes you need to get this girl back in here before she's paralyzed or dead i guess serious. And it turns out I'd actually done my C6, 7 and 8 vertebrae. I'd crushed them. I'd torn all the ligaments and muscles around it. And I'd spent the day walking around

school with half the time without my neck brace on. And turns out I needed full surgery to fuse the whole thing. And so we got in, we did that. And then the next day after the surgery, the nurse was changing my dressings and she had the wrong one. So she left me sitting there without my neck brace on

and my whole neck collapsed. So they actually had to get me back in for emergency surgery to refuse the whole lot again. Oh, my God. Now sing it, Emily. She's like, nah, it's not what I'm going to sing. You'll lose listeners if I sing. That is wild, you poor thing.

And everything's okay now? Yeah, everything's good now. I spent a good month in the hospital, eight months with a neck brace and about two years of physio, just strengthening the neck back up and everything's good as gold now. My goodness.

Well, I'm so glad to hear everything's good now, but geez, what a tale of survival. There's some amazing texts and calls we've had already coming through this morning. Well, we're all survivors, really, aren't we? We survived sitting in our comfortable houses during lockdown and trying not to drink. It was a tale of survival last year.

What was the tale? Epic tale of survival. But heaps of text flowing in here. One here from Tina who was on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, had hypothermia. Oh my goodness. Had to get helicoptered off.

I made her name up. Her name's actually Liz. Sorry, Tina. Sorry, that one goes out to Liz. Why'd you make up? Because I was like, I'm sure she had a name and then I was like,

I'll make up a name and her name is actually Liz. Okay, well Liz.? Because I was like, I'm sure she had a name, and then I was like, I'll make up a name, and her name is actually Liz. Okay, well, Liz. And this one here. A friend of mine was at a wedding, had seating outside under some fairy lights. It was pretty dark. She went to sit down on a chair.

Someone had left a champagne flute on the chair. Oh, my God. She got impaled. Oh, no. Impaled, needed three blood transfusions. Oh, my goodness. Doctors said the only reason she survived Is that her

Her bowels Her bladder was so full So it didn't perforate the bowels And so the message is Check chairs before you sit down Yeah well I'm not checking enough chairs No you're right

I'm just sitting down I'm placing a lot of faith Blind faith in chairs Wow I'm a survival I'm not I'm just sitting down. I'm placing a lot of faith. Blind faith in cheers. Wow. I'm a survival. All right, someone, a dear friend of ours. Will we say dear friend? I don't know.

We can say dear friend. Okay, good, good. I didn't know if we were in that category, but anyway, we'll say friend of ours. 100%. 100%, not even a friend, a dear friend. Dear friend, you know. Yeah, Kobe Bracken, thank you for joining us on the show.

Now, if you could just sing, can you just do me a favour and go, I'm a survivor. I'm a survivor. There you go. Good. Good singing. Kobe is a survivor. Hell of a tale.

What happened to you? So it was two and a half years ago now. I had a pretty horrific crash in the wonderful Bali. And I was on the back of a motorbike and leaving a cool little location over there. It was nighttime and I got hit by a bit of like a minivan. So it backed out of a driveway very fast and hit right into the side of our motorbike.

This is the beginning of the lotto commercial. Oh, it is very similar to that. Are you the lotto lady? Except I didn't get a lotto ticket. What did you get? I got a broken leg, I got a broken femur and a broken eye socket and I lost a lot of blood.

So there was a blood transfusion. I was in hospital for 10 days in ICU. And it was the start of my trip. I only was there for four days and then had this accident and I was actually travelling alone. So it was a crazy time. What's a Bali hospital like, Kobi? I think I got a good one.

Apparently there are some over there that have chickens running around, but I got a good one where there were no chickens. It's always great when there's not a chicken running around in the operating theatre. It was a little bit of a shit show. Can I say that? Yeah. What you just did. It was a little bit of a mess.

Yeah, it was messy. But yeah. You got it. Going through this. Travel insurance is awesome because I was unconscious. I did meet a girl over there who's now, I call her my soul sister. And we still talk. She's Canadian. So she was actually right there by me in the hospital bed and looking after me.

Four days in, I met this incredible girl. So hey, something was looking after me. How has this experience, this obviously a horrible experience to have to go through, but how has it changed your life now? Does it change your outlook on life? 100%. I am just all for the have to go through, but how's it changed your life now? Does it change your outlook on life? A hundred percent. I am just all for the moment now. Like I live so much more. I've grown so much as a person since then. Whatever I want to do, I'm going to do it.

Do I want to do it? Yes. Let's do it. I'm just more of like a go-getter. And if I'm over something, then I'm over it. You know, you can always change whatever direction you're in. Yeah, not sitting in the unhappiness or the uncertainty and just figuring out what's going on and just going for it. Hey, you're the author of your own story.

Yeah. Aren't you? Yeah, life is short. That's one of those examples. It is, it's really short. Yeah. Kobe, hey, listen, thank you so much for coming on and telling your story again.

We'll call you in two months and get you to do it again. Perfect. Sounds good, guys. Yeah, and so good to see you're doing so well out of it, and you're so positive and all that. That's awesome. Yeah, thanks so much, guys. Lovely to talk to you this morning.

You too. Dear friend. Dear friend, Kobe Beckham. Dear friend. See you, mate. Bye. Morning. This show contains traces of Jono and Ben.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Now, I told you something yesterday that happened to me in the confines of the pollution block here at work Ben I returned and I said what had happened and you were like oh so I went in there and I had my car keys and they were hanging off my finger

So yeah the first thing why did you go to the bathroom carrying your car keys? Because we had just come from doing that thing next door and I was like, I've got a lot of items in my hands. I'll dot in here before I go and see you. I had my phone as well. Let's not put these in my pocket. Let's just hold them on my finger.

Yeah. Okay. The pockets of the body. The hands. The hands, yeah. And so then I was doing what needed to be done and my car keys slipped off my finger into the bowl. Now I assume this is what they mean when they say keys in the bowl

that everyone talks about. Did you put your keys in the bowl? You're like, oh, no, I didn't. Is it this bowl? Because I don't think I'll do it again. And then you're like, oh, you wait, you've got a couple of seconds, you're like, okay, well, this is less than ideal. So imagine at this stage,

I'm not trying to get too graphic on the situation, but imagine you hadn't flushed or anything like that. This was the keys have been dropped. So it was a toilet bowl, not a urinal? Sorry, is that an invasive question? No, it's not invasive. How dare you ask that question? To be honest, it doesn't matter what it was.

It was what's inside that matters. And I would say the job was 80% done. you asked that question. To be honest, it doesn't matter what it was. Yeah, true. It was what's inside that matters. Yeah. And it was, I would say the job was 80% done. So it was in the middle of, you know. And you also just can't just turn off too. So you're kind of like,

I'm kind of, it's still operating and I'm still trying, I'm trying to duck down and get my keys. But yeah, I was like, part of me was like,

it's almost worth flushing them and going to steal a car to get home. Yeah. And I'm like, well, that's not legal or responsible. But I can see how the thought process you'd go through. You run through all options. None of them are good.

And the end result is... You're sticking your hand in the toilet bowl to get out your keys. If I was at home, I'd use the kitchen tongs or something. Well, maybe not a kitchen tongs. No. You should have used the scrubber brush to lift that up. But then your hand doesn't go in there. Oh, no, but there is something, a utensil or something.

But then it's a dream. You know, how can I make this thing more unhygienic? I'll stick the scrubber brush in there and hook him out. Because that hasn't seen better days. So I went and rushed and got the paper towels and just went in there, which was stupid anyway. I mean, you could have used a utensil, but at a work situation, that would have been quite scary because you would have been like,

running away to get something and come back and hope no one would come in and go and flush your keys. Yeah, so I rinsed them off. They're still working? Yeah, first thing I did was went and tested it. Yeah, and that's great. So can I be honest? I was 90% disappointed, but 10% happy

I had something to talk about on the radio. In those moments, you're like, oh, this is annoying, but hey, I can talk about this tomorrow. And you've got to look at the plus sign. You're in trouble, but at least you've got something to talk about on the radio. Have you ever dropped anything in? A phone once, too. It's a game of Russian roulette, isn't it? Because you're like, this could go bad at any moment but you do it anyway.

Yeah, and it's not fun and then you do that thing where you put it in, have you done it with rice? Everyone's like, you put the phone in rice and leave it up. No, it didn't quite work for me,

that one, unfortunately. But it has worked for some people. It absorbs the moisture out of stuff. Yeah. Juliet, oh no, that wouldn't, no, that was a silly question. Okay.

What's that? She wouldn't have dropped anything in. Oh, okay. Okay, well, moving on. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about him. Sorry anything in. Oh, okay. Okay, well, moving on. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you

into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Shono and Penn, breakfast on the heads. The heads. A couple of days ago, I was over at a friend's

place in the afternoon. Lovely, you know, sunny day. They had the doors open, just having a drink. You didn't tell me you had friends. Other friends?

I'm trying to keep this from you. You said I was your only friend. I was trying to keep these things from you. But suddenly I heard this loud, in the lounge, this loud noise from their cat.

Very similar to that. Thank you very much, Producer Juliet. You're welcome. I was thinking, what noise does a cat make? Well, if you're wondering, it's the cat. That was it.

And it's coming and making this constant meowing noise like this. And I'm like, what's going on? Thank you again for that. Because I forgot what it sounded like. So it's good that she's reminding me. And then they looked over and the cat had a leaf in its mouth. And they were like, oh, yeah, the cat does this.

And it presented the leaf like it brings it inside. Like a trophy of some sort. And they just kept meowing and meowing. And they have to go, yeah, thanks very much. Just like that. Then they have to go, thank you, thank you. The cat waits around to be thanked. Otherwise it will just keep meowing and then it goes back

outside. And then 20 minutes later, cat comes back in. Same thing, same meowing with a leaf. Like presenting this. And then it's waiting for the adoration. The affection of the cat. It's a really unusual thing for a cat to do. Cats like a radio announcer. Does something, wants to be praised,

goes back and does it again. They're like, well, thanks for bringing in that leaf from outside. That's really handy, cat. I mean, I guess you can't really tell a cat that you're like, we don't really want the leaf inside. But the cat, it's like a gift. It's like a gift for the family.

Yeah, but it's really failing as a cat. They should be birds that he's dragging. Or maybe he's trying to build a nest, so bringing in twigs and leaves so that the birds come into, it could be a long play. It could be a long play. Fly into his world.

I'd rather have the cat bring that back in than a leaf, than a bird or a rat or something like that, right? Cats, they just like, I always feel every time I have an interaction with a cat that they treat us humans like we're a burden. You know, we're only there when they want us to be there. I think we've said it before.

They're like the popular, the hot person at high school. You know, when they want to hang out with you, they will. But if not, they don't need you. No, and then they pop up out of the blue wanting something like Britney Spears' dad. Yeah, you're like, oh, here we go. And then off they go again. They kind of do their thing.

And I really do appreciate it when they do catch birds. Like, the odds are stacked against the cats. Yeah. The birds are dropping the ball. Like, the birds, you've got a huge advantage. Oh, massive. You're right. They've got the whole sky that the cat can't get.

So a cat catching a bird is like, that's a phenomenal feat of athleticism, isn't it? Don't you know someone's cat that brought in like a leg of lamb? Oh, yeah, John and Kathy, my in-laws. They're around their neighbourhood. They got a knock at the door and there was this lady holding this leg of lamb. She's like, is this your leg of lamb? It was cooked. And they're like, no, no, no, it's not our leg of lamb.

Strange lady holding a leg of lamb at our door. And she's like, my cat is essentially a cat burglar and goes around just taking stuff from people's houses and a dragged back, a leg of lamb from the neighbours. Which is, you know, a lion you would sort of expect to be able to pull off that sort of. So the core strength of this cat to, look what the cat dragged in, a giant leg of lamb. And then this lady goes, do you want this leg of lamb that's been dragged

along the middle of the road? Even if it was your leg of lamb it's fine, you can have it, your cat can have it. So let's do that right now, look what the cat dragged in. What has your cat dragged in? What has the cat brought inside the house? 0800 the hits, 4487.

That's probably go away from the obvious. When I read the text, what your cat dragged in was... 12 lizards in one day. 12 lizards in one day. Wow. What sort of lizards? You can just pick up the conversation now, Harry.

Oh, here she is. She's walked in the air. I'm in here now. 12 lizards. So I got home from work. I'm in here now. Yeah. Twelve lizards. So I got home from work. I'm afraid of them. They're so tiny and I absolutely hate them.

There was twelve all over the floor and up the chairs and so I had to get jars out of the cupboard to cover them until Riley got home and could clear them away.

Oh my gosh. Were they dead? No. Still alive? No, you've got to chase them around the floor with the jars and capture them.

Twelve lizards is impressive. That's quick work from the cat though. Yeah, nice work. That's quick work from the cat, though. Yeah, nice work. Hey, nice work from you too, Harriet. You were quick getting in here as well. I didn't do anything. I just put them in jars.

Yeah. Thanks for coming in. And like a lizard, we're getting you out of the room right now. Let's go to Steve. Welcome. You're on New Zealand's Breakfast, mate. There we go. He's gone.

That's the end of Steve. It was a wonderful relationship. A rabbit. Apparently Steve's cat dragged in. We'll go to Sarah. How are you in the Bay of Plenty? Good morning. How you doing? Oh, Morena, lovely to hear from you, Sarah. Welcome to New Zealand's

breakfast. The cat dragged in what? So, we lived in New Zealand and he was bringing in eels quite regularly and that was, you know, reasonably impressive. He was a cool, big, tabby and white hunter. And then we moved to Australia and took him with us. And he brought in snakes pretty much

every single night. Oh my goodness. Were they still alive? No, he would munch their head like a little kid. Put them on the floor next to my bed. And I was heavily pregnant so I'd get up in the night to go to the toilet. Like there's a python there.

Oh, jeez. Little snakes, they'd be like the length of your forearm, but still. Well, how does your cat not get bitten by them? That's so impressive. I know, right? Your cat just had nothing to lose. It was like, I'm going in. I'm going in for the kill.

Even the eels, you don't have to dive into the river. Yeah, I know. He was amazing. Wow. And I put one into work one day to identify it, and it was an eastern brown. Jeez. Damn.

Was your cat a tiger by any chance? This is Joe Exotic calling us right now. It's a farm cat. Oh, wow. We're going to see you ask him how pizza is. I'm scared of your cat. There you go. Good on you.

We'll go to Lisa. Welcome from Auckland. The cat dragged in what, Lisa? Oh, guys, an array of things, my cats. But most recently, a full-sized pukeko was laying on my bathroom floor. And prior to that, they've brought in pheasants. Oh, my goodness. And frogs.

We have an estuary around the back and, yeah. And it was actually RIP the pukeko from the Genesis Energy commercials. Oh, jeez, yeah. New it was actually... Big frogs, little frogs. You remember. RIP the Pukeko from the Genesis Energy commercials. Oh, jeez, yeah. New Zealand's most loved Pukeko. And what... Is it like a sort of a... He has a present for you?

Yeah, sometimes. They kind of come in and they have this different meow and you kind of know that they've got something for you. You're like, oh, God, he's dragged in a cow or something. Oh, God.

Weird, yeah. But again, we were talking about the odds are stacked against the cats. Generally, they're not that big. Yeah. No. Yeah, the pheasant was about four times the size of all three of them put together. But, you know, maybe they did a gang hit on the pheasant. Hey, good on you.

We've got a cat. Welcome from Carpety. How are you? Good morning, guys. Look what the cat dragged in, Kaz. I dragged in a steel cat boot. A steel cat boot. Now, I've got to tell you, this cat is a three-legged cat.

So the fact that he could drag that all the way across the other side of the road, or a little bit down the road, was quite impressive. Yeah, well, I guess all cats have got to do something before they die, don't they? Fill in some time there. The only thing is they can die nine times, so their hobbies become stranger and stranger. What was the cat going to do with the boot?

Do you have any idea? Well, we actually used to get, like, a big box and just fill it up with, like, one piece of item that the cat would bring home, and we actually found out that it was one of the families down the road. And I actually became best friends with the girl. Well, thanks to Puss in Boots, literally, Puss in Boots. Yeah, the lost and found box.

Pretty much. I'm going to send you out some help, Beaches. Thank you so much for listening, all right? To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. We've got Joseph Parker with us in the studio right now. This weekend, Saturday night, the Stonewood Homes, Joseph Parker Jr. Fire and Association Headquarters.

It's happening at Spark Arena. Saturday at Spark Arena. Tickets on sale at ticketmaster.co.nz or you can watch pay-per-view on Spark Sport. How are you feeling, Joe? I'm feeling pretty good. Jono said when you walked in, he's like, you're looking good.

And you said, well, I should be. I've been training quite a lot. And the fight's in a couple of days. To be honest, if you weren't looking good, I don't know if I'd say anything anyway. So next time if you come in and I don't say anything, you'll be like, well, I know what he's thinking. I know what he's thinking.

Is there any food or anything you want to have straight after the fight? Is there anything you're already thinking about that you haven't been allowed to have? Fish and chips. Oh, fish and chips. Burgers. Right.

All of that. Pizza. Yeah. All of that. Is it hard keeping to that strict diet? As a heavyweight, we don't have to be too strict. But, I mean, you have to eat clean. So you're working out every day.

What's an average day for you leading into a fight? You do like a run in the morning at 5 a.m., breakfast and rest. And then you do two hours of boxing, lunch and rest and then you do an hour and a half of conditioning strength and conditioning. That's a big commitment hey, it's such a big commitment. People probably don't think about that, they probably just think you go into the ring and do some weights and stuff. You're a dad as well

you've got three kids as well so you're trying to fit that in, it's a busy schedule. It gets pretty busy but you know we get looked after and I'm very happy and lucky I've got a supportive family. My wife takes care of all the kids and food and schedule and just tells me what I have on each day. And so I don't really have to think a lot. Is that good or not?

Do the kids understand what you do for a job? How old are they? The older two. The one-year-old, not really. The two-year-old and the four-year-old. Do they get worried when you go for a job? How old are they? The older two. The one-year-old, not really. The two-year-old and the four-year-old. Do they get worried when you go into the ring? No, they say they're going to come cheer me on and they're going to come watch Daddy fight

and beat the other guy up. That's what they said. Yeah, right. Do you get nervous looking as you get towards the fight or how do you feel going into it? More excitement. The nervous, there's always going to be nerves because I think it's just naturally there as humans,

but more excitement. In the past, when I haven't really focused 100%, I was nervous, there's always going to be nervous. I think it's just naturally there as humans, but more excitement. In the past, when I haven't really focused 100%, I was nervous, a lot more nervous because I didn't do everything right. But now that I've done everything right, I'm not really worried about the result. I'll just let it take care of itself. Right.

Because everyone always wants to know predictions too. They're like, tell us your prediction. When are you going to, are you sick of like making predictions? Oh, yeah. Because you can't go, oh, Junior Pharr's going to knock me out in three rounds. You're not going to do that, are you?

Unless you're match fixing. I'll be going down in the third. We're heavyweights, so I mean, any punch that can land properly at the right time will knock anyone out. Well, that's the thing. Anyone can win at this stage. I feel like I'm going to knock him out.

He says he's going to knock me out, so it's just about seeing who's going to knock who out. Because there has to be a certain amount of luck. Because you're both very talented athletes and you're both operating at a certain level. So to get a knockout, for example, be an element of luck? Or is it just a mistake?

A small mistake from someone could be the game. Someone making a small mistake and then someone's making the most of that opportunity and then landing that punch, that right punch at the right time. It's flush on the chin or on the liver, solar plexus, wherever it is. What does it feel like to be knocked out? I can't imagine

that's a fun experience. I haven't had that feeling yet. Have you never been knocked out? I've never been knocked out. I've been knocked down by a headbutt. So you get a headbutt obviously, that's, you know, you'd be quite worried about concussion and that sort of thing, brain damage. Does it take a while for the head to come right again after an injury like that? It's more

the head looking like it's out of shape, and then you sort of hide away from people. You don't want to look deformed. I've grown a second head. But no, the worry about boxing is that you might get punched too many times in the head, and you can't say your own name after your career. So I said to my team, if it looks like that I'm heading that way, please advise me, because fighters, we don't want to stop fighting.

But if you get the advice from your team who love and care about you if it's time to quit it's time to quit yeah right so you'll just keep fighting I'll keep fighting but I've given myself four years but if I look like I'm going downhill before that please my family and friends right yeah all the best we're very excited about this weekend's

fight before you go I just want to try one thing as a dad and someone who's quite talented musically I've seen you play the piano, play the guitar as well. I've got, I don't know if this might be tough for you. Your daughter playing the instrument? That's my daughter's Barbie doll keyboard. And when did you learn piano? My sister plays the piano.

And then I said to her, can you please teach me the basics? She taught me a few songs here and there. I learned a few songs on YouTube. I see you've just taught yourself. Joey just getting in tune with the Barbie piano. There we go. Beautiful. Bring it home, Joseph Parker.

That's actually quite good. That's actually really good. Oh, God. I could have flubbed it anyway. I'll let you have your time in the limelight. That's really good hey Joseph

always good to hang out with you my friend thank you for having me one of the good guys and good luck this weekend thank you finally another good guy but one good guy

is that hard when you go into a match like this where you obviously guys get on fine but you also know you're going in there to do a job

do you have to separate that switch yeah we're friends outside of the ring. Well, not friends, but we know each other. We respect each other.

In the ring, I want to take his head off and he wants to do the same. It must be an unusual relationship. Yeah, like, you know, in the beginning of the fight, hey, man, what's up? What's going on?

And then in the ring, you're like, I want to smash you. And then after the fight, yo, good fight, man. Come in for a hug. You're like, he's a real rollercoaster just barking his emotions.

I'm glad we've had a consistent, just friendly relationship. For the record, he's not wanting rollercoaster Joseph Barker and his emotions I'm glad we've had a consistent just friendly relationship for the record he's not wanting to punch us not yet alright

we better let him go but Joseph Barker good luck Saturday night we can't wait to see it thank you want more Jono and Ben you can catch up with the boys anytime

just search Jono and Ben on Facebook now last night we were filming we talked about this earlier we were doing some we were learning

how to wrestle like WWE style wrestle sore I'm really sore on Facebook. Now, last night we were filming, we talked about this earlier, we were doing some, we were learning how to wrestle, like WWE style wrestle. Sore. I'm really sore. Like, my body is, well, I don't know what my body's designed for, to be honest.

But we can rule wrestling off the list. What is your, no, your body's designed for the pack and save. Stickman. Yeah, you're the mascot. Yeah, I could be.

Your body's got a reason. I could be. It has paid you, it has been a lucrative contract for you, that pack and safe stick man gig. But we got home quite late last night, and it takes quite a lot of physical energy to do wrestling, obviously. You know, you're getting thrown around. So I got home, and I was quite hungry.

And a lot of concussion, too. Yeah, you're a little bit dazed and confused a couple of times, aren't you? Yeah. Sort of like, what just happened? I started calling you Kevin. You're like, that's not my name I don't know how I got home

I got home last night and I was quite hungry and you know and it's quite late and you don't really have time to make anything but I opened up the fridge and inside the fridge

was half a gourmet hamburger and I was like this is like a gift from the leftover gods the leftover gods this is obviously

like my wife Amanda had had you know with the kids and obviously got gods yeah this is obviously uh like my wife amanda had had you know with the kids that obviously got like a burger or something like that and they left like half and she most she was like you know who will be hungry when he gets home my husband he'll want to have this that's what i thought i opened up the fridge and you're like there was no i don't have no admin involved in preparing a snack there was just half of sort of beef burger thing in there and i was like great and get an act of generosity from your lovely wife. That's what I thought. And I ate it and went to bed very happy, content.

And then just before. That's all he could actually handle was half a burger. His body can't take a full one. Just before this morning, I got a text, did you eat my burger? I was like, yes, thank you very much. That was my reply. That was for my lunch today. Oh, so you read the text and was like, did you thank you very much. That was my reply. That was for my lunch today.

Oh, so you read the text and was like, did you eat my burger? Yeah. And she was reading it, did you eat my burger? And I was like, yes, thank you very much. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. That was for my lunch today. So maybe she was like, thanks a lot.

That was for my lunch today. Now I get to eat something now. Well, that's what I hope. That's the meaning behind the text. But I don't know if that's the case. But it lends me to ask, is it free range in the fridge? I understand in a flatting situation, everyone's kind of buying their own things.

Well, Julia, you're in a flat. Do you label food? Okay, no, this actually happened to me when I was at home, living at home. It was my sister, my brother, and I. And my sister would, no, my brother would go and eat my sister's very nicely prepared food that she had made for lunch the next day.

And she went mad. And so she would start writing little notes on the things in the fridge. Hannah's property, do not eat. This is Hannah's lunch tomorrow. Just to teach the family a lesson not to touch her food. In the work fridge too. I notice people label food. They do.

And I understand the work fridge. I'm not going to open the work fridge and go, oh, there's half a burger here. I'm going to eat that. But I'm always like, thanks, Debra, for my counsel. I don't want to eat your two-day-old tuna salad. Yeah, well, what are we going to do? Back off. Is this tuna salad for anyone in the fridge?

How long is it, five-day-old? Yeah, I'll take that, thanks. The work fridge is a whole other ecosystem. I'll make you forget about it, too. Oh, my gosh. I think I as it's a five-day-old, yeah, I'll take that, thanks. The work fridge is a whole other ecosystem. Oh, my people forget about it, too. Oh, my gosh. I think I brought it to lunch three weeks ago. That's probably still with me. Because you forget about it, you know?

And it just lives in there. And then someone's like, a month later, clear out the fridge. It's almost like a cold and rubbish bin, isn't it? The work fridge. It is, it is. And it just stands. I notice people, when you open it, you're like, oh, it's like a game of Jenga. People just stacking their leftover dinners on top of each other.

You sounded like you had more to say. Then you faded out of that. Well, you don't eat during the day. But it sounds like I faded out. It's because of exactly what I did. I thought I had more to say. Yeah, you did not. Yeah, nah. thought I had more to say. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah.

Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. It is 7.45 on your Friday, which means it's time for...

Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. Get nervous. We both get nervous this time of the show where we potentially could make someone $5,000 richer. Change your life, Ben.

You life changed this week, didn't you? Oh yeah, five grand was won a third time, our third winner of 5K on the hits since we've been

playing this game. It's an awesome moment when it happens. What does it feel like to change your life? What does it feel like to change your life? But it's a pretty cool

thing to have happen, right? Would you say you're almost Jesus Christ Why not? Mr. Change your life. But it's a pretty cool thing to have happen, right? Would you say you're almost Jesus Christ-like? No. I would. I would call you. No, not at all. But it was pretty awesome to give someone the money, so hopefully we can do it today.

Welcome, Michael. How are you? Yeah, good, thanks. John O'Hare and Jesus over there. Oh, no, not at all. Say hello to Jesus, Michael. Michael, good to have you on, my friend. Have you been playing along, listening to the game?

I gather that's a no. He was actually meant to be calling the edge right now, but that's all right. We've got Michael on. Well, hopefully you know how the game works, Michael. Yep. No, good on you, buddy. All right, you've got to match five words with one of us. Who are you going to choose to go into the sound proof booth?

Well, it's funny. All the times I've been listening, I always would have said Ben because he seems his answers are quite mainstream. Yes, Jesus-like answers. I feel like there's going to be a but. But I'm going to change my mind and go with you, Jono. Oh, here we go. Jono, you've won 5K for someone before.

Oh, the pressure. All right, I'll get 5k for someone before. Oh, the pressure. Alright, I'll get into the booth. He doesn't like the pressure of this. He's walking his way into the corner of the studio now, getting inside the soundproof booth. I've just got to wait for him to clumsily open the door and locking it behind him now. He is safe inside the soundproof booth. I'm going to

read you five words, Michael. The first words that pop into your head that you want to lock in. Yep. Well, hopefully match up with Jono's and you'll get five grand, alright? Yeah, that'll be awesome, eh? First word this morning for five words for 5K is engagement. Engagement. Engagement.

Ring. Engagement ring? Yeah, that's a good option. Was that the first one that pops into your head, Patricia? Yep, yep, absolutely. Engagement ring. Next word is Ellen, but with an E. E-L-L-E-N. Ellen. Ellen.

Degenerous. Degenerous, yep. That makes sense. Yep. Are you going to say evil Ellen there? It was evil. Evil Ellen. Degenerous.

Okay, the next word is pharmacy. Pharmacy. I'm thinking chemist. I'm thinking that's a pretty good option But hey, it's not up to me, it's up to you I'm thinking chemist I'll come back to that one Okay, alright, we'll lock in chemist at the moment We'll come back to that one

Your next word is spray Spray I'm getting in touch with my feminine side and saying tan. Okay, okay. And your final word, Michael, five words for 5K is pie. Pie.

Pie. There's lots of options in my head for that one. This is a toughie. I'm thinking graph. You're thinking very hard, I can tell. Pie. Pie. Warmer. Warmer.

It's tough. Warmer. Pie warmer. Okay. Okay. Okay, Michael, I'm going to give you a couple of seconds. Do you want to change anything or are you going to lock in what you've got? I think I'll lock in what I've got? I think I'll lock in what I've got. I feel like they're

pretty good words, Michael. Yep, yep, yep. You threw a couple of curveballs at me. Yeah, I did. I got you thinking but I think I feel pretty good about that.

Let's get Jono back out of the soundproof booth. He's not looking at me. I'm waving across into the studio right now. Here you go, mate. Woo! How was that?

It's windy. Windy. Not me, I'm not the windy part. No, the fan. The fan goes Blue my clothes clean off. I spent the remaining time having to put my clothes back on. Okay, so Michael percentage wise, how confident are you on these words today?

99. Oh, 99% Oh yeah, it's all up to Jono. No pressure, Jono. That's a lot of percentage. Okay, I'm going to read back the same five words I read to Michael the first time you've heard these, Jono, and see if they can match up with Michael's words. First word I said to Michael was engagement.

Engagement. I'll go engagement ring. Yes, well done. Well done. One from five. I'm now 100%, Susan, we're going to win this money Take it from 99 to 100, Michael Okay, your next word is

Alan, with an E Alan, E-L-L-E-N, Alan Well, when you first said Alan, I thought Alan Shepard, who works in the office here Oh, that's great, I see Alan I was thinking him too, but he's with an A Yeah, and I'm gathering Michael's not familiar with Alan Shepard I don't know if he knows Alan, do you know Alan Shepard, Michael's great. I see Alan. I was thinking him too. But he's with an A. Yeah, and I'm gathering Michael's not familiar with Alan Shepard. I don't know if he knows Alan. Do you know Alan Shepard,

Michael? No, I don't. Okay, he's a great guy. Have I ever said, John, are you the best DJ in the world? Alan with an E. Oh, I'm going to go Alan DeGeneres. Oh, he's very generous with his answer as well. Well done. Okay, that's two

from five. The next word. Pharmacy. Chemist? Yes. Oh, really? Yes. Oh, Michael wasn't sure about that one. He was going to come back to that.

He didn't. He locked it in. So there we go. We've got three from five. This is when I get rid of butterflies. Me too. We've got the three down. There we go. All really butterflies. Me too. We've got the three down. There we go.

All right. Next word right now. Five words, 5K. Spray. Spray. I'm going to go spray tan. Oh! He's gone for it.

Are you serious? Michael! Okay, I've got to pop Michael on hold right now because we've got one word to owe we don't want anyone whispering or influencing right now this is for 5k I had no faith in myself this is for 5k you've done so well

your final word right now is pie P-I-E pie over to you I'm going to go mince and cheese. Is that what you're going to lock in? Yes.

Oh, Michael, Michael, Michael. You were so close. What was it? Warmer. Pie warmer. Oh, Mike. Oh, Michael. Mate.

Pie graph. Pie graph. Yeah, which is, yeah. Oh, Michael. Mate. We talked about PyGraph. Yeah, which is, yeah. Oh, you did so well up until you got. I'm so sorry, mate. Oh, that's all right. No worries. That's the way it goes, eh? Oh, man.

We were close, Michael. It was so good. Oh, jeez. I got so excited it was going to be another 5K winner. Oh, Michael. Well, listen, you look after Palmerston North. I don't know if that's your job to look after an entire city, but I'm bestowing that on you, Michael,

and thank you very much for listening to the show. Appreciate it. No worries. Oh, no. You let down New Zealand again. How cool did Friday would have gone into the weekend? No, it's so tough. That word, there's so many options there.

I see why you went mints and cheese. And back Monday, 7.45, we could be disappointing you. Add these two men together, and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits, with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Now, we had a photo shoot yesterday for The Hits. Yeah, we did. Didn't we?

Photo shoots aren't my natural environment. I'm not a model-y type person. It may surprise people to hear that. It might surprise, yeah. Juliet, do you like having your photo taken? No, no, I feel very awkward in front of a camera. I find what your hands and what to do with your hands. They become problematic, don't they?

You never really think about that, but the few times we've had photos for the hits radio station or for TV shows when you're in with lights and a person taking proper photos, you just don't know what to do with your hands. You, like, put them in pockets, hold them normally. If they give you something to hold, like, yesterday we had a couple of, like, holding big Swiss balls and things.

That was fine. I was like, great, I've got something to do with my hands. But otherwise, you're like, what, my hands? Your hands like doing something, don't they? But as soon as you start thinking about your hands, they become an issue. It's like when you're walking. Don't think about walking. Because if you start thinking about your hands they become they become an issue it's like when you're walking don't think about walking because if you start thinking

you start walking like a thunderbird you know like Bambi Bambi learning to walk yeah it's very true it's just something you do every day

you take a you know it's what I do with my hands so I broke the set yesterday oh you did yeah I didn't want to let anyone know though

so I just cut like I ripped a bit of wood off something that they were using I heard it crack because I was next to you getting the photo and then you just sort of put your hand on it yeah and i was like don't say anything and you just keep your hand there on the seat and i'm like can you move your hand about i was like no i think it's good here

and it was just hiding the fact that i destroyed their destroyed their set but the mute the uh lovely photographer reagan wonderful wonderful gentleman but, he was playing daft punk at an extraordinary level. I think it was because we felt, everyone feels a bit self-conscious, you know, getting your photos taken. So he's like, we'll pump some music out, we'll make a good vibe so it's not awkward. But then I couldn't hear what he was saying.

He was only two metres away. He'd be like, one more time. And as I blurt, you couldn't hear anything. And he'd be like, just put your thing in your ear, and you're like, what? I can't hear. It was too loud. Like he'd created too much of an atmosphere. I. You're like, what? I can't hear. It was too loud. Like he'd created too much of an atmosphere.

I was doing that thing, you know, when you're like, your dad's at a restaurant and it's too noisy and you cup your hand behind your ear. Talking to my little tunnel hand. He's like, your hands look weird. You're doing, what do you do with your hands? You're like, I don't know. Yeah.

So listen, I don't know if there were any good ones in those. You hope so. They seem to blast off like a couple of hundred photos. You hope there's one good one in there. But we've only got three moves. I've got a big crap-eating grin that I'll chuck out there. A double thumbs up. Yeah, double thumbs up.

Single thumbs up. Yeah. I'll do a peace sign. Yeah. Double peace sign. I'll do the occasional point, like a point. A point. He loves a point.

I love a point. Yeah. Your whole Instagram's full of you pointing at things. That's right. It was kind of my thing. But you mock me for my point and also my, I make a little noise. Oh, yeah. That's his other thing.

His photo noise. You didn't know what I was doing. So thankfully, Daft Punk hides my photo noise. Otherwise, it would just be silence and the sound of. Forget Daft Punk. That's the soundtrack. But anyway, that's the soundtrack. But anyway, that's just what I... What's it when you get your photo taken like when you're using your phone and stuff?

Everyone talks, talks, talks and then boof, silence. Silence, yeah. Keep the conversation flowing during a photo. But then it's awkward if you're in the photo and they're having a conversation with you and you're like, I need to smile right now, but now my mouth is moving and it's not going to be a good photo because I'm talking. And why do we all feel like we need to smile in photos? Let's have some depressed photos.

Everyone's just got photos of them in the happy, or pretending to be happy. Pretending to be happy. It was fun. Get your real mood. Yeah. I'm having a shocker today. But I love the silly one option too.

That's always fun. You take one and then everyone's like, let's do a silly one. You're like, why? Why should we all? But that's my problem. When I've been doing double P signs, that is my silly one.

I don't know how to make it sillier. Yeah, you're like, what am I doing? You always stick your tongue out. Sorry, Grandma, I'm licking your ear in this one or something. You're like, what? You know what? Why is it a silly one? It's like, I'm not going to do that normally either.

Oh, yeah. Oh, it's a silly one. Don't you hate it when you end up licking your know what? Why is it a silly one? It's like, I'm not going to do that normally either. Oh, yeah. Why is it a silly one? Don't you hate it when you end up licking your grandma's ear? Just for a silly one. Happens to everyone. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

On the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. By now you'll know how this works. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We like to learn about every place in New Zealand. We decided We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We like to learn about every place in New Zealand. We decided we'd call every town and city in New Zealand. It's going to take us over two years.

Yeah, we're stuck with it. We're stuck with it. We have. Surprisingly stuck with it. It's probably the only thing we've done consistently on the show. No, because usually we'll start something and then three days later we're like, that's old and boring. Yeah.

On to this and the next one. But I've really found this quite interesting, just finding out about new places in New Zealand. Today we're going to head to Mania, which is the epicentre of all things fibre. It's the bread basket, yeasty capital of

Aotearoa. Now, not many towns would be proud to be known as the yeasty town, but Mania and New Plymouth, they're not afraid to say it. And looking on the list of fun things to do in Manaya, you can swing by the bakery and purchase some bread from Yarrow's. Number two on the list was you can eat some bread. And number three on the list was you can climb Mount Taranaki and have a sandwich.

And I'm not lying. Those were the three things you could do. Yarrow's Bread, very famous, though. Very iconic, right? Yeah, and so we're going to go through to Olivia, who works for Yarrow's. Olivia speaking. Hello, Olivia speaking.

It's Jono and Ben speaking. Oh, hello. How are you? It's like an old mate's catching up. Long time no hear. How have you been? I'm so good. How are you? It's like an old mate's catching up. Long time no hear. How have you been? I'm so good. How are you?

Good. You're on fire in Mania. We sure are. It's a big smoke. Now, you work at the Yarrow's Bread Factory. Yes. This is very famous bread. Does it go nationwide or just specifically around the Taranaki region?

No, nationwide and we do export to different countries as well. Oh, really? Yeah, we actually supply all of New Zealand with their Subway bread. Oh, wow. Haven't we learnt something? So you do, and so when you export bread, how would you

store that in transit? They will go in shipping containers. Frozen? Yes, frozen, yeah. And then what countries does the bread from New Plymouth go to? Oh, it goes to different parts of Asia and the Middle East. Oh, wow. And different parts of Australia, yeah.

So would they, sorry, that may be a dumb question we're going to ask. So would they bake it after that or just defrost it? How does it work? Yeah, so they store it in their own like DCs and stuff like that and then they distribute out to the stores from there. I love it how Ben when Olivia said DCs Ben went, yeah. He knows what I already asked a dumb

question so I was like, yeah, yeah. Yarrow's, it's Yarrow Stadium in Taranaki or be on the Taranaki football, the rugby team as well? Yep, so we're there, we're the Taranaki Bulls, Yarrow's Taranaki Bulls, so we sponsor them.

Yeah, so we're the main sponsor. That is incredible that you, from your little place in Mania, your bread goes all over the world. I know. People, like, a town of, like, less than 1,000 people, and we can do that. It's great.

That's brilliant. What a success story. And I see on your website here a bit of strudel as well, dipping your toe into the strudel game. Oh, Kando. Love me it. Love me it. Do you make strudel?

No. I don't actually think we do. Why are there strudels on your website? She's like, oh, Kanda. I'm thinking, what are you looking at? There's a whole... Is this strudel? Oh, maybe that's... Is it a strudel?

It does look like some sort of apple strudel. Yeah, it does, it does. You're right, it's one of the rotating photos on your website. Yeah, it's from the strudel family. But hey, listen, if it's false advertising and you're not strudeling... Now, people always talk about the best thing since sliced bread. I mean, how good is sliced bread? You know, not enough conversation about how good sliced bread is.

Oh, you can't beat it with fresh bread. Oh, you can't. It is great, isn't it? I am a sucker for your stock standard, middle of the road, give me a big old thick piece of white, unhealthy bread. What's your favourite bread type? The same, thick cut white. You do? Ben's more of a, unhealthy bread. What's your favourite bread type? The same, thick cut white. Ben's more of a grainy guy.

Yeah, I love the grains. Give me the grains, give me the, you know, give me something, you know, give me a little bit of texture. Talked a lot of bread. Now, Manoia, tell us about it. It's a small kind of rural town in South Taranaki and we've got like quite a small population of under 1,000 people.

We're the bread capital of New Zealand, so that's why the bread's so good here. Oh, it's the bread. Now, did you name yourselves the bread capital, or that was bestowed on you? Well, everyone else is like a carrot or a LMP bottle, but we have the bread. Two loaves of bread. Have you got a bread

statue? We sure do. Oh do you? That's pretty cool. The town fuelled with fibre is Mania. We've really, you know, New Zealand towns have really hung our hat on some odd things like the carrot and there's a trout, isn't there? There's a gumboot.

Oh, listen. Well, Olivia, it's been wonderful talking with you. We'll let you get back to kneading bread or whatever you do. Yeah. I'll take that. I'll bread roll with it. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Good on you. Look after

yourself. Ben, breakfast on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Half-truths, made-up stories, and a handsome host with dashing good looks.

He's the Fox News of New Zealand. Oh, jeez. Here he is, Ben Boyce, scrolling your feed. Now, New Zealand-born actor KJ Apa, and he first starred

on Shortland Street, and he's gone on to star in the hit international show Riverdale, which is on Netflix. It's kind of like a teen drama. We were just talking about that before. It was really good, and he's amazing in it. He's a huge superstar. He's got like 19 million followers now on his Instagram,

blowing up all over the world, this show. He's so... Have you seen his body? Oh, my Juliet. It's like Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Jesus Christ himself had a baby

and they gave birth to KJ Apa. Yeah, it's pretty awesome to see him doing such amazing things on that TV show but he's just

in an interview with Demi Moore on her podcast and he talked about New Zealand's tall poppy syndrome and he said, you know her podcast, and he talked about New Zealand's tall poppy syndrome. And he said, you know, he said, it's hard in New Zealand, you know, you don't want to stand out, you don't want to be anything too big. But he found when he went to LA,

he was like, oh man, no one was trying to sort of cut me down. He could kind of fit in, it didn't matter what he was wearing. And yeah, so it was quite a good reflection, I think, and we still sort of have that unfortunately in New Zealand where we sort of cut people down. It's like we build them up and then we kind of go ah now you're all that, you think you're all that which is kind of a bit sad. Yeah no it's one of my favourite hobbies I love it. I love levelling people

It's not saying that everyone's like that, like everyone's supportive but America on the whole, this is generalisation, seem to be more supportive of people you know. Well yeah success over there, you see people flaunting success and it's like admired, isn't it? It's just a different mindset. Where in New Zealand, you

can't really do it. Everyone's like, oh, this dick, you know? Otherwise, you sort of have to put yourself down. Otherwise, you know, other people will put you down first. But you're not a tool poppy chopper, Ben, because you drunkenly complimented KJ Apa on Instagram

at two in the morning, didn't you? Yeah, I did. I was watching Riverdale. You said, I love your work, man. You're awesome. I thought it was real good.

I was like, man, I got stuck into Riverdale after, yeah, I did. He didn't reply back to me, but hey, anyway, if he goes through there, he might go,

oh, not everyone in New Zealand is tool poppy chopping. Why would he go through the money? What did you say to him again? I just said how good he was. I'm like, man, you're great. You're doing a great job.

It was like a drunken bar rant, but online. I love you, mate. It's just so good to see New Zealanders doing great things. Yeah, no, it is. Because you watch that show, you wouldn't know where he was from. He's incredible. He puts on a great American accent, does a great job. Yeah, no, he's well done.

Well done, KJ Harper. He's a huge success story. Why would he come back here? I wouldn't. No. And Cleaning Hacks, there's a huge success story. Why would he come back here? I wouldn't. No. And cleaning hacks. There's a Mums Who Clean Facebook group. It's very popular.

Hundreds of thousands of people follow it. And now they're bringing- That's not to say dads don't clean either. No, but they're bringing out a book as well full of genius time-saving tips, mind-blowing cleaning hacks. Things include using a hairdryer to clean the toaster. Because obviously you can get rid of the crumbs and stuff.

Oh, blow them out like a leaf blower. Yeah, which I thought was a good idea. But wouldn't the crumbs just explode all over the kitchen? I don't know, mate. I read the first sentence. I like to turn the toaster upside down and just violently shake it. Well, that's another option, right? You can violently shake it. Adding scent to your vacuum cleaner so it leaves a nice smell through the house.

If you're worried how to get the, you can't get the grime off your oven trays, what they reckon is pop a dishwasher tablet inside some foil. So cover your oven racks with foil and a dishwasher tablet. Put them in a soaking bath. Leave them for a couple of hours

and take them out and it's pretty much done the job for you. So little things like that. Little genius little hacks. So I thought it was quite clever. And shaving foam around your toilet if there's unpleasant smells that guys have maybe missed the bowl and stuff. Shaving foam around your toilet.

Half an hour later, mop it up, and it gets rid of a lot of the smells on your tiles. Genius hacks. Those are great hacks. Little hacks. It's like using a product for something that you wouldn't think to use it for. Those are great hacks, but I've forgotten all of them already. You know when you hear something like that, it's genius,

and I'm going to do that for the rest of my life. But another one is, you know, your gurgler. Your gurg can get quite stinky, can't it? Oh, yes. Yeah, the insincerator thing. Yeah, I'm talking about your insincerator. Yeah, yeah. If it stinks, you just put a lemon down it.

Turn that on. Oh, lemon fresh smell. Are you going to bring in your lemons? Yes, I've got an abundance of lemons. Don't keep saying. The ongoing saga of my lemon giveaway. There's a lemon shortage in New Zealand, and every time we talk about it, he's like,

I've got so many. I've got a lemon tree. So many lemons. I'll bring some lemons in. I want a lemon. That's what you keep saying. We're like, yeah, bring them in. And then every time we talk about lemons,

you're like, yeah, I'll bring them in. I'll start giving them away. Who wants a lemon? I saying. We're like, yeah, bring them in. And then every time we talk about lemons, you're like, yeah, bring them in. I'll start giving them away. Who wants a lemon? I'm like, no, wait until you bring them in. You won't even give them away lemons. Of course you have. We brought them in. It's been three or four weeks. You keep talking about your lemons. Oh, I'm not a follow-through guy. No. Why don't you come round to my house, you pick

the lemons, and then we'll give them away. I had a towel giveaway, and I didn't send out the towels. No, you didn't. That was over two years. We finally put that to bed last't. That was over two years. We finally put that to bed last week. That was from a previous radio station

that followed us over here. When life gives you lemons well they probably won't give you lemons because you're still waiting on Jono to bring them in.

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I was just talking about how we should tall poppy chop. That's KJ Harbour. Well, it's a shocking trait. And now we're like, here's Jono Pryor's worst moments of the week. Just not but three minutes ago, we were talking about, oh, you know. But hey, we're mates. Yeah, it's good to have a hook,

and we're New Zealand's most hypocritical show, from one break to the next. You don't know what our opinion is. I'm not doing it to anyone else, I'm just doing it to you. No consistency whatsoever with this broadcast. You're like, oh, yeah, those guys are right. Oh, no. Now we'll look at your worst moments of the week, mate.

Don't get too big for your boots. Okay. What have we got there? All right. Well, let's go through some of your- Chop my poppy. I feel like we shouldn't do this now, but we've committed. We've played the intro.

We were talking to celebrity chef Josh Emmett. He rang up when we were talking about where you store your eggs. And it was great. He talked about where you store your eggs. And it was great. He talked about where you store your eggs. But then you talked about how you followed him into a changing room. Now, Josh, I actually, the other week, saw you getting changed in a changing room in a shop. And I thought, no, this would be an odd location to talk to Josh. So I didn't, just so you know, Josh.

Yeah, no, no, we should have had a chat. Thanks so much for calling, Josh. You made it quite weird there. I know. You did. It was nice. You rang up. Yeah, no, no. We should have had a chat. Thanks so much for calling, Josh. You made it quite weird there. I know. You did. It was nice. You rang up. We were talking about eggs.

You're like, hey, mate, I followed you and you were changing rooms. Don't think Josh will be appearing on the show again. I did. He was trying on jeans. I couldn't not. Like, I was like, oh, there's Josh Emmett. Maybe I should go and say hello.

And I did. I took two steps. I beelined. Do you know Josh Emmett maybe I should go and say hello and I did I took two steps I beelined do you know Josh Emmett no but why why do you think you should go

and talk to her I just thought it'd be sort of like oh wait what connection like what what did you have why do you think

you should why do you think you're worthy of talking to Josh Emmett I just thought hey I'll just go hey Josh love your work

you know oh okay okay I just wondered why you thought you're like why'll just go, hey, Josh, love your work. You know? Oh, okay. I just wonder why you thought you were like that. Why do you think you're on Josh Huber's level? I don't know. I mean,

I was like, hey, those jeans look good on you. Have you tried, you know, tried the 33 waist? And then we got talking about, well, we got talking about something else

and you somehow turned it into slander about Gary, but loved broadcaster Gary McCormick from More FM. I might do 40 years at the Hits, can I? 40 years at the Hits?

What would be the bloody McCormick stage, by the way? I wholeheartedly apologise to Gary McCormick. Thank you. The next day, I noticed you didn't play the audio when I said his smile lights up our country. No, I didn't play that part. No. I didn't quite help out the...

No, I came back with a lovely compliment. And Ben Boyce, I don't think you're coming through unscathed from this. Oh, really? I'm part of this. Poppy chopping session. Oh, jeez. Okay, here's a switch I didn't see coming. Where Ben learnt to kiss.

How he learnt to kiss. His technique. His kissing partner. Yeah. Summers it all up here. Halle Berry, actress Halle Berry, she revealed that her very first kiss was with her best girlfriend,

and this was the reason why. Because I had this boyfriend, and I wanted to French kiss him. I didn't know how to French kiss, so I got my best girlfriend at the time to show me how to French kiss. What did you practice on? Oh, I would have been,

back in the day, your mirror probably was a thing. Genie voice comes in. Why are you lipping marks all over the mirror? I don't know, Mum.

Get out of here. He's a mirror kisser. We've got the cleanest mirrors in the bathrooms here. I'm not still doing it. I just, yeah. Yeah, it's one of those

When was the last time you kissed a mirror then? Decades. Decades. was the last time you kissed a mirror then? Decades. Decades. I reckon we should you should try a mirror kiss. No, I don't want a kiss. Just go back to the old

you go back to your roots. Oh God. Oh no, that happened after the mirror kiss. I didn't get that far with the mirror. That is Jono Pryor and my worst moments

of the week. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben of the week. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. We've got some 660 news right now. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. Well, our dear friend, producer Juliet,

popping in as an update of celebrity stories plagiarised from the New Zealand Herald Entertainment section. Here we go, Ju. So 660 this weekend, they're performing in Hamilton and they're going to be doing the world first TikTok live stream of a concert of their Hamilton show. And so they're anticipating a million people will be watching this TikTok live stream

because it's one of the few concerts that's happening around the world with no social distancing and it will be one of the biggest concerts that's happening around the world with no social distancing and it will be one of the biggest concerts happening this weekend in the world, which is pretty cool. A million people. They should charge ticket prices for that, shouldn't they? Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. I'll tell you what, Hamilton, you better be on your best behaviour.

The world is watching, Hamilton. The world is watching. No streaking. Tuck your mullets in. Yeah. All vomiting to take place away from the live stream cameras, okay? The world is watching. Be on your best behaviour.

That's awesome, though. It's just an awesome thing to have happening, right? Yeah, very true. And they've also got a new song out, 660, today, which I think we're going to play after 8 o'clock. Just after 8 o'clock, yeah. Yeah. Do you like going to concerts, Benny?

I do. Are you a sitter or a stander at a concert? I do like standing up at a concert, yeah. I feel like you're there for the concert, get amongst it, you know? It's only a couple of hours. Otherwise, you feel like you're New Zealanders sitting on your hands. It's like, hey, let's get more involved. Yeah, good on you.

Well, I'm going to say I enjoy a seat. Well, it does not surprise me at all. I know. Why even go? I like seating. I like the comfort. What about you, Jude? I'm a stander.

I'm a front of the mosh kind of girl. Well, you're at a concert. Yeah. I was getting amongst that. Gosh, you're paying. You may as well fully enjoy it. No, I like to stand. If anyone stands up in front of me, I like to complain.

Oh, sit down. Sit down. We're trying to watch the concert. Fold your arms. Nothing more awkward is when you are in the seated section and you want to stand up. And then you're like, when do I sit down? Sit down. Oh, jeez. I didn't come here to look at your back.

Came here to vaguely see Bruno Mars 300 metres away from me. Yeah, fold my arms. Not move my body at all. That's what I came here to do. And Ashley Judd, she's an American actress. She's in High Crimes, which starred Morgan Freeman as well, A Time to Kill.

She was in Divergent. She also does, on the side of her acting work, a lot of conservation and humanitarian work. Well, there you go. There's Ashley Judd's biography for you. Yeah, just for a little bit of context. But she recently went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa and had a really, really bad fall.

She was trekking in the middle of the night to try and track down some apes, endangered apes. Fell over a tree that was on the ground. Broke her leg in four places and left her with nerve damage. She then had to trek 55 hours which is like a two day journey.

55 hours? Yep. Back to where a hospital would be. She was losing and regaining consciousness as this was all happening. Did she walk on a broken leg for 55 hours? No, so she wasn't walking. She was being carried in almost like a hammock sort of thing. Oh, yeah, stretcher. Yeah, and they sort of did like a makeshift sort of cast in the meantime.

And then she was operated on in Africa, but has since flown back to the States, had to get on four planes to get to the States, and has now underwent an eight-hour surgery to fix the nerve damage and the broken bones, and she's now recovering. But it was one of those situations where she's like, if I didn't have the people I was with, if I didn't have the surgery in Africa, I would probably be dead.

Wow, what a harrowing tale, the poor lady. It's like she should be on that TV show, I Shouldn't have, you know, the surgery in Africa, I would probably be dead. Wow. That's crazy. What a harrowing tale. The poor lady. It's like she should be on that TV show, I Shouldn't Be Alive. I'm a survivor. Yeah. Okay, text 4487. We'll do this, shall we, after 8 o'clock or something. What have you survived?

Yeah. Have you actually jutted it? Have you got a tale of survival where you're like, it took you a long time for that? Yeah, you shouldn't be alive. 4487 on the text. Do you reckon Ashley judged like, jeez, those apes really weren't worth it? Well, now maybe, yeah.

I don't care about the apes. That's a crazy story. I know, crazy. So good that she's okay now and, you know, can live to tell the tale. Yeah. Jeez, you'd almost be like, just take it off, wouldn't you? Well, yeah.

It'd be so bad because there'd be no painkillers. No. Oh, my goodness. Horrible. Horrible. But, yeah, that is Spy Ashley Judd update for you from where you can head to the hits.co.nz. We'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 If only New Zealand was proud of that. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz.

All right, time now for our adopted daughter to do her chores for us, and they include reading out the entertainment news, but apparently we can't tell her what to do because we're not her real dads. No, no. Now, Lady Gaga, we just actually played a song of hers with Ariana Grande, but she is away in Italy at the moment, and she's got a dog walker that walks her dogs while she's away. She's got three French bulldogs.

But something very serious has happened. Her dog walker was shot in Hollywood, and two of her three dogs have been stolen by the person that has done this, or there are two people who have done this and now Lady Gaga is offering a reward of $500,000 to the people or if her dogs get returned, which

is terrifying. And she can't really do anything about it because she's in Italy. In Italy? Yeah. What a terrible story. Is the dog trainer alright? Well, they've been taken to hospital in an unknown condition. But it sounds pretty serious. I think they were shot four times. Really?

Yeah. Over dogs? I know. But they probably know, like, you know. So you reckon they know it's Lady Gaga's dogs. Yes, I would say so. And they're trying to do it for like a ransom thing or something. Potentially.

I mean, didn't we learn sort of recently that paparazzi even, they know everything about celebrities. They know number plates. So they probably know that it's Lady Gaga's dog, Hawker. Yeah. Jeez. Remember Sharon, our friend we used to work with, she had a French bulldog, has a French bulldog.

Riddled with health issues. Oh, yeah, poor thing had, yeah. Goes through a hydrotherapy. She had reconstruction of the private part, everything. I think some dogs are more prone to injuries and need surgery and help like that compared to other breeds of dogs. But they are very

cute dogs. They are very popular. I was like, why don't you just let it walk around and walk out the gate so you don't have to pay surgery anymore. She's like, I love that dog. You get attached to animals, you're part You get attached to animals. You're part of the family.

So, you know. How much would you spend on Bo, your dog? Oh, well, a lot. I don't want to put a price tag on it, but you do. No, I'm not going to go

and waste a little bit on his life. But you love your dog. He's part of the family. So, you know, you do what you can and sometimes you don't know what the price is going to be

because you're like, you pay for this one thing and maybe, unfortunately, they get more things that happen. I'm sure Sharon didn't know that was going to be weekly hydroseropathy. $10,000.

Would you spend $10,000 on your dog? Oh, don't make me do that. My kids could be listening right now. Would you shut your ears, kids? Here's one that's true. This is economics. It's a lot of money, but then I love my dog. So I probably would find a way to try and make that happen if that's what I do.

$15,000. Stop it, stop it, stop it. Would you like me to move on then? Yes, please. Okay, now enough other news. So Lionel Richie, he's got a girlfriend since 2014. So they've been together quite a long time but the internet has sort of just realised

or re-realised maybe that there's a 41 age gap between him. 41 years. 41 years between him and his partner. He's 71 years old and she's 30, and everyone is like, that is crazy. Oh, as long as they're happy, that's something Ben would say, eh? Yeah, exactly. As long as they're happy and in love.

Yeah. And their animals are fine and they don't have to pay exorbitant fees. And they're not put on the spot to put a bounty on their dog. But I guess the thing with that is like, you're just so far apart in your life stages. You know,

by the time she's 50, she's either going to be a widow or changing his incontinence nappies. True. Maybe she wants to do that. Yeah. Maybe she's committed. But everyone's kind of like, oh, I mean, she's either going to be a widow or changing his incontinence nappies. True. Maybe she wants to do that. Yeah. Maybe she's committed. But everyone's kind of like, oh, I mean, it's not really an issue.

They're both adults. They can make their own choice. Exactly. And as long as they're happy, that's what my friend would say. And that's the main thing. He looks great for 71, doesn't he? Oh, incredible. How old's bloody his daughter, Nicole?

She'd be over 30, wouldn't she? I think so. Oh, she would be. Yeah, she was the simple life. That show that she was on wouldn't she? I think so. Yeah, she was the Simple Life. That show that she was on was probably a good 15 years ago. Wouldn't it be weird if your dad was dating someone she's 39.

Nine years younger than his... And then he's got another daughter, Sophia Ritchie, who's 22. She used to date Scott Disick, who's in his mid-30s as well. It's all age gap central in America, isn't it? As long as they're happy. Yeah.

Yeah. He wouldn't be dancing on the ceiling anymore, Lionel, would he? He's shuffling along on the Zimmer. How was he doing in the first place, anyway? Yeah, exactly. And that's Spy. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on the Hits. The Hits. A feeling good. Want to know why you're having, going to have a good weekend. Heading into the weekend, some positivity, some excitement. So let's go to the phones.

Oh, so, so, Evelyn and Blenheim. How's Blenheim this morning, Evelyn? It's pretty amazing, to be honest. I love saying the two words, Evelyn and Blenheim. Oh, yeah, they're nice, aren't they? They're fun words. What are you up to this weekend, mate?

Hey, we're off to Christchurch to go to Electric Ave to see Cora, Benny, Fat Freddy's, you know, all those amazing artists. Oh, awesome. Evelyn's going to be running at 120 at Electric Avenue. That sounds awesome. Yeah, good on you. Sounds great, eh?

Good on you, Evelyn. Juliet giving a knowing nod to Electric Avenue. Electric Avenue, I've been there before, Evelyn. Oh, awesome. I mind event, though? Oh, you're in for one hell of a ride. It's a great time. Hagley Park, right?

Yeah, great location for it as well. She's been there before but she's not allowed back. I don't know what she got up to but, Evelyn, you keep safe. Have a good weekend and, Ben, what do we say now?

We'll sort you out something. Evelyn. That'd be great. Alright, good. We've done our part. The rest is over to producer Harpreet. It's in the lap of the prize gods now. He's shaking his head at me.

Michaela, welcome. How are you? Hi. Good to have you on from New Plymouth, Michaela. Why is it going to be a good weekend? Also going to a bit of a concert gig tonight. Heading for the Fleetwood Mac tribute. So that'll be a good time.

It was good. I think song was a Fleetwood Mac song. Yeah, yeah. It was. Everywhere. Oh, nice. They were saying, hell of a jam.

Good band, Fleetwood Mac, isn't it? Stevie Nicks did some wild stuff back in the day. Yeah. Did you hear? Yeah, it should be a good night. A bit of camping and drinks, celebrating Mum's birthday. So yeah. Oh, Mum, you're taking Mum along as well. That's awesome. Well, you have be a good night. A bit of camping and drinks celebrating Mum's birthday. So, yeah.

Mum, you're taking Mum along as well. That's awesome. Well, you have yourself a great weekend. We're going to sort you out something as well. Awesome. Cheers, guys. Thank you for that vague prize dedication there, Ben Boyce. Thank you so much for listening.

Have a great weekend, New Zealand. 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.