Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: 4 Words You Should Never Say On Valentines Day..

Episode Date: February 13, 2023

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Kia ora! Hello! Thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations, this is the Jono and Ben podcast. With Ben Boyce still slaving away in Palmerston North there. He went down for a second honeymoon over the weekend. Loved it so much, he's thinking about packing up and moving there. Yeah, I am. I had a coffee brought in from Hayley who works here. You know, my new workmate. You don't bring me in coffee mid-show. No, because I stipulated this yesterday. It's because I'm busy doing the show with you. Hey, I don't know. All I'm here is excuses.

Another Auckland bloody arrogant person up themselves. Down here where the real people are, John. Well, my question is, have you returned the favor to Hayley? No, I keep saying that. I said she bought one yesterday. I said, oh, look, I'll get it tomorrow. I need to get you coffee. And then she just bought one in today unprompted.

See, that's what they're at. You know, salt of the earth, lovely people here. It was weird because I can hear you in between the breaks, in between the songs. Here we go. Why were you clicking your fingers just before the coffee came in, five minutes before? Is that some kind of code you guys have down there in the office i'll be screaming all morning where's my latte for the last hour you know finally someone's

brought one in no yeah no and but uh you're hoping to get out of palmerston north when well no i'm not hoping to get out of pal. Mate, I love it here. Firstly, we're happy to stay here, but we have animals in a home up north, so we booked on a flight this evening. So hopefully that'll happen. But, hey, everything's a bit flexible at the moment. Well, you know the good news is I can go over and feed your dog, Bo. Oh, yeah? Great. Work has said you can stay in Palmerston North and broadcast if you want.

So if you really want to be true to your word, the options are there. Oh, great. Well, that's good. Can I come back and sort a few things out? No, no. If you want to stay, you stay now. Mixing stuff with the boxes and things like that, you know? If you're making this commitment to the Manawatu, it starts now.

We'll send down your bobble toys as well, the bobbleheads. Oh no, they need to be put in bubble wrap and things, you know, like it'd be nice to just be across those things.

Well, how about I pack up, I could pack up the house. Look, I'll come, I think it'd be better if I'm there just to get us all a few things out and then we can work on a few other,

you know? Because multiple times you've said you'd happily live there for the rest of your life. Happily, happily would, but you know, I'd happily live there for the rest of your life. Happily would. But, you know, I'd happily live in, you know, Paris and, you know, Rome and a lot of the other world's greatest cities as well.

Yeah. Well, it's a wonderful place, actually, Palmy North. We've been having jokes, haven't we? But I've done some time in Palmy, mate. Oh, sorry. I had a button in the studio. There's an alarm. It's a bullshit button. I i just know what it says you want to have a listen yeah where is it and that or is it no no i think you're about the button mate all right

it's not coming through all right okay very faintly hey um a super bowl was on yesterday uh which is just an epic, epic spectacle as well. Rihanna, halftime show. There was a great T-shirt. I think Cara Delevingne was wearing. It was basically pointing out that the Rihanna concert was interrupted by some football, which was the reason that she was there, obviously, for the halftime show. But there's a big fan of the hits and also of the Philadelphia Eagles,

Ange from Hamilton we've met on many occasions. She's wonderful. And she joins us on the podcast, Ange. Hello. Oh, big day for you yesterday, but not for your team. No, but we got there. We played our best and, yeah. Well, controversy at the end.

You know, it was a very close game, and a lot of people upset that came down to a ref's decision. You must have been howling when that happened. We were. We were on the edge of our seats, and we had the tequila bottle ready, and it didn't get poured. You know, what words were you saying? I like to get real time.

What was happening? Real time? It was woo-hoo! And then, oh. Oh, you kept it family friendly there, Ash. Yeah, you did. Well, the kids were there, I understand, as well. No, no, they were home.

They were back. I was at my brother's. I left them at home. They had a day off school yesterday. So did you pull them out of school for the Super Bowl? I always do. Yep, I have done for the last 10 years. And that is a

bloody good reason to have a Monday off. That's what we all want to do. What got you into the football so much? Why do you love it? Just rather being over in Philadelphia and just, yeah, you're rooting

for Philadelphia, just going for the Phillies, going for the 76ers, going for everyone. So, yeah, now I've got a bucket list for my 50th to, yeah, get there. What about the movie Philadelphia? It's a good movie. That's a great film. I saw Invincible the other day. They had a whole lot of, you know, pro bowl games and all that sort of stuff.

And they had Marky Mark in it, which was really good. Is Marky Mark from Philadelphia? No, he's from Boston. He's from, yeah, he's from. Rocky filmed in Philadelphia. They've got a Rocky statue there. I was passing through Philadelphia and everyone does the Rocky where he runs up the steps. And it's amazing. Everyone runs up the steps, and it's amazing.

Everyone runs up the steps and does the big arms in the air, and then someone else will do it. It's like a constant flow of people doing that. Yes, it's a bucket list for me. Oh, well, Ange, I'm so sorry that your team didn't win, but hey. No, it was good. It was a Kelsey bowl, Mama Kelsey. She got one boy in,, no, it was good.

Oh, good on you, mate. Good on you. Will you go and keep safe in Hamilton? Is it starting to flare up there? It was last night, but it's pretty calm at the moment. But my trampoline's still here and my nerves are still here, so I'll be sending the kids to school. And that's always the key, isn't it? Just worry about that trampoline.

There's a lot of concern about trampolines out there in the market. Well, you keep safe, Ange, and have a great day. Okay, see you. Thanks, Ange. All right, well, you have a great day. I hope you stay safe out there wherever you are, and hopefully the cyclone moves on, and you can enjoy the rest of the podcast.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I just read a social media post saying, no excuses for not buying flowers for Valentine's Day today. You've been singing about buying flowers for the last couple of weeks after that song's been out. Yeah, she's been. But who buys themselves flowers, though, in all honesty? Have you ever walked into a florist and gone,

you know, I'll go myself a nice bouquet of roses. Thank you very much. I like to brighten up my day from time to time. Treat myself. Ben, I tell you what, I know you're in Palmerston North, living your best life in Palmerston North, aren't you? And the cyclone has been hitting the top half of the North Island. It's making its way through the island today.

And driving home yesterday, it was almost like an apocalyptic feeling, you know, and you sort of see people wandering around the streets and a few people wandering the streets in the torrential rain and wind and i'm like why why are they out there what are they doing but then i looked at myself and i'm like well you're one of those people they're probably thinking exactly the same thing uh well if you are in one of the regions that is being badly affected at the moment they have said uh to try and stay home today unless it's uh you know totally necessary for me for you to be out and about

because another wild night, heavy rain, strong winds, severe flooding, many parts of the North Island. But then you look yesterday in the South, beautiful, beautiful days, 30 degree temperatures. Stunning weather. And I'd like to hear from the South too, 4487. Do you want everyone to stop banging on about the cyclone? Or you don't mind? Because I know my mum, she's in Christchurch and she's very worried about us. She texted me this morning and said

text me when you're leaving, text me when you arrive at work. And I'm like, mate, I'm not 14 years old, Annie. It's an early morning text too. Early morning text. She was up doing her blutions, as she likes to say

is she a classic listen to the radio all night while sleeping oh yeah RNZ

all night RNZ hard bro she's all about all night playing in the background

which I think just alarms her too but you know we're all safe and sound there Annie Pryor

although she's not going to hear this she's listening to bloody Guy on isn't she she's listening to Bloody Guy on, isn't she? She's listening to a better class of broadcaster.

Exactly. But speaking of better class of broadcasters, Ben, we had our reporter, one of our reporters, file a report from the middle of the night. Who did? Who? Our reporters. Thanks, Jono and Ben.

Wild, wet, and windy conditions is how I would describe last year's Valentine's Day with Ben Boyce. And Ben, once again, my sincerest apologies. I knew the tega masala was a bad idea. But also wild, wet and windy conditions out here. Branches strewn across the road. Gusts of wind so strong. It is blowing the air clean off my head. I imagine a restless, sleepless night for many stuck inside the cyclone and let's just hope that as dawn breaks there isn't too much damage out there this has been John O'Prior unnecessarily standing in the elements for dramatic effect.

There you go, what did you think? Wow, get you a job at News Hub, mate. That was bloody good reporting. I saw Campbell last night on TV. He's in Gisborne. I was like, that's a young John Campbell right there. Well, yeah, John Campbell, he's still out in the elements, isn't he? Thinking everyone out and about.

Although I'm, as you said before, in Palmerston North studio, and technically I couldn't hear the wind noise where I was, so it just felt like you were very stilted, not really talking much through that. I was like, tighten the gaps a little bit next time if you want to get a job on News Hub, all right? Tighten the gaps? The gaps are for drama.

I couldn't hear the weather in between. It just felt like you didn't know what you were going to say next. But anyway, that was just me. That's just my feedback for you this morning. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. In 867 calls to the fire service over the last 12 hours, 200 evacuated in Muriwai. People in the Hawke's Bay and that part of the country, if they're on

low-lying land, being told to evacuate now. Get out of your house. A very scary situation for many, many New Zealanders. So we are thinking of everyone today. And it is Valentine's Day too. We had planned to do something special. Ben, you're trapped.

Palmerston North has kidnapped you and refuses to release you. I'm living my best life down here in Palmerston North, mate. What are you doing? Well, currently I'm just sitting in an empty building by myself. And that's your best life? That's my best life right now. Like a huge empty building and it's just me in here. But, you know, it's my best life.

It's always good to set the bar low as to what your best life is. No, everyone is welcoming with open arms here as we've been unable to get home. But as you say, it's Valentine's Day, and we were going to do something where we were going to spend Valentine's Day at Valentine's restaurants. Yeah, we were going to do shout everyone. We'll have all the audience there eating free dinners.

We were so roses are red, violets are blue. All we wanted to do was eat buffet with you. But unfortunately, due to the atmospheric conditions, this is unable to go ahead. So, going to have to break up with these people, Ben. Well, yeah, we promised some people that we were going to spend

Valentine's Day with them at Valentine's Restaurant. I'm no good at breakups. No. Can we send a text? Yeah, a text would be handy. Ben's been trying to break up with me for ages, but then I just start crying and he feels guilty. So he can't cut me loose. But I think we'll try and let them down gently.

We'll take Jade is with us from Auckland. I'm sorry, Jade. It can't happen. I'm sorry. No, that's okay. I totally understand. Hit the music there, Producer Joel. Jade, we were due a valentine's buffet feast with seafood cocktails and a variety of meats we were going to be there

sifting on your date but the only thing served was a cyclone on a plate we had planned lots of lols with dinner rolls the jono and the the Boyster on the sideline watching you eat oyster. We were even going to pay for it with our cash and politely look away when you pashed. But like a digested piece of pavlova, before it began, our date is over. Shot down like a Chinese balloon over the States. But we still hope you have a nice day. No, thank you. I'm so

sorry that we can't be there to spend Valentine's Day with you because of the cyclone, but I hope you have a wonderful day. Thank you. Do you know what, Jade? The people of Valentine's have said, we don't want you missing out on Valentine's Day. They're going to give you a voucher so you and your partner can go along.

Oh, nice. Oh, no, it's lovely. No, thank you so much for that. You're very welcome. You can make every day of Valentine's Day at Valentine's Buffet Restaurant. You book your table for special occasions now at valentines.co.nz. Great, great inclusion there, Ben, of the T's and C's. Thank you. You're welcome. You're welcome. I think that went well.

We let Jade down nicely. The boister was my favourite bit. Boister and oyster. We've got Jenny on. We've got Jenny on from Auckland. Yes. I'm sorry. What's up?

I'm sorry too, Jenny. Valentine's Day, we planned to come along and be there while you had your date at Valentine's Restaurant. There was a plan in motion yeah but jenny thanks to a nasty cyclone it looks as though you will dine alone but you do have a third wheel at the table it's a windy bastard named cyclone cyclone gab. And just like us... He wasn't invited. I'm doing a poem here, Jenny. I carefully... He's worked hard on his graphic games.

Let him finish. Jesus. The least you can do is let me finish the poem, Jenny. All right, you have the floor. Okay. And just like us... You need to remember

I've just mentioned the cyclone. Okay? That was like a while ago. So just remember the cyclone in your mind. And just like us, it's full of hot air. But unlike us, at least it will be there. We will pay for your dinner to be nicey. Like a buffet curry, we hope your Valentine's Day is spicy. It will be wet and wild and a little windy.

And then it will be gone like Aunty Cindy. So enjoy your all-you-can-eat Valentine's buffet. And don't forget, you can dine free on your birthday. T's and C's do apply. Bring an ID and three paying guests. Then you can eat to your heart's content. Bookings are essential. Visit valentines.co.nz for more details.

Oh, that's good. Get that in there, valentines.co.nz. Book your table for your special occasions. Now, yes, thanks to Valentine's Restaurant. We are really sorry that we can't be there for our Valentine's Day plans, but we want to send you and your partner along to enjoy Valentine's on them. That sounds fabulous. Well, Jenny, thank you for being such a good sport.

And you go and enjoy your dinner at Valentine's. Have a great day. We will. Thanks, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I hope everyone is safe and dry this morning. A wild night of heavy rain again, strong winds, severe flooding to many parts of the North Island. 30 wind and rain warnings around the country at the moment.

Lots of flooding, slips overnight. One firefighter unaccounted for at the moment. So hopefully we get some happier news on that today. Yeah, red weather warnings in place for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Gisborne, Taranaki and orange warnings for the rest of the North Island as well as the top of the south as well. Marlborough, Nelson and Buller. So it's certainly making its way through the country. It's like kind of that, you know, when you sit at home

and you've got a guest coming over, you can't really be bothered with them. We're just all be sort of sitting and waiting for Gabrielle to arrive and, well, finally here. But yeah, stay safe out there. You can head to getready.govt.nz and nonessential travel. Just stay at home if it's safe to do so and keep well. Now, a little hurt, my reporting journalistic debut.

I just made moments ago there, live weather report. That was four in the morning. Ben Boyce said too many gaps. Well, no, for me it was. Only for the tech technically i presume there was weather noise in between it but from hearing it in another studio in palmerston north where i think i live now um that yeah i just couldn't hear the the wind no it didn't feel very stilted too many games you just wanted it tightened up a bit just so you know

just tighten it if i heard the if i heard the wind the wind, maybe that wouldn't have been the case. I don't know. So what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and get another reporter on here, okay? Okay. Okay, let's head to Northland. That was badly affected yesterday. Hello, how can I help you?

Hello, it's Jono and Ben from The Hits. Come on in, Northland. How are you? I am good. How are you? Yeah, good. How are you? Yeah, good. We're just getting a weather report there. What are things looking like? Are you safe and sound? Give us an eyewitness account.

Yeah, pretty gutsy. Yeah, the power hasn't gone out. It did last night, but yeah, it's not too bad. What's your name? My name is Whenua. Whenua. Whenua, I tell you what, you're working in the petrol industry. I think you need a career change into journalism, Whenua.

Can you do us a favour and go, this is Whenua from the far north reporting for Jono and Ben on the hits. This is Whenua from the far north reporting for Jono and Ben on the hits. This is Fidua from the far north reporting from Jono and Ben from the hits. Ah, very good, very good. No flooding, low flooding up there on the roads this morning because I saw some up in Northland yesterday. A lot of flooding.

A lot of flooding. I've just got a text from my wife saying that the scaffolding's been knocking on the house. I don't know if the house is still there when I finish work. And I finish in half an hour, so hopefully the scaffolding's been knocking on the house. I don't know if the house is still there when I finish work. And I finish in half an hour, so hopefully the scaffolding hasn't ruined the house. Well, yeah, and it sounds like the worst of it has passed through Northland now.

So I guess once day breaks, you'll see what's happened. But we wish you all the best. Our thoughts are with you, and you keep safe, Finoa. Thank you very much. He did well, didn't he? He was good. He didn't leave as many gaps. He was great.

He was amazing. Straight to the point. Yeah. Okay. All right. But, yeah, we are thinking of everyone affected this morning, and stay tuned to The Hits throughout the day. We'll bring you the latest details, emergency information

as they come to hand. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. Because she's not a good person,

but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. Yes.

It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. We are currently sitting in the eye of a cyclone, but here comes our hurricane of gossip. NT, welcome.

Welcome. You see the cyclone thing and just that's crazy. It's wild, mate. Yeah. Very, and that's crazy. It's wild, mate. Yeah. Very, very wild out there. Ben's stuck in a thriving metropolis of Palmerston North, which, I mean, if I was to make a comparison, I would say the Hawaii of New Zealand.

Thank you. The Hawaii of New Zealand. Hawaii. Yeah, it's beautiful. It's stunning. Don't Google that comparison. But, hey, I'm having a great time. Everyone's really nice. Yeah, it's beautiful. It's stunning. Don't Google that comparison. But hey, I'm having a great time. Everyone's been so friendly here.

But Antti, we need to talk. Superbowl, 100 million people watched it. It was pretty epic again yesterday, particularly Rihanna. Yeah, I mean, I don't know if you guys watched the Rihanna performance or not. I'm glad that she got to do it.

I'm glad I just, I thought it could be better. Really? I thought that stage was great and everything like that. It was fine. That's the word I would use. It's fine. Was it the most spectacular Super Bowl thing I've ever seen?

No. Was it 50 Cent hanging upside down, rapping like last year? No. And I don't know. It was okay. I really wanted more. I loved it. The whole time I have that thing in the back of my head where you're like,

I think she's pregnant, but I won't say it out loud. Right. Someone from the office walks in and you're like, I'm 98% sure, but there's that 2% doubt that I don't have the confidence to call it out loud. But announced after the Super Bowl that she was pregnant. Now, is it just me? Or is that a bloody quick turnaround there from A$AP Rocky? That is a very, very quick turnaround.

And, you know, I think we're all assuming it's A$AP Rocky, but we really don't know. He was there. He was there cheering her on. Side of field, I saw you say. Yeah, and he actually, he got some deals on some merch and things like that that could have gone to some other people, but Super Bowl merch, she made sure that he was taken care of.

I thought it was visually spectacular. I don't know. I have seen a lot better Super Bowl halftime performances. It's words, but I just... For me, there was like 200 dancers on stage. They were epic. She was hanging from the rooftop on platforms. It looked like it was a video game.

I thought it was incredible. Yeah, and I thought Beyonce, I mean, because she, Rihanna had set up, you know, too, that she was going to really channel Beyonce into it. And Beyonce gave like a great Super Bowl performance. Also, I think that everybody kept expecting some kind of special guest because you always have special guests and it just never happened. Maybe the special guest was sitting

inside her womb. Yeah, that was the big one. True enough. Now, Andy, we don't see all the Super Bowl halftime ads over here in New Zealand because we get different coverage than you get. So there looked like there were some incredible ones,

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck and a Dunkin' Donuts ad. Yeah, I mean, that was good. I think that my favorite one, I didn't watch every single commercial of the game, but I liked the Breaking Bad one. I don't know if you guys got to see that one. Basically, you know, a Breaking Bad one, I don't know if you guys got to see that one. Basically, you know, a Breaking Bad reunion. Imagine if we all had the same passion that we have for the Super Bowl commercial break,

for every commercial break. Then network television would be alive and well, NT. It would. And you know what happens, though, over the next month or two, is that you get the reduced versions of the Super Bowl ads. So, you know, some of them might be a minute long, but they don't have a minute for a regular network. So they're cut down to 30 seconds. You do see, like, the leftovers of the Super Bowl commercials.

Oh, so they actually cut them down now? Yeah, they'll cut them down. If they're minute ones, they'll cut them down to like 30 seconds. The best thing about this year was there were no crypto ads because last year was filled with nothing but crypto. Hasn't been a good 12 months for crypto, clearly. You're going to have a wonderful week over there in America. Once again, thank you very much for your time. Hey, you guys stay safe. That cyclone, I mean, especially after all the flooding that you guys had and everything, and then just to be be boom i saw that there might be a national emergency declared for what only like the third time ever so you know you guys stay safe how are you thinking about you thanks cnt appreciate it

mate the hits the jonathan ben podcast the more wild and wet weather lashed the country overnight and will continue to do so today red weather warnings are in place for northland auckland coromandel gisborne and taranaki today. Orange warnings for the rest of the North Island as well as the top of the South Island. If it's safe to do so, stay at home and avoid all non-essential travel this morning. And congratulations to Ben. I know after the flooding and now Cyclone Gabriel, it's the first time he's nailed red weather warning. Well done. You got your lips around that one beautifully there, Ben. Thank you very much. You got your lips around that one beautifully there, Ben.

Thank you very much. I've been working on that one. Now, it's also not only cyclones are in the air, but love is in the air. Today, it's Valentine's Day. You might have forgotten about it with everything else going on. I know, Ben, you're having your second honeymoon

in Palmerston North at the moment. That's right. A romantic weekend away with the family, as extended on a few days in Palmerston North. I'm gathering in a motel room with your kids and your wife. How romantic is it getting? Maybe it keeps some things personal as well, but, you know, it's Palmerston North, the city of love.

Is that what they say? They do. The Paris of New Zealand. Everyone's so friendly here, though. That's the thing. I find everyone's so lovely. They're putting on a front, mate. They're going to talk behind your back when you leave.

Don't worry about that. Okay, is that what's going to happen? But yes, it is Valentine's Day, and we want to do our new game, You've Been Sentenced, where we start a sentence and you finish it. And today's sentence is, I went on a date and then you finish the story. My dating career, not that illustrious. Thank you, Producer Joel. I went on one date.

This was many years ago when I didn't have a wife, Ben. Yeah. And I picked the girl up. I thought we were going on a date. And she said, Oh, can you take me to this house on the. I thought we were going on a date, and she's like, oh, can you take me to this house on the way to where we were going?

And I waited outside this house, very suspicious-looking house. It looks like it had quite a high usage of tinfoil inside. Right, okay, yeah. Maybe they were anti-vaxxers or, you know, those protesters outside. I don't know what was going on. So she went in there, and she came out quite quickly,

like a lot of people do at your front door bed. Right, okay, here we go. Similar situation. I don't know what's happening in there. And once she got back in the car, she was like, Oh, can you just drop me at my friend's house? Or drop you? Yeah.

Like you're dropping her off? I dropped her off. And so I dropped her off and that was the date i was basically an unpaid unpaid uber driver didn't even get a star rating and that definitely wasn't a date in her eyes uh like you could hardly chalk that one out up as a date even even though you thought it was a date that That definitely wasn't a date. There was something there. What was there? Well, I don't know. You had a car,

and obviously she didn't. I can tell she was quite emotional. Her eyes were quite red. So I'm gathering those were tears of love. That was a true story. That was like my first date. On reflection,

maybe it wasn't a date. One of the biggest dates that i uh you know that i organized uh just thinking back uh was uh when i decided to propose uh to my wife amanda we were in italy we're doing our oe traveling around backpacking together and italy really turned it all on for me uh they did a lot of the romance uh much like palmerston north doing a lot of the romance here today. It's turning me on, Palmerston North. Exactly. But I'd taken a ring over, I brought it over from New Zealand, secretly tried to keep that away from my wife until the time was right. Organised dinner out, it was her birthday.

Went to this fountain, this lovely fountain in Rome. I'm like, this would be a great spot. Beautiful spot, actually, the Trevi Fountain in Rome. And there's a lot of people there who are trying to get money off tourists selling flowers things like that and so i was conscious of these people around you know because i was like oh i don't have a lot of money and i'm just trying to do a romantic thing i'll propose quietly like in new zealand that i am to my wife amanda and she said first thing she said was well you didn't get down on your knee that's what she replied with.

And I was like, okay, I should do that. So I got down on my knee and then, hello, like about nine different people that were selling roses were like, oh, there's a guy on his knee. They pounced. He's proposing. They pounced. This is it, guys. They're going to put my kids through college. It's a romantic night. and so our proposal ended up with me proposing on my knee surrounded by all these people trying to sell me flowers

afterwards to give to Amanda. Do they wait until she says I do or are they just there ready? They're pretty much in there going, flowers, flowers, and I'm like, yeah, I'm just trying to get an answer out of, you know, what's happened here? And then she was like, yes. They're like, yes, we'll try. We'll try and get this smucked by a whole lot of flowers off us.

All right, it's Valentine's Day. You've finished the sentence. I went on a date and we'll get your calls on next 0800 The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Another wild night so far over heavy rain, strong winds, severe flooding in many parts of the North Island as the cyclone moves south. If you're waking up this morning,

hope you're doing okay in your neck of the woods. A lot of horrible scenes I'm seeing on social media this morning of people really affected. So thinking of everyone this morning. Yeah, particularly at the West Mutawai, we've been very, very hardly hit. So we're going to be talking to David Letali from BBM. He helps a lot of the vulnerable families and people in the community.

We're going to go get him on the show very shortly, how you can help if you want to. Now, we can't ignore Valentine's Day, Ben. It would be remiss of us, a commercial radio breakfast show, to ignore Valentine's Day. It feels like us, radio, and maybe the card, the greeting card industry, keeping it alive, really. And florists.

Oh, yeah, true. Yeah, it's a big day. It's a big day for those three. My first date with Jen, actually, my wife, was at a rock radio station promotion. She came along amongst the sea of mullets and mixed bourbon, and it was a match made in Bogan heaven, my friend. But that was many years ago now, being boys.

Who would have thought we'd still be kicking now, eh? Yeah, exactly. Would you be with me this long if you were here? Well, I'll be with you a long time too. You know, only Jen and I know the pain of being with you for many, many years. Okay, so you've been sentenced. Finish the sentence. I went on a date and we'll kick it off with you, Elin, in Auckland.

Happy Valentine's Day. You're not too wet? No, not too bad. We are in the high week in Auckland, but it's not too bad. Oh, good. Yeah, we're the lucky ones, yeah. I'm glad to hear you're safe. Many yards.

Now, you went on a date and? And I didn't go according to plan. We had a lovely evening with expensive champagne and food. And he said, oh, I had a really good time at the end of the night. And you're really nice and funny. And you have a great personality. But what I'm looking for is someone who looks like Jennifer Lopez. And to be honest, you're not it.

Oh, you don't look like Jennifer Lopez. And that was the end of the date. Well, I told him, funny that was the end of the date. Well, I told him, funny, that I'm looking for someone like Brappy, and you don't either. And I got my jacket and my bag and gave him the finger. Were you dating Ben Affleck, and he's now back with Jennifer Lopez? Yeah, that's it, yeah.

Oh, that is very funny. Okay. You're not no Jennifer Lopez. What a way to wrap up the date. Thank you very much, Eileen. You keep safe out there, okay, in the cycl funny. You're not no Jennifer Lopez. What a way to wrap up the date. Thank you very much, Eileen. You keep safe out there, okay, in the cyclone. You too. Thanks.

We'll head to Invercargill. Tony, good to have you on in the south, mate. How are you? Hey, Leesons. How are you going? Yeah, beautiful day down here. Sorry to hear up north not doing so well. No, I appreciate your thoughts.

It's just, we keep saying it's incredible to go. We're all in the same country, and you're having one of the hottest summers ever. Yeah, it's just crazy. It's crazy. Well, good on you, Tony. Enjoy that weather in Invercargill. You went on a date and?

Yeah, I went on a date. I went to pick her up, you know, brought some flails on the way, and, you know, spruced up and everything and got there. And she invited me inside and said, oh, this is my flatmate so-and-so. And I said, OK, nice to meet you. Then took her out for tea.

I paid for everything, paid for the meal, paid for the drinks. And when I went to drop off back home, she said, oh, look, actually, I've got to tell you something. He's not my flatmate. He's my boyfriend. So I thought, oh, wow. That's a real surprise. Yeah, yeah. I thought of a few choice words.

And I said, oh, why didn't you say something beforehand? She goes, oh, look, we've only just started dating, and we just wanted to keep it under wraps. And I thought, oh, well, that's a bit weird. So I said, OK, well, that's a bit weird. So I said, okay, see you later. Have a nice life. Well, and maybe she just wanted to get a free dinner. Quite an elaborate plan to get a free dinner as well. Yeah, yeah.

Or maybe she would have stood him on a second date, probably thought, well, I'll tell him he's my boyfriend instead of my flatmate. Who knows? Oh, Tony, I'll date you a second time around if I had the chance, my friend. You go and look after yourself in Invercargill, mate. Appreciate your time.

We'll get Pip on from Tauranga. Pip, you went on a date and? Well, no, I actually turned down a date with Seth Green. Oh, the actor, the actor-comedian. He's in many movies, voice on The Family Guy. Yep, that's the one. He was in New Zealand filming Without a Paddle. Really?

This would have been about 20 years ago, I think. And I'd met him earlier, and I bumped into him in an elevator later on, and he asked me to go out for drinks, but I turned him down. Why? Why, Pip? You could have been married to a famous person. One, he was incredibly short, like shorter than me, and I was 5'4".

And two, it was either go on a date with him or go and meet 10 more international celebrities because it was the world premiere of Lord of the Rings. Oh, okay. You were out there. Did you get to get locked lips with Orlando Bloom or anyone? Yeah, I did. And it made it to the media in Canada,

and I had friends writing to me saying, oh, my God, you're on Canadian magazines, Orlando Bloom kissing you. Oh, you actually did kiss Orlando? Yeah. What? What a wild night. Oh, my goodness did kiss Orlando? Yeah. What? What a wild night. Oh my goodness. I tell you what,

were you saying Seth Green was on a movie called Without a Paddle? Yeah. Yeah, well he could have borrowed Orlando Bloom's. Yeah, I've seen the photo. He didn't have a paddle. He's definitely good anyway. He didn't need a paddle because he had his own.

Alright, Pip, you go look after yourself. Have a great day at Welly, mate. Thanks. Wow, that's incredible. I thought you were joking about that, and then she's like, no, I did. Oh, jeez. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I hope everyone's doing okay as the wild weather hit overnight

and continues to do so this morning. David Letelli, Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the Year, retired professional boxer, does some amazing work in the community with his organisation, BBM. David Morena. Morena teams. Good to have you on, buddy. Just seeing you on the news, you're working hard out there

with the vulnerable in the community, but we understand your traps. You can't get out of your house. Yeah, there's a massive trap down right outside the house. I stay out in Henderson Valley, so we're affected by the floods as well. Now, we have trees all down through our street.

It's forced me to have a late start today. Well, I mean, you probably deserve to have a bit of a rest because you do so much great work out there in the community. And it must be really heartbreaking to see, you know, families that were affected by the floods now being affected again by the cyclone. Yeah, look, it's really heartbreaking.

I visited a house yesterday, which was a kind of older home. And the carpet had been ripped out. But that's all that's happened. and they've been left to stay there. They were still sleeping on the mattresses that were, you know, soaked by the floods two weeks ago. You know, and then this lady lost her son on the night of the floods. You know, you've got, you know, a mum and their babies, another house sleeping on a table.

It's just heartbreaking stuff, and you just think, how's this been left to happen? We're in a good position where we're able to help, but it is really sad. Yeah, there are people out there doing it tough, and there'll be people listening to you now, David, or people who see you on the news and all the great work you do with BBM.

How can they help? Oh, look, it's as simple as even sharing a post. But, you know, if you want to make a donation, you can just go to our website, which is www.thebbmprogram.com. That's T-H-E-B-B-M-P-R-O-G-R-A-M.com. Looking for more donations of money rather than sort of physical items yeah it's either that or all uh non-perishable food at the moment we're doing a big drive on we're going out and buying washing machines fridges beds couches i mean i mean god these families they've literally lost

like everything that house i went into yesterday had nothing. Like, not one piece of furniture, just only the mattresses that were wet from two weeks ago. You know, so by the time the day is finished, they had couches, they had a fridge, they had a washing machine. They had, you know, we took about six beds in there. So, you know, the money that we've raised, I mean, it's been amazing. But, geez, when you're having to fit out whole houses, it's not going to go very far, you know. So we'll do as much as possible. Everything we get goes to where it's been amazing, but, geez, when you're having to fit out whole houses, it's not going to go very far, you know.

So we'll do as much as possible. Everything we get goes to where it's needed. And so what would your prediction be? How many people are in a similar situation like that, that really do need help and don't have anything left? Oh, man, it'll be thousands. I mean, you know, we did a tally just in Mangere at the evacuation centre that we would have been helping,

there's over 10,000 parcels have been distributed just through that evacuation centre. When I went to that house yesterday, the whole block was calling order. And when I turned up in our BBM van, everyone came out and asked for help. It's heartbreaking because we want to help everyone but we're not able to at the moment. We just try and do the best we can but literally the whole block came out to us.

Well David, thank you for everything you are doing out there in the community each day and I imagine you're not getting much rest with everything going on and if people want to help out, head to that website that David said before, and hopefully we can help out a few families that really need it at the moment.

Thanks so much, team. Appreciate it. And you know, people like David are out there, they're helping the community, but they're dealing with their own stuff at home as well. He's got a tree down, he can't get out of his bloody house. Great Kiwi you are, David.

Keep up the good work. Thanks, team. See you later. More wild weather overnight, heavy rain, strong winds, house. Great Kiwi you are, David. Keep up the good work. Thanks, team. See you later. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. More wild weather overnight, heavy rain, strong winds, severe flooding in many parts of the North Island as Cyclone Gabriel makes its way down south today. Stay tuned to The Hits throughout the morning and for the rest

of the day for your latest weather updates and any warnings that come to hand. Now, Ben Boyce, you've been affected by the cyclone being trapped, held hostage in Palmerston North. I had a great weekend in Palmerston North, and we've extended it because we can't get home. As I keep saying to the kids and saying on here,

I think I live in Palmerston North now, and everyone has greeted me with open arms. They've been so friendly, so lovely. A four-minute commute to work. If you want to go anywhere, you can park outside been it's been a dream the last couple of days he's become fiercely loyal to palmerston north over the last 48 hours uh he'll have no no ill spoken of the money um you've been maybe if you do move there you could be one of the top 10 things to see and do in palmy what could be i don't know if I'd prefer to see or do you,

but you're a wonderful attraction. The thing is we have noticed in P-Naughty is you're playing in another radio host's sandpit. You're worried about that, aren't you? Because I'm here, I'm recording the show out of the studios in Palmerston North, and you're a bit worried that there's a legend here in Palmerston North that I'm competing against.

Well, many around the country might not know of him, but Mike West is his name, and he has been broadcasting his radio show on the opposition station for about 87 years. Okay? He has been, no one's been working harder for Palmer, the only things working harder for palmy are

those wind hurt turbines mike west has been digging in now i think you need to respect the code of conduct here you're another radio host out of your jurisdiction so after the show yesterday we phoned uh the office of of more fm just to see how they felt about you being in their turf. Hi. Is this MediaWorks? Yes, it is. It's Jono and Ben here, mate. How are you? I'm good. How are you? We're doing really well.

Now, Ben is stuck in Palmerston North. Not stuck in Palmerston North, mate. I love it here. Don't ever say that. Yes, I can't get back to Auckland, but I am loving it. I'm fine. He's loving it. Okay, he's overcompensating for something there.

But anyway, the question I have is Mike West, radio legend, been doing the show there for 30-odd years, right? Yes. Do you think someone like Ben Boyce rolling into town is a threat? Are you worried at more FM? Over to you. Let's just say I don't think they've got anything to worry about. Oh, it was a hearty laugh and then you backed it up.

And you're right. You're right. But that doesn't help my confidence at all. I've been flying the flag for the Manawatu this morning. I feel like he's a legend. But, hey, maybe there's room in the market for a legend. Well, I was going to say, not too legend, but another guy who could aspire to one day be a legend.

Yeah, you know, two days of flying the Manawatu flag doesn't quite compare to three years of it. Yeah, you're right. You've got a long road ahead of you to get on that level. Yeah, if you want to be P-Naughty, you have to P-Naughty for 30 years, Ben. All right, Jono, book out my joint calendar out for the next 30 years.

Here I am, on me now, This is my commitment, all right? All right. Perfect. When you tell West there's a new player in town. Yeah, I'll give him the heads up, all right? All right. I'm going to change my last name to East, so we've got East and West in the Manawatu, all right?

Yeah, great idea, great idea. Ben East signing off from the Manawatu, all right? You have a great day. You too. There you go. I could come down and call myself South too and we'll be in Palmerston North, East, West and South all battling it out.

So there you go, Ben. We'll see you in 30 years' time, baby. Sounds good. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash. Thank you.

Or play on to win more. Let's get into it. It's our Game of Word Association. We do it every morning on the hits. Now, a must shout out to, we have a wonderful team at Spieger Cafe who listen in to five words every morning, Ben. Very nice. Thank you for tuning in, team,

and we'll welcome to the program Jackie from Hamilton. Welcome, Jackie. Hi, how are you? You've been blasted by the cyclone, mate? Oh, it's pretty rough but it's not too bad this morning. Oh, I'm glad. Any damage around your area? No.

There's a few trees down, but not too bad. Yeah, jeez. I think over 827 calls to the fire department in over the last 12 hours. So it's been an interesting night. And Jackie, there is a forecast. It's a cyclone of cash coming your way. It's the only cyclone I want to know.

Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth this morning to match five words with there, Jackie? Jono, please. All righty. All right. Jono want to send into the soundproof booth this morning to match five words with there, Jackie? Jono, please. All righty. All right. Jono will head away to the soundproof booth. And Jackie, here we go. What pops into your head when I say Valentine's?

Day. Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. Heart is the second word. Heart? Love. Love. Valentine's Day theme. I see see producer bee hubs is done here date is word number three date night night tinder is word four um Swipe. Swipe, yeah, nice one. And flowers is the final word. Flowers.

Bouquet. Bouquet, flowers. You played a really good game there. We'll get Jono back out of the soundproof booth. Producer Joel, if you could wave to him in the Auckland studios. Yeah, he's back now. All right, let's sync up words like a couple of devices, Jackie. Let's win you some cash a couple of devices, Jackie.

Let's win you some cash, mate. That'd be cool. Thank you. Bit of a theme going. Word one. Hey, Ben, I know you're in Palmerston North, mate, but you're talking all over the production stuff, okay? Sloppy.

We'll take two on that one. Sorry, Joel. Word one, $25. Pull it together. Pull it together, boys. Pull it together, mate. There you go. A bit of a theme this morning. I said to Jackie, Valentine's. What did she say?

Valentine's Day. Yeah, well done, Jackie. That's $25. What do you want to do now? Keep going. Word two, $50. Heart. Is word two, John? Heart? Love.

Yeah. Love. Yeah. Love Hart, yes. I was going to say heart attack, but I was like, that wouldn't stick with the theme. $50 is yours, Jackie. You want to see if you can go to $100, or you want to take it and walk away? No, I'll keep going.

Word three, $100. Now you're talking all over the bloody production, Jackie. Messy stuff, guys. Messy stuff, guys. Messy, messy stuff. Date is word number three, Jono. Date. Oh, jeez. I'd go dinner date.

Date dinner. Ah! No, Jono. Sorry, Jackie. Date night. What did we do? Date night. Date night.

Mate, I'm very sorry. What were the remaining two words there? Tinder? Tinder? Then I'd probably say Tinder date. You can't keep saying everything. And flowers. Then I'd probably say flowers date.

No, you wouldn't. No, I would have said bouquet. Oh, you would have got that one right. I'm sorry, Jackie. I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day, and stay safe from the wild weather. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, cash and car.

It's back by popular demand, cash and car. And, I mean, just half of this prize is enough. Just the cash or the car. But Ben, Cash Keeper Alex is coming again. She's like, let's go round two. Let's give it away. Is it round three at this point? This is round three.

Jeez, what a brand new Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo car. It's worth just under $48,000 there is thousands of dollars in the boot and are we getting surely we're getting to the stage, we're getting some clues now Alex, are people getting this wrong, no? well, I've had to reiterate my clue a wee bit

about it being higher than last year because I'm going to dob them in again, Richard from, I can't remember where he's from actually, but he guessed $2,000 last night. So it's more than the prize amount that was given away last year as the first clue. And Richard, from wherever he is, will remain in our hearts forever. Long live Richard.

We'll never forget Richard from wherever he is. But we will say also there is enough cash in this boot to fill up the car to at least a quarter of a tank. That's another clue. Let's get Linda on from Pukekohe. Welcome, Linda. Good morning. How did you feel last night, Lindy?

Oh, it was pretty rough about 2 o'clock this morning, but other than that, we've had no damage here, so it's been great. I know. We're going to be talking to someone shortly in Ramarama, just down the road from you or up the road from you, who's been up all night rescuing people in his tractor. Oh, okay.

Yeah, so it's all... Yeah. All right, Linda. We're going to hand you over to cashkeeper Alex to have your stab and hopefully you'll walk away with the Škoda and the Dosh. Thank you. All right, let's do it. Linda from Pukekohe,

what is your guess for how much cash is in that car? $20,235.71. Linda with a guess of $20,000. That wasn't right. Linda with a guess of $20,000, 200... That wasn't right. Linda with a guess of $20,235.71. That is incorrect. I'm sorry. Okay.

Thank you for... Let me have a go. Hey, thanks for playing, Linda. Bye-bye. Very kind. Oh, God, I feel bad about you not winning, Linda. You're too polite. I know.

Yeah. You're breaking my heart. Well, Linda from Pukakohe, we might not remember Richard from wherever he is, but we will remember Linda from Pukakohe for as long as our days shall live. Linda, you go and keep safe out there in the weather, alright, mate? Yeah,

thank you. Thanks. And another chance. Yeah, 11 o'clock is your next chance. You could be grabbing that amazing Škoda and all the cash in the back when Cash Keeper Alex comes back at 11 o'clock. But next, Jono, it's Valentine's Day today, and we've got some breakups to do. Multiple breakups.

And we can pin it on the cyclone this time, and not your wandering hands for once. That's next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with you as the severe weather continues to hit around the country, make its way from the north down south. If you need some advice and some help on how to get prepared, if it's heading your way, you can head to getready.govt.nz.

Yeah, it's moments like these that you do realise how wildly unprepared you are, me in particular like if the human race becomes a survival of the fittest situation i've lost the race in the first two meters ben i've got nothing i'm like no torches no supplies no skills i was almost gonna go kids it's time for you to go out and find a hand to your dad and when you and when you find him can you get him to help me put up a tarpaulin outside yeah i'm exactly the same you know like i like to be prepared but i'm not good at anything practical yeah well we do have someone very practical and prepared on the phone with us right now cam's come through to the show how are you mate yeah good morning good to have you on cam uh

understand you have been up all night, no sleep. What have you been doing? Yeah, that's correct. We've been just helping out people in the community. There's a lot of locals out here with tractors and equipment who have been giving us a hand. Yeah, we've just come back in from rescuing someone else who attempted to drive through the floodwaters,

which they probably shouldn't have done. So, yeah, it's never a dull day. So you've got your tractor out, You've been towing people out. You've been helping families, have you, and pets? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we just do what we can. Well, because that's the message coming through at the moment is, like, don't travel, particularly on the roads and in the water unless you need to.

But obviously some people haven't quite got that message. Yeah, 100%. If you don't need to travel, please don't do so. And if you see any form of surface water and, you know, that's going to be over a couple of hundred mils, just avoid it. It's not worth it. You're just going to cause more emergency service

or people like ourselves having to come out and try and help you. You know, just wait six hours or a day or whatever you need to do. Now, you're in Ramarama, which is just south of Auckland. What's the wildest thing you've seen overnight there, Cam? Oh, there's just a multitude, to be fair. We rescued one person who foolishly went back into the floodwaters after he got pulled out the first time. His car's been swept away and we had to pull him off the top of a fence. He was hanging onto a tree standing on top of a strainer post.

So anyone who knows that sort of height shows you the depth. And then after that, we had to rescue a family, and there's 17 dogs. And so we had to get them out. Yeah, yeah, 15 schnauzers and two Alsatians, lovely people. But, yeah, that was educational. That is a lot of dogs to wrangle. I mean, there are only, what, 83 dogs off having 101. Yeah, yeah, something like that.

It's good to see you've got quick maths, mate. I said it with confidence, but I don't know if I nailed it, to be honest, Cam. And so, where'd you put all the dogs? So the local school, Roma Roma school, got opened up, and just to hold everyone and give shelter overnight, the big

message is just stay safe and stay dry and stay out of the water and just let everything subside. There's still quite a lot of flooding out there on the roads, particularly when you're renting. It's still really bad. Yeah, just look up your NZTAR website for road closures and stuff or look on your local grapevines and that. You'll see photos, you'll

see what's going on. Just, yeah, if you don't need to travel, please avoid it. Well, you know, in disasters like this one,'s uh people like you doing great work out there cam uh keep it up buddy keep safe and thank you for everything you're doing yeah thanks and thanks to everyone in the community who's been engaging and helping there's a lot of locals out there helping as well so they need to be recognized the hits the jonathan ben podcast you got jonathan ben on valentine's day uh which i imagine some

people will still be celebrating particularly in the south uh where the temperatures have been incredible over the last few days but obviously there's a bit of a cyclone going around that's putting a dampener on some people's valentine's day plans now ben uh you've come with a fad that you've ripped off the internet and can i just just, can I front foot this? As soon as we start participating in fads, you know, like planking, flossing, dabbing, mannequing, mannequin challenging, we kill them. We officially kill them.

Yeah, you're right. They're all fun, they're cool. And then all of a sudden we do a dab and everyone's like, all right, that's over. The fun stops. So whatever this is, our condolences. But we'll have fun with it before we end it. Yeah.

Well, there was something that I saw online. It was going around. It was like ruin Valentine's Day in four words. So that was basically the competition was to see in just four words how you can ruin someone's Valentine's Day. Right. And there was a lot of great suggestions coming through, and I picked out the top five from this Instagram account that I was following. Okay.

And I thought, well, Jono, why don't you have a stab and see if you can guess the top five most popular comments of how you can ruin Valentine's Day in four words. Okay, so we've got four words. All right. Yeah. Don't tell my wife. Oh.

Is that in there? Well, it's, no, no, that's not one of the, there's one actually, one of the most popular, similar, your sister looks great. Oh, we'll chalk that up as a kind of win. Yeah. So you're on the same lines. That was one of the most popular ones.

Okay. Have another go. I think we're related. Incest. Incest is never hot on Valentine's Day. That would ruin Valentine's Day. They've sort of gone not quite as edgy as you with things like

I forgot to book. That could ruin your Valentine's Day. Scale it back a bit better but that's right there was you know you can keep going okay have another go i spiked your drink okay you've gone quite okay there is i cheated on you which is you know okay that's a little edgy as well yeah all right uh here's one wanna go ram raiding it's go ram raiding. Is ram raiding two words on this occasion? I've hyphenated it.

Oh, you know, it has to be two words. Or you could go want to go ram raiding. Yeah, no, okay. No, that's not in there. Okay. We need to talk is on the list, but you'd not want to go ram raiding. The chicken is raw.

That sounds like a euphemism. Darling, the cyclone's here. Not on the list. Not on the list. That would kill the mood, yeah. I camped at Parliament. Well, depending on what way you think.

That's either a pro or a con. I don't love you. That's either a pro or a con. Yeah. I don't love you. That would end Valentine's Day. Well, yeah, that was pretty much one of the most popular ones there. And I want a divorce. Some of the great ways you could ruin your Valentine's Day if you want to celebrate and then ruin it in just four words or less. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Lord of the Rings trivia with Jono Pryor, it in just four words or less.

Jono has not seen any of the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit films, but so each day you could be taking him on and a bit of Lord of the Rings trivia on 0800 The Hits. If you beat him, you'll go on the draw to win a trip for two for the ultimate hobbiton experience uh take part in the middle earth halfling marathon includes entry travel accommodation and a tour lunch experience it seems awesome and the uh lord of the rings and

hobbiton trilogies on saturday 25th of march is when the half marathon is going to be taking place i didn't know anything about this competition until Friday when we were walking out of the studio, and I said, what's this Hobbit competition? Oh, people are going to be taking you on at trivia. I said, I know nothing about it, and they're like, that's the best bit. Yeah. Hung out to dry.

Well, you could go home at night and watch the movies. They're really good. I can't be bothered, mate. I can't be bothered. But I tell you what, we could be sending you off to Matamata, Ben's in Palmerston North. We're really covering all the rural hotspots of the North Island at the moment. And let's get Joel on from Wellington.

How are you, Joel? Hello. Hey, how's it going? Yeah, good. Wild weather heading your way. You strapping down, batting and down, hunkering down, bunkering and down? Yeah, pretty much. It's pretty wet at the moment. Yeah, well, good luck and keep safe out there Now, the only thing I know about Lord of the Rings is those things that are dangling

from the roof of the Wellington airport They've got something to do with the movie There's a bald guy called Gollum because Ben keeps calling me Gollum for the last 10 years And there's a ring There's a ring chucked into the mix somewhere And there's also a fantastic tourist attraction in Matamata as well,

which you do a half marathon through, so you could be in that draw. All right, here is your first question. Answer if you know the answer. What are the names of the two hobbits who lived at Bag End? Right, Bilbo. Well done, well done. I was going to say Bilbo. I knew Bilbo.

Jono, their names went uh-uh, uh-uh. Okay, so you didn't get that right. All right, on to the next question. What does our – here you go. Jono, their names went, oh, oh, oh, oh. Okay, so you didn't get that right. All right, on to the next question. What does our, here you go, Jono, here's one for you. What does Gollum call the one ring? Precious. Oh, we're all locked up. You didn't think I was going to compete, did you?

You thought I was just going to roll over, didn't you, Joel? Yeah, yeah. You're not the only one who wants to run a half marathon. Maybe you really are, Gollum. I've never seen them in the same room at the same time. That's all I'm saying. Our look is unhealthy and weaselly, too.

What is the name of the pub located at the Hobbiton movie set? You lost me here. The Green Dragon Inn. That's right. That's of course where Ed Sheeran surprised a whole lot of people the other day at Hobbiton. Well done, Joel.

You are going, well, you're in the draw. You could be going along for that fantastic experience running a half marathon through Hobbiton, as well as accommodation, a tour, entry as well. It would be incredible. That's at the end of March. Awesome. Thanks very much, guys.

Do you like running half marathons, Joel? No, no. You can walk. You can walk, right? It'll be fine. Get training, baby. Start stretching those hammies. All right.

I've got a few weeks. I don't know. You do. Hey, you keep safe in Wellington, mate. Really appreciate you listening to the program. Thanks to you guys, too.