Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Are You A Ho Ho Ho Or A No No No?

Episode Date: August 19, 2021

All week we've been leading up to today where we can play a Christmas song on the radio because lets be honest, we all need some cheer in these Covid times! Then we got carried away and kept playing Christmas music until we got 12 no's. The 12 no's of Christmas. But Ben had a bit of a hilarious fumble when asking for calls which completely changed the name of the segment! We also caught up with TVNZ News Reporter Jenny Suo who was on a solo tramp with no cell phone coverage when the lockdown was announced. She came out of the tramp, was very confused when nobody was around and had a barrage of messages from people when she turned on her phone. Enjoy the poddy!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

new to your mornings friends of skinny new zealand's most recommended telco just when you thought you couldn't get enough of jonathan then you can have them anywhere anytime welcome to the jonathan ben podcast cut up podcast it's the 20th of august friday today uh day three of lockdown for Aotearoa. Ben Boyce, your thoughts and opinions. On what? Being here? Just on anything.

I just said your thoughts and opinions. Don't have a lot of... Anything. Doesn't necessarily need to be about just anything. I'll tell you what we're doing. We want to talk to the legend himself, Sir Peter Leach, the Mad Butcher, who's done so much for people all around New Zealand

and particularly the league as well. But we love following his. He always posts his breakfast up on Instagram. We want to talk to him next week about his... I love following the Butcher for his amazing breakfasts.

Jeez, he eats like a champion. He does, yeah. Doesn't he? He eats breakfast how I would just love to eat breakfast every morning. Yeah, me too. Yeah. You know, there's sausages, champion, isn't he? He eats breakfast how I would just love to eat breakfast every morning. Yeah, me too. Yeah.

You know? It's amazing. Sausages. Yeah. Bacon. Yeah. Eggs. Oh, sometimes there's a healthy, you know, cornflakes and fruit and stuff like that.

Yeah, but then followed by sausages, spaghetti, eggs. Let's get him on. He's been so generous with his time over the years. He eats, you know when you stay at a motel or hotel and they've got like a buffet breakfast? He eats like that every morning. Just the drift. I even saw him have one breakfast, sausages, bacon, eggs. They stay at a motel or hotel and they've got like a buffet breakfast. He eats like that every morning. I even saw him have one breakfast, sausages, bacon, eggs, then steak hidden under toast.

Like a sirloin. Yeah, we'll get him one. Because he has been very generous to our shows over the years. He's come on for no money many, many times over the years. He's always great at passing off wisdom to the butchers. Big thing is never be late. Yeah. Don't ever be late. Punctuality. Punctuality is his big thing.

And he's always five minutes early for any appointment. Sometimes he'll sit in the car and watch a bit of Emmerdale Farm. Loves Emmerdale Farm. Loves it. He's got a little TV in there and he would sit in there. Do they still broadcast Emmerdale Farm? He does. He's a big fan of it. Was it? Emmerdale Farm? He does. He's a big fan of it. Was it?

Emmerdale Farm must be fucking raining his arse off. Was it directly after the 1pm update? Oh yeah. Oh it's the lead in.

Yeah that's the slot you want. We talked about this the other day. We've got a TV show coming out to TVNZ and I'm like give us the 2pm slot. At the moment

while there's lockdown happening because the 1pm show that's by all accounts rating really well. What's the one that we all tune in for? Today, though, we've got a double banger. I think there's a 1pm and a 3pm. They're back. I thought they were delaying it till 3pm. Or maybe that's...

Because they're having a cabinet meeting. Oh, maybe that makes sense then. Yeah. Could be too much. Too much. What's happening in two hours? Yeah. Probably quite a lot at the moment, be honest yeah true i do like um in the press conferences

where sometimes just cinderella which i understand will go i'll pass that over to her dr actually bloomfield that question it's great to have a sort of person you can bounce the questions across yeah they've got a wonderful duo thing yeah and they both actually so competent competent at their job but i'll pass it over to john oh you He'll be like, oh, thanks, mate. Oh, thanks. I'll pass it over to Ben. The whole press conference. I'll pass that one back to him.

Yeah, I'll pass that one back to Ben. Yeah, no, it feels like that's more of a Jono, you know, because you know more about that than I do. Yeah, well, we were researching this into the other day, and it came out with a positive result that we should pass this back to Ben. You know, I really feel like you're the person to talk about that one. I mean, you were the one to... Yeah, just be us bickering. All right, well, thank you very much for tuning in.

And that'll be it. It's now our bickering. But today on the podcast, you'll get us celebrating Christmas. We went early, we went hard, and we went early. And the words of Jacinda Ardern in a press conference during the week. We wanted to be the first outlet to play Christmas music this year. And that's what we started the week wanting to do. But then by the end of the week, it's had a greater meaning, hasn't it?

It is. It feels like New Zealand right now needed a bit of the Christmas spirit. And I got swept up in it all. I don't know if you'll hear the music. Well, you won't on the podcast. But four songs, Christmas. We won't, yeah. We won't be able to play music.

No, four songs deep in the Christmas spirit. What happens able to play music. No, no, four songs deep in the Christmas spirit. What happens if you play music on a podcast? I don't know. It'd be a bit strange if we come to this bit of the podcast. We'd be asked to go, oh, that was great. Let's play some more. Yeah. But we don't. I don't know how they're going to cover that in the edit. No. Producer Juliet's got a hell of a

job ahead of her. Yeah, good luck with that one. How are you going to cover the, come in here, Producer Ju, the Christmas Song Hour. How are you planning on covering the Christmas Song Hour in the podcast? Because there was some funny calls. There was some funny calls within it, though. Yes, I've included the voice breaks, but we might not be able to include the songs itself, eh?

So the podcast audience won't experience the joy of hearing the first Christmas song of 2021. So they should probably pause the podcast, go to the song, and then come back and listen and experience the action with us. A lot of admin, but hey, you can do that. I believe in your podcast audience. Hey, have a great day. Keep safe out there.

It is Ed Sheeran, Bad Habits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. Now, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know that New Zealand is in lockdown right now. Or you'd have to be in the bush by yourself for three or four days, right? And that's what happened to this next person. Yeah, this is, you know, always stories emerge, don't they, from lockdown and these sorts of experiences. But this one is incredible. Jenny Saw from One News Reads News on TVNZ1 has only just found out that we're in lockdown.

This is incredible, Jenny. I know. It's all sort of, I'm sorry, I'm still quite stunned. I literally, I got home just before midnight last night. I literally have woken up to talk to you guys. I still don't know what's going on. Well, it's great to have you freshly awoken, a little dazed, confused, but that's how we like our guests to be on the radio, Jenny. Oh yes, absolutely. So tell us exactly

what happened. You'd basically gone bush, right? Where were you? Yeah, so I was on the West Coast. I was supposed to be shooting a story with One News and I thought, oh, I'll take a couple of days of annual leave, go down a little bit earlier, go and do a few days on the Paparoa track, the newest great walk. So, yeah, I left on Sunday, started on the track,

no internet, I was all by myself. I didn't pass a single tramper because the weather was crap, like it was quite bad. Jeez, you really did go Bear Grylls. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, I did. I absolutely did. I was chopping, I think I was chopping wood this time yesterday.

Really? I was so proud of myself. I was like, I'm like a lumberjane. Have you had any previous wood experience in the woods? No. No? Oh, yeah, in the woods, yes. As in, I've gone tramp tramping before but this was the

first time i'd done like a multi-day on my own and so i was a bit weary about going initially um and i thought now i'll be fine like it'll be all good and even one of the west coast locals drove me to the beginning of the track and he was like do you go on your own are you gonna be all right i was like yeah i think i'll be right he was like okay well i'll give you a text when when you're when you're up there and i was like nah there's no, I think I'll be right. He was like, okay, well, I'll give you a text when you're up there. And I was like, nah, there's no internet. You won't be able to get in touch with me. He was like, oh, okay.

All right, well, you know, the weather's coming in. Are you sure you want to do this on your own? I was like, yeah, no, I'll be fine. Listen, I'm concerned for you. Yeah. And you've even arrived back safely. And I'm still concerned. I feel like no phone coverage, no internet.

So you're going away for how long by yourself? What was the plan? So to go for three days. And thankfully, I got into the huts every day just before the storms rolled in. So I was quite happily having a cup of tea, watching the hailstorms and the thunderstorms outside. So you made it through. I mean, this is a harrowing tale on its own, but you made it through safely. You emerged yesterday. Yes. I had no internet still. And I sort of, I got to almost the end and I turned my phone off flight mode and it just exploded.

And I was like, what's going on? And people were messaging me, but they didn't really tell me what was going on. I got all these messages saying, hey, hope you're all right. And then, oh, you're in for a shock when you get out. But no one actually told me why. And I thought, oh, my God, what's happened? Has my family unwell or has something? I don't know. I was a bit delirious as well because I've spent four days in the bush.

Yeah, my goodness. I managed to ring up work who understandably were quite concerned for me because obviously the rest of the world found out about lockdown a long time before I did and were trying to get in touch with me and I had no internet, so no one really knew where I was. So this is a lot to take in as you're emerging from the bush. It was, and also I was just, like I said, I was tired, I was delirious, I was really hungry, I was smelly, and I hadn't seen a single person in four days.

I'm surprised you just didn't turn around and walk back into the bush. Yeah. Honestly, I really truly considered it. Oh, really? And I thought to myself, should I just go back in the bush? Because I'd much rather be there. Was there anything else you missed out on? Not quite as, I mean, the Warriors, they won three games, their third game.

I mean, anything else? Oh, really? Ben got a parking ticket on Monday. Yeah, $40 parking ticket. So, yeah, didn't know about that one. Oh, jutted. Jutted. I think there's quite a bit that I've missed out on.

I've literally, I got home and I went to bed and I've literally woken up to talk to you guys. What else is news? I'm normally quite, I normally get the news quite quickly as a newsreader. Taika Waititi, it's his birthday. They celebrated that with Rita Ora. Oh, okay.

I hear he has a birthday every year. He does. Matthew McConaughey told everyone he doesn't actually use deodorant. That's a bit of news. Okay, natural mask. Well, I kind of tried that. You did that, yeah. I can tell you that I don't recommend it.

So, sorry, Matthew. Lord's got a single out. Lord's got another. Yeah, there's a lot to come to terms with, but probably the lockdown's probably the big one. Yeah, I've got heaps to catch up on. But can I just make a little shout out to the West Coast locals? Because they have been just fantastic.

Everyone really looked after me. They must have looked at me like this silly little city girl who's found herself in the bush completely clueless and they just came to my age and they were so wonderful, especially Sam from Blackball. I really want to give

him a shout out. Thanks Sam. For driving me to the airport. What a heck of a story Jenny and I'm so glad you're home safe and you've got a lot to reflect on. Yeah, no worries. I'm jumping online now to learn about everything

although I'm thinking maybe I'll be a bit ignorant for just a little bit longer. Yeah, ride it out till midday. I'll set up my tent and just sit in it and rock for a few days. Hey, thanks, Jenny. Have a good one. Cheers. Bye.

There you go. Crazy story. You've heard of Jenny from the block. There's Jenny from the bush. Oh, my goodness. Jenny's all from One News there. Yeah, unbelievable. It's awesome she goes out to the bush by herself

and does those sorts of things. And then, wow, even more unbelievable that she totally missed lockdown. I can't even be alone in the soundproof booth for 30 seconds every morning. You just need people to talk to, don't you? Yeah, Jesus, it's my worst nightmare. It's Kiss. It's Kiss. One last kiss.

It is pink. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben, 7.14 on your Friday morning. Now, everyone's in lockdown. We've been talking about it many, many times this week. There's a lot of stories that emerge from lockdown, mainly stories of how many COVID cases there are in the community and locations of interest.

Those are some of the stories. But some stories about people who are locked in a bubble in somewhat of an unusual situation. Jew, you're with your flatmates, aren't you? Yes, just with my two flatmates. I could have gone home to mum and dad. You went home last time. Last February, we had the whole big lockdown, right?

Yeah, I went home. But this time I decided to stay in the flat just because the drive to work is so quick. Are you regretting not going to your home with creature comforts at home? The more the lockdown goes on and the more I think how long it could potentially go on for, I'm like, I could have gone home. But I was just like, oh, yeah, a week's fine. So you're not actually allowed to – you couldn't go back to your parents now? No, no, really, no.

You're going to stick to your bubble now, right? The bub, yeah. Who were you in lockdown with, Ben? Whose bubble were you in? With my family. You chose your family? Yeah, I chose my family It was a big decision

You know, I made it like a reality TV show Lined up all of the options? I made my decision And my decision is my family, yeah But also we're in a little bubble here at work at the moment Yeah, just with basically There's five of us in a little bubble at work And so, yeah

Which means you can't bounce off to another radio show. No. Can't go to a better radio show. No, not at the moment. Not while we're in lockdown. There are some funny stories about lockdown. We talked about this many times. Last time there was a lockdown in the States,

remember Bruce Willis? Bruce Willis was locking down with Demi Moore. His ex. And then he left his current partner back in Los Angeles. Yeah. Which is very unusual. It seemed very unusual, but I guess each to their own.

And hell of a play from Willis too. He did a reality show like me. His ex won. I go over there and go, what? The harsh realities of a reality show. Sometimes the people you want to win don't win. Ben almost moved in with his ex during lockdown for no reason.

For no reason. Yeah. He's got no attachment. But did you know I have a friend from school who in this lockdown, he has a child with a previous partner, but now he has a new partner. He was like, oh, you know, I don't want to not be able to see my daughter. Right. And he didn't want his ex-partner not to be able to see her daughter as well.

So him and his new partner have invited his ex to stay with them. They're all in the same house. That's pretty cool that they can make that work. His daughter, his ex, and his new partner. It sounds like the makings of a wonderful TVNZ miniseries. You know, like a one or two part doco, ex-life or something. Or a little full house type sitcom. Yeah, a sitcom, yeah.

My two partner, yeah, something. There's a format there. But I thought that was, firstly, very adult of all of them. Totally. And particularly very selfless of his new partner, too. To go, yeah, right, yeah. Yeah. So isn't that, who are you in a bubble with?

Yeah. Are there unusual bubbles that are going on around New Zealand right now? Do you know of someone in your friend or your friend or family member that is in an unusual bubble situation and making it work? I bet we can't beat an ex-partner. I bet we can't. I'm taunting. You've done the classic, put it out there in the hope that people go,

yeah, I'll prove it wrong. I'll call Jono and Ben. That's right. That's what you've done, haven't you? No, it's a sham. I see through it. Yeah, I think it's rule 3.2 of the radio playbook. Taunt the audience.

Okay, so taunt them one more time. I bet we won't beat anyone with an ex-partner in a bubble. And would there be another? There won't be. I bet there won't be another one out there in the bubble. You know, there won't be anyone with an ex-partner in a bubble. Yeah. And would there be another? There won't be. I bet there won't be another one out there in the bubble. You know, there won't be. There'll be only one. There you go. That's another taunt.

I'll do the hits. 4487 on the text. Will we get any calls and texts after taunting you guys? We'll find out in a few moments. It is the hits. And Maroon 5, Beautiful Mistakes. Maroon 5, you're on the hits. Jono and Ben, don't forget, 8 o'clock this morning,

we want to be the first radio show in the world to play Christmas music. We've gone early, and hey, I feel like we need Christmas cheer right now, so join us from 8 o'clock. It's going to be a lot of fun. Yeah. Who are you in a bubble with? That's what we want to open up this morning on 0800 the hits do you know speaking of bubbles and this has kind of nothing to do with what we're about to talk

about oh good yeah when i was i was tormented by a bubble bath at age nine i think i've told you this story before yes i was staying over the night at a friend's house at age nine. I've heard this story so many times. I felt like it was my memory. I walked in on his parents sharing a bubble bath. A soapy bubble bath. Yeah, and it's scarred me for life. And there wasn't even a water shortage.

Ben has since told me that maybe they weren't trying to conserve water and it's left a lasting impression on me. So anything to do with bubbles always Makes me a little anxious We named our cat bubble after We got him just before Was the cat in the bubble bath as well?

No, just because we got him in a bubble Before last year's lockdown So who are you in a bubble with Leanne? Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast Hey guys, how are you? We're doing well, buddy. You keeping safe? Oh, I'm out working. What do you do?

I go around and clean petrol stations. Oh, good on you. Giving it a good old deep clean? Good or stupid. Yeah. I tell you what, there's no grimmer location on the face of the earth than a petrol station toilet. At the end of the day.

Oh, luckily, ours don't have those. Yeah. Because ours are all unmanned, so they don't have those. Right, right. Now, Leanne, who are you in a bubble with? Okay, so my daughter's flatmate just got a job with us to do weekend work. She started with us on Tuesday, and I said to her, you might as well stay tonight because I start, start like at about 3, 4 in the morning.

And she's like, oh, okay then, Mama, blah, blah, blah. Well, she's still with us because we went up the lockdown. So you've got, what, just you and your daughter's flatmate? And hubby. And hubby. Where's your daughter? She's at the flat. She's at the flat and you've just got her flatmate staying with you

This is priceless Is she a good flatmate? Oh yeah she's awesome Oh great That's a wonderful call to kick things off Leanne is in a bubble with her daughter's flatmate While her daughter's at the flat You have a great one And you keep safe out there Leanne in a bubble with her daughter's flatmate while her daughter's at the flat.

You have a great one and you keep safe out there, Leanne. You too, thanks guys. Appreciate your call, it was so good. Daisy, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Who are you in a bubble with? Hi, how are you guys this morning? We're doing well, Daisy. How are you going? Yeah, good and you?

I'm here with my six-year-old and my two-year-old. It's just us. My husband's in the Navy and he's away at the moment. Whereabouts is he? He's just actually out in the Auckland Harbour there. We're meant to come back at the weekend, but they've got a hold on that. So I've got no idea when they'll be back. But he's just sitting in the harbour?

Pretty well. I don't really know what they're doing, but yeah. I don't know what he does. He goes out and does some stuff. Wow, that's really tough for you. It's the thing, it was going to be home and now he's not, and you don't know how long it's going to be. Yeah, I think it's going to depend on what happens with the lockdown

getting extended and all that kind of stuff, so I guess you'll find out later today. Oh, mate, and I'm sure there's other Navy wives and any of the partners of any of the service people for Aotearoa who are in the same position. Yeah, I've got a few friends in the same boat, so we'll just see how it goes. Unfortunately, you're not in your husband's boat at the moment. Yeah, no.

Not in the same boat there. Hey, well, you keep safe, Daisy, and lots of love. Yeah, thank you. Have a good day. All right, Briar, welcome from Pukekohe. You're in a bubble with who? I am in a bubble with my grandma who is currently with me And my 92 year old great grandma

Just you and your two grandmas? Yeah, I was previously at my house like a week before lockdown But I started staying with my grandma As my great grandma got a little bit sick And then the lockdown happened and I couldn't really go back home Are you with your grandma as my great-grandma got a little bit sick and then the lockdown happened and I couldn't really go back home. Oh, are you with your grandma now? Yeah. We'll have a chat to her. What's her name? Trina. Trina, let's have a chat to Trina. Hi, I'm very lucky to have a lovely grandma. Oh, Trina. That's awesome. How's lockdown been? Oh, good. I work from home normally, so I'm still working.

And the old grandma's, you know, on the up and up now, so we're doing not too bad. Oh, good on you. What's it like being the young grandma? Oh, you know, I mean, well. Lorded over the old one. Oh, well, that's an adorable bubble, isn't it? It is.

It's very cool. Two grandmas and a granddaughter. That's great. Well, you three keep safe, all right? You too. All right. Again, another great sitcom, My Two Grandmas. Yeah, yeah.

I could see that on TV as well. We'll go with a lot of new TV shows. A lot of great TV shows in the last three minutes. We won't be bothered filming them or writing them, but at least we can say we talked about them. New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben. Got me in love.

On the hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben are with you on a Friday morning. It's just gone eight o'clock. I'm so excited about this. We wanted to be the first radio station in the world, the first outlet in the world. The malls, air shops, everywhere in the world

to play a Christmas song in its entirety. We made a promise to you on Monday. The trailer? Yeah. Oh, there you go. Ho, ho, ho, little boy. What would you like for Christmas? I actually want my dad to tell me he loves me.

Ho, ho, ho. Well, that's never going to happen. What else would you like? Something more achievable. Well, I kind of want Jono and Ben on the hits to play the first Christmas song of 2021 on their show this Friday, the 20th of August. Well, isn't that a very specific request, little boy? And I want the audience to vote for what song it should be. Well, aren't you just the strangest of all the little boys?

No, no, I'm actually a fully grown adult man with a wife and two kids. I just have a very small childlike frame. Christmas has come early. Real early. Some would say way too early. Santa hasn't even begun to think about starting up his elf slave labour sweatshop. But with only 130 days until Christmas, Jono and Ben believe it's time to start the festivities. That's right. And we've been taking votes all week as to what the song is going to be, the first Christmas song of 2021 in an official capacity. Over to you, Ben Boyce. And here it is right now, as voted by you.

I'm so excited about this. I'm very excited. We've got our Christmas jumpers on. We've got our Christmas hats. And it's time to celebrate. Merry Christmas, guys. It's Snoopy's Christmas. It is the hits.

Christmas bells, is the hits. It is Snoopy's Christmas. Yes, and I do realize it is August 20th of 2021, but we were right then. How was that? The first outlet anywhere in the world to play a Christmas song in its entirety. Jeez, I tell you what, Ben had the missile to her head and we were kissing up a storm. Sorry, Julia, you had to witness that.

Yeah, that was a bit awkward. I didn't really expect to see that. Yeah, no. None of us saw it coming, but I'm glad it did. I really enjoyed that. That was fun. That was fun. I'm the only one

But I'm Not a good text on 4487 This is great guys It feels like December It felt like It felt good It felt like we needed that right now Can I throw something out here

Um Now we didn't talk about this earlier But Could we keep Could we keep going Can we play another one Can we keep one I don't know

We said one and done We didn't say four and more We said one and done But I really enjoyed that over how about no don't be a grinch john oh yeah like why don't you put it it's august you know we were already we're already on the naughty list for breaking the rules with santa well that we were willing to take that risk but more than one why don't i show out here like there's the 12 days of christmas why don't we do the 12 no's of Christmas? So on 100 The Hits, it's your show.

It's not our show. It's your show. So on 100 The Hits, you give us a call and you basically say, are you a ho, ho, ho, or are you a no, no, no? Juniors, what are you? I'm the first doctor, no. Well, no, are you thinking in the Christmas? Okay, maybe that came out wrong.

Forget about the clever wordplay. Just say you're a yes or a no Is that better? Yeah that's true And if we get no 12 no's That's it No I think we stick with

Ho ho ho No no no Are you a ho or a no? Yeah And This feels like you've pre-planned this Because you've even got a format lined up You didn't tell me any of this

No I thought maybe if it had gone well I'd like You know One of those things You're like Oh if it's going well We'll push it a little bit further. So I say we play, well, should we take a call?

Let's take a couple of series to get 12 no's and we'll stop playing Christmas music. Until we get 12 no's, we'll just keep going. Right, what's your next song that you're wanting to play? Well, let's play the other one that got voted. Mara Kiri, All I Want for Christmas. That was the one that we almost played, so why don't we play it? All right, so this song is going to keep playing. And the madness of Christmas in August is going to keep playing and the madness

of Christmas in August is going to continue on until we get 12 no's. We've got one caller coming through here. Are you a ho ho ho or are you a no no no? Oh, the producers picked them up. Oh. Just chuck them over the ice recklessly.

Thank you. Just stop producing so well. We just want to go live with them. Sarah, are you a ho, ho, ho or a no, no, no? I'm a ho, ho, ho. All right, Sarah. I really should have thought more about this. Good on you, Sarah. Well, it's for you, Sarah.

We're going to keep it rolling. The Christmas train is rolling. Here we go. Mariah Carey. I'm 800 the hits. When you go on it, just stop. Sarah. We're going to keep it rolling. The Christmas train is rolling. Here we go. Mariah Carey. I'm 800 the hits. When you go on it to stop, you know what you have to do. It is Mariah Carey. All I want for Christmas.

You're on the hits, gentlemen. Ben, we wanted to be the first outlet anywhere in the world to play a Christmas song in August in its entirety. We wanted to go early, and now we're continuing it. But there's a second. It's two songs. Two August in its entirety. We wanted to go early, and now we're continuing it. But there was a second, it was two songs. Two songs in a row. I mean, at this rate, we could be playing Christmas music for the next 131 days,

because Ben has set up somewhat of a questionable format where you phone up and you say whether you're a no, no, no, or you're a ho, ho, ho. Yeah, I wanted the 12 no's of Christmas, and I thought, you know, I didn't, yeah, anyway. Yeah, and so as soon as we get 12 No's, we'll stop playing Christmas music. So we're going to go to the phones right now.

Carolyn, what are you? Most definitely ho-ho-ho. There we go. This is the popular choice of the month. How good is it? It feels quite good, doesn't it, hearing Christmas music? It does. It brought a smile to my face driving to work this morning.

Yeah, the first to go early on Christmas, and it feels historic. It does. It brought a smile to my face driving to work this morning. Yeah, the first to go early on Christmas and it feels historic. It does. We'll remember where we were this day. The great day. Jono and Ben on the hits went way too early on Christmas. Good on you, Carolyn, so we'll keep going. So far, no, no, no, no. Kim from Palmerston

North, what are you? I am definitely a ho-ho-ho. Oh, well, Merry Christmas to you. It does, just saying before, it feels good. For some reason, it feels good. It does. It's wonderful. I love it. Hubby hates it, but... Hey, that's right, but who wants

his opinion anyway? It's not like you're locked down with him. Hey, good on you. He's a teacher at work. He's an essential worker, and I'm just dropping in because I am too. Oh, good on you, Kim cheer. He's at work. He's an essential worker and I'm just dropping in because I am too. Oh, good on you, Kim. Thank you for that. Harry from the office. Harriet's phone through.

Oh, Harriet. Hello. What are you, Harriet? I'm home, home, home. I love Christmas. You do love Christmas. Yeah, there's a lot of talk at the office of how you love to get prepared for Christmas nice and early.

Have you ever gone August early? I haven't gone August early, but I have thought about getting a tree out. Oh! Yeah. Yeah, I know. You posted some stuff on your Instagram about decorations that were out and about early. Yep, there were decorations out in Birkenhead yesterday morning. Oh, well, thank you, Harry.

That's three ho-ho-hos we just spoke to. We're just going to keep going. Yep. We'll keep going. Another song. You've got a Bieber Christmas song you want to play, Juliet. Oh, my God, yes. We've got some Buble.

We've got some lined up. So we'll just keep going until you say the 12 no's of Christmas. Will we get any calls? So far, so good for continuing Christmas music. It is the hits. Your essential listening for non-essential banter. I thought I was saying something meaningful there, and then I backed out.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand breakfast. It is Friday morning, 8.24. We wanted to be the people that played the first Christmas song of 2021. We've gone early in August, and I got swept up in the Christmas spirit, and I decided that we'd keep going until we got 12 no's of Christmas. So we want to know right now, are you a ho-ho-ho, or are you a no-no-no? We've got Brad on the phone. Which one are you?

Hey, mate, as much as I love a ho-ho-ho, I'm a big no-no-no. Oh, yeah. No-no-no, yeah. Not so much in the Christmas, not feeling the Christmas spirit in August. Oh, I don't feel the Christmas spirit on Christmas Day. Yeah, no, right. Yeah, we have gone early. There's no hiding that.

Yeah, it's late August and you're our first no, no, no, Brad. Can I make that next 12 no, no, no, say or what? We can put you down for a couple of no, you said no, no, no three times. We can put you down for three of the 12 no's, but at the moment you're the only one.

You're outweighed by the ho, ho, ho's at this stage, Brad. We all like a ho, ho, ho. It makes you feel better when you say ho, ho, ho. It gets you the spirit, doesn't it? I know what Brad's saying. Ho-Ho's the stage brand. We all like a Ho-Ho. We all enjoy it. It makes you feel better when you say Ho-Ho. It gets you the spirit, doesn't it? Yeah, I know what Brad's saying. Yeah, exactly.

Good on you, Brad. Appreciate it. Steve the Truckie has phoned through as well. I think we might get another no-no-no here, Steve. Oh, I'm actually voting for Ho. Oh, he's another one in the Ho-Ho-Ho camp. All right. Yeah, well, it's a bit lonely out here.

A little bit of spirit is quite good. But if my wife put that on Facebook, I'd be telling her to bugger off. Yeah, right. So he's just in the comfort of his truck. Yeah. He's celebrating Christmas. I love it. All right.

Well, Merry Christmas. We'll keep the Christmas music rolling right now. Enjoy your day. Drive safe in the truck, all right, my friend? And you. You have a good one. Be safe. Thank you. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go once more.

It is Michael Bublé. Even Michael Bublé is surprised that we're playing him in August. It is the heads you've got, John. He's like, oh, I'm getting royalties from New Zealand now? It's bringing you the Christmas feels this morning. It has been so much fun doing this. And the Christmas music, we keep going until we get 12 no's of Christmas. It's about halfway at the moment.

Yeah, the no's are starting to creep through, Ben, I won't lie. I know you've tried to keep this going. I reckon we can get away one more Christmas song. But I do need to let you know about today's amazing OMG I Want One. It's back, of course, with a twist. You can text OMG to 4487. And today's two options you have to choose from is a Bestway Lazy Spa, a Miami spa pool.

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I prefer sitting in the public spa pools in a hot soup with complete strangers and all their skin cells falling off. That's how I like my spa pooling. But we do want to spread the Christmas cheer, don't we, right now? Early Christmas cheer. A lot of people have been texting in 4487 so we can give them an early Christmas gift, a Christmas present in August. And a boy, a little boy, due to lockdown, not being able

to have his fifth birthday, we're told. So we're going to give them a call right now. Hello? Hi, is that Katrina? Yes. Hi, it's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits Radio station. Hi.

We'd just like to call everyone and say their name. That's all? That was Katrina's number, Jono? Yeah, great. We'd just like to go over our phone book, the national phone book, make sure everyone's number's still in service. Katrina, how old are you? You don't have to answer that.

Yeah, it's personal. I also like to update the ages of everyone to make sure no one's lying about their age. What was that? Okay. That wasn't the question that we wanted to ask at all. I don't know why. Now, Katrina, we spoke to your husband, David.

Oh, yes. A couple of days ago. He's speaking in the background. A couple of days ago. Are you still married to David? Just checking in? Yeah. Maybe.

Relationship going well? We'll find out in the school, guys. And you've got a, I feel like we are going through the facts right now, but you had been planning a bit of a special birthday party last weekend. You had to put it on hold for this weekend as well for your son, right? Yeah. And we're not sure. I mean, I guess we're a bit of a question mark over whether Alex can have his birthday this weekend as well for your son, right? Yeah. And we're not sure. I mean, I guess we're a bit of a question mark over whether Alex can have his birthday this weekend or not.

Yeah, probably not. Poor little fella. You know, I'm sure he'll be looking forward to this for months and months. Yeah, yeah, he has. Now, what's the one toy that Alex would want? He's always into Lego. Lego? Oh, Lego.

Oh, cool. Did you want to Lego. Lego? Oh, Lego. Oh, cool. Did you want to chuck him on? Yeah, sure. He's eating his breakfast, but it'll be all good. Alex? Want to come? Want to say hi?

Oh, he said he can't talk. He's got food in his mouth. Oh, yeah. No, that's right. Well, should we wait for him to finish his mouthful? He might be waiting a while there. Yeah, right. At least his manners are in check. That's right, yeah. Hey. Well, should we wait for him to finish his mouthful? He might be waiting a while there. At least his manners are in check.

That's right, yeah. Hey, well, listen, we want to buy him a very special birthday present. Oh, that would be nice. Yeah, you just get him to name a piece of Lego and we'll buy it for him, okay? Just one piece? Just one piece. Just a single? I was going to go for a whole, like, one of those cool real sets. No, it's one single piece. The budget only allows for one piece. Just one piece? Just a single? I was going for a whole, like, one of those cool, real sets.

No, it's one single piece. The budget only allows for one piece. He's like, yellow, bit of Lego. Perfect. No, you can pick a Lego set. We'd love to buy that for him for his birthday. Yeah, no, cool. It'd be awesome.

Hey, awesome. Well, listen, it's been wonderful talking to you, wonderful updating your details. Still didn't give us that age, but we'll get to that off air. And you guys keep safe in your bubble. I'm sorry the little man's missing out on his fifth birthday, but hopefully this Lego does something. Yeah, no, it'll be great.

Thank you very much. All right, Merry Christmas. Yeah. Yeah, Merry Christmas. We're doing this for Christmas. Yeah, Merry Christmas. Yeah, very soon, yeah. Yeah, it's coming soon, 131 days. All right, Merry Christmas. And we'll Christmas. Yeah, very soon. Yeah, it's coming soon. 131 days. We'll count it down. Alright, Merry

Christmas. And we'll continue the Christmas spirit right now. No, the people are saying stop on the text. Let's get into the end of it. 4, 4, 8, 7. We'll get another one in. Alright, let's go one more. It's Justin Bieber right now. Santa Claus is coming to town.

Santa Claus is coming to town. Oh, how good. It is Justin Bieber getting into the Christmas spirit. It was a lot of fun. We played more Christmas songs than we intended to play. Some would say 40 minutes too much

according to some of the texts on 4487, but a lot of support out there, Ben. Don't get me wrong. You know, they're always the haters. They always say they've been the haters, but hey, that was a lot of fun.

So thank you for sharing in the Christmas spirit with us. Do you reckon Santa's got like some sort of radar that's pinging right now in New Zealand? What? There was? Yeah. Already? But that was fun while it lasted. Yeah, that's right.

Next year we should start in July. We have to keep bettering ourselves. Yeah, true. Every year. Earlier and earlier. We have to play Christmas music. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits.

Jono, good morning and welcome along to the show. Friday morning, it is day three of lockdown and we'll bring you up to speed with all the overnight news regarding COVID and what's happening today because there's some big announcements happening today from the government. How are you guys doing? Doing well. I was driving in this morning thinking,

I can't imagine a time where we don't have to live without COVID. You know, we're just going to have to suck it up. Well, that's what it seems like the rest of the world. Yeah, but most of them are vaccinated too. The majority of those countries, UK, US, they've rolled out their vaccination plans. I think we're just going to have to deal with it. We're going to have a flu.

Yeah, it's going to be stuck with us. Like Ben's been stuck with me. Can't shake me. You just have to have to deal with it. You're going to have a flu. Yeah, it's going to be stuck with us, like Ben's been stuck with me. Can't shake me. You just have to learn to live with it, guys. And I have. He's tried to vaccinate against me, but nothing works, too. How are you going? I'm good, yes.

I'm very good. Happy it's Friday, so I can continue on the weekend to do nothing in my afternoons. You're very astute with your mask wearing, too. You've even got a mask on now, as you're talking. Can you actually tell if you... Oh, it sounds a little bit muffled. A little bit muffled. I'll bring it down when I need to speak. Yeah, mask wearing too. You haven't even got a mask on now. Can you actually tell if you... Oh, it sounds a little bit muffled. A little bit muffled. I'll bring it down when I need to speak.

Yeah, that's right. You look great. You look like a surgeon when you pull it down. Who's just on a morning tea break. Yeah. I'm that qualified. The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. Can't save this battered up old face.

It makes you beautiful. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. I heard in the news this morning, driving into, people were waiting between nine and 11 hours yesterday for COVID tests. Some people. What is that? Yeah, that's, what happens when you phone Healthline and you're like, oh, I think I've got symptoms. And they say, oh, you've got to go get a test.

And you've got to wait in line for 12 hours. I don't know how many people would be bothered doing that. Well, a lot at the moment. I mean, the queue's ridiculously long yesterday. Like, I drove past one on the way home, and I couldn't get past it. There was police stopping going, oh, where are you going, mate? The queue is just enormous. Going all the way back to the motorway from basically, yeah.

Oh, for that St. Luke's one? Yeah, yeah. Back to the motorway? And this morning on the way to work, as I drove past, there were three or four cars already lined up outside the COVID testing centre at five in the morning. And it doesn't open, as far as I know, to eight or nine o'clock, but I

guess people have gone, well, hey, I'll get there. At least I know I'll be one of the first people on there, rather than having to wait nine or eleven hours yesterday for testing. To get a stick up your nose. But it is, I mean, it's awesome. They are doing the right thing, and that's what we should encourage people to do it just be great for these people if it could happen a little faster because obviously you might you might get people getting frustrated or going i don't want to go which is not what we want right now no yeah what's the alternative

though well yeah there is no you've got to just sit there yeah 12 hours yeah it's a long time take a book take your your Netflix with you. Do a bit of work from the laptop. Bathrooms. All that sort of stuff. You could get Delta and then recover in 12 hours in your car just while you've been sitting there. I no longer have symptoms.

I'm fine. Get to the front of the queue. I think I'm queuing now. I think I'm good. I've waited too long. But anyway,down's over. Last year, Jen, my wife was like meal number two last night, and you forget

the non-stop cooking that goes on, don't you? You sort of get sick of your own cooking by the end of lockdown. But my daughter Poppy, she's happy because we've got a steady supply of frozen fish fingers She loves them mate

She could live out the rest of her eating career Just having fish fingers Do you know the greatest day for her I think on Monday we did a Ad for Sea Lord Do you remember this thing here Ben if there's one thing I know about you You're always looking for an easy

Quick healthy dinner aren't you Yeah and the new Sea Lord lightly crumbed Hockey fillets are in supermarkets Right now so you can So yeah then we'll be charging Sea Lord for that extra advert I've sent the invoice off to Sea Lord Yeah no no charge them I got home and she's like

Dad Are you Sponsored by Sea Lord? She thought that we could have free fish fingers. Oh, really? Sponsored fish fingers. She thought she could get her fish fingers on now. Some more fish fingers.

Who are you sponsored by? Fish fingers. I like it, though. I like it. She's a good sponsor. Every caller wins fish fingers. So she thought, you know, she was going to get free fish fingers for the rest of it. I was like, well, you can hopefully buy fish fingers. I'll buy you a pack of fish fingers So she thought She was going to get Free fish fingers For the rehearsal I was like

Well you can hopefully Buy fish fingers I'll buy you a pack Of fish fingers But yeah I don't know I don't know who her dad is But I think it might be

King Triton From the Little Mermaid Half man half fish Why would a half fish Want to eat fish It'd be sort of cannibalism He'd be like No no

Stay away Keep the supplies. You are hanging out with New Zealand's Breakfast right now, 6.30. Jono and Ben with you. Of course, today the government deciding 3pm whether to extend the national lockdown. So there's big decisions today happening. And we wanted to gauge, and we have been gauging the mood of the nation each day this week as we've been in lockdown. Why are you always in a mood?

Why are you always in a mood? Yeah. Is that all we get of that song? Yeah, cut it off. No, because the rest of it doesn't make any sense. He's talking about his partner who's a bit grumpy and upset at him. We just wanted the why are you always in a mood bit. Why you always in a mood. Stop it.

Yeah, okay. So lockdown happened, of course, Wednesday, and we wanted to know what the mood of the nation was. Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister, said we're going hard and we're going early. Going hard and early. Go hard and early. Go hard, go early. Hard and early.

Go hard. Jeez, we're going to make a regret saying those words, aren't we? We're getting some mileage out of that bad boy. And someone was going hard and early on the show Monday morning. Mitchell, what do you do? Why are you up? Normally I start work at six. I got the day off, just in to say go hard, go early,

so I'm having a bourbon and you'll keep me entertained. Oh, you have gone and you've gone with a bourbon. Wow. You've gone harder than us But that's great, I love it You're drinking bourbon I'll probably finish early too So good

So we wanted to know right now Oh, Andrew, the hits, 4487 How's your mood today? What's the mood of the nation? Are you working? Are you over lockdown? Does it feel like we've been in lockdown for weeks or are you just getting into the swing of things? Yeah, or you just want to talk.

To two guys desperate to fill a radio break at 6 o'clock in the morning. That's actually been one of my favourite parts of the show this week. Just chatting to people and just finding out what everyone's up to and it kind of feels like we're just checking in on people which you kind of need to do right now. So check in on us and we'll check in on you. 0800 the HITS or 4487 on the text.

How are you feeling this morning, New Zealand? We'll get you on next on the HITS. We wish we could go back to these days, these days, these days. It is John O'Byrne with you on the HITS at the moment. Of course, we're day three of lockdown. We find out today at three o'clock it's going to be announced whether the lockdown is going to be extended as the cases, you know, seems to still mount. The 21 cases at the moment in New Zealand and 100 places of interest at the moment.

So lots and lots of places of interest. But they seem to be positive because they seem to have found the source of where it's from. Generally, if you've heard of Auckland, it's a place of interest. Yeah, pretty much. Even if you've heard of the word Auckland, you might want to go and just check up. Long lines yesterday at the COVID testing stations. And we're doing the Mood of the Nation every morning. Why you always in the mood?

Want to know how you're feeling today? Want to check in with everyone who's listening to the show on 0800 The Hits? Sam joins us from Auckland. Welcome, Sam Morena. Good morning, boys. Now, producer Bee Hump says that you're not feeling too good today, which I'm sorry to hear about because it sounds like your buses to work are not running.

I can't believe that they would do such a stupid thing. I get to the bus every day to and from work, and they've taken all of the 7 o'clock buses away, so there's no way I can get into work. What do you do? I work at a doctor's surgery and yes we do COVID tests all day long

I started earlier, I work later and I'm shattered and now I can't even get to work Oh my darling, jeez I'm sorry, yeah you guys are doing such amazing work for New Zealand. We are so appreciative of everything you do, and I'm so sorry to hear that.

Can you get an Uber? I mean, I'm very lucky that I'm in a situation that I have a car and I can actually park illegally in town because obviously there's no wardens. But there are many, many, many people out there that rely on public transport to get to work. And, you know, all these workers are now stuck, unable to get in. Yeah, and you're in the eye of the storm.

Yeah, on Queen Street. Yeah, you can't ignore the stress that that has on an individual, being there day in, day out, you know. It's a busy time for you guys, and you're seeing it all. Exactly. Oh, well, I'm so sorry to hear that, yeah, your feeling on that. And please do know that we are really appreciative of what you're doing right now. You're doing some awesome work. Yeah, I can get there to do such things.

Yeah. Oh, mate. Listen, you know what? We'll send you some flowers. I don't know if that does any good. No, but we'd like to brighten out your day. And maybe pay for a meal when you can go out and we'd like to

have him shout you a meal on us when you can go out again, alright? That's awesome. The only downside is you have to go on a date with Ben. No, you don't. You don't have to go with one of us. Anything with a pulse right now. Hey, hey. That's what his wife said.

Is that? Okay. On their wedding day, she's like, I'll take anything with a pulse. He's still got a pulse, yeah, hey. That's what his wife said. Is that? Okay. On their wedding day, she's like, I'll take him, anything with a pulse. He's still got a pulse, yeah, all right.

No, I appreciate it, I'll take that. Oh, Sam, lots of love your way, all right, Sam, and I'm so sorry that things are, you know,

getting the better of you. You're doing such great work for New Zealand, we really do appreciate it, all right? Awesome. Have a great day. You're a Kiwi hero, Sam,

you keep it up. See, people are working so hard and you forget about that I mean I know people Will be waiting 9 to 11 hours Which is such a long time For stuff

But you've got to remember The people that are working In these places as well And they put themselves In danger obviously Which you know We've mentioned multiple times That's not new news

But you know You've got to really factor in That not only are they Just putting themselves In danger But their families too As well But for the greater good

That's right. So, so many people are doing such great essential work. Why don't you go and do great work? Yeah, I know. I should. You've got a pulse. I've got a pulse. Although I think you're dead inside now, aren't you?

Working with me for so long. Yeah, pulse is still going though. Yeah, that's the main thing. Let's go. Who's online for Sorry Jude? Ellie. Ellie, welcome to the show. You're on New Zealand's Breakfast, the mood of the nation.

Yes. What's going on with you? Well, me and my co-worker, we're thinking at a service station right now. It's pretty empty. And yeah, we're all in Christchurch, living the dream. Good on you. Do you know I went into a service station yesterday and first lockdown 12 months ago, we did a range of, you know, we hopped on the bandwagon, did a range of novelty masks.

Jono and Ben face masks. We did it with kind face. Yeah. And I didn't have any other masks yesterday, apart from the one that says, I have pash rash. Oh, boy. And then the person behind the counter at the petrol station is like, I think we have some ointment for that in the back of the...

Oh, no. That's classic. Good old service station representative. How are the roads in Christchurch? Are they a bit quieter over the last couple of days? Yes, very quiet around here. You stop at a red light and you're stopping for no one.

And that's been my theory when I drive to work every morning because we go so early. I'm like, what am I stopping for? Just keep going. I stopped at a yellow light yesterday which was pointless. Absolutely pointless. You're like, what am I stopping for? Just keep going. Yep, I stopped at a yellow light yesterday, which was pointless, absolutely pointless. You're like, why am I doing this? Yeah, exactly. Hey, well, again, you guys, you're turning up to work every day,

and we want to thank you on behalf of New Zealand. You know, without you there, no one could get petrol. And, you know, again, you're putting yourself at risk. So we really do appreciate you. Yeah, thanks, guys, for entertaining us. That's all right. We'll send you out some Hell Pizza when you can, when takeaways are back open again, you're putting yourself at risk, so we really do appreciate you. Yeah, thanks, guys, for entertaining us. That's all right. We'll send you out some Hell Pizza when you can, when takeaways are back open again.

Hopefully in the next week or so you can get some Hell Pizza on us. Oh, well, thank you very much. Keep safe, Sammy. Appreciate you listening. All right, it is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. It's High Hopes. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben, and we have, as a nation, got High Hopes, it is the hits.

You've got John O'Bannon, we have As A Nation Got High Hopes. We're going to get some good news today. Scrolling through your feed. The one thing you can't get vaccinated for is this guy bringing you the news from overnight. What's been happening, Benjamin? Well, the headline today in New Zealand Herald is a glimmer of hope. And I guess the government yesterday, even though there is more COVID cases, they announced there's 21 in total

and over 100 places of interest right now. But they were saying they feel like they've found the source, the original source of where it's from. So that's a positive thing because they feel like they can track everyone that's kind of got or been in contact. So yeah, hopefully that means that the lockdown is going to be shorter

than maybe some people might have anticipated. That's when you know things are bad when Ashley's nervous about the genome tracing. Yeah, the genome tracing. He's like, we just don't know where it's come from and you tell it so it's rattled him. Yeah. But as soon as they figure out where it's come from then obviously they can track back.

But you'd think a lot more, and I don't want to scaremonger, a lot more people than have been confirmed would have it. Yes, I think the numbers are still going to go up. But hopefully it means that when they know when they can put kind of a ring around it, I think they kind of know that maybe they can contain it by going into this lockdown. So we'll find out today at three o'clock today how long it feels like it will be an extension on the lockdown. I don't know.

That's just my feeling in my loins. What's your feeling? My loins? What are my loins saying this morning? My loins are saying, what are loins? Yeah, that's a good question. What are loins? Comedian and friend of ours, Chris Parker, he's very, very funny.

Yesterday he put a lovely thing on social media. He was trying to be overly optimistic about some of the press conference stuff. He just witnessed the press conference. He was trying to be overly positive. some of the press conference stuff. He just witnessed the press conference. He was trying to be overly positive. Have a listen to this. Okay. Yeah, I think that's positive. Obviously, it's a lot, and it's getting, and we're getting more every day,

but, like, it could be, you know, 11. It could be, like, it could be, like, 400. It could be 400. I mean, they do keep saying they expect the case numbers to go higher and higher, but I think they're just saying that so that we don't panic, you know, and I'm not panicking. I think we'll be in lockdown longer than, you know, seven days, you know, but it's not going to be 10 years.

You know, I'm not panicking. So good. That is so awesome. Check out the whole thing on Chris Parker's Instagram. He's very good. I will tell you one thing I found very interesting last night watching One News in particular was the reporters, how they would cross to them and then they would take off their mask straight away on camera.

To obviously show, because I imagine they probably got a bit of hate going, why aren't they wearing a mask out in public? So they would show that they were by themselves, they were wearing a mask, and then they'd take it off. It was almost like a little sexy little, hey, look at this. I thought it was like someone had been caught wearing something that they shouldn't have been wearing or smoking something, and they try and get rid of it quickly, just as the camera gets to them. No, maybe I'm...

Oh, tickle. I thought it was more of a sexy little, hey, I can reveal all. Here's my chin. You want to see some chin? Chin's up. You want to see my lips? Yeah, there they are. They're talking to you right now

Yeah they're moving Doing things for you Well you have no idea To slow that footage down Don't you And put some sexual music Behind it Yeah

Put that on social media Yeah we'll burn The internet with that That's good I don't know if it's Going to go any good But why not We put a bit of pony

Behind it or something Like that eh behind it or something like that, eh? The shops and roads, they may be empty, but the one thing that'll never be empty is the well of celebrities screwing up. And Juliet's got our hourly update with Spy. What's been happening, mate? So, Lorde's new album comes out today, Solar Power, and she has been doing a bit of press recently.

We've seen her in the news a bit more. She's come out of her, you know how Michael Bublé comes out of his cave every year when Christmas time rolls around? Lorde's come out of her cave. She's in America at the moment. She's based over there, isn't she? Yeah, she is. And so she spoke to, did an interview with that Instagram page,

SHIT You Should Care About. It's run by New Zealanders, kind of New Zealand journalism students. So she did an interview with them and they asked what was going on with her and Harry Styles. He and I are kind of on a similar tip right now. I don't know. He seems to be in such a

like, lower child state of mind. I have a vision and someone needs to call me. Which basically means that she's keen to work with him. Oh, they're going to collab, are they? Anyone that follows that particular Instagram site, which

is huge worldwide, will know that they really do delve into some important things, do some great work, but then every now and again they sort of pivot and they put just Harry Styles appreciation posts up. So good. So they love Harry Styles, so this is playing into their sweet smile, right? Totally. Totally. Who's hotter out of Harry Styles and Justin

Bieber? Shoot. Okay. Who are you going to go? I'm going to have to say Harry Styles. Bieber's getting better with age too. But my loyalty lies with Justin because I've been a fan of him for longer than Harry. But Harry's more like my type, you know?

He's your type. Yeah, like he's my look. Yeah. Anyway, we don't need to delve into my... No, we do, do we? We do. Yeah, no, Bieber's clooning it. He's going to get better with age.

Yeah, yeah. He looks really cool with the really short shaved haircut. I think he looks really good like that. Anyway, we can move on from their looks shall we? It's not all about their looks. She's a superficial. I remember mum when I was younger asked me, she goes,

Juliet, would you still like Justin Bieber if he wasn't good looking? And I'm like, yes. She's like, well why do you like him so much then? And I'm like, because he's got a really great personality. She's like, Juliet, that is just a bunch of crap. You know Juliet, actually you did take drum lessons, didn't you? Oh, yeah, I did. Just in case you met Justin Bieber, you would have a common ground.

So that, like, you know, he'd be more into me, probably. So can you play the drums? Oh, I can play a very basic beat. Nothing like Oscar, your son. Enough to impress Bieber, though. Oh, yeah, yeah. He'd probably be like, amateur. No.

And Taika Waititi turned 46 a few days ago, and you bet I crapped my pants when Rita Ora posted a collection of images from the party. So they were partying with people like Rami Malek, who played Freddie Mercury in the film Bohemian Rhapsody. Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson's daughter. Kristen Stewart. And a whole bunch of other stars. Yeah, unreal. They're a better class of people now, aren't they?

They're hanging out with better people. He's doing so well, Taika. Oh, I know. One thing I would love you to investigate, though, because you love these sorts of things, is in the photos, it was all like a great party. But he looks like he's got tattoo sleep. He looks like he's had tattoo. Either he's got some very convincing fake tattoos.

Yeah. And for what reason, I'm not sure. Maybe it was a movie role or whatever. Or he's just had a whole lot of ink done over both his arms. So did he not have tattoos beforehand? No, not as far as I know. Wow. Yes, I will investigate.

I think he's got one or two. If he's got a full sleeve, he's got hand tattoos as well. He's gone hard and he's gone early. He looks good with the tats. He does look good. He really suits them. I mean, it's a great decision if he has. But yeah, but I just was curious to know if that was just for a role or for something that he actually got.

But anyway, that was my observation. He got into quite the hole yesterday. You were like, oh, he's going through all his photos. He's got none here. Yeah, I did. It was really concerning me. He's got a lot of work done really quickly. That's very true.

Okay, I'll find out. I'll do some digging for you. Thank you, would you? And then a spark and we can get to the next talk. I almost got to the for you. Thank you, would you? And that is Spive and where you can enter the headstock. I almost got to the stage where I was going to put on read it or tag him in and go, hey, do you get tattoos? But I was like, no, he's not going to reply to that. He's not going to see that.

Why are you getting Juliet to do digging when it sounds like you've done a lot of digging already? How much deeper do you want to dig? Well, I've dug to a point that I still don't know. He's not successful in his digging. So I need to know. I need to get the bottom. I will not sleep. Well, I probably will. But I would like to know. I'd like to know. He's not successful in this game. So I need to know. I need to get the bottom. I will not sleep. Well, I probably will.

But I would like to know. I'd like to know. Put it that way. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. Kia ora, good morning. It is The Hits. Jono and Ben at 7.07 on your Friday morning. Of course, we just heard with Ash Thomason the news. One more case to add

to New Zealand's tally at the moment. Remember when we were adding medals to our tally? That was a lot better at the Olympics. I like that. I like that. That was our most successful Olympics ever. This might be our most successful COVID ever. Prime Minister's office says there's a new case at Waitakere Hospital.

A man who had been, unfortunately, at North Shore Hospital earlier in the week with an unrelated condition. So everyone from North Shore Hospital, the patients, are being diverted. And all staff and patients are getting tested. 22 community cases. Is that more than the gold medals that we got at the Olympics? More medals?

We're on par, I think, with medals in COVID cases at the moment. I know. Everyone are hoping. Well, hoping. Now, we were trying to be positive this morning because they had found the source. The geos. What was the word? had found the source, the geos. What was the word? What's the geo?

Genome sequencing. Oh, I was just going to let him try and sit in there. Oh, sorry. I had my let him flounder face on. I should have done that too. I don't know. You tell me face. And I was like, oh, please help me out here.

This is where we go. Jono and Ben, we're a team. You know? Come on, mate. This is where you come in. A team of five million. We're all workingo and Ben. We're a team, you know. Come on, mate. This is where you come in. A team of five million. We're all working together, mate. We're all trying to be positive.

We've done it before. We'll get through this, New Zealand. But it is day three of lockdown. And it feels like it's been quite a long lockdown already, I reckon. I don't know for some reason. It's only three days. But it just feels like a long lockdown. You know what I enjoy doing is I come home and I say to the kids, you're doing homeschooling.

They're like, all done. I said, when did you start homeschooling? Nine o'clock. When did you finish homeschooling? 9.30. And it just leads me to believe, you know, these teachers are just dragging out the school day. Kids are knocking off work in half an hour.

It's either that or the kids are lying to me about how much work they've done. But the bad habits from lockdown have crept back in for many, many New Zealanders. And we put it together. We put them together in a song for you right now. It's Bad Habits, the lockdown, I'm drinking at one Conversations over Zoom with no trousers on Panic buying toilet paper for my loop I watch Ashley on the news from one to two My bad habits lead to chips and dip shoved in my face

Let in hygiene, send it slipping while I watch the chase You know that I get vaccinated, But I'm locked in my place Home school was shut on day two It's true, it's true My bad habits repulse you Have another drink or two Bad habits until level two Another day at home with the kids

Little tip, it's called parenting Not babysitting Jono and Ben New Zealand's breakfast White knuckles And sweaty palms from Pyjamas all day Fine with us

Chono and Ben New Zealand's breakfast It's a big day Not only do we find out today At three o'clock If they're locked down Extensions will be happening I've got a controversial opinion

I reckon they're going to say Everything's back to normal You've heard it here first. You brought me the only one. All right, thanks. Quickly became an epidemiologist overnight. We'll be out of lockdown 11.59 tonight, guys. Don't worry.

It's all back to normal tomorrow. Just roll with me on this one. We're a little bit sad today because we're going to be losing a staff member. Millennial Max. Yeah. I've made it sound like he's dying or something. No. He's going to a better place. TVNZ? Yeah. I've made it sound like he's dying or something. No, he's going to a better place.

TVNZ. Yeah. It's like the gates of heaven when you walk through those doors. But Millennial Max, you're leaving us. Yeah, I am. You can take your mask off if you want. He's very responsible too. What I love about Millennial Max is he is the opposite of what you think a 21 year old should be doing.

Opposite of what you were at 21. Exactly. The polar opposite. Like you're more responsible than I am now and I'm 39. You've got a lovely

shirt on today. It looks great. 65 year old in a 21 year old's body. It's good. But we've really enjoyed working with you Max.

We have. Thank you. Thank you for everything you've done for us. It's been awesome. It's been great. We're going to miss you.

Thank you for your kind donation to this radio show. Thank you for everything you've done for us. It's been awesome. It's been great. We're going to miss you. Thank you for your kind donation to this radio show. Thank you very, very much. My service. We appreciate it. Now, we do have a surprise for you, Millennial Max. Do you? We've gone through all of your work emails. You weren't kidding when you said that before.

And your money history as well. So we're going to read all of that out now, one by one. No, we've got your two mothers on the phone. We've got your birth mother and your work mother on the phone. Which should we go to first? We'll go to your birth mother. She did a lot of heavy lifting to get Max into this world. Sig, welcome.

Morena. Morena. Hi, Mum. Oh, my God. Hi, Maxie. We wanted this to be a celebration of your time at the Hits, but also to be like an awkward 21st speech. Yeah, yeah.

What's your favourite story about lovely little Maxie? Oh, there are so many. Most of them involve sort of, yes, sort of poos and wee. And his lovely college shirt is hiding his face. I will leave those ones. And Max was probably the most outstanding

young dress-up. And he, while he was sort of preschool, and from looking like a carrot to banana to Robin Hood. And it's all documented. I have the dirt.

You dressed up like a carrot? What did you dress up like a carrot for? Was it a five plus a day sort of thing maybe? It's great. I love costumes, Max. I love those. I love Max has just got his head in his hands right now. He's like, dear God.

He's wonderful, Max. We love working with you, Max. And as you said before, it's a shame you're gone. You've raised a wonderful child. Oh, thank you. I think so too, but then I'm supervised. You are. Will you keep safe in Christchurch?

I will. Thank you. All right. Love you, Mum. Love you. Bye. Max is actual Mum. Now we go to Max's work, Mum. You spent. Bye. Max's actual mum. Now we go to Max's work mum.

You spent some time working with this wonderful person. Hilary Barry, your work mum, joins us now. Hilary, you mothered Max beautifully. Hello. Oh, and do you know what? It was so lovely listening to your mum because that's who I want to pay tribute to, your mum because that's who I want to pay tribute to, your mum and dad, because they

raised you up to be a fine young man. And can I tell you, lads, Jono and Ben, that Mac, every day that I worked at the Hits, filling in for Laura McGoldrick on the 3pm pick-up, just a little plug for the show there. He walked me out the door every single day. Out the door every day. Who does that? Well, there was a company email saying, watch Hillary, she steals

stuff. So we're all like... So we're all like... But that was lovely. Just wild industry rumours. Oh, that is lovely. And there's no coincidence the fact that you work at TVNZ and now Max is working at TVNZ, Hilary.

Well, it's funny. The years I've been at TVNZ, and we're about five now, I haven't headhunted anyone until now. It's a thing for itself. Oh, there you go. You're going to be living with your work mother now Hilary Baggins You don't know this

But Hilary would bring in baked goods for Max I know Well the thing is Max came into my life at a time When both my children had just left So I was an empty nester Yearning to bake for someone younger And he came into my life And was just so serendipitous

And there he was, Max, my third son Oh, thank you very much, Hilary Barry We'll catch you tonight on 7 Sharp And keep safe in your bubble You will Love you, Hilary Take care, Max See you across the road

All right, there we go Max's two work mums It is the hits We've got $5,000 up for grabs very shortly. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our Game of Words Association. We play it every morning.

You know how it works. We tell you five words. You tell us the first things that pop into your head. If your five words match up with ours, you win $5,000. Hey, Tony, how's Nelson this morning, mate? Good morning. How are you? Yeah, great to have you on, Tony, how's Nelson this morning, mate? Good morning, how are you? Yeah, great to have you on, Tony. How's the lockdown going in the top of the South Island?

Oh, not too bad, not too bad. Who are you bunkered down with, Tony? I've got my family, my two daughters and my partner. Are you out and about at the moment? Yes, I am. I'm starting work at 8 o'clock. I work for Trent's. We're a wholesaler. We supply dairies and the cafes, service stations and the likes.

Essential worker. Nice. Yep. Good on you, Tony, getting out there. Now, let's make this pay. $5,000 cash we could be giving you. Now, this has been a ludicrous amount of time since we've had a winner. It's been a while. I'm desperate for you. Tony's agreeing. had a winner. It's been a while. Desperate for you. Tony's agreeing.

Ben's agreeing. Juliet's nodding her head. You want to send someone to the soundproof booth? Who's it going to be? Yes, please. Can I send Jono, please? Jono, Brian, this is probably why it's been a ludicrous time since the winner. Oh, no.

I believe in you, Jono. You can do this today. Jono has made his way now to the soundproof booth. Tony, your first word this morning. Five words, $5,000. Unleaded. Unleaded. Petrol.

That's exactly what popped into my head. What pops into your head now when I say binge? Binge. B-I-N-G-E. Binge. binge binge b-i-n-g-e binge i've got to say drinker can i go back to that yeah that's not a bad one yeah that's a very kiwi thing i old binge drinking so yeah maybe we'll come back to that though uh biscuits is Biscuits is the third word. Biscuits. Biscuits. Oh, gosh.

It's tough when you're on the spot, I'm feeling for you. I know. You want these words to count? Yes, I certainly do. Biscuits. Oh, I'll say chocolate chip. Chocolate chip. Yeah, lovely biscuits.

Compass is the fourth word this morning. Compass. C-O-M-P-A-S-S. Comfort, was it? No, compass. Compass. Compass. Yeah.

Point. Oh, yeah. Great. And update is the final word. Update. Oh, my God. A word that's, yeah, a tough word, but it's a word that I guess has been used quite a lot at the moment, right?

Yeah. But then there are plenty of options now that I think of it. There is, isn't there? It could be this update, it could be that update. Yeah. I'll say COVID update. Okay. Nice.

COVID update. So just go back to that binge. Yeah. Do you have any more thoughts on binge? Probably not because I was asking you more words, but we'll come back to that now. Yeah, I'll go binge drinking. Okay, binge. Binge drinking. For the New Zealand culture.

All right. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth right now. His self-isolation period is over. He's back out of it. It's like your little MIQ, isn't it? It's wonderful. You can see your reflection in the glass door of the soundproof booth and I was like, jeez, you're looking tired, bro. Yeah, looking tired.

You're looking like a bag of hammers. Hey, Tony, you feeling good, babes? Oh, yeah, we'll see. Yeah, there were some really tough ones. It's a lot more pressure when you're doing it on the show. Copy and paste. We've said this many times. But you know. So yeah a lot of pressure. The pressure that Michael Hill Jeweller puts on a rock to turn into a diamond. That's the pressure you're feeling. Let's see if we can turn rocks into diamonds right now and win Tony $5,000. The first word said to Tony this morning was unleaded petrol and you would be correct you guys are both you've made a match all right this relationship could go further it could go further hopefully five words further a binge is the second word drinking oh good work nice work did you tell Tony yeah I don't know how you thought of that one I did actually just think now of watching binge

watching too yeah well that was the other option, like your Netflix and all that sort of stuff. But no, you went with the drinking one and no one's surprised at all by that. Maybe that's why I'm looking so tired in the reflection of the soundproof booth door. Sorry. Cheap shot.

Biscuits is the third word this morning. Biscuits. Chocolate. Oh, we were chocolate chip. Oh, Tony. Tony, you're on the right track. You guys are very much in sync. Never mind.

Tony, you're really good. Two and a half pretty much so far. Let's run through the last couple. Compass. Direction. That was a tough one, Compass. And we're going to point with Tony and update COVID. Ooh, Tony, three and a half.

I'll give you out of five. That was pretty good effort. It was. Hey, thank you so much. No, thank you, Tony. We really appreciate you listening to the show and stay safe out there doing great work out and about for New Zealand, all right?

Yep, that's cool. Thanks a lot. Have a great day, guys. Going hard and ooley. Go hard, day, guys. Going hard and early. Go hard, go early. Go hard and early. Hard and early. Go hard.

With Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Of course, thank you, everyone. It's very difficult times for New Zealand, but hopefully we'll get through this together. I saw a good thing from the police online that said, let's play a game of go home, stay home. You're it.

It was very clever. Hey, yeah, you guys have a great weekend, Stay Home. You're it. That was very clever. You guys have a great weekend. Stay safe. We're going to be back Monday. Who knows what's on the show next week. We're making it up as we go along. Even more than usual. I think so. Have a wonderful weekend. Try and think of the positives. We'll catch you Monday from 6. See you then.

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