Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben's Infamous Drink Driving Ad...

Episode Date: February 26, 2023

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Welcome, it's the John O'Bien Podcast. Thanks to Challenge, our friends and family members at Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Family members at Challenge. Nepotism. That's why they're on board. You thought Trump was bad in the White House. Have you ever had a friend or family member work at a petrol station? A friend of mine used to work at a petrol station for a while. Andy, our friend, he was a director for

a while there. He was Palmerston North, didn't he? Yeah, he actually, he's great, Andy. He was great. But we employed him from the broadcasting school and there was only I think he was the last one here and we're like what numpty is this going to be? What dog have we

But it was only because another job that he had fell through and it was actually, we're very, very lucky to have him. But at first we? Yeah, but it was only because another job that he had fell through and yeah, it was actually, we're very, very lucky to have him but at first we were like, oh,

this is the one that no one wants but he's incredible. Working at a petrol station. He was incredible, so yeah. Yeah, he's doing

Slippery Treasure Road and stuff. Yeah, he is. He's gone on, he's gone on, mate, you've,

you've, you've, you've, Oh, what have I done? Yeah, yeah. But you know,

no, I was going to say, you fostered and you nurtured that, that young man. Oh, he was always, I like, you know But you know No I was going to say You fostered And you nurtured that That young Oh he was always I like

You know people That are always They've got it in them anyway They're going to do it With or without you anyway But yeah Joel you've got it in you You'll be good

That's the nicest thing You've ever said to me Thank you What's the worst thing I've ever said to you Let's drill down on that It's the worst thing You've gone home

And gone Oh that was a bit Yeah Have you ever gone away From here Just oh, that was a bit... Yeah. Have you ever gone away from here and just got a little rattled, a little like, oh, jeez, okay.

You're good, Jono, but sometimes the stuff you say, Ben, really cuts deep. I have been going on this rich vein of comedy about Joel's lovely partner, Grace,

and her in-laws. They went on one trip funded by... Anyway. I don't mind. No, Joel's pretty good. B-Hubs is went on one trip, funded by, anyway. I don't mean it. I don't mean it. No, Joel's pretty good. Behemoth's another good one,

our producer. Isn't he one of those people you're like, yeah, no, they've got it. You do get some duds along the way though. Name and shame. Name a few, yeah.

Who are we talking about? We've been lucky enough to work with some amazing people. Yeah, and some duds. I'm one of them. Oh yeah, okay. Yeah, we'll check. I'm the biggest of all the duds.

Yeah, no, I won't name and shame. But there's some people who, like, get into the industry and they're probably like, well, this is probably not for me. And so if you're doing something that you're not entirely into. Yeah, it's kind of like a stepping stone or just a temporary thing on the way to something else. You're right. I couldn't imagine doing a job that I wasn't 110% into. Could you?

No. Imagine having to go to work every day and just go, oh, man. But people do. People do. I know. And a lot of people do it out of necessity as well. Yeah, exactly. But you should always try and do what you love. Because how much time do you spend working?

A lot. In your lifetime, you'd spend more time working than you would spending with your family. So you may as well do something that you enjoy what would be your other joy okay so you got this job okay yeah what would be your backup vocation for ben boys what would you what have you always thought oh i wouldn't be too bad at that oh like it like a job what'd be yours what'd be yours ben could be an actor we saw on the podcast oh jeez i couldn't be an actor like in my head sometimes i'm like yeah i could be an actor but then you see yourself and you're like oh no i couldn't be an actor. Watching that is definitely, in my head, sometimes I'm like, yeah, I could be an actor,

but then you see yourself and you're like, oh no, I couldn't be. Well, we played some audio, Ben, on a drink driving commercial. I think you'll hear it in the podcast as well. A drink driving commercial from years gone by. One and done in the acting game, in that industry.

When did you get your license back? Because you see, he blew over the limit. It was two years. Did they actually go method On those drink driving shoots I should have turned up Maybe my performance

Would have been better If I turned up Dangerously hungover Or something the next day I always wanted to play cricket As a kid That was my thing growing up You want to play

For the Black Cats Yeah I want to play Cricket for New Zealand That was always Well one of the dreams I had a few Like I always wanted To get into media as well

You're a very handy cricketer I was And then a mental game It's quite a game That's yeah and i felt like i wasn't cut out for that part where's the mental stuff coming oh just uh you know like batting and stuff when you're in the air people sledge i wasn't a sledger people say stuff and i'd go rattle me i'll be like oh you're only with her because you know your parents their parents take you overseas to hawaii and i'll be like oh that hurts you know things like that. Just an example. It wouldn't rattle many, though, in this room.

No, no. But things like that would really rattle me, you know. What would you do, Producer Joel? No, I'm sorry, Joel. What would you do? Oh, well, yeah, obviously. You probably don't have to work, do you? Well, obviously, if I wasn't doing radio,

I'd be probably playing for the Warriors or something. Oh, you do like your league, yeah. Yeah, this is probably like a bit of a speed bump. That's why I'd probably be a professional athlete if I wasn't doing radio. You play a lot of social sport. You do. Well, name the sports you currently play. Nymnal netball.

Nymnal netball. Yeah, well, say across the last 12 months, what sports have you played? Touch. All right, touch rugby. You played Aussie rules, right? Aussie rules, AFL, rugby union. I'm starting up rugby league soon. I played a bit of lawn balls golf yeah oh you're playing about golf yeah you're the co-captain of the school lawn balls yes yes i played a bit of lawn balls on the weekend

yeah and uh so i got out it's kind of bad because i hadn't played in a while and then i did tell my girlfriend she told some of her friends they're like oh apparently you used to play a bit in the day and then i went for the first ball and bowled it straight into the gutter. You don't want that pressure, do you? No. I know, but it got better after that. But yeah, Joel of all trades, master of none. So you'll be playing rugby league?

Okay. Yeah, what about you? I've always said Mo Lawns. Oh, you do like that? Yeah. Oh, I love it. Yeah, love it. Watching because we were travelling around

Mount Smart Stadium. Would you like that? Would that be the pinnacle of lawn mowing? Something like that or a golf club or something like that? I spent a lot of time because we were on a golf cart travelling the distance of New Zealand around Mount Smart Stadium last week for Red Cross. They had great lawns.

Great. I couldn't take my eyes off the grass. Immaculate. Immaculate. And they do, it like gets, like we were there, we know, it was sprinkled uh what four or five times a day they would come out and they would like shake little bits of they spent a lot of time and it looks great but yeah actually doing looking driving around and then seeing that lawn

made me because we've got a mate of ours who works in this industry as well and he's like i like the satisfaction of mowing lawns because when i do it's done it's perfect it's you walk away going i couldn't do any more to that it's perfect you know because sometimes in the creative industry you're always like i could change that i could do this or do that whatever but then after seeing them out smart lawns i'm like no even lawns you're like it's never going to be perfect in their eyes if you're doing that it was tended to at least half a dozen times a day there's more stuff you could do to it. Even the guy like mowing these fancy patterns into it as well.

Oh, just the detail on it. Yeah, that'd probably be like managing a stadium lawn. Yeah. Would probably be a fun job. You'd be out there

going, bloody concert. Get you kids with your hairy styles. Ruining me grass. Get off the lawn. All right, enjoy the podcast. It's another fun one today. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

It's Ed Sheeran shivers. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. Just saw he played in Sydney, 85,000 people. In one stadium? Yeah. Two nights sold out over there, 85,000. So he played to 170,000 people over two nights. Crazy, eh?

Crazy that I can nail that maths at this time of the morning too. That's really good. Great maths. Jeez, that's incredible. Yeah. Imagine how much money the guy is making. It'd be doing okay. It'd be doing okay.

What did he make of his last tour? Did Ed Sheeran make of his... I'm tired of doing this thing that my wife, Jen, hates. You talk out loud, but you're typing. Here we go. Of his typing. Here we go. Tour. Here we go. You ready?

Yep. You ready? Yeah. That's to say, it's on the internet. It may not be true, but that's, you know, firstly. How much did Ed Sheeran's tour make? Are you still typing or are you finished? No, I'm just doing this for dramatic effect now.

This is his Divide tour. The last tour. Yeah, it was, yeah. Last tour. Played 260 shows. Okay. Get to it, Seacrest, come on. Over 8 million people in attendance worldwide.

Wow. He pulled it from the box office. He cheering. Jeez, spit it out. $776 million. Is that? Wow. That's a, wow.

Firstly, wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Firstly, wow. But secondly, is that all like, has cost come out of that or is that straight into Ed Sheeran's

00 savings account? Do you want me to type and talk that one in as well? I don't know. I'm sure there's a huge production. Yeah, like that stage, as you've talked about, there's a couple of those floating around the world that he's using, you know? I don't think. I'm sure there's a huge production. Yeah, like that stage you've talked about, there's a couple of those floating around the world

that he's using, you know. I don't think they're literally floating around the world. They probably could. They float in the air. And then they spent five months, the crew,

just putting the stage up and down, just learning how to do that. So, I mean, hey, Ed Sheeran, he doesn't cut costs, does he? No.

No. For a guy just standing on a stage with a guitar, jeez, he comes with a lot of bang, a lot of pizzazz. Yeah. That's all it is, eh? When you watch him perform.

This guy just doing an acoustic show here. Oh, he did have other people. Did you see his band were out underneath the big sort of lighting places around. They were positioned all sort of out from the stage about 30 metres. They had the drummer out there and they had the thing out there. So he did some acoustic stuff, but then he had the band Underneath those big Lighting tower things

I did not notice those people I was like that's quite cool Because they're kind of Facing towards He didn't have the whole band The whole time He had some acoustic stuff But yeah I was like

Oh that's where they are Oh okay Oh yeah I did not see those people They were there You're watching like a cricket umpire Mike Roberts That's how he said You watched the concert

How was your weekend anyway You were speaking of which commentating cricket. Ben, you must have been fizzing your face off. One thing that you love is boring, long, five-day test cricket. Yeah, I did commentate that. When he's retired, all he wants to do is sit in stadiums around New Zealand and watch test cricket and keep the score in a book handwritten, don't you? Yeah, I did.

That would be a great way to spend my retirement. No, it's not. I enjoy it. I enjoyed it. I did some ACC cricket comedy, although they mocked. They got a hold of my drink driving ads, you know, the one I did. I'm just drilling a pie. Yeah, drilling my breakfast.

And, jeez, that was just the source of two days of mockery. Have you seen Ben's drink driving ad, Joel? I saw it the other day on the feed. It looks very funny. Yeah. My chubby little face on the ad. Yeah, it's made of anything. You could cut the pies out of the... That's what they were like.

This is an ad for pies? I like chubby Ben. Cute little chubby Ben shoving pies in his face, drinking and driving. Definitely, that was the end of my acting career after that. It's one and done. We should find the ad and play it for you next, actually, if you haven't heard it.

Okay, let's just start the day mocking ourselves. As well as that, we ought to... You're one of two. Yeah, I did, actually. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I don't know how we got here this morning, but... Well, I did. I brought it up, didn't I?

I got mocked over the weekend for a drink-driving ad that was on many, many years ago. How many years ago are we talking here? It was probably, yeah, like early 2000s, I imagine. Yeah, so 20 years ago. Set the scene. You're a young up and coming broadcaster. You scored the gig.

You auditioned. Yeah, and it was the only ad I ever got. And if you saw the acting, you probably realize why that was the only ad I ever got. So what was this premise? It was a drink driving ad. So it was actually, I thought, quite a good premise was the fact that even though you've had a sleep and you've been home,

that you could still be over the limit the next day driving to work. So it was me driving in an old beat up car. Old Mitsubishi yellow. On the way to work. Jeez, I tell you what, the Green Party would love that, Mitzi. Smoke blaring out the back.

Eating bacon and egg pies. And that was behind the scenes. I had to eat a lot of bacon egg pies for the ad. How many bacon egg pies? I look like I've eaten a lot over the last couple years chubby little bit i just want to grab his chubby cheeks and go hey mate maybe a couple of less pies in the morning even stuck pie on my face at the end of the ad too oh yeah there's pastry on your chin i'm eating a pie and i get pulled over and yeah here's a little bit of the ad. There's nothing like a B&E after a big night on the booze. Oh shit!

You see what we can do to that chick? He's a dodgy ass when he gets tagged. Oh god. Hang up bro. Look at that thing they're going to catch. That's a failed result, sir. Please step out of the car. What?

What do you mean failed? Look, I'm in the middle of drilling my bloody breakfast. Step out of the car. Come on, mate. I'm going to be late for work. I've had a sleep. There was one last final line that got cut out afterwards, but that was part of the scripted going,

it's tomorrow already, was one of those. I was like, oh, that line never mocks me for. No, I'm just drilling my breakfast. Drilling my bloody breakfast. I'll get into that chick dodgy ad. That wouldn't stand up in 2023, mate. I know they've cancelled parts of Roald Dahl. Can I go make a cancel?

I wish I could cancel myself for that ad. So I spent that money. I got paid just before. It took me a while to get paid for that ad, but when it did, the Warriors, big fan of the Warriors, as you know, banged on about it at Mount Smart Stadium. They got into their grand final, first ever grand final, so I spent the money on, that's how I spent the money.

Oh, you went to the supporters tour and my wife Amanda, we were just early together at that stage, but we went over and we watched the Warriors lose. She came with the guy who was drilling his breakfast. You seen that, Anne? She stuck with her. Look at that. I'm like, jeez, you really stuck with her.

Then that was, jeez, that was the start of a relationship. That chubby round face drilling his breakfast. If anything, he's back on drilling the breakfast, mate. Bacon and egg pie eating cute little chubster lover. The Hits, the. Bacon and egg pie eating cute little chubster lover. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It's just another motivational Monday. Yeah, now I saw producer Joel walking.

We walk a couple of blocks in the morning, caught him and he's like, oh, oh, he made that noise. Oh, Monday. Oh, didn't you, Joel? What happened on the weekend that made you go, oh, Monday? I was just very tired yesterday, you know, but now I'm here had a few coffees

it's all good all good to go yeah it's good oh and now you're about to get motivated too exactly it's going to be even better it is

yeah what we like to do every Monday is just you know grab a snippet from the internet of someone saying something inspirational and get you kick started

today Robert De Niro heard of him he's quite good isn't he famous actor yeah he's got some advice for you just be calm when things you. Just be calm when things are going well.

Be calm. Don't think you're on top of the world in a sense. You always got to be wary because I've seen it. I've seen people come. I've seen people go. I've seen them come. I've seen them go. You got to be chill. You got to just take what's good in your life and move forward

cautiously and carefully and and thank god that you that you have that just it's very very important not to to overextend yourself when you when you think you you know you've got it that's no such thing everybody's dispensable you go a bit of motivation for your monday everyone's you know and the and the music behind those too go to work Everyone's dispensable I love the piano And the music behind those too Go to work And be dispensable Well yeah

But it's all still About being calm You know Being chill You know Like pies and lies Just trying to be You know

But shush De Niro If you're on fire You want to get Wrapped up in your narses Look at me Post about it On social media Look at the stuff

I've achieved You know Get some likes Get some favourable comments And he's Robert De Niro He doesn't need to brag About what he's done because we don't know what he's done so you've got movies mate yeah yeah no he'd be one of those people to be like when you're getting all excited he'd be like calm down shut up yeah uh but that's that's some good motivation

isn't it just take it easy it is it is nice you know like it's you know be level-headed about things yeah we have never been in a position where things have been going so well that you'd be like whoa no so we're not guilty of doing that we've got no option apart from taking it easy

the hits the Jono and Ben podcast really cool news Nadia Lim you'll know her from MasterChef my food bag as well she's had her third child

she's given birth to a baby boy named Arlo so congratulations to Nadia and her partner Carlos they've got their farm don't they Nadia and her partner Carlos. To her and Carlos. They've got their farm, don't they?

Nadia's farm. Down south. She's lovely, isn't she? She's got roosters named after us too. Well, she named roosters after us because they're annoying and loud in the mornings. And you know another name for roosters as well. Yes. Has connotations. Lowbrow stuff.

Stuff you wouldn't hear on the show. I'm Nadia Lim. That's her sort of stuff. And she's so, like whenever we wouldn't hear on the show I'm naughty I'm like you know that sort of stuff and she's so like whenever we talk to her on the radio she's like whenever you're

in Queenstown you must come and stay very generous and normally people say that and they don't actually feel like they want to follow through but she's like you were in Queenstown

did you go and stay no I didn't I told her that she's like oh you should have you should and I you know

but I felt like I think she means it too she's one of those people that puts out you know a lot of times and I'm like, hey, when you're in the neighborhood, swing around. I'm like, please, dear God. Don't swing around.

Anything, please don't. But she's one of those people that would chuck the invite out there and she'd back it up too. Remember a few years ago we were recording something for radio and we were talking about crumpets. Remember that? And we were talking about what is a crumpet? Like what is. crumpet?

Like, what is... Is it a toast? Yeah. Is it a muffin? A bagel-type thing? What is this thing? So we're like, hey, we know Nadia Lim. You know, it's that kind of light radio banter that fills three minutes. Yeah, so we were recording this.

Fortunately, we were on the radio at the time. But we're like, let's call Nadia Lim. Let's record her. You know, because she's, you know, we're mates of ours. You know, she's, she's a celebrity chef. She'll know what a crumpet is.

And she answered the phone. She goes, hello. And I, Oh, Hey Nadia, it's John. I've been here.

Oh, Hey guys. And it was weird. Cause Nadia's normally so upbeat. Yeah. And you know, Hey, um,

we've just got a question for you. Oh yeah. And I'm like, what's going on, mate? You don't sound good. She's like, I'm at a, I'm at Oh yeah. And I'm like, what's going on mate? You don't sound good. And she's like, I'm at a funeral.

And we're like, oh no. And then we're like, we're so sorry, we'll leave you to it. She goes, no, no, it's fine. Nadia being lovely,

she's like, what's your question? And then we look at each other like, this is so not an important question right now. And we're like, don't worry. It's you. Don't worry,

it doesn't matter. She's like, no, no, no. What's your question? This is the lady who's at a funeral. She's still winning. How lovely she is. And we're like, what's a crumpet?

You know, was it a toast? And she's like, yeah, you're right. That's not important. Yeah, and she was right. So we apologize for calling her. We were to know. We obviously were to know, and we tried to back out of it, but it definitely wasn't an important question to ask.

There's one of those moments where you sort of hang up and we just sit there in silence, didn't you? And you're like, phew. Radio, eh? Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. One Republic making their way to New Zealand, playing Auckland Spark Arena Thursday 16th of March.

Just a couple of weeks time. Wellington's TSB Arena on Saturday 18th of March. It's going to be incredible. And we could be sending you there with... Too late to apologise. So a double pass every day this week starting tomorrow. But the catch, you've got to give us a register and tell us when was the occasion that you maybe should have apologised for.

Something you've screwed up. And if it's too late to apologise or not. We'll decide and we'll decide if you're worthy of a double pass. Chances are you'll be worthy of a double pass. Knowing you, Ben. You don't like anyone coming on here, having a competition and not walking away with anything. Yeah, normally something what you

might have done you might have traumatized your parents as a kid that's obviously something you've done in your childhood but that doesn't necessarily have to be even as adults uh we have those occasions i was talking to ryan teta from one republic uh about a week or so ago and my daughter sienna who was there with me she uh asked him a question if it was too late for me to apologize for something I'd done to my wife, Amanda. Okay. You saying it's too late to apologize. Well, dad bought my mom a fry pan for her birthday. Okay. Here we go. Which didn't go down well. Is it too late to apologize now? Now the backstory behind the fry pan, Ryan, was one of many gifts. She wanted this fry pan. She talked about it, but I realized now it wasn't a great gift. I've've apologized but is it too late to apologize uh i think more than the apology is

is magically showing up with the thing she actually wants when it's not her birthday yeah that's what i went wrong that's what where I went wrong. That's the trick. Smart. Smart in his. He's a smart guy. But he writes love songs and things too. He's always going to nail it. He can always pull out a love song if things go wrong, right? Imagine how many times when things have gone wrong in his life,

he's gone, is it too late to apologize? It kind of works for a lot of occasions, doesn't it? Do you have any answers off the top of your head? I'd like to apologize to my mum Annie Pryor for a multitude of things, but if I was to zero have any answers off the top of your head? I'd like to apologise to my mum, Annie Pryor, for a multitude of things, but if I was to zero in on one, I remember it like it was yesterday. She had made a wonderful coq au vin, which was her signature dish.

French dish, French chicken dish. And I liked to have tomato sauce with everything. As a lot of kids do, right? Yeah, so I walked to the lounge and it was the glass Heinz. You know, you used to have the glass Heinz bottle? Yeah. And because the source, you need to shake it up, don't you?

Because it's sort of the sediment sits down the bottom. And I shook it up. But what I didn't realize is that the white lid was not attached. And it was the 90s. Annie, she was all about the creams in her lounge cream couches cream carpet just cream

it was like a white the whole house was like varying shades of white and not ideal for when you're frothing a bottle of tomato sauce around and it just went

everywhere it was like a crime scene it was and she came out and she was she was mortified she was mortified she She was mortified. She was like, I was just, yeah, no.

You were the cock-o-von there. Then we had apricot chicken the next night. Another great 90s fish. All right, well, if you've got an example of maybe traumatising your parents or something that you probably should have, or maybe you did apologise for, or if it's too late to apologise, you can register now at thehits.co.nz. We could be calling you back tomorrow to win a double pass to One Republic.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's Lewis Capaldi. It is The Hits. Jono and Ben just saw over the weekend he was singing on stage in Germany and suffered an outbreak of Tourette's, which he does suffer from, and the crowd helped him out because it happened mid-song.

Yeah, it's a really lovely moment in some ways. He said he was tired and he wanted to thank everyone for helping him out and get through that. What did he do? Did he just step away from the mic? He was sort of, yeah, you could see he was tired and he wanted to thank everyone for helping him out and get through that what did he do did he just step away from the mic he was sort of yeah he was you could see he was struggling a wee bit

yeah so that was lovely it was awesome that the crowd you know got him behind him helped him out although you always have an issue when artists come out on stage and they're like

you sing the words and you're like no oh you're not medication but you're right I mean you're not going to ever go to Capone no but sometimes people do come out

and they go alright everybody sing I'm like I'm not I'm here to hear Ed Sheeran sing. No one wants to hear me sing, Ed Sheeran. Yes, we did three days on the trot last week, didn't we? On the golf cart, travelling the distance of New Zealand, 1600km around Mount Smart Stadium.

We're trying to raise money for the Red Cross, New Zealand Red Cross. And you said the fund that our money was going into is over $8 million now. Which is incredible. So many generous Kiwis helping out Kiwis. So thank you very much for everyone that has been supporting that fund.

Great outcome. But obviously at the end of the three days, Ben, we're probably a bit worse for wear in the sleep department. This is sleepy Jono, as we call you, that can fall asleep. Even when you've had probably

an alright night's sleep, you can still fall asleep at the drop of a hat. And the problem was when this was the first occasion where you're like, I'll go and have a couple hours rest. I couldn't. I couldn't. My mind was running a million miles. While we were doing the driving.

Anyway. So it was a little worse for wear. Then they gave us a beer afterwards. Lovely that they gave us a beer afterwards. Lovely that they gave us a beer afterwards, but I'm like, man, that's probably the last thing that any of us needed. That night I had to go and get dinner, and the kids loved Burger King, so I went to BK. Now, you told me about this, and I was like, hang on, the fish and chip,

what about the great tradition of fish and chip Friday, mate? I know, I know. This is your tradition. I know it's my tradition. I'm always gunning for it. I think the family's getting sick of Fish and Chips Friday, mate. I know. This is your tradition. I know it's my tradition. I'm always gunning for it. I think the family's getting sick of Fish and Chips every week. Are they like every Friday? I'm like, it's a lot of Fish and Chips.

It is. You said that. You've always said that. I mean, I do enjoy Fish and Chips, so I'm like, every Friday? But yeah, I could see it. They're fading out on it. They're trying to do that thing of like,

hey, should we try something else? Well, what about Fish and Chips Friday? It is, yes. The traditions, they they slowly slip away don't they over time uh but the drive-through was really busy so i was like i'll just go in and made the order and then what you're gonna do is you've got to wait don't you and they've got the very cozy little booths bk and i've never well i guess they are cozy yeah yeah. Well, they're cozy when you're in that state. Anything's cozy. A bus shelter would have been cozy. And I may have dozed off and had a young,

quite a little nervous chap going, sir, sir, sir. And you never want to be woken up with a sir, sir, sir. He's like, here's your double bacon cheeseburgers. Are you okay? And I and i was like oh listen i'm just really tired i mean this would be a far cooler story if it was four in the morning and i'd been out partying except it was just probably just like do we need to call saint john's is this old man is he get the defib so uh yeah i wanted to check this out there. 0800 The Hits.

Sleeping beauties. Beauty tales of falling asleep in odd locations. Love to hear from you this morning. You can give us a call. 0800 The Hits. You can text us as well. 4487. It is The Hits.

You got Jono and Ben. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben on your Monday morning and after three days of driving a golf cart around and around, a golf cart around and around Mount Smart Stadium. John, are you a little tired Friday night? Yeah. Understandably? Friday afternoon, fell asleep in a Burger King in a little booth there and woke up to a young fellow going, hey, sir, sir, sir, mate.

I think first time anyone's been called sir while being passed out in a Burger King. But yeah, it was... You are a very good, prolific sleeper. Sleepy Jono, we like to call you. One and one of the times... There's even on our Instagram account, there's a Sleepy Jono little tile you can click on. Various shots that you've taken.

Some of your greatest naps right around New Zealand that we keep adding to every time we go away for work. One of your best ones was in that little four-seater plane where we were flying across, I think, into New Plymouth and it was a storm going on, it was a whiteout, you couldn't see anything, the plane was shaking about and you just kept napping. I'm like, I was petrified.

You were clinging onto your Toy Story 4 backpack, weren't you? You were like, oh yeah, and then you just go back to sleep again. I'm like, oh my goodness. Well, if the plane's going down, do you want to know about it? No, but I couldn't go to sleep. I couldn't. In a million years, I couldn't go to sleep.

It was, Tara. I'm with you. It was terrifying, that flight. The only way to unterrify yourself is to make yourself unconscious. It's the only result. Sarah, talking sleeping beauty tales of where you've fallen asleep, what happened? So I can fall asleep anywhere. Some of my best places have been in a nightclub on long boat trips.

Yeah, yeah. Because the music is grotesquely loud. How are you falling asleep in the middle of a nightclub? Oh, just fell asleep, turned a little towards the wall, curled up and I went to sleep. Worried my friends a bit because they couldn't find me. But when he ran clear of the nightclub and the music stopped, I woke up and came out and we all met outside.

Oh, you were there through to the point of the bar owner going, hey, they're stacking the chairs around you. Yeah, pretty much. Oh, wow wow that's impressive nightclubs where else have you fallen asleep so aeroplanes

coming back from London I was asleep before the aeroplane took off my husband kindly reclines my seat after we take off he knows this pattern

and he gets a meal for both of us and then eats what he wants and keeps like the bread roll and the cheese and stuff like that for me

so that there's something when I wake up, if I do. And so London to Los Angeles, slept the whole way. Los Angeles, Auckland, slept the whole way. Got on our flight, Auckland to Wellington, go to sleep again. This is Jono. You and Jono. Sleep your way around the world.

We could never be a couple because nothing would get done. Oh, exactly, exactly. My husband has to be the one that's alert and awake, and then when we get to our destination, I have to be alert and awake because he's a zombie. That's impressive, Sarah. Thank you for your call, Alicia. Welcome to the show, Sleeping Beauties,

beauty tales of where you fell asleep. It was not you, but someone you saw. Yes, no no so it definitely wasn't me um we had a committee zoom meeting with a few teachers and along with a few other parents and we saw this one parent just start like dozing off you know when the old kids start swapping forward and they startle and come back up again. Well, they went folly asleep. On the Zoom call. Start on, deep, heavy breathing, starting to snore.

I had to mute myself, turn my camera off and just die with laughter. And no one said anything. And very loud too over a big Zoom group. Yeah, just watching it. I like watching the start of a race. Oh, that's great, Alicia. Really appreciate your call. You're going to have a wonderful week this week, eh?

I will, you too. Harry Styles in Australia. He's so close to New Zealand. You can smell him, can't you? You can smell his style from across the Tasman. March 7th, he's going to be here performing at Mount Smart Stadium and he's over there in Australia right now and he put on a very iconic bit of

Australasian merchandise, didn't he? Yeah. You seen this video through last night and it struck a chord with our hearts. Harry stole someone through a Bunnings straw hat on stage and he caught it. Now, this is the hat that if you don't know,

remember those unruly British tourists? And the little kid, the little sweary kid, the violent little child? He was wandering around in a Bunnings hat and that got some good traction, some good PR for the hat. Yeah, so he had the Bunnings straw hat and he had it. That's seven bucks, the Bunnings straw hat. Oh, they're great.

Great for summer. Even Harry Styles knows that. And he put it on mid-concert and people loved it. Now, normally on those occasions it's like, when someone's sexy like Harry Styles, it's like, take it off, take it off. But on that occasion it was like, put it on, put it on. I love that girl just going, put it on, put it on.

We're just these poor people. They tour around, drink out of a shoe, put on a straw hat. We just like throw stuff on stage for them. People loved it. Even Bunnings, which I thought was pretty awesome over there in Australia, they've now got on their Instagram and their website. You can shop Harry's look.

If you want to shop Harry's look, you can click on there as well, and you can head on across to get the look that Harry Styles would wear in concert. Because we went on the Bunnings sausage sizzle tour last year. 41 stores. Didn't we? We had a sausage at every store around New Zealand. Yeah, and, jeez, we got swept up in the Bunnings merch madness.

Great merch, though. Oh, they've covered all bases in the merchandise game. From aprons to dog leads, from caps to t-shirts. Caps, bucket hats, straw hats, just high-vis t-shirts, high-vis vests. We just, and we're like, every store we did, we just, we went mad. We went absolutely, at the end of it, like, jeez, we went mad. We were like, what are we going to get from this store? What would a merchandise?

Should we try and get something else? We've got a Bunnings dog leash. Yeah. We just, we really, at the end of it, you got home and you were like, jeez, I would let that get away on myself. I brought something to work and gave it to people here that I'd got over the last. Because that was our whole tour from going one Bunnings to the next. We'd plot and plan about how we were going to ask for this merch

and what we wanted and what we were missing, what we needed to do to complete the pack. The full collection, the full collection. So I say, hey, I see how Harry, next thing you know, you're going to be wandering around in a high-vis Bunnings apron, mate. You get swept up. 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. It is our Game of Word Association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. You can win $5,000. Now,

we don't want to start the week like we usually start, like a couple of losers, Ben. Okay. Let's have a winning start. Let's get Megan on. Welcome. How are you in Auckland, Megan? I'm good, thanks. How are you guys? We're doing well. Now, what do you do? I am a podiatry

clinical educator. A podiatry clinical educator. So in the podiatry clinical educator. A podiatry clinical educator. So in the podiatry sort of way. Is that feet? Yeah, it's feet. Oh, yeah, good. I wasn't 100% confident on that. I was going to say paediatrics.

I thought you were like, chill, anyway. Yeah, we do that with feet. Now, university, is it the first day of uni today? It sure is. Oh, so roads are going to be busier this morning on people's drive into work? Everyone's going to be busy. Jesus, it's nearly March. You're right, it's March this week.

It is wild. All right, Megan, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth to try and match five words with you? I'm going to send you, Ben. All right. He's heading off to the soundproof booth, which also doubles as our wellness room here at work. Sometimes we go in there and there's

someone from the accounting department sobbing uncontrollably, gets awkward, and the door is locked. And let's get some words out of your mouth there, Megan. Alright. Hot is word number one. Hot. Cold. Yeah, go on the opposite there.

What would you lock in if I said miniature? Oh, small. Small. Cookie. Word number three this morning for you, Megan, from Auckland University. Time. Cookie time. Cookie time.

Great New Zealand company. You've got to biff them in the microwave for 30 seconds. You've got yourself a delicious treat there. Let's go to word number four. You know what I get sucked up on are the bloody Christmas ones, the mini ones. Nothing makes you hate yourself more than when you finish an entire bucket in one sitting. Yeah, white chocolate and raspberry. So good, eh?

Oh, my God. Listen, we're dog-laying here, Megan. Let's go to word number four, shoe. Oh, foot. Shoe, foot. Hey, that's your game. And create, the fifth word for you this morning. Oh, my goodness.

Create. Create. Create? What did you say, sorry? Oh no, I'm just saying, it's create? Yeah, create. It's a bit of a tough one. Oh my God.

Artwork? Artwork? Yeah. Create artwork? Yeah, tough word there. Tough word there. We'll get boys out of the wellness room. Who was crying inside the soundproof booth this morning there, Ben?

Anyone? I said that doubles up as our wellness room here at work as well, the soundproof booth. No one was in there? I was in there. Yeah. Were you crying in there? A little bit, yeah.

All right, let's try and win. Megan, $5,000. Word one, $25. What's this five grand? What would you try and win, Megan, $5,000. Word one, $25. What's this five grand? What would you do with it, Megan? Well, my husband and I are turning 40 this year, and we promised the family a trip away, so that would help. But I'm also, if I win five grand,

I'm going to pledge $1,000 to the Red Cross that you guys did. Oh, that's awesome. Quite a cool little time listening to you go around when I'm going to pledge $1,000 to the Red Cross that you guys did. Oh, that's awesome. Quite a cool little time listening to you go around when I'm smart. Oh, now there's more pressure on. Okay, that's all right. Oh, some tricky words, Ben. Good luck. Oh, thank you.

First word for $25. Hot. Cold. 25 bangers. What do you want to do, Megan? We'll carry on. Word two, $50 Miniature

Miniature Small Small is correct You've got $50 there Are we going on to the $100 round Megan? We sure are Word 3, $100 Word number 3

Cookie Biscuit Word number three. Cookie. Biscuit. Cookie time. Much love, Cookie Time. Much love. Cookie Monster. Yeah, there were many options there.

We'll go through the remaining two. Shoe. Foot. Ooh. That's Megan's jam. She's into all that stuff. Not in the weird. I was saying that.

No, yeah. There's an educational way. And create was the fifth word. Create? Yeah, that's a tough word. Oh, make. Artwork. Megan. Oh, yeah.

That's tough. Great. It was tough. Played a rock solid game. Good luck teaching those uni students starting halfway through the year. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Hey, really appreciate you teaching those uni students starting halfway through the year. Awesome. Thanks, guys.

Hey, really appreciate you listening, Megan. Have a great week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Went out with the family for a bite to eat on Saturday night. You full asleep this time or you stayed awake for the whole time? Stayed awake this time. Good. For the duration.

Well, I think I did anyway. Might have dozed off halfway through the canapes. But, you know, it was just a good old, you know the sort of place I like to go and eat? You know, you've got straight up the middle. Steaks, burgers, fish and chips. All those food groups. Yeah, those food groups.

And, you know, Coleslaw kind of comes in a mountain on the side of the plate. Good value for money, you know. None of this, you know, big plate, small meal stuff. No, that means, hey, go to those places. Because you're like, you don't feel like you're satisfied, do you? And everyone's like, oh, that was delicious. And you're like, mate, I'm going to swing by the money on the way home. Yeah, when you go through the drive-thru on the way home,

that's when you're like, bleh. Anyway, so I probably should have gone in the drive-thru on the way home after this because I said, I'll have the fish, thank you. They came back and said no, we've got no fish. We can't do fish tonight. I said, hey, that happens, no worries. Well, I'll order something else. And so then I did order something else.

Then the waiter came back again and said, uh-oh, on second thoughts, we found a fish. So we can do you a fish. We found a fish, we found a fish. So we can do you a favor. They found a fish? Found a fish. And I was like, this is a really unusual predicament because I'm like, well, how do you misplace a fish?

And what, like, five minutes is not enough time to go out fishing and catch the fish. Or order the fish from your supplier. So where was the fish? Because you would assume they'd looked for the fish. Or order the fish from your supplier. So where was the fish? Because you would assume they'd look for the fish where they usually keep it. Yeah, I imagine in some sort of refrigerated place, yeah.

You know, it's not like a bottle of tomato sauce. You don't misplace a fish. And then she's like, oh, you'll have the fish because that's what you wanted first. And I was like, I did the New Zealand thing. You know, when you don't want to cause a fuss. But I also didn't the New Zealand thing. You know, when you don't want to, you don't want to cause a fuss. But I also didn't want the suspicious fish. The fish that they've now discovered. Maybe someone else didn't eat their fish,

and they've recycled that. We'll scrape it off the plate. But it's just so then I was like, oh, yeah, okay, I'll have the fish. But then I'm eating the fish going. Where did they find this fish? Yeah. Was it hidden on the floor under an oven or something? Yeah. So nothing's happened yet

Nothing's happened yet Nothing's come back So hey maybe Maybe floor fish is the way to go The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Jono and Ben with you on the Hits Met Service Closely monitoring us in tropical lows

Look a little nasty over Fiji at the moment So hopefully they don't form into cyclones at the moment. New Zealand isn't in the firing line, but we'll keep you up to speed as the news comes to hand. Now, a week ago, we tapped every now and then when you're doing this job, occasionally you tap into a well of content gold, don't you, Ben? And we do a thing called You've Been Sentenced where we start a sentence, you finish it. Last week, the sentence starter was, you found out they were having an affair when?

And the amount of calls that came through. The other lady sent me an email explaining what had gone on. Oh, jeez. So what had gone on, Taylor? They'd had a child together. Oh, jeez. So what had gone on, Taylor? They'd had a child together. Oh, my goodness. That's a big email to receive.

I'm glad that didn't go straight through to spam. Yeah, I wish it had sometimes. Yeah, so explain what had happened. I don't know. They had just met and, yeah, they had a baby. And then he was, the baby was then about nine, so yeah. He'd kept this hidden for nine years? Probably longer.

He'd kept this hidden. Yeah, yep. Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry. That must have been just, rocked your world. Yeah, pretty much, yep. Are you, are things okay now? Yeah, they are.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've worked for a lot, yep. Oh, good on you. Good on you. Did you stay with him? I did. Oh, good on you. If it works for you, whatever works for you, yeah. We've worked for a lot, yeah. Oh, good on you. Good on you. Did you stay with him? I did. Oh, good on you. If it works for you, whatever works for you.

And forgiveness is a massive thing. Yeah, it sure is, yeah. What a big person you are to be able to forgive someone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he had to forgive himself as well, so. Juicy. Isn't it juicy, buddy? Spicy gear.

And we're just like a couple of nattering nannies. I don't want to be, but it's hard not to be when you hear those stories. Hard to look away, especially this one. My husband got murdered in England. Oh, jeez. Oh, my God. But there's no love lost there because he was sleeping with her. Oh, my goodness.

So that's why he was... Oh, jeez. How did he get... Why did he get murdered? Well, how can I explain this? He was an amateur thief, an amateur idiot, and he basically was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Oh, my goodness.

I knew nothing about what was going on at all. Everything was hidden. So you go to his funeral, and then how do you find out that he was having an affair the whole time? She came after afterwards and said to me, oh, by the way, I'm pregnant with your husband's child. Oh my god! This is just, wow. Pregnant?

Yeah, I can write a book, don't worry. Yeah, yeah. It feels like you couldn't make this up. Did you have children with him? Yes, I had two boys. I was pregnant with the second one myself. So you were both pregnant? She was later than me and I was

due in two months. Oh, you poor thing. Just having to deal with all of that. How did you get through that? Being strong. Oh, good on you. I had a child already and then my parents came over and got me from New Zealand and we came back home.

That is like, you couldn't even write that for a movie. Yeah. No, you can't. That would be too unbelievable. There we go. And we are going to milk this content udder until it is empty, Ben. Jono and Ben gossip about people's relationships, if you'd like to be part of it. You've been sentenced.

You found out they were having an affair when? Well, we don't have to use the actual names. We can protect those, but we do want the salacious gossip. We want the goods. We can have all this fluff about fake names, locations, but we want the core of the story. All right, Andrew, the hits, 4487 is the text. We'll get to those next on the hits.

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Sandra. Hi. I found out they were cheating when? He came home from a trip away with his stepmother covered in hickeys from his stepmother. I'm glad you can see the funny side of it now. Hickeys with his stepmother.

So hold on. Oh, I guess that's his dad's new partner. Yeah. He ran off with her. Yeah. So, yeah. Three or four years. Oh, so it's not like they were related as, you know, with yeah, I see, but still

unusual. How many Hickeys? Where were they? Just on the neck, and I don't remember, but there were quite a few. Quite a shock for you, I'd imagine, too. Yeah. Yeah. What was the age difference?

He would have been 28, 29. She would have been 50-ish. All right. Okay, yeah. And risky game coming home with herkies. Yeah. Yeah. You really got caught up in the moment, didn't you?

Yeah. Yeah. At any stage, you want you? Yeah. Yeah. At any stage you want to be like, hey, this is me here. And so did you say, you've got hickeys on your neck, did he try and come up with some sort of excuse? No, no, he was upfront about it. Yeah.

Hey, you know my step-mom? And you're like, yeah, yeah. Yeah, pretty much. Oh my goodness. Walked onto me like a leech. That's crazy. And so you dumped him on the spot? Pretty much, yeah.

Oh, good on you. What was his relationship like with his dad after that? Non-existent. I can imagine. So, what, you rocked your world and his world as well. A lot of cottage. Yeah. Not just...

It really is. Wow. You really don't factor in anyone else in that decision making. Imagine if you ran... Who's Kevin Boyce's partner? My... No, don't start putting names to the answer. Don't start putting it...

Don't bring it closer to home than me, mate. Imagine if you... Imagine. Imagine. Stop it. Stop it. This is the scenario. I know this is... I get it. You ran off with Kevin Boy Imagine. Stop it. This is the scenario. I know.

I get it. You ran off with Kevin Boyce. I hope you're happy now. Are you, Sandra? I am. Oh, good. I'm pleased to hear. I'm pleased you could see the funny side of it.

I'm sure not at the time, but nowadays. No, no, not at the time, but now I find it quite funny. Because it's so ludicrous. It's so wild. Hey, you keep safe there, Sandra. Thanks for your call. No worries. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Had a bit of a scary incident that happened over the weekend. In more ways than one. I was walking my dog, big Bo, you know, big fluffy Bo, my big Samoyed dog that we've got. Very fluffy. He's, I haven't heard, you haven't been regaining too many tales of Bo's antics lately. There was a while there, he was like, oh, he's been sniffing their neighbour's underpants,

he's been bloody getting into crotches, he's been mounting toddlers, he's been all... Well, much like you after you talked to HR, he's on his best behaviour now. Is he? Keeping his nose clean. Yeah, but we were going for a walk early Saturday morning, I was taking him around the neighbourhood And I thought I'd go on a big walk

Because we've been away for a few days With the go-kart driving around So I was like let's go for a big walk He requires I imagine requires An enormous amount of exercise Yeah What does he do when he's got it all pent up?

What's he up to? Oh he's running around He's getting his blag He's doing all sorts mate He's like you He's humming stuff And he's running around. He's getting his blank. He's doing all sorts, mate. He's like you. He's humming stuff. And he's up in HR again. I don't know why I'm throwing you under the bus.

But anyway, we threw a big walk with Bo. And I was sort of looking down my phone. And next thing you know, I look to my right. And a dog, a very big dog, probably about the same size as Bo. Bo's quite a big dog. Started running towards us from his property. And that's when you kind of look and you're like, oh,'s no gate there's no gate for this property it's on a big long chain and i'm you know like you in that moment you're like oh the dog might be friendly it might just

be coming up but i don't want to look friendly as it was bound no i didn't want to take that chance it's sort of you know growling a little bit and run i mean dogs are protective of their property but on this occasion, maybe the owners hadn't shut the gate. So I was like I don't know what to do. I'm standing on the footpath, I'm walking along, this dog's running up, I'm like I've just got to get across the road. Maybe that's the only thing I can do.

I always find in those scenarios I'm letting out the most unusual noises. You know you make noises that you're like I hope no one hears this. I was a lot of those lines but I saw there was a little gap at the traffic. Yeah, kind of a busy road, but I'm like, the dog and I, we're not going to stick around to find out what's going to happen. We're just going to run across the road. Two lanes of traffic. Yeah, so we did.

We got to the other side, but I kind of heard a noise behind me, but I was in a bit of a panic. I was like, just get a go at the other side. That's fine. The dog stopped at the end of its property on the other side of the road. I saw, so he was fine. My dog and Bo and myself were fine. But then I looked in other side of the road. I saw, so he was fine. My dog and Bo and myself were fine. But then I looked in the middle of the road.

I was like, uh-oh. The noise was my cell phone had fallen out of my pocket onto the road. And it was too late now. I was like, I can't go back and get this. There's two lanes of traffic about to drive past. It's a bang in the middle. It's a bang in the middle of one of the lanes. The lane furthest away from me. And there was three cars in a row. And I had

to watch as three cars one by one just drove at about 50, 60 k's over the top of my phone. I'm like, first car over the top. Oh, no, still there. Made it. Made it. And by some miracle

all three cars drove over the top of it, but not one of them hit the phone. But all three of them were trying to hit the phone. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I bet they were. They were like, damn it. Yeah. You know when you try and get all the bumpy bits on the motorway and separate the lanes?

Yeah, exactly. You're trying to go through those same sort of things. So, yeah, the phone. I managed to get back and get the phone unscathed. What a tale of survival. I know, but I was just like, it's quite a traumatic experience. You know, your phone just sitting there. You're like, I can't do anything about it.

What will be, will be. Well, the good thing is you didn't panic. Definitely panicked. Had to run back, get the phone, and run away from that dog again. Now, of course, last week we spent a long, long time in a golf cart driving around and around Mountain Smart Stadium, raising money for the Red Cross and those affected by the cyclones. Thank you to everyone who donated as well.

Every dollar, just amazing. Your generosity. You opened your hearts and your wallets, and over $8 million in that Red Cross disaster fund too, which is going to go a huge, huge, long, huge, huge, huge, tremendous way. Like Trump. Huge.

He's still a little sleep deprived because it was an epic few days. And we talked to Cam a few days ago, who was out all night with his tractor. You're able to help your neighbour and stuff and you've just got to do it. Off that, it has really struck a chord with us and we're thinking, what on earth can we do?

Now, Cam, good morning. Yeah, morning, boys. So we've decided to do a charity drive for the Red Cross, Cam. Yeah, I think that's a great idea, guys. Adam and Megan, who host the hits breakfast show in the Hawke's Bay, they wanted to have a chat about the charity drive. Big things like this that you guys are doing that, you know, I've been teetering on the edge of tears for the last four days. And Jono and Ben, I never thought I'd say that you're making me cry, but you actually are.

Thank you so much. It is absolutely amazing. And we're about to get underway. Oh, it's got some speed. It does have some speed, David. The wonderful Mike McRoberts. Kia ora, good morning. Good morning.

I love it. I mean, we're all doing our best and we're trying to use our creative talents. You're in a golf cart. We're prepared to donate $500 if you can complete one lap wearing that new sleep mask that we've just launched. Which way? Tell me you're not navigating at all. You go left, left, left. It's half our left. It's half our left.

A bit more left. I feel like it. Thursday morning. Good morning. You've only just discovered the... I can't see that getting annoying. Join us from HRV, the wonderful

Norman. We're going to give away one of our HRV essential ventilation systems to one of your listeners who puts in the highest bid for this awesome cause you guys are busy with. A high drama yesterday. There was a breakdown. I don't know.

Did I do something? I think you're driving quite erratically. Did delay our trip by a little bit to make up some time. And we're about 850, 860 k's into the journey right now. The Warriors are here. Yeah, sorry, Sean Johnson, one of my favourite players. I'm keeping a spot for him at the back of the car. You think he's going to come along?

What, today? Yeah, is he coming? I don't know. Hello, is Sean? Hey mate, are you upstairs? Nah, nah, I'm left, left. I'm keeping a spot for you. We're on days off.

Unless you've got three days off. No, mate. Well don't worry Sean, we'll be here, mate. We'll be here. They have a go-kart track. Man, you took me along in our golf cart. They are racing us. We've got the entire day.

Why are we doing this? John, I will be in on your Friday morning. I'm going to be in on your Friday morning. I'm going to be in on your Friday morning. I'm going to be in on your Friday morning. I'm going to be in on your Friday morning. I'm going to be in on your Friday morning. I'm going to me along in our golf cart. They are racing us. John, I'm being on your Friday morning raising money for Red Cross. 48 hours now. I've been getting changed freely. More naked than a streaker on the field. And then I look up

and what is pointing back into that ramp slot? Oh, is there a camera? Is there? Why do you sound so good? Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has heard what we're doing and wants to join us. Being myself on this golf cart for three days, what are we looking at? New Year's honours, knighthoods, public holiday in our honour. Over to you.

We'll see what we can do. I might print you up a certificate. And we're joined by Shane from the Red Cross. cross well we really do appreciate the fact that you guys stepped up you really made a sacrifice over the last three days and we really do appreciate it here we go five minutes to go 1600 kilometers but it's all for a worthy cause. Can you give me a right hand with this thing?

Yeah, thank you to everyone that helped out to make that possible and everyone that donated money, as Jono said before. And the auction you would have heard there for the HRV set is still available online. It's still alive on Trade Me. You can search HRV Red Cross and place a bid. And right now it's going for a pretty good price. A bit of a steal, some would say.

Yeah, so get on there. I don't know why I'm talking like I'm perfect. Get on there and search HRV Red Cross.