Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben's Return To Palmy North!

Episode Date: March 9, 2023

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Kia ora, this is the Jono and Ben podcast. Thank you to Dilma. Thank you to Dilma. What am I doing here? Am I starting again? No, no, keep going. You're going alright. Do I just keep ploughing on? Thank you to Dilma. The good thing is you didn't stop. We'll talk about it. Can I apologise to our dear friends at Dilma? I've made an absolute scrambled eggs of this. Do try it. Do try it. Love Dilma. Really? Cups of tea this week? We've been ploughing them back. What was the one you made the other day, Producer Joel?

Green tea with lemon and lime. Beautiful. Oh, that was good. That was good, actually. Very tasty. Very tasty tea. They've given us a challenge. Convert to tea. They said it in a threatening way, as if... No, but we're doing it, and it's great. They're like, if you don't do this, we'll drown you in tea. They didn't say that. You've made it all up. Now, we're in Palmerston North this morning.

We're at Cafe Cuba. Wonderful cafe. I would like to thank the team at Cafe Cuba for having us this morning. Jeez, every 10 minutes they keep coming out. Oh, you want more food? You want more food? I feel like they're trying to plump us up. They're going to eat us at the end of the day or something. It's a hospitality.

See, I've been drinking from the Palmy Kool-Aid for a while now. You have. You came here two weeks ago on some sort of, what was it? I don't know, like an ambassador tour of Palmy Kool-Aid. It was just a place to come. It was a great time. I had a great time. Loved it so much it was meant to be one night.

Ended up staying for four. That's right. It had nothing to do with the cyclone. You're right. And Hayley, who joins us right now, does they see it in the Manawatukut? Have you here? Oh, have you got your mic on? Oh, sorry, producer Humphrey.

Producer Humphrey. This is not on the, yeah, yeah. How many radio announcers does it take to turn on a mic? Sort of that, guys. Come on. There we go. Hayley, take two. There we go.

There we are. I love it how we're all like, I don't know, Humphrey, Humphrey. Plug something in. All you need to do is plug in the headphones. That was all that was going wrong. We have Hayley Darth here who's the day announcer here

for the hits in Power Store. I sure am. Fresh to the Manawatu from Wellington. Very fresh, yeah. Only just over a month. Yeah, it's going great. Everyone's been very welcoming.

As you would know, Ben. I know, everyone is really nice. We went to the pack and save last night and everyone's shouting out, Ben, Ben. He's like, I feel like a king. He feels like a king. Welcome home.

I'm home. We've got a parade for you later. Really good for your self-esteem, Palmerston North. Now, okay, one thing that you've discovered about Palmerston North since you moved here, Hayley. Oh, God, that's a great question. I have discovered that they... Well, you know, one thing I've actually learnt about,

especially with the rural games this weekend, is there's such a thing as cowpat throwing. Yes. I didn't know that. I am not from anywhere that's got ruralness or farmness around it. You can tell when you say ruralness. Is that not the term? Is that not the scientific term?

Don't ask us. We don't scream ruralness either. No, no. So the cow pat throwing is new to me. Yeah, we actually got to, we took part of that a couple of years ago. We didn't even know it was a real thing either. But it was like a trailer full of dried up manure. Did they like freeze them?

No. How do they? Hardened. Just hardened. Hardened by Mother Nature. Are they warm still? No, they weren't warm. And you were sort of rifling through that looking for good ones like frisbees. Oh, like you were like a skimming stone. Yeahened by Mother Nature. Are they warm still? No, they weren't warm. And you were sort of rifling through that, looking for good ones like frisbees.

Oh, like you were skimming stuff. Yeah, yeah, exactly. It was like that. And then you grabbed your one, and then you could either throw it like a frisbee or do it like a discus and throw it out to the... Sometimes they'd break apart. I think one stage, one of yours broke apart over the crowd of people. Oh, lovely.

And that was... Shit-slinging. Yeah, a bit of a patch shower. But it was fun. It's one of the fun things about the Royal Games, all those sort of unusual sort of events. Yes, very unusual. And yeah, I'm learning a lot about the place, actually. And as I say, everyone's so friendly and so welcoming and...

What's the rent here? What are we talking? Is it... Because you came from Wellington. I did. It's cheaper than Wellington, but it's still up there. I mean, you know, we're still in a cost-of-living crisis. I think it's rent in general, right?

Yeah, exactly. It's not easy. And I live alone, so of course I'm paying a little bit more perhaps than most would. But it's all right. I'm surviving. It must be a joy living alone. Oh, I love it. Yeah.

Oh, I'm all about it. Because you can imagine that. Yeah. It's great because you can do whatever you want. No one's going to judge you. Yeah. But the downside, though, is if you make a mess, only you can clean it. It's always pros and cons in your living situation, isn't it?

So, Jesus, what are you doing in the other people? I can do whatever. No judgment. Whatever I want. Wherever I want. I don't think I can trust myself to live alone. No judgment. Just don't walk past the window any time, if you're right.

Hey, well, you can catch Hayley every day in Palmerston North from 9 till 3. 9 till 3. And then you do promotions in the afternoon as well. I do. So I do all of the events and giveaways for anything around the Manawatu as well. Now, because you are a promotions expert, you came from promotions. I did. What do you think about two guys dressing cow costumes as the cash cows?

You know, I love it. For me, I feel like it's the initiation into promos and giveaways and things, is dressing up in some sort of weird costume. So I feel like you guys are just inhabiting that. You know, we had a friend who worked on the show, Mike Batty. Mike, and he used to work in Australia. He worked for Kyle and Jackie O in Australia. Oh, yeah.

And they would dress him up in a chicken costume call him the cash car and he would have to run around like oh no tickets or cash or something

yeah they had a couple I think he did that and he did also Ticket Man as well where he'd just get out of a car and they'd say

where he was and he'd be like the first person to tackle him would win tickets to say Britney Spears or whoever's in town but people would

just be lining up ready just like an NRL fan. They're like, he's on Manly Beach. And he was like, I have broken bones. Like they did not hold back. Oh, wow. See, I can't say I've ever organized anything like that, but the closest would be that I did bear hug. So you just had to be the first to come up and hug the person dressed as a bear.

See, that's nice. So not as violent. That's nicer, isn't it? That is a nice option. A little nicer, yeah. Bear hug dressed as a bear. See, that's nicer. So not as violent. That's nicer, isn't it? That is a nice option. A little nicer, yeah. Yeah. Bear hugs, great idea. Yeah, it was great.

You know, I think Ben Boyce will remember this. It's going to go into his bank of puns, and he'll be like, we'll be doing the bear hug. Yeah, right. Coming soon. Well, Hayley, thanks for having us here. Nice to see you again. Oh, thanks for having me, guys. Welcome back.

Yeah, thank you. Ben Boyce, you got a hug. You're like, good to see you again. Yeah, work mates, work colleagues. Yeah, yeah, we're best mates now. And you know You kept buying him coffees When he was here too

And you came back And he's like Hayley would buy me coffees You've got to step up your game I do I'm sorry Hey you have a great day Good luck with the show

Thanks guys Yeah thanks so much I'll see you down at the Rural Games Ruralness We'll sling some Cowpats together I love it

Enjoy the podcast The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Jono it. Enjoy the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with you here on The Hits, broadcasting from Palmerston North, Cafe Cuba. This morning we're going to be here until 9 o'clock. Come down and see us. Come have a cuppa. We'll show you a cuppa.

You can also get a photo with us as we're dressed as cows, and you can win $500 because we're the cash cows. And a convenient little pocket out the back of these costumes too, which you can just kind of lift up so you can put your hands in and milk. If you need to extract milk from these cows, it's possible. Well, yeah, in some ways.

I am willing to be milked. Now, there's a 102-year-old lady in a retirement home in Nebraska in America, and she is four times a week, she's taking fitness classes. She's the world's oldest fitness instructor. She's, you know, 30-minute sessions four times a week, she's taken fitness classes. She's the world's oldest fitness instructor. She's, you know, 30-minute sessions four times a week. Have a listen to it.

You know, imagine yourself at Les Mills Pump Class. Well, then, have a listen to this. Backstroke. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Nine. Ten. Seven, eight, nine, ten.

Nine, ten. Yeah, so not quite the Les Mills pump class, but hey, how cool is that? Maybe you need to put the drum and bass behind it. Can you get some drum and bass, Joel, and we'll play that over the top to see if it works? But I've seen the video of this. It's awesome.

102 years old, she's got the retirement home in there. It's a 30-minute workout. She's 102. Take the She's got the retirement home in there. She's got a 30-minute workout. They're sitting in... She's 102. Take the age out of it. Okay. Okay. The workout class is old people waiting to die,

sitting in a chair, barely moving their limbs. They kind of windmill their arms, do that two or three times, and then they kind of do the ankle twist thing, you know, when you're trying to warm up your ankles yeah it's all you know she was

but it's awesome that they're doing it she was talking about you know it's an all female class they do it four times a week because the guy that was

doing it previously sadly just passed away I thought the guy if the guys come along they're all pests or something oh no so yeah did you get some

other music Joel got the music for you you want it okay let's just see if we can Liz Mills this workout up a bit go for it

seven eight nine ten it's slightly more Les Mills if I didn't know it's fine

the hits the Jono and Ben podcast Friday morning and we like to do something on a Friday we like to flash back to years gone by and reflect on something. Yeah, we're coming to you live.

I thought I should just mention we're coming to you live from Palmerston North this morning. Oh, yeah. Just acknowledge the fact that we're in the mighty Manua too. Come down and join us for a cuppa this morning. We'll show you a hot drink. And also, yeah, we're here at Drewster's Cows. You can get a $500 if you get a photo with us and tag the hits breakfast in as the cash cows. Sorry, I know you're on a flow with the Flashback Friday thing,

and I've come in here and really railroaded it continually. We'll hear more about that in our little post-show management meeting, I'm sure. Yeah, so Friday Flashback, we like to look back at things over the years, and you like to mock me for a drink-driving ad that I was part of many, many years ago. I love this ad because it's Chubby Ben. It's Chubby Ben driving a car, and it's the next morning after he's had a big night out and he's monstering another pie. Another pie.

He shouldn't be. He shouldn't be. He shouldn't be. Have a listen. 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. He actually wasn't taking you back to the police station, he was taking you to the gym. You had pastry all over your face. I did.

Who ate all the pies? Well, you did that day. I know the Oscars are on Monday. Do you think there'll be a chance that Chubby Ben might be nominated? I did submit it. For chubbiest, cutest actor. But the ads, the drink-driving ads, the LTSA, the Wakatahi ads, they are now, they've been so iconic. Oh, they have, and they are very good ads.

I like the one where they're saying, let's have zero deaths on the road, but they're not telling us how they're going to do it. Well, yeah, that's true. But remember this one from many years ago so coined the phrase same it's the same day david this um this came in the mail for you today what is it it's a speed camera fine we're caught doing 126 it's the same day, David.

I'm sorry. Don't say sorry to me. Say sorry to his kids. Well, those are great vibes for a Friday morning. Wonderful acting from that. But it became something now that people would just say, it's the same day, David. It was like a neck minute, wasn't it?

Yeah, don't say sorry to me, say sorry to his kids. When you think back now, that's a real, I mean, obviously it's. We used it as a comical punchline, didn't we? Yeah, it's not a real situation, but it is quite a grim situation in the end. I liked the chubby pie guy. He was a lot more fun wasn't he he was just drilling his breakfast the chubby pie guy there was another another phrase that was uh became part of our culture from a drink driving ad back in the day this one

good afternoon good afternoon yeah very close to Good afternoon, yeah. Very close to one of the most offensive swear words you could say. It's true. It was a fun word to chuck out on the radio because it could go wrong any moment. But that was actually a real good ad because you thought the guy was going to be over the limit, but he wasn't. He was sober driving for his mates.

And that was heartfelt. And that was a fine one to take the... And it was Justin, the guy from LMNOP. Yes. The guitarist. I know. Yeah, looking back, you're like, oh my goodness, it was fine one to take them. And it was Justin the guy from LMNOP, the guitarist I know, yeah looking back you're like oh my goodness it was him. A great actor and a sober driver, not like my old mate drilling my breakfast over here and finally when it comes to

road safety. Am I the only person who hasn't had a drink driving acting gig? We should get you one It would probably just be a documentary Remember every time you're in the car. And it makes no difference if you're going near or far. If you're in the front seat or if you're in the back. Click goes your seatbelt before you hit the track.

Click goes your seatbelt. Yeah, make it click. That was another iconic. A lot more fun than some of those other ones. Yeah, it was a period in New Zealand's roading where we were trying to convince people that putting on a seat belt was a good idea yeah people were like you can't tell me to put on a seat belt so then we had to get like roll ronald mcdonald out but for the first 10 seconds of that commercial he's not wearing a seat i was looking at it yesterday he's like oh yeah uh and then he picks some kids up on the side of

the road no questions asked the police are happy with it, they're singing along and the parent for the parent of the kids is like, yeah you can go with this clown and then he takes them on a giant loop-de-loop, I tell you what's not safe picking kids up, kids going in a strange man's car and doing a loop-de-loop so that's Flashback Friday for another week

and the next 10 minutes, Snoop Dogg he's in New Zealand, yeah, some big acts in the country, Backstreet Boys, Snoop Dogg, My Chemical Romance. And next, what happens when Snoop Dogg calls a hairdresser an invicargile? Pardon? Yo. Wanna know

what's crack-a-lacking? Um, I'm unsure. They call me the card father. Do they? It's next. it is the hits. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Coming to you from Palmerston North, for the Royal Games is on this weekend.

We're at Cafe Cuba in Parmy. Come down, we'll show you a free cuppa this morning, and someone could pay for five for a lot of money, or petrol vouchers at 7.45 with our game Five Words. Now we've parked up on a table here in the cafe, Ben. We've plugged all our, you know, exotic radio equipment in. Exotic, isn't it? It's very exotic.

It's an exotic, all right. And, you know, we're sitting at this table in the middle of the cafe. A gentleman's just walked in, and he was eyeballing me, and I was like, something's up here, okay? And he goes to the wonderful people behind the counter, what's happening here? We've taken a table. We've taken a local's table.

What's your name, mate? What? Butch. Butch? Butch. Oh, God, we've annoyed someone called Butch. Come here, Butch. You're live on the radio, Butch.

Is this your table, Butch? Yeah, it usually is Friday morning. Oh, sorry. It is, mate. You're in deep trouble. It's like we've walked into the saloon and that music plays. Every Friday. And we've got a lot of...

You wait until the old fellas that are older than me get here. I'll really be upset. There's more people, Kappa. We've upset more people. We'll shout you, Kappa. We'll sort some out. There's a lot of exotic equipment here, too. It's pretty exotic, isn't it?

Nice to meet you, Butch. Have a good day. You too, mate. Just quickly, I mentioned before, a lady in the US had her, she was on a flight, had her luggage damaged by the airline and she was like, hey, I want to put in for a replacement. And they were like, yeah, that's fine. And then she had to go pick it up from the courier, and they sent her 13 bags, 13 of them. And inside some of the bags were also smaller bags as well.

So some sort of a mix-up. But now in her house, she has 13 replacement bits of luggage that she's like, I don't know what to do with now. Maybe I'll give them away. Maybe I'll, yeah, I think the airline is just like, just take it. Well, because there's all that luggage just sitting at Heathrow. Maybe they're just like, oh, mate, we need to get rid of it. I don't know what's in there.

Just take the bags. Geez, more people are walking in and eyeballing us now. Uh-oh. Uh they're just like, oh, mate, we need to get rid of it. I don't know what's in there. Just take the bags. Jeez, more people are walking in and eyeballing us now. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh, right. We are here for the Royal Games. It's a really, really fun event

over the next couple of days. What is it all about? What does it mean for the area? We're going to be joined by the organiser on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're in Palmerston North today

at Cafe Cuba. Come down and see us for a free cuppa because we're here for the rural games. It's taking place over the weekend today, tomorrow and Sunday. It's a really, really great event. It wasn't on Saturday last year due to COVID, but it's back again celebrating the country's rural heritage

with things like wood chopping, sheepdog trials, gumboot throwing, tree climbing, best mullet and more. Oh my goodness me. It's the Farming Olympics, isn't it? Yeah, it is. And we're joined by the organiser right now on the other side of Palmerston North, Steve Hollander. That is the Jono and Ben show.

You're on it. You're on it. Is it a dream come true for you, Steve? Oh, mate, it's just sensational. After two years, we're just so excited to be back in town and doing it. Now, this is in Palmerston North. It's in the central part of Palmerston North, if people don't know what the Rural Games is.

Just quickly explain, Steve. Well, the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games is once a year in the second weekend of March in Palmerston North, and it's for all of the big rural sports that hold what you'd describe as 2020 of rural sport the fast going rural championships

that the top end guys come from all over New Zealand to compete in and you've talked about it, there's wood chopping with timber sports and still and there's the tree climbing and the fencing and the highland games and all of those really big sports that are really important to New Zealand's heritage and then of course we have these you know about a dozen community activities that are just fun events

for everyone to get involved in and you know it's we have well over the three days 40 or 50,000 people through the square and uh everyone's fizzing and looking forward to it here this year. Who do you keep honking at, Steve? Someone annoying you, mate? Yeah, I'm not sure what that noise is. I think it might be Ben in the background actually having fun with you. Yeah, it probably is. And it's free too.

People can go along and watch. Look, it is totally free, and it's always been that way. This year we're going to have an option for people to donate towards the tragedy that's occurred in the east coast of the North Island. And so that will be there for them when they come in. But it is absolutely free. There's nothing you have to pay for. Oh, yeah, that's very exciting. I mean, this is huge. We came down, we were lucky enough to come down a couple of years ago, back again. But it's massive and it's so much fun.

Yeah, no, we're really looking forward to it. All the team are here and everyone's fizzing and, you know, there's so many wonderful events on, the big championship events and, of course, all those community things which you guys like getting involved in. Yep, we do. We've done it in the past, Ben. You've climbed trees, we've shoveled coal. Done egg catching, which is a lot harder than you think.

Gumboot throwing, cow pat throwing, everything. Milked cows, everything. Milked you, Steve. Mate, you milked me for plenty. I can't believe it. I don't know how I survived that two years ago. It's taken me all that time to get over it. There's a lot waiting for you blokes here again,

so just be careful when that egg thing comes around. Well, last time you cracked eggs on our heads as well. A great day out, and if I can coin a cliche, for the whole family, Steve. Look, it is a real big family event. We've got the 5 to 12s with the kids and country, and there's a massive day with the secretary souls from all over the North Island competing with each other in the clash of the colleges and and looking

forward to careers in agri with agri futures so it's it is there for the whole family and and kids really enjoy the tree climb and the self-drive diggers there's tons of things for them to do as well so look it's it's just here waiting for you guys and we're looking forward to seeing you. Oh, we're looking forward to popping along later on, but we need to know, will you be wearing your very fast-looking wraparound sunglasses? Yeah, no, they'll be out again and I hope I'll be able to see through them, to be able to see some of those pranks that you blokes pull on me constantly. I mean, I'm a real straight guy and I'm just not used to all of that stuff.

Oh, Steve, can't wait to see you, mate. And congrats on another great event. You can get down there Friday, Saturday, Sunday. It's happening all day in the centre of Palmerston North. And you have a great day. Yeah, good on you, Jono. We'll see you soon. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Coming to you from Palmerston North this morning, Cafe Cuba. Yeah, come on down. We'll give you a free hot cuppa. Yeah, have a cuppa. Yeah, it's... We've taken someone's table here, Ben. Yeah, I know.

You're a little worried about that. Yeah, there's a group of about 10 gentlemen they have. Every one of them has walked in and eyeballed us and gone, that's my table, yeah. Feels like an old Western saloon. It does. Yeah, so, you know, it's been, it's a lot of fun, Parmy, but right now we're like, well, is the fun going to stop?

But we are having a good weekend. We're here for the Rural Games. As John has said before, it's kind of like the Farming Olympics. It is. It's on over the weekend, and we want to know on our ads, why are you having the best weekend? Because there's so much on this weekend. There is so much on.

You can go to the Rural Games. It's free. It's fun for the whole family. Yeah. Unless your family's going through a the Rural Games. It's free. It's fun for the whole family. Yeah. Unless your family's going through a bit of divorce battle. Well, true. Maybe the Rural Games won't be able to save you on that one. But you can call us 0800-THE-HITS.

Why are you having the best weekend? We did start off a year or so ago when we started doing this. We started doing the worst weekend, and it was a real down buzz. Yeah, it was. People were like, guys, they've kicked me out of my flat. I've got to move all my stuff out. Yeah. Especially was, yeah. Especially for a Friday.

We do that on a Monday or something like that. So we wanted to weigh him here at the best weekend. So much is on this weekend. Snoop Dogg, he's going to be in Christchurch tonight, Auckland tomorrow night. How cool is that? And news, yeah, news. I'm just reading the Herald here.

There is going to be mandatory drug testing for all concert goers at Snoop Dogg. Controversial, but just be aware of that when you're walking in. Backstreet Boys as well playing a sold-out Sparks Stadium, which is going to be epic Saturday night. It feels like that gig's been nine years in the making. I think they've had to postpone it due to COVID. They're now Backstreet middle-aged men. As well as that My Chemical Romance playing Saturday night as well.

It's going to be massive. As well as Warriors. We've got the Breakers playing in the finals. There's so much going on. Folly Fest 2 happening in Auckland. It's a very exciting weekend. So, you know, we've set the table. We've provided the buffet.

You need to come in with what you're doing. Although at work. At work. Where, at work, the office, the headquarters, we're away in Palmerston North. First time I've heard it called a headquarters. It sounds great when you say that. It does. At a headquarters where we work, they've got Mitch James coming in this afternoon

playing acoustic concert and trips to Hawaii to be one for people there. We're away. I mean, we're in the Hawaii of New Zealand, Palmerston North. Why would you want to be in Hawaii when you're in a wet Parmy, mate? But yeah, I was like, of all the days that we're away, they've got Mitch James coming in and trips to Parmy, trips to Hawaii to be one.

So yeah, anyway, that's today. Like you say, Ben, we're in paradise, baby. That's true. We're in the rural games. All right, so 800 of the hits. Why are you having the best weekend? Let's chuck it out there. We do have some Magic baby. That's true. We're in the rural games. All right, so 0800 The Hits. Why are you having the best weekend? Let's chuck it out there. We do have some magic mic tickets to give away.

He's not a magician. No, you're right. He doesn't pull rabbits out of his hat. He'll pull something else. He'll pull something out of his trousers. Yeah, that's next on 0800 The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thank you so much for hanging out with us.

Heading into our weekend. We're in Palmerston North this morning. The Rural Games are on. But right around the country, there's Polyfest. There's so much sport going from cricket, rugby. The league's taking place in Australia. There's Snoop Dogg, Backstreet Boys. Well, too much.

Too much going on. Chemical romance as well. It is an overload of entertainment, Ben Boyce. Where do you start? Well, we're starting at the Rural Games. And it's like the Olympics for the farming community. Competitions like, you know, who's had the most

carbon emissions over the last year? Who's complained about the Labour Party the most? That's a hotly contested one. Who can have a conversation using the least amount of emotion and syllables? Or the big awards at the Rural Games. It is a lot of fun. We came out a couple of years ago.

Things like egg catching, wood chopping, sheepdog trials. It's all taking place over the next three days in Parmy. Yeah, Brenda, we'll get you on. Welcome to the best weekend. What's happening, Brenda? Good morning. How are you? Oh, Brenda, we're dressed as cows.

We're sitting in a cafe in Palmerston North. Life couldn't be better, babes. What are you doing this weekend? That sounds like you're going to have an amazing weekend. I'm having a very romantic weekend. I am coming back on Saturday. And Sunday, it's a weather-planned fall. I want to do some gardening.

Some gardening. Some gardening? Lovely. Brenda, getting out on the pit of spore-ubs. Love it, Brenda. Well, that sounds like a great weekend. Hopefully the weather's playing ball with you. Brenda, we're going to send you along to Magic Mike. You don't have to go this weekend because it sounds like you've got a lot on,

but you can do another weekend, all right? Enjoy that. Oh, fantastic. Good on you, Brenda. Let's get Greg on the phone. Welcome, Greg. What's the best weekend for you? Well, it's actually my 40th tomorrow,

so a bit of a big one. What are you doing for your 40th? So I've got a bit of a party tonight at the River's Theater, and then do bits and pieces tomorrow with the family, go into the gardens probably and then probably carry on the party tomorrow night as well. Oh gee whiz, he's turning 40, he'll tell you about 40 days to recover from that too Greg. Oh I tell you, I probably will.

I remember when I turned 40, you know actually my 40th and it was because I'm not a hold a party sort of person yeah my 40th was during lockdown and that was the greatest present that the universe could have given me

because then after lockdown people have moved on I can't remember but you know yeah I'm a recluse Greg hey you go and have a great weekend we're going to send you along

to Magic Mike too my friend oh Mike give those to my wife I think oh yeah I tell you what well she'll probably

leave you yeah thank you for your call appreciate it let's get you two mate I'm talking over everyone I'm having a shambles

Rochelle you're on the air best weekend best weekend what are you doing finally get to go and race my race car it's been quite a while and

nerves start to build up so yeah we got really badly affected by the floods and yeah it's going to be a good weekend what sort of car racing do you do Rochelle? dirt track just at Mary Mary dirt track so if you're not doing anything on Sunday, come on down. Dirt track racing, you big, giant, filthy bogan.

I love it. I love it. Rochelle, were you going to have to squeeze Magic Mike into your weekend? I'm sure I could do that. We're sending you along. I'm sure everyone's got room for Magic Mike in their weekend. I'm sure I could do that. We're sending you along. I'm sure everyone's got room for Magic Mike in their lives, Jono. That's for sure. Enjoy that, Rochelle.

Sounds like, yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for your call, mate. Well, there you go. Best weekend. A lot of great stuff happening. Great end to that, Jono.

Great end to that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben, on your Friday morning, we're at Cafe Cuba in Palmerston North. You can come down and see us. We're the guys dressed as cows in here as well. We'll shout you a free cuppa if you take a photo with us. Hashtag or tag the Hits breakfast in there. You can win $500 as the cash cows.

We are the cash cows. We're going to be at the Royal Games. Have a photo with us. Tag us in on that stuff. And us cows are actually also providing the milk for the coffee this morning as well. No, we're not. All right, Dilma Dates. Jono and Ben, celebrate your special date with Dilma.

Yes, so plenty going on today. If you are celebrating a special day, you're sharing it with Chuck Norris. His birthday, he's 83. Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris. We still see Chuck Norris, buddy, hocking off his total gyms on the TV. He's still bloody... 83 years old.

Sharon Stone, 65 today. Remember Sharon Stone? She was from that very famous movie, Basic Instinct. And silly, silly, silly Sharon forgot to put her underpants on. And she crossed her legs. Maybe her basic instinct

should have been putting underwear on in the morning. In 2020 on this day, WHO declared, WHO, the World Health Organization, that's WHO, declared the COVID pandemic as a pandemic, the outbreak. That was a couple of years ago. Well, we didn't let that get away on us. No, and in 1876 today, the first telephone call ever in the history of telephone calls was made. Alexander Graham Bell made a call to his assistant and said, come here, I want to talk to you.

I was like, oh, was he firing the assistant? That was the first message over the phone. And then when the assistant came there, he was like, only joking. It was the first prank call as well. Yeah. Very low level. And also I'd like to acknowledge, happy birthday to Osama bin Laden. No, no.

Love's blowing out the candles, blowing up other stuff. Oh, yeah, God, don't stop it. You refused to acknowledge, I said, happy birthday to Joseph Stalin the other day. Okay, okay, move on to one. Refuses to acknowledge mine. People that we need to celebrate close to home this morning. Yes, someone has just texted into 4487,

happy anniversary to Anji Rambai, 15 years, married to Chiggs. Happy birthday to Robbie Gilchrist, love from Beck this morning. Sophie Williams, it's your sweet 16, as they say. 65th birthday to Joe Fowler, love from all your fam. And John and Rachel Kelly, happy anniversary. Another one that's just text in too, no name attached to this. Today is my stag do. Okay, yeah. Tomorrow is my stag do. Okay, yeah.

Tomorrow is my wedding. Bring it on. Not the stag do the night before the wedding. What are you thinking? Anyway, we need to talk to this person. Wow, okay, yeah. But we'll get Demi on the phone. Good morning. Oh, hello.

Good to have you on, Demi. Now it's a big day in the demi household yeah what are we celebrating it's our one year anniversary oh and so ben and me we're coming over for dinner tonight with the both of you that's a no that's a yes if you know so okay a year a year ago where talk us through it. Where were you married? What was the scene like? I know, it wasn't married. It's just like one year together.

Oh. Okay, so set the scene. You're in a bar. It's 2 a.m. No. Don't describe too much more of that night for us. How did you meet a year ago? We were both working at a meat plant.

Yes, and he was like the shift sparky. Oh, and you were like, nice to meet you. Yeah. It was love in between the carcasses, eh? Yeah. It's a relationship made in meaty heaven and we are going to celebrate it right now

thanks to Dilmar. You've got $100 cash. Awesome. And a Dilmar prize pack. Oh, thank you very much. Enjoy your one-year anniversary. Thank you. And someone else texted in, it's Diane Henderson's last day driving school buses for over 15 years.

I want to wish her an amazing day. Lots of love, Rachel. That's awesome. Heartwarming radio mate Yeah, isn't it nice to do something heartwarming for a change? Tell you what, soul to the earth stuff here. Yeah, that's right The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast Broadcasting from Cafe Cuba in

Palmerston North this morning. Jesus, it's a busy cafe isn't it? Now I know management doesn't like it when I do this. Ben, you don't like it when I do this. Oh no, don't do it. You know it's coming No, don't. You just resist it Just don't this. Ben, you don't like it when I do this. Oh, no, don't do it. You know it's coming. No, don't. You just resist it. Just don't go, what do you say, boys? Because everyone's just quietly eating their food and enjoying it.

What do you say, palmy? Yeah, they're fizzing. As we always say, electric. We bring electric energy to these cafes. It's a lot of fun, this one. It's not awkward in any way. Come down and join us. You can get a free cover, and someone will be playing five words in about 10 minutes' time.

Now, we just had a text through. We do Dilmar dates, important dates and anniversaries that are happening on this day. And so a message came through which really threw us, and we were wondering about the decision-making process that went into this, and it's Cam who we've got on the phone. Now, Cam, welcome.

How's it going? Good to have you on, Cam. You messaged, you said, today is my stag do, which is great. Yeah, yep. But then you followed up saying, tomorrow is the wedding. Yeah, there wasn't much planning involved, and it was last minute, and we're like, oh, well, let's just hit it, hit it hard. Risky behaviour, a stag do the day before the wedding.

I'm worried for you. I'm not even part of the wedding. Is it going to be okay? Yeah, hopefully. I'm trusting everyone. So they know the wedding's tomorrow. Your fiancée's on board with this? Yeah, yeah, no, she knows.

She's pretty chilled. Okay, now what's happening at the Stag do? I'm not too sure. Yeah, I'm just going with the flow. I just hope I don't wake up and like... Oh, okay. It's going to be like the hangover. Okay, who is the name?

Give us the name, the first name of the person organising it, and we'll tell just by the name if it's going to be a good one or a bad one. Tim. Tim. Tim. Now give us his nickname. Yeah. Timmy? I don't know.

Oh, Timmy, yeah. It's not like scrote or anything. Yeah. No, definitely not. You don't want someone like that called organising your stag do you? Okay, so Tim sounds... Yes, that's okay. I mean you could just be going for a lovely lunch

and be in bed by six o'clock. Exactly. No, I think it's kicking off about six, so... It's kicking off at six. Oh, Cam. Hi, Cam. So, listen... Cam, can we call you on Monday?

Yeah, nah, for sure. Yeah, that's all good. And we ought to see about this time on Monday, we'll see how the stag do went, and then we'll see how the wedding went, and we'll get a bit of an update on Monday because we need to know, all right? Yeah, perfect. That's all good. What time does that?

You seem very blasé about this. We are very worried for you. What time does your wedding start? Sorry, Cam? So we're off getting photos done about 12, and then the wedding's at 3, so plenty of time. Okay, all right. So the wedding's at 3, so plenty of time. Okay, all right. Plenty of time.

There's not plenty anyway. All right, Cam, good luck. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful, wonderful weekend, and we'll chat to you on Monday. Cheers. Thanks, guys. See you, mate. See you soon. I'm worried.

You're worried? That sounds like a recipe for disaster. A stag do the night before the wedding. All right, 7.30 Monday. Tune in. We'll find out how that all went. How many of his eyebrows will he have? Oh, God.

It is that. He's got Jono and Ben. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Coming to you from Palmerston North this morning at Cafe Cuba. Let's play five words. The Hits. Five words with challenge. Match five words to win five $500

challenge gift cards. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at The Hits. You match four words, you get $500, but then it jumps up.

Not five grand anymore. It's five times $500 challenge petrol service station vouchers. That's right, Ben, and they love wind

power here in the Manawatu, don't they? They do. I tell you what, this is petrol power. We're all about petrol in this situation here. We've got wonderful Paul here with us. How are you, mate?

I'm good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, we're good. Cafe Cuba, is this your local? This is our local. Every time, every morning after a workout, we're here. Now, you're just saying you work out how many days a week? Seven.

And not once, but? Twice. Twice a day? Seven days a week? And he's an? Twice. Twice a day, seven days a week and he's an arms dealer. Feel these guns, mate. Feel those guns. I can see the guns. I can't take my eyes off you, Paulie.

Tell you what, he's got all the legs, just everything. Why can't you be more like Paulie? Stop flirting. So I have something decent to look at every morning. Make me blush. Alright, Paulie, the game's pretty simple. You need to match five words with one of us. Jono or Ben, two idiots dressed like cash cows at the moment.

Who do you want to send off? Jono, you're off. All right, Jono, you can go outside the window here at Cupid Cafe, and we'll try as soon as he's out and we can't hear. We'll see how we go matching up these words. All right, first word, Paulie, what pops into your head when I say Palmerston? Jeez. Palmerston?

Turbos. It's turbos. Whoa. Okay. Okay. That was terrible. Can I go again? Yeah, go again.

Let's just say Windmills. Windmills. I would have gone north, but hey, it's this... Oh, north. Yeah, but I don't want to put words into your thing. You want to go north or you want to go Windmills? What would have gone north, but hey, it's this... North. Yeah, but I don't want to put words into your thing. You want to go north or want to go windmills? What's he going to say? He's outside the box thinker, isn't he?

But he's also not that smart. No, he's not that smart. North, yeah, I reckon it's a safer one. Red band. Gumboots. Gumboots, okay. Turbine. Wind.

Yeah, wind. Now you're onto it, Paulie Dairy is the fourth word I guess we've got some palmy and rural games words this morning Milk And dog is the final word Dog Woof Woof?

Yeah Alright, we'll get him out of Oh, he's taken off He's taken off, he's looking out to the street He's off to the gym Contemplating life Yeah, he's trying to keep up with you, Paulie, as well. All right, Jono, it's back into the cafe.

We'll see how we go. Matching five words right now. Geez, nothing makes you feel lonelier than standing out in the street by yourself dressed as a cow. Really does make you question life. Paulie, how'd you go? Oh, I thought I went good, mate. It's up to you now. It's up to you.

It's on you. Let's go to the $25 word. Here we go. Word one, $25 cash. First word I said to Paulie was Palmerston. Palmerston North. Hey! Nice. So now you've got $25. Thank you. Do you want to risk? Yeah, we're risking it.

Risking it for $50? Alright. All the way. Hey, jeez. Alright, Paulie. Word two. Okay, here we go. $50 cash. Redband. Gumboots. Yes! I was worried you were going to say gumboots, but that was good. Gumboots. Okay, $50.

You want to go to $100? Here we go, $100. Okay, here we go. Word three, $100 cash. Turbine. Turbine. Wind. Yes.

We're doing it, Paulie. Okay, now we jump up to $500 now. You've got $100. Did you want to risk it for $500? Here we go. Okay. Word four, $500 cash. up to 500 now you've got 100 did you want to risk it for 500 here we go yep okay we're going word for 500 cash tell you what if you win big today i've just saw the mayor out there and uh the mayor said this will be a public holiday march 10th will be manawatu paulie day if you win big oh man

dairy dairy is the word word for dairy dairy. Dairy. Like milk? Yes! Paulie! Okay, Paulie. Now, $500. So you've got $500. Now, do you want to risk that for five times 500 challenge petrol station vouchers? That's two and a half grand's worth of petrol, or do you want to take your $500 and walk away?

I'm going to turn to my mate here. Hey? We're going for it? We're going for it. We're going for it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're going for it yeah we're going for it alright alright Joe

this is all on you five five hundred dollar challenge gift cards dog dog is the final word what pops into your head

when you say dog this is this is for five challenge service station vouchers dog don't look at me don't look at me

oh jeez poorly poorly poorly I don't know Dog. Don't look at me. Don't look at me. Oh, jeez. Paulie, Paulie, Paulie. I don't know. I'm not helping you out. Would you go dog? Wolf? Oh, Buck!

Has he got it? What? Paulie! Well done, Paulie. Well done. What do you say, Paulie? Oh, how good is that? Well done, Paulie. Two done. What do you say, Barney? Oh, how good is that? Well done, Paulie.

Two and a half grand worth of petrol. Thanks to our mates at Challenge Petrol Service Stations. That's awesome. Well done. Oh, Paulie, mate, you're a legend. Real service only available at Challenge's 75 independent owner-operated Kiwi stores. I didn't think you guys were going to get that. Well done.

Well, Paulie, you know, one fit guy to another. Who's that? Who's the other one? We've got Paulie Oh yeah His mate Charles Yeah And it's the Hits

You've got Jono and Ben Cashing car Eight minutes away What? The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Friday morning Coming to you from

Cafe Cuba Here in Palmerston North Back again Love the place Parmy We were here a couple Of weekends ago And we're here for The rural North. Back again. Love the place, Parmy. We were here a couple of weekends ago, and we're here for the Royal Games this weekend.

Ben's in the pocket of Parmy. I don't know what's happening. You've got the marketing team from the councillor here. How are you, mate? I like to get my marketing out. I'm not getting a cut of whatever's happening. What are you getting free from Palmerston North? I love it. Yesterday, I don't know if you noticed, Ben, but I was wearing a collared shirt.

And what I had noticed is that I obviously don't wear collared shirts enough because everyone's like, hey, nice shirt, mate. Looking sharp today, buddy. Yeah, yeah. And basically, I'm just a T-shirt person. And the reason that I don't wear collared shirts is because I can't be arsed ironing. You know, and so I've just got a series of crinkled up shirts that look like tissues clinging onto coat hangers in my closet.

But you can wear them through. I feel like you can wear them straight. You know, like... Oh, do you fight through it? Sometimes I fight through it. If it's not ironed, I'm like, oh, eventually, in a couple of hours, the crinkles will hopefully come out. Is that your theory? It's often my theory.

See, I thought you'd be a fastidious ironer. No, it's one thing I'm not really into is ironing. It probably is up there with the most laborious of all the household chores, isn't it? Ironing. And I don't know who invented it, who decided that somewhere along the fashion timeline, someone said we need lines down our sleeves,

and these need to be dead flat? And ever since that day, we've all felt obliged to make our clothes creaseless with lines. If that had never been mentioned, we'd all happily walk around in wrinkled clothing. That's a very good point. It's funny how you do get, you know, people in a college shirt, or sometimes when people are wearing a suit,

you're like, oh, you look a bit different. Remember that time we ran into Mark Ellis, you know, sports legend, TV broadcaster. Now, we don't really know. I mean, we know of Mark Ellis. We look up to him. He's great. And we kind of know him on TV as the larrikin lad.

And we saw him at the airport that time. And he was in a full suit with a scarf wrapped around. He looked very flash. Yeah, he did look fantastic. And, you know, we were like, he's a larrikin. Yeah. We can have a laugh. We're like, hey, Mark Ellis, you've got a job interview, mate.

Look at you in this suit. You look at me in a flash. You look like you're just off the catwalks of Milan. Hey. A bit of a laugh with your old mate, Maka. And he looked at us and he smiled and then he went, actually, guys, I'm going to a funeral today. And you're like, oh, okay.

Nothing really sucks the ear out of a conversation like I'm heading off to a funeral today. And you're like, oh, okay. Nothing really sucks the air out of a conversation like I'm heading off to a funeral. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's Party in the USA. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. Hopefully the technical difficulties that we had before are all working all right.

Tell you what, it's not a party in the USA. It's bloody stress and palmy. What's good? We're not on air for 10 minutes. Joel Harrison, producer Joel. Come on, guys. Talk to me. Don't throw me under the bus here.

I don't know. There's an issue in the back system, but hey, we're good to go now. It's in no dramas, right? I'll tell you what the issue is going to be, mate. You paying your rent from now on. He stops being producer Joel right now, probably permanently, but he's going to be Cash Keeper Joel now. We've got a brand new Škoda and a whole heap of cash in the back of that car.

There's only one person that knows. Well, maybe we do need to keep him around, Producer Joel, also Cash Keeper Joel. He knows how much cash is in the back. If you can guess exactly how much cash there is, you win both cash and the car. Yeah. Now, Joel, yesterday you were handing out bribery money, my friend. You were offering people $500 to walk away from their guests. Are we doing the same today?

Are we paying people off? We're not. You missed your chance. I offered three different people $500 yesterday, and they turned it which is fair they stick into their guns but not today unfortunately mate there we go so people are so determined to win the prize they're willing to relinquish cash up front i know wild times let's go to the phones on 0800 the hits right now uh we're joined by amanda and tauranga how are you um good thank Oh, Amanda, you sound like a wonderful New Zealander. What do you do?

I'm on the teacher. Oh, you're a striker, not your lazy bugger. No, I've had a big, big strike. I was just reading about it's going to be taking place next Thursday, but the sounds of it. Yeah, that's right, yep. 50,000 teachers. Yeah, across the country.

What are you striking for? Tell us. It's not really pay. People think it's pay, but it's mostly conditions in the classroom to have more teacher aides, more special needs educators. We're getting a lot of kids coming through with problems. So yeah, just more support.

And fair enough. Teachers work so hard. And you could not find doctors, nurses, teachers, firefighters, more important vocations. You know, two idiots dressed as cows in a cafe in Palmerston North, that's a job that could probably be done by robots. You're probably right.

Not all aspects of our job. Maybe they couldn't put on a cow costume on. But, you know, teachers are so important, and we need to give you the tools for what you need. So I'll tell you what, I'm going to go on strike as well Thursday with the teachers. Awesome, love it. I'll do, oh I guess, alright. Okay well we'll send you over to Cash Keeper Joel and you can have your guess, good luck.

What's your guess Amanda? My guess is $20,451 and 25 cents. $20,451 and 25 cents. Would you take 500 $25. $20,451.25. Would you take $500 or would you stick to your guns, Amanda? I'd stick to my guns.

Fair enough. Is there any price that you'd take, you reckon? Maybe double it, $1,000. Don't know if we have the budget for that one. So we'll lock in your guess with $20,451.25. A lot of people have been guessing around this number. Unfortunately, though, that is not the amount that is in the back of the Skoda Kamek Monte Carlo. Sorry, Amanda.

Oh, good. Thank you. One thing, though. Today at 5 p. 5pm a big announcement is coming so stay tuned for that and try call back again at 3 o'clock awesome

thank you hey good on you and you keep up the good work alright lovely talking with you what's your big give your big announcement

now what are you saving for bloody 5 o'clock yeah Brad and Laura don't need it mate we need it sticky teas mate

stay around Brad and Laura huge announcement sticky tea gonna be halfway sticky tea the hits drink so you never know Brad and Laura don't need it, mate. We need it. Sticky Teas, mate. Stay around. Brad and Laura. Huge announcement. Sticky Teas. Sticky Teas. The hits drink, so you never know. It could be a bigger announcement. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. I ain't worried about it right now. Keeping dreams alive. 1999 heroes. I ain't worried about it right now. Swimming in the floods. Dancing on the clouds below. I ain't worried about it right now. Swimming in the floods. Dancing on the clouds below. I ain't worried about it.

I ain't worried about it. I ain't worried about it. 8.23, I Ain't Worried, One Republic. They'll be in town in a couple of weeks. In fact, next week it is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben on your Friday morning. Heading into the weekend, we're in Palmy for the Rural Games. It takes place over the weekend.

It's like the Farming Olympics. It's going to be awesome. But also, so much is going along. There's Polyfest. There's Backstreet Boys in town. Snoop Dogg. My Chemical Romance. It's a massivereet Boys in town. Snoop Dogg. My Chemical Romance. It's a massive weekend around New Zealand.

Very exciting stuff. And something that really excited Invercargill yesterday is after the show, Snoop Dogg himself made a call to Invercargill Hair Salon. Yeah, so we got some audio of Snoop Dogg, and we played it down the phone line to make it appear like it was a random Snoop Dogg call they were receiving. It's a classic trope, Ben. We've seen this style of entertainment before, haven't we? I'm always like, there's a whole board of just Snoop Dogg quotes on the internet.

And I'm like, who on earth has taken time out of their day to cut up bits of audio of Snoop Dogg talking, then put it on a website? Like, do some better stuff with your day. Well, no, whoever did that, thank you. Yeah, thank you, sir. Because it allowed us to make this call yesterday after the show. Good morning, Rick Harris speaking. Yo. Pardon?

Yo. Want to know what's crack-a-lackin'? Um, I'm unsure. They call me the Codfather. Do they? Call me the Codfather. Do they? Call me Snipe Dog. Snipe Dog? Okay. Um, can I have your details?

West side of Caldera, or die. Mm. Yo. Pardon? Mm. Yo. Pardon? Mm. What else? It's nothing like smoking fools. Why are you high?

Are you okay? Drop in like it's hot. Drop out like it's cold. Do NPCs know they're NPCs? I think you have the wrong number Unless you'd like to make an appointment The whole squad better hit this blunter else Yeah, they might

Have a lovely day, goodbye Are you there? It's not Snoop Dogg It's not Snoop Dogg No, it's not Snoop Dogg It's not Snoop Dogg No it's not Snoop Dogg It's a couple of old dogs Yeah Jono and Ben from the Hits Radio Station Are you kidding me

Yeah We had some audio of Snoop Dogg That we were playing down the phone to you Radio Station Really You know when you whisper on the phone We can still hear you. We want to see you.

So the purpose of this is for what? Don't ask us what the purpose of our job is. No one knows. Sounds like our boss. Hey, the purpose is to ring up to tell you. To win something? Yeah, exactly. We've got some hell pizza and we've got some dill martini coming your way, all right?

Oh, awesome. Awesome. Hell Pizza, and we've got some Dilmar tea coming your way, all right? Oh, awesome. Awesome, because I've got like three clients at my worker place wondering what's going on. Okay. Okay. Do you know who I'm being on the radio? She's a dickhead. Are you still recording?

I just heard he said, they're the dickheads. Yeah, now I've got somebody else saying you're good for a laugh. Oh, good for a laugh. Oh, that's got to balance it out. Because it's weirdly translated to saying they're the dickheads. Yeah, now I've got somebody else saying you're good for a laugh. Oh, good for a laugh. That's got to balance it out. Because it's weirdly translated to saying they're the dickheads. Why don't we round out the conversation with Snoop Dogg? Call me Snape Dogg. You and your Snoop Dogg.

You and your Snoop Dogg. I love her. She was great. That was yesterday where we got Snoop Dogg. I love her. She was great. That was yesterday where we got Snoop Dogg, well, some audio recordings of Snoop Dogg to make it appear like he was calling someone. And it only makes perfect sense to play his most offensive, misogynistic song

on the radio right now. Or we could look at other artists that are in the country. Why wouldn't you play Snoop Dogg? Well, we could. I mean, hey, or we could play some Backstreet Boys. You know? You're pinning a crip gangster against the harmonious stylings Well, we could. I mean, hey, or we could play some Backstreet Boys. You know?

You're pinning a crip gangster against the harmonious stylings of the most vicious gang in the mall, the Backstreet Boys. You watch out. Who's winning this battle? Well, I am right now because we're going to play some Backstreet Boys. Why not? Let's do it. A bit of fun, a bit of a throwback for your Friday morning. Here's some Backstreet Boys on the hits.

All the loneliness has always been a friend of mine. Friday morning. Here's some Backstreet Boys on the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Oh, the very forgiving Backstreet Boys. They don't care what you do. As long as you love me. They're playing Sold Out Spark Arena Saturday night. It's going to be awesome.

So much going on over the weekend, as we mentioned before. Snoop Dogg, My Chemical Romance, and Polyfest a lot. And the people have spoken. They want to hear Snoop. Kick it off, Joel. Well, hang on. What song from? Oh, no.

Hey, this is a, well, actually, no. Great, but let's make sure, I don't know if it's the edited version, so maybe we'll have a look at that. When he gets nervous, he just starts talking over stuff, so you can't enjoy it. You want to hear Snoop Dogg with me talking all over the top? Nervously. Before we can do that. over stuff so you can't enjoy it. You want to hear Snoop Dogg with me talking all over the top nervously? Before I can do that.

We travelled to Palmerston North yesterday. Air New Zealand extorted $190,000 out of us to take a regional flight. Trying to bounce back after COVID, mate. Trying to claw their way back, aren't they? How much did those bloody flights cost, B? They were expensive. Damn, we could have flown to Hawaii, Thailand, Russia, and back.

Hey, we're here at the Hawaii of New Zealand, Palmerston North, and I regret nothing about that trip. But something we like to do when we do travel away is whenever Sleepy Jono is in a mode of transport, whether it's a car or a plane, we're now starting to collect a whole lot of photos of you sleeping because you're just full of sleep so quickly i could fall asleep right now the only thing that's keeping me awake is the fact

that i have to keep talking yeah uh but yeah so what you do is when i'm sleeping uh lowbrow entertainment uh you take you take a photo of me and you've created a whole album a whole section on our hits breakfast instagram account sleepy john Jono now I feel like we've missed many years of photos opportunities so this is only just recently and producer B Humps you're helping

out with this as well but we're building it up slowly aren't we we are we're getting at the end of the year we're going to put out a video a montage of all

and a calendar I thought sleeping with Jono 12 months of sleeping with Jono now producer B Humps is head creative on the sleeping with Jono. That's the name of the calendar. 12 months of sleeping with Jono. Now, producer B Humps is head creative on the sleeping with Jono calendar. And you take it upon yourself to get most of the shots. And yesterday, Sleepy Jono on the plane dozed off.

Now, B Humps wasn't sitting next to you at that time, right? No, I was one row ahead and on the opposite side of the plane. So I looked back over my shoulder and here he was. Sleepy jolly. Yeah. And I knew what was going to happen as soon as I fell asleep. I was, you know, some paparazzi is going to snap a shot. And when I woke up, the lovely lady next to me,

she hadn't said anything to me the whole flight. I woke up and she's like, that gentleman over there has been taking photos of you sleeping. And she's like, if I'm not mistaken, I think he has a whole album of them. And I was like, excuse me? I was like, I don't know him. Oh, did you say that?

And she was like, you what? And I was like, listen, mate, what this is, what you're witnessing here, gutter dualism. Gutter dualism, you know, of a beloved national treasure. And the headline will be on TMZ or something, you know, a celebrity passed out of comatose on a plane. And she was like, oh, I feel terrible for you. So, yeah, I pretended like I didn't know you.

The funny thing is when my almost two-year-old daughter likes to look at photos of herself on our phones, and so when she asks to see a photo of herself on my phone, she sees all these photos of sleeping John and starts crying. I'm not a pretty-looking sleeper, Oz. It's like my whole face is paralyzed. Just like droops down. If you want to check that out, you can check it out

on the Hits Breakfast. And if you do check us out this afternoon or over the weekend at the Rural Games, take a photo with us. Hopefully Jono won't be sleeping and wearing our cow costumes. You could post that to the Hits Breakfast on Instagram and win $500 as the cash cows over the weekend.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Here in Palmy at Cuba Cafe. We, here until 9, and then we head across to the Rural Games. You're dressed as cows. If you want to see us, get a photo with us at the Rural Games over the weekend. You can put it on social media, tag in the Hits Breakfast,

and we're the cash cows. You could win $500. Problem is, when you're dressed as a cow, Ben, not much breathing happening in these outfits. Not very breathable, and they get quite hot don't they so shout out to all the cows out there they're doing it tough out there in the summer months aren't they, but you can actually

the rear end of these costumes are accessible and milking is an option for both of us Hey there's a 21 year old in America we mentioned this earlier but we didn't get a chance to talk about it all, a 21 year old whoold in America. We mentioned this earlier, but we didn't get a chance to talk about it all. A 21-year-old who's got a 15-year-old child. Hold on, Ben.

The maths on that does not add up. No, but it's actually a really lovely, heartwarming story. Now, this is her half-sister. Both parents, her actual parents have passed away, and so she has applied, the 21-year-old. Well, other kids are off doing whatever, rammering, vaping, whatever kids do. Madness. She's looking after her 15 year old sister as her legal guardian.

She's got permission to do that, which is awesome. But she says she turns up to parent-teacher interviews and the teachers don't take her seriously. No. As you would. I mean, we don't take Joel. What are you, 22? Yeah.

Come on, guys. 22, yeah. Imagine you being the legal guardian of a child. Imagine it. I could probably see it happening. I'm a responsible guy. But, you know, she's assumed all parental duties. What a wonderful 21-year-old.

Mate, I can only imagine. My entire 20s, I don't think I got any sleep. You make it up for it now. Mate, you do nothing but sleep. I don't think I got any sleep. I couldn't have been better. You make it up for it now, mate. You do nothing but sleep. I know. That's probably why. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

There's The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben, 8.58 on your Friday. It's been a fun show coming to you from Palmier this morning. And Paulie won our game of five words at 7.45, and he won five 500-challenge petrol station vouchers. Oh, jeez. Paulie, Paulie, Paulie. What do I know?

I'm not helping you out. Would you go dog? Wolf? Oh, Buck! Has he got it? What? Paulie! Well done, Paulie.

Well done. What do you say, Paulie? Oh, how good is that? Well done, Paulie! Well done, Paulie! Well done! What do you say, Paulie? Oh, how good is that? Well done, Paulie! Two and a half grand worth of petrol. Thanks to our mates at Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Oh, how good. It was so awesome.

You can save on fuel every day with my challenge. You get six cents per litre off fuel and earn rewards. Now, Producer Joel, this is really pulling back the curtain, but I can't see the clock. You're FaceTiming me, I can see your hairy arm. Yeah, it's just been his arm for about the last minute. Well, I hope it's your arm. Hey, we've had a lot of fun in

Parmi today. Thank you so much for Cafe Cuba for having us right in the heart of Palmerston North. It's been awesome. We're heading across to the Rural Games, which takes place over the weekend, dressed as cows. You take a photo with us, put it on the Hits Breakfast Instagram, tag us in there, and you can win $500. Come and see the cash cows.

Have a great weekend, New Zealand.