Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Full Noise Friday Fizz With Jono & Ben

Episode Date: November 3, 2022

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The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, welcome. It is the 4th of November. It's the podcast introduction. Great to have you here. Friday here in Aotearoa, New Zealand, if you're one of our international audience members. Smells like rugby changing rooms in here this morning, because producer Joel's been rubbing deep heat into his legs all morning, haven't you? Liniment. You've got some tight hammies.

The last thing you want to do is come on to a radio show and have a tight hamstring as well. So, you know, you've got to always be lubricated down there. Very distinctive odour. Yeah, it is.

They have been rubbing it in in the morning. That's not a word of a lie. You're right. It takes you back to places, doesn't it?

Yeah. Mainly grotty rugby changing rooms is where it takes you back to or netball changing rooms. But I always wonder why do you need to put it on before the game?

What good is it doing? Well, I guess it's warming up your muscles. You want to be warm and limbered up when you get up there, and that's another way if you've got sore muscles as well, probably what warms them up. You know, like Joel's got particularly sore hamstrings today, so they warm them up. Mind you, I'm not surprised, Joel.

The amount, every night you're like, oh, I'm off to play social netball, social touch rugby, social table tennis, social this, social everything. So how many social sports are you participating in per week? Three different sports, I think it is at the moment. Netball, touch, AFL, rugby past, sometimes a bit of basketball. But, yeah, it's good fun. I feel like the best way to keep myself happy and healthy is just keep it busy. That's good. We want you happy

We want a happy and healthy show don't we You did wash your hands after rubbing in the DP Because I did that once at rugby I rubbed in DP and then I rubbed my eyes afterwards I spent the first 10 minutes Of the rugby game looking like I was crying I'm like what's up with him mate We started the game and already he's crying

You've got to confuse chaos Chaos in your body, rub it in all sorts of places and it gets you fizzed up. It gets you ready for a big radio show. What is happening to me? Now, what was the reaction from the opposition team? Even my team was like, is he crying? This is an interesting tactic. Is he crying?

I'm not crying, guys. Maybe Sam Kane or Bowden Barrett could try that. Next of all, Sam Kane's not playing this weekend, is he? But, you know, someone... It was very blurry. I remember it being very blurry. I can try that. Next door, Sam Kane's not playing this weekend, is he? But, you know, someone... It was very blurry. I remember it being very blurry. I can't see. I remember my mum also,

Jenny, washing my mouth gut out with Dettol. That was another moment as well. I didn't actually... Until I put that on momentarily before going out there on the rugby field. I was like,

oh, this is... What is this? Afterwards, mum would like... Well, that's the taste of no germs, mate. Yeah. Probably trying to poison me. My father-in-law, he's a big backer of Dettol.

And when you've got a sore throat, he will say, have a gargle of Dettol. But you wouldn't be able to drink it. You don't want it to go like this. Yeah, you can't drink it, right? No, you can't let it slip past the goalie. But you just go, and he reckons it kills all the germs on your throat. Or he's trying to kill me. Maybe he wasn't happy welcoming me into the fold of the house.

But yeah. Now it is in New Zealand. It's Gumboot Friday. And if you want a spare, even just $3, you can text the number today. They've set up boots to 469. You can text that and donate to Gumboot Friday. Mike King joins us on the podcast. Yeah, he does.

And also we've got another podcast with a full interview. We had an extended conversation with Mike, too, if you'd like to listen to that as well he's amazing like he does such amazing work uh you know from you see him but you just you realize we're talking to him it's it's non-stop it's relentless you know he does he is every he answers every text and his wife every call he hands out his number to kids and parents that he meets along the way he says 24 hours a day seven days a week i was reading that he you know you're as you say he hands out his number and sometimes when kids are you know you know sadly which it's happening people contemplate you know ending it or he's like hey you need to call me this is our deal you're gonna call me if you ever think like that i'm not

going to talk you out of it as such i'm not there to do that i'm just there to talk to you and you can say goodbye but in doing so he answers every call and he talks people and he's saving you know he's saving so many lives it's incredible what he does yeah and he needs he needs a lot of money because he pays for counselling sessions that's what all the money raised pays for counselling sessions for young people throughout New Zealand and he needs five million this time around because these sessions are becoming more in demand he needed a million last year to cope with the demand, but it's just growing in such popularity at a rate of knots that this is the money required to get people counselling.

And they get a counsellor to a young person within six days. Yeah, which is incredible work they're doing. So support Gumboot Friday today. Have yourself a wonderful weekend, and we'll catch you back with more podcasts next week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Jewel Ipa was playing two amazing concerts at Spark Arena here in New Zealand. So good to have concerts back.

And it looked like an incredible, incredible event. And we were trying to get Dua Lipa on the show. Obviously, she's one of the top pop stars in the world. It's very hard to get. Yeah, and we put that responsibility. We didn't take any of that responsibility on. We don't shoulder that stuff. We said, produce a bee humps. Get us Dua Lipa. We had't take any of that responsibility on. We don't shoulder that stuff. We said, producer Bee Humps, get us to a leaper.

We had her last time. She was here in the country. Different producer. With different producers. Yeah, last time we were in another race. They got us to a leaper. They did, they did. But anyway.

Anyway. So we said, you know, on Wednesday, we're like, oh, she's in the country. Have you got her? And you're like, not yet, mate, not yet. Thursday, yesterday, have you got her? Not yet, not mate. She leaves today.

Yeah. Have we got it? I'm still confident. Still working on it. Probably not going to happen. I've sent, I think, 13 emails it was last count to various people. I've even contacted someone that she went to school with.

A lot of producer bee humps work. There's a fine line between producing and pesting you know you have to pester a lot of people don't you

and you don't like yourself for it sometimes do you so we've come to terms

we're not going to have a Dua Lipa on the show but there's an alternative isn't there well yeah

we thought what if would a listener would someone who listens to the hits pretend to

be Dua Lipa to help you out producer bee humps out of a sticky situation? That'd be nice. So we've got a text machine here. You can text us anytime, 4487. Just pick a number

out of here. We're going to call them and see if they'll step up to the mark and help you out, okay? Alright, let's do it. Hello, Hayley speaking. Oh, hey, Hayley. It's Ben calling from the Hits. How are you? Hey, good.

How are you? Yeah, good. Thank you. Jono and Ben's producer here. Yeah. Hey, I was just wondering, have you got a quick moment? I do in about a minute. Oh, yeah? Can I just say goodbye to my patients?

Yeah, definitely, definitely. Okay, I'll come back to you in a sec. Cool. See you. Thank you. Are you interrupting a doctor? You're dragging a doctor into this. That's good.

I can't think of anything more important they could be doing right now. Okay, I'm back. Sorry. Hey, sorry. I'm in a bit of a bind and I was just wondering if you'd be able to help me out Absolutely Jono and Ben really wanted me to get an interview

with Dua Lipa and I haven't been able to It's scheduled for like now and I was just wondering if you would mind pretending to be Dua Lipa Okay I'll obviously sort you out with loads of prizes Okay if you would mind pretending to be Dua Lipa. Okay.

I'll obviously sort you out with loads of prizes. Okay. But can you tell me what I should say? So she performed last night. Yeah. So you could just say, like, it was sold out at Spark Arena. She had an awesome time. The crowd was awesome.

Yeah, the crowd was awesome. She also, I know she went to Waiheke Island for a few days. Okay, so I'll be writing down notes now. Bark Arena sold out. Yeah, she spent a couple of days over in Waiheke, I think, and just it was like beautiful sunny weather, so she really had a good time over there. Sorry, I know this is terrible.

It's just, yeah, didn't know what else to do, really. And then will you tell them at the end? No, we'll just keep it from them, I reckon. Because they'll never know. Can you tell me some of, what are her famous songs? Because I'll say that that was my favourite to play that song.

The big one's Levitating. Levitating, okay. One Kiss is probably another big banger. One Kiss? Cold Heart. Oh, yeah, I like that one. Yeah, and just so you know too, the tour was called the Future Nostalgia Tour.

Okay. I'm nervous. Okay, cool. I'm nervous too. Hopefully they don't find out. What if I screw up? Can I complain? Oh they don't find out what if I screw up can I complain I mean if it goes pear shaped I'll just fall on my sword

and say that it didn't happen but we'll give it a nudge they'll be with you shortly okay thanks mate she's on a hold she can't hear anything what do we reckon? Is it going to be

A convincing performance? Well I think It's awesome that she's Prepared to give it a crack How cool is she? Yeah of course Hayley Alright so Hayley's Going to give it a crack next

What a Kiwi hero She didn't have to say yes No She didn't have to say yes She's saving your behind Producer Behart Totally Alright

Will Hayley pull off A convincing Dua Lipa interview? We will find out next. Dua Lipa in the country. We didn't get an interview with her. We tried a lot. Producer B Humps tried very hard, but she's a big pop star. So we thought, what's the next best thing?

Would a listener to the Hits radio station pretend to be Dua Lipa for us to help out Producer B Humps out of a situation where he had promised us, Jono and Ben, that he'd get an interview. This was moments ago when he rang up a listener, Hayley, back. Jono and Ben really wanted me to get an interview with Dua Lipa and I was just wondering if you would mind pretending to be Dua Lipa? Okay. So that's Hayley, a listener to the hits. She doesn't know that we actually know she's about to pretend to be Dua Lipa? Okay. So that's Hayley, a listener to the hits.

She doesn't know that we actually know she's about to pretend to be Dua Lipa. She can't hear anything right now. She's on hold, but she's going to pretend to be Dua Lipa to help producer B-Hubs. What a bloomin' hero. Let's go to our exclusive Dua Lipa interview right now. Oh, we are so excited to have her in the country performing two nights at Spark Arena.

Spark Arena. And we're excited to be talking to her right now. Dua Lipa, good morning. Hi, guys. Hey, great to have you on. How are you enjoying New Zealand? Oh, it's amazing. What have you been up to? The show last night was just absolutely amazing.

It was sold out. My favourite song, Cold Heart. Just the crowd was amazing. It was so, so, so awesome. I love New Zealand. Yeah, right. What's been your favourite part so far? Well, went to, is it Waiheke?

Yes, Waiheke. The island, yeah. Yeah, it was some beautiful sunny weather. Just the people were lovely. Beautiful coffee. Yeah, now, and the tour's been going well. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm playing again tonight. I'm looking forward to it. Oh, tonight? Are you putting on an extra night? No, that might be just my personal... Oh, because I thought the last one was last night. Two nights. I might be getting my dates mixed up.

Yeah, well, you know, you're a really nice pop star. You know, schedules are just non-stop, isn't it? You never know where you are from one place to another. Yeah, my producer sought that all out, you know? Yeah. Now, how's your dad going? Good. Last time we spoke, we spoke,

because we spoke to you a few years ago. On another radio station, yeah. And we spoke about your dad. Hmm. Yeah. His name escapes me, though. Yeah. What's your dad's Hmm. Yeah. His name escapes me, though. Yeah. What's your dad's name?

I just always call him Daddy-O. Daddy-O. Very handsome, your dad. Yes. He is very handsome. He's just the sweetest man. He is the sweetest man. Oh, Daddy-O.

Okay, now we just want to play a quick game with you, Dua Lipa. Is that okay? Yeah, of course. It's you guessing your music. Okay, so what we're going to do is we're going to play little bits of your songs. It's your songs. Yeah.

You just tell us which ones they are, okay? These are the ones you would have performed to New Zealand, your two nights at Spark Arena. Okay, yeah. So we'll play you would have performed to New Zealand, your two nights, Spark Arena? Okay, yeah. So we'll play you a few seconds of the song and you just tell us which one of your songs it is. Okay. Okay.

Seems like the easiest game for Jewel to play. Which one was that? Is it electricity? It is. It is electricity. Okay, the next one. Here we go. Dua Lipa guessing her own music this morning.

You must know that one. Levitating. Levitating. Hello, yeah. Yeah, and here's the next one. Cold Hat. You're bloody. She is very good. You know your own music, Dua Lipa.

You do. That's why they pay me the big bucks. That's why they pay you the big bucks. Well, listen, Dua Lipa, thank you very much for joining us. You're so welcome. I thought you were British. Yeah, I thought it was, yeah. I just must have dropped my accent. I'm trying to fit in a little better.

I'm trying to sound Kiwi. Hayley. Yes? You are a superstar. How did you know? To be honest, we've been listening the whole time where producer Bea Humps was trying to convince you to give up part of your day. You're obviously very busy to do this. Well, thank you.

Sweet as. You guys are awesome. Thanks so much, Hayley. Oh, you're big time. Bye. See ya. There it is, our exclusive interview. No one else will have that interview with Dua Lipa,

probably because it wasn't her. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits with Cadbury Favourites, summer personality quiz. The social season is fast upon us. Big weekend again. You know, the Guy Fawkes this weekend. There's the Black Ferns playing on Saturday night.

A lot of social occasions happening around the country. And if you're going to go along to a social occasion, you need to work out what personality you're bringing to the social function. Now, Producer Joel, what personality would you bring to a party? Because I've walked back into the studio after being out and he's eating a bowl of Chinese takeaways from last night reheated. No, it's a meat on chips, lamb on chips. I'm sorry, lamb on chips.

Lamb on chips. What sort of, are you the reheating guy at the party? He's the vibes guy. The chaos causer. You know they're never going to know your next move. Is that right? The chaos causer. He's eating dinner for breakfast.

Who knows what he's going to do? But if you want to work out your personality, what you're going to bring to the party this year, there's a really fun quiz you can do at the hitstockcode.nz. And thanks to Cadbury Kiwi Favourites, you can win a $500 entertainment pack and some Cadbury Kiwi Favourites. And like I said, I'm farming all of that information, getting personal details, and I will be using that for my advantage

through many online scams. Sarah, you're on from Hamilton. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, boys. How are we? Good. Got all your details, mate. Jeez, I'm going to get up to some nonsense.

How's the weekend looking for you, Sarah? It's pretty good at the moment. The sun is shining and I've got fireworks in the pipeline with the sandbams. So, yeah, very good at the moment. Nice. Now, we've got a bit of a challenge for you over the weekend, Sarah. Now you did the quiz online at the hitstock.nz and you found out what

personality, what were you? An influencer. I can tell I'm already influenced by you. You'd be a good dictator. So she's bringing, bringing live updates to all their followers. That's the influencer,

you know, a social media influencer. So we've got a challenge for you, Sarah. Bringing live updates to all their followers. That's the influencer, you know, social media influencer. So we've got a challenge for you, Sarah. We want you to put a post up on your social media, you know, Facebook, Instagram, maybe Facebook. You put it up today. And then by this time on Monday, it's got to get 100 likes for you to win the $500. Oh, my God. You get 100 likes over the weekend.

You can do whatever you want. You can hold up a sign saying, you know, whatever $500. Oh my God. You get 100 likes over the weekend. You can do whatever you want. You can hold up a sign saying, you know, whatever people need to like on this. It's up to you. You're the influencer, not us. You're the expert. Yeah. A hundred likes. We'll even share it on our page as well, but a hundred likes.

And if you get that by this time. You'll get 22 likes from us. Yeah, exactly. Okay. We'll farm you those 22. That's a gift. But what are you going to do? What are you thinking? First off the bat. Oh my goodness. Okay, we'll farm you those 22, that's a gift. But what are you going to do? What are you thinking, first off the bat?

Oh my goodness, okay, so I'm thinking how am I going to get everybody to, you know, I'm that person, I can influence these people at a party, but when it comes to social media posting, I lack. So yeah, this is definitely a challenge, but I am willing to give it a go, and I mean, yeah, I've got you supporting me, so why can't I do this? In person, IRL, Sarah can influence the crowd. Let's go streaking through the quad. We'll all be streaking through the quad.

But online, it's a different game. It's a flooded market, that game, isn't it, the online one? It's hard to keep up with sometimes. But look, I've been thinking about it, yeah, and I'm going to give it a go. We're going to do a Facebook post. All right, Facebook post, 100 likes. You can get that by this time on Monday. We'll give you a $500 entertainment pack

and some Cadbury Kiwi favourites. All the best. I can't wait to see how you go. Oh, my God. Sounds great. Thanks, boys. See you later. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now, Ben, yesterday I shook someone's hand, and the thing is with handshakes is you never know how strong your handshake is, do you? Like, you never... Like, I feel like I'm a medium strength. Oh, I see what you mean, because you're not doing a handshake on your own. No, I don't know how much. But you know if you're giving a weaker handshake or if... Well, this is the question.

I engaged in a handshake, and the person's hand that I shook came in very watery. Yeah, very watery. And you're kind of like, oh. You judge, don't you? You shouldn't judge, but you do judge a watery handshake. Well, particularly in the boomer community. My dad kept a boy, so that's how he judged. So look in the eye and a solid shake.

That's how he judged. He'll be going, oh, I've made such and such the other day, and oh, handshake, not judge. You know, like, and it's like, I'm sure they're a lovely person. Did that person go down in Kevin's book? Yes, it does. It's amazing how that goes down, and that sort of generation's, yeah,

estimation of that person, they're like, oh, I don't know. How do you rate yourself as a handshake? I mean, we had a guest in the other week from America. Oh, yeah. And he was a hip-hop artist, and he gave you a handshake. America. Oh, yeah. And he was a hip-hop artist. Batman Scoop. He gave you a handshake.

A cool one. And you just did not come to the party. That's the thing. I don't read whether it's a cool on-the-side handshake or a straight-up. I'm just like, G'day, mate. I'm Ben. And I went straight to the middle. And he had gone in for a heart.

Maybe he looked at me for a second and he was like, oh, this guy looks like a cool guy. But as soon as I put my handshake straight out there, he was like, oh, definitely not. He was very untidy. And it was hard to watch. I won't lie. It was hard to watch. Although he put it on himself.

He's like, I should have known. I should have picked you as a, you know. Picked up on your whiteness. And yeah, and I respect that. But do you judge a character by the handshake? I don't know if I judge a character, but sometimes I do. You do what?

If it's not right, you do kind of walk away feeling a little weird about the experience. Yeah. For some reason you're like, oh, something was a bit wrong. And it doesn't take much effort to put a little bit of strength into the handshake. We went to Southland to Vicargill. We were doing a show and we shook the hand of a man who nearly ripped our arms off. Yeah. It was violent.

He had your whole body shaking. Hey. Yeah. And he wouldn't let go either. That's right. It was so painful. Yeah, that's what you get in Southland. But I like people too who have post-COVID stuck to the fist bump as well.

I mean, either way, it doesn't matter how strong. Well, if you do a hard fist bump, it hurts a little bit. But they have to come and they have to lead. The fist bumpers have to lead. Otherwise, you end up sort of just clasping a fist. You've gone in for a handshake. You've gone in for a little bit. But they have to come and hurt. They have to lead. The fist bumpers have to lead. Otherwise, you end up sort of just clasping a fist. You've gone in for a handshake. You've gone in for a fist bump. So they have to come up early.

Yes, you're right. Here I come. I come up with this. Especially for us. We're like, oh, that's where it's going to go to. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. News this morning, Dancing with the Stars,

which was a huge reigning success last year, might not be back in 2023. can we run out of stars yeah they were like oh john and ben and it's officially over time to wrap it up we're not gonna stoop to that level bro like as soon as we reach john and ben that's the benchmark the show is done we've danced all the stars that could dance that's right they going to create some more stars, and then they can get that show back. Well, that's a shame. That was a very popular program.

It might be bad. It just wasn't announced yesterday as one of the shows coming back. Oh, hey, we all well know too well, Ben, about not being announced in the lineup. Yeah, I'm sorry. The John and Ben show wasn't announced yesterday, but it doesn't mean it's not going to be back. It could be back.

It could be back. 2023, it's going to come back. Yeah, that's right. Now, last night I had some friends over, and the topic of conversation went about me not wearing a wedding ring for a little bit. Now, I've got a wedding ring, but it seems like a- You just like to look like you've got your options open. I know the play.

No, I don't. He wants to look accessible. I'm not a wedding ring person. At the time with my wife, I was like, hey, I don't know if I'm going to wear it. She said, we'll get one for the formalities. And then it just sits in the bathroom. Now I'm like, does Amanda wear a ring? Yes, she does.

And I was like, she's into it. And she's fine. She's actually fine with the fact that I don't. But now she's even the other night, she's like, maybe we should sell it. I'm like, eh, make some money. Are you going to sell your ring? Make some money. I'll buy it.

It'll be a fun little story whose ring is that it was Ben's wedding ring why have you got that long story long story don't ask questions but I put our friend's

wedding ring on last night just because we were talking about and it got stuck and that is it's quite a nerve wracking moment when you're like

uh oh and you panic it's a slow rise to panic isn't it but then it's almost like your finger knows you're panicking. Yeah.

It's not playing the game. And I just couldn't get it off. Like, I was twisting it. I was running around. I was like, give it time. Give it time. We'll come back to it. You don't want to give it time.

I do give it time. But you're like, I want it off now. And every time everyone else was talking, I'd be trying to get this thing off. I was like, I couldn't. And so I got to the stage where I ended up Googling all the things. And there's so many theories out there on the internet. Put your finger in ice, which I put my finger in ice. Oh, to shrink it down.

Yeah. That's not a bad thing. Hold your hand above your head for 10 minutes. And so I spent 10 minutes talking to everyone with my hand up like I was going to ask a question. Put some lubrication on it. So we had cooking oil come out. And I'm like, oh, my God. This is, yeah.

So you probably got a frozen, numb feeling, oiled up finger at the stage and did it slide off? No, no, not before they left. They got to the stage and were like, hey, it's a weeknight. We need to go. And we're like, okay, well, sweet. Well, I'll drop around the wedding ring at some stage. And on my way to work this morning, I managed to come home this morning.

So I dropped it around and put it through the cat door On the way to work But it was Which was quite a weird experience Imagine if someone caught you doing that What are you doing? Just dropping this guy's wedding ring back Sneaking up to their house At like five o'clock in the morning

Now the cat's probably swallowed it I'm sure I had thought of that What a shocking place to leave it Well I was like I wasn't going to leave it in the letterbox What happens if you do walk into Michael Hill Jeweler? Dear friend of the show, Michael Hill.

We bumped into him, didn't we? We did bump into him. Bullied him into some promotion we were doing. Yeah. Lovely guy. You walk in, you're trying a ring, you can't take it off. Are you then required to pay for it? Oh.

Has that happened to anyone? Text us, 4487. Yeah. If it has happened to you. What do they do? I imagine you do have to pay for it, right? Try your buy. Sorry, mate, that's your ring now.

Yeah, that's what Beyonce was talking about. You like it? You better put a ring on it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast, scrolling through your feed. When it comes to news, he's less respected than Mike McRoberts, but a little more respected than Kamal Santamaria. Ben Boyce, come on down. Now, you've probably done this this morning morning if you've been up for a bit.

I did, and I do this most mornings. But apparently it's not good for you, and that's to have coffee on an empty stomach. It could be causing your body more harm than good. Someone, a nutritionist, has taken to TikTok to explain a bit more. If you drink coffee first thing on an empty stomach in the morning, stop what you're doing and listen. You are messing with your hormones. a bit more. So she's saying it's not saying people get jittery, shaky when they drink coffee on an empty stomach in the morning, but that's also why we get that really good feeling where we feel like we can conquer the world. So she's saying, it's not saying don't have coffee, she's just saying don't have it on an empty stomach because it's acidic and it causes your body to go into stress. She's saying have a little bit of food and then you have your coffee.

I like being jittery. I like being frightful. It's just like being on edge. So she's saying fill your stomach up and lessen the effects of coffee. That's all the good stuff she's making. A little bit for you, otherwise it causes your body to go in fight or flight mode. This stresses your body out. You have a lot more coffee than I think most humans should have because you can't say no. If anyone, you know, if you're five coffees deep.

But I'm not double shotting it like you are. You know, you're going, sure, double shot. I'm just having one single shot. You know, like, yeah. So that's why I'm spacing double-shotting it like you are. You're going, sure, double-shot. I'm just having one single shot. So that's why I'm spacing it out. I come in here four shots in my system. Just pumping through the veins. No food in your system. So you're exactly what this lady was talking about.

A lot of people just don't bother with it, do they? Coffee? No. Mr. Joel, you don't drink coffee, do you? No, I do. But I just have a Macona in the morning. Like a six-scoop Macona in the morning. Gives me going until midnight

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast Heading into the weekend, of course the Black Ferns, so good luck to them, Saturday night the big semi-final match at Eden Park against France. Then you've got 2020 cricket, you've got the rugby league going on. Yeah, you've got the rugby, the All Blacks play Sunday morning, it's Wales

it's a big weekend I've got the got the parents staying at the moment John and Annie up from Christchurch and dad you know the older your parents get the more quirks you notice about their personality I'm sure you've noticed a lot about Kevin Boyce your father yes yes a lot my dad just loves turpentine just a big old bottle I don't know why he goes through so much turpentine you know they're cleaning he's not drinking it he's putting it through three slices

of bread but you know he just loves putting on everything you know turpentine will fix anything you know our ex dad has got their little thing I know window cleaner was a big one too for some fathers window cleaner will fix anything sore throat Mr Muscle but he told me something is a big one too for some fathers window clean or fix anything sore throat no mr muscle but uh

he told me something yesterday i did not know about him he said i've never paid for a pair of sunglasses throughout his entire life now he's always found sunglasses so he his latest pair he said i was like that's a nice pair of yeah, I found them on the berm outside your house about seven months ago. So he's dotted. Like, he's not getting a new pair of sunglasses a week or anything. Yeah, right. But he'll find a pair, wear those till he finds the next pair. And that's been his entire sunglasses career.

Are these ones better than the other one? I see. It's one of those things people do lose, you know. You lose them. And then you pay money for, you know, you can pay a lot for sunglasses and then you lose them you're like oh my god yeah and that's the and that's his philosophy as well and he has gone through a range of really he's had speed dealers from the pictures he's had everything you name a stylist joe biden aviators he has had aviators he had striking silver aviators that he found in the

park in hagley park in Christchurch. A lot of people are losing sunglasses out there. So he's not stealing them or something? No, no, they've just been left but well. Where did you find these? Oh, some guy had them on the top of his head. Oh, they're in Sunglass Hut and I just took them off the rack. Yeah.

He just found them and never paid for a pair. Never paid for a pair. Honestly, if you've lost a pair of sunglasses over the last 30 years, probably go to my mum and dad's house and gross you. You've probably got all of Altair's missing sunglasses there. But I just thought it was an interesting thing. Yeah. And I know my mum's not happy with it because Annie likes to dress him too because he's kind of like, he would just wander around

in the same pair of flares he wore in 1981. So she's had to keep him up date as well. And some of the styles of sunglasses. Very interesting. Those big novelty ones that say 2021 or something. I think he's got a pair of beer cans on the side. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. There's a brand new show on tonight, 7.30pm TVNZ1. It's called Cooks on Fire,

searching for New Zealand's best barbecue team. And one of the judges is Chef Ganesh Raj, who joins us in the studio. It's great to see you in the flesh, mate. It's been a while. Absolutely, man. It's good to be back in the studio. You guys look good.

You do too. You've got blemish-free flesh as well. It's good flesh to see you in the flesh. Thank you very much. I look after it. And if I may say, you're looking fantastic. And I was like, what is your secret to getting younger? No, Ganesh.

You're getting younger. What is that secret? Ganesh said to me, you're looking good. You've put on good weight. He's like, you've put on good weight. And I said, mate, I've been for two weeks just eating burgers, chips, pizzas. We've been on the road a couple of weeks and you keep saying, oh, you know, I need to eat better. There's a nice way to fat shame me to go, you've put on good weight, healthy weight. You look healthy is what I was trying to say.

Maybe that's because in the past you haven't looked that healthy. I feel like that's where we were coming from. At least people care. That's right. At least people care, my friend. Ganesh Raj with us. Now, you've got a brand new show starting on TV in Z1 tonight, and it sounds bloody exciting.

Bro, let me tell you, Cooks on Fire, 7.30pm TV1, it is a barbecue show like you've never seen before. Beautiful outdoor setting, but my favourite thing about this show is barbecue from all around the world. Flavours from all around the world.

Plus vegetables. I know, John is looking at me like, what is that? Yeah. What is that? It's a green... What are they doing?

It's magic. It gives you blemish-free skin. Check it out. Right here. Right here, bro. Right? So it's a competition for looking for New Zealand's best barbecue cooks. It is.

And it combines, like, all the different types of humans, you know, brothers, sister, husband, wife, friends. And it takes away this kind of male barbecue-ness. Yeah. It's like an everybody barbecue show. Oh, friends. And it takes away this kind of male barbecue-ness. Yeah. It's like an everybody barbecue show. Oh, awesome. I can't hold my own in a barbecue situation. But people want to see.

Like, if I came to your house, I'd be standing behind you the whole time watching you going, can he barbecue? It's such a judgy situation. Or is this just all just a front? Yeah. You're like, turn that, turn that. You're like, all right, all right.

Are you going to turn that? The people cook some incredible things on barbecues, you know, the things they do. Was there one thing in particular, without giving too much away, that you're like alright Are you going to turn that? The people cook some incredible things on barbecues You know The things they do Was there one thing in particular Without giving too much away That you're like Oh my goodness

They cooked that And it was incredible Wow okay The only way I can say this Without giving it away Is It is a vegetable That is also a famous emoji

Oh Barbecue Okay Yeah Okay Okay Yeah And that vegetable All the teams nailed it So you decide Oh, barbecue Okay Okay Yeah And that vegetable

All the teams nailed it So you decide Everyone's standing around You decide what that is Were there raindrops After you ate the I'm not giving You're asking too much of me now

What's a good tip Heading into summer Because everyone loves You know, to barbecue Around the place Yeah, what's a good tip What's the one thing That everyone needs to remember

Here's what I like About a barbecue, right? You can have something for everyone on it, right? You can have vegetables. You can have different types of meat. You can put a pan on it and fry something if you wanted to, right? So I like the idea of everybody getting to choose what they want and then putting it all on the barbecue together

and let them come and hang out and turn it a little bit. Oh, so everyone comes? Do you know what I'm saying? Don't, like, own this barbecue and put a barbed wire fence around it and then you've got

to have a password with a fingerprint ID to get past the first... You know what I mean? Yeah, that's nice. Relinquish some power. Because it is... I mean, it is a...

It holds a special place in New Zealand's heart, the barbecue. 100%. But it's a great social cooking environment. 100%. Because it's a great social cooking environment. 100%. Because you can't linger around a kitchen.

No. But you can outdoors. Yeah, and the whole standing with the beer next to the barbecue, that's like at least two calendars worth of poses you two could do for a charity calendar. We'll do a charity calendar. Lingering with Jono and Ben. There you go.

That's my gift to you. Barbecue lingering. Because I've had a bit of a shaky track record on the barbecue. I gave my whole family camp a backup. Oh. Uncooked chicken that I didn't quite deliver enough on. What I do appreciate about the chicken, though, is those that insert a beer can inside of it.

Yes. And I'm like, hasn't the chicken been through enough already? It has. We need to have it sort of purged on a beer can. I know. Does that work? Does the beer can work? Well, firstly, I'm glad that you, you know, can-shamed those birds. Yeah. I think it's in their will

though. I think that's where they asked to go out. That's the only time you would do that, right? It was in the will. In fact, I'm going to put it in my will today. Both of you, when I go, can me. What's your favourite? A Heineken? A Heineken's in Spain? Heineken in a can.

Sitting on top of a barbie. But, bro, have you tried the chicken cooked that way? The reason why it works, two things. One is it holds the chicken up. But if you leave half a can of beer in it, the beer evaporates and steams through the inside of the chicken too. It is a beautiful flavour thing. You know, season the top, season the inside of the chicken too. It is a beautiful flavour thing.

You know, season the top, season the inside, put it over the top and then let the beer do a little kind of... A marinade sort of thing, yeah. Yeah, and that's how you get skin like this. I'm just going to keep going back to that. It's good skin. Cooks on fire tonight, 7.30, TVNZ1. We've got Ganesh Raj. Press, press, press.

What a legend. Blemish-free skin. All day, baby. All day. 7.30 tonight, Cooks on Ganesh Raj. What a legend. Blemish-free skin. All day, baby. All day. 7.30 tonight, Cooks on Fire. Thanks for coming in, mate. And if you watch the show, you can look out for the hits, pop up, word code, then tune in to the hits breakfast the next day.

We hear the cue to call 0800 THE HITS to win a $500 Silver Fern Farms voucher. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, if you want some parenting advice, a great place to go, parenting ideas and strategies, is theparentingplace.nz. We talked to Holly Jean Booker from time to time. She's got some great advice for us,

and today she's talking about sibling rivalry. Good morning, Holly. Good morning. It's been too long. Ships in the night, Holly. You guys are living the best life, aren't you? Yeah. We make it look, well, yeah, it looks like that on Instagram, where shells are human beings. Everyone's living the best life on Instagram, though, aren't you? Yeah. We make it look, well, yeah, it looks like that on Instagram

where you wear shells of human beings. Everyone's living the best life on Instagram though, aren't they? Yeah.

Well, you guys definitely are. I'm kind of jealous. Outside of it, bleak, mate. Bleak existence. Shell of a human being.

Okay, good. Okay, good. I've got that on there. I've done my level. That's good. Now,

the parenting place you're looking at is sibling rivalry at the moment. You know, siblings just getting on. Yeah, definitely. I think, yeah, sibling rivalry is something that is very normal.

It can change at different times and get worse. It even flows, you know, as they reach different stages and ages. Probably, for me, one of the hardest areas of parenting, sibling rivalry has the tendency to drive me absolutely crazy. Well, you've got the older one. There's the natural bullying, isn't it, which takes place, which is good character building.

It happens. It happens. To what level? Yeah, yeah. What do you do? They're having a disagreement. They're getting competitive. It's getting heated.

How do you approach it as a parent? Yeah, so, you know, we've had a little bit of trouble with sibling rivalry lately. I think we had a lot of time at home last term. I've mentioned this before. There was a lot of sickness. Everyone just got sick of each other and there was so much fighting.

Being able to keep your calm and keep cool when your kids are fighting is one of the biggest challenges of parenting. So it's really normal. We're learning conflict resolution. There's different ages and stages that they're going through when they will going through when they will fight more because, you know, they might be developing more independence or individuality or they might just be sick and just a bit sick of each other. But, you know, in terms of how we

deal with it, one of the most important bits of advice that I've had is just not to get involved in trying to fix it because you really aren't going to be able to get into the middle of an argument and find out who's right and who's wrong. It's really just about acknowledging each other's experience. I find that sometimes I just need to separate them. They just need some time apart from each other because the tensions are too high. Do you find it's like generally it's easier or harder when the siblings are, you know, maybe both girls or a boy and a girl

or two boys? I mean, or is there no sort of rhyme or reason? I think that there are different dynamics that happen in every family depending on, yeah, like you say, the gender, ages, stages, personality types, all that stuff definitely plays into it. And I think that sibling rivalry is very normal and it's very common and it can escalate and get worse at different times. So I think if you can have a look at your family dynamic, understand what is going on with each of your children,

that's going to go a long way in helping you to understand what the issue could be and how you could manage it because there's some amazing life skills that they're developing through sibling rivalry, negotiation, compromise, healthy conflict resolution. Manipulation. Manipulation's another goodie. Big puncher.

And I always like it because, you know, a lot of the time, not all the time, a lot of the time, it's over like who gets to push the pedestrian button? Oh, totally. Who gets to push the button in the lift? As an only child, Jono, you would have been fighting with yourself.

Oh, wow. At the moment, the kids have been fighting about who gets to sit in the front seat because they're at the age now where they can, you know, one of the kids sit in the front. That's a biggie. Oh, my gosh. It drives me nuts. They're taking turns now, so they get a day each to sit in the front. But then it'll be like, you went longer than I went get a day each to sit in the front.

But then it'll be like, you went longer than I went the other day because we were in the car, boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. Holly Jean from The Parenting Place joins us. Really great advice if you want to check out The Parenting Place online. What would you say? A conflict resolution. Like, let's say a brother would be told by their sister to get out of their room

and he would stand in the doorway and just put his arm in, just his arm in, just in the doorway. And then she would say, Mum, he's still in the room. I'm like, well, I'm standing in the hallway. You know, what would your conflict... Just hypothetical situation. But then you removed it from the third person and when you said, no, I'm standing in the hallway...

Oh, sorry, so this was me to my sister. Yeah, was it you? Yeah, this was... Like, what would you say in that situation? Oh, mate, this is so, this is, like, the classic situation that would happen in my family. I don't know if you can say anything. You just wasted, wasted breath, really.

But on a serious note, I would say spend some time with one of the kids. Take one of them outside, hang out with them, have some quality time and try and change your dynamic. Another hypothetical. Okay, say that one party is, they do get to sit in the front seat of the car. They're allowed to sit in the front seat. But when they leave the car,

they leave their banana peels and their apple cores in my... Oh, messy kids you've got there, John. In my drink holder. What would you say if Ben was doing that in my car? Oh, so rude. Eating produce. It's not intentional. I just put it in the door for later. How do I solve that conflict?

Probably leave it on his office chair. Bring it in and go, here's your rubbish, mate. He's old enough to know better. Ollie Jean Brooker from The Parenting Place. Always great catching up. You keep well.

Thanks for your time. No problem. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Black Fern, Saturday night, take on France, the semi-final of the Women's Rugby World Cup. Looks awesome. Yeah, and we're joined by Black Fern legend, Kendra Coxedge.

You there? Yeah, hello. Hey. How are you? Yeah, good. How are you doing? Yeah, hello. Hey, how are you? Yeah, good. How are you doing? Yeah, we're good. We're good.

This sounds like a real shady phone call we're making here. Hey, guys, how are you going? I'm hiding out. I'm hiding out. Is everyone listening? Nice to talk to you. We're excited about the big game Saturday night. Black Ferns taking on France.

How are you guys feeling? Yeah, we're feeling pretty good, eh? We've had a really good week of training. I just need to get into it now. Now, I know it's going to be your last World Cup. Have you put pressure on? Are you like, guys, do you remind them daily? It's my last World Cup.

We need to win this one. We need to go out on a high. Every little, every chance I get, I just chip it in there somewhere. The other day we were having a bit of a catch up, and I said, hey, like, you know, this is my last World Cup. I want to go out on ice. That's it. What's got two thumbs and is having their last World Cup?

It's me. Kendra, all right. I mean, it's been pretty incredible. Rita Ora performing, huge crowd, so much hype. You know, you've had your jerseys given out to you by 660, Taika Waititi. I mean, have you had second thoughts? And you're like, guys, maybe I'll stick around.

No, I'm pretty content. I'm pretty happy with my decision. But I do go through little moments, like things like that, like having past vaccines come in and I talk about the jersey and what it means to them. And then I just have to double check that I'm actually 100% sure that I want to retire. No, I'm pretty content with my decision and I'm happy with where I am.

I'd just love to finish on a high and get that period so ending. Well, what I'll do next World Cup is I'll turn up with a bag full of gear for you. And if you're in the grandstand and you're like, oh, I'd rather be out there, I'll catch you up. I'll catch you up.

We'll chuck you on. Okay, Kendra? Okay, that sounds great. I'll be ready. It feels like it's such a momentous occasion, I think, in women's rugby for New Zealand and the journey it's taking. Do you feel you've got the support of the country behind you?

Yeah, honestly, it's been incredible. We keep saying that we just hope that you do and understand that we appreciate all the support and how much a home crowd that gets in behind you lifts the team. Even in Whangarei the last couple of weeks, it was incredible up there. Like the people were great. We would, you know, go down to the local cafe

and everyone saying good luck. And, you know, we stopped in Waipu on the way back down during the week. And, you know, the whole cafe was just getting, you know, like talking to us, taking photos, people driving down the street, stopping and, you know, like it's been really incredible. Like it's just such a big shift. And not just women in rugby, but I think just women in sport. And to be honest with you, I didn't think we would get the crowds that we've been getting.

No wonder we were overwhelmed in that first game, you know, because that opening match was nothing else. Oh, it was incredible. I hope you didn't say that when they announced they were going to bring the World Cup. You're like, guys, I don't think we're going to get the crowds. I hope you kept that to yourself. You definitely did. Yeah, no, I definitely do.

But it's been bloody awesome. Hey, Kendra, good luck. We're all behind you, as you know it. You're doing us all so proud. And good luck tomorrow night. Awesome. Thank you very much, guys.