Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Have We Found Ed Sheeran's Long Lost Son??

Episode Date: January 31, 2023

Mini Ed Sheeran asking him a question tomorrow in NZ PDA .. Yay or Nay  All of the latest from the wild weather in the north LONGER PODDY INTRO!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

welcome podcast that one caught me by surprise actually brought to you by challenge petrol service stations this is john owen ben here also joined by producer joel uh fresh off a show a bit of a different one this morning giving updates civil defense updates when you do shows like this you know around the flooding handing out information you feel like a proper broadcaster ben you kind of feel like yeah like your job maybe is important or kind of important because then i'm like and no disrespect to us but if there's an emergency who who is going i must tune in to john owen but you got your news happening every half hour on the show the news is service you've got your. But you've got your news happening every half hour on the show. The news is service. You've got your weather updates. You've got your traffic updates.

And you've got us as well in between when it is important to tell you things. Plus, you've got a mixture of that. You're not getting just wall-to-wall coverage. Because some people are like, oh, it's too much. You've got to balance. You've got to balance that. So if you don't want three hours of non-stop flood coverage, you want to go, oh, you've got the stuff you need to know.

That's what I like to think. And then you can have a laugh in between those things. If, if the occasion is, you like laughing at us. Yeah. Yeah. I was going to say,

if there was ever a pun shortage and a pun crisis and people like, I can't get my puns anywhere. Well then, where you guys? Where you guys? You come to us. But you know, it's good.

You know, like, yeah, I think we forget sometimes that the news is happening. There's every half hour on the show and all the traffic updates and all those things, the weather. A lot of information. We don't have to give all that information. But it's happening every half hour, at least on the show. Yeah.

No, you're right there. I was just trying to have a bit of a laugh. Oh, no. Yeah, sorry. I was just defending our job. Defending our job out there. Yeah. Well, I know sometimes, you know, people are like, don't mock it when we're doing lockdown and say,

well, we shouldn't be in here. Yeah, no, you're right. Because it is. You know, that's what radio's main function is. I think a lot of people probably listen to you guys for a bit of an escape from the news as well. It's good to keep informed, but they want to hear about PDA, yay or nay as well.

Yeah, well, the imported issues we brought to the table today. PDA, yay or nay, which we did get into today. And now, Joel, Ben's not a PDA guy. I guess the older you get, the more uncomfortable you feel giving a public display of affection. You're in your prime. What are you doing? You dry humping out in the back and saying, mate, gyrating at lockdown parties.

I don't know. Are you PDA? No. I don't know. It's kind of weird. It's's an interesting one i feel like when i've had a few drinks and you don't think about it someone's like geez mate you you were embarrassing last night do you think the age of the self because i feel like a lot of the cell phone has a lot to to answer for in this because everyone has a camera phone yeah so what you could you know you could you could kiss you could kiss someone kiss your partner whatever like that you know yeah 15 years ago whatever and probably

people wouldn't have a camera but now people are like and they chuck it straight on the internet they check it all there look at all mate the bloody thing and you're like what did you know like you know if you as soon as people like you're in a public place people are like oh yeah this is gonna chuck it up on the on tick tock or whatever so i reckon that's got that's probably making people a little hesitant about some things. Which is probably good in some ways. Good if you're having an affair, I guess. Yeah, yeah.

And I think it actually does. I know people that have been caught cheating due to like find my iPhone and stuff as well, which is actually probably a really good story for the radio. What happened? I'll tell you off air, but I think it's something to do with someone, they thought their partner was cheating

and then they were like real suspicious and then they checked and this person was at set location in Auckland and then they drove out to set location because their partner really hadn't been good at covering up the tracks and then they literally saw them like hooking up in a car with the person.

PDA, see, PDA. Well, that was, yeah yeah i i heard i'm not going to say the location because it could come back but i heard the location was in a central auckland place heading north underneath it but um yeah no that is oh it was far easier to be a dog back in the day yeah it was but yeah yeah there'll be a lot of people Thankful that social media Wasn't around back in the day Yeah I'm one of them

What was the worst thing That you did Back in the day Besides I guess Excluding your affairs But besides Yeah no

We won't get into my Hotoran affairs Oh it's Probably a lot of A lot of nights out A lot of nights out A lot of nights out That just turned into entire weekends out. They didn't stop.

And every weekend, Sunday night, I'm like, never again. Then Monday morning, like, end me now. Even Tuesday, still end me. Wednesday, you start to pick up Thursday. Yeah, back to Thursday. You're like, oh, okay, okay. And then people start messaging, what are you doing this week? And then Friday, you're like, mate, we are back.

We are back. Is that your life cycle at the moment? Yeah. That's why he's always constantly sick during the week. He sounds like he's, you know. Just kidding. You get up in the night, Wednesday morning, it's like, oh. And then it's like Wednesday, it's nine o'clock.

We're over halfway through the week now for us, technically. It's like, oh, look, mate. Friday, let me know what he goes up to. As long as we can. I know. Sunday, sis. I know, the pep in your step, eh, on a Friday afternoon. But, you know, if I did that now, I think it would end me.

You wouldn't see me back. Ben, were you the same? Yeah, a lot of nights out. You're right, they just keep going. But I like to think of it as you transition from being so exhausted and tired from socializing to being so exhausted and tired from parenting. Yeah. We just spend our lives just exhausted and tired. It's just a different reason these days.

Yeah. What if you guys are doing like a drive show or a night show? Would you say you maybe have to be a bit more loose in that aspect? Well, it's a lot easier during the week that's for sure you know like when you don't have to get up at whatever time we have to get up for this show you know so that's yeah it's definitely yeah but you know but you're trying but sometimes you're like well you're gonna have the life too so you know exactly you know you don't want to live your whole life going well it's 7 30 i need to go to bed what sort of existence is that's just sad isn't it? when I first started this job

I was leading that life I had my socks laid out a toothbrush laid out I think one night I even put toothpaste on the toothbrush and I'm like the madness needs to stop

I feel like that's handy in the morning and it saves you but you look so pedantic yeah you do no one knows because you were just by yourself at that time

when you were like this is really helping me I've got stuff here and I'm good to go some mornings you just get a knows Because you were just By yourself at that time When you were like This is really helping me I've got stuff here And I'm good to go You know some mornings You just get a flow on And everything just works It's all in sync

Like an orchestra But no one thinks about that When they see you Putting your toothpaste On your toothbrush At nine o'clock at night My life hack Brush my teeth in the shower

Every weekday I brush my teeth in the shower Probably not good Because I can't see Where I'm brushing Two at the same time Two at the same time Get it out of the way

It's a good idea And you can enjoy the shower A little bit more You can enjoy the warmth Of the water And where I'm brushing. Two at the same time. Two at the same time, get out of the way. Yeah. It's a good idea. And you can enjoy the shower a little bit more. You can enjoy the warmth of the water. And you get to brush your teeth at the same time. Yeah. I mentioned the other day I started taking cold showers. By that I mean 99% of the shower is warm and lovely. And the last 10 seconds I go full blast cold.

Yeah. And just stay under it. Try and stay under it for 10 seconds. Yeah. You do have to breathe. Yeah. Like, like, I go chest first and i turn around the back and it slowly goes down my bits yeah and then head and finish it sounds horrible but hey is it helping and you go

and then you feel alive yeah just give it a go tomorrow morning okay all right i will all right i'll tell you on the podcast intro, we'll find out how it went. You played an inspirational quote from David Goggins, I think, on Monday. The ex-Navy Marine and running at 160% the whole time. Yes, he is. And he was saying, do something that sucks every day. And you're going to do something that sucks every day. Everyone's going to do something that sucks.

Have we got it? Oh, do you want the part? Oh, no, you don't even have it. You don't know what you had, so I was looking at you. Yeah, but that was the thing. He's like, you know, no matter what your life is all about, you're going to have something that sucks every day, and you either can choose to complain about it or embrace it.

Just like what David Goggin said here. You know how you get mentally tough? It's a lifestyle. Instead of hitting that news button in the morning and not making your bed and not cleaning your house, you don't hit this news button. You get up. You don't want to go run?

You go run. You don't want to go swim? You go swim. You don't want to make your bed? You make your bed. You don't want to clean your house? You clean your house. You don't want to study?

You study. That's how you start to callous your mind. It's going to suck. Do something that sucks every single day of your life. That's how you grow. Embrace the suck. Embrace the suck. Wonderful saying.

And my 10 seconds of cold shower is me embracing the suck. Okay. It's not much suck. It's only very short. But it gets you more awake than a coffee. Honestly, give it a go. Okay. All right.

You're going to be doing the full plunge cold. I see that a lot of people will rave about that. A lot of benefits. Wim Hof. Yeah. He's a mad Dutch bastard. World records for sitting

in ice for like nine weeks or things like that. Might have exaggerated that. People do it and it seems like it brings a lot of health benefits, a lot of mental health as well as physical health benefits.

Ah, great. Well, it's kind of meditative. Meditative. Yeah. You're having to breathe. Have you seen, jeez, we're covering a lot of ground today, sorry, the Chris Hemsworth series on Disney Plus? Oh, yeah.

Limitless. He puts his body to the extreme and different. Yeah. I haven't seen it, but I've seen a lot of promos for it. Yeah. It's kind of along this line of thinking. He went to almost the Arctic, I think, and they made him swim like Hemsworth.

They're like, I swim in the ice, frozen ice water. And his brother's on the side, Liam, and his other brother, he's like, yeah, go, mate, yeah, I'll go, Chris. And the poor guy is like, I don't know how cold it would have been in that water. Wow. But yeah, he said, now he does it too. I'm like, jeez, I look at Art Green, I look at Hemsworth. I'm like, if I can splash 10 seconds of cold water on me a day.

Oh, mate, you watch out for these abs. All right. Enjoy the podcast. As Jono said, it was a bit of a different one today, but it's different, unusual times here in New Zealand. So enjoy the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You're on The Hits.

Heavy rain hit the North Island overnight, continues to fall this morning. State of emergency declared in Northland now as well as Auckland and a rain warning has been lifted for Northland, but there's still red rain warnings for parts of Auckland, Coromandel and Western Bay are plenty. Don't travel unless it's necessary today because there's a lot of flooding and slips on the roads. There's a Wayne warning for Auckland as well with your mare.

With a mare, you're right. Driving to work, just the areas that were flooding heavily on Friday night, again flooding heavily. The streets littered with debris. That's a worry too because it was just a couple of days ago that these areas got hit. Yeah, and you feel like it probably didn't take much more

because everything's running at capacity for it to blow over again, and it's exactly what it's doing driving along the motorway. The same part of the motorway that you saw on the news that was flooded again, filling up with water. So it's probably advised you stay at home. And if you had a house that was teetering, you would have had an anxious night. Oh, yeah.

Now stay tuned to The Hits this morning for the latest weather updates and any emergency updates that come to hand. I think the wet weather right across the country as well, even the south that's been glorious the last few days, you know, is getting a bit of the rain today. Now, we're just going to do, we just phoned before the show, round the traps, the heavily affected areas, just to check in on them, get a weather report. We went up north first. Clickers speaking. Hello, John O'Bien from The Hits here. Hey. affected areas just to check in on them get a weather report we went up north first hello john and ben from the hits here hey how's it going we're just getting a weather report making sure you're safe yeah no we're good oh that's good what was it like overnight seemed

very full on uh we actually died off about midnight okay A bit more drama, mate. Can we spice it up a bit? So it's easing there where you are? At the moment, it is. So it's no longer a red weather warning at the moment? I wouldn't have a bloody clue, mate. Listen, you're the vaguest reporter that we've ever had. That's all good. No, you're right.

Northland, the red heavy rain warning lifted at 4 o'clock this morning but it is still, you know, like don't travel unless you need to travel. But yeah, it wasn't the heaviest of rains but yeah. High drama. High drama in the north. Hey, thank you very much. Bye. Now we head to Swanson,

West Auckland. From Whangarei to West Auckland. A sinkhole actually opened up in Swanson. Good morning. Hello, it's Jono and Ben from The Hits. Yeah, how's it going? We're just checking in on you. Yeah, no, we're all gravy and the naisy.

What's the weather like out there at the moment? Pretty crappy, to be honest. Yeah, a lot of rain out there, a lot of flooding on some motorways and roads. Yeah, hopefully it's pretty quiet on the roads where you are. Yeah, no, it's been pretty busy all night. Has it been flooding outside your place? Flooding, not really, but down Universal Drive, yeah.

Yeah, right, okay. Well, keep safe. All good, mate. Yeah, all gravy in the Navy, as they say. All gravy in the Navy. I like that one. I like that saying. As Navy, as they say. All gravy in the Navy. I like that one. I like that saying. As a wise man once said.

All gravy in the Navy. Awesome, mate. You guys have a good morning. Yeah, you too. Take care out there. And heading to Coromandel now. Fitianga. Hello.

Hello, Jono and Ben from the Hits. How are you? Good, how are you? Just checking in on you, mate. Thank you. Just making sure everything's okay. It looks like some wild weather this morning. Yeah, it's crazy.

Yeah, what's your weather report for us? It's like f***ing pissing down. Oh, pissing down. Yeah, okay. Thank you for your live report there. Live from the Coromandel. All good. You keep safe. Thank you, your live report there. Live from the Coromandel. All good. You keep safe.

Thank you, Waldo. It still bewilders me why you didn't get that job on One News. Oh, I don't know. You keep safe there, all right? Thank you, you guys too. I reckon we have more real people with reports. Forget these polished journalists. Take care out there, though, this morning.

And as I said before, stay tuned to The Hits this morning. We'll bring you the latest updates as the wild weather lashes the country. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Obviously, in moments like these, I was watching the news, and they were telling me on 7 Shut that I needed to prepare. You needed to go around to all of your neighbours and make sure everyone was all right. Did do that no okay i just assumed they'll be okay all right no but that's what you that's what we need to do yeah go around checking runs all right and everyone was aware of what was going on yeah i'm pretty sure everyone was aware yeah but also that's

like check your supplies have bags ready to go yeah again i didn't get a bag ready but i did check supplies. Oh, good. So I'm fossicking through the cupboard. What can we survive off in the prior household if we need to be locked in here for an extended period? And it's moments like these you realise how many expired canned goods you have sitting in your cupboard.

I'm pretty sure I've got a can of sweet corn that was left over from the last supper. Well, you don't think about that sort of stuff, do you? You think that's going to last forever. And it does last for a long time, doesn't it, in the cupboard? My parents, they'll ride out a can of baked beans from, I think they've got one from 1976. Oh, we might use it one day.

You never know when you need it. Well, you've known for, what, nearly 35 years you haven't needed it, but you never know when you need it. Yeah, my mum, yeah, she doesn't throw anything out, anything out at all. And, you know, like even things that are open in the fridge or whatever, it's way past, years past. She's like, oh, it's got preservatives in it, it'll last. You're like, oh, you're still taking a risk, but she'll do it.

And I know the Best Before dates, it's widely publicised. It's just, it's there, but you can have it after the date. It's kind of like, yeah, this is the date, but go on, we dare you. That's kind of the message I'm getting from a Best Before date. Go on, give it a bash. Try your best. But I thought maybe we could have a competition, all of us, go home, find the most expired can of whatever we can find so a can of

something a can of something and then we put our bodies on the line in the name of science yeah eat our way back through time oh we could do that yeah give that a go hungry hungry harrison our producer joel yeah who would eat i'm surprised he hasn't eaten the microphone that's in front of him yeah he would eat anything would you be willing to participate i'll be able to help you guys out yeah there's no cans no cans left in my flat though because we just just tear through them yeah oh so you kind of get go through that system yeah we go through them yeah but yeah well yesterday on another another thing ben made me drink powerade and coffee together so yeah i'm in for whatever yeah but something that one of the nba players does is that powerade to coffee back in the day

she feels like really getting some pep in your step powerade and coffee i put it together i was like oh joe you eat this getting some pep in your step. Powerade and coffee. I put it together. I was like, oh, Joe, you'll eat this. It's going to be a bit of a joke. And he was like, yeah, it's great. We'll drink it again. Yeah, of course you will. He's got the stomach of an iron lion, this guy. Well, take care out there.

Yeah, as John has said before, it might be a good chance to look at your emergency supplies and stay tuned to The Hits this morning for the latest updates. It is The Hits. You've got John and Ben. The Hits, theo and Ben podcast. Red, heavy rain warnings for parts of Auckland. Coromandel, Western Bay are plenty this morning.

Torrential rain causing a lot of surface flooding around the place at the moment. We'll have the latest details as they come to hand throughout the morning, including the fact that schools are not open in the Auckland region as well. Yeah, and we're joined from the parenting place by the wonderful Holly Jean Brooker. How are you? I'm good. How are you guys? We're doing really well, mate. Your house safe in the floods?

The house is fine, thankfully. Yeah, really grateful for that. How about you guys? Yeah, no good. Actually, coincidence, we're talking to you. A lot of explaining you have to do with kids. They get quite involved in the... I was driving with oscar and he's like that would have flooded that would have flooded that would have every little ditch he's picking out which would have flooded so it's

an interesting conversation with kids at the moment oh totally i um when ben your producer rang me i was explaining how stormwater drains work to my kids and yeah it was yeah they've been kind of researching on youtube looking at videos of how it all works. So understand how poo gets out into the street. Because they're always like, let me go swim at the intersection. And you're like, no. No, no, no, no. And also the electrical storms and thunder and lightning

can be pretty frightening for kids. Yeah, it's been a big week, eh? Well, at least all of the young children of not only Tamaki Makaurau, but Aotearoa are going to know about the storm drainage system and how that works. Yeah, some good education right there. Who needs school, right? Well, yeah, well, Auckland doesn't.

That's what the Ministry of Education said. Auckland doesn't at the moment. Yeah, so school is happening. It's a little bit delayed in some parts of the country, but kids are going back over the next week. Yeah, so school is happening. It's a little bit delayed in some parts of the country, but kids are going back over the next week. And I imagine there's probably a few kids and parents as well a little bit anxious about starting the school year again, particularly if kids are moving schools, moving into new classes.

Yeah, yeah, definitely. I think it's so normal for our kids to feel a bit anxious when school is starting back, especially after a really long break. You know, we're up to six or seven weeks of the school holidays and they've almost forgotten what school is like. So, you know, we just recommend lots of conversation, just casual chats about what is coming, what it might look like, what it might feel like. One of my kids is a little bit more kind of sensitive, a little bit more feels life deeply,

feel, you know, can get a bit anxious about change and uncertainty. So I found with them in the early years of primary, we would visit in the school holidays and get a bit of a lay of the land and remind them where, you know, especially when they're new at the school, but where the toilet block is, where the water fountains are, where the playground is. It was just a really kind of good way for them to feel familiar with their new surroundings. Yeah, get the bearings. Do you know one bit of advice I would offer to any parent who maybe their child is starting at age five?

Tell them about the school bell and how it works. Because we didn't tell our son. He didn't know what the bell stood for and he was kind of just left wandering the field by himself. Oh, yeah, I totally get that, because it is quite a foreign concept, isn't it, when you have not heard a bell ringing every hour. It's like, what the heck is that? You know, this is a good week to, you know,

if school hasn't started yet or if you're in Auckland where you've got another week at home, it's a good time to get back into a routine. We've been loving just kind of kicking back a bit in the mornings and not having to rush out of bed and have the TV on. But, you know, I think getting back into a bit of a routine now is a good time to help them get familiar with what's going to happen next week,

set the alarm a bit earlier. They're over it. They want to be back at school. They're really bummed out that they can't go back to school this week. I like your idea about practicing the routine. So it's also from the parents' point of view, do you come in a bit more stressed? Put your bloody shoes on!

Get your thing, make your bed! Do we start playing those roles, just easing them into the year? Oh, totally. Next week we're going to try and do the whole packing, getting the kids to pack their bags the night before, lay their outfit out and do the lunches. This is all very like, is this actually going to happen? This is my ideal parenting world.

But when I do do this, it does help, and it takes the stress out of the morning for sure. Yeah, well, listen, we all want to start the year like that, Holly. But by the mid-February, that's gone, and we're all in a mad rush. Holly Jean Booker, you've got some great stuff at parentingplace.nz. Just looking now, a few articles on getting the kids back to school and how you can navigate that. So some great reading if anyone wants to check it out.

Thanks so much for your time and stay safe in the rough weather. Yeah, you're welcome. You guys too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben on a Wednesday morning. I hope everyone's doing okay as wild weather lashes the country. Rain warnings for parts of Auckland, Coromandel, Western Bay are plenty. Don't travel unless it's necessary.

School shut in the Auckland region this morning. The Lantern Festival as well, sadly, has been cancelled this weekend. Put your safety first and stay tuned to The Hits this morning for the latest updates. And some rain on the way for the south as well. Yeah, it's a fun time. What a summer. One for the books. But then I saw Alexandra had their hottest day on record or something a couple of days ago.

Like, it was amazing. Well, isn't it all coming up, Alexandra? Yeah, but as you say, rain are hitting all over the country today, so I hope everyone's doing all right. But cost of living as well, you know, fun stuff we're talking about. But a Seattle couple, they have taken a different approach to try and battle cost of living they worked out that was cheaper to live on cruise ships than pay their mortgage and rent so for the average of 89 a day that includes their basically

their room food entertainment transportation port fees taxes everything 89 a day is what they're living on by living on cruise ships Going from cruise ship to cruise ship Over the year But how are they earning money? Well no but That's a very good point Mate I'm late for work Drop me off at the

I think maybe instead of like Yeah maybe they're retired Yeah Actually they are They're recently retired There you go Now it all makes sense The whole time I'm like

Where are they going to work? Cheaper to live on cruise ships Around the world than it is To pay rent and to buy stuff The whole time I'm like, how do I get into work? It's cheaper to live on cruise ships around the world than it is to pay rent and to buy stuff at the supermarket. I would like that. When I'm of the age, when I retire in maybe a year or two, that's what I want to do. Just cruise ships. That sounds cool.

It does sound cool. It sounds very gastro-y at times. As you know, they get a bit of that. But your immune system would build up. You'd be like Producer Joel we mentioned before, iron stomach when you know they get a bit of that but your immune system would build up you'd be like producer Joel we mentioned before iron stomach

when you're living on a cruise ship but yeah you've been on a cruise ship before I did I went on a Disney cruise ship a few years ago

with some family it was a lot of fun it was a lot of fun the hydro slides on there little mini park course all the Disney characters you'd walk around

because I love it as a Kiwi you love to get value for money and you're paid for all your food across the week so everything on there you could just so you can just walk down the hall and eat it yeah well you're walking across and the kids you know because with kids and kids are like can we get an ice cream from that help yourself so you're like go for it just go for it like i was put your face in the tub and just eat yeah we're normally you'd be

like no no you're not getting an ice cream. You're like, yes, you can, you know. You're left with a Santa sack full of dinner rolls. Thanks for having us. Terrible weather overnight, particularly in the upper North Island. A lot of surface flooding out there. Road closures, State Highways 1 and 16 are closed north of Auckland. Roads are pretty bad.

And someone who's out there is Stephen out there on the roads this morning. Talk to us. Talk to us. What's happening? Northern Motorway's closed, boys. Oh, really? Yeah, it's flooded out just after Northcote Road. Between Northcote and Esmond, no-one's passing it. So what are you doing? Are you just sort of stuck there, sitting? For 45 minutes, I reversed out and went up Northcote Road on-ramp

and went around the other way. So, Pete, cars are reversing back? Yeah, it's, yeah. Mayhem. What's that? Because we saw... I was there 45 minutes at least. It was really, really raining heavily throughout the night

and this morning, but it seems to maybe have eased out there. What's it like? It's not raining very hard. It's just the flooding. Were there some cars trying to get through? I couldn't see from where I was. The fire engines and that just went past me. I'm in a four-wheel drive.

I would have tried it, but I think people, after watching people getting swept away on the road, they're just nervous in their little cars. Yeah, no, and you do appreciate, you've got to take your hat off to them. They're like, someone had to go out and check it. Yeah, but no, safety first. Don't take chances. We've got to float up.

On the bottom of Exmouth Road is down to one lane, too. I'm just here now. What's traffic like? Are there a lot of people on the roads or are many at home? Yeah, well, I was pretty early because I'm a tradie trying to get stuff but yeah, it's just stopped basically there's just no trip, you weren't moving anywhere. Well take care out there

thank you for that latest update. All good. Have a good day and hopefully it's alright out there. If you don't travel unless you need to travel was the big word coming through this morning. I don't know if that word's got through to many people. Well yeah. Looking at the motorways. I know, we'll have the latest updates for you throughout the morning. But did I tell if that word's got through to many people. Well, yeah. Looking at the motorways. I know. We'll have the latest updates for you throughout the morning.

But did I tell you I went to the USA? Regaining some wonderful tales of his trip through all of the United States of America. And they just keep coming. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

Well, I've got to stop. I've got to run out of tales to be honest. But I have to keep bringing it up for the fact that there's a mystery item I bought over there. So 0800 the hits. If you know what the Mickey Mouse item is that's in the suitcase, Jono doesn't even know what it is. If you can guess exactly what the item is, you win $100 American dollars and the item itself.

And, you know, it's not only the Storm taking New Zealand by storm. This game is taking New Zealand by storm as well. Because as soon as you mention what's in Ben's bag, the phones light up. And it's gone on, in my professional radio opinion, for far too long. A long time. But now it's people just getting frustrated by it.

Does the item expire? Because if it does... No, it doesn't expire. Good question, though. Okay, let's get Tiana on. In Auckland, Tiana, are you dry? Are you safe? Are you wet?

What are you doing? I am dry and I am safe. It's all good. You're not going to work today? No, my work has allowed me to have the rest of the week off. So I'm like, okay, cool. So Tiana will take a bit of that. I guess I'll just have a long weekend.

Why not? Tiana, what's in Ben's bag? I think it could be something just random, like a Mickey Mouse pen. Pen? No, not a pen. Is she close? She gave the face of... I wish you said something random. I was like, yes, it's random.

It is random. It's random. Yeah, but it's not a pen. Tiana, you go and enjoy your extended break, okay? Oh, I will. Thanks, guys. Stay safe. Love your work.

Connie from Hokitika. It's getting rainy on the West Coast too, isn't it? Not today, it isn't. Okay. We're hot. The cicadas are singing. Connie, just agree with me, mate. You don't have to call me out.

No one can see. It's radio. No one can see. No, Connie is like... Take two. Connie, just tell me me, mate. You don't have to call me out. No one can see. It's radio. No one can see. No, Connie's like... Take two. Connie, just tell me it's torrential. Connie, but we're on the West Coast today. Uh...

Just say yes. In your dream. Love that. In your dream. She's not going to play the game. No, Connie, all right. We'll play this game. What's in the bag?

I think it could be a handkerchief. A Mickey Mouse handkerchief. No, not a handkerchief. It's making more noise than a hanky, I would say, but it is clothing related. That's clothing and random. Okay, not a hanky. You go and keep drying on the West Coast where it's pouring down at the moment. Alice from Carpety. Oh, I missed that it was clothing related. I was going to ask if it dispenses something. Oh, it dispenses something.

Like a sort of candy sort of dispenser or something. Well, I thought I'd go general, and then maybe it could be a soap dispenser or something like that. Oh, it sounds similar to a soap dispenser when you rattle it around, but it's not. Yeah, it's clothing related. That's kind of the clue. Thanks, Alice.

You keep safe in Carperty. Is it a thong? No, not a thong. A very heavy thong, if that's what it is. It's a weighty thong. Well, it could be bejazzles. What, ice chastity belts or something? Mickey Mouse chastity belt.

No, it's not that. I'll be back again tomorrow. Much to Jono's disgust. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The heavy rain hitting the North Island in particular overnight continues to fall this morning. Delay travel is the recommendation in the Auckland region. Don't travel unless you have to around the place as well and stay tuned to The Hits for the latest details and updates throughout the morning. Now we're joined by Cherie Kinnear who's from the

New Zealand Herald out and about. Morning Cher Cherie. Good morning. How are you? We're doing okay. How are you doing? I'm good. I'm surviving. Is it wild? It is pretty wild. The rain has eased a little bit at the moment, but now the wind's picked up, so it has been pretty hectic. We've been seeing scenes on the news of cars driving through

flood-stricken bits of road and things like that. Is it the same in Warkworth? I haven't seen the same sort of scale of flooding as we saw on Friday and from what I've seen coming in, Auckland might have a bit more flooding at the moment, particularly on the motorways. We had a lot of rain overnight in the northern region. The red rain warning seems to have eased this morning. That's gone? Yeah, so the red heavy rain warning has been lifted in northern but remains in place for much of northern Auckland. So in an area like I am right now on walk with,

the Coromandel Peninsula and the Western Bay of Plenty. Now at moments like these, are you stoked that you work for a newspaper and not a tv station where they make the reporters stand out in the elements for no reason at all sheree well why don't you say that because i do video for the heralds so i kind of am that person yeah you make yourself stand out in the elements yeah. So I am going to be standing out there shortly and doing something. What about an umbi? Hold up an umbrella or something? Yeah, I always wanted that.

Or through a window, maybe. You're inside, but you can see the weather through a window. I've always thought that's an option. Yeah, I mean, they always like us out in the thick of it, right? Yeah. I get it's not as dramatic, but if you can go, I'm in here in a lovely room-temperatured setting. Maybe a cafe or something.

Having a latte. Out there, you can see it's a shambles. That would be the dream, wouldn't it? That would be the dream. We're just spitballing here. And also, Cherie, another big thing that's been tripping Ben up all morning is saying Red Wayne warning. Wayne warning.

You did a wonderful job of it before. Yeah, can we just get another Red Wayne warning from you? A Red Wayne warning. Wayne warning. Red Wayne warning. You did a wonderful job of it before. Yeah, can we just get another red Wayne warning from you? A red Wayne warning. Red Wayne warning. Yeah, you're a professional. We're all struggling to say it. We can't get the two words together.

And so what's the advice from civil defence around the regions? At the moment, I mean, it's still quite early in terms of assessing what sort of damage has happened overnight. As I said before, there is a little bit of flooding being reported on the southern motorway. So I think at the moment it's just being careful if you do have to go out in your car and drive, just being aware that there are some areas that have flooded. There are a couple reports potentially of people, homes who have flooded in Devonport on the North Shore. So I think at the moment it's just if you can stay home and stay off the roads, do so. And if you do need to go somewhere, check out their website

because there are a few evacuation centres available if you've got nowhere else to go. It's heartbreaking, isn't it, to see the people that got their homes and possessions destroyed by the floods a few days ago having to deal with it all over again. Yeah, it's been quite devastating. We actually visited one of the community-led evacuation centres here in Walkworth yesterday afternoon, and they had around 100 people there sleeping in the town hall on Friday night, and a lot of them were travellers who were stuck

who couldn't get anywhere. But it's been really incredible just even hearing the stories of the sort of community support and people coming out to help, and I think that's been actually quite a nice sort of side of it to look at. Everyone just comes out and helps each other out. That's the common theme that keeps coming through. Well, Cherie, really do appreciate your time.

Sounds like you need to get back out there and battle against the elements, mate. Will do. Thanks for having me on. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Heavy rain causing damage and flooding. Think of everyone affected this morning. The latest weather updates throughout the morning

as we come to grips with what's going on around the country. Schools, obviously, in Auckland this week seem to be closed, although there is some word that some could open up later in the week, depending on how the... Depending on how the Ministry of Education feel. But one way or another, kids are going back to school this week, within the next seven days. And I know a lot of kids might already be back at school

throughout the country. And it's a big plaster to rip off, isn't it, after you've had a solid 24 weeks off, or however long the school holidays have been. And a lot of kids are starting new schools as well. You're moving to intermediates or to high school. My daughter Sienna going to high school, which is exciting and also scary. It's a big change.

It's a huge day, not only for Sienna, but for the household. Now, I'm no expert in raising teenagers, but I'm pretty sure this is the beginning of a blissful five-year journey. Yeah, I think you're right. No arguments, no tantrums, just peacefully getting sleep when they're out at parties. That's what I've been told. That's right. All those things to look forward to. That's what I've been told. That's right. All those things to look forward to.

She's quite petite. She's quite on the smaller side. So I don't feel like she's ready for it. But you've got to trust that everything you've done as a parent, she's a great kid and she's confident, she's bubbly. You've done a great job raising her. You could do a better job on yourself. Yeah, well, that's probably the thing.

But one thing I've come to notice, you know, heading to a new school, school uniforms. Jeez, they're expensive. I know. It's like there's almost a different price range. It's like, how much is that polo? Oh, $10. Oh, no, hang on.

It's got a school logo on it. Oh, that'll be $45 now. It feels like they're employing this. It's like wedding stuff. Wedding stuff. You're right. Oh, can we come and book this cafe out? What's it for, mate? Just a normal brunch?

Oh, yeah, that'll be 20 bucks. A wedding? 3,000. Yeah, exactly. See, and it's like all the people at the school, apparently they like these shoes. And I'm like, well, yeah, well, you don't at that price. Because they grow out of it so quickly, you know?

They do, I know. But the trick is just buy it like 20 sizes too big. Like it's hanging over their hands. Even if the shoes look almost like clown life. It's fine, you'll grow into them. And then she needs a laptop for the school. Not a Chromebook, a laptop. A laptop?

It's a laptop. At 13? School's all online, you know, it's all stuff. Everyone needs some form of a laptop, whether it's an HP or Mac. How many laptops are you forecasting you're going to go through in a year? Well, I'm like, let's just buy one, and hopefully it will last you for the whole school time as well. But I'm in the store over the weekend buying laptops.

Just with other parents, you can see just shaking their heads. Just going nuts. Just going, oh, my goodness. She's like, I haven't even got a laptop as nice as what she's got. Whatever happened to a simple Protractor or a 1B5 and a CanDo Attitude? Yeah, but it is exciting it is a little bit scary but um but but you know it's going to be an awesome journey and i feel like she's she's a lot like me at that age you know i wore a duvet a looney tunes duvet to to school

ball to kind of stand it was made into a suit he didn't come he didn't come in bedding he's not crazy and she's i actually didn't tell you this but on the last day of her intermediate they all had a big assembly and they had a couple kids from each class got to talk uh to wrap up the year um you know and so she was one of the kids selected from her class and she was like dad i'm gonna do a rap i was like okay okay and i was like this is definitely my daughter this is high risk i reward what are you saying because you you know how high it can be. I was like, Dad, everyone else did a speech, you know, like, wrapping up the issues. I'm going to do a rap.

I was like, okay, all right. Did you say, we don't come from a rich line of rappers? And it was a comedic rap. And she actually nailed it. But I was like, this is high risk, high reward. To music? No, just cold. Oh, freestyling.

Yeah, so I was like, you're definitely my daughter, doing a parody rap. I love it how you're even like, ooh, okay, okay. You don't want to knock the confidence. You don't want to knock people getting into the rap game. You don't want to knock the confidence. He hasn't knocked my confidence. I keep going.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Crazy, crazy weather overnight and continuing on this morning, causing a lot of disruptions, a lot of damage to properties as well. Just heard to delay travel if you're in the Auckland region on the motorways due to flooding this morning. The rain has eased in some parts, but still. It is tough, you know, driving to work this morning where you see houses with all of its belongings just sitting on the footpath.

Just in giant bags of rubbish waiting to be collected. Heartbreaking. And then those same houses then getting flooded again this morning. So it's pretty tough for a lot of people out there at the moment. And we'll have some details on how you can help. Maybe you're listening in the South Island, you're like, what can I do? Yeah. There is some

great advice from Councillor Richard Hills which will play for you before 8 o'clock but first Ben on a lighter note you know we transitioned

to a lighter note yeah was that a good transition that was a good transition you're probably less talking about the transition yeah

but anyway you know just changing gears yeah we've had someone reach out to the program something that I think a lot of people will relate to particularly you I know your stance on this You know, just changing gears. Yeah, yeah. We've had someone reach out to the program, something that I think a lot of people will relate to,

particularly you. I know your stance on this. You've got a firm stance. This is one of the very few things in life that you do have a firm opinion on. Yeah, right. But we'll get Katie on New Zealand's Breakfast. Morena, Katie. Good morning.

How are you? Great. Katie, great. Wet. How are you? Oh, wet, but okay, thankfully. Oh, that's good. That's good.

Good to hear. I'm not actually wet at the moment. No. I'm making it sound like a very sweaty individual, but it is wet out there and we hope you're keeping safe. But what is, you know, the weather issue aside, you've got another problem you're dealing with. I have.

I have. I don't really know what to do about it. So it's my fiance. So love him. Absolutely love him. But he's one of those really different to me. So like he loves PDA and I am really against PDA. It makes me feel really icky.

So like when we first started dating, it was sort of fine. I was okay with hand-holding. But now he's like, he's one of those people that loves like kiss me on the neck or like like squeeze me if we're in like the line at the supermarket or we're on a flight the other day and he really wanted to like kiss me on the lips and i like that's fine in our own home but if you're walking down the street and you're both wearing jeans, is there a put a hand in your back jean pocket sort of situation or not? Yes, I would love to if he could. But I sort of step away and it's actually just starting to be a bit of an issue.

So he's taking it quite personally, but I don't love him. But that's totally not the case. You're like, I just don't want a hacky in public, mate. I don't want you to squeeze him with bits in the middle of the Westfield Mall. Yeah. I get it. I don't know. Is that unreasonable? Well, no, because the Westfield Mall. Yeah. I get it. I don't know. Is that unreasonable?

Well, no, because I know what Ben's, now you can explain your view on it. I'm kind of the same as you. I'm not a huge, huge fan of public displays of affection. But he'll happily get dressed in the middle of town. I've seen him get dressed. I'm a complex individual as well. But, you know, I mean, it's the right, if you want to do it. I've been at concerts and stuff

and people are mauling each other in front of you and you can't even see the concert but some people you know love it not for me when was the last time

you did publicly canoodle oh jeez I don't know I mean like some like hand holding and stuff like that you know

what hand holding it's okay for time to time but you know I love my wife I do but it's you know, I love my wife. I do. But, you know, it's just one of those things.

Sometimes I feel like people put on a show for other people. And that's why I love it. I like watching. I'm a watcher. Yeah. I'll watch from a distance, watch in a bush. Keep it going. No, I'm not a watcher.

And to be honest, I'll hold a hand. I'll put an arm around a shoulder. But I think you get to an age in life, and this is probably where you're at, Katie, where you're like, you can't be pashing away in the bloody, in the middle of the public bus. Yeah. No, we're not teenagers. I know, we're not.

We all wish we were, but you can't. Like when you're a teen, you have to go out in public because it's weird if you do it at home and your mum walks in. That's right. Okay, so what do we want to know this morning on 100 The Hits to help out? Well, Katie wants to know how she can tell her partner to stop squeezing, stop kissing in public without hurting his feelings. Okay.

That's a good tip. Maybe you are pro-PDA, against PDA. You might have some advice how she can approach this very sensitive topic. We'll get to that next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Waking up this morning to a lot of news of heavy rain, news of homes again being damaged, motorways flooded,

red heavy rain warnings for parts of Auckland, Coromandel, Western Bay are plenty this morning. Don't travel unless it's necessary. Put your safety first and stay tuned to the radio for the latest updates. Auckland Councillor Richard Hills, we spoke to him this morning. He had some great advice to pass on. We've got power lines down on the shore.

There's definitely flooding again. Some roads and motorways are closed. So at the moment, I just, you know, my best advice generally is if they don't have to leave home, please stay home. Obviously, schools are closed. If you think your business doesn't have to leave home, please stay home. Obviously, schools are closed. If you think your business doesn't need to be open, I would stay put until damage and warnings can be assessed. And it's just, yeah, please don't drive or walk through floodwaters again.

The main thing is about protecting yourselves and evacuating, ringing that number, ringing 111 if you think your life's in danger. Thank you, Hilsey. Richard Hills there from the Auckland Council. Now, we're just talking about public displays of affection. Katie phoned up. She reached out to the show saying her fiancé, very, very handsy, very open to public displays of affection,

kissing necks, grabbing body bits, holding hands, sliding his hand into her back pocket of her jeans. Ben, I know you're a public, big anti, anti-public display of affection. Although someone that is a big fan of it, Lady Gaga. Hold my hand, hold my hand, hold my hand, my hand, I'll be right here. She just wants you to hold her hand, doesn't she? Hold my hand, hold my hand, almost quite demanding of her. Hold my hand, hold my hand. It just gets of her. Hold my hand, hold my hand.

It just gets more and more, you know. Just not in the middle of the movie theatre, Lady Gaga. Needy towards the end. People can see us. Hold my hand. I like to, well, I don't like to. I like public displays of affection, but I feel like my family,

they're like, no displays of affection. If anything, pretend we don't know each other. Walk five metres behind us. So the question is, how does Katie tell him? She's unsure how to tell him. Katie obviously doesn't want to hurt her fiance's feelings it's just not the game just not the field she likes to play in we're going to get maria on hey hey hey hey may that awkward hey maria hi hey what do you reckon mate what does she say? It's all right for teenagers. Yeah.

Yeah, not fully grown adults. Yeah, no, someone's just texted in 4487 saying, I saw a fully grown adult playing Tongue Combat on an escalator. Tongue Combat. Oh, my God. Moving escalator, too. I always feel like there's cameras around if that's the case. Like, is it a prank show or something?

You know, if people are like really, you know, especially in broad daylight, but some people, it's their jam. Another text here too from Hannah. She says if it's something you wouldn't do in front of your mother, don't do it in public. Well, Hannah, I like to give hickeys in front of my mother.

To your mother, I think. That's a bit weird. Fair game in public. Carol, welcome. Good morning, how are you? Yeah, public displays of affection. How does Katie tell her fiancé that she's not into them?

Well, Katie says she loves her man and he obviously has a different level of love than she does. And I think if she loves him, she should let him go. Oh, you're saying dump him! No, not dump him, just respect him and what he classes as love is obviously different to her and she should if she loves him, let him go.

Find some sort of compromise. What do you mean let him go? Are you saying like, it's over? No, I feel like... Yeah, it's over because otherwise it's all about her and nothing about him. Okay, well it seems a little drastic. Carol, she's all about her and nothing about him. Yeah, get it. Okay. Seems a little drastic. Carol, she's saying Carol.

Stay honest. No, no. Call the wedding off. I hear what you're saying. Go out there and hold all the hands that you want. Carol. Yeah. Are we going to see you canoodling in a public park?

Always. Always. Oh, you are. And I do. And I do. Oh, good on you. And that's the thing you're either into it

or you're not and no one's right or wrong but it's hard when the partners are not you know feeling differently about it like Katie yeah

Carol's like dump him get him great you're on are you into public displays of affection and how can Katie tell her fiance

it's no go I reckon hand holding absolutely fine. And then more than that, it gets a little bit cringy. It does. I'm with you, Grace, on that one. Plus, you've got to be aware of your surroundings, don't you?

Yeah. You don't want to get all hot and steamy. I mean, as soon as I feel the touch of another human being, I'm good to go. Okay, okay. So, you know, I'm dangerous. I'm volatile. Don't you even put a layer of finger on me, Ben. So, you know, I'm dangerous. Don't you even put a layer of finger on me, Ben,

because then I'll think it's on. Oh, Grace. And how do you think she tells your fiancé? Grace, what's the kind way to do it? I think if you're already engaged to someone, you should kind of have that sorted by now. Yeah, right. You're probably right. It's quite late in the relationship.

Hey, thanks, Nicole. If you're. Carol, get rid of him. Hey, thanks for the call. If you're already there, then you put up with it, because you should already kind of know what their PDA level is like by that point. Thank you, Grace. There we go. Some great feedback from people as well. And we'll just take one more quickly. Paul from Christchurch.

Public displays of affection. Your thoughts? Look, the best way to stop public display of affection is to marry him. Marry couples, yeah. The love is dead once you're married. Is that what you're saying, Paul? Yeah. Yeah.

Paul, too good. Won't get to hold your hands once a year on special occasions. No one really wants to. Both of you don't. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Wild weather lashing the country overnight and again this morning, causing a lot of chaos around. We want to know what you can do if you're caught up in the floods

or what you can do if you're not to help. And we've got Roger Ball, Director of Emergency Management for National Civil Defence on the phone right now. I know I heard the hits. Good morning, Roger. Thanks so much for your time. Kia ora. Good morning.

Kia ora to you. Crazy morning weather-wise, but not only for you. I've been seeing you all over. There's not one bit of media I haven't seen you on. Oh, gee. Well, thank you for having me on this one. I really appreciate it. Well, thank you for your time this morning.

I know how busy you are. We just wanted to pass on to the people listening right now the latest info. What can you say? Yeah, well, I think what we're seeing is the effects of this being felt in Auckland at the moment, and that heavy rain ban as it went through, I mean, I think Northland was let off

not too badly, things have been stable there, but the effects in Auckland are surface flooding on the state highway network, on a number of roads, and that's sort of playing out at the moment. I can't speak to that in exact detail because that's led out by the emergency management group

and the responders. But what's clear is that Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi are asking people, please, minimise being on the roads today, stay at home if you can, and give them a chance to deal with this. And I think we just need to keep an eye on it as it migrates through this weather band through Coromandel, Western Bay of Plenty,

and basically the top end of the North Island. Now, you did answer my question, because the rain does seem to be easing in many parts, but even in that instance, it's still a stay-at-home message. Well, yeah, that's right. I mean, it does seem to be easing in Auckland, but this is on top of ground that's already deeply saturated, you know, and so there are concerns for further surface flooding,

the effects that could have on already inundated properties, on already damaged roads, trees, which are already on the edge of slips and so on. So these are things we need to watch out for. But what that means is that people need to be vigilant and prepared. Please look after your neighbours. Please make sure that you don't play in or enter flooded waters that could be contaminated and just be ready to move.

And this request to work from home or stay at home, there's nothing compulsory about it of course. The agencies that are leading this out are just recommending that people minimise congestion on the networks today. Well you do say don't swim in the water and it's a very good message because they are contaminated, but it looks so fun. It looks so fun, Roger. Yes, yes, and I hate to be a nana

about it. I know, I know. The concern is, you know, there's human waste in there, there's animal waste, there's debris, and people can really get quite sick or injure themselves. Now you're taking the fun out of it. A friend of mine actually had, unfortunately, a lot of flooding damage, and the water came out of her toilet and basically went out to the road as well,

and people started swimming out there, and she had to run out and go, no, no, this has all just come from, yeah. That would be very unpleasant, and yes, I mean, that is the sort of thing that can happen, and there's not a whole lot you can do about it in the moment other than get out of the way, yes, and let the neighbours know. Yeah, Auckland's just one big giant co-brown at the moment, Roger. Hey, now, just on if your house has been affected,

items have been soaked in the house, is that a, like, chuck-it-out situation? Is everything has to go? Oh, look, you know, it's a case-by-case. You know, talk to your insurance. If it's a case by case. Talk to your insurance. If it's stuff that can be dried out and reused, you might be OK. But the concern is that if it's been damaged by contaminated waters, it just may not be salvageable.

The Auckland Council and Auckland Emergency Management are working on a sort of a plan for the disposal of waste. I won't speak to that, but I know that they'll have the information. So follow their channels on social and, you know, you've got to treat that damaged water sodden stuff very carefully because it could be contaminated. A lot of people wanting to help. What's your suggestion? Look, you know, each of those offers is greatly appreciated, I'm sure, by the community and by the local civil defence,

but you do need to get in touch with your local civil defence groups and connect up, you know, locally. I can't speak to all those specific things, but, you know, obviously in these situations, we want the community to rally around we want the community to be resilient and to uh you know do things for itself we saw that in the canterbury earthquakes right that's where the student volunteer army came from and the farming army and all those sort of you know now quite um you know well established um groups in that space and uh so you know uh keep it up people you know we've got to help

ourselves through here because the agencies will do their best but they can't be everywhere at every moment. Well, Roger, thank you so much for your time this morning. I know how busy you are and thank you for everything you're doing to help out the country. Thanks for your support, guys.

Cheers, have a good day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Heavy rain overnight and this morning causing flooding on southern and northern motorways this morning. A lot of properties in Auckland up north was affected. The rain moving down towards the Coromandel and Waikato and Bay of Plenty as well.

So I hope everyone affected this morning. Stay safe and keep listening to the radio this morning for the latest updates. And the general word is if you are in a heavily rain-affected area, stay home. Yeah, unless you need to travel. Or you're a radio announcer. You can come to work. Say some words.

A lot of people on the roads are very congested at the moment, I guess because they're waiting to try and get through for some of the water to subside as well. So very scary conditions out there, thinking of everyone affected. I went to an exhibition. Have you heard of Stonehenge, Ben? I have heard of Stonehenge. Now, I won't lie, when I first walked in, I wasn't that impressed. I was like, well done. Well, you didn't go of stonehenge ben i have heard of stonehenge now i won't lie when i first walked in i wasn't that impressed it was like oh well done they didn't go to stonehenge

no no no i didn't see it in real life it was an exhibition on stonehenge it was kind of like oh well yeah well done you managed to balance a couple of rocks on their end so is it like set up like stonehenge no it's just pictures of it there's videos all right it's a great exhibition and then slowly as I moved through it, I started to get more and more impressed. It was built between 3000 and 2000 BC. Wow. And they lugged stone,

all these giant rocks from as far as over 150 miles away. And they're all aligned with the sun, apparently. Yeah, right. And it is suggested that it was used as some sort of astronomical calendar or something. So for their time, what they're doing, mind-blowing when you think about it. Well, yeah. I mean, we couldn't even get Jib last year to build stuff in New Zealand. Exactly.

And which brings me round to my point is I walked out of Stonehenge and I was like, you know, if I was around back then and they're like hey mate what are you doing today I said oh not much just chilling again you want to come lug some rocks 150 miles away we'll put them on their engine but you line them up with the stars and sun and was like yeah but something I'll give you half a day do people have a choice the people are doing it or is Well, that was one of the advantages of slavery, wasn't it? I don't think it was any. They didn't have a choice.

They had to get it done. Yeah, that's the unfortunate thing about some of those things. It is, yeah. And they do, some have a dark history, Ben. So thanks for bringing the vibes. I was going to say, in your hypothetical situation. It wasn't actually a thing. But I guess to my point, if the slaves had a choice,

and let's say you and me are back there. It's back in the day and they're like, mate, what are you doing today? You guess to my point if the slaves had a choice and we let's say you and me are back there it's back in the day and they're like mate what are you doing today you want to come and build the Coliseum in Rome are we on like

Stonehenge FM or something like that yeah good morning hope you're out there gonna have a great day moving those rocks yeah do you want to come and build some rocks

and we would be like no thanks no yeah I've got I can come up with any excuse under the sun

that you're trying to align with not to build it. Like Rome. Rome wasn't built in a day. I wouldn't even give you a day. Not even a day's labor. It's like trying to help someone move, isn't it? Yeah. And the pyramids.

Imagine the pyramids. Get G.J. Gardner. Get them to knock up a pyramid. What I guess we could go, what are you building? Machu Picchu. We can't help you, but we could do a funny tiktok dance that's our thing maybe make a meme going have a photo of you guys you're looking you think you're having a bad day at work or something you know yeah yeah none of the world's greatest things would be around if we were around back then no that's pretty incredible when you think about it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Rough weather overnight, and again this morning, State Highway 1 near Esmond Road closed this morning, State Highway 20, and Onehunga and State Highway 1 and Green Lane as well. So a lot of road closures, a lot of surface flooding. Stay home if you can, and keep up to date with all the info on the Hits this morning. Yeah, it's heading south too, the weather too.

So be careful out there. Now, Ed Sheeran, hopefully the weather won't be affecting the show tomorrow, Wednesday, tomorrow and Friday. Friday, yeah. Friday in Wellington. Tomorrow's tomorrow. Tomorrow's tomorrow. As my daughter Indy likes to say, tomorrow's tomorrow. Tomorrow's tomorrow, Friday. We're talking about his

concert, obviously, in Wellington and there's interview time that has come up yeah last minute interview time and they're like jonah and ben you've gotten into the ed sheeran and we're like we've got no money to fly there yeah we can ask one question to ed sheeran and amongst other media now ed sheeran is awesome we love him he's one of our favorite people uh to talk to over the years he you know we've made him he's got quite a large mouth and we see him put Maltese mouth shaming each year we saw him online he put Maltesers in his mouth and we're

like hey can you do Jaffas in New Zealand he had 60 Jaffas in his mouth uh have you got this we have the Malteser audio we can hear Joel we've got the Malteser audio. Or you can go, some creepy guy whispering in the background. He's whispering, mate. Have you got to put the Jeffers in the back? Yeah. Okay, here we go. Since your bloody Malteser challenge, like the amount of people that try and get me to do it.

They're just like, we've seen this on a YouTube. Each time I have to try and beat the last time, you guys are f***ing me. Yeah, so yeah, we did. We made him chuck a whole lot of chocolates in his mouth. Something else we made him do was call up a... We got the audio for this, hopefully.

Let's call a small town pub. I think it was in Potoni or Potoroa. And see if he could audition for their karaoke competition they had on a Tuesday night. Place your head on my beating heart I'm thinking out loud competition they had on a Tuesday night. Place your head on my beating heart. I'm thinking out loud. Maybe we found love right where we are.

Wow. What did you think? That was a really good attempt. But I'm pretty sure the participants at our karaoke on a Thursday night would surely give you a run for your money. Oh, a run for your money! I wrote this song! This is Ed Sheeran! This is actually Ed Sheeran singing this! Really? Yes! Legitimately is. But thanks, thanks.

So yeah, he's awesome. So you get a chance, well someone will get a chance to ask our question, one question for us. Now the issue has been over our career, we've set very high standards. Set the bar very high. The work rate, quality work rate that you give us. The people. The people say, so we're going to need probing questions. We're going to need a high standard of interviewing. And we're going to need you to call right now if you'd like to audition

to ask our one question to Edge here and tomorrow. Now, this is in person. This is in the Wellington region tomorrow. You've only got one shot. One opportunity. Yeah. Ed Sheeran. This is a big opportunity. Why should you interview Ed Sheeran for us? Can you do it? Can you do it tomorrow? Mike from Tauranga is phoning up. Mike,

you might as well hang up now. Yeah, I think you're right. I love Mike. I'm not trusting him asking Ed Sheeran a question I'll enter in the hits 4487 The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast an interview opportunity has come up with Ed Sheeran, when I say an interview opportunity

we've got the chance to ask Ed Sheeran one question, one question only amongst, with other media now we can't make it down there Ben we can't make it to Wellington for the interview so we need a representative A representative for the show The People's Show

The Nation Show You'll be representing us with a question That you can come up with Are we trusting the people to come up with their own question? Would you like to write the question? No If they back themselves Then let's back them

All you need to do is be able to make it to Wellington tomorrow. He did the show. He'll be standing on stage. You get called up to a mic, you fire your question, and we'll play it on the radio. Jade, you back yourself? Kia ora. Kia ora, Jade.

Kia ora. You back yourself to ask each year in our one question? Yeah, I've backed myself. I'm a massive fan. We're actually going to the concert here in Wellington tomorrow night, and we had Thinking Out Loud as our wedding song. A bit cliche, but absolutely love it. Oh, that's a lovely song, too.

Yeah, perfect song. Do you have any idea what question you'd like to ask him? Well, I didn't actually pre-plan that when I hit dial. I'd love to know what his wedding song was, what's his favourite drink, and sit down and have a good chat with him. It's not a sit down and have a good chat. It's not a bloody... It's not a deep and meaningful...

You've got one question. Great questions, though. We had a great idea to sit down and... First question, can I sit down and have a deep and meaningful chat with you? I'm pretty sure he seems like a pretty cool guy. He does. Every time we've met him and been fortunate enough

to meet him, he seems just exactly what you think he would be. He's lovely. He's awesome. I really hope so. I'd love to, please. Okay, you're in the draw.

Corrine, you want to ask Ed Sheeran a question? What would it be? I would ask him what his favourite song he's ever produced. I think, you know, he's had some amazing songs so I'd like to know which is his favourite. What's ever produced. I think, you know, he's had some amazing songs, so I'd like

to know which is his favourite. What's his favourite? That's a good question. That's a good question. And you're available? Oh yes, I'm in Wellington, so I'm actually going tomorrow night. This will be the second time I've seen him. I went and saw him at Mount Spartan a while ago. Oh good. Okay, alright.

Solid contenders so far. We'll get Zoe on. Hi. You're on. far. We'll get Zoe on. Hi. You're on. Welcome. You're in Wellington. We are in Wellington, yes. Tick.

Windy Wellington. Have they told you that it's raining out in the north? Yes, we've heard that. Yeah, yeah. Okay, you got that message. Did you want us to talk? A couple of puddles. Yeah, a few puddles.

Now you've got, was it you that could potentially do this, Ed Sheeran? We'll ask him a question of an interview for us, or you've got someone else in mind. I have my son here, Grayson. He's seven. Ooh, the cute kid factor. Gets attention, gets results. Again, the Chinese manufacturers,

they've been getting results out of children, child labour for years. And we're not opposed to it. Yeah, okay. So we've got one question. Would Grayson be up for asking a question to Ed Sheeran? I think so, but he's right here so you can ask him yourself. Oh, a live audition. Okay. Hi, Grayson.

Hi. Sounds cute. Oh, hey. It's Jono and Ben here. We're from the Hits Radio Station. Would you be keen to ask Ed Sheeran a question for us? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay, good. Okay, let's have a practice. Why don Ed Sheeran a question for us? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay, good. Okay, let's have a practice.

Why don't you ask Ben a question? Where's your F plus pin? Oh, okay. Yeah, I didn't question. He really put me on the spot here right now. Ed Sheeran, what's your F plus pin? Good question. Good question.

And you say it with confidence? Okay, here's another question you can ask. Pretend Ben's Wayne Brown, the Auckland mayor. Where's your wallet? Where's my wallet? Where's your wallet? He's following on. Follow on, Christian.

It's at the tennis club. That's what I was saying about Wayne Brown, the mayor. Oh, that's okay. Well, I like the idea of potentially sending a cute kid along. I just got producer Ben talking to me in my ear saying that apparently, Zoe, you reckon Grayson may look like a young version of Ed Sheeran? Yeah. Maybe.

Do you look like Ed Sheeran? I think he does look like a young version. He's got those nice blue eyes like Ed. This is good. So we could send along a mini version of Ed Sheeran to interview Ed Sheeran. What do you think, Jono? I'm just doing a timeline here. And Ed Sheeran was on tour seven years ago.

Well, anyway, that's that. Zoe? We're not the ones asking the questions. Would you like us to send him along with a test of some description? Should we lock in Grayson? I like this. Mini Ed Sheeran interviewing Ed Sheeran. We get one question.

I think we put all the responsibility on a seven-year-old kid. What is the question going to be, though? We have to work on that. One question. That's an enormous amount. Are you at school at the moment? Do you have to take time off school? I am. He's willing to take time off school.

Oh, that's good. Okay. Okay, Grayson, we'll do some details at the back end, and thank you very much. We'll send you along tomorrow. Is he your hero? Do you love Ed Sheeran? Yeah.

Do you? Yeah. Bye. Bye. No further questions, mate. No further questions. Don't ask him what his favourite song is. Don't ask him. It doesn't matter. Bye. Bye. No further questions mate, no further questions. Don't ask him what his favourite song is, don't ask him, it doesn't matter.

No, he's done.