Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Is Harry Styles Doing The Census in NZ???

Episode Date: March 6, 2023

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around the day. Kia ora, welcome. Sorry, I'm just reading this. Please say before the recording, day on, day off with Challenge. So it's Challenge today. Kia ora, this is the John on Ben podcast brought to you by Challenge Petrol Service Stations.

You can save on fuel every day with my challenge. You get six cents per litre of fuel and earn rewards. There you go. When was the last time you went to a challenge petrol service station? This is not a leading question. Even though I've said it in a tone of a leading question. I went to one over the weekend. Same here.

I don't need to fill up, so I'll be going today. Where was your one? My one was in Royal Oak. What did you get from it? I got petrol. How much? Why is Producer Joel quizzing me like that? Just wondering, mate.

Just wondering. What? Whereabouts Royal Oak? What's up, I guess? You're not a real challenge fan. I was there, mate. Got a toasted sandwich, pie, and a drink there the other day. Oh, nice.

On Waiheke Island. Great. What sort of toasted sandwich? It was a bit of an interesting one because it looked like it was chicken and bacon and cheese, but it looked like it ought to be heated up. It was in the cold section, so we had to take it home and then heat it up again. Chicken, bacon, and cheese. That is a good toasted sandwich. What is your go-to toasted sandwich combo?

Probably the ham, cheese, and relish is probably the go-to. I don't mind that there's this tuna thing in the can, you get tuna mayo and cheese, it's quite nice. Just a simple grilled cheese is always satisfying. Bit of a hot tip, sweet chilli sauce always goes beautiful with ham and cheese as well. Okay, I've tried that. Cheese, I'll tell you what we used to love in New Zealand,

which was the sophisticated cousin of the toasted sandwich, the panini. Oh, yeah, the panini. What happened to the panini? It just disappeared off menus, didn't it? Yeah. You don't see many paninis around. Not as many. I guess it's all from, you know, small towns.

My mum, Jenny, she loves a panini. She'd love a latte and a panini. Yeah, a bowl of latte and a panini. She loves it. She loves it, you know, travelling around. A panini is just the bread, right? Yeah, I think so. I think it's the style of bread.

I might be wrong. Apparently in Australia, they're called Jaffas. Like a ham and cheese Jaffa. That's what Taylor Lombardi-Montoya, the drive producer, said yesterday. What, a toasted sandwich is called a Jaffa? Yeah, she said, have you ever tried a ham and cheese Jaffa? They're similar to like a cheese roll. And we're like, a Jaffa?

She said, yeah, like a grilled cheese Jaffa. Really? Interesting. The colloquialisms, we're only three hours away from them. But you're right. a Jaffa yeah like a you put two like a grilled cheese Jaffa really interesting colloquialisms we're only three hours away from them but you're right it's very different but then it even varies from the north to the South Island in some parts I said I say Tiggy you say tag yeah yeah yeah what about you were you when you play tag Tiggy what would you play at school probably tag yeah which is interesting because you guys went to the same college. No, we didn't.

Sorry, mate. I went to the same college as his son. Oh, his son. I grew up in the same area. Same area. Sorry. I thought Tiggy was just the... We were about 20 years apart, to be fair.

That's what we used to call it when we were driving to school on our penny farthings. Yeah. Horse and cart. Back in the... Shall we pay some Tiggy? Do it now. But yeah, the toasted sandwich, it's a real, I tell you what, it's a staple. When you've got nothing else, if you can't think of anything else to eat, you can always rely on a toasted sandwich.

My son's spaghetti, wadi spaghetti, sausages, cheese. He loves that combo. Yeah, a toasted sandwich. You've got to be really careful with the amount of filling you're putting in. You don't want to overdose on the filling or else it comes pouring out. True. Yeah, and something like that I find with if you put a spaghetti in, you often have to heat it first because sometimes you put it in cold.

The bread's overdone, but the spaghetti hasn't quite got that heat. Egg, egg and toasted sandwich. I see a guy out there, one of the workers who works over at ZM, he always does a bit of cheese and egg, he just cracks an egg straight into the bread. So the bread,

you see again, you make sure that cooks through but it'd be lovely. It'd be lovely. Never cleans a toasted sandwich machine as well. You go, there's cheese and egg

all over it. Let's get it out there. Who is it? Gary pointed. Oh, Gary. Wonderful Gary. Now I saw Hayley from Fletch Fallen and Hayley

this morning. She was whipping up eggs in the microwave. Poaching eggs in the microwave. I cook really good scrambled eggs in the microwave I can do that It's great but I've never tried to poach an egg in the microwave so it's something different

Poaching is tough, I find I enjoy doing it but I can never nail it as good as I do in a buddy cafe They always just nail it so well I always love to think of the inventor of the scrambled egg who basically they just they fucked up an omelette you know someone said what's that oh this is a new cuisine but you said we're coming over for omelets no no i clearly said scrambled eggs yeah it just looks like a whole an omelette you just mashed up into

a giant mess it's all very true what's your favorite way to have an egg? I'd go scrambled. I know. I feel like you're getting more for your buck. I like a good poached egg. A good fried egg as well. It always goes well. There's a lot.

There's a lot. Geez, they're versatile, aren't they? No. That's a pretty excellent podcast intro. Are you wrapping it up? Are we out of time now? Yeah. With a pun.

We're really scrambling for content. Oh, jeez. We did the rural games. We're actually going there this weekend. We did the egg catching last. Oh, it was probably two years ago now, wasn't it? And the record was like 80 meters or something. Yeah.

So you just keep throwing an egg back and forth five meters at a time. 80 meters. You can just throw 80 meters. It's incredible. The two former, Ricky used to play baseball for New Zealand. Yeah. And his American friend. Who was to play baseball for New Zealand. Yeah. And his American friend. Who was like a baseballer as well, yeah. Baseballer from the States.

And cheesy, he's got an arm on him. Oh, it was incredible. They could throw it. Yeah, pretty much the length of the whole field we were on. And then the key is to catch it soft with soft hands. But guide it through. Yeah. Which is pretty impressive.

So that's at the rural games. We're doing that this weekend. We'll be going to the rural games in Palmy North. That'll be a lot of fun. But right now, let's enjoy the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday, I got talking about Producer Joel. He can't drive a manual.

Have you tried to drive a manual car? Never tried. No. Can't imagine I ever would need to as well, right? We should try and get you to try and do that for a wee social video. Just to see, just, you know. Could be rough, to be honest. It'd be quite, you know.

And there's no real need for you to have to do that I get it It's a whole other process That you don't really need to worry about When driving nowadays No A whole layer of stress Grinding gears

First, second, third Especially driving around a town Yeah Like a busy central city town But you got talking yesterday About things that you can't do I was driving home yesterday I was like

I can't pay bills well i've never really tried to pay yeah it's just you know jen my wife that's kind of her domain in the household and i think it's your vodafone one and they always bug you all the time don't they yeah i've got one bill to pay it's my vodafone just put it on an ap you're like no i like people calling me yeah and then they call me but it's the automatic the threatening automatic voice. Hi, this is Vodafone. Although you do pay your parking, because you don't want Jen to find out about that,

your parking fine. So you can pay bills if you have to. You just palm that off. But a lot of the stuff, too, is when you get to a certain age, is it can you be bothered learning it? Let's go to the phones this morning. What you can't do as an adult. Matt, what is it for you?

Dude, dude. So, 40 years old, turning 41 in June. I've never had to change a tyre, ever. Oh, a car tyre. Yeah, a car tyre. So I heard you had a text from someone who was 30-odd, and, you know, there's still time for them, man, because I'm 41 in June, and it's never come up. It's just never happened.

But a lot of it, too, is your enthusiasm for the project. I feel like if you really wanted to, and you're like, this is a skill I need to learn, I dare say, I back you, man. I dare say you could teach yourself. Yeah, I mean, look, if it came down to it, it might take me a ton of time longer than somebody

who's used to doing it, but I just see it, maybe my car is superior. Who knows? And you can YouTube stuff. That's the beauty these days. You can YouTube it and probably do it. We did that when we were fishing. We didn't know what we were doing. Remember that John? They put us on a boat. We YouTubed how to put the lines on the fishing rod and all that sort of stuff.

The sinkers and the university of YouTube. It kind of worked. Yeah, it is amazing. Matt, that was the only thing my dad, well, not the only thing he taught me, but he was like, no son of mine is not going to be able to change a car tyre. And that's probably the only semi-practical thing I can do is change a car tyre. But in saying that, I learned it when I was seven. You know, when you learn stuff as a kid, it's so much easier. Teaching yourself new stuff as an adult.

You're like, I've got enough stuff in my head I know enough I just I know enough I know enough people I know enough stuff that's it

I don't need anymore you're like I know enough to get by and that's all I want I appreciate you we're going to see you at the Del Marte thanks man

cheers Matty Gil we'll go to Palmerston North hey we're going to Palmerston North this weekend Gil oh yeah rural games

yeah hi good very good thank thank you. Will you come down to the Rural Games and see us? Yeah, definitely, I would love to. Okay, well, we'll see you there, Gil, this weekend. We're going to be doing the show out of Parmy on Friday. Oh, yeah, that's nice. I will definitely see you guys there.

That is nice. That is nice. That is nice. Now, how old are you, Gil? You know, that's a difficult question, mate. I am a full grown adult, right? I'm with you on that one. Don't put him on the spot, mate.

He's coming out to see us. It's not now if you're going to ask him difficult questions. I wanted to say, like, when you ask someone their age, that's going to be a difficult question. I get it. I get it. That's a bit more funny, right? What can't you do?

Okay, so, I can't cook. Nothing at all? No, I can do some cooking. I can boil some eggs and I can make some tea.

That's it. That's it. We can send you out some tea, actually, from Dilmar, but that's in your wheelhouse. But nothing else? Have you ever tried?

Yeah, I tried, but then I gave up. A lot of admin with cooking, but hey, when you crack it, it's good. So, you know, whenever I'm in dog box, KFC it is. She is what? KFC it is. KFC it is. Whenever you're in the dog box.

Well, there you go. You put the chicken in the box. Well, Gil, thank you very much. Shania Twain. Lived in New Zealand for many years. Country pop star. She's awesome. She's a Wanaka.

Yeah. Was she a Wanaka? Yeah, I think it was down south that way. Yeah, she had a house for many years. Well, she's had an iconic song. For many years, she's talked about how things don't impress her much. Okay. Saw your Brad Pitt. things don't impress her much. Okay. So you're Brad Pitt.

That don't impress me much. Yeah, so Brad Pitt. I've always had, didn't impress her much. Yeah, which has been a big bugbear of yours. Well, he's probably one of the most successful actors in Hollywood. Yeah. That's impressive. It's not even impressing Shania Twain.

And now, as if to rub salt to Brad Pitt's wounds, actors in Hollywood. Yeah. That's impressive. It's not even impressing Shania Twain and now as if to rub salt to Brad Pitt's wounds she's upgraded her songs in concert. She's been singing new versions of that song and Brad Pitt's still

a huge Hollywood star. Still looks amazing. Well this is clearly really he hasn't done much to impress Shania Twain he's now even being replaced from the line saying you don't even impress me.

You're not even on the radar now. Yeah, well, I find that harsh towards Brad Pitt. But anyway, she's now putting Channing Tatum from Magic Mike into her song. So you're Channing Tatum. They don't impress me much.

And also in concert the other day. But again, Channing Tatum, he's a fit looking chap. He's, you know, successful. Impresses me a lot. Yeah. And impresses a lot of the ladies

that shove money down his underpants in Magic Mike and then the other night she said this Ryan Reynolds was in Putsa at the time

which was quite a nice shot at him going what what I just got mentioned in the song and he was enjoying it and he's like I'm a movie star I've got a footballall's in concert at the time, which was quite a nice shot of him going, what, what? I just got mentioned in the song. And he was enjoying it. And he's like, oh, I'm a movie star. I've got a football club, a successful gin company. Have you seen Deadpool?

There's been a couple of those. Franchise. Yeah. There you go. When you did say Shania Twain was changing her songs in concert, I thought she was going from man, I feel like a woman, to man, I feel like a gender neutral human being. To bring it up to 2023. No, well, that may be on the cards. I don't know gender neutral human being. To bring it up to 2023. That may be on the cards.

I don't know. But right now. She's going to fix anything. Don't worry about the Brad Pitt line. Shania Twain. Lived in New Zealand for many years. Country pop star. She's awesome.

She's a Wanaka. Yeah. Was it Wanaka? I think it was down south that way. She had a house for many years. Well, she's had an iconic song. For many years, she's talked about how things don't impress her much.

Okay, so you're Brad Pitt. That don't impress me much. Yeah, so Brad Pitt. I've always had... Didn't impress her much. Which has been a big bugbear of yours. You're like, well, he's probably one of the most successful actors in Hollywood.

Yeah. That's impressive. It's not even impressing Shania Twain. And now, as if to rub salt to Brad Pitt's wounds, she's upgraded

her songs in concert. She's been singing new versions of that song. Now, Brad Pitt's still a huge Hollywood star. Still looks amazing. Well, this is clearly, really, he hasn't done much

To impress Shania Twain He's now even being replaced From the line Saying you don't even impress me You're not even on the radar now Yeah well I find that Harsh towards Brad Pitt But anyway

She's now putting Channing Tatum From Magic Mike Into her song So you're Channing Tatum They don't impress me much And also in concert the other day But again Channing Tatum He's a fit looking chap

He's you know successful Impresses me a lot Yeah And Impresses a lot of the ladies That shove money down His underpants In Magic Mike

And then the other night She said this Ryan Reynolds Is Ryan Reynolds In concert Reynolds in Putsa at the time which was quite a nice shot of him going

what what I just got mentioned in the song and he was enjoying it and he's like I'm a movie star I've got a football club a successful gin company

have you seen Deadpool there's been a couple of those franchise yeah there you go when you did say Shania Twain was changing her songs in concert

I thought she was going from man I feel I feel like a woman, to man, I feel like a gender-neutral human being, to bring it up to 2023. Yes, no, well, that may be on the cards, I don't know, but right now... She's going to fix anything.

Don't worry about the Brad Pitt line. The hits. The Jonah and Ben podcast. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. Because she's not a good person, but either is he.

Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Killing a cast member? Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. He's got his finger on the pulse

of the lifeless carcass of Hollywood. Welcome, NT. How are you? I'm great. How are you? We're doing well, mate. I saw snow in L.A. last week. Is that right? Yeah. I mean, there was snow. And, you know, every few years we get snow in the mountains around L.A., so it makes for some really, really pretty shots.

And, yeah, there was actual snow. It doesn't sound like it's throwing you too much. No, I mean, it's not like there's no accumulation or anything like that, but it's nice to see it come down to the lowest of the low mountains and so you can be standing on a beach and then just looking at the snow really, really close to you. Hey, we've got bloody Harry Hardout fever at the moment in New Zealand. He's touched down.

He plays to 90. Harry Styles. And also we've had a feather boa shortage. They're calling it the boa constrictor. You can't get a feather boa for love nor God at the moment. So if you're wanting to look fabulous, it's very difficult at the moment in New Zealand. You know, I know you guys want to talk

about hair style so i i actually have some questions for you about the harry style show tonight um so i was reading i was reading the new zealand harold as one does when you live in los angeles yeah and it's like okay well here's the show how many you know it holds and all this kind of stuff here's what time you can expect and all this kind of stuff. Because everybody likes to bring posters to Harry Styles' concerts because he likes to read them. He'll say things, you know, whatever it needs to be done. That's part of his show.

And it said, okay, you can bring a sign here tonight in Auckland, but the paper can't be bigger than an A3. And I was like, what is A3? Oh, A3 is just a little bit bigger than an A4. Yeah, like a double A4. This is not big, though, eh? It's not big for a sign. It's not a sign of the times, that's for sure.

It's like a sheet of, like, say, printer paper. Yeah, two together. Maybe two together are those. How is he supposed to read something like that? That is a very, you raise a very good point. Because all around the world, people have been camping out the day before and sleeping there for two days outside.

Not in New Zealand. So people have to turn up at 8 o'clock this morning. And I think it was probably more for security purposes because the stadium's in the middle of a very bleak industrial area. And the other thing was, and this is kind of something that I truly love, what you guys call,

because we have like ice chests or coolers, and it said you can't bring chili bins. Chili bins. So I'm assuming that's the same thing. Yeah, we call them choli buns. Choli bun, yeah, that's right. I don't know who's bringing a chili bin to a concert. Oh no, it gets more interesting.

And I encourage everybody to read the New Zealand Herald about this, because, okay, so you can't bring drugs, you can't bring air horns, you can't bring chili pins, but there is one thing I was like, okay, this is very interesting. You are not allowed to bring furniture. Oh, New Zealand. You always want to bring your three-piece couch, don't you?

Are there people out there with sofas that are just going to, they're carrying them into the stadium Which is all we need to do is cover all bases here in New Zealand You never know what anyone's going to I know you guys are worried about sneaking guns into concerts Us we're more concerned with couches I know I was just like Furniture I was like

I didn't know if it was a thing that maybe people in New Zealand did Sometimes bring furniture Well I guess if there's no seating Like if you're on a bank people might bring a chair or something you know like do you know what i did really appreciate because we actually did uh a silly little thing on a golf cart driving the distance of new zealand round and round this exact stadium enty and in new zealand i don't know if they have these in america they have honesty bins which sit outside the gate when you're walking in.

So if you have drugs and you get the gilts, you can throw all your drugs into the honesty bin. We do not have that. That's again, it's a New Zealand thing. It's an honesty policy. And what happens with the honesty, there must be one heck of a party. Yeah, I think everybody's inside. No one quite knows what happens to the honest, there must be one heck of a party. Yeah, yeah. When everybody's inside.

No one quite knows what happens to the bin afterwards. I'm sure security have a great Christmas function at the end of the year. I don't know. Like 170-odd shows over 22 months. It seems like a relentless tour. It is. So, you know, I think maybe next time around he'll do the Taylor Swift model and just do maybe 30 stadiums around the world and he'll make as much money as he made doing 150 arenas.

Yeah, it feels like this tour has really kicked up a notch for him in terms of his star power. Yeah, I mean, I think that he's really good. He's not, you know, Freddie Mercury or David Bowie, like holding an audience in his hand. But he's really good. He's not, you know, Freddie Mercury or David Bowie, like holding an audience in his hand, but he's really good at what he does. And I think that people are like, wow, he puts on a really good show. It doesn't hurt that he has a crazy amount of fans and stuff that are really, really diehard fans.

NT, thank you for your insight. Really appreciate your time. You go and have a wonderful day, mate. Hey, you guys, Have a great week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is Census Day today, a nationwide headcount of everyone in New Zealand, where they're living, what they're saying, all the details that the government wants to know.

Yeah. We were talking yesterday. We thought the government was tracking us anyway with Pfizer and the vaccine. I put it up on Instagram last night. Oh, boy, oh, boy, you get a great range and raft of feedback there, Ben, boy. Some friends of friends who I didn't know were anti-vaxxers and I said, why do I need to do a census when the vaccine is tracking me just fine?

Thank you very much. As a joke, you put it up there, but people probably don't know. Oh, I don't know. But then I get friends going, not a true word spoken. Oh, jeez. And then you get alerts from Instagram going, you're spreading misinformation now.

Me and Liz Gunn, mate, we're on it. It happens every five years, the census. It's basically a snapshot of data at this point of time. We talked earlier about it. There's been articles about it. It's our most famous star-studded census yet. Harry Styles in the country, Jason Momoa, people

like Rob Brighton, who's a comedian. David Taika's here filming as well. Rita Ora might be here. Imagine all the names they've collected. New Zealand's going to look like the place to be for stars. James Cameron, I think he lives in New Zealand. So many great names. It's just a way for us to brag to the rest of the

world about how many famous people we've got here at the moment. But can I be honest with you? I kind of had to peruse through the census. About 54 questions for an individual. I lose interest filling out my address when I'm online shopping, let alone filling out 54 questions. But it's about you, though. It's your favourite topic.

No one likes talking more about you than you. Yeah, right. You're right. I've got my sweet spot. But it is a lot. but it's about you though it's your favourite topic no one likes talking more about you than you yeah right you're right they've got my sweet spot but it is a lot even when we have work surveys we've got a bloody

work survey every week you know how are you finding the workplace I'm like 10 out of 10 10 out of 10 all 22 questions loving it just get through it

as quick as you can that's my theory right but then you're not giving you might as well not do it in that regard yeah because you're not giving your, you might as well not do it in that regard. Yeah. Because you're not giving your actual feedback.

What is your feedback about the country? If you're going to give feedback about the country in general? Not that it's a feedback about the country. You know, I feel like yeah, I mean, I'm always proud to be from New Zealand, but at the same time, I feel like there's a lot of stuff going on right now, and as is worldwide cost of living. You're not proud to be from Auckland

though. No. What address are you going're gonna write down because every time every time someone out of all if we're traveling around the country my wife has me up about this day yeah if we're traveling around the country you know pressing the flesh the night we're in uh yeah we were yeah and i overheard a conversation the gentleman in vegas asked ben where's he from he's like well i'm living in auckland but I'm originally from Wairarapa. And he sort of says it, but I'm living like it's an embarrassed, shameful act. My wife's like, you've been living in Auckland for 20 years,

longer than you were in Wairarapa. So what are you going to say in the census? Are you going to go, I'm in Auckland, but I'm originally from... Is there an extra form that I can just write that alongside? A credibility form. So you've got to do it. Everyone's got to do it. And so we thought right now we'll do a bit of a radio census. The Jono and Bensis census. Jono and Bensis. Everyone's got to do it. And so we thought right now we'll do a bit of a radio census. The Jono and Bensis census.

Jono and Bensis. Oh, that's even better. Yeah. You just phone us up right now. You tell us what you're looking at right now at this moment in time. It's a snapshot of the hits audience. Yeah, what are you looking at? Maybe you're at the gym.

Maybe you're on the car. Maybe there's an amazing sunrise wherever you are. Maybe you're looking at your kids not putting on their shoes in the morning. I'll tell you what I'm looking at? Maybe you're at the gym, maybe you're on the car, maybe there's an amazing sunrise wherever you are. Maybe you're looking at your kids not putting on their shoes in the morning. I'll tell you what I'm looking at right now. One of the most handsome, talented broadcasters this country has to offer. Jeremy Wells just walked past the window there on his way to get a coffee with the kids. The John Owen Ben podcast. A day that not only Harry Styles is here, but we've got to complete the census for the government.

And we wanted to know, we're going to do a wee Jono and Ben census, a little census on the radio. What are you looking at right now? A wee snapshot in time of what people are doing right around the country listening to the show. If you were to describe what you're looking at right now, Ben, okay, right now. I know what you're looking at. I'm trying not to look at it. Looking at it right now. I'm looking down towards that English breakfast box of Del Marti in front of you.

Look up. Bring your eyes up. Okay, what would you say? Right in my eyes. Would you look at something that life hasn't been too kind to? Oh, no, mate. No. No.

You're a little beaten down, but we love you. All the same. We're going to go to Anna. Welcome to the Jono and Benson census. What are you looking at right now? The snapshot of time? I'm looking at a bit of red sky, which I don't like, but I'm also looking at Mount Cook.

Oh, Mount Tararaki, yeah. Oh, no, Mount Cook and the South Island. Aoraki, that is a beautiful thing to be looking at right now. What are you thinking to yourself at this moment, Hannah? It would be nice to be on holiday. Yeah, I feel like a lot of people are thinking like that right now. It's one of the highest mountains in New Zealand, isn't it? Yeah, I think it is the highest, isn't it?

Yeah. Don't ask me what it is in metres, but I can tell you what it is in feet. Oh, tell us. How high in feet? One, two, three, four, six feet. Well, I'd tell you it was three, seven, two, four metres. Oh, well, there you go. You're smarter than me.

We're going to send you out to Dilmati. Thank you so much for listening. You're younger than me. That's why. No, I don't look it, mate. Not according to all my friend over here. Well, he's staring at me. Hey, we still love him.

He's beaten down. Good on you, Anna. You're going to have a wonderful day. Okay, I will, Dave. Thank you. There's some great texts coming through on 4487 for the Jono and Benson census. I'm looking at a cow's butt right now.

Okay. Someone's saying, I am looking at Times Square in New York. Really? International listener. I'm looking at a cat licking itself. It's not quite as cool as Times Square, but it's awesome. Another mountain. Johan's looking at Mount Taranaki.

I'm looking at the back of a van stuck on the southern motorway. Some great views coming through. Martha, you're in from Parimarumo. Welcome. How are you? I'm well, guys. How are you? Yeah, good.

How's my family in the prison there? All right? Oh, what? Yeah, they're all quiet. They're all good over there. You're looking after them, Martha. Good on you. What are you staring at right now?

I'm staring at my beautiful horse, Lotus. She's just had her morning kite and now she's just galloping around in the paddock. Oh, what a great thing to look at. That sounds like a great way to start the day, doesn't it? Yeah, do you massage him? Yeah, he's so gorgeous. Yeah, they are beautiful animals, aren't they, horses?

They are. They are. Do you massage the horse? Oh, she has a massage every day. Yeah, they get treated well. They do. Yeah, she gets groomed every day. I think she eats more than me, actually.

What a life. We're going to send you out some Dilmar tea this week. Thank you so much for tuning into the show. We appreciate it. Love you guys. Thank you. Love you Martha. Someone's texting, I'm looking at the hot air balloons over Waikato this morning. Wow. We should just

do this every morning. Phone up, tell us what you're looking at. The laziest topic ever. It's like, oh talk to me. What else are you looking at? Oh yeah, that's the stuff. I'm looking at a bowl of porridge, pancake mix. Darrell, we'll end on you. Welcome to the Jono and Benson census. What are you looking at right now?

Good morning, boys. How are you? Good morning. We're doing all right. How are you? Hey, Jono, I reckon this one's probably a good one for you because I remember you saying a couple of weeks ago how you pinched a porn mag when you were younger

and stuck it down your pants. At the moment, I am looking at the most beautiful and heat and touching them, pitta boobies, every morning. That's what I wake up to, Jono. Okay, well, I hope this is going somewhere. Are you keeping it clean, Daryl? Yeah, go on, Daryl. You make me very nervous.

I've got my fingers on the dump button here. A beautiful set of freezing cows. There we go. He pulled it back. I tell you what, you had Ben very anxious there. I was doing a census on him. His nerves, 10 out of 10. Darrell, we're going to send you out to Dilma.

So you have a great day, my friend. You too, boys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben, celebrate your special date with Dilma. Celebrating with a better cup of tea thanks to Dilma. Dilma, dates, anniversaries, birthdays, whatever makes this day special for you. Shoutouts on the radio.

Taking it back to the 90s. The back boner radio. Coming up after 8 o'clock, Battle of the Sexists. Battle of the Sexists? I don't know what it was. Actually, back in the day. And we'll be crossing to Nick Tansley out and about on the streets of Wellington. If you're sharing today,

you're sharing a special day with Brian Cranston. You know, from Breaking Bad, Malcolm in the Middle. He's 67 years old today. Breaking more than bad. He's breaking slices of birthday cake today. Do you know Brian Cranston, I was reading, been married to his wife since 1989.

Oh, love those stories out of Hollywood. Also on this day, Alexander Graham Bell, he put a patent in for the telephone. I always wondered

at the first, who did he call in 1876? You know, you invented a phone and you're like, oh, I don't know

how this works. Who would have thought fast forward 140 odd years later that we could just send pictures of our genitals to anyone in our address book thank you alexander graham bell also on this day in 2011 charlie sheen was fired from the sitcom two and a half men and he said some wild stuff you remember that that that little period winning i don't know man i was banging seven gram rocks and finishing them because that's how i roll i have one speed i I have one gear.

Go. I'm different. I have a different constitution. I have a different brain. He talks faster than us, doesn't he? He was on a wild rampage, wasn't he? In association with cocaine there for a while. What happened to him?

He kind of just fell. The party eventually ends, doesn't it? Yeah, tiger blood and all sorts there. Close to home. 4487. Lots of people. Loads of people texting through to this, so we'll try and rip through as many as we can.

Happy birthday to Lisa, the rock of the family, with five girls. That's7. Lots of people. Loads of people texting through to this so we'll try and rip through as many as we can. Happy birthday to Lisa the rock of the family with five girls. That's lots of love from Nicole. Lisa, it's your birthday. Oh yeah, of course. Happy birthday to

Trev Taylor and Sky Taylor. Father and daughter birthday call. Oh my God. Leave me wondering behind. Congratulations to Jade Piper who's starting a new job

today. So good luck with that one, Jade. 51st birthday to Sue in Tauranga. Sue, your friends, your whānau, they want you to have a wonderful day. Happy birthday to Jennifer Doran. Lots of love from your nephew, Flynn. Probably doesn't need a present now because he's got a shout-out on the radio.

Kyanne, your aunt, Raksha. She says happy seventh birthday to you. Happy birthday to Deborah. Kyanne, your Aunt Raksha. She says happy 7th birthday to you. Happy birthday to Deborah. Working hard today. Lots of love from Susan. Jesus, there's so many people having birthdays. I know. Sharni and Tom, happy anniversary today.

18th birthday to Tom Butler at Lincoln College today. Oh, I don't know what wild things would Tom be up to today. Well, nothing as wild as Carol Woods getting fast and loose on her 56th birthday. That's from your big sister. And we're going to go through to today's $100 cash winner in the Dilmar prize pack. Hello, James. Oh, hello.

Hi, it's John Owen Ben here from the Hits radio station. How are you? I'm good. Now, Jane, you're part of our show Dilmar Dates, where we acknowledge important dates. And it's your birthday today. It is, yes.

Oh, Jane, that's you. Sorry. She knows her own name. Check. That's your birthday. We're doing our own census. Your sister, Millie. There you go, Jane.

You may be aware of her. She didn't forget your birthday. And because of that, we're going to give you $100 and a Dilmar tea price pack. Oh, thank you. There you go. You thought Millie forgot. And you thought I got your name and hers confused. And I did.

But Millie didn't forget. I'm glad she didn't. Yeah, well, because she said she can't make your festivities this evening. And you thought, oh, well, she's just forgotten my birthday. Yeah, well, because she said she can't make your festivities this evening, and you thought, oh, well, she's just forgotten my birthday. Well, yeah, well, she said, oh, you didn't tell me we were having dinner, and I'm like, well, it's my birthday, why wouldn't we have dinner?

Sounds like high tensions, high tensions. Let's talk more about this. Get more of this on the radio. Well, as some hush money and bribery money, she's going to give you $100 and a Dilmar prize pack too there, Jano. Oh, as some hush money and bribery money, she's going to give you $100 and a Dilmar Prize pack too there, Jano. Oh, she's pretty good, isn't she? Yeah, she's fought it back.

24, a great year too. Oh, yeah, I hope so. Yeah, you feel good at 24? Yeah, I think so, yeah. I've got to finish work, so. Well, wait until you hit 41, mate. It's all downhill from here. Yeah.

You have a great birthday. Have a great birthday. Thank you so much. No worries. And if you want to celebrate another date tomorrow, 4487 on the text. We're doing it every day. It's really cool.

That's all thanks to Dilma. Dilma's tears hand-picked and packed at the source to lock in the freshness. We've got five words on the way on the hit. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Harry Styles there on the hits. Of course, we are performingathan ben podcast harry styles out here on the hits of course we are performing tonight official gates open officially at five o'clock tonight they're

not sure exactly what time harry's going to be on stage they reckon if it's judging by australia around about 8 40 where he played for an hour and 40 minutes 40 000 fans going to be at mount smart it's going to be awesome tonight must be a great feeling for him to just fly into foreign countries and have complete strangers just screaming at you. Yeah. Must be like Andrew Tate. But for a nicer reason. Yeah, you're not like that. Now, Harry Styles, Ben,

you do like to get swept up in mania. We've spoken previously about how you took Justin Bieber's water bottle that he had drunk out of, and then you had to check yourself a couple of days later. I did. I had it on my desk at work after we'd filmed something with him. I was like, this is a water bottle.

What were you hoping to get? Like if you had just grabbed any water bottle and said, hey, this is Justin Bieber's water bottle, I probably would have believed you. But you're like, I can do a DNA swap. It wasn't for any weird reasons. It was just like a little bit of memorabilia, but I didn't. I put it away in the recycling.

If you were drunk out of it, you could have actually got Bieber's fever. But Harry Styles, we're not going to be able to get close to him today. Just call a spade a spade. Yeah, true. Everyone wants to talk to Harry Styles, but the closest we can get is to someone with a kind of similar name who we've tracked down, and we're going to call them right now. G'day, Harry.

Is that Harry Miles? Yes, yes, it is indeed. Not only Harry Miles, almost Harry Styles. Almost. It's John O'Brien calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, goodness. Yeah, and so, well, you know, what advantage in life has this given you, almost being Harry Styles? Counting from the top now, that would be none.

None. I guess Harry Styles is probably a newish thing in your life. You know, there would have been a time there being Harry Miles. Wouldn't have been... You would have been the best thing. You almost... Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's a bit of a moment.

Like, you have to count up the good things in your life. And, hey, that has to be one of them, doesn't it? I mean, this is a moment for you? Yeah. This is a moment? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, the low-rent radio announcer's calling you up. Do you sing?

Do you, you know, do you play guitar like Harry Styles? Oh, no, unless, no. My talents are few. I talk a lot. I'm very good at talking. I can run off at the gulp. But, yeah, I'm hardly a musical person. I can tell.

And I know this is just a phone call, but I can tell you're just as handsome as Harry Styles. Oh, look, the kid knows nothing, mate. He's got nothing on me. He's got nothing on you. Yeah, forget about Harry Styles. I mean, I can feel the sexual energy bursting through the phone line. God, Ethan, where's this conversation going to lead?

What is this going to lead to, eh? I feel like I need to start paying for this phone call. Harry Miles, he's almost famous. Thank you so much for talking to us. It has been my great pleasure. You guys have a great day. All right, mate. Yeah, keep it all happening.

And if you do get hold of that other Harry, just let him know that he has a lot to aspire to. Yeah, listen, he's our second favourite, Harry. You'll always be our first. Gosh, gee, you guys. All right, Harry Miles. That's all, mate. Rightio.

Bye-bye. We couldn't get Harry Styles, so we tracked down a Harry Miles. That was pretty awesome. Enjoy Harry Styles if you're going along tonight. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits. five words with challenge. Match five words to win five $500 challenge gift cards. It's a little game we play each morning on The Hits.

You can match five words with our five words. If you match four words all the way up to four words, you get $500. Then you make the decision if you want to match the final word, the fifth word, and if you do so, you can win five times 500 challenge vouchers. Cash or gas, filling up hearts, bank accounts and petrol tanks this morning. Evelyn, you're on from Newport.

Hello. Hello, how are you? We're doing well, Evelyn. Now, what do you do? You work in sustainability. I do. I try and help reduce waste and water use and do lots of biodiversity planning and stuff. Doing good things for the environment. What's one simple thing we can all do to reduce waste?

Well, you can take your plastics to Countdown to be turned into future posts, or you can make sure that you take the lids off when you recycle stuff and make sure you pick the right numbers to put in your recycling bin. It all makes a difference. Yeah, it's going to Countdown's mission though. Well you're going to Countdown anyway. It is a mission. You just put it in the back of your car and you take it in there. And it's right by the door. We went to a rural field day and there was a guy there who was making fence posts, which I'm gathering you're just mentioning, out of the recycled products. Incredible. I know, and there's also a company in the Waikato

that make building materials out of tetrapaks and soft plastics as well. And then you can, yeah, reuse them for building materials. So there's fantastic stuff. And good on you for getting the good word out there and doing the hard mahi there, Evelyn. All right, who do you want to send into the... Ironically, you might win some petrol here, baby. who do you want to send into the... Ironically, you might win some petrol here, baby.

Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? I will see Jono, please. All right, get him in there. He is making his way to the corner of the room. He's inside the soundproof booth. All right, Evelyn, here we go. Oh, God, I'm so nervous. Oh, you'll be fine.

What pops into your head when I say inter-islander? Fairy. Fairy, yeah. I think they're having a few issues with getting the fairies to run at the moment. Spuds. S-P-U-D-S. Spuds. Say it again?

Spuds. Oh, spuds. Potatoes. Yeah. Potatoes or potatoes? What do you want? Oh, potatoes. Potatoes with an S?

Okay. Oven is word number three. Oven? Mitt. Oven is word number three. Oven? Mitt. Oven mitt. Donut is word number four. Donut? Donut.

Oh. Tough one. Yeah, that is a tough one. Donut, I'd say chocolate. Oh, no, it's donor, D-O-N-O-R. Donut. Donut. Oh, donor.

I'll say organ. Organ, yeah, that's good, it's perfect. And paper is the final one, paper. Cut. Paper cut. All right, we'll get Jono back out of the soundproof booth. Oh, no, you're doing right. Hey, it's really hard to match words

and try and think what someone else is going to be thinking when these words just get popped into your head. And it's always so easy when you're in the car, you're like, oh, come on, don't say that, but then you hear it and you're like, oh, shit. No, I'm sure you played a good game. And speaking of sustainability, we've actually turned the soundproof booth

into a petrol station toilet in there as well. So we're making the most out of what we've got here, Evelyn. Let's try and win you some cash or gas. Roger, roger. Well, even if I don't, it's so cool. Word one, $25 cash. All right. I said to Evelyn, inter-islander.

What did she say back, Jono? Did she say shambles? Because I don't know if... I'd lock in fairy. Well done. $25. What do you want to do? You want to risk it all for $50?

Yeah, go on. Word two. $50 cash. Spuds. Spuds. Spuds. I'd go potato. Potatoes.

I did this. We talked about it. We were like, did you say potato or potatoes? I don't know. There was just a second gap between that and the plural. I don't did this. Oh, Evelyn. Sorry, Evelyn.

It doesn't matter. We'll roll through the final words. Oven. Oven glove. Oh, Matt. Close. Donor. Organ.

Donor. Oh, yeah, well done. And paper. Paper mache. Oh, Evelyn, thanks so much. We're nowhere near. That's all right. Well, Evelyn, thanks so much. We're nowhere near. That's right. Well Evelyn, we appreciate you listening.

We appreciate your work. Thank you very much. Look after yourself out there mate. Yeah you do. See you guys later. All thanks to Challenge Petrol Station's real service available at Challenges 75 independent owner operated Kiwi stores

right around the country. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. School swimming sports, my daughter Indy had to compete in hers on Friday and it just brought me back to when I was a kid. You know, the feeling going into school swimming sports. Were you a turn up in speedos

sort of swimmer? I was thinking about this the other day. I was when I was young and my parents put me in speedos. I had no place in Speedos. You do. This is a weird thing to say, but kids probably have more space, more place in Speedos

than, say, us as adults. It is a weird observation. I remember a traumatic moment in my school in Korea, being very nervous before the race and going to the bathroom for a quick wee and then coming back

and not realising that maybe there was a little you know just a little and someone's like ben's penis but you know and that was just before this so he's just a dribble and i'm going to the pool chlorine will deal with it i remember that and i was it was a very traumatic moment in my school swimming sports career and my daughter and it was a very traumatic moment in my school swimming sports career and my daughter andy was just very very nervous about it to her like to her credit vulnerable in speedos aren't you that's what i felt like to her credit she'd signed up uh which she didn't have to like didn't have to do compete in the race and she did but then when it came to race day she was very nervous about it and she was like i don't know if i could do it and it was

one of those moments you're like it's not as bad as you think you're gonna be it'd be over real quickly story of a young boy and speedos who went to the toilet before his freestyle race that's how bad it can be that's how bad it can be and the fact that yeah so as long as you you don't do what i did you'll be fine and in the end she you know she wasn't that keen on racing in the end but but she did it, and she got through it, and she ended up winning. What was she worried about? I don't know. She did so well. Now she's got to go to inter-school, so that's a conversation for another day.

We'll deal with that later, but I was very, very proud of her. That is awesome. She not only did it, but got through the anxiety beforehand and went and did it. Cleaned up. And won a race, so it was pretty awesome. When you go to the inter-schools you realise how much good

other people are how much better they are but yeah I don't know about you with school swimming sports it wasn't my happy place obviously I'm like

remember that guy Eric the eel from the 2000 Olympics yeah that was me Jono the giant hippo wading through the water just battling along

yeah I remember they've had to film us for some reason at to analyse your stroke in like seventh form or year 13 PE. And I had another shocking moment where my drawstring fell down on my pants and then my behind was still, and I was trying to swim while I was trying to pull that up. And the swimming stroke was terrible

because obviously you try to stop your bum from showing to everyone. Who decided they needed to film it? Oh, we're going to have to film this one, kids. Well, you're in the water and it was the analytics of your stroke. You can kind of go, oh, yeah, you're doing this wrong, you're doing that wrong. What sort of high performance school were you at? I definitely wasn't when my pants started falling down. But the other thing that makes me nervous about it, because it's generally

a lot of the schools have them in public pools. I used to go to the public pool without a care in the world. I'd sit in the communal spa pool. Then I started to think about it a bit too much. You know, when you start to worry about the 30 other people in the lukewarm bacteria water you're sitting in

you kind of push off the public spa. Yeah, just a little bit. It's a brand new Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo car. It's worth just under $48,000. It's an incredible car, and you can win not only the car, but the thousands and thousands of dollars in the back of the car. If you can guess exactly how much cash is stashed in the back of the Škoda, you can win both cash and the car, but the thousands and thousands of dollars in the back of the car. If you can guess exactly how much cash is stashed in the back of the Škoda, you can win both cash in the car.

Now, our producer Joel was saying one of the guesses yesterday, we won't drill down which one, was getting close. I'm not sure how much I can say, especially now that both the bosses are listening as well, but it was close. I thought I was going to give it away yesterday. Within the range of what, hundreds? I'm not going to say, but it was hot. It was hot. On a hot to cold, but it was hot. It was hot.

On a hot to cold scale, it was hot. Okay. Okay. Well, that's a little bit of a clue. If you go back on yesterday's guesses that came through for cash and car, we're going to head to Mid Canterbury,

home of the elusive panther. Oh yeah, true. Ashburton, welcome. Sorry, Reuben and Ashburton, welcome. Hey fellas. I had a shocker there, Reuben, sorry. I called you Ashburton, you heard it all, it was a shocking radio. But Reuben, how are you this morning in Ashburton?

Oh yeah, I'm good, mate. Yeah, no worries at all, actually. A wee bit of shock myself, to be honest. Do you know, if you just started talking and you're like, guess where I'm from, I would say Ashburton. Nothing's rocking Ruben. He's rock solid. Not much emotion.

Rock solid. Well, it might be a lot of emotion if he wins cash in the car, right? Yeah, I'd say so, mate. Yeah, I'd probably have to go back to bed, to be honest. So if you win the cash in the car, you're going to go back to sleep? Oh, big day, back to bed. Let's just pretend you've won the cash in the car. What sort of excitement are we going to get out of Ruben? Ruben, you just won all that money in the car, you're going to go back to sleep. Oh, big day, back to bed. Let's just pretend you've won the cash in the car. What sort of excitement are we going to get out of Reuben?

Reuben, you just won all that money in the car. Yeah, look, look, mate, I'm probably just going to break down in tears, to be honest. There's not going to be a lot of you-ho and we-oo. Don't get your hopes up. There's not going to be too much you-o-me. Awesome, Reuben. All right, we're going to send you across to Cash Keeper Joel

and you can make your guess. Good luck. Ruben from Ashburton. What was your guess for cash and car today? I'd like to put my guess through please of $20,399.90. $20,399.90. That means the total value of the car plus that,

that'd be more than $68,000. I'm very sorry, that is incorrect. All righty. Fair enough. Same reaction if he'd won anyway. Hey, Reuben, we'll keep listening. You can guess again. Another chance at 11 o'clock.

And it's been lots of fun talking to you. Have a great day. Okay, sure thing. Thank you. I'll try and get through you. Oh, good on you, Reuben. You know he was going to give the car to his mum? Oh.

Oh. Jeez, Reuben, melting hearts this morning. Oh, that's lovely. And Ashford, and that's wonderful stuff there, producer Joel. Good cash keeping. Was that good? Good drama. Yeah, no, good pause in between.

I was like, maybe he's got it. But no, not quite. But keep guessing. Your next chance at 11 o'clock. Can I say a friend of mine, Richard, he listens to this every morning. And he was like, people are guessing, you know, $20,399.93 or $0.92. Right. He's like, do we factor in that the one and two cent pieces, even the five cent piece,

doesn't exist anymore? Ooh. Actually, in the terms and conditions, you can, would it just be bank transfer? It can be anything. It could be 63, 68, 74. You name it. It doesn't have to be an exact piece. Okay.

All right then. We got in deep. That's probably a clue as well. Sorry. Far out. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We're ready to discover something brand new.

I'm in love with the shape of you. He just played the MCG to an amazing amount of people a couple of days ago. Hanging out with Snoop Dogg and Russell Crowe afterwards. That is Ed Sheeran on the hits. Are we drug testing him before he leaves Australia? Well, secondhand smoke around Snoop Dogg, maybe. He's coming to New Zealand. We're all going to be stoned on the weekend when Snoop Dogg arrives here.

That's right, yeah. Not by choice, just by having Snoop Dogg in the country. Census day today. It would be great if he was here today as well. Oh, yeah. So imagine, because they're calling it the most star-studded census ever. Jason Marmore,

Harry Styles. Yeah. And that's not factoring in the ones that are already here, the big bangers we've got. Peter Jackson. Oh, yeah. James Cameron.

Yeah. Piker. Rita probably dotting in and out every now and then to see her husband. Yeah. Great. A lot of per capita.

That is a high amount of celebrities, isn't it? We do like to break things down per capita. I'd be our best yet if all those people were in the country. Yeah, we're the best Olympics, didn't we? Best Winter Olympics. So this could be our best celebrity census ever. Saw something in the supermarket.

And it was over the weekend. I would say this person was in their 40s. I don't know. Who am I to judge? People look at me and go, are you in your 80s? don't know who am i to judge people look at me and go are you in your 80s you're doing well so they're not not a child though not a child but they went straight you know when you walk in the front door of some supermarkets there's a bin of designated free fruit uh and i always thought the fruit was assigned for children well it does say free fruit on the supermarket i go to it says was assigned for children. Well, it does say free fruit. In the supermarket I go to, it says free fruit for children. Yeah.

Just to keep them occupied for two and a half minutes with a banana in their gob while your parents are trying to do the shopping. Yeah. But this person rattled in there. Got an apple. Got a banana. Munched away. What? An adult.

A fully grown adult. On a complimentary banana. Oh. Now, I didn't realise this was fair game. I don't think it is. What? An adult A fully grown adult On a complimentary banana Oh Now I thought I didn't realise This was fair game I don't think it is Well unless there's

A free fruit for shoppers At the supermarket You go to It always gets suspicious When there's free Free things on offer You're like What's wrong with it?

Yeah Oh for kids though I get it though If it's free for adults Maybe it is Free buns back in the day In Marsden for kids Used to eat buns

what was in bread bun it was a bread bun at the bakery I thought it was pretty good yeah that was a good little perk we handed out little cocktail sausages didn't they

in the butchers for a while ago called them little boys which was strange it was an odd branding exercise wasn't it who was calling them that

that's what they were called that's what they were called. That's what they were called, right? I didn't get anyone handed to me to go, here, would you like that? No one at the supermarket or the butcher ever said that to me. Would you like a, you know? I was like, little boys, if anything, that's well endowed. I wish I could.

I would kill for a cheerio. Hey, I'm with you But yeah no they had to stop that Because kids were getting food poisoning From raw meats and things like that But yeah so I don't know Well if they're free fruit Maybe you work in a supermarket

4487 Or best freebie around town as well As well I thought it would be quite cool to know If we can get a free something Do you know I reckon we I cracked the code And you can only do it once a year and it was here then the cookie time sales people they come around and they're selling the you know the christmas cookies what they have now is they've

got the cookie time beer's got a display table of all the 12 different flavors and they open up all the lids and they're like have a try of what you think. Oh, so you can get all 12. Yeah, and you're like, oh, the apricot one's good, and you go around chocolate, caramel, baking, oh, I'll try the apricot one just to double check before I make the purchase, and you can end up with a belly full of miniature cookies, and there's no questions asked.

That's impressive. Yeah. Best free deal out there, 4487. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Very exciting day. Harry Styles is in the country He's performing tonight In front of 40,000 people

At Mount Smart Stadium What is he going to do New Zealand? Is he going to do A bit of Kiwiana on stage? He had the Australian flag He did a shooie in Australia He had a Bunnings warehouse hat

What's it going to be? He really charmed the pants Off the Aussies didn't he? We were talking about Maybe shoving a pavlova on In his face Or something I don't know Just just spitballing here.

There was also a very Australian sign that I'll try and censor a little bit for kids, but it was basically some lady holding up going, I think of you when I'm with my boyfriend, basically was the thing, but a little bit more strongly worded than that, that he had quite a good laugh at as well. So someone had that sign up.

Spare a thought for her boyfriend too. He was probably just standing there going, oh, I didn't know about that. First he heard about it good laugh at as well. So someone had that sign up. Spare a thought for her boyfriend too. He was probably just standing there going, oh, I didn't know about that. First he heard about it. Like all the time. Like everyone I'm driving you home. Yeah. From the concert.

Yeah. We are going to cross live now to Mount Smart Stadium where there are, we're calling them the Harry Hardouts. The Hardout Harry Styles fans already lining up for the show, which is, you know, 10 hours away before the gates even open. Yeah, a long way away. And we're joined by Brooke, who is from the Hits. Brooke, we sent

you out there, mate. Describe the scenes. Absolute scenes. There is lines and lines as far as the eye can see of majority girls in bright-coloured costumes, feathers, glitters, bedazzles, just waiting eager to get a glimpse of Harry Styles.

Well, there's been a huge feather boa shortage, hasn't there? They're calling it the boa constrictor shortage. Are they all in line, the feather boas? There is a couple. There's a lot of everything. What we can see, a lot of Doc Martens, a lot of boots, yeah, feathers, cowgirl hats, cowboy boots, deck chairs. Everyone goes to Harry Styles like it's a hen's do.

True. Well, it is a bit. He's a single man now, so. Yeah. Now, it looks incredible. Have we got a couple of Harry Styles fans that are already there that we can talk to? Yeah, I'm a bit frightened to say I've got probably the two biggest Harry Styles fans with me. We've got Tyra and Joe.

Kia ora, good morning. Hi. Hi, Joe and Tyra. Now, we understand you met through a One Direction fan page. We did back in 2012 or 13 on Twitter.

And so, where do you both live? I live in Marsden. I'm Joe. And I'm from Christchurch. I'm Tyra. Oh, great. Great saying who you are to in your location. Perfect radio, girls. Perfect. Great work. Great work. Hey, well, we want to put you. Oh, great. Great saying who you are to and your location. Perfect radio, girls. Perfect. Great work. Great work.

Hey, well, we want to put you guys to the test. There's a really cool venue at Mount Smart Stadium. It's called Lily World. We've got a $100 voucher that you guys could win. You can go along there. It's a garden bar. You can get a burger, whatever. But we want to see how hard out a fan you are of Harry Styles, okay?

Yeah. Well, with 10 hours of sitting in a footpath in an industrial suburb, it's safe to say pretty hard out at this stage. Yeah. I've been awake since 4 a.m. 4 a.m.? Okay, well, here we go. Let's see.

I've found some questions here that I didn't know the answers to, but maybe you'll know this as a Harry hard out fan. Where did Harry Styles work before being in the music industry where did he work he went to the bakery in holmes chapel oh he did even the suburb there we go one from one there okay how many nipples has harry styles got four yeah he has got four nipples he's like a cow uh what was the name of Harry Styles' hamster? Oh, no. Can we phone a friend?

Do you girls know the name of Harry Styles' hamster? Oh, no. Oh, no. Anyone know the name of Harry Styles' hamster? Did he have a hamster? That's a trick question. No, according to the internet, he had. Oh, he does. Yeah, and let's just give you a clue.

Oh, was it Hamster? Yes. Hamster's name was Hamster for some reason. Okay, and what is the... I can dig into the archives for that. Last question. What is the tattoo on Harry Styles' stomach? He's got lots of them, over 50 tattoos.

Butterflies. There we go. His abs has got a butterfly on top. Oh, good on. Well, I've got a giant ship tattooed on my guts. My big old guts. Hey, Joe and Tyra, can we get some uncontrollable fans screaming there? Get everyone to scream.

Make some noise. Everyone scream. Three, two, one. Mayhem. Mayhem. Outside Harry Styles. And what song are you looking forward to the most tonight? Well, he hasn't sung it in a while, but I want him to sing Fine Line.

So I've got a sign that says Fine Line or I'll call my ex. So hopefully it's a threat. Quite a threat. Yeah, I love it. And what is it about Harry? Why? Why Harry? Why not?

Why not? Why not? Don not? Why not? Don't you come back at my question with a question. I know. For us, we're both like one direction. And then it's just kind of gradually, once they split up or hiatus, it's, yeah. They're not getting back together.

Carry on liking them. Well, enjoy the concert. It's going to be incredible. You've got the $100 Lily World voucher. Have a great time at Mount Smart. Thank you. Thank you. Bye, Joe and Tyra.

Harry Hardouts waiting for the concert. Speaking of which, there's a guy going along tonight who's been to over 3,000 gigs. I know. A Kiwi guy. We're going to talk to him next. After some Harry Styles. What a tune.

Watermelon Sugar. It's the hits. It's like strawberries on a summer evening. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Harry Styles playing, of course,

in front of 40,000 people tonight. Gates open around about five o'clock. They reckon he will be on stage, they think, about 8.40 tonight, but they don't know for sure. Yeah, now there's

a long line of people. We just spoke to a couple of them in line for Harry Styles. Is there any part of them going, maybe I. We just spoke to a couple of them in line for Harry Styles. Is there any part of them going, maybe I should have just turned up when the gates opened? It's sensible time. Oh, it's part of the fun though.

I know, and we can't really throw stones from two people who spent three days at Mount Smart Stadium. I wouldn't throw any stones. And someone who is going there tonight is Carl Locke who joins us on the phone. Carl, how are you? Yeah, how are you doing? 3,000 live gigs. This is crazy. Yeah, that joins us on the phone. Carl, how are you? Yeah, how are you doing? 3,000 live gigs.

This is crazy. Yeah, that's what people tell me. Well, you reckon it might be more than that. You'd be sort of, on average, going to two gigs a week since, what, 1997? Yeah, since 1997, and probably in reality a bit more than that. Probably three and a half. You've probably been asked this a million times. The single best concert you've been to.

You know what? It's hard to define, but the one that comes to mind is a couple of years back, just before COVID, I went to see Paul McCartney at Dodger Stadium. Paul McCartney was great, as usual. He's getting a bit older, voice is going a little bit,

but everyone gets that. But it was the moment Ringo Starr got up on stage with him and played two Beatles songs. It was just right in front of me. It was just incredible. Wow. Yeah, that was a moment for you. Absolutely.

It was the best moment at a gig I've ever seen. It made that gig the best one I've ever been to. Because you will travel by yourself overseas to go see concerts. I try to get away once a year to go see as many as I can, like cram a week or two every night with people I want to see. Can you list off some of the artists that you've seen live? The ones probably I've seen most, like Springsteen, Kiss, McCartney. I'll be enough to Foo Fighters, one of the bands I've seen most of the years.

Coldplay, Crowded House. The D4, local band D4, I just told them I'd say they're a night band I've seen a lot over the years. And still one of the greatest rock and roll bands in the world. Are you going along to Harry Styles tonight? Are you going to take up another concert? I think after this article was published, if I didn't go to Harry Styles, people would look down on me.

So, yeah, I am going to Harry Styles, and I'm taking my oldest boy along, so I'll be there. So is it a range of genres you go and see? Is it mostly rock, or have you been to pop concerts? No, I go to a bit of everything. Pink is still one of the best pop concerts we've been to. I was at Young Gravy the other night. I saw Mayhem when they toured there.

So yeah, hip hop, pop, punk, rock, metal. I like to get as much for a cross-section as I can. Wow. So what is it about a concert for you? Why do you love this so much and you want to be there, want to spend your money on going to concerts? I love live music. There's nothing like seeing a band live.

I mean, an album, a single, yeah, a song on the radio sounds great, but it's when you see them in front of you performing a track that those things just really come alive and can take on a whole different meaning. It's something, it just makes me happy. I mean, I guess it's that simple. It makes me happy. That's awesome.

Okay, what's a big concert? No, no, and a big concert, yes, yes. Don't take an iPad and stand in front of me and film a concert. That's a big no. Okay, don't film on an iPad. We do love getting a phone out. We always have that conversation of like, who goes back and watches that distorted footage,

the lights blowing out the screen? Yeah, I film songs, hooks of songs that I like, and I'm like, I'm one of those people. I mean, do you do that, Carl? Yeah, I do. I take clips, I take photos. That's memories for me too. I do post them to social media.

I don't mind. I mean, that's how people enjoy concerts these days. It's a lot different than what it was 20 years ago. It doesn't bother me too much. Unless they're, like I say, right in front of me with an iPad. Okay, so no iPads in front of you. And what's a concert yes-yes? Something everyone needs to do if they go to a concert.

Enjoy themselves. And that doesn't concert yes-yes? Something everyone needs to do if they go to a concert. Enjoy themselves. And that doesn't mean bouncing around up and down, waving your arms in the air and screaming all the time. Some people do that. My mum, I took her to see McCartney at Mount Smart. She hadn't seen a concert since the 60s, and she stared at Paul McCartney the whole time. No emotion in her face.

Did you enjoy that? She goes, that's the best thing I've ever seen in my life. So, you know, as long as you're having fun, that's what you're there for. Yeah, I was just going to say, okay, seated or standing, what's the preferred option? Oh, preferred option for me these days

is seated or standing at the back. Just observing. I like to observe as well. We went to a concert the other day and someone said, you watch a concert like a cricket umpire. Oh, yeah, Ed Sheeran, he was watching it.

Mike McRoberts came over to him going, you just watch like a cricket umpire. Oh, yeah, Ed Sheeran, he was watching it. Mike McRoberts came over to him going, you just watch like a cricket umpire, probably like your mum watching Paul McCartney. I was having the time of my life, just digesting it. And also my theory of leaving before the last song so I can get out in time and I don't get swept up in the crowds. What do you think of that? I'm not adverse to that.

Yeah, especially if it's a Mount Smart stadium. Not all the time. I'll stay very often to the end as much as I can, but every now and again I just need to get the hell out of there. The encore's an interesting one as well because we all know they're going to come back on and do another one. I was just having this discussion the other day

with someone like, someone just needs to change this. We all know. We know. It's a little dance, a little game that everyone plays. It's like, we know you're coming back. You know we know we don't. It's like, you're right. Just get to the songs. Yeah, they know.

We know. But then there's always that bleak moment when the stadium lights come on and you're like, oh, no, it's definitely done now. Oh, yeah, yeah. The old no encore trick. I've had that a few times. You're sitting there. Oasis actually, many years ago, put their guitar up against the amp

and there was just feedback. And they never came back. And it back and it's just like oh man we just sat through like a couple minutes of feedback here's really no payoff whatsoever. Carl Larks really nice to talk to you I've gone to over three and a half thousand concerts that's pretty impressive thanks so much for sharing some of those stories with us. Hey thanks pleasure.