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Episode Date: February 27, 2023

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can you tell the difference between us doing it in the sound effect this is the john on ben podcast brought to you by challenge thank you very much challenge petrol service stations go ben go i'll go yeah that was the sound effect uh yeah yeah thanks sir for coming on the podcast today now we've got to address something straight away let Let's get into it. You've come back from the kitchen, Producer Joel. Yeah. And there is... I love how Producer Joel, you're the third party in these podcast intros.

We ignore you on the radio. Yeah, yeah. This is the time to shine. Because the boss doesn't listen to this. If he did, we'd have a meeting at 9.30. He'd be like, mate. I think I've heard three words from you on the radio show, but here we're just full.

It's three person shots. It's our chance to have here we're just full. It's three person show. It's actually, I was saying, it's behind the scenes. It's the stuff we can talk about. We've got another two, producer Humphrey, who has probably only said two words on the radio and no words on the podcast. Yeah, we'll get to him one day.

He's back at house. He doesn't like being in front of house. So, work kitchen, as with a lot of work kitchens, there's notices up around the place. You know, there's things that happen in the work kitchen. They had witty ones about cleaning your dishes. Like, TLC don't want no scrubs. But your dishes do.

Yeah, that was it. And there was another one about something about, there was a Snoop one or something. Drizzle. Something like it's hot. Drop it in the dishwasher like it's hot or something. Yeah, but don't drop it to break the cutlery and the plates. There was some brackets down the bottom.

Yeah, but you came back in before. There was a new notice that's been put up today. Now, talk us through that notice. It says, wham, how to be confident on camera. There's a photo of people being confident in front of a camera. And they say, learn how to be confident on camera. Now, this is what in terms of a photograph or presenting? Presenting.

Yeah. Like the camera's on a tripod. It's a video camera. There's people standing in front of it. You've sent me a picture of it there. Learn how to be confident on camera. This is an NZME, this is our radio network

that we're part of. So learn how to be confident on camera at the pop-up panel event with some of New Zealand's top presenters. So this is happening soon. Here we go. What date is it? 7th of March.

7th of March. 7th of March. Census Day as well. Harry Stoll's big day. A lot going on, but you'd also be confident on camera. Do I need to wear a suit on the panel? Well, yeah. So the panel are putting together. Now we're part of the NZB family.

So it's got Mike Piddu. Do you think I need to write a speech? Hang on. Mike Piddu, he's there. He's going to be one of the top presenters. He's great. He's very good. Jeremy Wells. Well, well, Wells. His buddy in there. He's great he's very good Jeremy Wells well well Wells his buddy in there he's great

goes without saying Matt Heath again well again goes without saying another great presenter great presenter done a lot of TV

over the years Tony Street oh yeah loving lovely lady Tony Street presenter

and and and wait for it Vision producer Britt is going to be there as well she's awesome.

She's amazing. Knows a lot of stuff as well. Director, camera operator Britt. And they'll all be sharing their top tips. What about my top tips? Well, yeah. The vision producer Britt Walden of a TV show for seven years on TV3. No, she's great.

No, but you need someone behind the camera as well. Britt's fantastic. Well, because they're the ones seeing through the lens what it looks like. And I love working with her she's awesome but it feels like they could have squeezed a few more into

the lineup of presenters Hayley Sproul Vaughn Smith Sam Wallace oh yeah okay good names Brie Thomas

you've come oh she should come with some really good names actually actually people who should be on the panel before

us but then after those people. Mind you, we haven't looked confident. Kerry Woodham. We haven't looked confident on camera for a number of years, Ben. No, maybe that's our problem. What do we get? We haven't been in front of a camera for a number of years.

That's probably the issue. We're going to try and call Tony Street, who's on that list. I saw her leaving. I saw her leaving about 10 minutes ago, so it should be. Unless he's driving. Tony Street here. Hello, Tony speaking. Tony Street. she's driving. Tony Street here. Hello, Tony speaking. Tony Street, it's Jono and Ben here.

You're part of our podcast intro. How's it going? Oh, I'm good, thanks, guys. At least 20 people are listening to this right now. We might have dropped off to 17 now, but anyway. Well, I'm now 21. I guess I have to listen to the whole thing. Now, be honest, do we need to be more

confident on camera? Is that why our TV show ended? Oh, yeah, that's awkward. Notice they didn't ask you guys to be part of the course? Yeah, we're just noticing that as well. We're passive-aggressively going through right now, Tony. But, hey, don't feel bad because

Sam Wallace was also a little aggrieved that he wasn't asked about being confident in front of the camera. So you're not alone. Now, is it the fact that we're lacking confidence in front of the camera or that we haven't been in front of a camera for a very long time? Probably both. Well, I don't know about that because I don't know if you've noticed, but the last year I haven't been on the old box much myself.

Well, don't make us feel worse. I think I'm clinging on from the Olympics, which was probably two years ago now. You did a great job. You know. Thanks, thank you. Do you think maybe we should come along and take part, not as the panel, but also just people just watching you guys

and learning some tips? Look, I tell you what, if you come along, I'll pretend that you're just a random in the crowd, and then you can come up on stage for an example, and then people will go, wow, that guy's good, maybe we should hire him. He's confident. That's a good plan. But see, I'm probably not.

Even you saying that made me a little nervous. You know what? I reckon the reason they didn't ask you is because you're so busy that they think these guys have got too much on their plate, whereas the likes of Jeremy Wells and I clearly aren't busy enough. Because Jeremy Wells is every night of the week and every morning. Anyway, Tony, you're so lovely trying to make

us feel real. I know you are. Appreciate it. You're very confident, Chet. We are. Thanks to you for pumping up our confidence. See why you're good at it. See why they got you for this. Come to the course. Yeah, we will. We will.

Definitely, put me down. Have a great day, Tony. See you. Bye. There we go. So we'll be attending the course then. How do you look confident in front of the camera? You know what I reckon would be the most difficult kind of camera work ever?

Like in front of the camera? Yeah, pornography. Yeah, I would not be confident in front of that camera That's for sure Because you're not just worried about Maybe you could ask them at the panel again Does any of them have experience with pornography? Put your hand up, yes, yes

You guys ever done pornography? Because you're not just, you know When you're presenting You're just worried about looking at the camera. But pornography's all sorts of angles. Oh, yeah. And all sorts of... I reckon what would be harder, being behind the camera in that situation as well.

I don't know. Probably the wrong term to... Mate, you'd be out of the porn industry if that was the case. You've got to be like that behind the camera, mate. Give it up to the pornography actors. They're not lacking any confidence. No, they're not. So,. If you're going to be like that behind the camera, mate. Give it up to the pornography actors. They're not lacking any confidence. No, they're not.

So yeah, you're right. I just couldn't do that. Excuse me, Tony Street. I'm thinking of getting into pornography. I'm not very confident. Oh God, how did we get here? Anyway, enjoy the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Just announced yesterday, guys guys A big lotto draw To raise funds For those affected By the cyclone The Prime Minister Came out and said Let's do a lotto draw Which

The Prime Minister came out To say let's do a lotto draw He did He was announcing Was he in charge of a lotto? Well they've done it for I guess it's government Yeah government thing

So they've done It's basically putting on A special draw To raise funds For those affected By the cyclone. And producer Joel, you gave me this fact from yesterday.

How many million did it raise last time they did this for the Christchurch earthquakes? 94 million. 94 million dollars. That's incredible. A great way for Hippo to boost the old budgets too,

the government. That's what I was thinking. We're going to have a special bloody cost of living lotto. Do it more often. Yeah. That's how you could fund the... And everyone I guess on us again. We're going to have a special bloody cost a living lotto. Do it more often. Yeah. That's... I could fund the...

And everyone I guess can win the prizes. You know, the lotto, the big prizes. Guys, we're going to have

a lot of fun raising more money for the nurses and doctors and we all bloody chip in. Genius. And you feel like you're putting money in but you also feel like

you're getting a chance of winning as well. Guys, we're raising money for the Labour Christmas party. You're like, no, I'm not as keen to get involved in that one. Oh, that's good.

That's a really great initiative. I didn't realise they'd done that before. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, big announcement yesterday. But it caught me a little bit by surprise, but I guess they know what they're doing. And obviously, if they can raise $90-odd million, that's pretty incredible.

And so all the money that goes in, so everyone who purchases a ticket, does that raise the jackpot? Or am I getting into an area where I'm asking? You're getting in. It does. So the more of us that buy tickets for this fundraiser, the more the money is going to be the jackpot.

I think so. Is that how it works? Yeah, that's how it works. And more prizes, apparently. There's three people vaguely. Well, yeah, look, I thought I'd come. Yeah, I haven't quite. Yeah, but anyway.

Someone might know that. Text 4487. Yeah. Okay, we're going to get like a $30 million Powerball situation if we all. But don't they announce it usually beforehand? It's raw singing. Yeah, or does it, you know, normally it's like this week. Is it tied in with the last draw?

Yeah, or is it a special, maybe it's a special one. It's a one-off one, mate. It's the Chris Hipkins draw. Is he going to be pulling out, is he going to be calling out the last straw. Yeah, or is it a special? Maybe it's a special one. It's a one-off one, mate. It's the Chris Hipkins straw. Is he going to be pulling out? Is he going to be calling out the numbers? 32. 32. Not allowed to touch the balls, are you?

No. Well, Sonia Gray, very dear friend of yours, she hosts Lotto, and we've spoken to her many times. Many innuendo lady questions. You try not to. You know, you try not to. She's like, no, you've got to have your hands off the balls. No, she's not.

No, every time I say that. And whoever's touching the balls has to have gloves on. Yes. The scrutineers are the only ones allowed to do the ball touching. Scrutineers. No, the scrutineers. If only you would show me that tender love and care, Ben. Where's your gloves?

Some pair of velvet gloves. Gently. But I imagine it's a pretty intense situation because you can't you can't have any funny business can you when you're dealing with that amount of money no

you see why I think they've got two machines as well two one in case one breaks down they've got another one ready to go

which makes sense so she can also Sonia I'm talking about can also buy a ticket she can buy a ticket and win yeah that would be all

but how good would it be if she won live on telly? That'd be like... That'd be a pretty cool moment. You'd have to contain yourself. There'd be one, wouldn't there? You're not going public with the studio. Just like a little fist bump. Fist bump and gyrating around the studio, all sorts.

I won't be back next week. Catch you then. Yeah. Jesus, bloody... Sliced myself with a knife last night. Oh. Catch you then. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jeez, bloody sliced myself with a knife last night. Oh, did you? By accident. You really don't appreciate how sharp knives are until you slice yourself. No, that's true.

Just in that little gap there too, just in the crevice of my... Oh, between your little finger and the last finger, the ring finger. How'd you get in there? Just reckless avocado cutting ah yeah with dinner but uh it's always that you know that four to eight seconds when you just do it and you're like oh i haven't got a bleeder i haven't got it and you have that positive optimism of this isn't gonna and then all of a sudden you know it starts dripping down your hands but yeah you're never quite you know i'm in the we're in the media being we're being used to being stabbed in the back all the time but you never quite sit well with the comfort of

cutting yourself do you no i'd imagine it's something you ever really get used to or want to get used to right then the hand sanitizer situation comes into play when you're having to clean your hands stinging you brace yourself for it don't you yeah i know there's bigger problems in the world right now well there is a few a few, yeah. I've got a little cut on my hand. Yeah, it's a little. Like, I can barely see it, to be honest. Yeah, but it's radio. You could sex it up.

Oh, no. Did you put a little plaster on it? A little boo-boo? No, I haven't put a little boo-boo on it. I'm just going to rub it around the desk, and hopefully it gets infected, so I can prove a point with you, and go, hey, now look at this.

Lost my finger. Gangrenous finger there. Cutting an avocado. The Hits, hey, now look at this. Lost my finger. Gangrenous finger there. Can't get an avocado. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben, we really did open up a can of worms, talkback worms

earlier in the show. Was it scissors, paper, rock, paper, scissors, rock or rock, paper, scissors? You're opting for a paper, scissors, rock. I'm a scissors, paper, rock guy in America.

They're doing rock, paper, scissors. Phenomen phenomenal amount of feedback pouring through on the text and you know people were calling up going it's definitely paper scissors rock and all they could say was it's definitely and it wasn't enough of an explanation for me to satisfy me but amongst the sea of text someone has texted saying it's paper scissors rock because the syllables match the hand movements. Paper scissors rock. And I guess that's the end of the argument. Someone's also texted in going, I'm a boomer and my dad taught me a game called SysPapBrick.

Okay, well, that's a conversation for another day. Shackleton's like, can you just mention this so I get a return for my 20 cent investment from this text. Hey, Wahlburgers. Mark Wahlberg, the actor, Hollywood actor, and his brothers have got a restaurant chain

and it's opening in Auckland tomorrow. You must love this on a number of levels. Firstly, the pun. Wahlburgers. Wahlburg, Wahlburgers. Yeah, it's great.

That's great. Yeah, it's great. So his brother is the head chef. That's right. Yeah, it's great. So his brother is the head chef. That's right. Yeah, his brother is a chef. He's obviously bankrolling the whole thing. Well, I think all the brothers got together.

They've got restaurants right around the world, including Australia, and now they're bringing one to New Zealand. It's opening tomorrow. It looks really good. It looks delicious. So Wahlbergers is going to be opening up tomorrow, and Mark Wahlberg has released a statement saying he's looking forward to our opening and hopes to visit soon.

Oh, he's teased us with that. That's exciting, isn't it? It does look very cool, doesn't it? Mark Wahlberg, crazy, crazy schedule. I was actually looking into it, and I think he has adapted his schedule slightly. Oh, good, because it was really making us... It was someone who had a worse schedule than yours. Yeah. You know, like getting up.

Because this was, this is previous schedule apparently. It involved 2.30 wake up, involved prayer time. So between waking up, he had 15 minutes before he got into prayer time at 2.45 in the morning. How long was he praying for? Well, breakfast was at 3.15 a.m. So that's potentially a half hour prayer. That's a long prayer session. Now, you know, being the show. Well, he's a Catholic as well too. Is he a Catholic? Yeah, he's a long prayer session. Now, you know, being the show recently.

Well, he's a Catholic as well, too. Is he a Catholic? Yeah, he's a Catholic as well. I thought you know all the greats. I don't think I've prayed for 30 minutes of my life collectively. Oh, mate. Yeah, you've got to get your kids into another school. You might have to.

3.40, a workout. He said workout for 3.40 to 5.15 a.m. So a long workout. I mean, he's a very ripped guy. Then he'd have a post-workout meal. He'd shower. He'd go for a game of golf at 7.30. A snack at 8.

Then cryo chamber recovery, a bit of a snack. And then the afternoon was spent with some meetings, some work call. Yeah, a little bit of family time sprinkled in there. I was going to say, where is his family in this whole equation? Because so far he hasn't mentioned them once. And then shower at 5 o'clock. Dinner with the family at 5.30, early boomer dinner,

you know, like that's the time. So he hasn't showered after his workout? Well, I imagine he would. Oh yes, no, second shower of the day, he's had one at 6,

another one in the evening and then bedtime 7.30pm. Mark, well, now he's adapted his schedule saying now he's made a few changes but that was his previous schedule as well.

Well, we were just like, if you just bump everything back by an hour or two, it makes the day a whole lot more. Get up at 3.30 or 4.30 and go to bed at 8.30 or 9.30, you know? But anyway, it's his schedule, and he was rolling with it, and he's a successful movie star and restaurant owner. I would love to schedule in just 15 minutes of family time. Sorry, guys, I can't deal with that now.

You know when the family time comes up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben as we keep an eye on Cyclone Judy. It's been named. That's there in the Pacific, hopefully, so far. They've said it's not going to be hit in New Zealand with any ferocity, but we'll keep an eye on that and keep you up to speed. Isn't it funny, cyclones in previous years were just things that happened out there. And then when it comes and affects you, you really pay more attention to them.

Start talking about it a lot more. Now, in London, they've done a bit of a survey through thousands of adults to find out the most stressful time of a person's day. And they've narrowed it down to not just morning or evening or whatever, but to an actual minute of the day, the most stressful part of the day. According to most people, that was surveyed was 7.23 a.m. I can imagine.

Not for us idiots who sit here in this temperate room just talking nonsense. No. I imagine for people who are hustling to get out the door, get to work, if you've got children in your life, getting them ready. Get to school. All the morning routine and stuff. You're right. We get to avoid that.

Great. Because we're here and at work. Dealing with it at the other end of the day, probably. You're quite a stressed out sort of guy, though, aren't you, in general? I can do, yeah. You're under more tension than my pants were after lockdown. I can run a busy operation, you know, just like to keep things moving, keep things going,

keep it on top of things. Like how you stress at this very moment. Not particularly stressed. Is there stuff running through your head? Oh, there's always stuff running through my head, absolutely. But yeah, but I'm not stressed at this particular moment. But yeah, so I found that really interesting. 7.23am, they reckon that women typically encounter their first obstacle of the day earlier than men.

So around 7.50, that's when the first obstacle sort of happens for a lot of women in the survey, and men, about an hour later, 8.43 is when their first obstacle, and the obstacles can really affect the stresses of your day. Do you think now we've mentioned that 7.23 is the most stressful minute of the day that it's made that minute far more stressful? Probably. I know for producer Joel, it's a very stressful minute.

7.23, he's trying to juggle nine pieces of Vogels out of the kitchen and also do his job at an adequate level as well. So he's stressed. What's the most stressful minute of your day, Joel, apart from the Vogels? Maybe 8.59 when we have to time out this radio show and I have the eyes of the hits management team on me at all times. Yeah, pulling back the curtain a little bit, we need to finish on an exact second, which is 8.59, 59 seconds.

To connect the radio station back up to a few things, the technical things. And so you're right, it's stressful for us. No one else, no one cares. No, no, but it's stressful. And we probably make the job a lot harder than it needs to be, to be honest. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Well, now we're heading, approaching the most stressful minute of the day, 7.23. The most stressful minute of the day is done by a study somewhere on the internet that we'll use, but you can imagine it would be. This time, this half an hour, 7, 7.30, things are kicking into gear. Lunches, schools, all sorts. Especially when you're like Monday, Tuesday of the week as well. There's a long way to go and you don't need to hear this. You know all this is fact.

Most stressful minute of my day would probably be when anyone in the office goes, awesome mail has arrived. Because nine times out of 10 it's in parking infringement notice. Oh, you've been speeding down a bus lane or something like that. That's that that's you there's nothing quite like the thrill of stress to keep your feeling alive is there all dead uh it's used to high blood pressure but we're joined by a life expert now uh from katia kennedy.com uh it's katia kennedy good morning hi guys good morning good to have you don't sound stressed. Not stressed at all. How do we get like you?

Like I'm wound up. Hashtag chill. Do we sound stressed? Do we sound strung out? No, not at all. You guys have a good energy. That's why you do it. Well, you probably love what you do in life, right?

That's why you... Yeah, we do actually. We are very fortunate to do the job we do. But behind the scenes, I'm a little, you know. He's quite pent up. There's a lot of tension there. He won't even be massaged, can't you? No.

No, I don't like that. Anyway, it's not about me right now. Wouldn't it be nice? Wouldn't it be nice to have that lifestyle? You just get massaged every day and, you know. He hates it. He hates lying down and being massaged. He's the only human being I've ever met. I'm like, there's things to do, it's just

a bit awkward. But anyway, so that's not for me. So how do I get less stress? I mean, I imagine a lot of people listening right now. Life is busy, life is tough at the moment. What are some things that people can do to feel a little less stressed about their lives? Yeah, yeah. Good topic you guys are raising. Well, that's a thing.

I believe it's about changing the narrative a little bit. It's good to bring awareness to the fact that we're thing it's it's i believe it's about changing the narrative a little bit it's good to bring awareness to the fact that we all stress and it's such a big part of our modern society right but it's how much time we actually spend with all the respect whinging about stress you know so first things first i'd like to encourage your audience to bring a little bit more awareness to how much time they spend talking to themselves and their heads and other people about how stressful their life is. That's a very good point. Stress is, you're the only one who controls the stress.

You make stress as nothing until you make it something. A hundred percent. So first things first, identify how much energy you give it because you give it a lot of energy you start talking to a colleague at work first thing in the morning then halfway through the day you start texting to your family members

how stressful your day is and it just becomes this vicious cycle there's no space for you come up with a list of things that makes you happy what if that list of things is 12 Heinekens? That's the thing. We're really good at suppressing and running away into addictions. It's the alcohol, it's wine in the evening, it's social media, it's Netflix.

Yes, all those things have time and space but then would it actually eliminate your stress? It won't. So what you are on that walk in the morning, for example, make sure you're not drowning in the stress-related thoughts again. Or if you're going for a walk in the evening with your friend, make sure you don't talk about stress. Talk about something else. When was the last time you were stressed? Oh, I still have my stresses in life.

I mean, I am a business owner. That comes with stresses. But I'm just quite mindful, again, of what I invest my energy into. We're talking to you at apparently the most stressful time of the day for most people. 7.23am is the exact minute where there's so much going on in people's lives. What can you say to someone right now who's juggling, you know, three kids who refuse to put their shoes on the right way, aren't wearing wearing pants trying to get lunch and trying to get out the door to drop them at school and go to work you know just just the same thing i said to you at the beginning just try to

chill out i've got a 12 year old i know like no one else what it's like to to juggle kids and work and you know morning routines just chill things don work out. Things get spilled on the couch, on the carpet. Just don't worry about it. Deal with it later. That's a good point. Don't worry. Whatever's happening now, if they've just spilled a big bowl of Weet-Bix on the couch, just leave it there. Let the milk fest up. Chug a couple of towels.

Let it soak up. Do a little bit of cleaning. A little bit of maintenance. But don't let it overwhelm you. I see what you're saying. Overwhelm your day. That's a very good point. And just chill out. You know, you'll spend five minutes yelling at kids.

Would it come through to them? Unlikely. Oh, but I love just yelling at the kids. You know, there's just a constant sound. Do this! Do that! Just love yelling. Just being a highly wound up parent.

Katya, thank you so much for your time. KatyaKennedy.com. K-A-T-Y-A Kennedy.com. You're a life coach. Very helpful tips there. And I'm sure you've got many more. So thank you so much for your time this morning. No problem, guys.

Chill out and find out things that make you happy. Leave the wet bricks on the couch. It's all good. Have a great day. Yeah, love it, folks. See you, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.. Have a great day. Yeah, love it, folks. See you, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, in a couple of weeks' time,

One Republic are going to be in New Zealand playing Auckland and Wellington songs like I Ain't Worried, Counting Stars, and Too Late to Apologise. And you can register at thehits.co.nz for something that you did. Tell us something you did as a kid. And if you make an apology to your parents now all these years later on the radio, you could be going along to see One Republic when you did as a kid. And if you make an apology to your parents now all these years later on the radio,

you could be going along to see One Republic in New Zealand. And someone who's going to do that is Susan. Good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you? Lovely to have you on, Susan. Is it too late to apologize? And can we also thank Ryan Tedder and the other guys from One Republic?

Do you know the other guys' names? Well, not off the top of my head, but that's all right. We know Ryan Teta. Oh, yeah, because we interviewed him. He was great. Thank you so much for writing a song called It's Too Late to Apologise,

or Is It Too Late to Apologise? Because it has probably been the basis and core foundation of One Republic ticket giveaways on radio stations across the globe. You're probably right, actually. And Susan, what do you want to apologise for? And we'll figure out if it's too late. Okay, so when I was a teen,

my mum and dad took my brothers and sisters out because there's four of us all together, took them out because I needed to do an assignment. I thought this was perfect time to go do a little bit of driving lessons. So I took the ute, went for a bit of a drive, and I was in the ute, and I hit a rut. And being so experienced at 15, I thought, I know how to get out of this. So I hit the accelerator, and I accidentally hit a deer fence,

and then I scratched up all the side of mum and dad's ute. Now, you see, this was when you were a teen. If you don't mind me asking, what demographic are you in now? I'm in the 30s now. It's been a little while. So it's 15 plus years ago sort of thing. Yeah, so hopefully no one's holding a grudge. Mum's not holding a grudge against me.

It probably is too late to apologise because it's probably an event that she might vaguely remember. Probably. Okay, we're going to go through to you, Mum. Okay. And we'll find out if it is too late to apologise. And if she says it is, you don't get the tickets.

Oh, well, they should get the tickets. She's apologising. That's overcomplicated, mate. Do you accept the apology? I don't know, we're not getting the tickets now. We'll put you through the whole way. Hello, Jackie speaking. Jackie, Jono, Benno from the Hits.

How are you? Um, good. You sound appropriately suspicious. Yeah. And we've got your daughter on the phone, Susan. Oh, okay. Morning, Mum. Morning, Susan. Now, we're wondering

if it's too late to apologise right now for something that Susan did when she was younger. Susan, would you like to apologise for something? Yeah, Mum. There was a few incidents, but you probably remember the time that I took the ute and I crashed into the deer fence and had to take him into town and get fixed,

and it was quite expensive. Uh-huh. Yeah. Jackie, you remember this, obviously, given the tone of your voice. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I do. Is it too late for Susan to apologise? I suppose not.

There we go. Well done. Susan, you've just got a double pass to see One Republic, and you can hear the song, Too Late to Apologise, where they play in concerts. So enjoy that. Oh, thank you so much. I'll send Mum the video and apologise again at the concert. Jackie, what else did she do?

We keep talking about these other things that she got up to. What was another big banger? Not on the radio, Mum. Not on the radio, Mum. She's shutting that one down, isn't she? Well, you guys have a great day. Thanks so much for listening to the show. Thank you.

You can head to thehits.co.nz if you want to register something you did as a kid that you want to apologise for, and you can be going to OneRepublic. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's James Arthur. You're on The Hits, Jono and Ben. Good morning.

7.37 on your Tuesday. Evacuations again overnight in Gisborne. More rough weather hitting the areas. We're keeping an eye on Cyclone Judy, which is in the Pacific, but not expected to hit New Zealand with any force like Cyclone Gabriel, which we're still dealing with. They're going to cost billions, they reckon. A lot of money too.

Yeah, 9,000 homes, we're just reading here, need to be assessed. 9,000 houses, that is a lot. And nearly 2,000 households in Auckland, they need temporary accommodation. Just feeling for all those people because it's just your life and you want to kind of pick things up and carry on, but you've got to wait for things to get assessed and all that. It's just adding to the problems that we're already faced with the weather. And our friend the hippo, Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister,

he's announced a special lotto draw. He's not got the audio. Have you? Okay, well, he can do it better than me. I'm pleased to announce the launch of an international fundraising appeal and a special lotto draw on March the 18th to help support our recovery efforts. The appeal is modelled on the Christchurch earthquake appeal

that raised over $94 million to assist the rebuild and revitalisation of Christchurch following the earthquake in 2011. There you go, that's fantastic. And the international fundraising drive being run through Facebook. Zuckerberg's come to the party. And he said, you know, we can facilitate that and get money from international donors. Yeah, no, it's great. It's great to see. As he said, it's been done before. I didn't realise they'd raised $94 million last time it was done.

That's a lot of cash, isn't it? I was going to suggest, you know, should we put it on red or black at the casino and see what we can rustle up as well. Just take a whole lot of funds and put it on. But yeah, maybe. This is probably a more surefire yeah i think so yeah i'm shading that special drawer uh for everyone affected by the the cyclone but uh we've we've got we've got ties with lotto don't we we did a lotto ad a few years ago like quite a while ago we were in a lotto ad i think it was an online ad where they hypnotized a whole lot of people and then tricked them into thinking they'd

won lotto they even had like a live lotto draw we were watching on the tv and stuff with the numbers that we got had in the ticket was all it was very well done it was very very elaborate now yeah we both sat in there with the hypnotist i can i be honest what i don't think i was hypnotized i remember you saying to me afterwards you're like i don't know if i was i don't think I was hypnotized. I remember you saying to me afterwards, you're like, I don't know if I was. I don't know if I was. I think I was just acting.

What I do know is I did want the money from the ad. So I pretended, I think, I think I pretended to be hypnotized. Do you? Oh, look, I'm not sure.

You never know, because you're overthinking it. Yeah, I don't know. I've never been hypnotized before. I just know hope i was because they asked what you because we were watching the other people get hypnotized and their reactions and they asked what you would do with the money you know you've just won millions of dollars what you're doing you're going to give and they asked me if i'd give jono anything and they asked you if you'd give me anything and you

were like yeah i'll share the money with ben lovely thing you'd do and i said yeah i'll give jono something and they're like what no in a box share the money with Ben. Lovely thing you'd do. And I said, yeah, I'll give Jono something. And they're like, what? And I went, a box of beers, which I thought was a lovely gesture because you love beers. But I didn't realise that you'd offered to give me quite a lot of money.

I mean, it is a lovely gesture. But then you went hypnotised, so of course you get a little like a good person. I mean, your gesture is a lovely gesture. It's just, it looks less lovely when you've won $19 million. But yeah, so that's, I don't know what happened there.

But it's a hard performance going. Is this what a hypnotized person would do? Great acting from Jono. We'll put him in the Oscars for next year. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash.

Thank you. Or play on to win more. It is our Game of Winners Association. We play it every morning on The Hit, so let's get into it. Let's try and get a $5,000 winner. It's been a while. Let's head to Papa Moa and Tanya with us on the show. Welcome, Tanya.

Hello. Good to have you on. It says here you've got a day of domestic chores ahead. Oh, I know. I'm not going to list what those chores are because I did that last week with another caller and got myself into a hell of a cleaning stereotype hole. You did, actually. You did.

So what chores have you got ahead? Oh, just a bit of washing, just a bit of tidying up, and a bit of gardening. Oh, yeah. Good. Yeah. All gender-neutral jobs. Exactly.

Anyone could do those jobs. Hey, we want to win $5,000. That's a lot of cash. What are you spending it on, Tanya? Oh,000. That's a lot of cash. What are you spending it on, Tanya? Oh, gosh. I treat myself, pay a few bills, and just enjoy a couple of weeks of not having to worry. Oh, right.

You're just going to get out there and blow it all in a couple of weeks? That's the attitude? Absolutely. All right, Tanya. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Jono or Ben? I'll send Ben in. All right. Ben is going into the soundproof booth? Jono or Ben? I'll send Ben in. All right.

Ben is going into the soundproof booth right now, which also doubles up as my lap dancing booth on the weekends as well. Nice. A bit of glitter and tinsel left over from Saturday night there. Let's try and win you $5,000, Tanya, and get some words out of you. Okay. First one that we want you to match with Ben this morning is steak and cheese... Pie.

Pie, yeah, lock that in. One of my favourite flavours, top three favourite flavoured pies, what would you lock in there, Tanya? Steak and cheese would be my absolute favourite. That's your top favourite. Hungry, hungry Joel Harrison, what would you... Butter chicken, all day of the week. Butter chicken! Beautiful pie. Helium, hungry Joel Harrison, what would you... Butter chicken all day of the week. Butter chicken.

Beautiful play. Helium, word number two this morning, Tanya. Gas. Helium, gas. Clock. Number three. Time. Floss.

Teeth. Dance. Music. Dance, music. Good game. Quick game. First words that bounced off your dome. Great way to play.

We'll get Ben out of the lap dance beside the soundproof booth. Welcome, Ben. There's a bit of money left over from my work on the weekend in there, Ben. A bit of cash in my lap dancing on the booth. I didn't see any around there.

Thought I was missing a couple of bucks. But anyway, Tanya played a wonderful game in Papamoa. We haven't had a winner in years. It feels like years. Last time we had a winner, I had a full head of hair. Oh, gosh, that was a while ago. That was a while ago.

And I lost it due to the stress of you guys not winning. All right, here we go. Let's do it. First one. Word one, $25. Steak and cheese pie. $25. Tanya, over to you.

Carry on. Word two. $50. Helium. Gas. Sweet. Keep going. Balloon was another one.

Yeah. Balloon's the other one. Yeah. Keep going, says Tanya. Word three. $100. Clock. What would you say if I said clock?

Time? Oh, yes. Tanya, you know the drill. Okay. Oh, why not? Keep going. Word four, $500. Floss.

Teeth? Tanya. Tanya. I was going to say dental floss, but he said the same word as you. You know what this means. $500. Are we jumping over the cliff? What are we doing? No, we're staying here.

You're taking the $500? I am. Well done. Smart. You got $500. Good on you, Tanya. Walking away a winner. We'll just check the fifth word. What would you have said if I said dance? Dance.

Floor? Oh, you played a smart game, Tanya. $500 is yours. Well done. Oh, thank you so, so much. It's going to make such a difference. Oh, good on you. You owe us a lot of favours.

All right, you go and have a wonderful day, Tanya. Thank you very much for listening. Thank you so much. Talking to someone over the weekend, you know, a lot of conversations around the cost of living and how expensive things are these days, particularly you know, gas and petrol. You know, it's gone up a lot over the last...

Wild amount, isn't it? Nothing worse than googling what stuff costs in 1990 to really put things in perspective now this person i was talking to that she'd had her license for for many years probably been driving let's say 20 years and she was saying back in the day she's never filled up her car never filled it up the whole way so it used to be 20 bucks you put it back in the day now obviously 20 bucks don't 20 bucks would get you from here to Bluff. But now we're not going more than maybe $40, $50 at the most. And that's based on the fact that she was like,

if the car ever gets stolen, I don't want to be giving away a full tank of gas. As well as my car. As well as the car. The people that steal the car, well, they're going to have to go into a gas station, probably get caught on cameras or whatever it is, but they're not going to take a full tank of gas away.

Going on that theory, you want the petrol light on the whole time, really, don't you? Yeah, it was really interesting. I never even thought about that. But how many times in the 20 years has your car been stolen? Well, that's the thing I don't know if it had, but she's like, you've got this into my head that I should not fill the car up,

and now I just can't bring myself to filling it up. So obviously we'd have to go to the petrol station a lot. But yeah, I mean, at some point in your driving career, you go, what's it been, 19 years? We've had a pretty blemish-free track record when it comes to the car being stolen. And now I'm spending most of my time at a service station filling up the car.

Because you're getting less petrol for your dollar now. Yeah, that was very interesting. Friends of ours have talked about this before. He shows everyone up. He always fills up his car for his wife. You're going to talk about your friend who,

yeah, he winds you up. Because he winds you up. I was like, why have you done this? Every weekend he goes and takes his wife's car and fills it up. I did that for my wife on Sunday.

I mean, you do it from time to time, but don't every week. She's like, I've never filled up the car. Never filled up the car. Oh yeah, he does it in the weekends. I'm like, ugh. Yeah. How many times have you filled up Amanda's car? You's like, I've never filled up the car. Never filled up the car. Oh yeah, he does it in the weekends.

How many times have you filled up Amanda's car? Honestly? A couple of times, but sometimes I'm like, oh, I didn't set the light on. If I borrow it, you know. Depends what I need to do. If I've got time, yeah. Oh, the light's on. Oh, well, because

if the car gets stolen. Exactly. The Hits, the lights on. Oh, because if the car gets stolen. Exactly. It's a brand new Skoda Kamek Monte Carlo. It's worth just under $48,000. There is thousands of dollars in the back of the car. You can guess how much cash we've stashed in the back of the Skoda's boot. You can win cash in the car. Now, Cash Keeper Alex, all of this cash keeping has taken its toll

and you're having to step away from this job now. It's a lot of pressure, isn't it? We had fraudulent Sally. She kind of lost her gig and devious Dave. They lost their gig and you slipped into the cash keeping role, but you're off next week. Yeah, and you're next, is it? You put your hand up for wanting to do it, didn't you?

I did hear that. It's a big commitment. I'm not available, you know. How many times a day are you going to do it? You can do it. It's four times a day. Do you know in a meeting, just to pull back the curtain here, our boss said, hey Ben, you'd be a good cash keeper just given your, you know, your tightness with money. And I could see the look

on his face going, how do I get out of this? how do I get out of this? How do I get out of this? Cash keeping's not for me. It's for someone like yourself, Alex. What is that saying? You know, you're just good at it. You're just good at it.

And you're available. Let's get Lexi on. How are you, Lexo in Christchurch? Lexi, sexy Lexi. Oh, hello. Hi, hi, hi. That's what I was waiting for. Sorry, that got weird. I took a gamble there. Lexi, good to have you on, hello. Hi, hi, hi. That's what I was waiting for. Sorry, that got weird.

I took a gamble there. Lexi, good to have you on. Yeah, I was waiting for that. How are you, mate? All right? Yeah, good. How are you? Yeah, good.

You've been following the competition closely? I have, I have. Yeah, and do you think with all the clues you've been given from Alex, you might be close to the figure? I hope I am. Okay. You've got two chances this morning. It's Second Chance Tuesday, right?

It is Second Chance Tuesday, so if Lexi doesn't get her first one correct... Have you got another one lined up? Another guess? Yeah, I do. I actually... Yeah, I do. That's awesome. We'll hand you over to the cashkeeper. The most available of all the cashkeepers.

That means I have no social life, Lexi. What was your guess for how much cash is in the car? $20,224.58. Lexi from Christchurch with a guess of $20,224.58. That one is incorrect. That's all right, no worries. So let's go for your second. What was your second guess?

Okay, so second guess was $30,269.50. $30,000? Three zero? Yes. God, that would be nice to win. All right, second guess for Lexi from Christchurch with $30,269.50. That is also incorrect. No worries.

Thanks for having me. Lexi, you played a good game. And also, just your two guesses, polls apart, $10,000 apart. How did you end up there? I was just reaching, I think. Well, that's good. You've got a couple more options off and we're getting closer and closer to someone winning that amazing

Skoda and all the cash in the back. You did a good job there. Absolutely. The amazing Skoda. If you want to play again, 11 o'clock this morning has been mentioned as well. Any more clues today, Alex? No, I think that's enough. She's like, it's second's second chance tuesday something else exciting might be happening tomorrow here yeah potentially so that that will really really help out a lot of people is it winning the whole thing wednesday

i have made a fatal mistake in my online shopping career. On the weekend, I was talking to one of my son's friends, and he was telling me, he was like, hey, there's this great website where, you know, you can get shoes for, you know, a fifth of the price that they retail for. And I was like, what is this amazing website? This sounds fantastic. And I got swept up in the website.

Legitimate shoes or? The authenticity of the shoes, I'm sure, is legitimate. Right, okay, yeah. So you're buying shoes. They're just genuinely nice people who want to make very expensive shoes. Very affordable. Right, I see. We could make a lot more money, but we know it's tough out there,

so we're going to give these away for a fifth of the price. So I blindly, like an idiot, put my credit card in and got some shoes like 50 50 dollar shoes which would you know retail for hundreds i'm like this is why is this this is the internet's best kept secret you're like oh damn i want to well you know and then i had that sinking feeling about 10 minutes later uh of what have i done now at your son's friend did he purchase shoes from this wonderful website before just was aware of it he was just aware so he hadn't gone hey you need to do this no and so I've gone maybe there's something suspicious about this website and I've got I've looked on the internet this

morning after you bought this after I've looked on the internet this morning. After you bought the shoes? After I've put my credit card in. Okay. Don't you worry. They've taken that out of my account. Oh, it's gone. The money's gone. The shoes haven't arrived yet,

but it's still early days. No, no tracking number yet. But I'm busy. They're busy. No, I mean, I put every detail you could imagine I've put into this website. Oh, no.

And then I'm like, okay, I'll just go and look on the internet for some favorable reviews of this website scam alert is the first site that pops up and i'm just going through the reviews here of of the shoe and alarm bell should have been ringing when the shoes were spelled s-h-o-o-z-e and you know dary absolute rip-off, took my credit card, shoes never showed up. Margaret32, I got a pair of shoes. The soles fell off within two days. Oh, she got the shoes, though.

Well, yeah, hey, that's good. She got the shoes. And so then you find yourself, you're like, trying to put your mind at ease. You're kind of searching for a positive, glowing review. Yeah, yeah. And clearly someone who's associated with the website has popped onto the scam one, Raul, and said, I couldn't have been happier with the service.

120% happy? Oh, good. That's a lot of happiness. That's more than the percentage system allows. The shoes turned out. They were 120% authentic. Oh, good. Would trade again.

If I could give it above 10, I would. Just to try and get the average up. And I mean, I've done that before in the comment section when there's been negative comments about us. I jump on under a fake name and try and change the tide of negativity. But it wasn't happening for poor old Raul. They kept flooding in. Let's keep everyone up to date with this thing.

I will keep you up to date. I mean, this could be the little transaction that does. It could pull through. But you can rest assured it's the last time I take online shopping advice from a 12-year-old. Now, the supermarket, Ben, I've been teasing you over the last day with what I believe is a fantastic hack that will save you valuable time. And no one really wants to be in the supermarket, do they? Apart from the owner of the supermarket.

Yeah, yeah. I guess you kind of want to go in there and do your thing and leave, yeah. But what I've just figured out, at age 41, I've just figured out that you're not at the end of your shop, you've battled through the aisles, you've got everything,

you've put your stuff in the boot and The last thing you want to do is have to traipse hundreds of meters to the trolley bay Right, you're not just leaving it somewhere. Yeah. No, I didn't know I do I do though That's pretty gangster move though isn't it? Some people just like, and I'm done. Leaving the trolley just in the car just like roll it into the bush or something Yeah, no, but I do put them back in the bay. But I park next to the trolley bay. I see what you've done.

It's something you don't think about. I will favour parking further away from the door of the supermarket just to save. And now imagine how many valuable seconds that is saving me over my lifetime. Probably at least two, two and a half minutes over an entire lifetime. Do you know what? I like that. I like that. Do that next time you go shopping.

Do you know there's a little, you might know this, but I was slow on it. There's a little hook at the back of the trolleys that you hang your bags over. So you don't have to put your bags inside the trolleys. I didn't realise the other day. I was just watching a lady do it as she was going. Oh, the supermarket bags. Yeah. So there's at the back of the new trolleys now, there's a little hook that comes in just under the handle

and you just put your bags there so you don't have to chuck your bags, your reusable bags in the bottom of the trolley. I was watching a lady, I was like, oh, I didn't know this was a thing. Yeah, see, this is stuff we're all just learning way too late in life. Yeah. What have you just learned in life? Oh, 800, that's 4487. Now, I don't know how often you do it. way too late in life yeah what have you just learned uh learned in life oh 800 the hits four four eight seven now i don't know how often you do it uh i haven't had to do it too much but

we were talking the other day how if you get your shoes wet inconvenient you wash your shoes you like you dry them you want to put them in the dryer and they make that horrible horrible noise like you put a body in there yeah well i saw someone on a tiktok uh but just put up put the laces out of the door and then close the door so the top of the laces are sticking outside and the shoes don't go around and around the ship but the shoes are inside the dryer dries the shoes without that noise how do they not go around and around well they go around around but they're not making the noise of hitting this like they're not yeah it's because the shoes site. They're not clunking. Yeah. It's because the shoes are kind of dangling and suspended in mid-air as the thing goes around.

I'm like, genius. For all the one to maybe two times a decade I need to put my shoes in the tray. Both of our, we're coming on here like, this is the greatest. Yeah. So I've set the bar really low. I made my trolley things like, well, it's probably just logic. Yeah. So I've set the bar really low. I made my trolley things like, well, it's probably just logic. Yeah.

You know, like you say, for the minimal amount of time you need to put your shoes in the clothes drawer. The weather's been wet, maybe, okay.

So that we haven't, yeah, not great. But this is good radio. This is good because like you say, Ben, any call from now is going to be better than what we've just done.

Yeah, you're right. So 0800 The Hits. How old are you're right. So, 0800 The Hits. How old are you and what have you just learned? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Oh, you love a life hack. You know, things that, and people love telling you a little life hack as well, don't they? Yeah, it's, you know, if you can remember them. Yes.

It's good to just have one or two sitting in your arsenal, isn't there? Yeah. And Ben, you just said that there was hooks on trolleys in supermarkets where you can hang your supermarket bags. At the back of them, yeah. And you just learned this. I have, yeah. Just learned this.

Someone's texted and saying, I just learned that Ben clearly doesn't go to the supermarket that much because those hooks have been there forever. I've never noticed them, though. I go there all the time. I'm the weekly shopper in our household. But yeah, I just have not noticed it So there you go

The hooks on the trolleys Another one Another person just texted About the supermarket too I just learned That they play Slow music Over the

PA system So you're not in a rush To do your shopping You spend longer in there You spend more money And then there's always That one where they put All the healthy stuff

Around the outside Yeah Don't they But you always find yourself Nose in a packet of tim tam so 800 the hits is the telephone number uh what have you just learned joining us on the phone right now joining us right now is caroline what have you just learned that shaving foam is used to remove things on furniture on the floor, on your clothes. Oh, I've seen this in shaving foam. I'm just discovering this now.

Yeah, no, Gillette. So you just squirt it on, leave it on for about four hours, rub it off, and the stain's gone, even on your shoes, to whiten your shoes. Do you know what we discovered? It made me think of it. We stayed in the Airbnb when the kids were younger and they spilt spaghetti bolognese

over like, the place had like these white leather couch things. Dangerous meal to have. And just could not get the thing off because the kids had it on their hands and whatever and I googled it and talcum powder, talcum powder got it off. Yeah, that was along the same lines. I tried all sorts of cleaning products

and a leather cleaner and in the end I got some talcum powder and it actually worked. It worked, yeah was along the same lines. I tried all sorts of cleaning products and a leather cleaner, and in the end I got some talcum powder, and it actually worked. It worked. Yeah, and the shaving foam hack is worldwide at the moment. There's even a Facebook page for it. Oh, they've dedicated a Facebook page to it. Taken off. We're tapping onto something big here.

Wow. Are we riding the roller coaster at the beginning of the ride? Are we at the top of it, or are we too late to this party? I think we're at the top. We're at peak shaving creams. There you go, Ben. It's not just for shaving your face. No, and it whitens your shoes as well. That's a great hack, Caroline. Well, thank you very much.

No problem. Have a good day. Amanda, what have you only just discovered? I tried to make grilled cheese in the toaster because we didn't have a toasty pie machine so I just lay the toaster down on the side. I had actually seen this online. It's like an online hack, you know,

so I thought I was being really clever. Laid the toaster down on the side, put the cheese on the toaster and caught my toaster on fire. Yeah, as soon as you said put the toaster on the side, I went, oh, yeah, oh, yeah. But it seemed really convincing when people did it online, but it did, yeah, fully catch my toaster on fire and also burn the bench.

So that's what you've learnt, is that toasters, they're just meant to stay up? Just stand up how they are, yeah. And maybe don't believe every video hack that you've ever seen online. Did the cheese melt off and then create a flame situation? Yeah, so the fat just sort of dripped down the side, I think, and when it got to the bottom, it just, yeah, caught fire. It's saying that, though. Our toasted sandwich maker here at work in the communal kitchen,

geez, that gets used to cook a wide range of stuff. You've got steak, mince. Someone was cooking fish on it the other day. I saw an egg be cracked on there. I don't know about that. Yeah, no, so, I mean, that's taking a gamble, isn't it? Well, thank you very much, Amanda. Appreciate that.

No worries. Bye. Someone texted in, Amanda. Appreciate that. No worries. Bye. Someone texted in too. I am 39 years old, and I've just learned that the numbers on the toaster, they're the amount of minutes that you're putting the toast down for, not the level of temperature that you're cooking it at. I guess. Well, I never thought they equated to minutes.

I knew it was longer, but I never – Mate, a lot of sense, doesn't it?