Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono's Brand New Game

Episode Date: September 12, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast, we play a brand new game of Dairy Farmer Alarmer! Mike McRoberts is in studio to chat about his new documentary and Shaan Singh from Drax Project and Rob Ruha join us over the phone to chat Waiata Anthems!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben on The Hits. Kia ora, welcome. September 13th, that's the podcast intro. We're at the end of another show. We literally do this as soon as one show finishes. Bang, the mics go on. So this is fresh after the game. This is like the, you know, the Silver Ferns walking off the court in the changing room. Debrief. How do you think you went out there today, Ben? Okay. Okay. It was a fun show. It's really hard to look back at a show

and remember what exactly is on it because it is just a bit of a blur. I remember Conan O'Brien, I listened to his podcast, Talk Show Hosts in the US, and he was every night interviewing the biggest movie stars, musicians in the world. And he'd get home from a day at work

and his wife would say, how was work today? He'd say, I don't know. She's like, who did you talk to? He's like, I can't remember. He's like, you probably only had one or two guests. Yeah. Can't remember who he spoke to.

Yeah, but it's all a bit of a blur. Oh, was it Tom Cruise or was it George Clover? Who did we have today? Who did we have today? Could begin to do stuff. Oh, David Seymour. David Seymour, yes. 7 o'clock.

David Seymour, he's not happy with the government, and it's unlike David Seymour he's not happy with the government and it's unlike David Seymour to not be happy with the government but he's he's on the podcast let's see how we can go Mike McRoberts 8 o'clock this morning we had Mike McRoberts really interesting to explain more about his journey

really raw, vulnerable Mike McRoberts it's really worth a listen today he's learning today getting back to his roots Mike McRoberts. It's really worth a listen today. He's learning today and getting back to his roots. Mike McRoberts, then we spoke to Jesse in from the office. Yeah, we did. Jesse came in and she's a little underwhelmed by a surprise gift that her partner Fipsy gave her. A surprise AAA and where they ended up. And then what did we do?

We played a fun, really fun game just after six o'clock this morning too. Oh, yep. The Farmer Alarma. How many dairy farmers are listening to the show? Lots. Lots? Almost too many. Thought it wasn't going to end that game.

We went to Hollywood as well, didn't we? Yeah, yeah. We actually had a chat to some pretty good Kiwi artists as well. Do you remember who that was? Yeah. Yeah, another interview. Oh, yep. Sian, singer from the Drax Project and wonderful Rob Ruha.

They've got a song together. Yeah. It's all right. Look, if you give little clues. Yeah, it's quite good. Yeah. But if you went just straight raw, what happened on the show today? I'll be the same as you.

I wouldn't know. Yeah, but there you go. But it's all really worth listening to today. You may forget it like us afterwards, but it's really worth listening to on the podcast. Have we just said, you know, this is forgettable radio? Is that what we've just kind of in a roundabout way admitted? This radio show very forgettable. If we can't even remember what was

on it. Yeah. Let's try and make unforgettable radio tomorrow. How's that sound? What is the biggest piece of radio you have made that you remember? I mean you do remember. It's not like I've been amnesia. Mind tricked. It was one thing like if I said what do you do remember. It's not like I've been amnesiac, mind tricked.

There was one thing. Like if I said, what do you do for a job, mate? Me? Yeah. What do you do for a job, mate? Oh, like I work in radio. Oh, yeah.

You must do a lot of cool stuff. Yeah, yeah. Do you get to pick your own music? No. No, no. What's that? Now and again. Now and again.

Yeah, right. Not really, no. Not really, no. I get in trouble if I do. What's the most memorable piece of radio you made? Today or just in

general? Over your entire career. Oh, look, we've done a few things. The first thing that pops into my mind was Ryan Reynolds.

We sat there watching Deadpool, the trailer for Deadpool 2, on repeat for like 26, 30 hours until he FaceTimed us and he ended up FaceTiming.

It was a long time watching a trailer in a movie theatre. We lost our minds. Did you get Ryan Reynolds? He did. He did come through, so that was fun. That was memorable. The other one I remember is- I just asked for one.

Oh, sorry. Okay, sorry. How about yourself, Jono? Yeah. Oh. Mate, your years in this hair go. It opened up the back catalogue of 20 years. I would say, and I don't know why my only problem was we're talking about it

last week was when we prank called my parents that's the other one i was thinking of too yeah yeah it was siri and an automatic phone voice i don't know why we're talking about that last week that's that oh because we ran into your mom and she was talking to the people that the people that we'd met where they'd run into your mom and she was like oh do you ever use your mom on radio because she's a good talker and then we got into the fact well that she doesn't like being on radio but we've got some great radio moments from her yeah because she got a new cell phone and she wasn't quite trusting the technology of siri so we phoned up and uh you know we got an automatic computer voice and it really really caught her off guard so those yeah that would be it rest of it the rest of it we don't talk to computers yeah no yeah no but then they stuck in there a long time i was like just. No. No. But then they stuck in there.

For a long time. I was like, just hang up. It's an option. But they stuck in there. Didn't that one win a radio award as well? It did, yeah. And they were mortified. They just like, play it once, get it done.

And then the Herald did an article on it. And they were like, oh, dear God. And then she's like, Maureen read about it on the Herald. And I was like, uh-oh. And then the triple kick in the guts was winning the award for it. Oh, they won a radio award, didn't they? Yeah, which they didn't want to be part of. It was the only people who entered an award category and didn't want to win it.

Yeah. Enjoy the podcast with some unforgettable radio. Look out. Scary dinosaurs. Not Jurassic Park. It's these guys. Jono and Ben on the hits. No masks. No lights. It's these guys. Jono and Ben on the hits. No masks. No lights.

Oh yeah, a lot of big changes. A lot of big announcements yesterday, including a public holiday as well. We've got a lot to talk about this morning. Yeah, we don't want to blow it all at nine past six in the morning, okay? We're going to spread it out. We've got three hours of radio to do. We'll get to that very shortly. Something I've noticed, Ben, over the last four or five days, we traveled to Christchurch as well. A couple of conversations I've had with people. There's a lot of dairy farmers tuning into the show.

Yeah, well, people are really dairy farms all over the country, and we appreciate it when they get up and they listen to us. It's great. Jeez, we're milking the dairy farming industry on this program. And like we say, if you're in the milking the dairy farming industry on this program and we like we say if you're in the milking shed this morning great to have you listening and i thought we could try something it's a bit of a gamble i won't lie but it's the time you take risks nine past six in the morning there's no consequences exactly is we're gonna do the dairy farmer alarmer so the

game is if you are in the milking shed this morning you call us on 0800 the hits and we keep going through dairy farmers until someone phones up

who isn't a dairy farmer and then the dairy farmer alarmer will go off featuring a cow and an obnoxious alarm okay so we keep going we keep going we We keep going.

We could be doing this for hours. Well, yeah, there's a lot of dairy farmers. We met Martin speaking of masks. We met Martin on the weekend in Christchurch who had the most comical mask that we'd seen. It was almost like his face was printed on the mask, but it wasn't his face. It was very confusing to have a conversation

with someone whose mask was looking like a face. It kind of played tricks with your eyes. It did. Didn't it? Yeah. We've already got a call coming through for the Dairy Farmer Alarma. 0800 The Hits is the telephone number. What if this is someone who's not a dairy farmer?

Straight away, your game's over. Yeah, this ends the game immediately. Let's go to the phones there, Producer Joel. Line one, who's this? Rachel. Rachel, you're a dairy farmer? Yeah, we're milking 750 out here in North Waikato. 750!

I mean, imagine if the radio ratings also factored in the amount of cows listening. We're big for cows, aren't we? Oh, they love you guys. So we're one from one with the dairy farmer alarm. We'll keep going. We're going to send you out some Hell Pizza. Thank you so much for your call this morning, all right? Awesome, thank you.

Good on you, Rachel. Have a great day. Thanks. Hell Pizza now delivering beer and wine. Give us a call 0800 THE HITS if you are a dairy farmer. Can we keep going? Hoping today will start well. Too late. You're listening to these guys, Jono and Ben, on The Hits. The Dairy Farmer Alarma has kicked off. We just threw a conversation

anecdotally, Ben. We've got the vibe there's a few dairy farmers tuning in between six and seven to this program. This is great. Yeah, it's great. Love you. Love having you listening. We're playing the Dairy Farmer Alarma. We're just going to keep taking the calls and we keep going until a non-dairy farmer

phones up and then the alarma goes off. We're going to head to Morrinsville. I'm picking a dairy farmer if we're going to Morrinsville. Anne Marie, you're on New Zealand's Breakfast. Are you a dairy farmer? Sure am. Morning, boys. Good morning, Anne. How many are we milking, Anne?

300 this morning. How long does it take you to milk 300 cows? About one hour twenty. What time are you up in the morning? Half four. Half four. And then you're back again at what time?

Luckily, I don't milk in the afternoon because I have my children, but we normally milk at three o'clock. Finish around about five. And there we go. The Dairy Farmer Alarma continues on. We'll head to Mangatapati. Jamie, are we a dairy farmer? We are, lad.

It's not my tractor at the moment. Now, what time are you up in the morning, J-Mo? I get up at 10 past 5, mate. Yeah, every minute counts, say, at that time. You set your alarm for such obscure times when you have to get up early and do you milk how many?

We milk 220. What's the worst part of milking? When you get caught by the poo you don't see coming. Yeah. Remember when we were doing it, when we were learning about it? And it's just you've got to keep your eyes in what's about you the whole time, don't you? Because your head's down there.

It's in the firing line, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the one that you don't see that always gets out. Jamie, thank you. The Dairy Farmer Alarma goes on to Te Aroha now. Damien, we keep going with dairy

farmers until we get someone who's not in the industry calling up. Where are you? I'm in Te Araha. About five minutes out of Te Araha. Alright, and do you know we milked cows once, Ben, you and me, as you mentioned? And the guy that was teaching us squirted it in my face straight from the source. Do you ever do that to each other, Damien? Yeah, I've tried it.

It tastes nice and sweet. It's good. Well, yeah, he would put it in his coffee in the morning, wouldn't he? Like he would just straight in there, like milk in the coffee straight away. Just like you can't get any fresher milk than that. That's true. It was pretty disturbing television to watch. It was.

I won't lie. It was very. It was like, can we even put this on? Do people need to see this? Yeah, you're right. Oh, Dave, we really appreciate you listening, mate. You go and have a great day. Yeah, thank you very much, guys.

I don't think this is going to end. I don't know. We'll continue on the dairy farmer alarm. Oh, jeez, we've got so many. That's awesome. We'll keep going through until someone from the not-dairy farming industry calls up. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us. We wanted to see how many dairy farmers we had listening in on our 800 The Hits, we've been taking calls nonstop from dairy farmers until we don't get one that is a dairy farmer. Let's go to the phones again. Emily, dairy farmer? Yep, dairy farmer. Oh, God, we're mowing through them quickly. You're in Taranaki, are you?

Yes, I am. Can you make a cow noise for us? Yeah, good stuff. All right, on to the next one. Jeez, we keep going. Jenna, you're in South Canterbury. What do you do? I milk cows. I'm currently cupping cows at the moment.

She's cupping them cows. All right, thank you, Jenna. On to the next one. We'll go to Brett. What do you do, Brett? I'm a dairy farmer. He's a dairy farmer. The dairy farmer alarm continues on.

We'll go to line three. Craig, you're on the air. What do you do? I'm a dairy farmer. He's a dairy farmer. Another dairy farmer. We have all of New Zealand's dairy farmers listening. This is incredible.

All right, we'll go to line one. The Dairy Farmer Alarma, what do you do? Raise coffee. Oh. Well, she's Yeah Way to kill the vibe But actually

It's low key No it's fun Yeah no it's fun Yeah racing horses is fun But you know Low key pretty happy You phoned through Because this wasn't going to end

There it is The Dairy Farm Farmer Llama What is your name? Danny Now Danny My father-in-law, he loves horse racing. He's obsessed with it.

And I know you guys are up. What time are you getting up? 4.30. Racing horses at 4.30 at the horse's lot. Mate, can we do this a bit later in the day? No, we're training at 4.30. We aren't racing at 4.30. Mate, come on.

Put your head in price. Sorry, I've lost the horse. I'm sorry, man. We'll send you out some hell pizza, all right? Just to make up for that stupid statement from my co-host. You go and have a good day, all right? Thank you. She's got a long face now.

Thanks so much to Hell Pizza for helping us out on the show. They're now delivering a beer and wine for the best damn pizza in this lifetime and next. Proud to be Kiwi. Jono and Ben on the show. They're now delivering a beer and wine for the best damn pizza in this lifetime and next. Proud to be Kiwi. Jono and Ben on the hits. It is Te Wiki o Te Reo, Maori Language Week, and a lot of amazing awaita anthems coming out this week, and one features Rob Aruha, who you'll know from this song. And, of course, the Drax Project,

who you'll know from many hits like this. And we managed to track down Sian, who's the lead singer of the Drax Project. We've got his cell phone number. Yeah, I think it's his when it's on the screen. How's it going, Sian? How's it going? Fatal mistake giving us your number, buddy. Why?

Well, you know. John, I'm being here. We're going to be texting you. What are you doing now, mate? You want to come over? You guys can text me anytime. We were just talking about how I really like you guys, actually. I'm being here. We're going to be texting you. What are you doing now, mate? You want to come over? You guys can text me anytime. We were just talking about how I really like you guys, actually.

And there you are. Oh, well, that's nice. We've got your number now. You're going to regret saying that. We're going to send you all sorts of fun pics of us doing activities on the weekend and everything. Hey, Shannon, and we've got Rob Brujada there as well. Yeah, kia ora, fine. Kia ora, Rob. Kia ora, Rob.

Lovely to have you both on. And can I just say, congrats on the song. It's a masterpiece. Amazing. Now, you guys got together in a day. I understand the song came together. I mean, who's paying for the studio time? Were you worried about that?

You're like, guys, we need to get this out in a day? Yeah. We were under heaps of pressure. It was a very expensive spot. Rob came down to our spot in Welly. We hung out for a couple of days, pumped it out. Yeah, and quite frankly, we didn't need more than a day. It was one of the best writing experiences I've ever had, actually.

It was really, really fun. Oh, that's amazing. Listen to that. I know, Rob. Yeah, get that on your CV. That's awesome. And can I offer you a huge congratulations too, Rob. And what a wonderful

time we are living in as everything's transforming to have, you know, Te Reo bangers playing on what could be deemed mainstream. I mean, it doesn't get more bland and mainstream than Ben and me. To have that played on the hits, that's a huge credit to all your hard work. Oh, man.

I think it's just, you know, it was destined to happen. This year we celebrate 50 years since a Te Reo Māori petition that went to Parliament way back in 1972. So I think we're standing in the shade of some giant trees that have been planted some time ago. And, yeah, we're just coming into our own, I think, in this country. Well, Rob, you do amazing things for Te Reo. A lot of kapa haka growing up.

Went to Hawaii to work for a Polynesian cultural centre, I understand. And then also looked at the Disney movies and helped change those into Te Reo, like Moana and The Lion King. I mean, that's incredible. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Frozen will be coming out at the end of next month. Yeah, there's heaps going on. People are just picking up the baton and running with it.

And I'm just really stoked to be a part of a lot of those projects, including this one. The one thing, though, I wondered if you did change in The Lion King. Mufasa, he didn't land on his feet, and cats always land on their feet. I'm like, that's always been a bugbear for me in that movie. He falls from the cliff. He doesn't land on his feet, and cats always land on their feet. I'm like, that's always been a bugbear for me in that movie. He falls from the cliff, he doesn't land on his feet, he sadly dies. Did you change that in the Tadeo version?

Unfortunately, no. They wouldn't allow our graphic artist from Toi Hokura into the Disney Studios. Yeah, it would just be like this quick moment in the movie where there's like a vivid drawing of a cat falling off a cliff. On a handy towel. Yeah, on a handy towel.

Now, Sian, you were just talking about the creative experience with Rob, you guys spending a day in the studio figuring things out. I wanted to try something with the four of us. Now, I know you're on the phone. It's probably conditions are working against us. Ben's going to grab something from the four of us. Now, I know you're on the phone. It's probably conditions are working against us. Ben's going to grab something from the studio, just an item. I'm going to grab something from the studio, an item. And you two can use your mouths, and we can see what music we create.

We might come up with a new number one hit, okay? I'm just trying something here. Wait, what are you talking about? What do you want us to do? You want us to beatbox or something? You can beatbox or sing or whatever comes. It's creativity, baby. Oh, God.

This is okay. This is when you regret working with us. I found a bell in the studio. Ben's found a bell. I've got a can of Glen 20. Ooh, yeah. Okay, and so I'll kick things off. It's a one, a two, a one, two, three, four.

Band, band, band, band. I can't see your reaction, but I feel like you're dying a little inside for doing that, but thank you anyway. No, we're cracking up. We're sitting in the sun cracking up. I'm currently sitting in a cloud of Glen 20 now. Listen, boys, congrats so much on the way.

It's amazing work. Well done, Sean. And congrats on all your success as well as William Drack's project as well. I mean, you guys, internationally, Hayley Steinfeld had the hit with them, toured with Camila Cabello. Ed Sheeran took you guys out for dinner. I was reading as well, Sian It did happen Yeah Is he paying

Is he picking up the check at the end of the night, Ed Sheeran? He did Oh, man Tough man Tough man Oh, I love it I'd hope so

because you don't want to get to the end of dinner and Ed Sheeran starts itemising everything Oh, so you had the garlic bread and Oh, you guys are crushing it Listen, you're doing far better in life than Ben and me, and we hope it long may continue. Do you guys want to intro your song now? We'll play it now on the hits.

You want to intro it? Kia ora, everybody. This is Kataria by myself, Rob Ruha, with the Drexports. Hey! I'll see you. How you getting on anyway? If I call, that's what I say It's the baby and you and the getaway Kinda missed it when you said that on Saturday Ka ho ki mai ka maa haa ramo Ka ho ki mai ka maa haa ramo

Ka ho ki mai wouldn't be the same Let me know when you wanna roll back again La mene daria, tu ke daria La mene daria, hey! La mene daria, tu ke daria I'll be here I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past

I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past I'm a man of the past O taera kia tiko ra wara Tairi katori, karere katori, eita katori ya Tari ya Koki maera noa anera

Kou e taria tunei te Tau tainei taru kira O te nakua tamo Tari ya kia kia tunei te தாயினை தருகிறான் தன்னாக்கும் அத்தாமும் தியா துதாரியாக்கியாக்கும் மெய்யணோ மெய்யணோ மெய்யணோ துதாரியாக்கியாக்கும் மெய்யணோ மெய்யணோ

மெய்யணோ துதாரியாக்கியாக்கும் மெய்யணோ I know, I know What's wrong with you? I know, I know What's wrong with you? I know The Jono and Ben Podcast. The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. 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. Yelling at cast members? Yes. It was a script.

No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is Ante. From the land of Hollywood, where the movers and shakers are, the only things that aren't moving and or shaking are their faces.

Auntie, you're on the air. Every week, a wonderful introduction. It takes you a couple of seconds to just sit with it and go, oh. I often think it's maybe like the phone being, you know, 12 hours away or something like that. But no, it's just Auntie just going, what is he actually saying? How are you, Auntie? I'm great. How are you guys? We're doing well. It's been a wild week, isn't it, for news over there. Ray J. Now, those that are not familiar with Ray J,

he was the other part of the Kim Kardashian saucy, spicy sex tape that arguably launched her career. He's come out saying the Kardashians were all in on it. Kim, the mum, the mum, Kris Kardashian even sort of acted as an executive producer on the tape. They did three different tapes. She was like, the third one's not as good as the first one.

Release the first one. Yeah, I mean, I honestly think it's one of the most boring sex tapes that has ever existed. So I can't even imagine how bad the other two were. You haven't seen Ben's one yet that we made. It's just me. And it always ends with him just sort of apologizing in the corner. That doesn't usually happen.

That's all good. But do you reckon there's any truth to this, what Ray J's saying? Because obviously the Kardashians have come out and said, no, that's not the case. A hundred percent, I believe, Ray J. I think that what I found interesting was Kim Kardashian was a nobody. A personal assistant to Paris Hilton had no career. She was also working. She was dating Ray J and was working for Ray J's mom, who was also Brandy's mom. Back then it was a it was alleged.

And then later Brandy's mom said it, that they had stolen a bunch of money. I had always heard over the years that they had stolen about $200,000 from her. And in return for her not prosecuting them, they ended up making this sex tape, which launched a career. Now, what Ray J, with all the proof and the receipts and the copies of the contracts to back him up, what he said, I didn't know. And that was that the amount stolen was near closer to a million dollars, which would then really make the pressure on the Kardashians to do something. It didn't just involve Kim. It also involved Khloe.

They would have gone to jail for a very long time if the charges had been proved. Also, you say Kim and Khloe stole money from Ray J and his mom. Yeah. So what happened was they were trying to start a business and Kim would just charge things to Brandi's mom's credit card. I think what Ray J is really upset is over the last 15 years, they have made it seem like Ray J took this video, kept it a secret, and then just decided to sell it and make a bunch of money. And, you know, sullied Kim Kardashian, made her seem like she was some kind of porn star.

And he is just really getting tired of it. This whole victim, victim, victim thing. And he said, look, you guys were in on it from the beginning. I have the contracts. Chris was an executive producer. She's basically in the room with us telling us what to do. And so I don't appreciate any of this.

It seems like an odd thing for your mum to be executive producing, but if it launched a career, it's certainly got results. Right, if it's also there to pay back debt that you're saying that may have been there as well. So I guess they helped out the family. I was going to instant finance an option.

Yeah, yeah. NT, thank you very much for your time. You've always got your finger on the pulse in Hollywood. You're going to have a great week. Hey, you have a great week too. Watch the Emmy Awards later. Yeah, actually, we will because New Zealand-born actor Melanie Linsky, she's nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series,

so good luck for her at Yellow Jackets. That's happening later today. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalks at B. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. There's going to be a holiday. New Zealand's going to have a holiday to pay tribute to the Queen. It's happening on the 26th of September, Monday.

A lot of debate around the holiday. And not surprising, this guy's got some opinions. Yeah, we're going to talk to David Seymour very shortly. We're just saying, what are you going to do with your day off? Now, Ben, you're saying it's stressing you out, it's going to put you a day behind in the week and you're going to just probably be working anyway. So you're not going to be mourning.

No, no, no. No, you're right. Whereas I'm going to enjoy the holiday. It's probably bad for me. I'll probably end up eating more onion dip, maybe slip a few more Heineken's into the weekend. I don't feel we need this holiday. I don't feel the country needs this holiday. As much as I'm not saying

taking nothing away from the Queen, and I know we're part of the Commonwealth and we need to pay some specs, but I don't think she would want this. You don't think so? No. Well, I do. I think we all need a bit of a breather. So 0800 the hits. This is what we're going to do. You can call us, text 4487 as well. The public holiday

for the Queen's Day of Mourning Are you going to be mourning or are you going to be having a holiday? Do we need it, do we not? David Seymour from the ACT Party's not happy Good morning Hey guys, how are you legends doing this morning? Great to have you on I see you've got our script to read for the introduction, I love it

Now David Seymour, the public holiday, you're not happy with it mate? No I'm not, because look, we all got our own views. And I know some people really love the Queen. And I personally admire the way she carried herself and served for 70 years. But if people really care about it, there's so many ways they could get out, support a charity, reflect, send their own message, lay flowers at the memorial, whatever. But to make everybody else take a day off, it does a few things. You know, for businesses, it's $450 million they have to pay in extra wages, business under a lot of pressure, cost of living crisis out there.

And they've just done an extra holiday, so they've had one extra this year already. And then you've got people in schools you know I've had a couple of principals contact me they say look kids are behind last thing a lot of problems with kids not coming to school prime minister just told them to take a day off in the week before the September holidays doesn't really help and even people in hospitals you know there's something in the news this morning someone was saying to me yesterday you know this is just going to be a real bugger because if all of our nurses actually take the day off, that just puts us behind catching up

on operations post-COVID. Well, the Queen was always, you know, there was always that feeling in the UK, it was like the keep calm and carry on. You know, this almost goes against, you know, carrying on, you know, a holiday kind of goes against that whole feeling. Yeah, I reckon. Look, Parliament's taking three days off. I mean, the government doesn't want us to,

because the best thing about Parliament is asking questions, so no questions this week. So, you know, the PM, Labour, have been pretty quick to jump on that. I'd rather be down there carrying on, you know, maybe not keeping calm, but certainly carrying on.

Just fight it out. Yeah, you're right. The British, traditionally, they show no emotion. Well, she kept going. She got retired years ago. She was 96 still working. She was literally still swearing in prime ministers the day before she died.

So you're dead right, Ben. She would have wanted us to carry on. She'd have a holiday. I got a theory she was just carrying on until Boris Johnson retired. She's like, right, the country's safe. I can go now. And you probably do have to take the opposite stance to the government at times. Are there times, are there days where you're like,

oh man, I kind of agree with them here, but I've got to come up with some sort of angle? Oh no, I mean, we often do say that they've done the right thing. I mean, I look at what Jacinda Ardern did around the abortion law reform. It was absolutely the right thing, and we absolutely said it was. Yesterday we said, look, it's absolutely the right thing to get rid of these traffic lights. What are you going to be doing with your public holiday, David Seymour? Oh, just working, working hard for the people, obviously.

Always out there for the people, eh? David Seymour, thanks for your time. Cheers. There we go. So this is the question 0800 the hits. Are you going to be mourning on the day of mourning? I'll be enjoying the morning. The morning's sleeping.

Ben Boyce is getting stressed out. He's got to work. Do we need this public holiday or not? Yeah, 0800 The Hits is our phone number. The Jono and Ben Podcast, available on iHeartRadio. You're on The Hits. Jono and Ben, of course, New Zealand has a public holiday, Monday the 26th, to pay tribute to the Queen and her service.

Mark, a day of mourning for New Zealand. There's a lot of conversation about whether we need the day off to mourn. The effect it's going to have on the economy. Local small business being they don't need this. Well, especially through COVID is the thing I worry about. You know, businesses are hurting out there. But I understand the Queen is a figure, you know, has played a huge part of New Zealand's history

we like her a lot and you know we're part of the Commonwealth and you know she is while we're part of the Commonwealth she was the Queen now what are you going to be doing

on the 26th Ben's going to be stressing out he's going to I reckon you're going to be stockpiling emails to send out yeah mate I'll be catching up one more week

we won't be here on the radio because they're like yeah the day's up but I'll be yeah I'll be working away keep going absolutely gotta keep calm carry on maybe not keeping calm just slightly stressed We won't be here on the radio because they're like, yeah, the day's up, but I'll be working away. Keep working on time. Got to keep calm. Carry on.

Maybe not keeping calm, just slightly stressed, but carry on. All right, let's go to the phones. Fiona, are you mourning or not mourning on the 26th? I'll definitely be mourning. Are you going to be paying your respects to the Queen? I will be, definitely. I will find a service in Auckland and go and pay my respects to Her Majesty. Oh, good on you.

Yeah, I forget there'll be big memorial services all over the country. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I served in the Navy and, yeah, she was my boss. And I think I need to. Obviously everyone's entitled to their own opinion but I certainly will be. Did we need the day off, Fiona? Me personally,

I would have been taking the day off anyway to be able to attend, same as I'm taking Tuesday off of holiday next week so that I can stay up and watch the funeral from the UK. Now, because we've spoken to you before, you've met Princess Diana. Yep, I met Princess Diana.

I was actually on divisions for the Queen as well. And I met King Charles as well. Oh, wow. You've met the Queen before? Yeah. Yeah, she inspected me on Britannia Royal Naval College playground. That's incredible. Did you pass the inspection?

It was like a warrant of fitness? I did, yes. Thankfully, I mean, I was the first junior rate to take a division to Lord High Admiral's divisions. So, yeah, it was a high honour. And listen, when you talk to people like yourself, she meant so much to people like you. Yeah, I mean, I'm getting emotional now. I was heartbroken on Friday.

It was like my nan had died. And that's how I feel. Even last night, watching some of the news, I started tearing up again. And you've given so many years service to this woman. I mean, what does it mean when you are serving for the Queen? Are you singing God Save the Queen? Are there pictures around you?

Are you constantly reminded of who you're doing this for? Yep. When I joined, I signed the dotted line to serve Queen and country and her successors. My husband's still serving in the New Zealand Navy. I work for the Navy here as a civilian. She's such an inspirational woman. Oh, well, she would have said the same about you. She would have said the same about you.

Well, good on you for all... Fiona's leave's approved. I've approved her leave, the 26th. You've got the day off, all right. There you go. And that's why we are doing it, you know, when you hear calls like that. Hey, thank you very much, Fiona.

No worries, thank you. All right, we're going to get Elizabeth on. Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie. What do you think about the day off for Lizzie? I don't agree. I think the country would have been better to have a Memorial Day next year and give small businesses a chance to prepare, parents to prepare to have their kids at home. Some of us still have to work regardless because we're in an industry that

you don't actually get a day off on a public holiday and all it does is cost your boss more in wages. It's ridiculous. It's pretty costly, isn't it? Small businesses have been for a lot through COVID and this is just another thing to have to deal with.

Don't get me started. I want small businesses to have to go through recently Yeah, well, yes. Don't get me started. I want small businesses and had to go through recently. It's just ridiculous. Wow, there we go. Two opposite sides of the coin and in true Jono and Ben fashion, we end up with zero result and just an equal amount of opinion

on both sides of the fence. Well, you know, when you look at a coin, Jono, the Queen, she's got half the coin. She's on the back and then there's something else on the front. So I think 50-50 split. It makes sense. It makes a lot of sense. But those are the two divides, right? I mean, you're not going to change coin she's on the back and then there's something else on the front so i think 50 50 split it makes

sense it makes a lot of sense but that's those are the two divides right i mean you're not going to change anyone's opinion either way because i hear it you know if you're passionate about the royals like fiona that makes sense but then if you you know just talking to lizzie there i totally agree you know so so where are we well it's not up to us the government have made that decision so whether you like it or not, it's happening. Thankfully, decisions are made about this country on breakfast radio. Yeah, that's the hits you got, Jono and Ben. The Jono and Ben Podcast.

The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. It is, of course, Maori Language Week. Tawiki o te reo. And Mark McRoberts joins us in the studio. You'll know him from 3 News. But he's got a very personal documentary out tonight. Kia ora, good morning, Mike.

Kia ora koutou e te whanau. Thank you. Kia ora, good evening is the name of the show. We say, kia ora, good morning, I guess, morena for you this morning, Mike. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kia ora, good evening. It's funny because I've said it for 20 years,

presenting the 6 o'clock news, and it seemed like an appropriate title. But for me, it's my personal journey with Te Reo and I guess my own identity too as a Māori and where I fit into our Māori, the Māori world and it's pretty personal you know it's like you know the thing with the news is you always have this safety blanket around you you know you're the messenger rather than the message and so you work in a you know pretty strict set of boundaries about you know how much you give of yourself and that kind of thing she's all on the table tonight

oh yeah it must have been quite a vulnerable position to put yourself in not being used to doing that just you're fronting the news you know yeah yeah it really was because I had to address a whole lot of things you know I grew up in Christchurch and uh if it hadn't been for the occasional trip back to my father's hometown in Wairoa, I could have gone through my whole childhood and adolescence without ever hearing te reo spoken. And so that's where I started from, despite the fact that I'm Māori. Working in this industry, you know, there was an expectation if you're Māori that you should know it, and I pushed back against that.

You know, I didn't want to be called upon for knowledge I didn't have. And it took a long time to come to grips with that. But once I did embrace it and started learning, it's just been the most incredible journey. One of the words I use in the documentary tonight is haere tono, which means keep going. And, yeah, so that's my motto. A guy that came around to clean your gutters.

Yeah. His home, the spouting and the gutters. Yeah, it turns out he was a te reo teacher, kaioku, and I said, well, forget about the gutters, mate. Can you do a whanau lesson for us with my son Ben and Maya and Heidi, my partner? And he did, so we did that every Saturday morning. What state are the gutters in?

Ben and me come around and do the gutters? We do the gutters, yeah. Because there's still a huge section of society. They're like, mate, I shouldn't be talking Maori on the news, mate. I can't understand what they're saying. You still get those complaints. Yeah, well, the Broadcasting Standards Authority, I think a year ago, said they would no longer take complaints about the use of Maori in a news program.

And it was so liberating. We don't use that much. Probably if you counted all the words weori in a news program and it was so liberating. I mean we don't use that much probably if you counted all the words we do in a bulletin it's like 0.002%. People feel threatened by it and I get that they feel fearful of it but they need to understand it's part of us and we're also dealing with you know generations you know probably the older generations, the younger generations like my kids age yeah. The younger generations, like my kids' age. Well, our kids are going to school. They're learning.

Yeah, they know their own pepeha. You've got 660 with a song about pepeha. And it's just becoming part of their lives now, and that's so good. I mean, this is something that we can all share in, and we all have respect and pride in. And that's what I really hope. Yeah, there's just a reluctant tail. At the end of the moment.

They're all on ZB. I'm not sure how we're allowed to bring it up, but you went through something that took about six hours for this, something quite personal as well that you will see in the doco as well. To the tamako? Yeah, yeah. It was 12 hours. Was it 12 hours?

Yeah, two six-hour sessions. Yeah, and, oh, boy, it was excruciating. So it's my whakapapa, it's my whānau, so I've got my kids on my chest and my grandparents, my parents and my siblings down my arm. I've told them, no more kids, that's it. Nothing else is getting added to this. But they say when you do your tāmaki, you go to some dark places and that's the time to let those things go.

And I must have had a lot of dark places to get rid of because I did feel quite cleansed afterwards. And I'd kind of put off. I thought I never needed to have a tamuku. But as soon as I got it and for the last month or so that I've had it, every morning when I get up and I see something new in it and I just wonder how on earth I ever lived without one. It's such a part of me now. Do you feel like you're becoming more complete as a person?

Complete's a really good word, Jono, and it is that. When I saw my brother learning te reo, I saw the calmness in him and I wanted some of that. I feel that. I feel open now. It makes me think about my own mana and how I use that and what I do with it. It's really good.

Good on you, mate. Congratulations. Maima Roberts with us. And yeah, it's really good. Good on you, mate. Congratulations. Michael Roberts with us. Kia ora, good evening. It's going to be on three tonight, 8.40. We asked for some questions from some listeners. We just want to fire those to you. What do you wear on your bottom half when you're doing the news?

Always a suit because I end up standing in front of the wall now. So years ago, you could get away with jeans. Have you ever worn shorts while doing the news? Not in the studio. Sometimes out in the field, like if I've been at the Commonwealth Games or Olympic Games or whatever. There's shorts on those legs. Wow, you just don't see them a lot.

Okay. Most memorable stuff up live on TV. Do you have one? Well, you guys have already pillared me for this, but when I talked about instead of homeowners, homeboaters. I think we've got that around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Frank says it won't happen until the instead of homeowners, homebuyers. I think we've got that around. Frank says it won't happen until the middle of next year, at least.

But while some first homebuyers have locked out of the market. And we're still not letting it go, Mike. How many years ago was it? Two years ago. And of course we love property, so I get that word all the time. I'll never make that mistake again. Oh, Mike Roberts, we love catching up with you.

Congratulations on what you're doing. This is incredible, this journey that you're going on. I think everyone should tune in tonight and watch it on 3. E mihi ana. Kena koe. Thank you. With a health star rating of zero, Gentleman Man on the hits.

Yesterday, a whole lot of big announcements, weren't there? It feels like the COVID-19 era. You know, I guess just as kind of saying, well, we're kind of moving past that. We're kind of looking behind it and looking back in time and going, wow, that really got away on us. Yeah, well, I think we had all moved past it probably about six months ago. Yeah, well, yeah, because the traffic light system ended.

Masks, as you would have heard, you would have known, are only required now in health care and aged care facilities. So no masks in the supermarket, on flights. Yeah, I imagine most schools will be the same. Vaccine mandates gone. Household contacts don't need to isolate. Only the person with COVID as long as they're showing a negative

test. And also a holiday. They chucked in a holiday as well for the Queen to pay tribute to the Queen. That's happening Monday 26th of September. A whole range of announcements. As of midnight last night, rip off that mask. Unless you don't want it. Unless you don't want it. Right, yeah.

And chuck it in the landfill, guys. With all the tests. But then there will still be times you will need to pop it on if you go get to the pharmacy. Go back to the landfill, guys. Keep that mask. Probably, you know, like if you go into the pharmacy or go into the doctor or things like that.

Even like the school, one of the kids' schools, like masks, don't have to wear a mask like if you go into the pharmacy or go into the doctor or things like that. You know, even like the school, one of the kids' schools, like masks, don't have to wear a mask unless you're going into the school office. So, you know. So there are going to be

some occasions where you might get caught out. Yeah, and it's each to their own, isn't it? Each to their own. I've actually got a big announcement too to make following the government's big announcement

yesterday, Ben. And I'm ashamed to say it. You were actually at the finish line of my wonderful, my wonderful tenure here. That last week, I ate takeaways every single night. Now, I was away from my family.

This is why I can never not have a family. I am just going to live. I'm getting my five plus a day. Five kgs plus a day. I was keeping Ronald, the Colonel, and the King in business last week. And I went to Burger King

three times, KFC two times. Second time I went to KFC was with you, Christchurch. I mean, these are all great. These are all great. I'm not saying you can't,

you know, everything in moderation is great, but there are other options out there. Yeah, I did them all. I did them all, but quick and easy.

Quick and easy. Sushi's quick and easy. In and out. Subway. Yeah, they did them all. I did them all, but quick and easy. You can get a sandwich or something. Quick and easy. Sushi's quick and easy. In and out. Subway? Yeah, they don't have a drive-through sushi place. Yeah, they do, actually. Oh, they do.

How about your place? I take it back. I take it back. I'd never eaten so many, and I love it, don't get me wrong. My favorite cuisine is fast food takeaways. The palate of a bogan. But boy, oh boy, I just thought that was probably the most shameful experience of my life. Was there any fruit in the week? No fruit.

No. No, not one bit of fruit. I think I said to you the next morning after our late night KFC, I was like, I need just a grape or something to put into this body. Anyway, the takeaway restaurant's very happy. I don't know how my heart is after that five-dayender i think you know he brought scurvy back in you know covid's over but uh but scurvy back in thanks to you so no well this is you know this was more shameful than that one time we finished work and i traveled down there's this road lincoln road and it's almost

like the the boulevard of heart attacks isn't? You've got all your big players in one location. Everything there. Everything is there. You're right. Yeah, and I think I had an entree one night of KFC. It had one of those nice little wraps. And then I drove along and I was like, oh, Carl's Jr. is there. I've never tried Carl's Jr.

So then I pulled into Carl's Jr., had a burger at Carl's Jr. And I was like, oh, I do enjoy a Hershey's pie from Burger King. So I swung into Burger King for dessert. And then I think I was like, oh do enjoy a Hershey's pie from Burger King so I swung into Burger King for dessert and then I think I was like oh I'm not fully satisfied. Because you don't eat during the day How about an apple pie from McDonald's? You go for it at night don't you? Yeah I do Love it

Now Jessie from the office joins us in the studio. Good morning Good thank you. Lovely to have you on, Jessie. Now, Jessie, you were sharing a story about a surprise trip that your boyfriend Hamish took you on. And so you were quite excited. He was planning, what, a weekend? Yep, yep, to celebrate my birthday.

So you could go anywhere. Like, the world's open again now, right? I mean, borders are back open, so I was like, ooh, do I need my passport? Yeah, and what was the answer to that question? No. No? But still? I mean, borders are back open. So I was like, oh, do I need my passport? Yeah. And what was the answer to that question? No. So you don't need a passport.

But still, I mean, there's so many great options. Yeah. Yeah. Hamlet Springs, you go to Taupo. You know, so many amazing places you can go. 100%. Hotels. Incredible. Yeah.

So we hopped on the plane. And you still didn't know where you were going? Still didn't know. Oh, well, I knew we were flying to Christchurch. Okay. You're like, oh, okay, Christchurch. Love Christchurch. You can drive to christchurch okay christchurch love christchurch drive to queenstown from christchurch hamlet springs it's up the road like the vineyards

out there oh lovely lovely spot so we started driving and like you said ben i thought we're going to hamlet springs love hamlet springs new water park but then we kept driving and i was like oh no we're going too far you don't want to be driving past Hamner Springs. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, you know, the radio starts going a little bit static and I'm like, we are veering far from reality. Well, you do that, but you're like, are you sure we're going the right way? And he was still very excited.

Very excited. So when we were in lockdown, you know, you start scraping the barrel because you just want to get out of Auckland because we couldn't for a long time. And we talked about doing the West Coast, but it was very much like, oh. It'd be nice to see that one day. Yeah. It seems like everyone's list to see the West Coast of New Zealand.

Yeah. It's like if we can't leave the country, you know, explore New Zealand's beautiful backyard. Yeah. So this was just a fleeting conversation. Yeah. Yeah. And so where did you end up?

On the West Coast. Greymouth. Greymouth. And so where did you end up? On the West Coast. Greymouth. Greymouth. He took you to Greymouth for a surprise holiday. Now, nothing against Greymouth. No, no, no. But if you're being told you've been taken on a surprise holiday. When you're thinking in your mind, you're probably thinking somewhere like Fiji or Gold Coast or something.

And then you're like, oh, you know, Greymouth. Greymouth is the opposite of all those things. Yeah. Yeah. And so what was your reaction when you pulled in past the sign of welcome to grey mouth? Well, I mean, he'd gone to the effort to like plan it in general. So, you know, it's very like your voice goes, hi, this is so exciting. But, yeah.

And how long did you have to keep the excitement levels up about grey mouth for? Just till I'd ask the question, like, what is there to do here? And he's like, ah, we'll just look around and find stuff. So he hadn't really planned some of Grey Mouth's hot spots. No. I think all his effort took in getting me there without finding out we were going there. Was the rental cars a big three-hour drive or something? Yeah.

Is that from Christchurch? Yeah. So here's the top 10 things to do in Grey Mouth. You tell me if you, on your surprise birthday holiday, did any of these wonderful things. First on the list, did you visit the brewery? Yes. Monteith's Brewery?

Oh, there you go. There you go. Okay. How was that? It was, yeah. Keep gauging your voice now. How was that? It was great.

Would you advise going to Greymouth again? Or have you done it? Yeah, I think it's a one and done situation. One and done. You've ticked that off your list. It wasn't quite what you hoped for, but hey, you know. You guys are still together though, right? Yeah, exactly.

Next time I'll plan a trip. Has he done any more surprise holidays? Yes, he has. But all of them involve, this probably speaks to his character too um involving one of the new bypasses that's his his pride and joy we've got a trip coming up to wellington for transmission gully so he likes to go through the new roads yeah yeah okay loves the road yeah through the expressway something like my my boomer dad would go there's a good new road you gotta use the new road it's the new roads. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Loves the roads. Yeah, through the expressways. It feels like something like my boomer dad would go, there's a new road, you've got to use the new road,

it's the new road. You're like, oh, great. Good on him. And good on him for also, we must give credit, for paying attention during a conversation too. Yeah, that's true. You know, he heard you wanted to see the wild west coast and he took you there.

And boy, oh boy, was it a surprise. Well, thank you very much 0800 the hits telephone number we want to open this up this morning so underwhelming surprises did you did you have an

underwhelming surprise have you had one Ben I think I was part of an underwhelming surprise when I listened again remember the frying pan incident

which was one of a few presents but there was a fry pan that Amanda was like we need to get one of these top class fry pans but now enough of the excuses he bought his wife a frying pan enough of the excuses part of more there was a fry pan and Amanda was like we need to get one of these top class fry pans but now enough of the excuses

he bought his wife a frying pan enough of the excuses part of more there was jewellery involved as well but then everyone's focusing on the fry pan and I wouldn't do it again

the jewellery was an apron no it wasn't 0800 the hits underwhelming surprises you can text 4487 as well so we just got talking about underwhelming surprises

call us 0800 the hits the telephone number So we just got talking about underwhelming surprises. Call us 0800, that's the telephone number. Vicky, you've had an underwhelming surprise. It was my ex, and when we first met, we realised that we both liked to fly. I'd done a couple of helicopter lessons, and he'd been up in a glider. And he says to me, the glider was amazing. And he says, I'll gift you to go up in a glider one day.

So I was like, oh, okay, groovy. So anyway, about three years passed and there was no glider flight. And then my birthday's coming up and he said, oh, I've got a surprise for your birthday. So I was like, oh, a surprise, that sounds good. Here's the glider. It's the glider, it's gliding in. Yes, and you know, when he was telling me I've got 13 pounds,

I was excited. I was like, oh, God, I can't wait. And so time ticks closer and closer, and he says, you'll have to dress warm. And I was like, oh. Uh-oh. It gets cold up there, doesn't it? It does.

It gets cold on a glider. Yep, yep, that's what I'm thinking. So anyway, he picks me up on the date, and I've got my, you know, my puffer jacket on and everything and my woolly hat and some gloves just in case. And we jump in the car, and we start heading towards the hills, and I'm thinking, my heart starts to sink because I'm thinking, no, we're heading in the wrong direction here.

We should have been heading towards Springfield. We're in airstrippers or something. Yeah, exactly. But then part of you might be thinking oh maybe you can glide off a mountain. Maybe you can launch off a mountain. So what was the thing? Where did you end up going? We pull up at the gondola. So we get there we pull up and I say

oh we're at the gondola. Can I say there's a very familiar voice that keeps coming through from you. What's that? Well, not from you, but also from Jesse, who we spoke to. When you are underwhelmed. Oh, okay. Oh, just sort of raising it by a couple of octaves.

It's the surprise of the underwhelmment, maybe. Yeah, that's it. And so you pull up. I think, all right. He didn't say I was glorified. Suck it up. Let's go have a nice day. And then so pull up. I think, all right. He didn't say it was a glider fight. Suck it up. You know, let's go have a nice day. And then so we get to the doors and guess what?

It's closed. Oh, no. Oh, I couldn't believe it. So he hadn't even rung a head, you know, to check if it was open or anything about it. Oh, so that's, I thought you were going to say, and guess what, there was a glider sitting in reception. Oh, I know. Oh, well, I'm sorry.

So what did you end up doing for your birthday? I was so deflated. I didn't speak for ages. We just went for coffee and I kind of sat in silence, stunned silence. Well, listen, you never want your surprise ending

in stunned silence over a sad coffee. That's really good call. Thank you so much for your time. You have a great day. You too. Keep up the great work It is 8.40. You're on the hits Jono and Ben You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben

on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. He loves the news more than he loves himself. He puts the news more than he loves himself. He puts the news first when really a lot of your personal hygiene has been slipping lately, Ben. But anyway, we love his commitment. What's happening? Well, a lot of big announcements yesterday, it seems. We're in the post-COVID era with Jacinda Ardern announcing. Cabinet has concluded that from midnight tonight, we will remove the COVID-19 protection framework Yeah, a whole lot of changes yesterday. The traffic light system, it's gone.

All mask wearing requirements from the government are gone, except for health care and aged care facilities. So things like pharmacies and doctors and rest homes, obviously you'll still have to wear a mask, or unless a workplace specifically says, but it's not going to be government enforced. So that means no masks in the supermarket, people making your food and drinks don't have to wear them on the bus.

Air New Zealand have got rid of masks. I imagine most schools will as well. Obviously you can if you want to, but no, it's not all been enforced by the government. Now, I went into the alcohol shop last night. Now, Ben, you're not going to believe this story, but I went into the alcohol shop to buy a bottle of water. I did.

It was the only shop open. Okay, anyway, this besides the foot. Mate, this is, jeez, we're going to have an intervention after this. Yeah, okay. So I went in there, and the lady behind the... I went into the alcohol shop to buy water. It was the only shop open, okay, and I needed a water. It sounds like an excuse you'd make if you were underage trying to buy.

No, I wasn't buying alcohol. I was trying to buy water. I knew he wasn't going to believe me on this. How thirsty are you for water? Thirsty. Well, but they didn't have water, but they did have like a 12-pack of Heineken. And that's what quenched my thirst. But the lady behind the counter, I walked in without a mask on.

I'm over it. I've been over it for weeks. And lady behind the counter, I walked in without a mask on. I'm over it. I've been over it for weeks. And she was like, I need you to put a mask on. So she gave me one kindly, and it was the last mask in her box. And she's like, I don't need these anymore. She was so happy that she doesn't have to wear a mask all day at work behind the counter. She's like, midnight tonight, this thing's coming off. And I said, well, thank you for that bottom of water.

Have a lovely day. Vaccine mandates are going to end in a couple of weeks. Anyway, we won't go down that rabbit hole. And household contacts. So if you get COVID, it's only the person that gets COVID that has to isolate for seven days. The household contacts do have to test. But as long as they're negative, they can go out.

It doesn't mean they just have to go to work. They can go live their life as normal. And there's also the ploughing on option as well. If you're feeling a little rough, take it back to 2019. Remember when we used to plough on? You were a plougher on her. You used to love ploughing on her. It was a badge of honour when you were sick a few years ago.

He's still ploughing on. Look at old Pryor over there, mate. Spreading it around the office. He should be at home. But he's ploughing on. Look at old Pryor over there, mate. Spreading it around the office. He should be at home. But he's ploughing on. Oh, geez, I respect that guy. It does feel like, as Jacinda said yesterday, the big response to COVID is over.

We're in a new chapter, which is good. And I don't spare a thought for some of the wonderful epidemiologists that we've had that we won't hear from as much. I love Dr. Michael Baker. I love Dr. Susie Wilds. They won't be featuring as much. Michelle Dickinson. Yeah. Yeah, wonderful, I love Dr. Michael Baker. I love Dr. Susie Wiles. They won't be featuring as much. Michelle Dickinson. Yeah.

Yeah, wonderful. And thank you for your service. They actually, when you look back at that time, they all did that voluntarily. I know. They were on the news more than the Queen's funeral coverage has been on the news. They were doing some hard yards. And something I'd like to point out, Ben, that the Prime Minister pointed out last night too, or yesterday afternoon, was there are still going to be some people wearing masks, and that's their decision.

And you need to let them make that decision for themselves. Because overseas people are ripping them off faces, and people in masks are getting abused. It's the great thing about life, we can all choose to live life how we want. So if people still want to wear masks to keep themselves safe or what they believe is safe, then let them do it. You know? No joke there. Just a message to pass on.

Very unusual from my body for the punchline here for Jono. He's like, take him off. I haven't been wearing... You've got a rollercoaster, mate. You're like, I haven't been wearing the mask. I'm not, but that's my decision. You know, I'm not wearing it.

He is a rollercoaster this morning. Also a public holiday as well has been happening for the Queen. The Memorial Day's going to be monday september 26th and it is the hits you got jono and ben we apologize in advance geez sorry sorry about that sorry you got roped into this jono and ben sorry on the hits now uh yesterday we uh we did some filming jono and i think we need to not address the filming we can can't really talk about that. But address the moment that we arrived for the filming where we looked like divas. Like, we had a moment where, because we knew the place we were filming at.

We'd been there before. And it's a very tight, small car parking. Parking around there is shocking. Yeah, it is shocking. And so we got an email from the person we were working with. And they're like, hey, there's a couple of car parks there. Feel free to park in them. Well, there's some for you and they're like, hey, there's a couple of car parks there, feel free to park in them. Well, there's some for you.

We're like, this is great, we can turn up, we don't have to worry about where we park, we can just park into the car park. You pulled in in front of me and I was like, this looks busy. Yeah, it did look busy, but they said on the email, give us a call when you arrive. So I was like, oh great, I arrived, it was busy, the car park was full, I'll give the person a call

that it was going to allocate the car parks because I couldn't see any car parks. Now, we're outside. We just want to know if we can park the cars. That's still okay. Yep, yep, no worries. And then suddenly six or seven people come running out of the building into their cars and start one by one taking their cars off to the road,

just leaving. Right in front of you, and I'm watching you do this, and I can see your head in your hands going oh dear god i've made this call and yeah you're wary you're wary of other people and it's going to look like you've phoned yeah and gone where the hell is my car park we're here now we're here now and all these poor people scattered out of the office so far six six he's not lying six or seven cars hurting out or reversing. They're like kind of sorry, sorry, sorry. They had to go park 25 k's away while Ben and me are sitting there.

And then we slowly pull in and get out of the car. I was like, did you just make seven people move? Like there's only two of us in the first place. Did you make seven people move? Well, no, but I know I did it. But it certainly looked like that. It went from being a busy car park with no spaces to an empty car park with just the two of us.

And it's what we demand. It's what we demand. We just like to have the options, don't you? When you turn up to a car park, we want to look bad. And it's going to be one of those great industry rumours, isn't it? Oh, they made 25 people move. One of them was in a wheelchair. Made the poor lady hop into her car.

They haven't even been on TV, but look at them, arrogantly coming back in there doing this. One poor girl had just come from her grandmother's funeral. They made her move the car, demanded it. Spat in their face in the way. I hate those moments where you look like you just look a diva. I remember another time we were- But you got a car park.

We did. That was nice. Let's be honest. That was nice. I remember another time we were at a function before, and there was this lovely lady that was waiting. And I think we were actually getting a selfie with someone, getting a photo.

And I remember that little lady was standing by, and you arrogantly assumed that she was waiting for a selfie. And you're like, all right, mate, let's get a selfie. Pulled her in, slapped her in the middle. I was like, give me a thumbs up, mate. Look happy, smile. You'll look at this photo forever. Take the photo.

Go on. And she was like, oh like oh yeah I guess I can but I was actually just trying to wait so I could get past you to go to the bathroom so I bullied her into a selfie

and no part of me regrets that she would look at that photo every day I think I took her phone out of her handbag I was like mate be prepared

if you want a photo with some celebs I was fishing through her handbag someone take this for me you take this here who are you her face

she was like I guess I could have a photo. Meanwhile, while you're there, go park my car. In an empty car park. Move all the car parts. Make everyone stop what they're doing and move their cars.

Let's go. Jonah and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash. Thank you. Or play on to win more. It's our Gablewood Association. Your chance to win $5,000 if you go all the way through.

We haven't had a winner in a long, long time. Let's get Louise on from Whangarei. Welcome, Lou. Good morning. Currently wrapping her mouth around some Weet-Bix, are you? The soggy mouth. Now, what do you do? Do you warm them up or you just go cold milk?

Do you pour some sugar on top? No, straight cold milk. Straight cold milk and just raw wheatbick. Jeez, I tell you what, a dry wheatbick saps every little bit of moisture out of your mouth, doesn't it? Yeah, wonderful. Good start for the day. All right, Lou, welcome to our game of skill, endurance and violence. It only got violence once when Ben thought he locked himself in the soundproof booth,

but you need to decide who you want to match words with this morning. You please, Jono. Okay, I'll head into the booth. All right, we'll head on in there. As soon as he's inside, we'll bust out our first word and see what pops into your head. Here we go. All right, Louise, what pops into your head when I say exclamation? Mark.

Exclamation mark. Paddington is word number two. Paddington? Beer. Beer. Very topical, that one. It's a great appearances with the Queen. Kilo.

K-I-L-O. Kilo. Or kilo. It depends how you say it. Kilo or kilo. You know, you might go kill a gram. Gram. Yeah. Sorry, as I say it kilo or kilo you know you might go kilogram gram yeah like sorry

as I say it I'm like well depends how you say it but you're going gram yeah gram so it'd be kilogram rather than kilogram but you're right

yeah kilogram traffic is word number four light traffic light yeah the system that's now gone and smoothie is the final word.

Ooh, drink. Drink, hey, well played, Louise. Really, really good game this morning. But some tricky wee words, but you got there. She navigated it well, Jonna Pryor. All right, Louise, you happy we're out of the system midnight last night? Yeah, it hasn't really affected me, but everyone's probably the same.

What was the system? What were we doing? Who knows? Who knows? All right, Louise, let's match five words when you're 5K. What would you do with five grand too, quickly? Have a little bit of a holiday maybe somewhere at night. You could get a good wee holiday for five grand.

Let's see how far we go. Let's go to the first word. Word one, $25. Exclamation. What do you say when I say exclamation, Jono? Mark. Well done. The $25 is yours, Louise.

Do you want to risk it to go to the $50 word? Yes, please. Okay. Yeah. Word two, $50. This is the new, if people have just tuned in for a while and been listening for a while, this is the new and improved version of the game. Yeah.

We're still old and deteriorating, but the game is new and improved. You tell everyone, you're like, we just add money, and everyone goes, oh, like millionaire. You're like, all right. It's like five words. It's a little bit like millionaire. Yeah, exactly. Actually, a lot like it. Except with far less money.

Okay, here we go. $50 word this morning. Paddington. Beer. $50, Louise. Now, much like who wants to be a millionaire, do you decide if you move forward for more money or risk it all? We'll move forward then.

All right, here we go. Word three, $100. We don't do that phone a friend nonsense. No. That sort of stuff, do we? Ask the audience, we just keep going. Louise is on a phone though, and she has a friend, I guess. All right, this one is kilo or kilo?

K-I-L-O. Kilogram. Yeah, depends how you say it. Nailed it, Jono. Or kilometer would be the other one. Yeah, but you got it. Nailed the first one. Now, you have $100.

Are we advancing through to $500, Louise? I think so. Alright, Louise, here we go. Word four. $500. Traffic. Word number four, Jono. Traffic. Traffic light. Yeah!

Louise! $500 he does. Here we go. Wasn't that so adorable. He just said dollar. He does gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Now, what do you want to do with your dollar?

He does. You want to walk away with them or you want to get up to $5,000? This is your chance. I'm not confident with the last one, so I'm going to bail. She's walking away. She's taking her $500. Well done, Louise. You've got $500.

Great game. Let's see how you would have gone for the final one. Smoothie. Smoothie. I would have said drink. Oh, Louise! You had the five grand.

But you still got $500. Yeah, I'm stoked with that. Thank you. Oh, Louise. $5,000 was there, Lou? It can't be one. Yeah, that's a teaser. What should I have done, sorry?

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