Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono's Hack For Free Parking

Episode Date: December 7, 2021

Today we learnt about how Jono got away with free parking at the airport for YEARS. Cheeky! We also learnt what the top things New Zealander's Googled this year. Finally, we had Wow Wednesday return and spoke to a lady who birthed and resuscitated a baby at home! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah, you sound a little unenthusiastic about it, but welcome. Boogie Smalls would have been disappointed. I was just lost in an article, actually, about words that you use or you hear, and you don't entirely, sometimes you don't even know exactly. You're maybe not using them in the right context as well. In terms of what they mean or how to pronounce them? Yeah, no, in terms of what they mean. Like chronic, for example, people talk about chronic pain, and everyone thinks it's pain that's happening as severe pain,

but it's actually more reoccurring. Yeah, I only learned that the other week, because I went to the doctor for an unrelated issue and the doctor, she said, oh, you're limping a bit. What's going on? You rolled your ankle again, didn't you? Didn't roll my ankle. And I said, oh, you know, there's times where it feels like there's nerve pain down the back of my thigh.

Right. And she's like, oh, it must be, that's chronic pain. And I thought, oh, is that chronic pain? Yeah. Also chronic, I know from Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre. And that's what she gave me to's chronic pain. And I thought, oh, is that chronic pain? Also chronic, I know, from Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre. And that's what she gave me to fix that pain. But that's how I know. But she sent me a funny text too.

I don't want to dogleg, but she was like, where is it here? I've written it down. Hey, just followed up. Got the x-ray from your chronic back pain. Please book a follow-up appointment with me to discuss further. Please do not call or reply to this text. But it's mixed messages because she said,

I need to re-book to see her, but I can't reply to her text or call this number. So I'm lost. I'm in no man's land. Or you have to call the doctor's surgery, maybe. I don't know what I'll make calling me at all. Why did she text me from that number then? Can't I just communicate with the number that she's's surgery, maybe. You're like, I don't know what I'm on, mate, calling me at all. Why is she texting me from that number then? Why can't I just communicate with the number that she's...

Anyway, sorry. Yeah, that's it. So I've spent a week going, what do I do? I haven't done anything. Maybe you should do something. But you're right. How do you text and do something? Yeah, it's interesting, the words that you use.

You just go, oh, that's what that is. And you're not using it entirely wrong. So chronic fatigue, you're just always tired. Recurring. Not always. Like it's not... Yeah, I would imagine it's a recurring thing chronic fatigue, you're just always tired. Recurring, not always. Like it's not, yeah, I would imagine it's a recurring thing. Oh, I see, yeah, right. Sounds a lot more intense than just a recurring situation, doesn't it? Dilemma is another one, apparently.

We'll use it to describe any problem. Well, that's a dilemma when actually the correct use of this refers to a difficult problem that offers two both unsavourable possibilities. So if it's a dilemma, you're like, oh, I really don't want to choose any of these options. Like if you were a judge on X Factor and it was the grand final and Ben Bullish, you had the deciding vote. But they're both terrible. So I don't know how you got to the final. Must have been a shocking season of the show.

Oh, jeez, I don't want to choose any of these. I don't want to put my name to this. We shouldn't have let these people through. There was a fire-breathing monkey in the second show. He could have done better. But it's interesting. I mean, it's all kind of like, everyone knows kind of what you mean,

but it's just one of those things. Words that you're not entirely sure of. You know what got me? I pin this all on the kardashian empire they would they've just reinvented the word literally they're using literally in every scenario apart from when it's a literal situation yeah and they've just stuck with it they got a bit of grief in the early stages, but they've rolled with it. Now, you hear the term

oh, I was literally dying or I was literally going to eat my heart out. Now it's just become that's the way that that word is used more often than the way that it should be used. I don't know why that literally thing winds me up. It literally

winds me up. Well, no, it doesn't because I'm not getting I'm not literally being wound up there. You're right, though. There is those little things that really do wind people up. It doesn't matter to everyone else, but it does. Probably not. You always go on about the ASB bank bank, saying the word bank twice. My dad gets annoyed where I go

up. We're going up to such and such, not thinking geographically where things are. He's like, down, you're going down. Oh, heading up to Wellington. Yeah, but you're not. You're in Auckland. Well, it depends which way in the world you're looking at New Zealand, doesn't it?

Well, that's true. Yeah, but technically I'm not. But anyway, we've rambled on long enough, literally rambled on long enough. We're about to go to Eden Park and try and shoot two shots, two basketball shots off the roof, 5,000 metres in the air into

a basketball hoop which is going to be on the field. Wish us the luck that we need. And tomorrow we could return with $1,000 and access to every event at Eden Park in 2022. God bless. Yeah. Scrolling through your feed.

He's a wild news panther bounding through the forest of topicality. And after this, we're going to have to sedate him with a tranquiliser dart. But that's the harsh realities of scrolling through your feed. What's been happening, Benjamin? Well, a lot of talk yesterday about Parliament. It was Luxon taking on Ardern in the big battle.

It was like UFC for politics nerds in the House. Have you ever watched Parliament TV? Like, it is sucking up some valuable airtime on the TV stations, isn't it? I'm not sure why they still do this debate that they still do. It seems redundant. They all just want to yell over each other, and then they walk out seven hours later and go, did we achieve anything? No.

Probably not a couple of good burns, though. Yeah, Grant Robertson, you fired off a couple of stingers. It's like a schoolyard, isn't it? It's all about who gets the good burns in. Like a kind of rap battle but with just words and arguments. I would leave one of those sessions every time driving home going,

damn it, I should have said that. It's one of those things where you just don't have the retort in the moment. Well something that kind of got missed yesterday when the debate was going on was some news that happened to David Seymour. Now, cast your mind back. Before the lockdown happened in New Zealand,

Jacinda Ardern said this. Going hard and early has worked for us before. It means we need to again go hard and early to stop the spread. So she was all about going hard and early, right? We know that. And then we know that it was 107 days later. 115 days later, here we are. Yeah.

Still going hard and early. Yeah. So we didn't quite go as hard and early as we all hoped. And David Seymour had his car parked at the Auckland airport. And he was like, oh, good. It'll just be in the car park. We're going hard and early. I'll be able to get my car out.

Couldn't. Obviously for a long time. Has it been there this entire time? Yeah, $3,000 is what it was. Are you joking? $3,000 was a short-term parking at Auckland International Airport. Now, I think the Auckland Airport waived it for all the people because of the reasons. Oh, my gosh.

But that's what the bill was. $3,000. Did he go back? Has he just gone back to the airport and put his ticket in? He basically went back and picked up his car or someone did it for him. And it was $3,000. As I said, the Auckland airport had waived it. But how's that?

He's like, oh, it'll be hard and early. We'll get the car out. Oh, geez. Have I told you about the golden era of my airport parking, Juliet? No. Oh, bad voice. He didn't want to be part of this. He didn't want to put his good name to the scam that i was running but i for some reason my credit card when i would put it into the

machine it just wouldn't register in the airport car parking machine so i'd put a ticket in it would go hey your parking's three thousand dollars i'd put my credit card in and we go can't read card but then it would just spit the ticket back out and then it would work but i would never get charged and this went on for almost a year and a half and i was like ben was like oh we should get new brothers like why i can park for free anywhere at the airport we went on international trips and i arrogantly went in there part for two or three weeks while we're away filming came back boom and it was wonderful It wouldn't charge you. That is so good. It all ended when I had to get a new credit card because that one expired.

And Ben was like, I don't want any part of it. I'm not looking at the machine. I'm not even, anyone would walk 10 metres away from me. Because I would say to him, he'd have his car parked there. And I'd be like, just put your ticket in, mate. I'll pay. And he's like, nope, I'm not doing it. I thought you would have loved saving a couple of bucks.

I do love saving money, but also, yeah, the oddest. I was just, oh. He couldn't live with the guilt. That is so funny. He couldn't live with it. I was like, mate, your parking's $48. I'll pay for it, and I don't even have to pay for it. Yeah.

Oh, you should have taken that opportunity. It does remind me, though, David Seymour's story, one of my favorite stories about basketball, Alan Iverson. During his days, he was a bit shocking with money and he forgot where he parked his car at the airport. This was in the middle of his NBA career. And then basically got a taxi to a car yard

and just bought a new car. He was like, couldn't find my car. Bought a new car. He's got a wonderful story where he signed a deal with Reebok or something, didn't he? Yeah, Reebok. This guy is just shocking with his money. He's going to the story where he signed a deal with Reebok or something, didn't he? Yeah, Reebok, yeah. Yeah, because they were like, this guy is just shocking with his money. He's going to the airport and buying new cars.

I think a teammate was like, hey, man, I really love your car. I should get one of those. He's like, I'll have mine. But that's what he was like. He's very generous as well. So he obviously made a lot of money but also spent a lot of money. So he's got almost nothing at the moment. But he signed a deal with Reebok and they're like, Iverson, mate, you are shocking with your finances.

We're not giving you this money in the contract until you're like 50 or 53. So he's got all this money waiting for Reebok. He gets a yearly salary from Reebok because he's done all these endorsements and all that money basically kicks in in a few years' time. But then when he gets to 53, he's just going to spend up a lot. Aren't they drip feeding it to him?

It's like a yearly salary to forever. I don't know why Reebok have his best interests at heart. But if you knew that was coming up, you probably would be a little bit more like, oh, well, I've got all this money coming in, you know, it's going to set me from there until retirement or then some. Oh, my gosh. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Can you make Gatawan Van go?

Wow. Wow. It's oh, wow. Can you make Gutterwind Van go? Wow. Wow. Wow. It's Oh Wow Wednesday. If you've got a call that would make us go, wow, wow. If you have 0800 the hits are 4487. We have someone on right now who reckons they could wow us. Yeah.

Her name is Donna. Now, wow us, Donna. What did you do? Delivering and reviving my granddaughter. Oh, my gosh. What, in like an emergency situation? Yeah. She was, my son and his wife, they were at home and I was around there visiting.

And my daughter-in-law went to the toilet and then she screamed out, the baby's coming. And when we went in, it was that quick. The baby was crowning. And, you know, I've had three kids and I've got 11 grandchildren and she was the seventh grandchild. And I've watched them being born. So I thought, well, I can do this.

You're like, I've seen them do it. It's easy. But it's so different. Can you imagine? Yeah, she was hemorrhaging, and the baby came out, and she wasn't breathing. And I'm like, oh, my God. And my son's standing there going,

Mama, is she alive? Is she alive? So I copied what they do in the movies, you know, the sucking the crap out of the baby's mouth and blowing it over her nose and mouth. Did you? And rubbing her vigorously. And then she cried.

She's seven now. She's Donna. This is intense. So you knew nothing of what you were doing but you managed to pull off a birth and bringing a baby back to life. Yeah, and it was terrifying. Just the most terrifying thing I've ever been through. I'm thinking, you know,

if this baby dies, it's on me because I'm the only one that can do it. So you didn't have anyone from 111 on the phone telling you what to do or anything? No, no, but a friend of mine arrived just as I'd revived the baby and she rang the ambulance and they

came straight away. They beat the midwife there, who only lived 15 minutes away and she'd been called to say this was starting but she hadn't got there in time oh donna this is uh wow magnificent and this is all just from you watching stuff just go all right give that a bash seven of my grandchildren being born and then you know you see it on on movies and things like that and it's all pretty similar but it's a

different yeah i can imagine what you're doing when. When this baby's life is in your hands and you think, if I don't get this right or I don't get this baby breathing, I've lost her and they're depending on me to save her. And then your daughter-in-law's hemorrhaging. Yeah, so she ended up in hospital because she was bleeding to her head, but my God, what a mess to clean up. What a mess to clean up. It's like I've murdered someone.

Oh, Donna. Well, you know, how do you clean that up, Donna? Are you getting the old handy towels? There's about 15 towels at the back. I hope there's a sale at Briscoe's that week. What a mess. Hey, Donna, love your call. Well done. I mean, jeez, that's an incredible thing you've done for your family.

Yeah, so when she was due to have her next baby, I said, for God's sake, please have this baby in hospital. Or buy more towels, one of the two. That is an awesome story. Well done, Donna. Thank you very much for your time this morning. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Wow. I tell you what, it makes me want to go back into my mother and be birthed again by Donna Wouldn't you like to be Entered into the world by Donna Just her going Hello darling She was amazing

She was incredible If you think you got a story For Wow Wednesday You can text us 24487 Love to get you on next week What I love about kids Especially kids They're that sort of sweet When they get that sweet age Where they don't care Yeah members you're ashamed of. What I love about kids, especially kids

there, that sort of sweet, when they get that sweet age where they don't care. They'll say whatever they want. Their clothes are cheaper as well because they're smaller clothing. That's what I love about kids. But they do grow quite fast. They go through it quite quickly. They do. They don't hold on to clothes as like you and I would. Yeah, I'm buying shoes for my son. He's only 11 years

old. They're like size US 11. You'll grow into these just to maximise the investment. i love the fact that i don't really care what people think they'll say something to you whatever's on their mind they'll speak their mind and also i've noticed recently with my daughter andy she'll just wear whatever she wants to wear and she doesn't care which is awesome it's a good awesome way to be somewhere along the line you become as an adult you become self-conscious and aware and you kind of go oh maybe this is cool and you shouldn't i shouldn't wear that or i shouldn't say that in this situation the world would be a lot more productive if they just all said what we were thinking you know there'd be a lot more people with hurt feelings but that's all right you get

stuff done now we you know much like your kids uh my kids love halloween it was a big time in our household and we you know had a lot of decorations we put them up it was a lot of fun and then as we were sort of packing away all the stuff and he was like oh no can you can you keep out the witch's hat i was like yeah okay we can keep the witch's hat out we won't put those away and i was like why she goes i just want to wear it as a hat oh my god oh it's an everyday sort of out of season hat and i was like oh maybe i'll give this one or two days and then i'll have to put it up in the attic sort of thing. But no, she is committed to that hat. Really?

But we will go out, you know, we'll go out, we'll go, she goes, we'll go outside, do I need a hat? I'm like,

yeah. So she'll put it on, we'll walk around the neighborhood, we'll go, like we went to the beach the other day, she's wearing a witch's hat. Great sun coverage. Melanoma is not an issue

with a witch's hat on. The downside though is, you know, traveling in vehicles when, you know, it's vehicles when, you know, it's like wearing the Sky Tower on your head.

Like a big road code, basically. Yeah. And she's rolling with it. And to be fair, she doesn't care. Like, she went to school the other day

and she was like, I want to wear the witch's hat. I'm like, yeah, go for it. Also, she wore it to school as well. I was like, oh, if you want to do it. And doesn't seem to care at all. But no other witch's paraphernalia,

no nothing. It's just like... Like, out of season, is she just, is she a full-time witch? No. Because at Halloween, it's topical, obviously. It's a dress-up. But outside of the month of October... It's just like part-time, maybe a casual witch.

You're not doing spells or any nasty stuff. She's dipping her toes in. Probably my daughter, she was speaking and committing to unusual things. She woke up one morning, she's like, I'm going to talk with a British accent for the rest of my life. And I said, wow, jeez, this is a hell of a role play here. What are they called? Method acting. So she did.

She started talking like an eight-year-old Adele. Hello, Governor, down to the old cocks and arms. She's talking like that. And she came up for a fortnight which was a long time I was living with a little British girl there for a while she did eventually drop character because it was like when a New Zealander goes

over for the OE for a month and they come back and they're like oh you just went to England so she dropped character now but it was a good fortnight with a British girl so I think it's kind of cool we should embrace that. John, if you want to get those leather pants back on

that you wanted to wear and you got mocked out of. Did you actually wear leather pants? Or that bucket hat that you had that everyone said you look like you're selling party pills to people at Rhythm and Elves. Ironically, I was. That's why I said it. It was the cop.

He's like, you look like Yeah Julian if you may Just come and find the guy In the bucket hat Right If you want to do that You've got to bust out That denim leather

I wore leather pants once It wasn't in a serious situation It wasn't for a comedy sketch It was work Oh wow Yeah And you mocked me out Of those leather pants Look what I'm saying If you want to wear that. And you mocked me out of those leather pants.

That's what I'm saying. If you want to wear that. He didn't actually mock me out. They might have to get a surgeon to remove them. Cassie Henderson was one of the stars of the first ever series of X Factor New Zealand, and she was just 14 years old when she made the finals. Incredible. Very talented. finals incredible very talented and her place of guitar sings amazing as well doesn't she she's awesome and now she's got a new single it's out it's called complacent and she's joining us right

now yeah cassie we haven't heard from you musically for the last eight years yeah well i think after the show because it was just such a full on experience, I really wanted to chase that dream. But I was still so young and I fought like 14, like 14 at that age. If you're getting any type of criticism, you take it so personally. And I think that really affected how I was trying to pursue music. So I took a bit of a hiatus, I suppose, and tried to just find the joy in it again instead of just forcing myself to do it. And eventually that came back and I started writing songs and yeah. Do they help you on a show like The X Factor behind the scenes

of like, hey, this might happen, this is what you can do or is it just kind of you're left to your own devices? Well, I think that our season of X Factor was, I don't think anyone expected it to go as well as it went. And I feel like it was kind of like the first time for everyone and I know that since then there's a lot more you know a lot more help with like taking care of people as they leave the show or come into the show and I think it's really important because yeah you're just in your own bubble and then all of a sudden

that bubble gets popped and it's quite a sad reality. You're kicked out of your hotel room at Sky City. I'm 14 years old. Is anyone going to take me home? It's like shuttled out of there. I remember I finished the show and I got home at 5 in the morning and then they woke me up at 7 in the morning. They were like, you've got radio interviews. You've got to get out, pack your room.

Get out. We can't afford this for another night. Wow, the harsh realities I notice you're quite the wakeboarder Really? Where did you notice that? On your Instagram account Are you wakeboarding there?

I don't think so It must have been another one Good research I think I've wakeboarded once in my life And I didn't go very it. I noticed you're touring with the professional darts circuit nowadays. How's that going for you?

The professional darts circuit? He's trying to pull it. Ignore him, Cassie. Ignore him. How's the volleyball career going? Volleyball career? Actually, I got kicked off my high school volleyball team. There you go. I knew if I just kept naming sports you would have played one of them. Yeah.

Cassie, we want to do something with you if you're up for it, Cassie. It's called Undercover. We've got a box in front of us here on Zoom, and we've got some little pieces of paper with a random collection of songs that's been produced. Juliet, you've written some of these in there, songs that maybe you may or hopefully you'll know you'll be able to play a quick cover of right now,

but sort of in your style. Are you up for this? Yeah. I've got my trusty guitar here. You know that you can always just say, no, I'm not up for it. Can we end this now? And we'd all go wakeboarding together.

Okay. I will survive. Gloria Gaynor. Gloria Gaynor. Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive. Okay. Jesus, Julian. Did you pull that one? I Will Survive.

I'm sophisticated. Yeah, you're just. Okay. Do you know that one? Can you do that one? I think so. Okay. You can do a little bit of that one.

Okay. Okay, here we go. At first I was afraid. I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. Oh, yeah. And I spent so many nights feeling sorry for myself and I grew strong. What did you do?

I learned how to get along. Go on now, go. Walk out the door. Walk out the door. Just turn around now. I'm not waiting for anyone. I'm not waiting for anyone. Did I think you were what? No, no, no.

Oh, wow. That was awesome. What other completely random music can we pull out here? Britney. All right. Can you play anything from Britney music can we pull out here? Britney. All right. Can you play anything from Britney? Do you know anything? Free Britney.

Yes, I can. It's done. The job's done. She's already freed. We've done all the heavy lifting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I made you believe we're more than just friends.

Oh, baby, it might seem like a crush. But it doesn't mean that I'm serious. Because to lose all my senses, that is just so typically me. Oh, baby, baby, oops, I did it again. That's a wonderful rendition. Yeah, that's very cool. I always wonder when artists hear their songs being covered, you know, in a different fashion, whether they're like, damn it. I should have done it like that.

Yeah. Let's do one more because this is fun. You're awesome. Your voice is amazing. All right, Kings of Leon. Kings of Leon. Oh, yes. Kings of Leon, I just...

What are we going? Are we going Sex on Fire? You would like Sex on Fire? Would you like that? Yeah, yeah. That's how I politely ask you every time. Benjamin, would you like Sex on Fire this evening? You like the on-fire version?

Okay. All right. Over to you, Kessie. Lay where you're lying. Don't make a sound. Because I know they're watching. They're watching. And oh, your sex is on fire

Cause you're With what's to transpire Oh, Cassie Innocent. She's an incredible voice. It's so cool. Should we just stay here all morning and just throw songs in? Do another one. Do another one.

I wish I was like James Corden. I could join in then, but I'd just ruin the song. Yeah. Cassie is so good. I thought it was good when I was survived. Yeah, we gave it a crack and then we pulled out. Much like your weight boarding career. Yeah, one and done.

It's so good to catch up with you. We should play your new single right now, Complacent. Do to introduce it oh okay um here we go uh hi i'm casey henderson this is my brand new song complacent we started getting ready at nine i put on something black and tight Oh yeah, I know that's just what you like But I didn't do it for you, no No, I didn't do it for you, no Walk down the street, get a bottle of wine All of the girls making fun of your lies

Oh yeah, I forgot, I hope that's alright Cause I already told them, Cause I already told them, yeah Kinda already told them, yeah Boy, you got me in a shitty situation You said you love me but can't do the dedication So all that's left is that I go on vacation And you regret leaving me sitting there complacent You might be able to convince your friends That I was crazy, well you know that depends

Weren't you the one who said that this thing should end And then you came crawling, yeah Then you came crawling back again I hope you see me dancing out here tonight Let my head down, doing just what I like And I might get talking to a troublesome guy Cause it seems like that's just, um, that's just my type Boy, you got me in a shitty situation

You said you love me but can't do the dedication. So all that's left is that I go on vacation. And you regret leaving me sitting there complacent. La la la la la la. La la la la la la. La la la la la la la. La la la la la la. I was so patient What happens when you're here but you're vacant Guess this is the end of the game I was playing

Wasted and incomplacent Boy, you got me in a shitty situation You said that my love is a lifelong complication You left me waiting here outside the petrol station Guess you can take this as my formal resignation La la la la la la la La la la la la la Form a resignation You're sitting there complacent You got me

Boy, you got me, you got me You got me You got me You got me You got me, boy, you got me, you got me. You got me, boy, you got me, you got me. Boy, you got me, you got me, you got me. She was one of the stars of X Factor New Zealand at just 14 years old. It was Cassie Henderson, her new song, Complacent. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. If it's not you you it's not anyone

it is Justin Bieber producer Julia typical fan Justin Bieber what are you in as tops um top 0.5%

of his Spotify listeners this year in the world yeah no one listened to more Bieber than you no

love that not even Bieber no that is which means how many times would you have listened to that album

How many minutes Did it calculate those I think it was like 10,000 or something like that It was yeah crazy Is it a good record It is very good And I know that I'm biased

But I must say It is actually One of his better albums Compared to his other ones Anyway let's get on With Spy Stop talking about this Stop talking about

My fascination With Justin Bieber Listen she can spy A great deal on ASOS and spy a celebrity up to all sorts of nonsense. It's Juliet Rothel with all the latest. Thank you. So Drake has withdrawn his Grammy nominations, meaning that he will have no chance of winning. He was nominated for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance. And so this was made at the request of him and his team, but they haven't specified why,

which is annoying because I really want to know the reason why. I think in the past, he's won four rap albums and stuff, and he's been a bit disappointed, disgruntled that he hasn't been nominated across more than just the rap categories. Yes, because he doesn't consider himself a solely rap. No, I think it's something like that. I might not be 100% correct, but it's along those lines. So he's a bit of a disgruntled that's not across, you know,

some of the biggest selling albums ever. Exactly. And I mean, he crosses over with pop as well, his music. He also, yeah, he hasn't had the best sort of history with the Grammys. I don't know if he really likes them that much. So last year he did call for the Grammys to be replaced with a new awards show after several artists like The Weeknd were overlooked. Yeah, right.

And also once when he won a Grammy, he went up and made a speech basically saying, you know, this is all opinion. These winners are all opinion. It's not factual. So if you're wanting to be an artist, if you're looking at these award shows on the TV right now and you're wanting to be up here one day, just know that it's literally all opinion. There's speculation it could be around lack of diversity.

Yeah. A lot of speculation throwing around. They used to be nominated 47 times. Yeah, and he's won four. Yeah. But it is all opinion. It is. You're right.

The world is right on opinion. We were talking about this the other week. And how do you know anyone's opinion is better than another person's opinion? Exactly. Exactly. 100%. But we force our opinion down your throats every morning, do you? What does it mean at the end of the day?

And also like the weekend last year when he didn't get any Grammys, that was a big shock to I think everyone because he had so many bangers. And I imagine a lot of agendas at play too when it comes to those awards ceremonies. Pleasing the right people. Sleazy record people with gold chains and white powder dripping out of their nose, sort of wanting to get their artists on the platform. It'd be very interesting to see sort of behind the scenes what goes on and who makes those decisions and everything.

But yes, Drake will not be winning at the Grammys in January. And Elon Musk's former partner, Grimes, she's a musician. She's kind of a little bit random with her music taste. Well, not music taste, but it's not very, you know, hitzy, her music. She's been nominated for nine Grammys. Her best rap category as well. Yeah.

So her and Elon Musk, they broke up a couple of months ago, but she's released a new song with some digs towards him. Now, I'll play a little bit of the song. It's a little bit random. So it's quite, you know, random music, but, you know. But the lyrics say, I'm in love with the greatest gamer, So it's quite, you know, random music, but you know. But the lyrics say, I'm in love with the greatest gamer, but he'll always love the game more than he loves me.

Sail away to the cold expanse of space, even love couldn't keep you in your place. Which actually does sound quite Elon Musk-y. I mean, there's no Taylor Swift wanting her scarf back. He's getting the message out there. And I imagine work is his life. That company would just be all-consuming. He would have not much time for anything else.

Yeah. Well, I think he's the CEO of two companies, right? SpaceX and Tesla. So he's got two beasts. He's like, Grimes, mate, I'm trying to get to space. She's like, yeah, well, I've been here with the baby all day. He's like, yeah, well, I'm trying to fire a rocket to space. And so then you can imagine they'll just compensate.

And then they would have gone, well, my job's not more anymore. You know? You know the conversation. Ironically, now they've got their space between them and their relationship. And he'll have thousands and thousands of miles between them once he's up there. Did you know that he sold all of his properties? He owns no houses, I don't think. He had this massive property portfolio, but he sold them all.

Was he renting? I think he is. Or maybe his house that he does own is like a tiny, you know those portable shoebox sort of houses? Yeah, really random. How is he expecting to get ahead? I know. If he's renting. I know. Let's pray for him. Get on the property ladder, right? If we can.

And it's five for the South. More you can head to thehits.co.nz Thanks Jude. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, each year, Google in New Zealand releases the most searched things that New Zealanders search for on Google.

Basically, New Zealanders seem to turn to Google a lot. You were saying before you probably asked Google a lot of things that you wouldn't probably want to ask other people. We were having that conversation that no one would know you any better in any area of your life than Google. Yeah. You're the most honest as a human being with Google, which is disturbing to know that Google has all of this information.

And releases it every year going, these are the things that people most search for. They don't name and shame, obviously. They don't go, John O'Prior, these are his top 10 searches. Well, they can turn on us at any stage and start naming and shaming. They're going to be like, John O'Prior Googled, is it embarrassing for a grown man not to be able to tie his own

shoelaces? Things like that. I used to see you Google how to tie a tie, didn't you, for many years when we were doing the TV show. I did. Yeah. And that's embarrassing. That's embarrassing. I used to tie a tie, didn't you, for many years when we were doing the TV show? I did. Yeah. And that's embarrassing. That's embarrassing. I used to have a... Yes, you did it secretly as well. Every time we'd get into a suit because we'd get changed together, they'd go,

yeah, I'll just back in a sec. And you'd go off. Or you'd YouTube it or Google it. Yeah, I didn't know how to tie a tie. I used to wear those ones, you know, the elastic neck, you know, the stretchy neck ones. They were always good. Why didn't you just loosen it and then just like put a ray in it and then retighten it? Oh, yeah. We could have done that.

We could have helped you out there. Anyway, the guy on YouTube is very helpful. It took me about 12 lessons on YouTube to actually finally remember it. Yeah, to study the art of tying a tie. But we're going to play a little game, the Google Games. The Google Game. We don't know what the top searches are from Google throughout the year. Yeah, but just, Juliet, you do. You've had a look at this press release. what the top searches are from Google throughout the year. Yeah.

Producer Juliet, you do. You've had a look at this press release. Yes. And so what we do, all we understand is people have gone to Google for many different reasons, and they've sort of broken them down into the categories that New Zealanders have searched for.

And together with the Hits listeners, we're going to see if we can get 10 items or 10 things across the most searched. Yeah, so if you phone us 0800-THE's 4487, and you get one correct, well, well done, we're going to give you a hell pizza voucher. Just like that. Did you know Google's original name was Backrub? Really?

That was their original company name. Yeah. And I think they offered to sell it to Yahoo from memory for like $2 million. And Yahoo went, no thanks. Oh, my God. And now it's the premier sort of search engine. Billions with billions and billions of dollars. So what are the categories?

Just quickly. So I'll list a few. There's Kiwi figures, global figures, loss, COVID, sports, TV shows. So we just need to get 10. 10 of the top 10. Okay, I'm going to go. Has it been searched? Can the South Island be a republic

in no way associated with the North Island? Is that on the list? No. Okay, what about whatever happened to Jono and Ben? No. What about, why does Jacinda talk to me like I'm four years old? Ryan Tamaki's eyebrows.

Oh, let's see. Is Tamaki in there? Oh, not eyebrows, but Brian Tamaki. Oh, okay. There we go. There's a hit. What category is he under? He's under Kiwis.

Yeah, gotcha. Okay, let's go to Catherine. You're on from Auckland. Welcome, Catherine. The Google Games are trying to figure out the top ten searches of Google this year. What do you want to put forward? I reckon it's guacamole because that's what I keep Googling. What?

Guacamole? Yeah. How to make it. How to make guacamole in there, Juliette? Is it? It is. Yes. I want to know more secrets.

Yes. Guacamole recipe. I was seconds away from mocking you, Catherine. Wow. And then you came through with a wow. Well, I guess I have, to be honest, I have Googled it a couple of times in the last year. Are you making a nice creamy guac there, Kath? I do.

I do, but I changed it around a bit. I have to keep changing and looking for the new recipe. So, yeah. There we go. One for one. Who knew how to make guacamole was in the most searched google this is fun all right you'll have to google how to order hell pizza because we're going to give you a voucher okay katherine okay all right 487 on the text if you want to guess

what some of the most searched things were on google for new zealanders over the past year then help us out we're trying to get 10 off the list next on The Hits. Jono and Ben, The Hits. We are at the end of the year. We're playing Christmas music, and we're looking at the most searched things by New Zealanders on Google. The list has been released. We haven't seen the list, though, Jono, have we? We're playing our very own Google Games right now. The Google Games.

Producer Juliet is the bearer of all things that have been searched on Google this year. And so far, we've got one, which came through. Oh, two actually, two. Brian Tamaki and also... Apologies, we do. And the second one was how to make guacamole, which is one of the most searched things this year on Google. Are you going to take a stab?

You have a stab. Let's go something that you think could be on the list. Okay, I'll go locations of interest. And my location of interest has always been Boyce's Pectorials. Is location of interest there? Yeah, it is. A lot of COVID-related stuff would be on there. Yeah, I imagine it would be on there.

I was thinking about this before when that song was playing. Kim Kardashian, obviously in a relationship with someone at the moment. And a lot of people that I know, I might know his work, but not everyone would know Pete Davidson. Question mark. So Pete Davidson, question mark. Pete Davidson? Yeah, the comedian Pete Davidson.

Who's Pete Davidson? Well, if you're not following comedy on Saturday Night Live, he might be on the list. Oh, he's on the list. There you go. Under global figures. Yeah. Who is this guy that looks like he should be in rehab dating Kim Kardashian?

So the Google games, ironically, we're not allowed to Google the answers. And we can only do it with the power and can-do attitude of the listeners to the hits. And we're going to kick it off with you, Sue. What do you think is one of the most Googled searches this year? Well, when I thought about it, I thought it was right, but it probably isn't right. But I'd like to know how many people

burn turkeys at Christmas time. Well, that's definitely not going to be right. Thanks for contributing, Sue. Let's have a look. I'm sorry, Sue. Is there anything Christmas food related? Because there's a recipe, like the top search things. We had the guacamole.

Well, okay, there's different categories under recipes. There's a recipe sweet and a recipe savory. Oh, jeez. But not burning turkeys? No. All right, Sue, well, thanks for participating.. Oh, jeez. But not burning turkeys. No. All right, Sue, well, thanks for participating. That's all right, thank you. Well, we'll give you a Hell Pizza voucher anyway, okay?

Thanks, Jono. All right, all the best. Actually, speaking of burning stuff, I burnt cookies with my daughter making squid game cookies. Is squid game on the list? Yeah. Oh, there we go. There we go.

Another one here. We'll get Samantha on from Christchurch. We're trying to figure out the most Googled things of 2021. Samantha, what do you reckon? Morning, guys. Morning. I was thinking the traffic light system. Like, what is the COVID traffic light system?

Yeah, that is a great suggestion, Juliet. Traffic light system is in there. Oh, well done. One of the most Googled things from New Zealanders over 2021. We'll get Pip on from Papamoa. Morena, Pip, what do you reckon? Cricket. Just cricket.

Have you been looking through Ben Boyce's search history? Maybe. Yeah, well, if it was me, it'd be Crickinfo. What about my favourite websites? Well, Crickinfo is there. Awesome. And also, well, not specifically the word cricket, but Australia versus India is up there too.

Is that under the category of embarrassing? Hey, hey, hey. A lot of sports. Was the America's Cup one? Was that part of it? Yeah, like that's 2021, wasn't it? Yes. When is the next America's Cup race?

There we go. Someone's hand is actually texting. Olympics. Was Olympics, because that was 2021, wasn't it? Yes. When is the next America's Cup race? There we go. Hannah's actually texting. Olympics. Was Olympic, because that was this year. Yes. Is Olympics one of the most searched things? We've got seven of the top ten so far. Olympic medal table.

Well done, Hannah. We'll kick it off with Martin. We won't kick it off. We already kicked it off. If anything, Martin, you're kicking it to touch. Yeah, I've only got three left. Morning, guys. How's it going?

Yeah, what do you think, mate? Well, I'm going to change what I was thinking. I'm going to go with flights. Flights? People wanting to go on holiday soon. Oh, okay. Is that one of the most searched things? Flights? It's actually not. Oh, what was your other guess, Martin? Oh, we'll go for Jetstar. Jetstar? No.

No? Okay, all right, Marty. Okay, we'll chuck it up. Is Justin Bieber in there? Someone's texted on 4487. He released a new album. No, Justin Bieber. Is 660 in there?

They had their concert. Would have been queries about how to buy tickets to the concerts. No. Is Vaccine in there? Someone had their concert. Would have been queries about how to buy tickets to the concerts. No. Is vaccine in there? Someone's texted on 4487. Yes. My vaccine pass, book my vaccine, COVID vaccine, all in there. What about COVID announcements?

COVID. Because you're always like, when's the next COVID announcement? That's something I Google. Oh, my God. Yes. Yes, that is in there. Should we hang up on Martin? Oh, yes. He's still there Oh, my God. Yes, yes, that is in there. Shall we hang up on Martin? Oh, you sure?

Thanks, Martin. Martin's all politely listening along there. Thank you, Martin. Wonderful. So that's all 10. Is it? Yeah, we've reached our top 10. I don't know if we're quite on there, but hey.

We'll put those on our social media. Check out all the categories and the most searched things on Google this year. There we go, the Google Games. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk TV. In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben, the Heads. Now today, we're heading after the show. We're heading to Eden Park, and Jono, we're going to be on the stadium roof.

We're going to be trying to throw basketballs from the Eden Park stadium roof down onto a basketball hoop from the roof. If we nail two shots at any stage over the six hours we're allowed up there, we unlock a pretty amazing prize. Thanks to Eden Park, our all-access pass next year, including concerts, sports games, stadium tour, glamping, as well as $1,000 to give away. But we're starting to get a little bit worried that the weather might come into play.

Got to factor in conditions when you embark on a sporting mission, don't you, Ben Boyce? I know sailing, it plays an important role in the America's Cup. Yeah, cricket, they're always stopping for rain or bad light and stuff. You know, the weather, it's a thing. You can't avoid it. It's not going anywhere. And we need to factor it in today.

And that's why we have a man from Weather Watch. He watches the weather more than he watches his own children. But they knew what they signed up for when they had Philip Duncan as a father. Welcome from Weather Watch. He watches the weather more than he watches his own children, but they knew what they signed up for when they had Philip Duncan as a father. Welcome from Weather Watch, Philip Duncan. Good morning. Good to be with you. There we go. He's got one eye on the weather and none on his children.

Shocking father. I don't even know any of this. Where's this coming from? Are you a father? No, I'm not, but I've got cats. Does that count? You've got cats. There you count? You've got cats. There you go.

Now, Phil, what's the weather looking like this afternoon into the evening today? Is it going to be windy? Is it going to be rainy? What's going on? Just such a huge honour to be asked for such a massive sporting event like this. So thank you. You don't get old Steve Hansen. Who's the coach?

You don't get old Ian Foster phoning up every Saturday, do you? So the forecast is looking pretty good. The winds were kind of windy northerlies all week. They eased back today, but it still could be blowing about 15 kilometres an hour this afternoon. It's not too strong, but it's coming from the north, so factor that in when you, you know, it'll push it southwards when you throw the ball. Because there's obviously, I mean, it's a stupid the north, so factor that in when you, you know, it'll push it southwards when you throw the ball.

Because it is obviously, I mean, it's a stupid thing to probably say, but being up on that roof we've been once before, it is very blustery up there, up there in the air. So that is going to be something we're going to have to encounter a wee bit. Yeah, you'll have a north to north-easterly wind. Again, that's 15 kilometres an hour at ground level, so up on the roof it could be 20 or 30 k's an hour, which is enough to be kind of blowing it a wee bit further to the south when you throw it.

Now, listen, did you, when you were younger, listen to Crowded House, always take the weather with you? And you're like, I'm going to do that literally. Because weather must be, it must be, to coin a phrase, a dark cloud that hangs over you because everyone would want to talk to you about the weather, Philip Duncan. It never stops. That's probably why we've got a lot of support from farmers because it's the kind of job where you always have to be doing it.

You can't just sort of take weekends off and things like that. The weather's always changing and that's what makes it fun. It's just every day is different. When you go to a party, is everyone always asking you what's going on? Are they always trying to get a forecast out of you? Yeah, yes, all the time. And what's funny is you say we've got this app and we've got these two websites and then they still go, oh, yeah, but just tell me.

Just tell me the answer. How often does it change? Obviously, they predict it even on the news. They say tomorrow's going to be this, but then sometimes you get to the day and it doesn't actually happen. I mean, how often does it change? Yeah, it changes a lot. The two biggest problems we've got in forecasting, timing's the biggest one

that we get wrong. So you'll be saying it's going to rain at a certain time on a Saturday afternoon, and then it doesn't arrive till one in the morning on Sunday, and so everyone says you were terribly wrong, but it was only running about five hours late, so it still turned up. That's probably the biggest thing that we get wrong. And the other one's thunderstorms. You can have a risk for thunderstorms in a big area,

but then nothing occurs in somewhere like Auckland, and so that's a lot of people who go like, hello? Yeah, could you wake up in the morning, look at the sky, and sort of tell me what kind of day it was going to be for the rest of it? A little bit. I mean, the computer modelling nowadays does most of the work, and it's very accurate. It's more accurate than people. But the people come over the top of it and help sort of make it better and fine-tune

it and add things to it, like whether or not you can throw a ball over the top of it and help sort of make it better and fine-tune it and add things to it, like whether or not you can throw a ball from the top of a stadium and where it might go. Yeah, it's pretty incredible. I was thinking that the other day because I went on to an app like your weather watch, and it was a beautiful day, and it was saying it was going to rain. You're like, there's no way it's going to rain. I can't see a cloud.

And then suddenly in a couple of hours, it was raining. It's crazy how that happens. It is. We use IBM's supercomputer, Watson. It just does this incredible number crunching, and it gets these things. I get that, too. I wake up and think, how come it's too nice? This doesn't look like a day with showers.

And then, sure enough, one in the afternoon, it starts raining. So it's pretty good most of the time, but no forecast is perfect. Now, can you give us a Christmas Day outlook? That's what all the media outlets like. What's it going to be like on Christmas Day, Philip Duncan? When I don't know the answer, I always just say a mix of sun and clouds, a chance of a shower, and south-westerlies. We're actually facing a potential tropical cyclone

in the New Zealand area next week. We're not sure yet how bad it'll be, but it's going to be close enough to maybe bring in some wind and rain in the middle part of next week. Is summer going to be good? You've got a good summer? What are you predicting? It's going to be warmer, and so warm and nice. Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words

away from a massive payday. We play this every morning, your chance to win $5,000 cash for our game, five words for 5k. It's a simple game of word association, but you need to match all five words with our five words to win five grand. Let's head to Taranaki this morning. Sharon, you're on New Zealand's breakfast. Can you believe it?

Life dream nailed already, Sharon. Ha. And that was the exact reaction. It was the appropriate reaction It was Just a groan Let's get on with it How are you shares alright?

Yeah good $5,000 a lot of cash That was so good That was perfect What would you do with the 5k Sharon? Buy a new fish finder for hubby's sake Oh a new fish finder Sometimes those fish they sake. Oh, a new fish finder. Well, sometimes those fish, they don't want to be found.

I love that, though. You can't blame them either. They know what's in store if your husband gets his grubby bits on them. They're trying to keep away from him. So a new fish finder, and that could happen right now. Who are you going to send into the soundproof booth, Sharon? A Juliet, please. Oh, okay.

All right, Jude. A Juliet. Alright, that means a rotation of seats as Juliet heads on into the soundproof booth. She's inside. Jono's behind the desk now pushing some buttons. Whenever Juliet goes in and I have to come behind here to push buttons, you have

a hard job of filling in time. And I commentate on something that doesn't need to be commentated on, but anyway, we're here now. And John O'Neill is slowly sitting down on his seat. Just as camp. He's got his headphones on. We're good to go. And Sharon is ready to win herself $5,000 and catch

some of those pesky fish. Let's do it, okay? Sharon, the first word this morning, what pops into your head when I say Eden? E-D-E-N Eden. Mouse. Eden Mouse. No, so what was it?

Was it Eden or eating? Oh, Eden, E-D-E-N. Eden Park. Yeah, that's the one. I thought Eden Mouse was a controversial one. I was like, oh, I've never heard of this. Hens is word two. Hens, H-E-N-S. Hens.

Chickens. Chickens. Sharon, she's a farmer. She'd know all about that, Ben Boyce. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Well, I haven't counted the five grand just yet. Sounds. S-O-U-N-D-S. Sounds. Sounds.

That's a tricky one. Yeah. Come back to it if you want, Sharon. Yep, all right, we'll move on. Basketball. Appropriate one for us today. We're going to be throwing a lot of basketballs from the roof at Eden Park. Basketball. Hope.

Hope. Nice. And hospitality is the final one. Hospitality. I think of cafe. Oh, yeah. Oh, you know, that's a final one. Hospitality. I think it's cafe. Oh, yeah. That's a good one to think of. You've got your bars, your cafes, your restaurants, don't you?

Yeah, caf. Yeah, caf. Going to roll caf. And we're just going to jump back to word number three. Booth. Sound booth. Oh, sounds. Sound Booth? But the only thing is it sounds. You can go with Booth, but yeah, I'm just saying it's... Oh, sounds.

Yeah, sounds with an S. Oh, man. It is hard. Yeah. I mean, hearing wasn't a bad one, I thought, but hey. A Marlborough? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

But then you've said that, so I can't really say that. You can say it. As long as Julia hasn't heard it. Yeah, all it does is puts an immense amount of pressure on me if you lose the money. True, true. But I'll go with it anyway. Marlborough Sounds, we're locking in that. All right, sure.

And can I just confirm it was cafe, right, for hospitality? Yeah. Yep, cool. Okey-dokey. All right. Tough words this morning. They were, actually. A little bit of a gamble.

Juliet's just walked out of the soundproof booth, which is actually also a confessional. We have a priest in there 24 hours a day just waiting to hear all of our sins. What did you confess? I unloaded a lot. Alright, let's see if you can unload five words to give Sharon some $5,000. First word this morning, Eden.

Park. Yes. You're going to go Eden Park? She went Eden Cheese, I'm sorry, but then she changed it to Park. Oh, okay. Hens is word number two. Hens. Do. Oh, don't.

Oh, don't. I see where your brain thought. Chickens is what we went with. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Okay, yep. Word number three, which is a little bit of a toughie as well, sounds? Marlborough. Oh, Marlborough, well done.

Yeah, I think with an S on the end, that's kind of what you would roll with. Basketball was word four. Hoop. Ooh. Ooh, really? Yeah, she was. And hospitality was the final Ooh. Ooh, really? Yeah, she was. And hospitality was the final one.

Um, ooh, restaurant. Oh, cafe. Three out of five, Sharon. Three out of five. Oh, I'm sorry, Shaz. Looks like those fish live to see another day. Hey, listen, you keep safe and have a great Christmas, all right, mate? You too.

Thanks, guys. All right, bye. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. Hey listen you keep safe And have a great Christmas Alright mate You too Thanks guys Alright Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye

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Wow. Geez, that is star studded. I'm looking at all the studs and they are stars. And so Jonah Hill was on Jimmy Fallon and told a very funny story about Meryl Streep who I would say maybe is she in her 50s or 60s? Meryl Streep? No, she should be in her 70s, wouldn't she? Really? Do you reckon?

Let's have a look. Meryl Streep age No, she'd be in her 70s, wouldn't she? Really? Do you reckon? Let's have a look. Meryl Streep, age? Oh my god, she's 72. Yeah, I thought she'd be 72. Iconic actor. Oh, Devil Wears Prada. Oh, so, so good. Honestly. Open a bottle of rose and give me some Devil Wears Prada. We'll see that day with the kids.

So good. And so Jonah Hill was on Jimmy Fallon and basically explained something that happened between him and Meryl Streep, but a bit of a miscommunication about some sort of Gen Z terminology. Meryl Streep's actually cool, and she's the best actor.

In fact, we've been doing press for this movie, and in the interviews the past couple days, I keep saying, oh, and you know know getting to work with meryl she's the goat she's the goat right which if you know stands for greatest of all time right that's like an acronym that you use for like michael jordan or jay-z or whoever so the whole week i'm saying you know working with meryl's the best she's the goat she's the goat and then today we're doing a press conference and she's like you know and Jonah is so comfortable with me. He's been calling me a goat

For Lawrence explained to her she was telling Jennifer about this how she she's so cool. She literally love that. Well, she would have been going, oh, that's a little weird, but I guess I'll roll with it. Goats are useful. Yeah, but I would like to take this opportunity. I would like to quiz you guys on some other terminology or slang that you may not know. Now, is this the generation below your millennial generation? Yes, this is the generation. I had to actually double check these definitions because I think I know what they mean, but I had to double check some of them. Their whole conversations can just be sentences of acronyms.

Yeah, literally. Okay, so your first word is snatched. What does that mean? Snatched? Yeah. Well, normally that would be to take something, I would say. But in this, yeah, like snatched. Or a weightlifting move is the other one.

Yeah. But I don't imagine they're talking about that. I'm going to say you're in love. Someone snatched your heart away. That's quite a good guess. It's when someone looks really good. Like that snatch. Oh, you snatch. Oh, you snatch. Yeah, that's us. Juliet, this is

like, this is making us really look out of touch. What does the word simp mean? Simp. I know simp. I know simp. It's basically a gentleman who is... Describe it to me like they would in the 1800s. Who's found the services of a member of the opposite sex and is somewhat so enamoured with her

that he decides to do everything and anything for that particular woman in question. Correct. And it's usually when the feelings aren't reciprocated. If you're simping over someone, it means you're kind of going embarrassingly too hard to try and get their attention. Yeah, no, sort of talking Drake Rihanna five years ago.

Oh, okay. Great. Well done, Jono. Bang, you pulled it back. I'd like to thank my son, Oscar Pryor, for that. Yeah, he's brought me up to speed with that one. Well done, Oscar. Yeah, great. Well done, Jono. Bang, you pulled it back. I'd like to thank my son, Oscar Pryor, for that. Yeah, he's brought me up to speed with that one. Well done, Oscar. Gucci.

Gucci. Is it a nickname for a private part? No. Check out my Gucci today. No. Well, I'm going to guess it's someone who's probably a bit wealthier. You know, someone who's maybe... bit wealthier. Or looking flash. Looking bougie.

It sort of covers that. Gucci is kind of like good. If someone asks how you are, I'm Gucci. I'm great. Or it's all Gucci. We can never say that. We can't pull that off. I tried to say lit for a while.

Show me your Gucci, mate. Oh, God. Oh, dear. We're moving on. And that is five this morning. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz The Hits with Jono and Ben today taking on the two shots

with At Eden Park NZ and at Sky Sport. And at Jono and Ben. Yeah, it is happening today. This afternoon we're heading along to Eden Park. We're going to be on the stadium roof throwing basketballs down onto the field. Jono and I are both trying to nail a shot each. Two shots to unlock an amazing prize thanks to Eden Park.

If we get it tomorrow on the show, we'll be able to give away an all-access pass to Eden Park and $1,000 cash. It includes cricket, rugby, all the concerts at Eden Park next year, like 660 and Guns N' Roses. And you can check out edenpark.co.nz for Christmas event calendar right now with all the events that are going on there. Now, we're going to be up incredibly high. It's very high out there.

And I'm not a heights guy, you know? I'm not like, I'll do it, but I'm never... I'm the same as you, yeah. I'm never going to 100% relax up there. And we're going to be up there for potentially six hours today. You know, sometimes you see those shaka people and they're like, oh, bro, jump out of a plane, you know? It's not for me.

It's not for this... No, I'm with you. I'm with you on this one. But I want to say, though, if you want to win that prize, you've got to go to any of the posts that we do on it and just comment on any of the posts at The Hit's Breakfast on Instagram or Facebook. And then tomorrow morning, if we get the shots,

you could be getting that amazing prize. 12 months worth of entertainment in 2022. That's pretty sweet. Fantastic stuff. Now, it's a big history-making event. We'll make no bones about it. And it needs some media coverage, Ben. It does.

Sometimes in the media game, you've got to go hunt that coverage yourself. It just doesn't come to you. You know, Luxon had to go and tell everyone he was going to be the leader. They didn't just turn up one day, did they? And so we're going to do the same and we feel like we need some news coverage tonight. In particular, there's one show that fits perfectly. It's

Crowd Goes Wild. Yeah, the sports show. It's a sports entertainment show. It's on Prime every night at 7 o'clock. Yeah, this is Eden Park. We throw a bar. What more do they want? Sports and entertainment coming together. This is perfect for Crowd Goes Wild.

And now we're with the host right now from Crowd Goes Wild who joins us, James McConey. Welcome. How are you? Good morning. What up? Lovely to have you on, Mr. McConey. Now, as an intrepid journalist, reporter, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, we have a favour to ask.

Oh, all right. Okay, yes. You started so upbeat and sprightly and we've lost the energy instantly. Sucked the air out of the conversation. We know how you love covering all sports, all things that make the crowd go wild. Yeah. So where's this heading?

Yes. We're doing something at Eden Park. We're shooting basketballs off the roof, the stadium roof, down onto the field. There's a hoop down there. We want to make two shots, and then we give away an amazing prize. We thought this is great coverage for Crowd Goes Wild. Oh, finally someone's doing that. I'm really proud of you guys. Will you have a DJ?

Because what you can do, you can play that song that goes, Hoop, there it is. Hoop, there it is. We'll definitely be playing Hoop, there it is. This is a wonderful smoke screen. You haven't answered our question as to whether we can get some coverage, live coverage on your show. Oh, live?

Yeah. If you're doing it at 7, we could cross to you for sure. 7 o'clock weeknights, I might add, on Prime. Right. Look, are you doing it? Is this for charity? What's the story? Now, what better charity than the Hits radio station

getting more listeners, donating more listeners to the Hits, that's the charity drive Okay, so that's the motivation Shameless publicity Yeah, yeah, so you can send along a camera person they come along, it'd be great a little bit

Are there any celebrities involved? I mean, what? Well, we're there. You know, we're not Celebrity Treasure Island stuff, but we're, you know. Could you get someone from Celebrity Treasure Island? Could you get Lance? We could try.

We could try and get Lance, but Lance has got nothing to do with it. Are you trying to sex up the story, James? A little bit. I'm just trying to work out if there's an angle here for us. What more than an angle in sports? I'm proud of you.

Look, I think that if you maybe film it yourselves, you know, you've got a good phone. I'm guessing you've got a Nokia of some kind, and you can just film it in landscape, not portrait, send us a couple of seconds of a successful, mainly bloopers, really. We don't want you to succeed. Hold on this is this how lazy the news has become film it in landscape and email us over some footage we'll see what we could when sir edmund hillary was halfway up

everest did they go hey hey sir you haven't made it yet no carol we'll just when you get to the top fire us over some footage film it in landscape if you wouldn wouldn't mind, sorry, did I not say please? Look, I'm just happy that you guys are employed. I'm glad you've got a job. I'm glad that you're going to the roof at Eden Park. All these things are really cool. I mean, I know it's hard for you doing family-friendly broadcasting.

I remember the temptation to swear must be huge, especially at this moment. Especially now. Like right now, we're resisting. Listen, the crowd isn't even going wild for Eden Park. The crowd's not even mild for it. I'd like to be there. Unfortunately, I work.

You know, fair enough. But your job is covering sport. This only falls in the wheelhouse of that. Does it? Well, maybe not Alright, James McConey We'll send you some footage over What are you going to do with the footage?

Landscape Landscape If we send it to him in landscape We might get it on The Crowd Goes Wild We love your work, James James McConey, The Crowd Goes Wild 7 o'clock weeknights on Prime Cheers, thanks guys

Yeah, yeah, nah Yeah, nah Yeah, nah The home, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right in at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The mystery mix with Rosene is something we're doing at the moment.

You need to guess a summer item, a summer thing that's in the Rosene paint tin we have in the studio with us right now. We don't even know the item. The only person that knows it is producer Behance. Have a listen to this. Now, it's a summer item. Could it be Boss Todd's credit card to stop him from going to so many Christmas lunches heading into the festive season?

It's quite heavy sounding, though, isn't it? Yeah, there's a lot of debt on it. Well, true. Now, the catch is for every incorrect guess, we take $100 off the amount we're going to give away if someone guesses it. It started at $10,000. And if every time we want a clue, which we haven't gone there yet,

$500 comes off. Yeah. Ben Humphrey, producer of Bee Humps, where are we sitting at dollar value? This next guess will be $9,200. Okay. Each incorrect one has been mentioned, $100 off.

We can pay $500 off the prize pool for a clue. Are you ready for a clue? Are we at clue stage? What do you think? I feel like we're not. Jew, are we at a clue stage? No. It's a big chunk off, isn't it?

Yeah. I mean, the summer item is probably enough lead at the moment. It's enough will to drag us through. I don't want to take that much money off someone's potential amount. The more we save, the more we get to go after the show. Let's get two clues. Three clues. It's used Todd's credit card.

Let's kick it off with Lani and Taupo. Welcome, Lani. How are you? Good. What's that, sorry? Reduced cream. Oh, a can of Nestle reduced cream. Oh, that's a summer thing. It is very summery.

That white sludge that adds on about five to seven kgs over summer. It's not reduced cream. That was a great guess, though. It's something heavy inside the paint. And you're saying it's a summer thing, but you can use it all year round. Yeah, you can. Yeah. But more summery. But more summery.

Alright, we'll head to Fiona in Auckland. Welcome to this wonderful paint-sponsored adventure we're all on here. Fiona, what do you think the summer item is in the resin can? Is it one of those rip-and-dips tomato sauce in a can? Oh! It does feel about that size.

That's a really good guess. The ones you get from the fish and chip shops. Yeah, so iconic. Iconic. Very iconic. Summer thing, that's got to be it. What I love about your guess is it's very to the point,

you know, like you're narrowing it down really well. Specific, that's it. But no, it's not. Damn it. That was a really good guess though, Fiona.

So $9,000, we're at nine flat. Do we continue on today? Let's do one more. Let's do one more. Okay, we'll get Kylie on from Tauranga. Welcome, Kylie, the item in the paint tin from Rosene. Your thoughts?

After you've shaken it again, I think that it's heavier than what I was originally going to guess. Okay, have a go. It doesn't feel, when you shake it, it doesn't feel like a big item. Okay. Is it a paint roller? Which is the opposite of not a big item. It's not a paint roller, sorry.

Oh. Yes, yeah, you can do it in summer and winter. All right, well, that's it. We're $8,900. We'll pull the pin on it today. Another chance tomorrow to win that. We may think about it. We'll talk about a clue.

We'll talk about that. A lot of people are talking about this. Most talked about paint competition since Ben Boyce cheated in the New World Under-9s painting competition, and he put his age at 13 and won an Under 9s prize. I did, I did. I still regret that to this day, but summer can get pretty hot, so choose Resene Colour Cool Paints and Wood Stains and enjoy a cooler finish, and hopefully tomorrow we can give away the amount of money

and find out what's in this Resene painting. Now, there's someone in your household wearing something consistently, well-passed. Yeah, and doesn't mind. Like, it's just like, are you wearing that? It's an inconvenient item as well. I would have thought so, but I like the rolling with it. I'll tell you what it is next.

It is the hits you got, Jono and Ben.