Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Peter Andre Gets Back To Us!

Episode Date: August 11, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast, we get a reply from Peter Andre on our quest to get 'Mysterious Girl' back in the Best Song Ever countdown, Mitch James joins us and we chat to Hayley from The Hits about her short time in between meeting her hubby and marrying him!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, g'day there. It's Jono and Ben. This is our podcast. Introduction to the podcast, it's just kind of like a, you know, when they put you on the plane and they sort of run through the safety of the plane, the exits, how to use a seatbelt for some reason. This is what this is. It's like, it's a formality. Everyone who gets on a plane Knows what to do The oxygen mask will fall down Yeah chuck it on a

Chuck it on yours Before you do a kid We know And that's like the podcast intro I guess that you're right It just feels like something That we're obliged to do I suppose

Yeah I suppose that Obviously for safety purposes They need to do it on the plane But you're right You get to the stage They should almost go Has anyone not been on a plane before Put your hand up

We'll come round We'll play you a little something we'll talk through some of the things yeah we'll flick your text or something but yeah you're right you could shave because it's a 10 minute process

but I still think no matter how many times you see it if something drops down from the roof or something happens you're still going to be going what do I what do I

how do I I'm not getting oxygen what do I who do I put on you know you're going to probably panic every time I sit in an emergency exit and this happened back from Christchurch we've got to probably panic. Every time I sit in an emergency exit, and this happened back from Christchurch,

we flew back from Christchurch. Every time I sit in an emergency, I was like, it's on me to open this door. Big responsibility. And I have no idea how to open that door. Because they're like, are you okay? Do you know how to open the door? I'm like, yeah, of course, of course.

But then I look over at the door and I'm like, I don't know what to do. And I'd be that guy flustering. I'd be like, I don't know, it's locked. It's locked. Put it the other way. Pull it out. I don't know what to do. And I'd be that guy flustering. I'd be like, I don't know. It's locked. It's locked. Put it the other way. Pull it out. I wouldn't know.

Yeah, it would be one of those situations. So a bit of a panic. So I see why they do it. Slightly more important than what we're doing right now. But Producer Joel, we have found this article. Thanks to Cosmopolitan. Big shout out to Cosmopolitan. You said much respect to Cosmopolitan.

You wanted to give them a lot of respect yesterday. Well, they found some stuff that we've been picking out from an article they wrote about what you should use in a date. These are sort of conversation starters. You know, Cosmo was a magazine. Is it still printed or is it just an online? I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

Was that the one with the sealed section? They'd often have the sealed section? Oh, they would. And there was almost like the naughty section you would have. 12 reasons why your boyfriend's cheating on you and things like that oh the special sealed section that obviously when you're flicking through the super mario you couldn't you couldn't start ripping open the sealed section because you'd have to pay for the magazine so what was ever in that sealed section i never got never had the sealed section but i always knew it was a big thing maybe if someone

uh listening has opened up a cosmopolitan sort of more was it the saucy yeah yeah like stuff you know tips and techniques and all sorts of, you know, a bit more raunchier than just conversation starters on you. Oh, right. I think so. I think so. I think so, hey.

Like moves and things. Yeah, all new stuff. Saucy stuff, mate. Saucy stuff, right. But, Producer Joe, what have you found today? When do you have to bring out a magazine, though? Like a manual. Hold on, on page 33.

If you lift up, just put your right leg up a to bring out a magazine though, like a manual? Hold on, on page 33, if you lift up, just put your right leg up a bit there to a 45 degree. Okay. I'm actually, I'm putting these on hold for the week.

I actually want some life advice from old Uncle Jono and Uncle Ben here because tonight I've been invited to a party and the theme is the 80s and I know you guys are both kicking it,

kicking it back in the 80s. 80s. I was kicking it a bit. I was sort of one to nine in the 80s. I was kicking it back. I was sort of 1 to 9 in the 80s. Are you not in your 50s? Hey, hey, hey, we'll wrap you up in a second. 80s. I mean, I'm a millennial.

I'm a millennial. I would go see Mike Lane over there in the ACC and get some beige. Beige was the cricket thing. Remember they played in the horrendous beige outfit that's become cool and retro. That was like in the 81 they started busting those out. We took beige seriously back then. It wasn't irony. But that was a weird

colour for New Zealand wasn't it? Like a very unusual colour to make New Zealand play and it made no sense at all. Brown and sort of tan out of all the... What are the two ugliest colours? Yeah. Well, brown, but then a lighter brown.

But you know New Zealand, where you'll be black and white, where you have a flag, it's blue. I'm like, no, mate. We've got a whole lot of leftover brown and tan material. We'll put the Kiwi, we'll put the Kiwis in there. Maybe they ordered it from China. And they said, you know, we want these black.

And there was some miscommunication. They arrived in the container and they're like well it's too late now we're going to play tomorrow we're going to have to nail our foot to the floor with brown

so that would be my thought maybe if you were to go to a party Jono what would you wear to an 80s themed party yourself is there an 80s

what about an 80s musician is there anyone Michael Jackson yeah okay maybe not yeah no I'll go with Jackson I'll back Jackson what about was GNR was that 80s

Guns N' Roses was big, yeah. There was a lot of leather. Could do Axl Rose. Yeah, back in the day. Bandana and long hair and a Guns N' Roses T-shirt from JJ's. And what I respect... Or Cotton On. Sort of.

Cotton On, I think, are busting out those at the moment. What I respected, too, back then, from the rock stars, very skinny, you you know weighing in at 45 ben boy sort of yeah but they you know nowadays we have the joy of stretchy jeans you know gene technology is advanced back then it was just raw hard denim and raw hard leather they had no give no given those trousers and they were rocking Round in those Like you can see You know testicles The outline of testicles

These jeans are so tight And unforgiving Online Just looking 80s Well back to the future Was it 80s Okay

That's good You know Okay if I'm going to a party Or something from the 80s I'd go As a cocaine snorting Stockbroker From Wall Street

Just wild tops Ahead of the collapse With flour Like baking powder Or something All around your nose Yeah that's how it goes as a cocaine-snorting stockbroker from Wall Street. Just wild tops. Ahead of the collapse. With flour, like baking powder or something all around your nose. Yeah, that's how it goes. I'm like, oh, it's definitely a Baywatch 80s. Baywatch. I don't think I have a good enough rig to pull off the Baywatch, unfortunately.

But hey. What would you go? What are you thinking? Are you actually thinking of going in? Yeah, it was a very, I didn't actually realize it was dress-up until this morning. That's kind of why I'm asking you guys now. But someone said tie-dye. Is that the 80s or is that?

I thought that was more early 90s. And that all comes back again. Tie-dye comes back again, doesn't it? I feel like if I just wear, if you make an effort to wear something colourful, people would just be like,

oh, at least this guy's dressed up, you know? Yeah. Hopefully, yeah, maybe tie-dye. Is it tonight? Tonight, yeah. Yeah, the 80s party.

What's the reason for the 80s party? I feel like this is an off-air conversation. We've still got those Ghostbusters outfits. I think we've got some of those around work. Yeah, Ghostbusters. I think someone's just having a party.

And they're like, what's from ages ago? The 80s. Are we an ages ago generation now? It is ages ago. Well, enjoy the podcast. It's a really fun one today. There's some cracking calls about what people do,

the lengths people have gone to for their pet, as well as Hayley from The Hits who went from meeting to marriage in a very short amount of time. And Mitch James, pop star so much on the podcast. Enjoy.

Your essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on The Hits. The lengths that you go to for animals that are in your life. I took the dog in the car yesterday. Yeah. And I put a seatbelt on a dog. Now I don't, because I didn't know, I've never taken the dog in the car.

You can get special. You can actually buy special dog seatbelts. Do they need seatbelts? Are they required by law to put seatbelts on? Look, I'm not sure of the full situation, but I know that you can get special ones for the animals. Yeah, you're getting a lot of good treatment. Poppy, my daughter, she made like a shrine to him.

Like, you know, printed out his photo on the printer and then sort of made a frame for us and even took it on holiday with us and put it on display it was like like we prayed to a dog god dog god the year of the dog guys people who come into the room must be like okay these guys are pretty committed to uh the dog and it was kind of like a dog paraphernalia around it very small what's what's the brand of the dog you got tiny yeah he's so big that when you put him in the front seat anyway you've got to put the belt around because

he'll make that noise you know when someone's sitting and they're not wearing the seatbelt he's so heavy that he makes that noise they're like someone put your belt on

so there's no choice how do you manage putting a seatbelt around your dog he's alright he's pretty a grandpa he's like what have you got to do

I guess it's safety yeah because if he came through from the back seat if you had to suddenly stop you're gone you are gone he's a big rig your dog weighs three times more to safety. Yeah. Because if he came through from the back seat of you to suddenly stop, you're gone. You are gone.

He's a big rig. Your dog weighs three times more than you do. Yeah. We used to play a lovely little game where I was like

trying to get him into the back of the car and he's like, no. I'm like, please don't make me pick you up. Do you have to push

him up by the bottom? Yeah, I used to carry him up. I'm like, oh, come on, mate, you can do this. He's like, no, carry me.

Yeah. Common conversation in our household too from Poppy. She's like, I miss, mate. You can do this. He's like, no, carry me. Yeah, a common conversation in our household, too, from Poppy. She's like, I miss the dog. I miss the dog. And I said, do you ever miss me? And she gives me that look of like, you don't know. You don't want to hear the answer. Don't make me answer this.

Yeah. So I went home to that. This is what we wanted to do. Whether you've seat belted up dogs, whether you've had to maybe even do anything medical to your dog. I have mentioned this a couple of times, but a low moment

in both the dog and my life was getting a children's sock out of the dog's, he'd eaten it when he was younger and it got stuck on the way out

and I had to, you know, he had an extra tail, shall we say, and I had to help him out and both the dog and I looking at each other like going,

let's never speak of this again and apologies to the dog, I have him many times on the radio and I had to help him out. And both the dog and I looking at each other like going, let's never speak of this again. Apologies to the dog, I have him many times on the radio. I'm sorry, mate. Interesting game of tug and war there. Yeah. I mean, was it quite tight? Did you have to yank? Yeah.

Or does it come out? It was stuck in there, but we got it out, yeah. Yeah, we, a friend of ours, a little French bulldog, and I think they've just been inbred so much to the point of they're just kind of existing. And she had to go and take it for a full genital reconstruction. Yes, I know. It cost $15,000. Quite a lot.

But people, you love your dogs. Insurance, head insurance. You love your dogs, and that's what you do for them. So we want to know this morning the lengths you've gone for a pet. Rise and shine. Time to start the... Who are we want to know this morning the links you've gone for a pet. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben on the hits.

It's Mr. Brightside. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben, 8.15. We want to know the links you've gone to for your pets. People love their pets. Yeah, they do. Nellie, welcome. How's the plaster on your face?

All right? Yes, no, it's all good. Yeah. What did you do? What was the length you'd gone to for your pet? So I have a little puawa. She's like a feisty little diva chihuahua. And I have a car seat in the back of my car

because she demands that I see out the window. And I take her around the lake in the pram. She's got a special design pram. You push her in in a pram? Yes, and I take her hiking up in the bush in a little front pack. Yeah, and I even have to give her her own dinner plate at dinner otherwise I can't eat and pee. But, I mean, she's got arthritis and elbow dysplasia and a bad thigh sore.

And I said to the vet, I will not put her down. She's not in any pain. But I refused to leave her at home being bored. Wow. That is lovely. So you've got like a newborn front pack that you go tramping with. The dog's in that? Yeah, she loves it.

Apart from if it's raining. Yeah. You said the dog likes to see out the window loves it. Apart from if it's raining. Yeah. You said the dog likes to see out the window. Has the dog told you it likes to see out the window? Oh. She actually cries like a baby. You know those little mirrors you put in front of your car? Those little baby mirrors so you can see what they're doing?

I have to have one of those. You've got one of those? Oh, that's adorable. Oh, Nellie. That's adorable. This is wonderful. I love it, Nellie. A car seat for a little dog. That's adorable. This is wonderful. I love it, Nellie. A car seat for a little dog.

That's adorable. That's cute. Links you've gone to for a pet. Ashley, it's our friend Ashley from Invercargill, and you're a wonderful ambassador for Invercargill, Ashley. Well, I don't know. I'm not Tim Shadbolt, but, you know. Well, I saw Marcus Lush is running for Invercargill Mayor.

There's so many people. There's more people running for mayor than for council. Maybe you should be. Ashley from Vicargill should be there, but you are moving to Christchurch soon, we understand. Yeah, I definitely am. We know a lot about you. I feel like we're friends.

Yeah, we are. There's probably more people running for Mere than there are voting for Mere. Probably. So, Ashley, yeah, links you've gone to for your pet. Now, it was your dog. Yeah, my baby. She's our child.

What sort of dog are you running there? so we've got a labradoodle um we got her after we um had a miscarriage we've been trying to have a baby for nearly seven years so she's my whole world and anyway i am actually a midwife and she just had her first heat and i was like we knew she'd never been anywhere near another dog so there're like there's no way she could be pregnant but just before Christmas she started licking her nipple and it looked really weird so I was like hold on so I don't know myself better they look like some engorged breasts and I'm like but what happened if she was pregnant I was a bit puzzled so I rang my friend who's a vet and I was like can I bring Allie in and she's like yep sure come on down

came down and I was like to her I think she could be pregnant but she can't be pregnant and I was like, can I bring Ellie in? And she's like, yep, sure, come on down. Came down and I was like to her, I think she could be pregnant, but she can't be pregnant. And I'm like, can dogs have phantom pregnancy? And she's like, yeah, 100%. So she was having a phantom pregnancy. So for the whole of Christmas, we had to deal with her thinking she was about to have puppies. She was bleak and milky for a little bit to like, and to break a little bit off

because she was getting a bit sore. It was a whole thing. Oh, you had to milk your puppy? Yeah, and then on Boxing Day, she decided to go for the hormones. She'd get some blocked anal glands, and there's no vest open on Boxing Day if you don't want to spend a pretty penny. So you had to milk that as well? My husband had to do that.

Oh, your husband did? I was not doing that. That's commitment to your pets. I mean, that's what you have to do when you love your animals. You do. We do love them. Not only if it needs medically. You don't have to just milk them every day.

No. Unless you're a dairy farmer. Yes. Well, true. So just the action of... Oh, don't ask follow-up questions. The action of having to... I imagine you just use your thumb and your forefinger, do you?

It's very similar to how you express colostrum on a human. Yeah, right. Oh, so you wrap your whole hand around and... No, it's just a finger thumb action. Finger thumb, and you're just kind of back and forth. Yeah, okay. Well, we're learning how to do that today. That's good.

Oh, we've learned how to milk a puppy. Yeah. I don't think you want to, though, to be fair. You kind of like to believe it, but if that's kind of brought the milk in, you've kind of got to do something with it. To help them out, yeah, on this occasion. I didn't know that we could get phantom pregnancies and stuff. Yeah.

And apparently they can get to the point where they think they're about to have puppies that they'll start, like, getting all their toys and building a wee nest. Yeah, it's a whole thing. Good on you. There you go. The lengths you've gone to for your animal Milking a puppy Ben, if I needed to be

Don't, stop, stop We've already gone down the road of I'm just asking If things need to be We've already gone down the road of I'd give my finger Thank you, alright, here we go Proud to be Kiwi

Jono and Ben On the hits Mitch James He's got new music Out today It's called Emotions And he joins us In the studio

Good to see you It's always good to see you Mitch Always fellas It's been a while We've had you in here Face to face It's good to see you Yeah and it's good

To be back in the studio I'm currently in my pyjamas And slippers as well Yes I was saying To Jono off air that if you get me up before double digits, you're not going to get a full dress. Because Mitch Jones is an exquisite dresser. I just

appreciate your slippers there. You've got the thug boots on. Oh, they're thug boots. Yeah, yeah. Because you've got the lovely thick woolen inner. They look good. Yeah, you know, you've got to keep the a lot of warmth comes out of these feet. So, you know. This is morning Mitch James.

This is pre-coffee, pre-cereal. In all its glory, yeah. We love catching up with you, but obviously the new song is quite personal because you're talking about stuff that's sort of been going on. I think like everyone over the last few years, you know, it's been really difficult

to navigate through with COVID, but obviously with touring and being a musician, it's been pretty tough for you. Yeah, yeah. No, I feel like this song is sort of for everyone that's been a little bit lost over the last couple of years and wants to find their way through it. And yeah, you know, I touch on a few personal things

and this album, which I'm announcing for the first time on you guys' show. Oh, thanks, Mitch. We bloody love an exclusive Yes there we go and no sound effects needed just the fellas but yeah no this whole album and this song in particular

is solely focused on being very open and vulnerable and I really want to be sort of an example for that especially with New Zealand blokes. Oh that's cool and it's funny how perception we were giving you grief on social media going you're shirtless in the states you're cruising down venice beach you know looking like you know i'm sure there's some amazing moments over there but it's not all like that though social media is not

all like no no it's not it's not i um yeah i i do struggle with social media a bit just because of that exact reason you know i feel like it's a it's a highlight reel and I even say that in the song. So, yeah, I mean, sometimes you have to get the rig out, but it's not all rainbows and skittles. Mate, it's a bloody good rig. I get my rig out here, it makes people uncomfortable. I wanted to know, because you do write songs that are very personal to you and that's why you're so successful. Obviously, people resonate do write songs that are very personal to you, and that's why you're so successful, obviously. People resonate with those songs. Do you tell, if you've written a song about someone,

do you tell them or do they hear it for the first time on the radio and go, these are some very specific details? Yeah, no, it depends. It depends on what terms I'm on with the person, to be honest. There's a few songs about ex-girlfriends on the album that I haven't told them about. One, because one ex-girlfriend won't talk to me and the other because she doesn't deserve to hear it is it awkward if you bump into them it is always awkward when you bump into them regardless of the songs

touring i was looking for your instagram yesterday and you're touring a while back in dunedin yeah doing a shoeie on stage. And I was like, well, it wasn't your shoe as well, drinking from a shoe. I mean, what led you to that moment? So it was my birthday and the night before. And Dunedin is very special to me, obviously. And so my drummer got off his drum throne and came down to my mic. And I was like, oh, God, what's going on here?

Because my drummer is an absolute wild man. And so he then takes off his shoe and gets the crowd to sing happy birthday while he's pouring, I think, a spades into this. I mean, I don't. Mankey, old, sweaty. A drummer shoe. There's a lot of tapping going on in that thing. A lot of, I know that spades isn't necessarily the cleanest beer,

but there was definitely some extras in there. Remember, I had to do one and we're at some bleak bar. It was a university bar. It was a university bar and this lady's like,

it was 11 o'clock in the morning. This girl comes, she's like, drink out of my shoe. And we were with Sharon, who's our friend. And she's like, Sharon,

drink out of my shoe. And Sharon was pregnant at the time but she hadn't told anyone I had to step up to the plate and I was like so I had to go past that

holy smelly Nike shoe and I had to drink and I was like this is a lie that's a real friend right there I would have been like Sharon I don't care

have it you're like you're a bodyguard you're like jumping in front of someone now both you guys Jono and Mitch you both went to the same school. Yes. St. Kittings College, Presbyterian School for Prestigious Boys.

Yeah, obviously slightly different years, but hey, you know, both school. And I, you know, like I wondered who would be more famous at the school. Now, I think we've got a number of someone who went to the school as well. Oh, God. Mark Richardson, former cricketer. Yeah, yeah. He's the broadcaster. He's in there.

There's a long list of people there. Hello. Oh, Mark Richardson. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits Radio Station. How's things? How you going? Hey, not too bad. Now, I'm sorry about the call.

I've got you here right now because I've got a couple of other fellow people from St. Kennegan's. St. Kentigan's? No S. The correct name is St. Kennegan's School Finishing School for Young Men. Finishing School. You finish off men. Okay, so I wanted to know right now, Mark, because you know,

you're very opinionated, which is what we love about you. John O'Prior, would he rate in the prestigious old boys? No, I don't. I'd put it more as a question to Jono. Do you think you deserve to? Listen, I know the answer to this. I have never been once asked back for an inspirational motivational speech. Never once.

Have you been asked back, Mitch James? Once, to the boarding house. Yes, I have. You gave a speech. Mark Richardson, have you gone back back, Mitch James? Once, to the boarding house. Yes, I have. You gave a speech. Mark Richardson, have you gone back and given motivational speeches? Yes. I have never once.

Never once. Not once. So would you rate, so if you were going to say, because there's a lot of great people that have been to the school. You've got Blair Chuuk, John Cano, yourself, Mark, Grant Dalton, Chris Luxon, Adam Perori. A lot of people. Where would you rate John O'Prior, where would you rate Jono Pryor and where would you rate Mitch James?

Any of them creeping into the top 10? Are you reversing and doing radio at the same time? He's reversed out of this interview. Literally. I was hoping you'd put Mitch James for comedy reasons higher than Jono Pryor. That was kind of the way I saw this panning out. But right now he's reversed out of this conversation.

Quite literally. All right, there we go. That was wonderful. A choice of radio. A choice of radio. It's always good to see you, Mitch. Let's play the song right now, eh? Absolutely.

Yeah, this is brand new for Mitch James. It's called Motions. It's going to be a huge hit. It's always good to see you. And can't wait for the album. When's it coming out? November 4th. Driving down the going to be a huge hit. It's always good to see you. And can't wait for the album when it's coming out. November 4th. Driving down the road to all these sad songs.

I know I'm going to miss them when my dad's gone. That's probably why I hug a little too long. Yeah. I found my way through all this shit in high school. Turned the telly on and all I ever see is bad news. I guess there's nothing i can do but drive away somewhere far pack my suitcase in my car hit the snow go to rome i've had enough got a lot of questions not a a lot of answers Learned a couple lessons, fought a couple battles

Well I feel I'm going crazy, and the days are getting faster And now I'm stuck out in the middle of the ocean Going through the motions Well yeah I probably got a couple screws loose some pretty crazy stories in my tattoos you probably wouldn't get it if I told you yeah

on my phone everybody just a highlight showing off but they broken on the inside I know I used to be that guy so drive away somewhere far Inside I know I used to be that guy So drive away Suitcase I got a lot of answers Learned a couple lessons Fought a couple battles Well I feel I'm going crazy

And the days are getting faster And now I'm stuck out in the middle of the ocean Going through the motion I'm going crazy and the days are getting faster and now i'm stuck out in the middle of the ocean yeah i got a lot of questions not a lot of answers learned a couple lessons And fought a couple battles Well I feel I'm going crazy And the days are getting faster And now I'm stuck out in the middle of the ocean Going through the motions

I keep trying to find it That super high end Going through the motions Going through the motions Going through the motions And you try to find it That's super alive Going through the motions Going through the motions

That hits. They've got pranks. They've got puns Now they just need some actual listeners Jono and Ben on The Hits You're on The Hits, Jono and Ben Now the best song ever is taking place on The Hits It's happening again after 9 o'clock this morning We're putting the best songs head to head You guys vote on your favourite song

And on day one, one of our favourite songs Peter Andre, Mysterious Girl. This song, gone. Now, this is a song we put our backing behind. We're like, this needs to go all the way in the competition. Peter Andre, we've talked to him before. Close personal friend of the show. He follows us on social media.

We've messaged him many times back and forward. We were gutted it was gone. And we did feel a responsibility for our only famous friend to have some level of success in this competition, not just get blown out on day one. So we want to bring him back into the competition. We've got a wee bit of an idea we've been working on, and we need to pitch that idea to one of the bosses

here at the Hits Radio station. Good morning, Matt Anderson. Good morning. Now, I don't know if you've heard the last couple of days, but we've been upset about the fact that Peter Andre, Mysterious Girl, he's a friend. We feel like he's a friend of our show. He was bundled out of the best song ever.

Yes, the injustice that has been cried from the studio over his exit from the competition has been loud. It's a crime upon music. You know it is. Pink took on, Pink's got 422 songs in this competition. Pink annihilated Peter Andre. He's got one, he's only got one song in this competition. Pink annihilated Peter Andre. He's got one, he's only got one song. And she didn't cover him in Sunshine,

covered him in a steaming pile of winning. And he's gone. And we want him back in. Well, Peter Andre, you know, he fought a hard fight in his round, but unfortunately against, yeah, the queen that is Pink, it just wasn't enough. We just feel like it wasn't a fair battle and we wanted to pitch something to you.

It was an idea that, on the spot idea, we kind of came up with. That was pretty good. So Jono said he would do anything to bring Petty Andre back into the competition. Jono, what was the thing that we ended up suggesting you do? I was given an ultimatum.

First one, to resign. You weren't as keen on that one, were you? And the second one was to humiliatingly perform Mysterious Girl shirtless in front of the entire office building. And I was also wondering, is picking neither of those things an option, Ben? Well, I don't know. Do you want Peter Andre to be in the competition or not? I'm starting to become indifferent. Well, anyway, he's going to be performing in front of the office, Matt.

So if he does this, could we get Peter Andre back into the competition, Mysterious Girl? So you're saying Jono is going to, in front of the entire office, give us a full Peter Andre experience performance? Factoring in, it's awkward morning tea as well. Ben said he'll provide a plate of Alison Holt's sausage rolls. He's got to be wearing jeans, wet jeans like in the video, shirtless and performing.

It's his best performance too. Normally, I mean, you know, obviously this is voted by the hit family of listeners around the country, but I will say that that's a hard-off but turned down. Can I just add one more thing? Now, we messaged Peter Andre over there in the country, but I will say that that's a hard offer to turn down. Can I just add one more thing? Now, we messaged Peter Andre over there in the UK, and we were like, hey, what do you think about this idea? We're going to make Jono do this.

And we want to get your song back in the Best Song Ever competition. And this is what Peter Andre, he just sent us a voice message. This is what he said. Hey, guys. Yeah, man. Of course. Definitely. Let's get that song back out there. Love that.

You can hear the enthusiasm. The passion for the project. But that's what he actually said back. It sounded like we were sort of making him say it under some stress. Did you have a gun to his head? No, no. But anyway, Peter Andre's on board. Jono's on board. What do you say, Matt? Well, considering that Peter Andre sounded like he recorded that at the end of a 14-hour day, yes, if Peter Andre's on board and Jono's on board, if you do the performance, we will wildcard Wisteria's girl back into the competition.

Hey! It's happening. It is happening. It's just one degrading performance that needs to take place before it does. That'll be happening next week. We'll try and get Peter Andre back into the competition. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB.

In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. And joining us to talk sport, as she does on a Friday, from Brad and Laura in the afternoons, Laura McGoldrick. Good morning. G'day, mate. How are you? We're doing well, mate. You talk us through exactly where you are right now, what you're looking at.

I'm going between my kitchen and lounge where the Wiggles are playing on one screen and the Cricket's playing on another and she's all on. It's just all on. Yeah, I can imagine. Well, in your house, I mean, obviously with, you know, being married to Marty Guptill, playing in the West Indies at the moment,

but then having kids as well. Love the Wiggles. I mean, who? I've got to say, it's not a sound track I want to a game of any sport. You know what I mean? Hot potato, hot potato when you're watching Guptill. He's won over the boundaries. Yeah.

Ironically, for Guppy and batting partners over the years, they've actually sung kids' songs in the middle when they're batting. Like there was a period of time where Frozen, certainly during the World T20 last year, he and Daryl Mitchell would really get into their work on the field whilst singing Let It Go. It's a good tactic, you know, the test bowling. Sometimes you've got to leave the ball.

You let it go, let it go. It's a good little thing. We don't talk about test cricket in our house. Oh, sorry. We don't talk about Test cricket in our house. Oh, sorry. Okay. We don't talk about Bruno or Test cricket. No, no. Actually, something that I discovered recently,

Ross Taylor obviously got a book out. You know him very well. But your mum is his agent. Yeah, they've worked together for 20 years. So I've known Ross since he was certainly younger than he is now. So yeah, Ross has been a part of my... Oh, the Wiggles. There's an ad in the Wiggles. Hold on. There's an ad in the Wiggles. They're always trying to shove their commercialism

down those kids' throats. Come on. Yeah, so Mum and Ross, yeah, I think it's about 20 years that they've worked together. So Ross has been a part of my family for a very long time. There's a running joke that he's the favourite child. Always, as kids, you'd be on the phone to mum and you'd be having a talk, having a

whinge about something that's going on. She'd go, look, I've got to go Ross is on the other line. At least it puts your place on the ladder. They have a really special relationship. That's awesome. Yeah, it's really cool. Ross wrote some lovely things about mum, but we teared the eye actually in the book. Sounds like a very special relationship where you've been shunted down.

Just shunted down there. Batting order. Fair enough. You're down the batting order. A lot of great sport on at the moment as we're talking about by the All Blacks. Let's mow into them. Let's take them down. No, let's not.

It's horrible to see, isn't it? Sack them all. All of them. Just over it. Over the fact that people are so negative. I mean, not over them. I mean, that's what happens in sport. You go through highs and lows.

Yes, you do. And we expect a lot of our sportsmen, particularly our All Blacks, but they're still human beings and they've got families. And for people to be going in on Foster the way they are, I totally disagree with it. It's wrong. You know, not everyone has a great day at the office every single day. And his office just happens to be a sports field

and there is a lot of blokes on it. I mean, they are great rugby players. He's clearly good enough to be in the job. That's why they gave it to him in the first place. I just don't think that there's any benefit to hammering away at him. Can you imagine being his wife or his daughter or his son and hearing people talk about your dad like that?

You make me feel guilty for phoning up Newstalk ZB. Was that you? Let's support whoever's there. As New Zealanders, they all support whoever's there. That's exactly right.

Although I have to say, I was so excited when Jason Ryan got in there as a forwards coach. He's Cantabby, he's done wonderful things down in,

for the Crusaders. So I was bloody pumped up to see him in there. And I thought he fronted the media so well. They were like, you know, is it good to be here on Scott Roberts'

ticket? He's like, let me be very clear, I am here on the All Blacks ticket and it doesn't matter who I came here for, I'm here to help you, Bill. And I was like, you tell them. Oh, that's good. I love it when someone starts a sentence with, let me be clear. You're like, wow, okay. Okay, I'm going to go out and say it, All Blacks

by 30 this weekend. That'd be great. What a turnaround that would be, wouldn't it? I don't think we will, but I like your headset. But I would just like to see us play a more evenly competitive game where we put a few more points on the board. I don't need 30. I just need one more. Yeah. Laura McGoldrick, our official sports correspondent,

who we don't pay, but we appreciate your time every week. Thank you. Can we start the pay? That would be really good. Oh, I'm losing her there. Ross Taylor's on the other line. I've got to go. Let me be clear.

There's no money. See you, mate. Thank you. If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, I want to get rid of something. I think it's something that's been, we've had it for many, many years in the fashion game,

but I feel like it's probably doing more harm, potentially more harm than the good, you know? So I'm talking about the fly, the zipper, the zipper that's on jeans and pants and all that sort of stuff. It's obviously designed for a little bit of convenience. Yeah. Can I be very transparent with you?

Yeah. I noticed yesterday during the meeting that you had your zipper down. Yeah, see, this is my problem. And I didn't know. I didn't. You didn't say anything. I made a mental note. I was like, I must tell him about that because I didn't want to tell you in front of everyone.

But I was like, and I forgot to tell you. And then because it's something that you do want to be alerted about. Well, you do because you don't often realize when your fly comes down, when your zipper comes down. I noticed it. I'm sorry. You do because I noticed it. Luckily, I noticed it as I was turning up to watch my daughter play Ripper Rugby.

As I was walking towards the thing, I was like, oh, my fly's down. That was a situation that was like, oh, I need to pull that. Now, I don't want to be the person that kids sports watching with my flight you know i could have been there i didn't know how long that had been going for i'm like and i thought then at that stage it's like why is this like i if i had the

option fly or no fly i would choose no flight on pants i just think it potentially causes more harm than good and it also it causes embarrassing moments when people are like oh your fly's down like you like you purposely did that yeah what do you want to do get it out yeah i yeah and i'm yeah like i say i apologize for not informing you uh the problem is when you inform someone that their fly's undone well they know where your eyes have been zeroed in on yeah you know and you can't go around all day staring at people's crotches yeah i did it once and it made everyone uncomfortable my friend the other day he coaches his son's basketball team and he said he uh he went to the the photos he had a photo team photos professional photos and then realized afterwards the fly was down he's like am i gonna be on some

watch list or something now there's a photo of me out there you know and no one told him at the time and that photographer should be like, hey, buddy, this is not going to be a great look for you. We did a TV show a few months ago with Paula Bennett. It's on TV One. It's a show as well. Remember, on my fly, same pair of pants. It's like the-

Was your fly down on the TV? Remember she pulled- She went, hey, your fly's down. She was generous enough. Yeah. But then it's an awkward moment where Paula Bennett, former politician, now TV host, is going, oh, mate you're fly as down. She was generous enough. Yeah. But then it's an awkward moment where Paula Bennett, former politician, now TV host is going, oh, mate, you're fly as down.

Again, but then you're like, Paula Bennett's just been staring at my crotch. That's the first thing that I would think. I'd be honoured. I'd be honoured. And I respected the former MP. Oh, you were staring at my, oh, that's lovely. Yeah. Yeah.

So get rid of it. Get rid of it. You know, for the convenience, the small bit of convenience it does for you, I'm saying get rid of it get rid of it you know for the convenience the small bit of convenience it does for you I'm saying get rid of it you know what I don't appreciate is a button up one the admin

I just leave them I'm like oh the admin to do buttons up or the ones you have in pyjama pants which don't have like there's nothing there

there's no velcro there's no zip there's no nothing it's just like yeah a traumatic experience when i was young i've told you about this before coming uh yeah you're coming down the stairs to say good night to friends and family who are over not realizing that something else had

popped out you know it was a christmas time wasn't it it was a little christmas cracker and popped out of there yeah and i thought i was getting a great laugh yeah for whatever i was saying reveling in the moment uh but then realised afterwards it was very humiliating. So, yeah, get rid of it. Get rid of it. That's what I say. The last thing you want is people laughing at it. Don't laugh at it.

Don't laugh at it. Yeah, I got lost again on the internet, and it was bleak. It was bleak. Hours. But have you heard of Earth, Ben? I have heard of Earth, yeah. Earth, yeah, we're again on the internet. And it was bleak. It was bleak. Hours. But have you heard of Earth, Ben? I have heard of Earth, yeah. Earth, yeah, we're all on it. We're all doing our best to destroy it, aren't we?

Yeah. Giving it a good honest crack. Sadly, yeah. And there's some facts about Earth. Earth-shattering facts. Oh, okay. That I'm going to blow your mind with. Did you think the driest place on Earth was the local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at the Sandringham Community Centre where you live?

No, that's not the driest place on earth. Imagine having to stab at what you think the driest place on earth is. I'd go the desert somewhere. Sahara Desert? Yeah, you're not an idiot. I would have gone a desert as well. Right. Antarctica.

Antarctica? The driest place on earth. Wow. Has hasn't rained there for two million bloody years okay i was thinking that obviously you yeah well you said the rain thing because it's antarctica snow water surrounded a lot of it you know but that wouldn't melt that doesn't have the chance to melt does it yeah well this is always so warming mate maybe it'll become the wettest place on earth very shortly yeah wow, yeah of course, it wouldn't have rain We've only explored 5% of the ocean What?

5% of the ocean We've done a good job of throwing a lot of rubbish into that 5% haven't we? What do you mean? Because surely boats have been all over the ocean Well it's because the ocean and the earth is so vast and deep That humans haven't explored more than 5% of it So you're talking about going under the water and exploring every bit of the ocean and the earth is so vast and deep that humans haven't explored more than 5% of it. So you're talking about going under the water and exploring every bit of the ocean as well. Yeah.

Little mermaids sing about it. Under the sea, there's stuff happening under there. Oh, you bamboozled me with your facts. You've said something and I've gone, and then you've explained it and it's all made sense. I've clickbaited you. Yeah. It's the audio clickbait. Yeah.

I love it. I see why they do it now. But it's so deep and only three people on the face of the earth have gone to the deepest point of the ocean. One of those people,

James Cameron. He directs some movies. He was in some sort of pod thing. I think I remember seeing that in the news a while ago. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe he was looking

for the necklace from the old lady threw down in Titanic. Didn't he? Because the new Avatar, is that about under the water? It is. The way the water, I think,

is coming out of the water. Maybe he was doing some research for that. Yeah. Very expensive research. Yeah. I imagine. 60 tons of cosmic dust. All right.

Now, you got me on the cosmic dust at the last work party. I didn't. You did. It was wild. I can't even remember what I did. I didn't. You did. It was wild. I can't even remember what I did. I had to go to HR on Monday after that. What a weekend.

But cosmic dust, not the stuff that you're selling, but if you do want to get in touch with Ben, just text 4487. Cosmic dust. So this is dust falling from space, comets, meteors, 60 tons of it a day. So you're probably out there inhaling it. Yeah. Don't think about it too much Keep sucking on that vape pen

And No, that'll do I'm pulling out on a high On a high like that cosmic dust You got me on The last one's not that good If I do it, it'll undo all the great work I've done Really interesting stuff about the world we live in

We're breaking news And thanks to my brittle bones Do it or undo all the great work I've done. Oh, really interesting stuff about the world we live in right there. Scrolling through your feed. We're breaking news, and thanks to my brittle bones, also breaking those. No calcium running through them. Now, this morning, I'm going to start with news that shocked me. I know there's a lot of more important things going on in the world right now, but I read about this one this morning. I was like, oh, I'm not happy about this. Now, this will only affect a certain amount of people,

but if you play the card game Uno, you know, you know, you know if you do. So we're talking to a very specific market. It's a popular game with the kids. We play it with the kids all the time. You know, we often take it out for dinner,

take it back, you know, and you play it when you're playing out for dinner. Jeez, you're committed to Uno. Oh, we always take games out for dinner. It's always... Do you play card games at restaurants? Yeah, well, yeah, it's always fun before you're waiting around.

That's a good idea. It's quite good, yeah. Other than that, everyone just grabs their phones and, you know, what are we here for? So, yeah, it's quite fun. Let's get some card games going. Let's get some card games going. Blackjack money on the table, kids.

But obviously it's like the game Last Card. And the makers of Uno have said that if you put down a draw two, so I put down a draw two for you, and you're meant to pick up two cards. That's always been the rule. Now they're saying, well, you can play a skip and skip it to someone else. I'm like, where did this come into it? This shouldn't be happening. I, um...

This is, this is, this is... I don't understand anything of what you're saying, but I know it's a deal. You would have played last card before, right? I've played last card, yeah. It's the same thing. So if someone makes you pick up something, you can basically skip it on to the next person. Why is that a thing? Well, it should be a thing.

That's what the makers of it are. But do you need to have a skip card? Well, yeah, but you shouldn't be playing a skip card with someone. Anyway. But if you've got a skip card, then you can skip over. Not on a draw.

I can see where they're coming from. Not on a draw two. Not on a draw two. I thought you said, you just go draw two and you're like, I don't like that, I'll skip. But if you've got the card, then play a skip card.

Skip, then you've got to draw two. Anyway, anyway, you can put a draw two on. What's the point of having a skip card then? Well, the don't like that, I'll skip. But if you've got the card, then play the skip card. But the card's skipped, then you've got to draw two. Anyway, you can put a draw two on. What's the point of having a skip card then? Anyway, I'll talk to someone who's played the game. Is the draw two meant to be more powerful? Well, I would have thought so. Yeah, I would have thought the draw two. You can put another draw two on and make,

I'll make Joe over here get four. And that's always a fun thing whenever you get big, you know. Oh, so you keep passing it around. Yeah, but I've never heard of a skip card on a draw two. So that made me wild this morning. But I feel like I'm the only one. So that's fine. Very targeted conversation there. All right, moving on.

Now, there's a Kiwi. This is pretty incredible. She's gone viral. Kiwi singer. She's been blind since birth and she was over there in the UK. She was on New Zealand's Got Talent. Her name is Natalie and she was singing on the Tube over there in the UK. And this has gone viral on TikTok.

Millions of views. And listen how good she is singing Britney Spears. My loneliness is killing me and I, I must confess. I still believe, still believe when I'm with you I lose my mind. Give me your sign Hit me baby one more time Wow. That's just on the tube over there.

Who's doing the... I think she's doing it. Oh, she's doing it as well. Yeah, she's doing it all. Yeah, that's great. Yeah, I brought you back with that one. I lost you with the uno thing, but I brought you back slowly with that.

Yeah, that was good. Now I want to have a competition. Who can do... She did a a competition. Who can do it? She did a wonderful little... Who can do the best out of us? Let's do it. I'm so pitchy. Come on, go.

You go first. Hit me, baby, one more time. I can't even do it. Go, give it your all. Give it your all. No, I can't even. I don't even... But you're not committing.

I can't. My voice breaks. I'm still going through puberty. You go. Hit me, baby, one more time. You almost sound like you're on an auto-tune or something. You do need an auto-tune. We both do.

Yeah, we are shocking singers. You know, we used to have to do singing when you do funny little parody songs or whatever for the TV show. And the poor guy, J-Mo, who had to make them was like, he would spend days, days just fixing up our singing with a auto-tune. Auto-tune, yeah, exactly. Working, working hard.

And that is what's making news this morning. The Hits. Just a couple of dads screaming on the sidelines of their kids' sports games. Jono and Ben on The Hits. All Blacks, four changes for this weekend's team taking on South Africa. Richie Moanga is going to be starting.

Bowden Barrett coming off the bench as well. So yeah, some big changes. Hopefully the All Blacks go well this weekend and supporting them. They need our support right now more than ever. Although I do love flaring up on social media. You don't. You don't at all.

You don't even get involved in that at all. You just like stirring the pot. I don't even watch the game, to be honest. You're like stirring the pot. I like phoning up talkbacks, just shoving my opinion down everyone's throats. The pressure must be, you know, that's the hard thing.

They're under so much pressure and they'd be hard at the moment, you know, so you feel for them, you know, and particularly the coach in foster, you know, some of the things people are saying is awful. And it would be hard to block the noise out there, wouldn't it? Yeah. Just coming at you. I mean, it's probably a good advantage they're overseas at the moment so not being

bombarded with it i imagine but you'd have to kind of put yourself in your own bubble and just concentrate on what you did do ben exactly you know focus on the task at hand mate so good luck game of two halves proud of the boys i had a wee taste of uh you know like i'm not coaching or anything right now but my daughter indy a couple of weeks ago was like, I've signed up for Ripper Rugby. There's a big tournament. Oh, she's bloody relentless on the old sports, isn't she? Yeah, so she had a go at that.

And she never played it before, but they did a few practices. And then she was like, hey, can we go down to the park and do a few things? And I was like, yeah, that's cool. So we went down to the park a couple of nights ago. And I was like, oh, I'll teach you something. Because I play a little bit of rugby at school, through school, and touch rugby. I was like, I'll teach you something because I play a little bit of rugby at school through school and touch rugby I was like I'll teach you the dummy pass because I was thinking people have only been playing for a couple weeks well you can take full advantage the dummy pass is going to be great when you know when you do you know you look like you pass it

someone gets fooled and then you go through a gap you're like this is a rich market you'll bamboozle them all and I went down yesterday to watch her play I saw the last game because obviously we had work. And she was about to go on. She goes, Dad, watch. I'm going to do a dummy pass. I'm like, oh, here it is. All right, Ruby Tooey.

Get out of there. Here it is. And she got the ball. And she did do the dummy pass. But just straight away. No one's going to fall for it if you're not anywhere near the play. Oh, there were no players. There was no players.

She just got the ball, did this wonderful dummy pass, and then ran up towards the players. And then she came off like stoned going, did you see my dummy pass? Yeah, how good was that? And I didn't want to like, you know, I was like, well, it was great. It was really good.

But the trick is. Afterwards, I was like, next time, just try and lure someone, you know, like get someone fooling for it. And then the dummy pass will work a bit better. I imagine the coach on the sideline was going, who's she going to pass to? They probably fooled the player next to her

because they were like, well, oh no, it's not coming to me. Wonderful textbook dummy pass, but not quite at the right time. It's fun and also frustrating watching children score, I find. We went along, both our kids were playing in a, it was a touch rugby tournament, remember?

That's right. And neither of them had played touch rugby before. The whole team had never played touch rugby. Yeah. And they play schools that do play touch rugby, and that's not how it goes. I just get repastably anyway. I know.

Oscar does table tennis, my son does table tennis, and gee whiz, he just got, you know, he's 12. And he does it for fun. He likes basketball. He loves basketball. But the other day he played, I think, seven-year-old girls. And they were table tennis people. Yeah, right.

They were training every day. And it was a massacre. Oh, so they'd have lost. He walked off. He's like, I think I just got pantsed by a seven-year-old. You're like, yeah, you did. They had a coach coming out, they had team talks and stuff. He plays like we would play,

like, you know, hit the ball up high, and you're just stoked if it lands on the other side of the table. But they were like... They were just ruthless. When you watch table tennis being played, it's like people are on fast forward. Yeah. I don't know how you see the ball.

It's pretty impressive. Well, if an Oscar needs a hand with a dummy pass or the dummy shot or anything, just you know who to talk to. Yeah. That's me. Is it you? I wonder. I can teach you.

Sounds like the person you taught was doing it to no one. Yeah, we didn't get to that. Next week's training. Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice. Jono and Ben on the hits. I like how it says, it's a beautiful night, I'm looking for something dumb to do. Let's get married. That's a good way to start a marriage.

Yeah. Corden was doing a wonderful bit with him on the carpool karaoke. With Bruno Mars? Yeah, James Corden. And, you know, so I'll catch a grenade for you. And Corden was like, I'll catch a grenade for you Bruno as long as you left the pin in if the pin's out

I'm running yeah because I always doubted that oh man Bruno Mars like would he would he catch a grenade you know that's

great but it's a lovely thing to say just so you know I wouldn't catch an open one a live one for you I wouldn't expect you

to either let's be honest it's a really it's a level of commitment yeah you're done for you're catching a grenade it's over that's a really but it's a level of commitment yeah you're done for you're catching a grenade it's over that's why he meant you know that's his commitment uh now probably my daughter bless her she's very caring uh and now she she likes sort of mothering dolls yeah oh geez our generation you hear those i have heard of our generation

dolls where's my og brush? Where's my OG shard? They make them so small. I don't know. I probably sucked it up in the vacuum cleaner. But now what's happened is she's pulled down a bassinet from the attic, you know, like the ones we use for the kids when they were

babies. And she's put her doll in the bassinet. But problem is very responsible parent poppy is she shuts her bedroom door and there's all sorts of passive-aggressive notes plastered over the door morning baby sleeping all right baby asleep there's half a dozen of them quiet there's a baby you're like well there's not an actual baby asleep. Yeah. That's my problem.

And so I'm like tippy-toeing around this. And I got home yesterday from work. No one's in the house. It's just me. And I went to open her windows, and I found myself, by myself, in the house, tippy-toeing around this doll. It's not even a real baby. It's just permanently asleep. Well, the doll's asleep

better get it up and feed it in a minute a breastfeeding and everything love that little doll it's a big commitment we've all got to this sleeping doll

and it never wakes up so we're all bloody you know it's like when you go around to a new parent's house and they're like shh just gotta be quiet

it's like that permanently 24 hours a day at my house you've gone through that stage. Can't escape the madness. Yeah. Hey, before 7 o'clock, your chance to win.

If you're having the best weekend, we're going to decide. I don't like deciding because everyone seems like they have a great weekend. You would be. Can I just say, you would be the most shocking host on America's Got Talent. Oh, I don't know. Let's let them all. I'd be the judge. Yeah, I'd be a terrible judge. Oh, you're not. No, you'd be a great host. Sorry, judge. Yeah, I couldn't Oh, I don't know. Let's let them all... I'll be the judge. Yeah, I'll be a terrible judge.

Oh, you'll be a great host. Sorry, judge. Yeah, I couldn't judge. I couldn't judge. I'd be like, oh, you're all going through in the next show. Everyone's going through.

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Now, I know as New Zealanders, this goes against everything in your DNA, to ring up and gloat. Usually we like to sit back with our arms folded, don't we? Yeah. But right now is your chance. We'll do one early one, and then this will inspire others. Oh, okay.

We'll get Lisa on. She's in Wellington. Why are you going to have the best weekend ever, Lisa? Hi, I'm going to have the best weekend, because to start the weekend off, I'm a midwife, and we've just had a baby, which is awesome. You just birthed a baby. You're just touching a new baby.

Yes. A greasy, gunky new baby. Gee, they come out gunky, don't they? Oh, they're gorgeous. No one tells you about the gunky. There's a lot of gunk, Lisa. I understand. You just don't think about it.

But obviously, you have to deal with that on a day-to-day basis. Of course there's gunk. Well, that's a great start to a day-to-day basis. Of course there's Gug. Yeah. Well, that's a great start to a Friday. Yes, it is. And then I've got hairdressers this afternoon and then going into Wellington to look after my beautiful little grandbaby. This sounds like a well-rounded weekend.

Lisa's got the ball going. She's kicked things off. You stay there, Lisa. 0800 The Hits. If you think you're having a well-rounded weekend. Well, Lisa's got the ball going. She's kicked things off. You stay there, Lisa. 0800 the hits if you think you're having a better weekend than Lisa. Who's having the best weekend? She is Takacha Wendovac. Clean any smooth surface like a champ. We like to live vicariously through you guys on your weekend

with your weekend plans. And if we decide you're having the best weekend, well, you will win today the Karcher window vac, the WV6 plus version. Your windows will look amazing after this. It's worth $250 basically which is pretty cool. We've already had one call. We've had Lisa

who looks like she's going to have a wonderful weekend. She's a midwife. Already brought a baby into the world. What have you done this morning mate? What good have you done? Played a Lady Gaga song. That was good. She brought a baby into the world. What have you done this morning, mate? What good have you done? Played a Lady Gaga song. That was good. She brought a baby into the world. She's going to the hairdressers and she's going to look after her grandchild and hang

out with them over the weekend, which is incredible. When you hear stories like Lisa's, you're like, what are we doing? Like, what good are we doing? Really? Like, what are we here for? Arangi, welcome to the show. It's good to have you on. Morena.

Morena. How was Rotorua this morning, right? Oh, it's beautiful. Yeah, right. You're up early. What do you do? I've just been to the gym. Oh, fit. Again, another person just doing stuff. We're just here. Not good off the list. That's good. So what's happening over the weekend? So I'm heading to Whakatane to have a weekend of board games with my siblings and cousins. Oh, that's cool.

Ben, you'd like this. He was talking about Uno before. I love a board game. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah, so, and then I'm leaving the three-year-old behind so he won't ruin our game experience.

Yeah, right. Yeah, and we're having a big feast and, yeah, just going to have an awesome weekend of fun. That does sound fun. What have you got? Your monops? Your bloody guess who's?

What are we doing? Dungeons and Dragons and Risk and Bang. A card game called Bang. Oh, I haven't played Bang. Dungeons and Dragons goes on for like 17 days, doesn't it? Yeah, it does. We played it once. Yeah.

You're committed once you're into Dungeons and Dragons. Yeah. Very excited. That's going to be a good weekend, playing board games with the sis. Fantastic. We'll get Melanie on from Mochueka. Welcome, Melanie. Why is it going to be a good weekend?

It's my birthday on Sunday. So, yeah, celebration with my kids on Saturday. We're going to go play mini golf at Kaitiri Kiri. And then my mum's having me around for dinner. And then Sunday, my mates are putting me on a roast. And we're going to play Texas Hold'em poker we're going to put a few bets on the horses oh good

they're not roasting you though you said they're putting you on a roast when we do play poker they call me the gangster granny even though I'm not a granny yeah so whenever I win they pretty much roast me yeah right so okay right

something like from Lockstock and Two Smoking Barrels. I love it. I love it. All right, that's pretty good. I mean, so far, everyone's having a wonderful weekend. I feel like I can't decide. Are we going to take one more? Well, let's get Carla on quickly.

Carla, what's your weekend going to be at Bolter? Good morning. How are you today? Lovely to have you on, Carla. We're doing well. What are you doing this weekend? Mine's probably not as exciting as everybody else's, but I run the Morinsville Cat Rescue Trust, and I had a lady who asked if we knew anybody that did a service because she had a cat that has to be medicated twice a day,

and she wanted to take her daughter away for the weekend. So I offered, and I said, look, I'll do it for you for the weekend so that you can go away. So my weekend's going to be spending the weekend going to her house and feeding her cat and giving her medication twice a day. What? That's a lovely thing you're doing. That's a lovely thing you're doing for someone else. Selfless. Yeah. Oh, well, I mean, it's nice that someone else, you know, it's something that I can do.

And, you know, it's nice for her to be able to go away with her daughter. Lovely people. Lovely people. All we're doing is playing Lady Gaga songs. That's all we do, Ben. All right, well, let's get them all on. I've got to make a decision. Someone's got to win the Karcher.

Get them all on. All on. We like the raw emotion of the winners and losers in this competition. Rangi, Lisa, Melanie, Carla, they're all on. Are you all there, guys? Here we are. All right, I need to make a tough decision. Someone needs to win this.

Catch a window vacuum. Everyone's having a wonderful weekend. Not half of me, Ben. Lisa, you brought a baby into the world. You're going to win the window vacuum. Oh, my gosh. No. Congratulations.

Now, the ones that didn't win it, can we get some tears? Oh, Jesus. Bit of abuse. No tears. He deserves it. Oh, my cow. Bit of abuse. No tears. He deserves it. Oh, you guys are all wonderful. Oh, thank you so much. Hey, Lisa, you enjoy that window vac. We've had a lot of people talking, lots of noises,

lots of loud noises. Have a great weekend. Appreciate it. And another chance for someone to win the vac next weekend, heading into the weekend, and it's the hits. The hits. 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 is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits, so you can win a whole lot of money. I gave away 500 bucks yesterday, which is cool. Yeah, did well.

And, you know, this is where we just try and give you cash every day, every morning, consistently. You want cash? We'll try and give it cash every day, every morning, consistently. You want cash? We'll try and give it to you. Not once has anyone ever phoned up and gone, you know what, Sean and Ben, do you want to try and win cash? Yeah, that's true. Maybe it might be Tyler in Te Araha.

Do you want to give us money, Tyler? Not really. No. Okay. Maybe one day. Maybe one day. Now, five grand, what are you going to spend that on in Te Araha? I'm actually getting some new fancy wheels for my car.

Oh, what sort of wheels are we talking there, Tyler? Mags said BGW or something. Oh, you big bogan. Cost a little bit of cash, yeah. Oh, you're talking to Jono right now. Jono's loving this. That's great. Yeah, well done.

So $5,000 for Mags, for Tyler. And you need to decide who you want to send into the soundproof booth, Tyler, to match five words with, buddy. I was going to go for Joe, I think. All right, I'll go on there. Can't swing a cat in that booth. Who's swinging cats anyway? All right, Tyler, here we go. Let's try and win you those.

We'll get you enough money to get some mags. Let's see what pops into your head when I say, first word this morning, it's an interesting one, yellow-eyed. Yellow-eyed. Oh my god. Penguin? Yeah, I'll go with penguin. You're going to go with penguin? Yep. Winslet

is the second one. W-I-N-S- L-E-T. Winslet. I'm going to go with Kate Winslet. Okay, you're going to go with Kate? Yes, please. Okay, we'll lock in Kate. Sorry, these are hard words this morning. I know. Thunder is word number three.

Thunder? Lightning. All right, a good option. Lounge is word number four. Lounge? Sweet. Sweet. And school is the final word.

School. Bus. School bus. All right, Jono out of the soundproof booth, and we'll see how you go. Try to match five words to win you some mags. The first word we said this morning was an interesting one. Word one, $25.

Yellow-eyed. Yellow-eyed. Yellow-eyed. I got two. You got two? Okay. Yellow-eyed alcoholic. What? Or Yellow-eyed alcoholic. What?

Or yellow-eyed. Yellow-eyed what? I was like, is there another one? Or have I not thought of one? Yellow-eyed penguin. Oh, lock-in penguin. Yeah, you've been correct. Well done, Tyler.

You've got $25. Do you want to pay for the next word, $50? Yeah, go on. Okay, let's do it, Tyler. Word two got $25. Do you want to pay for the next word, $50? Yeah, go on. Okay, let's do it, Tyler. Word two, $50. Winslet. Kate. Ah, there you go.

Kate Winslet, what a wonderful actor. Yeah, very good actor. Okay, Tyler, $50 is yours. Do you want to risk it all for $100? Yeah, I think so. Go on. Word three, $100. Thunder. Thunder. Again, I've got two. Yeah I think so Go on Word three One hundred dollars Thunder

Thunder Again I've got two Okay Alright Thunder No talking from Tyler No talking from me No talking from Tyler

Oh yeah You know Tyler's like No talking Tyler Don't get But she's like Oh no It's not really talking

I guess But it still feels like It could influence you So Yeah So I've got thunderstruck Oh yeah And knowing her mag Well yeah Enthusiasm could be I'm not really talking, I guess, but it still feels like it could influence you. Yeah, so I've got thunderstruck. Oh, yeah. And knowing her mag.

Well, yeah. Enthusiasm could be. Yeah, but make sure to tell us down below. What did you show? Thunder lightning. Morning. Morning. Sorry.

Who's that? My boss. Oh, his boss? That really took the wind out of our drama sails there. Morning. Morning. Morning. Friendly morning. I'm going to go.

Make your morning, Jono. I'm going to go lightning. Thunder lightning. Yes. Well done. Good morning. All right. It is a good morning.

$100 is yours. Do you risk it for $500 or you take the $100 and leave? I can't remember what the next word would be. Next word is lounge. Okay, lounge. So don't obviously say what you said, but that's the next word. I think I might leave it. All right.

Okay, you're over the $100. I think you played your smart game there, Tyler. You got $100. Well done, Tyler. That's going to go towards those wheels. Definitely. She's walking away. Well done, $100. Let's going to go towards those wheels. Definitely. She's walking away. $100.

Let's see how you would have gone. Lounge. This was the $500. I would have said lounge suite. Oh, would have got $500. Oh, Tyler. And the last word was school. School bus.

Oh, no. No way. You're kidding. You are kidding! I should have risked it for the biscuit. Mate, well you don't know what's coming. No, you don't. You've still got $100.

Yeah, that's alright. I'm happy with that. Can I complain? I'll tell you who is happy, our accounting department. You're a legend, Tyler. You go and look after Te Araha, okay? Alrighty, I will do. Thank you. a legend, Tyler. You go and look after Te Araha, okay? Alrighty, I will do. Thank you.

See you, mate. Scrolling through your feed. We call him the surgeon around here because he's about to get to the heart of the story. What's going on, Ben? Well, the Beckhams. David and Victoria Beckham and their family. One of the most famous families in the world.

And recently, their son, Brooklyn, got married to Nicola Peltz. And there's a lot of talk going around about how Victoria Beckham, the mum, doesn't like her son's new wife. Oh, Peltz and Beckham are going to help the Peltz, a very prestigious American family. Rich

generations of millions of dollars. So I think they are a very wealthy family. Well, apparently, according to some publications, they can't stand each other and don't even talk. And in an interview with Variety magazine, Nicola said, well, the feud rumors kind of kicked off when she wore a Valentino dress to the wedding

instead of one of Victoria Beckham's dresses because she's got a fashion line as well. She said, I wanted to wear a dress, but it didn't work out that way. And so this is where the rumors have so started. Don't you hate it when your mother-in-law wants you to wear a dress, but it didn't work out that way. And so this is where the rumors have sort of started. Don't you hate it when your mother-in-law wants you to wear her fashion line and you want to wear Valentino? It's happened to me last weekend. So, yeah, me and Kathy, my mother-in-law, not talking, not talking,

not wearing it. Brooklyn Beckham has come out saying, hey, look, people say, like people saying all this stuff, just learn to live with it all the time. People write stuff. A lot of it is wrong and incorrect, and we just learn to live with it all the time. People write stuff, a lot of it is wrong and incorrect, and we just have to live with it. So there's probably not a lot of truth to it at the moment, but people love speculating on those sorts of things.

Oh, well, listen, it's even happened to us, Ben. Us, low levels. So it was on the internet yesterday, I'm worth $19 million USD. Oh, yeah. USD. You're worth a lot of money. And now, if you're into your star signs, you may not be quite into it as much as these people. Now, apparently, there's some couples who want to have children.

This is happening overseas. But now are avoiding making love at certain times during certain months because they're worried about- Those months, January through December. Yeah. Well, they're worried about what star sign their child will end up with. So they're trying to work it out so they get the star signs that they want in a child. So, yeah, so they're trying to time things back from when they're pregnant.

Which, you know, they're not guaranteed to do. But that's how much they're into star signs. They're like, well, I don't want my son to be a, let's say I'm a Virgo. They don't want to be a Virgo. They don't want to be a Sagittarius. So they're trying to work out when they should get pregnant. Are you a star sign guy? I can't imagine you're much of a...

No, not at all. Not at all. We went to a psychic once, didn't we? But I'm not taking it away. Some people are into it. If you're into it, that's your thing. That's great, you know. Champagne Ben Bush there.

Oh, you know. I just don't, you know. I don't buy into... You don't live your life by tarot cards. Yeah, but some people do, right? Which is great, you know. What is your star sign? Virgo.

What does that mean? What do you do? I'm always conscientious and working. You are conscientious. But there are always elements that do. I feel like you can pick out elements for every star sign. And somehow I read it and I'm like, oh, that's not me. And others are like, oh, that is me.

I like the vague ones in the back of the paper. You will have some stuff happen to you today. You're like, oh, that is me. I like the vague ones in the back of the paper. You will have some stuff happen to you today. You're like, oh, will I? Make sure that you take it on board. The other thing, too, I love about, you know, babies being created is that sometimes when you look around at school, you're like, at the other parents, you're like, the only thing we have in common

is we all bumped uglies at the same time. That like the only thing we have in common is we all bump dugglies at the same time that's the only you know a lot of times when you have you know sometimes when you go to birthing group

or the group before you have a baby and you become good friends with these people you're like they're our only common connection when you boil it down

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