Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: An intervention for Megan about her Liam Lawson obsession.

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: We confront Megan over being crazy on socials! Why Jono will never take someone to court... We chat to kiwi motorsport legend Grey Murphy Ben had Pikachu as a chef! Ben's daughter is being to nice for his liking... How Megan's Mum took the law into her hands... She shut down a road! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Thursday. You won't hear it on the podcast, but we do something called a throwback Thursday. I don't imagine it's made to the podcast. And now I'm just trying to build my case

for conversations that's probably gonna happen with the boss. Now this may or may not be a text alluding to throwback Thursday. If you haven't heard it before on the radio, we each get to pick a song we haven't heard in a while. And today the theme was time with Daylight Savings. So I picked one that I didn't really expect to win

because it's only one vote. I know we're under the hits. Andrea Bocelli, Time to Say Goodbye. Had that time in the title. It was an old song. An epic song, but not one that you play on the hits. Beautiful song.

Our boss called up. He said, we'll have a conversation about this. We need to stop that now. Now, what I didn't realise was the boss is on annual leave.

Matt Anderson. I know. Matt is on annual leave. I don't know. He somehow was involved in the programme. I feel terrible that he had to step away

from his annual leave. We need to hold for a long time too. We need to get to the next bit. And then we got a message going, another message from him going, you need to go to me now. So we let him wait for a whole time. Pick up the phone now.

Pick up the phone now. So we did pick up the phone. So there was a text that's just come through. Now I'm just building my case because I know there's conversations when he comes back from annual leave. Can we call this number? I think I've just put that through to you. And we'll see if this is related to the song or not it's related to a song that we played on the radio so i feel

like this is back in your maybe i hope it is it might not be um it starts with same morning team i try to call but i guess it's busy behind the scenes and then it gets into a song now it doesn't say what song it is hello amy singing hello. Hello. Jamie speaking. Oh, we got two people there. No, just me. I'm just having a mental moment. Oh, hey. She was also representing the voices in her head. Hey, it's Jono, Ben and Megan here.

We're just recording our podcast, but we saw you sent through a text that we think was for us. Okay. Yes, it was definitely for you. And now related to a song that we played this morning, but you didn't say what song. I'm just trying to... I can't pronounce the singer.

My nanny used to call him the broccoli guy, but it was time to say goodbye. Oh, yes, good. It's to do with that. Okay, because you text through saying, I just want to say thank you for the song this morning. I know it was a joke, but it made a big difference to my day. Yeah. Keep up the good work. I've been

going through a bit of a rough patch in life, as you do, you know. Things have been going wrong. Kids have been ill and stuff. And that song was played at my nanny's funeral. So when you played it this morning, although there was a few tears

on the way to work, I physically felt like there was a great big hug around me. And it was just, yeah, meant more than you guys could realise. I know it was only a bit of a joke thing, but for me it was amazing. Well, I do seriously love the song. I just know that it's not in the house but yeah it's just not one that

you would normally play so it was it was just yeah that was amazing so i just wanted to say thank you and you guys keep up the amazing work now i hope you don't mind uh can we play this to our boss when we get in trouble on monday yeah is that okay definitely yeah because i was totally backing you guys yeah because there is going to be some conversations about it i was hoping when i called you back that you were going to mention that song but you didn't say what songs so that's good send him to me i'll sort him out also also he's blind ben that was your other case andrea pichelli he's blind so then it'll be a disability discrimination from our boss at least he could hear it Even if he can't see it That's right

You're right Well you never know How music affects people And I'm glad It's made your day better Yeah Yes it really did Thank you

And you have a great day Thanks so much for listening Thank you Cheers See you Thanks It was born with Sight difficulties

But then he got hit By a football On the face At age 12 And then blind after that But So he could see a little bit but not great before that. Had that had happened, maybe we wouldn't have got that song.

Hey, that's right. Yes, right. Well, an amazing artist. Who was the monster who kicked a football in an early blind kid's face? Yeah. I don't know. It might have been a heads-up situation. You know who it sometimes is.

Andrea! Andrea! Unless he was playing football and it was like a header or something. I don't know where sometimes. Andrea, Andrea. Unless he was playing football and it was like a header or something. I don't know. That was what it said on Wikipedia, which you've got to. Now he's completely blind, you asshole. Jeez. But you're right.

That moment could have set him off on a path of music. Well, enjoy the podcast. We'll kick things off with one of the stars from the Minecraft movie, New Zealander Rachel House. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I just want to know what's going on.

I know we're a huge fan. We're all huge fans of Liam Lawson. Oh God, what have I done? I just want to know what your motives are. Liam Lawson, obviously we all want him to be a success. He's great. Every post that I see related to Liam Lawson, the first thing now is to rush Obviously, we all want him to be a success. He's great. We all look at him.

He's got his race this weekend in Japan. Every post that I see related to Liam Lawson, the first thing now is to rush to the comments to see what Megan is commenting on. Now, there's a lovely heartwarming video, and it was lovely, of him returning back to the Racing Bulls team, right? And they surprised him with a sign. It was lovely.

Oh, my God. You know, The welcome back We missed you Sort of thing And then our first comment Top comment on there Megan Puppers What did I say?

Thanks for looking after Our Liam love heart And I'm like Oh What's with that? Thanks for looking after Our Liam You can't call him

Our Liam He's a Kiwi He doesn't know Who you are. I feel like you're the mum role. What is this thing? He's a Kiwi. That dude has been through the wringer.

Oh, yeah, totally. And I support him 100%. Maybe I do feel a little mummy towards him. Or is it toy boy mummy? What is it? What category is this falling in this relationship? I'm just trying to go, what's the motive behind these things? My husband is aging.

Yeah. She's like Leo DiCaprio, right? She keeps him under a certain threshold. Also, great advice, too. He posted a while ago, what a top comment. You know, 5,000 people liked your comment. Did they? Yeah, like, it's huge.

Like, really, really big comment. Take the easier car, go smash him. Red Bull have done your dirty, pal. We know it and Max knows it, really, really big cop. But take the easier car. Go smash him. Red Bull have done your dirty, pal. We know it and Max knows it, but this is your fire now. You know, like, motivational. Oh, my God. I'm good. You are like the embarrassing mother.

I'm sorry. You're like, yeah. When our parents figured out how to use Facebook, you're like, just don't, don't. Oh, you're looking tired. I did stop myself from putting something about Ayuki yesterday, so I want to keep it positive. Okay, well, what we'll do is we'll hand your phone over. Take away my phone, yeah.

Hand your phone over. We'll put some parental controls on it for you. I do really enjoy it. What's Megan commented on this one? This is your fire now. That's good. That's great. Thanks for looking after our Liam.

He does well this weekend. It's because of me Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits You say driving home And when we leave the city You kind of go through this one way system

So it's kind of four lanes One way traffic And you're always at the lights And had the window down There was a distress lady on a Lime scooter Oh right And she was crying She was pulled up She was on the footpath As I. All right. And she was crying. She was pulled up.

She was on the footpath as I was at the light. And she said, are you, and this has happened to me previously. She said, are you going to court? And I thought, well, this is a bit of a gamble. Because, you know, not very big chances that I am going to court. But are you, I must look like I am on my way to court. I didn't want to say anything. Yeah, I give off court vibes. I am going to court But are you I must look like I am On my way to court I don't want to say anything

Yeah I give off court vibes Are you going to court I'm late for court So she's still on the side of the road So you're alongside next to her Yeah I'm late for court Can you

Can you Can you take me to court If I don't get to court There's a chance That I could end up You know in prison If I don't make it there on time I'm like well this is very unfortunate

But I'm going that way And court's that way I was like if you just keep going down that way You'll be You'll get to court You'll be at the court So and I said I've got a doctor's appointment

I'd love to take you to court But I had I was triggered Because This has happened to me previously Yeah Where people have You asked me to take them to court

Now we used to work up the top of the hill there. I was driving to work one afternoon. We were doing drive. Boom, this lady jumps out in the middle of the road, and she's not mething around, mate. This is alert-level stuff. She's on high alert, okay, and she stops the car. She's got her hands on my bonnet.

She's like, please, and she's crying as well. She's upset. Can you take me to court? I was like, yeah, okay, I'll take you to court. He's on his way there. I look like I'm going to court upset Can you take me to court I was like Yeah okay I'll take you to court He's on his way there I look like I'm going to court I'll take you to court

Tell you what There's a hole in the market For taking frazzled people To court You'd do like a courtesy van Or something Most people In that scenario

Would be like I don't know if I should Let this person in the car I don't know them Yeah but then you also Want to help out people You do It's that balance right

She was very upset. She was very, very upset. Especially if someone's upset. And so I was like, okay, hop in the car because it was just down the road. And she got in the car and she's like, oh, I'm a bit peckish. Do you mind? I feel like a

baconator from Wendy's. And I was like, don't you need to be caught? She'd stop crying by this point too. I was like, don't you have to be at court? She had stopped crying by this point too. And I was like, don't you need to be at court like five minutes ago? She said, oh, you can't do it on an empty stomach. It's true. It could take a while.

I have been to court before. It does take a while. Yeah. Have you? And you never know if that's your last meal. Yeah, yeah. So I was like, okay, I'll swing by Wendy's. It's on bloody Dominion Road, you know.

And she's like, oh, I don't have any money for a Baconator. I was like, oh, so bought her a Baconator. And I was like, listen, I've got to leave you here. I'm very late for work. She was like, oh, that's all good. And court was no longer an issue. She got to Wendy's. She had a Baconator.

And so that's why I don't pick people up and take them to court nowadays. Okay, once, but you fool me once. So it happened again. Jono, Ben me once. So I'm going to have it again. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Fun is back with Kiwi Liam Lawson. Over the weekend, you can catch it all on Sky Sport.

And from Sky Sport, Motor Racing Legend joins us right now. Yes, Greg Murphy. Good morning. Here he is. Long time. Ships in the night. It's been an age, Greg. It's been some time.

And it's been fine without it. You haven't missed us at all. You're like, if anything, my life was better. It's Dave and Jimmy, isn't it? Well, it's lovely to have you, to talk to you. We're enjoying it again even though you dumped us like

Red Bull dumped Liam Lawson oh boom oh I know and we feel so bad for him because he is

just still so undeserved he didn't get enough chance what do you think Greg it's a cluster Red Bull just

make their own rules they do their own thing and they don't really give a shit about their drivers, other than Max Verstappen. It's been a hard watch, a very, very hard watch. Megan, who is a huge motor racing fan, Greg,

and a huge fan of yours, she said 14-year-old Megan right now is freaking out talking to you. Yeah, Murph, you were a legend in our household growing up. I'm a V8 Supercars girl turned Formula One girly. Oh, Meeks. I'm blushing. But do you think a lot of us are blaming the car, the Red Bull car, that it's just too hard to drive? That is a big part of it. Max has been in that organisation now basically since the beginning, he is special. He has managed to develop a driving style that works for the design and what Red Bull do with their cars.

This might be a very stupid question to a motor racing driver, Greg, but how different... It's likely coming from you. This is why we haven't spoken in a while, I remember now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But how much different can you actually make the car from one team to another? Quite a lot, mate.

They are so intricate, seriously. So it's not actually a dumb question at all. There's so many parts to the puzzle. Even though there's a very strong set of rules, there is just an infinite amount of things, really, that they can do to influence how the car behaves and what it does. Looking at some potential positives, because we all want to back Liam Lawson and thinking

he deserves another chance. If he does well in this Racing Bull team, it seems like, and I'm not an expert, that's for sure, but it seems like there could be some spots at the end of the season up for grabs back in the number one spot of other teams, potentially some movement about. So do you think that's a chance in the future? Everything is a possibility, mate. He's going back into the racing bulls, which is a team that he obviously has done some races for,

11 races he's done with them over the last two seasons. So I really believe Liam's going to showcase, again, his ability and his skill. And he's just got to do what he does well, and that's drive a racing car fast. And he'll be on the radar again. Is it true that Honda paid $20 million to get Yuki into that seat for the Japan Grand Prix? Second of all, you talked about Yuki Tsunoda who has replaced Liam Lawson.

How do you think he's going to go? Because he said he's going to get a podium. So Honda do pay Red Bull and Racing Bulls, whoever the money goes to, for the seat. There was speculation that they would tip in a whole lot more money for this weekend. That's, again, speculation, but it could well be true. How's he going to go? Well, he's not a better driver than Liam. He's just not.

That's just a fact. Everyone wants to compare statistics, but at the end of the day, Yuki's been in Formula One now for three years. Liam's done 11 races. There's a vastly big difference between experience, and Liam's already jumped in that car previously and shown that he's better than Yuki. So, again, the rhetoric that Red Bull's used around Yuki being in this car

and he's going to be better for development and all this, it's just, again, a load of codwallop. It really is. It's just ridiculous. Do you think they could have got the two of them to parallel park outside a busy cafe to decide? Because, Jesus, that scares me, Greg,

doing that driving. I mean, that's a challenge for most men. I mean, seriously. I've had the unpleasant experience of being in a car with both of you and it's terrifying.

Now, Greg, how much of it's mental i imagine it's such a head game and like everyone's been bullying liam online no doubt he's seen some of that he's do you think he's been suffering like mentally well i think he didn't need any of that to be struggling i mean the fact that his performance was what it was in the first two rounds and he didn't achieve anything which i expected him to a lot of other people expected him to he expected himself to so dealing with that and now dealing with all the attention and then dealing with being demoted that's enough and actually for me strength comes

in actually ignoring all that stuff he knows there's opinion out there. The opinions that matter are the people that make decisions. Other ill-informed or misinformed or people that like to think they know what they're talking about, they don't matter. And that's where social media is at its worst. People that shouldn't be making comments do and say the most horrible things. Really, you just go ignore it. It's just like all the, I'm sure, the social hate that's come with Jono's new show, TV show. Oh, Greg, you just ignore it. You just ignore it. You just ignore it, Jono. You just ignore it.

Don't care what people like me have got to say. But what did you think? Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. He's not making the decisions, Megan. That's right. Greg, we'll all be watching us on Sky Sport. You can stream it on Sky Sport now

Liam Lawson We're all cheering him on There will be So many eyeballs On this race meeting From around the world More New Zealanders Than ever are watching

Hey Greg Lovely catching up mate Have a good day Hey thanks team Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits Went to a Pokemon themed restaurant

In Japan Yeah And all the meals come out. It's really impressive. They look incredible. They're like Pikachu and stuff, like the burgers and stuff. And a lot of green rice to add sort of colors and stuff. But then they had this moment where they were like,

and now we'll bring out the chef. And someone in a Pikachu costume came out in a chef's uniform. Oh, Pikachu is also a chef. And everyone clapped as Pikachu came out. I was like, well, he's clearly not the chef. He's just a guy in a Pikachu costume. But we all, like, he came out and he, like, waved to the crowd and stuff as well.

Like it was Gordon Ramsay. I was like, that guy in the costume hasn't been doing that. But it was actually very cool. It was very cool. I like to think that the guy, there's someone in a costume doing the, it's the full experience. All right.

He's like, I need these meals out. It's raw. Table three. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. costume doing the it's the full experience he's like I need these meals out table three John O'Ben and Megan the podcast the hits talking to my daughters yesterday because my wife's

away on camp great time to be away on camp she's on school camp yeah and luckily they because they had

the kids in tents she's a teacher but they bought the kids inside last night beforehand and got all packed up which is quite good because this big

weather system is coming its way through. But I'm home with the kids by myself all week, which has been fine. It's been all good. I kind of feel like you get into your routine. I feel like other people just... I muck up everyone else's routine, my wife's routine, when I'm off work. So it's probably easier when I'm not, and vice

versa. It's like, you just get into your system. How would you go as a solo divorced dad, do you think? Oh, sweet. All right, sweet. I'm not going to be naughty. The house is clean. Everything's piled away. I'm on top of it.

I am on top of it. Don't worry about coming back, Amanda. I mean, I miss Amanda, yes, definitely. But I know that when I'm home, like on holidays, I just mess up their system. It's a clash of systems. Yeah, they've got their work system. I've got my system.

You've created a new system for seven systems. Yeah, they've got their work system. I've got my system. You've created a new system for seven days. Yeah, it's great. But then yesterday picking up the girls from school, one of them, you know,

doesn't have a jumper on. I'm like, where's your jumper? And she's like, oh, I loaned it to a friend who was cold. Which is lovely, school uniform.

I'm like, great. What about the jacket? I've bought them jackets for the school, you know, jackets. Not cheap school clothes. We're the system coming through and they're like,

Dad, no one wears the jacket. I'm like, but it's a rain jacket. It's a rain jacket. They're like, no. And I'm like, putting out the jackets last night. Guys, tomorrow the system's coming through. And they're like, Dad, no one wears the jackets. I'm like, who cares?

It's a rain jacket. It looks fine. I know, Pete. They get funny about it. My son's school, they don't wear sandals. Sandals are an option. Through summer, Pete. They get funny about it. My son's school, they don't wear sandals. Like, they've got sandals. Sandals are an option. Yeah. Through summer, it's like 35 degrees.

Shoes and socks and woolen socks as well. He's like, no one wears sandals. I know, that's the thing. I still remember being like that. No one wore the jacket at our school either. If you wore the jacket, you were like. Yeah, they're like. You were what?

Detaining yourself from the elements? Yeah. I was like, oh, yeah, probably your parents forced you to wear that. I was like, it's practical. It's great. You're not going to be wet. I go, when are you practical. It's great. You're not going to be wearing it. I go, when are you getting this jumper back? Oh, she's going to bring it.

My friend's going to bring it back in tomorrow. So you don't have a jumper for the morning. She's going to just go in a t-shirt. Will she bring it in? I 100% think that friend is not bringing their jumper in. That's what I said as well. I'm like, yeah, they will. I'll get it sorted.

I'm like, well, are you going to meet up beforehand? You know what the trick is? Send them to lost property. And the lost property people are like, yeah, yeah, take this. But then you end up with a manky old jumper. You probably had a good one them to lost property and the lost property people are like yeah take this. But then you end up with a manky old jumper. You probably had a

good one. What happened to the let them theory? She's lying in the jacket. It's her problem to deal with. Let them.

Just because they don't close the investigation. You'll find this out. They don't care. It's not their money. No. Yeah well I love the

daughter went to Te Reo. She's at one of her classes as well. Came back with a totally different pair of shoes because they always

take their shoes off before they go in and I guess it's a shambles there's like 50 pairs of shoes whose shoes are they actually I don't know they're a bit big

I'm like oh jeez that's great news she's going to grow into them yeah you've had a win you've had a loss and a win yesterday

exactly so there you go Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast the hits and now Minecraft in cinemas as of yesterday and a win yesterday. Exactly. So there you go. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, Minecraft in cinemas as of yesterday as well, really cool that it's filmed in New Zealand. Obviously, there's a lot of special effects,

but it's cool to see places like Huntley. Yeah. We went along and saw it the other day too, Megan, didn't we? And it's really cool to see. Yeah, Huntley is kind of like the town. It poses as an American town, but you see the power station as well, some of the streets. Huntley's a big feature.

Yeah. It's cool. The Taj Mahal of coal, the Huntley Power Station. Do they feature the iconic Decker sign? No. Oh, no. No, the Decker sign doesn't get it. Probably would have fitted in quite well

because it's quite retro in some parts, right? Yeah, 80s themed. I think Helensville is also where the shop is when you go along and see it. Is it? Apparently that's where Jason Momoa's shop is when you go along and see it. Is it? Apparently that's where Jason Momoa's shop is. It's a very, very funny movie. I don't know anything about Minecraft and it doesn't matter.

If you have never played it, you don't know anything about it, don't worry about it. It's still really, really good. And I was lucky enough to take my four-year-old son, Basti, along. And there is something that has stuck in both of our minds that we can't get rid of. Jack Black is such a great character in this, and he's got a few great songs. One of them, and I think this might be a Minecraft thing, there's like Lava Chicken, and it's Steve's Lava Chicken. He's got a little jingle for his chicken shop. What a great song. He's so good in this movie. I'd say too, he's great.

And Jason Momoa is actually really funny in this. He's really, really good. He's got some comedy chops. It's great. And in this. He's really, really good. He's got some comedy chops. It's great. And Rachel House, just all really, really good. But we've left that movie, and that has been stuck in our head. Now, Jack Black has actually helped. That song has actually helped in our house

because that night we had chicken, chicken legs for dinner. And Bassey's four, he's pretty picky with his food. And so he sits down and he was like, is this Steve's love of chicken? Yeah, and he was like, is this Steve's lava chicken? Yeah, and you're like, 100% yes. Just pop out to Steve's, yeah. He ate three chicken legs and the whole time he's been singing Steve's lava chicken.

Oh, he's got the song in his ear. It's his Basti. Basti. He's lava chicken. That's Mamacita. Beautiful Even hitting the high note too Note for note, yeah Oh, my We keep them locked up in a safe for seven days

and then they appear once a week to provide us with the family-friendly events that are happening on the weekend. Connor from the Hits of Christchurch. Hayley from the Hits of Wellington representing the North and South. It's lovely to have you both on again. Hello, good morning. Happy Friday. Hayley, away last week.

We understand wedding anniversary. All you hoped and dreamed for, Hayley? Oh, well, we survived 10 years, so here's to hopefully another 10 years. That's beautiful. What's the traditional gift for 10 years? Like a piece, like a staple or something? String.

Do you know what? Whenever I mention gifts, he tenses up because he never gets them. They stress him out, so now I don't get him any gifts because I know he's just going to eat himself up about not getting me one. Oh, well, if you wanted to know what the traditional 10-year gift was,

it's tin or aluminium, so like an empty can. Can of Coke. Can of baked beans. Yeah, that'll do. Okay, we'll start with you then, Hayley. What is happening this weekend? Well, we have got the ASB Polyfest, which is the massive Auckland Secondary Schools Cultural Festival, celebrating

50 years. So this is a massive one happening in Auckland, and it's happening at the Manukau Sports Bowl. So music, dance, costume, food, and I don't know about you guys, but whenever I watch young people doing their thing, it gets me really emotional. So funny you mention this. It did the exact same thing to me on Wednesday when I went to my son's school. The group was practising for Polyfest and I was like, I've got to record them. Yes.

Oh, wow. And then I got mocked. I got mocked for A, going into school grounds and recording children. That weren't his own. That weren't my own. And for the heavy breathing. Heavy breathing was the thing that we had to sound most, though, actually.

It is so special, and it gives you goosebumps when they break out, too. And you think they're at their full volume, and then they take it up a notch, and you're like, That's exactly what I heard. You don't have to preach to me, amen, sister. It's the other two who are mocking me. That's one thing going on in the North. What's another?

Wow, this is happening all across the country, but more so the North because we have more population because we are the superior island. Oh, Connor. Come on, what is that? It's getting dirty. Dig at population there, my friend. Yeah.

So Sunday, if you listen really quiet, you will hear the weeping of parents all over the North Island as their carefully curated bedtime routines for their little people are disrupted because we've got daylight saving. Wait, are you claiming that as a North Island

event? Claiming it as a North Island event more than the South. I am giving the North Island permission to not go to any events, but to check their smoke alarms, put their clock back, and just enjoy the sleep in. Great reminder.

Great reminder, Hayley. Connor, I mean, I feel like your uh is exactly what I'm thinking inside. Connor, what have you got going on? Yeah, here I was thinking I was cooked because Johnna was playing audio from Polyfest,

but no, I think I've... Yeah, thank you, Hayley, for leaving the door open. When she starts scraping the barrel with daylight saving, it's all yours to lose, Connor. Obviously, I've got events coming out the wazoo, but I thought I could turn this one in Hammer Springs into a cool kind of fun

funky event. It's the wildfire preparedness plan. The entire township of Hammer Springs on Sunday will be evacuated for three hours. So if you're in Hammer, between the hours... That's not an event. That's the opposite to an event. The people are clearing out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. But they're making it fun. There's... I don't know if there's sausage sizzles and stuff. There should be. I think there should be. There's going to be no one there to eat the sausages. Is there any barbecues going? Yeah, well, true. It's a wildfire preparedness plan. They shouldn't have barbecues going. You're right.

It's dangerous. Can you just hide in the hot pools while everyone else evacuates? Yeah, that slide looks awesome. The new slide there at Hamner. So, yeah. So, yeah, don't be in Hamner between CPM 5pm and 5pm. Okay, we've got daylight savings in an event that we

can't be at. We've got to leave, but it's part of it. It's for a good cause. Alright, what else? Connor in the South. We'll stick to small towns. I don't think I've ever spoken about an event in Picton. Oh, yeah. So we've got a Picton. Okay. The Rainbow Run is taking place this weekend.

Now, they do little ones of these all around the country. It's basically just the whole community coming together for a fun run. You wear some sunglasses, wear some light-coloured clothing that you don't mind getting dirty or wet or whatever, and then people just throw paint and stuff at you as you run around Picton. Not to love. That sounds great.

Ooh, OK. Love the top of the South story. Yeah, there we go. Now, you've got your work cut out for you today, Megan and Ben. Who's winning, the North or the South? Think about the youth. I was going to say, technically, Connor had two, but did he? We had one that we had to leave for, but then Hayley didn't. I mean, she claimed something that's happening right around the youth. I was going to say technically Connor had two, but did he? We had one that we had to leave for, but then Hayley

didn't know. I mean, she claimed something that's happening right around the country. It was bad advice from a workmate. She was like make it all about daylight saving and I just shouldn't have listened to her. I'm going to give it to Connor. I'm going to give it to Connor this week. Polyfest sounds incredible, but you lost

it with daylight saving. We've been penalising the South Island for our birth rate. What's going on? And Hayley, would you like to take us out with the smoke alarm reminder? Now, check your smoke alarms, check your batteries, okay? Make sure you stay safe with daylight saving. Thanks so much, guys. Have a great weekend wherever you are.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The podcast. The hits. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz is how we like to kickstart our day. And we need your help right now with the Lifeline. You're one of our Lifelines. We've got a merch pack up for grabs. From Merch Madness.

Yeah, we collected all your corporate merch. You said we need your help. We also need Quiz Queen producer Ellie as well. Sorry, hello. She just looked at me and was like, is this me from the room? It's always good to know the producers. I'm paying attention. I producer, Ellie, as well. Sorry, hello. She just looked at me and was like, is this me from the room? It's always good to know the producers, you know, listening to what's going on. I'm paying attention. Yeah, I know it's Friday.

I know what's going on. I know it's Friday, exactly. You've run through? You've done a dry run? I have. I have. Not bad. I feel like we could do this.

We've had some pretty good hit rates on a Friday, to be honest. I think they loosened the belt a bit on a Friday. Okay, question number one for the Herald Daily Quiz. Which famous New Zealander is pictured on our $100 note? Oh, that's a Red Rutherford. That is correct. That's a Red Rutherford. Red Rutherford.

Ernest Rutherford, yeah. Oh, okay. Can't remember the last time I saw one of those. It's all about the Benjamins in America, eh? But for us, it's all about the Rutherfords. All right, question number two. How many living species of kiwi are there? Four, five, or two?

Jeez, I thought we only had one. Little spotted. Brown dog. Yeah, I feel like it's brown, yeah. Big brown dog. Are you just saying words now? Yeah, I feel like you're just saying words. Brown dog.

You had it. Fox. Is there a great, like there's a big one. The great big kiwi. The great big kiwi. There's instant kiwi, you another one a kiwi rugby league team you know there's a lot of them how many and what were the options uh there was two four or five oh god i don't know i forgot we had one yeah apparently we've met a kiwi but i never saw it

yeah yeah you gotta be very tall no we did do we we held one yeah we had one. Apparently we've met a Kiwi, but I never saw it. You've got to be very careful. Oh, no, we did. We held one. Yeah, we had to put gloves on. And a mask. You've got to walk on eggshells around there. It was a baby one, wasn't it? It had just been hatched, but we had to be very careful.

Very pretentious, precious things, aren't they? Sorry, we're just fumbling here. I have no idea. Yeah, no, neither did I, to be honest. So we're going to go to your lifeline, are you? Are you seeing the old text machine? Yeah, let's 0800 the Hitzel text 4487. How many species of kiwi are there?

Let's come through. Do we want to do? Yes, we'll call them back. A couple of... Yeah, there's a couple of ones in the top there, all leaning towards one particular number. Okay, well, we'll call a number at random. Obviously, they win a Merch Madness pack.

Woo! We'll go, oh, you'll go to that number then? Oh, two, one. Oh, don't... Yeah, they have to call the number Say the number Oh no A lot of text coming through for one particular number

Okay It's not the number that I was going for No it was probably not the one you're at. More than you think. I would have thought. Hopefully they are answering. Hopefully I misdialed someone. Good morning.

Good morning. What's your name? Wendy. Wendo. Hi, Wendy. Thank you for texting. Thank you for participating and being our lifeline today. How many kiwi are there?

Five. Five. Five different species of kiwi. Can I say, there's the brown kiwi, which I did say. There's the, oh, there's a couple I can't pronounce. A great spotted kiwi. I see the big dog. Oh, nice.

And the little spotted kiwi. Oh, well done. Okay, five. Five is correct. That is correct. Hey, thank you so much, Wendy. We're going to hook you up with a merch pack. Thank you very much.

A merch madness. You could get a medley of corporate clothing from right across the country that we collected through March you're going to

have a great Friday you too thank you alright we'll take one to the song there Ellie okay question number three

a homburg is a type of what is it a cat a hat or a lolly why did you say we were going to nail this one

and we've used our lifeline already you know do you know I think I know what it we've used our lifeline already. You know. Do you know? I think I know what it is. John O, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats.

Carol Daily Quiz. We're only up to question three, guys. You are. And that question was, a Homburg is a type of what? Is it a cat, a hat, or a lolly? Megan, you were quite confident on this one. I have no idea. A Homburg is a hat.

That is correct. Well done. It's the hat that Winston Churchill Made famous Oh just I had to google Obviously when we've

Answered the thing Yeah just have a look at it It's yeah like Can you imagine like A top hat and a fedora Had a baby It would be like What if a mix of that

Would look at that It's not quite as Big as a top hat But it's almost And then it hasn't got The straight top Like a top hat It's kind of got

The fedora shaped thing Yeah If you were Churchill You wouldn't get out of bed Till like 11.30 in the morning Love to bath Love to bath too but it's almost and then it hasn't got the straight top like a top hat it's kind of got the fedora shaped thing yeah do you know Churchill he wouldn't get out of bed till like 11.30 in the morning love to bath love to bath really eased himself

into the day a lot of us work from the bath according to a lot of documentaries I've watched anyway he was like where's Churchill

is he turning up to the office he was a WFH wasn't he he was he's definitely working from home you're right okay alright question number four.

In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of victory? Was it Nike, Adidas, or Reebok? What? Yeah. I didn't know this either. I would say... Reebok. Reebok.

Adidas is about the brothers that started. That was one of their names. Yeah, it was a surname. Yeah, surname. So it's not that one. Then the brothers broke away. One started Puma. Yeah, yeah. They had a fight. Adidas. oh i thought you were trying no i did yeah they're

both competing brothers but yeah oh interesting well you'd have to say reebok because nike feels like it was created by an advertising agency oh yeah yeah i don't i don't know between those two so yeah oh yeah the tech. And just still it was. But Nike. Reebok doesn't sound like a goddess. Now you say it. The goddess Reebok. Let's go Nike.

It sounds like a rapper. Yeah. Should we go Nike? Let's go Nike. Nike is correct. Oh, thank God. Nice work. Reebok.

What's your name? Reebok. There's Zeus and there's Reebok. What's your name? Reebok. There's Zeus and there's Reebok. Reebok, the goddess of victory. God, he's a knight. I never knew that. Me neither. Well, clearly.

Wait, is the goddess Nike or Nike? Oh, it might be Nike. I don't know. Who knows? Don't trust me. There's some sick kicks, though. All right. All right, question number five.

What musician, singer, and songwriter was born Gordon Sumner in 1951 in Britain? That is correct, Jono. Nice. There we go. Okay, cool. Keep rolling. Alright, number six. What superhero goes by the name Bruce Wayne when not wearing tights?

Yeah, well done. Here we go. Number seven. Oh, I reckon you'll get this one. Waka Kotahi is the te reo Maori. Land transport. Yeah, means a transport agency. Nice work.

When are they going to turn it back to land transport safety authority? I don't know what it means. I don't understand what Waka Kotahi is the te reo Maori. Land Transport. That is, yeah, means the transport agency. Nice work. When am I going to turn it back to Land Transport Safety Authority? I don't understand what Waka Kotahi means. But you do. You do. Question number eight. The likenesses of which four US presidents

are carved into Mount Rushmore? Okay, so the options are Adams, Madison, Wilson and Truman, Eisenhower, Kenney, Nixon and Carter, or Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln. Last one. That is correct. Well done. All right, question number nine.

Which is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres, Asia, Europe, or Africa? Wow. In all four hemispheres? That's a, wow, okay. I'm not good with that. Wow okay I'm not good with that No I'm not good with this stuff No I'm terrible with geography

I'm lucky I get to work each day To be honest I'm just like Where are the hemispheres I thought there was two So we're down We're down in the southern We're up in the southern

It's northern Northern's up Above the southern Yep that's that one And then So you're somewhere That obviously bridges those gaps So where does east and west start Asia We're in the southern. It's northern. Northern's up above the southern. Yep, that's the one. So it's something that obviously bridges those gaps. But where does east and west start? Asia, you'd have to say Asia. Yeah, maybe spread out.

Asia, that's good. Yeah, bro. What was that? I don't know. Asia? That's incorrect. It's Africa. It must be right in the middle.

It must just be smack bang in the middle. What are the four hemispheres? Oh, see, I don't know. I don't know I don't know the top one the bottom one and the other two do a quick go Ben

yeah I am I am four hemispheres of the world southern, northern oh eastern and western alright where does eastern and western ever start

where are we yeah what's in the western oh wait is that why they always say like in the west oh it's eastern time pacific time

oh yeah looking at this map they definitely are oh it's the time zones and stuff yeah oh my god we sound so smart Jono, Ben and Megan

the podcast the hits had a fun chat with your mum Ray Ray the other day and we haven't addressed this because it was just something

she chucked out in the moment wasn't it it was just a silly little April Fool's prank and we were trying to pretend that I couldn't hear her and then mum drops

a little tidbit into the conversation huge bombshell. It's all right, I've got the road cones out now. Oh my God. You realise there's traffic management to people who do this? Traffic management. I've just got all the road cones out.

All the men have gone past and shook their fist at me. I didn't quite know if that was the new kind of wave. How many road cones are you managing? We've got four at the moment, but we're going to get barrier arms shortly. Why are you cordoning off your house? No, I'm not cordoning off the house. I'm shutting the road down. Why?

What's going on? I'm stopping the traffic coming around the corner. Are you allowed to do that? Oh, is there rules? Oh, my God. This is what I've grown up with, everyone. Vigilante, is it? I think we were in the rule book where it says I can't stop the road.

It probably is some sort of rule book. We were having a bit of a street party, and we said, all these cars coming up, so Wayne and I said, we'll fix that. So we got the cones out of the van and put them all around the car. You just can't shut off a street. Sweetheart, there's no such thing as can't. I'm pretty sure there is. It's motivation, motivation, eh?

You don't take no, eh? Welcome to my childhood. Oh, I love it. All right, Mum, back to it. Keep up the good work. You too. I'll have to get out my policeman's hat. Oh, God, okay, now she's impersonating police officers.

It doesn't go well. Ask Ben. No, God. Okay, now she's impersonating police officers. It doesn't go well. Ask Ben. No, hey, yeah. You can't do that. So she's shutting down the road. She's got her own implements. Yeah. What's her issue with the road?

Like, who's going past her street and what's happening? I don't know. You heard her? I don't know. You don't know? Okay, I was like, yeah. I don't think it's shut anymore.

It seems like a cul... You were saying it's kind of like... It's a cul-de-sac. So it's not like people are hooting past in their cars or anything? She didn't want's kind of like- It's a cul-de-sac. So it's not like people are hooting past in their cars or anything? She didn't want people to go up the top of the cul-de-sac. So it's a one-way. It's a no-exit street.

Right. If that makes it any better. It probably makes it worse. It's like the least people are going up there. So I have to do a three-point turn here? You're like, no, don't come down here. She's like, private road. It's not, though.

You do reach- I imagine I've reached that age, but I think I'm fast approaching, where you feel like, I've done enough for this country. I've paid enough taxes. You know, I can take the law into my own hands. I had a friend's father who, he was sick of people parking. They get very territorial about the front of their house, don't they? Yeah, yeah.

He was sick of people parking outside the front of their house. They're allowed to park out there. So he ended up getting like a roller brush with yellow paint and then painting his own yellow lines outside. Oh, yellow. Oh. Boom. No one parked there anymore.

Your dad, was it your granddad who got pulled over? Oh, yeah. Well, he was always, he'd just like, the skateboard is going past on the footpath. And so he'd spray over the top of the hose and spray them as they came past. He's like, you can't do that. You're like, I don't have enough. I'm like, it's the footpath. And so he'd spray over the top of the hose and spray them as they came past. He's like, you can't do that. You're like, I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm like, it's the footpath. They can go on it. You're like, just spray them. That would be quite fun in the end. They're like, watch this old guy. Yeah, well, they would do it to wind them up then they'd find out about it. So it was a little battle.

This is what I want to open up. Okay, parents or even grandparents taking the law into their own hands. Has she even had a hi-fers vest on your mum? She did. Where'd she get that from? I don't know, Jono. She looks like a road with 30 years experience. A little professional. She's running those roads.

They have painted a street light black before because it was going into their, it was bright into their room. No! I got the paintbrush out. How did they get up there? With a ladder? Probably, yeah. Oh my goodness. And so what's the barrier up for? How did they get up there? With a ladder? Probably, yeah. Oh my goodness. And so what's the barrier arm for? Is that just going to close all access to the arm?

Yeah. Wow. I'm sick of the traffic going past. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're just talking about boomers' parents, not only recounting and telling each other's story for them,

but also talking about what things they do, taking the laws into their own hands. My mum, she has closed off the road. We're not entirely sure why. It's a cul-de-sac, though. Yeah, she has road cones. I've got the road cones out now. Oh, my God.

You realise there's traffic management in the people who do this? Traffic management. I've just got all the road cones out. All the men have gone past and shook their fist at me. I didn't quite know if that was the new kind of wave. So she's shut off the cul-de-sac. She's the unofficial mayor of the cul-de-sac, Ray Ray.

You joked before about yellow lines. Someone painting yellow lines. Yeah, my friend's dad painted the lines outside the house on the road because he didn't like people parking outside. He could get in and out of his driveway just fine. They weren't impeding him in any way, but yeah. My mum's texting.

She's got proper yellow road marking paint. And I was like, what for? And she said, well, I've painted yellow no parking lines on the corner around, just under that street light you mentioned. The one that they painted black. Because they've also painted over the street light because it went into their bedroom. Maybe we need two laws. Maybe we need two laws.

So laws for people under the age of 60 and laws for the over the age of 60. They've been around long enough. If they want to put a speed bump in their street, let them. If they want to change the name of the street, let them. Free reign.

Maybe you're right. All right. Well, of course, we are doing this. I'm in danger. Right across. And now for something completely different Battle of the TV theme songs Right across our show

And of course the afternoons as well Here on The Hats We're putting head to head The best TV themes of all time This hour it seems a bit of a landslide victory Producer Grace Yes one could say compared to the last hour It was a landslide victory.

But coming in with 84% of votes. It was Beverly Hills 90210 and Full House. It is Full House. Oh, yeah. Full House through to the next round. Of course, there's more battles happening this afternoon with Maddie and PJ, with Matilda filling in for, of course, Matilda Green filling in for PJ. But yeah, a couple more rounds this afternoon.

I'm going to say now, Full House probably a contender to take the whole thing out. Ooh. Wouldn't you say? What about up against Friends? Yeah, it could be a Full House-Friends final. Depends how the draw falls.