Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono Is Addicted to Ass Art...

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

On Today's show: What strange ritual is Jono secretly doing every day in the shower? The boys are on a mission to save Megan’s Mother’s Day—her hubby is ditching her! Find out what Ben got caught doing behind his wife’s back... Producer Matt steps in to save the day for Megan—some might even call him a hero! Dear Megan: An ex-colleague is asking for a reference… but they were an absolute nightmare to work with Is Prince Harry getting way too much hate? And… how did Ben manage to offend the boomers? 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 Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast intro. We've had producer Grace come in saying, keep this quick, we're under the gas. Is that a saying? We're under the pump.

Under the pump. After the show. Under the gas pump. Make this quick. Yeah, so we are going to make it this quick. There's plenty of great stuff on the podcast coming up. Like what? Oh, well, I'd love to tell you, but I'm trying to make it quick, Megan.

You can't remember. You just did it. You get to the end of a show, which we just have, and you're like, what did we do? Your wife caught you out is what we talked about. That's right. We did talk about it. You got caught out.

I was cheating on her. I think it's because you do one thing and you babble away and then you have to leave that there and then move on to the next one. So you don't actually remember what you babbled on about. Like you just did then. We were still focusing on him chatting on his wife. Social experiment. Social experiment to see if someone would bring you a hot drink.

We did that. We did do that. I'm going back through the list of things you can enjoy. We seeded that on the podcast intro yesterday. Coolest names in New Zealand as well. I'm just reading the run sheet now. Trouble at home. Yeah, I know, but I the run sheet now. Yeah, Trouble at Home. Yeah, no, I'm just recapping your memory.

Trouble at Home, Cracks in Paradise between you and Andrew. Yeah, you called my husband. Actually, Jono's relationship was the only one we didn't delve into today. Although he had a weird thing he does in the shower. So all that and more on the quickest podcast intro ever here. Enjoy. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Now we do something from time to time where one of us puts something out there where we think we maybe could be the only one who does it

and we normally try and get some help to feel a little better on the text machine for a second Last week we got into Megan's pungent ear piercing holes

didn't we? Yeah we did I found out I wasn't the only one. It feels gratifying. Yeah, I bet. Well, Ben, you actually smelt Megan's ear holes, didn't you? And you were like, oof. She's warm and pungent.

It was warm. I don't know if a smell is warm, but, you know, when it's like that. They are warm. My ears are warm. But, yeah, you went to thousands of people. Thank God. Yeah, saying they have the same issue. And when you think about what's going on there,

then of course there would be a bit, you know, there'd be an odour emitting from those holes. Yeah, they don't get aired out, you know. Is this your first foray into this? Yeah, it is. It is. And I honestly believe in my heart of hearts that no one else would have ever done this. Yeah, it is. I honestly believe in my heart of hearts that no one else

would have ever done this and it's something that's part of my daily morning shower routine. Wait, so you do this every day? Every day. In the shower and you really think you're the only one? Yep. Some mornings you don't have showers until you skip a shower

a day but if I'm in the shower I'm doing this every morning. The frosted glass when the glass steams up yeah i gently press my bottom cheeks against the glass creating two oval shapes okay yeah and i make faces out of them I draw curly hair with my finger on top of them And I do I draw on it often With your butt cheeks though No with my butt cheeks normally no I'm pretty sure my son's done that Oh there we go you've found someone already

You reckon? Does anyone listening done that? Do you do it? Wait you do that every morning? Yeah, it's a bit of a rake because what you need to do is you need to push. You push against them semi-firm. That creates a nice, a good two-suit.

It's like the Siamese twins who are joined at the head. And then you need to wait for it to steam up just a little bit so you can add some detail. Gotcha. Yeah, so you add the eyes and the smiley face and curly hair on top. I've done that every morning consistently. I was actually doing it the other morning.

I was like, I imagine this is pretty unique. Yeah, I'd say maybe once or twice for some people. Maybe 4487 on the text to join in. Do you do the same face every day? Yeah. Always smiley. I mean, they're never sad, those. Well, like same hair and everything.

They've come from sad origins, but they're pretty happy about him. Okay, is Jono the only one? 4487 on the text, and we'll find out if he is. He could be. Pick arsehole is what I like to call myself. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Well, it's Mother's Day this weekend, and I don't know if I should bring it up, Megan, because it's a bit of a contentious issue here on the show. Yeah, in my household it is because my husband is working on Mother's Day from 10 to like 6pm. Now, Andrew. Wonderful singer. Wonderful singer, professional singer.

He's been called in like, you know, a soldier to represent the Anzacs. He's singing the Australian National Anthem. Nothing more patriotic than a South African singing the Australian National Anthem. Nothing more patriotic than a South African singing the Australian National Anthem in New Zealand at the basketball on Sunday in Hamilton.

Do you know what I said to John? I was like, I heard it over and over and over last night to the point where I went into the garage and ironed the sheets to get away from it.

So he's performing this this weekend. But he has said he asked you about doing it, but you didn't realise how much time it was going to take and where it was on Sunday, right? Yeah, so he has to drive to Hamilton. So he's going to be gone all day,

and he has to do it twice for two different games. All of these details were not given to me. Why don't they just record him doing the first one and playing? Exactly. Surely AI can help him out some. The good thing about anthems is they're generally at the beginning of the game. So I'm sure as soon as he's sung the anthem, been hosted in the wonderful corporate hospitality for five hours,

he'll be home. No, he said yesterday, oh, my friend's going to come down and watch the games with me. Oh, yeah, stick around for the game. Well, they can't be like, oh, the anthem guy's running off halfway through the first quarter. It's Mother's Day. He's going home to be with his beautiful wife.

Now, it hasn't sat well with us, has it been? We want a solution. Now, Andrew, he can't pull out of singing the national anthem. That is sacrilege. The poor bloody Australians have to mumble their way through it themselves. So we're trying to get a workaround here. So both parties are equally happy. I'm sure there's a certain level of guilt.

We can't have a guilty-looking anthem singer on television. No, you're right. So let's give Andrew a call, and we'll see if we can pitch an idea to him, maybe. Ask him if he's guilty. I don't think he feels guilt. Oh, really? At all.

See how good he is with finishing the lyrics, too. We'll start it off and see if he can continue it on. Hello, good morning. Australians all let us rejoice. For we are one and free. Yee, yee. Okay. I'm ready to go, baby.

I'm ready to go. I know he is because I've heard it over and over and over. Sunday on coach. It's happening. Now, obviously, Sunday, Mother's Day, we don't need to explain to you what's going on here, but we're just trying to come. We're a solutions-based radio show.

We're trying to come to some sort of solution here, Andrew. For who? For me or for you guys? For you guys. I mean, you know, so everyone's happy. So you get to do your anthems, and Megan feels, you know, validated on Mother's Day. You know, boxers ticked all round.

Yeah, I mean, I get up every morning, and I get the kids ready. I'm making breakfast right now. What else do we need? And you will get Father's Day. Okay, so. Right now. Can I just say, bro, not a great start. Don't come attacking when you need to be playing defense, mate.

So, yesterday I checked out the thing of, like, could you, you know, subliminally chuck in apologies on national television between, like, Australians let us. Yeah, is there any words? Sorry, babe, happy Mother's Day. Or is there any lyrics you could sort of weave in with a sorry to me on Mother's Day or something, or happy Mother's Day?

I think the reason that I've been asked to do this and the reason I'm asked to do more work is because I don't do stuff like that. You could do a parody. Sorry, Megan, I love you, babe. That would make it so much better. I'd love that. The poor Australian players sitting there,

they go, what is this? He's gone Fergie on their anthem. Do you know Taylor and Marcelo, every time he plays with the Warriors, he would wear her name on his wrist. Like he straps it on. Strapping tape, you know, goes around the wrist and then writes her name on. I'm sure he's still doing it. He's playing for the Bulldogs now, Marcelo Montoya.

So we thought, you know, maybe that's something you could do. You could have some strapping tape and put Megan on there, and we want it slightly visible, you know? That's cute. Could it be more like a gold bracelet and we just engrave it? Who's buying that? Again, it's not Father's Day. Gold?

You want us to buy you a gold bracelet? Hey, he's been up early. He's been getting the kids breakfast. I feel like he deserves it, Megan. Oh, shut up. So I'm feeling like the strapping tape's not a goer. Alright, we'll leave this with you. We'll check in again tomorrow. We'll come up with some more, maybe some ideas if you need some better ones.

Or maybe you've got to work around tomorrow to make this better, okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Consult ChatGPT and see what you come up with. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. You need to get yourself a bingo card. It's happening next Monday. Six days away. The Hits $20,000 bingo.

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One of the world's biggest prizes. We've spent all the money on the prize money. Yeah, people don't care about the bingo wheel. Just read the numbers. Well, here's the options. Do you want to win 20k on bingo or do you want to win $19,000 and we get a better bingo wheel? Do you want my honest answer?

Well, you probably have to use the bingo wheel each day. We can't win the prize money, so get a better wheel. I would love a giant bingo wheel in here. It would just be very, it would be a nightmare for like 11. A thousand bucks is quite a lot for a bingo wheel too. Yeah, true.

11 months of the year, it's just sitting there gathering dust. Great investment. No, speaking of money, you know, obviously, you know, around the year, it's just sitting there gathering dust. Great investment. No, speaking of money, obviously around the country, it costs a living and stuff. And my wife and I had a conversation Friday night. We're like, we both need to get a little better

at not, when you're out and about, not just picking up something, whether it is food or whatever it is, going home and eating food there. We're like, okay, both. We've got to both make a bit more of an effort. Tightening the belt, so to speak. And then the next morning, I took my daughter

and Edith to netball. And my wife, Amanda, was off with my other daughter, Sienna. She had musical theatre. So we each had, you know, separate things that we were doing. And I went to my daughter Indy's netball game. And afterwards, Indy's like, hey, can we stop off?

Do you reckon you and I can stop off for a sahi bowls on the way home? And I was like, oh, I don't know. We just had a conversation. We just had a tightening the belt conversation. We had a conversation last night. And Indy goes, oh, it's tradition. Now, this is a good play because it's not,

technically it's not tradition. We may have done it once or twice. They love the Asahi bowls. They just do a lot of Gen Z's. They're delicious stuff. It's basically just a bowl of fruit and breakfast and stuff that is presented far more beautifully than you could ever be bothered doing at home. It does look really good, doesn't it?

Aesthetic, as they say, as well. No one has got the time or patience to do that in their own environment. Yeah. So I was like, I don't know, Andy. And she was like, oh, go on. I was like, okay, it could be our little secret. Oh, I was going to say, did you do Don't Tell Mum? Yeah, I was like, Don't Tell Mum.

Our little secret. Our little secret. We'll whip in the two of us on the way home while your sister and your mum are out. We'll get that. We won't say anything. It'll be fine. We're like, great. Get into the Asahi place that we like.

I go up there, wait in line, and get up the front. And as I'm about to order, I just hear laughter. Raucous laughter. I'm like, what? Turn around. Who should be walking through the door? My wife. My wife.

Your other daughter. Your other daughter. My other daughter. And doing exactly the same thing. Now, are you closer to the transaction than they are? And I'm like, oh, hello there. She's like, hello there. What are you doing? Neither of you can be angry.

Yeah, I know. We both, they were having their little secret Asahi day. And I was having it with my daughter. You're like, how's the money saving going? And it went for me, because I was at the front of the counter, they had to come up and order their thing. I went, well, double the price of what it would have been for me as well.

I'm like, how's this saving me any money with this transaction? Oh, because then you're having to pay for them as well. I was like, this has turned into one big transaction. So yeah, I've never been busted at a food place before, but I imagine it happens to a lot of people. Out of all the establishments you can be busted in, the Asahi shop is probably the lighter end of the scale. You're right.

Your wife walks in, well, well, well, Asahi bowl. What do we have here? Some military precision cut banana. I demand a divorce. Yeah, you're right. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The podcast.

The hits. Yesterday we spent some time with retirees from the Somerset Village at the launch of the ANZ Nebel. He's saying I'll carry you home this week or 55 years down the road. We've seen what it looks like 55 years. Could you imagine any of them carrying each other home? Well they were quite sprightly as I said before

but I've offended some people. You've got to stop calling them sprightly. I didn't like that. Yeah. Okay. So Mike Hosking works in the same building. Prestigious broadcaster, Mike Hosking, works in the same building here where we work at. Another radio station upstairs. And he was feeling whatever the opposite of sprightly is recently because we had some

maintenance issues in the building and this was affecting Hosking's daily routine. Feel under-resourced as a broadcaster this morning. The tap, I have hot water and lemon, which makes me sound slightly problematic to deal with, but nevertheless, I've done it for many, many years, and it cleanses the liver and makes you feel younger than you are. Anyway, the tap I access, which is just outside the studio, is broken, of of course because this place

refuses to do any sort of maintenance program. So I'm now having to I'm leaving shortly by the way. I'm leaving shortly for the next tap. The nearest tap is kilometres away. And that's why you've been so out of breath this morning. Exactly. I may not be back before the end of the news. I've had to run

and I had to run with a full cup and it's hell. Wish me well. Not happy. Not happy that he run and I had to run with a full cup and it's hell. Wish me well. Not happy. Not happy that he couldn't get his hot water with a bit of lemon in it. First time ever, I think, in the history of ZB, there's something negative being said, you know? Like, normally such a positive, positive argument. Yeah, uplifting station. Now,

not but ten minutes later, okay, the big boss turns up. The big boss! The big, big executive boss turns up. Have big boss! The big, big executive boss turns up. Have a listen. Oh, the boss. God bless him. So my water I'm shorted. He's gone down to the supermarket. He's left

the building in what can only, well, as what the Herald would describe as meteorologically the end of the world, because I'm sure there's 16 or 18 weather alerts at the moment. So he's gone out into the storm this morning. He's gone up to the supermarket and he's purchased me a decor, insulated, double wall,

adventurer stainless steel thermos. 24 hours of cold, 12 hours of hot, 1.2 litres, 40.5 fluid ounces. So anyway, the big boss has come to the rescue of Mike Hosking. So we conducted a bit of a social experiment this morning. Would any boss or any person come to the rescue of us?

Yeah. And we came in negative. The Newstalk ZB host. We probably will hopefully inevitably end up being one day, Ben. We came in negative. No one's going to help this piddly little show. So we planted a seed before Megan. Yeah, I had a little scratchy throat and said I had a bit of a sore throat. Talked about it off air and then talked about it on the radio.

Yeah. Sound a bit scratchy, Megan. You need to get a drink. You've got a cold. I've got a sore throat today. Yeah, you need to get some hot water and lemon into you. Lemon honey or something. So that was just 10 minutes ago.

Now, may we bring in Matt Anderson. Our boss. Our boss. Our boss, Matt Anderson, who's, you know, helping us at the moment, producing the show, which is great,

getting up early, doing his other job and this job at the moment. So already a heroic act in the corporate environment. Double jobbing it. And we thought because you were here, we would put you to the test.

Yes. See if you would help out a struggling broadcaster with a sore throat. Now, straight after, we mentioned that on air, Matt was on the microphone next door. What was the conversation, Megan? He's like, do you need something? Do you need water? Jono and Ben come in with maybe a warm something, maybe a warm lemon honey. Straight away, you went on the hunt for a cup of tea, a cup of Dilma.

What are you clutching in your hands right now? Whoa, he's coming through. He's come through. Yeah. And when a hero comes along. It is actually a lovely. Whoa. Whoa.

You passed the test. Well done. You didn't go down and get a thermos, but that's okay. It's a lemon Dilmar. Well, I'm sorry to all of our friends at Newstalk ZB, but our hot taps are working. And as soon as I heard your cry for help, I ran out, I found some Dilmar green tea with lemon and lime.

Here you go. Also, like, our tap's just outside the studio, so I probably could have gone myself. But he didn't say that. I know. He got it for me. What a hero. You passed the test. Solutions focused, guys. I probably could have gone myself. But he didn't say that. I know. He got it for me. What a hero. You passed the test.

Solutions focused, guys. I'm glad I could deliver. All that stuff you've said about management behind their back, Megan. Look what they do for you. Look what they do for you. We've also got some more audio we're going to play right. Oh, no, that's it. John O'Bannon, Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Oh, dear Megan. Dear Megan. Someone's sliding in with their personal issues. Ready to hang their dirty laundry out and air it. Yeah, yeah. For public consumption.

Megan, who's messaged you? This is a work situation. So, yeah, it doesn't have to be a relationship. It could be anything in your life that's causing you a bit of trouble. Put it to the masses. Yeah. Bit of pain. Ben, you still got that little niggle going on?

Do you need to send that to DM, Egan? Well, I've still been to DMs. Oh, that's all right. You're not responding to my DMs, but that's all right. He's even sent photographic evidence of what's going on there. But we'll get to that. Maybe next week. I've looked.

I've looked. I've inspected. I can't figure out what's happening. So maybe you might get a solution. Okay. So this one says, a former colleague who I'm still on friendly terms with has asked me to be a reference for a job

they're applying for. They were recently made redundant, so I know they're under pressure, and I really do want the best for them, but if I'm honest, I don't feel comfortable vouching for them professionally. They weren't the most reliable or proactive at work, and I'd feel uneasy putting my name behind

a recommendation. How do I say no without hurting the friendship? References I find are a really funny thing. Like no one's going to write someone's name down who's going to speak ill. They're all going to be, you know, singing the propaganda, the positive. I mean, we have worked with some incredibly useless human beings over the years. Like, useless people. I'm one of them. I'm one of them.

I'm on top of the list. But they're like, will you give me a reference? And I'm like, absolutely. And if I'm ever called, and I haven't been, I would give them a glowing reference. Because that's what references are. People either wanting to get rid of people from their workplace into a new job, or they're just wanting to help people out. But it's tricky though

because it is, you know, you want to help people out but then you also want to help out the people that are employing someone to get the best person for the job.

And if you know that that person is not great for the job, then you're putting your name behind it. I feel like... Oh, Jono said this guy was amazing.

Yeah, no, but then if they call, you know, a year later and they're like, absolute HR nightmare that person. You're like, absolute HR nightmare, that person. You're like, oh, they must have changed since I knew them. Yeah.

How's that sit with your conscience? I mean, you can do that. I'd rather help someone out. I'd rather help someone out who needs a job. And clearly this person is in a situation where they need a job. I just think if you're being asked questions about them and you're trying to lie, they're probably going to see through that anyway.

Yeah. Aren't they? You're like, um, yeah, no, they're really good. I'll answer questions. Just don't make them too specific. Were they at work? Yes. Were they there sometimes?

Yes. Did they do stuff? They did some stuff. I think I would probably just still do it and lie and just be like, they're great. Or find a way to word it in a way that you're not lying, but you're not. Or just don't answer the phone. Don't answer the phone. Say you'll be a reference, but then, oh, sorry, Mr. Cole.

I don't answer the phone anyway, so gross. No one ever asks me. That's probably why. Tricky situation. All right, we need your help. I'm 100 the hits, 4487. Maybe you've been a reference before and you feel like, oh jeez, I can't really say what I want to say. Or maybe you have said what you

want to say. An ex-colleague who they're still friends with wants you as a reference, but you know they're bad at their job. But they need the money. They need the money. They do need the money. But the person needs someone who's good in the job. And you're putting your name behind it. But where do your allegiances lie? With the boss of a random company or your mate?

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Where someone has slid into Megan's DMs again with a workplace dilemma for someone they used to work with who is also a friend. Yeah, so if you missed it, a former colleague and friend has asked them to be a reference for a job. They were recently made redundant, so there's that pressure. But they said they weren't that great professionally.

So they don't want to do the recommendation. What should they do? They don't want to say no to their friend. Does anyone believe references anyway? Like, you'd pretty much know if you want the person or not before you've ended up talking to people, wouldn't you? I don't know. I feel like someone's opinion,

because people can say whatever they want about themselves but that's actually getting someone else to vouch for them, which I think means a lot. But it's someone that they've picked. So you imagine it's always going to be true. True, it's probably going to be glowing. Trumpy administration, isn't it? Yeah.

Okay, we're going to go to the phones. Danelle, what would you do in this situation? Would you lie? Would you not answer the phone if they called you? I would vouch for my friend. If I considered them as a friend, I feel like I would just be wrong, like saying no or telling the employer something

that they clearly don't want to hear. Yeah, well, I mean, it goes back to Megan's point before. Where's your loyalty lying? Yeah, with some random boss dude that you don't know? Definitely with my friend. Or boss girl. Yeah, sorry. If your friend, all girls can be dudes.

If you are friends with them, they obviously have some good traits that you like anyway. So just focus on those. Focus on those. Yeah. Yeah. They're very committed to our friendship. That's a great commitment.

It's a great thing for an employer. They love Friday afternoon drinks. Good for morale. Punch for that, you know. You're going to have a great day, Danelle. Appreciate you calling and listening through. Thank you. You said some words there.

What would you do? 0800 the hits. What's your solution on this one? There's a few that have come through. I'd be honest. I've been referenced, but I'd be honest. And they say streets are. I've done it before. What do you mean? So if you've been phoned about former colleagues? Yep. Okay, let's just pretend you used to work with me. Okay, my name's Jono. Megan, you're phoning up as the general manager of the company. How's this going to play out?

Hi, I've got you down as a reference for Jonathan Pryor. Do you know him? Yes, I do. What was he like at work? Was he generally pretty punctual? He attended each day. Nice. Was he a good team player?

He worked with others at times. Nice. Great. I see the way you're doing it. And how efficient was he at the job? Did he work hard and get stuff done? He got some of the jobs done. He sounds like a bloody gem of an employee.

We'll take him. I guess that's a good solution. Your conscience is clear. Yeah, you're saying it without saying it in some ways. Without ragging on them. Yeah. I guess, to Ben's point, is there an obligation that you have to tell the truth?

You tell the truth, but you just don't elaborate on any of the questions. Yeah. Yeah, it's a really interesting prediction. I prefer not to be a reference. No, no. Yeah, it's a really interesting prediction. I prefer not to be a reference. Yeah, that's another option. You're like, oh, do I have to be a reference? But then the problem is people who ask you to be references,

they're really nice people, and that's what I was saying before. I was like, well, we've worked with some bloody useless people over the years, but they're so nice, and I really like them as people. So I was like, yes, I'll help you out. Even though I don't know if my name was going to help get a job. Have a great day. Thank you. On the text, Megan.

Well, there's actually some on the Facebook page. Thank you for all your comments on there. A couple from Melissa and Tracy. I agree with these. This is a great point. They said you could say no as a reference and ask to be a character reference. So not a professional. Do a personal character reference. Especially if you're not a professional, do a personal character reference.

Especially if you're not a manager. You weren't their manager. Just be like, I didn't manage you or anything, so can I do a character reference? Great solution. Yes. Then you can say glowing things, you're not lying, and you've said yes to your friend.

Perfect Ben Boyce Memorial sitting on the fence solution. Love it. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Prince Harry, he's spoken in the media over there and it's polarised some people, as does a lot of stuff with Prince Harry. The poor guy's been through the wringer.

Yeah, he's been trying to go through the UK courts. He is not eligible for state-funded security when he's in the UK, which when he was a working royal, obviously they got that. And he was saying, well, I should be entitled to it because I don't feel safe with my family when I'm in the UK. And unfortunately for Harry, the judge decided, no, he's not actually eligible for it. I can't see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the uk at

this point um and the things that they the things that they're going to miss is well everything you know i love my country i always have done um despite what some people in that country have done so it's sad at the end of the day yeah it is really sad but he's been accused of losing touch with reality by a lot of people. Now, Megan, you're very passionate behind him in this. I get it. I get it. I know he's a very polarizing figure, but I just always come to it from like a very human standpoint and that he is born into something and he doesn't live a life that we do.

So he has very real threats, which he has documented against him and his family's life. And he didn't ask a life that we do so he has very real threats which he has documented against him and his family's life and he didn't ask to be a royal so he's tried to leave but when he goes back to the uk he's asking for private security which means they can carry guns and they can get intelligence otherwise he can pay for private security but it doesn't have the same level of security which is what his mum died under she had private security and she it doesn't have the same level of security, which is what his mum died under. She had private security and she died. Yeah, that's really sad. I do feel like, and I hear what you're saying,

and I don't want to get into an argument, but I do feel like when you leave the royals, you must know that you can't take all those things with you. Here's my other point, though. It's like saying I leave work and I'm like, where's my car park? I have a car. Yeah, no, I understand that. I don't want to see that car park.

But when people do four years of service as a president, they get to have private security for the rest of their lives. Although Trump's getting rid of a lot of that stuff now. Yeah, but Trump's doing a lot of things, isn't he? Yeah. But Obama's got security for life, and he did four years of public service. Well, you know, arguably more. But Harry's been born into it and has done a life of public service. It's also, I guess, the way he exited, too.

And it's hard because you're blending family with business. And that's what the royal family essentially is. It's a family-cum-business. Family business. It's a family business. It's like not often that someone leaves a family or a situation, there's a whole PR campaign around it. It'd be an unusual environment.

Very messy. And he wrote a book about them and potentially smearing their names and they've made money from podcasts and Netflix deals off the family. So maybe the family is a bit aggrieved by this. That all came after they refused to give them security to protect their family.

So he's also aggrieved. I'm just saying. Just trying to play devil's. So he's also aggrieved. I'm just saying. Just trying to play devil's advocate. It's sad on both sides. Because it is just a family. Yeah, exactly. And it's a family that's very fractured. We'll get Gavin Gray on in the next couple of days as well.

He's our UK correspondent. See if he can settle this one. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. As we mentioned a couple of days ago, the hits. Proud supporters of the ANZ Premiership.

The netball, it's back. It starts this weekend. New rules as well, including a two-point shot you can do in the last five minutes of each quarter, which is pretty exciting. Yeah, some other great rules. If you're too far in the lead, they're going to tie your hands behind your back.

No, it's not a real rule. Tie your feet together. Yeah, hide the ball from the winning team for five minutes. No, not actual rules, but there are some new rules. And we went along yesterday, the three of us, and we got to help launch the ANZ Premiership, which was actually really cool. It was a really cool honour to do.

It was so fun because my hero when I used to play netball back in the day was Donna Lofhagen. She was a goal attack, goal shoot. She turned up and I was a little bit starstruck. And they had a hoop outside where you could try the two point shot, which is from just outside the circle. And we were having a go. You were doing a great job. You're a great

shooter, Megan. Thanks. The thing that was putting added pressure on Megan's shot was that eight professional netballers were watching on. Just standing around. And then Donna turns up, so I chucked the ball to her. I was like, go on, have a go. She was a little bit reluctant.

Yeah, she's like, oh, no, no, no. And then we're like, go on, go on. Donna, Donna. Just a swish from even further back from the two-point shot. It would have been a four-pointer. Yeah. It was incredible. Didn't even touch the rim.

And then she was like, oh, I'm done now. I'm done. Great moment. They also had some people which I thought was pretty cool because it's called the Somerset shot, right? It's from the retirement home. And they had a whole lot of people, and I called them Spritely, and they didn't like Spritely.

No, Spritely's like, well done, you're still living. They're from the retirement home, and I was like, I thought Spritely was a good word. Oh, no. It's condescending. It's so condescending. I was like, you guys are really Spritely. I thought, that's good.

They were like, what were you expecting us to be? But I was worried because they were like, they came there for fun today. You know, they came to, you know, to be there and to do some shots. Do you think they're tired after the bus ride or something? I was just like, geez, well, this is going to be like a real PR disaster. All these people, there's going to be broken hips. I did have one hand on the old defib, I won't lie. But they were sprightly.

They came bounding over. They came on in, they hit shots. They were pretty incredible. They were shooting shots. It was awesome. Do you know what was funny? Because I was talking to the staff member from the village who was looking after them for the day and driving them down.

She's like, they, after this, are going to want to stop at three pubs on the way home. Oh really? And I was like, three? She's like, oh yeah, you think I'm joking? Yeah, Jono laughed. She was like, no, no, no, I'm serious. Because we brought one of them up. We did an alpha quiz, an netball alpha quiz with one of them from the retirement home and she won a bottle of champagne.

We're like, oh, you can take it back and drink it later. She's like, I want to drink it now. When you're sprightly in that age, Ben, you've got nothing to do the next day. I was like, it's 11.30 in the morning. But they're like, no, we'll get into it now. So good on them. It was really cool. So make sure you check out the ANZ Premiership.

It starts this week. You can get it all over TVNZ2 and TVNZ Plus and Sky Sport as well. But it's very exciting for the Hits to be part of it. And you can pick up your bingo cards at every game around the country to win 20 grand on the Hits. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hits.

Names, we've all got them. Very relatable, aren't they? And every year, births, deaths and marriages decide to, it's like a public shaming, isn't it, of people who tried to get one past the goalie. Yeah, you're right. It becomes a list of rejected names. They're like, look at you guys. You tried to get this past us.

Woodstock Bourbon. You can't call your kid Woodstock Bourbon, you idiot. They've released a very long list of some of the names. Some of the more popular names that people have tried to get past. A lot of titles you're not allowed to like. Can I be honest for a second? We had a rejected name. Did you?

Yeah. Did you? Yeah. Did you? I didn't know it at the time. You were one of the idiots on the list. Yeah, yeah. It was a title. And I'm so thankful for births, deaths and marriages because I tried to name our son Bastion Barron

and now there's a Trump. He could have had the same name as Barron Trump and that would have been very upsetting. Was he going to be a Baron? Well I didn't really know that that was like a title. I didn't really. So you went through, you went submitted it? Well we found out beforehand and we were like oh okay

we have to redo that. So they didn't email you and go congratulations you made the annual list. That radio host is going to be using his content. So King was the number one rejected name. 11 people tried that. Title, yeah.

Titles, Prince, Princess. A name with no surname was proposed a few times as well so you can't be like Beyonce. Madonna. Yeah, you have to have a surname as well.

And then there's Cannabis Strains have come up a few times. Sativa. Things like that. There's also other titles. Sativa's quite a beautiful name though. Yeah.

Well, you didn't know. Yeah, we didn't know. But at the same time, anyway. Like a male stripper named Sativa. Yeah. Ice has been rejected as well. Fanny's been rejected. So yeah, JP.

So a lot of rejected names. What has JP been rejected? I guess because Justice of the Beast. Oh, of course. Wow, that's you. Yeah. You're JP. But then the thing is you can guess because Justice of the Peace. Oh, of course. Wow, that's you. Yeah. You're JP. But then the thing is

you can call yourself what you want really, can't you? In life. Yeah. If it's on pay, you know, you can be named whatever you want

to be named with your friends and family and stuff. This is what we want to chuck open this morning. Have you managed to sneak one past the

birth, death and marriage's goalie? Do you think you've got to win? Like, do you have an unusual name yourself or maybe one of your kids does or someone you know?

And they're like, oh, maybe they shouldn't have got that one passed, but it's a pretty cool name. Yeah. I'm sure there's people named after products. You just said before that you said, oh, have you named someone denim? And then both Matt,

producer Matt and Megan were like, yeah, we know someone. We know a denim. Yeah, so there you go. So yeah, they got one passed. I think that's a cool name. That's a cool name. It is. I was just plucking, you know what, I was just trying to pluck go. So yeah, they got one past person. I think that's a cool name. That's a cool name. It is.

I was just plucking. You know what? I was just trying to pluck a random thing, and I looked at it, and I saw I had jeans on, and I was like, that'd be a funny name to name a kid. And hey, someone thought the same thing. And that's a win. That's a win.

So that's what we want. The names we have got to win. Maybe your workmates and colleagues. Love to hear from you this morning. Jono, Ben, and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Just people having big wins, wins too here in New Zealand.

Getting names past births, deaths and marriages. They've released their annual list of nice try, but we're not going to give that to Greg. Almost got us this time around, didn't you? Some of the highlights of this year. Everything. A lot of royal ones. A lot of like king, prince.

I like people that just tried to not put a surname in there. That's kind of cool. You know, like you feel like you're a star if you don't have a surname and people know your name, right? Yeah. You know? You need to earn that, you know. Madonna goes by Madonna, but she actually has a surname.

That's true, yeah. Beyonce ran two names for many years. Emperor come through as well. Ice, Duke, Casey, King. A lot of great names. Mighty, all rejected though. A lot of great names. Mighty. All rejected though. A lot of great names rejected. Mighty was rejected.

He can't be called Mighty. Apparently not. You might have got someone on a bad day there too. Yeah, that's the thing. I feel like we also do this with the driver's license plates as well. You see something, you're like, oh damn, they managed to stick that one past the goalie. Well, because this is the thing. So some people tried

Prince, you know, that's rejected quite a few times. And then people tried P-R-I-N-Z. So it's like Prince is, and that's been, oh mate, no, no, can't, no, try that one. Just looks like autocorrect did your dirty if you've got a Prince. So, I don't know the hats. Have you managed to

sneak one past the births, deaths and marriages team? Get on here Brock Get on here Hey how are ya? We're doing well Was it you or a colleague or who was it? Yeah I've got a work colleague and his name's Justice I don't know how he snuck it in there

Yeah right You'd think that would not be approved Because Justice of the Peace Justice is coming though. I feel like you'd go, what's your name, and you're like Justice. And they're like, Justin? No, Justice. I like Justice though,

that's cool. There's that wonderful Tremaine Clement scene, wasn't there? Tell him Justice is coming. Okay, Justin. See? Okay, Justin. No justice, no justice. It'll be the bane of your life. But it's a name you need to live up to as well, Justice.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Does Justice live up to the name Justice? Oh, he's the man, yeah. He's the man. Yeah, that's pretty cool. My friend really wanted to give his son's middle name Danger, so he could go, Danger's my middle name.

But his wife wouldn't even let it. We couldn't even get it two birth tests in marriages. His wife's like, no. He's like, no, let's do it. He should have gone, I'll take the paperwork down darling. She's like, try and leave with me. Sally, morning to you in Hamilton. Hi, how are you? We're doing

really well, Sally. It's great to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. What did you get past birth, test and marriages? Well, it's not me, but I work at a hospital and we get a lot of really weird names. Mainly people trying to spell things differently. But we've got one and the first name is Remember Me Love. That's the name?

First name. Three words, Remember Me Love. Oh, that's ugly. Sounds like something your grandmother would say to you. Remember Me Love. They signed that one off. Good on them. Yeah. We've got to win. We've got to win, New Zealand They signed that one off. Good on them. Yeah.

Got to win. We got to win, New Zealand. It's also just a lot of letters, you know? I'm just thinking of like... The customs declaration form. Yeah. You're not going to find a cup with your name on it. Oh, no.

True. If you go to Dreamworld or something, you're like... It's never happening. Ah, ah, ah. No, no. Rachel, yeah. No. Yeah, but they're a lot.

But that's kind of cool. Being unique is kind of cool. Ella, morning to you. Good morning. Yeah, lovely to have you on, Ella. You had a win. You got one past birth, deaths and marriages. Yeah, so my name, I work in a daycare,

and there's a teacher named Duck. Duck? Yeah, and another employee named Smoke. And funny funny enough they're in the same room so the kids will be like duck smoke and things like that or she'll get called ducky the best names ever it's just funny hearing the kids say it yeah right so like they could call them smoky them yeah smokey's a cute name yeah robinson, they do get called Smokey every now and then. You're right. Smokey and Duck. Sounds like a wonderful

animated series too, doesn't it? Smokey and Duck on Nickelodeon. And those are official, signed off by the government. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All official. Wow. Good on them. Well done. This is a win for the people, for the little people.

Getting one past, cutting through the red tape, past the bureaucracy. Oh, it's so good. Appreciate everyone's calls and texts. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The Met Gala going on in New York. The prestigious or pretentious, depending on how you want to look at it, Met Gala going

on. It's the biggest day in fashion. It's a fundraiser for the Costume Institute in New York. I love costumes, so I don't know why I'm not more of a fan. That's the thing about it, is it's all really costumey. That's why.

No one's in a black bathtub, then I'm not interested. Ben would turn up as a vending machine or a Wi-Fi signal or something. But you're saying Chapel Rowan's rumoured to be performing there today. Yeah, because they have some performances inside, but we never see what goes on inside. It's just the red carpet we seean's rumoured to be performing there today. Yeah, because they have some performances inside, but we never see

what goes on inside. It's just the red carpet we see. So that's happening from 10am today. You can watch it. There's a live stream on Vogue's website. Oh, very nice.

Now, right now though, the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. You sound a bit scratchy, Megan. You need to get a drink. You've got a cold. Yeah, I have a sore throat today. Yeah, you need to get some hot water

and lemon into you. Oh, thank you. Lemon and honey or something. Alright, Producer Grace, Quiz Queen, Quiz Slay Queen, sorry. Gen Z Producer Grace coming in with the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Yesterday, you must be a good luck charm. We got nine out of ten. No, remember, because yesterday was 5th of the 5th, 25, so that's only why.

So I think we're going to do really bad today. Oh, OK. Great. There we go. We'll take that positive energy into the first question. Here we go. Which of these terms is not a definition of dork? Whale penis, white of an egg, awkward, socially inept person.

White of an egg. Yeah, white of an egg. White of an egg? Yeah. Yeah, that's correct. That's well done. I want you to repeat. Can you just repeat?

Sorry, what were the options? The options again? Number one was whale penis. Thank you. That's all I needed repeated. All right. Cool. Have you. That's all I needed repeated. All right. Cool. Have you seen one?

No. No. Are they as, like, as what you're thinking? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Have you seen a whale?

Are you just Googling that? I go to some dark places on the internet. Sorry, Grace. Okay. Next question. Oh, my God. Oh, gosh. Oh, my God.

I feel sorry for the female whales okay okay question number two which year ended with the lowest per capita death rate in more than 100 years

on New Zealand roads 2022 2020 2024 it was recently I think it was last year we're trying to get down to zero right

which is pretty ambitious that was yeah it'd be nice but yeah wasn't one of the holiday weekends zero on our roads last year I think it might have We're trying to get down to zero, right, which is pretty ambitious. It'd be nice, but yeah. Wasn't one of the holiday weekends zero on our roads last year? I think it might have been last year. It's okay. Should we lock in 2024?

And I was like, that's wild, given the amount of cars that would be on. 2024? Yeah. Were you locking in 2024? That is correct. Well done. Good driving last year. Okay, question three.

Pick your game up this year, New Zealand. Who invented the fictional countries Gondal and Angria? Herge, the Bronte sisters, Jonathan Swift. Okay, this is one I think we're going to throw out there. Okay, 4487 on the text. We haven't used our lifeline yet, and this feels like it. I thought Herge, the Bronte sisters were the same person when you read that out. Oh, sorry.

No, no, it's not your fault. I'm completely clueless on this. out. Oh, sorry. No, no, it's not your fault. I'm completely clueless on this. One more time? Sorry. So who invented the fictional countries Gondal and Angria? Herge, the Bronte sisters, Jonathan Swift. I'm thinking it's an author. Jonathan Swift sounds like an author.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're in the middle of the New Zealand Hero Daily Quiz. That's what Bradley Walsh does when the music doesn't play on time. Listen, we're feeling pretty shaky on this one, to be honest. I'm gathering a list of authors who made up a fictional country or city. Yeah.

So question number three is, who invented the fictional countries Gondal and Angria? Herge, the Bronte sisters, or Jonathan Swift? Now you threw it out to the people, didn't you? Yeah, I did. And I'm glad I, well, I'm hoping glad I did because the Bronte sisters has come up a couple of times. They sound like they're sort of like a group, like a singing group.

Like maybe like a house music duo, like DJs. The Bronte sisters. People saying the Bronte sisters. That is correct. Oh, thank you. Thank youonte sisters. People saying the Bronte sisters. That is correct. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. I'm glad. I don't think that would have been the one we would have gone with if we'd guessed.

Jonathan Swift, by the way, doesn't look anything like Taylor. Oh, no, he does resemble a little bit. Maybe. He's from the 1700s. He's got like, yeah. Maybe a great, great grandfather. He looks like a founding father. He does.

Question number four. Who was New Zealand's first elected female prime minister? Helen. Yeah, that was Helen Clark. Yeah, because I think Shipley was not. Shipley was not. She took over from Bolger, didn't she? Well, that is correct, guys.

There we go, team. Okay, question number five. Where did the cheese Havarty originate havati yeah that's correct um i don't know how to pronounce it either but i tried it and boy oh boy it's one of the greatest oh yeah sweden denmark or norway nothing like three white people talking about cheese this should be our wheelhouse but i don't't know exactly where... Denmark. It's Denmark. Are we going to Denmark? Are you sure? Are you sure?

Yeah. Are we sure Denmark? Yeah. Yeah, that's correct. Yeah, there we go. Danish Havarti. I've seen it on the... At Parkinson's.

Havarti. Okay. This one should be easy. What film does the phrase, life is like a box of chocolates, come from? Yeah, that's correct. Gosh. Stop us.

We are steamrolling down the motorway of success. We're getting a bit science-y now. What is the abbreviated symbol for the chemical element sodium? N-A-S-O-M-A. This is your specialty. Yeah, I knew the answer straight away. Is it N-A? Sodium.

What is it? N-A? N-A-S-O or M. I would have said S-O, but it made? Sodium. What is it? N-A? N-A-S-O or M. I would have said S-O, but maybe it's too obvious. I think it's N-A. Okay, you're locking in. Are we locking in N-A? Yeah.

Well, that is correct. Well done, Megan. Okay, question number eight, guys. Call Me Ishmael is the opening line of what classic novel? The Old Man and the Sea, Moby Dick, Robinson's, Crusoe. Is that Moby Dick? Oh. I was going to say Robinson,

Crusoe. I've heard it used before, but I just, yeah. We talked about Moby's Dick in the first question as well, with the whale. I'm going to go Old Man and the Sea or Moby Dick. What do you reckon? I don't know. Moby Dick? You felt confident with that one? Okay. I'm going to do Moby and the Seal or Moby Dick. What do you reckon? I don't know. Moby Dick? You felt confident with that one. Okay, go Moby Dick.

Are we doing Moby Dick? Well, that is correct. Oh, you guys are going to get this. This is so fun. What is this? Question 10. Question 9. Sorry, guys.

Question 9. And you won't need the Stephanie Germanto. Oh, Lady Gaga. Yeah, Lady Gaga. All right, move on. Question 10. Here we go. Oh, this one's a bit fun.

Which of these is not a breed of sheep? Valleus? Blonde de Aquentine? I'm only making to read these. Charoleas. Okay. We've officially lost to South Island sheep farmers. Okay.

Megan. Why am I going to know? Because you're just smarter than me. Look at it. Is it like valet maybe? None of those unfortunately mean... We should know this being from New Zealand. You came from Macedon to cast your mind

in golden shears. Surely you must have soaked up something just without even thinking subconsciously. It's not a breed of sheep. So two of them are a breed of sheep? One of them is blonde something. Do you get like a blonde sheep? It's our hottest breed

White or They talk about hot blondes in the White Opera So that's what that means I was like oh yeah I don't know We're going to have to lock in something right now Should we go the blonde? Okay

That's not a breed of sheep Blonde's not a breed of sheep That is correct It was a blonde Yeah We did it New Zealand 10 out of 10 New Zealand The Old Daily Quiz