Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Podcast Exclusive Crazy Wedding Story!

Episode Date: February 23, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Wedding wisdom for our soon-to-be weds! Megan’s clever Uber drivers hack to stop her snoring... Why we got booed at the Weetabix Kids Triathlon! We call our bride’s best friends… but not before accidentally calling a random stranger! Keep listening for a wedding story so raunchy, our videographer couldn't share it on-air! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganInstagram: 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 on a Monday. We've got a very exciting call for you. A special bit of podcast content coming up very shortly on the podcast today. That was something that was too rude for radio. Too spicy.

Too spicy, yeah. Actually, the story is, yeah. We probably could have had it on the radio, but I appreciate his caution. Yeah, exactly. Well, he was a professional wedding videographer and I guess he didn't want to say anything that would jeopardise his role as a videographer. Also, we were like,

at 7.30 on a Monday morning, is it safe here? He was like, I'm not sure. So, you know, he did the right thing. And you'll hear the call, what a wild thing that happened at a wedding. Very scandalous. Yeah, very scandalous. You're right.

You guys are having a bit of a debate over the White Lotus theme. A lot of people are up in arms. This is the old theme. A lot of people did TikToks and all sorts to that song. So this was actually, it was actually series two. Subtly different in series one,

but very similar, but subtly different. I've just been having a deep dive on that. So they've, you know, they have changed it quite a bit. Same composer, but Series 3, they've gone for a different thing. There's no... Very different. What's that?

There's no singing? It's a body of work that the composer would be very proud of. That's what that is. I'm sure it's great. I mean, it's great, yeah. And they're all like new series, new place, new location. I know, but... It's set in Thailand.

I want to bring some of that into it, I guess. The other two were very similar. Megan's just like, I want people going... I know. That's what we all love. It's all part of it, yeah. Yeah. Can you skip to the drop?

That's the best bit. When the beat drops you know what a beat drop is when's the beat drop man i'm waiting for the beat drop there we go yes that is a fun put that at symphony Yeah true That's good actually Imagine that at symphony It'd be incredible How good is this

That is actually A really good theme song Right Yeah I see why people Are up in arms Yeah And so many iconic

Yeah TikToks And all sorts Of people doing it So Cats singing it And all sorts Thankfully through

The power of the internet People can listen to that Whenever they want Yeah exactly That is true That is true Well hey Enjoy the podcast Thankfully through the power of the internet People can listen to that whenever they want That's a bonus Well hey, enjoy the podcast John O'Bannon Megan The podcast

The hits We're very excited, what time is it for us to organise a wedding this week? Yeah, thanks to Tourism Fiji We need to plan a wedding For our wonderful couple George I've got this. Married at first flight with Tourism Fiji.

George and Christy are going to get married in Fiji. They're going to elope, and we need to plan the wedding for them. We need to get this all sorted. There's a lot to organise for them to go and elope in Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Just three hours away, they're going to get married at the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort.

Now, Christy, our lucky bride from Rotorua. How are we feeling after the news on Friday? Oh, I can't even put that into words, to be perfectly honest. You've had a little bit of time to have it. Is it not really sunk in yet? Oh, yeah. I'm like in a crossroads between feeling like I need to go for a run and then also feel like I need a nap to try and process it.

It's really bizarre. You need adrenaline pumping through your body. Yes, yeah, an enormous amount. Who have you spoken to so far? Way too many people, probably. I think half of Rotorua knows at this point. Great, great. Yeah, everybody that has been in my proximity knows.

Yeah, there's only a few people that I haven't gotten around to yet. Well, I imagine Rotorua, it's a big village. You know, word will travel fast. Yes, yes it would. Christy and George are getting married. Ring the bells, ring the church bells. Absolutely, all about it. Now we've actually got, what was your mum's reaction? Yes, it would. Christy and George are getting married. Ring the bells. Ring the church bells. Absolutely. All about it.

Now, we've actually got, what was your mum's reaction? Oh, she's just stoked, eh? She just can't believe that it's happening. Yeah, I think all our family are like that. They're just like, this is just unreal. This is insane. And then you have a big party when you get home to celebrate with them? Yeah, we're going to have to do something.

Okay, now we're going to phone one of your friends who you haven't told, TJ. Yes, yes. Now, this is your best friend. Just after a bit of champagne radio surprise, you know? Yeah, I'm actually quite interested to see his reaction. It would be good. Going through to TJ. How do you know TJ?

I've known him for years I think we started working together At McDonald's When we were like 16, 17 And we've just been besties Yeah Really close

Hello TJ No, no It's Tony Oh, Tony Also known as TJ? No No Just a guy's Tony. Oh, Tony. Also known as TJ? No. No.

Just a guy called Tony. Okay. Well, Tony, guess what? We've got some huge news to tell you. No, no, no, Tony. No, that's fine. We'll tell Tony anyway. So Christy's on the phone.

Tony, guess what? Tell him, Christy. Yeah, tell him. I'm getting married, Tony. Oh, okay. Congratulations. She's eloping. okay well congratulations she's eloping thank you she's eloping Tony

apologies you can't go to the wedding I know how much you guys have known each other for many years or not at all but what are you

where are you from Tony why are we called Tony I'm misdialed obviously sorry Tony well we Chrissy did say she was letting everyone know so I guess we'll let Tony know now.

We can tick you off the list. The whole of New Zealand knows. Yeah, good on you, Tony. Sorry, Tony. Did you have any kind words to pass on to Christy and George? Oh, enjoy the rest of your life. Thank you, Tony. Means a lot, Tony.

Sorry, Tony. See you, Tony. Oh, there you go. That went well. Classic, Jono Isn't it gone better Well Tony knows It's great to know Anyone else

Just call someone else At random I love you like Tony Also known as TJ He's like no Alright We'll try and

Track down TJ Before 9 o'clock This morning But Tony Had some great advice For their wedding And that's what we want right now. For Christy and George, if you're in,

maybe you've been married, maybe you've married a couple of times, Megan. I mean, it doesn't matter how many times. I mean, you keep bringing it up. Some wedding advice. What's the one thing that they need to know? Does that make me good at advice or probably shouldn't be passing on advice?

It could be sensible advice or it could be silly advice. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Just planning a wedding. We are in a panic mode planning a wedding. Christy and gorgeous George, her fiancé, been engaged four years.

Following Ben's footsteps where he had a seven-year engagement and he eloped in Fiji. Well, he didn't elope in Fiji. He got married in Fiji. And we convinced Tourism Fiji to give us a trip for them to get married. Yes, there's a lot to organise. We're not sure when their wedding's going to be, but we've got just a lot to organise.

Yeah. What's worrying you? I know you're a list guy. I know you do. What are they going to wear? Yeah, I'm worried about the dress. They need rings. They need all sorts.

I mean, music, all that sort of stuff. Suits? Yeah, suits. Yeah, exactly. Ben ordered some suits off Timu, didn't he? It was. It didn't work out. Oversized linen suits.

So we want some advice right now, too. We thought we could pass on some wedding advice. What's your best marriage advice? What would you say? Mine would be like serious advice yeah that's great um cause I

it's not all fun and games this show mate well I had two I'm on my second marriage oh don't do it stop bringing it up after the first one we did marriage counselling

and I was like oh this is amazing like some of this information probably would have been helpful before you know the marriage got the fuck we all started falling off

oh you mean your first marriage you went to marriage counselling to was the end. I mean, it still didn't work out. But some of the stuff in there. So what do you remember? What do you remember? I remember appreciation for each other because when you go home some days, you're like, hey,

and I would greet Ben at work nicer than that. But because you're with them all the time, you forget like pleasantries. Taken for granted. And like tell them things that you appreciate about them. So you tried to breathe some life into that dead carcass. Didn't work. Yeah, didn't quite work. But great advice.

That is great advice. For the second marriage. All right, well, let's go to the phones. Yeah, let's get Logan on. What's your advice? My advice is make sure you know who you're going to marry, because... Thank you.

Thank you, little child. Another one. How old are you, Logan? I'm 15. Great advice from a 15-year-old. Make sure you know who you're going to marry. That's fantastic. You are correct, Logan.

That's good advice. Thank you. It's really good. Anytime. Appreciate it. Pupes and Dalai Lama right there. If this marriage goes on the rocks, Logan, I know who to call. I'm going to throw

one out there. Fruit vice. Absolutely. If your partner says they don't want fries, order more fries anyway. That's always a good fruit vice.

Just do it. Just do it. Always get the large. Always get the large. Just in case because eventually someone will always want to have fries.

That is a really good piece of advice there, Ben. Zach, good morning. Hello. What's your advice there, Ben. Zach, good morning. Hello. What's your advice there, Zach, for the happy couple? My advice is actually on the day of the wedding, I'm a wedding videographer,

and it relates to the amount of alcohol that's consumed. So my advice is to make sure that spirits and cocktails do not come out until around 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock. Anything before is going to go downhill real quick. Okay, that's a good idea. Okay, that's good to know. Good to know. So you've filmed a lot of weddings and what's the wildest thing you've seen?

It's also safe for 7.45 on a Monday morning on the radio. Oh, I don't think I could share the wildest thing I've seen at 7.45 in the morning. I'm putting a spot here. I'll tell you what. The wildest thing I've seen? I've seen a few people at five in the morning. I'll put you on the spot here. I'll tell you what. The only thing I've seen, I've seen a magician at a wedding. I've seen a ballist at a wedding.

I've seen fire dancers at weddings. Yeah. My advice is there's no rules with weddings. You can do whatever you like, really. You've got to pick off all these things like flowers and dress and all that jazz. I mean, you kind of need to, but there are no rules at all with weddings, really. I have a question. Just the thing I do, and the rest can be whatever you like.

That's cool. Because you've been to so many, do you reckon you can tell at the wedding if the relationship's going to last? A hundred percent. Really? Oh, really? What are the signs?

Yeah. Normally, yeah, again, if there is, you kind of get a sense sense I think sometimes at the ceremony You can kind of get a sense Where people aren't into it Or maybe in the photo shoot afterwards They're not quite as locked up As they should be

Zach welcome back Welcome to the podcast episode Zach is a wedding videographer And we asked him on here The wildest thing he's seen at a wedding When he's been working And we said we'd take it to the podcast Because we didn't know if it would be safe for

Terrestrial radio, Zach No, I don't think it would be And you're saying maybe it's not safe for a podcast, I don't think it would be. And you're saying maybe it's not safe for a podcast either. No, I think it would be. So you can tell us what you want to tell us so we can connect some dots, hopefully, together. So the wildest thing I've seen at a wedding, kind of see there was some flirtation going on

with people that probably shouldn't be flirting with each other based on the fact that they were already both married within the wedding party. Right, spoken for, yeah. And then all of a sudden one of those people go missing and no one can locate it.

And so we're trying to, it's about 6.30 or so, and we're're like oh man when everyone's time kind of starting to get a bit worried um where this person is and so i've got my drone i've flipped my drone up in the air i'm trying to scout her out some water some water nearby you knew what you were going to find zach we're long too sure we saw two little figures run left and right in the vines both ways. And it was actually the brother of the groom had snuck off with somebody who wasn't his wife.

Oh, no. Geez, panic stations when the drone starts to fly. I just saw someone actually could have made the bathroom a couple of weeks back as well. They were at the reception and speeches were going on, which sometimes they go on for too long, as we all know. And it's always the back table that starts to dive into the bar pretty early because they've got no real rules.

They've got no bridal party shoot to do. So they're all the friends that kind of just know the invite. And this guy just decided to let himself go at the table, because they've got no real rules. They've got no bridal party shoot to do. So they're all the friends that kind of just know the invite. And this guy just decided to let himself go at the table, which was pretty gnarly as well. Wow. Yeah, just... Under the table. Yeah, well, because it's all just so hot,

and it's all just, you know, everyone starts cracking into the cocktails at like 3 o'clock, but everyone's already had some free weenie beers at their apartment at like 11, and then, yeah, it just gets ugly real quick. I've seen it all. I've seen where this is going. Yeah, I've seen it all. It's all good fun, man.

It's all good fun. What a great job. What a great job. Hey, thanks so much, Zach. You're going to have a great day. All right, though. Cheers, guys. See you, mate.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I's it guys. See you mate. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I look forward to Uber rides these days. Now that I've got like two little kids, I've got a two year old and a four year old and there's weird things that I really like. Wandering the supermarket by myself. Amazing time out.

Getting an Uber ride. I sit in the back. No one's yelling. I don't have to drive. No one's asking for music. There's not food flying around. It's so peaceful. Do you ever just shut yourself in a cupboard and silently sob?

No, that's what the toilet's for. So do you engage in conversation and then just go tap out quickly? You just start. I'm just like, hi, how are you? Good. Do you have that function on your app where you're like, I will not engage in conversation? It seems a bit pass-ag for me, but I make it pretty clear from the start.

I'm not a chatter. I'm not a chatter. I'm not a chatter. And this is like quite time for me. Because I reckon they would probably appreciate that a lot more. Yeah. If they're a talker, I'm like, sweet, let's talk. But if not, you get it pretty quickly if they're not. It's like we went to Christchurch over the weekend

and we always made John go on the front because he loves a yarn. Loves a chatter. I do. Some of my best stories I've heard have been from Uber drivers. Remember the guy, the Brazilian police officer who's over here on the run, going to get killed by the gangs? If you are by yourself, do you get in the front seat? Yeah.

Oh, jeez. Oh, God. No one else does that. He's that guy. No one else does that. He's that guy. So I got in. This is on the way to the airport at the weekend.

I got in the back of the Uber, and I was like, this is bliss. It's air concon it's quiet and i shut my eyes i'm like i'm just gonna like sit here close my eyes and have a moment and the car ride was so fast because i'd obviously fallen asleep and you know when you fall asleep and you feel your mouth drop open yeah i kept on shutting it being like like, okay, my mouth's opening. But it was when we got to the airport that I felt this cold rush of wind coming at me. And I realized I was snoring in the back of the Uber with my mouth open. And the Uber driver's like, how do I wake up this woman? So he'd wound down all the windows in the car.

Good play to blast me. That really wakes you up. Rather than being like, excuse me, excuse me, lady. Can you wake up? So, yeah. You're always worried about what you've been doing while you've been unconscious, don't you? I know, and I talk sometimes. Yeah.

Sometimes the body's functions take over with me in my old age, and you're kind of like, please, please, please just let me have kept everything sealed tight. No drool. No drool, yeah. All our offices closed and tight. That's what you need When you're sleeping Good play though

If you need to wake anyone up Well maybe if you need To escape from the family Just say you're going to Take an Uber ride Around the block Now Cancelling apps

Have you had to try And cancel apps recently It's like a 20 step Guilt process Is it like a subscription app yeah i'm in the mode of like just axing apps i just want to get get rid of them and things that you like the kids sign up for you like why am i paying $2.49 to feed a baby unicorn yeah why why is this coming out of my monthly charges and then you go okay well i want well, I want to cancel it. And it's an important thing.

I reckon people need to do it monthly. They're very good at getting you like sometimes a free, you know, getting you a free week or free month and hoping that you'll forget in your admin to cancel. That's always a good play by them. Well, I was trying to cancel this one yesterday. It's like, how about a free month? And you're like, oh, now you want to work on the relationship.

How about a free month? And they're like, you're going to work on the relationship how about a free month and they're like you're going to miss out on all of the great amazing features and I'm like amazing features I haven't even used yeah are you sure are you sure yeah they do yes I started this process not being unsure being unsure about it I thought I had a really good hack where you sign up for something like for a week or a month whatever and then you cancel straight away so normally that gives you that time that week that month and then you haven't you know but i did the other day and i must have cancelled my my thing so i never actually got any of it signed up and it was all done i was like what have i you know so i was too efficient you're really good at the old free free trials you have to you have to keep on top

of that like do you set yourself reminders reminders and stuff and your calendar need to cancel this by this I was too efficient this time around so I need to leave it like at least

10 minutes for them to go oh he actually has signed up for this not just signed up and cancelled got a free trial

sucked in do you have to pay do you have to put your credit card in for that yeah they do yeah you do you have to put your credit card so then if you don, they do Yeah, you do You have to put your credit card in

So then if you don't cancel them Just automatically They're 100% banking on the fact that you forget Exactly Your admin's going to be sloppy, right? Yeah And then they're like Tell us why you're leaving

And it's like Because you're a crappy app That I've never used Other I like other for those things I just like other, yeah And then you don't say why You're just like

Yeah, that's a mystery You figure it out Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits Just like other, yeah. And then you don't say why. You're just like, yeah. It's a mystery, yeah. You figure it out. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Hope everyone had a great weekend. End of summer.

Officially the end of summer as of this weekend, which is not a fun thought for your Monday morning. Do you know, do you want me to start daylight savings count down? No. Six weeks. Oh, no. Six weeks feels like a long runway. Yeah. You say that. a long runway. Yeah. You say that.

You say that. Yeah. Yeah, it'll fly by, won't it? It's been a fun weekend. Went to Christchurch for the Wheatbrooks Triathlon. First thing Sunday morning, electric vibe. Well, they had electric avenue the night before, didn't they? There was a few parents there feeling the opposite of electric.

The line-up for coffees was large. It was a huge line-up, yeah. And it wasees was large. It was a huge lineup. And it was a bit rainy. It was a bit cold. Tough conditions for those parents, but it was fun for the kids. Yeah, it was huge. It's huge. It's really awesome to be part of that.

I know the Hits are very proud to be part of the Weetbix Kids Triathlon. It goes around the country throughout summertime. Six weeks to go to a daylight savings meeting. But it was awesome. Over half a million kids have done it over the years, which is awesome. That's incredible. It is incredible. Yeah, and they're sort of jacked up on adrenaline and breakfast cereal, aren't they?

They give free Weet-Bix out to everyone. Yeah. And slithered almonds and yogurt. And plums. Those plums were amazing. Like Doris Plums. Yeah, it was incredible for adults as well. What is slithered almonds? It's like what? Just cut up up and cut about. Yeah,is Plums. Yeah, it was incredible for adults as well. What are slithered almonds?

It's like... Just cut up up and cut about. Yeah, cut up up. Oh, so it's sliced up almonds. Slithered almonds? Isn't that what they're called? I guess so. So you were emceeing in front of all the kids,

and at the end there's the prize giving, which is quite fun. You give away all these amazing prizes from the amazing sponsors, and you were doing a bit where you're reading out bib numbers and people had to sit down when their numbers would stop being called out yeah amazing how quickly the crowd turns oh they do as soon as you stop it's like oh you know as soon as i didn't say someone's number which is most of the people there because only one person can win everyone's like boo yeah it's a chant whoa I know Kim Kardashian feels it as well Jono was like love rock

I get swept up in the madness swept up in a protest you're like boo you're on stage with us you're encouraging them and then the organisers were like I think it's the first time we've ever had booing at this one

this is meant to be a boon about participation and kids and all that you've got booing on stage got some thousands of kids booing us yeah it was fun great vibes great vibes I'll tell you what was booing us. Yeah, we've got a great look.

Great vibes, great vibes. I'll tell you what wasn't a great look as well, because we've got roaming microphones, so we get to go around everywhere and then you just push a button on the microphones, unmute them, the music stops, wherever we are throughout the whole venue, and then you can start talking. Well, at some stage I must have put it into,

when I put it in my pocket, I must have clicked it off mute. We got a little tap on the shoulder from one of the people working there being like can you come back and reset your microphones because they were live were they? One of them was live the whole time and they were like we're hearing your conversation

what are you talking about? Well Megan had just watched the Puff Daddy doco the P Diddy doco giving Ben a full breakdown on the Diddy Docos. Which is not something you really want to broadcast to everyone. I'm like, oh God, I hope it. Well, listen, me starting a boo chance at the lighter end of the scandals that took place yesterday.

It wasn't a probe, he did a, you know. No, no. Just information, factual information. Just not the kind of positive chat the kids need on a Sunday morning. Never too early to learn, though. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

For Christy and George. And we wanted to know some marriage advice. We got to this after 7.30 this morning, and lots of calls and texts keep on coming through. Yeah, some great advice. Now, you've got a funny one that I can't believe. Why is it funny? Well, it's funny to me because that's why I got married,

so I could swear at another human being and they could swear at me. But you don't swear with them. Don't swear at each other. No, we kind of have an unspoken rule that even if we get into an argument, we don't swear at each other, especially we would never call each other names. Yeah, right. Never done it.

What's your internal monologue saying during these moments? Very different. Very different. No, but you say things in the heat of the moment and you can't really take it back. It will always be in your partner's mind, so we try and not do that. That's a lovely thing.

Do you remember producer Taylor, who used to work on the show, she's moved back to Oz, a story about her parents. So her mum and dad were going at each other, and her dad Angelo was in the office. That's right. And her mum said something to Angelo, and he obviously disagreed with her. And so he pulled the fingers, but obviously not thinking. Yeah, silently, so she wouldn't hear.

There was a mirror reflecting him that her mum could see in. She looked at the hallway. He was like, I didn't do anything. He was trying to say he was flicking a fly or... Yeah. Spotting the fly. Well, in that case, he didn't.

He didn't say anything out loud. He followed your rule, didn't he? Now, you could do that to Andrew under the desk, like on a table. Oh, that's what you say. Oh yeah, alright. That's fine. My advice to any newly married couple, write stuff down.

Okay? So when you're going to the supermarket if you even think in your heart of hearts you'll never forget the item that you've been told to go and get, you'll 100% always forget to buy it. Just write stuff down. I thought you were meaning like so in an argument you can be like, here's the receipt. Don't do that. Just for basic supermarket shopping.

Yeah. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Advice for a newly wedded couple. And there's some great advice coming through on the text, you guys. Isn't there? Yeah.

It's great advice. Remember the good things about your partner and the tough times. That's someone's advice. That's so hard, though, isn't it? It's easy to remember the bad things about your partner. List those. In an argument, it's not you versus me.

This has come through. It's us versus the problem. That's really good, eh? That's so good. Why are you groaning, mate? Listen to understand, not listen to reply. It's a really good one. It is, Megan.

What's your issue with that? Your heavy breathing? No, it's just like in the moment, it's really difficult. Even just like in the moment, how hard is it just to say sorry? It's so hard. You're like, in your head, you're like, I should just say sorry, but I don't want to. I don't want to.

You need to win because it's me versus him. No, it's not. It's us versus the problem. That's a really good line. I would say another piece of advice that's just popped into my head too. Get really good at yelling your partner's name from another room. You know, you're like, Jen, Jen. And also on the flip side of that,

get good at pretending not to hear your name being yelled at as well. I hate being yelled at from another room. Do you prefer the whistle? No, the whistle. I hate being yelled at from another room. Do you prefer the whistle? No, the whistle. Someone like, come get me. If you want to talk to me, come get me and I'll do the same. Will you just not acknowledge if your name is... This is an emergency because sometimes it's not.

I've come all the way over this. Let's get Roz on. Morning to you. What's your advice for Christy and Gorgeous George? Oh, sorry. You should count to 10 and your head's back. Morning to you. What's your advice for Christy and Gorgeous George? Oh, sorry. You should count to 10 in your head first. Sorry, Roz. I bloody had you turned off, mate.

Shocker. You'll have to start again. What's your advice? Count to 10. Count to 10 in your head first before you say anything. Like in an argument. Not I do or anything. In a disagreement or an argument.

Okay. Okay. And never start a or an argument. Okay. And never start a sentence with you. You. You did that. You did this, you did that, you did that. You always start it with, I feel this way when you do that. Yeah, that's good.

And make me feel sad when you do that. And you find it will diffuse it very quickly. Because you can't argue with someone's feelings like if you say I feel then that's just the way they feel right

exactly that's good do you do a lot of bottom patting Roz in your relationship a lot of patting at the bottom

I find that's a big part of my marriage just when Jen's bent over like tying shoelaces bang you know I thought that

was a metaphor yeah no if I just tell you to fall over how old's your husband You know? I thought that was a metaphor. Yeah. No, if I'd just done it, he'd fall over. How old's your husband? He's not old. He's got Parkinson's.

Oh. So he'd fall over if I tapped him on the bottom. Yeah, no, it would really take it by surprise, wouldn't it? Yes, it would. Oh, good. Hey, well, you have a great day. You too. Good on you, Ros.

Well, next, actually, we need to go. We need to get Christy back on. Now, before 8 o'clock, we tried to surprise her best friend, Tony. Or TJ, sorry. TJ's who tried to surprise. We ended up calling Tony. Some guy called Tony. Who didn't know anything about the wedding or her.

I was happy for her. He was. He was. It was a beautiful moment. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Okay, here we go.

I messed up, guys. I messed up. Here's TJ, hopefully. Hello? TJ. Hi. Do you go by the name TJ? Yeah, 100% that's me.

Great, great. And do you know Christy and George? Yeah, 100%. Great. Well, that's good to know. Yeah, it's Jono, Ben and Megan here from the hits. Yeah, we'll never present. Great. Well, that's good to know. It's Jono, Ben and Megan here from The Hits. Oh, shit.

Insert other word. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. Nice to meet you. Now, Christy's got some news for you, TJ. What did you do, Christy? Well, The Hits are amazing. And anyway, George and I are going to Fiji to get married

To a loaf Oh, sorry, sorry, I forgot Oh my gosh, congratulations, that's amazing Gosh Isn't it so amazing? It's very exciting It's incredible Oh my gosh

Holy crap, what do I need to do? Do I need to do anything to help. That's incredible. Oh, my gosh. Holy crap. What do I need to do? Do I need to do anything to help? Oh, that's so lovely. Well, actually, since you're offering. Yeah, we've got a little bit to organize for the wedding that's coming up in Fiji. But, I mean, maybe you can start thinking about a party to celebrate when they get home. Oh, 100%.

Oh, let us know what you need, babe. That's amazing. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. You guys are amazing. Oh, it's awesome. Lovely to you need, babe. That's amazing. Congratulations. Thank you so much. You're so amazing. That's awesome. Lovely to meet you, TJ.

Have a lovely day. You too. I'm not going to swear. I'm not going to swear on public radio. Have a great day. Kind of done it three times, but that's all good. Have a lovely day, TJ. You too.

What a great friend. I want a TJ. That's awesome. He's perfect. I love TJ. You're turning into a bunny. Oh, what a great friend. I want a TJ. That's awesome. Oh, he's perfect. I love TJ. Yeah, that's very cool. Oh, awesome. Well, Christy, we've got some work to do, mate.

Yes. We can't wait to actually meet you at some stage. We have to get you up and get you all sorted before your wedding. We'll make you feel so special. I'm so excited. We're going to go dress shopping. We're going to do it all. Oh, my gosh.

This sounds unreal. I just can't believe that this is actually happening to us. This is crazy. I don't even know what to say, actually, because thank you doesn't quite cut it. It's like, oh, that word isn't good enough. I don't know what to do. Well, you're doing everything perfectly.

Don't you worry. And no one's happier than Tony about this whole thing. He couldn't be happier. Oh, Tony was lovely. Lovely. If Tony didn't know, it was lovely. Beautiful message. Hey, thanks, Chrissy.

Speak soon. Thank you so much. Yes, you're very welcome. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hit. Over the weekend, we were away, and a back story. My wife and I have been talking about getting a rug for the lounge for honestly

about five years sexy chat yeah about five years and one of those purchases I'm like I really want to make this purchase it seemed fine

but maybe we should get one what are you running just bare floor at the moment yeah bare floors and it's been fine but then she would

often find rugs out and about she'd send me pictures and she'd go what about this one and I'd look at the price and I'd be like oh my god

that's so expensive rugs are expensive and you're like I'm just gonna walk on it and she's like that's what you need to pay but then I would go out and about and I'd be with the kids it'd be somewhere else I'd be like oh there's one for a couple hundred bucks and I'd take a photo of that and send it to her go see you can get cheaper ones and this one looks just the same I'm like put this one in your designer store you wouldn't even be able to know which one a tarpaulin from bunnings doesn't count as a rugby but i'm like you're just buying the brand you go to the place you're like your friends are like oh this is a place and all that you know i'm just like just go to your stock standard place and it'll be great for something you just walk on yeah

but over the weekend uh you know after i went to the airport she was like i'm gonna go to the store um it's on sale it's a more bout store, and I might look for a rug. I'm like, oh, no. That was your warning. I know. That was my warning. She fired a warning shot. And then she rang me later, and she goes, guess what?

I found a rug. And I'm just like, in my head, going, oh, no. She's got you when you're out of town, too. Yeah. This is champagne stuff. And I just, first question was from me was, how much? That was my first question. 20 bases of rugs on.

She's like, I bought a rug. I'm like, how much? First question. And then she 20 bases of rugs on. She's like, I bought a rug, I'm like, how much? First question. And then she was like, oh, it's really not. You know,

I started describing the rug, what it does. I'm like, in my mind, I don't care. I don't care any of this stuff. She's justifying the price tag. It's big,

it's, you know, this size, it's this, it's what is main material. Did she come in with, I got it on special? Yeah, yeah,

discount. But this was a boutique store. I saved 60%. A boutique store. And she was, and now I know, she was really trying to string me along. She was really trying to eke out that. Because I just keep going, how much?

How much? How much? How much? Turned out in the end, it was $150. So it was cheaper than anything I'd ever found. But she knew that. And so she was just stringing me along. She was great.

So I was like, she was looking at ones in the thousands. And I was like, oh, God, like three weeks ago. I was like, oh, my God. So, yeah, relieving call. But at the same time, you know, that's not the sort of thing you want to make purchases about the other person. Did you go to the bloody rug expo? It feels like we're having a rug expo every second week.

Maybe she did. I don't know. Yeah, there's always that. This week at the rug expo. I was like, some dude has really overordered on rugs. Too many rugs. You're right. But now she's going to go buy something else and be like, but I saved so much week at the rug expo. I was like, some dude is really overordered on rugs. Too many rugs. You're right. But now she's going to go buy something else and be like,

but I saved so much money on the rug. Exactly. I know. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Fridgley from Italy, now in Tauranga. It's Daniela.

Ciao. Ciao, Belly. Come state? Good, thank you. How are you? Oh, you are amazing, Vigga. You got it. Yeah.

Hello, beautiful people. How are we? We are well. Ciao, Bella. Come state? That's right. Bravo. You're doing so well, Vigga.

We need to start an intensive Italian course. Well, one thing I do remember from going to Italy, which is an amazing place, one of my favorite places, and I might get the pronunciation wrong, but I remember someone yelling out, it was like, mi rompa le parli, or something like that. This guy was yelling that out. I was like, what does it mean? And my Italian friend who we were with, she was like,

you're busting my balls, was what he was saying. So I don't know if I've said that correctly, but it was always stuck in my head. Yes, you said correct. Yeah, I don't know if I've said that correctly, but it's always stuck in my head. Yes, you said correct. Yeah, I don't repeat this stuff. I was like, he was very passionate about it. Was he saying it to you? No, he was just yelling it out at someone.

I was like, what's he yelling out? He's very passionate. And she was like, oh, you're busting my balls. So yeah, I do remember it stuck with me ever since. How well are we, guys? We're doing well. Now we're actually giving a couple,

an engaged couple, a chance to elope in Fiji. Are you spoken for, Danielle? I'm married since 16 years. I can't get remarried again. I would love that. Yeah.

Get divorced and remarried again in Fiji. The same man or a new one? It's up to you. It's up to you. Did you get married in Italy? Yeah, I got married in Italy. Yes, in Rome.

Oh, beautiful. I got engaged in Rome by the Trevi Fountain, Fontana di Trevi. That's very special. If you turn your back from Fontana di Trevi, you will see my husband chefing in one of the famous restaurants there. He was a chef there, was he? Yeah, he used to be a chef. He did it for 22 years. Really?

You might have eaten some of his pasta. I might have, yeah. Who knows? You maybe met him. Oh, exactly. You never know. No, it was a beautiful spot. Yeah, so what happens in an Italian wedding?

What are the traditions for a lot of weddings? Everything's happening in Italian wedding the night before you go married You're doing a serenade under their hair balcony sort of speaker Romeo and Juliet, you know Oh, is there a serenade going on? Who's serenading who how does it work? The husband even if he doesn't know how to sing usually engage like a singer or a little band. It depends how much money you have.

And he starts to play music like 10 o'clock p.m. And he starts to sing you a song or whatever. This is the romantic. You are supposed to be Italian. It's the night before your wedding. Yes, then you coming out the balcony, because usually you know that these things happen, and you throw him

a rose or something and he's coming up and give you a kiss and it's like the night before you get married and you go a little bit cute

and romantic. That's lovely, isn't it? That's so cool. You throw him a rose down and your neighbours throw insults and abuse because he's keeping them up at 10 o'clock at night.

Shut up! No, because you remember that in Italy we eat at 10pm then no, no. You cannot get abused at that time. It's too early for us to get abusive. Oh, you guys run a late operation, don't you? What time are you going to bed on average over there?

12. 12 is average, yeah. Wow. My God. I know. We active people, we don't lose our time. What time do your breakfast radio shows start over there? I think at 9 a.m.

Do they? Why are we in Italy? I told you we should be in Italy. I know. My friend Massimiliano is a radio station, the presenter, and he's a radio go-go. And, yeah, he's got an easy life. I'm sure they start at 8 a.m. or something like that. I've never listened to radio before.

What was his name? Massim listened to the radio before. What was his name? Massimiliano. Oh, my gosh. Can you Italianify Giorno Benamigan? Yeah, okay. Then Mariana for Megan. Yes. Giorno, we call him the real Italian Giorno.

Giovanni. Oh, Giovanni. Giovanni. I sound like a mafia boss. He is a mafia boss from Sicily and Ben you become

Beniamino that's your real name Beniamino I like Beniamino that sounds cute wait can you say it all together Beniamino Giovanni

and Mariana oh my god it doesn't say Mariana I don't know I think I changed your name again Daniela as always it's been an absolute pleasure

we've learnt something again about Italy about your wonderful wedding ceremonies Thank you guys Thank you for always always Stay with us in the morning That it can be slow burning I'm not a morning person

You guys make me awake in the morning To be honest you're really making us second guess Not starting our show at 9 o'clock now Yeah try Good on you Daniela Have a lovely day You have a lovely day, guys, and take care, and buona

giornata, means enjoy your day. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Big weekend of sport, as mentioned before, Auckland FC winning 6-1. Super Rugby as well. Chiefs beating Crusaders. Highlanders upsetting the Blues. Hurricanes had a good win. And Warriors starting the week's time.

Big game, Las Vegas, which is pretty exciting as well. Now, Megan, there's a group text chat thing going on. We've got the members of the show on there, the production team and management. And at the moment, going back and forth like a game of tennis, between you and our boss Matthew Anderson, Mando, is who can find the cheapest petrol across the country? I live reasonably far out, further than the rest of us, and I have quite cheap petrol,

literally around the corner from my house. And so I like to taunt him with the prices all the time. $2.49 for 91, and then he bounces back what he's paying at that particular time. Do you know, as we went to Christchurch over the weekend, I was looking at the petrol prices to see if anything beat my little petrol station. Nothing did.

I reckon you're either two types of people. You're either someone that really notices that or someone who is totally oblivious. This is Ben saying, I don't care. I couldn't tell you. I honestly couldn't. I just know petrol's just expensive. It's like, no, where do't care. I couldn't tell you. I honestly couldn't. I just know petrol's just expensive. It's like,

no, where do I go? I need to fill up. I just fill up. I probably should pay more attention to it. But it does vary. But I couldn't tell you if it was $1.50 or $2.50.

I just have to pay it. It varies a lot though, depending on where you go. And I should pay attention to it. And there's that app, Gatsby. I use that as well. To the cheapest,

but. My mum's the same. She'll go, oh, petrol here, such and such. I'm like, oh, I don't, yeah, again, great, good, bad, I use that as well. To the cheapest, but... My mum's the same. She'll go, oh, the petrol here is such and such. I'm like, oh, I don't... Yeah, again, great, good, bad, I don't know. If you ever leave radio, you can be a fuel price analysis.

Oh my God, yes. Yeah, that's definitely a gig for you. I finally found one. You're cool. They do the stock, you know, the stocks and stuff. It can be fuels, you know. But I had $2.46. Gas is coming through at this price.

Mobile's up to, you know. I had $2.46 coming through it this price yeah mobile's up to you know i had 246 on the day i was like oh that's good so i put it on the group chat okay two dollars can we beat two dollars 46 is anyone paying less for petrol across the country right i didn't see anything that beat it in christ so would you say over the last week has anyone paid less than two dollars 46 or seen it somewhere around okay yeah oh 100 that's four four eight seven also like kudos of your travel ages to get your petrol some people do right what's the point yeah it kind of cancels itself out yeah yeah uh okay oh 800 that's can we beat two dollars 46 uh and i'm going to tell you the cheapest places in the world okay they're

paying i feel like i went to australia like Australia over summer, and we had a rental car for one day. Drove around heaps. I drove to that bloomin' TV show location that the girls wanted to see. H2O. 40-minute back. Yeah, so I was driving around everywhere, and then I filled up, and it was $14. For a whole car? Yeah, and it wasn't like we used the whole tank or whatever, but that was a whole day driving around.

I'm like, what? Is that wrong? And yeah, again, I should have probably paid attention to what it was on the side. I didn't. I couldn't tell you what they were paying, but it felt a lot cheaper. He didn't pay attention to the police that were chasing him as well

after he left the petrol station. Yeah. That's weird, they're following me. If I paid $14, it seems like not enough. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I'd like to taunt everyone on the group chat,

just give constant updates of my petrol station around the corner. $2.46. It's less of a group chat now for the show, more just a live feed on petrol prices. You and our boss Mando, basically, you two are very invested in petrol prices. Ben Boyce really couldn't care. He just knows it's expensive.

It's expensive, yeah. But you can save some money. Yeah, you can. But it's just painful. he just knows it's expensive it's expensive yeah but you can save some money yeah you can but it's just painful either way it's painful but the money you save

like driving to a petrol station that has the cheapest petrol no it's like literally around the corner from my house that's also why

I taunt everyone I know but Ben can't drive to your house every time well you could yeah but that's not going to save me

in the long run what I save around your house is not going to yeah Sarah in the long run. What I save around your house is not going to end. Sarah, good morning to you. Good morning. It's lovely to have you on. Are we keeping quiet because the house holds asleep? No, I'm

about to go into it. Oh, good on you, Sez. All right. Cheap as petrol. It's a bit of a game of swinging right now. Where are you at? I live in Auckland. Oh, yeah. Heard of it. Yep. Okay. Heard of it. And how much petrol, what's

your petrol price you're paying? Every Thursday in Wurre by Manukau, the petrol goes down to $2.42. That takes less than you, Megan. Do you want to join our group chat, Sarah? Not quite, yeah. It's four cents. Yeah, it's Not quite, Sarah. It's four cents.

Yeah, it's four cents, sorry. That's not bad. That's pretty impressive. However, Sarah, what would you say if you drove to Hamilton and paid $2.40? Two cents less. This has come through on the text. Yeah, Hamilton, pack and save Hamilton. You can drive to Hamilton and save yourself two cents a litre.

Yeah. Does that amaze you? No. No, he says. Okay, well, I'm on a mission to impress Sarah now. Well, how about you drive to Iran and you can pay 29 cents a litre? Does that amaze you? You give me the ticket?

Sure. It's almost worth driving your car to Iran for that, isn't it? Then turning back and filling it up again. But this comes at a, obviously there are fuel-rich nations like Iran. Libya's 31 cents a litre. But it does cause economic problems, having petrol so

cheap, did you know? Iran faces energy shortages and blackouts due to high domestic consumption. And Libya's cheap fuel has led to rampant smuggling. Fuel smuggling. Ah. Yeah, puts pressures on budgets and economies. Apparently cheap, cheap fuel.

So it's good that we're paying $2.50. That's good. Those things that all other countries want to, you know, like what other countries, oil and all that sort of stuff. Yeah. No one wants anything from New Zealand, right? What have we got? Cows, sheep. Yeah.

Now and again, but not really, you know. Sort of a lovable shyness. That's what we offer to the world. Tall poppy syndrome. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Producer Ellie, welcome.

Thank you so much. Hello. Good morning. Lovely to have you in the studio. Producer Ellie is our quiz Thank you so much. Hello, good morning. Lovely to have you in the studio. Producer Ellie is our quiz queen for the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz, which we try our very best to get 10 out of 10 on every day. Last week, three wins. Yeah, that was a biggie.

Making a mockery of the Herald Quiz we were. Can we back it up this week? I'm not sure. All right, question number one. which country has the most official languages is it india bolivia or switzerland most official zero clue yeah well i would say india just purely based on their population being over a billion yeah that's kind of what i was leaning towards yeah yeah don't know if we want facials today or not. Do we want to go to our lifeline?

Straight away, our lifeline, you reckon? I feel the unconfident energy sort of radiating from our legs. Well, I mean, yeah, we could lock in India, but I feel like that'll be the end of the quiz. If it is,

it is. We know we've got out. Those are the be the end of the quiz But as it is We know We've got out Those are the highs and lows Of the Herald quiz baby Lock it in India Alright that is incorrect

That was Bolivia Yeah I didn't know that either I wouldn't have got that Let's do some further research Because we've got time to fill now What was the next question? The next question was

Which planet has the most moons in the solar system? Neptune, Jupiter or Saturn? What are you guys thinking? You don't mean it doesn't matter now because you know.

You're right. It doesn't matter now. Yay. Yay. Okay, so there's eight official languages in Bolivia. Okay.

Wow. So India, how wrong were we? How many languages in Bolivia. Okay. Wow. So India, how wrong were we? How many languages in India? Let's see. Hold on. What? Does the Google say otherwise?

It says that India has over 121 languages. Official languages? Two official languages. Ah, there we go. Indian English. Wait, how many official? It's different languages. Official languages? Two official languages. Ah, there we go. Hindi and English. Hang on, how many official? It's different languages. They've got over 19,000.

Official. And 22 scheduled. Yeah, hang on. Official. Protest. Protest. Ben likes to fact check my facts because they're a bit... Only Hindi and English are officially designated.

There you go. There are 22 scheduled languages. Well, still, it's more languages. It's official. By who? Well, it's official to the people in India because they speak the languages. They're like, are you calling my language not official? Because I've been speaking it my whole life.