Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: The Rogue LIVE from a secret location...

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

On today’s show: Megan the Rogue is on the run, leaving a trail of cryptic clues behind. Can you solve the mystery before the show wraps? Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Bannon Megan podcast thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast and jeez, it's been a fun one. We really, really fun week of radio as we genuinely had no idea which one of us was gonna go rogue, go missing from the show and where they were gonna end up.

Now we're not gonna spoil it right now. The location of where Megan's the rogue, but where she ends up. She does have crystal clear wifi and a microphone though. Welcome Megan. Hello, hello. Yeah, it's been fun. It's been fun now.

We do have a winner now. So this is after the show. We're just doing a bit of an intro. Did you, were you surprised how quickly people started guessing correctly or not? Yeah, yeah. People started guessing correctly yesterday. Really? Early on. Although there was a kind of scatter gun approach though, it felt

like there was a lot of people saying where you were but there was just so many other places throughout New Zealand as well coming through. Yeah I think once people caught on the fact that I was just driving there was no plane involved that narrows it down quite a lot. How's it been on the run? Like have you enjoyed it? It's been so fun. Like so many people were like, oh, what are you doing? Where are you going?

Can you tell me the end? I'm like, no, I can't tell you. Can't tell you, you gotta follow along. I was wondering what people are costing you. Yeah, it's quite hard to like giving away clues because you know the answer. And so I'm like, for me, it's really obvious and I'm trying not to make it too obvious but...

How do you think you'd go if you robbed a bank and the police were after you? Like now you've had this experience do you think you'd go alright? I think I'd kill it. I think I'd be really good at it. Yeah I've been quite like I got quite deep into trying to find out where you were too so I feel like I'd love to try and track you down if you robbed a bank. Yeah put our best man on the case. All right, well, that's what we're doing next week. I'll do it on the way home.

Megan robs the bank. If I can't track you down in a week, we give away all the money you've robbed to a listener. What do I get out of it? You go to jail, two to three years, good behavior, that sort of thing, you know? And you can broadcast from home on home detention. I reckon the police will come to you

and it'll be like one of those movie scenes where you're like, I retired and they're like, we need you back investigator. You're like, I'll do one more. Hunter down. We didn't factor in the AI though. A lot of people were using AI for pictures and do you recognise this pool? You did say that you had a photo outside and someone put it through AI and it was Was it correct or not? Correct?

The photo outside. Yes, it was a sunset photo I was sitting on a fence by that was actually directly beside the gas petrol service station and they Correctly AI said its first guest guess. Wow. Where did. Where did you think it was originally? Because I think you narrated it. Oh, originally, I thought you were going to Tauranga. Originally. Oh yeah, yeah. When you said old friend, I was thinking Daniella,

you know, like from the radio, but then you're like, well, I haven't, yeah. You'd met them. Yes, and we hadn't met Daniella. And I hadn't met them. Yeah. So that was, yeah, so it wasn't Tauranga. We've ruled that one out,

but you will find out right now on the podcast as you can follow the journey to where Megan has been located. Really fun one, that one. So enjoy listening to that little podcast. John O'Bannon, Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Megan has gone rogue.

She left the show yesterday and she's gone on the run. If you can locate the town or the city where Megan is right now doing the show by 8.45, all correct guesses will go in the draw to win $5000 worth of gift cards thanks to Gas Petrol server stations, you get cheaper fuel every day thanks to Gas. Scan your orange everyday rewards card, the one used for Woolworths to get fuel discounts and points on every purchase. Now Megan we can see you on the zoom, We've put that image up on the hits breakfast. If you wanna take a look, might give you some clues

as to where she is. We have been watching you prepare breakfast, prepare a hot steaming pot of Dilmati. Thanks for integrating the sponsors into this one. Appreciate it. You're welcome, it's delicious. So yesterday we have been following your journey through social media and even calling some people

along the way. So you left just before nine o'clock yesterday, got in a car and seemed to be heading south, right from Auckland. Correct. Yes, you are correct. You haven't done a U-turn? I've done a U-turn on the road. On this journey, like you were going south, have you turned around and headed back the other way? Can we roll out anywhere from Auckland's north?

Yes South of Auckland, you called us You know quite a big chunk of the country So you called us yesterday around about 1030 have a listen I Am at a gas petrol service station Isn't where you're stopping obviously you're on the way somewhere. No we're on the way. Alright very elusive. Hand us over to the gas petrol service station employee. Okay. Alright. Hello there. Hello mate how are you? Yeah you know bad things. Which gas petrol service station are you at? We're in Patitonga. We're on the way to Matamata on State Highway 27.

Oh, Matamata. Okay, yeah, okay. So where do people normally go from you? Do they normally go to Matamata or they go further on? I mean, whereabouts? Yeah, it can lead you to Rotorua, Tokoroa or Tauranga as well. Where do you think she's going? She could be heading anywhere, I guess. Yeah, she could be.

She could be. I'm supposed to go back today. No airports close to you though, right? Hamilton. Oh, yeah, there's New International Hamilton as well. Has anyone named Hamilton before? Yeah. It's named pretty much everywhere in the North Island.

So yeah, okay. She could be going to Wellington too. They can go anywhere from here. You could be going to Wellington too. You can go anywhere from here. You can go anywhere from here. From Patitonga, you can go anywhere in the world. The world is your oyster. You can, yeah.

From the Middle Estate Highway 27. There we go. So that was yesterday. On the move. And did you go further? How much further from that conversation did you travel? Emotionally and physically? There was a journey after that conversation, for sure.

So there's been some things that you put up on social media, the Hits of Breakfast, you want to head there right now for some clues. Can you recap on a couple of those maybe without giving away, well you give away as much detail as you want because I have no idea where you are. Well so last night I did answer some questions on our Instagram and I also gave away a little riddle which I can give to you which might answer some of the questions you are giving to me right now. Love a riddle, no I don't love a riddle, Ben used to do the riddler and we never got it correct but okay let's go riddle.

My hideaway is still not grand to find me now you'll need both hands while others spend time stuck in queues I followed green without the blues. Oh jeez. Without the blues are you talking about the super rugby final? So could we? No I'm not talking about the Super Rugby final. So it had nothing to do with the Blues rugby team? No. I like that. Without the Blues.

Oh wow, that's okay. Cryptic. So that's on the social media, on the hits breakfast on Instagram if you want to delve deeper into that. I really don't know where you are and it's really... It's frustrating. It's frustrating. There's also some close up pictures on our Facebook and our social media that has iconic

things beside my face. So there's a colour and there's some textures and you have to think what I'm standing beside. Okay, there's hundreds and hundreds of texts coming through, but various locations right around the country. So I don't know, honestly don't know if people are right or wrong. So keep texting through to 4487 and you can win yourself $5,000 worth of... Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast.

The Hats. Now, someone who's also been left confused, dazed and confused as much as we are, Ben. Blindsided by this, yeah. Megan's husband Andrew who joins us now had no idea that she was going rogue. Did you Andrew? I had no idea guys. Blindsided, sad, confused, really worried. Where has it left your marriage Andrew? The trust? Shaky grounds, I don't know what's really going on. Every time she leaves the room I'm just going to think, you know, is she going to the bathroom or is she just climbing out the window to just...

Going somewhere. ...go away somewhere. So you text me without a word of a lie when Megan was revealed as the rogue and revealed to us, you text me going, what? I've got, we've got kids, we're going to all... You know, so very confused. So what happened last night? Obviously you were looking, you know, solo-dadding, but did you have a conversation with Megan?

Yeah, so I was trying to get out of her where she was she did tell me in the end but I've already forgotten. This was only 12 hours ago. I was gonna say he's a South African boy he's not good really not good with New Zealand places like place names he would have forgotten. Wow so Andrew's gonna be no help whatsoever because we could have just ended this this campaign now by asking him where did she tell you that she was but... Sorry team. You had one job Andrew. Just kind of remember us a place name. His main job was to look after the kids last night. Two jobs. I was doing the whole daddy thing anyway, remember that? You're a busy guy. Hey well listen I'm sorry this has impacted you but

this is the collateral. No this is a testament to him as a dad because I knew he would be fine on the fly. When it happened I'd be like babe I'm not going to be there tonight, you got this. I don't even know who's talking over there guys. Who is that woman? I don't know who that woman is. Did your wedding vows mean anything Andrew? Absolutely nothing. For all I know she's probably got a whole other family up there. Who knows? When they say for better or worse this is the worst bro. Well hopefully you won't. It'll be a long, long, quiet, long weekend. Yeah well she might be returning. God you're dramatic. Andrew we'll try and track her down for you and get her back home safely, all right?

You leave it with us. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Megan has gone rogue. We don't know when, where she's ended up. Without a word of a lie, Jono and I have no idea where you are in the country, but if you correctly guess where Megan is hiding, you go on the draw to win $5,000 worth of

fuel thanks to gas petrol service stations. Text the location right now to 4487 where you think in the drawer to win $5000 worth of fuel thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations. Text the location right now to 4487 where you think you're going to be. We'll find out at 8.45 this morning. She's bloody good at disappearing, aren't you? Magically disappeared from Fletch and Vaughan. Now you've magically disappeared from John-O and Ben. What is this? It's an ongoing theme here, Megan Papp peppers. I tried, I... you...

She's good at it. She's a good... she's a master. Now, you had a riddle before. You told us... I did, and I really thought that it would be more obvious. No! So maybe I need to explain it to you so that you can understand. This is a really big clue. These things with riddles, if you've come up with a riddle, it's obvious to you. But it means nothing to us.

So, my hideaway is still not grand. To find me now, you'll need both hands. While others spend time stuck in queues, I followed green without the blues. Nothing to do with the blues rugby team. And you've got no idea about any of those things in the riddle. No! Both hands.

So you're biting the green. Is there like a clock? Is that a reference to a clock with both hands? No. Smart but no. Both hands are on the steering wheel. Oh, right. She's been driving.

And other people spend time in queues at airports. I followed green grass without the blue sky. Ah, so that can rule out air travel. I didn't fly. Didn't fly. So you'd hazard a guess at the South Islands off the table. Unless it was a huge... There's a boat. True, a huge drive yesterday.

You did leave just before nine o'clock so technically you could be in the South Island. You headed south from Auckland Auckland we have confirmed that if you know where Megan is text 4487 there's plenty of clues on the Hits Breakfast Instagram as well. You said something to us yesterday now, can we talk about this on there? Yeah. Now you said to us when we were talking to you after the show you said something about an old friend. So there is an old friend who is familiar with you guys. You guys have spent time with him, you've met him. I have not met him until yesterday. I was catching up with an old friend of yours who is actually going to talk to you on the radio just after 7 o'clock. Oh a friend of ours? Yes. Well like a

friend friend or just like a showbiz friend? Shall I say friend of the show? Okay. Friend of the show. Friend of the show that listeners will be familiar with if they've been listening to the show. Oh. Oh. God, this is so fun.

I love that you guys are so stumped. Not Paul. Not a Paul in Rotorua. No. Oh, I keep thinking it's Danielle around telling correspondents, but I don't know. We'll find out just after seven o'clock this morning. You got a bit of audio here from someone. Yeah.

So I caught up with someone who works where I am. I have to be so careful. And she's going to describe to you some things about this area. This is the lovely Emma. We are here with Emma Emma who we were just discussing it she looks like Emma Stone but we digress. Emma without saying where we are and I've given you another giveaway that you're not allowed to talk about how would you describe where we are right now? I'd describe it like very

friendly and sociable and rural and historical and family orientated. Okay and what do you like about where we are in New Zealand? I like that a lot of people from all places like to come and visit and stop in for a drink and there's always the tradies stopping in after work for a drink and people will literally wait for you to reverse out of your car park on the main street because it's a bit of a long main street and it's a bit of a congestion at times. And people will wait for you to cross the road, it's a very friendly place. Flick your lights and you're off across the road.

Well thank you Emma, you do very well not giving too much away. Who waits for someone to reverse out of a car park? Well wherever it is in that town, that's an interesting clue. For Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Now one of us, we've been saying all week one of us is going rogue. It happened yesterday where Megan left the show just before nine o'clock as she exited and she called us from her undisclosed location. Megan? Are you the rogue? I may have gone rogue.

Oh! Megan you have played the best game ever! Like the best game! Like we're saying like we don't trust you anymore whatsoever. No! You're like, you lied to our face multiple times. I thought it was Ben. Oh really? I was sure it was you. So that was yesterday. So after the show she headed down the country

We know that she left Auckland in a car and she headed south. That's what she's told us She's gone south if you can correctly guess where Megan is hiding her final location There's lots of clues on the Hits Breakfast Instagram We've had some clues this morning. Text 4487, the location where you think she is. All correct guesses go in the draw to win $5,000 worth of fuel thanks to gas petrol service stations. 8.45 this morning, we're going to find out where she is. Megan, are you welcoming calls on 0800 for people to ask you questions?

Yes. I will take some calls. Now you want us to make a call, speaking of which, to someone in our life. Yeah, an old friend that you have met recently, friend of the show, I would say even, and I met them for the first time yesterday. I don't know who you're talking about. She's handed me a number, so I'll dial through now.

Whoa. Oh, I don't recognize the phone room. Hi there this is Wilfred. Wilfred? Wilfred? How are you Wilfred? Good morning Wilfred. Yeah how are you? Wilfred rings a bell. Does it okay? That's heavy lifting now for you isn't it? Wilfred doesn't bell? Does it? Okay. That's heavy lifting now for you, isn't it? Wilfred doesn't... You don't come across many Wilfreds, and I know we have come across a Wilfred. Once. Once? Two months ago. I'll give you the clue. Now you have to do the thinking.

Okay. What, you gotta give us the clue? Is that... Oh, well, was that the clue? Oh, you gotta give us more. Okay, you were dancing in front of a pedestrian crossing a few months ago. God, were we? Wilfred is part of New Zealand history. He has the last of something in New Zealand. Oh, dudes. This is two months ago we're dancing on a

pedestrian crossing. In front of the pedestrian crossing. Whoa whoa. I'm sorry Wilfred they're getting on. United video. Oh Jesus all making sense now. When were we dancing on a pedestrian crossing? That really threw me, that really threw me. But yes, United Video, we did come visit you. So you went to the United Video on your way, Megan? Yeah, and I went and visited Wilfred, saw the last United Video in the country. Oh, good memories.

That makes Wilfred, yeah. Now there we go. And what did you, where do you think she's going? Wilfred, did she? Well, she didn't throw me a lot of bones. She only told me she was going south. I said, well, it better be somewhere warm then. Warm out the bone.

Now Wilfred, how's the old United Video going? One of the last video shops still alive in the country. Still pumping out the DVDs? Still hanging in there. Good, I still. It's awesome. It was so nostalgic to come in and see you, to go back. And it's something about seeing all the videos and DVDs in front of you, it's so cool to see,

you know, and it brings back so many amazing memories and easier to choose what you want to watch. That's right. You're right about the smell of the DVD shot, like it has, in a good nostalgic way, I would agree that it has a cool smell. The smell of carcinogenic plastic. So when I retire I need to bottle that smell and start exporting it. Well yeah, it's such a nice smell.

It reminds you of Friday night, Saturday night, spending so much time in there. Well, Wilfred, lovely to talk to you again. Megan, if you could describe who you are, this is putting you on the spot, in a movie genre, what would you say the place would be? Magical. Oh, okay. Magical. Okay, so a fantasy? Um, magical. Oh, okay. Okay, sort of fantasy?

Yeah. I gave you my word. We're just trying to try... If you said one word, I gave you magical. Trying to have some bento, mate? Hey Wilford, lovely to hear from you again. Yeah, no problems. Jono, Ben and Megan.

It's a podcast. That's... No, she hasn't taken a plane anywhere. She. She's driven but you can as you rightly said you can make the South Island from Auckland over what was it nine hour journey? Yeah it would take a while but you could get there it's possible unlikely but possible. Now Craig joins us back. Craig you there? Yes hi guys. Yeah great Craig now Craig was just saying off here we had Wilfred from United Video on...

In Barnesville, yeah. A personal friend is he, Craig? I've got a few videos from Wilfred over the years, yeah. No, it's good. Any late fees? No, no, I'm a good boy. Now you've got a question for Megan because you've been following the journey and trying to work out where exactly Megan is headed. So what's your question for Megan? I think Megan, I just thought, since you stopped by and saw Walford and heading

south, that you might be in the Hobbiton farm perhaps. The answer to that question is no. So your end location is not Hobbiton? Okay. Is that what you're saying Megan? Is that? Yes. Okay. Okay. Oh well thank you anyway guys. Craig, good on you.

You can text to 4487 where you think she is now. So this is quite a good question on the text machine. Does it have to be a specific location or it can be the general town or city? It has to be the general town or city? It has to be the general town or city. Okay, so the town or the city, you just need to text that through to 4487. All correct guesses will go in the draw to win $5,000 worth of gas. 8.45 this morning, we find out where you are. Amy, welcome. Welcome to the hunt for the woman hunter, Amegan Pappas.

Hello, how are you? We're doing well, mate, what's your question? Is Megan in Morrinsville? Because my problem is Manamatta because she was at the Opel Hot Springs and I was like, oh yeah, Manamatta but then you guys said United Video that you were just talking to the guy and I was like, there's no United Video in Manamatta

so I'm like, it must be Morrinsville Morrinsville, are you in Morrinsville, Megan? Morrinsville You need to text from the phone video in my mouth, I'm like, must be Morrinsville. Morrinsville, are you in Morrinsville, Megan? Morrinsville. You need to text, um, 404-487. Ooh, so you're not saying yes or no? I'm not saying yes or no.

Okay. A lot of people- Make sure you text your guests through. Cause you put out things on social media, you can head there right now at the hits breakfast, including are you in a hot tub of some description hot pools. A lot of people are guessing where that is located around the country. It's a very unique and distinctive hot pool and it was beautiful.

But I think if you know that place, I mean it's so distinctive to look at. Okay. It's a pretty good clue. I haven't seen the hot pool photo. Ben Boyce, you've been pinching in and out of the old hot pool photo, mate. Have you got any... No, I think I found a location of that. I feel like I found the location of that. But I don't know.

Like I'm the same. Jono and I have honestly no idea. Because someone was saying they screenshotted a photo of your meal last night put it into AI did they? Yeah yep they put it through GPT and was like where in New Zealand is this restaurant but I can tell you the answer to that was wrong. Wow. Like legitimately it was

wrong. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hats. Gonna track down Megan. She's gone rogue. We don't know where she's ended up. Correct. Our guess is go in the drawer to win $5,000 worth of fuel thanks to gas petrol service stations.

We want the town or city that she's ended up in. Text machine blown up this morning and as we've met before, we know she hasn't gone on a plane to a location of not telling you where I've gone, but she has driven there. She has driven there and we can see her on Zoom. We did get some intel, some sightings after the show yesterday that Megan and producer Grace, Gen Z producer Grace, we sort of see it's like a Thelma and Louise situation, isn't it?

Yeah. On the run. But if they were mother and daughter, not just best friends. Hey, excuse me, sisters. Sisters? Sisters? Oh, sisters. Sisters with a 20 year age gap. Yeah the parents are like, jeez we thought we were done but okay. It's still got some life in them. Or I'd say a very young teenage mum. Bless you. Okay so yeah someone messaged saying I just saw them at a cafe at the Bombay Hills Which is south of Auckland and we found that particular cafe. Take a listen. They could have stopped here

Yes, not an official sighting. Yeah, these days people have got phones. They need to be taking photos You're wasted working there should get into private investigation What do you think we're doing half the time? So he did say he actually did serve two marchers to a very, very old lady and a young girl. So we're like, okay, well maybe. Can you confirm you had marchers on the way as you were driving down south from Auckland? Can confirm. Marchers were on the same.

Oh okay, so the marcher sighting was legit. Okay, great. It was legit. Okay, great. It was legit. Okay, now we've managed to also track down your best friend who's ended up becoming collateral of this campaign and being harassed on social media. Ellie, Megan's best friend, good morning to you. Good morning.

Lovely to have you on the show. Thanks for having me. Sorry this has impacted your life. Yeah, now is this true that people have been hitting you up because they know you're best friends with Megan, that were trying to get information out of you? Yes, I've had so many messages, people telling me how poor they are, they need some money. Oh my god, really? Oh really, you're getting the bloody, it's a race to the bottom when it comes to that

start. I'm getting voice notes, yeah, it's a race to the bottom when it comes to that start. I'm getting voice notes. Yeah, it's a... And so you had to actually post a video saying, I had no idea she was going away and I have no idea where she is. Yes, exactly. Exactly. So is that the honest truth? You have no idea.

Because I know Megan, you tell Ellie a lot. Maybe more than Andrew. We're on Life 360 too. So we like generally know where each other are. Oh, so right now could you look at your phone and tell us... No, but I had a look at that. She's turned it off. Oh, sneaky. Guys, I'm not stupid.

You know, Life 360 with Ellie, your friend. Yeah. Wow, okay. You know, Ellie's your barrier body friend, right? So if you commit a horrific crime, Ellie will come in the middle of the night and help you dispose of that body. Yeah, tell you what, it's on the line at the moment. Do you know what? I feel better telling Ali where I am and knowing that she wouldn't give it away than I do telling

my husband. Really? He would absolutely give it away. Ali, I can tell her and she'll be fine. Okay, well, okay. So can you tell us anything else, Megan? Like, anything else? People were desperate for clues at the hits breakfast.

I know she stopped driving at 1pm. Oh, Ellie, this is a good one. Oh, did she just turn off Life 360? That's when she turned it off. That's when she turned it off. That's a good clue. Yeah, we were messaging. So can you confirm that? That you stopped driving, you left around about 9 o'clock just before 9 o'clock?

We were done driving by 1pm, that is correct. Wow, okay that's a big clue. Thank you Ellie, that is really good. I should have swapped it for some of this cash. You could have come in under a pseudonym. So you know Megan the best, what is the best way to extract information out of her? Offering Liam Lawson? I've got a key to the house so I can start rummaging through that closet.

That'd be nice too, you can show us the items, we can describe them, you know, like blackmail her, that'd be great. Get results blackmail. I don't know what's her. Yeah, that'd be great. Get results back. I don't know what's in the closet. I'm just guessing, you know, but hey. Lollies and Liam Lawson. Oh yeah. Not in the closet.

Oh my God. Okay, yeah. I want to stop talking about it. He's not tied up in the closet, guys. Oh now you got a scandal on your hands. All right, Ali, well thank you for that. Look, that was actually helpful information. I'm sorry, you're getting caught up in this as well.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Pretty close to finding out where Megan is. Pretty close. Has been located. We can hear you puffing and panting, mate. Sorry, I was going to say I didn't know that I knew every word to that song, but I do.

You were singing along to that one right now in your secret location. We can see you over Zoom. If you've just tuned into the show and you're wondering what's going on, well one of us was gonna go rogue this week. One of us was gonna go missing from the show and only that person knew that was gonna happen. And yesterday, just before the end of the show, this happened. Megan.

Are you the rogue? I may have gone rogue. Oh! Megan, you have played the best game ever! How? Like the best game! Like we're saying, like, we don't trust you anymore whatsoever. No, you're like, geez, you lied to our face multiple times.

I thought it was Ben. Oh really? I was sure it was you. There you go, first time someone, the host has vanished from a radio show without it being a quiet redundancy. As of late. It's true. You've done a good job Megan.

So you left the show, now this is where the fun really kicked up again because now we need to work out what town or city you've gone to, what is your final location where you're broadcasting the show from right now. You can text 4487 at the town or the city that you think Megan is in thanks to our friends at Gas Petrol Service Stations. We've got $5000 where the fuel will give away to someone who's made a correct guess just before nine o'clock this morning. You can get cheaper fuel every day thanks to Gas, scan your orange everyday rewards

card, the one you use at Woolworths to get fuel discounts and points on every purchase. Now a friend of mine's just texted and getting involved, I know your friend Ali, best friend Ali's been getting harassed on social media, she's had to back off the wolves doing a video saying she doesn't know where you are but she's been getting harassed on social media. She's had to back off the wolves, doing a video saying she doesn't know where you are, but she's been getting voice memos and people going, oh, I need to feed my dog who lost his leg. You know, this sort of heartbreaking. She got another one saying, help me, I'm poor.

Yeah, heartbreaking stories. But my friend said, is she in Maramuru? Well, you should text your guests and to pull for it. She's not gonna tell us. I reckon, now I might be wrong, but I reckon I've located the hot pools you're at and also the exact, not just the place, but also the hotel, sorry the motel that you are staying in right now. Just from the photo that you can see on the hits breakfast in the story. I have got, I reckon, I reckon I might...

Have you got it? How? How did you? I'm scaring myself that I've managed to do this. But I might be wrong. I might be wrong. I might be wrong because I was wrong about Jono being the rogue, so I might be wrong about this. Well, text your answer to 4487 mate, you know the rules. I will. So we have established from a riddle this morning that I have driven here. I have not flown.

And she's got another riddle. I do. You were very good at cracking the first riddle. No, we were good at that one. I'm hoping that this one has more of a clue in it. Are you ready? What if we say no right now? I'm just saying anyway. Okay.

Shush. Where paddocks stretch in emerald rows and misty mornings softly glow. A town where tractors steal the show and country life moves nice and slow. In the middle, many seek a famous landmark so unique. That's helping me. You guys have to talk, it's radio.

Yeah. Well that's helping me and no one at all. Well I was just thinking, trying to think of the place that I think you are, it ticks all those boxes. Does it? Oh I don't know. Ben boy. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.

You've kind of bamboozled me a little bit with the last one. Here's a fun game, here's a fun game we can play. Why don't you write it down on a piece of paper and hold it up to the screen because Megan can see us on Zoom and then she can confirm with you. Oh okay. Okay let's do this. Okay so I'll only confirm if you are not going to give her anything else away. I'm not going to give anything away. I reckon well I'll just I'll just show you I'll just hold a picture of the of the

kitchen okay. Okay. Where can I hold the zoom? Oh you creep. Where's the camera? Oh maybe up to that one up there. This is uh exciting radio. Uh is he correct? It does look like the kitchen but I can't see where you think I am. Well if that's the kitchen then he knows where you are. But I mean it's also a very nondescript kitchen. But no he's figured out the hotel or the motel. A motel, a motel, I think I might be wrong, I might be wrong. So yeah 4487. It is a motel you were right.

Okay. It's a beautiful motel. Do you think methamphetamines be cooked in the kitchen? No, I don't think so. It does look new. So I don't know. I don't know maybe refurbishments were done Jono, Ben and Megan The Hats. We're from the show yesterday And if you can locate the town or the city where Megan is hiding out right now to broadcasting the show yesterday and if you can locate the town or the city where Megan is hiding out right now to broadcasting the show 4487 on the text and you could win if you're one of the correct guesses. $5,000 worth of gas thanks to gas petrol service stations. So

many different places are coming through right now. Yeah, from anywhere in the South Island to the Cambridge to Paihea. There's Fielding, Taupo, Tokaroa, Morrinsville, Matamata, Te Aura Ha. They're all coming. Kaiwaka, they're all coming through. I was going to say on the text machine there is incorrect and correct guesses. Oh thanks for that, man. Yeah.

It's really helpful. Not. Now we're going to try and extract some more information out of our rogue Megan who has done a brilliant job of lying to our faces all week long. It's really left us unsettled. I was driving home yesterday going, what else is she lying to us about, Ben? I feel like maybe I should say I'm less of a great liar and just a really good actress. You know, that sounds less offensive. It does, yeah, great actor, which also happens to make her a great liar.

But Linda, your question for Megan, what is it mate? Good morning, you're a cheeky little girl running away aren't you? I'm wondering if there's a large mountain behind the township, a sacred mountain. I don't know. A sacred mountain? Oh god! Well open the window, look out the window and see if there's a large mountain. No I don't know. Oh, sure. Oh, God! Open the window. Look out the window and see if there's a large mountain. No, I don't think so.

It's always got fog around it. And there are walking tracks and things. Negative. Okay. Oh, you don't think so? No. Okay. Where did you think she was, Linda?

You were talking about Mount Te Aroha. Te Aroha. She thought you were in Te Aroha. No, I'm from Te Aroha. No? Yeah, no. Okay. Oh, um, yep She thought you were in Te Araha. No? Yeah, no. Okay. Maybe you should take your case in.

Probably don't waste the money. I don't waste the 20 cents. I got on your thank you Linda, really appreciate your time. Now Jason, we had you on just before. You got a question about a pool. Yes. What is that? The young swimming pool that she was in.

Is it quite big? It is quite large, Jason, you are right. So this is the pool that you were in, you went there yesterday afternoon maybe? Yes. Okay. And your togs, the ones that you've been keep looking at, Ben? My white togs? Yeah, better choice of togs. I don't even know what colour togs, I've been looking at background.

Liar. I'm looking at background, no, in this case I'm looking at background. Sounds like something my wife would go, oh you would but no, but I am. I tell you what, there were two clues he was really zeroing in on. I'm going background. He's not going to tell you anything about the location. It was cold, maybe a little cold.

The temperature, he got the temperature from them. What do you reckon about a nine degree temperature there, man? The team, you got the temperature from them. What do you reckon about a 9 degree temperature there, Ben? Sorry, background. Background is all I was honestly focused on. And from the background, I maybe have the hot pulls. And then from the background on the photo at the Hits Breakfast Story on Instagram, I reckon maybe I've got the background of the exact, not just the town, but the motel're staying in. May be wrong? I may be wrong. Your wife can never cheat on you. They're quite intense. I get really intense and focused. Jason can we get you to go out on a limb here?

Where do you think Megan is hiding? How rogue. I think she's at the Opal Hot Springs in Holiday Park. So you should text in your answer Jason. I did. Make sure you... He did mate, he did. Okay, so if that's correct, we will find out if you're one of the people that could be winning $5,000 worth of gas gift cards thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations. Thanks for your time Jason. Cool, thanks guys, have a good one.

See you Jason. See you mate. Bye. Bye. Another clue Megan, you put on the Hits Breakfast social media? We have just put up a video of something we saw in this particular place yesterday which might help you, especially if you have been here before. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The Hits. As Megan went rogue yesterday, she left the show and we all, including Jono and myself, we're all trying to work out exactly where she is located. Without a word of a lie, we have no idea where she was heading and the town or the city she's ended up in, 4487, you need to text it through, so many different options coming through. But anyone that texts in the correct guess will be in to win in about 10 minutes' time,

$5000 worth of gas thanks to Gas Petrol Service Station. Huge prize, Megan. I'm just going through some great clues on the Hits Breakfast Instagram story and you and your daughter, Producer Grace, have been on the run. You've gone full Thelma and Louise. Sister, yeah. Can I just say your point five photos at dinner.

You both look really sad to be at dinner. Producer Grace looks really angry to be at dinner with her mum. Yeah, she's like, I don't wanna be here. I wanna be on my tablet in the room. Dudes, I'm doing God's work going on I want to be on my tablet in the room. I'm doing God's work going on tour with a Gen Z. It's a tough gig. Everything has to be 0.5 photos.

I'm like, come on. They're not flattering. It basically just expands your forehead. They're filming it. My daughter's filming it. Just start filming it. Just look at it, it makes it look weird. Anyway, so some fantastic clues you guys have been putting up.

People will be really going deep, contacting your friend, your best friend, Ali, also putting stuff through AI as well. My dinner through AI last night I saw, but the only answer I saw from that was incorrect. I'm not in Littleton. Okay, is that what other people thought? Now you gave a bit of a riddle at the top of 8 o'clock, just after 8 o'clock you said a riddle that we've been trying to get our, just after 8 o'clock you said a riddle that we've been trying to get our head around.

Do you want me to repeat it so you can break it down? Where paddocks stretch and emerald rows and misty mornings softly glow, a town where tractors steal the show and country life moves nice and slow. In the middle, many seek a famous landmark so unique. I think I know it. I think I know it. Well next, not right now, but next we'll have a chance, you and I will have a chance before we reveal to guess the place that we think that Megan could be. You've zeroed it down to the hotel? Yeah I reckon the motel, but I might be wrong. I might be wrong as well, but there was a bit of a clue put up on the hits breakfast Instagram just before that we need to delve into right now. Now I saw two people in costume and a little bit of shade thrown at me going, I remember

inflatable costumes going, is this Ben Boyce in town in dinosaur costumes? I thought you'd followed me. I was like, Ben, you brought your costumes. And it does look like something I would do, granted. Were you jealous of those costumes? Yeah, they're good blow up costumes. I've spent a lot on blow up costumes over the last 12 months and they look good. There's one, which is a little nondescript.

We also saw them again. So there is two videos up there and I think the second one gives more of a clue as to where I am. So would this be something regular in this town potentially? The dinosaur costumes. Yeah. Or is it just something that- I don't know. I don't know why they were in them.

Okay. I was like, is it a clue that people go, oh, I know that's from the old dinosaur shop in town or something. No, Ben, I'm thinking more about where they are. Okay. At least about the costumes, babes. Forget about the costumes. I'm really focusing on those top quality costumes.

They are movie quality. You could put those in Jurassic Park, those dinosaurs. There's another movie coming out. Maybe they're from Jurassic Park. You're right. Yeah. Okay. So have a look at the shops, not just the costumes behind it.

Have a look at the foot bath, things like that. Uh, and you might have a bit of a clue to where Megan is. The second dinosaur video is very close to a famous landmark. Okay. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. As Megan went rogue yesterday, she left the show and we all, including

Jono and myself, we're all trying to work out exactly where she is located. Without a word of a lie, we have no idea where she was heading and the town or the city she's ended up in, 4487, you need to text it through, so many different options coming through but anyone that texts in the correct guess will be in to win in about 10 minutes' time $5000 worth of gas thanks to Gas Petrol Service Station. Huge prize Megan, I'm just going through some great clues on the Hits Breakfast Instagram

story and you and your daughter Producer Grace have been on the run. You've gone full Thelma and Louise. Sister, yeah. Can I just say your.5 photos at dinner, you both look really sad to be at dinner, like Producer Grace looks really angry to be at dinner with her mum. Yeah, she's like, I don't want to be here, I want to be on my tablet in the room. Dudes, I'm doing God's work going on tour with a Gen Z. It's a tough gig.

Everything has to be 0.5 photos. I'm like, come on. They're not flattering. It basically just expands your forehead. They film it. My daughter's filming it. So I'm filming it. It just makes it look weird. Anyway, so some fantastic clues you guys have been putting up. expand your forehead. They're filming it, my daughter's filming it.

Anyway, so some fantastic clues you guys have been putting up. People have been really going deep, contacting your friend, your best friend, Ali, also putting stuff through AI as well. My dinner through AI last night I saw, but the only answer I saw from that was incorrect. I'm not in Littleton. Okay, is that what other people thought? Now you gave a bit of a riddle at the top of eight o'clock, just after eight o'clock, you said a riddle that we've been trying to get our head around.

Do you want me to repeat it? See if you can break it down. Where paddocks stretch and emerald rows and misty morning softly glow, a town where tractors steal the show and country life moves nice and slow. In the middle, many seek a famous landmark so unique. I think I know it. I think I know it. Well next, not right now, but next we'll have a chance, you and I will have a chance before we reveal to guess the place that we think that Megan could be.

You've zeroed it down to the hotel. Yeah, I reckon I'm leaving the motel, but I might be wrong. I might be wrong as well. But there was a bit of a clue put up on the hits breakfast Instagram just before that we need to delve into right now. Now I saw two people in costume and a little bit of shade thrown at me going, inflatable costumes, go, is this Ben Boyce in town in dinosaur costumes? I thought you'd followed me. I was like, Ben, you brought your costumes.

And it does look like something I would do, granted. Were you jealous of those costumes? Yeah, they're good blow up costumes. I've spent a lot on blow up costumes over the last 12 months and they look good. There's one, which is a little nondescript. We also saw them again. So there is two videos up there

and I think the second one gives more of a clue as to where I am. So would this be something regular in this town potentially? The dinosaur costumes. Yeah, or is it just something that- I don't know, I don't know why they were in them. Okay, I. Yeah or is it just something that... I don't know. I don't know why they were in them. Okay, is it a clue that people go, oh I know that's from the old dinosaur shop in town or something? No, Ben, I'm thinking more about

where they are. Ah okay. At least about the costumes, babes. Forget about the costumes. I'm really focusing on those top quality costumes. They are movie quality. You could put those in Jurassic Park, those dinosaurs. There's another movie coming out. Maybe they're from Jurassic Park. You're right. Yeah. Okay. So have a look at the shops, not just the costumes behind it. Have a look at the foot bath, things like that.

And you might have a bit of a clue to where Megan is. The second dinosaur video is very close to a famous landmark. Okay. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Megan has gone rogue. The podcast. The hats. Megan has gone rogue.

She left the show yesterday. It's our job to track down the town or the city that she is located in. Before nine o'clock this morning, we're going to tell you in about five minutes time where exactly she is. We'll be following the clues on the radio, following the clues on social media. It's all thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations where you can get cheaper fuel every day thanks to gas. Fuel discounts and points on every fuel purchase when you use your everyday rewards card. But I've

really gone quite deep on it, I'm scaring myself a little bit how focused I've got on it. Has it really opened your eyes to Ben Boyce's commitment to stalking people? Absolutely, you are a creep. I think you're in the wrong profession. It's ever since he's got the new glasses that's made him... You can actually see now. Yeah, I can see. I'm like, I reckon I've worked out the hot pool. I reckon I've worked out the landmark from the cloak.

I reckon I've even worked out not just the town, but the motel in the town because thanks to someone else putting their photo up on like a TripAdvisor website of the kitchen. So this is not from the hotel. This is someone else going, it's great. There was a kettle and there was a microwave. Oh, Maria has put a review photo up there as well. Said it was great. Also Ben, you can see like a snippet of the kitchen.

You're, that's weird. That's a weird skill. Shout out to the wonderful Maria on TripAdvisor. Yeah, she's taking a nice photo here. I'm just showing Jono right now. Oh, that is the same kitchen. It looks like the exact same background. Yes.

You know, so I reckon we call the motel. Yep. And we'll try and just see if we can get hold of our mate Megan, who I think we think is staying there. So we'll try not to give away exactly the town, but we'll see if we're right. If there's a knock on the door, Megan, we'll see if we can get them to knock on the door. Oh, okay. Okay, good luck. Oh hello there is that the motel?

It is indeed. I'm just trying to track down my work mate, my friend who's staying at the hotel. Can you put me through to Megan's room? Last name Pappas. P-A-P-A-S. I think, be with me. Yeah? She may have checked out a really hang on. PAS? I think, bear with me. She may have checked out a really hidden one. Oh, okay. No, she definitely wouldn't have checked out yet.

Nah, yeah. It's either under her name or our producer, Grace Hilliam. So, because me and Grace checked in, didn't we? Yes, they did. Do you want to do us a favour? Can you go and knock on her door? Okay. Can you go knock on her door? Okay. Can you go knock on her door and we'll just see?

John Owen being calling from the Hits radio station. We work with Megan. Okay, then one second. Thank you. Do you want me to let her know or? Yeah, that'd be great. We're trying to track her down. The whole country's been trying to track her down. Okay then, one moment. Thank you. Alright, we're gonna go live knocking on the door. Hopefully we might have the wrong hotel but all signs are pointing. At least there's another Megan and Grace checking in somewhere else. That's very coincidental if there is

We're also on the run One moment i'm just going to say sorry mate we didn't catch your name Wayne, thank you so much for this. It's just uh, john i've been a megan from the radio. Well megan's at the hotel We're on the radio now. Let's hear. Can we hear a knock? Megan from the radio. Well Megan's at the hotel. We're on the radio now. Can we hear a knock? Megan? It mustn't be there. We can hear a knock! We can hear a knock! Open the door for Wayno!

Wayno, it scared me a lot! Yes! We found it! Okay, we have nailed it down. It's not necessarily you don't need to know the motel. We've just got an extra geeky step. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hats. Right now we're trying to track down Megan.

She went rogue. She went missing from the show yesterday. We had no idea which one of us was going to go missing. Megan went and she headed in the car and we all had to work out what town or city she was gonna end up in. It's been really fun, it's been an enjoyable week. We've lost a lot of trust for one another

throughout this week, so we'll have to rebuild that next week, but Megan, you've played a magnificent game since Monday, really. Don't know if I should say I loved lying to you, but I just did. I loved the mystery of it. There was no part of me that thought it was you and only because you took on the investigative role. Yeah you did. You really. You two were too focused on each other. It made it easy for me. I know it'd be terrible on a reality show. We'd definitely be kicked off Love Island.

Is that what happens? Yeah. Sure. Yeah, so people, I mean, we've had like thousands, without a word of a lie, thousands and thousands of texts coming through. And hundreds with probably a correct guess, right? We're thinking it's a great guess.

Hundreds of people have correctly guessed where I am. Well, Ben, you figured it out down to the hotel. Creepy. The hotel, thanks to a TripAdvisor picture that someone had put up, Maria after her stay said it was wonderful there. The same kitchen background that was in your background of your Zoom or on the Hits Breakfast Instagram. OK so thanks for all your texts, we've picked out a number that has the correct answer.

And we're going to call them now for the $5,000 worth of gas petrol service station gift cards. Hello. Hello. Who's this? Danielle. Hey, Danielle, it's John and Ben and Megan here. How you doing? Oh, good. Thank you. You sound like you're at work and you can't talk too loudly. No, I've just popped out of our staff briefing. Oh, good. Yeah, it sounded pretty intense there. In the middle again, laid off or something like that. Sorry, I can't talk right now. No, no, I take you sitting in the staff room. All right. So Danielle, you've texted a guest where Megan had been located, you know, the town or the city that she ended up being on the run, on the road.

What were the giveaway clues for you? The farming and the long main street and the middle. I went middle earth. We're going to hand you over to Megan Pappas. Okay. Good morning Danielle. Good morning. Good morning. Do you want to make a guess as to which town I'm located in? Masamata. Daniela, you've found the rogue. I am in Masamasa. You've got $5,000 worth of gas petrol station gift cards. Wow, oh my god that's amazing. Thank you so much. Well done. Well done for figuring that out. Oh that was so exciting. It was literally a two second guess and I just went that's where it is.

Yeah well the long the long street in town, right? Megan, you talked about a landmark in the middle of town. Is that the racehorse? Yeah, the racehorse and also middle was the reference to Middle Earth. You're much smarter than the boys. A geography teacher, it kinda comes with the territory. Oh.

Teachers, they're so smart. What are you gonna spend the gas petrol service station cards on? Are you probably gas, I'd imagine? Yeah, yeah, yeah, petrol. OK, you kind of nailed your foot to the floor on that one. It was a great rise. Yeah, no, it'd be awesome because we travel a lot to see family, so that would be amazing.

Oh, it is awesome. Yeah, so so many hundreds and hundreds of guesses, and hundreds of correct guesses as well. So well done. Oh, thank you so much. I've never enjoyed being stalked more. It's quite nice having thousands of people trying to find you, isn't it? I know. They seem like they care, but you know, they were bribed into it.

Well done, Megan. well done to you. Thanks team. Yeah, come on then. Sorry, now everyone knows where I am. Yeah, well I know exactly the exact hotel with the day call behind you. Okay, yeah, cool man. Are you going to knock on my door in a minute?