Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Vacuuming is now fun?!

Episode Date: April 11, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Wild, wild weather right around the country. The South Island, it seems to have settled a bit overnight, but the Upper Harbour, the North Island, in line for severe thunderstorms. A lot of rain as well. Poor west coast of the South Island got it really bad. A lot of evacuations going on. Couldn't drink water from the tap. Had to boil water in really dangerous conditions. So thinking everyone affected there. But today, Auckland, the Northlands, Great Barrier Island,

Waikato Bay, plenty of Coromandel Peninsula, all going to be under the pump. You'd imagine the Harbour Bridge would be a bit nervous. Yes, that was closed. Closed yesterday, didn't it? Yeah, for a little bit, I think it did. There was wind gusts, even just driving in this morning, are a lot, eh?

Sky Tower, they had to know people could do dinner there last night. It seemed strange, but anyway, I guess. That moves like five metres, right? What? Sky Tower? Yeah, and strong winds. Does it? I think it's made to.

Why haven't they told us that before? I don't like being... It's got to be flexible. But I'm pretty sure it can move like five metres. So maybe that's why They couldn't have done that I hope you haven't just Made that cool fact up Because it is a cool

Five metres is a lot For a building to sway It is made to sway Okay So it's flexible in the wind I've spelled it off A lot of false information On the radio

So I'm not one to judge But we should do Some fact checking on that I will fact check Yeah it was pretty wild It's probably like 30 centimetres Yeah

It does seem like a lot. Five metres seems, yeah, quite extraordinary. Or is it a metre? I don't know. For a giant tower to sway. So, hey, text in if you know, 4487. 46 flights, of course, cancelled yesterday as well. Power out across Auckland.

Yeah, it was wild where we are, so it was probably wild in your neighbourhood as well. Yeah, we'll keep safe. Although the most scary thing last night for my daughter, Indy, as she came out and she was like, the book i'm reading it's got me scared and i was like that was it wasn't the power wasn't the wind the ghost it was the book well she reads these books and i keep going are these age appropriate then i keep looking to them because they're all to do with like some sort of murder that's gone a murder mystery type thing but they are they are age

appropriate but she's a great reader i used used to read books like that in her age. Can't go back to it. Can't go back to it for a bit. Why is it that young teenagers love murder mysteries? I know. And not ideal murder mystery reading conditions. Weather conditions too. Stormy outside.

That's why I thought maybe the conditions were playing into it as well. So I was like, maybe read something nice and we'll come back to that one another day. Here's OJ Simpson, If I Did It. Oh, jeez. And RIP to OJ Simpson as well too. Here's O.J. Simpson, If I Did It. Oh, geez. And R.I.P. to O.J. Simpson as well, too. That's broken overnight, too. Yeah, he's passed away for cancer. I mean, obviously, yeah.

What do you say? You can't defame a dead man, so go for it. No, it's interesting. I've obviously a football star turned actor and then one of the most famous court cases ever where, you know, controversially, as you said in the news. The gloves didn't fit. He got acquitted of murder of his ex-wife. So, yeah. And a lot of people, he ended up going to jail for like stealing back memorabilia that was his own memorabilia. But anyway, it was in a store.

It was an armed robbery type situation. Is that what he was robbing? And that's what he ended up getting. Yeah. I mean, the memorabilia had gone to a store and stuff like that. But I think him and his mates decided to get it back. And then he got sent into some pretty hard prison time for a pretty low case. Yes.

His retribution. Yeah. But the law, apparently, some of the greatest law work ever, his lawyer. Right. Because he transitioned the case into a racial thing. He turned it into black versus white at the time. Robert Kardashian was one of the people on his team, right? Who was the dad of the racial thing. He turned it into black versus white at the time. Robert Kardashian was one of the people on his team, right? Who was the dad

of the Kardashians. Really, really fascinating case that gripped the world for a while. And OJ Simpson, cancer, passed away at the age of 76. The Jono and Ben podcast. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben, 6.13 on your Friday. It's been

a bit of a strange week, not just with the weather, but of course the big news this week with News Hub officially being shut down, the TV3 News service, as well as some TVNZ shows like Fair Go and Sunday no longer going to be around. Yeah, so well over 300 jobs in the industry gone in a week, which is sobering to think of. And as we've always said, every industry is really, really hurting.

So tough times out there. But Paddy Gow was doing the rounds yesterday, sort of explaining the thoughts and feelings of him and his colleagues after this news. And he went around radio shows. He was on Mike Hosking with Newstalk ZB. He was on TVNZ Breakfast talking about it. And Sean Plunkett is a bit of a mad dog broadcaster A bit of a mad dog journo, isn't he?

He is Now he's on a It's called The Platform, is that right? Platform, yeah Online stuff And I think he set it up Because there was not much trust In mainstream media news

It's apparently very popular I'm sure it is Yeah And so Apparently I didn't even know this But it seems like him and Paddy have history Oh really?

And so he's on his show Sean Plunkett's on his show, and he cold calls Paddy on air. What, just gives him a call without... Without even, hadn't teed up the interview. Okay, all right. I mean, we do that from time to time. Oh, we do, yeah. And Paddy was not entirely thrilled about it.

Have a listen. Hi, it's Paddy speaking. Paddy, Sean Plunkett here. Oh, you're not going to do the thing that you've done for me. Well, no, I'm just... Can I just ask you, would you be available for an interview this morning? This is an interview, Paddy. Are you good with that?

Not really. Why would I be? You're talking to everyone else, Paddy. Democracy is at risk here. Well, what about just basic manners? Like, get someone to call me, I say I'm going to come on. Paddy, have you never chased anyone down a corridor at Parliament?

Well, there's a completely different scenario. You've got a radio show. Okay, well, let's agree to disagree. You're here now. No, no, no, Sean, stop for a second. Let's not agree to disagree. Okay, Paddy, so here's the professional courtesy. Hey, Sean, Sean, stop for a second.

Stop showing off to your listeners. Show a bit of professional courtesy and say, hey, Paddy, why don't you come on and do an interview? Paddy, why don't you come on and do an interview? Okay. Thank you for asking so nicely. There's no love loss there, is there?

Wow. I love this. Stop showing off to your listeners. Something like your mum would say. I'd be able to say stop showing off. And good calling out of let's agree to disagree because that usually shuts everything down. And he's got no, no, no. I'll agree to disagree.

There's a lot of bad weather around the country. South Island bore the brunt of it the last couple of days. Seems to have settled there, but the upper half of the North Island in the firing line. So good luck out there if you are in New Zealand. Yeah. Yeah. I like a stormy day. A stormy 24 hours is quite nice.

You're cosy inside. Yeah. Anything beyond the 24 hours, it starts to get a bit taxing though doesn't it Yeah when you're having to evacuate homes and stuff like that Yeah that's not ideal Not ideal at all Now I was in the supermarket yesterday And they've always had the 12 items or less aisle

But in Pack and Save they've also got the 25 items or less aisle Didn't know about this one Yeah it's kind of like a filler aisle between those who are just dotting in to get a box of beers and those who have a supermarket full of shopping that they probably had to get a mortgage to pay for. Right, so 25 items. It seems like, yeah, a reasonable shop but not a huge shop. Like a half trolley.

Yeah, yeah. Still cost you about $1,900. Yeah, probably. 25 items. But I was behind a gentleman, and I could just tell by looking at his trolley, he had pushed the limits of the 25 items. Some do, though, right? Some love it.

And normally that's fine. No one really calls you out. I've never seen anyone count it. Well, for the first time in my shopping career, the checkout operator had clearly had enough that day. Oh, really? And it was a busy supermarket so i'm gathering she was probably aware that people needed to go into the right aisles and the

um the right checkouts and she was like this looks like you've breached you've breached the 25 items all or less was this at the start or was it at the start right before i have not breached before she started scanning she's like okay yeah right she's like, okay, yeah, right. She's like, I guarantee there's 25. With each scan of each item, I had to go, I had to leave, and I went to the popcorn oil, got some popcorn just to eat it while I could watch this transaction. But you could tell he's silently counting in his head, she's silently counting in her head,

and there's a screen, too, with each item. Bing, bing, bing. And we're all watching. It needs everyone going, one, two. Count Dracula. Spectator sport. Three. It got to the stage where he had gone 28, 29.

So he's over the limit. She had the look of victory on her face. Knowing look of victory. And she's pulled out a tray of Coke. So he had purchased 24 cans cans of coke but they came in half a dozen packets all right sitting in a tray she started scanning them individually and he's like whoa whoa whoa whoa those aren't four separate items those are one item she's like sir they're clearly four separate items they're four lots of half a dozen and then this is when

the debate raged on and they were going back and forth about whether that was a one-item scan or four items. Now, I'd like to throw that out to you two. Look, I think it's four items, only for the fact that it was scanning four times. Like, if it all come in together and it was a dozen Coke and it scanned under one barcode,

for me that would be one item, even though there was 12 Cokes. But the fact that she sounds like she scanned four different barcodes. But I think out of spite, because she could have just scanned the code on the tray, on the cardboard tray that was holding the four items. So she's removed them from that tray. Oh, gotcha. So that was my argument. If there is one barcode, one item.

So she could have scanned one barcode. She was point-proven, baby. Yeah, if I would have done that too. And there's another issue. I didn't realise, you know, big trolleys in the self-service checkout are a bit of a problem for people. You've got those half-size ones are fine, right?

Oh, they're allowed in there. Well, yeah, because the lady showed me the other day you sort of push them up into the thing and they actually sit quite nicely in there, in that area, so they're out of the way. But 12 items, I'm not going to be able to, like, carry them in a basket probably.

And sometimes the half trolleys aren't available. So what am I supposed to do? So you're going to go to the big dogs. Big dogs. They're not allowed in there apparently. Fight me. The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast.

It is a Friday and we like to look back on a Friday at something from yesteryear. And because it's been a really tough week for those at TV3 and also TVNZ, but particularly 3 News, News Hump, no longer going to be around as of July. So we thought we'd look back at some of our favourite moments and what has been a pretty bad week for them. And it was such a fun, at times very fun, news service, wasn't it?

I mean, we worked there for a number of years being in the building and I was driving home yesterday. It was a very fun new service, wasn't it? I mean, we worked there for a number of years being in the building. And I was driving home yesterday. And do you remember? Because we'd film a lot of hidden camera stuff around the office. And we did one prank where we were in the lift. And I think you might have been painting me. And I was naked.

Yeah, that's right. Remember? Just getting you naked in the lift. And we didn't know who was going to pop in there. Yeah, and we were just traveling up and down the lifts at TV3 What do you mean painting? You were painting him It was like a

You know Like an Life art Life art class Were you wearing undies? No I was holding I was holding hands appropriately I think you were holding

Yeah But I was painting away in there as well It was a different time You have a special relationship you two And then Samantha Hayes That's right Samantha Hayes She's right Samantha Hayes She was the first

Person to arrive And oh The doors opened She went Oh And she ran away And I was thinking You wouldn't get away

With that in 2024 No Don't think that No Sorry Samantha That you had to put up With these two Yeah

But no And very kind people too They gave it a lot of their time I remember we were doing Another one And playing cricket In reception Hilary Barry Grabbed the cricket bat Smashed the ball for six But no, and very kind people too. They gave it a lot of their time. I remember we were doing another one and playing cricket in reception. Hilary Barry grabbed the cricket bat, smashed the ball for six.

Mike Roberts was always very generous with his time, you know, so it was great. There was a period where literally TV3 had no HR department. There was no idea you could do anything. It was the Wild West. But we're taking a look back at some of the moments from the news hub. There was one of my favourite moments where Mike Roberts and Hilary Barry were reading the news together at the time and then Mike went off to Friday Drinks.

Remember that? And John Campbell had to take over. Off you go, Mike. Can you read that for me? I don't know where he's gone. Oh, you're not here at the moment. What's happening here? This is in the middle of the news.

I'll tell you where he's gone. Friday Drinks. I know, he never came back. He went upstairs to get a glass of wine. We always have Friday drinks on Friday and this one time I got talking to the boss and all of a sudden they realised that I wasn't back

in time for the throwback after sport. So that was him actually talking to us about it. But yeah, he just left in the middle of the news just to get a drink. Well mind you, Friday 6 o'clock that's prime work drink time when you're reading the news. Hard to juggle them both. Paddy Gower.

This one went viral and really shot Paddy Gower into superstardom, didn't it? When he's doing a report for the library. I don't even think this was actually on the news.

I just think he did this video for someone else. It was a sketch. But everyone thought it was part of the news and it became a sort of catchphrase. Our thing's

a f***ing library. This is the f***ing news. I thought that was on the news. No, as far as I know it was a sketch for something else like the Auckland University

or something like that. It never played on the news but everyone just it's like thingies or I falling out everyone thinks it was it never actually happened on TV.

That's when you became Did that not happen on TV? No. No. It happened on a Shattering all my dreams Happened when it was recording a promo

so they were recording it and it happened and it was recording a promo. So they were recording it and it happened. And then they redid the take because they're like, we can't have thingy so I fall out. And then there was a blooper show ages later. And so they put that on the blooper show. And everyone's like, I remember seeing that on the day. And they're like, well, no, you didn't because first time you've seen it.

And what else from TV3 have we got? What have we got? Grace? I thought, sorry, emergency defecation situation? No, we don't have that. No, no, no.

The first bulletin though. Yeah. A man in court charged with Monica Catwell's murder. So that was Philip Sherry. He was reading news when things were black and white. Yeah. So he was their first newsreader.

Then John Hawksby at some stage took over. Then Mike and Hillary. They had a lot of great newsreaders. They have. Over the years. Well, they'll be missed. News Hub will be missed. And no doubt it'll be an emotional last bulletin, I imagine, when it takes place.

Exactly. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It's the day before the kids get two weeks of school holidays. Now, we've brought in Harriet, a wonderful boss from the Hits radio station here. Harriet Whiting must send a big hello to Jackie Whiting, tuning in in Christchurch this morning. She's listening, which is good.

It's good to have your mum listening. Is Danny listening? No, probably not. Your dad, he's not interested. Ozzie Zebe, he loves your Hosking. He'll be on Hosking. Hosking. He'll be on Hosking. Haven't quite won over Danny just yet.

We'll get Ben's controversial opinions on after 8 o'clock. Good. But Harriet, you witnessed something in the supermarket the other day. Yes. A big clean up. Yes. An adorable little girl was yelling, Mum, Mum, Mum.

You're not making her sound adorable. And then, no, she was very cute. And then I looked down and I just stepped in her wheeze. Oh, she had a wee accident. I think they were maybe potty training. Toilet training. Yeah. It happens. Yeah.

It happens. Oh, so had the girl just gone pants off and just gone there? She was in a dress. Oh, I see. Yeah. And then the mum- Happened to me before. Didn't know what to do.

So then got the shop assistant to come over with paper towels and clean it up. Got the supermarket to clean it up. Did she ask that they clean it up? I didn't hear, but he did. He was getting paper towels and dabbing it. I've knocked over stuff in the supermarket. Normally they're quite like, no, no, I'll get it.

And you feel like you want to do it, but they're like, no, no. Maybe he just thought it was a bottle of juice. So he didn't know what he was doing? I don't know. I don't know and maybe he just thought it was a bottle of juice oh so he didn't know what he was doing I don't know I don't know if she said that it was toilet business Patricia Taylor had an interesting theory

on this if whatever has has spilt on the floor has emerged from inside your body you're responsible for cleaning it up yeah it's like biohazard

yeah makes sense right yeah oh the poor no one gets paid enough to do that do they no god no

mopping up what's the worst thing you've had to clean up at work Ben's had to clean up a lot of my messes That's right. Oh, the poor poo. No one gets paid enough to do that, do they? No, God no. Mopping up. What's the worst thing you've had to clean up at work? Ben's had to clean up a lot of my messes at work, just sweep them under the rug. Just when my dog pooed under Ben's desk. Oh, yes, right? Ben didn't see it. Didn't you walk in it?

Yeah, just by the kitchen here at work. And it was when you were working across. In enemy territory. Yeah, and I just came in and I had that smell and I was like, oh oh something smells like dog you know to be fair that's the kind of the angriest i've seen you and i didn't we were working together then i was like oh my god and he was probably still like i'm so sorry i stepped in your dog so it was my fault he was but it had like a passag time he's like i'm so sorry i seem to have stepped in your dog's and walks all through

the office too you can just follow the footsteps I cleaned it up though that was the first and only time you brought your dog into work was it

yeah he hasn't come back first and last okay 0800 the hits telephone number let's check this out there this morning what is the biggest mess you've had to

clean up at work that can be metaphorical or literal the hits the Jono and Ben podcast the worst thing you had to clean up at work. I can be metaphorical or literal. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The worst thing you had to clean up at work. I just actually remembered while that song was playing that when we left the rock radio station

and we'd said we were leaving, I knocked over a strawberry or a raspberry tea that I was drinking in the studio. Not very rock. It's so rock. So rock and roll. I'm leaving. Don't you worry.

They let him know about it. And I fell over all the expensive equipment. I kept saying, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm leaving. Don't you worry. They let him know about it. And I fell over all the expensive equipment. I kept saying, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. And yeah, but it wasn't great. You were drinking your raspberry tea. Oh, no, it was very un-rock and roll. It was probably why I was leaving, to be honest. You should have seen the day you wore a salmon shirt into it.

I know. It really threw them. It really threw them. It's a lovely salmon sweater you're wearing. Don't wear your salmon sweater today. You're right. Let's get you. We don't get judged for salmon hair, do you? Chanel, you're on.

Welcome. Biggest clean-up you've had to do at work, mate. Hi. Hi. How are you? Caught you off guard. Bam. Don't know you cut to me. All good. I work in a pet store. It's a family pet store. And we've had obviously lots of little doggies over the years leaving their mistakes

and sometimes it's like an excitement little whittle but then sometimes we get the big dogs that come in and one in particular decided to lift his leg on a giant paper bag of kitty litter and it was like a tragic moment where I'm like no going, keep going. Wee everywhere. Litter bag fell apart. It was just awful. That is, yeah. It's so hard because I take my dog into a pet store

where the vet is as well but because there's so many scents he always wants to wee on everything but it's also a store. It's so, yeah, it's very embarrassing. Ben does that

when he walks into a bar as well. I need to mark my territory around here. But I mean, that's a collateral of owning a pet store, isn't it, unfortunately? It is, it is. We've got the gloves on the ready, don't worry. But then you get the joy of hanging out with pets all day. Yeah, true.

We do, we do. I'm sure they say sorry with lots of slobbery kisses afterwards. Good on you, Chanel. Appreciate you calling through this morning. Trina. Now, what did you have to clean up at work? Hello? How are you. Trina, now this, what did you have to clean up at work? Hello? How are you, Trina? Really throwing people off

this morning. Yeah, yeah. I work at a fast food restaurant. This is like about 12 or 13 years ago. Okay, still raw. And back in the day,

they had this amazing playground that was outside, thank goodness. You're right. And, well, this young man decided to bring his rat in. His rat? To the restaurant? Yes, but this is the playground of the restaurant. Oh, my goodness.

Yeah. So anyway, he tried to freak me out by putting this rat on one of the slides. And, of course, I'm used to animals, you know. And the next thing I know, it's finished. And I had to be very discreet and clean up rat poop all over the playground that's not what you want

in a place that serves food as well who's bringing a rat to a playground but those sort of people who have those unique animals they're like chuck them on your shoulders remember the lady with the skink we met she was lovely but she's like do you want a skink on your face I was like no but before you get the chance like, do you want a skink on your face? I was like, no, but before you get the chance to say no, there's a skink on your face.

You know? It's very important. Yeah, Trina, appreciate it. I think Trina was listening to Newstalk ZB in the background there as well at the same time. Vanessa, you're on your way to work and you've had to clean up something this morning. This is very fresh. Oh, yeah, it's appropriate that you're doing this this morning. I was

walking out the door, picked up the grocery bag on the way to work, and thought, I can smell shit. I walked around smelling, as you do, because, you know, it's what we do. Walked around smelling, couldn't find it, took my shoes off, and then I walked through something. This is in the house. No, no, picked up the bag, put it on the bench.

The cat shit in the bag. Oh! I was like, this is my side, eh it on the bench the cat shit in the bag oh I was like, this is my side A it's going into your handbag no, no, no, god no, grocery bag oh thank god, I thought you were talking about your handbag when that does happen, you do go through the stages of denial though, don't you, like

no, surely not, no, no then you look everywhere, not me yeah, I appreciate you call Vanessa, you go and have a great day The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast this is the final day before school No, no, then you look everywhere, not me. Yeah, I appreciate you, cool. Vanessa, you're going to have a great day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This is the final day before school holidays. The April school holidays kick in next week, and it's the final day for something that's quite a big deal in one of my daughter's lives.

Sienna, who's at high school now, she's like, oh, my goodness. Well, last night, I'll let her explain. Last night, I was driving her home after she had a rehearsal, and she was very upset, and I recorded it. Have a listen. What are you complaining about? Tomorrow is the last day of my whole high school life that I won't have my phone. That's so sad.

You've still got to have your phone. You just won't be able to use it at school. Exactly. So I'm not going to have my phone ever again in school. That's like if you think about it, like... Oh God, you've thought too much about it. Oh that's really sad. That's not sad, it's like...

Oh you've still got it, no it's not. I'm really sad now. Talk to people, live in the real world. Yeah I am living in the real world, but I still need my phone mate. You still need my phone mate? Mate's affair. Now National Cable Company, I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going to have to go and get my phone.

I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going to have to go and get my phone. I'm going world, but I still need my phone, mate. You still need my phone, mate? Mate, it's a fair. National came in, didn't they? National sweeping election promises. Yeah, that was one of their big things, right? They pandered to the people, to the voters, didn't they?

Yeah, they're like, no phones for kids at school. So I'm like, oh, that's all good. They put it in the bag and they're not allowed to use it until after school. I personally think it's a good idea. Yeah. But I don't have to deal with the consequences. She's like, imagine you going to work

and not having to use my phone. I'm like, well, yeah, but I'm an adult and I'm at work. And I can use my phone. And I didn't have a phone when I was at school and they're like, oh, yeah,

but there was no phones and all that sort of stuff. Too busy dodging dinosaurs. Yeah, exactly. Is there a hack with the apps on the laptop? That's what I was going to say I forgot my phone last week

and you can do everything on your laptop Because a lot of them are using laptops to learn now You can even text on your laptop And it's not necessarily, I think, a bad thing It's lunch times it's going to be affecting but it's not a bad thing So you have to interact face to face with people What happens if they get caught.

Yeah, or at the school, I think they've just introduced a policy. I think they get one warning, and if not, the phones get taken off. There's only two days a week that you can, parents can go on, like on a Wednesday and a Monday or something like that to pick up the phone. So the phones could be gone.

I might take my time on coming back. So are people just going to be sitting around in the field and stuff on their laptops and iPads instead? Look at those kids working hard on coming back. So are people just going to be sitting around in the field and stuff on their laptops and iPads instead? Look at those kids working hard on their laptops. Yeah, this is what we wanted. This is what the National Government wanted. Yeah, I'm working. Didn't she write a letter to Parliament? Yeah, so

I think she's quite passionate about it. I think she's got AI to help out with the letter as well. Ironically on her phone. Work smarter, not harder. Yeah, but she's very passionate about it.

It's good to be passionate about those things while I disagree with what she's having to say. I think it's good to have that debate. So she's like, oh,

I'd love to talk to Christopher Luxon about this. Oh, I'd give him a piece of my mind. But I'm like, he's a very good debater.

Yeah, well, we'll put them head to head. We'll get Luxon on. We'll get Luxon on. Luxo v. Sienna. It'll be like one of those leaders debates.

I'd tune in. I'd get my popcorn. Should give him a run for his money, though, I reckon. Yeah, well, we'll see. But I imagine he's very crafty and that sort of thing, right? He is in practice. So, all right, we'll try and make that happen. Okay, listen to Lux-o-destroy a kid in a debate.

We'll get that on. But spare a thought, spare a thought. I mean, I know there's a lot of big things going on in the world, but, you know, spare a thought right now for the kids losing their phones. Thoughts and breath. It's only for, how long do they have, five hours a day? Yeah, yeah. But, hey, yeah, that's what's happening.

It's a big deal. It's a big deal in their world. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You had a good idea for a parody song with that one, Megan, given the recent Diddy allegations. Apparently she had a gun for Diddy in a nightclub, and you could do a parody song. I just said

she's Jenny with a Glock. It's not bad. It's quite funny. But penning, obviously. Allegedly, supposedly. Hopefully there'll be a time we can record Jenny with a Glock from a Glock or whatever. Ruby Tui! The legend herself joins us this morning. Morena, Ruby?

Oh, Morena, guys. I've missed you. I haven't talked to the whole crew in, Ruby. Oh, Morena, guys. Far missed you. I haven't talked to the whole crew in a while. Oh, nice to hear you again. You excited about the big Super Rugby Alpiki final this weekend's Eden Park? Saturday, Chiefs, Manawai taking on the Blues? Oh, how good.

Look, I don't know if it's got much on your handball 24-hour-a-thon. It's got a lot more on that, to be honest. It's really, really cool, man. I think, you know, Alpiki's come a long way on that to be honest It's really really cool man I think you know OPIC has come a long way For women's rugby and super And to have the final at Eden Park

What a huge opportunity I'm stoked as is And it's the first final ever in the world On TikTok So does it happen in 15 second installments Do you have to do a synchronised dance at half time How's it working Yeah I think you've actually got to do a TikTok dance to log in.

So I don't know how you guys are going to watch it. That's very cool. Very cool. Yeah, it's cool they've got them behind. And especially, you know, for me and us, our team, we really want the young girls to be watching. So it's actually really cool because that's, you know, straight beeline for our target audience.

So, man, it's pretty cool to be the first ever too. Now, I was looking at the stats and you're leading the competition in clean breaks this year did you know that do you know that how the stats are going or would you just kind of play the game oh the only stat that matters is that final score i guess but um no it's it's cool and you know like any winger i can't you can't take that because of yourself. If you watch my forwards, if you've met any of them, they're huge forces of nature. And if they

scrum properly and line up properly, then that's how the line breaks happen. You try not to read into too much of the stats, otherwise the front row will come and steal your lunch in that thing. That's why you're a great team player, Ruby. Do you have any rituals you do pre-game?

You know what? For 10 years I had a – I don't like to share it too much, but I actually wore the same pair of undies every single game. Oh, did you? Yeah, and then my psychologist said, what happens if you lose them kind of thing? Like, you need to test your theory. And I honestly – I thought something terrible was going to happen and i didn't wear them like for a for a mental

kind of test yeah and guess what i didn't even die or anything nothing happened i just um i keep it pretty simple now and i just do a couple of breaths before i put my jersey on put them and just say my focus and it's yeah it seems to feel good but yeah i thought something terrible was going to happen i didn't wear that pair of undies. What happened to the lucky pair of undies? Are they still in circulation? You do not want to see the state. I was going to say, the fact that you have had a pair of undies for 10 years is like remarkable.

I couldn't throw them out, but I don't think any living thing could be better. Ruby Toohey is open for a brand ambassador show. We've got to bloody auction those off for the kids, mate. Kids can. Speaking of traditions, if you decided on a song you might sing if you guys take out the title of the Chiefs of Manawai, of course you busted out Tutanamai at the end of the World Cup. Jeez, I don't even think of that.

I guess we've been kind of focused on the game and that, but, jeez, if the crowd's big enough, I reckon we should give it a hoon, eh? Or maybe a new song? People need to go along. It's an incredible competition. It'll be incredible at Eden Park. It's happening.

Great time, too, 4.05 tomorrow. The weather's looking a lot better in Auckland than it is today, so it'll be a great occasion. As John has said, you can catch it on TikTok, also live commentary on Gold Sport and iHeartRadio as well. Now, Ruby, you are one of the great New Zealanders. Always feel a lot happier after talking to you, mate, and good luck tomorrow.

Oh, cheers so much, and it's only $10 for adults, $5 for kids. I think under $4 is free if you just chuck them on your lap. So great afternoon out with the whanau, and thanks so much, guys, for all your support. You've been there since the beginning, and it means heaps. And hopefully we just keep growing. So maybe see you on Saturday night. Holidays, of course, next week.

But over in the UK, the hottest shoes at the moment, Adidas Sambas. Now, been around for a while. The three stripes on the side, people like Harry Styles, Bella Hadid, Rihanna have worn them recently. But apparently they were the biggest shoes. The shoe to wear. Over there. But the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, he did a video,

an Instagram video explaining some tax policies. He's in a suit, but he's wearing some everyman shoes. He's wearing Sambas in a suit. And he's wearing Sambas with a suit. And apparently he's made them very, very uncool. Have a listen. Every Samba-wearing fashion lover will remember where they were when it happened. Approximately 3pm on Friday, April 5th,

and the UK Prime Minister dared to don a pair of Adidas sambas. He ruined them, the fashion writers declared, as the teens shoved the sneakers they begged their parents to buy to the back of their wardrobes. So he's now issued an apology. Are you joking? A fulsome apology to some of the community. He said in his defence

I have been wearing them for years. His first fun bit of trainers but now he's like I'm sorry to make these uncool. But that's the thing like if he's been wearing them for years he's rode that fashion cycle out hasn't he And he's put it on in the video But then there was an article I was reading

They said like Obama Back in 2019 went to this big summit in Malaysia He wore a suit And some sneakers as well And everyone said it was tasteful Playful On point And all of a sudden

This guy does the same thing And everyone's like Oh thanks dad you've killed it for us imagine being the person that makes something uncool oh we've done that like a real big fashion show

yeah we did that with dabbing planking yeah what else all that mannequin challenge can you please wear crocs more Ben you know

when you've got you know daughter like a daughter as a teenage and stuff like that you know as soon as you start doing something that is cool

you've instantly killed it yeah oh dear god last week it was exactly a week ago when it happened uh when we did a tiktok dance with jazz thornton on uh for the handball challenge she said i'll donate two thousand dollars which she did money yeah of her own money which is yeah just amazing but she was like like in exchange for a TikTok dance and we had to learn a TikTok dance with her. You got messaged? Oh, yeah. Straight away, my daughter messaged as well. She got a message from her friend going,

what is your dad up to? Oh, no. I don't know what is better, if you did it really well or if you did it really badly. Because I feel like you did quite a good job of it, but then I'm also like, oh. We were trying. It was a bit thrusting it

was the hip thruster yeah very sexual do i need to see ben or jonah doing the legs sort of spread apart as well i was like we were dropping getting our eagle on yeah dropping low and we were doing it for the kids god damn it yeah okay we were twerking for kids two thousand dollars how did dan was a bit rattled by it he was like like, oh God, I shouldn't have done that. He was hidden behind her, wasn't he? Yeah, he was. We were like,

oh well, we've lost our credibility and we're no longer cool. God, I shouldn't have done that. And she's got millions, she's got two and a half million followers

on TikTok. Oh, they've all seen it. She knew what she was doing. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, you were very excited about telling me this

this morning. It's quite a co-op actually. Yeah, so I don't, disclaimer, I don very excited about telling me this this morning. It's quite a cool app, actually. Yeah, so I don't, disclaimer, I don't do the vacuuming in our household. It's just a chore I hate. I'm the vacuum in our hours too, yeah. Yeah. And I don't enjoy it. No, but it is a job where you're like, someone's got to take it on board.

Someone's got to take that one on the shoulder. I would do the toilets. I clean the toilets. I do the washing. Right, over the vacuum cleaner. Yeah, 100%. Really? What is that? I don't know. I clean the toilets. I do the washing. Right, over the vacuum cleaner. Yeah, 100%. Really? What's that?

I don't know. I just hate it. It takes ages, and it's just mind-numbing. Okay. Plus, my husband is just really fastidious. He's one of those people that will pull chairs away and put- Get behind. Yeah.

And I'm like, I'm not going to do that. That's some good vacuuming right there. That's thorough stuff. He gets annoyed with your hair on the floor of the bathroom too, doesn't he? Yeah. Yeah. But he'll suck it up with the vacuum cleaner. Yeah.

But this is a new tool that's released by Dyson. Non-spawn, but could get me into it, I reckon. So they are releasing with their new- What's non-spawn? This is not a sponsored break. I'm not- Oh, you're clarifying. Dyson haven't paid me to say this.

You're not in the pocket of Dyson. Nah. But I could be. You're saying non-spawn,, you're clarifying. Dyson haven't paid me to say this. You're not in the pocket of Dyson. Nah, but I could be. You're saying non-spawn, but you're open. Yeah. Open to selling it. Hey, Megan, 20 for 20% off. I'm happy to. Happy to.

Well, now it's become a sponsor. I know. That code won't work for you. So they are releasing a tool. It's an app, so you can put it on your phone and i'm guessing there's like a little cradle on the top of the vac where um you when you're vacuuming each sweep each stroke each sweep of the stick yeah will show like a purple line where you've been so it's essentially making vacuuming like a gaming app. Oh,

so you know exactly what area of the floor you've covered. So on your phone, you will see like a purple line where you just vacuumed and it will show your floor. Like a VR sort of situation

that you're like, I need to get all the spots to get a perfect score. It'll show you where you've been, yeah, so you can get a perfect score and then at the end,

you can get it to scan your room and be like, does anyone, does anyone need a second go did I miss anywhere smart pretty cool

yeah like that would make it quite fun I mean maybe once or twice and then I'd get over yeah there's a lot of

novelty of that right Andrew you're back at it mate you're still having to do the act of vacuuming that's true I've got a perfect

score you're like great stuff you know it looks pretty cool though I reckon I'd be into it, at least for a few guys. It looks purple on the app. Yeah.

In the virtual reality world. Well, it's like Dyson purple, right? Yeah. Yeah. Pretty cool. That's very cool. And maybe getting everyone into vacuum cleaning. Yeah.

So Dyson, hit me up. Well, now this is bought to you by Dyson. Just like it is, right? The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Around the country. Bad weather. It's moved from the south to the north.

The South Island seems to have settled a little bit, but the poor west coast has really been hounded by a lot of rain. Some evacuations, having to boil water for some places, and it seems like severe thunderstorms and winds around areas like Auckland, Northland, Great Barrier, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Coromandel today. Yeah, evacuations still happening in Marlborough, I think. Just wild weather right across. But I thought right in the north we were going to maybe get it a bit later.

But yesterday, from lunchtime till 9.30pm, we had no power. And I was like, oh man, you forget. It's quite a long time. It's a long time. And we've got a three-year-old and a one-year-old. And first of all, trying to explain to them why the TV won't work. They don't comprehend it. They don't comprehend TV anyway.

No. It's just there. He's just like screaming at me, Paw Patrol! I'm like, well, it's not happening, mate. You should have done a live performance of Paw Patrol. We ended up, I was like, thank goodness, our little portable speaker's charged.

So we ended up just smashing through some Taylor Swift for hours. But we had a pizza party because, of course, I couldn't cook anything. I couldn't even reheat anything. Did you get the candles? The sexy candles? There was lots of candles. We had a candlelight pizza party. Not so sexy, though, are they, when the kids are there?

Oh, yeah. And then we realized when it got to, like, bath time, I was like, there's no hot water. So we boiled water in every pot we had on the gas and ignited it with like a lighter but like I tell you what

you have not lived until you have changed a poopy nappy with a little torch in your mouth as you're trying to see what you're doing and she's rolling around

everywhere that was you needed one of those cool head you know the head stretch yeah would have been great because

i imagine at any stage you could have dropped that torch from your mouth into the nappy and then the torch is gone really it was one of those moments where we're like right when the power's on we're gonna do this emergency pack i'm gonna get one of those big torches i'm gonna buy this and this and now it's the power's back on i'm probably not gonna do any of it yeah was it benjamin franklin he discovered, didn't he? Well, maybe, yeah. You're just so, when it's not there, you don't appreciate it, do you? When it's there.

I'm going to have a cup of tea. No, I'm not. Everything. And then the worst part was I got into bed at 9.30 and you hear the little hum and the lights come back on and you're like, oh, cool. It was a prank the whole time. And I go to sleep.

Thank you. It was us just actually being outside with your power box. You switched them off. I waited for a long time for you to get to bed. Watched you sleep for a little bit. Great. Yeah, it was a bit weird as well. You started boiling water for the bath.

I'm like, oh, maybe I don't need to watch this. But I did. This isn't the fun content I was imagining. My commitment to pranks Alright That's what happens Anybody who's watching With the torch

Doing the nappy thing Is like oh no We'll flick the lights Better I'm out The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Who's having the best weekend

We do this every Friday morning Heading into the weekend We find out which island Is having the best weekend And what's on offer We have Connor in the south We have Hayley in the north. And they each pitch to us what's going on.

And it's wild, wet, and windy across much of the country as well. But nothing is wilder, wetter, and windier than the best weekend. Who's the windiest out of the two? No, don't answer that. Jono. I'm going to put my hand up and say I'm the weirdest at the moment. Alright, well let's move along from that weird

introduction that's thrown everyone, including myself. Let's start with you, Hayley. Let's go, Hayley in the North. What's going on this weekend? Well, aside from needing a shower from that intro, it's all happening at Te Papa tomorrow in the capital. We have got Emergency Services Expo,

which is basically every child's dream, an adult. We have police, fire trucks, ambulance, Defence Force, Coast Guards. They're all on display there. The kids can come see them. They even got a fire rescue show where they're going to rescue someone from a roof. And a helicopter water bucket display too, which I think they're going to rescue someone from a roof. And a helicopter water bucket display

too, which I think they're going to have a helicopter flying around the waterfront dipping into the harbour and showing how they fill buckets of water for fire and emergency. How would Basti like that, mate? He would fizz. He would be absolutely fizzing. All of the emergency services at one location? Yeah, it's pretty insane.

All of the sirens going at the same time. That's pretty cool. Alright, what else in the North, Hayley? And then I've got two main metros this weekend. We're going back to Auckland. We have got the first day of school holidays kicking off with the Vintage Kids Family Day. So they want all kids off devices, right? They just want good old-fashioned vintage fun.

You can dress up vintage, bring out the wool tweed suits, and they have got all kind of old-school games. They've got wooden games, book reading, bikes, making stuff with clay, and it's kind of taking the kids back to the olden days, getting them off the social media and stuff like that, and just celebrating the start of holiday. Oh, great idea.

I remember those vintage times when I was growing up as a child, playing with the penny farthing and chasing the rats with the sticks. Yep, texting someone via pigeon. Yeah, what a time. What a time to be alive. All right, well, that's going on in the north.

We go across to Connor. How are you feeling? You wet, wild, windy? What's going on? Pick one. He's all three. I don't know what to say. Well, I am broadcasting live from Gore this morning, actually.

So there you go. I mean, technically, yes. What are you doing in Gore? It's a little radio station down here. It's 30th anniversary. We're celebrating. Yeah. Yes, the mates.

Nice. Nice to be here. Did you celebrate last night? Yeah. I can tell. Yeah. Yeah. Last time we had a conversation when I was down here,

yeah, I sounded about the same, actually. Well, thank you for answering the phone, Connor. What's happening in the South? Well, we'll start in Christchurch because, of course, the school holidays kick off and we've got this inflatable fun obstacle course which they put up at Jelly Park. It's just a massive inflatable obstacle course

that kids can run around and fall off of and maybe get minor concussions on. At least they're not heavy concussions. You can deal with a minor one. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I've had my fair share, trust me. We then go to, I know Hayley was talking about all the emergency services in one place.

Well, they're currently on the West Coast dealing with flooding. Regardless, apparently AgFest is still a go. That's what I'm hearing. Two days of getting to experience all the new farm machinery. Check out some dairy sheaths. Look at some tractors and stuff. Yeah, I don't really know. You're reading out pornography for farmers right there, my friend.

There's the two choices. Now, over to you, Megan. We've got some agriculture stuff happening in the South. We've got some emergency stuff happening in the North, we've got some emergency stuff happening in the north I'm going to go with the north this week can't beat the wholesome fun of the sirens and celebrating the emergency services Let's go with Hayley

Connor's like, yeah I accept that Connor's like, I want to just go back to sleep And it's great knowing that all the emergency services are in one location so it's good to you know, do some robberies arsonists go loose. Thanks you two, you have a wonderful weekend. Thanks guys