Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: We set up Megan's Mum with Matt Health

Episode Date: February 18, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan's got a bad injury overnight so we asked you about your lamest injuries - there were some bangers! Jono had a run-in in traffic and turns out Ben also got pulled over yesterday for his number plates... Dear Megan involves a kiss on the lips and some admissions from Megan herself We chat to CYRIL ahead of his set at SYNTHONY Festival Megan's Mum RayRay is a fan of Matt Heath, so we got them on the phone together Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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where you're in a plane crash and the first thing, the first reaction is to start filming on your phone. Harrowing footage though, isn't it Megan? Yeah. Which is really fun. Hanging like bats is how they described it because they were hanging upside down

with their seatbelts on when the plane stopped. But it also caught fire. It exploded when it landed and it rolled on its back. Very scary situation. And as I said before, fortunately, everyone's okay. But yeah.

Now I feel stupid going, yeah, real handbrake. That's what I did. Yeah, you dick. Another big news of dramatic scenes. So we've just come off this poor guy who's been coming out of a plane. Fiery crash. Survived a plane crash. Holy ****. And over to you. Windy. Survived a plane crash. Holy ****.

And over to you. Wendy, I see, you know, Made World News. But this isn't Made World News yet, but it could do, right? Give me a chance. Okay, right. So yesterday, dramatic scenes at my house. It was bedtime, okay? Toddlers' bedtime chaotic scenes.

Almost as worse as being upside down in a plane. I'm running down the hallway to get Pamela. I don't know why when we live with our feet our whole lives, you misjudge doorways. Yeah, it happens. And your toes get caught. You know where they're going. Like, I knew the doorway was there.

My feet have always been with me. But for some reason, I misjudged the doorway. Yeah. Your toes are all in the same direction, I know what you're saying. How many times have you walked through this doorway before? Oh, I don't know. Hundreds. Hundreds.

So what happened? I've caught my toes on the doorframe as I'm running through, and I've heard a crunch, and it knocks you down. It took me down. In fact, I don't even think I yelled. It was like a... Yeah. And you know when you hurt your toe

and it's like crippling pain and then it's fine. Like nothing happened. Although that's not happened now. Like I'm still in a lot of pain. I'm like, I think I've broken my toe. As much pain as a guy dangling upside down in a plane? Probably.

No, he's fine. Yeah. His he's fine. His toes are fine. Did you hear him? He survived. Not a scratch. Well, we don't know that. He could have banged his toe on the way out or something at the plane door.

He wouldn't be doing that video. He'd be like. Yeah, no, you're right. I hate the ones where you're barefoot and something gets wedged in between your toe and it kind of splits your toes. A webbing, you know? Like, bang, you walk into a corner of a bed or a couch or something. Oh, yeah. It's painful.

It drops you. Now, you're talking ACC claims here. That's what you were saying before. What are we claiming for? Like, what do you need? I don't know. Sympathy. They don't just do sympathy.

ACC can just send me a text every day Being like You okay So let's say you've broken something With a pretty lame Sort of situation I ran into a door Yeah ran into a door Okay 4487 on the text

0800 the hits Have you broken something In more lame Yeah Something that's more lame You got out of bed Yeah Or maybe it was high drama

That you broke something What do you want What do you want right now me No I want the lamest ones Okay So make me feel better. I just want some coolers. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The Hitch. G'day, Roz. How are you this morning? I'm good. I'm good. Great to have you on. We're talking the most harrowing injuries.

What happened to you? I went to visit a friend. I tripped over a wire and I hit the only ceramic pot plant my friend had and broke the scaphoid bone in my hand. What is your scaphoid bone? Where is that? In your hand, obviously. It's sort of below your thumb. It's around in your palm, just below your thumb. God, how do you fix that? Did you have a cast on your hand? I did, I did. But then two years later, I went to get wood off the wood pile and the one at the top fell on it and broke it again. Oh, my God.

You and your skateboard have had a rough time, haven't they? We have, yes. Yeah, well, Ros, go and have a great day in Whangarei. Really appreciate you listening to the show. Will do. Watch out for ceramic pots. Yeah. Yeah, I'll watch out for ceramic pots.

Good on you, Ros. We've got lame injuries. Stacey, what happened? Hey, so it wasn't a break this time, although I am accident prone and have broken a lot, fallen off segways and things. But this time, I actually sleepwalk. I have night terrors and I sleepwalk and stuff,

which is lovely for my husband. But I woke up, well, I didn't wake up. I was sleepwalking in the night, walked across the bedroom floor doing something, God knows what. And you know those plastic washing baskets with the little holes? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I must have either walked into it or kicked it,

but it sliced the back of my toe. They are like little, yeah, I know, the squares, the tiny little squares which fit toes perfectly too. That's the one. That's the one. I had to go in to work with a bandage on my foot and actually explain to people that I'd slept walked And kicked a washing basket

Did that wake you up instantly? Yes What a horrible way to wake up I didn't realise the damage Because I was so still drowsy So my husband just thought I was having a night terror And just went, oh go back to bed And then when we woke up there was just blood all over the bed

Where my foot was bled all night You never want to wake up with blood all through the bed where my foot was bleeding all night. Oh, my God. You never want to wake up with blood all through your bed, do you? That's general life for a while. I try to abide by it. Hey, Stacey, go and have a great day. Keep your toes safe and try not to sleepwalk.

Cheers. Take care. Have a good day, guys. You too. Let's get Grace on. Good morning. Morning. Lamest breakages, Grace.

So I broke my shoulder when I was younger playing Wii boxing. On Nintendo? How hard were you? Yeah, on the Wii. But you're like boxing the air, right? Yeah, you're not punching anything, right? You are. So how did you break your shoulder? To be honest, I couldn't tell you what exactly happened,

but I knew that I had done it. I punched the air and broke my shoulder. Grace, I'm going to say it happened through sheer power and force. The momentum of your punch was so powerful, it ripped your shoulder apart. Yeah, that's what I like to tell myself at race. Wow, that's impressive. Do you have to write that on the ACC form?

Yeah. It took a few days for anyone to sort of believe that that's what I could have done. But sure enough. Far out. Wow. Good on you, Grace. And have you been Wii Boxing since? No.

It took me a while to get back into that. I don't think I want to try that again anytime soon. She's retired. Like Muhammad Ali, she's announced her retirement from boxing. She's hung up her ear gloves. Yeah, good on you, Grace. Have a great one. Sean, what happened?

Yes, I was about five or six, and I was chasing my brother around the Garinpur's place playing tag. He jumped over one bit of the garden, I jumped over the next and there was a bamboo stake sticking up that hooked my manhood well, boyhood at the time and yeah, tore the sack open. Oh my god!

Good lord! No! Oh my gosh! Well I don't even have one and I'm like Oh! Now what happens from that point on? Are you rushed to A&E? You've been just a lot of shock too, right? I was on a holiday down in a small town down south near Te Anau, and so the only place I was local was actually a vet.

And so my mum and grandma took me along there, and the vet nurse sewed my skin back up. The vet nurse. Good on the vet nurse. It's like, this is not my job description, but I'm going to do it anyway. Also, neutered you at the same time. Oh, hopefully not. That is, oh, you poor.

And any long-lasting effects or trauma from it? No, just a scar that's still visible, which I've had a question about, but that's all good. Jeez, you poor fella. Oh, wow. Everyone's wincing. Thank you for sharing that horrible, horrible story with us. And that's my theory.

Vets, you know, you can go and get anything that a doctor does to you done for half price at the vet. I don't think that's accurate. No, I don't think, no. Paul, good morning. Good morning. How are you? Yeah, good. Megan has had a life-threatening injury happen overnight, and we're just, you know, making her feel better.

Thank you. So I went to cross the road in a bit of a hurry. Took about two steps to tour my calf muscle on the way across the first part of the road. Ended up stranded on a big island in the middle of the road. So were you going fast at all or just

Yeah, probably should have warmed up a bit first. Limber up. Stretch before crossing the road. You never think about that. A brisk couple of steps and tore your calf muscle probably a couple of hundred metres

to get back to my car you know there was someone watching that whole thing happen too Paul

someone from a distance this might make you feel better Paul someone's texting 4487

my uncle broke his wrist by rolling over in his sleep oh no that's a lie on the ACC 614487, my uncle broke his wrist by rolling over in his sleep. Oh, no. That's a lie on the ACC form.

Yeah, well, it feels like it, right? Are you going to have a great day, Paul? Okay, Len, you have a good day, guys. You too. Len, good morning. Not so much a lame injury, but boy, oh boy, this is a traumatic event that took place. Yeah, it was not that

great. So I went out for an evening ride on my horse. I think I hopped back on and the saddle slipped. Put my leg back to catch myself and it just snapped in half. Oh my God. You snapped your leg in half, falling off your horse? I didn't even get on it, so, you know.

Didn't even get on it. What did the horse do? I imagine the horses aren't overly helpful in that situation. Well, the horse was fine. It wasn't until I looked down to see the bone sticking out, because I heard it crack. And I was like, well, I said a few bad words. But I just yelled, yeah, well, that's broken.

And she got a fright and took off. And, of course, I had my phone in the saddle pad with my drink bottle, and so that went with her. Oh, the horse is like, ugh! So wait, how did you let anyone know? Yeah, that's the good thing. I was behind a barn so no one could see me. The neighbour, the lady, had come out to do something outside,

and I was yelling out to her, but she couldn't hear me or she couldn't see me. The neighbours, the lady had come out to do something outside and I was yelling out to her but she couldn't hear me or she couldn't see me. I could see her look over but she... So how long were you lying there with the bone sticking out of your leg for until someone helped you? An hour and a half. Oh mate.

I'm glad you're okay now. Well I assume you're okay. Have you still got your leg? Yes I You still got your leg? Yes, I've still got my leg. It took a slightly long time to heal, though. Two surgeries and two years later. Well, I'm glad it all turned out well in the end. You go and have a great day.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hits. Bit of an interesting trip to work this morning. So, you know, traffic lights at this time of morning, relatively empty. So I was behind another vehicle and it felt like three phases of lights went through without us getting the green light. Okay, and three phases of lights at this time of the morning,

it feels like three hours. It does. It really does. And so it got to the point where I was like, because I remembered someone told us, or I might have made it up, that there's pads, sensor pads, under each entrance to the intersection

so that it can sense when the car's there. It'll go, okay, well, there's no other vehicles. I'll let them through. I wonder if that's the case for everyone or just some of them because surely that's very expensive. That's what I was thinking. I was like, who's putting all these pads in?

They seem like a nightmare because I wouldn't have always been there. Text 4487. There are pads everywhere. Anyway, so I thought, I was like, okay, there all these pads in? They seem like a nightmare. Because I wouldn't have always been there. Text 4487. There are pads everywhere. Anyway, so I thought, I was like, okay, there's these pads. So I was like, maybe the person hasn't rolled on top of the pad. It's not recognising there's a vehicle waiting to go through. So I got out of the car.

And what I find other motorists like is if you give them advice on how to drive, especially when they're a bit older than you. So this gentleman, I'd say probably 60s, 70s. Hello, mate. How are you? Hey, listen, I don't know, but I think maybe if you just roll forward maybe by a meter or two, there's a pad, and that'll be a sensor, and then we'll get the green light. And he's looking at me like I've asked him for his personal banking details.

He's not happy. And so I went back to the car. He begrudgingly rolls forward. And now it's sort of a battle of passive-aggressive wills where I'm like, please let there be a pad. I've made a mighty mistake. Then we sat there for another two light phasings. I just had to run the red light.

Oh, no. Nothing else I could do. Just had to escape embarrassment. Because I could tell he was eyeballing me in the rear vision. Did you go around him? No, it was like an inside lane. Yeah, yes, I did.

I don't know why I said nah. That's exactly what I did. I went around him. If anyone's listening, I actually got pulled over by the cops last night. Did you? Yeah.

And it's my own silly fault because I've come up with a bit of a hack because we were filming at home doing some stuff around the house. And I'm not, it's my own silly fault because I've come up with a bit of a hack. We were filming at home doing some stuff around the house. And I'm not – if you want to blur your license plate, it's quite a rigmarole. You know, like I don't want to put my – I'm filming with a car, so I've come up with a hack recently that you cover in duct tape your license plate.

So then when you're filming, you don't have to blur your license plate because if you blur your license plate, every single shot moves around and you've got to match the blur. It takes ages. So I'm like, great. The police don't understand this. No, that's the thing. When you drive out and you forget you've still got your license plates covered up with duct tape, they pull you over and they're like,

do you know what's going on? I'm like, no, I don't. I'm going to the speed limit. They're like, we can't see your license plate. And you're like, do you know what a nightmare it is to pixelate license plates in social videos? I'm so sorry. Megan, I'm sorry, you're just working with

a couple of bad boys this morning. That's right, they're off then now, and it was a mistake by me, but luckily I got away with that. And that old guy's probably still sitting in the intersection. Dame Ali Harwood joins us for the New Zealand Herald section. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Dame Ellie Harwood joins us

for the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz which we play every day and we could, hey, we could be knighted. I'm thinking New

Year's Honours if we get three in a row today. Yeah, you deserve it I reckon if you get three in a row. Someone has to fill out the

paperwork though. We can't enter ourselves in the New Year's Honours. No. Can you do that as well Ellie? Yeah, I'll get onto that as well. No worries guys. Fresh off two wins. Alright, we're out the paperwork though we can't enter ourselves in the you know the new year's honors no so you can you do that as well ellie yeah i'll get onto that as well no worries guys fresh off two wins all right we're coming in with a lot of blind cockiness and arrogance here we go all right

question number one what is the capital of mongolia is it is it ulan b, Astana or Tashkent? Yeah, it's a bit of a hard one, isn't it? We're going to use our lifeline straight off the bat. Stop the printing of the entry form for the New Year's honours. No. Anything would be a guess to be 100% honest from me. None of those ring any bells, I'm sorry. Okay, 4487.

We may as well use our lifeline maybe it gets easier from here Erlen Batan someone's texting 4487 you're going to go

with that one yeah that is correct thank you nice work appreciate you texting through we do this as a team

okay now our lifeline's gone yeah wow you blew that one early okay question number two which element has the atomic number 29? Is it zinc, copper, or nickel, guys?

Which one is it? Oh, that's... Producer Grace is not here today. She loves her science. She's our science. She's our science. She's our science. Oh, yeah, it's hard.

Might have to be another guess there, I reckon. No facials, no facials. Would you like some? No, no. Okay, yep. 29 rings a bell. Yep, that's the question yeah that was the question you had to relate to the thing yeah 20 rings a bell because that was which one is

yeah that's why it rings a bell so yeah which element has the atomic number 29 johnno was it zinc copper or nickel i'm to go copper for some reason. I don't know why, just because it's in the middle. That is correct. Rings a bell. Okay, next question. All right. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Earhart. Was it Amelia Earhart? That is correct. Oh, yeah. We're glorying our way back now. Was it Amelia Earhart? That is correct. Oh, yeah. That's correct. Hey, Jono. We're glorying our way back now. Okay. In Greek mythology, who was the father of Icarus?

Icarus. Icarus. Zeus. Thank you. Hold on. I'll read you the options there, mate. He's so confident. Yeah, it's like. Minos, Daedalus, or Thesus.

Daedal Delis Great rapper He's a great rapper Great rapper Yeah drawing a blank on that Sorry Of who? Who was Zeus

I thought it rang a bell there No In Greek mythology Who was the father of Icarus Minos De Delis Or Thesis Icarus was the one with the wings.

Minos. Who is Minos? He sounds familiar to me. God, I wish I'd paid attention in that class. Just lock it. We'll have a stab. Yeah, go on. All right.

Which one was it? Minos. With confidence as well. Except an alternative answer has come through on the text machine, but I know we've already used our- We used our lifeline. Minos was it. We have to lock it in.

Producer Ali? That is incorrect. Is that David Dallas? Yeah, it was David Dallas. Yeah, that's what we wrapped up. There we go. Well, we couldn't quite get three out of three. Hard luck.

The high highs and the low lows of the Herald Quiz, you know, bang off two in a row, and then all of a sudden you're back down in the sewers of loss. Well, thank you, Producer Ali. We'll be back again tomorrow. Something making news at the moment. New Zealand travel enthusiast, content creator has put into ChatGPT, of course, the function that we all love to use, to roast New Zealand.

And this is doing the rounds. He's like, all right, ChatGPT, have a crack at New Zealand. I love, I don't think this is what AI is designed for, but I can't think of anything better to use it for at the moment. Okay, this is some of the things that ChatGPT has said about New Zealand. See if you agree with these, all right? You have a housing crisis, a healthcare crisis, a cost of living crisis, and a brain drain problem. But hey, at least you got bird of the century, right? But it's all just true.

Those are the ones that cut the deepest. Yeah, yeah. It's tick, tick, tick. New Zealand is proof that if you put enough sheep and overpriced housing in one place, people will actually convince themselves it's a utopia. It's true. It's just one of those occasions where like,

hey buddy, we can make fun of New Zealand. Yeah, might be one of those. Then we get all defensive when other people make fun of New Zealand. The entire country has the energy of a small town Facebook group where someone's consistently complaining about the teenagers doing burnouts at 3am. It's true. So we are just a big moaning, gnarking village.

Are we? For a country that loves to brag about being clean and green, it sure enjoys poisoning its rivers with cow piss and pretending climate change is someone else's problem. These are too accurate. It's not funny because it's too accurate. New Zealand's

nightlife, idea of nightlife is a kebab shop that closes at 9.30 and a drunk 19-year-old fighting a road sign. What's wrong with that?

It's a good time. But they shut it at midnight too. And every major city in quotation marks in New Zealand is just a glorified town except for

Auckland which is a glorified traffic jam and that's ChatGPT roasting us. Jeez, we never get all snarky and prickly. Yeah, I can't disagree with any of those. Remember we got it to read out Burns on us, and we all just like, we played the ads, and we were all just sitting there in silence going,

oh, that was a reality check. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Poppy, my daughter, she came to me on Sunday night and she was a little frosty about an activity that she had to do at school this

week and it's for generations, centuries, we've done it, New Zealand school kids. It feels like a box-ticking exercise in the water safety program where they throw all the kids in the pool in a full set of clothes and shoes. And she's like, I don't get this. I'm like, well, you know, there could be a situation

where you fall into a pool with your full set. And she's like, that's never going to happen. I'm never planning on falling into a pool. I said, okay. I ended up sort of finding myself defending this thing where I'm like, I don't even know why we're doing it. You can fall off a boat. You can jump off a boat.

Accidents happen. You know, to get to safety, you want to know, I guess, what it's like to be swimming with that much stuff on. Yeah. But she's like, if I'm on a boat, I'm not wearing jeans, a jersey, and boots. Inter-Islander? Like you're on the inter-islander? You know, those sort of,er You know those Full as fairy

You wish Ben when you needed him You go to Waiheke Island for the weekend The fairy sinks It might be winter Maybe you're doing that Titanic scene At the front of the boat They weren't wearing swimmers were they It would have been a shambles if they fell into the water

In the Titanic, thank god I didn't see the end of that movie But you know She had to do it And what they don't factor in as well That would have been a shambles if they fell into the water in the Titanic. Thank God I didn't see the end of that movie. But, you know, she had to do it. And what they don't factor in as well is after that, she's like, oh, my pants came clean off in the water. Oh, right. But then she ends up, because we gave her a sack to put all the wet clothes in, carrying around 20 kilograms of sopping wet clothes.

We're having to deal with the back end when all that stuff comes in. Bags at school, they're heavier and heavier. Like, jeez, they carry around. That's like carrying around 30, 40 kgs on their back. It is, yeah. That's crazy, yeah. And I'm like, why don't you get a locker? And they're like, yeah, because the school's so big,

you have to go across and you don't have time to go to a locker. So they just carry it. Or weight training. It's like wearing a weighted vest all day. Exactly. We're working our kids hard. That's before they even get into the classroom. Yeah.

So, well, you add 20 kgs of washing to that as well. Yeah. Really putting pressure on them. So if you are doing the swimming module at the moment and you're about to head to school this morning with a full set of clothes and jump in the water, good luck. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The Hat. DM Megan. Thought I'd just let that Nirvana stuff play out. There we go. All right. Someone has slid into my DMs with a situation in their life and they want you to pass judgment. Or offer advice.

Offer advice. Sorry. While passing judgment. Yes, I'm here. Okay. This one reads, Hey guys, passing judgments. Yes, I'm here. Okay. This one reads, Hey guys, this is a bit of a weird one I thought you could bring up for dear Megan.

I have a colleague and friend who I've known for years, but every time I see him, he gives me a hug and a kiss on the lips. I've never thought much of it. It's just what he does. And I don't think it's exclusive to me. But if my husband knew, he'd probably be pretty upset. Kissing your colleague on the lips. This little ritual definitely started in the 90s

didn't it? It wasn't one that's kicked off over the last couple of years. So it's been going on a while. Some people are like that though aren't they when they come up to greet. Some people do kiss on cheeks normally. But is that like a European? They do that in Europe.

They do some old stuff in Europe. Countries that do kiss on either cheek and stuff like that. It's hard when you're not seeing it. Is it just like a peck? Some people ear kiss. The ear kiss is a good one. Where you kind of bang cheeks. Can this person move their cheek?

Is that something they can do in this situation? As they come and just be like, cheek. Or offer up like an elbow or a forehead or just a less romantic part of the body to kiss. Or I guess if you're not happening, like, yeah, move your face and just go on for the hug. Yeah, like a boxer weaving. The thing is with partners, right? She obviously deep down hasn't said anything to her partner because she probably knows it's not wrong. And how her partner would react. It's not wrong. It's not wrong. I mean, she probably knows it's not wrong and how her partner would react.

It's not wrong. I mean, it's not right, sorry. But it is wrong and it's alright. She's not doing anything wrong, is she? We're not having an affair. She's not going in and kissing this person back,

I guess. She's just saying it doesn't bother her, I guess. Does he kiss other people on the lips, this guess. She's just saying it doesn't bother her, I guess. Yeah, it's a weird one. Does he kiss other people on the lips, this guy? She says, what does she say? I don't think it's exclusive to me. So it sounds like that's how he greets people? Sounds like he's a ripe case for HR.

It sounds like. She does say a colleague and friend who I've known for years. But, yeah. Are you someone that would kiss on the cheeks or things like that? So I kiss, like, a lot of people on the lips.

I kiss my... Do you? Like, my family, my mum, my dad, we kiss on the lips. Do you kiss on the lips, your family? Yeah.

Do you? And I kiss, like, all of Andrew's family on the lips. What? So, like, my brother-in-law. Do you? His brother.

Do you kiss your father-in-law on the lips? Yeah. Do you? Oh. I see. I your father have a kiss on the lips? Yeah Do you? Oh I see I don't think that's weird That's fine

You do you Mouth kisses Yeah They're both How long are your lips like into mine? It's a peck So who did that first?

Did you lead with that? I don't know because I didn't really find it weird because I did that with my parents and I still do I reckon it definitely threw Andrew's dad when you first came in for a kiss on the lips.

He initiated it. I think so. Really? But I was like, cool, because I do that with my family. So maybe I don't find this as weird. Kissing on the lips. So I kiss my husband's brother on the lips. I guess if you're both into it, that's fine.

Now that I've said that out loud. Yeah, no, it's fine. I can't imagine kissing Kathy, my mother-in-law, on the lips. Would you kiss Joyce Boyce on the lips? Maybe you should try it. Oh, it's too late. It's far gone now. It's something you definitely need.

You do have to do it right from the start. Okay, I'll wait over the hits. This person. Is it okay for them to be kissing a colleague on the lips? It's a friend. It's been going on for years. It's platonic. Yeah.

And does their partner need to know about it? Yeah, you're a lip kiss the lips. It's a friend. It's been going on for years. It's platonic. Yeah. And does their partner need to know about it? Yeah, you're a lip kisser like Megan and her family. Tilly, where are you sitting on this lip scandal? Look, I'm a hugger, okay? I'm definitely not a kisser on the lips. But, I think it's society

because she was comfortable with it until a colleague pointed out to her, have you told your husband? So, you know, it was a nothing thing. And until somebody pointed out to her, now I'd bugged her. That's not fair.

Society casting judgment again. People love to do that on social media, don't they? Anytime a celebrity puts a photo up with their kids, oh, that kiss, like David Beckham kissed his daughter on the lips and everyone went in on that. I thought that was quite normal. But Kiwi's a bit prudish. Maybe we are.

Maybe we are. I also come from a nudist family. So, like, maybe we're supposed to be European. Maybe you are. Maybe you mean to be frolicking through the hills of France or something. Naked kissing everyone. Kissing everyone on the lips. I don't know.

Maybe that's your future. Tilly, love your work. Have a great day. Thank you so much. Love your work too. Bye. Tilly's a loyal listener to the show. Esther, morning to you.

Good morning. How are you? We're doing well. In Timaru, lip-kissing colleagues. Oh, look, being from Scotland, we're very prudish. We don't really do the hug, kiss thing. But Megan, nudist. Well, you've let me into a bit of an insight.

I'm trying not to get a visual. I tell you what, we've all learned a lot about Megan over the last six minutes. I said I come from a nudist family. I'm not, per se. But okay. I think with the colleagues concerned, I definitely would say to the colleague, look, I find it a wee bit uncomfortable.

Someone's seen us. You know, we're in work. I think it's a little bit unprofessional and I definitely wouldn't get my husband involved because he might just see it from the completely wrong point of view and take it the wrong way. But kissing my family personally, you know, I lived in Italy for years and they taught me,

mwah, mwah, mwah. And we never really touched each other's cheeks, but it was always a very, that was your greeting. So I went back to Scotland and all of a sudden I did this with my family. Well, they were like frozen. It was weird.

Mwah, m weird. What? What? What are you doing? What's she brought back here? Well, this is how we live. This is Europe. This is what we do. Oh, Esther.

Bring it on. Love it. I brought them a thing or two about, you know, a bit of love. Can you just do us a favour too, Esther, and say purple burglar alarm? Purple burglar alarm. Not bad. Not bad. I'm glad I was sober this morning

because I thought I was going to be lined on board about a struggle. You have a great day. We appreciate your call. So to wrap things up, Megan. Well, thank you. I mean, I would say it's fine, but it turns out a lot of people are saying

maybe it's not and you need to set a boundary with your colleague. Okay. But I mean, like, if you're fine with it, it's your life. They're your lips. Put them where you want, babe. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. Cyril, of course,

is going to be here for the Manuka Fuel Symphony Festival in March and just next month, which is going to be incredible. The biggest festival, one day festival in New Zealand. But you're here now. What are you doing here now, Cyril? Just chilling.

Just having a good time. I feel like you've come early, but that's good. That's good. I swam over. You're doing a bit of a recce just to make sure the place is in order for when you're here. Checking it out, mate. Just making sure it's all clean and good to go. Now, you've literally just walked into the studio.

You said you've had no sleep zero sleep you've been up all night working no sleep gang baby let's go now normally that we think in your line of work that would be partying you'll be out doing your thing but this is actually like working on tracks and stuff working man yeah like you were if you're working with someone over in america and then over the uk over europe you know so many different time zones that you have to deal with so when you say you're are you working on multiple songs with multiple people that's that's your day at work a lot of originals originals at the moment so it's like it's not like i'm just pumping out a remix it's like you've got to go over every little minor detail we've recorded like the vocal and then the vocal might have a little click in it

someone hears that we've got to try to fix that and it's like the other person's over in america so we've got to try to organize that person to go to the studio. Oh, it's insane. So is that all over Zoom? Yeah, Zoom, WhatsApp, email, you name it, mate. Such an amazing sort of probably last couple of years for you. Can you believe it when you kind of look back? Because I was even looking at a video. You said you've got that song.

You used the Paramore track as well, the version of that. You emailed them as a 12-year-old or something. I did. Yeah, man. Yeah, and then I messaged Hayley Williams last year and I said, hey, can we make this official? And she was like, nothing. Nothing.

Donuts. I thought that was going to end really nice. No, I hate you, mate. So what is the one pinch yourself moment that you've had? Like, even the other day I saw you with Greg Norman, the golfing legend. Oh, yeah, man. Yeah.

That's so funny because we were in the elevator with him, me and my manager, and I'm just chatting to him like I didn't know who it was. Oh, did you not? I didn't know who it was, man. Because he didn't know who I was either, so we were all good. That's funny. It was a clash of generations. He goes, I love your music.

I said, I love your golfing. I've never seen him golf in my life. He's probably never heard your music. No, he's a cool guy, though love your music. I said, I love your girlfriend. I've never seen any girlfriend in my life. He's probably never heard your music. No, he's a cool guy, though. Really nice. Well, you seem like a pretty down-to-earth, very approachable sort of person. Is it weird mixing and mingling with famous people now?

Oh, you know, I just treat them as normal people. You know, like, see Teddy Swins is like my boy. You know, he's a good fella. You know, Dean Lewis is really nice. You know, people I've met are just normal people. Yeah, like we're talking now, you know. Yeah, that's cool. Well, you've definitely down fella. Dean Lewis is really nice. People I've met are just normal people. What are you talking about? That's cool.

You've definitely downgraded here, by the way. Don't put us in the same category as you. I'm on the top right now. Let's go. One of the cool moments that we've enjoyed seeing over the last little while was when you travelled, I guess, across Australia to see your mum. You gave your mum a car. I did. This was her reaction.

I think we've got a little bit for you. I've had a terrible feeling you little yeah so australian man so australian you couldn't get a more australian video so how was the feeling that you could now through your work afford to buy your mum a car man she's had a hard life she's never had a nice car she's like got epilepsy you know she's oh you know nearly died a few times you know it's just like and she's been my mum obviously my whole life and you know she she was a single mum uh you know for the majority of my childhood man and just to be able to give back to her was just yeah surreal it was awesome because you've had a tough time as well you know they're talking about being homeless and things like that yeah you addictions and stuff she went through a bit of that when she was a bit younger as well

so you know yeah we've all came out through it she works hard and I work hard and to be able to buy her something nice and that's very cool

it was really cool it was a lovely but she still got the car she isn't yeah nah she sold it mate no I'm kidding no plans in New Zealand

because you would have been to New Zealand what a couple times yeah this is my second time yeah oh this is my second time. Well, this is my second time. Symphony Festival, which is epic. I can't wait to hear that.

But what else you got planned while you're here? I'm doing O-Week out of Dunedin. Nice. I'm burning couches, baby. Let's go. You obviously haven't experienced a Dunedin O-Week before. No, mate. I'm just not going to sleep on any couches. Yeah, no, don't.

We're actually burning couches. This is all I've heard all day. I do. So that's where before. Nah, mate. I'm just not going to sleep on any couches. Yeah, no, don't. We actually burn couches. This is all I've heard all day. I do. So that's where you're heading, mate. Good luck. Jeez. I'm taking five security guards. Cyril, lovely to hang out

with you, mate. Good talking to you, brother. Enjoy. Hey, listen, good luck in Dunedin. Hopefully you make it out alive. I hope so. Can't wait to see you at the Symphony. It's going to be awesome.

Thank you so much. I can't wait for the Symphony. Thank you. John, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits My kids as well A little bit older

You know Have had phones for a couple of years For security and stuff like that But you know They respond with You know Text to me And messages back

And they're all about Abbreviations on text form You know Because it's saving them time But I'm like But it's causing me So much more time Because I don't know What they mean Yeah I know Because you have to go And Google them Yeah time. But I'm like, but it's causing me so much more time because I don't know what they mean.

Yeah, I know, because you have to go and Google them. I do. And I'm like, well, for the time you could have just said, you know, like if they just FR. The other day I was like, what? What's FR? Can we have a guess? Yeah.

For real? For real, yeah. But I was like, yeah. But I was like, FR. I don't think you're in touch with the kids, Megan. She's like, yeah. I'm going to text FR and I'm like, what does that mean? Got to Google it. Oh, for real? Okay. Just write? I was like, yeah. I get a text, FR, and I'm like, what does that mean? Got to Google it for,

oh, for real? Okay, another one. Just write for real. Yeah, exactly, because it's taken me a lot longer

than if you just put, for real, you know, like, yeah. DW was another one I got the other day. Don't worry. You don't worry.

See, I'm done with the kids. Yeah. IKR, IKR. I know, right? I know,

right? Yeah, yeah. So there's lots of them. You're not even giving me a chance. Sorry. LFG, LFG. Let's effing go. That's the way you'll freaking go, but yeah I know, right? Yeah, yeah. So there's lots of them. You're not even giving me a chance. Sorry. LFG? LFG?

Let's effing go. That's the way you'll freaking go, but yeah, good. Yeah, okay. Some of these you probably know as well. I-C-Y-M-I? In case you missed it. Yeah, well done. Yeah, some of these I did know.

And other ones I'm just chucking out for there. HMU? Oh, you got me there. No, I know this one. No, you don't. Hit me up? Yeah, hit me up there. No, I know this one. No, you don't. Hit me up? Yeah, hit me up. Hey, so my husband's 10 years younger than me. Honestly, when we started dating, he used one of these

and I had to Google it. Well, now you know. Now I know as well. Now I've got past I can go back with these things as well. All I know is producer Grace is 23 years old. I just keep saying slay to her and slay queen and slay all day. That seems to be going across quite well. Just keep saying that.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Brad Pitt in the country apparently at the moment. So we've been saying all morning, just play it cool. Eyes peeled, everyone. Play it cool. Yeah.

And, well, someone that might be playing it cool with Brad Pitt in the country is your mum because she's got her eyes on someone else speaking. She does. She doesn't have eyes for Brad Pitt, does she? No. Someone in our building, a celebrity that works here, she's called me and asked me if I knew them and what they were like and revealed she's got a bit of a crush on them.

So who is this particular celebrity? Matt Heath. Okay, Matt Heath, broadcaster, you know, from Radio Hauraki for many years. Deja Voodoo back in the day. Yeah, exactly. Now on Newstalk ZB, now on the big stations. Ray Ray in the middle of a Heath wave at the moment. And the man himself joins us.

Matt, good morning. How are you? Very good, guys. How are you? We're doing all right. Now, we bring you on here because we've been speaking about you off air quite a lot recently, right, Megan? We have. In a good way.

No, in a good way. In a good way. And you're like a talented broadcaster and you're much more than a piece of meat. However... We're going to sexualise you, Matt Heath. Are you okay with that? Consensually, are you okay with that? Oh, look, I love to be sexualised. You've moved on to our sister radio station

Newstalk ZB, so that's put you in prime... Our parent radio station, she says. That's put you in prime mum territory. Oh, that's good to hear. Have you found the fan base has changed over the last few months since you've been on Newstalk ZB, Matt? Well, the fan

base and also whatever the opposite of a fan base is. They're both growing. Well, hopefully this is going to pump you up because my mum is a big fan. She's been in touch with me to ask if I knew you and I was like, yes. And you'll be pleased to know he's a lovely fan. She's been in touch with me to ask if I knew you and I was like, yes.

And you'll be pleased to know he's lovely, Mum. So, yeah. She has... She's put a phrase out there, or a term. I wasn't going to tell him because I didn't want him to feel awkward about it. She may or may not have called you a sexpot. Oh, Floyd, that does not make me feel awkward.

I don't even know what that means. No, I don't know either. It's heating me up. We thought we might call Ray Ray now in Nelson. Matt, he's number one fan. She can meet you over the phone. Let's put Matt on hold. Matt can sit there silently and just listen.

Let's bring Matt in at some stage. We'll soft launch him out. Okay. Oh, my God A little soft launch, Matt. Okay. Oh, my God. What was that? You shush, Matt. Hi, speaking. Hello, Mum.

Hello. Hi. How are you doing? How's the book work? It's still there. You're balancing them, Ray-Ray? Pardon? You're balancing the books?

Oh, no. I'm going to kill the accountant, though. Oh, really? The accountant's made a mistake, and she's having to... Oh, no. Mum's having to fix it. Oh, I have to go back through the figures. We've got some good news for you, Ray-Ray.

Yeah. Oh, I've won Lotto. Oh, I'm not going to... Lower the bar. Lower the bar, yeah. You're going to pay the accountant. No. No, again, lower the bar again.

It's a bit, like, more sexier content than book work. But he does have a book. So crude and horrible. He does have a book. He does have a book. Yeah, great book. Matt Heath joins us on the phone, Mum. Oh, sexy legs.

Sexy legs. Hello, Megan's mum. Hello, gorgeous. Oh, my God. Now, you were worried that she was going to clam up. I was worried she was going to clam up and not know what to say. Mum, this is my mum, Ray. Mum, this is Matt Heath.

Good morning. How are you? I'm good, thank you. I'm better now. Oh, Ray, Ray, Ray's day. Ray, Ray, thank you for your kind words that Megan's passed on to me. You've made me feel good about myself, which is important. Yes, it is.

Yeah, I didn't realise you were so famous. Do you know, Mum, Matt used to be in like a rock band when I was younger. Did you know that? I know everything. She's Googled. I've been on my magic machine and he's done so many things. She's deep dived. There's rock bands and then there's good rock

bands. I was technically in a rock band. Yeah, I did see a snippet of music and I thought, oh no, I'll go out the back and stab myself. It was like you were learning to play. We live and learn and we grow. So we were building Matt up, Mum.

Megan, what do you want to say to your new dad? I mean, we could get a room if you want. I could book a room. Oh, God. Well, I mean, I might be old, but I'm not dead. I need to call my therapist. Okay, see you, Dad. John O'Bannon and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. The Hits. Married at first flight with Tourism Fiji. Yeah, take it from me. It's an amazing place to get married if you want to get married. Maybe you've been engaged for a long time like I was and you hadn't got around for various reasons to get married. Well, you can do so.

You can elope in Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji, staying at the Outrigger Beach Resort in Fiji, just three hours away, a tropical paradise wedding. Yeah, well, yeah, get your entries in too because we're going to try and pick a winner next week. Okay, so if you want to get in, there's been a load of entries too

at the hits.co.nz. A lot of people engaged or pretending they're engaged to get married in Fiji, but we're after, Ben, seven-year engagement. Hell of a runway into the wedding. Can we go the polar opposite and get

shortest engagements, shortest weddings? How quick can we turn this around? Leah, we're going to start with you this morning. Not you, someone you knew, Leah. Yeah, yeah, a friend of mine, Kevin. So back in September, him and

his partner, Sarah, they had a joint 55th birthday bash. And then in the middle of dinner, they got down on one knee and proposed. Okay, good old Kev. And then like an hour later, they got married. An hour later? Yeah. Like at the same dinner? At the same dinner.

So everyone that came thought they were coming for their birthday because they were having a joint 55th birthday. Yeah. And so his best mate knew that he was going to get engaged but not married. Jeez. There was a couple of people that might have known things in the background, like another friend of mine who's a jeweler

had made the ring and stuff like that. But, yeah, no, they did it all in one. So they started with the birthday, then they got engaged. Did Sarah know? Or was this all Kev's idea on the night? I don't know 100%. It might be in on it it though, surely, right?

Well, you'd hope so. You'd hope so. But that's incredible. I was hoping for a week, but we've got a whole evening. Yeah, it's a lot. Yeah, you know, well, not even an evening.

It's less than. Jeez, Fast and Furious, the marriage edition. Love it, Leah. Really appreciate your time. You're going to have a great Wednesday, okay? Oh, kia ora. Thank you so much.

Kia ora to you. Let's get Wendy on. How are you, Wendo? I'm good. How are you? You were doing well. Quick turnaround from the engagement to the wedding. Yeah, so I dated my husband for one month and I was 17 and I dated him

one month later and we've been married for 31 years this year. She's bet the family frowned upon that. Oh, they loved it. They did? They thought he was the best thing that ever happened to me

during what we were dating and yeah, we didn't have anything romantic in the proposal side. He actually proposed to me over a cheese sandwich. What a lovely girl. I put a ring on a piece

of Marmite toast. That's how I did it. Which is interesting the way you do it, because you're a fan of Vegemite. Yeah. Marmite's great too. You just said the other day you prefer Vegemite. I can have both.

When it comes to wedding proposals, it's Marmite all day. Yeah, that's probably why. So you'll really taste the romance out of the air when she's got a black stained finger smeared all over her ring finger. He used to. What was his proposal? You're so romantic.

We'll get Anonymous on. Good morning to you. Good morning. How are you guys? Yeah, we're doing well, Anonymous. Is there a reason that you want to stay Anonymous? So we got engaged a few weeks ago, and we are eloping next week. Oh, wow.

What? I'm trying to keep that quiet. Oh, that's exciting. Who knows? He proposed to me. Does your family know? Who knows? I've told my parents and his parents, and that's it.

Ah, that's very exciting. We were going to not tell them, but when we started hinting at the idea, they didn't take it well, so we thought we'd better tell them. You're allowed to say where you're going? Yeah, we're going to Thailand. Oh, wow. Oh, my gosh. Make sure you have a pad's tie when you go there.

And what was your parents' reaction? Out of interest? Dad was fine. Mum was not so fine. But it took a bit of a sell. Is she okay now? Has she come around to it? Yeah, I think she's

come around. She still says, oh, it sucks every time I talk to her. My day, Mum, not yours. Yeah, exactly. Sounds like she's come around to it. You're right. And are you going to have a thing when you get back? Like a function? Yeah, I think we'll probably just send out an invite saying surprised, we'll come and have a party with

her. We're not going to pay you to eat dinner. Oh, that's nice. Wow-wee. Hey, there we go. This is happening in real time. Quick turnaround. Four-week turnaround to the wedding. Well, hey, good luck with that.

Why don't you call us when you get back? I will do. Yeah, sounds great. If you want to register to go away to Fiji, elope to Fiji, thanks to Tourism Fiji, you can do so right now at thehits.co.nz. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.