Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Who was accidentally eating cyanide on the walk to school?!

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

On today’s show: Ben finally gets his childhood dream—a retro Kiwis league jersey—but the family isn’t impressed. Jono recalls eating mystery yellow fruit on his long walk to school… turns out it may have had cyanide in it. Relationship pressure points: dishwashing direction, brushing teeth while walking, and hoodie sleeve crimes. We chat to a teacher from Redwood School about their seven-hour handball-a-thon next week! Michael (not Marco!) gives us a live weather update from Canterbury as deadly winds sweep the country. Plus, our entertainment correspondent Nicole Ryan shares disturbing details from Kevin Federline’s book about Britney Spears. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello, fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners, the whole family will love. Because nothing beats dinner time. Welcome to the podcast. Jesus of wild weather here in New Zealand today. It's just 200K wins, they're talking about. Wind gusts. Gusts in the South Island, New Zealand. So we've been talking about that a lot this morning on the show.

I'm going to go, biggest recorded wind gusts on chat, GVT. Oh, yeah. We're being a hurricane. You reckon what would they get up to? I reckon 320 We talk about it a little bit I don't know if they'll make its way

to the podcast but about a lady in Wellington it was in New Zealand walking towards the sort of the traffic lights about to cross the road and gets blown into the street

by a wind gust the other day this was not today this was only I'd say only 100K wins but probably around that and luckily just misses cars oncoming cars

thank God here we go it was in Australia the highest ever recorded wind gust 4008 kilometres an hour 408 That's wild

Didn't I say what damage did that do That was Cyclone Olivia Barrow Island in Australia I'll just go What damage did that do Probably a lot Extraordinary it says Extraordinary 96

But surprising it didn't cause Catastrophic destruction Just because of mainly where it was located But yeah 4008Ks an hour It was tied down in trampoline Although I've just left mine tied up today Yeah I was wondering if anyone Ties the trampoline down

and then undoes it? Like, what would be the point? I would do that. And then I was like, now I've just left it up for a little bit, particularly through the winter. I'm like, I would just... What's the point of untying it?

I mean, it's a little bit of an eyesore. Like, there's got some yellow rope around it. Yeah, they get a bit mossy too, don't they? Yeah. But at the moment, I'm like, it's fine. Peace of mind now, if there's gusty winds, I know the trampoline's probably going to... Do your girls still use the trampoline?

They do, probably more so when someone, like, if a younger kettle or something around, you know, they still will, but not as much as they used to do, but they still do you. I do kind of like it. Do you get out then? Yeah. Oh, yeah,

down again, I like chucking a ball around and catching, like pulling out and catching it up. That's kind of my jam. So what? You'll bouncing on the trampoline and then catch it.

Yeah, or like you bounce and you're trying to avoid the ball. That's one of my favorite games as well. Are you by yourself when you play this? I usually with my daughters. Oh, right. And then they tap out

and I'm in there myself and I'm out as well. He used to play a lot of wrestling by myself when I was a kid on the trip. Yeah, that was like a wrestling. How do you wrestle yourself? Oh, yeah. We'd always have some sort of hot, soft toy or something, you know,

you'd be doing stuff for out there or, you know. You were such a weird kid. I know, I was. He lost some of those bouts. That's a sad thing when you come inside and you're like, oh. Your mom's like, how's that guy? You're like, no, I lost a teddy. It's not great, guys.

It's not great. Yeah, I was a weird kid. Who was the hardest to wrestle? Out of your soft toys. Mitchell, a titty bear named Mitchell. He was tough, guys. One of my tennie bears named Mitchell. He was really tough.

He was like a family friend actually made him. for me and definitely like i think my nana had to restuff him because he was like full of like just like i think they put jackets and all sorts it was like a hard quite a hard teddy bear for a while yeah they just picked like materials yeah they didn't put stuffing needles and all sorts of it was a good so good when he had his soft interior after that but anyway enough about my weird weird childhood actually no there's more about my weird childhood here you go john o ben and megan the podcast the hats that, you know, on a lesson note last night my family, something arrived. I'm wearing it right now

a new top. I've got a new top, guys. Oh, you've got a Kiwi League top. And it arrived and I put it on yesterday and the family are like, don't you already have league tops? He's got like, 19 Warriors jerseys, hats, beanies, socks. And also these are Warriors jerseys. This is different. Underpants? Yeah, we bought him

underpants. You brought me underpants. So I bought a Kiwis, a retro Kiwis throwback jersey that just re-released. To be fair, that's not a Warriors. It's different. That's what I said. It's not a It's like, but it's still the same sport. You've got, you've got league jerseys. I'm like, this is a Kiwis.

I don't own a Kiwis jersey as well. Thank you. That's the argument. Thank you. My wife was like, oh, yeah, whatever, you do. I don't actually buy too much, to be honest. So she was like, oh, whatever. But the kids were like, you've already got Warriors juice.

They were really confusing them. I was like, this is a Kiwis league jersey. Yeah. And I think, you're like, you've already got stuff from Mecca, but do I complain about that? Yeah, exactly. Do I complain about your 22 lip blosses? But I think it all, you know, there's a lot of it, I think, that does stem back to your childhood.

Because I always did want a Kiwi's leg jersey when I was little. And I never got the chance. And this is like the 90s sort of throwback Kiwis era jersey. So you're living at your child. So yeah. And I remember Mom, I remember going, Mom, I want a Kiwis jersey again. And mum was like, I don't even know if she was like, well, whether she was bamboosing me or not, she was like, we can't get one of those.

But what she did buy me is a black t-shirt. And then she went and she found these iron-on. It was like iron on strips. And she's like, you can make your own. own Kiwis. Like, thanks, Jenny.

And I did, and I made a yellow, sorry, a white V on the top of the black shirt. And I ironed on a number. Very hard to iron on numbers. You can't, you have to,

very selective with the numbers because not all, anything with a sort of circle doesn't work. You don't have to go number seven, Gary Freeman, was it? Yeah, seven's fine. If you did like a five or something,

it was like block sort of things as well. And I iron on things and I put little sponsors, little line red. Mum's like, now you're putting line red on it. You drove me to this mum Yeah And I made a counterfeit

The NBA league Kiwis jersey Did it look good? Well I wore it I got picked on a little bit And they're going to a costume party Yes

As well I turned up and I was like This is pretty cool And even my mates were like Cool jersey You know You know You know the kid going

Hey guys can I Can I join in my counterfeit league top Did they have a collar or is it just a black tition? I tried to make a collar, but sort of did a white sort of strip around with, ironed on, ironed on with the strip as well from like a spotlight store or something as well. So, arts and crafts day, I gave it a go. To be fair, this is on your mum. She should have talked to you out of that. She provided the materials.

She enabled it. She's available materials as well. So, yeah. Three days in, we're like, it would have been a lot easier to just buy me a jersey, Jenny. So now all those years later, I've finally got one. It's a redemption for that one. I'm an adult. I'm going to buy me this jersey.

I'm going to buy myself a Kiwi's retro jersey as well. I'm a family like, why are you doing this? Does it feel good though? It feels good. Yeah, that's good. I won't like. I mean, I can iron on a number on the back two guys. Maybe I'll come tomorrow.

You should have to see your daughters. Either I buy one or you have to walk around with me when I make one. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Speaking of all things, school, this is what we want to open up. The longest walks to school. It feels like something older generations like to boast about, isn't it? You know, I walked, you know, 14 kilometres in lava and snow, uphill, downhill to get to school.

And we have to believe them, like, we can't prove it, you know, we'll just take your word for it. But some people do travel, even though, like, the longest time it takes to get to school as well. Yeah. Yeah, I remember, you know, when we moved to a farm in the Wadarapa, and there was one bus, and if you missed that bus, Mama should drive us that, so 20 minutes to get to the bus. Wow. And then how long was the bus ride? And we'd always miss, Mom and my sister, we'd always miss the bus.

I'm like, guys, we've got to miss the bus. Didn't you have one day She's like We're going to get up at like three in the morning Yeah, yeah No, we did, well We were going to get really early But I think she got us up

Super early Like three o'clock And then you're going back to sleep Yeah, we're like wow It's still dark outside But nothing more shameful as well Because we used to drive behind the bus If you missed that

Mum would be waiting to get the bus to stop And as a kid that's like Mom Stop Everyone can see Would she be honking and stuff? You're going to pull over We'll get the next

Do they ever pull over? No No, just get to the next It's like just wait until they get to the next stop And then we'll get on this I know, it's like, shame, but yeah, as a kid as well. So, yeah, we didn't have to walk that far, but you definitely was a long distance to get to school, that's for sure. Walking to school was my favourite part of school.

Because you could, we're about three to four Ks, but I just remember a tree. I don't know what the fruit was. I hope it was fruit. It was yellow, little yellow, a cum quots of thing? Yeah, but not in New Zealand. And they're orange. Are they orange? Yeah.

I don't know what we were eating it. Yeah, we would, we would, we would. That explains everything. Yeah, that does expect. Raid this tree. And, geez, I tell you, it made for very active bowels. Yeah, I don't think you're supposed to be eating it then. Oh, they're like a little tiny yellow.

Four-for-od seven, if you know what those are. On a tree or a bush? It was a tree. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't know. It feels like you're really like paying fast and loose with like, yeah, we'll give that a nudge. You know anything when you're that age, don't you? Yeah.

I used to walk 45 minutes. Oh, geez. That's a, did you? Yeah, because I could do like a 20-minute bike ride, but I'm not good with bikes. So I had a crash, and then since then I just walked. Decided to walk, yeah. Are you still not good with bikes? No.

How can you not be good with bikes? Because I try and steer away from things, but I focus on it, and I end up hitting it. Well, just, it seems like an easy fix. Excuse me. Just don't ride into the things you're looking at. No, I can't. I can't help it. There's a window.

No, I'm like, don't hit the stump. Don't hit the stump. Hit the stump. I don't know. That seems badly to be. I see why you're walking. It was less about the bike riding and more about I walked 45 minutes.

It's like a safer option for you. It definitely does. There's an oncoming truck. Yeah, no, literally that's because I was like, don't hit the car, don't hit the car and I hit the car. So I didn't ride my bike anymore. More you say it, it's not getting better. It'll still get my head around.

Okay, for 4487 on the text, there may be a kid listening right now, or maybe back in the days, you're still like, Megan, walk 45 minutes. Yeah, can you beat that? John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. We spoke to someone on the other. the day. When I was younger, I used to get my parents to give me some bus money for getting

to and from school, but instead of catching the bus, I would walk to school and spend all my money at the canteen. Oh, smart, smart play. Getting some cardio in as well, too. How long was the walk? Probably like 5K. Oh, shit, she's quite a walk at your age. So that's not bad. Not your 45-minute walk though, Megan. But great play by them, you know, like to take the bus, bus money and then spend it at school. Yeah, I really thought lots of people were going to text in being like, I can't ride a bike either, Megan. No, we asked for a lot that last bit, too.

We said, like, you text us in about, you know, the longest walk, longest commute. But then, Jono, you started talking about a yellow fruit that you used to eat on the way to school. Yeah, I really railroaded the phone type of. You're like, text in and tell us what the fruit is, and more the texts without a word of a lie being about this yellow fruit.

They have. They have. We've got so many texts out of this yellow fruit. I would just, one of my, the best part of school is walking to and from school and we'd raid this tree with yellow, I don't know what they were. You said cumquot, which is a orange little mandarin-y thing from America. I remember me, Chico Santine, we'd bloody climb all over the tree. And my friend Billy as well, Kevin Kim was there.

You'd be happy to know. We had the whole range. And it would eat too many of them. And boy, they'd go through, they'd run straight through you or whatever these things were. Well, yeah. So a lot of people text through Megan on this. They've said it is a low quot. That's it.

It's close to a cumquot. I haven't seen a lowquot lately. Yeah, apparently you shouldn't eat the seeds. Yeah, I googled them, and you said you're just popping the whole thing and you go up. Yeah. Yeah, you're not supposed to eat the seeds because apparently they have cyanide in them and they can make you sick. Why would they make a fruit with cyanide? Poising yourself.

Why would they do that? So you probably, that's probably why you had your bono shoes. We didn't have the internet, baby. No. You're right. We're talking about that the other day where people have arguments. And then we'd have to go, well, I guess there's no way we'll ever know. One person would have to back down a lot, you know.

Well, I disagree, I disagree. You're like, well, we'll never know. But now you're like, well, just check it up straight away. For years, I convinced people at school I was the Milky Bar kid. No one could prove any different. And now you'll be straight away. You'd be like, no, you're not. Yeah.

Yeah, but you still do that. And I constantly Googling your facts. Well, thank God the internet wasn't around at school. But maybe it would have been good for you and your bells as well after once because it sounds like not recommended for eating these fruits as well. It explains so much about you. It does.

Maybe the damage was done very early on. Cyanide poisoning. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. That's our entertainment correspondent, Nicole Ryan. Yeah, we get... At Nicole in New York. Welcome, fresh off a workout. Yes, yes, got to do it.

What was happening today? This skipping leg day, or were you doing cardio? What was happening? Today was kind of like a boot camp And I am fully regretting it My knees feel like they're about to bust off And the man was like a full sergeant So I'm probably not going to take that class again

But bully the calories out of you Don't they those people Yes literally I was like he kept like he felt like he was like shaming me And judging me I was like dude I'm doing the best they can over here Hey a lot of well I don't know There's been a lot of discussion

About Britney Spears and Kevin Fedline He's released his book he's saying the night before the wedding, she's on the phone to Justin Timberlake, her ex. Yeah, I mean, listen, I was talking with some of my co-host about this, and I feel like we were discussing, like, how much of this is really true? Like, how much of it is he embellishing to make the book juicier

and to sell more copies? But the truth of the matter is, is we all watched her in real time. These actually don't, all the things that he's saying really don't sound that far off. I mean, we watched the girl attack a paparazzi car and shave her head. She had lost her mind, like, rightfully. I can't imagine what she went through

being in the position that she was but I sort of tend to believe the majority of the stuff that's coming out of that book well yeah it'd be a bit of a gamble to just make stuff up I guess because you know she has said it's not true but I mean that's often what happens in these sorts of books right yeah yeah the one that was most

disturbing is the story where he saw her standing over the kids bed when they were younger with a knife yeah that's not ideal feel like anything that's you say not ideal you're right trying to lighten the mood a little

I mean sometimes when I'm chopping vegetables I saw you bring the knife with me to chicken and the kids that is ideal because you're like you're in the middle of me maybe that's what she was doing you're multitasking no but you know I feel like when somebody is mentally pushed so far and then is thrust into the spotlight controlled pulled all these different ways

probably and most likely taking all sorts of drugs and like there's just no way that that could be like we can have a good outcome from that. It really is sad what she's had to live through you know and through that through a period of time where you know maybe we didn't have as much empathy towards celebrities as being real people as well too.

Or understanding of mental health. A lot of people like, oh she's crazy. So it's really sad that yeah she had to deal with all that. What does Kevin Fideline say about the conservatorship? Was he like she should still be under? Well he did make claims that all those people that were in the free Britney movement which I was on

I was listening to podcasts and stuff. He's Like, where are you guys now when she needs, she needs help? Where are you, mate? Well, I wanted her freedom, but now everyone's kind of like, I think there had to be like a happy medium. Like she went from, right, like from being so controlled and seemingly medicated and having no basic like human rights to complete freedom. And that's not normal.

Those extremes, I think are what really, you know, like I think she needed to let like the reins be loosened a bit, but maybe not fully be like, okay, we've controlled you. and now throw you to the wolves and go live on your own. Like she almost doesn't know how to live on her own. Well, don't they say sometimes when something traumatic happens in your childhood, you remain mentally that age for the rest of your life? So if she's, you know, been at, say, 14 gone, this is just crazy. She might be mentally her head stuck as a teenager.

Or regressed, like kind of like went back to a time when she maybe was like a kid because that felt like safer before she got big and entered this crazy world. I mean, who knows? Have you heard her on your show? Yeah, yeah, it was not good. Oh, really? We had her, we had Kevin Federline when they were together and it was like a big deal, like when they were like together

and it was like this hot thing and he came in and he was actually really, really great. But she, when we had her, she didn't know what to do, what to say. She kept like, it was almost like, it was almost like she was like brainwashed. Like she kept looking to her people like you would get like one word answers out of her and she would kind of giggle. Like she didn't want to get in. trouble or say the wrong thing and it felt like it felt like she didn't know how to like

have a normal conversation with the media probably because the media was so rough on her you know but yeah she felt she seemed like paralyzed a little bit when she was in and yeah we didn't get a whole lot out of her what about off here like when you're talking to her just greeting her and stuff she wouldn't give you much a lot of gum chewing and smiling and giggling just like really yeah like it was very it was actually very upsetting like she left and I was like, that's not what I wanted. That's not what I wanted to see. Yeah.

Yeah, it was weird. But that was a really, really long time ago. Hey, Nicole, are you going to have a wonderful day? Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The heads. Now, we did this last week, and I reckon there's more in a,

there's more gas in the tank for the pressure points in your relationship. Every couple's got them. The little niggles, they start to sort of appear after, so the four or five year mark. Don't know. It just happens when you're spending that much time, living with someone, there's bound to be little things that you fight about. And we found it quite therapeutic last week for, I think, for everyone involved to sort of just say. You know, sometimes it's nice to share these things and get them off your chest.

Yeah, we had some beauties come through last week. Yeah, well, the annoying thing is it's kind of a new thing. So about three months ago, he started washing dishes from the right to the left instead of like we've always actually done from the left to the right. and we've been together about 20 years we've got three kids and if we just got together I would have been like oh cute he's all backwards

but now I'm like what are you doing so he switched up the dishwashing technique absolute monster 20 years in don't do there Tony was a big pressure point in in my marriage is I refuse to use Google Maps

I don't Jennifer she's always my wife's always using Google Maps even just getting to work she can get the quickest route there And I'm like, no, I have my in-built GPS system. Which is terrible, by the way. Because the producers, I've had to tell them to stop following you when we go places. Yeah, you can't follow you anywhere because you're like, you go wrong way and you turn around and you whip down things.

We're going to the same place and they'll see you turn off. Yeah. And I'm like, where's he going? I know. Inbuilt GPS, maybe. Terrible. I was following the day past the school we were going to her. I was not just there, but he was off there.

And then next thing, you know, pulls in the driveway, he does a YouTube on my, on my maps. I'm like, oh, so maybe he knows a better way. He doesn't. No, Google Maps. It'll get you there 25 minutes late. But yeah, that's a big pressure point that I refuse to use Google Maps. And so I'm always, when she's in my car, she's like, just put the Google Maps on.

And I'll tell you the quickest way to go. But I don't want to be reliant on it. Oh, my God. I've got the inbuilt navigation system. Which is terrible. It's terrible. You're always late. Yeah, okay.

Yeah. Now it's becoming a pressure point in this relationship. Yeah. So that's what we want to do, share it. I'll tell you something that really, me as well and it's my wife just putting salt and pepper on stuff if I made dinner before trying it

just try it I mean it's always like get out and put salt I'm like how do you know it needs salt you haven't even tried the thing I've been in the kitchen making this thing it's got rich flavors yeah when we had a cafe I hated because it was perfectly season and then they put salt and pepper

on it before trying it just like try it and then go oh well a bit salt that's fine you know but try it first try it let's try it I agree baby John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. What's the pressure point in your relationship? You can call us 0800 The Hits, 4487.

There are some amazing texts coming through. Apparently, these people don't want to go on air. Is that right, producer Troy? They'd rather stay anonymous. But my husband of nearly 20 years has just started to walk around the house brushing his teeth. Do it in the bathroom. Exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark.

Because my husband doesn't like it that I close. my eyes when I brush my teeth. He's like, what are you, it's weird, what are you doing? Like, what are you thinking about? I don't know why I do it. Some people like walking around. My wife will as well, I love her. She'll come in and be like electric. I'm like, just, I'm watching a thing, go back and

you know, like, what do you watch? There's a designated room. I know. I feel like you would be a walker around her, because you're like, got to get things done. Oh, yeah, true, but I just want to be in the bathroom as well because I always thought my daughter last night. She's like, I lost my toothbrush. I'm like, how? Where do you take it? And that's what happens. You're walking. around and it goes.

Dish washer issues here for 387. Oh yeah, it's a big bug bear right. No other text who doesn't want to go on air, but my husband has just started changing up the dishwasher technique. He's stacking the big plates in the middle of the dishwasher instead of at the back and working big to small down.

I thought that's just, that's law, isn't it? It's big to small back to front. The text says it's what reasonable people do. Yeah. It's all right. It's hard finding out halfway through your marriage, you've married a monster. Yeah, text comes through. parenting styles, fun parent

versus responsible parent. That's always a pressure point in the relationship, eh? When one's the, ah, you know, looks like a fun parent. Spill things, when I'm eating, I always spill things on my shirt. And for some reason, it annoys my husband

more than it annoys me. He's always like, you've spilled it on your shirt again. How are you not getting it in your mouth? Great text is coming through here, the temperature. The temperature, a huge pressure point in this relationship. Can I throw one more in there? Two, can get it off the chest. I've just thought of it. as well.

Manor will wear my hoodies and sweatshirts, that's fine. But she'll pull the sleeves up. And once you pull the sleeves up, it extends the cuff. And once the cuff is extended, it doesn't go back, it doesn't shrink. And I'll be like, you pulled up the sleeves again, on my hoodie. It's like, on you're in hoodies and tops, that's fine. Your wrists don't feel secure? No, it looks like you've got big sort of like, yeah.

Shakespearean sort of times. Wizard sleeve. Yeah. Yeah, a wizard sleeve. In a way, a wizard sleeve, you're right. And a couple of... Just stop, you know, don't... Yeah, if you wanted to borrow them, that's fine, but just don't pull it.

Don't rub them up over your four hours. Yeah, otherwise they stretch. And she's got bigger arms than me. Yes, I understand. She's more musly than me, okay? John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hit. Next week, we're going to be playing handball for 24 hours raising money for kids can.

A wonderful organisation. Help provide jackets, lunches, you know, shoes for kids in need around the country. Yeah, and many schools do partner up with Kids Can. And they've got a... huge wait list at the moment for schools to even get on the kids can program. So we spoke to Salatuti, who is the principal of Ardakura school. You know, children shouldn't have to carry the burden of poverty. They shouldn't have to carry the burden of cost of living.

They're children. They need to just be children and focus on their learning and all the developmental stuff that's such a big part of their life, their friendships. if we can solve the food issue and ensure that they've got something to eat every day, morning, tea, lunchtime if there's warm clothes here that they can wear because sometimes they turn up

a, well, t-shirts in the middle of winter and they try and tell me that they're not cold but it's really, they're too shy to us and we just give it, we just give it to them. So that's what we're doing it for in there. Joining us from Redwood School in Wellington, Kiyora, Anna. Kiyohra, how you doing?

Kiyahra, nice to join you. Now, we're really getting in behind kids can, you know, playing handball for 24 hours. It's happening next week. And you are at your school as well. What's going on? We sure are. We're doing a seven-hour handball-a-thon.

It's not quite the same length as your one, but it's going to be a challenge for our Tamariki and our community. That's awesome. That feels like a lifetime for kids. Yeah, I know. They get bored in 10 seconds on a video online, so, you know. What's the school day? About six hours?

Yep, yep. So we're starting at 8.30 a.m. with the teachers kicking it off early. and then our student leadership team will take over at the start of the school day and they're going to rotate through in like 15 minute shift and then about 3 o'clock

we've asked our Fano and our community to come in and help us finish off that last hour That's so cool The name of the school that you're at? We're at Redwood School in Tawa in Wellington Oh very cool Spend a lot of time and did some time in Tawa Yeah, you're studying in Tawa

Did study in Tawa in Kena Puru actually Oh, well, once you're part of Tawa, you're always part of Tawa. Yeah, I remember because I went to radio school there, and these guys give me grief that I went to some backyard, two-month-long radio course or something. You've got a lovely certificate. Yeah, they got a degree.

But I remember there was a bakery there in Kenapuru next to the radio school, and they had a wooden lady holding a pie, and we kept stealing that wooden lady. And then we held her ransom, and then we'd write letters to the bakery, and we're like, we've got your wooden lady. Oh, my God. So maybe you're not welcome in time. You're maybe not welcome back.

You were saying you're welcome back. We dropped it, do we put her back? We did place her back. And then we took her again. Anyway, that's not what we were talking about. No, exactly. We're talking about wholesome kids' can and yeah. Amazing things that you are doing this week.

That's awesome, because for us, you know, we did it last year. And, you know, being a bit older than the kids, your back starts hurting, your legs, you know, bending over. But I imagine the kids won't have that much of a problem. No, they are certainly upskilling me in most of the games, to be honest. The language and the moves have definitely changed. since I used to play. That's the thing.

You're right. You're right. We played with a few kids in Hamble and they were like all these moves, the tornado and the whole thing. We're like, no, it's just, we just played traditional Hamble. Sushi Cup is one that you chuck out there.

What moves have you learned, Anna? Mountain shots, laser lines, and sweat shots are the ones that keep getting me out because they're the ones that are the lowest to the ground, which is not going to get up. I know, but I think they play on that. Every time we've played kids, they're like, we're going to do this load of the ground.

Yeah, they know. But it confuses me because then they're just like, holding the ball and they're like, it's a sushi cup. It's just pretty completely. We had a simple, a great format, I thought. Yeah, everyone understood it. And any time a teacher gets into the four square game, it's just, it's three against one straight away.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, what is awesome that you've jumped on board, you know, because Kitsian, it is really important what they do around the country, right? Absolutely, yeah, and we felt it really aligned with our school values too. You know, we're trying to build empathetic learners who care for their community and what better way for them to, you know, step in and help others.

should be every child's right to have. So it's really awesome. And our student leadership team have just been absolutely fantastic in the space. I wanted a big shout out to our father to doofi house captains and vice captains and sports captains who have been giving up their time to get out and lead the rest of our school in this.

It's been amazing to see. Oh, I love that. Good on you guys. Hey, well, thank you so much for your time. And listen, well, hey, why don't we call you next Tuesday and see how it's going? That would be absolutely amazing. We'd love to hear from you.

Oh, that's awesome what they're doing. And if you can help out, it's just anything. You can text. kids to 933 to make an instant $3.3 donation. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The hits. It is. A bit of a wild day weather-wise. Some wins, so they were reporting around 150Ks in some regions.

They've already recorded up to 200Ks an hour in the Canterbury High Country this morning. So some deadly winds, potentially around the country. Seems to be a lot of the South Island and the bottom of the North. I think I was saying the top of the North before, so apologies about that. The bottom of the North seems to be the most affected today as well. 100 flights already have been cancelled. throughout the country. Well, we're going to go to the eye of where some of the storm is.

I head to Canterbury now. We're going to phone a petrol station there. Hi, Z. Russell, Michael, speaking. Marco, John O'Ben and Megan from the Hits. How are you? Good. How are you? We're phoning for a weather update, mate. Yeah, what about it?

What's it like at the moment? It is perfectly fine, actually. Oh, it's okay. Oh, not Wendy at all? No, not winded all over here at least. That's not the drama, us media types need. We want some, can you sex it up a little bit? Oh, well, I wish I could, but that's the blunt truth, day.

And later on, the trees aren't even moving. And not trees aren't moving. We're here, 150K wins potentially on the way today, so it could be pretty rough. Yeah, definitely. Okay. You worried, have you prepared yourself? Oh, I've personally prepared, yeah. Well, how have you prepared, Marco?

Oh, I just put all my furniture outside away. That's pretty much a good plan, yeah. Trampoline's always a big issue, isn't it? Yeah, there's an article I was reading this morning about what to do with the trampolines and stuff as well. What are they saying? Yeah, well, I guess time down. This is an obvious thing. I mean, you can't really unpack them down really either, but, you know, so.

They had a whole article on that. Yeah, I was like, oh, yeah, I guess it makes sense. Hey, Marco, well, you keep safe, my friend. Yeah, you too, mate. Is your name Marco or Michael? Oh, it's Michael, but I thought. Most Megan and I at the start of it. We looked at each other and we were like,

Jono again has probably got another name wrong. Do you know we met a lady called Tony the other day, Michael. And I called her Connie for about an hour and a half. Well, he wouldn't be surprised by that. Oh, really? That's all right. Yeah, because every time, but you always doubled down. You say people's name so many times. If we get them wrong, it really rubs it in their face.

Sorry, Michael. At least three times through that conversation, you're like, Marco, Marco, Marco. And then we're not every time, they're like, I'm pretty sure he didn't say that at the stuff. Sorry, Michael Sorry, man You're all good That's all me

Good on you, Michael Take care out there When the wind does arrive Yeah, definitely