Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: The Train That Almost Killed Jono & Ben

Episode Date: November 10, 2022

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The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, welcome, it's the podcast on the 11th of November. Jono and Ben here, coming to you from Christchurch. It's been a lot of fun being in Christchurch, hasn't it? There's a great atmosphere, there's a holiday today, they had the races this week, the AMP show today. It's been a lot of fun. We're running into a lot of people.

Did you notice last night we had someone come up to us and ask to take a photo, which was lovely? But then as they went to get their their yeah the camera off their phone i noticed that they've been googling jonah and ben just to make sure we were because they came over and he was like jonah would be and we're like yeah yeah he's like oh quick in a photo but like yeah i love you love to you know we laugh it up but i noticed as he went i noticed it years ago shut the window yeah shut the window. Yeah, shut the window. He'd be looking.

So when I come into the room and you've got your windows open, you start to panic shut the windows. It's the same response. But imagine what we, well, I can imagine, when Google wasn't around and you couldn't Google, because then it pulls so many people out of awkward social interactions. At a party, you're like, who's that person? You can kind of secretly look on Instagram or Facebook and be like, oh, Denise. I saw you went to Fiji how is that it's a bit weird sometimes when you do uh you know you'll say how is your holiday as such and they look at you like what and you'd seen it on instagram or

facebook or something how do you take that if people say that to you that like they haven't seen you or haven't you haven't told them you're going on holiday oh yeah first you're kind of like and then you're like oh must be from social media. But I always feel a bit weird when I bring it up with people. How was your holiday to the things? And you're like, oh. I love looking at people on the beach, eh? It's one of your favorite things.

One of my hobbies and interests. All the beach shots. Everyone else on holiday living vicariously. This weekend you're off to the Black Ferns, Ben. Yeah, looking forward to that. Hopefully the weather's going to be all good. It's a bit of rain around Auckland on Saturday. But meant to clear. So looking forward to that Saturday night. Packed. Packed stadium, which will be good. Hopefully the weather's going to be all good. It's a bit of rain around Auckland on Saturday, but meant to clear.

So looking forward to that Saturday night. Packed stadium, which should be good. How are the English? Good. They're good. They've beaten us before, haven't they? Yeah, I think about a year ago they won on the tour. But I think in the World Cup we've done pretty well, the Black Ferns, overall.

So, you know, home crowd. Will you boo? No, I don't like booing. Boo? I don't like booing. Don't be boring, Ben. Sorry, Producer Joel? Don't be boring, Ben. You've got to boo no i don't like booing i don't like sorry producer joel don't be boring ben you gotta boo i don't like boo gotta boo okay i like an rf but i like that okay go through your call so you're happy to yell out from a grandstand i like rfs all right yeah yeah what uh will you do like get some glasses no nothing personal

keep it above board what's wrong with having Would you do that? No, nothing personal. Keep it above board. What's wrong with having glasses? You know, that's what I'd be like. Yeah, yeah. Give me some other ones. Where did you get your referee licence? No, probably not. Okay, all right.

Oh, yeah, come on, Ref. It'd probably be as like, ah. You know, like I'd be like exasperated, but never like, ooh. Okay. It's hard not to get swept up in the booth. Oh, yeah. Oh, listen to it. Now, because the problem is, if it's a draw, final minutes are on the clock, Ben Boyce,

32-all, the English hooker punches Ruby Toohey in the face. What are you doing? Are you like, oh, I can't boo that? Are you booing? You do feel like that's almost a boo. You'd boo? Yeah. Well, no, I wouldn't.

I don't know. Would you be like, ah, ref? And everyone's like, what are you saying? Ah, ref. That's all I can say. That's the most annoyed I You'd boo? Yeah. No, I wouldn't. I don't know. Would you be like, ah, ref? And everyone's like, what did you say? Ah, ref? That's all I can say. That's the most annoyed I'll get at the game. We went to a football game in America a few weeks ago, and it was amazing. And Kim Kardashian was one of the celebrities.

They flashed up on the big screen. Didn't put us up there, mate. Maybe they were out the back Googling us and going, they should have been. They should have been. I don't know. I don't know. We'll put them up on the screen. I don't know for sure but yeah

people booed and I thought that was a bit because there were kids there I felt bad we both didn't boo on that occasion

I was like I can't boo a poor lady sitting with her children in a billion dollar corporate box I can't pull myself to do it

and it probably I mean she's probably at the stage where it doesn't worry her but I'm sure it would it would kind of get you a little bit

how many people 80,000 people booing you you try and it's character building I mean, she's probably at the stage where it doesn't worry you, but... I'm sure it would. It would kind of get you a little bit. What? How many people? 80,000 people booing you? Yeah. You try and do it. It's character building. It is character building. Well, good luck to the Black Ferns this weekend, and enjoy the podcast.

What the heck is that? A little toy sheep that I have here. Oh, is that what that noise was before? I didn't know what it was. He's playing with a toy sheep here in the studio, I was like before I was like checking my headphones I was looking around. Is that what it was? Yeah I didn't I must

have accidentally pushed It's an unusual noise for a toy sheep. Yeah they really checked out when they were like put some sheep on the noise on the sheep.

Yeah not we'll take it along today we're going to the the A&P show so you can take your toy sheep along. Have a great weekend. The hits the Jono and Ben podcast.

Christchurch holiday for the whole Canterbury region today. AMP show, we're going to head along very shortly, aren't we? Looking forward to that. Looking forward to a big week in Christchurch, cup and show week there, Ben Boyce. Don't know why I'm talking like a horse commentator, but a little nervous for a little jumpy. Just probably 12, 18 hours after a very near-death experience yesterday. Yeah, we were driving out to a supermarket to take our chips around to the people. To the people.

Yeah, men of the people. We went to New World Hallswell, as you like to say. Hallswell that ends well. And, you know, pressing the flesh. I didn't get a drum. I didn't get a ba-dum. There you go. There it is.

Away for that from Producer Joel. Pressing the flesh with the people. It was good. It was fun. But on the way out there that from Producer Joel. Pressing the flesh with the people. It was good. It was fun. But on the way out there, Producer Humphrey behind the wheel trusted Producer Humphrey. We trusted with our lives every morning on this radio show. We could get electrocuted in here, but that's the trust we have in it. Yeah, yeah.

There was quite a lot of traffic going out on the road we were at. And as we sort of went across some train tracks, we ended up sort of stopping on the train tracks because of the traffic, and then alarms started going off. Once you hear bing, bing, bing, bing, the last place you want to be is on the train tracks. Yeah. And then the barrier arms are coming down.

It was very, very tense, and here's what happened. What's going on, Producer Bams? High-pressure situation. You can hear the noise. There's a train coming. That's not what you want to hear when you double park across train tracks. I was free for my life. And we're in the ZM car, so it would have been shocking branding for ZM.

Last thing they need right now is a train incident. That's the train. We just got off the tracks. It was a big old locomotive carrying containers too. It was going fast too, wasn't it? All right. We made it, but just. Could have been a news story.

I love how our near death was imminent. And Ben, you had the wherewithal to record it. That's radio running through his veins. Not even film it. No. Just record the audio. I don't want to film any of this. This is an audio version.

And we were in the ZM car and people would have thought oh my god, Fletch and Vaughn have been at Radio... Not Fletch and Vaughn. No, it was actually John and Ben. That's okay then. They had a good run. I thought they were going anywhere. They're still kicking. The Hits. The John and Ben

podcast. It is Singles Day. The 11th of the 11th. It's all the ones. It seems to be almost like anti-Valentine's Day, but it's become another big shopping bonanza. But didn't we have a click your head off or something day? Yeah, it was click frenzy. Click frenzy?

I'd never heard of click frenzy until we started talking about it a few days ago. That was only two days ago. Yeah. Now there's another big sale day. And then you've got Black Friday coming up as well. Mad Monday or Cyber Monday. Mad Monday is what the league plays at the end of the season. I'm going to do full price Friday,

where everything is just the recommended retail value that you know and love. All right. Well, let's give something away. Watch and win with Cooks on Fire on TVNZ1. Yeah, it's the battle for New Zealand's best of barbecue chefs, the best barbecue team in the country. It happens every Thursday, 7.30pm on TVNZ1.

And there's a special code word if you watch the show. If you watch it, you get the code word. Give us a call the next morning when you hear the cue to call and you could be winning a $500 Silver Ferns voucher. Delicious starts with the very best ingredients, natural grass- fed New Zealand beef lamb and venison who would have thought

you could make a bloody telly show about biffing a couple of cheese sizzlers on the grill what an age we live in let's go to Lower Hutt Shane you're on

welcome to New Zealand's breakfast hi there how you going Shane from the Hutt that's me oh wow awesome lovely to have you on

Shane how did you enjoy Cooks on Fire my friend that was good good learning How did you enjoy Cooks on Fire, my friend? Oh, that was good. Good learning curve. Yeah, good. Did you get some tips for summer?

Oh, yeah. I mean, cooking straight onto the coals, that beats it, doesn't it? Now, when I used to smoke cigarettes, I used to lock my ciggies off the barbie. Too little trick you can do. These are cats, ladies. Yeah, no, it was a good time. What's your go-to bring along to a barbie, Shane? Then I'm going to ask you, Ben, to have a think.

If I'm inviting Shane and Ben, what's that? Alcohol. Okay, great. Alcohol. Yeah, that's probably a given. Well, I like to bring a meat that's probably not as good as other people's meat, but you put it in the mix and then you grab somebody else's and you're like i think that was mine i think that was my stuff yeah they're all the same that's that's a go-to he brought her up but he's eating a sirloin

it doesn't matter yeah i think we'll put it all together you know the corn and the tinfoil you know the corn and the tinfoil used to do that oh yeah that is beautiful yeah annie prior taught me, she handed her a recipe down the generations of a potato salad. Oh yeah. Tell you what, potatoes, they never thought

they could taste so good. I'll bring one to your house, Shane. Bring out my new Weber, you reckon. I haven't used it yet. Hey, $500 thanks to

Silver Fern Farms. You got that. Thank you very much for listening and thanks for watching Cooks on Fire. Thank you. I always love the first Barbiebie of the summer, too,

where it has come through those winter months, and you're cooking a lot of debris on the grill. A bit of leftover charcoal, some cockroaches, cobwebs, all mixes in with Ben's beautiful sirloins that he brings along. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Scrolling through your feed. Okay, we're reporting live while dead on the inside. Ben, what is happening in the news this morning?

Well, it is a huge weekend of sport. We see that last weekend it was a big weekend of sport, but this weekend even bigger. The Black Ferns take on England in the World Cup final. That's Saturday night, Eden Park. There's a bit of rain meant to be around Auckland during the day, but they think it's going to be gone by kick-off. And last night, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern,

looked like she was hanging out with the team, and Ruby Tui was next to her. This has gone viral on social media. Hey, Aunty Cindy, I was just wondering, when you're finished being Prime Minister, can you give me Ardern? Good pun. You look at me like, give me Ardern, like a turn.

Oh, give me Ardern. Ardern, Ardern. Ardern, good pun. give me Ardern, like a turn. Oh, give me Ardern. Ardern. Good pun. Yeah, Ardern. Yeah, great set up. Beautiful. Look at me like, what's she saying there? What's going on there?

That's got borough. She's very cool. Ruby Tui playing, of course, on the wing this weekend for the Black Ferns. Yeah, we met some of the New Zealand National Women's Football Team, too, in the hotel last night. Yeah, they're playing against South Korea tomorrow. Christchurch, the Women's Football Internationals ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which is going to be held

in Australia and New Zealand next year. They were lovely. They were lovely. They were like, come upstairs and interrupt all of our press interviews. And we're like, ah.

OK, then we got dragged upstairs and we're like, look, she's being interviewed in there. Go on in. They were in a little room and we're like, we can't really. Run in and interrupt the interview.

We're like, oh, I don't know. It looks pretty serious. We were a bit gun-shy, weren't they? But they were lovely, and good luck for the game tomorrow night. The All Blacks play Monday morning against Scotland, and a big UFC bout taking place in New York as well. Israel Adesanya taking on for the UFC middleweight title. He's taking on Alex Pereira as well as three other people,

three other Kiwis as well. So it's pretty awesome. We've got Dan Hooker, Carlos Olberg. And Brad Riddle as well. So, yeah, it's going to be awesome. So a big weekend of sports. When you look at what those people have done, and I know UFC might not be massive for the audience,

but they, on the world stage, you probably wouldn't have a more famous athlete from New Zealand than Israel. Yes. Internationally. Oh, yeah, huge. We were having the debate yesterday. The Rock, you know, Drake, all of them, you know, giving him shout-outs on social media.

Yeah. It's huge. Because Jonah Lamu, he was very big in the day internationally, but then you go, well, rugby probably doesn't span as many countries as UFC does. Don't you worry about Israel, Sonia. He'll be fine on private planes. And just before we wrap up, scrolling with your feed, Jason jason mama actor uh you'll know him from game of thrones he

was aquaman as well where he's got a very unusual pet that he found while shooting uh shooting a movie not actually it sounds like he was hunting uh we could have been it was a small baby wild pig that had been lost for his mom and he's now taking it under his care. Paint your nails pink and put a little top hat on you and take you to the Slumberland premiere. I think that'd be a little over the top since we just got him. He's talking to his mum about the pig right now. He's going to paint you. He put a little top hat on.

He was giving it a nice little cuddle as well. He's got a little wild pig. He wants to take you to a movie as a date. Yeah. That's adorable. And good for Christmas too. Well, uh's adorable. And good for Christmas, too. Well, no, don't say that. We know who's written in that, Piggott.

No. We know who's doing it. Yeah, he's going to be here filming soon, too. Yeah, that's right. Up north. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Special guests joining us in the studio.

LAB with us in the studio. Nice to see you guys. Nice to have you guys back, because it's been a while since we've had you in the studio. So it's good to have you back. Yeah, man. Thanks for having us back. It's good to be here. Great, you guys. You made history again. I think so, yeah. Yeah, four Aotearoa Music Awards last year and this year again. Congratulations. That's awesome. Thanks, man.

You did something, right? Do you picture yourself, because I was reading, it was a couple of years ago, you were playing in your hometown to like 400 yeah 400 people you do gigs like that i think it was like the boiler room or something or yeah yeah and now yes we're playing to thousands of people in new zealand and australia you're winning awards you're on the john owen brent breakfast i mean maybe not the last one but you know it must be kind of like a pinch yourself moments happening all the time for you guys yeah especially through covid and stuff we managed to get you get out there and tour and then and release more music which those four tours that we won last year with album four and then this year it's the same four for album five which is yeah it's a cool buzz man is it hard when you you know on on the night and i

know that you didn't have to go and make speeches for uh for these awards but on the night when you are winning multiple awards, when you win the first one, you're unloading all your thank yous there. You know, by award number four, are you thanking like Tony the Uber driver who dropped you off at the night? You start to run out of people to thank Mahara. Yeah, yeah, start thanking the neighbours back in high school. Yeah.

Because that would be the common case. You don't know if you're going to win the other ones before you go to the event tonight. Oh, totally. Yeah, yeah. Hey, this might be a dumb question, but L.A.B., what is it stamped for? Is it laboratory?

Is that kind of you guys go to the lab? Is that what it is? That is what it is. Or is it some acronym? You can make up your own acronyms and win tickets to our shows. Oh, right. Okay.

Are you giving away tickets now on our show? Why not? We'll give away some tickets to some shows. Because you guys have three shows over summer, right? That's right. Yeah, which is going to be awesome. So where can people come and see you over summer? Playing on the 30th of December in Tauranga.

We're playing on the 22nd of January in Hawke's Bay, Hastings. The 4th of February in Whangarei. Oh, awesome. Beautiful. Now, Joel, are you still teaching? Not anymore. I officially handed in my notice last week, believe it or not. Oh, really?

Because I was like, how are you juggling teaching and being here? It's fully got to that point now, which is, I guess, a blessing to be at that point, to be able to make it full time. Oh, that's awesome. What were you teaching? Guitar. Yeah, right. That makes sense.

So they do, you know, the kids, were they, were you the cool, you must have been the cool teacher. I don't know. It's like, it's funny. It's like kids are so honest, eh, you know? They're like, I don't know. It's funny. Kids are so honest, eh? They're like, I don't want to learn that song. Slayer. Metallica 1.

Now, obviously you've been on the road a lot over the last few years. Have you got to the stage where you can make demands backstage? What are on those lists? Yeah. What's on those lists? Yeah. What's on your rider, Miharu? I'm pretty... I can't imagine you guys being too demanding. Just look at your whole demeanour.

Exciting, really. None of the 100 brown M&Ms or whatever. You're just happy for a seat? Yeah, yeah. A quiet place to warm up We've got L.A.B. with us right now Winning us four awards last night The Aotearoa Music Awards

Now we want to do Before you leave It's called the lab test Where normally you take your stool samples And your blood tests and stuff like that But today it's the L.A.B. test And we're going to play some Oh we're not taking their stool samples

No we'll do that afterwards It got weird last time we did that So we've got iconic reggae songs because you guys you know described often as a reggae band and see between the two of you who can guess the song first as we start playing it all right one love Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, word bro alright oh what am I gonna do bad boys oh

bad boys yeah inner circle do you know I always thought play that because my name's Ben Boyce

I always was like Ben Boyce you gotta listen to that again it sounds a lot like play that again bad boys what you want what you want

what you want and back in the day when you couldn't really Google the lyrics, you're like, mate, this is the song. And the final song, first to get this. Oh, no wonder. Hey, so nice to see you guys. Congratulations on all your success. New Zealand's very proud of you.

And enjoy tonight as you celebrate those four Altera Music Awards. Thank you so much. Thanks so much. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits Boarding Call with Visit Anaheim, House of Travel and Fiji Airways. Oh, man, we could be sending you off to the happiest place on earth. Now, I was wrong.

I thought the happiest place on earth was getting up at 3.30 on a Monday morning and driving into work. That was, I was like... Why are you coming in that early, eh? You can't get any happier than that. But no, there's a happier place apparently, Ben. Yeah.

I suppose you don't even go to sleep. Why don't you go to sleep? Eh, true. Just keep going. Just keep going, mate. Hey, yeah, family holiday. Anaheim, Disneyland. If it's for four, $10,000 cash and more.

Listen out for the boarding call on the hits, and you can go on the draw thanks to House of Travel, Fiji Airways, and visit Anaheim. Remember, we flew Fiji Airways recently and uh you had an aisle seat and there was a gentleman sitting in the aisle seat and he refused to believe that your ticket was for that seat so you had to sit in the middle i was like i think i'm he's like not not how i read it and so and refused even when you wanted to go to the toilet you had to clamber over as i offered i did the kiwi thing and just sat there in the middle. You never want to make a fuss, do you?

Let's get Cherie on from Whanganui. Welcome. Hello. Good morning. Lovely to have you on, Cherie. You're up early. What are you doing? I'm just taking my partner to work and getting the kids ready for school. Good on you. Hey, we

have a question to ask for you and your partner and your kids. I'm assuming you want to take them or do we keep this a secret? No, no, we'll take them. Okay, out of obligation. All right, here's your question. To do with Disneyland, what type of animal is Goofy? A dog?

Yeah, well, I think, yes, we've got a dog, but very confusing because Pluto's on all fours and Goofy's standing up. Let's see it. There's no consistency to the canine world, is there? Yesterday mentioned that Donald Duck was suffering from PTSD. It was backstory. He went to the war and he has flashbacks. Well, did you know Goofy's original name was Dippy Dog?

Oh, really? He had a brand name like P. Diddy. He had a brand change. That's a Goofy. Yeah, and you are in that draw now. So that's amazing, isn't it? A trip of a lifetime, Cherie. It is, mate.

My three boys would be absolutely chuffed. And the good thing, too, is Air New Zealand do do direct flights to Los Angeles from Whanganui International Airport. So that's all good. Oh, mate. Well, I don't know why they would do it when it's Fiji Airways. That's what I was just thinking. And I was like, oh, I want to know where you're going with this, mate. I don't know why they would do it when it was Fiji Airways. That's what I was just thinking. And I was like, oh, I want to know where you're going with this, mate. I don't know either.

And then I was like, oh, maybe I'll just let it slide. And now I've made a thing of it. But I was meaning, when I said what I said, I was actually meaning Fiji Airways. Oh, God, stop talking right now. It's all thanks to House of Trample, Fiji Airways, Fiji Airways. And Rainbow's End, don't forget that. And visit Anaheim as well. You're in the draw.

All the very best. Thank you's End, don't forget that. And visit Anaheim as well. You're in the draw, all the very best. Thank you so much. Have a great weekend. Public holiday here in Christchurch this morning. We're here because we love public holidays. We do.

You had an idea that the anniversary show next year we go to every town, city across Aotearoa who's having their annual anniversary and we have the day off. But we don't because we're still doing the radio show next year we go to every town, city across Aotearoa who's having their annual anniversary and we have the day off but we don't

because we're still doing the radio show for them but yeah it's Melbourne anniversary we're in Melbourne sounds like a lot of expensive regional flights

for not much outcome because you'll be like let's do a show out of the cafe on their public holiday no one will be up everyone's getting paid time and a half

to come into work look I think it's a great idea we chuck stuff out there. Anyway, we're into New World Hallswell because, Ben. Hallswell, that ends well. Last night. That's what I like to say.

Heartland Chips tasting. We've got our chips out at the moment at all good stores, all good retailers. And you can win $10,000, which we'll tell you about very shortly. But the problem with in-store taste testings or sampling, as we call it in the chip peddling game, is you have to be open to all feedback, all criticism, good and bad, about the chips. Because it's right in front of you. Because you're like, here, would you like to try a little sample, you know, a few chips in these little boats, these little paper boats that we sort of hand them over.

And then you see immediately their response. Some people are great at hiding their reaction if they're not into it. Most people, like I think 9 out of 10 people, love it. Yeah. But, you know, you get those people that don't. It's not for everyone. Again, stereotypes, but it's usually. Don't say that again.

You got in trouble last time you said this. It's the boomer community. They're not a fan of this. Some of them are not a fan. Like if anyone is not going to like the chips, it's going to be a boomer. And this is what happened yesterday. This is the roller coaster that is our chips, OK? Over here, your reaction?

No. No. A big no. What was your name? No. No. No. No.

And then me and me just away, what have we got here? Bloody good. Yeah, I know. It's a roller coaster, isn't it? Dividing the nation. Yeah, yeah. It is, isn't it? Yeah.

Your thoughts? Yeah, I wouldn't buy them, isn't it? Dividing the nation. Yeah, yeah. It is, isn't it? Yeah. Your thoughts? Yeah, I wouldn't buy them. And you're handing them back? Yeah, I am. Would you buy a sympathy bag for us? No. Just a bag to make us feel good. No.

Please. Consider us charity. No, no, no, no. You're very desperate. You can't. Claim the tax back. No, no, no. It's not going. You can't. Claim the tax back. No, no, no.

Back off. That's why he's the best salesman in the game. He's pushy, but he gets results. Yeah. So, yeah, she couldn't have been more put off by them. If she could have spat them out of my face, she would have. But, no, they do actually taste delicious. It's for nine out of ten people, don't they? Oh, yeah, they're a combination of all three flavors,

which people really struggle to get their head around. They're like, what's the flavor? So it's maple, bacon, sour cream and chives, and salt and vinegar all in the same. That's the flavor all together. $10,000, we've got up for grabs, too, if you buy a packet. What you need to do is you need to send us a chip pick of you with the bag of chips.

We're getting some great ones through. Getting some really good ones. And then we're getting some ones that I'm saving to my personal photo stream. Let's just say that bit. Okay. All right. For personal reasons. Yeah, if you want to win $10,000, grab yourself a bag of our new chips as well.

Even if you don't buy them, as you said, consider it a charitable donation. Our photo competition, it reminds me of that. Remember that period when you'd go to a wedding and then the couple would leave a disposable camera on the table? You're like, you've thrown it out there. You don't know what you're going to get back. And now we're seeing the results drip feed through now. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Who's having the best weekend? Thanks to Karcher, we've got some wet and dry vacuum cleaners that are valued at $399. You can shop for Karcher online or at your local DIY store. Who's having the best weekend? I'm having my birthday on Sunday, Ben. 65 years old. I know, I look 75.

Thank you, Producer Joel. 10 years younger, 65. Is this your gold card year? Yeah, I get to ride the buses for free, but a discount on the ferry over to Waiheke now. Oh, nice. I actually had my 40th last year in lockdown, and it was the greatest present the universe could have given me.

For you, that would be. Not having to hold a function. It was brilliant. Well, happy birthday. And you didn't acknowledge it. Oh, no, you emailed me. You're like, I know you don't care, but it was a lovely message you sent me.

Yeah, well, happy birthday. We don't buy each other gifts for birthdays. No, because then you get into the, you know, it's I know you don't care. But it was a lovely message you sent me. Yeah, well, happy birthday. We don't buy each other gifts for birthdays. No, because then you get into the, you know, it's not like you don't. Yeah, it's just easy. You just keep your money. I'll keep mine. It's fine. Keep your money.

But let's not worry about who's buying who presents. Let's give away some vacuum cleaners joining us on the phone right now. Harold, how are you? Hey, how are you? What an adorable name Harold is. Now, what are you doing this weekend, Hazza? I've got some family coming down from Auckland. Probably try and trick them into helping clean my truck.

Oh, yeah, that's a good play. Bring them down from Auckland and the next thing you know, they're scrubbing the tyres of a truck in New Plymouth. I love it. Okay, that's good. And so hanging out with the family, cleaning a truck, that's all on the board this weekend? Okay, that's good. And so hanging out with the family, cleaning a truck, that's all on the board this weekend. Yes, that's it.

All right. Someone leading potentially a more uneventful weekend than me. I love it. Hold there, Harold. Next caller on 0800, that's Wendy from Wellington. Hi, how are you going? What wild things are you doing this weekend, Wendo? A friend of mine has a, over in Marsden,

they have a toast in Martinborough party in their street. So each house has a food truck and a band. So that's all day tomorrow. Strip yourself in Martinborough. Is it on this weekend, Toast Martinborough? That's a great event. No, the actual one is next weekend. Oh, so they just did a pre-event.

A pre-loading, mate. Wow. God, I love one is next weekend. Oh, so they're just doing a pre-run. Oh, pre-loading, mate. Wow. God, I love the Wairarapa. If I survive that, I've got to front up on Sunday and host some auditions for Henry IV Shakespeare. Oh, with a hangover. You're going to be shaky for that, aren't you? I sure will be.

Shaky for Shakespeare, first thing on a Sunday morning. Well, that sounds like a great weekend. A bit of sophistication and some other stuff as well. Okay, hold there, Wendy. And Sarah, what are you doing this weekend, mate? I'm going to be working

both Saturday and Sunday, working night shift. Sarah, someone has to do it. It's you two. Do you get any days off next week? Yes, during the week. What do you do? I'm a healthcare assistant at North Shore Hospital.

Oh, working your ass off, mate. Working hard. And as I always say when we talk to healthcare people, you're doing a shocking job. We're all disappointed in you. What? That's what I always say, isn't it? You don't say that at all.

No, I say you're doing a fantastic job, and we all disappointed in you. What? That's what I always say, isn't it? You don't say that at all. No, I say you're doing a fantastic job and we all really appreciate what you're doing. Sarah, Wendy, Harold, all hold there. We're going to get you all on, as we like to do. And this is the final for the Karcher Best Weekend too, so we'd like to thank Karcher for their ongoing support and also making poor Niamh in the office send out giant vacuum cleaners every week.

It can't be easier to send out, right? So thank you to everyone. Harold, Wendy, Sarah, there's only a handful of vacuum cleaners we can give away. And I'm going to give one to every single one of you! Ah, yeah, we've got three left. You guys all get a

wet and dry vacuum cleaner. Thanks to Karcher. Enjoy that. Thank you very much. Thank you. You're welcome. Have a greatarcher. Enjoy that. Thank you very much. Thank you. Have a great weekend, all of you. Appreciate you listening, you're wonderful human beings. Thank you.

You too. Thank you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with you. It is a holiday here in Christchurch. It's New Zealand Cup and Show Week all week and the AMP show is on again today and we're heading along after the radio show this

morning to give away our Heartland chips as well. We'll be down by the Hits area just outside the Hazlet farmyard. But it looks like a great couple of days. Three massive days. Entertainment, agriculture, education but not just for the rural community, for everyone, for the whole community, the New Zealand

agricultural show, the AMP Zealand Agricultural Show, the AMP Show, it's going to be on today. A lot of herding of things, I noticed. Herding of sheep, herding of ducks, herding of people, and shearing sheep. We'll be shearing sheep and shearing germs, Ben, won't we? Shearing our germs we bought. It's pretty cool.

For every adult or senior ticket purchased, you can redeem up to three children's tickets for free this week as well. Can't wait to go along. It's going to be very fun uh however i a bit of an unprepared shambles just in my personal life in general and we had to make a fleeting visit or fleeting trip to the airport yesterday work via home airport that was that was the route so we needed to take and we knew it was tight we all knew it was tight. That's on me. I'm not going to blame anyone.

I knew when the flight was. And always, I was saying to you yesterday, always when you think you're going to have a lot of time, 100% of the time you never have time. So we were running late from work, got home, and I thought, I'm going to have plenty of time. And the night before, I'd put family stuff, I'd go to the way, everyone's got a family.

You're doing stuff, you know, netball, dishes, dealing with birds, nesting in the roof at the moment, there's a lot going on. So I was like, I'll pack tomorrow. But the problem is when you're packing in a panic, you never feel fully confident that you've packed everything you need. I can't do, I can't pack in a panic. When did you pack?

Probably three or four days before leaving. I had it all sorted, ready to go. I was like, the bag is good to go. Because I can't do it. I can't pack in a panic. When did you pack? Probably three or four days before leaving. I had it all sorted and ready to go. I was like, the bag is good to go. Because I knew the same thing. We were in and out. The bag was sorted. It was all packed. It was ready to go.

Yeah, time management, not my full day. I wouldn't be on the time management executive team. Because I know, like you, you get to there, you just can't leave until the last minute. At least I know I'm done. Three days before you leave. Yeah, it was all ready to go, mate. Mate, you're going to be one of those 75-year-olds who turns up to the airport eight hours before the business.

Oh, absolutely. How early are you taking your family out to the airport now? So early, yeah. They definitely don't. They're like, it's the day before the flight leaves. Nice to be out here just being prepared. Just being prepared, guys. Everything goes wrong, whatever, we're here.

But anyway, you're packing in a rush chucking stuff in and I kind of remember the important work things I emailed you and texted you twice about that so I was like

don't forget this stuff because I'd given you some of that stuff to tell you I'm like why did I do that well anyway you bought that you bought that

well done I got the passive text and packed next up but the problem is I forgot to pack my unmentionables Ben you know

my smalls right so I'm running off one pair of socks and one pair of knickers okay for three days I'm down

I'm staying down here again oh you are you're staying here another night three days well you can buy some I know that's

that's the theory a friend of ours always has like if you forget something you can there's kmarts there's things in most locations and you forget that don't you because usually when i pack i've taken everything yeah i'd be like yeah i take this i take a giant but you mock me for my giant bag big blue we're calling it that's a big blue suitcase big blue big blue i could go out big Big Blue and I'd be fine until August 2025. On the road. Nothing would go wrong. But you've taken a smaller bag, I've noticed this time.

Yeah, and I regret every minute of it. Big Blue's gone. Take all your underpants with Big Blue as well, all right. Huge news story over the last seven days. In California, they've had a jackpot. The Powerball or whatever they have over there, jackpotted to $2 billion. Yeah, $2 billion. This is the lottery draw.

It's incredible. The more we say billion, I hope you understand we're talking about billion. Yeah, not million. Billion. Billion dollars. That's huge. The biggest thing they've ever had over there, right? Oh, the things I would make you do for me if I had $2 billion.

And I would do them. Yeah, I'd make you call me Lord Pryor all the time. Yeah, I'd do it. Yeah. So we wanted to celebrate wins this week. Now, obviously, we're not going to be able to beat $2 billion. Billion. Billion.

We're not going to beat that. But what sort of little wins have you had this week on 0800 The Hits? Yeah. Like I got to sit in the emergency exit of the plane yesterday. Yeah. Four centimetres extra leg room. I wouldn't know what to do if there was an emergency. I just said, yes, yes, I'm okay to get everyone out of the plane.

I don't know how to open that door. Yeah, but that's a little win. So John has had a little win. That's the sort of thing we'd love to know on 0800, the hits. We'll find some prizes next, but we're going to call the place that sold the winning lottery ticket in California. Two billion. Did we say it was billion?

Hello? Hello? is that Joe? Hello? Hello, is that Joe? No, no, he's not here. Can I take a message? Oh, it's Jono and Ben. We're calling all the way from New Zealand. Oh, nice, nice.

Can I pass the message for you? Oh, we just want to say congratulations for selling the winning ticket. Oh, awesome. Thank you so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll pass the message for you? Oh, we just want to say congratulations for selling the winning ticket. Oh, awesome. Thank you so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll pass the message on to him. It's my father. Oh, nice. Now, what does it feel like to give away or sell a ticket that won someone $2 billion? Oh, it's surreal. I can't believe it.

You'd be hoping that they go halves with you? Just a little something. I wouldn't mind. $2 billion? I just hope they do something good with the money, you know, because that's too much money for one person, so hopefully they give back to the community and they help people out. Do you guys win any money for selling the ticket? Yeah, yeah, actually my father gets a lump sum of a million dollars because of it.

What? Wow, I thought I read that. Yeah, not too bad. That's awesome. Are you asking Dad for a loan or anything now? Nah. Hopefully he just enjoys his money. Whatever he wants to do with it, if he wants to share, that's up to him.

You're a nice person. He worked hard his whole life. He deserves it. He'll just relax, take it easy, go sit on the beach maybe in New Zealand or something. Oh, hey, he's welcome over here with his million dollars any day. That would be nice. It'd be like 10 million New Zealand dollars. Our dollar's terrible right now.

Yeah? Oh, that's incredible. So will your dad, do you think your dad will keep working, or he might call retirement? Oh, yeah, he's working right now. Oh, that's very cool. Well, lovely to talk to you. Have you had lots of annoying people like us calling you?

Non-stop. Non-stop. They're coming in non-stop for sure. Now, what's been your favorite interview? Oh, man. I guess like the Good Morning America interview today was kind of cool. Okay. But, yeah, there's just been so many now.

Would we be in the top ten? Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. I would say like the ABC one and the Good Morning America one Yeah, there's just been so many now. Would we be in the top ten? Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. I would say, like, yeah, the ABC one and the Good Morning America one were the coolest ones because my mom got to watch them, so that made me happy. Would we come in third? Would we be third, Jono, on being New Zealand radio number three? Oh, New Zealand radio?

Oh, yeah. I would love to hear myself on you guys. You're on there now. New Zealand's awesome. I wish I could go there one day, but you know what? Maybe my dad will buy me a little trip to New Zealand now. Hey, number three, baby. We're number three.

You're on there now. New Zealand's radio. New Zealand radio. Oh, awesome. Yeah, what's up? Hello, New Zealand. Congratulations. What a life-changing event, not only for the person you sold the ticket to,

but for your father and your family as well. That's incredible. Yeah, yeah. Thank you so much. I really appreciate the call. All good. Well, you look after yourselves. Next time we're in Altadena, we're going to swing by. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do so.

Drinks on us. Have a good one, mate. Have a good one, bud. Cheers. So, next time we're in Altadena? Have we been to Altadena? To be honest, I don't know where Altadena is. But next time we'll swing by. We'll swing by. Hey guys, remember I said we'd swing by next time we're in Altadena and be like, I don't know where Alter Dina is. But next time we'll swing by. We'll swing by. Hey, guys, remember I said we'd swing by next time we're in Alter Dina

and be like, ah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Huge news story over the last seven days in California. They've had a jackpot, the Powerball or whatever they have over there, jackpotted to $2 billion. Yeah, $2 billion. This is the lottery draw. It's incredible.

The more we say billion, I hope you understand we're talking about billion. Yeah, not million. Billion. Billion dollars. That's huge. The biggest thing they've ever had over there, right? Oh, the things I would make you do for me if I had $2 billion. And I would do them.

Yeah, I'd make you call me Lord Prime all the time. Yeah, I'd do it. Yeah. Yeah, so we wanted to celebrate wins this week. Now, obviously, we're not going to be able to beat $2 billion. Billion. Billion. We're not going to beat that.

But what sort of little wins have you had this week on 0800 The Hits? Yeah. Like I got to sit in the emergency exit of the plane yesterday. Yeah. Four centimetres extra leg room. I wouldn't know what to do if there was an emergency. I just said, yes, yes, I'm okay to get everyone out of the plane. I don't know how to open that door.

Yeah, but that's a little win. So John has had a little win. That's the sort of thing we'd love to know on 0800, the hat. So we'll find some prizes next. But we're going to call the place that sold the winning lottery ticket in California. Two billion. Did we say it was billion? Hello?

Hello, is that Joe? Hello? Hello, is that Joe? No, no, he's not here. Can I take a message? Oh, it's Jono and Ben. We're calling all the way from New Zealand. Oh, nice, nice.

Can I pass the message for you? Oh, we just want to say congratulations for selling the winning ticket. Oh, awesome. Thank you so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll pass the message on to him. It's my father. Oh, nice.

Now, what does it feel like to give away or sell a ticket that won someone $2 billion? Oh, it's surreal. I can't believe it. You'd be hoping that they go halves with you? Just a little something. I wouldn't mind. But I just hope they do something good with the money, you know, because that's too much money for one person. So hopefully they give back to the community and they help people out. Do you guys win any money for selling the ticket? Yeah, yeah. Actually, my father gets a lump sum of a million dollars because of it.

What? Wow. Do you get a million bucks? I thought I read that. Yeah, not too bad. That's awesome. Are you asking Dad for a loan or anything now? Ah, nah. Hopefully he just enjoys his money. Whatever he wants to do with it,

if he wants to share, that's up to him. You're a nice person. He worked hard his whole life. He deserves it. We'll just relax, you know, take it easy, go sit on the beach,

maybe in New Zealand or something. Oh, hey, he's welcome over here with his million dollars any day. That'd be nice. It'd be like 10 million New Zealand dollars. Our dollar's terrible right now. Yeah?

Oh, that's incredible. So will your dad, do you think your dad will keep working, or he might call retirement? Oh, yeah, he's working right now. Oh, that's very cool. Well, lovely to talk to you. Have you had lots of annoying people like us calling you? Oh, non-stop, non-stop.

They're coming in non-stop, for sure. Now, what's been your favorite interview? Oh, man, I guess like the Good Morning America interview today was kind of cool. Okay. But, yeah, there's just been so many now. Would we be in the top ten? Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. I would say like the ABC one and the Good Morning America one were the coolest ones because my mom got to watch them, so that made me happy.

Would we come in third? Would we be third, Jono, and be in New Zealand radio number three? Oh, New Zealand radio? Oh, yeah. I would love to hear myself on you guys. You're on there now. New Zealand's awesome. I wish I could go there one day, but you know what?

Maybe my dad will buy me a little trip to New Zealand now. Hey, number three, baby. We're number three. You're on there now. New Zealand's radio. New Zealand radio. Oh, awesome. Yeah, what's up? Hello, New Zealand. Yeah Hey, number three, baby. We're number three. You're on there now. New Zealand's radio. New Zealand radio. Oh, awesome. Yeah, what's up?

Hello, New Zealand. Congratulations. What a life-changing event, not only for the person you sold the ticket to, but for your father and your family as well. That's incredible. Yeah, yeah. Thank you so much.

I really appreciate the call. All good. Well, you look after yourselves. Next time we're in Altadena, we're going to swing by. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do so. Yeah, well, drinks on us. Have a good one, yeah, yeah. Do so. Yeah. Drinks on us. Have a good one, mate.

Have a good one, bud. Cheers. Sorry. Next time we're in Altadena. Like, have we been to Altadena? I don't need to be honest. I know where Altadena is. But it's next time.

Next time we'll swing by. We'll swing by. We'll swing by. Hey, guys. Remember I said we'd swing by next time we're in Altadena? You'd be like, ah. OK. 0800 the hits.

We're going to open this up. We're never going to beat a $2 billion lottery victory, are we? No. So we'll go to the other end of the scale. What have been life's little wins this week? Yeah. Not $2 billion worth, just mini stuff. Yeah, celebrate the little wins in life.

Maybe you got a new job. Maybe you got a parking spot right outside a restaurant that you were trying to go to. Ben, you saw me fossicking through my boot at five o'clock in the morning the other morning. Yeah. And I was like,

Ben, I've lost my swipe card to the building. You're like, oh no, mate. Oh no. I know you didn't really care. I kept thinking, why does he not put it in his wallet?

But anyway. And then I came in here and it was in here. Yeah. And that was a good day. It was. Didn't have to get a new swipe card.

So that's the sort of stuff we're after. 0800 THE HITS 4487 on New Zealand's Breakfast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We want to celebrate some little wins, hopefully ahead of the Black Ferns having a big win at the World Cup. What happened this week can be big, can be small. This was pretty awesome.

I thought we should celebrate first before we get into your calls on 0800 The Hits. We've got some hell pizza. We're going to give away for everyone we put on the air. But Jack Black, actor Jack Black, comedian. So a Palmerston North school, Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School are doing School of Rock which Jack Black starred in the movie of

and he sent them a video message. Have a listen to this. Palmerston North Intermediate Normal. It's me Jack Black. I heard you were doing School of Rock Are you doing School of Rock? That rules

Hey you rule the school And you rock the block And I just wanted to wish you luck I wanted to send you good vibes And rock and roll spirit Go get it. And don't forget, there's no way you can stop the school of rock. How cool is that?

Oh, he's awesome. And we're talking all over his falsetto. That's great. But you have one issue with the message. You're like, it's a beautiful message, wonderful story, heartfelt stuff, but what's your bugbear? Well, at the start, because he was obviously reading it, so he was like, Palmerston.

And then he kept reading, North Intermediate. It was obviously, yeah, maybe a pop-up ad. Palmerston North, it was like, yeah. Have a listen to that replay again. How many seconds has he left between Palmerston and North there, Joel? Palmerston. One. North Intermediate.

One and a two. Yeah, there we go. So what's been the big little win, the little big win for you this week? We're going to go to the phones on 0800. The hits is the telephone number. Let's get Barb. Barb?

Is this Barb? Hi, guys. How are you? We're all made by Barb. We've got wonderful history with Barb. You were our first listener. We came onto the hits and you're like, I don't know about you guys. Do you still not know and you're like, I don't know about you guys.

Do you still not know about us, Barb? I don't know about you guys. It's lovely to hear your voice, Barb. He was that guy at the petrol station. So lovely. He was lovely. He was lovely, yeah. Taking his time to talk to us about the big win.

Yeah, he was gorgeous. Barb, what's the little win for you this week? Okay, it was totally random. A parcel arrived from my sister. Didn't expect it. And in the parcel was a pair of bright pink socks for my husband, four potato peelers and two pillowcases.

What a gift. Wow. Almost a gift from the gods. Do you love potatoes? Do you love peeling them? It's just that those particular potato peelers are the best and we can't get them in New Zealand. She's from Melbourne.

Contraband potato peelers. No, they're going to be gifts for friends because they like them too. So we've been waiting nearly since pre-COVID to get some more. So that was like a huge win because they're smooth. They do the job. They're great.

Oh, yeah. Nothing quite like a good potato peeler. Now, do you mind accepting a package Ben has got coming from overseas as well? No. Just need to leave it on top of the fridge for a week or two just till the heat dies down. Okay, Barb. Yeah, maybe not.

We're going to hook you up with some Hell Pizza. That's a package that you want. They're delivering beer and wine as well. You have a great weekend, Barb. Love to hear your voice. Great to talk to you guys. Have a good day. See you, mate.

Brian, what's your little win this week, mate? Brian's not on the line anymore. He just dropped off. Sorry, guys. But Hayley from Hamilton is here. Even better? Hayley, are you a little win this week? Sorry, Hayley's just gone as well.

Producer Joel. Tell you what our little win is this week. Our producer Joel. We love him. Cons win is this week. Our producer Joel. We love him. Consistent, rock solid. Never lets us down. Always makes us look like a smooth show.

Since you guys are out I'll be out ahead 9.05 early finish for my Friday. Have you got any other callers that you're going to say are there

but aren't? No there's not. Sorry guys. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash.

Thank you. Or play on to win more. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. Match your five words, you win five grand. Now, we've got the wonderful Michelle joining us in Auckland. How are you, Michelle? I'm doing great, thanks.

How are you? Yeah, good. Big weekend in Auckland with the rugby on tomorrow night. You're heading along? No, sorry. Okay, end of that conversation. Now Michelle, it's hard to get tickets. Yeah, it is. It's all sold out. Producer Joel did a wonderful job of finding out

what we're actually doing this weekend. He spilled it off to me, but Joel, I thought you delivered it beautifully. What is Michelle doing? Just relaxing, you know. It was supposed to be gardening but there's heinous you delivered it beautifully. What is Michelle doing? Just relaxing. You know, it was supposed to be gardening, but there's heinous weather and all kind of the moments. So Michelle's just relaxing by the pool, hopefully, I think. Yeah.

Yeah, well done. Did he sum it up beautifully, Michelle? Yes, he did. My kids got lessons on Sunday, so it was good. Oh, good on you. Okay, now, 5K, we're going to try and win it for you this morning. I feel good about this. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Jono, please.

All right, I'll head off into the soundproof booth. He is in there now. Okay, here we go, Michelle. What pops into your head when I say fast? Fast. Fast. Slow. Slow, yeah.

Solar is the second word this morning. Solar. Solar. Panel. Panel. Rodent is word number three. Rodent. Rodent.

Yeah. Pest. Pest. Personal is word number four. Personal. Personal. Profile. Profile. Profile.

That was a tricky one. Personal, wasn't it? No. That's a very tricky one put on the spot there with personal. And table is the final word. Table. Chair. Chair.

That was just chair, just chair, not chairs? Chair. Yeah, chair. All right, Michelle, I'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth and get him back in and we'll see how many of these words we can match and get you some money. I am prepared for some high-intensity winning, Michelle, okay? Okay.

Five words, it's like dancing five words, isn't it? It looks easy or sounds easy, but when you do it, it's blimmin' hard. It is, and it's hard to get two people thinking exactly the same when you say these words that's why you play this game every morning it's a lot of fun all right let's head to the first word word one twenty five dollars i said to michelle fast what do you say jonah fast slow yeah well done oh oh someone called santa christmas is covered michelle your choice now do you want to get to the next word, which is $50? I'll try it. Yeah, try it. Word two, $50.

Yeah, that's wrong. Michelle gets nothing. You've got a lot going on, Michelle, in that household this morning. My daughter is dancing around to me and I'm just holding her hand while she's dancing. Multitasking. I said it was like dancing this game. You literally are doing it. Solar is word number two this morning. Solar.

Solar panel? Yeah, well done. Solar panel. All right, Michelle, you've got 50 bucks. That is yours. You want to risk it for 100? I can't remember the third word now. The third word, I'll tell everyone, it's rodent was the third word.

Rodent. I don't know if that's right. Did you say Jono when he said rodent? No, I didn't say Jono. What do you reckon, Michelle? Shall we go for it, Cara, and try one more? We'll take $50. You're going to take it?

No, I'll go one more and see what happens. All right. $100. This was a tricky one. While her daughter is twerking around her, she's playing the game. No, I'll go one more and see what happens. All right, guys. $100. This was a tricky one. While her daughter is twerking around here, she's playing the game. Rodent was the word, Jono. I'd say rat.

Ah, piss. We went piss, Starbush. Oh, I'm so sorry. Got a lot going on. It's what I need to be every morning, too. She's still dancing. It's all good. She thinks I'm happy. We're all good. Have a great weekend. Enjoy it. I hope the weather's alright for you.

Thank you. Now, John and my daughter, Indy, what I love about her, she's very curious. She asks me a lot of questions and sometimes I don't have all the answers to the questions that she asks. No, you start to really realise that as a parent, that you know nothing. How am I to have raised children? Because they know more than I do.

Yeah, and she picks up on a lot of stuff. This one I kind of knew the answer for. We were listening to the new Taylor Swift song we play on The Hits, Antihero, and there's a line from Taylor Swift, have a listen to this. So I was listening to that with Indy and and Indy's like, what's a sexy baby? And because I'm who I am, I'm like, oh, it's baby in a bikini, mate. Bikini babes. It's a gag, and I was like, no, no, no. No, no, no, babies don't wear bikinis.

That's a great business idea. Yeah, well, you don't. You're not enough about, yeah. I'm not enough babies are in bikinis you're right I think all types are wrong

about that right the new line JB baby bikinis out this summer let's not get into that and I was like no I think Taylor Swift referring to

you know sexy baby where someone's you know a good looking person there might be a sexy baby it's a weird term to say when you hey baby and also as I was

explaining it I was like yeah I was looking and India was like well that's weird that's weird and I was like it is weird she's, yeah, I was looking, and Indy was like, well, that's weird. That's weird. I was like, it is weird.

She's like, I'm never going to say that. And I'm like, well, you probably won't. You might not. As I was saying it, it's quite weird.

And I was like, fine, you don't have to say it. And that's what I love. But I love about that, Indy, she will make outlandish statements. She's like,

I'm never going to do this. She's never going to swear, apparently. That's another one. Have you ever, I tried to get her to swear, didn't I? And she's like,

I'm never going to say a bad word. And then I stitched her up in the edit. And she was mortified. With beep words. And she was like. You besmirched her good name. Our relationship's never been the same since then. And then she also said after the sexy baby conversation, I'm never going to wear a bikini.

And I'm like, that's fine. It's fine. You don't have to ever wear a bikini in your life. Dad's happy about that. Yeah. But you might change your mind. And if you do, that's fine. But yeah, I was like, never, never go.

You know, I'm making these statements as a kid, and then. What's she going to wear to the beach? Oh, you've got the togs, wetsuits. Yeah, you've got the togs, but she's like, I'm never going to wear a bikini. She has made some big claims. Lifelong deals. The swearing one. I'm never going to say a bad word.

You've got to hold her to that, too. I'm like, you are definitely. But no, she probably is the type of person that will never say a bad word. You've got to hold her to that too. I'm like, you are definitely. But no, she probably is the type of person that will never say a bad word. She's not even in her head will she say a bad word. I'm like, surely. Does she know the bad words? Yeah, she knows. So she knows them.

So she's thought of them though. If someone says it around me, it's like we're having a conversation and someone will just look at me. There's a guy who lives down the road and the kids call him the F-bomb guy because he loves an F-bomb. He loves an F-bomb. I know the guy you're talking about. He does.

He's chucking them all out. The war of Ukraine would be different if this guy was there. He'd just be dropping F-bombs all over. But when we're having a conversation with him, Indy just looks at me the whole time. I'm like, yeah, okay, I get it. It's just how he talks. It's fine.

She's a conservative 65-year-old lady. Yeah, 10-year-old's body. It's fine. She's a conservative 65-year-old lady. Yeah, 10-year-old's body. Yeah, beautiful. She's a wonderful girl. We're at Cross Church today. We're heading along to the AMP show. It's a huge week in Cross Church. Holiday, public holiday today.

Cup week as well, but the New Zealand agricultural show, the AMP show. Massive three days. Mix of entertainment, agriculture, and education. It's a fun day out for the whole family. We'll be there giving away our chips today. If you like cups and shows, well then Canterbury has the perfect week for you, don't they? Once a year, it's a wonderful atmosphere in Christchurch at the moment.

Ben, you got me to try something. You said when you come to Christchurch, you need to try this thing. Now, you've taken me on a tour of all of your favorite food hot spots. We went and had $2 rice once, which is rice with some sort of mysterious. Don't question the sauce. Just enjoy the $2 rice. Mystery sauce on the top. I don't know what it is, but it's tasty.

Yeah, and it's an iconic thing you'd have, particularly when I was a student in Christchurch. I used to love going in for $2 rice and something else I'd love as well. I went in there and I said, what's in the sauce? She's like, I can't tell you. It's like the colonel asking the colonel what's in KFC, mate. He can't tell you. Also because he's dead.

Yeah. But last night I took you along to suvalaki, Dimitri's suvalaki. Now, that is an iconic thing to eat in Christchurch. And you had your first lamb suvalaki. Here was it. It was like MasterChef. I put the recorder up to you. Dimitri was there.

We were all watching. What do you enjoy at? Here's what I recorded. Okay, Jono, this is the first time trying Dimitri's. It's iconic Christchurch food. I'm excited. It's built like MasterChef. This is the lamb souvlaki.

Yeah. Dimitri? This is Dimitri. I'm Dimitri. Shocking. Shocking. What's shocking? Shockingly good.

We've got a customer. Okay, thank you. Thank you very much. Dimitri didn't quite know how to take us. He didn't know what was going on, but it was awesome. I'm glad you loved it because it is it's so good I don't know why it's not everywhere else

well that's the thing you said afterwards shall we do what that guy did the founder on that movie The Founder and roll Dimitri for his great

yes you did you said we're walking away he's like let's sing that adorable elderly Greek man and his cute business and let's franchise it that's what you said

he should be franchising it was over us ruined the day he came out it was delicious go check it out if you're in Christchurch that franchising it. It's all for us to do. Ruin the day he came out with delicious superlucky. Go check it out. If you're in Christchurch, that's the one thing I say you've got to do is go enjoy a superlucky Well, you can check it out because we'll be franchising

them into every town and centre across this country. On the plane, tripping on the plane, heard a conversation behind me, which relates to what you're talking about, Ben. An American guy, and he was talking to the gentleman next to him, and he was just loving New Zealand. Like, it made me proud to be a New Zealander.

He's like, oh my God, this is just the greatest country on the earth. We arrived, the mayor already did a hacker for us. He was just having the time of his life. And he's like, I'm hiring a car. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm just going to drive for two weeks. And he fired out a question to this New Zealander,

which I thought, jeez, I don't even have an answer to this. He goes, what is the one thing I must do before I leave this country? And I was like, wow.

I don't know what I would suggest. And you, if you came to Christchurch, you'd say, have a super lucky. What would you tell this adorable American gentleman? Well, that would be the thing. That was what I'd go to. Of everything, go and have a super lucky. Well, if he said Christchurch, well, okay, let's try it out there. Your

town, your hometown, what's the one thing you need to do in your hometown? Oh, 800 the hits. 4487, what's the one thing you need to do in the hometown? 0800 The Hits, 4487. What's the one thing you need to do in the hometown? We've got some Counting Crows tickets to give away. They're coming to New Zealand March next year. Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington. All the details at livenation.co.nz.

It's going to be awesome. So if you want to win a double pass to Counting Crows, what's the one thing we need to do in your town or city? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I overheard a conversation on the plane yesterday. Charming American gentleman was just frothing New Zealand. He was. He was.

Don't you love it when people come here and froth their country? I do. You always say, and I agree with this, that when people are here and they're in New Zealand, you feel bad and they're like, I'm in New Zealand, the weather's bad. You're like, oh, you feel a bit bad. Yeah, no, but when it's a cracking day,

you're like, oh, the visitors will be loving us today. But he did ask a great question on the plane. And I was just eavesdropping like a nosy prick that I am. What's the one thing he needs to do before leaving this country? And that's what we're chucking out there on 0800 The Hits this morning. Yeah, what's in your town? Like, if you're going to your town, what's the one thing or town or city that you're like, you've got to do this? Let's get Jade on, shall we?

Jade, morning. It's great to have you on the show. What does this charming American gentleman need to do if he comes to your town? Jade. Hello. Well, I think that he needs to go collect mussels and oysters and cook them in garlic and butter straight off the beach in a pan for

you to have a look in the water. It sounds delicious. It is. I'm travelling from Australia and that was one of the first things my partner took me to do and I absolutely loved it. Wow. Oh, you're from Australia. Are you frothing New Zealand, mate?

You like it? I'm loving it. Oh, that's what we like to hear. Is the weather being good, mate? Oh, weather doesn't matter, mate. I'm loving it. Oh, that's what we like to hear. Is the weather being good, mate? Oh, weather doesn't matter, mate. I'm loving it. Oh, that's wonderful. There you go.

Come here and cook some oysters. Sounds delicious, but I can't help but feel there's more exciting things to do, but it sounds delicious. Hey, well, sounds like what an experience. Straight from the beach, can't you have it? Oh, so good. There's nothing better. Hey, Jade.

How does the radio over here compare to Homeland, mate? Don't ask that. Oh, mate. Ace. You guys are up. Yeah. Kyle and Jackie O'Hoo, eh? They're pretty.

And there is a such thing as a GG. Like a horse, you mean? Yes. Oh, okay. Well, they're called, my grandmother used to call them in Australia. The GGs, right. Obviously, mate, have you been listening to our show? Have a great day, Jade.

Love your work. All the best. Now we're going to go to Grace. What does this person need to do if they come to your town, Grace? Morena, so I'm in Bulls, so you've got to sit on top of the Bulls and take a photo with them. Oh, great. town, Grace. Morena. So I'm in balls. So you've got to sit on top of the balls and take a photo with them. Oh, great. Yeah, great.

I love the puns in balls, too. I'm a big lover of puns. They have a shop like, no, load a ball or indestructible and everything's ball themed. Unbreakable and this, you know. Yeah, it's great. Have an incredible day, you know. Relieve a ball at the toilet. Relieve a ball. Also the brothel as well. incredible day. You know, relievable at the toilet. Relievable.

Also at the brothel as well. I love your work mate. Thank you for listening. Do you want to go to the Counting

Crows? I would love to. Yes, please. We'll hook you up with some tickets. Thank you so much for calling. You have yourself

a great weekend. Yeah, you too. Thanks so much guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is The Hits.its, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is The Hits.

You've got Jono and Ben. Black Ferns playing Saturday night, World Cup final. A lot of sport going on. The Football Ferns playing in Christchurch. Kiwis in the UFC.

The Kiwis league team got a semi-final in the All Blacks on Monday morning. So heaps of sport going on. Yeah, I met a couple of Football Ferns yesterday. Yeah, they were great.

Lovely people, weren't they? They dragged Ben in to interrupt their media day. Yeah, I can tell you weren't fully confident about going in. Well, because people a couple of football fans yesterday. Yeah, they were great. Lovely people, weren't they? They dragged Ben in to interrupt their media day. I could tell you weren't fully confident about going in. Well, because people were in a little room but it wasn't just like walk past them. They had to open the door to go specifically into the room. And crash an interview.

I was like, oh, I don't know this person. It's not live too. They'd just be like, alright, well that was inconvenient. Let's just pick up that question again. We'll edit that out. Yeah. Very funny. She's like, come to training and. We'll edit that out. Yeah. We'll say it. But very funny. She's like, come to training and prank us at training too,

which sounds fun as well. But good luck to the team. Now, I'm in an issue, which I'm sure a lot of people will resonate with being boys. I'm a useless husband. You know? Yeah. I'll put my hand up. I'll put my hand up with that as well.

Yeah, useless husband. And Jen, we live in quite an old house. It's not... I think you live in a neighboury. Yeah. I don't know if it's a house, because live in quite an old house. I think you live in a neighbouring. I don't know if it's a house because you always talk about the birds. There's so many birds. The house isn't quite as old as Joe Biden. About as old as me. But it's very old. But birds,

they nest under the corrugated iron roof because it's hot and I guess it's kind of incubates. So they've got a little gap there that they can kind of go in. They're going through the gutter, and they're going through the roof. And gee whiz, just when they're nesting, they're just chup, chup, chup, chup, chup, chup, chup, chup. And then they come in with all their shrapnel and bits they're dragging under the roof. And it would be a huge fire hazard, I imagine, all those bits and pieces under the roof.

So anyway, Jen, my wife, got a quote. She's like, to cover the gutter, it costs thousands of dollars. I was like, don't worry, I'll do it. Why'd you say I'll do it? I don't say I'll do it. No. And she. I know it's a lot of money, it costs a lot, you know, but yeah.

Daily. You've got to do it before nesting season. Yeah, no, I'll get around to it. Got to do it before nesting season. Last week, I'm pretty sure I've seen some birds sniffing around there. They're trying to nest. Oh, don't worry. And then I went outside for two seconds.

I was like, there's no birds out there. What are you talking about? She's like, I saw a bird. And it turns out, Ben Boyce, that I've missed the boat. I've missed the boat. The birds are in there. The nests are going. I climbed up the ladder the other night.

Chup, chup, chup. They're already under there. Sorry, guys. Do you want us to move out? That's the problem. And I don want us to move out and I don't have it in me I don't want to end these birds

I don't want to spray a hose in there I thought about it a shoe get out but I can't

do it so we're going to have to ride out another season of birthing birds in my aviary

but anyone can come on my property and give birth. I'm very open-minded. You can make love on my property and birth. The birds and the bees literally happening at your property. And I apologise to Jen. I should have listened. Because then I went to the bird expert, and the bird lady, she's like,

oh, mate, they are relentless. You'll never beat them. That's what she said. They can fit through the size of a 50 cent coin, birds. Who? What? The birds. What birds?

If you clog up any bird. Oh, no, not like a bald eagle or something. An albatross. Yeah, that's sweet. Amazing. They're in Cirque du Soleil. But yeah, 50 cent. I said, old 50 cent piece or new 50 cent?

She said, new. They can get through, mate. Well, okay. Good luck with your bird problem. We're going to talk to her. Oh, don't worry. I'll be keeping you updated. I think you can get through, mate. Okay, well, good luck with your bird problem. Oh, don't worry, I'll be keeping you updated. I can't wait. If anyone wants to give birth to my property, you're welcome.