Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: The Valentines Day Disaster...

Episode Date: February 15, 2023

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Kia ora, welcome to the podcast. This is brought to you by Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Just in the middle of sending a text, which we spoke about a couple of podcasts ago, I can't multitask. It's either the text or the conversation that suffers. So in this instance, Ben, the text can suffer. And I'm also getting distracted. I don't normally get distracted by what's out through the window here, because basically where our studio is, it looks down to the foyer of the office building, not just our office, but so many other office workers work here. What are you getting distracted by, the babes?

The marketing teams is down there. Look at the balloon animal. It's a sheep or a dog balloon animal. It looks full. Yeah, not just one of those little things. It's huge. But it was a hyper-sized version of one that you one that is well you know sheep in new zealand virgin wool uh but you know they you know the ones that clowns make when they twist all the things but

it's like a massive very big yeah so sorry i don't as i say i'm pretty good at not getting distracted looking at you while you know people walk past behind. But that one, that caught my eye. That threw you, yeah. Because we are in a building where the studio window just looks out into a giant foyer of all sorts of workers from all sorts of different businesses arriving. And when I'm talking to you on the radio, sometimes I can tell when I've lost you.

Sometimes also people wave, and I'm looking at you, and then someone plays behind with a smile, and I don't want to be rude to you or them. Well being rude to me because you're like i've checked out of this but i'm gonna wave at someone through the glass yeah so sorry about that i actually had to move from their position yeah i know you'd be a shock i was smiling at everyone as they came past when we started here yeah no i wasn't we could pull down the blinds i guess is the other option no it's good the windows have windows hey we've got nothing to hide. No, I'm not trying to hide, but of course it's a distracting part.

It's a lovely building. We're working here, isn't it? What's your favourite part of this building? Did you know we've got a downstairs, fully functioning bathroom? Yeah. Shower system? Of course you know, producer Joel.

Good shower. Better than my flat showers Have you showered there Yeah heaps Do you Yeah What's it for Because there's no gym

There's Les Mills across the road People cycle in Yeah it's also It's next to the bike places But it's also just like Freshen up in between shifts If you're going for a dinner If you're going to town

Like a corporate thing afterwards Not that we have many Corporate events Sorry Joel How many corporate things well let's say radio awards

for example if you're working until four then it's on five you're like I want to go have a shower I was down there

last year in the steam room so how many showers have you had because it's in the garage I'd say over 30 over 30 well I used to

go for runs back to late that's where you go run at lunch time go for a run yeah and then you go freshen up it's like

it's for all the buildings as well there are corporate places above us all the offices in the building so yeah very good idea how do you go in a big group changing room situation

how do you look I'm definitely like a undies on in the shower situation that's what you think if it's an open plan I really do appreciate that

I love the confidence of people who can just go butt naked in front of other strangers and it's it's not for me it's not for me

it's not for me are you a butt naked guy well I you play a lot of team sports you wouldn't normally but like you saw we played rugby

in the last few years and our coaches are like if you don't get your kit off like you go what are you going to hide what are you going to hide my so it was that's definitely a very toxic masculinity culture a very small private parts that's what i've got to hide yeah my friend was in a rugby team and the coach

the coach would come in and fall kid off and have a shower with everyone. Oh, really? Yeah. He loved the team environment. I've actually got a great story from back in the day. It's not a sick story or anything as well. We were like 12 years old. We went to Whangamata for a rugby team trip. And all the dads came.

It was like a dads and lads thing. And there was like 40 people staying in two batches. So obviously the shower space was limited. And there was one of these dads. he's a bit of a character. And we were like, during our warmup, we came back to the changing rooms. And then we see the showers running. And like we walked past, it's just like a real open rugby room showers. And one of the dads is there just fully naked, like having a, getting a shower.

I just decided to have a shower. Yeah. And I think my dad was like walking at the front of the team. He was the coach. He's walking in front. He's like, oh, oh, oh, boys, boys. I think he got a full frontal of old mate having a shower. There's probably a stage in life that you're actually like, ah, I don't care.

He sees me naked. That's true. I mean, the nudists, the naturalists, naturists. Naturists. Naturists, yeah, yeah. They love it. They love it. It's their thing.

It's fine. It's nothing. It's the human body. It's fine. It's just you can choose to display it or not well I guess there's laws

there's laws around that you can't go to the Westfield and go I choose this yeah yeah true so you're probably right there is laws around it but there are places that do what makes you happy

as long as it's not making you happy in the middle of a yeah Westfield mall or something yeah that's right that's probably frowned upon right

nudist beach I've been to a nudist beach there was one down the road From my house When I was growing up Oh it was thrilling We'd all go down there But

The idea of who you think Is on the nudist beach It's not what you imagine Right You know Is it Top 10 nude beaches In New Zealand

You've got Yudititi Beach Northland Karikari Auckland St. Leonard's Bay Takapuna Waiheke

There's a good one Little Palm Beach over there Ladies Bay, St. Heliers That's probably the most notorious one A few others in Coromandel So if you're looking to go Sunbathing this weekend Yeah

It's the The other thing too Is the sunscreen Yeah You just really You don't want to miss You know A lot more to apply

Isn't there There is They'll be mowing through it Yeah Mowing through it Because you don't And you have to put it everywhere Like you'd have to it's no part of your body you wouldn't want to cover no because that like if you're new to the naturist game oh you you haven't got that

base tan yeah no no you're just coming in like a newborn baby exposing i've got a mole down there and i'd still i've mentioned to you before and i'm still like still bamboozles me because you can only get moles from exposure to sunlight can't you well yeah generally normally you're right then maybe annie let me frolic around yeah those kids you know but you know but a naps off sun you know sun time out there you know naps off guys yeah yeah no it's uh it's it's quite freeing to be like even when you spend you know the minimal time we do just fully naked, it's very freeing. So I can see why people do it.

Some people love it. It's their thing, right? Yeah. Their thing. It sounded a bit weird. How did we get here? I don't know. We started with something.

We ended up here. Now it's time for the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. There's still so much devastation from Cyclone Gabriel. Thousands uncontactable. Thousands of people displaced from homes, particularly in the Hawke's Bay, Gisborne area. So we're really, really thinking of everyone.

So it'll still be affected from now on for days and weeks, I reckon, before the power's back on and people can get back to their houses as well. We're going to catch up in about half an hour with Adam and Megan, who host the Hits Breakfast Show in the Hawke's Bay there. How are they? I think they've been broadcasting for extended periods obviously. This is when

radio comes into its own, Ben. The cockroach of media because they're handing out obviously vital information. People can't get on the cell phone coverage is down in a lot of places as well. The internet coverage. You're right. Radio's become a very important lifeline there in Hawke's Bay.

And no power. No power, no comms. It's just wild. Imagine being in that position. So, yeah, we'll catch up with them in about half an hour. Great to have you back in the studio, mate. You've also suffered your own little inconvenience as well. I'm very minor.

We've just come off people who haven't had power for three days. Yeah, I know. It's very minor in the grand scheme of things. But just, you know, not being able to fly, you know, it's disrupted a lot of people's lives and plans and stuff like that. So, yeah, I got back yesterday with the family. I've got what you look like. But, boy, he looks good, doesn't he, Producer Joel?

It's been a few days broadcasting away. So you did a couple of shows out of Palms North. Yeah. Then you went to Wellington. Yeah. He was a man of the North Island. Just getting out there in the regions. I know you do like doing little tours around the country. I do. Then he went to Wellington. He was a man of the North Island. Just getting out there in the regions. I know you do like doing little tours around the country.

I do. I did think about it. Could I just keep going down the country? Could I just keep going and touring my way around? What was the vibe amongst the travellers? Did you get talking to the people or did you, like you usually do, just politely stick to yourself? I was very busy at the airport.

It was very, very busy. I imagine because everyone rescheduled flights and stuff. There long long queues yesterday even just to you know to drop off your bags and things like that just enormous queues and a lot of people trying to you know reschedule flights and things have been delayed so it's caused just you know so much inconvenience for some people but obviously devastation and heartbreaking stuff for a lot more and backed up flights too i imagine three days of cancelled domestic flights. Geez, remember that Bunnings sausage tour? More backed up than that, mate.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, well, true. Geez. That was coming out weeks after, so I don't know how they're going to fish their way through. How did you somehow relate that to you? Well, the backed up was the connection. And I was like, well, I just remember that took at least three weeks

to work itself out. So I can only imagine a whole bunch of flights that have been cancelled and how they're going to get through those so uh yeah poor new zealand god they've had a rough time of it lately too haven't they oh yeah and yeah from from covid from yes and then there was a massive earthquake last night as well for uh felt all around the north island as well so i don't know what we have done to mother nature to piss her off so much well probably whatever it is we're sorry okay you've made your message clear yeah i don't know anyway is it all that stuff i threw in the ocean because i'm sorry the hits the jonathan ben podcast still so much devastation from cyclone gabriel thousands uncontactable.

Thousands of people displaced from homes, particularly in the Hawke's Bay, Gisborne area. So we're really, really thinking of everyone. So it'll still be affected from now on for days and weeks, I reckon, before the power's back on and people can get back to their houses as well. We're going to catch up in about half an hour with Adam and Megan,

who host the Hits Breakfast Show in the Hawke's Bay there. How are they? I think they've been broadcasting for extended periods, obviously. This is when radio comes into its own, Ben. Yeah. The cockroach of media because they're handing out, obviously, vital information. People can't get on.

The cell phone coverage is down in a lot of places as well. The internet coverage. You're right. Radio has become a very important lifeline there in the Hawke's Bay. No power. No power, no no comms it's just wild imagine being in that position so yeah we'll catch up with them in about half an hour great to have you back in the studio man you've also suffered your own little inconvenience as well i'm very minor just come off people who haven't had power for three days it's very minor in the grand scheme of things but just you know not being able to fly

you know it's disrupted a lot of a lot of people's, you know, lives and plans and stuff like that. So, yeah, I got back yesterday with the family. I've got what you look like. But boy, he looks good, doesn't he, Producer Joel? It's been a few days broadcasting away, but it's, you know, it's awesome. So you did a couple of shows out of Palms North. Yeah. Then you went to Wellington.

Yeah. You're a man of the North Island. Just getting out there in the regions. I know you do like doing little tours around the country I do, I did think about it Could I just keep going down the country? Could I just keep going and touring my way around? What was the vibe amongst the travellers?

Did you get talking to them? Hey, next on the show Paul Rudd Spoke to him yesterday Ant-Man, he was so lovely He's so charming and charismatic He is And you combine that with Ben's charm and charisma,

it's almost like we're overdosing you on charisma, and we'll chuck Paul Rudd on again next, eh? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. She played for the Super Bowl, of course, a couple of days ago. A lot of people were wondering, including my wife, she was like, did you saw it when she went and put her makeup on? She was like, what was that all about? Well, of course, it was promoting her makeup line.

It was blatantly in there because the ads, as we know, in the Super Bowl cost millions and millions of dollars. So she just did that as a blatant plug, Rihanna, to get her makeup line in there. Her Fenty makeup. Great idea. So I missed it. What was she putting on?

Some foundation or something? She just walked down the thing and one of their dancers just gave her a makeup thing and she quickly just checked it and put it on but it just seemed like oh we're meant to see that or not you know just as a little moment stunning integration that's the sort of integration we die for here at commercial radio uh in this next break brought to you by uh bunnings warehouse now brought to you by producer joel who wanted to who's brought you by Mitre 10. ...play a little game with us this morning around some of the world's most popular noises. Yeah, it's called our Producer Joel sound game.

Now, we gave this a test run on the podcast intro, which you can catch on iHeartRadio every day. The game, as we thought, was too good for just a podcast intro. So we brought it to real-time radio you explain the format producer joel pretty much all i do is play like an iconic sound an iconic theme song an iconic tv show sound just a sound that everyone will know and first one to guess it wins and uh whoever has the most points at the end wins a big prize our issue is when we play any of these games, we get a little excitable.

Don't we? Yeah. Just start yelling out stuff. So apologies if we start yelling out stuff. How about we go, we'll make it like, so it's nice and smooth. So we'll do buzzers. So instead of yelling it out, we'll do buzzers.

We'll just yell out our buzzer. So your buzzer is Ben and Ben, yours is Jono. Oh, no, don't confuse things. All right. Okay, so it is. We'll start. This is a new game, and you're already coming in throwing spanners in the works.

Okay, you're right. All right, so first sound. Ben! Jono! What was that, Jono? That's the bloody computer started shutting down. Windows. One nil prior.

Second sound. Jono! It's the Disney Well done Disney 1-0 1-0 20th Century Fox 2-1 Jono

Jono Seinfeld 3-1 Jono Pryor He's gone well Jono! Oh! Seinfeld! Woo! 3-1 Jono Pryor. He's going well. Jono! Pixar. Oh!

Well done! It's the little lap that comes along, there's a little start. 3-2, there's three sounds left. Ben! Uh, Millionaire. Who wants to be a millionaire? Oh! Well done. 4-2 Jono.

4-2 Jono. Jono! Friends. So weird answering with your buzzer. Your name for the buzzer. It's just got a like... It's 4-3. 4-3 currently up to Jono.

Jono! Oh! Oh! The office! The office! Oh! It's a tie! Have you got a tiebreaker? Come back here at the end. We see. Oh, it's a tie.

Have you got a tiebreaker? Come back here at the end. We said we wouldn't get excitable. We have got excitable. Okay, the last one. We're actually going to have to go deep into the archives because I only had eight, but here we go. Jump with me. Rambo's end.

He comes back with a remarkable comeback. What a comeback. What a comeback. I started singing the bloody lyrics. Come with me. Oh, that was fun. So there you go. That's probably way too much excitement for this time of the morning.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's James Arthur, lasting lover. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. Heartbreaking scenes out of many regions in New Zealand affected by Cyclone Gabriel. Flooding, lack of power. There's still so many people unaccounted for. And we wanted to check in on some of the hits family from Hawke's Bay. Adam and Megan, good morning.

How are you guys? All right, mate. 48 hours, no power now. So things are starting to get a bit stinky in the studio. No sponge bath yet, but we'll try and focus on that today. Please do. I know, because I imagine when all of this first happens, the first 24 hours is probably a lot of, I

guess, adrenaline. Yeah, no doubt. And it probably fades, I imagine, by day two or three. It's funny you say that. Yeah, we are definitely feeling that this morning, both of us, quite personally. Yeah, it was a bit of a rough night I think. You know, you start to see so much more images come through and

you start to hear all of the really traumatic stories that are happening out there and we know that sadly three people have died in this and they expect that number to rise. So many people are still unaccounted for. It has really started to hit home and we know everyone else who's dealing with it will be feeling exactly the same.

So, yeah, it's going to be a tough day today, I think. So many people, you know, not in their homes, obviously. Where are all those people? Like, are they with friends or family? Have they set up centres around town? Yeah, there are centres around town, absolutely, and those are reasonably full. Marae have been taking a lot of people in,

and, of course, friends and family as well. But, I mean, hearing stories of people that have been in cars and just tents in backyards and sort of whatever accommodation they can find. So certainly it is a big deal for a lot of people. And reaching this 48-hour no power stage as well, I know for me personally this is the time that the deep freeze is pretty much done for.

You know, all the stuff in there is reasonably well defrosted now, so we're going to have to make our way through. We'll eat it, but, you know, there'll be people out there in the exact same position all over Hawke's Bay at the moment worrying about, oh, what do we do with all this food and meat? And hopefully what we're going to see is people traipsing up and down their roads and sharing with their neighbours and looking after people,

because that's what we're really going to have to do. Well, and, yeah, I mean, I hate to have another kick in the guts, but you look at the cost of living. It's the last thing. Well, you know, Adam is very, very tight with his pennies. And so for him, just seeing that stake defrost before his very eyes has been just as traumatic. So yeah, we're definitely with you on that one.

What about supplies getting in and out of the area? How are things there? Yeah, so we are expecting more supplies coming through. So the Navy ship is arriving today and the Defence Force are here and we are hoping that that will help bring supplies because we're certainly getting very low on that. Fuel is the other big one.

A lot of petrol stations and things were running out last night with just queues for miles. So that's of concern and hopefully we're getting out that that should be in the region today. And so the flooding, has it subsided? For the most part, sort of through people's houses, a lot of the surface flooding that was out there across Napier and Hastings to in the smaller towns throughout central Hawke's Bay is starting to go down.

But I mean, the rivers are still a torrent. They're still raging and there is more rain forecast in the ranges today, and that will affect the rivers as well, so it's not great news weather-wise today either. Man, well, the rest of the country, they are feeling for you. Are communications down too? Obviously, we're talking to you guys. You've got a generator running the radio station, but for people, can they make calls to their family outside of the Hawke's Bay?

I think, mate, that today is probably going to be the day for that. Just looking at my own personal cell phone this morning into work, we've got a heck of a lot more reception than we have had for the last few days. And another friend quickly messaged me this morning and said, mate, I'm back up in action. How are you guys? So I think maybe today will be the day that we will start to see a few whanau reconnecting with each other and they certainly need to

that's for sure after sort of three days of no contact there's going to be some very worried parents out there I'm sure Oh yeah

definitely thinking of you some heartbreaking stuff we've seen on the footage on social media the last couple of days so thinking of you guys take care

Thanks guys The Hits The Jono and Ben podcast. You've tantalized me. You've fed me a little tickler there, Ben Boyce, saying the Halbergs were on last night. Yeah, the sports awards. Now, you know the category.

I'll try and guess the winners. Oh, okay. This will be a fun game. Let's go Team of the Year. Blackfern, surely. Well done. Yeah, well done. Who else was up for Team of the Year?

I'm not entirely sure, but the big one, I won't say was the big one. I won't say what the big winners are because that will give you a clue. Okay, let's go Sportsman of the Year. Sportsman of the Year. Oh, jeez. Would you go? Give me an idea.

Well, they're all basically, it was either the Black, it was pretty much the Black Ferns or the Winter Olympics. Okay. Is it a Winter Olympian? Black, it was like pretty much the Black Ferns or the Winter Olympics. Okay. Oh, is it a Winter Olympian? Yeah, it is. It's not the Black Ferns if it's Sportsman of the Year. Yeah. Is it a skier?

Nico Porteus. Yeah, a snowboarder. And then the Sportswoman of the Year and the Supreme Award winner. Oh, Zoe Sadowski-Sinner. She was f***ing crazy. She just went off the roof. I'm pretty f***ing excited. I hope Sean and her dad got to go last night. He should have made the speech, eh?

Like, it's like, here. They've had a bonkers year, eh, those snowboarders? Even after, obviously, the 2022 Winter Olympics, they cleaned up. But after that, all sorts of snowboarding events around the world, they've taken out golds and silvers. Yeah, pretty incredible. Para-athlete was Corey Peters for para-skiing,

and coach of the year, Wayne Smith as well. So as I said before, it was all Winter Olympics and Black Ferns, and deservedly so. So congratulations. Smithy. Yeah, Smithy. Is that what they call him? I guess so.

The professor. They call him the professor, apparently. Who did I say? Oh, Ian Foster's daughter is in the football ferns. Yeah. Is that what they call him? I guess so. The professor. They call him the professor, apparently. Who did I say? Oh, Ian Foster's daughter is in the football fence. Yeah. Yeah. Crazy. Talented, eh?

Talented. What are you doing, mate? Oh, no. Not much. What are your daughters doing? Are they playing? Tell them to pick their game up. Yeah, pick their game up.

I'm going to go home today and tell them, look, my kid's in the eye and say, guys, you can jump on a snowball to pick up a football. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, I think everyone's still affected by the cyclone Gabriel, seeing some harrowing scenes of just flooding and damage. And so just thinking of everyone affected in those areas. Yeah, I just spoke to Adam and Megan,

who host the Hits show in the Hawke's Bay. And they were saying it seems like cell phone communications coming back on today. Oh it's good. Which would be good news for many friends and family trying to get hold of. Still thousands unaccounted for you know so which is really really scary. Yeah. We'll keep you up to date with that throughout the morning and on a lighter note

it was Valentine's Day wasn't it? Valentine's Day on Tuesday Ben and I was like I better get a gift. I'll get a gift. Are you a Valentine's Day on Tuesday been and I I was like I'll be to get a gift I'll get a gift so are you a Valentine's Day celebrator I do hand over a present I'm not I go out for dinner yeah right you know Chuck some rose petals down on the beer and let's get you know some people really go on to it and some of the people it's not for not for them producer Joel you went out for a lovely

meal yeah it's just a nice excuse to go out for dinner. No rose petals in the bed, don't worry. I booked a hotel and dinner out. Did you? Yeah, because we're away and we couldn't get home.

It was in Palmerston Hall. We're in one room with all the kids and we're out for dinner with the kids. Hey, but when you're straight down, I pay for a hotel and dinner out for my wife

even though we were in Wellington. And it was emergency circumstances. Yeah, yeah. Put all that aside, the core issue was, was there dinner out for my wife, even though we were in Wellington. And it was emergency circumstances. Yeah, yeah. Put all that aside. The core issue was, was there dinner out? Yes. It was, yeah. Was there a hotel?

Yeah. Laid it all on. The rest of it's just minor detail. Exactly. But yeah, the problem is, if you ever tried gift shopping in a pending cyclone, it's hard out there for an old romantic like myself. You know? gift shopping an appending cyclone it's hard out there for an old romantic like myself you know so I went to the mall

on the on the Monday when the cyclone was really sort of heading in Monday night and it was interesting to see what shops had battled on

you know there were some shops who were like there's no point there's no customers coming in some point you know

bras and things I couldn't get a bra or a thing that was all shut. The vape shops, though, they kept battling on. Oh, really? Yeah. You always want your vape juice, don't you, in the eye of a cyclone.

But I ended up going to Farmers. And I bought a voucher at Farmers. But not just a Farmers voucher. A voucher specifically for a makeup stand. Oh, yeah? In Farmers. Now, I handed this gift over, she accepted it gladly, but two days later I'm like, has that gift got connotations of you know, here's a makeup voucher love, you know, chuck some lippy on for the boys with

it, you know? Does it have that? And I'm feeling guilt. I know you had a shocker with a fry pan in 2019. Yeah, I know what you're saying. It was a fry pan your wife wanted. You ended up buying it for a... It's part of a gift, but it's, again, a mistake. Yeah, so I'm not the right person to ask, really, in this situation. Have I missed the mark?

I know. Well, I'm going to go through to Jen now. Okay. I haven't told her we're calling her. Hello? Hi. through to Jen now. Okay. I haven't told her we're calling her. Hello. Hi. Hello. How are you?

Good. Looking beautiful as always. How can you tell that? Just a second. You can hear it through the voice, can't you, Ben?

Oh, sure. Don't romance with us. I don't know where it's gone. Neither. Now, I? Oh, sure. Don't romancer this. I don't know where it's gone. Neither. Now, I just have a question. I bought you a gift for Valentine's Day. Now, you gladly accepted it, and you were grateful,

and you said thank you very much, and happy Valentine's Day. And a few days later, I'm thinking, have I missed the mark with this gift? Is that a question? Yeah, I'm thinking, have I missed the mark with this gift? Is that a question? Yeah, that's a question. Yeah. No, not particularly. Okay, because it was a makeup voucher.

Yeah. And I'm thinking, have I just handed over something going... Yeah, like, pretty as hell, fuck woman. Oh, that'd be just like old sexist friar hair. Chuck on some war paint, love. You know, that sort of... I thought it had those connotations. Oh, yeah.

You've let yourself go. Yeah. You didn't pick up those vibes? Not really, no. But, you know, I don't really make a big fuss about Valentine's Day. No. No, no, well, clearly, because I've got nothing back. No. All right, no, clearly, because I've got nothing back. No.

All right then, darling. Well, you'd better put on the old foundy. I will. I'll do it now for you. Yeah, good. Good on you. See you. It's the thought that counts, isn't it?

It's the thought that counts. Is it always the thought that counts, though? Because sometimes the thought is, well, there's been no thought put into the thought. or the thought you've kind of got wrong yeah oh 800 the hits okay uh when the it wasn't the thought that counted uh you can call us when a present missed the mark either you were doing the gifting or you were receiving the gift you can text 24487 love to get your calls on the hits the jono and ben podcast we're talking about gifts not quite hitting the mark jono you've got a bit of gift remorse yeah well apparently it's all good though i got a makeup voucher for for jen uh i know she likes buying yeah from that so that was the thought that i see i see where you

got there but you're asking the wrong person here you know 48 hours later i'm like is it did it have you know hidden meanings uh and no it did not for me but was it taken the wrong way and turns out everything's okay on that front. I haven't

suffered the frying pan scandal of the 2019 bench. Yeah or the 49ers scandal where I bought

my wife a 49ers t-shirt to commemorate the time we had together at a football game and she still hasn't

won it. Hold on where was that football game? Oh no don't know. Where was that football game Ben she still hasn't won it. Hold on, where was that football game? Oh, no, don't, no. Where was that football game, Ben? It was in America. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was in America.

So we go to the phones this morning. Gift giving, gift receiving. When the thought didn't count, Kay. Well, it did count in a way because I always had a lot of dishes to do. So my mother gave me a fry pan and rubber gloves for Christmas, but I already had five fry pans. So now you've got six fry pans.

Yes. Did you have rubber gloves? Yes, I already had about two sets down in the cupboard. So it was, yeah. I think she bought them all for herself because she liked the purple ones, but she gave them to me for Christmas. So you got given some rubber gloves

and a fry pan for Christmas. Yeah. And what do you say? How do you react to that present? What's the performance you have to put on? It was okay, because the worst present I'd ever received was a birthday president,

and that was from my boyfriend at the time, which was an empty milk bottle and face cloth. And I thought, well, where's he going with this? Yeah, well, yeah. And where was he going with the empty milk bottle and face cloth? To the recycling bin? What was the thought behind it? Or was there no thought? Yeah, it was different.

It was, you're right. It was, but I'm still trying to work it out. Don't cry over spilt milk. No, okay. What is it? Yeah, it's milk. No, I can't. I can't, yeah.

Anyway, we'll come back to that. If anyone knows, 4487, help us out there this morning. Thank you, Kay. Have a great one. We'll go to South Canterbury and we'll get Sarah on. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you?

Lovely to have you on, Sarah. When the thought didn't count. Now, we understand it involves a flute. Yes. My husband went to town and bought my three-year-old friend's son a flute for his birthday. Three's young to take up the flute as well, it's quite a complicated instrument. Yes, a very noisy one. Yeah and so how did the flute go down?

Not very well, she put it in the cupboard and left it there for a year and re-gifted it back to us. Because musical instruments in the hands of a child. Dangerous. Yeah, dangerous. Has he got a history of handing over annoying musical instruments in the hands of a child. Dangerous. Dangerous. Has he got a history of handing over annoying musical instruments? Yes. Last week he got my two-year-old nephew a harmonica. Oh, that's upgrading from a flute, isn't it?

Because the kids probably can't figure out how to play the flute. Yeah, you're right. All you've got to do is just expel some air into that harmonica and, boy, you've got yourself an instrument. Yeah, it wasn't as bad as the flute, though. Do you know what I like to keep handy? Just for moments like this, is I always carry this around in my bag, Sarah.

He's got a recorder. Yeah, there's a... He's never uttered. He's never learned a recorder. Yeah, they're just... He's never uttered. He's never learned the recorder. They're terrible things. He's trying to do Titanic. I'm not trying to do Titanic. What are you trying to do Titanic?

Producer Joel, you got that it was Titanic, didn't you? Great rendition. Yeah, thank you very much. What did you think, Sarah? Oh, it was brilliant. Yeah, I'll send it to your husband. He can hand it on to the next child he wants to give a musical instrument to. You're going to have a great day.

Yep, thank you very much. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. New Zealand's still dealing with the devastation of Cyclone Gabriel. At least five people have sadly died, which is just heartbreaking. Still thousands uncontactable. Thousands remain without power or have been displaced from their homes and our hearts go out to everyone affected.

I tried to exit out the back, so I had to get my kids to walk over all the broken glass. These families, they've literally lost, like, everything. One of the hardest parts of this disaster was that no-one could get in touch with anybody. I'm a one way motorway I'm the one that drives away That follows you back home Didn't get a lot of sleep last night?

You had the mind going? Yep You know the mind going? Yeah. Picking out every single window on one side of my house, both my cars and the deck. Oh my goodness. Times like these, time and time again Just come back in from rescuing someone else who attempted to drive through the flood waters. I, I'm a new day rising I'm a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight and leave it all behind? I ran straight upstairs because I could hear my kids screaming. We rescued one person and we had to pull him off the top of a fence. It's times like these you learn to live again.

It's times like these you give and give again. It's times like these you learn to love again. It's times like these, time and time again. Some of the Hitz family from Hawke's Bay, Adam and Megan. I think that's one thing that Hawke's Bay's found. We went through some floods a couple of years ago, and everyone got stuck in and helped and, you know, went to their neighbours and looked after each other.

It's a great region to be in for that, so I know it's going to be one hell of a clean-up. Rest assured that people are going to be out there getting stuck in and helping each other. and we will forever find. We'll make it better together, we'll make a better life. I, I'm a one way motorway. I'm the one that drives away and follows you back home. Hey, the Navy, you guys have been busy over the last couple of days. Saw that wild rescue of the catamaran online. Super, super proud of the crew at Tamano. They did a sterling job. My husband still serves and I'm super proud of the Navy and Defence Force for all that they're doing out there. Thank you. Thank you to everyone affected by Cyclone Gabriel. It's times like these you learn to love again

Yeah, thank you to everyone affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I love Gin Wigmore, she's awesome. And the Kiwi musician has rescheduled her tour. You can find all the details at ginwigmoremusic.com. She's about to kick into it right now. And she joins us over Zoom from LA. Hey, Ginen how's

it going oh good you know because i just started reading on your instagram you just got covered coming for the second time dude i flew back because i went down to uh new zealand for a week to play a show and i came back on the flight and i reckon i got covered on that nasty ass don't blame it on us i I'm blaming it on you. Are you one of these people who are like, oh, I've got to go and isolate, or you just plow on? Oh, look, I'm plowing on, but I am isolating because I'm also like, I don't want to get everyone affected. I just feel bad.

Might as well just have to roll with things like COVID. Obviously, now you're isolating, doing the right thing, but rescheduling tours, that's what you're having to do. And it's good to know that the tour to Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Raglan and Lee, it's happening. It's finally happening. It's happening. It's happening, man.

I mean, I hope it is. It's like the country's in chaos right now. Are you guys doing okay? Is everything? The Hawke's Bay and Hastings, geez, and Gisborne actually. Yeah, I know. It's bad. And I've seen all that around the Coromandel and Ha-Hei

and all the roads up there, and just, like, roads gone. Wild to see. I'm hoping I can get in, because last time we were sort of, like, on the edge of our seats, seeing if we could even fly down for the last show because of all the rain and everything. So I don't know. New Zealand's gone mad. I don't know.

And then when you do come here, we give you COVID. Then I get COVID. I know. give you COVID then I get COVID I know but uh you gotta get something right it's like a lasting kiss new single out yes somebody's gonna die tonight uh which sounds like somebody it kind of sounds like a game of cluedo or clue as they call it in America I discovered but yeah but it does but it's not about it's about death of an ego yeah yeah and it's kind of like, you know, I don't know. I've been doing so much therapy these days because I feel like finally I've got to look at my own self and what I'm doing wrong in this situation. I'm not in my 20s anymore where it's like, no, nothing's wrong with me.

I'm awesome. I'm like 30s and going, ah, I think there's some patterns and I could be responsible. And so I'm sort of thinking I'm in this sort of raw, fresh state of going, maybe all those things that I carried around as a child for survival and teenage years, I don't really need that anymore. So it's sort of a death to all of those things that were former ways of surviving and getting through life that don't really apply and are not really necessary to carry me into the next part of my life you know what i mean so sort of so sort of a death to that you

know everything that i think that i was that i'm not truly that i am not really am anymore you know what i mean that makes sense that is what a very smart and deep way to approach life. I'm still living like an arrogant 23-year-old thinking it's all about me. Don't worry, you'll get there. Boys are slow. You'll probably hit it in your 50s or something, and you'll buy a red Porsche and go, oh, my God, look at me. Red Porsche and a partner who's about 21 years old. Exactly.

I'll be like, ah, he did not do the work. Speaking of partners, I got lost on your on your partner's instagram firstly super handsome babe see why you snapped him up yeah secondly i didn't realize he's got a really strong connection to travis barker he does yeah they're good buddies yeah they were um well travis is sort of like the reason that his band all started and came to be so it was a it was a brainchild of Jay my husband and Travis and John Feldman from Goldfinger three of them were like hey should we do this sort of you know punk because they're so all those dudes are really steeped in punk and hardcore they're still they're still good buddies Travis is less involved now with this new record, but

you know, we still get really expensive candles from him, which is nice when the holidays comes around. Are you hanging out with Kourtney and the Kardashian family or not quite yet? Oh, tight, you know, so tight. Me and Hera, we're just like, we're sort of the same kind of people, you know, we're just totally on the same wavelength.

No, I'm not buddies with Kourtney Kardashian. If you were, though, you'd want better gifts than a candle from Kourtney. I mean, I would. I would. I'd want a candle at least in like a pouch or something, like a velvet sort of with a ribbon. Actually, I'm going to bring up something that happened like 10 years ago,

Jin. I love your music. And one of your songs, I Do, was actually the song that when my daughter was first born, we had your CD. And that was the song that we would kind of use to settle her, you know, when you're trying to get back to sleep. Now every time. I know all about that. Oh, my gosh.

We used Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I do. And that was the song we'd try and settle. So how did that? And every time I hear that song, I get quite emotional thinking of this little girl. Oh, I love that. Thank you. That's so good. i'm so glad it

worked well because she's you know she's 13 now when you come back will you do us a favor we'll film it for social media that we all we're all in her bedroom and then you can sing her to sleep and love to carry it and settle it just carry it like a bit bigger now it won't be weird it won't be weird no it won't be weird oh jim it won't be weird. Oh, Gin Wigmore, love your work. Always love catching up with you, mate. And the rescheduled regional tour. Well, if you want to know any of the dates, you can head to Gin's website. And you keep safe over there and get well. Thank you, you too.

Thank you so much, guys. Have an awesome rest of your day over there. Be safe. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben, with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash, or play on to win more. Here we go, our Game of Word Association. We do every morning on the show, trying to win you $5,000 every morning. Now I've been doing it for a few weeks back, and Jan, haven't had a big winner yet. I'm sick of not having winners. Yeah, me too.

So sick I just vomited over Ben and I apologise, Ben. I'll wash that out with nappy sand. Let's get Jacey on from New Plymouth. How are you this morning in Taranaki, Jacey? I'm great, thanks. How are you guys? Oh, doing well, mate, doing well. A lot of people aren't doing too well out there at the moment.

No, no. Thinking of them. You're a nurse, you look after people. Yeah, give it a go. Give it a go. That's a Ki after people. Yeah, give it a go. Give it a go. Just a Kiwi attitude. Give it a crack. Now, who do you think looks sicker out of Ben and myself? Oh,

I don't know. I can't see it. I'm going to put a vote in for me. I'm not even in front of a mirror right now, Jacey, but Cash, what are you going to put it towards if you win the big one? Oh, I'd probably just see a little cheeky holiday somewhere. Yeah, that'd be nice, wouldn't it?

Yeah, I think everyone's ready for another holiday with everything going on at the moment. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? We'll go Jono for that. All right, Jono. Head on in there. And once he's inside there, which he is now, we'll rip into it.

Here we go. What pops into your head when I say the word up, up? Down. Triceratops is word number two. Triceratops. Dinosaur. Dinosaur. Nuggets.

Word three, nuggets. Chicken. Chicken. Well, I think I've matched 100% with you so far. We'll see how Jonah goes. Word three, nuggets. Chicken. Chicken. Well, I think I've matched 100% with you so far. We'll see how Jonna goes. I'll turn you in. Visitor.

Visitor. Oh. Now it's getting tougher. Guest is a good idea. Wedding is the final one this morning, Jasey. Wedding. Ring. We'll go ring.

Wedding ring. Hey, well played. Those are your five words. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth, and we'll see if we can match, well, as many as you want to match. It's up to you how far we go. It's a simple game, but it turns out to be not so simple. Yeah.

Every morning, Jasey, now, we have been warning people, too, that if you feel unconfident about a word, then you're winning money. It's a good time to jump off the ship. Yeah, yeah. Keep that in mind. Okay, here we go. No one listens to us when we say that. No, no, whatever, mate.

Let's just get into it. Word one, $25. I said up. Up was the first word I said. Down. Down. Yeah. Well done. $25, I presume. We're moving on word I said. Down. Yeah.

Well done. $25. I presume we're moving on, but it's over to you. Absolutely. Carry on. Word two. $50. Triceratops.

Dinosaur. Well done. $50. Jasey, is that going to get you a cheeky little holiday? No, not quite. I think we'll carry on. Okay, next one. Word three, $100.

Nuggets. Chicken. Again, three from five. Now the big question, do you want to jump up to $500? You've got $100? We'll carry on. All right, taking the risk. Word four, $500.

This is the one that you didn't seem as confident on, JC, but we'll see how we go. We'll give it a crack. Our visitor was the word visitor. Yeah, it's a tough one. I'd go like a visitor center. No. Now you hear the disappointment in all our voices.

Oh, Jasey. We're dipped out again. What'd you go? Guest. Guest. Visitor guest. That makes a lot of sense. And the final word was wedding.

Wedding ring. Oh, Jasey. I'm cool. Mate. Oh, wow. Oh, mate. Oh, wow. Oh, so close. You have to give us another call another day and we'll see if we can win you $5,000, get you on your holiday then.

That's awesome. Thanks, guys. Have a great day. You too. Thank you for listening. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, cash and card. You could be winning both the cash and the car.

The Skoda Kamek Monte Carlo worth just under $48,000 and thousands of dollars in the back of the car. If you can guess exactly how much cash is in there, you'll be driving away with that Skoda, the perfect partner for all life's adventures. Now, I tell you what, she's the perfect partner for our adventure right now, cash keeper Alex. Do you want to go to HR after that? Yeah.

Was that a bit weird? That was a little bit weird. I've already started typing out the subject line. I'll email, CC me on that email to HR if you could. Witness to the crime. She's the perfect partner for any occasion, whether it be competitions or, and that's the only occasion I can think of right now.

But Cashkeeper Alex, you put up a clue on Instagram. Finally, finally, we've got a clue. Hey, I gave you something the other day saying it was more than last year. Yeah. Can you relay the clue now to the audience who might not have an Instagram account? I can. Clue number two. If you subtract my second digit from the first,

nothing happens. No, I think producer Joel thinks he's worked it out. I don't know if we're allowed to say it because we don't know either. But hey. Can we speculate? Do you mind us speculating? I kind of do.

You do? Okay. We're speculating your own time, mate. Is that because I said you were the perfect partner for our competition? Yeah, you're not allowed to speculate anything. No, I think, yeah. Producer Joe, I think your theory, which you talked about off air, won't talk about on air, might be correct.

Well, we don't know the answer, so why can't we tell the people? Yeah, well, hey, well. Hey, when I walk out of this room, you can do whatever you want. Okay. Can we do it with the mics on? Absolutely. Michelle, welcome. We'll get you can do whatever you want. Yeah, okay. Can we do it with the mics on? Absolutely. Michelle, welcome. We'll get you in from Dunedin.

How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? Oh, good, thank you. It's lovely to have you on. Michelle, what are your hobbies and interests? Reading, shopping, listening to the hits. Oh, great.

Great hobbies and interests. Love it. Hey, well, Michelle, I'm going to hand you over to the perfect partner for your phone call right now. Cash Keeper Alex, and you can have a stab at how much money is in that boot, all right? Thank you very much. Michelle, what is your guess for how much cash is in the car? Good morning, Alex. $19,438.56.

Michelle from Dunedin with a guess of $19,438.56. That is incorrect. I'm sorry. Thank you very much. And I would urge you to go to the Instagram page and look at that clue again. Are you on Instagram, Michelle? Facebook page. Facebook page. You like Facebook, Michelle?

Yep. You sound like you're saying yes, but you don't like Facebook. We'll give you a clue. We'll text you a clue, Michelle, okay? Thank you so much, guys. All right. You keep safe and done. It's lovely to have you on the show have a good day guys

you too another chance this morning at 11 o'clock cash keeper Alex will be back she might be given more clues who knows but go find that other clue because you could be working out getting a step closer to taking home that cash in the car hey the Jono and Ben podcast

really think of everyone affected by cyclone gabriel and also their big earthquake uh last night felt by tens of thousands as well uh 6.3 magnitudes seem to be centered around wellington uh but felt uh all over the country as far down as christchurch as far up as auckland as well so yeah what is going on what is going on uh don't you're asking the wrong person you're probably a meteorologist might be a better option there for you, Ben. But over 9,000 people displaced from the cyclone at the moment. Hawke's Bay, Hastings, Gisborne. We're actually going to talk to a lady who's in Hastings,

hasn't been able to talk to her family, doesn't know how they're doing. I imagine that's a similar story for many people. Because that's all you want to know. You want to know that your family and friends and loved ones are safe and if you can't you can't do that in its days you know it's so worrying yeah so we'll uh we'll get shelly on very shortly anyway from hastings but uh i've been accused by my family multiple times of doing something and yesterday uh i came to the realization that yes maybe i am i'm guilty of this and ben you're an over you're an overthinker yeah i am an overthinker right okay so a serial thinker

whenever a courier or you know any delivery person comes to the house oh thank you thank you good oh thank you thank you that i'm overcompensating for thank yous. And I was at the petrol station yesterday, filled up the car, went in to pay for the petrol. I walked away from there going, I think I just, I thanked the lady behind the counter maybe nine to 12 times. Started, you know, pump eight, thank you. Thank you, yes, it will be credit card.

Thank you, no, I don't have flybys. Thank you, yes, thank you, I would like a receipt. Thank you. Thank you, you have a good day too. Thank you. And then I drove away going, what is going on here? And you know what it is? I boiled it down.

What's that? It's I don't want to be that guy that, you know, when you walk into a place, you walk out and like, he came in here, he was a rude prick. Yeah. James caught it. Yeah. You know, caught him, went to a restaurant, but we all bullied him online like, he came in here, he was a rude prick. Yeah. James caught it. Yeah. Caught him, went to a restaurant, but we all bullied him online.

Yeah. He was a little bit rude. Oh, he said something back because his wife had an allergy. It's just like, sorry, she can't eat this. They're like, oh, what a rude, sitting back foo. Yeah. So I now know, because there's been moments where we've been out filming on the streets and a car will drive past

Ben and someone will yell out the window and they're like Jono you're a big thinker and now that because I haven't been able to hear them in the past because the car's moving so fast

that's what it is Jono you're a giant thinker it's definitely what it is yeah my wife Amanda she loves you know thanking people but she doesn't like

a you're welcome back when someone says you're welcome she likes someone says you're welcome. She likes to give the person the thank you and let it sit with them. And then they're like, you're welcome, and she always puts it back on me. So then she needs to go, no, yeah. And I can kind of see her point for it. But at the same time, that's the end of that transaction, isn't it?

That's who you're welcome when you move on. But she's like, ah. You just walk away. They've taken away from my thank you by putting a you're welcome back onto. But what is your response to her thank you? That's what I say. Just silence. To blank her. You know, so, yeah.

Do you know the worst thing, too, is when you go, if I say to you, hey, Ben, how are you going? You go, good, thanks. Then I just come back straight away with a good thanks. Expecting them to fire back a how are you as well. And you haven't listened to what they're saying. Nothing makes you feel like less of a human being. The country's still dealing with the devastation of Cyclone Gabriel, particularly Hawke's Bay, Gisborne areas.

A thousand still without power. Thousands of houses destroyed. Sadly, lives have been lost as well. It's really, really just heartbreaking. I've said that word so many times this week, but that's the best word I can say with how we're all feeling, seeing all the footage and hearing all these stories on the radio. You just want to help, don't you?

You just want to help these poor people because you can only, you just bring it back to how you would be handling the situation if your family home had just completely been destroyed. Oh, no. Got no power, can't talk to anyone. It's crazy. And we're joined right now in Hastings by Shelley. Good morning.

Hi, how are you going? Good. How are you going, more importantly? Look, we specifically, our whānau, are fine. It's the extended whānau that we haven't been in touch with and can't communicate with them and that sort of thing, so that's a little bit worrying, but yeah. So you're in Hastings and you can't contact any of your whānau in the Hawke's Bay?

Yeah, so in Rissington, they haven't had power, they're rural, about 25 minutes out. And there's a massive steel bridge that has been there for the 40 years that my family's lived out there. And it's been completely washed away. So, yes, obviously no cell coverage out there. And I'm guessing that all the power is done. Their freezers will be done. So, yes, it's not pleasant thinking about them without hearing about them. No, jeez, the anxiety of that, let alone having to deal with everything that's going on as well. Yeah, yeah.

People have got it pretty tough, all right. What's the vibe around the community? You're talking with neighbours? You're talking with people in the street? Yeah, we've got a lot of RSE workers who are now down at a local church. So I took down, you know, bags and bags of meat because they're struggling to feed everyone there. Some colleagues, their houses have been completely destroyed.

They've got three kids under five. And, you know, a big oak tree fell on their house and they can't get into Hastings because the roads are that bad. So, yeah, it's sobering. Yeah, we're just we're feeling for everyone affected in the area and just our thoughts go out to everyone. Jeez, it's just some of the footage you're seeing. I mean, you know, it's heartbreaking, but also dramatic rescues happening as well. Absolutely.

And there were those cows that were swimming along the river that I saw this morning and also it's just, you know, people stick together and come out with some resilience but it's heartbreaking for those people who have lost everything. And what are the, you know, the Defence Force there, sort of keeping you up to date with what's happening? Ah, yeah, through the radio, thanks for HIT for that And yeah, internet Now that more people have got internet coverage That's working really well

No newspapers at the moment But there are the army trucks and things in town That my husband and daughter saw So yeah, so there's definitely a presence But obviously it's where it's more needed And our community, we're pretty good. So, yeah. You keep safe.

We're all thinking of you. And if there's any family that you haven't spoken to outside of Hastings and the Hawke's Bay, you're fine. That's right. Yeah, we are happy and just going through life at the moment. Oh, we are thinking of everyone affected by Cyclone Gabriel. Conversations with the parents. They're always fun on the phone, aren't they?

Oh, I love it because whenever I call Annie and John in Christchurch, they treat the phone call as if I'm sitting in the lounge in real life. One of them's got main control of the phone, but the other one's chipping in in the background. Chipping away. Yeah, there's always the little games that your parents play when they talk to you. You're very good at keeping in touch. I'm not quite as good as you.

No, Jenny, your mum, we've said before, the only way she knows what's happening in your personal life is by listening to our podcast. Yeah, exactly. Is there anything you'd like to say to Jenny now? She'll get this when she's driving around. Love you, Mum. She'll get this when she's... It loves a road trip, my mum,? She'll get this when she's driving around. Love you, Mum. She'll get this when she's...

Loves a road trip, my mum, so she'll get this in a couple of weeks. He loves you, Mum, just doesn't love you enough to call you regularly. My dad, though, Kevin Boyce, loves a chat. Loves a phone call. Loves a phone call chat and is a great talker,

which is one of his strengths. You can put him in a room with anyone, he'll talk. You could, and it could be royalty or it could be a gang member. But Kevin Boyce would find a common theme of conversation with anyone. And he does. There's a couple of things. A couple of things he loves to do on a phone call.

My dad, I've noticed that recently. He loves to pass you on to someone else. Like if he's over at such and such's house. He's like, I'm over here, but I'll pass you on. And then as I'm going, what, what, what, what? You know, because I'm like all of a sudden Mary's like hello

you're like oh hi you have to have that conversation do you know these people sometimes no and that's the thing that's the other thing he does

he loves to tell you I've noticed he loves to tell you the story he wants to tell you the story regardless of whether you know the person

or not he'll be like do you know such and such and you'll be like no or anyway and then he'll bow on to that whether you know the person or not. He'll be like, do you know such and such? And you'll be like, no. And he'll go, or anyway, and then he'll bow on to them. That doesn't matter. But I'm going to tell you a 10-minute story.

But now the thing is I'm so useless that he, with the phones, he's now ringing Amanda, my wife. He'll bypass me. Normally he'd ring me and then ring Amanda, but now he's gone direct dial to Amanda. So is she now talking to third party strangers? She's doing it all And she will now

She'll go, you're down, I spoke to you And then tell me the whole conversation Recite it back, so now I'm getting like an Interpreter of my dad's conversation Through my wife So it goes through three or four people Until it gets to you now Someone just needs to get a message out there

to all the parents that when we're on the phone we're only interested in talking to the person who's holding the phone that's all not anyone else around not anyone chiming

in the background no you're right not you know I love a bicker like a you know a boomer bicker sometimes they forget

you're on the phone I'm telling I'm getting to that well you didn't you know it's so good we weren't at that cafe yeah they sort of

love it The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Lord of the Rings Trivia with Jono Pryor who's never watched the films it's true honestly up until

we started doing this competition I thought the only Lord of the Rings was Michael Hill Jewellery. But it turns out there's a whole franchise. He's got more than one ring to rule them all, hasn't he? Multiple, multiple.

Yeah, so 100, that's our phone number. You take on Jono in some Lord of the Rings trivia if you beat him, and hopefully you beat him because he's never seen any of the movies. You'll go on the draw for a trip to two to take part in the Middle Earth Halfling Marathon. It includes entry, travel, accommodation and tour and lunch. An hectic experience. Well, Megan, welcome. How are you?

I'm marvellous. How are you? We're doing well, Megan. Wild week, eh? Oh, hasn't it just? Hasn't it just? You doing okay? Yes.

We're fine, thank you. We are fine. My family up north are all good So that's the main thing Good on you Megan, glad to hear you and your whanau are safe and sound Now An all expenses paid trip to Matamata Don't they say about Matamata It's so good they named it twice

Oh yeah It's a beautiful part of New Zealand But an all expenses paid trip However, we won't be covering costs If you pull a hamstring in the half marathon. It's ACC. Okay.

Yeah. Ben and me will come down and massage it out. Thank you. Yep, we'll do that. Thank you. That's the commitment we have to you

at your high performance for this half marathon. But this quiz, Ben's going to run it. And let's be honest, I'm probably going to get the answers wrong and you're going to win.

Or I'm starting to get a sneaky suspicion that the answers are being fed through to the people. Not by me. To hang me out to dry. Well, let's see how you go. I reckon you might get this first one. So be quick, Megan.

Here we go. Okay. Where is Hobbiton movie set located? Mecca, Mecca. Yeah, right. Matamata is correct. Well done. You got the first one.

Jono, you just said the word. You said, no, so good. You named it twice. Yeah, right, Matamata is correct. Well done. You got the first one. Jono, you just said the word. You said, no, so good. You named it twice. Yeah, I know, but I was thinking Wellington. Did they do anything there? Yeah, okay. Yeah, I see why you thought about that. All right, next question.

What is the name of the famous wizard? Gandalf. There you go. Isn't it interesting how they're answering the questions before? Was it Lord of the Rings? Gandalf. I mean, if you'd seen the movies, you'd know Gandalf was the... Megan, you know me and me.

We've got a special relationship, you and me, Megan. Yes, we do. Be honest with me. I've even offered to come down and massage your hamstrings, okay? Have you been given the answers? No. Are you lying to me, Megan? Just that they're easy questions.

Absolutely. My nose is getting so long, I'm surprised you can't see it. Hey, well done, Megan. You're in the draw. That will be drawn tomorrow, I think. You could be going there for that amazing experience in Hobbiton. Thank you so much. Have a good day.

You work at the bank? I do. Bloody interest rates, mate. Is it your fault? Is it your fault? Yes, it's my fault. Yeah, of course. I thought so.

Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.