Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Try Not To Cry Listening To This...

Episode Date: February 19, 2023

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Welcome this is the Jono and Ben podcast thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Now Ben, I noticed there's a bit of a bugbear, a bit of tension happening between you and producer Joel here. Was there? I might pick up the wrong voice. I don't know, what are we upset about? See where we could take this thing. Because what you probably don't know if you listen to the radio show is that we have to time out exactly. Oh, I see what you're saying. To 8.59. Yes, there is bug there. 59 seconds.

So we have to, every day. So it has to go to 8 o'clock. So 59 minutes past 8, 59 seconds of that minute. That's the end of the show, to the second. Down to the second. Now, there's always a bit of juggling, time juggling going on, how long we talk, how little we talk. But your frustration with producer Joel is when he wants to signal to us when we're talking on the radio that time is of the essence.

We've been going on too long. He starts making a helicopter motion with his arm. Yeah, around the circle, like, wrap it up, mate. This frustrates you. Oh, you know, well, sometimes mid-conversation we're like, this is a great conversation to just see someone in the corner doing their helicopter, like, wrap it up, mate. This frustrates you. Oh, you know, well, sometimes mid-conversation, we're like, this is a great conversation. You just see someone in the corner doing their helicopter, like, wrap it up, mate.

Come on. Let's wrap it up. We've all got places to be. Thanks for doing it. Let's move this along. You don't know the punishment I get from the Hits leadership team. I do understand. I've made a few mistakes in the past with timeouts,

and it's a dark day. I've got to do my work in the bloody producer's booth. I can't leave. Leave my tail between my legs. Well, clearly it's the action that's no it's frustrating it needs to be done it does need to be is there another action should I just bring it should I just bring it I'll bring like I get an air horn sound effect and every time it goes no it needs to be done it could be it could be that you know how you like slit the throat like end it mate end it end it no anyway

hey have a good day. Have a good weekend. Yeah, was there a question that you wanted to put throughout? Oh, I did. Yes, sorry. You reminded me. I screenshotted it. Another radio station overseas doing our research for us.

Oh, this is from The Shade Room, which is a really good Instagram account I follow. And it's, Would you rather travel the world for six months free of charge or get $500,000 to spend however you want?

Good question. That's a good question. Maybe if I was younger my answer would have been different. But I think I would take the money and invest it sensibly. What a loser. What aibly. Oh, no. What a loser.

What a loser. It's smart. That is smart. Yeah, I would. But then, it's half a million bucks. But then, just what you,

six months traveling the world, seeing everything. What are the T's and T's of the six months traveling? That's what I'm like, because there's an unlimited budget. If I wanted to go with Producer Juliet on her super yacht,

could I do that? If I wanted to sit courtside a super yacht, you know, could I do that? If I want to sit courtside at the Lakers and watch, you know, could I do that? So yeah, travel the world free of charge. So I guess that encompasses free of charge. That's just a, that's an opportunity that. Like private jet everywhere. But you could put. Carbon footprint everywhere.

Helicopters. You want helicopter signals? We got actual helicopters. They'll take you anywhere. Yeah. It wouldn't be a Green Party endorsed six months, would it?

Jeez, it'll be a heck of a six months. But you could put that half a million dollars and put it into things that could earn you. Yeah. That's true. That's true.

That amount of money. Imagine how depressed you'd be after six months and it's like, oh, it's back to back to normal life straight after.

Last, you know, your last helicopter trip back from bloody some exotic European location. You're like, oh, that's it.'m thinking of. That's a normal life shown after. Your last helicopter trip back from some exotic European location, you're like, oh, that's it. It's done. I've got memories. And the other thing is, you know, $500,000 is a lot of money.

I mean, you could get a pretty, I mean, take $100,000 and you could do a great trip. Amazing trip around, you know, a lot of countries around the world, depending on how you want to do it. So were you locking in free trip or half a mile I was going towards three at the free trip just for the life experiences just for the things that you would never be able to do again but at the same time I'm like oh is that just a dumb decision well cuz what is that two years down the track yes they're

great memories but yeah well that's what life's about living you know I've always said that so you know I've never once heard you say life is about living you know i've always said that so you know i've never once heard you say life is about yolo oh yeah i've heard you say yolo yeah what would you do joel you're 23 i would 22 22 i would i'm not that old yet mate jeepers i would i'd take the money i was thinking i was like you'd want to do something awesome for six months but it'd just be like back to five four and wake up spec in with you guys after six months would be devastating Six months later your jobs on here after six months Free holiday and half a million bucks. I don't know how we came to the equation It's a coming back to work after that. These punishers.

I'd get $500,000 and do a bit of travel, but you just do it like, I wouldn't be doing it privately. I'm going to like, just for the point of being different, I'm going to go six months travel. What are you going to do in your six months? Oh yeah, where are you going?

Everywhere. Yeah, everywhere. Name one place. Hawaii, Italy, France. yeah everywhere name one place Hawaii Italy France you know Greece you know

America here's my question because six months will disappear pretty quick it won't go fast wouldn't it how long are you

spending in each location I haven't planned it out yet I'll get down to the travel this money's just this opportunity's

just arrived right now you wouldn't want to rush it. So like a week in each location would probably be. Yeah, you probably don't have to go to every, you know, every country around the world, but it'd be pretty incredible ways in the world. The other thing too, I reckon you'd get sick of it.

No. Yeah, month four. I traveled six months. We did our OE and stuff and that was three months in Europe and three months in the States. Didn't you get sick? No, not at all. If anything, it made me want to do more because once you go to thingy

like oh next time i'd go here i want to see this place i want to do this and you know it makes you gives you that yeah that desire to want to see more then you just come back here and work with me it was devastating every morning waking up just enjoy the devastating podcast today as well a really really emotional moment to actually today on today's podcast as well Jason who's doing amazing amazing things

helping out the community as many New Zealanders are helping out people in Hawke's Bay those affected right now and some tears from him from us and from those listening as well it was really powerful

so we're thinking of everyone going through everything they are today and for many weeks to come. Enjoy the podcast. We are doing a charity drive this week to raise some funds for those affected by the cyclone. And you can take part when we do it on Wednesday onwards.

We're going to drive the length of New Zealand, the equivalent of the length of New Zealand around Mount Smart Stadium. 1,600 kilometres. And, you know, this is not like our previous charity drives where we tell you we're raising money for orphaned puppies, but then take the cash and spend it on fun stuff. We've never done that. We've never done that.

We did it once and we bought fun tuxedos. Oh, we haven't. It was a great scare. Oh, we haven't. This one's all legit. This is all above board. But, yeah, it kicks off Wednesday and a lot of people texting me going, It was a great scare. This one's all legit. This is all above board. But yeah, it kicks off Wednesday.

And a lot of people texting me going, this is going to take a lot longer than you probably are predicting. Because we're thinking around about 53 hours, looking at the speed of the golf carts that we've got. That can go around 30 k's. Yeah. Hopefully these ones go a little faster. Yeah, we've kind of done the maths.

And from when we start, 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, we should finish lunchtime-ish Friday. Yeah, all going well. Potentially. Yeah. All going well. But hey, like we've always said, this is very minimal compared to what people are going through in the Hawke's Bay, those scenes you see on the news.

Talk to a friend, they're just like, what you see on the news, it's 10 times worse in reality. That's why everyone gets it. That's the rumor going around at the moment right yeah that you just yeah horrible looting going on

in the area people quite scared as well and on top of all the damage that's caused to people's livelihoods you know it's just horrible it is

it is but on a lighter note you went to a party over the weekend and the guest the host sorry the party wanted to get a review

of their party from Advanced Technology. Yeah, ChatGPT, which is something you've talked about a bit on the show. It's the thing that's got everyone a bit worried because within a matter of seconds, you can just say, write me an essay or write me something on whatever you want. The French Revolution. And it'll just spit out a whole thing. Sometimes not entirely correct. You definitely want to proofread it before you hand it in to the lecturer.

Yeah. But it's an amazing piece of technology. And it feels like it's about 65%, 70% there. You know, give it another couple of years, it'll be running flawlessly. So we went to two friends of ours. They're married and they had their combined birthday over the weekend, a big significant birthday. And the next day he was like, I've got chat GPpt to write me a story about the party and it's amazing

so it was chat gpt doesn't know anything about it says david and she'd been planning their birthday for months they wanted to make it a memorable event something everyone would talk about for years to come and that's exactly what they achieved so it's kind of a sweeping sort of vague yeah their home was transformed into a stunning party venue. As the guests started to arrive, the atmosphere was electric. Now, as a guest, was the atmosphere electric? It was. I guess it was electric.

And was their house transformed into a stunning party venue? Old friends and family members hugged and caught up with each other. And new friends were introduced to everyone. The music was perfect, with a mix of old and young hits. They'd have everyone dancing and singing along. Dave and Ange were beaming with happiness as they walked around the party, greeting It's so good. It's like one of those articles that would feature in the gossipy pages of a social event. It goes through. It goes on. It's just incredible. And then even the next morning, David Ange woke up withy pages of a social event. It goes through. It goes on.

It's just incredible. And then even the next morning, Dave and Ange woke up with a sense of satisfaction and joy. They had celebrated their milestone birthday in style, surrounded by their friends and family. It was an amazing night they would cherish forever. Was all of that true? Well, I guess it was, yeah.

It was, but it's... Was it electric? It was electric. Yeah, no, it was a great party. It was a really, really great party electric? It was electric, yeah. No, it was a great party. It was a really, really great party. But it's funny, it just writes like a story on the party. Yeah, it does. I think you just put in a couple of words of what you want it to write for you.

And then it just, a lot of filler content. It makes up a lot of filler statements. What you think it should be. And next, Roald Dahl, famous author. His books are getting a wee bit of a rewrite. As we continue to cancel history. Maybe Chat GHP or whatever has rewritten his books. Is it a GP?

What is it? GPT. GPT, not GHD. That's for doing you here. That's next on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I mentioned before, Roald Dahl, the classic storybook author. He's had his books slightly rewritten.

Some of the language were deemed too offensive. So references to things like fat and ugly. Augustus Galoupi called a fatty, didn't he? Yeah, he was fat. Fat shaming Augustus. He was a cute little chubster though, wasn't he, Augustus? Just loved shoving all that chocolate. I think he can say that.

He was. He was. Yeah. He was adorable. He was like the kind of little chubby fella you just wanted to grab his cheeks. Yeah, so that's been removed, the words like that. I think even ugly has been removed

from the twits that are called beastly as well. So they've just, you know, just kind of tried to make it a little less offensive for the modern audience. Ricky Gervais has got a really good, interesting take on this, that we're going back through history, cancelling and rewriting history, when it's happened. Like, you can't do that to history.

Like, Roald Dahl wrote those words. They're in a book. Yeah. Now we're getting all high and mighty and going, you can't fat shame Augustus Glover. He was fat. And he's not a real person in some regards, he's probably looking fantastic

I mean there is some I don't know, there is some argument in some instances where things are really really inappropriate but it feels like this, in this case it's kind of like well people kind of understand within the realms don't they? Yeah I know but even the wildly inappropriate stuff

but it's happened. Yeah. There's nothing we can do really to show it's history, good or bad. You know, there's some good history out there. Yeah. And there's a lot of bad stuff as well. Maybe it just needs a little blurb at the start

saying some of the terms, you know, just so you front foot it. Yeah. But they've gone. I mean, we can pretend it didn't happen, but we can't change it. Maybe they are. They're changing it, mate.

They're changing it as well. Oh, look, here's the fellow who played Augustus Galoup now. Look at him. Oh, he's still there. He's what? What? No, no. Don't finish that sentence.

That's the whole point of it. Cuddly. Cuddly. It's cuddly. Cuddly frame. Cuddly. Yeah, yeah. Look at him.

He looks so good. Although you don't want to be describing a kid as cuddly. That's definitely going to get you cancelled. Inviting him into the chocolate factory and going, you're a cuddly little kid. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Like all Kiwis, we're heartbroken by the severe weather events

that have struck Aotearoa recently. Affected so many, so many people and continues, will continue to do so for many weeks to come. So this week we're doing a little bit to try and help out our charity drive. So what we've decided to do was all inspired by Cam that we spoke to on the radio the other day because he's been out there, one of the heroes out there with his tractor, just helping out every man and his dog, literally. We had to rescue a family, and there's 17 dogs,

and so we had to get them out. Yeah, yeah, 15 schnauzers and two Alsatians, lovely people, but yeah, that was educational. That is a lot of dogs to wrangle. I mean, there are only, what, 83 dogs off having 101. Yeah, yeah, something like that. It's good to see you've got quick maths, mate. Well, I don't know.

I said it with confidence, but I don't know if I nailed it, to be honest, Cam. And so where did you put all the dogs? So the local school, Roma Roma school, got opened up and just to hold everyone and give shelter overnight. The big message is just stay safe and stay dry and stay out of the water. So there you go, that was Cam we spoke to. He was up for three days helping people with his digger just incredible stuff and then he was on seven sharp later that night and he inspired us here or ability or you're able to help your neighbor and stuff and you just got to do it i mean if you choose not to and you've

got the ability you're a bit of a twat in my opinion but you know there you go for your gear ability uh you've got to help people and if you don't you're a twat a twat in my opinion but you know there you go for your gear ability you've got to help people and if you don't you're a twat that's in his opinion that's not the opinion of the hits we don't go out there calling people twats

no we don't but I guess the message same message behind it you know it'd be great if you can help in any way that you can so two of New Zealand's biggest twats

that's you and me twat one twat two we've decided that we want to do something and having no skills no practical skills That's you and me. Twat one, twat two. We've decided that we want to do something, and having no skills, no practical skills, we're going to do a novelty journey, Ben.

It's combining our love of looking like great people and riding novelty transport. Well, hopefully we can raise as much money as we can for the New Zealand Disaster Relief Fund for the New Zealand Red Cross. So our charity drive is going to take place from six o'clock on Wednesday.

We're going to be in an easy-go golf cart and driving around Mount Smart Stadium for the distance it would take to go from one end of the country

to the other. 1,600 kilometres. It's going to be modal days. It's going to be a long journey. I was thinking we should take pillows.

Annie Pryor, very concerned about both of our... Oh, sitting in the golf cart for that long? Yeah, the dairy is. She's like, they're going to swell. They're going to swell up. Oh, yeah. They're going to look like Buddy Cardi B or something by the end of it. But you can text, already you can text,

Cyclone to 3493, and that's an instant $3 donation. So if you fire that off from your phone, the lines are already open, or you can head to the hits.co.nz for more options. Thanks so much to our supporters at Easy Go, Golf Carts, Auckland Stadiums, and Lily World. It's all happening 6 o'clock on Wednesday, but as you said, as Johnna just said, the lines are already open. The Cyclone to 3493, just $3 will go towards those that need it.

I know a lot of the times when people are fundraising for charity too you could be like you can issue us challenges like i'll give you know i'll donate twenty dollars of ben blows and john o's ears or something you know remember back in the day telethon we'd bully it was so it was telethon was like a non-stop television fundraiser and you could you could call in or text in and bully the celebrities into doing stuff and they had no other option. But to do it, right? Because it was for charity.

It was like, I'll give 20 bucks if Judy Bailey pashes Richard Long. Now they couldn't do a lot of that stuff. We're talking about cancelling stuff. You can cancel three quarters of Telethon. It's for charity, go on. I love it.

CoCroft, give Mark Ellis a hooky. I on. I love a Co-Croft. Give Mark Ellis a hooky. I'll pay 10 bucks. We're both in relationships. We're just in a relationship. I suppose I'm going

to give him a hooky. Hooky. Hooky. Hey, but it was all for charity. I will hooky Ben. You tell me anything

to do, I'll do it to Ben for charity. It's happening on Wednesday. The charity driver is The Hits. You got John Owen Ben.

The Hits. The John Owen Ben podcast. And congrats to the Breakers, the New Zealand basketball side through to their first Australian NBL grand final in seven years. That's incredible and you know they started the season you wouldn't have picked this Ben, you're a basketball analyst

aren't you? Well I don't know if I'm an analyst. You've got a basketball podcast? Yeah I've got a podcast yeah. What are your hot takes on the Breakers season man? Well, I don't know if I'm an analyst. You've got a basketball podcast? Yeah, I've got a podcast, yeah. What are your hot takes on the breakers season, mate? Great. I mean, not really anything controversial because it's been a great season. They really have turned things around

amazingly this season. What's interesting, too, is I noticed a lot of NBA scouts coming to the breakers games. Who are they? Being an analyst, who are they fishing for? Well, there's a young guy,

a French guy that's 18 years old that plays for the breakers at the moment. He's on the Rising who are they fishing for well there's a young guy uh french guy that's 18 years old that plays for the breakers at the moment he's on the rising stars program um so he's he will make the nba next year and so obviously what and he's had a really good season for the breakers so he's gone up and a lot of people standing so he'll be will he be in the nba draft he'll be in the year he'll be in the nba draft definitely but he might be in the top 20 you know because of his season off of the breakers so they're coming down having a look at

you know look at that don't tell them about email and videos and stuff like I see them all in the stadium I was like

you guys have flown a long way to watch a basketball game I can go down there I can film it on my phone I can you know WhatsApp it to you whatever you want me to do

I can Google folder Google Drive I can send it up to you could save you a lot on flights I want to pitch you some names though I want me to do. I can Google folder, Google Drive. I can send it up to you. It could save you a lot on flights. I want to pitch you some names, though. I was going to do this for the Basketball Podcast this week, so I'll pitch it to you and see how your thoughts are.

Because, I mean, I love the breakers, support them, but I feel like the name, the breakers, doesn't really have any meaning behind it. Like, what's a breaker? I think, is it referring to the surf break? Maybe. I don't know. Yeah, maybe. I'm just making it up. Or fast surf break? Maybe. I don't know. Yeah, maybe. I'm just making it up. Or fast breaks on the court.

I don't know. Or clumsy. Yeah. Dropping plates and cups and mugs in the work kitchen. So it's an Auckland-based team, so I thought you could go the Auckland traffic, because everyone talks about, and then they go for a traffic jam as well, you know, like that could be, oh, it's a huge traffic jam. Great basketball move.

If they go in the New Zealand something, because they have the New Zealand tall poppy choppers, you know, because of course we're good at that. They're tall. And we love cutting people down, just bringing them back a peg or two, I like that. A few COVID-related ones are the New Zealand narcs, because everyone was narking for a while.

We were just narking on neighbours, we were narking on everyone that was breaking bubble restrictions. And you can nark to the ref. Yes. Oh, he bloody pulled my pants down. Auckland lockdowns could be good, because they were good, and they And you can knock to the ref. Yes. Hey, buddy, pull my pants down. Auckland lockdowns could be good because they were good, and they're good at locking down the teams as well. And then the Auckland rhymes with thankers

because that's what the rest of New Zealand always says about Auckland. So I thought, you know, there's some new names. I could pitch the breakers next year. Why are they going to change their name for you, though? That's my question. Why have you taken time out of your day? These guys have just got through the final. They're probably like,

our name seems to have done us pretty good this season, mate. Yeah, true. There's nothing controversial about the name, they get split-faced. Why are you coming in for a rebrand? I'll be like, hey, thanks, buddy, but this seems very unnecessary. We're fine.

Oh, yeah, you're right. How long have they been a club? 20 years? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's just another motivational Monday. Yeah, we sort of see like protein, don't we, to Dwayne the Rock Johnson's muscles or like a filler injection to a Kardashian.

Really, it's the fuel that you need to get through the week. Ben, you've been sent one by producer Humphrey, which is a famous international recording artist, Pink. They're coming to New Zealand putting on an extra concert at Eden Park now. Two at Eden Park, one in Dunedin. It's happening next year.

That's good. We were talking about it the other day, Ed Sheeran. It takes it took his team five months to practice putting up the stage and taking it down. And apparently there's three stages that travel around the world, and this was just the Australasian stage. So if you spend three days putting up a stage for one night, mate, you want to have a double banger, don't you?

Yeah, true. I'm sure Pink's the same. She's doing it, yeah. She doesn't want to pack in and load out on one night, so I'm glad that she's putting on a second show. But yeah, she's shared some motivation for a Monday morning, which is about how you, I'm talking to you, Ben, you can help others.

What are you going to do with your one precious life? I'm going to use it. I'm going to use it until it dies from it. If you can help, you should. If you can reach behind you and help somebody, put your hand back. And also be humble enough to receive. Put your hand forward sometimes too and receive the help.

Get your hands out. That's lovely. I know she's talking to a Kiwi who's done amazingly, amazingly well. Blown up big in the UK as a sort of radio DJ over there and interviewer now for Apple as well. He's the big whatever at Apple. I think that's his job title. What do you do?er now for apple as well he's a big whatever at apple yeah i think it's his job title yeah what do you do i'm the big whatever he's the big whatever he's done incredibly well on his email so i had uh like i i tried to make twitter a better place like elon musk for a while didn't i because i uh musk's had a little bit more he's had a bit

more traction than you did because you tried to make you're like twitter's such a negative this is years ago when I was on Twitter. Yeah, you're not on there now. No. He's a quitter from Twitter. Yeah, and I was like, let's make it positive because it's always so negative. I get on there and everyone was begging everyone. So I was like, every day I'm going to do a positive tweet

and I'm going to tag people in that I look up to and I respect and I think are awesome. Zane Lowe was one of those people. Yeah, so you tweeted people every day and you'd be like hey zane lowe uh i know you're the big apple whatever congratulations you're amazing kiwi find the flag on the world stage he replied back he did actually reply back hey man it was like hey thanks so much and then he went keep doing what you do keep doing what you do does he know what you i don't know if he knows what whatever it is you do you just just keep what you're doing what you're doing it which is lovely

that he replied back because he didn't follow me or anything like that and a great generic response as well so if he does know you or doesn't know you it's kind of like well what you obviously do stuff whatever it is you're doing keep doing it keep doing it so that's the motivation from zane lowe as well, who interviewed Pink. Remember we bullied you off Twitter. We were like, oh, look at this loser trying to do nice things. He did. After I said we're going to do positive,

everyone was like, oh, look at him. And then you got mocked for doing positive things. And then people would go, oh, what have you put? What about me? Oh, you're like such and such. I was like, oh my God. So you just started out trying to do a genuinely nice thing,

and then you got bullied off Twitter for trying to be nice. You know, some platforms, Ben, they're designed to be mean. Just let it be. You know, you've got to have them. They're out there. It's like the dark web. It's got to be there to sell some organs. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, the cleanup continues from the severe weather events over the past couple of weeks. Really, really feeling for everyone, particularly Hawke's Bay, Gisborne right now, still a lot of people without power, a lot of people still unaccounted for as well. It's really just horrible.

Not necessarily a grim toll. But just worrying. Yeah, right. People with no communication. And we're going to be doing a charity drive, Ben, for the New Zealand Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. It starts on Wednesday. We're going to be hopping in an easy-go golf cart

and driving the distance of Aotearoa, 1,600 k's, around and around Mount Smart Stadium. And we will not stop until, well, the golf cart runs out of battery and then we'll get a new one. Yeah. And then we'll jump in that. Yeah. And then we will not stop until that golf cart runs out of battery

and then we'll swap again and, you know. Yeah, we can charge one by the other. Complex charging. Just keep going the whole time. Rotation thing. But, yeah, and you can donate already. You can text to donate if you want. Just text the word Cyclone to 3493. That's an instant $3 donation. It's going to donate if you want. Just text the word CYCLONE to 3493.

That's an instant $3 donation. It's going to be a long time in that transport. It is going to be a long time. Hours and hours. We worked it out somewhere around 53 hours or so in there because these things can go, well, hopefully we can get a bit more speed in these months. I got a frightening text Saturday morning,

and I sent you guys at like 6.30 Saturday morning from Oscar, my son, his friend's father, Richard, lovely guy and he's like I've just been up all night doing the maths, not all I don't know if it was all night, dramatic purposes there but he's like I've done the maths, it's going to take you two weeks and I was like what? I was like dear

God, so I text producer Humphrey and you were in the text as well screenshot the text and I was like my friend Richard's forecasting two weeks and then you set into a tailspin too didn't you producer he was like hang on I've done the maths on these golf carts how fast they can go or how much we're going to be

travelling all that and producer B Humphrey has gone no it's somewhere around the 53 hour mark so it's all good just a little bit of early Saturday morning panic there thought we got in too deep we want to look like good people but not for two weeks but as you said before cyclone to three four nine three just a three dollar donation but we'll go a long way to helping out yep kicks off wednesday but uh yeah as we mentioned it's been a long time in this transport and we wanted

to open something up this morning on 0800 the hits uh who spends the longest time in their car every morning, commuting to and from work? I had four minutes when I was in Palmy last week, mate. It was a dream. Four minutes from hotel to studio. You're still peddling your Palmerston North propaganda. You're still in the pocket of Palmy. How long has this gone on for?

Mate, until I die. Palmy until I die. Until you die. Wow, that I die. Till you die. Wow, that's a lifelong contract you're selling there, buddy. But yeah, we want to chuck this out. 4487. Matt, who we work with, he commutes 45 minutes each way every day. That's 90 minutes a day driving.

Yeah. Add that up over a year. Go on. Oh, no. Producer Humphrey, you're good at math. We'll get Oscar's friend's father to do it. Richard, if you're listening, add that up, mate. Add that up.

But, yeah, that's wild. And in this job, because you come to work so early, we're kind of in this blissful, ignorant, you know, blissfully unaware bubble of what traffic's actually like. Sometimes during the day I get caught in traffic and I'm like, people deal with this.

Like right now, people are stuck in traffic, Ben. Or people that drive around, yeah. Some people drive around for their job too, you know, like courier drivers and truck drivers. So who's spending the most time

in your car, truck, van, whatever, every day? All we need is bloody Bezos or Musk to whip up some sort of thing that gets you from point A to point B, don't we? Like a teleporter. So 4487, longest time in your car. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. That is Ed Sheeran.

He was here not long ago in New Zealand, now in Australia playing some amazing gigs over there as well and hanging out with Chris Hemsworth who was Thor and they swapped some items backstage. I'm going to give one of my guitars in return for someone else's tool. I'm going to trade tools as well so I've got a tool of my own that I'm going to pass on. One of my stage guitars. Wow, I've got something for you too, One of my stage guitars. Wow. I've got something for you too.

It's my own weapon of choice. Gave him a Thor hammer. So they swapped some hammers. They signed it each for each other and they swapped over a guitar for a Thor hammer. Ed Sheeran continuing on his charm tour of the world. He charmed the pants off us. Now he's charming the pants off the Aussies. Hemsworth sounds like a classic old Aussie, eh, mate? He sounds real Aussie when he's not acting pants off the aussies yeah uh hamsworth sounds like a classic old aussie

he sounds real aussie when he's not acting a big old aussie bargain now uh starting wednesday doing a charity drive it's a literal charity drive in an easy go golf cart the length uh sorry the distance of the country which is 1600 k's round around mount smart stadium uh raising funds for the red cross disaster relief fund and you can text cyclone to 3493 already for a three dollar round around Mount Smart Stadium. Raising funds for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. And you can text Cyclone to 3493 already for a $3 donation. We're going to spend a long time, long time in that transport, Ben. We are, cheers. And we're going to chuck it open now.

Who is spending the longest time in their mode of transport every day? Let's kick things off with Emily in Taranaki. How are you, Em? Good, mate. How are you? Oh? Good, mate, how are you? Oh, good, mate Bloody good to hear you On this Monday morning, you're a commute What are you doing?

Alright, so I have a 40-minute round trip To take the kids to school And then it's a two-hour round trip Into town for the gym And then another 40-minute round trip to pick the kids up from school. Okay, so you're talking like about four hours a day in the car. Yeah.

I don't want to like get involved in your schedule because of your schedule, but could you drop the kids off and then go to the gym? Or is that not helping you out? Do you need to come home and then go back? No, no, because of the class time. Ah, okay. So the morning class, I'm dropping the kids off, so then I have to come home,

do some work, go to town for the lunchtime class, come home, then go pick the kids up after school. She's thought about this. It's her life. Yeah, but it was a question I needed to ask, and you had a great answer for it. Well, you enjoy the rest of the day sitting in your car. There we go, Emily, responsible for about

three quarters of the whole of the ozone layer there. We'll go to Jade. Welcome. How long are you in the rest of the day sitting in your car. There we go. Emily responsible for about three quarters of the hole of the ozone layer there. We'll go to Jade. Welcome. How long are you in the car, Jade? Hey, well, it was 90 minutes a couple of mornings last week, so I would have loved your golf cart. Oh, 90 minutes. Wow.

That's one way. Where are you going? Where are you going? Sorry. It's just from Plymouth and in Wellington into Minamata, the great quarter workshop where I work. So luckily I love my job, but 90 minutes is a perfect storm of kids getting dropped off at school and work traffic

and it was raining last week, so every man in his job was out here. And we listened to you on the way and that's how you get through the morning. Oh, well, Jay, we appreciate you listening. Who would have thought we'd have fine people from Weta Workshop listening to this show? Yes, you do. We've been, we appreciate you listening. Who would have thought we'd have fine people from Weta Workshop listening to this show? Yes, you do. We've been outside to where you work. They've got the statue of Jono outside, I think.

A commemoration to Jono just outside the workshop, I think. Yeah, there's a really great statue of him just out the front. Or is that a troll for one of the Lord of the Rings movies? I'm not sure, but it's his board anyway. Yeah, we were in Wellington, Jade, and he's like, I've got to take you somewhere. And he's like, get in the car. And we drove half an hour to Miramar.

And he's like, have a photo with us. It looks like you outside your office. Well, we hope that you'll come and visit us at Winter Workshop next week. We didn't even do the tour. I really wanted to, but we didn't have time. So that was all we went for. Well, you keep up the good work, Jade. I have a tour for you. Have a good day.

You too, mate. Drive safely. Kyle is on 0800. That's the longest time in the car. Kyle, good morning. How are you? Good. How are you?

Yeah, we're doing well. Longest time locked in the car. We understand it's not you. It's your dad you're nominating. Yes, it is. My father, because he's a refrigeration engineer owns his own company he travels a lot he does a lot of away work you know he's sometimes in south ireland sometimes a little up north um and he doesn't like traveling and staying away from home too

long because these jobs can take anywhere between one to seven eight months um So he'll drive back and forth from our home, if he can, obviously. And he was putting in a pack and save, and he was travelling that distance almost every single day for three or four months. So where was he going from and to? He was going from Mangatāwhiti. In the Waikato. And he goes all the way up to the big town in Whangarei up there.

He was going from Waikato to Whangarei every day? Yeah. Yep, four hours, 13 minutes. Wow. By the time you got there, it'd be time to turn around and, you know, go home. It's a very long distance. So he was getting up about two every morning, making it there for just after six.

And he would stay there till three, four in the afternoon, and then send that Auckland traffic and make it home for dinner time and do it all the next day. What a machine. Yeah, props to him. I could almost never do anything like that. Like his refrigeration, that is stone cold. Well, thank you

very much for your call. Appreciate it. Not a problem. Thank you for having me. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with you. Over very much for your call appreciate it i'm not a problem thank you for having me the hits the jonathan ben podcast jonathan ben with you over the weekend a hong kong motorist bought a license plate for 25 million uh hong kong dollars which is approximately 5.2 million new zealand and it was just one letter an r in red uh but it's part of the lunar new year auction 49 different plates went under the hammer and it's believed to be good luck over there. So it paid

5.2 million New Zealand dollars for just an hour of a licence plate. Not the most someone spent on a licence plate ever. That goes to the number one someone from the United Arab Emirates bought for over 20 million basically New Zealand dollars. Jeez, whoever started

up the old personalized plate game. Yeah. What a rort. I know. What? Remember when they first came out? They were all the rage, weren't they? I don't know.

Do you buy them nowadays? I think you still can. Yeah. It used to be every... They used to have that and hair loss commercials. That's all I used to hear on radio was personalized plate ads. But driving around, Ben, and I know we're giving away the Škoda, aren't we, with Cash and Car in half an hour's time.

And car names really interest me, like the Škoda Kamiq, which we're giving away. How they come up with car names. And what I do appreciate, and you probably see a lot of these out on the road, the big trucks, the Ranger or the Predator or the Pounder or the Dominator. Some of those are legit, some of those aren't. I can't imagine you driving like a truck, like the Executor or something. Oh, I remember we had that company one for a while with the John O'Byrne TV show that I got to drive home from time to time.

Very nervous parking that thing every time I was lucky enough to drive it. You're the most nervous truck driver there was. It was too much car for me. But then you appreciated all the space it had. Oh, yeah, you're right. But it was too much car for me. Yeah, but I got into an internet hole of some hits and misses when it came to car names in the industry.

Are these actual legit ones? These are actual legit ones. I feel like you've made these up. I'm not even knowing what we're going to get into. The Dodge Swinger. I'll just give you some examples. The Dodge Swinger. I'm not making these.

Well, you've started by... The problem is you started by making up names. And I lost you there. And now you've lost me. So I'm like, that's not legit. Well, it's my mission to claw you back. Okay. The Daihatsu Lesbo was one.

No. The Volkswagen Bimbo was another one. These are car names. I'm not, look at my face. Why would I come on here with content with made-up car names? It's exactly what you do. Okay. This is exactly what you do.

So we're going to play a game. This is Jono Pryor's Is It A Car or Is It Not A Car? Okay. Hey. This is Jono Prize. Is it a car or is it not a car? Okay. Hey. The Suzuki Chesty. Car or not a car? You made it up. Well done.

See, the whole thing, you made anything up. But no, this is the format. There's going to be right ones. There's going to be wrong ones. Okay. The Mitsubishi BJ. You made that up. No.

That's a car. Whatever. Big Joy. The Mitsubishi Big Joy. that up No That's a car Whatever Big Joy The Mitsubishi Big Joy And it had the initials Yeah right It's Google it

I feel like you just don't believe anything I say anymore You started with lies So you haven't pulled me back now The BMW Cosby I get lies Well done Okay The Honda Appalling out the bmw cosby okay lies well done okay the honda appalling oh well the format you'll think your enthusiasm for this yeah well the formatics of the game would say that that maybe that one was legit

well done because you've gone you've gone lie and then you've gone truth in between okay i see what i need to do here you need to mix up the next one okay uh the ford prober true no damn it i thought you're gonna mix up your thing and those are uh car names were not car names a little bit more support for my co-host next time the hits the jonathan ben podcast like all new zealanders we're heartbroken by the severe weather events that have struck the country over the last couple of weeks, affecting hundreds

and thousands of New Zealanders. It's just really, really heartbreaking to see people, you know, what's been affected, their homes damaged, lives lost as well.

So we wanted to do a little something to help out. Jono and Ben's charity drive. Starting Wednesday this week, we're driving the length of New Zealand

on a golf cart around Mount Smart Stadium 1600km thanks to Easy Go Golf Carts and we'll try and raise as much money as we can, you can text Cyclone to 3493 right now to donate $3. Yes that's all we could do really

we can't get out and build Ben we can't do anything like that but the best thing we can do is sit on our flabby bottoms on a golf cart for an extended period of time Ben's bottom is actually not that flabby One of the tightest tushes in radio I back that Back that fine bottom of yours Ben

But we're actually on hold For Adam and Megan who host the hits show Breakfast show in the Hawks Bay And they wanted to have a chat about the charity drive Adam and Megan the hits Hawks Bay You always take a mouthful of a sausage and they wanted to have a chat about the charity drive. Adam and Megan, the Hitshawks Spaders. You always take a mouthful of a sausage. I don't always take a mouthful of a sausage, Megan.

Occasionally I do, and this morning I have been. Thank you so much to Karen, one of our lovely colleagues, who just came in and I almost started crying. She bought food, and so that was amazing. So we've got a sausage and some bacon. Hey, as images of Hawke's Bay start to get out, managed to catch the television news last night. It was a shock to me. Like, we know what's going on.

We've been talking with civil defence and things, but to see the television news cameras get into places that we hadn't seen before, the situation is dire. For so many people, the good news about these images getting out and the news starting to get out is that the rest of the country are jumping into action. That's right because when you're in the middle of an emergency, a civil defence emergency

you don't know what is going on when you're just in your own little bubble so it was incredible to see and so many people have thought, this is devastating how can we help? We've got on the line fellow HITS hosts and good friends of the show. You may know them from the various televisions they've done themselves over the years. It's Jono and Ben on the line.

How are you, lads? Good, thanks. I've just finished my mouthful of sausage, so I'm ready to talk. Ready to talk. Good. So, guys, hey, look, we know that we've been chatting with you over the last couple of days. We've been on your show show and now you're on ours and we're really grateful that you are because you're about to embark

on a charity drive for New Zealand Red Cross, right? Yeah, well, because as you said, we're seeing the scenes out of Hawke's Bay. We just feel for everyone there and you're like, what can we do to help? And I think that's what everyone's saying around New Zealand right now. And we don't have practical skills as such, but we do have the Hits radio station and passionate listeners that listen to the Hits. And so we thought we'd do a charity drive,

a literal charity drive next week. Yeah, so what we're doing is we've got easy-go golf carts and we are going to hop in a golf cart and we're going to drive the distance of New Zealand, which is 1,600 kilometres from the top to the bottom, around and around Mount Smart Stadium and in doing so, raising money for this charity drive for the Red Cross Disaster Relief.

So that's the concept. And, yeah, because we're just standing by and I know a lot of people are outside of Hawke's Bay and Gisborne just going, I want to help, what can I do? This is amazing. Like, how long to help. What can I do? That's just amazing. Like, how long do you think it'll take you? Oh, we've done some shabby maths, shabby predictions, and 60 hours is maybe what we're thinking at the moment.

60 hours! But that's very little compared to what people are dealing with in your region and around the country right now. So, you know, if we can stay on air and keep things going and raise as much money as we can to help out some people. That is amazing. And look, like you said, there are so many across New Zealand that are just asking, how can we help?

And that is, for people here in Hawke's Bay, it's such a relieving thing to hear because, you know, we need help. So to hear that the country is kind of bursting into life and providing, not only for us though, of course, guys, you have your own situation going on up there. I believe there's still kind of active recovery going on in the Peha area through Auckland as well. Yes, yeah, there's still a lot of power outages in West Auckland too.

So, yeah, there's still some stuff to tidy up there. But, yeah, looking at your situation and what's happening in Gisborne as well, I think they've just got communications back with Gisborne over the last 24 hours. It's never seen before. I don't think we've quite seen devastation of this scale. I think you're exactly right.

And it's big things like this that you guys are doing that, you know, I've been teetering on the edge of tears for the last four days. And Jono and Ben, I never thought I'd say that you're making me cry, but you actually are. Thank you so much. It is absolutely amazing. Oh, well, don't't think it's you. We haven't got to the end of it yet.

And look, we've got to take the small joys in life, and that is the likes of you guys doing fundraisers and sausages in the mouth, you know? There's plenty to smile about as well. I love you guys. Take care of yourself, and we'll talk soon. Yeah, thanks, team. Appreciate it.

See you. Jono and Ben there, our fundraiser for... There you go. Inception of radio. Radio shows with, team. Appreciate it. See you. Jono and Ben there, our fundraiser for... There you go. Inception of radio. Radio shows with radio shows. So it's all good. Cyclone 3493 if you want to make an automatic $3 donation. The Hits, the 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's our Game of Word Association. We play it every morning at this time to keep the cash. Thank you. Or play on to win more. It's our Game of Word Association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. We could be giving you $5,000 if you match words with us.

Tina, I'll give you five words. Let's win some money. Please. Please. Yeah, there you go. Pulled it back. Nice work. Tina, how's Christchurch this morning, mate?

Christchurch is beautiful and sunny today. Oh, I love a sunny day in Chichua. You're an insurance broker. Hey, what's going to happen with the premiums, mate? It's all on you. What's happening? Are they going through the roof? Don't leave that down to me.

No. It's all on Tina. Tina's not speaking for the whole industry. No, I'm not. Oh, Tina, five grand. What would you put it towards? A bit of home and contents? What are we going to spend it on?

No, I'd actually like a beach holiday with the family. That'd be nice, eh? Wouldn't it? That'd be lovely. Yeah. There hasn't been much of a summer in some parts of the country. Christchurch, South Island had a blinder. Yeah.

We have indeed. Lots of sunstroke and sunburn. All right, stop bragging about all your sunstroke and let's get someone into the soundproof booth. Tina, who do you want to match words with? Ben, please. All right. And don't forget, this is a game too.

You can play along in the car. You can play with yourself in your car, in the bed. Sorry? Tina. All right, let's match five words. The first word that comes out of your mouth, Tina. When I say whistle... Oh, um... Whistle.

Blow. Locking and blow. Bulb. Light. Bulb. Light. Alphabet. Song. Alphabet, song. Roller is the fourth word this morning for your Tina in Christchurch.

Roller blind. Roller blind. And office. Rounding out the five words. Office. Um. Oh, gosh. Office.

A lot of stuff in an office. Discs, chairs, photocopiers. HR complaints. Going to need an answer, Tina. Office reception, good option. Sometimes those words when there are too many, it's hard to lock one down. You've done well. Really hard. Ben Boyce, come out looking youthful.

What went on in there? Did you have an exfoliation or something? A little plastic surgery. Yeah, you're looking fantastic, mate. I can't tell what he's feeling because his face isn't moving right now, Tina. All right, let's see if we can match five words. First one.

Word one, $25. This is for $25 for Tina to get on her summer holiday. Okay, what is it? Beach holiday. Whistle is the word. Whistle. Oh, blow? Tina.

Off to a start there. Are we going ahead? Yes, we are. Word two, $50. Bulb. B-U-L-b bulb light 50 pingers sitting in that sweet pocket of yours tina do you want to go up to 100 yes please word three 100 dollars alphabet what would you say If I said alphabet to you Alphabet Letters

Oh no What was that What did Tina say Song Oh the alphabet song You'd say song Ben Well you can't Yeah

Yeah you're right There's alphabet soup as well Letters Tina I'm sorry You dipped out on word three But we'll go through The remaining two Roller

Derby Blind And office Oh office Tina I'm sorry you dipped out on word three but we'll go through the remaining two roller, derby, blind and office office work office is a hard one it is they were tough ones they were toughies this morning Tina

but I tell you what you've been an inspiration this conversation right here with you Tina is going to live on in my heart forever thanks guys you keep safe out there ensuring people and thanks for listening The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast

took the family on Friday night we went and had a bit of a treat for the family we went to Ant Man, we've been wanting to see that movie since it's been out, how was Ant Man? I enjoyed it, it was great, we went to like a flash movie theatre that we've been wanting to go to you know where they got fancy seats and you can get

food delivered and we're like this is a special treat so we're like hey and you know when you're going for a special treat as a parent

you're always like this is a special treat guys you know a little flash a little nicer we're going to go along and we're going to

be on our best behaviour and it's probably more for me the kids actually really well behaved my kids so it's probably more of a reminder

for me to be well behaved did you wear a college shirt in this situation yeah i did wear a college shirt went along and put the girls in college shoes everyone was in college three-piece suits so we went along there and when we arrived the lady was like oh you can go over there's a restaurant area um so you can go have order a drink so as we went to sit down there one of one of the girls one of my daughters must have just the tables are quite close together must have just brushed a wine glass on one of the other tables and that hit the ground smash concrete floor loud and not in the first class of movie yeah and it was not you know one of those things it just happens you know and it was and they were so lovely the people there they were like it's, it's okay, it's okay. They came and helped us out.

Everyone's looking. Everyone's staring at that situation. We've made a scene. What did I say to you in the car? Yeah. And it wasn't their fault. It was one of those things that happened. And they were so lovely, the people.

They cleaned it up. Accidents happen. It's all good. And then we sat down, got our drinks. They arrived. And I was like, hey, let's get a selfie. Let's get a selfie to mark the occasion. And for some reason, my wife decided to move her wine glass she knocked her wine glass oh god this was in the space of five minutes the riffraff honestly it hit the ground smash everyone looks over again were you like they're not with me

same time i just started laughing i was like what else could you do but start laughing i was like oh i think you had to clean it over the people again were lovely were they still lovely yeah they were but you could tell at the same time they're like guys within five minutes and the lady was walking past us as she went to her movies and she was like uh uh yes and i was like sorry sorry you feel like you had to apologize and she goes oh it's good to see up close i thought you guys might have have been a Greek family with all that smashing and stuff. Yeah, and I was like, so there we go. There you go. You're never going back there again.

Never showing your face around there again. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, cash and car. You want to win cash and the car? Well, you've got to tell us exactly how much money is in the back of the Škoda. You can win the car just under $48,000. It is $48,000. It's an amazing car, the Škoda, Kamek Monte Carlo, and all that cash.

The Škoda. Škoda. You've got to say it the fun way, Ben. Yeah, Škoda. It's the best word in the world to say. It is fun. Škoda. Makes me happy every time I have to say it.

She's dedicated, very dedicated to her cash-keeping role. Literally, when she's not doing this, she has her lips sealed with gaffer tape so she can't talk. Cashkeeper Alex, how are you? Good. I mean, I'm relieved to have the tape off my mouth just for a second.

Yeah, I know we're treating you like a kidnap victim right now, but you're the only one responsible and available enough to play the cashkeeper. Yes. Has anyone come close? A lot of people have listened to that last clue. Should I say the clue again? Yeah, go on, mate.

I have to read it out because I don't have that on lock, but... You're the one who said, should I say the clue again? Then we said yes and you weren't prepared for it. It's right here. If you subtract my second digit from the first, nothing happens. Okay, yeah. Mel, we're going to get you on from Christchurch. How are you?

You doing well? The Škoda sounds incredible, doesn't it? It does. It sounds really good. I tell you what, you'll be instantly drawn into the unmistakable bold design combining practical roomy city car with the advantages of an SUV. That's just off the top of your head, isn't it? You'll be impressed by there, Mel.

I'm going to hand you over to cashkeeper Alex to have you stab, and hopefully you're going to walk away or drive away with the car and the cash, all right? Yeah, thank you. Mel, what is your guess for how much cash is in the car? $22,010. Ooh, a nice clean one.

Yep. Mel from Christchurch with a guess of $22,010. That is incorrect. I'm sorry. Okay. And please go look at that clue on the Hits NZ Facebook and Instagram page. Go. Thank you, Mel. What's going on today, Mel?

Monday, what are you doing? Just cleaning the house. Nothing exciting. Oh, yeah, making beds, washing, and other gender neutral jobs that I would suggest that you would do around the house. That doesn't sell it that way. Cooking.

You're really like that. I'm going to get cancelled like Roald Dahl. Can we edit that bit out? Someone cancel him quickly, please. All right. You enjoy that, love. Jeez. Well, thanks so much for listening.

We appreciate it. Next chance to take home cash in the car 11 o'clock this morning Now we've started a new part of the show in 2023 You've been sentenced Where we start a sentence And you just finish it off for us And the sentence today is

I found out they were cheating when Dot dot dot Now a friend was Tell telling me that his work mate about early jan okay she found out her husband had been cheating and do you know what happened no no you probably don't i haven't told you what happened. So you know how you have your iCloud and you've got family sharing? Oh, no. The bloody cloud. It was the cloud.

Oh, no. And her parents were over for a Sunday barbecue. And you know how photos flash up on the TV? Oh, some people have those. Yes. It's like the screensaver. Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, no. And what popped up was a canoodling photo. Yes, it's like the screen saver. Oh, no. And what popped up was a canoodling photo. He was canoodling another woman. Was he in the house at the moment? He was there. He was there. His in-laws, oh, just, you could not have found a better setting.

Really. Sitting around, I'm about to watch. The only thing that could have made it better is the mistress turns up with a pregnancy test at the door oh my goodness so obviously conversations were had yeah

hard one to explain you could go oh it's just a really good photoshop I was just mucking around on photoshop put my head on someone else's

but yeah so needless to say I don't know if that's that's forging on no the cloud the cloud's got a lot to answer for, doesn't it? Could be your best and worst friend, right? I don't know what it is.

Where is it? Where is it? Where is the space going to? We're placing a lot of faith in this imaginary cloud. All my stuff's up there. I don't know what it's doing, who can see it, but I've just gone, yeah, I'll chuck it in the cloud, mate. It's got access to it, yeah.

I'll pay for a bit more storage if you need more stuff of mine. We need a better understanding of what this cloud is and how it functions. Because I'm sure when he's posting a selfie in a hotel room with a lady that's not his wife, this is the last thing he's ever done. He's not thinking it's been being back to his house. But secondly, too, why are you taking selfies?

That just seems like... I don't know the rules of a fair club. I imagine the first rule is let's not tell anyone. Yeah. Second or third rule should be let's not take any selfies. No photographic evidence of it. Yeah. Okay, so you've been sentenced today.

The sentence, I found out they were having an affair when... You fill in the blanks. If you've got a story, you can keep your names and details, obviously obviously out of it uh but the more details the better well you know what i mean we don't need to besmirch anyone's good or bad name on the radio but these things happen don't they they do happen unfortunately they do happen and it's it's always devastating when it does happen uh and that's why we want to talk to you on the radio next. Oh, jeez. Oh, 100 The Hits, 4487. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, you've been sentenced.

We start the sentence, you finish it off. I found out they were cheating when, Taylor? The other lady sent me an email and explaining what had gone on. Oh, jeez. So what had gone on. Oh, jeez. So what had gone on, Taylor? They'd had a child together. Oh, my goodness. Oh, wow.

That's a big email to receive. I'm glad that didn't go straight through to spam. Jeez. Yeah. I wish I had sometimes. Yeah. So explain what had happened. I don't know, they had just met and, yeah, they had a baby.

And then the baby was then about nine, so, yeah. He had kept this hidden for nine years? Probably longer. He had kept this hidden, yeah, yep. Oh, my goodness, I'm so sorry. That must have been just rocked your world. Yeah, pretty much, yep. Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry. That must have been just rocked your world. Yeah, pretty much, yep. Are things okay now?

Yeah, they are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've worked for a lot, yep. Oh, good on you. Good on you. Did you stay with him? I did. Oh, good on you.

Oh, good for you. Whatever works for you. Whatever works for you, yeah. And forgiveness is a massive thing. Yeah, it sure is, yep. What a big person you are to be able to forgive someone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he had to forgive himself as well, so.

I imagine it would have taken a lot to work through all that. So, yeah, I mean, many other people wouldn't have. And, yeah, so, wow. That speaks volumes for your character, Taylor. Yeah, for sure. I'm glad you're all happy now. That's great news. And, yeah, like I'm glad you're all happy now. That's great news. And yeah, like I say,

that's a big thing to forgive. So good on you, Taylor. Thank you. Just so you know, Ben, if you run off and have a baby with another radio host, I won't be so forgiving. Okay.

Okay, just so you know. Taylor's our witness. You've heard that, Taylor? Yeah, I've heard enough. I understand. I did, I did. All right, I don't want any emails popping up. Oh, I've had a baby with you know

Fletch and or Vaughan or something alright good on you Taylor you have a good one awesome thanks whew jeez yeah and some crazy

texts coming through too on 4487 as well I'm thinking we'll turn this into a weekly oh don't not a weekly it's a weekly Ben

you know it's a weekly like there's one about oh my god we'll get some more on we'll get some more tomorrow yeah this into a weekly. Oh, don't. Not a weekly. It's a weekly, Ben. You know it's a weekly. Like, there's one about, oh my God. We'll get some more on. We'll get some more tomorrow. It's a weekly. I don't know if it's a weekly.

I can't. I can't. I can't body run through this every week. Devastating. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We want to do something to help out those affected by the cyclone

and the devastating effects by the cyclone. So we're doing a charity drive, driving the length of New Zealand to the equivalent of the length of New Zealand, around and around Mount Smart Stadium in an easy-go golf cart. It's happening on Wednesday to raise money for the New Zealand Red Cross and the Disaster Relief Fund. You can text cyclone to 3493 right now.

A $3 donation will go towards the Red Cross to help out people. So 3493, that's Cyclone. I thought of a catchphrase for the journey, Ben, the charity drive. Open your carts and your wallets. Open your carts. So it's like open your hearts but it's open your... I know you love a pie. It's good. You don't seem overly impressed by that.

I do, it's good. Open your heart. 3493 text Cyclone kicks off Wednesday morning. It's going to be a big few days but as you've always said, minimal compared to what you're seeing people go through on the news. And we were talking earlier with someone and saying, what you're seeing on the news is 10 times worse than that on the ground. So, yeah, our hearts go out to them.

Our carts go out to them. Now, you've been sentenced. We start the sentence. You finish it off. I found out they were cheating when, Taylor? The other lady sent me an email explaining what had gone on. Oh, jeez. So what had gone on, Taylor?

They had had a child together. Oh, my goodness. Oh, wow. That's I'm so, wow. That's a big email to receive. I'm glad that didn't go straight through to spam. Jeez. Yeah, I wish I had sometimes. Yeah, so explain what had happened.

Um, I don't know. They had just met and, yeah, they had a baby. And then he was, the baby was then about nine, so, yeah. He'd kept this hidden for nine years? Probably longer. He'd kept this hidden. Yeah, yep. Oh, my goodness.

I'm so sorry. That must have been just rocked your world. Yeah, it did pretty much, yep. Are things okay now? Yeah, they are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've worked for a lot, yep. Oh, good on you. Good on you. Did you stay with him? I are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've worked for a lot, yeah. Oh, good on you.

Good on you. Did you stay with him? I did. Oh, good on you. If it works for you, whatever works for you. And forgiveness is a massive thing. Yeah, it sure is, yeah. What a big person you are to be able to forgive someone.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he had to forgive himself as well, so. I imagine it would have taken a lot to work through all that. That's amazing. Many other people wouldn't have. That speaks volumes for your character, Taylor. Yeah, for sure. I'm glad you're all happy now.

That's great news. And like I say, that's a big thing to forgive. So good on you, Taylor. Thank you. Just so you know, Ben, if you run off and have a baby with another radio host, I won you, Taylor. Thank you. Just so you know, Ben, if you run off and have a baby with another radio host, I won't be so forgiving. Okay.

Okay. Just so you know. Taylor's our witness. You've heard that, Taylor? Yeah, I've heard that. I understand. I did, I did. Yeah, all right.

I don't want any emails popping up. Oh, I've had a baby with, you know, Fletch and or Vaughan or something. All right, good on you, Taylor. You have a good one. Awesome, thanks. Whew, jeez, yeah. Good on you Taylor, you have a good one Awesome, thanks That's some crazy text coming through too on 4487 as well

I'm thinking we'll turn this into a weekly Oh don't, not a weekly It's a weekly Ben, you know it's a weekly There's one about, oh my god We'll get some more on, we'll get some more It's a weekly We can't body run through this every week. Hey.

Too devastating. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, thanks to our mates at Trade Tested. We've got a generator to give away each day this week. A lot of people right now are needing power, power out all over the country, but particularly in those areas affected by the cyclone. So if you want to register someone who needs a generator,

head to the Hits.co.nz. Yes, and of course, if you want to register someone who needs a generator, head to the Hits.co.nz. Yes, and of course if you want to donate too, just text Cyclone to 3493 for a $3 donation to the Red Cross. We're going to go through to the generator winner here. I think we're calling the Hawke's Bay. Hello? Hello, it's Jason. Yeah. Jono and Ben from

the Hits here, how are you? Oh good mate, I'm good. Yeah. Jono and Ben from The Hits here. How are you? Oh, good, mate. I'm good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just feeling it today, mate, but we're running down. But no, we're good. That's not good. It's been a big few days.

It really has. It has, mate. It has. Just got some bad news today, but we have soldiers being on and trying to look after our neighbours and just our community at the moment, making sure everyone's safe and clean up, start cleaning up now. Oh, and there's such a big clean up too.

I imagine it's going to take weeks. Sorry to ask, what was the bad news you received? Oh, yeah, a friend just up the road here, they've found her sister, and it wasn't good. Oh, mate. So we're actually just going to go down and see her, and we're just going to gather around here, mate. Oh, my God. It's just stories like this that are coming out, and it has just torn people's lives apart, hasn't it? Yeah, mate. Yeah, I've been just trying to be there for people who've had it worse than me and then us and then just trying to gather strength. But I'll tell you what, mate, the Napier community has been amazing.

Everyone, right from the restaurants to emergency people, and everyone's just chipping in, mate, and doing what we can. Well, listen, you did uh message us uh about your neighbor who we understand is in a wheelchair yeah yeah i've been looking after him since um day one his family in gisborne mate so he has no one here helping him oh jeez so i've been taking care of him and and looking after he's been really really appreciative of it um and i've been helping him out as and looking after him. He's been really, really appreciative of it, and I've been helping him out, as well as a couple of other families down the road who had nothing.

Well, Jason, you sound like a wonderful New Zealander. Well, I went through Ebola, mate. I went through Ebola. So I had already had an emergency kit for me and my kids. I had enough supplies for three weeks, so I'd already been through cyclone Bola as a kid. So I was only a kid when that happened. But I was home alone when Bola happened.

That was an experience because I was really young then. And just knowing what to do was probably a godsend for me, for me and my kids, because I was home alone. My partner wasn't even here. She was stuck in Auckland. Oh, mate. And I imagine, yeah, you took the learnings from when you were a kid and obviously were well prepared. And I just switched straight into action.

I knew straight away what to do. I just told all your neighbours to stay put. Don't bloody go panic and go anywhere. I said, you need to stay, because everyone was starting to panic. I bet you when it started flooding that second time. I can imagine. And I just said, look, mate, don't go anywhere. That's the worst thing to do.

Well, you've done such amazing work for the community as well and uh thanks to our mates at trade tested we want to give you a generator because i understand you want to give that to your neighbor um thank you thank you so much oh well no that's it's at the very least we can do everything that you are doing for for the community and helping out and you know looking after everyone and we can do everything that you are doing for the community and helping out and, you know, looking after everyone. And we want to give that, yeah, from Trade Testers so you can help out your neighbour who needs the power right now. Yeah.

Oh, thank you. Because he needed it for his wheelchair, mate. There was enough battery for like five days. Oh, that's amazing, mate. Thank you, guys. Take care of yourself. Lots of love. And, well, yeah, we'll talk to you soon. Yeah, thank you guys take care of yourself lots of love and well yeah we'll talk to you soon yeah thank you guys

it's just incredible what some people are doing to help out others right now it is the hits you got John Ornby