Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Know Where Jono Got His Sense Of Humour From...

Episode Date: February 2, 2023

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Welcome, it's the podcast brought to you by Challenge Petrol Service Stations. This is Jono and Ben. Great to have everyone here. Producer Joel standing by as well as we head into another podcast. Another long weekend. Back to back, depending on what part of the country you're in. You're the North, you've had a long weekend last weekend. And Nelson too. Nelson had a long weekend, too, last weekend. Wouldn't it be... I suppose you can't.

What's that? Sinking up all the anniversary... Have an anniversary weekend for everyone. But then it doesn't commemorate, you know, like... The regions. Lords. Blenheim. Yeah.

You know, bringing all of his muskets and syphilis to Blenheim. We don't know what day that happened. Yeah. So you can't do that. No, you can't. But it is a long weekend here, this weekend. Producer Joel, what are you doing? Probably just chilling.

I was looking at going away, but just relaxing. Might even go see a movie. That Megan movie could be a good movie to go see. Yeah, it's good. It's really good. So what's relaxing for you? I imagine you're like... What is relaxing?

What are you doing? I imagine two in the afternoon, you know, someone's like, wake up, mate, open the curtain. Imagine you're like a teenage boy's bedroom, you know? That was definitely me at uni, but I think now that I do have a girlfriend, I definitely do a lot more stuff. I try, maybe go out for a nice lunch,

maybe try play some golf with the weather dependent. Tell you what you should appreciate, not like go out for a brunch, pick up a paper your phone whatever it is and read that do whatever without having to go oh you know when you have kids i mean you never really get that moment that's it up yeah that's why my wife is remember we used to go to brunch we'd pick up the newspaper and no one or a phone and no one would interrupt it and oh that's right that's we look at other people in the cafe nowadays you're like oh yeah enjoy so enjoy that

yeah do enjoy what does your bedroom smell like like i imagine it's just like links and hormones hey well actually i run i run a lavender vanilla candle at the moment so look the other day i did when grace first came into your life was she like dear god like did you have to pick your game up for grace for about two months i was in this an old flat and it was like on par with Dunedin flats like it was

I can imagine posters of Simon Manoring on your bedroom wall warrior jerseys before they got stolen but it was it was heinous and I had

I didn't have any decor on my wall I just had like a warrior's jersey and like a t-shirt that this rapper gave to me one time off his back oh that's decor mate

wonderful decor sweaty t-shirt. Yeah, we did. So did she come into that flat? It was on the rocks, their relationship at that time. Yeah, she came, but we definitely stayed at her house more. But now, look, we've moved to it. We've grown up a little bit.

It was a first flatting experience. And yeah, did you have a first flat that you remember? I did. I did. And you don't care at the time. No, you don't. You have an absolute blast. Exactly. it's a

great way to live you know it is a great way to live and it's you know it's your first foray out into the world isn't it and uh you know just hygiene standards they're they're they're at a different level for some reason i've somehow started to worry about hygiene not back then yeah i don't care about anything no so enjoy enjoy that time of your life something else always pops on every day when we're doing the podcast intro, the TiVo, the chair, the massaging chair. My friend almost looked at buying one on the weekend. I'm interested to know what the price is,

because they never mention the price of the chair on the ad. There's a range of them, he was saying, because he was staying in an Airbnb in Australia over the holidays, and they had a chair like that. And he was like, oh my God, this is incredible. I don't know if it was the Tebow. It was a massaging chair. And it took up a lot of real estate in the place they were staying.

It feels like the Tebow chair needs its own room. It does. You're like, come to my massage chair. This is weird. It kind of locks you in, eh? Your arms get locked in there. And he said it was incredible. And then he went and saw it in the mall.

He was like, maybe I'll get one. And it did range in different ways. We always laugh at this too. We do because the infomercial's on. And it's very sultry and sexual in parts. It's like the cheers massaging and people are like, oh. And there's a range of, like the director obviously had a vision for the commercial and there's a range of females in there in

nice clothing yeah you know and then one is a very plunging very plunging chest chest line even the even the the dudes in there you know like it's very much like it's like everyone's on the verge of orgasming in this chair. Yeah, my mate said it was incredible. He went to buy one of them all and then he sort of went, oh, maybe I don't need this. Maybe this is not for me right now. But what's in the market for it?

He said it was incredible. So there you go, a massaging chair. But you are locked in there. Like some terrible stuff's about to happen to you. Like a Bond's evil villains about to do something. That's right, about to explain their plan. Like a Bond evil villain's about to do something. That's right, I'm about to explain their plan. We would have got away with it. You almost caught me, but this is how I did it.

They must be selling well, because I was thinking, it must be expensive to have like a 15-minute TV infomercial. So it must be working. I reckon you're paying, Jesus, look at that thing, 10 grand? For one of the chairs. I reckon. I think, yeah, he said it did range and stuff as well, but it was, yeah Yeah somewhere in the thousands

So look it up I'll look it up now See how much you get a Tebow for Because they do They look expensive And they look like Let's get a Tebow And maybe for one or two months

You might use it Oh yeah And eventually the Tebow just sits there I mean do you think about it You're retired And you were sitting around And you're like Watching the chase You're like Oh getting mass were sitting around, and you're watching The Chase.

You're like, oh, getting massaged and getting, you know. It would be nice. It would be nice. Imagine if we did the show every morning in a TiVo. ZM has a massage chair in one of their studios. They've got a massage chair over there. No one even uses it. Should we just steal it?

No wonder they're doing so well. They're so relaxed. They're always relaxed. They're always chilled. We're all tense. The cheap ones start at $2,000. I think they might be knockoffs, though. And then they range from about $9,000 to $10,000.

But there's one here for $18,500 for a massage chair. Look at that. Deluxe. That is an investment in massage. $18,000. But you all go, oh, okay, here's your thing. How's your massage gun going on? I haven't used the massage gun

But you bought one didn't you? I bought a massage gun But your wife was going to use it Yeah she uses it She's still persisting it? Yeah no no she uses it a bit Oh that wasn't a dig I was just curious

I used it once Mainly for comical radio So I could go But jeez it really comes It's like a jackhammer for your back The massage gun It really comes out It seems like one ofhammer for your back, the massage gun. It really comes at you. It seems like one of those things

that would be handy, but then you've got to remember you've got it, and use it probably. I know a lot of athletes do, like Dwayne The Rock Johnson would use a massage. I imagine so, yeah.

After he's lifted a car or whatever, he puts it. Apparently it's quite good for just focusing in on certain parts of your body. Like Zoe Hobbs, sprinted the 100 metres. And then she'd be like, oh, my hammies.

Your hammies, tight hammies. Tight hammies, yeah. It's a problem. A lot of people are suffering from tight hammies these days. She'd be running the massage gun up and down those hammies, mate. Yeah, exactly. You're dead right. But I also go to the Royal Oak Mall massage.

Oh, you do You've got your massage gun mate Yeah I haven't been there In a while But they you know Always lube me up With a bit of bloody Bit of oil

And I feel very sticky Once I leave there Jen's like I always come home She's like Jeez you're quite greasy You know Your face and everything

All massaged Is it quite Like okay I've got the smile At the face In the mall In the mall It's an odd it's an odd

it's an odd thing to come sliding out of the massage place it's a popular thing a lot of malls have them aren't they and they go like at points

you're like oh dear god like they've got it feels like they've got their elbow into your spine yeah it's the Chinese

reflexology but you feel like a million bucks I do not enjoy massage like it's not my thing it's like yeah I've tried it I've definitely gone my wife and I have gone to a nice place they had a couples massage and's not my thing. It's like, yeah, I've tried it. I've definitely gone.

My wife and I have gone to a nice place that had a couple's massage. I was just, the whole time I was like, all right, stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. I'm done. You know? Is it the human to human?

No, it's not the human. I don't know. It just doesn't relax me. It probably does the opposite of me. Like it almost just, yeah. And I was like, I just wanted the whole time. I was like, I'm done. time i was like i'm done okay thank you you know i went i went and got a couple's massage uh people love it a nice place in ponson it was quite expensive but it was a nice experience like the first 20 minutes

i was sort of like oh this is weird there's like some random lady touching me and my girlfriend sitting the thing next to me and and then for the next 40 minutes it felt about two minutes i was like i could do a six hour massage. No worries. And then Grace was like, yeah, we can do a six hour one as long as we don't have to go back to your links. Links laden must fest of a bedroom.

Yeah, let's play for another six hours. Enjoy the podcast. Enjoy the long weekend if you're having one this weekend. And we'll catch you again with the podcast on Tuesday. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Sharon is going to be on the show after an amazing, amazing concert.

What it looked like in Wellington last night. 48,000 people. The biggest ever concert in Wellington's Sky Stadium. This stage looks future. It looked like something that Elon Musk would have designed or Bezos or something. It's kind of the stage comes down. It's all weight distributors. It's like a massive circle in the middle of the field too.

So, you know, like right in the center is this round circle with these massive screens around the side and also what looks like guitar pick screens as well up there. It looks just incredible. It looks incredible, but it looks like the world's biggest pain in the ass to lug around, you know, 59 countries. Yeah, it's awesome to have Ed Sheeran in the country. He seems like

you know, the times that we've been lucky enough to have like 5-10 minutes with him he seems like such an amazing person and if you didn't already love him, he's backtracked on something. Now, a few years ago he caused a wee bit of outrage for New Zealanders when he said our chocolate wasn't good.

It's not like us to get outraged. Yeah. So we're usually pretty level-headed about anyone who has anything semi-bad to say about us. He's like, love New Zealand. He's like, Wellington's one of my favourite places in the world. I'd love to move here. All those things.

He said so many nice things about New Zealand. And he went, oh, your chocolate, I don't really like it that much. And everyone went, what? Oh, my chocolate's amazing have you tried this? he's like yeah I've tried it but now

put this chocolate in your mouth now there's chocolate that's all the media did remember? they just kept shoving chocolate in his mouth we shoved chocolate in his mouth we shoved Jeffers in his mouth

to try and do the same yeah but then he this week he's finally backtracked New Zealand chocolate you've made a bar of chocolate with my face on it

I've just seen the memes. I'm in Wellington for one more day. Please get me a bar. And all is forgiven. Yeah. And so, yeah, he got chocolate Wellington.

He said, it's actually right. It's actually right. It's a lovely gesture. Lovely comment. But Ed Sheeran, go and buy your own chocolate. Why do we have to buy a bar of chocolate?

48,000 tickets sold last night. Go and buy me a bar of chocolate. Get your own chocolate. Ed Sheeran this morning. Yeah, there was a big press conference yesterday, and some people could go along from the media and ask one question, and we couldn't get there in Wellington with everything that's going on

at the moment, so we sent an adorable little mini version of Ed Sheeran, a seven-year-old kid, Grayson. Yeah, Grayson, which, and Grayson got to ask a question to it in front of all of the media, you know, the big bangers, New Zealand's biggest, you name a new bit of media, mate. John Campbell? Name another bit of media. Hilary Barry.

Okay, you got another one? Mick Roberts, Mike Reynolds. Okay, lower the standards. Hilary Barry. You got another one? Mick Roberts. Lower the standards. Name radio hosts. But here's Grayson. Hi Ed, my name is Grayson and I am

seven and General has sent me here to from the hits to interview you. What advice would you give to a seven-year-old to be like you? So there, what advice would you give to a seven-year-old to be like you? What is Ed Sheeran's response? We'll find out at 8 o'clock this morning.

I saw Grayson was in the news. Yeah. He's the only one who got a photo with Ed Sheeran. He made the Herald as well. Yeah, it was pretty cool. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A lot of talk recently about an egg shortage in New Zealand, right? What?

Now, can you explain? I probably should have just done my own research on this. Why is there an egg shortage? Because we got rid of the cages. Yeah, and I think that means there's less eggs being. But surely the chickens are still laying the eggs. I don't know if those. I don't know.

Yeah, I don't know the ins and outs of that, but I don't know if those particular. Because, yeah. yes i don't think we're getting the caged eggs anymore or from those chickens those chickens are like hey they need they need three months off to have a bit of a holiday mate they're off they're off uh the cruise ships having a great time just just heading away overseas why didn't we release those chickens from the cages just out into the paddocks we might have i don't know i haven't looked i haven't investigated all i know is we've got an egg all i know is those chickens used to love those cages we've got an egg shortage right now as well although a great deal in christ church countdown uh there was a bit of a mistake online and you could get a pack of 20 eggs normally

at 15.80 for 8.50 that was creating a bit of buzz last night on the internet. You a big egg fan? Yeah, I do. I love eggs. Would you consume eggs weekly, daily? Yeah, definitely weekly. But my wife loves them as well. So we buy quite a lot of eggs. They're very delicious. But the more and more you think about them. Don't think about it.

Don't think about it. It's like any food. The more you think about it, don't. Don't think about food. Just put it in your mouth. Don't think about it at all. But something that we've had a bit of a debate with over the years is where do you store your eggs? You know, pantry, fridge?

It's often a debate that, again, goes online. Well, because you get them, they're sitting on a shelf in the supermarket, obviously. Exactly. But we all feel obliged to put them in the egg things in the fridge. Well, yeah, or some people put them in the pantry. They're like, well, but you're right. There's egg things in the fridge on some fridges. And then people are like, well, can I put them in the egg things in the fridge. Well, yeah, or some people put them in the pantry. They're like, well, but you're right, there's egg things in the fridge on some fridges. And then people are like, well, can I put them in the pantry?

Last night, there was a lady on Stephen Sharp that maybe has solved the big debate. Now, Sarah, if you're lucky enough to have the real deal, i.e. a fresh egg, what is the best way to store them to extend their life just for everybody? In the fridge or at room temperature? Or do you chuck them in the freezer? Ah, well, no, don't for everybody in the fridge or at room temperature or do you chuck them in the freezer? Ah well no don't chuck don't put them in the freezer I mean especially with the temperature is so hot like it is at the moment um keep them in the fridge that will extend their life and um don't take them out of the egg carton that they come in um that kind of helps them retain the moisture in the egg as well so leave them in the egg carton and put them in the middle

of the fridge which is the coolest part of the fridge and then leave them um as they come in the egg as well so leave them in the egg carton and put them in the middle of the fridge which is the coolest part of the fridge and then leave them um as they come in the carton pointy end down so rather than having the flat end down and that will also help them last longer there you go and the carton as well don't worry about that little egg holder thing in the fridge why did they invent the egg holder thing in the well yeah i guess feels like wasted holder thing in the fridge? Why did they invent the egg holder thing in the fridge? Well, yeah, I guess. Feels like wasted real estate in the fridge. I mean, that is probably going to make them last just as long as well. But there you go. A little bit of egg shortage chat

and solving the egg debate as well. The fridge comes with so many accessories. Too many accessories. But you always end up sort of just putting them under the kitchen sink. Hey, there's so many little drawers and bits and pieces and shelves. In the fridge, yeah.

Yeah, unnecessary stuff, as we've just found out. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. All Black legends Israel Dagg and Stephen Beaver Donald have a new TV show starting tonight on Bravo. They're helping out renovating small sports clubs in New Zealand. It looks like such a feel-good show. And Izzy Dagg joins us right now on 0800 The Hits. Izzy, you must be excited about the new show.

Yeah, can't wait. It's been a long time coming. The work was done last year, so looking forward to the people, and hopefully they enjoy it. Yeah, it must be kind of cool to go around, you know, you and Stephen Donald and give them some love to sports clubs around the country, kind of give back to the community. So I fly on a sport in NZ and often forgot about it.

And a lot of the men in it struggle, actually. So, yeah, look, there was a lot of generous people out there that offered their time and service to make this possible. So, yeah, it was just a little bit we can do. And, you know, I mean, maybe get hands dirty and get in there. But, you know, the magic of TV, lads. Yeah, I was going to say, I don't think we once have got our hands dirty. Yeah, there's one, I was wondering, there's Weymouth Rugby Club

and the sewers burst, there's sewage everywhere. And I'm like, how much are Izzy and Beaver getting involved in this? Well, it's funny you say that. They burst when we were in on scenes. Look, we do a few things that you have a laugh with. It's more of a giggle, but the hard work's done. I love it. Our role's more of a giggle. There are people doing proper done. I love it. Our role's more of a giggle.

There are people doing proper work. You've summed up our career too, Izzy. But I tell you what, if Ben and me were there in that sewer, we'd be diving in headfirst, mate. Looks like such a feel-good show. It's called Clubhouse Rescue, looking at clubs around the country. Did you renovate Fight Club? Are we allowed to talk about that, or you can't talk about Fight Club?

No, we didn't renovate Fight Club. Although we obviously have a rugby background. There's rugby clubs in there, but we did tennis clubs. We did inline skating. You're going to have a laugh because Beavers, horrible skates. What else did we do? Squash clubs, and it was thoroughly enjoyable and a bit of an experience for myself. I tell you what, if you're doing a season two,

I'd love you to get to work on my local swingers club. Need a new lick of paint? Well, there you go. I think Steve is recognising where those guys are going. We'll be there for sure. We've signed him up for an annual. He's already got a lifetime membership. That's the thing watching, I've seen the promo,

it looks really good. You and Stephen Donald, you've got such a great rapport funny as a duo but don't make it look too easy that's what jonah and i want to say i mean you guys had your your sport thing and now you come across and make the tv thing and in between your names yeah like you make it make it look harder right yeah well it is very challenging i'm I appreciate all you boys though, your job is safe for now. For now, for now, that's for sure. Hey you do great stuff not just on TV but also for mental health as well, which I want to congratulate you on as well Israel Dagg. It kind of led you to sort of quitting rugby but you've helped out so many people as well

in regards to mental health. Yeah look I've been on my own little journey through it, and just opening up and sharing my, you know, the struggles I go through on a daily, just everyone struggles on their own, right? You don't have to have mental health problems or whatever. You're just dealing with daily life challenges. That's what I wanted to do. I just wanted to really emphasize the importance of our health.

Just open up, speak, and you don't try and carry that burden by yourself because it's hugely impossible. Do you know, I watched something, it was Tom Hanks on Instagram the other day, and it was like, what's one bit of advice you would give to anyone? And he's like, you know that feeling you've got now?

It'll pass. And he was like, whether it's a good feeling, whether it's a bad feeling, whether you feel like a legend, it'll pass. Whether you feel like an idiot, it'll pass. Whether you feel like an idiot, it'll pass. Everything you're feeling will eventually go away, good or bad.

Yeah, that's good. Well, that's some great advice. Every day is different, the challenges you face, but enjoy those good days. Everyone deals with bad days. Even Elon Musk has got to probably worry in his world and get the challenges every day. So we all feel.

Oh, that's awesome stuff. Speaking of people speaking out this week, Campbell Johnson revealed, you know, the first all-black who's come out as gay. I mean, that was such

a powerful and brave thing that he did, and that, again, is going to help so many people around the country. Mate, I just applaud him for doing that.

He's an excellent, so I'm seeing him come out in countries that are lesbian, and, you know, i've got a lot of appreciation i've grown up with it and i think this is going to help many people out there that are a bit embarrassed or a bit scared to come out to be brave and we'll we'll get on and there's going to be those haters out there they always will be in this day and age but um you know i think this is just a start and i I commend Campbell Johnston for doing it,

and he's going to help so many people. That's awesome. Oh, he's already. He's blowing up internationally. Yeah. He's crazy. How does he look? Anyway, mate, he's given me inspiration to lose some weight. Oh, yeah, because you would have played with Campbell,

I imagine, through the Crusaders. But, geez, he looks, yeah, like when he was a prop compared to now. Do you know what's funny? Like, the props go skinny, white crocker, everyone else, they always go the other way. The outside of the South, we always blow out. Israel Dagg, love catching up with you, mate. You keep well and we'll speak

soon. Yes, we do. Appreciate you, Mahi. Keep it up and chat anytime. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. What's not meant to be is someone guessing what I brought back from the States after Christmas. In the USA! So I got a what I brought back from the States after Christmas. So I got a very unique item I saw in a shop over there.

I purchased it. It's a Mickey Mouse item, a Mickey Mouse something to do with clothing. That's all we know so far. Well, that's all I've told you so far. Do you know I was driving home on the motorway yesterday because you had brought the suitcase in with the item in it. And I was like, dear God, I hope you grabbed the right suitcase off the luggage carousel. You're not going to open it up.

It's going to be some bloomers or something in there. Someone else's bags that they'll be waiting for for about four weeks. Oh, it's been part of a novelty competition. But if you can guess what the item is, you'll win the item and $100 American dollars we're going to give you. And this thing is almost two weeks now, right? It's okay. All right.

It's a Mickey Mouse something. We know it's not Mickey Mouse contraception. No. We know it's not a Mickey Mouse vaccine. No. Controversial. Yeah. We know it's not a T-shirt, but it is clothing related.

Yeah, clothing was a clue. Clothing was a clue. The phone lines, yes, they are jammed. Backed up. Backed up like me after a heavy high-fiber diet over New Year's. Marie, you're on from Rotorua. Hi, how are you? All right, how are you?

Marie's back again. Hey, how was the weather? Did you get hit by that weird weather? I'm sorry, we're all talking all over the air, everyone. This is terrible radio. We'll edit it out, don't worry. Hey, did you get hit by that wet weather? Sorry, we're all talking all over the air, everyone. This is terrible. We'll edit it out. Don't worry. Hey, did you get hit by that bad weather overnight?

Oh, yeah, we did get hammered in Rotorua. It wasn't very nice. But, look, still dry and safe and on the way to work again. Oh, that's good to hear. Just in Tauranga getting it in the neck again last night, too. All right, there's... I'm just being hammered. No, no, no, no.

There we go. Some weather banter. A lot of weather banter lately, but what do you think's in Ben's bag there, Marie? Oh, I think it's a bandana. Oh, a Mickey Mouse bandana. Now, I wore a Looney Tunes bandana to my school ball, so that would be something that particularly...

But he didn't wear it like a gangster. He wore it, like, tucked in behind the ears so the ears were out of the bandana. Yeah, I know. It's not a Mickey Mouse band bandana but by god i wish i had one you stay safe this weekend and you have a lovely long weekend liam we'll get you on from hamilton uh we know it's not a mickey mouse bandana he hasn't joined the mickey gang uh what do you think's in Ben's bag? I reckon it's knee pads, to be honest. Mickey Mouse knee pads.

What would you need? I guess. What would you need knee pads? Maybe there's a use for knee pads. Yeah, rollerblading. Skateboarding. If you're doing some, you know. He seems like he's on his knees often.

That sounds like something I would do. But no. No, it's not Mickey Mouse knee pads, and I don't know what conversation we're teetering around, so we'll move on. Good on you, Liam. Have a good long weekend. Cheers, mate.

You too. See you. Let's get Geordie on from Auckland. What's in Ben's bags? Morning. Is it a Mickey Mouse apron? Oh, not a Mickey Mouse

apron. Good play, though, because it's clothing, but not, you know, not clothing as you'd imagine it. Yeah, yeah.

In the clothing wheelhouse, Geordie, great guess. Enjoy Waitangi weekend, my friend. Have a good one. Yeah, thank you, you too.

All right, we'll take two more quickly. Let's head to Porirua in Wellington. Paul, what's in Ben's bag?

Well, if it's not Mickey Mouse, I think it's jandals. Jandals. Oh, that's it. It actually sounds like it could be jandals when you rattle it around, but no, it's not jandals. But again, a really, really good guess. All right, let's get Michelle on. Welcome from Auckland, Michelle.

It's been a rough week in Auckland. What's in Ben's bag? Your guess is as good as mine, and my guess would be no good. Not good at all. Michelle on. Welcome from Auckland, Michelle. It's been a rough week in Auckland. What's in Ben's bag? Your guess is as good as mine, and my guess would be no good. Not good at all. Is it a scarf? No, not a scarf.

Well, a lot like my career, a lot of people said this won't last and probably shouldn't last. Also like my career. Do we want to take one more? Karen, did you say there, Producer Joel? What do you think, Karen? Is this Karen?

What's in Ben's bag, Kazza? Kazza? Oh, we've got a shocking phone line there. But B-Humps looks so like... He looks positive. He's like, come on, come on, take Karen. But no, okay. All right.

This is a blemish on your producing career, Bee Humps. Bye. Oh, Karen. Sorry, mate. We're trying to wrap it up. We'll never know Karen's guess. Have a go quickly, Karen. What's in there?

Mickey Mouse G-Banger. I'm so glad we went to Karen. It was worth it. It was worth it. Is it a Mickey Mouse G-Banger? It's not a Mickey Mouse. It's not a G-banger as well. Have a great weekend, Kerry.

Over the weekend, we'll chuck a clue on our social media. How about that? Okay, on the Hits Breakfast on Instagram. And hopefully we can give this thing away on Tuesday. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Jono and Ben podcast. More bad weather last night and more set to return today. That's always cool, isn't it? It just feels like it's been

terrible, terrible summer for a lot of these guys. Was that across the country this morning? Yeah, like there's some pockets of sunshine throughout the place as well. But last night, Tauranga and Bay of Plenty seemed to be worse hit. There's been a lot more slips on the road, some roads closed around Auckland as well and also in the

Bay of Plenty and so yeah just fun stuff, fun stuff out there. I tell you what you do feel sorry because a lot of people would have been planning to go away this weekend I assume to you know some smaller beach side areas and you feel sorry for those businesses they've had a terrible summer

a lot of them, not all of them weather wise and so you wouldn't get many people heading to the beach in this weather, Ben Boyce. No, that's right. Unless you're one of those cool kite-surfing dudes, you know? You see them, you're like, shit, they're gnarly. I saw one in the back of the news. There was a guy doing a cross from Whangamata, and he was like,

oh, it's terrible weather, don't go to the beach. And this guy's like putting up this kite thing, he's fagging around in the background. Bloody legend. But there was a lot of flooding over the last few days around the place, as we know, and a cow was caught up in the floods in Te Puke. And the cow was swept down, and a person chased the cow for about an hour, followed this cow. It was sort of made way through the floods out of a paddock,

and it ended up and made world news because he ended up outside KFC. The cow ended up outside Kfc uh the cow ended up outside kfc was safe and sound outside kfc and that's where they had to go get the cow and take it back to its property you don't want them ending up outside maccas well that's yeah that's exactly what one of the residents said it was like that's the chicken place mate you're safe here mate it's probably why it ended up there probably thought about colonel's got no interest in you none whatsoever mcdonald's you're in the grinder in 10 seconds yeah so a cow making uh international news uh from from small

town news why does all that news have to be animal based i know that's what the rest of the world think of new zealand they're like oh god damn sheep that bloody had overgrown yeah shrek the sheep shrek oh and everyone's just it's not good for our branding. There's already stuff, they're saying stuff overseas about us in sheep. Heading into Waitangi weekend. You were just saying there's a warning for Waitangi travellers, Waitangi weekend travellers there, Ben.

Yeah, more severe weather due to the flood ravaged regions. You know, this, yeah, it just feels like every day I just bring in more bad news to the radio good on you mate you bring the vibes down that's why I handed over

to him so he's delivered the bad news no thanks for that and I've never heard the word sodden so much sodden a lot of use

of sodden on the news now my dad John Pryor Senior he sent me an email Ben and he said see if Ben enjoys these oh okay good

okay so he wanted me to road test some quips. Oh, good. On the radio with you. I'm down with that. Okay, now there's no obligation for you to laugh. Okay. Don't feel like you're going to damage your relationship with my father. Okay.

He's just like, hey, what does he think of these? Yeah. Okay, now I'm just going to read them out one for one. What is that my relationship? Now I'm worried about my relationship with your dad. What would you call your relationship with my father? Healthy? Yeah, very pleasant.

I mean, John Pryor, he's a man of few words. Yeah. He's British, old school Air Force. He's lovely. He is lovely. But you're right. He's not a chatter as much as, say, you. I definitely make up for the word count, the annual word count for the Pryor household.

But here we go. My grandfather has the heart of a lion and also a lifetime ban from the zoo. And when you think about that, it's quite good. I don't like that. Say what you want about deaf people. Oh, no.

Okay, there's not getting enough no no that's not not mate he's been cancelled I've cancelled him you've cancelled John Pryor

we're only up to number two there's another eight to go I've cancelled him okay here we go he's been cancelled comedian's been

another comedian's been cancelled here's one you've got to hand it to blind prostitutes okay no no what's that are they all they're all very edgy they are edgy you've got to hand it to blind prostitutes. Okay, no, no.

What? They're all very edgy. They are edgy. My husband and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met. You like that one? Okay, John's pulling you back. He pulled me back slightly with that.

Slightly less offensive than some of the other ones. To be frank, I'd have to change my name. Here we go. This is a good one. Me and my friend watched all three of Lord of the Rings movies back to back. Thankfully,

I was the one. Oh, you can't put the sound effects into it. Joel, mate. What are you doing to my dad's comedy producer Joel me and my friend

watched all three of the Lord of the Rings movies back to back thankfully I was the one facing the TV okay we're going to

wrap it up there so no pity laughs for John now your relationship is straight it was a roller coaster there was a couple of good ones There was a couple of good ones.

There was a couple that made him cancelled from broadcasting forever. A lot of conversation this week about insurance for obvious reasons. 15,000, over 15,000 claims already in the Auckland region with insurance. They reckon it's the second most amount of claims since the Christchurch earthquakes.

Yeah, geez. It's just heartbreaking, all the stories and the footage you see of people, you know, and their houses and contents destroyed. I bet insurance companies are really pumped we all have insurance when there's nothing happening. Although when something kicks off. Well, they're talking about upping premiums after this.

Yeah. Because that's, you know. And with the amount of out of control natural events that are starting to happen yeah our premiums going up as well but we wanted to know have you chosen to go through life not having insurance like have you it's a gamble it's a gamble and you're willing to bet on yourself yeah and maybe not so much house and contents insurance we're talking about things like, yeah, travel insurance. Maybe you're like, ah, I don't need travel.

Car insurance. Maybe you're like, you're driving around with no car insurance. That one always plays with your mind when you're at the Hertz rental counter. Yeah. And you're like, well, here's your car. Oh, by the way, would you like insurance? And you're like, I didn't. I didn't.

Would I like it? No. No. Well, I would, but I would like to pay extra. Yeah. Do you think you need it? Well, I didn't, but now I do. But you know that your policy doesn't cover this when you're driving around.

You're like, oh. And it's that thing, the bloody Murphy with his law comes into play, that if you don't get it. And it feels like insurance is a whole industry that just plays on people's anxiety about something that maybe might eventuate it might not and it might not hopefully it won't yeah but you know you just need that peace of mind yeah am i i have join us today because talking about this with a couple of mates the other day, one, if I don't need insurance, I'm not going to get it. Like, I'll take the gamble.

The other one's like, I pay too much. And he was like, I just wish I'd have to claim on insurance sometimes. And I'm like, mate, don't say that. Particularly with all the heartbreaking stories you see. But that's why I don't mind hearing stories about people committing insurance fraud. It's a win for the little team, isn't it? So maybe you're not doing it. Maybe you've consciously decided that you'll travel somewhere overseas

and you're like, ah, don't need it. Maybe you're like, ah, don't need pet insurance, those sorts of things. Have you chosen not to have insurance? Producer Bee Hump said when he was growing up in Fairleigh, he knew a farmer, had a farm, no insurance. For nothing. Nothing, right?

No house, no contents, no car, nothing. And then he had a car accident. He just paid for a new car. But that was the only thing that sort of happened in his life that required the insurance company. Never needed it. Those are the stories we need. Stories of hope. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Taking a bit of a risk in life It feels like driving down the road Without a seatbelt on Chances are You're going to be fine But there's always That small chance That something could happen

Right Ben? Yeah It's a safety blanket It is How many You'd have insurance Wouldn't you? You'd be all bloody

Oh we don't have Pet insurance We don't have pet insurance It's not something That we have. But we thought about it and had some issues in the past when we did have it. So we've decided not to do that. Are those issues you'd like to discuss on the radio?

No, no, no. I was wondering if it was just a vague sweeping of issues. We had some stuff that, you know, so we decided not to. No, not again. So again, we're taking a gamble on that. The more you talk about this stuff But don't mention it I want to know what it is

You'll have to tell me off air But yeah Producer Joel You didn't have contents insurance Yeah didn't have it last year I didn't even think I'd need it I've never really been robbed Or anything before

Well you don't need insurance For the three t-shirts you own Yeah And that's probably the thing right I was only two back then as well But yeah whole flat got cleaned out I didn't really lose. I was at uni,

so I didn't really have anything too important to sign Kiwi's jersey. League jersey. League jersey. Did it make you get contents insurance? I haven't got it yet, no.

But I'm still running the risk. Fair enough. Please don't rob me again. So 0800, that's the telephone number. Have you decided not to get insurance? Kim, how are you?

I'm good, thanks, good No insurance, you mad dog No What's to do with your dogs, apparently? What do you do? We actually put money aside each month into a separate account And when you've got about two grand in there You can basically cover um a lot

of the basic stuff um but the bonus is if they do pass away or get killed or die or whatever your money's there to use for something else oh that is and that's it's always good to have a bonus when someone dies oh well i'm sad part of's sad, but also part of me's very happy with the amount of money. I don't know if you're happy, obviously, but it's a smart idea putting money aside for that rather than giving it to an insurance company. And I mean, you know, if you have a healthy dog that never eats a bee or gets hit by a car or has some other gastro issues or anything like that.

Is there such a thing? Yeah, true. Absolutely. Then what are you paying your insurance for? other gastro issues or anything like that. Is there such a thing? Yeah, true. Yeah, absolutely. Then what are you paying your insurance for? It's a bloody good theory, and I feel pet insurance, and this is no, I'm not throwing any shade at the pet insurance industry, but it's a rip-off. Is that throwing shade?

Yeah, that's definitely throwing shade at it. But then the people that have massive bills, they're thankful that they've got pet insurance. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I mean, if you haven't got enough in your own account by the time you need to spend thousands, pet insurance is worth its weight in gold. Yeah, yeah.

But if you can just get through the first couple of years putting $100 a month away, then you've got two grand and you can keep adding to it as they get older. So, yeah, you do have to cross your fingers that, yeah, they'll be healthy and it's just your yearly vaccinations and things. Kim. You know.

Loving the cut of your jib. Have you got any jib that you're cutting? No. You ever cut any jib? Yeah, probably in my time. Yeah, well, I'm loving the cut of it, mate, and you have a good one. Oh, excellent. Okay, thanks.

Okay, bye. Alison, you're on from why hey this morning geez how's your week been with the rain oh yeah not too bad actually just oh that's good to hear yeah good to hear uh allison insurance are you for or against oh for definitely i've had a car stolen and had to claim on that and yeah insurance company is brilliant got me a loan car, paid me out really quickly, bought another car, not a problem, kept going.

Oh, that's good. And then a couple of years later I had a house fire. Oh, jeez. And literally gutted the house and lost everything. So the insurance company was absolutely brilliant. You know, I'm still in the same house.

They've pretty much got the builders in, and they cleared it all out and redid everything. It's an old villa, so they did everything. They made me remu mentals for over the fireplaces. Nice. Remu panelling, big curry doors, all in the old style. It wouldn't be without. Good on you, Alison.

Well, I appreciate that. That's good. Yeah, that's a for the insurance. That's a positive. And also another positive, Ben, you're like, hey, mate, can you do me a favour and light my car a light? And I was like, what's going on, mate? And you're like, just do that and push it off a cliff.

I was like, why? He's like, just help me out here, bro. And we were never told. And you were happy that day to have insurance. I was very happy. You're right. Take a quick one here. New Plymouth, we're heading to Julia. Your thoughts on insurance.

You're for or against? For. Absolutely for. Yeah. Car insurance should be compulsory. If you can't afford car insurance, you surely cannot afford to have an accident, which may ruin somebody else's life. Way to bring the vibes down, Julia. No, you're right.

She's right. How can we be allowed to drive around in a weapon, cause an accident which kills somebody or maims them for life, and have no... I mean, it must be bad enough for a person for that to happen, that that happened. You know, it's an accident, it's an accident.

But then to be able to not do anything about it must be awful. No, you're right. I'm surprised it's not actually possible. Julia, you came on here with your common sense. Coming on our show with common sense. There's a lot more of it happening. I don't know what's happening right now. Good on you, Julia.

You're going to have a wonderful long weekend. Eliza Scherzinger, she's one of the world's funniest comedians. She's got multiple Netflix specials. She's very, very funny. And she's got her tour, Eliza 2023 Australian New Zealand Tour. She's going to be in New Zealand Tuesday night. There's still some tickets available from Ticketmaster. She's hilarious, and she joins us right now on 0800 The Hits.

Good morning, Eliza. How are you? Hi, how are you? We're good. Nice to talk to you. Very excited about you coming to New Zealand next week. I'm so excited. I've never been, and I've only heard great things. Well, listen, the weather's been a bit shabby lately. Yeah. I've heard.

I'm from California, so I'm very used to erratic, deadly weather. Well, get used to people going, what do you think of the place? We're very insecure in New Zealand. All we want to do is for overseas people to like us. Oh, my God. That is the opposite of America. But I'm so pumped to take advantage of your hospitality. We're very insecure as a nation.

You're in Australia at the moment, traveling through Australia. There's a bit of beef between the two countries. Friendly beef. We're not going to get weapons out or anything. But when you come here, just go, I was in Australia, and everyone will go, boo. And you're like, they're nothing compared to you

and everyone will go yay I love friendly beef I'll be like yeah screw them screw that island nation that's never been anything but nice to me

it's all about the Kiwis let's do it hilariously funny I love it I'm a big fan of your wear I love your Netflix specials if people haven't seen them they should

they're great but do you get free Netflix for being on a Netflix special? You don't. They're, like, super strict. Like, even their employees don't get free Netflix. Like, everyone must pay so that they can overpay their top comics. I'm not one of them. Well, geez, I don't think Netflix are in a position to hand out free subs at the moment, Ben, either.

Eliza, when you come to New Zealand, we know you have a husband for a chef. Does he travel with you? Does he cook for you? Or is it when he's at home, he's clocked out? You know what's funny? If I could afford to have a husband who travels with me as my personal chef,

I probably wouldn't be to do stand-up anymore. No, actually, he has his own cookbook just came out yesterday called the Don't Panic Pantry Cookbook, and it's going to be huge. And so he right now is on his own book tour back in the States. So we're sending each other poorly timed texts and phone calls just as one's going to bed. Have you got kids? I got the one baby, and I would have brought her, but it's a schlep to get to your country and this country. So when she's a little bit older and can be reasoned with, then we'll make that journey.

How do you find that? Because, I mean, you know, babies, they take up a lot of time. We've got kids. We know what it's like, like having to travel around all the time. Is it a big juggle? I'm not going to lie, because I think with women, it's always like, oh, I just find the balance. The balance is a Jamaican woman named Myrna who lives with us, who is my heart, soul, and everything.

And that's it. The balance is if you can find the money to have someone live in your home and run your life, then you too can have a life. That's the balance. I love it. Now, you were recently on a very famous podcast with Meghan Markle and Paris Hilton as well. That's a pretty cool experience.

Oh, yeah. I don't know how people are going to feel about this, but I did get to meet Prince Harry that day, and we did hug, and I am different now. You hugged Harry. You hugged Harry. Yeah. Yeah, he was in the studio. I was chatting with Meghan, and I made a comment about why it's not as funny if a woman gets hit in the crotch versus a man like there's

why certain things inherently aren't funny and i was like because women are life givers and uh it's more sacred and i see megan go like she kind of like twitch for a second and i go are you okay she goes sorry uh harry's just saying something in my earpiece and i see in the control room he's in there and he's saying something she goes come in babe and he comes and he goes a penis is sacred and i'm like and i'm thinking like well yours is he was very very nice oh that's awesome what was what was he said penis to me yeah the first thing he came in with he came in hot good on you what was megan markle like lovely she was actually she was nothing but lovely she's very pretty. And just, you know, I'd be a real piece of crap if I went on someone's podcast and then came on the radio and I was just like, what a bitch. Sorry, I don't know what kind of radio show this is.

No, that's fine. That's fine. And we give you full license to bag us after this. Yeah, you can bag us. So that's our gift to you, right? Oh, yeah, because I'm going on an Australian podcast after this. I'm going to be like, I took this call with these two people from New Zealand and it was the worst 12 minutes of my life.

Eliza, we can't wait for you to be in New Zealand next week. Tuesday night, go see Eliza. She's very, very funny. Before you go, you've got a podcast as well, Ask Eliza Anything. So we wanted to throw some questions your way and just throw some questions at you, if that's okay. I'm ready. I'm here. Let's do it. Do you know you have five star feet as voted by creeps on the internet?

Dude, there's literally two pictures of my feet online and they found them and then they're like, oh, look how great. So men never cease to find a way to make women uncomfortable. That's the most normal thing. That's very, very odd. What was the ranking out of? Was it out of five? I think it was five stars.

So that's good. I think they're just saying I have five toes. I don't know. You were in a movie with Mark Wahlberg, which is pretty awesome. Does he get up at 3.30 in the morning or 2.30 in the morning? Because we read that online. Is that true? I mean, I definitely don't hang out with him in the off hours,

but this guy does get up very early, I will tell you. He is very professional and very busy, so I think probably in order to fit all these things in the day, he maybe doesn't even sleep and has to be up early. He's all business all the time. All business all the time. We're always like, if he's working out in the house at 2 o'clock in the morning, surely the rest of the family are like, mate, can we just –

Shut up. Yeah, yeah, we want to sleep. Yeah, there's no way they hear it because it's in a separate wing of a separate annex. It's a separate mansion. There's no way. Oh, awesome,'s in a separate wing of a separate annex. It's a separate mansion. There's no way. Oh, awesome, Eliza. Well, it's been lovely talking with you. Safe travels, and we'll see you when you're here.

I'm pumped. I'll see you guys soon. Thank you so much. 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. And it's our Game of Word Association. We play it every morning on the radio at 7.45. You can win $5,000. Hey, Sarah, how's Parmy this morning? It's a little wet. Not too bad, though. Yeah, what are you doing right now as we speak?

I am sitting on the side of the road in my car on the way home pick the kids up for school all right did the old drop off did you yeah no good on you uh now cash a cash cannon firing you into the weekend imagine that the long weekend what would you spend 5k on i'd probably take my kids on a little holiday maybe back to australia to see some family. Oh, right. Do you know, speaking of cash cannons, at a previous radio station we had a cash cannon, and the last time we let it off was in Palmerston North.

It caused a hole. It turned feral. It turned feral real quick, Sarah. I saw an elderly lady dropkick someone. Oh, okay, that sounds interesting. So we'd fire this cannon out with cash, and the cash would kind of float, but a gust of wind came, and it took the cash everywhere. People were climbing on buildings. We were like, calm down, calm down, but it didn't work.

We were like, this is a new story in the making here. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Jono, please. Jono can head on in there, and we'll see how you go, matching up five words with Jono. Right now, what pops into your head when I say tartare? Sauce. Yeah.

I don't think there's too many other options for that one. Butcher. B-U-T-C-H-E-R. Butcher. Meat. Yeah. Pear. P-E-A-R.

Pear. That's a hard one. Can we go to the next one? Yeah. Chores. Peer. P-E-A-R. Peer. That's a hard one. Can we go to the next one? Yeah. Chores. C-H-O-R-E-S. Chores. Dishes.

Dishes. Yeah, it's top of mind for me too. Hawaiian is the final word, but we're going to circle back to pear. So Hawaiian? Pizza. Pizza. Are you a fan of Hawaiian pizza or not so much? No, my kids love it though.

Yeah they do, my kids love it too. And pear, P-E-A-R? Fruit. Fruit, yeah not peer pressure, pear the fruit. Okay we'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth and see how we go matching up five words. Oh gosh. Alright bit of solitary confinement in there. You did well did you?

Oh I think so. A little bit nervous, she's a little bit nervous getting into this. All right, bit of solitary confinement in there. You did well, did you? Oh, thanks, babe. Yeah. A little bit nervous? Are you a little bit nervous getting into this? I am, I'm very nervous. Pressure's back on you, Jono. So here we go, $25.

Word one, $25. That is our $25 word. I said to Sarah, tartia, tartia. Well, it would be remiss of me not to say this word, Ben, because it's probably my favourite condiment in the market. Is it? Tartare sauce. Is it?

You like a tartare sauce? I'm a huge fan. Tartare sauce mayo. White and squidgy like me. Okay, all right. Yeah. Not that I don't enjoy it. I just not even, like, I can take or leave it.

And also when I describe myself like tarty sauce, I don't have weird green bits inside of me. You've got $25, Sarah. Do you want to risk it for $50? Yep, go for gold. Word two, $50. Butcher. Butcher.

What would I say to butcher? Meat? Well done. Well done. You got $50, Sarah. Yep, that's cool. How are we feeling? We going to put that on the line for $100, the next word? Yep, let's do it.

Word three, $100. I feel like Sarah's on the verge of a breakdown. Yeah. We've got her on the edge of her seat here. Pear. P-E-A-R. Pear. Fruit. Yes! Well done, Jono. Well done. Jeez, I'mA-R. Pear. Fruit.

Yes! Well done, Jono. Well done. Jeez, I'm making Sarah happy. Okay, $100. My heart is pounding. $100, Sarah. Are we going to the fourth word for $500?

Yes, please. Oh! Word four. Sarah. $500. She gets nothing if you get this wrong, Jono. She's jumping up for the $500 word. It is chores.

Chores. C-H-R-E-S. Washing? You had some options for that one, but we went dishes. Sarah went dishes. The final one was Hawaiian. Pizza? Oh, Sarah.

Run away, Sarah. Yeah. Oh, Sarah. Run away, Sarah. Yeah. Oh, well. Jeez, I was making you so happy 10 seconds ago. I know, you disappointed everyone. Hey, mate, I'm really sorry, but I tell you what, why don't we give you some Hawaiian pizza, some hell pizza vouchers? Yeah, that'd be awesome.

Yeah, we'll send those out to you delivering the best damn pizza in this lifetime and next in delivering beer and wine as well too, which is pretty awesome. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben, it's David Guetta, BB Rexha, I'm good, Blue. I played that song on my phone the other day, the family. I was like, that's a cool new song we play, because it is a cool new song, but there is an uncensored version as well. I was like, ooh, it doesn't say freaking.

It doesn't say what? Freaking. Oh, it doesn't say freaking? It's like, ooh, the family were all like, wow. I was like, yeah. But they are having the best night of their lives. Don't your heroes always let you down? I held David Guetta and Bebe Rexha in such high regard.

It's the last thing I would expect from them, Ben. Exactly. It's really tarnished that song for me now. That's a great song. It's the last thing I would expect from them, Ben. Exactly. It's really tarnished that song for me now. That's a great song. I won't be able to ever listen to it the same. Hey, I'll add in the hits. Who's having the best weekend? And we'll flick you out some hell pizza. Delivering the best damn pizza in this lifetime and next.

Yeah, of course, Waitangi weekend as well. And I can't remember. It's a celebration of the treaty being signed. And I can't actually remember that document causing any issues over the years as well. So that's this weekend it's a three day weekend what are you doing? Tough

for some parts of the country this week but time to relax time to enjoy. Ben what are you doing mate? Share us in your life. Because of the weather not as much I imagine it's like that for a lot of people as you just said around the country. A lot of plans well, not because of the weather, not as much. I imagine it's like that for a lot of people, as you just said, around the country. A lot of plans have been changed because of the weather.

I'm just managing sleepovers. A large part of parenting is just sort of managing sleepovers. Now, what I have figured out is, you know, playdates or hangouts, as I have to refer to them as now, the sales pitch starts coming in about, you know, two hours into a play date. Yeah. Can you just say that?

Yeah. Always extends, eh? And then the next morning as well. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Imagine if I came over to your house and I started saying, can I come and sleep here tonight? And you'd be like, where? In between you and Amanda.

Yeah. I thought Jono was just coming from a barbecue. Yeah, but we're having such a fun time. Can he sleep over? I get it. It's cool. It's an old adult sleepover, it's not really a thing, is it? What are you doing this weekend, Producer Joel? Going missing for three days and turning up as a shell of a human being on Tuesday?

Might even call in sick Tuesday as well. Pretty much spot on. You would imagine a lot of people might be cancelling their beach trips if they were taking them if you're in those parts of the country. But just looking around, some fantastic events this weekend. The Huntley Exhibitionists Exhibition taking place. The Underage Vape Nationals

2 in Mochiwaka. The Gore Babymaking Tournament 2. The Over 50s. The Over 50s Birkenhead Boomer Bikini Nationals happening as well. So if you're attending any of those events, you can call us right now. Who's having the best weekend? Yeah.

That's the competition. All right. And let's go to the phones. Izzy, you're having the best weekend. What are you doing? My best friend's turning 21, and she's a young mum, and we had cancelled it because of the weather, but we've decided it's too important to miss,

so we're going to go ahead with it anyway. Plow on. That's the Kiwi attitude. What are you doing? She lives out on a farm, so we're having a big barbecue-type thing with all the kids and things during the day and then party a bit into the night, I think.

Well, me and Ben can babysit at night. We'll let you young kids have a fun evening. We'll figure out some hell pizza. Enjoy your weekend. Hey, Michelle, you're on. Welcome. How are you, Michelle? Alright? Yep. Good, thank you. This weekend, you having the best weekend? Why? Because I'm

to LAB and Whangarei. That would be amazing. That would be awesome. Hopefully the weather holds off for that because that would be incredible. Have yourself a great weekend. Well, hopefully the weather sticks out. And Melanie, you're on.

Welcome to the best weekend. Are you having it? Yes, because I'm going to go down to Tangi Malana fishing. Oh. Are you a hearty fisher person? No. I feed the fish a lot, but I go down three or four times a year, and it's their main competition this year down there for Waitangi weekend.

Yeah. And I rang my girlfriend and said, what's the weather like? Because it's absolutely crappy here on the East Coast, but apparently on the West Coast it's flat calm. There we go. Fishing tournament for Melanie. Yep. Thank you there, Producer Joel.

King of the sound effect, isn't he? He loves the sound effect. Well, everyone that called just then, out some hell pizza. You have a wonderful weekend, whatever you're doing right around the country. Good luck, Melanie. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. He, Sharon, played for 48,000 people last night in Wellington. Looked incredible.

And we had the opportunity to ask him one question with some of the other media yesterday before the concert. And we asked you on 0800 The Hits, because we couldn't get down there, if someone could help us out. Zoe phoned up and said her seven-year-old son, Grayson, looked a bit like a mini version of Ed Sheeran. So we sent them along to the press conference and they went to the show last night too.

And they join us now. Good morning. Here we go. The day after the big show, you and Grayson. Yeah, very cool stage and Ed gave it all. Gave it his all. We're asking people for three word reviews.

What was yours? Gave it all. Gave it his all. Gave it all. Gave it all. It's enough in there. Of course, Ed Sheeran in the country, as you said last night, at Wellington.

But we had an opportunity to ask him one question. We couldn't get to Wellington, but you rang up and you said that your son kind of looks like a mini version of Ed Sheeran. That's right. And we said, perfect. Let's send him along. We also did the timeline that your son's seven

and Ed's last tour was... About seven years ago. So, yeah. Did you think any more on that one? No, I don't think so. She's like, I can't remember ever doing anything with Ed Sheeran. I think I remember that. Yeah.

That'll be a lifetime memory. But we sent little Grayson along, seven-year-old Grayson. Adorable. We sent him along to the press conference. There was, you know, the world's greatest media were there, weren't they? You had, what did you have? You had your One Newsers they were there, your News Hubs

Yeah, New Zealand Herald they were all there as well. Auto Trader Magazine They were all there and Grayson got to ask his one question and let's have a listen to it Hi Ed, my name is Grayson and I am seven. And Jonah and Ben have sent me here from the Hits to interview you.

What advice would you give to a seven-year-old to be like you? Well, I think be like you. I think that no one can be you better than you. If you try and be like someone else, you'll always be sort of like half as good as they can be whereas you're the best person that you can be if that makes sense so when I found when I started making music I was trying to sound like all these other artists that I loved and then that slowly forms your own sound and you just become your own person and then that's so yeah I'd say embrace your individuality if there's something weird and quirky about you that's actually something that's that's good you, when you're in school and people think that you're

different, like it's good to be different. All the best people in the world that have had success are all different from each other. People will always try and emulate what has become successful beforehand. But I don't know. Yeah. When I was trying to get signed, everyone was like, you're not what we're looking for. And then I got big and then suddenly I am what people are looking for. So don't follow the trend. Wow. What a question and what an answer, Zoe. It was amazing, wasn't it?

And really good advice. Shut up. I was just like listening to him going, this is the most eloquent, well thought out answer. We'll never get that in our interviews, do we? Did you like his answer, Grayson? Yep. How was it, Grayson? How was it? Were you nervous talking to Ed Sheeran? Yeah. Yeah, and if we've learned

anything from this whole expedition, it's that kids get cut through. They get results. Because you were the only person out of all those people to get a photo with him as well. Probably the best answer of the whole thing you got from him. We wouldn't have got that, Ben. Grayson got results.

We would have just got a door. We would have done some shitty pun gag. We would have. We would have just slammed the door in our face. Grayson, we will be calling you in the future. Thank you.

Well done, buddy. Do you have a phone number? You got a cell phone we can text you on? Fire mum. Fire mum. All right. Well, well done. Hope you guys enjoyed the show, and you go and have a great long weekend.

Awesome. Thank you so much for the opportunity. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's a bonkers show, but it's also very addictive. It's Married at First Sight Australia. It's back for season 10. Kicking off on my tonguey day on 3 and 3 now. And joining us on our Under the Hits, relationship expert John Aitken, you'll know from the show. He's a Kiwi living in Australia.

John, good morning. Oh, good morning, lads. How are we? We're doing all right. How are you? Oh, look, I'm pretty excited. I'm not going to deny it. We've got season 10 coming down at you very shortly.

I know, season 10. Did you think when you first started doing Married at First Sight Australia that we'd get to season 10? Not a chance. It now goes into 120 countries around the world. Your show? Yep. Geez.

I had no idea. I had no idea. Can you pick now which ones are genuinely there for love and which ones are there just to get a hundred thousand extra Instagram followers? Well, I think frankly all of them have got an element that wants to increase their spotlight, if you like, increase their notoriety, because you wouldn't go on the show if you couldn't cope with cameras on you 24-7 for eight weeks. That's true.

So there's that element to it. But ultimately, they've got to want to find love, and if they don't, hopefully they'll learn something along the way. The other thing that I always get swept up in, because I watch the show, love the show, John, I think you do a great job, but then you're like, oh, my God, Daniel cheated on Chantel with Tanding. And then I pull myself out of it and go,

well, these people have only known each other for a couple of weeks. So in terms of, yes, it's cheating, not good. But in terms of cheating, the relationship is pretty much in its infant stages. And they do often fall back on that. They'll say, hey, look, when I got matched with this person, there wasn't a chemistry there. I'm going to do me, I'm after love, and I'm going to jump ship and go after her.

So they don't seem to have too much remorse. Others, though, take it much more seriously and they see it as, you know, I've been matched for a reason, I'm going to see it out, and if I don't like it, I'll leave the experiment rather than cheating. Their moral compass always comes out throughout the experiment. And the one thing I've realized is that even if they go in with some sort of mask, by about the second week, it is gone. It's ripped off and the real self starts to show. What about for people listening right now? Now, I feel like we probably should be paying for this and asking you these questions, but is there one

secret? Well, you know know there's probably plenty of secrets to a good relationship but what's something you can pass on to people listening right now that are in relationships well i think you're going to see it in series 10 um the fight styles of some of these guys are terrible you know they come out with a sledgehammer they use you know all sorts of personal attacks and what what and then they, hey, I'm just speaking my truth. What I would say to people is you need to watch how your words land. Words are very powerful. And the softer that you bring things up, the more likely that the person's going to stay involved in the conversation.

Essentially, good speaking equals good listening. John, I'm just going to ask you a personal question here. In those conversations, when there's a disagreement happening with my lovely wife, Jennifer, I walk away, and then 20 minutes later, I come up with a really good angle. Now, can I restart the argument and come in with my new— It's almost like you need a half time. Go away, regroup, and then come back for the second half. Is that an option?

I like that. I like that rugby analogy. Yes, you can certainly go into the change shed, take a little time to gather yourself, but you do have to always come back to it. But when you do come back to it, don't think about point scoring. Don't think about I'm right or wrong. Instead, you want to be saying, look, tell

me your point of view and then say, look, I take your point. And then what you do is say, here's my point of view. And if you're both able to listen and validate it, then you move forward. Couples, do they need to sleep in the same bed? Some of them, as they get older and they

get along in time in their relationship, they don't. But they need to constantly connect. They also need to have sex on a regular basis. They need to make sure that they're doing little things through the day, whether it's, you know, having a glass of wine at the end of the day to debrief, whether it's kissing each other goodbye or hellos when they come home. It's those sort of little moments of rituals of connection that are so important. Whether you sleep in the same bed or not

isn't going to be a make or break, but you've got to have a lot of glue around you that makes you a strong couple through the day. What I've learned in this field is that doing little things daily and often is much more important than grand gestures once a week there we go i can talk to you for hours but then we'd probably have to start playing i can't wait to watch i'll tell you what just as an aside in this in this first episode

look out we have a scandal uh that we've never seen before at the first wedding one of the grooms is a guy that is going to be a major player and a lightning rod throughout the whole thing. I don't think we've ever had anyone quite like him on the show and he is going to get you talking. I saw the shorts for this. Was he like somehow connected with someone that the lady who was getting married to knew? What we know so far is that his bride gets pulled aside by the best friend, and the best friend says, I got some secrets about this guy that you need to know about. I saw it on the air, and I'm like...

It's so compelling. And what's amazing about this guy is he's unapologetic. He looks like he's being pulled from a rugby scrum. He's a guy that's an alpha, and he doesn't back down to anybody at any time. Oh, Meredith, first sight Australia. He sounds like a catch. Can't wait to watch.

It's going to be awesome, John Aitken. Lovely to catch up with you again, and hopefully we'll talk to you soon. Always a pleasure, guys. Enjoy. The Hits, the John and Ben podcast. Ben, my dear, dear sweet friend, I need some advice from you.

What's going on? If something I am doing is potentially frustrating you, because the people in my dear, dear sweet friend, I need some advice from you. What's going on? If something I am doing is potentially frustrating you. Oh, okay. Because the people in my household, also known as my family, something I'm doing is driving them bonkers. And I don't know if I do it at work, but if I do, I think I need to stop. And it is when I'm writing an email or texting that I'm also narrating it out loud. Oh, yeah, okay.

So I'm a type talker. Yeah. And Jen's like, just because you're messaging someone, we all don't need to hear about it. I get a point. And I was trying to think like, why on earth I would do it.

And maybe there's a part of me going, oh, well, this is why I'm ignoring everyone and I'm on my phone now. And I want everyone to know that it's just I'm sending an email. Ah, gotcha. And it's never free-flowing talk as well when you're narrating a message that you're typing. Yeah.

It's, hi, Ben. Hope that hemorrhoid ointment is... Oh, there you go. Was this my... Did you want advice from me or did you want to just mock me for something? Was that the point of that? Sorry, I know your hemorrhoids aren't...

They shouldn't be the butt of your jokes. They're actually doing all right. They're doing all right this week, so it's good. Am I doing it at work? Am I doing it at work? I hadn't noticed it too much at work. I had noticed for a while there you were doing that thing

where you tried to get, you tried talking to your phone to get the phone to basically write out the text. And that was annoying because you'd have to do it multiple times because you'd be like, no, that's not what I want. And then you'd say it again and be like, oh, just type the thing in. So that was annoying because you'd say that four or five times. But I haven't noticed you doing it too much on emails. Well, at home in the whare, it's got to the point

where I'm banned from messaging people in communal areas. So I'm just in the bathroom now going, how is the hemroid ointment? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. More bad weather forecast over the weekend. Last night, Tauranga Bay aplenty seemed to be

worst hit but there's a few road closures this morning. Take it easy out there and with more bad weather on the way you need to stay tuned to the hits for the updates. Do you notice every time you said there's gonna be bad weather bad weather comes Ben how about you just start saying it's gonna be a beautiful fine weekend temperatures drought like temperatures gonna be a water shortage in fact it's gonna be so hot this weekend. Yeah okay let's go let's try and be positive. Obviously a big weekend in Waitangi this weekend.

Huge celebrations going on in the north. And we're joined by Shah from the Hits Northland. Oh, good morning, gents. It's a sparkling day in Northland. We're quite happy that we gave you Wayne Brown's weekend experience. Of course. Northland power.

What's the weather like in Northland? Could Wayne get a cheeky game of tennis in this weekend there? He could. He'd be a bit damp. It's quite humid. We were 92% humidity the other day, and we're gearing up for a great weekend, Waitangi weekend.

Oh, yeah, Waitangi, yeah. Waitangi. Now, do you go to the celebrations at Waitangi? Yes, it's beautiful. It's like it's just not depicted the best way on television news because it has hearty. It's the best way that you'll ever see Kiwis come together, united, and really celebrating this unity that we have.

So there's heaps of festivals, there's heaps for the kids to do, and this weekend, like it's going to be on from today till Monday, but the majority of New Zealanders, what they want to know is what's happening on Monday. What is the celebration? So we've got the Royal New Zealand Air Force there, and they're going to be doing passes over the Navy. They put down an anchor right in the middle of the harbour at Waitangi. Kids just won't believe how cool it is.

So come to Waitangi this weekend. Oh, that's awesome. That sounds fantastic. And, you know, all you do see on the news, adult toys being thrown at politicians' faces. That's right. I mean, that was great. Don't get me wrong, that was very funny.

But there's a whole lot of other great stuff going on too, which is fantastic. Yeah, there's heaps going on this weekend. And I was talking to Kyle from Met Service yesterday, and he said it's all good for the weekend. So, hi, Ed and Mike. Awesome, Char. Well, look after yourself in Northland, eh, and have for the weekend. So hi, Ed and Mike. Awesome, Sha. Well, look after yourself in Northland, eh, and have a great weekend.

You too. And you have a great weekend wherever you are around the country. A bit positive. It's going to be a wonderful, wonderful weekend of weather. Hell, no. Hopefully you come to work with a new attitude next week, mate. Look, I'm just saying what it is. I don't like being downbeat over the weather.

Hey, Tuesday morning, very excited. A huge announcement about the hits on Tuesday morning. Yeah. We're going to turn into a satanic death metal radio station. It's a bit of a gear change, but I feel like it's one that we need to do. And also we're going to be joined by a Kiwi director who is behind one of the world's biggest movie at the moment. James Cameron. No, it's not James Cameron.

Well, that's the world's biggest movie right now. Avatar. The world's's biggest movie right now Avatar the world's second biggest movie at the moment he's with us Tuesday morning it's an incredible

story it's a movie you may not know filmed in New Zealand with some Kiwi actors as well as Jono said as taking the world by storm

but apparently not that much by storm have yourself a wonderful weekend we'll catch you Tuesday