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Episode Date: January 30, 2023

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Welcome, this is the podcast, the John O'Bien podcast, thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Wonderful to have you with us today. Joined by my friends and colleagues, Benjamin Ross-Boyce and Joel... What's your middle name, Joel Harrison? Michael. Joel Michael Harrison? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Named after my father. Did you... A lot of people do that, don't they?

They, and I know we named our kids. They both got Poppy, got Catherine, because my mum's name's Annie Catherine. Then both my father and Jennifer's father are John. So Oscar John. It was easy. Right. You could pay homage to those generations. Yeah, it's a nice way to do that, isn't it? Yeah, well, my dad.

Spread their seed before us. My dad was, his middle name was Ross which has no connection to any family thing for some reason and he decided, he wasn't a huge fan of it but he decided to give it to me. But you should have named your daughters Ross. Sienna Ross boys. Indy Ross boys. Because you

could make it a family thing. Just keep going. I get it changed. It's not too late to get it changed. No disrespect to any Rosses. No, it's not a bad name. But I was just like, what is the significance behind it? It's more my thing.

It's certainly not the sexiest of all the names in the market. But you know what you're getting with a Ross, don't you? Good solid handshake. Eyeballing you. Probably fix a car. That's right. Now, we had some text correspondents come through, or did we, about this particular moment right now, the podcast intro.

Now, Producer Joel, you like to play, you know, and we love you being part of this, the podcast intro. We're like, you know, you're part of the podcast intro. Thanks, man. You know, we're not. We don't allow him to talk on the proper show. Not too much, hey. Too much of a risk to the company if I talk on the show.

Yeah, we're a bit worried. He's done some talking before in this place. Yeah, so we're worried about what he's going to say. But you said you had some correspondents coming through to say how much people love the podcast. Not the podcast, but the podcast intro in particular. Well, yeah, you can actually leave ratings on Apple Podcasts

if you're listening on Apple. That's your preferred method of listening. And I went back and looked at the ratings. Mine's iHeartRadio. Yeah, mine's iHeartRadio as well. But obviously someone, you can look at the reviews on Apple, which is a cool part of it that iHeartRadio should get as well. But it says here, five-star rating for the potty.

I do enjoy the podcast with Jono, Ben, and Joel. Extend the intro part. It's fun. Extend the intro. But what would we extend it to? Because I feel like sometimes we do cover a lot of ground in these. You know, we'll start off talking about US politics and end up how. Talking about bumblebees or something.

You know, like we really cover all the bases yeah I just I find it I find there's no real format to it it's just quite erratic I enjoy it but then I'm always

conscious that we've prepared you know the stuff you know we put a lot more thought into the show that people would just wait you know I feel like

if I turned up to watch what's one of the greatest musicals let's say Cats or something or Hamilton oh yeah I turned up to watch one of those shows but then the actors all came on beforehand and freestyled it for like 10-15 minutes with a little bit prompt you performance

they put no thought into it they were just sort of and they're not really like whose light is anyway they're not that good at you know prompt you but they're just kind of doing the thing and then they're like all right we're going to of doing the thing. And then they're like, all right, we're going to come back in a moment and then we're going to put on cats. You know, that's kind of, and then everyone's like,

oh, that was unusual. They started with that, but all right, I guess now we'll, we'll, you know, we'll listen to the,

we'll watch the thing that we came along to see. Not comparing ourselves to Andrew Lloyd Webber. I was just about to say, you've compared ourselves to a Broadway, Tony winning musical.

An example of what I, how I like to, you know. If you were going along to see your favourite band and then someone stopped you and went, wait, wait, wait, I've got some stuff. And then just sort of talked to you for a while. And you were just like, you're great, mate, but I'm just going to try and, you know. You're like, you know, just one more little thing.

I've got to talk about US politics. Hang on, have you seen the bees this season? You know? That's what I feel like this is like. But I enjoy it. Well, let's chuck it out. Do you like the inane ramblings at the beginning of this podcast? The only way you can get in touch with us is go to Apple and leave a comment and a review, right?

Or you can DM us at the Hits Breakfast on Instagram because we get a lot of feedback from them. Normally people are saying, Irva this podcast, must be on holiday. Put the wrong intro in there. How come they cut the podcast down? Why was yesterday a shorter day? So you're usually used to a torrent of complaints. But it's not complaints. It's just.

Just feedback. Just what's going on, guys. Improving the listener experience. There was, I don't know who you'd had a meeting with, but there was a period there last year where you were cutting it down to 10 minutes. Yeah, that was actually the executive producer, Ben Humphrey. And we were in there. It wasn't 10. I don't think who you'd had a meeting with, but there was a period there last year where you were cutting it down to 10 minutes. Yeah, that was actually the executive producer, Ben Humphrey, and we were in there. I don't think it was 10 minutes. It was like 30 minutes.

We were just like, would you put the best bits in? And that sparked controversy. Three people replied. Three people. But yeah, I think people enjoy the inane ramblings. I enjoy it. Don't get me wrong. I do enjoy it, but sometimes...

But you like to other people enjoy it. Yes, that's my point. Will you guys do a basketball podcast together as well? Which is pretty much like this,

but there's no Hamilton afterwards. There's no Hamilton. We're turning up towards Hamilton and the inane ramblings and that's it. It was like,

oh, is that, oh, is that... Now, because you like to brag that's your the number one basketball podcast in the country in new zealand yeah now i have it can i depending on when it's released well yeah i was just about to ask because andrew mulligan yeah

who also is involved in the basketball fraternity he's got a podcast i've seen him on social media saying he's got the number one and he probably probably, to be fair, he does. But apparently he doesn't. I feel like it's down to who released it. Like, release one, oh, number one. And then he releases the next one, it's number one. But I don't know. I don't know. Well, he hasn't released an episode this year. So we're currently, we're number one.

Yeah, so that's your point. And we're also number 37 in Japan as well for Basketball Podcast. So I'm going to get some hot answers on this. Going straight to the source. See who's officially number one in the basketball. What's your show called again? Benchformers. What's his one called?

Straight Dribble. I think he's... Straight Dribble. I'll edit that out. We don't need people finding out. Hello? It's Miles. Andrew Mulligan.

It's Jono Pryor, mate. How are you, man? Long time no chat. Yeah, how are you? You're good. What's going on? Well, I'm sorry that the first time we've spoken in months is for content, and I apologize.

But I'm having a debate here with my dear friend and your friend as well, Ben. Oh, yeah, I know Ben. Hey, Miles. How you doing, mate? And Joel Harrison, our producer. Now, they're involved in a competing basketball podcast. The market's big enough for two. And you do a great job.

Only space for one. No, I'm like, you do a great job. We do a very average job. But, you know, the market's big enough. My question was, Miles, I've heard them crowing about being the number one basketball podcast. And I said, well, I've seen Andrew Mulligan on social media saying he's also got the number one basketball podcast.

Where are we at? Talk straight. Oh, mate, straight dribblers, but hands down, the number one basketball podcast in New Zealand. Well, I'm saying it's fine, but it depends on when it's released. Like when you release yours, you're number one, and then when you do the next one, you're number one. It's just like a revolving door policy.

It's very similar to how you guys will claim you're the number one breakfast show when the survey comes out, and then The Rock will claim they're the number one breakfast show. Yeah. When those results come out. But we all know Hoskins is the number one breakfast show when the ratings come out.

Listen, everyone should just be proud of the work they're putting out. Exactly. We should just be happy that there are people who choose to listen to us talk about basketball in this country. Amen. And you're doing a wonderful job on the breakers too. Mel's as well. He is.

He's great. Thanks, mate. Always appreciate it. What are you guys doing tomorrow on the show? What content are you doing? What have we got tomorrow? Well, we're just in a deep conversation about how inane our podcast What are you guys doing tomorrow on the show? What content are you doing? What have we got tomorrow? Well, we're just in a deep conversation about how inane our podcast intros are

and we just cover a lot of ground, i.e. like calling Andrew Mulligan to talk through podcast chart results. Yeah. But what have we got tomorrow? We've got a lady who's opening up for Ed Sheeran. Yeah. Probably not your market.

These are all options at the moment this early in the year. Oh, I thought it would do a topic, but I don't know, I haven't spoken about this with the team, but you know how parents

have fun nicknames for your private parts? That's good, that's good. That might be something you could pick up on. Yeah. I like that one. That's so,

we could add a rock slant to that. Oh, jeez. What do you call your private parts? What do you call any of that? Oh, well, thank you, Andrew. All right, boys.

Number one. We're all number one. Number one, baby. See you, mate. See you, boys. So, well, you lay claim to number one. I want to support you guys. Who's your favourite basketball team at the moment?

Well, I'm LeBron James Lakers, but that's a rough ride at the moment. Producer Joel, you're like the Miami Heat. Miami Heat, yeah, but Breakers are my favorite at the moment. They're in the finals,

aren't they? The playoffs. That was a sold out stadium on Saturday night. Yeah. Spark Arena. It's pretty incredible. And they had a whole lot of people, which is actually a little

you'll hear us talking more about that on the podcast the basketball podcast but they had a whole lot of people in watching that like big US scouts

as well 9 NBA teams 12 NBA scouts NBA GM multiple NBA assistants GMs they were all in attendance of the game

watching watching the breakers it's Sean Marks no one tell them about the internet yeah well Sean Marks who's the head about the internet yeah well Sean Marks who's the head of the Nets

is Kiwi Kiwi legend he was over here like courtside in the middle of the NBA season I'm like again you could just watch the

I'll send him a link feels like a tax write-off I don't know what but you know but good on him he's an amazing success story isn't he yeah he is

a bit of a journeyman basketballer wasn't he no he won a championship with the Spurs as well. And he got into the coaching team as well. Yeah, he's widely regarded. So he would have been running, when Jay-Z owned the Brooklyn Nets, he would have been running, he would have been like, Jay-Z would have been his boss.

Oh, yeah. Imagine that. Oh, buddy, oh, he's on the bus and the shots. He's one of the monthly reports. I'm the 100th problem apparently He likes to keep it under 100 Doesn't he? Creating more problems for him

Player trades, losses, ticket sales Oh well, there we go This has been Podcast Intro Talking a large chunk about another podcast And now we're going to go into the hamilton part the hamilton musical part of this enjoy hamilton the hits the jonathan ben podcast storm that ravaged the upper north island uh set to hit again uh a whole heap of rain seems arriving this evening uh it's going to lash the region after the record-breaking downpour which

is really worrying particularly for those affected by the first flood. Still businesses and houses like that still getting over that one. I imagine infrastructure already under pressure. If you had a heady downpour on cliffs and things, it wouldn't take much more rain for maybe to send those across the edge teetering. And I sound like I know what I'm talking about, but you know what, Ben? I copied and pasted something I heard on the news last night it looks to be a lot worse the rain looks to be arriving this evening just north of the city of auckland the parts of the coromandel and northland as well

but yeah we're thinking of everyone that's going to be affected over the next couple days it's a bit of a scary time it kind of feels a little bit like lockdown-esque again you know in the news and everyone's saying stay home and do this thing and you know it feels that that same sort of feeling that except producer joel just coughed and we didn't stress out no no as far as that yeah you're right people can sneeze and stuff around you and that's okay i swear to god we've been working with producer joel for 12 months now not one day has he been of good health he has been consistently sick ever since we've known him been this bad weather's not helping as well i feel like the rain just really set me back once again. Oh, that's not helping is your schedule.

You're playing sport like... You're going to Fatboy Slim till four in the morning? I know, mate. I'm worried about you. You're burning the candle, mate. Your uncles are worried about you, okay? It's not schools that should be shutting. It should be your social schedule, that's for sure. Yeah, but that's the other thing.

Shutting down your immune system. That was a big announcement also yesterday at all the schools in Auckland, not starting back till February 7th as well. So yeah, again, it gave me the lockdown vibes, you know, as well. Just when you're like, get the little bastards back out there. I imagine there's a lot of parents around Auckland going, what? Delivering that news to Oscar, my son, who was due to start today, much like Sienna, your daughter was due to start at much like Sienna your daughter was due

to start at college for the first time he couldn't have been happier he's like it's a gift from the holiday god another week and I was like

well be careful they'll probably come in with some online learning then Bing would like comedically within 30 seconds got an email from the school

we're not going to be doing online learning we're not prepared and he's just smart like a Cheshire cat. Couldn't be happier. Three weeks holiday. Yeah, well, yeah, another week.

Well, they have to make that up at some other point in the year because I know they have to do a certain amount of days. Look, I don't know. You're married to a teacher. Ask the teacher. Yeah, but it's all just coming. You know, the ministry, I felt like the Ministry of Education just, the teachers in the schools didn't know about this until it was on the news.

And they were like, oh, what? Now this is the sort of stuff that was going on under Cindy's reign. Not expecting this from the hippo. Although Chris Hipkins polling really, really well yesterday, according to two polls last night. Yeah, well, I mean, we came in quite early with a poll, if you ask me. He's been there for just on the, just on the seven-day mark. He's done a good job for the first week. I mean, there's many more weeks required for the Prime Minister.

But for those first seven days, he's smacking it out of the park. But if you are a bit unsure about what's happening with the weather in your region, the latest emergency details from Civil Defence, well, stay tuned to the radio because we'll bring you the up to date updates as we have them and if you're in the South Island well you just keep enjoying that weather it looks amazing, blissful hey, South Island

can you just text us 4487 is it ok if everyone from the North moves to your part of New Zealand just text us 4487 are we welcome with open arms the whole country all over the South Island I like the way you think

and can you do a good piccolo coffee there The Hits the Jono and Ben podcast I ain't worried about it it's one republic I ain't worried it is The Hits

you got Jono and Ben that song actually I was just watching the movie with the kids over the weekend the new Top Gun a really good movie actually the new Top Gun they're frolicking around

on the beach playing American football American football which is great it's a great scene all the other the dudes muscly dudes you know playing it and but what what i did notice is they're all shirtless that's fine a lot of them wearing jeans and they've all got sunglasses on but they're all it's like tackle football and stuff not appropriate well why are we wearing sunglasses a for beach wear not appropriate jeans and also for football as well glasses Glasses getting tackled.

You get some glass in the eye. I thought as well. I noticed there's one chubby bloke. He didn't take his shirt off. Did you notice that? Yeah. Oscar, my son, was watching. He was like, that'd be you.

If you were playing football with those guys, you'd keep your T-shirt on. Ben, you've got some breaking news. M&M's, the little chocolate morsels. There's some huge controversy happening in America right now. Without a word of a lie. This is big news in America. So M&M, you'll know from the TV ads in their marketing, they have their spokes candies,

the animated versions of the M&Ms. They've had them for many, many years. And last year, in an effort to make the candy more inclusive and unifying, Mars, who is the company that brings out M&Ms, got some of the sort of female characters. One was in stilettos. They got rid of the stilettos. Other had sort of knee-high sort of boots

and got to put on some sneakers. So they kind of changed, made them less sexy, which I think was a good thing. It was like, you know, why were they having these things in the first place? But obviously... Why were they... So you can tell them apart.

Because if they don't have stilettos on, do you know who's who eminems are like bald people you can't tell them apart if it doesn't really matter and you know in the world that we live in i didn't think so but according to fox news now i know this is fox news but there's a host over there tucker carlson now he wasn't happy that the eminems were no longer sexy so in ad campaigns, Mars set about making its M&M characters as unattractive as possible because when you're intentionally repulsive, it's clear you've got the right politics. So the green M&M lost her sexy boots, the brown M&M her stiletto heels. The orange M&M, meanwhile, became a poster boy for the mental health crisis and would henceforth, quote, acknowledge and embrace his anxiety.

Because America badly needs more neurotic candy. Going on a rampage. This is on the news. I like eating the anxious candy. Jeez. But listen, I kind of agree with Tucker Carlson. What? When I was a teenager, my hormones were raging.

I had posters of the sexy M&Ms up on there. Jessica Rabbit, Wilma Flintstone. Yeah. Would you like me? I've done some research. Well, actually, before we, I love your research, but before we do, now that obviously they've got rid of the Spokes Candy, been replaced by a comedian,

but there's also a lot of people online saying, is it a publicity stunt for the Super Bowl? So it'll be interesting to see what happens in the future. We'll just see before that. But now, okay, over to you, over to our research department. Is the comedian a guy dressed like a woman no it's not so i've just done some research into new zealand's sexiest company mascots you know the m&ms obviously have a sexy sexy range it feels like you've just made

up this list but all right oh this is the energizer bunny oh yeah the energizer but we keep going all night yeah just hammering away to the point where you're like, mate, I think you need some professional help. Battery operated too, which is a good thing. Just nonstop. How about the bad boy of fly spray? Louie. Oh, Louie.

Louie. He looks a little untrustworthy, a little dangerous, doesn't he? But that's why we can't get enough of him. He could land on me any day of the week. You're like a bad boy, don't you? Chiz and Dale. I wouldn't mind that slice of

overly priced cheese in that sandwich. I wouldn't mind being that cheese. Well, they'd be rich now, wouldn't they? Chez and Dale. Jeez.

Yeah, they would. Stickman. Pack and save Stickman. One of New Zealand's sexiest company mascots. We've got to clean up in aisle three. There's been a spillage of sexiness.

He can stick it to me any day of the week. And number one, sexiest company mascot, Frosty Boy. Oh, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. Off the list. Yeah, I know that. The rest is probably going to get a little weird. And that officially marks the end of my top five New Zealand sexiest mascots.

Okay, we won't be cancelling you after that list, that's for sure. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now I came back from, every time I say it, you play the intro. Where'd you come from? I came back from the USA. I didn't expect to be still banging on about the facts that I went to the USA because we went there for a family Christmas. Yeah, okay, thank you. You made me an intro every time I mention it,

which I thought I'd stop mentioning by now, but this competition has dragged on longer than we thought. Geez, Bruce Springsteen will be getting some royalties from how many times we've played Ben in the USA. So you got the item. Yeah, I got an item, a random item, if you just tuned in for the first time, a random item in a suitcase here in the studio.

0800 THE HITS is our phone number. Give us a call right now. It is a Mickey Mouse something, so something Mickey Mouse related, to do with clothing. And that's the clues so far. And if you can guess what the item is, you'll get the item and $100 American.

Now, what we do know, these are the things we do know. We do know Ben went to the USA. We do. That's what we know. That's the first thing. Yes. We know.

That's true. That's factually correct. We know it was Disney themed. Let's have a listen to some of the guesses thus far. I reckon it's the Mickey Mouse clock. It's a little stand that you can put your teapot on. I guess that's a watch. I think some kind of artwork,

a picture frame, canvas of Mickey Mouse. Is it a lunchbox? Ooh, no, it's not. There we go. What I love about Disney, and I do love Disney, but they really have, like, they've just diversified. They've just gone to everything, you know? Like, there's nothing that they haven't really done.

Is that a clue? Well very it's very unusual like it's clothing related but it is an unusual clothing sort of yeah related thing now for those new to this competition uh that is dragging on way too long can you just shake the suitcase just so people can get a gauge of what could be in there in the suitcase because you keep telling me you're like i'll tell you what's in it i don't want to know i don't want to know okay has anyone to come close that's what i do want to know i think uh people getting uh close i haven't been looking at the text machine but on on here people getting in the ballpark well like a wild storm this competition is bringing the country to its knees we just go to debbie and tiara what's in ben's suitcase i thought it might have been a Mickey Mouse cap A Mickey Mouse what, sorry?

Hat Oh, like a hat, a cap Oh, no, it's not I have got one of those, actually, with the ears With the ears of a Mickey Mouse as well as the cap Could I ask you a question? When do you wear all this Mickey Mouse paraphernalia? Well, yeah

Because you do get your King at Disneyland You're like, it's all half of the course That's great there, but you're right. I mean, I do wear a Mickey Mouse T-shirt from time to time back home, but you're right, wearing a cap. Maybe I will. Maybe tomorrow I'll wear my cap with my Mickey Mouse ears.

James, let's get you on from Auckland this morning. Were you okay in the flooding, James? Yeah, mate. Survived it awesomely. Oh, good on you, buddy. What's in Ben's bag? Is it a pair of Mickey Mouse boots? Boots?

Like work boots, steel cap work boots. No, it's not, but it does sound like it could be because it sounds a little bit heavier than that. Yeah, no, good guess, good guess. That is a really good guess. Thanks, James. You have a great day, mate. Keep safe.

No worry, you too, mate. Lisa, you're on, also in Auckland. Were you okay in the floods, Lisa? Yeah, absolutely too, mate. Lisa, you're on, also in Auckland. Were you OK in the floods, Lisa? Yeah, absolutely wonderful, thanks. Oh, that's good. More wild weather coming today, which is a little bit scary for those affected. A lot of downsides to this flooding, absolutely.

We all know about that, but the good thing is it gives you some conversation, like COVID. You get flooded, oh, no, oh, but I know someone, oh, no, you know. It's a bit of a conversation starter. Lisa, what's in Ben's bags? Well, I think it might be a Mickey Mouse back scratcher. Oh, now, that is random.

And, you know, it's kind of clothing related. No, it's not. But I guess you're thinking along the rights of the lines, I think, with the random nature. So good guess. You keep trying. Can I add on to Lisa's? Is it one of those head things?

You know when you push it down and it scratches your head? Is it a Mickey Mouse head scratcher? No, it's not a head scratcher. All right, Michael, we'll take two more quickly. You're in New Plymouth this morning. It's great to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. Mike, what's in Ben's bags? I was wondering if it was a Mickey Mouse belt.

No, but that would be, I'd like a Mickey Mouse belt. Like a whip? A Mickey Mouse whip? A Mickey Mouse is not a whip either, Jono. That would be... In the shape of his tail? Good on you, Mike. Brett, welcome from Taranaki.

What's in the bag? Is it a Mickey Mouse backpack? Not a Mickey Mouse backpack, but jeez, I'd like one of those. Oh, mate. The phones are still blowing up. We're going to pull time on it today. It's back for another day.

Yes, hey, I don't want to be back another day, but it's back another day. I don't want to be back another day either because you're going to play that silly Ben and the USA bloody song. That one, yes. But I'm over right now. All right, we'll be back again tomorrow.

You can be winning big. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. There were two political polls last night. One from One News and one from Three News as well. And both said the Labour Party gone great

under Chris Hipkins. Now it's very, very early days. You know, like... Seven days into a job. Mate, we were going great seven days into this job. But it unravels. Yeah, so at the moment

things are great and it's going to be... I think either way, whether it's, you know, whether things will balance out a bit more over the next few great and it's going to be I think either way, whether it's whether things will balance out a bit more over the next few months. It's going to be an interesting election. It's given Labour obviously, here we go some expert political analysis from Jono Pryor. Alright Barry Soper, what have you got?

Let's see what you have to say. We'll hand it over to Jessica Muchmachai. To be honest, do you know what I'm doing? I'm quoting exactly what I heard Jessica Muchmachai say on the news last night. But it's given Labour the shot in the arm they need for the election.

Either way, I mean, Hipkins is probably his job. Say if he won't be getting fired will he over the next little while? It's going to be an interesting election. Yeah, tighten the race is what Jessica was saying. Oh good. There we go. Ben, you know times are a bit difficult at the moment, aren't they, in some parts of the country?

And I have a friend who is, he manages a smaller business. Right. And one of the staff is, they're not bad anyway, but they're just useless, he was saying. And he's like, i need to fire this person and he's been needing to cut them loose for nine months or so and i just caught up with them the other day and i was like what what's happened with them points so still haven't done it and they don't have the heart to get rid of this and he's like it's just like it's It wouldn't. And he's like, it's just like, it's not like it's a big corporate business or anything

where it's like management coming in like we're losing 90 jobs. Yeah. It's a small bit. And he's like, I know the family. I know the partner. And then I can't. He's like, I can't. I'm like, mate, do you want to make money?

This person's like turning up late. They make mistakes. Not on purpose, but they're just, you know, they're the me. What I am to this show. This person is to this business. And he just doesn't have the heart to fire them. That'd be very, very hard. I'd be a shocking manager.

I couldn't sack anyone. They'd be like, Pryor, get him. We need to cut old Boyce. He's dragging the chain. I was like, all right, man, I'll go in there. They'd be like, Pryor, get him. We need to cut old Boyce. He's dragging the chain. I was like, all right, mate, I'll go in there, have a meeting, come back. What happened with Boyce? I signed him up for five years. That's the thing.

I'm the same. I can be very easily persuaded and turned. Like I can go into something and be like, no. And then someone will say something really good back, and then I'll be like, oh, yeah, you're right. As soon as I start seeing tears well up in your eyes, I'll be like, we'll sign you for another five years, mate. In fact, you're now my boss.

That'd be the way it would work, yeah. I've never been fired. Have you ever been fired from a job? No, fortunately I haven't. I've never been fired from a job. I probably should have been. Stuff that's gone on should have cut me loose years ago. But I guess in some ways, when we had a TV show cancelled,

you know, that's essentially, you know, that's essentially along the same lines. When they don't want you for job that hurts that hurts i'll be honest with you that hurts in that situation you know no matter how much you let your mate jokes about it you're like oh they actually you know that can hurt especially when you feel like you were trying your best and you weren't you know in that situation yeah well sometimes boys your best isn't good enough and that's why i need to let you go. Please put me back on TV, mate. Okay, I'll sign you up five years. Thank you, yes. Five-year deal. TV, whatever show you want to host.

Oh, okay. Seven Sharp looks quite popular. You actually picked it. This was a convoluted way to try and get rid of you, but I haven't quite sealed the deal. Anyway, 0800, that's the telephone number. You've been sentenced. This is a new part to the show in 2023. It's the only new part of the show.

We start a sentence and you finish it. I was fired from my job when... You complete the sentence. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. So you've been sentenced. We start the sentence. You finish it off. I got fired

when, Tyler? Oh, this was a couple years ago good good teas you've got me hooked what happened so um it was like one of my first jobs and me and my friend both got this job and we were in charge of like preparing the burgers and we thought it'd be a real fun idea to like roll up tiny pieces of bread and put them in burgers okay so you're adding more more sort of carbs within the the bread okay yeah okay and then we got complaints saying that there in our food. What? And so our boss called us in and was like, well, what is this? And we had

to explain everything to him and we got fired. On the spot. Now, was he upset that you were overloading on carbs? Were you trying to make them look like maggots? Yeah, because I was what, like 15 and we thought it'd be really

funny, and it wasn't. Sometimes your comedy misses the mark when you're a teenager. So there was no maggots in the burgers, it just looked like it, the white bread inside? Yep. Ah. What does older self want to say to younger self now?

Don't do that. Jobs are really hard to come by. That's a wise thing, but your brain's not, you know, the male brain not fully developed. My mum always tells me this until age 25. Lossa! How are you, mate?

Hi, hi. Can you hear me okay? Loud and clear, loud and clear, Laura. Now you've been sentenced and you got fired when? I was working as a nanny at the time for a reasonably well-off family and the kids were just like complete little like a-holes. Right. And, yeah, they didn't think I was doing a good enough job,

so they fired me. Who, the kids fired you? No, no, the parents't think I was doing a good enough job, so they fired me. Who, the kids fired you? No, no, the parents fired me, like, via text message. Oh, via text. What was that like? Don't come in tomorrow? Do they go into details?

Yeah, they were just like, oh, you know, we want, like, an amicable split from you, and, like, we don't think you're a good fit for our family. And I'm like seriously like i just got on holiday and i was camping and i got this text message saying that there was going to be no more work and i was just like oh but i mean on the plus side it sounds like the kids were they were spoiled rotten but also like their parents were split and the mother was getting remarried to somebody else and i think that they were very used to playing both sides and like getting away with whatever they wanted to get away with oh there's not many advantages when your parents do go their separate ways but imagine as a kid there is that chance to play them off against each other yeah yeah, yeah. I think I dodged a bullet there.

I think it's probably safe to say I dodged a pretty big bullet. Ben, did you do any manipulating when you were a kid? Did you play them off against each other? Oh, parents are split. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little bit. Yes. Yeah, yeah.

A hundred percent. Double Christmas presents, double birth. Oh, yeah. But that's one of the benefits of something that's not quite a benefit when your parents split up. Well, thanks for sharing, Ben. You're welcome. You're a lot of trauma.

You're very welcome. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Tom Sainsbury, the Snapchat dude, very, very funny on social media, on the television as well, and he joins us in the studio. Tom Sainsbury, welcome. Hi, thanks, guys. Nice to see you. Now, how was summer?

And I'm going to say summer in those little inverted quotation marks. How was your summer? Look, it was glorious for me thanks guys. Nice to see you. Now, how was summer? And I'm going to say summer in those little inverted quotation marks. How was your summer? Look, it was glorious for me, guys. The days that had to be good were wonderful and sunny. What were the days that needed to be good? Well, my parents had their 50th wedding anniversary, and it was important that the hydrangeas were out in the summer. Hydrangeas?

Now, is this your dad that your sort of character boomer dad is loosely modelled on? Look, you got it. Also, he was the one that I thought, you know, wouldn't be online so I'd never see it, but he's seen all the videos. Does he know that it's loosely modelled on him now? Well, he's making jokes about it.

He takes it all in good faith. Something I found really interesting reading about you as well this week, you used to do, obviously, funny impressions of people like Paula Bennett and stuff like that, and she was a bit worried that someone was feeding you information at one stage

because you would be so on the money, on the point with what was going on in her office. Yeah. I would say there was more just a deep spiritual bond between me and Paula rather than anything else. Because she was talking about she bought a new top and then suddenly you did a little video on the fact that I've just got this new top. And Taylor Swift's Shake It Off was big then and she was using Shake It Off as her personal logo to get through it,

and I was using that too as ballerina. And so because you obviously have worked with her now, have you formed a bond, a friendship? We have, but there's still a bit of massaging to do. We laugh, have a good time and all that kind of stuff, but there's still a bit of massaging to do. We laugh, have a good time and all that kind of stuff, but there's still a bit to go. There's still, there's still, there's still some trauma. There's still some trauma to work through.

I just kind of don't, I'm like, if I could be a better man, just go, look, Paula, you know, talking about the elephant in the room, I took the piss out of you mercilessly for three years. But we don't. We're just kind of civil. Just so you know, you've never like really discussed But we don't. We're just kind of civil. Just so you know, you've never really discussed the fact that you...

We have discussed the fact. She has a podcast and I brought it up on the podcast, which I've kind of put her on the spot. How did it actually make you feel asking that question? And she kind of laughed off. I'm like, oh, there's still trauma there. What have I done? She's a pretty good sport though.

You're like, what have I done? She's a great sport. You mocked her for three years on the internet. What have I done? She's a pretty good sport, though. What have I done? She's a great sport. You mocked her for three years on the internet. I know. What have I done? Why is she treating me like this? Well, we've got Tom Sainsbury with us. So now, Waitangi weekend, this weekend coming up,

you're going to a couple of locations. Yes, I am. And they're quite disparate locations. I'm going to Keri Keri on the 4th and Upper Hutt on the 5th. Yeah, and you're going with some award-winning And emerging talent as well Maldi comedians and Nick Rado as well Yes, Nick Rado

Who's great Yeah, he's my guiding steady rock Yeah, and the emerging talent as well though Yes, we've got Kura Turafenua Who I'm a huge fan of I didn't even know she existed a year ago But now I'm like, more, more, more How come you went Kerry Kerry,, upper hut? Like, why no

in-between? I know. I just got this email, I got this random email from a gig organiser down in Wellington saying, do you want to do Kerry Kerry? And I was like, of course I would. Let's give the people what they want. And then I get this random email straight after it was going, do you want to go to upper hut as well? And I was like,

you know what? Why not? Well why not listen I reckon we should call the hut yes and see how excited they are please about Tom Sainsbury

and friends good morning Wesley Shop Donna speaking Donna you would be fizzing fizzing yeah you're fizzing

well yeah guess who's coming to town this Sunday to put on a show? No, who am I speaking to? It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station here. Oh. That's the reaction we get too.

We're not coming to town, so that's the good news. Tom Sainsbury. Oh, gosh. No, I can't do anything on the weekends. Donna's busy, mate. Tom's here with us. Hi, Donna. It's I can't do anything on the weekends. Donna's busy, mate. Tom's here with us. Hi, Donna. It's Tom Sainsbury here.

Look, you won't even, you'll have no idea who I am, but I'm a huge fan of you, Donna. I do know who you are. Hi, Donna. But you're going to be busy this weekend, are you? Yes. What are you doing? Well, Sunday, what are you doing?

What's important on Sunday? I volunteer at a cat rescue. Oh, stop it. What time's your show? 7.30? Can the cats look after themselves at night for a bit? I've got a huge cat following. They could come along.

I'm going to go out on a limb here. Can we give Donna a double pass? Yes, of course Donna can get a double pass. I don't drive into Wellington. It's an upper hut. Oh, it's an upper hut? Yeah, it's an upper hut. I can't get out of anything,

can I? Listen, just say, I'll take the tickets and then give them to your nephew that you don't like. So what is this thing? So she's come up with,

I'm busy, I've got a camp rescue, I don't go to Wellington. Donna, it's Tom Sainsbury and Friends. It's going to be very funny. It's in Upper Hutt this Sunday. We're going to send you a double pass. You can have it or you can give it to someone else.

Oh, OK. Yep. What are you going to do, Donna? Option A or option B? No, I'm going to accept it. Yay, Donna! Thank you, Donna. Now we've got to ring around 560 more people. Get them along. We're going to accept it. Yay, Donna! Thank you, Donna. Now we've got to ring around 560 more people, get them along, we're going to have a full house.

It's going to be great. That was the most difficult ticket to give away we've ever done. Hey, Donna, you hold the line, we'll make sure we get you those tickets. Okay. Love you, Donna. Hold there, mate. Thanks, Donna.

Very funny. Well, Tom says we always love catching up with you, mate. Vice versa. Big fan. And you look after yourself on your unusual tour of North Island. Donner. Very funny. Well, Tom says we always love catching up with you, mate. Vice versa. Big fan. And you look after yourself on your unusual tour of North Island. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We are young.

It is The Hits, Jono and Ben, 7.37, Tuesday morning, South Island. Great weather. Having some great weather at the moment. North Island, not so much. Another lot of heavy rain. Please tell me, what's going on? Tonight looks like a whole lot more rain coming. A whole lot of emergency instructions as well.

All the updates we'll be having throughout the day on the hits, so stay tuned. Are we talking to Philip Duncan again? Yes, after 8.30 this morning. After 8, Philip Duncan from Weatherwatch, he'll be giving us the latest. What's happening in the south and the north, but you've been outsmarted, outwitted, outplayed, like a survivor. I feel like it happens all the time. I don't know if it's the same with you, Jonosmarted outwitted outplayed like survivor i feel like it happens

all the time i don't know if it's the same with you jonno and your conversations with your partner but i often just find myself not for a guy who talks every day just not really knowing how to put things into the rights you know put things in gear they're great example right there just just getting flustered you know like uh i find it a terrible job explaining things i love how it's like he was trying to explain that he gets flustered every conversation but he's getting flustered yeah and my wife knows this and she picks up on this and she messes with me on purpose uh you know because someone uh we used to work with um is back in town with her husband and uh and she like messaged a whole lot of friends and stuff because you know keep in touch

on social media and she's like next week, if you want to come and catch up, we're going to have drinks at this particular place. And so I told my wife, I was like, we're being invited, but this person has come back overseas. You've met them before. Because I used to work with this person. And my wife's like, oh, remind me this person again, because I only met once.

What does she look like? And then I went, oh and how do you describe what people look like in 2023 it's a hard you know it's a hard one to navigate yeah isn't it like how would you describe me yeah bull that's the only one he feels safe saying that and that's you that's only because it's you i feel okay because we have that relationship so all i kept saying was blonde uh blonde she's blonde uh. That's all I kind of went. Please say more. That's all I did because I didn't know how to describe it.

Then my wife knew I was floundering and I was flustered and then went, oh, so she's pretty. Then what do you say to that? You're like, I don't want to go, no, no, she's not. She knows full well that she's just messing with me in this situation. Is she pretty? Well with me in this situation. And is she pretty? Well, yeah. You know, like, what are you – I don't know.

I don't want to say, no, she's not, but I don't want to say, yes, she is. Like, what do you say? I don't know what to say in 2023. Like, what's – what are you – We were just having this conversation. Can you say if, you know, say, for example, there's someone in a nice dress. Can you go, that's a nice dress. Can you do that? Well, it depends on the the tone of okay if i'm going oh no no no no no i don't even see what i'm gonna say

i've just said oh that's no you're going straight to hr for that you know but that's how you say that's called dress i imagine you can get it yeah I don't know but I don't know I don't know when asking the person that gets flustered multiple times I do hear you though

it feels like your partners they are levels ahead of you two steps ahead at all times they're like they're checkmating

your king before you've even started the conversation yeah like when we're having a dispute about anything basically what I need to do

and what I need to remember is I'm probably going yep you probably are, but I'm going to argue about it for 30 minutes until I finally realise. And that's pretty much how it goes. Exactly. 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. I know my son Oscar.

He's like, I don't know what I need to do tomorrow. He's like, I don't even... He had scheduled it to a finish line. Gotcha. He's just sitting there. I'm going to have to go home and deal with that bit. All right? Yeah.

Well, let's give away $5,000 if we can first. It's a game of word association. We play it every morning. Fiona, let's get you on from Te Awamutu. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Good.

How much of this money are you donating to charity? Do the kids count as charity? Absolutely. Absolutely. What a monstrous question to ask. You're a nurse. Yes, I am. Well, God, you're already working your butt off, aren't you?

Yeah, yeah. So I'm getting ready to go to work soon. Yes, I am. Well, God, you're already working your butt off, aren't you? Yeah, yeah. So I'm getting ready to go to work soon. Yeah, right. Well, has it been raining in Te Awamuru or not too bad? It's not too bad. Yeah. It's such mixed weather right around the country. Extremes, isn't it?

It is. It's absolutely fascinating what's been going on. But theory, I feel sorry for the people in Auckland and North London. Yeah. Coromandel, yeah, just disastrous. I'm starting to believe in climate change. Yeah, thank you. I think it's turning me.

Yeah, thank you. I've been anti-Ben, you know, publicly. I've been out there saying it. Fiona, who are you going to send into the soundproof booth this morning? We're going to send Ben in. All right, he's off there. Shut your face and lock that beautiful body in the booth, Ben Boyce, and try and match five words with Fiona.

You know how the game works, Fiona? We do, yeah. All righty. And now out of interest, I do like to ask, have you won hypothetically while you've been playing along in the car? Never. Never? Never got five words.

Well, wouldn't it be good if the first time you did it was live on the radio? Let's do it. SpongeBob. SquarePants. Bluebird. Bluebird, guys. Bluebird. Oh, that's a hard one.

Bluebird. Can we get back to that one? Yeah, yoga. The third word this morning. Yoga mat. Yoga mat, beautiful. Trimmer. Trimmer.

Yep. Hedge. Here. Hedge or here? Hedge. Hedge. Hedge trimmer. Who's playing along in the background with you there, Fiona?

It's my son. He's 11. Oh, hello, mate. How are you? Good. Leather. The fifth word for you this morning. Leather.

Leather. Shoes. Leather. Bag. Leather couch. What do you think, guys? Should we say shoes or bag? Shoes. Shoes? We'll say shoes.

Leather shoes. Yes, a good team effort here. We'll just stop back to Bluebird, second word this morning. Bluebird. Soul. Bluebird soul. Listen, can I help you out? Yes, please. I don't usually do this. Oh, hang on. My son's saying Bluebird chips. He did it for me. He did it for me.

He did it for me. He did it for you. That's what he's come up with. Locking chips. There we go. We'll unlock. Boys from the booth, welcome back. Ben, how are you there?

I'm doing all right. Fiona, she might not have to worry about the cost of living because the cost of living could be free if she wins today. After playing the game, Fiona, do you feel confident trying to take it all the way to the 5K? No. And that's what we love. Let's do it.

Word one, $25. SpongeBob. SpongeBob, did you say? SquarePants. $25, Fiona. Thank you, $25. Okay. We're moving on?

We'll play on word two fifty dollars bluebird bluebird chips chips brilliant you got the 50 you can thank your son for that one are we going on to 100 we're moving on guys you're saying saying yep. Yep. Word three, $100. Yoga. Yoga. Why yoga? Matt. Yes.

Almost went yoga class. What was the next word? The next word was trimmer. So you got $100. So we're going to risk it for $. okay but saying yes yep word four five hundred dollars trimmer what would you say if i said trimmer ben Fiona's got $500. Do we want to walk away? Or are you going to risk it all for $5,000? It's a big jump up.

It's a big jump up. Walk away? Let's say walk away. We've never got $500. Well done. You got the $500. Smart move. Out of interest. What would you have said for leather?

Jacket Oh yeah No we would have got That one wrong He said jacket Well done Well played Hey good on you Fiona That's it

Our first winner Of 23 500 bucks Well done Fiona The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Now actor Jason Momoa You'll know him from

Game of Thrones He was Aquaman as well Very very handsome individual He's in New Zealand right now Filming a TV series Actor Jason Momoa, you'll know him from Game of Thrones. He was Aquaman as well. Very, very handsome individual. He's in New Zealand right now filming a TV series, and everyone's going crazy about it. You'll see it popping up on the news all the time. Some great social media observations saying that Aquaman's in the country and all this water's here.

Appropriate. And timely. Yeah, but on Friday night, I think it was, he was going to get into, he was going out with some mates. He was hitting the town. This was obviously before all the bad weather hit the town as well.

And he tried to get into... Wasn't the bad weather hitting the town on Friday night? Oh, was it Friday night? Yeah. Oh, he's taking a gamble. Did he go out on that ride? Did he go out for a bender on... Aquaman, mate.

He doesn't care. Water doesn't faze him. But he tried to get into an Auckland bar, and it was a private function. You know, it was one of those situations that, I'm sorry, mate, you can't come in. He understood as well. But the person who was happy. But who did the bouncer know? Well, they probably did.

I'm really sorry. And it was all very, you know. Amicable. Amicable. Not like when you get turned away. Yeah, no one got upset by it. Start throwing glasses, don't you? But the one person who got upset about it was the person whose private function it was.

It was actually a wedding. And that person has now discovered that Jason Momoa tried to get into their wedding. And they're like, oh my goodness, they should have let in Jason Momoa. He should have come in. I would have married him. I would have loved to have Jason Momoa come into my wedding. It's almost worth a divorce on the spot, isn't it? Let's do the nuptials again.

We actually got someone through on our 100 The Hits who saw Jason Momoa. Got a photo with him. wedding it's almost worth a divorce on the spot isn't it let's do the nuptials again we actually got someone through on our 100 the hits who uh who saw jason mamaw got a photo with him that same night mariam hello did you touch him oh my gosh i wish so i i almost probably like keeled over when i saw him walk into the restaurant i was in and And then my friends literally tell me, go away. Because I really, I was so keen to wait for him to finish his meal. I wasn't going to be that girl that goes up to him and ruins his meal. So we probably ended up waiting like almost an hour. Okay, so he's in the restaurant where you are.

Is it one of those occasions where everyone's kind of looking, but they're trying to not pretend they're looking, but it's really obvious? No, this is the weirdest part. This is the second time it's happened to me. I've seen a celebrity react to it, and everyone else around me has not seen them. Because I imagine he looks quite unassuming. He just looks like a bogan with long hair, doesn't he? A handsome bogan.

To me, he looks like my future husband. Alright, so you waited, where did you wait for him? This is so embarrassing. We were in my friend's car across the road from the So you waited Where did you wait for him? So This is so embarrassing We were in my friend's car Across the road

From the restaurant And I'm just Steering that door down Waiting for him to come out Do you know what I love? You're like I don't want to go up To him and interrupt his meal

I'm not that sort of person But I'm the sort of person I better stalk him Stalk him In a car For an hour Across the road That's the person I am

Honestly It was like a stakeout operation. And so my friend goes, okay, we're going to wait for five more minutes, not one second more. I'm like, okay, okay, five more minutes. Swear to you, four minutes and 59 seconds later, he comes out that front door of the restaurant. I run across the road.

I'm so glad I didn't die. And I just go up to him, and just his manager steps in front and goes, sorry, we're not doing photos, nothing. And I was like, I don't even want a photo. I just want a chance to talk to J manager skips in front and goes, sorry, we're not doing photos, nothing. And I was like, I don't even want a photo. I just want a chance to talk to Jase. Like we're on a, we're on a nickname basis.

And I freak out and, but he's like, no, it's okay. We can do some photos. Honestly, it was amazing. I just apologize for how horrible the weather had been over the weekend and stuff. That's awesome. Yeah, that's one of my things. I hate it when famous people are here and the weather's not favorable. Yeah, no. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, that's one of my things. I hate it when famous people are hearing the weather's not favourable. Yeah, no. Oh, that's awesome.

We got photos, sounded like he was a lovely guy, and it was almost worth waiting out for an hour stalking him outside a restaurant. Absolutely. He was the sweetest. Did you leave that detail out? Yeah, yeah. You'd been sitting in a car for an hour? Oh, no.

Why was I going to tell him that? No, yeah. Fair enough. Smart move. Hey, well, thank you so much for sharing him that? No, yeah. Fair enough. Smart move. Well, thank you so much for sharing that story. What an amazing tale. Thanks. Thanks for having me on.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. More heavy rain on the way to the country, particularly in the Upper North. People have been told to stay home. Schools shut. There's a lot of emergency details that have been coming through, and they will be coming through, so stay tuned to The Hits for more details.

But we thought we'd find out a wee bit more with Phil Duncan from weatherwatch.co.nz. Jeez, we're really fulfilling our years with weather conversations with Philip Duncan this week. We're three from three, Phil. Getting them all out of the way in one go. Yeah, much like we're getting the rain out of the way in one go. Yeah, well, because more rain is coming

and that's the big news. Like a lot of alerts going around, a lot of emergency notices. How concerned should we be? So I'm not sure if it was you guys that I said this to, but I was saying yesterday that there's every... Oh, sorry, Phil. You're talking to other radio shows? Can I get...

One or two. One or two. I'm very disloyal. We thought this was an exclusive relationship. Sorry, continue on. I'm very disloyal. We thought this was an exclusive relationship. Sorry, continue on. Anyway, I was saying to them, every weather event, every severe weather event is as unique as your fingerprint.

And so it kind of looks the same when you just glance down at it, but when you take a closer look, there's a lot more difference in the detail. So this system at a glance is the same, but when you actually look closer, the wind's a slightly different angle, and so therefore we do expect different areas to be impacted. So you may still see some flooding and slips in places that have already had it, but you might also see it in places that have not.

And so the warnings are supported, even though some places don't really get as much today as they got on Friday. This system is, the ground is so wet that any more rain on top of it, you know, it's just going to cause issues basically wherever it's heavy. And we're getting thunderstorms that don't necessarily have thunder. It's the build-up that doesn't quite get the thunderstorm, but the rain cloud is there. And that, you know, for anyone who knows

what a thunderstorm downpour is like, that's what Auckland had on Friday that went for several hours. So that's what we're watching for today, that kind of build up. So what sort of areas do we think it's going to be? Because it seems like it's just north, the main concern, even though it's going to be around a lot of the region. Yeah, at the moment, parts of the southern part of Northland and the northern part of Auckland, north of the city, that's the area that's getting some of the heaviest downpours at the moment.

They'll pass through, and it'll be patchy. There'll be times where it sort of fades away. Other times it comes back heavy out of the blue. And then it comes sort of back in further tonight. That's when we get that squash zone, the windy easterlies kicking back in again. They could get up to Gale Force, an exposed area, sort of like what we had on Friday with that rain. And then overnight it does start to ease

and move further down into Waikato, Coromandel Bay, a plenty. So it is a slow-moving system, but hopefully a little bit faster maybe than the one that we had on Friday. In your opinion, you know, they've told schools not to return until the 7th of Feb. Is that the right move? You know, it's a weird question because as a forecaster, I focus on the weather. It's like when people ask me, should I go away for the weekend?

Should we cancel our plans? And I'm like, I don't know. Like, you know, I'm someone who might cancel them easily or someone who might be like, I don't mind if it falls with rain. When it comes to the school thing, I think if there's an issue with the fact that it's difficult getting students around at the moment and there's just so many schools that have problems, then I do support.

But I don't know all the technical details about it. There's certainly no real severe weather after tomorrow I don't believe that's going to cause problems. But if it's easy to just blanket close them up, maybe that's the right thing, but I just don't know enough about it. You're like, it's out of my jurisdiction. All I do is I'll end up with a whole lot of complaints

from one side of people. It's like, well, I've learned the hard way having an opinion on stuff. Yeah. Now, okay, so a serious question here. When can Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown get out and play tennis again? Oh, that's a brilliant question. Probably this weekend he'll be able to get out there. Shall I book the courts for him and the boys?

Yeah, let him know. Saturday's not looking too bad. Friday even. Oh, Friday. Get a cheeky wee one-seater. I'm going to book an anniversary day off so maybe take the prize field. And the South as well has been some amazing temperatures. Is that set to continue?

Yeah, I mean, they have amazing weather. They've still got lots of hot weather on the way, well above average, in fact, in a number of places. But their weather is going to go downhill a little bit later this week. So as we go into the long weekend, more of the wind and rain looks to be down around the South Island, and the North Island has drier weather, although there still will be some showers around.

It's not perfect, but it's going to be an improvement. I think at least in Auckland and the North, people will be like, one little shower, if that's all there is, I'm all right. Because there's almost drought-like conditions in the south. It's crazy the extremes are happening in one country at the same time. And a small country too. I know a farmer grower, Ben Dooley, who lives in the south, and he's basically saying it's almost like a drought,

or basically is a drought there now. So yeah, the west coast, southland, places that you don't normally in your head think they'll be the areas that are the hottest and the driest over summer, are without a doubt the hottest and driest this summer. Hey, well, Philip, again, we do thank you for your time, and thank you for being exclusive to us only, the only radio show that you're loyal to. Loyal, exclusive, That's what we love

about Phil Duncan. I'm going to be fluttering around the other shows seeing if you're spreading yourself far and wide, Phil. But you go and keep safe from weatherwatch.co.nz. Thank you very much.

I have got what I think is the best and the coolest invention, the coolest toy that got sent to my daughter and it's been banned from my household. We're not allowed to play with it. But have a look at this.

This is the toy and it's space age. So it's like a little, it's like a ball. We'll cover it. It's purple. We're on the outside as well. And if you turn it on, it lights up. Watch this. Whoa. So it basically. What it's flying. It's a flying ball and it levitates and it's it's the coolest thing ever. It's like one of those globes of death that you

see motocross riders cycling around in. But it's. And it flies into TV screens and important broadcast equipment. Wow. How cool is that? Isn't that the coolest? I can see why you banned it from the house, though. Well, I haven't banned it from the house. My wife has banned it from the household. Yeah.

She's like, it's got to go. Because it's been smashing into plants and all sorts. It's very cool, though. But if you want to see what it looks like, we played around with it at the office just before, so we'll put it on the Hits Breakfast Instagram for you. It levitates. It's pretty cool.

It's kind of got the cool factor of a drone, but then the annoying noise factor of a mob of mosquitoes. Yeah, yeah. And it does, and it causes a lot of carnage running around after it. So it's been banned. She's banned you. You know, Amanda's banned your Funko Pops,

all your little figurines. Now your flying toy. It's almost like she wants to be married to a man. Almost, almost. Not a little boy who loves toys. So what's been banned from the household? You can call us. 0800 the hits is the telephone number.

Chicken, a big one in my household. Now this is thanks to the great chicken poisoning of 2019 that I was responsible for. The campylobacter poisoning. Yes, yes. Now, I have to consume all my chicken off-site. So you won't cook chicken in the household? No one will cook chicken.

Not even just you. No one else can cook chicken. No one else could, no. So Jim won't cook it. Well, because she had a conversation with the doctor. The doctor's like, the doctor didn't eat chicken either. So that's kind of put her off it. I still eat it, mate.

I'm still burying my face into the colonel's finest. But no, a lot of people don't. But then our boss, all he eats is chicken. Doesn't eat any others. No fish, no meat. Just a chickenitarian. So what has been banned, or what have you banned, or what has been banned from your household?

We'd love to hear from this one Apparently I can't bring home other girlfriends Frowned upon PC madness The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast I've got a toy, a levitating toy That's been banned from my household As it's causing a lot of damage

It's a lot of fun, so I brought it into work You can check it out on the Hits Breakfast Instagram. Talking about things have been banned. Michelle, you're on the radio. Oh, wow. Has a dream come true? Yeah, among others.

A bit more convincing. The way you went, you said you've got other dreams. Where does this rank on your dreams? Give it a five. Oh, yeah? We're in top ten.

All right, Michelle, what's banned from your house? Monopoly. Oh, why? Too many arguments? Yeah, just too many tycoons in the family, I think, and they're all trying to bankrupt each other. It can get very serious, Monopoly, can't it? It gets ruthless.

It causes fractions and everyone teams up on each other. It's pretty much war. It sort of starts, it's kind of nice, you sort of go around the ball, you're like, oh, yeah, buy that. I'm going to be the thimble. I'm going to be the cow. You buy that.

Oh, good on you. You buy that. And then suddenly the switch gets turned and everyone just turns on each other as soon as someone has a set of those properties it's over

oh yeah I know and it just gives you a little glimpse into how brutal people would be if they did come into vast amounts of property and money

yeah exactly and these are your loved ones so who called time on Monopoly was it you Michelle oh pretty much I'm usually

the peacemaker but yeah it gets to a point and I'm just like, oh, no. It's not worth it. Yeah, let's play something else. Well, let's hope your family doesn't get into property development, okay? Well, exactly, yeah. Well, you go and have a great day, and I'm glad we can make your dreams come true, Michelle.

Oh, thank you. Take care. Ty, what was banned? Kids. You banned kids where? From your house? Oh, well, my missus at the time didn't want to, but, you know, no kids, we will have a wedding. Oh, so no kids at the wedding?

No kids at the wedding. No, absolutely not. Oh, but who's going to, like, pull on all the tablecloths and knock all the glasses over? I suppose that's what you drunk uncles for later in the night. Exactly. There were a few kids later on that came to the after party, but at the actual wedding, no. Because, you know, some of them cry and sneeze and everything else. That's fair enough.

It's your wedding. You can do what you want. Everyone would have been pretty cool with that, wouldn't they? I think so. Yeah. I didn't have any complaints to me. No, they all talk behind your back, mate. I love how you're like, they're always crying and sneezing.

Those bloody sneezing kids. Oh, Ty. And so did it make the wedding better? Was the wedding day better without kids? For us, it was. Yep, yep. It was just so much more easier to, you know, concentrate on what we were doing

without kids crying in the background and running around. Sneezing. Sneezing, making a mess. All their nonsense. Oh, there you go, banned kids from the wedding. Stephen with us on 0800 The Hits. Something that's banned from your house there, Stephen, what is it? It's the daughter's boyfriends if they don't shake my hand.

They don't shake your hand on the first meeting? They're not allowed back in the house? That is correct, 100%. Oh, must be. Stephen, you sound like, if I was an annoying teenage boy, you sound like I'd be frightened of you. Yeah. Oh, I'd hope you wouldn't be.

It doesn't take much to shake a hand, does it? Is it a good look in the eye situation, solid handshake? Well, I prefer a solid handshake, but any handshake's a good handshake. Just a connecting of hands of some description and a look in the eye. And that's a sign of respect, isn't it? It is. And so obviously it's happened in the past where they haven't shaken hands, and how does that go down?

Not very well. They don't last very long. Oh. Well, no, I just mention it to the daughter that they're not welcome back, and then they don't come back. They just mysteriously disappear. Liam Neeson.

They're like, what? I don't know. We never heard from them again. Oh, Stephen, you're going to have a great day, mate. Appreciate your time. Thank you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Big moment, but also a moment for New Zealand.

Former All Black Campbell Johnson has spoken on 7 Sharp last night, the first openly gay rugby player from the All Blacks, and here's what he had to say. If I can be the first All Black that comes out as gay and take away the pressure, I guess, and the stigma surrounding that whole issue, then we can, you know, then it can actually help other people. And then the public will know that there is one in amongst the All Blacks.

Well, congratulations, Campbell, for being so vulnerable. And like you said Vulnerability will help so many I imagine it probably wouldn't have been the easiest Playing rugby In such you know what a stereotypical Masculine environment Yeah which it shouldn't be like that

So hopefully he's done a lot to you know To change the stigma as he says And it doesn't matter if All Blacks are gay or straight What matters Ben Is that they win the footy! They get out there and they win the footy! And they win the World Cup! That's what we want.

Do it for the team! World Cup this year as well. So go on you, Campbell Johnson. Well done, mate. Very, very cool thing. That is our show for a Tuesday. Thank you so much for listening. We really appreciate it. Good luck if you're going to be hit by that weather that seems to be coming through later today. It's going to be pretty full on, all the latest updates.

Stay tuned to the hits for those. And good luck if you're in the drought-like conditions in the south as well. Remember slip, slop, slap? Good luck if you're a parent having to drag out the school holidays by another week. That's the thing, yeah. All the schools in Auckland, you know, all the learning facilities, another week. They're going to be not opened because of the wild weather as well. So a lot of parents out there having to juggle kids for another seven days.

Now, it's been a wonderful show. Thank you everyone who participated, spoke to someone who met Jason Marmore tomorrow on the show. Someone who's travelling around with Ed Sheeran will be with us. And also Penne from Sole Mio joining the programme tomorrow. That's pretty cool. It's been a lot of fun hanging out with you guys today and even learning the fact that Marie Kondo, who likes the tidy stuff, has given up on that as well.

That was one of the big things I learned today. She's had children and gone, well, tidying sucks. Yeah, she was the person. She was the poster person for tidying, and even she has given up on tidying as well. So that just explains the world and what we live in right now. Have yourself a great day. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6.

See you then.