Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Spoke To A Woman Who Volunteers To Be A "Coastguard Victim"

Episode Date: July 15, 2021

That basically means she gets placed out in the middle of the ocean and stays there until Coastguard find her, as part of their training. CRAZY. And she doesn't even get paid to do this! So we threw it out there and wanted to find someone with the most unusual job. We heard from a professional "taster" and a professional "golf ball diver". We also spoke to Olympic Diver Anton Down-Jenkins ahead of his departure for Tokyo. Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Owen Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of John Owen Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the John Owen Ben podcast. Now, welcome to the podcast, the 15th of July. You like to get the date out there, John, I saw it, don't you?

Yeah, a lot. We're coming to you live from the warehouse at the Crossing in Tauranga. We've been doing this every day. It's been fun sitting in the warehouse. Kind of a few quiet hours, isn't it, from sort of 6 till 8. Things really start to liven up from 8. And today on the show I ran a competition which Ben was not on board with, didn't want to be associated with. It was New Zealand's Cutest Kid.

Yeah. Where I demanded all the children in Tauranga be brought down and then I judged New Zealand's Cutest Kid and the cutest one won a bike. And it was a brutal competition. It was a brutal competition. It's one we won't be running again, but I've just found my way over to an aisle in the warehouse

and I just want to play the Secret Sound Warehouse Edition, Jono. Okay. I'm going to hold up a toy that will make a noise. You tell me what sort of toy it is. Show yourself. I'm no longer trembling. Hmm. Is this...

Show yourself, I'm no longer trembling. Is this show yourself, we know it. Unusual lyrics there from that toy. Is that... I feel like it's from a movie. Yeah. I haven't... I'm not familiar with the song.

No. I'm picking a Disney job. Yes, it is. Okay, all right. Jeez, is it Mulan or something? No, it's from Frozen Toy. It's an unusual song I thought to go for on that one. That's Queen Elsa singing a song of her pusher.

It says, show yourself, is what she says. Oh, you heard another bugbear with the Anna toyly where if you want to push her to sing uh the region that you're required to push it's odd unusual rather tasty okay let's see if you're gonna work out what this one is bop it oh it is well no it is kind of like a popIt, but it's an old-school Bop-It. What did they have back in the day? Oh, what's that one with all the colours? Red, yellow and... Yes, Simon. Simon, yeah.

Yeah, there you go. That's good. Okay, here's a noise from the warehouse, okay? It's you crying. It's you crying after the show. Then we do that. Thank you. Well done.

Good noise. That's probably all I've got for you. Yeah, that's good. Three's enough. Thank you. Well done. Good noise. And that's probably all I've got for you. Yeah, that's good. Three's enough. You know, comedy works in threes. Yeah, you gave us the out,

so that was good. Gave us the out with the crying. Hey, we've got Tyler on the phone. Welcome to 0800 The Hits, Tyler. Hey, how are you? Good. Good to have you on, bro.

Now, we did a topic on the show and now Tyler joins us at the beginning of the podcast to lead the podcast. We were talking about has anyone actually ever got on the wrong flight and flown to the wrong location without knowing?

And this happened to you, mate. Yeah, so we were in Bangkok and we were supposed to be flying to Phuket. We ended up flying to Krabi. So how did that work? How did that happen? You got on the what, the wrong plane? No, so it's actually all my partner's fault. She booked the flight. And we actually got on the plane.

We didn't even know. We just followed the boarding number. Like sweet as. We got onto this plane and then we seen some friends that were going to Krabi. And we were like, hey, you're going to the wrong place. They looked at us, because we were the ones going to the wrong place. Oh, right. Now, it's a two and a half hour drive from one location to the other. We're talking about 162 kilometres distance from each other. Two and a half hour boat ride.

And I just know all of the stuff, the distance between Krabi and Phuket. It just comes off the top of your head, right? One of my skills. So how did you, did you have to catch another flight or boat? No, we just ended up finding a hostel and just making our way around and done it backwards instead of... You just stayed in Karabi. I guess we're here now. Yeah, good on you.

It isn't great to be free and easy like that. No, without having that panic of like, I've gone to the wrong... Yeah, what a freak. I bet you didn't shower for days on end as well. Yeah, no comment. No comment on that one. I don't know why I'm questioning your show.

Yeah, your hijab. Hey, you have a great day. Really appreciate it. All right, my friend. You too. Cheers. See you, mate. Good on you, mate.

We have a very fun show today out of the warehouse store. And you'll hear it all on the podcast this morning. One more show out of the warehouse tomorrow and then the world tour is over, mate. The dream is over. We have to go back to normal life, civilian life. Record the next album and then take it on tour again, right? That's what happens, right? But you need some down time in between.

You do, just to get the creative juices flowing again. And today on the show we spoke to a lot of the New Zealand athletes going to Tokyo. And a diver who's based at Michael Jordan's University in North Carolina. And has had COVID as well. And amazingly, for someone who's so physically fit, how much it can really mess you up. So you'll hear that on the podcast this morning.

We're going around the country. We've met some wonderful people going from south to north. And we met a lady just by chance in the warehouse yesterday. On her jacket, she had Coast Guard on there. And we sort of started talking about it. And she does the most unusual job for the Coast Guard. Have a listen. Now, who is this?

It's Brenda. This is Brenda, Ben. Brenda's just telling us a really interesting story. You volunteer to help out the Coast Guard. I do. By doing what? I'm actually their volunteer victim so they practice once a year rescues um as teams so they take me out and dump me off somewhere and the teams have to come and find me hopefully so you're just bobbing around

the ocean correct watching for sharks and yeah how far out do they put you um it's a ways off the boat i can see it in the distance and i keep a close eye on them but yeah it i couldn't tell you how far but it's a ways it sounds like the most dangerous game of hide and seek i've ever heard of are these sharks out there well that's one question i asked him when i volunteered are there any sharks and they said oh no then they put you out in the water and get away from you and go, shark! And watch you get hysterical. So how long is the longest time you've been out there before they found you? I'd say about 45 minutes.

Wow. Yeah. Because you do tend to drift and you don't realize it. And they're watching you. They do have someone watching you from a distance. But it's a very scary thing when you see that tiny little boat out there. And this is an unpaid gig. This is purely volunteer.

That's correct. I got a jacket for doing it. I got a free jersey. Just that was because you had hypothermia, so they had to give you a jersey. That's correct. That's a really, really cool thing that you're doing. Excellent.

I don't know if I could do that. Sure you could. You guys rode a banana. I was scared of sharks the whole time riding across the Cookshade like that. That was very good. Congratulations. The most unique job we've ever come across.

Thank you. Professional victim. There you go. She could call her business the Special Victims Unit. You can hire a victim. Now, I'm no search and rescue expert by any stretch of the imagination. No. But it feels like the Coast Guard are playing Russian roulette

with that little exercise. Yeah, you'd think they could put, like like a buoyant sort of mannequin or something. Like a blow-up doll or something, yeah. But hey, I guess it probably means a lot more they have to do it when someone's in the water. So good on her for volunteering for that. Amazing. And no danger money. It's a volunteer role. All she got was a danger polar fleece from the Coast Guard.

It's a good jersey. It's a lovely jersey, you're right. Chuck me out in the air. So we wanted to know this morning, who has had to do, or is currently doing, the most unusual job? Yeah, so there's got to be some fascinating jobs that people do out there, right? We spoke to a lady who was a professional hugger. Now, I know there'll be some Christians out there saying that this job is on the verge of less than savory apps but no it's just purely

hugging yeah she was in america there uh that's right i think we've got a little example what what she does human touch is a basic human need so when people don't have access to that well they call me so that they can have access to safe healthy platonic touch and incorporate that into their lives and it can do a lot of really great things for you. People pay you, what, by the hour, by the minutes? By the hug? How does it work? It's by the hour.

So I charge about $100 an hour. I have in-person and virtual options. I've been trained with Cuddlist.com. Hug life. Hug life, baby. If she hasn't called her business, let's hug it out. This would have been a crime upon business naming. All right, so under the hits of 4487,

have you done or are you doing a very unique, unusual job? And let's get these calls on next. You can text 24487. That is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, 8. So, John Owen being 8.21 Thursday morning, we want to find out what is New Zealand's most unusual or unique job.

But there's plenty coming through. There are, yeah. And apparently sitting in a warehouse yelling at people in microphones. It's not even in the top ten. Not even, no. I think we've got Lance on the phone right now. How you doing, Lance? Hey, guys.

How you going? Oh, we're doing really well, buddy. Pleasure to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. What's your job? Hey, I'm a golf ball diver here in Kaupo, down at the Hole in One. Oh, Lake Taupo. I know we've been there. Yes.

An affiliation with that place. You're putting your body on the line, because obviously people hit the golf balls towards the pontoon at the lake there, but you guys are out there while people are still hitting golf balls. We are, we are, but we are fully protected with 7mm wetsuits and helmets. I was going to say, because it's a role where a-holes like Ben and myself would try and aim for you. Does that happen regularly?

Hey, the balls are naturally drawn to us. It does seem like everyone's aim goes from the pontoon to the diver, which you shouldn't, because golf balls are hard. That's right. The wet seats absorb a lot of that. What does it feel like to be hit by a golf ball? Just like

a little nudge on the arm, really. That's not too bad. You're safe out there. If anything, fire more at them. Is that what you're saying? Almost taunting the public. Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. You know, the more balls that come at us, the easier it is for us to pick up. Now, believe it or not, I know quite a bit about little white balls. Golf balls would be very hard to pick up off the floor of the lake.

Oh, yeah. How many are you pulling in in one session? Oh, well, that depends on how long I might be out there for. So generally I'm out there for a couple of hours, so I might pull in anywhere between 1,200 to 2,200. Jeez, that's a lot. And have you got a contraption that you're using to pick up or are you just using your hands, one by one?

In the shallows we use our hands, but we have a contraption, as you call it. We call it a roller. It's just a thin wire roller that you just roll over the balls and just collects inside of it. And then you just empty it into your net that we have and carry on. Wow, what a fascinating job. Lance picks up golf balls underwater and topo. Now Bev joins us on 0800 The Hips.

0800 The Hips. My hips won't lie. Secura, secura. Bev, what's your unusual job? Well, I believe so. It's food tasting, which I've been doing now for 27 years. And it's just really Fonterra, of course, tasting dairy products, mainly yogurts, creams, milks, milk products, milk powder.

Some panels do protein bars, cheesecakes, coffee. Now, tell me, so you've just turned what we all do every day into a full-time job, professional taster. Well, hopefully this conversation doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth. Not at all, not at all. I think that we would say that that is very strong taste, which means really good. I imagine there's a lot of pressure when you go over to a friend's place for a dinner party and they're like, Bev, does she taste? Bev's coming around. She's the taster.

Absolutely. We do get a little bit that way that we think, oh, yes, there's too much salt in that or could be more sugar in that. Oh, you'd have a very judgy palate, wouldn't you? Yeah. But I must say that we really only do two hours a day, five days a week, because otherwise your pellet would be shot and you wouldn't give true value for money, as it were.

So we have lots of rest and lots of sort of swirling water or soda water or something like that to cleanse the pellet so that it's fresh for every sample that we take. So would you know what you were tasting? Like, would they have a product out? Would they hide the label from you or things like that? Yes, no, they do hide it. We would go in on a Monday morning. We would not know what we're going to be tasting.

We are not told so that it's just more or less, I suppose you could say, a blind competition. We sort of sit around a round table, 14 of us in the panel, and we do training. I mean, your body must just be full of dairy. You have yogurt, milk, and everything swirling around inside, Bev. Absolutely. I sound like a milkshake half the time. And your ones are bringing all the boys to the yard. Listen, thank you so much for your time.

Really do appreciate you. What a wonderful job you have. Oh, well, very good. It's great listening to you guys. That's my first place where you are, so enjoy Tarong, won't you? Oh, thank you, Bev. We appreciate it. Okay, then, guys.

You have a great day. Bye, Bev. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono it. Okay, then, guys. You have a great day. Bye, Bev. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Coming to you from the warehouse at the crossing. And having a fun time in Tauranga this morning.

Some wonderful stuff. Kids are here. Adults are here. And people of all ages are here. Having a great time. Having a great time. Now, I was out in the car park before, and I noticed, you know, some vehicles have personalized plates. Oh, yeah.

They were kind of very popular for a period there, the old personalized plate, weren't they? They seem to be still pretty popular with businesses and stuff like that. You know, we'll go with, it's one car, it's two, and things like that, you know? That makes sense in that regard, right? It would feel to, I think, if I received a personalised plate, well, then you're obligated to put it on the car. But what if you don't like it? But your family are like,

here, mate, happy Christmas, here's a plate. And you're like, oh. For example, the car that I saw out there had L-A-Y-Z, lazy. Now, do you want to go around advertising that you're lazy? Well, that's pretty cool, though. It's like Jay-Z, lazy. It's cool.

I like it. Maybe you sell Lazy Boys or maybe... But the first thing I thought was, oh, well, he's a lazy driver. He's a lazy guy. I'm surprised he even managed to get the car here. I quite like Lazy. He's so lazy. But maybe I was thinking, maybe it was like a nickname, an inner circle nickname.

Yeah. Like Lazar or something. Like we put Baldy on your one or something. Yeah. B-A-L-D-E. Yeah. Or a three. We couldn't get the E there.

God, we had to get number three. Yeah. And so I was just looking here online. These are some of the greatest personalized plates. So to your mother, for example, everyone loves their mother. And you want to say you have the nicest mother. So they gave their mum N-C-S-T, mum. Which is getting confused for incest mum.

Nice. Oh, yeah, I see. And a lot of people are reading that as incest, but I'm seeing that she's now obliged to drive around. Are these the ones that you've got? No, this is true. And another one here. I feel like these are the ones you've got.

I haven't just made them up. Why would I just come on here? Why would I come on here and say, oh, just for a license plate in the car park. I don't think there was a car. There's no cars in that car park. And another one, my dad drives a house bus There's no cars in that car bar. And another one. My dad drives a house bus.

Bus stuff is the name of it. No, it's not. It's not. You've made these up. I haven't. You've made these up. Have a look on here, on this website. It's madeuplicenceplates.com.

Biggest license plate fails. Isn't it hard when you work with someone and they don't believe anything that comes out of your mouth? I just remember when you always struggle with those things. We remember in Los Angeles and you were like, why do I see all these people for Cali for NIA t-shirts? What are they all for? What's NIA? And you went up to that person and you're like, what does your t-shirt mean, mate?

Cali for NIA. I thought it was some sort of organization. We're all for this cause. They're like what does your t-shirt mean mate kelly for nia i thought it was some sort of organization like we're all for this cool like california that's california just spread out over like the t-shirt you're like oh that was a humbling experience julia do you believe my license plate he's still trying to find it to be honest no i don't really believe anything you say i feel like this is all stuff he's made up. No wonder the bus is driving around with, anyway. Bus stuff? No,

they're not. They're not. You haven't been unplugged. Now I can't find Incess Mum. Yeah, exactly. Yeah,

alright, we're moving on. Is there anything else that you do not trust? No, we don't. No. No,

no, you can trust Juliet. Play the next song, guys. Alright, we'll do that. I'm out. If you don't want to see me

We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Shoto and Pen. Breakfast on the heads. The heads.

The heads. Now, I hate to start the show, the broadcast this morning, on a sour note, Ben Boyce, but we've had a complaint come through, an international complaint. And I don't want this ruining New Zealand-American relations. Oh, right. I know things are all pretty tense with us in China at the moment.

We can't go wiring up the yanks, mate. And a dear friend of ours, our overseas U.S. correspondent, John Lovegrove, joins us on the phone now. Just a bit of a back story. We can't get a hold of John on our studio phones. I feel like we're not allowed to call toll calls anymore. No, they've banned us from toll calls. Bogsy, the CEO, tightening up on toll calls. It just wouldn't ring.

It wouldn't ring through the studio line, so now you've rung him on your cell phone. This is B Humps' cell phone. So come on in, John, on speakerphone. Hello, good morning. That sounds crystal clear. That sounds really good, actually. Apart from the fact

it'll be costing Bee Humps an absolute fortune this international call. Correction, that's costing Bogsy. Oh, yeah, yeah. Bogsy, the CEO's partner. We've found a loophole

in the system, haven't we? Just put him on speaker. Now, John, lovely to talk to you again. Is it still hot in Oregon, mate? It's cooling off, but we're about to hit the California this weekend and there's wildfires going on

so we can't avoid craziness Yeah right, so when there's fires going, what better place to go to when there's fires are, jeez, well our thoughts with all the people that are bearing that heat at the moment but John, you want to put some heat on us, what's happening mate? You guys know I love the

A to Z of New Zealand segment, and I think it's been a while. So what's going on? Well, we did say we started the show with the A to Z of New Zealand, and we were like, every day we're going to call a new town or city in New Zealand. We're going to call one a day, and we'll do it alphabetically. We started one a day, and then, Jono, we sort of slipped into sort of once or twice a week. Don't put me in this category.

You have lost interest in it. He's waning. He's waning. We do it from time to time, don't we? But not as regularly as you would like, Jon. Yeah, so I thought, well, maybe I'll do something about this. So I looked at the list and I looked at the next couple of towns and I'm like, I think I can find someone interesting in these towns for you. So I've provided you

with the next 20 or so towns and I can tell you what, it's a bleak job. John Lovegrove has essentially just done our job for us. He's emailed us with 20 towns, people we can talk to. He's researched all of the towns, little facts about the towns. The only thing that really concerns me, John, is what important life admin fell by the wayside with all the time you dedicated to this research.

Well, you know what? I'm actually a travel agent by trade, so it's kind of second nature to try to figure this kind of stuff out. The research is so thorough, and I feel like we're halfway up Mount Everest. John Lovegrove, his phone, he's like our Sherpa Tenzing. Yeah.

He's like, come on. You can do it. You can do it. Here's some supplements. Have some Blue Powerade. Get to the top of that mountain. This is the motivation we need, John. Well, God, I could help anytime.

All right. Well, John, for you next. You know what? The faster we get through these, the faster we get you guys off the hips. Yeah, because we did say we couldn't get fired from the hips until we completed this. So maybe that's why. Maybe that's why I've been slowing things down, buttoning off a bit. All right, next.

John, I think we should kick on to the A to Z of New Zealand. Well, John, you've done some thorough research for Memi, which is just near New Plymouth. And we're going to call the people that you've suggested we phone there. They've got a self-sustainable farm they live on. Okay, we'll wake them up nice and early in the morning. All thanks to John and his research. And we'll continue the A to Z of New Zealand and get us off the hits quicker than we want. Hey, John, good on you, mate.

You keep safe over there in the heat, OK? Cheers, guys. Thank you very much, John. Breathing some life into this old dog. Resuscitating it. A bit of CPR to the A to Z. We'll do that next. It is the hits.

You've got John O'Byrne. That's all she wrote. That's all she wrote. The A to Z of New Zealand. Yes, we're going to call. Well, we are calling every town and city in Aotearoa. Ben has wanted to button off a little bit. There's been a long time in between drinks lately.

John Lovegrove, our US correspondent, he's noticed this in the podcast. And now he has taken it upon himself to do some thorough research. John has done more for the show in the last five minutes than I've done in the last five months. I feel bad. I feel bad that someone's taking the time to do research on the segment. So it is our duty to finish this thing off and see this thing through. So the first bit of research John did, and we're up to M in the alphabet, is for memi. Now, I've done a little bit more research into memi.

Do you know in Maori, memi means to urinate? Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, listen, we're not taking the piss though because we're about to phone this place right now. It's located in northern Taranaki in the North Island. These are the people that John recommended we call. Hello? Hello, is that John and Chris from Mimi?

Yes. Chris, it's John and Chris from Mimi? Yes. Chris, it's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Yes. We are phoning every town and city in Aotearoa. We're doing it alphabetically, and it's Mimi's turn. Oh. And someone, a friend of the show, was like, if you're going to be calling someone from this place, you are the people to talk to.

Oh. Oh, it's caught you by surprise. It's caught us by surprise because John's told us that you are a self-sufficient household. Yes, I mean, we are a self-sufficient lifestyle at the mouth of the Mimi River. We have a huge garden and orchard and John built our house.

And you've got five yodelling chickens. We've got five chickens, yeah. And they yodel. No, they don't. The information I've been fed about yodelling chickens is way off the mark. I apologise on behalf of the team of five million for that. Where did you get the yodelling chickens? We've got five.

Now, this is your husband saying this. We have the five chickens that just begun yodeling. You have a word to your hubby about that. There's a lot of false information going around about those chickens. And they tell me you have a roller coaster in the backyard. What do you mean by when you say you're

self-sufficient? Does that mean that everything, like your power, your food, everything like that? No, it's just our food and eggs. Fruit, vegetables, nuts, avocados, that sort of thing. When was the last time you went to pack and save? I never

go to pack and save. Okay, alright. What does it say, supermarket? The nondescript supermarket. Oh, I go to Urinary Fui Four Square to get a tin of tuna or something when John can't catch any fish. So that's the only time you will actually go and purchase food for yourself? No.

No. I just keep firing out facts, and I'm saying them with confidence, and then you keep laughing at them and undercutting them as if they're just completely fabricated. It's almost the obligatory pie. You get a pie. Okay, that's the only time that you'll let your self-sufficient guard down is you're like, I need a mince and cheese.

Now, John, since you're in the background now, you tell me about these yodelling chickens of yours, mate. Yodelling chickens. We're country folk out here. We do country and western you know the chickens, they get involved, they yodel listen, it's been lovely

lovely talking to the pair of you John and Chris McLean they live in Mimi, what's the population? good grief, I don't know maybe a hundred a hundred people it sounds like paradise well I'll have to come and stay

one day. Yeah. That's right. That'll be our next self-sufficiency. We'll do a homestay for you. I'll come. I'll come. And then I'll knock on the door and you'll be like, who are you? I'll be like, remember the guy from the radio? A really confusing call that you had there.

Yodeling chickens and all this stuff. I'll be like, I've come to stay. And you'll be like, yodelling chickens and all this stuff. And I've come to stay. And you'll be like, well, now it's all in time. OK, well, this has been sufficiently weird for us. And I imagine even more so for you. Thank you. Self-sufficiently weird. Self-sufficiently.

Thanks so much for your time and all the best. Yeah, bye-bye, guys. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. And with Tokyo only a couple of weeks away, we've been learning about and catching up with some of New Zealand's Olympic stars. Jono and Ben's Torchlight on Tokyo.

My name's Anton Down Jenkins, and I compete in springboard diving. Anton Down Jenkins, springboard diver. How are you, my friend? I'm very well, thank you. Thank you for having me. I feel like this is definitely the peak of my sporting career, being on here with you guys. Hang on, you're the first Olympic diver for New Zealand, first male diver in 37 years, and this is the peak of your career? Oh, absolutely. Are you kidding me? I grew up watching you guys. I'm a legend.'m honoured to be here

Oh, well, it's very nice to talk to you Well, then, you know Don't worry about the Olympics you're about to go to Oh, no, I'm retiring after this It's an honour to speak to you as well, mate Firstly, congratulations on getting to Tokyo It's probably been quite a journey Oh, it has been

It still hasn't really settled in that I'm going. I think it'll all start to feel proper real when I'm over there, but it's a bit unbelievable still. Now, your event is the three-metre springboard. I mean, how does it work? What's the aim of what you do, what you're going to be doing in the Olympics? That's a good question.

Hadn't thought of that one. What is the aim? What is the aim? You obviously need to dive into the water with the least amount of splash. Are you trying to do tricks? I mean, how does it work? Oh, it sounds like you pretty much know what's going on. That's essentially the best of it.

Make as little splash as possible. Don't do any belly flops. And she'll be all I guess Now the one thing that I always that terrifies me about diving in the Olympics is every Olympics it's inevitable, you see the poor guy who whacks his head

on the board on the way down and it just looks catastrophic have you ever done this? I've not whacked my head on the board yet but I feel like if it happens anyway whacked my head on the board yet, but I feel like if it happens anywhere, it's got to be at the Olympics, you know? It does.

On the world stage. It's always in the... A female diver cracks her head open on the board. Any press is good press, right? Yeah, you do get some good coverage with a head crack, don't you? Yeah. Now, tell me, speedos,

obviously all the male divers wear speedos. Do you have to wear Speedos? You can't rock up in board shorts? Is it something that's sanctioned by the Olympics? Oh, that's a good question, actually. I don't know. It would be interesting to go off and try diving board shorts. You'd probably rip them right down the middle.

Get some pretty shocking photos of that one. But Speedos is the way to go. It keeps everything in place, keeps the boys happy. Keeps the boys belly flop and whatnot. Nah, nah, Speedo's the way to go. Because it's a confidence game, Speedo's, right? You must be pretty comfortable now sort of rocking around in Speedo's. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, definitely is a confidence game. When I first put the Speedo on, I was definitely not a fan because I was that kid that would come to the diving classes in the board shorts. And then when I started doing it competitively, my coach was like, mate, you're going to have to wear one of these. Yeah, he's like, mate, you're going to have to take the leap. Literally, and with the speedos.

See, that's the one thing turning me off of your sport is I just, I don't have a body for speedos. I can't fill them out. Ben, you've seen me in them before. No, it's not, it's not. It's not, it's just, I would turn viewers off the Olympics. It would be an all-time low for ratings on the Olympics if I was in the diving squad.

You've had a bit of a run with COVID, I understand too, getting that, which must have been really hard to keep training through, you know, recovering from that. Yeah, I'm not going to lie. It was pretty shocking, eh, the effect that it had on my overall health. So I caught COVID back in August. No, I got pretty, I got pretty sick, pretty hefty cough, body aches and whatnot. And then coming back to training, that was probably the worst part of it

because I noticed a pretty significant effect on just my overall fitness day. I couldn't really do anything without running out of breath after 15 minutes. But I managed to get back to a pretty competitive condition. So I'm feeling good now. I'm feeling good now. Oh, mate, well, we are going to be cheering you on from here. And when you're on the screen, we're going to go, we know that guy.

We spoke to him. And we're going to boast to our friends and family. We're going to get a lot of mileage out of this interview. Okay, Anton? I appreciate it. Thank you so much. It's lovely to talk to you and all the best for Tokyo. Oh, thanks, guys.

This has been awesome. I'm going to call my mum. She's going to be so excited. Lovely to chat with you, mate. You keep safe over there. I will. Thank you. Have a good one. See you, mate. Some may say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime

for us. That is the main thing. Now, you were just reading an article on the internet, Ben Boyce. Is that what we're going to do here? No, I was going to talk about your plane questionnaire. Oh, you want to do the plane questionnaire? No, you were looking at me and you were like, what are you doing?

I could see it in your eyes. Don't out my internet history. That's what I was like. Hold on. Let's go through your internet history. I was like, oh, God, what's he doing here? Tell everyone what articles you're looking at. I could see pure cold fear in the man's

eyes. We hadn't discussed this. Why would you do this to me? You monster. No, but we've been flying around the country for this warehouse bit of tour that we're doing at the moment. And don't you find it's always funny when you check in and they ask you very nicely,

are you flying with explosives today? Now, has anyone in the history of flying ever gone, yeah, I have. I've got about 10 kgs worth next to my dress shirt and my town shoes. They go through all the things, you know. I know, but I'm concerned that if there are people flying with explosives on the plane, do you go, oh, yeah, I've got 10 kgs. You say, okay, good, thanks, mate.

Thanks for your honesty. Yeah. And why would you fly with explosives? Well, yeah, there's also the accident. Yeah, but there's also that thing when you go overseas and you have to tick all those. Have you got this thing? No, no, no, no.

And then there's the last one is the yes in the questionnaire. And I think that's just trip you up so you don't get into the habit of no, no, no, no. Yeah, you get into a rhythm, don't you? Yeah. I always end up getting, you know how they're like, here's a random wand test. And the more times it happens to me, the less random it's feeling. You're definitely that guy. They're always waving a wand over me.

You are. Anyway, so that's all I had to say. Now, Ben's internet history. Let's get to what we really want to know. Scrolling through your feed. He may not have graduated university with a journalism degree, but he does have a doctorate in punology from the School of Hard Knocks. And here's some of those great puns being put to use in the news bulletin, Ben Boyce.

Actually reading this morning, John, on stuff.co.nz, the website, they were basically doing a road trip because of school holidays at the moment to looking for the best pie in New Zealand. The best, you know, if you stop off side of the road, you get a pie from a small town bakery. And they've compiled some of their favourite lists of some of the places this morning. Compiled? There you go, first pun. Punology, baby.

He doesn't even know he's doing it. And, you know, so they include things like the bakery at Wakefield, in Wakefield, Sheffield Pies, which is meant to be awesome, just out of Christchurch, and the west coast of Christchurch. Fairleigh Bakehouse as well. But there's also one that's located to us this morning, and that's why I wanted to talk about it. Yeah, now this is Patrick's Pies.

Now, we've spoken to Patrick Lamb before. He's won Pie of the Year many times, Paddy, hasn't he? He has. He's got his fingers in many pies, and most of those pies are award-winning ones. And Patrick has an outlet. I think he's diversifying. He's got branches of Patrick's pies now. It looks like there's three of them, according to...

The pie game must be treating Patrick very well. Try and get Patrick on the phone, Jude. Give him a call. Patrick's pies. And we'll keep talking and see if you phone through. Which one? There's one in Rotorua. There's one in Bethlehem Town Centre in Tauranga.

And there's also one Centre in Tauranga, and there's also one at the Tauranga Crossing where we are this morning here in the warehouse. So there's three of them as well. Which one would you like her to call? Why don't we call the Gold Star Bakery, Ju? Okay. Patrick's Pies Gold Star Bakery. You want to call them? Yeah, I'll get their number. Yeah, you do.

Okay, so I'm going to try one of these. Can I try one of these? Yeah, you try one. This is the mince and cheese, the one that's been nominated in the article? Chew, it's 07579... I'm on it. 2328, mate. Actually, I'm going to try again. 07579-2328. Is that a good Mince and Cheese pint? I love it. I'm going to try again. 07579-2328. Love it, Paul.

Is it a good mince and cheese pie? I love it. Is mince and cheese your usual go-to option? Not normally. Not normally? No. No. But it's lovely.

They were saying at the bakery where Bee Hump's bought it from, this is their most popular one. So they said you must try this. Fairly pies. Hello, is that Patrick's Pies? Yes. Patrick? Yeah. It's Pies? Yes. Patrick? Yeah.

It's Jono and Ben calling. We're on the radio right now on the hits. We're just eating one of your pies from the one in Bethlehem. No, no, sorry for Tauranga Pies in the crossing. Tauranga Crossing this morning. Okay. It's wonderful.

He's like, and? Sorry. Okay. Oh, it's good, thank you. He's like, and? Sorry. It's wonderful. It's wonderful. And have a good day, sir. No, Patrick, you've been nominated as one of New Zealand's great pies on the Great State Pie Way, Patrick. Oh, good. Thanks, that's good to hear. We've spoken to you previously, you know, fresh off huge award wins at the Academy Awards of Pies, the New Zealand Pie Awards. What are you entering this year into the Pie Awards, Patrick?

Yeah, last year we missed our year, no competition, and this year we re-entry again. And, yeah, we'll almost do the same, but just, like, more patient to make a beautiful-looking pie, that's all. Yeah. Oh, he's going for aesthetics. Yeah. Yeah, right. A good level. It's going to taste like garbage, but, boy, it's going to look good.

It's going to taste wonderful. What is your most popular pie? Because we went to the bakery here just next to us, Patrick's Pies, and they said mince and cheese is the most popular in this store. Would that be right? Yeah, it's correct. Yeah, mince and cheese is always the most popular. Now tell me, Paddy, can I call you Paddy?

Oh, yeah, I can. Yeah, you can call me Paddy. You can call me Paddy. Who's your biggest competition, you think? Who's your biggest threat in the pie game, and do you want us to take them out for you? There's a lot of other bakeries that do a really good job and yeah, he's always our competitor, yeah. Oh, he's a nice guy. He's nice. Why do you think your pies are really good and very popular? Obviously they look good, you were saying. What else? Yeah, I think the key thing is the pastry and the flavour is well enough.

It's very important. You have nice and puffy pastry and nice even flavour pie. That's the key to be a good pie, I think. And you put Patrick's love inside that pie, don't you? For sure.

Love goes into making the pie. Well, thank you, Patrick, for answering your phone. Thanks for ringing me. Yeah, thank you. Thanks for catching me on the fly and putting me on the radio. Hey, Patrick, you keep safe out there, okay? Sure. Thank you.

Bye-bye. There we go. That was fun. It was fun. He's a lovely guy, Juliet. Thanks for... Jeez, you're a rock-solid producer, Juliet. I know.

I'm like, call Patrick. She's like, you haven't told me to call Patrick. Where's his number? She gets him on the phone. What an answer. How's that? Yeah, you make a rod for your own back, Julie. Oh, that's good.

Wonderful. You keep delivering, I'll keep demanding. Now give me Justin Bieber on now. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information maybe not correct jono and ben new zealand's breakfast on the heads you know we're on tour thanks to the warehouse that's right the warehouse presents jono and ben's battery operated torch tour every time i'm sorry i paused i paused and i was like he's gonna come in here of course he did but very

good at keeping the show moving. You're very good. I just don't like dead air. There's a second of it. Even if it's a sniff of dead air, I'll just start saying words. Thanks to the warehouse. They are the official sponsors of today's Olympians as well as tomorrow. They're excited about the Olympics a couple of weeks away.

Yeah, they are. They're supporting the New Zealand Olympic team, so we're taking this battery-operated torch on tour. How are you guys? Welcome to the warehouse. The team's arriving here. They're going to be getting on the floor making some sales today, but it's wonderful being inside an empty warehouse, isn't it? It's like we could do anything. It's huge. Ben, you could go and dress up like Woody from Toy Story 4 in the children's dress-up session if you wanted. Can I? I could do anything. I could go and spray the odour of Beyonce all over me right now.

Yeah. I could go and use the toilets, because they're just over there. There's so much stuff you can do, and you can come down and see us this morning in Tauranga at the Crossing Store, the warehouse. From 8 o'clock, the door's open. There's plenty of spot prizes, as well as everyone that gets a photo with a torch can win $10,000.

But it's been a lot of fun taking this thing on tour, and we've got a bit of a montage for you. You love a montage,000. But it's been a lot of fun taking this thing on tour, and we've got a bit of a montage for you. You love a montage, don't you? Jeez, I love a montage. Now we are going to be talking to some athletes who are heading to Tokyo and some athletes who have been to previous Olympic Games. And Caroline Everswindell joins us right now.

Now that no one has Caroline Meyer, does your child know that mummy was a double Olympic gold medalist? He was told at school that he came home and said, Mum, do you know who won a gold medal? My name is David Litty and I am a weightlifter. With weightlifting, anything can happen on the day. So we'll just see what we can do. We were recording a good luck message with some kids, like this one.

What are you going to say? Good luck! Jono's also leaving work as well. He's lost his job. Good luck! Hi guys, I'm Maddy Davidson and and I'm a trade plenist. We're looking at a gold, Maddie. I try not to put too much pressure onto places.

I want a gold. Because it's my first birthday. New Zealand's behind you. We're backing you. Hopefully you bring home gold, because I demanded one. No. Kia ora, good morning to Eliza McCartney. Kia ora.

Thanks for having me. I really want to bring up, but obviously we have to. It really must be gutting to not make Tokyo. It just actually made me a whole lot more grateful for what I have achieved so far. You're not like us, washed up old hags. Hey, my name is Misha Kudinov from Men's Gymnastics, and I will be competing in the All Around event. Official rule book, and you perform it successfully at a sanctioned event.

They always name it after your last name. So in the Olympics, when they'll be like, my god they've just nailed a Kootenav that'll be your move. Yeah they would say that. I have a somewhat unusual coffee order. Well I thought we were able to get the word out there and I did over the PA system in the South Island store of the warehouse yesterday. Don't see me jumping on there and talking about your rampant pornography addiction. Do you?

Charlie, say something inspirational to the fine people of New Zealand. Let's go the Olympic team. Touching words. We want to solidify our friendship by giving you a free bike, bro. Oh, that sounds pretty nice, guys. It does sound pretty nice. Here free bike, bro. Oh, that sounds pretty nice, guys. It does sound pretty nice. Give it up for Charlie.

Here we go, Charlie. Here we go. What do you want to say about your heroes, Jono and Ben? Just say, you guys are my heroes. Don't overcook it. Heroes. They are truly inspirational. Charlie's taken off and he's riding around the store.

The health and safety team will be a little anxious right now. Yeah, it's been plenty of fun at the warehouse stores all over New Zealand this week. As mentioned before, we're at the Crossing Store in Tauranga today until 10. And then you can see us between 12.30 and 2.30 at Hamilton, the base store, this afternoon as well. Hey, but first, we've got to do this. I'm about to fly. Land free on me.

It's all thanks to South Australia that Tourism, a $5,000 travel voucher, up for grabs every week on a Friday. Stace, Mike and Anika will be giving one of those away. And this could be this person in the draw. And Tony, I tell you what, we could be raining on you a whole load of free travel. Yeah, that'd be awesome.

Where would you go? Okay, you just pick the one place in the world that you're going to take Ben Boyce on holiday I don't know why you're on holiday Alright So I made it awkward Where are you and Ben going? Me and Ben, okay

If I was to go anywhere it would definitely be Croatia to be honest Do you like Croatia? I did a sail Croatia trip once Oh there you go. I should know all this stuff. And it was wonderful. It was wonderful.

So yes, yes. It sounds great. Everywhere looks like a postcard in Croatia. Oh my God, it does, eh? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, no, well, that's a good option. Well, I hope you both have a lovely holiday. They had an honesty system on the bar, and I was very honest, but there were some people

that weren't honest, because when the guy would go to bed, he'd be like, it's the honesty system. Oh my God, what a shocking business model the bar owner would go i'm going to bed you guys just be honest yeah and he would like mark mark the bottles with you know like a little marker with a pen just so it was like this is where it was when i went to bed and you're like that is shocking yeah i will say what you want about Croatia but they're very trusting well you're in the draw

for a $5,000 travel voucher thanks to South Australian Tourism you don't have to take me who would you take Antonia? who would you take? who would you take? I suppose I'd have to take my fiancé Oh

I understand The old ball and chain Sorry I've always got to talk He understands I do understand It makes sense Hey listen

Stace, Mike and Anika Who are on holiday today Aren't they? They're on holiday this week Yeah So it'll be Laura Laura McGoldrick and Estelle They're doing the show this afternoon.

They're going to be doing the draw tomorrow. And good luck. Your name might be pulled out. Oh, thank you so much. Fingers crossed. That's all thanks to South Australian Tourism. You can visit Adelaide Boutique, a city easy to explore with over 200 cellar doors on its doorstep. I just had a call from South Australian Tourism. They're like, thanks for talking about Croatia for five minutes.

Classic. We appreciate that, guys. You're very welcome. They'll thank them. They'll thank them. She got John over the head. Hey, yo, Juliet, was your dad a pilot?

No. Because, damn, girl, I your dad a pilot? No. Because damn, girl, I think he might have just perished in a fiery crash. I just saw it on the news. You might want to go and find out if he's okay, okay? Okay. It's this pickup line someone emailed. They're like, use this pickup line and see how that goes. That's not even a pickup line, is it?

No. It's just alarming. It makes you feel uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. That's not even a pickup line, is it? No. It's just alarming. It makes you feel uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. What's happening in Spy? So Courtney Cox has received her first Emmy nomination for Friends almost two decades after the show ended. So I touched on the Emmy nominations yesterday,

but the Friends reunion as a reunion show in itself received four nominations at the Emmys. And Courtney Cox is the only one of those main six cast members who's never received a nomination for the show. So technically, this is her first Emmy nomination for Friends. Isn't that kind of weird that it's happened 20 years after the show finished? Sorry, was this for the reunion? Yeah, the reunion. So she's the only one who got the nomination?

No, sorry. So they all got nominated. The Friends reunion as a show, but in the Friends history of the show airing, for those 20 years, she was the only cast member that didn't get nominated for the Emmy Awards. And she was probably one of the core. She was one of the main of the four.

I know. Crazy, isn't it? Some other interesting nominations were Harry and Meghan got nominated for their Oprah interview. So they got nominated for Outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series or Special. It's the first time a member of the Royal

Family has been nominated for it. They got nominated for Host, though, did you say? Outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series or Special. So Oprah's up for that, too. It was a great interview. They gave some great answers, didn't they? So, are they saying that Megan essentially acted her way through that entire interview?

No, it was non-fiction. Non-fiction. Oh, right. And then the other one that was quite interesting was Framing Britney Spears, the Britney Spears documentary that has shed light onto her conservatorship. That received two nominations, so Outstanding Documentary and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Non-Fiction Programme. So she could come away with an Emmy too.

Some interesting nominations. Yeah, I suppose you'd go on the six, if it aired on television, that's essentially awarding the best television over the last 12 months, and you'd go with, oh, that interview was probably the most seen piece of television over the last year. You talk about go with all that interview. It was probably the most seen piece of television over the last year. You talk about the big things that have been on New Zealand for ratings would have been the Friends reunion

and probably the Oprah interview. Yeah, two big things. Well, that well-deserved nominees. Hush your mouth. I want to hush my mouth. I thought my mouth was saying good things. When do you want me to hush it? Before you did that pilot pick-up line. We can't turn back time, unfortunately.

I apologise for that. I wish my mouth was hushed during that. And just quickly, people are thinking that Lorde has weirdly predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. So in another email that she sent out to her fans, she sent screenshots of some really old notes in her phone. God, notes can really sort of add up. When you actually go through them, you're like, God, that's from 2016. And you just need to her fans. She sent screenshots of some really old notes in her phone. God, notes can really sort of add up. When you actually go through them, you're like, God, that's from 2016, and you just need to delete them.

You write down random words, and none of them make any sense. Yeah, totally. But she shared some screenshots of some old notes, and one from early 2019 simply says, antibodies doing their work while we're sleeping. Let's hope the antibodies do what they're supposed to. So she wrote that in 2019 and everyone's like, did she know that something was up? But I'm like, people are reading into it way too much.

No, she didn't. I'll give you the answer. She was probably just sick, had a cold and was hoping that the antibodies would work for her for flu or a cold. Let's stop talking about this now. She did not predict what was going to happen. No, but that note has been nominated for an Emmy here. For the best non-fiction note. Exactly. Exactly. And that is

Spy for More. You can head to thehits.co.nz After 7 o'clock on the show, we've got five words, $5,000 up for grabs. And something that Jono, you were talking to me about on the plane yesterday. We want to see if anyone listening has done this. I did ask the lady, and she said it has happened a lot more often than you think.

New Zealand, this is your breakfast. With Jono and Ben's battery-operated torch tour, broadcasting live from the Warehouse Crossing store in Tauranga. Yes, this morning we're here until 10 o'clock at the warehouse crossing in Tauranga. And we've got plenty of spot prizes to give away. So right now on 0800THEHITS, thanks to the warehouse, we want to give away a spot prize to one of you guys. Yeah, this is our snatch and grab competition. Basically, you just direct us around the shop and whatever we see in front of us at the end of your directions.

You'll be like Google Maps, really. We just grab and give it to you. So 0800THEHITS is the telephone number. It's snatch and grab Maps really. We just grab and give it to you. So 0800 the hits is the telephone number. It's snatch and grab, not snitch and grab. No one better be narking on Ben Boyce for going around taking items from the warehouse. I've never seen what happens at the back end

of this competition. We're just grabbing stuff. I see producer Humphrey eye-rolling and looking flustered every time I grab something. Yeah, that happened yesterday. I'll make it come back with something. And then I just get on with my day. You do. And someone else cleans up the admin.

That's pretty much how this works. Have we got anyone on the phone, Ju? We do. Let's roll with Fiona. Hey, Fiona. How are you? Morena. Morena, Jono.

How are you? Oh, we're doing well, Fiona. Now, Ben Boyce is going to be your little robot. You just direct him around the shop, straight, forward, back, left, right, whatever. And whatever he sees in front of him, he'll grab for you, Fi. Okay. He's listening. I'm buying some toys right now.

So I'm in the toy section. It's Mega Toy Month at the moment. He's all ears. Literally, he's got ginormous big ears. Forward. He's all ears, literally he's got ginormous big ears Forward He's going forward three steps and stop go right and then

forward again I have hit an item, I've hit an item right now You've walked him into a rack of something It's worth $49 Thanks to Disney Frozen 2 You've got a singing Anna doll

From Elsa and Anna from Frozen That's pretty cool Awesome That novelty will never wear off I could listen to that all day. It might be for my son, but... You enjoy that singing, Arna doll, Fiona. Don't say we don't give you anything, mate.

That's brilliant. We've got plenty more prizes to give away. Come on down and see us as well, because you can get the draw for $10,000, because we're taking our battery-operated torch right around New Zealand. Yeah, we're going to talk hotel horrors next. Something's happened to someone on tour, and we're going to unearth it shortly.

It's the Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. It's Mitch James, Sunday morning. It is the Hits. Jono and Ben, we're travelling around New Zealand. Thanks to our friends at the Warehouse, visiting Warehouse stores up and down the country. I just want to open up a bit of a topic here, hotel horrors. An unnamed member of the tour party had a bit of a slip up in the hotel room. Now, what happened was we were due to depart

on a plane. And we texted and said, where are you? And they said, I can't leave. That was it. This is, we're at the hotel. We're like waiting for them. They're upstairs. And we're like, well, why can't you leave? Where are you? And they're like, I'm at the hotel, we're like waiting for them, they're upstairs, and we're like, well,

why can't you leave? Are you, where are you? And they're like, I'm at the hotel. I'm at the hotel room, I can't leave. Well, are you locked in there?

Yeah. Have you got your foot stuck in the toilet? Like, what's going on? And they said, I've just put on a load of washing. I feel like this might have been, I don't know,

anyway, it was done without maybe thinking it through. Listen, there are optimum clothes washing times and periods. One hour before a flight departing, I wouldn't put that in the category of, oh, let's chuck a load of washing. Let's chuck all my clothes in the, yeah. Now, I know the washer-dryer combo.

It was futuristic. You could wash your clothes and then it would automatically dry them in the same machine. Oh, wow. But the problem was, once you'd started, you couldn't open the door. The door was locked hard. There was not even Dwayne the Rock Johnson pumped full of anabolic steroids if we got him some. He couldn't even open the door.

He couldn't do it, no. So we wanted to know this morning on 0800 The Hit, so what's happened? What's the funny story that's happened to you at a hotel? Just so you know, they had to go and buy more clothes too, so they could make the flight. Make the flight. And leave their clothes in their washing machine. Yes, like the other day we heard of someone who was travelling with their mum.

I think it was actually on Kate Hawksby's Instagram account. Someone had messaged in travelling with their mum in a hotel and mum was like busting to go to the bathroom when she came back in and she saw the door open. She's like, oh, the cleaners must be in there. Great. I'll run on in and do what I need to do. And then walked out of the bathroom and realised it wasn't her room.

It wasn't the cleaners. It was just someone else's room who had left the door open. And they were sitting on the bed going, oh, someone's just come in and used the facilities. It's kind of like the story of Goldilocks, isn't it? Yeah. Or some golden showers locks. Yeah. If that was you sitting in the lounge, I don't think I would say anything because I'd be so stunned.

Someone got the call. Someone got the call to walk into this hotel room and just sit down. Yeah. And did she realise that she was walking out this way? Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Well, I think it was her room. You go back and go, oh, there's people just sitting on the,

I guess there's a thing on the bed going on. It would leave you speechless. Okay, 0800, that hits telephone number 4487. Hotel horrors. What's happened? I'll have to share a shocking one that involved me and a tub of sunscreen. Okay. I've told you.

Yes, I think so. Well, then don't say okay like it's a shady story. And then he ended up having to wash all his clothes. Anyway, an hour before a flight. It's Katy Perry. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben broadcasting on the road this week. Thanks to the warehouse.

Having a lot of fun. And we're talking hotel horrors. Good or bad, what's a funny little story that happened to you at a hotel? A couple of nights ago, actually, I had one on the road. A little moment because I was on the road. You're not eating probably as well as you normally do. So I was like, I'll buy some Barocca. And I couldn't find a glass in the room.

What does Barocca do? Give you back your BB-10s? Yeah, it's just, you know, get some vitamin C in there. And so I had a drink bottle, and I was like, I'll put one of the Baroccas in the a glass in the room. What does Barocca do? Give you back your BB bounce? Yeah, it's just a bit of, you know, get some vitamin C in there. And so I had a drink bottle. And I was like, I'll put one of the Baroccas in the drink bottle in the water. But it couldn't quite fit. So I was trying to jam it down in there. And then quite a lot of the tablet broke all over the table.

And as I went to leave the next morning, I was like, well, that looks like I've been doing a whole lot of illicit stuff in the hotel. I was like, oh, geez. And you clean that up and you get your head going. Well, they got to. Yeah, so that was my hotel horror story. And you did have a lot of BB bounce that day though, didn't he? He was bouncing off the walls. Yeah, so just a word to the wise. That's my genuine story, guys. It seems a little, is he saying it just as what? Is it like sort of an alibi situation? You know that happened, he told us about it.

Genuine, anyway. Yeah, anyway, we'll get Kim on from Turo. How are you, Kimbo? Oh, yeah, all good, yourself? Yeah, good. We speak to you a bit, don't we? A little bit, I guess, I've always... Yeah, I appreciate it, we appreciate it.

We love it, love talking to you. Hey, what happened to you in a hotel, Kim? So we were staying with our quite well-to-do friends at the penthouse at the Pullman. And, yeah, that went really lovely. And then in the middle of the night, my 10-year-old son had to have a big chunder. And he chundered all over, you know, in the toilet and the bathroom floor, and we were like, oh, God, clean it up. Don't let them know.

And we're like, kids, you can't tell your uncles that this has happened. And then, yeah, so they didn't tell them. And then the next time they invited us to stay, I was the one who ended up vomiting in the toilet. And I was like, oh, it's fine. And these guys are real germaphobes. So it was like we just had to keep it a big secret. And, yeah, well, it's a pleasant day.

Oh, mate, and I tell you what, they would not invite the chunders over again, would they? Every time they come, they're vomiting. There's a stomach bug, there's gastro, it's a nightmare. Hey, thank you very much for your call, Kim. Appreciate that. I must share the one that happened to me with some sunscreen. So it was over a summer period here in Altair and I was staying in a hotel room and the family were at the beach and they were swimming

and I have a well-publicised pasty complexion bin. And so I was like, oh, I need to go and put some more sunscreen on. Where is it? Didn't bring it with us. Back in the hotel room. So then I pick up the bottle of sunscreen. i've got my shirt off ready to apply and i pick the bottle up of sunscreen and like a slow motion scene from like a ben stiller movie or something yeah i see it like fall it slips out of my hands and fall slowly towards the ground and i'm like don't land on the nozzle in your head but then you're like it's gonna it always gonna land on the nozzle yeah so it landed on the nozzle and it just sprayed white sunscreen all over the walls it was like a paintball gun but with white sunscreen all over the walls and i was like oh i can't be a uh i can't be a naughty guest and not clean it up so then i I grabbed some flannels and I started mopping it off

the wall. Now the problem being is that at that moment, the cleaner knocked on the door. It's always just like a Benster. The cleaner knocked on the door and much like you with your Barocca story, I started over explaining. I was like, this is just sunscreen. Just sunscreen. I don't know what it looks like. Well, in fact, I know what it looks like. But I was just trying to be sun smart. And she was like, yeah, buddy, look.

She's like, I've seen it all. I've seen it all. And this is not the weirdest thing. Let's go to the phones. Joining us from Auckland right now is Emma. How are you? Oh, sorry, Ella. How are you?

I'm good, thanks. How are you? Good, thank you. Hotel Horror. So, my dad was staying in a hotel in Kaitaia around 25 to 30 years ago and it was the middle of the night and he heard

someone rustling on a slide of door trying to open it. So him being the very manly man he was, he screamed out get away in a stupid voice. That's what you do, right? Drop it on a different voice. The burglars must know that voice.

That's not your real voice. And the next morning he woke up and turned on the news and saw that someone escaped from the local prison and was trying to get into people's houses and hotels. And it was the prisoner? Yeah. the local prison and was trying to get into people's houses and hotels. And it was the prisoner?

Yeah. Oh, no way. What? That is a freaky story. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, so mum and dad don't like us staying in hotels by ourselves anymore. I understand why. Now, we went and stayed in Kaitaia, Bean. I don't think you came with us, but I the hotel and it was like the shining it was like the person behind the counter sort of just popped

up hello welcome to the hotel can i check you in and i was like yeah that'd be great check this in he's like fantastic you can go and take a breather over there in the bar and restaurant then went to the bar restaurant the same guy pops up from behind the bar welcome to the bar and restaurant there was no one else running this hotel you get into your room and then he's vacuuming your carpet i'm like jeez is he gonna wear my skin overnight it was this guy was run off his feet uh thank you very much for your calls and texts that's hotel horrors we've got five thousand dollars up for grabs very shortly on the ads. Warning, this show contains traces of Jono and Ben.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Reading, there's a TikTok account called, well, basically someone claiming to be a time traveller, and they've put some dates up. There are like five dates in the future that I've seen, and there's your things that are going to happen, which is quite interesting. TikTok time traveller.

What an age we live in. So this person's been to the future, and they've seen some stuff, and then they've decided to come back to 2021 and post their findings. Yeah, these are the things I've seen. Well, the thought is, I mean, that's really putting your time travelling on the line

because you've put some dates saying, this is what's going to happen. Yeah. So it means that you're either going to be proved to be correct or proved to be, you know, obviously like people are. I mean, the good thing about saying you're a time traveller though is people think you're insane. But then if your predictions come off, it's a win for you.

If they don't come off, people just go, oh, of course they weren't a time traveller. You know, it's a win-win in either situation. Yeah, so they're even talking about later this year, on the 3rd of August, NASA's going to find a mirrored Earth, so opposite gravity, physics, motion. That's not far away. That's what NASA's going to discover. If that doesn't land, though, on the 3rd of the 8th,

then the rest of the predictions, everyone's going to be like, ah! Yeah, well, true. Because they also predict a big hurricane in South Carolina, the worst in history, which you hope is not going to be true for obviously the residents there. That's later in the year as well. And then it gets to later, later in the year, and there's a few other ones that sort of branches out

from some of these things. So the humans are going to receive superpowers from extreme energy from the sun. Eight humans are going to receive that later in the year. I think that's the Avengers, isn't it? Teenagers are going to find a T-Rex egg just before Christmas this year and a device to open a portal into an alternate universe. We'll follow these predictions. And Atlantis is going to be found in the ocean next year,

confirming human fish life as well. So, I mean, I really admire the fact they've put dates on this. They've put their time-travelling testes on the line here, haven't they? Yeah. If you could travel to any moment in history, where would it be? Where would you go? You've got one flight on the time-travel machine. That's a weird...

Where would you go? I'd go to the dinosaur age. Shocking decision. Have you seen Jurassic Park? Just to see the dinosaurs. That'd be fun as. Before COVID would be good. You know, like, that all seemed like a much better time.

So obviously, do you travel anywhere in time and you're like, oh, go two years ago? What a fun guy. All right, mate. Will you come back when you're like, oh, go two years ago. What a fun guy. Alright, mate, were you going back when you had hair? Yes, I'd go back ten years ago. Another further eight years. Sorry, that was unnecessary.

Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at 7.45 on the hits. Match all five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at 7.45 on the hits. Match all five words and you'll win $5,000. Yeah, where's my microphone? We've taken it away from you, mate.

Actually, I think I've grabbed yours. I've lost my microphone. It's an absolute shambles here at the warehouse. There's not many things you need for this job, but a microphone is the fun of it. You need a mouth and a microphone and I only had 50% of those things. Anyway, five words standing between you and $5,000 plus our accountant

too at NZMEU needs to sign off the prize money. But they're generally pretty good. Let's go to the phones right now. Sorry, Jo on 0800 The Hits, who have we got mate? We've got Sine from Wellington. Sine, how are you?inead, how are you? Kia ora, how are you?

Kia ora, lovely to have you on the show this morning, Sinead. Listen, what do you do for a job, mate? Project coordinator. Oh, that sounds fancy. You never follow up with what is a project coordinator because I don't want to look like I don't understand what that job is. It's coordinating projects, Joe.

We all know that. It's in the title. Sounds like a big dog position. All right, you need to send someone into the soundproof booth this morning, a.k.a. the kids aisle here at the warehouse, where we're drowned out by the noise of screaming kids wanting toys. I'll send in Jono, please. All right, OK, I'm heading in. All right, Jono, you can head away right now.

And when he does, we'll ask you five words. And you just tell us the first things that pop into your head. All right, he's far enough away now, Sinead. The first word this morning is backpack. Backpack. Ooh. Gosh. Bag.

Bag. Sounds good to me. Toast is the second word this morning. Toast. Bread. Bread. Nice. Good question, Mark.

Bread question, Mark. I agree with that one. Olympics coming up very shortly. Olympics. What pops into your head when we say Olympics? I'm thinking games or because you guys are on your torch tour Let's go with Let's go games

Games, okay, Olympic games It flows together nicely. Community Community is the fourth word Community These are hard Closer together than nicely. Community. Community is the fourth word. Community. These are hard. How many options? We have so many options. Yeah. I'm thinking like a Facebook page or something like that.

Oh, yeah. Or a watch. Facebook community. Like community watch. Yeah. These are all good options. What are you going to lock in? Let's go with watch.

Community watch. And finally, book. Your final word this morning is book. B-O-O-K. Reading. Reading a book. All right. I'm going to wave.

Here it is, Jono. To come on back. Come on back sprightly. You sprightly little jog there from the toy aisle. I was actually out the back with all the mattresses. You call them the workbenches, don't you? The mattresses. I think he clears a lot of emails or something

on them, don't you? You must do a lot of admin on your mattress. You know you can use a table. Sine, Sine doesn't want to hear it. No one wants to hear this, mate. This slander, this unnecessary slander. All you want to hear, the only words you want to hear from your mouth are the ones that will match up with Sinead's. All right, let's rip into it.

The first word I said to Sinead was backpack. Backpack. Backpack. Bag? Well done. Well done. We're one from five. We're just four words away from $5,000.

Nice, Sinead. How are you feeling, mate? Nervous. Well, nervous, nervous. How are you feeling, mate? Nervous. Well, nervous, nervous. Toast is the second word this morning. Bread. Oh, two from two, Sinead. Why did you become B of Fs?

Be sure. We'll see. We'll see. If you get $5,000, I'm sure you might be. Olympics is the third word. Very topical right now. Olympics. You've got Olympic Games then? Yes, she did. Yes, she did.

That ding suggests we definitely need to be BFFs. Did we just become best friends? What's your favourite colour? Red. Mine too. I'm in a red warehouse right now. The big red shed. Community is number four.

Jono, community? I try not to look at you at least. Yeah. I'm going to go with something that's quite dear to your heart, Ben. Only because you were ordered to do it by a judge. Community service. What did you go? I said watch.

Community watch. Oh, a community watch program. Isn't it a neighbourhood watch? Yeah. It's your best friend. Oh, listen. Maybe we shouldn't be BFFs, Sinead. We were nearly there.

We nearly struck a chord. And the last one was book this morning, Jono, as well. Something you haven't read for a while. I've read Auto Trader Magazine, mate. It's my favourite book. Reading? Reading? Oh, yeah.

Reading. You were close. Yeah, it was biblicalised. But not enough to be friends, yeah, reading. You were close. Yeah, it was. We're bricklies. But not enough to be friends for life, unfortunately. Sinead, you played a really, really good game, and hopefully we get to do it again because you were so close to getting five grand. Jeez, we had a lot of four out of fives.

Yeah. Thank you, guys. Love you too, Sinead. Did you say love you? I don't hear what I'm saying. Did you say love you, Sinead? I said thank you, but love you too. He's real clingy, eh?

I haven't been able to shake him for like 10 years. Love you too, babe. All right, well, let's move on with the show. I just weirdly told a lady that we love her. She's like, thank you. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. She's like, thank you Alright, time for my favourite part of the show She's doing her best impersonation Of someone pretending to care about what the celebrities

Have been up to. Juliet, what's happening In Spy? So Emma Bunton A.K.A Baby Spice has finally got married To her partner and they've been together For 23 years That's 1998. That is my age, which is weird. And then they got engaged in 2006,

so they've only just tied the knot on a secret wedding. Is that the longest engagement? We're a long time to be together. Yeah, yeah. But she said it's probably the world's longest engagement, but Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, they're not married either, but they've been together for ages, ages, ages. So she's like, well, if they can do it, then we can.

So what, you said 23 years being engaged or 23 years together? 23 years together, and then they got engaged in 2006. So that's still, what, 15 years of engagement? Yeah, I'll 800 the hit, so 4487 on the text, see if anyone's been engaged longer than 15 years. Oh yeah, this is rogue. Check it out there, mate. That's what I'm doing at John O'Prior.

You are. Yeah, no, great. 4487, a longer engagement than Baby Spice. Yeah, so 15 years and been engaged and not married. Hey, it might not work. She still looks quite babyish. She does. Doesn't she?

She looks great for her age, yeah. Yeah, she's aged wonderfully. Oh, Baby Spice, a lot better than I have. She does. Doesn't she look great for her age? Yeah. She's aged wonderfully. Oh, baby. A lot better than I have. I can't remember the last time I looked like a baby. Well, you do look a little bit like a baby. Who says I look like a baby?

A big baby. A big wrinkly baby. And then we were at a place yesterday in Wellington. There was a statue of Gollum. And he's like, there you are, mate. Walking through. He's like, they've made a statue of you. I genuinely thought,

I was like, wow, they really must love Jono here. I didn't know it was Gollum. And in other news, just quickly, Matt Damon, actor, has said his biggest regret was turning down the lead role and therefore a 10% stake in the movie Avatar. So James Cameron offered it to him and he turned it down. He said, you'll never meet an actor

who turned down more money than I did. I think it was, I think Avatar made $2 billion. So he said that that's his biggest regret in film. And I mean, pray for Matt Damon because he really needs that money. Sorry, that's just me being jealous. I turned down the role of Fletch in Fletch for one of Megan

and I really regret that one to today. I mean, the successes you could have had. I know. Do you know, I'm stuck here. On 30 iconic movie roles that were turned down by huge stars, John Travolta turned down Forrest Gump. Did he? Yeah.

It's funny, when you read these out, I've sort of played this game before. You can never imagine anyone but Tom Hanks being Forrest Gump, right? Burt Reynolds, that's a bit old, mate. Shut up, Jono. Who is that? You don't need to come in and rub salt into the wound with who is that. Will Smith turned down the

Rollers Neo in The Matrix. Keanu Reeves was obviously... Winifred Paltrow was meant to be Rose on the Titanic. No way. Way. Wow. Alright, now I won't read the other 27. Because Juliet will keep going, who's that? on the Titanic? No way. Way. Wow. All right. Now, I won't read the other 27, because Juliet will keep going,

who's that? Yeah. Make me feel like a big old baby. And that is Spy. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Plenty more fun out of the warehouse. So we're at the Crossing in Tauranga this morning. Spot prizes and heaps more.

So come on down and see us. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and So come on down and see us. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono in New Zealand. This is your breakfast. With Jono and Ben's battery-operated torch tour. Broadcasting live from the Warehouse Crossing Store in Tauranga. Yeah, Kia ora.

Good morning. It's just gone 8 o'clock, and we are broadcasting from the Warehouse Crossing Store in Tauranga. And we've got some prizes to give away if you come on down to see us. Just been told we've got a bike to give away. That bike right next to you, Jono. We're giving that away? Yeah. What?

We keep turning up to these shops and they're like, have this thing and give it away. How is Stephen Tindall making a profit? How's he doing? Just pure generosity. A big red heart from a big red shed. And we've also got some training sessions with some Olympic athletes to give away. So you have to come on down to receive these. If you want a surfing lesson with Ella Williams or trampolining with Dylan Schmidt, you can win those right now as well if you come on down and see us here at the warehouse.

They're going to give personal lessons. I wonder when they'll regret saying yes to that. Probably when I just said that. Ella Williams is going to be like, oh, I've got that lesson I've got to give. Because Ben said it on the radio. Dylan will be like, I've got a trampoline with some people. That's awesome, though. I mean, how cool is that?

Very cool. Very cool experience. Because their warehouse is, of course, official supporters and sponsors of the New Zealand Olympic team. That is a money can't buy experience. You can't pay those people. I'm sure. There'd be a price on that. Everyone's got their price, mate.

You clearly do. You're sitting inside a warehouse. If I went to Ella Williams, I'd be like, if I went to $20,000, she'd probably go, yeah, I'll give you a lesson. Would she? I don't know. Have I worked into a schedule?

Yeah, maybe. You're right. Everyone can be bought, mate. We've paid a lot of hush money over the years, haven't we? Okay, so come on down and see us at the Warehouse of the Crossing. And I'll tell you what, we'll give away the bike to the cutest kid that turns up, judged by me. Oh, jeez. Don't put the kids each other like that.

The cutest kid. And I want them all lined up. And I'll go through them individually. No, we're not doing that. I will go through them individually about all their flaws. Big nose. No. Large ears.

We're not doing that. We're not. Small lips. No, we're not doing that. That's what's going to happen. The cutest kid. I will give away the bike for someone who comes out and sees us. As well as that, a really fascinating person yesterday who did the most unusual job.

This was crazy. We were just talking to her in the store and she just sort of segued into what she did for a job. Volunteered to do for a job. Yeah. And we just had to lay the recorder down on that sucker. Yeah, well you'll hear it next. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, we're at the warehouse

at the crossing in Tauranga today and they're having a lot of funanga today and having a lot of fun. We are having a lot of fun. They gave us a bike to give away this morning and so I held Jono Pryor's first annual cutest kid competition. Unsanctioned. Ben in no way wants to be associated with the cutest. It was just weird.

So I demanded that all the kids in Tauranga be brought here to the warehouse. I lined them up and then I decided who wins on their cuteness. And, you know, there were tears. There were tears. It was a harsh, it was a wake-up call, wasn't it? It was a life lesson for these kids. And so here's some coverage from the first annual Cutest Kid competition. It's not coming back.

To win this bike. Have a listen. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Jono Pryor's Cutest Kid competition. Oh, no, you're not doing the Cutest Kid competition. Bring your kids down and I'll judge how cute they are. We'll line them all up. We've got a couple of kids here. No, they haven't signed up for this.

What is your name? Molly. Pretty cute. And what's your name? Freddie. Pretty cute. Okay, so we have Molly and Freddie. Now, one of them, one of them shall walk away with the bike.

Now, who do you think is the cutest? No, look, this is odd. This is my decision. Mmm, yep, no. I can't decide. They're both so cute, Ben. Yeah, look, I would like to give them both the bike. Are you related?

Yes. Thank God. Otherwise you would have had a spreadsheet sharing the bike. Yeah, from the warehouse, you guys have got a brand new bike. What do you want to say, cute kids? Thank you. She's got her mouth wide bike. What do you want to say, cute kids? Thank you. She's got her mouth wide open. Did you not expect this?

No. What did you think you were winning in the cutest kid competition? They didn't think they were part of it. Just the honour of winning the... Oh, geez, that's a $249 bike. There we go. Wow.

Yeah, well, enjoy that, guys. On your bike? Yeah, what do you want to say to New Zealand? Go NZ for Olympics. Yeah, great. Touching words. Lovely. So there we go. To all the other cute kids, sorry you weren't cute enough. Maybe come back next year cuter.

Oh, jeez. The Warehouse, proud to sponsor today's Olympians as well as tomorrow's. We're here until 10 o'clock in Tauranga at Crossing Store at the Warehouse. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben.

8.43 on your Thursday morning. Now, to follow on from my personalised licence plate fails, there's a Hamilton lady who's a cat enthusiast and another name for a cat, and then she's got 4U. No. No. Yes. Ben Humphrey, did I send you that story?

Bee Hubs, yes. Sorry, he's got you there. That is factually correct. Hamilton grandmother, she looks after cats. Norma. Oh, it was Norma. Get her on the show to prove. I feel like I'm just trying to save my good name here on the show.

You've gone to the links you've gone to with this made-up story. But anyway, we wanted to find something. Because you said to me, we've been taking a few flights around. We're traveling around, thanks to the warehouse, visiting stores around New Zealand. And you were like, has anyone ever got on a flight and got on the wrong plane? Yeah, Trish is here from the warehouse. We're just sitting next to Trish. Lovely, Trish.

Have you ever got on the wrong plane, Trish? Never. Okay, thank you, Trish. I was like, wow, you've got on the wrong plane, Trish? Never. Okay, thank you, Trish. I was like, wow, you've got Trish over here because obviously she has. I was just throwing it out there. Fair enough. I imagine it's a thing, oh, I don't know, people have done it. You would imagine a large amount of blind ignorance would have to land you on the wrong plane

because there's just so many warnings of your ticket, for example, the person over the PA when you first sit on the plane uh the fact that maybe you're sitting next to someone and they're wearing a lei and saying i can't wait to go to hawaii and you're like what i meant to be going to gore yeah um but also it's the same ignorance that when you know when you hear stories there's about one a year where you're like a gentleman was caught driving down the wrong way of the motorway. And you're like, how is that? How did that happen?

It literally has wrong way about 30 times down the on-ramp. How have you not seen just one of those wrong ways on? I got on the wrong train once as a member as a kid. My dad sort of rushed me. In a rush. In a rush. You've got to get on the train. You're off to see your family. And then put me on the train.

And then I was midway through going, I don't think this is going to the right place. Where did he see you? It was the opposite way, it was next to me I was like, are you going to? You were just moaning to me yesterday that it was a huge bugbear with your family growing up. They were always running late for

everything. It was always a mad panic, an unnecessary mad panic. We've got to get a mad panic, an unnecessary mad panic. We've got to get there, we've got to get there. And then everything's a big stress. And if you'd left 10 minutes early. It wouldn't have been. You know how long it's going to take.

You wouldn't have put your son on the wrong train. So this is what we want to chuck out there. And I don't know if we'll get anyone, but I'll leave it under this. Has anyone actually ever ended up on the wrong flight so basically what we're asking is for people to out themselves as a complete idiot on the radio we'll have a laugh at their expense maybe they're one of the ones when you your plane there's lots of planes on the tarmac and you know you don't have to walk straight through the you know you have to walk on the on the runway maybe you walk into the wrong plane then. Maybe. Did that happen? Well, I spoke to the air steward yesterday,

and I said, do people ever jump on the runway? She said it happens at least once or twice a week, particularly in Auckland at the bigger airport. Right. She said, but more often than not, they won't take off with them, because they'll go, Sydney? Sydney?

I was meant to go to Palmerston North. But yeah I'm just reading an article here And I don't know if you'll believe me Ben Because you don't believe anything I say There was a guy I don't because it's not an article There's a guy called Wrong Way Mike

In America Who caught a flight His license plate is what's his best license plate He caught a flight from He was meant to go to Oakland in America And ended up In Auckland Oh really

In 1985 Wrong Way Mike They were even going to make a movie on it He was meant to go to Oakland in America and ended up in Oakland. Oh, really? In 1985. Wrong way, Mike. They were even going to make a movie on it? Jesus. A movie on Wrong Way Mike. What went wrong, Mike? I caught the wrong flight.

I thought it was Oakland. There's the beginning and end of that movie. Oakland, Oakland. Yeah, it sounds the same. I see how you did that. Maybe if his name was Right Way Ray, he would have had better luck. He would have got to his destination. All right, I'll have to do that.

It's 4487. As John O says before, I don't think we'll get anyone, but we'll find out next. Believe it or not, we threw it out there. Have any idiots ended up on the wrong flight? Don't say idiot.

It can happen. It can happen. Okay. Any lovely people ended up on a wrong flight by pure accident, and we've got a couple of calls right now. Now, we're not going to make fun of you at all. Sorry, G, what's the names? Mike from Tauranga.

And we've got wonderful Mike from Tauranga. Mike, how are you? Good, mate. Long time no hear. We're playing in your backyard this morning, Mike. Yeah, I know. I was going to come and see you, but I'm too busy. No, that's... That's fair enough. You've got stuff on. That's all right.

Yeah, I've got my diaries full. Yeah, man, I understand. I lived in London for a bit in the mid-'80s, right, and the boys got on a bender, and we woke up the next morning in Amsterdam, and we were trying to figure out how the mid-80s, right? And the boys got on a bender. And we woke up the next morning in Amsterdam. And we were trying to figure out how the hell we got there, right? And we think it was a boat. You think it was a boat?

She's like the hangover before the hangover, that movie. Oh, well, you started in London. Yeah, we were right in the central district of Amsterdam. And we were just wondering how the hell and what happened. Oh, boy. Thank you for your call, bro. Have a good day. You too, Mike.

That is pretty much our show. We're wrapping up here on air at the Crossing Store of the Warehouse in Tauranga. We're here until 10 o'clock. If you want to come down and get a photo with the torch, you can win $10,000. And then just got to say quickly, 12.30 to 2.30, the base store in Hamilton will be there as well with a torch and come down. Plenty more spot prizes up for grabs, and every photo that you get with a torch, you get a chance to win $10,000.

What do you think about that, Warehouse Crossing Tauranga? Woo! You always do that, but you never give anyone the heads up about that. That's Paul, producer Humphrey, he's going, It always works in concerts. Have a great day, New Zealand. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on the hits. And via the iHeartRadio app.

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