Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Were Joined By Former Olympian, Sarah Ulmer!

Episode Date: July 16, 2021

And what an iconic Kiwi she is! What's her job now? Does she still cycle at all? Does she keep her medal in her sock draw like all the other Olympians we've spoken to this week? Have a listen! She's awesome. We also spoke about the utter HURT (!!!) we've felt this week on our tour where kids have outright refused to get photos with us when their parents suggest it. Kids are the most brutally honest human beings. Finally, we caught up with Tess Barker. You may not know the name but you'll know the movement she started, #FreeBritney. She and her friend Babs started a podcast back in 2017, where they dove deep and humorously analysed Britney's Instagram account. However, upon further research into Britney's life and conservatorship, they realised just how much she was being controlled by her father. So we caught up with Tess about the current court case, whether she has personally spoken to Britney yet, and what we hope will happen for Britney. It's a goodie! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey guys, it's the podcast, we're rolling, do you know what the date is today Ben Boyce? It's the 16th of July, my gosh, know what the date is today, Ben Boyce? It's the 16th of July. My gosh. Are we in the seventh month of the year? Is July 7th? It is. Yeah, I think, yeah. You're right.

Jeez. Yeah, this year is going. Oh, my God. Slap me in a box and wrap me up and say I'm done for the year. It feels like December. Well, yeah. It's not quite. I like to check out in October.

Yeah, you do. You're like, oh, end of the year, we can't get anything done now. October's my check-out time. I might bring it up, but for July or August? August is the early check-out. Well, at the moment, we are next to the check-outs, ironically, here at the Warehouse Store in Albany. It's been a lot of fun this week, travelling around New Zealand. Thanks to the Warehouse, they're supporting the Olympics.

The Olympics are only a couple of weeks away. They're the official sponsor of New Zealand's Olympic team. They've got some sweet bucket hats for the New Zealand Olympic team too. Did you know that? You're saying it like they're sweet, but they're not sweet. No, they are sweet. No, come on. I thought it was cool.

I thought it was really cool. That was a nice guy, Ben, but he was being sarcastic. I saw on the news the other night, the Olympic team issued their uniforms and one of the items was bucket hats. I was like, that's kind of cool because bucket hats are in right now. New Zealand Olympic bucket hats. Where are we?

Yeah. David Letty, who we spoke to, the weightlifter, he was wearing one on the news the other night. So I thought it was cool. Oh yeah,

you tried to rock a bucket hat but you just weren't knocking it on the head, were you? No. You turned up to school with a bucket hat, didn't you?

Yeah. Was that the problem? I remember your kids like berating you like, Oh, God. I bought one and now my daughter's got it. It does look a lot better on it. Like a younger person than me. It's like, hey, cool.

Cool guy. I mean, that was, in terms of a midlife crisis, getting a bucket hat's not that bad. It's not like Harley Davidson or something like that. Not a Lamborghini. Not the admin like a Harley Davidson or something like that. Not a Lamborghini. Not the admin of having an affair or anything like that. No. He went out and got a bucket hat.

He worked out pretty quickly. It wasn't right for him. It moved on. And he gave it to his daughter. It moved on. I mean, a midlife crisis. If you're going to have any, I'd recommend a bucket hat. Oh, that's a safe option.

That is a safe option. A midlife crisis bucket hat. Mate, how are you? Yeah. Maybe we could bring out our own range of safe option. The midlife crisis bucket hat. Am I nearly out? Yeah. Maybe we could bring out our own range of bucket hats and say midlife crisis. Yeah. They could be the midlife crisis bucket hats.

Everyone knows what you're doing. It's an affordable option. It's not going to sink the bank or ruin your marriage. Yeah, that's a great thing. I actually saw some T-shirts. Hamish and Andy are our mates in Australia. They've got ones I was going to get you. It's got lost touch with the Common Man t-shirts.

Have they? Yeah. Oh, Ben thinks I've lost touch of the common man. And I fully agree. He says I'm getting people to do everything for me now. But what are people for? There's a person that does that for me. Yeah, I'm at the airport, and the bag's not checking in.

He's like, you've got someone to do it for you. I was like, yeah, if I didn't do that, they wouldn't have a job. And I'm keeping these people employed, Ben. He said, I've lost touch with the common man. But I tell you what, he doesn't complain when he comes into

my cotty membership at the cotty lounge. He's not complaining then as he beehives. No, I'm not. Where are you with the common men then? I'm with you.

I've stepped up in the world. Anyway, we had a fun show this morning in the warehouse, the Olympic torch tour, the battery operated torch tour. Making its way to the north, the Olympic torch tour, the battery-operated torch tour, making its way to the north, far north next week. If you want to get a photo with it, you can get $10,000 cash. But if you're listening to our podcast,

it's probably not the message for you, is it? Why is that? Well, because you're like, oh, it's very specific. Like, why am I telling those people to go and have a photo with us? Well, you can travel around. It feels like more of a radio message. It keeps going around over the weekend. No, you're right.

And everyone, when we get back, we're going to be making the draw for $10,000, which is awesome. Yeah, very fun, very fun. And today on the show, we spoke to Sarah Ulmer, a New Zealand cyclist. She was really hard case, Sarah Ulmer. Yeah.

Wasn't she? She was funny. When Ben Humphrey was booking her, she was like, geez, you're scraping the barrel there with the Olympic athletes. Oh, no, these are people that, you-Humps was booking her. She was like, geez, you're scraping the barrel there with the Olympic athletes. Oh, no, these are people that, you know, she's won gold. She's been one of the world's best cyclists. And she's like, I'm scraping the barrel.

Everyone we've spoken to has been too humble. Carolyn Evers-Wendell, she was very humble about her. She even told her kid, one of her kids who was 10 years old, found out at school that her mum was an Olympic gold medalist, which is incredible. So enjoy the podcast, and we are posing for a photo at the moment. We don't need that to put you off, mate. Keep going. Plough on through.

Maybe a little distracted. It is a podcast. It is a hit. It's Jono and Ben. Britney Spears Talk 6, 7.20 this morning. Now, I know one of your Achilles heels, Ben, is parallel parking, isn't it? It's something that you lose confidence in, don't you, as a human being when you have to parallel park.

I do particularly. If there's a cafe or people outside, forget about it. I'm not even going to parallel park. I notice you do traditionally park quite a distance from where you need to be it's a bugbear of my of my wife's as well my it's park park here but she'll circle the thing over there the westfield until get in that park close to the thing well just park this park there just walk five minutes yeah you do you like a bit of distance between you and your location uh but yeah last night we were having to go to a performance of of my son and uh there's a lot of there was no car parks around and you know you can feel as a couple you can feel pressure mounting

the longer you don't find a car you can feel the tension in the very stressful situation do you have the one where a man will join a driver i'll drive i'll drive i'll get it i'll try we'll swap over like why would we swap over in the middle of the car park that's just i will It's a very stressful situation. Do you have the one where a man will go, do you want me to drive? I'll drive, I'll drive, I'll drive. We'll swap over. Why would we swap over in the middle of the car park? That's just, I will find a park. I've never had, do you want me to drive? Oh yeah, but I'm a terrible driver, that's probably why.

But yeah, so I'm not like you. I'm not that good under pressure. Even checking my tyre pressure puts me under pressure. So we're looking around and Jennifer's like, there's one, there's one. And I had had driven too i'd gone too far past it to get into it and then i could hear you know he missed the park then thankfully i saw another one just at 50 meters ahead and granted it was a tight space but she's like you're never going to make that. And it was a parallel parking situation. It was a challenge.

It's almost like she's laid down a challenge for you right there. Oh, my God. And all the odds were stacked against me. You know when there's cars on the road and they're backed up behind you? When you're trying to reverse back? That's more pressure. That's more pressure. Oh, my God.

I can't do it. And the guy behind me who was driving behind me, he'd come in too close. And he couldn't reverse back. So I'm like, okay, there's half a dozen cars back up there. I've got a lot of pressure in the passenger seat. It's a tight space. And against all odds, in the face of adversity, I pulled off the parallel park. And with every maneuver of the steering wheel, I could feel the pressure.

From a crowd of thousands, from other motorists. I know there's the Olympics coming out. We're all very excited about that, and that's the world's best athletes, but they should have the parallel parking. Parallel parking, under pressure. Imagine that.

You can't train for it. It either happens or it doesn't happen, and there's no more embarrassing moment when you get halfway through, and you're like, I'm never going to make it. And then happens or it doesn't happen. And there's no more embarrassing moment when you get halfway through and you're like, I'm never going to make it. And then you have to pull out in front of me. I've done that many times.

But no, I made it. I rode off two cars in the process behind me and in front of me. But the main thing is I got into the park. And there was no congratulations. No. It's a thankless task, really, isn't it? You're like, oh, you're back there. And I was waiting for it. Well done. You're like, oh, you parked there. Yeah.

And I was waiting for it. Well done. Well done. You proved me wrong. I was waiting for the other motorist to honk in celebration. Nothing. Nothing happens. No, you're right.

They notice it when it goes wrong. Actually, on 7 Sharp last night, speaking about parking cars, I watched last night, they were going, nine out of ten Kiwis won't leave a note if they had a parked car. Nine out of ten. Nine out of ten. I was like, would you? Yeah, I'd like to think I would i was like would you yeah oh yeah i'd like to think i would yeah he always says i like to think i would what does that mean it buys you insurance that you're not going to do it but i'd like to think i would have but i ended up not i'm away from other cars anyways it happened to our friend bryce actually his car got dinged

in front of a few people. He wasn't at the vehicle. And there was a note on the windscreen because obviously the person who had hit the car had done it in front of a crowd of people. Oh, yeah, that's nice, writing a note. The note just said, sorry, bro. What's that?

So the person had looked like they had written their details. Sorry, bro. Jono and Ben's Torchlight of Tokyo. Hi, I'm Sarah Ulmer, former New Zealand Olympian. Heard of you. Oh, yeah. It's great to have you on the show, Sarah. You were just saying to us off air that you're like,

oh, you're scraping the bottom of the barrel. Well, no, we're not. Delving into the bowels of history. Listen, if you want to see the bottom of the barrel, come and have a chat to Ben and me. This is the bottom of the barrel for you. I mean, you're a world champ, Olympic gold winner, back-to-back Commonwealth Games gold,

Sportsperson of the Year, and now you're talking to us. You're scraping the bottom of the barrel. Happy to do so. Hey, now, listen, first question, what are you doing nowadays? I work for a charitable trust here in Cambridge, the Brian Perry Charitable Trust. They donate loads of money and help community groups and athletes make our towns and the region awesome. And so I work on different projects for them. One of our projects is a multi-purpose path along the Waikato River, about 60km from Narawaki down to Lake Karapiro.

Oh, awesome. Yeah, it's awesome. Just heaps of cool stuff in the community, really. So are you still cycling? Do you bike everywhere? You're like, oh, give me 30 minutes, I'll be there sort of thing? Actually, yeah, quite clearly. I don't do any sports cycling.

I actually don't have a car, so my bike is my transport. Oh, really? Did you feel obligated after a career to be like, I can't be seated in a car? No, I don't know. I lost the car sort of three years ago, and then I just really never needed it. And it's, you know, that's basically the exercise I get these days, so it's a good excuse to move. Don't have a car.

It's a whole three movements during the day. Now, the charitable trust that you work for now, I see a photo of you here presenting a child's bike to Kate Middleton and Prince William. Was that part of the charitable trust? Yes. And so did you give the bike for little Prince George? Did they take it back? Well, let's face it, unlikely.

You're like, carry on. It was a great photo opportunity, wasn't it? I mean, a bike is niggly to transport back to the UK, isn't it? No, I'm sure he's well sorted and all that stuff. But Velodrome, I didn't realise how steep it was on the sides.

Is it really steep? Yeah, you could probably walk up it in grippy shoes. It's a lot steeper than you think. We saw it on the news the other night, and it's quite the hill. Ben actually found a clip of you, and this is you at the Olympics. I think you just won gold, was it, Ben? Yeah, you won gold.

I think it was Athens. And after the race, you're just given everything. You can hear how sort of out're out of breath you are. Have you ever listened to this? I haven't listened to this. She's worked so hard for this moment, Sarah Ormer. And to do what she did against Katie McTeer launches her into an absolute... Your breathing sounds like someone's pumping up an airbed or something like that through that.

That sounds like me walking up the work steps every morning. I mean, you couldn't have given any more. I mean, it's such an amazing bit of footage and such an iconic, you know, the event to happen to New Zealand sport, you winning gold. But, jeez, what do you remember of that moment? Honestly, it's so long ago. Yeah,

amazing, amazing. It's just exciting. It's an exciting time in anyone's life, you know, building up for anything that's big in their life at the moment. For me, it was the Olympics at that stage. Buddy, you're screaming out for a Ventolin there, aren't you, mate? You kind of have to hope that

you're a little bit puffed at the end of the day. Yeah, you wouldn't want to be not puffed. It was such an amazing thing you did. Where do you keep the medal? Where are your medals? In a... Oh... In a... Oh... In a box in the wardrobe somewhere. You guys are all so humble.

We talked to one of the Everson Dell twins the other day and she's like, I think it's in a drawer in a sunglass case or something like that, you know? Yeah, well, you know, it's just one phase, you know? You do stuff in one phase of your life and you move on and have kids and everything else becomes irrelevant and unimportant. It's a different season of your life? you move on and have kids and everything else becomes irrelevant and unimportant it's a different season

of your life yeah different season different chapter you know now tell me the big question I want to know from you being a cyclist

my dad he's got an e-bike and he's like oh I cycle 10k's in the weekend did he? did he really on an e-bike?

I mean he did I'm all over e-bikes man absolutely he did it just took him a lot less time yeah and it was a lot easier for him.

It would have been handy to have an e-biker at the Olympics, I imagine. They are game-changing, man. They are the future. Listen, Sarah, this has been wonderful catching up with you. You're an absolute champion and I really do appreciate your time. And congratulations on the great work you're doing now. Yeah. Thanks, guys.

Thanks for having me on the show. Go to Kiwis in a couple of weeks' time. And congratulations on the great work you're doing now. Thanks, guys. Thanks for having me on the show. Go to Kiwis in a couple of weeks' time. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Morning. It's a good feeling to be here on a Friday and a good feeling to be here at the warehouse.

We're on the Torch Tour of New Zealand. Our battery-operated Torch Tour. If you come down and get a photo after 8 o'clock this morning with the torch, you'll get in the draw for $10,000. We're on the Torch Tour of New Zealand, a battery-operated Torch Tour. If you come down and get a photo after 8 o'clock this morning with the torch, you'll get in the draw for $10,000. We're located at the front door of the warehouse, in between two displays of pendants in the jewellery section. Oh, yeah, that's right. Surrounded by wonderful jewels, you know, $30 necklaces.

I said to producer B Humps, you should buy Caitlin, the mother of your child, your baby mama, buy her something nice today, mate. He's nod Humps, you should buy Caitlin, the mother of your child, your baby mama. Buy her something nice today, mate. Okay. He's nodding away, so we'll make sure he does that. Get the receipt, though. Hey, yeah. Met some lovely people along the way.

We have. It's been awesome. We had lots of fun this week, travelling around New Zealand. Shaked a lot of hands, but also used a lot of hand sanitiser. Yeah, because we... Geez, I've been mowing through the old hand sanitiser. Have you? Yeah, well, that's what I do. I mean, what day is it? Then, yes, I've been mowing through the old hand sanitiser. Have you? Yeah, that's what I do.

I mean, what day is it? Then, yes, I have been. Before and after the tour. That's what I do. How's your hand sanitiser consumption gone this week? It must be through the roof. I mean, I've seen you on an average day. Lucky the ceilings are high here at the warehouse.

But it's been lots of fun meeting people. One of the things I've really, really enjoyed is not only meeting people, but getting the occasional photo. Oh, yeah, because we're soulless broadcasters, and a photo with a fan, it just fills our tanker, doesn't it? It fills us with joy. And sometimes, because it is school holidays,

you'll get siblings come up with their parents, and one of the siblings wants to get a photo with us, which is lovely. They're like, oh, we used to watch your TV show. We listened to you on the radio. We're like, oh, that's great. But then the mum or the dad will often get a photo with us, which is lovely. They're like, oh, we used to watch your TV show. We listened to you on the radio. We're like, oh, that's great. But then the mum or the dad will often turn to the other sibling who's not as keen to get a photo. They'll go, you want to get the photo?

And its kids are so on it. No, I mean, we've lost the under five demographic. They'll look us dead in the eyes. And their parents will go, you want to get a photo with them? And they'll go, no. And then they'll hide behind their parents' legs. And then the parent feels bad for us. And then they're like, do you want to get a photo with them? They'll go, no. And then they'll hide behind their parents' legs. And then the parent feels bad for us. And then they're like, are you sure?

They come up with a follow-up question. Are you sure you don't want to follow? And they're like, no. And then they hide their faces into their parents' bottoms. Just so they can. It's happened many, many times. On repeat. It's like, yeah, it's fine.

But you're right. The parents obviously feel bad because they've like Done this question in front of us Yeah But the kids are like They're so honest They're not even like A pity photo They'll delete afterwards

They're just like No The world would be such A more brutally honest place If we all had The bluntness of Under five year olds Wouldn't you

Yeah Stuff would get done Feelings would get hurt Don't get me wrong But you'd know Where everyone stands You would You would Because you're right These kids are like There's no way They want a photo with us No Stuff will get done. Feelings will get hurt. Don't get me wrong. But you know where everyone stands. You would.

Because you write these kisses. There's no way they want a photo with us. No. And you're right. We're not going to make them. So you're like, yeah. For some reason, we're expected not to get offended. But I do. I do.

And I take those two kids to task. So you get a photo with me, kid. I don't care if you delete it afterwards. You make me feel better. It's a very humbling experience. But also nice at the same time. Because there's someone there who does want a photo. You make me feel better. It's a very humbling experience, but also nice at the same time because there's someone there that does want a photo. So it's very New Zealand. It's very mixed. So bring the kids

down this morning, make them hide behind your legs and bully them into a photo with us after 8 o'clock. Also after 8 o'clock this morning as well, we catch up with, this will be very cool, Sarah Ulmer, one of New Zealand's greatest cyclists, join us as we're profiling Name the others. There's so many, isn't there?

So many names You must know the rest of them No, I just need one It is a hit I'll come back with the list shortly Lance Armstrong Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office Those two

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits Now Britney Spears has been in the news a lot recently. The whole world feeling a great deal of sympathy towards the pop star and her treatment over the years. And a free Britney movement has started, actually, from a podcast called Toxic, the Britney Spears story. And joining us is one of the hosts of the podcast right now, Tess Barker.

Thanks so much for your time. Yeah, thanks for having me. Good to have you on. Tess, you're on Zoom at the moment and we're inside a giant department store, the wonders of technology in 2021. So cool. Hey, pick up some candles and soap for me.

I will. You just, you dame anything and I'll grab it for you and we'll send it over, mate. Now, the reason we got you on is because you guys started a podcast about Britney Spears and you're kind of comedically analyzing her instagram account but that very quickly turned into quite a serious cause about her conservatorship and i understand it all sort of springboarded off a voicemail you

received yes sort of well um when we started the podcast it was we're both comedians and the joke was that we were going to take her instagram really seriously you know and just kind of over analyze it for a half hour every week um but being aware of her conservatorship even from the onset you know we'd look at silly things like these fashion shows she were doing and be like where is everyone why isn't she leaving her house much you know so we were sort of starting to ask questions and then i have a background in investigative journalism so i had um kind of just started to become suspicious about what was going on and had found some court documents kind of indicating that the people involved with her conservatorship uh seemed to

be taking you know more money than they should and so we were talking about that on the podcast and we were contacted by a whistleblower uh from somebody who used to work for a paralegal associated with her conservatorship who eventually let us know that Brittany had been put in a mental institution against her will and that kind of kick-started the whole Free Brittany movement. Jeez so can we can we go through just to walk us through because I know as Jonathan said before we don't know as much as you and there's people probably listening right now who know even less about it if they've seen it in the news but the conservatorship, what exactly is that?

What does that mean? Yeah, so it's a legal arrangement that we have here in the United States. And in theory, you know, it has a good reason. It's supposed to be for if somebody has some kind of really serious sickness

or some kind of illness where they're truly not able to take care of themselves, you know, sometimes maybe people that are quite old are in this situation, etc. Then, and you don't have a family member who can take care of you then the court has a system in place where

they can appoint someone who's going to kind of come in charge and and take care of all your medical decisions and things like that um but yeah yeah so that's essentially what it should be but unfortunately here in the states we don't really have enough safeguards to make sure that this is really only happening from people with good intentions. And that's sort of what's going on with Britney's situation. We saw the news yesterday, apparently over a phone call with the court, Britney was crying, just saying she's just crying every day. She's had enough of this. What's the latest on the court case?

Well, some really big news yesterday uh britney got finally got to choose her own attorney after 13 and a half years in this conservatorship we know she's made multiple attempts to try to hire her own attorney the court has told her over and over again that she lacks the legal capacity to make that decision but finally yesterday she got rid of the guy who's really done nothing for her for these last 13 years and brought in this really kind of rock star Hollywood, kind of take no prisoners guy yesterday. So it's a pretty optimistic day for her case. She was very happy she was off horse riding

and doing a lot of cartwheels I saw on her Instagram as well. So she's obviously very happy with the news. Yes. And I am 39 years old like Brittany and pulling off a cartwheel at that age. Oh, there was a lot of them. Yeah. I mean, exactly. She's a one percenter in that degree too.

Oh, mate. Yeah. You've got to have a lot of confidence in your cartwheeling. So what's the hope? I mean, what's the – because the world obviously feels a lot of sympathy to Britney Spears and her situation. What do you hope will happen from this? I hope this process goes as quickly for her as possible. Britney Spears and her situation. What do you hope will happen from this? Yeah, through your movement.

I hope this process goes as quickly for her as possible. You know, we know from the reporting that we've done around the probate court system that this goes on intentionally slowly a lot of times because the slower it goes, the more all the attorneys can get paid. So I hope that now that she's got this new guy, that it goes nice and quickly for her.

And then that she has, you know, the same freedoms that I really would hope for, for any human being is just to kind of live her life the way she wants to live it and spend the money that she's worked her ass off to earn. Have you spoken to her? Was she reached out to you? Not, no,

I haven't. But one kind of funny thing happened is she reposted an Instagram post from our Instagram page a couple of weeks ago or a week and a half ago. Yeah. And she tagged us on her page. Uh, so that was, and it was like a post from like two years ago. She must be grateful for you guys bringing this to the public light. I guess so.

That was another kind of heartening thing that happened on her Instagram yesterday is she made a post kind of thanking her fans and saying, you know, how grateful she was for all the support. And then she used the hashtag free Britney. So yeah, it does seem that she is grateful for what, for all the support and then she used the hashtag FreeBritney. So yeah, it does seem that she is grateful for all the support that she's gotten. Good on you for doing this. What a lovely thing to do

and to actually follow through. And it feels like there's a lot of support. All the news footage we see outside the court, there's dozens and dozens of people. Yeah, it's very cool. And one of the FreeBritney supporters yesterday tweeted a picture that it was like him and six other people at one of her early hearings.

And so it's kind of a crazy thing to see how it's grown. There must have been a couple hundred people there yesterday, people from all over the country, people in Britney costumes, really beautiful signs up everywhere. So, you know, the Free Britney movement has also started to get actual legislation changed in the U.S. government. You know, our politicians are paying attention to what's going on so it's very surreal all right good on you well this well if you don't mind uh we'll keep in touch with you as this goes on is it a weird thing to say oh i don't know maybe but i don't know i guess i just get get my candles and my soap from the store oh yeah candles okay all right that's the deal okay all. All right. You're driving a hard bargain, Tess. I'll get you a lovely vanilla candle, maybe, and we'll keep in contact. Please, a nice one.

Yeah. Well, congratulations on everything that you've done so far. It really is awesome what you guys are doing. And if you want to check out the podcast, it's called Toxic, the Britney Spears Story. More info from Tess Barker and Babs Gray. Thanks so much, guys. Dono and Ben's Battery Operator Torch Tour. Broadcasting live from the Warehouse Albany store in Auckland.

Kia ora, good morning. It is Jono and Ben from the Albany, the warehouse this morning. The Torch Tour continues, the world tour. The Albany, the warehouse. Well, because the brand is the warehouse. Yeah. But I said Albany first, right? It's like when you say the Facebook or the Instagram. the brand is the warehouse. Yeah. But I said Albany first, right? It's like when you say the Facebook or the Instagram.

I sound like my mum. Yeah. And now, Ben Boyce, we have been doing this all week. We've been travelling throughout Aotearoa to every warehouse with our battery-operated torch. They're proud sponsors of the New Zealand Olympic team. But you just said you feel like the banner which is hanging behind us. Now, we have a hits banner. It's, you know, a bit of marketing.

You know, out there in the game, you put one of these up, it says what radio station you work for, and it's like a wall behind us. It's got the hits, the hits, the hits, the hits all over it. Although we've lost some bits in Tauranga. Yeah, we lost the feet for it at one stage, and now we've lost the top corner bits. And now it's just sort of like saggily hanging there.

Much like my pectorals do. But you said I feel like that sign behind us. Just hanging in there. Just hanging in there. It's been a big week for me and the sign but I've loved it. But I'm hanging in there. It's like a curtain that's lost its way at the moment.

But that's, yeah. There's not much left in the tank, I won't lie, but it has been a wonderful weekend to all those that have touched the torch. You have not only touched our torches, you've touched our special parts, our hearts throughout this journey. And you're in the draw for $10,000. But come on down and see us today at Albany, the warehouse, from 8 o'clock the door's open and you can get a photo with a torch,

and you go in the draw for $10,000 as well. There's plenty of spot prizes. We have got a wild radio show coming up. We're off next week, and the only reason we've been told to take annual leave is because they said this Friday show is going to be too much. They're going to need a week to recover. So we've got all black tickets to give away. We're going to be talking to two people,

Tess and Bab, who started the Free Britney movement. Now, you know, Britney Spears is trying to get loose of her conservatorship. Tess and Bab's, T and B, with J and B, after 7 o'clock. Yeah, they started the movement,

and there was a big announcement yesterday that Britney was literally doing cartwheels over. She was very, very excited. So we'll talk to them about that. It is a huge show, as Jono says, so stick around. It's going to be lots of fun. It is The Hits. Rah, rah, ah, ah, ah.

Kia ora. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is The B**** News. Now, our dear friend, producer Juliet, has scoured all of the dark corners of the internet to bring you these headlines. This is the stuff that Juliet has seen, just to get to these stories. You explain that stuff that Juliet has seen just to get to these stories. You explain that stuff, Juliet.

Honestly, actually, genuinely, yesterday, there was one story that was quite disturbing, and I was like, gosh, I wish I kind of never saw that, because I clicked on it, and it was actually just horrendous. Now I want to hear what it is. No, no, no, no. Just a few details, cherry-picking detail. No, something about crime scene investigations.

Oh, that's something that John Owen liked. I do like that. Crime investigation channel. Anyway, you've beeped out certain words from headlines. We've got to figure out what the stories are. First headline. Nine-year-old professional **** defeats dozens of adults in world competition. I'm going to just go a nine-year-old professional tiger defeats dozens of adults in a competition.

Because I'd say a tiger would beat a human. I'd go to a nine-year-old Tiger Woods. Oh, yeah, true. The nine-year-old Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods, about age three or four, was an amazing golfer, wasn't he? I'd go nine-year-old professional adult defeats dozens of adults in world adult competition. Nine-year-old professional DJ defeats dozens of adults in world competition. So she's from Dubai and she beat more than 70 adults.

She started DJing at five years old. And she's also sent out a little PSA to Will Smith to try to get them to do a little collaboration or DJ off. But it's incredible. Will Smith? I don't know. Why not? Why not? What's he got to do with any of that?

He's a rapper. He's a movie star. He's a TV star. Why not? What's he got to do with anything? He's a rapper. He's a movie star. He's a TV star. Why not? And apparently a DJ too. But it's incredible. Will Smith's not the first person I met. I love him.

Don't get me wrong. Why Will Smith? Wouldn't you go like Jay-Z or like Kanye? Why not Will Smith? Maybe he seems like he'd get back to you. Maybe he's had the email or I had the text. I'm just watching her right now on YouTube. She looks very good.

She's incredible. She kind of reminds me of, have you seen that, I think her name's Thandie and she's a drummer and she's drummed with Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters before. She kind of reminds me of a DJ version of her, like unreal talent. Now, I never know what DJs are doing. What are they doing? They're just wiggling their hands

and fingers. I don't know what they're mixing music live in between and making it sound really cool, you know, in between the songs. Otherwise you'd get the like us on the radio, you'd get the end of the song, someone would talk between, the new song would start up. They're getting it all happening. Do they play commercials as well? They're picking the vibe.

They're picking the vibe as well. So if you're not dancing, you're not up there putting your hands in the air. They're like, we're going to get something else on to get them up there. But wouldn't they have responsibility? I'd say, I couldn't do it. There's so much responsibility.

You're like, this is the song that's going to get everyone up. No, it's not. Okay, let's get another one. I would make a shocking DJ because whenever I'm in an environment where I'm in charge of the music for a group of people I get halfway through a song and I'm like oh no there's a better song and then I change it

I don't even let the song finish. But that's okay because as a DJ you'd be able to do that you'd be like oh yeah this one's better Alright the next news story. There's an app that rewards drivers for a while driving. Well for John O'Prior's sake, I'm hoping he gets sleeping while driving

because he loves a snooze on the park. A park snooze, you know? Yeah, I do. I do. I kept sleeping when we were driving yesterday. Every time we get in the car. Fall asleep. Did I make a weird noise on the way back?

You did. I thought I dreamt that. No, you didn't. Did I go, huh? Yeah, you did. I thought that was a dream. No, you didn't. You were like, herr? Yeah, you did. I thought that was a dream. No, you did. You were like a goose that was sitting next to me.

I remember thinking, yeah, but then I was going to, and then you were like, oh, no, he's still asleep. Okay. I thought I dreamt that. I was like, that's an odd noise to make. Herr. You did. You did.

We all found it a bit weird, but anyway. All right. Jono, what's your answer? I'm going to go, there's an app that rewards drivers for just raising a polite finger off the steering wheel. You know, when someone lets you in. That's good. There's an app that rewards drivers for ignoring their phones while driving. So Toyota have launched it, but at the moment it's only available in Ireland.

But I think it should definitely be made worldwide. For every kilometre driven, with the app engaged and your phone sort of face down, you earn points that are redeemable against all sorts of driving related perks so you get like subsidised parking, free coffee at your wild bean cafe, things like that. So,

I think it would be very good for this to come to New Zealand and for Jono, you to use it too. Listen, texting and driving on the motorway, that's a skill. They should put that into the advanced driving course. Texting and driving. No, I don't do that. Good, good.

You just honk like a goose. And we'll quickly do one last one. It's now legal in New York. Do you have a **** on a Sunday? last one It's now legal in New York to **** on a Sunday Oh it's now legal I thought it was illegal when you said this through before so I don't have a good answer for that one What was the answer you did?

Mow lawns. There's nothing more annoying than having someone mow their lawns on a Sunday I'm going to say it's now legal to have actual sex in the city on a Sunday in New York Okay It's now legal in New York sex in the city on a Sunday in New York. Okay. Okay. It's now legal in New York to get a haircut on a Sunday. So this was a century-old law where it was illegal to get a haircut on a Sunday in New York. No idea why this was ever introduced.

But your first fine would be $5. And then your second fine would be up to 25 days in jail. Which is crazy. Yeah, so they've finally abolished it because, you know, post-pandemic, they need all that barbers need every day they can get to get people in. So, yeah. That's great. Well, listen, thanks for some news that affects me in no way at all. Oh, yeah, true.

I appreciate that. That is some of the weird news going around the world. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

It is the hits. Jono and Ben. Friday morning here at the warehouse in Albany on our Torch Tour. The warehouse official sponsors of New Zealand's Olympic team. Can I sincerely apologise to all of the hard-working warehouse employees who have made get up and open up the warehouse for us at 4.30 in the morning. Yeah you're right, it doesn't open to

the public until 8 o'clock but for some reason they have to get up and let us in. They sort of go, oh, and we're like, sorry mate, you know, sorry, it's a bit early, we're like, oh no, we feel bad. Yeah we're bad but they're so lovely. And do you know we've had the same conversation with every warehouse employee all throughout the country we're like, sorry for getting up early, they're like it's okay, and we're like, it's a bit Yeah, we're bad, but no, they're so lovely. And do you know we've had the same conversation with every warehouse employee all throughout the country?

We're like, sorry for getting up early. They're like, it's okay. And we're like, it's a bit cold. They're like, yes, it is. And we're like, what time do you usually start? They're like, 8 o'clock. We've had that same conversation. And we do apologise.

Do you notice having toast this morning, we spoke to a lady on Monday who said, do you know the number settings on the side of the toaster? She had been informed that they represent minutes, so the amount of minutes that the toaster will be down for. So one being one minute, two being two minutes, and so on. But we tested it out on Monday, and it didn't, well, the toaster that we tried out, it wasn't. It wasn't the right, it wasn't the time. The fact wowed us in the moment. Yeah, it did.

But, yeah, no, we followed through, and there was absolutely no truth to it whatsoever. But I was having toast this morning. Why have they got a setting of, like, number six or seven? Like, who puts their toast in and wants to incinerate it on six or seven? Yeah, that's quite high, isn't it? Yeah, I've never round it round it. Yeah, it obliterates every form of toast, apart from Vogel's, that it lightly browns. So it can't have any effect on Vogel's, that six or seven.

I'm actually thinking, speaking of toast, I remember a wild hotel I stayed in in Australia for work. And I ordered, I was like, I'll just get some toast and coffee in the morning and I'll get it delivered to my room. Away for work. And they gave a toaster. They brought up a toaster. They brought the toast in. Did they have bread with it? Yeah, they put bread in it.

I was like, oh, okay, this is nice. So I put it on and then went to the shower and I didn't notice I hadn't touched the settings. And suddenly there was smoke and smoke alarm and I've just come out of the shower. Next thing I know, there's a fireman at the door with a fire extinguisher bursting around. I'm standing there in my underpants. All from one harmless piece of toast. I had to be where once the alarm goes, you've got to come out. You've got to, because there's no windows out there.

Did you have to pay for the call out for the fire service? Well, yeah, I did offer to, but they didn't charge me. But they did make me walk out in my underpants and sit in the hallway. Did you end up having a piece of toast? No. No. No toast. No toast was eaten.

Next on the show, we're going to bring you up to date with all the news that's happening overnight. Ben Boyce, give us a little teaser. Oh, there's a big protest happening today. We'll tell you more about it next. It is the hits you got, John. I'm Ben. Scrolling through your feed. All right, time to bear for Ben to give us a news flash.

And sometimes when he does flash, I see parts of his news bulletin I'd rather forget. But anyway, what's been happening overnight? Well, there's a big protest going on today, a big farming protest. Thousands of frustrated rural residents, hard words to say on radio, protesting all around the country today about some of the government policies they've had enough on. It's called the Howl of a Protest. H-O-W-L.

Happening nationwide. Yeah, right around the place. Yeah, frustrated farmers throwing their hands up in the air is what one of the headlines says. And I get it. Like, I really do get it for the rural sector. They're the backbone of this country. And it seems like as time passes on, it's becoming increasingly harder for them to just do what they do, make a living, do their job, and provide the economy with millions and millions of dollars.

Yeah, things like Ute Tax, which has obviously just been announced recently, you know, to do with trying to get everyone into electric cars or freshwater policies, battle for overseas workers, emission tradings, all those sort of things they're protesting. About seven things I think they're protesting in today. Well, because we went to the rural games in Palmerston North and the sector is trying so hard to make these changes, but it's been one way for so many years that the changes that they're making aren't going to have effect overnight. They're going to happen over a number of years.

But those changes are being implemented now. And so I get there while they're annoyed. And they're like, now you're going to tax us for our Hiluxes, mate. Mate. They sold a lot of Hiluxes at the field days recently, I think, just because that rule was coming through that maybe utes won't be able to be as easily bought in the future. Now, Producer Humphrey, you're from Fairlie, a strong rural background. What are they saying in Fairlie, mate, about this stuff?

Ropable. They're ropable, yeah. Yeah, they're ropable. Yeah, I can imagine, you know. Yeah, no, I'm not completely over it, to be honest. But, yeah, I'd imagine there'll be a few tractors on the main street. Good on them. Good on them. Yeah, well, hopefully...

Does this thing have any effect, though? Like, has the government just gone, this is what we're doing, we're not... They're not going to backtrack now, are they? They did in the 90s. They did in the 90s. I think there was a big protest. And remember that footage of the tractor going up Parliament St.

That's right. Shane Arden. Yeah. And so the government did back down after that protest. So maybe they need to drive a tractor into the beehive that gets results it does get results and just quickly Kylie Jenner you know from the Kardashian

family she's revealed her three year old daughter Stormy has her very own office and is working on her own brand she's got an office she's working on her own brand and she runs very soon apparently she attends I think it's pretty cool she attends a It is without a word of a lie.

I think it's pretty cool. She attends a lot of meetings as well, and she takes part in that. And she's working on a brand. They reckon it's going to be Baby Stormy brand, because Kylie Jenner is actually a very, very accomplished business person herself. So, yeah, they reckon Baby Stormy is going to be having her own brand. My theory, which was a wild joke two years ago. Remember when I was like, all of these artists, the musical artists, getting younger and younger.

We had Lorde, 14, Benny at age nine. Well, yeah. I don't know how old Benny is. We've got a business mogul at age three. We are going to be paying for tickets to Spark Arena to see a one-year-old. Trust me, it's going to happen in the next five years. It probably is. And that is scrolling to your feed this morning,

some of the news, making news around the world. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. The Warehouse presents Jono and Ben's Battery Operated Torch Tour. It's been the greatest tour since the Tour de France, this thing, hasn't it? It's been fun. Well, less controversy about signs have been held up, that's for sure, on our tour. We've been travelling around the warehouse stores around New Zealand

because the warehouse is proud to sponsor today's Olympians as well as tomorrow's. And we've got our battery-operated torch that we're bringing around, so come on, see us at Albany at the warehouse after 8 o'clock this morning. Get a photo with the torch. Get in to win $10,000. But a wee game that we've been playing each day on the radio. We want to play right now, Jono. Yeah, it's called the warehouse snatch and grab.

And I was talking to someone from the warehouse the other day. And they're like, do you know someone tried to walk out with a 42-inch television the other day? Really? 42 inches just out the front door. You've got to be confident in your shoplifting, don't you? Was that you? It might have been me.

Can you believe it? They were talking to you about it because you were the person trying to walk out of there. I took all my details, passed me on to the police. Hey, we've got Ange on the phone with us on 0800. It's morning now, Ange. How are you? Morning. Good, good.

We met yesterday in Hamilton. Yay! Lovely to meet you. You were asking where's producer Juliette yesterday. I know. A lot of people were asking. You got your fans out there, Juju? Oh, my gosh.

I don't know why. I remember that little kid coming and goes, where's Juju? Yeah. Oh, that's cute. Yeah. What do we call Juliette's fan club? Oh. Let's not do this live.

Let's not do this live, Jono. No, let's play the game that we're going to do. That wasn't the game. Yeah. Okay. I'm still trying to think about it. Don't, don't. Just focus.

I always thought that if I was a DJ, I'd call myself Juju on that beat. Do you get it? The Juju on that beat? Yeah, there's like that saying, Juju on that beat. Juju on that... Okay, no. Don't come up with us with your fancy millennial sayings, mate. No, no, no.

Okay, let's move on. Just started doing the Macarena. So, okay, and you get to control Jono around the warehouse store. Obviously, the catch is you don't know what he can see in front of him. You just say, go forward four steps, to the right, to the left, whatever you want, and he will grab items as he goes, all right? As long, and disclaimer, as long as it's in range for wireless microphones. Yeah.

So you're by the clothes section at the moment, Jono. Is that where you want to start off, Ange? Yeah, take it away, Ange. Hit the timer, Ju. Four steps left. Four steps left, yes. Four steps right. Oh, right, yes.

Grab, grab, grab. You've got a pair of jeans, Ange. Oh, yeah. Well done. Lovely blue jeans. Anything else? Five steps right. Yes, got it. Oh, well, you've got yourself an active sports bra. I won't get into the sizing. That's unusual, but okay.

Keep going, Jono, keep going. Ten, right. Grab now, wherever you are, Jono, grab. You've got a mini little bar heater. Oh, that's good for winter. You've got a bra, some jeans, and a bar heater. What a very unusual collection of items. It wasn't the Lego aisle, but yep. Oh, you wanted me to go to the Lego aisle?

Oh, yeah, we're past the Lego aisle on your way back up, Jono, all right? I'm still stuck in the underpant aisle. Hey, and lovely to the Lego aisle. Oh yeah, whip past the Lego aisle on your way back up, Jono, alright? I'm still stuck in the underpant aisle. Hey, and lovely to meet you yesterday. Thanks so much for popping down to see us, and we'll send out those items. Cool, thank you. More chances to win later on in the show. It's all

thanks to the warehouse. You got the hits, Jono and Ben. Live free. It is the hits, the live free travel edition. It's back, thanks to South Australian Tourism, and every Friday, which of course is today, someone Live Free It is the hits Live Free Travel Edition It's back thanks to South Australian Tourism And every Friday Which of course is today

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Do you know I once Had a koala Not a koala A kangaroo They serve kangaroos I was like a koala No it wasn't a koala I didn't mean to

I said the wrong animal it made me sound like an absolute monster yeah I was like that's cute it must be delicious kangaroo

I was like I can't move on from this I didn't like it you know what I'm like with my food oh you can't eat it yeah I know I can't eat anything

outside a steak anything that gets into your head you can't do and it was kind of like it was at a restaurant and my boss I can think of a outside a steak. Anything that gets into your head, you can't do. It was kind of like I was at a restaurant and my boss... Oh, I can think of a koala now. My boss was like, you should try that. And I got peer pressure and I regretted it every minute of it.

We've got Julie on from Auckland. How are you? Good, thank you. Sorry about that. Have you eaten a koala, Julie? No, I haven't. No one has. I've had a koala and kangaroo. Oh, mate, hey, listen. I'd definitely give it a go, but oh, I don't know.

Give it a go. She'll eat anything, mate. That's why we'll send her over there. I'd just do it, yeah. She'll eat any. You put it in front of her and she'll eat it in Australia. Oh, we're going to, Julie, we're going to chuck you in the drawer this afternoon. You could be winning $5,000.

Oh, that's awesome, guys. We've been married 40 years, the 15th, so that is extra special. I'll be crossing my fingers. Oh, 40 years. 40 years, good on you. That's the secret, Jules. What's the spice to the marriage, mate? What is it?

I think it's just, oh, I miss him when he's not with me and vice versa. And we just love doing the same things. We enjoy off fishing and just, you know, getting out when we can. Obviously, we've got grandchildren now, but we travel a lot down to visit them in Taronga. Oh, well, good on you. Yeah, but it's lovely. Just the thought of getting away would be really cool for that special number.

Good on you, Julie. If only Ben spoke about me like you speak about your husband of 40 years. Oh, I love you. Our love's gone. We've got a love list. We're just staying together for the kids. The kids being the hits audience. Thank you so much for doing that.

You sound awesome. I hope you win this afternoon, all right? I hope so, too. Well, have a great weekend. And after 7 o'clock on the show, we're going to be speaking to one of the people from the Free Britney movement. They've got a podcast on the whole Britney Spears situation because it's making a lot of news.

And if you're kind of a bit like, even like me, I'm like, I don't really understand all the details. We'll explain more after 7 o'clock. So stick around. It is this. Spy. The WhatsApp. Spy.co. is this. Do you know what, Ben? We haven't seen our radio daughter, producer Juliet, for over a week. I just hope she's eating well and looking after herself.

And that's all a parent can wish for. Thanks, Dad. Are you eating well? Yes, I am. Last night I ate a lot of pizza, which was my favourite meal of all time. So yes, eating very well. That's what Dad likes to hear. Yes.

Okay. So Lorde has moved to the United States indefinitely, and she's just filmed with Stephen Colbert in New York. And she's performing the first in-person musical performance on the Stephen Colbert show since the pandemic. So she's the first artist to do it, because they've just been doing a lot of virtual performances. And that's going to be coming out later today. She'll probably be performing her hit song, Solar Power.

But it's very exciting because Stephen Colbert, he loves the Kiwis. He loves Jacinda, Aunty Cindy. He loves Lorde, loves Hobbiton. My only fear with Stephen, our relationship, and I'm going to say it's our relationship, it's our country's relationship with Stephen Colby A chat show host Is that now he just feels obligated You know

We put it on for him in New Zealand And now Every time anything New Zealand He feels obligated To talk about us Or have us over to stay You're like I'm from New Zealand I need to stay at your house

He's going to be like That was so nice to me when I was here. That's my only fear for our area. But it's going to be awesome. I love it when a Kiwi gets on a US chat show. Oh, we do love it, eh? We love it. It's the cockles of my patriotic heart.

So good. So you said she's moved over there indefinitely. She didn't tell any of us about that. I know. Well, she's MIA off social media. So, you know, we don't really get the rig updates from Lorde, unless you're subscribed to her email chains. But, yeah, she's moved over there indefinitely.

I was having a little look. She gets hounded by fans, like, for selfies. She was walking around in a bucket hat and a mask. Like, fully, you would not know that that's Lorde, but people just still seem to recognise her. It's pretty crazy. Oh, well, she could have texted us. The least she could have done to New Zealanders going,

hey, guys, I'm going to move over. We heard nothing. Just ghosted us. And in the middle of promoting his latest song, Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran has had a bit of a COVID scare. He has come into close contact with someone who tested positive, so he has to self-isolate for 10 days, which probably isn't super ideal,

because after, what, like a two or three year hiatus, it seems, and promoting his first comeback single, he's had to self-isolate. People are wondering if it's a self-isolation scare, a COVID scare from the Euro 2020 games that he was attending. But that would be a massive cluster, literally a cluster if the COVID outbreak happened from those games games because so many

people also is also with the song they have bad habits doesn't lead you to think that you're doing all the right things uh in the covid world is it you know are you taking a two meter distance that you're washing your hands all those things you know you've got a song saying bad habits oh i don't know you should have a song sayious Habits. You know, that's the same thing that happened to Melbourne, though. Didn't they have a case? Is that the MCG? Boom. Yeah, lockdown.

So Melbourne's gone into a snap lockdown for about three to five days. They couldn't quite work it out because they would go midnight to night. There's such and such. And then we stopped flights from Melbourne at 1.59am. The hippos were like, 1.59am. It's like they went into the hippo's office and they're like, hey, mate, we've got flights to Melbourne. Pick a time.

He's like, hmm, hmm, time. Let's go 159 p.m.? No, no, no, no. In the morning. That's why you're the best hippo. We love the hippo. And that is Spy4. You can head to thehits.co.nz.

After 7 o'clock As I mentioned before This is really really fascinating A couple people from the Free Britney Spears movement Because the whole world Feeling a lot of sympathy Towards Britney Spears

And what's been going on With this whole conservatorship Yeah these two people That we're going to speak to They started the whole movement And it sort of came about by accident Yeah well explain more After 7 o'clock, but make sure you stick around for that.

It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben's Battery Operator Torch Tour. Broadcasting live from the Warehouse Albany Store in Auckland. It is. It's just gone 7 o'clock here with Jono and Ben. We are in the Albany Store, the Warehouse this morning. 8 o'clock it opens up.

If you want to come down, get a photo with the torch you can go on the draw for $10,000 and thanks to the warehouse who do affordable sports gear, easy to make your start. We've got a bike to give away and other spot prizes after 8 this morning. They have been recklessly throwing bikes out the door. I mean bike the numbers on the bike sales this month are going to be down.

I know. Giving away bikes at every place we've been to. Every location. Thanks to the warehouse. Anyway, you guys dropped me off yesterday near my house. You dropped me off sort of a couple of blocks from my house. I said, I'll walk from here. But what I didn't factor in is when you're walking with a suitcase, people look at you like you're down on your luck. You're like, oh, he's been kicked out of home,

or he's a tourist who's miscalculated how far away the airport is. You know when you walk with a suitcase? Well, yeah, because you're not in close proximity to the airport, are you? It's like the supermarket trolley out of the supermarket jurisdiction. You're like, oh, what's going on there? Why are they taking this so far away? I mean, you're pushing a supermarket around the car park, you said, with all your belongings inside of it. Oh, yeah, because I'm here.

And automatically you're like, oh, poor fella. You okay, buddy? You know, you get those sort of looks yeah yeah and a suitcase isn't a suitcase isn't made for going along the footpath i also realized as well there's little wheels along the uh the rugged footpath it's quite the uh quite the terrain to negotiate and stairs are its worst uh yeah it's worst nightmare right do you now how do you navigate a suitcase and says you just carry the whole thing and pick it up or you like down the stairs like when i first carry the whole thing and pick it up, or are you like, ka-dunk, ka-dunk, ka-dunk, down the stairs?

Oh, like when I first got my suitcase, it was carrying it, but now you're like, ah. It's like you're talking about with sunglasses. There's that period where you keep it in the case. The care factor. Yeah, and after a while, you're like, ah, that's fine. Yeah. Just my wife, Jennifer, does the same.

She's like, ka-dunk, ka-dunk, ka-dunk, down the stairs, but I'm like, she's scraping the walls. You know, she's banging into the walls. It's coming down like a wild. Anyway, I won't bring my personal issues on there. Well, clearly you have. Next on the show, Britney Spears have been in the news over the last few months, all to do with a free Britney movement that started up by a couple of people

who started a podcast, and we're going to be talking to one of them next. Yeah, Tess joins us from Tess and Babs next. She's going to tell us exactly what is this all about, what is a conservatorship, where are they at now, have they spoken to Britney, and other questions we'll try and think of in the split. Oh, it was the big news yesterday. That's all Britney Spears literally doing cartwheels.

We'll find out exactly what it is next. You got the hits, Jono and Ben. It is the hits, Jono and Ben It is the hits Jono and Ben Britney Spears Talk 6 720 This morning Now we

I know one of your Achilles heels Ben Is parallel parking Isn't it Something that You lose confidence in Don't you As a human being

When you have to parallel park I do particularly Like if it's You know If there's a cafe Or people outside Forget about it I'm not you have to parallel park i do particularly like if it's you know if there's a cafe or people outside forget about it i'm not even going to parallel park i notice you do traditionally you like park quite a distance from where you need to be it's a bugbear of my of my wife's as well my there's a park park here but she'll circle the thing over there the west

field until get in that park close to the thing well just park this park there just walk five minutes yeah you do you like a bit of distance between you and your location. I do. But, yeah, last night we were having to go to a performance of my son, and there was no car parks around. And, you know, you can feel, as a couple, you can feel pressure mounting the longer you don't find a car park. You can feel the tension in the car.

It's a very stressful situation. Do you have the one where a man will go, do you want me to drive? I'll drive, I'll drive, I'll drive, we'll swap over. Why would we swap over in the middle of the car park? That's just the, I will find a park. I've never had, do you want me to drive? Oh yeah, but I'm a terrible driver, that's probably why.

But yeah, so I'm not like you. I'm not that good under pressure. Even checking my tyre pressure puts me under pressure. So we're looking around and Jennifer's like, there's one, there's one. And I had driven too, I'd gone too far past it to get into it. And then I could hear, you know, he missed the park. Then thankfully, I saw another one just 50 metres ahead. And granted, it was a tight space. But she's like, you're never going to make that.

And it was a parallel parking situation. It was a challenge. It's almost like she's laid down a challenge for you right there. Oh, my God. And all the odds were stacked against me. You know when there's cars on the road and they're backed up behind you? Oh, that guy car, that's more pressure. That's more pressure. That's more pressure.

Oh, my God. I can't do it. And the guy behind me who was driving behind me, he'd come in too close. And he couldn't reverse back. So I'm like, okay, there's half a dozen cars backed up there. I've got a lot of pressure in the passenger seat. It's a tight space. And against all odds, in the face of adversity, I pulled off the parallel park.

And with every maneuver of the steering wheel, I could feel the pressure from a crowd of thousands, from other motorists. I know there's the Olympics coming out. We're all very excited about that. And that's the world's best athletes. But they should have the parallel parking. Parallel parking. Under pressure. Imagine that.

You can't train for it. It either happens or it doesn't happen. And there's no more embarrassing moment when you get halfway through and you're like, I'm never going to make it. And then you have to pull out in front of me. I've done that many times. But no, I made it. You know, I rode off two cars in the process behind me and in front of me.

But the main thing is I got into the park. And there was no congratulations. No. It's a thankless task, really, isn't it? It's a thankless task. You're like, oh, you parked there. Yeah. And I was waiting for it. Well done.

Well done. You proved me wrong. I was waiting for the other motorist to honk in celebration. Nothing. Nothing happens. No, you're right. They notice it when it goes wrong. Actually, on 7 Sharp last night, speaking about parking cars,

I watched last night. They were going, 9 out of 10 Kiwis won't leave a note if they had a parked car. 9 out of 10! 9 out of 10! I was like, would you? Yeah, I'd like to think I would. He always says this, I'd like to think I would. What does that mean? It buys you insurance

that you're not going to do it. But I'd like to think I would have but I ended up not. I'm away from all the cars anyway anyways it happened to our friend bryce actually his car got dinged in front of a few people he wasn't at the vehicle and there was a note on the windscreen because obviously the person who had hit the car had done it in front of a crowd of people oh yeah that's nice writing a note the note just said sorry bro That's nice, writing a note. The note just said, sorry, bro. What's that? So the person had looked like they had written their detail.

Sorry, bro. We got five words, $5,000. You can win five grand in 20 minutes' time. It is the hits. Jono and Ben. 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. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. The hits've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads. It is the heads. Jono and Ben.

Friday morning at 7.30. Broadcasting this morning out of the warehouse in Albany. Come on down after 8 o'clock. Plenty of spot prizes as well as get a photo with our torch and go in the draw to win $10,000. Normally we broadcast from a building in town. My daughter Sienna, she's like, I love coming in to work with you. You've got such a flash work building. I'm like, that's cool. What do you like about the work?

She's like, you've got a vending machine. Oh, she loves that vending machine. Every time Sienna's in, first question is can I get something for the vending machine? I was like, is that the flashiest thing about the work? She's like, yeah. For her, that's the biggest work perk that we've got is that we have a vending machine at work.

I know you don't, well, you don't really give the vending machine enough credit as an adult. So you don't respect it enough. No, you're right. It's always there for you. But you know, really, you're right. You know, I don't even go, oh man, that's the biggest work perk that I've got is access to a vending machine. But maybe it is. It's the entire dairy in one convenient box.

And you never let her get anything, though. That's the thing. She's like, can I get something from the vending machine? And you're like, maybe. You're like, taunt her, taunt her a lot. She's like, I bought my own money. I'm like, I don't want you spending your own money on that. She's like, well, can I spend yours?

You're like, no. So then she's like, where are we? Where are we? What is this standoff? Sort of no man's land in the middle there. But having a vending machine is a really good work perk at this job. And you know another great work perk, and I've realised this, that it only happens because we're on the road,

is that for some reason people around us here at the warehouse feel obliged to deliver us breakfast here when we're outside of the studio. Yeah, and it's lovely, isn't it? We get given breakfast every day. You name a bap. We've had all types of baps this week. Scrambled eggs, eggs with bacon. It's been wonderful.

What have we had? Panini. Paninis. Panini. We had lattes. People just bringing us. I know. It's a great work, Perk.

We had scrambled eggs. You like scrambled eggs. I know, scrambled. Yeah, I'm getting a bit overboard with it now. And the cafe next door gave us the plates. Yeah. They brought in plates. What even?

To the warehouse. I might demand something with truffle oil on it this morning. I spilled mine on my lap. Did you see that? I did. Yeah, you greasy. You greasy eggs. I had to wash my gear last night at home.

For some reason, I don't know why, why do you as a producer, Bee Humps, feel obliged to provide us breakfast outside of the studio, but in the confines of the studio, we get nothing. Well, you can have Wheat Bix at home before you come to work normally, and when you're on the road, you know, it's all about just pumping up the tyres,

so to speak, you know? You just want to give you guys a bit of more pep in your step. Oh, that's a hell of a perk, and I want to thank everyone who has done that this week, from the bottom of my heart. My high cholesterol heart. We'd choose you eat like a king when you're on the road. Oh, that's pretty wonderful. I don't even know what kings eat like, but we've been eating like them.

They're eating paninis every morning. So we want to know right now, and I'll enter the hits for 4487, work Perk, what was the best work Perk you've ever had or you currently have? Can you beat a vending machine or a BAP? Or paninis, Egg paninis. I'm sure you can. We've set the bar very low, but we're very easily pleased. My only complaint about having breakfast

is navigating a breakfast radio show while trying to eat breakfast. That's the only downside to eating breakfast while hosting a breakfast show. OK, 0800, that's now. We've got up for grabs from All Black Tickets actually. They're playing in the Tron tomorrow night. Big night in the Tron. LAB playing as well.

Oh, it's going to be awesome. Yeah, the All Blacks taking on Fiji. So we have a double pass if you want to join us on New Zealand's Breakfast right now with your work perk. We'll give that double pass away to one of our callers next. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. And running, running, and running, running, and running, running. It is the hits.

Jono and Ben. Friday morning at 7.37. We're talking work perks. And another work perk that we've got right now is a giveaway, a double pass to the All Blacks game against Fiji. Happening tomorrow, Waikato. Thanks to our mates at Steinlager, official sponsors of the All Blacks. You always call these people our mates.

I've never once met them. He's always referring to all that. They're my mates. They're my mates. Who? What are their names? Mate, the mates. They don't want you to know.

That's why they're... So we're talking work perks. And, you know, we've had some wonderful work perks. This week we've got to meet many great New Zealanders, haven't we? I can't vouch for them all. Some of them may have done some horrible things in their life, but most of them seem pretty good. And also another work perk,

we get to hear Pink's entire back catalogue every morning on the radio. That's right. Not everyone gets to do that. And we're going to go to the phones. 0800, that's the telephone number. We'll start off with Patricia. You're on New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you?

Trish. Why can't I hear Trish? Patricia, are you there? Oh, no. Dammit. Classic Patricia. I expected this from Patricia. Every time we get her on, leaves us in the lurch.

She does. Makes us look like an inferior show talking to ourselves. James, we'll go to you. Welcome, Morena. Morning, Matt. Good to have you on, James. What's your work perk? I used to be a road marker, painting all the lines on the road.

And as we'd go through the towns that we used to travel to we'd pull into the fish and chip shops or the bottle loads and ask if they want me in car parks touched up and exchange for free fish and chips or a box of eggs. Really? Oh that is great. Now I've always wondered with the road marking in the painting are you freestyling it or is it like on a computer setting? Oh freestyle mate just a little trolley that you sort of push along behind your truck and, yes, just a... Yeah, I'd say a lot of pressure on that job. I imagine when it goes bad, it goes bad.

Oh, yeah. It's a bit narrow here. Have you ever, like, spilled paint over the entire road? Oh, yeah, pretty much. The whole strip of road has a little dribble down at one stage. The whole of Vegas. Well James, we're going to give you a double pass to the All Blacks game tomorrow

they're taking on Fiji. Thanks to Steinlager you can go along my friend. Oh, massive. You can paint some lines the entire way from Rotorua all the way to Hamilton. You can do the ones on the field as well if you feel like you want to. I don't know about painting lines, Johnny. We all know what James is talking about.

Writing lines. Yeah, writing lines. He's got to keep a documentation of his night. A little scoreboard, a little score sheet. Lionel Barrett, three points. Good on you, James. Have a wonderful weekend. Enjoy the rugby.

We'll get Rachel on the air. Welcome, Rachel. How are you? Good morning. I'm good, thank you. How are you? Good, thank you'm good thank you, how are you? Good thank you very much, what's your work perk? Well it wasn't mine

I actually texted him with an anonymous text a few days ago and I was running back about it I used to see a cop and I decided one night when I was awfully drunk and out in town

that I wanted to go see him knowing that he was working on the cells. And so I managed to get myself arrested so that I could go and see him and get a little bit of fun. Oh, really? That is a flawless plan, apart from the fact that you now have a criminal record. Well, I managed to escape the record. I did go to court, but I managed to escape the record.

But it was all worth it. Let me just break this down. You're out in town. You're dating a cop. You realise he's back at the station. You want to go and spend some time with him. So you're like, okay, well, I'll get arrested while they're waiting until he finishes his shift.

Yeah, okay. When you've had a few drinks, that's probably the best plan. Sorry? They're always saying you get better work stories in the police force. Oh, listen, I did ask some cops that I saw out if they would just arrest me, and they said no. So I had to figure out another way to get

in there. And what did you do to get arrested? Well, I was actually, I was behaving, but I had some guy just randomly start abusing me, hurling abuse for being fat, and he's like, run fatty, run, but you can't catch me, so I said, want to bet, mate? Oh, that's terrible.

It was horrible, but I chased him, and I caught him in the middle of the street, and I punched him in the face, and it started a shiver. Oh, jeez. I was lying down the road and the car nearly hit me and I ran out in front of them, slapped the car, carried on, went to get the guy again. Next thing I saw, three cops trying to get me down.

Wow, what a night. What a wild, wild night. Shave some down the road in person. Thank you, Rachel, for your call. We get your chance to win five grand very shortly. It is the hits. You got John on Ben. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away win five grand very shortly. It is the Hits. You've got John on Ben. 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 on the Hits. Match all five words and you'll get $5,000. Yeah, that's right. So let's end the week on a good note. And I'll tell you what's not in here on a good note. This outfit that we've been wearing every single day.

Unwashed these track pants. I washed mine last night. Did you wash yours? Yeah. Yeah, I regret it. I'm feeling like these clothes are wanting to retire. They're regretting their career decision. My body has made them second guess their career decision.

But we'll get Holly on the air. Welcome. How are you? Good morning, The Hits. Good morning, The Hits. Lovely to have the Holly with us. How's your week been, Holly? No, I've made this awkward.

Now, Holly, you've got a big decision to make right now. You need to decide, Jono or Ben, who do you want to head away to probably the women's clothing aisle or somewhere or the toys away so we can't hear? Who do you want to send? Well, I've been listening to you guys all week and I've heard Jono on the line, so today I'm going to go with Ben.

Okay. She's heard Jono disappoint the masses all week, so now it's Ben's turn as he heads off. Go grab Holly something nice as well, mate. While you're out there, I'll get him to pluck something off the... What are you like? You got kids, Holly? Yes, I do.

I have a 15-year-old teenager. She's got 15 kids. Oh, yeah. No, I have one 15-year-old teenager. Oh, no, she's got a 15-year-old, not 15-year kids. So something in the realm of that in the toy aisle. Okay, let's match up five words, eh, Holly? Please, fingers crossed.

First word that comes into your noggin When I say flush Did you say that again? Sorry Flush, F-L-U-S-H Toilet Word number two For Holly As she embarks on $5,000 Pedestrian

Crusty Sorry, I'm typing these in as I go And I'm not a quick typer on $5,000. Pedestrian. Crusting. Sorry, I'm typing these in as I go and I'm not a quick typer. You can do it behups, okay? I'm a one finger typer, Holly. I'm not very good. Yeah, I'm the same. I'm one hand, so. Yeah, one hand, one finger. Slow process.

Alright, let's get to word number three. Toddler. Oh, can I come back to that one? Okay, pineapple is the fourth word. Lump. Lumps, nice. And the first word that comes into Holly's head when I say heater. Warm. Warm, okay, not warmth.

Sorry, I couldn't hear you. It's just warm. Yeah, it's just warmth. Warmth. Warm. Okay, not warmth. Sorry, I couldn't hear you. It's just warm. Yeah, it's just warmth. Yeah, with a T at the end. Yeah, chucking the th on the end. And we're going to go back to word three, which was toddler. Oh, shh. There's a couple that come to my mind.

Yeah, I've got toddler. Oh, there's. Oh, sorry. I'm just going to go with feet. Booster? Feet or seat? Yeah. Toddler seat. Yeah, no, no, that makes sense. Yeah, toddler seat. I thought you said toddler feet. And I was like, well, that is some creative, out-of-the-box thinking. All right, those are your five words. We'll bring Ben Boyce back from the toy aisle. He does actually look like a little child wandering around the toy aisle as well.

What did you get, Holly? Oh, I found a Monopoly New Zealand edition. I thought that would be nice, wouldn't it? Oh, cool. Nice, nice. Oh, there you go. Ironically, that's the only property New Zealanders can afford now. Yeah, you're right. Is the land on the Monopoly. Oh, no, you can Ironically, that's the only property New Zealanders can afford now. Yeah, you're right.

Is the land on the north. Oh, no, you can't buy any of the places. It's all out of touch. Basically, you can't afford any of the properties. You need to get a mortgage before you can buy it. Okay, Holly did pretty well with the five words. We'll see how you go match up and win $5,000. No pressure. She's got 15 children. Oh, jeez.

First word, flush. Toilet. Bang. How are you feeling, Holly? Nervous, but you got this, you got this, Ben. Okay, okay, here we go. I've got indigestion, if anyone wants to know how I'm feeling. Pedestrian, second word.

Crossing. Oh, my gosh. That's good. I feel like you're flying it on nicely. Yeah. I mean, the first two we usually breeze through. This is the turning point. Word number three. Toddler. Kid. You were stuck on that word, weren't you, Holly? She ended up saying seat. Toddler seat, yeah. Child, kid was probably my... Yeah, she's one of those words that Ben Humphrey chucks in our producer. Yeah, I know.

He's got a smug look on his face. He's like, I knew you'd fall over on that one. That's his look. That's his look. That's his look. Fourth word was pineapple. Or lumps. And heater was the fifth and final word.

Oh, heater. Gas. Three out of five for the Friday. Our dream of ending the week on a good note has not happened. It's a bum note. It's going to be a depressing bleak show. I'm sorry, Holly. From this point on, hey, you go and have a good weekend.

And, hey, the plus side, you've got Monopoly, the New Zealand edition. Awesome. Thank you, guys. Thank you, Ben. You can have a good weekend too. She's got some form of money. Yeah. Monopoly money.

Monopoly money. There's definitely $5,000 in there. That's for sure. After 8 o'clock, we've got more tickets to give away to the All Blacks. Thanks to Steinlager. So you can win those.

Very surely it is that. Ben's Battery Operator Torch Tour. Broadcasting live from the Warehouse Albany store in Auckland. Yes, the doors have just opened here at the Warehouse in Albany. We'll be here for the next hour if you want to come on down and see us. Get a photo with our Battery Operator Torch we're taking around New Zealand and go on the draw to win $10,000. As well as some really cool spot prizes this morning here at the Warehouse.

They've got some amazing sports gear. We're going to give some of that away this morning. That's right. We are indeed. But thanks to Steinlager, too, we've got two tickets to the All Blacks. They're taking on Fiji tomorrow night in Hamilton. And we're going to do this game. It's a callous game, isn't it?

It is. You don't like it. No, but you're very good at moving this game forward. So we're going to call it the full 80 because rugby is normally played for a full 80 minutes. Thanks for mansplaining that. We're going to play this game for 80 seconds. And so you just give us a call

under the hits and you can talk to us about anything at all. Just try and keep us on the line. And if you are the person on the end of the line at the end of the full 80, 80 seconds, because of course rugby is played for full 80 minutes, but ours is... Oh, so is it. Then you will win...

Over how many halves? You'll win the double pass to the All Blacks game in Hamilton tomorrow night. Now, I want a disclaimer. This game is not for the faint-hearted. Now, you can get on the phone, you can do a talent, you can sing, you can tell us a story, a joke, whatever, but as soon as I lose interest I brutally hang up on you

You do it for comedic purposes too, don't you? That's what I like to say, I'm like Simon Cowell with a conscience I feel really guilty at the end of this But you still do it anyway I'm sorry, I should have said that, you're out I know, every time I do this, my approval rating goes down with the New Zealand public

but that's the game He's like the Judith Collins of radio What, I'm going to be out soon? I know, every time I do this, my approval rating goes down with the New Zealand public. But that's the game. He's like the Judith Collins of radio, isn't he? What, I'm going to be out soon? Oh, I know, I was just thinking your approval rating is not as good as it could be right now. I'm certainly not the preferred Prime Minister at the moment. There was no digging here. But if you want to give us a call right now, 0800 THE HITS, you've got a double pass to the All Blacks in the Waikato Stadium tomorrow night.

You could be winning that next. Strax Project 660. It is New Zealand's breakfast, 8.06, on your Friday morning. Okay, we're giving away some All Blacks tickets thanks to Steinlager. Tomorrow night, All Blacks taking on Fiji and Hamilton. And this is a pretty callous competition, soulless competition. It's called the Full 80. Whoever's on the phone at the end of the 80-second timer will win the tickets.

Whatever you do to keep us on the line, that's over to you, whether it's a talent, a song, or whatever. Or just having a chat, whatever you want. Oh, 800 the hits is the phone number, and you could be winning a double pass to the All Blacks tomorrow. Yeah, now, yesterday I also held another brutal in-store competition here at the warehouse in... Where were we yesterday? Tauranga. It was New Zealand's cutest kid.

And I said, all the cute kids in Tauranga come down, line up, one of you will win a bike, and have you ever had to tell a toddler that they're not cute enough? Sorry, you're no longer in the running to be New Zealand's cutest kid. It was a weird competition. Ben wanted no part of it. But, you know, there were tears. Mainly from me.

It's good they learn they're not cute at a young age. It's better to learn that earlier in life. All right, Juliet, we'll start the timer, matey. 80 seconds is on the clock. Our first caller, Andrew, welcome. Hey, how are you? I'm alright. We're going to talk a little bit about health and fitness.

You guys... I'll tell you what we're going to talk about, Andrew. A big buzzer. Hit the buzzer. Hang up on him. The health and fitness is good. He can come back at the end of the line. Ring back. Ring back. John, you're on. Hang up on him.

No, no. No, no. Hit the buzzer. I want to hear what you have to say. No. No. Tony. No, ring back.

Ring back, you guys. Tony, you're on the air. Tony's gone. Hang up on him. Buzzer. Hannah. Welcome to 0800 The Hits. Oh, this is such a brutal game.

What's your talent, Hannah? So we're going to talk streaking, because I know this is something that I reckon most of you are into. She's trying to play to my sweet spot. And I know, I can see through her game. No, streaking. You want to hear about streaking, Jono? I'll tell you what I'm going to talk about, hanging up on Hannah.

No. Roy, you're on the air. Let's go to Roy. I've got a question for you. Is banana bread a cake or a bread? Don't try and bamboozle me with banana bread questions. Is it a cake or a bread? It's called bread.

Hang up on him. Hang up on him with his quirky internet questions. That was really good. Is it a cake or is it a bread? Who have we got? We've got Andrew. Has Andrew got back through? Andrew?

He's gone. So we go to the next caller, who I understand was Hannah. Still on the line. Woohoo! I'm back! Hannah, you won the tickets! Yes! Oh, she was talking streaking! She managed to come back round for a second

loop, and you've taken away the double pass. I might have to do some streaking. She managed to come back round for a second loop, and you've taken away the double pass. Legend. I might have to do some streaking. Okay, that's the deal. We'll give you these tickets. No, we're not having any association with that. You put John O'Byrne the hits on your back?

Oh, no. No, no. Tomorrow night. No, no, no. No, no, no. Yes, yes, yes, yes. No, no, no, no. One of us is saying no.

Hang up on her. Hang up on her now. Hang up on her. I'm hanging up on her now. Bit of street talk for the show. No, no, no, no. One of us is saying no. Hang up on her. Hang up on her now. Hang up on her. I'm hanging up on her now. Bit of street talk for the show. No, not the street talk we want. The street talk. Thank you very much, guys.

Really appreciate it. Hannah, enjoy the rugby in the Hamilton, okay? Cheers. Thank you. Plenty more giveaways. Thanks to our mates at the Warehouse. Very shortly, we've got a blanket to give away here at the Warehouse Albany. Now I feel guilty and regretful after that.

You're brutal. I always have this feeling after that game. I know. It's like you went in there, um, um, um, and you hung up on someone. I was like, what is he doing? It is the Hits. You've got Jono and Ben.

Don't worry. There's only one year to go on their contract. And next year, we'll make them pay us to do the show. Would you do that for the show, Ben? Oh, well, maybe. We'll see. The Hits with Jono Would you do that for the show Ben? Maybe We'll see It is a hit Jono and Ben are travelling around the warehouse

Stores in New Zealand on our battery operated torch tour And the warehouse have some amazing sports gear For sale at the moment We want to give some of that away right now Yeah We've been out here changing lives Haven't we? Nothing short of a miracle

The stuff we've been doing I don't want to say Jesus-like Don't, don't Okay, I won't say Jesus-like It might be a little bit offensive But you know, every warehouse that we've gone to The warehouse have kindly Donated us a bike

A bike to give away? How cool has that been? Around the country And what is your name, little man? Sayan Pardon? Sayan Sayan, how are you? And what is your name, little man? Sayan. Pardon? Sayan.

Sayan. How are you? And what's your name? Liana. Sayan and Liana. You see that big bike in front of you right there, guys? Yes. You see that, mate?

Yes. What if I told you you haven't won it? Oh, no. No. You've won the bike. You've won a bike. You've won a bike. Thank you. Silence.

Okay, we'll do a take two. Take two. I'm going to go, sorry that I told you I didn't win the bike. You made it quite confusing. Have I won a bike? Have I not won a bike? Okay, I'm going to go, you've won a bike, and we're going to scream, okay? Guess what, kids? You've won a bike. Yeah! I want the bike! You love the

bike? Can you just say, John, I'm being changed my life? John, I'm being changed my life! I'm being changed my life! Changing lives! Oh, it's actually, that's thanks to the warehouse. They have affordable sports gear, easy to make your start. They are the proud sponsor of today's Olympians as well as tomorrow's. And right now, we're changing lives. Changing lives. Now, do you want to say Jesus? No, don't, don't.

It is a hit. You've got John O'Meara. It is a hit, John O'Meara. Friday morning, 8.30, we're broadcasting from the warehouse in Albany this morning. So come on down and see us. We've got plenty of spot prizes to give away. And if you get your photo with our battery-operated torch,

you get in the draw for $10,000. But it's school holidays at the moment. And yesterday afternoon when I got back there, I was hanging out with my daughter Sienna for a little bit. And she's on school holiday. She had a song, first thing I want to say, she had a song stuck in her head, which was a skit that we made on YouTube

when our TV show ended. Goodbye forever, Jono and Ben. We're never going to see you on TV again was the lyrics of the song. She had that in her head. It was like an obituary, wasn't it? Yeah. And I was like, well, could you please stop singing that song

because it's cutting a little deep. Goodbye forever. Jono and Ben. It's a catchy song. We're never going to see you on TV again. It's a really catchy song. And so I was little deep goodbye forever it's a catchy song we're never gonna see you on tv again it was really and so i was like hey why don't you let's do something what do you want to do she's like well i want uh i don't don't have any money i want some pocket money can i can i earn some money i was like yeah sure we'll find we'll come up with a job for you to do and so i was like what about the dog no then when the kid when the kids like i

want to earn money and then you enter into a negotiation about what jobs they want to do they don't want to do anything they just want the money yeah so i was like well hey we need to pick up the dog the dog's business the excrement yeah in the backyard okay how about we do this and a little bit of beans too so i was like hey all right this is two dollars two dollars you can go out and you can you can pick that up you can get rid of that that, and that's a $2 job. Is it a $2 per package? Well, this is the thing.

This is the thing. I was like, $2 for the whole job, you go out there. So she went out there, and I was sitting inside. You're undercutting her. You're lowballing on this negotiation. She's a kid, she's a kid. So I was like, $2, go out there and pick it up. And I was enjoying it for a while,

because I could just hear her walking around the backyard with a spade going, uh, uh. So I was enjoying the fact that she was. That is worth $2. I was like, well, I would pay more for that. But anyway, she came back in and she was like, all right, this is not working. I was like, oh, what's going on? She's like, we need to come up.

Uh-oh, I think we've lost Jono and Ben. All right, we'll play the next song and we'll come back next. It is a hit. It's Jono and Ben broadcasting from the warehouse in Albany this morning on our Torch Tour. Now, I was halfway through a story before and the audio equipment cut out. You told me the end of that story and that was the greatest story I think broadcasting will ever be graced with. But you can't tell it again. No, I can't recreate it.

I can't believe she ended up doing that. I know, I know. And you won all that money? That was wild. Out of nowhere, but anyway. And it's Jono and Ben on your Friday morning, and thanks to our mates at Skinny Wands, it makes some people happy. Happy, happy, happy, oh. It is a Friday.

It's school holidays. There's plenty of reasons to be happy, but I went under the hits. Why are you happy? And we want to reward a few people with $100 Pack and Save vouchers and a $50 Skinny credit from our friends at Skinny, the people with the happiest customers around because their prices are low. Yeah, Skiddy got low prices, happy customers. We've got low morals and dissatisfied customers, but somehow

it works, doesn't it? Now, I'm going to go randomly around the warehouse and do what New Zealanders love best, is being put on the spot. Ben's like, this never works. But I do love how you persist on that. That makes me happy. What do you reckon, warehouse?

Again, that's never landed. No, because you know love how you persist on that. That makes me happy. What do you reckon, warehouse? Again, that's never landed. No, because, you know, people don't know that you're talking anyway. Yeah, never at a... Okay, now there's a man walking in with a high-vis vest. I'm going to accost him and ask him what's going to make him happy this weekend. Hello, my good sir. Have you got time for... No, no, he's walked into the sushi shop there.

Hello, my good madam. My good madam. What is your name milady? It's Sharon My name is Jonathan And I want you to tell me why you're happy this weekend Because the sun's shining And it's bloody awesome

And there's lots of rugby going on You know why I'm happy? Because Sharon's in my life What a charmer Sorry Sharon This ride's taken Lovely to meet you Sharon Why don't we just witness?

I don't know Why don't we witness? We'll witness some bandit with bat list mate What else do you want from me? I'm out here doing my thing 0800 HITS is the phone number What is making you happy this weekend? We can hook you up Thanks to Skinny Dex on the hits is the phone number what is making you happy this weekend we can hook you up thanks to Skinny Dex

on the hits it is the hits Jono and Ben we're broadcasting out of the warehouse in Albany on our battery operated torch tour of New Zealand thanks for so much fun here at the warehouse and the fun doesn't stop here Ben the torch tour continues on next week making its way to the top of the

North Island. If you get a photo with the battery-operated torch, you're in the draw for $10,000 for the Olympics. New Zealand Olympic team sponsored by the warehouse. It's awesome. We want to make a couple of people happy before we head into the weekend. Thanks for our other friends at Skinny, the people with the happiest customers around because the prices are low.

Now, Juliette, off air, I demanded, I said, Juliette, write the names of the callers in the sheet. Oh, I forgot to do that, didn't I? And you've let me down again, mate. I don't know. You've publicly made an example of it, Al. What's meant to be a happy segment.

I've phoned the NZME board. We're going to have a meeting after the show. Here we go. We've got Susan from Wellington. Susan. Welcome. We'll bring a representative, Jude. Susan, you're on.

How are you? I'm not too bad, thanks. Now, what's got you happy this weekend, Sue? Oh, I'm kicked out with friends, got an engagement party, so I've hit the town. Sweet, so I'm bragging about it, Susan. You're going to have a bolter. You look after you.

Are we going to send you out something? Yeah, $100 package, they vouch out a a $50 Skinny credit coming your way. Thanks to Skinny. Tanya, you're on. What's making you happy this weekend, babes? Hi, how are you? That made it weird, didn't it? Yeah, that made it weird.

What are you doing this weekend, Tanya? It's my birthday on Tuesday, and my son comes home tomorrow for a week. So he'll be here for my birthday on Tuesday. So I'm looking forward to that. It's your birthday. We're going to party like it's your birthday. Prize is coming your way. Thanks to Skinny.

And one more. Let's go quickly. Sophie, what's got you happy this weekend, mate? Oh, hey, how's it going? Sorry, I'm not going to ask that. My boyfriend and I live with my parents and my sister, and it's quite snuggly, right? But this is the first weekend that my parents are going away

and my sister's going away. We're saving up to buy a house. It'll be about five years. Look out. Strip yourselves in. Oh, jeez. Get the dental wipes. It's our first weekend that we're going to be out of the house.

Okay, we're wrapping that up. It is. Okay. Good on you, sir. Have a great weekend. We'll get you out a $100 pack and save out. You'll be spending that on cleaning products. That is a hat to you, John Owen Baird.

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