Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Which farm animals did Nadia Lim name Jono and Ben

Episode Date: May 4, 2022

We have a cowboy on the show, new Masterchef NZ Head Chef Nadia Lim named which of her farm animals of Jono and Ben? Everything you need to know about the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala.Jono caused a right mess at a shop, your crash calls did not disappoint and we chat with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. It is the podcast, welcome to May the 4th be with you. Oh, is it May the 4th? We missed it. We've been on journey all day and have not done May the 4th. May the 4th be with you, Belle. You knew this, you just didn't want us to go pun. I forgot about it today, I thought about it maybe yesterday. Yeah, May the 4th be with you.

My daughter asked me a couple of days ago, do we do anything for May the 4th? Turns out our radio show doesn't. Yeah, and I was like, what do you mean? And she's like, don't people make jokes about May the 4th birthday. My daughter asked me a couple of days ago, do we do anything for May the 4th? Turns out our radio show doesn't. Yeah, and I was like, what do you mean? She's like, don't people make jokes about May the 4th? And I was like, yeah, they do. Normally we just post an old photo of us in Star Wars costumes from a skit we'd done once upon a time. Oh, you can do that today.

The Met Gala was on yesterday too, speaking of costumes. And Belle Crawford, who had the costume of the day? Oh, you've got to say Kim Kardashian, because she was wearing the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress, only worn by

Marilyn herself, to sing happy birthday to the president, John FK, and it was, oh, it's a beautiful, stunning gown. It was $10 million. It would have smelt, you know, old clothes would have smelt all musty, wouldn't it?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, you know when you go to grandma's house and they've got like moth balls or something. Yeah, I hope they gave it

a bit of a dry clean before Kimbo jumped in there. Preserving it, yeah. What I, like Kim Kardashian obviously put out the photo on her Instagram

is like 30, over, pretty much 40,000 comments on it. Like just an incredible amount of comments but I just love how people just want to put their, that's not even just like, hey, well, that's awesome. Other Like, just an incredible amount of comments. But I just love how people just want to put their...

That's not even just like, hey, well, that's awesome. Other people go, no, not the time. Not the play. Not the time. Not the time, who? I think it's a beautiful tribute. But surely going to the Met Gala, there is the time to get dressed up. Well, that's what I thought.

There's no better time. But they'll say, oh, not the right appropriate dress for the Met Gala and things like that. So I was like, why would these people have to... The theme was Gilded Age. I think it is quite appropriate. Marilyn was part of that era, but anyway, what do they know? Listen, did she get let in? Yes, she did. She did, so it was clearly the appropriate theme. Someone said she should be kept in a museum

as part of history, not to be worn. People were like, you know, this is flat out disrespectful. Obviously, there's so many, so many overwhelmingly positive comments, but it's funny how... So, okay, thanks, Internet. And nothing will change as a result of your comments. She's already worn it.

It's not going to change. Damage is done, guys. I thought she looked beautiful. No, she did. We've always wanted to do the pet gala, where we dress pets up as like flat screen TVs and things

walk them down a red carpet but we did discuss it a week and a half ago and we're like too much admin it's too much admin to wrangle

why don't we do it why don't we not today obviously but what you've got Milo your little dog now you've got Beau well that's the thing

I was thinking an easy version is we have a 24 hour challenge to come with a photo you know that we put up and go, whose pet gala at home was better? Oh, yeah.

Photo shot. Jono, you have to coordinate your outfit with your dog and I coordinate my outfit with the dog and we see, you know. Okay. That's the challenge. We'll issue that challenge for us now. Oh, now. Okay, now.

We'll come tomorrow's podcast with a photo of our dogs dressed up. Oh, jeez. All right. We'll see how we go. You've got to be part of it, though. You're the couple. Oh, I have to get dressed up as well. You're a couple.

I don't want to put all the looks on there. An animal might not want to get dressed up. Then don't force your animal to get dressed up. What's that, mate? What are you forgetting? It's the parking today. Oh, you pay for parking. Did you park outside?

I did because I might have to pick up my daughter for what we're filming. Oh, you know. Good. Yeah, easy access. Yeah, no. I just want to add, think of your schedule. You know, I want to add this another 10, 20 minutes. I've got to walk across the area.

Yeah, no, I know what you're saying. Peeling back the curtain here. This is the stuff you don't hear. There you go, that's my reminder to pay for parking. So I'm going to do that right now. Enjoyed the podcast, had a fun show today. Prime Minister joined us, Jacinda Ardern. And also we spoke to Nadia Lim, celebrity chef who's named something after us on her farm.

You have a great day. The great thing about listening to this show is that the day can only get better from here. Jono and Ben on the hits. Wednesday morning, everyone back to school, of course, this week. And we're back in the office. The office is a busy place. There's a lot of people around.

Isn't it good, though? It's so refreshing. Do you not like all the people around Belcroft? No, it's getting better. At first, you get a bit of a fright. You're almost like social anxiety because there's so many people all of a sudden. Do you like how I called Bell, Bellcroft? Because we had a meeting yesterday and they're like,

you don't have to call her by her full name. Every time we talked to her we were like, hey, that was Bellcroft. So formal, I love it. So I pulled out of halfway through calling her Bellcroft. Bellcroft, yeah. But I was stuck in my first traffic jam yesterday afternoon. Probably about two and a half years, to be honest. Yeah.

So long, and I really, I've missed the stress and anxiety of running late, being stood still on the motorway. It's a novelty, isn't it? Great memories. I'm glad they're back. It's a novelty we'll wear off. But yesterday we got, well, the show got delivered a cowboy hat. It was promotion

for a TV show that's on. A prime Amazon video show. Is this a Jeff Bezos show? 1883. Is he Amazon Prime? Yeah. He's Amazon. And now producer Bee Humps has taken it upon himself to wear this cowboy hat.

Which is great. But now it's your thing you've said. Well I put it on yesterday and you said that I wouldn't have the staying power to commit to it and that it would be in the bin by the end of the day. It's a nice hat. Don't get me wrong. It's a nice hat. You're just making a statement wearing it around an office

in central Auckland wearing a cowboy hat. There's something that doesn't sit well with me with a cowboy hat in an office. It's an unusual outfit. It's like if I turn up in a full leather jumpsuit. You'd be like, it's such a drastic change to your day-to-day appearance. But now you've doubled down. He's coming to work today wearing what?

You explain. I've got like an oilskin jacket. You've got your RMs on? I've got my brown boots. I'm good to go. I rode in on my horse. Straight out of Yellowstone. Yeah. The man from Snowy River. Who's your producer?

It's Cowboy over here. How are you going to wear your headset though? Yeah, I'm not too sure. Because we were filming something after the show today and you wanted to see if we could film it at a hotel across the road. And then we had a debate going, should he wear the hat? Should he wear the cowboy hat? I was like, please, dear God, no. You're like, no, I'm going to.

I'm going to override you. I'm going there because it'll get results. The cowboy gets results. It does. I feel like people, you know, they really notice me now. They do. But then you asked one of our other bosses, can we use a meeting room that he had booked?

And he's like, no. He showed no respect for the cowboy hat. Well, I'm not sure he recognised who I was. He's like, are you out of a Spates commercial from the 90s? It's a hard road, find the perfect woman. Well, good on you. This is the second cowboy we've worked with, Ben. We had a social media guy.

Lovely guy. Dan. Digital Dan. Now, he would turn up to work in normal clothes, much like you used to, Ben Humphrey. And then one day, he's like, cowboy hat's my thing. And jeez, he committed to that cowboy hat. It was like a rhinestone Texas one, you know, like a big white. It had all sorts on it.

And he never took that thing off. And everyone was like, who's the cowboy? He's our social media guy interesting today because there's someone that works across uh in the office that is also apparently gonna keep the hat on it's like a little competition now who else has got a cowboy storm who works across there um oh at flavor yeah he's gonna wear it today apparently as well he wasn't wearing it before when i saw him coming oh there we go I've already won. Because he's sensible. Next, the latest polls.

Well, the Labour Party, things aren't looking too great, are they? Plummeting. Plummeting. And then we get a late night call last night from the Labour Party going, can you have Jacinda on the show today? And we're like, of course.

We're desperate to fill breaks. We'll do that after Fancy Like. Here's a song from B-Hubs for this cowboy hat. If you want to go high, here's Cash Out. You got the hips. Let's go. Scrolling through your feed. All right, get ready for a giant punch to your news ghoulies.

What's happening, Ben Boyce? Well, the Labour Party, things aren't going so well. For the last couple of years, obviously through the pandemic, Jacinda Ardern's popularity has been pretty rock solid, you know, with the envy of the world through a lot of it. But support, according to a latest News Hub Read research poll that was out yesterday,

saw the Labour Party drop six points in popularity to 38.2%, which is now behind National, which is up 9.2% to 40.5%. Oh, so they're ahead. Now, I understand that National can't govern at the moment if the election was today. Under this poll, yeah. Yeah, because Labour can team up with the Māori Party and the Greens and then have their majority, right?

Yeah, yeah. So that would still be in play at the moment. But it's the first time that National have sort of overtaken Labour. Would the Māori Party work with National? I don't know. I don't think they want to work with ACT. They might work with National. Seymour's got some PR to do around that,

but they could go in as a trio. And Jacinda Ardern's preferred Prime Minister rating has dropped 36.6% is where it is at the moment, down seven points, but she's still ahead of Christopher Luxon. Yeah, right. Labour slipping down the polls harder than me at the Manuru Kozi Club on a Saturday night when I'm entertaining the troops.

Now, we've got her on the show today, Jacinda. Do we talk about the polls? I think, why not? Okay, have a practice question. Like, I'll go, hey, do you take any, like, okay, here's a question. What's your question? You're fumbling. Fire it to me.

Jacinda Ardern, I mean, is it time now to take a cushy job at the UN? That's a good question. Do ask that question. Ask that question. I'm done with it. I saw you through the pandemic. You know, everyone, we're one of the best places to be in the world for a couple of years. Time to get you out.

You do wonder, from a personal point of view, for her, if you go, gee, she's given so much to that role. Oh, yeah. And the stuff that, you know, many prime ministers have to deal with all point of view, for her, if you go, geez, she's given so much to that role. Oh, yeah. And the stuff that, you know, many prime ministers have to deal with all sorts of events. But the stuff she's dealt with is probably... A lot of tragedy. A lot of tragedy. And she's probably been the perfect person to guide New Zealand through that tragedy.

Exactly. But, you know, from a personal point of view, she should go, I've done that job. You're right, Ben. Cushy job. Yeah, you're right. I wouldn't begrudge it. Get Gayford in his ankle bracelet over there. Hey, You're right, Ben. Cushy job. New York. Take it. I wouldn't begrudge it. Get gay fit in his ankle bracelet over there. Hey, hey, hey.

Jeez. Cut that off. Take him to New York. Oh, jeez. Not true. All right. It's all true on TikTok. If I see it on TikTok, I believe it.

And so this is another thing that's making it become viral as well. A lady in Australia, she's making news on social media because her and her family have let a very large huntsman spider live in their house. Now they've called

the spider named Charlotte and it's been living there for over a year. Have a look at the size of this thing. Here's a photo. Oh my God.

We put it up on the Hits Instagram on a story on the Hits Breakfast Instagram. Yeah, it is. You're right. It's a good description.

And they've let it live in their house for a year. It goes from room to room. What does it eat? It eats bugs apparently and they're like, you're right it's a good description live in the house for a year it goes from room to room what's it eat what is it eating bugs apparently and they're like hey yeah it's part of the family now and i've let it live in the house for over a year it's a massive spider as i said before we'll put it up on our story on the hits breakfast rude the bug man would froth over a giant huntsman living in his house how's that every year well that's apparently it's

nature's can of raid isn't it the spiders leave those in your house and How's that? Yeah, for a year. Well, that's apparently it's nature's can of raid, isn't it? The spiders. Leave those in your house and they get rid of all sorts of bugs. You've just got to contend with a spider.

Is that deadly? The huntsman? I don't know. I don't know much about it. Let's have a look. Let's have a quick Google. Are you a spider guy, Ben? I like Spider-Man.

Marvel. I like tight lycra suits. Yeah, I do. Big fan of Tom Holland. Didn't you interview Tom Holland? Yeah, he was a lovely guy. Huntsman spider's dangerous. By dangerous, if you mean is it life-threatening?

No. Okay. No, it will not kill you. Yeah, it's not considered. Although their fangs can pierce your skin and be quite painful. It's a big spider. Yeah, it's a dangerous family member. Unpredictable as well.

And that is scrolling through your feed this morning, some unusual news. Just imagine how many times that spider has crawled over their faces in bed. I know. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning, some unusual news. Just imagine how many times that spider has crawled over their faces in bed. I know. And they haven't even known. The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben on the hits. Something that we tried to do the other day,

we had a little experiment for the show, because some people think the two of us sound quite similar. So we thought we'd put it to the test. Now bell's with us we met a lady yesterday we had a meeting with a lady and we introduced ourselves she's like oh good now i know who's who which one's which you know we morph into the same person exactly i answer for either it's fine um so yeah we tried it with emily our boss now bell uh every time you hit a bell in the studio we'd have to change and swap out for the other person. And Emily, our boss, well, she picked it straight away. I want to leave.

You want to leave, leave? No, no, not leave. I want to go on leave. I want to go on leave for a couple of weeks in July. Is that going to be all right? Yeah. Yeah, oh, good. Is that the school holidays?

Yeah, yeah, I was just having to enter rehab. Hi, Jono. It didn't work. Now, I got accused of pushing it too far there. And so Ben was like, the game didn't work. You ruined it because the rehab thing ended too quickly. So he wanted to go back for a round two after the show yesterday, didn't you? Yeah.

With someone else from management. Yeah. Middle management Matt. Well, you can call him that. Do we call him middle management? I don't know. You have, clearly. Oh, Matt would be stoked with that. Well, he's middle management Matt.

It's good in radio. You've got to have a catchy name. We're trying to think of a catchy name for Bell at the moment. Can't think of one. What's wrong with just Bell? Yeah, Bell, that's a catchy name Yeah, it's not a radio name, mate Jackoff Jono

Oh, I've had it for about 13 years So Matt, you know, Matt makes jokes in the office Around how the two of you have a lot of shiny bald heads We do And again, I guess through this call Maybe I push things a little far You do Yeah, it's sort of teetered on workplace bullying

Because you start So you're going to pretend that you've called him, and then every time you hear a bell, I'll try and swap out for you and see if Matt notices. Here's the call, how it went yesterday. Hello, Matt speaking. Oh, Matt, Jono here. How are you?

Good, mate. How are you? Yeah, good, good. Hey, listen, I was just calling up about just a bit of an issue. Mm-hmm. I can't get my head quite as shiny as yours, and I was wondering how you did it. Oh, I love a good male pattern baldness joke. Yeah, no, I was looking in the mirror at home, and I was thinking to myself,

jeez, Matt's head's shiny. Yeah, I think it's probably the fact that I spend 12 to 14 hours a day at work and get absolutely no vitamin D. Hey, on another note, I was just wondering, you know, on a personal level, can I borrow your car this weekend? Does it have a

tow bar? Does it have a tow bar? Yeah, I'm not sure if it does or not actually, to be honest. I know we've got one that doesn't, but if it does, 100% you can. What have you got of tow? I'm just moving house actually, while you're there. I couldn't just stay at yours for a few nights, could I? Is it just you or is it Gina and the kids as well?

Just me. Yes, she left me. Sorry? She didn't leave me. But she's going to leave me. Yeah, sure, mate. You can stay at mine. This feels like a conversation maybe we should be having in person.

Yep, yep. Actually, no, I'm fine now. It's be having in person. Yep, yep. Actually, no, I'm fine now. It's really hitting me hard. No, it's not. I'm a rollercoaster of emotions. Sorry, Matt. Are you all right, mate? Yeah, no, I'm fine now.

Absolutely fine. I don't know what's going on there. Anyway, mate, better say you're my third favorite boss At the hits Oh thanks mate You're about my 14th favourite host Alright mate Look after yourself mate Always hear the chat Bye bye now

Bye We pulled it off Or did we? We didn't know If we'd actually got him Or he was just politely Playing along Yeah

Jono and Ben We're just in the middle Of playing Bell's Bell We work with Bell Crawford we we didn't know if we'd actually got him or he was just politely playing along yeah jono and ben we're just in the middle of playing bells bell we work with bell crawford here and uh ben you invented a game where bell's got a bell and we make a call she dings the bell and we have to swap positions in the phone call to see if we sound you know see if the person notices we've swapped out because a lot of people think we sound quite similar. Yeah. Now, we just played your audio of us calling our boss, Matt, and we can't figure out if he was just being polite and played along with the prank or not. Have a listen.

Hello, Matt speaking. Oh, Matt, Jono here. How are you? Good, mate. How are you? Yeah, good, good. Hey, listen, I was just calling up about just a bit of an issue. Mm-hmm. I can't get my head quite as

shiny as yours and I was wondering how you did it. Oh, I love a good male pattern baldness joke. Yeah, no, I was looking in the mirror at home and I was thinking to myself, jeez, Matt's head's shiny. Yeah, I think it's probably the fact that I spend

12 to 14 hours a day at work and get absolutely no vitamin D. There we go. So that was just moments ago. And there was a bell sounding when we were swapping positions in the phone call bed. Yeah, yeah. And we didn't know if he bought it or not. So we called him back 60 seconds later. Hello, Matt speaking. Hey, Matt, it's Jono again. Hello, mate. How you doing? Hey, we were trying to tag in for each other

because people say that we sound alike. I was sabotaging the conversation if you didn't quite gather. I'm sure you picked it. I did, to be honest. I did wonder for a moment, but I just thought, you know, with the emotion in his voice

and everything going on, I wasn't sure. Did we sound alike at all, or were you just being polite? No, no, you did. There was a couple of moments where I thought, has that been talking? But, you know, you're in the middle of talking about your wife leaving you, mate, so I didn't want to call that out. Oh, this is a prank.

Yeah, no. I get it. I get your turmoil. Yeah. All right, well, thank you, Matt. That's all good mate we'll compete in the office

a little bit later on hey Matt you're my favourite boss but hey that's not that's not not John O's but that's fine

that's fine I'll definitely remember that don't you worry so yeah it kind of worked but I guess yeah you weren't going to question it

when you kind of your social experiment of do we sound the same is mainly will people be polite enough to put up with our prank call, Ben? Let's shove our sticky beaks into the private lives of famous people, Bill.

Yeah, well, the Met Gala is all everyone's talking about all over all the entertainment sites. All you're probably seeing is photos of everyone's outfits. There's too many to go through, but I'll run through a couple. Rihanna dressed as a pregnant statue. Kris Jenner channeled Jackie Kennedy. The theme was Gilded Age, like New York glamour, an era of like the, I can't remember the name off the top of my head,

but like a lot of those families back in the day. Oh, so the famous family, the Kennedys and things like that, right. The American institution. I see what you're saying. And of course, Kim Kardashian, she was wearing the dress worn by Marilyn Monroe. It's the iconic nude sparkly dress that she wore when she was singing Happy Birthday, Mr. President for John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. And Kim is the only person, apart from Marilyn, to wear this dress. Well, very sultry performance of happy.

It was very breathy. You would have hated it, Ben. It was slow and breathy. Ben's not a fan of happy birthday. Now, you were saying Kim had to wear a jacket behind it or something. Well, there's a lot of talk about this because the dress, Marilyn was very small, and Kim is small as well, but there's reports that she lost eight kilos to fit into this dress.

It has 6,000 hand- fit into this dress it has 6 000 hand-sewn crystals on it 6 000 of them very delicate it's been a ripley's believe it or not that's where she got it from to borrow it yeah the only other as you said the only other person to wear it she was in the ripley's believe it or not so they they've bought it and it's in this museum and it was bought for five million dollars a few years back but it's actually worth they reckon around 10 million now. And so anyway, this whole thing about Kim having to wear a fur, fake fur jacket behind her,

people are saying that it's because she couldn't do it up and she was hiding her back. Also, there was a video of her trying to get up the steps and Pete Davidson's skate was helping her because she could barely walk in it. Oh, I know. I feel her pain. I once accidentally took Ben's suit pants to a wedding in Queenstown.

Yes, you did. And it was like trying to shove a dog roll in an exhaust pipe. I had to turn up to the wedding with a button,

couldn't even do the button up the top, the zip was down. And Ripley's, believe it or not, amazing museum. I went to the one on the Gold Coast

and they were always like, do you believe it or not? And then chances are I'm like, well, if you've gone to the effort of paying for a display... I believe it. Well, the captain, I believe it. I'm going to believe all of these things. It was awesome what she was wearing, though. That's great.

And also, you can see at the hits.co.nz a video of what Blake Lively was wearing. Everyone was gasping because her Versace dress, it was like a pink peachy colour, and then they put the train down and it changed colour and it was blue. Unbelievable. I'd never seen anyone change before.

You've got to see the look on her husband, Ryan Reynolds' face too, when he saw it. He didn't even know about it. No, he was like, wow, that's pretty incredible. Yeah, that is incredible. Now, whatever happened just to whipping down to the old first scene costume high shop and getting a sexy hospital worker outfit? No, it's not the theme. Not the theme.

It's about glamour and you've got to wear it. All the designers are represented. I would have turned up in my, I'm a sexy PPE, you know, COVID tester. You wouldn't have been invited. Okay. No, you're right. I wouldn't have been. You can get more Spy.

Invite only by Anna Wintour herself. More Spy at thehitstockhole.nz. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben. It is New Zealand Music Month, and he's about to go on tour over the next few days.

Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. You'll know him from this hit song, Not My Neighbour. He's also Machu Walters from 660's Brother. He joins us in the studio right now. Nico Walters, good morning Good morning, John and Ben How are you? And Bell, yeah

Wow, thanks You're about to head out on tour this week Christchurch first, Wellington on Friday And then Auckland on Saturday That's pretty exciting Exactly, right? Yeah, I know, I'm super excited about it Excited, nervous, all those sort of feelings

Yeah, been working hard on getting the show to a place where it's more uplifting and entertaining and whatnot. What were you doing beforehand? Dumb buzz songs. You're just like, hey guys. Everyone's just sitting there crying. Well, obviously Not My Neighbour is the song that everyone would have heard on the hits.

We play that song so often. And it's awesome. It's such a great song. But when you look at the lyrics of it, you're like, have you got a wild imagination or have you committed some sort of burglary along the way? It's the most charming song about an aggravated robbery I think you'll ever hear.

Yeah, because it's almost someone covering for someone else's sort of crime, I guess. Totally right. There's no meaning behind it, to be honest. It's just an imaginative, like, which it doesn't need to be, you know? Everyone's like, ah, yeah, music needs to be so, have some sort of hidden meaning behind the poetry or whatever.

It's just a fun song that people can vibe out to and it's just like a story. Is that kind of cool? Which I think is cool. I love it also, too. If Nico has committed an aggravated wrong, but he's hardly about to admit it during the radio interview with Jono and Ben on the hits.

You know what? It was all about me, actually. I got away with it scot-free. I was 15. Because you come from such a successful family, and we were talking to Machu when they had their Eden Park gig. The 660 sold out Eden Park gig, and you came out on stage. Must have been a momentous occasion for the whānau.

Yeah, it was. Definitely, man. Obviously, all the whānau were there, even Nan and Grandad and stuff were up in a box. Oh, that is cute. Yeah, it was. Definitely, man. Like, obviously all the whanau were there. Even like Nan and Grandad and stuff were up in a box. Oh, that is cute. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it was like really nerve-wracking,

but it wasn't. I don't know. I'm always more nervous for these shows or like for other shows that aren't as big. When a show's like that big, like it's almost just like you're playing to just, it's almost like you're playing to no one. You can't see anyone.

It's stupid, yeah. It's like, oh, there's so many people that it doesn't even matter. Yeah, well, it's 50,000 people. Yeah, 50,000 people. 50,000 people do matter, by the way. But I know what you're saying. But yeah, it's hard to explain.

It's just like, yeah. As opposed to an intimate gig. Exactly. Where you're like, I can just see somebody's reactions in their eyes. I hung out briefly with your parents, who are awesome, and I was actually talking to your dad,

who's obviously so proud of what you guys do, but actually really cool that i it's something that stuck with me because much you obviously work with him as a lawyer for a little bit and he said it wasn't for him in the office he's like it wasn't for him and i was like oh maybe you know do you need these guys to have a backup plan if music doesn't doesn't work out and he's like no i don't want them to do that because i want them to not have a plan b i just want them to focus on what they want to do which is kind of a cool way of looking at it 100 yeah man shout out to my dad he's like crazy um supportive like i've done the corporate thing as well um to be honest for me like it was um and it just wasn't it just wasn't

a woke up every day like putting a mask on and like kind of like and it just kind of got a bit soul destroying in the end can i can i just say say, you seem like a lovely gentleman, Nico, but you seem way too chilled for the corporate world. They'd be like, Walters, I need those papers on my desk by the end of the month. And you're like, bro, it's going to happen at some stage. Honestly, that was legit it, though. But people loved it, too.

Some people really liked it. They were like, hey, they're freaking out. They're like, we've got to present to the GM of this. And I was just like, oh, yeah, sweet. I was like, oh, yeah, sweet. Where like the GM and I was just like oh yeah sweet I was like oh yeah sweet where is he at I was gonna talk to him

and I was like I'll just go like knock on his door and be like what are you doing you gotta set up a meeting and be like talk to his PA

for a calendar and it's like a buck a meeting room and I was like I'll just walk in I'll be like yo hey bro like yeah

so we're gonna do this and this and this and he'd be like oh that sounds really good and then I come out and the team would be like oh did you just is it approved

I'm like yeah man it's all good maybe that's what they need in the corporate world most chill office worker ever yeah I've got a good deal of Christmas line man Wall Street would have been

a lot more chill if Nico had been a hey Nico well obviously just before you go obviously part of a very talented family John I want to play

a wee game with you right now got some famous some famous siblings. I'm going to hold them up. You've got to see if Nico can guess who they are. We can't say the name? Oh, I've got to describe them.

You've got to describe them. See how we go. See how many we get. All right. They play tennis. They're sisters. One Wimbledon. Venus and Serena Williams.

Well done, Williams sisters. There we go. One from one. Next one. Very famous royal brothers. Harry and what's his name? Harry and William. There you go.

Famous American family reality TV show. Kardashian. Yeah, boy. King Gag. Musical family. There's three of them. Michael Jackson. No.

There's Joe. There's Nick. There's the other guy. Oh, the Jonas Brothers. Yeah, there we go. Twins. And they were both in Full House. Oh, those girls.

Kanye did that song. Yeah, it was. Kate and Ashley. Ashley, there we go. Nice. Twins And they were both In Full House Oh those Girls Oh Can't do this Yeah It was Kate and Ashley There we go Nice Two Kiwi brothers Very handsome

One's very children Make it in the Corporate world Nico and Marcy Yeah There you go You got there Well done

It's always great To hang out with you If we want to go See you this week Of course You're playing Auckland Wellington Christchurch

We can get tickets Tickets are on Moshtix.co.nz. Christchurch on Thursday this week, Wellington Friday, and then this Saturday night we'll be playing at the Tuning Fork in Auckland. So hopefully see you guys there. Now Harry Styles is coming to New Zealand. He's going to be here bringing his love on tour

March at Mount Smart Stadium. We've got tickets on sale right now from livenation.co.nz. And every day this week, we're dropping watermelon sugars high off the building at work to try and win some people some double passes. And outside with the watermelons is Jono. Come on in. Benjamin, boys, I'd like to front foot today's episode of Watermelon Sugar High with a public apology. Yesterday I made some wild claims that I was 96 metres in the air on top of our building.

I then threw a watermelon off that building and then was miraculously down on the ground for the smashing of the watermelon and subsequent unveiling of the ticket. I'd like to apologise for the unrealistic scenario, which you rightfully called me out for. Unless you were like Doctor Strange, travelling through multiverses or something in a second, then that's not possible, Jono. Yep.

You know, it was desperate times. We were a team member down, and I was the only person on set, and desperate times call for unrealistic situations. Rest assured, our watermelons, actual watermelons were dropped. And it is a 50-50 chance right now. We're going to do it legit today because Joel was outside with you, right? There he is indeed. Joel is 920 metres in the air.

Okay. And he is about to drop a watermelon. Who do we have today? Susan. Susan's joining us on 0800 The Hats. Good morning, Susan. Good morning, Jono and Ben. How are you?

We're doing good. You'd love to go see Harry Styles. I mean, who wouldn't? I mean, isn't he just an icon? I love him. Yeah, I know. I love him too. I'll be keen to go, but it's not my chance right now. It's your

chance. Watermelon sugar high. Jono has the two watermelons. Well, Joel does, however high he is outside, 900 metres or something. Do you want watermelon sugar A or do you want watermelon sugar B? Which watermelon? Only one has a double pass. The other just has watermelon.

Well, I'm trying to win this for my best friend Angie who didn't get to pick it. So I'm going to go with A for Angie. Hopefully that's good for her. Come on, Angie. Come on. Come on, watermelon chicken, A. 2,000 metres in the air.

Joel, can you hear me? He can hear you. Watermelon A, Joel. Drop it down. It's melon madness! Oh Susan! Come on Jono. No Harry Styles second watermelon A!

No! Really? Nothing in there? Oh no, hold on, hold on. Jono. In the main mask there doesn't look like any Harry Styles stuff, but I'm looking at a bit of watermelon shrapnel which sits 20 metres away from the explosion. There's Harry Styles tickets in here! Yes, it's a hit!

Woohoo! Oh, you've got a double pass to go see Harry Styles, how good! Oh, thank you, thank you so much for the hit. Oh, she's got me. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now.

I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. Oh, you've got a double pass to go see Harry Styles. How good. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much for having me. Oh, she's got me. I'm going to be the favourite for 2022 now. Woo-hoo. Oh, that is awesome. Angie will enjoy that concert.

Thank you so much for listening, all right? Oh, thank you so much, John. That's made my week. Thank you. Your next chance. Sorry. Just to show many melons were harmed in the making of this. A lot of wasted melons. But we're not going to hide the fact, Ben. It's a wastage many melons were harmed in the making of this. A lot of wasted melons.

But we're not going to hide the fact, Ben, it's a wastage of melons. Why don't you give those melons to people who deserve melons? I thought the one out there throwing melons for 900 metres in the air. This is all on Ben Boyce. Ben Boyce, melon waker. Can we pull this fader down? His audio fader's gone. All right, Harry Styles, Governor of New Zealand, love on tour. Can we pull this fader down? His audio fader's gone. All right, Harry Styles coming to New Zealand.

Love on tour. Can't wait for that. Tickets from livenation.co.nz. Go see him in March. It is the hits. Rise and shine. Time to start the... Who are we kidding?

When are the both of you? Jono and Ben on the hits. Traffic is easing in Auckland, but still pretty bad around the country as everyone returns to work and school again. No, let's go back into lockdown, I reckon. We had a couple of days of normality. Oh, I remember that.

Actually, it wasn't that enjoyable in hindsight. Hey, just talking about accidental accidents. Yesterday, knocked over an entire shelf of frying pans in the warehouse. And, you know, knocking over store displays, it's the worst thing that can happen to a shopper, isn't it? Apart from having to wait outside a women's changing room. Don't you find you always get a bit awkward when you have to wait outside a women's changing room?

Oh, yeah. Especially when it's not your wife in there. No. You always get a bit jumpy. When your wife isn't there. But, yeah. Because it's normally an occasion where you grab a, you know, like when you're waiting for something,

you normally wait for your phone, but you don't want to have a phone in your hand when that situation as well. Belle Crawford, what's your suggestion for the both of us

that if Jen or Amanda are trying on clothes and we're outside a changing room? A lot of women's shops have like a little seat or one of those, you know,

like a taller one that you can sit on, just go sit on that and then when they call you, you go over and see, but in between, go out of the changing room. Oh, so never in there

it's just you don't want to hover around by the door yeah I just leave the vicinity yeah okay right because I know you like to go you were right in there

and then sometimes he's also a dad mum a girl dad like he's got two daughters exactly yeah it is but it's an awkward moment in any shopper's life

we're going to go to accidental accidents after knocking these fry pans off the shelf we'll kick it off with Brayden in Christchurch. What happened, mate? Hello, yeah, I actually set fire to a restaurant.

Wow, this is a lot to take in. You accidentally, I hope. Yeah, no, I was actually a guest, and ironically my dad's cousin actually owned the franchise at the time, which was even more embarrassing. It was a semicircle booth, and they had some six candles behind it. And I climbed, being a wee kid, about 12, climbed across to go to the toilet,

and knocked all six candles on top of mum and dad and set fire to their couch. So they didn't even have to evacuate the restaurant? No, no, they were actually very lucky. All the kitchen staff came racing out And we managed to actually beat the flames out of the couch I got a free round of drinks out of it though Hold on, how did you end up getting reimbursed for this? I don't know

Mind you, I wrecked mum and dad's clothing entirely Oh, did their clothes catch fire as well? Yeah, unfortunately. And we went bowling afterwards. She's not going to go bowling, though. Such a good story. No, you're good on. You appreciate that, mate.

We'll get Wendo on. How are you, Wendy? You all right this morning? I'm great, thank you. All right, accidental accidents. What happened to you? We were young, and this was a long time ago. My mum was in the knitting shop in Matamata,

and she told us four kids to wait outside. So we were waiting outside the glass-fronted shop, and my darling little brother decided to push me, and he pushed me into the glass window, which proceeded to crack all the way up to the top of the window. Mum came out and she was highly embarrassed. Yeah, I know. I mean, you can laugh about it now, can't you, how you almost went through a glass window? Yeah.

Yeah. Luckily, I didn't go through it. It just made a big crack. Yeah, it's good. Fun times. Yeah. Fun times. Good on you, Wendy.

Appreciate that. We'll go to Carl. Yeah, have a good... You. Good on you, Wendy. Appreciate that. We'll go to Carl. Yeah, have a good... You have a great one, mate. Appreciate it. Do you want to go to Carl online one? Carl, you're on New Zealand's Breakfast, Accidental Accidents. What happened to you, Carl? Yeah, so a few years ago we were staying down in Taupo at a motel and my youngest

son was on the top bunk of the motel jumping up and down and ended up putting his head straight through the roof. Oh, jeez. Now, how do you patch that up? Because you don't want to pay for the plastering costs. No, the motel was actually really good. We went

and saw them about it, expecting the worst and they said, ah, don't worry about it, it's all on insurance. So, yeah, they were all happy, but we felt spanked. People are putting their head through the ceiling all the time. All the time. Just simply. Hey, Carl, thank you. Really appreciate you listening.

Have a great day. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. Your chance to win 5K. We do it every morning at this time on The Hits. A word association. It's a simple game to play, but it is quite hard to match up all five words with our five words.

Hey, we're going to hear Deborahbra on from Whangarei. Welcome, Debs. How's it going? Hi, good morning. You got the day off work today? I have, yeah. The kids will be going to school, and I'll be having time to myself. What wild things is Debra going to get up to by herself today?

Oh, yeah, maybe some grocery shopping at some point, but Netflix sounds nice. Oh, grocery shopping and Netflix. What I wouldn't give for a bit of that. Well, Debra, we're going to give you $5,000. Sorry, we shouldn't say that. I'm not going to give you $5,000. You need to match five words with one of us to win $5,000. What would you spend that cash on, mate?

A spa pool would be really nice, out on the deck. A spa pool? I was driving home yesterday and I saw someone with a giant crane, the biggest crane you could imagine, lifting a spa pool over a high-rise building. Oh, wow. I was like, that is, you know, that goes bad. That goes really bad. Yeah, bad day at work.

Talking about accidental damages just before. That could go wrong. Let's see if we can get you that spa pool. Who are you going to send into the soundproof booth, matey? Jono, please. Alright. All Mother's Day themed. Yeah, they are all Mother's Day themed, these words. Deb obviously knows how the game works.

Yes. Okay, the first word this morning is marge. Marge. Butter? Oh, yeah, butter's Yes. Okay, the first word this morning is marge. Marge. Butter. Oh, yeah, butter's a good option. But then if you are, I'm just going to say Mother's Day as well. Are you thinking like Marge Simpson? Well, I don't know what I'm thinking.

Yeah, that was the first thing I went with when I thought of mother, but then when you said butter, I was like, oh. No, I'm going to go with Simpson. But now that I say it, I hope I haven't put you wrong, because I don't know what John was going to say. No, I'm going Simpson. Okay. All right.

Sleepless is the second word. Sleepless. Sleepless. Night. Sleep at night. Just sleepless night. Yep. With no S at the end.

I just want to confer with that. Yep. Cool. Mummager. Like a manager. Cool. Mummager. Like a manager, but a mummager. I've never heard that before. Have you heard that term before? No.

Bill? It's from the Kardashians because they've got a mummager as a mum. Yeah. Like Kris Jenner often would say that she calls herself the mummager instead of the manager. She's the mummager. These words. The Mother's Day theme maybe wasn of the manager. She's the mummager. These words. The Mother's Day theme maybe wasn't the best idea, Producer P.

Oh, my God. It just came. Mum. Let's just go mum. Okay. Let's just go mum with all of them. Okay. Chocolates is the next word.

Chocolates. Treat? No, it won't be. But chocolate. Gift. Gift, yeah, there you go. Gift for Mother's Day. And potpourri. Potpourri is the final word. We're going to talk after the show about the Mother's Day

theme, but anyway. I'm not a grandma. Potpourri. Potpourri or Potpourri. Potpourri or potpourri. It's potpourri, right? Yeah, potpourri. Smell.

Smell. Gee, Steve, you have done blimmin' well. Well, there's some words. There's some real curveballs there. I'm so sorry. Apologise.

Let's go sleep this night as well. Let's sleep. Okay. You can put your headphones on now, mate. You're back out of the soundproof booth. The Mother's Day theme, one of the things I've enjoyed the most

is producer Behemoth's coming up with the words but trying not to embroil himself in a sexism scandal where he's like, apron, kitchen, you know? Iron or something. Iron, yeah. Ironing board. You know, things like that.

So he's done well so far. Whack him with an ironing board. Well, we'll see how well he's done. You haven't heard something today, do you? Are there sexist words? No, I don't think so. But, you know, we'll... Anyway.

Okay, Debra, let's get you soaking your sweet caboose in that spa pool, mate. Thanks. All right, I think mums. Of course, mum is the theme. Marge. Marge Simpson. Yes, good.

Oh, well done. Butter was the first one that we talked about and then we've come back to Marge Simpson, so well done. Oh, why did you end up with butter? That's sexist, isn't it? Why? Because mum's butter bread? Oh no, Marge, butter. Okay, sleepless was word number two. Sleepless.

Okay, sleepless night. Oh! We went night and then nights. We changed it last minute. Oh, Deborah. Deborah. Never mind. Just an S.

I'm so sorry. Okay, let's go through the next three words. Mummager. Mummager. Christina. We went chocolates was the next word. Chocolates, roses, chocolates. I didn't think of that.

A gift and a potpourri. Lovely smell of potpourri. Potpourri. This is where we're dipping our toes into some sexism scandal, aren't we, Beehums? Grandma's bathroom. Potpourri.

I love potpourri. Aroma? Yeah, we went smell. Smell, oh, in the ballpark. Deborah, listen, I will apologise on behalf of Behumps there for those shocking words. Tough game.

They were a little hard. Did you hear that, Behumps? They were a little hard, mate. It's almost like you don't want Debra to win this cash. You're going to have a great day on your own today, Debra. Look after Northland for us, OK? Awesome. Thanks, guys. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history.

Jono and Ben on the hits. We've got a family group, a bit of a group chat on WhatsApp the other day. Some family members are more enthusiastic about the group chat than others, I find. Yeah. Well, this is, yeah, so Aunty in Australia. Now, just to take you on a quick story, trying to make it as quick as possible. I don't know if you've seen these things online. For a sort of interior design and art and, you know, stylish things, there's i don't know if you've seen these things online for a sort of interior design and art and you know stylish things there's aesthetics things that are

aesthetically pleasing and there's different types of aesthetics that you can get into and there's a lot of social media pages that sort of represent those types of aesthetics and my auntie's really getting into interior design so things that you look at and you're like oh my eyes are pleased yeah i'm relaxed yeah sometimes people playing with like sand and things with their fingers. So my auntie wants to get into interior design. She's been following

some of these pages of stylish things, aesthetically pleasing. And I didn't know there was a type of aesthetics called a softcore aesthetics, which you can see where this is going right now,

which is softcore aesthetics is cute culture, heavily influenced by Japanese entertainment, food and style. So my auntie's been getting into this stuff as well. She was telling us on the WhatsApp influenced by Japanese entertainment, food, and style. So my auntie's been getting into this stuff as well. She was telling us on the WhatsApp. And she's saying, hey, I'm doing this.

I'm trying to start a bit of a side hustle, a business. And I've started my name. And let's call her Sue because I want to say I've called myself Softcore Sue as her name because she wants to represent Softcore Aesthetics. And some people took the group chat, the family chat, offline, slightly going, does she know that there's potentially another meaning

behind calling yourself softcore? So that maybe lends itself more to maybe an OnlyFans account or something like that. Softcore. That's your uncle hardcore, Harry. So you had to get back on there. So if you said,

hey, why don't you rebrand yourself to softcore aesthetics, softcore ass. Would that, hey, why don't you rebrand yourself to Softcore Aesthetics, Softcore Ass, would that be better? I don't know if you made that any better. Somehow you made that a whole lot worse. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On your Wednesday morning, good morning. The Hits, cash and car.

Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Škoda's boot and drive it home, along with all that money. Yeah, all that cash and all that car could be yours if you guess the exact amount that is stashed in the boot of the Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo car worth just under $46,000. And only cash keeper Alex knows the exact amount. That's right. And is it responsible of us to leave a brand new car

with a bootload of cash in a garage at the moment? A lot of ram raids going on, being on and off. It's right. And is it responsible of us to leave a brand new car with a bootload of cash in a garage at the moment? A lot of ram raids going on, being owned up, it's the wisest decision. But Alex, there's also another way people can enter if they can't get through on 0800 the hits. Yes, they can head to the iHeartRadio app. Download the latest version of the iHeartRadio app.

That's correct. And then there's just a little microphone if you go on the hits. Click that, record your name, your number, and your guess, and I'll call you back at 11. Oh, really? 11 o'clock today, that's how you can play? What a world we live in. What an age of technology. Ben, beautiful times. Beautiful, beautiful times. I want to take a moment to appreciate these beautiful times. Well, let's make these beautiful times even more beautiful.

Let's try and give away this cash in the car. Anna, beautiful times. Hi. Beautiful times, aren't they, Anna? Great times. Yeah, great times. Hi. Beautiful times, aren't they, Anna? Great times. Yeah, great times. I think we can all agree with that. You're in Hamilton.

What are you doing this morning, Anna? Just dropping the kids at school and then got to go to work. What do you do at work? I just work in our office, just doing the accounts and bits and pieces. Oh, you've got a business. What's your business? Give it a plug, Anna. It is Power Smart Electrical.

A literal plug. It's an electrical company. It is, yeah. Hey, good on you, Anna. Well, I'm going to hand you over to cashkeeper Alex, who is going to tell you whether you want a brand new car or not

if you've guessed how much is in the boot of the Škoda. Yes, hello. Hello, Anna from Hamilton. Anna, please tell me your guess for how much cash is in that boot. So my guess is $17,777.77. Oh, there seems to be a tactic there, isn't there? We had one yesterday that was the $11,111.11. Oh, all the ones.

Do you guys think you know me? Maybe I'm being sneaky and just doing a lot of sevens. It is my lucky number. So, Anna from Hamilton with a guess of $17,777.77. I can tell you that that is incorrect. I'm sorry. Anna. Sorry.

Swear. Swear. Filthiest words you can think of. What do you want to say? Anna. Unload. Barrage. No, Anna, I'm so sorry that wasn't yours,

but it doesn't mean you can't play again. So get on the iHeart app, download the new app, and you can be playing again at 11 o'clock this morning, all right? Cool, thank you. Bye, kids. Bye. No, see you, mate. Love a bit of awkward interaction with kids in a car.

It's one of my favorite hobbies. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben on the hits. Master Chef, the reality cooking show coming back to three after seven years, and she returns to the show not as a contestant anymore but this time as head judge celebrity cook Nadia Lim

Nadia Jono and Ben How are you mate? Good, how are you guys? Good, congratulations on being the judge one of the judges for MasterChef that's awesome Oh thanks, yeah it's quite cool to come full circle on being the judge of one of the judges for MasterChef. That's awesome. Oh, thanks.

Yeah, it's quite cool to come full circle. More than a decade since I was on the show. Just about to say, 10 years since you won that thing. No, 12 actually. 12. But it must be kind of cool because, you know, you kind of show to the competitors this year on the show what can actually happen.

Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, it can definitely, you know, open lots of doors if you use it that way. Yeah, I like the marketing's like, you butter believe it, it's coming back. You butter believe it. Did you come up with that? It did sound like something we were going to come up with. We're in the brainstorm session for the marketing of it, Nadia.

Is it surreal to now be judging on the show that made you who you are? Well, no, the show didn't make you who you are you're already a great person but is it where is it surreal yeah it is um quite bizarre like it's really cool it's such a nice feeling to you know now be able to help someone else reach their food dream and all of these contestants that are on this series coming up like they're so they're really really good people they're really, really good people. They're really lovely people.

So it's really cool to be able to help someone else into that position now. Nadia, I don't want to take down the whole MasterChef franchise. It's obviously a successful franchise worldwide. But it's time. It's had it too good for too long, Ben. You do it. I want to know a question right now. Does the person who, obviously they cook, you get like 60 minutes

or whatever you've got to make your dish, and then you guys as judges, you try it. But does the first person get a great advantage because their meal's the hottest? Or do you zap every other meal in the microwave for the contestant number two, number three? Well, actually when I did my series, we

often, the judges often ate the food almost straight away and then so, yeah, kind of. The first person might be a little bit warmer than the last. Oh, but they're trying as you go sort of thing, as you're cooking and as you're making. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, you do.

You get a very good idea of what the food tastes like before it even comes up to the table because you get to try everything kind of before. Is the microwave an option? You don't put them in the microwave at all? Occasionally, sometimes, depending on the dish. If it wasn't going to ruin the dish, like if it was a hot broth or something, then yes,

we could zap part of it in the microwave. I microwave sausages in the microwave, and Ben always turns his nose up at me. He can't even put one in a fry pan. It's like he's microwaving a crank. Why else did they invent the microwave? With sausage, it's always going to be

low and slow in the pan. You should know this. Yeah, well, I go fast and hard in the microwave? With sausage, it's always going to be low and slow in the pan. You should know this. Yeah, well, I go fast and hard in the microwave. Don't you enter the show, okay? Yeah, if it goes over, who's my big competitor? Now, Nadia Lim, last time we spoke to you, you have a wonderful

rural property in the South Island, and I think you named two animals after it. We bullied think you named two animals after it. We bullied you into naming two animals after us. Yeah, well, I've got two roosters, two cocks. We need to come down and visit. All right? We're going to come down and give a visit.

Yeah, you do. They're actually really good looking. Oh, don't try and pull it back now. But they can be a pain in the ass sometimes. They can be a pain in the butt sometimes. Sounds exactly like us. It is appropriate. I'll give you a picture of them.

Okay, so I guess we should be flattered by that. Yeah, but if my memory serves me correctly, I was saying a couple of cute lambs or something. Yeah. No, no, I thought it was more appropriate to have the roosters. So at what stage do you have the roosters and you're like, yeah, Jono and Ben, definitely they're a bit of a pain.

Was that it? Because they wake you up really early in the morning when you don't want to be woken up. Just like this radio show. At like five in the morning. Exactly. Yelling at you. Hey, Nadia, before you go,

we're very excited about MasterChef coming back, your head judge. I want to quickly run through, because you are head judge now, some food debates that I found online and get your head judging thoughts on these, all right? Okay. Tomatoes, fridge or pantry? Pantry. Well, pantry, just anywhere cool and dark, but definitely not the fridge. Okay.

Pineapple on a pizza, any place? I do, yes. Okay. I quite like it. That's fine. That's fine. A pizza, can you eat it with a knife and a fork? Definitely.

Hey, don't worry. There's no wrong answer to this. I just told you I microwave Kranskis. Exactly. Okay. Tomato sauce, if you're putting it on, do you have to put it to the side or can you put it all over your fries? Yeah, you can do both.

Slice your sandwiches. Are you going down the middle or is it sort of diagonally, making sort of two sort of triangles? Either or, whichever you feel like. She's like, mate, there's bigger problems in the world. I don't want an either or. I want a definitive decision. I feel like Nadia's fading out on your novelty game.

Nadia! Nadia, if you want to go, you can just hang up. Give me some better ones. Come on, give me some better ones. Nadia, you're an absolute champion. Congrats. Now, the head judge on the returning season of MasterChef It's always great catching up with you

And you look after yourself You too, I'll see you guys soon It's Jono and Ben But FYI Ben is open to other options Jono and Ben On the hits Now yesterday Ben

We had a meeting late afternoon Didn't we? Had a meeting And I want to share something with you that took my concentration away from the core message of the meeting. Okay. It was an important meeting too. It was an important meeting.

It was a meeting that I needed to be focused for. Why were you distracted? What were you distracted by in this important meeting? This is interesting for me because you write this on our shared plan for the show and you're like, water in the meeting. I'm like, like oh you've written this yesterday i was at this meeting what does this mean yeah so when we got there we were there with our dear friend rachel and uh person came down and said who would like a glass of water and i did the new zealand thing and said no no no i'm fine for some reason a huge majority of new zealanders feel like they need to decline a beverage

in a meeting situation. Do you? Not as much as you. I noticed you could be crawling through a desert and someone would go, hey, mate, would you like a water? You're like, no, I'm fine. I'm all good, mate. I don't want to cause a fight.

For some reason, a badge of honour. I'd be like, yeah, sweet. Someone's getting a coffee. I'm like, oh, yeah, that'd be great. I'd love a coffee. Yeah. And so, Rachel. No, no, I don't need one, mate. I had two at three o'clock this morning. Yeah, I do. I getting a coffee. I'm like, oh, yeah, that'd be great. Love a coffee. No, I don't need one, mate.

I had two at three o'clock this morning. Yeah, I do. I don't know what it is. Put liquid in your mouth, mate. Wet your mouth. Wet it. And Rachel said, she said, oh, I'd love a glass of water. And then as the wonderful person went upstairs to get a glass of water,

I was like, Pryor, why did you not get a glass of freaking water? And the whole meeting I'm just watching, I had, you know, like when you go to restaurants with your friends and you get food envy. They've ordered, you know, Ben's ordered a double cheeseburger and I've got a, you know, a Ricola salad or something. That's probably the other way around, to be honest. But I had water envy with Rachel and I was just watching every sip she took. And I was like, jeez, she must have a moist mouth. It must be.

And my mouth was getting drier and drier and drier. And it was taking my concentration away from the conversation. Because in a meeting, that was your only shot. You can't come back mid-meeting and go, actually, sorry, guys. Can we just circle back to what we said at the start? Can I get that water? About the water. Is it still on the table?

Because, listen, we've seen some great stuff so far, but let's get back to, can I get that water? No, you can't. You're right. I miss my opportunity. Like, if you're over at my house or whatever, and I'm like, hey, would you like a beer or would you like water? And you're like, no.

And then later on, you're hanging around. You can, you know. It's a relaxed setting. But in a meeting, you're right. You can't call hal time for more a water break get refreshments into the troops so anyway

that was it and I was just and also I was also praying I was like focusing so much on hydration quenching my thirst

that I was hoping that no one was going to go what do you think Jono because I hadn't been listening Jono and Ben just like family the family members you're been listening Chono and Ben

just like family the family members you're ashamed of Chono and Ben on the hits now Mother's Day is of course on Sunday and thanks to

Celebration Box instead of you know like sending a card or you know putting a post on Instagram we've got the ultimate prize

for one lucky mum it's a full page ad that we've got in the New Zealand Herald on Sunday yeah we figure you know most mums most mums aren't on the gram or TikTok, aren't they?

So do you ever just send a shout out to Jenny on Instagram, do you Ben Boyce? No, I haven't. Not on Instagram, like I would call her and, you know. Yeah, just face to face. But a lot of people like to pay homage to mums on social media. Do you, with your mum on social media, you're the greatest mum ever? Probably in the past, not so much these days. I don't know.

It's just sort of, maybe on my story, but I just send her a present. My thing was the message is never getting through. Yeah. Unless your mum is on. What if, say,

Jenny's on Instagram? Is that okay? Well then, yeah, that's fine. That's fine. She's not. So this is the perfect competition for you. Yeah, exactly. Thanks to Celebration Box,

you can get amazing Mother's Day boxes delivered in time for Mother's Day. Yeah, we've got to Celebration Box, you can get amazing Mother's Day boxes delivered in time for Mother's Day. Yeah, we've got little Laura on the phone. How are you? Hi, good, thank you. No need to pussyfoot around today, okay? You want a full-page ad for your mum in the Herald on Sunday? Yeah. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool, wouldn't it? Yeah.

Have you got the best mum? Yeah. No, I do. I made that awkward. Sorry. Yeah, you did. Well, you can take out a full-page ad for your mum if you want, Jonah. Have you seen how much it costs? It costs a lot, so that's why we're doing it.

I mean, I love my mum, but $10,000 on a Mother's Day ad. It's one heck of a Hallmark card, isn't it? Okay. So, Lily, what we need to do from you right now is we need to see what the ad would look like. So we've written some stuff, and we want you to fill in the blanks. These are things that we could put in the ad, okay? Okay. Okay, you're 14 years old.

Your only job is to make this as cute as humanly possible, okay, Lily? Okay. All right, here we go. Hi, I'm here to fill in this full-page ad in the Herald on Sunday about the greatest mum in the world. Her name is... Megan. She's just fantastic. But not as fantastic as the pet name she has for me.

She likes to call me... Um... She just calls me Honey. Aw, that's nice. Or Bunny. Honey Bunny. Honey Bunny. That's what Bean calls me.

It is, my little Honey Bunny. There's no limit to what mum will do for me, including that embarrassing time when I Um Wow one time She made me and my friends dress up as cats For a talent show And she was cheering us on the whole time

Torture Did you even want to enter the cat talent show No No one was clapping except her Well I can guarantee That your cat's performance talent show? No, and no one was clapping except her. Well, I can guarantee that your cat's performance went better than James Corden's. Yeah, the movie cat's, that's for sure. A lot of people

think their mum is the best, but they don't compare to my mum because she's the best at? Cuddles. Aww, Ben is too. That's right, honey bunny. They're few and far between, aren't they now, honey bunny? Yeah. So this Mother's Day, I want to say to her in a full-page ad in the Herald on Sunday...

That she's the best mum ever and she deserves the world. Oh, that's lovely. Well, you're in the draw for that. Of course, everyone can register at thehits.co.nz. Thanks to Celebration Box. Well, we are going to send you a Celebration Box so you can give it for your mum for Mother's Day, right? Thank you so much. Well, thank you for listening to the show.

We front-footed this Lily by saying this, mate, this is as cute as humanly possible. You fulfilled the brief beautifully, okay? Okay. Nice talking to you, Lily. You're awesome. Thank you. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalks at B.

In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. Things looking good for National Party in the polls right now. Labour taking a bit of a dip. And we're joined by the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. How are you? Not bad, thank you. Not bad. How are you both?

We're doing all right. We saw your trip overseas. You went overseas. Firstly, what was it like to travel again? And secondly, how cool were those kiwifruit costumes, the mascot kiwifruits that were dancing? The last time I was in Japan was my first encounter with a human-sized kiwifruit. They're called the Kiwi Brothers.

And they are actually quite famous in Japan. Yeah, right, because I saw them. They were kind of sort of having to dance side to side bleakly to like a depressing orchestra or something. Oh, I actually wasn't there for that part of the program. Oh, that's amazing. Before I really missed out. But they are

Dove One Advertising Awards. Apparently they're a big deal. I hope there's some like, there's an aircon or some airflow inside those too. Now, I've got to bring up the polls, Jacinda. Do you read much into the polls? I mean, they seem to be happening every couple of weeks. Oh, actually, yeah.

One of the things is that they're quite spaced out, and so sometimes the ones that are certainly in the public domain don't necessarily give you a bit of an idea of what's happening week to week, day to day. Look, your question is, do I read into them? I read more into just interactions I have with people rather than so much the polls. So I do want to know how people are feeling. And I do want to know the impact of what we're doing as a government. But I feel I get more from being out with people than just listening to polls.

Because Jono before was like, what do you want to say to the Prime Minister earlier? What would you say if you were to ask her? So I'll say the question I said before. You've obviously, it's been so tough the last couple of years through a pandemic to get New Zealand through that. Are you allowed, like,

I just want to take a cushy job at the UN. You know, wouldn't that be nice? I just, you know, like... I love how we assume all jobs at the UN are just cushy. Just cushy. A cushy gig at the UN. You know, wouldn't that be nice? I just, you know, like... I love how we assume all jobs at the UN are just cushy. Just cushy. A cushy gig at the UN. It probably comes with a whole lot more problems than just that. So do you want cushy?

So I think you're probably fair to point that last bit out. But when I think back about... I know that there'll be a day somewhere in the future when I'm no longer in this job where I will look back on this time and see it as the most privileged and amazing time in my life. So yes, it is very stressful.

Yeah, yeah. I do. Every day, even through the hard bits, I'm constantly reminded that so few people have this opportunity and what an amazing thing it is. So that's why while I'm here, I'm just going to do everything I can to feel proud of the time that I've had here.

And so I don't think about other jobs and other opportunities. You don't think about cushy jobs. I think about cushy jobs at the UN. How do I get one of those? I haven't been there. I'm not sure I would describe any ofy jobs at the UN. How do I get one of those? I've only been there. I'm not sure I would describe any of the jobs. Jacinda's already got a cushy job,

mate. She's got the cushiest of all the jobs in New Zealand. We shouldn't be talking about cushy jobs. We've got a cushy job. Mother's Day on Sunday, Jacinda Ardern. Now, Niamh, what's the go-to on Mother's Day? Clark's actually really, really good with Mother's Day because he's pretty good at getting me to make me something, which, yeah, we've had a tradition in my family

that you don't buy Mother's Day gifts. You make them and you do nice things. And so we're trying to continue that. Some Play-Doh on toast or something? Yeah. I haven't received that delightful breakfast yet. We love our kids.

I mean, they're all beautiful. Kids are beautiful, but when they make breakfast, it's like, I could have got an Eggs Benedict or something from a cafe. It's not cafe quality. He's not even four yet, so we haven't had him go anywhere near food prep yet. So what will you do for your mum?

Oh, so, you know, usually when I think about it now, my poor old mum used to get those things like those douches, you know, when your kid just makes a voucher that says, I'll give you a foot rub. We used to do a lot of that. And you never deliver. No, very rarely. But for my mum, because I'm at a distance from her most of the time,

I have taken to now buying things, you know, massages or things like that. Cool. She's like, you're in a cushy job as the Prime Minister of New Zealand. You've got enough money to buy me presents now. Hey, Jacinda Ardern, appreciate your time. You go and have a wonderful day. Keep safe. Thanks, guys.

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