Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - January 18 - Jono's Beach Wear, Passenger, Our New Game '5 Words For 5K'

Episode Date: January 18, 2021

Kia ora! Welcome back to 2021! We're stoked to be back on the radio and with you anytime via iHeartRadio! Today we launched our brand-new game, 5 Words For 5K, a word association game where you could win $5000 if you match up 5 words with the same ones as Jono or Ben. We also caught up with English singer Passenger, and found out what he's been up to recently. Our other guest was Louise Thompson, life and happiness coach. Jono also tells us about a swimwear trend he's noticed over summer at the beach... It's quite an uncomfortable story!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Guess who's back? Back again.

Jono's back. And his friend Ben. Oh, that works all right. Guess who's back? We should do that as a song. Yeah, we should. But it's too late. We're back already and no one really cares.

Well, it's almost worth going away and then coming back just so we can re-record the song. I feel like Eminem, he did it well the first time. And he doesn't like it when people take his music. Ask the National Party. Yeah, I think he had no idea that actually happened in the end. No, it's probably his people. He probably doesn't even own the rights to the music. It's people who found out.

I think he donated the money to a charity or something. I think he got from that. For the National Party we're talking about. Wouldn't it be nice to have people? Do you have people? No, I don't have people. You could say you have people. Yeah.

That would be nice. It makes you sound good. It's like, I'll get my people to look into that. Anyway, we're rambling. This is the podcast. First podcast back. We should not be in rambling mode. We should be on fire and on points to sink.

And we're not. We're not. in rambling mode. We should be on fire and on points to sink, and we're not. We're not. This is October-style podcast intro. This should be... This is our first one back. Stop recording, start again. 2021, it's a new year. How was your holiday? It was fun, actually. It was good. It goes quick, though, eh? The holidays go quick. No matter if you have a week or

you have four weeks, they go quick. They go quick. And it's always a good thing to say, too. It gives you something to say to people when you're back at work. How's the holiday? Oh, too quick. Too quick. It goes too quick. They go quick.

They go quick. Yeah. Yeah, it's a cliche, but it's a great cliche, isn't it? But it was really fun being back on the radio this morning. What are you tippy-toeing around for, Millennial Max? He's tippy-toeing around like some sort of... I've got my car keys so I can leave. Oh, you lost your car keys?

All right. Okay. You can look for those while we continue the podcast intro. What do you reckon? Do you reckon they're under the desk here, mate? No? All right, we'll let Millennial Max find his car keys. We'll continue on like the pros we are.

We had a new game this morning. We won $5,000. It's called Five Words for $5,000. As well as that, we spoke to Passenger. Let It Go was a massive worldwide hit. Let it go. Yeah. There's only when I, when I'm feeling low.

Yeah, that one. See, he sung it slightly better than that. Only when I'm in a deep hole. But we spoke to go. Yeah. There's only when I win I get it all. Yeah, that one, he sung it slightly better than that. Only when I win I get it all. But we spoke to him, he was great. He was really charming.

He was really entertaining. Was he a charming British? British charm, you know. He says a lot. They are a charming bunch too and they're in the midst of lockdown too. Still charming.

Charming in lockdown. And then we spoke to our wellness coach as well to be more positive at the start start the year right. What's your resolution for 2021 mate? Hit me with it. I'm trying to take these photos down actually, I'll take one now. This is going to be the photo right now

so every day I'm taking a photo of a nice moment to reflect trying to look at you I'm not doing anything Let your eyes say it all I'm not saying anything, what are you doing? And your thing is you point at things, right? That's your hook.

That's your hook. And so he points at things in photos. And what does it symbolise? I'm trying to take a moment right now because I was kind of like, what's the point of social media? And then I was like, well, maybe I could literally do a point of a nice moment each day. You know, just a moment.

Historically, you are a photo pointer. He loves pointing at things in photos. So I I could literally do a point of a nice moment each day. You know, just a moment. You're like, that was cool. Historically, you are a photo pointer. He loves pointing at things in photos. So I'm trying to do a photo a day. I don't always post them daily. Sometimes I post three or four over it, you know, because I don't want to be the punisher on social media that posts, you know, like every day. What is that? Because I'm not on it like all the time.

I don't understand. What is the output you need to have not to punish people? Well, I don't know. I don't think I'm doing it. I don't think I'm doing it I don't think I'm doing it but would three posts a day be too many I would I would say so but maybe not for some people what are you whopping out a week it depends oh I'm very I'm very slack at it I was gonna get a gun with it I was gonna get rid of it I was like ah let's just get rid of it and then I'm like well maybe I'll try this for a little bit what's the point well literally I'm going to point at something daily and see how that goes. It may lose me

a lot of followers. And then I might go, that was a bad idea. So we'll find out over the course of the year. Oh, well, I'll follow this with interest. Probably come February I'll be like, hey, I'm not doing that anymore. He's going to check out. You're so not going to be doing this in December. But I'm trying, and it's been easy in the holidays because you had lovely family

moments, you're off doing stuff, you're like, hey, we're at a concert, we're doing a thing. We have lovely moments. What are you saying? No, I'm not saying we don't. So let's just create some lovely moments that I can point at. There's your goal for this year, to get in more point photos. Enjoy the podcast. It's great being back.

We'll catch you tomorrow on tomorrow's podcast as well. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. It was a good summer, wasn't it, Ben? Did you take that wonderfully bony body and hit the beach, babe? I did a few times. I went swimming, particularly up north. I went up and saw my mum up north.

Yeah, and swim to a... When there's a pontoon out on the water, do you find that? Everyone, you've got to swim to the pontoon. Stand on the pontoon with 19 other people, but it's quite fun. I got bullied into a bomb competition. Off the pontoon? No, off a wharf. Jeez, I tell you, when you're around 39 years old,

you should not be bombing. And I was like, I'll do a staple. Do you remember? Dropping down straight down. No room for error with a staple. No one else was doing staples. Maybe they were a 90s thing. Yeah, Millennial Max. You sort of shape your body like a staple. And as you go else was doing staples. Maybe they were a 90s thing. Yeah, Millennial Max. You sort of shape your body like a staple. And as you go into the water,

you sort of thrust your pelvis as you land to get the splash. There is a lot of danger, though, for a belly flop. Lot of danger. And I tell you what, I had not done it for many years and I was out of sorts. And it really landed on my guts,

the power of it. But I did spend a little bit of time at the beach. And Ben, you'll remember this fondly. Last year, I was embroiled in a see-through tog scandal. Yes, yes, I remember that. For five days. None of my loved ones told me that my togs were see-through. And you could see my sandbags through my togs

until a friend alerted me of it. Five days later, I was like, Gen, you went to my back? My backside, you can see it. Clearly you can see this. So no one said anything. No, that was last year, though, the see-through togs. I'd learned from that incident.

Were they white? They were sort of clear-y. Clear plastics. They were glad wrap. Really? I wasn't aware you could see through these. When they came off, they choked dolphins, my togs. That's hell.

They're like Speedos. But this year I have noticed an enormous amount of G-strings on the beach. Have you? Like people, so many of them, and this was brought to my attention by my daughter Poppy, who's like, that looked like they hurt. She'd never seen one before. Oh, right. Yeah, she's like, that looked like they hurt. She'd never seen one before. Oh, right.

Yeah, she's like, do those people know? Do they? She thought their normal togs had gone. Oh, they've gone like, yeah, right. They bought them and decided to suck in the normal togs. But, yeah, explaining that to an eight-year-old, that style of swimwear is interesting. Yeah, it's a bit unusual to explain that one to a kid.

Everyone's wearing them. I went and got myself a pair. Oh, jeez. You're like, you couldn't see enough of my bum last summer. Well, check it out. My bottom's too pimply for a G-string. I can't pull it off. You could pull it off, Ben.

Oh, no. You could pull a G-string. Yes, you could. No one wants to see me in a, no. You've got to be a confident swimmer to pull off a G-string. You know about this. Every year I like, because I'm a big fan of the Warriors, the league team, and a lot of people wear those shorts that are NRL shorts on the beach,

and they're like, they look cool, you know, when they've got legs. I'm like, yeah, this year maybe it's my year for wearing these shorts. It's never my year. They look shorts. It's never my year. They look terrible. It's like two toothpicks in a parachute. Yeah, exactly. I go to Rebel Sport every year for my annual try it on in the changing rooms, put them on and go, not for me today.

No, thanks, guys. But I love that every year you go back as if your legs have somehow grown, magically grown in the last 12 months, that they're going to satisfy and fill out a pair of Warriors shorts. I really should hit the gym. So there we go. Hey, well, good on you. Whatever you're wearing at the beach, you know what my message is?

Keep safe. Whether you're in a G-string, whether you're in glad wrap togs or in Warriors shorts, keep safe out there. Warning, this show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. And you let her go. That song was a worldwide smash hit, Let Her Go, Passenger. And he's got a new album right now called Songs for the Drunk and Brokenhearted.

And he joins us over Zoom, Passenger, real name Mike Rosenberg. And with some very sultry lighting there, Mike. Mate, I just wanted to get in the mood, you know, like, let's start as we mean to go on. Let's get this spark. Yeah, mood lighting. I'll light the candles. Ben will slowly remove items of clothing as the interview progresses.

Love it. Oh, it's so good to talk to you. Whereabouts in the world are you right now? Just outside of Brighton in my house here. I moved out to the country, which is pretty nice and well timed for a bit of lockdown, actually. It was an inspired move, yeah. I was just about to say, was that lockdown inspired or actually just timing worked out?

Timing worked out, yeah. I've been out here for two or three years now, man. It's just being on the road all the time and then getting home and being peaceful and quiet is a good vibe, yeah. I imagine that for a touring artist, when you are able to tour around the world, coming home must be quite the adjustment when you've spent maybe a year on end just sleeping in hotel rooms and playing venues and going to parties. It's so weird. I don't think you ever get used to it.

I get back and sort of go around the supermarket or like doing the washing up and I'm like, but I was playing to like 3,000 people last night. What is the meaning of this? Yeah, so I should have people doing this for me. I'm doing my own laundry. Yes, where are my minions? Now you've got a new album, Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted.

It's out in January. A couple of singles, one out at the moment. Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted doesn't sound like the happiest of singles, one out at the moment. Songs for the drunk and broken heart. It doesn't sound like the happiest of times that you've been through recently. I think hopefully people know by now that if they want to feel uplifted, if they're getting ready to go out on a big night,

Friday night, Saturday night, bang on some Passenger. They'll get you in the mood. I'll get the party started with some melancholy palates. Yeah, it's classic singer-songwriter-ville. It was after a breakup. And yeah, just went through a few months of probably drinking a little bit too much

and having a broken heart. And I thought, hey, this is a concept for a record here. Do you play the album to your ex? Because I imagine that would be an awkward confronting moment. Haven't had that evening yet. The listening party. The invite's gone out. Haven't heard back yet.

I'll let you know, man. That could be potentially the worst night of my life. Well, let us know how that went. Now, we have to talk, of course, about Well, let us know how that went. Now, we have to talk, of course, about Let Her Go, a song that took off for you. I mean, it was number one in Britain. It went to pretty much 16 countries, I think it was number one.

The music video, 3 billion hits on YouTube, almost 3 billion hits on YouTube. I mean, can you believe that a song that you created has just been that successful? The disappointing thing is we were really hoping for four billion yeah that was the target yeah mate it's completely ridiculous like what i love about that video as well is that it was shot in sydney at the factory theater my mate just came down with his camera and shot sound check and shot the gig and like

pieced the video together. It cost like $3,000 Australian dollars to make. Like we never ever thought. Almost 3 million people would see it. Yeah, it's ridiculous. It's such a great song but what I love because it's got so many views on YouTube is the thumbs up and

thumbs down, you know, because obviously people can click on that as well. So you've got 11 million thumbs up, which is great, but also 160,000 thumbs down to the song. So people have come along and gone, oh, hang on. That's really brought the mood down. I was buzzing up and down. Oh, sorry. That's two Wembley stadiums of thumbs down.

Just people standing in the stadium? Which generally happens at my gigs. I'm very accustomed to it. Now you've got such a great connection with New Zealand. You've recorded a previous album here at Roundhead Studios. You've come here many times. We love interviews. We love hearing celebrities and stars from overseas

saying good things about New Zealand. So I present your opportunity right now. I've got very little good to say about this. As a country, I find it unimpressive. It's genuinely one of my favourite places on earth. I've been lucky enough to sort of do a couple of road trips around the South Island. And honestly, I really miss the place. feels like uh it's been an awfully long time

since i've i've been over so i look forward to hopefully coming over at the end of 2021 now yeah awesome yep no well uh you can come as long as we stay in a motel for two weeks and i can stick a rod up your nose and just just test just make sure you're okay because we're pretty clean over here. Yeah, I've heard. You guys have had it pretty easy. Is that right? You guys handled it pretty well, right? Compared to, yeah, a lot of other countries.

It helps that we're quite isolated, you know. And there's like literally a tenth of the population compared to where you're based. It helps you don't have Boris Johnson sort of parading around and running the circus as well. He always looks a bit frazzled, we find. Like he always looks a bit messy and he always looks like he isn't. He looks like a baffled toddler. Baffled by everything.

I hope he's ever not looked baffled. Which is what you want in a leader, isn't it? Oh, that guy looks baffled. That's how they've been charged. Hey, listen, mate, Really nice to meet you. This has been a fun chat and hopefully we'll get to do it face to face at some point

in the future. You were meant to be here, right? And then obviously COVID had to delay your plans to come to New Zealand. So we're very sad about that. But it's cool to hear you might be coming in

to next year. Yeah, I will be. Chaps, thank you so much for your time. It's been an absolute delight. 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 Pen. Breakfast on the. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads. What I saw on Saturday, something I've,

I've been around for 39 years, Ben. I've seen some stuff. Yeah. These eyes have seen some things, but for the first time ever in my life, I saw something take place in a cafe and I was like, this is magnificent.

A lady pulled a wallet out of her brassy hair to pay for her coffee. She was in front of the queue. Right. It's the pockets of the chest, aren't they? The bras. That's what they call them, don't they? When you think about it it's wonderful. This is a cafe situation.

Was this by a beach? No, no, this was suburban. Oh, right, because I imagine at the beach where you don't really have pockets and, you know, you might not be carrying a handbag or a bag or anything like that. Anything goes at the beach, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Anything. But she...

Okay, alright. This is unusual for a suburban setting, I would say. But it's got an extra bang for your buck, isn't it, bro? I mean, you've got two extra pockets there. Plus you've got your pockets, which are available to most people as well. So more storage, which I didn't realise was an option.

Actually, I saw someone pull out a hip flask at the concert over the weekend from a bra as well. Yeah, I mean, no security guard's going to check. And if they do, they're probably going to get taken to HR. Exactly. So maybe this is the thing.

Maybe this is something that we just don't know about. Well, let's see. What have you stored in it? What have you stored in your bra? Oh, 800, that hits. 4487. Can you beat a wallet? How much stuff have you got in there? You got a packet of rice from the supermarket?

I don't know. Yeah. The world's your oyster. Maybe you've got oysters in there. I'd love to hear from you this morning. Let's go to Charlotte in Christchurch. What have you stored in there, Charlotte? Good morning. Welcome back, boys. Lovely to have you on, mate.

Lovely to have you on, Charlotte. What have you stored inside your chest? Well, I often store my phone inside my bra. It's quite handy so I can hear the vibrations. Of course. That's not a bad idea. What about like running and stuff? I imagine gym and stuff like that would be an option as well, too, if you don't have pockets. It might get a bit sweaty if I put my bra in idea. What about like running and stuff? I imagine gym and stuff like that would be an option as well too,

if you don't have pockets. It might get a bit sweaty if I put my bow, put it in there. It wants your content to be running quite high. Okay, that's a bad suggestion. Sorry. Sorry, guys. You and your Velcro wallet, get out of here. Go and find yourself a Velcro mirror and have a good long hard look at it.

Thank you very much, Charlotte. Really do appreciate it. And also, I think that storage facility, safe. No mugger in the history of mugging has ever stolen stuff out of there. They always go in your trouser pockets, don't they? Petrina, welcome. What have you stored in your bra? What have you stored in there, Petrina?

Money, bank card, and when I was younger, just to get into somewhere, I'd put some bottles down on my bra there so I could get my booze in. Oh, the booze option. How big is the bra? Pardon? I don't know, it's quite a personal question. Yeah, the bottle. What are we talking, little bottles?

Are they like wine bottles? I managed to get a couple of my little spirits bottles down there and they never check there. No, why would they? No. Makes me uncomfortable talking about this, let alone being a security guard checking this.

How you going, Petrina? Look after yourself in New Plymouth. Thank you. Great to have you listening. We'll head to Auckland. Kate, what have you stored in there? Hi. So I keep a dummy in my bra for my kid. I'm trying to wean them off. So when it's really bad, I just whip it out

and then they're all happy again. Last place they'll look. It's not a bad option though because it's probably more hygienic you'd think there than in your pockets and stuff. Yeah. It doesn't really drop out or anything. Sometimes I have to hide Christmas presents for my wife because she likes to look for them.

Maybe I could hide them in there. She'll never look. Why have you got a square box on your pictorials? Don't you dare look. Thank you very much, Kate. Really do appreciate you listening. Thank you. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, it is summertime in New Zealand, To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Now it is summertime in New Zealand and we're really lucky to be one of, I think one of the only countries in the world to be having concerts and festivals throughout the summer. It's awesome that we get to do this. You went to one on the weekend, you went to 660 on the weekend too? Yeah, that Drax Project, Paige, Troy Kingey, 660. Yeah, up in Waitangi, twohour concert where 660 played on stage. It was awesome, actually.

It was really cool to be amongst that. Met Caleb Clark, all-black Caleb Clark, who's awesome. We saw him play in the All Blacks game, the Wallabies game. And he was like, man, every time he touched the ball, he was awesome. He's like one of my favorite players. And then he came up to me and I was like, he's pranking me. He's pranking me because I didn't know he was there. He was like, hey, Ben, can I get a photo with you? I'm a fan. I'm like,

okay, who said that? Is Jono here? So I made the interaction really awkward because I was like, who's pranked? No one comes up to me, let alone an all black coming up and wanting a photo with me. Well, it's now the time I bring Caleb Clark. Welcome to the show. I knew it. It was a long play. I knew it.

It was a long play. He thought he wanted a photo. What a schmuck. All the way through there, I was like, there's a hidden camera on me going, this idiot thinks that someone wants a photo with him. I'm like, oh, really? But a very good, and 662 obviously being big campaigners to play, to be the first band to play at Eden Park. Yeah, hopefully that gets to happen, right? It's been a bit of a legal stoush with Aunty Helen Clark.

She doesn't want the concerts. They want the concerts. But then on Friday, I noticed that they announced that there will be concerts at Eden Park. But they do come under very strict guidelines, which I found very confusing. That's right, Wendy. This has been a long fought and bitter dispute.

Well, today, the Auckland Council gave its decision thanks to three independent commissioners, and it's given the green light to the venue, meaning six gigs can be hosted here every single year, albeit with some strict conditions. Those are things around mitigating the noise risk to local neighbours, and also the days that gigs will be allowed to be held here at Eden Park. So every weekday is given the all-clear, and also weekends.

And also weekends. So every weekday and weekends is the conditions, a.k.a. every day of the week, they're allowed gigs. Oh, that's good. And also weekends. So every weekday and weekends is the conditions, a.k.a. every day of the week. They're allowed gigs. Oh, that's good. At Eden Park. The strict conditions. Okay, we'll let you say yes.

We have conditions. You know, Monday, yep. You know, Tuesday, yep. But you can have gigs on all of those days right through to Sunday. Those are the conditions. Yeah, we can do that. But if it's not a weekday or a weekend, you're not doing it. So 660, going to Hastings this week, right around the country,

lots of festivals going on, and we thought we'd play a wee bit of a game right now. You've got some pieces of paper in front of you of – you want to give those to me? I'll give those to you. Okay, all right. And these are names of bands and Kiwi artists that could be performing over summer, some famous Kiwi artists.

You've got to see how many you can weave into the conversation that we have. Okay. I'm going to call a cafe, and you've just got to try and work in the likes of, you know, Dave Dobbin, 660, Benny, those sorts of things into this conversation. Okay, all Kiwi artists. Yeah, Kiwi artists. We'll hear a bell every time you get one. Let's give them a call.

Good morning, Bontoi. Oh, hello, Sailor. How are you? Good. So me and the dudes were keen to get out. It's a crowded house at the moment, so pop down for a meal? Yep. Do we need to make a booking?

Depending on what day you're planning on coming. Yeah. So if it was Friday. I'm just putting the feelers out there. Yeah, Friday. What time are you after? Oh, about sort of 10, brunch time. Actually, do you do an eggs, Benny?

Yeah, we do. We've got spinach, bacon or salmon. Praise the Lord. Thank you very much. And so what have you got price-wise on the menu? Anything around sort of $6.60? $6.60? Big breakfast is $20, well $19.90.

Yeah, that makes sense. And the cheapest is the muesli at $10.90. Now, I've just come back from holiday, and I did go to a place where they used to charge for this, but the toilets, are they free to use? Like, I don't have to pay... Of course they are. Yeah, free to use. I don't have to pay pee money?

No, not at all. Anne, can you describe the cafe? Describing it? It's an older cafe. Lovely, yeah. Yeah, kind of. And have you got fire extinguishers? We do.

Good, because I don't want a place to catch a fire. The other thing I've been doing just as a bit of a New Year's resolution sort of situation. I wanted to teach myself the alphabet this year. Now, I've got A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K. Do you know what comes after that? L, O, M, O, P. And I've got a mate, Fat Freddy. Can I drop him at the door? Do you know what comes after that? L-M-O-P. And I've got a mate, Fat Freddy. Can I drop him at the door?

I don't see why not. He can't stand Walker. Oh, gee, I've got to stop you there. It's Giorno and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. You probably picked something was up. Yeah, I did. Giorno, I gave him the task of trying to insert as many New Zealand singers or bands into a conversation

yep so that's why the weird questions I apologise for him and for our show apart from the alphabet thing I am teaching myself the alphabet this year

you're a good sport Dee hey we'd love to send you out something for but basically taking up your time that'd be great Dee Ben's just called you

a good sport are you good at sport? equestrian sport oh okay you are a good sport you literally are a good sport. Are you good at sport? Equestrian sport. You literally are a good sport. You put up with us and that's all we can ask for. Hold the line. We'd love to send you out something. Thank you.

You have a great week, Dee. You too. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. At 7.45 each morning on the show, we're going to give you guys a chance to win $5,000 cash. It's a brand new game we're playing called Jono and Ben's Five Words for $5,000.

Basically, read our minds, stash the cash. It's all yours. It's a simple game of word association. Yeah, read Ben's mind. He's always thinking of he doesn't have enough hand sanitizer on his hands. That's the safe option with Ben Boyce. But let's explain how the game works, shall we? Yeah, so you basically pick one of the two of us

that you think would think along the same lines as you. Okay, so Max, you pick either Ben or myself. Who do you want to play with? Millennial Max. Ben, you're going to play with Ben? Okay. So in that instance, I would put some noise-cancelling headphones on, listening to News Talk ZB or whatever we've got playing on that

so I can't hear what's happening. And then we would ask Max five words and what's the first thing that basically pops into his head? Word association. Okay Max, sand, beach TV, screen computer, screen Did I use the same word twice?

And then if those five words match up with what I say when I take my headphones off you get all five, you get five grand. Simple as that. Yeah, so I would say, sand, computer, screen, but obviously I wouldn't hear what was going on. That's how the game works. It's five words, $5,000.

Are we going to debut it now? Are we going to change the face of commercial radio at this very moment? Yeah, we will. We will look back on this moment and they'll be like, boy, jeez, radio needed a facelift and they just gave it one that day. I'm very excited about this.

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Jono and Ben's five words for five grand. You give us a call on 0800 THE HATS. Choose which one of the two of us you think would think along the same lines as you. That person, for example, could be Jono, puts noise-cancelling headphones on so he can't hear what's going on. Then I would ask you, I'd throw out five words, simple word association. You say the first thing, the first word that pops into your head. If those five words match simple word association. You say the first thing, the first word that pops into your head.

If those five words match up with Jono's, when he takes his noise-cancelling headphones off, you win $5,000. Simple as that. Morena, Catherine, welcome to New Zealand's breakfast. Morena, guys. How are you? We're doing well. How's Tauranga this morning, all right? Pretty good. Sun's shining so far, so not a bad start to the week. Alright, Kath, listen, you say five words, one of us says five words, if they match you win

five grand, if they don't match you win nothing, and what price do you put on nothing? Nothing. Well, I've got my eyes set on a new outdoor furniture set, so that's what I'm aiming towards today. Okay, who do you want to play with? Who are you picking here, Kath? I'm going to go with Jono. Okay.

Shocking decision. Oh no, I think you're quite good at this. We've been playing this around the office the last few days, and it's been quite a lot of fun. So, Jono, you put on some noise-cancelling headphones. If I can offer any advice to Catherine, don't think about it too much. Okay, just do it. Whatever pops into your head. Okay, I'm putting on...

Jono's got noise-cancelling headphones on. I'm listening to Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. Some very controversial opinions being broadcast in my ears right now. Okay, so Jono has got some headphones on. Millennial Max, you can verify that he's got these on? He does, he does. He can't hear what's going on right now. All right, Catherine.

Jono, no, he can't hear. Okay. No, he can't hear at all. He's quite zoned out at the moment. All right, Catherine, well, the first things that pop into your head, Jono and Ben's five words for five grand. Shoe.

That's where you come in, Catherine. Oh, so I've got to say the first word after shoe. Yeah, first word. Dandle. Okay. Pen. Pyro. Bread.

Vogel. Island. Tahiti And coffee Breakfast Okay, those are your five words There's no way If these five words match up When Jono takes the headphones off

$5,000, you can take those off right now. Yes, you can. Take them off? Yep. Thumbs up. I tell you what, Mike Hosking is not happy with Jacinda Ardern. You would not read about that. There's a surprise. He is not a fan of the Labour government. I'll tell you that for free. But okay, how did Catherine go? She went good.

She went good. Alright, so you've got to see if you can match up with these five words. God, I feel pressure. I'm nervous. I'm basically nervous. Like Catherine, was it just kind of the first thing that would pop into your head? Yeah, it was a bit random, actually. God knows. Yeah, it's real random.

Okay, Cass. Real random. Okay. I'm going to get inside Catherine's head. Okay. Okay. Jono, the first word for Jono and Ben's five words for five grand. Imagine if we nail this first off.

I know. We're trying to get five grand for Catherine. Come on, you can do this. Shoe. Laces. No. That's it. What do you mean?

What do you mean that's it? That's it. You don't know for the fun, right? That was it. That was it. That wasn't what you... Okay, shoe string. No.

The same as shoelaces. No. Shoe sole. No. Shoe Nike. No. Shoe footwear. No. Shoe feet. Shoe sole. No. Shoe Nike. No. Shoe footwear. No.

Shoe feet. Shoe sole. You've said sole. Shoe Doc Martens. Oh, yeah, like, yeah, Jandall. Jandall is what Catherine said. But there's not a shoe. Well, mate, that was the first thing that popped into her head.

I told her to just relax and say the first thing. Oh, Kath. Oh, we get that. That's good, though. Love it. her head. I told her to just relax and say the first thing. Oh, cats. That's good, though. Love it. Very fun. I'll let you down. You're going to have to just sit on grass.

You're not going to have any furniture. Would you have gotten any of these other ones? So go pen. Soul. Oh, nice. Yeah, borrow. Bread. Chop.

Bread? Chop. Slice. Oh, slice. Island. Sun. Okay, and coffee Drink Okay this game's a lot harder than we think

No way Did I get none of them? Zero None of them Nothing Well it's safe to say this is in the favour of the house This game It was a lot of fun

Our accountant Our accountant will be very happy at the results of this Catherine I'll tell you that I'm back tomorrow morning Five words for five thousand dollars Hold on Catherine We're going to send you out some hell pizza for your troubles alright Our accountant will be very happy at the results of this, Catherine. I'll tell you that. Back tomorrow morning. Five words for $5,000. Hold on, Catherine. We're going to send you out some hell pizza for your troubles, all right?

You have a great day, my friend. After 8 o'clock, we're going to talk to a wellness coach. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right in at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Speaking of Christmas, you know, a lot of people have the Christmas.

Thanks for explaining what's happened over the last four weeks. Hey, Christmas is holiday and now it's January. I was just thinking about all the things that happened. He's explaining the calendar month to you. Don't get me started on February through August. Tomorrow will be Tuesday. That generally follows Monday, traditionally. It does.

In the structure of the week. But my mum, Jenny, we've talked about this before. She doesn't like throwing anything out. It's not for wastage, but a lot of people of that generation, ah, don't let anything go to waste. Cake crumbs, she saves crumbs from a cake as well. She saves the little plastic fish from sushi packets. We've talked about this as well.

Fun fact, that cake full of cake crumbs was actually Ben's Christmas cake this year. How was it? But her ham, her Christmas ham. Now, she was still eating this for a long, long time. Like too long. Like this is the health food safety people would be like, no, you shouldn't be doing this.

Again, that generation, they love to ride out a ham, don't they? Jeez. But it's ham for every meal too. Ham for breakfast, ham for morning tea, ham for lunch, ham for afternoon tea. If you're hungry, you just eat ham for months. Well, yeah, it was a long, long time. I'm not going to tell you exactly. Has she stopped eating it now?

Well, yeah, she has, thankfully, but for a long time. Did you say stop the madness, Jenny? Stop this ham madness. Yeah, I gave it to her. Look, I'll tell her now. I gave it to her. Put it away. I got rid of it.

Did you hide it? Yeah, I was like, we can't. This has stayed on too long. I'll tell you exactly how long. This ham is developing a personality. I'll tell you how long my mum was eating a ham for next, which is not recommended, but I wanted to know right now on 0800THEHITS,

how long were you eating your ham for? Like, what is the right amount of time to be eating a ham? Oh, can you beat Jenny Boyce's record? Hopefully you can't. Is it really that bad? I thought it was bad, but maybe I'm just, I'm not be with us. Is it really that bad? I thought it was bad, but maybe I'm just not of that generation. She must have the guts of Iron Man, your mother.

Nothing is penetrating Jenny's guts. Oh, well, 0800 the hits is the phone number. The Christmas ham would love your calls this morning. Morena, Georgia, you're on the air. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? You all right? Yeah. Lovely to have you on. You sound bamboozled, and that's the air. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? You all right? Yeah.

Lovely to have you on. You sound bamboozled, and that's the way we like our audience. A little bit confused. Where am I? I thought I was phoning Fletcher Bourne. It's great to have you on. How long did you eat your ham for? Well, we were eating it solid for like probably until the first,

but then we kind of gave up, and so there's still a bit in the freezer. Oh, the freezer. Oh, you're going to froze it? After the six or seven days that had been festering in the fridge? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, gee whiz. Wow. That's pretty good. Does Jenny still beat that?

Jenny does still beat that. Jenny beats the service. I know. This is why I like it. Mum, you can't do this. You're going to die. Are you trying to kill yourself? David Seymour's got other options.

Let's go to Craig. You're on the air. Welcome from Matamata. Craig, how are you? Mate, how are you? Lovely to have you on. Craig, your Christmas ham, how long were you eating it for?

It was my brother-in-law. He got given two Christmas hams by his work and another person gave him one. Too much ham. Too much ham. So four weeks later, he was still eating it. Four weeks! Oh, he wins. He can't beat me. My mum was January 8th. So I was like, I came back up on January 8th. I was like, you've got to get rid of this. I'm getting rid of it. So I got rid of it secretly. He was frying it. He was doing it. Whatever way you could have him, this man had it over a month of ham.

Jeez, it became like a conquest. He lost three kgs in a week. Yeah, I can imagine. He's got diarrhea. This is not recommended. It's great. You're full for three weeks. I can imagine. He's got diarrhea. Okay, yeah. This is not recommended. Yeah, okay. It's a great, you're full for three weeks,

you shed the weight for the final week. It's a wonderful diet program. They talk about the Atkins diet, they talk about your fit tea that you're always promoting, Ben. Oh, God, no. Go on the ham diet, the month-long ham diet.

No. I love your work, Craig. Thank you so much. Make sure you stick around, buddy, because in about 5 minutes we're giving you the chance to win 5k okay cool mate

add these two men together and somehow you get 3 quarters worth of a normal man the hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast spy

know what's up spy.co.nz listen producer Juliet is away at outward bound lighting dream catchers and discovering herself I hope she just doesn't discover

she's too good for the show. Imagine if she comes back and resigns. For a whole year, we tried to make sure she didn't discover that. She'd come back and be like, all right, that's it, I'm out. Anyway, just because producer Juliet's away doesn't mean celebrities stop philandering

with people who aren't their partners and here to expose their torrid affairs, bed boy spy. Now on Wednesday, US time, I think it'll be Thursday morning on our time, Joe Biden will be officially sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Inauguration

ceremony, which is going to have some big stars performing at it. Lady Gaga. Who to her? Lady Gaga. She's going to be performing the anthem there. John Legend, J-Lo are going to perform. Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and Justin Timberlake

will all be there and performing as well throughout the televised special. The Democrats have definitely got the best artists, don't they? When there's a Republican runner, it's like Kid Rock. Kid Rock and Bob Seger or someone. Yeah, and Tom Hanks is going to be hosting

the primetime special on TV as well. It starts at midday, which is great for Joe Biden. Yeah, he Tom Hanks is going to be hosting the primetime special on TV as well. It starts at midday, which is great for Joe Biden because, you know, he needs to be in bed by four. He likes to watch the chase and then go to bed. And then do what my granddad did.

He used to put a cover down over the TV when the TV was done for the night. He'd put a little thing, a little cover down over the TV. It was like a little bit of material that they'd lift up and put something on top of the TV and just put it down. It was like, TV's of material that they lift up and put something on top of the TV

and they just put it down. I was like, TV's done for the night. Because they didn't want sun damage to get on the TV. They even put the TV to bed. The TV's like, I've still got another six hours

to be gone. There's more stuff. There's more stuff. The Bachelor's coming up soon. They're going to be like, oh, can I watch something? No, no, no. We'll put the cover on now.

But we can just move the... We'll put the cover on the TV and the blind just move the... We'll put the cover on the TV and the blinds, the curtains. But it was just like it was a pot blood or something on top of the TV that was just... Uh-uh, the TV's gone to bed.

Can't wait for the TV up. It'll be up again in the morning. So there you go. That's happening at midday. I love Joe Biden so much. I reckon the poor guy, he's so old he's probably forgotten he actually won the election.

He was on stage. This is our favourite bit of audio. It puts a smile on both of our faces every time we hear it. He's at a rally and he's got his wife and his sister on stage with him and he just wants to introduce the crowd to his loved ones. By the way, this is my little

sister Valerie and I'm Jill's husband. Oh no, this is my... Valerie switched on me. This is my wife. is a... Valerie, you switched on me. This is my wife. This is my sister. They switched on me. You get very confused. But then puts the blame on them.

How dare they switch on me? You know they always need to stand on my left and right so I know who my sister and my wife is. And I'm Joe's husband. But I think the world is pretty excited about Joe Biden taking over and hopefully they can start healing as a nation in America from Wednesday onwards. And Donald Trump, well, he's going to be removed from office, obviously, from Wednesday.

But Macaulay Culkin wants him removed from Home Alone 2, his little cameo that he had in there. A very short cameo. Because that's a prerequisite, wasn't it, when you wanted to film in Trump Towers or any of Trump's residences, that he must make an appearance in the movie. So he kind of bullied his way into the movie.

Like he bullied his way into the White House. Yeah, and so someone on social media said, maybe we should edit him out of that movie, Home Alone 2. Macaulay Culkin said, sold, over the weekend. So he's on board with it. But apparently at the time, the director, Chris Columbus, was saying that it was well received. They were actually going to edit it out.

But then in the test screening, it got quite a bit of a cheer from the audience when that happened, obviously, a while ago, and so they kept it in. Not living there. It felt like he was sort of revered as a bit of a hero pre-presidency by a lot of people. Yeah. That's the American dream.

That guy's living the dream. Oh, yeah, there was a lot of songs, mate, rap video songs and stuff that he'd be sort of mentioned as the sort of person you write. That was like, oh, Trump, he's the guy, the wealthy guy, the business, the successful guy. Yeah, a little bit of brand damage over the last four years. Yeah, just a little bit. And that is your Spy Entertainment News for your Monday morning. Broadcasting live.

And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Now, Louise Thompson, she's a wellbeing coach. She teaches people how to be happy, less stress, and have meaningful lives. She's a best-selling author. You can find her on social media and her website, louisethompson.com. And she's going to join us right now.

Listen, being extremely stressed and having a shallow life are two of my favourite hobbies. So Louise is going to have her work cut out for me here. But, Louise, people going back to work, a lot of people already back at work. How do they get through this period, mate? Well, you know, it's got to be done, hasn't it? Take yourself to your happy place. It's only five

days, you know, so start the year as you mean to go on. You've got so many public holidays in January and February as well. It's almost a four-day week every single week for the first few weeks of the year, isn't it? Yes, very good point.

Hey, listen, you see the positive in life, don't you? I already feel really stressed. Yeah. Now, New Year's resolutions, something that people make at the start of the year, what's your thoughts on those? Do they work? Well, generally about 90% of them have fallen over by the third week of January.

There's a shocking amount of commitment. It is, right? And so we're just in that danger zone at the moment where all of that good intention of, yeah, I'm going to go to the gym three times a week and I'm going to walk for an hour before work every morning and I'm going to have a green smoothie every single day. It all starts to wear off. The danger zone is sort of the next seven days is where the majority of New Year's resolutions start to, the wheels start to fall off, basically.

Yeah, where you swap out the green smoothie for a ciggy. A ciggy and a double flat wine. A ciggy and a double flat wine, no, and an Uber to work instead of walking. Why do they fail, do you think? I think there's lots of reasons behind it. I think one is that we call it a New Year's resolution. But really, you know, when you think about resolution, that's about resolve, and that is about a really strong commitment.

I've resolved to do this thing. But when most people set resolutions, they're just actually setting a kind of a wish a kind of yeah I'd love to sort of kind of have that thing but it's not saying I am resolved to have that thing and I will do whatever it takes and so the energy behind it is completely completely different yeah so when you're not really resolved for it and you're just wishing for it it's every single I don't know if it's a if it's a goal around eating healthily it when you're not really resolved for it and you're just wishing for it, it's every single, I don't know if it's a goal around eating healthily, it means you're sort of having to re-decide that commitment every single meal,

which eventually the wheels are going to fall off, aren't they? Yeah. Whereas if this is made one massive resolved commitment that I will do whatever it takes to achieve X, then you've decided it once, and then you've just got to follow it through. Or set more realistic ones, I think, is probably a good thing. Like, I'll have eight Heinekens instead of ten.

Just come back just a little bit. Just a little bit. I can achieve that. I talk about that a lot. Yeah, lower the bar. And it's much easier to stick to eight Heinekens rather than ten. You're so right.

It's what jobs for the day. We've got Louise Thompson with us. She's a well-being coach. I'm trying something this year. I don't know if I'll be able to continue to do it. But my social media, I was kind of like, at the end of the year, I was like, maybe I could get rid of it. What's the point?

And then I was like, well, actually, when I – Here's in a dark place. What's the point? I was like, what's the point of my social media? And then I was like, well, actually when I, when I was in a dark place, what's the point of my social media? And then I was watching my daughter do some flips on the tramp and she was explaining, you know, and she was really excited about it.

And I was like, that's really cool. And I took a photo of it and I did what I do in some photos. I kind of pointed at her doing while doing it. And I was like, well, maybe that could be my point each day. I'll take a photo of pointing at something that was a nice little moment.

And it's kind of given me a chance to go, Hey, this is cool. I'm kind of in this moment right now and it's something to remember and maybe that could be my social media. That could be literally the point of the social media. So so far, what are we, 17 days in, I've taken one photo every day. Will I continue to do

it? I don't know. And pointing at stuff. And pointing at something, one thing a day, that kind of was something that gave me a little bit of a purpose to that day. What happens if you get a sponsor on board, Lo? Oh, we can do other posts. We can do sponsored posts. I haven't ruled that out. Yeah.

If someone's paying you to do it, do it. Yeah, I'll point at a product. I'll point at a product. That gives me some well-being as well. That gives me some financial well-being, you know? That's fine. But yeah, there was meant to be something nice there. That's actually such a great idea because that's like a visual gratitude diary for each day.

Yeah, well, I've done it 17 days so far. But there's also that thing now that everyone needs to factor into is there's just so much happening in life. You've got family, you've got work, there's technology, there's just stuff happening all the time. How do you find the balance? How do you find a nice balance between all of those things? I mean, I do think it's an observation that is such a truism that life is just so overloaded. And what do you give your attention to? And is it something that's actually nourishing you

or is it something where you're just giving endless amounts of attention? Balance is made of a thousand tiny decisions that we make each day, not one big life decision like, as soon as I move to the country, I will have perfect balance, or as soon as I work three-day week, I will have perfect balance. Because when we move to the country, or when we get a four-day week, or whatever we think the answer is, we take all of our sort of thought programs with us,

you know, our behaviour programs with us. So we're just quite a stressed out person, but we happen to live in the country. Yeah, and it just takes longer to get to work. And again, not sitting that bar too high, bringing it down to the eight Heinekens. No, five Heinekens.

Five, yeah. Louise Thompson, that's really interesting talking to you. thank you so much for your time well being coach you can visit her website louisethompson.com

stay safe in the UK and hopefully you can come back here very shortly and we can actually do this again that would be awesome stay safe guys

real kiwi blokes with soy lattes mmm Jono and Ben breakfast on the hits Jono and Ben back with you for 2021.

I know, no one's more surprised than us. I know, yeah, true. I thought it was all over at the end of last year. It should have been, it should have been. They said bring representation. We had good representation that dragged us through another year. We're stoked to be back. I've been saying this morning,

spend a bit of time up north over the break. My mum lives up there in Russell. Old Bob Marley over here. Where else would he spend his holidays, Millennial Max? Yeah, I was actually at 660

over the weekend and someone needs to tell Northland the referendum didn't come through. Because I was like, oh, the smell out there, like,

guys, guys, this is not, guys, guys, didn't you go to a Fat Freddy's concert and someone passed him

and he's like, oh no, thank you. I was catch a fire. I was like, oh, no, I'm fine, thank you. I'm fine, thank you. And everyone looked at me like, oh, you're real uncool. And I'm like, yeah, I am uncool. But I was polite. And I used my manners.

I'm fine, thank you, my good sir. My mum lives up in Russell, though, and she's been living there for seven years. And we were having a swim with the kids, and she was out, and I'm like, Mum, come in the water, and she was, you know, she came in and swum. She goes, you know, that's the first swim I've had, a proper swim in Russell.

And so it's seven years. She's one of the most beautiful beaches. She said, well, no one ever invited me before. I was like, well, yeah. You don't have to wait for an invite from the ocean. You don't need to. Or Jenny Boyce Corderney attend their water. So we went up

for mum's birthday and it was her 70th birthday so we went to a winery. It was lovely. And as you do over this time, a lot of people, you know,

particularly around Christmas you have a few drinks at lunch, you have a big meal and you want to have a nap afterwards. And my stepdad did that. We went home

and he was like, I'm going to go to bed. Oh, they love a nap. They love an afternoon nap, the old boomers. It's up there scratching the inside of their ear with their car keys. Another one of their favourite hobbies. So about four o'clock he goes for a nap in the afternoon and he'd probably sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon.

He gets up and he's like, what time is it? And we're like, oh, it's seven o'clock. And he looked at me and I was drinking the beer and he looked at me and he was like, oh, you're having a beer, a bit early for a beer, isn't it? I was like, what are you showing me? We've a bit early for a beer, isn't it? I was like, what are you showing me? We've been in a winery.

Like, what are you showing? Anyway, he went off and then he got into some, you know, got changed and he came out and I was like, he's wearing his work clothes.

He's getting his work clothes. He's like, where's my work sunglasses? Well, it's over there. So he puts his work. He's got work sunglasses. We're like,

what are you doing at seven o'clock? We're like, what's going on? He's ready to go out there and he goes, seven o'clock, time to get up. Start the day right.

I thought it was the morning. It's 7 o'clock at night. You haven't slept right through. I understand now why you were bear shaming me. But if anything, you should have taken the bear out of your hand. He almost took it too casually. I'm not having a bear, are you, Billy?

Anyway, it wasn't a work, sonny's. I've been getting up before sunrise I'm having a beer, eh, Billy? Anyway, we're going to work, sonnies. Oh, Ben getting up before sunrise and getting a beer. I was like, jeez, that's the ultimate sleep confusion, isn't it? You do, though, when you have an afternoon nap. It really throws out the body clock, doesn't it? Every time I wake up, I wake up in a giant pool of slobber. I don't slobber during the night, but if I sleep during day hours. You just don't know.

I hate having them because you don't know what's going on. You feel kind of all murky and yucky afterwards but people love them. Some people are like 20 minutes and you're back into it. Yeah. No, you like to be

on top of things, don't you? Not waking up thinking it's morning and thinking it's night. It was very confused. I'll tell you who else gets confused about nap times is your friends

from the Catchafire concert, Ben. Time isn't an issue for them. It's always 4.20 for some reason. I don't know why that is. It's always 4.20 for some reason. I don't know why that is. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Jono and Ben, back with you. 2021 on the hits. Tell you what, the text machine blowing up. Welcome back, guys. Oh, it hasn't been the same without you. Righty, righty, right. I don't want to. I wouldn't labour on it.

Because there's none. In fact you. Righty, righty, right. I don't want to. I wouldn't labour on it. Because there's none. In fact, if someone could call right now, 0800-THATS, and just say something along those lines. Is that what you want? Is that what you want testing back is people to be like, oh, great, have you guys been? You want to know you've been missed. You know, just one test, something.

0800-THATS, call us, please. We're desperate. It really puts our jobs into perspective, right? It does. But we like how people wouldn't mind either way. I don't care. They'll still play Bruno Mars and Pink. Someone else will say some words in between

and then they'll go on to a Keith Urban picnic. Actually, you're right. If anything, they'll play more music because those two twerps won't be jibber-jabbering in between. Emily's phoning through. Emily, you got some favourable words to say, babes? Welcome back, guys. I didn't say babes.

Missed you, Emily. Hello. Missed you. Welcome back, guys. Missed you, Emily. Hello. Welcome back. I missed you. You can never, ever go on holiday again. Oh, there we go. Hasn't been the same without you. Say that. It's been sad without you guys. It's been quiet.

That's lovely. I feel like you didn't really want to say this, but you've said it, so thank you. Thank you anyway. You had a good break? I didn't have a break. I'm a farmer. I don't have time off. No, the cows don't say, hey, Emily, go and have four weeks off.

You've been working hard this year. I feel sorry that we made you sad by not being here, but our presence has now made your life better, Emily, and thank you for your call. Thank you for your sentiments. No worries. Love your work. Did you have a good holiday, Ben?

I did, actually. Yeah, I spent a bit your call. Thank you for your sentiments. Love your work. Did you have a good holiday, Ben? I did, actually. Yeah, I spent a bit of time up north, back and forth. You know, Russell, my mum lives up there now, so we went up there for a few days, had a few nights away from the kids. Jenny Boyce, the Princess of Paihia. That's what I call her. Even though she doesn't live in Paihia,

that's quite a nice name, isn't it? Yeah, she had a few nights where she looked after our kids and my sister's kids and stuff, and Amanda and I, my wife and I, went away for a couple of kid-free nights. Oh, rekindle the relationship. But it was a moment where we were the lame parents, away from the kids,

because one of our daughters was like, take my beer to keep you guys company while you're away so you don't miss us. You can always look at the beer. It's her little Heineken that she's had with her since day dot. It was like a poo beer thing. But then we were all like, oh, the mums and dads on tour, we're like, we'll take photos of this beer everywhere we go

throughout our journey. In the wine, drinking wine, drinking, and everyone else you could tell at the table around like, look at these lame parents. Guys, guys, guys. You're out with a teddy bear. Oh, you took the bear to dinner? Yeah, I know.

This will be fun. And then some guy's going, hey, Ben, how's your teddy bear? I'm like, oh, God. I'm officially that parent. The lame parent. That sounds like a raucous evening. What time is your wrap it up? The bear stayed out later than us, to be honest.

Ben didn't get until three or four. We're home by nine. Oh, there you go. That was Ben's wild, wild holiday. Is that the best story you got from your holidays? Mate, you don't want to burn it all in the six o'clock hour. There's more to come, ladies and gentlemen. It's only Emily listening.

And she was sad. I think you just made her more sad after that story. Made me sad. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's Breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. And this hasn't stopped.

Well, it stopped while we were away, but we haven't stopped doing it. This is the A to Z of New Zealand. And this hasn't stopped. Yeah. Well, it stopped while we were away, but we haven't stopped doing it. This is the A to Z of New Zealand. We're going to call a different town or city. We do one a day as we work our way alphabetically around New Zealand. Yeah, Kawakawa. It's located in the tranquil, green, suspicious-smelling, smoky far north. And it's famous. You know what it's famous for?

The Hunderwasa Toilet. Yes. smoky far north. And it's famous. You know what it's famous for? The Hunderwasser Toilet. The toilet, yes. It says a lot about a town where the most popular talked about thing is the public lavatory. It's on the sign when you drive past. The toilet's this way. That's the big thing for the town.

Oh, you've been holding on. Yeah, well, this is the place to go. Although looking at the toilets, they are a work of art. You'd feel guilty even letting nature run its course inside these things. Yeah, they're pretty cool. Very special toilets.

It's not the sort of place where you'd, you know, sloppily slap your cell phone number on the toilet wall hoping for a date bending, Ben Boyce. No, no, you're right. Some of my most meaningful dates have come from toilet walls. And we're going to head through now to Kawakawa, the pharmacy. We're going to head through to the Kawakawa Pharmacy. Maxi? Morena, Kawakawa, the pharmacy. We're going to head through to the Kawakawa pharmacy. Maxi?

Morena, Kawakawa pharmacy. Melissa speaking. Melissa. Hi. Hi, we're after Mars. Yeah, it's me. From Kawakawa. Yep.

Jono and Ben. Hello. Happy New Year's. Happy New Year's. Thank you. Just working away. Yeah, what do you do? Kawakawa.

What do you do? I'm a retail assistant at Kaukau Pharmacy. Do you know, I've just worked out, I came to the Kawakawa Pharmacy. I fell off a mountain bike. Yeah. Very badly. For a very slow fall off a mountain bike, I really did some damage. Were you mountain biking?

Yes, between Russell and Kawakawa. And I basically slipped on some gravel and smashed up my face good. We've all done it. I thought, you know, you get the brakes, I didn't realise that you had to,

you couldn't hold the front brake going down a hill. I just completely toasted myself. Oh, did you go backside over front side?

Yeah, I fully did a flip, like. You feel so embarrassed so you get up and you're like, oh no, I'm good,

I'm good and I was bleeding a lot. I was like whizzing past you. Yeah. Amanda, my wife, is up and you're like, oh, no, I'm good, I'm good, and I was bleeding a lot. Yeah, I was like whizzing past you. Yeah. Amanda, my wife, is like, you're not good, but I hear, and she grabbed my phone. I was like, oh, maybe she's looking up something

or going to call someone. She took a photo. All the first thing she did was take a photo. And I was like, oh, thanks for that. Now I can remember this moment forever. Did she put it on Instagram? I don't know. I hope so.

But then I had to cycle because you had to still cycle about half an hour, 45 minutes to get to Kawakawa and to come see you guys at the pharmacy. You're very helpful so I appreciate it.

Now they reckon also in Kawakawa the world's best bathroom. Yeah. That's what they say. Famous for our toilets. Famous for the toilets. The world's best bathroom. What makes the bathroom so good?

They're like mosaic and ancient, grass grown from them. People come all over, like sometimes you just want to go to the toilet and people are outside taking selfies in front of it. Now there's a famous Austrian artist, right? Who came over and designed it. They're very cool.

Yeah, they're amazing. Oh, they are good toilets. Although a little embarrassing when there's an audience as you walk out of a toilet. It's like when you go to a festival. Putting the public in public toilet. Yeah, you feel quite ashamed walking out. I mean, no, it's a very vulnerable location for

any human being, a toilet, isn't it? Yeah. But you guys have made it into a tourist attraction. I just try and not go to those ones. Yeah, you've somehow turned into a spectator sport. Yeah. In Kawakawa. Oh, well, actually, before you go, we want to put you in the middle of an ad. We've written most of it.

You've just got to fill in the blanks, all right? Okay, cool. Welcome to the beautiful, tranquil... Oh, kawa kawa. When you come to visit, you simply must check out the... Train station? And as the locals always say best pies

if you haven't visited this beautiful location it will have you saying nice loose and once you've said that this special place of paradise will have you uttering more words like nice paulets and once those words have left your mouth,

believe it or not, further words will fall from your mouth. Okay, let's move on. But be sure to pop in so the locals can tell you the town slogan. Best pies in toilets? Best pies... But don't eat the pies in the toilets.

No, no, no, don't do them at the same time. You've got to trade off something, and if you're trading off the best pies in toilets, well then God bless you. The world's best toilet. I love it. I love talking to you. Take care, right? Yeah, you too. Alright, see you. Bye.

They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. New Zealand's breakfast. I'm a hit. Yeah, a lot of people travelling back to their places of origin. At the moment, they're starting work, aren't they, this week? Bit of sense of day there for you.

I think it was as the Avengers, the origin story. Job Daddy and John, my parents at the airport, and like I was just mentioning a couple of minutes ago, jeez, they like to be on time, don't they? The boomers do not want to miss a domestic flight. They are there three hours before. And it's so lovely because I dropped them off at the, you know, the loading, the dropping zone now.

Oh, yeah. Which they run with, jeez, almost Nazi-like precision, don't they? The people, you can't even be there 10 seconds. They're like, oh, move on. Oh, right, you're not allowed to stick around. No, so I dropped them there, but then mum starts waving. And as the car's pulling out of the airport, and then I'm waving out the window and she's waving,

and I'm still waving down the road up to the first roundabout. I don't know when to pull out of the wave. You never know with a wave, right? No. So 0800, that hits the phone number, 4487. What is your plane stories? Anything from the airport, anything from the air, we'll take right now.

Don, good morning. Yeah, g'day, mate. What happened? Oh, me and a business colleague, colleague were on a business trip in China and we were flying from Beijing down to Guangzhou. And the flight took off sweet as and it was a little bit bumpy and then probably about 20 minutes into the flight, the plane started banking to the right and banking to the left.

Oh, jeez. Going up and then going down. And I look at my business colleague. She's fast asleep. So anyway, carried on. And then it happened again. And the next minute I hear, pull up, pull up. You know, like the stuff you hear on the air crash investigation.

I thought, bugger. Oh, this is the computer voice. Pull up, pull up. You're like, oh, God. And then it leveled off again, and we carried on, and then it happened again, and then once we carried on, and then I hear it again, and it goes, pull up, terrain, terrain. Oh, shit.

We're going down, mate. We're going down. And I looked at my business colleague, and I said, oh, at least she's asleep. She won't know anything about it. Oh, she's thinking the whole thing. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and then it leveled off and then we landed in Guangzhou

and I never told her until we got back to NZ and she goes, you should have told me, you should have told me. I was like, what can you do? So clearly you were heading towards a mountain of some description. Were there screams on the plane? Was there panic from the air stewards? No, nobody better than Islay. We were sitting up in the front seats in business class.

The ladies didn't even batter an eyelid, so I was thinking, geez. Yeah, it was a bit of a harrowing trip, that one. Unless it was someone doing their workout in the cockpit. Pull-ups. Gym instructor there. You can do four more. Unless it was someone doing their workout in the cockpit. Pull-ups. Pull-ups. Gym instructor there. You can do four more. Yeah, right.

Yeah, maybe that's right. It's like on Air Crash Investigation. You hear all that stuff and then that's it. Yeah, no. You never want the soundtrack to Air Crash Investigation playing while you're flying. Jeez. No, for sure. Well, thank you for sharing that harrowing tale with us.

I'm glad it was all good in the end. All good, mate. See you, Don. Thank you. Sophie and Taranaki, Morena, how are you? Hi, good. How are you guys? Good.

Plane chat. What happened? Oh, I was like seven years old, and I went to the toilet, bus, ding, went in there. The lights came on because they were like automatic, and then went to come out, andusting, went in there, the lights came on because they were like automatic and then went to come out and I couldn't open the door properly but the lights turned off anyway because I thought I'd gone out and I just freaked out.

I screamed and cried for, it would have been like five minutes and I remember heaps of people coming to the door trying to get me out because they couldn't open it from the outside. Oh, so you're stuck in there? Yeah, stuck in there and then they were all just trying to tell me to calm down because I could have easily opened the door from the inside and

eventually I did and the whole plane was just staring at me when I came out and I was so embarrassed. Poor thing, but the more they tell you to calm down, the less you're like, I'm not calming down! Yeah, I'm like, ah, I'm stuck in here, I'm going to fly out the toilet. I was so embarrassed. Poor thing. But the more they tell you to calm down, the less you're like, I'm not calming down. Yeah, I'm like, I'm stuck in here. I'm going to fly out the toilet. I was so scared.

No matter how old I get, airplane toilets still terrify me. Oh, I didn't. I actually haven't been in a plane toilet since. You haven't been in a plane toilet since? It traumatised me. I bet it did. I bet it did.

The suction of the toilet seems just... Yeah, imagine going out there. Oh, no. I bet it did. I bet it did. The suction of the toilet seems just... Yeah, imagine going out there. Oh, no. I know. Imagine being sucked through the hole of an airplane toilet. No, I don't even want to get in. What a way to go. I reckon people have probably got body parts stuck in that thing before.

Oh, no, don't. No, no, no. Have you sat down and flushed it while you're sitting down? Oh, yeah, that's the last you ever hear of yourself. Oh, thank you very much, Sophie. Have a wonderful day. Thank you, guys. You too. See ya. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on the Heads. The Heads. Scrolling through your feed. Listen, I'm going to be honest with you. He never studied journalism, but he did graduate university with a degree in prankology, which makes him in no way qualified to bring you the news from overnight, but he's the best we've got.

Come in, Ben Boyce. Hi, everyone. Today, talking about the America's Cup yesterday. Dean Barker's American Magic. Hey, mate, it's the Prada Cup. Sorry, it's part of the America's Cup. You're right. Listen, international fashion label Prada

didn't spend millions on sponsorship dollars for you to call it the America's Cup. Okay, so it Listen, international fashion label Prada didn't spend millions on sponsorship dollars for you to call it the America's Cup. Okay, so it's the Prada Cup. Do you want some free Prada chinos, mate? Yeah. Call it the Prada Cup. I want some Prada loafers. So the Prada Cup, which leads on to the America's Cup.

American magic out there on the water. You probably saw this yesterday. Dean Barker is at the helmsman for Team America at the moment. And the Augusta winds sent the boat airborne, and it flipped. It capsized. It was high drama. And again at three, two, one.

And he got down. Oh, a lot of breeze on. A lot of breeze on. There they go. She's going to go. Oh, no. And it's full flight. My word.

And put that down to a lot of wind. She could capsize here. It's gone. Oh, no. Dean Barker, he went to pull off a lot of wind. She could tap size here. It's gone. Oh, no. Dean Barker, he went to pull off a very big manoeuvre and he has absolutely lost the boat. Yeah, jeez. And like all New Zealanders, I had actually just coincidentally,

I just turned it on as he was making the turn. They were in the lead, right? They were in the lead by 500 metres. He had it. It was the last leg and I was like, he's coming in too hot. He's coming in like some sort of expert. Too fast, too fast. And he took that corner tight, I tell you what.

And it was the slowest, most painful capsize in yachting history, I think. It sort of took about 10 seconds to slowly fall into the water. They're worried about the boat sinking. Fortunately, it didn't. All the crew are fine. But imagine what all the electronics, the electrics on there. Oh, yeah.

They are just... The iPhones that they were carrying, you know, if they're in the back pocket, the sailors. My iPhone! You never want to be pushed into a pool these days. Might have your wallet in there, you know, your cards and all. Listen, Ben, I don't know if they have their wallets and phones in their back pocket. I don't know.

They have the Viaducts down there. They might go for a beer. There's a lot of waiting out there. They might be texting, sliding into DMs and things out there. Do you remember a few years ago we went fishing with Matt Watson, a world-renowned fisherman from New Zealand, lives up north. And he was like, for some reason, he was like, you guys take the boat out, take my boat.

And so we went down into the water with it, and there was no bung in the boat. They didn't have the plug, the bung thing, and it started filling up with water. We didn't know there was meant to be a bung. No, no one told us there was a plug. Why was there got a plug? Like, why do you want a hole in a boat?

Like, what's the point? He's panicking. He's like, the plug, the bug. It was filling up really quickly too. He came sprinting down the boating ramp. We know nothing. We call it the bung plug thing and the boating ramp thing. But anyway, the America's Cup, though, it's really amazing to watch.

And I know there's all the talk about the six legs of the race. I don't know if you've seen those. But have you seen Scotty Morrison's legs? Jeez, I tell you what, Stacey Morrison. I've seen the shorts. He's in the studio. They come back to him. Those should be the most talked about legs of the America's Cup.

Scotty Morrison. Gee, well-defined, chiseled. I don't know if he shaves them, but they are magnificent. Oh, they're really good. I'll check them out. I'd love to talk to Stacey Morrison, who hosts the afternoon show here on this. She is a lucky lady to be married to those legs. I can't take my eyes off them.

And Peter Lester's camel toe. Okay. We started with the America's Cup Prada Cup, and we somehow ended there, and that is scrolling through your feed this morning. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

On the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. No, producer Juliette today. No, she's away. She's at Outward Bound discovering herself. So she does that for two weeks. No phone coverage. She'll be devastated. Her iPhone is surgically attached to her right hand. I don't know how she's surviving. Oh yeah, because no phones for three weeks. No phones, yeah. So we've got the wonderful Millennial Max filling in for

Juliet, brought to you by Kombucha and Woke Opinions. Millennial Max, lovely to have you. Kia ora, kia ora. Yeah, thank you very much for doing the job. But that does mean that Ben Boyce has had to step into Juliet's shoes with a sloppily slapped together rendition of this. This is your entertainment news for Monday morning. You look frazzled. You look frazzled. You don't look comfortable.

I just texted producer Ben something that I want to find out some details. So I might have got a text to come back. Just come back, Drew. Hold on. Why are you having secret texts while I'm talking on the radio?

Okay, so he's still got a little bit longer on his contract. Okay, all right. Oh, we're stuck with him. Okay. You're still sticking around. All right.

I hope you're talking about me. No, it's Shona. Now, Liam Neeson, you'll know him from the Taken movies. I'll tell you what Liam Neeson, you'll know him from the Taken movies. I'll tell you what Liam Neeson doesn't do, is secretly text people while he's in a movie. Taken, of course.

What an iconic action movie. You'll know this scene. I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you. 68 years old, Liam Neeson, and he's casually just mentioned during an interview over the weekend that he may retire from action

movie scenes. Here's what he had to say. Will you ever stop making action movies? Oh yeah, I think so. I'm 68 and a half. Yeah, there's a couple on the pipeline and I think that'll probably be it. Oh, a couple more on the pipeline, that'll be it. 68 and a half, he tells us

aged like a nine-year-old. I'm nine and three-quarters! But Liam, he probably is 68 and a half, he tells his age like a nine-year-old. I'm nine and three quarters. But Liam, I mean, he probably is 68 and a half. It'd be quite taxing on your body, I imagine. He wants to stop before he does the action scenes in a walker as well. I've got to get some Gaviscon. Me bunions are flaring up. I can't pull the trigger.

I'll tell you, then there'll be a news story. I guarantee I'll put my money on it now that in three days there'll be a news story. I guarantee I'll put my money on it now that in three days there'll be a news story going, Captain Tom Moore wants to fill in for Liam Neeson now. Sir Captain Moore. Sir Captain Tom Moore. Taken to the funeral home with Tom Moore. Taken to the Lawn Bowls Club for morning tea.

And just on action movie heroes, Bruce Willis, you know him from the Die Hard movies. Well, he's responded. Tell you who Die Hard, Tom. After getting called out for not wearing a mask in store, Bruce Willis, over the weekend. And the internet were ripe with jokes. Die Hard with a ventilator was one of my favourite ones for his upcoming movie. Yeah, but he has said it was an error in judgement and for everyone to be safe out there, especially in America and wear a mask

because things are going pretty nuts. But they're not mandatory over there, right? Because everyone's like, it's my right not to wear a mask. I think they're meant to be, but there's people that, you know, there's some people out there that think it's their right not to wear a mask.

And finally, in entertainment news this morning, Leonardo DiCaprio, I didn't know this, he helped save some New Zealand, rare New Zealand birds. The kaki, or the black stilt bird, has been saved from extinction thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio and a donation he made. Usually the birds he saves are around 19 years old. That's what I mean.

He'd be like, yeah, he helped save some young chicks in this article. And I'm like, oh, they really signed him up on something he didn't know. You like young chicks? He's like, yeah. Do I what? I keep getting older. They stay the same age. You want to save some birds in New Zealand?

He's like, yeah, birds from all over the world. I've used all the birds in America. Yeah. So anyway, he's done this wonderful thing, donated to the Global Wildlife Fund and saved a whole lot of some black stilt birds, the khaki birds in New Zealand. Good on you, Leo,

because I certainly wouldn't have done that, mate. Well done. Well done. 23 left in the world until he came along and helped out these young chicks. Also 23, because of the average age of all of Leo's girlfriends. Really a half-redded e-mail, eh? Do you know he's an investor in that Kiwi company Allbirds

that make the shoes? Oh, yeah, because he does a lot for the planet and helping out in the environment. And you're right, they're all wool shoes and stuff. That's impressive, eh? Go Leo. Listen, don't worry about him. He's going to be just fine. And you're right, they're all wool shoes and stuff. That's impressive. Hey, go Leo. Hey, listen, don't worry about him. He's going to be just fine.

And that's your entertainment news. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Yesterday in the Prada Cup, American Magic, which has Dean Barker at the helm, had a bit of a horror crash. They capsized as well.

There was a lot of drama out there on the golf. Well, a lot of reasons. A lot of reasons as they go. Is she going to go? Oh, no. And a full flight. My word. They are frothing over there, aren't they?

Well, because not a lot happens normally. The boat keeps going fast, and it keeps going fast again. You're right. It happened in slow motion, the capsize, didn't it? Everyone, fortunately, is okay. Because they're worried about people trapped under the sail, which can be a problem. Even Team New Zealand raced out there.

It can be a problem. They raced out and helped, which is pretty cool. Team New Zealand. And brought pizza as well. Probably not pizza conditions, though, to bring them out pizza at the time. Did they get delivery out into the Hauraki Golf Tour? I think Team New Zealand brought pizza out as well.

So they went and got the pizza, and then... I think so New Zealand brought pizza out as well. So they went and got the pizza and then... I think so. And they helped out as well. They were out there as well. So it was pretty awesome. Hey, we like to end the show on a good note.

And we want to make you feel good. That's what we do. A feeling good. Right, out of the hits, you tell us why it's going to be a good day for you. Maybe you got pizza in the middle of the ocean

while your boat was sinking. Yeah. Maybe that's a good thing. Johnny, 13 years old, come on down from Masterton. More dinner to you. Why is it going to be a good one? Because I just finished the world's largest gobstopper.

Has your gob been stopped for how many weeks? The world's largest. How big is this thing? Since Christmas. Since Christmas, his gob hasn't done any gobbing. Parents would be like, he hasn't been talking to his buddies. He's determined to finish this gobstopper. Wow, that's impressive. Well done, John. gobstopper. Wow, that's impressive.

Well done, John. That's an achievement. Oh, that's amazing. No matter what else happens in 2021, you finish the world's largest gobstopper and you go and have a good day, buddy. We'll catch you guys tomorrow from 6. Five grand to give away then.

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