Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - July 21 - Delta Goodrem, The A To Z Of New Zealand, Are Our Phones Listening To Us?

Episode Date: July 21, 2020

We were joined by the lovely Delta Goodrem and played a goooood old fashioned Jono & Ben prank on her. We also chatted about how as a parent you are basically an unpaid personal assistant... And, do you have your tomato sauce on top of your fries or on the side? Even Nadia Lim weighed in! Enjoy today's podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

two two two just when you thought you couldn't get enough of jonathan then you can have them anywhere anytime welcome to the jonathan ben podcast hey let's talk about this in the podcast our boss todd keeps just introducing us to people as a couple of great dads he's like just meet a couple of great dads uh do you know i mean this is uh no i no there's this you know i'm not good at a lot of stuff and i've made a lot of mistakes over the years but I try and be a good dad. I'm a shocking parent. I'm shocking. I forgot I even had kids. I try and be. No in all seriousness we both try

to be. Well no one tries to be a bad parent. No exactly. But I feel like Todd hasn't come over and watched me with the kids. He doesn't know what I'm, but he keeps going. He mentioned I've been a couple of great dads. Like I used to say I try my best to be as good as I can. I'm trying not to let Todd down. Yeah, and also the kids down,

obviously, more importantly. My main concern is boss Todd. The kids, I don't care letting them down. But I do have that thing with the dad, you know, because the kids are like, oh, you're the world's best dad.

I'm like, no, I'm not. Thank you, but I'm not. There's dads out there that are far better than me. I try my best. I try my best. I do what, but yeah, there's got to be, you know.

You wouldn't even be top 100 dads. No, I mean worldwide. No way. No, I wouldn't even put you on a top 2 million, Dad. But I try. I do my best. I love them.

And, you know. There's no catchy slogan on a mug for Father's Day for trying, is there? Yeah. Thanks for trying, Dad. Top 100. You don't even that, you know. I've literally got socks. This is a word of a lie, that have a hand on them and pointing up number one saying number one, Dad.

I've got the socks to prove it. So I don't know what more evidence you need than a pair of novelty socks. See, the people that made those socks, they made lots of those knowing that lots of people are going to lay a claim to that. They're not just taking one pair and saying these have been awarded to the world's greatest dad, are they? No. They've been lying to us.

False advertising. No. And they've known all along. Yeah, exactly. The poor children Making the socks ironically In the factory in China Where are their parents? Where are their parents

Exactly Where they make These number one socks A very exciting show Coming up today Delta Goodrum Australian sweetheart Delta Goodrum

We said her father Was a didgeridoo And her mother Is ears rock Yeah I don't know If that was quite the case Both of those things are true But yeah she joins us

On the show today. As well as that, we settle a big debate about sauce. Do you put your sauce, your tomato sauce, your ketchup on top of your French fries or to the side? We spoke to one person phoned up with really put a spanner in the woods about where they're placing their sauce on the meal. That was the third option that I'd never considered before. You'll hear it very shortly. What a tease. What a tease, Ben.

Oh, check it out in the podcast. You're a great dad, mate. Thanks. We're right back at you. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. It is time for our referendum. We like to do this from time to time.

We've got a big issue we need to put to the people. I know there's a referendum and important things are going to be decided this year, but we're going to have a slightly less important debate right now. I mean, you don't want to hear numbit and nimnuts talking about the marijuana referendum, our hot takes on the pandemic, do you? Or euthanasia and things like that, you know?

That's not what you come to the show for. Because it's weird. Ben's pro-euthanasia and it's quite controversial, isn't it? No. Okay, anyway. Don't say, you always throw me under the bus, you make up things about me and it's anyway. It's all slanderous, isn't it? You can take me to court for defamation.

You can ruin me. Defamation of character every morning for three hours. So this morning we want to know if you've got hot chips, you've got French fries or whatever you want to call them and you've got tomato sauce, ketchup do you put the sauce on top or put your sauce to the side? On top! There is no question. You get it?

Because I've been in occasions where we have shared like, you know, like fish and chips and old mate over here puts sauce all over the side. I don't want this. I don't want the sauce smeared like you've smeared my good name all over the radio.

I frivolously spray sauce everywhere, all over. On the curtains, on Ben's face, on my grandparents, everywhere. I might just put a little clump to the side and I'll get what I need when I need it. And he likes it to the side placement. So this is where we're on the opposing teams. Producer Juliet, where do you sit on this issue? On the side, on the side.

Oh, here the side. Oh, here you go. That's the way to do it. It's the only logical way to do it. There's no one out there that agrees with you. There's time wasting. Transferring the chip, picking it up, putting it in a dip, putting it in your mouth.

Valuable seconds. But your ratio's all wrong. What you've done, you've just, you know, it's not what I like. It's too much sauce or not enough sauce or all sorts. Do you know Max, who has just started on the show? Come in here, Max. Max hates tomato sauce. What? Just won't even touch it.

Shudders at the thought of tomato sauce. You said you'd rather vomit than eat tomato sauce, Max. Tomato sauce is a crime. What, ketchup, tomato sauce, all the big players? Any kind. Really? Anything. Although I don't mind a tomato paste on, like, tomato sauce, all the big players? Any kind. Really? On anything.

Although I don't mind a tomato paste on like a pizza. What traumatic things happened in your childhood for you to hate tomato sauce? I don't know. So you wouldn't touch it at all? Like if, at all? No, like aioli, if we're talking sauces. Well, I'm not giving you other options. So you're not off condiments, it's just tomato sauce? Just tomato sauce

Well there we go That's a whole other We'll tackle that With a therapist another day Wow okay So 0800 the hits 4487 on the text The referendum is open

It's been on our social media The hits breakfast All last night We're going to come back And settle this debate next Tomato sauce On the side Or on the top

It's over to you Let's go to Sarah What are your thoughts on whakatane this morning, Sarah? Oh, look, honestly, you definitely have to put it on top. It's part of the adrenaline of picking up a chip, like how much sauce it's got on it. Sometimes it's covered and sometimes it's

got a little bit. It's all part of the fun. It's like a game of Jenga, isn't it? Yeah, it totally is. Yeah, but the ratio's all wrong there, but anyway, okay. It's each to your... Do you not like an adrenaline-fueled dinner, mate? I don't.

I've literally been jacked up on adrenaline. Oh, just going to eat these now. I don't want to get too soggy. This is the thrill of eating. Good on you, Sarah. Thank you so much for listening to the show. Kay, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, the referendum.

Sauce, on top or on the side? Your thoughts? Nowhere near them at all. Please. You can have sauce, but off to the side or you're saying not at all? Just not at all. You've got to get the full flavour of the chip with the seasoning. Oh, hey. Wow, you

naughty wee thing. Get that sauce out of here. The sauce Nazi on the phone here. Oh, I like it. Okay, fair enough. That's a whole other one. Zach, welcome. You're in Palmy North. It's great to have you on the show with us, matey. Sauce on top, to the side.

Where do you reckon? Off of a bit of spin on my works, I usually chuck my sauce underneath my chips. Underneath? Wow. It wasn't even an option. This is against the grain. The benefits of underneath sauce.

Yeah, yeah, underneath the sauce. It started when I was a kid, actually, because I used to get sick of waiting in line to get the chips first and then the sauce. You know, when you're at parties and stuff, so I'd always put the sauce on first and then chuck the chips on top, and I've done that ever since.

Oh, it's dated back to your childhood, so it's a bed of sauce on the plate. Yeah, basically. I'm going to try that. Oh, it's dated back to your childhood, so it's a bed of sauce on the plate. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to try that. How are the top chips reaching the sauce, though? Oh, you just mix it around. Oh, you dig.

Oh, you mush them all around. Okay. Okay, sauce. Well, there we go. I won't knock it until I try it. That's very interesting. You're a mad dog. We thought we would end this

with an expert analysis I present to you, Ben. A dish of... What? What are you saying? I thought I had an intro there then I was like oh no this is going to get into very weird weird territory. Can I just can I just bring on

Nadia Lib. Welcome. Nadia Lib how's it going? Morning. How are you? Sorry about that weird intro. I don't know where I was going with that but anyway. I didn't know where I was going with that, but anyway. I didn't know where I was going with it either, Nadia. Sorry, I didn't hear what you guys were saying. Oh, thank God. Thank God.

I have no idea what you're talking about. It's for the best. Okay, Nadia. Now, thank you for joining us this morning. We get you on for all the big issues, and today's big issue involves tomato sauce, ketchup. When you've got hot chips, French fries, however you want to say it, do you put your sauce on top of the

chips or do you put it to the side? I personally would put it to the side. Oh, Nadia! I think it gives you maybe a bit more freedom of choice. You choose to have it on the side or you could then dollop it on top if you wanted to.

It gives you options, right? The time transferring the chip from the chip to the dip. Oh, that's lame, Nat. That's lame, Jono. The ratio's all off, too. You get one of those Mr. Chips little pottles and when you have to put it all on the top,

the ratio's always off when you get to the bottom. So I'm with you, Nadia. If you've got the option, you put it on the side. Yeah, and then your chips won't go soggy either. Unless you like soggy chips. Oh but you just eat them at a pace. You eat them at a pace where you don't have to it's like get the job done, one hit, you're done.

You're out Nadia Lim. I've come up with some random shenanigans. I imagine you're not much of a tomato sauce fan Nadia Lim. Oh no actually I do. No, I've always generally always got some in the fridge. It's great, like when the kids won't eat their

dinner. Does Nadia Lim ever just like biff some fish fingers in there for the kids? Some chicken nuggets? You do? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, the fish fillets are pretty handy. I have them in the freezer sometimes when I run out of time. Oh, that's good. I microwave Kranskis. Oh, yeah, that's... I know, he doesn't even put Kranskis sausages in a frypan.

He microwaves them. Have I lost your respect now? I'm sure it turns out okay. Yeah. Come over for a wonderful microwave Kranski dish whenever you want. I would have thought that they'd explode if you put them in the microwave. Oh, yeah. This is time to perfection.

Make sure you prick them. Between 56 and 57 seconds. It's a knife edge. Any one second longer, boom, they've gone. Yeah, you think you're pretty good at cooking, eh? You've never tried to microwave a Kransky. Nadia Lim, what a wonderful lady. You go and have yourself a great day in Arrowtown,

and thank you for being part of the show. Thanks, I'm glad I could help you guys out on such an important issue. Now tomorrow if we can call you back just a cure for the pandemic as well, we'll tackle that with you. We had to get the sauce one sorted first. We've sorted that sauce debate I think.

Nadia Lim, celebrity chef, she put that to bed and that bed is not a bed of sauce on the chips. This is your New breakfast Health star rating Still pending It's Jorowen

Manomahit Delta Goodrum She's returning to New Zealand April next year For her Bridge Over Trouble Dreams tour Auckland, Wellington And Christchurch

She's one of Australia's Biggest stars Hit records Like this one Lost without you Acting for many years On the hit TV show Neighbours

and a judge for seven seasons on The Voice Australia. I think we're still on hold with Delta, are we? The conference is now being recorded. Oh, okay. Sounds like we're calling prison. Thanks for waiting there, everybody. You are now in interview with Delta Goodrum. Oh, wow.

Delta Goodrum, how's it going? I do love getting my last... Somebody, I think it was on The Voice last night and they were saying Delta Goodrum. How's it going? I do love getting my last... Somebody... I think I was on The Voice last night and they were saying Delta Goodrum. I was like, it is funny that I have my last name told to me a lot. You know, it is quite funny in general. But you've got a good name

when you can do the first and last names and it just sounds natural. Delta Goodrum just rolls off the tongue. It does. It does. I'll take it. I'm like you two superstars, John Owen and Ben.

Yeah, we don't get last names, basically. Yeah. We're like Beyonce. But not talented. Exactly, that's my point. Like Adele, Beyonce, Madonna. That's right. Oh, nice to chat to you again.

We're very excited you're bringing your Bridge Over Trouble Dreams tour to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next year in April. I am. I'm so excited to finally get over there and tour it. Totally a dream come true. After all these years of kind of popping in and out, doing shows, this time I actually get to invite everybody to the arena

and just play all the songs you've known through the years and the new record. Now, Delta, I don't know what our borders are going to be like next April, but are you willing to pay for your own isolation hotel room for two weeks? It's a hot topic here at the moment. If that's what it takes

to be able to bring my tour to you guys, then yes. That's the commitment. She is willing to pay for a three-star motel for two weeks to perform to you. Oh, nice. Now, Delta Goodwin,

you're coming to New Zealand in April, as we mentioned before. You've been here a few times. Last time, I understand, you even hung out in Neil Finn's studio. Is that correct? I'm trying to remember. I possibly did.

Maybe I just made that up. Maybe I made that up. I'm sure I did. Last time you were in New Zealand, I understand you climbed 29 mountains. Is that right, Delta Goodrum? You know what? Yes, that was me. That was you. That was the Delta Goodrum? You know what? Yes, that was me. That was you. That was the Delta Goodrum. I thought so. Now, Delta, you've been a household

name in Australia since you were very young, signed with Sony about age 15. You've been on Neighbours. You've had hit singles. When was the last time, obviously this is before lockdown, that you went anywhere in Australia and weren't recognised? Oh, I mean, like, you know, the beautiful thing is that, you know, when people come up to me and share their stories, it's really beautiful. I feel like a part of the furniture, so to speak. And every day I have people share stories and come up

and kind of start mid-conversation with me. Like, it's like, oh, this one time when da-da-da, and you're like, oh, let me take my mind back there. It's quite a special... It's a very special relationship when it's been since I was a teenager. Is that just a really polite way of saying you have been punished non-stop for 20 years?

Remember that time you went to Neil Finn's studio in New Zealand? You're like, oh, vaguely. I just did it to you before. It was me. I'm sorry, Delta. Just quickly just did it to you before. It was me. It was me. I'm sorry, Delza. Just quickly before you go,

you're obviously a judge on The Voice Australia, which is a massive show. And Jono and I, we can't really sing, but we want to attempt to sing for you right now. You decide which one, if any, you'd turn your chair around for. Can we do that? Yeah, go for it. Okay, so I'll go first.

I think you did this to me last time. Are you going to run off again or hang up, are you? I think we did. I think you did this to me last time. Are you going to run off again or hang up, are you? I think we did. I think we did a prank. Jeez, you've got a good memory. We did. We walked out of the room. That's right.

We did. Okay, this time we promised not to walk out of the room. There'll be no pranking this time. Okay. It might be a little more awkward on radio when I can't see you. It's very hard for us to leave this one. Okay. The prank's just going to be Delta going, hello?

Are you there? We got her good. Okay, so you give me a song you want. I'll go first. We're not good but you give me a song. What do you want to hear? Who, me? Yeah, what do you want to hear from me? You meant to prepare yourself. I haven't prepared anything. I don't know if you've seen the voice. They don't just walk out

and go, hey Delta, what do you want me to sing? Okay, I'll do something from your, you'll know from your back catalogue that you didn't sing, but from your back catalogue. All right. Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours. With a little understanding, you can find a perfect place. I lost confidence halfway through that. What did you think?

You think I'm going to turn my chair for that? Okay. You've gone from the nice judge to the sassy judge. You're right. I like it. I lost confidence halfway through that. What did you think? You think I'm going to turn my chair for that? Okay. Whoa. Wow. You've gone from the nice judge to the sassy judge. You're right. I like it. Okay, Delta, I am going to sing a...

You have pretty more effort than that. What are you, Jono? I don't know. What do you want to sing? Give something from, I don't know, The Lion King or something. I'll sing something from The Lion King. Okay, Delta Goodrum, here we go. You've got to give it more heart.

Okay, more heart, Jono. You've got to give it more heart. Okay, more heart, Jono. You've got to give it something. Try your best, Jono. It's the circle of life And it moves us all Wow! Jono! Through faith and love.

John O! What did you think down to Goodrum? I mean, I don't know how you did it. That was extraordinary. Extraordinary. John O, can you sing a little bit of the Neighbours theme tune as well, John O? Everybody needs good neighbours. Just a friendly way to reach out Jotto, you're good.

Stop it! Stop it! I don't know how I'm talking over my singing at the same time. Tell us a good one. We've got Kiwi recording artist Vince Harder on the phone. I was like, oh my God, this is amazing.

He's pretty good, right? Vince, thank you for your time, legend. Cheers, bro. See you, Vince. Vince Harder, ladies and gentlemen. Really good. And also, for a minute, I thought it was Guy. I was like, hang on a minute.

Oh, you thought Guy Sebastian. Yeah, well, yeah, Vince. For one second, I thought, hang on a minute. Listen, mate, I don't know. We don't have the pulling power to just get Guy Sebastian on the phone. You did it. You got the pulling power for just get Guy Sebastian on the phone. You did it. You got the pulling power for Vince there. Yeah, we did.

We did. You're such a good sport. We love catching up with you. And we can't wait for you to come to New Zealand in April next year. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Take care of yourself and we'll see you soon. Looking forward to it. Some people skip breakfast, the meal and also this show.

It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We do it one a day and we do it alphabetically. It's going to take us over two years to call every town and city in New Zealand. That is the A to Z of New Zealand. There's 570 of them. Yesterday was Collingwood, which is the very top tip of the left-hand side of the South Island.

Collingwood is based right in the middle of Golden Bay. I was just going to say, every time I think of Golden Bay, I think of naked people. I think of naturists. There is a naked bike ride once a year. Yeah, you guys like being naked and that's not a bad thing.

A lot of people come here to do the farewells to the eco tours. Naked? No. They're fully clothed. Today we go to Colville, Jono. Yeah, Colville is a small town in the North Island Coromandel Peninsula. Everyone in the town is going to be voting yes in the upcoming referendum, if you know what I mean.

Stereotype. Colville took its name from Captain James Cook after he kindly donated some diseases to New Zealand. He named Colville after Rear Admiral Lord Colville under who Cook worked for on his boat. For Colville was known as Cabbage Bay. But this little slice of paradise is anything but cabbage. But they'll probably make use of that cabbage

if you know what I mean. If you know what I mean. I think I do. You really ran that one home. Do you know what I mean? And we're going to call Colville right now, we'll know what I mean. If you know what I mean. I think I do. You really ran that one home. Do you know what I mean? And we're going to call Colville right now. We'll call the general store, which when you're looking online, looks like it's from 1920s.

It's beautiful, isn't it? It looks great. Good morning, Colville store. Hannah speaking. I can tell this is going to be one of the greats, Ben Boyce. Hannah, welcome. Hi, sorry, I dropped the phone. I missed that.

Oh, listen, I was just saying, I can tell this is going to be one of the greats. You accidentally dropped the phone. Not often you end up dropping a phone mid-conversation. No, but you did well. You recovered nicely. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hi.

We are calling every town and city in New Zealand. Guess how many of them there are? I have no idea. Shush your lips. You don't even have to guess. I'll tell you. 570. Oh, there you go.

Yeah, and now we're ringing your town. Cole. Mate, we just built that up. Don't want a day? And this is your special time. How can we help you? Well, you can tell us about Colville. Oh, my word.

So, Colville is a little rural settlement about two hours north of Thames, top of the Coromandel and so we are kind of rugged rugged

and rural and extreme natural beauty up here. You've just described me, rugged, rural and extreme natural beauty on the human version of Colville. None of those things. Yeah, you should see my natural beauty. It's rugged and rural. So what sort of things can we do there?

So we've got some of the most pristine beaches up here. Surf, we've got a lot of surfers up here. We've got a lot of bush pristine beaches up here. Surf. We've got a lot of surfers up here. We've got a lot of bush and a lot of bush walks. Yeah. I'm looking on Google Images here of your store. Oh. Someone's in the store.

You've got some customers? I have got customers. I just need to go and find another member of staff. Oh, that's right. Why don't you hand us over to the customers? Here you go. You can speak to our famous Steve Carson. Okay, check us on to Steve Carson.

Just Google Steve Carson. Okay, all right. Okay, is he rugged? You Google Steve Carson, and I'm going to pass you over. Steve Carson, all right. Sorry, we've been told we've got homework. Hello. Steve, is this the famous Steve Carson?

Yes, that's me. From Steve Carson Project Management? No. Okay, Steve Carson. Steve Carson.com. Yes, that's right. From Steve Carson Project Management? No. Okay, stevecarson.com. Yes, that's right. Are you an artist? Yeah. Oh, I see.

I'm looking at your painting right now. They're really cool. Cool. Yeah, thanks. Oh, wow. Steve, it's Jono and Ben from The Hits here. We're phoning every town and city in New Zealand, one a day. Yep.

And we're phoning your wonderful slice of paradise in Colville. Okay, have you been here? No, that's why we're calling to tell you what we want to find out. You tell us, Steve. Yeah, one little shop, a general store that's got everything we need. Two cafes, tennis courts, school. Just a great community, really. Lots of artists and musicians.

Oh, wonderful. There's a club. I'm looking at a picture of the Colville General Store where we've called. And I tell you what, you don't get more rural than that. Look at that thing. It looks cool. There's a policy not to have commercial advertising all over it, so that's why it looks quite different.

There's no Coca-Cola or Tip Top or anything. Yeah, and so it does look like something from the 1930s, doesn't it? If you were driving through Route 66 in America, you might see something like this. It does. So you've got petrol pumps out the front of the general store. Petrol and diesel. Next to the petrol pump it says no parking

though, so I'm just wondering where do you stop your car? You just park wherever you want. Don't pay attention to the no parking sign. Oh, good. You've got plenty of parking. There's petrol and diesel. We've learned a lot about your little slice of paradise. SteveCarson.com. Lovely meeting you. Okay. You've got plenty of parking. There's petrol and diesel. We've learned a lot about your little slice of paradise. Yeah, sure. Hey, stevecarson.com.

Lovely meeting you. Okay. You look after yourself. Righto. See you, mate. There we go. A to Z of New Zealand. We spoke to the local artists.

Oh, mate, we had it all. We learned you can just park anywhere. Don't pay attention to the no parking signs. Petrol and diesel and it all. It's so good. The A to Z of New Zealand will continue again tomorrow on The Hits Breakfast. Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jon continue again tomorrow on The Hits Breakfast. Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them.

That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on The Hits. What I realised yesterday, Ben, first day back at school for the tykes, the nippers. The little kids, yeah. Is the role of a parent is just basically you're an unpaid personal assistant. In a lot of ways you are, right? Aren't you? You're driving, you're dropping, you're picking up, you're washing,

you're folding, you're ironing, you're feeding, you're making bed, you're doing stuff. Yeah. I was like, imagine if your job was a personal assistant and you had kids. You'd just be personally assisting everyone from the moment you wake to the moment you sleep. You're right. Do you agree with this?

I totally agree. You're a parent, isn't it? That's a lot of what you do is looking after someone, you after someone, dropping, as you say, all those things and more. Here's what I'm saying. Here's what I'm pitching. A revolt. The parents. The kids put us on an hourly wage.

I don't mind doing this stuff. But everyone's like, you know, and it's lovely when the kids hug you at the end of the day, isn't it? That's rewarding. Yeah, that's lovely. You're like, that's a really lovely moment. But it's not money. Yeah, but they don't have the finances.

If it's an IOU later in life, you're like, okay, when you hit 20, you pay me back for all of this personal assistance. No, but when you get to like 80, 90, that's when you get revenge. I am going to just let myself go. Anything that can fall out of my body, I'm just going to make fall out of my body

and they can deal with the consequences. I get to stage now with one of my daughters, Sienna, who does a bit of TV stuff and acting and stuff. deal with the consequences. I get to stage now with one of my daughters, Sienna, who does a bit of, you know, like TV stuff and acting and stuff. I get,

we're the same age as me, I get texts from the agent going, audition! I'm like, oh, this is exciting for your daughter,

Sienna, and I have become a personal assistant taking her to auditions. That's why I'm going today. You've got to go one today. I'm going to pick her up and they can join with that.

So I'm not getting any auditions. I'm getting no TV work. and they can drop her there. So I'm not getting any auditions. I'm getting no TV work. Ben's a stage mum now. I'm taking her. We're sitting in the dressing room with the other mums going, is that the guy who used to be on TV? He's not even got an audition.

Why is he turning up for this role of a kid in a tip-top bread ad? She's in the tip-top bread ad. She's in Nature's Fresh. Oh, Nature's Fresh, sorry. I mean, she looks, yeah. It looks small, but anyway, yeah. Although I did yesterday, speaking of kids, I had a conversation about tax.

Oh, it was about, you know, telling the kids about tax and how the government takes the money. Oh, you can see their little hearts break. She kind of went, so you get that. But then they're like, why? Why would they do this? I was like, oh, hang on. How old are your kids?

Eight and ten. Why are you sitting them down explaining the complex New Zealand tax system? All right, kids, here's a bedtime story. Tax. So the Labour government take care. This is a hard truth, guys. Oh, it was to do with a job that's, you know,

for her, you know, nature's first thing. And she was like, do I get paid? And I was like, well, you do get some money, but... Yeah, never too early to learn about the tax system. That's what I've always said. They should be teaching it in kindergartens. It's like, why would they do this to me? And back to my original point about money.

We should get paid as parents. Put us on an hourly wage or we're going on strike. Who's with me? Tax-free too, I reckon. I don't want to get paid in hugs anymore. That's Ben's job. You can hug me. Okay. I like it when you hug me? Tax free too, I reckon. I don't want to get paid in hugs anymore. That's Ben's job. You get to hug me. I like it when you hug me.

Makes me feel warm inside. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Scrolling through your feed. Yes, this is

scrolling through your feed where we sneak onto all your personal devices and look through the stories that may interest you. We actually looked through Andrew Falloon's and tell you what, there was some interesting content on there, Ben.

Interesting content. We're not going to cover that there, though. No, it's NSFW. That's what they would say. Now, World Lamington Day is today. They have a day for everything. And in Auckland today, they're trying to beat the world record

for the world's largest lamington. Now, this is Australian. Australian, they've got this at the moment, so we need to take this off Australia. Do we? Yeah, we do. It's something I'm passionate about as of about 30 minutes ago when I read up about it. But it's a really cool thing. Cook's not off of doing it.

So they're making a lamington, which is the size of 50,000 regular lamingtons. So it's going to take 13,000 eggs, 500 kgs of flour, 650 kgs of sugar, and they're trying to make it weigh more than 2,500 kgs. Wow-wee. My arteries are quivering hearing those stats, Ben Boyce. But what I'm thinking, you know what I'm thinking? What are you thinking? Food wastage.

I want to go online and comment on the articles. They've got themselves quite nicely because once the weigh-in has been completed, you can eat as much of the cake as you want if you bring a gold coin along. All the money will go to charity and any remaining lamington will be taken to the Auckland City Mission. So there you go.

Well, then I take back my angry internet trolling comment. Hopefully we take out the world lamington world record today. I won't sleep until I know that we have taken this out guys why don't you go down there and stay there the whole time oh I might do got some stuff on

but if it works into my schedule then I will if you're that passionate about it I am you know my thing with lamingtons

is I can't taste the difference between your red your strawberry one and your chocolate one they taste the same but they are different flavors.

Would you agree? Yeah. To be honest, I haven't eaten a lot of lamb meat. But you're showing an unusual amount of enthusiasm for this project. To be honest, the coconut sprinkles are a little too much. Anyway. What, you don't like the coconut sprinkles? They're a little too much.

They're okay, but maybe too much. It seems to be all right. But without the coconut sprinkles, you're just eating a square cake. Yeah, I know. I see why it's there. It's the point of right. But without the coconut sprinkles, you're just eating a square cake. Yeah, I know. I see why it's there. It's the point of difference. That's why I let me turn it. Well, Liz, you started this by going,

I'm not going to sleep until they do this. And now you're going, actually, I don't really like them with the coconut stuff. Get stuck in his teeth. I hope you get the world record because that's what I'm on board with. New Zealand having world records.

You know? So good. You're a rollercoaster. I am. I cannot read you. Let's peel back these layers. And also scrolling through your feed this morning, prison TikTok. You're a rollercoaster. I am. I cannot read you. Let's peel back these layers. And also scrolling through your feed this morning, prison TikTok.

It's a thing. So in the States, cell phones are obviously not allowed in prisons. Prisoners have snuck them in. They're contraband. How? Oh, well, I guess maybe in a Lamington. I don't know. A novelty 2,500 kg Lamington.

You can get a lot of cell phones inside with that, that's for sure. It's all like a distraction. And no one queried this joint, Lamington, did they? Prison security. They dropped the ball on that one. But they're doing prison TikTok in the States. So not only are prisoners dancing to TikTok songs, they're also showing an insight

of what the prison life is like, which is quite interesting, but also quite gutsy from the prisoners, also putting it out on a public platform. They're risking a lot for a novel 15-second dance manoeuvre, aren't they? But yeah, nothing like a convicted armed offender dancing to,

I know it's getting late now, baby. That would probably earn you some cred, I imagine, in prison. Yeah. I'm just saying in the article, social media is obviously, and phones, is a way they can connect with the outside world

because they don't get to do that. So if you can get it in there, why not? There's that prison in Thailand where all of the prisoners, hundreds of them, were dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller. Do you remember that video? Oh, yeah.

And they're all in their orange jumpsuits. Wonderful synchronised dance. I don't know what horrific things those people have done, but boy, they can dance. So I forgive them. Let them out, I say.

Lighter sentence, I forgive them. That is scrolling through your feed this morning. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Juliette's only dream when she was a young child was to grow up one day and steal stories from celebrity news sites and read about them on the radio. Dream fulfilled then. This is Spy. So Kanye West, he had his first presidential campaign rally yesterday in South Carolina,

and he cried during it. My mom saved my life. My dad wanted to abort me. There would have been no Kanye West. And he just went on and on, started crying, talking about abortion and slavery and all of that. I think he was anti-abortion because he said, I think the speech, I don't know why he didn't have

a microphone, like he could have asked for a microphone. Yeah, I think he didn't want one apparently. Yeah, no, it would have been quite helpful for you. Not to have one. Yeah, like Kanye is obviously a genius. He's a talented musician, but it feels like, you know, because he's had bipolar and he's got bipolar. It feels like you don't know what's going on at the moment.

No, watching that video, I felt sorry for him, didn't you? Yeah, for sure, for sure. So his rally was in South Carolina and he needed 10,000 signatures to make the ballot in that state, but he sorry for him, didn't you? Yeah, for sure. So his rally was in South Carolina, and he needed 10,000 signatures to make the ballot in that state, but he didn't even make it. So it was kind of like, what was the point of that rally? But he had it anyway. And he also wants Jay-Z to be his vice president.

So imagine Kanye and Jay-Z running America, baby. Don't they have a song called Run This Town? Oh, yeah, they do. They've got the theme song. I think that's all you need when you want to become. They've got the theme song sorted in and I think that's all you need when you want to become president,

it's a cool theme song. Yeah. The rest all sort of falls into place. I just hope that he's got friends and family and people can get around him and actually,

you know, help him, if this is the right thing to do and he wants to do it then do it, but just, you know, like I feel like

at the moment maybe he's out by himself. Yeah, and it feels a little disorganised at the moment if you can't even, I mean, get a microphone

at a rally. Like that's the first thing I would book. Yeah, look after your mates, I mean, get a microphone at a rally, like that's the first thing I would book. Yeah. If I was running a rally, I'd be like, that's the big, that's the best.

Exactly. And Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, they have been given special treatment when arriving in Sydney. So they're avoiding hotel quarantine.

They came from, went from the States to Sydney. Oh, put them in the bloody Jet Park Hotel. Exactly. That's where we see any people.

And the government, the New South Wales government, allowed them to self-isolate at their big mansion in Sydney instead. So very lucky to be a celebrity and not have to go into hotel quarantine. I don't care about that. They're a better class of person. Let them stay in there. If they've got a mansion, let them stay in there. I don't care.

I'll stay in the Jet Park happily. I'll lick coronavirus off the walls just so Nicole Kidman doesn't have to stay there. And that's the risk I'm willing to take as a mere mortal, just so they can lead a better life. Because I love Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Do you love Delta Goodrum? Yeah, Delta Goodrum's good as well. Yeah, she's great.

We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We were talking about this on the radio show the other day about whether your phones are actually listening to you and listening to your conversations and then sending you advertising based on your conversations that you had. We talked about this on the show

and then I was driving with my family yesterday and my wife and I were like, well, let's do a test right now. Let's just start talking about Ferrari. Ferrari, Ferrari, Ferrari. But the kids were in the back and they didn't quite understand the game. And so they just started reading out places,

place names that were passing like chipmunks. I was like, guys, this is not helping. Kmart. Okay, all right. So did you get any ads on your phone? No, no. So the experiment didn't quite work. So you want a more controlled experiment this morning.

Environment. This is fair enough. Producer Humphries is in right now because you reckon it's happening to you. Yeah, well, on the weekend my partner said, oh look, we need to go and buy a new doormat. And she told me this small little store, boutique

store that I'd never heard of. What a boring item. Took me along. This is the thing. This is not something that I'd be googling, alright? Trust me. Let's go doormat shopping. So we went along to the shop. He really lives it up at the weekends. Looked at the doormat, bought the doormat.

I got home and then I got served an ad for the exact doormat from the exact small shop. But do you reckon that maybe that was your credit card or your thing? I didn't pay for it. I'm not paying for that. He's not paying for doormats, mate. I've got better things to say. He's not a doormat.

What's that saying? I don't know what it means. So, okay. So this, you believe, is not a coincidence. So I think it was, the only thing it could be is conversation

and location. I'm surprised your phone didn't die of boredom listening to you talk about doormats. Oh my God, they're talking about doormats. Send them some advertising.

Turn my power off now, forever. Throw me in the ocean. Fair call. Okay, so that's quite interesting. Now Ben Boyce, you know, one of your lovable traits is your paranoia. Yeah, I do. You come to work with a

nuclear electro wave reader machine. I'm trying not to do this at home, but I often will switch the Wi-Fi off at night. Just turn it off. Don't need it in the house. Don't want it transmitting. Don't know what that's doing. It's providing internet. Yeah, but not turning it off. I don't need that. I don't know. But I don't know. that's doing. It's providing internet. If you want to know. I don't need that. I don't know. But I don't know. Anyway.

Anyway, let's not get into it. And then you've got your little reader that he puts up to pass. Yeah, that one. I had to put that away. Don't look quite like I'm all with it with that one. It looked like a contraption from, you know, sci-fi, Ghostbusters in the 80s. It's quite a dated looking thing. It does. It's very dated. But you put a lot of trust in it,

don't you? You hold it up to electricity sources and it tells you how much what? Yeah, how much what? Exactly, wattage and everything. What, what? What, what? So we want to do a little radio experiment. You know, this is a fun radio experiment.

Like, you know, can Gary McCormick make it through another show? Oh, stop getting beef with Gary McCormick. The answer's yes, he can. You're not going to start beef with Gary McCormick make it through another show? Oh, stop getting beef with Gary McCormick. The answer's yes, he can. You're not going to start beef with Gary McCormick. He's a lovely, lovely guy. And they do a great show. We don't need beef with him.

We need radio beef. We just need to do a good show. They do a good show. People listen to what they want to listen to. I'm trying to plant this McCormick, Boyce Pryor beef situation. Don't include me in this. Keep part of the seat anyway. No, we can make it for another show

because he's a wonderful broadcaster, that's why. So the experiment is succeeding. So we want to conduct our own radio experiment. Yeah. We want you to hold your phone up to the speakers and we're going to have a conversation about what? A mundane product. Not as mundane as doormats.

I'm a pro at that. A mundane product. Not as mundane as doormats. I'm a pro at that. A mundane product. I don't know, what? Pet insurance? Would you get an ad for pet insurance maybe? Okay, pet insurance. Are you looking into pet insurance? You've got a dog. I have been looking into pet insurance actually because currently I don't think we have pet

insurance, Jono. So I'm in the market for pet insurance. I have a dog and a think we have pet insurance, Jono. So I'm in the market for pet insurance. I have a dog and a cat. Affordable pet insurance? No, of course I want affordable pet insurance. You don't want overpriced pet insurance. Unaffordable. I've got a cat recently from lockdown.

Don't I? I've got a cat and a dog. I wonder if there are dog and cat pet insurance packages available. Yeah, well, could you tell me about pet insurance? I need to know. No, okay. If your phone was near the speakers just then, I reckon we give this 24 hours.

Let's all see if any of our phones or your phones listening pop up with any pet insurance ads. Because I'm in the market for pet insurance. Yeah, no, you said that. Okay. The conversation's starting to sound not natural. I think the phones might know we're trying to play them. And a doormat.

Two of the most boring things in the world. We're joined right now by New Zealand Herald tech expert Chris Keel. Morning. Hi, guys. Can we call you the tech spurt? I feel like someone else does tech spurt. Is that like Dick Smith or Noel Leeming or something? I don't know.

Talk to the tech spurts. Anyway, I won't get caught up on that. Chris, Ben was just saying he believes his phone is listening to him and then firing appropriate advertising, picking up on keywords that he's just had in conversation, not even Googled. Is this a thing? It's definitely a thing that Google and Facebook and others

can hit you with stuff that you haven't even typed. And I've had the same phenomenon. I've had ads thrown at me and I've thought, I've never emailed about this, I've never posted about this on Facebook. How do they know? Are they listening to me? The short answer is that they're not listening to you, or at least not that they'll admit. Okay.

They all have equivalents of like what Facebook's got a thing which it calls off-Facebook activity and has relationships with thousands of businesses. So if, for example, you buy pizzas from Domino's, then Domino's will feed information back to Facebook. So if you haven't bought a Domino's pizza for a while, Facebook could show you an ad for a Domino's pizza and you might have been talking about it and Facebook's thrown you an ad, but it's just...

So it's more coincidence maybe in those situations? It's your offline activity or the different companies sharing information about you and then hitting you with that ad, so you've not necessarily... Where do you see the future of this going? I reckon, this is what my prediction, Chris, but you're the tech spurt, as we said

at the beginning. I reckon that all of a sudden we'll have chips in us and advertising will just be sent straight to our brains. I like microchips. Is this out of the question in the future? Yeah, well, definitely there's the evolution of these listening technologies. We've seen a lot of these

smart speakers recently, the Amazon Echo and Google's Nest and Apple Home, etc, and they do listen to you at times. They've all admitted that they have allowed contractors to listen to you, then transcribe what you're saying. We've had

instances where people have been caught on these smart speakers having sex or talking about medical stuff or very intimate things. Really? And when they got caught, or when it was revealed, because they'd been very upfront about it,

they said that they'd do this to make the speech translations and the speech commands better. So, for example, learn the Kiwi accent. But they all swear that they don't use what they record or what they transcribe for marketing activity. Where's the line in the sand in terms of invasion of privacy, you think? Well, they say it's all anonymised,

but the good news is that all of them have recently introduced in terms of invasion of privacy, you think? Well, they say it's all anonymised, but the good news is that all of them have recently introduced tighter privacy controls. So if you go to Google and just search for NZ Herald Your Digital Life, then you'll see a whole lot of tips for going into Facebook settings, Google settings and so forth, and making sure that you've told them that they can only record so much or they can only keep it for so long or in case they do no tracking at all. Because those things, you know, when you sign on for an app and things like that,

and you just click, yeah, accept, accept, do you need to pay better attention to those sorts of things, Chris? You definitely do. The Privacy Commissioner has criticised what he calls click to consent and that's when you're in a hurry to use an app and they say click here to consent to our privacy policy and if you do try and click through like Wilson, sorry Westfield and Newmarket their parking app for example if you click through was about 2,000 words their privacy policy and in the fine print it said that they could track you all around the shopping mall.

But no one, of course, saw that because people don't click through. And if they do, they're not a lawyer. They can't understand 2,000 words of legalese. Chris Keel with us, a New Zealand Herald tech expert. Now, Chris, one final question. TikTok's been in the media a lot lately about getting your information.

There's some countries overseas that are either banning it or looking at banning it. Should you be worried as a parent or someone who uses TikTok about TikTok? Well, I think all of the social media apps are gathering a whole tonne of information about you. The difference with TikTok,

its critics allege, is that it's controlled by the Chinese government, but its owners disputing that, so we might need a bit more information. Yeah, listen, I've been saying the communists have been tracking us the whole time, haven't I? Yeah, man, you've been saying

they want to see me dancing to Benny. Yeah, Chris, as a techspert, do you have any feelings or thoughts towards a fully grown man doing TikTok? Oh, yes. He says I'm too old for TikTok. He says I'm a fully grown adult. So I should be on it anyway.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Even if the Chinese Communist government records it and puts it in some sort of data bank, it's not really going to help their quest for world domination. No, that's right. Ben Boyce dancing to 15-second novelty TikTok dances. All right. Hey, Chris, this has been really interesting. Thank you so much for coming on.

Appreciate your time. And I guarantee this won't be the last you hear of us because you did such a fine job. We're going to harass you from now until the end of time. Okay. Cheers, guys. Thanks, Chris. Like starting your day with Panda Eyes.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Time to look for some big news. Small Town. Now, Bay of Plenty Town, this is a lot of articles on this online. This is big news from a small town. So, a small Bay of Plenty town has been overrun by wandering horses. They're munching on grass verges outside homes. They're wandering across the street.

Up to 100 horses are just all over the town. 100 wild horses horsing around the town. It's got their naysayers and other horse puns that I can't think of on the spot here. They're pretty good. Wild horses. Seems like a good song fodder, doesn't it? Lyrical content. A band should write a song about how wild horses wouldn't drag them away.

He might know. He might like that. Yeah, so this is big news right around the country, but I wonder if it's big news in the small town. Let's head to Opotiki for the big news. First you look at Opotiki, Michael speaking. Hello, mate. It's Jono and Ben from The Hits, big news small town.

Hey, how's it going? Good. How are you going? Yeah, good. What's your name? Michael. Michael. Michael, uh, a Portakie overrun with wild horses, we understand.

Not all the time, mate, mostly in the weekend. Mostly in the weekend, so the horses just like coming out the weekend, so they? Yeah, it's a one-horse town, mate, what do you expect? Well, apparently it's a hundred horse town, according to some of their news articles online. Oh, I haven't seen them, mate.

I work in, just got to work, so nah, but there's no more. We always see horses up the main street here. How have you not noticed 100 horses wandering around town? Mate, I didn't notice them when I drove to work, but they could have been on the other street. There is like three streets here, you know. Oh, there's a lot of streets. There's a lot of streets, John.

So is that quite a common occurrence to see lots of horses in town? Oh, yeah, mate. By the age, school holidays just finished, so they rode see lots of horses in town. Oh, yeah, mate. By the age. School holidays just finished, so they rode them into town from the coast. Oh, do they? Yeah, then they just leave them here, you know? So you could, well, they're like an Uber service, so you could jump on a horse. Yeah, mate.

They drive better when you're drunk, that's for sure. So there's a very low level of drink driving, but a lot of drink riding. A lot of drink riding, mate. Yeah, a lot of drink riding. And so do you just jump on horses when you want? Oh, yeah, you can. You don't need a bridle, mate. You just hang on to the main and just kick the deck. I don't know if that's actually happening.

So where are they all coming from? Do people own them, or are they just... Yeah, a lot of them just come from the bloody coast, mate. But like I said, the school holidays, so the kids actually ride them into town, and then they just can't be bothered riding them home, mate. So they just leave the horses there? Yeah, you just tie them up down the river. That's the normal

thing around here. Understand they've been eating the grass? Mate, they eat everything. People like having horses on their lawns, mate. I don't like mowing my lawns at the best of times, so if a horse can come do it for me that'd be great. Well, the problem is they like rose bushes and things they shouldn't be eating, mate.

You get a lot of old ladies really upset. Oh, so they're just munching everyone's gardens to pieces. Yeah, but they fertilise them before they leave, mate. So come on. Oh, they fertilise them

as well. You're right. Don't you love New Zealand where there's parts of this country where if you want to you can just jump on a horse at any will and ride

home from work. Mate, that's just the coast way. Sounds like a great place and a little slice of paradise. Well, thank you for talking to us today about the horses that aren't a problem,

but according to the media, they are. Oh, well, that's just people that are visiting town. They find them a problem. But when you live here, you're like, oh, it's just another day in Opo, mate. Just another day? Just another one of the hundred horses wandering around town? You know about all these worst things, and you have to bloody worry about it. Yeah.

No horses were harmed in the making of this. You know it, man. It's all good. See you, buddy. Thank you. Lou in calories and Lou in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. Kia ora.

I'm Ash Thomas, and this is the B***ing News. Yes, these are the quirkiest headlines from around the world over the last 24 hours, censored by Producer Juliet, and I don't know if anyone has told you, Producer Juliet, but when you beep the words, it makes them quite difficult to understand. It does. Really? John and I try and work out what the original headline was in the news.

We do a bad job of it, don't we? I don't think we've once nailed it. No. Have we? I think you once nailed it, Ben. Oh, yeah, pizza in a pizza shop, but I thought it was too obvious to be right, but it was right. So, let's see how we go today. Alrighty.

Woman **** on shop floor after refusing to wear face mask. a shot, but I thought it was too obvious to be right. But it was right. So let's see how we go today. Alrighty. Woman on shop floor after refusing to wear face mask. Woman does something on shop floor after woman continues to walk on shop floor after refusing to wear face mask. I reckon she's just had a tantrum, one of those toddler tantrums

on the floor, you know, when they're like you're in the shop and you're like I can't buy you this LOL doll. I see what you're saying, but woman urinates on shop floor after refusing to wear face mask. Okay, that's gone from zero to 100 quite quickly. Yeah. How does that work logistically from your guy's point of view?

Is that just like, because you'd have to remove all your underpants. Yes. Yeah. So she was in a shop and the people behind the till were saying you need to be wearing a face mask because she was in California and you have to wear them there. And she was refusing, refusing, refusing. And then so she just kind of in a protest sort of way,

just, you know, took off her pants and... She's like, you guys are taking the... I'm going to take, you know. Literally. And then they had to call the cops and she got arrested. Oh my goodness. Yeah. It's a revenge urination. Now, so. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Okay.

It's a revenge urination. Now, no stage fright can come into play there, can it? I couldn't pull that off in front of a crowded Kmart. Give me a moment. Give me a moment. Hold on. My prostate's flaring up a bit. Give me a moment.

Just a little bit. There we go. Take that. Exactly. Take those two drips that you painfully extracted. Let's look at our next news story that has been beeped. Swarm of flying ants is so big it's... Swarm of flying ants is so big...

I think they've gone for a pun headline. It's the Antichrist. You love a pun. That's a good headline. That's what I'm hoping they're going with. Swarm of flying ants is so big it's really caught people off guard at how large it was. Yeah, that could be true. True.

Swarm of flying ants is so big it shows on weather map. Wow. So it looked like a rain cloud. They had the forecast on the news. It looked like a rain cloud over Britain. And it was just a massive, because there's one day a year apparently when these crazy flying ants swarm in a massive pack just to relocate

in for mating season and stuff and it showed up like a cloud of a rain cloud. The insects are really I think we've discussed this previously I believe they've got a new found confidence the insects your bees, your wasps your flies, they're like

I've got nothing to lose. I'm here and they just keep coming at you. Did you experience that at the mozzies? Yeah. They just don't care, do they? Yeah, well, I mean, when all our job is to kill them and spray them. They're like, oh well, buddy. If I'm going

out, I'm going out with a bang. The final headline in the news and beeps this morning. Man swims to sinking van on beach to save **** in bizarre scenes. Ooh, to save $8.50 worth of coins from his middle console. He swam to his van to save his internet history, just to clear that before that went. Why is it in his van? It was a laptop.

He was like, oh, God, the internet history. I better clear that. Just in case, you know, in case the water damage is not good on the laptop. True, true. Here we go. Nan swims to sinking van on beach to save cigarettes in bizarre scenes. Well, they're $28 a packet, so those aren't really that bizarre.

Exactly. That's not bizarre scenes. He initially went out to stand on the roof of the sinking car, which I don't know why you'd do, to get a photo, just for the gram probably. And he's like, oh, there's some ciggies in here. I'm just going to go in and take them. And that's what happened. Oh, thank you, Patricia Juliet. That is today's

News and Beats. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Some good news coming out of England this morning. Experimental vaccine developed at Oxford University has shown some positive early stages in the trials against coronavirus.

I was reading about that. They tested over 1,200-odd people and it was relatively positive. So, yeah, it's showing some good antibodies. So hopefully that's something that can continue to show good signs. I wonder when we would get it because we'd be quite far down the priority list given that, you know, we pretty much have minimal COVID cases. Yeah, you're right. Apart from those niggly people in isolation at the border,

who I'd push them out to sea. Anyway, that's my theory. You know, the US, Brazil, India, South Africa, they would all be first in line, wouldn't they? Well, you think so. You're right. But then you can see Australia showing how quickly it can all change, you know. So that's the scary thing about COVID.

Well, there we go. Epidemiologists. John, I'll be covering the big topics this morning. We know what we're talking about. My dad and mum and dad are coming up from Christchurch. They're very excited because they've sort of been lonely in Christchurch during all this period, you know. So they're coming up very shortly.

But dad, he's obsessed with gardening. I think it's like an unwritten law of nature. Once you're over the age of 50, you have to have an unhealthy obsession with plants and gardens. You need something. You need it whether it's golf. You do need something.

What's your Dad's something? Is it recording music? He records music and sends it to people. Like the nurse, the Invercargill nurse that helped Boris Johnson. Jenny McGee? Yeah, he made a song and sent it to her. That's his thing. You've got to have your thing. And he records novelty songs. He does.

Anyway, gardening's my dad's thing. He loves Bunnings, your dad, eh? Oh, jeez. Sometimes when I pick him up from the airport he's like, take me straight to Bunnings. Don't even come home and unpack. So I'll drop him off to Bunnings on the way, drop mum home and then I go and grab him like three hours later. But there's Bunnings stills in Christchurch.. So I'll drop him off to Bunnings on the way, drop mum home, and then I go and grab him like three hours later.

But there's Bunnings stores in Christchurch. I know, he goes to them all the time. He goes to Mitre 10 Mega, he goes everywhere. One of his favourite chores is going to Mitre 10 Mega and seeing if they've got a same stocked item and finding it cheaper than Bunnings and then going back and getting it. Didn't even need it, but he's just found them out.

I've got 39 petrol line trimmers even need it, but he's just found them out. I've got 39 petrol line trimmers now. But anyway, he's like, I need you to pick me up some weed matting in preparation for his arrival. I don't know what he's planning to do with weed matting, but he's putting it somewhere. So I went to the garden store, not like Bunnings or anything, just a tiny little garden store, which I walked in and I was like, dear God, this lady looks about

179. She looks like she had been there when Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand and sold him some potting mix. Oh, geez. So he's like behind the counter. But she's really salty. Like I walk into the store, she's like, what do you want? I was like, um, some garden supplies.

I probably had that look. That look of arrogance. We made that look. Everybody coming in there. What, coming into her garden shop to buy garden supplies? I'm with her. I'm with her. Are you back?

You were watching her day. She was treating me like I'd changed the time slot of Corridation Street. And I was like, oh, I've just, just after some weed matting. Oh, you weren't talking like that. Look how sweet and innocent you're trying to sound. Oh, excuse me, miss. My good lady. Please have some.

Oliver Twist, what did you? I said, would you mind if I would purchase some of your weed matting? She's like, you're going to have to go out the back and cut it yourself. I was like, isn't that your job, old lady? Why are you running the shop? And so then she gives me these big industrial scissors that look like they bloody cut colonial clothing. And I went out the back and then I'd end up moving stuff

for about 10 minutes to get to the weed matting. No wonder she didn't want to do it. No, she's like, no, that goes over there. And then I was like placing stuff on you. I was like, are you going to start paying me an hourly wage here? And then I cut the weed matting. And then she didn't have FPOS. She didn't have FPOS.

So I had to transfer money into her account, directly into her account. What type of garden store doesn't have FPOS? Exactly. One that started at the late 18th century. Just hung in there. Wow. One that started on the late 18th century. Just hung in there. Wow.

Anyway, good luck to you. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Tim Mickelson, he's our most capped New Zealand sevens player

and was World Sevens Player of the Year. And Mickelson is away. Being chased down by Scott White but he won't have of the year. And Mickelson is away, being chased down by Scott White, but he won't have enough on it. And Mickelson gots down to level the scores. And Karen Berger is a silver fern known for her tough defence and part of the World Championship winning New Zealand side. Can you believe it?

It's all over! New Zealand netball stand tall! Oh, what a great moment that was. And they join us in the studio to talk about helping out Kids Can by either donating old sports gear or buying special Cadbury dairy milk chocolate box. And Cadbury have even pledged 500 grand donation to Kids Can, which is awesome.

Tim and Karen, how are you guys doing? Good. Very well. Really good. Now, you guys are part of a pretty awesome, awesome, awesome, Jesus, this is the worst start to an interview ever, an awesome initiative. Do you want to tell us all about it? Yeah, so it's basically part

of the Donate Your Kid program or campaign. Kids Can partnering up with Cat Breed to have a funding program. So basically schools who are part of the Kids Can program can apply for funding to go towards whether it's going on school trips or fixing up the stuff at school that needs a bit of love and care.

Nice. Yeah, so it's pretty awesome to be able to do that. So people have donated sports goods, is that right? Yes. And then there's also blocks of chocolate that you can buy that all the 100% of the proceeds go towards this as well. Yep, correct. That's out today, actually.

That and I think 35,000 items of pre-loved kit have been donated to kids to get them into sport. And that's awesome, especially in the tough times everyone's having at the moment. Tim, I just did want to ask, if people did have sporting goods, pre-loved sporting goods, how can they go about donating them to Kids Camp? You can go on the Cadbury website

and look to see where the purple lockers are. And then also you can find out about the Kids Can stuff to see if your school's aligned with the Kids Can and see if you can get some of the funding to go towards your school. It's a really cool thing you guys are doing. So yeah, well done on that. And look out for the specially marked Cadbury...

What are they called? Blocks of chocolate. Blocks of chocolate. Blocks of chocolate. Jeez, I'm having a shocker here, aren't I? Blocks of chocolate. Blocks of chocolate. Blocks of chocolate. Jeez, I'm having a shocker here, aren't I? I'm looking out for something. Now, Tim, correct me if I'm wrong. I've seen you in your underpants.

Yeah, well, yeah, one time, I think. You did a jockey, yeah? Yeah. You look wonderful in your underpants. Karen, I haven't seen you in your underpants. Oh, no, that won't be happening anytime soon. Don't talk about that, Stephanie. And nor was I proposing. Oh no, that won't be happening anytime soon. I'm told that's happening. And no one was overposing.

That wasn't happening. Ben! You've seen me in underpants, unfortunately. Not quite as good as Tim. Training-wise, for sevens though, Tim, in all seriousness, must be just so much running to get fit for that. Yep, yep, there's a lot of running in sevens, a bit more than 15s at the moment. It's a little bit tough with the season being cancelled.

But because during lockdown, how do you train during lockdown? How do you keep yourself fit? Because I really let myself go. And you guys are professional athletes. I mean, what did you do to keep fit? Oh, it's always daunting when you know there's a fitness test coming up after lockdown. So you sort of have the, yeah, you have to do it really. Well, I see a test you know there's a fitness test coming up after lockdown. So you sort of have the, yeah, you have to do it really.

Right, so you had tests you knew they were coming back to. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, fitness testing, just the first day back really. Oh wow. Were you like bench pressing the couch or scoring the TV or something?

I think they were more focused on the conditioning side of it. So lots of running. Now you're back into the season, which is kind of cool, Karen. Yes, it's pretty cool. I know I feel a little bit for Tim not being like, not knowing what they're training for.

So at least we sort of know what we were training for and we're able to put that out on court now. It's harsh because it's double headers and it's full on, but it's great just being out on court. Are they still cranking out Shania Twain? Because I went to the Silver Ferns with my mum. Everyone loved it. It wouldn't surprise me.

The place erupted. Shania Twain played over the thing We all sang along It was great fun You must hate Shania Twain now You must hate Shania Twain No that's my dad's favourite We grew up with that in the house

It takes me back to the good old days It's a good song isn't it I feel like a woman Now you were the World Sevens Player of the Year, weren't you? One time I was.

One time. Humble, one time. I'd be coming in going, G'day guys, Tim Mickelson, World Sevens Player of the Year. I'd be starting everything if I was you. I'd be changing my driver's licence to World Sevens Player of the Year, Tim Mickelson. And you won the World Champs as well, I'd be starting everything if I was you I'd be changing my driver's licence to world sevens player Tim Mickelson

and you know Karen you won the world champs as well I'd be saying that as well but you guys are so humble stop being humble do you get a trophy

to put on your mantelpiece or a certificate of merit or something we get the photos with the medal and the trophy is at our games

at ANZ last night so it's pretty good. Oh, that's cool. Here we go. Donate your kit thanks to Kids Can. Thank you very much, guys and look after yourselves.

Tim, I hope to see you in your underpants at a later date. Karen, you go and play netball good. Ben Boyce, I'll see you after this one. Yeah, thank you.

We'll debrief after this. All right. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. 0800 the hits, that's our fine number.

If you want to double pass to Reading Cinemas right now, that could be all yours unless Jono and I synchronise an answer. Synchronise Odds Is. This is a fun game

to play before 7 o'clock, isn't it? It is. It's an easy win for you because you literally, if you've got fingers, you can dial the number. Or maybe you can even do a voice call.

I don't know. There's so many options available now with technology, isn't there? Yeah, right. Basically, what I'm saying is if you can somehow manage to get through on the phones, you've won a prize. Our job is to steal it off you by synchronising up answers. No, it doesn't always happen. Producer Juliet just asked us random questions, and Jono and I have three seconds to come up with the first, well, basically the first answer that pops in our head.

If it's the same, we take the prize off you and we've synchronised a couple of times. And name for me a 660 song. Don't forget your roots! Yes!

Yes! Wow, we are happy. That's our happy place. You can tell. Yeah. It doesn't get better. Much better for us than that. So anyway, we need to sync up like flatmates.

And Ben Boyce, telepathic powers. I need to try and think. When I try and think about what you're thinking, you're always thinking of hummus. Low saturated fat. 1.4 grams of fat, you think? Yeah, saturated fat.

That's what he's thinking about right now. Beetroot hummus, Lisa's? Ooh, I know you're talking. All right, let's go to the phones. Kimbo. Hi. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Morena to you.

Where are you calling from? How's your day? Tūrua. Well, I'm just on the road from Tūrua to Waiukuta to go to work. What do you do, Kim? I'm an early child. I'm a kindergarten teacher. Oh,

geez, I love those kids, son. Kids great. They are. Are they quite smelly on mass, aren't they, children? Oh, they can be. That's no lie. When I used to drop the kids off at daycare, you'd walk in and you'd sort of be hit with this odour

of just mass, just stuff. I don't get people on mass, no matter what they are. It just can get like that. Alright. So, so far you've got a double pass to Reading Cinemas. That's yours. But if Jono and I synchronise and answer, we'll take it off you, okay? Awesome. Cool. Name for me

a cocktail. Mickey Curry. Oh no, you don't have to play the game, Kim. No. You just sit there. You've won the prize, mate. You just take it. Hey, take it. Put your feet up, Kim.

You put your feet up. Relax. We'll do the heavy lifting here. Okay. All right. Here we go. You're going to say what it is or not? One, two, three.

Margarita. Oh! You were about to say margarita, and you pulled out and said mar-hito. That's how I like to say mar-hito. I go mar-hito. He wants you to win the prize, Kim, whereas I want to take it off you. I want to play the game properly. Ben's too nice.

All right, name for me an airline. American Airlines. Ansett. Ansett is a defunct airline from the 80s, I think. Bring it back, I say. There you go. Ansett. He's just trying to sabotage this game so you win, Kim.

I'm trying to help Kim get the movie tickets. I'm trying to go as obscure as possible. Well done, Kim. You've still got your prize. All right. Here we go. All right. Name for me a character on Friends.

Rachel. Gunther. Was that Gunther? Gunther. Is it Gunther? You can't go Gunther from Central Perk. He's not the first character you think of. Well, I was trying to think of someone random.

Yeah, I know you were. Oh, Janice. Chandler's girlfriend. We've got one last opportunity to take your tickets off you, Kim. How are you feeling now? Oh, anxious as hell. You should be. You should be. You should be.

All right, name for me a shoe brand. Hush puppies. Oh! I tried to go random as well. Hey, well, there you go. After reading cinemas, go and enjoy that after you've taught the kids

how to be good human beings. Kimbo? Thank you. Enjoy that. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. Buy the WhatsApp

by doco.nz Yes, when producer Juliet passes away, her tombstone will read Juliet Rothel, daughter and celebrity gossip guru R.I.P.

Bitches. That's what it's going to read. I'm going to get that printed on there. Oh, nice. You won't be alive, mate. I was just about to say, expecting you to pass away before me. I've only got two weeks to live, mate.

You have to do it now. Get it now just to hand it on. It'll be a weird gift to give someone now a tombstone. You'll be like, I'm not dying. Yeah, get it ready now. That'd be great. Katy Perry has revealed, so there were rumours a couple of weeks ago

that Jennifer Aniston is going to be the godmother of Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's daughter, who is due very soon. But Katy has said, nope, that's not true. Jennifer Aniston texted her and was like, yo, there's this rumour going round, and Katy was like, oops, no, sorry, you're not going to be the godmother.

Oh, really? Well, it probably didn't happen like that, but Jennifer did text her, and Katy was like, oh, bizarre, no, you know, that's not true. No, not you. You, no. It's like being left out of the tight five

of a groom or bridal party, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, no. Are you a godparent? I am, yeah. Yeah, my mate's a little kid. Yeah, Benji. Yeah.

I am too. Bryce Casey, who does Breakfast on the Rock, and Sharon, I'm their godfather. For Tyson, their son. And I am a. Bryce Casey, who does Breakfast on the Rock, and Sharon, I'm their godfather. For Tyson, their son. And I'm a shocking godparent. I can't even look after myself. Let alone, I remember his birthday. I'd get presents on his birthday,

but what are your duties as a godparent? Well, I think it's kind of come from, traditionally it was if I have your parents, if they passed away, you would be the one that would take responsibility for that person. But people don't have to do it because if you've got family around, you'd normally, you know, you'd often give it to your family. Give it to your family. That sounded weird. Your family would often step

in and look after your child. Yeah. So that's where it's come from. So you would be required I guess to step up in that situation. Oh jeez. What have have I said yes to? I know. I thought it was just buy him cool little shoes on his birthday. Yeah, we can do that now. Yeah. And hope that nothing happens. I feel like that's literally

the sole responsibility of a godparent now is just buy cool presents. Yeah, exactly. Literally. To be honest, they probably wouldn't get you to step up.

Why? Well, you know, come on. Look at you. You look like a baby. You're welcome. No, I'm baby. Sorry, that's just me. You're welcome. No, I'm sorry. And Nicki Minaj, she is pregnant.

She posted a photo to Instagram of her belly, her baby belly, just with the hashtag preggers. So she's another one to give birth soon. And also there were reports yesterday that Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake had a son and the pregnancy was secret. So they've given birth to a son recently. Yeah, yeah. Okay. So babies everywhere. That's a hard thing to keep a secret. the pregnancy was secret. So they've given birth to a son recently. Yeah, yeah. Oh, okay.

So babies everywhere. That's a hard thing to keep a secret. Well done to them. Well, Kylie Jenner kept her whole pregnancy a secret. Remember that? There were rumours, but she never, yeah, it was never confirmed until she had the daughter. I got into a hole the other day of,

you won't believe Nicki Minaj's butt. And I was like, okay, well, let's have a look at this. It was one of those clickbait. It was a clickbait one. Here we go again. Listen, when he came to work the other day, are you guys getting all these ads at you for the wanted babes in America and stuff?

Oh, you paid me out to be a horrible human. And we're like, no. Oh, come on, guys, you do it. You're getting these things. And we're like, no. It's just you. Anyway, I got clickbait. Well, no it's just you anyway I got clickbait well maybe this is the problem

because I'm clickbaiting on you won't believe Nicki Minaj's butt she's got butt implants and they exploded on her once did they really and they apparently call her

butt the silicon valley that's the nickname I think she's called it that as well okay but she's like I can't even put on like she couldn't go to a shop and buy normal pants

you need special zipsips over the butt cheeks. Especially catered trousers. Why don't you put something in your little bony butt, Ben? I'd like you to have a Nicki Minaj bottom. So I can put my coffee on it in the morning. And on that note, for more spy hits, go to nz. Not a morning person?

Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. That is our show. We want to end on a good night, though. Let's go and pat the day on the who's a dacky and get out there and have a great Tuesday, Benjamin Ross boys. All right, sounds good.

Who have we got on the phones here, Jono? Sina, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. And Welly, why is it going to be a great day in the capital? Today is going to be a great day because my sister-in-law is going to have her fourth baby today. And it's going to be a girl. Do the maths on that. You don't have to. You just told us. That's awesome. Are you going to help deliver the child?

No, I wish. I'm at work. So, yeah. That's great. You're going to be an auntie for the fourth time, Sina. Yes. No, the 19th time. 19th time. 19th time auntie. Surely the novelty's worn off by now. Oh, you're excited about it.

That's awesome. So I'm an auntie for 19 nephew and nieces. Wow, that's amazing. And we're going to send you out some hell pizza. You'll enjoy that. You have a great day, all right? Thank you so much. You guys have a good day.

You too. Most fertile family in Aotearoa there. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6 o'clock. You have a great day. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.