Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - June 25 - Jono Was Trapped In The Bathroom, The A To Z Of New Zealand, Six60's Chris Mac

Episode Date: June 25, 2020

On today's episode, Jono introduced an alarm clock that you should have... Awfully inspirational... Until it took a turn! We also wondered whether artists get annoyed when radio hosts like us talk all over the intros of their songs, so we called Chris Mac from Six60 to see. Jono also got trapped in a bathroom but he deserved it! All that and more, ENJOY.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Oh well, here we go, another podcast, another number one on the iHeartCharts. Doesn't it get tiring, Ben? Oh it does, number one, you know, it's tough at the top, isn't it? Oh finally, you're rolling with this number one thing. I should be. Usually he gives a disclaimer saying we're not actually number one.

We are, we are number one. If you listen to the podcast before, you'll know that we're not number one. But today on the show, today on the show, what did we have today on the show? I always struggle to remember what was on the show. So do you, because you're licking your lips and you're looking off to the distance. Yeah, look, it's a show. Oh, we had nutritionalist Dr. Libby. Yes.

Dr. Libby, who says we're all sleeping wrong. We're all starting the day wrong. Yes, she's on the show. Basically, whatever you've been doing as a human being, wrong. Reset. And also on the show, probably too much. Too much within three hours of radio. But you can't remember any of it.

No, but too much. We packed. We got a feedback for our boss. We tried to do too much today. No, I get it. Our bosses, in our feedback session, they were like, you guys were putting too many ideas in, and they weren't all great. It was crazy.

It was crazy. And actually, when they, you know, it was like a wild night out. And then the next morning, you're like, wow, that got away on us. It was like that after the radio, sometimes after a radio show, and you sit down, and they're like, what was going through your head? Ideas within ideas that were half-formed and didn't develop. You know, so if you want to hear that and you want to pick it apart, you can listen to the podcast.

No, it's a fair call, though. It is, yeah. What were we thinking? As soon as they said it, you're like, you're right. It was like a show on meth. It was like, what? So it was joy. It was like guys who were like, just way too energized,

just going, let's do this. Let's try something else. No, we'll do this now we have shots you're like what so anyway you enjoy that we've set this up nicely

for you to pick it apart yourself and decide if it was too many ideas within one radio show yeah if it's any listen feedback

the soggy cornflakes of radio it's Jono and Ben on the hits I thought I'd start the show with some appropriate content for the six o'clock club you know we

I like how you're making this a thing. You know, the first rule of Six O'Clock Club is not talk about Six O'Clock Club. I know, but I need to talk about it because some of them haven't been paying their membership fees. Okay. Your subs are due, guys. Okay? And if we don't get them in the next month, you're going to have to pay double. Okay.

You know the rules. When you sign up to Six O'Clock Club, there's admin costs. Yeah. But, you know, I thought this was appropriate content, and it's to do with alarms. Like I said before, Aaron, our production engineer, sent it through. And the alarm noise that you wake up to, what do you wake up to, Ben?

What's your alarm noise? Well, I used to have the noise that you're going to play in this little clip, but now I've gone for a bit of a softer one because that one used to give me a little bit of a... Yeah, I know. You like to... But you put your phone in the bathroom,

so it's about 10, 15 metres away. So you have to get up out of bed and then But you put your phone in the bathroom So it's about 10-15 metres away So you have to get up out of bed And then go and turn it off in the bathroom Which must aggravate the living bejesus Out of your wife Amanda Yeah, well it does So this is my one now Oh, that's a nice one

What have you got, Juju? What do you roll with? I've got a really soft one It literally sounds like a piano Like, very soft Should I get it up? I don't know if you'll be able to hear it Yeah, sure, why not

We're doing it now. Oh, gosh. Where is it? They say in this article that, you know, the abrasive alarm that we're all used to is not actually the best alarm to wake up to. They're saying soft, smooth melody. So, Ben, yours might work well.

Juju, is this yours? I don't even. Oh, yes, this is quite nice. Did you actually wake up to that though? Yeah, but there was one time that I didn't and I literally slept until 7am and I was on breakfast and I was like, oh my goodness. And then from that moment on I decided to have vibrations. The vibrations

are very strong. I'm like, oh gosh. You can barely hear that. It sounds like you're in a day spa. It does. It actually does. I did the same thing that Jono, I think you did a while back, is I put the house alarm on in a bit of a tired daze at about five o'clock as I was leaving the other day. And that's the best of all the alarms to get everyone up. To get everyone up.

Woke the family up, so there you go. I'm a bit of an aggressive waker-upper. I like to, as soon as the alarm's like, I'm like, bang! I like to get it before it hits the second tone. I'm up out of bed. I'm into the day. Rip the plaster off. But then I got into a bit of a hole last night about, you know,

what's the best way to wake up? And then I found this video on YouTube which suggests you use this as sort of a, I guess, a motivational type movie trailer. So this is as your alarm? As your alarm. So it starts off like this with your champagne alarm tone. Oh, I hate that noise. I know you hear that.

You know how I know you hear that? You set that alarm last night. He sounds like a kidnapper. He does. I know you hear that. I also got your family I got them tied up So how long of that

Much of that are you meant to listen to? No so that's the first bit It goes on for five and a half minutes Really? You won't pretend like you can't hear it Okay I know you still hear that I would have turned it off by now Yeah Yeah know you still hear that.

I would have turned it off by now. Yeah. Yeah. I can still hear you talking to me like a creep too. You will sleep your success away. You will sleep your success away. The morning happens once a day. It defines your day.

So now he's like, if you sleep in, this is what's going to happen. Your success is gone. Oh, so it's quite motivational, isn't it? It gets really motivational. It takes a turn and then he starts naming, you know, people you could be. Could have been the next Jordan. I could have been the next Michael Jordan. Oh, yeah. I've got no basketball skills.

Well, if you get up early, you might be. Could have been the next Mozart. Picasso. I like Mozart and Picasso. I'm not good at art or music But if you get up early You could be But I tell you who else you could be Could have been the next

Michael Jackson Oh Okay Okay Okay I might sleep in I might sleep in thanks How long ago is this a lie

Anyway I'm in comedy. The next one was, you could have been the next Bill Cosby. Oh, God. Okay. No, thanks. Wrapping that up. Remember to double pump the vogels.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We want to start a new part to the show. We'd love you to be involved. 0800 the hits, the telephone number, 4487. It's called What a Load of Tips. And you can phone us up with just tips about anything. So it could be

a recommendation to go somewhere, use a business where they give you a good deal or it just could be a life hack of some description. My mum, Jenny,

who likes to keep the sushi, the little fish that you get with sushi, they put the soy sauce and she puts a little bit of mouthwash in it and she goes around. Oh, your little plastic fish.

Yeah. That's my mum. Just when you're in the market for three drops of mouthwash in it. Oh, my goodness. Oh, your little plastic fishers, yeah. That's my mum. Just when you're in the market for three drops of mouthwash. I know. I know. Mum doesn't like throwing anything out, even the little plastic fish sushi containers. We mentioned before she collects cake crumbs.

Cake crumbs, yeah. What? She puts them in a big snap-lock container, doesn't she? Yeah, cake crumbs. I don't know why. I don't think maybe one day she's saving up for a full cake. I don't know. Oh my goodness.

Yeah, anyway. Well, you never know when you want cake crumbs. Oh, yeah. You're right, John. The amount of times I've got over and gone, oh, jeez,

where's the cake crumbs? Have a giant spoon of cake crumbs. Not a whole cake or a piece of cake. From a range of cakes over the years. And how often is she eating cakes? Because there might be

some very old crumbs in there. Not that often, to be honest. Exactly. She's got crumbs range of cakes over the years. And how often is she eating cakes? Because there might be some very old crumbs in there. Not that often, to be honest. Exactly. She's got crumbs from 1997 in there. One day they'll make a cake. One of your favourite cake crumbs. One day they will. So yeah, just want your tips.

0800 the hits. There's no specific category. You just phone up with a tip, 4487 on the text as well. Our friend Jeremy, dear friend, he would always give us a wonderful tip. You know when you travel through the country, there's a chain of motels called the Bella Vistas. Have you seen the Bella Vistas?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He always proclaimed, he's like, best water temperature, best water pressure in the world. In the world, yeah. In the world, he would claim the world. And we went to the Bella Vista once, and jeez, he was not wrong. We'll go through to the Bella Vista now. Can you dial them now, Producer Juliet?

Yeah, here we go. Bella Vista, Topo Jason speaking. Hey, how's it going? It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hi, Jono. How are you? What's your name? Jason here. Jason, it's lovely to talk to you.

Jason, a dear friend of ours always insists that the Bella Vista motel chain, you're a chain of motels, has hands down the best water pressure provided by a shower of any of the motel hotel chains in the world. In the world. In the world. I don't think you've heard. He's felt water blasting all over him.

Yeah, he was right, because we were staying. We were going on a work trip, and he was like, oh, we're staying at the Bella Vista tomorrow. You wait, you wait. And we did, and it was amazing. That's good to hear. Do you pride yourself on your water pressure at the Bella Vista? Yes.

When I used the shower, it almost blew the skin straight off my body. I came out just a skeletal mess from having a shower. That was so powerful. It felt like I was being showered by a water blaster. You don't have to have it on, but you've got the option if you want. Yeah, we can turn it down a little bit next time when you come. Yeah, you can turn it down a bit. You've got the option.

You can play with the nozzle. I had to pick my skin up off the shower floor and then get dressed back into my skin. That's how powerful it was. It's a wonderful chain of hotels, and congratulations again on your wonderful water pressure. All right, thank you. Bye-bye.

Bye-bye. It was a powerful shower. It almost blew me into the car park there, Shower. So this is what a load of tips, basically life hacks to make your life easier if you can pass it on to your fellow listeners. 0800 the hits is the phone number. 4487.

What's your little hack that you know, Jono? Anything? You're my friend, Glenn, who I went to radio school with. I remember he had a hole in his black sock once. And instead of purchasing a new sock, he got a vivid and coloured in his toenail. Oh, that's not a great idea. I look like a full sock.

Great asking you. Producer Juliet, you got anything for us? Yeah, I actually learnt about it the other week where an easy way to cut a watermelon, especially if you're going camping or something and you don't have a big knife, bring a bit of dental floss with you if you've got a quarter watermelon and slice it, the red, with the dental floss and then it just cuts it into little pieces of watermelon.

I'll throw out one from my friend. He saw online, he used to do, he got this idea for online. So when he was at the beach and he had little kids, you know how sometimes you're worried about leaving your stuff when you go for a swim and taking the kids. So he used to put it inside, not a used nappy, but just a nappy that wasn't used, put his wallet and keys in there because he's like, no one's ever going to take the nappy.

He saw that online. He was like, this is a genius idea. Although one day it went very bad. And when it goes bad, it goes bad. Put it inside the used nappy. That's a fine line. What is your life hacks? What's your tips?

What a load of tips. Oh, it uttered the hits. We just added one, 4487. Lemons. You want to get lemon juice out, punch a hole in the bottom, in the back end, squeeze it, the pips don't come out. That's actually really good. What about my Heineken one? You're impressed with putting a hole in a lemon, but not saving yourself $9? Yeah, well, true. I didn't do it, though. Let's head to Christchurch. Petra, you're on New Zealand's Breakfast.

How are you, matey? I'm good, I'm good. How are you? Listen, we're happy. Happy to be alive. What's your, what a load of tips. What do you got? So if you head along to my local fish and chip shop, Apurikaton Fish Supply, get your fish and chips, order one potato fritter, and they'll give you six. They do that? I think that's like an unwritten law of the fish and chip Bible, isn't it?

I only wanted two. We'll have six. Well, my dad got really annoyed one time when he actually ordered two and they didn't give him extra. He's like, they didn't give me, I was like, well, if you wanted four, what did you order for?

No, but I know it's confused the efficiency buying consumer though, because I'm the same, because you're like, you factor in the fact they're going to chuck in more, so you order less. Yeah, and then the time that they don't do it,

they give you what you pay for, he's like, oh, this bloody thing. You're like, well, mate, that's all you paid for. How about they stop ordering so many potato fritters and we can just get what we're paid for? But complaining about getting extra. Thank you, Peter.

Appreciate your call. Angela, you're on the air. Welcome. How are you, mate? Hello. You doing well? What a load of tips. What have you got, Ange?

I used to take talcum powder to the beach and when the kids got in the car with sandy feet, I used to rub that on it and the sand came right off. Oh, that's a good tip. I didn't know that worked. You look like you've been on a huge bender. So you're sand-free talcum powder at the beach. Is that the same talcum powder you're importing from Bolivia, Ben?

Your talcum powder business is going extremely well. Well, people love getting the sand off their feet at the beach, Jono. Very popular thing. Thank you so much, Angela. That's a really good tip. Someone's also texted in, 4487, if you want to stay awake, dip your contact lenses in coffee.

Okay, no. And also purchase some of Ben's talcum powder. Serving bowls of lolls for breakfast. Actual lolls may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Kia ora, I'm Ash Thomas and this is The Beeping News. That's right, The Beeping News, where we take respected newsreader and journalist Ash Thomas

and get her to lower her standards to take part in our programme, in the actual broadcast, providing content. Producer Juliet, you've sourced headlines from around the world and censored certain words in them. And we have to guess what they are. Absolutely. Ready for your first one? Okay. Distillery recalls gin bottles mistakenly filled with...

Mistakenly filled with something that wasn't gin. I'm guessing, was it water that his mate put in a Heineken bottle in a hotel room and said it was alcohol? That's a little callback gag if you haven't seen five minutes ago. Distillery recalls gin bottles mistakenly filled with hand sanitiser. Because a lot of them have been diversifying into hand sanitiser. A lot of alcohol in hand sanitiser, right? Yeah, exactly. And so they don't know how it got there somehow, unless some idiot, you know, purposely put it in.

But it was only nine bottles. So could we have been drinking hand sanitizer this whole time? Potentially. Yeah. But I don't think it's recommended. There'd be some entrepreneurial people in prison who could turn that into something. Donald Trump was onto it with bleach.

What's our next story? Man dresses as **** to warn Florida beachgoers about coronavirus. Oh, so he's dressed as something at the beach? Yeah. The way you beeped it, it makes it sound like he's dressed like a swear word. Play it again. Man dresses as **** to warn Florida beachgoers about coronavirus. So I'm not going to give the answer I think it is.

Okay. Because I might get fired. I'm going to say there's nothing scarier than Jono at the beach. So is he dressed like Jono? Not quite. Man dresses as Grim Reaper to warn Florida beachgoers about coronavirus. I was close. It wasn't the word I was thinking of either.

No, I don't suit the beach. No, you're right, Ben. A lot of pasty white, a lot of mixture of SPF and tummy sweat. Blended into the sand. Yeah, I do. Is it a beach? White beluga whale? Beluga whale?

It has ended on the beach and I just get burnt. I go from white to red. Straight away. Those are my two options. Man uses... for his baby's gender reveal party. Man uses his private parts for his baby's gender reveal party. It's one of these.

I hope that's not the case. Do they use a baby? It's go ahead, it's the baby. Not quite. Here we go. Man uses live alligator for his baby's gender reveal party. Oh, my God. So what he did is, because someone in the family works at alligators, and they got a watermelon filled with blue or pink liquid

and just lifted up the alligator's, like, jaw, chucked it in, and the alligator snaps down on the watermelon, and it bursts out with the colour. What a performance. I love it, those ones on YouTube where you're in Hamilton, and it's like someone doing a burnout. And it's like this, it's a girl, man! It's like pink smoke and stuff.

Yeah, I love those ones. Hey, thank you for the news and beats, Producer Julia. No worries. It was semi-professional. Well done. Thank you. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and beats, Producer Julia. No worries. That was semi-professional. Well done. Thank you. Thank you very much. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on my heads.

Now, I've provided a lot of coffee-based content this hour. I started the hour saying that... You caught a coffee. I poured a coffee and I knocked it off a bench yesterday at home and then I caught it mid-air and not a drop spilled, which no one believes. No, we don't believe. And to continue on with that,

the coffee that was purchased for me was from Jen, my wife. Right. And so she has discovered a new coffee shop around the corner from our house. But it's opposite the old coffee shop that we used to go. Now, I'm in a deep web here because the guy that I go see, he's supplying an inferior coffee to the one that I go see, he's supplying an inferior coffee to the one that's

Yeah, and so now Have you made a connection with that guy? I have, I'm in too deep with him, like we've got a relationship based on love and caffeine, it's a loyal relationship, he's not showing me any loyalty I'm just handing over money, he gives me a card that I have to get 92 stamps for and I might get

a free coffee at some stage but then I'm afraid that if money he gives me a card that I have to get 92 stamps for and I might get a free coffee at some stage but then I'm afraid that if I go to the other one and he sees me he's going to be like is there coffee on your breath

I smell whose coffee is it yeah you do get into those relationships don't you with businesses yeah it's like

professional relationships Juliet you were saying you're a hairdresser yeah I once went to I got to the same, I've always gone to the same salon, but I swapped hairdressers. And I went and sat down with my new lady.

And the old guy kind of was sitting, standing right next to me with another client. And he kind of just like looked at me and was like, hi. And I was like, hi. Heartbroken. Oh, shoot. And he walked up behind you with the clippers. We had a burger shop up the road from where we used to work.

And there was another burger shop that me and another guy used to go to. And we were just talking to some people who were at the other burger shop that we didn't go to. We were just talking to them. And the next time we went into the burger shop that we normally go to, the guy's like, I saw you. Saw you the other day at that burger shop. I'm like, oh, no, no. We were just talking to people.

I think people like you're having an affair. He's like, I saw you there. I saw you at the shop. I drove past and I saw you're having an affair. I saw you there. I saw you at the shop. I drove past and I saw you. Open your lips. Oh, yeah, mayonnaise. That's not my mayonnaise on those lips. I felt awful even though I had just been talking to people I know.

I had the same thing with a guy who ran a kebab shop. And I went across the road and got nothing. Just one day, just went across the road and he was like, yeah, he saw me buying it. And he was not happy. It wasn't his tabbooli in my mouth. Anyway, 4487, who have you got a professional relationship with that you can't actually get out of?

You can't break up with them because you're in 2D. There's some industries, they don't care. Dairy owners are like, I don't care, you can go to whatever dairy you want. But then there's the personal trainers. Oh, that's very hard to end a personal training relationship. I had that same thing. You feel like you're breaking up. You're like, oh, it's just not your time.

The finances. You know, you mumble some excuse. And they're like, oh, what about next month? You're like, oh, yeah. Looking at your body, he did a shocking job. So you did the right thing. Your little bony little body. What did he actually do?

What was he getting you to do? Yeah, I think it was a long play for him. He was like, this one's going to take me a while. This is my meal ticket. But hairdressers, the same thing. It feels like when it's that personal one-on-one thing. You can't have a conversation with them. That should be the key.

But then other people don't care. Other people complain. Yeah. Can easily break up. So 4487, who are you in a professional relationship with that you feel you need to break up with or you're afraid to cheat on? Want more Jono and Ben? You to break up with or you're afraid to cheat on. What's more, Jono and Ben,

you can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Am I allowed to talk now? You can talk now. Is that okay? Is that okay? I'm nervous now. I don't know.

You just told me off before for talking over the start of that 660 song. Welcome to the show. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Tension's at an all-time high in here. We were meant to be doing something else right now. We were meant to be talking about... Well, you made a point about me talking over the start of a song. That was before Ben rudely talked all over a 660. But it was the intro part. I know, but he was going... I don't think musicians spend weeks and weeks in a recording studio finally crafting their art

with you to just come and... It's like someone going to the Sistine Chapel and going, oh, you know, look at that roof. I might blast over that

with a half Spanish white, a Rosine half Spanish white. You know, same sort of thing, isn't it? So what I'm going to do is I'm going to take it upon myself to see if musicians

actually get annoyed with radio announcers talking over the intros of songs. Your dear friend, Chris Mack, the bass player from that band that you just destroyed. Destroyed.

Talked over five to six seconds of the song. We're going to go through to Chris Mack now. Hopefully he's awake. He's a musician. Probably not, but we'll give it a go. Hello. Hello. Morning.

Chris Mack. Yeah, who's this? Jono, where are you? Oh, no, I should say who it is first. It's Jono and Ben. Secondly, where are you? Yeah, I thought I would have answered it immediately without asking at least a couple of follow-ups from you.

You sound very distant, but that's okay. Sorry, I had my running headphones on, but I'm good now. I took them off. Oh, you're about to go for a run. We won't hold you up because you do run. No, I'm just back from a run. Don't worry about it. Hold me up as long as you want.

We'll hold you up. Well, Jono's complaining about something, which is not, yeah, it's typical. Well, I mean, given you've just been running, you've probably been listening to it in your headphones, I imagine, because you listen to the hits every morning, don't you, Chris? Absolutely, yeah. Of course, every morning. Yeah, so you'll be devastated that Ben just talked over the intro of your song.

Oh, rude. And I wanted to know, from a musician's point of view, radio announcers talking over the intros of your finely crafted music, does it frustrate you? Would you rather we just announced the song, gave a second silence, and then started it? I like the idea of a second silence.

But hang on, what song was it? It was Long Gone, and Jono... Oh, well, hang on. I don't even play on the intro of that. I'm fine. Marciu's doing a bit of a... And he talked over that. Nah, who cares?

Yeah, shut him up. Absolutely. He's had a limelight for far too long. He's talked over a bass line, and then we've got issues. Okay, so there's certain songs We can't talk over the start of According to you But other songs are fine 100%

That's right That's good That's why I'll always From now on Interject when you are speaking, Ben But I'll give Jono a fair play And so something like Vibes Which is running quite a bass-heavy intro

Yeah, that's right Yeah, don't you dare Stop on that intro Don't you dare Or closer that's right. Yeah, don't you dare stop on that intro. Don't you dare! Or closer, or don't get your roots. Don't you dare! It's good to know. I always wonder.

Radio announcers have spent decades talking over this. But they give you the timer and the system. They're like, 10 seconds. I had 10 seconds to talk. They told me this, and I thought it was okay. You just follow the computer blindly like a sheep. You do whatever the thing is going to tell you. I see what's going on.

All right, well, you sure showed me. Think for yourself, boys. Think for yourself. All right, we'll let you get to your deep tissue stretching after you run, eh, Chris Mack? I'm going to roll that foam out of my body. We'll put that to bed. All right.

Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. She's ready to rip out any celebrity, including the Royals, from Big Willie to Happy Hansy Handy. Is he happy? He's probably not happy at the moment. That almost made sense. Send some words. Producer Juliet with Spy, what's going on?

All right, so Gemma McCaw is officially retiring. So she posted on her Instagram last night saying that she came out of retirement because she was going to compete in the Olympics this year. And then obviously with lockdown that's obviously been delayed by a year and then she's kind of just realised that she wants to retire and spend more time with

her family and that her time being a Blackstick is over. But she's happy that she kind of got to have another crack at it. Blackstick's a legend, Gemma McCaw. She got on the team when she was 18. 12 years pretty much been part of that team, which is amazing. Her husband, Richie McCaw, posted it. We all love Richie.

I love their ads where they run. They just run. No talking, just running. Just running. There's a whole vitamin ad. No one says a word to each other. They're just running. Well, now she's got more time on her hands to take vitamins and run, which is good. And talk to her husband. No talking, just running. Just running. There's a whole vitamin ad. No one says a word to each other. They're just running.

Well, now she's got more time on her hands to take vitamins and run, which is good. Talk to her husband. Yeah, but it was a heartfelt tribute he paid on Facebook,

didn't he? Well, yeah. It reads like a full-time speech at the end of a rugby game. Well, that's Richie though,

isn't it? This is heartfelt for Richie. Congratulations to my wife at Gemma Flynn on a wonderful career representing your country playing hockey. It's been inspirational to watch you work your way back into the Black Sticks over the last year.

You know, it's all in the way you read it. Looking forward to the next chapter. Yeah, I imagine everything Richie does is like a full-time rugby speech. He'll be like, good bath, proud of my hands. I went to pretty dark places with the soap. Good sleep last night. I was asleep at two halves A bit restless in the second half

Woke up in the night Woke up Full credit Full credit to the bed Jim as well Thanks Richie Thanks Richie Good breakfast

Breakfast at two halves Full credit to the cornflakes in the first half And to the toast in the second half That is very accurate I love that That's what you imagined it would be like Yeah I hope it's like that Yeah for sure flakes in the first half and to the toast of the second half. That is very accurate. I love that. That's what you imagine it would be like. Yeah, I hope it's like that. Yeah, for sure.

A couple of Kiwi legends. And you would have heard that Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst, as well as her husband, Jesse Plemons, they were in Ponsonby over the weekend in Auckland. And we love this, eh? We love it. So good. No, we don't. Do we what?

It happened five days ago. We're still talking about it. Yes. Well, apparently. So they started at Annabelle's, then went to the Ponsonby Social Club. We're finding out new information where they went out. Exactly. This is amazing.

Let me guess, did they Uber home? We don't know that yet. Probably. That might be in tomorrow's news. But the owner of Ponsonby Social Club said that when he was chatting to them, they gave props to Jacinda Ardern and said that they felt lucky to be in New Zealand during coronavirus because they felt that we handled it beautifully. This is what we love.

We're not only know what our country is all about, they know who the Prime Minister is and they know where to go in Pondsby for drinks. So good. I can't wait for the next instalment of this. I know. This night out of Kirsten Dunst's night out. She's seen a kebab shop vomiting on her shoes at about 3am Yes, I'm so excited for that news

For more spy, you can head to the hits.co.nz Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth It's Jono and Ben on my heads My two daughters were at school yesterday And there was a lot of talk going around A bit of a question Talking about coronavirus and how the government's handling it They're talking about that in the playground

Some of the big issues But they also had some lighter issues, and Indy, who's eight, had a big question for me when she got home. Okay, Dad, if you can only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? One food for the rest of my life. Oh, I don't know. Every meal.

What would you have? Cheese. Cheese. Not a great option from Indy, really. Are you never not recording your family? Have you just got like a recorder running 24 hours on your whole office? I'll ask you a question. Don't talk to Dan until he's put a recorder in front of your face.

No, no, you know the rules. There is no interaction until I have started recording on my phone. I just want to tell you I love you. No. You tell me on the phone. You tell me on the phone. You tell it to the phone. Because I can use it in a random way. Well, then after Indy asked me that, I went into Sienna's bedroom.

With your phone? With my phone. I was like, oh, Sienna, what was your answer to this big question? Okay, Sienna. One food. Rest of your life. What's it going to be? Well, this is not really a food, but.

Oh, well, no. I don't want to hear it. Milkshakes. Oh, milkshakes. Yeah, because it's still got food in it, but it's got a lot of variety. Oh, fancy. Following that, he went to his wife Amanda. So what should we have for dinner?

Oh, yeah, no, we had that last night. I love recording, yeah, yeah. It's a good question, though. What food would you have for the rest of your life? So if that's all you had to eat, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, what would it be? Can I factor it? Okay, how long have I got to live So if that's all you had to eat, breakfast, lunch and dinner, what would it be? Can I factor it? Okay. How long have I got to live?

Ooh, okay. Because that's important in my decision making. Let's say you've got at least 10 years. Okay. Buffet. Oh. Can I eat buffet?

You've cracked the code. I don't know. I love buffet. Well, then you've got everything. You've got all the options. I do. You have some weird ones as well. Weird combinations buffet.

You always sort of walk away from there with a food pyramid of all the strangest foods known to man. Yes, I'm going to lock in buffet. Okay, but yeah, but if you couldn't do buffet, like... Potatoes. Here's another question. Can I take the

base ingredient and add things to it? How much are you adding to it? Well, it's not my quiz. It's gone around the school. But I've really embraced it now. Yeah, no, what I say is if I want a baked potato, can I put sour cream and bacon in it? What do you reckon, Producer Juliet? I reckon, yeah. Well, thank you.

Thank you. So I'll go potatoes. It's very versatile. It's like the James Corden of the vegetable world. Producer Juliet, what would you have? Oh, probably I really can't decide. Can I choose a whole cuisine? Because Japanese.

Sushi. Oh, sushi. Sushi, yeah. Why don't you just lead the life of a Japanese person then? Yeah, pretty much. Sushi, me. Sushi, me. Okay, well, so 4487 on the text,

what would you have if you only had one food, breakfast, lunch and dinner? What would you choose? Oh, let's think about this. Maybe a salad. Oh, God. Well, because you've got lots of options with the salad right you know what's what what's going on okay or soup oh yeah you're like an 89 year old who can't chew things anymore i mean super breakfast not your greatest thing but you know know, you can have chicken soup,

you can have pumpkin soup. I thought Jono was a boomer, but I think you are. Pizza! You can change pizza. Bet you could have breakfast pizza, couldn't you? New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We were just talking, it was all the

talk at my kids' school yesterday about if you could eat one food, breakfast, lunch and dinner for the rest of your life, what would it be? I don't know what situation you would find yourself in if that was the only thing, but... Well, if you're on death row and you've only got one meal left, what would be your death row meal? Yeah, well, that's a good question as well.

I'd have buffet again because it takes so long. So I'm still going. It's all you can eat. Well, you can eat a 24-hour buffet on the text. Yeah, a lot of people say carrots. Carrots for the rest of your life. I love carrots, but every... Breakfast, lunch and dinner carrots. Okay. Boiled carrot, raw carrot.

That's where it stops for carrots, isn't it? At least potatoes. You've got french fries, gratin. Your potatoes are quite good. Eggs I thought would be alright too. Yeah, eggs are versatile aren't they? Do you know there's over 250 potato recipes? Is there? Oh, they'd be fine, wouldn't you? Okay, let's go to the phones.

Neil, one food for the rest of your life. What's it going to be, big guy? Big guy? Seafood. Seafood. Seafood. Hey, thanks for that, big guy. I'll stop calling you big guy now.

Yeah, it sounds weird, doesn't it? It does sound weird. But yeah, seafood's a good option. Lots of kaimoana. There's plenty of options. Yes, there is. That's where the conversation... Oh, he hung up on me.

I was still talking to him, looking at you, and he just went, I'm done. He just wanted to say seafood, move on, mate. He was like, that big guy thing was atrocious.

I am out. Now, joining us on the phone live from Australia, I tell you what, she is one of my favourite doctors along with Dr. Dre, Dr. Seuss, and is there another doctor? Dr. Phil? Yeah, Dr. Chris Warner's pretty good too.

Yeah, I like Dr. Chris Warner, but not as much as I like this lady, Dr. Libby Weaver, nutritionalist. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? Hello, Jono and Ben. Thank you for having me. Jesus, what time is it in Australia at the moment? About quarter past six.

Damn. Well, thank you for getting up early, because I was actually just reading about you in sleep me. Jesus, what time is it in Australia at the moment? About quarter past six. Damn. Well, thank you for getting up early because I was actually just reading about you and sleep the other day and you were saying you can't bank sleep. You certainly can't. An adult needs seven to nine hours per night so many people don't go anywhere near that

and we need that just to meet all of our biological requirements and help us digest all these foods that we're just going to eat for the rest of our lives. That's what we've been talking about this morning. You're a big anti-campaigner for coffee as well. You say people should wean off coffee. Well, if sleep is a challenge, caffeine leads us to produce adrenaline,

one of our stress hormones, and that says to our body that our life's in danger and that doesn't want us to sleep deeply or restoratively. But no, I'm not the anti-coffee person, but a lot of people have way too much of it and it can mess with their sleep, absolutely. Oh, I did a whole big marketing campaign with your face saying she's anti-coffee,

and I had that big red circle with the line through it. Dr Libby Weaver, anti-coffee. We're just about to roll it out on billboards around the country. I booked everything, booked all the media. I'll pay it up for it all. Yeah, no, it's all right. So we've it up for it all. Yeah, that's right. So we've got quite a good deal on the billboards, actually. Hey, Libby, you are a nutritionist, obviously.

What would be, because Ben just posed the question from his kids, if you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Well, obviously, with my focus on nutrition, I want that life to be as healthy and energized as possible. And it would be eggs because they're very close to being nutritionally complete and they're very versatile. So you still get a little bit of variety. I did wonder if I could suggest maybe an omelet because then we could add some other things to that.

Oh, that's good. That's good. But I felt like that was breaking the rules a little bit because that's not technically one food. But if you put... So in an egg, virtually all the nutrients a human needs to survive is in that except for some minerals which are in the shell. And I have known some... The odd person who will go to an extreme and actually put the shell into a blender with some water

and make a drink out of it. I'm not suggesting that. Wow. You could almost make that food completely nutritionally complete. But if you could add some parsley and a few other little veggies chopped up into that, then you'd be winning. You'd live really well. Jeez, you must have healthy insides.

How healthy are your insides? You must have the best gut. Hey, Libby's gut must be very healthy. It's a pretty heavy gut. It's a pretty healthy gut. It's a heavy gut. But we need it because our gut bacteria speak to our brain and then our brain talks back to our gut bacteria.

The bacteria in our gut help us to sleep properly as well. They play an enormous role in our immune response there. They're pretty important to everything. Now, Dr. Libby, speaking of sleeping, I read that you also said you need to turn your device off at least 90 minutes before you go to sleep. Well, so melatonin is our sleep hormone, and it's destroyed by life.

So when we... A lot of people, I think, have technology insomnia, so they put their phones and their backlit devices right in front of their faces up until trying to fall asleep, and you won't make melatonin, your sleep hormone, when you're doing that. So, yeah, turning your devices off, not using them, putting them in front of your face

for, yeah, a good hour, 90 minutes before you go to sleep can help if people are struggling to fall asleep and stay asleep. What are you expecting us to do? Talk to our families? For 90 minutes? Talk to Libby. I'm just starting a new billboard campaign. Imagine reading a book.

Boring. I like TikTok videos. Now, Dr Libby, we really do appreciate your time and getting up early. I hope you had your seven to nine hours sleep. I did. I checked it off. Good work. You sound more awake than we do, and we got a four-hour head start.

Yeah. Now, before you go, last time we spoke to you, you were a bit concerned about Jono's unusual eating regime, how he doesn't eat from breakfast time to dinner time, but has about three or four coffees during that day. And has that improved? Has that changed at all? I'm still running at 120, Dr. Libby.

I've got shooting pains down my left arm, but I'm feeling 100. Who's laughing now? Well, I better not put that billboard up because it sounds like you're pretty fueled by caffeine. Yeah, no, I'm unpredictable. I'm volatile. I can do anything.

Dr. Libby, we love your work. Go check out Dr. Libby on her website and many great books she's brought out as well. Thank you for your time this morning. Thank you, guys. Thanks for the great chat. Morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hips.

Now we want to be the official station of something that none of the other stations want to go near. Have a listen. The year's commercial radio stations have claimed to be your official summer station. Your summer radio station. But no station in the history of radio has ever claimed to be the official station of the most miserable time of year. Until now. The Hits is now officially your official winter station.

But like Jono in a shower, it's wet and depressing. It's dark outside and even darker on the radio with your official winter station. The Hits. Yeah, we figured yesterday, you know, the summer market is very crowded.

Every station. We're your summer station, you know. We got your bangers at the beach and all this sort of stuff. Concerts and all sorts of festivals. Summer, summer, summer. And it's like it's hard to get any traction in a crowded market, like with every station being the official station of summer. Winter, the gap's wide open, baby. No one's laying claim to this.

We're going to put our flag in the middle of winter, the bleakest time of year. Yeah, no one else wants it, but we want it. Yeah. Because I know it was raining last night in some parts of the country. It was pouring down. That's why we love it here on the show. That's why we love being the official winter station.

More of it, we say. I know, so I keep on complaining about a water shortage. I was like, I turned my shower on last night, went to bed, woke up, and it was still running just so I could walk into it conveniently. That's how much water came down last night. So, yeah, what we want to do as the official winter station is we want to make it rain. Not money, just rain and hail and sleep. Yeah, so we want to go around some of the HITS team around the country.

We've sent them out to do some promo stuff, some activity to be the official winter station. And just report on how miserable, bleak and cold it really is. That's what we want. It's our dear friend from Invercargill Ashley. Hey guys how are we this morning? Yeah how bleak is it in Invercargill? It's pretty bloody bleak I'm not going to lie to you.

She sounds dead inside. I'm not getting out of the car. The car is telling me it's three degrees outside. Oh so you're still in your car you won't even get outside. Well I'm trying. I drove all the way out to a really big, and it's not nice. There we go, Invercargill.

Lovely to hear from Invercargill. Yeah, it's great. Now come down. Okay. Your official winter station, that's right, that hits. Let's head to Christchurch. How miserable is it in Christchurch, Felix? It's pretty miserable here as well. I've managed to get out of the car and brave the weather a little bit,

but it's not good. It's not good. What conditions? What sort of conditions? Are we talking you've got to be wearing a beanie, scarf, that sort of thing? Yeah, I'm running two puffer jackets and an umbrella at the moment.

It's raining, but it's not intense rain. It's kind of that really annoying light rain that you don't even realise it's there and then all of a sudden you're soaked. She's got two puffer jackets looking like the Michelin Man this morning. And you know, if this was summer, Felix would be like, come on down to Hagley Park, I've got ice cream and sunscreen samples. Ben will rub them into you.

That's what he likes to do, but not in winter. No, it's bleak. James, you're in Wellington. Do you know Wellington, fun fact, the windiest place on earth. On earth. Yeah. Really? Yes.

I just about hung up on you guys because my hand's about to freeze off. But also, I'm at Lyle Bay Beach and sand is just flying in my mouth. It's not actually breakfast. Yep, and we've lost him now. His phone's blown out of his hand. Getting around there, out and about. Your official winter station, the hits. We're not afraid to send him out in the eye of his hand. Getting around there, out and about. Your official winter station, the hits. We're not afraid to send him out in the eye of the storm.

We don't want to go outside. We're sitting here. We'll stay in this lovely air-conditioned temperate studio. I'll listen to that. There we go. There's James. That's the last we heard of James or saw of him. He's been blown away into the cook straight.

Condolences to James' family. There we are, your official winter station. Jono and Ben on the hits. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Hey, I didn't tell you about this yesterday, but next door in the block of the lavatories,

I went in there and we're fairly new to the workplace and up until now I have refused to use the disabled toilet, Ben. Good. You shouldn't be using it. But what I do know about them is that their seats are far wider and more comfortable. There's a lot more space in there. It's a spacious environment.

You didn't go in there, did you? You didn't use that. What do you want me to say? Well, you obviously clearly did. Okay. So it's got a handle too you can hold on to brace yourself

yeah it's for yeah it's designed for yeah comfort no anyway anyway there's a lot more space in there

so I was like okay I'll give this a go but then you shouldn't be no I should and yeah I know but I checked that there was no one there

yeah needing it yeah but then karma got me good because the lock Yeah, I know, but I checked that there was no one there needing it. But then karma got me. Good. Because the lock on the door was stuck. And I was like, well, this is payback.

Oh, good. I got my payback for the payback gods. And I was like, oh, no, I'm stuck. And it's a bad look too because I'm not. You know, if anyone comes to rescue, what were you doing in there in the first place, buddy? You know, and all I had to survive, if I was going to live in there,

I had urinal cakes to eat and toilet paper. The worst of all the cakes, the urinal cakes. I want a urinal cake for my birthday. Is that in the Woman's Weekly Cake Book? Yeah, no. Imagine making a big urinal cake shaped birthday cake. Did you have your phone with you? No.

I left it in the studio. And so then I was forced. So just so you know, that when you don't use it though, but for those that, just be careful because the lock gets stuck there. If you're in a very specific position where you find yourself in our toilets using it, don't use that one.

Because I had to climb over the top. Oh, did you? Yeah. Which again would be a bad look too if anyone walked in oh you start to panic in that situation right yeah you do

you're like I'm going to be trapped in here forever you start thinking about those things at what point do you start drinking your own pee

like beer grills I was about five minutes away from it I already had the cup full I was ready to go so 0800 the hits where have you been trapped 4487

where have you found yourself trapped we used to have a shoddy lock at the other workplace we had with the toilet. We did. The guy was trapped in there for...

We made the TV show. A guy who came and wrote for a day came and went to use the toilet, and we didn't find him for, honestly, like about an hour 20. And he was too polite because it was his first day to say anything. He had no communication. He had no comms. And I was just like, help, help. And someone heard a faint voice trapped in there.

Oh, poor guy. I was trapped somewhere for 18 years. And someone heard a faint voice trapped in there. Oh, poor guy. I was trapped somewhere for 18 years. A heck of a place. Masterton. Got out, though. No, I love you. Love you, Masterton. I feel like I should say that.

You can't say, you can't say. I love you, Masterton. No, you don't. No, I'm joking. No, you don't. No, you don't. You just said you escaped the place. You just said the opposite of what you mean.

You know I'm joking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm joking, Masterton, don't you? Okay, I ain't over if the hits 4487 wherever you got stuck. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben

on the hits. That's the Don't Call Us We'll Call You. Good morning, beloved Sir Christ Church speaking with Emma. Uh-oh, we've caught her off guard. Jono and Ben

from the hits here. Good morning. Oh, good morning. Are we just ringing with our brand new quiz show. Really? It's called Don't Call Us, We'll Call You.

So you haven't rung us, we've rung you. We're just going to ask you four quick questions and you'll win a $40 Hell Pizza voucher. All right then, go on. Okay, all right.

It's been a shaky start. I know you're just trying to think, is this a prank call? Pretty much, yeah. Yeah, no, no. It think, is this a prank call? Pretty much, yeah. Yeah, no, no, it's even worse than a prank call. It's the real people phoning with a game show. Okay. Okay.

First question. $40 worth of hell pizza. Di Henwood used to host which game show? Who? Di Henwood. This is a good start. Di Henwood used to host which game show? No idea.

A, Family Food, B, Family Feud, or C, Family Booze? B. Family Feud, one for one. Well done, well done. They say you just can't beat the Mad Butchers what? A, Table Tennis Skills, B, Meat, or C, Hospitality? B. Well done. You got two from two. You tennis skills B. Meat or C. Hospitality B. Well done.

You got two from two. You're doing well. Mike McRoberts reads the what? Reads the room well. Reads the news or reads the classifieds every day? B.

Reads the news. Three from three. She's cotton onto your B system here, Jono, I think. This fourth question's not going to help. Are you mixing it up? No. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

is the birth name of which artist? A. Kanye West B. Adele or C. Chris Martin. I think I might go with B. Oh well done. It's a clean sweep. I don't know if this is for real or not. Anyway.

It's for real. You sounded so shady and suspicious through this whole thing. Totally. Yeah, no, it's real. And guess what else is real? The fact that you're going to be eating real pizza and putting it in your real mouth. Nice. Thanks to Hell Pizza.

Okay. You got $40 worth of Hell Pizza that's coming your way, all right? Thank you. We really caught you off guard, didn't we? You did. You hold the line. We'll get your details. Okay, all right.

You don't believe us, do you? No. Hell Pizza, free range ingredients, plant-based, vegetarian, and gluten-free options available. I'm saying all that. I wouldn't be saying all that if it wasn't for real. For a lady who thought this was a prank, you've certainly gone along with it.

I know. Easily persuaded. Oh, great. Look after yourself. Have a wonderful day. Hold the line. For a lady who thought this was a prank, you've certainly gone along with it. I know. Easily persuaded. Oh, great. Look after yourself. Have a wonderful day. Hold the line. Okay. We'll put you on to our prank producer.

Not a morning person. Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Yeah, this is the news that's happened overnight. We offer little opinion, loose facts, and less detail. That's what we pride ourselves on. I love it how we always choose stories like the government

and things going on that we have really little idea about. But anyway, we'll fumble our way through it. And the government in a bit of damage control, Jono, at the moment. Oh, are they, Ben? Leading into an election. This is not good for them. There's been a few bungles at the border. Everyone knows about those with quarantine

and all that sort of stuff going on with COVID-19. And the Health Minister, David Clark, yesterday threw Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand's hero, it felt like, two weeks ago. He's the Director General of Health. It felt like David Clark really threw him under the bus on the news last night. So David Clark was making a comment with Ashley Bloomfield standing just like a metre back from him. Yeah, and so all the press were gathered around David Clark. And he said this thing and then the camera just slightly panned over to Ashley

and he had tears in his eyes. It looked like one of those internet memes where you zoom in and go, Hello, darkness, my old friend. Have a listen to what he said. The Director General has accepted that the protocol wasn't being followed. He has accepted responsibility for that and has set about putting it right. And then he pans over to Ashley and he's like, you weasel. Clark looks like a weasel.

He looks like me at our post-show meeting when they're like, why'd you do that on here? And I was like, it was Ben's idea. But David Clark, remember, was the health minister

who went to the beach during lockdown. He went for a bike ride as well, didn't he? Yeah, he was caught twice. Moved house two. Yeah. And then I was saying, he had a great time during lockdown, now he's back to blab, didn't they? Yeah, he was caught twice. Moved house too. Yeah. And I was saying,

had a great time during lockdown, didn't he? Now he's back to blabbing on someone else. Yeah, sorry, I did some stuff. And then, so Ashley had to step up kind of into his role, and now he's getting thrown on the, he's like, mate, I was just filling in for you. Now, David Seymour from the ACT Party, he's obviously come in, seized this opportunity to make some

hot fire comments like this. Look, you've got these bungling idiots, couldn't run a bath, let alone a border. Grazing. Couldn't run a bath. You really need that. You know what that sound? Oh, have we got that around you?

Yeah, that one. Can we put that at the end of David Seymour's comment? Yeah. Look, you've got these bungling idiots couldn't run a bath, let alone a border. That's a great line. It is. I wonder if he comes prepped with those.

Do you spend some writing time on those? Well, because he also said something about New Zealand. We're meant to have smart borders, but we've got now dumb borders. It wasn't quite as good as that one. Two for two. He does a lot for a guy who's the only person in the party, David Seymour. He does. He's got no one else to blame, is he?

I was at him seeing my son and daughter's school raffle and Seymour turned up and he won the raffle. He won the raffle. It was like a meat pack or something. He's like, I'll take that. Thank you very much. And also in news over the last 24 hours, a winner of $10.3 million in New Zealand. So the lady that

won forgot she had bought a lotto ticket. So it was only on the weekend that she was going for a walk and she's like, oh, that's right. I bought a lotto ticket. I it was only on the weekend that she was going for a walk and she's like, oh, that's right. I bought a lotto ticket. I'll go check it. And went in and it was a bit, crumpled the ticket and it got scanned and said, you've won first division.

She thought it was a mistake, went up to the counter and they're like, you've won $10.3 million. Oh my God. And so she was a bit, obviously you'd be a bit like rattled by that. And the lovely people in the shop basically closed the shop for her just so she could have a moment, compose herself.

She'd been running and all that, so we'd gone for a walk, so she had to strip off a couple of layers on top and then just compose herself in the shop. Maybe she had the lotto tickets stuffed down her brasier. Do you do that, Juju? Is that a thing that ladies do? It's a good hiding place, I imagine. What?

For lotto tickets. Maybe she forgot she had it. It's like an extra wallet, isn't it? True. Put all sorts of stuff down there. If I wish I had one, I might just start wearing one. My chest wallet. Maybe you should. And that is what has been happening over the last 24 hours

we've been scrolling through your feed. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my head. The A to Z of New Zealand. We're calling a different town or city one a day, every day, alphabetically, until we call every town and city in New Zealand. And we've spoken to some truly exceptional human beings and some despicable ones as well along the way, Ben.

I think it's safe to say. Have we? I don't know. They all seem lovely, actually. They have all seemed lovely. Good, you know, bastions, proud people of their town. That's right. Is bastions the right word?

I just said it and I was like, maybe it's... I mean, a bastion is like, you know, aren't you the greatest in your field? It's like a bastion of newsprint, a bastion who are respected. Yeah, I'll stick with that. Revered. I'll stick with that bastion, yeah. But today we are heading to Brighton,

which is a small seaside town within the city limits of Dunedin. Located 20km southwest from Dunedin. Just be warned, the water is a bit cold, which is fantastic if you're an emperor penguin. Per capita, it is the highest rates of retirees. So if you enjoy moaning about younger generations, then Brighton is the perfect place for you. People surf in Dunedin.

I know. St Kilda. Yeah, it's great for surfing, right? It would be cold. Hello, Bronwyn speaking. Hello, sorry, who have we got here? Bronwyn. Bronwyn, you've got to get up bright and early

to beat you, don't you? Oh, definitely. It's Jono and Ben from The Hits here, Bronwyn. Oh, hi, How are you? We're doing all right. We're ringing every town and city in New Zealand one a day. We're doing it alphabetically, and today we're ringing Brighton. Oh, very good.

Caught you off guard? You did, actually. That's what we like. What were you doing? Doing just keying some accounts, actually. Oh, yeah, tidying up the books. Oh, right. Well, listen, you tell us about Brighton actually. Oh, you're tidying up the books? Oh, right.

Well, listen, you tell us about Brighton. That's what we're phoning you for. Tell you about Brighton? Yeah. Brighton is a magical place, just about 20 minutes out of Dunedin. Beautiful beaches, lots of sunshine, hardly any rain, lots of wildlife. So is this the sort of place that, because obviously there's surfing going on there,

but not in winter. Lots of surfing. Oh, yeah, definitely surfing in winter. Oh, my God. Are they seals? They look like seals with their wetsuits. There's always surfers out there. You'd have to wear four wetsuits, wouldn't you? You'd be freezing.

Nah, it's not that bad. No, that's what... It's hard down here in the south. That's the problem with New Zealanders when we go swimming. You know, it's all right once you put your head under. You know, it's all right once you put your head... And you tiptoe in and you try... I try and keep my jennies out of the water for as long as possible

but then the waves start splashing. You're like, oh, oh. Yeah, yeah. It's... When was the last time you got in there? Into the surf? Yeah. I've never surfed in my life.

Oh, not at all. Even at Brighton, which is great for surfing. No, I never have. I've got no balance. I'm very uncoordinated. Sorry, you do have balance because you can balance those books you're currently accounting. Well, that is true. Well done.

And so if someone was to come to Brighton, what's one thing that they should do? They should go to the beaches. Whether they get in the water or not, it's a different story, but they should definitely go out on the beach, go for a walk, go out on the surf. Name your top three favourite people from Brighton.

Top three, in order, in order. In order. Oh, this is really going to like... No, I can't have favourites. Cause a rift in the local community. Exactly. Top three in no particular order. No, I can't do that either.

Well, you're number one for us because you're the first and only person we've called and that's all we need to know. Oh, you're wonderful. Thank you. All right, you have a nice day. You enjoy need to know. Oh, you're wonderful. Thank you. All right, you have a nice day. You enjoy balancing those books. You have a wonderful day.

Thanks. Bye. See you. Bye. A to Z of New Zealand. Tomorrow, we're going to Brightwater, which is near Nelson. If you think you're the person to talk to or you know someone in Brightwater, give us a text now, 4487,

and tell us why we should talk to them tomorrow on the A to Z. And continuing our theme of all the bee locations located in the South Island. Oh, you're right. When was the last one we phoned in the North? I don't remember one at all. Exactly. All right. We'll do it tomorrow.

Again, the A to Z of New Zealand continues. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Here's Juju with the what's what from the who's who. Here's Spy.

What do you got, mate? Thank you. So Timuera Morrison has taken up a very different job in lockdown. So he did some concreting in Cambridge. Oh, yeah, it's pretty awesome because it sounds like he was stuck in New Zealand because he can't go back to the States to act. Yeah. And so he just caught up his cousin. He's like, do you want a hand? Yeah, he was bored and he was stuck in New Zealand because he can't go back to the States to act. Yeah. And so he just caught up his cousin.

He's like, do you want a hand? Yeah, he was bored and he was like, well, what can I do to make myself productive? So his cousin let him jump on board. Great pun too. I love a good pun. Temporary job. He looks like he's poured a lovely fresh batch of concrete there.

He does. That's textbook stuff. He's done a good job of that. He's a great actor too. Yeah, standing in work boots and a hunting and fishing shirt. He looks the part, doesn't he? He does. That right there is a humble Kiwi.

That is, yeah. It's pretty awesome, eh? It's cool. It's good to see. He's been in some amazing movies, you know, like Star Wars. Yeah. If I lose this job, I've literally, I'm screwed. I've got no skills

that can help me in the real world You like mowing lawns Yeah I could mow lawns Yeah you're right I like mowing lawns What would you do if you had to find

another line of work I don't know I used to write ads so maybe I could try and see if I could get a job writing ads Yeah Juju you got anything else

You got any backup I'd probably do some sewing probably Sewing? I'm such a nana, yeah. I like to sew sometimes. Sew dresses, sew clothes. Okay.

But like, meh. You can work at a factory and make some shoes with some kids. You know, we have five-year-olds that can make our clothes for us in China, and they're doing a pretty good job of it, so don't steal their jobs. Don't steal their jobs. Anyway, well done, Temuera Morrison. Do you know the mafia, speaking of concrete pouring, not to say that Tim's working for the mafia.

No, this is the... We've ended the Tim conversation, and we're moving to something else, right? Still concrete-based. When they wanted to launder their money, they would set up concrete businesses, and then when they were checked by the authorities and stuff, they're like, why have you made $150,000?

Oh, because we poured concrete. And they could never prove how deep the concrete was. So they'd be like, oh, it was a 20-meter deep job, mate. That's why we've made $150,000. Oh, really? Yeah. Wow. Is that where concrete evidence comes from or not?

Maybe. Great. So if you're ever in need of laundering money, start up a concrete business. Oh, thank you, Jono. I might get into concreting after this. Or lawn mowing. There's some options. Sounds great. And Robbie Williams reckons that the only way to get through this

challenging year is to buy an island, take a bunch of good people to the island, and he wants to call it the Good People Island. That's his wonderful idea. Which is the opposite of Celebrity Treasure Island. The horrible human. Good people, so what justifies a good person? How do you make the cut?

I don't know. I was thinking about that. Like, who would be his close friends, his family? Hopefully me. I'd get the invite. Oh, you love Robbie.

What about the take that? Was he in take that back in the day? Would they get the cut? Probably not. I don't know. He left take that. Oh, we'll not take that

to the island. Thank you very much. Well, it's not actually the first time he's wanted to buy an island. In 2012, he wanted to buy one just off California

and he wanted to flip it into a base for spotting UFOs. Like, what the hell? I'm not going to an island with that guy. I'm not going. If I'm going to hear

UFO propaganda. He sounds like he's a lot of fun though. Yeah, totally. Like, sign me up. He told a great story on Graham Norton. Did you ever see that one?

What was that? We were staying in some sort of castle-like hotel in the UK. And he woke up in the morning and there's like a cleaner was in roller skates, like dusting the room. And Robbie being Robbie, she was like, oh, hey, would you like to, you know, like hook up? He's like, oh, yeah, okay. And so they hooked up.

And then later when he was checking out, it was like, oh, your cleaner's a bit different. They're like, well, she doesn't come on Tuesdays. So some Santa Robbie had just gone in there with roller skates dusting. And they had a liaison. He's like, oh, okay. Oh, my God. Your cleaner's a bit different.

But nevertheless, I'll shag her anyway. Yeah. He had the option not to. I know, but I think they were both constituent adults. For more spa, you can use the Hits.co.nz Want more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. We want to end the show on a good positive thing. There's a lot of stuff going on in the world right now that's not positive, so we're going to try and bring a bit of positivity to your day.

Yeah, we're going to end the show on a high note, and because this is a workplace, we've got banned substances, so this is the closest thing to a high note we can end the show on. Well, it's going to be a good day for you, Ben Boyce. I'll tell you what, today, guys, I managed to parallel park my car outside pretty well. For me, pretty well. Usually you're scraping your hubcaps and your bits and pieces. I'm managed to parallel park my car outside pretty well. For me, pretty well. Usually you're scraping your hubcaps and your bits and pieces.

I'm not a parallel parker. I mean, thankfully no one was around at five in the morning, but I still nailed it. I was like, yes, today I nailed that. And you've got a nice shirt on too. You've got tartan sleeves and a denim torso. You're mixing Scotland and denim. And it looks good.

Oh, thank you. No, it's a nice shirt. I like that one. Juju, what's going to be a good day for you? Oh. Juju Juliet. Because it's a Thursday. It's a little Friday.

A little Friday, it is. Yeah, great. Let's go to the phones. Georgia, what's going to be a good day? Oh, man, my work meeting got cancelled. Yeah, yeah. No one likes meeting. No one likes.

Well, you enjoy that meeting-free day, Georgia. We're going to flick you out a Burger King voucher, all right? Awesome, thank you. Enjoy that. Brittany on Auckland. On Auckland? From Auckland. Brittany, it's going to be a good day.

Why? After many years of trying, today I get to find out the gender of my baby. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. That is adorable. Are you going there now? Are you Brit?

No, going to work first. Oh, yeah. Well, good luck for that. And that's great. That's a really nice phone call. Yeah, Burger King voucher coming your way as well to make it a good day. Why can't you be as nice as Brittany, mate? Oh, yeah.

Oh, parallel parking. Oh, no. That's all that's happened in my day. Brittany's going to fight anyway. I spend my day with you. Amelia, welcome. Hi. It's going to fight anyway. I spend my day with you. Amelia, welcome. Hi. It's going to be a good day.

Why? My last day of class for uni, so I finally finished first year. That's right. She finally finished her first year. That's Amelia. What are you studying? Early childhood education. She's going to be looking after those early kids at an early age.

That's why we love her. Well done, Burger King voucher coming your way. That's fun. That's a-headed to face it. She's going to be looking after those early kids at an early age. As well as the Burger King voucher coming your way. That's fun. That's a fun way to... And we'll do one more. Cindy from Palmy. It's going to be a good day. Why, Cindo? Well, to start off, Ben, don't worry.

I cannot parallel park. Thank you. Thank you. How did you guys get your driver's licenses? I'm on my full, finally. Finally? After many accidents and many run-ins with the law and other people. It's a tough thing to do, especially in a pressurized situation. Hey, when's it going to be a good day, Cindy?

My six-year-old's COVID test came back negative. Oh, that's good. That's good. That is really good. I'm pleased to hear that. And we'll flick you out a Burger King voucher. You have a good day, all right? At 9.30 this morning, our cardboard cutout heading to the Sky Tower.

If you want to head along and get a photo with it, you can win $5,000 cash if you hashtag the photo. Sky Tower, New Zealand's highest views at 220 metres above Auckland. Pretty cool thing that's happening. It's very cool. And I've got nothing else to add, Ben. If I talk, I'll just be filling in time saying words that make no sense. You did a great job and I'll shut the hell up

we'll catch you tomorrow from 6 o'clock you have yourself a great Thursday we'll see you then want more Jono and Ben you can wake up with the boys

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