Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - June 30 - Nano Girl, The A To Z Of New Zealand, We Gave Away $5000 Today!!!

Episode Date: June 29, 2020

We continue phoning every town and city in NZ with our 'A to Z' and today we called Bulls, AKA Ben's favourite town because it's full of puns. Also, after Ben took home Jono's Alexa, Jono got Alexa to reveal all the questions Ben had asked it (#stitchup). Finally, we had Paula Bennett on after she announced her retirement. What a funny lady she is. 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. Welcome to the podcast. Coming to you from home today. Jono, you're in the studio though. Yes, Ben's got coronavirus and management decided. But what he doesn't have is the power. I can just pull him down when I want. Don't joke about that. Don't joke about it. You can't even know if you've just pulled my audio down or not. Am I back up now? Am I talking?

Can you hear me? Are you there? Hello? Oh, see, I don't even know. I can't hear you, I know. So I don't know if I'm still on the podcast entry. You're back. You're back.

I can't see or do anything. It's all in your hands, really, isn't it? I haven't got the power, and I am loving it. I won't lie. I left you up there the whole time, by the way. Did you? Yeah, talking by yourself. You just shut up, didn't you?

Yeah, I just shut up. See, one thing I noticed working from home is you have so many drinks because they're just there. You're like, I'll get a water. Maybe I'll have a cup of tea. Maybe I'll have a coffee. It just feels like you kind of procrastinate with drinks, and every five minutes I'm like, oh, now I need to go to the bathroom.

Oh, and I had noticed your ratio of toilet visits did increase during the show. I mean, on average, you're a two-visitor show guy. I'm in the kitchen right now, so I'm like, oh, maybe I will boil the jug and stop myself from doing the radio. How many beverages do you think you've had over the space of the morning? Oh, well, I've probably had— You would have had a coffee. I've had a couple of coffees. I've had tea.

I've had a barocca, because I saw those on the bench. I was like, oh, I have a barocca. I've had pretty much my whole water bottle of water, and then the kids were drinking some other thing, like a Fijoa juice thing. I had one of those as well. So, you know, it's a lot of beverages.

That's an excessive amount of liquid you put into yourself. Too much, too much. Anyway, we've got a really exciting show. Paula Bennett's former National MP currently. She resigned yesterday. She's a really good rooster. We get her on the show, don't we? Yeah, no matter what way you vote, she is, you say.

She's a lovely person and a lot of fun. So we get her on the show. As well as that, we give away $5,000 on the show. So it's pretty cool to give away that to someone. Yeah, it was pretty cool. And we talk a bit further about Ben's coronavirus. Give away $5,000 on the show. It's pretty cool to give away that summit. Yeah, it was pretty cool. And we talk a bit further about Ben's coronavirus. No, don't even say that.

It's not true. Oh, God, it is a hit. No, I'm wrapping it up. It's a podcast. There you go. Place up. Not a morning person. Sadly, neither of these two.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is where we call a different town or place in New Zealand. We do one a day and we're doing it alphabetically. It's going to take us over two years to do it. And today we've moved on to a town that I know and love. I love driving through there. As a fan of puns, this place has it all.

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, Bulls. The small, rural town of Bulls is on the junction of State Highways 1 and 3. Bulls is the closest town to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base in O'Harkier. And if you like puns, then you're going to adore Bulls. Cash is in on a deep, rich history of signage featuring Bulls-themed puns. I want to play a little game with you, Jono. I'm going to say a name of a place in Bulls, and I want you to see if you can guess what the pun is. Okay. The library, the Bulls library.

What do you think they put the Bull pun in? Readable. Yeah, readable. Readable. Well done. Okay, another one. Cafe, the Windmill Deli. It's...

Edible. Yeah, well done. And if you're going to go to the town hall, you might be sociable. Bull. Sociable. I feel like I really led you into this. You did. The police. The to the town hall, you might be sociable. Bull. Sociable. I feel like I really led you into this. You did.

You led me into it. The police. You'll get that one. Constable. There you go. Well done. Why aren't you living here? This is where you need to live.

Oh, no. This is where I always dream of retiring. To bulls. You dream of retiring to bulls? You know. We're going through to the bulls antiques and collector bulls. Shopping bulls here. Good morning.

Good morning. How are you doing? It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hi, how are you? Oh, good. Doing well. You answered the phone in quite a familiar fashion, as if you knew who was calling.

Always. Always people that are friends ring me. Oh, well, listen, we're phoning every town in New Zealand, every town and city in New Zealand. We're doing it alphabetically. Bulls, we've hit the Bs, and you're next on the list.

It's number 47. Cool. Obviously it means a lot more to us than it does you. Doesn't mean anything to me. Oh, it means a lot to us. Can you tell us about Bulls? We love the puns.

We love the pun names. But obviously, Bulls, more than just pun names. Oh, yes, it is. It's a thriving little community, and it's got some lovely shops. That could be the town slogan, more than just pun names. What's the slogan of Bulls? I don't think we've really got one. What a load of bull.

Yeah, what a load of bull. What a load of bull, yeah. Well, that's not very nice because it's not very... Oh, I thought it was quite... No, it's like, you can't handle all this bull. It's too much bull. We had... We've got big

bulls in bulls, big black bulls that stand on the side of the road and they all had their face masks on during lockdown. Oh, that's a lovely touch. All the bulls all over the place. Now, when you're saying big balls, it sounds... I see what you're saying. They're full-sized balls, but they're made out of fiberglass.

Full-sized balls, big balls. Now, the pun signs, I love driving through balls and seeing the pun signs, but at first you laugh, but do you get sick of them after a while, or you just kind of... No, not at all, not at all. It's part of the charm. It's just a little country town. It's not a big city and everybody

knows everybody. Everybody recommends everybody to go everywhere else. It's just a nice place to be. And what should we do if we go to Bulls? What can we do on the... Describe the main road to us. What should we go and visit? The main road's very busy. I don't like the main road.

There's a lot of traffic. We really need more car parks. We've got one of the best museums out for a little town. It's very well known. They've got, who was the famous New Zealand racer? Holm? Denny Holm

was it? Britain? Was it John Britton? Was it? Denny Holm, was it? I can't remember his name, but people come from all over. Was it John Britton? Was it Britton? No, no, no. Back before him, too. Oh, but Fert Munro? No. Okay, I'm going to read you out some names.

Hugh Anderson, Kim Newcomb, Graham Crosby, Ginger Malloy. I don't know any of those. John Woodley, Rod Coleman, Dennis Ireland, Keith Turner. No, Rod Coleman was from Whanganui, wasn't he? Yeah, yeah. Len Perry. of those. John Woodley. Rod Coleman. Dennis Ireland. Keith Turda. No, Rod Coleman was from Whanganui, wasn't he? Yeah. Len Perry. No, it wasn't Rod Coleman.

No, it'll probably be one of those that we went through. This has been a wonderful experience talking to you and Bulls. Oh, I'm so pleased. When we come there, we'll come and visit your antique shop, The Collector Bulls. Lovely. It's been very nice talking to you. Nice talking to you. Have a good one. The A to Z of New Zealand. There's Bull very nice talking to you. Nice talking to you. The A to Z of New Zealand.

There's bulls, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much. Bye. Bye. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my head.

Ben has coronavirus, so broadcasting from home this morning. Oh, I don't. Stop saying you don't when we all know the real reason why you're broadcasting

from home. Stop saying that. It's a big thing in the world and I don't have it. Just roll with it. We need some publicity. No, I'm not rolling with it. Oh, okay. So he doesn't have coronavirus.

There we go. I'll be sensible. Yesterday on the show I bought something for my mum, my mum, my wife, sorry. Wasn't that the worst thing when you called a teacher mum? Wasn't that the worst? And I've just had a shocker there, completely. But she came home from work and she bought something called an Alexa,

which is essentially like a piece of technology, sort of advanced intelligence where you can ask it questions and it responds like, how's the weather today? Play me this song. What are the news headlines? So we gave it a go yesterday on the show. Jono and Ben. Do you know anything about Jono and Ben, Alexa?

Alexa. Alexa, talk to me. Please get me out of this. Jono and Ben. Sorry, I didn't find the device. Which I think sounds more desperate than you asking John to beat yourself. So that went on for five minutes. And I said at the end of it, I was like, Ben, you can go.

You can take Alexa home and have a little play with her. Yeah, well, I've never had a go. I've never had one of these in the house. So I took it home. I had it for the day and I dropped it off to you last night. Yeah, so I hope you treated it with the love and respect that she deserved. It was fun. I actually really enjoyed it.

You know, you could do some funny little things with it. You can look online for funny sayings and ask it things. So it was a bit of fun. Yeah, so what you didn't know is it also has a function. Oh, what? It has a function where you can go back on the most popular things that Alexa has been asked over the last 24 hours. Oh, right. And I've delved into this feature. So these are some of the things that I has been asked over the last 24 hours.

And I've delved into this feature. So these are some of the things that I didn't realise. I haven't heard these yet, Ben. I haven't heard these yet. But this is what you asked Alexa when she was at your house yesterday. We'll just go through some of them. Alexa, do you think the bald guy is holding me back? Okay, I see. All right. Alexa, who is the sex bald guy is holding me back? Okay, I see.

All right. Alexa, who is the sexiest person in the room? Now, who was in the room at the time? Just me. I was really fishing. Alexa, is Ben Boyce a hunk of spunk? And what did Alexa respond to there? Oh, no, no. I got nothing on Alexa on that.

Alexa, is it normal for a grown man to practice kissing a mirror? I told you these things in confidence, Alexa. Alexa, what color underwear are you wearing right now? I gave this to you. I trusted you, Ben. You misused Alexa. I have been stitched up. And there's one more. Alexa,

do you know if it is normal for mine to have an S bend in it? Hey, I had to ask a spouting question about my drains that are blocking up on the roof and that's what I had to ask her. There's the last time you get to use my Alexa buddy, you and your S-Bend.

Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Jono, there was a big political announcement yesterday that surprised all of us. Paula Bennett from the National Party are not going to carry on in politics after the election. She'll be a big loss, and I tell you what, she'd even be a big loss if she hadn't phoned through right now

or else we'd be filling airtime because Paula Bennett is on the phone with us. PB, it's JP and BB. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning, guys. I hope you're all good. Oh, we're good. Sad to see you go, mate.

Are you happy or sad? What are your feelings? I am so happy. It's kind of scary. I'm really excited. I feel like I'm just being freed. Yeah. So was it

a fact of you not agreeing or not backing the new leadership of the National Party or you just thought, this is time. This is time for Paula to check out. That is. Time for me. So it just had it kind of had nothing to do with them and for the first time in a very long time I was just like, what do I want to do? And I was like man, I want to do something them. And for the first time in a very long time, I was just like, what do I want to do?

And I was like, man, I want to do something different. And so, you know, here I am right now. I'm auditioning for a radio slot. How am I doing? You're doing well. You're actually doing a little too good. Hang up on her. Hang up on her.

Now, Paula, you've been in politics for many years, been deputy leader as well. What's the thing you're most proud of? Oh, lots of it. I am kind of, isn't New Zealand a super cool country when a 17-year-old teenage mum can actually then become the deputy prime minister one day? And I just hope that there are young people out there that kind of see that and go,

your future's not predetermined. This country gives you pretty awesome opportunities, and if you grab them, you can do some pretty big stuff. You didn't add in the other hurdle you had to cross. You're also from West Auckland as well, Paula. No, that, my friend, has been my success. You need a bit of mongrel. That, my friend, has been my success. Yeah, no, you've been... You need a bit of mongrel.

I'm just saying. And it's lacking in a few in Parliament, I've got to tell you. So you do need a bit of Westie mongrel in there. You are going to be missed, as John, I said before. Any idea what you're going to do next? Do you have any idea or you honestly don't know? No, I honestly don't know. I'm someone that does 100%

of whatever I'm doing, so I've been doing 100% of this job and now I get to kind of go out there and talk to some people and, you know, see what's happening. Because you finish when the election begins. Oh, jeez, you must be checked out

on the departure lounge now. Yeah, well, obviously, because I'm taking time to talk to you guys. You haven't done that before, have you? So you're right. I thought you wouldn't talk to us again after we put you behind the counter at a petrol station. Yeah, true. But when you're retiring and you start drinking in the morning,

you even ring Jono and Bennett. Oh, so good. Now, Paula, before we go back to doing nothing, we want to play a quick game with you. We've got some quotes that you've made over the past few years and we've beeped out a word. We want to see if you can remember what the word is that you were saying in these quotes, all right?

Okay. All right, here's your first one. I have had a **** not in the last couple of years. You have had a what and not in the last couple of years. Yeah. You have had a what? And not in the last couple of years, though. What have you had, Paula Bennett? Did I say joint?

I've had definitely weed. You know, like I say, you know... Listen, I don't know. You know you're just admitting to smoking weed now. No, it's not that at all. It's far more family friendly. I have had a panini. Not in the last couple of years. Yeah. No, it wasn't a bucket bong It's far more family friendly. I have had a panini, not in the last couple of years. No, it wasn't a bucket bong.

It was a panini, Paula Bennett. And now I've just outed myself. But not in the last couple of years. You're right. You're fine. Here's the second quote from Paula Bennett. The LSD is making a difference, and we've seen the numbers. Well, if you want to listen to the answer, then just...

Sweetie, I'm getting there. That was zip it. Zip it, sweetie. The only thing that's making a difference. And we've seen the numbers. Well, if you want to listen to the answer, then just... Zip it, sweetie. I'm getting there.

Oh, good answer. Good answer. I always appreciate your ad lib mocking in Parliament as well. You've got to be on your game with those, don't you, Paula? Oh, you do. You do. You've got to be a bit wiffy, don't you, Paula? Oh, you do. You do. You've got to be a bit witty, not too cruel, you know.

Yeah, and then everyone, and then I was going to say, be kind now. But honestly, it's going to be so bloody bland if we don't keep up a little bit of fun. Paula Bennett, listen, thank you for your time this morning. And more importantly, on behalf of the country, thank you so much for your service

to New Zealand. I know politicians get a lot of grief. And more importantly, on behalf of the country, thank you so much for your service to New Zealand. I know politicians get a lot of grief. You give each other a lot of grief, but you do very long hours. You work very hard. And I know everyone is there for the right reasons, just wanting to make this place a better country. Well, thank you for the opportunity to serve them because this country is amazing. Thank you, guys.

Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Yesterday, we had a bit of an argument in the studio. Jono, you were there. You witnessed it. Oh, it was ugly. It was ugly.

I'm a lover, not a fighter. And it was producer Juliette versus Benjamin Boyce, the big dog against the tiny little boy broadcaster. Juliette, you're the big dog. Oh, you are? Yeah. Just so everyone's clear. I was hoping I might be the big dog.. Juliet, you're the big dog. Oh, you're cool. Yeah, just so everyone's clear. I was hoping I might be the big dog. No, you're not the big dog.

You're the little puppy. You're the little puppy. And the big dog and the little puppy were growling away, frothing at each other. I'll let you guys take the floor because I acted as the referee. Okay, so what happened yesterday, producer Juliet, is I was going for a middle of the show snack, a muesli bar, I opened up my muesli bar and I fumbled it. It fell on the floor, the whole muesli bar, out of its wrapper,

and I picked it up and I went, well, that's no good now. I'm not going to eat that. And then what did you say? And I was genuinely shocked. I was like, are you not going to eat that? It was literally on the floor for like one second. And you're like, no, no, I'm not taking any risks. And I was like, wow.

Yeah, and so then it got awkward. Ben threw the computer off the desk, literally stomped on it with his feet. Producer Juliet, he took your car keys, he flushed them down the toilet. I cried. You cried. Ben was called into HR. That's why I'm at home this morning. That's the real story.

They're not allowed to be in the same room. It got ugly. And now I'm awkwardly here with Julius having to look at Ben via Zoom. That's the reason. That's what we wanted to know. Can you eat food that has been off the ground? Because this argument has been continuing on overnight. And I was like, I need to put

an end to this. You need to get a scientific answer from science. So I've got Nano Girl, I've organised Nano Girl to join us next. Oh have you? Because a lot of people say five second, the five second rule, you know, if you drop food on the floor, you've got five seconds. Is that true? That's something I've

always wanted to know. Do you reckon Nano Girl can answer that? Well I hope so, I've definitely booked the wrong guest. I mean dogs have been eating food off the ground for years. You don't see them keeled over with food poisoning, do you? No. It builds the immunity. But it was the work carpet, though.

I don't know what goes on in the hits. There's been some people, some questionable people, have worked over the hits for many years. You can only imagine what Tony Street trampled through here. I'm with you Ben, boys. I like as a parent where you're like you see your kid eating dirt or

asbestos or something and you're like it builds up their immune system. It's a wonderful excuse for parents who drop the ball. But you made me lick a, you know, speaking of unhygienic things Ben, in a previous life you made me lick a, you know, speaking of unhygienic things, Ben, in a previous life, Ben made me lick a pedestrian button of, let's say, a more amorously driven part of town.

I didn't make you do that. This was Sharon when we were on the other show. I was a reporter. I couldn't even watch this. So you went up there and you licked the pedestrian button, and it was the worst thing I've seen. And I've seen all our TV shows. And this was worse than that. The things I'll do for radio.

Gary McCormick's not out there licking buttons. He's not out there. Mum and Dad were proud of me that day. And if anything, it built up my immunity, Ben, so that is a lesson. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook.

Now, thank you very much for joining us on New Zealand's Breakfast. We spoke to her a lot during lockdown. She was our guiding light during lockdown, and we're joined again by nano girl Michelle Dickinson. Welcome. I'm so great to hear your guys' voices. How are you, Ben? Oh, we missed you.

And I said, last time we Zoomed, I said, well, that'll be the last you hear from us. I lied. We'll come back for more, Michelle. I like it. Science is everywhere. It's good that you keep checking in. We're in the midst of quite an intense debate in the studio.

I'll let Ben and Juliet explain, because I was the referee. I was trying to calm them both down. Juliet's our producer. Nano Girl, I'm there, so yeah. So Nano Girl, every so often I like to bring in a few snacks to get me through the radio program and today I had All low calorie options.

Are they healthy snacks? Yeah, I try to but this is sort of a snack log amuse bar made with some oats and all sorts of stuff but anyway, I opened it up from my packet and the whole thing fell out onto the floor in the radio studio and I was like, uh-oh, I can't eat that now. And Producer Juliet.

It was literally on the ground for like one second and it had barely touched the carpet. And I was like, are you not going to eat that? And he's like, no, what a waste. I've still got it in my hand now, but I'm not going to eat it. But Producer Juliet's like, you can eat that. Yeah. The five-second rule.

This is like the one-second rule. Yeah, it was one second on can eat that. Yeah. The five-second rule. This is like the one-second rule. Yeah, it wasn't. It was one second on the ground. Surely it was fine. So, Michelle, the question is, is it safe to eat food that's fallen on the ground for a split second? So the answer is your risk, because we'll never say yes or no in science,

your risk will be greatly increased if you're eating food that has been on the ground. Now, there are lots of studies. Do you want to know the science? I'm going to tell you what your risk factors are. So there are lots of studies that have happened. And number one, bacteria touch instantaneously. So the five-second rule doesn't count at all. But the amount of bacteria that can stick to your food,

number one, depends on where it falls. So carpet is better than tile. So you're winning there. So less bacteria would have happened because it's on carpet. However, more bacteria will stick to things that are sticky or wet. And the other thing which is really interesting is studies have shown

that women are much more likely to think the five-second rule exists and eat things off the floor than men. So you have just also proved that. Really? Why is that? I think it's because women don't like to waste food. I'm not sure. The studies show that women will always just try and blow it to blow the germs off, by the way, which doesn't do anything,

and then eat it anyway. So I'm afraid the five-second rule doesn't exist scientifically. Bacteria will stick to your food as soon as it touches that surface. But in carpet, you'll have less bacteria on there. And the longer your food is on the ground, the more bacteria will climb on. So if it was only one second, then that is less. But you are at risk from all sorts of terrible things,

especially E. coli, especially if people have walked outside. It's winter, it's muddy. They would have walked on the floor and basically it would be like licking the ground outside in your muesli bar. So the advice is, just don't just don't put it in your mouth. Floor food is one of my favorite things in life.

And you're telling me I can no longer do that. That's really interesting. Who made up the five-second rule? Yeah, true. It's an old wives' tale that apparently came back from some, like, Genghis Khan even who would control when the amount of time people could wait if things fell on the floor. He would say

if it fell on the floor whether or not you could eat it or not and how much time there is. That's an old one. Why was Genghis Khan the, Genghis I've hit the stake on the floor. He's like give it another hour and a half and you'll be right. So here's the thing, you get to make decisions in life and we all take risks okay

you get a new car every day you take a risk you can take a risk with this and nine times out of ten you might eat something off the floor and you'll be totally fine and so you start to think ah it's fine i blew on it it was okay only take one bad experience one the wrong type of bacteria to climb on through it for you to get very, very sick. You know, it probably won't kill you, but you might get food poisoning, which can take you out for a few days. And if you do have an immune condition,

then it possibly could kill you. But it's unlikely if it's something quick that you've picked back up, put in your mouth, that you will die from it. But you might get very, very sick. So, yeah. So, Dr. Michelle Dickinson, I imagine you're a shoe,

I imagine you're a shoes-off-in-the-house person at home. Definitely. I'm trampling through shoes. That's how we don't have shoes on in the house. That's kind of our thing. But yeah, but some people like that. They love the shoes on inside. It's gross.

Don't do it. And what are your thoughts on the buffet? So, I'm quite a picky person. So, buffets are, you know, there's lots of things that can go wrong with the buffet aren't there it's food out exposed to all sorts of things other people might have coughed on it before they've come before you i'm quite i'm quite picky i'm not a buffet fan right not a buffet i tell you what the buffet industry will not like hearing this call right

now although you know buffets were the first thing to shut down because of covid because we do know that somebody just needs to cough. And you don't know what people are doing over the buffet. You know how people, like, push things around to try and get the best fit out? Like, oh, no, I'm not. I don't like other people touching my food. The more you talk about the buffet like that, the less appealing I like the buffet. Hey, Michelle Dickinson, Neno Girl, really appreciate your time.

There we go. Food on the floor. It's a no-go. Don't risk it. And don't wear shoes inside. And there's a buffet. I'm scared of the buffet now. All of the things.

And then you'll be healthy for the rest of your life. So you're all good. Thank you for your time, Michelle. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. Ben broadcasting from home this morning. What's the family having for breakfast? You rudely woke them up at 6.07am this morning.

Your poor daughter came out because you were yelling your nasally tones down the microphone in the lounge. Oh, no, I've got the dog. The dog's with me right now. Oh, yeah, you can hear the dog barking. The family are... OK, bye.

I'm trying to do a radio show. Can I just say, these are not ideal broadcasting conditions. You wouldn't catch bloody McCormick doing this over on More FM, mate. He doesn't have a dog barking in the background while feeding the kids and trying to make their lunch. I just feel like I'm part of your morning routine right now. Do you even care about this job?

No, to be honest, the radio show's really interrupting my morning. If I could go back to feeding the dog, that would be great. Join us at 5 to 8 as Ben takes a shower. The real, the actual breakfast with Jono and Ben this morning. Just a panicked bluster. Come on, kids, get in the car. Anyway, we like to do a part of the show that's called the referendum. Because there's going to be a big referendum later this year.

And we want to cover off the more important topics before we do get to the weed referendum before Christmas time. And today I think is quite a good one, because we spoke about it in the meeting yesterday, and everyone had a firm opinion on it. You're either in one camp or the other. Ben, you bring it in. If you don't mind, if you're not

getting yourself ready or anything. No, that's fine, mate. Okay, Bo, you can't have your barking back. So it's to do with showering, as you were talking about before. It's like a headcloth. Yeah, I'm about to feed the dog. So shower time, do you use soap or do you use body wash?

We had a bit of a debate over the last couple of days about it because our boss Todd spends about $54 on body wash. That's how much he's paying. And I was like, you just have a cake of soap. It cleans you better. You don't need the fancy body wash. Sure, it's nice, but I reckon soap does a far better job than body wash. You use a cake of soap.

Now, my father, John Walter Pryor, he was a big cake. He's a big cake of soap guy. And he comes to stay and there's all these curly hairs left on it. And I'm like, I know he's got straight hair on his head. So I don't know where the curly ones are coming from. It bamboozles me in the shower. So I just find them quite, you're just sharing a cake of soap with multiple people. How many people are using it? And where is that soap going, Ben?

Are you going underneath? You're not going outside your bubble with the soap. No, but you're taking that soap to dark places. It's going caving. No one's working harder than that soap, right? But that washes off it. It's like I'm not sharing it with anyone outside of my bubble. I'm just like, I feel like you get a better wash from,

I'm not anti-body wash by any means, but I feel like you get a better clean from, I'm not anti-body wash by any means, but I feel like you get a better clean from soap. Yeah, oh great, I've got all of Ben's scaly skin gunk on a convenient square. I'm not using it with you, you can use your own, but I'm just saying if you give me a choice. Yeah, but then your family's rubbing all your gunk over them. I'm a body wash guy and I like to leather myself up, I like to be soapy. You can imagine my big soapy body. Oh, please don't.

Just covered like a big greasy oven tray in the kitchen. In palm olive. Just soapy. But it's convenient, the body wash. So this is the question. Soap or body wash? Producer Juliet, this feels like such a weird question to ask you. It's all right.

Body wash all the way. Are you body, yeah. Yeah, liquid body wash for sure. Yeah, it's split because producer Humphrey, he's a cake of soap guy. So 0800 the hits. This is the referendum this morning. Are you cake of soap? Are you body wash?

I can't think of anything more important to talk about right now. Kirsty, you're on the phone from Taranaki. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Your thoughts. Body wash. Soap is disgusting. It is disgusting. See, Ben, you're disgusting. No, but you're not using it. Your thoughts? Body wash. Soap is disgusting. It is disgusting. See, Ben, you're disgusting.

But you're not using it yourself. You're not spreading it around. You're not getting the whole gym to use it. But you're not using it yourself. You're using it amongst four other people. Who knows if you're even soaping up that loud, obnoxious dog you've got in the background as well. Thank you, Kirsty.

She's a body wash lady, Jason, in Waihi Beach. Your thoughts on this? Cake or soap or body wash? I tend to swing both ways, Kirsty. She's a body wash lady, Jason, in Waihi Beach. Your thoughts on this, cake or soap or body wash? I tend to swing both ways, actually. Cake or soap for at home because it's a good option for there and then after the gym and stuff, I use body wash. Oh, he's getting the best of both worlds, Jason. And the body wash for convenience when you're playing away from home. That's one, exactly.

Yeah, right, because you don't want to be dropping it because soap's quite slippery. Do you drop it quite a lot, Ben? No. Not again, John.

It's one of the negs on soap is it can become quite slippery. Yes, yeah. Yeah, all right. Hey, thank you, Jason. Cheers for listening

to the show. John's in Christchurch for the referendum this morning. John, a cake of soap or body wash, Jason. Cheers for listening to the show. John's in Christchurch for the referendum this morning. John, a cake of soap or body wash? What are you lathering up that juicy body of yours with? Well, I'm quite a hairy bugger, so it's soap all the way. That body wash is a plan of some girls.

Only half of it falls off on the floor anyway. Oh, you're saying it's a waste. Did you get more bang for your buck? And thank you, Chewbacca. And you're talking about the hairs and things. You rinse it and use it for the rest of the family. You rinse it off, and when you get down to the last little bit, you squash it onto the next cape, and it's caking.

You use the whole lot. Oh, you're moulding it into the next one. There you go. He's massaging the old leftover one into the new one. Okay. It gets into the right places, John. Get to the right places, John. You're good on you, John. You're a smart man.

Kiralee's on the phone. We'll take a soap or body wash. Kiralee, you jump onto the referendum this morning. Body wash. Yeah, see. And looking at social media too, we put this on the internet, which I hear is a very popular tool nowadays, Ben. It is.

It's really going places. 88% of people say body wash. 88%. All right. And those that are cake and soap people, they're just saying the wastage. Too much with the body wash. It's dripping through your fingers.

It's going all sorts of places. That's what I think. But anyway, I'm in the minority. There we go. The referendum will be back next week. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the minority. There we go. The referendum will be back next week. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy the WhatsApp.

Spy.co.nz. With our wonderful producer, Juliet. This is hands down the most credible source of stories copied and pasted from TMZ that you'll hear on the radio today. Thank you very much. Now, all of Prince's music is now available on TikTok. And the reason for this is to try and get the younger generation of TikTokers to appreciate and to listen to his music. Because obviously, as more generations come,

we'll probably forget about him more, some may say. He was an absolute genius, Prince, wasn't he? But, you know, you've got like Purple Rain, which is I think like 8 minutes, 43 seconds. Such a good song. And you're going to have a whole generation of people now who only know 15 second hooks of songs. That's so true.

If anything, for a musician, this is great. You only have to record a 15 second song. You can go to a concert. The entire back catalogue is played in 9 minutes. Amazing. So effective. You went to Prince's concert, didn't you, Jono? You were lucky enough to do that. I think

when he passed away, he was still playing Purple Rain from that show. It never ended. It was still going after 25 minutes. I was like, Prince, and he kept going the whole time. He's like, how many hits does Prince have? And everyone would be like, yeah, I don't know.

I haven't checked on Wikipedia or whatever. How many hits has Prince got? But, you know, he's very good. Tiny in real life. Really? Oh, he's so small. Was he a good performer? Yeah, wonderful.

Yeah, I can imagine. I'm glad we went and saw him. Yeah, that's true. I want to take that off the bucket list. Yeah, well, because before he passed away, he actually pulled all of his music from streaming services because he was quite protective over it. And so this is actually kind of a big deal that TikTok's been able to pick up

all of his music catalogue because he didn't like his music being streamed or anything for free. I know he was a big fan of basketball, and there's a wonderful Dave Chappelle, the comedian, and did a wonderful series of all of his interactions with Prince and Charlie Murphy, sorry, Eddie Murphy's brother and they went back to Prince's house at three in the morning. Oh. Didn't they, Ben? And they played basketball and then afterwards Prince made

them like pancakes or something like that. Really? Yeah. Three in the morning. He had an indoor basketball court and then he sat everyone down around his giant dining room table to eat pancakes. Made the pancakes. What a dream. That's awesome. For more SPAR, you can head to thehits.co. Pancakes. Made the pancakes. What a dream. That's awesome. For more SPAR,

you can head to the hits.co.nz. We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. It is a big show today because the cardboard cutouts, as we know, as we've been banging on for weeks, have been making their way

around the country. They started in Bluff. They made their way up the country. And, well, if you haven't caught up with what's been going on, here is a prepackaged audio montage. The Jono and Ben 5K Cutout Tour

has been epic. Launched by Tim Shadbolt. That is just... A real challenge. To carry around cutouts of washed up schmucks. Had its reward. You could win $5,000 if you help them get back to our studios.

But the journey has not been easy. What about you, Angeline? You'd be an attraction? Especially with jokes like that. Yeah, right. Battling the elements. It's a bit windy and I'm a little bit worried it might blow into the ocean. And personal preference. And you'd rather be at home in bed.

Across New Zealand, the cutouts were welcome. Come out and drink some of my moonshine, then shoot to play pigeons with my beretta. I love moose. But when our guard was down. Today's the day, boys. Somebody's taking the cutout. No. The demand was made.

Get me a personalised video message from Jacinda Ardern. What? Could it be met? If we can get a happy birthday message. Happy birthday, Daryl the truck driver. We'll call it a day on this one, eh? We're back. We're back.

We're back. Freed. Cutout fever swept Northland. The whole town will be talking about it. Really? Okay. He said. Take two.

Cutout fever swept Northland. The whole town's talking about it though, aren't they? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, I thought so. Now the journey is complete. Who will win the $5,000 cash? Stay tuned. We call the winner soon.

That's right. The cardboard cutouts were returned. Semi Safely Ben's face is half ripped off. And $5,000 will be given away next. Thanks to Dylan too for finding them in Hamilton yesterday outside of Derry and dropping them back first thing this morning.

Five grand. You've got a photo with them over the last couple of weeks or you helped transport them. $5,000 could be all yours next. Oh, I'm excited, Jono. Yeah, I'm excited as well, Ben, and I love it when you're excited. That's what gets me out of bed in the morning to excite you. I know that's what I...

That's what I live for. I work hard. I put my body on the line just to excite you, buddy. But I've been broadcasting from home this morning and very sad that you can't be in here to honour this auspicious occasion, Benjamin. I can see you guys over Zoom right now. I can see everyone, big smiles on their faces

because this is awesome. We get to give away $5,000 thanks to our cardboard cutouts. About two weeks ago, we sent them down to Bluff, a cardboard cutout version of Jono and myself. A safe social distancing tour of New Zealand. Yeah, and we didn't think they would make it all the way back let's be honest, but they

have, through the help of our listeners gone up the country, a wee bit of a hiccup, they went all the way up north, they went back to Auckland, they went to Hamilton, but now they've come back as of 6 o'clock this morning, which means we can give away $5,000 for anyone who got a photo with them or helped transport them. Yeah, and a big shout out to

Dylan for the safe return this morning as well. So we're about to call the winner. The scrutineers have picked out a winner and we will be calling that person right now to tell them they've won $5,000. And you know that's a lot of money because I'm telling that very slowly.

Here we go. I always mess these things up. Hello, Megan speaking. Hi, Megan. Hi. Hi, Megan. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, hello. How are you? We're good, Megan. You're Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, hello.

How are you? We're good, Megan. You're on the air right now with us? Oh. Now, we understand you've been avoiding tax. And the Inland Revenue have asked us to make a call. Yeah, it's all part of a bit of an elaborate tax sting. Just to chase down some dollars that haven't come through to them.

Oh, that doesn't sound like me. Okay, well, good. You pay your tax. Well, that's good. Now, Megan, in all seriousness, you got a photo with our cardboard cutouts as they made their way around the country? Yep.

Whereabouts were you located? Where did you see them? In Pottyville and Wellington. Right, so you put that hashtag 5K, Jono and Ben, 5K cutout, you put it on your social media? I definitely did. Okay, Megan, well, we are here to tell you that you have just won cold, freezing cold, hard, throbbing cash.

Oh, my God. $5,000 is all yours, Megan. Oh, my God. $5,000 is all yours, Megan. Oh, my God. I never win anything. Well, you've won this now. Well done. Five grand, especially in this time, in this current environment. What are you going to do with that money, Megan?

Well, my goal at the moment, I've got two kids, and that is to buy our first home together with my kids. So that's what I'm working on at the moment, so that got two kids and that is to buy our first home together with my kids. So that's what I'm working on at the moment. So that's going to really help that. Oh, boss Todd, our boss, will love that. He will love that. That is a wonderful thing to put that money towards, Megan.

$5,000. Oh, thank you so much. That's alright. Thank you for having a photo with the one-dimensional versions of ourselves. Oh, I hope to meet you both in person one day. To be honest, the cardboard cutouts are a lot more exciting, really. They've got better chat. And you won't meet Ben in person because he's got coronavirus.

No, I don't. I don't. I had a little bit of a sniffle yesterday. They've sent me home. I'm actually feeling fine. I feel like... That's what they all say, eh, Megan? Yeah.

Yeah, that's right. She knows. She knows. Hey, no, that's so awesome, Megan. Well-deserved, that money going towards a house that you can buy with your two kids, get those kids on that property ladder, and you enjoy that money. I'm so glad that we put it to good use. Thank you so much.

Oh, I don't even know what to say. Oh, well, well done, Megan. You deserve it. Thank you so much for getting a photo with a couple of low-rent broadcasters as they travelled around the country. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Ben, you're broadcasting from home this morning.

We're on Zoom. Can you hear us bitching about you on Zoom? Yeah, I can. Oh, you can. It's a little bit awkward. I keep having to mute it. Sorry. I didn't know if you could hear it.

Oh, you can hear it producing. Yeah. Yeah. Just a little word. Maybe use the mute at your end rather than me having to use it at my end. Okay. Right. Just mix it up.

Sometimes I'm like, oh, they're talking about me again. I'll just, yeah. Yeah. Now, I want to play a game. You pick something from your kitchen where you're broadcasting from and panic stressing, getting the kids ready, making lunch. There's dogs barking in the background. I have to guess what it is.

You better make a guess. I'm sitting here in a little office area. Okay, let's go. Have a listen to this one. That's sellotape. Well done. Well done. Okay, one from one.

What else have you got? Okay. I can't see you at the moment, too. Stapler? Well done. Yeah, yes. Why isn't this a game show where I can win lots of money? Well, they do.

ZM have a secret sound. Can I say what I think it is? No. It's an electric beater. Oh, yeah, yeah, okay. You're an electric beater. Oh, yeah, yeah, okay. You're an electric beater. It sounds like it's malfunctioning. How hot are you running that thing? There we go, the not-so-secret sound with Ben Boyce.

Now, yesterday, I called in to watch one of my daughters' school assembly, and she had been part of writing, you know, they put on a bit of a performance to the school and their parents. Oh, I love school assembly and she had been part of writing, you know, they put on a bit of a performance to the school and their parents. Oh, I love school assembly. And I went there and I was like, well, it was interesting. It was very creative but high content. They really got quite deep and I got afterwards to Sienna to explain the storyline just so I could play it on radio.

Have a listen. Okay, Sienna, great school assembly today, but let's talk through the storyline. So a group of kids, they're watching a TV. What are they watching? Jumanji. And then they go through a portal into Netflix, like a Netflix land, which the Harry Potter people are there, which are in one of them.

And then Marvel is trying to take over, which is like Disney+. So we have to go into their land, like Disney+, and then they have a battle. So it's a big battle between Netflix and Disney+. Yeah, and then, well, what we did was, in the script, we said that we would let the audience decide who won. So which is better, Disney+, or Netflix?

Yeah. So they had a big chant at the end of it. Hands up who likes Disney+, better. Hands up who likes Netflix. Which was great, but at the same time I felt like, geez, who's getting subscriptions here? Like, are the teachers? Are the kids? Like, this whole thing felt like it was promoted,

paid promotional work from a streaming service. So it was high concepts interpretation of the battle between Netflix and Disney Plus, the streaming services. Yeah, like I walked out feeling proud, but also like I needed to sign up to Disney Plus for 12 months. Like, it felt like it advertised at me beautifully. Now, I've seen your Instagram account, mate.

Your daughter is a chip off the old integration block. She's getting some valuable sales dollars, doing some influencing in real life. Yeah, well, it was. It was the influencer assembly. Maybe that's the new way. They can basically pay the kids to put on a production and influence like that. And I was like, it's genius.

If someone from Disney Plus or Netflix has done that, well done to them. You know what I love about school assemblies is something that has been done. It's like an unwritten law since the age of time. When you get your certificate, you hold it up in front of your chest on stage? Well, how long has that been going on since Jesus handled out certificates of merits to his disciples? I don't know.

No one ever actually says, hold it up in front of you. We all just know it's the done thing. And from the audience POV, you can never read it. You don't know what it says. No, you can never read it. You don't know what it says. No, no. You're right.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Are you a fan of the Prezi card, Ben? Have you got a rich history with Prezi cards? Well, I was talking for a while because I heard it on another radio station that when New Zealand, we wanted to stimulate the economy again, maybe everyone could get given a Prezi card to go spend because cash, you'd probably bank it,

but Prezi cards, you can spend like cash, but you've got to spend it. So that was the idea to stimulate the economy, and you've been a big backer of the Prezi card theory. Jacinda hasn't quite run with it, has she? No party so far in the upcoming election has gone in behind the Prezi card theory. Jacinda hasn't quite run with it, has she? No party so far in the upcoming election has gone in behind the Prezi card theory. No, maybe we can pitch it to Paula Bennett as the last thing

she tries to get across the line in Parliament. Yeah, are you a fan of the Prezi card? I have mixed feelings with Prezi cards because I end up with a lot of them and then I forget, A, how much are left on them if I've spent them already, B, when they expire, or C, I forget that I've got them at all.

And so I was at Pack and Save last night and I was at the counter and my cards, I didn't have my FPOS card or my credit card, all I had on me in my wallet was my Prezi cards. So where'd your FPOS card and your credit card go on your wallets just full of Prezi cards. So where'd your FBOS card and your credit card go on that your wallet's just full of Prezi cards? Because I'd taken them out over the weekend to put them in a safe place. Not your wallet. Not your wallet. Wallet's normally that safe place.

What could be safer than the wallet? I love it. So anyway, I forgot that I didn't have my cards. And I was at the counter and I was like, oh God, I don't have anything. So what I ended up doing was swiping nine Prezi cards that I received over the last 10 Christmases. And I didn't know how much was left on any of them. And nothing like the thrill of not knowing whether you can pay for your shopping or not.

And nothing like the thrill of annoying 15 customers that are waiting in line as you're testing all your Prezi cards on the EFTPOS machine. But how did you know what was on them? Because you don't know, right? No, that's the thing. You don't know. And so then you're like, I don't know if I've got money to pay for this thing. So were you like, let's try $60 on this one?

Okay, no, that didn't work. What about $40 on this one? Yeah, I mean, just as you're explaining it, I can see why people were getting annoyed with me. I'd rather have a Prezi card than anything else. Oh, yeah, you say that people shouldn't give you cards, birthday me. I'd rather have a present card than anything else. Oh, yeah, you say that people shouldn't give you cards, birthday cards. You'd rather the $5 cash.

Producer Juliet, would you rather have $5 or a card from me that you're probably going to throw out? Well, when you put it like that, the $5, but then if I got a present and I, oh, actually, yeah, nah, I agree with you. Yeah, and what about kids trying to cut corners and draw cards like that? So I'm not up for that.

They're like, look at this cute card. That is a shocking card. Compared to a hallmark, that is you should not get into the card producing game. That's what I want to say to kids if they try and give me another cute card. Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

I'm working out at home this morning, Jono. I had a little bit of a snuffly nose yesterday. We call you Snuffleophagus behind your back. It's our fun new nickname. We've got you an email to snuffleophagus at nzme.co.nz. Now, you're just saying how I'm sitting in my kitchen, yelling quite loudly, talking obnoxiously on the radio. My family are asleep.

Well, some of them are asleep, but Indy, my eight-year-old. You woke me up. You don't know how loud you are. Indy, I know how loud he is. He's shouting. I can hear him. It's echoing around the house. I even brought it up.

I raised the flag with him. He could have gone to a garage. He could even be outside right now, darling. I'm so sorry you're awake. Johnny says he's sorry. She's just looking at me. It's not so good for radio. She's looking at me with daggers in her eyes.

I'm up so early from school. But anyway, it's great to be up. It's great to have you here, Indy. Um, okay. Yeah, that's right. The happiest breakfast show on radio this morning. It's time to play a fun little game we do. It's called News and Beats.

Kia ora, I'm Ash Thomas and this is the Beeping News. We take our respected newsreader Ash Thomas and we ask her to lower her standards to appear on our show. We get her to read headlines

and Juliet, you beep them out. Yep. Producer Juliet beeps them out. We have to figure out what the censored word is, Ben. You know the rules. I don't know why I'm explaining them to you.

Alright, what is the first story? NASA is offering $35,000 in prizes to design a that will work on the moon. Can I go first? I'll go with a boomer who can work a video call. I'm going to say a CrossFit studio. Oh, that would be

quite cool. Yeah, what is it? Unfortunately. NASA is offering $35,000 in prizes to design a toilet that will work on the moon. Oh, really is it? Unfortunately NASA is offering $35,000 in prizes to design a toilet that will work on the moon. Oh, really? Yes. I was gonna say, I was gonna go lavatory, urinal, but then I thought it was too obvious and Ben would go, oh good one, you've just gone for a

toilet thing. But my thinking was, logistically when you go on the moon, it would just float up. Yes, exactly. So there's so many things that you need to think about, because they've got one that works for men, just like a urinal type thing. They need one that works for men and women. It must weigh less than 15 kg

and support a crew of two astronauts for 14 days. There are so many, and there's so many more things that it has to match and fit. But yeah. Potentially you could screw one upside down on the roof of the spaceship and just aim up. That's how you'd have to do it. You should enter.

You should enter. I mean, I've got a shocking aim on Earth, let alone upside down on the moon. All right, ready for the next one? Yep. Ending production of its iconic personal vehicle. Beep is ending production of the iconic personal vehicle. What have you got, Benny?

I'm going to go Batman. Batman's got an iconic personal vehicle. Surelyep is ending production of the iconic personal vehicle. What have you got, Benny? Oh, I'm going to go Batman. Batman's got an iconic personal vehicle. Surely it's Batman stopping production. Okay, I'm going to say the Wiggles Big Red Car Company ending production of their iconic personal vehicle. Segway ending production of its iconic personal vehicle. See you to Segway. That guy, the inventor of the Segway died on a Segway, didn't he? I think that's what

happened. Yeah, I think unfortunately it was very ironic but sad wee accident. That is really sad. Taking your life into your own hands on a Segway. We know a camera guy who has to film on a camera and ride a Segway at the same time. And I watched him do it and all I wanted

to see him do was crash. Well, there's actually footage of a cameraman after Usain Bolt has finished a race. He's like filming from behind him and the cameraman just loses control of the Segway and literally smashes into Usain Bolt. They both tumble over on the track. It's quite beautiful. That was at the Olympics, I think, and that was after he'd won a heat and he could have taken him out from the whole competition.

Oh my gosh, imagine that. I mean, we've been moaning about scooters on the streets. Segways are far more unpredictable than volatile. True. Aren't they? Very dangerous piece of motor transport. What's the next one, Producer Juliet? Teen invents **** that could curb infection

by warning users against touching their face. Teen invents, I'm going to go underpants, that could curb infection. I don't have an answer for this. Do I have to have an answer? No, I'm going to go underpants, that could curb infection. I don't have an answer for this. Do I have to have an answer? No, I guess you don't. Should I play the answer?

Sometimes in a game show you don't know the answers. Or you don't have a comedy answer. And that's life. Teen invents wristbands that could curb infection by warning users against touching their face. Now when I first read this headline I was like, yo, surely it's an electric wristband. But it's actually not. It just vibrates whenever you, like, got to touch your face. And he invented it a couple of years ago.

And then when COVID hit, he was like, right, time to actually, like, produce it. Well, you never realise how much you touch your face until you're told you can't touch your face. Yeah. I know, Ben, you've been struggling with your face touching, haven't you? Yeah, a little bit. As you said, all through COVID, you're right. You were wearing those blue gloves that made you look very paranoid for a while there, Jono. Yeah, paranoid or a surgeon just off the clock. One of the two.

There we go. That was the news and beats. Thank you very much, producer Juliet. No worries. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Welcome to the show. Welcome to the show.

Sorry, Juliet. I shouldn't have said welcome to the show. You just do what you do, mate. Oh, shut up. I should have shut up. Scrolling through your feed. That's all on me and I've let down my family in New Zealand. I apologise. Welcome to the programme this morning, New Zealand's Breakfast. Scrolling through

your feed. These are the news stories that are broken overnight. This is the only news source more unprofessional than Fox News. Yeah, that's right.. This is the only news source more unprofessional than Fox News. Yeah, that's right. And one of the big stories that has broken, America's Cup, there's been a contractor working for Team New Zealand that Team New Zealand have now accused of spying on them, Jono.

Now, I know because we work in the radio industry and I tell you what, she's a leaky industry. Leakier than my inflamed prostate, the radio industry. Stuff gets out before it's even announced. So I imagine when you've got millions of dollars on the line with something like the America's Cup, there would be spies all over the place. Surely this isn't anything new.

It sounds like a cool job, a spy, doesn't it? Because of the movies, but in reality, it's probably not anything as cool as a trench coat and a newspaper with the eye holes and things like that. No, it's probably just peeping through someone's Google Drive, printing off a few documents. What are they claiming they've done? Well, they haven't actually claimed anything other than they've just been spying on them.

They haven't said what they've been doing. And what sort of information are they going to get? Is it like the keel? You remember when there was all that Is it like the keel? You remember when there was all that secrecy around with the keel on the boat in the America's Cup? If they want to keep secret, they should stop sailing on the harbour. Someone should tell them everyone can see them out there.

That's a very good point. Where can they practise? They can't do it indoors. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of the America's Cup when it comes around and I forget about it in between, like everyone else in New Zealand. So I love it when it happens. But I don't know what the point of it is.

Like that poor million, you've got the Louis Vuittons, the Pradas, the whatever's pouring millions of dollars into these boats. But what for? It's got a prestige of all these rich people, really, isn't it? It seems to be. It's the oldest sporting trophy in the world, I was reading before, and only four nations in 162 years have held the trophy. Because I understand the tourism windfall for New Zealand,

but having something like the America's Cup in America, I can't imagine it would be a blip on the sporting radar, would it? No, but we love it every four years, don't we, here in New Zealand, don't we? We all become experts, don't we? They go crazy fast now, those boats. It's insane. It's like Formula One on the water. It's impressive. But that is one of the big news stories overnight.

As well as that, Boris Johnson at the British PM, now he gave his plane a paint job, his personal plane. Two million dollars New Zealand it cost. Unfortunately, the Union Jack flag at the tail of the plane was painted upside down. Now

I'm no stranger to being pranked by a paint job. Ben Boyce I used to have this old car from the 70s. It was my pride and joy. I loved it more than I loved my children. Sometimes I put that car to bed at night and put my children in the garage.

That's how much I love that car. But you painted it pink. You destroyed it with cricket balls. Put Ashera turf on it. We did a whole lot of fun stuff. Post-it notes, you name it. We had a lot of fun in that car. It's a fine line between pranking and workplace bullying. I'll let you

decide what you think it is. Speaking of bad paint jobs, a friend of mine many years ago had to do community service and he spent all day painting this fence did a great job, they came back and checked on him at the end of the day, they're like, great stuff! And he's like, awesome man! I said, unfortunately you painted the house next

to what you were meant to paint. So he spent all day painting this fence on the wrong house. And what, was that you? Because you did community service. Well that wasn't me, but as I said, it was a friend of mine. Do you know my favourite thing about Ben when he did his community service, and this was a few years ago,

is he went to, you know, you do your time, and he went to a charitable event, and it was like a school fundraiser for little children, and then a lady comes up and she's like, it was so nice of you donating your time here. And he didn't tell her it was quarter-pointed community service. He just took it on board as if I'm a charitable, low-rent celebrity

coming to Wairarapa to a school fundraiser just because I'm a good guy. It was nice, though, that I donated my quarter-pointed time, wasn't it, Joe? It was nice. Have you been back there since? Oh, yeah, yeah. We were just there before, mate. And that is all the things that are happening

in the last 24 hours scrolling through your feed. This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating, still pending. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Sorry, Gigi. No, you're just...

I pointed. I pointed. I was just going to say... You know what happens when I point? I was just going to say the shambolic broadcast is happening because Ben is at home. Oh, yes. I was just going to say. You know what happens when I point? I point and we go ahead. I was just going to say, the shambolic broadcast is happening because Ben is at home. Oh, yes.

I was just going to bring everyone up to speed. And I can see you on Zoom. You're dressed like you've got headphones on with a microphone attached to them like some sort of rugby league commentator screaming obnoxiously in your kitchen, waking up your family. And it's because he's got a sniffle. He's got a runny nose. And yesterday in the meeting, it was dribbling down over his top lip.

We were all talking about it. And so we spoke to upper management, and this is the reason for this talk. Upper lip management, I think they're called now. So I'm at home, and you're right, it's a shambles of a broadcast. With producer Juliette, she's put her head straight into the gossip toilet and flushed it all over herself, and here it is is the latest from the entertainment world. What a picture. Margot Robbie is set to star in a female fronted Pirates

of the Caribbean reboot. So it'll be completely a completely new storyline. It won't be a spin off of Johnny Depp playing Captain Jack Sparrow or anything like that. Was Johnny Depp too drunk to do another one? Probably. I saw a video of him on the internet

and he was pouring literally the biggest glass of red wine I've ever seen. The glass was like a bucket and he poured a whole bottle of red wine. It was a big bottle of red wine. You've seen it, Ben. Yeah, no, it was a big bottle. You're right. It was seven in the morning as well. I love his commitment to red wine.

What a man. He'd be a great person to have a drink with, I reckon. He'd be so interesting. Not if he's pouring that big a bottle of wine. Oh, what a man. He'd be a great person to have a drink with, I reckon. He'd be so interesting. Not if he's pouring that big of a pours of wine. I imagine he probably gets quite slurry and abusive by sort of 8.30 in the morning. Yeah, probably. Speaking of Margot Robbie, we were lucky enough to interview

her once, right, Jono? And you made me do something very degrading. Oh, yeah, I got it because I've tattooed Ben's bottom in a previous life. He's got my name on his bottom and a stick figure of myself. And I was like, Margot Robbie was there with Cara Delevingne. It was for a movie, Suicide Squad. And I was like, get your butts out for the girls, Ben.

Get your butts out for the girls. And here it is. In my head, I'm playing it because I didn't organise the audio. But Cara Delevingne was chanting, get butts out for the girls and you got your butt out and both of them, Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne, said you had a sweet little butt, a butt of an eight year old boy.

Which sounds really weird now that you say it. It's the finest compliment you can pay to anybody. Can people find that on the internet, that video? Yeah, we'll put it up on our social. Yeah, that sounds good. And also, as you may or may not know, Paula Bennett is retiring. And Tom Sainsbury, who is known for doing wonderful impressions of her, has released a little video announcing on behalf of Paula.

Today's a huge day for me, obviously, because today's the day I'm announcing that I'm retiring from government. Just a big F you to the net. No, I shouldn't say that. I'm not going to say that. I'm going to keep it civil. Anyway, I'd better be going. I've got to get out of my kimono and obviously into my Trillith Cooper

so that I look absolutely f***ing fabulous when I do all my press interviews where I do a big F you to... No, I'm not going to do that. He's very good. Wonderful. So good. It was awesome because the two of them

at the end danced together the real Paula Bennett and Tom Sainsbury it was a lovely ending what is Tom Sainsbury going to do now he's going to have to

find a new career in the stock market or something stock exchange he's traded beautifully off Paula Bennett for many years well you're hopefully

now Todd Muller or someone else will give him some more gold. And we're joined by Paula Bennett, actually after 8 o'clock on the show, we're going to have her on. Loves a panini, Paula Bennett, too, doesn't she? Well, that's what Tom Sainsbury says

as far as when he's playing her as character, so we'll find out if she loves a bowl latte and a panini as much as Tom Sainsbury says she does. And it's just an oval toasted sandwich of panini. They really, they really fancied up the toasted sandwich game, those paninis. And who drinks a bowl latte? It's so big.

I mean, maybe Johnny Depp, if it's a wine glass. I don't know. There's a callback from Starter Spy. Hey, Paul Abenda with us after 8 o'clock. And for more Spy, you can head to thehits.co.nz. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Thanks to Destination New South Wales,

we have five amazing trips of a lifetime to give away to five Kiwi couples. Yesterday, we gave away one for the adventurous couple. Today, Jono is the foodie couple. Oh, I like food. Yeah, well, you didn't register at that stock. Oh, that's what always gets me. I always forget to register.

But, you know, this is for the foodie couple. Magnificent part of Australia to go to New South Wales if you like food. Some of my best airport sandwiches have been eaten at Sydney International Airport. Ben, I know you've enjoyed a sandwich with me there before. But anyway, let's give away this awesome trip to

Destination New South Wales. Okay, we're going to head through to Ainsley who entered, her and her partner Big Foodies. In fact, she's married to a chef who she says is a self-proclaimed food snob. So let's hope they do better than airport sandwiches. Is that Ainsley? Yeah. That's Jonathan Pryor, Benjamin Boyce from the Hits radio station.

How are you? I'm good. How are you? You entered online at thehits.co.nz for you and your husband to go to New South Wales at the Foodie Couple. Well, guess what? Maybe I've won? Yeah, it'd be pretty unusual if you hadn't.

You've won. Oh, that's awesome. Thank you so much. You have won the Foodie Couple Prize. So this is what you get. You spend a night in a five-star luxury Sydney Spillerton Hotel. That's a luxury hotel. You get fine dining at Benny Long

at the Sydney Opera House. Opera! Then you depart for New South Wales wine country to the world-renowned Hunter Valley, where you enjoy a luxurious two nights at Spice's Guesthouse. Gulp, gulp, gulp. Glug, glug, glug.

And your taste award-winning wines at some of the region's delicious produce at the acclaimed restaurants such as Mews and Bistro Moline's. It sounds amazing. What a trip. Sounds like a second honeymoon. Big hugs all around Ainslie Harbour and if you'd like to enter

the destination New South Wales you can head along to the hits.co.nz. We've still got another three trips to give away, don't we this week Ben? That's right, there's no shortage of adventures on offer at New South Wales you can find out more at visit nsw.com That's what we's right. There's no shortage of adventures on offer at New South Wales. You can find out more at visitnsw.com. That's what we always say. There's no shortage of adventure in New South Wales.

That's a common sentence we're always saying to each other. You guys have a wonderful day. Thank you so much for listening to the show. We've got a big guest on the program tomorrow. Dr Chris Warner, Michael Galvin joins us as Shortland Street returns to five nights a week and their 7,000th episode. And hopefully Ben's back in the studio and cured from coronavirus. I haven't got coronavirus.

I'll see you in the studio tomorrow, guys. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on the hits and via the iHeartRadio app.