Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - March 12 - What Is The PUNNIEST Business Name?

Episode Date: March 12, 2021

We're in Palmy North today and we drove past a hair salon with the most genius name... Power Cut. How good! We got them on the phone and the floodgates opened! We had people call with their other punny business names, and there's nothing we love more than a brilliant pun. We also caught up with the Kiwi stars of RuPauls Drag Race Down Under, they're hilarious and such fun and they told a story about how they went to one of Adele's after parties! Finally, Jono stitched Ben up and made it look like he doesn't care about his family. Classic. Enjoy the podcast & your weekendSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's 12th of March. M-Boys has got his dog whistle. We're in Palmerston North and he's... Palmerston North. We're in Palmerston North and he's... 12th of March. The invoice has got his dog whistle. We're in Palmerston North and he's... We're in Palmerston North and he's gone full-blown rural. Sounds very slobbery, that whistle. Yeah, it gets quite slobbery.

I'm not very good at that. I've got two days to try and learn how to do a whistle to basically control a dog. I can't even control the whistle. He's entering sheepdog trials on Saturday at the Rural Games. You're doing well. You're doing well to get a noise.

Way to go. Way to go. You actually have to put on a voice, don't you? Well, I do because the dog... Doesn't respond to a hyper-nasally Aucklander. Way to go. Way to go. Yeah, so there's a way to go.

And the farmer Paul, he's a very like, he's exactly what you would think in your head a farmer would sound like. Yeah, I told him yesterday, if a ram made love to a horse and they gave birth to a farm creature, it would have been Paul. Yeah, yeah.

So when I go, way to go to the dog, in my normal way to go, the dog's like, I don't understand, but if I go way to go, way to go, way to go, the dog, in my normal way to go, the dog's like, I don't understand. But if I go, way to go, way to go, way to go, he kind of responds. You meet Paul, and he's got a hand that almost wraps around your hand. Yeah. It could wrap around your hand twice. Yeah.

And he's got a handshake. I know. He has got a hand. And you try and match that handshake. You can't, though. You can't. Well, we can't, that's for sure. So we're looking forward to hanging out this weekend in Palmy

for the rural games. Today on the show we almost gave away five grand. Geesh, we were agonisingly close, weren't we? And also RuPaul's Drag Race has been filmed in New Zealand. We talked to some of the Kiwi entrants, the Kiwi contestants on that show. And we got talking

because we were in Danny Burke yesterday, which is now from Palmy. We saw a pun business, a hair salon called Power Cuts which we thought was a wonderful pun business title. Oh, it was awesome.

And so we opened up the pun business awards. We got some rippers through. We got some really good ones through. And Producer Humphrey, actually we didn't talk to you on air about this but you want to start

something in your hometown of Fairleigh. Yeah, I've got a lifelong dream of buying the local campground and hometown of Fairleigh. Yeah, I've got a lifelong dream of buying the local campground and calling it Fairleigh and Tents. You've already got business cards.

I have. I've got the business cards made up. I did go and ask the owner if he would sell up and he's not ready to move on just yet, but he has given me first right of refusal, which is great. When he is selling, it felt like I don't know if business cards is the first thing. Maybe you should have bought the thing first.

Well, look, I've said it on the podcast now, so it's probably going to be stolen from me. Fairly intense. Wonderful name. So that's the Fairly Camping Ground. I tell you what, that would have been a front runner for the Pun Business Awards today. And you can hear all of the other nominations

in this edition of the podcast. Have a great weekend. Two dads just trying to fill some air time. Some may say it's pointless but the main thing is it fills in some air time for us. That is the main thing. John and Ben, breakfast on the heads. Broadcasting out of the Manawatu today, Palmerston North.

And having a wonderful time in Palmer yesterday. We drove an hour away to Danny Verk because we're here for the rural games which are on over the weekend. Danny Verk, yes, so we're driving through Danny Virk, because we're here for the Rural Games, which are on over the weekend. Danny Virk, yes, so we're driving through Danny Virk, and Ben, we're a sucker for a pun.

Some call it the lowest form of comedy. And even when Jono and Ben, the lowest form of comedians, then embrace puns, I don't know, that sets the bar below that. It's not any lower, right? And yesterday, we got punderstruck. We did. We went, we're driving through Daddy Burke, as you said,

and we saw a hair salon with a great pun name. I mean, hair salons, they love a pun name, but this one in particular was very good. And it's a versatile industry, isn't it, for the pun, the hair salon. So we're going to go, we're going to phone them now. Hopefully they're in the office. Hello, one's Powercat. Is this Powercat?

It sure is. Oh, this is John Owen Bean. We were in Danny Burke yesterday. We drove past your business and we're like, pun name brilliant. Oh, it's great, isn't it? It's so good. What other names were floating around with the business when you were brainstorming?

Did we have other names for the hair salon? No, Powercat was just it. It's a very good name. Hairdressers and barbers, a lot of the businesses have pun names, right? Very versatile. You could do like Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow. Oh, yeah.

Live and Let Die, but DYE and stuff like that. Anita Haircut. Anita Haircut. If your name was Anita and you ran a hair salon. James Blonde, if you just did blonde dye. Jack of all fades. Harry Potter. No, so.

It's quite fun. Do you want us to keep going I'm enjoying it the hair the hair port the hair port that's good the hair port do you want to change

yours to the hair port my husband's a linesman and I'm a hairdresser so power cut there you go oh that worked well we were going to stop off too but Jono won't let me

stop off at places he can't get any haircuts. Sherlock Holmes? That's good. You give him a buff and shine. You give me a buff and a shine? How much am I paying for a buff and a shine? Are we still talking about a haircut?

Here we are. Well, lovely. Congratulations on a great business name in Danny Burke. Oh, thanks. Yeah, well, it was very nice to talk to you. You too. Have a good day, guys. Lovely talking to you.

A lot of Vikings in Danny Burke too, and they are hairy. Yeah, true. Typically very hairy, so you'd be very busy. Yes, keeps us in business. You have a good day at the Power Cut, okay? Thanks, you too. Bye. Oh, the airport.

They laugh a lot. So we want to open it up right now. The best pun business name that maybe you've driven past, maybe you own the business, maybe someone in your family owned the business. What have you seen here in New Zealand? We want to award the winner of the best pun business name. Now, Producer Humphrey,

did you put a post on Facebook last night on the show? Yeah, there's a post up there with some absolute crackers. Yeah, some people have said, this has taken off on the show. Yeah, there's a post up there with some absolute crackers. Some people have said, this has taken off on Facebook here. Someone sent us a photo of the Thai restaurant, the Titanic. Oh, that's really good.

That is amazing. That's good. We've also got a kebab shop. Yeah. Abracababra. Oh, good. That's good. The magician's favourite kebab. Bread Yeah. Abra Kebabra. Oh, good. That's good. The magician's favourite kebab. Yeah. Bread Pit. The bakery. Is that legit?

Bread Pit. There may be some copyright reasons there. One letter off, mate. One letter off. The text machine, they're rolling in here. 4487, Sarah's text and she works at a tanning salon called Beauty in the Beach. Oh, that's good.

Yeah, that is really good. That's good. And we've got one on the phone right now, I think, do we? Yeah, we're in Palmy, and this particular business in Palmy, a dog groomer. What's the name of your business? Transformations. Transformations. Transformations.

Pet grooming. Yes. Where did you brainstorm this? It's actually my boss's brainstorm and she came up with it. Because fur is in capitals, the rest of it, really emphasising the pun,

but I love it. I love it. And do you find that a lot of people come to you for the pun name? Yes, we're very busy. Very busy. I mean, you could have like pawsome, pawsome transformations. And you could have celebrity dogs like Sarah Jessica Barker, Brad Pitbull,

Bark Wahlberg, that sort of thing? Yes. I would appreciate anybody with names like that. Well, listen, well done on the pun name. Thanks. You keep doing those dogs. Yes, yeah, we will. Hard at work. Thank you very much. You have a lovely day. You keep doing those dogs. Yes, yeah, we will. Hard at work.

Thank you very much. You have a lovely day. You too. Thank you. See ya. Okay, there's transformations. A mechanic has just been nominated in Christchurch,

which I think we've got on the phone. What's the name of your mechanic? Piston Cranky Motors. Oh, it's so good. Piston spelt like a car piston. P-I-S-T-O-N. Well, you know, you've got to do it right.

It's got to be PC. We are the PC Automotive Company. Oh, PC Piston Cranky. Yeah, it's a very good name, very clever. Thank you. Do you get a lot of business from the name? A hell of a lot of business. We have people ringing to ask me if I'm Pistol or McCranky,

and I just say I'm going. Yeah, like, no, it's the name of the business. Yeah, yeah. No, no, it's very popular, and people love it, and it's something just a wee bit different, a wee bit fun. St Albans, too. St Albans, is it where your parents live? Oh, yeah.

My dad used to live there. Well, get to come to Piston Crankie. We're good people here. Yeah. Now, Piston Crankie, congratulations. You're one of the finalists in our Pun Business Awards. That's wonderful. Thank you so much.

Who came up with the name? It was my oldest boy. My oldest son much. Who came up with the name? It was my oldest boy. My oldest son, James, came up with the name. We were fortunate enough to have an auntie who loaned us a deposit to buy the building

and then a good bank who set up the rest. And I thought, well, if we're going to be hung with a huge mortgage, we might as well have a fun name. And how long have you been in business? 22 years.

Wow. So have you got cars, have you? Or are you in the cycling? Well, no, we've got cars. It's just probably, it's not as convenient for us to, you know, being in Auckland. But if we're in Christchurch, we haven't picked up. Yeah.

Oh, you poor wee sausages up there. Oh, no, we are. We don't have cool names like Piston Cranky in Auckland, that's for sure. But we do have COVID. Hey, hey, not no more. Not in the community. Which is heaps cooler. Yeah. Well, lovely to talk to you.

And congratulations again on a great business name. Oh, you're amazing. Thank you so much. Good on you. John Lovegrove. Our mate John, who's in America. In Portland, yeah. He's in Portland, Oregon.

John has just messaged us on social media. He's listening in online. He said there is a bunch of them in the US. Baguette about it? Baguette. Baguette about it. It's really good. Comfortably Yum.

It was a yogurt shop for the Pink Floyd song. And he said his favorite is a bacon proprietor, Notorious P.I.G., which is in Portland. So thank you, John, for listening. And thank you for all your calls and texts. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

Now, RuPaul's Drag Race is an amazing show. It's a worldwide hit where the world's best queens compete in fashion and performance challenges in the hope of taking out the title. They've done many series on TVNZ On Demand. You can catch it as well as on Netflix, some of the series as well. Internationally, it's a smash. Hit this programme. It's such a great show.

And for the last few weeks in New Zealand, we've been frothing because we're excited the fact they've been filming the show, the new series in New Zealand with RuPaul. Radio stations have been harassing RuPaul. I know. Someone get RuPaul on the show. Oh, yeah, we need to get him on the show. Just let him. I know. Someone get RuPaul on the show. Oh, yeah, we need to get him on the show. Just let him film the show.

Let him go and film the show. Just be thankful he's here. And we're even more excited because it features three of New Zealand's best queens alongside Australia's as well. So it's a bit of a trans-Tasman competition on the show. It's been a rough week for the queen, but it's been a great week for these queens.

Yeah, and they're joining us in the studio right now. Great to see you. Now, tell us, who have we got here? It's Ketamine. Hi. Hi, Ketamine. We've met many times before, Ketamine. Now, Ketamine's come in with a sort of a Japanese anime style hairdo which is you have to walk through the door sideways. Yeah, well, I didn't

want to overdo it, but turns out I've never really been good at fulfilling the brief. Although I have filled many briefs. And who else have we got? Hello, my name is Anita Wigglet. We've met each other before. We're not allowed to talk about that on air.

And finally... Hello, I'm Electra Shock. How did it work getting chosen for RuPaul's Drag Race? I mean, how did that, when did that happen? I mean, all over the world, it's sort of slightly different. I think here, with it being the first season, we were reached out to audition. I was at the time doing all my drag out of like a garden shed.

Oh, really? Yeah, I made all my costumes, styled my hair out of a little garden shed. And so the filming process, meeting RuPaul, it must have been surreal. Well, they say don't meet your idols, but the opposite was true with Ru and Michelle. They are so nice, so professional,

and it was just a dream come true, really, wasn't it? So the show is made up of New Zealand drag queens and Australian ones, right, from what I get? Yeah, we don't have to talk about them if you don't want to. Oh, okay, well, let's not talk about them. Well, why are we better than the Australians? I mean, why isn't New Zealand going to win this show? Well, I think, obviously, we can't really know

what happened or didn't happen. Well, that's true. But I know that the three of us went into the thing guns blazing and we love drag all for different reasons. But I think Kiwis have a unique point of view

and approach and I think that's really going to come through on the show. Because, you know, a lot of New Zealanders are quite understated. We like to keep our head down and not make a fuss. going to come through on the show. Because, you know, a lot of New Zealanders are quite understated. We like to keep our head down and not make a fuss.

Is that the same in the drag community, or you're loud? Honestly, my head's down most of the time. Which is probably a good thing if you saw her make up. Now, why was the show filmed here? Was it due to the pandemic, and this was one of the few countries they could actually film? Honestly, I have no idea. You didn't ask that.

We had no process. We were just like, okay, you're going to be on the show. It's filming here. We're like, yep, okay, I'll be there. I have a sneaking suspicion that they knew my ego would not fit in the overhead compartment. Now, we are joined by Anita Wiglet, it's Electra Shock and Ketamine

who are going to be starring on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. Was it competitive? Was the show bitchy in any way? Oh well you're going to have to wait and find out a little bit more about that but it's very competitive But yes Anita is a bitch That's what we're angling for

Don't give away my secrets Was it true that you performed For Adele's touring party? I did So when Adele was in New Zealand I think it was 2017 She had her after party And Keita and I were actually

Invited to perform at her after party That's amazing Which was I actually got her the gig But I mean Sorry We don't need to go in there No not yours

It's not an important It's not an important part of the story That I booked her But sorry you you continue. The most amazing part is we actually had to leave until Adele left before we could join the party. But let's not go into the nitty gritty details. That's right.

They were like, no, no, you can't actually be here while Adele is here. However, as we were about to head into the party, Adele was leaving and she stopped and she wound down the windows and goes, you girls look amazing! That's a terrible accent. So you didn't perform for her as such?

No, we performed for basically her whole crew and her entourage. Why couldn't you be in the room at the same time as Adele? I think she just wanted to have a very intimate, it was the end of her world tour she just wanted to be around her people and she didn't want a whole lot to deal with that. It's quite often the response when Kida need to walk into a room

for people to leave. We don't blame her. Well, usually they just leave a 20 on the nightstand. Okay, now we did mention your pun names. This is what we really love. Your names are magnificent. Your looks are magnificent. But we wanted to pitch a couple of

pun names to you for our drag names I could be Ben over backwards oh I like that I like it I thought that was good

or Big Ben but I'm not talking about the clock about the pies yeah yeah but show us your hands always been fond of meat and cheese

just saying a few good Ben like the movie A few good men Oh yeah I like that one That would probably be More of a group

Anyway that's fine That's my options It's good It's good I was going to be John no you didn't John O's a hard name To work in isn't it

Yeah In the world of Drag Race It would probably be John O's she better don't But no That works That works That's good

To put this in perspective this is huge a huge opportunity for you all and I'm so happy that you've had the chance to appear on RuPaul's show and it's going to

send you off into the stratosphere and you'll probably never want to talk to us ever again secrets and lies I'm happy to be around you we don't have to talk

but as long as as long as there's five dollars involved we'll be there oh we can't wait to watch it. And great to hang out with you again. Likewise. Thanks for having us.

From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. We're down in Palmerston North today checking out the rural games over the weekend. I hate saying the word rural. Rural. It's a tough word. Rural.

Well, the New Zealand accent is terrible, isn't it? Rural games over the weekend? I hate saying the word rural. It's a tough word. Rural. Well, the New Zealand accent is terrible, isn't it? Rural. We're at the Palmerston North Rural Games in New Zealand. Rural Games. But yesterday we were down in Palmy and... We went to a farm yesterday and I wore some spectacular white shoes. And they aren't farm shoes. I don't know what I was thinking.

You turned up in farm... Yeah, like white sneakers. Like more of an Auckland wanker if I had tried. I'm dying for a latte. Is there a latte out here? What's the Wi-Fi password in the middle of it? But we did a bit of a questionnaire, the two of us, yesterday for another media outlet we're doing.

And so we did it on the phone, and they asked us the same questions each. So they asked questions to you, and then they asked questions to me. And I didn't hear what your answers were. We just got to talk as we talk about everything later. And I was like, oh, what did you say for this? And oh, what did you say for that? Anyway, when we do these questionnaires, normally we try and make a bit of a joke

about things. You know, we try and have a laugh and try and be, oh, let's be a little bit funny, don't we? That's normally what we do, right? I'm sorry. I did not get the memo. I was being real and heartfelt. All the time you never do anything seriously. You never take anything seriously. You're always the one that, oh, we'll be trying to do something seriously

and then you'll be making a joke about it. So we got asked a question. One particular question was, who is the most important person in the world to you? Now, I thought Jono will be, he We're having a bit of a joke out. You know, something that's a little bit funny. Why don't I do something a bit different? Now, I'm a big fan of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. I am a huge fan.

Yeah, we've publicly stated that many times. But I thought, you know, let's say he is the most important person to me in the world. I'm like, oh, Dwayne The Rock Johnson is the most important to me. You know, let's ignore the actual real important people in the world, my wife, my kids and family and stuff. I was like, let's go with the funnier answer. Dwayne The Rock Johnson, he doesn't know me,

but he means everything to me. Now, Juliet, who do you think I said was the most important person in the world? Benjamin. No. I said my lovely wife. I said my lovely wife. She inspires me to be a better person.

No, I'm not laughing because that's funny. That's the truth. I'm sorry, D that's funny. That's the truth. I'm sorry, Dwayne The Rock Johnson is not as important to me as my lovely wife. No, I understand that. But what I was thinking we were doing. I'm sorry I didn't choose Dwayne The Rock Johnson. No, but the two of us in this publication,

they're going to have, who's the most important person to you in the world? Ben's answer, Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Don't know him, but he inspires me. You know, I think we'd be great mates. Jono, oh my wife, you know, my wife just, I don't, you know, I understand, it's beautiful, it's lovely,

and I should have gone with an answer like that now, but I just thought what we were doing was trying to do, we're trying to do like a jokey answer. Oh, I'm sorry for being real, Ben. But you never are real. There's one occasion that you decide to be real, and I look like, I'm sorry for being real, Ben. But you never are real. There's one occasion that you decide to be real, and I look like I'm like, oh, mate, how shallow is this guy? Talking about somebody he hasn't even met.

Oh, well, listen, sometimes in life, Ben, you've just got to be honest and open, okay? Why did you pick that moment? So, yeah, anyway, when that comes out, I'm going to look like, well, you know. Well, you know the back story now. You've explained yourself. It doesn't make you feel any better, does it?

No. He's pinning the blame on me for him saying the words Dwayne the Rock Johnson. I'm sorry, was I holding a gun to your head? My family are going to read that and go, oh, okay, well, he's the most important person. Finally, they know their place. They know where they sit on the ladder. Dwayne the Rock Johnson, then everyone else.

Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. And as the hits, you've got Jono and Ben. You sounded like you were going to continue talking, and you stopped talking. Do you want me to pick it up? Yeah, you can do. We've been talking a lot this week about the price of tomatoes,

but also about the world, the big news in the world, Oprah Winfrey's interview with Meghan and Harry. Yes, and Piers Morgan, Jew, do we have the audio of Piers Morgan storming out on his show? Now, Piers Morgan, British TV host, he fully against everything that Meghan and Harry stand for and wasn't backing down. He has been quite vocal about it over the last couple of years,

did not back down this week, and stormed off and wasn't backing down. He has been quite vocal about it over the last couple of years. Did not back down this week and stormed off the set of his show. You continue to trash her. Okay, I'm done with this. No, no, no. Sorry. No, sorry. Do you know what? That's pathetic. You can track me, but not my own fault. No, no, no. Sorry, can't do this. This is absolutely diabolical

behaviour. Okay, so what we want to open up is the phone. Phone line's on 0800. It hits 4487 on the text. We want to open up. Okay, so what we want to open up is the phone lines on 0800 that hits 4487 on the text. We want to open up, okay, I'm done with this, I'm sorry, it's over. When you said, okay, I'm done with this, I'm sorry, it's over, and you walked out on something. Yeah, maybe you didn't use those

exact words, but you walked out. No, I want them to use the exact words. Okay, I'm done with this, I'm sorry, it's over. No, you walked out of something. Did you walk out of a movie? Did you walk out of a movie? Did you walk out of a concert? Did you walk out of a date? Jono, we were talking about this earlier and I remember the time you walked out. Our friend

of ours, Dan, who used to work with Dan for many, many years. Ten years or so. He was a producer of our previous two radio shows. Wonderful person. And he's very good, like, he's a great actor, singer, and he was performing Les Mis. It was a big production in Auckland. Huge production, Les Mis.

And I'm not a theatre guy. Yeah, but you're a mate. But you're going along to support a mate. So anyway, we all went along. You went separate nights, and you went along to watch Dan, and I went along another night. And at halftime, you text Dan. So this is Dan.

He's in the show. He's performing in Les Mis. And he's doing a wonderful job. And you text him, hey, mate, you're doing such a great job. Great. That was great.

It was great. But then you carried on with the text. How much longer has this thing got to go? Is the second half longer than the first half? Because the first half was quite long.

Yeah. I mean, no one wants to see that backstage in the middle of the thing and then he was like oh I think he replied back going oh the second half is a bit shorter but even still you couldn't hack it but he did a wonderful performance I just couldn't stick around to the end I couldn't it was drag like they could have trimmed it at least

it's a great show don't get me wrong everyone in there was fantastic but you could have shaved a good 45 off it yeah you still get the story. They could have taken a couple of songs out. It's got a long tail. Long tail, Les Mis. But yes, I ended up sneaking out of that. It's hard too because I think we're like fourth row back too. Excuse me, excuse me.

You know when you have to awkwardly jump over people? Yeah. And I never know whether to go front ways or back ways when I'm shuffling. Either way seems rude, right? Yeah, well face to face is very intimate. But then the alternative is you're just staring at my ass. Yeah. So we want to know, like Piers Morgan, like Jono at a musical,

what have you walked out of? What have you just left and didn't come back to? Yeah, we'd love to get your calls on this. When you said, okay, I'm done with this, I'm sorry, it's over. Well, not in those exact words, but anyway, if you did that... Extra points if you said those exact words. That would be great. What have you walked out of?

Love your calls and text next. What did you do at Piers Morgan? We'll start with Tiana. Welcome. You are on the air, Moreno. Tiana? Good morning, everybody. Hey, what did you walk out of, mate?

I walked out of this weird English movie with my husband. Oh, nothing worse than being stuck in a weird... How weird was it? Are we talking... Well, it acted like it was going to have a big, huge finale and the climax and everything, but it was just completely very anticlimactic. It turns out it was just a day in the life of an English guy.

You're like, how am I watching this? He was a delivery truck driver, and then his truck got broken into, and he was making bad decisions, and it just stopped, literally. Are you sure you went to the movies? That doesn't sound like much of a movie. Or were you just watching someone's cell phone? I think I might have just been watching my neighbour, to be honest.

That's so good. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, all right? Awesome. Thanks, man. Hey, good on you. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, all right? Awesome. Thanks, man. Hey, good on you. We'll go to Laura. Welcome from Wellington. How's the capital this morning, Loz?

Good morning. So I walked out of a date. I told myself I'd never do this, but I went to the bathroom. I just couldn't bring myself to go back, so I just left. Oh, you never came back at all? No. Did you get a message from the person going, ah? Nah, he was just such a player,

so he probably found someone else at the bar. Or he might have thought, she's severely constipated. Yeah, all that too. Is she going to come in? Should I send a search party in there? So you went to the toilet, but then how did you escape from the toilet out the front door? It was quite a busy, popular place.

So it was like around the corner. The toilet was around the corner. And it was like near the entrance. So it was just an easy escape, really. And what was the... She would have been left with the bill. What was the time on the clock that you realised, oh, listen, this is just not worth me? Oh, I think a solid 35 minutes. Oh, right. You gave it a bash? Yeah, I gave it a bash. Hey, oh, listen, this is just not worth me? Oh, I got a solid 35 minutes.

Alright, you gave it a bash. Yeah, I gave it a bash. Hey, well, good on you, Laura. Thank you very much for your call. You're going to have a great weekend, eh? You too. And we'll go to Anonymous. Your parents named you Anonymous. And perfect for phone topics that you don't want to attach your name to.

But what did you walk out of? Oh, my relationship for 12 months just wasn't working. She wouldn't take no for an answer, so I said I was getting a pack of the smokes and never went back. No. Yeah. And that was it?

That was the last bit of correspondence? Yeah, that was 10 years ago now. Wow. That is a... What about your stuff? Did you have stuff there or anything? You were like, oh, well, that's gone? Yeah, I just sort of buggered it and stuck

whatever I could in my truck and said, oh, just go to the dairy and then went back and went to my mate's house and stayed there for six months and then moved town. That is a brutal cut-off. Now tell me, had you even thought about having a conversation with her? Oh, I've been down that road many a time, but just, yeah, it didn't work.

Do you regret leaving the relationship like that? No. Good, it's good to see he's remorseful. Just for the audience to make you seem like a great guy, just go, oh yeah, I regret it every day. We'll just do a take two. Do you regret it? Oh, you know, shouldn't have done what I did, but... Yeah, that's good.

That's good. That's what we're after. Yeah, have a great weekend. That's amazing. I don't think we can top that. What have you walked out of? Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. This competition gets my heart going. My heart is going. It might be all the Guarana energy drinks I've had this morning. I'm unreasonably alert right now. But it is our Game of Word Association.

Just five words stand between you and $5,000. Now, we have today's contestant joining us via witchcraft. Come on in, Jane. Good morning, guys. How are you? Jane, you sound like you've had high levels of guarana this morning as well. It's Friday, mate. What can you expect?

Don't you love a Friday, Jane? What part of this beautiful country are you in? I'm on the West Coast. I'm in Greymouth and it is gorgeous. Oh, lovely. Good weather there today? Perfect. Yeah, absolutely perfect.

Let's make that day even better. Let's win you $5,000. You play this game in the car on the way to work? I do. I do, yeah. It's hit and miss, but we'll see what goes on. This shows hit and miss, to be honest. Yeah, it summarises that. It's hit and miss, but we'll see what goes on. This show's hit and miss, to be honest. Yeah, that summarises that.

That's what our boss says every day in our analysation of the show. It hit and miss today, but anyway, we'll keep going. Hopefully we get more hits than misses, and hopefully we can get you $5,000. Which one of us do you want to choose to go into the soundproof booth? Jono, please.

Oh, Jono. Oh, no. What a sound moment, come on. I don't want to let Jane please. Oh, Jono. Oh, no. What are you saying, Gomer? Come on. I don't want to let Jane down. Oh, don't then.

Don't let her down. Okay, then. We'll just match five words then, Jane. All right, so Jono's going to make his way out of the studio. He's going to close

the door behind him and he won't be able to hear what we're going to say, Jane. I'm going to tell you five words and you're going to tell us the first thing that pops into your head.

Sure. Jane, your first word is muesli. Bar. Bar. It's a good option. Producer Juliet, was that the first thing that popped into your head? Yeah, that's for me as well. All right, Jane, your second word is disco.

Disco. Oh, the couple. I'm going to go for ball. Disco. Oh, there's a couple. I'm going to go for ball. Disco ball. Yeah. That was what popped into my head. What was the other one you were thinking about there, Jane? Dance.

Oh, dance, of course. Okay. Your next word is precipitation. Precipitation. Rain. Nice work. Yeah, I feel like these are good words, Jane. I feel they're good.

Okay. Your next word is spear. Spear. Tire. Nice, Jane. Nice, Jane. These are pretty much what has popped into my head first, so hopefully it's the same with Jono.

Oh, you did not lose that. And we'll swap out now. It's too late. And the last word, Jane, five words for 5K, is plant. Plant. Pot. All right, Jane. I'm pretty happy with your words.

Are you happy with your words? Oh, yeah. Yeah. The music might be serial, but I'm going to sit with bar. Okay. Okay. All right, we're going to get Jono back in from the soundproof booth. He's coming back into the studio right now You alright?

You look a little bit worried I look like I changed out there Something changed out there in there in the hallways of the Palmerston North Hits office Okay, how'd you go, Jano? Oh, wow, well she, hey I felt, and producer Juliet come on in there, I felt I felt she did really well.

Yes, I think she, you were kind of on my wavelength, Jane, as well. So I think hopefully that will work in your favour. I don't know. Ben's nodding at me like she's on my wavelength too. And if you're not on her wavelength, well, then that's your problem. Yeah, maybe, maybe we might get one or two that are not quite there. But let's give it a go. Five words. Let's see if we can match them and get Jane $5,000.

Hit the music, Producer Juliet. There we go. First word today is muesli. Muesli. Bar. Well done. Oh, Jane. The West Coast is, I don't know what they're doing.

I was trying to come up with something and I'm not good. That's all right. You just focus on the words, my friend. I can't focus on other words, clearly. The next word I said to Jane was disco. Disco. Disco. I've got two.

Why are you going? Why are you going, ugh? Why don't you start, yeah. No, no, you might pick the correct one. Disco ball or disco biscuits? Come on. Okay, I'm going to lock in. Jane, let's go disco ball. Well done.

Well done on that one. It wasn't disco biscuits. Moving on to the next word. We're two out of five so far. Great start. Next word, precipitation. Precipitation. As in rain?

As in rain, you would be correct. Let's make it rain, Jane. All right. Oh, God. Two away, Jono, two away. Some, you know, on a lot of occasions, it's quite easy to get to this three mark, Jane. This is where it starts to turn.

We are two words away from $5,000. The next word, Jono, is spear. Spear. S-P-A-R-E. Again, there's two words. Do I change or tire? What did Jane said? I reckon she would have gone tire.

Oh! Oh, Jane! Oh! Come on, Jono. We're one word away from $5,000. Oh, Jane! Okay. The final word.

$5,000 for Jane. Oh! This will be two lots in one week. I know. Boss Todd is like, he's the only one going, no, no,

right now. New Zealand is going, yes. Plant is the final word. Plant. Over to you. I'm looking away from you. I can't look at you. Am I that ugly? No, it's too tense.

It's too tense. Plant. I've got, again, I've got the thingy based on my trainer. I go, I've got, again, I've got the thingy. Plant-based or plant-free? I'll go plant-tree. Oh, no! Oh, Jay!

Jay! Jay was so close. She said pot as in pot plants. Jane, oh. And the thing you try and sell after the show each day. I thought you would have got that one. Oh, devastating. I'm so sorry.

Hey, no worries, guys. Thanks anyway. You did well. That was so much fun, Jane. And such a rollercoaster. I'm so sorry we didn't get you $5,000. But it is back on the line again on Monday. We're one word away. Can we dance?

They're proud of New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. You know, there's people in your neighbourhood, isn't there? You see them walking down the street? The people you meet. Sorry, I'll let you keep going through that Sesame Street song.

It was a good song, wasn't it? It was, actually. Very catchy. When you watch Sesame Street, I'll let you keep going through that Sesame Street song. It was a good song, wasn't it? It was actually, very catchy. When you watch Sesame Street, it's a great show. Oh, wonderful programme. Oh, the most excited

I think I've ever got for a radio interview was when we interviewed Grover over Zoom last year. I was like, oh my God. Oh, sorry, Lexi from The Bachelorette.

Ben didn't actually mean that. Sorry, Jessica Parker. You know? Sorry, anyone from the block who's ever come and crossed Ben. You're like, oh my God, it's Grover. He's talking to us. It was pretty cool. It was pretty special.

It was like your childhood right there. But where was I going with this? Oh, that's right. The neighbourhood thing. Jeez, stop dog-legging. Pryor, pull yourself together. There's this guy that walks up and down my road. Like, it's probably, I would say, it's a six kilometre long road.

Okay? And there is not one moment, there's not one day that's gone by that I've lived in that house that I haven't seen this man walking. No matter what time of the day you drive past or anything? In the morning when I'm driving to work, early, when I'm coming home from work in the afternoon, 12.31, he's still walking. Well, just like a fitness thing. Like he's obviously just walking just to keep...

He's not doing it, it's not, you know, an Olympic pace. It's not those ones that, you know, you see professional walkers swinging their hips side to side. It seems like a weird, I don't know, I mean, each their own sport, but it's hard to feel like there's walking and there's running and then there's that which is kind of in between. It's just like essentially just... You go a little bit faster, you're running. Aggressively popping

your hips out side to side. I mean it looks cool though, I like it. Yeah, it does. But this guy just does not, he's just, he's cruising. He just feels like he's in the moment and he'll go one lap down one side of the street and then he'll come up the other side of the street. Wow. And I don't.

No. He doesn't seem, well, he just seems like naughty like me. He's just an everyday guy. Yeah. But just, he would do,

I imagine, probably about 40 kilometres of walking a day. Wow. Non-stop walking. The kids are like, hey, it's the guy. My day's not complete

if I don't see him. You're like, what happened to him? Why is he not walking today? Yeah, I guess it's those sort of people that you run into in the neighbourhood. You're like, hey, it's the guy. My day's not complete if I don't see him. You're like, what happened to him? Why is he not walking today? Yeah, I guess it's those sort of people that you run into in the neighbourhood. You're like, oh, that's someone who's like you running at 3.40 in the morning in the middle of the road. Yeah.

There'd be some people that would be up going, oh, here he is again, you know, going for a run. There would be. You're not many, but there would be the occasional person going, oh, here's our mate running down the middle of the road. He's the lunatic. 3.40. Oh, here we go. I just feel like his day's just on home, mate. Running down the middle of the road. He's the lunatic. At 3.40. Here we go.

I just feel like his day is just on loop, though. The whole day, he's just repeating himself. Like hosting our breakfast show. We just repeat ourselves in a slightly different fashion every morning. Yeah, incredible, though. Have you got people in your neighbourhood? Oh, yeah, there are some people. Well, tell me about all the boring ones.

Don't focus on the interesting ones. No, one of my favourite people across the road He's quite a hard case But the kids call him the F-bomb guy Because he loves it I know him He's great He's a real character But he loves that

No matter the Whatever the conversation No matter who he's talking to He's chucking an F-bomb He's chucking an F-bomb And the kids are like It's the F-bomb guy Yeah he is

He came and borrowed some milk Didn't he And he managed to drop F-bombs. No matter the circumstance, whatever you talk to him about, that's what I love about him. It's like an F-bomb guy. Even if he's meeting a nun.

Yeah, it would be like girl guide biscuits. He'd be like, oh, I have some of, you know, he'd just be like. Give me some of those effing biscuits, girls. That's who you love. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on The Hits.

Let's do some Spy Entertainment news. Spy, brought to you by the Rainbow Explorer train. Getting you to Wellington's Pride Festival. More info at thehits.co.nz. All right, she is the local laundromat. But the only laundry she is is the dirty laundry of the rich and famous. Dew, what's happening in the spine?

So trending at the moment, Prince William has been asked publicly if the royal family is racist. And this was his response. Sir, have you spoken to your brother since the interview? No, I haven't spoken to him yet, but I will do. And can you just let me know, is the royal family a racist family, sir? They're very much not a racist family. What a question. What's he going to say?

Yeah, we're a bunch of raving racists. Exactly. If you ask that question, you're going to expect one certain answer, aren't you? It's sad they haven't spoken yet, Harry and Will. It sounds like he's going to get a roasting, though, when they do. Yeah. Big brother, little brother. Yeah.

And Olivia Rodrigo, she's got a huge hit at the moment called Driver's Licence. Big brother, little brother. Yeah. And Olivia Rodrigo, she's got a huge hit at the moment called Driver's Licence. You've probably heard it. And it's her kind of breakthrough hit. She's done some

high school musical stuff. She's a bit of a Disney star. And even though she's got a smash hit number one topping chart song called Driver's Licence, she revealed that it's actually taken her

four times to get her Driver's Licence. So the first time's actually taken her four times to get her driver's licence. So the first time was cancelled due to COVID-19. Her second time was because of her filming schedule. It got in the way of her driver's licence. Her third try, she actually flew out to get it to a different state and the horn didn't work on her mum's car

when they did the tests. So she didn't even get on the road. Her horn didn't work and they were like immediate fail. So she had to sit it four times before she actually got it. Jono, you had to sit yours a couple of times. First time you were too excited. I was too excited, yeah. I love this story.

Excitement levels. I was going to a big day out that day. It was a very exciting day. I was off to a music festival and I was like, my mind wasn't there. Clearly. I'm sorry, I'm just too excited to sit this test right now.

I just love how you were excited. Did you fail it just the once? No, I failed like two or three times. Classic. It was a shocking

drive. It was a shocking drive. I should not be on the road. No. Everything she said in that song is a

lie then. No, no, no. The song's about she goes, I got my driver's license last week. So on her fourth attempt she got her driver's license

and then she drove up to her lover's house and yeah they broke up so she's got it now maybe he got sick of waiting for her to get the license

she's been banging on about the license for a while when you get a girlfriend who can drive that's the reason they broke up

and that is five we can head to the hitstock on NZ real kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. It's a big day in New Zealand. Hopefully we find out today if the

alert levels change, particularly in Auckland and also in the America's Cup racing. Races three and four happened this afternoon and we're doing our own cup race. I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. And a full flight. My word. Fantastico. Fantastico. and we're doing our own cup race. Yes, we are having our own cup race. The old mugs that we've taken from the office and we put them in two courier packages,

sent them to the South Island. Whichever mug makes it back first wins. And I had Chris who phoned up and said, I'll help you out with the race. Chris was my start line in Te Anau. Yeah, and we phoned him earlier in the show and he had received your mug. Your mug had arrived, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry to send it back to win the race. We're going out for a tuna fish and I need a vessel for the vessel. Sort of bring it

along and my daughter's made a little boat for it I think it might make its way up to you guys within the week Within the week, so maybe you are in the lead for the cup race, I don't know if mine's arrived No, but then he was like, you know, it's not about who comes first it's about how, what style

No, no those are not the rules, it's about first place Well, and my mug might have been lost. We don't know that. So that's why we're going to give Tanya a call. Tanya is playing with me in the cup race in Christchurch. I think she's on the phone now.

Has my cup arrived? Yes, it did. Oh, you got the now. Yesterday morning. Oh, she got it yesterday morning. That's quick. Well, Tanya's not post. Really quick.

Go New Zealand post. Yeah. Well, they've got nothing else to deliver. Hey, hey, hey, hey. What you got yesterday morning? That's quick. Well done. Really quick. Go New Zealand post. Yeah. Well, they've got nothing else to deliver. Hey, hey, hey, hey. What do they do? They just do novelty radio promos now. That's awesome. So you've got a cup.

Have you managed to send it back yet or not yet? Yes, I have. Yep, I sent it back yesterday. And I checked the tracking and it's in Auckland. Wow. We are so close to winning this cup race. I know. I hope so. Well, Tanya, thank you so much for sending that

back and if our cup arrives first, the old mug, you'll be getting that $250 shopping voucher, right? That would be awesome. Hope so. You're a Kiwi hero, Tanya. Thank you. When you pass away, I'm going to take you to a taxidermist and I'm

going to put you into papa. You're not outliving Tanya, let's be honest mate. If he's lucky to get through the week you. The cup race, it will continue. Whose cup or the old mug will make it back to our Auckland studios first. Tanya, I feel pretty good about Tanya so far.

I have no faith in Chris but at least it's fun. At least that's the main thing. We're just here for fun. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on The Hits. Don't be afraid of your freedom. The Hits live free.

Bill's edition. Let's smash another one. I got Bill. We're paying bills all over the country at the moment. And if you want a bill paid, text Bills to 4487. Let us know what bill you need to be paid at 8.30, 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock. We make a bill-busting call and we'll pay off someone's bill. Now, you were saying you never know what your power bill is.

Amanda, your wife, will never tell you what it is. No, she does. She thinks it's best I don't know because I just like turning switches off. That's my thing. I'm like, do the switch off, do the switch off. So, yeah, she's like, oh, look, I'll just deal with that. That's, you know. Do you pay the other bills in your household?

A lot of them are set up on automatic payments and stuff like that, I guess. But, yeah. I don't do it. I don't know. Jen, if she goes, I've got old crumble. Old crumble. The power will go out. There'll be no food in the house.

I'll help you set up the automatic payments, mate. It's not too tough. I only have one bill to pay and I'm late every time. And I can't pay it. And I, and yeah,

it's, they come back, they're like, they send you warnings. Hey, it's just, they send you a friendly one and then they send you a slightly more aggressive one

and then they get quite firm. They get quite firm. And I always leave it to the firm stage. I like the attention. So we're going to go through right now to today's Live Free winner. Bust another bill, smash another bill. Yeah, let's make a call. Hello, Hayley speaking.

Hello. Hello, who's this? Hello, is that Hayley? It's Barry from QCard here. No, it's not. It's Jon and Ben. Oh Hello, is that Hayley? It's Barry from QCard here. No, it's not. It's Jono and Ben. Oh, well done, Hayley. Well done, Hayley.

It was such a good prank lead-in as well. Yeah. I didn't expect you to answer. I just had a bite of an apple, so I'm awkwardly holding that in my mouth right now, but that's important. So I'd like you to focus all of your conversation at Ben. Thank you.

No, no. Jono, would you like to tell Hayley what's happening? No, I think it's better if it comes from your mouth. Oh, I've still got apple in my mouth. That's all right. How about I justley what's happening? No, I think it's better if it comes from your mouth. Oh, I've still got apple in my mouth. That's all right. How about I just guess what's happening? I'm going to win a prize. Oh, Hayley.

They tell us you're in debt 300 bucks on the cue card. Yes, I am, and it's been there for ages. And I just keep thinking I'm going to pay it off, but then it never happens. What is cue card? Cue card. Cue card. Cue card? Cue card. Like if I say it more high-p is QCAD? QCAD. QCAD. QCAD?

QCAD. Like if I say it more high-pitched, you'll understand. No. It's QCAD. Oh, QCAD. Oh, it's QCAD. I don't know what it is. Should I? It's like when you go to, I don't know, Harvey Norman or one of those, and you can't afford your fridge. Oh, like lay-by sort of thing. Like a lay-by.

Like pay-wise. Yeah, okay. It's a QCAD. It's QCAD. It's QCAD. Higher. It a lay-by. Like pay-wise. Yeah, okay. It's a cue card. It's a cue card. It's a cue card. Yeah. It's a cue card. Yeah, I see. Well, Hayley, I don't know where the head of the cue card is, but we're going to knock it on it.

We're going to pay off your bill, Hayley. Oh, awesome. $300 just like that, Hayley? I bloody love you guys. Thank you so, so, so, so much. Living free on the hits. Yeah. Woo-hoo!

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. As Jono mentioned before, we're down in Palmerston North. Tell you what you don't factor in when you come to Palmerston North. Very famous for the wind turbines which sit on the hills there. Yeah. They are enormous when you drive up to them.

Massive, eh? Enormous. Yeah. And there's probably about 39 of them. There's quite a lot of them. There's a lot more than you think. How much energy are they actually creating up there? What is a wind turbine?

Obviously, that spins around and then it goes to some sort of generator, I imagine. Yeah. And converts it into power. It's a pretty cool invention, actually. A great invention. B-Humps, producer Humphrey, just Googling how many wind turbines they've got. I know.

In the wind turbine farm. We'll get that answer for you before 7 o'clock this morning. How many? 134. 134! There you go. I undershot the mark. You did.

134. They must have taken a long time to put up. They are massive they're really really big like yeah you see them from the plane and you're like oh yeah

but when we were up close we were driving past them yesterday they're huge Ben was doing some wonderful comedy on his phone he would film

I was driving he had filmed the wind turbine he'd buy it Jono sorry I'm just passing wind turbine yeah dad joke to it's best

and he did it on the way there and on the way back on the way back. On the way back, it was just personal. It was just for us. It wasn't even filming. No. But yesterday, we were learning, because the Rural Games is on.

That's a hard word to say, rural. But it's on this weekend in Palmerston North, and we're going to take part in the Sheepdog Trials. Yeah, amongst a myriad of events, but this is just one of them. It's like a decathlon of rural events, isn't it? Yeah, there's all sorts. There's coal shoveling, there's cowpat throwing, there's egg catching, there's speed milking, there's all sorts. There's Auckland abusing. Yeah, all the favourite rural things that people love to do. But yesterday we learnt about sheepdog trials and we got to watch a couple of people who are very, very good at what they do. And it's amazing to see how they can, you know, the dogs and the relationship with them

and just how it all happens from just like a whistle or a command, and they know exactly what the dogs are doing. Yeah, it's like a ballet, isn't it? Yeah. With sheep, and sheep have wonderful bottoms, don't they? It's not doing great things for our stereotype, is it? Yeah, yeah. But you see them walking by, like, oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. I mean, like... I've never once moved a sheep and gone, oh, yeah. I lived on a farm for about four years. I never once thought, oh, that sheep's got a nice bottom. No, you were in this conversation. Yeah, but I've never went... There's a saying, I've never once thought... When I say, oh, yeah, I mean, like, oh, they've been working out.

Anyway, move on. What were you saying about your I say, oh, yeah, I mean like, oh, they've been working out. Yeah, see, anyway, move on. What were you saying about your dogs and your sheep? Jeez, that's weird. Yeah, I was just thinking how incredible it was. And yesterday we got a few tips on how to, you know, to work with a dog. And you had a dog and I had a dog that we were sort of trying to control. Your one was sort of voice activated. I didn't have a voice activated dog.

I could go over, over, over, back, back, back, stop, steady. I just had to give those commands. Yours was whistle activated. This is what I found quite impressive. The farmer Paul had six different dogs that he used, and each one of them had a different whistle or different types of whistle that he would use to tell them different things. He's like if he was working six dogs on the farm

and he needed to tell dog in the middle that it needed to go right and dog on the left that needed to go back, he'd just do different whistles and the dogs would go, oh yeah, that's my whistle, and off they'd go. So he's got, what, 30 different whistles? Yeah, pretty much. Whistle tunes in his head. Yeah, that he knows and the dogs know, oh, that's my whistle,

I need to do that. It's incredible. But the whistle that I, because I'm working with this dog, and this is the whistle for telling the dog to go. And it's with one of those little whistle, the sheep, whatever they say. I think they're called dog whistles. Are they called dog whistles? Why are you going to say, a sheep whistle?

A sheep dog whistle. Yeah, so I've been given that because I have to try and learn how to do that. And it's driving everyone nuts because I've got a little plastic whistle and all day I'm... So this is what he's... And this is very piercing for 16 in the morning. This is a hell of a way to wake up for Aotearoa. And he was doing it all night in the motel.

I've got to practice. And he was dogs from all over the Manawatu were being drawn to Ben's hotel room. What I found was because I would have the dog out with me and I would try and make the whistle like Paul was making that whistle, but I couldn't quite nail it. So the dog would sort of creep forward and look at me like, is that my whistle?

Is that my whistle? He's a little bit confused. And then he creeped forward again like, is it? Is it? Are you sure? I'll be like, yeah, mate, that's the one. But he obviously does so well trained and well, you know, they don't do it until they hear the exact whistle.

Well, this is wonderful revenge and payback for all of my recorder. Yeah. My recorder. I think I've got my recorder, actually. Oh, no. Okay, we're moving on. Let's have a duet, shall we, Ju?

Play the recorder, you play the dog whistle, and we can here we go. That is horrendous. Alright, that's enough. I'm going to start playing it now. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Heads with Jono and Ben for breakfast. The A to Z of New Zedland. The A to Z of New Zedland.

The A to Z of New Zedland. So much so you forgot there was an introduction. Incorrect, incorrect. Sorry, Ju. That's okay. That's all on me. That's a no you're going to talk. Unprofessional behaviour there for me,

and I publicly apologise. But yeah, we haven't done it for a couple of days. Three or four texts coming in yesterday saying where is the A to Z of New Zealand? We enjoy hearing it every day, and we apologise that it has been on the bench for a couple of days. Actually, one text said... Really?

Yeah, one text said, wasn't this your job security? You said, because you're doing this, you have to finish it. It's going to take you two years, so it gave you at least two years of work. So does that mean you're out of a job? This text was asking yesterday. Ah. So there's a market for it out there. Yeah.

We like to learn about each place. We're calling every town and city in New Zealand. We're doing it alphabetically. And we're still in the M's. We've been in the M's for a while in New Zealand. Yeah, there's a lot of M's. And we're heading today, Mangafai Heads,

which is just north of Auckland. And it's where Aucklanders go to raise the average house prices of a small town. A wonderful seaside, what did you say, it's a Aucklanders go to raise the average house prices of a small town. A wonderful seaside, what do you say, it's a resort sort of area? A back-she sort of area? And today we're going to go through to the Mungify Tavern. Hello, Mungify Tavern, Alia speaking.

Alia! Hi! Hey, it's J and Tavern. Alia speaking. Alia. Hi. Hey, it's Jay and Bea from The Hits here. You probably don't know who that is. So that's Jono. It could have been Jon and Bevan from The Hits. But it's Jono and Bea. And how are you?

I'm good. How are you? Lovely to talk to you. The tavern is open at an unusually early hour. Are we exposing Mangawhai's drinking problem here? Or are you just getting organised? No, we just come in a bit early just to open up. Do you clean up before you leave?

Or do you just go, oh, we'll deal with that in the morning, like when you have a dinner party at home? I wish. No, we clean everything at night, and then we also clean everything in the morning. Now, Mangawhai Tavern, I'm looking at the pictures here. The view from your deck out to the water. It is stunning.

You would not get a better view. Yeah, I'm just really lucky and fortunate to work at a place. Like, if I wake up really in the morning and, you know, everyone has their little, some people aren't morning people, and I get to walk out, have a look at the view, soak it in, you know, start your day. It is spectacular. I tell you what, I look at Ben Boyce every morning. I've got a spectacular view.

Oh, stop it. That is nothing compared to Mangafai. That is beautiful. You could almost fish off the deck, couldn't you? You could. Oh, honestly, I would not be surprised if someone tried to. Because we do have, like, a little bit next to it where people sometimes park their boats or come in on their skis.

Oh, so you can park your boat and then walk up to the tavern? Some people do that, yeah. So we're about, so we're like obviously up north, like how far, what's the closest towns? So we're about like an hour and a half from Auckland, maybe even an hour. How long have you

lived there? So I've been coming here since I was a little kid camping with my family and then half my family moved to Mangowai and then eventually I moved to Mangowai with them. Oh, right. I'm originally a bit up north, but... It seems like a pretty relaxed... It's a beach town, is it? A holiday resort? Yeah, it's a classic beach town.

Like, everyone's really lovely and accommodating. Oh, right. My dear friend Cam, his father built the playground. He loves it up there. He almost lives up there, his dad. It's amazing. Everyone knows each other because it's such a close town. Usually everyone comes to the same places and you'll go there.

Yeah, good. Listen, it's been lovely talking to you. If we ever come to Mangafaya, one thing we should do apart from trying the tavern? Probably go to the Hed's beaches, you know, have a little look, go on the walk. There's a lot of other places around here as well that are amazing. Yeah, honestly, everywhere you look, like, you'll find something. It's amazing.

Hey, well, listen, I'll tell you what's been amazing, talking to you. Thank you for being so helpful. Thank you so much. It was really nice talking to you. I'll see you one day. amazing. Talking to you. Thank you for being so helpful. Thank you so much. It was really nice talking to you. I'll see you one day. Yeah. All right, have a good one. You too.

See you, mate. Bye. That was really interesting. The A to Z of New Zealand will continue again on Monday morning just for our job security. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah.

The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right in at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. All right, this is bite-sized news. If you want a full meal of news, then you need a more respectable show. But in the meantime, here's the unfulfilling Jonathan Pryor and Benjamin Boyce. Now, we were feeling... We were talking about this yesterday after the show.

We were feeling for Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, because yesterday he had to front foot media about questions about him going to the cricket. Now, he was invited by New Zealand Cricket, I imagine, to watch the Black Caps play. And if anyone deserves to go to the cricket, it's Ashley Bloomfield. It was all laid on for him.

Corporate box. He was in the changing room having photos with the players. But the problem is... What's the problem? What's the problem with Dr. Ashley Bloomfield going to enjoy some cricket? Mate, the guy has been working so hard for New Zealand over the past year.

I agree. Let him go and watch some 2020 cricket. And he feels so awful. He's like, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gone to the cricket. I should never have accepted those tickets. The media were harassing him yesterday. About getting free tickets to go to the cricket. I have regular conversations with different groups

who contact me directly. I am very accessible. This came up as a small part of a conversation. No, obviously, no, I couldn't make any promises or decisions. What I said was, OK, thank you for raising it, and I'll take that back. So that was because they got him to the cricket, New Zealand cricket, and then they were like, right.

And I imagine this is what they sound like. Now you're here, Ashley, enjoying our hospitality. Are you enjoying that ham roll? Yeah, good, yeah. You enjoying that free cold beer, Ashley? Nice, yeah. Now you're here. We'd love to get all our guys vaccinated,

just so we can knock them off overseas and do a couple of twos. What do you reckon? Then poor Ashley's like, oh, I just thought I was coming to watch the cricket. Yeah, well, everything comes at a cost, doesn't it? Is there rubber there? You're both a bit very free sinister sounding.

Would you like a fine cigar? And then poor Ashley Bloomfield has now come out, hang on, any other things you took tickets to go? He goes, oh yeah, two Hurricanes games last year and so now he's donated the money that he would have

spent on the tickets for the Hurricanes games and the cricket to a charity which is a lovely thing to do and he's like I'm a public servant

I won't be taking any free tickets I shouldn't have done it I should have you know this Ashley I'm so angry

he would have given it up to have a stern talking to in the mirror he's going to come and start confessing of all the other

things he said I also once parked in a packet safe car park for longer than 90 minutes. I put 13 items through the 12 item thing. I shouldn't have done it. I once fast forwarded through the commercials. I meant to sit there and watch them. Oh, lovely man. I've got to feel for him.

Back off him. Back off him. And vaccinate the cricketers. Get them out there. I want to watch cricket. They should be first in line in front of the old people. Oh, jeez. And Jacinda Ardern. They should be first in line in front of the old people. Oh, jeez.

And Jacinda Ardern. Now, I got click baited yesterday. There was a headline saying the Prime Minister has hinted where her wedding would be. And then underneath it said the Prime Minister is hinting her wedding will be in Hawke's Bay. She was in Hawke's Bay yesterday. And she got asked a question from the media. And did she say her wedding was going to be there? Well, have a listen. There's a lot of pressure to make it local and

why wouldn't I? It's a beautiful part of the country. It wasn't a no. She didn't really come out and say hey guys, I'm getting married in Hawke's Bay. Bloody politicians, just answer the question. Are you having your wedding in the Hawke's Bay or not? If you're not, just say no.

You're not going to offend the Hawke's Bay. Maybe she hasn't decided. I don't know. Yeah, but you're not, just say no. You're not going to offend the Hawke's Bay. Maybe she hasn't decided. I don't know. Yeah, but you're right. She really like, that was a political answer, eh? You know what? It's lovely, but no, we're not.

We've booked another venue in the Waikato. Closer to my family. Logistical reasons. I grew up in Morrinsville. Yeah, a bit easier for people to travel to. No one's going to be offended. Mate, she's probably going to feel like she has to have her wedding over all of New Zealand. Over a whole day she's going to travel from the far north to Bluff.

Oh, well the Bangladesh cricket team's coming. Maybe she can have it at the cricket. Be a guest of New Zealand cricket. Come along, put it on there. Right, just a minute. Have you thought about having your wedding in our corporate box? And that is what's making news this morning. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Spy, brought to you by the Rainbow Explorer train. Getting you to Wellington's Pride Festival. More info at thehits.co.nz We now challenge our wonderful friend, producer Juliet, to present a spy update not featuring anything to do. Not one piece of information about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry or anything surrounding the issue. Okay, challenge accepted.

Now, Benedict Cumberbatch, he was in New Zealand during the pandemic. He was filming The Power of the Dog, which was his latest project. And this was in March last year when the whole world shut down. We went into lockdown. And he has now thanked New Zealand for providing a safe haven for him, his three sons and his elderly parents. And we're all frothing because we love when a celebrity gives New Zealand a shout out. I was wondering.

You guys and the people we met, your country, your welcomeness, your hospitality, your open arm care of all comers. And we felt so, so privileged to be in your company. We really do. Sorry, John. I've been waiting for him to say thanks. It's a long time since he came. So he came to our house and he left.

He didn't say anything. Do you remember when he was staying in New Zealand and he did like a Zoom interview and everyone was trying to work out where he was staying based on the books in the background. They were like, oh, there's a book there. This Airbnb's got this bookshelf

and this thing. It's like, oh, I'm worried. Like, if anything, you would have thought they would have weirded him out. He wouldn't have felt safe. Well, especially the last time. I think we've got this audio around.

The last time we talked about Benedict, Juliet, you had a few struggles with saying his last name. Yes. And so they're like, oh my gosh, Benedict Cumberbatch. Cumberbatch.

Benedict Cumberbatch. Oh, it's such hard words. Benedict Cumberbatch. Benedict Cumberbatch is in the hook for you. Exactly. Cumberbatch. Benedict Cumberbatch.

Yeah, that was a little bit of a faux pas, wasn't it? Yes, we've got some mileage out of that audio, haven't we? We have. Benedict C out of that audio, haven't we?

We have. Benedict Cumberbatch. There we go. That's his name. Well done. She's like, I will be responsible for saying his name correctly from now until the day I die. Yes. And Chrissy Teigen, she was on Jimmy Fallon's show. And they were discussing Joe Biden's inauguration, which was obviously a very big deal. And so many different celebrities went. A bunch of different celebrities performed, like Katy Perry. And Chrissy...

Her performance was... I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it. It was amazing, eh? They had the big fireworks going off as she was singing next to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial. It was incredible. You just imagine how much those fireworks cost. What do you mean the millions? And then we researched.

We're like, who's blowing all the taxpayer dollars on this? But it's actually all privately fundraised money for the Democratic Party. Wow, that's very interesting. Jeez, the firework budget is wild. Yeah, come on. You can trim that up a bit. And Chrissy was saying how she really, really embarrassed herself in front of Katy Perry. This is how it happened.

We ran into Katy Perry after and I always say dumb things. I hadn't seen Katy for so long and I was like, oh, I typically hate fireworks. But that was like amazing. That was beautiful. And then I think she heard that I said I hate fireworks, like the song. Yeah, you're like, that's my song. And so, I know that I wanted to die. That's a bit awkward. We spoke

yesterday about Chrissy Teigen embarrassing herself in front of Michael Keaton, the actor, by thinking he was a champagne waiter and taking a champagne out of his hands. She must just embarrass herself everywhere she goes. John Legend must be like, do you just want to stay at home? Why don't you just stay? I'll just go by myself. Just this once.

Just see how it goes. She's awesome though. She's really relatable and that's why everyone loves her. Yeah, she's great. I couldn't get that Michael Keaton thing again. He only had, she was like,

he was a champagne waiter. But he only had one glass of champagne that was in his hand and half drunk. But what you've got to understand is Chrissy said that she was, she had had quite a lot to drink.

So in her inebriated state, she would have been like, she was half drunk. Hello. Can I have your champagne? Thank you very much. We've seen producer Juliette do it at Christmas parties. Oh, jeez. Yeah, that's a sight no one needs to see. And that is Spy for More. You can head to the hits.co.nz.

We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Pam, breakfast on the hits. The hits. The hits. The Heads. We're just going to be having the best weekend. It's how we like to end the week.

A bit of a passive-aggressive competition amongst you all and we'll go to... Shall we go to the phones? Yeah, let's go. Let's go to the phones. Alright, let's welcome to the program. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Stacey from Parmy. Hello, how are you going? Hey, we're in Parmy. Hello, how are you going? Oh, how are you, Stace? Hey, we're in Parmy.

I know. I'd love to see you guys down at the Rural Games. Oh, we'll be there Saturday, Sunday. We're looking forward to it. Sounds perfect. What are you doing this weekend, Stace? Well, so I'd like to take my three-year-old out for our action-packed weekend. We're starting with the Rural Games on Saturday.

Then we're going to Whanganui to see his dad at a music festival. He's playing in a band. Oh, cool. Yeah. Then we're going to go see his great-grand in Whanganui, and hopefully, if he's still awake, go to the sprint cars on Saturday night. And then on Sunday, yeah. So is it just Saturday?

I know. It's too much right here. It's like you Saturday? I know. It's too much weekend. It's like you're putting my whole year's schedule into one weekend. That's incredible. And then what are you doing Sunday? There's the four-wheel driving competition out Colleton, so it's figured it's the closest he's going to get to Monster Trucks, which he loves, so I'm going to take him there.

Oh, my God. You are having a jam-packed weekend, Stacey. We're going to give you some hell pizza as well to try and fit that into your mouth and your weekend too. I don't know if you're going to be able to do that. I'm sure we'll fit it in. I love it. Well, Stacey, enjoy that hell pizza.

They have beer and wine delivery as well. And I don't think we can beat that. There's too much going on in that weekend. So, Stacey, we can take one call. She's going to have the best weekend. You have a great weekend wherever you are in New Zealand. We'll catch you Monday morning from 6 o'clock. We've got five grand back on the line for five words.

We'll catch you then.