Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - March 17 - We Played Connect 4 With Emirates Team New Zealand!

Episode Date: March 17, 2021

Hello! At the time we write this, it is GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE with the America's Cup. Team New Zealand is one race away from winning! So, we decided to play a cheeky game of Connect 4, but not in the traditional board game way. We challenged ourselves to see if we could connect 4 people to the America's cup and get them on the show. It could be the person who sewed the sails of the boat, the friend's cousin of Peter Burling, or the pilot who flew Luna Rossa's crew into NZ. And it wasn't a complete fail because we got 4 connections! Not only that, but we also had a big morning celebrating another winner of 5 Words for 5K. Enjoy the pod and GO TEAM NEW ZEALAND!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. It's Wednesday the 17th of March. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast experience.

I noticed Joe Rogan calls this the Joe Rogan experience. I thought we might just... Oh, the podcast experience, I like that. I want to start, I'm Joe Rogan calls this the Joe Rogan experience. I thought we might just... Oh, the podcast experience. I like that. I want to start, I'm going to start with this, and I'm going to try and do this every podcast for a little while. I got given this from my kids. So we'll listen to a shop.

It says Pop Star Quiz. It's a little box with some questions, and I just opened it up, and they're like, that'd be good for radio. So I thought, well, let's ask John a question each day at the start of the podcast. Oh, okay. Okay. So it's a quiz? Yeah, they're Pop Star quizzes. radio so I thought well let's ask John a question each day at the start of the podcast podcast okay okay is it a quiz so it's a quiz yeah they're pop um they're pop star quizzes I've actually never played it before I've just opened it now they gave it to me last night they thought it would be good for the radio show well let's test it on the podcast and see if it makes it right I

love it I love it the kids gave you this yeah they get they saw it in a store and they were like oh that'd be good you're like why don't you put it on the radio show oh wait I haven't tested it I haven't opened the box they're like that'd be good. But you're like, why don't you put it on the radio show? Oh, I had my hands tested. I hadn't even opened the box. They were like, that'd be good for the radio show. They saw it, which is nice. They thought of the radio show. So you're giving it a road test. So kids, just so you know, your dad didn't have full faith in your idea.

So he's running it on the podcast first. Okay. If it's got legs, it'll make the radio. Pop star quiz. Okay. What was the title of Shaggy's UK's hit song in 1993? It wasn't me. No.

Oh, it wasn't. Boombastic. No, before No. Oh, it wasn't. Boombastic. No, before that. Boom, ah. Boom, not before Boombastic. Oh, something. Oh, Carolina. Yeah, oh, Carolina.

Okay, there you go. Who had a 2013 hit with Don't You Worry Child? Oh, jeez, that's tough. Don't you worry, don't you worry, child. Heaven's got a place for you. Swedish House Mafia. Okay, okay. Not a great start for you so far, but you're in the ballpark.

You didn't even let me say Swedish House Mafia. You weren't going to get that. That was my next answer. Who released a song called End of the Road in 1992? Boys to Men. Yeah, well done. Who released a song called Let Her Go in 2012? Passenger.

Yes, well done. We're into Passenger. What 1994 song did Bruce Springsteen win an Oscar for? Tom Hanks movie. Oh, not I'm On Fire. No. Oh, Streets of Philadelphia. Yes, well done.

And which 80s pop group was abbreviated NKOTB? New Kids on the Block. Yes, well done. And which 80s pop group was abbreviated NKOTB? New Kids on the Block. Oh, well done. 1981 Duran Duran music video was banned by the BBC. What was the name of the Duran Duran music video? Girls on Film. Oh, jeez, you're nailing these. And who had a UK top hit with Iron Lion Zion?

Bob Marley. Yeah, we go. That's a fun Well, Barley. There we go. That's a fun game. Well done. There you go. Those were in your wheelhouse. Those ones. Well done.

We should do that on the radio. Oh, yeah. Your kids are good. Do we do this? Maybe a little hook in the 6 o'clock hour. Let's not go primetime with it. You know, let's just do it as a little. Kids, you haven't made primetime.

You made the beginning of the show. I'll tell you what. I'll road test it tomorrow on the radio. I'll do it as my bit tomorrow, and we'll see how it goes. Yeah, right. So it's going in stages, this process. We'll show. I'll tell you what, I'll road test it tomorrow on the radio. I'll do it as my bit tomorrow and we'll see how it goes. So it's going in stages, this process. We'll see. It goes podcast before anyone's ever awake and then we'll see if it makes it into prime time.

On the podcast today, though, we did a really interesting thing. We wanted to see if we could connect four listeners, a game of Connect Four, to Emirates Team New Zealand. We've got some awesome people we spoke to. Peter Burling's brother. We had Shelly Ferguson, who's married to one of the grinders on board. Crazy.

A guy who painted the boat as well. So I enjoyed that on the podcast, as well as the fact that we gave away $5,000. It was a big moment. So if you like podcasts that have other people winning money that aren't you, well then this is the show for you. Have a good day.

Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some may say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Hey, the yachting yesterday, crazy, wasn't it? You really get involved. Were they going, was that the fastest those yachts have ever gone? They look like they were hoofing it, don't they? How fast is

46 knots in kilometres? Let's do that translation. Of course, Team New Zealand are on match point and fingers crossed still going today. They take out the America's Cup. They're going 80km on the water. You would not want to fall off, would you? No. Has anyone fallen off yet?

I don't think anyone's fallen off mid-race, not that I've seen, or if they did, they didn't really focus on it. They just carried on. But obviously they've had those things in the past where the boats have tipped over. That'd be scary. Because they run from side to side,

and you don't want to overshoot the mark, do you? No. Trip over or something. TV1, I don't know if you saw TV1 last night, really committed. They'd committed to New Zealand winning the America's Cup, and they were like, the news is going to be live from the Viaduct. Everything.

Everyone's going to be there. The whole team are going to be down there. And then obviously it was a great race, but they didn't quite win. You could definitely tell they'd prepared the broadcast as if the victory had taken place. And now they're going to have to go back down there today. Again today. Then hopefully it's just today, but it could be again tomorrow.

And how many days do they go back there? Yeah, there's no part of the Viaduct they weren't in. We cross live now to Savannah in the toilets at the Bog Irish Pub. It's great down here. I'll tell you what, look out Viaduct today in Auckland. St. Patrick's Day and the America's Cup. I mean, Auckland's not going to be able to handle it. I mean, jeez.

What are we going to do? Like a lot of people would have been swept up in the merch madness. Team New Zealand merch. I've got a cap. I've got a cap. You got swept up.

I've got to get my cap. You've got to put your cap on. What are you going to do? How long are you going to wear that for until it doesn't become topical anymore? How long do you ride

that out for? I've got my cap on. He does have his cap on. Yeah. What, you've probably got, what, two months, you reckon? What, until like... I wasn't even wearing it before,

you said bring it up. When are you going to wear that again? Yeah, well, that's a very good point. Was it just an obligation to New Zealand that you had to buy that? Yeah, I've got a cap. I've got a cap. I'm ready to go.

I'm a supporter. I'm backing them. First time I've worn it publicly, but I'm backing them. Yeah. It's going to be very exciting today. I think coverage starts after four o'clock today, 4.15. What are they going to do to celebrate, I wonder?

Because, you know, a lot of officers, they tend to go out on a boat, don't they? For celebrations. But Team New Zealand are already on a boat. The last place they want to be is on a boat. Like a work trip on a boat. Yeah. And afterwards, what happens with the boat? I was thinking, you know, they talk about Team New Zealand or a team of five million.

Do we all get to take it on the weekends? Is there some sort of roster system? Yeah. That'd be nice. We're all on the team. It's just some of us don't get paid the millions of dollars and get to sit on the yacht. But we can't wait.

This afternoon, it's all happening, Emirates Team New Zealand. And after 8 o'clock on the show, we want to see how many people we can connect. Can we connect four people listening to this show to Emirates Team New Zealand? And is this just a giant smoke screen for the fact that we can't get anyone on from Emirates Team New Zealand? Or maybe someone will call up. Maybe someone will.

They may have other stuff on their plate today. You know what I'll do? Peter Burling. Tell you what, hold on, hold on, guys. I'll just call the hits. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

Hey, America's Cup's on today. Can Team New Zealand do it? And we wanted to talk to Emirates Team New Zealand. Producer Humphrey phoned up last night, a little flustered. Can't get anyone from Team New Zealand. Well, they're very busy. They're focused. In hindsight, you can tell why they don't want to talk to the hits breakfast. Hopefully after things go well. Probably even then I don't want to talk to the Hits Breakfast. Hopefully after things go well.

Probably even then I wouldn't want to talk to the Hits Breakfast. So we thought, well, the next best thing is to try and connect four people to Emirates Team New Zealand. I love a game of Connect Four. So let's see if we can do it over this hour on radio. Can we connect four people right now on the phones to Emirates Team New Zealand? Now, we asked just before, and the call has been answered. We're joined by someone right now, Shelley Ferguson. Now, you'll know Shelley Ferguson.

She's an interior designer. She's also one of the hosts on the block New Zealand, and she's married to Stephen Ferguson, who's one of the grinders on Emirates Team New Zealand. Our first Connect Four, Shelley Morena. Guys. How are you, mate? It's a big day. It's a big day.

You must be, what is going through your stomach? Oh, I don't know what you've had for breakfast. What is going through your mind right now? Just keep it going. Keep it going. One more, boys, one more. Bring it on. It's been so exciting.

I mean, we're so excited and you've got, you know, obviously the personal connection to the races. It must be even more exciting for you. Oh, yeah. And what timing for New Zealand. Just have something like this to focus on and, you know, get you out of here every day at the moment after a lockdown in Auckland. And it's just such positive, exciting, dynamic racing to watch, isn't it?

Now, where do you watch it from, Shel? So I've done a bit of a mix, guys. I want to be on land at the moment because if you watch it from, Shell? So I've done a bit of a mix, guys. I want to be on land at the moment because if they bring it home, we get to watch from the base with all the kids and mums and partners. So it's pretty special if they bring it home to be there when the boat comes in. But, you know, I've done my fair share of home hustling and child wrangling over the last two years, to be honest. I've done a couple of beautiful yachts

with some champagne coughing, for sure. And I bet you probably haven't seen your hubby too much. No, not at all, no. He's pretty cute, my hubby, and he said, look, I need one today for my mental set-up to see you and the boys. So we'll just either go to the dock out or we'll go and see him for a coffee. And, yeah, and that's about it.

Just give him a quick squeeze. Is he out the door like first thing in the morning and back after midnight? Yeah, well, at the moment, just this week, he's at a hotel with some of the other grinders. You know, so they don't have travel. There's lots of kids in people's households, you know, probably little colds going around. So they're just with crew at the moment, which I think is a great call. Yeah.

Well, let's talk about – I mean, Steve, I mean, he's such a great athlete. He's represented New Zealand in swimming, you know, canoeing, surf lifesaving, now, of course, Team New Zealand. I mean, how driven and focused is he? It's pretty funny actually. A couple of the guys in the crew said to me, we're just blown away by Ferg because he's kind of this weapon, but then in the downtime, he's watching epic fails on YouTube

and cartoons and eating orange chips. Are you married to a seven-year-old? Pretty much. And I'm like, how did you not know this already about him? At home, he's so laid back that he's horizontal. He knows where to switch off. He's scandal wearing. And then he's just phenomenal.

Like his mental strength and his, yeah, he's just a weapon. It's pretty amazing to change sports like that. I wish my wife would call me a weapon. I've never been referred to as a weapon. The only thing, after this campaign, I need him to be a weapon at cleaning up his clothes. Not so good at that, is he? He's not a weapon at cleaning up anything, I can tell you that.

That's what we're going to work on. Now, of course, Shelley, we know you for many things, but also as the host on the block, New Zealand, what do you think of the design of Team New Zealand Bucks? Do you have any say in that? Yeah, look, I thought that the first one, absolutely beautiful. Second one, beautiful.

But obviously the aerodynamics of it, I would like to see a little change so that my husband can actually be seen by me. I can't see him and it's not okay. I just see the top of his head and I want to see those arms pumping. You want to see those grinder

arms? Yeah, true. You don't really see them. Yeah, they're kind of tucked in under the boat, aren't they, doing their thing? Well, jeez, let's hope he's wrapping those big grinder arms around you tonight. That's a weird celebration you know, and celebration. And celebration. Like a hug.

Yes. Family radio. Family radio. Now, Shelley, you obviously spoke to him after the race yesterday. What was he saying? He was absolutely stoked. But I think all these boys, it's bizarre. You know, I wake up, I haven't been sleeping that well this week.

It's just all so heightened. And they're just chill. You know, they're just going out there, especially, you know, they have likes of Peter Burling. And, you know, Steve's just calm, collected, going through his process, really excited to just get out and race. But it seems much less nervous than the rest of us.

Yeah, they do, actually. They seem like just, yeah, like chill. They were almost sombre when they won yesterday. I know, exactly. No, he was absolutely stoked. But, you know, I think it's what they do. They just go out there and they've got their race plan and they just go for it.

Well, Shelley, we're so proud. All New Zealand are so proud of Steve and the rest of the team. And hopefully today's the day. Oh, hopefully today's the day. And St. Paddy's Day on top, wouldn't it be? Oh, the Viaduct won't be able to handle it. No. The Viaduct's going to combust.

It's too much after a year. Will the Viaduct be red or green? Oh, who knows? I don't know. I will not want to be at the Viaduct tomorrow morning cleaning up. That's for sure. Hey, Shelley, please pass on our congratulations to him. And congratulations to you too.

I mean, jeez, you've been doing hard yards as well over the last couple of years leading into this, I'm sure. I've been grinding, guys. I'm grinding away. Oh, Shelley, you're always good to catch up and all the best for today. Thanks for your support, guys. That's Shelley Ferguson. You'll know her from the Block NZ. Her husband, Steve, is on the boat.

Steve Ferguson, amazing athlete. And what an amazing sporting family. His dad was in Ferguson, the legendary kayaker canoeer for New Zealand. He's been to Olympic Games. His dad is an incredible family. That's our first one, though, John. We've connected one out of four and connect four to Emirates Team New Zealand. If you know someone on the boat in the team, if you've somehow, maybe,

you sewed the sails with your bare hands. I don't even care if your hands are bare. If you have gloves on, we won't judge. 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 be not bestowed. Today's a big day

here in New Zealand. Emirates Team New Zealand are on match point in the America's Cup. Hopefully it happens this afternoon when racing goes on. And we wanted to connect four people right now, play a game of Connect Four, four listeners that have an association with Emirates Team New Zealand. Yeah, now someone has phoned through. Roger, I think we have on the phone from Rosinia,

but you've got a connection somehow, Roger. What is it? We actually make the paint that goes on the bait. We have done for probably about 15, 20 years, to be honest. What sort of paint? Is it like house paint? What sort of paint are you chucking on? Oh, yeah, a little bit different from house paint.

You know, it's a bit more advanced in technology and that sort of thing. So chemists work on it. And so what's so special about the paint? On the Team New Zealand bait, it's easy to use. It dries quickly so the guys can pull it in after the end of the day and do some work on it and paint her up again and see they're out looking pretty smart. I would imagine the potential to have things rust,

being in seawater all the time, right? So this paint has got to be pretty hardy. Yeah, but these things are built out of carbon fibre, mate. So no chance of rusting. Okay, but these things are built out of carbon fibre, mate, so, yeah. Oh, so no chance of rustic. Okay, that shows my knowledge of anything. It's not a pirate ship. And so do they paint

it on by hand? Is it a spray gun? Nah, you've got to spray it. You've got to spray it. Our paint sticks to basically anything, and the chemists have done a wonderful job of developing the product, and our association with Team New Zealand over the 15 and 20 years. And to be honest, we've got our paint on Luna Rossa. We had our paint on all four of those boats that were flying around the island.

That's amazing. Well done. And I tell you, a lot of pressure on you. You don't want the sailors going, oh, the paint slowed us down at the end of the race. Well, you know, there was one, I think it was in San Francisco when we lost one of those races. One of my uncles called me up and said, you're paint. That's all on you.

You're like, we're painting all the boats. It's all even. Oh, that's amazing. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. That's so cool. Yeah, no worries. Hey, good on you, Roger. Well done on all the work you've done

and well done on phoning through. Appreciate it. Oh, it's not just me, mate. We've got a whole team of guys here. Take the credit, Rog. Okay, I did everything. Yeah, that's it. Thanks, Roger.

That's awesome. Okay. That is Roger from Rosina. He helped paint Team New Zealand's boat. We also had Shelly Ferguson before, husband of Steve Ferguson, one of the grinders in the boat, because we're playing our version of Connect Four.

I win! Connect Four! Go for it! Yeah! Connect Four! You can tell that was taped off of VHS. I know, trying to connect four people right now to Emirates Team New Zealand.

I think we have someone very exciting on the phone right now. This is a good get. A brother of Peter Burling. We've got Scott Burling on the phone. How's it going, Scott? Good, thank you. Yourself? Nice to talk to you. Now, I understand you used to sail when you were younger as well. Yeah, yeah, that's

correct. I still do a little bit too, but yeah, just recreational stuff, of course. Just not in a professional international capacity now, just going out and fishing, Scott. Yeah, no international stuff for me anymore.

But in all seriousness, you must be very proud of your brother and the team right now. I mean, they're doing so well. Yeah, absolutely. They've been working for us for over four years, so it's good to see them doing well. What is the commitment? Are they in there every day? Is it a Monday

and Friday job leading up to the America's Cup? They're putting in a lot of hours. I understand that they're up to midnight every night for debriefing and so forth. What about on race day? Do you watch

on the TV or do you get to go out on a boat or have you done a bit of both? Yeah, we've been mixing it up a bit. I've done two days on a boat and watched from home for two days and been at the Team New Zealand base for two days. I've got a three-year-old to juggle, so I can't do too much. Where are you going to watch it this afternoon? Yeah, I'll go to the Team New Zealand base again.

They're looking after some of the families there, and there's a lot of families with small children in them. Oh, that's good. It's a team base slash kindergarten when they're out there on the water. It seems like they're very composed every time they win at the moment. I understand they're holding back the celebrations

till they actually get that seventh win. What happens back at the base? Are they high-fiving or is it all very calm and measured? The families are a bit more emotional and excitable than the pro athletes, I'm afraid. And what makes Peter so good at what he does? You know, like he's composed, he's just really good at reading the winds and the waters.

I mean, what makes him so good? He's always, and talking going back to when he was a little kid, he's always been very good at making boats go fast. He's just had this innate talent for it and has become one of the best or the best in the world at what he does. Good on you. Hey, well, listen, lovely to meet you. Thank you for joining the show this morning.

That's really, really cool. And good luck this afternoon. Good luck looking after a three-year-old at the Emirates Team New Zealand base. And hopefully today's the day the Emirates Team New Zealand take it home. Yeah, yeah. We've got our fingers crossed. Good on you, Scotty. Have a lovely day.

Thank you. You too. There you go. Scott Belling. Peter Belling's brother phoning through. Oh, man. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Heads.

The Heads. This morning we've been in the middle of our Emirates Team New Zealand version of Connect 4. Go for it. I win. Connect 4. Go for it. Yeah. Connect 4.

And there's a jingle from the 90s for you. We wanted to connect to four people throughout the radio show to Emirates Team New Zealand. We started with Scott Burling, who's the brother of Skipper Peter Burling. They're putting in a lot of hours. I understand that they're there after midnight every night for debriefing and so forth. And then Roger phones through and they

do something special to the boat. We actually make the paint that goes on the boat. We have done for probably about 15, 20 years to be honest. Our third connection was Shelley Ferguson. She gave us a real cute insight into her husband, Steve Ferguson, who's one of the grinders on

the boat. He's pretty cute, my hubby, and he said, look, I need one today for my mental set up to see you and the boys. We'll just either go to the dock out or we'll go and see them for a coffee and give them a quick squeeze. One more connection to make. No show attempts to

bring you closer to the people closest to Emirates Team New Zealand. And I think we've got another brother on the phone, brother of Blair Chook, and of course doing a great job on the water for the coverage for TVNZ. You'll see him this afternoon for the America's Cup. We've got Jesse Chook. How's it going? G'day, guys. How are you?

Nice to talk to you. Nice to talk to you too. How are you going? Oh, we're going good. How are you? Nice to talk to you. Nice to talk to you too. How are you going? Oh, we're going good. How are you feeling today? I know how busy you must be doing stuff for TVNZ, but also with the connections you have, brother. It must be like an emotional rollercoaster for you.

It's only TVNZ. He doesn't want anything to do with me. I'm the press now. Yeah, he's like, you're the press. You're the enemy now. Even when you phone him, he's like, I'm not giving you an exclusive. You're like, I just want to say I love you.

Yeah. It's going good. Yeah, it's been a fun thing, that's for sure. You must be very proud. Oh, extremely. It's been a massive couple of months. And to be honest, it's just such a cool atmosphere out on the Hauraki.

You know, win or lose, no matter what happens, it's just been such a cool few months and, yeah, incredibly proud. Not just Blair, but, you know, the whole team. I know a lot of the guys really well and a great bunch of guys out there just doing what they love. Now, a lot of credit's been given to the sailors out there on the water, but I think that pales in comparison to the work you're doing out there

and not getting seasick while talking into a camera. I mean, that's impressive. I've only, to be honest, I'm just like channeled into rocking now. Like even when I'm on land, I'm just kind of slowly rocking around. If you do see me on the street, I'm not drunk. Well, I'm probably not drunk, but I'm just still swaying around because I feel like I'm on sea. But no, it's been some big days,

especially when the breeze hasn't filled in. But, I mean, Kiwis are out there just having a good old time, and it makes for some great entertainment for us. Oh, it's so awesome to watch. And, of course, you're used to being on the water. You've won a few national champs with your brother, Blair, when you were younger, and I understand you got replaced somewhere along the line with some guy named Peter.

Was that right? Yeah, some guy named Pete came in. I actually said with Pete before. Oh, did you? I had some words, but obviously, most of them came to a common agreement that I wasn't good enough

for either of them. Mate, they were cutting your lunch all over town. Weren't they? Yeah, I know. I didn't have this in play there. Double slice of the sandwich. And when the wind isn't playing game,

it's almost like the wind is pranking the broadcast because you guys didn't have to fill in for three hours just talking about just stuff that pops into your head. Is that tough, Ches? Yeah, it is tough. To be honest, we haven't really seen it that much. I mean, in sailing normally you'd see it more, but the epitome of it I think was the other day

when I started off the day with a great interview with Sue Ben Ainslie, the helm of Inyos 10 UK, and got some real cutting-edge, in-depth analysis of the boats. And then the day finished with me interviewing a seal that was bathing on a channel marker. Seal. Wow.

To be honest, I said to Ben, I said, I don't know who gave me more interesting answers. The seal or Sir Ben. Coming up, my exclusive with a seagull. We'll join you back shortly. Well, Jesse, you're doing such a wonderful job on TVNZ. We can't wait to watch this afternoon. It's going to be a massive day.

Today could well be the day we want this breeze to kick in from the North East. She's going to be on the run. Okay, and what's going to, they win tonight, hypothetically speaking. What's the first thing you're going to be on the line. Okay, and what's going to, they win tonight, hypothetically speaking. What's the first thing you're going to be doing

or saying to your brother Blair? Oh, just like, we've got a couple of wee things, which I probably can't say on the radio, but he'll, you know, bloody proud that I know he's good for it. Oh, that's good. What on earth are you saying to him?

We'll talk about this off air. The rest of New Zealand, we all are so bloody proud of them, the whole team, and hopefully today's the day. Hopefully, but you know, it's a tall ask. Luna Ross is going to come out firing. They're going to need to be good, but boys will be firing. Hey, good on you, Jess. Keep up the great work.

Cheers, team. Have a good one. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up Have a good one. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. It is St. Patrick's Day here in New Zealand. And I was like, why don't you say happy St. Patrick's Day? And you're like, I didn't even know it was a thing. Didn't even know it was a thing until someone said last night,

it's St. Patrick's Day. Isn't it? Anyway, let's not get into that. People get into it, don't they? Yeah, some people do. Well, we're certainly not having this conversation. We should say, you know, St. Patrick, not actually Irish. He was born in Britain.

Ah. Fun little fact. And another fun little fact, Chicago, they dye their river green. Yeah, and they didn't do it last year because of COVID, but they're doing it again this year. We just saw the photos online this morning. Preacher Humphrey showed me those. So it's wonderful to kill all the river life of this toxic green paste.

I'm guessing obviously for them to be continuing to do it, it's fine. Well, that's what they say. And that's what we'll believe. We were talking yesterday about taking photos, Jono, and how some people are really good at taking photos, producer Junius. At any event, you're like, bang.

You're like quick draw McGraw, like country and western, like a standoff, you know? I find when I'm out with my daughters, I'll take a lot more photos, but when I'm just out,

like Jono and I were like, we went to Palmy for four or five days, you know? He's like, how many photos did you take? He's like, oh, none.

You know? I'm not a photo person. Yeah. But thankfully, we had three industry standard high definition cameras following us around so if I want to see that footage again

I'll be able to. Yeah well that's true and I do over the year take quite a lot of photos. I guess it all adds up and one of the things you were saying when we were having this conversation, you were like well no one prints out photos anymore. No they just clog up your photo stream don't they? But I was like when the girls were born, my daughters, I was like

no you know what I'm going to, every year, I'm going to print out and make a book of photos of the year's book. And every Christmas, my family gets sick of me and I'm just going,

I've got them, I'm baking the book, I'm day four of the book, guys, I'm in the book. You know, because you make it on the laptop, you put your photos in,

you drag them in and then you send it away to get printed. And then it gets sent to your house, does it? And I'm like, oh, I'm the only one doing the book.

And it's like, shut up about your book. Your book, and then it gets printed. Yeah house, does it? And I'm like, oh, I'm the only one doing the book. And it's like, shut up. Shut up about your book. Your book, and then it gets printed. Yeah, the book gets printed and comes back at the house and we put it right there. What a wonderful heirloom to pass on to your children.

The burden of 43 photo books. Do you know one time, because I used to do it through, this is getting a little bit techy, but I used to do it through the system on my Apple computer. You'd go into your photos and you'd be able to basically design your book and then with a click bit techy, but I used to do it through the system on my Apple computer. You'd go into your photos and you'd be able to like basically design your book.

And then with a click of a button, simple click of a button, you'd just say, bye now, and away it would go. So I did this. I spent days and days making up this book. You drag the photos to the right size. You choose your photos, you're making books. All good to go.

And I was like, bye now. And I went, we are no longer providing the service. And I'm like, you are what? You could have footed this apple. You are what? Why would you not tell me this? And then I got to moan by family. I thought, oh, but you know what?

I've just been here. I said, no one cares, mate. But now I noticed they are doing, well, they're basically not doing the service, but now you can click through and it'll take you through. To another place. To another place. Yeah.

Like Milkbox or Snackbox. Imagine how many people around the world were like, yeah, what? Yeah, why would you not say this? But no I've just spent days and days and days of this thing. It's a really sweet thing to do. It really is. I only wish I could be bothered doing that.

When I die my kids will just have to flick through my phone. Stream and go oh yeah. I want to know because you are the judge and jury as to what photos make the cut in the book. Do you favour yourself? Are you putting more care and attention to go, oh, I look good in that one?

Well, yeah. As opposed to like Amanda, your wife, she's like, I've got a lazy eye on that photo. It does become a bit of a contagious issue because I've got, you know, like my phone syncs up with my laptop, so I go through and do that. And then I go, oh, I better get Amanda's phone and see what she's got on her year of photos.

And you just drag in anything. You're not putting as much care and attention as to... She's like, there's 97 photos of you and Jono pointing and doing peace signs. There's four photos of me and Amanda at my work. You're like, yeah, I ran out of steam by the end of it. I bet every photo Ben looks like George Clooney as well. He photoshops them, gets them touched up. Hold on, you don't have pics?

Yeah, I added some on. It's one of the benefits of putting together your own book, guys. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words

away from a massive payday. It's our game of word association. We had four on the phone before You're only five words away from a massive payday. It's our Game of Word Association. We had Flora on the phone before, but the phone cut out, so we decided to try and connect back up with Flora and give her a chance of playing Five Words. We found you again, Flora. You were in our life, and then you ran away, and then

you come back, and it's been a rollercoaster of emotions, but we're joined back with you now. Oh, she's gone again. Listen, I tell you what, we'll give Flora a crack another day. We better move on. Should we go to Jade and Huntley? Welcome, Jade. How are you?

Good, thanks. How are you? Welcome to Five Words. Flora's shoddy cell phone reception. It's a shame. It's a huge shame. Gives you the chance to play Five Words this morning in Huntley, Jade. Yay.

Yay. Who are you going to send into the soundproof booth? I'm going to go with Ben. Oh, yeah. That's what I want to hear. Get that skinny little sexy individual into that soundproof booth. It's a wonderful booth. Tell you what, if that soundproof booth could talk,

it would have some secrets with it, but thankfully it's just a box, so it can't spill the beans like Megan and Harry on us. Alright, we'll rip into this. Jade, do you know how the game works? Sure do. It would be awkward if you didn't and I had to explain it, but I'll take the time to do that for you, Jade. I know how to play.

First word that comes into your head when I say salt. Pepper. Chewing. Gum. Chimney. Sweep. Sweep, yep.

How do you think she's going so far, Jo? Yes, I... Second-guessing sweep. What else is rolling around in that noggin of yours, Jade? Maybe smoke, but I'm not sure. I'll just stick with sweep. Yeah, okay. Fair call, fair call.

Jude, has she matched with your words so far? Yeah, so far you've got all your... We think the same, so that's good. Yeah, and you're hitting a hundy with me right now, Jade. Tricking you into the booth. Music. Oh, that's hard. Music Song Song, yep

And the fifth and final words Very topical today Ireland There's an I-R-E-L-A-N-D. Ireland. Oh, um... It's just St. Patrick's Day. St. Paddy's, all right. Those are good words, Jade.

Is it hard playing it live on air compared to when you're listening in your car? Yeah, it's really nerve-wracking. Yeah. Adds a bit of pressure. Well, I tell you what, if you get $5,000, you could buy the Huntley Decker sign. That could be all yours.

That could be all yours. My lifelong dream. We'll bring Ben out of the soundproof booth. Come on, my friend. Millennial Max waving a mouse. Jeez, you look good today, Millennial Max. That's a lovely shirt you're wearing. You're looking great, mate.

And so do you, Ben. You're looking wonderful, too. Oh, thank you. Jade was just saying some wonderful things about wearing. You're looking great, mate. And so are you, Ben. You're looking wonderful too. Oh, thank you. Jade was just saying some wonderful things about you. Was she? Yeah, in the soundproof booth. Do you want to repeat

the wonderful things you were saying, Jade? Oh, I think I'll keep that one to myself. Yeah, fair enough. I want to give him a big head. It's already big enough. All right, Jade,

I'm going to do my best to try and connect up with your five words, all right? Salt. Pepper. Pepper. One from one. Chewing. Gum. Two from two. Jade from Huntley. How are you feeling? Nervous. I'm not confident about my next couple ones. Ben from Auckland, how are you feeling? I'm always nervous, so you know that.

Chimney. There's a few in my head for this one. Apparently it's big enough, says Jade. Going to go with the first one that pops in my head for this one. Apparently it's big enough, says Jade. Going to go with the first one that pops in my head. Sweep. Three from three. I was going to smoke, fire. This is the turning point.

This is the turning point. $5,000. Two words away. Okay. Music. Music. That's a toughie. I'm going to... A lot of grunting, a lot of groaning. I'm torn between a few

options for this one. Song. Jade. Did we. Song. Jade. Oh, did we get it? Jade. Oh, my God, did we get it? We got it. What is going through your mind, Jade? Oh, my God.

Talk to me. I don't even know what's going through my mind. I'm so nervous right now. My heart is, like, beating so fast. Ben Boyce has got his hands on his head. He's pacing. He's got his arms in the almost Jesus-like. Now he's got his eyes shut like he's praying.

The fifth and final word. I'll try so hard for you, Jade. Jade, $5,000. And Jade will buy half of Huntley with this money. Ireland. Ireland. Ireland.

I-R-E-L-A-N-D. Ireland. Okay, I'm going to hope Jade is thinking what I'm thinking, thinking about today,. Patrick's Day Oh my god The cannon's gone off Jade Oh

Normally I probably would have said Irish or you know She came off the bench seats and she's come through and nabbed 5k Oh my god Talk to us Jade bench seats, and she's come through and nabbed 5K. Oh, my gosh. Jade. Why talk to us, Jade.

I can't believe that just happened. I can't believe that just happened. I can't believe it just happened. I call every morning, and it never even rings, and I'm like, oh, how do people even get through to this? And then, wow. Dreams can come true. Jade, what are you going to spend that 5K on?

The deck of fine is tempting. Well, we just built a house like just over a year ago and we've got a lot of fun stuff like buying plants and building fences. So it'll go towards all of that. She's going to have the flashiest house in Huntly. Well done, Jade. Congratulations. Thank you for listening.

Well done to you, Ben. You played a good game. You both played a good game. Wow, we connected up, Jade. That was awesome. Thanks, Ben. No worries. You enjoy that $5,000. Hey, what am I, a chop lover? Mate, you just read some words. And remembered what Jade said. No, you did great.

Couldn't have done it without you, Jono. Thank you. A little bit of credit. We needed someone to go on the soundproof booth while the other person read the very important job

of reading out stuff. Hey, good on you, Jade. Congrats. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. After the most amazing thing

you've found, just text through 44870800 that hits the telephone number because we have someone on the phone right now. We head to Fairleigh, producer Humphrey's hometown. We've got Rebecca on the phone. Maudina, good morning. How are you?

Good, thank you. Very good. Lovely to have you on from Fairleigh. Now, tell the audience, what was your one in 250 million find? So I found a seven-leaf clover, which is pretty amazing. Yeah, so as John and I said, the stats on that is a one in 250 million. Yeah, so I understand. I looked up the internet and it says that.

There's a couple of people in... Hold on, there's even a site on the internet that tells you what in a million statters of your clover find. The internet has got everything, it's official. Whereabouts did you find this clover? So in a paddock, just when we were collecting firewood. And have you had four-leaf clover finds in the past? So actually just on the hunting competition at St Andrews,

my children and I, we found four four-leaf clovers. I actually found one. And it seems like they're just there wherever you kind of stop. And you don't really go searching for them, although I did get my children searching for them. It kept them busy for a good hour. Great. Yeah, good fill of content.

Good fill of content. But you understand, because obviously it's a very lucky thing to find a four-leaf clover. You found a seven-leaf clover and many four-leaf clovers. You went and bought a lotto ticket, I understand, after finding the seven-leaf clover the other day. I did, and I transferred my luck onto that guy up north who won the 8.5 million. What a generous thing to do. There you go.

Well, that was lovely of you. Selfless. That's so nice of you. I know. I know. I thought I'd let them win in the running. So, yeah, a four-leaf clover, a four-leaf one is a one in 10,000 chance. That's right.

How many, I want to know how many seven-leaf clovers there are in the world. Let's have a look here. And what did you, well, John, I was looking at that. What did you do with it? Like, have you got it on display or you've got it pressed in a book? I've kept it in water, although it's going to get a bit yellow now. I was going to think about getting it set in resin, possibly, or framed. I think this is a keeper.

Oh, awesome. Do you know, there's only been three in history ever found. I wonder how many people tell if they do, though. Yeah, well, I can only see you and two others. So, gee whiz. That's amazing. I mean, you've made national news. We're talking about it.

It's a pretty awesome thing to have discovered. And you can trap yourself a whole load of leprechauns now, can't you? Is that what happens? Does the clover have any debilitating effects on the leprechaun? Are they allergic to them? Is it like they're kryptonite? I'm not sure,

but we're still searching at the end of the rainbow, you know, for a pot of gold. Good on you. Well, that's a wonderful little story, and we want to throw this out there. If you don't mind us spinning a topic, it's called spinning a topic off your topic. Yeah, yeah. If you don't mind us spinning a topic, it's called spinning a topic off your topic. Yeah, yeah.

If you don't mind, where are we going to go? Have you found something that could make news or has made the news? Yeah. You reckon that's a good topic? Yeah, I definitely think so. I mean, you obviously found a seven-leaf clover. We want to see if anyone else has found something else.

Goodness. Just as cool. I wonder what you'll dig out of this. Dig out? Listen, it's got your seal of approval, so we appreciate that. You go and look after yourself. Absolutely.

Thank you, and I'll let you know when I win Lotto. Good on you, Rebecca. Have a good one. You're welcome. You too. Let's go to the phones. Whanganui, welcome. Charlotte, you're on.

Morena. Good morning. What did you find that could have made news? So I bought a house a couple months ago and we were just obviously having a look around all the little nooks and crannies once we bought it. And in

the room there was this massive home entertainment system. Oh wow. Yeah. It was huge and it looked like it was worth quite a bit so we did report it just in case because it seemed a little fast. And what, they said no, it hasn't been stolen?

No, they checked all the barcodes and everything and they said it was sweet so we're like, oh mint, we've got ourselves, we don't have to buy that now. Good find. The house came with a home entertainment system, that's awesome. Yeah. Great find.

He's scoring it. Julie, we'll go to, thank you Charlotte, we'll go to Julie in Wellington. You're on. What did you find go to, thank you, Charlotte. We'll go to Julie in Wellington. You're on. What did you find that could have made news, Jules? I was actually at the beach about 15 years ago in the mountains, and I found a message in a bottle, which I initially didn't think was going to be actually real,

to be perfectly honest. But I emailed, there was a little email in there, and pretty word. And a guy from Mexico responded and we still actually keep in contact. Wow, that's impressive. And that bottle come all the way from Mexico? It had, yeah.

I think he put it in the water when he was about eight. So he was quite young. And then, yeah, it sort of hung around. So it was pretty amazing. To be honest, I didn't think it was going to happen. What a sweet story. What's his name? Juan. Oh, that's awesome. That's pretty amazing. To be honest, I didn't think it was going to happen. What a sweet story. What's his name? Juan.

Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. Oh, that's so cool. That's a modern, amazing, amazing tale. I always wonder with those things, if people put that, and where do they end up? Yeah, I thought it was going to be made up, to be honest. I wouldn't get a response.

No, Ben, you bring stuff in for me. There we go. And it comes via the ocean, doesn't it? Sort of ends up at the port. No, it was pretty awesome. Ben, you bring stuff in from Isako. Oh, here we go. And it comes over the ocean, comes via the ocean, doesn't it? Sort of ends up at the port. No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. It doesn't help that you spread that out.

That's the first story I told. Exactly. I mean, you tarnished. You tarnished yourself, buddy. Hey, thank you, Julie. Really appreciate your call. You have a wonderful morning, eh? Yeah, thanks, babe.

Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Benokes with soy lattes. Shona and Ben, breakfast on the hits. The Best Foods Comedy Gala coming back to TVNZ this year on TV and also in Wellington, New Auckland. All the best comedians are going to be on stage. And joining us in the studio right now, comedian Ben Hurley. How are you? Kia ora. How are you?

Kia ora, Ben. Always lovely to see you when we catch up. Came bearing gifts. That's it. Well, I live in the Bay of Plenty now, so I bought you some of our currency, which was an avocado, which you knew what it was, Jono.

You confused me. What is that? Well, because you sort of held it up and I couldn't see the whole avocado. And he's like, I got you a gift. I thought, maybe he's at an operation. This is something that's passed through. He's probably given you a tumour.

A massive tumour. A gallstone or something that you passed. I don't know. But you weren't the only one because the Millennial Max out there, you said,

Millennial Max is like, what is that? Well, he can't afford them. He's trying to save for a house. He's a millennial though. That's all he buys. Yeah, that's the thing.

How you been, Ben? You been well, mate? Very good, thanks for having me on. How's it on the hits? I tell you what, she's a far cry from the rock, mate. Ah, I bet. There's lots of fun, and if you love pink songs and you love family-friendly banter, well, this is the show for you. This is great,

I do. I'm well known for my family friendly banter. Now, Ben, how are you are doing the Comedy Gala, which is awesome that New Zealand can have a Comedy Gala first off. Absolutely. It's all local, obviously. I don't think there's anyone doing the managed isolation for two weeks coming into the country.

So, yeah, it's being hosted by my very good friend, Justine Smith. And, yeah, it's amazing, you know, people sit next to each other in a theatre, you know, sharing air. Now, you're in the Bay of Plenty. Do you have avocado trees on your farm? I have four avocado trees. Oh, wow. On your farm?

I've got a death style block, yeah. Already? Yeah. Well, it's supposed to be a lifestyle block, but you work yourself into the ground. There's a lot to do. Yeah, a lot of... The kids love it, I imagine. Yeah, it'd be awesome.

They do nothing, Jono. They do nothing. No child labour. Nothing. I've tried to withhold food. I've tried to incentivise with large amounts of cash. But no, they're fine. They've got free avocados.

Yeah, look at them. They're living the dream. They're living that. What's the next one after millennials? Zillennials? Yeah, Generation Z, isn't it? They're Generation Z, and they're getting all the good fats they need from those.

We spoke to a 17-year-old girl, and she was the head of a girl guides group, and she said one of the young girl guides, she was like, okay, boomer. She was like, I'm 17 years old. They're getting boomered now by their limits. They're getting boomered. They're getting boomered.

Do you know, because we live near the beach, we see a lot of what I call a boomer bus, which is any kind of motorised home, right? And my mum, who is definitely a boomer, I introduced her to this term the other day and she thought it was the funniest thing she'd ever heard.

And now she's all the time complaining, I was stuck behind two boomer buses on the way home. We saw a boomer bus in Parviz. When you come up to them, you're like, oh, this is going to delay me by five or ten. Oh, at least, because they are enjoying the scenery and there's no time for that in our lives.

Now, Ben Hurley, with us in the studio, you've done such an amazing job over the years, you know, on TV, on stage as well. But did you ever have a backup job, like, you know, going into being a comedian where you're like, well, if this doesn't work out, I'm going to have something else? Good question. Good question.

My parents definitely are teachers, so they definitely told me to have a backup. Yeah. Have a backup. So I went to Victoria University and I got a degree in political science and philosophy. Did you? Yeah. So what would that have potentially led to? Nothing.

Nothing. My backup was just a massive student debt. What a great backup. Now Ben Hurley wanted to play a bit of a game. We've got three callers on and they can win tickets to the comedy gala. If you can't guess the punchline to these classic Christmas

cracker jokes, we'll bring Laura in from Wellington. Morning, Laura. How are you? Good. How are you guys? Good. Ben's here.

If he doesn't guess the punchline, you're off to the Comedy Gala in the capital, okay? Okay, Laura. Okay. Here we go. Are you ready? Yep. Who delivers presents to baby sharks at Christmas?

Oh, who delivers presents to baby sharks at Christmas? So you've got a shark, you've got Santa. You've got Santa, some sort of pun on Santa. Yeah, yeah. Santa. Famous movie for sure. Jaws! Yes!

Santa Jaws! Santa Jaws! Laura, you're not going to the gala. Yeah, well done, Ben Hurley. Okay, save one. Well, people need to be paying for tickets. You guys need to make money. Yeah, exactly.

Oh, have I knocked her out? She's got that. What happens on these brutal novelty games? Simon from Teadale, welcome. Jot it. Go with the Christmas cracker joke for Ben Hurley. Let's go, Simon. Why did no one bid for Rudolph and Blitzen on

Trade Me? They were too dear. He nailed it. First off, with ease as well. He's disgusted in himself being hurly-fragged and getting the punchline. Yeah, well done. I'm disgusted that I know these jokes.

And finally, Megan from Christchurch, take it away. Morena, my joke is, what do you call someone that's scared of Santa Claus? A snow-phobe. No, Santa Claus. Santa Claus. Claustrophobic. Yeah!

Megan, no one's going to the gala. He's not happy with the Pucks one. No one's going to the gala. He's not happy. That's a long bow, that one. Hey, always fun catching up with you, mate. Thanks, is that it? I just don't get to go to the gala.

No, that's it. Oh, no, we'll sort them out. We'll sort them out. They can go to the gala. He always says we'll sort them out, and then you do no follow-up, Edmund. I hope someone does behind the scenes, covers up. Millennial Max can do it. Millennial Max, you'll sort it out.

You can put the avocado down. Hey, good on you, Ben. Thanks for coming in, mate. I got you. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand Thanks for coming in, mate. I got you. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits.

By the WhatsApp. By doco.nz. All right, you prepare yourself to cast judgment on celebrities from the comfort of your lounge, car, or office. Juliet's in with Spy. So the Oscar nominations have come out, and I was looking through them, and I was like, oh, there'll be some good ones

in here, you know, like we'll all know sort of what they are. Well, I thought even this year, because a lot of them haven't been in movies, they've been on streaming services. Yes. For the first time ever, a lot of the movies have been on streaming services. So I was the same as you. I was like, I would have heard of all of these. Yeah, they'll all be really popular ones.

But I went through and I think I recognised about one of them. There's The Father. This is for Best Picture, by the way. The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Manc, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman. I'm like, what are these movies? And why have we, like, is it just me? Have I not heard of them? But I'm sure they're amazing movies.

Oh, they always are. They're always incredible movies. But that's the thing. They're not always the blockbuster. They're not your Jumanji's. You know? And they're always like the ones in black and white with subtitles. And I'm like, you chuck subtitles on, I'm gone.

I'm gone. I haven't come to the movies to read. To be fair. Do you know what a movie's meant to be? To be fair, I saw Parasite, which won, I think maybe last year or the year before. It was made by a Korean director and it was all in Korean. It was an incredible, incredible film. Yes, it had subtitles.

Yes, you had to read. But far out. You see why it won Best Picture. It was very good. I'm just like, give me a classic Adam Sandler movie. Thank you very much. Maybe Fast and the Furious

with some car explosions. That's Oscar worthy for me. The Nutty Professor. That's a film. That's some cinematic movie. There is the types. There's the different types. There's obviously the high-end movies that are very, very good. And then there's the ones

that just, you know, you go along, you kind of turn your brain off and you enjoy it. And there is a place for both of those in the world. Totally. That's right. But it feels like the Oscar movies are made specifically with winning an Academy Award in mind. Yeah, that's probably their goal. And it's probably the same with Grammys and music and stuff. They probably are like, we want to get this winning an award,

so they try to put in heaps of effort to make it sound like it. This radio show? Yeah. It wouldn't be an Oscar show. If we were a movie, we wouldn't be at the Oscars, would we? No, no. We'd be with Adam Sandler at the Razzies. And we'd be proud of it.

We'd be holding our head high. That's where we are. We know it. We're on Netflix. No one has to pay for it. You might watch it. We'd be holding our head high. That's where we are. We know it's on Netflix. No one has to pay for it. You might watch it. You might not. We know our place in the landscape.

Exactly. And after Piers Morgan quit Good Morning Britain after the whole Harry and Meghan saga, you may remember he got basically confronted by the Good Morning Britain weatherman, Alex Beresford. You've got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle,

or had one, and she cut you off. She's entitled to cut you off if she wants to. Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don't think she has, but yet you continue. Why is the weatherman should be staying in his lane? Oh, no, mate, what's the forecast today? Because it's quite shady right now. Oh, no, no, they needed a trip.

Someone needed to, you know, you need to, if you sort of make those statements and other people don't believe them, you need to have that conversation. Yeah. I would expect Mandy McLean on Breakfast to do exactly the same thing. That is a good point. But Alex has now got a big fan base because of what he's done and that he sort of backed Meghan Markle. And now they're wanting him to replace Piers in his main role

and go from weatherman to main host on Good Morning Britain. He's also apparently wanted by America. American journalists are talking about... Piers Morgan, yeah. I was just reading he's at the centre of a 10 million pound bidding war between Rupert Murdoch and GB News. Wait, Piers Morgan is wanted? Yeah, Piers Morgan is wanted.

I'm saying that this Alex guy is wanted in the States. Oh, they're all wanted. Everyone's wanted. How come no one wants us? There's no bidding war going on about us, is there? Well, I mean, yeah, Piers would probably be wanted because he's so contrasting, but it's nice to see the little weatherman getting a crack at it.

Little weatherman getting a chance. Get out there, mate. He's probably a respected journalist. Sorry. Give him a little pat on the head. Go on, give getting a chance. Get out there, mate. He's probably a respected journalist. Sorry. Give him a little pat on the head. Go on, give it a go. Go on, Alice Beresford. What do you want to be when you grow up, little boy?

Yeah, but we'll see how that pans out. I don't know if he wants to go to America, but yeah. Oh, that's awesome. I do know when Tova O'Brien, wonderful journalist Tova O'Brien, works for News Hub. She did that takedown interview of old bloody, what's his name? Jamie. Oh, Jamie Lee Ross.

Jamie Lee Ross, yeah, the day after the election. And, gee, it was a wonderful interview. And she was being texted and given big ups by Piers Morgan as well. Really? This is one of the greatest interviews I've ever seen. Yeah, that interview went worldwide as well. That's crazy. It's awesome to see that. And that is Spy.

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New Zealand. If you're listening at 8.30, 1 o'clock or 4 o'clock, we're going to make a bill-busting call on the hits. For all the people that have texted, hundreds and hundreds of people have texted bills to 4487 and the bill that you want to pay. Now, we have paid more bills than an accountant running an accountancy firm at a successful level. We've been paying a lot of bills lately, haven't we?

And we're going to do another one right now? Yeah, have we got the number there, Juliet? Yes. Okay. Hello? Janine Wright. Yes? You live in Lincoln.

I do. Oh, I thought you were from LinkedIn. He was wanting to connect on a business level. He had some opportunities, some investment opportunities for you. Is this Ben or Jonah? This is both of us. It's quite confusing. How are you, Janine? I'm good, thank you.

Now tell us, you've got a vet bill. I do. What sort of animal are you running there? It's a cat. She was a four-legged cat and now she's a three-legged cat. Is she okay? Yeah, sadly she was shot, but she's okay now. She was shot?

What happened? Yes, I don't know who it was, but yeah, somebody shot her in the leg and it shattered her shoulder and yeah. Oh dear God. That is a terrible story. What monster, whoever that monster was, I hope they get constipated for the remainder of their life.

Jeez. That's terrible, Matt. So the poor cat's okay now? Yes, yes. The cat has lost a leg and gained a stomach. Can the cat walk on three legs? Yes, yes. Which leg's gone missing?

The front left-hand leg. Well, do you know, we did a show last year on TV called Dog Almighty, and there was a dog called Maisie, a little dog, who sadly lost its leg when it got hit by a car when it was younger. But it ended up being faster with three legs than four legs later in life. Yeah, Sylvester is pretty fast. Oh, here she comes now. Oh, that's good. Well, tell yourester is pretty fast. Oh, here she comes now. Oh, that's good.

Well, tell your cat that inspirational story. And in the meantime, you're not going to have to worry about that vet bill. It's going to be on us. It's on the hits. Oh, that's amazing, you guys. It just made my day. Thank you so much. Oh, no worries.

And I'm so sorry to hear about Sylvester, that happening to Sylvester. Thank you very much. Look after yourself, Janine. Okay. Oh, what a, jeez, what a tale there. Way to bring the vibes down, John and Ben. There's a cat shooting story there. Didn't know about that one. Unfortunately, just thought it was a

vet bill, so I'm very pleased to see that Sylvester's doing a bit better now. We'll play some else's bill at one o'clock this morning. It is the hits. This morning? What are we doing in the middle of the night, too? Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal dad. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast.

The A to Z of New Zealand. Something we do every day on The Hits is we call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a town or city a day and we are slowly making our way around every town and city in New Zealand alphabetically. And if I could say town or city one more time in that sentence, that would be great. Four times I said town and city, I think. No, that's five. Today, we're heading to Maraho, which I think is located somewhere near the top of the South Island,

near Nelson. So many places near Nelson. Every second day, we're phoning near Nelson. Yeah, you're right. A lot of places close to it. But I imagine Maraho is the type of area where you would spend your days wandering around in hemp clothing, bare feet. In fact, probably shoes are illegal in Maraho.

And we do have someone on from there right now. Brendan, is this Maraho? It is. It is indeed. Where on earth have we called? We've come in blind. Oh, really? Top of the South, We've come in blind. Oh, really? Top of the south, about an hour from Nelson.

Oh, very nice. Beautiful part of New Zealand. Now I've gone on to the pictures here. This is stunning. How long have you been living there? Family's been here for about 20 years and we moved back from overseas in 2011. Where were you living overseas?

Most of the time in China in the big bad city of Shanghai. So you went from Shanghai to a place with a population of what looks like maybe a couple of hundred people? Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, the contrast is good, right? The population is 500. So you've probably gone from a city of how many million? What's the population of Shanghai? The unofficial official counts about 17 million. Yeah, I'm looking here. The current one is 26.32.

Wow. So you went from 26 million to 500 people. Yeah, yeah. It must be amazing to live in either of these places. I mean, it is. It's an incredible place. And I think I probably appreciate it more than maybe somebody who

has lived here their whole life and they kind of take it for granted. But I mean, you know, right now, and I'm not telling you any lies, I'm walking along a golden sand beach with a coffee in one hand, my phone in the other. Hang up on him. Hang up on him. It's too much. It's too good. I'm walking my dog

and there's no other bugger here. I've got the beach to myself. Oh, jeez. And I'm looking at the photos here. You can go horse trek riding along the beach? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. I mean, we've got one of the highest tidal ranges in New Zealand at about five metres.

So, you know, it goes out for about a kilometre, the tide does. So you've got, you know, all of that foreshore to sort of play with and ride your horse and all that sort of thing. And look at the water, the water on the beach is crystal clear. Yeah, look at that photo Jono's got on his computer. You can see right through it. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I mean, it all depends, you know, if we get a bit of rain,

it sort of murks up a bit, but, you know, most of the year, nice clear conditions, particularly up in the Abel Tasman, you know, that's sort of the further north you go. So how far away would the Abel Tasman be? Can you drive there? Do you have to take a water taxi or can you do both? You can drive to the start of the track. So we're at the southern entrance in Maraho

and you can drive right there and then just start walking into the park. But more commonly, people from here, from Maraho, jump on one of our water taxis or jump in a kayak and just kayak up into the Astrolabe. So from Maraho, I mean, like I'm looking or jump in a kayak and just kayak up into the Astrolab. So from Maraho, I mean, like I'm looking out here in Dell Island, that's all in the park. So it's spitting distance.

I reckon Dan Carter could probably punt a ball there from here. Yep, well, he's getting jazzed up with vitamins from the chemist's warehouse. He's probably got a bit of extra pep in his step now. And you've got a tattoo parlor there. There's only 500 people there and you can get a tattoo. Now you're telling me something I don't know.

I didn't know we had a tattooist. You do. Her name's Nishka. She does hand-poked tattoos, tarot readings and henna designs. And you can go and visit her in her caravan and get a tattoo. You just about made me pass out with the whole hand-poke thing. That just down the line.

So maybe after your dog walk you can go get yourself a tattoo. Yeah, absolutely. And what do you do there, mate? We own Abel Tasman Aquataxi and Marahosi Kayaks and a cafe and a camping ground. So we've sort of got a bit of a tourist kind of thing going on. You're running a camping ground. You've got a cafe.

You do kayaks and you do water tech. How do you manage five businesses? You've got the wrong impression. I just sort of fanny about and take photos and make videos and do all of the commercial stuff. My brother does the real work. He's the operations

manager and then we have business unit managers that sort of actually know what they're doing and drive boats. I just fanny about. That's your professional job title. Well, you look like you're living in paradise. It really is living the dream. Not exaggerating, it's awesome. Hey, without a word of a lie, my border colleague who is known for doing this is currently swimming out towards the Astro Lab

because she just gets it into her head that she needs exercise, and it is just flat-ass calm here and absolutely beautiful. Just rubbing it in. I know. You already said you're on a beach. Yeah, I know.

Now your dog's swimming. Nobody likes me already, so I'm losing freedom. Oh, sounds like an amazing place. Thank you so much for talking to us and sharing some of the insights. No worries. Thanks very much. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah, no. Yeah, no. The whole movie. Oh, sounds like an amazing place. Thank you so much for talking to us and sharing some of the insights. No worries. Thanks very much. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah.

Nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. 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, it's time for Ben Boyce. Fun fact, around the newsroom, they call him Tinder because he's up to date. A lot of the latest news. What's been happening overnight? So Auckland Libraries, they're looking to get rid of late fees as well. And any late fees you've had in the past, they're looking at wiping

those out to try and encourage people to come back to the library. Please come back. We're still a thing. I reckon there's over $2 million in late fees owed for the Auckland libraries alone which is keeping many ashamed

readers away from the libraries it says in this article I would if I had a late sometimes they probably just go beyond

the point of ridiculousness where you're like I can never show my face in the library again it goes a dollar a day it's a dollar a day a dollar a day they were saying

so the book it goes out and sometimes you get multiple books out if you forget to take those back for a while. And not to cast stereotypes, but, you know, no one's really that fearful of a Liberian coming to revenge an outstanding debt of all industries.

They're very placid, lovely people. Last time I was in the library, it was with you. It was actually really fun when you walked back into the library. There's quite a lot in there. You can surf the internet. It's quite peaceful in there

and quiet. We weren't probably, I think we were doing some sort of TV scat, weren't we? Yeah, we were. It wasn't for educational purposes.

Going in there how to do radio. That's what we should have been looking for books and trying to do. Have you been into a library lately, June? Not lately.

Maybe the last time was a couple of years ago. And I know what you mean. Nerd. Hey, that's rich. No. But it is very peaceful. You're right.

You feel like you're productive even if you're not. You know what I mean? Even if you're looking at a magazine or something like that. And this I found quite interesting. So most of us in the morning fall into two camps. Those who love to hit the snooze button and those who just love to get straight out of bed. And it seems to be there's some research that's come

out and depending on the type of sleep you have and the type of person you have, either camp can work. Sometimes the snooze button will help you, can be quite helpful, giving you a bit more longer time for your body to wake up and it's easier to start your day. But then sometimes that can be detrimental depending on your sleep pattern.

So what are you saying? Well, basically, this article's covered its bases. It's not a classic men voice where it's like, hey, it works for some people. Hey, it works. Because some people are like, you've just got to get straight up. I mean, Jono, you're one of those people. You're like, get straight up. Yeah, rip the plaster off.

But sometimes it doesn't work that well for some people. A friend of mine, she, look at my alarm. And she had 12 different wake-up points that just roll out. So she sets them all every morning. But are you just prolonging the, that's my thought, is you're just prolonging the pain. Well, that was the time that you set yourself the night before. It's kind of like, that's what I think.

And so that was your goal. Why don't you get up on that time? If you want to give yourself 10 minutes more, give yourself 10 minutes more than I thought. Why do you want to be woken up 10 times before reaching that point? Yeah, but as they say, some people do find it quite helpful. Your body can wake up and it'll be easy to start

the day having those 5 to 10 minutes more rest. That's exciting. What do you do? Do you just get up and at them? I just get up. Yeah. Especially now, you kind of have to. I mean, yeah, because I don't have my alarm in the room. It's in, you know, we have a little bathroom next to it. So that's, it's quite good. So you've just got to get up to turn it off.

And once you're up, you're up. Plus Amanda probably wouldn't be that stoked if you had 12 different snooze options. Just keep going snoozing. Just easing you into your day. Do you just get up and Adam do? Yeah, I do. I used to, when I was in high school,

have an app on my phone where it, I mean, it's probably not very good sleeping right next to your phone but it would track your sleep and you'd set sort of half an hour of the time frame that you wanted to wake up and it would pick up the time that you were sleeping at your very lightest and it would wake you up

at that point so it wasn't such a shock. Someone we were talking to over the weekend does the same thing. Yeah, it's great. He said he had a 99% sleep. He's like 99% stats this morning. Are those good stats? A 99% sleep. He's like, 99% stats this morning, guys. Are those good stats? Yeah. A 99% sleep? Yeah.

And it woke you up at the time that your body, it felt your body was ready to wake up. Yeah, and when you do wake up, you actually don't feel lethargic or tired at all. You actually feel like you've sort of woken up naturally. Hold on, how does your phone know how you're sleeping? How does what? I don't know.

I think it must pick up the movements that you make, but you have to sleep right next to your phone. But I'm sure smartwatches might do the same thing if you've got a smartwatch. The creepy thing I found when I was talking to this person about it was that it records the whole night. So he can go through and look at the sort of waveforms and go, oh, what's happening there?

And he's like, oh, I was mumbling in my sleep. I was talking to my... How? How? And where's that information going to on a free app? Yeah. I was like, what government's

got all that detail? Well, check out James Anderson's sleeping patterns. Yeah. That's some personal stuff. To everyone pulling a sickie today,

you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Spy. Go WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. All right, now to make us feel

a little better about our miserable lives by taking down some celebrities. So Juliet's coming in with some spy. Now, word has been revealed on whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have since spoken to Prince Charles and Prince William since the Oprah interview. And they now have, according to Gayle King. Now, Gayle King, she's an American TV personality.

She is an editor for the Oprah magazine, also very good friends with Oprah. Yeah, they've been like best friends, BFFs, for many, many years, right? Well, forever, as BFF would suggest. Yeah, exactly. And so they have had the conversations with the other members of the royal family,

and this is what Gayle has said about how they went. Well, I'm not trying to break news, but I did actually call them to see how they were feeling, and it's true. Harry has talked to his brother, I'm not trying to break news, but I did actually call them to see how they were feeling, and it's true. Harry has talked to his brother, and he has talked to his father too. The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive,

but they are glad that they have at least started a conversation. Not to break news, but... I know. Vomited all out of her mouth. I mean, they probably understand when Gail calls that it's probably, it's like saying anything to you, Jono, I'm like, it's going to come on the radio.

Yeah, exactly. And you pick and choose what you tell me. I do now. I'm like, ooh. Juliet's now learned that lesson. Yes. Other people don't. It is quite funny when I'm out there

and someone's telling us a story, I'm like, oh, this is going to end up, they don't know this, but this is going to end up on the radio. At some point. This is going to end up, they're like, some point. This is going to end up there. They're like, I told that guy to do that story. That was in confidence.

Yeah. Well, that's the problem when you've got to talk so much in the morning. Yeah. And our lives only have so much in them that you've got to get some stuff from other people. A lot of the times I'll take a story but just change their name. And they're like, well, it's still my story. It's still my personal story, but you've just changed my name. But it is interesting, going back to Megan and Harry, of course,

and I think I heard Kate Hawkesby talking about this on Newstalk ZB as I was driving into work. She had, you know, I guess problems with her dad going out to the media talking about their story and not dealing with it behind closed doors. And it kind of does suck a little bit that it's all happening now in the media. Because I'm sure they'd love to be dealing with all it behind closed doors. And it kind of does suck a little bit that it's all happening now in the media. Because I'm sure they'd love to be dealing with all this behind closed doors. Or open ones, as we previously discussed. The doors don't necessarily have to be closed.

Oh, yeah, true. Especially if you want some airflow, because it'll get quite hot and stuffy. Yeah, you've got to have a window. If there's no windows, they'll work on. You're right. And some positive news for the royal family as well. Prince Philip has now been discharged from hospital after spending one month

in there total. I mean initially it was just for precautionary reasons that he was admitted to hospital. He ended up having a procedure for a

pre-existing heart condition. He's now recovered and back at Windsor Castle. So the Queen is probably happy about that. That's a month. Pretty much a month he's been in hospital.

Did you just say that? Did you? Yeah. Okay. Okay. I'll go make been in hospital, right? Did you just say that? Did you just? Yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay, I'll go make some bucking. Nice to see you're listening. Hey guys, Prince Philip's out of hospital. Yeah, do you know, I think it's been a...

Oh, hang on, it's a month. A month, yeah, yeah. About 28 days. Oh, I'll tell you more after seven about what Girl King said on her show today. We haven't talked about that, right? No, no, no. You're good. You're good. You're clear.

That is fine. We've been repeating my words. 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. Shono and Penn.

Breakfast on the heads. The heads. We're wrapping up our show for a Wednesday. A Wednesday that has almost got too much going on for New Zealand to handle.

It's a wild Wednesday. It was a wild Wednesday show as well. Millennial Max has just turned off the vacuum cleaner. He's cleaning up the remnants of confetti that was exploded because Ben won five words 5K this morning. Jade, $5,000. Ireland. St. Patrick's Day.

Oh, my God! The cannon's gone off! Oh, my God! Jade! Jade! Oh! How amazing was that? $5,000 this morning for Jade.

Another chance tomorrow morning at 7.45 for someone else to win five grand. And that's probably going to be the biggest win of the day. I can't think of another win that could take place this afternoon that would beat that. Nothing's springing to mind. Nothing's springing to mind? No. No. Of course, Team New Zealand are on match point this afternoon that would beat that. Nothing's springing to mind. Nothing's springing to mind? No. No, of course, Team New Zealand are on match point this afternoon. Two more races due to happen today at 4.15,

so hopefully today's the day. Fingers crossed. I love Jimmy Spittel, though. He's such a great competitor. Of course, he's the skipper of Luna Rosa. He is. He's a really good athlete. They were playing an old clip of him last time

when they were down 6-1 or whatever, and Jimmy Spittel was in the press conference going, and they go, like, are you nervous? He's like, well, no. The real story would be if they lost from this point. And that's his mentality. Yeah. I know.

It's a great, great fighter. Mentality of a winner, not like us two losers. Well, we gave away $5,000 today. It is St. Patrick's Day as well in New Zealand, and many people were out celebrating that in the America's Cup as well. You have yourself a great day. Go to Emirates Team New Zealand

this afternoon. It's going to be a big one from 4.15. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6 o'clock in the morning. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from 6 on The Hits

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