Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - March 31 - We Cross To Matakana's Kate Hawkesby

Episode Date: March 31, 2021

Today we called Matakana in the A to Z of New Zealand and called local Matakana resident and broadcaster Kate Hawkesby. We might be in a bit of trouble after making that call... We also talk smells that throw you back to your childhood (like playdough and deep heat!) We also catch up with pop trio (and brothers) AJR, who have just been certified GOLD in New Zealand with their song 'BANG'. We also opened the phone lines to listeners to tell their stories about where they've been stuck... We got some interesting stories... 😂😂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. Wednesday, 31st of March. Welcome, it's 2021 if you're listening to this in the future

and for some reason you found yourself lost on the internet and ended up on our podcast at the end of March this year. First of April tomorrow? Yeah, I was just going to say April Fool's. There's a bit of a front foot, you know, because when you pick up the newspaper or you listen to the radio tomorrow, you hear something that might be a little like,

you know, you're like, April Fool's. I love the sound effects. Is it the... Yeah. You know, you're, ah, April Fool's. I love the sound effects. Is it the, ah? Ah. Yeah. Yeah. Have you ever committed an April Fool's prank?

Not really. Like, ah. Have you ever in a last year's career of pranking? It hasn't really been something I've sort of, I just, yeah, I don't know. It's kind of like the Valentine's Day of, you know, for romance. It's commercialised pranking. You know, it's taken your love of pranking away and turned it into a commercial entity. Like a day you were expected

to do it and people do it and you're like, you're doing it today of all days. You can prank any other day of the year. But you squeeze it into one more. You've commercialised it. You're right. You've commercialised it. I like my romance outside. It doesn't have to be unbalanced. I say so with the pr you know it doesn't have to be on balance

I say so with the pranks it doesn't have to be on but it's not even what is that weird rule about you've got to do it before midday yeah it just feels

it feels like you get an eye roll a little bit oh they're doing this oh you know unless it's a really good one and it fools people otherwise people just go

oh it's April Fool's you know and you feel they're almost disappointed in you for trying which is annoying you know so that's why I've sort of

steered clear. But there might be some good ones tomorrow that they get some people. I did one once it was a different time, granted, where my co-host didn't turn up for work, and I said he was dead. Okay, wow. I don't even think it was April. Robert, who I used

to work with. I never said he was dead. I was just like He's no longer with us And everyone has jumped to the conclusion That he was dead And I didn't stop them And went on for four hours He had people phoning him

Which is always fine If you hear someone's dead The first thing you do is Call them Would you? No You'd be like Well they're not going to answer

But we'd call their friends and family Yeah that's probably the... But yeah, drag that out over a whole show, actually. Because I was walking up the stairs and he was like, oh, we can't make it until I'm sick. I'm like, oh, I've got nothing else planned. Oh, so you just made that up. So was it April Fools or not April Fools?

It can't have been. It would have been afternoon. You wouldn't have been allowed to do it outside the laws, the commercial laws of pranking on April Fools. Why midday? Let's find out why you Fool's. Why midday? Let's find out why you have to prank before midday. Does it just become a prank after midday?

But then, who's to say you can't do a prank after midday? Who made this shit rule? Someone's like, oh, you can't do it on April Fool's. Yeah, but I can still do a prank. Prank before midday on April 1. There must be some story to this. Why does April Fool's Day end? Oh, okay. So here's the rules.

Traditionally, you can do jokes until midday on April 1. After that, you're meant to come clean about your pranks. Oh, really? Yeah, but a lot of people throw the April Fool's Day rule book out because of their busy schedules. Is that what it's saying? Don't allow them time for morning pranking. That's what you like to say.

The rules date back to at least the 1700s, and they dictate you can't delay your joke until afternoon. All right, you've got to get it done and dusted, eh? 1600s, they were pranking. Anyone considered telling pranks afternoon is considered a fool themselves because they don't know the rules. Ah. Nobody actually knows why there's a joke deadline,

but it sort of dates back to the French calendar, back to the 1500s. They were pranking in the 1500s. 1500s. That would have been some wild pranks, baby, until you imagine it'd be like, you, mate, you're getting your head chopped off. You're like. You're off to the guillotine. It's 12, 12 o'clock when I was running.

You're like, April Fool's got you. Oh, my God. Yeah, you really did get me. I thought it was. You caught the bubonic plague. What? You're going to die. Yeah.

Rats. No. No. Just joking. Gee, that's a, that's a, it's good to know they were pranking back then. That's all 1500s. Geez, pranking's been on too long. Too long.

Too long. Anyway. I'll tell you what's gone on too long in our conversation about pranking. Anyway, enjoy the podcast. It is the podcast. 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.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, for the past week, the world's been talking about a ship that came into the harbour and it got stuck. A huge cargo ship. You would have seen this all over the news, all over social media. It was travelling down the Suez Canal in Egypt and it got stuck. And for the past week, it's been blocking the canal, holding up hundreds of ships and billions of dollars worth of cargo each day because no one could get past that and the ship couldn't get out. Priceless advertising and marketing for Evergreen, wasn't it?

The name of the ship and the name of the shipping containers there. You couldn't pay for that advertising. Couldn't pay for it. The Suez Canal, we were like, yesterday after the show, we didn't know how you pronounced it properly. So it's an artificial canal or seaway which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. And so Ben, you did what any good person would do. You YouTubed it on how to pronounce it.

And then we came across this wonderful gentleman. Jeez, this guy's amazing. It sounds like he's taken time out from plotting to take over the world to educate everyone on how to pronounce Suez Canal. Oh, he's got the most amazing voice. Have a listen to this. Incredible. We are looking at how to pronounce the name of this canal,

an artificial sea level waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. How do you say it? Suez Canal. Suez. Pretty straightforward. Once you know. Suez Canal.

And now you know. What? Once you know. And now you know. He could read me to sleep any night. The most friendly and comically evil sounding individual I think we'll ever hear. Lots of social media jokes about the cargo ship

and how it was going to get out of the canal. I like this one, which referred to friends. You remember that classic scene where they're trying to move a couch up into the apartment? Pivot, pivot. I remember that. Pivot. Pivot, pivot. I remember that. Pivot. Pivot.

Yeah, that was quite good. And then even today, when it was like you thought all jokes had been done on social media, I saw one going, no more Suez Canal jokes. That ship has sailed. Just one more final one.

I was like, that's very good. So we want to throw this open. 0800 the hits. Yeah, this is a staple. It's a staple for radio. Where have want to throw this open. 0800 the hits. This is a staple. It's a staple for radio. Where have you been stuck? Yeah. Now, Ben, I know you're going to say I've been stuck in a working relationship for eight years that I can't get out of,

so I'll be into the chase on that. I hadn't thought of that one. Yeah, no, I'll be into the chase of that. Where have you been stuck? This could be a part of your body. This could be a whole body. This can be anywhere. We'll take anything.

44870800 to the hits. Maybe a comical location. A writer who was working on John Owen Bean remember their first day when we had a TV show? Remember they came into work and then they

weren't there for like three hours and then later that day they were like found in the bathroom. The door had locked. It was Corey Gonzalez-McCure. Yeah, it was.

He was too timid and polite to make a scene. Didn't want to make a fuss. Classic New Zealand thing. So I would prefer to just be trapped in there for three hours. This guy's been in movies with Taika. And he was too polite to just knock on the door to say, help. He didn't have his phone.

No, he didn't have his phone. No, he left it in the writing room. So he got stuck in the bathroom. I got stuck on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland. And, you know, for about 45, 50 minutes, it just stopped. And you're like, oh, is this meant to stop? And then, you know, you sat there for a bit and then they came on the loudspeaker and then the lights came on

and nothing destroys the Disney magic. The lights going on and then some guy with a torch coming out and going, get off the boat, get off the boat, come through. And we walked back through the things. You're like, oh, okay. Does Mickey not even come out and guide you out? Just some guy in overalls. Behind the scenes sort of thing. So, yeah, nothing

destroys the magic. See Donald Duck back there smoking ciggies. Minnie Mouse vaping or something. Listen, 0800 The Hits, where have you been stuck? I do have one story of a friend of mine at a young age, he went swimming. I've told you this before. And, you know,

the inside netting, the mesh netting you get in your talks. Oh, yes. And he had got a certain part of his anatomy trapped in the netting, the end bit. And then given the heat of the height of summer, swelling took place. Swelling took place. Stop telling us. And it was like a dolphin caught in a net. No.

And he had to go and get that surgically cut, the netting, precision cut. It was almost like calling Greenpeace. They'll have to free it. Let's start with Shanine and Paeroa. Welcome. How's Paeroa this morning? Morena. Morena to you.

Where were you stuck, Shanine? When I was little, I lived in Australia, and my head got stuck in the veranda bars. Oh, I know them well. So how did this happen? You just decided to put your head through, or what? Oh, because it was like, I have a feeling I must have been, like, looking down at my siblings.

And you're like, my head can get through there. But it's amazing how it can get through, but then can't get back out. But old ears let you down. Yeah, the ears. They always let you down. Oh yeah, I suppose. True, the ears are better going through than coming back out. Yeah, they're not that aerodynamic on the way back, are they? So how did you get your obvious, unless you're currently calling from a veranda, you obviously

escaped. I believe there's a lot of butter involved. Oh, pull the butter out. It greased you up. A lot of butter, a lot of dairy that's see lot of butter involved. Oh, pull the butter out. It greased you up. A lot of butter, a lot of dairy that's seeping into your pores. I love how not even cutting the veranda bars apart was an option. They're expensive. Just get the butter out.

She's been waterproof for the last 10 years. Thank you very much, Shanine. Such a great call. Jane, you're on from the capital in Wellington. How's Wellington this morning, Jane? Good morning. It's very great morning, Jane? Good morning. It's very great. Oh, good on you.

Now, where'd you get stuck, Jane-o? So I actually got my arm stuck in my car window trying to reach in to grab my keys. Oh, did you have just enough gap? Yeah, well, I thought I did, and then my elbow got locked in. So how did you, like, at that stage, you don't really want,

you're probably a little embarrassed to sort of call out for help, but you need it, right? Yeah, I was, because I, like, started getting real sweaty and panicky, so it made it even worse, so then I'm pretty sure people thought I was stealing my own car. You do get sweaty and panicky, don't you?

And everyone's like, calm down, calm down. I've got my arms stuck in it. I'm going to be here forever. Because obviously you couldn't get into the car. The keys were inside. How'd you get out? So a stranger actually came over and started to help me. The thing that kind of got me almost more panicky was that he spat on my arm.

This was pre-COVID times. All right. It kind of clicked to me. We're actually at the supermarket. Why doesn't someone run in and get butter instead of spitting on me? Well, he was like,

he was like, oh, okay, what am I going to do? I'm just going to lick your arm. What? Exactly. I'm hoping it wasn't some weird fetish

that he was having. And did the spit and polish work? Yes. Oh, there you go. You knew what he was doing. Very weird, unorthodox, but it got your arm out. That's the main thing, Jane. Exactly.

Good on you. Thank you. We'll head to our manga keno. Tina, how are you this morning? G'day, mate. How are you? Lovely to have you on, Tina. Good to have you on.

When did you get stuck? In the shower, Tina. Good to have you on. When did you get stuck? In the shower, yeah. I actually just got brand new nipple piercings. Oh, brand new double piercings. Oh, right, yeah. Brand new nipple piercings. Yeah. And don't use a body puff if you're using a,

it got new nipple piercings. Oh, it got, the loofah, like the soap. No, no, the little body puffs with all the tiny little holes in them. Oh, so you were rubbing the soap around your body with that, you know those puffy little things you pour soap into? Oh, yes, gotcha. Yeah, and they got caught on my nipple piercing. Oh, no.

It was like decorative, isn't it? Yeah, it was pretty, it wasn't very nice when I had to yell and get somebody to help me actually get them off. It makes it very painful. I had mine, I think we were talking about that day, for a radio stunt for a nipple piercing, and it hurts quite a lot. Oh, yeah. I saw a sister yesterday.

There's a guy who came and did mine. I'm pretty sure he was released from prison. I actually played cricket with you, Jono, many years ago. Oh, where? In Mangakino? No, I used to live in Auckland, and I used to do the scoring for the many years ago. Oh, we're in Mangakino. No, I used to live in Auckland and I used to do the scoring for the Drury Boys. Oh, you played cricket? All the times I invite you on the cricket,

I don't think I'm going to watch the cricket. My cricketing days are behind me. You never once played cricket with me. I don't think he was on the crease for very long. Oh, okay, is that why? Yeah, no, that's right. I wasn't a good cricketer. I was there to fill out the numbers, wasn't I, Tina?

Yeah. Oh, yeah, mate. Thanks, mate. All right. Well, you and your nips go and have a great day. Yeah, okay, bro. See you later, mate. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information.

Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Last night I had one of my daughter's parent-teacher, you know, interviews and meetings scheduled in, so I went along to the school for that. Bit of fileria time with that stuff too, isn't it? You sit down, you get through it, and then you're like, oh, we've still got another seven minutes here.

How you been? Oh, you'd love the light banter. You'd love it. Yeah, no, I should do it. It's sweet, isn't it? And then the kids, they like showcase their work, and they're like, look what I've been doing. It's wonderful.

It is really cool. But you always end up sitting on those miniature chairs. Did you do this with your knees up by your ears? Just little chairs. Like, we're not your proper tall chairs here. I enjoyed that. But one of the things I really enjoyed last night, Indy, my daughter, she proudly showed off,

like you said, some of her work. And one of the things she proudly showed off was a picture on the wall. Now, a couple of years ago, she had done a picture of the family in her work. And one of the things she proudly showed off was a picture on the wall. Now, a couple of years ago, she had done a picture of the family in her class. And I'd noticed that when I went into a parent-teacher interview. And she'd drawn me,

because Helen's son brothers have been kind enough to give me some clothes for the TV show over the years. And one of their brand is Absent Clothing. And so she'd drawn me a couple of years ago in one of my t-shirts that said Absent. But as you said afterwards, it just looks like the dad is absent, the absent father. Yeah, he's not here. I know he's around. I think

this is what he looks like. Yeah. So it was me wearing a t-shirt. No one else is wearing labelled clothing, but me wearing a t-shirt with absent across the front. And I sort of explained this to her, not thinking that she really truly understood. but last night I went in again a year or two later

for a parent teacher interview and she's like dad have a look drawn another photo on the wall same situation she's proudly shown still got your t-shirt on absent across the thing I'm like oh another year of being an absent father you just need to wear a line of clothing that has maybe a brand called reliableiable Dad or something.

Safe pair of hands. Always round. Picking up from school. I was actually quite impressed that she'd obviously picked up on a joke that we had and was still running with it. But no one else knows the joke. I know. No one in the wider community,

the teaching community, don't know. You're like, this guy's an idiot. It's the official merch for the father that has no time for his family. Absent. Yeah. So it made me look like a shocking parent. And I know you and I've known you for many years, Ben,

and I can vouch that Ben is far from absent from his family. He's a reliable dad, especially when he's not with his secret family. You give your time, you give your all, you give your time and everything to those kids. No matter what family I'm with, that's the family that matters the most at that time. He's not an absent father. He's a great father when he's with that secret family.

Although the other shocker that I did, that I looked like I had, and again, purely innocent situation. This was a couple of years ago. My daughter Sienna was in a play, school performance. And they were like, backstage, you don't need, it's kind of a tight area. Don't bring a lot of stuff.

Maybe a small drink bottle. And so she found what she thought was the smallest drink bottle in the house. Fortunately, it hadn't been used, but she took along a hip flask. And she was back. She had no idea what it was. She was just like, oh, this little stainless steel drink bottle was obviously good to use. And so she was backstage drinking water from that flask.

And so she was like, oh, this is... Well, I suppose her absent father didn't turn up for the show. Knowing him, he's got the merch. 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. Who did the agency? The agency of New Zealand. Calling every town and city in New Zealand. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Actual hearts be not bestowed. Who did the A to Z?

The A to Z of New Zealand. Calling every town and city in New Zealand. And today we're heading to Matakana. Now Matakana is just north of Auckland and it's where your typical Aucklander likes to escape to drink some out of town lattes. Once upon a time it was a peaceful, tranquil, rural seaside farm, but now it's overrun with stuffed olives and sun-dried tomatoes,

where you drink fine wines while wearing loafers with no socks, without a care in the world, and your only worry is, where is the biscotti coming from after dinner? Now, we know some people in the building that have an association with Matakana, don't we? That's right. And we thought, well, should we give one of them a call? Yeah.

Now, Mike Hosking and the wonderful Kate Hawksby, they host New Zealand's number one radio station, News Talk ZB, upstairs. I think they spend a lot of time there. And we tried to call Mike. Obviously, he's on here berating the Labour government, as he should be. That's his role. But not talking to Jacinda Ardern. That's what he's saying. We know he's not doing that right now.

So we'll put a call through to Kate Hawksby. What do you think? Yeah, she'll give it a go. She would have finished the show, right? Hello, Kate speaking. Kate Hawksby? Yes. It's John Owen Bean calling from the Hits radio station.

Oh, no. It's the old private number. Yeah. You shouldn't have answered. What are you doing answering a private number? It's too big. Oh, my God. We got you on the private number.

It's a fatal mistake. Yeah. Oh, I'm not a rookie. We just tried to call Mike, and he didn't answer, but you did. No, he's too smart. He is too smart. He's too smart. No, we are actually calling on legitimate purposes.

We do a thing on our show where we phone every town and city and area in Aotearoa and we're in the M's, we're doing it alphabetically, and we've just hit Matakana. And we thought, who better to call than the king and queen of Matakana, Mike Hosking and Kate Hawksby. Oh, the beautiful, the mighty Matakana. What is there to do there? I've always heard of it, but I've never been. The markets.

Everyone always says the markets are amazing, right? Oh, the markets are awesome. The Aucklanders come up in their droves for the markets, actually. The locals know better to attend the markets because it's just full of Aucklanders. But the markets, for some reason, people love. They are pretty cool because there's a lot of artisan producers in that region. There's a lot of people who do vineyards and bespoke olive oils

and beautiful fruit and veggies and so many things. So it is actually quite delicious. Oh, you're surrounded by olive oils. And that's, I imagine, where Mike would like to be. Just surrounded by olive oils and that's I imagine where Mike would like to be just surrounded by olive oils exactly right especially good for

someone like him with a Mediterranean diet I love your social media too because often you'll showcase stuff for your weekends it looks

like you know you like to relax which a lot of people does but he doesn't he likes to just do stuff 24 7 yeah he's what's known. We call him an active relaxer.

And what he does is we just sit on our bum and watch Netflix or the dog and just relax. But he's washing cars and pruning trees and weeding and outpicking fruit. And it's incredible the amount of jobs he finds. He's on the roof. He cleans pine needles out of the gutter. He's wiping duck poo off the outdoor furniture.

You name it, he does it. There's no off button. There is no off button. He's an energizer bunny. When does he go to sleep? On the weekend. Well, he watches a lot of sport on the weekend, so if there's a good sport on, he can be up quite late.

And because we're surrounded by beautiful vineyards, he's tapping into quite a lot of vino. So Kate, if anyone comes to visit Matakana, apart from going to the markets, is there anything else they can do? Swim? Walk? Hike? Tons of beaches, beautiful beaches,

beautiful hikes, great views. The local pub is a classic. We're locals there, we love it. The pub's brilliant and actually all the little bakeries and restaurants, there's lots of funky little places to eat. And there's definitely lots of water sports and stuff like that. It's great for families. Jeez, I tell you what, and this is brought to you by Tourism Matakana.

Yeah. Kate, apologies for the private call. That's okay. And also, I wasn't sure that we've let people know we lived in Matakana, but thanks for putting that one out there. Okay. Oh, jeez. I was sure I front-footed that at the start of the conversation.

You'll note I've never actually mentioned Matakana on my social media ever. Oh, okay. Did we forget to say they live in Mangapai? Oh, jeez. Okay. Don't worry. Yeah.

It's a small town. Okay, this is an awkward fade out. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. Now, Oscar, my son, he came home the other day with deodorant. He's just started Intermediate this year, right? Yeah, yes. And he came home with a can of Lynx Africa.

Tell you what, the official odour of puberty, Lynx Africa, isn't it? Gee, what a... For years, hundreds of years, pre-teenage boys and teenage boys have been drowning themselves in Lynx Africa. You'd be right, but it's a very nostalgic thing.

It's a treat to know that it's still on the market. Yeah, it's great to have it still around, right? I've never actually been to Africa, so I can't confirm nor deny whether it smells anything like Africa. But they've traded off the brand Lynx Africa for years. And I was mentioning this to Juliette. She's away today, producer Juliette, and she said, oh, same thing, but cool charm.

Cool charm for her was the official musk of the girls at her school. The only thing I remember about cool charm was the, do you remember the commercial and there was the guy, the hot hunk shirtless, broken down on the side of the road with his bonnet up? Oh, yeah. And his radiator had overheated.

Because he was too hot. I think he caused it, right? Yeah, he was too hot, yeah. And then a lovely lady passing by, a motorist, there's someone in need here. He's obviously waiting for the Automobile Association. I'll help him out. I've got some cool charm.

Roll-on cool charm that she rolled onto the radiator. Instantly cured the overheating radiator. Multi- the overheating radiator. Multi-purpose deodorant. Cool charm. They're amazing, aren't they? I want to play a little game with you right now,

but we also want your phone calls on 0800THEHITS. Smells from your childhood. Let's get nostalgic. This morning, there's this smell that when you smell it again, you're like, oh, yeah, I remember that. It takes me back. Oh, there are many of those. Now, you've come in With some props You brought props here

You want to play a game I want you to put some Put this blindfold on Jono Okay And I'm going to come around And I've got three things Yeah I'm going to see if you're going to

I'll hide them away from you So you want a blindfold And you're going to hold things Under my nose That I have to smell Yeah okay Now I'm placing a lot of faith in you You are

Am I even talking Into the microphone right now No you're pretty good It's pretty good Okay and I'm talking This one is alright Okay here's the first Smell right now Okay smells, you're pretty good. It's pretty good. Okay, I'm talking this one. It's all right. Okay, here's the first smell right now.

Okay, smells from your childhood. This smells like a rugby changing room or a netball changing room, a liniment or something. Yes, deep heat. Well done. Does that set you back? I never understood why

kids needed to rub deep heat and liniment on. What was the purpose of it? No, I just get, yeah, well, true. And they're not elite athletes. It feels like at our ages and older, this is when you need to be doing this. At age seven, I was rubbing down my thighs.

I was like, I had no place rubbing deep head into my thighs then. Okay, Jono, your next smell from your childhood. Can you tell me what this is? Holding it up under his nose. Oh, that's Hubba Bubba. That's grape Hubba Bubba. Yes! Oh, I love that.

Yeah, there you go. I haven't had Hubba Bubba in years. Oh, I love that. Yeah, there you go. I haven't had Hubba Bubba in years. Final smell from you, Todd? I knew this was going to happen. What's that smell? He sprayed on Link's Africa.

Yeah, there you go. Link's Africa. Yeah. I knew I was going to end in a three-beat gag. I was waiting for it. Why couldn't you just come on and just do nice smelling things?

It is nice smelling. Yeah, you sprayed it into my throat. Now my throat smells like... You've tasted it? Yeah, I can taste it. I don't know if this is what Africa tastes like. I've never been there.

Oh, gosh. Oh, that's great. That's great, guys. It's the official odour of a teenage boy. Slowly that my odour went from Link's Africa and it slowly turned into the smell of disappointment. The older I became. As our careers started to stink.

Link's disappointment. What's the smell... Sorry about that's disappointment. What's the smell? Sorry about that, John. What's the smell from your childhood? Let's get nostalgic this morning. What's the thing that takes you back? All you remember from your childhood. 4487 on the text.

Let's go to the phones. We've got Rose on the phone. Welcome from Matamata. You're backing up the Old Spice Claims, Rose. Yeah, yeah. One of my favourite childhood memories is backing up the Old Spice claims, Rose. Yeah, yeah, one of my favourite childhood memories. The smell of Old Spice. That's your favourite childhood memory.

It's still massive. They've got the Old Spice ads in America. I think even Kevin Hart's YouTube videos as a sports people sponsored by Old Spice. It's quite a big brand still in America. Still ticking away? Still ticking away? And Dad would apply Old Spice every morning or just on special occasions? What I remember was when he had a shave.

Yeah, right. Now, someone's also texted in here, the odour that takes me back to my childhood was Dad smoking in the car. Smoking in the car on road trips. And the ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts. It was a different time. It was. Yeah, cars had to have an ashtray andflowing with cigarette butts. It was a different time. It was. Yeah, cars had to have an ashtray and a cigarette lighter as well

because you couldn't wait till you stopped, could you, to have a cigarette. You had to be smoking in the car. The thing I remember is walking through town with Mum when I was a kid and you'd pass someone smoking and every now and then it would be a really sweet smell of... It got me on my pathway to my cigarette career. My illustrious cigarette career for many years. We'll go

to Adrian. Welcome from Auckland. Childhood smells or she just hung up. Sorry. Was that you Millie or Max? I'll own that one. I'm sorry Adrian. Lisa, welcome from Auckland. Lisa's currently being taught. I'm having a shocker here.

We'll go to Phil from Christchurch. Hey, how you doing? You're doing well, well, Lisa's currently being taught. I'm having a shocker here. We'll go to Phil from Christchurch. How you going, guys? Hey, how are you? You're doing well, Phil, mate. Smells of your childhood? Yeah, it's fresh cut sawdust. Reminds me of when I used to go to work with the old man

during the school holidays. Oh, freshly cut sawdust. Oh, yeah. I know, Producer Humphrey, you said freshly mown grass takes him back to his childhood. There was also a smell with the school pool as well, too, that always reminded me of swimming days at school.

I don't know what it is. 19 litres of chlorine. It's probably that. Yeah, you're right. It was just skin burning. Yeah, your eyes getting sore when you came out. Another text here. Yoop.

Yoop takes me back to my childhood. All the guys at my school would wear yoop, says Tanya. That is a beauty. And we'll go to Lisa who's on line five. Welcome, Lisa. Hi. Smells of the childhood.

Getting a fresh saveloid from the butcher. Oh, I don't think we can do that anymore, eh, the fresh saveloids? No. It was a risky game handing out raw meat,

wasn't it? Yeah, I think that's why they don't do it anymore. But we all loved them. Yeah. We all loved them. They had a weird name for them, didn't it? Yeah, I think that's why they don't do it anymore. But we all loved them. Yeah. We all loved them. They had a weird name for them, didn't they?

Oh, the Cheerios ones. Yeah, not Cheerios. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm thinking of another thing. It was an odd name. Yeah, no. It was an odd name. So thank you very much

for your call. Some wonderful smells coming through. Really appreciate it. Have a great day. All the best. I'm going home. I'll see you tomorrow.

We've got 40 minutes more to go. Still more radio to come what more Jono and Ben you can catch up with the boys anytime just search Jono and Ben on Instagram

we're talking peanut butter we weren't meant to be but Jono just let us know that he keeps his peanut butter in the fridge

and we found that a little unusual so we thought we'd throw it out there and see if anyone else is doing the same I'm sitting here getting roasted like the nuts in my peanut butter.

But the reason, can I say why the refrigerator? I feel like a longer shelf life in the refrigerator. Yeah, there's a little bit more labour when spreading it on, a little bit more tender care, particularly when you come to your raw breads. Toasted, however, not a problem, just melts

on beautifully and I double down on the butter too. I have peanut butter butter. Oh, that's a way for another day, isn't it? I don't want you to hate me even more. Let's not get into that one. My issue is that it's still so hard that you'd probably pull the bread to pieces. It's technique, Mac.

It's technique. You're light dusting over the top. I'm not killing it. It's all in the spread, Millennial Macs. But yes, 800 the hits. What do you do? Fr It's all in the spread, Millennial Max. But yes, 800 the hits. What do you do? Fridge your pantry.

Why would they keep corpses in fridges? Yeah, but this is... Because they last long. COVID vaccines. They last longer. I like jam, I understand. But because jams

don't come out of the fridge, they're hard to spread. But anyway, that's fine. Just compare peanut butter to a corpse. I'm just trying to think of stuff that you keep

in fridges. And a wild amount of feedback on this. Almost too much feedback on the text machine 4487. Seems like a bone of contention in many relationships. Right.

Husband who puts it in the fridge and it drives the wife crazy. Oh, it'd drive me crazy too. We've got Lynn on from Hamilton. Peanut butter storage. I tell you what, tackling the big topics today, Lynn. I know.

It's serious. It really is serious. I know, and you sound serious. Are you pantry or fridge? Definitely pantry. Yeah, it's too melty and too oily. Oh, that's the beauty of peanut butter. But anyway, it starts to turn into a goo.

I used to keep it in the fridge and I couldn't understand why I couldn't spread it and then I suddenly realised, stupid woman, take it out of the fridge. You don't have to be so hard on yourself. It is only a jar of peanut butter. That's right. You're a wonderful person, Lin.

Yeah, we appreciate that. Good on you, Lin. Bill from Auckland. He said enough. He's hung up in anger because he was fridge. He was team fridge. He's like, I'm not even listening to this. Was he?

Yeah, I don't believe it. Yeah, was he? Now, producer Humphrey. Was he? He was team fridge. He was what? He's like, I can't even. He's like, I'm not even listening to this. Yeah, I don't believe it. Now, producer Humphrey. He was like, I can't even. He's like, I'm changing over to McCormick. I'd rather listen to McCormick than this peanut butter slander. I feel like you haven't got anyone on to talk about. But actually, producer Humphrey's managed to track down a peanut butter expert

from Fix and Fog Peanut Butter. Oh, yeah, they're great. How are you? Hi, how are you? I'm doing very well, Stefan. Listen, phoning up on peanut butter-based queries. Yeah. Yeah, which is what you do at Fix and Fog.

It is indeed. Now, bloody lovely. Firstly, love the peanut butter, but that's not why we called. Yeah. I mentioned just in passing to my colleagues and friends and acquaintances here on the show that I keep my peanut butter in the fridge. Then people, the room scoffed. The room scoffed at me.

Steph? Yes. Where do you store your peanut butter? Outside of the fridge, mate, is where I store mine. I'm scoffing at you too. I'm getting scoffed. Although, in Jono's defence, I did look online, as you do,

and there's always, you know, different opinions online, but some said after about a month or so, you could consider putting the peanut butter in the fridge. Yeah, I'd be more looking at storing it upside down so that the oil doesn't separate too much, but I'm not sure the fridge is the go-ahead. So you're saying upside down in the cupboard?

Yeah, mate. Oh, he's added a whole other layer to this thing. And I know, upside down in the cupboard? Yeah, mate. Oh, he's added a whole other layer to this thing. And I know, hey, I know my fridge storage lends itself to tearing the bread,

ripping the bread, but you need to be more toast focused when you're storing it in the fridge and it's fine. It just melts onto the warm toast.

There's no issues with tearing. Maybe you've given us something to look into there. Yeah, yeah. You do get your research team onto that, Steph. Yeah, no, I shall do, mate. Well you've given us something to look into there. Yeah, you do. Get your research team onto that, Steph. Yeah, no, I shall do, mate. Well, there we go.

I think we've solved the peanut butter debate, have we? Or are you still going to keep it in the fridge? Well, yeah. You are, okay. You're not going to bully me into putting my peanut butter in the fridge. He's an expert. We're on a peanut butter place. I'm not going to listen to the experts.

We're not going to listen to the experts. To tell you what to do. We have radio experts telling us what to do all the time and we've never listened to them. That's why we've ended up here, Ben. He's an anti-fridger. We'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 is our Game of Word Association. We'll tell you five words.

You say the first thing that pops into your head after those words. If your five words match up with our five words, you win $5,000. Now, we said just before, you know, we could be speaking to a potential thousand now. And it could be you, Bernadette. Hello. It could be you. How areette. Hello. It could be you. How are you in Auckland this morning, Bernie? Yeah, a little bit cold, under the rain and the shine, but yep.

What do you do for a job, Bernadette? I'm a truck driver, so I pulled over on the side to do this. Oh, good on you. Can you sound your horn? That's a classic thing to do, isn't it? Oh, yeah, but I'm sort of on the road, mate, so hold on, hold on. It's only a little tiny truck, but let's go for it. Oh, that's a nice horn.

That's a nice horn. I was expecting a honk, honk. Yeah, one of those ones, didn't you? Honk, honk. Yeah. Or maybe you could spend the money if you went on a bigger horn. And a big obnoxious horn. A big obnoxious horn. Maybe on a bigger truck. Hey, Bernadette, five words, $5,000. You listen in the truck, do you?

Yes, I do. All morning, every day. Oh, lovely to have you tuned in. Do you, have you had any wins? Have you matched up with words? A few, not too good. It's been getting harder and harder recently, the words that producer Humphries is sort of choosing through.

It's almost like he doesn't want anyone to win, you monster. It's almost like he's panicking we've given away $25,000 already. I don't know, that's the vibe I'm getting. Too much information, mate. Okay, so who do you want to get into the soundproof booth, Bernadette? Okay, well, I've heard Ben fail a couple of times, so we'll go for Jono, eh? Oh, okay, clearly he hasn't tuned into my many failures as well.

Yeah, all right. So Jono is going to make his way to the corner of the studio. We've got a soundproof booth that we have purchased, and it sits there in the studio, so Jono won't be able to hear any of this. He's locked himself in, and we're ready to roll into five words. All right, you know how the game works, Bernadette?

Yes, I do. All right, your first word I'm works, Bernadette? Yes, I do. All right. Your first word I'm going to say to you today is Instagram. Instagram. Ooh. It's a tough one. Social media. Social media.

Yeah, that's a good option. Moneal Max, what were you thinking along the same lines? Yep. Yep. Yeah, he feels like he works, but he's too polite to say. I'm too confident. That was Max's, no, it wasn't, but that's fine. Gift is your next word.

Gift. Gift. Present. Present. That's a good idea. Phone. Let's go call. Lots of options there for phone, isn't it?

Yeah, definitely. Narrowed it down on phone call. Lake is your fourth word. Lake. First word that comes into mind is topo. Topo, yeah, good call. Yeah, probably our most famous lake in New Zealand, you'd say. And your final word this morning for five words for 5K, address.

Address. Address. Like as in your physical address, not like something you'd wear, being a dress, like a dress. Ah, okay, a dress. Shucks. Okay, let's go for home or house. House or home, house or home.

I'll go for house, so house or home. Okay, house. Tough words today, Bernadette. Really tough words. I think you did really well under the circumstances. It's funny because I can hear a lot of people screaming out, no, not that rude. It's so hard when you're on the spot.

We're bringing Jono out of the soundproof booth right now. He's making himself around. Jono, you probably don't want to hear the fact that they were tough words again. But they were. They were tough words. Okay. Let's go, Jono. All right, thanks, Bernadette.

This is how proof booze smells like a public urinal. Are we renting it out outside of show hours? I met a gentleman there who hasn't been home since last night. Oh, thanks, lovely. Bernadette, let's win you $5,000, okay? Oh, please. Yeah, let's try. All right, Bernadette. Let's get you that big obnoxious air horn for your truck.

All right. First word today that we sent to Bernadette was Instagram. Instagram. That is tough. Yeah, that's tough. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Instagram.

Instagram. Instagram. Instagram. Okay. Instagram post. Oh, Bernadette. Bernadette. What did you go for?

She went for social media. Oh, yeah. Yeah, Instagram, social media. Come on, mate. Let's pick your game up, bro. Instagram's tough. It is tough. It is lots of things. Bernadette, I'm so bro. Instagram's tough. It is tough. It is lots of things.

Jeez, Bernard, I'm so sorry. That's okay. What are we doing? Let's see how we go. Yeah, let's get around this dance. Okay, the next word was gift. Certificate. Phone. Bill.

Lake. Popo. Yay, you got one. And address. Book. House. Address what? House. One out of five one. And address. Book. House. Address what? House. One out of five, eh?

Not too bad. One out of five, not bad. No, shocking. I think Meatloaf said two out of three, eh, bad. Well, he never said one out of five. One out of five. You're a good sport. Hold the line.

We're going to send you out some health pizza, all right? Awesome. Thank you. You keep on being a great human, Bernadette. Love your work. Yeah, we'll be playing it all over again tomorrow, see if we can do any better with that game. We've had a bit of a shocker around this week, haven't we?

Instagram, that's a tough one to start with. 7.45 tomorrow. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy, the WhatsApp spy. Spy. The What's Up. Spy.co.nz.

Producer Juliet is away today. So Ben Boy's stepping in and this morning we're calling him the cloth because he loves nothing more than ragging on the celebrities. Oh, jeez. What's happening in Spy? He actually hates ragging on celebrities. No, I do. It's one of my least liked things.

Now, poor Ego, you know... What are you going to rag on him about, mate? This is actually a lovely story. The hit comedy show Seven Days. It's been going for many years. Such a great show. And he is very funny on it, Paul Ego, the comedian. Well, he's auctioning off 20 of his famously bright floral shirts.

You would have seen his shirts on Seven Days. They say something, don't they, those shirts? They do. He's stuck with it. I just went into a shop and grabbed the first thing I saw. So over 300 episodes of Seven Days, and he says he's basically a ton heavier after doing a ton full of shows with shirts,

and he's auctioning off 20 for a really good cause, a Variety Kids, sorry, Variety's Kiwi Kids sponsorship program. Oh, that's lovely. So you can buy 20 shirts. It's one for Paul Ego in seven days. So you have Paul Ego's DNA on those shirts. Yeah, he's a very tall individual.

Beads of sweat, too. And you'd be sweating under the studio lights and the TV. There'd be real Ego sweat right there on those shirts. It's worth more, and it's for a lovely cause as well. It's a great cause. 20 of them. Is he saying he doesn't fit them anymore? Oh, I think that was the joke he was making.

I wasn't trying to shame him or anything. That was his joke. Way to have a go at ego. You're already doing that thing with the pants and me. I try and fit into pants. That wasn't mine. To be clear, that was what he said about it. That wasn't me.

Told you he loves ragging on the celebs. And keeping up with the Kardashians, you'll know the show and you'll know Kendall Jenner. Well, she has a pretty scary thing happen to her a lot lately. She's had a few trespasses on her own property. Very scary. She's increased her security team after the latest one. A 27-year-old male who found his way onto her property around 2 a.m.

started knocking on the windows, yelling out her name, before taking a naked swim in her pool. Oh, Ben. Oh. So, no, not me. No, not the time or place. So, yeah. That would be terrifying.

Scary, scary situation. Yeah, horrible thing. Surely she'd be in a big fortified, gated community, you'd imagine. Yeah, she is. She is, apparently. So I don't know how this person, and a couple of people have recently got into her property. So, yeah, it'd be really scary.

And she was inside the house. Yeah, apparently, yeah. That would be shocking. Waking up, finding a naked person in your pool at three in the morning. Yeah, really, yeah. That would be shocking. Waking up, finding a naked person in your pool at three in the morning. Yeah, really scary situation. It'd be terrifying.

So our security have got them in, yeah, so. I think she's considering now moving place because she probably would if it was all out there. Why naked?

Why did he have to go naked? Could have been an undie situation. Yeah, like, even bring it, like, if you know you're going there, you know you're going there.

You're like, I'm going to her house for a swim. This is your reason bring some talks we had an occasion with our neighbour because our neighbour's

got a pool and they were doing renovations so they weren't living in their house for a few months and we just heard like a splash

one day we're in the backyard and we heard a splash we're like oh that's weird and we didn't think anyone was home so we're like

hey are you okay yelling over the fence and the person's like yep all good we're like who are you and they're like don hey, are you okay? Yelling over the fence. And the person's like, yep, all good. We're like, who are you? And they're like, don't come over, I'm naked. And their friend, who they said they were like, welcome to go around and have a swim with their pool

while they were there, he got over and decided to quickly jump in the pool. Don't come over, I'm naked. People are like, why? Why? You knew you were coming for a swim. Come prepared. How are you planning on drying yourself?

You obviously bought a towel. Yeah. So I just decided. And imagine those couple of seconds just before saying that, they would have been like, oh, dear God, I've got to say, don't come over, I'm naked. Just about to pop your head over the fence just to check that everything was all right.

Don't come over, I'm naked. I mean, it's a great line if you don't want anyone to look at you. You don't even have to be naked. No one's going to look. No, and that is spy entertainment news this morning. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Don't be afraid of your freedom.

The hits live free. Bill's edition. Let's smash another one. Oh, God. Jeez, I'll tell you what. We will pay you a bill. No questions asked. Is that true?

Well, there'll be a couple of questions asked. What's your bank account number? Oh, yeah. How much actually do you need us to pay? What's your full name? Apart from those questions, no questions asked. All you've got to do is text Bills to 4487 and listen out at 8.30, 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock each day

for a bill-busting call, and I think we're about to make one now. Let's go through, Millennial Max. Hello, Annette speaking. Hi, Annette Hogg. Hello. It's the power company here. Hello. Here to say don't worry about paying the bill this month.

It's all been covered. Okay. All right. Thank you. Oh, jeez. It's John Owen Ben calling from the Hits Radio station. Hi. How are you?

Good. We are in a roundabout way. We're paying your power bill. Awesome. It's all done. Great. Thank you. All right.

Now, don't go wild and leave your lights on for the next four weeks or anything. Oh, no, no, no. No, we're playing the previous bill. Yeah, we're not playing the upcoming one. That's on you. Do you know Ben Boyce saves on power by turning everything off when he leaves the house? Does he? I like turning switches off, yeah.

Switches. And my daughter does as well now. She's picked up on that, which is annoying because sometimes I plug my phone in and I'm like, why didn't it charge? She's like, oh, turn the switch off. Ben Boyce has lost a lot of grandmothers by turning off life support machines. Not true, not true. That's what's happened.

But you save power. That's the main thing. Thank you so much for listening to Hits. We appreciate it, and we'll be sorting out your power bill, all right? Awesome, thank you. Good on you, and have a great day. All right, you too.

Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the Hits. And of course, it is Easter this weekend. Oh, yeah, geez, wonderful time of year when the big man, Jesus, pulled off the ultimate magic trick, went missing on Friday, returns on Monday. Surprise! Oh mate, you go to church every Sunday or so. I do.

Yeah? Yeah, I do. I know, it impresses me every time I hear that story. Alright, so what I want to do right now is you're going to make a booking at a cafe and I'm going to hold up some pieces of paper. I've got some things written on it. I've got some Easter terms that you would use like buns, cross, there's bunny hop, there's

rabbit, eat your cunt, even chuck and maybe resurrect. And that's about as far as we'll go down that line. Pull it back. Even though I'm like, hey, I'm feeling... People are sensitive about it. We're not here to offend anyone, are you? No, exactly. But we are here to harass hardworking Kiwi businesses

as they go about their day with a low-level prank call. That they don't even know they're a part of. No, that's right. Every time that you try and insert one of these Easter terms into the conversation, Millennial Max, can we have a little ding sound effect? Is that right? Absolutely. You've got the papers with the words on them?

I am. I hold them up. I've got the mouth. Sometimes that runs away with. You've got the papers with the words on them. I am. I hold them up. I've got the mouth. Yeah, sometimes it runs away with itself. But anyway, we'll get to this now. Good morning. Cafe Cubish now speaking. Hi, Chanel.

How are we? Good, how are you? Good, thank you. Listen, what's the seating arrangements in your cafe? How many tables we've got. Have you got seats? Yep. Because I want to bring my buns along and sit them down on those seats. Yeah, of course you can. How many of you are there today? There'll be two of us. Now, can I be honest? Yes. It's an old friend and I'm trying to resurrect

our friendship. Yes. Things didn't go so well a couple of months ago. She was very cross with me. Yes. Perfect. What was the name for that one? Sorry. It'll be Jonathan. Jonathan. Now, I've got my learner's licence. Uh-huh. So I'll bunny hop the car down to the restaurant shortly. Sounds good. Sounds good.

All right. We've been rabbiting on for way too long now. Oh, God. No, it's all right. Can I stop him there? It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, hello. Hello.

I'm sorry. I was holding up. I apologize, even though I made him do it. No, that's all right. I was holding up Easter terms like egg and rabbiting on and rabbit and bunny hop and stuff, and he had to try and work that into the conversation. No, that's all right. That's all right.

How are you guys? Good. It was probably a weird start where I said, I want to come and sit my buns down on your seat. She was like, what is this? Where is it going from there? Yeah. Downhill. But you're so good

at your job. You listen to them. You explain good stuff off the menu. I mean, well done. Oh, perfect.

Thank you. Hey, give your business a plug. I shall. Oh, sorry. I shall.

And what a great plug it was. We'll take your word for it. on the radio, give your business a plug. Where's your business?

Palmerston North on Cuba Street. Cuba Street, Palmerston North. Go and see them. Cafe Cuba. Cafe Cuba, 236 Cuba Street. For all of your eating needs. Nice to talk to you.

Have a great Easter, all right? You too. Hey, see you, mate. Bye. Bye. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook.

We went to the Chemist Warehouse yesterday. That place is wild. It's like the Bunnings of pills. There's vitamins and all sorts of stuff. Gummies and protein. It's just got everything. Yeah, cologne, all sorts. Yeah, we actually have a Chemist Warehouse.

It looks like a little shop corner in the studio, don't we? Because they sponsor the afternoon show. Yeah, they do a little display. I can't, the Chemist Warehouse is just in my life from morning to night. Yeah. But yeah, I went there yesterday and there's a bit of a stay in your lane situation, which I think is being created from the Chemist Warehouse, Ben.

They've got their own radio station. They've got their own in-store radio station. Hey, Chemist Warehouse, you don't see us hocking off antidepressants and stuff like that? Well, hang on, you just said there's a display in the studio of the Chemist Warehouse. Literally in the

studio, I'm looking at it right now. I know, but they put it there. They put it there. Well, we agreed to it. There's all sorts of cologne. They've even got a cool voice guy who's like, Chemist Warehouse Remix. Chemist Warehouse Remix. Remix. And then they play all the hits.

They're all the big bangers in there. They're doing what we do, mate. I do notice that you go to the Countdown or, you know, they have their own radio stations as well, too. I guess the last thing they want is us banging on to everyone in between your shopping. So they probably make their own stations. Yeah, we're not here peddling off

Jennifer Lopez's bloody fragrances, are we? We're just here playing commercials and talking over songs. And chemists, you should stay in your, you just do what you do. So what do you want? You want them to play the radio? Yeah, play the radio.

And with other potential other chemist ads. Yes. Over there and people are like, oh, actually, no, that's a bit of,. So what do you want? You want them to play the radio? Yeah, play the radio. And with other potential other chemist ads. Yes. Over there and people are like, oh, actually, no, that's a bit of... You see what I'm doing? Why are you defending the chemist warehouse? I see what you're doing. They're treading on your territory, mate.

You may have Dan Carter, but we've got Pink. See, I love how Dan Carter's now part of the chemist warehouse. Yeah, it's awesome. Yeah. It is awesome, Ben. That's great. Yeah. I just love seeing Dan Carter

on TV. I mean, he's a good looking guy, you know? And more Dan Carter on TV. Yeah, and more maybe we should just start playing the Chemist Warehouse remix hour. I love the remix. All medicine based songs. You work in radio, but the quality of your recording

is... I know. I was trying to get up to the speaker, but then I looked weird. I could tell the people from Chemist Warehouse, I was the at the radio, but the quality of your recording. I know. I was trying to get up to the speaker, but then I looked weird. I could tell the people would give us a weird answer. Why is this strange bald man? He's meant to be here for regrowth products. He's recording our audio. Add these two men together, and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Here we go. It is The Hits. It is the super catchy bang. Great song there by AJR. Now we've joined by them live from New York City. I love saying live from New York City. It makes us feel like Saturday Night Live.

Yeah, wonderful. Really lifts the show up a couple of levels. They're joining us right now via Zoom, AJR. Hey, listen, congratulations, guys, on the song and the success. I can't get it out of my head. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Honestly, you hear it once and it's stuck in your head.

It's like surgically implanted in my head after just one listen. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for playing it. Australians have very good taste in music. We noticed when we went there like five years ago that you guys discover all the hits before America. Very early on a lot of stuff, yeah. Yeah, well, we're actually in New Zealand,

so we are actually usually 10 years behind the rest of the world. Yeah, so it's amazing. We've just started doing the Macarena over here. I think it's going to be big. Did you guys know when you made the song, you're like, hey, that's going to be a hit? We knew it was unique. It's always hard with songs like that, where it could be unique in a bad

way or unique in a good way. We knew people are going to turn their heads when they hear and that could be good or bad, turning your head. So we were happy with it. It was either going to go one way or the other. Thankfully it went the other way. As everything does in life. That's right. Now we wanted to find out a bit more about you guys, AJR. Obviously, the name comes from your guys' actual names, Adam, Jack, and Ryan. That is correct, yes.

Did you have any other options for the group name? We had every variation of the names. I don't think we were in the mood to get very creative with the ringing blastersasters pancakes for you or whatever thing that like that you know i think it was every it was like adam jack and ryan ajar or jar all right j and we were just like just screwed this is alphabetical and it's easy to say ajr and that let's just call that a day i love the ringing blasters you guys are actual brothers and you uh make a lot of your music in an apartment is that right

in new york city in the room um what are your neighbors thinking of that um yeah we've we've made every single song we've put out including bang has been written and produced in our living room or our bedroom and uh it's funny living in new york you think that you're gonna be like the loudest one yet on both sides of us there are some of the loudest, most obnoxious neighbors that are much louder than we are. So if they came to complain, I would be like, no. I've heard some of the strangest things in the last couple of weeks, which probably doesn't compare at all to whatever drumming we're doing on the table. What are they doing? What wild things are they doing next door? This is what I heard.

This is what I heard last week. I heard, you're only allowed to use the bathroom for number one and a bath. That's fair enough. It's like, I'm okay, bro. I would love it

if that was a very faint soundtrack to one of your songs. Like a couple bickering next door. I love it. On the album, listen very close. It's in the album. Listen very close. It's in there somewhere. I'm not going to tell you where.

Now, we understand Sia, international pop star, had quite a lot to do with helping you guys get on your way. She had almost everything to do with it, honestly. Yeah, we were complete nobodies at the time that she discovered us

and we tweeted to a whole bunch of different celebrities and she ended up retweeting it and we met her for brunch in the city she introduced us to people in the industry and kind of put her stamp on us and made people start to take us seriously is she just from a random tweet met with complete strangers very irresponsible on c's part we had a verified yet on twitter i don't even think we have one of those little blue checks it's honestly it's hard for me to imagine that happening now i think like it's a very twitter I don't even think we have one of those little blue checks. It's hard for me to imagine that happening now.

I think it's a very Twitter nine years ago kind of thing to happen. But that's really cool. And what a lovely thing for her to do as well. She was the nicest person we've met in this industry thus far. She's just unbelievable. And it also features the voice of the New York subway, I understand, in the song. That is true.

There is, if you ride the subway in New York, there is a voice that goes, stand clear of the closing doors, please. And then the doors close. And everyone in New York that lives there, they know that voice. And when we were trying to figure out who's going to say, here we go, in Metronome, we said, oh my God,

we know like the best voice actor ever that we hear more than anyone else in our life. Let's ask him, and he's the nicest guy in the world. He sent it back the same day, and it quickly became everyone's favorite part of the song. Here we go. Did you have to pay the New York subway voiceover guy? I don't think we paid him. No, he did it for free,

and he said we're not even allowed to say his name. That was in the contract. We have to just say the voice of the New York subway system. No one to his friends and family. Hey, listen, guys. Lovely to meet with you. Lovely to have the Zoom. Congratulations on all the success.

Long may it continue. Thanks so much. Thank you for playing it, guys. Seriously. We are loving it over here in New Zealand. And take care of yourselves. Thanks, you too. Bye-bye.

See you, guys. Bye-bye. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll, guys. Bye-bye. See you guys. Bye-bye. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right, and at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Scrolling through your feed. Here to repeat the first paragraph of news stories that he read during that CS song, here's Benjamin Ross, boys, scrolling through your feed. It's pretty much the truth. Now, Banksy, original Banksy artwork sold at an auction in Auckland last night for $1.5 million. Just a little wee picture from Banksy,

but it's pretty incredible. They reckon they were thinking around about 600,000 to 1 million tops. What's gone for 1.5, 1.45 million, sorry. What I can't understand about Banksy is he's this, or she, is this elusive artist that no one knows the face of. Yeah.

But how does Banksy earn money off Banksy's art? Surely someone's got Banksy's bank account details. His Banksy account. The Banksy account. Yeah. Gmail. Someone has to know. Yeah, there's got to be. Multiple people has to know Yeah there's got to be

Multiple people I mean on this occasion I think he or she Whoever Banksy is Didn't own this particular It's obviously someone else's Solder But at some point in the trail

Banksy's earned some money off it Yeah exactly So maybe there's like a third party Like an agent or something That's working for Banksy I'd be shocked If I knew that secret Geez I'd be shocked

I'd be like You'll never guess You'll, jeez, I'd be shocked at Kibi. Oh, you would. I'd be like, you'll never guess. You'd be on radio every five minutes talking about it. You'll never guess what I know. I know who Banksy is. And I'd dangle the carrot for a while, and then I'd turn it into a radio story arc. That's why I'll never tell you that I'm Banksy. It's been you the whole time.

The whole time. But in this day and age. It's pretty incredible, right? We can still keep that Anonymity Anonymity Anonymity Banksy's anonymity is still a thing

You know social media Surely someone's seen someone tagging on a wall In the middle of the night That's true So yeah Banksy Imagine if the police are like Hey mate you're body graffiting I'm Banksy. Imagine the police are like, hey, mate, you're burning graffiti. I'm Banksy.

We don't care. I don't care, mate. You can spray paint it on a toilet. Public toilet. This thing's worth millions. No, no, mate. You're coming in with us. And it is Easter this weekend,

and hot cross buns, a staple of many households around the world for Easter. There's a whole raft of them, too, now. Too many variations. You've got your chocolate ones. You've got ones that have, for some reason, you've got walnuts and currants in them. There's like the brioche version as well too.

There's a brioche hot cross bun? Yeah, it's very confusing when you go to buy a hot cross bun. We bastardised the hot cross bun. Well, it's dividing the internet right now what a lady has made a hot cross bun into on TikTok. Now, she's basically turned it into a lamb burger. So she's got a hot cross bun, just your traditional hot cross bun into on TikTok. Now, she's basically turned it into a lamb burger. So she's got a hot cross bun, just your traditional hot cross bun,

and inside she's got mint sauce, she's got lamb and potatoes as well inside the burger. Now, people are either saying this looks delicious or this looks like... Well, it looks like she ran out of burger buns. Yeah, yeah. And this was the only option in her cupboard. She didn't want to put the fries on the side,

so he put them in the burger and ate it all at once. But anyway, it's dividing the internet, so there you go. We spoke to someone the other day whose father regularly has sardines on, you know, those fruit muffin splits. So not like your English muffin splits. The fruit's spicy, they're tasty when they're... But he puts sardines on them. Seems like a strange... I mean, the boomers, the boomers are really.

They've got these hardened pellets from the war where they were forced to eat dirt. Yeah. But my dad will just have a wild combination of foods. He'll almost shut his eyes and just stick his hands in the cupboard and pull out whatever cans and make something out of it. And we talked about this before, but not throwing anything out. Like my mum, for weeks and weeks, it's the same.

I'm like, well, you ate this for dinner like nine nights ago. Oh, didn't you eat your stepdad? Yeah. Wasn't he violently ill? And you're like, what's wrong with him? Oh, you had some fish from last November. Yeah, well, that'll do it.

Yeah. What was in the fridge? The fridge in his find, in the refrigerator. We're going to have some 2017 chicken leftovers. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning.

To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Let's do some spy. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Listen, producer Juliet, she's away today following a non-stop two-day partying bender on the weekend. She did have a big weekend, didn't she?

She did, she did. She said her and her friends were messaging each other Monday morning during our show. Oh, I shouldn't be at work today. Low key, really hurting and all that sort of stuff. And then she went home after like pretty much the show. Yeah, no, so listen,

I don't want to cast dispersions. You don't want to know who Banksy is, but you clearly were checking out. Literally, you were mocking me during that song too. You were like, you said you did not want to know who Banksy was My face couldn't have got any closer to the computer screen So does Vinny and Max

It was like Here's a picture of Banksy You run around and you're like Oh yeah look My face was like almost My nose was touching the screen I was wanting to get in so close But anyway

What a nosy bugger eh Back off And then on air he's like I don't want to know I don't want to know I don't want to know I like the mystery Well anyway

A man who hasn't stopped partying since 1995, Ben Boyce, been on a non-stop bender, bringing it with Spy, mate. Well, trending now, people are shocked and appalled to discover that Crazy Frog, you remember Crazy Frog from the early 2000s, this song? This was like the number one song,

Axl F theme from Beverly Hills Cop, that Crazy Frog did its own remix with. This number one song, It was all over. It had videos. I think it was merch. It was everywhere. Well, people were shocked and appalled to discover that Crazy Frog had no pants on the whole time. No pants. His little tadpole

was out and all. I thought it was an umbilical cord. Well, apparently it's not. The whole time he had his piece out. It was crazy. No one noticed. It was crazy, mate. It was crazy.

But surely someone should have pointed it out. It was a wild time. Not one of us noticed. No. So now people are discovering that. He was Donald Ducking. Yeah, he was. He had like a waistcoat-y thing on, right?

Yeah. Well, that's where I guess you focus on. Oh, you're just assuming. He had a helmet. Yeah. You assume, oh, well, he's clothed. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. There you go, Belinda Max. Oh, my gosh. Joe doesn't want to see it. I don't want to see oh, you're just assuming. Had a helmet? Yeah, you assume, oh, well, he's clothed. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, there you go, Belenio Max.

Oh, my gosh. Joe doesn't want to see it. I don't want to see it. Actually, show me. Show me. I want to see it. So there you go. Yeah, there it is.

It's definitely quite obvious. It's sort of dangling down, isn't it? No one noticed that. How many years of that? You know, there was a good five years that we ran around that crazy frog phase. Yeah, and actor Kirsten Dunst. I've had mine out the whole time too. You haven't noticed, Ben?

Kirsten Dunst, of course, from Bring It On, Spider-Man. Well, she was in New Zealand through lockdown last year. She was filming a Jane Campion movie in New Zealand. No doubt, probably a high-falutin' celeb tried to sidestep MIQ. Well, I think she was in here before lockdown and then she had to go into lockdown and her and her husband, actually,

they ended up renting a house just out of Auckland and through the lockdown period they stayed to film the movie afterwards. Actually, so they've just announced they have it pregnant with their second baby. So that's awesome.

And you're tying it into New Zealand. You're saying the timeline. Well, producer Humphries... That's New Zealand's baby. In New Zealand, we love claiming stuff, don't we? Yeah. You know, so would you think, you know, like last mid- Maybe, maybe not.

Maybe a New Zealand baby. I don't know. If that baby's not named New Zealand, we'll be very disappointed. Oh, that's lovely news, though. Congratulations to them. What does he do? What does her husband do? Oh, that's a...

That's a follow-up question. He's an actor as well. He's an actor as well. He's an actor as well. Is he producing something? Jesse Plemons is his name. And they actually rented a house just out of Auckland. And they said a lot of animals found their way inside the house. They had a cat that was on the property.

Would bring in, like, mice and rabbits as well. So I don't know what sort of house these Hollywood people were. And they let their son, their first son, run it. He was potty training at the time, he'd just go outside and pee on the grass. That's a great option. Yeah, when they're in New Zealand. So we've got famous urine on our grass.

Oh my God, this is a great day. We've got a famous baby. And they also relieve themselves on our grass. That's New Zealand grass. This is a great day, Altair. Oh, that's wonderful. Well, congratulations, Kirsten Dunstan. I know that'll mean a lot to her.

Coming from me. From Jono. From Jono and Ben. And that is the latest Cicely Brady news. 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 Ben. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. Wrapping up our show. It's been a fun one this morning. And tomorrow's Friday. Well, in a way it is. Don't tell me it's notrapping up our show. It's been a fun one this morning. And tomorrow's Friday. Well, in a way it is.

Don't tell me it's not Friday. Oh my gosh. I'm going to party like it's Friday. Well, it is. Technically, it is quite a short week, isn't it? Like the great philosopher Rihanna once said, it'll be cheers to the freaking weekend, Ben. That's what they'll be saying.

We'll be back tomorrow. Of course, five words, $5,000. We need to pick up our game a little bit, literally, right? Don't we? Because we haven't won any money this week for anyone. I guarantee that we could, or maybe not, give away cash tomorrow. We'll catch you tomorrow from six. Want more Jono and Ben?

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