Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Married At First Flight: The Full Journey!

Episode Date: March 13, 2025

How did our couple first meet? Why were they engaged for FOUR years? What secret plans went into organising their wedding? And how did the bride receive signs that her dad was watching over her? Tune in to discover all the heartfelt details! And we couldn't have done this without help from: Tourism Fiji Outrigger Fiji Fiji Airways Island Hoopers Fiji Diamonds On Richmond Barkers Clothing Yours Truly Bridal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. It's Valentine's Day, I hope you have a wonderful evening, if you're celebrating this evening. He doesn't mean it. I do, I have no problems with people. He hates Valentine's Day. I just don't get caught up in it. Happy Valentine's Day, I mean it. No, I mean it. I want you to have a happy night if you're into it.

He's a Valentine's Grinch. No he's not, he's pretty relaxed when it comes to Valentine's Day. He just a Valentine's Grinch. No, he's not. He's pretty relaxed when it comes to Valentine's Day. He just doesn't engage in the commercialism of the day. Doesn't buy the hiked up flowers, the hiked up restaurant prices. He doesn't like dining with other diners who are also celebrating their relationships. But if you want to do that, that's fine. You want to do that.

And something else that you're critical of me, Megan, is... I'd just like to Wind you up Yeah Is the fact that I hadn't mentioned that I don't know why I hadn't mentioned it before It wasn't like I was

Keeping a secret or anything That was seven years From the time I got engaged To the time Amanda My wife and I Got married in Fiji Which I also find it strange That you were so quick

To get engaged But then you put The handbrake on You know He likes love But he doesn't like paying for things. As I say, we were in our 20s, it was young. We were like, you know, there was time.

There was time. So you knew she was the one, but you didn't want to seal the deal fully yet. No, but I feel like in a lot of ways. You need to keep your options open. In a lot of ways. I feel like the engagement is a commitment. It is.

Huge commitment. It feels like that was going to happen. We're going to happen when the timing was right. in a lot of ways I feel like the engagement is a commitment it is huge commitment yeah like it feels like that was going to happen you know we're going to happen when the timing was right so and

did you mention you got the engagement out of the way quite quickly though didn't you yeah yeah it was probably within the first year or so

so yeah so then we're like hey we're happy I was happy I've um maybe I didn't have that conversation with her I think she'd given up on me

was she like knocking at you about it was she like is this going to happen no she kind of stopped she was just pretty chill about it I think she was given up on me. Was she, like, knocking at you about it? Was she like, what's going to happen? No, she kind of stopped. She was just pretty chill about it, I think. She was very chill about it. At least it was all pent up inside. But anyway.

We never had a conversation. It was a wonderful wedding in Fiji. And we talked about, you know, like, whether you'd been engaged or still currently engaged more than seven years. Engaged for nine years. And we just got married last year. Oh, wow. Oh, congrats.

I kind of wanted to wait till this year to sort of make it to that decade. 26 years. 26 years. Wow. We've been together 33. It's just a piece of paper for us now. So, yeah, we want to kick this off again. I just got such a huge response on the text machine, 4487.

0800, that's Valentine's Day. Are you sitting on today, Valentine's Day, still engaged? Years and years later. Yeah. So you want people that are currently engaged for longer than seven years, maybe. Yeah. You've set the benchmark for seven. Okay.

Yeah. All right. Can you tell? And it's fine. I'm not going to judge. Megan might judge. Megan might judge you. I'm just winding you up.

4487. I won't judge you. will someone's got a judge john o'brien and megan the podcast the hats valentine's day we're talking about our relationships yesterday and i mentioned that it was seven years after i got engaged that amanda my wife and i got married in fiji it was a wonderful wedding we had a great time in fiji yeah and yeah it just took seven years from the time we got engaged to the time we got married. He keeps, it looks like you're trying

to explain it. Yeah. Like, it's just how long it took us. No, but I feel like, because we were early 20s and we got engaged,

so I feel like maybe if we got married, people might have thought, oh, you rush, you know, it felt like it was later in my 20s to get married.

So it kind of felt like, yeah. Long engagement. Yeah, long engagement. Well, it doesn't sound like it's fine, does it? Just like winding you up.

Like I had to defend myself. He was just holding Amanda hostage with a piece of jewellery for seven years. So you were after longest engagement. Do you want the thresholds over five? Well, yeah, I think so, but hey. Yeah, I mean, there's some beauties coming through. We wanted to talk to a lady who actually got engaged today. So the proposal was done on Valentine's Day.

Oh, wow. I thought you meant like literally today. I was like, it's only like 25, seven. It's a nearly engagement. It's a nearly engagement. But seven years later, still hasn't walked down the aisle. It's Valentine's Day today. Seven years to the day.

We tried to get her on and she's just texted back saying sorry, can't answer my phone. My daughter's started vomiting in the car. Happy Valentine's Day. Oh my god, I'm so sorry. That's all you need for Valentine's Day. Hey Luce, how are ya? Good morning. It's great to have you on Lucy. Can you beat Ben's

seven year engagement? Yeah I can. So my partner and I actually started going out when we were 14. And then on my 21st birthday we got engaged and now I'm 30 turning 31 soon

and we're still engaged. High school sweethearts. That's wholesome isn't it? That is weird. It's 14 years old. You've spent more. I know. It's so wild now when I see a 14-year-old. I'm like, oh, my God.

Yeah. As a parent, you'd be like, no way. Put it back in your trousers, thanks. Literally. Yeah, she has spent the majority of her life with this. I can see you trying to work that out. Yeah. She's 14.

She's about to be 31. So what, that is 16 years and is it plans to get married or yeah everyone's always like when are you getting married I'm like oh just like the thought of writing a guest list it's like oh and the money

yeah I mean that's now hey here's an idea Ben you got married in Fiji yeah would you want to get married in Fiji Lucy yeah I reckon I could do something like that would you got married in Fiji. Yeah. Would you want to get married in Fiji, Lucy? Yeah, I reckon I could do something like that. Would you elope to Fiji to get married? Yeah, I reckon I could elope.

Well, we could sort this out. Who could sort this out? Could we? Someone can sort this out. No, no. Jono. You can't just say stuff like that. We'd all love to get married in Fiji. Lucy, it's not a thing that's happening.

Are you going to pay for it? No of course I'm not going to pay Lucy don't get your hopes up I'm not going to pay for it I'm just saying would you like to? I'd like to grab my skip marry Take it from me Fiji's great I love it

I'll recommend it But hey I'm not saying we can make that happen But hey Who doesn't want to have a wedding in Fiji? Probably producer Ellie Doesn't want to organise a wedding in Fiji Yeah We'll Ellie doesn't want to organise a wedding in Fiji. Yeah. We'll see what we can do.

Well, that'd be amazing, Lucy. So if it were to happen, we could get you to Fiji, you'd do it? God, yeah. Okay. All right, people are keen. People are keen, yeah.

We wouldn't have any fun today. Yeah, apart from the people that have to make it happen. The bosses that are here at the Hits radio station. Sean is just chucking things out wildly. Okay, poll.

4487, if you're still engaged, would you get married in Fiji if we were to provide it? What? I'd get married again in Fiji. See, Megan, we'll do it. It's two out of two. Would you elope? Okay, you elope. Because we can't afford to take everyone there, right?

Would you do it? All right, I'm going to have to go. My son's losing it in the background. Lucy's like, please, can I exit out this weird conversation? Have a good day, Lucy. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. We're talking about my engagement. So seven

years. Seven years between you getting engaged and when you got married. Talking about going to Fiji, how awesome it was. It was a great time and we wanted to know, and we did it yesterday, people had a long engagement, all longer than mine. Lots of people are still currently engaged and longer than I've been.

Waited longer than Ben, yeah. So Jono decided to chuck out some wild as you do usually. Why don't you follow in Ben's footsteps? I said, who would be interested if you're still engaged in getting the wedding done in Fiji? Now, you said, well, how are you going to do this?

That was your first question. I said, well, we'll start with a poll. Okay, Colmar Bruntapole, 100% of the respondents said would love to do that. Now, we had Lucy on the phone at the time when you chucked this out there. You'll hear a little bit here where Lucy's on there and you bamboozled her with this idea. Now, here's an idea. Ben, you got married in Fiji. Yeah.

Would you want to get married in Fiji, Lucy? Yeah, I reckon I could do something like that. Well, we could sort this out. Who could sort this out? Could we? Someone can sort this out. No, no. Jono.

You can't just say stuff like that. So it seemed to me like the simple solution for everyone, apart from probably Producer Ellie and our promotions team. Yeah, well, it's too many people. You're like, what about eloping in Fiji? And now Matt, our boss, has come through. Lovely to see you, Matt Anderson. Good morning, guys.

You're going to get told off. Yeah. This is the funny thing with you, Jono, is you're an ideas guy, but you're not necessarily a details guy. What do they say now in our meetings? Blue sky thinking. Go blue sky.

White label solutions. Blue sky thinking. We'll take it offline. We'll circle back to this later We'll circle back to this later There's another one as well Some hot fire corporate speak Yeah

That's what I do for eight hours a day Yeah Well the funny thing is Since you threw this out there Into the ether this morning Threw it into the sky Yeah Obviously as you say

Not necessarily too details focused But our promotions team No details In the last hour Have been fielding A lot of interest From Tourism Fiji. Buller.

What? Oh, my God. Great. Are you serious? So there's a little bit of detail to work out. A lot of detail. I'm not a detailed guy. Don't look at me when you're asking that, mate.

But it's Valentine's Day. People are feeling loved up. Our friends at Tourism Fiji are feeling loved up. So I think they can make it happen. What? So someone could get married in Fiji? Again, our promotions team have got a lot of work to do. You've just made Larissa's Friday very, very busy, but yeah,

I think we're going to be able to make this happen. The one-time Jono Chucks an idea. You've got a manifesto. Now, Monday morning, we are going to be giving away a Lamborghini. And we all get one each. Every caller gets a Lamborghini Monday morning. We one each every caller gets a Lamborghini Monday morning

we'll just chuck some stuff out that is amazing I guess we've got a lot of details I've got a lot of questions but maybe I can take these we can take these offline take these offline shall we circle back later

these are details guys now I'm thinking through all the details but I'm thinking okay so what we do know Fiji wedding yes so we are going

again bit of detail to work out I just feel like I have to caveat that but yes our friends at Tourism Fiji have come to the party they're keen to work out some details and we are going, again, bit of detail to work out. I just feel like I have to caveat that. But yes, our friends at Tourism Fiji have come to the party. They're keen to work out some details. And we are going to find one of these couples that have been engaged for a long time. Did they hear the bit when I was saying, we are also going to be there? Did they hear that part?

I don't think we said that, but we could say that now. Well, all three of you are obviously happily married. Megan loves it so much, she's done it twice. I can do it again. No need. I can do it again. No need. If I get to go to bed need. I can do it again. No need. If I get to go to bed. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. We got talking about how long it took me to get after I'd been engaged to get married. I got married in Fiji. It was awesome and we thought maybe we should give someone the opportunity to get married in Fiji. That is engaged. For whatever reason, hasn't got engaged. Sorry, hasn't got married.

So many. Hundreds of entries on the hits.co.nz. So thank you very much for everyone who's entered. We're going to be following this saga, going to be trying to help organize things. There's a lot of stuff to organize, and we were listing it off yesterday, isn't there? So we're going to go through to our lucky winner here. Hello, Christy speaking. Hello, Christy speaking Hello, Christy Hello Hello, it's Jonathan, Benjamin and Megan here from The Hits

Hi Hi guys, how are you? We catch up with you Oh, that's so great Just see what you're doing, you know, doing in life Oh no, just, you know, pretending to work while listening to you guys. Same. Now, we spoke to you yesterday and you weren't married.

Has anything changed on that status? No, nothing at all has changed on that status. So just remind. Just engaged. Engaged. How long have you and George been engaged for? I think it's coming up four years now. Okay, four years.

And for a multitude of reasons, you like the house and all sorts of life, you haven't got married yet? Yeah. No, we haven't. How would you like to get married in Fiji? Oh, my God. That would be amazing. Because if you want it, you can get married in Fiji.

I would love that. Thank you. Thanks to Tourism Fiji, you can say I do in paradise. It's just three hours away. The Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort is where you and George can get married. This is not a joke. This is not a joke. This is not a joke.

It's happening. It would be a sick joke if it was. The problem is we've done years and years of jokes, and I can see why you've gone there. But this is 100% legit. It is yours if you want it. All you need to say is I do to us. I do.

I do not fear anymore. I do. Now, can we call George? And why don't you propose to George? We can do that. I think he might be sleeping, but yeah, let's do it. This is a wake-up call. Did he don't you propose to George? We can do that. I think he might be sleeping, but yeah, let's do it. This is a wake-up call. Did he propose to you initially?

Yes, yes, he did. Well, you can propose the idea of eloping in Fiji, the two of you. Yeah, sure. He's a man of many words, so we'll see how that goes. Holy crap, I'm sorry. This is amazing. It's pretty exciting, isn't it?

Oh my god It's a lot to get here This is amazing There's a lot to plan too Oh yeah, we've got some organising to do Haircare Oh my god Come on Georgie, gorgeous George

Oh he's a shift worker, okay Yeah sorry He finished at like midnight So he'll be Yeah Hello Georgie Gorgeous George

Gorgeous George It's Jono, Ben and Megan From the Hits Radio Station Morning Sorry for the early morning call I haven't actually had any time To think about this But

Oh George Gorgeous George George Will you do the honours of marrying me in Fiji? Oh, shit. Okay. Yeah, you guys have won.

Thanks to Tourism Fiji, you have won to get eloped in Fiji in paradise. Oh, my gosh, George. You're going to be a husband. Is that good? That's a good thing. I don't know, you tell us. I think it's pretty cool. George is like,

I was hoping to drag this engagement out for another 10 years. No, that's, how much does this mean to the pair of you? Oh, everything. This is awesome. This is fantastic. I can't even,

man, still speechless, sorry. I can't even comprehend it, but this is huge. This is fantastic. I can't even man still speechless, sorry. Can't even comprehend it. But this is huge. This is amazing. Unreal. Well, I'll tell you what. There's a lot to organise. We need to get you to Auckland. I know you're in Rotorua. I need to get you to Auckland for your hens do, your stag do. The dress.

The wedding dress. Oh yeah. Dress babes. We're getting you a ring. Yeah, there's a lot to organise. There is so much to organise. Even though it's just the two of you, there's a lot to organise. This is very exciting. Congratulations. You sound awesome.

We can't wait to meet you and hopefully help you plan an unbelievable and unforgettable wedding in Fiji. This is amazing. Thank you guys so much. I can't believe it. Thank you. Thank you guys so much. Appreciate it. Very welcome. Thank you guys so much. Appreciate it.

Very welcome. Great to have you on board. Next, well, it could be the song, the key song could be coming up. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Could be sending you to Fiji to get a lope. At first flight with Tourism Fiji. To get a lope. To get a lope. I was going to let you have it. I missed the D on the end of that one.

To get a lope. All thanks to Tourism Fiji. It missed the D on the end of that one. To get eloped. All thanks to Tourism Fiji. It would be an amazing time for you if you've been engaged, you want to get married, for whatever reason it hasn't happened, you can register right now at the hitstock.nz. Yeah. It's a pretty exciting time, isn't it? And over 150 entries so far.

So get in there. We'll be making the draw in the next couple of days. But there's probably a good reason that a lot of people want to elope. And it's all they want to avoid drama at the wedding.

They can be the epicenter of drama, can't they, weddings? I've had two and both of them. The second time I was like, I'm not going to have drama. There was drama.

Right. The first time around, it was like, just all go. There was so many things. Some I can't mention on the radio but there were people demanding to have children there when we were like blanket rule no kids to make

children there or no no i'll bring children to bring children so we made an exception for some people to bring children and they ran amok which is they were loud and they were running around and we were like this is why we didn't want kids there they're like the the drunk guests at 11 o'clock at night but they're like that through the whole process, aren't they? There was one particular table that got very raucous and had too much to drink. So during the speeches, there was some, how do I put it nicely? Some feeding of the garden.

Oh, really? Oh, okay. I didn't know where you were going with that. I mean, that would have been about like 7.30. Oh, really? So they got a bit hard too early, really? Oh, okay. I didn't know where you were going with that, but either. I mean, that would have been about like 7.30. Oh, really? So they got a bit hard too early, really. It was my workmates table. Long runway.

Don't invite radio people to somewhere free with free food and drink. Yeah. So I remember a story that a friend of ours, he went to a wedding in the Gold Coast. Oh, nice. And he did assume, and everyone assumed, that the groomsman was on some sort of assistance because he was profusely sweating while licking his lips, telling everyone how much he loved them all. His stroking faces, rubbing, you know,

if you look over and you see your groomsman rubbing the carpet with his hands and patting the tablecloth. Send them home kind of situation. Yeah, bench them for the speeches. But a lot of guys, they don't read the room. No, in speeches, you're right. You're like, there's a huge difference between, you know, a fishing boat and a wiener.

Yeah, it's not a 21st speech. This is not the time for a 21st speech. It's classier than that. But some guys, you're right. It's like the attempt at humour might get a few laughs from one or two tables and then a lot of cringing and awkwardness from a lot of other tables. There might be grandparents there. Exactly.

Probably parents there. Yeah. I think there should be a law passed by Parliament where if the bride looks over and she sees the groom sort of rubbing faces and sweating, she's legally allowed to hand him a speech she's pre-prepared and he has to read that by law and not deviate from there. Men are just a lesser species. So wild weddings is what we want to know.

The wildest thing you've seen at a wedding. Maybe it was your wedding. Maybe you've been in attendance and you've just gone, oh my goodness, what is going on? It's great if it's not your wedding. Imagine if it's been, I'd just say some fisticuffs. I reckon fisticuffs have happened

at the wedding. One of the most unusual things I saw at a wedding was when the celebrant asked, will you take this, you know, for the wedding. Most people leave that out now, don't they?

If anyone objects. And it was just a long pause. Like, honestly, it went on for, and it felt like, you know when something says, and you're like, this is taking so long, why isn't there an answer? Eventually it was an answer, but it was apparently some little dare that the mates had all had. It's to see how long, the first wedding in the group, they had to wait two seconds.

Next one, four seconds. The wedding I was at was 12 seconds. I was like, oh my God, you're not going to answer this question? Because I had no idea what this dare was going on. Sounds like they were actually waiting for a particular person to say something. It was so awkward. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. We could be sending you to Fiji to get married at first flight. It's all thanks to Tourism Fiji. If you want to register, you can do so at the hitstockco.nz. Just talking wild weddings, though, because I guess you're going to avoid all the wild antics Of your stock standard wedding if you're eloping You'll probably just have to deal with some sunburnt People watching you get married And taking photos of you for their photo stream

But great text here on 4487 Wild wedding I do not want to go on air My wild wedding was to my ex Yes he is now married to my best friend He got so drunk he was doing the electric eel on the dance floor. My husband's sister was doing the deed in the garden with her partner. Oh, jeez. And there were lots of breasts out in the photo booth.

I wouldn't change a thing about it. Great day. Great day. Tina, good morning to you. Wild Weddings. Morning. Lovely to have you on. What happened? In my late teens, I was asked to be a bridesmaid at a cousin's wedding.

And I didn't know this person very well. We hadn't really spent a lot of time. But it was a wedding, right? So I was like, yeah, I'll be a bridesmaid for you. Can't say no to that, really, can you? Who says no to being a bridesmaid? Yeah, yeah. So I was like, absolutely. And it was quite a swanky wedding. Everything was silk and roses and jaguars and all of that type of thing. And the day just went on as normal. And we got to towards the end of the reception,

and we're just sitting there, and people started dancing. And what I heard was that somebody had whispered something to the groom about the bride and the next minute this almighty fight broke out on the dance floor and I had no idea what was going on. I was like, what is actually happening? And everyone was quite posh and then there was this huge fisticuffs and teen policing came and yeah, it was pretty wild. So people were very injured and and, yeah, it was pretty wild.

So people were very injured and unsurprisingly, yeah, yeah. So unsurprisingly, the wedding was over, like the marriage was over in about nine months. And like any good family, nobody talked about it. It just got swept under the carpet. You're like, what is the tea on this? Wow. Yeah. So it was like nobody said what had actually happened or what was said or why it ended.

We just heard that it was ended and it ended. And I was like, oh, I felt, you know, sorry for her and stuff. And then fast forward about, I don't know, maybe two years later and I'm standing in the pack and save line and I thought, oh, I'll have a look in the woman's weekly. And there he was, the guy that she had married. And he was getting married to a celebrity. And I think I actually said out look in the woman's weekly. And there he was, the guy that she had married. And he was getting married to a celebrity. And I think I actually said out loud at the time, oh, no, you know, because, yeah, we were thinking, gosh, this guy's pretty shady.

Yeah. So he got married to a celebrity. Oh, wow. These people. Let's not say them on the radio because they could get us in trouble. That's wild. I tell you what, it's a great wedding when the police are invited, isn't it, at the end of the night? I know.

Yeah, I was pretty stunned. And, yeah, and so then, obviously, if you go on Google or go onto Wiki about this relationship, it didn't last very long either. Oh, jeez. Surprisingly, so, yeah. Oh, well, thank you. Thank you for sharing, Tina. But this is where the bar has been set for wild weddings. Police, celebrities, silk. It had it all. sharing, Tina. But this is where the bar has been set for wild weddings. Police, celebrities, silk.

It had it all. Yeah, yeah. It was fancy and it just turned to custard. I still have no idea what even happened. I was like a fly on the wall stunned. And, yeah, no one's ever breathed a word about what was said, but I'd love to know. Classic Kiwi way.

Suppress those emotions. Jono, Ben I'd love to know. Classic Kiwi way, suppress those emotions. John O'Bannon Megan, the podcast. The hits. Very excited. What time is it for us to organise a wedding this week? Yeah, thanks to Tourism Fiji. We need to plan a wedding for our wonderful couple, George. Sorry, you're waving.

I got this. Married at first flight with Tourism Fiji. Yeah, George and Christy are going to get married in Fiji. They're going to Elope, and we need to plan the wedding for them. You know, we need to get this all sorted. There's a lot to organise for them to go in Elope in Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Just three hours away, they're going to get married at the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort.

Now, Christy, our lucky bride from Rotorua, how are we feeling after the news on Friday? Oh, I can't even put that into words, to be perfectly honest. You've had a little bit of time to have it, is it not really sunk in yet? Oh, yeah, I'm like in a crossroads between feeling like I need to go for a run and then also feel like I need a nap to try and process it.

It's really bizarre. You need your adrenaline pumping through your body. Yes, yeah, an enormous amount. Who have you spoken to so far? Way too many people, probably. I think half of Rotorua knows at this point. Great, great. Yeah, everybody that has been in my proximity knows.

Yeah, there's only a few people that I haven't gotten around to yet. Well, I imagine Rotorua, it's a big village. You know, word will travel fast. Yes, yes it would. Christy and George are getting married. Ring the bells. Ring the church bells. Absolutely.

All about it. Now we've actually got, what was your mum's reaction? Oh, she's just stoked, eh? She just can't believe that it's happening. Yeah, I think all our family are like that. They're just like, this is just unreal. This is insane. And then you have a big party when you get home to celebrate with them?

Yeah, we're going to have to do something. Okay, now we're going to phone one of your friends who you haven't told, TJ. Yes, yes. Now, we're going to phone one of your friends who you haven't told, TJ. Yes. Yes. Now, this is your best friend. Yes. Just after a bit of champagne radio surprise, you know? Yeah.

I'm actually quite interested to see his reaction. It's going to be good. Going through to TJ. How do you know TJ? I've known him for years. I think we started working together at McDonald's when we were like 16, 17. And we've just been besties. Yeah, really close. Hello?

TJ? No, no, it's Tony. Oh, Tony. Also known as TJ? No. No. Just a guy called Tony. Okay. Well, Tony, guess what? We've got some huge news to tell you. No. Just a guy called Tony.

Okay. Well, Tony, guess what? We've got some huge news to tell you. No, no. No, Tony. No, that's fine. Well, tell Tony anyway. Okay. So, Christy's on the phone.

Tony, guess what? Tell him, Christy. You tell him. I'm getting married, Tony. Oh, okay. Congratulations. She's eloping. Thank you.

She's eloping, Tony. Apologies, you can't go to the wedding. I know how much you guys have known each other for many years. Well, not at all. Where are you from, Tony? Why have we called Tony? I'm misdialed, obviously. Sorry, Tony.

Chrissie did say she was letting everyone know, so I guess we'll let Tony know now. We can tick you off the list. The whole of New Zealand knows. Good on you, Tony. Sorry, Tony. Did you have any kind words to pass on to Christy and George? Enjoy the rest of your life.

Thank you, Tony. That means a lot, Tony. Sorry, Tony. See you, Tony. That went well. Classic, Jono. Well, Tony knows now. It's great to know.

You want to just call someone else at random? I love you like Tony, also known as TJ. He's like, no. All right. We'll try and track down TJ before 9 o'clock this morning. But Tony had some great advice for their wedding, and that's what we want right now. For Christy and George, if you're in, maybe you've been married,

maybe you've married a couple of times, Megan. It doesn't matter how many times. We want some wedding advice. What's the one thing that they need to know? Does that make me good at advice or probably shouldn't be passing on advice? It could be sensible advice or it could be silly advice. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. We're just planning a wedding. silly advice. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're just planning a wedding. We are in a panic mode planning a wedding. Christy and gorgeous George, her fiancé, been engaged four years. They're following Ben's footsteps where he had a seven-year engagement and then he eloped in Fiji. Well, he didn't elope in Fiji. We got married in Fiji.

And we convinced Tourism Fiji to give us a trip for them to get married. Yes, there's a lot to organise. We're not sure when their wedding's going to be but we've got just a lot to organise. Yeah. What's worrying you? I know you're a list guy. What are they going to wear? Yeah, I'm worried about the dress. They need rings, they need

all sorts. I mean, music, all that sort of stuff. Suits? Yeah, suits. Yeah, exactly. Ben ordered some suits off Timu, didn't he? It was. It didn't work out. Oversized linen suits. So we want some advice right now too. We thought we could pass on some wedding advice. What's your best marriage advice?

What would you say? Mine would be like serious advice. Yeah, that's great. It's not all fun and games this show, mate. mate well I had two I'm on my second marriage oh don't do it stop bringing it up

after the first one we did marriage counselling and I was like oh this is amazing like some of this information probably would have been helpful before you know the marriage got the stuff

we all started falling off you mean your first marriage you went to marriage counselling towards the end I mean it still didn't work out but some of the stuff in there so what do you remember What do you remember? I remember appreciation for each other.

Because when you go home some days, you're like, hey. And I would greet Ben at work nicer than that. But because you're with them all the time, you forget pleasantries. Taken for granted. And tell them things that you appreciate about them. So you tried to breathe some life into that dead carcass. Didn't work. Yeah, didn't quite work.

But great advice. That is great advice. For the second marriage. All right, well, let's go to the phones. Yeah, let's get Logan on. What's your advice? My advice is make sure you know who you're going to marry. Thank you.

Thank you, little child. How old are you, Logan? I'm 15. Great advice from a 15-year-old. Make sure you know who you little child How old are you Logan? I'm 15 Great advice from a 15 year old That's fantastic, you are correct Logan, that's good advice, thank you It's really good I appreciate it

If this marriage goes on the rocks Logan, I know who to call I'm going to throw one out there If your partner says they don't want fries, order more fries anyway. That's always a good advice. Just do it. Always get the large.

Just in case, because eventually someone will always want to have fries. That is a really good piece of advice there, Ben. Zach, good morning. Hello. What's your advice there, Zach, for the happy couple? My advice is actually on the day of the wedding,

I'm a wedding videographer, and it relates to the amount of alcohol that's consumed. So my advice is to make sure that spirits and cocktails do not come out until around 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock. Anything before is going to go downhill real quick. Okay, that's good to know. So you've filmed a lot of weddings, and what's the wildest thing you've seen? That's also safe for 7.45 on a Monday morning on the radio.

Oh, I don't think I could share the wildest thing I've seen at 7.45 in the morning. I'll put you on the spot here. I'll tell you what. The wildest thing I've seen, I've seen a magician at a wedding. I've seen a ballist at a wedding. I've seen fire dancers at weddings. Yeah. My advice is there's no rules with weddings.

You can do whatever you like, really. You've got to pick off all these things like flowers and dress and all that jazz. I mean, you kind of need to, but there are no rules at all with weddings, really. I have a question. I do, and the rest can be whatever you like. That's cool. That's great advice. Because you've been to so many, do you reckon you can tell at the wedding if the relationship's

going to last? A hundred percent. Really? Oh, really? What are the signs? Yeah. Normally, again, if there is, you kind of get a sense. I think sometimes at the ceremony, you can kind of get a sense

where people aren't into it or maybe in the photo shoot afterwards, they're not quite as locked up as they should be. Wow. John O'Bannon Megan, the podcast, the hits. Okay, here we go. I messed up, guys. I messed up. Here's TJ, hopefully Hello?

TJ! Hi Do you go by the name TJ? Yeah, 100% that's me Great, great And do you know Christy and George? Yeah, 100% Great, well that's good to know

It's Jono, Ben and Megan here from The Hits Oh, um Insert insert other word. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. Nice to meet you. Now, uh, Chrissy's got some news for you, TJ. What did you do, Chrissy? Um, well, The Hits are amazing.

And anyway, George and I are going to Fiji to get married. To a loaf. Oh, sorry, sorry and I are going to Fiji to get married, to a loaf. Oh, sorry, sorry. I forgot. Oh, my gosh. Congratulations. That's amazing. Oh.

Gosh. Isn't it so amazing? It's very exciting. Oh, my gosh. Holy crap. What do I need to do? Do I need to do anything to help? Oh, that's so lovely. Well, actually, since you're offering. Holy crap, what do I need to do? Do I need to do anything to help?

That's so lovely. Well, actually, since you're offering. Yeah, we've got a little bit to organise for the wedding that's coming up in Fiji. But maybe you can start thinking about a party to celebrate when they get home. Oh, 100%. Let us know what you need, babe. That's amazing. Congratulations. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much. You guys are amazing. That's awesome. Lovely to meet you, TJ. Have a lovely day. You too. How old is she? I'm not going to swear.

I'm not going to swear on public radio. Have a great day. Kind of done it three times, but that's all good. Have a lovely day, TJ. You too. What a great friend. I want a TJ. That's awesome.

He's perfect. I love TJ. That's very cool. Awesome. Well, Christy, we've got some work to do, mate. We can't wait to actually meet you at some stage. We have to get you up and get you all sorted before your wedding. We'll make you feel so special.

I'm so excited. We're going to go dress shopping. We're going to do it all. Oh my gosh, this sounds unreal. I just can't believe that this is actually happening to us. This is crazy. Thank you, God. I don't even know what to say, actually, because thank you doesn't quite cut it. It's like, oh, that's not, that word isn't good enough.

I don't know what to do. Well, you're doing everything perfectly. Don't you worry. And no one's happier than Tony about this whole event. He couldn't be happier. Oh, Tony was lovely. Lovely. If Tony didn't know, it was lovely. Beautiful message. Hey, thanks, Christy. Speak soon.

Thank you so much. Yes, you're very welcome. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, Married at First Flight, that's what George and Christy are going to be doing. They're going to get married alope in Tourism Fiji. Married at First Flight with Tourism Fiji. Not in the Tourism Fiji office. Oh, yeah. That sounds like that, right. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Married at first flight with Tourism Fiji. Not in the Tourism Fiji office.

That sounded like that, right. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. I could be a great place. I see the office over there. It might be lovely. Almost as good as Fiji, I hear. Well, it is.

It's a tropical paradise. Everywhere is tropical paradise there. But yeah, we met Chrissy last week. They've been engaged four years, haven't got married. Ben, this spawned off you being engaged for seven years, getting married in Fiji. We thought, well, let's recreate your magical day. Yeah, they can go and get a lope. They can elope in Fiji, but we don't know a lot about them.

We're just getting to know them. Yeah. Now, an hour ago, the wonderful Michael from Diamonds on Richmond, he's donated two wedding bands for the happy couple. Incredible stuff. Oh, my God. Sorry. Oh, my God.

I'm already crying. Thank you so much. No worries. Very generous from Diamonds on Richmond, but we're still after a wedding dress. Wedding dress. We need suits or something for George to wear. Yeah, but that's not for them to worry about right now

because on the phone right now, Christy and gorgeous George. I love that label. Good morning. Good morning. Do you love it, George? Yeah, it sounds good. Now, George, we've only spoken to you once, and I feel like we woke you up the other day.

It wasn't a great start from us, so apologies about that. No, it wasn't me. Has it all sunk in now, George? Are you excited? Nervous. Nervous? It is weird that you get nervous. I think everyone does before they get married.

I don't know why, because most of the time you're pretty sure about it, unless it's my first wedding. It's very natural, George, I think, to be nervous. Oh, sweet. That's good. It's my first wedding, but it's very natural, George, I think, to be nervous. Oh, sweet. That's good. Now, Chrissy, I mean, seven days ago, you weren't even planning on getting married. I know.

Crazy. Crazy. And I didn't realize this. You guys are both, you both work for the New Zealand police. Yeah. Yeah, we do. Oh, that's great. Well, we couldn't have a better couple. And I tell you what, there wouldn't be a more opportune time right now

to talk about my 85 demerit points. No, it's not the time. I'm not saying, hey, if 50 of them mysteriously disappeared out of the database, that's not necessarily a bad thing. He thinks the law is a guideline. Yeah, it's not.

So is that how you guys met? How did you meet? Oh, well, George moved from out of town to work at our station, and I knew his cousin. And she asked me to, you know, say hi and befriend George, I guess, because he didn't know anyone in Rotorua. You took that seriously.

I did, man. We didn't really actually like each other at first, to be honest. That's how all good relationships start. Yeah. But our sections got aligned, so we worked together all the time. And then in town, we'd just keep running into each other. But it wasn't until we went to a box fit class, really, and the instructor paired us up together,

and we had to punch each other's stomachs. That was fine for me because I'd done it heaps, but this was George's first class, and that's how sparks flew. We had this weird argument after that, and we just couldn't stop talking. It just turned into this thing. Love was in the air as you were punching each other in the guts at a box foot class.

That's incredible. So let's talk about the engage and the engagement because you've been married for, I'm sorry, you've been engaged for four years. When did you get, when did you propose? Sorry, I was just looking at George to talk, but he's shaking his head at me like, you tell the story.

I don't want to tell the story. So what happened? We went up to Auckland to have a weekend away and we went to Sky City for dinner and went and had a look out of the Sky Tower thing, you know. And George got down on one knee

but then he freaked out a bit and pretended he was tying his shoelaces. Good save, George. Good save. And I was like, what are you doing? You don't even have shoelaces. You're wearing slides tonight, George. Good save. And I was like, what are you doing? You don't even have shoelaces. You're wearing slides tonight, George. It was so funny. And then he came and sat next to me again.

And then he kind of was like, oh, yes, so will you marry me? And then we got up and had this big hug. And I was crying. And then this random lady interrupted us and asked us if we could move out the way so she could walk past. Read the room, lady. George, if you could describe Christy in three words, what would they be? Three words.

Cheerful, beautiful and loving. Oh, that is lovely. George, he is gorgeous. And Christy, what are your three words for George? Hilarious, thoughtful, and gorgeous. That's the perfect trio in a name, I think. I'm going to lead with that one. You guys are awesome.

Thank you so much for doing this, for taking part. We're very excited about having you guys go in a lope in Fiji, thanks to Tourism Fiji. I hope you're still happy to do it. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're on a mission to marry two people who have been engaged for four years.

From Rotorua, we have Christy and Gorgeous George, her fiancé. We've now got a nickname, Gorgeous George. I don't think he's ever had that nickname before. Through Tourism Fiji, they've come to the party because, Ben, you said you were engaged for seven years and you got married in Fiji. It was amazing. It was just the best place to get married. And Fiji Tourism have come through and they're going to be sending them

over there just three hours away to the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort for a tropical wedding during. Now, yesterday we were desperate. We realised that we needed to organise. Dresses. Yeah. Or a dress. A dress.

A dress. A dress, you know, outfit for George, gorgeous George to wear. We also need rings. I thought we were just going to dress him up in Ben's costumes from his garage, like someone's dressed as a Marmite jar or something walking down the aisle. But clearly the people got to hear the desperation in our voices yesterday because Michael from Diamonds on Richmond, good morning. Good morning. How are you going? We're going good.

Now we've got a lot to organise for this wedding. We've never really been wedding planners before. No, I could imagine. It's a first for you guys. Yeah, we're all a bit rattled. Megan, you're probably doing the best out of all of us. I've done a couple of weddings and had a couple of shots at it. Third one's a charm. Yeah, it's good to have that under your belt, you know,

get it under your belt the first go. You learn a lot from the first one, don't you? You take that into the... Practice makes perfect. Now, Michael, we understand you're going to help us out with something pretty huge. Yes, yeah. No, we've been listening to the whole competition

and we think it's amazing. And we would love to help old gorgeous George and 50-year-old. We'd love to supply the wedding rings for their big day. Oh, so where is this? What's your business that's going to come through for this? So we're Diamonds on Richmond. So we're engagement wedding ring specialists based in Auckland.

Yeah, they've got to put a ring on their fingers for the special day. If you like it, you've got to put a ring on it. Someone said that sometime. Famous philosopher, Beyonce. That's awesome. Yeah, thank you so much for your generosity there. Yeah, no worries.

So we should actually call Christy. Should we call Christy there right now and see if we can tell her that we've got a ring sorted for her and there. Yeah, no worries. So we should actually call Christy. Should we call Christy right now and see if we can tell her that we've got a ring sorted for her and George? Yeah. Okay, we'll call in Christy and gorgeous Georgie. That nickname's stuck, hasn't it? Yeah, it is.

Good morning, Christy speaking. Christy, Jono, Ben and Megan, good morning. Oh, good morning. How are you guys? We're doing all right. You might know us as your stressed out wedding planners. Oh, yes, sorry. We're on the other side being nice and relaxed. We've got a lot to organise.

Don't you worry about anything. We've got it all under control. Thank you. Christy, we put a call out. There's many things that we need to organise this week, but one of them was wedding rings. Wedding bands? You guys need wedding bands to make it official, right?

Yeah, crazy, yes. The only prerequisite was we'll take any ring as long as it's not suffering. Bit of a speech gag there. You heard that a few weddings, yeah? Classic stuff. Chrissie, we're going to hand you over to the wonderful Diamonds on Richmond, OK? Oh, OK. Hey, Chrissie, how are you going?

Oh, good morning. I'm great, thank you. How are you? How are you doing yourself? Good, good. It's Michael here from Diamonds on Richmond. Hey, we've been listening to this competition, and we just want to look after you guys and help you out

to give you a couple of rings there for your big wedding day. So we want us to buy them complimentary from us. I'm sorry. Oh, my God. Sorry. Oh, my God. I'm already crying. Thank you so much.

Would you like more diamonds to go with your wedding day? Say yes. I mean, why not? Yes. Okay, we'll look after you. Absolutely. Gosh, thank you so much. No worries.

We are more than happy to help out. So generous of you at Diamonds on Richmond. Thank you so much, Michael and the team. Hey, no worries. There's only one way diamonds can get better, and that's when they're free. Good Lord. I didn't know diamonds could get any better.

Oh, my gosh. All thanks to Michael and Diamonds on Richmond. So can't remember diamonds. Couldn't get any better. Oh, my gosh. All thanks to Michael and Diamonds on Richmond. So thank you so much. So when we get you here for your big suit fitting and your dress fitting and stuff, you'll have your fingers and... Your finger fitting. Michael. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Like, if I was to do it a third time, I would probably elope. What I love about you is you're self roasting And you're getting in there about your multiple weddings Before we have the chance to I'm not ashamed I'm not ashamed

But I have had two and there's Things I'd change about both Husbands? I was going to say the groom for the first one That's okay because he'd say the bride so that's fine Because we wanted some sort of advice for them as they get married, and we thought maybe one thing, one thing that you would change about your wedding.

Now, you've got an option. You've got the groom. Oh, I've got both weddings. Yeah, the groom for this one. It might be something little. It might be something big. The thing is, it is such a snapshot in time. I know we've spoken about this lots,

but there's only a couple of people that made it to both my weddings and maybe it is a reflection on me, but the second wedding even though it was only seven years ago, there's still people I would not have there. I'd get rid of the MCs. Who was MCing at the time?

It was a couple of people that I don't talk to much anymore. That's what happens. You know what I changed about my wedding? My hair. Did you have hair? When I was just clinging on to dear life.

It was hanging in there. It was like bits of floating spaghetti in dirty dishwater. Did you climb it over? I just whack it off. No, I was just kind of Sitting there Just sort of I should

I would go back And tell myself Sit myself down And say whack it off Were you Homer Simpson-ing Whack it I was Homer Simpson-ing Simpson-ing

At the wedding Okay what's one thing You changed I kind of need to see A photo now I'll bring one in I'll bring one in Great

Yeah So that would be My advice Wait Do you get married in times Where there's no digital photos Yeah I was just Having'll bring one in. I'll bring one in. So that would be my advice. Wait, do you get married in times where there's no digital photos? Yeah, I was just having a break. He's not going to bring one in.

You know there's not charts. There's no digital record back in the day. Just take a photo of a photo and then bring your phone in. Are they black and white? I got sketched actually by I look like Prince William. And yeah, back in those days we didn't have photography when I got sketched actually by, you know, I look like Prince William. And yeah, back in those days, we didn't have photography when I got married. So we got sketched.

We stood there for seven hours as they painted us. I'm going to say no one cares about what's on the table. Not food wise, but you're like, you have things about, oh, what's this place setting got to be like? What's the thing? What's the thing in the middle of the table? All that stuff. When you're at a wedding, I mean, some people may notice that stuff, but no one cares.

No one cares. I'll tell you what no one cares about, the cake. You've never had a cake. Oh, good on you. So many people put so much effort on this cake, and no one's in the mood for cake. We had a punch bowl. Fiji, they had a kava bowl, and they put punch in the alcoholic punch.

It was the best thing ever. And I was like, that's great. Everyone could share and grab from the punch bowl. I was like, great. Yeah, that's a good idea. Or do a fake cake and cut into it if you want the photo. Yeah. And I was like, that's great. Everyone could share and grab from the punch bowl. I was like, great. that's a good idea. Yeah. Well, do a fake cake.

Cut into it if you want the photo. and there's also dessert. No, just don't do a cake. Don't do a fake cake. What do you do a fake cake for? Like a polystyrene cake with icing on it. But then someone's going to go and eat the cake

and they're going to eat the polystyrene poisoning. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We are planning a wedding for Christy and George. They're going to Elope in Fiji. Make your tropical wedding dreams come true in Fiji where happiness comes naturally.

And all thanks to Tourism Fiji. It's going to be happening soon. Yeah, trying to get them to Auckland for their dress and suit fittings. Thanks to Barkers. They're supplying gorgeous George with a suit. Yesterday, the wonderful team from Diamonds on Richmond said to Christy they've got the wedding ring sorted. Oh, my God.

Sorry. Oh, my God. I'm already crying. Thank you so much. No worries. And Chrissy joins us back on the phone. I'm sorry. You didn't realize you had to do so much radio for this whole thing, Chrissy.

That was in the fine print. Yeah. Just let me get married already why do you have to keep calling back also she's got a job she's got a job clearing my demerit points we'll do a police check actually on Jono

I reckon there's more in there we don't know no don't do that Chrissy you'll think far less of me we're going to plan this wedding and we're trying to put things together so you guys can go alope and have a wonderful time. Thanks to Tourism Fiji, all right? Thank you. We've got wedding bands from Michael from Diamonds on Richmond.

We have organized amazingly. We've pulled together something else. Oh, no. Oh, okay. No, don't say, oh, no. This is good. This is good. No, I mean, no.

I mean, oh, no. Oh, gracious, No, don't say oh no. This is good. This is good. No, I mean oh no. I mean oh no. Oh, precious our Christy. A male dance review. It's not a male dance review. It's Ben. It's definitely not me either, dancing. You don't want that. We're going to bring Trish on, okay? Okay. Now, Trish, welcome to the show.

Hello. It's good to be here. Lovely to have you on, Trish. Now, Christy's with us too. Christy has no idea what you do in your line of work but you can tell her. Hi Christy, firstly congratulations. Hi, thank you. Hello, I am Trish Pang. I'm a wedding dress designer and the founder of Trish Pang and Yours Truly and we would love to give you your very own wedding dress oh my god yeah oh my gosh oh sorry oh wow sorry I feel like I should really say something great right now but I'm just speechless like that's incredible I don't know if you're familiar with Trish Ping dresses but they are they're beautiful and this is the Trish and she's gonna give you a dress

oh my gosh oh it's a lot to take in it's a lot to take in. It's a lot to take in. Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. I mean, like, thank you. Oh, I need to find a better word than thank you. I'm so happy for you, gorgeous George. That's awesome. Trisha, thank you so much for this. This is incredible.

Tell us about, you know, because I'm looking at your website now. Tell us exactly what you do. Yeah, cool. So I've got the two brands, same location, Braylon Auckland, Trish Kang and Yours Truly. So Yours Truly is the two brands, same location, Braylon Auckland, Trish Kang and Yours Truly. So Yours Truly is all about making bridal accessible. So these dresses are ready to go

because usually our lead time is like eight months. So these dresses are ready to go. It's going to be a quick timeline, but I'll have four seamstresses ready to alter. Oh my gosh. Amazing.

Holy moly. Do you have something in mind? Are you one of those people that's always thought of your wedding dress? Do you know what you want? Honestly, to be perfectly honest, I never even dreamed that I'd actually have a proper wedding dress if we were getting married. It just didn't seem like, oh, I'm going to cry. No, I wouldn't have a clue.

We'll guide you through it. Oh, that's awesome. Thank you so much. Oh, pleasure. I love love. I'm sorry. I'm going to ugly cry. Very cool.

It's really special for us to be part of this journey with you as well. And some amazing people like Trish coming on board from yours truly. So thank you so much, Trish, for helping out. Oh, of course. Can't wait to meet you, Christy. Thank you, Trish. Thank you so much. Yeah, thank you.

Thank you. So there you go. You got your wedding dress sorted and our desperate plea for dresses, suits and rings. This is just, oh man This stuff doesn't really happen Like I feel like I'm living someone's dream Or like a movie or something It's you babes, it's all happening

Oh my gosh, this is so cool There's a lot to be said for desperation on the radio, isn't there? Yeah, right We're like, please, please, please Hey, well thank you Trish, thanks Christy Have a lovely day. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. We are sending someone to Fiji to get married. Married at first flight with Tourism Fiji. Very excited about this. This is happening next week. They're off to get married. And tomorrow, we've got to get them sorted for clothes, don't we? Thanks to Diamonds on Richmond. They've got the wedding ring sorted

Yeah, it's going to be an amazing wedding just three hours away Thanks to Tourism Fiji In a tropical paradise at the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort, but we've got some things to sort out Yeah, Christy Is marrying George They are both police officers from Rotorua And George

Good morning Hey, how you going? How's that going? We're good, we're good. Thanks for jumping back on with us again. No worries, thanks for everything you guys are doing. We're trying to pull it all together. It's all coming together all right so far.

You guys are awesome. We thank you so much for being part of this journey with us. This is awesome. Yes, cheers. It's really amazing. So now you know you've got wedding bands, you've got the wedding rings thanks to Diamonds on Richmond. They've looked

after that part of the equation, George. Yeah, me and Christy are really blown away by the generosity and stuff. Oh, that's awesome. They even said you could put a diamond in your wedding band if you wanted to, which I don't know. Maybe it might be your thing, maybe not your thing, but you've got options.

Do you want diamonds in your wedding band? Probably not. You don't sound like a diamond guy, George. He's straight up the guts. Yeah. Now, George, have you thought about what you're going to wear to your wedding? Probably not. Yeah.

No, it's going to be plain, if anything. Well, yeah, because it was probably, I mean, it was a week ago. You didn't even know you were going to get married in Fiji. So we're trying to pull everything together. And we have Mike on the line right now. Good morning, Mike. Morning. Now, Mike, where do you work?

I work at Barkers. Mike works at Barkers, George. Now, Mike, we've got George on the phone. We call him Gorgeous George for obvious reasons. And what would you like to tell him? Hey, George. Well, to kind of keep you in the Gorgeous George state of mind, we'd like to get you into barkers, do a little bit of a fitting,

and make sure you're suited and booted. You're getting a free suit, George? Oh, wow. Really? Yeah. Free suit? Yeah. Sorry, I'm blowing away a little bit.

I know, it's a lot to take in. It's not absolutely free, it's affecting Barker's bottom line. Mike's like, well, it's not free for me. But anyway, Mike, that's a very generous thing. Not that George isn't ever free, but this one's for you. Oh, that is so cool. And you guys have at Barker's a huge range of stuff, so there's plenty

of options that George can look at, right? Yeah, I've got plenty of options for him, and we'll get him something that's nice and timeless so he can look back on the photos at any time with plenty of pride. Oh, that's lovely. Now, Mike, people can obviously go to Barkers for their wedding. Why don't you give yourself a plug? Mate, I was about to start doing an ad,

and I realised I knew nothing about clothing, so you take it away. Yeah, we do a huge range of suiting. We kind of specialise in taking care of whole bridal packages, everything from kind of off the rack right through to all made to measure. So kind of whatever your style, we can get you covered. How long is Bark? Bark has must have been around for hundreds of years.

Not quite a hundred, but we're just over 50, which is a pretty long time in this game. Barker's must have been around for decades. It's a long time. Five odd decades. Now, obviously, George can look through your range and you will help him through. What would you recommend for some sort of tropical wedding situation?

Tropical wedding. I think maybe something in a little bit of a linen blend, something light and breezy, maybe a lighter color. Okay, I'm going to divorce court. What would I wear there? Divorce court. Well, it kind of depends whether you want to make them feel like they're missing out on a good thing.

Always. Okay, so I want to, you know, make them feel like they're missing out on a good thing. Always. I want to look my best at the ball court. Something tailor-made and suave. There's options as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Mike, thank you so much for jumping on board. This is amazing what you and the team at Barkers are doing for this. So thank you so much.

Oh, yeah, more than happy to help out. And we can't wait to get you in, George. And, yeah, take care of you Hey mate Really blown away by You guys and thank you so much For helping us out Yeah, it was pretty hard to take

I can imagine, there's a lot to come You're a humble man George We're yelling at you every day Awesome Mike and George You guys are going to have a lovely day. Appreciate your time. Awesome. Thanks, John. Cheers. John, Ben and Megan, the podcast.

The Hats. Morning. George, Christy, we've got to know them over the last couple of weeks, been engaged for four years, have for various reasons not got married, so we decided to make it our mission to get them married in paradise, here in Fiji. Surprise, yeah. It has happened.

We surprised them yesterday by getting them in their wedding attire and then jumping straight on a plane. Yeah, it was a lot to take in as we surprised them yesterday that we're going to get married by the end of the day. Okay, we're about to go into Barker's. George is getting changed, and I'm actually a little nervous. We're going to surprise him with a big surprise. So many surprises. You didn't think about this. No, I'm nervous. I'm nervous. How nervous. We're going to surprise him with a big surprise. So many surprises.

So you didn't think about the ascended stairs? No, no, no, I'm nervous, I'm nervous. How's he going to react? Walking through the shop now, and he's here he is. He's looking good. You look good, lovey. Who's the lads? How are we going?

Classic black suit, looks great. Yeah, I'll stick with the traditional way. You look fantastic, George. I tell you what, you couldn't think you could get more gorgeous, Ben. Gorgeous George is the name that stuck, right? Do you need a hand? You're all good? We're just going to wait here. You just show us when you're ready. We're ready.

I'll do a grand reveal. Ready? Three, two, one. Ah! Oh, fuck. Come here. I don't know, I have mum and dad here. Oh, wow. Thank you.

You look amazing. I think you need some wine. Now we must admit we've screwed up your wedding planners. We've had our heads elsewhere. Now, I don't want to say anything about Your wedding planners, we've had our heads elsewhere. Now, I don't want to overwhelm you even more, but... Now, you're getting married in Fiji, tick, right? We didn't tell you, though, you're getting married today.

Once this dress is fitted and sewn, we are going straight to the airport. Oh, wow! And you're getting married today in Fiji. You're going to be married at first flight. Wow. That's a lot to take in. We're in a bit of a time crunch

because we are going straight to the airport and today is your wedding day. That's insane. So am I wearing this on the plane? Yes, you are. Can we come? Yeah, of course you can. Oh, yeah.

Thank God you said yes because we've already booked the flights. If it makes you feel any better, I'm wearing a dress, the boys are wearing their suits, we'll look like a... Are you guys coming with us as well? We are coming with you. Wow, there we go. You can kind of remember some of that stuff. It was a lot.

We've done a lot over the last 24 hours and and throughout the morning, we'll bring you up to speed with the adventure to get them married in Fiji at the end of the day. It was pretty incredible. And Mum there as well, Megan, with the dress fitting? Yeah, so we surprised Mum and Dad were there. It was perfect timing. She went behind the curtain, put on her first dress.

She was opening the curtain to do a reveal. It was just me and Trish Ping the designer and her parents who had snuck in and she was just a bit overwhelmed but very grateful that her mum could have that moment with her. A funny story about the parents, we've gone way over time probably but they were

staying at a hotel, George and Christy but we had put the parents up at the hotel next door and the people in the hotel next door were like, hey would you like an upgrade? We can put you in our new hotel which is the same hotel as Christy, but we had put the parents up at the hotel next door, and the people in the hotel next door were like, hey, would you like an upgrade? We can put you in our new hotel, which is the same hotel as Christy and George. And they were like, no, we do not want an upgrade.

They did not agree. They said the lady behind the desk was like, I think this is the first person in history who has vehemently denied an upgrade. Well, you don't want an upgrade. Well, that's the reason why it was a beautiful moment. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Well, good morning. reason why it was a beautiful moment. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Well, good morning. We're live from Fiji this morning. It feels good to say that. I won't lie. It does feel good to say that. We're in Fiji. You could say that every morning, Ben, if you wanted to work here.

It's been an incredible, well, a couple of weeks with getting someone married at first flight. We had this idea with Tourism Fiji to send someone who was engaged to Fiji to get married in tropical paradise here at the Outrigger Hotel in Fiji. Yeah, and we blindsided the wonderful Christy and George, who are two police officers. Yesterday they were at their fittings,

and we said, these aren't just their fittings for the dresses and the suits. This is your wedding day. Hop on a plane. We're coming with you. It's all go. Whirlwind of a 24 hours. We're still in the same clothes, for God's sake.

And they are joining us in the Buller boardroom this morning. Good morning. Congratulations, Christy and George. Thank you. How are you feeling? Good. Great. Yep.

Does it feel surreal? Does it feel surreal for us? You know, both helicopters, planes, you guys travelling in your suits and your dress. It's surreal for us you know helicopters planes you guys traveling in your suits and your dress it's it's surreal for us it is very much surreal yep that's a great word for this well we're going to take you through and we can recap together it's like the hangover isn't it we wake up we're like what just happened the last 24 hours uh but this was moments before you got married i think megan you were traveling uh together up on a golf cart. I was the lone bridesmaid and yeah we got a little buggy up to the 360 degree chapel view but this was us riding up a very special moment just before the wedding. You look stunning. Thank

you. I don't even know how to put what I feel in words like everything's this whole day has been like incredible and oh yeah we're coming to this part but it's just it's also overwhelming in the best possible way like don't get me wrong best possible way but it's just like raining stop raining I can see some look there's sun over there. Oh, my gosh. All right, deep breaths. Let's make you married, girlfriend. Yes, get married.

So, yeah, we were waiting in this wonderful chapel, top of a hill. And I tell you what, get the bullet tissues out, Christy. Get the bullet, bullet tissues out, baby. Because here was your wedding. So, Christy's standing at the door. George has turned around. Tears are flowing, Megan.

Oh, she looks beautiful. She is very emotional, understandably. Tears of joy streaming down her face as she's walked in by two Fijian warriors into this beautiful chapel on top of the hill, 360-degree view. This is special. Dogs, do you take Christine to be your loveful, well-wired wife, to love and respect her,

be honest with her through life, whatever may come, so you can happily share your life together. I do. Christine, do you take George to be your love-worthy husband, to love and respect him, be honest with him through life, whatever may come, so you can happily share your life together? I do. Since it is your intention to get married, please face each other and stay in love. I love how you embrace my weirdness. You laugh at my really bad jokes and you eat all the

pickles from my burgers. You always know how to care and look after me, especially when I'm hungry or tired. Whether it's feeding me or wrapping me up in your arms, you know exactly what to do and I appreciate you so much for it. Thank you for cheering me on through all my crazy ideas. Like entering insane contests. Who knew that my wild entry would win us this incredible fairytale winning accompanied by these absolute legends? Together, we can take on anything. Partners in solving crime and in love, ready for every adventure.

I love you, George. And like yesterday and the day before, I choose to love you today and every day to come, knowing that with you, every moment will be an adventure worth starting. We started as best friends nine years ago. Now we've come all this way. I just want to say I love you. And I promise to look after you and protect you.

And hope that you'll be a good husband. Sorry, my vowels. Short, sharp and sweet. Just like you. So, I love you. I love you too. Thank you so much. For the first time ever,

Mr and Mrs Araya! Woo! Woo! Woo! So there we go. That was the wedding. What's it like hearing that back, Christy? There's a few tears. I mean, people sit around and watch their wedding videos, but not many people sit around and listen to their wedding.

It's been a tense session. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. It's Marshmello, Kane Brown, Miles on it. It's 8.17 on the Hits Breakfast. Jono'Bannon, Megan. Friday morning, Christy and George, we've been on a real adventure together.

Getting them married here in Fiji, thanks to Tourism Fiji. Got to know them over the last week or so and yesterday surprised them. Well, actually, thought we were surprising you with the fact that you were going to Fiji and getting married that day. But Christy, obviously you both work for the the police you kind of had an inkling and

kind of had suspicions that maybe this was happening she's done a good job of being a detective and figured a lot of it out but some great texts coming from four four seven I'm actually ugly crying team so cute cute, cry, cry, cry emoji, heart, heart, heart emoji, overdose of emojis. Guys, I can't. I've had to turn you off on my way to work. I'm crying. All this overwhelming emotion from the wedding, so beautiful,

but I have to turn you off. Please keep listening. We need listeners. We don't want that. Now, you guys are loping, you've eloped in Fiji with us yesterday, which is pretty incredible. But obviously, some family and friends couldn't be with you for this. But what we have is some messages from your family and friends. From your sister, Tanya.

From Lionel, your dad. Rosemary, your nana. Your brother, Ethan. I haven't even played the messages yet, mate. I haven't even played the messages yet, mate. I haven't even played the messages. Reading out names. So here is some words from your loved ones. Hey, little sis, Christy, and Mr. George.

Hey, sorry we cannot be there today for your special day. However, the HITS team didn't invite us. Ha ha. Hey, there's beautiful Maori whakatauke that is used often in ceremonies, so I thought it's appropriate. Blessing for both of you, the beautiful couple in your future marriage, and also acknowledging our whenua. So it goes as, And it means may the calm be widespread, may the surface of the ocean glisten like the green stone,

and may the shimmer of summer dance across your path forever. Dad will be looking down on you today saying, yep, he's the right boy for my girl. We always say how dad orchestrates things amongst his heavenly adventures this wedding gift literally fell from the heavens even when jono rang the wrong guy instead of tj it was a guy named tony which is of course dad's name simply amazing just like you, lovers love sis. Wishing you both a fabulous wedding day. We'll be here when you get back to party.

We love you both infinite and beyond. Cheers, love yous. Hey, so this is a shout out to our son George and our soon to be new daughter-in-law Christy. All the best getting married over in Fiji. You're really, really lucky people. And you know we love you fellas. Me and mum, we give, all the best getting married over in Fiji. You're really, really lucky people. And you know we love you fellas. Me and Mum, we give you all our love.

Have a good time over there. Hello, Christy and George, my favourite granddaughter and her lovely husband-to-be. We are very happy for you both. We wish you a wonderful time in Fiji and a very happy wedding. Lots of love from Nana and Papa. Hey Christy and George, I just want to wish you guys both

the happiest of days. Christy, you're not just my sister, you're my best friend. Forget that TJ guy. And I'm so happy that you're so happy and found somebody who's made you this happy. George, I'm proud to call you my brother, especially now on paper.

You're the best thing that's ever happened to Chris C, so look after her. Otherwise, just enjoy your day, guys. Lovely, wasn't it? I don't know these people, and I'm crying right now. Beautiful messages. Yeah. We've got some more to play, too, but I think we'll have a breather from the message.

Can't wait for me, too. Yeah, Ben's crying. We're crying over people we've never even met before. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yesterday, started off the day not knowing they were going to get married. And then by the end of the day, ended up in Fiji married.

Here's how it wrapped up. For the first time ever, Miss by Miss Israel! Now, Megan, you're saying the friends and whanau are messaging in here for 487? We have been playing some messages from your friends and family, but I got a text from your brother here. It says, hey, Christy, your brother driving Indy to school, and she's really happy that you guys are married now, and she wants a baby girl cousin to play with, please.

So just letting you know, it begins. Yeah, now brace yourself for another tear-jerking montage, baby. I've got the tissue box now. Good on you. More of your friends and family who couldn't make it, of course, with us to Fiji wanted to pass on their messages to you. Hi, Christy. Hi, George. This is TJ, your bestie, I guess.

I just wanted to say that you two genuinely actually deserve this. A lot of people listening probably don't understand this, but you're genuinely two of the actual best people, moralistically and all of that, that I know. And I'm really glad that you finally got to declare your love to one another in another country. This is amazing and I'm so thankful to have you guys in my life. I'm just really glad that this happened to you. Christy, love you heaps.

You made some fantastic choices later in your years and George is certainly one of them. He's a good guy. My time I've spent with him, he's certainly the right choice. Love you heaps. Have a good day. Congratulations, George and Christy. Very happy you guys are finally getting married, even though we can't be there.

But we do wish you all the best in the beautiful Fiji. We love you so much. Congratulations, guys. Wishing you both love and happiness on your wedding day. Begin your new life together as husband and wife. Hope you have an amazing time in Fiji. Love you both love and happiness on your wedding day. Begin your new life together as husband and wife. Hope you have an amazing time in Fiji. Love you both. Lots of love, Joanna and Jackson. Hey, George and Christy. Dustin here to say congratulations. Wishing we could be with you to celebrate your special day. I hope you have a fantastic time and the best day.

You guys deserve it. I'm so very happy for you and I can't wait to see you guys when you get home. Love to you both from me and Kylie. It's mum here. George, you're going to have to start calling me mum. I just wanted to wish you congratulations. Really happy for you both and really grateful that you found each other. George, you are really good at calming Christy's crazy. Christy, you're really good at bringing George's up a little bit and getting him engaged and excited about things. So I think you make a great couple. We're really happy for you

and really delighted that you've had this opportunity. Love you. See you when you get back. Hi, Christy. All the best for the future, you and George. I know it's all going to be fantastic. We're so proud of you and Dan could be so proud of you today too. We love you. Some beautiful messages there from family and friends who couldn't make it.

They're all wanting to know, are you guys going to put on a bit of a party when you get back for them to celebrate with you? Yeah, we'll have to do that. Now, I had a speech to make, but I haven't had a chance to make it. How long is this going to take?

That's the thing. Can I just do some highlights? Highlights, just a thing. But you're worth with the New Zealand police,

but you've been patrolling each other's hearts for nine years and stuff like that, and now you're putting your love under arrest

and you've been sentenced to a life sentence of marriage, you know, stuff like that. Just a few highlights putting your love under arrest and you've been sentenced to a life sentence of marriage, you know, stuff like that. Just a few highlights, but anyway. A life sentence of marriage. It's all right. I spent half an hour on it. It's okay.

Don't worry. Doesn't sound quite as romantic. Well, thank you so much to George and Christy for being up for this and sharing this with us and the country as well. So thank you. Thank you guys for this incredible opportunity. We cannot thank you all enough. for this incredible opportunity eh honestly not thank

you all enough so many beautiful messages coming through from people just been listening to this whole journey thank you so much been lovely to meet you both uh enjoy your honeymoon without us unless you want us to and then i'll be happy to stay on can we record one more thing one more thing jono ben and megan the podcast the heads now hits. Now, you two, it's been an emotional 24 hours for you, hasn't it? Extremely. Jeez, I feel like every time we talk to you, we're just making you cry. I'm so sorry, Christy. I do have a feeling this break is going to be a bit different.

We feel pretty privileged to be taking the place of your family and friends on this trip. I inadvertently became your bridesmaid. And on the way to the airport, I met your mum. You've got to look back at the photos and videos and go, who are those weird people that were... There's a night at all. A weird, strange bald man crouching down with his phone in our faces as we were doing our wedding vows. Recording radio audio. Hopefully AI can Photoshop me out.

I met your wonderful mum and she gave you a rose quartz, which we put in your bouquet so your mum could be with you. And you have a wonderful stepdad. But your amazing dad, Tony, he passed away when you were 21. Now, I have cleared this with Christy that we can talk about this. There was a beautiful story that you told me in the car on the way to the airport about how your dad kind of hinted that you might be getting this trip. Oh, man, that sounds crazy to say out loud.

But, yeah, no, on Friday morning I was driving to work and I talk to my dad in the universe sometimes you know about things and I was like oh my gosh how amazing would it be to win this you know this this wedding um and this one of the songs that I have on this um playlist that I have for just you know when I want to have a cry and think about my dad um came on and I just instantly I felt like I was like oh hi dad which is yeah I know crazy to say on radio but I was like hi dad and then I was like oh hi dad which is yeah I know crazy to say on radio but I did and then I was like oh is this you telling me I'm gonna win like you know you are you behind all of this and then I just had this weird feeling like we're gonna win my dad's like involved and then we won

and then um you guys rang the wrong number and instead of calling TJ you called Tony and my dad's name's Tony so I was like oh that's so uncanny like it was like he's really wanting to make sure I know that he's behind this like you know like oh it was just so cute and it's just another it just felt all perfect and like this is all meant to be you know. There was an older gentleman named Tony that we accidentally called who also wished you well he had some great words for a stranger on the fly. Yes, I did. In the helicopter ride yesterday, the bit of a hairy helicopter ride, there was rain, and as we were flying,

we were almost landing at the outrigger, there was the most incredible rainbow that went from one side of the helicopter, I'm not even joking, right over the helicopter to the other side. Yeah. And I kind of nudged you and we were like, this is your dad. Yeah. It felt like that. It very much felt like that. You know how rainbows come and go and they're quite fleeting

and you see a little bit of it. It was a full rainbow right over the helicopter and it followed us the whole way. Wow. That's beautiful. I believe in that stuff. Yeah. I'm glad because I don't want to say it sounded crazy.

No, no. Listen, I talk to the voices in my head too. But anyway. No, I reckon that has genuinely happened. Yeah. Thank you for sharing that with us. And thank you for sharing the last 24 hours with us as well. It's been an amazing journey.

I hope you've had a good trip so far it's been unbelievable and you guys have been the best wedding party too like honestly you were taking care of everything asking me if i needed water you helped me with my hair and makeup like i couldn't have done that on my own you kept george here he wasn't able to run away like you know like it's been great he tried a couple of times Ben everybody yeah yeah we get to be a mate but it doesn't end here for you okay

you need to go on a honeymoon yeah yes and we're going to take you on a honeymoon we're not coming we're not coming no

we go home today you're staying a couple more nights here at the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort and then you're going to an island Castaway Island as well for a few nights as well oh man it's going to be so amazing eh