Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - November 12 - Julia Hartley Moore, Unusual Ways You Met Your Partner, Our Trip To Northland...

Episode Date: November 11, 2020

Today on the show Jono got into an internet hole of the "7 signs he's cheating" and so we then chatted to private investigator Julia Hartley Moore to see if those signs are actually legit, and my word it was juuuuuicy! Julia and her team are literally hired to see if their clients partners are cheating. Juicy stuff. While we were on the road to Kerikeri yesterday we met someone who met their partner after he tried to BREAK INTO HER CAR! And they're still together! So we wanted to see if anyone had met their partner in a more unusual way than that. Ben also had an incident up in our Kerikeri office involving hand sanitiser (jeez how many hand sanitiser incidents can he have!?). Enjoyyyyy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Back again. Your boys, J and B. B, J and B. Your boys, there's not something I could ever say. Give it a go. You're back with your boys. I feel weird. I feel weird saying that.

I noticed what you have been doing on the show is saying, there's Kygo on the remix. Oh, yeah, but don't point it out. I'm trying to slip in some things from time to time to sound cool. But then, hey, today I told producer Juliet a story about wearing a fedora hat. And she was like, oh. That was the first reaction out of her mouth. No, because you went to, you you went to It was a Friday afternoon

From what I gather and you were like I'm going to try some new fashion here A summery Trendy shirt, pick the kids up from school And the first thing your daughter said was What are you wearing In front of everyone I was like hey I felt good and then I felt bad

Instantly from the comments and that's on the podcast today It wasn't like Pharrell's hat. It wasn't like a big, massive hat. I wasn't making a statement. No, I just thought it was like, yeah, but. Was it there for SPF protection or was it there for fashion? Practical and also fashion, you know? When you get shamed by your children, there's no greater feeling.

That's what I love about it. Oscar will be watching the dog show. My son will be watching this dog show we're doing on TVNZ2, and he'll be like, oh, cringe, Dad, cringe. I'm getting live heckled. I'm getting live heckled by my son about jokes I'm making while watching myself on TV. When did it turn into this? I know, I know.

It happens. Even my daughter as well, Sienna, she's on an ad at the moment. Someone's like, oh, you're on the TV. She goes, yeah, more than Dad. I was like, that's unnecessary. You don't need to bring up that you're on TV more than Dad. Do you want to break it down minute by minute?

Who's got more screen time? Maybe. Maybe, you're right. You and your daughter. No, but she's on billboards too at the moment. Yeah, that's right. She's definitely the most successful

person in your household. I know, we're really putting our eggs into her basket, at least into mine. We're taking the eggs out of the bed basket. For a while we'd be like, oh, maybe this will...

The eggs started to smell a bit rotten. They went off. Okay, no. Okay, we need some fresh eggs. Yeah. Hey, today on the podcast, we talked to a private investigator. Really interesting, eh?

Yeah, seven signs your partner's cheating on you. More specifically, guys. And it was quite an eye-opener, wasn't it? And if anything, it gave those that were wanting to cheat some good red flags to look out for oh geez i'm doing that you're right pull back on that do more of that but one of the interesting ones i found was like they want to make either less love or more love and then i thought well that was an odd spectrum to sort of rest on but then when you think about it if you're with someone else you'd probably want to come home and overcompensate and be like,

oh, everything's normal. Yeah, right. But then you're just draining yourself both ends of the day, aren't you? You just have nothing left. There's a mental image around you. Oh, God, I'm exhausted. Too much, too much.

Oh, there's a lot of admin too, I imagine. That's what I find with it, you know. Yeah, there's a lot of, you know, all sorts of, yeah. I'm not saying that's what I find with it in terms of that's what I'm doing. It sounds like it. Yeah, no, I'd imagine that, and the stress, because the guilt would keep playing. Yeah, yeah, obviously the guilt and the morals is the main thing. But also, take that aside, you've got a lot of admin, you've got a lot of like, you know.

And then you've got to fit in your job. Filling up the car with petrol. Remember names. Shopping names. Oh, it's too much for me to handle. Yeah. I just struggle to get by with my life as it is at the moment. Exactly.

All right. Well, enjoy the podcast today, and we'll catch you again tomorrow. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Just before, Jono, you got lost in some clickbait. Yep, seven signs he was cheating on you. It's a champagne clickbaiting and I've fallen victim to it

hundreds of times previously. You won't believe what these Hollywood celebrities look like now. Hollywood's naughtiest children. You name them, I've been clickbaited by them. But it got to a point, Ben, where we were like,

well, we need to confirm this clickbait. Yeah. We need to confirm these lists that they're just making up. So seven signs he's cheating on you. I thought one of the signs would be he's secretly kissing someone else behind your back. Oh, yeah. That could be a...

We were talking before eight o'clock, he hasn't taken down his online dating app profile. That's one of them, right? Yeah, which seems very unusual, but anyway... Maybe they were just trying to fill out the seven. Yeah, sometimes I feel like there's too many when they say seven signs. They should have just said three. But producer Humphries has come

through for us. Apparently we've got a private investigator. We wanted to get one on the show to go through this clickbait list, and Julia Hartley-Moore, a friend of the show, I think joins us again. How's it going, Julia? Hi, guys. As I live and breathe. We catch up again.

Julia, I got stuck in an internet hole. Guilty. Guilty as charged. Oh, yeah. I need to private investigate this. He's coming clean. I'm coming clean on that. It's an easy open and shut case.

But I got into a clickbait article of seven signs he's cheating on you. Oh, God. Okay. Oh, God. Okay. Yeah, yeah. And I want to run through the seven signs with Julia Hartley-Morpratt. He always says seven. He says the list is too long. But anyway, you go first.

Okay. First one, he's secretive about his phone. Yep. That is a classic sign. That is probably one of the major signs. It doesn't matter if it's a guy or a girl. It's these things. It's the secrecy around the phone,

and it's the pattern of behaviour around the phone. So would you suggest everyone gets a burner phone like Ben has? See, most people, what happens, when they get caught, they go out and get another phone, and then their partner thinks, oh, well, all that activity's stopped now. He's good. He's behaving himself. but he's just got a second phone,

and it's probably in the tyre well of his car. Oh, really? You must trust no one. Yeah. Well, no, listen, look, I do. I live in hope, but I do. But human beings are terrible people. I'm a realist, and you see stuff.

You know, this is the stuff we deal with. It just is a fact of life. Julia, next on the list of seven signs he's cheating on you, they start arguments for no reason. Yep. Why would they do that? Because a lot of the time, you see, they kind of blame you for

the fact that they can't have their freedom. They can't do what they want when they want. So picking a fight can often allow them to storm out, to go and have some time out and bugger off for a while and ride a bike or whatever. But it's just an excuse to be able to get away. He suddenly changes his appearance. Yeah, well, that's the old cliche, isn't it?

You know, the going to the gym, the buying new clothes, the buying the sports car, all that jazz. I mean, that really is as old as the hills, but it's still very, very relevant. It does happen. Couldn't it be just an innocent midlife crisis type thing that you like? Yes, guess what?

There is no such thing as a midlife crisis because that means guys in their 20s and guys in their 80s, and we're doing work for guys in their 20s and guys in their 80s and we're doing work for people in their 80s, they must still be having a midlife crisis then. Are people still cheating in their 80s? Yes, they do. Oh, wow. Geez, you've got a lot of get up and go.

I mean, I'm only 38 and I've given up on life. That's why my wife's like, well, he's not changing his appearance. If anything, it's going downhill. He accuses you of cheating is another sign. Yeah, that's classic as well because, you know, it's transferring the blame. It's placing it onto somebody else. You know, often that is someone will rave on about people playing around or you're playing around and they're the ones that are actually playing around.

Okay, finger pointing. There's another one here. He doesn't want to make love or wants to make a lot of love. That seems like it's a strange... Oh, both ends of this, yeah. That's, again, very common. You can find that, well, you can find that happens more or less or a change in what happens.

Like, I had one client whose husband started doing some completely different things to her and she said where did you learn that? He said we've always done this. You'd think I'd know that. So that's because

someone's showing him some new moves. Oh, was he pulling out the old Taranaki tornado, was he? We've got Julia Hartley-Moore with us, private investigator. Julia, is it hard to break the news? It must be to clients when you find out something. No, it's not. Listen, the reason they ring me is they already pretty much know.

I mean, they've thought about it and agonised over picking up the phone and making a phone call for probably six months to a year. It takes people a long time. And they pretty much know all I'm doing is confirming. And by that stage, all they want is the truth. Because they've asked and asked and asked and they've been told, no, you're mad, you're crazy, you're going insane, see a doctor. You know, so they really are very, it's not, they're relieved in one way that they're not

mad. And then they have to deal with what are they going to do with the situation. Now, does your investigation stretch out into finding people who are missing, who have tried to go high? Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. You see, we just don't do infidelity. I mean, if you look at my website, you'll see we do a hell of a lot more.

But, yeah, we do. We find a lot of very interesting missing person cases where people just, for example, one guy was mowing the lawns. He stopped the lawnmower. He tapped the kitchen window and said to his wife, I'm just going to go up the road and get some more fuel, and he never came back. Did you find him?

Yep. Where was he? He was with an American lady in a backpacker's up in Auckland. Oh, my God. He must have planned that, right? Oh, totally, totally. Another guy did it to get a lotto ticket, never came back. And how do you hunt these people up?

Where do you start? We have lots of ways to start. We have to gather all the information from the client, obviously, and go back and find out what they've been doing, how they've been acting, who do they know, if you can frenzily look at any computers or anything like that to get some idea.

And we did find this guy, the lawnmower man, had been on a dating website. Who finished mowing the lawns that day as well? No one wants a half-mowing lawn. No, true. But an interesting play from someone like that, like the mentality behind it to think that,

A, your partner's not going to call the police or someone to try and find you. Exactly. I mean, it's just unbelievable. But when people want to go, they will go. And a lot of people try and, you know, they can. You can fly under the radar if you're careful. Now, can people come back from cheating in a relationship, from infidelity? You can come back if you're honest in the beginning.

Otherwise, you can't come back. You've got to actually, the perpetrator has got to come clean, has got to be transparent, has got to show the partner that they absolutely mean it. So you don't live in doubt anymore. Now, that's very rare. I hate to say it, but it's very rare. Yeah, once the trust is gone, it'll be very hard to build it back, I imagine.

Totally, it is. That is the reality because let's face it, that's what you're related to. Without trust, you don't have a marriage. Well, that's good. Julia Hartley-Moore, we really do appreciate your time. Missing people, do you also look for missing socks? Because they always go to the washing machine.

They come back. They're like, where's it gone? I don't know. It's a mystery. Well, again, women know what it is. Julia's like, that's one case I can crack. Always lovely to catch up with you, Julia Hartley-Moore. And look forward to our chat in 2021.

This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating still pending. It's Jono and Mano Mahet. Yesterday we went up to Ketiketi and met Keith and Sally and Keith does wonderful things in the community. Two hours, twice a week

for a couple of hours he walks around and just picks up rubbish all over the community. He does that off his own back. He has been doing it for five or six years and also entertains

all the people and makes big bubbles with bubble mixture and stuff. Wonderful. He got us all doing for five or six years and also entertains all the people with makes big bubbles, with bubble mixture and stuff. A wonderful one. He got us all doing the bubbles at his house, didn't he? Once you land a big bubble nothing like the thrill. It's like a new spectator sport. We're all like, oh it's a bubble!

Yeah, it was great. We were all doing it. Big, big bubbles. Some tremendous bubbles. The best bubbles you'll ever see. But we went to Keith's house, and he showed us his garden, because last week we spoke to him on the phone, and he wanted to show us his special memorial in the garden. I'd like you to come and see my garden,

because I've got a memorial thing to the guys that I was with in the forces. Oh. Don't cry. Oh, God, he's crying. Listen, no, he's crying. Oh. Listen, no, that's... He's got a memorial in the garden to the guys that he was in the army with who got killed.

Oh, my gosh. So we saw that, and it was very special, wasn't it? It was. He had photos all over his garden. He printed out... I didn't know you print out photos all like a canvas thing and put them in your garden, but he had photos of his family and their wedding,

and it was like going through their sort of life story out in his garden it was awesome it was beautiful but leading up to that wonderful moment there was a it was a shaky journey

it was a shaky journey to Kitty Kitty it was we swung by the hits offices in Whangarei to hey here we are

Ben wanted to come in and sign some signatures and meet the babes meet the local office babes. He's like, pull the car over. I need to meet the Whangarei babes. No, I did not.

We just went in there. It was cool to actually meet the team going through. We sort of had a little bit of a chat with everyone there, which was awesome. And then on the way out, we popped into the studio

and the Whangarei. Charmaine's the day host there. She's great. She's lovely. And then we suffered and we witnessed an EBI, exploding bottle incident. Now you can take it from here. So there's no denying I love hand sanitiser.

So when I see some around, I'm like, oh, hand sanitiser. I'll use some of this. So there was some sitting on the desk, like quite a big bottle of hand sanitizer. So I was like, I'll go for it. You know, I'll go squeak, you know. So I put my hand underneath, as you do, as is the other way to use the hand sanitizer,

and push down on the pump. Just a normal, traditional textbook hand sanitizer, you know. Your downward pressure was, yeah, no, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. I will vouch for that. Thank you, thank you. But this thing just, nowhere near my hand, squirted, like off, across the room.

Into the wall, exploding on the wall. Like a scene from a movie, like splatter everywhere. Wait, the bottle exploded or the little pump kind of went, made it go in another direction? Yeah, it made it go in another direction. The pump shot it out like, you know, they landed on a wall like a mosquito splats on windscreens when you're travelling 100km an hour.

All over the wall and everyone's just like uh-uh. Ben loves sanitiser so much he wants to sanitise the walls. Yeah, so now I sort of had to like wipe it sort of down. I was like, I hope it's, I felt really bad. I hope it doesn't stain the, you know, like it's Well, listen, you've 99.99% killed our chances of being invited back

there. So well done on that front. I had the same problem and I know what you're going to say. It was in the motel. Oh yes, I do know the story. You know the story. It was a motel and it was hot outside and I have a very pasty complexion. And I was like, well I better lather up with some sunscreen.

So I grabbed the bottle of sunscreen. It slipped out of my hands and as it slipped it turned mid-air and then landed nozzle down on the carpet. So it's landed on the it's landed on the pump. It's landed on the pump. And then what has happened is it's fired out at such velocity, it's exploded all over the walls.

And I'm like, well, this is not ideal. No, it's sunscreen everywhere. So I grab a towel from the bathroom, and I'm wiping down the walls of the white bed. Room service. No, no, no, no. In comes room service. And have you ever had to explain what you're doing when you're wiping?

You're like, innocent story, but you over-explained it. I know. Therefore incriminating you more. I know. They're like, we'll just say you're wiping. And you're like, innocent story, but you over-explained it because you're like... therefore incriminating you more. I know. They're like, well, just say you're like the sunscreen, and you're like,

oh, you've been... I just went, screw it, and ran out of the room. I was like, I'll catch melanoma, I don't care. Some people skip breakfast,

the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Hey, we were driving yesterday up north, as we mentioned before, and bumped into a couple at the petrol station

and just got chatting away as we do. And they were like, do you know how we met? And I was like, well, no, I've never met you, so I don't know how you met. But it felt like a leading question and they wanted to explain the background of their story. And it was an interesting meeting, wasn't it? Yeah, that's right. So he was at one stage tried to break into a car a few years ago, right? He was a thief.

He was breaking into her car and ended up stealing her heart. How does that work? Yeah, she came along and apparently like, what are you doing here? The sort of thing. He's like, oh yeah, you got me. And then obviously they, instead of going down towards the police station, they had a date.

I think he drove her to Novus to repair the broken window he had smashed. That was their first date. Obviously, he's on the straight and narrow now, which is awesome, and they're together, which is really cool. A hell of a turnaround from him. I don't know who initiated the flirtation, but if he's caught breaking in, he's like, hey, are you good? Or if she was like, what are you doing?

Oh, hi. Breaking windows and breaking hearts that's what I do. Nothing better than a hot crim eh? Remember that hot crim that was around

that guy Jeremy? Remember him? Jeremy he was like in prison in the US. He had the mugshot and everyone was like oh he should be a model he's easy.

And he became a model didn't he? Yeah he was working with like Ralph Lauren and stuff. He was a babe. He became a model the hot crims. Look, he was working with like Ralph Lauren and stuff. He was a babe. Yeah, he was a babe. He became a model.

The hot crims. Look at this mugshot. So I don't know the unusual way you, if you think you can beat that, the unusual way you've met your partner. 448-70800, the hits. I don't know if anyone can beat that. I don't know. Jen was my boss at her old work.

Still is my boss, if you know what I mean. Am I right? No, don't tell her that. Okay, don't share that. Where did you meet Amanda? We were same at work as well. See, these are boring stories. Yeah, so we've set the bar very low. So can you beat our stories? Surely

you can. It would have been better if you met Amanda while you were robbing a bank. Yeah, well, that would have been better. You're right. Maybe I need to, like, come up with a better story of how we met. So, 800 that's the number. 4487 on the text. How did you meet your partner? We'll go to Gary. Shall we just smokescreen this?

You're in Auckland this morning. How's it going there, mate? It'd be good if the traffic would just bugger off for me. Oh, hey. Hashtag old traffic. Well, don't worry, Gary. At least you get to listen to us, mate, for an hour and a half. Every day.

Gary's like, I'm a broken man. Traffic and John O'Meara. Couldn't be a worse start to my day. All right, Gary, how did you meet your partner, buddy? She was a hotel revolving door attendant. Oh, right, so a fancy hotel. We learned about those the other

day, the revolving doors. They keep out the cold from the outside. Yeah, so no drafts come through like a normal door. Yeah, no, very. Because we were like, what are they? They're just a status symbol. Yeah. But no, they're not. And so she had to push the revolving door. That was her job. It was just to make sure people didn't get trapped

in the door. I got trapped in one the other day. TVNZ. I went round with her for a few weeks. That's very good, Gary. I thought this was a legitimate story the whole time, but it was a long runway to a joke. So did your producer.

He stitched both of us, Ben, up. How has this happened? How has he got through two levels of security on the radio? It's a breach. It's a breach. You got to the white house. Gary, I love your work.

Gary, we're so good. I'm on the line, buddy. We're going to send you to the movies, all right? Awesome. Cheers, guys. Have a good week. You too, mate. That was very good.

Oh, really? Oh, you're going to win. Jenny, welcome. How's Papa Moa? Have you got a gag call or a real story? No, it's real. That's real. How did you meet your partner?

Well, I met him through my ex-husband. He introduced me. Oh, so were you with your husband at the time? Not really. Right. He was staying at my house. So he sort of, for our kids, he used to come and stay. Oh, yeah, that's nice.

Yeah, that's nice. When they were young. And so then what? He brought this new guy over. He's like, here's my mate, Gary. No, he was going to his Christmas work do. And so he, my husband was coming to pick him up and take him because they were going to share a ride.

And so while he was getting ready for the Christmas party, I offered wine. Yourself. Now, I offered wine. And, yeah, and we sat and chatted. And then we talked about gardening and he said he'd come over and show me how to grow tomatoes. If you know what I mean.

Which is growing tomatoes. Oh, wow. And the rest is history. The rest is history. He worked on your garden and now it's grown into a beautiful relationship. That's awesome. That's right. 23 years. That is awesome. It's funny the places you do meet people. It's great. Hold the line. We're going to send

you the movies. Really appreciate your call, alright? Thank you. Good on you, Jenny. We'll go to Kerry in Mount Maunganui. Welcome. Welcome, Kerry. Unusual way you met your partner. Yeah, certainly did. Where was it, mate? Sorry? We were both on the liver transplant list.

So we both had terminal illnesses and we lived through the whole process of receiving a liver. So she was getting a liver. You were getting a liver. You've both got brand new livers and a brand new relationship. And a brand new life, yeah. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah.

How did the old livers feel about this? Those people, unfortunately, are deceased. Oh, there we go. Oh, the livers are gone. Not their partners. They didn't murder their partners and start a relationship. Oh, that we go. The livers are gone. Not their partners. They didn't murder their partners and start a relationship. Thank you for that lovely story.

Good on you, Kerry. Appreciate that. We'll go, George. We'll go one more, shall we? Wellington this morning. How's the capital, Georgie? Yeah, not too bad, man. Beautiful day. Lovely. Where did you meet your partner, George? We actually met at primary school. She wanted to date the naughtiest kid at school,

so lucky enough that was me, mate. And yeah, so dated for a couple of years and then went our own ways through college and stuff and then met her in town one day and now we're married for about 10 years and two kids, mate. Oh, that's amazing. She just wandered school. Who's the naughtiest kid in the school?

I put my hand up, mate. Actually, the teacher amazing. What, did she just wander into school? Who's the naughtiest kid in the school? Yeah, I put my hand up, man. Actually, the teacher's kind of... The teacher said he is. He is, thank God. I was topless, so yeah. Yeah, well, I'll take him. I'll take the naughty one. Hey, well, that's fantastic.

Wonderful stories. Wonderful stories. Yeah, lovely. Lovely collection of stories. About the first one, which was a lovely joke that we fell right into. Wake up and smell them.

Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Fashion. Fashion. We don't often talk about fashion on the show, do we? No, we don't. We've both got very specific styles.

I mean, I'm dressed like an individual who's given up on life, and Ben's dressed like a TikTok star mixed with Justin Bieber during his shaky bucket peeing years. I feel like you've just ridden out of fashion for the last sort of 10 years. I have. I've just ridden out of fashion for the last sort of 10 years. I have,

I've just ridden it out. Even though we had a TV show, you got given clothes, you know, we had clothing sponsors, you'd be like, oh, not for me.

Not for me, fashion, not for me. I like to be consistent in my life. I'll try that. But on Friday afternoon, so this is,

I didn't tell you about this, so last Friday, I was picking the kids up from school. I'd been home for a little bit. It was a lovely summer's day and I'm like, hey, you know what? I think I'd had a shower because I a lovely summer's day and I'm like, hey, you know what?

I think I'd had a shower because I'd been to the gym and I was like, well, you know, I'll put on some stuff. I'll bust out the fedora. My fedora summer hat. Oh, here we go. What do you mean, oh? What do you think of a guy in a fedora? I've just never, I just don't think I remember the last time I ever

saw someone wear a fedora. It was the 1920s. I bust out a summer hat. I had a hat on. I had a I ever saw someone wear a fedora. A fedora hat. It was the 1920s. Yeah. I was like, bust out. A summery, is he going to hat on? I had a shirt, you know, a shirt on, you know, a short sleeve shirt, summery shirt. You know, shorts on, jandals, some sunglasses.

I'm a cool dad. I'm a cool dad. I'll roll up to school. I'll walk up to school. I'll pick up, you know, my daughter's from school. There's the cool dad rolling in. Friday afternoon, who wants a couple of beers? He's with the cool dad.

I was standing out there because we were waiting for the kids to come out of the school gate, talking to a couple of parents. There's a little crowd around. Andy, my first daughter, she's eight years old, comes running down and just stops, looks, and loudly in front of everyone goes, what are you wearing? Oh, no. I was like, oh, good to see you, mate.

Great to see you for school. All the other parents are laughing, looking at me. I was feeling quite good about myself up until I got shamed. What did you come dressed as? Was it a costume day at school? I was like, what are you wearing? And I was like, I thought this was good. I thought it was a subway.

This was in front of how many people? Oh, there was a good probably 12, 15 people around. They all laughed. One of the teachers, I think, was there and laughed. You're like, oh, this is... Did you like awkwardly just take off the fedora? Hold it close to your chest?

Like a funeral. It was really a humbling experience. I was like, yes, we'll just do that. Sorry. She's a sensible pupil. As a daughter, can I just say welcome to the rest of your life.

Because I don't think I've ever stopped roasting my dad about his outfit. So your daughter's- But I'm fashion forward. Like, this is not, this is not like- Do you wear the fedora in the car? Like when you're driving? Yeah, I can wear it in the car.

You can't wear it on radio. That's the only one time. Otherwise, I'd wear it to work. How big is it? It's a hat. How big is this fedora? It's a hat. You wear it out, you're like, it's a hat.

Now I don't know if I can wear it. Now you've lost confidence. Being bullied by your own child in the schoolyard. It's a confidence game. You're like, can I pull this off? Yeah, I think I can. You hope that no one will say anything negative about the appearance. But then when someone does, you're like, oh, that rocks your confidence.

But that's fashion, isn't it? You've got to take a risk. I mean, Lady Gaga was wandering around in a dress made of sirloin steaks. Yeah, that's right. She probably would have got mocked but she rode it through.

She did. She stunk like hell but rode it through. This became a thing. You tried it with the bucket hat. I tried it with the bucket hat. You mocked me, didn't you? You did what your daughter did to me.

I know what you're feeling right now, buddy and it hurts. It makes you feel sad in your sad bits. That's a rich thing. I don what you're feeling right now, buddy, and it hurts. It makes you feel sad in your sad bits. I don't know where my sad bits are. But they're cold, they're tired and they're crying. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys

anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Don't know what your thoughts are about hitchhikers, Ben. You got any opinion on hitchhikers? No, I don't. No real strong opinion. It's a good way for people to get around. If people want to pick up hitchhikers? No, no. I'm no real strong opinion. It's a good way for people to get around. If people want to pick up hitchhikers, that's great.

You know? I really sat on the fence on that one. No strong opinions either way. Afraid of offending, A, the hitchhiking community, or B, the hitchhiking picking up community. Hitch to their own if you want to do it. Great.

If you don't, don't. You know, that's kind of my views on it. It's like listening to the show. No, I'd probably have more investment. Listen to the show, yeah. Yeah, you'd be a very placid politician. Oh, if you want to do it, you know, that's kind of my views on it. It's like listening to the show. No, I'd probably have more investment. Listen to the show, yeah. Yeah, you'd be a very placid politician. Oh, if you want to do it, you can. If not, you don't.

I really struggle with the referendums. I'm like, oh, yeah, I see your point. So anyway, hitchhikers. Well, my theory on them is some of them look a little smelly at times. At times, at times. My people would cast that. Well, look at you. No, no, no.

And I look smelly. I can say that because I'm a smelly-looking individual. Look at how I'm dressed. And I also find it's easier to avoid them when you're driving past them at 100 k's an hour. But when they look you dead in the eyes and ask you for a lift, well, that's a whole other story. I can't get out of it then. And it happened to me the other day on Friday. They were lovely, actually, two radio school students who were visiting the building and uh my car was parked

outside and we were going to a meeting being you and me and i was getting into my car and the guy was like hey can you give us a lift and i'm not quick enough to think of an excuse to say no no and so i was like yeah no no worries so anyway I was a radio school student so I was pay forward back what is it

something there's something there pay forward pay forward do it no something anyway so drop them off

on the way there they were like oh you know what do you do and you work on the hits and stuff oh can we have a job and again

I'm not good at thinking of excuses and I was like yeah yeah you can have a job so I was handing out'm not good at thinking of excuses. And I was like, yeah, yeah, you can have a job. So I was handing out jobs that I don't- You're not in a position

to do that, really, are you? No, I'm very lowly. So we've now got a brand new CEO and someone, I forget her name, but she was lovely. She's going to be replacing

Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZMB. That's what's happened. It can be a kind of awkward experience. My mate of mine, we're driving the car with him and a hitchhiker was up ahead.

Normally you see them a couple of hundred metres away and he's like, oh, it's our other mate. So he pulled on over and then the guy was like, oh, no, it's not. And as the guy picked up his bag, walked to the car and he was so close to getting his hand on the door handle and my mate just drove off. There's no other option.

There is no other option. He's like, what's with my mate? I was like, but you're still I know but then you're entrapped in an awkward conversation we thought you

were someone but we are still going the way you want to go but we just don't want to take you you know

you just drove off poor guy I can remember his face just going oh but you just stopped and you

the last guy I picked up was on a train from Wellington to Auckland American guy Clay remember him

he stayed at my house for four or five days. Yeah, that got out of control. I've still got his socks. I still wear his socks to this day. It makes it sound like I've buried his body and I've kept his socks as a memento.

That's not what happened. He travelled back to California safely and we had a wonderful time. Did he? Who knows? I'm still walking in them socks though. Those socks will still be used as evidence for an upcoming court case. Making poor life decisions

every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is something we started when we first started at the Hits. So calling a different town

or city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We do it alphabetically and it's going to take us over two years to call every town and city in New Zealand. And there's some that you're do it alphabetically and it's going to take us over two years to call every town and city in New Zealand.

And there's some that you're just like, I have never heard of this place. I wouldn't have a clue where it was. And Huiakama is one of those for me. All it says on the internet

is it's located on State Highway 43 and it has a school with 14 pupils in it, I think. It's a bit early to call the school, but it is located

on the Forgotten World Highway. Is that right? Yes, it's, yep, yep, sitting on that. And you've done some research. There's a Forgotten World Highway tourist attraction. Yeah, yeah, it looks quite cool, actually. So hopefully this is in the right spot and hopefully they know about the place. Shall we give them a call?

Good morning, Scotland World Adventures in Motel. Kirstie speaking. Hi, Kirstie. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. How are you? Whatever. Whatever to you. Oh, my God.

Is this real? Are you for real? OMG. Yeah, it is. I love you guys. Oh, well, we love you. Nice to talk to you. My name's Kirstie, by the way, not Kirstie.

Oh, sorry. You love us less now. Yeah, Kirstie. Oh, my God, I'm so red right now. Hey, now, what we're actually doing, we're calling every town and city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We like to learn about the place. We're doing it alphabetically.

And today, Jono, we're Huia Kama. Do you know where Huia Kama is? Absolutely no idea. Okay, well, because apparently you're meant to be in and or near it. Well, yeah, apparently the Forgotten World Highway passes through this place, and we thought, well, you guys have forgotten World Tours. Maybe you've forgotten where that place is, but yeah, clearly you have. Maybe you don't.

We're in Taumatunui. Okay. All right, so we've overshot the mark. But anyway, we're here now. Your business looks amazing. Basically like golf carts that you drive along the train tracks. Yeah, pretty much. It goes on the Stratford old line, which was, they stopped using it in 2008

because it was just so difficult and expensive to run. And then, yeah, they just converted golf carts with the wheels changed and you ride them along the track. We've got two-day tours, full-day tours. Two days? You can do it for two days? Two days. The line is 142 kilometres long. Oh, wow. Where do you sleep on day one at

night time? Whangamomena. Have you heard of Whangamomena? That's who you should call because that's an interesting town. What's Whangamomena like? Well, they're their own republic so you can get like a passport stamped there. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. They had a goat as their Prime Minister most recently.

Yeah, yeah. Their had a goat as their prime minister most recently. Yeah, yeah. Their population is like 36, but their pub and hotel is wicked. They put on a good night there. Oh, I look forward, because we're doing this alphabetically, so we'll get to W's at some stage probably next year. I look forward to that phone call. That'd be great. The goat might still be in charge.

We're not sure. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, no, unless the goat wants to have a vote and then recount, stop the votes, recount the votes. Yeah, it's awesome. I think it's like over 100 years old. It's really, and some people, like, you can sleep in a jail. They've converted the old jail there.

Yeah, very cool little unique town. Oh, you're really selling it. Oh, wow. What a great attraction. What were you doing in Auckland? I was a property manager there. Oh, really? You decided to change up the life, eh?

Yeah, yeah, definitely. I went from Queen Street, Auckland, to down here, like population 3,000. Not one set of traffic lights, so definitely a different pace of life. Oh, you must be missing honking at people sitting in traffic and getting annoyed with motorists not letting you merge. I actually do, to be honest. I thought I hated Auckland until I left. Yeah, and do you go around just causing road rations at some time just to make you feel like you're at home? Pretty much.

Obnoxiously honking at people. Lovely talking to you. It's not where we wanted to end up. No, you're right, but I'm glad we got here anyway. It was nice. That's the joy of A to Z. Now, I've actually done some research on Huiakama, which we were talking about. Yeah. I mean, I'm not really a local,

but I mean, I'm looking at the map now and I've never heard of it, so. Yeah, well, it's on the Forgotten Highway. There's 16 people at the school there. Oh, okay. 16 students. So we'll never learn about them.

No. We'll never find out about them. We'll learn about driving a little golf cart on a forgotten track, which sounds like a great track. It sounds fun. You have a jackpot calling this. I'm looking at you. You're across the road from the New World.

Yep, that's us. Oh, right. You're collecting the knife collection? I'm doing the knife collection. You're right. You collected any knives yet? The stickers for the knives? Oh, yeah.

They look so awesome. Way better than the pots. No, but I've got a few stickers there. Oh, great. I'll tell you what, we have covered some ground in this phone call. Cool. We have. Lovely talking to you.

I really appreciate it. You too. You guys made my day. Honestly, I've been such a fan for so long. And if we're ever in Taumaranui, we will swing in. Yeah, for sure. You'll love it. We apologise in advance.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Share a Coke with Jono and Ben on the Good Buggers Tour. Now, Share a Coke is back for the summer, and we'll be going around the country sharing a Coke with some wonderful people. They're doing great things in the community. And so thanks to Coke, we're sharing a Coke with them. And thanks to the hits, we're giving them a little trophy

and some money as well, $500, which is well-deserved for these people, incredible people we've met so far. Yes, we headed to the top of the north yesterday, Kere Kere, and it was a wonderful drive up, wasn't it, Ben Boyce? And they're doing some good roadworks there too. The government sorting out the highways. It's going to be a great highway there, probably in about one to two years, I reckon.

It'll be free-flowing traffic. I was going to say it was a slow trip up, but it was a wonderful trip. No, it's good to see that happening on the roads. But Kere Kere, a population trip up, but it was a wonderful trip. Yeah, no, it's good. It's good to see that happening on the roads. But Kirikiri, a population of 6,000, and at least all six of them turned out to a park in Kirikiri yesterday afternoon to honour Keith Earle. Now, Keith is in the community, and he goes around every week picking up rubbish all over the town, all over the highway,

and the park we were actually in. He spends a lot of time cleaning up the rubbish from that park as well. For hours. And then he also makes bubbles, stands on the side of the road and makes these beautiful bubbles and just entertains people driving to work, the kids and stuff. People call him the bubble man. Just a wonderful, yeah. The kids from the school who were on their last day of school yesterday, ahead of the

NCEA exams, they're like, what are you doing? I was like, oh, we're honouring Keith. And they're like, the bubble guy. I believe I know it was the bubble guy. So that's what he's recognised as locally. So we turned up the park.

The hits tent was there. We had a microphone. I don't know why you had a microphone. I go everywhere with a microphone. So it's in my ride. I need a microphone

to yell at people and we got into it. Probably doesn't justify a microphone, but I hope you can all hear me out there. Everyone can hear you all the way back to Auckland. If you can't... You're only a metre and a half away

and I'm screaming at you through a microphone. Do you need the microphone? I like the power of the microphone. Yeah, but it sounds terrible. It's quite unnecessary. Yeah, I'll turn the microphone off, shall I? Too much microphone. Yeah, I'll turn the microphone off, shall I? Too much microphone. Okay.

Keith has been nominated for all the wonderful work you do in the community. I hear a couple of hours, twice a week, you're out there picking up rubbish. You're entertaining the people of Ketekete. Even today, we understood you pay for some people's groceries for $100. So you've got such a big heart and you're a really deserving winner of this. We think you're a good bugger and we want to present you with a share a coke with you and say thank you for everything that you do.

Thank you Keith. Keith's a good bugger! Keith's a good bugger! Keith's a good bugger! We've also got $500 as well for you guys. Fantastic! Now we're talking money.

What are you going to do with that cash there, Keith? Well, the first thing is I've got three kids, so I'm giving them $100 each. Sal, my boss, gets $100. So how long have you picked up rubbish around the community? How long have you done this for? I've got news that I've been doing it for about five years, maybe a bit more. And I did this on Monday because I knew you fellas were coming. Well, it looks nice.

You've cleaned up the place. The park looks lovely. It looks really good. I can't see one bit of rubbish around this park. I can. He's talking about us, I think. We'll be gone soon. He can clean us up as well.

You know, these are all my friends here. Look, not many, but there's a few, you know. There's a lot. No, it's radio. They can't see. Keith's got literally 1,500 friends here. Yeah, but there's a few, you know. There's a lot. No, it's radio. They can't see. Keith's got literally 1,500 friends here, it turned out. Yeah, that's quite a lot. Give it up for Keith.

Yay! It doesn't sound like 1,500, a lot of them are quiet. They're quite spread out throughout the park, but they're all here. So that was a really fun day. That was awesome. And afterwards, Keith and Sally, they were like, come back to our house for the after party. We were like, oh, this is getting wild.

But okay, we had spoken to Keith the week before and he wanted to show us his garden. He'd done a memorial garden. Yeah. And Keith's on the phone now. What a wonderful afternoon we spent with you yesterday. Keith, thank you for having us. Thank you.

Absolutely brilliant. It was so much fun. You taught us how to make amazingly big bubbles. We had some of your awesome scones that you make too. Yeah, they're army scones. Army scones. They're very popular, especially among the family. It felt like heaven was exploding in my mouth, Keith.

But you showed us your wonderful garden and you had a memorial to your friends who lost their lives in war with you. Yeah. It was... Yeah, it's very upsetting. You know, when I... When nobody seems to care, you know,

and these guys die, you know. Anyhow, moving on. No, but looking at their photos, you're like, they were so young. They were 20, 21, so young, and they fought for what we have today, Keith, so we should not forget about them, and I'm glad you showed us that memorial, mate. It was lovely. Well, it was my absolute pleasure, and it was brilliant talking to you. 10 out of 10, it was really, really good.

Ten out of ten conversation again. Do you know my favourite conversation with Keith was, because he's from Liverpool originally, where the Beatles were from. Oh, yeah, and we're like, have you ever met one of the Beatles? And you, well, you basically met Paul McCartney, but you didn't give him any time. No, because he's a big head. He said McCartney's too big for his boots.

He's Paul McCartney, Keith. If it McCartney's too big for his boots? It's Paul McCartney, Keith. If anyone's allowed to be too big for their boots, you'd think it'd be Paul McCartney. Yeah. It was right in the main street in Liverpool. The main street in Liverpool, and he came up swaggering up, but it was just before they really hit the big time, you know? And, well, after that, you couldn't say anything about him.

Otherwise, you'd get hammered. Yeah, you're like, who's this cocky guy? Paul McCartney, anyway. And now you're like, would you give him any time? You're like, ah, probably not. Keith, I really love you. You're a soul to the earth, a human being. You're doing wonderful things in Kitty Kitty, mate.

And it was an honour to meet you, my friend. Thank you very much. Can you, a little one, can you remember the little girl that was there in the front with all the family? The little, yes. Just think, I'll carry on. And she listens to you on the radio every day as she goes to school. Oh, we had a photo with her yesterday, yes. Yeah, that's right.

She was so excited. And they rang us last night to tell us thank you, to thank you if we speak to you again, because she's out of her mood. She's really there. She loves you. Oh, that was lovely. Oh, that was Aria.

Yeah, yeah. Yes. That's it. Yeah. Yes. Oh, and I was lovely to meet her, and lovely to meet you and your friends, and was lovely. Oh, that was Aria. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Aria, that's it. Yeah. Yes. Oh, and I was lovely to meet her and lovely to meet you and your friends and, of course, Sally, your wife. It was great to be part of it yesterday.

And thank you for all the work you do in the community. As Jono said, you're a wonderful New Zealander. And thank you very much indeed to you, fellas. You are brilliant. Good on you, Keith. I really enjoyed our day. Love your work, mate. Love your work.

And today we're off to Blenheim. Yeah. All right. Continue. Continue, mate. Continue. Continue. The on you, Keith. I really enjoyed our day. Love your work, mate. Love your work. And today we're off to Blenheim. Yeah. All right. Continue, mate. Continue. Continue. The good bugger continues. The good bugger's tour.

No stopping. Like starting your day with Panda Eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Their ride share is finally here with Dee Dee. You can sign up for the hits.co.nz and we could be sending the cash card to your house if you get out within 60 seconds. Today you can win $500.

If you don't, manage to get out of the house in 60 seconds at Jackpot's to the following day. Yesterday was very exciting, wasn't it? Oh, it was tense, wasn't it? We were in Hamilton, yeah. Sorry, no, not Hamilton. In Bacargal yesterday, weren't we? 10 seconds.

She's getting out of her pajamas. She's getting out of her pajamas. No time to change. Oh, jeez. She's racing. She's got about five seconds. Ten seconds. She's getting out of her jammers. She's getting out of her jammers. No time to change. Oh, jeez. She's racing. She's got about five seconds. Come on. In it for Cargill for $1,000.

Quick, quick, quick. Yes, she's got the gate open. She's going to go through the door. Oh, my God. Is she there? Yes, she is, and she's in the car. No, you can't say those words. Don't know what those words were were and we'll never find out,

but it was a champagne buzzer beater. But controversially yesterday, there was a mid-race clothing change. She's like, I'm not in my clothes, I'm in my pyjamas. Got changed within 60 seconds. And got out to the car still just, just. I think the kids were screaming, get out, Mo, get out. So it was high pressure, high tense situation. And now we go to Wellington. Hopefully it's windy enough to blow someone out of their house into the DD cash car this morning. And James, welcome. How are you from

the Hits in Wellington? Hey, I'm good, thanks, James. How are you? Well, we're doing well, Jimmy. It's lovely to hear your dulcet tones this morning. Now, roughly, what suburb are you in? Let's zero in on the property this morning. Roughly, I'm in Thorndon in town. Okay, and whose house are we outside? We're outside. Do you want a name?

Yeah, I think we... Are we ready for a name? Yeah, I think we're ready. Are you ready for a name? Yeah. Okay, we're outside Mark's house. Mark's house. Mark, did you want a last name too?

Yeah, it's got a last name. Obviously, you don't want to give away Mark's street or his rent. We're outside Mark Lamerton's house. It's a nice sort of beige, sort of sand-colored house. There's some beautiful small windows there. He's got a keypad. Oh, and he's out of the house and he's running. Oh, and he's out of the car.

Mark's come through. He's in his dressing gown. He's in his dressing gown. Come on, Mark. Oh, it's a light dog. Put in more effort than that, mate. Go on, under the limbo stick. Under the limbo stick.

You've got to go under the limbo stick. We've got a limbo stick because... And get in the car. Get in the car. Okay. He's in. Yeah, we've got Mark. Oh, well done, Mark.

Now, the audience may be going, why do they have to go under a limbo stick? Why do they have to go under a limbo stick? We were wondering that on day one. We weren't sure either, but it's part of the complex way of getting to the car, going under a limbo stick? Why do they have to go under a limbo stick? We were wondering that on day one. We weren't sure either, but it's part of the complex way of getting to the car. Going under a limbo stick. Do you want to talk to Mark? We'd love to.

Okay, I'll put Mark on the phone. That's a champagne 7.43am limbo stick there. Welcome, Mark. Welcome to the DD Cash Car. Thank you. Hey, well done. You're out of the house in a flash and you've got $500. Yeah, brilliant.

Not even dressed. Not even dressed. What's underneath that dressing gown right now? Yeah, no, we won't talk about that, will we? Well, well done. That's a great start to your Thursday. Yeah, brilliant. Thank you so much.

Did you see the car sifting around the neighbourhood or you were just listening inside? My wife was listening, so she yelled at me, go, go. Go, go. So you had no idea the car was out there at me, go, go. Go, go. So you had no idea the car was out there? No, well, no.

No, well. You guys, it pays to be listening. Literally pays $500. So well done, James. Thank you so much. Oh, not James, Mark. Sorry.

But what up to James as well. What up, James? James did a good job. James did a great job. Did Mark do a good job, Mark? He did. Brilliant. Oh, great.

You didn't do a good job. I didn't do a good job. You did a good job, Mark? He did. Brilliant. Oh, great. Yeah, full credit. You didn't do a good job. I didn't do a good job. You did a good job, though, Ben. Thank you. If you want to register right now, one more chance tomorrow, the hit stock code on NZ, the DD Cash Car could be rolling up outside your place

and you can get $500 cash just like Mark did. DD, of course, launching in Auckland. It's the new lower fare ride share option. It's going to be in other regions as well soon, isn't it? That's right. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's the new lower fare ride share option. It's going to be in other regions as well soon. That's right. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on my hips. Spy.

Know what's up? Spy.co.nz. I love this part of the show. It's where Ben and I pretend to be in touch with popular culture. Producer Juliette Inman, Spy Entertainment News. Couple of cool dads just being cool and hip and young. I love it. Stop saying all that.

There's nothing more patronising than saying, oh, he's a cool dad. That was very patronising. I apologise. Will you rash it when you go to the beach, right? Thanks, Dad, I will. So the latest celebrity who contracted COVID-19 was Hugh Grant. Now, he didn't actually get it recently. He got it back in February.

And he was chatting to Stephen Colbert about it and he made sort of a weird comparison as to what it was like when he had it. It was like a poncho of sweat. Embarrassing, really. My eyeballs felt about three sizes too big and this feeling as though some enormous man was sitting on my chest.

Yes. Sort of Harvey Weinstein or someone. Okay, that's not good. And I thought, I don't know what this is. And then I was walking down a street one day and I thought, I don't know what this is. And then I was walking down a street one day and I thought, I can't smell a damn thing.

And you start to panic. You would panic. I mean, the last person you want on top of you is Weinstein, that's for sure. But have you ever thought through this whole period

that you might have had it? No. No. I haven't. I haven't. But I've been worried about getting it. Have you had a test?

So, no, I haven't. I haven't been sick. Or it. Have you had a test? So, no, I haven't. I haven't been sick, or, yeah, fortunately, touch wood. There's been a couple of occasions where I'm like, oh, God, I've got it, and you go and get a test, which is not actually that bad in the grand scheme of things. Have you thought you've had it? No, but my sister and her boyfriend, they live in the UK, and obviously they've had lockdown kind of after lockdown,

and I think they think that they actually had sort of a mild case of it when it was at the very start of the whole pandemic. Especially overseas when they didn't really know what was going on and it's everywhere, you know. Even a slight cough at the moment. If you just do a slight cough in a room, there's like 30 people turn their heads and give you a sneeze as well. It's like coronavirus, coronavirus.

Do you know what I feel judged doing? If I go to the supermarket, pick up a broccoli or something, put it back down and then pick up another one, I'm like, I shouldn't be doing this, but I used to always do it to get the best broccoli. Yeah, no, it doesn't help when you blow your nose with the wine, did you, Lear? We say it's in New Zealand, I find,

because overseas it's horrible over there and we're lucky here it's not in the community. We are so lucky. But you're kind of like, well, everyone overseas is doing this and we'll be doing this or what are we doing are we too relaxed are we not it'll be fine

you know you kind of feel like that yeah and I mean there's a story at the moment about the West Indian cricket team who they kind of got the light shone upon them because they're

quarantining at the moment but they were socialising together in the hallway of the hotel four or five players I think it was they were saying which I found interesting

because I guess it was against what they weren't meant to do but but they came over on a plane together. They're practising together as a team. They weren't with any other members of the public. But obviously, I guess the rules, yeah. But we're going hard on them. But I think that's what you have to do to be in a place we're in. You have to go hard, go hard, go early.

That's what I've always said. Team of five million. Team of five million. That's what I've always said. That's not what I've always said. I said open up the borders. Just keep those shut. That's what I've always said. That's not what I've always said. I said, open up the borders. Just keep those shut. That's true.

And Graham Norton, he has announced that he'll be leaving his BBC Radio 2 show after doing it for 10 years. I personally didn't even realise he actually did radio. You know, you kind of know him for his TV show. But he did a Saturday morning show. That'd be a nightmare, wouldn't it? Saturday morning. Yeah.

I know, after a few wines on a Friday night. He's always slopping back wine, isn't he, on the show? He is. Is that the only program on television where you can just openly just sit there and drink? I admire it, because he combines his love of TV

with his love of alcohol. We're on the same thing. He's brought his loves together. Mind you, I saw Paul Henry drinking red wine during the election coverage. Yeah, true. Maybe it's the new thing now. Yeah.

We tried it last week, didn't we? Because Paul Henry came in with his signature range wine and we had a couple between 8 and 9 and we were like, ooh, it's 9 o'clock. I was definitely on my way just quietly. We should make that a daily routine. I think that's called alcoholism. And that's five and more.

You can go to the Hits.co.nz. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Now, I want to know your house rules, the rule that you enforce. You strictly enforce, because my wife, Amanda, at home. So someone comes over to visit, and this could be people that have come over many times before.

When they leave, we've all got to get up and walk them out to the door. It's like, I understand what you mean. It's a custom. It's expected of everyone. Up, up, come on. You're like, oh mate, we were just sitting around yesterday. Alright, see, you know. I've said goodbye. I've been polite. You're like, I'm sure they're capable of shutting

a door. The door is. We all have to walk down the house and be like, hey, great to see you. Close the door. But no reason other have to walk down the house and we're like, it's sort of close to the door. But no reason other than she thinks it's polite. She's not worried about anyone going, oh, they're probably going to take something on the way out. I know what you're saying.

And you're trying to change the grain. You're like, why is this a thing? Why can't we just go goodbye for the comfort of your seat? And they walk out, let themselves out. I'm with you. Yeah.

I'm with you. But she's like, no, it's rude. You're sitting there. You need to get up and we need to walk them down. But then I'm with you. But she's like, no, it's rude. You're sitting there. You need to get up and walk them down. But then again, when you're at the front door, we end up in that scenario we were discussing yesterday on the program, the wave begins. They walk off.

You start waving. They start waving. They get in the car. You're still waving. They're still waving. They're driving down the road. The waving continues. When does the wave, when does the madness cease?

When does the wave, yeah. When does it cease? It's until the car's out of sight, some people. They're still waving, aren't they? That's right. I mean, and you could cease the madness by implementing your new regime, Ben, of people let themselves out of the house.

Yeah, people that have been around before, they clearly know the entry and exit points. Oh, so they have to have been there before. Well, yeah, because they know where the entry and exit points are, but most people who have come inside the house will probably know that they're the same door they walk, so this is the same one they walk out of. And you know, you're not living in a mansion.

You can figure, even if you do. Three days later we're like, oh, the bedroom, we got lost trying to get out of your house. It's not Neverland or something, is it? You should have walked us to the door and been in your bedroom for three days. That's not going to happen. So what are your house rules? Do you have to go and visit,

do you have to say goodbye to everyone at the door and shut the door behind them? I had my friend who lived with his auntie when he was studying in Christchurch and he was a building apprentice. And so he would get home, granted a bit dirty from the site, but she had, for all members of the household,

a five-step foot cleaning process before you're even allowed to place your feet on them, directly foot to carpet. Wow. So he had to take his shoes off, step number one, had to then slide into some slippers which transferred him from the front door

to the bathroom where there was then a foot bath. Oh wow. So he's... Take off the socks, put them in a bag, especially he plays bag next to the foot bath.

You would soak your feet in the foot bath, dry your feet. You were then able to walk around the house comfortably. When you think about it, it's probably quite clever because I stomp around in shoes on my carpet. I'm like, they must be filthy. So, okay, what are the rules in your house? The unusual rules in your house.

Oh, 800, that's a fine number. Someone's texting actually, 4487. A bit like you, I guess. My granddad refused to sit up or talk to anyone when they walked into our house. Oh, not like that. I'm talking to people. I'm not saying, you're socialising.

Yeah, socialising. But I'm not saying goodbye. I'm just not walking them out. The granddad's like, I'm at a stage of life where I can be bothered talking to someone. I will. If not. Fair enough.

I won't engage with them. That's fair enough. Wouldn't that be a nice way to live? Lisa, you're on the air from Parby North. Your unusual house rules. What are they, matey? So my mum used to always have club sandwiches in the fridge, really just in case we had people coming over to visit. So she'd always be prepared with club sandwiches to serve.

Panic sandwiches. So you weren't allowed to eat these sandwiches? They were for guests, everything? No, we weren't allowed to touch them. As they were, you know, a couple of days old and no one had come round, then my dad would often take them for lunch. But, yeah, there was always backup sandwiches.

So then she'd start the cycle again, a fresh batch of clubbies, and put them back in the fridge. I know, commitment, I'll tell you that. You know, she could have a bag of chips or something. Yeah, you're right. There's easier options. That's my version of that.

Yeah, a bag of chips. Exactly. We've become lazy, though, our generation, haven't we? Our parents were like, you're lazy, you don't do anything. I like you,

you just don't make anything. Now I don't knit anything. That's true. Yeah, fair call, Lisa. Have a good one. You too, thanks. Fair call? What was that?

Why did I say fair call? It was a fair call. It was a fair call? It was a fair call. It was a fair call. It was a great call. A great call was the word I was looking for. Nadia, welcome from Taranaki. Unusual house rules, what have you got? Hey Nadia, what were your unusual house rules, mate? When we were growing up, we had

a new house and we weren't allowed to walk up the stairs normally because it would wear the carpet out, so we'd allowed to walk up the stairs normally because it would wear the carpet out so we'd have to walk up the sides or we'd have to do the splits and stagger. Like crab crawl up the stairs.

It's so normal you can't walk up like that. Visitors were allowed to walk up the stairs normally but we weren't. Oh that's amazing. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. You, my good sir, may approach the stairs normally, but we weren't. Oh, that's amazing. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. You, my good sir, may approach the stairs with a normal walk. The rest of you,

you know the rules. Touching this bit, doing this bit. Good workout on your inner thighs, though, isn't it? Spreading them wide. Good on you, Nardy. Appreciate that. A couple of more texts here. My grandmother doesn't let anyone under the age of 16 sit on couches. Sit on the mat?

16's quite old. I mean, my daughters can sit on a couch. You can be trusted. I mean, you can be trusted to sit on a couch from the age of five, really. That's very good. And another one here on 4487. My friend's mother refuses to let anyone pour their own drink. Oh, wow.

In the house. She's running around filling up drinks, beers, juices, wines, waters, whatever. And that's her gig. That's her gig. So thank you very much for your calls and texts. They were great. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys.

It's Jono and Van on the hits. Kia ora. I'm Ash Thomas, and this is the B***ing News. All right. The most frustrating news headline delivery service in the game. Producer Juliet beats out certain words from international headlines, and we have to try and figure out what they are. Why does this always happen first thing on the show? It's too early.

We should leave it later when we've kind of kicked into gear. We've started it now. We don't want to stop it. Yeah, stop it. We'll do something else when we come back to this when we're more awake. It's good to get your brains working. Here we go. Netflix users have spent two billion hours watching...

Oh, what have we spent two billion hours doing? Watching Dog Almighty on TVNZ On Demand. Or you can watch it on Network TV Monday and Tuesday night at 7.30. It's not actually on Netflix, but a lovely plug all the same. I reckon we spent two million hours watching the Bom bomb. You know, at the start every show's got that bomb bomb.

The, the, the, the century. The Netflix logo comes up and it goes bomb bomb or whatever it is, you know? That's, that's actually a good, that's a good, uh, thought. But Netflix users have spent two billion hours watching Adam Sandler movies. Oh, it's very, very popular on Netflix. It seems to be his thing now. He just makes movies for Netflix. Apparently they're the most popular things. Yeah, they say that they're ranked

really highly. And I googled how many movies he's in. And he's in about 70. 70 that he's done in his life, maybe. That's a lot of movies. He is, I think, the most bankable star in Hollywood. And I mean, hey, are they good movies? Who's to say?

Is this a good radio show? Who's to say? They're fun, hey. Is this a good radio show? Who's to say? He's having a lot of fun. We're having a lot of fun. He's just churning out content. That's what we're here to do. Exactly. Good on him.

Good on him. 70 films. Is that just on Netflix or in total? I think that's just in total, yeah. That's a lot of movies. But, like, he's not even 70, obviously. So, like, that's more than one a year. Well, you're right.

Way more than one a year. He didn't start at zero. It would be his first movie by age one. So, that's more than one a year. Well you're right. He didn't start at zero. His first movie by age one. True because you'd say his first debut in his twenties maybe. Yeah maybe. So you're right. That's a lot of films. That's prolific. He's absolutely churning them out. Alright next one. China

launches world's first I'm going to say world's first virus free edible bat. So now we can all enjoy them. The taste of bat without the worry of the virus. That's good. I'm going to say world's first virus-free edible bat. So now we can all enjoy the taste of the bat without worrying about the virus. That's good. I'm going to say they launched the world's first date briscoes without a sale. I don't think we've ever had one of those. Very true.

China launches world's first 6G satellite. Uh-oh. I don't even trust 5G. 5G just seems like it's arrived. Yeah, well, the government in China did say that they started research into 6G literally just days after 5G was launched in the country. So, God, they just really hit the game. It's like a Gillette and shit with the razors, hey?

They were always like... Too much. We got up to 14 blades at one stage. And I think the razor game was like, oh, okay, this has just got away on us. So as soon as they release one, they've got to get the next one with an extra blade on there. Gosh, I was hoping... Did you guys ever hear about the flies dying around the 5G towers and stuff?

Oh, no, no. Apparently, like, flies would come close and they'd just... Because it was just too... Emitting whatever it's emitting. I don't know what it's doing, but it's giving me great cell phone coverage and that's all I care about. I don't know if that's true or not. It could be just a yarn.

We were driving down the motorway and we saw a Jesus cross attached to the side of a 5G tower. That's right. Really? And I couldn't figure out what was there first. Was the 5G tower there and Jesus slapped the cross on? Or the cross was there first and 5G was...

It was next to a church, wasn't it? Yeah. That's right. I'm pretty sure the cross was there first. And they've got a tower around it. Jesus needs great cell phone coverage as well. Jesus gave his blessing to 5G. And the final one.

US election brings internet fame to Japanese mayor named... I'm going to say Donald Trump. Well, can I be honest with you? Producer Humphrey sent through this as a story, as a sense of day. Play the game. I feel like I cannot be dishonest to the audience. This is insider trading. I know it's Joe Biden, and that's what I know.

I know it is, so I can't give you a joke answer because I've already been sent it from producer Humphries as maybe something we should talk about on the show. Know what we are. Correct. You got that answer right, Ben. Yeah, his name translates to Joe Biden or Joe Biden or however, and he's stoked about it.

He's like, wow, I've got this new internet fame that I never thought I'd have. So you're in Japan, like a small town in Japan or something, right? Yeah, a little mini town in Japan. He just, you know, is living a quiet life. And then all of a sudden, he's Joe Biden. I love how Ben's like, I've read the article, but I'll ask you where in Japan it is. I read the first line of the article.

I'm like, I know the answer. Well, you know the answer to this. I'm not going into A's and Z's. And that's the news and beeps, fellas. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. It's Benny, Super Lonely. It is the hits, Jono and Ben.

She's got a pop-up store that's opening up in Auckland just for the weekend, actually. I think you can see some tracks from her new album as well as buy some merch in Auckland. It's pretty cool. You had some issues with Benny's merch. You were trying to order some Benny merch. Oh, yeah, my girls were like,

we want a Benny T-shirt. Every time I'd look on the website, I'd be like, oh, out of stock. And every time I'd talk to Benny on the radio, I my girls were like, we want a Benny t-shirt. Every time I'd look on the website, I'd be like, oh, out of stock. And every time I'd talk to Benny on the radio, I'd go, so when are you updating your t-shirt? Yeah, that was our first question for the last four interviews we've had with Benny. And she'd be like, well, look,

it's not really my department. I just create the hit songs that people dance to around the world. Let me transfer you through to the merchandising department. But I was pleased, though, when I took my daughters to the concert. There were plenty of t-shirts available. A lot of merch.

They got, we bought, I bought them a t- each, and now I can put that chapter to bed. The ongoing merch saga. I love that storyline of the show. Will he or won't he? They got a T-shirt to each, and they're very happy. Oh, nice. There you go. And if you're growing through your pain,

need your Benny merch, then you should pop along to the pop-up store, because it's very hard to get online. It is very hard. Out of stock. It sells out pretty fast. Now, Spanish golfer John Rahm, he's proved, he did a remarkable thing. So the US Open is going

on at the moment and in a practice round he did something that we spent two days trying to achieve and he looked like he really did a shocker of a shot. He got a hole in one, right? I watched this last night. Producer Humphrey sent it through and he skims it so he's on the other side of a shot. He got a hole in one, right? I watched this last night. Producer Humphrey sent it through and he skims it so he's on the other side of a pond. He hits

the ball. It skims along the water, bounces along like you'd throw a rock along a lake, you know. Bounces across the water four or five times. Yeah. Bounces up onto the grass and then rolls around, kind of curves around the putting green, doesn't it? For what feels like 25, 30 metres.

Yeah. And then goes right in the hole. It was unbelievable. You'd think it was a fake, but it's legit. And like, if that didn't go in the hole, it was a shocking golf shot. And he probably would have been fired from golf for life. That is the worst shot I've ever done. Oh, hang on, hang on.

Wait a second. It's a hole in one. Yeah. Like, yeah. So that just blew. So you can fluke it. And we spent two days in Taupo trying to get a hole-in-one on the world-famous hole-in-one attraction on the lake. We could have fluked it.

We didn't. But at one stage, you tricked me quite nicely, didn't you? You pretended. This was the closest we got to a hole-in-one. A prank from you. Oh! Oh! He got it! He got it Ben! I just got it!

The whole of one, the kids will tell you. He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it!

He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it!

He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! He got it! No, I didn't. Those filthy lying kids. The kids will tell you. The kids will tell you. Roping in the kids. The sham of a life. Don't involve us in your life. The kids will tell you. But the kids told you.

But that was years. No, it didn't go in. Closest we got to a hole-in-one was hitting the stick. You know the stick that's in there? Oh, the pin, yeah. It bounced off the pontoon. But the pontoon's so hard. As soon as the ball lands on the pontoon.

Tough game, isn't it? Tough game. It's in the hands of's so hard. As soon as the ball lands on the pontoon. Tough game, isn't it? Tough game. It's in the hands of the golf gods. But you got talking to someone on the first night who actually did get a hole-in-one. And they reckon that the wind was blowing towards them. So they had the ball high in the air and it sort of just held up in the wind and dropped straight into the hole. So we didn't get to achieve that, but hey, it's a lifelong dream to get a hole in one. I was knowing that

we were never going to get it in, but then when we were there, I was like, what if we got, a part of me thought we might. Yeah. We might. But then you look at this guy who did the US Open. Yeah. So people do it all the time. And he just had a shocking shot on it. So it could happen to us. And we were trying to get on TV for it. We're like, Seven Sharp, send down your greatest reporter

and do some live interviews with us. And they're like, well, we will if you get a hole in one. No one would talk to us unless we got the hole in one. And it turned out they stuck to the word. No one spoke to us. It was justified, right? Now, speaking of pranks, Ben, the end of year school pranks are starting to take

effect across the country. Yeah, it was the last day in high school. Seems very early for last day, doesn't it? But I guess they're going into exams, right? We bumped into some kids in Kittikitty up north yesterday and they're like, we've just finished school. I'm like, it's November, mate.

Get clocked off. I mean, mentally, we've all finished the year. This year we've checked out. The NCEA exams start Monday. And so they were all doing their pranking yesterday, which seems odd

because you've still got to go back to school for the exams, don't you, next week? You've still got to deal with the repercussions. You know, eggs being thrown at cars, flour being poured over teachers' cars across the country.

The fine line between doing something that people are going to appreciate and other people are going to go, you're going to get in a lot of trouble for this. Well, most people would appreciate eggs and flour sprayed over their car. That's a common thing, right? Yeah. I love it. I'm like, oh, great. I get to wash this off.

Yeah, I know. So pranks going on around the country. Producer Humphreys was saying that at his school, some kids carried out one of the teacher's minis, a mini car, right, and put it on the field. Lifted it up. Did the teacher appreciate that, Producer Humphreys? No.

No, no, no. You've got to be careful coming from someone that, we've had a rich history of pranks going well and some going not well. Our ethos was always make the person feel better than when... If they feel better at the end, that's okay. Yeah. And you felt better after I put a digger in your house, didn't you? Yeah, sometimes that didn't work.

But at least with the two of us, we kind of had that sort of agreement. We were like, okay, whatever you do to me, it's fine. But then, you're right, outside of that, you want someone to walk away going, oh, that was funny, rather than what the heck just happened. Were you a pranker at school, Juliet? Oh, I tried to be, but I was too much of a goody-good. In hindsight, I'm like, I wish I broke the rules a bit more. Have a vape, have a vape now.

Vape in the studio. Yeah, sounds good. I witnessed a guy getting wedgied at school and the undies came clean off. And then I witnessed you getting wedgied as a fully grown adult by a strong man. And he ripped your underpants clean off. Clean off.

There's still bits of them I'm finding. He doesn't actually have to change underpants now. He's just got them permanently stuck inside of him. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. What is Juliette just saying about Kate Winslet?

Can hold her breath for seven minutes? Yeah, she can and I think she bet Tom Cruise's record for underwater how long you can hold your breath for.

I think it was for a movie. Seven minutes. Very long time. I reckon Ben can beat it. We've finished the show at nine o'clock. So now from now he's going to hold his breath

now until nine o'clock. Will he make it through? he's going to hold his breath now until nine o'clock. Will he make it through? Don't hold your breath. Literally, don't hold your breath. We'll do that as a bit of a stunt. In the meantime, I'll solicit for a good day. It's going to be a good day. Ben's not talking.

He's holding his breath. No, I can't do it. I couldn't do it. It was even seven seconds. Winslet would be... We're on. We're on. We're on a chat.

Winslet's just like, if the Titanic does become real, I'm good to go. I can hold my breath for a while. What? Sorry, did you say why she had to hold her breath? I think it was for a movie. It might have been Avatar, if I remember correctly. You think? Does any movie warrant you having to hold your

breath for seven minutes? If you've got a scene that's like, you could be underwater, upwards of seven minutes, you may want to learn, you'd be like, well, hang on. Can we edit around this? Yeah, can we not be in the water for that long? You know've got a scene that you could be underwater, upwards of seven minutes, you may want to learn, you'd be like, well, hang on. Can we edit around this? Yeah, can we not be in the water for that long? You know, surely, you're right.

Why is it going to be a good day for you? We like to end the show on this. We do it every day, 0800 the hits. You just tell us what's happening

in your day today, why it's going to be a good one. We'll send you off to the movies. Can we, Producer Humphrey, do the movies? Yeah, thumbs up.

Reading cinemas. Reading cinemas. Ben will go to a movie and hold his breath all the way through it with you. So who have we got on the phones right now, John? We've got Aloe. Producer Humph. Ben will go to a movie and hold his breath all the way through it with you. So who have we got on the phones right now, John? We've got Aola.

Producer Humphrey's just talking to Aola. I'll tell you why it's going to be a good day for us, though. We're heading off to Blenheim today. Here we are. Coca-Cola Good Buggers campaign. Rewarding people. The good buggers in your community. And, jeez, we've clocked up some Ks this week, haven't we?

Toka Raua. Kiri Kiri. Blenheim. Or Cogs. But it's been fun. It has been awesome. this week, haven't we? Tokaroa, Kirikiri, Blenheim. Auckland. But it's been fun. It has been awesome. Are you going to take me to Sir Peter Jackson's Warplane Museum in Blenheim?

Oh, I hadn't thought about it, but if we've got time, I can go there. I'd love you to take me there. Okay, thank you. And I'd love you to buy me some lunch. Okay.

Okay, it's going to be a wonderful day in Blenheim. We'll head to the phones right now. We've got Stefan from Devonport. Have you lost them both? What's going on? Oh, we've lost them. This producer Humphrey's talking in my ear. We'll head to the phones right now. We've got Stefan from Devonport. Have you lost them both? What's going on? Oh, we've lost them. This producer is talking in my ear. We've lost them.

It's really hard to carry on a conversation when he's talking in your ear. I'll try and continue the rest of the show and you just talk in my ear and I'll see how I can go. So anyway, that is our show. Thank you so much for listening. He's talking in my ear again. You're not going well. No, he's still talking in my ear.

One day you've just got to carry on with your... With my thing. Thank you so much. We'd like to thank Julia Hartley-Moore, private investigator who joined us after 8 o'clock to confirm the seven signs he's cheating. We got lost in a clickbait article. The big one to look out for, the phone.

If he's hiding the phone, if he's being shady with the phone, not letting you on the phone, Julia Hartley-Moore says that's a big red flag. Also, another thing to look out for, apparently, if you see him with another woman holding hands. They may be cheating on you. Not necessarily, but... Don't jump to conclusions.

What a good chance. We'll catch you tomorrow. We've got one of the Silver Ferns joining us in the studio tomorrow. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast.

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