Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - November 18 - Big News Small Town, Tim Lightbourne, What's The Most Important Thing You've Lost?

Episode Date: November 17, 2020

Hello hello! Yesterday Ben accidentally took his wife's keys to work meaning she had to Uber to work yesterday and also couldn't lock the house... And now Ben has lost his wife's keys and can't remember where he put them, making the situation worse! So we asked you guys what the most important thing you've lost is and we had some goodies call through! We also caught up with Tim Lightbourne from Invivo who worked with Sarah Jessica Parker on her Kiwi wines. Tim wasn't the only great person who joined us, we also chatted to Caz (our favourite lady from Southland) when we called Invercargill for the A to Z of New Zealand. What a character she is!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings, friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, Ben. Hey, Jono. How are you, mate? I'm doing all right. Welcome to the podcast.

Yeah, it's good to see you. Even though we've been four or five hours together already today, we somehow, when we record these, feel the need to re-welcome each other to each other's orbit. So that's fine. I had a whole bunch of kids over at my house yesterday. Oscar had his friends over. And they're just turning up from nowhere now. Kids are just turning up. It's not even pre-arranged. It's like all of a sudden there's ten kids. I was like, where did you all come from? How did you get here

And then kids en masse You are so far down the list of important things When kids are together And you're like hey what are you doing mate And they sort of fade off Yeah true They're in their own world That's the cool thing about kids right

You're in your own world You just have to worry about what you're doing right now Which is just having fun You're in your own world. You just have to worry about what you're doing right now, which is just having fun. You're not thinking logistics, anything else. I'm stressing out going, who are these kids? Who do they belong to? Right now, I don't care. I'm having fun.

Do these parents know where they are? So then about an hour later, you started to get phone calls of like, hey, is Ali over there? Yeah, no, he is. Oh, okay, you thought so. So it's getting to that age, you know, the 10-year-olds, like guessing what house the kids are at. And parents trying to figure out where they've lost their children.

But then they're all talking about flatting together too at this early age. They're like, oh, we'll flatten this in your lounge. I'm like, you're not flatting in what, all 10 of you? No. In your lounge. Yeah, we'll flatten the lounge. They're like, get out. I'm like, I own this house.

Yeah, you've already been kicked out of the property. Yeah. I just said that to you the other day, but my daughter was like, why don't adults have sleepovers? Because, you know, kids, that's the big thing. It's like a play date, and then it turns into a sleepover. It's like, I'm going to have some such day of the night. And I'm like, well, technically some adults do have sleepovers,

but it's a different type of anyway. It's like a conversation. Some of them wake up in the morning in a bed full of regret, don't they? And then sort of have to catch an early Uber home, but that's how an adult sleepover works. Some adults, they organise bigger sleepovers, don't they? And then sort of have to catch an early Uber home, but that's how an adult sleepover works. Some adults, they organise bigger sleepovers, don't they? You might sell your lounge situation for adults. Yeah, you have ten of them in the lounge.

Yeah, that's a whole other thing, you know? Yeah, so I mean, I guess they do in some form, but it's probably not as common as come on, I wouldn't go to you. Hey Ben, come on over for a sleepover. Well yeah, it's not like you come over for a barbecue and you're like yeah, you come over and then halfway through you come over for a barbecue, and you're like, yeah, you come over, and then halfway through, you're like, hey, can I stay over?

Can we stay over? And they're like, yeah, then stay over, you know? Yeah, yeah. It's usually out of necessity. You're usually rolling around in a plant or something. I'm like, oh, well, he's not driving home. Yeah, exactly. It's not like a pre-planned, yeah, should we have a sleepover?

Charlie's going to say, no, we're going to watch movies. I don't like sleeping over at other people's houses. Do you? Oh, time, time. But there's something about your own house, Scott. The next morning, I'm always like, oh, you've got to. The hour of, oh, she's just having breakfast, have a coffee. When you want to gap it, but it's not a hotel.

You've got to have your pleasantries. These lovely people have put you up. So I'd rather just sleep on a bridge under the motorway. That's right. There's no requirement to socialise first thing in the morning. Hey, you had a fun show this morning, did you think? It was a fun show this morning. A few dramas from you remember on yesterday's podcast.

I'd taken my wife's, my wife, my wives. It's the plural of wife. Speaking of sleepovers. The key, I've only got one wife. But he had multiple keys. And they're in a bowl. Oh, jeez. So I had some key dramas that's on the podcast today.

As well as that, we prepare for our big celebrity guest tomorrow, Sarah Jessica Parker. Yeah. With Tim from In Vivo Wines, who is hung out with Sarah Jessica Parker in New York. And they basically caused a street to shut down, one of the main streets in New York. Yeah, because that's why we're talking to her,

because she's teamed up with a Kiwi company to make wine together, which is very cool. So yeah, she's going to be on the podcast tomorrow. In the meantime, don't get too ahead of yourself. Just enjoy this one. Be in the present. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hats.

The A to Z of New Zealand. We are calling every town and city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We do it alphabetically. And we're slowly making our way around New Zealand today. Invercargill. Yeah, Invercargill, the capital of Southland. Or as the Rolling Stones once compared it,

to a part of the human body which is located between two cheeks. Do you remember when they said that about Invercargill? I think I have heard they said that, yeah. But have they done it on a sign down there or not? Welcome to Invercargill? I think I have heard they said that, yeah. Would they have that on a sign down there or not? Rock of Dunvercargill or the Rolling Stones? I would. I mean, it's the Rolling Stones talking about you. They said something about us.

Was it flattering? Who knows? The Rolling Stones mentioned us once. One thing I do know is the Rolling Stones are certainly the butt of the joke now because Invercargill has grown into a mecca where you can operate bulldozers and diggers at New Zealand's first heavy machinery playground,

which sounds equal parts terrifying and exhilarating. Why not get trapped and try to escape? No, we're not talking about Invercargill. We're talking about the escape room. Or take a flight to Stewart Island and wonder why on earth we ever sent Prince Harry there for two nights. We did, actually. Now, on the phone, I think we have her on hold, is a lady we've spoken to before,

not actually in Invercargill, in Riverton, Kasna, who runs a cafe and makes the best cheese rolls in the South Island. Kasna, come on in to A to Z. Yep. Hey, you guys. Hi, Kasna, how are you? I'm all right, how are you doing?

We're doing well, we thought. Do you know what we're doing, Casna? No, I'm sorry, I have no idea what you're doing. No doubt some sort of mischief. It's a radio show, first and foremost. Lovely, it's nice of you to bring it to me. Yeah, no, it'd be interesting if you did know what we're doing. It's a busy morning shift, you guys.

Yeah, no, we won't hold you up too long, Casna, because we know how busy you are in your cafe. That's okay. It'll be a pleasure. What can I do for you? Making Southland's premier cheese rolls. Yeah. Listen, we phone every town and city in New Zealand. We do one a day, and we're up to the eyes, because we're going through the alphabet,

and it's Invercargill's turn, and we thought who better to call than our old mate, Kasna. Invercargill, huh? Well, my nana actually always said Invercargill has more parkland than any other city in New Zealand, and I do believe that still exists. So the whole thing of Invercargill, for starters, is one big park. So Queen's Park is fabulous, especially if you've got children.

Yep. What if I don't have children but like hanging out at parks? Oh, you don't like hanging out with us? Is there used to be a brewery? Oh, you've caught me on the run again. I really like Demolition World. Oh. If you're a bit of a junk and a treasure finder,

there's this place called Treasure World, Demolition World, and they demolish all these houses and churches and stuff, and they've made this really awesome city. And so whether you've got kids or not, that's pretty fun. That's cool. What if I'm thinking about having kids? Can I go to Demolition World? I don't even have them.

No, but if I'm thinking about it, will I still enjoy Demolition World? Yes. My husband and I go out there all the time. The lady that runs it's a hootenanny. She's a great time, I tell you. Not for children. Still doing the free student fees in Invercargill? I think they are.

Oh, that's great. They're still weaving up in there, juggling. Oh, okay. All right, don't bring it up. It's your fault. Yeah, you know, things are moving very slowly there. Oh, okay. And so would you advise that people move to Invercargill?

I would, actually. Would you ever leave Invercargill? Well, as I said, I'm not in Invercargill? I would, actually. Would you ever leave Invercargill? Well, as I said, I'm not in Invercargill. And my husband actually was born in the States, so if we ever get the opportunity again, because of all this COVID stuff, I would love to go there for a bit.

But other than that, I love Southland. It's a pretty magical place, bro. You're only two hours away from anything, so it's a good cycling city. It's nice and flat. Yep, and a lot of park space, which means that... Yeah, I don't know about that. Well, half the city's been ripped to bits at the moment,

so people are mental. It's Christmas. You know, Kmart's busy. Oh, great. Well, listen, Kaz, lovely to talk with you. I don't know if America could handle you. Yeah, I'm not sure either, but we'll give it a whirl. What does your husband think of your world famous

cheese rolls that you have? He actually really likes them. When we first opened the cafe 13 years ago, he was like, ugh, we have to. But he put chicken cranberry paninis on, so I was like, we're having cheese rolls. Oh yeah, chicken cranberry's a great American combination, isn't it?

Oh, it's weird, but anyway, people love it. Hey, well, listen, Kaz, and we love you. Oh, thank you, guys. You're so awesome. I never got back here the last time, but oh, man, what a whirlwind, eh? No, but you always sound so busy. There's never not a time we have spoken to you and you haven't sounded busy. I own a cafe.

Anyone want to buy a brilliant little cafe down south here, it's magic. Oh, you're selling it, are you? Yeah, hope to. Oh, right. We're in It's magic. Are you selling it, are you? Yeah, I hope to. Oh, right. We're in no hurry. Business is better than ever, so you know. Thanks to you guys. I'm getting everyone coming and asking for cheese rolls.

Love your work, Kaz. Love you guys' work too. You take care, yo. See you, mate. See you, mate. I'll see you in the hour. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Geez, I had a shocker yesterday. So I came into work, you know, we come into work, meet here at five o'clock in the morning. I took not only my set of keys, but my wife's set of car keys as well. Now she holds a far more important job in society. As a teacher, she

needs to get to work. You know, she is educating the future, the youth of New Zealand. I think it was someone smart once said, children are the future, teach them the way, and they'll learn some stuff. They'll learn some stuff and do some stuff in the future. There was Whitney Houston who sung that. So I took her car keys,

and she even rang up on the show yesterday. Is it Amanda from Auckland with us on 0800? That's Amanda. Why is it going to be a good day for you? I don't know. It's not going to be a good day for me because somebody, Ben, took the keys so I couldn't lock the door and then I couldn't drive the car to work and then I had to get an Uber and then I'm waiting and there's just the kids waiting for me

and I'm like, I don't want to go to the bathroom. It's not a great start. A disgraceful Uber to work. And, you know, rumours would swirl around the schoolyard as to why the teachers Ubering to work. You created a whole series of events there. But it got worse. How did that get worse?

And this is the problem because we have a history of joking around that my wife thought I was joking around. So I got home later, Amanda's like, oh, so where's my keys? And I was like, I'll just go get them.

I can't find them. I don't know where they are. And she's like, oh, so where's my keys? And I was like, I'll just go get them. I can't find them. I don't know where they are. And she's like, oh, yeah, funny joke. I'm like, no, it's not a joke. I can't find your keys. As a present to pay you back for taking your keys, you thought you'd lose your keys. Double down.

Have they actually gone? I have not. Yeah, it's like, where are the keys? You had them here yesterday because you were holding both. I even came back to work. I drove back to work, retraced it. Can't find them. I'm like, Amanda's like, it's a joke.

She's like, at some stage, you've got to go, it's the keys, it's a joke. And I'm like, it's not a joke. I've lost the keys. Hopefully they'll turn up. I don't know where, but they'll hopefully turn up. Oh, my God. So it got worse for me when I got home.

And so I've lost the keys for it. And I thought, can you make me feel better this morning? Let's throw it out there. What have you lost? I tell you what, you've also lost any chance of anything romantic for the next two to five weeks. That's my timeframe. You tell me how it is at the five week mark and I might have to do an analysis on where you're at. Yeah. So what have you lost? Have you lost something important over the years, whether it be... And it's not

even yours, it's hers. It could have been my keys. Then you'd be like, oh well, it's on me. I went home with two sets of keys of what I thought, just with mine, and I don't know where it is. It's shocking. Oh no. Yeah, so what have you lost? Have you lost your wedding ring? Have you lost your passports? Have you lost a lot of

money? What have you lost? When I was about, oh, jeez, I would have been 24, 25, I lost everything on top of my head. It was harrowing, and I've never found it. That was good. I was like, where's he going with this? It's never come back. Reading cinema's movie tickets to give away.

Can you look for that as well when you're searching for the keys? Have a look. I'll see if I can find you here. So let's go to the phones. 0800, the hits. The most important thing you've lost. We'll head to Thomas. Welcome.

How's Auckland this morning, Tommy? Not too bad. How are you guys? Yeah, we're doing well, bud. Lovely to hear from you this morning. What did you lose? Well, I kind of did the same thing as Ben. I've lost some keys,

except it was to the aircraft of a plane. Oh, dear God. Dear God. What, like an Air New Zealand-style plane? No, not quite that big. I was taking my friends up in a smaller aircraft, a six-seater for a scenic flight around the city. Got everything ready,

and I was all excited to take them up, and I just could not find the keys to save my life. I was sitting waiting, I was fluffing around for an hour. I eventually found them and they were sitting on top of the wing and I had left them up there when I was checking the field. Out of all the sets of the keys, that

and to a giant cruise ship, that would be annoying, losing those keys when you've got 20,000 people on board wanting to go on holiday. Hey, thank you very much, Thomas. Really appreciate you listening. Cheers, guys. Such a good story. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast from Te Arawa. Louise Morena, how are you?

You all right, Louise? Good, thank you. You're doing well. It's lovely to hear your voice this morning. What did you lose? My daughter's passport. Oh, that's a not what... Did you discover this at the airport when you were about to depart? No, thank goodness. No, it was about seven days beforehand and

she'd just been for her driver's licence. So she needed it and we just put it away and couldn't find it anywhere. Oh, and then it's the big panic and you've got seven days. There's so much administration too when it comes to passports. It was. I can get a half-way through the passport days. There's so much administration too when it comes to passports.

I just, yeah, no, it's too, I can't even, I can get a half entry with a passport for and I'm like, I'm done. I'd rather just not go anywhere. I'll just live in New Zealand for the rest of my life. It's too much. Remember my passport photo? I look like I'm being, you know, I've showed you that, I'll have to put it up on our social. My passport photo, I look like I've, you know,

when they take a photo of a criminal who's just entering prison, just for the security purposes, that's exactly how I look like of, you know, when they take a photo of a criminal who's just entering prison just for security purposes. That's exactly how I look. Would the person taking your photo be like, yeah, that'll do, that's it? No, because you could do them yourself now. Oh, okay. So you said it, so you were the person.

I did it to myself. I can blame no one apart from me. Can I look better than this? Probably not. That'll do. That'll do. Like Boris Johnson, when he wakes up in the morning, looks in the mirror, he goes, that'll do.

Hey, thank you, Louise. We'll go to Brooke. Welcome. How are you? Hey, I'm doing good. Yeah, you sound alive. Brooke, what do you do for a job? I do promo sampling.

So I pull lots of supermarkets. So I need lots of caffeine and I work two jobs. So, yeah. Oh, word. Brooke is busy and jacked up on caffeine. What did you lose, Brooke? The most important thing. Mine's a bit interesting.

So every time me and my partner go out on a kid-free night, we put all our belongings in one wallet. We've come home and I've had my partner's bank card and his driver's licence in my wallet and he always tells me to keep it in my handbag but I tend to keep it in my pocket and stuff and as we've come home, I've lost my wallet with all our bank cards and all our ID cards.

Everything all in one. And there's that period where you're like, okay, we've got to write it out and see if it turns up. Inevitably you go, oh, we're going to have to replace all 12 cards and the moment you do that and you get them all back, you find your wallet. It'll always happen. Yeah, it does. And we're now still waiting.

It's been three months and it hasn't turned up, so I think we're going to have to re-get our cards. Oh, well, you've really stuck it out. 12 weeks. 12 weeks. Haven't bought food. Yeah, a lot of ages. It won't turn up.

No petrol. Have to siphon petrol from the car park. Okay, good on you, Brooke. Have a good one. Oh, good, up. No petrol. Have to siphon petrol from the car park. Hey, good on you, Brooke. Have a good one. I'll do, thanks. Appreciate that. Someone's texting 334487, actually. 4487.

Someone's texting 3343. Oh, they might have texted them as well. Okay, good. That's the edge. I'm sure people are texting them. People are texting us. People are sending texts right now. That's the important thing.

That's the important thing. But people text 34487. We're on the Skinny Network, which is a great network. 98% of the country covered by Skinny Network. Yeah, it's wide coverage there, Skinny. Yeah, flawless stuff. Great integration bed. But Chantelle's text in 4487.

She's lost her car on Saturday night. Her and her husband went for dinner, and they Ubered home, but they can't remember what car park they've left the vehicle in. Oh, no. They spent all Sunday looking for the car. So that's a thing. Oh, my God.

Do you think you're in a bad position having lost Amanda's keys? I mean, when you lose the car, that's a whole other game. A whole other game. We'll go out on Bono. Welcome, Bono, from Auckland. It's lovely to have the YouTube front man tuning in to the Hits Breakfast. Top of the morning to you, fellas. All right, all right, Bono, nice to talk to you.

What did you lose, Bono? I can't really say because I still haven't found what I'm looking for. Yes. I don't know who you are, but thank you for this wonderful out. Oh, that's so good. You're most welcome.

Oh, so good. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. Now, the other day I talked about how I was picking up my daughters from school. Feeling good. Friday afternoon, I busted out, you know, a short sleeve, colourful shirt, sunglasses on, the fedora option, the hat. Feeling like a million bucks.

I felt good walking to school to pick them up, you know. Here comes the hat. Feeling like a million bucks. I'm not walking to school to pick them up, you know? Here comes the young hip dad coming to get his kids. I'm not ageing. I'm going to come here in a fedora. And those kids, what did they do, my friend? They shamed that fedora off your head. You're surrounded by other parents and one of the teachers at the time,

Indy, my youngest, comes running down. You're excited to see me, then stopped and they went, what are you wearing and everyone went ah there you'll go all the mocking laughter from all the other parents

pointing at you I felt like everyone was going to be talking behind my back anyway as I left and India just brought that conversation to the forefront

so fedora the explorer was no more yeah and that was the end of it although to be fair I have seen you in the fedora I like the fedora I'm that was the end of it. Although to be fair I have seen you in the fedora. I like the fedora. I'm going to persist with it. It's too much hat for you. It's not. Pharrell's

hat was too much hat for Pharrell. It's a hat. Play in your field. You've got your NBA caps. Stick with them. Play in your safe zone. Don't extend it. I like it for summer. It's too much. I just can't wear it in the radio studio otherwise I would because you can't put headphones over your ears. You know every time you wear it, I'm just

trying to save you as a friend. Every time you wear it it's going to become a conversation piece. Isn't it? Juliette's going to sit and be like oh there it is. I need to see a photo of it. We need to post a photo of you online. I'll write it out. Okay. Good idea. So that was last week. It was hat bullying incident number one in the school yard. And then yesterday

we were picking up my daughters and we were talking and there was a whole group of parents sort of hanging around and we were talking number one in the school yard. And then yesterday we're picking up my daughters and we're talking and there was a whole group of parents who were sort of hanging around and we're talking and one of the parents brought the fact to that, my daughter Sienna is on a bread ad on TV at the moment. So I've seen you lots on TV. So that's just a nice compliment for Sienna. So she's like, oh, thanks.

And then she went, I'm on TV more than dad. Ooh, ouch. More than dad. And I was, that's what I went, I'm on TV more than dad. Ooh, ouch. More than dad. And I was like, that's what I went, oh, hang on. She goes, oh, it's true, the last couple of years. I was like, oh, don't double down on it. Yeah, I mean, if we break it down, if we can start a spreadsheet, Juju. Yeah, here we go.

Let's get a spreadsheet going. If we look at Sienna's appearances on TV and billboards, got to factor in the billboards as well. There's a lot more marketing going on. She's outnumbering you. She's outnumbering you. So now I think it's time, as a family, that you start putting your eggs in her basket. I retire the fed's a lot more marketing going on. She's outnumbering you. She's outnumbering you. So now I think it's time as a family that you start putting your eggs

in her basket. I retire the fedora. You retire the fedora. You retire and put all your eggs in her basket. She's the future. Yeah.

You're, yeah. I'm what? I don't know. Oh, you're hosting a dog show. Yeah, well, hey, that's something on TV. That's also,

is this dog show? It's back on TV. Back, baby. Yeah, but then you're gone. Then you're gone. You know, what happens after that? She on TV. That's also, is this dog show? It's back on TV. We're back, baby. Yeah, but then you're gone. Then you're gone. You know, what happens after that? She continues on. She's just starting out.

She's on the upward, the up and up. She's the one supporting. She's your retirement plan, my friend. I remember when our TV show was, you know, did end, the Jono and Ben show, I remember going to the park and I was there with the kids and the dog, our fluffy dog, and some lady came over and said, can I get a photo with the dog?

I'm like, yeah, no worries. So I stood out of show up by holding the kids and the dog, our fluffy dog. And some lady came over and said, can I get a photo with the dog? I'm like, yeah, no worries. So I stood out of show up by holding the dog on the lead. You know, I made quite a lot of effort to get out of the shot so they could get a photo with the dog. Just the dog, yeah. I was like, that's great. I thought nothing of it. And as we walked away, Andy, my little daughter,

put a hand patronising on my back and said, remember when people used to get photos with you, Dad? I was like, they just sort of patted me once. But I mean, you know that. As you're outstretched with your arm trying to stay out of a photo a stranger's having with your dog,

you're like, this is a low point. Yeah. Is it the dog? I knew that, but I didn't need her to tell me that. We could have said nothing and walked away as I cried.

I mean, the dog's got more of a career than you. Let's be honest. And I'm, you know, I'm not bullying because I'm in the same camp. You're with me. I've got nothing. I've got nothing. We're all on a fade out, aren't we?

Will we be here tomorrow? Who knows? This could be our last few minutes on radio. Who knows? That's for the management to decide. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Envivo, a New Zealand wine company

that's teamed up with Graham Norton, Paul Henry and Sarah Jessica Parker over the years and they've helped us get a chat. We're going to be drinking wine over Zoom with Sarah Jessica Parker tomorrow morning, which is very cool. They've got Envivo X, two Sarah Jessica Parker bottles of wine out

and we're going to talk more about that right now with Tim from Envivo. How's it going? Oh, I'm very good. Lovely to have you on and firstly, can I just say thank you on behalf of the Jono and Ben franchise to the In Vivo franchise. I pass on my gratitudes for organising this Sarah Jessica Parker meeting. That's okay. We're really happy.

She was keen to speak to you boys, so I'm glad we could make it happen. This is very exciting. So on Thursday, we get to catch up with Sarah Jessica Parker, catch up, I say it like we've caught up before. Over Zoom,

we're going to try some of the wines that you guys, you guys have got two wines that you've teamed up with Sarah Jessica Parker, right? Yeah, that's right. So we have a Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough that we launched last year in September, and then more recently a Rosé from the South of France. What do you do? How do you approach these celebrities?

Because you've done one with Graham Norton, obviously a couple with Norton, Paul Henry, Sarah Jessica Parker. Did you slide into their DMs? How does it work? We obviously worked with Graham for a number of years, and we were keen to roll out a similar type of scenario in the US. So we sort of worked for about two years,

identifying who would be the best partner for us, kind of worked out Sarah Jessica would be the one for us. So basically I made a presentation to her agent, sort of crossing fingers as a big long shot, really. And he liked what we were about. And then next call, he just sort of went, hold it, I've got Sarah Jessica on the phone. And suddenly I had Sarah Jessica Parker on my mobile phone talking about launching a wine with us.

And I think she kind of liked, you know, the Kiwiness of us. You know, we were a startup and, you know, two of us launched this company 12 years ago and kind of liked a bit more refreshing approach than a big corporate. You've gone over there and you've, I understand, obviously before COVID, you've met up with her as well. Yeah, we sat down about a year, year and a half ago, and just literally opened a bottle of wine with her and chatted through,

you know, what she liked about wine, what she wanted from the partnership and, you know, kind of how we wanted to launch it. That's incredible. And what a genius plan from you guys. You've got Norton looking after the UK audience. Sarah Jessica Parker, well, she's got the stakes sewn up. For sure. Like, you know, why not do something in China, you know,

a similar type of model where we get, where we get a partner involved in the business. Sarah Jessica, she's a shareholder now and a director, so that's pretty awesome. We had a board meeting, Rob and I, in here last imagination, but I find the wine industry must be a lot like the media industry where those who pretend to be experts in it are just making it up. So when you get someone tasting it and swirling around in their mouth, they're like, I can taste the oak of the Rimutakas blended with the berries from the Waitakere. Are they just making this up? No, look, there's some pretty well-trained professionals, you know, masters of wine out there

that spend a lot of time tasting hundreds, thousands of wine from around the world. So they're not just making it up. They actually know what they're doing. Okay, right. Well, just to clarify, the media industry is definitely making it up as we go along. Are you a fan of the goon sack?

I've heard about these guys. Making a bit of a comeback. Why don't we do an in vivo, Jono, on being goon sack. I've heard about these guys. Making a bit of a comeback. Why don't we do an in vivo, John, on being goon sack? I don't know if this is the sort of market in vivo

getting into. The goon sack. Hey, we'll leave that one with you. Don't give us an answer right now. Take us to your next board meeting with Sarah Jessica Parker. See if she's on board

with the goon sack proposal. I'll ask her about that one. So Tim, you went to New York and you launched Sarah ask her about that one. So, Tim, you went to New York and you launched Sarah Jessica's Wine over there. Yeah, look, we launched in Madison Ave in New York last year in September, and we launched in one shop there.

And we had, like, it was amazing. We had a queue, sort of almost a cage down the road. It blocked traffic on Madison Ave. Wow. You just get five security guards to sort of do a circle around here to get her into the store. On the morning,

when we're doing the bottle launch, I tried to call up as many Kiwis as I knew in New York because I was worried about getting a crowd. Yeah, like, bulk out the numbers a bit. And I was thinking, oh gosh,

she's going to look at this like, you know, no one's going to turn up. But, man, they were queuing up from eight o'clock in the morning. We were there from midday.

You know, it just about brought a tear to our eye to see that crowd out the front of the store and then, you know, having to get security to actually make, get through that crowd. It was pretty awesome. Well, listen, I can promise you at least a crowd of three to six people in Tarapa when we launch our goon sack.

We'll be signing goon goon sack we'll be signing goon sacks we'll be signing them personally signed John O'Bed heading to the Waikato any security?

no no let's be honest no have you ever sent a bottle of wine back? because I've seen

people try wine and then I do it and I'm like that's great I love it give me more but when you try have you ever seen

anyone or have you ever gone oh no that wine's like corked or anything like that and it's been sent back? Yeah, loads of times, actually. Oh, really? If it is corked, don't be afraid to tell them. You're going to know straight away just from the smell. Just say, no, I'm not interested in it.

Well, that's not a very New Zealand thing to do, though. Usually we just like to not make a fuss. I'd even drink a bottle of wine if it had shards of glass still in it, just so I wasn't causing a scene. Fair enough. Now, let's say a dear friend of mine accidentally picked up his wife's keys and his car keys yesterday and took them into work,

leaving her stranded, panicked, trying to get to work. What would be a nice apology bottle of wine from the Envivo range that he could get her? You know, the full Sarah Jessica Parker range, the Envivo X Savion Blanc and the Rosé, I think you'd go down pretty well. He will order two cases. What's your credit card number? Let's not do that on here, but I probably do aim to get some wine, that's for sure. Hey, Tim, thank you so much for chatting to us today,

and thank you again for helping organise this Zoom wine chat with Sarah Jessica Parker tomorrow. We're very excited about it. No worries. Happy to help out. You can also get In Vivo X Sarah Jessica Parker wines, both the Sainte Blanche and Rosé, available nationwide. You name a liquor store there. Barry's Liquor Store in Huntly.

Maybe, I don't, yeah. You will count down liquor land. Greg's Liquor Mart. Super Liquor, Bottle Oakley, Gary. They're the options. I should have just said the list and not thrown it over to you. Don't forget, 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, Sarah and Jessica Parker, we are so excited about this,

joining us on the show. Thanks so much to Mvivo. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Tomorrow up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Tomorrow, about this time tomorrow,

24 hours time, we're going to be joined by one of the most popular TV stars of all time, this person. The ultimate single gal, Carrie Bradshaw, will be married

to John James Preston come fall. Should we get you a diamond? No, just get me a really big closet. An Emmy award winning actress, fashion icon. Please welcome

Sarah Jessica Parker. That's right. SJP joining JP and BB in the morning. She's got some new wine out with her and Vivo Wine

and Vivo X and so we're going to be drinking some wine with her over Zoom which is awesome. 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Sarah Jessica Parker is my favourite

three named Sarah actress. Head of Sarah Michelle Gellar. My wife's so excited about this. This is right near Wheelhouse. She'll love the show. It's very exciting. It's going to be great. It's an honour, but I think that we need to prepare ourselves to bring

ourselves up to Sarah Jessica's level, Ben Boy. So I'd like to conduct a test, which I found online here, which is which Sex in the City character are you? Oh, because people used to say that. I remember my wife would go, that's such a Samantha thing to say. And I would go, I don't know what that means.

But I get us off the show. Well, I am a Samantha. Oh, you would be. I conduct the test. Powerful businesswoman who's in touch with her feminine side. Okay, that's who I am. That's who you are, okay.

Yeah, that's who I ended up being. Okay, so first question. Where would you prefer to have sex? A, in the city. B, in the laundry. C, at the dump. I feel like you've made up this test. Or D, on a public bus.

Masked Tom from Thursday. Masked Tom, I'll like you've made up this test. Or D, on a public bus? Mask Tom from Thursday. Mask Tom, with the mask on. What are your options? Well, I guess for this TV show and the city, I'll go in the city, I guess. Yeah, all right.

You're the uptight redhead one. You're the uptight redhead one, it seems here. It's your character. Oh, okay. Thank you, thank you. Just from that. Now, we want to know,

we thought we'd play a fun game this morning. What TV character are you most like? Because it doesn't have to be from Sex and the City. It can be from any TV show at all. If you went, that's me, that person, that character is me. You know, for us, it's probably more like Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street.

Or you look like a convincing Ben from Jono and Ben. You could pull that off. I don't want to be Jono and Ben. You could pull that off. I don't want to be Jono and Ben from Dog Almighty. I could play quite a sick-looking patient on Shoreland Street. Tommy from Rugrats, the main baby. You could be quite good as the baby. Gunther from Friends.

Who are the bald people? Monty, Mr Burns from The Simpsons. I look like Mr Burns when I have no clothes on. You do? You're a good guy. I do. It's a depressing sight, Julie. He's quite Ned Fland I have no clothes on. You do? You're a good producer. I do. It's a depressing sight, Juliet. He's quite Ned Flanders-like, isn't he?

Producer Humphrey. He does look a little like Ned Flanders with a little moustache there. Producer Juliet, you'd be like a wayward daughter, like maybe what the, Kelly, what was it? Kelly Bundy from Married with Children or maybe one of the modern family wayward daughters. Oh, yeah.

I could probably relate to a modern family child. Yeah, was it Hayley? Yeah, Hayley. I reckon you guys are kind of a bit like Phil Dunphy from modern families. Hold on. What, yeah. I could probably relate to a modern family child. Yeah, was it Hayley? Yeah, Hayley. I reckon you guys are kind of a bit like Phil Dunphy from Modern Families. Hold on.

What, both like Phil Dunphy? Yeah. Or do I have to say one of you? I'm more like Ed O'Neill from Modern Family. I would like to be Coop at the Frog

because I work with Muppets every day. So this is what we want to throw over. After this non-stop Burns Fest, bang, bang, bang, zinger to zinger to zinger, I need to check myself into Auckland Hospital Burns Unit after that.

0800, what TV character would you be from any show spanning the entire medium of television? We'll take your text 4487. Just tell us why you think you'd be that character. Maybe you've got the same traits as them. Maybe you've made the same mistakes as them. Whatever. Maybe you look like them. traits as them. Maybe you've made the same mistakes as them. Whatever. Maybe you look like them.

Someone's texting here, 4487. Our boss is identical to Ricky Gervais from The Office. Yesterday, he literally sat the whole team down and did a post-COVID, pre-Christmas motivational speech to rally the troops and ended on playing this song. And dancing and walking out to it, leaving us all sitting there listening to Tina Turner and having to awkwardly turn the stereo off.

I love it. Let's go to Josh in Auckland. You're 11 years old, Josh, and you want to throw your father under the bus. Yeah, I like Homer. Your dad is like Homer Simpson? Yep. Well, he's a shocking parent.

Yeah, he's entertaining on TV though, isn't he? But yeah, what does your dad do? Does he like beer, donuts? He does like beer. He makes beer. Oh, okay. Well, we're really publicly shaming your father here. What other shocking things does your dad do?

He farts a lot. Okay, now you say something lovely about your dad. I'm sure he loves you very much. He buys me a lot of treats. Oh, that's good. Yeah, okay. He smokescreens all the horrible activity with buying you treats.

I love it. Good on you, Josh. Thanks for your call. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right, we'll go to Bev in Waiuru. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Bev, TV characters, which one would you be?. Thanks for your call. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right, we'll go to Bev in Waiuru. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Bev, TV characters, which one would you be?

Oh, I'm Eddie. I'm Bev and my mate's Patsy. Oh, God, you sound like it. So you're sucking back on a gasper now? With some beaners? No, no, I threw that out the window when Ben rung me. Oh, that's so good. I'm going to send you to the movies.

Such a great call. Who's your mate, Bev? Vicky. Bev and Vicky. You can imagine Bev and Vicky tearing up Waiuru. Absolutely fabulous. Yeah, well, she's actually in Australia and I'm in Otissi, but, yeah, when we get together, it's kind of, you know, a bit like that. Oh, it's wild.

It is wild. Good on you, Bev. You have a wonderful Wednesday. Yes, you too. Thank you very much. Let's head to Auckland. Christine, you're on the show. Welcome, Morena.

TV characters, which one would you be? I am 100% a moniker from Friends. I'm obsessively compulsive. I'm fiercely competitive. I'm ridiculously loud. And I go way too overboard whenever I'm making dinner or treats for office Halloween parties where I do 12 different things. So I am such a moniker.

I can even tell the way you've planned this phone call. It's military. It is. You're listing them off. You're doing it well. Well, it's not a bad trait being a moniker. Ben would be a moniker, wouldn't you? Oh, yeah.

I've got some moniker. I've got a little bit of moniker. A little bit of moniker. I think we've all got a bit of moniker a little bit of moniker I think we've all got a bit of moniker in us somewhere yeah some people

just won't admit it except for the guy from Mamba No. 5 and there's a dated song reference for you but if you know the song I'll be chucking it

away right now enjoying that thank you Christine have a great one. I didn't pre-plan that one. No, that was great. It was a pre-plan. It was lovely.

We actually spoke to James Shaw, our Green Party co-leader. This was pre-election. Now, Ben, you had found out some intel about him. People online referencing him to another TV character. Yeah, Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean. And it didn't go down so well with him, did it? But, yeah. I don't think

we're going to bring, we're not going to reflect on that. Have we got the audio? No. No. I don't know why I started talking about it then.

I thought I was going to throw you under the bus but I had no evidence. But we decided not to reflect. We have now, so there you go. Yeah, no, because I don't think

James Shaw wants to come back and see you again because you really offended him. Thank you very much for your calls. Do appreciate it. Love it when you hang out with us on the show.

Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Spy. Go WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Alright, who's ready for a hurriedly slapped together update of stories Juliet has stolen off the New Zealand Herald Entertainment section?

I am. Who's Spy? Thank you. So, Australian celebrity chef and he was a judge on My Kitchen Rules previously, Pete Evans. Also celebrity peddler of wild information on social media. He seems to be quite a conspiracy theorist at the moment, right? He is. He posts a lot of sort of false information about things.

Like COVID. Yeah, especially to do with the pandemic at the moment as well. But he's done it even before COVID. But he's been dumped by his Australian book publisher because he posted an image to his social media. It's like a cartoon image of a caterpillar and a butterfly. It looks quite innocent when you first look at it. But it actually contained a neo-Nazi symbol in the image

when you look at it quite closely. And so his book publisher have said, no, we don't agree or stand by any of this. So he's being dropped. And they previously helped him with some of his recipe books and things like that. You never want to be associated with the Nazis. No.

That's not a good look. That's not a good look. But I mean, I can't believe that backlash hasn't hit him sooner. Because I mean, some of the stuff that's said from his account previously over the last two or three years, you would think he would have lost his gig on My Kitchen Rules

or something like that. But no, no, he hasn't. I only have one rule in my kitchen, don't lick the food. Okay? That's my rule if you come round to my kitchen. And you haven't explained the rules in the kitchen on My Kitchen Rules. No, there's so many seasons. Not once.

Wash your hands is a good one, but they never really get into that, do they? My Kitchen Pete's My Kitchen Rules Rules wear a tinfoil hat. Turn off the 5G towers, that sort of thing. So he's married to Nikki Watson, or Nikki Robinson, who used to be Nikki Watson here in New Zealand. Ah, right. I think they're married.

I don't know, I might have just made that up. Oh, hey, you said it with confidence. I do want to actually say he's no longer a judge on My Kitchen Rules because it got poor ratings in May. So he's no longer a judge on My Kitchen Rules because it got poor ratings in May so he's no longer on it

So now he's just some guy who spouts off stuff on social media Well welcome to the rest of the world Thanks for joining the rest of us

schmucks It'll be on stuff.co.nz spouting his comments And that's fine if you want more you can go to

the hits.co.nz Low in calories and low in laughs It's Jono and Ben on the hits Yesterday it was Boss Todd's birthday our boss go to thehits.co.nz. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Yesterday it was Boss Todd's birthday, our boss here at the Hits. Happy birthday, Boss Todd. Happy birthday, yeah.

Out of all the bosses I've had, you've definitely been one of them. Touching words, touching words. And we had a meeting with Todd yesterday, just a normal after show meeting in a meeting room, and they brought in a surprise cake. And the office all sort of walked in with the surprise cake. It was like a Pied Piper situation. The cake and everyone's leading the charge.

So you've got a group of sort of 15 people outside the glass meeting room, but inside the glass meeting room, you've got the birthday boy himself, you've got producer Humphrey, you've got Ben and me too. And so we're in there and we can see the cake coming, can't we?

So we're like, okay, we see what's happening here. So we started singing Happy Birthday because we could hear them singing Happy Birthday, the group. But we like a faster paced version, you and me. We like to get it over and done with. I find Happy Birthday drags for like a happy occasion. Happy Birthday. No one ever seems happy

singing the happy birthday song. No, they sound like they want to never have any more birthdays. So what the masses had done outside the meeting room, they had opted for your more slower paced traditional version of the song, of their rendition.

And so now, when the two parties combined, finally met in the middle, you had us halfway through the song and them just, they're on the second line. So we're going, happy birthday to you.

And they're like, happy birthday to you. Oh, Jesus. And it was a shocking, oh, I apologise to Todd. That was a fiasco. It was horrible. I don't know where we needed to slow down.

We tried to slow down, they tried to speed up. Yeah, and it got into quite a fumbly situation and from start to finish, the whole thing was an absolute nightmare. So I apologise Todd. But it's a show, no one ever wants happy birthday sung to them.

I don't want it, I hate it. Juliet? Yeah, I hate it. You always feel so awkward, you never know where to look. No. You just stare at the cake, just like, and me, and this. Please make this song end. Happy birthday. I like doing the clap thing, just going, and then you try and clap faster to pick up the pace. And everyone's staring at you.

All eyes are on you, aren't they? And you're just bleakly looking at the candles on the cake. Do you know what's even worse? My extended family, there's so many of us, we have another song that we sing after the happy birthday song. It's a big tradition. So once the happy birthday song's finished, it goes, why was she born?

Oh, no, you've gone into a whole other one. And people do for he's or for she's a jolly good fella. You know, it doesn't, yeah. One of my son's favourite things, Oscar,

he loves, any party I've taken to, he loves leading the hip hip hooray at the end. And you can just tell the whole song, he's just waiting

to jump in there. So as soon as the song's finished, is he right? Hip hip! He loves that bit. But he's now, it's a race between all of them now. Some of them are jumping as soon as the song's finished, is he right? Hip-hip! He loves that bit. But he's now, it's a race between all of them now. Some of them are jumping in

halfway through the song. Hip-hip! And then you've got people singing and it's worse than what we did yesterday. Just a little PSA, a little thing to watch out for when it comes to birthdays. And I loved how we ended it

with Todd blowing his COVID all over the cake. And then we're like, oh, we can't have that now. And everyone's like, yeah, no, right, we'll just leave the cake there on the table. So that was Todd's birthday.

Happy birthday, though, Todd. Yeah, yeah. Great guy. Fitting tribute to a saliva-laden cake and a shocking happy birthday song sung by your staff. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Kiwi Guy's just returned home from Melbourne

and he's making news and making international news for what he's doing with the quarantine meals he's getting at his hotel. It's time for the big news. Small town. And we cross to Wellington, do we? I think so, yeah. Yeah, live in quarantine

at the Grand Mercure Hotel in Wellington. Come on in, Sammy Lowe. Hello. Welcome to you. How's quarantine? It's been great. It's gone hectic lately, but it's been fantastic. And now you've gained the attention of our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, because you've

been taking the meals that are delivered to your door while in quarantine. And I imagine they're not, you know, it's not, you know, it's not slop. It's not stuff you get at Primarimo Prison. But, you know, and you've zhuzhed it up. Yeah, well, stuff that's coming in plastic containers and stuff, you've basically put on the plate and made it look like it's coming out of a fine dining restaurant. Yeah, basically. So it kind of all started off as a joke amongst friends in Melbourne and just watching a whole bunch of like quarantine videos and like Instagram kind of posts.

People were posting like kind of, you know, food that looked subpar. And we were all joking around like, what if I made my hotel experience look like I was in like some bougie, like going through the bougie escape, essentially. And part of it was replating all my food. It looks incredible what you've done. Just looking online, you've turned these things into, they look incredible. How long does it take you to replate the food

and to make it look just amazing? I'd probably say about 15 to 20 minutes each. But the whole time, I'm also nibbling on stuff as well. So a lot of people on Instagram are commenting, like, are you eating all the food stone cold? And I was like, well, no, half of it. I mean, you've got one here which looks like tortillas,

which have come in a cardboard container. It's got the mints and the beans in one compartment and sort of the tortilla wraps in the other. And you've turned it onto a plate, and it looks like a five-star restaurant meal. Does the food taste better when it looks... Yeah, do you eat with your eyes? Because they say that on cooking shows, right?

I totally agree. You don't eat with your eyes. I think you eat with your entire sensorial experience. So smell, touch, and sight is a big part of it. But I also treat it like more of an artistic approach and kind of like an outlet for my creative mind. It looks amazing. You're doing a wonderful job.

I mean, you've got pancakes here in a cardboard box and a packet of fresh and fruity yogurt, which you've turned into a master. It looks like a dessert masterpiece. And I suppose it fills in a good 20 minutes of your day too. Yeah, 100%. Well, that's 20 minutes times three. That's an hour of my day.

So that's good. It's keeping me rostered. So what was it like when the Prime Minister basically shared one of your creations? Well, before she shared it, she added me on Instagram and I was just like, this is bizarre. I'm pretty sure this is a mistake. And then basically the next day, she kind of mentioned my post.

And I have no words to describe it. But I'm just glad that something positive came out of this. And it's inspired a lot of people to also message me directly and being like, Hey, this is so inspirational. This is what I'll be doing during Clonking as well. And giving people tips and tricks as well on how to get through it. Have you seen the account? And whatever you do

today, Google this. It's like an Instagram account called Food Symmetry. Oh, okay. I haven't. Oh, look at that. Oh, my God. This guy just creates the most amazing-looking meals. And they're all symmetrical. And it's so satisfying just looking at the photos.

I like that, and I like pimple-popping videos on the internet. There's nothing to what Sam is... Now, Sam, what would you say if we told you we had Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister, on the phone right now? I'd call you bluffing. You'd be right. You'd be right. You'd be right.

Because we don't. A better radio station would have come through with that. That was a great idea, Jono. We could organise, try to organise that, but we didn't. Too late in the piece. Yeah. So just know that the thought was there, Sam. Yeah.

And we could have done it, but we didn't. Thank you. Thank you for the offer. You're welcome. You're very welcome. Maybe you'll talk to another radio show and they might do it. They might do it, hey. didn't. Thank you. Thank you for the offer. You're welcome. You're very welcome. Maybe you'll talk to another radio show and they might do it. They might do it, hey. But you know who thought of it first?

We did. When are you going to get out of quarantine, mate? I leave tonight, actually. Oh, nice. Oh, well done. Well, awesome to see you've made the most of it, your time in there. And you've enjoyed it and you've turned the experience, which potentially could lead to a negative one, into a positive one, Sam.

So well done. Thank you so much. If you want to check out his Instagram, it's incrediblesamlow on Instagram. We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Here's a collection of stories that'll assist you

with some light banter with your colleagues throughout the office today. That provides us with light banter on our radio show. Now, in New South Wales and Australia, the government has announced a $500 million package that will see every adult in the state be given $100 to spend on hospitality and entertainment in the community. What a wonderful package.

It's a lovely package. It's a $500 million package. It's an impressive package. And so they give, like, you'll just get $100 in your bank account and you go spend that? I think it's like an app,. And so they give, like, you'll just get $100 in your bank account and you go spend that. I think it's like an app, from what I can see, that basically will be loaded on with $100 to each person over the age of 18 and you can't spend it on things like alcohol or cigarettes or gambling,

but you can go to cafes. Those are my three favourite things. Cafes and restaurants and stimulate the economy with your package. You stimulate me with your package. You stimulate me with your package. You just come with a wonderful package every day, doesn't he? He's got a backpack. It's my baggage. I come with a lot of baggage.

Oh, sorry. Is that what it is? Hang over from other radio stations. I bet. We should do that here in New Zealand. I think it's a great idea, right? Yeah. It's not like the government haven't spent enough money over the last six months.

It's great for businesses, cafes, restaurants, that I can imagine will be struggling a little bit. Particularly in the CBD in Auckland. I know everyone goes, ooh, Auckland. But the other day when they had the potential new cluster, everyone was out of the CBD. Obviously, restaurants, bars and all that sort of stuff,

no one could go to for 24 hours, which has really got to hurt. Well, it's affected everyone from all over the place, all walks of life, hasn't it? Could you spend the $100 on a plumber? No, I don't think so. A gigolo? Could I get $100? No. It's not just a... This is a hospitality

package, but they might be looking at other options like that. If I spent $100 on the gigolo's package with my package, could that work? No. Clearly not. We could pitch that to the New Zealand government, maybe. What a great idea, though. What a fantastic idea. Go Australia.

And the iconic creepy Santa. You know the Santa, the big giant Santa that stood in the middle of Auckland in Queen Street outside the Farmers' Building? It was sort of known as the creepy Santa, right? It had a finger, like a come-hither finger, and a lazy eye. Winky eye, eh? It was sort of like he was suffering from conjunctivitis or something. They sort of stopped the wink in the finger because it was a bit creepy.

Well, now they've got rid of the Santa, and it's going to Wanaka in a museum. It's going to travel over 1,500 kilometres in 13 pieces, and it's going down to Wanaka. To traumatise the children of Wanaka. Yeah, well, you couldn't set it up anywhere, right? It's huge. I think they'll just have the finger just in the museum, the children of Wanaka. Yeah, what do they get? I mean, you couldn't set it up anywhere, right? It's huge. I think they would just have the finger just in the museum.

Just the mechanic finger just beckoning people to come closer. What was the finger for? Like, you don't... Santa doesn't need to go, come here. Everyone knows that you go to Santa. Yeah, like, okay, okay.

And winking at the same time. It really was an interesting thing, but it was kind of iconic about Auckland, just in its weird creepiness. I mean, probably over the time, over the years, it got creepier and creepier. As you know, the climate change. And everyone went, well, that's not okay.

Might have been fine in the 60s, Santa. But you're not going to get it. Time's up, buddy. You're not going to get away with that now. That is scrolling through your feed this morning. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Jono and Ben with Resene. Taking the guesswork out of choosing colours. Now each day we're going to give someone the chance to open two of our Resene tins of paint, the colours that are in the studio, to reveal a prize. You have to guess two numbers that will be matching. It's like a game of memory. Guess the two paint cans that will be having the same colour within the two of them, right?

Yeah, and here have been the guesses that happened over Monday and Tuesday. Number two and seven. Two and seven. All right, Jono's down there. He's going to open up number two. Okay, this is the grey. Okay, seven. Is this another Jono's down there. He's going to open up number two. No, this is the grey. Okay, seven. Is this another grey?

Shark grey. Is it a shark grey? We're popping the tins. Oh, no. It was the scrumptious pink. Okay, I'll do eight. You're going to do eight? You're going to pop eight?

And what have we got here? That's a yellow. What's your next number you want to open up? We'll do six. Six. Okay. Oh, it's a yellow. What's your next number you want to open up? We'll do six. Six. Okay. Oh, it's a shark grey number six.

Now, listening to that back, I think we've got a match if you play your cards right. Now, we've got all of the colours of the rainbow in the studio, and by that I mean all of the colours from the Resene colour chart, which is better than an actual rainbow. More magical than a rainbow. So we have ten Resene paint cans in the studio

numbered one to 10. You've got to pick two numbers like a game of memory. Already, no matter what happens, we're going to give you a $500 Resene voucher. But if you match the two paint colours, you'll get an extra prize. Let's head to a wonderful part of the country where they have a mural of the top twins and an outdated Decker sign. Huntley and Ollie, come on in. How are you? Wonderful, Ollie. Good to hear your voice first thing in the morning, my friend, so well done.

And you too. You got a $500 Azeem voucher, buddy. Awesome, thank you very much. You looking to do some painting, some renos? Not me, but my parents are selling up, so it'll be nice to give that to them. Oh, what a wonderful man. I painted a fence last, you know, because when we went from our old job to this job, they stand you down for three months for all of the evil crimes you've committed.

Yeah. And I painted the fence during that time, and that's such a therapeutic thing to paint. But you get it all over your hands, and, you know, that's... Anyway, let's not discuss my painting the fence, because that's the most boring conversation ever. You've got to pick two tins, Ollie. Tell me all about

watching the paint dry, okay? Tell me about that. Okay, so what resin colour tins do you want to pick? What numbers? We'll go two and six, please. Two and six. I have a feeling I know what these are going to be, but let's have a look. Number two, it's a shark grey for number two. Can he match up

another shark grey colour? He's got another shark grey. Well done. You've got our first match. You've won not only a $500 Razine gift voucher, but you've also won a shark tank experience

at Kelly Tartan's. That is amazing. I look forward to that. How cool is that? Good on you, Ollie. Thank you so much for listening to the show, mate. You go and have

a wonderful Wednesday. You too, guys. Thank you very much. Another chance to play tomorrow when we open two more paint cans. And of course, at Resene, you can enjoy Kiwi-made paint.

It's 100% New Zealand owned and operated. And we'll do that again tomorrow. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, last night, Ben Boyce, I caught myself doing a despicable act. But it's not that despicable when you think about it.

It's just if I told you I was sniffing my underpants, but they were fresh out of the dryer. And there is nothing like the smell of freshly washed and dried underpants. Why just the underpants? Eh? Why can't you go like a sheet or a towel? Well, it was a socks and underpants combo in the dryer at this point in time.

So I was like... And Jen, my wife, walked in and was like, what are you doing? And it's hard to explain that away, isn't it? Also, what was the explanation? Well, I was just like, I like the smell of freshly washed and dried underpants. So sue me. Yeah. So sue me.

But I, because I'm, as I've spoken about before, I'm in charge of the folding process. You're quite good with the folding. You wowed Drax Project, the band, with your folding skills. I know, like, you can't fold, and then I ended up doing a retail quality fold, shop fold, as you'd see that T-shirt in a shop and go, wow. Yeah, it was really good. Because you know when you're in a shop and you pull out a T-shirt,

you never know how to fold it back up and put it back? I always just give it to the people and go, I'm sorry, I just can't. I can't do this, because you can try, but it's never going to be as good as, well, maybe in your case it might be, but I can't. Oh, but I never take the time and care in a shop. I just sort of scratch it up. Do you kind of place it under the folded ones to try and hide it away? To try and hide it.

But the folding department in my household, I take it very seriously, but it's just never ending. You end up folding one pile and you're like, you know, there's another one coming. There's probably another one already ready. Yeah. You know, you never get to the bottom of washing.

And when it does, you're right, it just starts all over again. It's like, oh, I had a mound of clothes. We talked about this for a while. It just got away on me. And we just ended up having a mound of clothes. You lost your children in there for three weeks. They just come into the room in the morning

and go, I need stuff for school. Everyone would just grab stuff from the mound. I was like, maybe this is the future. Maybe we just have a big mound of clothes and then just put it in. Just have a whole room which is just a mound of washing. But it's so hard to get two matching socks in a mound. That's the problem with the mound, yeah.

But you feel so good when you do it first go. Yeah, you've got to dig. You've got to trawl through the mound. But there's a lot of pressure on the folder that people don't acknowledge. You know, a lot of gratitude goes to the washing. You know, oh, well done. You've done the washing. You've hung it out.

Yep, that's great. That's great. But not enough. Oh, you think the folder, yeah. Yeah, it gets looked past. Kenny Rogers had that song, you know, when to hold them, know when to fold them. Wasn't that about washing? Thank you, Kenny.

I'm sure that was about washing, was it? I think. Well, at least he acknowledged it. The hard way that goes in. Oh sure that was about washing, was it? I think. Well, at least he acknowledged it. The hard way that goes is... Oh, it was about gambling, I think.

It's either folding, washing or gambling. I can't remember those. I think the song's called The Gambler. Yeah, I think you're right. The washer.

Oh, well, there we go. There's a bit of washing banter for you for six o'clock hour. Thank you, the six o'clock cup. You were treated to some special content, I tell you. Wake up and smell them.

Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, the world champion Black Ferns rugby side playing Nelson this weekend. And joining us on the phone is halfback and star player Kendra Coxedge. How's it going?

Hey, good, thank you. Lovely to hear from you. How's Sonny Nelson? It's been pretty hot the last couple of days. It lives up to his name, doesn't it? Every time I've gone to Nelson, it's been sunny. He hasn't once let me down. Now, of course, World Champion Black Ferns,

this year you guys had eight tests line up, but because of COVID it didn't happen. So you've done what everyone else has done. You've pivoted and you've created, I guess, a new tournament, some new games against the Barbarians. Yeah, which has, you know, been pretty awesome. I was pretty gutted that we don't have any test matches, but at least we're playing some kind of footy.

And, you know, we've got great players here in New Zealand, so we're playing up against the best. Now, do you lose, like, when you don't play for a long time, do you find you lose your form? Well, you can, I guess, you know, if you're not playing constantly. It also can work the opposite way as well. Mind you, Argentina hadn't played for 13 months. Oh, yeah, true.

Exactly, exactly. Quite a new squad for you guys this year, though, the Black Ferns. I understand, I was just looking online. Nine uncapped players, a new captain for the squad. How's it all working out? It's sitting in pretty well. It's probably a good opportunity to give these new girls a run around against some of New Zealand's best.

And they're soaking up, they're learning, and they're loving it. Do you have an initiation for the new players? That's a good question. We don't really have that in this side. You guys, one of your sponsors is Mollenberg, but maybe they could have to eat a whole loaf of bread or something like that. While singing, I want my Mollenberg.

Maybe a whole loaf might be too much. Maybe we should bring it in. That's a good idea. Do you get some free singing I want my Molenberg maybe a whole loaf might be too much maybe we should bring it in that's a good idea do you get some free bread out of the Molenberg deal

do you get yeah you'll have some free bread in the past it's great gee that's a win isn't it the sandwich

Molenberg's good yeah yeah yeah no don't mind me a Molenberg what's your favourite sort of bread Kendra I don't actually

mind Molenberg I quite enjoy it I'm a bit of a multigrain oh yeah multigrain sandwich that's what I go for Ben always gives me grief for. I quite enjoy it. I'm a bit of a multigrain. Oh, yeah. Multigrain sandwich, that's what I go for. Now, Ben always gives me grief for this, but I love it. He loves a white bread.

I do love a super thick white bread. Super thick white bread. And it's clogging up my bits. I was going to say, does clog you up? It does clog me up. What is the opposite of regular? Because that's what I am. Now, Kendra, when you're travelling around the country,

you're with your team do you have to do your own washing and things and all that sort of admin or have you got someone to do that for you on the team? Well lucky enough we're actually, this time around we've had people do our washing for us it's a great thing about coming on tour

you kind of go back home and you forget about how to do your washing. That's the thing, I'd be like let's just tour all the time guys. Let's put it in a bag and someone else will do it. Don't have to cook any meals either. What do you miss? What's the food you miss the most? Because obviously I imagine you're on a strict eating regime. Well, we get fed pretty well, to be honest.

So I don't really miss anything. Probably just, I love barbecues. So like just, you know, chuck a steak on the barbie. Oh, yeah. Tell you what, you must come over to my house one day for the potato salad that I make. Oh, potato salad. Or you could just bring it somewhere.

Or you could come over for a barbie or I could bring it to you on Versatile. The salad can travel. It can travel. It can be eaten anywhere. So I'll drop that off with the Black Ferns. Now the Black Ferns, the World Cup next year, right? I guess, fingers crossed, that's going to happen? Yeah, I mean, fingers crossed.

I mean, at the moment it is happening. It's been a crazy year this year. We probably haven't had the prep that we wanted, but we've got some games and then just hope that next year COVID can get flushed down the dunny and we can go for it. Now one of the most challenging things I believe must be for athletes like yourself Kendra is when you come off the field

and there's a sports reporter there putting a microphone in your face and you're needing to talk but you've just been running non-stop for 80 minutes. The worst ones are the half time ones. You come off and there's a reporter with a squash board and you're just trying to catch your breath and they ask you questions about how the game's going

and you're not even really thinking about it. You're just trying to think back, get a bit of a change of room so you can sit down and have a powerade. Exactly, I was just thinking that. The halftime ones, you guys are like, mate, we're still in the game. Let's do this at the end. Let's have a practice now. You can interview Ben.

You can be huffing. You've just come off the field. Oh, I'm huffing, am I? You're huffing. Why am I suddenly need to play? Anyway okay Roles are reversed Just as

How do you think your team's been going on the first half? No no not great Sorry I got my Ventolin Johnny Got my Ventolism What are you going to bring in the second half? Hopefully less than what we brought in the first half Because we're down by

We're down by quite a lot I'm actually getting quite weak Just doing this He's getting out of breath Well, hopefully less than what we brought in the first half because we're down by quite a lot. I'm actually getting quite weak just doing this. He's getting out of breath just pretending to be out of breath. It's very tough. I don't want him to die. Really nice catching up with you. Black Ferns play again against the Barbarians this weekend.

Nelson, where can people come along and watch? So, yeah, pop down to Trafalgar Park at 4.35. It's a doubleheader with the Mitre 10 Cup semifinal between the Mako and Bay of Plenty Steamers. Here's a question for you. Why are they always starting at 2.35, 7.35, 4.35? Why five past the half hour? That's a great question. I actually don't know.

I assume it's only done the broadcasting. Do some digging. Okay, do some digging. I'll do some digging and get back to you. Yep, when we're having a potato salad, okay, Kendra? Okay, sounds great. All right. Lovely talking to you, and you guys keep up the great work.

Thanks, guys. See you later. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. All right, now a collection of stories about your favourite and least favourite celebrities, also including the ones you've never heard of and have no interest in. Here's Juliet with Spy.

Thanks so much. Now, Benny has, she's been on, performed on The Ellen Show and I think one of the Jimmy shows. There's Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy Fallon. Was it Jimmy Fallon? And now she's gone on The Stephen Colbert Show. Obviously, she can't fly over to the US and perform,

so it was a performance that she did in New Zealand and they probably just sent over the footage. And he did a cool little introduction for her. Welcome back. Obviously, she can't fly over to the US and perform, so it was a performance that she did in New Zealand, and they probably just sent over the footage. And he did a cool little introduction for her. Welcome back. Performing Happened To Me from her debut album, Hey UX, Benny. And then she got into a song,

which is one of her new songs from her new album. Kind of a different sort of feel to some of the other songs. I wouldn't imagine this one would be a very cool song songs. I wouldn't imagine this one would be a very cool song, but I wouldn't imagine this one would be a TikTok trend or anything like that. It's a bit more cooler, sort of ulti. I know the UK press were giving her album 4.5 stars and that's out of a rating of

5 stars, Ben. Well, that's awesome. So quite high on that 5 star rating system. That's really cool. And another question. Yes? When does the novelty of Benny appearing on US talk shows wear off for Benny? It's like she's doing it weekly. For us, we're like, oh, my God. For us, as New Zealanders, this could keep going on and on.

Yeah. But for her, she must be like, oh, Jimmy Kimmel's cold. What is it? It must get a bit... Yeah. You know, the novelty would wear off eventually. Yeah. It's still cool. Oh, yeah. But I don't think it would, would bit, you know, the novelty would wear off eventually. Yeah. It's still cool.

Oh yeah, but I don't think it would, would it? You know, if you're like, Stephen Colbert wants your song, you'd be like, that's awesome,

that's great. Yeah, but at the end, Stephen Colbert is like, Benny everyone. He sounded dead inside. Yeah. He's probably been under a thing.

Because I think they're not doing it to an audience or anything over there. So it's probably not quite the same as having the band in the studio or the performer in the studio. I know Ellen, we saw Ellen yesterday. She's got her audience spread out, socially distanced,

with screens in between all audience members with ones who are watching from home. Which is really interesting, yeah. It's another classic, classic thing Evil Ellen would do, isn't it? She could probably have them all in there if she wanted, but she just wants to play a trick going, you at home, you could be here,

but you can't. I'll turn your TV off so you can't see. But awesome for Benny. And just reading the comments, because a lot of people are being introduced to Benny for the first time in America. People comparing her to Billie Eilish, The Cure, Bjork as well for that particular song, which was awesome. Hey, well done, Benny.

Good on you. Well done. She is like New Zealand's new icon, isn't she? Yeah. And there's been an update with Scooter Braun and Taylor Swift's music ownership. So if you don't really know, basically Taylor's, all of old, Taylor Swift's

old music got sold to this manager. He manages Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, which meant that he earned money from all of her old music and it wasn't hers anymore. And she's kind of spoken out about it a little bit. The unregulated world of private equity

coming in and buying up our music as if it is real estate. My entire catalogue was sold to Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings. But she didn't actually own her catalogue previous to that. She had sold it to another record company guy who sold it to Scooter Braun. So she's never owned it.

Oh right. Looks like we don't own the Jono and Ben TV show skits that's Mediworks is probably. There he goes. He's back on this rant again. He's going to start... I can understand how it turns out. He's going to start banging on

about the Facebook page that we couldn't take. I hear you, Taylor. Oh, I hear you. Yeah. Not fair, not fair. Listen, don't put yourself in the same category.

You, us, and our measly Facebook page we weren't allowed to take from Mediworks. And Taylor Swift. It's their problem. I'm not saying it's their problem. Okay, it's theirs.

Yeah, fair enough. But now Scooter has sold all of that music to a private equity. Discovery Network. I know. The Burns. The Burns. But he's sold it for $400 million.

So he's earned $400 million off Taylor Swift's music. Now Michael Jackson, he bought the Beatles rights. Remember that as well? So that was the same. So they's earned $400 million off Taylor Swift's music. Now Michael Jackson, he bought the Beatles rights. Remember that as well? So that was the same. So they didn't even own this. I think it's since been sold to someone else now. And it would suck for the artist. It's a piece of work they've created, they've written, they've produced.

You know, they've toured around the world. But if it's not, you know, if you've sold it in the first instance, unfortunately, or you signed a contract at the start when you were really young to say that the music or anything you created was not yours. I think her pickle is too,

she was never given the chance to buy it back from the guy who originally sold it to Scooter Braun. Yeah. Right. So it's a bit of a kerfuffle,

but she's re-recording all of her old music so that she can sort of partially own it, which is good for her. No one wants to be caught in a kerfuffle, Julia. No.

No one likes a kerfuffle. No. Great word though, kerfuffle. And that's why. For more, you can check out thehits. No. No one likes a kerfuffle. No. Great word though, kerfuffle. And that's fine. For more, you can check out thehits.co.nz. This is your new breakfast. Health star rating,

still pending. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, feeling good? Why's today going to be a good day? We like to end the show on this.

I really enjoy this part of the show. You know, I actually had, if I could reflect on yesterday's good day, I had a great, great,

it's probably 20, 30 minutes just watching the neighbour's cat who's, the cat's name's Harvey. You had 20-30 minutes don't you? That's how long you spent on that? 20 or 30 minutes watching this cat. Yeah, so the name's Harvey

and the neighbour's always like, not named after Harvey Weinstein and I've never once assumed that you would name a cat after Harvey Weinstein. No. No, it's just Harvey. It's a cute name for a cat and it's an adorable little cat, sort of a Siamese number. And I was just watching this cat stalk the bird. Now, I recorded audio of the birds outside my house. I'm quite at one with nature at the moment.

Aren't you just? These two birds who have the same conversation over and over again all day. They just say the same thing to each other. Anyway, I saw Harvey. He was stalking a group of birds. And he got one. He got one. And I was thinking, jeez, we don't give enough credit to cats.

All the odds are stacked against the cats. He's got a bell around his neck. Oh, really? He's dingling away. He's slowly creeping and crawling. And he nabbed one. And, I mean, the birds, you know, birds should never get eaten by cats. Well, they've got the advantage of being able to fly.

Huge advantage. There's no way they should ever get caught by a cat. As long as they stay in the air, there's no way the cat will get them, right? Yeah, so I witnessed that and I thought, you know, I can't come in and interrupt nature here. I better just watch this massacre play out in front of my eyes. It's like your own little nature documentary, isn't it? I was commentating it like David.

Yeah, David Hinton. Why is it going to be a good day? Love to hear from you. Hey, let's head to Papa Ma. Jenny on the phone for Papa Ma. Welcome. Wonderful part of the country you live in, Jenbo. Yes, it is.

It's a beautiful day today. Why is it going to be a good one for you, J-Dog? Because I'm walking up the mountain today and I haven't done it in a beautiful day today. Why is it going to be a good one for you, J-Dog? Because I'm walking up the Mount today and I haven't done it in a very long time. Oh, it's so lovely up Mount Maunganui, isn't it? It's wonderful. You get an Instagram shot up top. That's what everyone does, right?

Yes, yes, I will. I'm too flabby and squidgy for an Instagram shot. You know, a lot of people go shirtless Instagram shots up there. I can't pull that off. Well, next time we go, maybe you will. I won't be going shirtless. That's good to know. John, maybe next time

you go up the top shirtless, I'll take a photo from the bottom of the mountain. How's that sound? That's a good idea. I'll be like, there he is up there. That's great.

Well, enjoy your walk, Jenny, and wonderful part of the country, as we said. We'll figure out some Reading Cinemas movie tickets. Hold the line, all right? Have a great day. You got on your...

You got on your jembo. Richard's on the phone movie tickets. Hold the line, all right? Have a great day. You got on your Jimbo. Richard's on the phone from Hamilton. How are you, Richard? Quick off the mark. What are you doing today? I'm off line dancing. Line dancing? Yes.

Oh, wow. I've got two left feet, but it's a bit of fun. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. Many people do it. There are quite a few people. Oh, nice. Yeah. Oh, good on you.

Enjoy line dancing. I didn't know New Zealand had a line dancing community.. Oh, nice. Yeah. Oh, good on you. Enjoy line dancing. I didn't know New Zealand had a line dancing community. No, it does, actually. I know a lot of friends around work go have lines and go dancing,

don't they? Yeah, I think that's something else. Is that something else? I thought it might have been the same group. It might be the same thing. You might be right.

Richard was, hey, love your work, Richard. Thanks so much for listening to the show, buddy. Thanks, guys. Have we got time for one more, Juju? Probably not.

Only about 10 seconds. Oh, well, we'll wrap that up. We'll end it there. Oh, tomorrow on the show, Sarah Jessica Parker, 8 o'clock. Thanks, V. Have we got time for one more, Juju? Probably not. Only about 10 seconds. Oh, well, we'll wrap that up. Yeah, we'll end it there. Oh, tomorrow on the show, Sarah Jessica Parker, 8 o'clock. Thanks to Vivo Wines for having a wine and a Zoom with Sarah Jessica Parker. We'll catch you then. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on The Hits.

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