Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - November 26 - Jono's Dream Job, Six60, Is It Ok To Call Your Partner 'Mate'?

Episode Date: November 25, 2020

Pulling back the curtain a bit, off-air (as well as on-air) Jono calls everyone "mate". And it's become such a habit that sometimes he calls his wife, Jen, "mate" too. But Jen haaaaates it. And we wanted to figure out if all women hate being called mate by their partner, or if it's just a general term that can be happily thrown around! (We even called Jen to see how many "mates" Jono could slip in before getting told off...) Two of the boys from Six60, lead singer Matiu Walters and guitarist Chris Mac, also came in for a chat and we pitched a couple more movie ideas to them. Finally, we created a parody song of the ever-popular Savage Love song by Jason Derulo and Jawsh 685, but changed it to MARRIAGE LOVE! We're terrible singers so we enlisted the help of two wonderful singers you may know the names of...!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. Do you want to talk about the show there? I think so.

Oh, this is my greatest one yet. I have caught you fully off guard. Mid-meeting. We're in the middle of a meeting, mate. We're not ready for the podcast intro. Ben and I are talking about the show tomorrow. You're trying to record the podcast. It's been a little game

I've been playing all week to start the podcast intro without Ben's knowledge. Now you can continue without my approval. So there you go. He's not signed off on this. Very exciting show we had this morning on the program 660. Their movie's out today. You enjoyed the movie, Ben.

I did. I found it really, really interesting. They kind of focus on everyone's sort of backstories, kind of like the Avengers, you know, where they have all the different backstories about all the characters. And then you see how they journey and the band and through some highs and lows. And, yeah, it's a really, really great watch.

I really enjoyed it. I thought you could do a movie. Me? Yeah, the Avengers. The some highs and lows. And yeah, it's a really, really great watch. I really enjoy it. I thought you could do a movie. Me? Yeah, The Avengers. The Avengers. I like it for pun name alone. Yeah, and mainly your only superpower is the over-sanitising of hands. Yes.

The cleanest hands in the superhero game. Yeah, and part of my love of puns. So that's, yeah, that's my two. A Few Good Ben was another one. A Few Good Ben, yeah. Who was in that movie? Was that Jack Nicholson? Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson. Oh, Tom Cruise? Yeah. A Few Good Ben was another one A Few Good Ben yeah who was in that movie was that Jack Nicholson Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise yeah A Few Good Men wonderful movie yeah A Few Good Ben yeah there's lots of movies

that could work for my name you've got a versatile pun name no country for old Ben wasn't there an old country for old men Ben and Ben and

yeah Ben and Em if you wanted to start a rap career true could work for a lot Ben and Black thank you producer Julian

there he is yeah our little punny granddaughter oh I'm work for a lot of people. Ben and Black. Thank you, producer Julian, in areas. Oh, yeah, that's good. Yeah, yeah. Our little punny granddaughter. Oh, I'm Ben and Black. Oh, yeah, I see. Ben and Black. Yeah.

Yeah. So, yeah, good name. Great, versatile name. No, it was a fun show this morning. What else did we have? We had 660. Who else was on there? We have our...

Oh, the marriage love. We've got to play the... Oh, no, we've got a parody, but Ben's a bit worried about international parody laws. I don't know. We're not allowed to play music on the podcast. So I don't know what the deal was with that.

You're not allowed music on the podcast, Duke. That was interesting. You were saying there was a story last night on Seven Sharp. What was that about? So there was a guy who owns a pizza shop and they're playing music, the radio, in the pizza in the place. And you're not allowed to do that in a public setting without paying some rights to play the music.

So any building site, any doctor's reception, you're meant to be paying a fee to listen to the radio. Based on the amount of people that are listening to, yeah, roughly you're listening to it. So for something like a supermarket, they could be paying thousands a year or something for... To broadcast. To play the hits.

Yeah. That's something that most people wouldn't know. I don't know what the deal is. I know you have to pay to use Spotify and stuff like that, I would imagine as well. Yeah, that's granted. But the radio already pays a fee to the association to broadcast the songs on radio.

The guy was saying that as well, because in these ads as well, the advertising helps the songs on radio. The guy was saying that as well because, you know, in these ads as well, the advertising helps pay for the radio. So he thought that the radio was, as a lot of people would have thought, the radio was fine to be played.

It's bloody interesting, isn't it? Well, I imagine there's a lot of people running an illegal workplace operation. Yeah. And so we would have to pay because we're in a workplace listening to the radio in the office. We would have to pay to listen to ourselves.

Or is it public though? But if it's out in reception playing in reception they technically should be paying to play their own product. He's not going to like this conversation. Well that's right. Open up a whole can of legal worms.

Anyway, while we go and get some lawyers you can listen to the podcast. The radio version of legal worms. Anyway, while we go and get some lawyers, you can listen to the podcast. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Jono, you want to bring something to, yeah, the hits family. You know, we're a big family here. The final, yeah.

And to get their opinions on something, because we had a conversation about it. You stay off here. Yeah. It's a hot button in my relationship. And usually I like focusing on cold buttons. I like pushing cold buttons. But every now and then my hands are cold

and I like to touch the hot button and just warm up my fingers every now and then. And I call Jennifer. She's my wife. I call her. Sometimes I'm like, hey, mate. And she's like, don't call me mate. She doesn't like being called mate.

Yeah. And she's like, you can't call your wife or your partner mate. It's what you call your mates. You're saying that you are, you know, you're friends with her as well. You're not meaning this in interrogatory terms. No, no, we're mates for life. Better or worse, she's stuck with me. It sounds a bit patronising.

You were saying this yesterday. Just in the relationship sense, I'm sure producer Juliet, if we called you mate, it wouldn't be too bad, would it? Oh, no, if you guys call me mate, that's fine. Yeah.

So do, generally speaking, representing all females, Juliet here, do the females like being called mate? By a partner? No, not by a partner. Or just in general? In general. Oh, yeah, I think it's fine.

Because I have had other things. You know, it's a 50-50 response rate for me. Sometimes I've called other people who have been out working. Oh, g'day, mate. To a female, mate? You know, they sort of take it back. Yeah, take it back. Take it back.

You also say legends to her. G'day, legends. Legends. All right, legends. None of these are offensive. You should say legends too. You know, legends. Legends. All right, legends. They're looking at you like, what? None of these are offensive. The meaning of the name should make you feel 20% better about yourself. All right, champ.

So, yeah, no, so this is a big thing about marriage at the moment. Just don't call me mate. But it just comes out because I call mate all the time. It's like a part of my vernacular. So we want to know this morning, is it okay to call your partner mate? Are you calling your partner mate and they're not liking it? Are you receiving a mate

and you're not liking it? Or maybe you're fine with it. That's fine. We should play a little game right now. Can you call Jen and see how many mates she can get into the conversation? Oh, she'll love this.

Two of her favourite things, me calling her mate and putting her on the radio without her knowledge. Oh, let's do this. This is going to go down well. Let's give her a call. Hello?

Hey. Hello? Hi. Hi. How you going? Good. How's kids? They're good.

Good? Yeah. You busy, mate? Am I what? Busy. Busy what? Are're good. Good? Yeah. You busy, mate? Am I what? Busy. Busy what? Are you busy this morning? Yes, I'm always busy.

Oh, good. What's for dinner, mate? Can you stop calling me mate? Please. Is this at the end of the game? Is it at the end of the game? Is it at the end of the game? Hang on a end of the game? Is that the end of the game? Hang on a minute,

hang on a minute, Princess Julia, I hope the show won't know who it is. I was polite. What's that, sorry? I was polite. You were polite?

Well, probably because you knew you were on the radio. Who calls someone and goes, what's for dinner at ten past eight? He's really getting his planning ahead. Probably you, because there's only meal he has during the day.

You're not a fan of mate, Jen? Not really, no. I can see why, Jen. I can see why. It sounds a little patronising for a partner for some reason. Is it patronising? It does. G'day, mate.

All right, mate. You know, it seems a little bit. You know it? Yeah. No, I know, Jono, it's like the meaning behind it. You're saying, oh, yeah, because you're friends. You're mates. We're mates.

We're mates. Once I mates. We're mates. Once I called Amanda bro by mistake. Oh, damn it. That was not good. Hey, bro. And I was like, oh, hang on. No, okay. That was a mistake.

If anything's going to kill the moon, it's calling your wife bro. Oh, well, Jen, love you, mate. And we'll see you soon. Okay, mate. Bye. All right. I think we know the answer to this, but maybe we don't. Oh, 800 the hits.

Give us a text as well if you want. Tell us, is it okay to call your partner mate or not? It is Jono and Ben. And a sub vote as well. Is bro acceptable? We know the answers to that. Serena, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you?

Good to have you on. Serena. Hello. Good to have you on. Mate, I get it. You were just washed up in the entertainment, you know? Yeah. I was actually giggling at the hun.

Do you not like being called hun either? No, and I must admit, I've been guilty of it a couple of times as well when I forget people's names. I'm like, hun, how you doing? And that's a good thing because you've got these little nicknames you can call people

when you do forget their birth name. You know, mate is a classic one for that. I hate it. My partner's a scaffolder and he's forever saying mate and bro. And when he comes home, he's like, hey, bro. I'm like, oh, don't. Are you in the bro zone? I'm in the bro zone.

And I'm like, bro, I'm not washing your dimwit washing tonight. The bro zone layer. I'm going to the bro. Oh, Serena, you're going to have a wonderful day. It's great to have you listening. Thank you. Appreciate it. Cool, thanks, brown. Oh, Serena, you're going to have a wonderful day. It's great to have you listening. Thank you. Appreciate it. Cool, thanks, mate.

Cool, Serena, mate. No, she hates mate and bro. She gets double down. She's getting both barrels. Briar, how's Taranaki this morning? Hi there, I'm good, thanks. Are you a fan of being called mate in a relationship? Not really.

I find it too casual. Too casual? Yeah, what would you prefer? Probably your name, I'm guessing. Yeah, that or... I'm not even really a fan of, like, babe or hun, anything like that either because that feels real casual as well.

Oh, okay. We've been together nearly eight years, so it's like, don't call me that. How about my marital partner? Bruv? Bruv. I thought bruv. No, I don't think a bruv's going to go down, do I?

Hang on, you bruv. So far, I mean, no votes for the mates in relationship. Have you got a single one that says it's okay? No. We've had so many texts and calls on this. Marina, welcome. Marina, to you. Hi.

No, it's definitely not okay. I don't even understand what that means. I'm French. I'm in mates. Hi. No, it's definitely not okay. I don't even understand what that means. I'm French. I'm in May. Seriously. Oh, you're okay. Yeah. What would you say for friend, pal, mate?

What would you say in France? It's copain or copine, but if I would call my husband, you're my mate, he'd look at me very strangely. No, definitely not. Okay. Even internationally, this is not accepted. very strangely. No, definitely not. Okay, even internationally this is not accepted. It doesn't even work in any language.

Any language. Statistically speaking, the French are the most romantic of all the cultures. So they would keep the mates out of it. Alright, egg on my face. My husband is English and he has called me

a few times mum and I looked at him very strangely because not only I'm not his mum but he's also 14 years older than me. The maths doesn't

even work out. I love you mum. What? Don't kiss me on the lips. There's nothing worse at school where you call your teacher mum by mistake too.

Oh, that's your worst day Oh, you've got your luck Oh, Marina, thank you so much for listening You're going to have a great day Alright, bye On the way Great calls This is your new breakfast

Health Star rating Still pending It's Jono and Mano Mahet A brand new movie out from 660 A documentary about their story It's in cinemas today It's called To The Lights Go Out It really has happened to something

that's unseen in old-tier New Zealand. They weren't on the radio. They weren't on the TV. This band that no one had ever heard of. But people had a perception they would never take on the world. It's an epic story. And to talk more about it,

they're joining us in studio right now. We've got singer Margie Walters and bass player Chris Mack from 660. Thanks for coming in, guys. Good to have you here. Thanks for having us. You came and saw it the other night? Yeah. First thing, I'll start with negative. This is the brutal world

of reviews. The only negative thing I could find about the movie was the fact that it was at 7 o'clock, but you didn't say 660. The time was 660, which is 7 o'clock. That's the't say 6.60. The time was 6.60, which is 7 o'clock. That's the only negative thing I could find. Fair enough. Yeah.

That does seem like we missed a trick there. You did miss a trick. It's like, it's on at 6.60 p.m. See, you guys have got the sharp minds, you know. We're musicians. You guys can think of the funny. And now for the positive. It was so good. It was really an emotional journey seeing your guys' backstory.

How was it for you guys seeing it on the big screen? Because I imagine afterwards, Eli, who was the drummer, obviously, in the band, he was saying it was good to get that out of the way, how was it for you guys seeing it on the big screen? Because I imagine afterwards Eli, who was the drummer obviously in the band, he was saying it was good to get that out of the way to watch it because he doesn't really

want to watch it again. It's a hard watch and that's not saying it's not good because it's a great movie but I imagine for you guys it's hard to see your story warts and all up there

on the screen. Yeah, I guess a little bit of a relief to have that over and done with and now another wave of anxiety happens because now you're actually sharing it

with everyone and it is open for review and people to criticise, which is the hard thing about music too. But I'm super proud of how it came out, how it represents us. It's the truth and unashamedly and Julia Panau did an amazing job to make it a good movie,

let alone the story about our lives and careers and stuff. Well, Ben, you came in the next morning, and I was like, because every movie he goes to, he always goes, oh, it was great. He's never given a bad review. He's a very positive guy. He's a positive guy. It's a pretty good film.

He always finds good things. It's always this voice, though, right? Whenever he reviews anything or anyone. That's it. He's a pretty nice guy. He's a nice, nice guy. And the higher he gets means the less he likes the movie. Exactly.

So I said, okay, you need to come in tomorrow and not give it a five-star review. And this is what he gave it. I have it 660 out of five. So there you go. He's got a very high review. That seems too high, actually. It's impossible from a statistics point of view.

What I loved seeing was some of the really old footage back in Dunedin, back in the show. I mean, who took all that sort of stuff and why is that not deleted? Hoani, who the movie you see, is one of the original founders of the band. When he was first and second in university, he was being filmed as part of this show called Scarfies.

I don't know if you remember that. Oh, yeah, the reality show. So they have all this footage, which is crazy. You're like, please delete it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now we've used what we like you should see the other stuff

I remember that programme and so you guys originally started out which I found quite interesting is the band 3MG there's three Maori's and a ginger yeah

one of the best names ever did you perform under that name a couple gigs a couple gigs no one showed up and then you all got to tell your backstories you know got to show that not so much in Darwin you perform under that name? A couple gigs. A couple gigs. No one showed up.

And then you all got to tell your backstories, you know, got to show that. Not so much in Darwin for you, Chris. Yeah, no, no, we didn't fly the whole crew over to Darwin. It seemed fairly expensive. Yeah. But, you know, Invercargill's really my New Zealand home. Yeah. Invercargill's my kind of, yeah, I guess my spiritual New Zealand home.

Yeah, I've got 660 in the studio. You guys are, you know, without a doubt, you could say you're New Zealand's most successful band. And you can say that proudly. You know, you've sold out Western Springs twice, multiple times. Has there been a time where you have walked into a place and you haven't been recognised? Because the reason I ask this question is the lovely man

across the road at the cafe, British guy, is devastated. You were in there this morning and he asked you your names for your coffees and then afterwards all the staff when you walked out were mortified. They were like, he's there from 660, how could you do it? And he's just landed from England so he wants to profusely apologise.

I'd like a free coffee. And then I'll think about it. And my name is Marciu. Marciu, you are, in the story, you told your story about wanting to play for rugby,

but want to play for the All Blacks and stuff like that. So if you could have a chance now, 50,000 people Western Springs or 50,000 at Eden Park for the All Blacks,

what would you take? For reasons I can't control, being an All Black and playing in a test is just like something I will always ever, forever want but but there's less

head concussion with that no only slightly but have you been to our after parties but

we made this thing from the ground from nothing yeah and we made 660 a thing and we played

Western Springs to as many people as the All Blacks play to yeah which is amazing. That is amazing. I think I'll take this. When was the moment that you realised

things were really taking off? Because in the industry, you would hear the name 660. I think even Tiki talks about that in the film. You would hear it bubbling away, and you guys were growing at a rapid rate of knots. In radio play, you weren't getting massive amounts of radio play, but you were selling out gigs everywhere. When was the moment where you were like,

oh man, we've made it? I don't think we ever allow ourselves to feel that in a way. Not even with 50,000 people staring at you? I don't want to not have something to aspire to and that's kind of the reason why we're doing this. And, you know, as soon as Western Springs were done, we were in there going like, what are we going to do next?

What's the next thing? What's the next thing we can put our minds to? But I remember there were moments that come through in the film where there was light bulb moments being like, oh, my God, we're actually a band now. We write original music and we're touring. And being like, oh, that's buzzy. Oh, we've got a manager and lighting guys.

We're hiring people. That's buzzy. And then- Even show performances sounded like, too. I mean, Chris, when you came into the band as well, it sounded like you guys really lifted it up, you know, with your performance on stage. Like we say in the movie, like, you know,

we thought we were good at performing. We'd just kind of stand there and play the songs. Chris comes in and he's like flying around the stage. Like, shit. It's not necessarily good, but it was interesting. Did you have to audition for the band? I did. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I went to audition to Huani, who was the old bass player. So I had to audition direct to him, which is odd. But I think these guys, yeah, yeah. I went to audition to Huwani, who was the old bass player. So I had to audition direct to him, which is odd, but I think these guys are out of town. And so, yeah, I turned up with a bass, and I'm fairly confident I was the only one who brought a bass. I think it was just a bunch of people who liked the band. So was it like an ad in the paper or something you saw? No, I got fired from a job just one of many times I've been fired.

That could be a whole documentary, to be honest. All the jobs I've lost. And someone who was working at the school, I was teaching music at the time, knew I was getting fired because it was fairly dramatic. And he just came up and said, hey, these guys want a new bass player, need someone to fill in for a bit. You should give them a ring. I said, yeah, I need something.

And that really impressed my wife when I went home and said hey i've lost i've lost my job hang on here here we are here we are there's this band we've never heard of they could be big they could be selling up western springs one day she's stoked now though yeah the boys from 660 in the studio with us we've got chris mack and machu Their movie, To The Lights Go Out, is in cinemas, the documentary story of 660 in cinemas today. And of course, To The Lights Go Out, you named the movie after lyrics from one of your songs, The Greatest. Quick game with you guys now.

We're going to choose some other 660 lyrics from songs and you decide what the genre of the movie and what the story would be about if this was the name of the movie. I love this. This is the best. We can run from our ghosts. What sort of movie would that be? We can run from our ghosts this summer. Yeah, it seems to be horror, wouldn't it?

It's got to be. No, no. It'd be kind of like some ghost comes back to kind of reacquaint love. There's a movie like that, eh? Someone's partner dies and then comes back. Ghost. Oh, yeahaint love. There's a movie like that, eh? Someone's partner dies and then comes back. Patrick Swayze. Yeah, Patrick Swayze. So it's already a movie?

Okay, yeah. What I'm pitching is let's get Patrick Swayze. Bring him back. Yeah, bring him back. Yeah, okay. How we get so high. How we get so high. Stoner movie.

Stoner movie. Cheech and Chong's next. Or about a plane that never descends. Just keeps going up. Oh, it could be space.ends oh it could be space space space all right next side x6cc lyric that could be a movie zero to a hundred it's got to be like the new fast and furious oh that's good i was thinking that might be the case i live my life zero to a hundred you got me clueless. You got me clueless. Oh.

So maybe it's, maybe we'll bring back the concussion talk. Okay. It's a sports movie. The lead got knocked out but then he falls in love and then each day his love interest

has to recreate the day because he's forgotten what's happening. That's already a movie too. Don't forget your roots. Yeah, I think I've actually seen that movie. Volumes one through eight.

One of the other things I really enjoyed from the movie and it feels weird to say that I enjoyed this was Eli's teabag hack. Do you know how many times I've heard this?

Yeah, it's one of the things that stands out. There's so many great standout moments from the movie. Don't get me wrong. But he sort of gives a little, and I won't give it away. Go see the movie. Spoiler. Really great trick to do with actually having a cup of tea. There's some debate about whether

it's true or not. You've got to go see the movie to find out what we're talking about. Is he double bagging? No. There is a triple bag in the movie. Oh yes there is. triple bag in the movie oh yes there is yeah yeah there is uh surprisingly you'll get that information from the 660 movie that's actually why we made the film just wanted that information out there it'll be like the moment that we discovered that flowrider was florida yeah and like that was a light bulb moment for us wait what yeah yeah we'd also like

to announce our tea bag range coming up you done some beers, you've done some merch. Yeah, we've just come up with a catchphrase. Do try it. No one's done that. Can I ask, what's the most unusual place you've played at as a band? When you say that, two things came up. Once we played in Columbus, Ohio, in like a barbecue bloody restaurant, basically.

To no one. To zero people. To zero people. To zero people. No one was there. Really? No one was there. Were the staff there? The staff were there.

They were busy. They were busy doing other stuff. That was closed. Turn it down, turn it down. And then another one came when you said that is we had to play on the inter-Islander because we didn't have enough money for the tickets. No way.

We'll put the car in and give us tickets. We're on New Zealand tour and we play on the Inter-Islander Tour. A bunch of people just in the foyer kind of like, checking in, basically doing something else. And we're like, I packed my bags. I'm ready to leave. Cruising on the Inter-Islander Tour, Jeb. That's a banger.

That is a banger. Now, Chris and Margie from 660, I know you guys are film stars now. And once you release one film, we look to the sequel. Don't we? This is the natural progression. Yeah, that's what happens. We've got some scripts. Oh, nice. So the lights go out too.

This is a pitch. This is a pitch. This is a first draft, okay? So we've all got lines. We've all got lines. Yeah, okay. So should we, like, really commit to this? You can commit.

And you can also give honest feedback as well at any stage as well. Yeah. We've suited ourselves into this, right? Arrogantly suited ourselves into this so it won't do us well. Okay, here we go. Sean Owen Ben in association

with no one from 660%. 660 till the mics go out. The real life movie based on the real life interview featuring all of the real life conflict. So real life movie based on the real life interview featuring all of the real life conflict. So do you guys ever think about calling the band at 7 o'clock because that's all 660 is, you know, 7 o'clock?

That's literally like the 10th time, and it is the 10th time you've said that joke to us. All right, that's a good honesty. Witness the backstage romance. Machu, is that a microphone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? It's probably my microphone. I'm about to go on stage.

I thought so. No one's ever been that happy to see me. Awards and all documentary. Doctor, doctor. Yes, Chris Mack from 660. I've told you, you don't have to call me that. It's kind of weird. It helps with the branding.

How can I help you, Chris Mack from 660? Well, I was wondering if you could burn this ward off my head. Okay, there's some script problems with that one. I don't like to call me that. It's kind of weird. It helps with the branding. How can I help you, Chris Mack from 660? Well, I was wondering if you could burn this ward off my hair. Okay, there's some script problems with that one. I don't like that. Okay. And grab a front row seat to... And grab a... Sorry.

Sorry. I'm trying to do the music and the voiceover and act. There's a lot going on. It's hard on the throat. And grab a front row seat to spectate the puns. Hey, Machu, don't forget your roots. Thanks, man. I was wondering where I put all those. Your garden would never

forgive you. Oh, God. It's got to be panned, this one, isn't it? The critically acclaimed 660 and the critically panned Jono and Ben present 660 till the mics go out. Till the mics go out. Can't stop. It's the mics go out. Till the mics go out. Can't stop. It's the first draft.

Don't have to answer now. We'll talk to your people. We're going to buy it. 6.60 till the lights go out in cinemas today. Go see it. I love you guys. Congratulations on all your success. Keep on charging.

Hell yeah. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Now, thanks to you guys, we'll be writing a song all about marriages.

There's some of the things you talk about, some of the issues, some of the fun things about marriage, right? Yeah, and we thought we would take the popular song,

Jason Derulo's Savage Love, that he's done with Josh685. So we thought we'd piggyback off the success of something popular and then with our involvement make it

less popular. And so we've done that and so the song we've changed it from Savage Love to Marriage Love and yesterday it was an open brainstorm, an open forum where you could contribute and say, you know, what are the little niggles or tropes in your marriages? My husband never changes the empty toilet roll. I don't know how many times I have to tell him, but every time it's empty and it's just left on the roll.

My husband finishes work earlier than me, so when he comes home, he'll just start watching the Netflix show that we've been watching together. And he'll literally start watching it, and then I'll sit down after dinner being like, cool, let's watch another episode, and we've skipped an entire episode

because he's watched it. Forgetting your anniversary. I mean, no matter how many times I drop the hint, quite often my husband will forget our anniversary. Yeah, and there was some text that came through afterwards as well. Yeah, people are secretly buying shoes, you know, online and spending a lot of money

shopping online. That's, you know, a few of the guys maybe generally seem to be complaining about that. Chris Texton saying, when we go out for dinner, I order a big meal and my partner always says she's fine, she's full, but then inevitably ends up eating all of his meal. All right, so those are some of the lyrics we wanted to get in there from empty bog rolls to watching Netflix without them,

forgetting anniversaries, all those things and more we try to put into a song about marriage. Now, we played you before, our auditions, and they would have been featured in the montage part of X Factor when you see all the losers, you know, going up there

and they're like, oh, they're just in there for a bit of a laugh, aren't they? That would have been us. That would have been us. So we benched ourselves and Sole Meo doing the breakfast show on one of our affiliate stations

here at the company, Flavour. And we asked the wonderful Amatai to step in for us. We're like, well, you know, if anyone's got the credentials, it would be a professional operatic singer. And Laura McGoldrick from the 3pm Pickup as well. Who can sing so well. And so they got into the studio without us. It seemed like best for the song. For us to step out of the room and let them do their thing.

Yeah, and they did all of the heavy lifting for us on our song. is love got my nerve upset till you married me you said I do got us two kids seems like forever since I married you you said you don't be buying be buying buying shoes you're so lazy you never replace the black paper does the shirt fit yes babe hey did you just lie to me hey did you

watch a favorite Netflix show without me usually I order dinner you say you're fine. And when it comes, you know, you eat all of mine. I remember on the day. I remember. You missed our anniversary. I said sorry.

Marriage and love. Did somebody, did somebody. Get dishes done? Looking like someone forgot to pick up our son. You shop online, I know it's more than 20 bucks. But wouldn't replace somebody's love. Somebody's love, somebody's love. Mom's coming to stay.

But wouldn't replace somebody's love. There we go. That's our song, not featuring us. Marriage Love. We had some involvement, but creative differences, put those aside because it was creatively best for us to step away from. I mean, you can't go into these projects with an ego, Ben. You put your ego aside. Yeah, you're right. It's time for us to step away from. From the project. I mean, you can't go into these projects with an ego, Ben. No. You put your ego aside. Yeah, you're right.

It's time for us to step out of it. No, we did the best for the song. Yeah, we did. They did a very good job. So thank you to Amitai from Solemio and Laura McGoldrick as well for saving our ass again. McGoldrick has saved our ass

on five parodies now since we've been here. Oh, so many times. We really do appreciate it. 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 water shortage in Auckland,

it feels like Aucklanders have been banging on about it. It's on the news pretty much every night. If I have to hear about this water shortage one more time, I'm going to go and drown myself. But unfortunately, there's no water to do it in. You can't do that in Auckland. But, well, as of today, it looks like there may be some restrictions eased

because there has been a better job done by Aucklanders than they'd hoped. So hopefully we can stop banging on about the water shortage. Oh, this is sad because I know one of New Zealand's favourite hobbies outside of Auckland is to hear about Auckland's problems on a daily basis. So, you know, the rest of New Zealand is going to be very upset that this is coming to an end. The good thing for Aucklanders is there's no sparkling water shortage. So we've been at Aucklanders

enjoying sparkling water. I've been bathing in it. Yeah, makes my skin feel nice and bubbly. But there has been a water shortage and I don't know if people know but we were part of the ads that were playing on radio. And I think we did play a big part in this shortage

coming to an end earlier than expected thanks to our public service announcements. Auckland is still facing a water shortage. If we all save 20 litres of water a day every day, together we can save a lot. Play your part and be a local water-saving hero, just like these guys. I only run the washing machine when there's a full load to wash.

Instead of wasting water from the tap, I just drink straight from the toilet. I use the water from my rain tank to water my garden. To save on wasted shower water, I just don't shower. I kind of smell like a dog's mouth. I use a bucket to catch the water when I shower

and use it to wash my car. I like to turn the tap on when I leave for work and I just leave it running all day so that when I get home and have a drink of water, I don't have to waste those valuable seconds turning it back on again. For more tips and tricks, go to waterforlife.org.nz. Some of ours were water safety tips and others were water wastage tips. I was surprised the council actually ran with that campaign. Yeah, some of the very mixed messages from us in particular.

The other people seemed to nail the brief. Phil Goff, you should have listened to those before they went to air. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now, very excited, tomorrow on the show, we're going to be talking to the Wiggles. Potato, hot potato.

They're back. They've got a tour in New Zealand next year. They added more dates. The last tour, do you know, in 2019, sold out in two minutes. The Australians, I think that there's maybe even the world's highest earning entertainers. They earn more than ACDC in Australia. Now, tomorrow we're coming dressed in our skivvies, which is good. Finally, we don't have to talk about Ben's hickeys on his neck.

That's the only reason why I wanted to know where skivvies were. It's Hickey Wednesday. so we know what happens on Thursday. We all ignore it. I have a reason to do it. Really interesting. I found out some interesting facts about the Wiggles, and we will talk to them about it tomorrow. Some of the people that have attended Wiggles concerts overseas,

some of the biggest celebrities in the world, from Sarah Jessica Parker, from Jerry Seinfeld, from James Hetfield, from Metallica, Guns and Roses. People attend the Wiggles all over the world with their kids, which is pretty incredible. And they've got a generation now too. Didn't they do a pub gig? Because the kids they first started entertaining are now of the

age. For 30 years they've been doing it, the Wiggles. How's that? It's pretty crazy. But also something else I found really interesting that Emma and Lockie, who are two of the new Wiggles they had to basically go into self-isolation or together

as part of the Wiggles and they used to be married and now no longer married they're separated aren't they so they had to spend all self-isolation because the Wiggles carried on making music

entertaining kids all over the world and so they had to put their trap to his cheese she would have wanted to wiggle her way out of that bubble. Apparently they're both in new relationships now and it's all

fine. You think making the wiggles that'll be fine. That'll be full of love but you know. But imagine if you were telling your current partner, hey I've just got to go in and didn't Bruce Willis do that with Demi Moore during lockdown? He told his new partner, he's like, oh I'm locked down with Demi Moore. With the kids.

With the kids. With the family, yeah. So 0800 The Hits, we wanted to open this up this morning. Is your ex still in your life? And how? How involved in your life are they? Are they mixing and mingling with your new set up, with your new arrangement? Let's go to the phones. Marie, welcome.

Morena, good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. The ex is still in your life? Yep, sure. How involved? So I organised his wedding in two weeks because his mum got really sick with cancer and they needed someone to sort it out.

So I helped them get their wedding all sorted. You organised your ex's wedding? Yeah. That's incredible. Were all the guests wearing white? Everyone must wear white? Yeah, something like that. Oh. That's incredible. Were all the guests wearing white? Everyone must wear white. Yeah, something like that. Oh, that's an amazing

thing that you did. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, we're still pretty close. We've got a daughter together and I often look after their kids as well with a new partner. Well, that's the thing. You are going to be in each other's lives for the rest of your lives, you know. So it's awesome that you can make the best of it.

Yeah, you might as well just get on and get on with it and be nice to each other. Oh, but there's a lot of fun in hating each other and bickering. Let's not discount that. Have you had that fun time as well? Yeah, that's always fun as well. Yeah, I'm sure you've had that period. And you get along really well with his new wife. Yeah, yeah, she's really lovely. She treats my along really well with his new wife. Yeah, yeah. She's really lovely.

She treats my daughter really well. Yeah. I've got no issues there. I'm married. She's married and it's all good. Organise your ex's wedding. Wow. That's impressive.

Thank you, Marie. You go and have a wonderful day. You too. We've got another call on the phone right now. Katrina. How are you, mate? Good. You're driving your way to work?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I owe it to cows. I owe it to cows. I get cows and cars. Oh, yeah. I'm going to act like I know what that is. Otherwise, you know, I might lose favour with the rural community. I was a-o-ing cows on the weekend, actually.

Oh, did you? When was the last time you a-o-ed some cows? Oh, it's been a while. It was probably six months for me. weekend actually. Yeah, I did too. When was the last time you AI'ed some cows? Oh, it's been a while. Probably six months for me, but you know, it's... How about you Katrina? Last time you AI'ed some cows? Yesterday. Yeah, well it's your job isn't it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, classic. We've milked enough out of this conversation. Katrina, X's still in your life? Yeah, not a problem. What's going on? Oh well, we're just a big blended family. So what's the arrangement you've got at home? I've got five kids between my husband and I.

Sweet stepchildren. Their mum lived in the North Island, she's moved back down here to be closer because there's also seven grandchildren. And all the kids live locally, the older ones. And so she had some health issues earlier in the year, so she didn't have anywhere to live. She needed some surgery, so she's come and lived with us. So your husband's ex-wife lives with you? What's the issue?

They've got three kids in common. You know, her son got married this year. We're all human. We all love. We all hurt. We're over the hurt, but you know. Really cool. What a growing up thing to do.

Yeah, that's so good and mature and so good for the kids and the family and then the grandkids. It's awesome. Exactly. And on the other side of it, my ex-husband lives down the road with his wife and family and we can all have barbecues and stuff together. Life is too short for him. Life is too short, Katrina.

You're right. What you could do is you could move your ex-husband and his new partner into your house, and you could all live in a giant house. No, no, no. That's just going a bit too far. That's too far. That's too far. Okay.

No, that's really cool. Are there moments, are there times when your husband's ex-wife gives you any tips on how to win arguments or get him to do stuff? Hell no, definitely not. She's just like a friend. She's like an ex, but she's just like a friend. That's incredible. That's incredible. You know, I've lost family members and friends over the years, and life is too short for hatred.

You're right. Life is too short for hatred. You're right. Life is too short for hatred. I tell that to Ben every day when he's... And I hate when he says that, too. I tell him that straight back. Hey, thank you so much, Katrina. That's a really lovely story, and I'm glad it's all working out for you,

and I guess you're going to have a wonderful blended Christmas this year. Thanks, Katrina. Cheers, guys. Have a good day. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Now, every morning after the show, we walk through, basically park our cars and we walk back to work through

a bus terminal and you've suddenly decided it was your dream to do the announcement. Not content enough to do an announcement for the whole country on the Hits. You want another microphone in front of your face and you want to do the announcement for the bus country on the hits. You want another microphone in front of your face and you want to do the announcement for the bus timetable at the bus terminal. Well, every day we walk past and I hear a lady doing a marvellous job

of going, oh, you know, bus departures to Palmerston North, Wellington, Taupo, Whangarei, and then calling out passengers' names. She's doing a magnificent job. I'm like, jeez, I want to do that job one day. I want to do that job. Because there's a level of importance associated a magnificent job. I'm like, jeez, I want to do that job one day. I want to do that job. Because there's a level of importance associated with that job. Is there more importance than what we're doing? Far more importance.

There's a lot riding on that job, literally. Passengers riding on buses. And if they don't turn up on time, those buses depart. What happens if we screw up? We probably play another Pink song and everyone forgets about it, you know? Yeah, that's true. Well, yesterday you were like, stand there. Stand there.

Stand there, Ben. Stand there at the bus terminal. Like, what's going on? And you ran off. I said, stand there and record. Oh, yeah, stand there and record. Don't forget the other instruction. Yeah.

Stand there and record on your phone. So I did both of those things and here's what happened at the bus terminal yesterday. I'm standing outside the bus terminal and John, Ions he's got a wee surprise for me. So let's listen out. I'm pretty sure the surprise is him reading out the bus timetable over the loudspeaker. But it may be wrong. Maybe he's bought me a bus. There you go It was him The guy from the radio Over the loudspeaker

No one else was quite as excited about it as I was I could be like okay There's only six other people there Now I haven't achieved much in life But at least I can say I read out some names of missing passengers on a loudspeaker at a bus terminal, and I felt it was a low-level dream,

but achieved bucket list. And this is the problem with bucket list. People are like, oh, I've got to go to all of the continents. I've got to go skydiving when I'm 90. Hey, I just want to read some names out at a bus terminal. You're right.

And I'm content. Don't raise the bar very high. It's achievable. You did well. So we're going to go through. I just want to get some feedback, some performance analysis from the bus terminal people to see how they thought it went.

Leave them alone, mate. Leave them. What if I'm going to be invited back? Well, do you want to keep us all one off? I'm sure of it. Are we calling them? Yes. Christina speaking.

Christina. Oh, hi. It's your favourite bus departure MC. Oh, hi. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station Oh yes Jono came down and he got to announce the bus timetable He thought it was his best day ever in his life Oh really?

Give us an honest feedback, a performance review It needs a little bit of work But for a first timer, it was great review? It needs a little bit of work. For a first timer, it was great. Not bad. What can I improve on? Maybe just a little bit louder. Louder? So I didn't hear you properly.

Oh, okay. A bit more assertive, you're saying. Because we still had four people missing on that bus. Don't pin that on me. Don't pin that on me, okay. A bit more assertive, you're saying. Because we still had four people missing on that bus. Well, don't pin that on me. Don't pin that on me, Chris. That's not on me, Christina. Well, who else is it on? Well, it's on them for not turning up to the bus on time.

I suppose it's a little bit of that. I feel like the blame's on me. They didn't know the bus was departing to Hamilton. No, but no, it was great. It was really good, yeah. Well, listen, we'll see you at the Christmas party, babes The staff party Alright, sounds good to me

She's like, oh, he's inviting himself to that He's not coming to the Christmas party, that's for sure Thank you so much for letting him do that, we really appreciate it You're welcome, thank you You hold the line, we're going to send you out something, okay? Okay then, thank you, bye bye Thanks, Christine, you hold the line, We're going to send you out something. Ben's favourite sentence.

He doesn't know what gets sent out, but we'll send you out something. I hope it's something. Hold the line. We'll send you out something. Someone else take care of that. I feel like we will. What do we send these people?

Because Ben just... Producer Humphrey's like... I'll link it below. Okay, we'll send him out something. We'll send you out something. Hold it. We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Watermelon sugar. It's 7.57, you're on the hits, Jono and Ben. Harry Styles, Watermelon Sugar. No, I'm not going to. I was going to say, like, I read a news story today about the meaning behind that song, and I'm not going to say it on the radio, but a few people, including Hollywood celebrity

Katherine Heigl from Grey's Anatomy, she found out the meaning as well of, apparently the meaning of that song. Yeah. Now it's your job as a broadcaster to update people on the news, Ben. And so I think you should do your job. It's your duty. It was like my grandparents used to have grapefruit every morning.

They'd cut it in half and they'd put like brown sugar on top of the grapefruit. And I thought Harry Styles had a very sweet tooth and he was putting sugar on top of this watermelon, watermelon sugar, but that's not what... Far from it. No. And not good for diabetics as well, doubling down on watermelon, natural fruit sugars, and then artificial sugar.

Lots of sugar. Yeah, Juliet, you... Yeah, I knew what the song meant as soon as I listened to it. I was like, ah, yes, I reckon I know it. How did you get it from there? You know, metaphors. Metaphors, baby. Oh, mate, I've been innocently singing it away with my kids.

A little bit of sugar, yeah. I sang it to my mum. Ohaphors, baby. Oh, mate, I've been innocently singing it away with my kids. I sang it to my mum. Oh, God, no. I said, Annie, listen to this song. What a man of sugar. And she was like, that's a lovely song. Keep singing. So I kept singing.

I kept going. I just tried to play the spy thing to shut you up about your talent. Wrap him up, mate. Anyway. Anyway, there's the... Hold on. Can you hear that, Ben? What's that? What's that?

That's the pitter-patter of celebrities' feet as they run scared from what this lady's about to say about them. Juliet was spy. Okay, so there's this adorable little five-year-old boy from Christchurch named Angelo Brown, and he has worked with his dad and his uncle to make these T-shirts. And this little boy has put a request out to Dwayne the Rock Johnson

to wear this particular T-shirt. So the back story is that in their family there's been quite a bit of violence historically and they have made these T-shirts that say, She is not your rehab. And Angelo Brown has sent this video on Instagram, put this video on Instagram and it's getting a lot of traction and he's hoping that The Rock will watch it.

Dear Mr Rock, my name's Angelo Brown and I'm five years old. I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. My dad is Samoan, so I'm pretty sure you're his cousin. I thought I'll send you a gift. It's a t-shirt. I think you are the strongest man on the planet that many men look up to. If you wear this T-shirt, then I think they will listen to you.

And we can help houses everywhere be violence-free. Oh, isn't the mouth your heart? What a little... Now, just to go to the beginning of that, we said Dear Mr Rock. Is it Dear Mr Rock or Dear Mr The Rock? Oh, yeah. How do you address The Rock? Of course, I posted a package of the, we said, Dear Mr. Rock. Is it Dear Mr. Rock or Dear Mr. The Rock? Oh, yeah. How do you address The Rock?

Of course, I posted a package of the T-shirt to The Rock, an adorable video and such a great cause to get him behind. And hopefully The Rock, everyone's sharing it on social media. Oh, The Rock will definitely wear it. Yeah, I hope so. He seems like a great guy that would do that sort of thing. And so hopefully he'll get a T-shirt to him and he'll wear it on social media.

You love The Rock, don't you? He's a huge fan. He's one of his, what I call, the three wise men that Ben looks up to. You've got your Will Smith. He's in there. Correct me if I'm wrong. Coming up, Kevin Hart. And then Dwayne, The Rock Johnson.

Ryan Reynolds doesn't quite make the top. He's top four. If Reynolds plays his cards right. He's on the cusp. Yeah, but at the moment, Ben Boyce would like to be the meat in a Smith-Johnson heart sandwich. Slap him in between those bits of bread and let them eat him up. The Rock, would that be a cheap meal? Would that be?

Because he eats quite a lot. No, you would not satisfy The Rock. Look at you. Just thinking you could satisfy The Rock's insatiable... That'd be a toothpick that he uses after the meal. Oh, God. And that is five and more You can check out

The hits.co.nz Watermelon sugar Hi Like starting your day With panda eyes It's Jono and Ben on the hits Now we're hosting A TV show

For TVNZ2 At the moment You might have seen it Called Dog Almighty With some amazing dogs On there Competing to see Which is the most talented dog

For $100,000 Yeah and Ben Boyce Has a bad taste In his mouth Literallyce has a bad taste in his mouth. Literally have a bad taste in my mouth. He's upset. He watched the episode Delayed last night on TVNZ On Demand because it's usually Monday, Tuesday nights. And you've come in this morning.

Yeah. And a piece of content was edited out of the show. Oh, yeah. They always did that with the reality TV. They'd stitch you up in the edit. And you've been stitched up in the edit. I've been stitched up in the edit. Champagne reality TV editing because'd stitch you up in the edit. And you've been stitched up in the edit. Champagne reality TV editing.

Because you hear all the Bachelor contestants and the Married at First Sight contestants going, oh, they made me look like a monster. They edited me like a monster. Well, in this case, they probably made me look better. But I'm annoyed that what I did, it didn't make the cut. Now, you bullied me on the show. There was an occasion we were talking to Scarlett, who's one of the cup. Now you bullied me on the show. There was an occasion we were talking to Scarlett, who's one of the contestants.

She's great and she's got a lovely little dog, Coco. Coco, yeah. And we were talking to her before she was about to go through the run in the doggy dome and you were like, we're talking about the dog treats that she was feeding Coco. It was like raw meat, wasn't it? Yeah. Raw meat and biscuits. And you're like, oh Ben would like

one of those treats right now. I'm like, no, no I wouldn't. And you're like, oh, Ben would like one of those treats right now. I'm like, no, no, I wouldn't. And you're like, oh, yeah, he would. And then you get the crowd involved and you're like, he treats it, it's a frenzy. It's a snowball effect, isn't it? At that point, you can't back out of that. You can't back out of that. The hygienic side of me wants to say no,

but the TV side, the showman for the TV, I'm like, well, there's cameras here, there's 18 cameras. If I'm going to do it, I'm glad it's on camera. I'm going to have to do it. It'll make the cut. It'll be on TV. I'll be a legend. That's what you're thinking.

Yeah. Didn't make the cut. They edited it out. And they edited it out. They edited it out. All you could see was a bit of me going, like chewing like a cow, you know, like uncomfortable at the end,

like you're talking about something else. And I'm just kind of got a wee grimace in my face like I've just had a lemon or something in my mouth and it's almost like what Scarlett said

offended you so much that you were like oh I'm so like just disgusting what despicable things did that lady say to him to give that reaction they must have

edited it out I know that's what it looked like you're right I looked like. You're right. I looked like I was very upset about something. And the cut. So the whole thing's out of there. Yeah.

Stitched up in the edit. Well, now you know the truth. Now, these are the true Hollywood stories of dog almighty. This is stuff they're not going to tell you. They'll try and hide from you. Not here. We'll talk about being eating dog food. I actually ran into someone at the supermarket yesterday

and the guy was like, dog almighty. And he just shook his head. And I was like, oh, oh no. Uh-oh. What's going on? He's like, Ben eating dog food. I actually ran into someone at the supermarket yesterday and the guy was like, dog almighty. And he just shook his head and I was like, oh, oh no. Uh-oh. What's going on? He's like, oh, dog almighty. He's like, that show. I'm like, oh, here we go. I've heard this tone before.

It was usually John Owen Ben, the TV show. And I was like, I haven't got this about dog almighty. What is it? He's like, now the kids want a dog. Thanks to the show. Watch it every week. Now I'm going to have to get a dog thanks to you. I'm like, oh, okay. Well, at least he Thanks to the show. Watch it every week. Now I'm going to have to get a dog thanks to you.

I'm like, oh, okay. Well, at least he's enjoying the show. But maybe not enjoying the fact that he's there. And then he was like, and what did Scarlett

say to you? Because you looked so upset by that. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. Not for one second

do I believe that Pink and Keith Urban spent all of their money drinking on their own. All of their multi-millionaires. Yeah, true. Trying to sound relatable. But you're right. Oh, Keith Urban.

Okay, you spent what? Your $10 billion you have in your bank account going out on a bender? All by yourself? Yeah, you spent it all? Well, big night. Big night. Unbelievable if you ask me. Hey, this is Benjamin Boyce

scrolling through your feed where he likes to update you. On the news, this happened overnight and I tell you what, there is nothing this man won't do to get to the news apart from open a door

using a door handle because he hates that. He hates putting his hand on door handles. You're right, that's my Achilles heel. If the news is hidden behind a door, well, he won't get to it.

No. Now, President Trump, he still hasn't conceded, but you found this story, the White House gift shop. Well, they're basically, they're kind of in a way they've conceded by slashing prices on Trump merch, right? They have. So the gift shop has admitted that Biden's won the election.

Trump still hasn't. And up until now, the world has thought he never would concede. But at 6.10am on The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben, we've scored an exclusive. The exclusive audio of Donald Trump conceding and congratulating Joe Biden.

Have a listen to this. And I just want to congratulate all the people within the administration that work so hard. And most importantly, I want to congratulate Joe Biden. Thank you very much, everybody. There'll be some of you out there who'll say that's as fake as Trump's tan. Yeah, they'll say that's the haters. That's the haters.

That's the people talking about the haters. The haters will say it's fake. So if you're thinking that's fake right now, you're a hater. Maybe Trump may call us the fake news media that he's been talking about for the last four years, but we will never admit hater. Yeah. Maybe, you know, Trump may call us the fake news media that he's been talking about for the last four years, but we will never admit to it. No. No.

So there you go. We won't concede that that was fabricated, ever. And Donald Trump, in actual news, has pardoned two turkeys. They do this every year at the White House. The President pardons a couple of turkeys before Thanksgiving. They have a Thanksgiving. This is the date today, but obviously it will be happening within the next 24 hours in America.

So this is a tradition that's gone on for hundreds of years. Now, so when they pardon the turkey, it's like, well, you two won't be killed for dinner. Yeah. They send them across, I think, a farm, a ranch, a ranch, as they call it. They've sent the turkeys off to a ranch. But then what happens to the one from the previous year that got pardoned? Do they just get slaughtered the following year? No, I hope not.

I hope not. I presume and I hope they're still living on the ranch. Well, they go off to a turkey farm. Oh, so they spend the rest of their days living happily? Yeah, living their days happily. I don't believe that.

I don't believe that. Does anyone do a follow-up on 2019's pardoned turkey? That's true. Where's that turkey? To be honest, once they've dealt the shot with Trump, I don't know what happens to the turkey. You know?

But I hope the turkeys are pardoned like Trump has said. It started with George Bush, I think, this tradition, and it's carried on every year with the President's pardoning a turkey. I said it had been going on for hundreds of years. Thanksgiving has. Oh, right. Yeah, no, but I thought

the turkey thing. It would only start with bush. I think so, I think I read that, but now I'm starting to doubt it. Are you a turkey fan? With cranberry sauce, it's lovely. It's quite a dry meat, it always saps every last bit of moisture out of your mouth, doesn't it, turkey? Yeah. Do you like turkey, Juju? I do, especially, yeah, Christmas Day turkey.

You can't really beat it, can you? I never have turkey any other day of the year, apart from Christmas Day. Do, Christmas Day turkey. You can't really beat it, can you? I never have turkey any other day of the year, apart from Christmas Day. Do you ever have turkey outside of Christmas Day? Very, very rarely. Yeah, like very rarely. You might go somewhere that has a sandwich. Oh, turkey.

Yeah, but you don't normally buy a turkey. I'm going to roast a turkey for dinner tonight. Yeah, it's not a much-consumed meat in New Zealand, is it? No, outside of Christmas, probably for us. And the Thanksgiving in America is the tradition over there. And it always feels like an obligation on the Christmas table in New Zealand, is it? No, outside of Christmas, probably for us. And the Thanksgiving in America is the tradition over there. And it always feels like an obligation on the Christmas table in New Zealand, doesn't it? A turkey. We'd probably rather eat a succulent chicken, wouldn't we?

Or have a sausage on the barbecue. It's a little bit fancier than a turkey. You're like, oh, he's got a turkey. If you have a chicken, you're like, oh. And 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.

The A to Z of New Zealand. A little something we started when we first started at The Hits. It's going to take us over two years to complete. We call every town and city in New Zealand. We're calling one a day. And we're slowly working our way around New Zealand alphabetically. Yeah, today, Kaimata, it's in Taranaki. And I tell you what, there's nothing there.

All they have is a school, which begs the question, who on earth put a school in the middle of nowhere? No one's answered these tough questions. But it's an area that if you drove through, you could literally blink and miss it. That's if you blinked and didn't open your eyes for probably five to ten minutes while driving, which could be hazardous.

Which is not recommended, right? A long blink, but you would miss it if you did that. We'll head through to Kaimata's school right now. Hopefully they're there prepping for the day. Kia ora. Welcome to Kaimata's school. To talk to Helen in the office, please press 1. To talk to Charlene Spencer, our principal, please press 2.

Do you want to talk to Helen in the office? Yeah, Helen. Helen sounds good. Hello. Good morning, Kaimata School. Helen in the office? It is. Jono and Ben on the radio from the hits. How are you? I'm very good, thank you.

How are you? We're doing good. That's good, good. What's happening today? Is it a busy day? Oh, it's raining here today. Oh, it's raining everywhere I think at the moment though. I know.

Yeah, no, Helen in the office. It's a mission we're on and you're joining us on this wonderful journey. Right. Where we're phoning every town and place in New Zealand. Okay. And today's Kaimata's turn. Kaimata? Oh, lovely.

Yeah. You're in there. You're in the eye of the storm. You tell us, reporting live from Kaimata, what's happening? Yeah, we just like to learn about the place. Learn about Kaimata? Yeah, we want to know. Yeah, tell us about it.

It's a great place, isn't it? This is a great school. How long have you lived in the area? I've worked at the school here for 22 years. Oh, my us about it. It's a great place, isn't it? This is a great school. How long have you lived in the area? I've worked at the school here for 22 years. Oh, my gosh. Wow. So whereabouts in New Zealand are you located, roughly? Taranaki.

We're east of New Plymouth. Ah, gotcha. Jeez, you would have seen some kids. Yes. Yes. 22 years with the kids. No, she hasn't seen a single kid. She's just gone straight to the office, shut the door, hasn't seen a kid for 22 years. Pick your top three kids for the 22 years with a kid No she hasn't seen a single kid She's just gone straight to the office Shut the door

Hasn't seen a kid for 22 years Pick your top three kids From the 22 years Helen Oh that's a bit hard Because my children went through here too Oh yeah You can't do that It's like picking your kids

It's like Donald Trump Putting his family in the White House Isn't it Yeah What should we do If we come to the area Oh there's so much to do in Taranaki So surfing, skiing If it's the you know, it's a great place.

Now, would you mind doing a little ad for Kaimata School? An ad for Kaimata School? As in how? As in like I'll voice the ad and you can just fill in the blanks. We've got a film crew waiting outside the school right now. Yeah, right. I'll do the voice parts for the ad and you just fill in the blanks. We've got a film crew waiting outside the school right now. No, no. Yeah, right. I'll do the voice parts for the ad and you just fill in the blanks. Oh, okay.

Yeah, you don't sound overly interested. You've probably got work to do and stuff, but you'll be so lovely taking up your time. Anyway, we'll just get this done and then we'll be on our way. Okay. Are you making this up, Jono? Yeah. Okay. Have you ever thought about travelling to...

Kaimata. A location for all to enjoy. As the locals say... It's the place to be. Oh, that's good. That's good. And while you're there, why don't you enjoy the... Beautiful climate.

Oh, that's good. Once you've enjoyed that, move on to the... Rural aspect. You've ruralled. Next on the agenda is... The lovely school. And as the locals say... Who would want to live anywhere else?

And as they say in Kaimata... Have a great day. And once they've said that... Oh, jeez. The locals keep saying, we would not want to be anywhere else. Oh, you're good. Oh, you're good, Helen, in the office.

Helen, lovely talking to you. Thank you. We'll have to come. I was going to say we'll pop in and visit, but it's a bit weird. But, you know, so lovely talking to you. We try not to make a habit

of popping in and visiting schools. You have a great day. See you, Helen. See you, mate. See you, mate. Bye. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys.

It's Jono and Van on the hits. It's time to look at some big news. Small town. And Caleb Wright, he's a 13-year-old from Christchurch. He's a brain tumour survivor who you may have seen on the news. Caleb says when he was sick, laughter gave him life. So he's on a mission to share his laughter to help others. He's teamed up with the Child Cancer Foundation to create a joke book

to help bring some lols to kids in need of cheering up. And kids around Aotearoa are already smiling. What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop. And with this joke book out now, Caleb's been recognised for his amazing work by being nominated for an Attitude Award, which will be on TVNZ next Wednesday night. And he joins us right now on the show. Nice to talk to you again, Caleb.

Yeah, it's been a long time. It has been a while. Yeah, so nice to talk to you again. How's things? I've been waiting for the past few days. I just have been non-stop thinking about talking to you guys. It's been so long. It's been a while, though, because last time we saw you,

you were in the middle of bringing out your book and you were testing some jokes. We went to the classic comedy club, and I remember you not only told us some jokes, but you also roasted us as well. Yeah. Yeah, I know. You savagely roasted us, and it was a deserved roasting as well.

We were there with Paul Ego and Jeremy Corbett, weren't we? Yeah. Yeah, no, it was fun. And so what you've been doing is you were on a 12-month mission creating a book of jokes that was submitted by a whole raft of New Zealanders, Caleb, and the book's complete. Yes, it is. It is complete. And it's nominated for an Attitude Award.

Well, you are. That's phenomenal, mate. Thank you. Yeah, congratulations. So the book is also raising money for child cancer. And I understand because of COVID, because of all that, you couldn't release it in bookstores. So it's available online, is that right?

You can buy it online at the Child Cancer Foundation or you can download a free one that doesn't have as many jokes, but it's still there. Okay, well, you downsold the free one. Or you could download the free one. Not as many jokes. Yeah, pay for the actual one. They'd be better human beings if they bought the proper one, eh, Caleb?

Yeah. Yeah. Now, okay, your three favourite jokes from the book. Fire them at us, mate. Okay. I do squirrels, swim, mate. I do squirrels swim backstroke. How do squirrels swim backstroke?

Keep their nuts dry. What are they? I see. That's good, that's good. You can see why they... Okay, that's good. That landed. That was good. Okay, next one. What do you get if you eat beans and onions? What do you get if you eat beans and onions?

I never know the answers to these questions, so I should just go. Well, just tell me the punchline. Yeah, what is the punchline? Beans and onions. Oh, 10, yeah. John and Ben take two seconds to get jokes. Oh, yeah, that's a good one. That's good, okay.

You guys have to think about that one. Yeah, that's definitely a grower. Okay, next one. How do mathematicians cure constipation? How do mathematicians cure constipation? Oh, should we try and figure this one out? Is there like a... Something there.

Okay, so they want to cure it. They want to get... Colon. Colon. Divide. Work it out. Work it out? Yep, they work it out work it out? yep they worked it out oh

yes he worked it out oh there we go hey well because we coincidentally Caleb we were on a mission

not but a couple of weeks ago for a joke for our show to tell because we can never remember any of them so we settled on a joke that was submitted by tell, because we can never remember any of them. So we settled on a joke that was submitted by listeners.

And Ben, you can pitch this to Caleb. I always get the punchline wrong. He's the comedy connoisseur. So why do the Swedish have barcodes on their warships? Why? Because when they come into port, you can Scandinavian. Oh, that's not funny. That's clever.

Okay. Yeah. Were you going for cleverness? Yeah, I was going for, that's funny, more clever. Yeah, what do you think of that one? Not even a chuckle from Caleb. No.

Not even a polite, hmm. That's not funny. That's just clever. Which, I mean, it's kind of like, it's an insult, but also a compliment at the same time. Yeah, you're right. Caleb, we're a sophisticated brand of comedy. And, you know, it's kind of like it's an insult, but also a compliment at the same time. Yeah, you're right.

Caleb, we're a sophisticated brand of comedy. And, you know, that comes with the territory. Hey, listen, mate, you went through a hell of a few years with a brain tumour. Yep. Is that all cleared up now? I have a brain tumour. We'll just have a scan every year to see if it's grown or if it's affecting me. If we do surgery, but every time I've tried to get it out,

I've lost the ability to talk, walk, and eat. So I'll always have it. So I was reading that. You had to relearn a lot of aspects of your everyday life, right? To talk again and to eat and stuff and to brush your teeth. Yes, and I had a whole year off school. Oh, jeez, you're a brave little man. How many days did you spend in hospital, you think?

200 maybe. Now, I was reading your mum also says you've got a great sense of humour, hence the joke book, and laughter helped you through that tough time. Oh, I love reading jokes to make me obviously laugh and feel better. I thought if I make my own one, it could make other kids and other adults, everyone in hospital laugh and forget about the things that they're going through. What a wonderful initiative. Yeah, what a wonderful initiative. And they do say

laughter is the best medicine. It is, in a certain way, isn't it? Also, if you've got a headache, though, Panadol's probably the best medicine for that. Like, you can laugh, it'll probably make your head hurt even more, wouldn't it? Hey, nice catching up with you. And if people want to get the joke book, they can go to the Child Cancer website.

Is that right? Yep. Awesome. Hey, nice talking to you, Caleb. That was really fun. And you guys too. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on my head.

Real chirpy number. Spy. No, what's up? Spy.co.nz. Get the day started. She is the All all blacks of gossip. Sometimes she wins, sometimes she loses to Argentina. But at the end of the day, it was a gossip update of two halves

and she'll be taking it one bulletin at a time. Here's Juliette. Oh, that was wonderful. I love that, Jono. Thank you. So Lorde has announced that she is going to release, or she's releasing a book. And so when she first emailed fans, because she's not really

on social media that much. She emails us her newsletters, doesn't she? Yeah, she sends out little newsletters to people who subscribe. Do you sign up to an email program, do you? Yeah, I think so. Does Lorde spam you with emails? Yeah, every now and again I think. She just gives you a bit of an update, like the family Christmas letter that some families are doing. I need to sign up to her

email subscription. Yeah, you should. Are you signed up? No, I'm actually not. I need to sign up to her email subscription. Yeah, you should. Are you signed up? No, I actually not. I need to as well. But she said, I've got some news. I'm releasing something. Don't get too excited though because it's not what you think.

It's music. It's music. It's music. I know. I've had a great 2020. Little Billy also did well in his NCEA exams. Family update.

So she has released a book called Going South, which includes images from her trip to Antarctica that she took in 2019 with a friend. So she was lucky enough to go to Antarctica. They lugged big cameras around and they took some really cool photos. And she said, well, the photos were cool enough.

I may as well pop them in a book. And yeah, how cool. I've always wanted to go to Antarctica. So I feel like maybe I should buy the book and then it feels like I might have been there. Yeah, it's a pretty amazing experience that I imagine not many people get to do. So it's awesome.

Yeah, and it's sold out within 10 minutes, I think, already. But you can pre-order more, so. This is the second book released featuring Lorde. Two, I mean, if you go to the Bible, Lorde's book, two great sellers, two best sellers. She didn't write the first one, though, did she? No. Well, that wasn't by...

I don't know if she... No, but you're right. She was the main character in the Bible. No, not as far as I know, but I'm a little bit hazy on that, but I think that's correct, no. And then she went missing for three days, I agree, sir? No, that wasn't her. No, that wasn't her.

Yeah, no. You were a little confused, but anyway, you're right. That's incredible. Good on her. Yeah, exactly. I would love to go to Antarctica. Same. I reckon the novelty would wear off after a day.

You'd see a polar bear and you'd be like, oh my God, run, run, run. Yeah. Because they're aggressive. Is that where the sun's up 24 hours a day? In summer it is, I think, because it's, yeah, the bottom of the earth. And then in winter it's always dark.

So you get darkness for six months and then you get all light for six months. Imagine if it was just daylight all for 20 it would drive you bonkers. It really would. And yesterday the Grammy nominations came out and the weekend he didn't get anything but he's now spoken out about

it and said the Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry some transparency. So I think there were some reports that he was offered to perform at the Super Bowl or perform at the Grammys, which are a week apart. He could do both. Different weekends. You think a guy called The Weeknd would know the structure of weekends?

Yeah, exactly. But he accepted the Super Bowl performance, and everyone's kind of thinking... Oh, is that what they're thinking might be a reason? Yeah, they're getting back at him because he chose not to perform at the Grammys. There's always been talk about the Grammys particularly being quite political as far as the record companies and everything goes and who gets nominated and stuff like that.

I think last year the head of the Grammys is gone. And so they thought maybe this year was going to be clearing things up. But obviously it hasn't quite happened in the eyes of the weekend. Yeah, and the head of the Grammys, he did speak out and denied it all. He the eyes of the weekend. Yeah, and the head of the Grammys, he did speak out and, you know, denied it all and was like, no, it's not.

He was surprised that the weekend didn't get nominated because he had two of the biggest songs of the year and one of the biggest albums. Yeah, and I think he won heaps of other awards at other music shows, so it's a bit of a situation. It'd be guzzled, hey, if you poured your heart and soul into something and you did get, you know, one of the biggest songs and you'd be like, hey, I didn't get recognised on the stage.

Who was the most nominated this year? Beyonce, I think. I think it's Beyonce. Yeah, who got the most nominations. Obviously, Taylor Swift got a few. Dua Lipa as well. Yeah. Yeah, that song should have been in there.

No. Should have been in there. It's not like the head of the Grammys is going to go, oh, you know what, it was a bit corrupt. We like to pay some favours, people pay us off, the music companies pay us off. And it's hard because you don't want to criticise the other people that have been nominated.

Because I'm sure they're deserving as well. But that's a huge oversight not having him in there. Now listen to us. He'll appreciate this. Someone send The Weeknd this audio. He's got our backing here at The Hits in New Zealand. Listen to our podcast. Thanks.

And that's five more. You can check out the hits.co.nz. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on The Hits. That's pretty much our show for Thursday. Thank you so much for check out the hits.co.nz. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. That's pretty much our show for Thursday. Thank you so much for hanging out with us. Before we go, we've been talking about this for a while. Donald Trump, more the media saying he hasn't conceded yet in the election,

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