Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - September 10 - Reception Reception, Ben Makes An Apology, The Referendumb

Episode Date: September 10, 2020

Reception reception time again! Jono left an embarrassing message to a receptionist for them to pass on to Ben. It's our favourite segment! We also wanted to know what secrets you've hidden from your parents and we had some outrageous calls. Finally, we caught up with Jazz Thornton, an awesome Kiwi who has done a lot for the stigma around mental health in New Zealand. She has a new movie out and told us all about it.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. Hi Ben, welcome to the podcast. Oh, thanks Jono, great to be on the podcast.

Welcome to the podcast to you too. Yeah, no, it's great to be on the podcast. Have we discussed before if you are an expiry date abider? Do you abide by expiry dates or do you like to push the boundaries when it comes to an expiration date? No, I don't. The times that I do push the boundaries, I'm like, oh, I shouldn't be doing this. Would you do milk that's two days past the date?

Would you take that risk? No, probably like now, I mean, flatting days, yeah, for sure. But now, probably 24 hours or something, I'd probably smell it. Oh, you've changed. Give it a smell test, you know, maybe. The smell test is what you go, boys. I mean, your mum, Jenny, is feeding chicken. What, seven-day-old chicken?

Oh, she takes risks all the time. Gives my stepdad all sorts of sandwiches and all that. Oh, yeah, he had a bit of a sore stomach. What's his health like? Oh, yeah. He must be crocky. Constantly killing it. She doesn't like throwing anything out in the fridge, so everything

just keeps going back in the fridge. She'll be out there at Christmas time, you're like, I'm sure we had this like nine days ago. It's coming out for lunch, you know, the leftovers and it's very good in that regard. That generation, they just don't want to waste anything. My mum's the same, Annie's the same. They're all reheating stuff that they've held on to.

She's probably going to bring food. She's coming up this weekend. She'll bring a lasagna from the beginning of lockdown. She'll bring it up. A freezer is full of broth. You know, like she makes chicken. She's like, I'll keep the broth. I'll keep the juice.

It's just chicken broth. It's just the juice. Yeah, just the broth. The chicken juice. I got some fish broth. I got some chicken. It's like, okay, the freezer's just packed full of broth. I don't know when she's...

What do you use broth for? I guess you kind of add it, like, instead of some of those things that you put...'t know. What do you use broth for? I guess you kind of add it instead of some of those things. Like stock? Yeah, I guess like a stock. But you're like, oh, okay. You're really squeezing out everything to do with the chicken. She's got broth from everywhere. Yeah.

She's probably squeezed some broth out of you somewhere along the line. You have to have a shower at mum's, and you basically stand in a plastic wash basket. So the water from there, you take out and put on the garden. Oh, wow. Or it turns into a broth. It's shower water. It's a shower water broth.

This was a couple of days ago. It's still fine. It's still fine. We've got a big show today, Reception Reception, one of our favourite games where Jono calls up. A random receptionist leaves a message for me that I have to retrieve.

Normally these are embarrassing. Will the person pass on their message today? It might not be as enjoyable as I'm like, hey, just tell them don't forget we're meeting for dinner tonight at 7.30.

We could try one of those. That'd be great. Maybe we should. Just one week. Mix it up a bit. Yeah. As well as that, our referendum continues

with some of the most iconic Kiwi things going head-to-head in a knockout-style tournament. So enjoy the podcast. Time for Reception Reception. This is the phone call that every receptionist dreads. A novelty radio

prank call. Yeah, well they don't know it's a prank call at first. All they get is you ringing them up, just at random, going, can you leave a message for Ben? I don't work for these people. Yeah, it's my favourite time of the week behind Pilates on a Tuesday night

and our couples counselling on Thursday, Ben. We're working through some issues. I think we're getting through. I think we're getting through. We'll see how tonight goes. So I'm about to phone a receptionist. Ben Boyce will go off to the soundproof booth, have a think about what we're going to talk about tonight

in couples counselling. Yeah. And we'll leave a message for you, big guy. All right, mate. Big guy. Yeah, that's right, big guy. We'll be talking about this later. Let's go through.

Hello? Hi, who's this? Cherie. Hi, Cherie. How are you going? Good, who's this? Cherie. Hi, Cherie. How are you going? Good, thank you. Listen, it's David Jones calling here. Hi, David. Listen, I just wanted to leave a message with you, if possible, for Ben.

Yep. Is that okay? Can you take this message down? Sure. Thank you, Cherie. Can you just tell him me and his mother want him to move out of home? Who? Ben. Ben? Yeah. Have you got the right place? Yeah. Yeah, no, this is Cherie. Yes? Yeah. No, I'll just leave a message with you and then Ben, hopefully, will call you and if you could pass the message on to him, it would be most appreciated, Cherie. So who's Ben? Ben's my, well, I'm his stepfather.

Okay. So I've got a new partner. Her name's Jenny. Yes. Jenny's his mum. Yes. And I want him to move out of the house. Okay. So why are you ringing us? Just so you can take the message down and pass it on to him. To Ben. To Ben. Is that okay? Ben doesn't work for us. Who's Ben? No, no, he doesn't work for you.

He's my, well, I'm his stepfather. Yeah? Yeah, so he's Jenny, my partner. Yeah? He's Jenny's son. Yes. So who am I giving the message to? Ben.

So who is Ben? So Ben is Jenny's son. Yeah, yeah, but who is Ben? I don't know who Ben is. Yeah, Jenny gave birth to him. Yeah, but he doesn't work for us. She raised him. So Ben's her son. Yeah, but he doesn't work for us.

I know, but you were just asking who Ben was, so I was just saying it's Jenny. Yeah, but you want me to pass a message on to him. Yeah, because I'm dating Jenny. Who is Ben? Oh, he'll call you. Yeah, but you want me to pass a message on to him. Yeah, because I'm dating Jenny. Who is Ben? Oh, he'll call you. He'll call you. Why?

Will he call us? Oh, no, it's a little unorthodox. It's an unorthodox way of communicating. Okay. Cherie, thank you. You're such an angel. Thank you. Can you just write this down?

Yeah. Tell him David wants you to move out of home. David wants you to move out. Out of home. Okay. Yeah. Don't know why he's ringing us. Yeah, it's a little confusing. We need to let that one go, Cherie.

So Cherie, so... So, Cherie? Yes? Can you please write down that me and Jenny want him out of the house? David wants you to move out of the house. Yeah. He still lives at home, can you believe, Cherie? Okay. Have you ever seen a fully developed man have to be changed by his mother?

Oh my goodness. So his mother bosom feeds him until he was 14 years old. Do you know what happened the other day, Sheree? I don't know if I want to know. I walked into the bedroom. He was intertwined with the vacuum cleaner. So he doesn't even Are you for real? Of what? He doesn't have a job. He says he's an influencer.

The only thing he's influenced is himself upon us. So, who's in your house, Cherie? Who's in my house? Yeah. Yeah, no, it's full. It's full? Yeah. So he can't come and live with you?

No. No, definitely not. Okay, because Jenny, his mum, still bubble baths him. Oh, God. Hello? Cherie? Oh. As we do every Thursday, Reception Reception, where we basically harass poor, innocent, hard-working receptionists and use them as a portal to browbeat poor Benjamin Boyce,

who's currently in the soundproof booth. I've just left a message with Cherie, and I'm not sure if she's going to pass it on. We'll bring Ben back in from the soundproof booth. How was it in there, big guy? It's all right. Do you like how I keep calling you big guy this morning? I like you so much.

Like we're sort of former rugby players? It feels a little bit passionising because I'm not a big guy. Yes, I'll stop calling you big guy. Hey, big guy, you're like a champ. When someone calls me champ, I'll be going, champ? I'm not a champ. I'm a champ of nothing. It's a great thing to be called champ.

I'll see someone calling you big guy. Sorry, you can't. Listen, the person I left a message with, Cherie, she hung up. So I don't know if she's going to pass it on. Maybe she knew it was you. Maybe she was over it. Anyway, basically I'm your stepfather.

I've left you a message and you need to retrieve it, okay? Okay, all right. All right, big guy. Okay, thanks, champ. Good luck, Jeff. Hello? Oh, hi. My name's Ben.

My stepfather's just told me to call here. I've got a message for you. Oh, you've got a message for me? Okay. All right. We're going to cut to the chase. No small talk here, all right? All right.

David and your mother, Jenny. David and mother, Jenny. Okay, yeah. Yeah. He wants you to move out of home. Oh, okay. Oh, they want me to move out of home. Right.

Yeah, he wasn't saying very nice things about you, to tell the truth, Ben. Oh, really? What sort of stuff was he saying? Oh, just that, you know, you're a grown man, you should be moved out. Ask me if, you know, I had room at my house. Do you have room at your house? I said, unfortunately, I don't. Why'd you get me to ask you? So what sort of things does he, he doesn't know about the stuff that I've got going on?

He didn't mention the wedding of the beard, did he? No, he didn't mention the wedding of the beard. Oh, well, glad I did then. I'm trying to think of what things he might have told you. What did he tell me? He said that your mother still gives you a bubble bath. Okay, yeah, that might be a bit weird now, eh? And you had something going on with the vacuum cleaner,

which was quite disturbing for me to hear. Oh, God, no, fair enough, fair enough. It's quite disturbing for me to hear now, too. Oh, my goodness. Cherie, you forgot to mention that... Oh, here we go. He's a fully developed man who still gets... Oh, yes, fully developed man. Who still gets what? who still gets changed by his mother.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. No judgement here. I thought he was just an absolute plonker. Cherie, Jono and Ben from The Hits here. Hi. Hi, Cherie. We do a game where Jono leaves a message, a random message for me somewhere.

I don't know what the message is, and I have to ring up and retrieve it, and he's really dropped me in it this time. He has. You know, I feel sorry for you. None of this is true. I'm working with him. None of this is true,

other than the fact that I'm working with Jono. And he gets changed. And he gets fully changed in the bubble bath. Hey, thanks, Cherie. Thank you, Cherie. You're an absolute hero. You know what, Cherie? Yep.

I'm going to nominate you for Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the Year. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Remember to double pump the vogels. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Some topical news that we like to get into the show, don't we? We actually touched on this yesterday, Juicy Juliet. Sometimes I pull back the curtain just a little too much.

Just too much, yeah. Just talk about it, because there's quite an interesting story that Leonardo DiCaprio, the actor, we all know him. We love him if we're early 20s females. But he won't love you if you're over the age of 21. Yeah, exactly. You're too old for him, Juliet. You're 22.

Far out. Really disappointing. The old spinster. Now, he did an interesting thing back in the day to hide something from his parents. Yeah, when he was in his early 20s, he was a smoker. And I think he still likes having a vape every now and then. But he was a smoker and he would get shot by the paparazzi, photos taken of him smoking outside clubs and just hanging out. And he would bargain with the paparazzi to not post the photos because he didn't want his mum to find out that he was a smoker. And so he'd be like, oh, you can take photos of me over here

doing this or blah, blah, blah instead. So all to hide. Over here eating an apple and doing some squats and healthy things my mum would like. If she didn't like him smoking she must have been mortified when she found out how he was drawing

Kate Winslet on the Titanic. That was racy, wasn't it? And what shenanigans he was up to in basketball diaries. Yeah, he got up to a lot, didn't he? Yeah, so we wanted to know

this morning, 0800 THE HITS 4487 what have you kept from your parents? Oh, listen, you always think you're so smart

hiding stuff from your parents but, you know, they always think you're so smart hiding stuff from your parents but, you know, they made you. I don't need to get into the nitty gritty on how they made you. But they know what's going on. Yeah. Me and my friends had this car that we bought. It was literally like, it felt like it was the beginning of a public service announcement commercial. It was rusty

and it was like a ride share car so we had all put in like 300 bucks and bought this $900 car or something and we'd park it down the road from all of our houses and we'd just use it. We need it. They didn't know about it? No, one of the mums saw my mate driving it down the road

and she's like, what are you doing? Whose car? And he came clean and then we had to burn that car. Got up to some bad stuff. I remember my parents going away for a weekend with my mum and we played some cricket in the lounge. And one of my mates played a wonderful cover drive, you know,

like through the office. Now, hey, correct me if I'm wrong. Cricket not traditionally played in lounges. No. No, more in fields, outdoor areas. Yes, and the backswing from the cover drive caught the roof and made a lovely line across the roof, probably about half a metre. And I said nothing.

It was probably about a month or two later, Mum was like, oh, was that what? What's that? No, I think it's always been there, Mum. I lied. I kept it from my parents. And I think she knew deep down that, you know, something went on.

Oh, Jenny will be devastated if she's just finding out the mark on the roof. It was you the whole time. It was my mate. It was indeed a wonderful cover drive. Were you playing with a real cricket ball? No, no. I was just saying.

No, no, mate. Oh, come on, mate. It's not a monster. It was a tennis ball, but yeah, real cricket bat. That was a bad decision. We want to check this out there this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast.

What have you been hiding from your parents? Maybe you're a fully grown adult and you're still hiding stuff from your parents. It can be big. It can be small. Whatever you want to share with New Zealand on New Zealand's Breakfast, that would be great. Just don't share it with your parents. They're probably not listening, let's be honest.

4487 is the text as well. Love to get your calls and texts this morning. Let's go to the phones. Anonymous, unusual birth name, joins us on 0800 The Hits. Hello, Anonymous. Hello. Is this a family name? Yeah, definitely.

Yeah, right, okay. Long line of Anonymouses joining us. What would you like to share that your parents don't know? I was 18 and I got convicted with a drink driving charge and I was trying to keep it a secret, but the mail got sent home and they opened it. Your parents, they always find out, don't they? Yeah, yeah.

It was one of those awkward moments when they found out. Well, you had an occasion though, your parents, they always find out, don't they? Yeah, yeah. It was one of those awkward moments when they found out. Well, you had an occasion, though, Jono, we've talked about this before, you did an Ocean's Eleven-style heist on what calls to get a magazine, an adult magazine. You got caught, and then they were like, we're going to tell your parents. You told your parents, you front-footed it,

and they never called. And then they never did, yeah. I mean, it's a 50-50 chance, isn't it? Yeah. Holding back that news. Were you nervous waiting until that moment? Well, I was fine before they knew and then once they knew, I was like, very stressed

out. Yeah, I mean, the irony is, the Murphy's Law is, you don't tell them, they'll find out. You do tell them, they wouldn't have found out. That's the rule, kids, okay? So the lesson here is take the risk and don't tell them. That's a good lesson. Tracy, welcome. You're from Wellington. It's good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. What you hid from your parents? Hi. When I was 16, I threw a massive party when my parents were away, and it got a little bit out of control. 400 people turned up. 400?

And got shut down by the police. Everyone was out on the street and it actually made the news so I had to try and hide. And you hid this from them? Hey, shall we not watch the news tonight, guys? It's a family movie night. Yay! Oh, so stressful.

So stressful. How did you hide the news from your parents? Oh, we just didn't watch it. Good play. You burnt the newspaper. Why is this page cut out of the newspaper? I don't know. Must be the delivery person.

Always playing pranks and cutting out specific articles from the newspaper. Did they ever find out? Yeah, they did. Unfortunately, my grandparents saw it. Saw it on the news. Oh, no. It's hard to tell 400 people to keep a secret as well, too. Was it a good party, though?

Oh, it was epic, but I was really stressed. At what point did you go, uh-oh? At what numbers were you like, this is getting out of control? When did you start to get nervous? It's like when you leave the house and it's all out on the street and maybe there's a massive line for the bathroom and everyone was just hanging out in all the bedrooms and oh God.

You're like, you need to use a coaster under that table. Take your shoes off. And oh, I imagine I'd be stressed in that situation. Was that the end of your party hosting? Oh yeah, I was not allowed to host anything else. What a party though. She hasn't even hosted a Tupperware party since then.

It's been party burnt. Thank you so much for your call, Tracey. Lovely to have you listening. Thank you. Serving bowls of lolls for breakfast. Actual lolls may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, last week on the show, we spoke to Cathy.

Now, she's the president of the Elvis Fan Club in New Zealand, and she's putting together a competition with Elvis impersonators. And obviously due to COVID, they can't have people coming in from Australia, so she wants lots of Kiwis to enter, and she was a great laugh. You want to stimulate the domestic Elvis economy, and you're wanting local New Zealand Elvis impersonators to turn up to your Cozzy Club event, don't you, Cathy? No, not just turn up.

They need to ring me first. Okay. Maybe interview them and see how they sing. I don't want not just turn up. They need to ring me first. Maybe interview them and see how they sing. I don't want somebody just rolling up like... Oh, okay, you know. You don't want some sort of two-bit Elvis impersonator rocking up to the Cosi Club. Well, we've got to keep the criteria

up there, Dave. John or Benno? We answer to both. John or Benno? Yeah. My favourite thing about Cathy is at the end of the interview, she's like, so when are you going to call me for the interview? We're like, we're doing it. And she was like, oh, that was really fun. She was awesome.

So she's still looking for Elvis impersonators. That's happening in Upper Hut. But speaking of Elvis impersonators, I thought I got, I thought I was in the middle of getting married by one. Quite a few years ago, my wife and I, this was before we were married, Amanda and I were on a con-tiki

going through America and we just got engaged. Sowing your wild oats on a con-tiki? No, we were together. Oh, you couldn't engage. It'd be weird if you started to sow.

We were the couple on the bus. Oh, you're like, oh, look at the old couple. Yeah, you know, the other people were hooking up and stuff and we were like, oh, we're the couple.

Is it just a wild festival of... No, not necessarily. There's a few people out there, you know, getting their numbers up. What happens if things get awkward and they part ways or someone goes... Oh, yeah, because you notice the next day getting on the bus in the morning that people would get...

Oh, you're like, ooh. Tony and Margaret. People would be sitting together the day before and necessarily not sitting together that day. The nosy couple were keeping an eye on it all. But we were the couple. We were the couple and we just got engaged and we're going through America on this Contiki bus tour

and we're going to Vegas and I was like, the gag was I was like, we're going to Vegas, I'm going to get married. Amanda's like, no, we're not getting married. We're not getting married in Vegas. We haven't even gone home to celebrate our engagement with our families. We're not getting married.

A lot of people do that though. They elope, don't they? For some reason, Elvis seems to be the justice of the peace. I don't know why they chose Elvis. So the guy on the concert, he actually played, the guy who was our tour guide, played a great gag on everyone. So we stopped off the bus. We were going out to see the fountain or something in Vegas.

We stopped off the bus outside the chapel, you know, the wedding chapel. And he went inside and he came back out and he was like, guys, we've got a bit of time. We've got like 15 minutes. There's a wedding about to happen in the chapel. If you're really quiet, they'll let you come in and watch at the back.

And everyone's like, oh, this is so exciting. We'll go in there and we go into the chapel. We're standing there in the rows, you know, about to watch this wedding. Elvis comes out

and sings a song and Elvis impersonated. And it was, we went there for work and it smelled like sausages and liniment. Yeah. I don't know why,

but not cooked sausages, raw sausages. But anyway, Elvis was about to eat and had some muscular problems. So he came out there. We're all watching. Oh, this is exciting. And then Elvis gets up the front and goes, could I welcome? Oh, I do the voice actually. Could Ben and Amanda please come up?

Uh-oh. And I'm going, what? And Amanda's looking at me like, you what? And I'm like, I haven't organised. I haven't organised this. And so we get brought up and everyone's like, you're getting married you're getting married and he starts going through the ceremony I'm like oh my god is this how this is going to happen is this how we're getting married and I guess he could see on our faces that we're like oh my god this is is this legit what's this and then he sort of went hey just so you know we're not doing the proper

the proper ceremony this is just like the oh Elvis Burr character just had a wee whisper we're like oh okay so it was quite a relief and then from here on and we were singing and we're doing our thing

with the Elvis thing but yeah because normally they would just pick two people at random on a contiki but because we were a couple and because of what

would be going on about getting married in Vegas the guy thought oh it'd be funny to chuck those guys up but jeez I was just like you would have been

pooping your blue suede shoes mate I was I was like oh my god is this how to chuck those guys up. But jeez, I was just like... You would have been pooping your blue suede shoes, mate. I was. I was like, oh, my God. Is this how we got married? Is this going to be our story? Like us and Britney Spears. It's the tackiest environment.

It'd be quite fun for like a second. You know, like if you got married in New Zealand and you went over there for like a bit of a laugh, a bit of a honeymoon sort of thing. I'm pretty sure Stacey Morrison and her husband, Scotty, they got married in New Zealand and then they went and they redid their vows in Vegas. That'd be awesome, going over and having a party and stuff like that, but when you're not with

your family, you're like, oh my god, are we getting married by Elvis? I mean, nothing says a relaxed approach to marriage than getting married by Elvis, does it? We should have a New Zealand version where it's like a Dave Dobbin impersonator. Eggs for breakfast? It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Listen, I was walking

to the car, because we're about, you know, sort of 500 metres away we park from where this building is. So I was walking down the main road and yesterday I was at those main traffic lights outside TV and Z-Ben. Yep. And I saw a couple there recklessly street pashing. Oh, really?

Street pashing. Did they have masks on? No! Just going at the traffic lights. And I was like, oh, okay. You know, there was a, I don't know what age it magically disappears, the urge to publicly pash someone. But yeah, I wish I had the confidence to. Especially broad daylight.

That's good on them. Good on them. I mean, yeah, hey, I've got nothing against them doing it, but they just didn't. You've got to be quite aware of your surroundings too before you go in for the pash too, because eyes are closed.

You know, a lot of trust in the surrounding, and you've got to be quite aware of your surroundings too before you go in for the pash too because eyes are closed. You know, a lot of trust in the surrounding people and patrons watching on. Well, you're right. When was the last time you publicly pashed? Oh, I don't know. Decades. I don't know. I can't think of any time.

You never pashed me in public anymore. No, no. Just behind the closed doors. I know. It's fallen out. The love's fallen out of our relationship. Yeah. I mean, don't get me wrong.

I love a good competitive game of tonsil hockey. But yeah, it's just an interesting location to publicly bash. You kind of feel like, I think I've brought this up once before,

but I was walking along the beach when we went to Miami years ago and there was people on the beach and they were like in the water and they were just going for it. Yeah. And you're like,

is someone filming this? Are we on a reality show? It's just an unusual sight to see that happening in broad daylight. Yeah, where does it lead to? Because you're going to go on to the next base. I was like, are these two going to hit third base on the corner of Nelson and Hobson? You went to a concert once, right?

Oh yeah, Kendrick Lamar. Yeah, I went to Kendrick Lamar and we were sitting in the seats and then the people behind us started pashing from the opening act all the way through Kendrick. Like their tongues would have needed old Hayley, the physiotherapist who we just had on, just massaging their tongues together. But then I was because the seating's

quite tight in the stadium. And so at times there were legs over my shoulders. I was like, do you guys want me in here? What's going on? You got to third base. I got to third base. I thought we were in a meaningful relationship by the time we moved out. But yeah, it was commitment. It was commitment to the public pash.

Yeah. When was the last time you publicly pashed, Juju? Really good question. I would say a few years at least. If we were a better radio show, we'd send you out on the street to go, who wants a pair, you know? Yeah, that's what I'd do. Mate, there was a time when we would have done that, Juju.

Not now. Not now. Not now. We'd have to ask about your feelings and stuff. Yeah. Probably have to send it upstairs to legal first to see if it's okay. True. You know, 10 years ago, I would have just sent you out and you're passing a vagrant.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. The Kiwi Referendum. We are putting the best of the best bits of Kiwiana up against each other because we wanted to give you guys something to vote on. We were meant to be voting on the general election. Now that's a couple of months away.

Yeah, we need some boxes to tick. And yesterday we put two magnificent pieces of kiwiana up against each other. Round five. Sheep. This is Mince and Cheese Pie. Yeah. Did the Mince and Cheese Pie

make mincemeat of the sheep or did the sheep say, yes, sir, yes, sir, I have three bags full of votes? Yeah, well, producer Juliet, who took that one out? Mince and Cheese Pie.

Oh, I would have thought the sheep was more iconic, but people love out Mince and cheese pie Oh I would have thought The sheep was more iconic But people love The mince and cheese pie more A lot of people Are favouring food This is This is riling me up

You're getting annoyed That all the food Are going through This is not a food competition It's just going to be food By the end of it Yeah It's just going to be like

Oh this funny Quirky food Taking on this quirky food This is what the people want Yeah I know And this is why I like communism This quirky food. This is what the people want. Yeah, I know. And this is why I like communism. This is why democracy, this is the floor in democracy, Ben.

And also online last night, we had Gumboots taking on Kiwi, the Kiwi versus Gumboots. Who took that one out? Kiwi. Kiwi, Kiwi. So Kiwi go through, Mints and Cheese, Pi go through. But right now, we're going to have another battle on today's show

and another big one for you. Round seven. Police 10-7. Two young creeps, a half-wit with a gun, versus Jandles. We say Jandles, your ass is flip-flops.

Jandles v Police 10-7. Wow. You all right with this one? Because there's no food involved. I am happy with this one. So you're okay with whatever goes through on this one, aren't you? Yeah, although I've had a check at history with jandals. I think it's a Police 10-7.

We'll talk about that another time. Yeah, true. That's a court year to decide whether that's a... We can't talk about that one publicly. Yeah, no, no. That's still suppressed at this point in time. Wait for the judge to decide on that one. No, but jandals, they're great.

But, jeez, you're taking your life into your hands, aren't you, when you put your jandals on? Mine got stuck in between my brake and the footwell in the car. They get jammed.

And then the middle bit blows out, you know, sometimes. Everyone's had that happen to them. Mate, it sounds like you're angling towards the crocs.

Sounds like you're getting there in your head. You're justifying it, aren't you? This is why I want to put crocs into the Kiwiana competition. It's not going to happen. If you want to vote for your favourite, this morning's battle, Police 10-7 taking on Jandals, 4-4-8-7 on the text.

Love to hear your thoughts and feedback. We're going to catch up with Detective Sergeant Rob Lamoda from Police 10-7 after 7. Yeah, so your choice of pixelated criminals or quirky rubber footwear, that's what we got this morning, and we'll announce the winner just before 9 o'clock. We are putting the most iconic New Zealand things up against each other in a knockout-style tournament, kind of like the US Open,

except Novak Djokovic is not getting kicked out. Oh, I hope someone ends up with a tennis ball in their throat. It'd be quite unorthodox, wouldn't it, if someone did end up with one, but you never know. We're meant to be voting right now here in New Zealand with the election, so we thought we'd give you a chance to vote on our Kiwi referendum. The Kiwi referendum.

It is the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. Obscure item versus obscure item. And in this morning's round... Round seven. Police 10-7. Two young creeps, a half-wit with a gun versus Jandals.

We say Jandals, we run asses for pops. Police 10-7, the beloved reality cop show taking on Jandals. Now don't tell me what happens with Police 10-7, I'm only up to season

one. Oh, alright. No, so I'm only up to the bit where a guy with a pixelated face gets arrested, okay? I'm the same with the news. I'm about four years behind

on that one, so don't tell me what happens. Some wild stuff's about to hit you in 2020, yeah. Okay, all right. We'll go for that. But Producer Humphreys went around the streets,

around the offices and got some early polling on who's more popular, Jandals or Police 10-7? Jandals all the way. Police 10-7 because that guy makes me feel calm.

I was going to say Police 10-7 as well just because of the narrator's voice. We'll go with Jandals because the way. Police 10-7 because that guy makes me feel calm. I was going to say Police 10-7 as well just because of the narrator's voice. We'll go with Jandals because it means summer time. Police 10-7 because my uncle was on there one time. Police 10-7 because it's a really good programme. Jandals. Police 10-7. Jandals could be considered to be also Australian

and they could steal that from us, but Police 10-7, it's got so much Kiwi lingo wrapped into it that you just, it's more iconic. I'd agree with Police 10-7. Definitely Police 10-7, 100%. Jandals. Police 10-7. Because is there anyone more iconic and more Kiwi

than Inspector Graham Bell? Jandals. I've got a foot fetish. Police 10-7. Because you always see your mates on there. Jandals. Jandals. Police 10-7 foot fetish. Police 10-7. Because you always see your mates on there. Jandals. Jandals. Police 10-7.

Don't blow on the pie. Police 10-7. Oh, Jandals, definitely. Police 10-7. Watching my mother fear that she'll see my brother on there. Jandals. They represent Kiwi Summer. Jandals.

Jandals. Maybe Police 10-7. Probably not TV-worthy, but that's what makes good TV. Jandals, definitely. I think Jandals. Police 10-7. Probably not TV-worthy, but that's what makes good TV. Jandals. Definitely. I think Jandals. Police 10-7. Absolutely.

Just seeing absolute mantas on TV. Jandals, for sure. 100%. Jandals. You know, they're just comfy, good for summer, good for going to the beach. What? Those are two different things. Police 10-7. We all know someone that's been on there, hey?

Joining us on the phone right now, the host of Police 10-7, the iconic New Zealand TV show, is Detective Rob Lomoto. How's it going? How's it going? Oh, yeah. He's bloody... Oh, jeez. You don't have the authority to do that.

Oh, sorry. There's a bit of a conversation. They're going to talk to you afterwards, mate. Oh, yeah. Actually, joining us on the phone now, Police Commissioner Rob Lomoto. How are you, mate? Very good, thank you.

Now, listen, what I find interesting about you, you not only host Police 10-7 every week, but you're also still working. You know how it is.

TV money in New Zealand is not fantastic. Yeah. So, still got to pay the mortgage. The people that you deal with, the public that you deal with in your police work,

are they like, oh, Police 10-7 guy, can I get a selfie? Yeah, yeah, and it's a little bit hard because you're like, well, actually, mate, I'm here to put handcuffs on you, not take photos of you. So how did you get into the job of hosting Police 10-7? Yeah, it was just advertised. So like any position in the police, you know, you can apply for the position. Tell us about Police 107. Are you filming it every week?

Yeah. Or you film it, oh, you do film it weekly, yeah. So we normally film on a Monday and the team work pretty hard to get it to year on Thursday. So they work pretty hard to be used to the sort of format. So we get a carol of the week,

so a crime of the week. And obviously we call for the public's help. So we've been really, really lucky with the response we get from the public because, as you know, you know, this country's full of good people who want to make a difference so we've had huge results there and I think that's the

reason. I'm in the police and obviously I'm not on TV, I'm not like you guys trying to make a laugh for a living. No, no, we do a bad job of that too, Rob. Yeah, a terrible job. You must be all right. You've been on here for a while now, so you guys are going well.

We're hanging in there. We used to be up against Police 107, and you guys used to destroy us in the ratings. It's funny because the producer told me not to bring it up. She was like, we're friends, and then we had a year and a half of silence, and now we're friends again. I know.

Contractually, we weren't allowed to talk to each other. Rob was coming around. He was ticketing us for no reason. You know when you're driving down the road and it's like, hey, your taillights out, and it's like, is it? And you'd smash it. Good luck this week on TV. Now, we've got Rob Lamona with Police 107. We're at the moment, we're doing the ultimate piece

of Kiwiana. Now, Police 107 is up this morning against Jandals. Jandals taking on Police 10-7. Are you asking me? Yeah. Because it's a little bit biased to ask me as the host of 10-7. But yeah, look it just showcases who we are as a nation, you know. You've got a whole lot of police officers out there

trying to make a difference and a lot of people who get into problematic situations. What I love about Police 10-7 is New Zealand's, you know, the degree of separation is so small that everyone knows someone who's been about Police 10-7 is New Zealand's, you know, the degree of separation is so small that everyone knows someone who's been on Police 10-7 with a pixelated, I know a guy who was on the wanted list.

I'm amazed that you two haven't made the wanted list to be honest with you. You've been on the wanted list for the last few years. The problem is no one wants us. That's why our TV show got cancelled. The least wanted list, you'll be fine with that. Does it disturb you that, you know, pretty much the only thing of New

Zealand people see overseas is Police 10-7 when it plays in the UK and Australia and all throughout Europe? Yeah, but you've got to put it into perspective. You know, they live in communities where their police are fully armed and they have a whole lot of terrible and horrible things and we have a few people who need lessons on how to cool the pie down before they eat it.

It's a lovable reflection of the country. We get a lot of comments from overseas jurisdictions about how lucky we are with the country we live in and how we police it. So it does have an overseas impact. It actually does go to a lot more countries than I realised. So I probably need to ask for a pay rise. Do you get recognised overseas when you travel? Yeah, it was a bit of a laugh. We went on holiday with the family, and a couple of people wanted to have a photo, and there were some other tourists around here

who were asking if I was an all-black. Take it. Take it, yeah. I got mistaken for P-Money when I was on the Gold Coast. Yeah. P-Money, the DJ. I took it, and they were like, oh, can you play some music? And I, jeez, I didn Coast. P Money, the DJ. I took it and they were like, go play some music. And I, jeez, I didn't do

P Money proud. Well, Rob, thank you for your time. It's always good to catch up and congratulations on such a great job you do on the show and also the New Zealand Police do out there and keeping our community safe. No worries, guys. It's always good to talk to you. Now we're in the middle of our referendum.

The Kiwi Referendum. Putting the best of the best, the most iconic New Zealand things, head-to-head in a knockout-style tournament to find the best piece of Kiwiana. And today... Round seven. Police 10-7.

Two young creeps, a half-wit with a gun, versus jandals. We say jandals, everyone else says flip-flops. So if you love blurred-out faces of people getting handcuffed on television, with a gun versus Jandals. We say Jandals, everyone else is foot pops. So if you love blurred out faces of people getting handcuffed on television or you're a fan of the world's worst

orthopedic foot support, that's what you've got to choose from. 4487 on the text, we spoke to Detective Sergeant Rob Lomoto from Police 10-7 just after 7.

He backed himself. He said Police 10-7's the most iconic piece of Kiwiana. So we thought we might try and find someone to fly the flag for Jandals. We might call a surf shop in Gizzy. Oh, you've got the file of... Surf shop, Chloe speaking. Chloe, firstly, shakabra.

And secondly, it's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hey, how are you? And thirdly, shakabra. And secondly, it's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hey, how are you? And thirdly, shakabra again. Shakabra to you too. Shakabra, so bra. Bra, hit her with the question. Okay, quick question. Today we're trying to vote on the most iconic New Zealand things.

Today we've got a battle between Jandals and Police 10-7, the TV show. And we thought maybe we'd call someone that might be in the Jandal camp. I think we're definitely in the Jandal camp. Yeah, are you wearing Jandals now? Oh, I am not a Jandal person myself, but the boss of the shop is definitely wearing Jandals and he's standing right across from me. Oh, you're not a Jandal person? Not a Jandal person, but I can appreciate Jandals. But okay, if you're comparing Jandals to Police 10-7. Jandals person. Not a Jandals person, but I can appreciate Jandals. But, okay, if you were comparing Jandals to Police 10-7.

Oh, Jandals for sure. Yeah, right. Even though you don't wear them. Yeah. But you like the, do you watch Police 10-7? No, not a big fan. Okay, all right. So I'm not a fan of either of the two things we're putting up for grabs today.

This is not shaka, brah. Oh, lovely to talk to you, and thank you for tolerating us for a few minutes on the radio. No worries at all, and I hope that you guys find a conclusion of what's more iconic to New Zealand. Yeah, well, none of them are iconic to you, but that doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. We're just all here filling in airtime. No worries. Have a great day. See you guys later. See you later. Bye.

We're in the middle of our referendum, as we just mentioned before. Jandals taking on Police 10-7 in today's matchup and we've got the results for you now. Yeah we do. This is the ultimate piece of Kiwiana is voted by you because we were meant to be voting on an election around about now. With 58% of the

vote and much like a Jandal at summertime it's been a blowout from Police 10-7 because the jandals are advancing on through to the next round. What a confusing announcement. We can handle the jandal.

We can go through to the next round. So well done on the jandals but the next round takes place on social media on the Hits Instagram. I've heard of social media. Yeah, what's the thing? And we're getting on board. The Hits Instagram, the Hits Breakfast on Instagram and Facebook. And here is your next round. Round eight, Taika Waititi.

Who gave us Hunt for the Wilder People and Thor Ragnarok. Versus Buzzy Bee. We've got best friends, Buzzy Bee. Taika taking on the Buzzy Bee. Woo-wee. You get online right now where you can vote at the hits breakfast on Instagram. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and we wanted to give a quick warning before the following interview, especially if there are young ears listening. This interview may deal with subjects people find disturbing, but it's important we talk about these things on radio today as New Zealand has a terrible suicide rate, we all know people are sad that they've been infected by it. Today we're joined by one of the co-founders of Voices of Hope. She's got a movie out today. It's called A Girl on the Bridge. It follows her journey helping New Zealanders deal

with their mental health after losing a friend. That's a big introduction. Jaz Thornton-Bloomin, good to see you mate. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Yeah, good. Lovely to see you. You're such an inspirational New Zealander you are. Oh, thank you so much. From two schmuck New Zealanders. I don't know how much that means. But no, you've done so much for mental health

and New Zealand's approach towards suicide and mental health over the last few years. Oh, it's definitely been a pretty chaotic journey, but I love doing every part of it. You know, I get to do everything that I wish that I had when I was going through my own journey with mental health, which means the world to me. At 22 years old, I was reading,

you'd survived multiple, you know, suicide attempts. And then at 25, you know, you're talking in front of the UN, you've met with Meghan and Harry. I mean, how does that, you know I mean, how does that all happen? And what would you tell your 22-year-old self or even younger if you could talk to them and tell them how things are going to turn out? Oh, I think if I told the girl that was once sitting in a psychiatric unit for months that not only would she be able to be doing everything

that I do now, but would just wake up happy every day, she would have just laughed and never believed you. Right. But I think for me, being able to tell my younger self, man, you're not a burden, you're not unlovable. The world isn't better without you in it. You know, just wait and see. It's been, you know, I don't often kind of stop to think about that and to think about the girl that was so hopeless and now being able to do all that I do is overwhelming. For you, moving from that headspace into the headspace you're in now, is it a gradual thing or all of a sudden one day you're like, damn, I feel like a million bucks. What's been going on for the last year?

It was gradual. There was definitely a moment that I can identify, which was after my final attempt, a woman came into the psychiatric ward, her name's Esther, I've known her for many years, and she just looked at me, I was bawling my eyes out, and she was like, why are you crying? And I was like, I'm just so tired of fighting. And she just said, Jazz, what do you think the definition of fighting is? Because honestly, I don't think you've been fighting. I think you're only surviving. And it's only when you learn how to fight, that's I don't think you've been fighting. I think you're only surviving and it's only when you learn how to fight, that's when the change that you've been longing to see

is going to happen. And I remember taking that and being like, I'm a bit offended. I feel like I've been fighting for the last nine years, but I realised the difference between surviving and fighting was significant. And so the journey for me was every single day choosing to wake up and fight. When I had the urges to run away or to or to do these things no i choose to fight i choose to fight every day until eventually i didn't have those urges anymore well i read a quote and i'll just read it so i don't get it wrong that you see that your life doesn't change based on the action of others but but on your own decisions which i thought was uh you know really well said so it was all basically up to you really to to make the right decisions and to make decisions.

Yeah, it really was. I had the most incredible people around me and it's obviously a very key part of anyone being able to heal is community and professional help. But at the end of the day, you can have all of that and it's the whole, you know, you can lead a horse water but you can't make a drink kind of thing.

And it's true. I was doing therapy and had people for years but the difference was when I was like, okay, I've actually got to do the work now. I've got to learn how to fight. But I imagine that's a human thing is to just put that off. Absolutely. Deep down, you probably know you're the one

who needs to do the heavy lifting. You're like, surely all these other schmucks can do the heavy lifting for me. Absolutely. Oh, yeah. And I just think, you know know I just thought that my illness and what I was struggling with was my identity

therefore it would never change so why put in the work why put in the work when this is who I am it's never going to change well what's amazing you've got a movie yeah

yeah and cinemas right now that is going to be released worldwide online and you spoke at the UN as well I did you're like our own little Greta Thunberg

aren't you she was there at the same time yeah she was did you meet Greta I did very very aren't you? She was there at the same time. Yeah, she was. Did you meet Greta? I did, very, very, very briefly. She's got a bit of an attitude on her,

Greta. She's doing great, trying to save the environment. She's doing awesome. Was she lovely? She was, yeah. She was really nice. She was very focused.

It was a very brief kind of thing. It was a weird environment to be in. Can I imagine her looking up and down going, you're not wearing

hemp clothing or something? You're not wearing environmentally friendly clothing? I think we were just focused on Trump walking past with like his hundred bodyguards. Did you see Trump as well? Oh, everyone was there. It was quite funny. Jacinda would walk in with like one security guard,

if that, and kind of run away from them. And Trump comes in with like 50 either side. And I'm like, in this environment, Trump, no one cares about you. Like literally no one cares. Yeah, literally everyone was there. And Jacinda Duk-Neve, right, to the UN? That's right.

And so you were there speaking. Did you get nervous talking in front of all those people? I didn't actually. I think I just got angry because I found out just before I got up some great statistics for you that globally what those people invest in mental health is less than the budget of one Avengers movie. They're good movies though. They are good movies.

Globally. Globally. That's a very good point. Right? And I don't get nervous that much when I speak, but I get mad. Not Greta Thunberg mad, but you know, mad enough to be like, what are you saying that I don't matter? That my 12 year old self who was struggling doesn't matter

because you refused to invest? What are you doing? That's good. Good on you. Good on you for doing what you do. So that's in the movie too? No, I don't actually think that made it in. What, you're talking that the UN didn't make the cut?

I think it's in the credits, but we'd finished filming by the time I was speaking there, yeah. I think Harry and Meegs is in the credits as well. They actually got cut from the film, Harry and Meegs. Oh, you cut Harry and Meegs? We cut Harry and Meegs out. Mate, they just. They actually got cut from the film, Harry and Meegs. Oh, you cut Harry and Meegs? We cut Harry and Meegs out. They just signed a $150 million Netflix deal. I know, I know.

We're trying to get into that at the moment. Yeah, people don't know what we're talking about. You had a hot drink, a cup of coffee or tea with Harry and Meegs once? Yeah. Oh, yeah. And then we went to London and I got to... Oh, sorry, I didn't know about that. Oh, yeah.

Yes, we did a little bit of work out of the palace for a bit. Wow, far out. Yeah. They didn't make the cut of the movie, but it's easy to tell you what, there must be some big bangers in the movie. Harry and me are going to get the cut on the edit floor. They're in the credits, but that's about it. You're making the credits.

The Girl on the Bridge, it's out in cinemas right now and you can catch it online in a couple of weeks as well on the Girl on the Bridge website. Jess, thank you so much for what you do for New Zealand and helping everyone. I know it must be quite a burden some days, but it really is amazing to have you around and doing what you do,, thank you so much for what you do for New Zealand and helping everyone. I know it must be quite a burden some days, but it really is amazing to have you around and doing what you do. So thank you. Thank you so much

for having me. Cheers, Jess. That's right. She takes out the tea from celebrities, then spits it all over them. Producer Juliet with Spy Entertainment News. So as you may know, or in case you've been living under a rock, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality TV show is ending after 20 seasons and 14 years.

20 seasons? Yeah. That's a hell of a run. And can I just say to Kim, Chloe, Kevin Colin, Kendrick Carlos, all of the Kardashians, thank you so much for all of the years of entertainment They really must have got tired

I couldn't keep up They've got quite a good cardiovascular system, it's hard to keep up with them They're running fast They probably got tired of keeping up with themselves Amazing effort, it has launched careers many of them in the family, and it's been amazing. Here's a theory.

I think either Kim and or Kanye will make a serious run for president next 2024. Right, and another series? She's shutting this part of her life off to run for the White House. Oh, there, now he's talking. Okay. Sorry. Now he's talking. Yeah, it's my job. Sometimes I say stuff that makes sense and sometimes I don't. Oh, there, now he's talking. Okay. Sorry. Now he's talking. Yeah, it's my job.

Sometimes I say stuff that makes sense and sometimes I don't. Yeah, true. But the final season will air early next year for all those fanatics out there. You know, it's amazing the amount of stuff that has happened to that family. Yeah. You think about it. Like, Bruce turning to Caitlin, Kim being held at gunpoint in Paris robbery, the multiple affairs,

the near death of Lamar Odom. All that stuff that's happened to that family. One of those things would be enough for any family, but you're right, multiple of those things. And so we've just got a couple of highlights of the Kardashian series that we just want to reflect on, some of the great moments that they've provided for us. Are these great

moments? These are great moments. I feel like you're going to take the piss here. No. They're not the

type of people that you do. We couldn't get 20 series. We couldn't even get 8. And you know why we couldn't?

Because you didn't lose your diamond earring in the ocean. My earring's gone! Are you s***? Oh my god, I'm going to cry. My diamond earring in the ocean. Oh, yeah. My earring's gone. Are you serious? Oh, my God. I'm going to cry.

My diamond earring. Seriously? That's $75,000. Come on. We'll find it, baby. Yeah, but there's people that are dying. Yeah, the people that are dying, and they died for those blood diamonds. $75,000.

Yeah, it was an ocean of emotion that day. Yeah. Thankfully, the water washed off the blood from the blood diamonds. They found it. They found it in the ocean. Oh, good. You'll be glad to know. Next, one of our favourite moments.

Kendall accused Kylie of saying that she wanted to experience things when she didn't want to experience things while they were meant to be experiencing things. So we'll let you experience this. I think you should experience it. You always say I want to experience things, but I don't think you actually want to experience things because you would experience it if you wanted to experience things.

I don't know what you're talking about. It's a fair call. It's a fair call. In 2020, it's been a stinker of a year, hasn't it? It has. I'll tell you what, 2016 was an absolute blinder for Kylie because it was the year of realising stuff and things. And I feel like this year is really about

like the year of just realising stuff and everyone around me were all just like realising things. 2016, looking good. It was a great year of realising stuff and things, wasn't it?

All the stuff and things I realised. Well done, well done Kardashians. I know it meant a lot coming from me to say well done on 20 series. And Ben, you're a big

NBA player, NBA fan. They've had more NBA players on that show than the NBA. Yeah, I know. A lot of NBA players, you're right. Yeah, so well done to the Kardashians. Thank you very much.

And finally, we'll just go out on the amount of times they've said like. You like fell for me so hard. Like I want everyone to get together. We're not like really hanging out. Like what do you talk about? My mom is like all business. Don't you think though it's like a little like, would you go out of the country

with someone you've never met before or, like, that you don't know? Like, when are we supposed to do this? Why are you so, like, hesitant? I want everyone to... And it goes on and on and on. New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them.

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Here's my mate Ben Boyce to give you a topical tickle up. Fingers McGee, take it away. Well, we were just talking before about dads and, you know, dad bods. Now, there's been a study over in America, in the University of Southern Mississippi, do dads with dad bods

make better fathers? And this is on perception only. So, now let's just clarify what a dad bod was because I think Simon Barnett really confused. Yeah, he did. Yeah, he really set the bar too high for a dad bod when he was on Dancing with the Stars. Everyone was like, check out his dad bod.

He's like, no, mate. He's jacked up. He looks good. Barnett looks like he's got a better body than me when I was 21. Yeah, so dad bod is, you know, there's a few love handles and stuff like that. Yeah, a few squidgy bits.

It's fine, it's fine. You've let yourself go and you're on the journey of letting yourself go, aren't you? Well, according to the study in the USA, they reckon that dads with, you know, with a dad bod, a traditional dad bod, they reckon they would be better fathers,

perceived to be better fathers than dads that would go to the gym because those guys, they're thinking of spending more time at the gym, you know, and not enough time on parenting. Well, that's a logical solution, isn't it? It's a logical conclusion. Just because they go to the gym, they're terrible parents. Yeah, they seem to be warmer, more committed,

and monogamy as well, you know. They're like, hey, these guys, they aren't going to go out there looking for other wives or families. Because no one wants to get on top of them. And I'm in that category. You look at George Clooney and everyone's like, he's getting better with age. I'm not one of those people

getting better with age. You look at me and go, jeez, he made some decisions. You look really down on yourself this morning. Did you need a hug or something? Yeah, I do. I was looking at myself in the mirror and I'm like, look at this thing. You're great. Look at this dad. Nothing wrong with being a dad.

That's right. Now, in France, a man has blown up part of his house trying to swat a fly. Now, have you seen those electric fly swats? Love them. Well, the tennis racket ones. Yeah, the tennis racket ones. Love them. So he had one of those.

He was sitting down in France having his dinner, that guy in his 80s, and a fly was annoying him. So he was like, I'll get out my electric fly zapper thing. And he didn't realise there was a bit of a gas leak in the house and the electricity from the electric zapper and the gas leak caused a massive explosion in his house. Fortunately, he's okay. I think a very, very minor burn to his hand. That was it.

But part of his house has exploded and blown up just from that. Worst part is the fly still survived. Yeah, well, there's no word on the fly. Bustling around. We got one of those from, are you going for the warehouse or something, don't you? I just spent all Sunday, I remember lying on the couch just going to myself. You don't do yourself? It's like thrilling.

And I was just testing it on different body parts. Killed no flies. Have you got one of those? No, I haven't, but my friend had one when I was a kid and I'd just spend the whole day, I wouldn't even hang out

with her at her house. I'd just be going around chasing flies with the thing. Do you know, we got given these things, the assault rifles. Fires out salt. What?

It's like a military style gun and you pour salt in it, like your table salt. And it's for flies. And you can shoot them with the salt grains. Do you need to have quite good aim for that, though? No, it's pretty good. Your hair is pretty good once you line them up. But we both got given one, and Ben's like, I can't take it.

Animal cruelty. Animal cruelty? No, I felt like it was a bit full-on. It was like I've got a big weapon in my house. I'm going to sit on the side. He's like, I can't take this. I can't do this to the flies. I just felt a bit wrong going around like I was Rambo or something in my house.

I was like, this seems a bit fuller. This is next step. Oh, there was a fly massacre at my house that weekend. Ben is going through your feed this morning. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben

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The dream scenario. We sent Dr. Ashley Bloomfield one of our masks, and he sent back a photo wearing it. Doing a thumbs up. How cool is that? He had his thumbs up. Now, I don't know if you know, but thumbs up signifies a good thing, Ben. Yeah, that's so cool of him.

Yeah. I totally didn't expect that. So if you needed another reason. To be honest, I did. I expected it. If you put a man's face on a mask and you make 500 of them, then you'd expect them to take a photo.

He's a busy guy. No, he's a busy guy. It's an amazing thing that he took a photo with a mask. So good on him. Yeah, the president of the fan club. And I know he's not the president of his own fan club. Oh, he might be. He can be.

He hasn't decided on a president. It's about who he wants to be. He seems quite humble. He probably wouldn't of his own fan club. He might be. He can be. He hasn't decided on a president. He seems quite humble. He probably wouldn't want to be the president. He might want vice president maybe. Maybe a secretary. We can make him secretary.

What is he? Director General. Maybe he can be Director General of the fan club. And we can be the presidents of the Dr. Ashley Bloomfield fan club. But if you want one of our face masks,

thanks to kindface.co.nz with Dr. Ashley Bloomfield's face on it saying, I'm a baby bloomer. Very clever wee slogan there. You can just text us 4487, get one. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hats. Now, I need to make an apology to you, Jono.

I need to say sorry for something. A while ago, I mocked you for something, and I was reading an article on... For not having hair? No, no, no. No, you can still mock about that? I think I caned you for something and I was reading an article on- For not having hair? No, no, no. No, you can still mock about that? I think I can still mock you on that. Bad tattoo decisions?

Yeah, I think I can still mock you on that. Can I still mock you about that? Still fair game? Yeah, I think that's still fair game. But I was reading on CNN, you know, CNN, the big news world site, you know? What I love about that is you were trying to figure out what CNN stood for and then you got lost

and then you covered it up. You know CNN. The big news world site. RIPTO Nano News. Cable News Network. Oh, the Cable News Network. Everyone knows CNN, the Cable News Network. Well, CNN,

the Cable News Network, that we all know and love, the world renowned world news site, had an article yesterday about the coolest fashion accessory of 2020, the bucket hat. Oh, we're back here again. Listen, I wore a bucket hat to work two, three years ago. I got in there and I was mocked.

The hat was mocked off my head. Your buddy, in all seriousness, I hang out with you every day pretty much for the last decade. I've seen you wear it once. Once and only that day. And you've never worn it since. I'm mercilessly shamed out of the office.

You look like a party pill peddler from Rhythm and Vines. It was some old guy, some 40-year-old guy who still turns up to festivals selling party pills. Lots of party pills, guys. G'day. Keen for a good time. Julian, I'd sell you and your mates some pills in that hat. Cheers, Matt. It wasay. Keen for a good time. Julian, I'd sell you and your mates some pills in that hat. Cheers for that.

It was denim. It was denim. It was a black denim hat with Stussy on it. Yeah, yeah. And I mocked you. I got caught up in the mocking. I was doing a whole show of mocking. Four hours.

Because you tried to wear it with a radio show and a bucket hat with headphones. It was not conducive. It was not conducive. I get it. You put it down and it sort of ends up like a weird French

revolutionary hat. I thought you have to wear it with your headphones angled down. It was a shocking fashion choice for headphone usage. Yes, but as far as

fashion goes for 2020 And peddling pills it's fantastic. CNN, you've heard of them, right? The cable news network. Yeah. Well, they're saying

it's the hottest fashion accessory of 2020. The hottest. The bucket hat. And they've got an article on 23 bucket hats that will make your summer wardrobe even cooler. Oh, see, fashion visionary, and that's what I've always been. No, you know what the trick is?

You find your thing. You find your era in fashion, and you ride it out. And eventually, that'll come back around. See, I've been sitting in, you know, 1997 for many years, and finally I'm reaping the rewards. Kanye, he's wandering around

with those weird rubber croc shoes at the moment. We're all pointing and laughing. Yeah. Give him a couple of years. Yeah. And you had the Kanye glasses,

the vision impaired. Oh yeah, they weren't good though. The Venetian blind glasses. They were like looking through Venetian blinds. They were no good. No good for sun protection of your eyes.

I mean, Kanye's had many wins in the fashion game but maybe the Venetian glasses, that was a bit of a loss. Well, well done for you. You've had a win, though. Ahead of the game, so you can bring back the bucket hat.

Oh, great. Well, because I've got a bucket fountain of schmockery poured on me. Now, are you going to wear a bucket hat? I'll wear a bucket hat, mate. Yeah, good. It's fashionable now. Of course I will.

I won't get bogged. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Of course I will. I won't get bogged. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. We started this when we first started here at the hits, and I'm commending us for continuing on to do this. We're calling a different town or city in New Zealand.

We do one a day. We do it alphabetically, and it's going to take us over two years to call every town and city. We're up to the Gs. We've hit the spot of the G's, Ben. And today we're heading to Geraldine, which is at the foot of the Southern Alps. Geraldine is the gateway to the lakes of the Mackenzie Basin and the beginning to the straight highway to Lake Tekapo.

Geraldine, it's a gateway town to these areas. Once you get a taste of Geraldine, you'll want more Geraldine. You'll be wanting Geraldine every day of the week. When you lie in bed, you'll be thinking about Geraldine. There's no going back once you go Geraldine. It looks beautiful. It looks beautiful part of New Zealand. We're going to call a store.

We love the name of this store, the Jujup Shop. Let's see if they're open. Good morning, Fritz. Zsuzs, Maren's speaking. Hello. Is it Erin? Maren. Maren.

Is this Zsuzs? It sure is. And Geraldine? Sure is. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Really? How are you? Good.

We're phoning every town and city and suburb in Aotearoa. We're suburb now, aren't we? Yeah, I stretched it out. It's going to take us two and a half years, did you know, Maren? At least you got us first. We're doing it alphabetically. It's taken us a long time, but we finally got to the Gs, and now we've got to Geraldine.

Yippee. Number 98 on the list, Geraldine, alphabetically. Number 98. Wow, it's pretty awesome. It is awesome. No, it's not like in favour of... Oh, let it have it. Let it have it.

Yes, I just wanted to spell out the alphabet, but anyway. Now, tell me, what are you doing? Zhoosh, the name of your shop, it caught my eye. Well, it's gifts with a bit of zhoosh. It's very cold. Zhoosh it up a bit? Yeah, anything you buy in here can get a bit of zhoosh. It's very cool. You zhoosh it up a bit? Yeah. Anything you buy in here, you can get a bit of zhoosh.

I love a good zhoosh up. Yeah, a little zhoosh up. I never knew how to spell zhoosh. I know, I didn't either. It's a struggle, isn't it? How do you spell it? I haven't seen it. How do you spell it? J-O-O-S-H. Zhoosh, zhoosh. Give it a little zhoosh up. I like it. Sometimes I give Ben a little zhoosh up. I don't know.

When was the last time you had a zhuzh up? Every day she goes into work there, right? Oh, bless. What sort of things can we get for a zhuzh up? You can get whatever you like. There's lots of awesome things. Are you just one of those shops that can't decide what you want so you just pack it all in, are you? No, they're all awesome.

And I'll tell you what's awesome and unique and cool. Geraldine, why should we come there? You have to come here because it's the most awesome little destination and it's got an awesome vibe. It's a little town that's got awesomeness. Whereabouts is it in New Zealand? Exactly. It's an hour and a half

south of Christchurch. Oh, yeah. So it's right in the middle of everything that's happening. That's happening. Yeah. Okay, what's the one thing we should do if we come to Geraldine? Go shopping, of course. Oh, yeah.

We've got great cafes. We've got awesome things. Awesome walks, bike rides. We've got heaps of cool stuff. Ben wanted to know, is there a Geraldine in Geraldine? Do you know? I think there was originally a Geraldine. Oh, but no one lives there now called Geraldine? And there's lots of Geraldine people that come. Do you know? I think there was originally a Geraldine. Oh, but no one lives in now

called Geraldine? and there's lots of Geraldine people that come here just to get something that's got Geraldine on it. Oh, okay.

You know, because their grandmother was a Geraldine or something like that. Yeah, that makes sense. I see, but there's no living

Geraldine and Geraldine at the moment. Not that I know of. No. And what are your dreams and aspirations? We're getting deep here, aren't we?

What do you want to do in the next five years? What's your five-year plan? Well, I love my little shop. It's awesome. I love my shop. I love my customers, awesome locals, awesome people travelling through. You must have a couple of crappers come through.

Well, there's been a family today. Two camper vans came through today with little Aucklanders in it. They're heading to Kaikoura. Oh, nice. Were they nice people? They were lovely. Yeah, oh nice people? They were lovely. Yeah, oh, good. They were lovely.

Now, is Geraldine a tourist hotspot? It is a tourist hotspot. Well, it's just a cool, you know, if you're going to head down to the lakes, down to Chequepo and Mount Cook, and it's sort of that little diversion that you just sort of go from here down there. You're sounding distracted. What's going on? Something else is happening in your life?

I'm just trying to run a juj up shop. Have you got some jujing to do? Oh my goodness. This is, yeah. This is an unusual call for you. I apologise about that. Well, thank you for tolerating us and spending some time with us this morning. That's fine. That's awesome. Do you know what? You've been part

of New Zealand history. They're going to put this call into PAPA, the National Museum. Okay? The moment we find you. Hey, well, look after yourself in the George shop. Thanks. That's awesome. Enjoy the sun.

Another reason why to come to Jordan. So awesome. Hey, you've had your chance to give your reasons. Start spouting off more reasons. We're wrapping this up now. You have a great day. Thanks. Like starting your day

Without your morning coffee It's Jono and Ben on my heads Spy Launch into mess free Mexican With the new Old El Paso tortilla pockets Juliette She could have been

On a proper radio show Instead she is stuck here With us Having to read Semi interesting news stories About which Kardashian Has waxed their legs She'll be too good for us

No way Should we go No Six months. She'll be too good for us, though, huh? Should we go? No. Six months? No. Should we go on to another show? Should we have Mike Hosking breakfast or something? Oh, God.

Mum wants me to work for his show, actually. She goes, oh, you know, in the future, if you work for Mike Hosking. I'm like, Mum, I kind of don't really want to work for that show. Sorry, Mike, if you're listening. Because he'll definitely be listening. Yeah, true. So the Britain's Got Talent bosses, they have banned the virtual audience,

obviously it's virtual because of COVID, from drinking in their homes to prevent people flashing or offensive behaviour. So how it is is they've got screens and screens and screens behind them of all these people watching and being the audience from home. Oh, like on Zoom or something. Yeah. They've got that kind of thing, same thing in the NBA and I'm always amazed at

the behaviour. Everyone's really good. You couldn't do that in New Zealand. You couldn't. The amount of jennies and bits and pieces and obscene gestures. I know. I would put, like, you could screen share and put up all sorts of funny videos. Yeah, but people type the eye. The most quirky thing I've seen in the NBA,

one of the teams was almost going to win a clean sweep against the other one. So everyone got brooms. Everyone was holding up brooms for the clean sweep. I mean, that was as far as they went. That was quite clever. They weren't really, you know, like flashing bits. You were saying one team was just getting pantsed and so all their fans walked away from the computer screens.

It was just empty screens. It's like when you get walkouts, you're like, I'm not going to do this anymore. Oh my goodness. I feel like I would so get carried away if I was on screen. I'd try to do something. Yeah, imagine you.

Oh yeah. I'd be having the time of my life just doing random ass stuff. We haven't met Party Juliet yet. No. We've heard some wonderful things. Because of lockdown and COVID. Yeah.

God, just wait till you meet her. Just wait. Just wait. This is why you'll never be on the Mike Hosking breakfast. Exactly. Exactly. And that is why you'll never be on the Mike Hosking breast script. Breakfast. Exactly. Exactly. And that is spy.

Thanks to Old El Paso, who have new tortilla pockets so you can launch into some mess-free Mexican food. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. A feeling good. We'd like to end the show on a positive note. Why is it going to be a good day? Will you tell us on 0800 The Hits?

Yes, it was going to be a good day for you, Ben Boyce. You don't like me asking this because you never have anything prepared. I tell you what, it wasn't quite the greatest day, just before five in the morning because my wife Amanda wanted to borrow my car for something, and I was like, oh, do you need anything out of your car? Waking her up, do you need anything out of your car? She's like, oh, yeah, just take out the tiles.

There were three massive boxes of tiles I had to take out at like five in the morning. Anyway, this is a positive segment. So I did a lovely thing for my wife and that's why I feel good. The funny thing, the best prank is

they don't even need tiling done. Yeah, I was like, what? You didn't tell me about this. But anyway, that's why it's a good day. Let's go to Nathan.

Why is it going to be a good day in Hamilton today for you, buddy? Because it's one day closer to Friday. Oh, yes. Little Thursday. We love it, Nathan.

You go and have a great day. We'll send you out an Ashley Bloomfield face mask thanks to kindface.co.nz, okay? Cheers. Good on you, buddy. Let's head to Gisborne. Kirsty.

Hello. It's going to be a good day there. Why, mate? It's a fine day here. It's a fine day? Wonderful weather report for Gizzy. What are you going to be doing? I'm going to go for a nice bike ride soon.

Oh, enjoy that. We'll see you at our nationally Bloomfield face mask. Have a great day. Tomorrow, join us on the show, Big Day, Benny and Peter Andre and the Hits Pop Top 100 countdown. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from 6 on the Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.

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