Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - September 18 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, The Kiwi Referendumb Final, What Is Your Mum Still Doing For You?

Episode Date: September 18, 2020

KIA ORA AOTEAROA! (And Kia Ora if you're in another country too). Today on the poddy we had Jacinda Ardern AND Judith Collins... Not at the same time though, we didn't want to start a fight on air ��We also discussed a couple of Zoom fails. Jono had a shocker yesterday when we interviewed someone over Zoom, and then Ben's mum had a shocker in a public Zoom meeting with strangers. We also got Jacinda to announce the winner of our Kiwi ReferenDUMB! Happy Friday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ellen, wonderful Aussie Ellen, who manages the podcast, who compiles the podcast, came through with some insights how the podcast is going. Do we want to reveal these? I think we need to work a bit harder on the podcast. Okay, yeah, okay. He's like, mate, numbers are dwindling. I mean, I came in here cockily, arrogant.

You did, you said we're the number one podcast. I thought if you say it like, you know, how Trump sort of the first... Let's not compare ourselves to Trump. Trump, I'm compare ourselves to Trump. Trump. I'm sorry. President Trump. President Trump.

President Trump. But you know how he held his first rally when he wasn't president. He was just running for president. He had paid all those actors to turn up. Did he really? Yeah, he manufactured that whole press conference. Because you're like, why are all these people randomly, where have they come from? Supporting Trump for president.

But he manufactured that. So that was the ethos I was going under, going, we're number one on iHeartRadio. And I tell you what, it did not work. It didn't work, no. No. It worked for Trump. It got him where he wanted to be. But I don't think any of us wanted him there.

Joe Rogan, did he do that when he came on for his podcast? No, he didn't. He just chipped away at it, gone, yes, and built that up. Like you meant to. Built a podcast empire. Doing a great job, you know? Yeah, Rogan didn't come in hot, did he? No, he didn't come in hot.

It's the number one podcast, my first guest, here we go. No, but now he's number one, right? Yeah, but he's high too. Joe Rogan is number one in the world and he's wasted every podcast. What does that say about us? Does he even know he's got a podcast? He's like, oh, well, good on him. We're battling away every day.

We know we've got a podcast. We've got to do the intro each day Yeah that's right Anyway This weekend What are you up to Ben Boyce? Oh I'm actually Clearing up stuff

It's really boring We've got like a bin Being delivered To get rid of stuff Oh shut up You know Stop talking You're putting me to sleep

I know I've got that Hanging over my head For the weekend During the day You know You're like Oh I've got to do that

But anyway Tidying up around the place. Yeah. You know? You love tidying up and putting things in piles. It's my favourite thing. Well, I put some stuff in piles, now I've got to, like, transport it out and get rid of it. This is the result of putting in things in piles for years on end. Anyway, on the podcast, all this

weekend, the week previous, we've been running the Kiwi referendum, voting for the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. And Prime Minister Ardern, Jacinda joined us didn't she to announce the winner every time we talk to Jacinda I'm like she does not want to be here with us we don't make it a pleasant experience

because you do quirky little things to her I like to prank call her it's Judith Collins would you say appreciation society today when she rang up and then you're like oh mate we're going to play a quirky little game you're like oh are we you know're going to play a quirky little game. You're like, oh, are we? To her credit, she handles it really well. She does.

She tolerates us. And that's all we can ask for. Anyone just tolerating us is great. So thank you, Jacinda. She's the leader of the country. I know. We're pranking her. Enjoy Jacinda Ardern and the results of the referendum on the podcast today. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits today. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. One of my favourite joys off here is producer Juliette, just to set the scene, she works behind the desk, she pushes the buttons, highly stressed, and you take it really well, Juliette. You do. You're a safe pair of hands. And one of our favourite things is pretty much like 10 seconds before a song ends

we go, hey Juliette, can you find that piece of audio from four months ago? Which we probably shouldn't have told her at any stage over the last 24 hours. We could have told her. We wait 10 seconds before the song. Oh, that's right, we need that a little bit. You're like, what, wait 10 seconds?

But you always come through. So you made a rod for your own back. Yeah, well, I try to. There have been a few times where I've come off the back of a song and I'm still shaky. I'm like, is that saved? Oh, it's, yeah.

Anyway, this is behind the scenes. It's all great. It's all going fine here. Now, Friday is where a lot of other radio shows around the country like to look at the best moments of their radio show of the week. But not us. We like to look at the worst. Ben Voice Productions Limited proudly presents

Jono Fryer's Worst Moments of the Week. When you say look at the worst, you're just pinpointing me. You're just singling me out. It's character assassination. That's what it is. I'm tall poppy chopping. I'm chopping you down to make me look a little bit better. It's like the principal parading you out in front of the school on Friday's assembly

and going, this idiot let the school down. You had a pretty good week this week. Thanks, mate. Thank you. In all seriousness, this is a performance review on a Friday. You did well. There was only really this bit that we thought we'd play.

I got producer Juliet just moments before that song ended to load this in. Well, let's find out why it's going to be a positive and a big day for you to why it's going to be a good day. Amanda, you're on the air. Welcome. Hello.

Why is it going to be a good one for you, Mandy? It's going to be a good... Oh, I hate that. Oh, I've just ruined her day. Ruined her day. So in a segment called It's Going to be a good... Oh, I hate that. Oh, I've just ruined her day. Ruined her day. So in a segment called It's Going to Be a Good Day, I turned it into a shocking day for Mandy.

Amanda. Calling her Mandy. So that was on here. You're a pretty good week, apart from obviously your poor Amanda. Is that your out of 10? 10, I'd give you like a 6. I also need to talk to you about my annual leave as well.

Okay, okay. Yeah, I was trying to get another week. Oh, okay. Is that right? Oh, I'll look into it. Just to see to you about my annual leave as well. Okay, okay. Yeah, I just want to get another week. Oh, okay. Is that right? Oh, I'll look into it. Just to see if I can get the roster system working. Okay, thanks. But yeah, good week on air.

But off the air yesterday, we were doing an interview. Now, we were doing an interview over Zoom. So, in Zoom, as everyone knows, you know this, right, Jono? They can see you. You're on camera. Well, the problem is, what is, can I front foot this and say, what is the world's obsession with having to see everyone?

Why do we have to see people? So you're used to many years, many years of doing radio interviews where they can't see who the guest was doing in the interview. They'll just be on the phone and you can be doing all sorts, or get up to all sorts of shenanigans while you're talking to Barack Obama. He doesn't know what you're up to.

Yeah, so you asked a question. I'm not going to say who we're talking to, but you asked a question yesterday and then... Oh no, I asked it here. Can I just ask the question? And then when he answered, I'm like oh, he's not answering my question properly. Well, he was never going to give you an answer because basically the question would lead him into talking ill about the place

that he works for. So he's never going to like that. But I just wanted an honest answer. He's never going a bag, the company. And then midway through, you're like, oh, you rolled your eyes. You're like, oh. You're like, oh. And then you made that little, like, hand talky. Oh, when people are yibber yabbering for too long. Oh, mate, yibber yabber.

Oh, and you're, like, rolling your eyes. Oh, you're doing faces to everyone. Like, going on. You're like, oh, yeah, oh, mate. Like, quite a sensible, very good answer from the person. And you're like, oh yeah, oh mate, quite a sensible, very good answer from the person and you're like, behind the scenes.

And then midway through, you realise that you're on camera because there's a zoom. Oh, I panicked. Oh my God. Some fluid

came out of my system. Oh geez. And then I was like, uh oh, and I kind of froze. Then you sort of go back into like, your 60 minutes report. I jeez. And then I was like, uh-oh. And I kind of froze. Then you sort of go back into like your 60-minute report. I realised towards the end, I was like, how can I save this? And so then I kind of tried to start continuing doing the motions.

You're like you're doing like a puppet show. Like it was your thing. You're like, through other questions going on, you're like, oh, I like talking to my hands. Oh, no, can I do it to Julie? Julie, you set up the Zoom call. Everyone else on the Zoom call, they're just on like, I like talking to my hands. Oh, no, kid, I'm joking. But Julie, you set up the Zoom call. Everyone else on the Zoom call, they're just on like, you can't see their faces.

Why are we so open and honest? Why do we have to be video? It wasn't a video call for anyone but us. No, just us. Because you've got a beautiful face, Jono, and everyone should see what you look like. And the camera was only on me. You can't even see me.

It was me mocking this poor man for about 60 seconds. It's lovely. Only me watching the about 60 seconds. You're lovely. Only when you're watching the hit midway through is they go, why is he mocking me? What's he? Why is he? Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

It was the most embarrassing thing I've been caught on camera doing since the Jono and Ben TV show. I tell you, it doesn't get any worse than that. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. It's a big morning for us because we are doing our referendum. The Kiwi Referendum.

That's right. Wanted to know the most iconic New Zealand thing. New Zealand's favourite and we put everything into a big competition from Taika Waititi, Lords, Jandals, Gumboots, Sheeps, Kiwi, all that into a competition and we've come up with our finalists.

That's Kiwi Onion Dip. The original Kiwi Dip. Slatherbrake. This is Mince and Cheese Pie. Yeah. Now, I tell you what, if you could find two unhealthier items and put them in a final, well, I don't think you could, Ben Boyce. But not saying you eat them all the time.

Yeah, that's right. But they're things that people love. And which is your favourite? 4, 4, 8, 7 on the text. Someone's texted in saying, listen, I'm Onion Dip. My daughter's a mince and cheese pie. I'm dropping her at school.

I've just left her on the side of the motorway. It is dividing families this final. It's a momentous occasion. It's more momentous than when New Zealand figured out how to completely confuse people by saying, yeah, nah. Yeah. Or we had the other referendum where

we kept the same flag and we paid all that money. That was good, wasn't it? I mean, we've had some bolters over the years. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is going to join us just after 8.30 to announce the winner, but we have got mince and cheese pies and kiwi onion dip in the studio. And Jono, we thought we'd try something now to see if

could we make the most kiwi thing and combine them? Combine mince and cheese and onion dip. So now we've taken the two most unhealthiest items and we're making them unhealthier. So Ben Boyce has got a knife and he's spreading the onion dip on like, sort of like margarine or butter on top of the pie. And I'd like to get your, I'm going to do this as well.

Yeah, why not? Okay, so we're going to try that now. So we've got onion dip on top of a mince and cheese pie. What a way. I'm going to have a bite. Okay. Okay. Okay.

That's unusual. I've taken quite a big bite. Yeah. Beautiful side of Jono. Yeah, like a massive bite. It feels like New Zealand has just exploded in my mouth. Well, it's a lot of New Zealand. Yeah, it's a bite. It feels like New Zealand has just exploded in my mouth. Well,

it's a lot of New Zealand, yeah, it's a, it's like, yeah, it's okay, it's okay, but I'd probably prefer

them separately, wouldn't you? Much like this radio show, it's probably leaving a little bit of a nasty taste in my mouth. Yeah, yeah,

I'm confused about what's just happened inside my mouth, to be honest. New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them, they're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Yesterday, Ben, we usually walk together because we do everything together. Yeah, we do. We live together. We're like Bert and Ernie, aren't we? Hell yeah. Work together. But we usually walk together to our cars, but we went separately yesterday. I did.

We had a tiff. No, no, we just had to do things at different times for once, you know? And so where we park, there's an elevator system, you know? To get to your car, yeah. Yeah, to get to your car down to the car park. And I was walking in the foyer doors of where these elevators are, and I could see a lady in the lift, okay? And the doors were wide open.

And I was like, oh! You put your hand up, oh! So you've made the international gesture of oh i'm coming all right i'm coming she's in the left you're like oh i'm gonna go i want to be where you are right now i'll be there shortly you know and then that's generally when most people put out a gracious hand to block the doors yeah sometimes or sometimes people you pretend you ignore them yeah and this is what she was but she locked eyes we were locking eyes dead in the eyes she looked at me and i was running It was like slow-mo.

Like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. You get really upset when you miss the lift. I hate it. I don't know. There's something inside of me. It's only a 30-second wait for the next lift. I heard it before when it closed on you. You were sharing one day.

And I was like, oh, sorry. Is it closed? You're like, you saw me. You saw me. And I know you could hear me as the lift was going down. Oh, sorry. I was just like, yeah. Is the lift closed?

You can't say sorry with a smile on your face. Oh, sorry. As the doors are closing. I was like, oh, it's for the arm. With a smug smile. It's risky. Sorry, guys. Get the next one.

So anyway, this lady saw me and I was running. And just as I got to the doors, they shut. And I was like, oh, okay. Interesting move. Anyone? I'll wait. I'll push the button again. But it was that awkward moment.

Oh, yes. She hadn't taken off And it opened the doors And she was still there And she was like Oh And she was like I'm sorry

I just thought I'd never have to see you again And I was like Well I appreciate the honesty I love that when you say Even when you're like I'll get the next lift And you push that button too soon

And it opens back up For the people And they're like Ugh Good one Doofus You're meant to wait At least 10 to 15 seconds For our one to depart And then you just want To keep going though that button too soon and it opens back up for the people and they're like, ugh. Good one, doofus. You're meant to wait at least 10 to 15 seconds for our one to depart.

And then you just want to keep going though. Just keep opening the door. That'd be a wonderful prank. I had one, a similar experience because lucky enough to go to Disneyland

a few years ago and everyone says, you know, all the staff there, they go, have a magical day, have a magical day. All the staff say that.

It's a lovely thing they do. That must drive them bonkers. Yeah. I mean, what if you're not having a magical day? Oh, they're just like spreading the love. Like the poor people in Fiji who always have to say, I was running like you to the lift.

Trying to get there, just trying to get on there as it was closing. A lady was in the lift, like this lady, to you. And she was just a member of the public. But as it closed, she was just like, have a magical day. With a big smile on her head. Fully knowing what she was doing. I was like, well played.

Well, that is karma for what you did to me. Have a magical day. It's a wonderful departing statement. Morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We're doing our referendum at the moment, looking for the most iconic thing that New Zealand has, the thing that we're most proud of, and these are our finalists.

Kiwi onion dip. The original kiwi dip. Slalabra. This is mince and cheese pie. Oh, I tell you what, it's all New Zealanders talking about this morning. If you find someone talking about something else, you need to punch them in the throat. Okay, well, I don't know if that's recommended from us. That's the only option.

No, it's not the option, because we're meant to be voting in the election tomorrow, actually, weren't we? Yeah, so we wanted to give Aotearoa something to vote on. And I know politicians all over the country, they're campaigning. But obviously, this must be top of mind as well, our referendum. And joining us on the phone right now, leader of the National Party, Judith Collins. How are you? Hi, guys. How are you?

I'm trying to start Mama Jude as a thing. I think I quite like that. You've got Auntie Cindy and Mama Jude. I like it. I like it, yeah. How are you this week, campaigning? Oh, I think I quite like that. You've got Aunty Cindy and Mama Jude. I like it. I like it, yeah. How are you this week, campaigning? Oh, I'm great, thank you. Yes, I'm busy doing things like tax and stuff

like that, you know. That sounds like a riot. It is, it is. It's a riot. It means you get a job. Day, employed. And now this week, of course, our big news. A tattoo was done of you on a thigh of a guy by the name of Nick. Yeah, pretty awesome. Yeah, I thought it was. I thought, this week, of course, our big news, a tattoo was done of you on a thigh of a guy by the name of Nick. Yeah, pretty awesome.

Yeah, I thought it was. I think, you know, Nick and his wife are small business owners. They said they love national policies, they love the National Party, and they obviously love me a lot. So I think that's great. Is this the first time you've been emblazoned in tattoo form, Judith? As far as I know, yes. Wow.

And I'd say it's certainly a dedicated follower. Yeah, it's quite a commitment, isn't it? It sure is. Are you going to go and sign it? Didn't he want you to go and sign it so he can get that tattooed as well? I think we'll try and do that. Yeah. We've just got to find the right time, but we'll certainly try and make it happen.

I don't think anyone else has ever done that before, so why not? No, I mean, we actually spoke to him and we're like, are there any other politicians that you get tattooed on them? And he was like, I'm kind of, you know, sort of lean towards the right. So he was thinking about David Seymour on his other thigh, Judith. Yeah, I think, yeah, I wouldn't worry about that one. It's not polling well. Not polling well to get on there.

Now, Judith, it was meant to be the election this weekend, right? It's obviously been delayed. Does that make things harder or easier for you guys as politicians? I guess it's been delayed because of that extra lockdown, and that made it really hard for us because we can't go out and do our big public meetings. I love to do. But the good thing is that at least people get to see the economic situation,

which is pretty dire, and gives us an opportunity to really differentiate and say, look, this is what we'll do. And I tell you what, it's really exciting and I'm really looking forward to it. What do you do? Because I know a big part of campaigning, you know, shaking the hands, kissing the babies. What are you doing as the alternative? You're elbowing babies or how's this working?

We're elbowing babies. Like the elbow bump on people maybe? We do a lot of elbow bumping these days. I tell you what though, you know, people still want to shake hands and I just go, no, can't do it. Got media with me. Can't do it. These cameras went here, I'd be shaking all your hands.

I tell you what, that would be how to make the first sloth on the 6 o'clock news. Be shaking your hand. If you shook a hand it would, oh I tell you what, everyone would go in on you then mate. Now Judith Collins, leader of the National Party joining us, we're having on our show our referendum where we're looking for the

most iconic New Zealand thing, the best bit of Kiwiana. It's come down to a mince and cheese pie and Kiwi onion dip as the final. Which way would you vote if there were a choice for your favourite thing? I'd probably do the onion dip. Okay. It's just iconic, but also it's really easy

and I can make it real fast. That's a good argument. Very good, and you're on the go right now. You could make onion dip in under 60 seconds and eat it in the back of your government car. The thing is, it is actually the best dip, isn't it? I mean, it is actually better than any other dip, all the fancy ones.

Yeah, you're right. Onion dip best. Now, I'm pitching this to you right now, Judith Collins. Subsidise onion dip for all New Zealanders if the National get them. Free onion dip for all. The great thing is, onion dip's really cheap to make. There we go.

They're locked in a... We've got a subsidised onion dip for all. The great thing is onion dip's really cheap to make. There we go. They're locked in a we've got a subsidised onion dip for everyone. Nice chatting to you this morning. All the best on the campaign trail. We'll catch up with you soon. Thanks guys. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

I'd love you to call in 0800, the hit's telephone number. What is your mum still doing for you? I've got Annie and John, my parents from Christchurch, staying at the moment. And your dad's outside. He's looking after the outside. Yeah, he's busy, eh?

It's like it's their house. Like, I feel like it's my house when they're not there, but as soon as they move in, I'm living in their house. Right, yeah. So he's outside doing gardening. Yeah, he's being very busy, right? Painting fences. She's inside. She's like, do not touch the washing

I fold the washing So she's on the fold in the washing So your mum's still doing your washing all day? I don't know what they think happens when they're not there Like we live under a giant mound of washing You lived with a giant mound of washing for about three months, didn't you?

It just backed up and we couldn't get on top of it But I finally did, I dedicated pretty much a whole weekend to getting on top of that mound. I was just wondering if your house is just now a giant mound of washing that you just fight your way in. We're back, but Jesus, it took a while. It took a while. It's lovely your parents are doing it, your mum's doing that for you.

Oh, she's a good folder too. She can fold under pressure as well, Annie Pryor. Her claim to fame is folding a T-shirt, she never uses an iron. She can fold her t-shirt in a fashion that it leaves the creases of an iron. Oh, really? Yeah. She was like, when I was younger, she was like no son of mine is going to go out into the world

not knowing how to fold a t-shirt. And I always think back, you could have taught me a lot better stuff. I could be armed with far better skills right now in life. You can fold a heck of a t-shirt. I can fold, you give me a t-shirt and I'll fold that in 10 seconds flat, my friend. So you want to know this morning, what's your mum, in particular, still

doing for you? Well, because mums never stop being mums, do they? They always, no matter how old you are, they're always going to see you as a little toddler with a soiled nappy. Sometimes I have to dress up in a nappy and soil it just to fulfil her motherly needs. My mum, we've mentioned this before, but she loves sticking up for me on social media.

She loves, you know, oh, my boy, you know. Oh, Jenny, whenever there's a video of Benny, she'll be like, I'm so proud of you, Benny. Oh, no, she gets involved. She loves to do that.

And I'm like, you don't have to do that. It's lovely, but you don't have to do that. You know, a few years ago, it was well publicised. You know, a very low moment where I did something very silly,

you know, at the airport. And, you know, I really regret doing it. It was a horrible time. And I was like, hey, to the family, obviously there's media around, at the airport. And, you know, I really regret doing it. It was a horrible time. And I was like, hey, to the family, obviously there's media around, just no one say anything, please, you know, just, you know. And then mum's like, oh, someone rang up from the paper.

And I was like, oh, yeah. So I didn't say anything. Oh, that's good. But I did say that I love you and I still support you. He did say, I was like, well, you did say something. He's a good boy. Yeah, he did something silly, but I did. Well, you did say something, mum. Did they quote your mum? Yeah, well, you did say something. I love it. He's a good boy. Yeah, he did something silly, but I didn't. Well, you did say something, Mum.

Did they quote your mum? Yeah, yeah, they did. Oh, he's a good boy. And you know what? I had to breastfeed him until he was quite old. Oh, Mum, bless you. But yeah, this one, I've got to take the hit for this one. This is a bad decision.

Oh, 800, that's the number. What is your mum still doing for you? Emily, welcome to New Zealand's breakfast house. How's Tauranga this morning? It's good. It's good. I mean, it's Friday. Can't go wrong.

No, you can't go wrong. You can't go wrong unless you have a car accident, lose your job or something. Yeah. That's a good thing. That's a good positive. Sorry, positive vibes. That's right, Emily. What's your mum still doing for you?

So me and my partner live just down the road from my mum, actually. Sometimes she'll come in and she'll actually like make our beds or like just tidy up around the house. She just, yeah, little, yeah, kind of crazy. She breaks and enters into your house and makes your bed. Yeah, well

she has a spare key so she sometimes like comes around. I think because I'm the youngest so she's trying to like cling on to the fact that I'm still her little baby girl. So she doesn't let you know? She just pops around and does the jobs? I'll just come home after work and bed's a mate and I know it's not my partner. Oh, sassy. Although you've got to be careful where at some moment you probably don't want your mum just bursting into the bedroom.

I know. Hey, good on you, Em. Have a great weekend in Tauranga, Eri. You too. I don't want your mum just bursting into the bedroom. I know. Hey, good on you. Have a great weekend in Tauranga, Harry. You too. Eh? I don't know what I just said there.

You sound like some business alone. Hey, Hannah, how are you? I'm good, thank you. Yeah, you're doing well, mate. What's your mum still doing for you? I'm actually 35

and my mum will still drop me in lunch to work or the gym, wherever I am on my lunch break. And we don't live together, but she'll make the trip especially for me. Oh wow, that's awesome. Ben, boys brings a packed

lunch to work every day, don't you? A little pink lunchbox? And his Toy Story 4 backpack. I do. Do you make that yourself? I do make that myself. Oh jeez, I'd love mum to make it for me. If you just put mum into the equation, he'd be the ultimate schoolboy.

A good one, Johanna, appreciate that. Also, someone's texting going, every time I go to see my mum, she's like, you're not looking after yourself. You look tired. You're wasting away. Yeah, mum's love saying that, don't they? You're wasting away.

No, in lockdown, I put on 5K jeans, if anything. What is the opposite of wasting away? Oh, you're wasting away. Yeah, mums love saying that, don't they? You're wasting away. No, in lockdown I put on 5kgs, if anything. What is the opposite of wasting away? Oh, you're wasting away, my little boy. No, everything I put on, mate. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jotterwood Band on the hats. Now, politicians all over New Zealand at the moment, campaigning.

Jacinda Ardern, as we played earlier in the week, our Prime Minister, was in Dunedin, and she was doing a live cross on Breakfast TV and had to contend with seagulls and the clock tower. Confidence in the information that's being provided and confidence that we'll deliver the outcome. The seagulls are really taking you on. I know, I know, that's Radio Dunedin. You just said though, did I just say this correctly? Can you get rid of them? Can you get rid of them, Cinder?

Is there some way we can get rid of the seagulls? I hope they don't go poo-poos. Anyway, Prime Minister, you just said... You're lucky that you didn't get the bells. Oh! So it's a great moment from Breakfast TV during the week, and she's on hold right now, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Over to you, Jono.

Judith Collins, Appreciation Society. Would you like to order a tracksuit? You really are lifting your game on the side. Thank you. You'll give me that. Topical. They're almost clever. Almost, yes.

Hey, that's it. We'll put that as a quote. The Prime Minister said, almost clever. I love it. Now, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, you've had a busy week. We just played it before. You've been interrupted by seagulls and clock bells in Dunedin. The montage you did, I really appreciated.

All right. You saw, that was producer Juliette. Did a wonderful job on that. Yeah, it was very, very funny. It was only missing sleep that morning. It couldn't have made pretty television. You had it all. And I thought, to be honest,

it was a risky manoeuvre from the broadcasters putting you in the middle of Dunedin a city laden with wild students. Anything could have happened behind you Prime Minister. I think we were safe on that front because it was just after 7am. Oh right early morning.

We probably should have learnt from our experience just the day before we'd done filming there and there was a lot of yelling from people on some scaffolding in the screen. Do you like going out and meeting the people because and there was a lot of yelling from people on some scaffolding in the screen. Do you like going out and meeting the people? Because it must be a bit of an ache at times. I do. Oh, you've got to say that.

No, no, it is 100% true. You know, one of the things that I found, as everyone did, really hard about, you know, that period with the COVID lockdown was just not getting to see anyone. So, yeah, no, I genuinely like campaigning. You tried hemp. There's debates I could do without. There's debates. You tried some hemp ice cream yesterday.

That was news in Palmerston North. It was genuinely good. Oh, really? Genuinely good. Yeah, yeah, it really was. Have you got your whole schedule mapped out right up until the election day so you know what you're doing?

You could look at two days before the election and you know where you'll be at what time. The only period where, that is the case for much of the next four weeks, but that's actually the case for much of my life anyway. Really? So you could usually, oh yeah, months in advance. Wow. You'd be like, what am I doing in September

on Saturday the 25th? Yeah, nothing leisurely. Wow. But for the couple of days right before the campaign, we leave a little bit September on Saturday the 25th. Yeah, nothing leisurely is what we can do. But for the couple of days right before the campaign, we leave a little bit later on just to plan where we need to go back to. Otherwise, yeah, pretty much the whole thing gets planned out. I was wondering, because Clark, obviously a big fan of fishing,

how often do you go out there on the boats with Clark and cast the line overboard? I would struggle to remember the last time. Summer, usually. All right. Yeah, summertime. Do you both go out there on the boats with Clark and cast a line overboard? I would struggle to remember the last time. Summer, usually. All right. Yeah, summertime. Do you both go out fishing together? Yes, we do. Yeah, we do.

If we can find a babysitter. Yeah, we do. I've never caught a fish, Prime Minister. That'll probably make you think less of me. No, no. That just makes me feel sad for you. You could invite me out on your boat.

No, we can do that. Or maybe we can babysit. We're probably better babysitting than fishing with us out of it. No, no, I'll tell him that. He will make a thing of that. He loves an excuse. We've got Jacinda Ardern with us on Friday morning. Now, as we mentioned

before, you were really battling with the elements and the noises when you were in Dunedin on morning television earlier in the week, Prime Minister. We just wanted to see how good you are with it. So we have a number of noises. We're going to try and continue the interview and see if you can still answer our questions. Great.

She loves a novelty game with Jono and Ben. One of her favourite times of the week. Yay, yay, yay. Okay. The only question is, the only question you have to... You're assuming that I, do you know that I am in Palmerston North right now? It is really, the rain is really coming down and I'm sitting potentially under the noisiest scattering

that I've ever encountered. Oh, really? Well, the only question you need to answer is this. How much do you enjoy a novelty game on radio with Jono and Ben? Answer the question. Except it all. Very enjoyable. What's been your favourite city you've visited so far, Prime Minister? Oh, I don't want to name names just yet. It's too early in the campaign. Yep. Are you looking forward to the debate on Tuesday?

Sure. Okay. It's very hard to hear. You've done a great job on that one. Prime Minister Jinsinda Ardern, we really appreciate you being on the show. Before we go, can you announce the winner of our referendum?

Because New Zealand was meant to be voting this week and we've been having our own referendum called the referendum looking for the most iconic New Zealand things. I think voting this week and we've been having our own referendum called the referendum looking for the most iconic New Zealand things I think we mentioned to you a couple weeks ago and the finalists

are a mince and cheese pie and a kiwi onion dip we don't know the results but apparently you know who's won I do I'm assuming you have a drum roll

you hit every other sound what a great bird. We've only got seagulls, sorry, to be honest. Okay. No, we have. Have we got a drum roll? Yeah, we do. Oh, we do.

We're not going to disappoint you on the sound effect. Okay, drum roll, please. Jacinda Ardern, the winner of Jono and Ben's referendum on the hits is... And the winner is Kiwi Onion Tip. Oh, Kiwi Onion Dip. Oh! Kiwi Onion Dip! Oh, taking it out. Are you a fan? I am, yep, I am a fan.

I'm a great fan. Hey, well listen, what you should do today is look in your calendar in two weeks' time on Friday at 8.30 and you'll be penciled in for another novelty radio interview with Jono and Ben, okay? Look forward to it, guys. They might be taken out of the calendar after this. Have a great couple of weeks, Prime Minister.

We'll catch up when you're set. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. So now we've brought in our producer Ben Humphrey. We like to call him Bee Humps. Bee Humps, our lovely producer Humps. Check him out. Welcome in, Ben.

Thank you. He's a little bit of an issue in your relationship, and we'll get it away before 7 o'clock for the 6 o'clock club, just so there's no repercussions from this, Ben. Yeah, hopefully she's not awake yet. Take this off the podcast, will we, guys? Okay, fair enough, fair enough. Some truth bombs are about to be unloaded. Already, is it that?

What's going on? Unbelievable. So the other night, unbelievable, we had some leftovers in the fridge for dinner and I got up and I said, oh, look, Caitlin, I'll heat up dinner.

Oh, he's named as well. And risky maneuver, anyway. She then went on to reverse mansplain how to go about reheating the dinner. She said, oh, you just... Just a reverse mansplain is not a thing reheating the dinner. She said, oh, you just... Oh, reverse mansplain is not a thing. Take the dish out of the fridge, lift the lid off, and then just place it gently back on a jar,

and then just put it in the microwave for three minutes. I was like, oh, gee, thanks for that tutorial. I've only managed to get through 34 years so far of reheating food without your help. He's angry, he's got a femsplination that you're wild about. But to be fair, guys are useless. My wife has to remind me that I

don't wear my trousers on my arms every day. Every morning I'm putting them on my arms and she's like, you idiot. I did have to go on and ask her how to spoon it out of the container. I can imagine after that point you would have been, knowing you, you would have been like, you idiot. I did have to go on and ask her how to spoon it out of the container. I can imagine after that point, you would have been, knowing you, you would have been like, is it okay? Can I eat it? What do I do to hell?

How do I eat this now? How does this salt shaker work? The irony is he put it in for way too long and the lid exploded through the roof of the kitchen. Yeah. Yeah. There was a few splatter marks all throughout the microwave. Oh, there we go.

You came to work quite upset about it too, didn't you? Oh, yes, mate. Like, it's still bugging you, bugging you from, like, how many two nights ago it did it. Unbelievable. Like, as if I've never reheated a meal before. But the guys don't read instruction manuals either. No.

So, I mean, Juliet, you know, you come in here as someone who is not a man. You don't hold much faith in the males. Probably for good reason too, right? You know, I think my motto in life is if you want a job done well, do it yourself. What have you just said there? I don't know what she just said. I think she wants our jobs. I think that's what she said.

And she can do them better. She's right, She's right. She's right. The government should have heated her own milk. We'll be doing our referendum and these were the finalists. And it's voted by you,

the winner of that, the most popular thing, the most iconic New Zealand thing in our referendum was Kiwi Onion Dip. That's right. And we have the inventor, the creator of Kiwi Onion Dip with us this morning, Rosemary Mount. Good morning. Good morning. How are you, Rosemary?

I'm well, thank you. Now, you've been, I understand, no sleep last night with excitement heading into the finals of the referendum. I know. This is 60-odd years on, this dip has been around. You're like, give it a break, guys. But no, we won't because it's been in the final this morning, Rosemary. Now this was up against all sorts of iconic New Zealand things

like Lord of the Rings, Taika Waititi, Slice of Heaven from Dave Dobbin, Lord, the singer, all those things, Jandals, Gumbuts. The final was between Kiwi Onion Dip and Mince and Cheese Pie. And what was the second one? Mince and Cheese Pie. Oh, right.

Oh, yes, that's a New Zealand favourite. And we've phoned you up to say that you didn't win. But I don't mind. I just think to be part of it is fun. Well, no, that didn't work, did it? Because you did it. You actually did it. You just took that news way too nicely. Onion dip won, Rosemary.

Pardon? Onion dip won. Oh, you're joking. No. Sorry, I made this very confusing. Oh, you're joking. Yeah, this is the most popular thing to do with New Zealand as voted by the hits audience. Oh, you're joking. Yeah, this is the most popular thing to do with New Zealand as voted by the hits audience. Oh, isn't that marvellous? Oh, I think, look, I think it's just so incredible.

It really is. I can't believe it. Hold on. Isn't that lovely? I'm just making a call here. Do, do, do, do. Ring, ring. Hello, is that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand?

Oh, yes, you want to get rid of Sir Edmund Hillary on the $5 note and put Rosemary on there? All right, ring. Hello, is that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand? Oh, yes, you want to get rid of Sir Edmund Hillary on the $5 note and put Rosemary on there? All right, then. It's going big, Rosemary. Oh, thank you. Oh, that's awesome. At my age, this is quite something. It's quite extraordinary.

Oh, what a wonderful lady you are. Rosemary, thank you for what you've done for New Zealand. It's such a wonderful thing you've done. I just don't believe it actually. No, well thank you from the bottom of all of our hearts and our heart diseases. Thank you for making my day and I thank you so much

for remembering these things. I mean, at my age you don't normally get this sort of joy. That's so sweet, You're so lovely. Lovely talking to you, Rosemary. Well, thank you, and I hope you have a great day. Start your day the wrong way.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Big news. Small town, town, town, town, town. We like to look at some news that maybe mainstream media are neglecting, and this time we're looking at news. The fake news media, Ben. Not here. This is where the real news is.

This is awesome news to come out of the deep south, out of Southland. Now rugby legend Jason Rutledge, you probably know the name. He's been playing for Southland for 20 years. They brought him back in this year. I think due to a couple of injuries. He's 42 years old. He works as a plumber

and they brought him back into the side 20 years after making his debut for Southlands. He wouldn't want to confuse his two roles and try and unblock the players would you? No, no. At half time. You're right. A little bit clogged up there mate. Jason Rutledge joins us on the phone right now

from the deep south in between plumbing jobs. Happy Friday mate. Yeah same to you guys. Now you're plumbing today? Yep. Day of plumbing. Just trying to catch up on things. Do you have a plumbing business that you own, do you? Yeah, no, I own Laser Plumbing in Vikargal. So, yeah, plenty going on in Vikargal at the moment.

Now, I tell you what, Jason, over the weekend, well, I had noticed over the last couple of weeks on a plumbing-related issue that the drain in my shower was slowly... We're not going to even want to talk about plumbing. I want to get his thoughts on something. That rates up there as one of the worst things especially cleaning out probably your drain.

There's some horrible things in my shower drain. But I poured down the Mr Muscle Orange Drain Cleaner. Worked a treat. Yeah, well you don't want to tell everyone that. They'd normally get us out there and we'd do the same thing. I don't want to do you out of any work.

Okay, next plumbing question. I've got one for you now. Drippy toilet. A toilet that just goes and it only seems to happen, I hear it when I try to go to sleep. Doesn't happen all the time. You might just be a wee washer inside there that might be giving you grease. As I say, it'd be another thing that costs a couple of cents,

but we'll charge you plenty for it. And I'll go one more plumbing question. Oh, yeah, okay. What is... I know we've got you on to talk about the footy, but we're really focusing on plumbing. What is one thing that your average consumer is shoving down the gurgler that we shouldn't be?

Oh, that's a good question. Oh, definitely over lockdown, the wipes took off. Yeah, so everyone was thinking that old handy wipes would just go down the toilet, but no, that ends up causing some grief. People at home over lockdown, and yeah, there was block drains everywhere. Yeah, well, there we go. So don't flush your wipes down the toilet. That's very good.

Now, Jason, you're 42 years old. You're still playing rugby for Southland. They're the stags. They've got your back. Yeah, no, they've had a bit of a bad run with a few injuries. A couple of young guys and another guy broke his hand. So, yeah, they sort of put the Mayday call out. So you made your debut for Southland at 21 years old.

It's obviously been over 20 years since you've been playing for Southland. Did you think you'd be playing that long when you first started? No, I was pretty wrapped at your first cap, as they always say. But no, it's been a pretty cool wee journey. We've won the Rantfleet Shield a few times and to get back out there on Sunday was pretty awesome to be part of that win for the boys and get their season off to a good start. How many times at trainings are you like, well, back in my day?

You're on the OK Boomer sort of thing, have they said that to you? Well, they definitely do train a bit differently, but these boys are pretty fit and pretty strong nowadays. When you first started playing for the Stags, for training you used to run headfirst into a concrete wall. Those were the days. Well, I think

if the coach asked us, we probably would have, yes. We were pretty dedicated and did everything, but these boys, they're switched on and they're going well at the moment. And how many TikTok dances have they tried to get you to do, these young fellas? No rhythm in this old fella.

One thing that's definitely gone. How were you after the game of the weekend? You feeling all right? Well, I only got eight minutes, so there's something wrong. I thought it was a broken up statement. That's bad. So when you got your debut, producer Humphrey figured out that many of the All Blacks would have only been one when you started for Southland.

Yeah, well, it's pretty good. Like, one of the guys in the team, I used to play age group rugby with his dad, so that's pretty... Jay Thompson, his dad, Dennis Thompson, we used to play age group rugby together, so that's pretty crazy, yeah. And, like, I was thinking about it the other day, like if I turned up to Southam training and my first one and there was a 42-year-old guy running around, I'd be thinking, what the hell's happening here? And it's going to be pretty awesome

that the All Blacks are all back in this Mitre 10 Cup too. Yeah, like it's back to probably when I first started, that's where it used to be. I started my first game and Jonah was in the team and Christian Callan, Tana Umanga. So, yeah, it's great. The comp this year, the teams are stacked

and I think it'll be great watching. It makes it way better on the South and Bulls. We don't have any All Blacks down here at the moment. But, yeah, it's great, as I say, to have a go against them anyway. So, test your skills out. Mate, if you have a blinder of a season, Fozzie could be calling you up. All Blacks, here we come. I know the Blenner's Low Cup's coming. October, if you have a blinder of a season, Fozzie could be calling you up. All blacks.

Here we come. I know the Blitters Low Cups coming. October, Jason. I'm backing you. I'll get away from plumbing now and get to a bit of extra training, I think. Awesome. Well, we love to talk to you, and congratulations. It's an awesome achievement.

It's so good to see you out there and still playing rugby. I appreciate the support, guys. Thanks. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. For the last two weeks, we've been looking for the most iconic thing that New Zealand has to offer. The one thing that we're most

proud of in our Kiwi referendum, and we've reached finals time. The original Kiwi Dips versus Mince and Cheese Pie. Our boss, Todd, loving this, loving this referendum. Yeah, he keeps going, when's it going to end? I don't want it to end.

He's like, I want it, can it go on for another month? Yeah. He keeps going, when's it going to go? Oh, it's great, but just when's it ending? Or today, Todd? Today, just after 8.30? No one wants it to end. No, no.

But Jacinda Ardern, 8.30 today, the Prime Minister's going to announce the winner. Kiwi onion dip or mince and cheese pie, 4487 on the text if you want to vote. Listen, if you only vote for one thing this year, don't worry about the cannabis referendum. If you get to Christmas time and you go, all I voted for was either onion dip or a mince and cheese pie, then you've had a great 2020. Okay, well maybe there's some more important things to vote on, but right now this is the thing you can vote on.

And we wanted to see who was polling well, mince and cheese pie or kiwi onion dip, and we're going to cross to One News political reporter Jessica Much-Makai. Now she's hosting the leaders debate between Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins next Tuesday, 7pm on TVNZ1, which is awesome. And she

joins us right now. How's it going, Jess? I'm really well. How are you? Good, thank you very much. But before we continue on talking, we're cross live now to Jessica Mashmakai. How's it polling out there? Onion dip or mince and cheese pie? What's in the lead, Jess? Well, exclusively I can reveal to you that onion dip is the way to go.

The latest polls show that's far ahead of anything else. A lot of talk in the communities, a lot of talk around with the politicians, I imagine, all around the country, right? Yeah, I like that music. It helps me feel at home and more relaxed and feels more urgent on live TV, so thanks for that.

It's like a high-sounding thing. I feel like I need that as my alarm. That would be a great way to wake up for a news reporter. Yeah, yeah. Just lying there in full makeup and hair and then spring into action with a microphone. Yeah, with a microphone in your bed. Bang.

Here I go. Ready to report at any moment. Now, well, thank you for taking time to look at our polling. But, geez, you must be busy at the moment, Jess. Do you get a day off? Yeah, we don't get a whole lot of time off. And actually, right now, I'm just prepping for that GDP. So it's just important that I remember who I'm talking to right now.

So this is quite nice having a little bit of a break from that and pulling my eyeballs out of all of those numbers. But, yeah, it's a little bit busy at the moment, I have to say. If you do want to report this afternoon on the onion dip, mince and cheese pie polling results, feel free to as well. Yeah, you can go for that. Yeah, I feel like it's not my area of expertise, but I'd definitely give it a whirl.

From a reporter's point of view, what's it like in the press conferences? Because you see it on the TV. It seems like you have to fight your way in to get your question answered. Yeah, you kind of do. There's a few reasons for that. Sometimes the Prime Minister just gives you a limited time to ask questions. So it's not just for us, but it's also our reporters around the country doing different stories. So you feel like you have a real sense of urgency to get in your questions and theirs as well before we run out of time.

So there's a bit of that. But also, just to let you in on a little secret, because for TV we have to have eyeline of the Prime Minister. So if you can get your question in first, often it means she'll stay looking at you and be aware of the camera. So it just means that our shot is a bit better. So there's a little bit of that

going on as well. Oh, so you're trying to get it first. Well, that's interesting. Okay, well let's give it a practice now. We'll give it a practice now. Ben and me will ask questions, you ask questions, and we'll see who can win the attention of our hypothetical Prime Minister. interesting. Okay, well, let's give it a practice now. We'll give it a practice now. Ben and me will ask questions, you ask questions, and we'll see who can win the attention of our hypothetical prime minister. Okay. Okay. Okay, all right.

Three, two, one. Prime minister. Prime minister, I've got a question for you. Prime minister, I want to ask the prime minister. Prime minister, please. Oh, you're good. Your name, your name, Jessica Mutch-McCoy, it just seems to roll off as a really great newsy name.

Does it? Yeah. Because I feel like it's a challenge. No, it's good because there was Tupeloa Evan Charlton. Oh, yes. He was around for a while. It seems like if you've got the three-name hyphenation system going on, you're going to nail it.

Right, okay, that's good. So I went up a notch when I got married and added the name on then, so that's good. That's great, yes, great. But before that, you were great as well. Oh, yeah. It feels like, what are you saying here? No, no, Jessica, much honor question. What are you trying to say here?

I was going to say Jessica Much was great. Right. But she's just as great with another name attached. Are you buying this? I'll take it. I'll take it. Now, Jessica, correct me if I'm wrong, but are you married to the Prime Minister's security guard?

Well, yeah, you're right, except that he does also look after other people as well. So he does look after Judith Collins sometimes, and he did look after Bill English and John Key. So yes, but just a little bit more bored than just the Prime Minister. And does he do a good job of bodyguarding you if you're out in a busy Westworld morning? No, not really. Not really?

No, he does, he does. I think all of those guys, they sort of have a presence, I guess. That's their job. As a political reporter, you spend a lot of time around Parliament. I understand there's a swimming pool in Parliament, right? And a bar and a gym? Yeah, so it's set up so you never leave. So people think, oh wow, you're

so lucky to have all of that here. It's like, no, it's so you can live here. So they have a swimming pool, there's a gym, bar, restaurant, little cafeteria. There's all sorts of things. So you basically never have to leave. If you could set up a bed here, that's what it's designed for. Is anyone doing laps?

Is Winston, you know, in his Speedos doing laps in the morning at the pool or anything like that? Absolutely. Is that what you wanted to hear? That's what you wanted to hear. You want a Speedo-laden Winnie. Jessica, much mackay. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you for coming through with the polling results for onion dip and the mince and cheese pie.

No problem at all. I'll look into researching that further at some stage soon. And we'll take you out with your theme music. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy, launch into mess-free Mexican with the new Old El Paso tortilla pocket. Prepare to overfill your plates from Juliet's salacious gossip buffet.

Here's Spy Entertainment News. So Adam Levine, who is the lead singer of Maroon 5, he said that Callie Preston, the late Callie Preston, she was John Travolta's wife who recently passed away, unfortunately. But she was the one that taught him how to movie kiss when she was in his music video for She Will Be Loved. And so what happened was, on set, he went into, he'd never sort of kissed on camera before.

He went in and she was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You don't use your tongue for on-screen kisses. Like, you have to look passionate, but you just don't use your tongue. And he's like, oh, okay. Okay, sorry, now I know. So now he knows. Retract the tongue. You sort of keep it,

try and pull it back into your throat. I'm trying to do it now. I'm not good for radio. It would be quite, you'd have to have good strength of your tongue, wouldn't you? Yeah, yeah. You'd probably just have to keep that thing back,

you know? And so, what amazes me about the actors, you know, just to go from sometimes it's just meeting someone to like seeing in a script

that you suddenly have to be passionately in love with them. Oh, yeah. Especially the movies you watch, Ben. It's amazing how quick they fall in love

with each other. Pizza delivery guy turns up next thing you know. They have sparked up a relationship of all sorts. That's not what I meant.

What did you mean? Sorry. I meant like on a show like Shortland Street where there's a character. Anyway, that's fine. Hang on.

I would always feel, you would always feel awkward if you had a partner, wouldn't you? Oh yeah, for sure. I suppose it was your career. It's a career.

I guess in some ways that's probably why a lot of actors are with actors because they probably understand that those parts are part of what they do. Yeah, true.

But then you would never know when your partner was acting in your relationship. That's why you'd be suspicious about being with an actor, wouldn't you? Because they'd win every argument. You'd be like, damn, that's good. That's a good performance. For sure. And Friends star Maggie Wheeler who played Janice or Janice, I think her name. Janice.

I like Janice though. Janice. As you can tell, I've never really watched Friends, unfortunately. Oh, really? No, I've watched like two episodes. Mate, everyone raves on about it. It's overrated. When you go back, it was good for the time.

It was great for the time. It had its time. But then when you go back and watch it, you're like. Yeah. Then we'll go back and watch it then. Just say it was a really great show. I haven't gone back and watched it then. Hang on.

Stop talking in a high voice. Well, Janice. The high we get. Speaking of a big question then. Hang on. Stop talking in a high voice. Well, Janice. Speaking of a high voice, Janice, whom you may know from this voice. Oh my God. I remember it. Yeah, that nasally voice, that iconic nasally voice, she

put that on after being fired from Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom. So what happened? She got fired. Oh, Ellen, you monster. She was a monster back then. So she got fired from Ellen's sitcom and then' sitcom. So what happened? She got fired. Oh, Ellen, you monster. She was a monster back then, firing people. So she got fired from Ellen's sitcom, and then she was like, right, I feel liberated. I'm just going to do whatever the hell I want in this next audition. Oh, that's right.

Ellen had a sitcom. Yeah, back in the day. And so she turned up to this. Don't go back and watch that, though, Jono. It'll make me angry. Yeah. I like it. And so she just decided last minute to put on that voice,

and then that's what landed her the job on Friends. So good on her. That's not her actual voice. No, it's not her actual voice. She just put it on. She was an iconic character. Oh, my God. She was.

I love Janice. Janice. Janice. So iconic that you'll remember it as Janice. And that is Spy. Thanks to old El Paso. You are welcome. Lou in calories and Lou in laughs.

It's Jono and Ben on my hits. Now, Jono, we spoke earlier about how you had a bit of a blowout on Zoom. I was on a video calling yesterday. Yeah, we had an interview with someone. It was via Zoom. I forgot. Sue me. I forgot we were on video.

I asked a question to this individual. They didn't give me the answer that I wanted. You mocked. You mocked the answer. You were like, oh. Well, they gave the answer that would have been expected. It was a great answer. Yeah, I was doing that thing with their hands when they're talking too long

and I'm rolling my eyes and I'm like, why do they need to see us? This is my question. Why? Why did they have to be on video? I can't mock anyone behind their back now. This is one of the joys of radio. No one sees you. We can see the real Jono Pryor now all over Zoom.

But I thought I'd share with you a story to maybe make you feel a little bit better because there's been another little Zoom incident that's happened over the last couple of days. Now, listeners to the show may remember that I've been talking a little bit about my daughter, Sienna. She's been doing school speeches at school.

We talked to Jacinda Ardern. We're like, oh, maybe we'll do, because on Wisdom, they got given the topic and she was going to do talked to Jacinda Ardern. We're like, oh, maybe we'll do, because on Wisdom, they got given the topic and she was going to do it on Jacinda Ardern. We got Jacinda to answer. And she gave a wonderful answer. She's like, I think Wisdom is not knowing that you're wise. I'm like, geez, that is sort of a Dalai Lama sort of business there, isn't it?

But then Sienna being, you know, like a young girl, she was like, oh, that was great. That's awesome I had that, but I'd like to do my speech on TikTok. A far better topic, subject. Far better subject. But she actually did really well and she got through from her class into the finals. The finals?

On a TikTok speech? Yeah, yeah. How was TikTok wise? Oh, she talked about things, about wise things you can learn from it and, you know, like things that people have gone and making money from it

and, you know, where it's everywhere and things like that. She put together a convincing argument. Yeah, because you got through. And so because at the moment you're not allowed to all be together in a room to watch these things, the schools like for the friends and family and all the classes around the school, they're like, here's a Zoom.

Here's a Zoom link. You can watch the speeches if you want over Zoom. So there was all the classes, all the different classes were watching and watching these finalists. So you've got like hundreds of people watching the Zoom, I imagine. All over the school. Teachers, parents. And then, yeah, all the parents and family members. Family members of all the kids.

I think there was five kids in the finals all sitting there. And my mum, Jenny. God bless Jenny Boyce in the Bay of Islands. Yeah, she was watching over Zoom. She popped up and I was obviously watching as well from work. And she saw that I was on there as well and not realising that this conversation was happening to everyone, the classes, the hundreds of people, the friends.

Hi, Betty, how's it going? Oh, no, dear God. No, I have obviously had everything muted from my end and I was like, oh, God, do I unmute it? She goes, oh, I don't know what's happening. I can't hear you. What's happening with the school? They go, oh my God, we are all over.

We are broadcasting this to everyone. You're wasting away. You're looking after yourself, Benny. This is not a private, you know, this is for everyone. This is in front of everyone. I mean, even with social distancing, parents managed to embarrass you. Oh yeah. So I had to sort of pop on and go, hey, mum, just, and as I was doing it,. So I had to sort of pop on and go mum just

and as I was doing it another one of the teachers sort of popped on and go oh hey look just sorry just to let you know that that has been

broadcast to everyone. Everyone's hearing this conversation happening all over Zoom. Did Jenny win the best speech? Did she? No it was a late entry

it was my mum. And with figuring out how to work Zoom, Jenny Boyce, first place. Well done. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed.

Listen, can we just say before we get into the scrolling through your feed, I think I just witnessed the most millennial thing ever. Oh, yes. During the Chainsmokers song, producer Juliet's like, oh my god, my friend just texted me and she's like oh my god, is your Instagram down? No, this is six o'clock in the

morning. So these are two millennials up early and then they're both like oh my god, Instagram's down. My friend Ella goes, no one else is awake. I would have a shower but then the government will get mad because I'm using unnecessary water. So technically I'm saving lives by trying to get on Instagram. Thank you.

So Instagram is currently down. Currently down. And the 20-year-olds, they are panicking. Not sure how we're going to survive. Also, three months away is Christmas. Well, we need to talk about it. COVID-19, they reckon could ruin, now I'm going to say for sure, kids sitting on

Santa's knee this year. Because obviously that's bringing a lot of people all into the same place. Epidemiologist Michael Baker, who's done a lot of media recently, he said it could be a high risk event

depending on the levels we're at. But if the country was free of COVID or risk for it, it would be fine, he thought. But he thinks the person most at risk is the Santas. You know, the Santa around. Because he said, stereotypically, they're a little bit older.

And potentially, you know, Santa's a bit older. Yeah, of course, he's an old guy. Weirdly, he stayed the same old age forever. Hasn't he? Magic. He hasn't aged. Well, that's true. He stayed consistently.

Yeah, at some stage he got to that level and then stopped. Why did he stop aging at 90? Let's just say he's true. He said consistently. Yeah, at some stage he got to that level and then stopped. Why did he stop ageing at 90? Let's just say he's 90. Yeah, why didn't he get to 22 and just stop, you know? Yeah. That's a very good point about Santa. But anyway, yeah, so Santa's at the most risk, he reckons, if it happens. And young children, of course, can be super spreaders of the virus.

But mind you, 50% of kids are petrified of sitting on Santa's knee so they'll be happy to socially distance Santa. Yeah. Are your kids knee sitters? Yeah, they do. Yeah, they do like going along to Santa's.

One year, I think it was like the year before last and Poppy, my youngest, she was like, who is this man? Like, petrified of it. And so I had to

degradingly sit on his knee in the photo. He's like, well, you sit on my knee. I was like, really? But you have to do a lot of the core strength there too. You do, yeah. You don't want to break it.

He's an old man, as we've just discussed. Consistently old. And this is a headline that says, only in Australia. And I think you're right. Now, Matt Wright is his name. He's the star of a National Geographic show to do with the outback and, you know, dangerous work and stuff. So he's in knee-high water in the Northern Territory bush. He's clearing some logs, he's doing some work,

and he keeps getting pested by a four-metre-long crocodile. And he's pretty chill about it. He's just like, all right, mate, go away. Just sort of pushes it gently away. You were just playing me the video. He's more focused on getting footage of the logs being removed than the giant crocodile. It keeps coming back and he keeps going,

all right, mate, look, look, a dog's sort of hanging around if you're having a meal. He's like, all right, mate, and just gently pushes away. Have a listen. We're having a hard time here. We've got a little friend that's come and visited us. He can't get any work done. He keeps following us around the flat.

Get out. Trying to get some work done. Oi! Stay. done. Oi. Stay. Sit. Sit. He's like, and then he does the thing with his index finger and like shakes it like a dog. Get away.

I'd be like running out of the water, but he's just casually in there trying to move some logs. I love that man. He's the new Steve Irwin. Yeah. I suppose if you're around them all of the time. You'd probably get comfortable with that. Yeah, I would do, yeah. But not that comfortable, surely.

Well, there we go. You can catch that. I push you away with your nose, don't I, when you come sniffing around? Get out. Get away, Ben. Stop sniffing there. We apologise in advance.

It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Now, ever thought about owning a dinosaur, Jono? Yeah, I have been thinking of purchasing a dinosaur as a pet. $12 million, New Zealand. You can own your own dinosaur. This is the bones of a T-Rex. They've nicknamed Stan, but it's one of the most... Hold on, mate.

Clickbait headline from Boyce there. What? Own your own dinosaur. Now he's saying just the bones of the dinosaur. Oh, no, but it's like, you know, if you went to the museum and it's like the whole... It's pretty much one of the most intact bone systems of a dinosaur they've got in the world.

And you can own the whole thing. They've got it all set up like it's like a museum. Oh, no, but misleading headline. You're saying you want to own a dinosaur. I'm thinking a functioning dinosaur. Oh, right. I'm thinking like a family of velociraptors or something. Oh, no, so it's the bones.

Sorry, it's the bones. But they're quite intact. New Zealand heralded me. Now, I've clicked. I've got you the click. You've probably just got the full set of bones, though. $12 million, and that's what they reckon it's going to go. It's up for auction. Anyone in the world can bid clicked it. I've got you the click. You pretty much get the full set of bones though. $12 million and that's what they reckon it's going to go. It's up for auction.

Anyone in the world can bid for it. So if you've got $12 million in New Zealand, you might be able to buy it. Why would anyone apart from a museum bid for that? Yeah, that's a good point. Who wants that inconvenient? Imagine moving house and you're like, oh, that's right, we've got to move the 120,000 dinosaur bones.

And then don't you want to get a bit like a puzzle where you want to get it out of order? You'll be like, oh, Jesus. The worst jigsaw ever. You've got problems with the Jurassic World movies, haven't you? Oh, yeah, I do. Well, because they just,

you probably don't realise there's like five of them. I think they're making the fifth one now, aren't they? Sam Neill's in the fifth one. And Oscar, my son, he got into it. So we've watched all of them. But they keep going back. They don't learn from their mistakes. Like, guys.

They brought dinosaurs back. It didn't go well. Some good men, women, children. Everyone died. A lot of people died. Yeah, like, just watch the previous one. And they're like, we're doing it again, guys. Alarm bells should be going off. Oh, no, no, we'll give it another bash this time. Really? Even one they invented

a morphine. No, this time we'll invent half a T bash this time. Really? Even one they invented a morphine. No, no, this time we'll invent half a T-Rex and half a Velociraptor. Why? Why? Five times they've made the same mistake. I guarantee you this next one is going to end in trouble, Ben. They're never going to go, oh, well, we've opened a wonderful theme park. Everyone's happy.

It's really successful, quite profitable. You should have been here on the days it was going well. You've come on a bad day. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. We've got our big final

of our referee in Dham today. Jono, two big heavyweights, two big titans of New Zealand. The most iconic things as voted by you. We're down to two. Kiwi onion dip and mince and cheese pie. Mince and cheese?

Mince and cheese pie. You really struggled with that little sequence there, my little mate. I think I just had a stroke. You can get your votes in 4487. We're going to announce the winner just before 9 o'clock. What do you want to win this referendum? The ultimate piece of kiwi-ana, the onion dip or mince and cheese pie? It's just after

8.30 this morning. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will tell you and us the big winner of that competition. But you'll know him as celebrity chef Michael van der Elzen from TV1's cooking show Eat Well for Less. He's got his own cooking school out in West Auckland at the moment. Really cool idea. You go get all the food

and then you cook it with him. It's called Good From Scratch. You can catch it at goodfromscratch.co.nz. And he joins us on the phone. Michael, how's things? I'm peachy. I love the terminology, I'm peachy. That's good. Especially from a chef.

It's orange like the sun. It's happiness. Sun is happiness. Vitamin D. I'm all good. Do you know, I'll tell you what, Michael. I can't eat peaches. Even thinking about Vitamin D. I'm all good. Do you know, tell you what, Michael, I can't eat peaches.

Even thinking about peaches, I've got goosebumps because of the furry exterior and it drives me bonkers. Like right now, my whole body is covered in goosebumps. My nipples have gone hard. It's called a knife.

Cut it off. Just cut it off? Yeah, just cut it off. Eat the peaches. It's in peaches, you know? I don't mind the tinned ones. If someone else has done the heavy lifting, getting rid of the air. I see, I see.

Is there any food that you wouldn't eat, that you wouldn't go near? Probably raw oysters, raw kinner. Not a fan. Really? I'm with you. I'm with you on that. Yeah, drop them into a little tempura, a little crispy tempura, a little side of soy. Everything changes, though.

Okay. It does feel like you're swallowing something that's come up from your stomach when you have an oyster. I love them, but I don't get to have them very often because they're quite expensive. We're up north in Russell and I bought six and they're quite expensive. And then I said to one of my daughters,

I was like, do you want to try one? And she's like, yeah, I'd love to try one. She didn't like it and she sort of regurgitated it out onto the plate. And I was like, well, I'll pay for these And she's like, yeah, I'd love to try one. She didn't like it, and she sort of regurgitated it out onto the plate. And I was like, well, I pay for these. They're quite expensive. And so then I embarrassingly ate it off the plate that had come out of her mouth. This is pre-COVID, obviously, but I was like, oh. You would only do it with your daughter, though, wouldn't you?

You wouldn't do it with a stranger. No, exactly. And I see him wandering around the vineyard, slopping up every other second. Now, Michael, we've got you on this morning because we're having our referendum. We're looking for the most iconic Kiwi thing. It's been voted on all week by the listeners, and it's got down to two foods.

The mince and cheese pie versus Kiwi onion dip is the finalist. What are your thoughts? What's your fave? Both of them are really, really healthy, I'd just say. That's right. We're saying we've got a final that'll clog your arteries. So you're taking reduced cream, lots of fat, and then you're mixing it with a soup packet,

which is pretty much just salt. Okay, so Michael, maybe you're not the right person to be talking to about this. This is a mince pie, which has the size of a golf ball, so it's a bit of fat in it. Which one? This is some wonderful adverts for the pie industry and the dipping industry. Oh, we're not saying you've got to eat them every day. I mean, I love my healthy food, but you know, every now and again, it's okay.

Oh, absolutely. And when I go for mountain biking up in Woodhull Forest up in Auckland there and I do, I'll smash out like 30k with the dog and then there's honestly, there's nothing better than a mince and cheese pie afterwards. But I must say, you've worked for it. You know, you've

earned it. Oh, he's looking... He's more iconic. He's locking in a mince and cheese pie, Michael Vander Elzen. What are you going to go? The thing is, you can get a mince and cheese pie pretty much in every country. Would you get reduced cream and onion

soup combined together in every other country? That is what I'm saying. So you don't, you're not a fan of either of them, but if you're going to pick the more Kiwi, you're going to lock in the onion dip? I think so. Well, there we go. From the horse's mouth there was a final of either heart

disease or diabetes and he's chosen heart disease. Michael van der Huizen, always good to catch up and we'll hopefully talk to you soon. Pleasure. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jodo and Ben on the Hats. Lovely. Spy. Launch into mess-free Mexican with the new Old El Paso tortilla pocket.

Tell you what, if you're addicted to celebrity gossip, well, here comes your friendly neighbourhood dealer. Producer Juliette with Spy. What have we got? So Notorious B.I.G., his original plastic crown that he wore in that sort of portrait, the gold crown, kind of lopsided. Oh, very iconic picture, right? Yeah, yeah. It was plastic. It was plastic.

It was bought for $6 initially and it sold for about $800,000. Wow. That was probably from one of those one, two, three and more dollar shops. There used to be $2 shops but they had to expand out. It wasn't financially viable

to stay at the two dollar shop. And you get annoyed but people like me go how much is this? And they go two dollars. How much is this? Two dollars. So they had to say

it was more than, you know, because otherwise you knew everything was two dollars. Bit of a rebrand too. And you've got to flow with the financial times, you know.

Exactly. Interest rates, etc. And you'll know Notorious B.I.G. from this one. Jeez, that's some good profit on a child's plastic crown, isn't it? I bet me, as you said in the song, more money, more problems,

right? Exactly. And also in the same auction, Love Letter's written by Tupac. It's 16 years old, sold for over $100,000 as well. It was like a rapper's auction type thing. Hey, because he when he was younger, he went to the same performing arts school

as Jada Pinkett Smith. That's right. And they dated for many years. And he dated, secretly dated Madonna. Really? Yeah. Wow. And it was all undercover

and he was obviously a big campaigner for black rights, Tupac. And he cut it off. He wrote her a letter from prison saying, listen,

I'm living this life publicly and I'm a campaigner for black rights and I can't be dating a white woman. Oh, wow. So it called off. She was heartbroken. Wow.

Madonna was heartbroken. She probably wrote some great songs from the heartbreak, though. So there you go. Oh, that's good. Have you got any memorabilia? Well, you're wearing a Justin Bieber t-shirt, aren't you?

Oh, he used to have Justin Bieber's water bottle. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Because we had him on the TV show and he drank some water out of the water bottle and then he left the bottle. I was like, we had him on the TV show and he drank some water out of the water bottle and then he left the bottle. I was like,

oh, I should take this. You've got to take celebrity saliva when it's up for grabs. And then I was like, what am I doing? And the next day I was like, what am I doing?

I'm a colleagues road man. Pull yourself together. I'm slapping myself and I'm like, come on guys. I would have kept that for my life. What am I doing?

What am I doing? And what am I going to do? This is just, oh, good on you mate. Did you take a sip? No, I didn't. what am I going to do? This is just, oh, good on you, mate. You know? Did you take a sip? No. No, I didn't.

No. No, he's stuck in a dolphin's blowhole. Let it be. Recycled it and that's what I did. Oh, well done. Andrew Barrymore, she has got a new TV show. She was speaking to Jane Fonda on it and she said that she's sworn off men for the last five years, doesn't want a bar of them. Now, listen, I'm not closed for business, but I have been exactly in that mentality

for the last five years, thinking I just don't have the bandwidth. I just, I can't fit it in. Well, you can squeeze a little affair or two in there. I'm all for it. So that's Jane Fonda's advice. Jane Fonda? Jane Fonda, you saucy little minx.

I know. There you go. Did she just endorse her fears? I think she did. Was it over Boom? It's both with Zoom, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Boom was on Zoom, you know.

Boom was on Zoom. We'll talk more about that later, but maybe she didn't realise what was being broadcast. Oh, this was on TV. I thought this was just a personal conversation. Oh, God, no. Oh, God. Don't put the affair stuff on there.

So, yeah, Drew Barrymore, single for the last five years and probably for a few more, I'd say. Because she's got a new show, sort of an Ellen DeGeneres-style daytime chat show now, and they had the original cast of Charlie's Angels on, so herself, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz. Cameron Diaz wasn't in New York where the studio is, but she was beamed in via witchcraft.

I know. And she came up like some sort of, it was a hologram? You wouldn't have even known. If they hadn't said, you wouldn't have known. Nah. It was incredible. The only thing you could probably, if you were really nitpicking, is like sort of the audio was slightly different,

but like literally was exactly the same. I'm like, this is the future. Yeah, midway through the interview, she stopped, and then they got that little beach ball spinning thing in front of her face for a while. Uh-oh, bad Wi-Fi connection. Uh-oh, uh-oh. And then she came back too. They just restarted it. And that is five things to old

El Paso you can launch into some mess-free Mexican with their new tortilla pockets. Now that is our show for a Friday. Thank you so much for listening. You have yourself a great weekend and we will catch you Monday morning from 6 o'clock. We'll see you then.