Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - September 23 - Sir. John Kirwan, Ben's In The Dog Box, Have You Got A Hole In One?

Episode Date: September 23, 2020

Welcome to Wednesday's episode of the podcast! Today we talked a bit more about how we want to give away $10,000 that you could potentially win. We've settled on attempting to win the money by getting a hole in one at Taupo's hole in one challenge. We'll have 1000 shots at it, but we had to bring in Boss Todd to discuss a contingency plan if we don't win the $10K. Because regardless, we still want to give away the money! Also on today's poddy, Ben was walking on eggshells when his wife came home with a new haircut. And he's worried he said the wrong thing. We've all been there! All that and more on this episode. ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY!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. Welcome to the podcast. A very exciting show because we've guaranteed $10,000 to give away.

Now, we've just realised Aaron, who does a great job making all our production for the radio station here at the Hits, we're doing a golf thing. We want to give away $10,000 guaranteed, and he's like, guaranteed as in a golf tee. We didn't think of that. Wonderful pun.

You know, I think you should be sentenced in the court of pun. I know, you pride yourself on a pun. It's disappointing. I never got there. Sentenced to a life of impunisment. Sub-par for me, no, that's a golf pun. Working out puns on the spot never quite, you should do this away from. Chippin'. Yeah, chippin'.

Hull. Hull. Long drive to that one. Holy moly. Gold green. Grass. Club. I don't know, yeah.

Welcome to the podcast club. Oh, there you go, that's good. That's something. We like big putts And we cannot lie I've got no puns Nah nothing Hey John Kirwan Joined us today on the show

Yeah Sir John Sir John Sorry Sir John Kirwan Yeah He's been knighted He's a former All Black And mental health campaigner Had a wonderful

Conversation with him And he told us At the moment That he thought about Jumping out a window I know And what stopped him. This is when he was playing for the

All Blacks and I think the day after he went and scored a couple tries for the All Blacks in an All Black test so you just don't know what's going on with people It's an amazing tale he tells so make sure you listen to that on the podcast also as Ben mentioned the $10,000 tee off

we're doing it, guaranteed we speak to someone who has had not one hole in one as Ben mentioned, the $10,000 tee-off. We're doing it. Guaranteed. We speak to someone who has had not one hole-in-one, but two holes-in-one. I know. Only two weeks apart. I know, so can we do it? We'll find out in a couple of weeks, but enjoy the podcast.

Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Ben, you mentioned the leaders' debate last night. There was a lot of talking over and a lot of controlling that John Campbell had to do with the situation to keep peace. But I was doing my own. As you mentioned, yesterday afternoon,

Oscar and Poppy, my children, their cousins came over. Right. And Jim, my wife, she went out for a walk. So I was like, well, I'm here on my own, solo. This is all your four kids? Four kids. One adult, four kids. The kid to ratio adult was way off.

Yeah, yeah. When they outnumber you, they're tough work. They know it too. They know those situations as well, kids. They know you can't get us. You cannot get us. There's too many of you

to keep in control of. You can't do it. And they have some sort of cocky arrogance about themselves when they're in numbers, when they're in a pack. Yeah. It was like controlling a pack of wild hyenas. And I pulled a page out of your playbook, Ben Boyce,

and got my recorder out. Now, this is just a brief moment of what was going on. Just a constant soundtrack. And I just found, like, you know, the more beers I had, the quieter the noise became. That's not the beer I think of. That's my advice this morning. No, but we went through all the games. It's like

hide and seek. But when you play hide and seek with, you know, very young children. Okay, I'm coming to get you. Where are you? I'm behind the couch. Oh yeah, don't say it. Don't say it. You don't mean to say it. Okay, don't say it this time. Where are you? Behind the curtain this time. Very honest. So we did hide and seek.

We did tiggy or tag. We did who can get John a green bottle from the fridge. All of your childhood classics. My mum, back in the day, she used to do a little game where she was like, see if you can keep the quietest. Now you're like, I'll set the timer on the microwave, you know, so when it beeps and see if you can stay, you know. And I're like, I'll set the timer on the microwave, you know,

so when it beeps and see if you can stay, you know. And I didn't know in hindsight she'd go back and set more longer time on it. You know, it'll be 10 minutes. This is a long 10 minutes. She either paused it or set longer on the timer. I was like, well played, well played. Or like who can get to sleep the quickest or lie on the couch and say nothing. Yeah, you're like, I can, I can.

But they're all just like, they're just making constant noise. They're playing together, but they're all in their own worlds. Yeah. Aren't they when the children, it's like probably looking after you and your mates, Juliet, at Rhythm and Vines. You're all in the same pack, but you're all off on your own. Yeah, doing your own thing.

Doing your own thing. For sure. I'm trying to keep you. Guys, Uber's coming at 10 o'clock. One of them want to go to that stage, the other one go to that stage. They're all, for sure. I'm trying to keep you. Guys, Uber's coming at 10 o'clock. One of them want to go to that stage, the other one go to that stage. They're all, you know. Anyway, so full respect to all the parents

and solo parents and teachers out there as well. I could never, no one listens to me. No kids listen to me when I'm talking. Hello, hello. You know, there's people who listen to, there's children who, adults that, you know, children listen to and then there's me. They just don't listen to me.

I've got no authority whatsoever. I might be the same on the radio as well too. I think a lot of people just turned off. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. Jono, I try my best,

you know, to be a good husband to my lovely wife Amanda but now and again I've had, you know, the odd little blunder. Little hiccups along the way. Yeah, I mean,

you say you're going to do things like move stuff that you never move for months on end. Just little things like this. Like, yeah, there's a few things that I'm constantly reminded of. The things I've done, you know, forgetting wedding anniversaries, even though it's tattooed on my arm, not a good look.

You know, forgetting the wedding anniversary. The tattoo's a great look. Can we just clarify that? Yeah, that wasn't what I meant. I purchased a fry pan as one present for Amanda as part of some other presents, but that was the thing we focused on. That was a wedding anniversary gift, wasn't what I meant. I purchased a fry pan as one present for Amanda as part of some other presents, but that was the thing we focused on. That was a wedding anniversary gift, wasn't it?

Yeah, and she wanted this particular fry pan. It was a nice fry pan. We talked about it on this list anyway. It's ancient history. The amount of meals that he said she could cook for him on that fry pan. No, no. Just phenomenal.

It's like he gifts presents from the 1960s. No, no. I'm trying my best. This Christmas, watch out Amanda, there's an apron on the way. But not just any old apron. It'll have

Kiss the Chef written on it. You painted me out to be, and I'm not helping myself here. No, you're not. You're actually a very sensitive individual. And I try to be. And yesterday I was upset because...

Like at the moment you're worried that we've sent two people off in a helicopter that they're going to perish in a fiery crash. This is how sensitive... He's so worried. We've got a helicopter prepping right now in the air and all he can think about is that crashing. So he was worried about people's feelings. Yeah, and I was worried about my wife's feelings yesterday

because she went and got her hair cut. She went and got her hair done. Hair did, mate. Hair did. Is that what they say? She got her hair did. And she was off for a couple of hours. And when she came back into the house, I made a mistake. I made a mistake because it's not like she needs to say what she's going to do when she gets her hair cut. But I was just surprised that she got a fringe cut. And you know, it's like she's her own person, she can do her own thing, that's fine. But that was the first thing

I went, oh, you got a fringe. Not in a negative way, I just went, oh, you got a fringe. And then I went, it looks good. And that's how my sentence went, oh, you got a fringe. High pitched. Yeah, did you say it? I was about to say, did you say it in that tone? Oh, sorry, I'll do it again. That's your lying voice. No, I'll be like, oh, you got a fringe. It looks good.

Like, that was how it went. But because I started with... How long was the pause between, oh, you got a fringe and it No, I'd be like, oh, you've got a fringe. It looks good. Like that was how it went. But because I started with- How long was the pause between, oh, you've got a fringe and it looks good? I would say, me, I would say like a second. Because I felt like you'd drive a bus through that pause there. That's what Amanda said, my wife. She was like, you paused for too long and then said, oh, it looks good. I was like, no, but I was just like, oh, you've got a fringe.

Look, it does and it looks great. It looks great. And now you're in defensive mode trying to cover up. It looks great. It looks great. I've got a fringe Look it does And it looks great It looks great And now you're in Defensive mode Trying to cover up It looks great It looks great I've seen a lot of fringes She looks really good

I was just surprised That she was getting a fringe And not that she looks She looks great She looks wonderful on a fringe And she looked wonderful Without a fringe But I was just surprised

No I mean I had this same problem When I went to the barbers Just not but a couple of months ago Now I am you know Follicly challenged. They're racing off me. Four have gone missing just since we've started

talking in this break. And I went to the barber. I took my son Oscar to the barber. He got a wonderful haircut. The barber's like, shall I give you a tickle up? I said, yeah, no worries. He's like, have you ever thought about a fade? I was like, yeah, okay. It's 2020. I'll get a fade. And I walked back in the house

Jen said what happened you never want to hear that when you walk in from here you go what oh my god no it was oh my god pause

what happened not even like a oh it looks good it was just a what I mean let the the other time you went to the barber you got your eyebrows done that's right

all your eyebrows need a bit of a, and I was like, do they? I've never shaved them before. I was like, okay, well, you're the professional. Maybe he's like, I can't take 25 bucks off this guy. There's no hair to cut. I'm going to have to look for something. I'm going to cut something. Do you want your armpit shaved?

I can do your legs. I feel like in all good faith, I need to do some eyebrows. That was when we were hosting the music awards that night, remember? And I turned up with no eyebrows. They had to paint my eyebrows on. You're like, yeah, I've had a hiccup. From a professional. From a professional.

Oh, God, it was the greatest prank ever. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Cindy Irwin, producer Juliette. She announced that she was pregnant a while ago, but she has revealed the gender of the baby on her Instagram in a very animal-style way. Let us guess. Hold on, let's have a guess.

I reckon she was obviously pregnant. Yes. Wrestled a crocodile. Right. Yeah, because crocodile would be the obvious animal, you would think, for that family. And then she had a balloon in her teeth. And then the crocodile, midway through the wrestle,

the crocodile bit the balloon. A puff of smoke, either blue or pink, burst out. Okay. That's really creative. And it wouldn't surprise me. Ben? Any idea? No.

Okay. I'd sweat along for the ride on Jono's scenario. I reckon she put a balloon inside a koala and then at the party she held up the koala and was like, oh that's a beautiful koala and then the koala squeezed and out came a colourful balloon as well. Those are my two options. Okay, okay.

Well, sort of. So they had a massive tortoise just holding some pink flowers. A little baby girl. Oh. I know. She can't invite me to the brainstorm, Bindi. So they had a massive tortoise just holding some pink flowers. A little baby girl. Oh. I know. Invite me to the brainstorm, Bindi. I know. So yeah, she's having a little baby girl, her and her husband Chandler.

She's pretty young. I think she's like my age, 21 or 22. What are you saying, mate? No, I'm just... What are you saying, Juliet? What are you having a dig at here? I'm just saying, shoot, she's having a baby. I couldn't have one just yet.

For someone who's 22, what is the ideal age? Do you think? If you were to get pregnant at any age, what would be the perfect age for you? Probably 30. 30, oh yeah. Yeah. Not that you can control it.

No. I'd want my 20s to live my life. Yeah. And to not, you know, not be trapped down by a child. Yeah, I'll tell you one thing about your 20s. Shout out to all the parents out there. I'm sorry. Not be trapped. child. I'll tell you one thing about your 20s. Shout out to all the parents out there. Sorry. Not to have your life sapped away.

Your reason for living. I do want children one day though. That's awesome. But you don't want them to ruin your life just yet. That's what you're saying. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Now, it's no wonder the rest of New Zealand despises Auckland for the last few months. Auckland's been banging on about water shortages. Of course, there's the COVID only being in Auckland. And now there's been traffic, horrendous traffic. And for days and days, all the media coverage has been about hours and hours people have been sitting in cars trying to get over the harbour bridge.

The rest of New Zealand just cut Auckland loose. Let Auckland float out into the trans-Tasman Ocean and see where it ends up. Yeah. Live on its own little Stewart Island sort of situation because the traffic, as we have mentioned, has been gridlocked pretty much for the last three days. There's a bar bent on the harbour bridge

after a truck got blown over. And we thought we'd offer up a solution. Thanks to Sophia from Helitrans who phoned through yesterday. So I thought I'd come up with a bit of an idea to maybe help or come up with a solution to a couple of your listeners and cut the travel time to about five minutes.

If they come to Helitrans in Albany, we will fly them in the morning. Six minutes it takes approximately to Mechanic Space. So this is an amazing offer from Sophia and Helitrans. A couple of listeners today are going to fly from Albany, as she said, and normally we're taking people two to three hours to go from Albany to the city. They're going to go there in six minutes in a helicopter.

How's that going to work? And it's a couple of teachers, I think. Is that right? Who won this, Producer Ben? That's right. A couple of primary school teachers going to get dropped off to school. Primary school teachers.

Awesome. Primary school teachers have had the cushiest year they haven't taught for seven months. Now we're flying them to bloody school in a helicopter. Hey, my wife's a primary school teacher. We'll tell her she's had it too good for too long. Geez, they'll be working bloody hard now. I've been teaching the kids for seven months.

Teachers have been sitting there doing nothing. You're talking to yourself about how to put beers into your mouth. No, well done. It's well deserved. And so Millennial Max is going to be flying. Talking about a cushy year. Millennial Max. Hey, everybody.

Millennial Max. I mean, the stunts that we've made Millennial Macs do this year was try tomato sauce because he kind of doesn't like it and fly on a scenic helicopter journey. That no one else really gets to do. But just, Julia, have you ever flown a helicopter? No, and this would be my dream. Yeah, exactly.

And you got to drive around in Hosking's flash jack. Oh, man, he's doing it tough. He's doing it tough. Just to get your foot in the door with radio these days. I tell you what, we are beating them down. So we'll follow the couple of teachers today, just after 8 o'clock today. Yeah, that's right.

We'll check in with Max just before 8, and then just after 8, they'll be in the sky across Auckland. That's very exciting. But you, Producer Ben, you came up with a bit of a rumour to do with helicopters and Mike Hosking, who John, I just mentioned before. Yeah, absolutely. Well, I don't know whether you've noticed in this workplace,

the rumour mill, it's rife. About Hosking. Most of them are true. I heard a rumour that Mike Hosking had his own elevator that just goes up from this, just his elevator, goes up from the car park straight into his studio and you stalk ZB upstairs and then go straight down, just so he doesn't have to interact with ordinary people.

Wouldn't surprise me. Wouldn't surprise me. Well, one better than that. I sent one into the rumour mill and I just mentioned to one person in the office that the resource consent had been signed off for Mike's helipad that was getting installed onto the roof of the building

so he could helicopter into work. So he doesn't even have to push an elevator button. Exactly. It can come from the top, not the bottom. He'd do it if he could though, right? He'd take a helicopter if he could. I'd imagine so. He'd be right up his alley.

Well, anyway, people believed it. It spread like wildfire. And I just watched it walk around the building. You could watch it going through the levels of the space. Like helicopter propellers. It was spinning around the building. It was unbelievable. You can literally say anything outrageous about Mike Hosking

and people will believe it. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Now, we wanted to be one of those shows that won some money. We'll give away some money. And the only way we're going to be able to give away some money in the current environment is by winning that money.

So we've hatched a plan. Jono, reluctantly, you're coming along for the ride on this one as well. Yeah. Oh, well, it's just I did read after 7 o'clock. I got into quite a hole yesterday of research of chances of hitting hole-in-ones. Yes. Landing hole-in-ones. That's what we want to do.

We want to go to Lake Taupo for the world-famous hole-in-one challenge. They've got it on the lake. You hit the ball out there. If you land it in one of the holes, there's a special hole that's $10,000.

We want to win that and then give it away to a listener. We spoke to Renee from the Lake Taupo hole-in-one yesterday. I've seen your golfing skills, boys, so it is going to be

a bit of a challenge, but I'm sure you're up for it. How often does someone win? We average a hole in one every couple of weeks. And so the red flag is the one where you get the cash, and how often does that get struck? Well, not as often as the others. We actually did just pay it out on the 3rd of August, no, 7th of August, sorry. So it's a pontoon, and it's got three holes on it, right?

The other two have lesser prizes, but there's that one red flag which gets you the $10,000. So then we just wanted some inspiration yesterday. People who had won, won big previously. Yeah, a couple of them. One person in particular won $10,000 just recently for F45. Most you've won shares in Christchurch. What was it? I won $10,000. What? No way. Doing what? An F45 challenge. An F45 challenge? So what did you have to do? I guess it's the most body fat loss is the overall winner.

There we go. She went to F46 minutes and pushed it to its limit. But the texts and calls have been flowing through since yesterday about what people have won and joining us on the phone right now. Shirley, good morning. How are you? Yes. How are you? I'm good. How are you? I love your voice, Shirley. Yeah. Great voice. It's awesome. Better than ours. I mean, yeah, our nasally voices.

So you won $10,000? Yes. How did you do this? It was a competition with a radio station and the building depot. $10,000? Wow. So what did they give you? For a kitchen makeover. How madeover is your kitchen, Shirley? I sold it to a friend for $7,000.

Oh, you sold the makeover to a friend? Right. So you didn't even get your kitchen madeover? No, my house was for sale at the moment So it didn't need it Oh there you go So you got your pocket at a cheeky seven grand From a ten grand prize

That's how you play it Shirley That's how I play it That's my Shirley That's why we love Shirley She's a hustler She's a hustler See it's possible John You're quite breathy on the phone, Shil.

Well, there was a lot of people in the draw. Well, yeah, I can imagine. So well done. You had to go to the building depot, find an ad from the radio station, fill out a form. Bit of admin, bit of admin. A lot of hoops.

A lot of hoops, Shirley, to enter this competition. See, 10 grand. You won 10 grand. We're just going to hit a golf ball into a bit of admin. A lot of hoops. A lot of hoops, Shirley, to enter this competition. There we go. So 10 grand, you won 10 grand. We're just going to hit a golf ball into a hole 100 metres. Good luck with that. It's not easy. Thank you, Shirley. I've been trying to tell it to him all morning. I love your work, Shirley.

Okay. You go and have a great day. Okay. Oh, I love Shirley. After 7 o'clock on the show We're going to Talk to our boss Todd Because we want to Make this thing official That we're actually

Going to be giving away $10,000 And we need a little Bit of help from Todd To make sure that happens Bit of insurance Yeah A little bit of insurance

Low in calories And low in laughs It's Jono and Ben On the hits Jon Coon He's done so much For New Zealand On the sports field

And off the sports field As well Does great stuff For mental health in New Zealand. He's a wonderful New Zealander. So John Kuhn, he's been nice, right? Yeah, so John Kuhn. I know you're a big fan of his book, so John Kuhn's book about mental health.

That's right, it was really good. All Blacks Don't Cry, actually a really, really good read. You punished him. Remember we went to an event and boy, you were giving John Kuhn a good old roasting over there. I know, I can imagine he'd get that quite a lot. So I need to apologise to him after 8 o'clock because I'm a massive fan of John Kilwin

you know as I said before not just on the sports field All Blacks Warriors but what he's done off the sports field as well and I never met him until a few years ago

we did for our TV show John O and Ben we went down to blues training you remember that? of course you do because you're in a tackle bag costume

of course I do because you broke my collarbone you're in a tackle bag hard to forget hard to forget, because you broke my collarbone. Hard to forget. Hard to forget this giant lump that sits on my shoulder for the rest of my life. So Jono got in a tackle bag costume and was going to get tackled by the Auckland Blues. Auckland Blues weren't the best rugby team at the time. It wasn't like the Crusaders, mate. No, it wasn't like they were 120 kgs finely tuned balls of muscle

who did nothing but lift weights seven days a week. You know it was one of those moments where you're like, you should trust you, they say trust your gut. Trust the millions of bacteria in your gut for some reason. And my gut wasn't saying good things as I was standing in a tackle bag facing 25 professional rugby players. And you broke your collarbone. You got up and you're like, oh, I think my collarbone's broken.

And it was, yeah, obviously a pretty traumatic occasion for you, you know, like in shock and working out what to do as we were trying to get you to the doctor. But I remember John Kilman was the coach of the Blues and he came over

and he gave me a pep talk. And he's like, well, what do you need to do now, mate? Because your friend's going to be in shock and you need to, and I'm sitting there going, oh my God, this is amazing. I'm getting a pep talk

from one of my heroes. Well, I tell you what, Ben, I would break my collarbone 10 times over just so, I can't think of any less painful ways for you to get a pep talk from John Kewitt. Take me back there. This is incredible. So thank you, John O.

Thank you for all you did that day for me, allowing me to get one of my heroes to give me a pep talk. Yeah, I know. But do you know, John Kewitt probably didn't even remember giving you that pep talk. He's John Kewitt. He probably gives people

10 pep talks a day Exactly But I was like Oh my god John Kieran's giving me a pep talk I was obviously stressed out Worried about you And it was all quite

I think he actually got In quite a lot of trouble After that collarbone incident Oh really Well from health and safety I think they were like JK mate You can't just put some

Bald idiot out there And let your team tackle them So I think he got a bit Of a roasting From the rugby union after that because you got tackled by the first guy and then they piled on top they just piled on top and I was just going

and you know out of context that noise and you did take it out of context and you mocked me for making that noise not taking into consideration my bone had been snapped in half. I think I even did one of those. You know, like a quivering one. Not even a human sound.

And then all the other guys were like... It was very disturbing audio to listen to. You need the accompanying visual. You do. You're actually like, What am I listening to? Like starting your day With Panda Eyes It's Jono and Ben on the hits

Spy Launch into mess free Mexican With the new old El Paso tortilla pocket As her boyfriend Romeo once quoted Juliet Where for art thou celebrity gossip news And here she is with Spy Entertainment News Let me tell you

Romeo and Juliet I studied that in year 10 English and we watched the Leonardo DiCaprio version and I think I had small strokes throughout the movie because I was like, Leonardo DiCaprio is Romeo and I am Juliet and I just absolutely died. Anyway. I died. Literally died.

I resuscitated her and everything. Yeah, it was good. I was okay. So after Ellen's apology yesterday on her show when she came back and addressed all the rumours, the allegations of workplace bullying and everything, people and former employees have come out and said that her apology was tone deaf. Do you think that she did it in the wrong...

I was thinking about this afterwards. Doing it on the show was the wrong place to do it. Like, she did release a letter or something, didn't she, a while back, apologising? But being on her show, there's probably a little bit of an expectation to have some jokes in amongst what she says at the opening. Well, she's a comedian.

When she came out, she was making jokes about being gay. You know? She makes jokes about things. It's what she does. It's her job. Yeah, so that's why I wondered. I was thinking about it yesterday. I was like, well, did she, was that environment

not the right place to make something that people like, as soon as you make a joke, no matter you know, in that context, are people going to go, oh, you're making fun of something. Are you saying was she better off sitting all those people down in a room and Oh, and also maybe just making a statement that she puts on her Instagram or something like that. Do you know what I think? That just clearly addresses that. I don't know, just a question.

I think that what could have been, she probably almost felt because she has audiences there to be funny in front of the audience. If she had no audience and was speaking directly to a camera, that could have been a better option because she doesn't feel the need, wouldn't feel the need to be funny. Right. And so then she could address it without, I don't know.

Because people are not happy about it. Former employees are like, how can you joke and make an apology? She was never going to win. No. If she didn't say anything, people would go in on her. She did say something,

people are going in on her. Yeah. She's an animal. She's an absolute monster. Evil Ellen. We should go in on her. Evil Ellen. That's right, Juliet.

Start that hashtag. She deserves every bit of it. Because I think you said, what has she really done? She's done nothing wrong apart from being a bit grumpy and a bit of a... It seems like it, at the very least. I mean, maybe there's more... Obviously, it was a toxic environment that the show went on,

and maybe she's got to take some or someone's ability for that. Yeah, and I think she did. And then those employees who were accused after the internal investigation of bullying, they've all been let go. Oh, right. Yeah, so I think there were three executive producers that have been fired after the internal investigation of bullying. They've all been let go. Oh, right. Yeah, so I think there were three executive producers that have been fired after the workplace investigation.

So, I mean, surely that's the thing, that's the main thing that people need to worry about. If Ellen's a bit of an arsehole, then, you know, people can deal with it. We all are at times, aren't we? It's just being a human being. That's the best part about being a human being, is you can be one.

I guess that's what she was trying to say, eh? That she was like, sometimes she is kind and sometimes she is grumpy and all that sort of stuff. Do you know what I'm looking forward to when I get to an old age that I can get away with being a bit of an asshole? Because you can get away with that when you're old. And that's what Alan's probably looking forward to now. So when you're, what, 26, 27, that's your old age?

Yeah, I can start. On the slide. That's like your granddad. His excuse for everything was, I fought in the war for people like you, and I just gave him a licence to do anything he wanted. Yeah, and I mean, an amazing sacrifice that you made for your country.

Oh, great, yeah. You know, when you're robbing a bank, and you're saying, give me all your money, I fought in the war for people like you. You're like, oh, really? Is this what you're entitled to? Is this what you fought in the war for? You dreamt one day you could hold people up,

drink, drive? And that's five things to Old El Paso you can launch into some mess free Mexican with their new tortilla pockets. We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Amy's just phoned through on our 100 The Hits. Amy, how's things? Good, thank you.

Very good. You sound sprightly, Amy. What do you do for a living? I'm a primary school teacher at Newtown School in Wellington. Oh, lovely. Nice. I always get Newton and Newtown mixed up. Newton in Auckland, Newtown in Wellington.

The amount of times I've meant to meet a friend in Newton and ended up in Wellington. Been a nightmare. How many times has that happened? Oh, multiple. And I never learn from my mistakes. And it's the same friend as well. Oh, no.

Can't take you anywhere. Now, this weekend, I understand a bit of a wedding happening in the family. Very exciting. There is, there is, yep. Who's getting married, Amy? My twin sister, Nicole, is getting married tomorrow. Oh, you're a twin. Are you identical?

We are identical, yeah. Are you really? Now, I was reading that 55% of identical twins make up their own language. Did you guys do that? I'm going to be honest. We kind of do have a little bit of that, like a little bit of twin code going on. Yeah. Have you ever used it to your advantage?

Because I was listening to another radio station the other day, and they were saying— How dare you? I know. They were saying— Say it. Yeah, there are other radio stations. And the person on there was saying their dad, who's now sadly passed away, was an identical twin. And back in the day, he used his identical twin

to take his driver's licence for him because he was better. Oh, that's odd. Obviously, that's... Sneaky there. Yeah, that's highly illegal. Have you done anything like that? Not highly illegal, but... I think probably the biggest thing, really, nothing too big,

but swapping classrooms when we're younger and just tricking our teachers, pretty much. And you could pull a prank at the wedding where you walk down the aisle. Do you know what? He probably wouldn't know. Do you reckon? Yeah, because I was wondering that.

Surely the groom would know, right? No, she's got longer hair than me, so we've both got blonde hair, but hers is a bit longer. And at the wedding this weekend, I understand you'll be wearing a lovely white dress as well, just to match with your sister. No, no.

Now, you want us to call her? Yes, that would be amazing. Because we understand, Nicole is her name, we understand that we are Nicole's heroes. Oh, no, don't say heroes. She does love you guys. Loves us.

Right. So when we call up, I just want to formulate a game plan. So what we should do. This should be done off the radio. Why are we doing this on the radio? This is really. Amy, I think you should bring us in.

You bring us in as a reveal and we'll come out from the curtain and we'll be like, look who it is. She doesn't need this right now. She'll be like, is it the Briscoe's lady? And you'll be like, no. There's nothing more humbling than saying, guess who it is. And she need this right now she'll be like is it the briscoe's lady and you'll be like no there's nothing more humbling than saying

guess who it is and she won't say it she won't guess us but anyway alright is it Tony from Tony's Tire Service no guess who it is

and we'll come out and be like it's Shona hey are you ready this is going to be a bonanza I can't wait I'm dying with embarrassment.

Hey, we're going through now. You bring us in. You bring us in, Amy. Here we go. Ben's dying. He's got his head in his hands. Hello, Nicole speaking. You come in, Amy.

Hey, Nicole. It's Amy here. Hi. Now, you ask her. You ask her. Guess who I've got on the phone. Guess who I've got on the phone with me. I have no idea. I'm in a real hurry to rush out the door. Just tell her it's her, you ask her. Guess who I've got on the phone? Shut up, Ben. Guess who I've got on the phone? Who's me? I have no idea.

I'm in a real hurry to rush out the door, so... Just tell her it's her heroes on the phone. We are having a wedding rehearsal very soon. Okay, you guys have to tell her who it is. Guess who it is, Nicole? It's your heroes. Oh, don't say heroes. Shono and Ben.

Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. Changing a life. In all honesty, we have rung to wish you all the best for this weekend for the wedding. Oh, my goodness. Wow. That's amazing. Thank you so much.

Have a wonderful day. Lovely to hear from you. And is Amy a good sister? She is the best, best sister in the whole entire universe. Oh, isn't that lovely? I love you guys. I listen to you all the time. We apologise

that you have to listen to our babble. Well, listen, you have a great wedding. How many guests? 100 exactly. Oh, who didn't make the cut? Who was 101?

Let's name and shame them. Let's not do that for the radio. It was us. Hey, well, you just have a, you have a lovely wedding this weekend. Is Nicole you in the bridal party? Of course she is. Oh, nice. And she's wearing an all-white dress as well, we understand.

It's a bit of a surprise. You don't know about that, but I'll leave that one with you. No, you guys have a great day. All the best for the wedding. Yeah, I hope it's a wonderful day and a wonderful, yeah, wonderful day all around. Thank you. You guys have a great day. All the best for the wedding. Yeah, I hope it's a wonderful day and a wonderful, yeah, wonderful day all around.

Cool, thank you. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Last night, the leaders debate, the first leaders debate

between Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern took place on TVNZ1. John Campbell mediated it. Oh, Aunty Cindy, Mama Collins. Yeah. Juicy John. They're all there. John Campbell very excited Cindy, Mama Collins. Yeah. Juicy John.

They're all there. John Campbell, very excited about his brand new clipboard. This is the first leaders debate of the 2020 election campaign. I even have a new clipboard. That's good. That was good to say. He had a new clipboard. I feel like there's more important things he should be focusing on.

We need to pay for plus. Got this for a bargain. He did a great job, John Campbell, because there was a lot of debating going on. Oh, yeah, because, of course, this is a debate. But sometimes the debate would happen all at the same time. Am I insulated? No. The answer is no, they're not.

No. Thank you for pointing out the world on them. So how do we get this right? Sorry, Jacinda Ardern. No, sorry, Judith Collins. Jacinda Ardern. I don't know. Is Ms. Ardern going to run for the capital gains tax?

No, I'm conforming to the value issue last for Dunedin Hospital. Finally, that was supposed to be built by now. That is part of it. Let's be realistic. There are barriers. That's just nonsense. Those are the kind of opportunities. No, sorry, that's just nonsense.

Judith Collins. That is so important. People don't have jobs. That's the big issue. 400 people lose their jobs every day under this government. And if you don't know who you're voting for after that, there's nothing else we can do. Yeah.

I don't know how much clearer we can make it. Do you think that was a tactic, the Miss Ardern? She kept calling him Miss Ardern through the whole thing. I wonder if that was a tactic, not saying her name for some reason. Just to throw her. I don't know why. I don't know why, but she kept saying Miss Ardern. But at the end of it, John Campbell, he just needed a drink.

So let's be real here. You need new houses and you need better houses. Right. That, uh... You can be expected to have lost your train of thought at this point. I wouldn't want a gin. Just quietly. Jeez, I tell you, Johnny was under the pump last night, wasn't he?

Oh, jeez. I need a gin. Looked like a stockbroker who had lost it all on the market. He did a great job. And according to some people, everyone wants to? Oh, jeez. I did, I did. Looked like a stockbroker who had lost it all on the market. He did a great job. And according to some people, everyone wants to know who won the debate. And even though they're not polling as well,

some people are giving it to Judith Collins last night. Yeah, well, as we mentioned, I think Jacinda's just playing a safe game. Just not wanting to offend anyone. Yeah. Because if it's hers to lose, that's what they keep saying.

Just talking about politics, do you think that you could be in a relationship with someone who had completely opposing political views? So, for example, Ben, if you voted Greens and Amanda, your wife, voted Act, do you think you could be together? Because I guess your morals as a person

do somehow intertwine with your political views. They are joined, aren't they? Yeah, I suppose you're right. For what you want for the country, for the people, for yourself. So could you live with someone who is opposing? Yeah, I think I could. I think I could. What a sensible thing I just said.

I've never said anything like that before. Yeah. No, I think I could. I mean, national and Labour, I don't think there's huge differences. You know, compared to some other countries where right and left are really far apart. They're all kind of centre-right, centre-left. Obviously there's huge differences. You know, compared to some other countries where right and left are really far apart. They're all kind of centre-right, centre-left. Obviously, there are differences,

things they care about much, but you're talking about more extreme, like that degree or something. Yeah, well, I mean, 0800 the hits. Why don't you come and join us? We'd love you to call New Zealand's breakfast. Are you with someone who has completely opposing political views?

How do you get along? Do you even discuss it? I don't know what Amanda votes. She doesn't know what I vote. Oh, really? Don't ever. Look, if she wants to tell me, it's fine if I want to tell her,

but it's none of my business. It's her thing. We talk about politics all the time, but it's like, yeah. She also doesn't know that you pick up a lot of stuff and put it in piles and hide it in covers.

There's a lot of stuff you haven't told Amanda. It's none of her business, that one. Even though that's clearly her business, her accounts and stuff. So, 0800-THE-HIT the hits 4487 on the text. Yeah, are you in a relationship right now with different political views? We'd love to hear from you this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast.

Samantha, you're on the phone from Whangarei. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Your partner, not in the same camp as you. No, so he's a big national voter and I've always been a green voter. So quite different views. But generally we just kind of avoid that conversation because if we do talk about it, especially Judith, it can get a little bit heated.

And that's how, you know, that's the great New Zealand way. Suppress your feelings. Don't talk about it. We'll just let them simmer and they'll blow up one day. Yeah, that's true. So you're not a fan of Collins? feelings. Don't talk about it. We'll just let them simmer and they'll blow up one day. Yeah, that's true. So you're not a fan of Collins? No, not really. But hey, my husband can, I guess, choose what he wants to.

Ooh, can he? Yeah, it feels like he can. He can do what he sees fit. We just won't be sleeping in the same bedroom for the next five years. What happens when you both sit down and watch a debate? I imagine the conversation bubbles up then. Yeah, it does. I mean, obviously over the years we're kind of better at listening to each other and accepting, but

yeah, it's still a little bit, the tensions are a little bit high. That's pretty cool. And in a lot of ways, though, I'd say that a lot of the main parties have a good thing, you know, a good policy and all of them. You're like, oh, that's good. I like that about that. It's just, you know, when they put them together,

they probably lean left or right. That's why I'd be shocking in a debate because I'd listen to my opponent and be like, oh, that's a really good point. It's better than what we've got. Oh, actually, why don't we do that? Yeah, we'll take that one. Producer Juliette was just saying her ex-boyfriend was a what? A big Donald Trump fan.

Oh, right. Yeah. Controversial. Yeah, so we'd get into conversations and I'd be like, I'd just be so annoyed. But also, part of it,

he probably exaggerated it just to get a rise out of it. I can imagine it would wind people up like yourself. Yeah. And I'd get scared when he'd come to family dinner because I'd be,

my parents, I don't think my family knew that he liked Donald Trump and I was like, And he'd turn up in his Make America Great Again hat. Honestly, I would be so scared. Please don't bring this up.

He may have made America great again, but he didn't make your relationship great again. No, not quite. Logan's on the phone. Welcome to the show, Logan. You're in a relationship with someone who's differing in political views than you. Yeah, yeah, I am, yeah.

She's getting quite into the global warming stuff, so voting and feeling quite towards the Green Party. Oh, right, she's going green, and you're more right, are you? Yeah, I'm more national, yeah. Well, that's a big difference. How does that work for you both? We get into some quite warm discussions about it. Quite warm.

That's not heat. Just warm. To be honest, it sounds like you're fresh off the back of the one last night, Logan. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that was a good one.

I appreciate your call, buddy. Have a great day. Cheers, you too. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. He's a legend on and off the sports field.

He's done so much for New Zealand, particularly with mental health, and he's got a new TV show. It's called JK's Japan. It's on TV tonight on Prime. So, Jon Kirwan joins us. Very exciting. How's things? Lads, what's going on?

How are you? Bloody good, actually. You sound busy. You're doing some other stuff. What else is going on? How are you? Bloody good, actually. You sound busy. You're doing some other stuff. What else is going on, Adrian? No, to be honest, I'm just stacking my surfboard in the car. Oh, you're off surfing? I'm reading about you.

You do a lot of things, JK. I'm obviously, you know, a commentary, coaching, but then as well as that, you're a great chef. You go surfing. I mean, there's a lot you do. I'm not a coach anymore. I failed at that one. Do you get to keep all the cool clothes? Do you get to keep all the cool

clothes from the teams you coach? Yeah, no I mean that's what I miss the most, the free kit How good is free kit? No, that's right, you must have so much rugby team merch in your cupboard Yeah, but the trouble is that my son grew into my size and disappeared Well now you're a very fashionable guy, aren't you?

You're wearing designer glasses and suits and scarves and stuff. Was that inspired by your time in Italy? It was. You know, it totally was, actually. I feel I just fell in love with fashion, actually. I went to Italy. And in Italy, it's really interesting. So you get this feedback from guys, right?

So you walk into town and one of my mates would say, oh, JK, you had those pants last year. I'm like, oh, yeah, so? Oh, really? He used to have a favourite pair of pants I wore for 25 years. What are you talking about? But, you know, very fashion conscious and talk about it. You know, the Italians do talk about food a lot and they talk about fashion a lot. You've got to be careful because you don't want to dress too young.

So you've got to find sort of your don't want to dress too young, so you've got to find your style, otherwise you look like a dick. I know what you're saying because is it Seinfeld? You said Seinfeld's got a good bit on it. Oh yeah, here it is. Dads just basically stay in the fashion of the last good year of their life and just ride that out.

So whatever was the last good year, they've just ridden it out. Whether it was 1988 or 1992 it's just like, we're stuck with it. Now JK, we want to talk to you about your brand new show on Sky Sport. the last good year or they've just ridden it out where it was 1988 or 1992 it's just like we're stuck with it now JK we want to talk to you about your brand new show on Sky Sport JK's Japan

looks really cool oh it was such fun I mean I I've been very fortunate lived in many countries and you know when I first went to Japan I was playing rugby league

for the Warriors and I remember going to my dad and saying Dad like they want me to go and play in Japan and it was just the furthest going to my dad and saying, dad, they want me to go and play in Japan.

And it was just the furthest thing from my mind. And my dad said, I didn't really want to go. My dad said, look, boy, when you're my age and look back on life, three years is nothing. You should go. And even if you don't enjoy it, it'll be a life experience. And I absolutely loved it. I had a great time making it. It was great fun. And so I followed Sumo and I fell in absolutely loved it. I had a great time making it was it was

great fun and so I followed Sumo and I fell in love with it and okay here's a challenge for you can you guys do the splits? No. No well they can at 180 kilos. They do the splits? Wow. Far out. Unbelievable eh? John Kirwan with us JK's Japan new TV show tonight on Prime TV. I need to apologise, JK, because I ran into you a few months ago and when everything was out and about and I'd read your book and I was like, oh, it was such a great book. I took so much from it. And then I punished

you with a conversation for 20 minutes and you were so good to tolerate. You must get that all the time, so I want to apologise. No, you shouldn't apologise. It was fantastic to see you and people like yourself in the media eye, in the public eye, when you come out and talk about your mental health, you save a lot of other people.

And I think it's important that people like us talk about it because we've hidden it for so long, there's a lot to talk about because, you know, if you haven't experienced mental health and then you fall into it, it's a pretty scary place to be. So when you talk to people and start coming out of it, it's incredibly liberating because you live with all this fear and then all of a sudden you start working it out

and start understanding that it's normal and you're not alone. And for me, if we can talk about it in a group like you did, which was awesome, then other people will keep talking about it. We need to normalise this stuff because it was normal. When was the moment you realised that you were dealing with depression? Well, I didn't really know what it was. So my reference to mental health was one flow of the cuckoo's nest. You know, so if I spoke to someone, I'm going to get locked up with Jack Nicholson.

And that was a real fear. You know, we can laugh about it now, but back then that was a real fear. So I was hiding my anxiety attacks that then eventually fell into a depression and I didn't know what it was so I seriously thought I was going insane and then I wanted to jump out of a window one night in Buenos Aires I was just sick of

fighting this thing in my brain and I just finished an anxiety attack and the window was open and I thought I've had a guts full of this shit. Really? And Michael Jones was lying next to me and he doesn't know why I said it, but he said, JK, you've got a good heart.

And that saved my life. Oh my gosh. So you were on tour with the All Blacks at that time? Yeah, yeah. I was in Buenos Aires at the Hilton. Yeah. And I feel very fortunate because I never planned my suicide, but I did have suicidal ideation.

You know, those words saved my life. I played a test match the next day, scored two tries, but it was like sitting in the stand watching myself. Wow. You know, you're having this sort of out-of-body experience. You're just not present in your life, you know. So I finally got home and, you know, got some help. Well, you pretty much started the conversation

for a lot of New Zealanders, particularly men, you know, talking about depression. So, yeah, thank you so much for everything you do. It must be rewarding and also, you know, a little bit of a burden when you've got people like me coming up and talking to you for 20 minutes. Not at all, mate. It's an honour

and any time you want to chat about it, I'm happy, mate. He literally, he phoned me up the next day and he's like, oh God, I punished JK last night. I rest my block

and I took this out of it and about the little moments and the things appreciation, I was like, oh no, I'm done. Oh, you're a bloody great New Zealander,

John Kirwan, and JK's Japan, John Kirwan shows you his Japan tonight on Prime. You're welcome. Maybe change the show into The Punishers. John and Ben The Punishers. Punisher 1 and Punisher 2. Good catching up.

Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's John and Ben on the heads. We've got our boss Todd with us in the studio. Thanks for coming on in, Todd. Any time, guys. What's going on? We wanted to pitch something to you because, of course, you would have been listening to our show. You would have heard how we want to win $10,000 at Topo,

at Holland One, and then we want to give it away to a listener. Yeah, yeah. So I'm trying to get my head around it, which is good. I'm glad it's going to a listener because at first I thought they're talking about giving away cash, but one of them gets to keep it. Oh, yeah.

No, Todd was like, you haven't stipulated that you want to give the money away. Are you just trying to scam yourself $10,000? So you're on board with that part of the idea. You'd love us to win the money and give that away. I mean, have you worked out how many balls and all that?

I mean, is it one shot? Or that's, dare I say, detail to come? Yeah, we haven't quite worked that out, have we, Johnny? No, but we've called you in here for this natural free-flowing meeting in front of broadcast quality

microphones to ask you something, or just to pitch something to you, that we can't begin this epic journey of discovery and say we're going to

get $10,000, but then not have $10,000 at the end of it. Yeah, so there's a very, very, very low chance

that we won't get a hole-in-one, because we're pretty much guaranteed, right? Guaranteed? I think it's guaranteed. It's guaranteed one of us is going't get a hole-in-one. Because we're pretty much guaranteed, right? Guaranteed? I think it's almost guaranteed. It's guaranteed one of us is going to get the hole-in-one, so the money will come from the hole-in-one place.

Have either of you ever hit a golf ball? Are you okay? Can you actually play golf? Because this could be punishingly awful. Some of my best days have been out on the golf course. Golf course. Golf course. Golf course is a course.

The 19th hole I imagine. So we just thought maybe you could be the insurance on the very minute and this is not going to happen, right? Because there's a high chance we're going to get the shot in and we'll take the money from Lake Taupo hole in one. We've got the statistician to look at it as a 97% chance we

will get the ball in. Yeah, yeah. I would love that statistician. Have you contemplated the fact that if you don't get it, it's just a whole lot of people disappointed? Correct. Yeah. This is why we want to come to you. This is where you come in.

Oh, don't do this. This is you, our insurance. You're our backup. If on the very small chance that we don't get a hole in one, which we're going to, that you maybe come through and say, hey, guys, I'll dip into my coffers to get the money? Look, obviously we're a business and we have money in the account somewhere.

Not a lot, not a lot. And I might be able to, what do you call it, rob Paul to pay Peter or Peter to call him. Cook the books, Toddy. Cook them books, baby. We know you do it every other month. Finally do it for a reasonable cause. They took the credit card off me.

So I've saved them a bit there. Yeah, you've saved me money. All right, what about this? You know what? What about this? I don't want to, you know, dilly-dally around. What about this? If you guys are willing to go down there and do it,

and not just a few shots, like commit, like a massive long marathon style, you don't muck around. You like all day Friday, maybe all day Saturday or whatever. Okay. Put your back into it. So how many shots are we talking? Well, God, I don't know.

So whatever it takes. You get off air Friday and you just start hitting. You can rotate all day Friday, all day Saturday. I guess that's a lot. Yeah. If you haven't got it in then, whoever's in the draw, one of them will pull them out and that's it, 10 grand. They'll get the cash.

So regardless, someone's walking away with $10,000. Well, yep. There we go. Boss Todd. Wow. That's awesome. I'm pretty high up the pecking order here, but there's 23 people above me.

I think we can get this across the line. Let's say 1,000. 1,000 hits between us. So 500 hits. Giano,. Let's say 1,000. 1,000 hits. Between us. So 500 hits. Giano, you have 500. We play, maybe we play for 1,000 people. So you get 1,000 balls, right?

Cool. Like everyone wins one, so you've got to start giving them away. Okay, you get a ball. Everyone gets a ball. And then if you miss and you don't perform, like nothing happens, no one gets the hole in one, then on, I don't know, the next morning, whenever, Monday, someone, we just draw them out. Bang, we pull a ball out and Barry from Tukarawa's won.

There you go. 10K Barry. Okay. But if we do get one in, which we're going to, right? Yeah. The person who's balled in has won the $10,000. That's great. If ball 100 goes to Shirley from Northland, that's it.

Game over. Shirley. You're shocking at making up names. Barry from Tukarawa. Barry from Tukarawa. Shirley from Northland. That's it. Game over. Shirley. You're shocking at making up names. Barry from... Tuck it up. Barry from Tuck it up. Shirley from Northland. These fictitious listeners.

I'm laughing because there's stress. I think I can get this across the line. Okay, great. I'm across Todd. This is impressive. I wasn't expecting Todd to go for this. He's going to slide some cash around the place. Yeah, cook the books.

Cook the books. And we'll see if there's any repercussions from this later. Todd, thank you so much. Could be my last appearance, but hey, let's go out and have a heart Some people skip breakfast, the meal and also this show It's Jono and Ben on the hits Of course everyone's been banging on about the terrible traffic in Auckland

Oh stop banging on about the terrible traffic They've opened up one more lane today but apparently it's still hours and hours to get to work So yesterday we got a call from Sophia from Helitrans Helicopters because right now they're offering a heli shuttle to the city as a solution for people affected by their traffic problems. So it's $190 per person if you want to do it.

It includes GST and a landing fee and it's based on sharing the helicopter with other passengers. But it only takes six minutes from Albany to get to basically the city. You know who I feel sorry for? People who didn't time the trip to the lavatory. You could be in your car. There'd be bladders out there right now working overtime. Shout out to all the bladders on the motorway.

Bladders doing it tough this morning. Now, I tell you who is always doing it tough is our stuntman, Millennial Max. We send him out to do wild stunts like a taste tomato sauce, which he doesn't enjoy, and take wonderful scenic helicopter view flights. Thanks to Ali Trans.

He's doing it tough out there. Millennial Max, come on in. Hey, guys. Next week, we're sending him off to do some fly fishing. Yeah. Hook a lodge in Lake Taupo. And high tea the week after as well. That's right.

He'll experience some high tea. Some of the great things back to school. So this morning you're going to take a helicopter ride with a couple of listeners. That's right. We've got India and Sarah from Orakei School who are coming out and they're going to come get a six-minute quick trip into work. Oh, and the old whirlybird, the big old egg beater. The old chopper.

The copteroonie. Yeah, it's very exciting. What's the weather like out there? A beautiful day? It couldn't be better. A couple of clouds in the sky, not a breath of wind. Perfect flying conditions. I've always dreamed of being on a radio show that had the budget to have a helicopter to do traffic reports.

So can you fulfil this dream for us? Oh, we can do actual traffic report in the sky? From the helicopter. Yeah, I'm coming in live, everyone. It's a nightmare. Back to you guys. Can we do that? I just want to do it once in my career.

We can give it a go. We can give it a go. All right. Then the rumor will swirl around the industry. Oh, yeah, the Hits Brief has got a bloody helicopter. They put up a chopper to get a traffic report. They're going to show helicopter. This will spread like wildfire.

That's good. All right, Max, we'll catch up with you very shortly. Flying with six minutes. We're very jealous of this this morning. Thanks to Helitrans Helicopters. Are they landing on the school field? No, just Mechanics Bay, the heliport, Mechanics Bay. Oh, land on the kids.

It's cooler if you land on the kids. No. This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating still pending. It's Jorow and Ben on the kids? No, I haven't. No. This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating still pending. It's Jorowen Manomahe. Spy. Launch into mess-free Mexican with the new Old El Paso tortilla pocket. Now for some savage truth bombs about all of your favourite celebrities.

Here comes the friendly celebrity terrorist. It's Juliet. So if you are on TikTok or your kids are on TikTok, they are probably following a girl called Addison Rae. Oh, I hear all about Addison Rae. Addison Rae and Charlie D'Amelio and they're all in the bloody hype house

doing all their shenanigans. They've got a hype house just with all these prepubescent teens filming TikTok videos. It's like a mansion. Yeah, they are living out there, right? Do they all live there? I think so.

Wow. Some of them live there and others just come in and... I don't know what greasy, big fat genius with gold chains is running the hype house and making millions off these kids, but well done to them. Yeah, well, Addison Rae, she has been hanging out quite a bit recently. It's all over social media with Kourtney Kardashian. Now, Kourtney Kardashian is the oldest of the Kardashian sisters. She's 41.

Hold on. And Addison is 19. 19 and 41. You can't be friends with a 19-year-old when you're 41. This is the thing. They're hanging out and apparently people aren't happy about it. Well, yeah, there was a headline this morning. Just the headline.

Kardashian slammed for relationship with teenager. Now, on the surface, that's a clickbait headline. Because when you find out, they're friends. 41, 119. I mean, who's to say they can't be friends? Why are we getting wound up about this? I was winding me up with that people were getting wound up about us. I know.

I like getting wound up about it. I'm like, you're too old to be hanging out with a 90-year-old. This is affecting my life. I was like, what have they got in common was a question that people were asking. Producer Juliet, you had this. They're both rich and they're both famous. They probably like time away and expensive places to get away from people. Yeah, I mean, if it was just boring,

normal people like ourselves, like if I told you... I'm already friends with you guys. Yeah, and you're 22. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But if I told you that I'm friends with a 19-year-old, you'd go, oh, okay.

You'd probably judge me, but because they're in the world of fame, I think it's all right. Oh, no. That's what they've got in common. Depends if you're one of them, but it's fine. What if I said, hey, mate,

I'm now hanging out with a 19-year-old. Yeah, but you might be like, oh, I'm helping them, you know. Well, you wouldn't be helping them become a better broadcaster, but let's say you were a better broadcaster yourself

and you were like, you know, taking this guy Maybe they're helping me become one. Yeah. Maybe the 19-year-old's teaching me how to do radio. Yeah, yeah. He or she's helping me

become a better broadcaster. Would you be like, oh, that's okay? Yeah, that's okay. Yeah, I. He or she's helping me become a better broadcaster. Would you be like, oh, that's okay? Yeah, that's okay. Yeah, I mean, who knows? Who are we to judge? Leonardo DiCaprio's been dating the same aged girl for 40 years. You're not hurting anyone and it's all legal. It's fine.

I'm just waiting for Leo to tap me on the shoulder. You're too old for him now, mate. Damn it. I'm past the age. It's really sad. You're dried up for Leo now, mate. He's. I'm past the age. It's really sad. You're dried up for Leo now, mate. He's like,

hello, old lady. No, thank you. No, thanks. Should I get you a super gold card? Do you want a Zimmer frame? Yeah. Okay, boomer.

Do I get to dine for free or get a discount if I go with you anywhere? Yeah. And ABBA, they are doing something kind of game-changing in the music industry, the concert industry.

They're reuniting in London to film for a 2022 hologram tour. You know who likes ABBA? Old ladies like you. Like me. Yeah. Sorry, Leo. I'm fully not in your range. Oh, that's crazy.

A hologram tour, which we've been talking about the hologram interviews they've been doing. Cameron Diaz did one on an old mate's show the other week. Drew Barrymore? Drew Barrymore's show, yeah.

And then there was an interview of the tennis at the US Open. There was a hologram interview. The one for the NBA Finals where one of the players, one of the players who's not playing in the finals is getting beamed in

to interview the players after the game as a hologram. This is just, yeah. So I guess a concert was probably the next logical step, right? I wonder how much you'd pay to see a hologram. Would it be, yeah. So I guess a concert was probably the next logical step, right? I wonder how much you'd pay to see a hologram. Would it be cheaper?

It'd have to be cheaper, right? Oh, yeah, you're right. Because I imagine it's not like, they're not doing it live in real time. No. So it's pretty difficult. So you're basically turning up to see a... A movie.

A movie, yeah. Kind of. A live movie? An enhanced movie. I don't know. That's a good question. A 4D movie? What are they going to do when they go,

oh, Auckland, you're Wellington, you're the best city we've ever been to? Like, how are they going to overdub that? Well, maybe they're doing it live. I mean, Cameron Diaz was kind of live in that interview, so maybe they are. So ABBA could just turn up to a studio in their city and record it, I'm imagining.

Potentially. But then it says they're about to reunite to film for the hologram tour. So maybe it is just going to be one stock standard for every place. Or maybe they just go through and they go, now we'll go, hey, Auckland. Yeah, true. Now we'll go, hey, Sydney. And now we'll go, you know, we've got to get all the options done. You're the best we've ever had.

You're great. So that'll be interesting. Your mum's a big fan of Abba, Jenny Boyce, isn't she? Yeah, her and Jenny. You can hang out with my mum. They're going to have a friendship with their mum. Hey, Jenny. Jenny will be frothing over the hologram tour.

Oh, she would be. Here we go again. I'll have to take her along again. Another concert, another lovely night out. Dinner and a show. Love it. Treat your mother well, I do, Ben. You too, you too.

And that's five things to Old El Paso. You can launch into some mess free Mexican with their brand new tortilla pocket. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. The whole country banging on about the Harbour Bridge in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand must be sick of it. Sick of hearing about it because the traffic is so

slow. Well the rest of New Zealand you should enjoy your level one and enjoy your quick commute times. And probably your longer showers and all that as well. Revel in there should enjoy your level one and enjoy your quick commute times. And probably your longer showers and all that as well. Revel in level one. Yeah, but the Helitrans helicopters, Sophia from Helitrans helicopters rang us up yesterday because right now they're offering a helicopter solution to beat the traffic. $190 per person, including GST and landing fee. You share with other passengers, but you beat the traffic.

It takes six minutes from Albany all the way into the city. And we were lucky enough to give it away to a couple of listeners this morning. They're going to beat the traffic, fly by helicopter. Yeah, Millennial Max, our out-and-about guru, Stuntman Max joins us. He does no stunts, really. Does no stunts. Welcome, Millennial Max. Hello, how's it going, guys?

Good, you're about to take off. We have two school two primary school teachers we're commuting this morning, we understand. We do, we've got India and Sarah from Orakei School. That's wonderful. Who live on the North Shore, and obviously with the traffic, it takes a while to get into work,

so yeah, they're going to get a six-minute ride in on the chopper. I'll tell you what, the Green Party will be loving this one. They will be loving this little campaign we're launching this morning. Can you hand us over to Olivia, my friend? Sure can. I did some research on helicopters yesterday. Do you know Leonardo da Vinci, well before they were invented,

had drawn a prototype for a helicopter. Oh, really? I didn't know that. I didn't know that either. I didn't know that. No. Did you know that? No, I didn't know. I also didn't know their names are India and Sarah, but anyway, I don't know where either. I didn't know that. No. Did you know that? No, I didn't know. I didn't know their names were India and Sarah, but anyway, I don't know where you got Olivia from.

But yeah, but you had a great, you balanced it out with a Leonardo defense. Maybe Leonardo da Vinci wrote the right names down too when he was sketching that helicopter.

So Olivia, Indy or Sarah, I'll take any of them. Are they on the phone here? Hi, yes, we're here. Hi, Olivia, Indy or Sarah? Okay, I think one of them's Indy, one of them's Sarah. But anyway, are you guys excited this morning?

Yeah, really excited. And kind of freaking out a little bit. Yeah, no, you should be. You should be. No. But rest assured, another thing I found out about helicopters. Oh, no, don't. No one wants to hear your helicopter.

No. No, if there's engine failure. Oh, God. No, don't even mention it. No, but, don't. No one wants to hear your helicopter failure. No, if there's engine failure. No, don't even mention it. No, but they can land. They can just land without an engine. That's how safe they are. You couldn't be walking into it. Have you guys been in a helicopter before?

No, I've never been in a helicopter before. I have, but last time I felt really sick. So fingers crossed today's all right. Wow. I'll tell you what, though you'd sure this went up as a win for us, wouldn't you? No, definitely not. Everyone's happy to be here.

Enjoy the ride, enjoy beating the traffic this morning, have fun and tell Max he needs to cross to us and I want a live helicopter traffic report. We want to spread the rumour that the Hits Breakfast Show's got a traffic helicopter, okay guys? Okay, will do.

Love your work. Safe travels. There you go. We'll catch up with these guys later on. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Now, our show.

We want to give away $10,000. We didn't have any money. That's what we thought. So we came up with an idea of going to Lake Taupo and winning the world-famous Hole-in-One Challenge they have on the lake. Because if you get the ball in there, you get $10,000. So we thought we'd go down there, you and me, Jono,

we'd hit a ball in, we'd win 10 grand, and we'd give it away. Yeah, this seems like the logical thing to do. That's what we've settled on. And I'm really going to struggle. I can't even aim a coin into the vending seems like the logical thing to do. That's what we've settled on and I'm really going to struggle. I can't even aim a coin into the vending machine in the kitchen here at work let alone a tiny ball into a tiny hole 120 metres away from me.

Now, exciting news today because Boss Todd, we've twisted his arm and he is guaranteed that someone will win $10,000. So how it's going to work is, you and me, John, at some stage we're going to go down to Lake Taupo and we're going to hit 1,000 balls and each of those balls will represent a listener that you can win a ball. And if we get your ball in the hole in one, you get 10 grand.

What if we get no balls in the hole? Well, this is where Todd is coming and he's guaranteed that on the Monday afterwards, someone will win $10,000. We'll do a redraw with the balls and we'll pick out a winner. So someone will win $10,000. He's sliding some funds around the spreadsheet here at work, isn't he? Cooking the books, hiding some dollars from the button pushers upstairs and that's

why we love Todd. He's really hoping that we actually had a ball into the hole-in-one to win that, you know, because then he doesn't have to pay for the $10,000. It's insurance. Yesterday I was, you know, I was hating on this, Ben Boyce, wasn't I? I was being like an online troll, the ones that were like, oh. Back're backlash, you're giving me backlash.

Yeah, the Herald had written an article, Backlash on Golf Challenge, Boyce faces backlash. And I was giving you backlash because I was like, we'll never do this. So I looked online for some inspiration and Norman in California, his name is Norman, has had 59 hole-in-ones. 59? And it's correct.

And I emailed Norman's family. I was like, I'd be really good. Can we get Norman on for a chat? Yeah. And his daughter emailed back and said he's died. Oh. So I said, oh, well. Condolences.

Yeah, to the family. So I suppose he's not available for an interview now? No. No. But anyway, that's wonderful for Norman. 59 hole-in-ones. 59 hole-in-ones. Okay. Anyone listening right now? By the way. But anyway, that's wonderful for Norman. 59. 59 hole-in-ones. Anyone listening right now?

By the way, just a word to the wife, so if you're trying to book Norman, he's not available. N-A. 0800 the hits, 4487 is our text. Has anyone listening right now

ever got a hole-in-one? We'd love to hear from you and love to get some advice, get some tips. I don't know if it's, because it's not, apart from Norman, it's very rare for it to happen, right?

I mean, so we would have had Norman next is what we're saying, but we don't have Norman. So have we got anyone else who has had a hole-in-one? And that's what we want to know, just some inspiration, just so we know it's possible. Someone has phoned through to New Zealand's Breakfast from Wellington. Nato, welcome. How are you?

Good, very good. Hole-in-one legend, we understand. Yeah. Bit of a fluke, but it was about time I got one. When did this happen? It must have been about six months ago. Oh, right. So quite recently.

So how often do you play golf? A bit too much for my wife's liking. Right. Probably two to three times a week. Wow, 18 holes a go. Yeah. You go missing for four or five hours three times a week. Yeah, well, I've got the great job of looking after the kids,

but they're all college or older now. Oh, so you don't have to look after any kids then. Yeah, exactly. Your job is done. He's looking after some golf clubs, some golf balls. He's had to run the course. So whereabouts, what course was this in Wellington? Talk us through the hole-in-one. Okay, I

play at Karori Golf Course. Oh, nice. Yep, it's in Makara. Yeah, my hole-in-one was on what we call our sixth hole, which is a short par three sort of upper little hill. And I hit this great shot and it disappeared up the hill. We saw it bounce on the green right in line with the pin.

And a couple of the guys with me, Adrian and Keith, said, wow, that's close. Adrian and Keith were happy. They were fissing. And so Adrian got up to the hole, looked in and turned around big smile on his face and then there was lots of woo-hoos

That's awesome, what a feeling I was looking at the average, the chance of an average golfer and I'm not saying you're average Natho you might be above average of making a hole in one is approximately 12,500 to 1 and the odds of a tour professional is 2,500 to one.

Wow. So you, I mean, and we understand it's not your only one. No. About two months after that, I got another one. What? Two hole-in-ones? Yeah. Shut the, put a golf stick inside of me.

What? There was a big difference in the quality of the second one. The first one was a great hit shot. Yeah. The second one was one I'd sort of thought, what a bad shot. It went to go high. It went low. It went along the ground, ran all the way to the green, up onto it,

and we saw it disappear into the hole. I love it how you're being picky and fussy over a hole-in-one. Once you've had one hole-in-one, you know, all of the green, up onto it, and we saw it disappear into the hole. I love it how you're being picky and fussy over a hole-in-one. Once you've had one hole-in-one, you know, all of the others, they don't compare. You've obviously heard of our endeavours heading to Lake Taupo to try the lakeside hole-in-one where they've got the pontoon out on the lake and you've got to try and get a hole-in-one for $10,000. How do you like our chances, having not met us or knowing any of our golfing skills. The thing is, anyone can hit

an amazing shot and get it in. I've done that shot many times at Taupo. And did you get close to it? I've hit the pontoon many times, and you always get another ball, so they'd flick it to you

when you hit the pontoon. Ten grand up for Gras. It's so hard to see because it's so far away. Yeah, yeah, right. Well, hopefully we get the ten grand and your positivity, that's a little glimmer of hope that we need. Anyone can hit a shot at any time. That vague pep talk will pull me through, Natho.

Well, thank you so much for talking to us, and well done on two hole-in-ones. That's impressive. Okay, thanks for that. Have a great time yourself. Yeah, you too, mate. You're a wonderful man. Have a good day.

The Songhi Corn Flakes of Radio. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. We are calling every town and city in New Zealand. We do one a day. We do it alphabetically. It's going to take us over two years to call every town and city in New Zealand. We do one a day. We do it alphabetically. It's going to take us over two years to call every town and city. And today, from the Wairarapa, where I grew up.

Greytown, you'll be familiar with this, Ben. It's a rural town in the heart of the Wairarapa in the Lower North Island. 80 k's from Wellington is Greytown, and it was awarded the title of New Zealand's most beautiful small town 2017. That's really nice. And New Zealand's ugliest town, 2018. Things have really turned. And 2019, the town that let itself go.

Who knows if they'll get their act together for 2020. You're making that up. With only 2,000 people living in Grey Town, it's fair to say someone is definitely hooked up with their cousin. We'll head through right now to the chocolate shop. Yeah, it looks impressive. Good morning, Shop Chocolate. Christine speaking.

Hi, sorry, is it Christine? Yes. Hey, Christine, it's Jonathan and Benjamin here. We're calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, hi. A network of broadcasting outlets. Yep. And we are phoning every town and city in Aotearoa.

Awesome. Greytown's next on the list. Awesome. Now, we just wanted to know if you could tell us something about Greytown. We'd like to learn something about each place we call. Yeah. Grey Town has the best chocolate in New Zealand. We're just reading about your chocolate place on the website.

Yeah. 85 different flavours of chocolate. Yeah. 85? Or more. Or more? Or more. I can't help but feel you're slightly biased towards the chocolates in Greytown.

Do we need to phone an indifferent party here to get another opinion? I'm sure it'll be the same. It'll be the same. She's paid everyone in Greytown off to say they're the best chocolates. 85 seems like a lot. It seems a lot of flavours. Can you name not all 85? Name all 85.

We've got time. Can you name some of them? Lime chilli, smoky almond, fennel. We won gold in the New Zealand Chocolate Awards with fennel. Fennel? What's fennel? Fennel is a herb. Oh, of course.

Yes, okay, gotcha. Curry and pompadour. Curry and pompadour. Chocolate? Yeah. Oh, lovely. Could you do a Jono and Ben flavour? Quite bland in taste.

Probably disappointing. Leaves a nasty taste in your mouth, that sort of thing. You wouldn't sell much. Can you make one of those? We don't have a nasty one. Oh, okay. Maybe we'll go with another chocolate company then. Maybe a bittersweet. A curry and poppadom flavoured chocolate. Feels like you're taking some big risks here with the chocolate.

Is there anything you can't put into a chocolate? Oh, look, we've tried onion, garlic. Oh, wow. Yeah. And? Lovely. Lovely.

Lovely. Best chocolates in the world. Yes, they are. Now you've upgraded all. Garlic chocolates. Yeah, we did. Yeah, we haven't gone with that. We trialled it

and we liked it. Just trouble was it didn't last long. Yeah, there's, I can't imagine there's much of a market for garlic and onion chocolate. So great to have.

You give it to people, you say, here, try this, and they go, oh, chocolate, yeah. And you go, oh, it's garlic, and they go, oh. Oh, yeah. What about, you do all these wild curry-flavoured chocolates. Do you do, like, your stock standard,

just a dairy milk? We do do a milk chocolate. We do a milk chocolate. Actually, the Wellington chocolate's our biggest seller. Oh, really? It's sea salt and coffee. The salt breeze, the sea breeze, or hurricane winds of

Wellington, and a real coffee culture and a milk chocolate gives a real caramel on the palate. You guys have taken chocolate to the next level. This is impressive. Now, Great Town, I grew up in the Wairarapa a while ago. Do they still talk about them there? Probably not. But Greytown

is really like, over the last 10-15 years, amazing. It's a boutique shop. It's incredible. It's worth taking a wander down and you find all these little hidden shops sort of, you know, around behind and it's lovely. It's a shopping mecca. And just like an hour from shops sort of, you know, around behind. And it's lovely.

It's a shopping mecca. And just like an hour from Wellington pretty much, you know. Yep, really close to Wellington. We get a lot of people on the weekends. It's crazy. On the Greystown website, it says it's just an hour to Wellington. But then I looked at the commute time. It's an hour 20 to Wellington.

Well, it depends on the traffic. An hour 30 on the train. It depends. No, it's not an hour 30 on the train. Who says that? It's an hour 30 on the way, the traffic. An hour 30 on the train. It depends how you go. No, it's not an hour 30 on the train. Who says that? It's an hour 30 on the train. Put a garlic chocolate in your mouth and shut your mouth.

It's not. It's an hour. It's an hour. It's an hour. Just mixed messages. You've got the marketing going an hour. I'm looking at an hour 20 travel time. Anyway, the main thing is you're in Greytown.

Yes. Christine's there. A shock? Is it shock? Shock. Shock. Shock chocolates. Chocolate with a shock.

Can I just start naming items? You tell me if you put them into a chocolate. Okay. Remote control and computer screen. No. No. Pen and office chair. No.

He's just naming things you can see in the room. Rubbish bin and water bottle. No. No. He's just naming things you can see in the room. Rubbish bin and water bottle. No. No. They've got actual nice... Windows and door. All right, I'm going to wrap it up. You've got a lot more important things to do than listen to us.

Mouth. Well, lovely talking to you. You stay safe in Greytown, and hopefully we'll pop through one time and try 85 different types of chocolate. Lovely to see you, Johnny and Ben. Good on you, Christine. Have a good one.

Thanks. Remember to double pump the Virgals. It's Jono and Ben. Good on you, Christine. Have a good one. Thanks. Remember to double pump the Virgals. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Yes, this is Scrolling Through Your Feed

and my friend Ben Boyce will stop at nothing to bring you all the up-to-date news unless we've got Pilates Tuesday night, don't you stop for that? Yeah.

We've got couples counselling Thursday night which we stop for. Yeah, those are the things we stop for but apart from that we... Ladies, Hunter News

out for you. And all the talk today is all about the leaders debate. Judith Collins squaring off against Jacinda Ardern last night live on TV NZ1. John Campbell mediating. It was a little bit lacklustre, shall we say? Oh, Ben, this is the most negative thing

I've ever heard you say in your entire life. You weren't happy? What did you want? I was wanting fireworks. I was wanting, you know, but it was pretty amicable. Yeah, wasn't it? Which is nice because New Zealand, they're both good competitors.

You wouldn't get a more New Zealand debate. They're both good politicians. Yeah. I would be a sham, like if I had to be in John Campbell's role, I would be a shambles

at controlling that environment. Yeah. It'd be quite hard. There's a lot of pressure. Oh, you totally. I'm shocking at controlling my two kids, let alone two leaders who are trying to get their point across. If you missed it last night, it started off with John Campbell.

He must have just whipped down to Paper Plus or Warehouse Station because he was quite excited he got a new clipboard. This is the first leaders debate of the 2020 election campaign. I even have a new clipboard. That's good. I always find people with clipboards are generally a pain in the ass, aren't they? Not John Campbell. On the street. Yeah, when someone comes here with a clipboard, you're like, oh, here we go.

God, I'm going to sign up to save some dolphin. He did a great job in both. Yeah, both the politicians got their points away. But at some times, they were kind of getting their points away at the same time. All over the top of each other. The debate happened on top of each other. Have a listen. Am I insulated? No. The answer is no, they're not. No. Thank you for pointing out

the world on them. So how do we get this right? Sorry, Jacinda Ardern. No, sorry, Judith Collins. Jacinda Ardern. I don't know. Is Ms Ardern going to bring in the capital gains tax? I'm conforming to the value. She lost the Dunedin Hospital. That would be a project that we'll create. That is part of it.

Let's be realistic. There are barriers. Those are the kind of opportunities. No, sorry, that's just nonsense. That's not publicly accepted. People don't have jobs. That's the big issue. 400 people lose their jobs every day under this government. Here we go. That was a debate in 30 seconds, pretty much, if you missed it. Yeah, that was pretty much it. There was a little bit of eye-rolling and laughs and scoffs from Judith Collins. Mama Jude has got some wonderful facials, doesn't she?

And Aunty Cindy wasn't doing so many of the facials. She kind of took the high road, I think. She did. Mama Jude's, ugh. Yeah. Ugh. Shake her head. Yeah, I guess she's the leader. She took the high road.

And Judith's got very charismatic eyebrows, don't they? They live a life of their own. They do. She can't hide the emotion of those eyebrows. When they're upset, they're bang, straight up to the heavens. And at some stage, John Campbell was looking forward to a drink.

So let's be real here. You need new houses and you need better houses. Right. That... You can be expected to have lost your train of thought at this point. Let's be real here. You need new houses and you need better houses. Right. That, uh... You can be expected to have lost your train of thought at this point. I wouldn't mind a gin. He looked a little flummoxed. Oh, you won it, Subsea.

You did a great job. It's so good to see John Campbell back on telly. He does a wonderful job. He ran today. It's like, who won the debate? Who won the debate? I don't know why they have to worry about who won. I felt, hey, who am I?

I'm no expert at all but it felt like Jacinda was playing a pretty safe game. Yeah. Not wanting to clearly answer any question definitively. Well it's kind of her election to lose according to the poll results. That's right. So I mean anything she maybe if she stands firmly in one camp or another

has the potential to upset voters. So she's just got to flummox... wistfully. Yeah, get through this. Get through it all, you know. Blemish free and she'll be in for another term. Yeah, and one final bit from the debate last night and I may, Producer Juliet, go looking for this.

John Campbell, what he said, we've turned it into a remix. But, and it's a big but. But, and once again it's a big but. I like big but. And I cannot lie. You. And once again, it's a big butt. I like big butt. And I cannot lie. You are the brother fuck tonight. Don't be giving that on Newstalk ZB today, will you?

And that's why you'll never be on Newstalk ZB. Serving bowls of lolls for breakfast. Actual lolls may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Of course, terrible traffic in Auckland going over the Harbour Bridge. So, Halitrans Helicopters, who create extraordinary experiences every day, you can check them out at halitrans.co.nz, offer a six-minute helicopter ride over basically from the North Shore to the city,

which is pretty awesome. Well, cutting down your travel time, and Sophia from Halitrans phoned through yesterday, and she's like, oh, we'll take a couple of hits listeners across and help them out. So, we got hold of two wonderful primary school teachers, Indy and Sarah. And Millennial Max is with them. Crossing live to the chopper. Max, our eye in the sky. Millennial Max, come on in.

Come on in. Hey guys, how's it going? Good, how are you? You're over the air right now, over the Harbour Bridge. How's it going? We're going good. What we haven't factored in is when you're quite high. Flying currently over the Wido Park. How's the traffic looking there, Max?

Because all we wanted was a traffic helicopter. Look, the traffic is flowing at the moment. This is a shocking traffic report, Max. When I pictured the show Helicopter doing a traffic report. Did you picture someone saying, well, the traffic's flowing? Yeah. And that's all you wanted? Yeah, and I sort of pictured a clearer signal to the helicopter as well, which seems to have lost the feed.

Yeah. He's calling on the hotline. Max is calling back. Max, now on a phone. I am on the phone. Can you hear me, guys? That's a lot better technology. So traffic report.

Jono, what's this traffic report? What's happened? Look, the Northern Motorway is flowing. It is flowing all the way over the Harbour Bridge. There is probably no wait time at all. Well, there we go. So you've got Indy and Sarah, two school teachers who were commuting to work via helicopter

because the last three days Auckland has been gridlocked. No one's been able to move. It's taken three hours to get to work. They're primary school teachers. So are you essentially saying now traffic's free flowing? They could have driven? Look, yes, they probably could have driven. But they get to ride in a helicopter.

How cool is that? This is the best experience of my life. Do you want to hand us over to them? Do you want to hand us over to them? I probably can't. They're just in the back. Sorry. Okay, that's all right.

So are you rendering this whole exercise pointless or? Extremely successful. Extremely successful. What a wonderful experience. Of course he's saying that. He's on a scenic helicopter ride. I know. How cool is that?

Well, Max, enjoy the scenic helicopter ride. We'll catch up with you soon, buddy. Thanks, guys. Love your work. Thanks to Heli Trends. Tomorrow on the show, Reece Darby joins us and you can get your hands on one of our golf balls

which could win you $10,000 with our hole-in-one and topo with $15,000. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast. Friends of Skinny.