Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono's False Promises

Episode Date: August 16, 2023

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. So we have a bit of a strange morning here at work. In our room here where we record the radio show, it's very soundproof obviously because they don't like outside noise coming in. But there's a fire alarm going off. They think they're testing the fire alarms in the building. Very, very loud when you step outside the door. Just going off like that. There you go. I mean, if they wanted to check if anything was on fire at this time of the morning, they should have come to the radio studio.

Check out this hot fire content. Definitely not on fire. But there's a light that's flashing on our roof that I haven't even noticed, which is worrying. So that's our indication that there's a fire. Yeah. So if there was a real fire, there's not, that would be our indication up the top. I wonder if there's been an instance where they've been testing fire alarms and a fire has broken out, causing mass confusion.

It would be because everyone was like, oh, it's just a drill. Do you, you got fire smoke alarms in your household? Yeah. Yeah. The common thread of conversation about when the batteries run out yeah here's a plea here is a plea to any smoke alarm manufacturers the duration between boop when the battery's dead the duration is perfectly the amount of time for me to get out of bed wander wander around half days, go, oh, it must have just been nothing,

get back into bed, almost fall asleep, and then boop, another one sounds. Can we just shorten the duration? Yeah, just constantly. Oh, that one needs to change. Yeah, we'll just have it go, peee, constantly. You're like, there it is. Yeah. Because it is an inconveniently pranky amount of time that they leave it for.

A friend of mine, when he was flatting, he got a smoke alarm put under his mattress. I think the guy even cut a hole when they were flatting and put it inside his mattress at the bottom. And he just went to sleep and he would just hear this noise. And he'd be like, where is this noise coming from? For like days. And he was turning the room upside down and trying to go back to sleep. He was like, there's that beep again. And the guy in the flat was just like, I don't know what you're talking about.

Clearly, he'd cut a hole in the bottom of the mattress. Monstrous act. And it was a monstrous act. Yeah, for days, he was just like, where is this noise? And never realized it was up inside. What happened when he found out? Not happy. No.

I know who you're talking about. He wouldn't have been happy. I definitely did not take it well. Definitely did not take it well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben, we did something the other day. We had a sausage sizzle at Bunnings Warehouse. Yeah, we did.

We love a sausage sizzle at Bunnings. You'll know that because we had one at every Bunnings in the country. We love it so much. We went back for one more. And we went out with some wonderful members from the Hits to cook the sausage sizzle. And Brooke was one of these people now we were hanging out handing out a lot of bunnings merch we mentioned it yesterday they're across every piece of merch yeah you could imagine bunnings and so people would walk past and we'd be like

hey you want some bunnings condoms or something you know they don't have those they don't have those they haven't gone to this i was handing those out as okay well don't use those if you got some of those uh but you know t, hats, all that sort of thing. And I handed a hat to a gentleman. I was like, check out the Bunnings drip, mate. And Brooke, who works for the Hits, said, oh, my God, I'm dying inside. She was very embarrassed. Gen Z, perfect.

You know, like. Gen Z, sweet spot for me to embarrass that generation she's even like i have secondhand embarrassment for you for yeah yeah no i was like well i don't have firsthand embarrassment so you're you're taking all of my embarrassment oh yeah and then some i mean everyone was embarrassed for you but you didn't have it you drip i mean you're using the word drip as you know you are a drip i am it's a drip but you're not using in the right to you know yeah thanks to my prostate sometimes i trip uh but we just watched a video before we went out

about a funny guy and he was talking about all this drip yeah but he can get away with it again a gen z yeah you can't you're past that mate you can't you look you're trying hard i want to call brooke and apologize good but also use some gen z lingo too to just relate oh no hello what up brooke hi it's jono here hello jono how are you i'm great how are you i'm i feel bad i was a bit choogy the other day i'm sorry what's that about jono I just came on a bit extra yeah I know it wasn't dope when I was like hey try this drip on it hits different Oh John oh secondhand embarrassment honestly yeah I'm slaying breath a slave seriously Please stop. Don't stop. Seriously, stop. Are you thirsty?

No, Jono, don't. Okay. All right. Well, I'm going to shoot. Grab some clout. Oh, my God. What was the RIS levels on that call? Jono, that's enough.

You're embarrassing everybody. Now everyone's got embarrassment. Oh, jeez. Second, third, fourth. We did have a shock. Brock, I'm sorry you had to be part of that. Even me, when I. Oh, jeez. Second, third, fourth. We did have a shock. Now, Brock, I'm sorry you had to be part of that. Even me, when I was talking Bunnings the other day,

I was like, well, give some vouchers to the buildery people. And Brock's like, they're called tradies, not buildery people. So, yeah, we did it. Maybe we just shouldn't

be allowed out in public. You're embarrassing me, guys. She's like, can I hang up now? Brock, you can hang up. You can hang up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. She's like, can I hang up now? Brooke, you can hang up. You can hang up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, England, obviously, they'll be celebrating. Let's go, England.

Let's go, England. We met Diane the other day. She said, come on, England. Go, England. Come on, England. She said both, actually. Go and come on. Yeah, so England will be happy.

The first time they've got to a World Cup in many, many years, isn't it? For the men's and women's football since, what, the 60s? Yeah. Crazy. We're going to go through to the UK now, Ben. I've just Googled a pub here. Okay. This is called Ye Olde Fighting Cock.

Okay. Would you like to dial through to the Ye Olde? I hope it's a pub and we'll see. We'll find out. It's 20 past nine at the moment, so hopefully it's open. Okay. Good evening, you're on fighting clocks. We did it.

We did it. What? Hello? We did it. We're through. We're through? Through to the final, baby. Who's this?

It's New Zealand calling. What? Who is this? It's New Zealand. We're from a radio station in New Zealand calling What Who is this It's New Zealand We're from a radio station in New Zealand We want to say congratulations on the football England in the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup Oh Oh thank you mate

Sorry a really fumbly start there from me We're saying we did it mate We're New Zealand we were knocked out early But you came and you colonised us years ago so we can take a win. Oh, sweet, mate. Thank you very much. No, congratulations. Must be an electric atmosphere in the UK at the moment.

Yeah, I mean, yeah. Just say yes. Yeah, yeah. So what radio station is this in? This is called The Hits. You know The Hits? We play all of them. No.

You name a hit, we might play it. Name a hit, yeah. Name a hit. Do you do Sweet Caroline, mate? Oh, no. Oh, mate. We probably can do that again, but not in the reg. Why don't you just say, do you play pink?

Do you play pink? Yeah, yeah, a lot of pink. Robbie Williams? Oh, you know, I'm trying to think of other UK artists. Yeah, mate. No, hey, that's really good. Did you have it on at the pub? Yeah, we did, we did.

Yeah, and a big reaction from the locals? Yeah, it was great. It was great. We had lots of people coming in. So this is the first final England, football in general, has made in how long? This is like the 60s, I think. The first female final, yeah.

Yeah, I'll tell you what, I'm not massively into football myself, but it seems good. Okay, well, I thought everyone was over there. Maybe that's a stereotype. What are you into? We are, we are. I'm a rugby fan myself. Oh, a rugby fan. Okay. I thought everyone was over there. Maybe that's a stereotype. What are you into? We are. I'm a rugby fan myself.

Oh, rugby fan. Okay. Please tell me you have terrible oral hygiene because that's another stereotype about the British. Of course you think. Yeah, good. Okay. Rugby then. World Cup coming up soon.

Yeah, man. How are you feeling? Are you feeling all right? Are we going to take this one out in New Zealand? I don't know, mate. Now the – Oh. Ben, you offended him.

I was just going to – Ben, classic Ben. I didn't mean to. Okay. Always coming in with your controversial opinions. Okay. Anyway, congratulations to England. They'll be taking on Spain in the final of the Women's World Cup.

Ben's thoughts on immigration next. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Apparently I've offended someone. Jono, I've got Kirsten on the phone right now. Hi, Kirsten. How are you? I'm not bad.

How are you? I'm not quite sure what was. Last time something like this happened, a lady from a bikini competition came came out of a closet and said we knew each other from bikini comps back in the day i don't think you guys know each other from bikini comps to your kirsten i'm not sure about that have i seen you in a bikini no let's not answer that but you have you promised something to kirsten from the show and the admin was in your department for this one now Now, I'm not throwing – no, I am.

I'm throwing you under the bus. Don't say you're not. It definitely feels like I'm stuck under a bus right now. Kirsten, explain the situation. It was quite a while ago now. I was driving to work and Jono and Ben were talking, saying, are there any mums out there who would like some flowers who didn't get anything for their Mother's Day present?

And I thought, oh, I'm going to ring in and let them know. And they said, I think it was Jono actually, and he said, well, you've got through. We'll take your phone number and details and we'll send you a big bunch of bouquet of flowers but they never arrived oh

how did that make you feel disappointed I imagine it would do it would have been nice to get those flowers wouldn't it Jono I won't lie this sounds like champagne me it's a huge character trait of mine previously we did another radio session I said I've got an abundance I won't lie, this sounds like champagne me. It's a huge character trait of mine.

Previously, we did another radio station. I said I had an abundance of towels. So many towels. Who wants a beach towel? And 19 of them we gave away and not one got sent out. And then those people followed us over here and started querying where their towels were. A year and a half later, then our producer over here had to sort that issue out so oh no okay full transparency i can't remember this do you want

us to go back and find the order that's not to say it didn't happen uh because there's no reason that kirsten would lie no exactly so now let me get your name and number yeah uh well no actually no no i want you to make good to Kirsten next. Okay? Yeah, I'll play bloody Miley Cyrus. She could buy herself flowers. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono Pryor upset a listener to this program.

If you just missed it before, Kirsten's on hold right now. But you promised Kirsten something? Are there any mums out there who would like some flowers who didn't get anything for their Mother's Day present? And I thought, oh, I'm going to ring in and let them know. And they said, I think it was John actually, and he said, oh, you got through. We'll take your phone number and details

and we'll send you a big bunch of bouquet of flowers. Okay. But they never arrived never arrived he promised flowers kirsten didn't receive any yeah yeah no i'm sorry uh make good time to make good how can i make good i'm i've got no skills to make good oh well not right now oh well right now we're going to make good because we have Geordie from The Hits. She's joining us. Good morning.

Thanks for being here. Hello. Hello. Hi, Geordie. Hi. Why are you being dragged into my administration scandal? Jono's sloppy admin. Well, right now, Geordie, you're in Wellington.

I am. I am. Oh, my gosh, Geordie. I'm in my pajamas, Geordie. Oh, my gosh, Geordie. I'm in my pyjamas, Geordie. Oh my gosh. Well, Geordie's outside your house right now, Kirsten, with a bouquet of flowers.

We're not filming it or anything like that, so it's all for radio. But yeah, we've got some flowers for you. Jono, we've done the admin for you. Open the door. Give me a second. Give me a second, okay? I am directly at your door. Oh my gosh. Kirsten's a little shady about opening the door Give me a second Give me a second Okay I am directly At your door Oh my gosh

Kirsten's a little shady About opening the door What's going on We've got flowers Geordie's there You've got some flowers Describe the flowers Geordie

We haven't seen them Hang on Oh wait The doorknob's opening Oh my god Oh no You look so comfy This is perfect

Is this how you No, you look so comfy. This is perfect. Is this how you saw it playing out? Probably a little more descriptive. I'm not there. I'm not single. Is the transaction taking place? The transaction has taken place. They are beautiful.

I look speechless. Hey, Jono. All thanks to Jono, the admin.. I'm speechless. Hey, Jono, all thanks to Jono, the admin. Crosses his eyes, dots the I's, crosses the T's, doesn't he? Does it all. I definitely made my day on a rainy day in Wellington. We're so sorry that you missed out on those the first

time round, and we're glad we can remedy that for you now. I appreciate it. Are you in your pyjamas? Let's just do a bit of post analysis here, okay? If this were to happen again would you have liked, Ben, to give you a bit of a pre-warning, not a surprise

knock on the door when you're in your PJs? Yeah, it would have been nice to have a pre-warning. It wouldn't have been a surprise then, you would have been like, oh okay well I'll put on a frock. And how did it play out for you, Geordie? Was it flawless? Um, yeah.

Yeah, you could say that, I guess. That's a word for it. Okay, then so I feel like this is a conversation we could have afterwards. How could it have been improved for next time when he wants to organise? I haven't done many of these, so yeah. I mean, a coffee would have been nice for next time when he wants to organise. I haven't done many of these so yeah. I mean a coffee would have been nice

to be involved. So shout out to Kirsten for having an alcove for me to hide in. That's awesome. Oh great. And so did you feel uncomfortable hiding outside someone's house? Yeah. It's a very quiet street. There was a very odd look as I was just sort of

skulking around the driveway. All things we can talk about later. All right. We don't need to be having these conversations now. Well, thank you, Ben, for covering up my mess. You're welcome. Enjoy the flowers and get better, Kirsten. Oh, thanks.

I will. And, Jordy, you better flee the neighborhood before the police come. We'll do that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast This is Joining Jobs where we join like-minded people with like-minded hearts, Ben voice We like to say we join jobs and we join hearts

Yeah, I don't think we've ever said that but now we do, yeah Basically what you need to do is you call us up on 0800 The Hits if you've got a job and then we see if we can connect someone with the same job within 60 seconds. Now, I'm going to go wild stuff here. Okay, you ready?

What do you do for a job, mate? Me? I work on the radio. Okay, 0800THEHITS. Does anyone else work on the radio? We're going to have a sub one. Oh, but I'm not playing. Is anyone listening to this that works on the radio?

What about people that work at our work? They can call up. Okay. Oh, 800 of the hits. Okay. Do we win a whole pizza? We'll give you a whole pizza. Yes. I like the way this is.

If you work on the radio or in the radio industry, oh, 800 of the hits. But we'll also do it, the main competition as well. Oh, okay. So we're like the playoff of third and fourth that no one really wants to take part of this weekend with Australia taking on Sweden, right? Oh, yeah.

It's just like send us home yeah yeah you're right brent welcome hey morning boys how are we we're doing well you don't work in radio no no i'm a builder anyone that's a builder bloody ring up now mate come on we both get house pizza brent is desperate all right all right i Brent. Alright. We're going to start the 60 second timer. If you're a builder, Brent, do you want to make another plea to your colleagues? Yeah mate, ring up now. If you're a builder, bloody ring up. We both get out pizza.

Simple as that. Let's go. Are you already at work, are you? Yeah mate, we're hard at it, mate. What are you, hammering, banging nails at this time of the morning? Yeah mate, we don't muck around out here. Got the headlight on.

Oh, headlight on. What time do you finish, Brent? Eh? What time do you finish? About 7.30 at night. What a machine. Big day, big day. Oh, we don't muck around here, mate. Mahi's on 3,000. Mahi's on 3,000 out of Pukakohe. Now, Brent, we have Thomas on the phone who's called through.

What do you do, Thomas? Are you building, mate? Yeah, I'm building. Yeah! Tomo, Brent, well done. You both get hell pizza. Jeez, are you working long hours too, Tomo? Oh, no, about seven to five.

Oh, mate, the Mahi's on 3000 out of Brent's place. Oh, well, congratulations Congratulations Hey cheers boys, nothing like a good bit of health pizza in ya? Oh good We did have the sub competition Oh yeah, yeah, how's that going? Ben, you worked in radio, does anyone listening who works in radio Guess who's phoned through

Who? Harriet, our boss Oh Harriet, our boss Hey Harriet, do you work in radio? I work in radio. Will you get a whole pizza, Harriet? I thought this would be a good test to see who else in the office listens to your show in the morning. Well, it's just you by the sounds of it.

I appreciate that. She probably feels obligated to listen to the show, too. What other, like, if you didn't have to listen to this one, what would be your choice, Harriet? Our sister station across the hallway. Radio Hauraki. Look, rock music's not my thing. Okay, all right. Harriet's like, don't ask me.

Oh, ZM. Would you be ZM? ZM. Yeah, right. Well, thank you for staying loyal. We appreciate it. I look forward to for staying loyal. We appreciate it. And thank you for it. I look forward to my whole pizza.

Yeah. We'll get your details. We'll send that up for you. No problems. Jono had promised to a listener, Kirsten. She explained the situation, how Jono had let her down. Are there any mums out there who would like some flowers who didn't get anything for their Mother's Day present?

And I thought, oh, I'm going to ring in and let them know. And they said, I think it was John Ashley, and he said, well, you've got through. We'll take your phone number and details and we'll send you a big bunch of bouquet of flowers. OK. But they never arrived. So, Ben, you hadise Behind the Scenes,

thank you, Oprah Winfrey-style stuff. Here to help. We would provide flowers at the doorstep. Just moments after we spoke to Kirsten on the phone. Kirsten was like, oh, I'm in my pyjamas, and it's not ideal timing, and she was a bit cagey about opening the door, and probably wasn't exactly how you would imagine.

No, I thought it would be a wonderful surprise, but in thinking about it, maybe it was nice to give back the flowers but at the same time, surprises, I'd rather know first hand. Poor Geordie from the hits

was like, I felt weird, I was hiding away in an alcove, people were looking at me but then you've even surprised me even further but at the end of that

little segment we did on air going, text us through if Jono has let you down in any other ways as well and you've opened a can of worms, Pip! Hello? Text us through if Jono has let you down in any other ways as well. And you've opened a can of worms, Pip.

Hello. Oh, what have I done to you? How have I wronged you in the past? I was asked to come on air and talk about turning down Seth Green's offer for a date a few months ago, and I was offered movie tickets, like a double pass or something for the movie that was out at the time, and I can't even remember what it was.

It was that long ago. Oh, there's no point in going there. It's no longer at the movies, unfortunately. So that's a shame. I'm sorry about that. I'll pin that on me again. If you tell us the story again, I will send you out.

Oh, don't. Well, Producer Taylor, we're going to put this back on me again. What was the story? If you tell us the story again, I will send you out. Oh, don't. Well, Producer Taylor, we're going to put this back on Producer Taylor. You've got, yeah. There is a lot of text coming through here. Jono promised me concert tickets to Justin Bieber. What? He cancelled. He did cancel.

Thank goodness he cancelled. Thank God he cancelled. But they were like, it never turned up before the announcement of the cancellation. Oh, goodness. So he would have been waiting a while. It was a good story, though, wasn't it? Seth Green, he was filming in Wellington, and he asked you out on a date, and you said,

no, thanks, I'm dating, was it bloody, what's his name? Orlando Bloom. No, I turned him down to go and meet Orlando Bloom. Oh, that's right. Orlando Bloom cussed me out of the blue. I was just a random fan in the crowd. He kissed you? Yeah. Orlando Bloom? I know. What a guy. I was just a random fan in the crowd He kissed you? Yeah

Orlando Bloom? I know What a guy Great story It's probably worthy of movie tickets Wouldn't you say, Jono? I'd say so That's right

I would say so And Producer Taylor's going to say so She's rolling her eyes She's like, this is not my admin to clear up, is it? Alright, Purple, put you on hold You talk to Producer Taylor You is it? All right, Purple, put you on hold. We'll get you back. You talk to Producer Tana. You can sort that out.

Now, Shelley. Shelley's joining us as well. Welcome, Shelley. Morning, Jono. How are you? Just the tone of people are like, I've been waiting for this moment to get this off my chest. People coming out of the woodwork now, eh? Like, what?

How's Jono wronged you? I just thought I could bury you a bit deeper this morning, Jono. Okay. You promised me tickets to the polo cross in Tauranga, and I never got them. That's like something Jono would do. It does. Yeah.

Luckily, never got them. Never got them. Okay. You don't sound like a polo person anyway. Absolutely. You are a polo person. Yeah, horse person, yeah. How about I send you a polo shirt?

Oh, don't promise that. Oh, no, I'll never get them. Don't. Put on hold that see if Bridget's italic and weave some magic. But there's definitely, she can't make a polo out of thin air. Thanks, guys. No worries. Text here, I won Eminem tickets off Jono when he was on the edge.

Never received them. Well, that sounds like an edge problem. And an M&M scheduling problem because I don't know if he's coming back in a hurry, is he? Yeah. So, I mean, it's not like...

Send a packet of M&Ms, maybe? Yeah. We can do that. We can probably do that. Actually, let's not promise that because we probably won't follow through on that as well. Keep voting through

for your favourite song, the best song ever. Oh, they've called up now? They've called up. Oh, jeez. Eminem tickets? He's not even coming, mate. No, it was back when

you, Ben and Sharon were on and you did that phone number and people had to guess it. Oh, yeah, yeah. Did you win the tickets and you didn't get them? Yeah, never got them. Oh, that's sloppy.

You know what that is, mate? That's media works falling apart at the seams. Crumbling from the inside. Yeah, that's sloppy. That's not on us. Today FM didn't last. Eminem tickets not being sent out.

The Warriors. What a great season this year. It's been so good to see them doing so well. And the phrase, up the wars, has been something that everyone has embraced, including yesterday on the AM show. William Wada was going around. He's the out and about yesterday on the AM show. William Wada was going around. He's the out-and-about reporter from the AM show, and he was talking to some young girls who were out there

at the FIFA World Cup fan zone. They were playing some football. He was talking ahead of the big football game. England playing Australia. He was like, who do you want to win the World Cup? And this is what happened when he asked the girls. Who's your favourite team? England.

Who? England. England. England! Up the wars. Who's your favourite team? England. Who? England. England. England! Up the wars. Up the wars? Eh? Up the wars.

Up the wars. She must have been like seven or eight and she was like, up the wars. You're an up the wars guy. I am an up the wars. And it gets me a little nervous every time we have a wars on the show. A wars, yeah.

Because of your fanboyness. Yeah, I try and play it cool, but I'm not a cool player. Well, try and play it cool now, because we have one of the Warriors on the phone with us now. Marata Niokori, welcome. Morning, boys. Lovely to have you on. Are we heading to work?

Are we heading to the gym? Actually, we're stuck in traffic at the moment. Stuck in traffic right now? Yeah. Jesus, it traffic right now? Yeah. Jesus, some early morning traffic. Give us a little bit of an update on the Southern Motorway there, Marta. What's it looking like? Heavy traffic heading into the game media stadium.

Oh, well, it's nice to talk to you. We're big fans. Warriors, the season is going so well. Because you played junior Warriors. You went across to Australia, played for the Eels and Parramatta, and you've come home. What's it like to be back home playing for the Warriors and for the team to be doing so well?

It's been awesome so far. I obviously didn't spend time with the boys during the whole COVID period, but to see what they went through and to see where we're at at the moment, it's great for the club and also the country. Well, you need to really enjoy every moment of this year and this season because the Warriors fans, you know, they've been through thick and thin, haven't they? Yeah, and that's the exciting thing is that, you know,

there's a vibe around the country at the moment and whether you support the Warriors or not, you know, the competition is always healthy when the Warriors are doing well. So it's still kicking on and we know we've got a big job the next couple of weeks and have to play some good footy come September. Now, my mother-in-law, Cathy, she's a huge fan of the team, but she has a theory that the Aussie refs are always working against you, therefore they'll never let you win the grand final.

That's her conspiracy theory. No comment. We're out to prove them wrong at the moment, that's for sure. Now, your legs, you've got good muscular big legs and I love the idea of wearing Warrior shorts. I bought some Warrior shorts but I don't have the legs for it. I mean, how long does it take? How long is it going to take for me to get legs like you?

Like me? I don't even think I've got legs. I might need to wear one of those gym ones a bit longer so it goes up to the knees. Oh yeah, go down past it. Do you reckon,

yeah, get some longer shorts. Three quarters. Three quarter ones, yeah. Alright. He does wear them and we say it looks like

a couple of toothpicks inside a parachute when he puts on the... Yeah, I've skipped a lot of leg day. You're probably heading along to the gym right now to do that.

Now, because you must get some great merch, a lot of Warriors merch. Do the friends and family sort of come out of the woodwork when the merch arrives? We can't even get merch ourselves as players because all of it's gone at the moment. Oh, really? You're struggling to find any spare shirts. Struggle at the moment. It's awesome. We had another sellout this week.

It was a sellout in Hamilton last week. Congratulations on the season so far. Good luck for the big game, the sellout Friday night. We'll be supporting up the wars, as everyone's saying this year. All the best. Thanks, boys. Thanks for having me. And go the Warriors this weekend, another sellout.

It's so good to see a couple more games before all going well. Finals time for the hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks so much for hanging out with us. Yeah, it's lovely to have you with us on New Zealand's Breakfast. Producer Taylor, it's lovely to have you with us on New Zealand's Breakfast. New to the New Zealand's Breakfast. And something that is concerning Taylor in her new role as producer of this

program, Ben, is what we're doing to her calendar, you and me now, bit of a back story we feel obliged to send Taylor a calendar invite to every event that's happening in our lives with the

bigger idea of going hey we won't be available at this particular time if we're wanting to do anything. Because interviews and things pop up. We could be making cakes for days on end. So we've now gotten to the system because you do forget about things that are going on. Put it in the calendar. Now we share you on the calendar because you're part of the team.

Yeah, and I'm getting some interesting calendar reminders when I'm out at home just walking the dog or something. Thanks for trusting me with your private information. Because, like, on an instance yesterday, I was out walking the dog, and when you've got something in your calendar, it sends you reminders. And I got a 15-minute reminder that Johnno had the orthodontist at 2.30. Thank you.

It was a textbook appointment. And it was good to know you were across it. We're an open book on this show, mate. We haven't received any updates. No, we don't know what you're doing. What are you doing? Well, actually, so my dog Louie's getting de-sex next Tuesday. Oh, put that in the calendar.

So I put it in your guys' calendars. Join calendar. I want a 30-minute and a 15-minute reminder as well, too, beforehand. At first, though, you were saying to us that you were, because you were new to the job, you're like, do they expect me to come along? Seriously, yeah, because when I first started, I got an influx

of your appointments put in, and it came through, I had something, a rub or something you were getting. It said, Ben getting a rub. A lot of, no, that's not a lot of the time. Am I required in these things? Do I have to escort them?

I know you guys are. Maybe it was Ben getting a Rubik's Cube, but he didn't finish the... He put it on the calendar as well. The other thing... Did you expect Taylor at the rub? The Rubik's Cube? You know what the rub... What was the rub?

Now, the other thing as well, too, that's been a burden on you as well is because we go out and we make 106 cakes and we take photos of all the cakes and all the things that we do. You take a lot of those photos on your phone and now that's filling up your phone. My phone has reached maximum storage.

So even now to just send and receive photos, I can't because I'm at the limit. You took a photo the other day and you were like I need to delete some wedding videos. Yeah to make space. To make space for photos of us. That's how committed I am That is the commitment we want from you I don't know how I feel about this

This is the bit where we said I do Get rid of it mate Ben's pointing at a plane cake