Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: OMG that was in your boot?!

Episode Date: February 22, 2024

Producer Tayla reveals her new favourite app. When is the time to throw out your kids artwork? We chat with our Taylor Swift winner! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. They bought Torpedo 7 a few years ago for $83 million, just sold it two days ago for $1. What? Which seems like quite a low price when you pay $80 something million for something, but I guess it goes with all the ongoing costs and stuff as well. Well the warehouse is where everyone gets a bargain, even if you're buying... Buying stuff off them, yeah.

A dollar for $1. Is Torpedo 7 not performing as they would like? Well I guess maybe it's costing them. I don't know. Don't ask me business related questions. I bought my dog a life jacket. You got your dog a life jacket? My Torpedo 7. Dog life jacket. Yeah they have everything. Still around go still around wow okay uh there you go because so whoever bought stuff.co.nz bought it for a dollar as well yeah from the australian company that owned it here we go like dusting of the business news there from uh john o ben and megan i'm just trying to get that hosking market this time of the morning people want business first thing in the morning yeah well he's got his business lead in show doesn't he yeah i'll do some

stock reports uh updates pretty shortly. Tapping into a new market, and we learned that Megan has a dog life jacket. How many times did you use that dog life jacket out of interest? He wears it, but he doesn't actually get in a pool or the ocean. He just struts around in his little life jacket. Has he got a handle? He doesn't mind the life jacket, yeah.

Yeah, you can lift him up by hand. But he doesn't like going in the water with it. Oh, okay. So it's just in case he falls. How often are you out in boats or anything? Not often. Right. Seems like a bad purchase.

Unnecessary. No, because I thought that would help him get in the pool and swim more because he panics when he gets in the pool. Gotcha. But he still panics and just wants to get out. Now he just feels secure in a life jacket on land. It's just a cute coat. I don't know what your – you know, one of the most frustrating things is when you do your washing, you pull out the washing and having kids now, tissues in pockets.

Oh, God. You know, you see a little bit of paper and you're like, no, surely not. No, you live in denial. You pull out more, more paper comes out. You shake out it. You find the offending pair of shorts, which the tissue's in. It goes everywhere. All over the clothes and stuff.

But I am guilty of leaving stuff in my pocket. Yeah, me too. But I do the washing most of the time anyway, so I can only blame myself. Yeah, right. For not checking through the pockets. You should, but you just can't. You never do. You can be bothered.

But the issue is with our washing in the household is I'm leaving Heineken bottle caps in my pockets. Oh, yeah, yeah. But then they end up rattling around the washing machine kind of like when they do the meat raffles at the pubs and stuff. And now they're getting stuck in the side, inside the rim of the machine. So that's the big issue going on in my household. I know you like to chuck in your washing cycle too.

If you can't find a matching sock, you'll just biff it back into circulation. Oh, I have socks that just keep going through. They're the cleanest socks in New Zealand, but they have no partner. So I just put them back in in the hope that one day I'll find the partner, and they don't. Where do they go? They're probably on different wash cycles. And they never join the same cycle.

I'll just put them back in again, mate. I'll find these when you come out and I don't. And so they just stay. Sometimes you can't be bothered folding something. I do, I do. I just chuck it back in the washing. For no reason. I'm like, oh, I can't be bothered folding those pair of pants.

I'll just put it back in the washing and deal with it later. And then you end up with a massive pile on the spare bed of washing and the washing machine's like, I've done my job, buddy. For you to step up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Swift in Sydney, about to do four nights,

four nights in Sydney after three nights in Melbourne last weekend and twice in the same week she's gone to the zoo in Sydney. Taronga Zoo. No, another zoo that we didn't even know about. Producer Taylor was just telling us there's another zoo. Brand new zoo in Western Sydney, did you say? How many zoos does one city need?

They've got two, apparently. Taronga Zoo's really good. I've been there before, but obviously this Western Sydney Zoo is so good. Taylor Swift went twice. But then I've seen the pictures, and it doesn't look very busy. No, I think they had a private tour. So she went one day,

and then she went the next day, and she took Travis Kelsey, her boyfriend, who's now arrived, and they went through, get some photos with some kangaroos, feed some kangaroos, that sort of thing. She was just doing a recce. Do you think she went the first day and they're like hey you've got to bring your boyfriend back and she's like oh i've kind of seen the zoo

and then there was the oh come on but he'll love it and then the obligation was there so she's like mate sorry you've just landed i've got to take you to this bloody zoo well it's probably a nice wholesome activity for him uh well for her to take him. It's away from alcohol away from drinking. He needs some low key. A big old bottle of pump in his hand. He's got some detoxing to do that guy. That's right. Is there a bar here at the zoo?

Sorry in town but anyway we'll go there later. What's the most exotic Australian animal you've had in your hands? In my hands? In your hands. A koala? Yeah I held a koala. They smell very... Wheezy. They do. And weedy. They smell like wee. I was told

this story to be in before. I couldn't figure out if it was the zookeeper that had weed in his pocket or the koala smelt like weed. Yeah. Well, they're riddled with chlamydia. Yeah. The entire species. Apparently. I thought it would be softer too I mean not like here

It was still cute But it was Scratchy Scratchy and felt like weeds Yeah They are cute though They're very cute And very docile

Like eyelids are always half shut They're like You can hold me I don't care Even with Taylor Swift Imagine them like Whatever I'll go back to sleep

You know Maybe it is weed The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Imagine them like Whatever I'll go back to sleep You know Maybe it is weird Like this isn't it We travel back to a simpler time Where Drink driving wasn't legal But it was just frowned upon You know

Children castrated themselves On rusty springs of trampolines Bullying was character building Simpler time This is a chocolate commercial That Jeez it was massive They had some big high concept commercials

For chocolate bars back in the day You think about the amount of chocolate bars they'd have to sell To pay back the commercials All the chocolate Luckily we love it. Like the Cadbury Crunchy one. Yeah. And they're on that train.

It's like a bloody movie. Yeah, it was very cool. We had that one, eh? Just hocking off a bloody honeycomb chocolate bar. Well, this was the Milky Bar. Milky Bar kid. Every kid in New Zealand

wanted to be the Milky Bar kid. Did you audition? This is a very embarrassing story. I told everyone at primary school I was the Milky Bar kid. But no one could prove that I wasn't because there wasn't any social media. So they took my word for it. I guess it was kind of black and white too. You know, when you see it.

You can't really tell. It's just some blonde kid. And I think I even went and put just half a dozen Milky Bars, handed them out. I thought, Milky Bars are on me. Oh, they gave them to me free on set. Yeah. I don't know if anyone believed my lies, but they a dozen Milky Bars, handed them out. I thought, Milky Bars are on me. Oh, they gave them to me free on set. Yeah. I don't know if anyone believes my lies, but they like the Milky Bars, regardless. But this was the Milky Bar Kid.

Now the man they call the sheriff was a low-down, dirty rat. Mean as a rattlesnake, why he once stole a hat. If he passed by your way, better watch out there you see so the town called for help and along came me Milky Bar Sounds very English, the version. There was a potentially cancerable accent in the middle there. Hey, what?

It's a Milky Bar kid. I don't know why she needed an accent. Because it was clearly voiced over the poor kid as well. And then they had this weird sheriff, like this grubby looking sheriff, adult sheriff, living in a town of children. The whole town was kids. Retrospectively, not okay. Well, I said what they wanted to get rid of him.

That was the bad guy. The odd one out and he stole a hat. One stole a hat. But yeah, the Milky Bar kid. Next week, I tell you what, once you click on one of these Old chocolate commercials You get fed a whole bunch Of other ones Next week we take a look at

The Pixie Caramel one Remember when he's lined up In front of the firing squad Yeah that's right And he eats the chocolate For ages Yeah That's

Yeah That's a great time High concept It's very aggressive For a chocolate bar Do you think the commercials now In 20 years We're going to be going

That was a great commercial? Probably not. Well, no, because no one's watching TV. No. So, I mean, some people are, but it's not, you know, you don't see commercials. I mean, we do have a commercial on TV at the moment. Have you seen it on TV?

No. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Producer Taylor, I just want to bring you in here A little bit of a back story I feel like I come in And every third day You're on a new health kick

You love being healthy Don't you? The same health kick It's just like Adding things to the health kick Yeah True You're like

I'm off to see a naturopath I'm off to Acupuncture Get my bloody insides Kinesiologist Evaluated You do it all I've got a lot of people On my payroll Yeah You're very holistic Is that the word? I'm off to acupuncture. Get my bloody insides evaluated. You do it all. I've got a lot of people on my payroll. You're very holistic.

Is that the word? Yeah. Until it comes to brushing my teeth, then I take shortcuts. Whatever. You drink this sort of toxic-coloured brown sludge every morning. Yeah. And you know what? I actually have to block my nose when I drink it because it is feral.

And I'm breaking out. So I'm like, this is actually hurting me more. Do you actually feel good? Do you feel better than I would feel? No, and I don't think I ever will feel good as long as I'm in this job. And I mean that in the most respectful way. When you're getting six hours sleep,

are you ever going to feel good? I'm natural. Yeah, you're probably right. You come here at 6am in the morning and have to just turn it off. It's like a permanent jet lag sort of thing. Yeah, you're probably right. You come here 6am in the morning and have to just turn it off. It's like a permanent jet lag sort of thing, isn't it? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, don't get us wrong, it's very lucky to have this job.

It's an awesome job. Take it all in. All right, well, maybe. We're not all married to NRL players, mate. He's a winger, so I still need to have a job. But one thing that I have noticed is you've got this app. Yes. Okay, and you can scan barcodes,

and it ranks out of 100 how hazardous this product is to you. Mm-hmm. Now, we've just tested it out with a series of products around. Have you got your phone on you now? No, but I can get it. Yeah, go grab it, and you can hear the sound effect of it. It sounds like a supermarket scanner. It does.

It seems I don't really get my head around it. No. Like how it knows from the barcode and how it's, because it's an Australian app and then it's scanning our barcodes. Australians coming over here scanning our barcodes. And they're telling us what we've got wrong. And I'm like, well, how does it know? Yeah, but it could be a different number.

The same number could be something else in Australia. You're right, Ben. You come over here. No, it just works like this. This is international, baby. So this could be a different number. The same number could be something else in Australia. You're right, Ben. You come over here. No, it doesn't work like that. This is international, baby. So this could be anything. It could be food. It could be moisturiser.

Give me that Schweppes you're drinking right now. Okay. It's just soda water. Surely there's nothing wrong with that. Oh, what is this? That'll be like 99. Oh, there's no barcode on it. Oh, because it would have been on the outside of the barcode.

Oh, I've got this hand sanitiser. Okay. How bad is the hand sanitizer? Sounds like a chicken. Well, that's an unknown product, actually, so that's a bad example. Let's not say the brand names just in case. Here's an energy drink. How bad is that energy drink for us?

39 out of 100. Very poor. And this is why I like the app. What do you mean 39 out of 100? So that's its health rating, but then it goes into why it's got a bad rating so you click additives it contains six additives two which are very hazardous you want to know more i can tell you more it's got e211 in it and e955 in it both very hazardous okay let's go the problem is you know let's go back to the vaccine yeah some of us didn't give a hoot what was in that vaccine.

You can't think too hard about it. Now I've got like a protein bar. Your finger's on the barcode. I'm sorry. How bad is the protein bar for us? Zero out of 100. What? Zero out of 100.

That's supposed to be like a health food. You go to the gym and then you eat that, right? This is what the big pharma is hiding. The big pharma. It's probably a zero out of 100. Mate it is seven additives right is there anything good it's got e150c and it explains what it is so this gives products a brown colour. It is potentially carcinogenic to humans. Carcinogenic. And has a THI substance, whatever that is.

Okay, face cream, one more. What's this face cream? This is very dry face cream. Sorry, it keeps zooming in on you. Don't scan me, mate. A little buddy go off like a metal detector. Poor 43 out of 100. What's the threshold where you will use a product?

I'd say anything over 50 because then it goes to a good rating. So give us one. You can name it. One really good product you like. Oh, I'll use this. Glad you asked, Ben, because I've got heaps here. Just one. So Barilla Pesto.

Very good rating. Very good rating. How much out of 100? What are you sitting on? It was 66 out of 100. Okay, right. So, you know, that's quite good. Well, that energy bar or whatever it was was zero out of 100 So you know that's quite good Well that energy bar or whatever it was Was zero out of 100

Is there anything that came close to 100? Yes Again glad you asked me again So there was I've got this whole grain organic pasta From Countdown 100 out of 100 I'll bring it in next week

Can you use like bloody hippie deodorant now? I do organic and toothpaste We can. Can you use like bloody hippie deodorant now? I do organic. And toothpaste. We can tell. Can you tell? Okay, well good. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, of course, Taylor Swift in Sydney right now.

It's huge. I don't think we've ever had a phenomenon like this over the last decade or so. Taylor Swift, it just is everywhere. You can't escape it. It's huge. And four nights in Sydney, three nights in Melbourne, so many thousands of Kiwis going across there to check it out.

Yeah. Not us, though. Not us, unfortunately. I tried. Didn't get tickets. Then you found out that someone here at work had some sort of insight. Insider knowledge. Insider knowledge with Taylor's team and was getting bloody tickets for people.

Not discounted ones. No, no, paper. But also heads up on obviously before the flights and the accommodation went crazy. Book all that. But no one gave you a heads up. No one gave me a heads up. Who got heads up? Rude. People. And then they were like

oh yeah we booked it before it all went swift surge. And you're like oh. Mate you could have been a hero in the boys. Imagine if you came home one day and you're like family. Guess what I've hunted and gathered today They would have been impressed They would have been very impressed Well thanks to our friend Jeremy

We've done a collab This is Feeling 42 It feels like a quiet night to put some Netflix on I fall asleep before the dom-dom Used to do shots of Jaeger with mates at clubs in town Now I've grown when I've been down Oh, yeah Take Gaviscon and Voltaren in the morning I'm stoked when someone cancels plans, oh yeah

As soon as my butt hits the couch I start yawning It's bedtime I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 42 Everything will be alright if my back stops aching soon I'm sitting down at concerts, and wearing comfy shoes Everyone is so damn young, I look awkward in the club Cause I'm 42 How's it going?

I'm 42 I don't know about you Really feeling 42 Always going to kids' birthdays Grey hairs more than a few On TripAdvisor I will complain in a review Water plants and have great naps All cause I'm 42

The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Beyonce The first black woman To top Billboard's Country chart And also

Millions and millions Of streams Over 20 million streams Since she dropped Two country songs Including this one Texas Hold'em It's a very cool song

Actually It's very very cool she's bringing out a full country album as well too she announced at the superbowl so she's dipping her toes into a genre that's extremely popular worldwide isn't the country community a bit like no get out of it this is great for country a little bit of kickback being like you're not country obviously not if it's got to number one uh over there in amer if it's got to number one over there in America. It's got to number one on the US charts. So because Beyonce's doing another genre,

I thought I'd play the game I like to do time to time with you guys is play some children's lullaby music in the style of, well, they're playing pop music in the style of children's lullabies. You have to guess what the pop song is. Someone's just cracked the code where they change the music just enough that they avoid a plagiarism case Maybe, yeah Don't they?

Maybe, yeah So this is the first song, Megan She's wiped the floor with my shiny head Three weeks in a row in this game, Megan has Shine work out what this song is right now Think Beyonce Oh, single ladies? I think Beyonce. Oh, single ladies? Just talk about Beyonce.

Who run the world? Run the world. Oh my God, that was hard. They're really difficult to get. Yeah, I know, because they all kind of sound similar. All right, here we go, the second one. You know it, but... No, it's happening to me.

It's funny when you... Because obviously I know it. It's all I can hear, isn't it? But if you... Jono should get this, I reckon. Get anyone around. Oh, Jono? Yeah.

Oh, Jono, we've got a prayer. Oh, my God. We'll give it to Jono. Okay, here we go. This one. Got nothing in my brain. That's when we would shake it off. It's one-all.

It's one-all between the two of you. No, I gave him Bon Jovi. I sung it. Sorry. He said Bon Jovi, though. You didn't say. You just sung along like the guy from Creed. Should have kept it to myself.

Okay. Okay, this one. This is for the win. This is for everything. Oh, my God. Shh. Well, okay. Don't impress me.

Not Shania. Shania. I was singing it. I got there in there. That was so hard. That game. It's a hard game. It's quite fun just watching you guys drive work.

I'm sure you guys are playing along in your cars. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Well, yesterday I got into a bit of trouble. I offended my kids for something that I did. I was clearing out some stuff, just sorting out some stuff on the weekend. And I sort of in the hallway put some stuff that I was going to get rid of, you know, in piles of things. I was going to take some clothes down.

You love making a pile, don't you? I do. Close to a clothing bin, some piles of stuff. We're going to be recycling. And I'd gone through and next to my bed, it got a little, you know, a little chest to draw type thing. I'd kept a whole lot of pictures that my kids had drawn me over the years. And I was like, well, let's go through and maybe keep some,

but, you know, call them down, you know? Do it, Cal, because, I mean, the art skills slowly improve over time, don't they? There's a few shaky years at the beginning. Some of that stuff I really love. I love when they were, you know, but other times I could tell the effort probably wasn't there from them. You've done it with a Bic pen.

Looks like it was done two minutes before you had to hand my birthday card over. So I kept everything and then like an art critic, I went through by myself and went, oh, look, I'll keep. And I kept, to be fair, I kept the majority of them and I just probably put about, you know, 10 to 15 ones in the hallway that I was going to put into the recycling. You're like, these aren't going to end up at the Guggenheim Museum. No, but my kids would walk past and they're like, oh, what's happening with that?

And I went, oh, well, that's the stuff that's going to recycling. They're like, oh, you can't throw that out. I was like, well, why not? You could have said, I'm actually just sending it to the art gallery. i should have said that in hindsight they're coming to collect you've got a whole exhibition and i felt really bad about it and i was like look at all the stuff i'm keeping look at all this all this great stuff and they were like yeah but you're looking at throwing out this stuff that and most of them they hadn't even remembered even drawing to be fair like they were so young so i was like well what's the point you can throw out your kids artwork

my son comes home most days with artwork from daycare, and I literally pull it out of the bag. I'm like, eh, chuck it. There you go. Or like other days, it looks like he's made effort, and there's multiple colors, and it's like on black card. I'm like, that'll look chic on the fridge. So it goes on the fridge.

Some of the stuff's pretty cool. And then other stuff, you're like, huh. But other days, I'm like, throw it out right now. Just no. Do I need this abstract piece of a Coke can with a piece of macaroni glued to glued to it no you don't even school books like um i haven't kept the kids school books but i know my parents would as well so many school books school books for what we've kept their school books like what i don't know what yeah like my mom kept all mine and then she brought them down and then she was

like well you need to deal with these now so I looked at it and went oh cool I'll throw them out she's like you can't throw them out and put them back in the car I was like you're going to end up

with a huge shrine of yeah but I'm not I'm not going to look at any of them maybe if you wanted to start your school career again you've got some study notes I mean maybe the books the only ones

I consider keeping are the ones where they've written stories or things like that maybe you know but other times the mass things like that. Maybe, you know, like the other side of the mess stuff. And so you're like, you know. I like to think that even Michelangelo's parents looked up at the ceiling and they're like, you're just scribbling on the ceiling.

It's going to get you nowhere. And was it Da Vinci? Who's this miserable woman you've painted that we have to stick on the fridge with the magnets? They made it smiling. They had their own art journey too, Ben. Exactly, yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Swift in Australia for four nights in Sydney.

She was in Melbourne last weekend. It is huge news, not just on this side of the world, but everywhere at the moment. Travis Kelsey, her boyfriend from the Kansas City Chiefs, travelled across by private jet. They went to the zoo yesterday, Megan. For the second time. She went to the zoo, did a recce went to the zoo yesterday, Megan. For the second time. Yes.

She went to the zoo, did a recce, and then she went back and took Travis the second time. Two days in a row she went to the zoo. Loved it. Loved the zoo over there. I'm sure there's, I mean, Sydney's a great city. There's lots of stuff to do, but the zoo, twice? Okay.

But we want to connect, so we do this from time to time, we want to connect four people to Taylor Swift on 0800, it's 4487. So have you met her? Have you sat next to her on a private jet have you been to the zoo with her one day maybe or maybe Taylor was your wedding song maybe you saw her last week in concert we'd love to hear from you on 0800 the hits 4487 now we're

going to kick things off with Ross from ZDM joins us right now now Ross we wanted to get you on because obviously you're a big fan of Taylor Swift, but you're going to the concert how many times? Well, I went twice in Melbourne last weekend, Friday and Saturday night, and then off to Friday night Sydney as well. What about people who missed out? How come

I can't go see Taylor Swift but you see Taylor Swift four times? Look, I know there's a bunch of people who have... Unfair! That's not why you got you on, but it feels like we have now. Look, I know there's a bunch of people who have. Unfair. That's not why you got you on, but it feels like we have now. Yeah. I know there's a lot of people who feel guilt about how many times I've been.

Not me. No, don't feel guilty. You shouldn't. It goes without saying, big fan. I mean, but what was it like? Because I wanted to go, didn't get tickets. My family, they don't like me as much now. But what is it like going along?

Look, I'll clarify. Yes, I'm a huge fan. But also but also like i love concerts and i've been lucky enough to go to many i've never been to anything like this ever in my life before wow there's only just 96 000 people each night in melbourne like that's that's a huge amount to just imagine being around but the atmosphere is just so safe and caring and loving and friendly and everyone there dressed up, like almost everyone dressed up for that show, not just putting on a jacket, like putting on outfits. And up, the moment she came up on stage dancing for three and a half hours, singing along to every word, the only way I can describe it is religious. And with the friendship bracelets, everyone sharing those, it seems like, yeah,

everyone you talk to seems like it's such a great, fun, it's a wholesome atmosphere that she's created for, because you brought your son along to the second night, who's, you know, quite young. How did he enjoy it? Yeah, he's eight, just turned eight, so we gave him these tickets for his birthday. He has been to concerts in the past,

but didn't really have to run about 30 40 minutes wants to sit down or pull out the phone or something he was up on his feet for three and a half hours dancing singing along to every single word um and you'll love this but at one point he turned to me he said data have you been crying i think i'm crying because i'm so happy oh god that's very sweet that made me cry yeah. Yeah. It's just, it's something, again, like I've never experienced before. Because you've met her before. Yeah, briefly when she came over for the Reputation tour. I mean, I've seen her a lot of times, and again, so much different.

Like, Reputation was great. I saw her at that 1989 show in Sydney many years ago, and for a Nashville one, I've done the full crazy Swifty follow her around, but again this was something special. Oh, very cool. What I love too is that Ross is just the deepest voice too

and he's like, yeah, followed Taylor all around. This is something special. Let's take that grumble out of it, shall we? Alright, appreciate it. Enjoy Friday night, Sydney. All good, yeah. This is something special. Let's take that grumble out of it, shall we? All right, appreciate it. Enjoy Friday night, Sydney. All good, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Again, tonight for four nights in Sydney this weekend, so many Kiwis going over there. And as they came back from Melbourne last week, there was a flight coming back that turned, on in New Zealand, turned into, what, a Taylor Swift karaoke? A sing-along. A sing-along. The whole cabin was lit up in, like, pink and purple, too.

That's not normal, right? They did that especially for it. I think so, yeah. And have a listen to this. Shut up! I'm on a business trip to Melbourne! Yeah, you can see one guy with headphones on who was probably not at the Taylor Swift concert just be going, oh, why did I book this flight home?

They're also standing in the aisles like chanting. It's just such a wholesome, fun thing. As Ross said before, he went to the concert. He said, you've never had an atmosphere like it. It seems so incredible. So we're playing Connect Four this morning. Let's see if we can connect four people to Taylor Swift. We've got the old school Connect Four. Go for it. I win playing Connect Four this morning. Let's see if we can connect four people to Taylor Swift. We've got the old school Connect Four.

Go for it. I win. Connect Four. Go for it. Yeah. Connect Four. And you can tell by the VHS quality there, the old school Connect Four. Kate on the phone.

Hello. Connect Four to Taylor Swift. You can connect yourself to her, not physically. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I was one of the winners, so we're off to Taylor Swift. Oh, you won on the hits? Absolutely. So pretty much almost physically you'll be able to connect.

Absolutely. Now, obviously very excited when you won. How's that excitement been since then and leading up to this weekend? It has been an absolute whirlwind. Whirlwind. Whirlwind. Explain how much whirling was happening in the whirlwind. It's been the outfits.

Other people have had seven months to plan out. What have you gone with, Kate, you and your daughter? Hazel's gone for the Midnight's Era. She's got a very sparkly dress, one-shoulder dress. And I've gone with a Fearless Era, and I've got some guitar earrings and lovely bronze shimmery tops, so we're very excited. That's very sweet. Very sweet that you can do that with your daughter, isn't it?

It's going to be an amazing experience, yeah, something that we're going to remember forever. Friendship bracelets, you got those made? I think we've got about 30 each. Oh, wow. Amazing. That is the excitement levels, let alone love to learn a trip like this. Sleepless nights?

I wouldn't call them sleepless nights. There's been so much going on that it's been the opposite almost. Yeah, yeah. Naked. Very tight. And what did you think? You've obviously seen all the footage and social media posts of her in Melbourne. What were your thoughts?

It has completely hyped me up, I've got to be honest and the fact that Travis Kelsey might also be there just adds a whole other dimension doesn't it? We've heard that. What if she brings him out during Lover? That'd be appropriate. And then he proposes

Oh my god imagine! And you were there. Have you been listening to the songs that are going to be played in the concert? Yes, yes. And I'm definitely excited for a few. I'm really looking forward to seeing The Man. I love the choreography. Oh, I love that. It's amazing.

Really, really looking forward to seeing that one live. It's like a stage play. I saw the movie and it's like a musical where they've got people on typewriters through that bit and they're working in offices and stuff. It's very cool. We were at the opening night of the movie and it's like a musical where they've got people on typewriters through that bit and they're working in offices and stuff. It's very cool. We were at the opening night of the movie, so we didn't think that we would get tickets, you see. So we were there on opening night with our gears jumping up and down.

If you knew now that you were going to the concert, would you have gone to the movie? Absolutely. She's a big fan. Oh, that's good. I'm glad it's two massive fans going across To share this experience together with you and your daughter Enjoy it this weekend

And hopefully we can talk to you on Monday and see how it was Absolutely You'll be getting spammed with videos and photos And things for sure Love it Thank you for hanging out with us on a Friday On New Zealand's Breakfast Now you might notice

The audience might notice something different about me and rattle, Ben, off my usual A-class game this morning. So is the smirk on your face. And it's because, as I look next door to the producer's booth, producer Taylor has

employed a new beauty regiment of a mask that she's stuck on her face. So, Taylor, if you could actually come through here. We're wearing a couple of masks this week, right? Yeah, face masks. It's one of the ones that's kind of got, is there a unicorn on it as well? There is a horn on my forehead, yes.

You look like a casualty from war. Do I? Slightly like a burns victim. It is unnerving that it's red. Yeah, reddy pinky. The mask is. What's it mean to do, this mask? So it's got pretty much fruit in it.

So it's rejuvenating my skin barrier. I can smell it. So it's one of those ones that you, a thin one that you put over the face that comes with a whole thing. A sheet mask. Thank you, Megan. That's the word I was looking for.

Yeah, it looks like if someone came into the studio, they'd be like, oh, good on you for employing one of them. Having such a diverse workplace. You know? I feel like people say that about me regardless. Good on you. Giving them a chance. Good on you for employing her. And I don't, Taylor.

So is it working, these masks? It is. I feel so good. And even Grace commented on my skin yesterday saying how good, like how shiny I've been. Do you have the skin of 100 virgins? Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Well, it looks good. Thank you. The mask looks natural. Oh, natural. I walked into the studio, into the producer's booth the other day, and you were squeezing a zit. Do you think this mask has anything to do with that? Well, when you do try out new skincare routines,

they do say give a bit of testing time. So we'll see if I break out into it further. Hopefully when you take the mask off, it'll be like the end of one of those Disney movies where the beast is revealed. Oh, it's a princess the whole time. That's what I'm going for. Thank you. I tell you what,

what is the hardest thing you do to have a beauty regime? You're waxing parts of your body going, why do we do this? The lasering. Is that the one? I don't wax. I'd say waxing would be pretty horrendous.

And just like needles as well. And like constant. It's just constant, Jono. It never ends. Well, we've got to put deodorant on everyone. Oh my God. And remember to brush our teeth too, don't we, Ben? And sometimes that doesn't happen.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Giving away the brand new Skoda Karoq, which is an amazing car with over $46,000. And your share you can win of $20,000, which is in the boot of the car. Yeah, Rachel put this up on the Hits Facebook page, our web administrator. What's in your car boot? Some wild stuff. As you would imagine, a delicatessen's worth of expired meats that have obviously fallen out of the bags.

Exploding bottles of milk that have stayed in there and the heat has burst them. Just the standard stuff. But then there's some really interesting things. We'll kick it off with Rachel. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. What's in your boot, Rach? My cat.

Your cat? How long? Probably not long. I had a tuia de previa, like a people mover. And the kids jump out of the car, they leave, and it's in the garage, they leave the sliding door open all

the time, as kids do, they're in a hurry. And I had gone to pick my child up from school camp, and I just jumped in the car, like shut the door, jumped in the car, drove around to school to pick him up and then opened the back boot to put the camping bag, the sleeping bag in, and there was a cat looking at me. Cat's out of the boot, it's not the bag.

Yeah, cat was like, geez, I took a wrong turn there somewhere. So, wow. That's wonderful, Rachel. Go and have a great weekend, eh? Thanks. I love how you say kids are always in a rush. You're right, but why? Why?

We've got nothing really busy to attend to. Things to do, things to do. We're going to get Tam on. How are you? I'm good, thanks. How are you? Yeah, really well, thank you. Good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast.

Another animal one. What happened? I had my neighbour's chicken. In the boot of your car? In the boot of my car, yes. Wow, so how did this happen? I just moved into a rural property and thinking, you know, I'm animals, I can do this. And I went to the supermarket, came back, did the first load, left the back of the car open.

I returned and there was one of the neighbor's chickens in there eating my groceries. Maybe that's why they crossed the road. I don't know. Maybe we always wanted to know why the chicken crossed the road. There was a supermarket load of groceries in the boot. Get on your 10. Go and have a great weekend, mate. Appreciate it.

Nicola, you're on. Welcome. What was in the boot? My husband was new to um new zealand about 20 years ago and he was working for a place that's in cambridge which is the now has the new bp at it and unknown to him the foreman knew that there was a... I don't want to be disrespectful to the whanau, but someone's brother was in the rear seats and he was embalmed.

So he was dead. Oh, there was a dead body in the car. Yeah. And my husband ran back to the foreman and said, I think you need to call the police because there's a dead body in the car? Yeah. And my husband ran back to the foreman and said, I think you need to call the police because there's a dead body in the car. They all sniggered and laughed and said, No, it's quite common for people to take their bodies down the line because it's expensive to get a hearse.

I've been from the UK, or my husband from the UK, you put a body in a coffin in a hearse and take it to where you need to. Oh yeah, now it's like bloody weekend at Bernie's here mate. We've all got them in the car. So he then respectfully moved the body and carried on

with the wasp and felt that it was very unusual, very weird but afterwards now he can laugh about it, but he still feels really... Yeah! Was he allowed to do what he did to someone's father?

He picked up the body and put it in the workshop and was like, I've just got to do the warrant on the car. Yeah, I don't know. What? All he found out later on was that the guy needed a waft to go and take his dead brother down the line to, obviously, his marae or whatever for his burial. Well, there you go. And did he get the waft, the end story?

Yeah. Yeah, good. It was a happy ending. Yeah, it was a happy ending for everyone. Oh, good on you, Nicola. Hey, thanks for your call, mate. Appreciate it. Not a problem at all. The Hits, the Jono and Nicola. Hey, thanks for your call, mate. Appreciate it. No problem at all.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Who's having the best weekend? We are heading into another weekend and we like doing this, seeing what is happening right around the country

so you can plan your weekend and we put the two islands up against each other, the north versus the south to see which island is having the best weekend. Now, unfortunately, she suffered a devastating loss last week,

so has had to take some annual leave to do some self-reflecting. Hayley from the Hits in Wellington won't be with us. Megan, you're going to be filling in for the North Island. I'm going to be repping the North. And Connor, as always, from the Hits in Christchurch, repping the South, and we know it's a low-hanging fruit, give-me kind of weekend for Christchurch, Connor. Okay.

Well, I just feel a little bit weird about this because, you know, Hayley's not been here. I've been doing a job for her as well, so it's just kind of like a bit... But okay, we're jumping to it. Picking up the slack while Hayley's been away. Yeah, I mean, what more can I do? I'm both the North Island and the South Island now. I don't get it. He's neutral ground now.

Yeah, of course. He's been right across the country on the hits during the days this week. All right, so what's happening in the South Island now. I don't get it. He's neutral ground now. Yeah, of course. He's been right across the country on the hits during the days this week. All right. So what's happening in the South this weekend? Well, we're starting deep South. Your guys' favourite place, all three of yours, including yours, Megan, today. Gore. Of course, the capital of many things.

The capital of country music in our third all New Zealand. The capital of fashion, apparently, but that one's... Sorry. You know what the third one is, right? You know what the third one is? Anyone know? Trout. There's a big trout.

The capital of brown trout. The world capital, even. And so this weekend, they're celebrating. Because people from all around the world actually go to Gore over the fishing season to get their fly rods out and have a go on the Fly Matota River Festival. Now, when I lived in Gore, I actually was a part of the festival. Heaps of fun. In saying that, though, fly fishing, I'm not sure if any of you have ever tried it.

It has got to be the hardest thing of all time. I've never fly fished. It seemed like quite a relaxing activity where you put on those big pants, the waders. It makes no sense to me. And you say it's calming. It is the most frustrating thing of all time. Yeah, well, I guess if you're good at it, it's probably calming. Okay, that's all this weekend. What else on the south?

Okay, well, Megan, you'll be happy with this because we're getting the boys out of your hair at least on Sunday, but we'll start with Saturday in Christchurch. Of course, Leckie Ave is back. Electric Ave. So what is called? Leckie Ave. What a line-up. So cool, Connor. Amazing line-up at Christchurch this weekend for

Electric Avenue. Oh no, it's going to be unreal. And LAB released their new album last night as well and their performance, that'll beup. So cool, Connor. I mean, amazing line-up at Christchurch this weekend for Electric Avenue. Oh, no, it's going to be unreal. And LAB released their new album last night as well, and their performance, that'll be good. 660, a bunch of other big Kiwi names, and the Chemical Brothers as well, which I reckon is going to be a slightly older demographic at this Electric Ave this weekend because of the Chemical Brothers, which will be great. And then that older demographic will take about three weeks to recover from the Chemical Brothers.

Yeah, that's the one. And then we go to Sunday morning, of course, the sanitary and we fix kids' triathlons arrived in Christchurch. It'll be great to see everyone down at Jelly Park for that one. Awesome. Well, that's on the south this week. A big, big weekend in the south, Megan. He came in hot there. What are you going to do?

You've got to really claw it back for the North Island. I'm just going to throw it because I'm a mainland girl anyway. Oh, okay. What have you got? What have you got? No, there's lots of sport happening in the North Island. Watch me. Talk to me. Talk to me, Megan. Talk to me.

Watch me bluff my way through this. So up the wars, Saturday night, there's a trial game at Mount Smart. The boys are up against the Dolphins. Sold out. Sold out. It's going to be a wild night. I don't even know if you believe yourself. I'm trying.

Is it a part of the season, Megan? No. It's a trial game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pre-season. Pre-season. We're still up the wars. That's good.

I love that. Okay. Yeah, what else? And then tonight and Sunday night, my favourite sport, cricket, is happening at Eden Park. They're playing in the T20 series. Ben told me it's Australia. It's the second and third one. Yeah, that's right.

Games? Yeah, games. And they're quick ones. Yeah, they are the quick ones. They're three-hour ones. Where they hit lots of sixes and fours. Yeah, yeah. You're smooth.

Yeah, well done. Cricket and league. Okay, so normally we make a decision now which island is the best. I'm going to... Oh, just give it to Connor. No, I'm going to say I'm going to give it to you if you can name three... Oh, my God. No, no.

If you can name three Black Cat players in the current team off the top of your head, Megan. Does Tim Southey count? Yep. Nah. You read every morning about them and then you just read about them. Every 30 minutes you're reading their names out. No, Trent Bowles. Yeah, you just read about him. Doesn't he spin bowl?

No, but that's right. Does he bowl? He bowls, yeah. No, I've got nothing. Nothing. Alright, Connor, you take it out this weekend. Up the cap. Up the bowl? He bowls, yeah. No, I've got nothing. Nothing. All right, Connor, you take it out this weekend. Up the caps. Up the caps. Up the caps, up the wiles and we'll see you on Sunday, Connor.

Yeah, looking forward to it. Thanks.