Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Suzy Cato On The Importance Of Pink Shirt Day

Episode Date: May 19, 2023

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. A family-friendly spending package. If you didn't get up to date with what happened yesterday at the budget, they borrowed more than some people thought, the experts thought they were going to, but great news for parents. Free early childhood education for 20 hours is extended

up until kids are age two. That's wonderful. Which is great. Public transport will be free for primary school age kids and half price until they're 25 years old. And $5 prescriptions is one of the other big talking points. They'll be dropped. So you're paying $5 to get prescriptions

at a lot of chemists around the country. That's gone. From my understanding, that's one that comes in and comes out, depending on the government. Yeah, gotcha. Oh, there you go. Well, that's a great comes in and comes out, depending on the government. Yeah, gotcha. Oh, there you go. Well, that's a great summary of the budget there, Ben. Yeah, they're worried a little bit, though, the experts.

The experts. Don't know who the experts are. Be that cute little guy that goes on the telly, Brad Olsen. We love that guy. Yeah, they said extra spending could force the Reserve Bank to continue to hike interest rates. So that's the worry. Can I ask, because you said they're going to be borrowing more money. Where are they going?

I don't know. Instant finance? Who do they borrow money from? Can they just print more money? I mean, I don't know. Because it'll be billions and billions of dollars. Who do you go? I'm sure there's someone out there lending it to them.

Yeah, it's a very, very good point. I'll tell you about my tactic for saving money recently, and it's not one I've intentionally done, but it worked wonders twice for your budget yeah for my budget go across the road and get a hot drink from time to time after the show and twice my cars my car has declined over the last couple of weeks yeah and you i've been in front of you in the line and you've generously paid for it then i was in front of b-humps yesterday and he generously paid for it i've walked off My transaction is complete in my head. I didn't know it was going to decline.

Yeah, a pattern is starting to form here. This is my issue. You wait for perfect conditions. He positions himself in between either me or Producer Humphrey. You're in the middle. Then there's another one of us sandwiching you. You go on

and you tap and you tap and you go you're gone the person behind the counter is then sir sir sir it's a noisy cafe conditions are perfect for you to pretend not to hear yeah you're 50 meters away then the person next to you is left going well i'm associated with them i feel an obligation to pay these four dollars ten and i mean you're high you're four dollar ten4.10 heist, you've got away with at least $9.20 so far. Yeah. When is it going to stop? So Grant Robertson, if you're listening to this, this is a way,

this is a great way that you could save some money. You can get some of that money back you spent on the budget. Yeah. Listen, the Ram Raiders are getting all the press at the moment for ripping people off, but I think we'll be focusing on you a bit more now, my friend. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Who's having the best weekend? Raiders are getting all the press at the moment for ripping people off, but I think we'll be focusing on you a bit more now, my friend. Oh, here we go.

When did this come into play? Oh, it's coming to play right now. Oh, I love it. The weekend's a wonderful time to relax, isn't it? And also a great time for divorced dads to do a bit of parenting for a couple of days. Yeah, you're right. But we do like to pit the North versus the South, Ben, as you just mentioned. Every week we get Hayley and Connor on. Hayley in the North, Connor in the South, who work for the Hits radio station.

And we're going to kick things off. Last week we started with Hayley. We're going to go to Connor in Christchurch. What's happening in the South this weekend, Con? Good morning, guys. That thing's really put pressure on. Oh, my God. Right. Taste Southland,

celebrating an array of food-based ticketed events taking place from today through to Sunday. Sounds good. That's called Meals. Oh, what? Yep. Isn't that the one where they eat bloody everyone's testicles?

No, I think that's the wild food. I don't know. Yeah, wild food. Yeah, wild food. I'm sure you can if you want, but if that's what... It might be an option. I don't know. I'll wild food. Yeah, wild food. I'm sure you can if you want, but that's what... It might be an option. I don't know.

I'll do some more digging for you. Leave it to me. Thanks, Connor. Oyster balls, chocolate-making classes. I can actually imagine you, Jono, shucking some bluff oysters, tucked away in a mimey, waiting for the next duck to fly by. That's right.

I understand 38% of that, and I agree with it all. We're getting to the point now in Christchurch where police are actually holding these safer vehicle events to stop people from stealing them and then ram-raiding dairies with them. So today, if you don't want your vehicle to be stolen and used in a ram-raid, you can go to Wigram Skies in New World from 11am to 2pm and learn how to kind of stop people from stealing your car. How do you stop? Well, I guess that's why you have to go to the New World. Yeah.

What a great thing to go to. I guess you could take your wheels off, couldn't you? Oh, yeah, you could. That's always an option, absolutely. And last week, before I finish, last week it was Devil Skin and Nelson. This week it's Stop, Whoa, Back It Up, and now let me see your hips swing. Savage.

Savage. Oh, friend of the show,, Savage He's a great guy I love Savage Yeah, he's our coolest friend Yeah, I know He gives us a little bit of cred We ruin his Yeah

Sounds like a great weekend in the South Let's whip to the North Now, Hayley out of Wellington Good morning, Hayley Hello It's tricky to follow on from that But I do want to say that We don't need the new world car theft

because we just never, ever, ever have cars stolen in the North Island. Right, boys? That's right. Yeah, never, never. Ben went into a four square last night, didn't you, mate? Just a shop, not with a car, and up through the window. What's happening in the North? We have the ability, if you want to go somewhere and spend thousands of dollars worth of baby paraphernalia that you will never ever use, we have the famous, popular and equally terrifying baby expo happening in Porirua.

The baby? Oh, that sounds like a lot of people, a lot of high pressure in that baby expo. Yeah, and they will sell you anything. One year they sold me an electric snot sucker. I used it once, dry reached and have never touched it again. Oh, can I have it? I'll use it on Jono from time to time. He's had to go manual up until now.

And then we have which I think is slightly prejudiced but it's only for the singles. We've got Auckland Singles Club. They have tonight a disco in Rimewera. We're talking ABBA, Bee Gees, Donna Summer, and it's full, like, 70s. There we go.

What, the age of the people going, or the theme? Oh, and 70s, yeah, probably that as well, actually. Can you remember the last disco you guys went to? What was the last? It was probably a kid's one. Yeah, well, probably. I took my own kids along, obviously.

Mine was in the 90s and I borrowed my sister's fluffy red vest and then I got in trouble after the disco because my mum found a cigarette burn in it. Who was smoking at the disco?

It wasn't mine, it was my sister's but I got grounded. Oh, the 90s. It was a different time. Hayley, Connor, thank you so much this morning. Jono, who are you going to give it to, north or south? Oh, jeez.

I'm going to give it to the north, only because Connor's hung up. Well done, Hayley. He had more important things. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. With the kids. I'm sure yours are the same. They don't dress for the conditions. They're not great.

And they always keep having the conversation. I'm like, inside right now is not what it's going to be like outside. They're like, I don't need a top. I don't need shoes. You're like, you're going to need those things. And you know you're right. But they will just never engage with you. And then later on, you're out somewhere.

They're like, I'm cold. You're like, oh, well, we had this conversation we did this conversation my daughter and the aborter jacket part of it i mean the uniforms oh jeez you want to talk wedding prices and school uniform prices where things just really escalate um oh you want to educate your child yeah that'll be three times the price of what you'd usually pay. Even yesterday, my daughter said, yeah, it's like a school scarf. Scarf? I'm like, yeah, sweet, $40. $40 for a scarf?

I'm like, $40? She's like, I could whip down and get you one for $3 or $4. You've used one to cover up your hickeys for years. You've got one at home. Yeah, I have. You can borrow that one any time. But my daughter India bought her a jacket for school, a rain jacket. You know, if it's raining, I'm like, wear your rain jacket and stay out.

I text her in the morning, it's going to be wet. And I come home and pick her up, she's not wearing the jacket. I'm like, what's wrong? She's like, I don't know, it's noisy. The jacket's too noisy. She's like, it's just noisy. When I walk, it's noisy. I'm like, but it's protecting you from the rain.

I hear it, yeah. It's kind of one decibel away from wearing a plastic bag, isn't it? A rain jacket. She's like, it's kind of one decibel away from wearing a plastic bag, isn't it? A rain jacket. It's just too noisy. I'm like, you're only wearing it from the classroom to the car or car to the car. You know, but nah. Same with my Velcro stripper pants. Yeah.

Too noisy. They are too noisy, those pants. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Oh, parent-teacher meetings last night for me, mate. Oh, nice. You've done your time there, haven't you? Yeah, I didn't realize the last one was on Zoom. There were online ones.

And so I turned up and the teacher's like, oh, oh. You're IRL. Yeah. I was like, but I wanted a connection. I wanted a connection to the school. I'd been inside, you know, the school. So what did she do? She was fine.

She just kind of went, oh, oh. But yeah, it was fine. Did she give you the parent-teacher meeting in person? Yeah, she did. And the school, because my daughter Sienna had got the afternoon off, so I had to get her uniform back on. She was like, I'm pretty sure they're all online. I'm like, I want to go see face-to-face, see where you are, see the classes.

They can't lie to you in the room, can they, mate? It was lovely. The lady was awesome. Good on you. He's a hands-on guy. Not in that instance. Not literally, no. the room can they make it was lovely the lady was awesome good on you he's a hands-on guy not literally no but yeah uh yes i went along last night and great setup at oscar my son's college big hall each teacher's on a desk like it's bloody speed dating you sit down science two minutes bang bang bang then you're on to english maths maths. Great stuff. But there's no parent-teacher meeting that I've been to where I don't feel like I've been transported back in time to a student.

You know, you feel – we sat in the principal's office once, and I was like, Jesus. You feel like a child again. I think we did something a couple of years ago at a school where my old English teacher's the principal now. And again, I'm like, oh, you know, you just... Because he was like, why don't you come into my office for a cup of coffee?

Just nice. But I was sitting there, I was like, I feel like we've done something wrong. We've been vaping behind the bike sheds or something. You do it. Just automatically transports you back there. Because my dad is, for many years, was a school principal, still a school teacher.

And even guys, you know, burly guys and stubbies and this thing that will come up and then head down hello mr boys you know like really like almost quite shy the same guy who's been giving you grief with a with a big bot in their hand like two minutes ago will see my dad and come up and be all yeah good good you know it's funny how that changes with someone in authority you can never escape it can you but then also the whole time during the parent-teacher meetings, I'm just waiting for them to go, you have raised a child, Einstein. You know, you just want them to...

Honestly, I've done a lot of teaching over the years, but this would have to be the craziest intelligent kid I've ever met. They don't say that, though. But no, he did very well. He did very well. We're very proud. The other thing, too, I don't know if you struggle with this as well, is they go, have you got any questions?

And I'm like, oh, jeez, I haven't thought of any questions. And then I go, how's he doing? And I can tell the teacher's like, well, I've just told you. I've just told you how's he doing. You know, you have to come up. That's a little tip for new players. Come armed with a couple of generic questions you can chuck out. I just told you how to do it. You know, you have to come up. That's a little tip for new players. Come armed with a couple of generic questions you can chuck out.

I always think in my mind, but don't ever say, of stuff that we do on the radio. Like, if you were stuck on a desert island, you could only take one CD, you know, like CD. What album would you take to listen to nonstop? When did someone see you naked? Yeah, they'd go, oh, oh, ah, what? Yeah, so maybe that's something you can do.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Well, it is Pink Shirt Day today. It is a very important day, so let's get into that, and let's bring someone on who is a ray of sunshine, Susie Cato. Sprinkle a little sunshine over you. Good morning, how are you? Oh, Susie.

I could never be in a bad mood. I mean, has anyone ever got angry at you before, like road rage or anything? Quite possibly, but I'm a bit of a, because I'm in a little bubble of wine line. Oh, I know. I'm sorry, you pulled out in front of me. I let it get away on me. It was my bad. It was my bad. Now, today is a very important day right around the country, an awesome day, a pink shirt

day, and you're associated with it. Where's it come from, and what does it mean? It's come from Canada. It's come from a school over in Canada where a young person wore pink. They wore pink to express themselves and they were bullied. They decided that they weren't going to school again. A whole lot of people reached out to them and said, look, we support you and you have the right

to wear whatever you want to wear. And they rallied as many kids in that school as possible to wear pink to support him. So it's about standing together and speaking up and supporting those who are different, who like to express themselves in different ways, who just want to be themselves. And don't we all just want to be ourselves? Don't we all want to be accepted for who we are? It's hard now too, isn't it? It's harder for the kids nowadays to escape it. If they are being bullied with social media,

it can be relentless. They can go right into their bedroom. Oh, certainly. Especially after hours when they're not supposed to be on their phone be there for your child and offer them support just keep everything as calm as possible and find the appropriate support

whether that be through your school, through the police NetSafe there are ways of dealing with it now a lot of kids, a lot of schools around the country my kids, you know, Pink Shirt Day is huge in schools and workplaces. Here at work, there's been these awesome posters around the office.

You tear one off, these little things at the bottom, like you'd see outside where you need guitar lessons or whatever, there's a phone number. There's like these little leaflets around. You can tear off compliments. And, John, I would like to hand one to you now. Now, John, in all honesty, is a lovely, a lovely, friendly person. little leaflets around you can tear off compliments and john i would like to hand one to you now now john i in all honesty is a lovely lovely friendly person but sometimes when he talks on the radio

because he said so much rubbish suzy he sounds like he's saying rubbish all the time when he's being serious so i want you to tear off a compliment and give me a compliment and try and deliver it in a nice way and not sound sarcastic because you are a lovely person i don't mean that and i love working with you so okay so just tell judge if it sounds genuine or not because sometimes suzy he's lied so much on radio and he says so much silly stuff it's hard to tell the real jono on radio and i know he's a big softy yes yes where does one end and one begin yeah okay so i don't give you any one of those you can give me what it's a lovely thing they've got around work. It is. Ben, you're one of a kind. What do you reckon, Susie?

Yeah, look, I like that. Ben is one of a kind. There's no one quite like him. I wish I accepted that earlier. You know, like when you're at school, you try so hard to be part of groups or things. And as you said before, being yourself is sometimes hard, but it's the best way to be

it's it's what makes you different and makes you unique and sometimes you learn that later in life fitting in with the crowd they weren't the people that you should have been fitting in with anyway yeah yeah so true so true and what we do in a when we get packed mentality when we're around other people we wouldn't normally do by ourselves so um yeah we just need to take stock and just go hey would i like that if that was happening to me? We keep saying to our kids, hang out with people that you can just be yourself with. Makes it easier.

I've got another compliment here for Ben. You are strong. Thank you. Now, Susie, you know Ben. You know Ben. When you look at Ben, does it scream strength? No, no, probably not, actually. It screams malnourishment to me.

Susie Kato, it is an amazing day right around Aotearoa today. Pink Shirt Day, businesses, schools all getting in behind a really great cause. Thank you for your time this morning and explaining what it means and where it comes from, and have a great day. Hey, thank you for your support. See you, see you later.