On-Air with Darren

Did you hear The Hits 90's Bus Tribute to Australia Day?? Crocodile Campbell helped bridge the gap between New Zealand and Australia... including Kiwaussies (Aussies living in NZ). Here's Croc Campbell with a heartfelt hand of friendship between our countries.. because we're all mates.

Tina Cross has released 'Paradise Coast' -- a song about towns on The Coromandel Peninsula. Here's the song as performed by Tina at Pauanui Sport and Rec Club on Saturday.

It's now official, Buckingham Palace has released a statement confirming Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are now engaged. Apparently it all unfolded whilst they were roasting chickens. Now that's romance.

Over the weekend Donald Trump tweeted that he would probably win TIME magazine person of the year... to which TIME tweeted BZZZ Wrong! Meanwhile Ella Williams DID actually win Hauraki / Thames Coromandel Sports Person of The Year for 2017. You Go Girl :)

Richie is Darren's neighbour and a pilot for Air New Zealand. He's still flying LA to London then back to go fishing in Tairua. What a life ! Betty has a similar story - she's a flight attendant for American Airlines and still happy to help customers at 80 years old. What's her secret ??

The locals in Tingalpa Brisbane are not happy about a new KFC store opening.... except this one guy who is pretty keen on fried chicken in his suburb.

We love feedback on social media, especially when it's positive. Sometimes we need to deal with nasty comments.... 

So 2 sumo wrestlers walk into a bar.... not really, this happened - they got into a fight which involved anything they could throw at each other including a microphone and karaoke machine.

Jo-Anne George is a gorgeous lady from Melbourne, Australia who paid $200 to see Stevie Nicks at Rod Laver Arena. Venue security spotted her dancing (as in having a good time) and promptly removed her from the concert because dancing was not allowed.

Tess Nichol is a reporter for the New Zealand Herald. She's decided to get fit in time for summer, so she's off to a 6 week boot camp. We think her 'end of day' thoughts are very similar to ours :)

Rita Ora was in Germany and decided to prank The Voice Blind Auditions by pretending to be a 26 year old upcoming artist from London. Here's how she went.

Darren often pesters Mike Hosking asking for feedback on the show... now that SEA FM is joining NZME, Darren figures he should be able to access the same advice... without the threat of a lawsuit. Maybe.

Team SEA FM sat down in the office to talk through any questions they may have around merging with our broadcast partner NZME... here's what they came up with.

The team here at SEA FM have worked hard to build a radio station for the Coromandel Peninsula. We're now at a point where we need help to take things to the next level, so we're joining forces with NZME. From 1st December 2017 we'll be The Hits Coromandel. Here's the announcement on-air with Darren and Bobbie-Jo this morning.

We're down to sudden death cook-offs on My Kitchen Rules New Zealand. This week Jarryd and Ben were cooking against Heather and Mitch for some of New Zealand's best sporting champions. Here's our recap of Monday night's show.

Here's an interesting story about a competition we didn't even know existed - Miss Bum Bum... the winner parades her, well, you know what. This win comes with a twist.

Police Officers in Victoria, Australia have complained their uniforms are too restrictive around the crotch area... in fact the restriction has even led to bad guys getting away because Police can't move quick enough when on the chase.

Melbourne Cup is usually a big day at the races in Flemington, Australia, mostly with intoxicated punters enjoying their day out. Security has tightened over recent years with the introduction of the Drunk's Chair, which is basically a chair with wheels where drunk punters are strapped in. What could be worse ?? Let's find out.

Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson, is set to be a Dad again... at 62. His partner Louise Ford is expecting in early 2018. Today we checked out how the birth might go (don't worry, no gory detail here, just a bit of fun). Waaa.

Married at First Sight couple Ben and Aaron have parted ways. Ben said from the get go he was not attracted to Aaron, which pretty much set the scene for the entire experiment, all the way up until he delivered this letter reading on Sunday night.

Rumour has it that National Party Leader Bill English might not be sticking around too long and that Paula Bennett could be waiting in the wings for a chance at the top job. Hello sweeties tells us more.

A British diner who took his parents out for lunch in Venice disputed the $880 bill for seafood and pasta. That's a big bill for lunch! Find out what they had.

Don't try this at home. A wife wanted her husband "taken care of" to help pay a few bills, so she hired a hitman. Only problem is the hitman was a friend of the husband. So, how did this all end ??

Australian doctors have revealed how much exercise is needed to work off the booze we drink. Let's see how much moving we need to burn those calories after a glass of your fav drink.

The 13th ruler of Dubai has spent truck loads of cash running a horse training empire so he can win big bucks at the races. That's not going so well, losing about $91M in the last year including this year's Melbourne Cup. Should he diversify.. maybe get into shoe sales ??

Sad news from Jacinda Ardern's family with the first cat of New Zealand, Paddles, being run over on Tuesday. That sucks. Tributes have poured in via social media from so many people, except one.... anyone know who this is ?

Darren and his wife celebrated 19 years of marriage (or as Darren puts it - 19 years her tolerance of him). Anyhoo, SEA FM posted a message on social media which recieved some nice comments from listeners and even Darren's mother in law.

My Kitchen Rules New Zealand has entered the sudden death cook-off rounds, first up with Chris and Bex from Wa Wa Wa Wanaka up against Tash and Hera from Rotorua. Here's a recap of Monday night's show from The Hunting Lodge with Pete, Manu and special guests from Shortland Street.

The marketing exec who flipped the bird at Donald Trump last week has been sacked. Turns out she works for a company where Donald pays the bills. In a similar event, Darren's wife also flipped the bird whilst in traffic. Find out what happened.

During the election campaign Paula Bennett posted a bunch of hello sweeties videos on social media... now that's done and dusted she's back in the car with a few friends.

PowerCo has a scheduled Power Off Day next Tuesday 14th with a Power Out Party in Williamson Park. Power off for the day sounds like every day at Darren's Mother In Law's place.

Paradise Papers is the latest leak around people who have offshore investments in the Cayman Islands... this time the Queen herself has been identified as someone who has money shipped overseas to the Islands. What does this all mean for other investors doing the same thing ?

The Hosk has makes a regular appearance On-Air with Darren, not by choice and usually out of context, but hey exposure is exposure right ? Today we ask the Hosk if any of Darren's jokes are actually funny.

Jacinda Ardern had a big weekend over in Sydney with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, then this morning she was back in New Zealand and on the tele talking about Guy Fawkes, which has become a pain in the butt.

Facebook has revealed millions of fake and duplicate profile accounts. What does mean for all those FB likes Darren has been receiving after posting his selfie pics ??

A new phone scam from South Africa is doing the rounds, claiming to be the Australian Taxation Office, playing a recorded message about outstanding taxes. If you hear one of these lame robo calls just hang up.

In a case of what is possibly the world's worst burglar, a fella who climbed into a window ended up getting stuck, with his butt hanging out. Police assisted after he was heard calling out for help... whilst trying to rob the place. Needless to say he made a real ass of himself.

Here's the story of a bride who was prepared to have her toes broken just so she could fit into a pair of dream shoes on her wedding day. Was it worth it ?

Body and Soul Magazine has released their tips on how to get a good night's sleep and more importantly how to get off to sleep quicker. Darren has a better idea.

Jacinda's been in the top job for about a week and has already been named the 13th most powerful woman in the world. Anyhoo, that aside, she's working on passing Labour's first Bill through parliament.

The boss of Nippy Bus company in the UK sent an email telling staff he couldn't stand working with them any longer, so he closed the company. Harsh.

There's a new game show in Australia called The Wall. Contestants were asked the question Which city is the capital of New Zealand.

This is a great story about a dog who had a crap upbringing... now enjoying life with a new owner on the farm.

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is giving Aussies a chance to vote on what we already have in NZ.. marriage equality. In the lead up to vote counting, people for and against have their say. John Oliver checked out a speech.. clearly against the whole idea. (and, NO the world won't end if Australia gets marriage equality).

Heather and Mitch from Christchurch cooked on MKR NZ last night. Picked Pork, Venison and Bomb Alaska all sound great. Take a listen to our recap and find out how things went for dinner last night.

The rats in Dannevirke are having a feast (and expanding the family at the same time) on fat seeping into a sink hole from the local takeaway food bar. We're guessing council now needs to find a way to trim the fat and get rid of the rats. Slightly gross.

Over weekend a 23 year old driving the company Mercedes towards Hamilton was pulled over by Waikato Police for doing 193 kph in a 100 zone. Licence automatically gone for 28 days, and we're guessing he might be in trouble at the office on Monday morning.

Rebecca Gibney filmed her new show 'Wanted' in New Zealand and loved being here so much she moved the family to Queenstown. The show is up for an award at The International Emmys in November. Rebecca will be there in a moon boot !!

The couple we thought would sail through marriage have split... and the couple we least though would make it have sailed through (for now) on each other's cuteness. LOL.

Claire woke up and found $25 million dollars deposited into her bank account, which automatically paid off her mortgage. Claire was wondering does she now book flights and leave the country with the cash ???

Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted leaving an LA nightclub with a new lady... 19 year old Juliette from Nelson New Zealand. Darren's wife has the hots for Leonardo... but after hearing about this Darren says Leonardo is likely to be more interested in his wife's daughter than her. LOL.