CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND HUGO SNELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HELLO. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. THEY'RE GREEN, THEY'RE KEEN, AND LORDY, HAVEN'T THEY GONE CORPORATE? THE GREEN PARTY IN PARLIAMENT USED TO BE ALL ABOUT EARTHY TONES, HEMP SUITS AND JESUS SANDALS. BUT THE SNIFF OF REAL POWER HAS CHANGED THEM. YEAH, WE TALK TO THE CO-LEADER AND FIND OUT WHY SHE AND A WOMAN CALLED CRUSHER MAY BE EYEING EACH OTHER UP A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY THESE DAYS. WE'VE NOTICED THAT METIRIA HAS CERTAINLY UPPED HER GAME. HER OFFICE RINGS ME EVERY MORNING TO CHECK WHAT I'M WEARING ` TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T... YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TOO COORDINATED. ALSO TONIGHT, THE RICHIE MCCAW OF MOTORBIKES, THE COLIN MEADS OF POLAND, HAS BEEN LURED TO THE DIRT TRACKS OF GODZONE. HE'S NOT EVEN A SPORTS STAR. HE'S AN ICON. WE MEET TOMASZ GOLLOB, THE ROCK STAR OF MOTORCYCLE SPEEDWAY. AND GOOD NEWS IF YOU'RE AT EDEN PARK THIS WEEKEND ` WHEN THE CRICKET GETS BORING, YOU CAN JUST WATCH THESE GUYS. ALL SING YEAH, THE BARMY ARMY'S INVADED, AND WE'VE EMBEDDED OUR MAN ON THE FRONT LINES. AND WE'RE BACK TO HUNTLY TONIGHT WITH SOME MORE GOOD NEWS FROM OUR NEW FAVOURITE TOWN. IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. WHEN THE GREENS FIRST WAFTED ON TO THE POLITICAL SCENE ON A CLOUD OF PATCHOULI OIL AND IDEALISM ` THAT WAS BACK IN 1990 ` IT WAS HARD TO TAKE THEM TOO SERIOUSLY. THEY WERE EXTREMELY WELL MEANING OF COURSE, BUT HARMLESS. BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THE POLLS HAVE TOO. THIS 'BUNCH OF HIPPIES' COULD WELL BE A POWER BROKER AT NEXT YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTION. AND ALONG WITH THEIR GROWING SUCCESS COMES A NEW, SHARPER IMAGE. NO ONE EMBODIES THAT BETTER THAN THE CO-LEADER. HERE'S HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN. FUNKY MUSIC METIRIA, WE'VE NOTICED YOUR NEW CORPORATE COUTURE. WE THINK YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD. DO YOU HAVE A STYLIST? NO. NO, NO. YOU JUST THREW THIS TOGETHER YOURSELF? NO, I DON'T HAVE A STYLIST. GONE IS THE SHOULDER BLANKET AND THE HAIR, THE CHUNKY NECKLACES, SABRETOOTH NECKLACES, INDIGENOUS T-SHIRTS. IN IS HEAD-TO-TOE ADRIENNE WINKELMANN. FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES IS THIS THE NEW CORPORATE METIRIA? LIKE MEN WEAR SUITS IN ORDER TO FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND AND BE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, SO DO WOMEN. DO YOU WANNA FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND THOUGH? AREN'T YOU GUYS SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT? YOU'RE THE GREENS! WELL, YOU HAVE NOTICED ME, SO I MUSTN'T BE FADING THAT FAR INTO THE BACKGROUND. TRUE. IN FACT, AROUND PARLIAMENT, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO NOTICE. SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU LOOK LIKE THE GREEN PARTY VERSION OF JUDITH COLLINS. FUNKY MUSIC HER OFFICE RINGS ME EVERY MORNING TO CHECK WHAT I'M WEARING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TOO COORDINATED. THAT'S NOT TRUE. ON THE DAY METIRIA WORE THIS WHITE JACKET TO THE HOUSE, LOOK WHAT JUDITH WAS WEARING ` A WHITE JACKET. I HAVE GOT NO PROBLEMS WITH BEING COMPARED TO JUDITH COLLINS AND HER DRESS. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. WE'VE NOTICED THAT METIRIA HAS CERTAINLY UPPED HER GAME. BANG! BANG! BANG! AND GOOD LUCK TO HER. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. DO YOU THINK SHE'S GOT THE GROWL TO GO WITH IT? ANIMAL GROWLS OH, GROWL? I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT A GROWL. WHAT ABOUT THE DEATH STARE? OH, I'M SURE SHE'LL DEVELOP IT. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN METIRIA'S WARDROBE; THIS IS ABOUT THE SLOW REBRANDING OF THE GREEN PARTY ` THE NEWEST GREEN MP. PREPARATION, IF YOU LIKE, FOR A POSSIBLE ROLE IN GOVERNMENT ONE DAY. IS THIS ABOUT THE GREEN PARTY REBRANDING AND TRYING TO BE A BIT MORE MAINSTREAM? NO, NOT AT ALL. I MEAN, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR SAME POLICY AND OUR SAME APPROACHES, BUT I HAVE A JOB TO DO AS A CO-LEADER OF THE PARTY, AND I'LL DO THAT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS I NEED TO, INCLUDING THE WAY I DRESS. THE GREEN PARTY IS NO LONGER EXCLUSIVELY THE HOME OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE NANDOR... OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE LATE ROD DONALD, WHO WAS ONCE THE LEADER. HE WAS GREAT FOR THE PARTY, LIKE I SAY, BUT THAT SHIT DON'T CUT IT THESE DAYS. IF ROD WAS STILL AROUND NOW, I RECKON THAT THEY WOULD FORCE HIM INTO AN ARMANI SUIT, YOU KNOW, SO THE JUTE SACK'S GOTTA GO. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DOPE-SMOKING HIPPIES? WHERE DO THEY GO? IS THIS STILL A PARTY THAT REPRESENTS THEM? THEY'VE GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, TO BE HONEST, SO THEY STILL` THE VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'LL CAPTURE THAT VOTE ON THE QUITE EXTREME LEFT, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANYWHERE ELSE FOR IT TO GO. BUT NOW THEY'RE NOT JUST SAVING FROGS. THE GREENS KNOW ECONOMICS; THEY'RE POLLING IN DOUBLE-DIGITS. THEY'RE PREPARING, REALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO MAYBE SIT IN CABINET. THIS IS THE BIG TIME FOR THEM NOW, AND PART OF THE REBRANDING EXERCISE IS TO TRY AND SAY, 'HEY, WE ARE A CREDIBLE PARTY TO BE IN GOVERNMENT. 'WE'RE SENSIBLE; WE'RE RATIONAL; WE'RE WITH IT.' 'WE'RE WEARING SUITS.' FUNKY MUSIC LIKE ANYBODY, YOU NEED TO DRESS FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING. THERE IS A KIND OF WAY ABOUT APPROACHING THESE ISSUES, AND IF YOU CAN AVOID DRESS BEING A PROBLEM, IT CAN BE QUITE HELPFUL TO GETTING YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS. LOVE THE JACKET. So the lesson seems to be when you're trying to get then, you have to blend in and look sharp. But then you can just look like a clown. That doesn't really matter. The ones at the been there the longest other ones look the kookiest. PEOPLE VOTED ON FACEBOOK FOR THE WEIRDEST-LOOKING. NUMBER-ONE WAS TONY RYALL. HIS SHIRT AND TIE COMBOS HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE. Each element is okay by itself, but together a swing and a mess. Winston Peters ` Don Corleone. Peter Dunne popular too. He looks like a patient at a psychiatric hospital who thinks he is one of the staff. He says neat and tidy and a good fit are his only fashion criteria. Fair enough. He said he would never be caught dead wearing jeans. Hekia Parata looks like a Maori chicken bursting out of a yellow egg. That's a nice dress, Jesse. We should have seen it full-length. She dresses for her body shape. From a male perspective, so much scrutiny goes on the women and how they look and politics. A man just puts on a suit and Bob's your uncle. And we mustn't get completely distracted by the way they look. That has nothing to do with their policies. WE'VE HAD A HUGE RESPONSE TO LAST NIGHT'S STORY ABOUT TANIA, WHO MOVED TO AUSTRALIA FOR CANCER TREATMENT, RATHER THAN FACE A WAIT HERE. YEP, LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND WELL-WISHING. SOME OF YOU SAID YOU'VE HAD VERY GOOD CANCER CARE IN NZ, BUT SADLY LOTS OF PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR STORIES TO TANIA. HERE'S HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN AGAIN. FAST-PACED DRUM BEAT LIMES, UM, STRAWBERRIES, BERRIES ` EVERYTHING LIKE THAT HAVE CANCER-FIGHTING... OXIDANTS OR WHATEVER'S IN THEM. THAT'S WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED. BEFORE SHE GOT SICK,... STRAWBERRIES ARE AMAZING. STRAWBERRIES ARE A HUGE SUPER FOOD. ...KIWI TANIA DICKSON KNEW LITTLE ABOUT COMBATING CANCER. MY DIET'S DEFINITELY CHANGED A HUGE AMOUNT TO WHAT I USED TO EAT. THEY SAY TO STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING REALLY PROCESSED. SHE KNEW EVEN LESS ABOUT HER SICKNESS ITSELF, AND SHE WORRIES FEW OF US DO. OVARIAN CANCER, LIKE TANIA DICKSON HAS, IS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST CANCERS WOMEN IN NZ CAN GET. THAT'S BECAUSE BY THE TIME IT'S DIAGNOSED, IT'S OFTEN TOO LATE. EVERY YEAR IT KILLS 190 KIWI WOMEN. THE EARLIER IT CAN BE PICKED UP, THE EARLIER YOU CAN TREAT IT. THE EARLIER YOU TREAT IT, THE BETTER THE PROGNOSIS. THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS THAT THERE'S NO ONE TEST TO SEE IF YOU HAVE IT. I DIDN'T KNOW. I HAD NO IDEA. I THOUGHT, 'OH, I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING. I'M GETTING MY SMEARS DONE, I THOUGHT, 'OH, I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING. I'M GETTING MY SMEARS DONE, 'AND, UM, IT'LL PICK UP ANYTHING.' AND IT DOESN'T. SOMETIMES, LIKE IN TANIA'S CASE, YOU CAN'T EVEN BE SURE IT'S CANCER UNTIL YOU GET IT OUT. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNS, TO GET ON TO IT EARLY SO THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE. SO, THIS IS TANIA'S CHECKLIST FOR TELLTALE SIGNS. THERE'S A WORD THEY USE: 'BEAT'. AND I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT YOU NEED TO TELL YOUR GP. KEEP GOING BACK, AND BE PERSISTENT. TANIA WANTS US TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF THIS KILLER CANCER, JUST LIKE THEY DID IN AUSTRALIA. THERE, THEY RUN TV ADS. WOMAN: FEBRUARY IS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND WHILE WE'RE STRUGGLING THROUGH 'FEBFAST', THEY'VE DEDICATED THE WHOLE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO OVARIAN CANCER. YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE. NO ONE ELSE IS GONNA DO IT FOR YOU, SO YOU JUST... YEAH, YOU GOTTA... DON'T GIVE UP. AFTER THE BREAK ` IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF MEN IN LEATHER GOING SIDEWAYS AT HIGH SPEED, YOU MAY NOT KNOW HIM. BUT IN HIS NATIVE POLAND, HE'S ABOUT AS BIG AS IT GETS, AND CRAIG STANAWAY'S ON THE FRONTLINE WITH ENGLAND'S BARMY ARMY. CRAIG. DID YOU SEE THE CRICKET TODAY? 250/1 NZ! CAN YOU BELIEVE WHERE WE ARE? SOMETIMES YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU MIGHT BE RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH. RIGHT NOW, IN AUCKLAND, IS THE EQUIVALENT OF POLISH SPORTING ROYALTY. HE'S HUGE ` ONE OF HIS COUNTRY'S BIGGEST STARS; ONE OF ITS HIGHEST-PAID SPORTSMEN. YET HOW MANY OF US CAN SAY WE KNOW THE NAME TOMASZ GOLLOB? MICHAEL HOLLAND EXPLAINS. ROCK MUSIC AS IN MANY SPORTS, THERE ARE, PREDICTABLY, CHEAPLY, THOSE WHO STEAL THE LIMELIGHT FROM THOSE WHO CREATE IT. NATURALLY, WE'VE OPTED FOR THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT OVER THE HEIGHT OF SOMETHING ELSE. SO, MEET TOMASZ GOLLOB, WHO IS TO POLISH SPEEDWAY WHAT RICHIE MCCAW IS TO NZ RUGBY. HE'S NOT EVEN A SPORTS STAR. HE'S AN ICON. TROUBLE IS TOMASZ HAS NEVER HEARD OF RICHIE. SO WE CAN'T FLATTER HIM THAT WAY. UH,... I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. BOTH CHUCKLE AND CHANCES ARE OUR RICHIE'S NEVER HEARD OF THEIR TOMASZ. BUT BE ASSURED ` AND WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK ` GOLLOB AND MCCAW ARE, IN THE STARDOM STAKES, VERY MUCH SAME-SAME. TOMASZ GOLLOB IS THE MOST POPULAR GUY. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW THE SPEEDWAY TO KNOW THAT` WHO IS TOMASZ GOLLOB. YOU ARE A POLISH SPORTING HERO. MAYBE YES; MAYBE NO. HE'S GOT 89% RECOGNISABILITY IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT'S ALL OF THE COUNTRY, SO THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. THE 2010 WORLD GRAND PRIX CHAMPION'S STATUS IN POLAND IS IN LINE WITH SPEEDWAY'S POPULARITY THERE AS A MAINSTREAM SPORT. IT'S THE SECOND SPORT IN POLAND AFTER FOOTBALL. IT HAS GROWN IN PLACES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE FOOTBALL STADIUMS; WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE SUCH BIG FOOTBALL CLUBS. 20,000-25,000 PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM ` ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. POLISH FANS ARE THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE EVERY PLACE IN THE WORLD` IF YOU DO IT IN, LIKE, IN ARCTIC SEA, IF YOU DO SPEEDWAY, THEY WILL COME. YOU WILL FIND POLISH` POLISH FANS. WELL, AUCKLAND'S NOT QUITE IN THE ARCTIC. THE LOCAL POLISH COMMUNITY'S NOT BEYOND A LITTLE HERO WORSHIP OF ITS OWN. IS THIS POLISH SPORTING ROYALTY RIGHT HERE? YES. YOU CAN ALMOST TOUCH HIM. YEAH. I LOVE THIS GUY. IT'S LIKE YOU GO INTO THE ROOM AND SEE THE... THE ULTIMATE CELEBRITY, OK? YOU SAY, 'BUT, SHIT, THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.' YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW? THEY'RE ORDINARY PEOPLE. UM, THERE'S MANY POLISH HEROES, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD ` LIKE JOHN PAUL II... ARE YOU PUTTING HIM UP THERE WITH JOHN PAUL II? UM,... YEAH. YEAH, I WOULD. THAT'S HIM OVER THERE ON THE WALL. YEAH, I KNOW. THE MAN HIMSELF A LITTLE MORE GROUNDED. I AM A NORMAL SPORTSMAN, YEAH. NOT POPE; NOT PRESIDENT OF POLAND, YEAH. I AM JUST... A SPEEDWAY RIDER. THAT'S IT. ROCK MUSIC John Paul II drove midget cars. IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT, SO TIME FOR JESSE'S TAKE ON THE BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK. YEAH, WHAT A WEEK. FONTERRA LAUNCHED A NEW MILK BOTTLE ` WHITE ON THE OUTSIDE AND BLACK ON THE INSIDE ` A BIT LIKE DAME SUSAN DEVOY. YES, SHE MIGHT NOT BE VERY POPULAR, BUT AT LEAST THIS GUY IS. CATHOS LIKE HIM SO MUCH, THIS WEEK THEY PUT A RING ON IT. AUCKLAND HAD AN EARTHQUAKE, AND I THINK ALL OF US CAN REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE DOING WHEN THE QUAKE HIT. SADLY FOR MOST OF US, THAT WAS TWEETING ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE. AUSSIE PRIME MINISTER AND TILDA SWINTON LOOKALIKE JULIA GILLARD WAS ALMOST DONE OUT OF A JOB BY KEVIN RUDD LOOKALIKE RADAR FROM MASH, WHILE OUR LABOUR GUY DAVID SHEARER SUDDENLY REMEMBERED HE HAD A BANK ACCOUNT WITH $50,000 IN IT. NOW, I FOUND A TENNER IN MY JEANS BEFORE, BUT 50,000 BUCKS? GO SHOPPING, MAN. BUY YOURSELF SOME NEW THREADS. PREFERABLY SOMETHING WITH SLEEVES. AFTER THE BREAK, A SIGN OF THE TIMES. WE FIND OUT WHAT HUNTLY IS FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO KEEP AN UNLIKELY LANDMARK. # EN-GER-LUND, EN-GER-LUND, EN-GER-LUND... # PLUS, THEY'RE GOOD AT CHEERING, DRINKING AND SLEDGING; BUT CAN THEY ACTUALLY PLAY CRICKET? THE BARMY ARMY GOES UP AGAINST OUR OWN BEIGE BRIGADE. WELCOME BACK TO HUNTLY APPRECIATION WEEK. ON WEDNESDAY, WE MET THE PROUD WAKA AMA PADDLERS FROM HUNTLY COLLEGE, TRYING TO DEFEND THE ONLY NATIONAL TITLE WON BY THE SCHOOL IN ANY SPORT IN ITS 60-YEAR HISTORY. WELL, THEY'VE DONE IT. AS OF TODAY THE BOYS' SIX-MAN TEAM ARE NOW BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONS OVER 250M, AND THEY'VE ADDED THE 500M TITLE TO THE TROPHY CABINET. GREAT NEWS FOR HUNTLY, BIG CONGRATS FROM THE REST OF NZ. SO YOU'D THINK, 'WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY ABOUT HUNTLY?' WELL, A LITTLE BIT. IT MAY NOT BE OF THE CALIBRE OF STONEHENGE OR THE COLOSSEUM, BUT HUNTLY LOCALS HAVE THEIR OWN BIT OF HISTORY, AND THEY'RE FIGHTING HARD TO KEEP IT. DEAN BUTLER WENT TO FIND OUT MORE. MANY OF NZ'S GREAT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES HAVE HAD TO FIGHT TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE WRECKING BALL. AND NOW, HUNTLY, A SMALL TOWN JUST SOUTH OF AUCKLAND, IS PREPARING FOR SUCH A FIGHT. THEY WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR MOST TREASURED ICONS PROTECTED TOO ` THE OLD DEKA SIGN. HUNTLY COMMUNITY CHAIRMAN FRANK MCINALLY IS THE MAN WHO'S LEADING THE CHARGE. WHY DO YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLY WANT THAT DEKA SIGN SAVED? IT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING OF THE ORIGINAL HUNTLY LEFT STANDING THAT THE OLD TOWN FATHERS HAVEN'T DECIDED TO TAKE AWAY. AND THERE'S MORE ` THEY ALSO WANT THE SIGN TO REMAIN EXACTLY AS IT IS ` FADED. IT'S GOT A BIT OF WEATHERED MATURITY LOOK ABOUT IT, EH? DEKA MAY HAVE CLOSED ITS DOORS MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. IT'S ABOUT HERITAGE. IT HARKS BACK TO A GOLDEN ERA OF HUNTLY'S TIME WHEN WE WERE THRIVING; WE HAD A LOT OF INDUSTRY GOING ON IN THE TOWN. OTHER TOWNS MAY HAVE GIANT FRUIT OR OVERSIZED VEGETABLES, BUT FRANK DOESN'T GIVE A RATS... TIRAU'S GOT A TIN DOG. PLASTIC CARROT AT OHAKUNE. YOU DON'T SEE TIN DOGS OR PLASTIC CARROTS. THAT SIGN'S REAL. AND THE THING IS IT'S FREE. IT'S COST US NOTHING. AND THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLY AGREE. I RECKON IT SHOULD JUST STAY UP THERE. DEFINITELY IN FAVOUR OF THAT. YEAH, WHY NOT? OF COURSE. IT'S VERY GOOD. THE DEKA SIGN OVER THERE. THE BIG ONE. OH, OK. WELL, I'M A TOURIST IN HERE. OH, YOU'RE A TOURIST? IN HUNTLY? YEAH. YOU GUYS WANT THE SIGN PROTECTED? ALL: YEAH. WHAT DOES THE DEKA SIGN MEAN TO YOU? DOES THAT MEAN HUNTLY? YES. AND CHILDHOOD. I'D DONE ALL MY SHOPPING THERE. WOW! # I FEEL GOOD. # SCHOOL'S OUT AND... YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU BOUGHT AT THE DEKA STORE BACK IN THE DAY? OH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CASUAL CLOTHES, LITTLE BIT OF TOYS HERE AND THERE. LOLLIES? OF COURSE. GOTTA KEEP THE TEETH NICE AND SWEET. MANY PEOPLE MIGHT JUST SEE SOME OLD FADING LETTERS FROM SHOP THAT'S LONG GONE, BUT TO THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLY, IT MEANS MORE THAN THAT ` WAY MORE THAN THAT. IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY. DEKA ITSELF, IT'S NOT JUST A HUNTLY THING. IT'S A... A BUSINESS THAT WAS RIGHT THROUGH NZ, AND THIS IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING MEMORIES OF IT. # I SAW THE SIGN, AND IT OPENED UP MY EYES. I SAW THE SIGN. # Ace of Base ` nice! One of the classics. Lots of love for the sign online. And a lot of people feel it's an important example of bad '80s logos and remidns Huntly of its favourite time. IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY CRICKET ON TV THIS SUMMER, YOU'LL HAVE SEEN ENGLAND'S BARMY ARMY FILLING THE STANDS DURING THE DAY AND THE POCKETS OF LOCAL BAR OWNERS AT NIGHT. BUT IT'S BEEN A PRETTY GOOD DAY FOR THE BLACKCAPS IN THE DECIDER AT EDEN PARK TODAY, SO I WONDER HOW THEY'RE FEELING TONIGHT. CRAIG STANAWAY'S HAVING A BEER WITH THEM RIGHT NOW. Water, water... I can't remember a better day for NZ cricket. People drowning their sorrows. A lot of men here, but there's a change in the ranks. IT USED TO BE A PRIESTHOOD, OF SORTS ` BLOKES ONLY. UNTIL WE DISCOVERED A WOMEN'S DIVISION. LIKE, 'OH MY GOODNESS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S GIRLS 'THAT ACTUALLY TRULY ARE CRICKET FANS.' THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SHOPPING FOR BUCKLES AND BELTS; THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE BEIGE BRIGADE. THEY ALL HOLD DOWN REGULAR JOBS BACK HOME AND SAVE THEIR MONEY TO GO ON TOUR, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SOME HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR FIVE YEARS. DOES COST A BIT, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN, AND IT'S OUR... IT'S OUR HOLIDAY. ALL HUM MY IDEA IS TO FORM A BARBIE ARMY. YOU KNOW, BARBIE AND KEN? # OOH-EEH. # GIRLY, GIRLY, BOULT, BOULT. # GIRLY, GIRLY, TRENT, TRENT BOULT. # THEY KNOW THEIR LYRICS; DO THEY KNOW THEIR CRICKET? WHAT IS THE HIGHEST SCORE BY AN ENGLISHMAN AT EDEN PARK? UNFORTUNATELY THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CRICKETING GEEK. 336, BY WALTER HAMMOND ` USED TO BE THE WORLD RECORD. HOW LONG AGO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS A GREAT GAME, CRICKET. YOU NEED TO KNOW THE HISTORY. YOU DON'T JUST SIT THERE DRINKING BEER AND SINGING SONGS. NO, NO, BUT I DON'T NEED TO KNOW STUFF LIKE THAT. WE KNOW THE RECENT STUFF. IT'S THE STUFF FROM THE STONE AGE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHO WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE ENGLAND SIDE DURING THE BODYLINE SERIES IN 1933? DOUGLAS JARDINE. SEE, YOU GUYS ARE ALL A CATCH, AREN'T YOU, REALLY, FOR CRICKET TRAGICS? ALL LAUGH OR GENERALLY, IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, YEAH. # WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE'S YOUR WICKETS GONE? # THERE'S NO ARGUMENT FROM ME. We did meet those girls yesterday. Where did your wickets go today? 250/1 # Far, far away. # I thought girls thought cricket was boring. It was today. But we'll bounce back. There wasn't the best day for England, but they'll have a good night's sleep and nine wickets will fall tomorrow. England still in with a chance? We'll support the boys. Billy, from the Royal Philarmonic. On a day like this, what do you play? (PLAYS 'ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE') ALL SING ALONG Billy's out of breath. I wonder if anyone under 30 knows that song. THAT'S US FOR THE WEEK. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. SEE YOU MONDAY. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.