ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND ANGELA ALICE. 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. HI. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. ON THE DAY THE GOVERNMENT GUILLOTINE FELL ON 140 DOC STAFF JOBS, WE'RE ASKING, 'ARE YOU READY TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP 'WHEN IT COMES TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS?' WE'VE HAD IT SO GOOD FOR SO LONG. SO IF THE MONEY'S RUNNING OUT, IS IT TIME FOR A PROPER NATIONWIDE USER-PAYS SYSTEM FOR ALL THOSE TRACKS, HUTS, AND OTHER OUTDOOR BITS? HE'D HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE UNLUCKIEST ELITE ATHLETES YOU'LL EVER COME ACROSS. DIABETES. THERE'S BEEN MORE BROKEN BONES THAN I KNOW. THERE'S BEEN CANCER. THERE'S BEEN... HEART SURGERY. ...HEART SURGERY. YEP, AFTER NO LESS THAN FIVE BRUSHES WITH DEATH, WHERE DOES THIS GUY GET THE COURAGE FOR THIS KIND OF CARRY-ON? LEFT. HARD LEFT. HARD LEFT. HARD LEFT. HARD LEFT. AND THE JAW-DROPPING STAGE SHOW THAT ASKS THE HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOLDIER. THE FIRST TERRIBLE SHELLS FELL AMONGST US, THEN THE MACHINE GUNS OPENED UP. IT'S COMING TO NZ, AND WE'LL TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF WARHORSE. IT'S TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. THE EQUATION FOR STAFF AT DOC IS BRUTALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ` $9M HAS TO BE SAVED, SO 140 JOBS HAVE TO GO. BUT THE KNOCK-ON EFFECT FOR A COUNTRY WHICH PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING GREEN AND ALL ABOUT CONSERVATION COULD BE HUGE. SO HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN PUT FORWARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE, ONLY TO FIND OUT IT SOMETHING DOC'S ALREADY THOUGHT OF DOING ` BUT THE PRIME MINISTER WON'T LET THEM. ONCE ABUNDANT IN NZ'S NATIVE BUSH, THIS IS THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST ` CONSERVATION STAFF. TO SAVE THIS POOR CREATURE FROM EXTINCTION, WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA. AL, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT CHARGING MORE FOR THE USE OF THE TRACKS OR THE HUTS? AH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. BUT... PUTTING THE PRICE OF A HUT UP BY A FEW DOLLARS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE TO HOW MUCH WE CAN ACHIEVE. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING A FEW DOLLARS. I MEAN, WE'RE PAYING ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COST` USING THE ROUTEBURN TRACK COSTS YOU THREE TIMES LESS THAN COMPARABLE TRACKS IN AUSTRALASIA. WELL,... IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? (CHUCKLES) I HADN'T DONE MY MATHS. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE LIKE FIVE TIMES AS MUCH. THE ROUTEBURN TRACK IN FIORDLAND IS LISTED AS ONE OF LONELY PLANET'S TOP 10 TREKS WORLDWIDE. WE'VE WORKED OUT THAT IT WOULD COST A FAMILY OF TWO ADULTS AND TWO SCHOOL-AGE KIDS $216. COMPARE THAT TO THE OVERLAND TRACK IN AUSTRALIA ` ANOTHER TOP 10 TREK ` WHICH WILL SET YOU BACK $1050 FOR YOUR FAMILY. NOW, THE OVERLAND TRACK IS TWICE AS LONG AS THE ROUTEBURN TRACK, BUT EVEN IF YOU WALKED THE ROUTEBURN TRACK TWICE TO MAKE IT MORE FAIR, YOU'D STILL BE GETTING IT CHEAP. IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE WOULD NEED TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO, WE'D STILL... BUT YOU JUST SAID BEFORE THAT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. OF COURSE. SO WHY NOT PUT THEM UP? BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S CONSERVATION LAND. THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING THROUGH THEIR TAXES. WHAT ABOUT CHARGING TOURISTS, THEN? WELL, WE ARE LOOKING AT CHARGING TOURISTS. YOU HEARD IT ` 'WE ARE LOOKING AT CHARGING TOURISTS'. AL MORRISON'S JUST BEEN RUBBISHING AN IDEA HE ACTUALLY PLANS TO USE. BUT WHY ISN'T HE DOING IT THEN? AL, WHO IS IT WHO OPPOSES THE PLANS TO CHARGE MORE FROM TOURISTS? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYBODY WHO OPPOSES CHARGING TOURISTS MORE. WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR AL. THIS IS WHO OPPOSES IT. THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CALLED US THIS AFTERNOON TO SAY EVEN THOUGH TOURIST CHARGES WILL RAISE CONSIDERABLE REVENUE, HE WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY TO IMPLEMENT IT. TWO REASONS ` FIRSTLY, THEY ALREADY GIVE US SO MUCH MONEY. AT THE MOMENT THE GOVERNMENT GETS A SUBSTANTIVE AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM VISITORS THROUGH GST. SECONDLY, ENFORCING IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE. WHO WILL DOC PAY TO CHASE THE TOURISTS AROUND THE TREKS, MAKING SURE THEY'VE PAID THEIR FEES TO BE THERE? WELL, HERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO MAKE THEM PAY. WHAT IF YOU JUST UPPED THE CHARGES ON YOUR CAMPSITES AND YOUR HUTS? WELL, IF WE DID, WE WOULD GET MORE MONEY. THAT'S RIGHT. REMEMBER THAT $9M DOC HAS TO CUT? WELL, IF EVERYONE WHO BOOKED A BED IN THE HUTS ON ONE OF THE TOURIST-FRIENDLY WALKS PAID ANOTHER $50, WE'D HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER THAT $9M. WOULDN'T YOU PAY IT TO SAVE THESE GUYS? WELL, FOR MORE ON THESE CUTS, WE'RE JOINED BY KEEN TRAMPER ROBIN MCNEILL FROM THE FEDERATED MOUNTAIN CLUBS OF NZ. Good evening, Robin. THE USER PAYS IDEA IS NOT A NEW IDEA, IF IT? It has been around since the 80s. There are a lot of things we could look at. But legislation went through last year to put a tariff on Stewart Island. It is not hard to extend it to more islands. It makes $40m if you're lucky. But it gives some wrong messages. It says NZAs a tourist ride; a fun fair. Conservation is not a gimmick. Some real money should be going into that. It's not a pub charity. Doesn't it give the impression that we care about our environment enough to run a system where tourists are charged to visit our national parks? Like they are overseas. We are different here. People overseas really admire the way our national parks are run. Putting the price up will discourage them. The price you have talked about, well, maybe it is the same as Australia, but compared to staying in a motel, it is pretty comparable. There are compliance issues as well. We'll be better off to make the huts free and pick up the money somewhere else. Where? You could pick up money at airports ` a departure tax in Rotorua, for example. It is our back garden and our heritage. We should not discourage people from visiting. We have to encourage people to get out and enjoy what is there. Hardly do that, now that DOC is being continually compromised? Yes, we have got to get our heads around it. Nzers are passionate about conservation. A little bit of money and our taxes would not be a big deal. Money spent on Novopay and motorways Could be spent on conservation. There is not a shortage of money; it's how we spend it. Thanks, Robin. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, AND A LACK OF IT. SO OUR POLL QUESTION TONIGHT IS, 'WOULD YOU PAY TO VISIT OUR NATIONAL PARKS?' YOU CAN TEXT 'A' FOR 'YES' OR 'B' FOR 'NO' TO 8875. THAT'LL COST YOU 75C. OR YOU CAN VOTE FOR FREE AT SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ OUR POLL HAS BEEN RUNNING ALL AFTERNOON ON THE WEBSITE, AND WE'VE HAD SOME STRONG VIEWS COMING THOUGH. One viewer he said it costs more than enough to get to NZ. When they are here,the tourists are amazed at how expensive things are. Must be weird to pay 45 bucks for a bit of snapper at the viaduct and then getting one of the most beautiful walks in the world for free. I think that sounds very sensible. AFTER THE BREAK, WE WILL DWELL ` ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME ` ON WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN TODAY IN THE CRICKET. ON THE UPSIDE, THIS GUY'S OVERCOME MORE OBSTACLES THAN YOUR AVERAGE MOUNTAIN BIKER. HIS BIGGEST VICTORY WILL ASTONISH YOU. ALL NEIGH, WHINNY AND WE'RE BEHIND THE SCENES AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL STAGE SHOWS EVER. # There's a bloody big carrot in Ohakune and a tin gumboot in Taihape. # Masterton's got Golden Shears. # Palmerston North, it's all right here. # Wherever you're driving this weekend, do your bit to keep everyone safe on the road. WELL, A TOUGH DAY FOR CRICKET FANS ` AND FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO BECAME KIWI CRICKET FANS ON ABOUT DAY THREE OF THIS MATCH. AS PIERS MORGAN PUT IT, AMERICANS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW A CRICKET MATCH THAT NOBODY MIGHT WIN AFTER FIVE DAYS CAN BE EXCITING. BUT THIS WAS THRILLING. LAST NIGHT, THE HEAD OF THE BEIGE BRIGADE TOLD US THERE WAS NO WAY WE WOULDN'T WIN. HERE HE IS TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF. Mike Lane. Yeah. Um... How are you feeling? Unfortunate set of circumstances. But I'm feeling okay. We are bit gutted we didn't win, but there's the chance of me eating a burger out of a man's crack. MATT GIBB ON TWITTER TODAY SAID HE WAS CRYING CRICKET-BALL-SIZED TEARS. HONESTLY, HOW UPSET WERE YOU? It's always emotional being a NZ cricket supporter. It's like a dysfunctional relationship. We didn't win, but we did so well. If we had one today, it would've been one of our best summers of cricker of all time ` Sri Lanka, South Africa, NZ. WELL, OF COURSE, MIKE, YOU AREN'T THE ONLY DEPRESSED FAN. WE SENT MATT CHISHOLM DOWN TO EDEN PARK AFTER THE GAME NOT TOO LONG AGO TO GAUGE THE ATMOSPHERE. Agonising. Really painful. How tough was that? Stressful. Elated. Relived. Blimmin' marvellous. Gutted. Would have been lovely. Shaking, almost. A draw or victory? Victory for the Kiwis. Bon appetit. Enjoy your dinner. Next time, eh? Feel for you today. We play them again in May. Can't wait. BOTH: So. NO SUCCESS FOR THE BLACKCAPS WITH THEIR CHALLENGE TODAY, BUT THE TERM 'CHALLENGE' REACHES A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH THE GUY IN THIS NEXT STORY. BRODIE KANE WENT TO QUEENSTOWN TO MEET A MAN WHO HAS CLEARLY NEVER HEARD OF THE WORD QUIT. HIGH SPEED DANCE MUSIC THIS IS BOBBY MCMULLEN - AN AMERICAN ADRENALIN JUNKIE. HE'S COME HERE TO COMPETE IN THE SUPER D ENDURO RACE ` IN ENGLISH, THAT'S MOUNTAIN BIKING DOWN STEEP HILLS. IT'S A DANGEROUS SPORT, BUT BOBBY'S USED TO STARING DOWN DEATH. THERE WAS DIABETES. THERE'S BEEN MORE BROKEN BONES THAN I KNOW. THERE'S BEEN CANCER. THERE'S BEEN... HEART SURGERY. ...HEART SURGERY AND A PACEMAKER ` EVERYTHING THAT CAN CHANGE A LIFE. BUT... HERE I AM. YES, HERE, DESPITE THE DIABETES, TWO KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF SKIN CANCER. LET'S DO IT. I EVEN FOUND MYSELF LAST YEAR GOING, 'COME ON, DUDE, REALLY? 'HOW ABOUT ONE OF THESE THINGS A YEAR? 'HOW ABOUT ONE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS?' BUT EVERYTHING, AND RIGHT... YEAH. (CHUCKLES) ...AT THE SAME TIME. THE GREAT IRONY IS RIGHT BEFORE IT, I ASKED MY WIFE TO MARRY ME, AND SHE SAID YES. OH, SEE, IF SHE'D SAID NO, THEN YOU WERE REALLY UP AGAINST IT. BUT NOT ONCE HAS HE THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING UP ON LIFE. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S WAR VETERANS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH WORSE THINGS. OK, SO, AT THIS POINT, I'M SURE YOU'RE PRETTY OVERWHELMED BY THIS MAN. BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THERE WAS ONE MORE CHALLENGE HE FACES EVERY DAY? I CAN SEE THE LAKE. I CAN SEE A PIER. I CAN SEE THE MOUNTAINS. I CAN SEE THE TREES. WHAT CAN YOU SEE? OK, THIS CLOSE TO YOU, I CAN SEE YOU. YOU CAN SEE ME? YES, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, UNLESS WE WERE ABOUT A FOOT CLOSER, WHICH` THAT'S A REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE, UNLESS YOU'RE MY WIFE. OK, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. BUT LOOKING DOWN, IT'S DARK. LOOKING OUT, IT'S VERY BRIGHT. BOBBY MCMULLEN BECAME LEGALLY BLIND IN 1993, THANKS TO DIABETES COMPLICATIONS. THERE'S WORSE THINGS IN LIFE THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME. AND PEOPLE GO, 'NO, NO, NO, I KNOW YOUR HISTORY. 'NO, DUDE, THERE IS NOTHING. WHAT ELSE?' AND I'M, LIKE, 'MAN, I'M ALIVE. I GET TO RIDE A BIKE.' YOU ALL SET? YEAH, I'M READY, DUDE. WE WENT ALONG TO SEE HOW ON EARTH HE DOES THIS. SO, DUDE, WE'RE JUST GONNA ROLL DOWN A LITTLE GRAVEL PATH HERE. UM, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA STAY TIGHT ON ME, COS WE GO THROUGH A LITTLE GATEWAY, KIND OF, DOWN THERE. AND THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA CLIMB UP. HE RELIES ON A GUIDE TO GET DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. TODAY IT'S HIS GOOD MATE AND ENDURANCE RIDER YURI HAUSWALD. DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR ME, OK? UM, AND, BOBBY, I THINK, UM,... I THINK IT'S BETTER, MAYBE, NOT TO SEE, BECAUSE I CAN SEE, AND I'M NOT LIKING WHAT I CAN SEE. BOTH LAUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT. SHH! SHH! OH, SORRY. DON'T TELL HIM THAT. SLIGHT RIGHT. SLIGHT RIGHT. SLIGHT RIGHT. BACK THROUGH THAT GATE. SLIGHT LEFT. SLIGHT LEFT. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. OH, I CAN'T DO THIS. LEFT. LEFT. GO. GO. OK, SLIGHT RIGHT. PEDAL, PEDAL, PEDAL, PEDAL, PEDAL. STAY ON ME. MIDDLE. MIDDLE. BRAKES SQUEAL OH JEEZ. THIS BRAKE IS GETTING ITS MONEY'S WORTH TODAY. WE KNOW RIGHT WE YOU'RE AT. YEAH. BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SNEAK UP ON ME. NO. HEY... (CHUCKLES) NO. AND WE DON'T SNEAK UP ON ANYBODY EITHER. HALF THE TIME, PEOPLE GO, 'WHY ARE THOSE TWO YELLING AT EACH OTHER? IT'S UNNERVING.' OH, REALLY? AND THEN THEY GO, 'OH. OH.' STAY MIDDLE. PEDAL. NICE. OK, PEDAL, PEDAL. STAY MIDDLE. BOBBY GETS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ABOUT A MILLION HOURS BEFORE ME, BUT IS THERE WAITING WHEN I GET THERE. WELL DONE, BRODIE! OH SHIT! THERE WE GO. OK. YOU GET THE BOBBY BIG NUTS AWARD, COS THAT TRACK WAS NOT A BEGINNER TRACK. IT'S AMAZING TO MEET SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH AND MANAGES TO BE SO HUMBLE AND STRONG. I HOPE I'VE DONE JUSTICE TO THOSE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT PASSED FROM THIS MORTAL COIL AND DONATED ORGANS. I'VE LED AN INCREDIBLY FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIFE. HARD LEFT, BOBBY. HARD LEFT. HARD LEFT. HARD LEFT. I'M NOT A ROLE MODEL. I'VE JUST CHOSEN TO LIVE THE LIFE I WANT. AND IF PEOPLE TAKE VALUE OF WHATEVER FROM ME AND MY LIFE, OR IF I CAN SHARE PART OF MY STORY WITH PEOPLE TO ALLOW THEM TO MEET CHALLENGES, SO BE IT. WHAT A REWARDING THING TO DO. BUMP. BUMP. STAY MIDDLE, MIDDLE, MIDDLE. OK, COMING INTO A HARD RIGHT. HARD RIGHT. HARD RIGHT. There will be so if you feel sorry for yourself. That guy, what an inspiring... AND BOBBY FINISHED THE COURSE FOUR TIMES, BUT DIDN'T TECHNICALLY PLACE. BUT YOU CAN SAY HE WAS THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL ON THE DAY. AFTER THE BREAK ` IT'S BEEN CALLED THE THEATRICAL EVENT OF THE DECADE, WELCOME BACK. WE'RE CLOSING THE POLL WE STARTED EARLIER IN THE SHOW. WE ASKED, 'WOULD YOU PAY TO VISIT OUR NATIONAL PARKS?' The results are... Tight bums. But if we had asked should tourists pay, might have been a bit different. There is a lingering feeling that campers are tight arses. IMAGINE SEEING A WORLD WAR NOT THROUGH THE EYES OF A SOLDIER, BUT THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ANIMAL. 'WAR HORSE' WAS AN ACCLAIMED NOVEL AND A FILM, BUT IT'S THE STAGE SHOW THAT A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED LIVE ON THE WEST END, AND NOW IT'S COMING TO NZ. JEHAN CASINADER WENT BEHIND THE SCENES IN SYDNEY. IT'S A STORY ABOUT WAR, BUT THE THEATRE IS FILLED NOT WITH THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE; INSTEAD, THIS. ALL EXHALE ALL WHINNY 'THROUGH THE LONG, HARD WINTERS 'AND HAZY SUMMERS THAT FOLLOWED, 'ALBERT AND I GREW UP TOGETHER. 'HE WOULD LEAD ME OUT OVER THE FIELDS 'AND DOWN TO THE FLAT, THISTLY MARSH BY THE RIVER.' 'WAR HORSE' IS BASED ON AN ACCLAIMED NOVEL BY MICHAEL MORPURGO. FOR ME, THE HORSE IS A SYMBOL OF... SUFFERING. JOEY THE HORSE IS SOLD TO THE BRITISH ARMY. HIS MASTER (16) IS DETERMINED TO ENLIST... BOY. ALBERT. ...AND FIND HIS HORSE. WE SHALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. DRAMATIC MUSIC ESPECIALLY COMING UP TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT STORY ` AND PARTICULARLY FOR AUSTRALIA AND NZ. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FORGETTING IN SCHOOL THESE DAYS ` THE FACT THAT... WE LEARN ABOUT THE ANZACS, AND WE KNOW ABOUT WWI, BUT EVERYBODY REMEMBERS WWII. EVERYBODY REMEMBERS HITLER AND THE NAZIS. COME ON. GOOD BOY. BUT THE FORGOTTEN HEROES OF WWI WERE THE HORSES WHICH CARRIED MEN INTO BATTLE. IT MAY BE A SENTIMENTAL NOTION, BUT THEY ARE INNOCENT CREATURES. THEY DIDN'T VOLUNTEER TO GO TO THIS WAR. THEY SIMPLY USED AND EXPLOITED. THERE OVER 1 MILLION HORSES THAT WERE SENT TO FRANCE DURING WWI, AND NOT MANY OF THEM CAME BACK. IN FACT, THE ONES THAT DID REMAIN WERE TURNED INTO HORSE MEAT. BUT THIS STORY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE HORSES. IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE SACRIFICE THAT THE SOLDIERS MADE DURING THAT WAR. THE REASON, I THINK, THAT THE BOOK HAS SUDDENLY FOUND A RESONANCE IS, YES, THE PLAY, BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE WAR HAS COME BACK INTO FASHION. AND SUDDENLY IT'S YOUNG MEN AGAIN DYING IN THESE WARS AND PEOPLE THINKING, 'HANG ON, WHAT ARE THEY DYING FOR?' THERE'S NO DOUBT THIS SHOW MAKES A POLITICAL STATEMENT. BUT THE PUPPETRY BEHIND THE PRODUCTION IS ATTENTION-GRABBING TOO. THE ART OF BEING A HORSE IS, WELL, AN EXPERIMENTAL ONE. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A HORSE, COS NO ONE'S EVER BEEN A HORSE. IT TAKES THREE PUPPETEERS TO BRING THE HORSE TO LIFE, AND IT'S A PRETTY PHYSICAL FEAT. A LOT OF IT IS JUST... LISTENING TO EACH OTHER AND THE SOUNDS THAT WE REACT TO. IF SOMEONE RUNS IN, LIKE,... THE HORSE, SORT OF, KNOWS SOMETHING'S UP. CHUCKLES: GOOD LAD! THE ONLY KIWI MEMBER OF THE CAST SAYS THE SHOW HAS GIVEN HIM A NEW PERSPECTIVE. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THEATRE FOR 12 YEARS, AND ON MY BAD DAYS I THINK IT'S AN ELITIST, DYING ART. AND THEN, ON MY GOOD DAYS ` AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM DOING 'WAR HORSE' ` I THINK IT'S VITAL. 'THE FIRST TERRIBLE SHELLS FELL AMONGST US, 'AND THE MACHINE GUNS OPENED UP.' SOME DAYS YOU THINK, 'IT'S A BOY AND HIS HORSE.' YOU LOOK OUT THERE, AND YOU'RE, LIKE, 'WOW.' THE AUDIENCE ARE GIVING YOU SO MUCH ENERGY. THE PERFORMERS ON STAGE ARE GIVING YOU SO MUCH ENERGY. AND YOU'RE OFF. YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO ON THE RIDE. 'BUT THE SQUADRON GALLOPED ON INEXORABLY THROUGH IT ALL 'TOWARDS THE WIRE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. AND I WENT WITH THEM.' AND THE SHOW IS COMING HERE IN AUGUST. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013