ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING 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. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. HE'S ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED, BUT CONTROVERSIAL SPORTSMEN IN THE COUNTRY; TONIGHT HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. JESSE RYDER WAS HOURS AWAY FROM GETTING ON A PLANE TO A LUCRATIVE IPL SEASON IN INDIA. SO HOW DID A VISIT TO A CHRISTCHURCH BAR GO SO HORRIBLY WRONG? THE OWNER OF THE BAR WALKS US THROUGH THE INCIDENT. MY DUTY MANAGER'S YELLED OUT TO JESSE TO LOOK OUT, AND THIS GENTLEMAN, UNBEKNOWNST TO JESSE THAT IT WAS COMING, HAS RUN BEHIND HIM AND KING-HIT HIM FROM BEHIND WITH A DIRECT BLOW TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD. AFTER A VERY PUBLIC BATTLE WITH THE BOTTLE, JESSE'S FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. TONIGHT WE'LL HEAR HOW HE'S BEEN COPING. ALSO TONIGHT, ARE WE HAPPY? NO, NOT REALLY. AND ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS IS OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS WORK. ANYONE WOULD RATHER GO DO THEIR HOBBIES THAN WORK. SO WHY DON'T YOU? I NEED MONEY TO BUY THINGS. WHEN YOU CUT YOUR HOURS, YOU CUT YOUR INCOME AS WELL. WE HEAR FROM A FORMER HIGH-FLYER WHO'S MADE A BIG CHANGE AND THINKS THE REST OF US WOULD BE A LOT HAPPIER IF WE DID THE SAME. WE SHOULD SPEND A BIT LESS TIME AT WORK AND MORE ENJOYING OTHER THINGS, AND SPREADING THAT WORK WE HAVE AROUND, MAYBE, MORE EVENLY. AND IT'S SET TO BE NOT A VERY GOOD FRIDAY AT ALL IF YOU WANT SOME RETAIL THERAPY. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE PLACES THAT ARE CLOSED, BUT YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT ARE OPEN. YEAH, BAD NEWS IF YOU WANT A LOAF OF BREAD, BUT GOOD NEWS IF YOU WANT A LAP DANCE. IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. FEW NZ SPORTSMEN HAVE DIVIDED OPINION QUITE LIKE JESSE RYDER. HIS TALENT IS BEYOND QUESTION, BUT HIS DEMONS HAVE GRABBED MOST OF THE HEADLINES. TONIGHT HE'S IN AN INDUCED COMA, WITH A FRACTURED SKULL FROM WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A TWO-ON-ONE ATTACK OVERNIGHT. SO, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OUTSIDE AIKMAN'S BAR IN CHRISTCHURCH? THE OWNER OF THE BAR HAS SPENT THE DAY REVIEWING STATEMENTS FROM THE STAFF WHO WERE ON THE FLOOR LAST NIGHT AND LOOKING THROUGH LAST NIGHT'S CCTV FOOTAGE. HE SPOKE TO BRODIE KANE. LAST NIGHT, JESSE RYDER AND HIS TEAMMATES WERE IN THIS AREA OF THE BAR. IS THAT CORRECT? YEP. YEAH. SURE. YEAH. OK. TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE DOING. TEAM ARRIVED ABOUT` SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 11 AND 11.30. OBVIOUSLY THEY PLAYED THEIR GAME OF CRICKET AGAINST CANTERBURY ` AND GOOD ON THE CANTERBURY BOYS FOR TAKING IT OUT ` SO END-OF-SEASON DRINKS, I SHOULD IMAGINE; A BIT OF BOYS ON TOUR. UM, REALLY WELL-BEHAVED BUNCH OF GUYS. AND THEN, AT SOME STAGE, AROUND ABOUT 12.30, THE TEAM DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO MOVE ON. I'M LED TO BELIEVE THEY WERE HEADING TOWARDS THE CASINO. THEY'D ORGANISED A MINIBUS, WHICH PULLED UP IN THE MCDONALD'S CAR PARK TO COLLECT THEM. UH, THE TEAM LEFT OUT THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE. SO THE REST OF THE TEAM HAS WALKED OVER HERE? YEP, SO THEY'VE ALL FILED OUT, GOING ACROSS TO THE CAR PARK, WHERE THE MINIVAN IS WAITING FOR THEM. JESSE'S THE LAST IN THE LINE. YEAH. AND AS HE'S COME PAST AROUND ABOUT HERE ` OR HE'S GOT TO ABOUT THERE. ONE OF THE PATRONS HAS YELLED OUT TO HIM. A GUY HAS COME AND PRESENTED HIMSELF TO JESSE, AND THEY'VE SHAKEN HANDS. AND THEY'VE STARTED HAVING A CONVERSATION. THE CONVERSATION'S LASTED TWO OR THREE MINUTES. BY THIS TIME THE REST OF THE TEAM ARE IN THE MINIBUS, WAITING FOR JESSE. AND AFTER ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTES, IT HAS BECOME APPARENT ON THE VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT THERE'S BECOME A VERBAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN JESSE AND THE YOUNG INDIVIDUAL. BUT YOU CAN SEE JESSE WASN'T HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS SAID TO HIM. HE'S TURNED TO WALK AWAY. YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER BARRAGE OF VERBAL ABUSE. HE'S TURNED BACK. HE'S SORT OF` I CAN'T SEE WHAT JESSE SAYS. I CAN'T SEE IF HE SAYS ANYTHING. BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT HE'S GIVEN SOMETHING BACK TO THE YOUNG FELLA. HE'S WALKED AWAY AGAIN, AND THE YOUNG FELLA HAS WALKED OUTSIDE. WHEN HE'S GOT OUTSIDE, WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE EITHER MAYBE A FATHER OR A RELATIVE OR AN ASSOCIATE OF THE YOUNG MAN HAS WALKED OUT WITH HIM, AND HE HAS PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED JESSE, AND AN ALTERCATION HAS STARTED OUT ON THE STREET. SO THAT IS OUT HERE. SO JESSE'S GONE TO WALK OUT HERE ` IS THAT CORRECT? YEP, JESSE HAS LEFT THE PREMISE, AND HE'S WALKED AWAY. OK. AND THE YOUNG MAN HAS FOLLOWED HIM OUT HERE? YES. YEAH. SO, HE'S FOLLOWED HIM OUT ON TO THE STREET, AND THE OLDER PERSON THAT WAS WITH HIM HAS THEN GONE AND PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED JESSE. AND, STEVE, WE NOTICED THIS MORNING THAT THERE WAS SOME... SOME BLOOD ON THE FOOTPATH. SO TWO AND TWO... I THINK THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES THAT JESSE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH. THE FIGHT HAS BEEN STOPPED. AND WHO WAS THAT STOPPED BY? BY OTHER PATRONS AND ONE OF MY STAFF. SO THEY HAVE RESTRAINED THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS ATTACKED JESSE. HE HAS CALMED DOWN. JESSE HAS STOOD UP, WITH THE AID OF A COUPLE OF FRIENDS ` A COUPLE OF LADY FRIENDS. AND HE'S STARTED TO WALK ACROSS THE ROAD. THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S BEEN RESTRAINED HAS STARTED TO CALM DOWN, SO THE RESTRAINING HOLD HAS BEEN RELEASED ` AT WHICH POINT HE HAS JUST THEN RAN AT FULL SPEED TOWARDS JESSE. THE DUTY MANAGER HAS YELLED OUT TO JESSE TO LOOK OUT. AND THIS GENTLEMEN, UNBEKNOWNST TO JESSE THAT IT WAS COMING, HAS RUN BEHIND HIM AND KING-HIT HIM FROM BEHIND WITH A DIRECT BLOW TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD. AND THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THIS ATTACK HAVE THEN LEFT IN A TAXI? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. THEY TRIED TO COME BACK INTO THE PREMISE. AT THAT POINT, MY DUTY MANAGER HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT WELCOME. DUTY MANAGER WAS REALLY UNAWARE OF THE EXTENT OF THE VIOLENCE THAT'S TAKEN PLACE. THE MOTHER OF THE YOUNG FELLA ` WE KNOW THAT IT WAS HIS MOTHER BECAUSE SHE REFERRED TO HIM AS HER SON ` SHE HAS ARGUED WITH MY DUTY MANAGER ABOUT HER RIGHTS TO STAY. DUTY MANAGER HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE TO LEAVE. THEY'VE LEFT PEACEFULLY, GOT IN A TAXI AND DRIVEN AWAY. FOR MORE ON JESSE RYDER'S CAREER, WE'RE JOINED BY OUR SPORTS GURU, CRAIG STANAWAY. You've spoken to sources close to Jesse. Do you have an update on this condition? Players in the Wellington team have been told that Jesse does not have brain damage. That is important. They have now come home reassured with that news. Heath Mills said he had been drinking again. You have spoken to extensively about that. That must be disappointing. We did an interview with him last year at the boxing. He specifically said to me if he was ever at a bar, please buy him water. There was no noise at all that he was going to go back to play for NZ. But big things were literally just days away. Particularly bad timing. It has been an interesting couple weeks. He has heard the news that Kevin Pietersen was injured one of his Delhi teammates. So he was told that he was one of the team's major players.� This relationship is a bit strained with Wellington cricket at the moment. He is on a final warning with them. So he was looking forward to getting on to a plane and fitting reset again. Unfortunately he plays pro rata, so he may never see any of that $300,000. No one doubts his talent. He is a brilliant cricketer. That said, divided opinion on the man himself. You have spent some time with them. What do you make of him? A hell of a nice guy who loves playing cricket. He really wants nothing to do with all of the other stuff. It is a tragedy, because he is such a good cricketer. Big story online today. Trending around the world on Twitter. Three big emotions that people were feeling ` shock, sympathy, anger. Lots of people sending their good wishes. People outraged at such a gutless attack. This Facebook page cranked up this morning and has 8500 likes. However you might feel about Jesse and the way his career has flowed, we all wish him the very best. AFTER THE BREAK ` SHOULD KIWIS FOLLOW A GERMAN ACADEMIC'S LEAD AND CHANGE OUR APPROACH TO WORK? AND COULD IT BE THE MOST OUTDATED HOLIDAY OF ALL? THERE IS VERY LITTLE GOOD ABOUT FRIDAY, IF YOU WANT TO GO SHOPPING. YOU DON'T EXPERT A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS TO BE TELLING US WE SHOULD WORK FEWER HOURS, BUT ONE AUCKLAND ACADEMIC IS TRYING TO GET US ALL TO THINK LESS ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE AND MORE ABOUT WHAT MAKES US HAPPY. GILL HIGGINS LOOKS AT WHAT LIFE COULD BE LIKE. KOOKY MUSIC ALARM CLOCK CHIMES ANOTHER MONDAY MORNING. THERE'S THE JACKET, THE JOURNEY OF, OH, ABOUT 5K AN HOUR, AND, AH, THAT CUP OF COFFEE. A CHANCE TO SIT BACK AND TAKE IN THE VIEW. WHAT WOULD YOU ACTUALLY LIKE TO BE DOING? (CHUCKLES) STAYING IN BED, PROBABLY. GO FISHING ON MY BOAT. GOING TO THE GYM IF I HAD MORE TIME. BUT WHAT DO NEARLY ALL OF US DO? OFF TO WORK. UP AT ABOUT 6.30. I'M AT WORK BY ABOUT 8. CHRISTOPH SCHUMACHER WORKS TOO ` JUST A LOT LESS THAN HE USED TO. FROM HIGH-FLYING BUSINESS CONSULTANT TO ACADEMIC. THE SALARY IS LOT LESS, BUT A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN WORKING HOURS. HE GETS IN MORE KAYAKING, MORE FISHING WITH HIS KIDS. NICE. SO, WOULD THE REST OF US CUT OUR HOURS IF WE COULD? EVERYONE WOULD RATHER GO AN DO THEIR HOBBIES THAN WORK, BUT` SO WHY DON'T YOU? COS I WANT TO HAVE MONEY TO BUY THINGS. WHEN YOU CUT YOUR HOURS, YOU CUT YOUR INCOME AS WELL. DEFINITELY LIKE THE MONEY COMING IN. WE ARE SOMEHOW OBSESSED WITH THIS IDEA OF ACCUMULATING MONEY. DO WE NEED A $2000 BATH TAP? CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT A WATERMELON CARRIER? WE TOO OFTEN WANT TOO MANY OF THESE. BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HOUSES HERE, IT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK, MAYBE IT'S THINKING WORTH WORKING THAT BIT HARDER. TRUE, BUT IF PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE HOUSES WORK 60-70 HOURS A WEEK TO PAY FOR THESE HOUSES, THEN MAYBE DON'T GET ENOUGH OUT OF IT. NOW, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO BE HAVING FUN ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE POINT BEING, FUN AND HAPPINESS CAN'T BE BOUGHT. HIGHER INCOME DOES NOT MAKE US ANY HAPPIER. IT'S NOT AS IF THESE PEOPLE HURRYING BETWEEN SHOPPING AND WORK HAVEN'T EVER HEARD THAT. SO WHY ARE THEY ALL WORKING SO HARD? OF COURSE, SOME LOW-PAID EMPLOYEES HAVE TO WORK EVERY HOUR THEY CAN, AND THERE'S THE HIGHLY-DRIVEN WHO GETS A BIT OF A JOB HIGH, BUT MANY OF US CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF A SHORTER WORKING WEEK. WE SHOULD SPEND A BIT LESS TIME AT WORK AND MORE ENJOYING OTHER THINGS, AND SPREADING THAT WORK WE HAVE AROUND MORE EVENLY. IN CHRISTOPH'S NATIVE GERMANY, THEY WORK AN AVERAGE 1400 HOURS A YEAR. IN HIS NEW HOME NZ, 1800 ` SO IN NZ WE WORK ALMOST 400 HOURS A YEAR MORE. EVEN FOR THOSE NOT CONSUMED BY CONSUMING, EVEN FOR THOSE NOT CONSUMED BY CONSUMING, THERE ARE OTHER FORCES AT WORK. COMPANIES PUT PRESSURE ON YOU, BECAUSE WE SIGN CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT SPECIFY 40 HOURS A WEEK. THERE'S ALWAYS AN EMERGENCY EXPECTATION TO PUT IN THIS EXTRA HOUR HERE, WORK ON THE WEEKEND. IT'S JUST AFTER FIVE. PLENTY OF PEOPLE ARE HEADING HOME FOR THE LONG WEEKEND. BUT WHAT DO THEIR HARD-WORKING COLLEAGUES LEFT IN THE OFFICE THINK? MOST PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, 'WHY IS THIS PERSON NOT PULLING WEIGHT?' SO, WHAT TO DO? FRANCE HAS LEGISLATED WORKING HOURS. SO HAS GERMANY, UH, TO SEND A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO, UH, TO WORK THEMSELVES INTO THE GROUND. IT WAS THOUGHT WE WOULD BE GETTING MORE OF THIS FREE TIME, BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THIS. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, A REVERED ECONOMIST FROM THE 1930S, PREDICTED THE TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION WOULD MEAN AN AVERAGE 15-HOUR WORKING WEEK BY 2030. IS THAT A RIDICULOUS IDEA? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. TECHNOLOGY SHOULD MAKE OUR LIFE EASIER, BETTER, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY DOING THE TRICK, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY NEW THINGS COMING OUT THAT WE ALWAYS FEEL COMPELLED TO UPGRADE. INSIDE THE POWERHOUSE, IT'S ALL ABOUT FINANCIAL WEALTH. YES, THERE'S HARDLY A COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT HASN'T GOT ECONOMIC GROWTH AS ONE OF KEY OBJECTIVES. SO GOING TO TAKE A BRAVE COUNTRY TO BUCK THE TREND? IT TOOK A BRAVE COUNTRY ` BHUTAN DECIDED OF MEASURING GDP ` IT MEASURES GROSS DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. SO IMAGINE NZ, WHEN THEY HAD THE CENSUS RECENTLY, INSTEAD OF ASKING YOU, 'HOW MUCH DO YOU EARN?', ALSO THEY WOULD ASK YOU, 'HOW HAPPY ARE YOU?' AS LONG AS THEY DON'T ASK THE DAY AFTER LOSING THE CRICKET, BUT ISN'T THIS ALL A BIT FARFETCHED ANYWAY? A REFOCUS ON HAPPINESS? HERE? WHY NOT? NZ IS SUCH LOVELY PLACE. THERE'S SO MUCH TO OFFER. I'M SURPRISED PEOPLE IN NZ WORK SUCH BIG HOURS AND DON'T FIND TIME TO ENJOY THIS MORE. CHEERFUL MUSIC CAN YOU IMAGINE THE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATING TO ALLOW US TO WORK LESS? I MEAN, THEY WON'T EVEN WILLINGLY MONDAYISE WAITANGI DAY AND ANZAC DAY. Bhutan ` one of the few countries in the world to ban cigarettes. Coincidence? Yes. HOWEVER, SOME ARE HAPPY ANYHOW. JESSE'S BEEN DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH ON WHO THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN NZ ARE. A SURVEY LAST YEAR FOUND THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN NZ WERE LIVING ON THE WEST COAST AND TIMARU. I KNOW, RIGHT? OLD PEOPLE ARE HAPPIER THAN YOUNG PEOPLE. YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING: IF IT WRINKLES, IT TWINKLES! ACTUALLY, I JUST MADE THAT SAYING UP, BUT I THIK IT'S QUITE CATCHY, DON'T YOU? COUPLES ARE HAPPIER THAN SINGLE PEOPLE ` TALK ABOUT 'GAY MARRIAGE' ` AND WOMEN ARE MORE CHEERFUL THAN MEN. SO THAT OLD SAYING, 'HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE,' ISN'T EXACTLY TRUE. MORE LIKE, 'HAPPY WIFE, 'WHO CARES HOW YOU FEEL, MATE? JUST BE THANKFUL YOU'RE NOT ALONE.' THE TWO UNHAPPIEST CITIES? CHRISTCHURCH AND WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH WE CAN UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW. BUT WELLINGTON, WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE? AFTER THE BREAK, WE ARE AT A STRIP CLUB. WHY? SIMPLE, REALLY ` IT'S GOOD FRIDAY TOMORROW. It is pretty confusing, the Easter trading laws. We will tell you what is open EASTER TRADING LAWS ` SO CONFUSING. YOU CAN GET A WINE ON THE FERRY, BUT NOT AT THE PUB; YOU CAN SHOP TILL YOU DROP IN QUEENSTOWN, BUT NOT IN OUR LARGEST CITY. TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY JEHAN CASINADER FROM WELLINGTON'S COURTENAY PLACE. JEHAN. I would rather be in one of these bars, to be honest, rather than talking to you. But this is a public service announcement. We care about you, and want you to have a nice weekend. Trading laws are confusing. Friday and Sunday have restricted hours. If you haven't done your supermarket shopping by tonight, you're stuffed. But he can come to a dairy. But dairies are also restricted. They can only send you baby formula and cat food. But what if you crave some lentils or cream eggs? TAB will be open. Bars are allowed to sell you food, and alcohol, as long as it is sold to you with food. The movies will be open all weekend. So what about other services? What about a strip club, for example? Believe it or not, mermaid bar will be open for the weekend. That's because, according to the law, prostitutes provide a service. They are not providing goods. So if you come here trying to buy some memorabilia, you won't get it. It's confusing. Here's Jeremy from the Trinity group. This is a shambles, isn't it? One of the issues is the sort of license you hold. If you have a bar, tavern or a strong license, you have restrictions. We have a problem with the Phoenix game on Sunday. There are restrictions on the alcohol sales. But you would complain about this, because you have a financial interest. These days have been created out of nothing. Tonight we close at midnight. I can understand the logic of that. Forget about the goods and services. There are some church services on this weekend, and I don't think they have restricted trading. Stay away from Mermaids. They're strict on ID. PROFESSOR PETER LINEHAM'S A HISTORIAN OF RELIGION FROM MASSEY UNIVERSITY. PETER, IS IT OK TO GET A LAP DANCE FROM A STRIPPER ON EASTER SUNDAY? It strikes me as pretty dodgy at any time. But my feeling is that we have gone consumer mad. We need to consume at all times of day and night. Why? Now, I don't want to defend the specific hours in which things are and aren't allowed. But I just think we should take a pause here and there and do some reflecting. That's a different argument. The fact that we don't need to shop at every moment of our lives, that's okay,but it could be any dad shops are closed. Why does it have to be Friday and Sunday of this week? Why can't they go shopping and be a good Christian as well? You can, and I'm all in favour of some sensible relaxation of laws. Why shouldn't you go to a garden centre on Good Friday? Sometimes I get green fingers. I won't be able to buy plants tomorrow. But why does our model of society need to be consumerism all the time? I don't think we can defend specifically Christian days as the only days to do it on, but I think it is fair to say we should be more respectful and aware of religious observances of all religions. We should expand our sense of the values of different kinds of religions in our society and we shouldn't be ashamed also of those who are not religious just doing something different for a change. What do you think is a nice spiritual way to spend Easter? I will go to a few church services. That's not for everybody, but for me it is a special day. It is the oldest Christian holiday, and it has been observed since the first century. Is that why we are still doing it? But we also add some additional days, like Anzac Day. They have similar protections. And I think we should have some more days that recognise other religions. We mustn't be just a Christian focused society. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.