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  • 1Runaway Millionaire We probably all asked ourselves the same question? What would we have done in the circumstances? Hopefully most of us would have done the honourable thing, the honest thing, Leo Gao didn't. He scarpered with the $10 million the Westpac bank inadvertently dumped in his account and thereby earning himself the possibility of a jail sentence and infamy as the "runaway millionaire". Why did he do it? And where are the buckets of cash that still haven't been recovered. Leo Gao wouldn't talk to the police but he talks exclusively to Sunday.

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  • 2White Moonshine In Australia, it's a booming racket - raw, unpasteurised milk. People are prepared to pay up to five times the normal price for what New Zealander can by at the farm gate. But while the trade in raw milk is legal here, is it safe? Some micro-organisms in raw milk could kill.

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  • 3In The Footsteps Melania is a 16-year-old who plays mother to seven brothers and sisters in state house in Otara. She is also gifted and will be the first person in her family to go to University. Melania is also driven after spending large chunks of her childhood in hospital she has gone on an adventure of a lifetime into shark infested waters.

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  • 4"The Pati Boys" An encore performance of the Pati brothers, tenor brothers from Mangere.

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Primary Title
  • Sunday
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 26 August 2012
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  • 19 : 30
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  • 60:00
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  • TV One
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  • Television New Zealand
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  • Chapman Archive
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  • Television
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  • English
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  • English
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  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
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  • Newsmagazine
On Sunday tonight ` the runaway millionaire. He refused to talk to police, but he talks to Sunday. $10 million accidentally dumped in his account. Give it back or steal it? Bad man or just bad decision? He is a calculating man. Where is the rest of the money, Leo? They can bathe in it, but they can't drink it. A crate, please. Aussies bootlegging raw milk. $36, thanks. Makes your ordinary milk seem just pathetic. Pure, unpasteurised. I had a sister who died from drinking unpasteurised milk. Out of Otara... I cook, I clean. ...to a remote outpost. I'd actually never heard of the Kermadecs. Young, gifted. I may get eaten by a shark. In the footsteps of Sir Peter. EXCITED CHATTER Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2012 Kia ora. I'm Miriama Kamo. What would you do? The bank mistakenly dumps $10 million in your account. $10 million. Do you do the honest thing ` tell the bank about the error and give it all back? Or do you do what Leo Gao did ` pocket it and run? The man dubbed 'the runaway millionaire' is beginning a jail sentence of four years and seven months. Gao always refused to talk to the police. But before he went to prison, he told his story to Kate Lynch on Sunday. He insists he's not a bad man, not a criminal. So why did he do it? And crucially, where's the $3.8 million which hasn't been recovered? MAN: What would you do if $6 million suddenly appeared in your bank account? WOMAN: ...thanks to a Westpac clerical error that was 100 times the overdraft Gao had sought. Westpac says it considers the money to be stolen. Where is the rest of the money, Leo? > Wee-hoo. This is the man they call the runaway millionaire. You want more, eh? Leo Gao at home with his 18-month-old baby boy ` a baby he's not going to see for the next few years. His is a tale of fortune, fantasy and ultimately capture. For Rotorua petrol station owner Leo, 2009 was a tough year. To help pay his bills, he applied for a $1000 overdraft from Westpac. The bank agreed, but when the money came through, a couple of extra zeroes were accidentally added. How did you feel when you first saw that $10 million overdraft in your bank account? What went through your head? Leo came to NZ a decade ago from China, where he'd trained for three years to be a cop. His plan was to study English, overcome the language barrier and work hard. But it all changed when his father became a compulsive gambler. Leo's dad packed up and moved back to China, leaving the family to fend for themselves. Together with his mum, Leo bought a petrol station as a way to turn their fortune around. But it wasn't the booming business they'd dreamed of. Checking his laptop on a Tuesday night at 11pm, the $10 million had appeared. Leo thought this was the chance to escape and help his dad, who'd started gambling again on trips to casinos in Macau. Did you think about getting in touch with Westpac? Were you testing them? So what was your next move? Taking the so-called bad advice, Leo spent the next week transferring $6.7 million to accounts in Hong Kong and China. Then he packed a bag and left Rotorua and followed the money to the Far East. Were you planning to come back? Did you book first class or business class? Really? > Really? > Yeah. Really? > Yeah. Why? > But you had all this money. But Leo did indulge in some luxury. He checked into a five-star hotel in Macau and gambled at a mega casino using Westpac's money. His partner, Kara Hurring, joined him a few days later, but Leo says she knew nothing of his mysterious sudden fortune. WOMAN SPEAKS CHINESE Leo Gao, one of the two so-called runaway millionaires... A month later in Macau, Leo And Kara saw their story in the international media,... MAN: They've called in an international intelligence agency to help track the couple down. ...and they knew the game was up. Instead of coming home, these holidaymakers turned international fugitives and went into hiding in China. Coming up ` how much Kara really knew. I'd describe Kara as quite calculating. And who has the missing $3.8 million? That's what everyone wants to know, isn't it? > JARRING MUSIC While on the run in China, he was NZ's most wanted man. But Detective Inspector Mark Loper has little sympathy for Leo. He is a calculating man. He knew what he was doing with that cash. Do you think that he is a... smart person? Calculating... doesn't necessarily mean smart. Loper escorted Leo home from Hong Kong after he was picked up crossing the border from China. You were almost excited to be returning to NZ? So it wasn't such a fantasy after all? In amongst the angst and fear of being caught, there was one very happy time for Leo on the run ` when his partner, Kara Hurring, gave birth to a baby boy in January last year. Kara came back to NZ when the baby was 2 weeks old,... ...while Leo stayed in hiding for another seven months. Where did you live? In hotels? I doubt that Mr Gao would have been coming back to NZ unless his arm was forced. Who by? Who by? NZ police and the NZ government. So you believe that it had nothing to do with Kara or his family or his`? No. Or his dedication as a dad, no. Leo's now swapped his multimillion dollar lifestyle for a jail cell. $3.8 million is still missing, leaving one huge unresolved question ` where is the money? What did you spend it on? Did you buy anything big? Because the police say $3.8 million is missing. That's a lot of money. Where did it go? Well, that's what everyone wants to know, isn't it? You're not going to answer it? Does someone else know where it is? I think he's trying to divert. The obvious answer is that he's got the money and he knows where it is. Mark Loper says police still hope to track it down. I believe the money has been through some relative's accounts. I believe he has access to that money in China. Who is to blame for all of this? Is it Westpac or Leo Gao? Leo Gao. Westpac made a mistake. Taking advantage of a mistake, he's guilty of a theft. Kara Hurring was found guilty on 30 charges, but Leo says the blame lies squarely with him. He says she knew nothing of the windfall until she arrived in Macau. I'd describe Kara as quite calculating. She spent $11,000 of this money whilst in Auckland before she left to fly to Hong Kong. She knew that money was not hers, although she tries to, um, protest her innocence. Leo's now trying to put the Westpac saga behind him. He's keen to serve his time and build a new life. < You feel like things are going to get better for you? < You feel like things are going to get better for you? Well, can't get any worse, is it? < Even though you're going back to jail? Well, you know, that's the thing. I accept it, right. I have to accept it. There's nothing I can do. He's also started reading the Bible, and once he's out of jail, he wants to focus on being a good father. Do you think that one day you think you will tell him about all this? Do you think that one day you think you will tell him about all this? Oh yeah, of course. Its, um, a big story to tell. What do you think he'll say? He will say, 'You bloody idiot.' He maybe say that... (CHUCKLES) when he grow up. People do silly things, is it. Kara Hurring had already been found guilty of theft, attempting to dishonestly use a bank card, and money laundering. She got home detention. On another note, Kate Lynch gave birth to her first child this week, so congratulations to you, Kate. Now, later in the show ` an encore from the Pati brothers, the tenors. But next ` raw milk straight out of the cow. We're allowed to drink it. Australians aren't. What's the difference? And this is what people by law are supposed to be doing with raw milk ` bathing in it. That's because raw milk is considered unsafe to drink. Welcome back. Well, we can, but they can't. We can drink raw milk, but Australians can only bathe in it. We will explain that. Raw milk is unpasteurised, straight from the cow and sold from the farm gate. In Australia, it's illegal to sell raw milk, but a growing number of devotees has created a thriving black market in white moonshine. They believe it's a gift from Mother Nature herself, but the law and science says something different. Here's Channel 7's Dr John Darcey. FUNKY MUSIC In pitch black, a shipment of precious white cargo is bound for market. Well before the sun comes up, the rush begins. Hey, gidday. OK, we'll get a price. This is the front line of a new food war. Well, you don't get it fresher than you get it here. Well, you don't get it fresher than you get it here. Yeah, exactly right. It's nice to have real milk. They're buying milk. I'll get a crate, please. Buying as much as they can. $36, thanks. $18, thanks. $12, thanks. But this is no ordinary drop. It's raw milk, unpasteurised, straight from the cow. Mighty product, this. Mighty product, this. Enjoy it. Mighty product, this. Enjoy it. Oh yeah. If dairy farmer Trevor Mahaffey was selling it for drinking, this would be a crime scene. Got children? Got children? Yeah. 7, 4 and 2. Instead it's being sold as bath milk. < They bathe in the milk as well? < They bathe in the milk as well? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, they have it from head to toe every day. (CHUCKLES) Everyone's in on the joke. It's fantastic. Hands down the best milk in the world. Bathing the internal organs. That's great. Remember to have a bath in it. I'm not worried about being caught. We don't break the law. We are careful of how we sell it. What people do with it is up to them. And this is what people by law are supposed to be doing with raw milk ` bathing in it. That's because raw milk is considered unsafe to drink. Since a typhoid outbreak in the mid '40s, all milk sold for drinking in Australia must be pasteurised. That's the heating process which removes potentially deadly bacteria. But for a growing number of people, it's that processing which is wrong. People are increasingly worried about the processing of the food that they eat. That for some has focused down on milk and pasteurisation. They argue pasteurisation is sucking the life out of milk. The down side with pasteurisation is it also kills off a lot of the good bacteria. It's common sense. If you have food that's gonna last for three months on a shelf, there's no bacteria in there. That food is completely dead and lifeless. If it's dead and lifeless on the shelf, can you imagine` how does your poor stomach digest it? Arabella Forge is a Melbourne mother whose partner's family own a dairy farm in Gippsland. Every day newborn calves line up for their raw milk. Arabella has been drinking it for 10 years. For her, it's about having the right to choose what she and her family eats and drinks. You've got a baby ` 7 months old. > Yep. Yep. No hesitation in giving a 7-month-old raw milk? Well, look, I tell you what. My partner grew up on a dairy farm. 11 kids. They all drank raw milk. They're all extremely healthy. They're one of the most healthy families that I know. I've never tasted raw milk. What's it taste like? Raw milk is absolutely exquisite to taste. It's the way Mother Nature intended milk to be. It's beautiful to taste. I get disappointed when I meet people, and they go, 'I don't really like milk. I don't enjoy tasting it.' I think, 'Go out to a farm and taste the real thing.' Cos you taste the real thing, it's like falling in love for the first time. You know, you understand the way Mother Nature created milk and how it should be drunk and how it should be consumed. This milk is legal to drink, but against the law to sell for drinking. Pretty good? Pretty good? Fresh from the cow. Pretty good? Fresh from the cow. Fresh from the cow. In Australia, they're just really strict here, and because of the heavy laws, there's this huge black market that's developed. Did you realise you're breaking the law? Not really, no. I didn't ever consider us to be breaking the law, because so many people were asking for it. Peter Melov ran a raw-milk black market at a farmers' market in Sydney's eastern suburbs. So there was an underground movement? I wouldn't call it underground. It was overground more than anything. It was accepted that everybody drank it. Everybody knew they were drinking it. It was like a kind of joke,... you might say, that it was called bath milk. I mean, I didn't see anybody bathing in it. I mean, everybody knew it wasn't for bathing. Peter was selling 600 litres of raw milk a week. He was also being secretly watched and recorded by the New South Wales Food Authority. Simultaneous raids followed on the market and on his home. It was just so full on. I think I was the only one saying 'it's just milk'. And everybody was... You know, there was guns there. There was people with guns, and all we were doing was selling milk. Peter was found guilty of 42 charges. The court costs and the hefty fines sent him broke. < How much? < How much? $184,000. < How much? $184,000. < $184,000? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. How did that affect you? I kept on looking in the mirror saying, 'Is this... heroin or is it raw milk?' Well, clearly, it's not heroin. It's about pasteurisation. So, does it suck the life out of milk or simply add the safety factor? Look at the world around you, and it's full of danger. You make your choices. They can be life-threatening in some instances, and unfortunately sometimes it can cause death. Welcome back. Devotees talk about the exquisite taste of raw milk ` full-bodied goodness, a gift from Mother Nature. So why suck the life out of milk by pasteurising it, they ask. Well, the scientists and the Australian food authorities have a simple explanation. Raw milk can kill. There is an awful lot of evidence to show that there are risks associated with drinking raw milk. For the chief scientist of the New South Wales Food Authority, Lisa Szabo, the issue is black and white. To be 100% safe, milk must be pasteurised. Many people I've met say that pasteurisation sucks the life out of milk. Pasteurisation adds the safety into milk. Can people die if they drink raw milk? Some of the micro-organisms that could be present in raw milk can have very serious consequences. Could they die? > Could they die? > Yes, people can die. But there's another view ` the view from across the Tasman ` that prohibition of raw milk is undemocratic. It can't just be a black-and-white issue ` pasteurisation versus raw. Ready, steady, go. Invercargill mayor and raw milk advocate Tim Shadbolt believes Australia's outright ban is another symptom of the nanny state. Look, when we were young, do you think we worried about a few germs? I mean, we had lead paint on our cots, we had asbestos in the ceiling. You know, we had no crash helmets on our bikes, we had no car seats built for kids. I mean, we lived rough, you know. Look at the world around you, and it's full of danger. There are harms, and there are risks involved in living, you know, but you make your choices. Milk is a wonderful, nutritious, um, food for us, and it has been a wonderful, nutritious food for many, many years. And it's also been a very safe product for many years, and that safety is coming through the pasteurisation process. Oh, here we go! In NZ, it's legal to buy up to 5 litres of raw milk a day at the farm gate. It just makes your ordinary milk seem just pathetic. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) There's also provocative research in NZ that suggests the type of ordinary milk most of us drink, called A1 milk, could trigger type I diabetes. It would be pretty disturbing if what we're promoting as the healthiest food for young children might actually be causing some` some damage, uh, in susceptible individuals. Professor of paediatrics Bob Elliott found a link between A1 milk and high rates of diabetes in lab rats. Then he looked at where our milk was coming from. In Australia and most of the Western world, cows have mutated over thousands of years, which has added an extra protein to their milk. That protein is not in the milk of cows found in remote places, like Iceland. The milk there is called A2, and the residents of Iceland have low rates of type I diabetes. Professor Elliott believes that's not a coincidence. < What if people think you're a mad scientist just creating alarm in the community? Oh, I think some people already think that. Uh, the alternative is that I might be somebody who's finally managed to put the finger on what it is in the environment that's causing type I diabetes. The theory has led to a surge in demand for A2 milk. Near the central Victorian town of Kyabram, there's a herd of more than 2000 A2 cows. They produce the same milk as those found in Iceland. The health benefits have hit close to home for farmer Mandy Malkay. We have five daughters, and Alexandra's our youngest. She was a very unhappy baby. Had trouble tolerating milk and then solids, and we discovered along the way that she was actually protein intolerant to the milk. What would happen if you ate dairy? What would happen if you ate dairy? Uh, I got really sick. < How? < How? I'd spew up and get stomach cramps and leg cramps. Alexandra is now 16 and drinks as much milk ` A2 milk ` as she likes. It's pretty good how something that looks the same is completely different. Her family farm is one of only a few in Australia that have herds of A2 cows. All A2 milk ends up here in a new processing centre near Sydney. The profits of this company have gone up 600% in six years. They simply can't make enough of it. More and more Australians are prepared to pay twice as much for milk that they say is better digested and some experts challenge reduces the risk of type I diabetes. Why not drink it, uh, until this question is settled, proven one way or the other? Which brings us back to the contentious issue of raw milk. Do you ever drink milk straight from the cow? No, no, no, never. (CHUCKLES) Uh, no, I` I mean, there are` are real risks in drinking raw milk, uh, from.... tuberculosis. Uh, I even... I had a sister, who died before I was born, who died from bovine tuberculosis from drinking unpasteurised milk, so I'm... I'm a very strong advocate of pasteurising. You've been here before. I say to the people who are seeking to sell raw milk products to be aware of the law Thank you. Thank you very much. Cheers. Be aware of the risks, because the consequences can be very severe. They can be life-threatening in some instances, and unfortunately, sometimes, they can cause death. Kids love it. Kids love it. Kids love it? Kids love it. Kids love it? Yeah. Kids have heaps of it, man. They bathe in it, of course? They bathe in it, of course? Of course. (CHUCKLES) Fascinating. Well, when we come back, more from the sweetly singing Pati brothers. And we're in the footsteps of one of our greatest adventurers. A special bunch of kids on a special adventure exploring the magical world of the Kermadecs. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's the best two weeks of my life so far. EXCITED CHATTER Most people tend to think more about how they brush than what they brush with. They think all brushes are the same. They're not. That's why I recommend the new Pro-Health Clinical brush from Oral-B. Unlike an ordinary toothbrush, it has pro-flex sides that individually adjust to teeth and gums for a better clean. No wonder Oral-B is the number one dentist-recommended toothbrush brand worldwide. The new Pro-Health Clinical toothbrush from Oral-B. Two flexing sides, one superior clean. Fellas! Oh! Danny C! Nonu, Nonu, Nonu! Boom! Richie. Register and use your MasterCard before September 15 and you could go on tour with the All Blacks. Yeah, mate. Yeah, mate. So, who am I rooming with? Welcome back. Pop quiz ` what's the northern-most part of NZ? Now, if you answered 'North Cape', you're wrong. It's actually the Kermadecs, a small group of islands lying 1000km further north. It's off limits to all but a select few. Tonight, Pete Cronshaw joins 30 young Kiwis on a journey to one of the most remote parts of NZ. Their mission ` to keep the Peter Blake legacy alive and inspire the next generation of adventurers. GENTLE PIANO MUSIC Unique, unspoilt, untouched. The Kermadec Islands are a national treasure ` a place so wild, so precious, they've been declared off-limits to all but a few scientists and DOC workers... until this month. Romeo one, Romeo one. There's a launch... This month an intrepid band of teenage adventurers got to explore the magical world of the Kermadecs. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's the best two weeks of my life so far. HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRR EXCITED CHATTER I'd actually never heard of the Kermadecs. I didn't even know it existed. Just leave that, because I need it for easy access. Melania Napa'a is about to journey to one of the most remote corners of NZ. Do you think you have to sit on it? It's, like, right in the middle of Tonga and NZ. That's, like, right in the middle of my life. Like, I'm a born Kiwi, but my heritage and my culture, my family's Tongan, and that's... that's pretty much what tops it off. Melania is the eldest of eight kids. She is also a graduate of the Gifted Kids Programme and determined to become the first in her family to go to university. As the oldest, do you have to look after your brothers and sisters? As the oldest, do you have to look after your brothers and sisters? Yes, that's a born responsibility. Melania is the first to admit the Kermadecs are a world away from the state house in Otara she calls home. What are you most looking forward to doing on the Kermadecs? > What are you most looking forward to doing on the Kermadecs? > I just want to see the sharks. I really do. (CHUCKLES) It's weird, but I really do. I just want to see the sharks. And what worries you the most? And what worries you the most? I may get eaten by a shark. That doesn't sound like a highlight. That doesn't sound like a highlight. (CHUCKLES) 250 secondary school students applied to be part of this expedition. Only 30 were selected. Stand by to change to centre console control. They are here as guests of the Navy, Department of Conservation and the Sir Peter Blake Trust. The hope is they will follow in the footsteps of Sir Peter Blake... Wow, it's really small. ...and inspire the next generation of adventurers, environmentalists and leaders. You middle? You middle? Yep. You middle? Yep. Nice. It is going to be fantastic for them, because they are very smart, intelligent kids. They are perhaps, in a way, the cream of the crop. Every year approximately 200 people get to stand on top of Mt Everest, but fewer than 20 get to set foot on the Kermadec Islands. They sit halfway between Tonga and NZ. Raoul Island is the biggest. I'm, like, mega excited. Like, who wouldn't be? Battered by wind-driven waves and oceanic surges, it is an inhospitable destination. On a very very good day, you can take a leap of faith and try to land by boat. But the safest way to get on Raoul is by chopper. First helicopter ride? First helicopter ride? Oh my gosh. (LAUGHS) Oh man, that was amazing. Cleared of rats, cats and all predators, Raoul is a conservation success story ` a reminder of what NZ has and what mainland NZ has also lost. Just seeing the green lake and, like, the craters, oh my gosh, it was amazing, so lovely. Like, everyone looks at nature, and they don't really see much, but, wow. WAVES, WIND ROARS There we go. I see water. I see water. Now I see waves. It is a very different place from Otara, an eye opener of sorts for a girl more used to the urban landscape of South Auckland. Whoa, that's huge. There's no sea. It's creek, pollution and mangroves basically, just being honest. just being honest. So it's no nature reserve? Not for marine life, no. Does that make you angry, all that pollution in your backyard? I'm not angry. I'm just disappointed. Like, you can't be. I don't like to be angry at certain things, because I don't know the full story behind it. But it is disappointing to see that it is our community or our environment or, like, the years before us that have done that, and then we're just kind of doing the same thing. We're trashing it? We're trashing it? Pretty much. SERENE MUSIC The Kermadecs are part of NZ's largest marine reserve. It spans 750,000ha and is home to a vast array of temperate and tropical species. In the marine environment in NZ, you are always dealing with the unknown. You can always expect to turn up new species even on your doorstep, but in a place like the Kermadec Islands, it's an everyday happening. Fishing a marine reserve might seem strange,... CHEERING, APPLAUSE ...but this is all being done in the name of science. The important thing about science is having fun. I think if you are not having fun when you are doing science, you are doing something wrong. The Kermadecs highlight how little we know about our marine environment. Well done. That's a massive scorpion fish. A spot of night fishing netted us some small grouper,... CHEERING We've got all night. ....some huge kingfish... Yes! CHEERING CHEERING Well done. Awesome. ...and more than 20 Galapagos sharks. Whoa, that's a better one! But the most impressive catch of all was Melania's smooth-hound shark,... CHEERING ...not because of its size, but rather it's rarity. That` If you're gonna catch a shark, that's a really good one to catch. That` If you're gonna catch a shark, that's a really good one to catch. It's our teamwork. High-five. You found a new species. You can call it the Melania shark. You found a new species. You can call it the Melania shark. (LAUGHS) I was thrilled to get the smooth-hounds. We've only got one specimen here` one specimen there over the last 20-odd years. That was really unexpected. And that was the fifth specimen that I've ever seen and the first live one that I've ever seen. Three. Not content with just catching sharks,... He's mad. SPLASH! ...some, like Craig Smith, couldn't wait to eyeball one underwater. I want to see something big. I want to` I want to be scared, but I don't want to be` I want to get put out of my own comfort zone. That's going to be good. Here big is everywhere. And this young adventurer didn't have to wait long to be pushed out of his comfort zone. I haven't anywhere else that is so beautiful and just amazing. Swimming with sharks, dolphins, turtles, grouper, it is just... phenomenal. For Craig, this has been a special trip. Last year he lost his father in the Christchurch earthquake. But he refuses to let that tragedy affect his zest for life. You are there to make him proud. The adventure here is just to go back to my family and just say, 'I did it. I made it. I'm trying to make that change.' Lead the way, Melania. Melania has also faced her fair share of adversity. This climb to the summit of the volcano was no walk in the park. In the beginning it was so hard. Honestly, I wanted to give up. Dig in, dig in. But then I was, like, 'Never give up. You can do this.' And i got up. Keep your feet apart as you're going down. It'll stop you falling over. That never-say-die attitude is the reason she's here today. (LAUGHS) I'm probably enjoying this. Oh my gosh! I was always in and out of hospital ever since I was born. Like, at least once or twice a year I would be in hospital because I had this bone problem. Basically I was crippled, and I laugh about it now because I'm not any more, and I'm so grateful, because if I was still sick, I wouldn't be able to go on this expedition, and I wouldn't be able to snorkel with the sharks and do all those physical stuff that... normal kids would do, I guess. WAVES CRASH WAVES CRASH I love that noise. For those involved, the inaugural Sir Peter Blake expedition, marking the 10th anniversary of his death, was an unforgettable experience. Cool. Do you want a picture? But there is more to this expedition, this adventure, than sheer spectacle. Peter Blake's concept was to get the young people involved, because they are the leaders of the future. Can they change the world, make it better? Absolutely. Little by little, you know, you can achieve a lot. The hope of the Sir Peter Blake Trust is that these teenagers will head home with a better understanding of their environment and encourage, motivate and inspire others to make a difference. Before my first snorkel, I would look at the sea and be, like, 'Oh, it's just water,' but now when I look at the sea, I'm, like, 'Oh my gosh, there's so many living things. 'It is like a new world.' Like, oh my gosh. I don't know, like, the right words to explain it, because it just made me speechless when I saw all that marine life under there. I think the old man would be happy, so I think he'd be looking down on me thinking, 'You did it,' which would be` which is just so... overwhelming. It's good. It's great. Man, they're special kids, aren't they? Thanks to Steve Hathaway for those stunning underwater pictures. And Hannah Prior of the Sir Peter Blake Trust is standing by right now on the trust's Facebook page to answer questions about their great work. Now, just before we go, an encore from the Pati brothers, Pene and Amitai. They're the aspiring and inspiring tenors from Mangere who have been compared to Pavarotti. The feedback from our story was overwhelming ` goosebumps, spine tingling, even a few tears, lots of emotion. And you wanted more. So here it is. (PLAYS GUITAR) (PLAYS GUITAR) # Through many # dangers, # toils # and snares, # I have # already # come. # We've no # less days # to sing # God's praise # than when # we've first # begun. # Who's the Amazing Grace for? BOTH CHUCKLE BOTH CHUCKLE I don't know. God, music, Mum and Dad. Mum and Dad. (CHUCKLES) Oh, they do give you goosebumps, don't they? That's us for tonight. Do check us out on Facebook.