KIA ORA, AND WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE ON WAITANGI DAY. INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT OUR TOLERANCE AS A SOCIETY. A SURVEY HAS FOUND ASIANS ARE NOT THE MOST-DISCRIMINATED-AGAINST GROUP IN NZ ANY MORE. GOOD. BENEFICIARIES ARE. OH, NOT SO GOOD. ASIANS ARE SECOND, ACCORDING TO THE UMR SURVEY. THOSE WHO ARE OBESE ARE THIRD. SO IN SHORT, IF YOU'RE A BIT CHUNKY, FROM A COUNTRY WHERE MANDARIN IS MORE THAN JUST A FRUIT AND A JOB ISN'T A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, FIND A DOUBLE DOOR AND QUIETLY EXIT. BEAR GRYLLS HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE SPENDING TWO MONTHS AT THE OAK RIDGE RESORT IN WANAKA. HOTEL STAFF SAY AREN'T SAYING WHICH ROOM BEAR GRYLLS IS STAYING IN, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE ONE THAT JUST CALLED ROOM SERVICE ASKING FOR A PLATE OF WEDGES AND A GLASS OF HIS OWN URINE. (CHUCKLES) ACTUALLY, THIS IS SAD. STEWIE, THE WORLD'S LONGEST CAT, HAS DIED IN NEVADA. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS 1.23M FELINE. OH WOW. YEAH, THE CAT'S OWNER IS APPARENTLY DEVASTATED AT THE LOSS, BUT THIS'LL CHEER HER UP. SHE'S ABOUT TO RECEIVE FIVE BUCKS IN THE MAIL FROM GARETH MORGAN. NOW, NOVOPAY HAD ITS MOST SHOCKING NIGHT YET. $12M NOW OUTSTANDING FOR UNPAID TEACHERS. THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT, STEVEN JOYCE, WELL, HE'S BEEN LEFT A PHONE MESSAGE. IT'S KAREN HERE FROM STOKES VALLEY. I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FOR STEVEN 'FIX-IT-UP- JOYCE. YOU BETTER PAY THOSE TEACHERS THEIR 12 MILLION BUCKS OR I'M GONNA GIVE YOU 12 MILLION <BLEEP>ING WHACKS. DISCONNECTED TONE IMITATES KAREN: SOUNDS LIKE SHE MEANS BUSINESS. GOOD ON YA, KAREN. HAPPY WAITANGI DAY, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. AND, OF COURSE, IF ANYTHING CHANGES WITH THE TSUNAMI ALERT WHILE WE'RE ON AIR, WE'LL BRING IT STRAIGHT TO YOU. MEANWHILE, IF YOU'RE FEELING LIKE IT, HOP ON SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ AND HAVE A SAY IN THE SHOW. TONIGHT ` A CHALLENGE ` WRITE THE TWEATY OF WAITANGI. WHAT DOES THE TREATY MEAN TO YOU IN 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS? HASH TAG TWEATY. AND WE'LL BE POSTING THE BEST ONES THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. AND KIA ORA TO TEMUERA MORRISON. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU HAVE A NEW MOVIE OUT IN OCTOBER TODAY I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY ASLEEP. IT'S A FAMILY DAY NOW. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT. BUT I GUESS IT IS TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR ROOTS. FOR MAORI GROUPS HO WE'RE ALL SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY. ABOUT THE CHIEFS. ABOUT THE SAILORS WHO WANTED TO SIGN THE DOCUMENT. BUT IN TODAY'S WORLD, IT'S A DAY OFF. ALL THE FAMILIES ARE OUT WITH SO MANY CULTURES AND SHOWS IN FOOD FAIRS ON TODAY. TODAY IT IS GREAT TO BE A KIWI. IN LONDON, WAITANGI DAY IS KNOWN FOR ITS DRUNKEN PUB CRAWL. IT'S BIG IN AUSTRALIA AS WELL, BUT OVER THERE, WHEN BARS STARTED CASHING IN ON KIWIS CELEBRATING, ONE WOMAN STEPPED IN. MICHAEL HOLLAND TAKES US TO BRISBANE TO MEET ITS QUEEN OF WAITANGI. HELLO, MY DARLING. KIA ORA, WHANAU. ALL GOOD? YOU ALL RIGHT, SWEETIE? SAY HI TO THE WHANAU IN TOLAGA BAY. KIA ORA, MY WHANAU IN UAWA. I'LL HAVE A COFFEE, THANKS, GUYS. (CHUCKLES) SHE IS, AS THE T-SHIRT SAYS, THE BOSS, 'AUNTIE' TO THOSE WHO KNOW HER BEST,... HELLO, MY SWEETHEART. ...THE INITIATOR, THE GUARDIAN OF SOMETHING SPECIAL ` SOMETHING WITH A FEEL AND A SENSE OF HOME. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. THE PEOPLE, THE ATMOSPHERE ` IT'S JUST BRILLIANT. WELCOME TO WAITANGI DAY, BRISBANE STYLE. MEN CHANT HAKA WE STARTED DOING WAITANGI DAY ` OUR FIRST ONE IN 2002. YOU FELLAS ALL RIGHT? KIA ORA. BEEP, BEEP. WE WERE TOLD IT WILL NEVER WORK, THAT NO ONE WILL COME. BUT YOU ARE TESTIMONY TO WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE. THE AIM WAS TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE HOTELS THAT WERE USING WAITANGI DAY AS A DAY TO GET OUR MAORI COMMUNITY, GO AND SPEND MONEY, GO AND GET DRUNK AND TO ME, THAT WASN'T ON. DIDGERIDOO MUSIC PLAYS I LOVE WAITANGI DAY. WAITANGI DAY, FOR ME, IS LEARNING OFF OTHER PEOPLE AND ALSO OTHER CULTURES. AND WHAT I QUICKLY LEARN IS BOTH SURPRISING AND REVEALING. SOME OF THOSE HERE ADMIT TO HAVING SNUBBED WAITANGI DAY ALTOGETHER BEFORE THEY MADE THE MOVE TO QUEENSLAND. TO ME IT WAS BULLSHIT, YEAH. THE POLITICAL STUFF THERE WAS CRAP, ABSOLUTELY CRAP. I'M ASHAMED TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T REALLY CELEBRATE IT USUALLY. FACTIONAL TENSIONS SURROUNDING WAITANGI DAY BACK HOME SIMPLY A NON-ISSUE HERE IN LOGAN, JUST SOUTH OF BRISBANE, WITH THE LAND USED FOR THE COMMEMORATIONS BELONGING TO THE LOCAL ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. WOMEN SING WAIATA YOU'RE HAPPY TO SHARE IT? YES, HAPPY TO SHARE IT. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL ONE PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS NOT OUR LAND; WE ARE VISITORS. SO AS ONE PEOPLE WE COME AS A VISITOR. AMONG THOSE FEELING THAT INCLUSIVENESS IS QUEENSLAND STATE MP MICHAEL LATTER ` OF MAORI DESCENT ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE. AS A BORN AND RAISED AUSSIE, I AM SOMEWHAT DISCONNECTED FROM MY OWN CULTURAL HERITAGE. SO DAYS LIKE THIS GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SENSE OF MYSELF A SENSE OF MY TRADITION AND MY CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING. THESE ARE THE MEANEST BACON BONES. NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE BIKER OVER THERE? WHAT DID HE ORDER? HE ORDERED WHITEBAIT FRITTERS AND BATTERED MUSSELS. AND HE LOOKS HAPPY AS LARRY? HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAPPY AND ENJOYING IT. THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT THERE. WELL, MAN IN LEATHER, WHAT'S YOUR VERDICT? AWESOME BRO, AWESOME. BEYOND THE KAI,... PSI'S 'GANGNAM STYLE' PLAYS ...A SIGHT THAT'S SURELY A WAITANGI DAY RARITY ` POLICE RECRUITS GETTING PHYSICAL FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING REFRESHING AND A SIGN OF PROGRESS, AFTER A HISTORY OF SKIRMISHES AND MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN QUEENSLAND POLICE AND ETHNIC GROUPS LIVING IN LOGAN. THEY INTERACT WITH OUR MAORI. IT GIVES THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY NEVER WOULD IF THEY WENT STRAIGHT ON TO THE STREET. CRUISING THE STREETS, A GRAPHIC ARTIST HAPPILY WEARING HIS CULTURAL HEART ON HIS CAR. IT'S ALL ABOUT SHOWING OFF OUR SOUL, OUR HEART, OUR WAIRUA. FUNKY MUSIC PLAYS I LOVE MARY, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO HER AND HER GUYS FOR SETTING THIS UP. YOU FELLAS ALL RIGHT, MY DARLING? GOT YOU SOME WATER, HONEY. DOES SHE CALL YOU LOVE AND HONEY? I THINK ITS THE BEST WAY OF GETTING AROUND NOT KNOWING PEOPLE'S NAMES ` ALWAYS LOVE AND HONEY. SHOW THE REPORTER GETTING CUDDLED. (LAUGHS) AM I A DARLING AND A HONEY AS WELL? YEAH, OF COURSE YOU ARE. JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY. MEN CHANT HAKA, WOMAN SINGS THERE IS A BIT OF DEBATE OVER WHICH OF US CELEBRATE OUR NATIONAL DAY BEST ` AUSTRALIA OR US WE ARE BLESSED IN TERMS OF A LOT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE COME TO NZ AND LOOK AT OUR LANGUAGE PROBLEM PROGRAMS. IT IS A GREAT DAY THAT WE HAVE OUR LANGUAGE. WE ARE IN NZ AND WE STILL HAVE A MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK. AND COUNTDOWN TELLS US ALL ABOUT THE SPECIALS. AND THEN SUDDENLY IT STOPS. WAITANGI DAY IS ANOTHER DAY OF THAT. YOUR MOVIE MOUNT ZION OPENS TOMORROW. 1979. AUCKLAND, A WORLD AWAY FROM WHAT YOU GREW UP IN ROTORUA. ACTUALLY I WENT TO WESLEY COLLEGE. OUR DIRECTOR SAW DYLAN TAKES FOOTAGE. HE DID IT ALL FOR US BACK IN THE DAY. HE CAUGHT THE MOMENT BOB MARLEY CAME TO THE MARAE AND GOT THE POWHIRI. BOB PICKED IT UP WITH SUCH RELISH AND SAYS YA, MAN. THE LINE IS HERE IN OUTER ROW. THE UKELELE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REGGAE BEAT CAME. AND IT IMMEDIATELY TOOK OFF WITH BOB AND HIS LYRICS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU APPLY A CERTAIN HERBS TO IT. YOU'RE JUST A SORT OF MOVING GROUP. WITHIN OUR MOVIE, WE ARE POTATO PICKERS. BUT WE ARE ALSO THE FAMILY THAT BROUGHT BOB MARLEY ONTO THE MARAE. WE WENT BACK AND SHOT ON FILM AND WE HAD WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. I GIVE MY LOVE TO ALL THE FAMILIES OUT THERE ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAD THE TRACTORS STILL. IT WAS A COMMUNITY MADE FILM. YOU PLAY THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU ARE SORT OF A BEATEN MAN. YOU'RE GETTING TIRED IN THE ROLE OF THE FILM. THE DIRECTOR WAS AFTER THAT. HE SAID WE HAVE SEEN THIS KIND OF GUY PLAY THE JAKE AND PLAY HIM IN ANDERSON'S BOYFRIEND. WE WANTED SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THIS. I THINK IT'S MY BEST WORK. IT'S TAKEN MY BEST IT'S TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO REALISE THIS. IT IS A FILM I CAN TAKE MY WHANAU TOO. I WAS AT THE THEATRE DOING SOME PROMOTIONAL WORK. THERE WAS A BLONDE GIRL. IT'S ABOUT US KIWIS, MATE. STAY WITH US ON WHITU PU. AFTER THE BREAK, WE HEAD TO THE KAWHIA KAI FESTIVAL. YOU'RE BACK WITH SEVEN SHARP. WAITANGI DAY IS A DAY OF OUR SHARED CULTURE, BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE A SHARED CUISINE? SARAH STEWART WENT TO THE KAIWHIA KAI FESTIVAL AND HAS BROUGHT US BACK A FEW TASTE SENSATIONS TO TRY. NORMALLY WE JUST MAKE THE REPORTERS DO IT, BUT SHE'S PUTTING IT BACK TO US. I THOUGHT I SMELLED ROTTEN CORN. LAID-BACK MUSIC ALL SING LITTLE KAWHIA'S BEEN FEELING THE HEAT LATELY. THERE WE GO. BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE FOOD TO BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. MAN SINGS IN MAORI KAWHIA'S SIGNATURE DISH IS KOKI, OR SHARK LIVER. I GUESS IT'S LIKE CAVIAR. YEP, THE CHEF IS GUESSING BECAUSE... I HAVEN'T TASTED IT YET. (LAUGHS) GROWING UP AS A KID, SMELLING IT ` OH, IT JUST PUT ME RIGHT OFF. SO YOU'RE SELLING KOKI, BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE ME A SALES PITCH? IT'S THE TRADITIONAL DELICACY OF OUR KAUMATUA. (LAUGHS) MMM. (LAUGHS) HERE KOKI IS STILL PREPARED USING ANCIENT TECHNIQUES. WE PUT THE LIVER INSIDE THE STOMACH, AND WE HANG IT UP FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DRY. SO, HOW'S IT GOING DOWN? IT ALWAYS SELLS OUT QUICK, SO I THOUGHT, 'SHIT, IT MUST BE FANTASTIC STUFF, COS I CAN NEVER GET ANY.' BUT IT'S NOT THAT GREAT. TEM MORRISON'S ALSO GONNA BE TASTING IT. OH, TEMUERA. KIA ORA. YEAH, HE WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT UP ON IT. AND ABOUT TIME THOMAS TASTED HIS HISTORY. GET IT DOWN YOU. THE VERDICT? DON'T THINK I'D EVER BUY IT. (LAUGHS) SORRY, MUM. (LAUGHS) WE'RE CALLING IT THE KAWHIA FACTOR. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? MY MUM IS QUITE CLOSE TO THERE. SO YUM. THAT IS QUITE SALTY. A SERIOUSLY INTENSE FLAVOUR. I LIKE IT. IT'S LIKE ANCHOVIES. IMAGINE ANCHOVIES YOU HAVE LEFT OUT IN THE SUN. THAT WENT DOWN SO WELL. THAT WENT DOWN QUITE WELL, SO LET'S GO BACK TO SARAH IN KAWHIA WITH OUR SECOND COURSE. THE NEXT DISH MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE, WITH OUR MUSSEL FRITTERS. AND THIS IS THE MAN BEHIND THE RECIPE. YOU'RE DYING FOR ME TO GIVE YOU OUR SECRET RECIPE, AREN'T YOU? I AM. BEHIND EACH STALL AT KAWHIA KAI IS A STORY OF FAMILY ` IT BINDS OUR FAMILY TOGETHER. WHANAU ROPED IN TO SHELL 8000 MUSSELS. EIGHT HOURS OF IT IS FAIRLY TEDIOUS. BUT IT'S QUITE NICE COS WE SIT AROUND AND WE TALK. THE MONEY RAISED PRESERVES THEIR FAMILY BEACH. THEY HOPE JESSE RATES THEM. I THINK HE'LL THINK THEY'RE THE BEST MUSSEL FRITTERS HE'S EVER TRIED. BUT THE MIX STAYS A SECRET. NO. NO ONE'S WATCHING. > NO. (LAUGHS) NO, IT'S PAIN OF DEATH, I THINK, YEAH. THIS IS MORE LIKE IT. VERY NICE. LOVELY. NICE AND MOIST. NOT TOO MUCH FILLER. YOU CAN REALLY TASTE THE MUSSELS. VERY NICE. HERBACEOUS. JUST LISTEN TO JESSE. HERE'S THE RESTAURANT REVIEWER. A FEW CITRUS NOTES EXPLODING. SO, WHAT'S FOR DESSERT? HERE'S SARAH. WE COULDN'T LEAVE KAWHIA KAI WITHOUT FINDING SOME OF THAT FAMOUS FERMENTED CORN, AND HOMAI HERE HAS A SECRET STASH. KIA ORA. KIA ORA, SARAH. IT'S FROZEN, SO HE INVITED US TO BREAKFAST WITH A WARNING. TASTE IT, DON'T SMELL IT. BECAUSE MAKING KANGA WAI IS A STINKY PROCESS. WE PUT IT IN A BAG, AND THAT STAYS FERMENTING FOR FOUR TO SIX MONTHS IN THE WATER. AND THAT STAYS FERMENTING FOR FOUR TO SIX MONTHS IN THE WATER. WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION ` WHY EAT IT? WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, WE HAD NO CHOICE. THIS WAS FOOD ` VERY IMPORTANT FOOD. WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY PORRIDGE ` ROLLED OATS AND THAT RUBBISH ` SO IT BECAME PART OF US ` OUR HERITAGE. SO, TIME TO TASTE. THAT IS OK. YEAH. THAT IS BETTER THAN THE KOKI. ALL LAUGH SO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO ARE IN FOR A TREAT. I THINK THEY'RE GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH ME. THEY MIGHTN'T WANNA KISS ME, BUT THEY'LL FALL IN LOVE WITH ME COS IT'S BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL, EH? WE'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT. I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE A REALLY GOOD SMELL OF MINE. I KNOW HE IS A FAN OF THE SMELL. HE TOLD ME HE GREW UP WITH THAT. IT DOESN'T TASTE TOO BAD. IT LOOKS ALL RIGHT. ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT BECOMES A LOT HARDER TO EAT. MY EYES ARE WATERING. IT REMINDS ME OF MY GRANDMOTHER. SHE HAD IT IN THE KITCHEN AT THE FARM. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THEN. I'VE GOT TO GO. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK ` JESSE GIVES US HIS TAKE ON WAITANGI DAY. AND WE'LL BE GOING LIVE TO OAMARU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND FOR AN ANTARCTIC CELEBRATION. HEY, WELL DONE ON THE TWEATY CHALLENGE. HERE'S MY FAVOURITE. IT'S FROM LIANE DALZIEL, THE MP. BY WAKA BY SHIP OR BY PLANE, OUR ANCESTORS MADE A JOURNEY TO MAKE NZ HOME. THE TREATY CONNECTS US. FOUNDATION OF THE NATION. BUT YOU CAN'T DIVORCE THE WHOLE COUNTRY. SO LET'S HEAR JESSE'S TAKE ON WHAT IT ALL MEANS AND WHY. FEBRUARY 6TH ` WAITANGI DAY. IT'S A DAY WHERE NZERS OF ALL SHAPES, COLOURS AND SPECIES COME TOGETHER AS ONE ` SORT OF. BUT HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE DAY ITSELF? WELL, THE TREATY OF WAITANGI WAS SIGNED IN 1840, ATTENDED BY THE CROWN, MAORI CHIEFS AND RECENT JOURNALISM SCHOOL GRADUATE PETER WILLIAMS. BUT SOMEBODY GOT THE TRANSLATION WRONG. THE MAORI VERSION ONLY GRANTED SOME GOVERNANCE RIGHTS TO THE ENGLISH, WHILE THE ENGLISH VERSION LOOKED LIKE THIS. THE ORIGINAL TREATY DOCUMENT IS STILL AROUND TODAY, AND IT TELLS US MANY THINGS ABOUT NZ LIFE IN 1840. MAINLY ABOUT HOW DESPERATELY THEY COULD HAVE USED A LAMINATING MACHINE. TO HELP MOVE ON FROM THE CONFLICT, SEVERAL POLITICAL LEADERS TRIED TO GIVE WAITANGI DAY A NEW NAME. THERE WAS NORMAN KIRK'S 'NZ DAY', HELEN CLARK'S 'CALL THE WAMBULANCE DAY' AND DON BRASH'S 'TOPSOIL APPRECIATION DAY'. SADLY, NONE OF THESE WORKED. SO WE'RE STUCK WITH WAITANGI DAY. BUT REMEMBER THIS ` WE MIGHT FIGHT A BIT, BUT WHETHER YOU'RE MAORI, PACIFIC ISLAND OR PAKEHA, FEBRUARY 6TH IS A DAY TO COME TOGETHER, UNITE AS A PEOPLE, AND CELEBRATE ONE JOYOUS FACT: AT LEAST WE'RE NOT AUSTRALIAN. (SIGHS) THERE'VE BEEN WAITANGI FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL HAS TO BE IN OAMARU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR REPORTER BRODIE KANE JOINS US FROM. HI, TEAM. HERE IN OAMARU WE'RE CELEBRATING ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION WITH A WEEK OF ACTIVITIES THAT KICKED OFF LIKE THIS. CLASSICAL STRING MUSIC IF THERE'S A TOWN IN NZ THAT TAKES PRIDE IN ITS HISTORY, IT'S GOTTA BE OAMARU. MUSIC CONTINUES EMBRACING WAITANGI DAY IN ITS OWN SPECIAL WAY. POLYNESIAN MUSIC PLAYS AND THIS YEAR, IT'S ALSO CELEBRATING ANOTHER PIECE OF HISTORY. CLASSICAL STRING MUSIC IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS RICKETY OLD WHARF, TAKEN OVER BY THE LOCAL SHAGS, PUT OAMARU ON THE WORLD MAP. 100 YEARS AGO THE WHARF SAW THE ARRIVAL OF THE TERRA NOVA ` CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT'S SHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS TO COME BEARING THE NEWS HE AND HIS TEAM HADN'T MADE IT BACK FROM THE SOUTH POLE ALIVE. THE GRANDAUGHTER OF SCOTT'S WIDOW ARRIVED ESPECIALLY FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY. I'D NEVER HEARD OF THIS TOWN BEFORE A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THEN SUDDENLY TO BE INVITED HERE AND TO BE MADE SO WELCOME AND TO BE PART OF SOMETHING WHICH MEANS SO MUCH TO PEOPLE AT THE OTHER END OF THE WORLD. IT'S A GREAT HONOUR, AND IT'S A STRANGE MAGIC. IT'S A NEW ADVENTURE. AN ADVENTURE SHE IS SHARING WITH THE LOCALS, BECAUSE THEY SURE KNOW HOW TO DO IT IN STYLE. CLASSICAL STRING MUSIC SO, BRODIE, IT SEEMS LIKE A STRANGE THING TO CELEBRATE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE, BUT THEY SURE LOVE TO CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER THEIR HERITAGE. THEY ARE PROUD OF THE BUILDINGS AND ALL THE THINGS OF THEIR HISTORY. THERE ARE SOME LADIES DRESSED IN BEAUTIFUL PERIOD COSTUME. THEY LOVE AN EXCUSE TO GET DRESSED UP. BUT WHY DID THE EXPLORERS PICK OAMARU THERE IS SOMEONE BETTER TO TELL THAT STORY. HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT. TELL US THAT INTERESTING STORY ABOUT WHY THE TERRA NOVA CAME HERE. 100 YEARS AGO EXPEDITIONS WERE SPONSORED BY NEWSPAPERS. THEY HAD AN EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT WITH THE CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY IN LONDON. THEY HAD TO GET THE NEWS ABOUT THE SCOTT EXPEDITION TO LONDON BEFORE ANYONE ELSE CAUGHT WIND OF IT. THEY CHOSE HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE LESS LIKELY TO BE SPOTTED HERE. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT EVEN 100 YEARS AGO THE MEDIA IS STILL DABBLING IN AFFAIRS. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY PIPPA JEFFERIES AND DESNEY SHAW.