ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 HELLO. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. JOHN KEY AND DAVID SHEARER ` WELL, THEY'VE AGREED ON SOMETHING. YES, BOTH LEADERS SAY THEY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF MOVING OUR ELECTORAL TERM FROM THREE YEARS TO FOUR. STEVEN JOYCE SAYS HE'S KEEN ON FOUR YEARS TOO, ALTHOUGH IF WE WANT NOVOPAY FIXED, HE MIGHT NEED SEVEN OR EIGHT. NOW, IN THE NEWS TODAY ALSO, THE DERRIERE WHICH WON'T BE HERE ` PIPPA MIDDLETON AND HER APPARENTLY BIONIC ARSE WERE TIPPED TO MAKE A LYCRA-CLAD APPEARANCE AT THE 'COAST TO COAST', WHICH GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW. INSTEAD, THOUGH, SHE'S SUNNING HERSELF ON A CARIBBEAN BEACH. I WONDER WHAT COULD HAVE PUT HER OFF. HMM. (LAUGHS MANIACALLY) WE'VE KEPT HER A SPOT. HUH, SHOULD HAVE PLAYED IT A BIT COOLER, BRO. HEY, MORE OF THAT GUY LATER IN THE SHOW. HE'S NOT AS MAD AS YOU'D THINK. HEY, BUT SPEAKING OF BOOTYLICIOUS WOMEN, SUPER BOWL SUPERSTAR BEYONCE IS TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME PHOTOS IN WHICH SHE RECKONS SHE LOOKS BOOTY-TROCIOUS. HER PUBLICIST HAS PUT THE HARD WORD ON A WEBSITE TO TAKE DOWN THESE PICTURES OF HER TAKEN DURING THE HALFTIME SHOW. WARNING: THEY'RE HIDEOUS. POOR JAY-Z. IT'S A MIRACLE HE EVER PUT A RING ON THAT. YEAH, WHAT A PIG. MM. IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. TODAY ON FACEBOOK WE'RE ASKING HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MONEY YOU'RE BORROWING. YOU CAN ADD YOUR TWO CENTS TO THE NATIONAL DEBT BY VISITING SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ AND HAVE A SAY. SO, YOU MIGHT HAVE A BIG MORTGAGE AND BIG INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THAT MORTGAGE. BUT WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU THAT THE MONEY THE BANK LENT YOU NEVER EXISTED? YOU'RE PAYING BACK INTEREST ON A LOAN THAT'S BEEN CONJURED UP OUT OF THIN AIR. SOUNDS CRAZY? WATCH THIS STORY BY HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN. MENACING CLASSICAL MUSIC PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE INDEBTED... MUSIC CONTINUES ...PAYING THE PRICE THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD SIMPLY TO HAVE A HOME. MUSIC CONTINUES IT WAS LIKE A LIGHT WENT ON. DING! THE BANKS CREATED MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR. JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THAT, HERE IT IS AGAIN. THE PROBLEM WITH MONEY IS THAT IT'S CREATED BY PRIVATE, OVERSEAS-OWNED BANKS OUT OF THIN AIR AND THEN LENT TO YOU AND I AT COMPOUNDING INTEREST. CREATED NOT REALLY LIKE THIS. DING! MORE LIKE THIS. BUTTONS CLACK BUT ULTIMATELY, THOSE NUMBERS DO REPRESENT THIS ` THE HARD STUFF. NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. YOU'RE THINKING, 'BANKS DON'T PRINT MONEY; 'THE GOVERNMENT PRINTS THE MONEY, 'OR MAYBE THE RESERVE BANK PRINTS THE MONEY.' WELL, THAT'S WAS I THOUGHT SO TOO, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT WE ARE ALL WRONG. THE BANKS CREATE THE LOAN OUT OF NOTHING AND THEN GIVE YOU THE MONEY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE. DON RICHARDS AND SUE HAMILL, A NORMAL WELLINGTON COUPLE WHO WANT THAT SORT OF LENDING TO STOP. BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, LET'S GET OUR HEADS AROUND HOW THIS WORKS. LET'S PRETEND FOR THE MOMENT THAT I'M THE BANK. AND YOU WANT TO BUY A HOUSE THAT COSTS $500,000, SO YOU'LL NEED TO GIVE ME $50,000 AS A DEPOSIT. OK SO THERE'S MY DEPOSIT. SO I NEED $450,000 FROM YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WHERE AM I GOING TO GET THE MONEY FROM? I JUST GO INTO` COS YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE IT. NO, THAT'S RIGHT. I JUST GO INTO THE COMPUTER, TYPE IN 4-5-0, HIT ENTER. THERE'S YOUR MONEY. THERE'S $450,000. YOU'VE JUST MADE $450,000 OUT OF ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE? THAT'S RIGHT. THAT I KNOW HAVE TO PAY INTEREST ON? THAT'S RIGHT. MONEY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AND NEVER HAVE HAD? THAT'S RIGHT. AND THIS, THROUGH HOME LOANS, THIS IS HOW MONEY IS INTRODUCED INTO THE SYSTEM? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IT FEELS A BIT LIKE A TRICK. WELL, IT IS REALLY. WE CHECKED THE FIGURES. LAST YEAR THIS MUCH NEW MONEY APPEARED IN THE COUNTRY. CASH REGISTER DINGS IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BIG PONZI SCHEME. DID YOU JUST CALL BANKS A BIG PONZI SCHEME? I SAID IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BIG PONZI SCHEME. YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, 'THERE MUST BE MORE TO IT.' NOPE. THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND DOCUMENT THAT BACKS UP WHAT WE'VE JUST TOLD YOU. SEE THIS? 'BANKS ARE ALMOST FULLY IN CONTROL OF THE MONEY CREATION PROCESS.' IF YOU WANT TO READ THIS FOR YOURSELF, YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE. STILL UNCONVINCED? NO, THIS IS WHAT YOU LEARN IN FIRST YEAR ECONOMICS AT UNIVERSITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW BANKS WORK. AND THERE IS NO SORT OF GREAT MYSTERY TO IT. SHAMUBEEL EAQUB, ECONOMIST ` QUITE SURPRISED THAT WE'RE, WELL, SURPRISED. IF YOU HAVE FAITH THAT THE MONEY IS THERE, THEN IT ALL WORKS. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR SYSTEM WORKS ON. IT'S BASED ON FAITH THAT THE INSTITUTIONS, THE BANKS, THE SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE, THE RULES AND REGULATION PROTECTS US AND THAT WE WON'T GO BANKRUPT AND THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR OBLIGATIONS PAID. EXACTLY. SO WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? WELL, SOME SAY BECAUSE BANKS CAN JUST KEEP PRODUCING MONEY, IT'LL JUST KEEP DRIVING UP THE PRICE OF OUR HOUSES. AND IF WE LOSE FAITH, YOU COULD LOSE ALL YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UK FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY CAME OUT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND SAID THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS THE FACT THE AUTHORITIES HAD NOT RESTRAINED THE ABILITY OF THE PRIVATE BANKS TO ISSUE AND CREATE THE MONEY SUPPLY. ARE YOU ADVOCATING THAT GOVERNMENTS PRINT MONEY? ABSOLUTELY, BUT IN LIMITED QUANTITIES. FORMER LONDON BANKER RAF MANJI ` FORMER COLLEAGUE OF JOHN KEY. HE THINKS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PRINT THE MONEY AND USE IT TO PAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH'S REBUILD. THE THING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT IS THAT THEY CAN ISSUE THE MONEY SUPPLY INTEREST FREE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT NEEDS $1B, THE GOVERNMENT CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE THAT DIRECTLY INTO CIRCULATION. THERE'S NO INTEREST CHARGE. IF THE BANKS ISSUED THAT INTO CIRCULATION, IT WOULD COME WITH INTEREST. BUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS NOW? THERE'S NO CONTROL. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AND THE PROBLEM IS ALSO WHY SHOULD WE BE PAYING INTEREST TO FUND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHEN WE DON'T NEED TO? OR ALL THAT INTEREST ON YOUR MORTGAGE, SAY DON AND SUE. THEY STILL OWE $140,000 ON THEIR HOUSE AND DON'T THINK THAT MUCH DEBT IS FAIR. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE FUTURE FOR MY DAUGHTERS... I'VE GOT TWO YOUNG GIRLS WHO'VE JUST COME OUT OF UNIVERSITY. THEY'RE SADDLED WITH A STUDENT LOAN, THEY HAVE TO SAVE FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO BUY A HOUSE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN DEBT ALL THEIR LIVES. AND THAT'S NOT THE FUTURE THAT I WANT TO LEAVE FOR MY CHILDREN. NOW, WE COULD HAVE HAD ANY NUMBER OF ECONOMISTS IN TO DISCUSS THE YIN AND YANG OF WHAT WE'VE JUST SEEN, BUT WE'D RATHER KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IF YOU WONDER WHY THE INTEREST RATES ARE SO HIGH, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T INTERVENE. PEOPLE SAY IT'S A PONZI SCHEME. IT WILL NOT TUMBLE DOWN. MOST PEOPLE ARE HARDWIRED TO HAVE A HOUSE. TO HAVE A HOUSE YOU NEED A MORTGAGE. IT IS GOING TO WORK. A PONZI SCHEME DEPENDS ON FAITH. THIS DOESN'T. DON AND SUE PLAINLY ARE NOT HAPPY, AND THEY'RE RUNNING A CAMPAIGN SIMILAR TO ONES IN THE UK AND THE US, CALLING FOR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE NZ FINANCIAL SYSTEM. SOUNDS EASY, EH? IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR CAMPAIGN, THEIR WEBSITE IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. MOST PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE THAT THIS WAS THE CASE, BUT FEEL HELPLESS ABOUT IT. ONE INTERESTING COMMENT CAME IN WHICH SAID YOUR PROFILE PIC LOOKS LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND HAS A BIT OF LEVERAGE ON YOUR FACE. COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME ` HOW MANY EN SUITES DO WE NEED, PEOPLE? THE SMALL-HOUSE DEBATE. PLUS, SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS FROM ONE OF NZ'S RISING R & B STARS. SO, YOU SAW OUR BANKING STORY EARLIER, AND PERHAPS YOU'RE THINKING DOWNSIZING YOUR DEBT IS A GOOD IDEA. BUT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THE WAY YOU LIVE? I'VE MET SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY OUR HOUSES ARE GETTING WAY TOO BIG. UPBEAT MUSIC THIS HOUSE ALLOWS THE TEENAGERS THEIR OWN WING. SIX BEDROOMS,... THE TEENAGERS THEIR OWN PAD DOWN HERE OUT TO THE SWIMMING POOL. ...EIGHT AND HALF BATHROOMS,... THE PARENTS' OWN PRIVATE RETREAT. ...SEVEN-CAR GARAGING,... IT'S ABOUT 140M2, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE SIZE OF AN AVERAGE TWO-BEDROOM HOUSE. # HOLD ON, HOLD ON. # ...MICHAEL BOULGARIS HAS THIS 1000M2 HOME ON HIS BOOKS. IT'S NOT WASTEFUL. THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAS BEEN WELL DESIGNED TO UTILISE ALL THE SPACES. IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN, AND IT CAN MAKE YOU WONDER HOW BIG DOES A HOUSE NEED TO BE? WE HAVE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM CONSUME, CONSUME, CONSUME AND MORE, MORE, MORE. IT'S OK TO SHARE A BEDROOM. IT'S OK TO SHARE A BATHROOM. IT'S OK TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR TOOTHBRUSH NEXT TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S TOOTHBRUSH. ARCHITECT MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN RECKONS NZ'S OBESITY EPIDEMIC ISN'T JUST HITTING OUR WAISTLINES. BIG HOUSES MIGHT BE HARMING US? I THINK THEY MIGHT BE. THEY HARM OUR` THEY HARM THE WAY WE SHOULD RELATE TO EACH OTHER. MICHAEL KNOWS A BIT ABOUT DESIGNING HOUSES. HE DID THIS ONE, SIR BOB HARVEY'S PLACE. BUT AT HIS PLACE, IT'S OBVIOUS HE PRACTISES WHAT HE PREACHES. YOU HAVE FOUR KIDS IN HERE? YEP, FOUR CHILDREN. YEP, YOU HEARD RIGHT. FOUR CHILDREN IN, YOU KNOW, 12M2 IS... (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) NOISY? YEAH. CYFS HAVEN'T TURNED UP, WHICH IS GOOD. BOTH LAUGH WHILE MICHAEL'S DESIGN ETHOS IS ALL ABOUT SIMPLICITY, HE SAYS, INCREASINGLY, WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING, WE'RE BITING OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW. OBESE HOUSES ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER A HOUSING COMPANY OR A DEVELOPER WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEED OF A FAMILY ASPIRING TO BUILD A NEW HOME VERSUS THE WANTS OF A FAMILY ASPIRING TO BUILD A NEW HOME. THE AVERAGE SIZE OF NEW HOUSES HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE HOUSES HAS SHRUNK. THEIR PRICE TAGS HAVE SOARED, AND IT'S NOT JUST AN AUCKLAND PROBLEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LUXURIOUSLY OPULENT SPACE ON A LARGE SCALE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOURSELF. LESS IS MORE. NO DANGER OF LOSING YOURSELF HERE IN KEITH LEVY'S BACKYARD. I LIVE IN 131FT2, BUT I'VE GOT ALL THIS OUTDOORS. THIS IS MY LIVING SPACE. KEITH'S PART OF A GLOBAL PUSH BACK AGAINST BLOATED BUILDINGS. PEOPLE ARE REALISING THAT THEY DON'T NEED BIG HOUSES. YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DO WITH A LOT LESS, AND THEY'RE HAPPIER. I CAN VIRTUALLY TOUCH THE WALLS SIDE TO SIDE. BUT SURELY THERE'S SUCH A THING AS TOO SMALL. < IT COULD BE LIKE A FORM OF TORTURE FOR SOME PEOPLE, SURELY. WELL, IT'S EACH TO THEIR OWN. THIS IS A REALLY FRINGE NICHE MARKET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. PAUL BARTLETT DESIGNS PREFAB SHIPPING-CONTAINER UNITS THAT GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ` IN THE BUSH, ON STILTS OR ON A TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO IN A SMALL SPACE WHICH A LARGER SPACE HAS A PROBLEM DOING, AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL INTIMACY. IF THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN LOVE OR NEWLY-WEDS, THEY'LL LIVE IN A SHOEBOX. IF THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER 30, 40, 50 YEARS, THEY WANT AS MUCH SPACE AS THEY CAN GET, BELIEVE ME. INTIMATE OR NOT, IT'S PLAIN THAT SMALL LIVING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. AS LONG AS THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE, IT LOOKS LIKE LIGHTER ARCHITECTURAL OPTIONS MIGHT BE OFF THE MENU. SOME PEOPLE GENERALLY NEED IT AND WANT IT AND CAN AFFORD IT, LIKE THIS FAMILY, AND OTHER PEOPLE WANT IT PERHAPS TO SHOW OFF TO THEIR FRIENDS. IT COMES WITH THE EGO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, AND THE DOLLAR. DING! IN IN NZ 15 PEOPLE PER SQUARE KILOMETRE PAKISTAN 280. YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THESE RENOVATIONS I'M PLANNING. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ME LAUGH A BIT IN THE INTRO. JESSE DOES NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE. IF YOU'RE KEEN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SMALL LIVING, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING LINKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE STORY, ON OUR WEBSITE, SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` A SOULFUL KIWI STAR WHO HAS SOME BIG NEWS. AND MR 'COAST TO COAST' AND HIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION. HER NAME'S UNIQUE, SO IS HER TALENT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW AARADHNA'S MOST POPULAR HIT, IT GOES LIKE THIS. # WAKE UP. # WAKE UP. # WAKE UP. # GET UP. # GET UP. # GET UP. # GET OUT OF BED. # STOP WASTING TIME. # AARADHNA JOINS US, AND WE CAN ANNOUNCE TONIGHT WHAT ANY PERFORMER DREAMS OF ` YOU'VE JUST BEEN SIGNED UP TO A FIVE-ALBUM MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR DEAL WITH AMERICAN LABEL REPUBLIC RECORDS. YOU MUST BE REASONABLY HAPPY. YUP. HAPPY AND EXCITED. STILL TRYING TO PINCH MYSELF. FIVE ALBUMS. DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO CHURN OUT FIVE ALBUMS? YOU HAVE SOME AMAZING MATES ON THE LABEL. JACK JOHNSON. BLACK SABBATH. CAN YOU PUNCH PSY IN THE MOUTH? WHAT DOES THE DEAL ACTUALLY MEAN? DO YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY? TO PUSH OUT THE MUSIC AND PROMOTE IT I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO OVERSEAS. WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOUR ALBUM IN THE OFFICE TODAY. THERE IS ONE SONG ON FACEBOOK SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WROTE THE SONG ABOUT SOMEONE CHEATING ON YOU AND TAKING THE ULTIMATE REVENGE. IF IT WAS TRUE, I WOULD PROBABLY BE IN JAIL. YOU COME FROM A FAIRLY DARK PLACE IN YOUR LIFE YOUR MUSIC IS ANYTHING BUT THAT. HOW DO YOU GO FROM THAT BEING QUITE DOWN TO WRITING SOME POP MUSIC? THE LYRICS TALK ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. IN WAKE UP, I WAS GOING THROUGH A BIT OF DEPRESSION. I WAS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MYSELF TO GET OUT THERE. WHAT INSPIRED YOU? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MYSELF. I WAS A COUCH POTATO AND WAS DEPRESSED ABOUT THINGS. ONE DAY I TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT MYSELF. I NEEDED TO GET BACK INTO IT AND STOP FEELING SORRY ABOUT MYSELF. EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES. I NEEDED TO WAKE UP. I AM STILL ALIVE. I STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS A VERY COOL ALBUM. TWO THINGS ARE CERTAIN TOMORROW. I WON'T BE HERE. BARRING DISASTER, I'LL BE AT THE COAST TO COAST, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS, AND ROBIN JUDKINS WILL BE AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL. CAN'T AVOID HIM, REALLY. HE'S BEEN THE FACE OF THE RACE FOR EVERY ONE OF ITS 30 YEARS, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIM. HERE'S BRODIE KANE. REGINA SPEKTOR'S 'ALL THE ROWBOATS' PERCHED UP ON THIS BROKEN HILL IN CHRISTCHURCH LIVES A RATHER COLOURFUL CHARACTER. SOMEONE WE KNOW MORE FOR HIS BAD-TASTE SHIRTS AND ROARING LAUGHTER. (LAUGHS) (CONTINUES LAUGHING) AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THIS BATTERED AND BRUISED HOUSE WHICH MATCH THE, WELL, ECCENTRIC NATURE OF HIS PERSONALITY. THE EAR. IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE EAR... COMBINING THE SHIRT, THE LAUGH, HOMER AND THE EAR, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE THIS. # THEY KEEP HANGING IN THEIR GOLD FRAMES # FOR FOREVER, FOREVER AND A DAY. # ALL THE ROWBOATS IN THE OIL PAINTINGS, # THEY KEEP TRYING TO ROW AWAY, ROW AWAY. AND I CERTAINLY WASN'T EXPECTING IT FROM THIS GUY. ...ONE. HORN BLARES BUT LO AND BEHOLD, COAST TO COAST DIRECTOR ROBIN JUDKINS HAS AN ART COLLECTION WORTH... WELL, YOU DO THE MATH. I CERTAINLY TRIED. THERE'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 400. 400? IT'S TOO MANY! IT'S TOO MANY! AM I ALLOWED TO ASK THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH WOULD IT ALL BE WORTH? NO, YOU CAN'T ASK THESE QUESTIONS. NO, OF COURSE NOT. MILLIONS, THOUGH, EH? OH, WHO KNOWS? HARD TO SAY, REALLY, ISN'T IT? ART HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF JUDKINS LIFE. I COLLECT. I HAVE AN ENORMOUS ART COLLECTION THAT GOES BACK TO 1967. I BOUGHT MY FIRST TWO PAINTINGS. I'VE GOT THEM UPSTAIRS. AND I'VE JUST BEEN COLLECTING EVER SINCE. AND, UM... SO THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH` I'VE FORGOTTEN WHERE I WAS. (LAUGHS) WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? YEP, LOVES ART, STILL MAD. WHEN YOU'RE STANDING IN A GALLERY OR BUYING, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU LOOK FOR, OR IS IT JUST`? DOES SOMETHING JUMP OUT AT YOU, AND YOU GO, 'I LOVE THAT'? OR`? HOW DOES IT WORK? WELL, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE HERE WITH GILL HAY, I'D ALREADY BEEN COLLECTING HER WORK FOR SOME TIME. FOR THAT ONE, WHICH WAS QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT SHE NORMALLY PAINTED, AS SOON AS I SAW IT I WENT, 'OOH, I MUST HAVE IT.' THE REASON WAS THAT TISSUE OR CLOTH THAT'S ON TOP. # WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING, I TOUCH A SCULPTURE. # IT'D BE FAIR TO SAY JUDKINS' ART COLLECTION IS IMPRESSIVE ON A NATIONAL SCALE, FROM BILL HAMMOND, TO ONE OF HIS FAVOURITES, GRAHAME SYDNEY. HE HAS OVER 60 PIECES BY SYDNEY, SELLING ONE LAST YEAR FOR A RECORD $160,000. AMIDST OUR CHAT ABOUT HIS AMAZING COLLECTION, JUDKINS THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE FUNNY TO PLAY A TRICK ON ME WHEN I POLITELY ASKED TO USE THE BATHROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO IN THIS TOILET WITH YOU STARING AT ME. I CAN'T GO IN THERE. IS THAT`? (CHUCKLES) SO YOU GO TO THE TOILET, UM, LOOK WHO'S STARING AT YOU. (LAUGHS) BUT ASLEEP. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS. THAT'S A GRAHAME SYDNEY. GRAHAME PAINTED THAT IN, UM,... 1992, I THINK IT IS. DO YOU THINK HE'D BE HAPPY WITH IT SITTING...? WELL, IT'S ONLY SITTING IN THE TOILET IN THE MEANTIME BECAUSE THE WHOLE HOUSE HAS JUST BEEN SO CRASHED AROUND AND SO BUSTED UP THAT, REALLY, I'VE STACKED EVERYTHING WHERE I CAN. OH, THERE'S A BIT THERE. YEP, THAT DAMNED EARTHQUAKE. IT CRACKED THE CLAY WHICH THIS SITS ON ALL THE WAY THROUGH 17M DOWN TO THE BEDROCK. HE'S STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE FATE OF THIS HOUSE,... EVERYTHING'S MOVED THAT MUCH FORWARD? ...BUT JUDKINS IS ALREADY MAKING PLANS. IT COULD BE THE CHEAPEST OPTION OF ALL ` WOULD BE JUST TO TURN IT INTO A GALLERY AND GO AND SLEEP IN THE TREE HOUSE. (LAUGHS) MUSIC CONTINUES (LAUGHS) THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT. AND TO PLAY US OUT, NZ'S LATEST INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR AARADNHA SINGING 'WAKE UP'. # YEAH. # OH. # EMPTY PIZZA BOXES ON THE FLOOR. # EMPTY LIQUOR BOTTLE FROM BEFORE. # YOU'LL FIND YOUR COMFORT IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS, # WAY TOO AFRAID TO TAKE IT TO THE STREETS. # CONFIDENCE JUST WENT OUT THE WINDOW. # SO DOWN, CAN'T GET UP, CAN'T MOVE. # NO MORE LIFE IS PASSING BY, # AND YOUR POOR SOUL IS GONE. # AND YOUR POOR SOUL IS GONE. # OOH. # WAKE UP. # WAKE UP. # WAKE UP. # GET UP. # GET UP. # GET OUT OF BED. # STOP WASTING TIME. # # STOP WASTING TIME. # # WAKE UP. # GET UP. # GET OUT OF BED. # STOP WASTING TIME. # # STOP WASTING TIME. # TWO THINGS ARE CERTAIN TOMORROW. # SAY THAT YOU'LL BUY A BIG HOUSE. # DISAPPOINTED COS YOU SAID CHANGE WS GONNA COME. # # STOP WASTING TIME. # # WAKE UP.