ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND FINN SCOTT-KELLY. 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 SEVEN SHARP, WITH JUST THE TWO OF US IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT. PIPPA MIDDLETON MIGHT NOT HAVE SHOWN UP TO THE COAST TO COAST, BUT GREG BOYED SURE HAS. YES, GREG'S BOTTOM MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMOUS AS PIPPA'S ` YET ` BUT WE LOVE HIM JUST THE SAME. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. THE OMBUDSMAN HAS RULED THE GOVERNMENT MUST RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOBBIT DEAL TO THE MEDIA. BUT THE FILM COMPANY SAYS THAT IF THEY DO, IT'LL JEOPARDISE FUTURE PRODUCTIONS HERE. YEAH, WARNER BROTHERS ARE CAMPAIGNING HARD TO WIN THE OSCAR FOR BEST BULLYING OF A SMALL COUNTRY BY A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIO. THE BLACKCAPS TAKE ON ENGLAND IN THE FIRST TWENTY20 TOMORROW. GOOD LUCK, GUYS. AND GOOD LUCK TO COACH MIKE HESSON, WHO'LL BE WELCOMING ROSS TAYLOR BACK INTO THE TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SACKING HIM. AWKWARD... YEAH. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THERE'S NOT MUCH SIGN THE BLACKCAPS HAVE BEEN TAKING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT SPEAKING OF THE DRUGS IN SPORT SCANDAL, WE DID FIND OUT SOME SURPRISING THINGS ABOUT BLACK MARKET DRUGS HERE IN NZ TODAY. MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE SHOW. BUT NOW, IN HONOUR OF JULIA GILLARD, WHO TOUCHED DOWN HERE JUST TWO HOURS AGO, HERE'S A NEW VERSION OF THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. # AUSTRALIANS, WE MUST NOT REJOICE, # COS WE TAKE DRUGS AND CHEAT. # DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL CATCH ON. AS ALWAYS, GET INVOLVED ON THE SHOW BY GOING TO OUR WEB PAGE, SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ CLICK ON THE LIVE CHAT TAB TO SEE ALL THE COMMENTS COMING THROUGH ABOUT OUR GUESTS, OUR STORIES AND OUR SHOW. WE HAVE GREG WITH US SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS. WHERE EXACTLY ARE YOU, GREG? IN ONE OF OTHER MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. I AM ABOUT 1 � HOURS OUT OF CHRISTCHURCH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A DODGY SOUNDING ADDRESS. THE COAST-TO-COAST GONE AWAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. ON THE WEST COAST. THIS IS A PITSTOP FOR THE COMPETITORS. WE WILL TALK TO THE COMPETITORS AND THE MAN WHO IS RUNNING AT I WAS HOPING TO SEE HIN IN THE RAIN. BUT HE HAS SUNSHINE. CLAIMS OF WIDESPREAD DRUG USE AND CHEATING HAVE ROCKED AUSTRALIAN SPORT, AND THE QUESTION WE'RE LEFT WITH IS HOW CLEAN ARE WE HERE IN NZ? WE WONDERED HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO BUY BANNED PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS, AND IT TOOK JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS TODAY FOR ONE OF OUR RESEARCHERS TO COME BACK WITH THESE ` PEPTIDE, TESTOSTERONE AND NANDROLONE. AT LEAST TWO OF THESE ARE PRESCRIPTION-ONLY DRUGS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM THROUGH PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH GYMS. GRAHAM STEEL IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF DRUG FREE SPORT NZ, AND HE'S IN THE STUDIO WITH US. YOUR ORGANISATION TESTS AND INVESTIGATES AND EDUCATES ATHLETES. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS ANNOUNCED? IF I SAID ANTIBIOTICS, WOULD YOU TAKE THEM? THAT IS TESTOSTERONE. THEY NEED TO BE REFRIGERATED. THERE IS TWO LABS IN THE WORLD THAT CAN TEST FOR PEPTIDES. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THEM. SOME CAN TEST FOR THEM, SOME CAN'T. WHAT IS THE PEPTIDE? IF YOU ARE AN ATHLETE, YOU WANT TO BUILD MUSCLE. THIS WILL TRIGGER ONE OF THE INITIATION POINTS FOR THE BODY TO RELEASE GROWTH HORMONE. HOW WOULD YOU FIND SOMEBODY ON THE STUFF? THROUGH A BLOOD TEST. WE MIGHT MONITOR THEIR LEVELS OF HORMONES. WE WOULD SEE AN UNUSUAL SPIKE. FROM FACEBOOK... HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT? IF THAT IS THE CASE, DOES THAT MEAN ALL OUR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLISTS ARE CHEATS? THEY ARGUE IN AUSTRALIA THAT THIS CASTS A PALL OF SUSPICION OVER EVERY ATHLETE. NOT EVERY ATHLETE IS A CHEAT. THIS REVEALS THAT ATHLETES ARE PREPARED TO CHEAT AND THERE ARE WAYS TO BEAT THE SYSTEM. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THE LIGHT OF THESE REVELATIONS? TALK TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES AND FIND OUT WHAT INITIATED THE INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHETHER THE CLUES THEY TUNED IN TO EXIST HERE. AFTER THE BREAK ` WE LOOK INTO TEXTING AND DRIVING. IS IT AS DANGEROUS AS DRINK DRIVING? AND IF IT IS, SHOULD THE PENALTIES BE THE SAME? MOST OF US WOULD BE HORRIFIED AT THE IDEA OF DRINKING AND DRIVING, BUT IF WE'RE HONEST, WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT TO TEXTING AND DRIVING ON OCCASION. DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT'S BANNED BY LAW, THERE'S PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW WE'RE STILL TEXTING AT THE WHEEL. SO ARE THE RISKS ARE THE SAME? AND IF THEY ARE, SHOULDN'T THE PENALTIES BE THE SAME TOO? GILL HIGGINS DECIDED TO TEST WHICH WAS MORE DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING, DRINKING OR TEXTING. BEING DISTRACTED CAN GET MESSY. KIDS SHOUT IF YOUR MIND'S NOT ON THE JOB, IT CAN BE RISKY. DANCE MUSIC PLAYS AND WITH THE LIKES OF TEXTING AND DRIVING, THE RISK ISN'T JUST TO YOURSELF BUT TO OTHERS. THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY DO IT IS A) THE CHANCES OF BEING CAUGHT ARE PRETTY REMOTE, AND B) THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RISK THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. BUT HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO BEING DRUNK AT THE WHEEL? AND WHICH WOULD YOU BE MORE LIKELY TO DO? < SO MORE LIKELY TO TEXT AND DRIVE OR DRINK AND DRIVE? TEXT. YEAH, BIG TIME. COS WITH TEXTING, YOU CAN JUST GET A TICKET. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE DRINKING AND YOU GET PULLED UP, YOU'RE A CRIMINAL. WE PUT TEXTING AND DRIVING, AND DRINKING AND DRIVING TO THE TEST. I'LL MAKE THAT A BIT FURTHER ALONG. TWO TIGHT CORNERS TO TURN, AS DEVISED BY SEASONED DRIVING INSTRUCTOR FRED. SO YOU COME DOWN THERE, ROUND AND OVER HERE. # LET'S GET IT STARTED... WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DRIVERS ` PATRICK, WHO'S JUST A LEARNER; JASMINE, WHO'S JUST PASSED HER TEST; ME, A DRIVER WITH SEVERAL YEARS' EXPERIENCE; AND SEAN, A VERY EXPERIENCED RACING-CAR DRIVER. YOU WATCH THE POWER ON THIS, OK? THIS IS A REALLY QUICK MACHINE. IT'S A REAL ROCKET. # EVERYBODY, LET'S GET INTO IT. # WE'LL GET TO THE DRINK-DRIVING IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST... OH SHIT. ...HOW DID WE COPE WITH TEXTING? LAUGHS: IT'S SO HARD. TEXT SOMEONE AND TELL THEM TO PICK YOU UP AT 7 SHARP. YOU WANT ME TO WATCH WHAT I'M DOING AND ACCELERATE? EXACTLY, AND WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND TEXT AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. NO, IT'S NOT. FOR THE REST OF US, IT WASN'T PRETTY. OH SHIT. WHOA, I THINK THEY CAME A CROPPER. YOU SAW HOW MANY CONES I KNOCKED OVER. IT WAS... YEAH, IT WAS VERY HARD. I WAS ONLY JUST NARROWLY HOLDING ON WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE CONES TEXTING ON THE PHONE. AND I WAS REALLY TRYING TO WRITE ONE OF THOSE WORDS. OK, ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT CLEARLY WASN'T WORKING. LET'S SEE THE PREVIOUS. 'MEET US AT 7 SHARP' ` YOU GOT IT. YEAH. WHOA. BUT WHILE HE WAS CONCENTRATING ON THAT TO GET IT CORRECT, WE ACTUALLY HIT THE CONES. OOH, IT'S ALWAYS THAT LAST ONE. YOU ONLY NEED TO GO WRONG ONCE AND HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND THAT COULD BE THE END FOR YOU. SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE THOUSANDS THAT HAVE GOT AWAY WITH IT; WORRY ABOUT THE ONES WHO DIDN'T GET AWAY WITH IT. I WOULD LIKE TO MEET SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T LOOK AT THEIR PHONE WHEN THEY GET A TEXT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SOUND GOES OFF. AND THE RUNAWAY-DOG TEST DRIVES THE POINT HOME EVEN FURTHER. SORRY. AND YOU JUST RAN OVER THE DOG. OH, DID I?! (LAUGHS) I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT. EXACTLY. AT 50 K'S, THEY'RE COMING SOMETHING LIKE 15M/S, 20M/S, AND THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF DISTANCE, AND THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. OOH. (LAUGHS) DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT, DID YOU? NAH. WHEN YOU DID LOOK UP, IT WAS TOO LATE. YEAH. THE DOG WAS THE CRUNCHER. BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, HE DIDN'T SEE IT AT ALL. EVERYONE FAILED ` HIT THE CONES, KILLED THE DOG. TIME TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CARNAGE A FEW DRINKS COULD CAUSE. WE WERE JUST OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT, ACCORDING TO THIS BREATHALYSER. BUT EVEN WITH SPEEDING UP, SEAN DIDN'T HIT A SINGLE THING. YEP, GOOD AS GOLD. AND I MISS ALL THE CONES. WHOA. NEARLY GOT MY PRODUCER. <BLEEP>ING HELL! BOTH LAUGH BUT I DID MISS THE CONES. YOU'RE NOT DRIVING THAT WELL, BUT YOU ARE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU. AND GET THIS ` THE DOG LIVED. THOUGH, I MIGHT HAVE CAUSED A BROKEN BONE OR TWO. THAT WAS BETTER, YOU SEE. YOU ACTUALLY SAW HIM THROW THAT OUT. YOU SAW IT COME OUT,... YEAH, YEAH. ...WHERE BEFORE YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT. WITH DRINK-DRIVING, YOU'VE STILL GOT YOUR EYES UP THERE AND WATCHING, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND YOU ARE REACTING, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE REACTING A LITTLE SLOWER. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TEXTING, IT PROVED THAT YOUR REACTIONS AREN'T THERE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING. AND YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT? NO, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT AS BAD AS THAT. I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SCANNING ALL THE TIME SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU CAN'T REACT TO IT, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH TEXTING. LET'S BE VERY CLEAR. WE ARE NOT SAYING DRINKING AND DRIVING IS OK. IT IS NOT OK. I'D ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASISE THAT OUR TEST WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE EXPERT EYE OF THE PASS-RITE DRIVING SCHOOL AND IN THE CONTROLLED GROUNDS OF THE ELLERSLIE CONFERENCE CENTRE, NOT A ROAD. AND NO DOGS WERE HARMED. THIS GUY HAD A TOUGH TIME. GREG SOMETIMES GIVES US THOSE PUPPY DOG EYES. I THINK THE MAIN THING WE LEARNT IN THAT TEST WAS THAT TAKING YOUR EYES OFF THE WHEEL WHILE TEXTING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN MOST OF US THINK. AN AA SURVEY FOUND THE OTHER TOP DISTRACTIONS. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT KIDS THOUGH. YOU CAN TELL THEM TO SHUSH. I HAVE CRASHED THE CAR WHILE CHANGING MUSIC. PASSENGERS ARE JUST ANNOYING. GREG, HAVE YOU EVER TEXTED WHILE DRIVING? I HAVE TEXTED WHILE DRIVING. I GOT PINGED BY A GLASWEGIAN POLICEMAN ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD AND RARELY MOVING. I HAVE NOT DONE IT SINCE. THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE A GRUFF GLASWEGIAN TO CURE YOU OF DOING THAT. THE POINT YOU MADE ABOUT EATING. THEY KNOW SOME ONE WHO WAS CRASHED INTO BY A MAN EATING A PIE. HE CHARGED ME. HE LET ME OFF WITH A THE WARNING. WE'RE RUNNING A POLL TONIGHT ON THE ISSUE. THIS IS THE QUESTION: YOU CAN LET US KNOW YOUR ANSWER VIA OUR WEBPAGE, SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ, ON FACEBOOK, OR YOU CAN TEXT THE RESULT. WE'LL BRING YOU THE RESULTS TO THE POLL IN A FEW MINUTES' TIME. AFTER THE BREAK ` FORMER CHAMPION ROWER ROB HAMILL TAKES US TO A PART OF NZ ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WILL EVER VISIT. AND I'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF THE OVERNIGHT CAMP AT THE COAST TO COAST. WELCOME BACK. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE POLL WE LAUNCHED JUST BEFORE THE BREAK. WE ASKED YOU ` AND YOU VOTED... YES, THEY SHOULD BE A REASONABLE MAJORITY. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. IF THE PENALTIES WERE HIGHER, I WOULDN'T BE TEMPTED TO WHIP THAT OUT. THIS SOCIAL STIGMA OF TEXT THING IS NOT THE SAME AS DRUNK DRIVING. GREENPEACE'S RAINBOW WARRIOR, THE NEW ONE, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN CRUISING AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND CHAMPION SPORTSMAN ROB HAMILL JOINED THEM ON THE LEG AROUND THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS. WHICH ARE NOWHERE NEAR AUCKLAND. IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS, ONE OF THE SOUTHERNMOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. GUESS YOU'RE GLAD YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO ROW DOWN THERE. I WOULD HAVE GOT THERE EVENTUALLY IF THE WEATHER WAS GOOD. WHY DID YOU GO THERE? IT WAS TO DISCOVER THE PLACE. MANY NZERS DO NOT KNOW IT'S THERE. IT WAS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE INVITED DOWN. IT IS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE. TALK US THROUGH SOME OF THIS FOOTAGE FROM YOUR TRIP. NOT MANY OF US GET TO SEE THIS PART OF OUR COUNTRY. WE HAD SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF CLIMBING UP THE VERTICAL SWAMP THIS IS THE ROYAL SOUTHERN ALBATROSS. THEY ARE GRACEFUL AND SERENE. THESE ARE THE RAREST SEA LIONS IN THE WORLD. ARE YOU MUCH OF A WILDLIFE EXPERT? NO. BUT I LEARNT A LOT. IT IS AN AMAZING PART OF THE WORLD. THERE IS THE SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE IN THAT AREA AS WELL. T THE PENGUINS ARE BEAUTIFUL. IT IS LIKE THE GALAPAGOS OF THE PACIFIC. MY FAVOURITE PART OF THE TRIP WAS WHEN WE WERE SEEING ABOUT 1 MILLION BIRDS COMING HOME TO ROOST THIS ISLAND WAS NO BIGGER THAN THE AVERAGE DAIRY FARM AND THEY HAD 6 MILLION BREEDING BIRDS THIS WAS BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE BRITISH ISLES' BIRD POPULATION. AND THE NEW RAINBOW WARRIOR. IT IS A GREEN BOAT. IT IS ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED. IT IS TOTALLY EFFICIENT AND AMAZING. IT IS IN WELLINGTON NEXT WEEK LET'S CROSS BACK TO GREG, WHO'S AT THE COAST TO COAST IN KLONDYKE CORNER IN ARTHUR'S PASS. YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH A TOP SPORTSMAN. O I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A COAST-TO-COAST TRIANGLE. HERE'S STEVE GURNEY. WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK? IT IS THE ADVENTURE. HERE WE ARE IN THE HEART OF THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN ALPS. I DID NOT KNOW HOW SERIOUS JAMES WAS. LACEY WAS SO NERVOUS. THIS IS WHAT IS TYPICAL OF A BEGINNER. SHE FELT THE CHALLENGE. HERE WE HAVE MOIRA AND TIM. I DECIDED TO DO THIS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. I FINISHED IN ONE PIECE. I DID SIX HOURS 40. I AM FEELING A LITTLE BIT SORE. I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THAT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE, I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO DO IT. I TOOK UP ABOUT RUNNING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND KAYAKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND JUST RUNNING EVERY DAY TRYING TO KEEP FIT. I HAD AN INJURY IN DECEMBER BUT GOT OVER IT. WE OFTEN SEE PEOPLE GETTING THE BUG BY BEING SUPPORT CREW AND THEN THEY REALLY LIKE THE CHALLENGE. WE WILL NOW TALK TO SOME OTHER TEAMS. HOW YOU FEELING? HUNGRY. WE'RE JUST CHATTING TO THE NEWBIES HERE. THAT'S ALL OF US. FEELING TIRED AND EXCITED. WE'RE ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS IDIOTS. WE ARE BRICK AND BONES. THIS IS MY FIRST ONE I AM OUT OF HERE. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THE BLUE SKY AND SEEING THE FOOTAGE BEFORE, I WANT TO BE OUT OF THE STUDIO. THE BIG SURPRISE FOR ME WAS THE PLANNING OF DEEP SEA OIL DRILLING THAT IS DUE FOR THE ENTIRE COAST OF NZ THAT WILL PUT ALL OF THIS WILDLIFE AT RISK. I DO NOT THINK THE PEOPLE OF NZ ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. BEFORE WE GO, WE WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WHO WAS KING OF THIS STUDIO FOR SO MANY YEARS. SIR PAUL HOLMES WAS A FRIEND AND A MENTOR TO ME AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE AROUND HERE. MANY OF US WERE ABLE TO BE IN TRINITY CATHEDRAL HERE IN AUCKLAND TODAY FOR HIS FUNERAL SERVICE, AND IT WAS AN HONOUR TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND TO SAY GOODBYE. SO GOODBYE, SIR PAUL. WE'LL MISS YOU. CAPTIONS BY PIPPA JEFFERIES AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.