ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND LAUREN STRAIN. 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. HELLO, AND WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP ON A DAY WHEN TEACHERS WHO ARE BEATING THEIR HEADS AGAINST THE NOVOPAY WALL JUST TO GET PAID HAVE BEEN TOLD TO PULL THEIR BLOODY HEADS IN. YEAH, THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION SENT A MEMO TO SCHOOL BOARDS AND TEACHERS, TELLING THEM TO BE NICER TO NOVOPAY CALL STAFF. OBVIOUSLY PHONE OPERATORS SHOULDN'T COP THE WRATH OF THE PISSED-OFF TEACHERS ` NOVOPAY IS NOT THEIR FAULT. MAYBE THE PHONES SHOULD BE MANNED BY PEOPLE MORE ACCUSTOMED TO EVERYBODY HATING ON THEM. YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. WE THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY FITTING, OR, AS A WISE WOMAN ONCE SAID,... YEAH, KARMA, EH? (CHUCKLES) SHOCKING NEWS OUT OF PRETORIA OVERNIGHT, WITH THE MAN KNOWN AS THE BLADE RUNNER NOW KNOWN AS THE ALLEGED KILLER. OSCAR PISTORIUS HAS BECOME PART OF WHAT SOME CALL THE 'NIKE CURSE'. FIRST THERE WAS TIGER WOODS, THEN LANCE ARMSTRONG... IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD, MARKETERS HAVE COME UP WITH A NEW SLOGAN. NOW, REMEMBER POLITICIANS PROMISING TO TACKLE BINGE DRINKING? THEN REMEMBER THEM WATERING DOWN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BUT THE ACTUAL BOOZE? I'M A BINGE DRINKER. I WON'T HAVE TWO. WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING TWO? I MIGHT AS WELL JUST HAVE A GLASS OF <BLEEP>ING WATER. WE MEET A MAN SCRAPING SMASHED TEENS OFF THE FOOTPATH, AND WE'RE GONNA ASK ABOUT YOUR DRINKING. AND JESSE, VOTED THE SECOND SEXIEST MAN IN MEDIA, TALKS TO THE SEXIEST MAN IN MEDIA IN NEW YORK. I'LL SIT TO ONE SIDE AND SULK UNSEXILY. (LAUGHS) IT'S FRIDAY. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. IT'S THE END OF THE WEEK, AND AFTER DAYS OF WOGISTAN AND THE LIKE, YOU'VE EARNT A BEER, WINE OR LEMON-LIME VODKA STRAWBERRY TWIST RTD. BUT FOR SOME, ONE FOR THE ROAD ISN'T ENOUGH. AND TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING SOMEONE FROM THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT BINGE-DRINKING. FIRST, THOUGH, GILL HIGGINS HAD A NIGHT OUT IN BLENHEIM TO PREVIEW NATIONAL'S ALCOHOL REFORMS. STOP DRINKING ALL MY PISS, MATE. HAD SIX WINES. BARREL 51S. I HAD A BOTTLE OF VODKA MYSELF. I DON'T THINK, ACTUALLY, PARLIAMENT ON ITS OWN CAN FIX A BINGE-DRINKING CULTURE. ACTUALLY THAT HAS TO COME FROM US AS INDIVIDUALS. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP THIS SHIT AND STOP <BLEEP>... STOP THIS SHIT. SMALL-TOWN BLENHEIM ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS DON'T CARE ABOUT STOPPING BINGE DRINKING. WHY DO YOU GET YOURSELF SO MUNTED? SLURS: NO, NO, NO, IT'S FINE. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. I WORK 45 HOURS A WEEK, SO I SUPPORT MY OWN ARA-COL PROBLEM. ROCK MUSIC HERE'S ONE MAN TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LOCAL LIBRARIAN ROY RAMSAY HANDS OUT FREE SNACKS TO GET KIDS SOBER. MAN SLURS: GIDDAY, GIDDAY, GIDDAY! YES, ROY BELIEVES HE'S DOING WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING ` TACKLING THE DRINKING PROBLEM IN YOUNG PEOPLE. JUST ONE THING AT A TIME. YOU'VE STARTED WITH DESSERT! MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT BAD. YOU'VE GOT KIDS HAVING A GOOD TIME. UM, YOU DON'T SEE WHAT I SEE. I COME OUT HERE; I'M HAVING TO PICK UP KIDS OFF THE GR` AND I HAVE TO TAKE THEM HOME. OR THE COPS DO. SO TIME FOR THE NATIONAL MP TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR REFORMS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE ASKED HIM TO MEET US, AND HE SAID YES. BUT THEN HE SAID NO. HE TOLD ME HE WAS ADVISED IT WAS TOO PREMATURE TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE THE REFORMS HAVEN'T ACTUALLY STARTED. BUT WE FELT DIFFERENTLY. SO, WHAT ARE NATIONAL'S REFORMS? THEY DID SAY IF KIDS DIDN'T GET A TEXT FROM THEIR PARENTS TO SAY IT'S OK, THEN THEY COULDN'T BE GIVEN DRINKS AT A PARTY. THAT'S NOT GONNA MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THAT SITUATION. YOU CAN FORGE A TEXT EASY AS ANYTHING. HOW ABOUT PUTTING BOOZE NEAR THE BACK IN SUPERMARKETS? I DON'T REALLY BUY ALCOHOL FROM THE SUPERMARKETS, THOUGH. I DO BUY BOURBON ` IF I, SORT OF, WANT TO GET ON A BIT OF A BINGE; HAVE A BIT TOO MUCH FUN. THE LOCAL GREEN MP WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT ` AND TO STICK THE OAR IN. WE FEEL THAT NATIONAL IN PARTICULAR ` AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM COS THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS ` JUST DIDN'T DO THE SUPPORT THAT WAS NECESSARY. AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH... WELL, YOU HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH INDUSTRY, MAYBE. SO WHO'S THE WINNER HERE? WHO'S THE WINNER? THE INDUSTRY. I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S A WINNER. I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE DRUNKENNESS. KEVIN'S FROM THE HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION AND RUNS A COUPLE OF BARS. HE'S NOT IMPRESSED EITHER. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT COULD HAVE DONE A LOT BETTER. COS AT THE MOMENT IT'S OK TO BE DRUNK IN PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN OFFENCE. IT'S OK FOR PARENTS OR PEERS OR SOMEONE ELSE TO SUPPLY ALCOHOL TO 16-YEAR-OLD; 14-YEAR-OLD. OI! YOU TOOK ALL MY SALMON! THAT'S MY BAGEL! FEED ME THE BEST SALMON BAGEL I'VE EVER HAD, BUT I'M GONNA GET <BLEEP>ED UP. THESE GUYS WILL ALL PRE-LOAD, AS YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY SEEN. THEY'LL BE GOING PARTY TO PARTY. IF NATIONAL'S REFORMS DO WORK, ROY SHOULD HAVE AN EASIER TIME OF IT NEXT YEAR. BUT... UH, IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE SAME. UNLESS THERE'S SOME SORT OF CHANGE... THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHANGE. > UH, YEAH, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEAPS OF CHANGES. BUT, LIKE ROY, MOST PEOPLE THINK IT'LL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL ` FOR THE BOYS,... I'M GONNA GO THAT WAY... AND FIND PEOPLE... AND POSSIBLY DRINK MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I'M GOING TO. ...AND NOW THE GIRLS. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE NUMBER HAVING MORE THAN EIGHT DRINKS IN A NIGHT HAS TRIPLED. PISS OFF! I'M A BINGE DRINKER. I WON'T HAVE TWO. WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING TWO? I MIGHT AS WELL JUST HAVE A GLASS OF <BLEEP>ING WATER. THE SAD THING ABOUT IT ` THEY SEEM TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH THE GUYS. LOOK, I DRINK ALL THE TIME, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M ADDICTED TO IT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T AFFECT MY LIFE. DO YOU NOT THINK IT AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH? OH, <BLEEP>! OF COURSE IT AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH. ONE DAY THIS GUY'S GONNA GIVE ME A KIDNEY. SO WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS > THAT THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T TAKE A STRONGER STAND? > I HAVE NO IDEA. MERRY CHRISTMAS, BROTHER! (LAUGHS) YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MENTORING THESE GUYS INTO BETTER BEHAVIOUR. GIVE ME SOMETHING BETTER TO DO... WELL, THERE'S... ...ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. KIWI CULTURE. Proud Kiwi parents. WE ASKED A LOT OF ALCOHOL INDUSTRY BODIES TO COME ON THE SHOW. AND THEY ALL SAID 'NO, THANKS.' LIZ READ, FROM LION, WAS THE ONLY ONE WILLING TO FRONT, AND FOR THAT WE THANK HER. Why is your industry so afraid to front up and explain why you think reform is not necessary? I think the situation tonight is that people simply weren't available. The industry is keen to have a voice in this, just as a whole lot of other people are. We are interested in taking place at the table to talk about what will make a difference. It is not true to say we shy away from it. We get involved. At Lion we are keen to do our bit to try and change some people's habits. You guys sell alcohol; these kids drink it in huge qualities. You must see that it's a bad thing. That they're consuming so much of your product. Of course. We don't make money out of people getting drunk. Simple as that. We make more money out of people drinking responsibly and sociably. A couple of drinks for five nights a week, instead of someone who drinks till they drop on a Friday night, then stops drinking or however long it takes them to recover, the person who drinks less more often is much more profitable. You said you are keen to get around the table and work out how we can improve things. But to law commission suggestions ` higher purchase age and tax increase ` would have made a difference, and lobbying from the industry knocked them on the head. Tthe people interviewed in your story are not getting the outcome all from retail outlets. So the price increases meaningless, really. People get alcohol from friends and family. One person said he wouldn't be held get our goal is easily if the age was higher. At the moment is not illegal for a two-year-old to drink. Almost impossible to implement and govern. What about where you are selling the alcohol? Does that need to be revisited? Availability has certainly increased. There needs to be a good, hard look at how many places to sell alcohol. The new legislation will change that. We said all along that we thought there were too many places and availability was too prolific. But if you think back to when we all grew up and started drinking,� it was more difficult to get, but we still got it. We need to focus on a meaningful discussion about how we can change culture. The law can only do so much. And we have a lot of law at the moment. What is more concerning is why is it cool? Why is it acceptable to get drunk? Why do people go out with that purpose? At the moment the law does not focus on that stuff. That focuses on where people can buy it and when. How they drink it is not the focus of the law. Thanks. DRINKING RESPONSIBLY DOESN'T SOUND SO HARD, BUT IF YOU NEED HELP, JESSE'S FOUND A WEBSITE THAT COULD BE FOR YOU. YEAH, CHEERS.ORG.NZ IS A WEBSITE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR TO HELP KIWIS WITH THEIR DRINKING. YOU CAN TAKE THE NORMAL DRINKING QUIZ, GET ADVICE FOR GOING OUT AND TIPS FOR RUNNING A PARTY. WOULD YOU SIT THROUGH A LIQUID LUNCH WITH THESE PEOPLE? SO, WHO'S BEHIND THE WEBSITE? WELL, HERE'S THE TRICK. IT COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO SELL AND MAKE BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS. CAN YOU TRUST ALCOHOL ADVICE FROM PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IS SELLING ALCOHOL? AND WHAT'S IN IT FOR THEM? WELL, CRITICS SAY THEY'RE JUST DOING IT SO THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL LEAVE THEM ALONE. VISIT CHEERS.ORG.NZ TO JUDGE THE WEBSITE FOR YOURSELF. MY ADVICE IS TAKE IT LIKE A TEQUILA SHOT: WITH A FAIR FEW GRAINS OF SALT. AFTER THE BREAK WE'RE OFF TO NEW YORK TO MEET THE SEXIEST MAN IN NZ MEDIA. WELCOME BACK TO SEVEN SHARP, WHERE WE TURN NOW TO A BIT OF SELF-IMPROVEMENT. YOU MIGHT KNOW YESTERDAY, ALI AND I WERE EACH VOTED THE SECOND SEXIEST MEDIA PERSONALITIES... IN NZ. COS I LOST TO OUR 16-YEAR-OLD US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME. I LOST TO OUR 16-YEAR-OLD US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME. OF ALL THE PEOPLE! DALLOW, I COULD HANDLE. I COULD EVEN TOLERATE RAWDON CHRISTIE. BUT TAME? YES, IT WAS A SHOCK TO ALL INVOLVED, LEAST OF ALL THE MAN HIMSELF. JACK, GOOD EVENING. What do you mean, a shock? No shock in these quarters. NZ has finally, in a vote that really matters, made the right choice. There may be some who question the validity, but I think I speak for all rational people when I say there is really no questioning the validity of a promotional online survey filled in by some wildly out of touch morons... It is a scientific survey, isn't it? I'm not sure if the people who voted could see your haircut, they would have voted the same way The Lego man motif is in. I expected a few barbs, because second-place hurts. But, Jesse, you have other pluses - silver tongue. Don't think I would ever lord this over you. I really am a giving man. This is the last day of fashion week. Some of the best places in the world. Naturally I felt at home. Sexiness is a little bit like a salad. Some of us are blessed with the finest ingredients. Some of us are perhaps a little lower down the podium ended up with the old tomatoes and wobbly cucumber. Fashion week has taught me never to have tom yum soup before going on TV. It also taught me is not the ingredients that matter; it is the salad dressing. Look at this. Urban ensemble. Tom yuck! No way. I insist you wear it on Monday. I know that you are concerned. Most people say that is absolutely ridiculous. How could you ever wear something like that on the street? The good news is I went down to the street and got some Duracell and glad wrap This cost me $10 bucks from the sidewalk to the catwalk There are some things you can't unsee. Any more will burn our retinas. Thanks, Jacj. Do I need to say anything? ITS NAME TRANSLATES TO 'THE LOVE', AND THERE IS A HEAP OF LOVE FROM AUCKLANDERS MOVING TO TE AROHA, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OUT OF THE BIG SMOKE. MICHAEL HOLLAND HEADED SOUTH TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE ATTRACTION OF THE LITTLE TOWN BY THE BIG HILL. JAUNTY MUSIC YEP, WE'VE GOT IT ALL, LUCKY OLD US ` TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS TRAFFIC, CHEEK-BY-JOWL LIVING AND INCREASINGLY UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING PRICES. AND IT'S INTERESTING HOW FAR SOME PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO GO TO GET OUT OF THE RAT RACE, YET STILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY. NO, MUCH FURTHER BACK. KEEP GOING. NOW WE'RE TALKING. COME ON, OVER THE PASTEL-COLOURED BRIDGE. AND INTO THIS CHARMING LITTLE BACKWATER, 90 MINUTES DOWN THE TRACK FROM AUCKLAND, WHERE TIME CLEARLY AIN'T ALL THAT IMPORTANT. WHERE 'OVER IT' AUCKLANDERS ARE TAKING BREATH, TAKING BACK WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY'D LOST ` CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES. IT IS QUIET. BOTH LAUGH YOU'VE NOTICED? (LAUGHS) LAIDBACK MUSIC I'M DORICE, AND THIS IS MY LITTLE FRIEND BECKY. I'M AN EX-AUCKLAND GIRL, AND WE BOTH LOVE TE AROHA. IT HAS A MAGIC WAY OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN HERE THAT ARE MEANT TO BE HERE. I WAS IN AUCKLAND, AND I WAS LIVING IN PONSONBY, LIVING THE CITY LIFESTYLE, BUT I KIND OF REALISED THAT AS LONG AS I COULD GET, YOU KNOW, DECENT COFFEE, GOOD FOOD AND A DECENT CHOCOLATE MARTINI, THEN I WAS A HAPPY LITTLE CAMPER. AND I CAN GET THEM ALL IN THIS TOWN. MY NAME IS JOHN, AND I HAVE JUST SOLD MY HOUSE IN HERNE BAY. IN FAVOUR OF SEMI-RETIREMENT, IN A TOWN HE HAD BARELY HEARD OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 3500 PEOPLE. UM, YOU HAVE NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BUT YOU HAVE BUNNINGS AND YOU'VE GOT A COUNTDOWN; YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT HERE. AND THERE'S NO ANTI-AUCKLAND FEELING DOWN HERE. AUCKLANDERS ARE WELCOME? VERY WELCOME, VERY WELCOME. MM. GENTLE MUSIC BACK AT CHASING CATS, WITH CANINE FLUFF BALL ON RECEPTION DUTY, THE CLIENT IN THE CHAIR'S A NEW ARRIVAL FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WON OVER DURING A SHORT VISIT LAST YEAR. I WENT STRAIGHT HOME, SOLD MY HOUSE, QUIT MY JOB AND MOVED HERE. SUFFICIENTLY IMPRESSED WITH THE TOWN'S GROWTH POTENTIAL TO HAVE JUST BOUGHT A CAFE. # TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY. NOW, THIS IS KIND OF SMALL-TOWN CUTE ` SPEAKERS RUNNING THE FULL LENGTH OF THE MAIN STREET PLAYING MUSIC ` MOSTLY OLD MUSIC ` INTERSPERSED WITH ADS FOR LOCAL RETAILERS. RELAX AND ENJOY. # ...IN EVERY THING YOU SAY AND DO. # HAVE ANY OF YOUR AUCKLAND CLIENTS FOLLOWED YOU DOWN? > A LOT OF THEM. WE CALL SATURDAYS 'AUCKLAND SATURDAYS'. YEAH, IT'S FULL OF AUCKLANDERS THAT COME DOWN HERE. IT'S GREAT. IS THAT PART OF THE APPEAL ` THE PROXIMITY TO AUCKLAND? OH, DEFINITELY. YEAH, AN HOUR AND A HALF, HOUR AND A HALF. NAME'S WAYNE, TRANSPLANTED AUCKLANDER. WHO IN TYPICAL REAL ESTATE AGENT SPEAK RECKONS HE KNOWS WHAT VALUE IS. THIS CHARACTER HOME HERE EPITOMISES THE TYPE OF HOMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE IN TE AROHA, AND YOU CAN PICK UP SOMETHING LIKE THIS PROBABLY IN THE LOW 3S. LOW 300S? YEP. THERE'LL BE VILLA OWNERS IN GREY LYNN CRYING IN THEIR BEER OVER THAT. 230? 230S, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NICE LOUNGE, INTERNAL-ACCESS GARAGING, AND AN AWESOME VIEW OF MT TE AROHA. GENTLE MUSIC MY NAME IS NIKKI CLOSE. I'M PRIVILEGED TO RUN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY-OWNED HOSPITAL. IT WAS PROBABLY THE LONELIEST I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE WAS LIVING IN AUCKLAND SURROUNDED BY SO MANY PEOPLE. THESE DAYS SHE'S COUNTING BURLY BLOKES AMONG HER BESTIES. I DECIDED TO JOIN THE LOCAL FIRE BRIGADE. IT'S JUST THE MOST SATISFYING THING. YOU'RE NOT LONELY ANYMORE? I'M NOT LONELY ANY MORE. NO, I LOVE IT. DIFFERENT BIG-CITY REFUGEES ALL NOW WITH THE SAME SENSE OF SMALL-TOWN COMMUNITY. YOU THINK, 'OH, NO, NO, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT GOOD.' IT IS. (CHUCKLES) I HATE TO TELL YOU. GENTLE MUSIC LOOKS LOVELY. NEXT, WHY ARE THERE CRUSADERS IN THE KITCHEN? TIME NOW TO WRAP THE WEEK WITH JESSE. THE BIG STORY OF THE WEEK WAS, OF COURSE, RICHARD PROSSER, WHO SEEMED TO LOSE HIS BEARD OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY, PRESUMABLY SO THEY'D LET HIM ON TO A PLANE TO ESCAPE OUR MUSLIM-LOOKING REPORTER. ASIDE FROM THAT THERE WAS THE POPE AND THE DOPE. ONE IS AN ELDERLY MAN TOO OLD, FRAIL AND TIRED TO DO HIS JOB; THE OTHER IS THE HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED GOT IN TROUBLE FOR SENDING ITS SWIMWEAR MODELS TO EXOTIC COUNTRIES AND USING THE LOCALS AS PROPS. AND LOCAL MAG WOMAN'S DAY DECIDED TO RUN THEIR OWN SWIMSUIT ISSUE WITH JUST ONE BLURRY PHOTO OF A PREGNANT LADY. WHAT'S A TEENAGE BOY MEANT TO DO WITH THAT? MARMITE SAID, 'WE'RE COMING BACK! 'WE FOUND A WAY TO GET PRODUCTION GOING AGAIN 'THANKS TO A SECRET INGREDIENT. REMEMBER THAT NATIONAL BANK HORSE?' AND IT WAS A GREAT WEEK FOR THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY. UNLESS YOU WORKED AT MAINZEAL, NZ POST OR CONTACT ENERGY. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT YOUR JOBS, GUYS, BUT AT LEAST THE KIWI DOLLAR'S GOING STRONG. GREAT TIME TO BOOK THAT HOLIDAY IN HAWAII. SURF'S UP! ONCE UPON A TIME, PRESEASON RUGBY TRAINING WAS A QUICK RUN ROUND THE BLOCK. BUT TODAY YOU FIND RUGBY PLAYERS TESTING THEIR SKILLS IN THE STRANGEST PLACES. BRODIE KANE HEADED OUT WITH A TEAM OF CRUSADERS. UPBEAT MUSIC WE'RE AT THE HOUSE OF GORDY MACKIE IN RUGBY-MAD TIMARU, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YEP, THAT'S THE STREET HE LIVES ON. HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AROUND THE COMMUNITY ` ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL BOXING CLUB. AN ALL-ROUND GOOD FELLA WHO ALWAYS PUTS OTHER PEOPLE FIRST. TONIGHT SOME HAND-PICKED CRUSADERS HAVE BEEN SET THE TASK TO COOK HIM A FEED. PLEASED TO MEET YOU, MAN. YOU TOO, MAN. BLOODY GOOD. YEAH. NICE TO SEE YA. HOW ARE YOU GOING? GIDDAY. HOW ARE YOU GOING, FELLA? WHAT DO YOU RECKON? ARE YOU IMPRESSED WITH THESE BOYS? YEAH, THEY'RE BLOODY BRILLIANT. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I THINK IT'S MARVELLOUS. HOPEFULLY THEY` WHAT A SHOCK. (CHUCKLES) BUT IN THIS RUGBY 'COME DINE WITH ME', THE BOYS SEEM TO HAVE DROPPED THE FIRST PASS. KICK IT OFF WITH THE PRAWNS ` UM, ONCE THEY DEFROST. YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL THEM THAT. BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. FRESH PRAWNS. FRESH PRAWNS. CAUGHT THEM TODAY. GORDY, THE LEGEND HE IS, CAN'T HELP BUT PUT HIS 2C WORTH IN A KITCHEN THAT'S, WELL, COSY. WATCH YOUR HEAD. HERE WE ARE. STAND UP. DON'T CUT YOUR BLOODY FINGERS OFF. SO, AFTER A QUICK AND SUCCESSFUL ENTREE OF PRAWNS ` ALLEGEDLY FRESH OUT OF THE OCEAN ` GRAB ONE WHILE YOU'RE THERE. I WAS GOING TO. IT'S TIME FOR THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MAIN. IF YOU STUFF UP AT THE BARBIE, THEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, SO... PRESSURE'S ON. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR STEAK COOKED, GORDY? RARE. SO, WILL GORDY AND HIS GUESTS GET WHAT THEY WANT? DIG IN, MATE. DIG IN, GORDY. AFTER YOU, BOYS. I'LL JUST HAVE A BIT OF THIS FIRST, THEN I'LL GO BACK FOR MORE. LOOKS OK, BUT CAN THEY CONVERT THIS CRUCIAL STEAK? OVERCOOKED IT A BIT, THOUGH. OH NO. THAT CAN'T BE GOOD. IS IT GOING TO BE THE DEAL-BREAKER FOR OUR CRITICS? NOT BAD, BUT THERE'S ONE PERSON WHOSE SCORE MATTERS THE MOST. THE STEAK WAS A BIT OVERDONE, REALLY. AS LONG AS THEY'RE GOOD ON THE FIELD, IT DOESN'T MATTER. GORDY'S LETTING THE TOUGH SLAB OF MEAT SLIDE, SO LONG AS THEY DO THE DISHES AND CLEAN UP ON THE FIELD THIS SEASON TOO. MAYBE THE GUYS SHOULD STICK TO THEIR DAY GAME. AND THAT'S SEVEN SHARP FOR THE WEEK. SEE YOU MONDAY. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013