ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING AND ANGELA ALICE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW. TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AWKWARD CONVERSATION IN ANY NEW RELATIONSHIP ` THE QUESTION NOT MANY OF US ACTUALLY ASK, BUT ALL OF US SHOULD. YES, AND THAT QUESTION IS NOT DO YOU HAVE A TWIN SISTER? OR CAN YOU WEAR THIS TO BED? OR HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT OUTIES? NO, THE QUESTION IS, 'WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGN THIS?' PRENUPS FOR THE DE FACTO GENERATION ` IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP HAS HIT THE WALL, YOU COULD LOSE IT ALL. COS I'VE BOUGHT PINK FLOYD 'THE WALL' FOUR TIMES NOW, AND I'M OVER IT. POOR GUY. PLUS, IF YOU LIKE TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF, LORDY ARE YOU IN FOR A TREAT. IT'S CENSUS YEAR. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT YOU'LL BE ASKED, WHY, WHEN AND WHO CARES? PLUS, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE JEDIS? ON THE SUBJECT OF NUMBERS, A NEW SURVEY HAS PRODUCED ABSOLUTELY NO SURPRISES ABOUT THE LOVE FOR HEKIA PARATA. YEAH, AFTER A WEEK WHEN HEKIA WENT FROM NOT PAYING TEACHERS TO CLOSING DOWN THEIR SCHOOLS, A REPORT SHOWS 71% OF US WANT HER GONE OR, TO PUT IT IN HER LANGUAGE, MERGED. AND THERE'S SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS OUT OF THE HAWKE'S BAY. A HATCHBACK ` A HATCHBACK ` HAS BEEN PULLED OVER WITH FOUR MEN AND 11 SHEEP IN IT. A GROUP OF MEN AND A GROUP OF SHEEP TRAVELLING ON THE OPEN ROAD ` I BELIEVE IN THE HAWKE'S BAY THAT'S CALLED SPEED DATING. IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. WHEN MARRIAGES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS GRIND TO A HALT, WE KNOW THE DRILL: SHE GETS THE LAKE HOUSE; HE GETS THE COLLECTION OF WARHOLS ` BECAUSE OF A PRENUP. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US? DID YOU KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOU JUST MOVE IN WITH SOMEONE, ONE DAY THEY'LL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME ENTITLED TO HALF OF ALL YOUR STUFF? MATT CHISHOLM TOOK A LOOK AT A THING CALLED SECTION 21. FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE'S 'DOG DAYS ARE OVER' LAST NIGHT THERE WAS DEFINITELY BUTTERFLIES. LIKE, IT WAS REALLY QUITE SCARY. BEEN UP SINCE, LIKE, HALF 4, THINKING ABOUT THINGS AND... TRYING TO GET READY. CELEBRANT: MARRIAGE IS A WAY OF LIFE TO BE UPHELD AND HONOURED. IT'S THEIR BIG DAY. IT IS BEING PREPARED TO FACE TOGETHER WHATEVER ADVERSITY MAY ARISE FROM DAY-TO-DAY LIVING. AFTER 10 YEARS AND THREE KIDS TOGETHER, CLAIRE AND CHRIS ARE FINALLY TYING THE KNOT. YOU MAY NOW KISS ONE ANOTHER. CHEERING, APPLAUSE ANY PRENUPS TODAY? NO, NO, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT TODAY. I THINK WE'RE A BIT... IN TOO DEEP NOW. # SLEEP LIKE A BABY. # WHILE I'M PICKING THIS RELATIONSHIP WILL GO THE DISTANCE, ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL MARRIAGES DON'T, AND PEOPLE GET BURNT,... ALL CHEER I'VE BOUGHT PINK FLOYD 'THE WALL' FOUR TIMES NOW, AND I'M OVER IT. ...BOTH IN AND OUT OF WEDLOCK. < WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS < THAT FALL OVER? I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO HALF, IF NOT MORE. < YOU BEEN TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS THREE OR FOUR TIMES? FIVE. < FIVE TIMES? YEP. YEP. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A MONETARY VALUE. IT CAN JUST BE SOMETHING THAT HAS ENORMOUS VALUE THAT'S BEEN HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS. IF YOU LOSE THAT, IT'S A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW. THE LAST RELATIONSHIP I HAD, I PUT A YELLOW STICKER ON EVERY FRIDGE, WASHING MACHINE, BED IN THE HOUSE. AND I SAID TO THE GIRL WHEN SHE MOVED IN, 'WHEN WE SPLIT UP, ALL THIS STUFF HERE IS MINE.' AND I STILL LEFT WITH MY BACKPACK AND UNDIES. THE THING IS MORE AND MORE OF US ARE TURNING OUR BACK ON THIS... OK. NOW WE'LL GET YOUR WITNESSES TO COME. ...AND CHOOSING TO LIVE IN DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS. AND, SINCE 2001, IF YOU BREAK UP AFTER JUST THREE YEARS, PROPERTY IS SPLIT 50/50, NO MATTER WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. THEY HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS, LITERALLY, AS A DIVORCING` AS SOMEBODY WITH A MARRIED STATUS WOULD HAVE. UNLESS IT'S CLEARLY SEPARATE PROPERTY AND IT'S NEVER BEEN INTERMINGLED WITH RELATIONSHIP PROPERTY, THEN IT IS RELATIONSHIP PROPERTY. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. ONE MORE TIME? BOTH LAUGH I COULD SEE I'D LOST YOU. IT'S... WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER IN A RELATIONSHIP, UNLESS YOU HAVE A SECTION 21 AGREEMENT THAT SAYS 'X, Y AND Z BELONGS TO ME; X Y AND Z BELONGS TO YOU', THEN TECHNICALLY IT'S UP FOR GRABS. THAT COULD BE EVERYTHING ` BANK ACCOUNTS, HOUSES, BUSINESSES, JEWELLERY AND THAT AWESOME CUCKOO CLOCK THAT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOUR GENERATIONS. < DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO FOR THE ASSETS, THOUGH? USUALLY. (LAUGHS) I MEAN... < DEPENDS HOW BITTER THEY ARE. YEAH, VERY MUCH SO. WOULD YOU GO FOR 50/50? > BOTH: NO. I WOULDN'T, NO. HOW ABOUT IF HE CHEATED ON YOU? OOH... (LAUGHS) YEAH, YEAH, BIG TIME, YEAH. I'D GO THE LOT. YEAH, GO... <BLEEP>ING... I'D PUT IN A TAX RETURN, I'D GO TO THE IRD ON HER... YEAH, FOR SURE. WITH ATTITUDES LIKE THAT, IT'S HARDLY SURPRISING MORE AND MORE DE FACTOS ARE CHOOSING TO PROTECT WHAT THEY'VE WORKED HARD FOR,... I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HALF OF ANYTHING AWAY. ...USING WHAT'S KNOWN AS A SECTION 21 ` A PRENUP, IF YOU LIKE, WITHOUT THE MARRIAGE. SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE DOING SECTION 21 AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY STORIES OUT THERE NOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING BURNT. I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT THEMSELVES. FOR THEM, IT'S A CASE OF WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO IF THE GUY DOES A BUNK ON THEM AND THEY'RE STUCK WITH HAVING TO GIVE UP HALF OF WHAT THEY'VE EARNED? FOR AROUND 1000 BUCKS, A BASIC SECTION 21 CAN BE DRAWN UP BY A LAWYER. IT'S CHEAP, IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S EFFECTIVE AND IT'S REALLY LEGALLY BINDING. PERFECT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN INHERITANCE, OR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. BUT HOW DO YOU START THAT CONVERSATION? 'HONEY, I LOVE YOU, I THINK WE'RE GONNA LAST FOREVER, 'BUT CAN YOU SIGN THIS, IN CASE IT GOES PEAR-SHAPED?' I KNOW. IT'S KIND OF TACKY, AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM THAT. BUT I THINK THE EARLIER ON YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, YOU'RE INCLUDING THEM IN THE FUTURE. WE... MET UP, AND I USED TO PUT MY NETBALL UNIFORM ON AND GO AND MEET TOM IN THE PARK AND PRETEND I HAD NETBALL GAMES, BUT... (LAUGHS) > ...I DIDN'T. 23-YEAR-OLDS SOPHIE AND TOM HAVE BEEN TOGETHER, SECOND TIME AROUND, FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. 2 MILLION, PLEASE. DAMN. 18 MONTHS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP, SOPHIE'S PARENTS PUT HER INHERITANCE INTO A TRUST. IT'S NOT A LACK OF TRUST OR A ROCKY RELATIONSHIP. IT WAS JUST A SENSIBLE THING TO DO AT THE TIME. THERE'S NO ISSUE AROUND BEING ABLE TO DO THIS EVERY DAY,... > NO. ...AS THE ART MIGHT SUGGEST? > NO. YEAH. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) I GUESS THE BEST ANALOGY I CAN THINK OF IS THAT YOU TAKE OUT INSURANCE ON YOUR HOUSE, IN CASE IT BURNS DOWN. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO. SO, TOM, HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME? YEAH, I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH IT. THEY DON'T TRUST ME. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. ALL LAUGH THEY DO. THEY DO. AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY AT THIS STAGE, SO... (LAUGHS) AND THANKS TO CLAIRE AND CHRIS BARRACLOUGH FOR ALLOWNIG MATT TO GATECRASH THEIR WEDDING AT THE WEEKEND. PRENUP: NOT SOMETHING I'D DO. NEVER HAVE DONE. BUT I WOULD TRY TO MAKE MY KIDS DO IT. THE TRUST THING ` IT'S NOT IRON CLAD. IF YOU HAVE A TRUST, YOU'RE NOT 100% PROTECTED YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT A LONG TIME BEFORE THE RELATIONSHIP SECTION 21 SEEMS TO BE THE WAY TO DO IT YOU SAID YOU NEVER WOULD I'M TOO MUCH OF A ROMANTIC BUT YOU'D GET YOUR KIDS TO DO IT? I OWN UP TO MY HYPOCRISY THE FIRST GUY MY DAUGHTER TURNS UP WITH, I'M SAYING, 'YOU'RE NOTGETTING ANYTHING' I LIKE THIS FACEBOOK COMMENT THAT'S PERFECT RATHER THAN HAVING TO LITIGATE YOUR WAY INTO IT WE ASKED ON FACEBOOK HOW TO GO ABOUT ASKING ONE VIEWER SAID GET YOUR PARENTS TO DO IT I'D DO THAT IN A SHOT AFTER THE BREAK ` MAKING SENSE OF THE CENSUS. WE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ASKING OF QUESTIONS. SOME THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY TALK WHEN GARETH MORGAN STARTED HIS CATICIDE CAMPAIGN, BUT IT TURNS OUT HE'S SERIOUS. NOW HE WANTS TO MAKE THE WELLINGTON SUBURB OF KARORI A CAT-CONFINED ZONE. KARORI'S ALREADY HOME TO THE PREDATOR-FREE NATURE RESERVE ZEALANDIA. GARETH MORGAN IS HOLDING HIS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING IN THE SUBURB AT THE MOMENT. HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN IS THERE. We have to talk quietly, the meeting going on at the moment. Let's duck in and see what looks like. Not a bad turnout. IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT AREA OF KARORI, CATS ARE NOT SAFE. IF GARETH MORGAN GETS HIS WAY, THEY'LL BE ON HOME DETENTION FOREVER. HE HAS GOOD REASON. KARORI'S KILLER CATS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. OMINOUS MUSIC JONATHON, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE YOUR CATS ARE RIGHT NOW? YES, I DO. ONE'S ASLEEP UPSTAIRS. NO, HE'S NOT. HE'S PROBABLY OUT DOING THIS. DRAMATIC MUSIC KARORI'S PUSSIES ARE CLEARLY FREE TO DO EXACTLY AS THEY PLEASE. IT COMES IN AND OUT SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S ALL OVER THE SHOW. THE OWNER OF THIS CAT IS WORRIED GARETH MORGAN WILL TARGET HER CHARLIE NOW THAT HE'S APPEARED ON CAMERA. SO WILL SHE TURN UP TO THE MEETING TONIGHT TO FIGHT FOR HIS RIGHTS? NO. YOU GUYS GOING TO GARETH'S MEETING TONIGHT? > I'M AFRAID NOT. WE'RE PLAYING BINGO, IF YOU MUST KNOW. ARE YOU GONNA GO? NO, I'M NOT GONNA GO. ARE YOU GOING TO GARETH MORGAN'S CAT MEETING TONIGHT? OH, I WASN'T GOING TO, ACTUALLY. EVEN AT THE SCHOOL NEXT TO THE MEETING VENUE, WHICH IS NOT AFRAID TO SHOW ITS PREJUDICES, KARORI'S CAT LOVERS AREN'T COMING. ARE YOU GOING TO GARETH MORGAN'S CAT MEETING TONIGHT? NO, I'M NOT. THERE'S A MEETING? A CAT MEETING. OH, I DON'T THINK I'LL GO. ARE YOU GOING TO GARETH MORGAN'S CAT MEETING TONIGHT? THAT WAS A HEAD SHAKE. BUT GARETH MORGAN NEEDS KARORI TO PLAY ALONG TO GET HIS CAT-HATING CAMPAIGN OFF THE GROUND. YOU SEE, IT'S THE SUBURB RIGHT NEXT TO ZEALANDIA, THE HAVEN OF THE NATIVE BIRDS THE CATS ARE SLAUGHTERING. GARETH MORGAN CALLS IT THE COUNTRY'S MOST EXPENSIVE CAT FOOD FACTORY, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM. I THINK IT MIGHT BE GARETH MORGAN. IT WAS ONCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY, AND IT WAS A BLACKBIRD. < AND YOU DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT A BLACKBIRD? UMM, THERE'S LOTS OF THEM. IT'S NOT ENDANGERED. IT'S FINE. OMINOUS MUSIC IN THE OUR FILMING OF THIS STORY, WE MADE SURE TO CLOSE ALL GATES BEHIND US. WE'RE DOING OUR BIT, GARETH. Not everybody in this meeting will be supportive of Gareth Morgan's ideas. Why have you brought your cat? I thought Gareth could see a compromise is possible. It's a no-brainer that cats kill birds, But you did mention that could be confined-cat neighbourhood. Is this an indoor cat? Yes. I think Gareth would say I'm a responsible owner. I think having an indoor cat is a good compromise. Cats do kill birds. A cat ound in Wellington? What do you think of that? That's something that could be considered. Micro-chipping is an option to cats as well. If you lose your cat and it is microchips, it is quite easy to get it back. Obviously Gareth Morgan has softened his stance from the days when he actually wanted to kill the cats. Some owners brave enough to bring the cats along to the meeting. IF YOUR DOORBELL RINGS DURING DINNER, IT MAY NOT BE A SALESMAN OR SOMEONE TRYING TO CONVERT YOU. IT COULD BE SOMEONE WANTING TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT, APPARENTLY, OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. HERE'S JEHAN CASINADER. SAD VIOLIN MUSIC WE RARELY GIVE THEM ANY ATTENTION, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE STARING US IN THE FACE. DO YOU LIKE STATISTICS? WHAT ARE STATISTICS? WHAT ARE STATISTICS? SAD MUSIC CONTINUES YOU KNOW, LIKE, NUMBERS. OH, LIKE, WITH MATHS AND STUFF? I DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT STATISTICS WHEN I'M ON HOLIDAY. OH, YOU'RE ON HOLIDAY? BUT STATISTICS ARE ALL AROUND US, THOUGH. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. BOTH SING DID YOU KNOW THAT 23% OF NZERS ARE BORN OVERSEAS. PROBABLY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. DID YOU KNOW THAT 75% OF NZERS HAVE A QUALIFICATION? NO. FUNKY MUSIC SLIDE IT UP. OK, BUT WHY DO WE CARE? WELL, THIS IS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF STATISTICS. NOT JUST A DAY, NOT JUST A WEEK, BUT A WHOLE 12 MONTHS TO CELEBRATE THESE. YEAH, THE TWO DOTS. WHERE DO I PUT THEM? DID YOU KNOW THAT IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF STATISTICS? NO. ARE YOU EXCITED? OH. YEAH, IT'S REALLY EXCITING. OVER THE MOON. IT MAKES ME FEEL QUITE PROUD TO BE A NZER. IT'S ALSO THE YEAR OF THE CENSUS. SENSES? LIKE SMELL AND HEAR? NO, NO. WHEN THEY COUNT HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. OH, YEAH, GOT THAT. STATISTICS NZ IS SENDING OUT A SMALL ARMY OF RECRUITS, AND THIS IS THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. IS THIS EXCITING FOR YOU? ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR THIS EVENT, AND WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CENSUS. SO THIS IS LIKE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP FOR STATISTICIANS? DEFINITELY. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO FAIL THIS? CAN YOU GET A 'NOT ACHIEVED' IN A CENSUS? UM, NOT ACHIEVED, FOR ME, WOULD BE NOT FILLING IN THE FORM COMPLETELY AND TRUTHFULLY. SO IF I PUT DOWN HERE THAT I'M A NZER, WOULD YOU BE TAKING THE PAUL HENRY DEFINITION OF NZER OR A DIFFERENT ONE? IF YOU THINK YOUR ETHNICITY IS A NZER, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THE FORM AND IT WILL BE COUNTED. LAUGHS: FANTASTIC. WHAT DID YOU GET FOR NUMBER THREE? HAVEN'T GOT THAT FAR YET. OH, OK. BEEN TALKING TOO MUCH. FOR THREE, FEMALE. FEMALE, OK. THOUGHT YOU'D COPIED MY ANSWER THERE. THE CENSUS IS ONE EXPENSIVE QUIZ. IT'S COSTING A WHOPPING 72 MILLION BUCKS. LET'S SEE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT MONEY. WE COULD PAY ALL THE TEACHERS WHO ARE OWED MONEY THROUGH NOVOPAY; HEY, WE COULD KEEP OPEN THE SCHOOLS THAT HEKIA'S SHUTTING DOWN; WE COULD EVEN PAY FOR SOME PR ADVICE FOR HER. BUT THE CENSUS GIVES US A GOOD PICTURE OF WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE LIVE AND HOW WE LIVE. IT'S USED TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE HOSPITALS ARE LOCATED, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION FACILITIES, HOUSING, TRANSPORT. ARE YOU GOING TO FILL IN YOUR CENSUS FORM? YES, I WILL. TRUTHFULLY? YES. NO LIES? NO. BUT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT BY THE TIME THIS DATA IS RELEASED IN DECEMBER, 100% WILL ALREADY BE OUT OF DATE. $72 million for something that can be done on the Internet is a disgrace that does not need to cost that much. It's complex and the amount of separate things you have. You're given a sealed envelope with your own code... It's doable for a lot less than $72 million I would have thought. IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU'RE STILL AVOIDING THE FORMS, TOMORROW WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW NOT BEING COUNTED IN THE CENSUS COULD HURT MORE THAN YOU THINK. NEXT UP ` WE MEET CHRISTCHURCH'S RADIO RON. HE'S TREASURED BY THE CITY. THERE'S ONE IN EVERY TOWN ` DUNEDIN HAS SPEEDY; WELLINGTON HAD BLANKET MAN TILL HE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR; AND CHRISTCHURCH HAS RADIO RON, WHO'S BEEN PACING THE STREETS FOR NIGH ON 50 YEARS. BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HIM. HADYN JONES TRACKED DOWN RADIO RON'S FAMILY, WHO WANT HIS STORY TOLD. RADIO: NOW THE 10 AND THE TWO CAN MAKE... IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL TO ONCE IN A WHILE ESCAPE THE HOUSE,... I'LL GIVE YOU THE LATEST UPDATE... ...HIT THE STREETS,... THAT'S A VOICE. ....THEN THE SHOPS... I'VE GOT LIGHT GOING. COOL RADIO, EH? ...AND MAKE SOME FRIENDS. NICE GIRL. (LAUGHS) THIS HAS BEEN RADIO RON'S PERFECT DAY OUT FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. OH, THIS IS RADIO RON. I'M RON. RADIO RON ` THAT'S HOW WE KNEW HIM, YEP. YEARS AGO, NOBODY WOULD GO ANYWHERE NEAR HIM COS HE USED TO MARCH AROUND WITH THE RADIO VERY LOUD UP TO HIS EAR, AND HE WOULD BE SORT OF SINGING AND MAKING A NOISE. GOT SOME BATTERIES. YEAH, SURE. WHAT ARE YOU AFTER? THESE ONES. RADIO RON ` HE'S A BIT OF AN ICON AROUND TOWN. THEY CAN'T GET PARTS FOR THAT ONE. WHY? HE'S ONE OF THOSE SORTS OF PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS. STRANGERS HAVE MADE FACEBOOK FAN SITES IN HIS HONOUR. HE HAS 8000 FOLLOWERS. HERE HE IS UNWITTINGLY IN A MUSIC VIDEO FROM 1993. TOM, KIWI... WHILE MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM,... YOU'RE SUCH A HAPPY MAN, AREN'T YOU? ...VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HIM. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK HE'S HOMELESS. ALL I KNEW WAS THAT HE'S RADIO RON, AND HE JUST CHEERED UP THE CITY. NO ONE KNEW HIS REAL NAME, AND SO SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY MADE UP THAT NAME. IT'S SUNGLASSES, WATCHES, RADIOS. THAT'S HIS SISTER CAROLYN, HIS NEXT OF KIN, HIS MOTHER FIGURE, REALLY. SHE WANTS YOU TO MEET THE RADIO RON THAT SHE KNOWS. YOU'RE PROBABLY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT HIS NAME'S JOHN TRUEMAN. > YEAH, VERY. (LAUGHS) TRANSISTOR RADIOS. WE KNOW HIM AS RADIO RON. REALLY, JOHN TRUEMAN SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT BLAND AND BORING. JOHN RAYMOND TRUEMAN CAME INTO THIS WORLD 64 YEARS OLD. HE AND HIS BROTHER DAVID WERE BORN MENTALLY DISABLED. THEY WERE RAISED BY THEIR MOTHER TILL SHE DIED AT 90. NOW, JOHN DIDN'T HAVE THE EASIEST OF CHILDHOODS. WHEN JOHN WAS LITTLE, HE ACTUALLY HAD POLIO. AS SOON AS HE FOUND HIS FEET, HE HEADED FOR THE DOOR. I THINK IT PROBABLY HAPPENED AROUND 16. HE WOULD SNEAK OUT THE DOOR TO GO AT NIGHT. RADIO PLAYS JOHN TRUEMAN ACTUALLY HAS A PRETTY NORMAL LIFE. HE LIVES IN AN IHC FLAT, GOES TO CHURCH ONCE A WEEK AND SPENDS MONDAY TO FRIDAY AT THIS IDEA SERVICES FACILITY. I WORK HERE. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. HIS BROTHER DAVID IS STILL ALONGSIDE HIM. I LIKE DANCING. DO YOU? > YES. DISCO. NO, THE RADIO. SO I DECIDED TO GRAB A CAMERA AND SPEND A DAY WITH JOHN. WHAT DO CHIPS COST? AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S AN EXPENSIVE EXERCISE. FIRST HE WANTED SOME BREAKFAST CHIPS,... YOU GET COKE. ...THEN SOMETHING TO WASH THEM DOWN, SOME BATTERIES,... REALLY UNDERWAY WITH THE... YEAH, IT'S GOING. ...AND FINALLY SUNGLASSES. THOSE ARE WHAT I WANT. IT'S GETTING AN EXPENSIVE DAY. TRUTH IS I COULDN'T SAY NO TO HIM. WHO COULD? THAT'S MY FRIEND. WHAT I ALSO FOUND IS THIS IS REALLY A STORY ABOUT COMMUNITY ` YOU KNOW, LOOKING AFTER EACH OTHER. IN 40-ODD YEARS WALKING THE STREETS, JOHN TRUEMAN HAS NEVER BEEN IN HARM'S WAY. AND, IN FACT, I THINK SOMETIMES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PROTECT HIM. IRONICALLY, JOHN TRUEMAN MAY BE WORLD FAMOUS IN RICCARTON MALL, BUT HE'S CERTAINLY GOT ROOM FOR SOME COMPANY IN HIS LIFE. I'M LONELY. YOU'RE LONELY? SO HE'S GOT ALL THESE NORMAL LONGINGS. AND WHAT DOESN'T HELP IS HIS BROTHER HAS A GIRLFRIEND, WENDY, AND JOHN DOES NOT HAVE ANYONE. YOU KNOW, HIS FEELINGS ARE JUST AS VALID AS THE REST OF US. IS IT STILL SUMMER? HENCE HE GOES TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, WHERE HE'S NOT ALONE. ALWAYS CALLED HIM RADIO RON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY ASSUMED THAT WAS HIS NAME. TODAY I FOUND OUT HIS NAME IS JOHN, NOT RON. HELLO. TAKE AWAY THE WIRELESS AND THE WALKING AND JOHN TRUEMAN IS JUST LIKE US, REALLY. HE WANTS A WIFE, A PARTNER, SOMEONE TO LOVE, SOMEONE TO LOVE HIM. HE HAS A FULL LIFE. YOU KNOW, HE ISN'T JUST THAT MAN THAN RUNS OR WALKS EVERYWHERE WITH THE RADIO GOING, MAKING NOISES. RADIO RON FROM CHRISTCHURCH AND SPEEDY FROM DUNEDIN AREN'T OUR ONLY HOMETOWN HEROES. ACCORDING TO TWITTER, HAMILTON HAS KAHU AND BOBBY DAZZLER; HASTINGS HAS STRIPEY SOCKS AND MARATHON WALKING LADY; PALMERSTON NORTH HAS NAKED PIE MAN; AND AUCKLAND, OF COURSE, HAS LEN BROWN. I'm sure his family says nice things about him too SEE YOU TOMORROW, 7 SHARP. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.