ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND CONOR WHITTEN. 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. HI. WELCOME TO THE SHOW ON WHAT COULD BE THE START OF A BIT OF A MIXED 24 HOURS FOR SOME CATHOLICS IN NZ. WHILE THE FAITHFUL WAIT FOR HOLY SMOKE TO SIGNAL THE NEXT POPE IN ROME, HERE IN NZ THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE BILL IS JUST A STEP AWAY FROM REALITY TONIGHT IN PARLIAMENT. TONIGHT WE FIND OUT WHAT FORMER BLACK FERN, MP, GAY PERSON AND INDEED THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL LOUISA WALL IS REALLY LIKE. WE'RE JUST NORMAL NZERS. WE PAY OUR TAXES, WE PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WE WANT TO BE TREATED, YOU KNOW, EQUALLY. NOW THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS THIS WEEK SINCE JAPAN WAS CHANGED FOREVER IN JUST A FEW HOURS BY A TSUNAMI. SO WHAT LESSONS, IF ANY, HAVE WE LEARNT FROM THAT? I HEAD TO WELLINGTON TO TALK ABOUT BLUE LINES AND THE ONE THING YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER DO IF A WAVE HEADS HERE. MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIDN'T MAKE IT WHEN THEY COULD'VE JUST WALKED UP A HILL AND BEEN IN PLENTY OF SAFETY. AND LIKE AN UNWELCOME GUEST THAT JUST WON'T GET THE HINT TO LEAVE, THE DROUGHT IS NOW SPREADING ITS ANNOYING DRYNESS FURTHER AFIELD. IT'S NO LONGER JUST A HEADACHE FOR THE FARMERS. TODAY WELLINGTON HAS BEEN TOLD IT HAS JUST 20 DAYS OF WATER LEFT. YES, TIME TO START DRINKING SHORT BLACKS, PEOPLE. WE'RE LIVE IN WELLINGTON WITH THE LATEST. AND IN AUCKLAND, WE DECIDE IT'S TIME TO UNLEASH THE DROUGHT POLICE. THE LAND IS DRY, YOU SELFISH SWINES. DROP THE WATERING CAN. WHAT ABOUT THE FARMERS? WE'RE SHUTTING THIS DOWN. WHERE'S THE TAP? IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT PARLIAMENT WILL VOTE ON WHETHER NZERS OF THE SAME SEX CAN MARRY EACH OTHER. THE SECOND READING OF THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY IN ABOUT AN HOUR. AND IF IT PASSES, IT'LL BE A BIG MOMENT FOR THE MP WHO SPONSORED IT. YES, AND A PERSONAL WIN FOR HER AS WELL. ALI SPENT THE MORNING WITH LOUISA WALL AND HER PARTNER PRUE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S MOTIVATED HER TO TAKE ON THE BATTLE. IS THIS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE? IT IS FOR ME, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY IT'S A CITIZENSHIP ISSUE. AND ARE WE ALL EQUAL PEOPLE? LOUISA WALL HAS FOUGHT FOR HER COUNTRY ON THE FIELD, AND NOW SHE IS FIGHTING FOR HER COMMUNITY IN PARLIAMENT. WHY DO WE TOLERATE THE STATE...? HER RISE FROM UNKNOWN LABOUR LIST MP TO POLITICAL PLAYER HAS BEEN RAPID, AND IT'S ALL BEEN THANKS TO THAT MEMBER'S BILL. ACTUALLY, THAT' WHAT THIS BILL IS ALL ABOUT ` GIVING PEOPLE THE SAME CHOICE. SO AT THE MOMENT, IF YOU'RE A HETEROSEXUAL COUPLE, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF A MARRIAGE OR A CIVIL UNION OR TO LIVE AS A DE FACTO COUPLE. AND SO THIS WILL GIVE PEOPLE WHO LOVE EACH OTHER, WHO WANT TO CREATE A FAMILY TOGETHER, A CHOICE TO BE MARRIED. LOUISA HAS BEEN OPENLY GAY SINCE 1998, WHEN SHE CAME OUT QUITE PUBLICLY. I WENT WITH THE BLACK FERNS TO THE FIRST OFFICIAL WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP, AND I WAS ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE RUGBY NEWS. SO... JUST WROTE 'PARTNER'. WASN'T PRUE THEN, UNFORTUNATELY. 'MICHELLE'. AND THAT'S HOW I CAME OUT, BEING HONEST. BUT THERE ARE STILL THOSE WHO STRUGGLE TO GET THEIR HEAD AROUND WHAT ELSE SHE IS ` A COMMITTED WIFE IN A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP LIVING A NORMAL FAMILY LIFE. MY CHILDREN WERE A LITTLE BIT OLDER WHEN LOU AND I GOT TOGETHER, SO THEY WERE... SHE'S BEEN EXPOSED TO... (CHUCKLES) TO THE VAGARIES OF TEENAGE CHILDREN FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS. FOR PRUE AND I, WE'RE JUST NORMAL NZERS. WE PAY OUR TAXES, WE HAVE GOT DIFFERENT JOBS; I'M AN MP, PRUE'S A LAWYER. WE PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WE WANT TO BE TREATED EQUALLY. NATURALLY, LOUISA'S BILL HAS HAD ITS HIGH-PROFILE CRITICS. THE SENSIBLE SENTENCING TRUST'S GARTH MCVICAR MADE UNFOUNDED CLAIMS THAT A CHANGE IN THE LAW WOULD LEAD TO A RISE IN CRIME. BOB MCCOSKERIE FROM FAMILY FIRST, A DOGGED OPPONENT OF ANY CHANGE TO MARRIAGE LAWS, DECIDED POLYGAMY WOULD BE NEXT ON THE AGENDA. IT'S THE SAME ARGUMENT FOR POLYGAMY. IRONICALLY, BOB'S FROM THE SAME MANUREWA NEIGHBOURHOOD AS LOUISA AND PRUE, AND THEY OFTEN CROSS PATHS ON THEIR MORNING WALK. THAT'S HIM THERE. HE OCCASIONALLY SAYS HELLO, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE PLEASANTRIES STOP. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THOSE PEOPLE? IF THEY CAN'T OPEN THEIR HEARTS ACTUALLY TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION AND ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION NOT BEING ABOUT THEM BUT BEING ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF NZER AND WANTING TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LOVE THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR ONE AND OTHER TO BE RECOGNISED, THEN IT'S THEIR LOSS. PACIFIC PERCUSSION MUSIC PLAYS WIN OR LOSE TONIGHT, LOUISA SAYS THE ISSUE DOESN'T END THERE. SHE HAS CONCERNS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NZ'S PACIFIC ISLAND COMMUNITY. IN THE ISLANDS ` AND I'LL USE SAMOA AND TONGA AS THE EXAMPLE ` IT'S STILL ILLEGAL TO BE HOMOSEXUAL. THEY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH A HOMOSEXUAL LAW REFORM. SO IF WE THINK THEN THEY'RE MAYBE 26 YEARS BEHIND WHERE WE ARE NOW, MARRIAGE EQUALITY ISN'T EVEN A THOUGHT PATTERN. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A QUANTUM LEAP TO GO FROM, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO, 'OH, AND THEY WANT TO GET MARRIED?' I'VE HAD A YOUNG MAN TALK TO ME AT THE MANUREWA MARKET STRUGGLING. WHO DO YOU TALK TO? YEAH, IT'S DIFFICULT, BECAUSE WHO DO YOU TALK TO IF YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PARENTS HAVE GOT A PROBLEM, THAT YOUR CHURCH HAS GOT A PROBLEM? AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY YOUNG GAY PEOPLE'S STRUGGLES END IN SUICIDE. I WORRY ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GET BULLIED, YEAH, WHO UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T GOT THE SUPPORT THEY REQUIRE. I WORRY ABOUT THE HIGH RATE OF YOUTH SUICIDE, AND UNDERLYING ALL OF THAT IS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ACCEPTED TO BE WHO THEY ARE AND ARE ABLE TO EXPLORE THEIR SEXUALITY IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE WAY. YEAH, NO, THIS ISN'T THE END. ARE YOU NERVOUS? UM, AM I NERVOUS? I'M... I GUESS I AM, BECAUSE THE SECOND READING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. If it goes through tonight, people can't get married tomorrow. We should have a final decision by mid April. That means four months for the government to change the forms you need to fill in. As far as adopting goes, once you're married with a spouse, it's all go. If this goes through, it changes the adoption act as well, because the act uses the word spouse. A lot of people are still against this. Have you noticed any change of attitude as this has gone closer to being a fait accompli? People hold these beliefs because of deep-seated personal beliefs. They deserve a hearing as well. We need to be respectful to everyone. Even those who hold an opposing view. There are silly. You and I are straight and we presented it. It was a profile piece. I wish showing them how they are in their family life. Someone in the office asked me to take a careful look at this. She had to take into account people's beliefs. It appears that opponents are genuinely afraid of the changing of the law because they think it will lead to a redefining Of marriage to polygamous marriages and incestuous marriages. The old slippery slope argument. If you want to see some firmly held beliefs, check out our Facebook page, which has been going nuts. It can get a little personal. It is an interesting read. How about a little tolerance out there, our producer just said in our ear. NOW YOUR FYI. AND IN OTHER POLL NEWS TONIGHT, HAMILTON'S WELLINGTON STREET BEACH ON THE WAIKATO RIVER HAS BEEN NAMED NZ'S BEST INLAND BEACH IN A POLL ANNOUNCED TODAY. THE BEACH BEAT OUT SUCH OTHER CONTENDERS AS THE HUNTLY POWER STATION BARGE RAMP, THE WANGANUI KFC CAR PARK PUDDLE AND THE ASHBURTON EFFLUENT POND INLET TO TAKE THE TITLE. CONGRATULATIONS HAMILTON! I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN YOU. AFTER THE BREAK ` WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH WATER ALL AT ONCE. ADVICE THAT COULD SAVE YOU IN A TSUNAMI. I'M JEHAN CASINADER KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WEATHER IN WELLINGTON. Where we complain about wind and now about how it's too sunny HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S TWO YEARS SINCE WE WATCHED IN HORROR AS A MASSIVE TSUNAMI ROLLED ON TO THE SHORE OF JAPAN. THE SURGING WATER KILLED ALMOST 4000 PEOPLE AND CAUSED DAMAGE WHICH IS STILL BEING REPAIRED. SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW A SIMILAR WAVE WAS HEADING HERE? WHILE PANIC AND DRIVING UP THE NEAREST HILL ON A FOOTPATH IS ONE IDEA, IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST AS I FOUND OUT. THE 2004 BOXING DAY TSUNAMI KILLED 230,000 PEOPLE AND CAUSED UNIMAGINABLE DEVASTATION, WHILE IN 2011 JAPAN WAS HIT, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND ALL, BY A MASSIVE TSUNAMI. IN SHORT, WE KNOW WHAT A TSUNAMI CAN DO, AND IN THEORY, WHAT WE'D DO IF ONE CAME HERE. UP A HILL. YEAH, RIGHT UP A HILL. WELL, I LIVE ON A HILL, SO I'D BE SOMEWHAT FORTUNATE. I'D GRAB MY EMERGENCY KIT AND HOLE MYSELF UP UNTIL THE DEVASTATION HAD BECOME APPARENT. IF I WAS AT SCHOOL, I'D PROBABLY RUN BACK UP HOME COS I LIVE IN NORTHLAND, SO RIGHT UP ON A HILL. AH, BUT THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL. THERE ARE TWO TSUNAMI SCENARIOS FOR NZ ` ONE NEAR AND ONE VERY UN-NEAR. WE'LL GET TO THE FURTHER-OFF ONE A LITTLE LATER. FIRST, THAT CLOSE ONE. AND WHEN I SAY CLOSE, I MEAN CLOSE. WELL, WELLINGTON IS AT RISK FROM THE BIGGEST TSUNAMI FROM THE PLATE BOUNDARY FAULT RIGHT OFFSHORE OF THE NORTH ISLAND HERE. SO IF WE GET AN EARTHQUAKE ON THAT FAULT LINE, WE CAN EXPECT A TSUNAMI IN AS LITTLE AS 12 MINUTES 12 MINUTES ` AN ETERNITY IF YOU'RE WAITING ON A PHONE; NOT SO MUCH IF A LARGE WAVE'S COMING AT YOU. SO FOR WELLINGTON, SOME THOUGHT AND BLUE PAINT HAVE CREATED A WORLD-FIRST AND SOMEWHERE FOR THE LOCALS TO GO. HERE'S THE POINTER TO THE SAFE BIT, AND HERE... IS THE SAFE BIT. THE ONLY WARNING PEOPLE NEED AND WILL RECEIVE IS ACTUALLY THE EARTHQUAKE ITSELF, SO WE DON'T USE SIRENS IN THE WELLINGTON REGION IN THE EVENT OF A LOCAL POTENTIAL TSUNAMI AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE. OWHIRO BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL IS IN THE DANGER ZONE IF A TSUNAMI CAME, BUT RECKON THEY'VE GOT AN ESCAPE PLAN DOWN TO A FINE ART. WITH THE BLUE LINE` THE COMMUNITY GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE BLUE LINE PROJECT WITH THE WELLINGTON EMERGENCY OFFICE LAST YEAR, AND THEY DID THE GEOTECHNIC DRAWINGS OF WHERE THEY THINK THE WORST-CASE SCENARIOS, WE'VE NOW FOUND THAT IT'D BE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES TO GET OUR KIDS PAST THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM, ENOUGH ACCESS FOR ALL OF WELLINGTON TO GET ABOVE THAT ABOUT 35M WAVE? YEAH, IT'D BE THE POSSIBLE MAXIMUM RUN-UP HEIGHT OF UP TO 35M. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM IN THIS REGION FOR PEOPLE TO GET UP THOSE HILLS. 'AH. BUT HOW,' I HEAR YOU ASK. WELL, HERE IS HOW NOT. WHAT WAS REINFORCED, UNFORTUNATELY, OUT OF JAPAN, WAS THE FACT THAT IF PEOPLE HOP IN THEIR CAR, GRIDLOCK HAPPENS VERY VERY QUICKLY, AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE` MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T MAKE IT WHEN THEY COULD HAVE JUST LITERALLY JUST GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR AND WALKED UP A HILL AND BEEN IN PLENTY OF SAFETY. NOW, TO THAT SECOND TSUNAMI SCENARIO. BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE GLOBE, TSUNAMI FROM EARTHQUAKES IN CHILE AND PERU ARE A BIG DEAL FOR US. WE CAN GET METRES OR EVEN OVER 10M OF WAVE HEIGHT FROM A TSUNAMI GENERATED ESPECIALLY IN PERU. THAT'S A LONG WAY AWAY, THOUGH. PRESUMABLY THERE'S A LOT MORE WARNING. YOU CAN SEE THERE HOW MUCH` THIS IS OURS, YEAH? YEAH, SO THE DOWNSIDE IS WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO FEEL AN EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE, SO THERE'S NO NATURAL WARNING. BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAVEL TIME, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 TO 15 OR MORE HOURS BEFORE THE FIRST AND ESPECIALLY THE BIGGEST WAVE ARRIVES. NOW THERE ARE THREE FACTORS IN YOUR BASIC EARTHQUAKE AT SEA THAT WOULD CREATE A TSUNAMI SCENARIO ` FIRST OF ALL, THE MAGNITUDE. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE. SECONDLY, THE DEPTH OF THE QUAKE. THAT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY. BUT IT'S THAT THIRD ONE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE ONE THAT WOULD TAKE SCIENTISTS THE LONGEST TIME TO FIGURE OUT. THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS THE SHAPE OF THE EARTHQUAKE ALONG THE FAULT LINE. SO WHEN YOU GET A BIG EARTHQUAKE, A HUGE AMOUNT OF FAULT LINE ` HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES RUPTURE, AND IT CAN BE IN QUITE AN UNUSUAL CHARACTERISTIC EVERY TIME. AND WE JUST CAN'T CALCULATE THAT STRAIGHTAWAY AFTER THERE'S BEEN AN EARTHQUAKE. SO IT MEANS WE CAN'T BE SURE WHAT KIND OF TSUNAMI AND HOW BIG A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED. PEOPLE SHOUT GET IN! GET IN! GET IN! IS THERE ENOUGH HIGH GROUND FOR ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE SAFE IF YOUR WORST ONE DOES COME ROLLING DOWN FROM CHILE? WELL, IT'S REALLY SITE-SPECIFIC, BUT, IN GENERAL, YES. OUR LANDSCAPES ARE ACTUALLY QUITE SIMILAR TO JAPAN. AND WE WERE OVER THERE LOOKING AT HOW THEY RESPONDED IN 2011, AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF HIGH GROUND OR GROUND INLAND. SO FAR ENOUGH INLAND IS ALSO SAFE. THE KEY THING IS GETTING THERE IN TIME. SO THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS, IF YOU'RE FEELING A LARGE, LONG OR STRONG EARTHQUAKE, TO NOT WAIT TO MOVE FAR INLAND IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU WANT MORE INFO ON WHAT TO DO, HEAD TO FACEBOOK, AND CIVIL DEFENCE HAS THIS PAGE TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NOW THE PAPAL VOTE HAS THE WORLD'S MEDIA ALL FOCUSED, WATCHING ONE VERY SMALL CHIMNEY. AND EVERYONE'S KEEN TO BE FIRST WITH THE NEWS. JESSE'S GOT THE LOWDOWN. YEAH, THERE WERE RED FACES IN THE RADIOLIVE NEWSROOM TODAY WHEN SOMEONE GOT EXCITED SEEING SMOKE AND TWEETED THIS... BUZZ! SO FOR THEM AND ANYONE WHO'S STILL CONFUSED, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ` WHITE SMOKE MEANS 'POPE'; BLACK SMOKE MEANS 'NO POPE', AND GREEN SMOKE MEANS DOPE. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY SEE TOO MUCH GREEN SMOKE AT THE VATICAN, BUT, HEY, IF THEY'RE LOOSE ENOUGH TO GIVE THE TOP JOB TO A SOUTH AMERICAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD BE NEXT, RIGHT? AND BY THE WAY, QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THESE CATHOLIC WOMEN WHO ARE BURNING PINK SMOKE IN THE VATICAN TODAY TO PROTEST THE FACT THAT WOMEN CAN'T BE PRIESTS. PINK SMOKE, SCARLET ROBES, PUFFY SHIRTS ` AND THEY SAY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ISN'T GAY ENOUGH. AFTER THE BREAK ` IS AUCKLAND DOING ITS BIT IN THE FACE OF A DROUGHT? WE SENT THE FRED AND BARNEY OF OUR OFFICE OUT TO FIND OUT. AND I'M IN WELLINGTON IT'S STILL DRY HERE BUT WE ARE PUTTING EVERY RESOURCE INTO THIS It'll be your chance to personally own a part of one of NZ's largest electricity companies. To indicate your interest, pre-register now and you'll receive your share offer document when it's available. NZers who pre-register may be allocated up to 25% more shares than those who don't. Pre-registering does not commit you to buy. So visit mightyrivershares.govt.nz or call 0800 90 30 90 and get ready to share in it. IT'S BEEN ALL ABOUT THE DROUGHT THIS WEEK, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HITTING NOT JUST FARMERS BUT ALSO OUR BIGGEST CITIES. WELLINGTONIANS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEIR WATER SUPPLIES ARE IN DIRE STRAITS. JEHAN CASINADER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE HUTT RIVER, LITERALLY. UM, JEHAN, ISN'T THAT WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER?! You are right. Me standing in the river will not turn into the Ganges. A lot of families bring their kids down here. It is at a low level. We have not had decent rainfall here for about a month. There is usually about 5000 L. Now it is 1300 L a minute. In about 20 days' time we could run out of water and Wellington could begin drought. AND THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GET ITS MESSAGE OUT THERE TOO. WHAT ARE THEY ADVISING PEOPLE TO DO? Wellingtonions had not noticed much. People are wearing black and hoping to store the energy into winter. A water shortage will affect your hot beverage market. Milk prices could be affected because of the impact on dairy. When you cynical townies like me who can't get cup of coffee, you know it is not just farmers being affected. It is the whole of NZ. NOW, SOMEONE'S POINTED OUT THAT THE BEST WAY TO BREAK A DROUGHT IS TO HOST A CRICKET TEST. AND LO AND BEHOLD, ENGLAND LINES UP AGAINST THE KIWIS TOMORROW. JEHAN, IS RELIEF ON THE WAY? We may not get rain till Sunday. One of the suggestions is to put a brick in your toilet. Not in the toilet, but in the system. You could shower with a mate. If you are Nigel no mates, you will have a little bit of trouble. If we each managed to save 30 L of water a day, we may have enough water until April. That is not exactly comfort, but if we flush the toilet six times less each day, we will have enough water until April. But Do we all go to the toilet six times a day? That is some hard-core toilet visits. AUCKLANDERS HAVE NOT FELT THE EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT THANKS TO THE WAIKATO RIVER INTAKE PIPELINE, BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY DID? WE SENT TWO MEN ON A MISSION TO ENCOURAGE SOME EMPATHY FOR WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH. BEASTIE BOYS' 'SABOTAGE' DROP THE WATERING CAN! DROP THE WATERING CAN! PUT A KNOT ON IT. THAT'S RIGHT. THE LAND IS DRY, YOU SELFISH SWINES. # I CAN'T STAND IT. I KNOW YOU PLANNED IT. I THOUGHT I'D SNEAK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHILE THERE'S NO ONE AROUND. WATER DOESN'T GROW ON TREES, MATE. DROP THE HOSE, NICE OLD LADY. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S A FARMER, AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO SEE THIS, REALLY. WE'LL ABSOLUTELY... IT'S NOT IN THE SHOW. OI, OI, LOOK OUT. SHE'S GOING ROGUE. I'M JUST WATERING MY GARDEN. I DIDN'T REALISE` I'VE HEARD ENOUGH. NO SECOND CHANCES, LOVE. # SABOTAGE! ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY OUT OF THE WATER. WE'RE SHUTTING THIS DOWN. WHAT ABOUT THE FARMERS? STOP SUNBATHING. WHERE DO WE TURN THIS OFF? WHERE'S THE TAP? MAYBE THE FARMERS SHOULD BRING THE COWS HERE. STAY AWAY FROM THE WATER. IT'S FOR THE FARMERS, MATE. YOU REALISE THE FARMERS NEED THE WATER AND YOU'RE...? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU, LADY. YOU GUYS! WE CAN WALK ROUND THIS THING ALL DAY. DO YOU GUYS RECYCLE YOUR WATER? KEEP IT SEEMLY. THAT KID LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN. GET HIS FEET WET AND TAKE HIM HOME. THE FARMS ARE PARCHED. SO WE ALL HAVE TO DO THE RAIN DANCE. THAT COULD BE THE ANSWER. RAIN DANCE. # I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU NOW. IT'S SABOTAGE. # MUSIC CONTINUES DROUGHT POLICE. Imagine hiring a couple of strippers for your hens' party and they turn up! WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED NEXT TOMORROW NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013