ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW 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. KIA ORA. TONIGHT, ARE YOU PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A $7B TAX-EVASION SCHEME? WELL, IF YOU'VE EVER OFFERED OR ACCEPTED A CASH PRICE FOR A JOB, THEN, IN THE EYES OF THE IRD, YOU JUST MIGHT BE. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE KIWI VERSION OF THE BLACK MARKET IS FLOURISHING IN HARD TIMES. OF THE EIGHT TRADESMEN WE APPROACHED, HOW MANY DO YOU THINK WERE PREPARED TO BE PAID UNDER THE TABLE? AND WHAT IS THE REAL COST OF THAT CASH JOB? BUT YOU'RE OK WITH IT? THEY'RE CHEATING ALL NZERS, AND IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT? ALSO TONIGHT, APPARENTLY WE MISSED IT SO TERRIBLY MUCH WHEN IT WAS GONE, BUT WAS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MARMITE A GENUINE PROBLEM OR JUST SOME PR GENIUS? TONIGHT WE DISCOVER THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THE BELOVED BLACK STUFF AS WE THINK WE DO. TASTES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S GOT THE TANG TO IT. AND, FIRST IT WAS INDOOR CRICKET, THEN IT WAS DRAGON-BOATING ` NOW IT'S WAKA AMA. THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN WAKA AMA ARE HIGH-ATTENDERS, ACHIEVING IN SCHOOL. IT ALL FITS TOGETHER. IT'S JUST A PERFECT MATCH. THE HAWAIIAN CANOEING CRAZE THAT'S GETTING ADULTS ON TO THE WATER AND KIDS OFF THE STREETS. IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. RIGHTO, CONFESSION TIME. HANDS UP WHO'S PAID CASH TO GET A DISCOUNT ON A JOB KNOWING THE TAX MAN PROBABLY WASN'T GOING TO GET HIS SHARE? WELL, I'VE DONE IT. AND SO HAVE I. BUT HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING THE COUNTRY, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THE JOB'S NOT UP TO SCRATCH? IN THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES, THEY RECKON THE CASH ECONOMY IS ON THE UP. SO WE ASKED MATT CHISHOLM TO TEST THE MARKET. ROUGH-AND-READY MUSIC WE KIWIS ARE BIG ON OUR DIY, AND WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE JOB DONE, IT SEEMS UNDER THE TABLE WORK IS PART OF OUR DNA. ARE YOU DOING A FEW CASHIES? YOU DO A FEW CASHIES? YOU SEE, WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH ON THE BUILDING SITE, THEY RECKON CASH IS KING. WORK IS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL WE'VE SEEN IN FIVE YEARS. SO ANY ADVANTAGE TO TRY AND GET THAT BIT OF MONEY IN THE DOOR, YOU CAN INTUITIVELY SEE WHY THAT COULD BE THE CASE. BOTH LAUGH IN A BROWN ENVELOPE? I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU IN A BROWN ENVELOPE. (LAUGHS) IT'S ALL ABOUT CUTTING COSTS TO SECURE WORK, NAMELY FIRING THE BIRD AT THE TAX MAN ` SOMETHING WE HEAR WAS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN. SO WE THOUGHT WE'D PUT IT TO A TEST, AND ARRANGED FOR EIGHT TILERS TO PRICE A JOB AT THIS AUCKLAND PROPERTY WITH HIDDEN CAMERAS AT THE READY. FRONT ENTRANCE, TOILET AND KITCHEN. THE RESULTS WERE OVERWHELMING. WHY? YOU'RE DOING TOO MANY CASHIES? WHY ARE YOU DOING SO MANY CASHIES? NO WONDER THE BEAN COUNTER IS UPSET. THIS BLOKE EVEN OFFERS MATES RATES ON HIS BUSINESS CARD. HOW MUCH OF YOUR WORK IS CASH JOBS AT THE MOMENT? REALLY? HOW MANY TILERS DO YOU THINK WERE UP FOR DOING A CASHIE? I WOULD HOPE THAT ONLY ONE OR TWO OF THEM WOULD DO A CASH JOB. WELL, FIRSTLY, EVERY TILER WE ASKED TO PRICE THE JOB TURNED UP. AND IF THAT WASN'T AMAZING ENOUGH, ALL OF THEM ` THAT'S EIGHT FROM EIGHT ` WERE PREPARED TO DO IT FOR CASH. ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, THOUGH? OK. AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE FOLDIE STUFF? THE RED ONES? WHAT ABOUT IF I TOLD YOU THAT ALL EIGHT OF THOSE EIGHT TILERS SAID, 'YEP, HAPPY TO DO A CASHIE'? I'D BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. WHEREVER THERE'S A DEMAND AND WHEREVER THERE'S TAXES TO PAY, PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY AROUND IT. JUST BECAUSE A JOB IS CASH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN TO SAY IT'S NOT BEING DECLARED AND NOT LEGAL. THE FIRST THING THEY SAY IS 'WE'LL KNOCK OFF THE GST', IT'S A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE BOOKS, ISN'T IT? YOU'VE GOTTA THINK THAT, DON'T YOU? WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ASSUME FROM THAT SORT OF DISCUSSION? ANOTHER DISCUSSION WE SHOULD BE HAVING ` WHAT'S OUR TAX DEPARTMENT DOING TO STOP THIS? WE'VE GOT A RANGE OF AUDIT ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. AS I SAID, EIGHT OUT OF EIGHT TILERS WERE UP FOR DOING A CASHIE. DO YOU THINK THE TILERS ARE READING THE EDUCATION MATERIAL? IF THEY AREN'T READING OUR EDUCATION MATERIAL, THEN THEY DO TAKE A RISK. AND IF CAUGHT, THEY COULD BE HIT WITH A $50,000 FINE OR A TWO-YEAR STINT IN THE BIG HOUSE. AND WHILE THIS MIGHT BE JUST A SMALL JOB,... BUT YOU'RE OK WITH IT? ...TAX EVASION LIKE THIS IS ESTIMATED TO COST THE GOVERNMENT MORE THAN $7B A YEAR. THAT'S NEARLY HALF OF OUR HEALTH BUDGET. THEY'RE THUMBING THEIR NOSE AT THE SYSTEM, AREN'T THEY, REALLY? AND IT'S NOT FAIR ON THOSE LEGITIMATE COMPANIES WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT ` PAYING THEIR PEOPLE CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, PAYING THEIR TAX AND PAYING THEIR WAY. THEY'RE REALLY UNDERMINING THEIR ABILITY TO EARN A LIVING. THEY'RE CHEATING ALL NZERS, AND IS THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT? WELL, NO, BUT LET'S BE HONEST, IF THAT EVEN MAKES SENSE IN THIS SITUATION, EVERYONE LOVES A BARGAIN, AND A 25% DISCOUNT FOR CASH IS NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT. SEE YA. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. THE CONSUMER'S GOTTA THINK BEYOND HIS POCKET, REALLY. VERY HARD TO GO BACK TO THE GUY YOU PAID A CASH JOB FOR IF THE JOB ISN'T UP TO STANDARD. WHERE'S YOUR INVOICE? WHERE'S YOUR TAX INVOICE? THESE KIND OF THINGS SHOULD START TO ALERT YOU AS A CONSUMER THAT MAYBE SOMETHING'S NOT QUITE 100% RIGHT HERE. TELL US ABOUT IT. BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT IT. THEY WANNA SAVE 500 BUCKS SO THEY CAN SPEND IT ON JOEY'S SWIMMING LESSONS OR... BUT EVERY TIME YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ROBBING THE GOVERNMENT OF REVENUE. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT EVERY CITIZEN TAKING OWNERSHIP AND SAYING, 'ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT AN OBLIGATION ` 'A MORAL ONE AND A SOCIAL ONE ` TO DO THE RIGHT THING.' WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT ANY OF THOSE TILERS ARE AVOIDING PAYING TAX. THEY MAY WELL BE PLAYING FAIR AND SQUARE COME THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR. JOINING US IS A MAN Also, plenty of big businesses avoid tax too. JOINING US IS A MAN WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT CASH JOBS AND THE PITFALLS THEREIN ` VETERAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS ADVOCATE AND FORMER FAIR GO HOST KEVIN MILNE. Is anyone doing anything illegal here? Probably. We don't have any proof. But I wouldn't mind betting that one or two of them are. Something like a tiler or a painter, you have no comeback. Someone like an electrician or plumber, it could all go horribly wrong and not have a leg to stand on. I've had the opportunity to do those sorts of deals at every level of the trade the area. A lot of consumers themselves are trying to get those deals. So let's not just blame the tradies. A lot of these guys are perfectly good people actually. Back in the days when we used to drink drive in the 70s, were all pretty good people What we need is a campaign to alert people to the fact that this was ruining the country. Our lifestyle could be better if everybody paid their share. A lot of the time this deal is done at the instigation of the consumer. Exactly. Let's not blame the tradie. What brasses me off as a statement like 'let's not pay this to the government.' That money goes to our hospitals and roads and keeps a cap on our loans that kids at university. A lot of people would agree that paying tax is the right thing, but If it comes to a choice between doing the right thing and saving money, do we have any hope of changing behaviour? You have to go for the hearts and minds of NZers. A big TV campaign that will make these people look stupid and greedy. The tone on Facebook has been defensive. Susan reckons plenty of toffs make money in the country and don't pay taxes why should Joe Bloggs? That is a crazy argument. Both should be paying tax. We can't say that just because the wealthy are getting away from it, I shouldn't have to pay either. IRD are tracking down wealthier non-payers. Did I hear $7b? Gosh, we could do a lot with that in our hospitals. Eight tradies in Matt's house. How can you police that? Multiply it by hundreds. It has to come to the minds and hearts of people who are basically damned good people. If something goes wrong, you have nothing to back you up. Is that a way to change behaviour To some extent. But I think a better way is to show what's going to happen if they need heart operation and don't have insurance. And what happens when kids are paying 60,000 bucks to pay off their student loans. That simpler than worrying about whether you can come back at the end of the contract. WE'RE RUNNING A POLL ON CASH JOBS. THE QUESTION: WOULD YOU PAY A TRADIE UNDER THE TABLE? SEND IN YOUR ANSWER, OPTION A OR B, TO THE PLACES AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN NOW. AFTER THE BREAK, NEVER BEFORE HAS A BREAD SPREAD RECEIVED QUITE SO MUCH FANFARE. DID WE REALLY MISS IT THAT MUCH? AND HUNTLY'S OFTEN THE PUNCH LINE IN DIGS ABOUT SMALL TOWNS, BUT NOW IT'S RISEN FAST IN A FAST-RISING SPORT. A REAL TREAT, COMING UP SOON. IF YOU BELIEVE THE SPIN, THE WORLD ALMOST TIPPED OFF ITS AXIS, PLANETS REALIGNED AND THE SUN REFUSED TO SHINE ` ALL BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF MARMITE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE FOLK WHO MAKE THE STUFF TOLD US, AND WHAT A LOT OF THE MEDIA CHURNED OUT. SO TIM WILSON AND DEAN BUTLER PLAYED A TRICK ON FANS OF THE LONG-LOST SPREAD TO FIND OUT, IF WE TOLD THEM IT WAS MARMITE AND ACTUALLY FED THEM VEGEMITE, WOULD THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? THREE, TWO, ONE... SO, MARMITE'S BACK. BUT FOR THOSE MARMITE-LOVERS, HAS ABSENCE MADE THEIR TASTE BUDS FONDER... OR FORGETFUL? AC/DC'S 'BACK IN BLACK' CRACKERS. AND, TO COMPLETE THE MARMITE EXPERIMENT... SO, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? BUTLER? YEAH. YOU'RE THE BUTLER. AW. THE WHO'S 'WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN' GOOD LORD. THE WHOLE THING? (LAUGHS) RUSSIA. WHAT DO THEY PUT ON BREAD IN RUSSIA? BUTTER. BUTTER? AND CAVIAR. REPORTERS: AND CAVIAR?! DOES THIS LOOK LIKE CAVIAR? NOPE. TASTES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. GO. WHAT ARE YOU TASTING? VEGEMITE. IT'S VEGEMITE. ALL MURMUR AGREEMENT IT'S GOT THE TANG TO IT. SO, WHAT MAKES A REAL MARMITE-LOVER, YOU RECKON? I DON'T KNOW. JUST TASTE. YOU CAN TASTE IT. YOU LIKE THE TASTE. THAT'S NOT MARMITE. WHAT?! IT'S NOT MARMITE. UH-OH. MARMITE. YOU SURE? OH, COME ON. IT TASTES LIKE THE OLD MARMITE. THIS IS WHAT IT WAS. OH MY GOD. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE EATING. WELL, I'D LOVE TO TAKE ONE WITH ME. YOU HAD VEGEMITE? SORRY, LADIES. THAT'S WHAT WE PUT ON THE BISCUITS. AW. AW! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? ROTTEN TRICK! IS IT ROTTEN? THAT'S CRAZY. YOU'RE NOT GONNA KILL ME, ARE YOU? I DON'T... OH. (CHUCKLES) OH, IT'S AUSTRALIAN. (LAUGHS) HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? NOT TOO BAD, REALLY. 'NOT TOO...'? THAT'S THE WRONG ANSWER FOR THIS COUNTRY. WELL, I'M ENGLISH. I LOVE AUSTRALIA. I LOVE AUSTRALIANS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT NATION. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS GUY. BUTLER, COME ON. ENOUGH OF THAT. SO, WE'VE LIED, WE'VE CHEATED, WE'VE DECEIVED GOOD PEOPLE. THERE'S ONLY ONE HONOURABLE COURSE. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DO. # WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN. # NO, NO. # The Who and AC/DC - nice IN A WAY, IT WAS A PERFECT STORM FOR PR. THE ORIGINAL REASON WAS BECAUSE THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKE STOPPED PRODUCTION. THEN THERE WAS PATRIOTISM ABOUT MARMITE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A KIWI THING. Sanitarium didn't even seem to be managing the whole thing themselves. That was consumer led, as far as I can see. Once they cleverly realised they could pick up that ball and run with it. Even Graham Henry in the ad. They kept the ball rolling. Someone came up with Marmageddon. We're doing a story on a story on a story. You must have seen a few of these things. My regret is they've never had the same sort of thing for hokey pokey chocolate bombs. In the old days, you used to those Hokey pokey ice cream inside. Gorgeous gooey hokey pokey. The most marvellous confectionery. I would vote for that before the Chocoade biscuit. Marmite, vegemite ` no. Not for me at all. WELL, THIS MARMITE CAMPAIGN WILL PROBABLY JOIN THE PR HALL OF FAME. JESSE, WHO WORKED IN PR FOR A FEW YEARS, GOES OVER SOME OF THE SPIN INDUSTRY'S OTHER HIGHS AND LOWS. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT PR STUNT FROM MARMITE, BUT WAS IT THE BEST OF ALL TIME? REMEMBER WHEN KFC MADE THE LOGO YOU COULD SEE FROM SPACE? OR WHEN THE SIMPSONS PEOPLE DREW THIS ON AN ENGLISH HILLSIDE? HARRODS GOT WORLDWIDE PUBLICITY WHEN THEY GIFT-WRAPPED A HELICOPTER. OR WHAT ABOUT WHEN BRITISH AIRWAYS COULDN'T GET THE LONDON EYE UP ON SCHEDULE? LUCKILY VIRGIN'S RICHARD BRANSON WAS STANDING BY WITH AN AIRSHIP TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT... AND THEN WE HAVE ARGUABLY THE WORST AND BEST AND PR STUNTS OF ALL TIME. YES, PONTIAC GAVE AWAY 300 NEW CARS ON OPRAH. BUT DID YOU KNOW SHE FORGOT TO SAY THE WORD PONTIAC DURING THE GIVEAWAY? WITHIN A FEW YEARS, PONTIAC HAD GONE UNDER AND THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS EACH OWED $7000 IN PRIZE TAX. AND THE BEST OF THE BEST? GOTTA BE FELIX BAUMGARTNER'S 39KM SKYDIVE FOR RED BULL. YEP, IF RED BULL DOES THE SAME THING TO HIM AS IT DOES TO ME, IT'S AROUND NOW HE'LL BE WISHING HE'D TAKEN A WEE BEFOREHAND. Thanks, Jesse. AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL CLOSE THE POLL ON CASH JOBS AND BRING YOU THE RESULTS. AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HUNTLY GRAB THEIR MOMENT IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WITH BOTH HANDS. WELCOME BACK. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE POLL WE'RE RUNNING ON CASH JOBS. WE ASKED IF YOU'D PAY A TRADIE UNDER THE TABLE. Kevin, that 19% is your base to start building your campaign on. I hope the rest will consider my points as they waiting in the queue for a heart operation. Is not just stopping money going into some big part in Wellington. At stopping NZers getting the services they need. One viewer says they are sick of competing with tradesmen who will do under the table cash jobs. Someone sent a tweet pointing out we should also point out Sanitarium don't pay tax in NZ. They admit they don't. They say they operate exclusively through charitable donations. We tied two stories together. Nice work. Thanks, Kevin. The pleasure was mine to see so many old friends. We made you start a campaign. FINALLY TONIGHT ` HUNTLY'S A GRITTY WORKING TOWN. IF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CAME FROM THERE, HE'D GET AT LEAST TWO ALBUMS OUT OF IT. BUT IT'S BEEN GIVEN PLENTY OF STICK. WELL, HUNTLY, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT TO SHINE, THANKS TO SOME OF YOUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS WHO'VE EMBRACED THE POLYNESIAN CANOEING SPORT OF WAKA AMA. MICHAEL HOLLAND FOLLOWED THE TEAM TO THE NATIONALS ON BLUE LAKE NEAR ROTORUA. LYRICAL GUITAR MUSIC HAPPILY TUCKED UP IN BED, THEY STILL COULD BE OBLIVIOUS TO THE WONDER, THE BEAUTY, OF THIS. AFTER ALL, THEY ARE TEENAGERS. LOOKING AT THE SUN RISE... NICE START TO THE DAY. BUT THESE PADDLERS ARE ON A VOYAGE OF SELF-DISCOVERY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO END ANY TIME SOON. I SAY THIS RESPECTFULLY, BUT WHEN DID HUNTLY COLLEGE LAST WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN ANYTHING? ALL: OH, NEVER. NOT JUST CHAMPIONS IN OUR SCHOOL, BUT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND THAT'S A FIRST. THAT'S A FIRST FOR HUNTLY IN OUR 60 YEARS. YIP, HUNTLY COLLEGE'S SIX-MAN WAKA AMA CREW CROWNED THE BEST IN THE LAND IN ONLY THEIR SECOND YEAR COMPETING. THERE WAS HEAPS OF STRONG TEAMS AND BIGGER BOYS THAN US THERE. WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO WIN. IT HELPS OUR KIDS FIND THEIR IDENTITY. THE SPORT IS VERY NATURAL TO THEM. AND HELPING MAKE THEM LOCAL IDENTITIES. THEY GOT PRINTED ON TO THE PHONE BOOK, THEIR PICTURE, THEIR PHOTO. NOT THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE, THE COVER OF THE PHONE BOOK? LAUGH: YEAH. BUT THAT SUCCESS OUT OF NOWHERE WAS LAST YEAR. THE NEXT EDITION OF THE PHONE BOOK'S UP FOR GRABS, AND OUR CHAMPION LADS ARE KEEN FOR SOME MORE DIRECTORY DECORATION AT THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL WAKA AMA CHAMPS ON ROTORUA'S BLUE LAKE... JUST WORKING AS A TEAM, COMMITTING AS A TEAM. WHEN I SAY EIGHT, YOU SAY TEE. EIGHT... TEE. THEY ARE PROUD TO BE WHO THEY ARE. THEY WEAR THEIR SHIRTS WITH PRIDE. WONDERFUL STUDENTS. JUST WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU CAN LINK IT DIRECTLY TO WAKA AMA. THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN WAKA AMA ARE HIGH ATTENDERS, ACHIEVING IN SCHOOL. IT ALL FITS TOGETHER. IT'S JUST THE PERFECT MATCH. HAS THIS KEPT YOU ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW? YEAH. YEAH, EVER SINCE IT STARTED, IT HAS KEPT ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK INSTEAD OF THAN THE WRONG TRACK. IF YOU WEREN'T DOING THIS, WHAT COULD YOU BE DOING? TAGGING ON WALLS, UM, DAMAGING PEOPLE'S HOUSES. JUST BEING A LITTLE BUGGER? YEAH. YEAH, IT'S NOT GOOD, THOUGH. NOW, THE BOYS SPECIALIST EVENT, THE TITLE THEY'RE DEFENDING, ISN'T UNTIL FRIDAY, BUT WE COULDN'T RESIST AN EARLY LOOK AT HUNTLY'S FORM IN OTHER EVENTS. AND IT'S NOT BAD ` AN IMPRESSIVE WIN IN THE MIXED 12-PERSON HEAT RACE, WE WON BY ABOUT 15M. A GOOD START TO THE DAY. ON TO THE SEMI-FINAL THEN... WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU CAME? OH, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, I RECKON. THERE WAS A LOT OF FAST TEAMS OUT THERE. BREAKING NEWS ` HUNTLY COLLEGE CAME THIRD. NICE! (GIGGLES) YOU ARE GOING TO THE FINAL, MY BOY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR SCHOOL'S REPUTATION? GIVING IT A GOOD NAME BY STAYING HUMBLE WHEN WE ACHIEVE SOMETHING AND SHOWING OUR SCHOOL WE ARE PRETTY TOUGH IN SPORTS AND LOVE IT. WAKA AMA IS REALLY GRASS ROOTS, AND OBVIOUSLY HUNTLY IS A GRASS ROOTS TOWN, AND SO IT DOES REALLY EPITOMISE WHAT THE SPORT IS ALL ABOUT. SO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF HUNTLY COLLEGE ARE TOUGH, BUT HUMBLE? ALL: YES. ALL LAUGH THE FINAL, THE BIG DECIDER... THIS IS THE GOLD, THIS IS THE SILVER, THIS IS THE BRONZE MEDAL. THIS IS THE TOP EIGHT IN AOTEAROA. THE BIG DECIDER. ACTION MUSIC THIRD ` JUST 0.4 OF A SECOND BEHIND THE WINNER. EVERYONE'S GOT A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. PUT IN OUR BEST EFFORT TODAY. EVEN OUR COACH IS PROUD OF US DOING OUR BEST. AWESOME EFFORT, MASSIVE. CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID IT. WELL DONE. BUT, BE ASSURED, THEY'RE NOT LETTING US FORGET THERE'S MORE TO COME ` THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERS. ALL YOUSE OUT THERE, YOU GOTTA WATCH US ON FRIDAY, OUR MAIN EVENT IS THE SIX-MAN ` DEFENDING OUR NATIONAL TITLE. ALL CHANT, SHOUT Good luck. Blue lake: one of the most beautiful lakes in NZ. It's time we laid off Huntly. How about at truce? So many other towns to make fun of. Be creative. THAT'S ALL FOR SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. CATCH YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND HUGO SNELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.