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Seven Sharp is a light-hearted current affairs programme which aims to celebrate what it is to be Kiwi by bringing viewers face to face with some of the country’s lesser known characters.

  • 1Topics covered include: 1. Easter trading laws 2. The history of Avalon studios 3. A high achieving Kaikohe graphics design student 4. Young surfers in New Plymouth 5. April Fools day pranks

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 29 : 46
    • Duration 29 : 46
    Reporters
    • Heather du Plessis-Allan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Jehan Casinader (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Gill Higgins (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Hadyn Jones (Reporter, Television New Zealand))
    Speakers
    • voxpop
    • Sheryl Cadman (Spokesperson, FIRST Union)
    • Barry Hellberg (Spokesman, New Zealand Retailers' Association)
    • Ginette MacDonald (Actor)
    • Matavai Taulangau (Graphic Design Student, Okaihau College)
    • Karen Paraone (Head of Graphics, Okaihau College)
    • Sarah Bradley (Presenter, Television New Zealand)
    • Drew Neemia (Singer)
    Locations
    • Kaikohe, New Zealand (Northland)
    • Lower Hutt, New Zealand (Wellington)
    • New Plymouth, New Zealand (Taranaki)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 1 April 2013
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Seven Sharp is a light-hearted current affairs programme which aims to celebrate what it is to be Kiwi by bringing viewers face to face with some of the country’s lesser known characters.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Jesse Mulligan (Presenter)
  • Alison Mau (Presenter)
  • Greg Boyed (Presenter)
ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY LAUREN STRAIN AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 HELLO. IT'S EASTER MONDAY. WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT FINDING THAT OUT DOESN'T INVOLVE A FRUITLESS TRIP TO THE SHOPS. THE TANGLED WEB OF LAWS SURROUNDING WHO CAN AND WHO CAN'T OPEN OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND ARE POSITIVELY BIBLICAL. AND WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF ENFORCING THOSE LAWS? WERE THEY ON HOLIDAY THIS WEEKEND TOO? WOMAN: YOU EVER GET ANY INSPECTORS COMING ROUND? NEVER. THEY'RE NOT WELCOME ANYWAY. GOTTA BE TIME TO CHANGE THAT LAW. ALSO TONIGHT ` ASK ANYONE ABOUT THE GOLDEN DAYS OF NZ TELEVISION, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY SAY THE 1970S WAS THE HIGH-WATER MARK FOR WHAT WAS ON THE BOX, BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN IT STILL WAS A BOX. BUT THE HOME OF ALL THOSE GREAT SHOWS, AVALON STUDIOS, HAS BEEN SOLD OFF. WE TAKE A FINAL WALK AROUND WITH SOME FAMILIAR FACES AS THEY DISH THE DIRT ON WHAT WENT ON. PLUS ` THE FAR NORTH: IT'S OFTEN IN THE NEWS FOR THE WRONG REASONS, BUT NOT TONIGHT. INSTEAD, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS OF ONE KAIKOHE TEENAGER. BEING BROUGHT UP IN A FAMILY THAT DOESN'T REALLY AFFORD MUCH OF ANYTHING ` I GUESS THAT'S QUITE A MOTIVATION FOR ME TO REALLY GO AT IT. AND WE'RE OFF TO NEW PLYMOUTH TO MEET THE TINY SURFERS DREAMING OF BIG CAREERS. MAN: DO YOU THINK YOU NAILED IT? IT'S MONDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. IF YOU WOUND UP A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH SHOPS WERE OPEN AND WHEN THIS WEEKEND, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. THE EASTER TRADING LAWS ARE JUST PLAIN WEIRD. THEY LACK ANY KIND OF CONSISTENCY, AND THEY REALLY SHOULD BE OVERHAULED. THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOBODY'S BEEN CHECKING UP ON SHOPS BREAKING THE LAW, UNLESS THERE'S A PUBLIC COMPLAINT. SOUND POINTLESS TO YOU TOO? HERE'S HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN. ELECTRONIC MUSIC WHAT A RUBBISH WAY TO SPEND MY EASTER SUNDAY ` WAITING. ARE YOU A LABOUR DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR? NO. OH. OK. THANKS. WAITING FOR THE INSPECTOR WHO NEVER TURNS UP. ARE YOU THE INSPECTORS? NO. I FOUND A HONEY STORE ON CUBA STREET THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SELLING HONEY. NO DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR INSPECTORS > HAVE COME TO VISIT TODAY, HAVE THEY? > NO. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE. OVER AT THE FARMERS MARKET, NO INSPECTORS EITHER. YOU EVER GET ANY INSPECTORS COMING ROUND? > NEVER. THEY'RE NOT WELCOME, ANYWAY. IT'S LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE NO ONE IS TAKING ENFORCEMENT SERIOUSLY. WE FOUND OUT THAT FOR THE WHOLE OF WELLINGTON ` ALL OF ITS SHOPS ` THERE'S ONLY ONE INSPECTOR. THERE'S TWO OF YOU, SO THAT'S TWICE AS MANY ENFORCERS AS THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S GOT. BOTH LAUGH EVEN WORSE, IT TURNS OUT THAT WHILE I WAS DOING HIS JOB FOR HIM, THE INSPECTOR WAS... NOT. HE DIDN'T EVEN GO OUT INSPECTING YESTERDAY. NOT ONCE. I MEAN, IF YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE POLICEMAN LOOKING AT ENFORCING EASTER SUNDAY TRADING HOURS, IT JUST DEMONSTRATES HOW ABSURD THE LAWS ARE AS FAR AS EASTER SUNDAY IS CONCERNED. WE AGREE. THE LAW NEEDS REWRITING. THE LAW IS AN ASS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED. IT HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT FOR 20 YEARS. WHAT IS THE POINT IN HAVING A LAW IF YOU'RE NOT EVEN ENFORCING IT ` AND WHEN, QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S JUST CONFUSING? THIS WEEKEND, HOW MANY OF US FORGOT THE SHOPS WERE SHUT, AND ON WHICH DAY, AND WHICH SHOPS? I DID. WELL, BASICALLY, SHOPS CAN'T OPEN GOOD FRIDAY. THEY CAN OPEN THE SATURDAY. THEY CAN'T OPEN EASTER SUNDAY, AND THEY CAN OPEN EASTER MONDAY. SOME STORES THAT CAN'T OPEN ON EASTER FRIDAY CAN OPEN ON EASTER SUNDAY. THAT'S RIGHT. LIKE GARDEN CENTRES. THEY CAN. PHARMACIES CAN OPEN. WELL, THERE ARE HISTORIC EXEMPTIONS. WHO ARE THE EXEMPTIONS? WELL, BASICALLY, YOU'VE GOT TOURIST SHOPS; YOU'VE GOT DAIRIES; YOU'VE GOT PETROL STATIONS; AND ONE OTHER THAT I'VE` PHARMACIES. PHARMACIES. THAT'S RIGHT. AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS. WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT REAL ESTATE AGENTS. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S A FACT. OK. HAIRDRESSERS CAN OPEN. THEY CAN CUT YOUR HAIR, BUT THEY CAN'T SELL YOU CONDITIONER. (LAUGHS) YES, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, TO BE HONEST. SO, DAIRIES CAN OPEN, BUT DAIRIES CAN SELL YOU THINGS LIKE ESSENTIAL ITEMS ` FOOD AND DRINK ` BUT THEY CAN'T SELL YOU NON-ESSENTIAL ITEMS. WELL,... 'WELL, THEY SHOULDN'T, BUT HEY, THE INSPECTORS AREN'T LOOKING, SO... WRAPPING PAPER. '...EVERY DAIRY I TRIED... PLAYING CARDS. '...SOLD ME... GOT MYSELF SOME ESSENTIAL TIGHTS. '...THINGS IT SHOULDN'T.' GOT MYSELF A HAT, UH, WHICH IS DEFINITELY NOT ESSENTIAL, BUT IS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR FIVE BUCKS. I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE TODAY. DAIRIES WILL SELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE GOT ON OFFER, I WOULD THINK. THE RETAILERS WANT THE LAW RELAXED; THE UNIONS WANT THE LAW STRENGTHENED; BUT BOTH JUST DON'T WANT THE LAW AS IT STANDS. I GO OUT THERE, AND I BREAK THE LAW, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M DOWN AT THE LOCAL POLICE STATION. WHEREAS PEOPLE IN THIS ` THEY CAN JUST BLATANTLY SAY, 'WE THINK YOUR LAW'S CRAP, AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.' IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE IT ` IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO CONFUSE US ` CHANGE THE LAW. THIS IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTOR, WHEN WE FIND HIM. WE ASKED THE LABOUR MINISTER SIMON BRIDGES IF HE'LL CONSIDER CHANGING THE LAW. HE TOLD US HE HAS OTHER PRIORITIES. DON'T BE DISSING GISBORNE. Last year national tried to level the playing field between Wanaka and Queenstown. If you are offended by these things, don't go shopping on those days. Sorted out, at least. FROM THE OUTSIDE, AVALON STUDIOS IN WELLINGTON LOOKS A BIT LIKE A COMMUNIST PRISON, BUT OVER FOUR DECADES IT'S BEEN THE HOME OF SOME OF THE BIGGEST SHOWS ON THE TELE AND THE JUICIEST BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES. THAT CHANGES AS OF TOMORROW, WHEN, AFTER 38 YEARS, AVALON IS HANDED OVER TO NEW OWNERS. JEHAN CASINADER'S HERE TO TELL US MORE. BUT FIRST, A WEE STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE. COMMODORES' 'MACHINE GUN' THEY'RE THE SHOWS WE REMEMBER, BIG SHOWS WITH BIG AUDIENCES. AND THEY WERE MADE IN LITTLE OLD LOWER HUTT. AVALON CAME TO LIFE IN THE '70S, A PURPOSE-BUILT, STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY, HOME TO ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA. THIS FAMILY OF INDIGO CHINESE REFUGEES THAT MUM TOOK PITY ON. MUCH OF IT LIVE TO AIR. PETER JACKSON DID SPLATTER THERE. THE STARS DID THE CHA-CHA THERE. AND DANCE IN FRONT OF A MILLION PEOPLE. POLITICIANS GOT GRILLED, AND SOME PEOPLE EVEN HAD THEIR FIRST CRACK AT TV. JEHAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FAMOUS? NO, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BE A NORMAL PERSON. THIS PLACE IS PART OF OUR HISTORY. AND JEHAN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM AVALON. JEHAN. Look, you're all grown up. TheRe you go. The studio is one of the biggest studios in the southern hemisphere. They had to change the lights in the middle of the night so they had enough time to get ready the next show. Speaking of old treasures, I'm sure she wouldn't mind me saying that, Jeanette MacDonald. This is the very wig I wore in the 70s. I found this one, which I wore and McPhail and Gadsby. You wouldn't get away with that these days, would you? This was public service television, which included Culture as well. We were taught that you had to educate, inform and educate the public. Not just the dramas and the comedies, but also the orchestra. This did ballet, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Imagine the whole ballet coming out of here. I've been working in England, and before that, there was just a manky old studio in town. They does dismantled that to do a drama. I came back, and it was rising like a spaceship in the Hutt Valley. Everyone was attractive - that's a fantastic place to finish. AFTER THE BREAK, HE'S BEATEN THE ODDS AND SOME VERY WELL-OFF KIDS AT FLASH SCHOOLS ` WE MEET AN ARTIST WHO TOOK AN UNUSUAL PATH TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. PLUS ` IT'S A TOUGH COMPETITION, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT, LIKE, WINNING OR LOSING. WE HEAD TO THE BEACH TO MEET SOME MICROGROMS ` # The city of the future, there's only one, that space-age town called Hamiltron. # Rakaia's got a fish and so does Gore. # The people in Gizzie are really nice. # Wherever you're driving this weekend, do your bit to keep everyone safe on the road. THIS NEXT STORY HAS A BIT OF EVERYTHING ` A KID FROM A STRUGGLING BACKGROUND BEATING NOT JUST THE ODDS, BUT A LOT OF VERY WELL-OFF STUDENTS; A TOWN NOT NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD NEWS, PROUD PARENTS; EVEN CLEAVAGE. AND IT ALL CAME TOGETHER IN A VERY UNLIKELY HOW-TO GUIDE. GILL HIGGINS WENT TO KAIKOHE FOR A HEALTHY DOSE OF THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR. THE HIGH-ACHIEVING GRAPHICS-DESIGN STUDENTS OF 2012 FROM ST CUTH'S, FROM KING'S, FROM CHRIST'S COLLEGE... AND THIS PLACE. IT'S NOT COMMON, BUT HEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN DO ANYTHING. DECILE-TWO OKAIHAU COLLEGE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THEIR GRAPHICS-DESIGN STUDENT WHO GOT HIMSELF A SCHOLARSHIP. IT PUTS HIM IN THE TOP 3% IN NZ. I THINK THE KUDOS FOR IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING. AND WHERE'S HIS FAMILY FROM? TONGA. MY PARENTS, THEY DON'T REALLY SPEAK ENGLISH. I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I DO, BUT THEY KNOW I DRAW A LOT. IT MAKES THE ACHIEVEMENT ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE. STATS SHOW PASIFIKA STUDENTS HAVE A BELOW-AVERAGE RATE OF GETTING EVEN NCEA LEVEL 2. MATAVAI GOT FIVE EXCELLENCES AT LEVEL THREE. PRETTY PROUD OF IT. BEING BROUGHT UP IN A FAMILY THAT DOESN'T REALLY AFFORD MUCH OF ANYTHING ` I GUESS THAT'S QUITE A MOTIVATION FOR ME TO REALLY GO AT IT, GO HARD. HE'S ONE OF SIX KIDS. MUM PICKS FRUIT AND WEAVES MATS TO HELP THEM ALONG. DAD WAS A CARPENTER. I DO LOOK UP TO THEM. THEY GIVE ME EVERYTHING I NEED, SO... YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO DO WELL FOR THEM? > YEAH, I ACTUALLY WANT TO DO WELL FOR MYSELF AND THEM. THEY'VE GOT TO BE MOTIVATED, THEY'VE GOT TO BE ENTHUSIASTIC, THEY'VE GOT TO WANT TO GAIN THOSE TOP RESULTS. AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, MATAVAI'S PROJECT WASN'T THE USUAL STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE, BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD DO SOME GOOD. IT'S A SOCIAL STORY. IT'S FOR THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS, AND YOU'RE BRINGING THEM INTO IT AS WELL. I THINK HANNAH WAS HAPPY WITH IT, BUT THEN YOU COULD SAY SHE HELPED HIM WRITE IT. LIFE'S GOOD? OH YEAH. THE BOOK WAS A GUIDE TO HELP HER AT THE SCHOOL BALL. IT WAS TEACHING HER TO BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY. AND THEY NEED TO BE TAUGHT THESE QUITE BASIC SKILLS? YEAH, BASIC SKILLS. AND WHAT DO AFTER YOU'RE FINISHED IN THE BATHROOM? BOTH: WASH YOUR HANDS. DID YOU PUT HIM RIGHT ON A FEW THINGS? OH YEAH. SHE'S GOING HERE, 'OH DEAR. NOT SURE ABOUT THIS CLEAVAGE. 'WRONG WAY? SHAPE?' (SPEAKS TONGAN) HE JUST SAID APPARENTLY, I LIKE DRAWING GIRLS. CHEEKY. ALL PART OF THE JOB, OF COURSE. AFTER ALL, HE HAD TO HELP HANNAH CHOOSE HER DRESS. EASY. I'M WEARING THIS. WHY NOT THIS ONE? NO WAY. IT'S TOO LONG. I'D TRIP. YOU DON'T WANNA BE TRIPPING AT THE BALL. (CHUCKLES) THERE ARE TEACHERS OUT THERE WHO ARE DYING FOR RESOURCES LIKE THIS. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. AS FOR HER THOUGHTS ON HER ARTIST... CUTE. (CHUCKLES) HE'S GETTING REALLY EMBARRASSED NOW. OOH. IF POSSIBLE, HANNAH WOULD LIKE ANOTHER BOOK. ABOUT LOVE. WHICH MIGHT FIT NICELY WITH MATAVAI'S FUTURE PLANS. I WANNA ILLUSTRATE, WRITE A BOOK, AND I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANNA DO. WE HEAD BACK TO AVALON STUDIOS NOW. JEHAN'S BEEN TAKING A LAST LOOK THROUGH THE CORRIDORS. JEHAN? It's a pretty special place. When you look around, so many people's careers took off here. You used to present good morning. Don't I still present it? You were up quite early those mornings. You say it was the best years of your life. The reason they were is that it wasn't like going to work; it was like being paid to have fun. You would have met a fair few celebrities. Lenny Henry came on good morning and accidentally shoved over a piece of the set, caught it. It was all live. A lot of people were really nervous when they came in, and I used to tell them to calm them down ` Don't worry. I'm here to look after you. I won't make you look bad. We'll have another famous face later. AFTER THE BREAK, WE'RE AT THE ONE KIDS' SPORT WHERE BEING A PUSHY PARENT ON THE SIDELINE IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. PLUS... WE'VE EXPERIMENTED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COFFEES OUT THERE. WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE LATTE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GOT THE FRIDGE INSTALLED YET. FIND OUT IF YOU GOT SUCKED IN BY ANY OF TODAY'S BEST APRIL FOOL'S JOKES. WHIMSICAL MUSIC TINKLING When you save, you don't pay interest; you earn it. That makes saving the cheapest way to buy the things you want. In fact, once you start saving, you'll be surprised what you can afford. Grow your savings ` it's all part of being sorted. LATER THIS WEEK, THE WORLD'S BEST FEMALE SURFERS WILL BE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, COMPETING ON THE WORLD TOUR. BUT TODAY IT WAS THE TURN OF THE TERMINALLY CUTE. THIS COMPETITION HAS NO MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT, BUT WHAT YOU DO NEED IS A PUSHY PARENT ` LITERALLY ` TO GIVE YOU THE ALL-IMPORTANT SHOVE DOWN THE WAVE. HERE'S HADYN JONES. 9AM EASTER MONDAY MORNING ` KIDS AT A BEACH; PARENTS TOO. THEY'RE ORDERLY AND LINED UP. THERE'S A COMPETITION TO ENTER. WE HAVE THE MICROGROMS ` THE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN TO SURF HAVE A GO. AND AS WITH ANY COMPETITION, THERE WAS THE CONFIDENT... YEAH, I'M PRETTY GOOD. I'VE BEEN IN A FEW COMPETITIONS. YEAH. ...AND THE COY. ABOVE: WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? UM... NIWA'S 6 AND HAS BEEN SURFING A YEAR. HE'S GOT PLENTY TO SAY WHEN THE CAMERA'S NOT ON. HE'S READY TO TAKE THEM ON. AND THERE'S ALSO THE PLAIN APPREHENSIVE. ABOVE: ARE YOU NERVOUS? (LAUGHS) YEP. WHAT SORT OF AGE GROUPS? UNDER 11S; UNDER 9S; AND PARENT-ASSISTED. YES THE PARENTS ` THE DADS ` PLAY A BIG PART IN THIS EVENT. < SO WHO'S LOOKING MORE NERVOUS ` THE PARENTS OR THE CHILDREN? THE PARENTS, DEFINITELY. JUST TO BEAT THIS GUY ` THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE. FOR MOST, INCLUDING GLENN, IT'S NEW TERRITORY. IT'S OUR FIRST COMPETITION, EH, MISS? IT'S THE NZ MICROGROMS. SO, IT'S THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND; WHOEVER WINS TODAY WILL BE NATIONAL CHAMPION. IN THE JUDGES' TOWER, THEY'RE WATCHING CLOSELY. THE KIDS ARE FROTHING. (LAUGHS) YEAH, THEY'RE HAVING A BALL. IN THE SURF, IT'S FURIOUS. 12 MINUTES; AS MANY WAVES AND AS MANY RIDES AS POSSIBLE. JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME, DO YOU THINK YOU NAILED IT? ANYTHING THAT GETS THEM OFF THE COUCH AND AWAY FROM THE TV IS GOOD. TODAY A COMPETITION WAS HELD. THERE WERE WINNERS AND LOSERS, JUST LIKE LIFE. SO PROUD OF HER. IF YOU'RE COMPETING, YOU'RE LEARNING A FEW LIFE LESSONS TOO, AREN'T YA? SO IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD FOR THEM. THE VAST MAJORITY DID NOT WIN A THING. IT ALWAYS ENDS LIKE THAT. BUT THEY STILL WENT HOME HAPPY. IT'S TOUGH COMPETITION, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT, LIKE, WINNING OR LOSING. IT'S ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN AND JUST BEING PART OF IT, REALLY. ANNOUNCER: WE HAVE ONE MINUTE 40 REMAINING. GLENN'S HAD SUCH A GOOD DAY. WE'RE JUST CHECKING NOW WHETHER WE'VE GOT A FINAL, OR OTHERWISE WE'LL GET CHANGED AND GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY HE'S LAUGHING. APRIL FOOL'S DAY USED TO BELONG TO OUR DADS, BUT THESE DAYS THE GAGS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN DREAMED UP IN SOME BIG-BRAND MARKETING DEPARTMENT. JESSE HAS THE BEST APRIL FOOL'S JOKES OF 2013. YEAH, TEAM NZ KICKED THINGS OFF WITH A FLASH VIDEO CLAIMING THEY'D INSTALLED A NEW ESPRESSO MACHINE ON THEIR BOAT. WELL, WE'VE EXPERIMENTED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COFFEES OUT THERE. WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE LATTE. INTERCITY BUSES LAUNCHED THIS FAKE SERVICE CONNECTING CUSTOMERS WITH OTHER BUS PASSENGERS AROUND THE WORLD, AND CLEARLY FORGETTING THAT, ACTUALLY, THE WORST THING ABOUT TAKING THE BUS IS MEETING OTHER PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE BUS. THE PHOENIX FINISHED A JOKE SEASON BY JOKING THAT GARETH MORGAN WAS TAKING OVER COACHING, WHILE YOUTUBE ANNOUNCED IT'D BE CLOSING DOWN FOR 10 YEARS, AND GOOGLE LAUNCHED 'TREASURE MAPS', WHICH SHOWS HIDDEN CLUES WHEN EXPOSED TO THE HEAT. BUT MY FAVOURITE APRIL FOOL'S JOKE WAS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WHO ANNOUNCED THAT TODAY THEY'RE GONNA START TAXING PAPERBOYS WHO EARN LESS THAN $45 A WEEK. (LAUGHS IRONICALLY) OH, IT'S A GOOD ONE, BILL (!) YOU ALMOST HAD US. BACK TO AVALON STUDIOS NOW. JEHAN CASINADER IS THERE. JEHAN, WHAT'S NEXT FOR AVALON? Avalon Studios is being kept as an independent facility. Some big projects in the pipeline for Avalon in the future. Some great memories for you from this place. I started when I was about 10 years old, finish when I was 13, And all I can remember is being a kid and having an extreme amount of fun. It's a blast from the past, but nothing's changed. You've got still the same people walking around that I haven't seen the 15 years. Walking around, seeing where we used to play indoor cricket. That's what they used to do back here is play pranks and obviously work as well. My new single drops next month, so very excited. A few memories for you tonight. CLOSING THAT'S US THIS EASTER MONDAY. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013
Reporters
  • Gill Higgins (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Hadyn Jones (Reporter, Television New Zealand))
  • Heather du Plessis-Allan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Jehan Casinader (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Barry Hellberg (Spokesman, New Zealand Retailers' Association)
  • Drew Neemia (Singer)
  • Ginette MacDonald (Actor)
  • Karen Paraone (Head of Graphics, Okaihau College)
  • Matavai Taulangau (Graphic Design Student, Okaihau College)
  • Sarah Bradley (Presenter, Television New Zealand)
  • Sheryl Cadman (Spokesperson, FIRST Union)
  • voxpop
Locations
  • Kaikohe, New Zealand (Northland)
  • Lower Hutt, New Zealand (Wellington)
  • New Plymouth, New Zealand (Taranaki)