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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. Pukeatua cemetery handed back to iwi 2. Why are New Zealanders unnerved by Treaty discussions? 3. North Korean belligerence - should it be taken seriously? 4. iconic Auckland shop Wah Lee

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 29 : 11
    • Duration 29 : 11
    Reporters
    • Jehan Casinader (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Greg Stubbings (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Alison Mau (Interviewer)
    • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Nigel Anderson (Pukeatua Farmer)
    • Beverly Thornton (Pukeatua Resident)
    • Peter Roigard (Pukeatua Resident)
    • Chris Finlayson (Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations)
    • Willie Jackson (Broadcaster and Commentator)
    • Cody Hunter (Seoul-based New Zealand Businessman)
    • Barry Wah Lee (Owner, Wah Lee)
    Associated
    • Kim Jong-Un (North Korean Leader)
    Locations
    • Pukeatua, New Zealand (Waikato)
    • North Korea
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 2 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 ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND ANGELA ALICE. 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. YES, KIA ORA. TONIGHT, THE TOUCHY SUBJECT OF RACE RELATIONS, AND WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR US TO TALK ABOUT TREATY ISSUES WITHOUT GETTING INTO A SCRAP. WE'LL TAKE YOU TO PUKEATUA, WHERE LOCALS WERE KEPT IN THE DARK AS THE TOWN'S CEMETERY WAS HANDED BACK TO IWI. SOME AREAS OF LAND SHOULD BE OWNED BY EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY. WE'LL ASK COMMENTATOR WILLIE JACKSON WHY WE'RE SO SCARED OF THE TREATY THAT WE END UP NOT DISCUSSING IT AT ALL. ALSO TONIGHT, SHOULD WE TREAT NORTH KOREA LIKE AN ANNOYING, BUT ULTIMATELY HARMLESS MAD UNCLE, OR IS THAT NOT A FANTASTIC IDEA? KIM JONG-UN IS A SMALL MAN TALKING A BIG GAME, BUT ARE THE GLOBAL BIG GUNS TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY? AND I'LL LOOK AT HOW HIS FASHION CHOICES MEASURE UP AGAINST THE WORLD'S OTHER TOP DICTATORS. PLUS, WE'RE BACK TO AUCKLAND LATER ON FOR A STROLL AROUND ONE OF THE STRANGEST AND LONGEST-SURVIVING RETAIL OUTLETS IN NZ. HOW DOES IT SURVIVE? IS IT ALL ABOVE BOARD? IS IT ALL LEGAL? OH, UH` UH... WELL, UH... IT'S TUESDAY. THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. NO MATTER HOW CAREFULLY YOU TREAD, THE TOPIC OF RACE RELATIONS IS A POTENTIAL MINEFIELD. DO YOU SAY WHAT YOU FEEL AND RISK CAUSING OFFENCE OR KEEP QUIET AND PLAY IT SAFE? RESIDENTS FROM THE WAIKATO TOWN OF PUKEATUA HAVE DECIDED TO SPEAK OUT AFTER THEIR TOWN CEMETERY WAS HANDED BACK TO IWI IN A TREATY SETTLEMENT. AS JEHAN CASINADER FOUND, PLENTY OF THE LOCALS FEEL THEY'VE BEEN KEPT IN THE DARK OVER THE DEAL. AND WITH PREVIOUS GENERATIONS BURIED THERE, THEY SAY THAT'S JUST NOT ON. SLOW MUSIC THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF PUKEATUA. AND THIS IS WHERE THEIR LOVED ONES ARE BURIED ` IN A PUBLIC CEMETERY. SOME AREAS OF LAND SHOULD BE OWNED BY EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY. TO CHANGE THAT AND GIVE IT TO ONE PARTICULAR GROUP ` WE DON'T FEEL IT'S RIGHT. THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDING THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CEMETERY TO THE LOCAL IWI AS PART OF A TREATY DEAL. IT'S DISRESPECTFUL AND DISTASTEFUL TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BURIED THERE. THAT'S UPSET LOCALS LIKE BEV. THIS IS MY PARENTS' GRAVE. 12 OF HER RELATIVES ARE HERE. WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD EVER BE PUT INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S HANDS. THE CEMETERY'S ONE OF 20 PIECES OF LAND WHICH ARE PART OF THE DEAL. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR BETTER TO HAVE BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND AND HANDED THAT OVER. I THINK THEY THOUGHT, 'THERE'S A PIECE OF CROWN LAND. WE'LL GIVE THEM THAT.' AND NOT REALLY THINKING WHAT IT MEANT TO` TO PASS ON A CEMETERY. THE LAND THE LOCALS' SCHOOL IS ON IS ALSO BEING HANDED OVER. THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN ASSURED THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE WAY THE SCHOOL OR THE CEMETERY ARE RUN, BUT THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. ARE WE GOING TO GET CARVINGS PUT UP OVER THE GATE? ARE WE GOING TO BE CHARGED A WHOLE LOT` A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO` TO BE BURIED AT THE CEMETERY? BUT OF COURSE, LAND WAS TAKEN FROM LOCAL MAORI IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE A TREATY PROCESS. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE SAYS THERE'S NO NEED TO PANIC. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO, ON THE FACE OF IT, BEFORE THEY KNOW ALL THE FACTS, GET A BIT UPSET. THIS IS ABOUT FEAR, ISN'T IT? WELL, IT COULD WELL BE. UM, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, BUT THESE THINGS, I CAN ASSURE YOU, DO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND YET THE COMMUNITY WASN'T GIVEN ANY INPUT INTO THE DECISION ON THE CEMETERY. WE'VE NOT BEEN CONSULTED ABOUT IT. THE FIRST WE KNEW ABOUT IT WAS READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS. SHOULD THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN CONSULTED? THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR REASON TO CONSULT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE CONSULTED THE WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, NOTHING CHANGES. HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TITLE; IT'S ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE OF IT; IT'S ABOUT THE IDEA THAT SOME PIECES OF LAND SHOULD BE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT INCLUDES OWNERSHIP. I BET UNTIL THIS ISSUE CAME UP, NO ONE REALISED IT WAS OWNED BY THE CROWN AND ADMINISTERED BY DOC. THE LOCALS SAY THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE; THEY GET ON WITH THE IWI. WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AS ONE NATION, WITH EVERYBODY BEING TREATED EQUAL. THE IWI ` NGATI KOROKI KAHUKURA ` WOULDN'T TALK ON CAMERA, SAYING THEY'VE BEEN BURNT BY THE MEDIA IN THE PAST. I'D LIKE THEM TO AT LEAST COME ALONG AND TALK SO THAT WE COULD GET THEIR VIEWS ON WHAT THEY THINK FOR THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT MAKES PEOPLE QUITE JITTERY. OH YES. LOOK, TREATY SETTLEMENTS GENERALLY CAN MAKE PEOPLE JITTERY, BUT WHEN THEY'RE DONE PEOPLE SEE THE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF THEM AND THAT IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE LOCALS WHO DON'T SEE THOSE BENEFITS SAY THEY MAY NOT CHOOSE TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY WHEN THEY DIE. FOR NOW, THEY'RE PLANNING A TRIP TO PARLIAMENT IN A LAST-DITCH BID, EVEN THOUGH THE DEED OF SETTLEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ROUND THE COUNTRY. UNTIL SOMEBODY PUTS UP A FIGHT AND WINS SOMETHING, WELL, THEN NOBODY'S GOING TO. MAORI AFFAIRS COMMENTATOR WILLIE JACKSON JOINS US. This is ABOUT IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ALONG THE LINES OF MAORI LAND AND TREATY NEGOTIATIONS AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT, you look like a bigot. That is the fear of a lot of people. They get pigeonholed as racist. A lot of people don't know the history. If they knew the history of what happens to our people, they will know that what is being offered by the crown is absolute peanuts. If you included the two dams down there, you're talking about a $1.2 billion compensation package here that Maori were entitled to. They ended with 3 million. That is pathetic. People fail this is happening without much consultation. And it is land where their ancestors are buried. Is the case where two wrongs don't make a right? No, it is not wrong. But can you see that people are upset by the lack of consultation? If you want to talk about cemeteries being dealt to, Maori cemeteries were bowled by the Crown. The Maori are going to respect the dead of these people. There will be no changes there. It is shocking the way people jump up. I'm not saying they're racist, but there is a level of ignorance in terms of Maori losses. A three million-dollar settlement and cinema $1.2 billion package. Imagine if all Nzers Knew about that. One person and their expressed the fear of burial fees. That seems unlikely, which begs the question, what is the point? Maori are getting some benefit in the form of an acknowledgement of the theft of land from Maori. If they really want to get us justice, the farmer should hop off the farms and give them back. That is not going to happen, but Maori are not asking that. We are talking about less than 1% in terms of compensation. Ngai Tahu could have claimed $18b and claimed just a few million. These people look like good people and would probably encourage married to lobby harder for more compensation. WE'VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF FEEDBACK. WE ASKED IF THE COMMUNITY SHOULD GET A SAY WHEN LAND IS HANDED BACK IN TREATY SETTLEMENTS. Tau Henare said that if we consulted with the community, there would be no settlement. That is absolutely right. But if we did that about gay marriage,that wouldn't happen either. There have been extensive polls on gay marriage. Is it really the same thing? As far as I know, the poll is still against gay marriage. What I'm saying here is the majority don't always know what is right. If you go back in time in terms of homosexual law reform and treaty rights... You cannot just poll the country all the time. Sometimes justice is justice. The people in the cemetery are worried that the land their ancestors are buried on becomes inaccessible. The problem with our people down there is that they think Murray will treat them the way that they treated us. That is the problem. Maori respects the dead and would not do anything to those ancestors. Nothing is going to change down there That is the difference here. That is why I believe we need to get education so that people understand the history. Should we have an education process along the lines of the ones 20 years ago with drink-driving? Perhaps we need to know more as a nation before we throw our opinions around. AND, WILLIE, I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS ONE. AS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD, THE GEOGRAPHIC BOARD IS PROPOSING MAORI NAMES FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS. THAT MEANS THE NORTH ISLAND COULD OFFICIALLY BE CALLED TE IKA-A-MAUI. AND, WILLIE, THAT WOULD MAKE THE SOUTH ISLAND? CORRECT! TE WAI POUNAMU. That's great. NOW, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DO THEY MEAN? Fish of Maui It's about the island being hooked up by Maui. But what is wrong with that? If Maori is an official language of this country, what is wrong with us having those names? I think it is great, because how boring other names that are currently in place? AFTER THE BREAK ` HIS COUNTRY'S REMAINED AN ENIGMA FOR DECADES. SO HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THE SABRE RATTLING FROM NORTH KOREA'S DIMINUTIVE DESPOT? AND ON THE SUBJECT OF ENIGMATIC, A SMALL SHOP WITH A BIG HISTORY. HOW HAS IT SURVIVED MORE THAN 100 YEARS? FAIR TO SAY, NORTH KOREA ISN'T THE BEST NEIGHBOUR. SINCE ITS ILL-FATED INVASION OF SOUTH KOREA IN 1950 AND THE SUBSEQUENT WAR, THE NORTH'S REGULARLY THREATENED TO DESTROY ITS SOUTHERN NEIGHBOURS IN A SEA OF FIRE. NOW LEADER KIM JONG-UN IS MAKING DECLARATIONS OF WAR AND THREATENING NUCLEAR ATTACKS. SO ARE WE REALLY ON THE BRINK? OR IS THIS JUST MORE CRACKPOT RHETORIC FROM A THIRD-GENERATION PERSONALITY CULT? GREG STUBBINGS WITH THIS. WE KNOW HE'S THE SUPREME LEADER OF NORTH KOREA. WE KNOW HE'S THREATENED TO LAUNCH MISSILES ON AMERICA. WE ALSO KNOW HE'S A BIT OF CHUBSTER WITH LIPS TO DIE FOR. BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT KIND OF A GUY IS OUR KIM? YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH THE DOUBLE-POOF HAIRCUT. KIM JONG-UN WAS BORN... WELL, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SURE. BEST GUESSES IN THE WEST SAY HE'S EITHER 29 OR 30. NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAY 'NO'. ALL CHANT IN KOREAN WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHERE HE WENT TO SCHOOL EITHER. IT IS BELIEVED HE STUDIED IN SWITZERLAND ` WHERE THEY MAKE CHOCOLATES, SO THAT FITS. KIM JONG-UN'S APPARENTLY GOT TWO DEGREES, SO HE'S PROBABLY NOT THE THICKEST GUY TO LEAD A NUKED-UP COUNTRY. LET'S TALK FAMILY NOW. HE'S THE YOUNGEST SON OF THE FORMER NORTH KOREAN LEADER AND DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF '80S FASHION KIM JONG-IL. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HE WAS THE LONELY ONE FROM 'TEAM AMERICA'. # SEEMS LIKE NOBODY TAKES ME SERIOUSLY. # HE WAS ALSO A BIT OF A NUTJOB ` ALLEGEDLY. IT WAS CLAIMED HE SHOT 11 HOLES-IN-ONE DURING ONE ROUND OF GOLF, AND THAT HE NEVER WENT NUMBER TWOS ` EVER. (SPEAKS KOREAN) WHICH SAVES TIME, I GUESS? ANYWAY, WHEN NEVER-GOES-TO-TOILET DAD DIED IN DECEMBER 2011, KIM JUNIOR EVENTUALLY TOOK OVER. BUT HOW BIG OF A THREAT IS OUR YOUNG KIM JONG-UN? DID HE CATCH THE CRAZY FROM HIS DAD? HE HAS HUGGED DENNIS RODMAN RECENTLY, SO IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD. BUT, TO BE FAIR, IT'S HARD FOR MANY OF US IN THE WEST TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA ` OR SOUTH KOREA, FOR THAT MATTER. THE KOREAN WAR STARTED IN 1950, AND ALTHOUGH THEY SIGNED AN ARMISTICE IN 1953, PEACE NEVER REALLY CAUGHT ON. IN FACT, THE 38TH PARALLEL 'DEMILITARISED ZONE' SEPARATING THE TWO KOREAS IS THE MOST MILITARISED BORDER ON EARTH! WHEN YOU'VE LIVED IN A WARZONE FOR 60-ODD YEARS, ARE THESE LATEST RUMBLINGS FROM YOUNG KIM ANY REAL CAUSE FOR CONCERN? OR ARE THEY JUST A YOUNG LEADER TRYING TO STEP OUT OF THE SHADOW OF HIS DAD, THE WORLD'S BEST GOLFER? AND AT THE WEEKEND NORTH KOREA ADOPTED A STATEMENT I'm not sure it's really sensible to make fun of North Korea. But we are probably safe down here. Everyone is terrified that what they might do. Being quiet is much more terrifying than standing on the top of the tank. AND AT THE WEEKEND NORTH KOREA ADOPTED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP TWO PRIORITIES ` THE OTHER BEING THE ECONOMY. KIWI BUSINESSMAN CODY HUNTER'S LIVED IN SOUTH KOREA FOR EIGHT YEARS AND OWNS FIVE GYMS THERE. I ASKED HIM IF THAT STATEMENT MADE HIM NERVOUS AT ALL. ACTUALLY, NO, NOT AT ALL. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT. (CHUCKLES) YOU'VE ACTUALLY JUST GIVEN ME SOME NEW NEWS THIS WEEK. BEING HERE IN KOREA, YEAH, WE DON'T REALLY HEAR TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP NORTH, TO BE HONEST. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? I THINK IT'S HAPPENED SO OFTEN, SO MANY TIMES NOW, THAT EVERYONE'S JUST BECOMING A LITTLE BIT IMMUNE TO IT. SO NO SENSE OF IMMINENT DANGER AS THE RHETORIC FROM NORTH KOREA HAS RAMPED UP OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO? ABSOLUTELY NOT, NO. I MEAN, WITH MY BUSINESS, I DEAL WITH A LOT OF FOREIGN CLIENTS, A LOT OF KOREAN CLIENTS, AND EVERYONE'S BUSINESS AS NORMAL. YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WATCH THE NEWS, AND OVER HERE THEY'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE K-POP NEWS AND WHAT THE CELEBRITIES ARE DOING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY'RE FAIRLY RELAXED. DO YOU`? WHAT DO PEOPLE IN SOUTH KOREA THINK THE AGENDA BY THE NORTH KOREANS IS, THEN? WHAT DO THEY INTERPRET IT AS? I MEAN, I SUPPOSE I SEE IT DIFFERENTLY TO, MAYBE, LOCALS DO. BUT, FOR ME, FROM THE LITTLE I DO SEE OR DO I HEAR ABOUT IT, IT'S A LOT OF ATTENTION-SEEKING, I SUPPOSE. I THINK THE LOCAL KOREANS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THINK THE SAME THING. THEY REALLY JUST BRUSH IT ASIDE. BUT, I MEAN, I DEAL WITH, ALSO, A LOT OF MILITARY FROM AMERICA. A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS ARE ALSO FROM THE AMERICAN MILITARY. AND THEY REALLY... YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL CONTINUING ON AS NORMAL AS WELL, A LOT OF THEM. CERTAINLY IN THE WESTERN WORLD, CODY, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT AND ALMOST NOTHING ELSE FOR A WEEK OR SO NOW. IT'S ON BBC, CNN, IT'S ON NZ TELEVISION... DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THAT, PERHAPS, THE SOUTH KOREAN MEDIA ISN'T REPORTING IT FOR SOME REASON WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS? THERE COULD BE A CHANCE OF THAT, YES. I DO BELIEVE THEY DO FILTER A LOT OF THEIR NEWS AT TIMES AND, SORT OF, LEAVE OUT THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS. I'M NOT SURE AS TO WHY. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, IF IT REALLY IS THIS SERIOUS, WE SHOULD ALL REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY. BUT I DO THINK THAT'S THE CASE AT TIMES. AND THERE'S MORE TO BEING A WARMONGERING DESPOT THAN JUST SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS. JESSE'S DECIDED THE NEW GUY HAS A LOT TO LEARN. YEAH, IF KIM JONG-UN WANTS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS A DICTATOR, HE NEEDS TO DRESS WAY MORE CRAZY. THIS OUTFIT WAS FINE FOR HIS FORMER LIFE AS NORTH KOREA'S LEADING JOHNNY CASH IMPERSONATOR, BUT IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GET A HAIRCUT THAT LOOKS LIKE DANIEL DAY-LEWIS' MOUSTACHE IN 'THERE WILL BE BLOOD'. REMEMBER KIM JONG-IL'S SAFARI SUIT, KANYE WEST GLASSES AND ANTONIE DIXON HAIRCUT? ROBERT MUGABE USED TO DRESS UP LIKE A KID WHO GOT PYJAMAS AND A PACKET OF STICKERS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, WHILE IN HIS LATER YEARS FIDEL CASTRO'S STARTED WEARING ALL ADIDAS, MAKING HIM THE WORST BRAND SPOKESMAN SINCE OSCAR PISTORIUS. BUT THE BEST WAY TO LOOK DICTATOR-CRAZY IS BY TAKING TWO CELEBRITIES AND MASHING THEM UP. LOOK ` BOB DYLAN PLUS MICHAEL JACKSON EQUALS MUAMMAR GADDAFI. REMEMBER, KIM ` THE LADIES LOVE A PEACOCK. STILL TO COME ` (PLAYS FLUTE) THE MINI CHINATOWN IN THE HEART OF AUCKLAND. THE SECRETS WITHIN A STORE OVER 100 YEARS OLD. RETAIL'S A CRUEL BUSINESS: YOU CAN BE THERE ONE DAY; REPLACED BY A $2 SHOP THE NEXT. BUT AUCKLAND HAS A CURIOUS, CLUTTERED EXCEPTION. WAH LEE'S HAS BEEN TRADING FOR OVER A CENTURY, AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT THERE, YOU WON'T FIND IT ANYWHERE. DEAN BUTLER DROPPED IN TO SAY HELLO. MYSTICAL MUSIC LEGEND HAS IT WHEN MAUI FISHED THE NORTH ISLAND FROM THE SEA, OUR LAND WAS BORN ` BARREN AND BARE, BAR ONE STORE. GONG CRASHES HIGH-PITCHED VOICE: WAH LEE'S. WAH LEE'S IS ONE OF AUCKLAND'S OLDEST STORES, STEEPED IN ASIAN CULTURE AND THE MYSTERIES OF THE EAST. I MET THE OWNER, BARRY. WAH LEE IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SHOPS IN AUCKLAND. WHEN DID IT START, WHERE, AND HOW DID IT END UP HERE? I THINK IT WAS 1904. A CHAP, HE RECKONED` HE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A WAH LEE NEAR THE WATERFRONT THERE SINCE BEFORE THAT. WHAT IS WAH LEE MOST FAMOUS FOR? FIREWORKS, I GUESS. 'WHEE!' AND THEN... AND THEN, 'WOW!' CHINESE HIP-HOP MUSIC YOU CAN EAT THAT FISH? YEAH, THAT'S FOR EATING, YES. CARROTS ` BRUSHING CARROTS. YOU'RE NOT BRAZILIAN UNLESS YOU EAT THAT THREE TIMES A DAY. REALLY? YEP. IS THAT LIKE THEIR BAKED BEANS? SUPER SOUR? GEE, THANKS, BARRY! OH. THAT IS BLOODY SOUR. OH. ALI MAU HAS ONE OF THESE DRESSES? I THINK SO. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YES. (PLAYS FLUTE) CHINESE HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS OBVIOUSLY BARRY KEEPS HIS MOST EXPENSIVE, PRECIOUS ITEMS ABOVE THE LOOFAHS. ALTHOUGH $18,000, IT SOUNDS DEAR... IT IS DEAR. AND IF YOU NEED ANY BIRD'S NESTS FRIED, THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE LARGE BONSAIS. WHAT ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE STORE, BARRY? IS THAT YOU? DID YOU PLACE EVERYTHING HERE? COS IT'S PRETTY... IT'S BUSY. OH, NO, WE HAVE A DESIGN DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE BIG MEETINGS, AND... ME AND BARRY WERE HAVING MORE FUN THAN TWO CHINESE KIDS IN A MATHS TEST. BUT THEN I MADE A MISTAKE. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WITH SHOPS EVERYWHERE, YOUR LITTLE SHOP HERE ` HOW DOES IT SURVIVE? IS IT ALL ABOVE BOARD? IS IT ALL LEGAL? OH... UH` UH... WELL, UH... PERHAPS I ASKED ONE QUESTION TOO MANY. GONG CRASHES HIGH-PITCHED VOICE: WAH LEE'S! Hobson St in Auckland. No, I don't own a dress like that. I own a bird's nest fryer. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND JUNE YEOW.
Reporters
  • Alison Mau (Interviewer)
  • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Greg Stubbings (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Jehan Casinader (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Barry Wah Lee (Owner, Wah Lee)
  • Beverly Thornton (Pukeatua Resident)
  • Chris Finlayson (Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations)
  • Cody Hunter (Seoul-based New Zealand Businessman)
  • Nigel Anderson (Pukeatua Farmer)
  • Peter Roigard (Pukeatua Resident)
  • Willie Jackson (Broadcaster and Commentator)
Locations
  • Pukeatua, New Zealand (Waikato)
  • North Korea
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)