ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY SAM BRADFORD AND JUNE YEOW. 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 ` THE TRUTH ABOUT LAKE TAUPO AND WHO ACTUALLY OWNS IT. ARE THEY GONNA START CHARGING US TO USE IT? SO, SHOULD THE CHARGE FOR IT? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? < YOU PAID FOR YOUR SWIMMING PASS. RIGHT. (LAUGHS) OK. DIDN'T KNOW THAT. WE'VE GOT A RARE INTERVIEW WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE OF NZ'S MOST ENTREPRENEURIAL IWI, TUWHARETOA. ALSO, WE PROVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE MUCH MORE THAN JUST A TIME WASTER. YEAH. HOW TWITTER'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO ONE DEVOTEE'S LIFE. IT FORCED ME NOT ONLY TO BE SOCIAL ONLINE, BUT IT GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO MEET UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AND THE GUY WHO WANTS TO TRANSFORM UGLY AUCKLAND, ONE WALL AT A TIME. IT'S TUESDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. WOULD YOU PAY TO SWIM IN A PICTURE-PERFECT, PRIVATE LAKE? WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF I TOLD YOU THE LAKE WAS LAKE TAUPO? FACT IS WE ALREADY DO PAY, AND TODAY THE OWNERS OF THE LAKE SAY THEY'RE PLANNING ON INCREASING THEIR REVENUE BY CHARGING MIGHTY RIVER POWER TO STORE THEIR WATER IN THE LAKE. AT THE HEART OF THIS QUESTION IS AN ISSUE NZ IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH AS IWI TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR ASSETS. HAYDN JONES WITH THIS. IDYLLIC MUSIC HERE'S A ONE-QUESTION QUIZ FOR THOSE ENJOYING THE SHORES OF LAKE TAUPO. WHO OWNS THAT LAKE BEHIND YOU? UH... NZERS. PEOPLE OF NZ. UM, HUMANITY'S LAKE. I'M ASSUMING NOBODY DOES. SO, THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU, BUT DID YOU KNOW LAKE TAUPO ` BEAUTIFUL, ICONIC LAKE TAUPO, TOURISM JEWEL ` IS, IN FACT, A PRIVATE LAKE? AS IN, IT'S OWNED BY A PRIVATE ORGANISATION. SO, THE LEGAL NITTY-GRITTY IS LOCAL IWI OWN THE LAKEBED ` THE BIT BY MY FEET HERE ` AND THEY ALSO OWN THE AIRSPACE ABOVE THE LAKE. BUT WHAT THEY DON'T OWN IS THE WATER. LOCAL IWI TUWHARETOA OWN THE LAKE FEE SIMPLE. IT'S THE SAME WAY YOU OWN YOUR HOUSE. ARE THEY GONNA START CHARGING US TO USE IT? UH, WE ALREADY PAY FOR IT. LAKE TAUPO IS NOT FREE TO SWIM IN. EVERY YEAR WE, THE TAXPAYER, PAY LOCAL IWI $1.5M FOR RECREATIONAL USE. YOU'VE PAID FOR YOUR SWIMMING PASS. RIGHT (CHUCKLES) OK. DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WELL, QUICK HISTORY LESSON. WHEN TUWHARETOA ARRIVED ON THEIR WAKA, THEY CLAIMED THE LAKE. NO ONE ELSE WAS USING IT. THEN EUROPEANS, ASIANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS, EVERYONE CAME ALONG AND STARTED USING IT. IN 2007 THE GOVERNMENT GAVE THE LAKEBED AND THE AIRSPACE ABOVE IT BACK TO TUWHARETOA. IT WAS AND IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND DEAL. OTHER LAKES, LIKE ROTORUA, HAVE HAD THE LAKEBED RETURNED TO MAORI, BUT THE LAKE IS JOINTLY MANAGED. IT MEANS PETER BATTELL, WHO OWNS THE LAKE TAUPO HOLE-IN-ONE GOLF CHALLENGE, HAS THREE LANDLORDS. YEAH, WE HAVE A LICENCE TO OCCUPY FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THIS BIT HERE, WE PAY TUWHARETOA OR THE LAKES TRUST FOR THE LAKEBED, AND THEN WE PAY A MOORING FEE AS WELL. SO THREE RENTS, ESSENTIALLY. PETER TELLS US HE PAYS TUWHARETOA A FIVE-FIGURE SUM FOR HIS GOLF BALLS TO LAND ON THEIR LAKEBED. EVERYONE'S IN BUSINESS, AND IT'S A COMMERCIAL OPERATION. YOU EXPECT TO PAY RENT. YEAH. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I HAVE A NEW JOB. (LAUGHS) PETER DOES GET HIS GOLF BALLS BACK. HE PAYS A GERMAN TOURIST ON A WORKING HOLIDAY TO FETCH THEM. AND TUWHARETOA OWN MORE THAN JUST THE LAKE. THEY ALSO OWN THE WAIKATO RIVER FROM LAKE TAUPO ROUGHLY TO THE HUKA FALLS. I'M EXCITED. THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO BUNGEE JUMP. TAUPO BUNGY HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON THE RIVER SINCE 1991. THEY PAY THE COUNCIL TO PUT THEIR STRUCTURE ON THE RIVERBANK, BUT CRUCIALLY, TUWHARETOA OWN THE AIRSPACE THEIR CLIENTS FLY THROUGH... BOTH SCREAM ...AND THE RIVERBED WHICH HOLDS THE WATER WHERE THEIR CLIENTS LAND. SO, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN ALLOWED INSIDE TO FILM TAUPO BUNGY'S OPERATIONS, BUT NEITHER ITS OWNERS OR MANAGEMENT WOULD APPEAR ON CAMERA. AFTER TALKING TO A COUPLE OF SOURCES AROUND TOWN, WE NOW KNOW WHY. YOU SEE, TAUPO BUNGY AND TUWHARETOA HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR AROUND TWO YEARS. AND ACCORDING TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TUWHARETOA HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IS A SHARE OF TAUPO BUNGY'S REVENUE. THE NEGOTIATING HAS STOPPED WITHOUT RESOLUTION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER FLASHPOINTS. THIS YEAR'S IRON MAN WAS MARRED BY LAST-MINUTE NEGOTIATIONS AND CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS. IT WAS REPORTED IN THE PRESS TUWHARETOA WANTED $56,000, OR ROUGHLY $40 A SWIMMER, FOR THE ATHLETES TO USE THE LAKE. AND THIS YEAR POWERBOAT ORGANISERS PAID A FEE FOR THE FIRST TIME ` $250 TO MOOR THEIR BUOYS DURING THE COMPETITION. YOU'RE THE MASCOT, AREN'T YOU? TONY LANDL HAS BEEN THROUGH A COUPLE OF DOGS IN HIS 24 YEARS RUNNING HIS SAILING BUSINESS ON LAKE TAUPO. MY TAKE ON WHO OWNS THE LAKE? WELL, WE'D ALL LIKE TO THINK WE ALL HAVE A PART IN THE... OF THE LAKE. TONY SAYS HE'D BE HAPPY TO PAY TUWHARETOA, BECAUSE HE THINKS THEY'D DO A BETTER JOB OF RUNNING THE LAKE THAN OTHERS. IF IT WERE LEFT TO... OTHER CERTAIN ORGANISATIONS, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME CONTROLS, AND IT COULD BE JUST... COULD BE A GOLD RUSH. IF YOU'RE ALARMED LAKE TAUPO IS NOT YOURS, WELL, IT'S SIMPLE ` TUWHARETOA OWN IT; WE RENT IT OFF THEM FOR SWIMMING AND BOATING. 102M TO THE FRONT. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE LAKE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE OWNER, JUST LIKE PETER DOES. THAT'S BUSINESS. YEAH. IT'S THEIRS. DO WHAT THEY LIKE. IF THAT MAKES IT A PRIVATE LAKE, THEN IT'S A PRIVATE LAKE. NOW, TAUPO'S MAYOR REFUSED AN INTERVIEW WITH HAYDN; RICK COOPER SAYING HE WAS 'ON A HIDING TO NOTHING TALKING ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAKE', AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUWHARETOA MAORI TRUST BOARD WANTED TO FRONT TODAY BUT WAS BUSY. INSTEAD I SPOKE TO CEO TAMARAPA LLOYD AND ASKED HIM IF SOME OF THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE MONEY BEING MADE FROM THE LAKE IS BECAUSE ITS OWNERS ARE IWI. THIS IS CERTAINLY, UH, AN UNUSUAL SITUATION, IN THAT NGATI TUWHARETOA OWNS THE LAKEBED OF LAKE TAUPO. IT'S PROBABLY NOT A WELL-KNOWN FACT NATIONALLY ` CERTAINLY, THE LOCAL BUSINESS OPERATORS IN AND AROUND TAUPO ARE WELL AWARE OF IT, AND AS ARE SOME PARTS OF THE TAUPO COMMUNITY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IRONMAN EVENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, I KNOW, RUFFLED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FEATHERS. IT WORKED OUT TO BE, WHAT, 56 GRAND FOR ALL THE SWIMMERS ` $40 A POP ` TO USE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR LAKE. THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. HAVING SAID THAT, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, WAS THAT A BIT STEEP? UM, WELL, WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT PARTICULAR ARRANGEMENT, THE LAKEBED WAS ORIGINALLY TAKEN OFF THE TRIBE IN 1924. IT WAS RETURNED TO THE IWI IN 1992, AND IN 2007 WE EXECUTED A NEW AGREEMENT BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE CROWN. IN THAT AGREEMENT, IT ESTABLISHES THAT THE TRUST'S BOARD, ON BEHALF OF NGATI TUWHARETOA, CAN CHARGE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS WHO ARE OPERATING ON THE LAKE. SO THIS DOESN'T EFFECT RECREATIONAL USERS ` IT ONLY RELATES TO COMMERCIAL USERS, AND, YOU KNOW, IRONMAN NZ ARE A COMMERCIAL USER OF OUR PROPERTY. OK, LET'S GET INTO THE SHARP, REALLY EXPENSIVE END OF THIS. DOWN THE WAIKATO RIVER, OF COURSE, IS MIGHTY RIVER POWER. THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE WATER ` WHICH YOU DON'T OWN, BUT HAS BEEN STORED IN YOUR LAKE ` WHICH YOU DON'T OWN, BUT HAS BEEN STORED IN YOUR LAKE ` AND YOU WANT SOME MONEY FOR THAT. THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME MONEY FOR THAT ` OR NOT AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU WANT. WHERE IS THAT NOW, AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT MRP DON'T WANT TO GIVE US ANY MONEY FOR IT. WE'RE CERTAINLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR THE LAST EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS. YOU'RE RIGHT ` THIS ISN'T ABOUT WATER. THIS IS ABOUT THE STORAGE OF WATER ON OUR PROPERTY, AND THE STORAGE OF THAT WATER PROVIDES MRP WITH CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES, AND THEY'RE A COMMERCIAL OPERATOR; WE'RE ENTITLED TO CHARGE THEM FOR IT. WHAT DOES THE STORAGE RATE FOR YOUR BIGGEST LAKE IN ALL OF THE COUNTRY GO FOR? WHAT SORT OF MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A COUPLE OF MILLION A YEAR? MORE THAN THAT? LESS THAN THAT? (CHUCKLES) YEAH, MRP SAID IN THEIR PROSPECTUS, IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WE'RE TALKING SEVERAL MILLIONS. THERE, I GUESS, IS A FEAR AS WELL ` PUTTING ASIDE THE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS; THEY KNOW WHERE THEY SIT; AND ONCE THE MIGHTY RIVER POWER THING IS SORTED ` THAT THE AVERAGE USER The recreational user will somehow get stung in the pocket. Can you assure them that will not happen? This is not about recreational users and their access to the lake. That will continue. We don't hear a lot about Tuwharetoa. We hear more about others. Why are we hearing about you now? We do like to fly under the radar. I guess we want to make sure, should things require additional certainty we don't want that. Our first preferences to negotiate a solution. We would hate the investor public to say is this just Tuwharetoa being greedy and opportunistic? This is a touchy subject. We have had heaps of feedback coming in. One viewer said the lake was here before people. That shouldn't be owned by anyone, and charging to use it is greedy. Many people feel it is not right for anyone to have control of the lake. A lot of people are also saying they would rather it be iwi then an overseas Corporation. Interesting that the mayor will not talk about it, saying he would be on a hiding to nothing. And yet it seems like the business owners involved in negotiations are quite relaxed about the situation. I wonder whether others in Taupo are not quite relaxed. If you're one of those or know anything about that... People getting all jumpy about 'bloody Maoris' owning it, get used to it, as the business interests get bigger and worth more, you want them to make money and do well. Had Lake Taupo been owned by a corporation, you'd say good on them for making money. AFTER THE BREAK ` THEY CALLED HER THE IRON LADY; THEY CALLED HER A LOT OF THINGS. SEVEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MARGARET THATCHER. ALSO... 104,000 TWEETS. THAT'S A LOT. IT'S A LOT. AND I LOOK BACK NOW, AND I DON'T REMEMBER SENDING THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS AT THE TIME. WE MEET THE TEENAGE MAN WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED BY HIS TWEETING FRENZY. AND THE STREET ARTIST WITH A BIG VISION FOR HIS BIG PAINTINGS. WITH FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER DYING OVERNIGHT, JESSE'S BEEN LOOKING AT HER LIFE AND HAS SEVEN THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE IRON LADY. YEAH, THE DAY STARTED CONFUSINGLY ON TWITTER, WHEN THE HASHTAG '#NOWTHATCHERSDEAD' WAS READ BY MANY AS 'NOW THAT CHER'S DEAD'. SHE ISN'T, THANK GOODNESS. SO HERE'S SEVEN FACTS ABOUT MAGGIE INSTEAD. NUMBER ONE ` BEFORE SHE WAS IN POLITICS, SHE WAS A FOOD SCIENTIST WHO HELPED INVENT MR WHIPPY SOFT-SERVE ICE CREAM. NUMBER TWO ` AT THE TOKYO SUMMIT IN 1979 SHE WAS OFFERED 20 'KARATE LADIES' FOR SECURITY BUT SAID, 'NAH, I CAN HANDLE IT MYSELF.' HER NICKNAME ROUND PARLIAMENT WAS TBW, OR 'THAT BLOODY WOMAN'. NUMBER FOUR ` THE DR WHO VILLAIN 'HELEN A' WAS BASED ON HER. THIS IS HER HERE. I WANT TO SEE THOSE TEETH. FACT FIVE ` SHE GAVE THE OXFORD DICTIONARY A NEW VERB. 'TO HANDBAG' MEANS TO VERBALLY ATTACK SOMEONE RUTHLESSLY AND FORCEFULLY. SIX ` SHE HAS A SOUTH AFRICAN NECTARINE NAMED AFTER HER. I DIDN'T PROMISE ALL THE FACTS WOULD BE AMAZING. AND NUMBER SEVEN ` IN CASE YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS A FEMINIST ICON, SHE ONCE FAMOUSLY SAID 'I OWE NOTHING TO WOMEN'S LIB.' THAT WAS HER, REALLY ` DON'T ASK FOR HELP OR SPECIAL TREATMENT. 'I STARTED OFF AS A GROCER'S DAUGHTER, AND IF I CAN BLOODY DO IT, 'SO CAN YOU.' Some of those things I did not know. HI, MY NAME IS ALI, AND I'M A TWITTERHOLIC. SO IS JESSE. I EVEN TWEET IN BED. BUT EVEN AT OUR MOST PROLIFIC, WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THIS NEXT GUY. HE'S CALLED MITCH, AND HE TWEETS A LOT BUT SAYS FAR FROM BEING A TIME WASTER, TWITTER HAS HELPED A SHY TEENAGER COME OUT OF HIS SHELL. JEHAN CASINADER WITH HIS STORY. BIRD SINGS MELODICALLY IT'S GOT A WHOLE RANGE OF SOUNDS IN ITS REPERTOIRE. BIRD CHIRPS IT'S GOOD AT TWEETING, THEN. IT'S A GOOD TWEETER. DRUM AND BASS MUSIC AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY KIND OF TWEETING GOING ON. I WOULD THINK ABOUT SOMETHING FUNNY, OR I WOULD SEE SOMETHING FUNNY OR READ SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I'D SHARE IT. I STILL PROBABLY SHARE SOME THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T. YOU MIGHT TWEET SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS HILARIOUS ` HAPPENS TO ME A LOT ` AND NO ONE FINDS IT FUNNY. FOR MITCH KEAST, TWEETING IS A BIT LIKE BREATHING. TODAY I HAVE TWEETED ABOUT WHAT I'VE HAD FOR LUNCH; EARTHQUAKES; COLIN CRAIG; THE DECRIMINALISATION OF ABORTION IN NZ; A FEW TWEETS TO MY LOCAL MP; HATING GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS; LOTS OF POLITICS. ACTUALLY, NO, I WON'T READ THAT ONE ALOUD. SOMETHING HE'S BEEN DOING FOR FOUR YEARS. I'VE TWEETED AN ARTICLE. I'VE TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT THE RESERVE BANK; WATER BANS; ONE ABOUT MY FLATMATE, EMMA. I TWEET A LOT ABOUT CATS. CAT MEOWS (CHUCKLES) WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT? (LAUGHS) NOTHING. HANG ON ` DID YOU JUST ASK WHAT TWITTER IS? DUCK QUACKS HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK? IT'S A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE WHERE YOU SEND MESSAGES THAT ARE 140 CHARACTERS LONG. MITCH SIGNED UP AT HIGH SCHOOL. I DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY MY TIME AT HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS JUST ME TWEETING MY TEENAGE THOUGHTS TO THE WORLD, WHERE I COULD SAY THINGS THAT I COULDN'T SAY IN THE CLASSROOM. NOW STUDYING POLITICS AT UNI, HE'S STILL TWEETING. THE CURRENT COUNT? 104,000 NOW, YEAH. 104,000 TWEETS. THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S A LOT. AND I LOOK BACK NOW, AND I DON'T REMEMBER SENDING THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS AT THE TIME. BUT FORGET THE STEREOTYPES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE NET. THERE IS THAT PERCEPTION THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS QUITE INTROVERTED, AND IT'S JUST YOU SITTING AT HOME, TALKING TO RANDOM PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET THAT YOU'VE NEVER MET BEFORE, BUT FOR ME IT WASN'T LIKE THAT. IT FORCED ME NOT ONLY TO BE SOCIAL ONLINE, BUT IT GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO MEET UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS A TWEET UP ` A BUNCH OF TWITTER USERS MEETING UP IN REAL LIFE, TAKING THEIR ONLINE CONVERSATIONS OFFLINE. I THINK EVERYONE ON TWITTER'S A BIT WEIRD, BUT... IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU GO WITH. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE, BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW HEAPS ABOUT EACH OTHER'S LIVES. MANY OF MITCH'S CLOSEST FRIENDS HAVE COME FROM TWITTER. I'VE BEEN A LOT MORE OPEN THAN I USED TO BE. AND YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU HAVE SHARED INTERESTS. IT'S HELPED HIM NOT ONLY MAKE FRIENDS, BUT EVEN LAND A JOB. I'VE BEEN JUST TWEETING ONE DAY, AND I GOT A DIRECT MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE, AND THEY SAID, 'COME IN AND HAVE AN INTERVIEW.' FOR A JOB? > YEP, FOR A JOB. AND I GOT IT. HE'S ALSO HELPING BUSINESSES WITH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES. IT'S BEING USED A LOT NOWADAYS BY BUSINESSES IN NZ, AND IT'S ONLY` AND WE'RE ONLY SLOWLY CATCHING UP FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD. ONE OF MITCH'S TWEETS, MOCKING THE NAME 'SEVEN SHARP', GOT MADE INTO AN AD. WELL, COS I WAS PRACTICALLY MAKING FUN OF SEVEN SHARP, AND THEN THEY TURNED IT INTO AN AD AND THEN MADE FUN OF ME. CAMPBELL LIVE UNFOLLOWED ME ON TWITTER, SO... LAUGHTER FOR SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE SHARING LOTS, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR LIFE LOTS, AND TOO MUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION, I'M SURE IT CAN BE UNHEALTHY. MITCH HAS GOT TIRED OF TWEETING FROM TIME TO TIME. LAST YEAR HE ALMOST WENT OFF THE GRID. I WAS JUST TWEETING TOO MUCH. PEOPLE SENT HIM MESSAGES ASKING IF HE WAS OKAY. < DO PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOUR LIFE? AS A WHOLE, NO, PROBABLY NOT. BUT WITH FAST FINGERS, IT'S NOT HARD TO KEEP SHARING HIS LIFE ONLINE. BUT EVERY TIME A NEW THOUGHT POPS INTO MY HEAD, I'M, LIKE, 'HMM, IS THAT A TWEET?' TWITTER'S STILL NOWHERE NEAR AS BIG AS FACEBOOK IN NZ. IT'S ESTIMATED FACEBOOK HAS MORE THAN 2.3M KIWI USERS ` THAT'S ABOUT SEVEN TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS ARE ON TWITTER. AND IF YOU'RE READY TO DIP YOUR TOE INTO THE WATER OF TWITTER FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'VE GOT A BEGINNERS GUIDE ON OUR WEBSITE, SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ UP NEXT ` ONE MAN'S GRAFFITI IS ANOTHER MAN'S ART. GRAFFITI'S INFLUENCED A LOT OF THINGS ` FASHION, POPULAR CULTURE, ADVERTISING, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY GOT THE IDEA TO PUT ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE WHOLE SIDE OF TRAINS OR BUSES? THE ONE-MAN MISSION TO TURN BLAND WALLS INTO WORKS OF ART. OK, so your water pressure should be fine now. OK, so your water pressure should be fine now. Excellent. What about yours? Eh? Eh? Your, uh, fingernails. Oh. Oh. Owning a business can be pretty stressful. Fixing pipes is one thing, but keeping a business running ` a whole different trade. Too right. Too right. I'm thinking it'd be worth speaking to an expert. That's why ANZ has more local business bankers with the expertise to help your business succeed. Job done for both of us. Job done for both of us. Yeah, thanks. Running your own business can be stressful. That's why ANZ has more business bankers who can help. Find the details of the ANZ business banker closest to you and use their expertise to get the most out of your business. FOR SOME, STREET ART IS A BLIGHT ON SOCIETY AND THOSE WHO DO IT SHOULD BE SHOT WITH THEIR OWN SPRAY CANS ` OVERLY BAGGY PANTS AND ALL. CHANCES ARE, THOUGH, A GUY WHO GOES BY THE NAME 'ASKEW' ISN'T THE SORT OF STREET ARTIST THEY'RE ON ABOUT. HE HAS A BIG VISION FOR HIS BIG PICTURES IN AUCKLAND, AS DEAN BUTLER FOUND OUT. # WHO PUT THE WRITING ON THE WALL? # IT'S EVERYWHERE ` EVEN ON MY DAD'S TRUCK. GRAFFITI. IT'S LIKE A SUBCULT, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP. MINDLESS VANDALISM? TAGGING IS ALL ABOUT AN AFFRONT TO THE PRIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY. ILLEGIBLE RUBBISH? IT'S JUST SAD. OR HOW ABOUT... (INHALES DEEPLY) ...ART? IT'S FAIR TO SAY I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS STUFF. SHEEP. HERE AT AUCKLAND ART GALLERY, STREET ARTIST ELLIOT O'DONNELL, AKA ASKEW ONE, HAS A FEW LESSONS FOR ME. GRAFFITI HAS INFLUENCED A LOT OF THINGS ` FASHION, POPULAR CULTURE, ADVERTISING... I MEAN, WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY GOT THE IDEA TO PUT ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE WHOLE SIDES OF TRAINS OR BUSES? IT MIGHT BE INFLUENTIAL, BUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S A RIGHT PAIN IN THE` ART. GOING OUT AND BREAKING THE LAW, CLIMBING FENCES, GETTING CHASED... SO WHY DO IT, THEN? IT WAS VERY NECESSARY FOR ME TO... YOU KNOW, TO TAG, BECAUSE I LEARNT HOW TO CRAWL BEFORE I LEARNT HOW TO WALK. MAYBE, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE PICASSO GO ALL CUBIST ON HIS LOCAL BUS STOP. WHEN PEOPLE WORK ON A PAINTING, THEY WANT A COMPLETE WINDOW INTO A, KIND OF, IDEA OR A TIME OR A PLACE. YOU KNOW, BUT GRAFFITI'S IN THE REAL WORLD. AND, OUT IN THE REAL WORLD, ASKEW ONE IS DOING BIG THINGS ` BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE. WHEN WE'D JUST GOT BACK FROM A TRIP TO HAWAII AND A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER HEARD THAT RALPH HOTERE HAD PASSED AWAY, I HAD JUST FINISHED PAINTING A BIG PORTRAIT OF TAME ITI. SO I WAS KIND OF IN THE ZONE OF, SORT OF, HONOURING PEOPLE FROM THIS REGION. I JUST, SORT OF, PUT THAT NOTION OUT THERE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA ` GOT ON TWITTER AND SAID, 'I WANT TO DO A WALL FOR RALPH HOTERE.' A FEW RETWEETS AND HASHTAGS LATER, ASKEW ONE HAD ENOUGH TO PLAY HOMAGE TO HOTERE, ONE OF OUR MOST RESPECTED ARTISTS. AND NOW THE SUBURB OF KINGSLAND HAS ITS OWN HERO WALL. I SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE BUTTING HEADS WITH THE WHOLE WORLD TO DO THE TYPE OF ART THAT I DO, AND FOR ONCE I JUST FELT THIS OVERWHELMING SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND GOOD VIBE AND GOODWILL. IN FACT, THE RESPONSE WAS SO AMAZING, HE'S NOW RAISING MONEY TO DO IT ALL AGAIN. PEOPLE REALLY REALLY LOVE... THE CONTRIBUTION THAT PEOPLE LIKE RALPH HOTERE, PAT HANLY, MARGARET MAHY ` YOU KNOW, PLENTY OF OTHER CREATIVE PEOPLE ` MADE, YOU KNOW, TO THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THIS COUNTRY. AND WE DON'T HONOUR THEM ENOUGH. ELLIOT'S HOPING CROWD FUNDING THROUGH THE PLEDGEME WEBSITE WILL HELP HIM GET ON WITH IT. MY VISION FOR AUCKLAND IS THAT I WANT IT TO BE A MURAL CAPITAL. I REALLY FEEL THAT IT'S THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO REALLY ENHANCE A CITY. GREAT IDEA, ASKEW ONE ` COST-EFFECTIVE, BEAUTIFUL, NO RED TAPE. I'M NOT SURE IF AUCKLAND'S READY FOR THIS. I'm sure it is. WE WONDERED WHAT AUCKLAND COUNCIL THOUGHT OF ALL THAT, AND TODAY IT TOLD US IT'S WORKING ON A POLICY THAT'S DUE TO GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU'VE KINDLY BEEN SENDING IN YOUR FAVOURITE STREET ART. NEIL SENT THROUGH THESE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. Very Banksy. We did have a little debateas to what the guy on the left is holding. It is a guitar, people. THIS ONE COMES FROM ARCH HILL IN AUCKLAND. By an artist called Component. THIS COMES FROM KAIKOHE. The disused pub. Those kids look lifelike. Grammar correction. WE'RE ALMOST DONE, BUT HERE'S SOMETHING FOR TOMORROW'S SHOW. WE HEAR FROM THE MAN WHO WOULD CATCH A GRENADE FOR YOU, IF YOU WERE THE RIGHT WOMAN. But he'd be dead. WE LET BRODIE KANE GO ALL THE WAY TO MELBOURNE TO FIND OUT ABOUT BRUNO MARS' STAGGERING MUSIC CAREER, AND SOME OTHER... WELL, RANDOM THINGS. WHAT SONG DO YOU THINK YOU'D WANT TO GET MARRIED TO? UH, THE 'ROCKY' ANTHEM. 'EYE OF THE TIGER'. ARE YOU SERIOUS? WHY NOT? 'EYE OF THE TIGER'? CAN'T YOU SEE IT? I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. YES, YOU HAVE. THE BRIDE WILL COME DOWN WALKING DOWN THE AISLE, AND IT GOES,... # DUN. # DUN, DUN, DUN. # (CHUCKLES) AND WOULD SHE, LIKE, DO SOME SORT OF WALK, OR...? SHE WOULD HAVE THE EYE OF THE TIGER. AND SHE WOULD BE LOOKING RIGHT HERE ` AT THE LION. THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING WEDDING. YOU SEE IT? YOU'RE INVITED. YUS! BRING YOUR FRIENDS. THAT'S US. THANKS FOR WATCHING. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013