ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND AMY PARK. 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. SHE IS CALLED MANY THINGS, BUT PAULA BENNETT IS SET TO GET SOME NEW NAMES AFTER HER LATEST RADICAL CHANGES TO THE WELFARE SYSTEM. SHE CLAIMS SHE'S COME UP WITH SOME WINNING ANSWERS TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM. IT INVOLVES THOUSANDS GETTING OFF THE DOLE AND INTO JOBS. ONE SMALL THING ` ARE THERE ANY ACTUAL JOBS TO GET INTO? IN SOME CASES THERE ARE. IN OTHER PLACES IT'S TOUGH, AND I DON'T DENY THAT FOR ONE MOMENT. BUT UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU WON'T GET ONE. THEN WE MEET A WOMAN TRYING TO WEAVE A SOLUTION TO THE DEATHS OF 60 NZ BABIES EACH YEAR. I THINK IT'S GORGEOUS ` EXACTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. LITERALLY. LITERALLY. IT'S A CONCEPT WHICH COULD BE MUCH SIMPLER AND, SHE CLAIMS, MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE. THAT CAPTURES EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG FOR A BABY WHEN THEY'RE PUT DOWN TO SLEEP. AND IN THE WORLD OF POP HE'S HUGE, AND YET HE'S QUITE SMALL. THE MAN IN THE HAT, BRUNO MARS, IN HIS FIRST NZ TV INTERVIEW. YOU KNOW MY MOTHER'S FROM NZ? IS SHE? (GUFFAWS) IS SHE REALLY? NO! IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. LAST NIGHT, THE BIGGEST WELFARE REFORMS IN ABOUT 80 YEARS FINALLY BECAME LAW. THAT MEANS FROM JULY, THOUSANDS OF BENEFICIARIES WILL HAVE TO START LOOKING FOR WORK. BUT WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GET JOBS? HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN HAS A NOVEL IDEA. THERE ARE SO MANY DOLE BLUDGERS IN THIS COUNTRY, RIGHT? THEY SHOULD ALL GET JOBS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE SCARED. IN FACT, OFTEN THEY'RE SCARED. THEY'RE SCARED OF GOING INTO THE WORK MARKET. THEY'RE SCARED OF FAILING. THEY'RE ANXIOUS. SOME OF THEM JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THE WORK THING WORKS. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THERE'S ONE THING MANY OF THEM DO KNOW, AND THAT'S HOW WINZ WORKS. SO THEY'RE PERFECT EMPLOYEES FOR WINZ? I THINK SO, YEAH. PITY THERE AREN'T THOUSANDS OF VACANCIES AT WINZ. NICOLE WORKS THERE. SHE HELPS BENEFICIARIES GET JOBS. AND THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET BUSY FOR HER, BECAUSE FROM JULY, ANYBODY IN THE DOLE QUEUE WHO CAN WORK NEEDS TO GET READY TO, AS ORDERED BY PAULA BENNETT AND PASSED INTO LAW LAST NIGHT. BUT HANG ON A TICK ` THERE AREN'T ANY JOBS. IN SOME CASES THERE ARE. IN OTHER PLACES IT'S TOUGH, AND I DON'T DENY THAT FOR ONE MOMENT. BUT UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU WON'T GET ONE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING, YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE. SOON YOU'LL ALSO COMPETE WITH THIS MANY BENEFICIARIES COMING OFF THE DOLE QUEUE. BY TODAY'S NUMBERS, IT WOULD PUSH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FROM HERE TO HERE. AND THAT JOBLESSNESS RATE IS EVEN HIGHER THAN DURING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. AND I KNOW THAT GETTING REJECTED IS PRETTY HARD. I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF ` WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING FOR JOBS AND NOT GETTING THEM. SO THE HEADLINE NOW ` 'PAULA BENNETT'S BEEN REJECTED'. YEAH, BUT NOW THIS FORMER DPB MUM IS POCKETING ABOUT $250,000 A YEAR. SWEET. AND, HEY, GOOD NEWS ` THERE ARE JOBS GOING AT WINZ. TURNS OUT KICKING PEOPLE OFF THE DOLE TAKES EXTRA STAFF ` 150-ODD EXTRA STAFF. QUITE A FEW OF MY CLIENTS SAY, 'I WANT YOUR JOB. 'I WANT TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I WANNA HELP PEOPLE.' NOW, DON'T WRITE THIS OFF AS CRAZY STUFF, BECAUSE NICOLE HERSELF WAS A DPB MUM ONCE. IT WAS WHILE SITTING IN A WINZ OFFICE THAT SHE FIRST THOUGHT SHE'D LIKE TO WORK FOR THEM. MY SUCCESS RATE WOULD BE AROUND SEVEN TO EIGHT CLIENTS A MONTH. GETTING JOBS? MM-HM. THAT'S NOT BAD. NO. YOU COULD WORK THROUGH THOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS YOURSELF, PROBABLY. (CHUCKLES) MAYBE NOT. STILL, WE'VE SORTED 150; ONLY 10,850 TO GO. WE ASKED ONLINE THIS EVENING IF YOU HAVE ANY JOB IDEAS FOR THE 11,000 PEOPLE ABOUT TO START THE JOB HUNT. Increase in percentage. Treasury figures show us unemployment will go from 6.9% to 7.3%. If you're being paid $250,000 a year, you just don't understand. I dread the thought of being 20 years old and having to hunt for a job. I don't know where I would start. I can't believe that people in Parliament getting paid that much really know what it is like. You can make all the right noises, but doesn't add up to me. Two different perspectives on Facebook. On the other hand... So there are problems and gaps at both ends of the market and different sorts of needs. So this feels like one solution policy. You can't tell me all the people are falling into the same camp ` eligible, wanting to work. You can't just say we're going to change this overnight, the biggest change in 80 years, and it is going to work. I think most people will agree the system needed some sort of overhaul. You have to start somewhere. Sharon has a cheeky solution. 'I was on his debating team.; LATEST STATS TELL US 60 NZ BABIES DIE EVERY YEAR WHILE THEY'RE SLEEPING, AND WHILE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MODERN TECHNOLOGY CAN DO TO HELP, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO SOLUTION. IN NORTHLAND, WHICH IS A REGION THAT HAS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY, A TRADITIONAL HOMEGROWN METHOD IS STARTING TO SAVE LITTLE LIVES. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND IN WHANGAREI. YOU'LL FIND HER HAPPILY AT WORK... THAT'S IT. YOU'VE GOT IT. ...ON HER FRONT LAWN. EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY, UNDER THE SILK TREE. UNDER THE SILK TREE. JUST YOU AND YOUR FRIEND, DOING WHAT YOU DO. YEAH. AND IF I DON'T TOUCH FLAX ONCE A DAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S NOT IN BALANCE; IT'S OUT OF KILTER. HER TRADITIONAL WEAVING MASTERY... EACH ONE WOVEN WITH LOVE. ...HELPS SAVE THE LIVES OF LITTLIES LIKE 4-MONTH-OLD MIA,... (LAUGHS) ...WHO, BY WAY OF BEING MAORI AND LIVING IN NORTHLAND, IS AMONG THE MOST AT-RISK BABIES IN THE COUNTRY OF SUDI. SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY. AND WHAT IT IS IS AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT CAPTURES EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG FOR A BABY WHEN THEY'RE PUT DOWN TO SLEEP. THIS FLAX WAS PICKED TWO DAYS AGO. LOOK AT IT ` IT'S STILL PERFECT. THESE FLAX PODS, KNOWN AS WAHAKURA, ARE KEY TO A STRATEGY IN NORTHLAND TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUDI ` ONCE CALLED COT DEATH. I THINK IT'S GORGEOUS. EXACTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. LITERALLY. LITERALLY. TRADITIONAL ART IN A MODERN SETTING. AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL WORK. THEY ARE TAONGA; THEY ARE TREASURES. WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THE CULTURE AND BE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE. WE'VE GOT TO GET INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND REALLY ALLOW THOSE FAMILIES AND MOTHERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO PREVENT THIS EXTREMELY PREVENTABLE SITUATION. MINISTRY OF HEALTH STATS SHOW THAT ABOUT 60 BABIES DIE IN THIS COUNTRY EACH YEAR FROM SUDI. OF THOSE, JUST OVER 10% OCCUR IN NORTHLAND, WITH THE MAORI SUDI DEATH RATE IN THE REGION SEVEN TIMES THAT OF PAKEHA. ALL SING OFFICIALS SAY THAT IMBALANCE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND REQUIRES A TARGETTED APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF SAFE SLEEP. FOR MAORI, YOU'VE GOTTA THINK MAORI; YOU'VE GOTTA THINK WHANAU. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUNG MUMS DON'T LISTEN TO NURSES, DOCTORS. THEY LISTEN TO THEIR KUIA, THEIR KAUMATUA, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. HER NAME IS EMERINA KAIRE ` MY BABY THAT DIDN'T NEED TO PASS AWAY, BUT SHE DID. MUM NICOLE (26) LOST HER FIRST-BORN JUST SHY OF 6 MONTHS, FINDING HER WEDGED FACE-DOWN IN A GAP BETWEEN THE EDGE OF HER COT AND MATTRESS. I THOUGHT, 'OH,' YOU KNOW, 'SHE'S JUST FALLEN ASLEEP DOWN THERE,' COS SHE'D STILL BE ABLE TO BREATHE. BUT SHE WASN'T. IS THERE AN ELEMENT OF BLAME THAT YOU PLACE ON YOURSELF? DEFINITELY, THERE IS. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY, HAVING BEEN HER MUM. YET FOR ALL SHE'S BEEN THROUGH, NICOLE SAYS SHE STILL SEES YOUNG MUMS PUTTING THEIR BABIES IN UNSAFE SLEEPING SITUATIONS, INCLUDING SHARING A BED, WHERE THE INFANT CAN BE ROLLED ON AND SMOTHERED OR SUFFOCATED BY HEAVY BEDDING. HOW MANY FRIENDS DO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WHO ARE SLEEPING WITH BABY? FOUR, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. FOUR, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THEY SLEEP WITH BABY EVERY NIGHT? YES. I THINK TO THEM, IGNORANCE IS BLISS. AND HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY PREVENTION IS SO SIMPLE. BABIES MUST SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BED, AND ON THEIR BACK, ON A FIRM MATTRESS, AND WITHOUT A PILLOW. THE MATTRESS SHOULD FIT RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE COT WITHOUT ANY LOOSE BLANKETS OR SOFT TOYS. IDEALLY, MUM SHOULDN'T SMOKE DURING PREGNANCY OR AFTER, AND BREASTFEEDING IS BEST. EVEN WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR BACK, YOU DON'T USE PILLOWS, COS THAT PUSHES THE HEAD FORWARD, WHICH PUSHES THE JAW UP, AND IT BLOCKS THE AIRWAYS. AND IF YOU LEARN GOOD HABITS, LIKE KEEPING IT TIGHT,... WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO CASSANDRA AND HER LITTLE FLAX SLEEPERS, KEEPING BABIES SEPARATE EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THE SAME BED AS THEIR PARENTS. I'VE GOTTA DO 50. 50. (CHUCKLES) SO HAVE YOU GOT ANY FLAX AT YOUR HOUSE? BOTH LAUGH AND SHE LIKES IT. LOOK, SHE'S SMILING ABOUT IT AND EVERYTHING. EVERYBODY HAS A FIRST ONE. THIS IS WHO I AM. THIS IS WHO I AM. WOVEN WITH LOVE,... WOVEN WITH LOVE,... ON THE FRONT LAWN,... ON THE FRONT LAWN,... UNDER THE BIG TREE. (CHUCKLES) YEAH. DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER. DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES ` ONE FILM-MAKER'S STRUGGLE TO DOCUMENT THE DECADE OF BAD HAIR, FLARED TROUSERS AND A CRAZY NEW IDEA CALLED SKATEBOARDING. PLUS ` BRUNO MARS ON HOW HE PLANS TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE. FIRST, MY SONG PLAYS. WE'RE GONNA PLAY 'GRENADE' FOR THE HELL OF IT; LET HER KNOW WHAT SHE CAN'T BE. AND WHERE ARE WE? TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK IN NZ. THE SUPERSTAR TALKS MARRIAGE AND JANDALS IN HIS FIRST EVER NZ TV INTERVIEW. IF, LIKE ME, YOU WERE YOUNG IN THE 1970S, CHANCES ARE, AT SOME POINT, YOU HOPPED ON A SKATEBOARD, FELL OFF THE SKATEBOARD, SKINNED YOUR KNEES, THEN HOPPED BACK ON THE SKATEBOARD. WELL, ANDREW MOORE WAS AMONGST IT WHEN THE SKATEBOARDING CRAZE TOOK OFF. NOW HE'S MADE A FILM OF THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SCRAPES OF THE THEN-FLEDGLING SPORT. AND HIS FILM COULD BE A BIT OF A CULT HIT, BUT THERE IS ONE RATHER BIG SNAG, AS DEAN BUTLER FOUND OUT IN AUCKLAND. DRAGON'S 'APRIL SUN IN CUBA' NZ IN THE 1970S. WE WERE BASKING IN THE CUBAN SUN. COLOUR TELEVISION HAD JUST ARRIVED. WE TRIED TO GET RID OF A WHOLE LOT OF BROWN PEOPLE. ...HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN HERE, AND IF THERE'S ANY OVERSTAYERS. AND IF YOU WERE A KID, CHANCES WERE, YOU HAD ONE OF THESE. SKATEBOARDING WAS SO POPULAR THAT THEN-PRIME MINISTER ROB MULDOON EVEN SHOWED UP TO OPEN A SKATEPARK. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ` BUT I HOPE NOT THE LAST ` OPENING A SKATEBOARD PARK, WHICH I DULY DECLARE 'OPEN'. ANDREW MOORE WAS A CHAMPION NZ SKATEBOARDER BACK IN THE 1970S, AND NOW HE'S MADE A FILM CALLED 'NO MORE HEROES' ABOUT THE GOLDEN DAYS OF NZ BOARDING. UH, I THINK SKATEBOARDING'S TIMELESS, REALLY, AND IT'S NEVER GONNA GO AWAY. KIDS EVERYWHERE WERE SKATING DOWN THE STEEPEST STREETS THEY COULD FIND. I THINK WE WERE DOING ABOUT 35MPH, 40MPH. AT LEAST 50MPH. 55MPH DOWN THERE. AROUND 100KM/H. BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE DOCUMENTARY, THERE'S A PROBLEM. UH, WE JUST GOT SOME REAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LICENSING OF THE MUSIC, AND THEN WE, SORT OF, LOOKED INTO DOING, LIKE, A GENERAL RELEASE, AND IT WAS UP THERE IN THE 2O OR 30 GRAND MARK, YOU KNOW? THE MUSIC WE USED WAS JUST SUCH, KIND OF, ICONIC STUFF FROM THE PERIOD THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE IT. YES, ANDREW NEEDS THE MONEY. BUT I HAD ANOTHER OPTION. FORGET ABOUT THE MUSIC AND THE SONGS. I'LL DO THE MUSIC FOR YOU, MATE. I'VE GOT AN IDEA. TRUST ME. WHEEL SPINS RHYTHMICALLY NAH, NAH, SORRY DUDE. IT'S NOT GONNA WORK. SURVIVOR'S 'EYE OF THE TIGER' ANDREW'S RIGHT ` MUSIC IS A BIG PART OF ANY FILM. JUST IMAGINE IF 'ROCKY' DIDN'T USE 'EYE OF THE TIGER', BUT INSTEAD HAD... LULU'S 'I'M A TIGER' # I'M A TIGER. I'M A TIGER. # I'M A TIGER. I'M A TIGER. SO, WITH A LITTLE HELP, 'NO MORE HEROES' COULD BECOME THE NEXT KIWI CLASSIC, LIKE 'GOODBYE PORK PIE', 'ONCE WERE WARRIORS' AND... 'BONJOUR TIMOTHY'? BY GOD, IT'S ABOUT TIME WE TAYLORS DID OUR BIT FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING. OK, MAYBE NOT THAT LAST ONE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FILM YOURSELF, YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION. THERE'S A LINK TO ANDREW'S FUNDRAISING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ Music is important in a film like that. I admire him for sticking to his guns. The biggest cost in making Moulin Rouge was music. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FILM YOURSELF, YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION. THERE'S A LINK TO ANDREW'S FUNDRAISING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ NZ WAS BESTOWED WITH A GREAT HONOUR TODAY. AND IF YOU THINK INTERSECTIONS ARE CONFUSING, THIS WILL REALLY THROW YOU. JESSE LOOKS AT THE SEARCH FOR THE WORLD'S NEXT TOP ROUNDABOUT. YEAH. THINK THIS IS SEXY? THAT'S NOT SEXY. THIS IS SEXY. PUBLISHED EACH YEAR BY THE UK ROUNDABOUT APPRECIATION SOCIETY, THIS CALENDAR IS THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED OF TRAFFIC ISLANDS. THIS YEAR THEY'VE NAMED WELLINGTON'S BASIN RESERVE AS ONE OF THEIR COVER GIRLS. THE BASIN IS THE LARGEST ROUNDABOUT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A CRICKET GROUND INSIDE IT. THAT'S PLENTY ENOUGH TO EXCITE THIS GUY, KEVIN BERESFORD, WHO TRAVELS THE WORLD LOOKING FOR THE BEST ROUNDABOUTS FOR HIS CALENDAR. THE BASIN WILL JOIN MISS MARCH, FROM SWINDON, WHERE CARS HAVE TO WEAVE THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT ISLANDS, ALL WHILE DRIVING ANTI-CLOCKWISE. OR THIS ONE, FROM OMAN. YES, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THREE JUGS. TRY NOT TO THINK OF YOUR DAD IN THE BATH. THERE ARE PLENTY MORE, LIKE THESE ONES IN SPAIN, NEW YORK AND FRANCE. BUT TODAY IS THE BASIN'S DAY. JUST LOOK AT HOW HAPPY THESE LOCALS ARE. IT MAKES ME PROUD, YOU KNOW? LIKE, PROUD TO BE A NZER. HAVING 'LORD OF THE RINGS' AND 'THE HOBBIT' AND ALL THAT ` BIG INTERNATIONAL STARS HERE ` THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE ROUNDABOUT. GOOD ON YOU, BOYS. JUST REMEMBER ` ENJOY YOUR ROUNDABOUTS, BUT TAKE A LESSON FROM KEVIN AND DON'T ENJOY THEM TOO MUCH. LIKE ALL HOBBIES, IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES. THANKS, JESSE. AND OUR MAN IN TARANAKI, HAYDEN JONES, HEARD ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR GREAT ROUNDABOUTS. HE'S GOT A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2015 CALENDAR. WELLINGTON HAS THE BASIN RESERVE. SURE, NICE ROUNDABOUT. BUT THINK ABOUT CAPACITY. HERE IN THE PROVINCES, OUR ROUNDABOUTS CAN MILK 300 COWS AN HOUR. THAT'S 3000L; 1200 TEATS ` BREATHTAKING. GRANT HERBERT DOESN'T GET EXCITED ABOUT MUCH, BUT HE LOVES HIS 44-BALE DAIRY MASTER ROTARY PLATFORM ` HIS ROUNDABOUT. WELLINGTON'S GOT THE BASIN, MATE, BUT WE'VE GOT ROTARIES, AND WE PRODUCE MILK FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. DRINK AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE. LIVE FOREVER. (CACKLES) HE'S INCREDIBLY FAMOUS, PROBABLY FAIRLY RICH, We have a camera on our desk which continues through the break. You can see what we talk about. We remember the camera is on for about 10 seconds, then go back to our usual conversations. There is a twitter account when they are actually tweeting the things we say during commercial breaks. Ali swears like a longshoreman. HE'S INCREDIBLY FAMOUS, PROBABLY FAIRLY RICH, APPARENTLY QUITE HANDSOME ` BUT IS BRUNO MARS HAPPY? YOU KNOW WHAT I DO FOR FUN? I THINK ABOUT WHAT I USED TO DO WHEN I HAD FUN. BOTH LAUGH HE'S ABOUT THE BIGGEST THING IN POP MUSIC, AND HE'S NEXT. Imagine what you could do if you won back your home-loan repayments for a whole year. There are 10 chances to win every month. WE HAD ONE WHOSE LAST NAME WAS LAWRENCE, AND THERE WAS A COMEDY CHARACTER WHO WAS FRANKLY A PERV. APART FROM THAT, THOUGH, FAMOUS PEOPLE CALLED BRUNO HAVE BEEN THIN ON THE GROUND. A FUN-SIZED POP SINGER FROM HAWAII HAS CHANGED ALL THAT. BRUNO MARS IS ABOUT THE BIGGEST THING IN POP AT THE MOMENT. HE SPOKE TO BRODIE KANE IN MELBOURNE ABOUT HIS PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. BRUNO MARS' 'LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN' # OH, YEAH, YEAH. # OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. # PLEASE WELCOME THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED BRUNO MARS. IT'S BRUNO MARS! BRUNO MARS. BRUNO MARS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND GIRLS, BRUNO MARS! WHEN MEETING SOMEONE AS BIG AS BRUNO MARS, YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT. I DID SOME MATHS, RIGHT,... MM. ...AND YOU'VE SOLD OVER 45 MILLION SINGLES. WOW. DO YOU REALISE THAT THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 10 NZS? (CHUCKLES) IS IT REALLY? THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YEAH. SO WE'RE JUST WEE. (CHUCKLES) BUT THAT'S QUITE A GOOD SCALE FOR YOU TO WORK ON, EH? OH MAN. I'M VERY FORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. THE BEGINNING? WELL, 45 MILLION SINGLES SOLD ISN'T A BAD START, I GUESS. MORE IMPORTANT, I THINK, WITH MOST OF MY INFLUENCES AND GROWING UP PERFORMING LIVE, I FEEL THAT IT REALLY HELPS ME WITH... AND LISTENING TO MOTOWN, IT JUST REALLY HELPED ME WITH MY SONGWRITING. ONE DAY I WANT TO DO A REGGAE SONG; THE NEXT DAY I WANT TO SING A BALLAD, A LOVE SONG; ONE DAY I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND DANCE. SO, UM,... I'M A LITTLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT THAT'S ME. THAT'S WHAT I AM. WHY SHOULDN'T MY MUSIC SOUND LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? IT'S THOSE LOVE SONGS HE'S FAMOUS FOR, WHICH ARE BECOMING QUITE THE HIT AT WEDDINGS. 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'? I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. YES, YOU HAVE. THE BRIDE WILL COME WALKING DOWN THE AISLE, AND IT GOES,... # DUN. # DUN, DUN, DUN. # 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. IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING WEDDING. CAN I COME? SEE? YOU'RE INVITED. YUS! BRING YOUR FRIENDS. NOT QUITE THE PROPOSAL I WAS AFTER. MOVING ON. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN? WHAT DO I DO FOR FUN? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES, 10 MINUTES... I'M NEVER ALLOWED TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES. AREN'T YOU? THAT'S NOT VERY NICE. RIGHT? CAN'T YOU JUST SAY, 'GUYS, BACK OFF.' DID I JUST CRASH THIS WHOLE THING INTO A SOMBRE, BUMMER INTERVIEW? NO, NO. COS THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO. ARE YOU? YOU KNOW WHAT I DO FOR FUN? I THINK ABOUT WHAT I USED TO DO WHEN I HAD FUN. (CHUCKLES) AND NOW FOR WHAT ALL YOU FANS OUT THERE ARE GAGGING TO HEAR. ARE YOU GONNA COME TO NZ? NO, PROBABLY NOT. NO. I'M KIDDING. I'M JOKING. OF COURSE I AM. YEAH? WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR? I HOPE SO. WELL, COS YOU'RE COMING HERE, AREN'T YOU? SO WHY NOT? YEAH. I'M COMING HERE, SO DEFINITELY. SO JUST JUMP OVER. DONE. SAY NO MORE. SO, WHAT DOES HE REALLY KNOW ABOUT NZ? OH. THESE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NZ NAME FOR THESE IS? IN HAWAII WE CALL` THERE'S A FEW NAMES. THERE'S SLIPPERS,... YEP. ...THERE'S FLIP-FLOPS,... MM-HM. ...THERE'S TOE THONGS... TOE THONGS? YEAH. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THONG THONG-THONG-THONGS? ABSO` YEAH. (CHUCKLES) RHYMES WITH SANDALS. STARTS WITH A J. STARTS WITH`? RHYMES WITH SANDA` JANDALS? THERE YOU GO. WHY DO YOU GUYS CALL THEM THAT? I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU CAN HAVE THEM, BECAUSE YOU WON. ARE THESE MINE? YEAH. LOOK AT THAT, NZ. YEAH. # MOVIN' ON UP. # WHICH ONE OF THEM IS THE PRIME MINISTER? THAT'S THE GUY THAT DIRECTED, I BELIEVE, 'LORD OF THE RINGS'. AND THIS GUY IS THE PRIME MINISTER. YOU ARE AMAZING. GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. I THINK HE DESERVES A PRIZE. IT'S JUST THIS LITTLE GUY. SO YOU SHOULD JUST BRING HIM. HE CAN BE, LIKE, YOUR PASSPORT. WOW. WHISPERS: IF YOU SQUEEZE HIM, HE MAKES A SOUND. KIWI CALLS WHAT WAS THAT? KIWI CALLS I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THAT'S THE NOISE THEY MAKE. AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST. OH MY GOD. SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU THINK ABOUT ME, HUH? $8.50. $8.50. THAT'S ALL I'M WORTH? DUDE, I'VE GOT A BUDGET AT TVNZ, EH. ACTUALLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTS I'VE GOTTEN IN A LONG TIME. IS IT? IT IS. LOOK HOW COOL HE IS. YEAH, HE IS COOL. WE'RE GONNA LET YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE AWESOME. LOVELY TO MEET YOU. YOU'RE AWESOME. THAT CAMERA'S AWESOME. AND YOU'RE COOL. # OH, YEAH, YEAH. # OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. # OOH. # That's way more than she ever spent on us. Jandals ` Japanese sandals. Nailed it. AND IF YOU LOVE BRUNO, GOOD NEWS ` BRODIE'S EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH THE HAWAIIAN HOTTIE'S AVAILABLE AT SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ Way to ruin a fun fact