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. HELLO. TONIGHT, BABIES AS TINY AS A PACK OF BUTTER. THESE DAYS DOCTORS CAN DELIVER THEM AS YOUNG AS 23 WEEKS. YEP, AND A LIFE SAVED IS A WIN, FOR SURE. BUT WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE FOR THOSE BABIES WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER? SHE SAID TO ME, 'DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG 'WITH A BABY OF THIS SIZE AND THIS AGE?' AND I SAID, 'NO.' AND I SAID, 'I JUST WANT TO DEAL WITH IT AS AND WHEN IT HAPPENS.' ALSO TONIGHT, ON THE DAY SUPERCARS REVVED BACK INTO LIFE IN PUKEKOHE, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY THAT LITTLE TOWN IS OUR OWN MOTOWN ` BUT NOT IN THE MUSICAL WAY. YOU WALK OUT THERE, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND 20 RACECARS WITHIN 100M OF WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW. AND THE KIWI DOCO THAT SHOWS HOW RUGBY HELPED A BUNCH OF TOUGH TEENAGERS FROM SOUTH-SIDE LA. I PICKED UP THE BALL AND STARTED TO RUN. I JUST TOOK OFF. KIND OF HARD TO WATCH SOMETIMES. IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. THE THREE OF US ARE PARENTS, AND EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHTLY EARLY ARRIVAL FROM MY DAUGHTER, THE THREE OF US NEVER HAD TO FACE THE HEAD AND HEART ACHE OF A VERY PREM BABY. AND ITS NOT JUST THE EARLY ARRIVAL WE WERE SPARED; IT WAS THE UNCERTAINTY OVER A BABY'S FUTURE. SO, YES, WE ARE THE LUCKY AND GRATEFUL ONES. PREMATURE BIRTHS, THOUGH, ARE ON THE RISE, AND DOCTORS CAN NOW SAVE BABIES AS YOUNG AS 23 WEEKS. BUT WHAT WILL LIFE REALLY BE LIKE FOR THEM? JEHAN CASINADER HAS THE STORY. TODAY'S THE DAY ETHAN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BORN. INSTEAD, HE ARRIVED EARLY ` THREE MONTHS EARLY. HE WAS JUST SO TINY. I DIDN'T WANT TO BREAK HIM. YOU KNOW, I COULD HOLD HIM QUITE COMFORTABLY JUST SITTING IN THE PALM OF MY HAND, RESTING ON MY FINGERS. A TOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR BRAD, WHO'S A FIRST TIME DAD. BEEN LOTS OF MOMENTS WHERE I'VE BEEN SCARED. WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT HOW SMALL HE WAS, THAT WAS THE FIRST BIG SHOCK. ETHAN WEIGHED LESS THAN A BLOCK OF BUTTER. GOING INTO THEATRE FOR DELIVERY, IT WAS TERRIFYING. THERE WAS ABOUT 15 OR 20 PEOPLE IN THE OPERATING THEATRE. THE EXTRAORDINARY THING IS, JUST 10 YEARS AGO, ETHAN MAY NOT HAVE LIVED. THE FIRST TIME HE GRABBED MY FINGER WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. HE JUST HELD ONTO IT. IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY MADE IT FEEL REAL, THAT HE WAS HERE, AND HE WAS MY SON. ETHAN'S NOT ALONE. PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE ON THE RISE, AND OUR DOCTORS ARE STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHY. EACH YEAR, 4,500 KIWI NEWBORNS ARRIVE EARLY. IN A NEONATAL WARD LIKE THIS ONE, THEY FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. WE CANNOT SAVE EVERY BABY. BUT WHEN I STARTED OUT, BABIES UNDER 28 WEEKS WOULD NEVER SURVIVE, AND NOW BABIES AT 26 WEEKS, IF THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER AND ARE DELIVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, THEY WILL GO HOME AND BE NORMAL. THE YOUNGEST BABIES WE'RE SAVING ARE JUST 23 WEEKS OLD. THESE BABIES ALL HAVE REFLUX. ALL HAVE REFLUX. TECHNOLOGY HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT. EVEN INCUBATORS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE, MAINLY TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY WITH TEMPERATURE BUT WITH HUMIDITY. BUT EXPERTS ARE FINDING THAT EVEN BABIES LIKE ETHAN, WHO SEEM TO BE DOING WELL, COULD HAVE OTHER ISSUES IN LATER LIFE. AND SHE SAID TO ME, 'DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG 'WITH A BABY OF THIS SIZE AND THIS AGE?' AND I SAID NO. I SAID, 'I JUST WANT TO DEAL WITH IT AS AND WHEN IT HAPPENS.' PREM BABIES HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF GETTING DIABETES, STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS. WE KNOW THAT FOR CHILDREN THAT HAVE A BLEED IN THE BRAIN VERY EARLY ON IN LIFE THAT THOSE KIDS ARE AT MUCH HIGHER RISK OF CEREBRAL PALSY AS THEY GROW UP. BUT WHY ARE THESE BABIES ARRIVING EARLY IN THE FIRST PLACE? RESEARCHERS KNOW THAT WOMEN ARE HAVING BABIES LATER. THEY ALSO RECKON IVF AND POVERTY CAN ALSO INCREASE THE RISK. BUT THERE'S NO SINGLE ANSWER. IF WE KNEW WHY IT WAS HAPPENING, WE COULD DO MORE TO STOP IT. AND THERE'S CERTAINTY A LOT OF RESEARCH GOING ON BOTH IN NZ AND INTERNATIONALLY TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT WE HAVE THIS BURGEONING POPULATION OF PRE-TERM INFANTS. THOSE INFANTS ARE KEEPING OUR HOSPITALS FULL. THE WELLINGTON NEONATAL UNIT IS STAFFED FOR 35 BABIES, RECENTLY IT'S HAD AS MANY AS 50 IN IT. ETHAN SPENT THREE MONTHS IN AN INCUBATOR HERE. IN SOME WAYS, IT'S GONE REALLY FAST; IN SOME WAYS, I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE BEFORE, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR NORMAL. AND THEN TO FIND OUT THIS MORNING THAT HE'S BEING DISCHARGED ON MONDAY WAS PRETTY AWESOME. FOR A PARENT OF A 23- OR 24-WEEK GESTATION BABY WHO COMES THROUGH AND GETS THROUGH THE WHOLE NEONATAL EXPERIENCE AND GOES ON TO BE A HEALTHY, WELL CHILD, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU PUT A PRICE ON THAT? IT'S FANTASTIC. NICKY AND BRAD HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD. THE RISKS ARE STILL THERE. THEY SAY IT'S WORTH IT FOR A LITTLE MIRACLE LIKE THIS. I'VE GOT A CORPORATE BACKGROUND. I'M QUITE` LIKE CONTROL. AND I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY OUT OF MY CONTROL. IT MIGHT SOUND REALLY SILLY, BUT WHEN PEOPLE JUST WHINGE ABOUT THINGS IN THEIR DAY THAT HAPPEN, LIKE, REALLY SILLY THINGS, AND YOU KIND OF GO, 'HMM. YEAH. 'IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME ANY MORE.' THANKS TO WELLINGTON HOSPITAL AND THE NEONATAL TRUST. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR WORK ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR WORK ON OUR WEBSITE. ON FACEBOOK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE TODAY AND POINTED OUT THAT IN HOLLAND, EVEN WITH ALL THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, THEY DON'T TRY TO SAVE PREM BABIES BEFORE 24 WEEKS. HERE, WE DO. AND WE ASKED, SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO? MANY OF YOU SAID THAT WAS A STUPID QUESTION TO ASK. I can understand how it became a really heated discussion. After all, these are people's children we are talking about. One viewer said it beautifully. Just a bit bigger than that block of butter you are holding earlier. 'He has a lot to contribute to this world. I defy anyone to tell me he does not have the right to be here.' The Netherlands are renowned for a progressive attitude towards family. So does not as though we are painting them as a barbaric country. Heather gives the other side. Ultimately it should be the parents' decision, and they should be informed on the future. A light-hearted contribution. 2-pound baby born 40 years ago now a very healthy, big man. THE WORLD'S TINIEST PREMATURE BABY TO SURVIVE IS RUMAISA RAHMAN ` THERE SHE IS ` WHO WAS BORN IN CHICAGO AT 26 WEEKS AND WEIGHED JUST 255 GRAMS. My daughter was 3.5kg. BUT SHE GREW UP NORMALLY AND WAS WALKING BY AGE 1. NOW SHE'S 8, AND, ALTHOUGH SMALLER THAN MOST KIDS HER AGE, SHE'S HEALTHY. AFTER THE BREAK ` THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF V8S ROARS INTO LIFE IN PUKEKOHE. JUST HOW CAR-OBSESSED IS THE LITTLE TOWN? AND IS IT THE NEW 'EBONY AND IVORY' OR JUST THE OPPOSITE? JACK TAME TELLS US ABOUT A VERY ODD, NEW ANTI-RACISM SONG. WELCOME BACK. JUMPING TIME ZONES NOW ` FOR THE LATEST ON HAPPENINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, WE SPOKE TO OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME AND ASKED HIM FOR THE LATEST ON THE COUNTRY'S GUN-CONTROL LAWS. A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRESS. A STEP ` A VERY SMALL, BUT IMPORTANT STEP ` IN THE US SENATE TODAY. EFFECTIVELY, IT WAS A PROCEDURAL VOTE ` THE US SENATORS DECIDING WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH THE GUN DEBATE. THEY PASSED THAT STEP, SO THEY'LL BE CONTINUING IT OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. IF YOU WERE TO GIVE IT A SPORTING ANALOGY, YOU'D SAY THOSE PUSHING FOR GUN REFORM HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD CUP, BUT THEY'RE STILL A LONG WAY FROM ACTUALLY WINNING ANY ACTUAL CHANGE. REALLY, THE BEST THAT GUN-CHANGE PROPONENTS CAN HOPE FOR IS AN INCREASE IN BACKGROUND CHECKS ` ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE BUYING GUNS AT GUN SHOWS AN IN ONLINE AUCTIONS, THAT SORT OF THING. OK, LET'S STICK WITH REDNECKS, BUT MOVE ON TO MUSIC. THERE'S A NEW SONG CALLED 'ACCIDENTALLY RACIST'. WHAT IS IT? (CHUCKLES) YEAH, IT'S NOT EXACTLY RACING TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION HERE. THIS IS A VERY BIZARRE COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNTRY MUSIC STAR BRAD PAISLEY AND LL COOL J, THE VETERAN RAPPER ` BIZARRE NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A RAPPER AND A COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER JOINING FORCES, BUT BIZARRE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SONG. 'ACCIDENTALLY RACIST' IS WHAT THEY SAY IS THEIR EFFORT TO TRY AND IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE'LL GIVE YOU A BIT OF A TASTE OF SOME OF THE LYRICS. COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS LL COOL J RAPS IT NEVER QUITE WORKS PUTTING A RAPPER AND A COUNTRY SINGER TOGETHER. I REMEMBER WHEN NELLY TEAMED UP WITH TIM MCGRAW AND THEY SANG A DUET. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SINGING IT TO EACH OTHER, LIKE THEY WERE IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER. THEY JUST DON'T MESH. ALSO, BY THE LYRICS, I THINK 'INTENTIONALLY CONFUSED' WOULD BE A BETTER TITLE THAN 'ACCIDENTALLY RACIST'. HOWEVER... WE'VE ALSO GOT JAY Z FORCED TO DEFEND HIS TRIP TO CUBA. BECAUSE, OF COURSE, AMERICANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO CUBA, ARE THEY, JACK? NO, THAT'S RIGHT. THE US TRADE EMBARGO'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. AND, I MEAN, JAY Z AND BEYONCE GET PLENTY OF ATTENTION, NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO. BUT LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY SWUNG DOWN TO HAVANA TO CELEBRATE THEIR FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, THEY WERE ALWAYS GONNA GENERATE HEADLINES. TWO REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES ACTUALLY ENDED UP COMPLAINING TO THE US TREASURY, SAYING, 'WELL, HANG ON, 'WHY ARE JAY Z AND BEYONCE ALLOWED TO GO DOWN TO CUBA?' IN THE END, IT TURNED OUT THEY HAD SPECIAL VISAS. JAY Z'S GOT 99 PROBLEMS, BUT HIS VISA WASN'T ONE. HE COULD GO DOWN FOR CULTURAL REASONS. HOWEVER, IT ALL BECAME MORE INFLAMED TODAY AFTER JAY Z RELEASED A RAP ONLINE, RESPONDING TO SOME OF HIS CRITICS. AND, GUYS, I'M GONNA DO MY BEST JAY Z HERE. I'M SURE IT'LL BE AN EASY THING FOR YOU TO IMAGINE. BUT, UH, BEAR WITH ME. HE SAID, 'I TURNED HAVANA INTO ATLANTA. 'BOY FROM THE HOOD, I GOT WHITE HOUSE CLEARANCE. 'OBAMA SAID, "CHILL, YOU'RE GONNA GET ME IMPEACHED. '"YOU DON'T NEED THIS ANYWAY. CHILL WITH ME ON THE BEACH."' NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT HE MENTIONED THE WHITE HOUSE. SO TODAY BARACK OBAMA'S REPRESENTATIVES WERE ASKED, 'WELL, HANG ON, IF THE US TREASURY GAVE JAY Z PERMISSION, 'WHY IS BARACK OBAMA MENTIONED IN THE RAP?' IN THE END, ALL OBAMA'S REPRESENTATIVES COULD SAY WAS... I GUESS NOTHING RHYMES WITH TREASURY. THE PRESIDENT HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT LL COOL J SONG SOUNDS LIKE A MAGNUM OPUS, DOESN'T IT? ALL LAUGH JACK TAME, FROM NEW YORK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LL Cool J - ladies love Cool James. What a knob. Fantastic in NCIS. HARD TO THINK OF MANY TOWNS MORE SYNONYMOUS WITH ONE THING THAN PUKEKOHE. EVEN THOSE WITH ONLY A PASSING INTEREST IN DRIVING VERY FAST KNOW THAT THE SETTLEMENT 54KM SOUTH OF AUCKLAND'S ALL ABOUT MOTOR-RACING. MICHAEL HOLLAND PAID A VISIT. IT'S THE TOWN THAT IS OR ISN'T, DEPENDING HOW YOU'RE FEELING; CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE PART OF AUCKLAND, FAR ENOUGH AWAY NOT TO BE. IT'S ALSO THE PLACE THAT THROBS TO A CERTAIN THROATINESS. NO MORE SO THAN THIS WEEKEND. NOW, THE PROMOTIONAL HYPE ` AND TRUST ME, THERE'S BEEN A FAIR BIT OF IT ` HAS ALL BEEN ABOUT COMING HOME, ABOUT THE V8 SUPERCARS RETURNING HERE TO PUKEKOHE, THE HOME OF NZ MOTORSPORT, BUT IS THAT CLAIM IN FACT THE REALITY? WE'VER COME TO TOWN TO PUT IT TO THE TEST. WE'VE COME TO TOWN TO PUT IT TO THE TEST. UPBEAT MUSIC HAVE A LOOK AROUND. (LAUGHS) HAVE A LOOK AROUND. YOU WALK OUT THERE, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND 20 RACE CARS WITHIN 100M OF WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW. AND WHERE WE'RE STANDING IS ONE OF PUKEKOHE'S MAIN DRAGS, SO WHAT GO-FAST MACHINARY CAN WE FIND WITHIN A HUNDRED METRES TO SUPPORT THE MUCH REPEATED 'HOME OF MOTORSPORT' MANTRA? I LOVE THE SMELL OF GAS. OUR FIRST ENCOUNTER, MORE REVEALING THAN THE SPIT AND POLISH SHE'S GIVING THE BOSS'S DRIFT CAR, CHARNESS (17) IS ON WORK EXPERIENCE AND DESPERATE FOR A JOB. WELL, I DO DIRT-TRACK RACING, SO... YEAH, YOU DO DIRT TRACK RACING? YEAH, IS THAT ALL PEOPLE DO ROUND HERE IS RACE CARS? (LAUGHS) YEAH, I THINK SO. INSIDE, THEY'RE MAKING BIG HORSEPOWER BLOCKS AND BUCKS EXPORTING ENGINES FOR DRIFT CARS TO CHINA. $45,000 WORTH. SO THAT'S A MOTOR, TURBO, MANIFOLDS, A NEW COMPUTER, TUNED INJECTORS. OUT OF PUKEHOKE, JUST SOUTH OF AUCKLAND? OUT OF PUKEKOHE, YEAH. JUST A LATE-MODEL CAR THAT WE'LL BE STRIPPING OUT, PUTTING A ROLL CAGE IN. DO A RACE MOTOR, GEARBOX AND SENDING ON ITS MOTORSPORT LIFE. WHERE'S YOUR DIRT TRACK CAR? AT HOME. WHAT TIME YOU KNOCK OFF ? UH, 5 O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD MEET THERE AT 5 O'CLOCK. OK, COOL. ENGINE REVS THREE OR FOUR DOORS AWAY... 840 HORSEPOWER.. YOU COULD SAY ITS ALWAYS BEEN A FAST CAR, BECAUSE IT USED TO BE A TRAFFIC COP CAR IN ITS FORMER LIFE. WHAT, AN OLD BLACK AND WHITE ONE? YES, THAT'S TRUE. ACROSS THE ROAD, A BRUTE IN A LEAGUE ALL ITS OWN. IT'S ABOUT 3000 HORSEPOWER, RUNNING ON ALCOHOL. 5.67 SECONDS AT 249 MPH. MATCHING THE BIG NUMBERS, SOME BIG TALKING. PUKEKOHE, THE MOTORSPORT MECCA OF THE WORLD. OF THE WORLD. THAT'S SLIGHTLY OVERSTATING IT. NO. WELL, IT'S OUR WORLD, ISN'T IT? ONWARDS, THEN, TO A NAME AND A CAN-DO APPROACH FOREVER LINKED TO PUKEKOHE. POSSUM WAS ONE OF THE BOYS THAT WENT ALL THE WAY. THE LATE POSSUM BOURNE'S OLD COMPANY IS STILL HIGHLY REGARDED IN RALLYING CIRCLES. WHEN POSSUM WAS HERE EVERYTHING HAD TO BE DONE RIGHT, AND YOU LEARN. UM, YOU LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS RIGHT. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO DO IT. THIS WAS ONE OF HIS LAST CARS? THIS WAS HIS TOY. THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE BIG HORSEPOWER. THIS IS ONE HE JUST USED TO HAVE FUN IN. NEXT DOOR ` RACEQUAL, RUN BY THE MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR TEENAGERS WITH THE MECHANICAL-CUM-RACING BENT. THEY TAKE AN OLD HONDA CIVIC WHICH IS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE, AND WE TEACH THEM THE TRADE SKILLS, AND THEY TURN IT INTO A LITTLE CIRCUIT RACER. ROLL CAGE, SEATS, HARNESSES, TRICKED UP LITTLE ENGINE AND WE'RE AWAY. A FORMER STUDENT HERE ONE SHANE VAN GISBERGEN, NO LESS. A FORMER STUDENT HERE, ONE SHANE VAN GISBERGEN, NO LESS. PUKEKOHE. IF IT CAN'T BE DONE HERE, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE DONE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE'VE FILLED THE DAY. IT'S NOW 5 O'CLOCK. WE'VE GOT ONE LAST CALL. WE WERE GOING TO NAME IT THE BLACK BEAUTY, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO MUCH OF A BEAST TO CALL IT THAT. SO YOU CALLED IT PUKE MONSTER? PUKE MONSTER, YEAH. I SEE THER'S A LABEL ON THE ACCELERATOR THAT SAYS ACCELERATOR? I HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE FINDING THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR, SO WE DECIDED TO LABEL IT. (LAUGHS) SPEAKING OF LABELS, OUR LITTLE TOUR PROBABLY DOES CONFIRM THE LINE THE PUBLICITY GURUS HAVE BEEN RECITING TIME AND AGAIN. PUKEKOHE IS definitely THE HOME OF MOTORSPORT IN NZ. Michael Holland spent most of the week around fast cars. Jealous? Very. WELL, IT'S THAT TIME OF THE WEEK WHEN WE REFLECT AND PONDER. HERE'S JESSE. YEAH, WHAT A WEEK! IT WAS A BIG FEW DAYS FOR PRIME MINISTER JOHN DORY, THE FORGETFUL FISH, AS HE FINISHED THE FINAL LEG OF HIS 'DO YOU KNOW WE EXIST?' TOUR OF CHINA. HE MISSED SOME PRETTY GOOD FUN BACK HERE IN PARLIAMENT, WHERE PAULA BENNETT WAS DISCUSSING CHILD POVERTY WITH HER CUSTOMARY SENSITIVITY. THERE IS NOT A GOVERNMENT MEASURE FOR POVERTY. (LAUGHS) GOSH! (LAUGHS) STAYING WITH POLITICS, BRITAIN MOURNED THE LOSS OF MARGARET THATCHER THIS WEEK, SORT OF, WHILE LIBERALS ON TWITTER GOT ALL OVEREXCITED, COMPARING HER TO JOHN KEY, ALTHOUGH WE DID LIKE THIS PHOTOSHOP JOB. SCARY. THE BDO IS COMING BACK TO NZ. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT BDO STANDS FOR, SHAME ON YOU. YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GCSB STANDS FOR. GOVERNMENT'S CREEPY SPY BONANZA. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT. AND FINALLY, IT'S GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK TO GERRY CHARLES SEBASTIAN BROWNLEE, WHO'S OFF TO REPRESENT NZ AT THATCHER'S FUNERAL. THE MP FOR ILAM WILL WATCH PROCEEDINGS FROM ONE OF THOSE RICKETY WOODEN CHURCH CHAIRS AT THE BACK OF THE ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. TALK ABOUT AN UNSAFE SEAT. STILL TO COME ` MY NAME HAS UNFAIRLY BEEN TARNISHED BY THE ACTIONS OF MY FATHER. CRIMINAL, FELON, THIEF AND MANY OTHER HORRIBLE TITLES SURROUND MY NAME. I'M EAGER TO CHANGE THIS. THE LA KIDS MORE USED TO POLICE LINE-UPS THAN RUGBY LINE-OUTS ` A FILM WHICH REDEFINES THE WORD 'UNLIKELY'. Ugh... AND AS THE GANGNAM STYLE BLOKE TRIES TO REPEAT THE TRICK, WE LOOK AT THE CATCHY BUT FLEETING WORLD OF ONE-HIT WONDERS. THEY DON'T PLAY MUCH RUGBY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, AND YET THE STORY OF TWO TEENAGE TEAMS ON A TOUR OF NZ HAS JUST BEEN NAMED A FINALIST IN THE AFRICA WORLD DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL. EVEN MORE SURPRISING, THE GUY WHO MADE THE FILM DOESN'T REALLY LIKE RUGBY. BUT, AS CRAIG STANAWAY FOUND, THAT DIDN'T MATTER A BIT. MY NAME HAS UNFAIRLY BEEN TARNISHED BY THE ACTIONS OF MY FATHER ` CRIMINAL, FELON, THIEF AND MANY OTHER HORRIBLE TITLES SURROUND MY NAME. I AM EAGER TO CHANGE THIS. THEY'VE LEARNT TO PLAY RUGBY ON THE PARKING LOTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LA, BECAUSE THERE'S NO GRASS AT THEIR SCHOOLS. THE GRASS YOU'RE SEEING IS FROM HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD. THE TWO TEAMS ` ONE GIRLS AND ONE BOYS ` ARE TRAVELLING TO NZ, HOME OF THE ALL BLACKS. AND IT'S ALSO MADE BY A DIRECTOR WHO HAS NO REAL INTEREST IN RUGBY. HE'S KIWI JAMES BROWN. THE FILM'S CALLED 'RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE'. IT BEGAN AS A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO BUILDING POSITIVE MESSAGES, AND THIS LEODES IS ONE POSITIVE KID. HOW DID HE GET INTO RUGBY? UH, STRANGELY, HE GOT INTO RUGBY THROUGH THE CHESS CLUB. AND DESTINED, IT SEEMS, FOR GREATER THINGS. HE'S OUT OF TROUBLE. THERE'S NO WAY HE'S GETTING INTO TROUBLE. HE'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. I MEAN, HE'S AN ON-TO-IT DUDE. LEODES, IT APPEARS, IS DETERMINED TO REDEFINE STEREOTYPES. THAT SAID, THERE'S BAD NEWS IF HE THOUGHT HE COULD BECOME THE FIRST RUGBY-PLAYING PRESIDENT ` A PASTY-WHITE PROP FROM ARKANSAS BEAT HIM TO IT. THE FILM'S SPARKED INTEREST IN AMERICA. THE TEST, THOUGH, IS NZ. IF YOU CAN'T SELL A RUGBY MOVIE HERE, YOU WON'T SELL IT ANYWHERE. The 2016 Olympics have rugby as a sport. Guess who the current gold medal holders are. USA. So those boys will get to defend their gold medal in 2016. YOU CAN CATCH 'RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE' HERE IN AUCKLAND IN THE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL. KOREA'S NOT JUST IN THE NEWS FOR THREATS OF THERMONUCLEAR WAR. TODAY SOUTH KOREA'S PSY, YOU KNOW, THE GANGNAM STYLE FELLA, HAS RELEASED A FOLLOW-UP TO HIS INTERNATIONAL HIT. # I` I'M A` # I` I` I` I` I'M A` # I` I` I` I` I'M A MOTHER, FATHER GENTLEMAN. # ELECTRO MUSIC They chose the best part of the song. That is dreadful. NO VIDEO YET, BUT ANYTHING LESS THAN 1.5 BILLION YOUTUBE HITS WILL BE CONSIDERED, WELL, SUBOPTIMAL FOR THE K-POP STAR. CALL IT THE CURSE OF THE ONE HIT WONDER; IT'S ACTUALLY CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR. TIM WILSON EXPLAINS. # YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. # YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. # YOU COULDN'T AVOID THIS SONG IN 2006. FOR SOME, IT WAS CHEESE; FOR OTHERS, IT WAS THE CAT'S MEOW. FOR JAMES BLUNT, IT WAS A WORLDWIDE HIT. HIS NEXT SONG,... # SHOULD I BE FEELING GUILTY? # ...HMM, DIDN'T DO SO WELL. OTHER ONE-HIT WONDERS INCLUDE LOU BEGA'S MAMBO NUMBER FIVE. # A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA IN MY LIFE. # AND DON'T EVEN MENTION EUROPE'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. # IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. # ONE HIT WONDERS, THEY MAKE A SMASH, AND THEY GO. WHY? MIKE LEE IS SENIOR LECTURER IN MARKETING AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY. HI, MIKE. HI. HEY, ONE-HIT WONDERS, WHAT'S THE DEAL? UNLIKE A ORCHESTRATED MARCHING ARMY YOU HAVE, LIKE, A FRENZY OF ANTS, SO ONE ANT WILL DETECT SOMETHING OF INTEREST, SEND OUT A CHEMICAL SIGNAL. TWO ANTS WILL DO THE SAME, AND THEN SO YOU GET THIS CONTAGION EFFECT. IT'S CALLED THE SOCIAL CONTAGION MODEL ` SLOW GROWTH UNTIL 20% AWARENESS BRINGS EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. WHOO! AND THEN BURNOUT PHASE. YOU CAN'T ORCHESTRATE THESE SORTS OF THINGS, OTHERWISE THEY'D BE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. THE BURNOUT PHASE IS WHY TOO MUCH OF THIS IS A BAD THING. THEY EXPECT YOU TO PERFORM SOMETHING EQUALLY REMARKABLE, AND IF YOU DON'T MEET THAT EXPECTATION, THEN PEOPLE ARE DISSATISFIED, AND THEY LOSE INTEREST. THIS ONE-HIT WONDER PHENOMENON DOESN'T APPLY TO BAKED BEANS; ONLY ATHLETES, AUTHORS, ACTORS AND, OF COURSE, ARTISTS. Is it wrong I thought he looked like Psy? The guy. A little bit. Ali was getting into Mambo no 5. "When's Mambo no 6?" What was my favourite? Cotton-eyed joe?