One News captions by Conor Whitten and Richard Edmunds. 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. HI. WELCOME. WHAT'S UP, DOC? NO, SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS UP, DOC? THERE'S A BATTLE GOING ON BETWEEN WAIRARAPA LOCALS AND DOC, WHICH SAYS IT'S CLOSING A PUBLIC RESERVE, AND THEY INSIST IT'S BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RESERVE, AND, UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE SHUT DOWN, TO BE HONEST, YEAH. I CAN'T SEE WHY IT SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. NOT FAIR? NOT FAIR. THEN, SHE WENT FROM IT TO EYE FILLET. WE MEET A GIRL WHO'S BEATING ALL THE BOYS AT THE JOB SHE TRULY LOVES. I'M A COUNTRY GIRL. I DON'T MIND GETTING DIRTY OR COVERED IN BLOOD AND STUFF, SO... I'LL GIVE ANYTHING A GO. THEN, HE IS A MUSICAL GIANT AND MUCH MUCH MORE. # I GOT A FEELIN'... # THAT TONIGHT'S GONNA BE A GOOD NIGHT. # HIS BAND BLACK-EYED PEAS WAS MASSIVE. HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT? SELL MILLIONS MORE. SEND YOUR MUSIC INTO OUTER SPACE AND, WELL, JUST BE WILL.I.AM. HE'S LIVE IN THE STUDIO. IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM A 'DOC RESERVE' YOU'D ASSUME IT'S RESERVED BY DOC FOR ANYONE TO USE. AND YOU'D BE RIGHT. MOSTLY. DOC WEARS KHAKI AND ENSURES OUR OUTDOORS ARE USED AND LOOKED AFTER BY US ALL. ITS A HARMONIOUS THING. BUT HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN HAS FOUND A GLARING EXCEPTION TO THAT, SO SHE STEPPED INTO SOME STURDY BOOTS TO SEE HOW THE DOC APPROACH WOULD GO DOWN ON WELLINGTON'S MOUNT VIC. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. WE'RE ACTUALLY SHUTTING THIS DOWN FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. GOOD THING YOU'RE OUT OF THE BUSH, BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF IT AT THE MINUTE. EXCUSE ME. MATE, OH, JUST HANG ON A SEC. DON'T GO DOWN THERE. THE WHOLE THING IS OUT OF BOUNDS. OK. (LAUGHS) IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU CAN JUST STAY AWAY FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH? CAN'T YOU JUST GO ROUND? HILLS OVER THERE; RIMUTAKAS. KEEP AWAY FROM THE` FROM THE BUSH. WE'RE JOKING. (LAUGHS) < HEY, WE'RE JOKING. REALLY? < YEP. WE ARE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE'RE FILMING. I WAS WONDERING. WE'RE FILMING IT. (LAUGHS) YEAH, YOU MAY WELL LAUGH. HA HA. BUT IT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING JUST ACROSS THE HILL. I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU IN THERE TODAY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S CLOSED. YEAH? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN LIKE THIS? CURRENTLY IT'S BEEN SHUT PROBABLY FOR TWO MONTHS NOW. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE SMALL OUMAKURA STREAM RESERVE'S BEEN LOCKED. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S QUITE A NEW CHAIN. PRETTY` PRETTY STURDY. MIKE MILBURN LIVES JUST DOWN THE ROAD. MYSELF AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN USING THIS RESERVE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR WALKS FOR APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. BIT LIKE THE AMAZON IN HERE. RAINFOREST. BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO IN, THIS FOOTAGE OF A YOUTH GROUP TRIP MIKE TOOK IS OUR ONLY GLIMPSE INTO THE RESERVE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RESERVE, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE SHUT DOWN, TO BE HONEST. I CAN'T SEE WHY IT SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. NOT FAIR? NOT FAIR. BUT DOC SAYS THERE'S A DAMNED GOOD REASON FOR SHUTTING THE RESERVE ` PUBLIC SAFETY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ROAR IS? (LAUGHS) NO? DEER HUNTING. DEAD DEER? LIVE DEER. OH, RUNNING THROUGH HERE? YEAH. GOT SOME DEER. DEER HUNTING. YEAH. DID YOU NOT JUST HEAR THAT? IN HERE? GOT THE ROAR ON. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DEER? THE DEER? YEAH, GOT THE ROAR ON, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO GET SHOT. IF YOU HEAR A SHOT, JUST DUCK. SO, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF DOC'S ARGUMENT THAT TRAMPERS MIGHT GET SHOT? IT'S, UM, POPPYCOCK, REALLY. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. POPPYCOCK? YES. HUGH BARR'S SO KEEN ON TRAMPING THAT HE BELONGS TO THE TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB. THE CLUB'S USED THE RESERVE BEFORE, AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOT. EVERYWHERE ON THE FOREST PARKS AND NATIONAL PARKS, PEOPLE CAN HUNT DEER, AND TRAMPERS CAN GO THERE, AND CLIMBERS CAN GO THERE, AND HARDLY ANYBODY HAS EVER BEEN SHOT. HOW MANY OTHER RESERVES DO YOU KNOW OF THAT ARE SHUT? NONE. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE YOU'RE AWARE OF? YES. PRETTY UNUSUAL STUFF. BUT WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THE REST OF IT. WE THINK THEY MIGHT BE BEING HUNTED. CAN'T BE SURE. CAN'T BE SURE. WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE IF THERE ARE HUNTERS OR NOT. SOME DEER HUNTING MAY BE ` MAY BE ` GOING ON. IN HERE? YE` WELL, MM... EXACTLY. PEOPLE MAY BE HUNTING DEER AROUND THE AREA. NOT SURE ABOUT IT. ARE THERE DEER HUNTERS? MAYBE THERE ARE DEER HUNTERS. SO JUST IN CASE. YEAH, DOC'S NOT ACTUALLY SURE THERE IS HUNTING IN THE RESERVE. COS, ACTUALLY, HUNTING'S NOT ALLOWED THERE. SO THE HUNTING DOC'S WORRIED ABOUT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE RESERVE. WHO OWNS THE LAND AROUND THE RESERVE? THERE'S PRIVATE HUNTING SAFARIS ON THESE THREE BOUNDARIES AND PRIVATE HUNTING GROUPS ON THE OTHER OWNED FORESTRY AREAS. YEP, THERE ARE TWO DEER-HUNTING SAFARI BUSINESSES. DOC SAYS IT'S WORRIED THAT HUNTERS MAY ACCIDENTALLY WANDER INTO THE RESERVE OR TRAMPERS MAY WANDER OFF IT, RUN INTO EACH OTHER AND GET SHOT. IF I WAS IN THE RESERVE, WOULD I KNOW WHEN I'D CROSSED THE BOUNDARY OUT OF IT? YEAH. CERTAINLY GOOD FENCING HERE, BUT A LOT OF OTHER AREAS THERE'S ENOUGH DISREPAIRED FENCING. IT DOESN'T STOP` SO I WOULD SEE A FENCE ON THE GROUND AND KNOW THAT I'M CROSSING NOW? YES. ABSOLUTELY. SO TRAMPERS AND HUNTERS SHOULD BE NOWHERE NEAR EACH OTHER. NOW, IF YOU'RE GETTING SCEPTICAL, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. WOULD YOU GO SO FAR AS TO SAY DOC HAS SHUT THE PLACE DOWN TO PROTECT COMMERCIAL INTERESTS? UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO` (LAUGHS) TO PROTECT IT. YEAH, I FEEL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE DEER. HUGH'S COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS THE MILBURNS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO DOC WHEN THEY SAY 'PUBLIC SAFETY'? RUBBISH. HUGH'S NEVER BEEN INTO OUMAKURA STREAM RESERVE, AND TODAY'S OBVIOUSLY NOT HIS DAY. WELL, THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOU'RE GONNA GET FOR NOW, HUGH. YES. IT DOES APPEAR SO. HUGH'S KEEN TO GET IN, SO, DOC, EXPECT A CALL. BECAUSE APPARENTLY TELLING HIM TO 'TAKE A HIKE SOMEWHERE ELSE' DOESN'T CUT IT. I don't want to sound like I'm cautious, but I'm erring on the side of caution. If you shoot deer, they tend to keep on going. We've had a few accidents. People on Facebook do not agree with you. They think that Doc's being overly cautious. Turn This all round, and if there is a terrible shooting tragedy, Doc would be the most irresponsible people on earth. AFTER THE BREAK ` IF IT GRIPS YOUR NAIL AND IT DOESN'T SLIDE OFF, THEN THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S SHARP. SHE ISN'T A SLOPPY MANICURIST. SHE'S IN FACT A VERY GOOD BUTCHER, WHICH IS QUITE THE CAREER CHANGE. At OPSM, we use precision technology to look deep in the eye, helping us better detect eye disease such as glaucoma ` just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. There he is Will.I.Am. He'll be joining us in the studio shortly. I hope you guys are good watching raw meat cut up. This is a cool story from Kaitaia. It's about a girl in a man's world. HARDCORE COUNTRY MUSIC WE JUST COULDN'T RESIST... I LIKE THE PHYSICAL ASPECT. ...AN ACHIEVER AS SHARP AS THIS. YOU CANNOT HAVE A KNIFE THAT IS TOO SHARP IN THE BUTCHERY GAME. IF IT GRIPS YOUR NAIL AND IT DOESN'T SLIDE OFF, THEN THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S SHARP. ABI LANE'S MASTERY OF THE BLADE COMBINED WITH SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED GRUNT SEES HER CARVING IT UP ` SORRY, COULDN'T RESIST THAT EITHER ` AGAINST THE BLOKES. I'M 27. I'VE BEEN A BUTCHER FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. I WAS FIRST IN THE NATIONAL APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR, FIRST FEMALE TO WIN THE APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AND SECOND IN THE YOUNG BUTCHER OF THE YEAR. I WAS THE FIRST FEMALE IN THE NORTH ISLAND TEAM TO REPRESENT THE NORTH ISLAND. NOT TOO SHABBY GIVEN HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL CALLING WAS AS A STAID, POINTY HEAD COMPUTER TECHNICIAN. IT JUST GOT BORING, SAME OLD, SAME OLD EVERY DAY. I'M A COUNTRY GIRL. I DON'T MIND GETTING DIRTY OR COVERED IN BLOOD AND STUFF. SO I WILL GIVE ANYTHING A GO. YOU START WITH THE MEAT UP THERE, AND IT COMES DOWN TO A NICE, BEAUTIFUL STEAK. IS THAT ALL MEAT ENCRUSTED IN THERE? GIGGLES: YES. YOU'RE KILLING ME, ABI. WE MAKE LOTS OF JOKES HOW MUCH MEAT IS IN THERE YOU COULD MAKE A POT OF SOUP. I JUST GO OUT TO BE THE BEST I CAN BE EVERY DAY. I'M JUST ME. WELL, ME, IT'S TIME FOR A CHALLENGE. TIME TO GET FANCY, TO SHOW US SOME FINESSE. SOMETHING THAT WILL 'WOW' THE NATION. HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING UP YOUR SLEEVE? NO PROBLEM. TWO DISHES. HOW LONG'S IT GOING TO TAKE? ABOUT 10 MINUTES. CREATIVE, SKILLFUL, JUST DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, FOUR MINUTES 52, ABI. ARE YOU ON TRACK? WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING IT. BEEF ROULARDS WITH PARAMESAN CHEESE, SUNDRIED TOMATOES AND BASIL PESTO. 6 MINUTES 40 SECONDS DOWN, YOU ARE ON TO...? THE BEEF ROYALE. BEEF ROYALE. TIME CHECK, ABI. 10� MINUTES. OH NO. THE PRESSURE'S ON. AS YOU BAKE IT, THE PASTRY COMES UP AROUND THE EYE FILLET. AND IT IS DELICIOUS. 12 MINUTES, 49 ` HAPPY WITH THAT? NOT REALLY. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 MINUTES. SHOULD OF, COULD OF, BUT ABI'S SLICING HER WAY TOWARDS ANOTHER GOAL THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT AND ONE WE QUITE LIKE THE SOUND OF. THE SHARP BLACKS? THE NZ NATIONAL BUTCHERY TEAM REPRESENTING NZ IN BUTCHERY WORLDWIDE. NEXT TIME WE MEET YOU ON SEVEN SHARP, YOU COULD BE A MEMBER OF THE SHARP BLACKS? I COULD BE, HOPEFULLY. WHAT AN HONOUR. YES, I COULDN'T IMAGINE A BIGGER HONOUR THAN REPRESENTING YOUR COUNTRY IN THE TRADE THAT YOU LOVE. She works at Pak n Save Kaitaia. They never have any bones left over. People queue up to get them for their dogs. She also fishes, goes duck shooting, and just to prove that she can glam up when she needs to, here she is. He is an international superstar in Auckland. If you don't know who will IM is, we have you been? # I GOT A FEELING... YOU KNOW HOW THEY GO. THEY'RE THE MOST HUMMABLE SONGS OF THE LAST DECADE. EAR WORMS ` ALL OF THEM. AND ALL OF THEM FROM THE MIND OF ONE MAN. # I BE ROCKING THEM BEAT. YEAH, YEP, YEAH, YEP. WILL.I.AM TRULY HAS THE MUSICAL MIDAS TOUCH. HE'S SOLD TENS OF MILLIONS OF ALBUMS AND SINGLES, WON JUST ABOUT EVERY AWARD GOING, PLAYED ON THE BIGGEST STAGES IN THE WORLD. HE'S WORKED WITH PRETTY MUCH ALL THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ` MICHAEL JACKON, JUSTINS TIMBERLAKE AND BIEBER, U2,... WILL.I.AM'S IN THE HOUSE, Y'ALL. ...DIDDY, BRITNEY SPEARS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLASH MOB ` BEEN THERE. FIRST SONG ON MARS? # WHEN I SEE THEM FIND FRIENDS ON THE MOON. DONE THAT. OH LOOK ` THERE HE IS BEING A HOLOGRAM. HE'S EVEN BFFS WITH THIS GUY. THESE DAYS, THOUGH, WILL.I.AM'S AS MUCH ABOUT THE FUTURE AS HE IS ABOUT THE MUSIC, DEVELOPING SMARTPHONES, CARS AND A NEW GENERATION OF CLEVER KIDS THROUGH HIS VARIOUS CHARITIES. IS THERE ANYTHING HE CAN'T DO? We are back. Talking to WILL.I.AM. I almost drowned when I was 10. Will walked into the room and we heard a gasp.� we particularly like some of your styles. Look at those shoes. They are spiked shoes. Amazing. You have changed the way hip-hop locks on a man. I've been inspired by hip hop's past. There's a rapper by the name of Dapper Dan. Do you like your suits? I always had to wear suits to school. I can't escape the suits. He said quite famously that the music changes big time every four years. How do you stay ahead of the music? I travel a lot. Just educating yourself on all the new styles. Trying something that happens in the computer and staying in the computer but also producing traditional samba. You'e been here a couple of times. You wrote a song here. Yeah. We wrote It in Wellington. I want to have a chat about some of the mentoring you're doing. When I was going up, the music industry was healthy. YOU jumped into music to get out of the ghetto. But the more advanced technology becomes, the less viable the music industry becomes. I've been trying to encourage people to put their expertise into creating a curriculum programme ` something for kids. someone growing up in a poor part of town they won't have access to technology. When you work with Michael Jackson, he wanted to use auto tune on his voice. What happened with that? It's for people who can't sing in tune. If you have perfect pitch like Michael Jackson, it doesn't help you out.� MORE WITH WILL AFTER THE BREAK, BUT DURING THE ADS, WE'LL KEEP CHATTING TO WILL.I.AM ON THE SEVEN SHARP LIVE CAM. GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND IT. PLUS, NZ HAS THE WORLD'S FIRST PUBLIC SCREENING Hello. Will.I.Am has agreed to stay with us, which is very nice. Are you a science fiction fan? I am. When you go into my studio? I have a Star Trek-ish type of door that opens. They are actually supermarket doors. You doN't have people waiting all day to open your doors for you? The first public screening of Star Trek is tonight. This afternoon I told my friends I was coming on the show in costume, And I got such a big ribbing about it. He's a perfectly normal person, but you have been to some conventions. I am a factor foUr fan, but there are some factor 9 fans who are very intense. I've been to a few conventions and exhibitions, and they are very exciting. I'm not at the Klingon stage yet. Where do you watch movies? I watch At the movie theatres. We got a surprise for you, Will.I.Am. Your special connection to New Zealand continues. We are now the first place in the world to send #Will.I.Am platinum. Thank you for joining us. Enjoy your time in Auckland. THANKS FOR WATCHING. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND HUGO SNELL.