6PM 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. THESE TWO ARE DOING FACIAL WARM-UPS. HI. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. BEING RUN OUT OF TOWN BY IMMIGRATION ` BAD ENOUGH, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO HEALTH FOOD, IT'S ODD. VERY BEAUTIFUL. BETTER THAN A BIG BEN? SMALLER, BUT, YEP. NO, I FEEL HEALTHY ALREADY. BOTH LAUGH BACK TO FISH AND CHIPS FOR THE LOCALS IF IMMIGRATION HAS ITS WAY. ALSO TONIGHT, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A LOOK ALTERNATIVE THERAPY THAT YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT, GOVERNMENT MONEY HELPS IT TICK ALONG. JEHAN DID THIS ONE FOR US. WALK DOWN QUEEN ST AND YOU COULD GET A DECENT MASSAGE LIKE THIS. OK, THAT WAS PAINFUL. BOTH LAUGH THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. I'LL HAV ETHE SKY CITY DEAL WITHOUT BORING BITS. IF YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A GOOD ITUNES LIBRARY, MEET ALISON. GOT MY PLAYLIST, WHICH HAS GOT 3000 SONGS ON IT. I'VE GOT LANGUAGE-LEARNING THINGIES ` I'VE GOT PORTUGUESE, CHINESE, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, ITALIAN. IT'S MONDAY NIGHT. WELCOME TO SEVEN SHARP. THERE ARE REASONS FOR IMMIGRANTS TO NOT MAKE THE GRADE TO STAY HERE OR EVEN GET IN THE DOOR CRIMINAL RECORDS. MAYBE HEALTH BMI AS WELL. HOW DID KIM DOTCOM GET THROUGH? OPOTIKI WITH MICHAEL HOLLAND. EVEN SOME LOCALS WOULD AGREE OPOTIKI IS LOCKED IN A BIT OF TIME WARP ` PICK-AND-MIX LOLLIES, THE OLD-TIME WOOL SHOP, AND CURIOUS ORNAMENTS GALORE. EVERYTHING IS JUST ALWAYS THE SAME HERE. THERE IS STILL HORSES WANDERING DOWN THE MAIN STREET. THIS IS RURAL NZ AT ITS QUINTESSENTIAL, REALLY. WHICH MAKES THE ARRIVAL OF FANCY TUCKER LIKE THIS A BIG DEAL. WELCOME TO ARIGATO MUM'S SUSHI IN BEAUTIFUL OPOTIKI. YEP, SUSHI IN MAIN-STREET OPOTIKI. THE LOCALS, THEY LOVE THE SUSHI. AWESOME. VERY BEAUTIFUL. BETTER THAN A BIG BEN? UM... DEEP FRIED SALMON AND A FLAT WHITE. ANYONE WOULD THINK YOU'RE IN AUCKLAND. (LAUGHS) BUT FOR THE SUSHI LOVERS OF THIS EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY TOWN, THE TASTE IS QUICKLY GOING BAD AS BUREAUCRATS GET TOUGH OVER THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF JAMES AND SOPHIE. IN SHORT, THE KOREAN COUPLE'S APPLICATION FOR A LONG TERM BUSINESS VISA HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN, LEAVING THEM AT RISK OF BEING FORCED TO SHUT UP SHOP AFTER JUST SIX MONTHS. WE DON'T WANT IT TO CLOSE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD A SUSHI BAR. THEY ARE REALLY KIND PEOPLE AS WELL. EVERYBODY LOVES IT. I THINK THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE GET BEHIND OUR LOCAL BUSINESS. WE WANT TO SEE DOORS OPEN IN THE TOWN, NOT CLOSE. LOCAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST SAM DOOGUE HAS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE SHOP AND KEEP JAMES AND SOPHIE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE COUNTRY. I USED TO EAT THREE PIES A WEEK, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HERE I HAVEN'T HAD A PIE, SO IT'S HELPED ME. NOT SO HELPFUL, THOUGH, THE MINDSET OF IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WHO AREN'T CONVINCED THE SUSHI BAR IS FINANCIALLY VIABLE OR A NEW MEANS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR LOCALS. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS SITUATION, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL END WITH THEM BURNING THIS PAPERWORK AND LET THEM GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS. AH, THE DREADED PAPERWORK, WHICH CONTAINS THIS LITTLE GEM. WHILE IT APPEARS THERE ARE NO OTHER SUSHI BARS IN OPOTIKI, THERE ARE SEVERAL SUSHI BARS IN WHAKATANE, WHICH IS NOT VERY FAR FROM OPOTIKI, AND SO FORTH. SO THEY ARE SUGGESTING WE SHOULD DRIVE FOR OVER AN HOUR TO GET SOME SUSHI, AND THAT'S RIDICULOUS. AN HOUR THERE AND BACK? AN HOUR THERE AND BACK. THAT SOUNDS A BIT SILLY. YES, IT IS. TUARIKI JOHN DELAMERE IS EQUALLY UNIMPRESSED. IT'S INDECIPHERABLE, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, AND IT CONFIRMS MY WORST FEARS THAT THE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS IN THE BUSINESS BRANCH HAVE NO CONCEPT, NO IDEA OF BUSINESS WHATSOEVER. THE BATTLE'S ON. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AN HAVE THE GOVERNMENT SAY, 'YOU CAN'T INVEST IN OPOTIKI,' BECAUSE WHERE DOES IT STOP? THERE ARE THE DECISION MAKERS DOWN THERE ` WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM? PLEASE GIVE PEOPLE THE CHANCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES IN A NEW COUNTRY. MAORI HAVE THAT FAMILY FEELING ` THEY ARE PART OF OPOTIKI, PART OF OUR FAMILY, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE THEM STAY LONGER. WE LOVE IT HERE. WE WANT TO STAY. I WANT TO KEEP SERVING NICE SUSHI TO THE PEOPLE. James and Sophie supporters say the least they could do is come to town and talk to face-to-face. Do you think you'll win, James? We're praying every day. Nice, hard-working people making healthy food. I think we should get rid of them as well (!) It's back with the Minister, so we're hoping something positive will come out of that in the next couple of days. I can't work out with the flaw is. A hard-working couple goes To Opotiki on the East Coast and there's a problem. I'm so lazy, I can't be bothered walking across Nelson Street for sushi at lunchtime. By the way, there's a subway in Opotiki and Whakatane, so why can't we have two sushi shops? AFTER THE BREAK ` JESSE'S TAKE ON THAT SKYCITY CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL. ALSO... DOWN INTO THAT AREA. YOU'RE GENUINELY HOLDING SOME SORT OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA, FAMILY ISSUE OR RELATIONSHIP ISSUE. SHOULD MAORI HEALING METHODS BE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT? JEHAN CASINDER'S FLAT OUT ON ASSIGNMENT. AND IN THE US, JACK TAME TRIES TO KEEP UP WITH A KIWI FORREST GUMP. WELCOME BACK. THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE SKYCITY CONVENTION-CENTRE-FOR-POKIES DEAL TODAY ` FINAL RUBBER STAMP. JESSE PUTS IT UP TO THE MICROSCOPE. YEAH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT DAY FOR SKYCITY CASINO, CONVENTION CENTRE AND UNDERGROUND CHILDCARE FACILITY. NOT ONLY WILL THEY GET 230 NEW POKIE MACHINES, BUT THEY ALSO GET TO INTRODUCE CASHLESS GAMBLING. THAT'S POKIE MACHINES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SO SCREWED UP THEY DON'T EVEN WANNA HEAR THE SOUND OF MONEY WHEN THEY WIN. ARE YOU EXCITED? OF COURSE YOU ARE! DIDN'T YOU HEAR THE PRIME MINISTER? I THINK IT'S A DAY OF CELEBRATION, ACTUALLY, FOR AUCKLAND AND FOR NZ. I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN BUILD THIS CENTRE IS TO TAKE OVER PART OF TVNZ, BUT DON'T WORRY ` IT'S GONNA BE BUSINESS AS USUAL AROUND HERE. OH. STEVE. CAN WE HAVE A CLEAN-UP IN SECTOR FOUR, MATE? YEP, SOMEONE'S WEE-ED THEIR PANTS AGAIN. STICK WITH THE POSITIVES. IMAGINE ALL THE CONVENTIONS WE'RE GONNA GET. THE FURRY CONVENTION, THE REDHEAD CONFERENCE, TATTOO FEST. SUCK ON THAT, ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTRE! I TELL YOU WHAT ` YOU GUYS CAN HAVE THE WORLD TOILET CONVENTION. BUT DON'T TRY AND FLUSH ANY OF YOUR COMMUNITY'S MONEY DOWN THERE ` THAT'S AUCKLAND'S GIG. YOU'LL HAVE HEARD OF COLOUR THERAPY; AROMATHERAPY; REIKI. I WANT IT. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF THIS. IT'S GONE UNDER THE RADAR. I'VE DONE HERBAL THIS AND HERBAL THAT, ACCUPUNCTURE. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF THIS. IT'S GONE UNDER THE RADAR. $7M OF TAXPAYER MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON MAORI HEALING IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT THAT. WE WANTED YOU TO GET INSIDE, TO SEE THE STUFF YOU DON'T USUALLY GET TO SEE. JEHAN CASINADER PUT HIS BODY ON THE LINE FOR THIS STORY. FLUTE MUSIC, BIRDSONG I'M STUCK IN A TINY ROOM WITH NO CLOTHES, JUST CANDLES, A CAMERA, AND TWO PEOPLE WHO WANT ME TO BE CALM. WE WELCOME YOU TO HAVE A PRAYER. WE BRING IN THAT SPIRITUAL ENERGY. WE JUST USE OUR BODY, AND WE MIRROR MOTHER EARTH. THE PRACTICES THAT WE OFFER HERE HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN OVER GENERATIONS. JUST LETTING THE SPIRIT JUST DO A SLOW X-RAY OF WHAT IS NEEDED. I KNOW PEOPLE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEEK OUT ANCIENT WISDOM FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S HERE. I'M GOING ON A JOURNEY INSIDE THE WORLD OF MAORI HEALING. IS WHAT YOU DO HOCUS-POCUS? ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO HOCUS-POCUS? NO HOCUS-POCUS HERE. IF PEOPLE WERE TO ASK US, 'WHAT DO YOU DO?', WE SAY, 'WELL, COME AND EXPERIENCE IT.' KARANGA IT'D BE RUDE NOT TO ACCEPT AN OFFER LIKE THAT, SO I HEADED TO THIS MAORI WELLNESS CLINIC ON THE KAPITI COAST. YOU'RE SEEN AS OUR ESTEEMED GUEST. THIS WELCOME IS ROLLED OUT TO ANYONE WHO COMES HERE. (SPEAKS MAORI) WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION, WE'LL MAKE YOU SOME RONGOA TEA, YOU MIGHT HAVE A KAI WITH US. THEN A QUICK TRIP THROUGH MY MEDICAL HISTORY. DO I HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? CANCER... ALLERGIES... BACK PAIN... CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE... NECK PAIN... ABUSE... ILLICIT DRUG USE... CONTAGIOUS DISEASE... VIOLENCE... STRESS... I WORK ON SEVEN SHARP, SO YES... PREGNANT? DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO SIGN MY LIFE AWAY. AND THEN? JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PRIVACY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. WE'RE JUST GOING TO SLOWLY LIFT BACK THE TOWEL NOW. IF I LAUGH AT ANY POINT, IT'S BECAUSE I'M SLIGHTLY TICKLISH. OK. WE'LL DO SOME NICE BIG BODY-WORK. BREATHE IN. WALK DOWN QUEEN ST AND YOU COULD GET A DECENT MASSAGE LIKE THIS,... OK, THAT WAS PAINFUL. ...BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. ALL OF THE PRACTITIONERS THAT WORK HERE HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN TRADITIONAL FORMS OF HEALING. SO BOTH OF YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY QUITE IN SYNC WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS? YES. PLUS, THE TUPUNA WITH YOUR ANCESTORS, JUST WORKING THE MAGNETIC ENERGIES. WHILE YOU MIGHT COME IN WITH A PHYSICAL AILMENT, WE'LL ALSO BE GOING, 'SO HOW ARE YOU EMOTIONALLY?' 'HOW ARE YOU SPIRITUALLY? HOW ARE YOU MENTALLY?' 'HOW'S YOUR FAMILY?' DOWN INTO THAT AREA. YOU'RE GENERALLY HOLDING SOME SORT OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA ` FAMILY ISSUE OR RELATIONSHIP ISSUE. THIS CLINIC'S CLIENTS RANGE FROM PREGNANT MUMS TO THE ELDERLY. THEY ALSO OFFER HERBAL REMEDIES WHICH THEY SAY HAVE HELPED PEOPLE WITH BREAST CANCER AND EVEN HIV. GETTING RID OF YOUR SINUSES. BUT THESE MASSAGES AND REMEDIES ARE NOT CLAIMED TO BE MAGIC CURES. THE MYTH THAT'S OUT THERE IS THAT WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE CLAIMING TO DO. WE COMPLEMENT THE WORK THAT GP'S DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES. MAORI HEALING TREATMENTS HAVE RECEIVED $7M OF TAXPAYER FUNDING IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO WINSTON PETERS. THERE'S NO ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, PROOF THAT IT WORKS, EVIDENCE, WHATSOEVER. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR TAXPAYER MONEY TO BE SPENT ON CLINICS LIKE THIS? I THINK THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE TO VOTE WITH THEIR FEET. SO THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE GATE TELLS ME THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WANTS THESE SERVICES. THIS CLINIC RECEIVES NO GOVERNMENT CASH. INSTEAD, IT'S... A VOLUNTEER SERVICE PAID FOR BY THE FEES AND THE KOHA THAT'S OFFERED BY THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT HERE. SHARLENE HAS A MESSAGE FOR WINSTON PETERS. I WOULD LOVE HIM TO COME HERE. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. AFTER ALL, WE'VE PROBABLY GOT WHAKAPAPA CONNECTIONS. AND AS FOR ME... (LAUGHS) I'M ACTUALLY STARTING TO CONJURE UP QUITE A SWEAT HERE. ...APPARENTLY, MY SPIRITUAL ENERGY IS QUITE HIGH. MAORI HEALING DOESN'T FIT WITHIN MY BELIEFS, BUT EACH TO THEIR OWN. BLESS YOU, AND BLESS US ALL. the bottom line is that if it works, it works. As she just said, it's our success because people that come through the door think it's working. If you're investigating an act the cream, you measure 100 spots. If it's to do with your soul, it's harder to see how it's doing. It should be held up to the light like anything else. MAORI OPERA MUSIC I have seen that before. Normally there is a pole involved and clear high heels. That would be enough to make me run from the room. AFTER THE BREAK ` FORREST GUMP DID IT, BUT HE WAS FICTIONAL. WE MEET A KIWI DOING IT FOR REAL, AGAINST REAL WIND, RIGHT ACROSS THE STATES. NICE SHIRT, GREG. WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT TRACKING DOWN KIWIS. WE'RE IN THE EAST COAST. JACK TAME MET A GIRL ON THE MOVE. MAYBE IT WAS THE MONTAGE,... THE MUSIC,... OR JUST THE FACT IT WAS A COMPLETELY FICTIONAL, NOT-TRUE-IN-ANY-WAY-WHATSOEVER MOVIE,... # RUNNING ON EMPTY... # ...BUT THAT GUY FORREST GUMP MADE IT LOOK ALL TOO EASY. RUNNING ACROSS AMERICA, THE SUN WAS ALWAYS SHINING. HIS BLISTERS WERE NEVER WORTH MENTIONING, AND NEVER ONCE IN THREE AND HALF YEARS DID IT APPARENTLY LOOK LIKE THIS. HOW FAR IS IT? IT'S ROUGHLY 4500KM. IT'S A GOOD THING, ACTUALLY, THAT ALISON BRADLEY DIDN'T TAKE GUMP AS GOSPEL. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU? I'M WANTING TO DO IT IN 57 DAYS. OR ELSE, SHE MIGHT BE FEELING A BIT PEEVED RIGHT NOW. AND HOW MANY PAIRS OF SHOES, I DARE ASK? BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT PAIRS. YOU SEE, SHE'S MORE THAN 300 K'S THROUGH AN EPIC ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ` NEW YORK CITY TO LOS ANGELES ` AND A CRACK AT A WORLD RECORD TIME. PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE I'VE TALKED TO HAS REFERRED TO ME AS FORREST GUMP. AND SHE IS. WELL, SORT OF. RUN, FORREST, RUN! THOUGH IT WASN'T AN ALABAMA PRAIRIE WHERE SHE STARTED, BUT THE STEPS OF CITY HALL IN NEW YORK. AMIDST THE CABS AND CHAOS SHE TOOK OFF ALONG BROADWAY WITH TWO OF HER MANHATTAN MATES. BUT FROM PENNSYLVANIA, SHE WENT SOLO, RUNNING FOR 12 HOURS, UP TO 80 K'S A DAY. FOR THE FIRST FORTNIGHT OF RUNNING, SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SUPPORT CREW. THIS IS BASICALLY IT. WHAT I'M WEARING IS WHAT I GOT. YEP, JUST THE SUNSCREEN, THE SCROGGIN AND HER OLD NZ POST HI-VIS VEST. YOU DO HAVE A SPARE CHANGE OF UNDIES, THOUGH? I DEFINITELY HAVE THAT. FOR MOST OF US IT'D BE A DEPRESSINGLY, OVERWHELMINGLY LONELY EXISTENCE. BUT BRADLEY IS GETTING A BIT USED TO IT. SHE TRAINED BY RUNNING SIX MARATHONS IN SIX DAYS LAST YEAR, AND RECKONS IT'S ALL A CASE OF STAYING OCCUPIED. I GOT MY PLAYLIST, WHICH HAS ABOUT 3000 SONGS ON IT. STILL, THERE'S LITTLE WAY AROUND THIS. A WEEK IN, HER FEET ARE ALREADY MUNTED, AND SHE'S A FEW DAYS BEHIND WORLD RECORD PACE. SO IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AS ALISON BRADLEY STOPPED FOR A BITE TO EAT, WE DECIDED TO TRY AND HELP HER OUT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S REALLY YOU. AFTER ALL, IN FOREST GUMP, IT'S NOT LIKE HE DOES IT ALONE. I'D FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE, MR GUMP! RUNNING ACROSS AMERICA, FORREST SOMEHOW DREW THAT GIANT PACK OF CRAZIES. FOR ALISON'S SAKE, WE TRIED TO DO THE SAME. WOULD YOU BE KEEN TO RUN AS WELL? NO. YOU'D PROBABLY NEED TO RUN FOR ABOUT 12-16 HOURS EVERY DAY. ME? NO, I CAN'T DO THAT! ONE MARATHON A DAY IS TOO MUCH. YES, IT WAS LOOKING GRIM FOR ALISON BRADLEY. SO GRIM, THAT OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA... GET THE OLD PINS OUT, THE OLD CHICKEN LEGS. ...WE REACHED OUR LAST RESORT. THE CRAZY THING WAS, EVEN WITH THE WOUNDED-PTERODACTYL RUNNING TECHNIQUE OF A PARTICULARLY LIMB-Y REPORTER, TOGETHER WE SOMEHOW ATTRACTED OUR OWN FORREST GUMP CRAZIES. WHAT CAN FORREST GUMP TEACH YOU? JUST TO KEEP RUNNING. YEP, THAT'S ONE LESSON, I SUPPOSE. BUT REMEMBER, ALISON, THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER. I'M PRETTY TIRED. I THINK I'LL GO HOME NOW. AND AS ALISON BRADLEY SURGES ON,... ...I'M AFRAID WE'RE CHOOSING THE LATTER. YOU PUSH AHEAD. I'LL CATCH YOU UP IN FIVE. NAH. YOU DID KNOW JACK TAME'S BODY WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT. WHAT SHE'S DOING IS UNREAL. As someone who's vaguely contemplating doing a marathon, that's amazing. I hear it's New York. Let's get behind Greg in his quest to run the New York Marathon. She's got to finish by 14 July two make the world record which was set in 1978. If you want to follow her, I link to her website is on our website. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW.