Welcome to Jackie Brown. Every year we honour the best of the best farmers. These two are not that. We do all right. There were times with a sheep were nervous. I said I would buy you a drink afterwards. AND WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES? NO REALLY? WHY? HOLLAND WORKS THE LINE AT NZGT.. RAPS: # HEY, STACKER. THE BEAT MACKER. THE WHITE RAPPER. # THE MICROPHONE ATTACKER. # AND HE IS OUR NEWEST HEAVYWEIGHT HOPE JOSEPH PARKER'S BIG BOUT IN THE US. WE'RE LIVE TO LOS ANGELES TO SEE HOW HE DID IN HIS BUILD-UP TO THE WHITE BUFFALO. IT'S FRIDAY. THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. ONE OF OUR MOST ICONIC COMPETITIONS ` THE YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW THE DRILL ` SERIES OF TASKS, SCORES TALLIED UP AT THE END. WE DECIDED TO THROW A COUPLE OF WILD CARDS AT THE COMPETITION. THEY WERE LUCKY TO SURVIVE. GOOD SET OF NUTS. WITH A BIT OF FENCING, SHEARING, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS AGRICULTURAL, YOUNG FARMERS HAVE BEEN SCRAPPING IT OUT TO BE CROWNED BEST COCKY IN THE COUNTRY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. I CAN DIG A HOLE, BUT PUTTING TYRES ON A POST LOOKS A BIT TRICKY. AND THIS YEAR'S NO DIFFERENT. ONLY WE WANTED TO SEE JUST HOW TOUGH THE 'DOWN ON THE FARM TASKS' REALLY ARE. I THINK I'LL BE ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS THEY CAN GIVE ME A PS3 CONTROLLER TO OPERATE IT WITH. (LAUGHS) OTHERWISE I'M SCREWED. SO WE TALKED GREG AND JESSE ` OUR TWO VERY METRO, YET, WELL, KINDA MANLY PRESENTERS ` INTO GIVING PART OF THE COMP A NUDGE. THE MOST RURAL THING ABOUT ME AT THE MOMENT IS THIS SHIRT. IT'S COUNTRY ROAD. (LAUGHS) APART FROM THAT, THERE IS NOTHING RURAL ABOUT ME AT ALL, SO I'M GOING TO BE QUITE QUITE AWFUL, I THINK. I MEAN, I'VE GOT A FARMERS CARD. (LAUGHS) HEAVY ROCK MUSIC YEP, IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. OUR LADS HAD ALL THE GEAR BUT ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA. JEEZ, IT GETS HOT. CAN YOU CUT 'EM? YES, YOU CAN CUT THEM. FIRST UP, SHEEP SHEARING. AND DESPITE IT LOOKING LIKE SOMETHING ELSE,... HEY, LITTLE FELLAS. ...WE'RE TALKING TAKING THE WOOL OFF THEIR BACK, NOT PASSING THEM AROUND. IT TAKES AN AVERAGE SHEARER A MINUTE TO TAKE THE WOOL OFF A LAMB. BUT AFTER ABOUT QUARTER OF AN HOUR, A VERY TIRED JESSE HAD RUINED HIS GEAR,... UH, NO, WE'RE OFF NOW. WE'RE BROKEN ` BROKEN HAND PIECE. ...ENDING HIS SHEARING CAREER BEFORE IT HAD REALLY GOT STARTED. THE MOST EMBARRASSED SHEEP IN TOWN. HOW DOES THE SHEARER FEEL? A BIT EMBARRASSED TOO, TO BE HONEST. AND PUFFED. GREG WAS MUCH QUICKER AND PROBABLY A LOT NEATER,... I SAID I'D BUY YOU A DRINK AFTERWARDS. HANG ON. ...BUT GAVE HIS LAMB MORE OF A, WELL, CITY CUT. JEEZ, THAT'S HARD WORK. MARK, TWO PRETTY ROUGH-LOOKING LAMBS THERE. MARKS OUT OF 10? THREE OUT OF 10 FOR JESSE. THREE OUT OF 10? YEAH, YOU DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB. YOU HAD BETTER` BUT GREG HAD BETTER` BUT GREG GETS TWO OUT OF 10, COS HE DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB, BUT IT'S MORE CREATIVITY. SO JESSE'S THE WINNER. YES! WOO-HOO! MY SHEEP'S GOT A MULLET. LAUGHTER THE BAR WAS PROBABLY SET TOO HIGH WITH THE SHEEP SHEARING. SURELY THE DIGGER DRIVING WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER,... OBJECT OF THIS IS TO GET THE DIGGER TO PICK UP THE TYRES, PUT 'EM ON THE POST. ...ESPECIALLY FOR A PETROL HEAD LIKE GREG. WELL, YOU ARE A BIT OF A BOGAN. YEAH, I AM A BOGAN, BUT MOST OF THE THINGS I DRIVE DON'T HAVE A GREAT BIG BUCKET ON THE FRONT OF THEM. THEY'VE JUST GOT MAG WHEELS, MAN. I TELL YOU WHAT, MATE, I'VE SEEN YOU ON TWITTER. YOU'RE GOOD AT DIGGING HOLES, SO GOOD LUCK. (LAUGHS) ALL CHANT: GO, GREG. GO, GREG. GREG HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORT, LOOKED COMPETENT, BUT COULDN'T QUITE BRING HOME THE BACON. I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A PRICK, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT I JUST SAW. (LAUGHS) SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND AFTER A SLOW START... SO WHEN YOU SAY THE EXACT OPPOSITE, DO YOU MEAN NOT ACTUALLY TOUCH THE TYRES AT ALL? ...JESSE DOING HIS OWN THING ALL BUT KNOCKED THE BASTARD OFF. THAT'S TIME, MATE. EIGHT OUT OF 10 OVER HERE. SORRY, MATE, I GIVE YOU TWO. GUTTED. FINISHING A FENCE IN THE RAIN WAS THE THIRD AND FINAL TEST. STRAIN UP A WIRE HERE. PUT A PERMANENT STRAINER ON IT. JESSE CAME INTO IT WITH A MASSIVE SEVEN POINTS OVER HIS CO-PRESENTER, BUT WITH A SLIPPERY SPANNER, NEEDED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. OH, COULDN'T HAVE SCRIPTED A BETTER FINISH. GREG. YEP, NOT THAT CLEVER, BUT I'LL SAY IT ANYWAY ` THIS ONE'S GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE. THAT'D BE A WIN. WOO! HOW'S IT GOING, JESSE? I'M DONE. I'M ALL DONE, FINISHED. SO I WON. STUPID SPANNER. BUT GREG, IS IT TOO SOON FOR ALL THAT CELEBRATION? IT'S ALL DONE THERE. THERE'S A FENCE. RIGHT, THE FINAL POINTS FOR THE FENCING ` GREG, EIGHT. JESSE, THREE. WHAT DOES THAT ADD UP TO? THAT MEANS THAT GREG'S GOT 12. JESSE 14 FOR THE WIN. AH, YES. GUTTED. I'LL BE APPEALING THIS ONE. YOU KNOW THAT. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY. A WONDERFUL DAY, WITH THOSE BRAGGING RIGHTS GOING TO JESSE. BUT COULD THESE CITY SLICKERS SERIOUSLY HACK IT DOWN ON THE FARM? WITH A BIT OF WORK AND A DIPLOMATIC EMPLOYER,... (LAUGHS) WE CAN DO ANYTHING. LAUGHTER I think you were robbed, Greg. I could never and Unsee what I just saw. It looked really hard. You are using every muscle in your body and try not to kill the sheep. It would be a good idea for Les Mills to put on a sharing session. One guy said that because I was tall I was not ideal to do this. There are not a lot of knitted ties on the farm. You two found out the hard way what a lot of townies still don't know. The drought is still on. There are still farm days where people who've never been on a farm can go. I was born on a farm. Horserider. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT THE REAL YOUNG FARMER GRAND FINAL, IT'S ON HEARTLAND AT 8.30PM SUNDAY NIGHT. And here's the comb that I broke. If you're really struggling, breaks the equipment and they call the competition. AFTER THE BREAK ` JESSE GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE WEEK THAT WAS. AND THE HOPELESS AND THE HOPEFUL LINE UP FOR NZ'S GOT TALENT. LAUGHTER IT BRINGS OUT OUR FIERCENESS. AND FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND TO THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF LA. WE'RE LIVE WITH JOSEPH PARKER JUST AFTER HIS BIG FIGHT. THE BUDGET AND A MAN CALLED AARON WERE THE BIG NEWS OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS. YEAH, ONCE AGAIN IT WAS THE WEEK OF AARON GILMORE. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED ABOUT HIS FINAL SPEECH, EVEN THIS GUY. WE'LL BE THERE WITH OUR POPCORN AND COKE, AND, LIKE YOU, WAITING FOR WHAT HE'S GOT TO SAY. YEAH, ME TOO, SO LET'S LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. I WISH TO THANK THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE NATIONAL PARTY AS A WHOLE FOR PROVIDING SUCH STRONG LEADERSHIP AT CHALLENGING TIMES. WHOA, I HOPE HE'S MORE FUN WHEN HE'S DRINKING. SPEAKING OF WHICH, THERE'S NO BOOZE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS, COS OLD TOM SKERRIT HERE LOOKS LIKE HE'D BE A BIT CREEPY-TOUCHY AFTER A GLASS OF SHERRY. GOOD SINGER, THOUGH. # GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM. # BLOODY SHOW-OFF ASTRONAUTS. THE BUDGET HAPPENED YESTERDAY, AND THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S FOUND A REALLY GOOD CHEAP WAY TO PROVIDE FOOD IN SCHOOLS. AND FROM OUR 'CELEBRITY SHAGGER' FILE TONIGHT, FORMER ALL BLACK BYRON KELLEHER IS RUMOURED TO BE SLEEPING WITH CHARLENE OF MONACO. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY FOR YOURSELF, BYRON? (SPEAKS FRENCH) HMM. YEAH, HE SAYS HE'S REALLY SORRY AND IT WON'T HAPPEN MANY TIMES AGAIN. TELL YOU WHAT, CHARLENE'S HUSBAND, PRINCE ALBERT, ISN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY, BUT AT LEAST HE'S STILL GOT HIS DOG. WATCH OUT, BYRON. YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHAT UTU MEANS. Thank you, Jesse. There was a story you missed out. There was a great story about a supermarket banning people from wearing their pyjamas in public. I thought that you could not ban this. You can, and you should. You could never ban somebody from wearing oneSie in public. It is a beautiful thing. Jacinda Ardern tweeted that she saw an adult wearing leopard print onesie. This is a trend that started in the United States and it's catching on. My 15-year-old and her friends are not ashamed of walking to the dairy on them. I have toddlers, and I started walking to the mailbox in my dressing down and a one day to the dairy. I have a couple of onesies. That onesie is beautiful. But there is no flat in the Rear end. You're not impressed with that? I wonder if shame is being bred out of us completely. I SING IN THE CAR, IN THE SHOWER. BUT PUT IT ON STAGE? NO, I WOULD NOT. PLENTY WOULD. WONDERED WHAT IT TAKES? MICHAEL HOLLAND WORKED THE LINE AT THE NZGT AUDITIONS IN NELSON. (STEREO) MAN: BRING THE ACTION. CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S 'CANDYMAN' PLAYS WHEN A TV CAMERA HOVES INTO VIEW, BEST NOT TO BE TOO PICKY ABOUT A STAGE. BEST TO JUST GET ON WITH IT. JUST... BRING IT. BRING IT HOME. THE NEAREST SOURCE OF LIGHT, AS IT HAPPENS, DELIGHTFULLY APT FOR CAMERA, ACTION. MORE DOWN-HOME CHARM THAN PRETENCE HERE IN NELSON, WHERE 12 MONTHS AGO, AN UNASSUMING SCHOOLGIRL LINED UP LIKE THIS. ALL SCREAM WAITING, HOPING TO BE NOTICED. I DIDN'T REALISE IT, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A MOMENTOUS DAY. EVERYTHING LED ON FROM THERE. ARE YOU ALL AUDITIONING TODAY? ALL: YEAH. ARE YOU ALL FRIENDS? ALL: YEAH. DO YOU GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL? ALL: YEAH. ARE YOU AUDITIONING TOGETHER? ALL: YEAH. AND, YEP, IT'S ALL ON DISPLAY FROM THE IMPISH AND SWEET... # HOW TO BE BRAVE. # THEY SAID I WAS THE FIRST UKULELE THAT THEY'D SEEN THIS YEAR. HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS ...TO THOSE WITH STREET ATTITUDE,... HOW IMPORTANT IS THE LIPPY? VERY. THERE NO DANCE WITHOUT THE RED LIPSTICK. (BEATBOXES) ...TO THE STRANGE...LY LIKEABLE. TO TUNE OF CREED'S 'WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN': # THROTTLE WIDE OPEN, # DRIVING MY SKYLINE. # (BEATBOXES) # CHALLENGE OF OUR RIVALS. # HAYSTACKER. < YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN AS HAYSTACKER? RAPS: # HAYSTACKER, THE BEAT-MACKER, THE WHITE WRAPPER, # THE M-M-M-MICROPHONE ATTACKER. # NO NERVES AT ALL? JUST SOLID AS A ROCK? NO WORRIES? 'CANDYMAN' PLAYS EVERYONE THINKS MARCHING IS GEEKY, BUT IT'S NOT. HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS IT BRINGS OUT OUR FIERCENESS. < YOUR FIERCENESS?. YEAH. < GRR. GRR. # AND I SET FIRE TO THE RAIN. # I KNOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MUMS AND DADS OUT THERE WHO WANT ME TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. OH NO. AND WHAT'S THAT? EVEN IF YOU WIN NZ'S GOT TALENT, WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL? SCHOOL IS VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO GO TO UNIVERSITY, SO I'VE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T SLIP BEHIND. COS EDUCATION IS GOOD, PEOPLE. # I'M OFF THE CLOCK. I TAKE REJECTION QUITE WELL. WITH A FACE LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO IT ` BIG NOSE. # THROTTLE WIDE OPEN. # YOU'VE GOT A NICE WEE NOSE ON YOU, MATE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN MINE. I'VE... BIG OLD SCHNOZZ. NICE LITTLE... IT'S ALL EVEN WITH YOUR FACE, YOU KNOW. (PLAYS LEONARD COHEN'S 'HALLELUJAH') # I HEARD THERE WAS A SECRET CHORD # THAT DAVID PLAYED AND IT PLEASED THE LORD, # BUT YOU DON'T REALLY CARE FOR... # DEFINITELY, A LOT SMALLER THAN MINE. (CONTINUES PLAYING) C, D, G. FOUR OR FIVE HOURS AFTER THEY GATHERED, THE SECURITY MAN CUTS A LONELY FIGURE. THEN A FINAL ENCOUNTER WITH OUR ALL NOISE, ALL NOSE MATE. I THINK I WOWED THEM PRETTY GOOD, EH. I HOPE IT WASN'T JUST 'THROTTLE WIDE OPEN'. NO, NO, IT WASN'T. THERE WAS A BIT OF SINATRA IN THERE AS WELL. # THROW ME AT THE MOON AND LET ME CHILL WITH THE STARS. # I WANT TO SEE WHAT GOES DOWN IN SPRING ON PLUTO AND MERCURY. # NEVER FORGET THAT I KIND OF LIKE YOU. # # NEVER FORGET THAT I KIND OF LIKE YOU. # I LOVE YOU, NELSON. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. I felt like he was channelling Nickelback. You need to have your friends and family tell you the honest truth about whether you do have talent. I had to take a good hard look at myself to see whether I do have talent, except for this. Everyone knows this is the only skill I've got. You have to be honest and tell me whether this is good enough to go through to competition. It's a gift. ALL: That's a no from me. We asked on Facebook about why people watch the shows. It's For the train wrecks. This is another profile picture of a guy with his top off. She really wishes some people streams would be honest. You see people on their and their awful, and their friends and family say that they are great, but you can see them laughing in the background. You want to see someone cocky being destroyed, not someone who had nothing already. AFTER THE BREAK ` IT'S THE BLEDISLOE OF BOULES THIS WEEKEND. IT'S LIKE A ALL-AGE SPORT,... ALL: YEAH. ...UNLIKE SOCCER, WHERE USUALLY YOU'RE UNDER 35. WE MEET OUR AUSSIE-BEATING NATIONAL TEAM. Joseph Parker had a big afternoon in Los Angeles. The big thing about these live crosses is that you're always worried about what is happening in the background. Your father is the biggest kid. He is so happy. That makes me feel real good. We had some good support from NZ. Unanimous decision. No knockout, but Kevin is happy with that. We practiced this in the gym. We executed a lot that we learnt. He is taking on Francois Botha. He took on Sonny Bill Williams. I am on target with this. We have three or four weeks left to train as hard as we can. What was exciting was that one of the most absolute boxing legends was watching the fight. That was Freddie Roach. Good news that he is helping Joseph Parker. The first time that I met him I was excited and asked to take a photo. He said that I had some good speed, so was good to hear that from him. He is going to help out with some sparring partners the joseph. He goes back to Las Vegas tomorrow, and it's all about training hard. There are not many sports we can actually drink a beer at same time you're playing it. Dean Butler has found a sport where you can pretty much do anything with this hand as long as you have this one free. THERE'S NOTHING WE LOVE MORE IN SPORT THAN TAKING ON THE AUSSIES. AND IT'S ON THE GROUND, AND THEY SCORE! AND THIS WEEKEND, THERE'S ANOTHER SPORTING SHOWDOWN ` PETANQUE. THE NZ PETANQUE TEAM ARE GONNA BREAK SOME BALLS. IT IS THE BOULE BLACKS? > THE BOULE BLACKS. DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THAT? > YEAH. I THINK WE HAD A BIT OF A CHAT A WHILE AGO JUST FOR SUGGESTIONS, AND THAT WAS THE BEST SUGGESTION THAT CAME UP, SO WE STUCK WITH IT. THE BOULE BLACKS ARE SENDING A BIG SQUAD TO THE TRANS-TASMAN CHALLENGE. THERE'S SIX PER TEAM. THERE'S THE OPEN, THERE'S THE LADIES, THE SENIORS AND THE JUNIORS SQUAD THIS YEAR. THAT'S RIGHT. ALLAN SAID THEY'RE SENDING A JUNIOR TEAM, AS THE SPORT IS NOW ATTRACTING MANY YOUNGSTERS. MORE AND MORE JUNIORS STARTING TO JOIN. I ADMIT IT'S A GOOD THING. IN FRANCE AND EUROPE, THERE'S LOADS OF JUNIORS WHILE HERE IT'S SORT OF PERCEIVED AS AN OLDER PERSON'S THING TO DO. BUT WE'RE CHANGING THAT. DO YOU LIKE IT? YEAH, YEAH, IT'S REALLY COOL. YEAH, IT'S FUN. I LIKE, UM, THE... THE THROWING OF THE BALLS. IT'S LIKE AN ALL-AGE SPORT, UNLIKE SOCCER, WHERE YOU'RE USUALLY UNDER 35. YOU COULD HAVE AN 80-YEAR-OLD UNFIT LADY WHO COULD BEAT A TOP RUGBY PLAYER. IT'S SKILL AND TACTICS. IT'S NOT MUSCLE. WE BEAT A FEW OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN THE TOURNAMENT. < YOU BEAT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS? YEAH. WE WERE, LIKE, THE ONLY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL THERE. AND ME, BILLY AND TROY, WE CAME FOURTH OUT OF THE WHOLE COMPETITION. ALLAN HERON MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE A KIWI, BUT... JUST YESTERDAY I BECAME A NZ CITIZEN, SO I'M GOING TO AUSTRALIA TO TAKE ON AUSTRALIANS AS A KIWI. I MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE ONE, BUT I'M A KIWI. GOOD MAN. AND DO THE AUSSIES HAVE A NAME FOR THEIR TEAM AS WELL? > OH, WE'VE GOT A FEW FOR THEM. Did you guys know the last five trans-Tasman battles NZ has won? You come from a stink country, Ali. Go and tell us about a sport that you excel at any would like us to come visit. BECAUSE IT'S NZ MUSIC MONTH, SOMETHING SPECIAL TO END THE SHOW. WELLINGTON'S CLAUDE RAINS SHOT THIS MUSIC VIDEO IN THE OLD SKATE PARK IN LOWER HUTT. EYES PEELED FOR THE HOBBITTY TYPES POPPING UP. WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY! CLAUDE RAINS' 'YOU SAY' # AND I SAY YOU'RE THE AIR THAT I BREATHE. # YOU'RE A SUNSET IN WINTER. # AND A WARM BED AT NIGHT. #AND MY WORLD REVOLVES AROUND YOU. # HOW I USE MONEY, WHAT I DO WITH MY DAY. # SO WHY... WHY DO YOU HIDE? # WHY DO YOU LIKE SOME OTHER WORLD?