ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY 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. IT'S THE START OF THE WEEKEND. JAQUIE BROWN'S WITH US TONIGHT, MEXICAN WAVE! ASKING HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG FOR THIS KIND OF THING? WE SAY TO THE KIDS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT DOING, AND THEY DON'T DO IT, THEN THEY LEARN QUICK THAT WE GO, 'OK, STOP AND GIVE US SOME BURPIES.' IT'S PRETTY HARD OUT. YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH CONCEPT, BUT HAVE A LOOK. IT MIGHT JUST CHANGE YOUR MIND. I'M THE PASSENGER IN A VERY FAST CAR DRIVEN BY A VERY YOUNG MAN,... ENGINE REVS AND A BIG US STAR WHO'S CRAZY ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS. SO, IF YOU COULD MEET ANY ALL BLACK, WHO WOULD IT BE? WHO WOULD YOU GET A BIT JITTERY`? INGA THE WINGER. INGA? IS SAW INGA YESTERDAY. DID YOU? SHALL I GIVE HIM A CALL? OH MAN, I'D LOVE TO MEET HIM. THE WEEKEND IS HERE, AND THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. I do a bit of boxing. I do Pilates. I run slowly. I do nothing. I could do nothing in a gym or park or at home. That's the great thing about it. And you can fold it under the bed. A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS HERE DOES CROSSFIT. THEY COME IN HOBBLING AND COMPLAINING. SO IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE WHEN WE LEARNT THEY DO KIDS CLASSES! OUR FIRST INSTINCT WAS 'HOW RIDICULOUS'. BUT NOW WE'RE NOT SO SURE. THIS FROM BRODIE KANE. ALL CHEER THIS IS CROSSFIT ` POSSIBLY THE MOST PHYSICALLY GRUELLING THING YOU CAN DO IN A GYM. IT'S NOT A PLACE FOR QUITTERS, WEAKLINGS OR CHILDREN. HIP-HOP MUSIC OR IS IT? FASTER, QUICKER. COME ON. > THIS CHRISTCHURCH CROSSFIT GYM RUNS CLASSES FOR KIDS AGED 10 TO 16. YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO BE IN A GYM? NO. NO? NOT AT ALL? NO. THEIR MUMS ARE PRETTY PUMPED UP ABOUT IT TOO. (LAUGHS) THEY JUST LOVE BEING HERE. IT'S MADE THEM THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RUN AROUND AND DO MORE THINGS AND ENJOY LIFE A BIT BETTER. DON'T THINK IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES. I'M PROBABLY THE GRUMPY OLD MAN. I'M NOT VERY PC. SO WE SAY TO THE KIDS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT DOING. AND THEY DON'T DO IT, THEN THEY LEARN QUICK THAT WE GO, 'OK, DROP AND GIVE US SOME BURPIES.' < FOR KIDS! THAT'S A BIT TOUGH, ISN'T IT? (LAUGHS) YEAH, YOU DO IT IN A FUN WAY. NOW, IF THE THOUGHT OF CHILDREN DOING WEIGHTS HAS YOU YELLING AT THE TV... WE'RE EXTREME STICKLERS ON TECHNIQUE. NO ONE'S GONNA BE LIFTING ANYTHING HEAVY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THIS AGE. BUT IT'S ABOUT TECHNIQUE. AS THEY GET THEIR TECHNIQUE, WE GO UP A WEE BIT IN WEIGHT. AND KEN KNOWS A BIT ABOUT TRAINING KIDS. HIS ALL BLACK SONS OWEN AND BEN OWN THE GYM ` IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE! I REALLY DIDN'T START LIFTING HEAVY, OR REALLY INTENSE WEIGHT TRAINING UNTIL I WAS 18. BUT I STARTED WHEN I WAS 14 WITH JUST LEARNING MOVEMENTS, STARTING WITH LIGHTER WEIGHTS, NOT PUTTING TOO MUCH STRESS ON THE BODY, BUT PREPARING MYSELF FOR WHEN I DO GROW UP A LITTLE SO I CAN MAKE THOSE GAINS. MY WAY OF THINKING, BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO 18, THEY KNEW THEIR BODY. THEY WERE GOING TO BE A LOT SAFER THAN AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHO HADN'T DONE ANY OF THE TRAINING, GETS INTO THE GYM FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAS BEEN READING ALL THE MUSCLE MAGAZINES, LOADS UP A BAR AND DAMAGES HIMSELF. NOW THE MAN-BEAST FRANKS BROTHERS MIGHT BE THE EXCEPTION IN NZ,... (CRIES OUT) ...BUT IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN GYM-TRAINING THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN FOR DECADES. MAYBE WE NEED A FEW MORE EARLY-STARTERS LIKE THESE? I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN MY RUGBY, AND I'VE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A LOT FITTER. I'VE SEEN CHANGES, YOU KNOW, AT SCHOOL. WHEN WE'RE PLAYING GAMES AND STUFF, I'M ABLE TO KEEP UP AND ALL THAT. PERHAPS IT'S A SIGN OF THE TIMES THAT OTHER GYMS, LIKE THIS LES MILLS HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH, CATER FOR CHILDREN EVEN YOUNGER THAN THE FRANKS BROTHERS DO. THIS GYM HOLDS FITNESS CLASSES FOR KIDS AS YOUNG AS 5. ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS THAT EXPOSING KIDS TO THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT COULD HAVE BODY IMAGE EFFECTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I THINK WE'RE THE OPPOSITE. WE'RE ALL ABOUT BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN HERE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATED BY SOME OF THE MOVES WE DO, AND IF YOU SEE THEM A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE TRACK, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE, AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT CONFIDENCE BACK TO SCHOOL. AS FOR YOU 'JUST GET OUT THERE AND KICK A BALL AROUND' BRIGADE, KEN HAS ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. IF KIDS ARE PLAYING A SPORT, LIKE SOFTBALL, THE PERCEIVED JOCKS, I SUPPOSE IN THE CLASS, THEY'RE GREAT. THEY'RE HITTING A HOME RUN, THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND THE BASES, THEY'RE PITCHING. IT'S THE ONES THAT AREN'T QUITE THAT DEVELOPED YET THAT GO UP, GET THEIR THREE STRIKES AND THEY'RE SITTING DOWN AGAIN. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR AN HOUR, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A LOT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. WHEREAS IN A CROSSFIT SESSION LIKE THIS, NO KID CAN HIDE IN THE DUGOUT. I USED TO BE A LOT UNFITTER BEFORE THIS. USED TO BE LESS...? > CHUBBY. A LITTLE BIT. USED TO BE CHUBBY? > SORT OF. JUST A LITTLE BIT. YOU'RE NOT CHUBBY NOW. > NO. NO, YOU LOOK GREAT. GO LIKE THAT. > SEE, LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT? > I TALKED TO A PROFESSOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE. THEY'D RATHER SEE KIDS HAVING SUPERVISED FUN BUT NO MINIMUM AGE FOR GYM. ONE IN FIVE KIWI KIDS ARE OVERWEIGHT. ONE IN 12 ARE OBESE. What aRe schools doing? What happened to physical education? We need to start early. I look at my toddler, and his abdominal strength is so weak. I need to get into the gym and lifting weights. Then I should get Him on the protein shakes. My son plays about 12 hours of basketball and six hours of rugby a week. Organise sports don't involve standing in front of the mirror. Anything that gets the moving and into a healthy lifestyle. Some kids are Not into team sports. I just feel like gyms are for adults. Kids should go out to the park and run around. We need to celebrate our bodies. I get sick of the line that they spent too much time on the computer games. If there were around when I was a kid... It's not their fault that the games are available. 13 sounds about right. AFTER THE BREAK ` IT'S BEEN A HECTIC WEEK IN LONDON. OUR MAN CHRIS PARKIN HAS SOME OF THE STORIES YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN. PLUS ` OH MAN! (LAUGHS) HOW ARE YOU, BROTHER? GREAT TO SEE YOU. AWESOME. THERE'S A PRETTY FAMOUS GUY IN TOWN, BUT HE'S THE ONE STARSTRUCK. The next guy is not that famous but he's hot! HE'S AN AMERICAN ACTOR AND MODEL. HE'S BEEN IN GAME OF THRONES, CONAN THE BARBARIAN. HERE'S CRAIG STANAWAY WITH THE MAN WHO MAKES WOMEN GO WEAK AT THE KNEES. HE TOLD ME HE HAD A HANGOVER. I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED FISH AND CHIPS, SO WE MET AT PIHA TO SHOOT THE BREEZE IN FRESH AIR. IT'S A PLACE I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PLACES ON EARTH. JASON MOMOA (33) SHOULD'VE BEEN BORN KIWI ` LOVES THE ALL BLACKS, LOVES THE COUNTRY, LOVES THE ACCENT. BROAD NZ ACCENT: FISH AND CHIPS, EH, BRO. WE'VE GOT NOTHING IN COMMON, EXCEPT GROWING UP, WE BOTH HAD A CRUSH ON LISA BONET FROM THE COSBY SHOW. SHE WAS MY DREAM GIRL TOO. TURNS OUT, HE ENDED UP MARRYING HER. SHE'S PRETTY SPECIAL. SHE WAS DEFINITELY AN ICON TO A LOT OF PEOPLE GROWING UP. DO THE COSBY KIDS KEEP IN CONTACT WITH BILL COSBY? UH, SHE KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH THE KIDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HER AND BILL STAY IN CONTACT. I'VE NEVER MET HIM. HANGOVER CURED, HE REVEALS HE PERFORMED THE ALL BLACKS HAKA FOR TALENT SCOUTS, TO LAND HIS PART IN GAME OF THRONES. YOU'RE A BIG ALL BLACK FAN? HUGE ALL BLACK FAN. WHY? THEY'RE THE BEST! NZ'S THIS BIG. AUSTRALIA'S THIS BIG. ENGLAND'S LIKE THIS. WE'RE THIS SMALL, AND WE'RE KICKING EVERYONE. AND I'M FROM AMERICA, AND THEY KICKED AMERICA'S ARSE. YOU'RE SAYING WE! YOU'RE SAYING WE! BECAUSE THAT'S MY TEAM. SO IF YOU COULD MEET ANY ALL BLACK, WHO WOULD IT BE? WHO WOULD YOU GET A BIT JITTERY WITH? INGA THE WINGER. INGA? I SAW INGA YESTERDAY. DID YOU? SHOULD I GIVE HIM A CALL? OH MAN. I'D LOVE TO MEET HIM. YEAH. REALLY? I'M SERIOUS. HELL, YEAH. YOU KNOW, HE'S A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. I HAVE A BUDDY WHO WAS MY STUNT DOUBLE IN STARGATE, AND HE PLAYED FOR CANADA, AND HE TRADED JERSEYS WITH INGA, AND HE KNEW I LOVED THE ALL BLACKS SO MUCH HE GAVE ME HIS JERSEY. YOU'RE GONNA WATCH ME GEEK OUT. IS THAT YOU, INGA? HEY, MATE. IT'S NICE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. I'M A HUGE FAN, AND HOPEFULLY I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MEET YOU. HEY, INGA, ARE YOU BURYING PEOPLE TODAY OR ARE YOU BUSY? INGA LAUGHS NO, I'M NOT BURYING ANYONE TODAY. DO YOU WANT TO CATCH UP? YOU ARE LIKE A KID WITH INGA, HONESTLY. LOOK AT THIS HOLLYWOOD ACTOR MEETING HIS HERO. OH MAN! HOW ARE YOU, BROTHER? AWESOME. AWESOME PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. YOU'RE AS BIG IN TELEVISION AS YOU ARE IN REAL LIFE. OH MAN. I'M SO STOKED. THANK YOU. THANKS, CRAIG. I TOLD YOU I KNEW INGA. THAT'S AWESOME, MAN. THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND AT ARMAGEDOON WANTING HIS PHOTO. TO THINK THE ONLY PHOTO HE WANTED WAS WITH INGA THE WINGER. Very cool. That guy was just matched with the wrong country. He looks like he should be from here. Why don't we see if we can get citizenship? The hobbit guys wanted them. He belongs here. Once theY'd been introduced, the two of them chatted for about 5 min. It on our website. We are going to London now. The Commons had a go at gay marriage this week. They did not do it in the style we did. It's been interesting to watch this. It got a lot of coverage of the year What happened in NZ. It was a different reaction here to the bill. The Bill got through but from a lot of opposition from the Prime Minister's own party. Most of the opposition to it came from his own party. There was a slightly awkward moment with the results were read out and there was a smattering of applause from the opposition Labour Party an awkward look from the Prime Minister and otherwise silence from the Tory party. It's going to be interesting to see what happens from here. It will now go to the House of Lords an inspector to give more opposition. Maybe Maurice Williamson will get some calls for some speechwriting tips. It was the first British astronaut. He has been all over the place this week. He has done extraordinary training. Spent 12 days on the seabed in a lab. The Russian to speak to other cosmonauts. And you probably heard of the other astronaut who did David Bowie song. He's been asked if he's going to be singing for us. I love how the English get behind their countrymen. He's like the Andy Murray of astronauts. What are the big acts of Eurovision? It is the most bizarre singing competition. It is so campaign so kitsch. In the UK it is treated with a wry sense of irony. And the rest of Europe it is treated as seriously as the G8 summit. There is block voting and so on. Every year there are scandals. This year Russia gave all their votes to Azerbaijan. But not in return. This has led to a crisis meeting between the two foreign ministers. This is Russian Foreign Minister or not. We don't have that, but we guessed he is very pissed off. Live television! SPEAKING OF FRIENDS OVERSEAS, JACK TAME'S SENT US A POSTCARD FROM THE JERSEY SHORE WITH THE LATEST HAPPENINGS IN THE US. Find out on our website. Does that guy that singing David Bowie song look like a poor man's Freddie Mercury? PLENTY HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK, AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU MISSED THE BIG NEWS AT THE TIME, JESSE IS HERE TO HELP YOU CATCH UP. WELL, WE START WITH GOOD NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. FINALLY, THEY'VE WORKED OUT HOW TO MAKE ROBOTS DANCE GANGNAM STYLE. CAN A CURE FOR CANCER BE FAR AWAY? CELEBRITY WOBBLE BOARDER ROLF HARRIS APPEARED IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE YOU-KNOW-WHAT, WHILE A MASSIVE TRIBUTE WAS HELD FOR HIM AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW. CELEBS DECORATED THEIR OWN MINI-ROLFS AS A WAY OF SAYING, 'OH NO, HE DIDGERI-DIDN'T.' PRIME MINISTER JOHN DORY, THE FORGETFUL FISH, HAD A SHOCKER ON TWITTER THIS WEEK, BRAZENLY ASKING FOR RETWEETS LIKE SOME 14-YEAR-OLD ONE DIRECTION FAN; WHILE FELLOW MP MELISSA LEE UNVEILED HER NEW LOOK, WITH A HAIRCUT BORROWED FROM A MAKE-YOUR-OWN SOUTH PARK CHARACTER WEBSITE. YES, IT'S ONE THING TO FASHION YOUR HEAD INTO A GIANT YIN-YANG SYMBOL BUT QUITE ANOTHER TO DECORATE YOUR PAGE WITH 60 PICTURES OF YOUR OWN FACE. MIND YOU, DON'T KNOCK IT TILL YOU'VE TRIED IT. She tweeted you after that. I put my face on Melissa Lee's haircut. And I got a tweet from her that Says 'lol, probably suits you better.' If you're 19 years old, really enjoy going out to see cars. TODAY, I MET A 19-YEAR-OLD WHO'S INTO CARS WHO WILL DO A BIT MORE THAN THAT AT THIS WEEKEND'S SUPERTOURER SERIES AT PUKEKOHE. I GOT A GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD. I'VE GOT NO INTENTION, REALLY, TO SPEED ON THE ROAD. I CAN DO ALL MY SPEEDING OUT IN HERE IN MY RACE CAR. THIS IS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN'S OFFICE ` CRAMPED AND LOUD, BUT NOT BAD. HE'S ONLY 19. I HAVE SNEAKERS OLDER THAN THAT. AND HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS ` DAD WAYNE, MUM DIANNE ` ARE RIGHT AMONGST IT TOO. BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY THAN RACING CARS ` HE BUILDS THEM AS WELL. HE'S IN HIS FOURTH YEAR OF BEING AN APPRENTICE FABRICATOR, WHICH MEANS... BASICALLY, I'M BUILDING THE CARS. I'M FIXING MY CAR IF I CRASH IT. SO I'M LEARNING ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE ` WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE I GET IN THE CAR. RATHER THAN JUST JUMPING IN AND DRIVING, I'M LEARNING WHAT TO DO. HOW MANY ALL BLACKS OR WARRIORS STUDY PHYSIOTHERAPY SO THEY COULD FIX BUNG KNEES AND SHOULDERS? NOT MANY, IF ANY. BUT IT'S IN THE CAR SCOTT'S MAKING THE MOST NOISE. AND AGAIN, HE WAS BORN IN 1993. YOU ARE STILL 19 YEARS OLD. HOW DOES A 19-YEAR-OLD IN CHARGE OF $250,000 WORTH OF CAR, 500HP, NOT GO 'WHOO-HOO'? I'VE GOTTA BE AN EXAMPLE TO PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD AS WELL, SO I'VE GOT NO INTENTION, REALLY, TO SPEED ON THE ROAD. I CAN DO ALL MY SPEEDING OUT HERE IN MY RACE CARS. BUT, TYPICALLY FOR A DRIVING WUNDERKIND, SCOTT JOINED THE BIG BOYS REALLY QUICKLY. MOST UP-AND-COMING DRIVERS DO GO-KARTS, OPEN WHEEL, FORMULA V, THEN THINK ABOUT SALOONS. NOT SCOTT, THOUGH. HE WAS JUST THAT GOOD. HE SORT OF WON JUST ABOUT EVERY TITLE YOU COULD WIN IN AUSTRALIA AT 12, 13, 14; WENT INTO SENIOR KARTING AT 15 AND SORT OF DID REALLY WELL. AND THEY TESTED HIM IN A V8. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, COS HE'S NEVER ACTUALLY DRIVEN A ROAD CAR. AND HE PUT THIS THING OUT ON THE TRACK, AND HE WAS COMPETITIVE. HE WASN'T FOUR-TENTHS OFF; HE WAS ACTUALLY A TENTH QUICKER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS THEY HAD TESTED. YOU'RE HIS DAD ` DO YOU WORRY ABOUT HIM OUT THERE? OH, YEAH, TERRIBLY. PARTICULARLY IN THOSE FIRST TWO LAPS ` THE OPENING LAPS, YOU KNOW. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. HEAVEN FORBID IF WE EVER LOST HIM. BUT HE'S DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE, BUT YOU WANNA KEEP HIM AS SAFE AS YOU CAN. SCOTT WILL RACE IN THREE ROUNDS AT THE SUPERTOURER SERIES AT PUKEKOHE ON SUNDAY. PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING ARE TOMORROW. BUT MAKING ME SWEAT, YELL AND GENERALLY DO ABOUT THE FUNNIEST THINGS IN THE WORLD ` THAT WAS TODAY. HE'S GOT THE COOLEST JOB IN THE WORLD. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT. YOU GET TO THE CORNER AND THINK, 'WE'RE GOING TOO FAST TO STOP, 'WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP,' AND THEN YOU GO, 'UGH!' AND YOU STOP. WHILE MY POWER OF SPEECH DESERTED ME, SCOTT'S DAD'S DIDN'T. HIS GOAL FOR HIS BOY ` DEAD SIMPLE. SCOTT WON'T REST UNTIL HE'S WON A BATHURST AND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Fan boy! He has a speedo, and I stopped looking at 240 K. Whenever I go faster my car and screaming. THAT'S ALL FOR THE WEEK. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. SEE YOU MONDAY. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013