ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY LAUREN STRAIN AND SAM BRADFORD. 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. Welcome to the show. Is wi-fi dangerous? According to this bloke, it is. IT'S LIKE A TINY, TENUOUS VAPOUR THAT YOU BARELY NOTICE; THAT'S BARELY THERE. That a serious bit of scientific kit, and I'm afraid it's going to expose me for a fool. # I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT'S GONNA BE. # YOU GET IRON DEFICIENCY. # His students actually love him. ALSO TONIGHT A CLOSE FRIEND OF THIS GUY WILL TELL US WHAT A SHY, QUIET TYPE HIS MATE IS, AND HOW TO BECOME INCREDIBLY RICH IN YOUR OWN RIGHT. Sounds good. Plus David Pine. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA > WAS ONCE IN A BAND CALLED 'SNEAKY FEELINGS'? > (CHUCKLES) NO. I'M SURE HE WAS GREAT. THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. Technology is everywhere. Look around. As it gets bigger, so too do the worries that go with. Michael Holland has concerns that are a little more pragmatic. Call me old-fashioned, but I'm really worried about these Wi-Fi things that are swirling around us. I got an expert to come in and have a look. LCD SOUNDSYSTEMS'S 'DAFT PUNK IS PLAYING AT MY HOUSE' ONE MORE? NOW, LIKE MOST KIDS, IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT PHYSICAL PLAY; ITS ABOUT VIRTUAL PLAY, AND THESE GUYS WANT SOMETHING I'M NOT SO HAPPY ABOUT. EFFECTIVELY, THEY WANT TO BE UNTETHERED FROM MY ARCHAIC, NEUROTIC WAY OF THINKING. EERIE MUSIC ALL WE WANT IS WI-FI. COME ON, DAD, IT'S GOT TO BE WI-FI. EVERYONE ELSE HAS IT, EXCEPT US. PLEASE? DAFT PUNK'S 'GET LUCKY' RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY, THIS IS A WI-FI FREE HOUSE, AND THE YOUNGEST INHABITANTS ` THOSE WHO ARE OH-SO-TECHIE ` HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF HE WHO THINKS HE'S IN CHARGE; DAFT PUNK'S 'GET LUCKY' CONTINUES HAD ENOUGH OF THE CORD WENDING EVERY WHICH WAY, MIRACULOUSLY TAKING THE INTERNET FROM ONE END OF THE HOUSE TO THE OTHER. DAFT PUNK'S 'GET LUCKY' CONTINUES AND YES, YES, I CAN HEAR YOUR CRIES OF DERISION ALREADY. SO BEFORE MY FEARS ABOUT RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS TURN INTO A FULL-ON FAMILY FEUD, WE'VE CALLED IN AN EXPERT... I GOT THE GIZMOS. ...WITH A BIG YELLOW THINGY. RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ` THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT NAMES APPLIED TO THE SAME THING. IT'S SHOWING US WHAT SORT OF SIGNALS WE HAVE. THESE WILL BE CELL SITES. THAT'LL BE YOUR CORDLESS PHONE, WHICH TENDS TO GO UP AND DOWN A BIT. AND THAT'S PROBABLY CELL SITES AS WELL ` THAT TINY LITTLE PEAK THERE. ARE YOU ALARMED BY ANY OF THAT? OH, NO, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT HOW STRONG THEY ARE, THEY'RE, UH... YEAH, THEY'RE NOTHING. THEY REALLY ARE WEAK. YOUR CORDLESS PHONE ` THE LEVEL IS RELATIVELY HIGH CLOSE IN, AND THEN YOU WATCH IT DROPPING OFF AS WE MOVE FURTHER AWAY. IT'S DROPPED OFF BY A FACTOR OF... GETTING ON FOR 100 TIMES BETWEEN THE PHONE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WHICH IS MAYBE 2M. HE'S MEASURING IN UNITS CALLED NANOWATTS PER SQUARE CENTIMETRE, AND THE EXPOSURE LEVEL FROM THE CORDLESS PHONE IS 6300 TIMES BELOW THE NATIONAL SAFETY STANDARD. AS FOR THE MICROWAVE, THAT CAN'T GET HIS SENSOR SUPER EXCITED EITHER. YOU SEE THAT THE HEIGHT DROPS OFF AS WE MOVE AWAY, WHICH IS ALL PRETTY NORMAL. VERY MUCH LIKE THE CORDLESS PHONE? YEAH, LIKE THE CORDLESS PHONE, AND LIKE ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS WHERE YOU GET A LOCALISED SOURCE OF THE RADIO SIGNAL. BUT IT'S WHAT'S NOT SO LOCALISED, YET STILL LURKING ANYWAY, THAT MAKES FUTILE MY OBJECTION TO WI-FI. ONE, TWO, THREE NEIGHBOURS WHOSE SIGNAL IS COMING IN HERE? THAT'S RIGHT. SO WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON MY TRUSTY CORD HERE? FOR ME, I'D SAY YOU'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT OVERCAUTIOUS. I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED YOU MANAGED TO FIND ONE THAT LONG. ARE MOST PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE... SWIMMING IN EVERY DAY? I'M NOT SURE THAT SWIMMING IS A GOOD ANALOGY, BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY THICK AND QUITE A LOT THERE TO BE GOING THROUGH. IT'S, UM... IT'S LIKE A TINY, TENUOUS VAPOUR THAT YOU BARELY NOTICE; THAT'S BARELY THERE. IS IT HARMFUL? > MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY NO. YOU WOULD SAY NO? > I'D SAY NO. I'D SAY, LOOK, I THINK WE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. THE IRONY THAT I'VE HAD A LOOK AT YOUR ROUTER ` IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN TRANSMITTING THE WI-FI ALL THE TIME ANYWAY. (CHUCKLES) YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS CABLE OUT, BUT IT'S BEEN ON ALL THE TIME. DAFT PUNK'S 'GET LUCKY' AND WITH THAT, THE FIGHT'S WELL AND TRULY LOST. PASSWORD ENTERED. THIS IS NOW A WI-FI HOUSE. IT'S SHOWING THAT THE LEVEL IN HERE IS ABOUT 300 TIMES LOWER THAN IT WAS WHEN WE WERE MEASURING IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROUTER. SO THE SIGNAL STRENGTH HAS DISSIPATED? YEAH, IT'S GONE DOWN BY A FACTOR OF 300. GET OVER IT, DAD. THIS IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE. WELL, IT'S... BEEN THE WAY OF THE PRESENT FOR QUITE A WHILE. (CHUCKLES) AH WELL. IF NOTHING ELSE, THE CAT'S GOT HIMSELF A NEW TOY. DAFT PUNK'S 'GET LUCKY' YOU FOUGHT A BRAVE FIGHT. Are you sure it safe? Are you convinced after all of that? They've got what they wanted, but I can't help but wonder and worry just a little bit. There is a ionising and non-ionising radiation. Cellphones still get people a bit worried. I was told by the editor that this is what happens and to get with the times. You didn't think about telling your neighbours that you weren't into Wi-Fi and could they please turn it off? While you're ripping into the modern, new world, you want to find out something more about houses that are really kitted out. I think that there is a house where the stereo turns on the car and all that sort of drama, and have them explain to us what it is about this new technology. We asked on Facebook today whether there were any other technophobes out there. There are lots. No, actually, there Weren't. One person's dad won't stand in the microwave when it's on, though. Another one less of a technophobia every time he leaves the room someone turns off his computer for him. STAY WITH US ` PLENTY MORE TO COME. WE HAVE A KIWI MULTIMILLIONAIRE AND MATE OF THE VERY RICH AND FAMOUS ` DEREK HANDLEY IS IN THE STUDIO. ALSO, WHO KNEW THAT BEING IN '80S BAND SNEAKY FEELINGS COULD TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY TO DIPLOMATIC GLORY? Welcome back. There's something about self-made, fabulous rich people on speaking tours that can make you wonder how it's relevant to you. WELCOME, DEREK HANDLEY. You are worth around $70 million. No, I'm not. What are you worth, then? More than John key? Yes. No. And yet, at 22, you were bankrupt? I had a great scheme to invest in all sorts of shares, and it didn't work. What's the one thing that you have learned? The one thing I can pass on is that you have no fear. You said that you owed so much money that you couldn't get a job to pay off. Yeah. At we were reading a book, and it has lots of great advice, but at 22, would this have helped you? Yes. If you have a, you make it happen. The book is all about how you turn any kind of vision you have into reality. You were almost on the skids. DO You get to a point when you start getting a bit cautious not to go back there? If that theory was correct, I wouldn't have done it again and again, because I almost hit the skids in 2008. It seems to be a theme.� take more risks. Take them when you're young. You say don't connect to your phone until you've done something positive in the morning. You have to take this advice to heart. Tell us about Richard Branson. He said he is shy. That was the most surprising thing that I found. Using climbing buildings, wearing a wedding gown, but he's quite shy and quiet. Good to have a conversation? Yes. But with long pauses. You made a special deal with him. Tell us about that. I had decided I wanted to give a year away to change the world, so I decided I would give that year to him. I said I would given the year, no questions asked. And if he read the book, that would be nice. So he read the book. Tell us about the B team. It's a group of people that think business needs to move towards people, planet and profit not just profit. You got up this morning and thought, it still New Zealand music month, and it's been awhile since been Butler gave us one of his 'where are they now stories'. It actually June. THIS GUY WAS ONCE DESCRIBED AS THE CLEVEREST SONGWRITER NZ EVER FORGOT. HERE'S DEAN BUTLER. I'M IN THE EDIT BOOTH WITH THREE CAMERAS. I NEVER GET THREE CAMERAS. I'VE GOT A SNEAKY FEELING THAT SOMETHING'S UP. THAT WAS A CLUE, BY THE WAY. # LOOKED AROUND, WENT BACK TO SLEEP. # NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY, # BUT IT'S BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. # IT SURE IS BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE FOR DAVID PINE. HE WAS A GUITARIST IN SNEAKY FEELINGS IN THE '80S, AND NOW HE'S THE NZ HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA. WE TRIED TO SKYPE HIM, BUT THAT FAILED. HENCE, WE'VE GONE BACK TO THE TRUSTY TALKIE MACHINE. HOW DID IT ALL START? THE BAND STARTED... MATTHEW AND I WERE TOGETHER AT SCHOOL, AND WE STARTED MUCKING AROUND WITH GUITARS AND WRITING SONGS. AND THEN THE DRUMMER, MARTIN, AND I MET IN VERY UN-ROCK-AND-ROLL CIRCUMSTANCES. WE WERE WORKING IN THE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. # UNDERSTAND... # SNEAKY FEELINGS HAD PLENTY OF GREAT TUNES, BUT THEY WEREN'T THE LUCKIEST BAND IN THE WORLD. REMEMBER 'READY TO ROLL'? THEY USED TO DO THE COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP 20 AT THE START OF THE SHOW. AND WE'D BEEN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. AND, OF COURSE, THE ONE WEEK WE SNEAKED INTO THE TOP 20, THERE WAS AN EDITORS' STRIKE, AND THEY DIDN'T PLAY IT. THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD MUCH CHART ACTION, BUT THEY MORE THAN MADE UP FOR THAT WITH SOME CRACKING DANCE MOVES. SNEAKY FEELINGS MANAGED TO GET OVERSEAS, AND EVEN TOURED GERMANY WITH A GREAT BAND SLOGAN. WE'RE A NOISY BAND. ALL: WE COME FROM NOISY LAND. BUT DID TOURING TURN THEM INTO A MORE EXCITING BAND? RELATIVELY LIVELY, COMPARED TO OUR USUAL SELVES. # SOMETIMES I'M ANGRY. # MOSTLY I'M BLUE. # SO, HOW DID DAVID GET INTO THIS LINE OF WORK? I DID POLITICS AND LAW, AND THEN I... I WENT ON FROM THERE. AND WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THIS STUFF, THOUGH, DAVID, DO YOU MENTION THAT YOU WERE A MUSO ON YOUR CV? OR HAS THAT BEEN DELETED? I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T. BUT, AS IT HAPPENED, ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERVIEW PANEL KNEW ALL ABOUT IT. BOTH CHUCKLE BUT I THINK THAT WORKED IN MY FAVOUR. THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT DAVID'S PAST EITHER ` HIS BOSS. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA > WAS ONCE IN A BAND CALLED SNEAKY FEELINGS? > (CHUCKLES) NO. (CHUCKLES) I'M SURE HE WAS GREAT. HE SURE WAS, PRIME MINISTER. HE SURE WAS. # IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME # SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK HOME, # WHERE I BELONG. # I quite like that quivery, shimmery '80s music. It's gone now. STICK WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK ` DO YOU FIND THAT IT HELPS YOU LEARN, THOUGH? DO YOU REMEMBER THINGS? THE OTAGO UNI LECTURER WHO'S GOT A NEW WAY TO HELP THE LESSONS STICK. Welcome back. We've got another character for you to meet. I was going to say he was a kiwi, but he's actually Scottish. He's a university lecturer who has found a new way to make kids remember what his teaching. Brodie Kane went to meet him. MOST OF US HAVE BEEN IN THIS BOAT AT SOME POINT ` TRYING DESPERATELY TO STAY AWAKE WHILE SOMETHING BORING IS EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD LEARN. IS THE REASON YOU TEACH THESE CLASSES NOW WITH SONGS > BECAUSE WHAT YOU TEACH IS SO BORING, OR...? > OH, NO, I'D SAY HAEMATOLOGY IS A TERRIBLY INTERESTING SUBJECT. MEET SEAN MACPHERSON. HE'S A SENIOR HAEMATOLOGY LECTURER. THAT'S THE STUDY OF ALL THINGS RELATED TO BLOOD. IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE HEARING THINGS, YOU WEREN'T. SEAN SINGS TO HIS STUDENTS. # ANAEMIA. # WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YA? # RED CELL DESTRUCTION, # OR REDUCTION IN PRODUCTION, # WITH ASSOCIATED CYTOPENIAS... IT ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO, SORT OF, REGAIN SOME CONCENTRATION AND PAY ATTENTION AGAIN. IT'S A BIT OF FUN. AND THE OTHER REASON FOR DOING IT IS COS SONGS ARE QUITE A GOOD WAY OF REMEMBERING THINGS. # WHEN YOU'RE LOW IN # HAEMOGLOBIN... # AND FOR SEAN, SELLING THINGS LIKE ANAEMIA, WHICH IS A BLOOD DISORDER, IS A TOUGH ASK. # STRANGE WAYS YOU'RE FEELING... # I'VE NEVER LECTURED TO 150 STUDENTS IN MY LIFE, SO THAT'S MORE NERVE-RACKING THAN SITTING DOWN AND PLAYING THE PIANO. SO IT KIND OF HELPS ME. HE UNLEASHED HIS FIRST SONG ON THESE FIFTH- AND SIXTH-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS IN MARCH, AND HASN'T LOOKED BACK. # I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT'S GONNA BE. # YOU GET IRON DEFICIENCY. # AND, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HE'S A HIT WITH THE STUDENTS. LECTURE CONTENT CAN BE QUITE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING` A BIT OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, I GUESS. # DID YOU BLEED FROM THE FRONT, NOT FROM THE BACK? # IT'S REALLY GREAT, YEAH. I THINK EVERYONE REALLY APPRECIATES IT. THERE ARE SOME PRETTY DROLL LECTURERS OUT THERE WHO ARE QUITE DIDACTIC IN THE WAY THEY TEACH. AND THIS JUST MAKES IT MORE EXCITING AND MORE ENJOYABLE. # WE'LL JUST TRANSFUSE SOME RED CELLS # AND SING A HAPPY SONG. # BUT IT'S ALL VERY WELL BEING FUN AND ENTERTAINING. DOES IT ACTUALLY HELP THEM WHEN THEY NEED IT THE MOST? DO YOU FIND THAT IT HELPS YOU LEARN, THOUGH? DO YOU ACTUALLY, LIKE, REMEMBER THINGS? YEAH, IT'S QUITE FUNNY. YOU'LL BE SITTING IN THE EXAM, AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, AND SLOWLY THE SONG MIGHT DRIFT BACK TO YOU. YEAH, SO IT DOES REALLY HELP YOU LEARN, I THINK. # STOMATITIS, # GLOSSITIS. I DON'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. # IT'S THE REASON I FELL ON MY FACE. # AND FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WHO HAVE BEEN TAPPING AWAY AND HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN HAEMATOLOGY, FEAR NOT. # ...IN SPADES. # SO, THEY CAN GET THEM ON YOUTUBE? THEY CAN. THEY CAN. SO, HERE'S SOMETHING I PREPARED EARLIER. JAUNTY PIANO TUNE PLAYS (HUMS) # ANAEMIA. # WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YA? # RED CELL DESTRUCTION, # OR REDUCTION IN PRODUCTION,... (LAUGHS) # ...WITH ASSOCIATED CYTOPENIAS. # ANAEMIA # MAKES ME FEEL BLUE. # Good on you, Brodie. Okay, she's not the best singer. I have a question. Lovely Scottish lilting accent, and then they sing like Americans. Why does no one thing in their accent? You'd much rather sit through a lecture during that. You can remember lyrics. There was a great episode of happy days were one of the characters put all his notes into a song. Check out our website for more. WHILE YOU'RE THERE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUR OWN CINDERELLA FOR A STORY WE'RE DOING LATER THIS WEEK. IF YOU KNOW A GIRL HEADING TO A SCHOOL BALL WHO'S STRUGGLING TO GET A BALLGOWN ON A BUDGET, WE WANT TO HOOK HER UP WITH OUR FASHION FAIRY GODMOTHER, PEBBLES HOOPER. She'll do it on the cheap, but we promise you will look smoking. She'll make you look amazing. Get in touch with us really soon if that's you. AND TOMORROW NIGHT, A STORY ABOUT THE CHANGING FACE OF THE KIWI FARMER. YES, WE CLAIM WE'RE A PROUD FARMING NATION, BUT IN THE DEEP SOUTH THEY CAN'T FIND KIWIS TOUGH ENOUGH FOR THE 4.30AM STARTS AND THE HARD SLOG. WE'VE GOT ISSUES WITH STAFF TURNOVER. IT'S WAY TOO HIGH. SO WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT, AND WE NEEDED SOME RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE. WE LOOK AT THE INFLUX OF FILIPINO COCKIES DOING THE JOBS THAT KIWIS WON'T. THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT. And that is seven sharp for Tuesday. CAPTIONS BY CONOR WHITTEN AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS BY CONOR WHITTEN AND RICHARD EDMUNDS.