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Seven Sharp is a light-hearted current affairs programme which aims to celebrate what it is to be Kiwi by bringing viewers face to face with some of the country’s lesser known characters.

  • 1Topics covered include: 1. What will the world be like when today's babies grow to adulthood? 2. New Zealand musician Warren Maxwell showcasing music in Featherston 3. The attraction and appeal of Tokoroa 4. Profile of musician Jesse Sheehan

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 30 : 26
    • Duration 30 : 26
    Reporters
    • Heather du Plessis-Allan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Jehan Casinader (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Matt Chisholm (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Rebecca Blundell (Mother of Generation Alpha Child)
    • Associate Professor Susan Morton (Expert in Public Health Medicine, The University of Auckland)
    • Mark McCrindle (Generational Researcher)
    • Warren Maxwell (Musician)
    • Sue Arthur (Spokesperson, Tokoroa Talking Poles Project)
    • Kelly Waea-Allan (Tokoroa Resident)
    • Roman Reti-Mataiti (Tokoroa Resident)
    • Bill Machem (Tokoroa Resident)
    • Jesse Sheehan (Musician)
    Locations
    • Featherston, New Zealand (Wellington)
    • Tokoroa, New Zealand (Waikato)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 6 June 2013
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Seven Sharp is a light-hearted current affairs programme which aims to celebrate what it is to be Kiwi by bringing viewers face to face with some of the country’s lesser known characters.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Alison Mau (Presenter)
  • Greg Boyed (Presenter)
  • Heather du Plessis-Allan (Presenter)
ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND LAUREN STRAIN. 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. TONIGHT ` BABIES. There are babies being born now as ever before. They are generation A. What will the world be like when they grow up? WORRIED THAT SHE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BUY HER OWN HOUSE UNTIL SHE'S 30? 30?! THE RURAL DREAM IS A REALITY FOR ONE KIWI MUSO. HE'S MAKING A BIG NOISE IN A LITTLE WAIRARAPA TOWN. I ALMOST CRIED WHEN THE BANK MANAGER SAID YES, YOU KNOW? REALLY? I ALMOST CRIED ` NOT QUITE. I'M TOUGH. BUT, OH, IT'S JUST SUCH A GOOD FEELING. We all cry when the bank manager calls. And we are also a town with plenty to offer, especially if you are an international rugby scout. ALSO, HAVE YOU HEARD THIS GUY? # I NEED TO GET MY FIRE BACK. # IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP. WELCOME, HEATHER. THERE'S A GOOD REASON SHE'S HERE AND JESSIE IS NOT. DAISY BETH MULLIGAN, BORN AT 7.25AM. 8 POUNDS, 8 OUNCES. Not sure what that equates to. She has a well-formed head, does Daisy. Jesse and his lovely partner Victoria. We feel proud too. We tried to put together a much information as possible for what Jesse could expect. WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE WHEN THIS LITTLE GIRL GROWS UP? MUM'S CERTAINLY GOT BIG IDEAS. MAYBE SHE'LL BE THE ONE TO DISCOVER THE CURE FOR... (COUGHS) WELL, THE COUGH. (LAUGHS) YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC. BUT TAYLOR IS ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO CURE THE COMMON COUGH THAN YOU OR I. BECAUSE WITH SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION,... OOH. ...TAYLOR AND HER FRIENDS WILL PROBABLY GROW UP TO BE THE SMARTEST GENERATION YET. YEAH. SEE, SHE BELONGS TO GENERATION ALPHA ` THE BABIES BORN FROM 2010 ONWARDS. THEY'RE THE BIGGEST BUNCH OF BIRTHS SINCE THE BABY BOOMERS AFTER WWII. THERE ARE LOADS OF THEM. THIS LOT WILL PROBABLY LIVE TO 90 AND SEE IN THE YEAR 2100. TAYLOR SHOULD HAVE LOADS OF DOUGH TO PLAY WITH WHEN SHE GROWS UP BECAUSE BY THE TIME SHE HITS THE JOB MARKET, ALL THOSE BABY BOOMERS WILL BE RETIRING. THE LABOUR MARKET WILL BE GAGGING FOR WORKERS, AND THEY'LL PAY ACCORDINGLY. WE COULD DO WITH HER MONEY AND HER WEALTH. < (LAUGHS) WHEN YOU'RE OLD. THAT'S WHY WE HAD HER! < (LAUGHS) WHAT? AS AN INVESTMENT? YEAH. < (LAUGHS) YEAH, TAYLOR MAY BE LOADED BECAUSE SHE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER, BUT SHE'LL STILL STRUGGLE TO BUY THAT FIRST HOME IN AUCKLAND. NO POINT JOTTING DOWN THAT NUMBER, HON. BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY HER OWN HOUSE UNTIL SHE'S 30? DOES SHE HAVE TO LIVE WITH ME? AH, YES. AND THAT OTHER THING ABOUT AUCKLAND THAT WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE,... WELL, THE TRAFFIC, FOR ONE. ...YEAH, THAT'S PREDICTED TO GET WORSE. SOME SAY TODAY'S WEE ONES WILL GROW UP TO BE THE LONELIEST GENERATION YET. DO YOU THINK TAYLOR WILL EVER GET MARRIED? YES. ACTUALLY, AS FEW AS TWO IN FIVE MAY END UP MARRYING. BUT SOME SAY FAMILY WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN IT IS TO US, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION. THERE'S SOME INDICATION, PERHAPS, THAT IT'LL CREATE SORT OF MORE OF A HOME LIFE, MORE OF A HUB THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. SO PEOPLE WILL VALUE THE FAMILY VALUES MORE, THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH PEOPLE, RATHER THAN MAYBE THE MATERIALISTIC VIEW. SUSAN MORTON'S STUDYING A WHOLE BUNCH OF KIDS GROWING UP IN NZ AT THE MOMENT. PARENTS, LISTEN TO HER. IF YOU CHOOSE, LIKE MANY ARE, TO HAVE JUST ONE CHILD, PREPARE FOR WHAT'S CALLED EMPEROR SYNDROME. WITH SMALLER FAMILIES, THE PARENTS' EXPECTATIONS ARE ALL PLACED ON ONE OR TWO CHILDREN, SO MAYBE THERE IS SORT OF THAT EXPECTATION THAT THOSE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO DO MARVELLOUS THINGS, AND EVERYTHING IS INVESTED IN THEM. YES, THEY'LL BE EMPERORS, AND THEY'LL LIVE AT HOME TILL YOU WANT THEM OUT, BUT GENERATION ALPHA WILL COME IN HANDY. BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING THESE BABIES LATER IN LIFE, WHEN YOU GET OLD, THEY'LL STILL BE YOUNG. YOUNG ENOUGH TO LOOK AFTER YOU. I CAN LIVE WITH YOU WHEN I'M REALLY REALLY OLD. (GURGLES) THAT WAS A YES, BY THE WAY. Adorable. Very cute. If you are wondering where you fit in the table, this is it. GEN X: EARLY TO MID '60S THROUGH TO LATE '70S, EARLY '80S. GEN Y: EARLY '80S TO MID '90S. GEN Z: MID '90S TO 2009. GEN ALPHA: FROM 2010. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. I'm Y. What are you guys? BOTH: X. Look at the website. MARK MCCRINDLE, GURU ON GENERATIONS, THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE. We are all aging and they shouldn't be taxed to pay for our retirement. So we do need these young people. But I understand they'll be paid about four times more than we are? They'll be working longer. And, with an aging population, more burden will be placed on the working population. I'm not really warming to this generation. I have been told that apparently generational gaps in the workplace are one of the biggest forms of conflict. Why? We all think that our own generation has got it right and every generation after us doesn't have the same work ethic. The causes of generational conflict, really, are many. We sometimes feel they are more in demand will get more flexibility than we got, rather than having to start at the bottom and work their way up. So that conflict is nothing new. This generation will be the most technologically savvy and power generation. So there might be more generational warfare to come. Other going to be Smart alecs? They will be empowered. They'll be entering the workforce at the time of mass retirement. We will need them, and they can name their price. The workforce as a percentage of the population is shrinking. They will be more in demand than ever. In a book he wrote about this, you talked about expectation inflation. What is that? Used to be let to get a job, a house, a car, it was a good thing. These days they want to start their working life in the way they saw their parents finish. That is part of the expectation, and whether they can afford it and society can afford that and whether the infrastructure will be there to sustain it is the question. Mark, thank you. Fascinating stuff. And I loved what he told you earlier about what we expected to happen by the time this generation can about. A paperless society... It's hard to predict these things. What Mark says in the book is that we expected a paperless office by the 80s. All that, by and large, can happen, but doesn't. It is a choice. The technology is there. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK ` HAVE YOU GOT ANY FUTURE ALL BLACKS OUT THERE? OH, I CAN'T NAME-DROP. SOMEONE MIGHT TRY AND STEAL THEM! WHICH WAIKATO TOWN HAS DELIVERED MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF INTERNATIONAL RUGBY STARS? AND FROM TRINITY ROOTS TO RURAL ONES. THE MUSO MAKING A BIG NOISE IN A SMALL TOWN. MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. Um,... my new shoes? OK. And this? My... tickets to Fiji. Right, OK. This? This? My phone bill. This? My phone bill. Hmm. If your credit card balance is playing on your mind, switch it to an ANZ low-rate MasterCard and enjoy 2.99% per annum for a whole year. Welcome back. The get-together in the country is a big thing. Back in the '70s, you could hardly move. They did it all. Drank cider and spoke funny. It's a place of inspiration, apparently. Warren Maxwell is a NZ musician from Trinity Roots and Fat Freddy's Drop he is showcasing the town. HERE'S JEHAN CASINADER. I AM, UH, QUITE BUSY. IT'S NICE TO BE A MUSICIAN, COMPOSER IN NZ AND SAY YOU'RE BUSY. YEAH, YEAH. (LAUGHS) WARREN MAXWELL SURE KNOWS HOW TO CRAFT A TUNE. I COULD LISTEN TO TOOL, YOU KNOW, METALLICA, AC/DC, AND THEN NEXT MINUTE I CAN LISTEN TO CHOPIN. (PLAYS PIANO FLOURISH) I REMEMBER AS A KID WHEN I USED TO GO TO SLEEP JUST HAVING THE RADIO ON REALLY QUIET, YOU KNOW, ALL NIGHT, AND THEN I'D WAKE UP TO IT. ONE DAY WARREN WOKE UP TO A MUSIC CAREER OF HIS OWN. TRINITY ROOTS WAS HIS BABY. # MAKE A FUSS. # BE THE MAN. # HE HAD A HAND IN FAT FREDDY'S DROP TOO. WARREN WAS ONE OF THE FACES OF THE WELLINGTON MUSIC SCENE UNTIL SIX YEARS AGO, WHEN HE DECIDED HE NEEDED A CHANGE OF PACE. YOU'VE TOURED THE WORLD, YOU'VE HAD ALL THESE SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS, AND NOW YOU'RE LIVING IN FEATHERSTON. RECORD SCRATCHES YEP, FEATHERSTON. OH, I JUST WANTED TO BE A BIG FISH IN A SMALL POND, YOU KNOW? (LAUGHS) WHEN YOU'VE EXPERIENCED A BIT OF THAT KIND OF FAME, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU WANNA... POLARISE YOURSELF AND GO THE OTHER WAY AND BECOME A BIT OF A RECLUSE, SORT OF THING. IN AN OLD, BOARDED-UP BEAUTY PARLOUR, WARREN IS LEFT IN PEACE. ARE YOU GROWING UP? I MIGHT BE. I THINK, AS A PERSON, I'VE MATURED A BIT. YOU KNOW, I'VE GROWN UP A BIT. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT MY FAMILY, REALLY. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME AND MY ROCK-STAR DREAMS. THE HALLMARK OF THE PROVINCIAL DREAM: OWNING A COUPLE OF ACRES. TO BE A MUSICIAN AND TO BUY A HOUSE, FOR A START, THAT'S` THAT'S A BIG DEAL. THAT'S A BIG DEAL, MAN. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I ALMOST CRIED WHEN THE BANK MANAGER SAID YES, YOU KNOW? REALLY? I ALMOST CRIED ` NOT QUITE. I'M TOUGH. BUT... OH, IT'S JUST SUCH A GOOD FEELING. AND HOUSE PRICES OUT HERE IN THE WAIRARAPA? 50% TO 60% LOWER, JUST BECAUSE OF... YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AN HOUR OUT OF TOWN. IT'S CRAZY. THE SPACE, THE QUIET, ALL FEEDING WARREN'S CREATIVITY. GOT A COUPLE OF ACRES; A FEW CHOOKS; YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF SHEEP. AND MUM AND DAD, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE GRANNY COTTAGE FOR THEM. SO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN WELLINGTON OR AUCKLAND... WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. > YOU'D HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE. COMPOSING FOR A FILM AT THE MOMENT. SO, I DO THAT FROM FEATHERSTON ` FROM MY STUDIO IN FEATHERSTON ` COS TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS IT. I JUST PUSH BUTTONS AND DROP AND DRAG, AND IT SEEMS TO WORK. 20 YEARS AGO, YOU'D HAVE TO PROBABLY SEND A CD BY HORSEBACK. HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. HERE IN MASTERTON, WARREN'S JUST OPENED A MUSIC VENUE ` KING STREET LIVE. WHOO-HOO! CHEERING I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS IN WELLINGTON. IT'S TOO COMPETITIVE AND TOO EXPENSIVE. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FEW ZEROS ON THE END OF THAT CHEQUE. BAND PLAYS JAZZ MUSIC IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE. IT'S A WIN FOR MASTERTON, BECAUSE NO BANDS REALLY TOUR THROUGH MASTERTON, COS THERE'S NOWHERE TO PLAY. IT'S A WIN FOR THE BANDS ` YOU KNOW, ALL THE TOURING BANDS ` BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER REALLY GOOD VENUE FOR THEM TO PLAY IN. IT'S A WIN FOR US, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE CAN BRING ALL OF OUR FRIENDS HERE. THE MOVE TO THE WAIRARAPA IS PAYING OFF. IT'S ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FASTEST-GROWING REGIONS. AND YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY FAMOUS NEIGHBOURS? > YES. JAMES CAMERON? > JAMES CAMERON'S JUST DOWN THE ROAD. PETER JACKSON? > YEAH, PETE'S UP THE ROAD. OBVIOUSLY MATES OF YOURS. > OH YEAH, WE'RE TIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CLOSE. YOU KNOW, RINGS ME UP, AND, 'OH,' YOU KNOW, 'I'M BUSY.' IT'S NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH. STARTING A GIG VENUE HERE HAS TAKEN MONEY AND SWEAT, AND IT'S RISKY. PLACE MIGHT FALL OVER NEXT YEAR. YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT WARREN'S MUSICAL VENTURES HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THEIR FEET. HE'S HOPING THIS ONE WILL TOO. I THINK, IN THE ARTISTIC WORLD, THERE ARE A LOT OF DREAMERS. BUT IT'S MAKING THEM A REALITY, YOU KNOW? THAT'S THE KEY. (PLAYS SAXOPHONE SOLO) With a singing beard, I assure you there will be lining up around the block. That looked really funny. Great idea, though. Some big acts going to that place. Plenty of small towns you can move to. If you're looking for a particular type of guy, there is one in the Waikato. MATT CHISHOLM STARTED OUT BY ASKING ABOUT DISTINCTIVE LANDMARKS. HE ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY. TOKOROA: POPULATION 13,500. BIG ENOUGH FOR A CIRCUS. BUT THIS IS A TIMBER TOWN FALLEN ON TOUGH TIMES. WELL, THE MILL HAS RETRENCHED ITS STAFF. WHEN I CAME IN '79, THERE WERE ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE THAT WORKED OUT THERE, AND NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 400. PEOPLE MAY HAVE LEFT, BUT TOKOROA'S PREMIER ATTRACTION HASN'T. TALKING POLES HAVE BEEN SPROUTING UP IN TOKE SINCE THE LATE 90S, AND THERE'S NOW MORE THAN 40 OF THEM. EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS DURING THE 2000S, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SYMPOSIUM, AND WE WOULD GET ALL LOTS OF CARVERS TOGETHER, AND THEY ALL CARVE TOGETHER. THEY'RE CALLED TALKING POLES, COS WE WANT THEM TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHO WE ARE. I'M NOT THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD, BUT I'M PICKING THEY DON'T ACTUALLY TALK? NOT YET. BOTH LAUGH DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT START TALKING AT SOME POINT? WELL, YOU KNOW, IF THE KARMA IS RIGHT, YOU NEVER KNOW. SO IF THEY COULD ACTUALLY TALK OR THEY WILL ACTUALLY TALK IN THE FUTURE, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'D SAY ABOUT THIS TOWN? THEY'D TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND THE HUGE MULTICULTURAL POPULATION HERE. THEY'D TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO HIERARCHY HERE IN TOKOROA. MAN: THAT'S IT. THAT'S BETTER. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE KNEE HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER, AND YOU'RE AT RUGGER TRAINING IN THE RAIN. HAVE WE GOT ANY FUTURE ALL BLACKS OUT HERE? OHHH, I CAN'T NAME-DROP. SOMEONE MIGHT TRY AND STEAL 'EM. (LAUGHS) MAN: GO TO GROUND! YES, THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TOKOROA. THIS SOUTH WAIKATO TOWN IS A VERITABLE BREEDING GROUND. A GRASS ROOTS NURSERY FOR THE WORLD RUGBY STAGE. LITTLE TEST, MATE. I WANT YOU TO NAME FOR ME ANY FORMER TOKOROA BOYS WHO ARE PLAYING INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RIGHT NOW. GO. UM, SEAN MAITLAND. ONE. SEAN'S PLAYING FOR SCOTLAND AND HAS JUST MADE THE CUT FOR THE BRITISH LIONS. ISAAC BOSS. TWO. HE'S PLAYING FOR IRELAND. QUADE COOPER. THREE. YES, QUADE 'WE LOVE TO HATE YOU' COOPER'S WEARING THE GREEN AND GOLD OF OZ. KEVEN MEALAMU. FOUR. RICHARD KAHUI. FIVE. PROBABLY DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU THEY'RE ALL BLACKS. NICKY LITTLE. SIX. AWESOME, MATE. NICKY'S A FLYING FIJIAN. I'M SURE IF WE INTRODUCED YOU TO JUNE MAITLAND, FOR INSTANCE, THE GRANDMOTHER OF SEAN, SHE WOULD SAY HE'S THE BEST LOOKING MAN IN THE COUNTRY. IN SCOTLAND OR IN NZ. (LAUGHS) OLD JUNE'S PROBABLY NOT FAR WRONG. NOT ONLY DOES TOKE PRODUCE GREAT FOOTY PLAYERS, WITH THE LIKES OF MAITLAND AND KAHUI, IT CHURNS OUT GOOD LOOKING ONES TOO. IF THERE WERE $2 RAFFLE TICKETS GOING > FOR A DATE WITH RICHARD KAHUI, WOULD YOU BUY ONE? > YOU GOT TO STOP ASKING ME THESE QUESTIONS. YES, I WOULD BUY ONE. WHAT DO YOU RECKON THE HUSBAND WOULD THINK ABOUT THAT? > BOTH LAUGH OH, HE WOULD PROBABLY TRY AND STEAL THE TICKET AND GO ALONG. SO IF YOU WANT TO CATCH SOME STARS IN THE MAKING THIS SATURDAY OR TAKE A LONGER LOOK AT THOSE LUMBER STATUES... COME ON IN, RICH. SOMETHING YOU SOON DISCOVER ABOUT THIS PLACE IS THAT IT'S AMAZINGLY INEXPENSIVE. I'VE GOT THIS DOUBLE ROOM HERE. TWO BEDS FOR JUST $80, AND CHECK OUT THE DECOR. IT'S THAT OUT OF DATE, IT'S BACK IN FASHION. I LOVE IT. TOKOROA, LIKE IT HERE? LOVE IT HERE. IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD TOWN. YOU CAN'T BEAT TOKE ON A GOOD DAY? OHHHHHH, NOT AT ALL. BOTH LAUGH ALL YELL Where did that voice come from? This is got all of you quite rarked up. If you think your town is the best place in NZ, let us know. IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE, WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR PASSION WITH NZ. THE SELECTED TOWNS WILL BE PROFILED ON SEVEN SHARP, AND THE PUBLIC WILL GET TO VOTE ON WHICH TOWN WE SHOULD DO A LIVE SHOW FROM. STICK WITH US. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` I WAS SINGING ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. MY FIRST SONG WAS, UM... # THE WAREHOUSE, # THE WAREHOUSE, # WHERE EVERYONE GETS A BARGAIN. # FLAME-HAIRED TALENT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. JESSE SHEEHAN IS UP NEXT. TO BE HONEST, RED-HAIRED BLOKES ` NOT GREAT MUSIC. Dave from Megadeth, MICK HUCKNELL, ED SHEEHAN... Very talented, and people like him. Not sure about that. Don't diss Ed. BUT THERE'S A LOCAL WITH A SIMILAR NAME. DEAN BUTLER CAUGHT UP WITH THE VERY TALENTED JESSE SHEEHAN. # I NEED TO GET MY FIRE BACK. # I SEEM TO HAVE LOST IT # SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE... JESSE SHEEHAN IS A YOUNG KIWI MUSO WHO HAS JUST RELEASED HIS SECOND EP, 'HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN'. # ALTHOUGH I AM SO YOUNG, # I FEEL SO OLD SOMETIMES. I SPOKE TO JESSE AT HIS FLAT AND ASKED HIM HOW OLD HE WAS WHEN HE STARTED SINGING. I WAS ABOUT 3. (CHUCKLES) I WAS SINGING ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. MY FIRST SONG WAS, UM... # THE WAREHOUSE, # THE WAREHOUSE, # WHERE EVERYONE GETS A BARGAIN. # # THERE ARE TIMES THAT I HAVE FAILED... # WITH A NAME LIKE SHEEHAN AND BEING A REDHEAD SINGER-SONGWRITER, I HAD TO ASK. THIS ONE TIME, THERE WERE SOME, SORT OF, TRAVELLERS, AND THEY, SORT OF, WERE, LIKE, 'ED SHEERAN?' AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE JOKING, AND I SAID, 'YEAH, YEAH, ED SHEERAN.' AND THEY'RE, LIKE, 'OH MY GOD, IT'S ED SHEERAN!' SO THEY RUSHED OVER AND WERE TAKING PHOTOS, AND EVERYONE ON THE STREET IS GOING, 'OH, WHO'S THIS GUY?' AND I WAS, LIKE,... 'OH, NO, I'M NOT ED SHEERAN.' PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CLAIMED IT, BUT I DIDN'T. # MEREDITH, THE MOMENT THAT I LEFT YOUR PLACE TONIGHT, I STARTED... ANOTHER OF HIS NEW SONGS IS CALLED 'MEREDITH'. IT'S ABOUT A GIRL HE KNOWS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT A GIRL HE KNOWS. I'M CONFUSED. (SINGS IN FALSETTO) THERE IS ACTUALLY A MEREDITH, BUT SHE'S, SORT OF` SHE'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. I DIDN'T WANT TO USE THE NAME. SO I TRIED... # ZOE, THE MOMENT... # # REBECCA, THE MOMENT... # YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T WORK. MEREDITH IS THE ONLY NAME THAT REALLY REALLY WORKED. JUST HAVE TO` SHE JUST TO DEAL WITH THAT AWKWARDNESS. BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. # MEREDITH, THE MOMENT THAT I LEFT YOUR PLACE TONIGHT, # I STARTED FOOLING... SO IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE, BUT I WASN'T LETTING THIS STORY FINISH WITH JESSE AND HIS PALS PERFORMING AN INTIMATE VERSION OF THE SONG 'MEREDITH' IN THEIR LIVING ROOM. # YOU KNOW, I'D TAKE SUCH GOOD CARE OF YOU. # I'D KEEP YOU WARM WHEN NIGHTS GET COLD... # (HARMONISES) OH, DAMN. (SINGS FALSETTO) Did you see his jaw? Like you. Brimming with testosterone. Teaches guitar to keep the money coming in. Not for long. TOMORROW, FORMER ALL BLACK LEGEND JOSH KRONFELD ON THE EVE OF FRENCH TEST. And we asked people to apply to be dressed for the ball. We have done it.We shot that today. There is a hilarious photo on our Twitter of Craig Stanaway out shopping with the girls THAT US FOR THURSDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT.
Reporters
  • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Heather du Plessis-Allan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Jehan Casinader (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Matt Chisholm (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Associate Professor Susan Morton (Expert in Public Health Medicine, The University of Auckland)
  • Bill Machem (Tokoroa Resident)
  • Jesse Sheehan (Musician)
  • Kelly Waea-Allan (Tokoroa Resident)
  • Mark McCrindle (Generational Researcher)
  • Rebecca Blundell (Mother of Generation Alpha Child)
  • Roman Reti-Mataiti (Tokoroa Resident)
  • Sue Arthur (Spokesperson, Tokoroa Talking Poles Project)
  • Warren Maxwell (Musician)
Locations
  • Featherston, New Zealand (Wellington)
  • Tokoroa, New Zealand (Waikato)