WELCOME TO THE SHOW FOR FRIDAY. AND WELCOME TO EX ALL BLACK JOSH KRONFELD. Thanks for coming in. WE'LL BE TALKING RUGBY. JESSE'S STILL AWAY, SO HEATHER WILL ALSO BE JOINING US. BUT AT THE MOMENT... At the pub. I am with the French the head of the big test tomorrow. They have set up their headquarters in the middle of Auckland. MEET TWO PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LIVING IN THE MAGIC HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND OF RUGBY. ALSO, THE BEST THING ABOUT A SYDNEY WINTER. THE VIVID LIGHT FESTIVAL. WE'VE FOUND A COUPLE KIWIS WHO HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR PART. BACK HERE, THE SKI SEASON STARTS TOMORROW. BRODIE'S ALREADY IN THE LIFT QUEUE. I am on Coronet Peak. I've got a mad family who are willing to go to extreme lengths to be the first up that mountain. They'll have a ball. Speaking of balls... oh, what a segue. BALL SEASON ` WE TAKE PEBBLES HOOPER TO WAVE HER WAND OVER TWO WOULD-BE CINDERELLAS. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? I THINK IT'S DISGUSTING. I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S COOL. IT'S THE START OF THE WEEKEND, AND YOU'RE WITH SEVEN SHARP. WELCOME TO ONE-TIME ALL BLACK JOSH KRONFELD ` PHYSIOTHERAPIST AND STAY-AT-HOME DAD. And you're a man for Harley-Davidson? An ambassador for them. I think you should be able to be called an all black forever after playing for them. None of this former stuff. There is a lot riding on this game after what happened in the World Cup final? For sure. There will be trying to get one over us again. We can't let them do that. And we know so very little about this young and inexperienced French side. Putting the Australians aside, the French are the rivals where it really hurts when we lose. It is just what it is. We always want to beat them. A big headache for Steve Hansen. It is his first big show. He'll be feeling the nerves. A lot of people looking at what he does compared to his predecessor. It is his first hitout. But he has been involved with this team for a while now. Everyone knows his style and his manner. We will be talking to you throughout the show. Heather is meeting some French right now up the road. I am outside the house of rugby, which is a venue in Auckland for everyone who loves rugby. You would think you'll be run by a bunch of Kiwis, but it is actually run by a couple of French guys. They say it is the Mecca of rugby, but they thought there was no church. You can come here any time to watch rugby. And there is a pitch right in the middle of the venue. Kids can come and kick a ball around. And you sit in a grandstand and watch on TV, like you're actually at the game. They might not like your six inch stilettos on the grass. I made sure I was allowed to stand on the grass. The grass comes from the same people who make the grass for Chelsea? Chelsea stadium, yeah. Why did you think there was no rugby experience in NZ? There was no church, no place for rugby lovers. Now there is. We found no place like it before. Have you checked with the health and safety people about people playing here? It is professional quality turf. There is no problem with kids playing here. This is not just about attracting fans. It is also about attracting players. They want signatures in the boxes on the wall of fame. See you soon, Heather. We'll get you to do this one. 560 DAYS AGO MOST OF US WERE PREPARING TO WATCH THE RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL AT EDEN PARK. TOMORROW NIGHT THE TWO FINALISTS WILL MEET AT THE SAME VENUE AGAIN, SO CRAIG STANAWAY MET PHIL WALTER AND HANNAH JOHNSTON WHO CAPTURED THAT NIGHT. DRAMATIC MUSIC IF YOU WANT TO WITNESS HISTORY CLOSE UP, YOU NEED TO BECOME A PHOTOGRAPHER. THIS IS ME DOWN HERE, AND I'M TRIGGERING ANOTHER CAMERA, WHICH IS MY REMOTE CAMERA, WHICH IS SITTING DOWN HERE. IMAGES WHICH WILL LAST LONG AFTER WE'VE ALL GONE. THAT IS THE BEST VIEW IN THE HOUSE. IS THAT ALI WILLIAMS NEXT TO ME DOING HIS THING? HE ALWAYS WAS CLOSEST TO THE CAMERA, AS YOU REMEMBER. YEAH, YEAH, HE LOVES IT. YES, YOU DO, ALI, YOU KNOW IT! ALL CHUCKLE BUT PHIL ACTUALLY MISSED THE ENDURING MEMORY OF A FORGETTABLE GAME. IT WAS CAPTURED BY HIS COLLEAGUE. THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN THAT STARTED HAPPENING, IT WAS JUST BRILLIANT. DRAMATIC MUSIC HANNAH ACHIEVED SHOTS LIKE THIS BY BEING HARNESSED TO THE TOP OF THE GRANDSTAND ROOF. WE HAD TO WEAR PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, EAR PLUGS, MASSIVE HARNESS-WEAR AND THEN BE ATTACHED. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO MOVE. THE FIREWORKS WENT OFF RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. YEAH. WELL, BEHIND US, SO WE HAD TO DUCK DOWN, COVER OUR EARS LIKE THIS. SO, WHAT'S THE BEST PHOTO? THOSE INVOLVING THE FRENCH TAKE A LOT OF BEATING. EVERYONE'S WATCHING THE ALL BLACKS ALL THE TIME, AND HE WAS KIND OF JUST LEFT ALONE. WORLD CUP'S THERE. HE CAN'T GET IT. PERHAPS THIS THE BEST OF THE BEST. JUST COS IT SHOWS EVERYTHING. ALSO THE SPORTSMANSHIP THAT YOU SEE WITH JEROME KAINO PROBABLY MAKES THAT PHOTO. YEAH, IT DOES. THAT FRENCH PLAYER COMPLETELY MAKES THAT PHOTO. IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT TO TAKE GREAT PICTURES. AND HANNAH AND PHIL WILL HOPING TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR SATURDAY'S BIG REMATCH. Powerful stuff. Still images. Your experience with the French. You have played them on a number of big occasions. They are noted for a lot of things ` good and bad. Are they dirty? Look, in the game of rugby, all sorts of things go on. In those times that happen are little more than it does now. They have cameras that follow everything now. You can't get away with anything now. No. That is a sign of the times. It was part of our game. I didn't like it, but I understood it. That was just part of disrupting what the team was trying to do. And the French will do whatever they can to do that. It worked in 1999. That wasn't just that. That was highlighted. But everyone just wants to find an excuse. There were lots of things happening. I saw us as a team of highly skilled individuals, but not necessarily a great team. Each of the players in that team was probably the best in the world in that position. But they didn't actually gel together. And we had never been really put under pressure in that situation, where things start to go wrong and the referee doesn't make the right decision. Guys go into panic mode. Panic is an incredible You just lose the plot. You just can't deliver what you're meant to. We have got a proud history of niggle with the French. You added to that a little bit a few years ago by wearing this. Do you remember this? What motivated you to put that on? It was a Thursday or Friday night, and the girlfriend of mine at the time, we thought be amusing to make a statement. The French were nuclear testing in Polynesia at the time. We thought was pretty stink. I got severely told off. I had a letter. It was very official. I get it. I could've been advertising anything. So you are opening a door that they didn't want to open? Quite an amusing story about it, though. Colin Meads said to me there is no way he wanted to see that headgear again. He didn't want it to appear in NZ. But once we got to France, he didn't give... AFTER THE BREAK, HEAPS TO COME ` FROM NEW YORK CITY, JACK TAME TELLS US WHAT NEW YORKERS ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE'LL GO LIVE TO BRODIE KANE AT CORONET PEAK. THEN, FROM WHITEOUT TO SO MUCH COLOUR, IT'LL MAKE YOUR EYEBALLS BURN. THE VIVID FESTIVAL'S LIGHTING UP SYDNEY. AND FIND OUT HOW OUR SCHOOL BALL ON A BUDGET CHALLENGE WENT. STAY WITH US. 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. we have sorted ourselves out now. INTO YOUR DOWNHILL SPORT? GOOD NEWS ON EVE OF THE SKI SEASON. BRODIE KANE JOINS US FROM CORONET PEAK. CONDITIONS LOOKING GOOD? It is a balmy 3.3 degrees. We're just about to get out in our togs and lie on the ice. I promise you there is a giant mountain over there. There are over 200 snow machines on there. One of the successes of Coronet Peak is there a stupid number of snow machines. Believe it or not, 3.3 is too warm to turn them on. I have a lovely family here who... I'm not can say stupid, but crazy. They have done something for the past two years that has got the very first run up on Coronet Peak. My little mate down here, Tristan. What are you going to do tonight to make sure you're the first? Sleep here. You got your sleeping bags and everything? Yes. This family been up here the last two years. They get up here at an undisclosed time, because we can't let anyone else know. This is your first time, eh? Yes. I'm going talk to their mum. I'm calling you crazy. Why? It's the spirit of winter, and the prestige of being the first. How many people are there? I think last year there were about 20. And by nine o'clock it's flooded by all of Queenstown. I don't understand it. Why do you do it? It's hard to describe. It is a moment. The kids all want to do it, especially this one, who hasn't before. Will be thousands of people here tomorrow. I might come. But I have sore knees from the gym. I might go and sit on the waterfront instead. Coronet Peak is always the first field and Australasia to open. You know why they're going up there? They get free T-shirts if they are the first on the left. Handy in the winter (!) The kids will be pumped. This is a thing that you remember doing as a family. Rumour that time we got frostbite? WE HEAD TO SYDNEY NOW. IT'S ALL ABOUT SEEING THE LIGHT, NOT BIBLICALLY SPEAKING. THROUGH JUNE THE VIVID FESTIVAL LIGHTS THE PLACE UP. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL FOUND A COUPLE OF KIWIS IN THE THICK OF IT. UPBEAT MUSIC SYDNEY AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT. CREATIVE JUICES ARE OOZING AS ARTISTS, MUSICIANS AND TECHNICIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHIP THE CITY INTO A FUSEBOX FRENZY. CHECK OUT THE MIRAGE-MAKING TRICKERY ON DARLING HARBOUR, OR AT DANCING CUSTOMS HOUSE BUILDING. OR THIS IS SURE TO REV UP OPERA-GOERS. EVEN VISITING CRUISE SHIPS ARE IN ON THE ACT. IT'S ALL PART OF SYDNEY'S BIGGEST AND BEST VIVID FESTIVAL YET, ACCORDING TO THE BRAINS BEHIND THE EVENT, THE APTLY NAMED IGNATIUS JONES. VIVID SYDNEY 2013 HAS EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY ` BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY. OK, ENOUGH FROM THIS BRIGHT SPARK. MEET A COUPLE OF CREATIVE KIWIS SHOWCASING THEIR TALENT. THERE'LL ONLY BE ONE BUBBLE THAT GOES UP... MIRIAMA YOUNG MOVED HERE FROM WELLINGTON A FEW YEARS BACK. SHE'S GOT A PHD IN MUSIC COMPOSITION, WHICH MEANS MIRIAMA'S BETTER-QUALIFIED THAN ME TO EXPLAIN HOW THESE DANCERS CREATE ELECTRONIC BUBBLES. WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE INTERACTIVE ZONE, AN AURA OF BLUE LIGHT SURROUNDS YOU AND IT TRIGGERS THE BEGINNING OF A VERY SIMPLE MELODY. TWINKLY MUSIC PLAYS AT A CERTAIN POINT, THOSE SHAPES AND THAT SOUND THAT YOU'VE CREATED BECOME THE SOUND THAT GETS THROWN UP ON TO THE BUILDING. AND THE BUBBLES GO UP, AND THEY GET TRANSFORMED INTO THESE ORIGAMI CRANES. THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DANCER TO DO IT. YOU CAN WALK INTO THE ZONE AND MOVE YOUR HANDS AROUND, AND IT WILL DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. RIGHT, I THINK WE'LL JUST SPEED THAT UP A BIT, AND THAT'LL LOOK GREAT. ACROSS TOWN, MARK HAMMER'S SCORED SOME ATTRACTIVE REAL ESTATE FOR HIS ILLUMINATION. THIS IS A SCULPTURE CALLED 'RUN' ` BASED ON STICK DRAWINGS THAT I USED TO DO WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, DRAWING ON A PIECE OF PAPER OR PAGES IN A BOOK AND JUST FLICKING THROUGH THEM. THE FORMER NAPIER MAN USUALLY SPECIALISES IN LARGE-SCALE LIGHTING EVENTS, LIKE COLDPLAY CONCERTS. BUT HE STILL GETS A BUZZ FROM THE SMALL JOBS. I GUESS THAT'S PART OF THE FUN OF DOING IT, BEING INVOLVED IN VIVID, IS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THINGS OF... OUT OF CONTEXT. YOU CAN TAKE FIXTURES OUT OF THEIR HOME, WHICH IS IN A VENUE OR A THEATRE ON A STAGE, AND PUT THEM OUTDOORS AND CHANGE IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT'S HALF THE FUN OF IT, I THINK. MARK'S RUNNING CARTOON MAN AND MIRIAMA'S DANCING BUBBLES ARE PROUDLY PART OF THE VIVID FOOTPRINT UNTIL MID-JUNE. I'm glad I saw that story, because I cashed in some of my air points last weekend and went there and Welcome back. We are in the ball season. A very expensive time of year for any parent. A girl I spoke to this week spent $1600 on their dress. She goes to a private school, obviously. As you want to avoid this with your child, watch the story. THEY DON'T MAKE FAIRY GODMOTHERS LIKE THEY USED TO. PUSSY CAT DOLLS' 'DON'T CHA' TODAY, THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. (GASPS) COURTENAY (17) AND CLEO (16) EMAILED US, SAYING THEY NEEDED A DRESS FOR THE BALL. CAN WE DO IT FOR 100 BUCKS? HEADS. HEADS? TAILS NEVER FAILS. I TOLD YOU. IT'S A TAIL. CLEO WANTS A DRESS FROM WESTFIELD, MEANING COURTENAY'S GETTING HERS HERE AT SAVEMART. THE RULES WORK THIS WAY, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN THAT EVERYONE HAS TO AGREE. HELPING THE GIRLS GET THE BEST DEAL IS FASHIONISTA PEBBLES HOOPER. THERE'S NOT REALLY A COLOUR FOR A BALL. IT'S NOT A SEASONAL THING. IT'S NOT A TREND THING, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? I THINK IT'S DISGUSTING. I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S COOL. IT'S QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE. SO, WHAT COLOURS DO YOU LIKE, COURTNEY? I LIKE PURPLE. DID PEBBLES LISTEN? SHE CAN DO WHAT SHE LIKES. SHE JUST SAID SHE LIKED PURPLE. SO THIRD ONE FROM THE LEFT. I MEAN RIGHT. YES, YEP. OK, WE'LL GET THEM DOWN FOR YA. > THIS IS WHY I HATE SHOPPING WITH WOMEN. NO, YOU LOVE SHOPPING WITH WOMEN. NO, SHE SAID SHE LIKED PURPLE, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A PINK DRESS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. 'CRAIG IS CLEARLY COLOUR-BLIND. IT'S MAROON, IDIOT.' FIRST THING I LOOK AT IS THE PRICE. HOW MUCH IS IT? 30 BUCKS. IT'S IN MY PRICE RANGE. NOW YOU LIKE IT. THAT'S HOW I JUDGE EVERYTHING ` ON PRICE. YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO FIND A LADY. PRETTY! DO YOU LIKE THIS ONE? I LOVE THIS ONE. YAY. SO, OFF TO WESTFIELD IN SEARCH OF A BARGAIN FOR CLEO. IF THERE'S ONE SHOP EVERY MAN IS SCARED OF,... (WHISPERS) IT'S GLASSONS. 'TO KEEP HIM HAPPY, WE WHIPPED THROUGH THE PLACE. '$60 DRESS, BUT IT NEEDED ACCESSORIES.' THEN YOU'VE GOT THE GOLD OPTIONS. I REALLY LIKE THAT. YOU LIKE THIS ONE? I THINK SO TOO, SO WE'LL TRY THAT ONE ON. THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE HINT, TAKING FOREVER. 20 BUCKS ON ACCESSORIES, AND WE WEREN'T FINISHED. # I KNOW YOU LIKE ME. # WE GOT COURTENAY SORTED WITH $40 SHOES. CLEO, THOUGH, WAS A PROBLEM. NO, DON'T BE AGREEABLE TO HER. SHOES LOOK BETTER ON, TRUST ME. THESE ONES ARE CLASSIC MARY JANES. THEY ARE YUCK! DON'T BE A HATER. TRY THEM ON. WHAT WAS THE RULE AT THE START OF THIS PROCESS? IT WAS THAT WE WOULD BE LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. I DON'T REMEMBER. IT IF ONE OF US VETOED IT, IT WAS OVER. IT WASN'T ON THE CAMERA WHEN YOU SAID THAT. THEY LOOK LIKE WHAT DOROTHY WORE IN WIZARD OF OZ IN 1939. DOROTHY'S SHOES WERE ICONIC, AND CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN RESURRECTED THEM. THEY WERE OUT OF DATE IN 1940. ICONIC. ICONIC. TO STOP THE ADULTS ARGUING, CLEO COMPROMISED. DOROTHY, TAKE THOSE TO KANSAS. BUT I COULD HARDLY BE CRITICAL. PEBBLES DID AN AMAZING JOB, FITTING OUT CLEO FOR EXACTLY $100 AND COURTENAY FOR $70. SO WE DRESSED THEM, BUT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THEY'LL BE HOME BY MIDNIGHT. I can't decide if Craig was a help or hindrance there. I can't work out why he was doing the... Your reaction to that, Josh, was classic. You said... Oh, for God sake, get out the sewing machine and make one yourself. You actually did that, didn't you? Mine were pants, not address. I was going to a pink party and didn't have pants to wear. So I made pants that were shades of pink with polkadots. You so that yourself. I don't believe it. I did. Jesse's seen the pants. You are a man of many talents. Thanks, Josh Kronfeld. That's it for us.