ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY SAM BRADFORD 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. TONIGHT ` NI HAO TO THE NEW OE. WE'RE WITH THREE YOUNG KIWIS WHO'RE PART OF A GROWING WAVE HEADING ABROAD WITH CLEAR GOALS. I HAVE AN APP ON MY PHONE, SO EVERY MORNING, IT WILL TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE. TODAY IS BAD. IT'S BAD IN COMPARISON TO NZ, WHICH IS` DOESN'T HAVE A POLLUTION RADAR. And a 12-year-old with a million-dollar business idea. DRILL WHIRRS AND IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO HANG ONE, AND HE WAS GETTING VERY PISSED OFF. AND... (LAUGHS) HE WAS GETTING ANNOYED. > GETTING ANNOYED. SORRY. (LAUGHS) > NOT THAT OFTEN DO YOU GET TO MEET YOUR TEENAGE IDOL, BUT I DID. WHEN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS REDHEADS EVER TO GRACE THE BIG SCREEN HIT TOWN. AND MAYBE THERE ARE NOT AS MANY PEOPLE THAT LOVE REDHEADS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO JUST LOVE THEM SO RAVENOUSLY... (LAUGHS) THAT YOU THINK, 'ALL RIGHT. I'VE FOUND MY PEEPS.' IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. Being in the bottom of the world, the OE has always been a rite of passage for young New Zealanders. It has traditionally been the UK and Australia, but now that is changing. UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC REMEMBER NIGHTS LIKE THIS? THE BEERS, A GOOD FEED, ALL YOUR MATES? A PERFECT OE NIGHT IN LONDON. ONLY THIS ONE'S IN CHINA. EUROPE DIDN'T EVEN` WASN'T EVEN CONSIDERED? NO, ASIA'S ALWAYS ON MY MIND. IT'S UNFAMILIAR; A PATH RARELY TRODDEN. BUT HERE ARE THREE YOUNG KIWIS WHO ARE PART OF A GROWING TREND. I'D COME THE YEAR BEFORE FOR A HOLIDAY WITH MY BOSS. HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS CHINESE. I LOVED IT. CHINA'S ONLY BEEN OPENED UP TO FOREIGNERS FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, SO IT'S STILL RELATIVELY NEW. AND PEOPLE ARE JUST STARTING TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES. FOR LYNETTE, IT WAS MUM'S DECISION. I KINDA WANTED TO GO TO THE UK. SHE SAID DRINKING AND ME DON'T REALLY GO TOGETHER. (CHUCKLES) SO THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A DRINKING CULTURE HERE? NO, REALLY, THERE IS. WE DITCHED THE TOUR BUS FOR A SIDECAR TO GET NICE AND CLOSE TO SHANGHAI'S SIGHTS AND SMELLS. CHINESE MUSIC HEY, YOU REALLY GET THE FULL-BLOWN WHIFF OF IT. THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. IT'S SO BIG. AND THEN, LIKE, YOU SORT OF COME TO THESE LITTLE RANDOM PLACES, AND YOU'RE JUST, LIKE, THIS IS LITERALLY, LIKE, SO DIVERSE. THE FACES... (CHUCKLES) OF PEOPLE. WHAT THEY EAT, HOW THEY DRIVE. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS. WELL, BRANDON'S GIVING THEM A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY, BUT THEY'VE ALL FOUND THE ROADS A CHALLENGE. BACK HOME, WHEN YOU CROSS THE ROAD, YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. BUT HERE, YOU'VE GOT A BAJILLION CARS FLYING YOUR WAY. IT'S FULL OF THE UNEXPECTED, THE LITTLE THINGS ` LIKE A STORE'S EARLY MORNING WORKOUT AND THE LIFE-CHANGING THINGS. BECAUSE I KNOW ENGLISH AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF CHINESE, I CAN GET AHEAD, IN A SENSE. AND YOU GET TO DO THINGS THAT YOU OTHERWISE NEED A DEGREE FOR. COS I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A DEGREE IN MARKETING. OLIVIA IS FORGING AHEAD IN COMPANY BRANDING. THE CLIENTS THAT I WORK WITH ` I WOULDN'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY ANYWHERE ELSE IN WORLD. AND THE SCALE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY DO HERE IS INCREDIBLE. SO I HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE A SLEEP, LIKE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. DO THEY DO THAT HERE? OH MY GOSH, THEY ACTUALLY DO. EVERYBODY SAY, 'HI!' CHILDREN: HI! FOR BRANDON, HE'S PUTTING HIS SOFTER SIDE TO GOOD USE. I'M 5 YEARS OLD. WOW. EVERYBODY SAY, 'YOU ARE GREAT!' CHILDREN: YOU ARE GREAT! THIS MIGHT BE CLASSIC STUFF, BUT HE'S FOUND HIMSELF A NICHE TOO ` DRIVING FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, PAID TO GET KIDS INTO TOUCH. AND WHAT'S THIS? CHILDREN: A TOUCH BALL! A TOUCH BALL. AT THE MOMENT, WHEN YOU SAY 'TOUCH RUGBY' IN CHINA, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. CATCH! CATCH! THEY LOVE IT. THEY LIKE IT MUCH BETTER THAN PLAYING GOLF. AND HE GETS MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE CHANCE TO PLAY IT. I GOT SELECTED FOR THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TEAM. SO WE WERE FLOWN TO JAPAN, AND WE'VE GOT FLOWN INTO SINGAPORE. SO THEY THINK YOU'RE A STAR? NAH, NAH. JUST FROM THE WAIKATO. NOTHING SPECIAL. (SPEAKS MANDARIN) NONE OF THEM SPOKE CHINESE BEFORE GETTING HERE, BUT NOW THEY DO. JUST BEING FRIENDS WITH CHINESE, YOU KNOW, TAXI DRIVERS, GIRLS. IT'S BEEN VERY USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH OR TRYING TO DEAL WITH FINES. I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAY, LIKE, 'OH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH FINES.' LIKE EVERYONE HAS TO DEAL WITH FINES. (CHUCKLES) THEY SEEM TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WHEREVER I GO. I ARRIVED HERE SPEAKING, LIKE, 'NI HAO' AND 'XIE XIE'. LIKE, 'HELLO' AND 'THANK YOU'. BUT AFTER A YEAR OF STUDY,... (SPEAKS MANDARIN) ...OLIVIA WORKS WITH CHINESE PEOPLE AND GETS TO WORK THE WAY THE CHINESE DO. AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU? THE SUBWAY IS GREAT IN BEIJING. SO IT'S SUPER CHEAP, SUPER AFFORDABLE, CONVENIENT, UM, GOES EVERYWHERE. ONLY 40C FOR ANY JOURNEY. THEN, AT THE WEEKEND, SHE BRAVES HER BIKE,... DEPENDING ON THE POLLUTION. I HAVE AN APP ON MY PHONE. SO EVERY MORNING IT WILL TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE. TODAY IS BAD. IT'S BAD IN COMPARISON TO NZ, WHICH IS` DOESN'T HAVE A POLLUTION RADAR, BUT IN TERMS OF BEIJING, IT'S, LIKE, JUST A NORMAL DAY. DO YOU WEAR A FACE MASK? TO MY MOTHER, YES. I TELL MY MUM I WEAR ONE, BUT, LIKE, NO, I DON'T REALLY WEAR ONE. THEY PROBABLY TELL THEIR MUMS THEY'RE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY EAT TOO. SO THIS IS, UM, LIKE, TEA EGGS. (SPEAKS CHINESE DIALECT) QUITE CHEWY, EH. VERY CHEWY. I THINK THAT'S A PIG FOOT. I DON'T WANNA EVEN ASK WHAT THAT IS. THEY'RE INTO THE FOOD, BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A TASTE OF HOME. WINEGUMS,... BEAUTIFUL. ...PARTY MIX. 'MUMS THINK OF EVERYTHING.' SO SHE ALWAYS WANTED ME TO GIVE YOU A HUG FROM HER. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANT A HUG? BOTH LAUGH SO PLANS TO STAY? WELL, BRANDON'S FOUND PLENTY TO KEEP HIM HAPPY,... SO YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY HIS GIRLFRIEND? NO. I THINK HE LIKES TO HAVE YOU THERE TO MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD, ACTUALLY. (LAUGHS) I` YEAH, I THOUGHT SO. THAT WAS THE IDEA. ...WHILE LYNETTE IS FINDING HER ROOTS. WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME, YOU DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THE TYPICAL KIWI, RIGHT? THEY ASSUME YOU'RE AN ASIAN, AND THEN YOU CAN'T` YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT IT. BEING HERE ALLOWS ME TO, SORT OF, START TO LEARN A BIT ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL AND QUITE VALUABLE. AS FOR OLIVIA... I LOVE LIVING IN BEIJING. I LOVE THE CULTURE, I LOVE THE FOOD, I LOVE THE PEOPLE, I LOVE THE EXPERIENCES. WOULD YOU RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO COME HERE? YEAH. I'D RECOMMEND IT TO ANY OF MY FRIENDS. YEAH. DEFINITELY. CHINESE MUSIC Brendan taught himself the language and is very popular with kids. CAMERAMAN RICHARD SPOKE CHINESE. Public transport was really really cheap. If you want to get a car, it's a bit tougher. There is a lottery in Shanghai. Only 80 people a month are drawn out there is no working holiday Visa and China. You need to go to the website and check this out. If you head to the Chinese Embassy website, they will tell you all you need to know. It's very very complicated. But worth going, but it's not as easy as going to some of the English speaking countries. You don't have to go to London on your OE. You can also go to the US. TOMORROW IN OUR CHINA SERIES - IT'S A RULE WE CAN'T GET OUR HEADS AROUND ` THE 'ONE CHILD POLICY'. NOW YOU'VE GOT ONE CHILD, AND YOU'VE GOT FOUR GRANDPARENTS, SO YOU'VE GOT SIX PEOPLE LOOKING AFTER THEM. SOME MIGHT SAY 'HOVER PARENTS'. YOU DON'T SEE KIDS RIDING THEIR BIKE BY THEMSELVES OR CLIMBING TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NUMBER ONE IS THE LITTLE EMPEROR LIVING INSIDE THE FAMILY. WE TALK TO CHINESE AND KIWI PARENTS ABOUT THE POLICY AND ITS LITTLE EMPERORS. I went for the one child policy in my house. DIDN'T' work. WE'RE LIVE TO LONDON WITH SOME OF THE STORIES MAKING BRITS SMILE THIS WEEK. WE MEET A KIWI KID (12) AT FIELDAYS WHO'S ALREADY BETTER AT BUSINESS THAN YOU ARE. PLUS ` I CAN'T BELIEVE MY GRANDMOTHER ACTUALLY FELT ME UP. GONG ECHOES WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOT STUFF? ALI MEETS THE GIRL THAT ME AND GREG SPENT MOST OF OUR TEENAGE YEARS THINKING ABOUT. Welcome back. It's time to introduce you to a smart kid in the Waikato. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND IN MATAMATA. BLACK CROWES' 'REMEDY' IF STRAIGHT AND LEVEL DOWN ON THE FARM'S YOUR DESIRE, THEN REMARKABLY DOWN-TO-EARTH PATRICK ROSKAM'S YOUR MAN. INVENTOR-DESIGNER. ALL AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF... 12. IT'S A TOOL THAT EVERY FARMER NEEDS OUT THERE. PATRICK'S FERTILE MIND, TRIGGERED BY THE FRUSTRATIONS OF HIS DAD AS HE WAS HANGING GATES. AND IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO HANG ONE, AND HE WAS GETTING VERY PISSED OFF. AND` OOPS. HE WAS GETTING ANNOYED? GETTING ANNOYED. OOPS. JUST AS WELL THAT WASN'T HERE AT MATAMATA INTERMEDIATE WHERE PATRICK SET TO WORK ON ONE OF THOSE DREADED SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS, AIMED AT SOFTENING HIS DAD'S GATE-HANGING MOOD. THIS IS THE FOURTH PROTOTYPE AND FINAL, HOPEFULLY. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, BUT THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES HERE HAVE GOT NO IDEA. SO JUST REALLY SIMPLY, WHAT'S IT ABOUT? IT'S A TOOL THAT HELPS TO GET STRAIGHT AND ACCURATE GUDGEON HOLES. GUDGEONS ARE WHAT YOU PUT INTO THE POST TO HANG A GATE. SORT OF A THINGY INTO THE THINGY. YEAH. AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE THAT TO THE WORLD? I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL. AT THE FIELDAYS, I'M IN THE INNOVATION CENTRE PUTTING MY PRODUCT OUT THERE. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC AIM FOR THIS YEAR OR A SPECIFIC GOAL THAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE? GOOD QUESTION. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I HOPE TO GET THIS ON THE MARKET. PATRICK, ONCE HE SETS HIS MIND TO SOMETHING, HE WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH TO THE END OF IT. YOU ARE NOW COMPLETELY OK WITH A GUDGEON? NO, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I'M GOING TO USE A GUDGEON, I WOULD WANT PATRICK'S GADGET TO DO IT. ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF FOR GETTING THIS FAR? YEAH, I'M VERY PROUD. AND HELPING HIM ON HIS JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ARE LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO ARE EQUALLY PROUD. WE'RE GOING TO THE ACCOUNTANTS. HE'S A NICE BLOKE. HE'S SET UP A COUPLE OF COMPANIES FOR ME. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STRUCTURES FOR HIS COMPANIES, FOR HIS PATENTS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MARKETING. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL YOUR COSTINGS. WHY DO YOU THINK ALL THESE GUYS HAVE WANTED HELPED YOU? COS THEY THINK I'M A COOL LITTLE BOY. GETTING HIS LOGO AND NAME ON THE SHIRTS FOR THE FIELDAYS. HARVEY FROM ALLENCO MARINE. MARINE. SOUNDS LIKE THEY MAKE BOATS. YES, BUT THEY ALSO MADE MY GUDGEON PRO 4 IN 1. IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMEBODY DOING WELL. YEAH. AT THIS AGE? YEAH, YEAH. WHEN WE DRILL THE HOLES FOR THE GUDGEON IT'S GOING TO BE STRAIGHT. STRAIGHT AND ACCURATE. NOT UP, NOT DOWN? NOPE. PERFECT. YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? YES. NOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED WE HAVEN'T SEEN PATRICK'S DAD. HE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM HIS BOY'S ACHIEVEMENTS. AND AS FOR MUM, WELL, OF COURSE, MUM WANTS A SAY. IT'S HIS DREAM TO WALK INTO A FARMLANDS SHOP AND SAY, 'YEP, THAT'S MY TOOL. I MADE THAT,' AND WHO AM I TO STOP HIM? LOOK AT THIS. PERFECT. STRAIGHT THROUGH, BLUE. PERFECT. YUP, PERFECT. PUSH THAT END DOWN. YEP, DONE. IDIOT PROOF. BUT IT TOOK A SMART BOY TO THINK OF IT? HUGE DEMAND, I'M HOPING. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? THERE'S HEAPS OF CHANCES. FRIDAY NIGHT AT FIELDAYS. Patrick goes to a real-life Dragons Den. Reproduce these in New Zealand or China? I can't wait for field days. HI, CHRIS. BEEN SPIED ON RECENTLY? The big story over here this week has been the US security agency's program. Because all of our data is on servers in the states, it is a big deal. People say that if it stops terrorism, they are happy with it. 42% of people here think that the government should be able to work outside the law if it stops terrorism. # AND I'LL ALWAYS DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM. BOTH: # AND YES, I CAN REACH We will never get sick of looking at the footage. That was in the middle of Britain's got talent. She has been all over the place. She said she was protesting against Simon Cowell's dreadful influence. This may just be a PR stunt. The orchestra has got a lot of publicity out of this. WE'RE TRYING TO GET CYCLISTS TO WEAR HELMETS, BUT DOES LONDON HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS? Yes. It is nude ride a bike day over the weekend here in London. Over 1000 people rode nude through the streets. The nudists have been in the news quite a bit. There is an antisocial crime bill, and the nudists are up in arms about it. They say that this could outlaw nudity in Britain. This has been in Parliament this week. People are protesting and writing letters. AFTER THE BREAK ` I THINK THAT THERE ARE GOOD PARTS OF THE '80S, AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BAD PARTS OF THE '80S, BUT I THINK THE BEST OF THE '80S WERE PRETTY GOOD. THE GIRL WHO GOT FELT UP BY HER GRANDMOTHER IS ALL GROWN UP. WE MEET MOLLY RINGWALD. IT'S TAKEN 30 YEARS. TODAY I MET A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON MY TEENAGE YEARS. EVERYONE WHO GREW UP IN THE '80S REMEMBERS MOLLY RINGWALD, This is her singing. Theme to Breakfast Club. WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, WE DECIDED, 'WHERE ELSE TO TAKE A MOVIE STAR NAMED MOLLY THAN THE HOTEL THAT HAS HOSTED STARS LIKE SEAN CONNERY AND JAY-Z?' WE MET MOLLY AT MOLLIES. SHE'S NOT HARD TO SPOT. A GROWN-UP VERSION BUT STILL VERY IDENTIFIABLY MOLLY RINGWALD, ICONIC REDHEAD. MAYBE THERE AREN'T AS MANY PEOPLE THAT LOVE REDHEADS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO JUST LOVE THEM SO RAVENOUSLY THAT YOU THINK, 'ALL RIGHT, I'VE FOUND MY PEEPS.' MOLLY RINGWALD (45) WAS JUST 16 IN '16 CANDLES', RHETT, SHE'S GOTTEN HER BOOBIES. 17 YEARS OLD IN 'THE BREAKFAST CLUB'. IN THE '80S SHE WAS UNDENIABLY A CORE MEMBER OF HOLLYWOOD'S FAMED BRAT PACK. AND LOOK AT THESE. TELL ME ANY URBAN HIPSTER WOULDN'T KILL TO LOOK THIS GOOD. DO YOU THINK THE '80S GETS A BAD RAP IN TERMS OF STYLE? NO, I THINK THEY'RE CONSIDERED... I MEAN COME BACK AND IN A BIG WAY. I HAVE ALMOST MY ENTIRE WARDROBE FROM 'PRETTY IN PINK', AND IT'S ALL SAVED IN A BOX WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTERS TO GET OLD ENOUGH TO WEAR IT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. OR MY SON IF HE FEELS LIKE IT. YOU NEVER KNOW! YOU WONDER HOW A TEENAGE BRAT PACKER TURNED OUT THIS GROUNDED? WELL, AS IT HAPPENS HOLLYWOOD GAVE HER TEENAGE SELF AN AMAZING GIFT. I HAD A TEACHER THAT CAME WITH ME ON A FEW MOVIES. BEFORE ME, SHE WAS JODIE FOSTER'S TEACHER. SHE WAS LIKE A BRIDGE BETWEEN ME AND MY MOTHER, BECAUSE DURING YOUR TEEN YEARS YOUR MOM IS VERY OFTEN THE PERSON YOU CAN'T TALK TO. SO SHE WAS REALLY GREAT. IN THOSE FORMATIVE YEARS, SHE WAS ALSO UNDER THE WING OF DIRECTOR JOHN HUGHES. SHE ADMITS HER MENTOR AND THE MAN KNOWN TO BE THE PETER PAN OF TEEN MOVIES WAS NOT ALL LAUGHS ALL OF THE TIME. HE HAD A DARK SIDE, TOO, YOU KNOW. HE WAS VERY SENSITIVE. HE HAD A HEAVY HEART SO, I'M OBSESSED WITH THOSE MOVIES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE STILL IS. HER FOCUS IS NOW ON HER SINGING. SINGS: # DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME. # I ALSO STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE A CHARACTER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO WHEN I SING. I BREAK IT DOWN, I THINK, AS AN ACTRESS WOULD. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BROUGHT HER HERE. WHEN SOMEBODY REACHES ACROSS AND HOLDS THE HAND OF THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR REACHES ACROSS AND KISSES THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, THEN I THINK, 'OH, I'VE DONE MY JOB.' # DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME. # AND CLEARLY, WHEN SHE'S ON STAGE, SHE GETS THE JOB DONE. SHE'S STILL ON TELLY IN 'THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN TEENAGER'. I wasn't expecting her to to be Molly Ringwald, teenager. I could totally be best friends with her. NOW, BEFORE WE GO WE NEED YOUR HELP. DESPICABLE ME 2 IS ON THE WAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING THE STARS OF THE MOVIE IN LA VERY SOON. THING IS, WE WANT YOU TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT STEVE CARELL, KRISTEN WIIG OR BENJAMIN BRATT, GET IN TOUCH AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS. IF WE LIKE IT, WE'LL ASK IT FOR YOU. HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. The movie opens on July 4. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT SEE YOU TOMORROW.