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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. Interview with Sir Ray Avery about innovation and his anti-establishment talk 2. Interview with boxers David Tua and Vitali Klitschko 3. Update on 23 year old New Zealander Emma Phillips who is in China aiming to become a foot juggler with the Chinese circus 4. The mystery in the hen house

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 30 : 11
    • Duration 30 : 11
    Reporters
    • Michael Holland (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Matt Chisholm (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Sir Ray Avery (Scientist / Inventor / Entrepreneur)
    • David Tua (Heavyweight Boxer)
    • Vitali Klitschko (World Heavyweight Champion)
    • Peter Yealand (Owner, Yealand Estate)
    • Wayne Funnell (Chicken Expert)
    Locations
    • China
    • Seddon, New Zealand (Marlborough)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 25 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
  • Jesse Mulligan (Presenter)
  • Alison Mau (Presenter)
  • Greg Boyed (Presenter)
ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 WELCOME. Thanks for coming in. Will tell you what is working on. TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP, RAY AVERY ` WHAT HE'S WORKING ON AND WHY THE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT TALK? DISRUPTING THE WAY THAT WE DO EVERYTHING. DISRUPTIVE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE STATUS QUO. ONE IS TRYING TO DEFY AGE AND THE ODDS FOR A SHOT AT A WORLD TITLE. THE OTHER IS ONE HALF OF THE BROTHERLY DUO WHO DOMINATE WORLD BOXING. WE HEAR FROM VITALI KLITSCHKO, AND DAVID TUA IS LIVE IN STUDIO. Later tonight, an amazing story. We found two guys who look like they're off a cheese ad, and something is up with their Hens. Wait till you find out why. You won't believe it. You will have heard about studio guest tonight. Ray Avery was Nzer of the year in 2010. His charity provides low-cost healthcare for Third World countries. This is an innovator week on seven sharp, and here's a rockstar of innovation. WE OBSESS ABOUT WHAT DRIVES INNOVATION. YOU SAY IT COMES DOWN TO BEING ABLE TO SIT STILL AND LOOK. Most innovation comes from a single moment of inspiration. Your a bit of a rebel, and not accepting the status quo is part of how you work. I'm a bit disruptive, and I only have a short time on this planet, so I want to make big changes. We wanted to see Ray in his natural habitat, so Ray took Michael Holland into his lab to see his ideas. ROCK MUSIC HE'S INQUISITIVE,... GOOD MAN. ...TENACIOUS,... I WANT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE SQUARE... ...PRACTICAL WITH A CAPITAL P ...AND MAKE STUFF THAT'S REALLY REALLY COOL AND CHANGES THE WORLD. ...AND, OH, ALMOST FORGOT, A KNIGHT OF THE REALM. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, SIR RAY AVERY DELIGHTS IN BEING DISRUPTIVE. DISRUPTING THE WAY THAT WE DO EVERYTHING. DISRUPTIVE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE STATUS QUO. AND YOU'LL FIND THIS ENEMY OF CONVENTIONAL THINKING PAST THE LAUNDRY, THROUGH A LITTLE GIRL'S BEDROOM, IN HIS DUNGEON OF DISRUPTION, AKA HIS GARAGE. THE FUTURE IS ACTUALLY IN DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, OTHERWISE JUST YOU GO THROUGH LITTLE INCREMENTS AND CHANGES IN LIFE. SO I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THINK, 'HOW CAN I DO THAT BETTER 'AND CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY'S EVER THOUGHT OF DOING?' LAID-BACK MUSIC THIS SYMMETRICAL LITTLE BEAUTY WAS BORN OUT OF THAT MINDSET ` AN INCUBATOR HE BELIEVES WILL SAVE BABIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ` COUNTRIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD OR PROPERLY USE EQUIPMENT WE CONSIDER THE NORM. WELL, THIS IS A $25,000 INCUBATOR THAT YOU MIGHT FIND AT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN IT'S BROKEN DOWN, YOU GET A FAN AND A HEATER, SO HOW CAN YOU JUSTIFY 25 GRAND FOR A FAN AND A HEATER? SO THAT WAS MY STARTING POINT. HIS FINISHING POINT ` AN INCUBATOR SIMPLE IN DESIGN, YET ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE TRYING THIRD-WORLD CONDITIONS, SUCH AS FREQUENT POWER CUTS... IT OFTEN KILLS THE ELECTRONICS INSIDE. ...AND CONTAMINATED WATER SUPPLIES. THESE ARE THE RESERVOIRS THAT CONTAIN USUALLY STERILE DISTILLED WATER IN A FIRST-WORLD HOSPITAL. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ` THEY DON'T USE IT. THEY JUST GO TO THE LOCAL TAP, FILL THAT UP WITH DIRTY WATER, AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE YOU START CIRCULATING THE HUMIDITY THAT'S GOT ALL THAT BACTERIA IN IT INSIDE HERE, THEN IT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK CONTINUOUSLY FOR 10 YEARS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY SETTING WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO TOUCH IT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MODULE IN HERE WHICH STERILISES THE AIR WHICH HAS THE HUMIDITY IN IT, AND WE KEEP RECIRCULATING THAT STERILE AIR. ALL CONTRIBUTING TO A BOTTOM LINE THAT'S AS HEALTHY AS THE BABIES INSIDE. WE RECKON WE CAN GET THESE OUT IN THE MARKET FOR ABOUT 1800 BUCKS. WHAT'S THE JOY OF BEING A DISRUPTIVE BUGGER? BEING USEFUL IN LIFE. YOU KNOW, I WAS BROUGHT UP IN ORPHANAGES IN THE UK WITH A VERY BAD BACKGROUND AND ABUSIVE PARENTS. AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT IS TO DO SOMETHING REALLY REALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW, I PAID FOR THE RESILIENCE THAT I HAVE IN A VERY HARD WAY, AND IF I CAN TURN THAT OVER INTO MAKING SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY FANTASTIC ON THE WORLD STAGE, THEN MAYBE THAT JUSTIFIES THE BAD STUFF. AND AT 65, SIR RAY'S NOT LOOKING TO EASE BACK ANY TIME SOON. AN HOUR LATER, HE'S ACROSS TOWN, BEING UPDATED ON ANOTHER INNOVATION ` ANOTHER BRIGHT IDEA. THESE GUYS WERE HIDING IN THE BOWELS OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND THEY CAN WRITE CODE IN THEIR SLEEP. THAT COMPUTER CODE IS AT THE HEART OF WIRELESS WRISTBAND TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN RELAY MEDICAL DATA BY CELL PHONE TO GPs OR OTHER HEALTH AUTHORITIES. IF WE GET HIM TO JUMP UP AND DOWN, YOU WILL SEE THE HEART RATE JUMP UP. INSTEAD OF YOU GOING TO THE DOCTOR EVERY SIX MONTHS AND HAVING ONE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT, WE COULD DO A BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AT THE END OF EACH DAY AND SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR GP. FOR ME, IT NEVER ENDS BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER IDEA IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD OR ANOTHER PROJECT. WE'LL JUST KEEP TILTING AT WINDMILLS. Ray, I'm not the first person to have this thought, but it occurs to me that the wristband would be amazing for parents with a newborn. I used to prod my children in the middle of the night to see if they were alive. I think they'll give us all a lot of safety, and you'll be able to downgrade the quality of your babysitter. These ideas make so much sense. What it is about you that makes you come up with this stuff? I think we're all capable of doing it. Observation was the one tool I had, because I was born shortsighted. I love that he bought props. What can we make out of this wire? Here's a paperclip. That's a simple thing that came out of something like that. My daughter lent me this. That spring is hidden in the piece of wire all the time. Observation and knowledge is what makes things happen. I'm blessed, because I got a bit of both. You definitely do think differently to the rest of us. You do something to remind yourself of the value of life every day. I know that when we're born, we have about 30,000 days to live. That sounds like a frighteningly little amount. I've got about 5000 left. That's really scary. You get up in the morning and ask what you're going to do with each day. I've got a lot left to do before they nail the coffin. It's called motivation. Thank you so much for coming, Ray Avery. We have a heap to come on the show. Welcome back. He's been a pro for 20 years and he's our most famous boxer. His next bout will be his biggest yet ` Alexander Ustinov, 6' 8". What have you been doing for the past two years? A lot of stuff has happened in my life. I need to have that sorted before I get into the ring. It's all sorted, and it's time to get back. Personal stuff with your marriage breaking up. It's been a tough road, but for me, what can't kill me will make me stronger. Your 41 at the end of this year. 21, give or take. How does it affect you taking on someone so tall? He's a big man, but I'm in a sport of giants. I've done well against the big men. TWO BROTHERS DOMINATE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING RIGHT NOW ` WLADIMIR AND VITALI KLITSCHKO. IF DAVID TUA CAN BEAT THE MASSIVE USTINOV, COULD A KLITSCHKO BOUT COULD BECOME A REALITY? CRAIG STANAWAY PICKED UP HIS BLACK BOOK AND CALLED THE CHAMP. THEY'VE DOMINATED HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING FOR A DECADE. THE KLITSCHKO NAME IS WORLD FAMOUS, BUT DO THE KLITSCHKOS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DAVID TUA? TUA'S BEST YEARS, THOUGH, ARE NOW BEHIND HIM. ARE THE KLITSCHKOS TAKING A COMEBACK SERIOUSLY WHEN HE'S 40 YEARS OLD? YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY'RE INTERESTED. THE KLITSCHKOS HAVE BEATEN EVERYONE. TUA'S JUST ABOUT THE ONLY FIGHTER THEY HAVEN'T FACED. FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THOUGH, TUA'S GOT TO BEAT THIS ALEXANDER USTINOV AND A TOP-THREE-RANKED OPPONENT AFTER HIM BEFORE HE'LL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. THE MESSAGE FROM THE CHAMP ` DAVID TUA, YOU'RE FACING YOUR TOUGHEST OPPONENT IN 10 YEARS. He sounds like the bad guy in a Bond movie. You've lost 20 KG's. How did you deal? Getting killed in the gym everyday with my trainer. Exercise, not the eating? Kumara. No taro. Kale. Lennox Lewis was a big man. He had a 14 inch advantage. Had Do you get close enough to heaven? We will see. This is do or die for your career? Not at all. I've been written off many times. Every time I've proved that I still have what it takes. The critics also say it is not about surviving the rounds ` you have to knock him out. Can you do that with your famous left? I'm open-minded. I know what I'm up against ` a big man. If the opportunity presents itself, the best thing I can do is take advantage. Stick with us, David. Hang out till the end of the show. You can catch David on the web cam at our website. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK, WE HAVE MORE FROM DAVID TUA, AND... WHAT DID YOUR MATES DOWN AT THE OLD PUB THINK? UH, THEY THOUGHT I'D BEEN ON THE TURPS AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE TURPS, I PROMISE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BELIEVE. OK, so your water pressure should be fine now. OK, so your water pressure should be fine now. Excellent. What about yours? Eh? Eh? Your, uh, fingernails. Oh. Oh. Owning a business can be pretty stressful. Fixing pipes is one thing, but keeping a business running ` a whole different trade. Too right. Too right. I'm thinking it'd be worth speaking to an expert. That's why ANZ has more local business bankers with the expertise to help your business succeed. Job done for both of us. Job done for both of us. Yeah, thanks. Running your own business can be stressful. That's why ANZ has more business bankers who can help. Find the details of the ANZ business banker closest to you and use their expertise to get the most out of your business. A BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO STUMPED UP MONEY TO KEEP EMMA PHILLIPS IN CHINA. SHE'S THE 23-YEAR-OLD KIWI WHO IS A FAMOUS FOOT JUGGLER. SHE'S IN WUQIAO, AND SHE NEEDED FIVE GRAND TO STAY TO THE END OF THE YEAR. Thanks to the viewers of seven sharp, she has that. That's awesome. Really cool. Good work, team. David Tua is with us. I want to ask you what role music plays in your training. It plays a massive role, and on fight night as well. What kind of genres? It depends. They can be heavy metal. Have you ever listen to the music from Rocky? Of course. There is a winemaker who is using classical music to help his plants growth. It has some weird side-effects. We investigated. WHAT DID YOUR MATES DOWN AT THE OLD PUB THINK? UH, YEAH, THEY THOUGHT I'D BEEN ON THE TURPS AGAIN. BOTH LAUGH (CHUCKLES) I SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU ON, MATE?' ARE YOU A SMOKER? I'M A SMOKER, YEAH. NOT THE GREEN STUFF? NO, NO, NO. NOT THE LEFT-HANDED CIGARETTES? DON'T LIKE THE SMELL OF THAT STUFF. CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC AT YEALANDS ESTATE, IN WHAT'S NORMALLY SUNNY MARLBOROUGH,... NEXT TIME YOU COME, TRY AND PICK A DECENT BLOODY DAY. ...THE CHAT AROUND THE VINES AT THE MOMENT IS MORE PUB YARN THAN WINERY TOUR. LOOK AT 'EM. YOU COULDN'T GET MORE HAPPIER CHOOKS. THEY WELCOME ALL OUR VISITORS. THEY'LL COME AND SHIT IN THE CAR, IF YOU LET THEM. THE REASON WHY THE HENS ARE, WELL, SO CONTENTED, THEY SAY ` THEY'RE LISTENING TO MUSIC. CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC YOU SEE, ABOUT A YEAR BACK, AT THE WINERY, THEY PUT IN A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TO PLAY CLASSICAL TUNES TO THE VINES... AND WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT IS SOLAR PANELS PLAYING ON TO AN MP3. ...TO INCREASE THEIR VIGOUR AND RESISTANCE TO DISEASE. WELL, I SUGGESTED PINK FLOYD, BUT PETE'S NOT A FAN OF THEIRS, SO, UH, CLASSICAL IT IS. I THINK IT'S WORKING. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SCEPTICS OUT THERE, BUT THAT DON'T WORRY ME. AND WHILE THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR, THEY RECKON CHOPIN AND MOZART ARE GOING GANGBUSTERS ON THE FREE-RANGE CHOOKS, INCREASING THE SIZE OF THEIR EGGS BY A WHOPPING 19%,... NO MUSIC; MUSIC. THAT'S RIGHT. > ...TAKING THE EGGS FROM A SIZE SIX TO A SEVEN. WELL, IT WASN'T THAT VERY LONG AFTER THE MUSIC WENT INTO THIS ONE, UM, THAT I STARTED TO NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE. SO I JUST SAID, 'YOU'RE BLOODY CRAZY.' A MONTH WENT BY, AND HE COME IN, AND HE SAYS, 'YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO ME, PETE. THEY ARE BIGGER EGGS.' SO I SAYS, 'WELL, LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU DO A TRIAL?' # ONE DAY, BABY, WE'LL BE OLD. OH BABY, WE'LL BE OLD. # SO WAYNE, THE 69-YEAR-OLD MECHANIC SLASH RESIDENT CHOOK EXPERT, STARTED WEIGHING ALL THE EGGS, COMPARING THOSE THAT HAD COME FROM HENS THAT WERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MUSIC AGAINST THOSE THAT WEREN'T. DID THE CALCULATIONS. 19% BIGGER. YOU KNOW, CLEAR-CUT. THE 100-ODD BROWN SHAVERS WERE ALL THE SAME AGE, ALL ON THE SAME TUCKER, BUT SCATTERED AROUND IN HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT HEN HOUSES ON THE 1000HA PROPERTY. SO WAS LOCATION ` AND NOT THE MUSIC ` THE KEY? THEY DEFINITELY ARE SMALLER. WISE OLD WAYNE WAS TOO SMART FOR THAT AND SORTED OUT A CONTROL. WE MOVED THIS ONE TO THIS ONE ` DOWN TO HERE. AND THE EGGS HAVE GONE UP A SIZE WITH DIFFERENT CHOOKS IN THERE. < UNREAL. IT'S GOTTA SPEAK FOR ITSELF, I WOULD THINK. DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN IT? > I DO. I AM ACTUALLY CONVINCED. I'M BLOODY SURE OF IT. I THINK ONE DAY PETER AND I WILL PROBABLY SHARE THE SAME PADDED CELL. IT DOESN'T MATTER. BOTH LAUGH WHATEVER YOUR VIEWS, EVEN ON THE DAY WE WERE HERE, THE HENS THAT WERE WITHIN EARSHOT OF THE TUNES HAD MUCH BIGGER CACKLE BERRIES. WITH, UH, NO MUSIC, THE TOTAL WAS 605G. THE EGGS WITH THE MUSIC WERE 695G. AND IF YOU THINK THE IS JUST STUNT TO PUSH WINE, THE MEDIA ` INCLUDING US ` CONTACTED YEALANDS, AND... I DON'T CARE WHETHER PEOPLE DISBELIEVE ME OR BELIEVE ME. I RECKON YOU'LL GET A CALL FROM THE BIG CHOOK COMPANIES ` THE BIG EGG COMPANIES. EH? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, MATE. MIGHT HAVE TO GO INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS INSTEAD, EH? BOTH LAUGH CAN YOU PLAY A BANJO? YEAH, I PLAY THE VIOLIN NOW AND AGAIN. (CHUCKLES) DO YOU? NO, NOT REALLY. BOTH CHUCKLE # THINK OF ALL THE STORIES THAT WE COULD'VE TOLD. # I would feel Matt doesn't have a good enough time. Some people think that playing music to the cows makes the milk taste better. Do you eat raw eggs? Not me. Our control room managed to find some of the music you listen to. 'Rise up.' I feel like we should be doing the last part of the show in a montage with slow motion music. What is left for you before the fight? Everyday is gonna be an ugly day in the gym. Some days I die three times. That's all giving us a lot of hope about the bout. Good luck. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT. CATCH YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY PIPPA JEFFERIES AND CONOR WHITTEN.
Reporters
  • Matt Chisholm (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Michael Holland (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • David Tua (Heavyweight Boxer)
  • Peter Yealand (Owner, Yealand Estate)
  • Sir Ray Avery (Scientist / Inventor / Entrepreneur)
  • Vitali Klitschko (World Heavyweight Champion)
  • Wayne Funnell (Chicken Expert)
Locations
  • China
  • Seddon, New Zealand (Marlborough)