IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` WOULD YOU STEP IN? MAKE THIS A BIT MORE PLAIN. WE DON'T ACTUALLY WANT YOU IN HERE. HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAVE WE REALLY MADE? IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT UNDIGNIFIED. PLUS, WHY SCENES LIKES THIS... IT'S FIGURING US OUT FASTER THAN WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT. IT'S MUTATING. ...MIGHT SOON HAVE A PLACE IN REALITY. AND A BUSTLING CLASSROOM'S SILENT SOLIDARITY. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. We have just been getting a lot of schtick from Simon and Bernadine for having our cups. They are not cups. That is a piece of Perspex and who knows what the other thing is. That is my cup. That looks like you went and got it yesterday, it is so shiny. It is five years old and polished on a biweekly basis. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` THERE'S A SMALL GLIMMER OF HOPE IN GAZA, WITH THE UN BROKERING A 72 HOUR HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. IT'S A BIG QUESTION FOR SOME. ARE YOU ON TEAM ORLANDO OR TEAM BIEBER? HOLLYWOOD STARS HAVE TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA, CHOOSING THEIR SIDE. THE FEUD BETWEEN THE TWO BEGAN AFTER RUMOURS JUSTIN GOT TOGETHER WITH ORLANDO'S EX-WIFE, MIRANDA KERR. # THIS IS HOW WE DO. # YEAH. CHILLING, LAIDBACK, STRUTTING. # YEAH, WE DO IT LIKE THAT. # KATY PERRY'S NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO 'THIS IS HOW WE DO IT' HAS A KIWI FLAVOUR. NZ DIRECTOR JOEL KEFALI'S BEHIND THE CLIP. HE'S WORKED WITH THE LIKES OF LORDE AND KIMBRA. TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING BREAST FEEDING. WE'VE ALL HEARD WHY 'BREAST IS BEST', YET THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MUMS WHO STOP FEEDING AFTER JUST A FEW MONTHS. SOME SAY PUBLIC ATTITUDE IS PARTLY TO BLAME. SO THAT'S WHERE TODAY'S 'BIG LATCH-ON' COMES IN. IT'S AIMED AT GETTING AS MANY WOMEN BREAST FEEDING AS POSSIBLE AT ONE TIME IN ONE PLACE. SO JUST HOW ACCEPTING OF BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC ARE WE? GILL HIGGINS PUTS PEOPLE TO THE TEST. IT'S 2014, AND BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC IS WELL SUPPORTED, RIGHT? WELL, LET'S SEE. KAT HERE'S SERVING THE GOODS TO HUNGRY BABY LAURA, AND THE WAITER'S GIVING HER A HARD TIME. COULD WE MOVE YOU OVER THERE OUT OF THE WAY? MAYBE YOU CAN WEAR COVER UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, ROBERT IS AN ACTOR. KAT AND LAURA ARE REAL, BUT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE IN FOR. WHAT NONE OF US KNOW IS WHETHER ANYONE WILL COME TO THEIR DEFENCE. RESEARCH SHOWS REALLY CLEARLY THAT LACK OF SUPPORT BY A COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S A BARRIER TO WOMEN ACTUALLY INITIATING BREAST FEEDING AND CONTINUING TO BREAST FEED. I ASK ISIS IF SITUATIONS STILL ARISE WHEN MUMS ARE GIVEN A HARD TIME. SEEMS THEY DO. JUST RECENTLY WE HEARD OF A WOMAN ASKED TO GO TO THE TOILETS AT THE TE AWA MALL IN HAMILTON. THERE'S MORE ` OTHERS BARRED FROM CAFES; SOME TOLD TO COVER UP IN WINZ; ONE MUM SENT FROM COURT. THOSE SORT OF THINGS INDICATE TO US WE STILL HAVE A WAY TO GO. SO BACK TO ROBERT. THIS MAN SAW IT ALL. HE TOLD ME HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH BREASTFEEDING IN PUBLIC, BUT... DID I DEFEND HER? I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. BUT A SINGLE BLOKE SITTING BY HIMSELF, NOT REALLY MY PLACE, IS IT? OH. WELL, WHOSE IS IT? I'M TRYING TO FEED MY BABY, THIS WOMAN'S, APPARENTLY. WE ACTUALLY STAGED WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY. OH, DID YOU? (LAUGHS) WHY DID YOU STEP IN? BECAUSE A MOTHER HAS RIGHT NOT TO HAVE TO BE SENT TO BATHROOM TO FEED A BABY. THAT'S WHAT I REALLY OBJECT TO. OTHER CUSTOMERS OFFERED UP A SOLUTION. I THINK THAT THE CAFES SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE CORNER FOR MOTHERS, COS WE'VE GOT LOTS OF THEM. BUT FOR MUMS LIKE LUCY, A CORNER MIGHT NOT DO. SHE'S FRESH OUT OF HOSPITAL. SHE'S GOT MILLIE TO FEED, AND JOSH. AND THIS IS CAMERON. EASIEST THING FOR THREE BABIES IS THREE ADULTS TO HELP HOLD THOSE IN THE QUEUE. ONE AT A TIME IS DEFINITELY EASIER AND A LITTLE MORE DISCREET AS WELL. HAVING HAPPILY FED HER FIRST SON, HARRY, IN PUBLIC, LUCY'S REALLY KEEN THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTIVE SO SHE CAN DO THE SAME TIMES THREE. OH NO, DEFINITELY GIVE IT A GO, COS OTHERWISE YOU DON'T GET OUT. SO DOES SHE THINK ANYONE'S MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A PROBLEM? I THINK OLDER PEOPLE. LET'S SEE IF SHE'S RIGHT, WITH TWO OTHER MUMS PREPARED TO TAKE SOME FLAK. HA! THE ONE PERSON WHO DEFENDS THEM THIS TIME WAS AN OLDER PERSON, AND AGAIN, A WOMAN. ARE YOU DONE YET? HONESTLY. I WAS GIVING HIM A HARD TIME, AND HE DESERVED IT. BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS GUY'S VIEWS? WE FOUND OUT HE WAS A NEW DAD HIMSELF. PERSONALLY I DON'T LOVE SEEING WOMEN BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC EXPOSED. IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT UNDIGNIFIED. THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF OPINION THAT THE BIG LATCH ON AIMS TO CHANGE. ITS NOT OFFENSIVE, IT'S NOT A BIG PUBLIC DISPLAY OF INDECENT EXPOSURE. IT'S JUST NOT LIKE THAT. AND THANKS TO OLAF'S BAKERY AND CAFE FOR LETTING US FILM THAT STORY THERE. Having just gone through the baby thing, I felt I would have been more condemned for not breastfeeding than for doing it. Ian Thorpe came out as gay and people wondered what the big deal is. Maybe that's the same attitude with breastfeeding. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF EBOLA VIRUS THAT WE'VE EVER FACED. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A MULTI-FRONT WAR AGAINST THE VIRUS. EBOLA ` HOW BAD IS IT, HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE, IS IT POSSIBLE IT COULD END UP HERE? AND DEANO MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST PERSON TO DO THIS. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT EBOLA, BECAUSE IT'S A VIRUS SO FIERCE AND SO UNSTOPPABLE THAT IT'S BEEN COMPARED TO HIV AND RABIES. BUT IS IT REALLY THE NEW PLAGUE? HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE? AND WILL IT MAKE IT OUT OF AFRICA? SHORTLY, WE'LL TALK TO AN EBOLA EXPERT, BUT FIRST HERE'S TIM WILSON WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. EBOLA'S CRUEL HARVEST ` A BABY BURIED IN PLASTIC BAGS BY STRANGERS, HIS FAMILY TOO SCARED TO SHOW UP. SCENES LIKE THIS ARE BEING REPEATED THROUGHOUT WEST AFRICA AS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING-CLAD MEDICAL WORKERS TOIL IN 40 DEGREE HEAT, STRUGGLING TO STEM THE TERMINAL TIDE. FIRST FEVER, THEN SYMPTOMS THAT INCLUDE BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE AND EYES. AND, IN MOST CASES, DEATH. THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF EBOLA VIRUS THAT WE'VE EVER FACED. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A MULTI-FRONT WAR AGAINST THE VIRUS. A WAR THAT INCLUDES SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, GUINEA AND NIGERIA. EBOLA ISN'T SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, BUT BY CONTACT WITH INFECTED BODY FLUID OR SURFACES. AIR TRAVEL MEANING THAT WHAT INFECTS NIGERIA CAN QUICKLY BECOME A PROBLEM FOR THE US AND EUROPE, MAKING HOLLYWOOD'S NIGHTMARES SEEM JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE REAL. IT'S FIGURING US OUT FASTER THAN WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT. IT'S MUTATING. EARLIER I SPOKE TO DR PETER WALSH, AN EBOLA EXPERT FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. THE SIZE OF THIS LATEST OUTBREAK IS HUGE. CAN IT BE EXPLAINED EASILY OR NOT? THE REASON IT GOT SO BIG IS THAT THE PREVIOUS OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO SMALL VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN REMOTE AREAS. IN THIS CASE, IT GOT TO SOME MAJOR CITIES AND THEN EXPLODED. HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE? IN NZ, NOT VERY WORRIED. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEBODY GETS ON A PLANE AND SHOWS UP THERE, BUT THE ODDS THAT IT SPREADS INTO A MAJOR EPIDEMIC IN NZ ARE VIRTUALLY NIL. BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES? IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME STORY. THERE'S NEVER A RECORDED CASE OF SOMEONE ACTUALLY GETTING ON A PLANE AND CAUSING A MAJOR TRANSMISSION IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY. THE DISEASE JUST ISN'T REALLY WELL SUITED TO AN MAJOR EPIDEMIC IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY. IT DOESN'T SPREAD WELL AS AN AEROSOL, LIKE INFLUENZA. IT HAS A LONG INCUBATION PERIOD, LIKE, FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, AND THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THEY HAVE GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE GOOD AT CONTAINING THIS KIND OF DISEASE. I WOULD NOT BE WORRIED. WHAT I WOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT NOW IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE WHOLE GROUP OF INVESTIGATIONAL VACCINES AND TREATMENTS THAT AREN'T BEING USED. SO WHY AREN'T THEY, AND WHY SHOULD THEY? THE WHY SHOULD THEY PART IS THE RISK TO THESE PEOPLE, ONCE YOU'VE GOT EBOLA, THERE'S A 60% TO 80% CHANCE YOU'RE GONNA DIE. AND THEREFORE IT'S WORTH TAKING THE RISK USING OF A VACCINE OR TREATMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN FULLY TESTED BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA DIE. WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IS BECAUSE THERE ISN'T REALLY ANYBODY IN CHARGE HERE. THESE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES DON'T HAVE A WELL-DEVELOPED HEALTH SERVICE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY MANAGE THIS TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DO IT, AND IT'S LEFT A SORT OF POWER VACUUM IN WHICH NOBODY IS WILLING OR ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AND ACTUALLY DO THIS. You do not want to get anthrax, canine rabies and ebola. The first two have vaccines. The Americans that got ebola, there was only enough serum for one of them. NOW CRUSADERS FANS WILL BE ON TENTERHOOKS TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE WARRATAHS IN A BID TO CLAIM THE SUPER RUGBY TROPHY. TO BE FAIR, I'M NOT REMOTELY ON TENTERHOOKS, GIVEN I REMAIN LIKE ALL TRUE CRUSADER FANS ` SUPREMELY CONFIDENT THAT THE BEST TEAM WILL WIN ` AGAIN. ANYWAY, THE BLEDISLOE CUP MADE ITS WAY TO AUSTRALIA TODAY, WHERE IT WILL STAY FOR A WEEK BEFORE WE WIN THAT AS WELL AND BRING IT BACK. MICHAEL HOLLAND ESCORTED IT ACROSS THE DITCH. SO, MICHAEL HOSKING, THE OTHER MICHAEL HERE. WHILE YOU'RE LOSING SLEEP OVER YOUR BELOVED CANTERBURY CRUSADERS IN SYDNEY TOMORROW NIGHT, FEAST YOUR EYE, SON, ON THIS. MIKE, THIS IS THE BLEDISLOE CUP, AND WE'RE TAKING IT BACK TO SYDNEY JUST FOR A SHORT TIME. 8.9KG. BUT THERE'S MORE. I'VE FORGOTTEN THE WOODEN BASE, AND THIS IS KIND OF CHUNKY. 21.4KG. THIS IS JOHN FROM THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION, AND HE'S QUITE HAPPY FOR ME TO HAVE MY GRUBBY PAWS ALL OVER IT. NO WHITE GLOVES, NOTHING. OF COURSE IT'S SETTING OFF THE ALARMS. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LEAVING. RESPECTFULLY, IT'S BIGGER THAN YOU. IT IS. (LAUGHS) PRECIOUS. BE CAREFUL. VERY PRECIOUS. GOT TO COME BACK. SAFELY ON BOARD, THEN A RIGHT ROYAL CLANGER FROM HE WHO'S VOWED TO GUARD IT WITH HIS OWN LIFE. WHAT A WAY TO START OUR HOLIDAY. COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER. WHO'S IT NAMED AFTER? I DON'T KNOW. YOU TELL ME. LORD BLEDISLOE. WE'VE WON IT 37 TIMES, AND AUSTRALIA HAS WON IT... 12. DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. HOW MANY DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HOLD? OH, I DON'T KNOW. 40 BEERS OR SOMETHING. AND NOT AUSSIE BEERS, ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE FEW ON BOARD WHO ADMITS TO BEING FROM THE SUPPOSEDLY LUCKY COUNTRY. THIS IS THE CLOSEST THAT ANY AUSSIE WILL GET TO HOLD IT. GIVE IT A BIG SLOPPY KISS HOW DID THAT FEEL? PRETTY GOOD. KIA ORA. AND WITH THAT, OUR MUCH TREASURED SILVER FRIEND DESCENDS FROM THE CLOUDS STRAIGHT INTO ITS BOX AND GONE. MY JOB DONE. NOT A DENT, NOT A SCRATCH... HOPEFULLY. How embarrassing. Speaking of embarrassing, let's work through our cups. When you win big cups, you don't actually get to keep your cup. You just get your name engraved. This is a fair play award. 1999 for my netball team. All you had to do was turn up. Get rid of that. The middle one is a plaque. I played awesome cricket. My cup wins the prize tonight. Size is not important. As you tell me on a regular basis. Happy Father's Day. Worlds best dad. As if I'm going to beat that. I won 18 cups in nine different sports, but that one means the most to me. My children saved their pocket money and bought me that. This is quite heavy. I think they paid big bucks for that. I polish it every second week. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` COME ON, DEAN, PICK UP THE PACE. YEAH. YEAH, YOU GO, I'LL CATCH YOU AT THE FINISH, EH? OH DEAR, WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO MAKE DEANO DO THE SKYTOWER CHALLENGE? PLUS ` UM, I THINK THE SCHOOL'S AMAZING. I THINK THE CHILDREN HAVE BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY. WHY SILENCE IS HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT IN THIS CLASSROOM. NOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARMUFFS EARLIER THIS WEEK. YOU'LL REMEMBER THE SCOTTISH CYCLIST WHO PROPOSED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND IN GLASGOW, AND THEIR LITTLE BABY WAS WEARING MINI EARMUFFS. TODAY YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED PEOPLE WEARING THESE FUNKY EARMUFFS. THEY'RE QUITE USEFUL FOR, LET'S SAY, BLOCKING OUT YOUR COLLEAGUES' RAMBLINGS. BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT A SERIOUS PURPOSE. YES, THEY SIMULATE SEVERE HEARING LOSS, AND THE PEOPLE WEARING THEM WERE TAKING PART IN THE SILENT LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE. POLITICIANS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ONE VERY SPECIAL SCHOOL. FUNKY MUSIC ROOM 13, SEATOUN SCHOOL. USUALLY BOISTEROUS AND BUSTLING, BUT TODAY, YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP. WELL, MAYBE WITHOUT THE EARMUFFS. WHEN YOU HAVE THE EARMUFFS ON, YOU CAN'T REALLY HEAR ANYTHING. THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS DOING THE SILENT LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE. THEY'RE SHOUTING A LOT, OR THEY'RE NOT TALKING AT ALL. SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH ANNABELLE MACKAY AND LILIANA MATHERS ` CLASSMATES WITH SEVERE HEARING LOSS IT WAS HARD TO CONCENTRATE. QUITE FRUSTRATING. I FELT REALLY QUITE ALONE. IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU HEAR, BUT IT'S ALSO THE FEELING OF BEING A LITTLE BIT ISOLATED WHEN YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY HEAR. A HUGELY IMPORTANT LESSON FOR EVERYONE. I THINK THE SCHOOL'S AMAZING. I THINK THE CHILDREN HAVE BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE EXPERIENCE. IT DEFINITELY MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE DEAF. I FEEL HAPPY, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THEY CAN LEARN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE DEAF. THE OTHER AIM OF THE CHALLENGE WAS TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ANNABELLE AND LILIANA. IF YOU WANT TO DONATE, GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. RIGHT, WE'D NORMALLY SEND MATT CHISOLM OUT ON OUR NEXT EXPEDITION, BUT AFTER THE HUMILIATION OF LAST NIGHT'S BUSINESS IN THE KITCHEN WE GAVE HIM THE DAY OFF. SO THE ONLY PERSON LEFT IN THE OFFICE, GIVEN IT'S A FRIDAY, WAS THE PREMATURELY AGING AND RIDICULOUSLY OUT OF SHAPE DEANO. BUT WE THOUGHT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO PUT THE MORE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TO THE TEST SO DEANO TOOK ON TODAY'S SKYTOWER CHALLENGE. AND AS HE BEGAN THE BIG CLIMB HE MET NICK THOMAS, WHO HAS AN INSPIRATIONAL REASON BEHIND HIS QUEST. EVERY YEAR, THE FIT AND THE BRAVE GATHER TO PUSH THEIR BODIES TO THE LIMIT AND CONQUER AUCKLAND'S TALLEST LANDMARK. OK, NICK, SO YOU'RE READY FOR THIS? YEAH, I THINK SO. IT'S A BIT SCARY, THOUGH. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, MATE? I'M DOING TO RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY FOR LEUKAEMIA BLOOD CANCER NZ. I LOST MY DAD TO LYMPHOMA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO, YEAH, ANYTHING I CAN DO TO SORT OF HELP THE CAUSE. THIS GUT-WRENCHING CHALLENGE ISN'T FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. AND I CAN SAY WITH SOME AUTHORITY, PRELOADING ON COKE AND CAKE IS A BAD IDEA. HOW MANY FLIGHTS OF STAIRS ARE THERE? 51. 51? 51 FLIGHTS ` THAT'S 1103 STAIRS. LOT OF STEPS. COME ON DEAN, PICK UP THE PACE. YEAH. YEAH. YOU GO, MATE, I'LL` I'LL CATCH YOU AT THE FINISH. NICK HAD SPEED, POWER AND PACE. I HAD TECHNOLOGY AND A FRIEND CALLED OTIS. PHONE RINGS HOW DO PEOPLE DONATE TO YOU? MAIN WAY TO DONATE IS TO GO THROUGH THE SKYTOWER CHALLENGE WEBSITE. I'LL SEE YA AT THE FINISH, EH, MATE? WE'RE NOT GOVERNMENT FUNDED, SO AN EVENT LIKE THIS FUNDS OUR WORK WHICH IS HELPING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, FUNDING RESEARCH, INFORMATION, EDUCATION, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. AND WE'RE HUGELY APPRECIATIVE OF GUYS LIKE NICK AND WHAT HE'S DONE AND ALL THE GENEROSITY AROUND HIM. THEY SAY THERE IS NO REWARD WITHOUT SACRIFICE. TO THE VICTORS GO THE SPOILS. AND HOPEFULLY A BIT OF CASH FOR A GOOD CAUSE. THERE HE IS. WELL DONE, MATE! CHEERING I'M KNACKERED, DEAN, ABSOLUTELY KNACKERED. YEAH, LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT, BUT I MADE IT. At work, we have three floors. Three floors does me when the Lift is broken. NICK FINISHED THE CHALLENGE IN 10 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS, AND HAS SO FAR RAISED $4747. HIS FUNDRAISING DETAILS ARE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. FRIDAY FEEL-GOOD TIME ` OUR VIEWERS HAVE HELPED LOTS OF KIWIS THIS YEAR, LIKE THE $20,000 DONATED FOR A TOURETTE'S CAMP, OR THE $100,000 FOR WEE CHARLIE MCLAREN'S NEW LEGS. AND THIS WEEK, IF YOU WATCHED NIGEL LATTA'S SERIES ON TV ONE, HE FEATURED SOME FAMILIES THAT WERE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AFTER THE SHOW NIGEL OPENED A BANK ACCOUNT CALLED "MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER", AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. ONE COUPLE, TELISIA AND SIO, HAVE SINCE BEEN ABLE TO PAY OFF THEIR LOAN, THEY GOT GIVEN ANOTHER $2000, AND YESTERDAY SOMEONE SAID THEY'D EVEN GIVE THEM $500 EVERY MONTH. THE ONLY CONDITION? THEY WENT OUT FOR ICE CREAM AND A MOVIE WITH THE MONEY. SO WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY COOL KIWIS OUT THERE. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THEM, THE BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS ARE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. IN A WEEK IN WHICH OUR WINE INDUSTRY OVERTOOK THE AUSTRALIANS IN BRITAIN FOR SALES OF PREMIUM WINE, AND WERE SECOND NOW ONLY TO THE FRENCH, WHO HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT 470 YEARS LONGER THAN WE HAVE, ANYWAY, THAT GOOD NEWS HAS BEEN ALARMINGLY OFFSET BY THE OTHER WINE NEWS THIS WEEK THAT VIRTUALLY NONE OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS ARE, LIKE ME, TONIGHT SETTLING DOWN WITH A GLASS OF SOMETHING SPECTACULAR, PRODUCED IN THIS COUNTRY BY AN INDUSTRY WE SHOULD ALL BE SUPPORTING. JOHN KEY HASN'T DRUNK SINCE HE GOT BACK FROM HAWAII, DAVID CUNLIFFE IS OFF THE WINE TILL AFTER THE ELECTION, RUSSELL NORMAN HASN'T HAD ANY SINCE THE BUDGET, HONE HASN'T DRUNK FOR 25 YEARS, MATERIA TUREI SHE'S SHE BARELY DRINKS ANYWAY. METERIA TUREI SHE'S SHE BARELY DRINKS ANYWAY. ARE THEY SERIOUS? A GLASS OF WINE IS ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF LIFE, IT ALLOWS REFLECTION AND CONTEMPLATION. IT CONTRIBUTES TO CONVIVIALITY AND CAMARADERIE. AND IF IT'S RED, IT'S GOOD FOR YOU. AND APART FROM ANYTHING, IT'S A STATEMENT OF PATRIOTISM. SO I'LL HAVE A SECOND FOR ALL OF THEM. JUST ON THAT, I LOVE A GLASS OF WINE JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE, BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN LEAD TO EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS. OUR FINAL CLIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WINE, MIND YOU, BUT LET IT SERVE AS A REMINDER ALL THE SAME. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. # HEY, MR TAMBOURINE MAN, PLAY A SONG FOR ME. # IN THAT JINGLE-JANGLE MORNING, I COME FOLLOWING YOU. # CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND BRITTANY STEWART.