IT'S SEVEN SHARP. YOU GONNA EAT SOME MORE? NO. WHEN FOOD IS FOREIGN,... SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL HUNGRY. ...HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR CHILD EAT? GOOD JOB! PLUS ` THE BAD BOYS OF POLITICS. NOBODY FORCES SOMEBODY TO SMOKE. WHO ARE YOU REALLY VOTING FOR? I THINK HE'S GONNA GO FAR. AND ` I'M STILL PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS. YEP, BUT THIS LOOKS A BIT MORE LETHAL THAN ANYTHING AN 8-YEAR-OLD'S GOT. SO THESE ARE THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE, YEAH? THAT'S RIGHT. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY VIRGINIA PHILP AND IMOGEN STAINES. 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're talking about exercise today. There's consternation about cross fit and whethere the people are trained up. I don't do cross fit; I do boot camp. I push myself. You don't get sore from walkies with the dog. You hit 30 and you have to start walking? Is that when you started? HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` THE SIS IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE WAY WHALE-OIL BLOGGER CAMERON SLATER GOT HIS HANDS ON DOCUMENTS FROM OUR SPY AGENCY, WHICH JOHN KEY IS IN CHARGE OF. THE ESTATE OF ANNA NICOLE SMITH'S LOST A BID FOR MILLIONS FROM THE FORMER PLAYBOY BUNNY'S EX-HUSBAND, BILLIONAIRE J HOWARD MARSHALL, WHO WAS 63 YEARS HER SENIOR. ANNA NICOLE SMITH DIED SEVEN YEARS AGO, LEAVING BEHIND TWO CHILDREN. AND FROM OUR 'THEY MEANT WELL' FILE, NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE ARE COPPING FLAK FOR THEIR 'DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRACTITIONER OF THE YEAR' AWARD. IT'S FOR AN OFFICER WHO WORKS WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT THE WORDING'S NOT GREAT. I THINK MOST PARENTS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN TOLD AT SOME STAGE, "I DON'T LIKE IT!" AND ENDED UP WEARING A BOWL OF SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DINNER. FUSSY KIDS ARE NOTHING NEW, BUT WHAT IF YOUR KID ISN'T FUSSY; THEY ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT? IT SOUNDS BIZARRE, BUT IT'S REAL, AND AFFECTS AROUND 600 KIDS HERE. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE ADDICTED TO THE FEEDING TUBES THEY NEEDED WHEN THEY WERE BORN, AND WEANING THEM ON TO FOOD AT HOME CAN BE DANGEROUS, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT GOOD NEWS TODAY ` STARSHIP HAVE GOT FUNDING FOR A PROGRAMME TO HELP THESE KIDS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEEK HELP OVERSEAS. GILL HIGGINS EXPLAINS. HAPPY MUSIC COME GET IT. GO GET IT! COME GET IT! NAKIYAH'S NEARLY 3, CUTE AS A BUTTON... GET IT. WHEE! (LAUGHS) ...AND VERY CAPABLE. TIME FOR SLIPPERS? SHE'LL PUT THEM ON. RIGHT. NEED A BOWL? SHE'LL FLEX THOSE MUSCLES AND GET IT. GOOD JOB. BUT FINISHING ANY FOOD SHE'S OFFERED, EVER? YOU GONNA EAT SOME MORE? NO. SURE? YOU GONNA FINISH FOR MUMMY? NO. THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO FEED HER. SHE'S HAD HIGH-CALORIE FORMULA PIPED INTO HER FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER SINCE THE DAY SHE WAS BORN. LIFT YOUR TOP UP FOR MUM. THERE WAS SIMPLY NO OTHER CHOICE. THEY KNEW HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. WHEN SHE BORN SHE HAD AN INVERTED JAW, SO SHE FOUND IT HARD TO LATCH. SHE WAS FAILING TO THRIVE, HAD SEVERE REFLUX. WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS THIS COULD TURN HER OFF FOOD FOREVER. ITS HARD, DEFINITELY HARD HAVING TO GO EVERYWHERE TAKE A PUMP WITH YOU. AND IT'S FRUSTRATING. HER BODY'S CAPABLE, BUT HER MIND SAYS NO. WE TRIED TO WEAN, SIX WEEKS WHERE WE TOOK HER OFF THE TUBE. BUT AFTER THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, SHE STARTED LOSING WEIGHT. WITH NO OPTIONS HERE, OTHER KIWIS LIKE THE FRANCIS FAMILY HAVE HEADED TO A CLINIC IN AUSTRIA. THE PROGRAMME WAS CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL, TOUGH LOVE ` REDUCING FEEDS, SO A FORM OF CONTROLLED STARVING. IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT IT COSTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ` THE SORT OF MONEY THE REIDS DIDN'T HAVE. YEAH, IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING. YEAH, THERE WAS A FEW TEARS. BUT NOW THERE ARE SMILES. THE SAME PROGRAMME IS BEING DONE HERE FOR FREE. YOU MIGHT RECOGNISE THIS IS STARSHIP, AND I'M OFF UPSTAIRS TO SEE NAKIYAH BECAUSE TODAY SHE'S GETTING ASSESSED FOR A NEW PROGRAMME WHICH IS A BIT OF A FIRST IN NZ. HELLO. HI. I THINK IT WILL BE COMPLETELY LIFE-CHANGING. THEY'RE TRAINING HER BODY AND HER MIND TO WANT TO EAT. SO, PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHY THIS ISN'T DONE ALREADY. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LITERATURE COMING OUT NOW WHICH SAYS THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GET CHILDREN BACK EATING AND DRINKING, SO WE'RE JUST STARTING TO DO IT IN NZ FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW. WANT ONE OF THESE? THERE'S PROBABLY LOTS OF REASONS WHY THEY'RE DEVELOPED THIS AVERSION, SO WE NEED LOTS OF PROFESSIONALS. SITTING WITH DAD AND ALL OBSERVING HIS LITTLE GIRL. THE PROGRAMME MIGHT BE TRAUMATIC, SO THEY WANT TO BE SURE THEY GET IT RIGHT. YOU LOOK INSIDE MUM'S MOUTH. CAN YOU SEE HER TONGUE? YEAH, MUM'S GOT A TONGUE. THERE IT IS. AFTER THEY USE PLAYTIME TO WORK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HER HEAD, THERE'LL BE THREE WEEKS IN STARSHIP TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. REDUCE THE TUBE FEEDS, AND THEN DO BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY AROUND MEALTIMES TO TRAIN, RETRAIN THEM THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AT MEALTIMES. AND YOU'VE GOT AN INDICATION THAT THIS WORKS, ALREADY, HAVEN'T YOU? YES. WE HAVE HAD ONE REALLY SUCCESSFUL TRIAL LAST YEAR. THOMAS IS STARSHIP'S SUCCESS STORY. BECAUSE OF REALLY LOW MUSCLE TONE HE'S ONLY ON SOFT FOOD, BUT HE'S INDEPENDENT AND WITH HIS MATES. WELL, I LIKE LONGER SUCKIES THAN THAT. AND THAT'S HUGE. I REMEMBER WHEN THE HOSPITAL CONFIRMED THAT THEY COULD WEAN HIM OFF. I PUT PHONE DOWN. I HAD A BIG CRY. I WAS REALLY HAPPY. HEY, DO YOU WANT TWISTIES? NO! OK! I EXPECT IT'S REALLY NICE SEEING HIM TASTE THINGS FOR FIRST TIME. YEAH, YEAH. HE'S SAYING, 'YUMMY, YUMMY.' YOU KNOW, HIS FAVOURITE'S CHOCOLATE CUSTARD AND THAT, SO, YEAH, IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING. IN THE REID HOME, ALL THESE WILL SOON BE HISTORY AND NAKIYAH'S TASTE BUDS WILL BE HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. WE'RE ALL READY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE OUTCOME AND GETTING STARTED, REALLY, GETTING IT DONE. (LAUGHS) AND WE HAVE TO MENTION NEW WORLD ARE THE ONES PAYING FOR THE PROGRAMME. I know about new world because the minis. Has it gone out? Is the Pope Catholic?It's all on. TheY've got a briefcase to keep your minis in. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE NEW YOUNG GUNS. OH, HE'S NOT A BAD-LOOKING GUY. HMM, NOT SOMETHING A LOT OF POLITICIANS CAN TRADE ON. THE YOUNGSTERS HAVE SIMPLE GOALS, THOUGH. KEEPING MY HEAD DOWN AND JUST DOING MY WORK AND TRYING NOT TO STUFF UP, PRETTY MUCH. NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OF THINGS POLITICIANS ARE SAYING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUE OR FALSE? IT'S THE SEVEN SHARP FACT CHECKER. HEATHER'S WITH ME. Major policy announcement by the Greens. They are wanting a top tax rate of $.40 in the dollar. Our top rate of income tax is the fourth lowest. She's right. She went on to list a number of countries who have higher tax rates than us. You have to earn a lot of money in these countries to be stung by these tax rates. It's not comparing apples with apples. I wouldn't want to live in Finland. Mr Slater has been in the news for the last couple of days. HE IS A FORCE UNTO HIMSELF. HE ATTACKS THE NATIONAL PARTY AS MUCH AS HE DEFENDS THE NATIONAL PARTY. Not true? I went through a weeks worth of whale oil posts before the Nicky Hager book came out. There are four anti-national posts. How many posts did you have to wade through? I was almost starting to think like whale oil afterwards. POLITICIANS ARE GENERALLY, WELL, A BIT OLDER. THEY'VE HAD CAREERS, AND THEN THEY MOVE INTO POLITICS. NOT ALWAYS. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE YOUNG UP-AND-COMERS WHO COULD BE STALKING THE BEEHIVE'S CORRIDORS COME SEPTEMBER. FIRST, THE YOUNG MAN TASKED WITH TAKING OVER FROM THE COUNTRY'S DEPUTY LEADER. NO PRESSURE! HERE'S HADYN JONES. GENTLE '60S MUSIC CHANCES ARE YOU ARE WATCHING A FUTURE PRIME MINISTER... HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? ...DELIVERING MEAT, TWO VEG AND A HOT DESSERT TO THE ELDERLY ON A THURSDAY IN GORE. NOW, DON'T BE UNDERWHELMED BY TODD BARCLAY. HE'S 24 AND ALREADY POLITICALLY CONNECTED. HE'S WORKED FOR GERRY BROWNLEE, HEKIA PARATA, BILL ENGLISH ` THERE HE IS THERE ` EVEN THE PRIME MINISTER. HE PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS IN HIS OFFICE. (LAUGHS) BUT I'LL STILL CLAIM IT. NOW, TODD BARCLAY'S THE NATIONAL CANDIDATE IN ONE OF THEIR SAFEST SEATS. IS THIS OUR NEXT POLITICIAN? HE'S GOT A FREE PASS INTO PARLIAMENT, AND THE LOCALS LOVE HIM. HE'S A GOOD YOUNG FELLA, AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO GO FAR. HE'S NOT A BAD-LOOKING GUY. HE'S A YOUNG BLOKE, AND HE'LL LEARN QUICK. BUT TODD'S LIFE IS NOT QUITE PERFECT. HE'S ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE UNDER 30 TO EVER MOVE FROM AUCKLAND TO GORE. HE'S BROKEN UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND ` SHE STAYED IN AUCKLAND ` AND HE LIVES AT HOME WITH HIS MUM, HIS DAD AND THEIR ERRATIC DOG. (BARKS) SHUSH! HE'S ALSO UNEMPLOYED. WELCOME TO THE CURIOUS LIFE OF TODD BARCLAY. IF TIMING WAS IN MY HANDS, I WOULD'VE WAITED ANOTHER THREE OR SIX YEARS, BUT IF I DIDN'T GO FOR IT NOW, I MIGHT NOT GET A CHANCE AGAIN. IT'S A SORT OF A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY. TODD BARCLAY IS SPEED-DATING THE CLUTHA-SOUTHLAND ELECTORATE. HE'S AIMING TO MEET 500 VOTERS A WEEK. THE PROBLEM IS THE SIZE OF HIS ELECTORATE. THE CLUTHA SOUTHLAND ELECTORATE IS 38,000KM2, SO IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE COUNTRY OF SWITZERLAND. BY NOW YOU MUST BE WONDERING TODD BARCLAY'S CHANCES OF BEING ELECTED. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE VERY VERY GOOD. SINCE 1996, WHEN THE CLUTHA SOUTHLAND ELECTORATE WAS FORMED, THERE'S ONLY EVER BEEN ONE MP; HIS NAME IS BILL ENGLISH, OF COURSE, AND HIS MAJORITY IS 16,000 VOTES. IT'S A LOT TO LOSE. TODAY HE'S VISITING GORE HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY'RE TRIALLING NURSE PHYSICIANS. THAT'S LIZ. SHE'S HALF-DOCTOR, HALF-NURSE. GOVERNMENT'S INVESTED ALMOST $15B IN HEALTH, SO... TODD'S SLICK, BUT HE HAS A POLITICAL WEAKNESS. HE ONCE WORKED FOR CIGARETTE GIANT PHILLIP MORRIS FOR EIGHT MONTHS. I MADE A PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT IN 'HOW I CAN BETTER MY CAREER'. AND I WAS COMFORTABLE TO PUT MY PERSONAL VIEWS TO ONE SIDE. TODD DOESN'T SMOKE, BUT HE DOES DEFEND IT. SMOKING ` IT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE. NOBODY FORCES SOMEBODY TO SMOKE. GRANTED, IT'S AN ADDICTIVE PRODUCT, BUT THERE IS A NUMBER OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GIVE UP SMOKING, AND IT'S STILL A LEGAL PRODUCT. AND IN GORE THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THIS. LISTEN TO THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. < TODD'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS WOULD JUMP ON THE FACT HE CAME FROM A TOBACCO COMPANY. DOES THAT REGISTER WITH YOU? OH, I THINK AS A YOUNG PERSON I CERTAINLY WORKED IN SOME ROLES AND SOME INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD RAISE SOME EYEBROWS. AND I THINK YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. IT'S PROBABLY GIVEN YOU A THICKER SKIN AND A BIT MORE BULLETPROOF, REALLY, TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO FACE. < YOU WORKED FOR A COMPANY THAT MADE THINGS THAT KILL PEOPLE. < HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT? WELL, NOT LONG AFTER MY SELECTION, THE LABOUR PARTY SELECTED A TAB BOOKIE WHO IS RUNNING IN WAIRARAPA. SO THERE'S GAMBLING, THERE'S CIGARETTES, THERE'S ALCOHOL, THERE'S SUGARY FOODS. IF YOU WERE TO DISCOUNT SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN AN INDUSTRY THAT MADE A HARMFUL PRODUCT, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYONE IN PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE POLITICALLY PERCEPTIVE ON THE FARM. OUR EXPECTATIONS OF YOU IS HIGH. THEY ARE USED TO THEIR LOCAL MP GOING FAR. THEIR CURRENT ONE IS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. GET OUT AND MEET THE PEOPLE, BUT DON'T PROMISE THE EARTH. TODD BARCLAY IS YOUNG, HE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE BUT ALSO EVERYTHING. YOU WANT 12,000 MARGIN, DON'T YOU? HE'S BEEN GIFTED NATIONAL'S PLUMB SEAT. HE KNOWS THIS; HE HAS A PLAN. BE IN PARLIAMENT WORKING HARD, KEEPING MY HEAD DOWN AND DOING MY WORK AND TRYING NOT TO STUFF UP. GOOD LUCK, TODD. NO PRESSURE. NOW, IN THAT STORY YOU WILL HAVE HEARD TODD BARCLAY MENTION A LABOUR CANDIDATE WHO USED TO BE A BOOKIE. HIS NAME IS KIERAN MCANULTY, AND TOMORROW NIGHT WE'LL TALK TO HIM ` A LITTLE LOOK AT THE 'BAD BOYS' FROM BOTH SIDES. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` THEY CALL ME 'LIGHTNING JACK.' NOTHING WRONG WITH A GROWN MAN PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS, RIGHT? RAPID GUNFIRE JUST DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO HIS FACE. PLUS ` THE BEAUTIES ARE BACK,... I'M GLAD I CAN'T SEE IT. OH, IT FEELS SO WEIRD. YOU'RE VERY BRAVE. THANK YOU. BUT THEY'RE STILL BALD! If you ever needed proof that time is money, witness Sam here. He takes 139 seconds to pay the lawn guy, which makes him precisely five seconds late for the train. That makes him 23 minutes late for the show, which leads to two minutes of futile grovelling. 58 seconds of acute embarrassment follows, then an intolerable hour and 37 minutes of cold shoulder. Oh dear. And the upshot of all this? 60 ` no, make that $160 ` just about making up for it. Has he? He has. Time really is money. To keep both running smoothly, switch to ANZ today. GROWN MEN PLAYING COWBOYS, ACTING OUT WESTERN SCENES AND SHOOTING SIX GUNS MAY SOUND LIKE FUN AND GAMES, BUT IT'S A SERIOUS BUSINESS. AND NZ'S GOT ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST GUN-SLINGERS. MIKE THORPE TRAVELLED TO THE DEEP SOUTH FOR A SLICE OF THE WILD WEST. SLOW COWBOY MUSIC MEET THE WORLD'S EIGHTH... DEADLIEST... COWBOY. THEY CALL ME... PLENTY OF KIDS GROW UP PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS. YOU'VE TAKEN THIS A STEP FURTHER, HAVEN'T YOU? YEAH, NO, I'M STILL PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS. WITH THE OLD MAN, AS WELL. HE'S PLAYING. YOU SEE, COWBOYS BREED COWBOYS. THE OLD MAN WAS ALREADY INTO THE SPORT. I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO HOLD THE PISTOLS SO I GOT DRAGGED ALONG TO THE SHOOT AND LOVED IT. LIGHTNING JACK, AKA JACOB FINLAYSON, HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE WORLD CHAMPS IN ALBURQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. A LOT OF SHOOTERS FROM AUSTRALIA, ITALY, NZ AND, WELL, THE MAIN SOURCE OF COWBOYS ` THEY'RE FROM THE STATES, OF COURSE. HE RAN MOST OF THEM OUT OF TOWN. TOP 10 IN THE WORLD. YOU'RE PRETTY QUICK ON THE DRAW? > OH, YEAH, TRY TO BE, TRY TO BE. (CHUCKLES) YOU'RE TOO MODEST, MATE. COWBOYS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE MODEST. RAPID GUNFIRE NOT BAD, EH? FOR ME, IT'S THE BELT BUCKLE. I'M GOING FOR THE BIG BELT BUCKLE. SO, THESE ARE THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE, YEAH? THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT HAVE WE GOT? I SHOOT WITH A RUGER VAQUERO, THE OLD SIX-HOOTER. THIS IS THE 1897 WINCHESTER SHOTGUN. THIS HERE'S AN 1873 WINCHESTER RIFLE. ANY FAVOURITES? HAVE TO BE THE RIFLE AT THE MOMENT. PROBABLY GOING THE BEST AT THAT. DOES THAT CHANGE, DOES IT? OH, YEAH, DEPENDS ON THE DAY, USUALLY, WHICH ONE YOU'RE HAVING THE LEAST MISSES WITH. FOR LIGHTNING JACK AND HIS PA, TUCSON, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HAVING FUN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHOOT LIKE STINK TO WIN ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST THERE HAVING FUN WITH THEIR OLD MATES. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOMBRES HAS THEIR OWN COWBOY PERSONA. NOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE RANGE, YOU'LL NEED ONE YOURSELF. ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT, JACOB. DONKEY BRAYS TENSE MUSIC AS THE SHADOWS GREW TALLER, IT BECAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THIS SMALL, HALF-BUILT MOCK-WESTERN TOWN SIMPLY WASN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US. TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES PHWOAR, I GOTTA GO, ACTUALLY. YOU STAY, TOWN'S YOURS. NO PROBLEM. SORRY, MATE. I WALKED OFF WITH YOUR HAT. OH, CHEERS, MATE. YOU MIGHT WANT THIS BACK, TOO. IT'S MY BOY, SO CHEERS. GOOD AS GOLD. THAT WASN'T MIKE. REMEMBER THE POTATO GUN? YOU PUT POTATO IN. NOW, WE WANT TO REVISIT LAST NIGHT'S BALD BEAUTIES. YOU'LL REMEMBER THE O'GRADY SISTERS. ALL THREE OF THEM SHAVED THEIR HEADS FOR CHARITY AFTER ONE OF THEM SURVIVED LEUKAEMIA. WE HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT ALL THE MONEY THEY'RE RAISING IS GOING TO CANTEEN ` THE CHARITY WHICH HELPED MILLIE AND ANNA GET THROUGH BRIDGET'S ILLNESS. THEY'RE JUST SHY OF $7000 AT THE MOMENT. YOU CAN DONATE BY GOING TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE LINK. YOU FIRE POTATO. NOW, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MILEY, BECAUSE THIS WHOLE SAGA'S BEEN A LONG, DRAWN-OUT AFFAIR. BUT WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS FOR YOU ` MILEY CYRUS IS COMING TO NZ. SHOW DETAILS HAVE JUST BEEN RELEASED. WE'LL GET THEM UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL HAVE THE ONE AND ONLY MISS MILEY CYRUS SITTING DOWN WITH JACK TAME FOR YOU. HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK. ALL: WE LOVE YOU! # YOU CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL... I ALWAYS SAY, I'M LIKE, 'IF SHIT STARTS GOING DOWN, 'I'M MOVING TO NZ.' NO ONE HATES NZ, REALLY. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE'S PRETTY CHILL. I'VE SAID I'M MOVING THERE. IT SEEMS PRETTY SAFE. YOU GET A GIANT FARM. YOU GO HIDE OUT SOMEWHERE. YOU CAN GET FARMS, RIGHT? < YEAH, YEAH. THERE'S FARMS ALL IN MELBOURNE. I'M LIKE, THAT'S EVEN SHADY. I WANT LESS THAN THAT. # YOU WRECK ME. # Did you understand a word of that? I wonder if she was on anaesthetic. You know how they do the spoof on Saturday Night Live, it's identical to her voice. SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS TODAY REGARDING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. TEEN SUICIDE IS AT THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN SEVEN YEARS, AND THE RATE UNDER AGE 24 HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST YEAR TOO. THE LIKES OF MARIA BRADSHAW ` THE NORTH SHORE MUM WHOSE SON LOST HIS BATTLE IN 2008 ` HAS BEEN SHARING HER STORY EVER SINCE AND HAS MADE IT HER MISSION TO GET COMMUNITIES INVOLVED. THEY'RE THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WE CAN REALLY THANK FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT PERHAPS WE NEED TO START WATCHING OUT FOR OUR OVER-60S AS WELL. THIS IS A GROWING TREND ` THE FIGURE UP 22 PEOPLE ON THE LAST PERIOD. WE WERE ALL SHOCKED AND DISMAYED WHEN ROBIN WILLIAMS TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AT 63 RECENTLY. THESE RESULTS SHOW WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME TOO. PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT IN AUCKLAND; IT'S RATES TIME. RATES BY LAW HAVE TO BE REASSESSED EVERY THREE YEARS. RATES, OF COURSE, ARE CHARGED BY ROBBER BARONS KNOWN AS COUNCILS. BUT WHAT'S FREAKING PEOPLE OUT IS THE FACT PROPERTY HAS GONE UP 33% IN THOSE PAST THREE YEARS, SO EVERYONE'S STANDING BY FOR THE BILL GIVEN THEIR HOUSE IS NOW WORTH A SMALL FORTUNE. NOW, I AM NO DEFENDER OF RATES OR INCREASES, BUT, JEEZ, THIS HOUSING DEBATE IS ONE OF THE WEIRDEST I'VE EVER SEEN. ONCE UPON A TIME, OWNING A HOUSE WAS AN INVESTMENT; YOU WANTED IT GO UP IN VALUE; YOU USED THE EQUITY TO BORROW OR BUY ANOTHER HOUSE OR LEVERAGE THE KIDS THROUGH UNI OR FREE THE CASH WHEN YOU QUIT WORK. HOUSING WAS A RETIREMENT SCHEME. NOW IT'S A MASS WHINGE FEST; NO ONE CAN AFFORD ONE; THEY'RE TOO EXPENSIVE; THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO MORE; AND THE RATES ARE TOO HIGH. TALK ABOUT FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE. ANYONE WHO'S MADE 33% TAX-FREE SHOULD BE LAUGHING NOT MOANING. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014