IT'S SEVEN SHARP. WHEN YOU'RE ON THE WATER, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY? NO. PUTTING THE 'ABILITY' IN 'DISABILITY'. WE'RE HOPING THAT SHE CAN GO ALL THE WAY AND COMPETE AT WORLD CHAMPS. PLUS, WHO PAYS WHEN BABY WAS NEVER MEANT TO HAPPEN? BUT IF IT'S DUE TO SOMEONE'S NEGLIGENCE THAT YOU'VE HAD THE CHILD, THEN YOU CAN CLAIM. AND FROM DRAGONS... (SINGS) ...TO UNICORNS. # THE LOVELIEST OF ALL WAS THE UNICORN. # BUT THERE'S NO MYTH ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF TWO LONG-RUNNING MUSICAL ACTS. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY SHELLEY UPCHURCH AND INGRID LAUDER. 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. Good evening. Good to have you with us. Wasn't Dan fantastic? He cares about weather. This is Toni. She is in the paddock, I suspect, at her parents house. She made those sheep in her seventh form as a school project. She make them for close friends for Christmas. You're making that up. She's up the mountain tomorrow. How pretty those trees look. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. THE SQUEEZE IS GOING ON LABOUR'S EMBATTLED LEADER TO RESIGN. DAVID CUNLIFFE'S TAKING TIME OUT TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY AND TO CONSIDER HIS POSITION. BUT SOURCES WITHIN LABOUR SAY HE'S BEING COUNSELLED TO STEP DOWN. AND IF YOU'RE A PUSHY PARENT DEMANDING PERFECTION FROM YOUR OVERWORKED KIDS, MAYBE LAY OFF? NEW RESEARCH SAYS 'TIGER' PARENTING CAN LEAD TO GREATER RISK OF DEPRESSION AMONG KIDS. AND MEET THE LUCKIEST CYCLIST IN THE WORLD. HE ALMOST GETS WIPED OUT BY THE RED CAR AS IT SWERVES, AND THEN AFTER GETTING HIT BY THE TRUCK, GETS UP AND WALKS AWAY. SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, WHO'S AT FAULT HERE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULDN'T USE YOUR LEGS? WOULD YOU FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF? HOW ABOUT GET OFF YOUR BUTT, METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, AND PUSH HARDER THAN YOU EVER HAVE BEFORE? THAT IS THE ROAD MARG PAPAROA'S TAKEN. SHE'S THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT HER OWN ACTIONS LANDED HER WHERE SHE IS, BUT SHE'S ALSO TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TURNING HER LIFE AROUND. HERE'S MATT CHISHOLM. NICE RHYTHM, TEAM. GOOD WORK. IT'S ALL HANDS TO THE PUMP. TIRING BUT GOOD. AND NO ONE'S WORKING HARDER THAN THE SMILEY WOMAN UNDER THE PINK CAP, MARG PAPAROA. WE THINK SHE'S GOT WHAT IT TAKES. A 22-YEAR-OLD EARMARKED FOR BIG THINGS. WE'RE HOPING THAT SHE CAN GO ALL THE WAY AND COMPETE AT WORLD CHAMPS AND BE THE BEST. CAN YOU FEEL YOURSELF GETTING STRONGER? MY FIRST TRAININGS BACK IN TO IT, IT WAS SO HARD. I WAS SO SORE. SORE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT BEEN BACK IN THE SADDLE FOR LONG. MIGHT WANT TO GET ME DOING A WHEELIE. (LAUGHS) # ...ME WALK. # MARG PAPAROA'S A PARAPLEGIC. HOPE YOU DON'T WANT ANOTHER SHOT OF THAT. HOW GOOD IS IT, BEING ACTIVE AGAIN? IT'S EXHILARATING. I FEEL FREE. (LAUGHS) WHEN YOU'RE ON THE WATER, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY? NO. MARG'S WORLD CHANGED FOREVER ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 2009,... IT WAS ABOUT 6.30 IN THE MORNING. ...WHEN SHE CRASHED HER CAR, DRINK-DRIVING. AND AFTER THAT, I DON'T REMEMBER. WHILE HER PASSENGERS WERE RELATIVELY UNSCATHED, SHE'D NEVER WALK AGAIN. IS IT HARD KNOWING THAT YOUR DRINK-DRIVING PUT YOU IN THIS POSITION? YES. I STILL FIND THAT PART DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT. WHILE MARG RECOVERED FROM HER ACCIDENT QUICKLY, ADJUSTING TO LIFE WITHOUT LEGS WASN'T SO EASY. YEAH, LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN PRETTY HARD, EH, JUST SEEING HER GO THROUGH WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH. < HOW DOWN DID SHE GET? SUICIDAL. BUT THIS IS A FAMILY WHO'D, IF YOU LIKE, BEEN HERE BEFORE. MARG'S YOUNGER BROTHER HATO BEAT CANCER AS A KID. WE SPENT FIVE OR SIX YEARS INSIDE STARSHIP HOSPITAL. CHECK THIS OUT FOR AN AMAZING, SUPPORTIVE WHANAU ` MARG'S SISTER BOBBY JO IS HER CARER, CANCER SURVIVOR HATO HELPS OUT, MUM AND DAD VISIT HAMILTON EVERY OTHER WEEK FROM THE FAR NORTH AND RUGBY PLAYING BROTHER JUNIOR HAS JUST MOVED UP FROM THE 'NAKI TO BE MARG'S WAKA AMA CAMPAIGN MANAGER. (LAUGHS) OH, I RECKON JUST A LITTLE, UH, WHAT WE CALL IN MAORI TONOTONO BOY, WHICH IS ` I DON'T KNOW ` A LITTLE SLAVE. (LAUGHS) MARG'S LITTLE SLAVE WILL WORK A PART-TIME JOB AND SPEND THE REST OF HIS WORKING WEEK HELPING HER GO FOR GOLD ON THE WATER ` A RESOURCE FUNDED BY MARG'S FIVE SIBLINGS IT WAS A NO-BRAINER. ONCE SHE ASKED ME, I SAID, 'YEAH, SWEET AS. NO WORRIES. I'M COMING.' # ...YOUR FAMILY. # WITH THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, MARG, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPORTY,... MAINLY RUGBY, TOUCH. ...HAS BEEN BACK IN THE WAKA AND GOING HARD FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SHE'S CERTAINLY TURNED IT AROUND. I FEEL LIKE I'M MORE ABLE THAN SOME PEOPLE. BOTH LAUGH THE GOAL NOW ` TO BE OUR FIRST FEMALE PARAPLEGIC SPRINT CANOEIST. SHE GOT THE GOODS? YEAH. SHE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD ATTITUDE, WHICH, I THINK, IS KEY. HER FIRST COMPETITIVE TEST ` THE NATIONAL CHAMPS IN JANUARY. PROBLEM IS, SHE NEEDS A ONE-PERSON WAKA LIKE YESTERDAY. MY OWN BOAT. (LAUGHS) SO THAT I CAN GET MORE TRAINING IN. ABOUT $7,000 THAT MARG HER FAMILY AND THE SPORT DOESN'T HAVE. SO SHE'S APPEALING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SOME MIGHT SAY THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T DESERVE THAT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE IT WAS YOU THAT PUT YOURSELF HERE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? IT WAS A MISTAKE. PEOPLE CAN'T JUST GO THROUGH LIFE AND EXPECT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY PATH, BUT I'VE GROWN UP. AND EXPECT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY PATH, BUT I'VE GROWN UP. # I KEEP GOING TO THE RIVER. # MARG'S NOW BECOME A BIT OF A ROLE MODEL FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE MISTAKES IN THE PAST, HOW YOU CAN DEFINITELY TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND AND TURN IT ALL IN TO A POSITIVE. LOSING HER LEGS ` SHE'S ALREADY PAID A BIG PRICE FOR THAT MISTAKE. WHETHER SHE GETS THE FUNDING OR NOT, SHE'LL BE DOING HER BIT TO WEAR BLACK OUT ON THE WATER. I THINK I COULD GET THAT GOLD. (LAUGHS) WHY NOT? WHY NOT? IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. Awesome. Happy birthday, Marg, for tomorrow ` 23. I remember those days. Pippa and I were reminiscing. We started on breakfast television all those years ago. 15, 16` 17 years. THE BABIES THAT MUM DIDN'T WANT AND NOW WANTS US ALL TO PAY FOR. WILL WE HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL? AND THEY'VE MADE SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNISABLE SONGS AROUND. # TAKE ME TO THE APRIL SUN IN CUBA, WHOA-OH-OH. # WHY THE NEW STUFF'S MORE OF A CHALLENGE. BUT, STILL, IT WAS VERY HARD TO REMEMBER WORDS. That was longer than I expected. IMAGINE HAVING SURGERY TO MAKE YOU STERILE AND THEN GETTING PREGNANT. BEYOND IT BEING THE ULTIMATE SHOCK, RAISING KIDS IS EXPENSIVE. SO IF YOU DID ALL YOU COULD TO STOP THEM HAPPENING, WHO PAYS? THAT'S THE QUESTION AT THE CENTRE OF A VERY INTERESTING CASE, WITH A WOMAN CLAIMING THE BILL FROM ACC. HAVING A KID IS EXPENSIVE. < HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT COSTS TO RAISE A CHILD? LIKE, $100,000. $100,000. ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. HALF A MILLION OR SOMETHING? A MILLION BY THE TIME THEY'RE 18 OR SOMETHING. IRD RECKONS IT COSTS 250 GRAND TO RAISE A CHILD. WOW. AND THAT'S A PARTICULARLY BIG BILL IF YOU THOUGHT YOU'D BEEN STERILISED. DOZENS OF KIWI WOMEN HAVE FALLEN PREGNANT AFTER BOTCHED TUBAL LIGATIONS. SOME OF THOSE WOMEN WENT TO COURT, ARGUING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD COMPENSATE THEM. I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PAY FOR THE COST OF RAISING THAT CHILD. MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A SMALL AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION. THE SURGEON SHOULD BE DOING EITHER ANOTHER OPERATION OR REFUNDING THEM. IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH WHERE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTRACEPTION ENDS. THE SUPREME COURT RULED ACC SHOULD PROVIDE COVER FOR THOSE WOMEN. ACC WILL PAY SOME COSTS LINKED WITH THE PREGNANCIES. THAT'S JUST A FRACTION OF THE WOMEN'S CLAIMS, AND NOW THEY'RE TAKING THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT. EARLIER I SPOKE TO LAWYER JOHN MILLER. JOHN, IN THIS CURRENT CASE, THE WOMAN HAD FIVE KIDS. SHE WANTED TO STOP AT THREE. WERE THE TWO LATER KIDS TWINS? INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. SO WHY DIDN'T SHE STOP AT FOUR? WELL,... (CLEARS THROAT) YOU CAN HAVE` I MEAN, THERE IS A RECOGNISED FAILURE RATE WITH STERILISATION. AND SHE JUST ACCEPTED THAT. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME REALLY TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN HER LIFE AND HAD THE OTHER CHILD. IT WAS ONLY THEN SHE TOOK SOME STEPS TO THEN BE RE-STERILISED, AND WHEN THEY OPENED HER UP TO DO THAT, THEY FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL STERILISATION HAD BEEN NEGLIGENTLY PERFORMED. AND YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY CLAIM ACC FOR RECOGNISED FAILURE RATES JUST COS YOU HAVE A CHILD AFTER STERILISATION, BUT IF IT'S DUE TO SOMEONE'S NEGLIGENCE THAT YOU'VE HAD THE CHILD, THEN YOU CAN. HOW BIG A LEAP LEGALLY IS THIS FROM COVERING THE COST OF A PREGNANCY VERSUS COVERING THE COST OF A WHOLE CHILD OVER A LIFETIME? IT'S OBVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TERRITORY, AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS, OF COURSE, OF WHEN DO YOU STOP. AS I SAY, THE INLAND REVENUE RECKON IT COSTS 250,000 TO BRING A KID UP TO 18. AS A FATHER OF FOUR, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY MORE, AND IT NEVER STOPS, EVEN BEYOND 18. INDEED. IF YOU CAN GET COVERAGE BEYOND THE PREGNANCY AND INTO THE LIFETIME PAYMENT, DO YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, FOR EXAMPLE, LOSS OF INCOME, LOSS OF CAREER, THAT SORT OF THING? YEAH. IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN WORKING BEFOREHAND, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ACC CLAIM, YOU GET 80% OF YOUR LOSS OF EARNINGS. BUT IN THESE SITUATIONS, IF YOU WERE NOT EARNING, YOU DON'T GET WEEKLY COMPENSATION. YOU MAY GET A LUMP SUM FOR ANY PERMANENT INCAPACITY THE MOTHER SUFFERS, BUT THEN THE USUAL COSTS OR ENTITLEMENTS WITH ACC ARE PERHAPS HOME HELP, CHILDCARE, AND THAT'S NOT PAID AS A LUMP SUM. THAT'S PAID, YOU KNOW, AS YOU NEED IT. WHAT ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THIS BATTLE? THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, AND THE LAW DRAINS YOU. HOW HARD IS IT? IS IT WORTH THE FIGHT? IT OBVIOUSLY IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND IT IS A LEGAL POINT. I MEAN, WRONGFUL BIRTH CLAIMS ARE RECOGNISED ALL ROUND THE WORLD. IN NZ, WE CAN'T SUE ANYONE, SO IT'S REALLY THE ACC SAYING HOW MUCH WILL THEY HAVE TO PAY TO MEET THE COSTS ARISING FROM SOMEONE'S NEGLIGENCE, WHICH HAS CAUSED YOU, YOU KNOW, EXPENSE, ILL HEALTH, OFTEN, AND VARIOUS LOSSES. That's the problem with ACC, isn't it? I'm sure those children are beyond loved. Sterilisation, this is serious. 250,000 bucks is a lot for kids. If I'd known that before five... The washing machine gave up today. We bought a brand-new washing machine four years ago. It blew up. They took it away, and of course it has got a chip on the washing machine. I don't think mine has a chip. It tells how many washes it's done. I've done 3000 washes in four years. That's how expensive kids are. This is the show. It's similar to fair go. Consumer matters. How can I help you? This is what we have on the show last night. This is a hip. When I saw it, I thought, "how can Michael touch it?" Pippa said there was probably a body in the bin which decomposed and it was only the hip. We got a letter today. 'I saw some of throwing out what looked like a perfectly good hip joint. 'if I can tkae the part, they may only charge me Labour to fit it.' Is that the whole hip? I don't know how these things work. If that is of use to you, it is all yours. YOU'RE 60 YEARS OLD. YOU CERTAINLY ARE OLD ENOUGH. ARE YOU TOO OLD? UH,... WELL, ASK ME THAT IN ANOTHER` MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY I'M NOT. APPARENTLY I'M NOT. BUT, YEAH, I'VE GOT THE SAME LIMP CAN A NEW ALBUM BREATHE FIRE BACK INTO DRAGON? HELLO, GEORGE. HELLO, TIM. HOW ARE YA? AND WE GO A-ROVING IN HOBBITON IN SEARCH OF SOME MYSTICAL CREATURES. WELL, THEY SANG ABOUT CUBA'S APRIL SUN, GOING OUT IN THE RAIN, AND STILL WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH. KIWI-AUSSIE ROCKERS DRAGON AREN'T PLAYING THE BIG GIGS ANY MORE, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING. IN FACT, THEY'VE JUST RELEASED A NEW ALBUM. STEVE MARSHALL TRACKED THEM DOWN IN SYDNEY TO SEE IF THE OLD MAGIC WAS STILL THERE. # TAKE ME TO THE APRIL SUN IN CUBA. WHOA-OH-OH. # DRAGON ` PACKING STADIUMS AROUND THE WORLD IN THEIR HEYDAY, SELLING OVER TWO MILLION RECORDS. BUT THE DEATH OF LEAD SINGER MARK HUNTER FROM THROAT CANCER IN 1998 SPELT THE END FOR THE BAND. UNTIL HIS BROTHER TODD REFORMED THE GROUP EIGHT YEARS AGO, GIVING WILLIAMS A CALL. HOW'S IT GO? OH. RECALLING THE LYRICS TO THE NEW ALBUM'S THE CHALLENGE FOR THE DRAGON FRONTMAN. # WE OWN THE THINGS WE OWN. # THAT'S IT. WELL, I CO-WROTE A FEW OF THE SONGS AND THAT, BUT, STILL, IT WAS VERY HARD TO REMEMBER WORDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NEW AND THIS IS THE FIRST NIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS, SO I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW CLANGERS. (LAUGHS) < MATE, I THINK THE CROWD WILL FORGIVE YOU FOR THAT. I HOPE SO. WE'LL JUST PULL OUT THE OLDIES. # ...OLD ENOUGH? AND AREN'T THE OLD SONGS BIG SONGS? # ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH? # YOU'RE 60 YEARS OLD. YOU CERTAINLY ARE OLD ENOUGH. ARE YOU TOO OLD? UH,... WELL, ASK ME THAT IN ANOTHER` MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY I'M NOT. APPARENTLY I'M NOT. BUT, YEAH, I'VE GOT THE SAME LIMP AS THE BASS PLAYER NOW. (LAUGHS) # EVERYTHING'S SEEN BETTER DAYS. # WE PLAY EVERY WEEKEND SINCE THE BAND'S REFORMED. NEXT WEEKEND IS OUR 600TH SHOW. SONGWRITER HUNTER IS PUSHING THE BAND IN A NEW DIRECTION. BUT DRAGON WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN FOR OLD ROCK ANTHEMS LIKE 'RAIN'. # DON'T YOU GO OUT IN THE RAIN. # WALKING UP A BEACH IN FAR-NORTH QUEENSLAND. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF A FIRE, AND I WALKED PAST IN THE DARK, AND THEY WERE ALL SINGING AT THE TOP OF THEIR VOICES. IT WAS GREAT. IT'S GREAT THAT SONGS HAVE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN ONCE YOU'VE FINISHED WITH THEM. CROWD SINGS: # IT'S BEEN RAINING FOR SO LONG. # DON'T YOU GO OUT IN THE RAIN. # Pippa pretended she didn't remember that. I knew enough lines. NOW, STAYING WITH A MUSICAL THEME, THE IRISH ROVERS ARE IN NZ. YOU KNOW ` OR MAYBE YOU DON'T ` THE GUYS WHO SING THE UNICORN SONG. THEIR LEAD SINGER, GEORGE MILLER, WANTED TO GO TO HOBBITON. A GOOD PLACE, YOU'D THINK, TO FIND A UNICORN. TIM WILSON THOUGHT SO TOO. IRISH GUY WALKS INTO A... MOVIE THEME PARK IN NZ. NOT JUST ANY IRISH GUY ` GEORGE MILLER ` A MUSICIAN WHO HELPED MAKE THIS SONG FAMOUS. # SOME CATS AND RATS AND ELEPHANTS. # BUT SURE AS YOU'RE BORN, # THE LOVELIEST OF ALL WAS THE UNICORN. # HOBBITON SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A UNICORN FAN. WILL YOU JUST LISTEN? I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE! BUT RATHER THAN HOBBITS, MUSICIAN MEETS JOURNALIST. HELLO, GEORGE. HELLO, TIM. HOW ARE YA? AS IS COMMON IN SUCH TALES, THEY BEGIN AN UNFEASIBLE QUEST. SHALL WE SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A LOOK FOR A UNICORN? YES, WE'LL LOOK FOR UNICORNS. LOOK UNDER THE BUSHES. THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE. MEANWHILE, THE MUSICIAN TELLS THE JOURNALIST ABOUT THAT SONG. THERE WAS NO DRUMS, THERE WAS NO KEYBOARDS, THERE WAS NO STRINGS. WE HAD EIGHT TRACKS AND A SIMPLE LITTLE SONG, AND IT JUST SLIPPED INTO THE CHARTS, AND WE'VE BEEN RIDING ITS LITTLE BACK EVER SINCE, FOR 50 YEARS NOW. FUNNY LITTLE BACKSTORY TO THE UNICORN SONG: WOW. HOW MANY LANGUAGES HAVE YOU SUNG THE SONG IN? WELL, WHEN I'M DRINKING GUINNESS, PROBABLY 18 OR 19. WHEN I'M SOBER, JUST ONE. BACK AT THE SHIRE,... LOOK! LOOK! ...THEY TRY UNICORN-SPOTTING GLASSES,... SEE IF THOSE WORK. ...MM-MM. FUNNY LITTLE BACKSTORY ABOUT UNICORNS: IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THEY WERE FEARSOME CREATURES THAT PEOPLE KILLED. BUT THEN THEY GOT NICE. THE IRISH MUSICIAN LIKES NICE. I'M DEFINITELY MORE WHIMSICAL THE OLDER I GET. FOOLISHLY, THE JOURNALIST SUGGESTS A MAGIC WAND. NO, MAYBE WE'LL JUST GO HAVE A DRINK. MAYBE THAT'LL DO IT. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. BUT, JUST AS THE QUEST IS ABANDONED... MAGICAL TWINKLING # YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SEE NO UNICORN. # Apparently the cameraman was liking the last unicorn movie. What was it about? It's pretty self-explanatory. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE STORY TODAY ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL LA-BASED FINANCIER MOHAMED EL-ERIAN REVEALING WHY HE QUIT HIS $100M-A-YEAR JOB. HIS RESIGNATION LAST YEAR SHOCKED THE FINANCIAL WORLD, AND TODAY HE REVEALED HE QUIT AFTER RECEIVING A LIST FROM HIS 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OUTLINING THE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN HER LIFE HE'D MISSED ` THINGS LIKE HER FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL, FIRST SOCCER GAME, ETC. NOW, SURE THIS IS THE EXTREME END OF THE SPECTRUM, AND VERY FEW OF US HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO LEAVE OUR JOBS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES, BUT I KNOW I'M GUILTY OF MISSING SOME OF THE LITTLE OPPORTUNITIES ` YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE NAGGING YOU TO READ A BOOK AND YOU'RE BUSY ON THE PHONE OR DESPERATELY TRYING TO FOLD THE WASHING OR MOP THE FLOORS. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAGE OUT OF MR EL-ERIAN'S BOOK, AND NEXT TIME ONE OF MY CHILDREN NAGS ME TO READ A BOOK OR DO A JIGSAW PUZZLE WITH THEM, I'LL DROP EVERYTHING FOR THEM, EVEN IF IT IS JUST FOR 10 MINUTES. BIG DAY TODAY IN NEW YORK. IN A RARE SHOW OF UNITY, THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST TERROR. IT WAS LED, AS IT ALMOST ALWAYS IS, BY AMERICA. THEY ARE RIGHT IN SAYING IT'S NOT THEIR FIGHT ALONE. BUT THE PRESIDENT, WHO HAS BEEN DRAGGED KICKING AND SCREAMING INTO ALL THIS BECAUSE, IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS, HE LEFT IRAQ TOO EARLY, NEVER GOT ENGAGED IN SYRIA BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE CONFLICT AND TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THE VACUUM HE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TRAIN THE LOCALS PROPERLY, THE VACUUM THAT WAS INEVITABLY FILLED BY ISIS ` THAT PRESIDENT. WELL, THAT PRESIDENT FILLED THE SECURITY COUNCIL ROOM TODAY WITH IRONY WHEN HE SAID 'LOFTY RHETORIC AND GOOD INTENTION' NEVER STOPPED A SINGLE TERROR ATTACK. AND YET IT'S THAT PRESIDENT WHO IS NOW FAMOUS FOR LITTLE ELSE APART FROM LOFTY RHETORIC. IF OBAMA'S LOFTY RHETORIC WAS AMMUNITION, ISIS WOULDN'T BE THE PROBLEM IT IS. NO ONE DOUBTS ISIS IS A PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM FOR THE PRESIDENT IS MOST OF THE WORLD WAS TELLING HIM THIS A YEAR AGO, AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW. Thanks so much for coming in. CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.