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Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 26 September 2014
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
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
IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` TECHNO MUSIC THE CREATIVE FAMILY WOWING THE WEARABLE ART WORLD. LISA AND I SOMETIMES THINK ALIKE ON THINGS THAT WE DO, SO IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WE BOTH CAME UP WITH. PLUS ` # IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE, SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES # A REASON WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON. AND BLIND AMBITION. # WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED. I'LL BE DAMNED. CAN YOU SEE THAT MAN? # HE'S HUNGRY AND HE'S ON THE STREET. BLIND IS SOMETHING I AM, BUT IT DOESN'T DEFINE WHO I AM. # HE'S GOT NO SHOES ON HIS FEET. # I'LL BE DAMNED. I'LL BE DAMNED. CAN YOU SEE THAT MAN? # ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND FAITH HAMBLYN 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. Kia ora. Good evening. Let's get into this. There's Toni halfway up the mountain, looking good, nails done. And then we have this. Notice the sign? Do not proceed. The other thing you need to notice there is the elbow. The elbow is not actually touching the sign. There is nothing sexy about poly props and longjohns, but Toni looks really good in that. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. THE PARENTS OF A BABY KIDNAPPED FROM MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT ARE GRATEFUL THAT THOSE WHO TOOK HER CARED FOR HER SO WELL. POLICE FOUND THE LITTLE GIRL EIGHT HOURS AFTER SHE WAS TAKEN. FROM OUR 'TOO CUTE' FILE ` THERE WAS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THESE CUB BROTHERS WHO TRADED BLOWS AT HAGENBECK ZOO IN GERMANY. AS THEY FOUGHT, THEIR MUM WAS OUT 'FISHING' FOR DINNER. AND PARIS FASHION WEEK WASN'T SUCH AN ELEGANT AFFAIR FOR KIM KARDASHIAN. SHE WAS TACKLED BY A WAITING PRANKSTER, NEARLY FALLING TO THE GROUND AS HER SECURITY TEAM TRIED TO FEND OFF THE ATTACKER. Luckily, she wasn't wearing something more revealing. WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE INSPIRATION HERE ON SEVEN SHARP, AND I THINK WE HAVE A BRILLIANT EXAMPLE FOR YOU THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. CAM DAWSON (14) IS A SONGWRITING, SINGING, PIANO-PLAYING EXTRAORDINAIRE, AND WE THINK HE'S DESTINED FOR GREAT THINGS. CAM DOES, HOWEVER, FACE A FEW MORE OBSTACLES THAN MOST. BUT HE'S NOT LETTING THAT STOP HIM AS HE PREPARES FOR THE BIGGEST GIG OF HIS LIFE. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? VERY EXCITED. # WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED. I'LL BE DAMNED. CAN YOU SEE THAT MAN? # HE'S HUNGRY AND HE'S ON THE STREET. THIS SMALLISH BOY WITH THIS BIG VOICE. # I'LL BE DAMNED. I'LL BE DAMNED. CAN YOU SEE THAT MAN? # WILL SOMEBODY HELP HIM OUT? # I'LL BE DAMNED. I'LL BE DAMNED. NOW THAT MAN IS GONE. # HE NEEDED HELP WITHOUT A... WHEN YOU'RE INTRODUCED ON STAGE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY REFERENCE TO BLINDNESS? I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY. BLIND IS SOMETHING I AM, BUT IT DOESN'T DEFINE WHO I AM. # STEP UP, STEP UP, STEP UP... WHAT ABSOLUTELY DOES DEFINE HIM ` TALENT AND TENACITY THAT OTHERS ARE RECOGNISING. THEY'RE, LIKE, 'YOU SHOULD BE IN THE SMOKEFREE ROCKQUEST.' I WAS, LIKE, 'THE SMOKEFREE ROCKQUEST? THE ROCKQUEST? REALLY?' AND HERE YOU ARE IN THE FINALS OF THE SMOKEFREE ROCKQUEST. TRULY MASSIVE. IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. HE'S GOING FOR IT. HE'S GETTING THERE. HE WILL BE THERE. HE HAS A GREAT STRENGTH IN SONGWRITING. HE CAN SING AND HE PLAY THE PIANO. BUT AS A 14-YEAR-OLD, HIS ABILITY TO WRITE SONGS WHICH ARE MEANINGFUL AND CATCHY, I THINK, IS PHENOMENAL. # OF A THOUSAND SUNS... YOU'RE NOT BIG ON TALKING YOURSELF UP, ARE YOU? I DON'T LIKE IT. I'M NOT GOOD ON TAKING COMPLIMENTS. NOT TO SAY THEY ARE NOT WELCOME, COS I ALWAYS LIKE HEARING HOW MY STUFF HAS AFFECTED OTHER PEOPLE. I HAVEN'T GOT A MUSICAL BONE IN MY BODY, BUT YOU CAN SING, MY BOY; TAKE IT FROM ME. THANK YOU. BUT AS OUR CONVERSATION PROGRESSES, SO IT TAKES AN UNEXPECTED AND TENDER YET SLIGHTLY CONFRONTING TACT. I NEVER FIT IN, SO PEOPLE SORT OF IGNORED ME. AND SO I AM NOT USED TO PEOPLE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ME. IT'S QUITE A WEIRD EXPERIENCE. # AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. IS HE OR HAS HE BEEN A LONELY BOY? YES, HE HAS BEEN LONELY. CERTAINLY, HE HASN'T FOUND IT EASY TO MAKE FRIENDS ALL THE TIME.. BUT YOUR MUSIC SURELY IS HELPING BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS. IT'S SORT OF A WIN-LOSE SITUATION. COS I'LL DO SOMETHING REALLY WELL IN MUSIC, AND PEOPLE WILL TELL ME, 'OH YEAH. WE LIKE YOUR STUFF. YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT MUSIC.' 'OH, YEAH, THANKS. THANKS. BYE.' NOTHING AFTER THAT? YEP. SO IT'S JUST LIKE I AM THE BLIND GUY WHO IS REALLY GOOD AT MUSIC. YET THROUGH IT ALL, HIS LYRICS SPEAK OF OPTIMISM. # HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT IF YOU HELP, # YOU COULD BE THE BEST THAT YOU COULD BE? A LOT OF HIS SONGS FOCUS ON THIS LOVELY IDEA OF HOPE AND JUST THINGS BEING PERHAPS BETTER THAN THEY ARE. AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE QUITE PERSONAL, AND SOMETIMES IT'S A VIEW OF THE WORLD. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY ARE ABOUT THINGS GETTING BETTER AND HELPING PEOPLE. BOTH: # I HEARD THAT YOU SETTLED DOWN... # HE'S GOT ALL THESE THOUGHTS IN HIS HEAD, AND PEOPLE ARE HEARING THEM; PEOPLE ARE LISTENING, AND THEY ARE LIKING WHAT THEY HEAR. AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT IS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. PRETTY FAR TO GET INTO THE COMPETITION, MAN. I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET THAT FAR. I'M PROUD OF YOU. VERY PROUD OF YOU. HE'S GONNA GO PLACES. YOU WILL HEAR THE NAME CAM DAWSON AGAIN. # STEP UP, STEP UP. STEP UP, STEP UP AND BE... # FREE! # DRUM SOLO That is such an impressive talent. I love how he said that he is blind, but it doesn't define who he is. AND THE BIG ROCKQUEST FINAL IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE Q THEATRE IN AUCKLAND'S QUEEN ST. CAM IS ONE OF NINE FINALISTS FROM AN ORIGINAL ENTRY OF 700. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` SEX. WHY OUR PROMISCUOUS WAYS COULD BE COMING BACK TO BITE US. PLUS, IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT JENNY'S SISTER-IN-LAW LISA HAD ALSO MADE IT IN AND LISA'S SISTER SASHA HAS MADE IT IN TOO? NOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. WHY THESE CRAFTY SISTERS HAVE MADE HISTORY AT THE WORLD OF WEARABLE ART. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. YEAH, I KNOW, I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. IT'S A BIT ICK FOR A FRIDAY. BUT HERE'S THE TROUBLE ` SOME DISEASES ARE QUICKLY BECOMING DRUG RESISTANT. SO HAVE A THINK ABOUT THAT IF YOU PLAN ON GETTING LUCKY THIS WEEKEND. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS LABELLED THE PROBLEM AS AN URGENT THREAT. WITH STRAINS OF GONORRHOEA NOW UNTREATABLE IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD. FOREBODING MUSIC FORGET ASTEROIDS; FORGET PLANET X. FORGET ZOMBIES WITH A HUNGER FOR BRAINS. WHAT YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT IS THESE NOT WORKING. EVER SINCE A PENICILLIN MOULD FIRST BLOOMED IN A PETRI DISH, ANTIBIOTICS HAVE BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF MODERN MEDICINE. BEFORE THEM, INFECTION SPREAD EASILY. GETTING A NASTY CUT, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS POTENTIALLY FATAL. AND NOW, IN LESS THAN A CENTURY, WE'RE COMING FULL CIRCLE. WE MAY ALL BE BACK IN AN ALMOST 19TH CENTURY ENVIRONMENT. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SAYS GOING BACK TO A TIME WHERE WE CAN'T TREAT PATHOGENS WITH DRUGS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GLOBAL THREATS OF THE MODERN AGE. GREATER NUMBER OF DISEASE, PEOPLE DYING FROM THINGS THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO DIE FROM. AND BEFORE YOU THINK YOU'RE SAFE IN FAR AWAY NZ, YOU'RE NOT. THESE SUPERBUGS ARE NOW COMMON, HERE. THANKFULLY, DRUG RESISTANT STDS ARE NOT ` YET. A STRAIN OF GONORRHOEA, THOUGH, AKA THE CLAP, THAT CAN'T BE TREATED HAS ALREADY SHOWN UP IN AUSTRALIA. NZ EXPERTS SAY IT'LL SHOW UP HERE ANY DAY. ARE WE READY? EARLIER, I SPOKE TO MICROBIOLOGIST DR SIOUXSIE WILES. SIOUXSIE, IF SOMETHING BECOMES UNTREATABLE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? IS IT A RACE BETWEEN THE BUG AND MEDICINE? WELL, IF IT BECOMES UNTREATABLE, IT DEPENDS WHAT THE DISEASE IS. IF IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT WILL KILL YOU, YOU WILL DIE. THAT'S IT. GAME'S OVER IF IT'S UNTREATABLE. DOES MEDICINE, BROADLY THESE DAYS, THOUGH, HAVE THE ADVANTAGE? IF YOU GET SOMETHING THAT BECOMES OR LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE UNTREATABLE, HAS MEDICINE GOT THE HEAD START? IT DEPENDS WHAT IT IS. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BECOMING UNTREATABLE WITH OUR FIRST-LINE DRUGS. AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO RELY ON MUCH OLDER DRUGS THAT MIGHT HAVE NASTIER SIDE EFFECTS. BUT IF THEY BECOME UNTREATABLE BY EVERYTHING, THEN THERE REALLY IS VERY LITTLE THAT A CLINICIAN CAN DO TO HELP SOMEBODY WITH THAT DISEASE. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF STDS? ARE THEY TREATABLE? WILL THEY BE TREATABLE? IF THEY BECOME UNTREATABLE, CAN YOU FIX THAT? SOME OF THEM ARE STILL VERY TREATABLE, BUT WE HAVE VERY HIGH RATES OF THEM. AND THERE ARE OTHERS, LIKE GONORRHOEA, THAT ARE BECOMING UNTREATABLE. SO THERE ARE STRAINS OF GONORRHOEA CIRCULATING AROUND THE WORLD THAT THERE ARE NOW NOT ANY DRUGS TO TREAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE IN NZ YET. AND SO IF IT ARRIVES, DO WE HAVE TROUBLE? TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE TROUBLE ALREADY. HALF OF WOMEN WHO HAVE GONORRHOEA DON'T KNOW IT, AND THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING GONORRHOEA AND NOT KNOWING IT IS IT CAN LEAD TO THINGS LIKE INFERTILITY AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS. SO EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT SYMPTOMATIC, THIS CAN STILL BE A HUGE PROBLEM. AND SOMETHING LIKE AFFECTING OUR FERTILITY IS GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG ISSUE FOR NZ'S FUTURE. WHY GONORRHOEA AS OPPOSED TO ANY OTHER STD? WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. JUST GONORRHOEA IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS BECOMING RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS. It's complicated. It could be that is not being treated properly. If the antibiotics are used properly, they can become drug resistant to it. They could be picking up resistance genes from other microbes people get a course of antibiotics and not finish them. Are scientists around the world tried to fix this? Resistance is not a huge priority area. Should we be worried? I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE WORRIED. MICROBIOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST. THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO'D LIKE TO WORK ON IT, EVERY FAMILY HAS SOMEONE IN IT THAT'S A BIT ARTY, A BIT CREATIVE. BUT WE'VE FOUND A FAMILY THAT'S FULL OF ARTY, CRAFTY TYPES. YES, THREE MUMS BEAT HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES TO MAKE IT INTO THIS YEAR'S WORLD OF WEARABLE ART AWARDS. IT'S A FESTIVAL FIRST. EMMA KEELING CAUGHT UP WITH THE GIRLS BEFORE THEIR DESIGNS HIT THE STAGE. FUNKY MUSIC FOR OVER A YEAR, IN HOUSES, SHEDS AND WORKSHOPS, WORLD OF WEARABLE ART GARMENTS HAVE BEEN CREATED BY PEOPLE JUST LIKE JENNY JACK. JENNY, IS THIS A LONG-HELD DREAM OF YOURS? YEAH, IT IS. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN THE RIGHT TIMING. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. ONE PERSON IN THE WOW AWARDS ` WHO CARES? BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT JENNY'S SISTER-IN-LAW LISA HAD ALSO MADE IT IN AND LISA'S SISTER SASHA HAS MADE IT IN TOO? NOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. FUNKY MUSIC ALL THREE HAVE WORKED OR DABBLED IN DESIGN AND CRAFTY STUFF. ENTERING THE AWARDS WAS ALL YOUR IDEA, WASN'T IT? YEAH. SORT OF, YEAH. I SORT OF PLANTED THE IDEA IN THE GIRLS' HEAD, BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE MUCH CONVINCING TO DO IT. SASHA'S MADE A BRA. THE OTHER TWO HAVE ENTERED THE CHILDREN'S SECTION. SO, HAVE YOU BEEN DISCUSSING YOUR DESIGNS ALL THE WAY ALONG? LISA AND I WERE ENTERING THE SAME CATEGORY, SO IT WASN'T A CASE OF COPYING. IT WAS A CASE OF LISA AND I SOMETIMES THINK ALIKE ON THINGS THAT WE DO, SO IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WE BOTH CAME UP WITH. SO, WHOSE IS THE BEST, LISA? OOH. (LAUGHS) THAT'S ON THE SPOT THERE. I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT. DAYS LATER, THE HAMILTON GIRLS ARE IN WELLINGTON, AND WE GET A SNEAK PEAK BEFORE THE SHOW. NOW, WE'VE GOT SABINE AND JESSICA. SO, WHAT HAVE YOU MADE IT OUT OF HERE? THESE BITS ARE ACTUALLY 1.5 LITRE SOFT DRINK BOTTLES, AND THE REST IS FABRIC AND WIRE AND LYCRA AND BITS OF WEBBING. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO HAVE TWO SO THERE WAS A CHILD TO INTERACT WITH EACH DRESS. DO YOU THINK JENNY'S DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB? VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD. HOW MANY TENNIS BALLS SUFFERED TO MAKE THIS OUTFIT? I THINK IT WAS AROUND 196. AROUND THERE SOMEWHERE. QUITE A FEW. SO, YOU MADE THIS IN THE LOUNGE? YES, AND THERE WERE FLUORESCENT THREADS EVERYWHERE. SO, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO MAKE? FIVE OR SIX WEEKS, PERHAPS. THAT'S NOT LONG AT ALL. NOT MUCH SLEEP HAD. IT'S REALLY QUITE SURREAL. THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS SURREAL. COMFY? IT IS, YEAH. I'VE HAD SOME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GARMENTS, SO THIS IS A BREEZE. IT'S KIND OF PAPIER MACHE WITH A FEW OTHER BITS AND PIECES. I USED A BIT OF, LIKE, NOT BUILDER'S BOG ` SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT YOU FILL CRACKS IN. THE LITTLE CANARY, WHICH WE CALL COLIN CANARY, I HAD TO REMAKE HIM BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE PUT SEVERAL LAYERS ON HIM, HE ENDED UP BEING THIS REALLY FAT CANARY. FUNKY MUSIC IT'S TIME FOR THE BIG SHOW-OFF. THE WOMEN ARE FIRST-TIME ENTRANTS, AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT IN AN INTERNATIONAL COMPEITION. FINALLY, SASHA'S BRA MAKES AN ENTRANCE. COLIN THE CANARY IS IN HIS ELEMENT. # YELLOW BIRD. # THEY'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY TO FIND OUT IF THEY'VE WON A PRIZE. WAS IT WORTH THE HARD WORK? TOTALLY. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY, YEP. HINDSIGHT'S WONDERFUL, EH. HINDSIGHT'S WONDERFUL? ALL LAUGH I could definitely have donated some busted tennis balls we've got a lot of those in my house. It's is a sensational show. It's fantastic. My youngest got dropped off at school this morning, and she was in a little tie-in pinafore unfortunately, it was mufti day. She sat in the back of the car we've got another kid who's got a busted ankle so she's dragging him around town. She said I'm all right, mum. So a neighbor try to get some clothes or as quick as we can. She was getting teased by all the others. But she wasn't in tears, and she sucked it up. She got changed into the clothes and all worked out. That they can be quite difficult. I've been told I would be so pretty if I only knew what to wear. I BET MANY OF YOU ARE PRETTY GLAD IT'S FRIDAY. AND IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A BIG NIGHT THIS WEEKEND, THEN YOU'LL WANT TO WATCH OUR NEXT STORY. YES, BECAUSE IF THAT BIG NIGHT INVOLVES TAKING A TAXI, HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER. FUNKY MUSIC LIKE FROM YOUR PLACE TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR'S? YEP. I HOPE HE WOULDN'T. YES. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY IN IT FOR THEM. UM... UM... I WOULD HOPE SO. I THINK... NAH. (LAUGHS) I DON'T RECKON. I DON'T THINK SO. NO. TAXI'S JOB IS TO CARRY THE PASSENGERS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE DISTANCE. HE'S RIGHT. IRRESPECTIVE OF THE DISTANCE, THE TAXI DRIVER MUST TAKE YOU. YAY, I GOT THAT RIGHT! I WAS THINKING THAT. BUT IF IT'S SUCH A SHORT DISTANCE, I'D PREFER TO WALK. MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. OH, MUCH BETTER. (LAUGHS) OH YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT ANSWERED, SEND THEM IN TO US AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. Mike is on holiday in about two weeks. I'm sorry, got some bad news for you. Take a look at this. This is the forecast. Rain, rain, rain, rain. You know how forecast sorry. They're always wrong. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS HOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE RESPONDED TO THE STORY OF GOOD SAMARITAN LUCY KNIGHT, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN SHE WENT TO THE AID OF SOMEONE IN NEED. MORE THAN $200,000 RAISED TO HELP THIS MOTHER OF SIX, DONATED BY PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER MET HER AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL. THE COMMENTS ON THE GIVE-A-LITTLE PAGE ARE A WONDERFUL ANTIDOTE TO SOME OF THE VITRIOL YOU CAN READ ON MESSAGE BOARDS ALL OVER THE WEB. AND IF YOU'RE TIRED OF NASTY POLITICS, WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND WONDERING WHAT THE WORLD IS COMING TO, IT'S A REMINDER THAT FOR ALL THE BAD OUT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TOO. I LOVE A GOOD QUOTE, AND THIS ONE SEEMS FITTING. 'ALL THAT IS NEEDED FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH 'IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING.' SO HOPEFULLY LUCY'S STORY REMINDS US THERE'S PLENTY OF GOOD PEOPLE CHOOSING TO DO SOMETHING. I MARVELLED TODAY AT APPLE, GIVEN THEY LAUNCHED THEIR NEW PHONE HERE. I AM NOT A TECH PERSON BY THE WAY. I HAVE NO AFINITY OR AFFILIATION WITH ANY BRAND. BUT I AM INCREASINGLY AMAZED HOW POWERFUL THE APPLE BRAND IS. THEIR NEW PHONE BENDS, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD IF IT WAS A FEATURE, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S A MISTAKE. I LEARNT IN SCHOOL CERT SCIENCE ALUMINIUM IS A SOFT METAL, SO WHY YOU'D MAKE A PHONE OUT OF IT IS BEYOND ME, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? THEN THERE WAS THE SOFTWARE UPDATE, THE IOS 8. THAT WAS CLEVER BECAUSE IT ALLOWED YOU TO TRACK YOUR HEALTH AND FITNESS. SADLY, THOUGH, YOU COULDN'T PHONE AND TELL ANYONE HOW MANY STEPS YOU'D TAKEN TODAY OR WHAT YOUR HEART RATE WAS BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE ALSO STOPPED YOUR PHONE WORKING. BUT DESPITE THIS, STILL THEY QUEUED OVERNIGHT. FOR WHAT? A BENDY, BROKEN PHONE. APPLE SAY THEY'LL REPLACE THE BENDY PHONES. WITH WHAT? MORE BENDY PHONES? HAVE THE 10 MILLION THAT BOUGHT THIS THING REALLY DRUNK SO MUCH KOOL-AID THAT NONE OF THIS MATTERS? WHAT OTHER BRAND CAN LAUNCH STUFF THAT'S FULL OF TROUBLE AND STILL HAVE PEOPLE RAVING? THERE MUST BE BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT WISH THEY COULD BOTTLE A BIT OF THAT MAGIC. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.