SEVEN SHARP IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RABODIRECT, PART OF RABOBANK GROUP, LOOKING AFTER SAVERS SINCE 1898. IT'S SEVEN SHARP. I COULD SEE THE SURFBOARD FLOATING AROUND IN THE WATER. I COULDN'T SEE ANYONE AT ALL. I MADE A DECISION THAT I NEEDED TO GET TO THE WATER QUICKLY. RESCUE TIME, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN SUMMER. PLUS ` HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? WHAT'S THAT? THAT USED TO BE BORER. IT'S TIME TO GO HOUSE SHOPPING IN THE MAIN CENTRES. AND ` IF YOU SAY SHE CAN'T DO IT, SHE'S GONNA GO DO IT. RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH HER. WHY TIFFANY'S A CELEBRITY ALMOST ANYWHERE BUT HOME. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND JESSICA BOELL. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014 Welcome to 7 sharp. The Madden brothers areN't the only ones filling and in the studio. He is trying to rival Mike, eating kale in office. You have been out shooting and scripting a story. I took a leaf out of your book. I don't know what the TVNZ budgets are. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` THE WORLD'S CLOSELY WATCHING PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN HONG KONG, AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS PARALYSE PARTS OF THE CITY. ENERGY DRINKS COULD ACTUALLY BE MAKING YOU MORE TIRED BY INHIBITING THE UPTAKE OF IMPORTANT MINERALS LIKE IRON, ACCORDING TO BRITISH RESEARCHERS. AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT AUSSIES HAD CLAIMED EVERYTHING WE HAD, WELL, THIS HAPPENED. Billboard magazine just named the most influential people under 21. Number one, the Australasian LordE. That is so cheeky. Maybe they think if they just say that, the public will think it is correct. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ONLY JUST STARTED AND ALREADY OUR BEACHES ARE CAUSING ISSUES. THEY'RE ISSUES THAT ONLY GET WORSE AS THE AFTERNOONS GET WARMER AND THE EVENINGS GET LONGER. DOZENS OF PEOPLE DROWN EVERY SUMMER. THE RESCUES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. LAST NIGHT, ONE VERY LUCKY SURFER WAS DRAGGED TO SAFETY IN A DRAMATIC SAVE THAT PUT THE LIFESAVERS AT SERIOUS RISK TOO. HERE'S EMMA KEELING. WAS HE PRETTY BRAVE YESTERDAY? YEAH. YEAH, HE DID A GOOD THING, SAVING THAT SURFER. HE DIDN'T EVEN CRY. HE DIDN'T EVEN CRY. HE DIDN'T CRY?! ELLA AND MIA HAVE NO IDEA JUST HOW BRAVE DAD PETE BALTUS REALLY IS. WE COULD HAVE HAD A FATALITY OUT THERE, YEAH. IT WAS AROUND 1PM YESTERDAY WHEN SOMEONE RANG THE CALL CENTRE. RESCUE, RESCUE, RESCUE. PETE AND OTHER MURIWAI VOLUNTEER LIFESAVERS HEADED TO THE BEACH. CALL WENT OUT THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE SCREAMING, AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A SURFER. THEY HAD TO RUN FIVE MINUTES AROUND THE ROCKS TO GET TO THE SPOT. THE WESTPAC CHOPPER WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR, WITH EXPERIENCED LIFESAVER TAI KAHN ON BOARD. WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE, WE COULD SEE THERE WAS ALREADY SOME LIFEGUARDS ON THE ROCKS INDICATING WHERE HE WAS. I COULD SEE THE SURFBOARD FLOATING AROUND IN THE WATER, BUT COULDN'T SEE ANYONE AT ALL. THIS POLICE CHOPPER VISION SHOWS HOW ROUGH IT WAS. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY TODAY AS PETE TALKS US THROUGH THE RESCUE. THERE WERE THREE OF US THAT ARRIVED QUICKLY ON TO THE SCENE. I MADE A DECISION THAT I NEEDED TO GET INTO THE WATER QUICKLY. WE'D ASSUMED THAT HE'D GONE INTO THE BACK CAVE, UP IN TO THE TEMPLE. REALLY DANGEROUS. 30M LONG. IF HE'D GONE IN THERE, HE'D BE DEAD. PETE'S SON LINCOLN WAS DIRECTING HIM FROM ROCKS AND TALKING TO THE TWO CHOPPERS. AS I MADE MY WAY BACK UP TOWARDS FLAT ROCK, I COULD HEAR SCREAMING, AND THAT WHEN I FOUND HIM IN THE SECOND CANYON. WE MADE ANOTHER THREE ATTEMPTS TO GO IN TO GET HIM. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, I GOT SWEPT BY QUITE A BIG WAVE; WAS TAKEN RIGHT BACK INTO THE CANYON HERE. WE WENT AND HOVERED OFF DEEPER WATER AND THAT'S WHEN I JUMPED OUT OF THE CHOPPER AND GOT PICKED UP BY THE IRA AND TOOK ME IN A BIT CLOSER. AND GOT PICKED UP BY THE IRB AND TOOK ME IN A BIT CLOSER. AND GOT PICKED UP BY THE IFB AND TOOK ME IN A BIT CLOSER. WHAT DID YOU SEE WHEN YOU IN THERE? INTO THE CAVE? HE WAS RIGHT UP AS HIGH AS HE COULD INSIDE THE CAVE, CLINGING ON TO THE ROCKS. HE LOOKED PRETTY RELIVED TO SEE ME SWIM PAST. WAVES WERE STILL SMASHING IN THERE AND WASHING OVER HIM. YOU SOMEHOW HAD TO GET HIM TO SHORE? I SWAM` TOWING GUY BEHIND ME, I SWAM HIM OVER TO THE ROCKS, WHERE PETE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN GETTING HIM UP ON THE ROCKS SO THAT WE WERE SAFE AGAIN. THEN WE HAD A BIT OF TIME TO WORK OUT A SAFE AREA WHERE WE COULD PUT HIM OFF THE ROCKS AND INTO THE IFB. THEY WERE OUT OF THE CAVE, BUT THE WATER WAS STILL TREACHEROUS. YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT A CREW OUT THERE, PARTICULAR WITH TAI COMING IN AS SECOND SWIMMER. HOW WAS THE PATIENT? HE WAS CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT. PRETTY BATTERED UP. HE WAS VERY EXHAUSTED. BIT SCRAPES AND CUTS OVER HIS FEET AND HANDS. PRETTY GRATEFUL. VERY GRATEFUL. HE SAID IT A LOT. HE WAS VERY RELIEVED. VERY THANKFUL. PETE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR GLASSES OFF AND LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND SAY IF THERE WAS ANY POINT YESTERDAY WHERE YOU THOUGHT, 'I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.' I THINK THERE WAS A POINT WHEN I GOT SWEPT VERY CLOSE TO THE TEMPLE ` AND I WAS UNDERWATER ` THAT I WAS IN A TREACHEROUS POSITION MYSELF. DID YOU TELL YOUR WIFE ABOUT ALL OF THIS? NO, OR I WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED OUT AGAIN, AND IF I WAS CALLED OUT AGAIN TODAY I WOULD GO. That is scary stuff. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` MIND WHERE YOU... CRUNCH! DON'T STAND THERE. AUCKLAND'S MILLION-DOLLAR DUMP... SO WHY WOULD YOU PAY SEVEN FIGURES FOR SOMETHING THAT'S BARELY STANDING? WHY INDEED WHEN YOU CAN DO THE SMART THING AND LEAVE AUCKLAND FOR WELLINGTON AND GET A MANSION LIKE THIS? We have a housing story first. My stories Is about Kiwis. It's the end story. HOUSES ARE EXPENSIVE. ANYONE THAT'S BOUGHT ONE OR IS HOPING TO BUY ONE KNOWS THIS.. YOU'VE HEARD THE STORY DOZENS OF TIMES, BUT SURELY IF YOU'VE GOT $1M, YOU'RE SET, RIGHT? WRONG. TURNS OUT A $1M BUYS YOU A DUMP. WELL, IN AUCKLAND ANYWAY. WE'LL CHECK OUT THE OTHER CENTRES IN A SECOND, BUT HERE'S TIM WILSON. ONE GREY LYNN STREET, TWO WORLDS. ACROSS THE ROAD: MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES AND RANGE ROVERS BUT LOOK AT THIS PLACE ` 100 YEARS OLD AND STILL DANGEROUS. MIND WHERE YOU... CRUNCH! DON'T STAND THERE. MIGHT NEED A LICK OF PAINT. PARTIALLY INSULATED. COMES WITH WHITEWARE. OOH! NOT EXACTLY HUGE. WE'RE STANDING CURRENTLY IN THE LIVING ROOM. DINING ROOM. KITCHEN. THAT'S THE REAL ESTATE AGENT, KIRK VOGEL. IS THAT YOUR REAL NAME OR JUST YOUR REAL ESTATE NAME? NO, IT'S MY REAL NAME. HE GAVE ME A TOUR. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. I THINK WE'RE OVER A MILLION. OVER A MILLION? I THINK WE'RE OVER A MILLION. OUT THERE IN NZ, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, 'A MILLION BUCKS? CRAZY.' I KNOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE'RE ON THE CITY FRINGE. IT SOUNDS`? SOUNDS LIKE A...? BOTH: IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. STEP OUTSIDE, THOUGH, AND YOU SEE THE DOUGH. THAT'S THE MONEY IS. (CLAPS) LET'S DO IT. AND THAT'S WHERE I DECIDED TO GO ROGUE AS A RENOVATOR. THAT'S FOR ME. KIRK DIDN'T LIKE HIS APRON. PINK'S YOUR COLOUR. WE SPRAYED SOME FEATURE PANELS. THAT IS, I SPRAYED WHILE KIRK WAVED THE FLAG. DO YOU KNOW IF PEOPLE STILL WATCH RENOVATION SHOWS? MATE, THAT WAS SO LAST YEAR. WE PUT UP SOME PICTURES. AH! < IT'S A BIT LEFT-LEANING THAT ONE. AND THERE. THE FINAL TOUCH. NOW LOOK AT THAT. DEFINITELY BETTER, RIGHT? OH, NO QUESTION. I like that sign. SO, THAT'S WHAT A MILLION BUCKS BUYS YOU IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. WHAT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE OTHER MAIN CENTRES? MIKE THORPE'S AT A MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT FIRST, HEATHER, SHOW US AROUND THE PLUSH PALACE YOU'RE AT. So lovely of you to finally join us. We have been here for hours. There's no such thing as traffic in Wellington. Consider me a real estate agent. Double internal access garage. This is newly built. I am so excited to show you inside. Brand-new kitchen. Water pumped right into your house. If you want to get up to your four bedrooms , you go upstair s I will just show you a picture. Here's the dining room. Double glazing, central heating. Mt Vic. This is not a house, it's a lifestyle. That was bigger than the one in grey Lynn. It looks a little bit cramped. It's not the biggest, but it has got four bedrooms. You have a lot of space. The town belt is right there. Shared space. We're going to Christchurch now. I'm worried about traffic. Mike Thorpe, sell us Christchurch. You're going to love this. Spa pool. Look at this beautiful room. Meet you in the kitchen. This is a quarter acre dream. This was built in 1890. Marbel benchtop here. This used be to the meatsafe. Here is the dining room. Beautifully restored lounge. And here, bathroom. Marble floor. Tiled wall. You can get seven people in that showEr. I won't judge you. Look at the detail in this way. This is bespoke. Look at the detail. Look at that. Lead lights. I want you to see the front. Come out here ... No peeking. But that. That's a villa. Ding ding ding. You had me with the candles. They have had their EQC work finished. I'm an apartment boy. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` GENERALLY, WHAT DO BLOKES MAKE OF YOU SHOOTING LIKE THIS? OH, I'VE` I'VE BEEN CALLED CRAZY OR, 'OH NO. SHE'S GOING TO SHOOT YOU.' HMM, I WONDER WHY. THAT COULD BE WHY. THEN ` AND ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 7 YEAR OLD? UH, WE LEARNED ABOUT ENDEMIC ANIMALS AT SCHOOL. PROBABLY NOT, BUT WHY THIS MEANS THERE'S HOPE FOR A NATIONAL ICON. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A DREAM, ISN'T IT? BUT LET'S FACE IT. DREAMS FADE AS WE GET OLDER, UNLESS YOU'RE MATT CHISHOLM, WHO STILL THINKS HE'S GOING TO BE AN ALL BLACK. MATT'S FOUND A YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S AT THE TOP OF HER GAME; A GAME INVOLVING POWERFUL GUNS AND HER DREAM THAT'S JUST AS POWERFUL. UPBEAT MUSIC THIS IS GONNA BE FUN COS SHE GETS REAL FEISTY. YOU KNOW THE SAYING 'YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE'? ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, I'LL TRY AND GIVE IT A GO. WELL. TIFF PIPER IS GRABBING IT BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK... NO FEAR WHATSOEVER. ...AND GIVING IT A DAMN GOOD SHAKE. IF YOU SAY SHE CAN'T DO IT, SHE'S GOING TO GO DO IT. SHE... (CHUCKLES) SHE GOT MY, UM, TOYOTA SURF COMPLETELY AIRBORNE OVER A MOTOCROSS JUMP UP NORTH, AND IT COST ME A FORTUNE. (CHUCKLES) OH YEAH. THIS 20-YEAR-OLD LAW OFFICE WORKER AIN'T GONNA DIE WONDERING. I JUST GO, AND I JUST BLOW STUFF UP, AND THERE'S THESE BOMBS, AND YOU SHOOT THEM WITH A HIGH-CALIBRE RIFLE, AND THEY ACTUALLY EXPLODE. ALARM WAILS WHOA. WHILE SHE'S UP FOR ANYTHING, IT'S ACTION-PISTOL SHOOTING WHERE SHE'S MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF, AT LEAST IN THE STATES. I MEAN, HERE, NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT I DO. AND TO GO OVER THERE AND PEOPLE SAY, 'HEY, TIFFANY. I'VE SEEN YOU ON TV. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET YOU.' AND I'M, LIKE, 'UH...' # STICK EM UP. STICK EM UP. STICK EM UP. # YOU SEE, TIFF'S ONE OF THE BEST PISTOL SHOOTERS ON THE PLANET. THAT WAS SHARP. COULD YOU DO BETTER THAN THAT? NO, NO. NO. BOTH LAUGH SHE'S PERFECT. SHE'S PERFECT. AND YOU'RE HERE EVERY OTHER DAY, AREN'T YOU? DOING THIS? UH, YEP. YEP. (LAUGHS) GENERALLY, WHAT DO BLOKES MAKE OF YOU SHOOTING LIKE THIS? OH, I'VE` I'VE BEEN CALLED CRAZY OR, 'OH NO. SHE'S GOING TO SHOOT YOU.' THEY'RE INTIMIDATED, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SHOW THEM UP. DEFINITELY WHEN I SHOW THEM UP. AND THAT USUALLY HAPPENS? ALL THE TIME. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL YOUR FINGER OUT, MATE, AREN'T YOU? I WILL. I'LL WORK HARDER. YEAH. WORK HARDER. # BANG, BANG INTO THE ROOM. # TIFF'S BEEN SMASHING TARGETS SINCE SHE WAS 10. I HAD NO CHOICE. (CHUCKLES) DAD, A BIT OF A GUN HIMSELF ` THIRD IN THE WORLD THIS YEAR ` IS HER COACH. SHE JUST LISTENS, TAKES IT ON BOARD, THINKS ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO, PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER, AND THEN IT HAPPENS. SO SHE DOES-? SHE DOES BEHAVE HERSELF? > EDIT. BOTH LAUGH SHE'S GOOD ENOUGH, AT LEAST, TO BE COMPLETELY HOOKED UP IN A SPORT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HURT THE WALLET. I MEAN, I GET ACCOMMODATION, FLIGHTS, ENTRY FEES, SHIRTS. ANYTHING I WANT. UH, IT'S AWESOME. < GUNS, AMMUNITION, THE WAZOO? GUNS, AMMUNITION ` IT'S ALL FREE. I JUST HAVE TO PERFORM. BUT THERE'S NO WORRIES THERE. PIPERS NEVER LOSE. BOTH LAUGH THE LARA CROFT LOOKALIKE SPENDS TWO MONTHS A YEAR IN AMERICA COMPETING. YOU KNOW, JUST CRAM IT. ELBOWS STRAIGHT. YEAH. AND WHILE SHE MAKES IT LOOK EASY, IT'S NOT. GUNSHOTS WHY ISN'T THAT GOING DOWN? COS YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE DOT. MAYBE I NEED TO GET TO ONE OF HER COACHING CLINICS. THERE'S BUGGER ALL WOMEN IN IT, AND I GUESS... I WANT TO HAVE WOMAN FEEL LIKE IT'S COMFORTABLE TO COME IN IT. IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY COOL ` A WOMAN BEING INVOLVED WITH GUNS. SO COOL, IN FACT, THAT AT JUST 17, TIFF WAS OFFERED A FULL-TIME JOB WITH A GUN COMPANY. IT WAS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL SHOOTER, SO I'D BE GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD. SHE TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE SHE FELT SHE WAS TOO YOUNG, BUT THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE ALL GONE ON TO HAVE THEIR OWN TV SHOWS. THAT'D BE MY DREAM ` GOING DOWN TO THE TANKS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, BLOWING STUFF UP, AND JUST DOING AS MUCH AS I CAN BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE IT INTERESTING. I WANT IT TO BE LIKE A MIX OF, LIKE, HUNTING AND, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING EDUCATION AND, LIKE, JACKASS. YOU KNOW, JUST TESTING THE LIMITS AND MYTHBUSTERS. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. Is she every guys' dream? Yes. IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT KIWIS. NO SIR EDMUND HILLARY, NO LORDE, NO ALL BLACKS. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT A FUTURE WITHOUT KIWI IS A VERY REAL PROSPECT. I ASKED SOME KIDS AND SOMEONE A BIT OLDER HOW THAT MAKES THEM FEEL. IN WESTERN SPRINGS PARK WERE A COUPLE OF KIWIS. NO, NOT THOSE. THOSE ARE SWANS. LAUD, THOUGH, IS A KIWI 6-YEAR-OLD, AND GABBY IS A KIWI 7-YEAR-OLD. THEY'RE HERE TO TEACH US ABOUT KIWIS. YOU KNOW, THE BIRDS. THEY EAT GRUBS, WORMS... WETAS! WETAS AND BUGS. YEAH, DO YOU THINK THEY LOOK CUDDLY? BOTH: YEAH. YEAH, ACTUALLY, LAUD AND GABBY RECKON KIWI ARE EVEN CUDDLIER THAN MICROPHONES. I'D SAY CUDDLIER THAN MY TEDDIES. CUDDLIER EVEN THAN THAT OTHER TEDDY. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF KIWIS UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION; THAT THE POPULATION IS DECREASING. THE KIWI WILL BE EXTINCT IN 35 YEARS UNLESS WE CHANGE IT, AND WE WILL. THE MAIN PREDATORS OF THE KIWIS ARE STOATS AND RATS. ARE THEY? THE RATS` FERRETS TOO. YEP, AND NO KIWI WOULD MAKE LAUD AND GABBY... PRETTY SAD. REALLY SAD. IT'S FUNNY, EH? COS WHEN YOU GO OVERSEAS AND YOU TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE A KIWI, 'AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, KIWIS ARE BROWN, AND THEY'RE SMALL, 'AND THEY'RE KIND OF FUZZY, AND THEY CAN'T FLY,' EVERYONE THINKS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT... ONE OF THOSE. THAT DOES NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE A KIWI. NOPE, BUT IT MAKES FOR BETER EATING. SIR GRAHAM HAD NEVER TRIED THE SKIN. I TELL YOU WHAT, JACK. THAT SKIN'S PRETTY HARD TO SWALLOW, JACK. I MEAN, FOR A 68 YEAR OLD. NAH, IT'S GOOD. YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIT OF ROUGHAGE. (CHUCKLES) AND, IN WESTERN SPRINGS PARK, THREE KIWIS ATE KIWI, AGREEING THEY WERE KIWIS FOR KIWIS. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO SAVE IT, DO YOU THINK? EAT IT! NO, THAT WON'T WORK. CHUCKLES: NO. OOP, MISUNDERSTANDING. LAUD MEANT THE FRUIT, NOT THE BIRD. WE COULD GIVE MONEY TO KIWIS FOR KIWIS. YEAH, WE COULD. HEY, GOOD JOB. AWESOME WORK. That was cool. IF YOU THOUGHT GABBY AND LAUD WERE CUTE, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE VIDEO CAMPAIGN THEY'RE PART OF FOR 'SAVE KIWI' MONTH. IT'S ALL ABOUT RAISING AWARENESS AND RAISING MONEY. GO TO THIS WEBSITE ON-SCREEN OR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEO AND GET INVOLVED. FOLLOWING ON FROM OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSES EARLIER, THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF MUCH DEBATE AROUND THE OFFICE TODAY. THERE'S NO DISPUTING HOUSE PRICES ARE RIDICULOUS IN THIS CITY. BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE FOR $1M IN AUCKLAND, JUST NOT IN THE MOST DESIRABLE OR CENTRAL SUBURBS. THE TRADE-OFF IS YOU HAVE TO LIVE FURTHER OUT. YES I KNOW THAT'S A PAIN IN THE BACKSIDE BECAUSE PUBLIC TRANSPORT'S AVERAGE AND SO IS THE TRAFFIC, BUT DOESN'T EVERYONE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT TRADE-OFF AT SOME POINT? BIG CITY VERSUS THE REGIONS ` MORE MONEY OR THE ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE? FOR THOSE STRUGGLING TO GET WORK, THERE ARE VERY FEW CHOICES. YOU GO WHERE THE WORK IS. BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE LOOKING AT MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSES, WELL THEY'VE CERTAINLY GOT OPTIONS. AND FINALLY TONIGHT ` SINCE ISOLATING HALF THE COUNTRY ON MY RANT LAST NIGHT, AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON TELEPHONE BOOKS. FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COMPLAINED THAT GETTING RID OF PHONE BOOKS WILL HURT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T ACCESS THE INTERNET? PEOPLE LIKE MY GRANDDAD WHO ISN'T ON FACEBOOK AND PROBABLY WON'T START TWEETING ANYTIME SOON? YOU HEARD ME WRONG. I'M ONLY ENCOURAGING YOU TO DITCH THE PHONE BOOK IF YOU CAN USE YELLOW'S SMARTPHONE APPS OR THE INTERNET INSTEAD. THE PEOPLE AT THE YELLOW PAGES GOT IN TOUCH TODAY TO TELL ME THAT PHONE-BOOK USE IN AUCKLAND HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED THIS YEAR IN AUCKLAND 28%. IT WON'T SAVE THE WORLD, BUT LAST TIME I CHECKED, PRINTING OFF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANYTHING WASN'T GREAT FOR OLD MOTHER EARTH. AND IF YOU SWITCH TO THE ONLINE VERSION, AT THE VERY LEAST, IT'LL SAVE YOU THE INK STAINS. THAT'S SEVEN SHARP. KA KITE ANO. CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND JOHN LING CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014