NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. I COPYRIGHTABLE 2014 I NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO 3RD DEGREE. TONIGHT - THE CITY MOVING TO THE COUNTRY. NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. YOUNG KIWIS GIVING UP THEIR DESK JOBS FOR THE RURAL LIFE. I I'M STILL WEARING CHINOS. (LAUGHS) I PLUS, TIKI TAANE'S IN THE PACIFIC TO WITNESS A MIRACLE. MAYBE NEXT WEEK I WANNA DRIVE. PLUS, TIKI TAANE'S IN THE PACIFIC TO WITNESS A MIRACLE. MAYBE NEXT WEEK I WANNA DRIVE. NEXT WEEK YOU'RE GONNA DRIVE? (LAUGHS) <i>I</i> THAT'S AWESOME. IT'S so AWESOME. <i>I</i> AND THE ITALIAN STALLION. YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE -A GIGALO WHO'S BECOME A NATIONAL CELEBRITY. Isul:rRYJAzznauslcl I (SPEAKS ITALIAN) I OK. OUR FIRST STORY TONIGHT IS ABOUT MILK. HUNDREDS OF KIWIS, MANY OF THEM HIGHLY EDUCATED CITY KIDS, HAVE JOINED A RUSH FOR WHITE GOLD. THEY'RE BEING LURED BY THE PROMISE OF FRESH AIR, GREEN GRASS, BEAUTIFUL WIDE OPEN SPACES, AND BIG MONEY. YEAH, IT BEATS THE CITY. I WANTED TO DO THIS, ACTUALLY, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. I'D LOVE TO LIVE ON A FARM, BUT FARMING'S QUITE HARD WORK, DUNCAN. YOUNGER. I'D LOVE TO LIVE ON A FARM, BUT FARMING'S QUITE HARD WORK, DUNCAN. IT DOESN'T WORRY ME, OF COURSE. LOOK, IT COULD STILL BE AN OPTION IF THIS GIG FALLS OVER. BUT IT IS A RISK. IT IS A REAL RISK, ACTUALLY. A HUGE RISK, OF COURSE, WITH LOWER GLOBAL DAIRY PRICES, CUTS, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO, TO MILK PAYOUTS AS WELL. THIS DREAM COULD ACTUALLY SOON TURN NASTY. SO WILL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, STUCK IN THE MIRE, OR WILL THEY BE MILKING IT? WELL, MIKE MCROBERTS IS DOWN ON THE FARM. CAIQIIED I-EATS 'GOING I], THE IT'S GYPSY DAY, THE 1ST OF JUNE, TRADITIONALLY THE START OF THE DAIRYING CALENDAR, WHEN ACCOUNTS ARE SETFLED, BOUGHT OR SOLD STOCK IS MOVED, AND NEW CAREERS ARE LAUNCHED. # I'M GOING UP THE COUNTRY. BABE, DON'T YOU WANNA GO? AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT 21-YEAR-OLD LUKE CHIVERS IS HOPING. THE TAURANGA TOWNIE IS AN ECONOMICS AND COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE, BUT UNLIKE MANY OF HIS FRIENDS WHO ARE NOW IN CORPORATE POSITIONS, LUKE HAS PACKED UP HIS WORLDLY BELONGINGS TO COME HERE TO RURAL WHAKATANE. # I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS CITY. GOT TO GET AWAY. # IT'S A MODEST HOME BUT ONE BEFITTING HIS ROLE AS FARM TRAINEE. WELL, LUKE, EVEN A YEAR AGO, COULD YOU HAVE EVER IMAGINED THAT YOU'D BE STANDING HERE ON A FARM TODAY? NEVER. (LAUGHS) NOT BY ANY MEANS. NO, I THOUGHT I'D BE SITTING IN A LIBRARY READING A TEXT BOOK. SO, YEAH, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T WHERE ITHOUGHT I'D BE. AND YOU'VE HAD NO FARMING BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER? NO, NONE. SO TOTAL CHANGE. UM, BUT GOOD. THERE'S SOMETHING I JUST LOVE ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW? UM, TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO WHAT I WAS DOING, OUTSIDE, AND, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S THE BEST OFFICE YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE. I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, AT 21 YEARS OF AGE, THERE'S SUCH A BIG WORLD OUT THERE, WHY COME TO A FARM IN WHAKATANE? OH, ITHINK IT'S FUNNY, EH. YOU JUST- YOU MEETA LOT OF PEOPLE WHO- I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE CITY LIFE - IF YOU WANNA DO THAT, THAT'S COOL BUTA LOT OF PEOPLE I FIND ARE LOOKING BACK AND JUSTARE CAUGHT UP IN THIS VICIOUS CYCLE OF WORK AND WORK AND WORK AND WORK. AND I THINK WHEN YOU COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS, IT FORCES YOU TO LIVE LIFE A BIT MORE SIMPLER, <i>I</i> AND <i>I</i> THINK THAT'S QUITE REFRESHING. <i>I</i> CAIQIIED I-EATS 'GOING I], THE <i>I</i> CHILD canes I Icowsuoon-vxmsamnesl <i>I</i> one DOWN. <i>I</i> THOMAS BLACKETTAND HIS WIFE, STACEY, MANAGE THE FARM. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THEY WERE IN THE SAME POSITION AS LUKE. WE STARTED OFF DOWN IN DUNEDIN, BACK THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND DAIRY FARMING WASN'T REALLY IN THE PICTURE UNTIL WE HAD OUR FIRST BOY, JUDE, IN 2009, UM, AND WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE'D GIVE DAIRY FARMING A GO. THOMAS WAS A DESIGN ENGINEER AT FISHER & PAYKEL, AND I WAS A LAB TECHNICIAN AT AGRESEARCH. SO WE JUST NEED TO DO ONE IN EACH ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO WE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN LUKE'S SHOES FOUR YEARS AGO TO THIS DATE, UM. SO LOOK AT HIM AND WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE IN HIS SHOES, AND WE THINK WE'RE PRETTY KEEN TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT OPPORTUNITY. I HERE YOU Go, BOYS. LOAD IT UP. I STILL IN THEIR 20S AND WITH THREE YOUNG BOYS, DAIRYING HAS BEEN AS MUCH ABOUT A LIFESTYLE CHOICE AS IT HAS A PROFESSIONAL CAREER FOR THOMAS AND STACEY. I WAS IT HARD? I YEAH, SHE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK. WAS IT HARD? YEAH, SHE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK. YEAH. YEAH, THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS- I MEAN, THOMAS IS A COMPLETE TOWNIE, SO HE HAD A BIT OF A CRASH COURSE- BIT OF A CRASH COURSE INTO THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. AND SO WE'RE- IT WAS HARD THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS, BUT JUST THIS PAST YEAR NOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO THAT STAGE OF BEING SELF-EMPLOYED, BEING ABLE TO EMPLOY PEOPLE TO ASSIST US ON THE FARM, WE'VE JUST- WE'VE HAD THE BEST YEAR. GOOD ENOUGH FOR THOMAS AND STACEY TO BE NAMED BEST FARM MANAGERS FOR THE BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT AT THE ANNUAL DAIRY INDUSTRYAWARDS. AS FARM MANAGERS, THEY DON'T OWN ATHING, BUT INSTEAD ARE GIVEN THE COWS, THE PASTURE AND THE MACHINERY TO PRODUCE MILK. THEY'RE PAID A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE TAKINGS. IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, THEY RAISED THE FARM'S MILK PRODUCTION AND ARE ON COURSE TO BETTER THAT AGAIN. WE ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT ATTRACTING THOSE SMARTAND MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO THE DAIRY INDUSTRY - SMART, MOTIVATED AND KEEN -AND LUKE REALLY TICKS ALL THOSE BOXES. HE'S, UM- WITH HIS TERTIARY EDUCATION, HE'S VERY MOTIVATED, HE'S QUITE A HIGH ACHIEVER, AND HE'S VERY, VERY, VERY KEEN. CANE HEATS 'ON TFE ROADAGAIN' HE'S QUITE A HIGH ACHIEVER, AND HE'S VERY, VERY, VERY KEEN. CANE HEATS 'ON TFE ROADAGAIN' # WELL, I'M SO TIRED OF CRYING, BUT I'M THE ON THE ROAD AGAIN. I # I'M ON THE ROAD AGAIN. I BARELY SETTLED IN, AND LUKE'S APPRENTICESHIP IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. I # I'M ON THE ROAD AGAIN. # I LOVED IT, YEAH. YEAH, REALLY REALLY GOOD. I COULD HAVE ACTUALLY STAYED ON THE TRACTOR FOR A LOT LONGER YESTERDAY. I'M QUITE KEEN TO HAVE A BIT OF A PLAY AROUND, YEAH, YEAH. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, ISN'T IT? YOU ARRIVE FROM TAURANGA, UNPACK YOUR STUFF, THEN AN HOUR LATER YOU'RE OUT ON THE TRACTOR? I KNOW. I KNOW. JUST LIKE THAT. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEXT DAY WILL BRING. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND BEING HERE? WILL BRING. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND BEING HERE? DEFINITELY ISOLATION. SOCIALISING AND THAT ASPECT VVITH MY AS AYOUNG BLOKE, I THINK, YOU KNOVV, I FRIENDS IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. YOU STILL LOOKA LITTLE BIT CITY IN THE COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT. I DO. YOU STILL LOOKA LITTLE BIT CITY IN THE COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT. I DO. < DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CHANGE? IN THE COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT. BOTH LAUGH < DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CHANGE? IN THE COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT. BOTH LAUGH SO I NEED TO SORT OUT SOME JEANS, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. < AT LEAST YOU BROUGHT SOME GUMBOOTS. BUT WE'LL GET THERE. < AT LEAST YOU BROUGHT SOME GUMBOOTS. EXACTLY. I'M SAFE. YEAH, YEAH. IGANI~EDHEATSQN1TEROADAGAINI IN RECENT YEARS THE DAIRY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN BOOMING. IT NOW ACCOUNTS FOR A THIRD OF ALL OUR EXPORTS AND EARNS THE COUNTRY AROUND $1.9 MILLION AN HOUR. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN WITHOUT CRITICISM, PARTICULARLY OVER THE INTENSIVE AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE THINK THE INDUSTRY DOES NEED TO KEEP CHANGING, UM, AND STRMNG FOR BETTER, BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING THAT. BEHIND THE SCENES, THERE CAN BE ONE OR TWO BAD OPERATORS. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MAJORITY OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, WE'VE REALLY ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS - HOW CAN WE DO THINGS BETTER? WE NEED THE INDUSTRY TO BE THERE FOR OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS, SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL SUSTAINABLE AND DOABLE. THE PRIMARY SECTOR IS DESPERATE TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE LIKE THOMAS AND STACEYAND LUKE. THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ESTIMATES IT'LL NEED ANOTHER 50,000 WORKERS IF IT'S TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF DOUBLING EXPORTS BY 2025. AND IT WANTS HALF OF THOSE NEW RECRUITS TO HAVE TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS. TRADITIONALLY, DAIRY FARMING IS NOT SEEN AS A SMART OCCUPATION. IF YOU'RE GOOD AT THE THREE - MATHS AND SCIENCE AND ENGLISH - YOU'RE VERY MUCH PUSHED TOWARDS TRADITIONAL CAREERS LIKE I LIKE LAW, LIKE, UM, MEDICINE. I UM, BUT DAIRY FARMING IS A SMART OCCUPATION. YOU NEED TO BE SMART TO BE A DAIRY FARMER, UH, I THINKAND THATS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO CONVEY TO PEOPLE IS THAT WE DON'T JUST PICKA PADDOCK AND PUT SOME COWS IN IT. THERE IS VERY MUCH SCIENCE AND NUMBERS BEHIND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. IT'S THE QUIET TIME ON THE FARM AT THE MOMENT - THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. THERE'LL BE NO MILKING UNTIL AFTER THE CALVES ARE BORN, AND THEN, AS THEY SAY, IT'LL BE ALL ON. I THINK IT'S KIND OF A CRAFTY WAY OF GETTING YOU TO STAY IN THE JOB. (LAUGHS) YOU START OFF AND IT'S QUITE PEACEFULAND EASY, AND THEN I THINK ABOUT MID-JUNE, YOU GETA-I MEAN, JULY, SORRY, YOU GETA FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AROUND THE CALVING SEASON. BUT, UM- YEAH, IT'LL BE LONG DAYS - BE REALLY LONG DAYS - BUTI CAME IN HERE, I CAME IN INTO THIS POSITION EXPECTING THAT, SO AT THE MOMENT IT'S JUST LIKE PARADISE. YEAH. < YEAH. WILL IT BE PARADISE, THOUGH, AT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IN DEEPEST, DARKEST WINTER? YEAH, WELL, WHAT I LOVE IS THAT YOU GET TO SEE THE WHOLE DAY. IF YOU'RE IN A JOB WHERE YOU'RE INSIDE, YOU GO TO WORK AND IT'S DARK; YOU LEAVE AND IT'S DARK. IT MAY BE COLD, BUT WE SEE THE SUN, AND THERE'S SOMETHING QUITE COOL ABOUT THAT. WELL, HE'S CERTAINLY KEEN, DUNCAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW - IS HE STILL GOING TO BE FEELING LIKE THIS IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME? HE SEEMS HAPPY HERE, BUT LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S comma UP I WELCOME BACK To 3RD DEGREE. I SO, LUKE CHIVERS IS A FRESH-FACED 21-YEAR-OLD. HE'S ALSO AN ECONOMICS AND COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE, AND HE COULD BE CHASING THIS MASSIVE CORPORATE DREAM, THE FANCY CARS, THE FLASH SUIT, BUT NO. BEAUTIFUL CITY LIFE, BUT, NO, HE'S DECIDED TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY. HE'S BEEN CHASING COWS AROUND IN THE BACK BLOCKS OF WHAKATANE. NOW, MIKE MCROBERTS WENT BACK TO CHECK ON LUKE'S PROGRESS ONE MONTH INTO THE JOB AS A TRAINEE FARMHAND. WITH THE CHINOS NOW WELLAND TRULY PACKED AWAY, LUKE'S TAKEN TO HIS NEW ROLE WITH HIS TRADEMARK ENTHUSIASM. AND IT HAS TO BE SAID, LOOKING EVERY BIT THE FARMHAND. WHEN I CATCH UP WITH HIM, HE'S FEEDING OUT MAIZE. Loourrmvwslcl SO, WE'VE BEEN AWAY FORA COUPLE OF WEEKS AND COME BACK, AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DOING BRILLIANTLY HERE. OH, YOU FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT, DON'T YOU? (LAUGHS) IS THAT WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE? YOU FELT YOU'VE JUST HAD TO GET OUT THERE AND DO IT? I OH, No, NOT REALLY. I TO BE FAIR, THOMAS AND STACEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AT TEACHING ME WHAT TO DO, I SO, YEAH, I'VE BEEN WELL TRAINED. I DO YOU MISS THE CITY AT ALL? ANY REGRETS? I DON'T. FUNNILY ENOUGH, MY FIRST TRIP INTO WHAKATANE WAS QUITE OVERWHELMING. SO MANY PEOPLE, SO, UH, YEAH, I'VE BECOME A HERMIT. # WELL, I REALLY LOVE YOU, BABY. COME ON AND SAY YOU'LL BE MINE. # A COW HAS CALVED EARLY AND IS READY TO MILK. NOW IT'S LUKE'S TURN TO TEACH. NOW YOU FEED THE TEETH IN. TO MILK. NOW IT'S LUKE'S TURN TO TEACH. NOW YOU FEED THE TEETH IN. TO MILK. NOW IT'S LUKE'S TURN TO INTO THE HOLE. I OH MY e00. I OH MY GOD. LAUGHTER JEEZ, THIS IS RIGHT OUT MY COMFORT ZONE, I'LL TELL YOU NOW. LIKE THAT? YEAH, YEP. AND YOU CAN LET GO OF THAT ONE AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. YEP. HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE OR SOMETHING? LAUGHS: NO. I'VE GOT TO DO ITAS FAST AS POSSIBLE. BEFORE OR SOMETHING? OH, LOOK, THERE WE GO. ITAS FAST AS POSSIBLE. BEFORE OR SOMETHING? OH, LOOK, THERE WE GO. NEXT- NEXT UP- BEFORE OR SOMETHING? THREE MONTHS AFTER HE STARTED, LUKE'S SURVIVED THE TOUGHEST TIME ON THE FARM. NOW HE'S MILKING LIKE A PRO AND HELPING TO DELIVER CALVES. PRETFYAMAZING. I JUST LOVED, TO BE HONEST, JUST THE ELEMENT OF NEW LIFE THAT YOU SAW EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING, DELIVERING CALVES. AND THE OTHER DAY I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DELIVER SOME TWINS, AND, UH, YOU GET RIGHT IN AMONGST IT. < WHEN YOU SAY DELIVERED THEM, DO YOU MEAN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DELIVERED THEM? YEAH, YEAH, SO YOU'RE RIGHT IN THERE AND PULLING THEM OUT, SO YOU HAVE YOUR CHAINS AND YOUR ROPES. IAND, UH, FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY. I < IT'S A LONG WAY AWAY FROM CITY LIFE, ISN'T IT? YEAH. NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE HAND SHAKING IN THAT WAY BEFORE, BUT... SHAKING m THAT WAY BEFORE, BUT... YEAH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ALL LAUGHS ON THE FARM IN RECENT WEEKS. AFTER A RECORD PAYOUT TO FARMERS LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR'S MILK SOLIDS PAYOUT WAS SLASHED BECAUSE OF LOWER GLOBAL PRICES. AS FARM MANAGERS, THE NEXT STEP FOR THOMAS AND STACEY IS SHARE MILKING, WHERE THEY BUYA HERD AND PARTNER WITH A FARM OWNER TO SHARE THE PROFITS. FOR AROUND 200 COWS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LEAST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, A LOT OF DEBT TO CARRY WHEN MILK-SOLID PAYOUTS ARE LOW. DAIRY FARMING - IT'S A LONG-TERM GAME, REALLY. THERE'S GOING TO BE UPS AND DOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR CAREER, SO THERE MIGHT BE A FEW THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT SPLURGE ON THIS YEAR. BUT, I MEAN, OVERALL IT'S NOT REALLY HAD THAT MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON US. < SO, YOU AND THOMAS, YOU'RE BOTH STILL IN YOUR 20S, SO WHAT'S YOUR 10-YEAR PLAN, WHAT'S YOUR ZO-YEAR PLAN? WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE? UM, OUR 10-YEAR PLAN - WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE HERD OWNERS OR IN AN EQUITY PARTNERSHIP IN THAT TIME. UM, 20 YEARS - OUR PLAN IS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT, ACTUALLY. UM, IF FARM OWNERSHIP IS ABLE TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT GOAL, THEN IT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT AN OVERARCHING GOAL OF OURS - FARM OWNERSHIP. WE'RE MORE ABOUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO BE THERE FOR OUR BOYS, UM, BEING ABLE TO LIVE THE LIFESTYLE THAT WE WANT, UM, BE A BIT MORE RELAXED, I THINK, IN 2O YEARS' TIME, SO... AND I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. CAIQIIED I-EATS 'GOING I], THE LUKE'S NOT CERTAIN HE'LL FOLLOW DOWN THE SAME TRACK AS THOMAS AND STACEY. HE SAYS HE'S KEEPING HIS OPTIONS OPEN. YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS'LL BE LONG TERM OR NOT, UM, THIS WILL HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MANY SKILLS WHICH I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND, YOU KNOW, REGRET. IN FACT, LUKE SAYS LIFE COULDN'T BE BETTER, WELL, MAYBE WITH ONE EXCEPTION. UH, MY MAIN CONCERN IS MEETING A LADY. (LAUGHS) I HAVEN'T MET ONE IN WAIMANA YET, SO FINGERS CROSSED. < WELL, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. IT IS. IT IS. JUST BE THE BACHELOR NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK, EH. < (LAUGHS) NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK, EH. < (LAUGHS) PGOINGUPWEOOUNTRY' I YEAH, VVHATA NICE JOKER, AND, OF COURSE- 'GOING UPTI-E COUNTRY' YEAH, WHATA NICE JOKER, AND, OF COURSE- JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. HE HAS PUT IT OUT THERE. SO, LUKE'S LOOKING FORA GIRLFRIEND, OK, SO IF YOU WANT TO JUMP ONLINE RIGHT NOW, MAKE HIM A PROPOSAL- LOOKING FORA GIRLFRIEND, OK, SO IF YOU WANT TO JUMP ONLINE RIGHT NOW, MAKE HIM A PROPOSAL- DO YOU THINK HE'S A GOOD CATCH? HE LOOKS LOVELY TO ME. WELL, NOT- OK, FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S MY TYPE. HE LOOKS LOVELY TO ME. WELL, NOT- OK, FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S MY TYPE. NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR SOMEONE. OK, ITHOUGHT YOU HAD TO BE. ANYWAY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE HIM A PROPOSAL, JUMP ONLINE. ALSO ONLINE AS WELL, AS MIKE MENTIONED, THERE'S A REAL PUSH TO GET MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR ON THE FARM, SO AS MANY AS 50,000 OF YOU ARE NEEDED. IT'S A HUGE NUMBER, YEAH. SO AS MANY AS 50,000 OF YOU ARE NEEDED. IT'S A HUGE NUMBER, YEAH. IT'S A MASSIVE NUMBER, ISN'T IT? NEEDED OVER THE NEXT DECADE, SO IF YOU WANT TO BE ONE OF THEM, AS I SAID, JUMP ON OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS. RIGHT, LATER IN THE PROGRAMME, THE ITALIAN GIGALO WHO'S BECOME ATV STAR. I (SPEAKS ITALIAN) I BUT UP NEXT, TIKI TAANE IS IN THE PACIFIC TO WITNESS MIRACLES I AND SPREAD THE LOVE. I # I LOVE YOUR WAYS. I LOVE YOUR WAYS. # HIVOMENLMJGFLSCREAIII <i>[I</i> I AND THIS STORY ls REMARKABLE. I YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING MORE UPLIFTING THAN SEEING A BLIND PERSON GETTING THEIR SIGHT BACK. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HERE'S PAULA PENFOLD. <i>L</i> GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC I FOR AYEAR THE WORD HAS BEEN SPREADING - THE EYE DOCTORS ARE COMING TO TOWN. OVER THE NEXT WEEK, EVERY KIND OF CASE IMAGINABLE WILL WALK THROUGH THE DOOR. IPEOHEOHATTERI BLINDNESS WILL BE REPAIRED, LIVES RECLAIMED. AND YET IT MUST TAKE SUCH A LEAP OF FAITH TO BE HERE. I usuow GUITAR music I WE'VE COME TO VANUATU, THE ISLAND OF SANTO, WHERE IT'S JUST AS YOU EXPECT IT WILL BE - PEACEFUL, PRISTINE, PERFECTLY UNDERDEVELOPED. INVITED TOO IS NZ MUSICIAN TIKI TAANE. HE'S INTERESTED IN ISSUES AROUND POVERTY, PARTICULARLY IN THE PACIFIC. MOST OF US AS NZERS KNOW SOMETHING OF THE LEGACY OF FRED HOLLOWS AND THAT HE IS A LEGEND, > BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THAT LEGACY FIRST-HAND FOR YOURSELF. YEAH, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S COOL. UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING AROUND THATAND JUST MEETING THE DOCTORS AND THE PATIENTS AND JUST BEING A PART OF THAT EXPERIENCE. IsLow ewes MUSIC I LUGANVILLE IS AN EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF, THE SECOND-BIGGEST TOWN IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS NO INCOME TAX. THERE'S NOT VAST REVENUE TO SPEND ON ANYTHING MUCH, INCLUDING THE HEALTH SYSTEM. MOST OF THIS NATION'S POPULATION OF QUARTER OF A MILLION DOESN'T LIVE IN THE URBAN AREAS. I VILLAGE LIFE IS SIMPLER, PREFERABLE. I I MUSIC CONTIMJES I WE'RE HEADED TO FALAFO, WHICH HAS A BIT OF HISTORY. WE WANT TO MEET JENNY, WIDOW OF THE LATE JIMMY STEVENS, WHO LED A REBELLION FOR AN INDEPENDENT SANTO IN 1980. JENNY REMEMBERS THOSE DAYS AS IF THEY WERE YESTERDAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HER VISION IS NOWHERE NEAR AS CLEAR AS HER MEMORY. HOW HAS LIFE BEEN FOR YOU, JENNY, SINCE YOU STARTED TO LOSE YOUR SIGHT? I (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) I WHY DO YOU FEEL BAD? WHAT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU? LIFE HERE MAY BE LIVED IN THE TRADITIONAL FASHION, BUT JENNY'S FAMILY HOPES MODERN MEDICINE MAY RESTORE HER SIGHT SO SHE CAN ONCE AGAIN ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF A LIFE LIVED LONG... I (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) I ...SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO READ TO HER GRANDCHILDREN AGAIN, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM READ TO HER. I (HUMs) I TIKI TAANE HAS HEARD OF THE CASE OF A 28-YEAR-OLD WHO'S BLIND IN BOTH EYES I FROM CATARACTS BECAUSE OF DIABETES. I I HEY, CLIFF. KIA ORA, MY BRO. I CLIFF'S WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN HAVE HAD TO MOVE TO ANOTHER TOWN TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES, I WHILE HE LIVES HERE WITH HIS MOTHER. I IT MUST BE HARD FOR YOU. YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND DO THINGS. IT MUST BE HARD FOR YOU. YEAH YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND DO THINGS. IT MUST BE HARD FOR YOU. YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND DO THINGS. IYEAH. I IYEAH. I I YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I loH.l I no YOU LIKE MUSIC? I YES, I LIKE MUSIC. DO YOU LIKE MUSIC? YES, I LIKE MUSIC. WHAT KIND OF MUSIC? REGGAE MUSIC. WHAT KIND OF MUSIC? REGGAE MUSIC. YES, MY MAN. # GET UP, STAND UP. STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS. # IYOU KNOW IT. I SO TIKI INVITES CLIFF TO A CONCERT HE'S PUTTING ON IN A FEW DAYS' TIME. IMAGINE IF HE COULD SEE IT BY THEN. I (HUMS GUITAR RIFF) I I # NO WOMAN, NO CRY. # I IYEAH. I <i>I</i> GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC I IPEOHEOHATTERI THE AIR IS THICK WITH HEAT AND ANTICIPATION. THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION CAME TO VANUATU, A DIFFERENT ISLAND, AYEAR AGO, AND NOW THE TEAM IS BACK. IPEOHEOHATTERI JUST BY LOOKING AT EACH INDMDUAL PATIENT, EMOTIONALLY I FEEL WITH THEM. DR MUNDI QALO IS THE LEAD OPHTHALMOLOGIST AND KNOWS THE CHALLENGES PATIENTS FACE. WITH THE GEOGRAPHY HERE, IT'S A LONG WAY FOR THE PATIENTS TO GO TO COME AND GET THEIR EYES CHECKED, RIGHT? THEY ARE FROM ISLANDS OUTSIDE OF SANTO. MAYBE SOME ARE FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND, THAT THERE'S NO TRANSPORT REACHING THEM, AND SO IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACCESS EYE HEALTH SERVICES. IT'S NOT TILL YOU BEGIN TO HEAR THEIR STORIES YOU REALISE HOW TRUE THAT IS. KARAE BOBOI IS BLIND, YET HAS WALKED FOR AWEEK FROM THE MOUNTAINS, GUIDED BYA RELATIVE WITH ONE GOOD EYE. FOR SOME REASON, EVEN IN BORROWED CLOTHES, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IIIIII I A CERTAIN DIGNITY AND ASSUREDNESS. I < HOW LONG HAVE YOU NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE? A CERTAIN DIGNITY AND ASSUREDNESS. < HOW LONG HAVE YOU NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE? (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) A CERTAIN DIGNITY AND ASSUREDNESS. FOR CLIFF TOO, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE HE COULD SEE. HOWARE YOU, MY BROTHER? FEW YEARS SINCE HE COULD SEE. HOWARE YOU, MY BROTHER? GOOD TO SEE YOU. TIKI TAANE WAS AFFECTED BY MEETING HIM AND WANTS TO HELP SUPPORT HIM THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. I A FEW MORE STEPS. I TIKI WANTS ALSO TO PROVIDE A DISTRACTION FROM THE STRESS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CERTAINTY FOR CLIFF. # ...WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS WAYABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS. # IS THIS ALL RIGHT, CLIFF? A BIT OF REGGAE, CLIFF? (STRUMS REGGAE BEAT) YEAH. CHUR, BRO. IF HIS DIABETES HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF HIS EYE, THEY WON'T OPERATE. IT'LL BE UP TO DR JOHN SZETU TO DECIDE IF THEY GO AHEAD WITH SURGERY TO REMOVE THE CATARACTS. THE PUPIL REACTIONS ARE GOOD, SO THAT MEANS THERE'S GOOD VISION POTENTIAL HERE. THAT'S GOOD NEWS, CLIFF. GOOD NEWS, MAN. I YOU'RE some m NOW. I I m THE OT, I THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED SURGERIES FOR THE WEEK, I AND CLIFF ls FIRST UP. I I LIE DOWN NOW. I TIKI TAANE IS ALLOWED TO BE WITH HIM THE WHOLE WAY, EVEN IN THEATRE. <i>L</i> YOU ALL GOOD, BROTHER? <i>I</i> I YOU'RE soon, MY MAN. AWESOME. I DR JOHN GETS TO WORK IN HIS EFFICIENT, GENTLE WAY. IS THAT LIQUID? DR JOHN GETS TO WORK IN HIS EFFICIENT, GENTLE WAY. IS THAT LIQUID? YEAH, SORT OF SEMI-LIQUID. THATS ALL COMING OUT NOW. <i>L</i> YEAH, wow. I AND VERY SOON, THE CATARACT WHICH HAD STOPPED CLIFF SEEING IS GONE. WITH A NEW LENS IN, HE STILL HAS TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW BEFORE HIS VISION CAN BE TESTED. AND IF IT'S GOOD, HE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE HIS SECOND OPERATION. IPEOHEOHATTERI WITH THREE OPERATING TABLES ON THE Go... IPEOHEOHATTERI ...IT'S A SWIFT BUT DELICATE PRODUCTION LINE. I LENS, LENS. I I TO WATCH JENNY'S LIFE CHANGED... l I OK, HERE WE so. I'M eonue To LIFT... l ...IN JUST 1O SHORT MINUTES DOES SEEM MIRACULOUS, INDEED. I HOW WAS THAT? I TOMORROW YOU GET THE BANDAGE OFF. TOMORROW. <i>L</i> GOOD DOCTOR. <i>I</i> I NUMBER ONE? I HOURS TICK BY, AND IN THAT LOVELY MELANESIAN WAY, THERE'S NO COMPLAINT OR IMPATIENCE. <i>L</i> (PLAYS SLOW MELODY) <i>I</i> AND THIS INTRIGUING, TATTOOED MUSICIAN FROM NZ IS AVVELCOME DISTRACTION. # ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. COS I'M SITTING HERE CHILLING WITH DR MUNDI. YES, MY MAN. # DR MUNDI, HOW YOU FEELING? YOU FEELING GOOD? <i>I</i> YOU FEELING GOOD? <i>I</i> a: YOU'RE FEELING e000? REALLY GOOD . # YOU'RE FEELING GOOD? REALLY GOOD. # YOU'RE FEELING GOOD. # YOU'RE FEELING GOOD? # LOVE YOUR WAYS. # YOU'RE FEELING GOOD. # YOU'RE FEELING GOOD? # LOVE YOUR WAYS. LAUGHTER # YOU'RE FEELING GOOD? L#I LOVE YOUR WAYS. I # I LOVE YOUR WAYS. I LOVE YOUR WAYS. # HIVOMENLMJGFLSCREAIII <i>I</i> COTTON BUD? <i>I</i> TO THINK THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING SOLIDLY FOR NINE HOURS, YET INTO THE NIGHT THE SURGEONS KEEP WORKING, DESPITE EVERYTHING, INCLUDING UNRELIABLE POWER... IPEOHEOHATTERI ...BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'LL BE MORE QUEUES TOMORROW. NOW, THIS IS QUITE INTERESTING. THE REASON FOR THOSE QUEUES - IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF CATARACT PROBLEMS IN VANUATU, BUT THE DOCTORS TELL US IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CATARACT SURGERY BEING DONE, SO, OF COURSE, THAT BACKLOG BUILDS UP. MM. OK, YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF ALL THAT SURGERY IN A MOMENT. Second-hand smoke contains over 200 poisons and can damage the health of your kids. Winding down the window won't help, as the poisons urill linger long after the smoke has disappeared. I COPYRIGHTABLE 2014 I WELCOME BACK TO 3RD DEGREE. IT'S FASCINATING WATCHING THESE EYE SURGEONS AT WORK AT SUCH A SIMPLE YET SUCH A DELICATE PROCESS. SURPRISINGLY, TOO, IT IS LOW-COST, BUT AS WE'VE ALL SEEN, COMPLETELY LIFE-CHANGING. WELL, NOW, THESE PATIENTS HAVE HAD THEIR SURGERIES NOW, AND PAULA PENFOLD IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHETHER IT WORKED; WHETHER THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AGAIN. GUITAR STRIIIS ENGINE REVS GUITAR STRIMS # THERE'S NO PLACE THAT I'D RATHER BE... IT'S HOURS TILL THE CLINIC WILL OPEN. L# ...THAN RIGHT HERE NOW. I I# JUST YOU AND ME. I I BUT WHAT HOPE TODAY MUST noun... l # THERE'S NO PLACE THAT I'D RATHER BE I# THAN RIGHT HERE NOW. I I# JUST YOU AND ME. I ...FOR THOSE WHO'VE HAD THEIR OPERATIONS; THE REMOVAL OF THE BANDAGES. L# YEAH, JUST You AND ME. I I THE ANTICIPATION, THE NERVOUSNESS. I I# JUST YOU AND ME. I THE EXPECTATION AND FEAR ARE PALPABLE. <i>I #</i> LAST TIME THAT <i>I</i> SAW YOU... <i>I</i> AND AS THE PATCHES COME OFF ONE BY ONE, THE REASON FOR THIS CLINIC BECOMES AS CLEAR AS THIS WOMAN'S VISION NOVV IS. # WE WILL NEVER FORGET OUR CONNECTIONS. # LIVES CHANGED IN THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL AND PRECIOUS OF WAYS. HE'S ABLE TO READ AGAIN. I HOWS THAT? HOWS THAT EYE? I FOR TIKl'S NEW MATE, CLIFF, THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. I ll"s soon. YOU CAN SEE ME? I I YEAH! (CHUCKLES)I AWESOME, BRO. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE SOON, HUH? I YEAH? I NEXT WEEK YOU WANNA DRIVE? (CHUCKLES) THATS AWESOME. I THAT'S so AWESOME, MAN. I FOR JENNY, WHO HASN'T SEEN FOR THREE YEARS, IT CERTAINLY IS. I OPEN YOUR EYES, JENNY. I I LOOK STRAIGHTAT ME. I AND FOR THE MAN WHO WALKED AWEEK TO BE HERE, THE JOURNEY IS WORTH IT. I SO NOW YOU LOOK GOOD NOW, YEAH? I WITH HIS VISION RESTORED IN ONE EYE, BOBOI NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET HIS SECOND EYE FIXED. CAN YOU TELL, DR MUNDI, DURING THE SURGERY WHETHER IT IS LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT? I YES, YOU CAN. YOU CAN TELL. I HOWS THIS LOOKING? > YES, YOU CAN. YOU CAN TELL. HOWS THIS LOOKING? > THIS ONE LOOKS OK. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD OUTCOME. Islms SOREEOHI DAY THREE, AND PATIENTS WHO STARTED THE WEEK BLIND IN BOTH EYES ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THEIR SECOND SURGERIES. BOBOI HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO WAIT FOR THE MEDICAL STAFF TO REMOVE HIS EYE PATCH. HE'S DONE IT FOR HIMSELF. AND HE'S RELAXED A BIT, REVEALING MORE ABOUT WHO HE IS. WE'LL LEARN WHAT GIVES HIM THAT SENSE OF PRESENCE. OH, YOU'RE A CHIEF. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. > WE'RE TOLD HE IS, IN FACT, THE CHIEF OF A PYGMY TRIBE FROM THE MOUNTAINS. SO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOUR PEOPLE? > THE DOCTORS KNOW BOBOI CAN SEE. WHAT THEY NEED NOW TO FIND OUT IS HOW MUCH. LIKE MANY PATIENTS, HE CAN'T READ, BUT THEY'RE EQUIPPED, OF COURSE, FOR THAT. HE SIMPLY NEEDS TO USE HIS HANDS TO REPRESENT THE SYMBOLS HE SEES, AND THE RESULTS ARE JUST AS CLEAR. YOU CAN SENSE THE FEELING OF HOPE FOR CLIFF. THE FINAL TEST ON BOTH EYES WILL REVEAL IF HE SEES WELL ENOUGH TO GET HIS OLD JOB BACK AS A DRIVER FOR A BAKERY. AND, YES, HE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE HIS BOSS A CALL. HIS VISION IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. MHEERINQAPPLAUSE I I HELLO, BOBOI. (SPEAKS LOCAL DIALECT) I BOBOI, MEANTIME, HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO SHOW US. HE'S SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE AT GETTING HIS VISION BACK THAT HE'S HAULED A GIFT FOR THE DOCTORS ALL THE WAY FROM HIS VILLAGE. I MAGNET? MAGNET ROCK? I WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THESE? MAGNET? MAGNET ROCK? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THESE? < (T RANSLATOR SPEAKS LOCAL DIALECT) MAGNET? MAGNET ROCK? BOBOl'S GESTURE REFLECTS THE WIDESPREAD SENSE HERE OF APPRECIATION, I AND NOT JUST FROM THE PATIENTS. I THESE GUYS ARE ROCK STARS IN MY EYES, YOU KNOW? UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE... THE WAY THAT THE DOCTORS AND NURSES JUST COME ON IN HERE, I AND THEY JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN. I YEAH, IT'S JUST MADE ME... I DON'T KNOW. REALLY PROUD, I THINK. REALLY PROUD THAT, YOU KNOW, FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION IS DOING THIS AND THAT... PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, DR MUNDI AND DR JOHN ARE JUST... AND THE NURSES ARE JUST GETTING... GETTING INTO IT. GETTING- JUST ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES AND JUST DOING IT. IT'S REALLY INSPIRING STUFF. I MM. so THE CONCERTS TONIGHT? I CONCERT TONIGHT, YEAH. THIS IS THE... THIS IS GOING TO BE COOL. (STRUMS GUITAR) I DO IT A REGGAE STYLE BECAUSE VANUATU LIKES THEIR REGGAE, YEAH? APPLAUSE BECAUSE VANUATU LIKES THEIR REGGAE, YEAH? APPLAUSE < YEAH, HERE WE so. (smes) 'I'VE BEEN ROAMING AROUND...' IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE SURGICAL TEAM. # YOU KNOW THAT I COULD USE SOMEBODY. WE COULD USE SOMEBODY LIKE DR MUNDI. (SINGS) 'SOMEONE LIKE YOU...' AND HOWS THIS FOR PROOF OFA MIRACLE? TIKl'S VIP GUEST, CLIFF, WITH A BORROWED CAMERA, TAKING PHOTOS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE. IT'S THE PERFECT METAPHOR FOR THIS WEEK. IREGGAEINSIOPIAYSI KIWI GENEROSITY COMBINING WITH LOCAL TALENT TO BRING MANY PEOPLE JOY... AND A NEW CHANCE AT LIFE. WITH HIS SIGHT RESTORED AND THE DOCTORS GMNG HIM THE ALL CLEAR, THE MOUNTAIN-PYGMY CHIEF, KARAE BOBOI, IS HEADING HOME TO ACTUALLY SET EYES ON HIS FAMILY, HIS PEOPLE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS AND TO TELL THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE DOCTORS WHO MADE BLIND PEOPLE SEE. NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP WITH THIS WORK IN THE PACIFIC, YOU CAN. IT'S JUST A $3 DONATION. 3 BUCKS WILL GO INTO THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION FOR MORE CATARACT SURGERIES. AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TOO TO TIKI TAANE FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THAT HE PROVIDED FOR THAT STORY. HE WAS LIKE AWALKING SOUNDTRACK, WASN'T HE? HE WAS. RIGHT, LETS CHANGE OUR TUNE HERE. UP NEXT IS THE MALE PROSTITUTE. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STORY. IT'S A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ITALY. I IT ls THE ITALIAN STALLION. I WELCOME BACK. OK, NOW WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT AN AGE-OLD PROFESSION. SOME CALL IT THE OLDEST PROFESSION - PROSTITUTION - BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S ABOUTA MALE PROSTITUTE OR, TO PUT ITA LITTLE BIT MORE KINDLY, A GIGOLO. AN ITALIAN GIGOLO. YEAH, SO HE GOES BY THE NAME SWEET ROY. NOT SWEET BOY. SWEET ROY. AND WHAT'S UNUSUALABOUT HIM IS THAT HE'S OUTED HIMSELF, AND THE ITALIANS, THEY SIMPLY CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF HIM. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY SAY THAT, CAN'T WE? SWEET ROY HAS BECOME A NATIONAL CELEBRITY. MATELICA IS A SMALL, QUIET VILLAGE NOT KNOWN FOR MUCH, BUT IT DOES HAVE ONE FAMOUS RESIDENT. F ROCK MUSIC PLAYS H ONE FAMOUS RESIDENT. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS # HEY, BABY. L# YOU'RE IRRESISTIBLE. I <i>I</i> ITALY'S MOST POPULAR MALE GIGOLO. <i>I</i> I # YOU'RE so POWERFUL. #I # YOU'RE SO POWERFUL. # ROY! # YOU'RE so POWERFUL. # ROY! ROBERTO - OR ROY - DULCE HAS BEEN A STAR GUEST ON DOZENS OF TV TALK SHOWS. PEOPLE ARE FASCINATED BY THE JOB, THE SUBTEXT AND, OF COURSE, HEARING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF WOMEN WILL PAY FOR SEX. CLIENTS PAY UP TO 2000 EURO. THAT'S MORE THAN NZ$3000. ON OFFER -A RANGE OF SERVICES FROM A SIMPLE DINNER TO CLIENTS LOOKING TO LOSE THEIR VIRGINITY, WHICH IS WHAT THIS REAL CLIENT WANTED. SOMETIMES HE'S HIRED BY SHY WOMEN WHO FEAR DATING. HE EVEN OFFERS LIFE COACHING FOR WOMEN. OTHERS LIKE MARIA, AS WE'LL CALL HER, ARE MARRIED AND ADMIT TO MORE CONVENTIONAL REASONS. ROY'S FAME HAS ALSO CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE TAX DEPARTMENT, PROSTITUTION IS LEGAL BUT ONLY UP TO A POINT. THE PROFESSION ISN'T RECOGNISED FOR TAX PURPOSES, <i>I</i> so HE CAN'T FILE A RETURN. <i>I</i> BUT, BIZARRELY, THAT HASN'T STOPPED THEM CHASING HIM FOR THOUSANDS IN UNPAID TAXES. THE MAN SKYPING WITH ROY IS PSYCHOLOGISTALESSANDRO PEDRAZZI. TOGETHER THEY'RE WORKING ON A BOOK, AND THIS IS NO FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO UNVEIL THE WORLD OF A GIGOLO. Uasv-eoaue smme wsucl I PA: (SPEAKS ITALIAN) I IN ITALY, IT'S NO SECRET CHAUVINISM STILL RULES. SO, BY HIRING ROY, ARE SOME ITALIAN WOMEN ACTUALLY LIBERATING THEMSELVES FROM ALL THIS SEXISM? HIRING A MALE GIGOLO MAY BE AN ODD EXAMPLE OF FEMINISM, BUT FOR MARIA, IT'S REAL NONETHELESS. PERHAPS THIS ITALIAN STALLION HAS, IN SOME STRANGE WAY, BEGUN TO DRAG ITALY INTO THE MODERN ERA. I QUITE ENJOYED THAT PIECE. UH, WOULD YOU? WOULD I? WELL, ITHINK IF MEN CAN. SURELY WOMEN CAN. PIECE. UH, WOULD YOU? HE'S NOT QUITE MY TYPE, DUNCAN. CAN, SURELY WOMEN CAN. PIECE. UH, WOULD YOU? HE'S NOT QUITE MY TYPE, DUNCAN. NO. WELL... (SCOFFS) PIECE. UH, WOULD YOU? YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTING, ISN'T IT? DO YOU THINK HE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL? WELL, HE OBVIOUSLY IS. HE OBVIOUSLY IS SUCCESSFUL IN ITALY. lT'SA FAIRLY LIBERAL PLACE. <i>L</i> THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY EMBRACED l-lllvl. <i>I</i> DO YOU THINK HE'S HOT? IS HE GOOD-LOOKING? IS HE GOOD-LOOKING? THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY EMBRACED HIM. DO YOU THINK HE'S HOT? IS HE GOOD-LOOKING? IS HE GOOD-LOOKING? LIKE I SAID, HE'S NOT MY TYPE. RIGHT. LET'S LEAVE IT THERE. THAT'S ALL FROM US. THERE IS ALL FROM US AT 3RD DEGREE THIS WEEK. WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE BACK NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE'LL CATCH YOU THEN.