IT'S SEVEN SHARP. THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS CARMEN LYING NEXT TO THE CAR. A DRUNK DRIVER KILLED HIS WIFE. MAY THE 6TH WAS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE. HOW THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER. WHAT'S THE POINT IN PUNISHING THIS PERSON OR MAKING THIS PERSON SUFFER? PLUS A FLIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. ONE JUST UNDER THAT BUSH THERE TOO. WHY THESE NATIVE GIANTS ARE MOVING NORTH. THESE BIRDS THAT END UP IN THE NORTH ISLAND REGIONS DON'T TEND TO BE AS FAT AS THE SOUTH ISLAND VERSIONS. # COS I'M A PSYCHOSOCIAL # AND WHO KNEW BROOKE FRASER WAS GOOD AT THIS? IF ANYONE NEEDS A BIRTHING PARTNER,... LAUGHTER ...I AM AVAILABLE. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY VIRGINIA PHILP AND ANTONY VLUG. 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. Hello. You may take Brooke Fraser add-on that. Might be a bit awkward. It has been a painful day. A co-worker came back from seeing the sound of music on stage. She has been singing the tunes all day. It's a classic. You don't like musicals, do you? I do, but I'd like them to have sex in them. No I mean sexy. A bit of sex appeal? I took my husband along. He likes it. He doesn't like productions where they sing lines. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` IT'S NOT JUST AUCKLANDERS COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING NO POWER. NEARLY 9000 HOMES IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND ARE ALSO OFF THE GRID AFTER STRONG WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. TIME TO BUST OUT A DOWNWARD DOG ` A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO PRACTISE YOGA AND MEDITATION CAN LEARN TO CONTROL A COMPUTER WITH THEIR MINDS FASTER AND BETTER THAN PEOPLE WITH LITTLE OR NO YOGA OR MEDITATION EXPERIENCE. HUNDREDS OF TENNIS-BALL-SIZED SPONGY GREEN SPHERES HAVE BEEN WASHING UP ON SYDNEY BEACHES. SOME SCIENTISTS THINK THEY ARE A RARE FORM OF ALGAE THAT USUALLY ROLLS AROUND ON THE SEA FLOOR. Some scientists think? HERE'S A QUESTION ` WHAT WOULD DO TO THE MAN WHO KILLED YOUR SPOUSE? WOULD YOU WANT TO HURT HIM? WOULD YOU DEMAND HE ROT IN JAIL? NEITHER OF THOSE SOLUTIONS WERE WHAT NEW PLYMOUTH MAN CHE ROGERS WANTED AFTER A DRINK-DRIVER KILLED HIS WIFE, CARMEN. IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING ALL OF US COULD MANAGE, BUT HE THOUGHT ABOUT GANDHI'S QUOTE, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE LEAVES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND.' SO HE MADE A DEAL WITH HIS WIFE'S KILLER ` A DEAL WHICH NOT EVERYONE AGREED WITH. THIS FROM HADYN JONES. IT HAD BEEN A PRODUCTIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON THE BEERS, BUT IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME. MOTOR REVS HOGAN BOLTON'S HOUSE WAS A 10-MINUTE WALK DOOR TO DOOR, BUT FOR SOME REASON HE DIDN'T KEEP HIS KEYS IN HIS POCKET. CARMEN ROGERS AND HER 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TEAL PARKED OUTSIDE HER HUSBAND'S WORK. JUST DOWN THE ROAD, HOGAN BOLTON WAS THREE TIMES OVER THE LIMIT AND HEADING THROUGH TOWN. IT'S A NARROW STREET BUT NOT THAT NARROW. HOGAN HIT CARMEN ROGERS AND KEPT ON DRIVING. MAN: GIVE US THE KEYS, MATE. GIVE US THE KEYS. A BYSTANDER ENDED HIS JOURNEY PREMATURELY AT THE LIGHTS. I REMEMBER IT ALL, PRETTY MUCH. CHE ROGERS IS CARMEN'S HUSBAND. HE ARRIVED IN SECONDS. YEAH, AND THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS CARMEN LYING NEXT TO THE CAR. HOGAN BOLTON WAS STUMBLING AROUND. I APPROACHED HOGAN, WENT UP TO HIM AND... WENT, 'YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE EFFIN' KILLED SOMEONE HERE?' CARMEN ROGERS, MOTHER OF TWO, SUFFERED MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. SHE DIED IN WELLINGTON HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT. SEE, I'M LOVED SO MUCH. THIS PART OF THE STORY, SADLY, WE'VE ALL SEEN COUNTLESS TIMES BEFORE, BUT I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT ANYWAY. IT GOES ` THE COURT APPEARANCE, THE SENTENCING, THE UNHAPPY VICTIMS AND ULTIMATELY THE JAIL SENTENCE. BUT CHE ROGERS WANTED SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT, SO BEFORE HE WENT INTO THE COURT HOUSE HERE, HE ACTUALLY TOOK A DETOUR NEXT DOOR TO THIS BUILDING HERE. YOU SEE, CHE ROGERS WANTED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS WIFE. INTROSPECTIVE MUSIC WALKING DOWN QUITE A LONG PASSAGE, AND I REMEMBER MY HEART JUST THUMPING ABOUT HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR THESE PEOPLE WALKING INTO THIS ROOM, AND THEY'RE SEEING THE GUY WHO KILLED THEIR MUM. PAMELA JENSEN RAN THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MEETING BETWEEN CHE, HIS FAMILY AND HOGAN BOLTON. IT LASTED EIGHT HOURS. CHE CAME ARMED WITH A LIST OF THINGS THAT HE WANTED FROM THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS WIFE. A) WAS THAT HE WORKS ON HIMSELF SO HE'S NOT LIKELY TO DO IT HIMSELF AGAIN. B) WAS THAT HE TAKES PART IN SPEAKING PUBLICALLY SOMEWHERE. THE THIRD THING ON THE LIST WAS... COMPENSATION. CHE ROGERS DIDN'T WANT HOGAN BOLTON, THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS WIFE, TO GO TO JAIL. INSTEAD HE WANTED HIS HELP IN STOPPING OTHERS DRINK-DRIVING. WHAT'S THE POINT IN PUNISHING THIS PERSON OR MAKING THIS PERSON SUFFER WHEN THEY COULD BE PUTTING THAT ENERGY TO SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US OR HAVE SOME BENEFIT TO THE DRINK-DRIVING PROBLEM? MAY THE 6TH WAS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD KILL A PERSON, BUT I DID THAT AFTERNOON WHEN I DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME FROM THE PUB. SPOTSWOOD COLLEGE SENIOR ASSEMBLY HAS NEVER BEEN THIS QUIET. TOMORROW I GO TO COURT FOR SENTENCING. JAIL LOOKS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME. I HOPE MY GIRLFRIEND WILL BE OK ALONE AT HOME AND SHE CAN MANAGE OUR HOUSE, THE MORTGAGE AND THE BILLS WHILE I'M AWAY. BUT MOST OF ALL I WISH I HADN'T MADE THAT DECISION TO DRIVE HOME AFTER DRINKING THAT DAY. HOGAN BOLTON SHARED THE STAGE WITH CHE'S DAUGHTER NOUVEAU ROGERS ` THE GIRL WITHOUT A MUM, THE GIRL WHO SAW TOO MUCH. I LOOKED ACROSS THE ROAD AND SAW A LADY THAT WAS SCREAMING AND HAD BLOOD EVERYWHERE, AND THAT WAS WHEN I REALISED IT WAS MY OWN MOTHER. IMAGINE HAVING SOMEONE SO CLOSE TO YOU TAKEN AWAY JUST LIKE THAT. CHE'S PLAN IS TO SCARE STUDENTS INTO NEVER DRINK-DRIVING. THE STUDENTS WERE STUNNED, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT HAD AN IMPACT ON THEM. THE BREATH-ALCOHOL LEVEL A GROSSLY EXCESSIVE ONE. THE NEXT DAY, HOGAN BOLTON WAS SENTENCED. CHE ROGERS ASKED JUSTICE ROBERTS TO NOT JAIL HOGAN BOLTON. HE AGREED, GIVING HIM NINE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION AND ORDERING HIM TO HELP CHE IN A DOCUMENTARY AND DO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKING ABOUT DRINK-DRIVING. MY EXPECTATION, BOLTON, IS THIS ` THAT YOU REMAIN ON TAP. IF AND WHEN THE NEED ARISES FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMMES WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY KICKED OFF, YOU ARE THERE MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE. CHE'S PLAN ANGERED HIS OWN FAMILY. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE ONLY GOT THAT. HE KILLED SOMEONE, AND HE TOOK SOMEONE'S LIFE, AND HE ONLY GETS HOME DETENTION. HE GETS TO FALL ASLEEP WITH HIS WIFE TONIGHT, BUT CHE AND THE GIRL DON'T GET TO FALL ASLEEP WITH THEIR MOTHER. BECAUSE OF THE REACTION THAT I'M GETTING FROM THE FAMILY AND THAT, I'M WORRIED THAT IT WAS MAYBE THE WRONG THING, BUT I... BUT THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, IN THE BIGGER PICTURE, I'M HOPING THIS WILL HAVE A BIGGER POSITIVE IMPACT. THIS STORY HAS NO EASY ENDING. THE ROGERS' HOUSE IS FULL OF NEW ANIMALS, BUT, OF COURSE, THERE IS EMPTINESS WITHOUT CARMEN. AND HOGAN BOLTON IS HARDLY ON TAP TO HELP CHE AS THE JUDGE DIRECTED. HE REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH THIS STORY, DESPITE CHE'S INSISTENCE, AND A PLANNED DOCUMENTARY FEATURING CHE AND HOGAN IS IN LIMBO BECAUSE OF FUNDING. IT'S A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT. IT WAS, I FEEL LIKE, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO HELP REDEEM. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT HE'D FIND IT BENEFICIAL TO HIMSELF TO REDEEM HIMSELF IN SOME WAY OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT HIS GUILT OR WHATEVER. DESPITE THIS, CHE ROGERS THINKS HE'S MADE HIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE BY NOT PUTTING A MAN IN JAIL. HE THINKS HE'S FOUND SOME GOOD IN A VERY BAD SITUATION. I HOPE THAT HE BECOMES A BETTER PERSON FROM THIS. POIGNANT MUSIC That's a tough story. Really tough. I was talking to Hadyn about this. He said the judge said several things. Hogan had to pay reparation. And he spoken at all assemblies. His expectation was that Hogan would be on tap. But what a brave guy, Che Rogers. The talk at the school where Hogan spoke and had to watch The woman's daughter speak to the assembly. I would be fascinated to see what you think. I think Che has done a very brave thing. And isn't it a bigger impact on children? It was interesting seeIng what his family thought. We have an interview with Brooke Fraser coming up. Apparently he is NZ's most eligible bachelor. He wants to get married to Brooke Fraser's song. I know it sounds cheesy. I know people think I'm tough. You do. But Arithmeticit's a beautiful song. We'll talk about that after the break. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` THEY'RE CERTAINLY SURPRISED BY THE SIZE OF TAKAHE WHEN THEY SEE THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. GOOD TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TAKAHE MOVE NORTH, THEN. THESE BIRDS THAT END UP IN THE NORTH ISLAND REGIONS TEND TO TRIM DOWN A BIT SO DON'T TEND TO BE AS FAT AS THE SOUTH ISLAND VERSIONS. AND FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS, EVERYONE! THEY'RE REAL! TIM WILSON WITH HOW TO SURVIVE. (SQUEAKS) I'VE JUST GOT A SECOND ONE THERE. THEY'RE IN BIG TROUBLE. ONLY 260 TAKAHE ARE IN EXISTENCE TODAY, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NUMBER IS GROWING. GRAB HOLD OF ONE, MIKE. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS PUT YOUR FINGER THROUGH BETWEEN THE HOCKS THERE. WE'LL GET ORGANISED AND WORK OUT WHO WE'VE GOT HERE. HER NAME IS FRANA, AND I WAS INSTANTLY IN LOVE. LOOK AT THESE FEATHERS HERE. SHE AND NINE OTHERS ARE ABOUT TO GO WHERE NO TAKAHE HAS GONE IN OVER A CENTURY. AS THE SNOW STARTS TO FALL, THIS IS THE HABITAT THAT THESE BIRDS ARE LEAVING. IT'S CURRENTLY 0 DEGREES. PLENTY OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AS WELL. BUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING IS VERY VERY DIFFERENT. IF WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND ` 10 DEGREES AT THE MOMENT. ONLY GONNA GET WARMER. COULD GET WETTER. UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND THEY'RE OFF, HEADING NORTH TO QUEENSTOWN BY ROAD BEFORE THEY MIGRATE NORTH THE WAY ANY FLIGHTLESS BIRD MIGRATES ` ON BOARD OUR NATIONAL CARRIER. THESE TWO HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO FIRST CLASS. LOUDSPEAKER: KIA ORA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME SOME VERY SPECIAL PASSENGERS ON BOARD OUR FLIGHT NZ620 FROM QUEENSTOWN TO AUCKLAND TODAY. EVEN IN THE AIR, THESE RARE BIRDS CAN PULL A CROWD. AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY COMPETITION IN THE SIGHT-SEEING STAKES. LOOK AT THAT. I THINK THEY'RE CERTAINLY SURPRISED BY THE SIZE OF TAKAHE WHEN THEY SEE THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEIR COLOUR ` THE LOVELY BLUES AND GREENS AND IRIDESCENT COLOURS ` THEY'RE BLOWN AWAY BY THEM. TOUCHDOWN IN THE BIG SMOKE. THE TRAVEL, THOUGH, IS FAR FROM OVER. THEIR NEW HOME, TAWHARANUI OPEN SANCTUARY, IS ABOUT AND HOUR AND A HALF NORTH OF AUCKLAND. WHAT WE'VE FOUND SO FAR OVER THE HISTORY OF THE TAKAHE PROGRAMME IS THAT THESE BIRDS THAT END UP IN THE NORTH ISLAND REGIONS TEND TO TRIM DOWN A BIT SO DON'T TEND TO BE AS FAT AS THE SOUTH ISLAND VERSIONS. THAT'S JUST BIRDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. JUST BIRDS. AFTER NINE HOURS AND 1300KM, THESE PRECIOUS BIRDS FINALLY ARRIVE. AND WHAT A WELCOME. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND JUST AS MANY CAMERAS SURROUND THEM. AND ALTHOUGH SOME SCRAMBLE FOR THE SCRUB, OTHERS SEEM JUST AS CURIOUS AS THE LOCALS. WE'D EXPECT THAT THEY WILL HAVE SHOT INTO COVER JUST UNTIL THEY'VE GOT THEIR BEARINGS A BIT AND ARE FEELING A LITTLE BIT SAFER. AND THEN I DID HEAR SOME CALLING A FEW MINUTES AGO, SO THERE ARE A FEW DUETTING OFF THE WAY THERE. SO THEY'LL PROBABLY WORK OUT WHO ELSE IS AROUND AND POTENTIALLY TEAM UP. UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC SO THAT'S IT ` END OF A LONG DAY THAT STARTED IN SNOW AND FINISHED IN RAIN. BRUTAL CONDITIONS. I RECKON THESE BIRDS WILL CHANGE. THEY ALWAYS DO WHEN THEY MOVE NORTH. GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEY'LL BE ALL, LIKE, 'TAKA-HEY!' PEOPLE EXCLAIM Now I know why put on weight in the South Island. That explains it. You can say that. You implying that...? Just people in the North island are vainer. Good on Air NZ for putting them in the back. I would have let them sit at the front. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` I ACTUALLY DID REFUSE TO WRITE ON THE PIANO OR THE GUITAR FOR THIS ALBUM. BUT BROOKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO! NOT ANY MORE, IT SEEMS. DO I WANT THIS $335 CHEQUE FROM THE AUCKLAND ENERGY CONSUMER TRUST OR POWER? I KNOW, I'LL TAKE THE MONEY AND GO SHOPPING. DAMMIT! TIM WILSON WITH A FIRST-WORLD PROBLEM SURVIVAL GUIDE. How do you stay in the home you've worked a lifetime for? A Heartland home equity loan lets you borrow against your home without having to worry about making regular repayments so you can release cash for that overdue home renovation, upgrading your car or that bucket list trip of a lifetime. So to enjoy your retirement with independence and dignity, choose a Heartland home equity loan. For more information, visit our website, heartland.co.nz. Heartland ` NZ's specialist bank. This is $156,000 in real shredded cash. 156,000 ` that's how much interest BNZ could help you shred off your mortgage with our tailored home loan. And you could pay it off over 11 years faster than a standard mortgage. Bring your home loan to BNZ and see how much you could shred. BNZ ` be good with money. Welcome back. BROOKE FRASER WAS KIND OF THE GOOD GIRL OF NZ MUSIC, WASN'T SHE? ALL PIANO AND GUITAR, NICE INNOCENT LYRICS ` ALL VERY SEDATE. WELL, THAT WAS THEN, AND THIS IS NOW. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM BROOKE FOR A WHILE, YOU'D BE RIGHT. BUT NOW SHE'S BACK ` JUST MAYBE NOT AS YOU KNOW HER. HERE'S EMMA KEELING. BROOKE FRASER'S BACK, AND SHE HAS SO MUCH TO DO ` BROOKE FRASER'S BACK, AND SHE HAS SO MUCH TO DO ` PHOTOS, INTERVIEWS, ETC. ETC. SO, THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HAIR ARE NEW? NO. NO. WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR A WHILE. YEAH. ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, ACTUALLY, WHEN SHE HELPED OUT THE CONCHORDS. IT WAS HONESTLY ONE OF MY DREAMS COME TRUE. I USED TO HAVE VIVID DREAMS, LIKE, ACTUAL DREAMS, THAT I WAS THE THIRD CONCHORD. AND THEN I GOT THE CALL UP AND, ACTUALLY, I HAD TO ASK PERMISSION FROM MY FRIEND, WHO HAD ASKED ME TO BE HER BIRTHING PARTNER, AND SHE WAS DUE A WEEK LATER. SO I BEGGED HER. I WAS, LIKE, 'LOOK, IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GO, I WON'T DO IT, BUT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE 27TH CONCHORD IN THIS VIDEO.' AND SHE WAS, LIKE, 'YEAH, GO FOR IT. I'M NOT DUE FOR A WEEK.' AND LITERALLY TWO HOURS AFTER WE FINISHED RECORDING, HER WATER BROKE. # FEEL INSIDE... # SO, IF ANYONE NEEDS A BIRTHING PARTNER, I AM AVAILABLE. I'M VERY CALMING. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. YOU DO REALISE WE HAVE, LIKE, HALF A MILLION VIEWERS WHO ARE NOW ALL GOING, 'RIGHT, OK, BROOKE'S IN.' BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TIME. SHE'S NOW IN FULL PROMO TOURING MODE WITH NEW ALBUM BRUTAL ROMANTIC. BROOKE, PSYCHOSOCIAL TOOK US A LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE. DID IT? BROOKE WROTE IT FROM HER SICK BED. # COS I'M A PSYCHOSOCIAL # I KIND OF TODDLED OVER AND JUST, LIKE, SANG IT INTO MY MIKE PLUGGED INTO MY COMPUTER, AND THAT'S THE END VOCAL, SO THAT'S WHY IT SOUNDS SO RASPY AND DISTORTED. # AND TONIGHT THAT'S YOU # WHAT'S THE REACTION BEEN LIKE FROM FANS? IT'D BE A BIT OF A SHOCK TO THEM, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT. I THINK` I REMEMBER WHEN SOMETHING IN THE WATER CAME OUT FOUR YEARS AGO AND PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED THEN. SO I THINK IT'S NOTHING NEW FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR UNEXPECTED. # THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER... # WATER WAS ON HER THIRD ALBUM 'FLAGS'. I WAS TALKING EVEN BACK THEN ABOUT HOW THAT HAD FELT LIKE THE THIRD IN THE TRILOGY AND THAT THE NEXT THING WOULD BE REALLY DIFFERENT. SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN A TWO-YEAR JOURNEY OF DISCOVERING EXACTLY WHAT THAT NEW THING THAT I FELT IN ME, WHAT EXACTLY THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE AND LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE. BROOKE'S ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR SHOPPING. OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING WHAT'S HOME-GROWN. AND IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU KNOW THE OWNER. I DO LIKE THIS HAT. JUST LIKE HER WARDROBE, BROOKE NEEDED TO KEEP EVOLVING AND PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES AS AN ARTIST. I REFUSED TO WRITE ON THE PIANO OR GUITAR FOR THIS ALBUM. I LEARNT TO USE STUDIO SOFTWARE, AND BASICALLY WENT AROUND THE WORLD WITH MY LITTLE MACBOOK AIR AND HEADPHONES AND MINI KEYBOARD AND SAT IN SWEDISH CAFES MAKING BEATS. HER TRAVELS HAVE INFLUENCED HER NEW SOUND, BUT IT'S STILL BROOKE FRASER. NOW SHE'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE A SHOW WITHOUT HER USUAL PIANO OR GUITAR. ONE THING THAT THIS MUSIC ALREADY HAS GIVEN ME IS SO MUCH FREEDOM TO EXPLORE IN EVERY, KIND OF, AREA AND ELEMENT OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND HOW WE PRESENT THIS MUSIC AND HOW I TAKE MY BACK CATALOGUE AND REINTERPRET THAT WITHIN THE NEW CONTEXT. SO IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND LOTS MORE CREATING TO DO. ELECTRONIC MUSIC I love that song. And kings and queens. I heard that on the weekend. She is releasing album on the weekends and during on March next year. Next time you talk to her, ask her to sing at your wedding. She can do it. She can be a birthing partner. I reckon arithmetic is better than... 'I'm 16...' IT'S BEEN CHAOS IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND. THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE OUT! IRONICALLY, THAT SEEMED TO MAKE AUCKLAND DRIVERS MORE COURTEOUS AND MORE LIKELY TO STICK TO THE ROAD RULES THAN USUAL. NOW, WE KNOW THE POWER CUT CAUSED MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR SOME, AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BELITTLE THAT. BUT FOR MOST EVERYDAY AUCKLANDERS, HOW BAD WAS IT? TIM WILSON WITH HOW TO SURVIVE SOME FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS. # HELLO, DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND # I'VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN # A CITY BALANCED ON FEAR AND CHAOS. WELL, SORTA. IT'S THE BLACKOUT WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, WHACKING FAIR SUBURBS LIKE EPSOM AND REMUERA. BUT BECAUSE RICH PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE TOO, HERE'S THE HOW-TO TO BLING UP YOUR BLACKOUT. # I'VE GOT THE POWER! # FLAT WHITES ARE FLAT GONE. SAME WITH LONG BLACKS, BECAUSE THAT TAKES POWER TOO. FRENCH MINERAL WATER IS AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE, BUT IT WILL BE WARM. NO BATTERY? FORTUNATELY, YOU CAN GAS UP YOUR REMUERA TRACTOR, TURN ON THE ENGINE AND CHARGE THE PHONE. WHEW! WITH A CHARGED PHONE, YOU MAY USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. DO I WANT THIS $325 CHEQUE FROM THE AUCKLAND POWER TRUST OR POWER? I KNOW, I'LL TAKE THE MONEY AND GO SHOPPING. DAMMIT! # WE GONNA ROCK DOWN TO ELECTRIC AVENUE... BE WARNED, IT'S PRETTY ROUGH AND READY. TROPICAL FISH SUFFER ESPECIALLY DURING BLACKOUTS. HELLO, BUFFY. HELLO, BUFFY. DADDY LOVES YOU, BUFFY. AN EGGBEATER MAY BE USED TO AERATE THE TANK. (GASPS) BUFFY! All I can think of is Hosking's Paul. He lives in Remuera. DO YOU REMEMBER WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO DRIVE? I CERTAINLY DO. FIRST IT WAS MY MUM. SHE LASTED MAYBE TWO LESSONS BEFORE SHE PASSED THE BATON ONTO MY DAD, CITING SHE WAS 'TOO SCARED' TO CONTINUE. HER LIFE WAS IN SERIOUS DANGER. DAD TURNED OUT TO BE A MICRO MANAGER. I HAD RUNNING COMMENTARY THROUGH THE ENTIRE RELEASING OF THE CLUTCH MOVEMENT. I MEAN, WHO CAN CONCENTRATE UNDER THAT SORT OF INTENSE PRESSURE? THE SOLUTION WAS TO FORK OUT FOR AN INSTRUCTOR. BACK WHEN I WAS 16, YOU HAD TO PAY. THE GOOD NEWS TODAY, IF YOU'RE LEARNING TO DRIVE AND YOU'RE AN AA MEMBER OR RELATED TO AN AA MEMBER, YOU GET THREE FREE DRIVING LESSONS. IT'S A GENIUS IDEA. IT MEANS OUR YOUTH IS FAR MORE EDUCATED ABOUT DRIVING, BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, PARENTS, YOU'D HAVE TO BE A TAD RUSTY WHEN IT COMES TO PARALLEL PARKING OR THE PERFECT HILL START. THE MAJOR BONUS WITH THIS ` IT PRESERVES THE TEENAGE/PARENT RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT CAN BE DELICATE AT THE BEST OF TIMES. FINALLY TONIGHT, ANOTHER QUICK WORD ON THE BLACKOUT. ASIDE FROM TIM'S HIJINKS, I FOR ONE THINK IT'S JUST A BIT CONCERNING THAT A SINGULAR FIRE CAN KNOCK OUT POWER TO SO MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN OUR BIGGEST CITY. USUALLY, I'D BE WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN EVERY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY, SMIRKING AT THE WHINGEING AUCKLANDERS. ADMIT IT, IT'S FUN, ISN'T IT? WHAT'S WRONG MATE? YOUR LATTE'S A BIT COLD, IS IT? YOUR LATE MODEL PORSCHE HAS TO TAKE IT EASY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS? STUFF THAT UP YOUR PON-SNOBBY ROAD. WELL, ACTUALLY, FAILURES LIKE THIS STILL AFFECT US ALL. WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT OF POWER, BUSINESSES ARE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE ECONOMY TAKES A HIT. IT'S 2014. WE AREN'T LESOTHO OR NORTH KOREA. SHORT OF CATASTROPHIC NATURAL DISASTER, A TOTALLY RELIABLE GRID IN OUR BIGGEST CENTRES IS A BASIC AND I THINK REASONABLE EXPECTATION. THAT'S SEVEN SHARP. KA KITE ANO. CAPTIONS BY TOM WILSON AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014