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Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 7 October 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 ` ARE WE GOING TO WAR? WHATEVER DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE ARE ONES THAT WE VOLUNTARILY MAKE. WHY THIS KIWI MUSLIM SAYS, 'PLEASE DON'T.' THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS FLYING AROUND. PLUS, IF YOU THOUGHT THE ICE-BUCKET CHALLENGE WAS BAD,... (SCREAMS) ...IT'S TIME FOR ITS HOTTER COUSIN. TELL ME WHEN IT STARTS TO HURT. THERE'S A BIT OF PAIN IN THE CHILLI, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH PAIN AS WHAT THOSE KIDS GO THROUGH. AND THE REAL SBW... YOU GO HOME AND YOUR MUM TELLS YOU TO GO DO THE DISHES OR CLEAN YOUR PLATE OR` YOU KNOW, IT JUST PULLS THINGS BACK INTO PERSPECTIVE. ...WITH A REAL POSER. SO, WHAT DO YOU RECKON, BRO? WHAT DO I NEED FOR MY COMPLEXION? 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. I had nothing for my complexion. I thought you could get advice on some other things from SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. I had my protein shakes, my free weights. I think he met his match today. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CURRENT EBOLA OUTBREAK, A PERSON HAS CAUGHT THE VIRUS OUTSIDE AFRICA, AND IT'S RAISED GLOBAL FEAR ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE DEADLY DISEASE. IT TURNS OUT PEOPLE REALLY DO NEED OTHER PEOPLE. RESEARCH FROM LA FOUND THAT KIDS WHO SPEND ALL THEIR TIME ON SCREENS, INSTEAD OF ENGAGING WITH OTHER KIDS, WERE FAR WORSE AT READING SOCIAL CUES AND EMOTIONS. AND SNAKES ON A PAIN, ANYONE? THESE ARE FOUR REAL BURMESE PYTHONS GIVING MASSAGE AT A FILIPINO ZOO. APPARENTLY THEIR WEIGHT AND SLOW MOVEMENT MAKES FOR A GOOD MASSAGE, EVEN THOUGH A SINGLE ADULT PYTHON IS CAPABLE OF KILLING AN ADULT. What could go wrong? People are stupid. YOU'LL PROBABLY BE AWARE THERE'S A CHANCE WE MIGHT JOIN THE WAR AGAINST ISIS. RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SEND TROOPS TO FIGHT THE MUSLIM MILITANT GROUP ISIS. OBVIOUSLY, GOING TO WAR IS A HUGE DECISION AND ONE MANY WILL NO DOUBT OPPOSE, BUT THERE'S NO DENYING ISIS IS COMMITTING SOME TERRIBLE CRIMES. ITS MEMBERS ARE MACHINEGUNNING MODERATE MUSLIMS AND BEHEADING AMERICANS AND BRITS. SO TO RECAP WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A DECISION, HERE'S WHAT THE PM SAID TODAY. IT WAS PROBABLY THIS VIDEO ` THIS IS JAMES WRIGHT FOLEY. THE STRAIN ON JAMES FOLEY'S FACE AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ` THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. BEFORE THIS, THE PM HAD ABSOLUTELY RULED OUT GOING TO WAR. NOW, AS WE SAY IN POLITICS, HIS LANGUAGE HAS SOFTENED. WELL, I'VE GIVEN A PRETTY CLEAR STEER THAT THAT'S AT THE OUTER EDGE OF WHAT I'D WANT TO DO. I MEAN, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE ADVICE AND LOOKED AT IT, BUT THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT NZ COULD MEANINGFULLY MAKE THAT MIGHT BE FAR MORE APPROPRIATE AND REALISTIC. SO THE OPTIONS... OF COURSE, THE PM COULD SEND OUR TROOPS INTO BATTLES LIKE THIS. OR HE COULD SEND THEM IN, BUT, LIKE IN AFGHANISTAN, KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE FIGHTING. OR HE COULD PLEDGE HELP BUT FROM AFAR, PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE SURVEILLANCE. OR HE COULD DO NOTHING. WHATEVER DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, THAT WE DECIDE ARE APPROPRIATE ARE ONES THAT WE VOLUNTARILY MAKE. I'M NOT SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR A PARTICULAR PHONE CALL. THAT PHONE CALL WOULD PROBABLY COME FROM THIS GUY, AND IT WOULD BE ASKING FOR HELP. AND WITH MORE OF THESE VIDEOS, THAT CALL IS A PROBABLY MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF. NOW, WE'RE SURE MANY OF YOU WILL HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS EITHER WAY. IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM ONE YOUNG KIWI, WHO'S MUSLIM, WHO FEELS SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT THAT HE'S ASKED US SHARE HIS THOUGHTS WITH YOU. HERE'S HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN. PERCUSSIVE MUSIC ALI'S GETTING READY TO TAKE US TO THE MOSQUE. HE WANTS TO SHOW US THE PEACEFUL SIDE OF BEING A MUSLIM. THIS TRIP TO THE MOSQUE IS ABOUT TO GO A BIT PEAR-SHAPED, BUT WE'LL LEAVE THAT FOR LATER. IN THE MEANTIME, MEET ALI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALI TAHIR. I'M 27 YEARS OLD. LAST WEEK ALI WROTE US A LETTER. I'D LIKE TO APPEAR ON SEVEN SHARP TO DISCUSS ISIS FROM A MUSLIM YOUTH PERSPECTIVE. AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT NOT SENDING NZ'S TROOPS TO IRAQ BECAUSE I THINK IT'S... WE'VE BEEN THERE 20 YEARS AGO AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY SORT OF BENEFIT FROM IT EXCEPT BEING POTENTIALLY ON THE CROSS HAIRS OF ANY POTENTIAL TERRORIST, SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT TRACK ONCE AGAIN. ALI'S RELIGION IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO HIM. SOMETIMES IT INTERRUPTS HIS LIFE. SOMETIMES HIS LIFE INTERRUPTS HIS RELIGION. HE WAS BORN IN IRAQ, BUT HE'S LIVED HERE MOST OF HIS LIFE, NEARLY 20 YEARS. THE REASON I APPROACHED YOU GUYS WAS I DIDN'T WANT NZ PUBLIC TO FEEL SCARED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS FLYING AROUND, SO I SORT OF WANTED TO CLARIFY THOSE THINGS. SEE, ALI'S WORRIED WE MIGHT START TREATING HIS FAMILY AND OTHER MUSLIMS BADLY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE MUSLIM. BY THE WAY, THAT'S LITTLE BROTHER MUSTAFA. GRANDMA'S IN THE KITCHEN. SHE DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. AND THAT'S ALI'S WIFE, ZAINAB. WE'LL INTERRUPT THE LUNCH TO EXPLAIN WHY ALI THINKS HIS FAMILY MIGHT BE HARRASSED. IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA. IT STARTED WHEN WE ALL BEGAN HEARING OF THE AWFUL CRIMES BY THE MUSLIM MILITANT GROUP ISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AUSTRALIA SENT ITS TROOPS IN; ISIS DECLARED AUSTRALIA A TARGET. THE ALLEGED PLAN WAS TO HAVE MUSLIMS IN AUSTRALIA BEHEAD INNOCENT AUSSIES. NOW, THE COPS STOPPED THAT, BUT NOW THERE'S TENSION. A KIWI WITH A BEARD ON THE GOLD COAST IS HARRASSED FOR LOOKING LIKE A MUSLIM; A MUSLIM WOMAN IS THROWN OFF A TRAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE DIRECT PERSON THAT GETS AFFECTED IS USUALLY THE WOMAN BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'S WEARING THE HIJAB AND WALKING IN THE STREET. SO THAT'S WHY ALI DOESN'T WANT US TO GO TO WAR. HE THINKS WE'LL BECOME AN ISIS TARGET AND MUSLIMS HERE WILL COP IT TOO. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL WONDER IF YOU'RE A SYMPATHISER WITH ISIS AND JUST DON'T WANT US TO GO THERE AND TAKE THEM ON. ARE YOU? NO, I'M NOT A SYMPATHISER WITH ISIS. I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE. I HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVED IN MOSUL, AND THEY'VE MIGRATED OUT OF MOSUL BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT ISIS AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT, AND NOW THAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. SO I'M NOT A SYMPATHISER. I'M ACTUALLY AGAINST THEM. BACK AT LUNCH, ZAINAB TOLD US SHE WAS TOO SHY TO BE INTERVIEWED, BUT THEN SHE CHANGED HER MIND TO SAY THIS ABOUT HER HUSBAND. I THINK I'M PROUD OF HIM FOR STEPPING FORWARD BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SHOW THAT WE'RE NORMAL PEOPLE, WE'RE CITIZENS ` LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS ` WHO BASICALLY JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND NOT GET PEOPLE JUDGING US BASED ON THE CLOTHES WE WEAR OR THE GOD WE BELIEVE IN. SO, WE'RE BACK AT THE MOSQUE. A FEW MINUTES IN, AND ALI'S IN TROUBLE. HE GETS A TALKING-TO IN ARABIC. I ASK HIM WHAT IT'S ABOUT. OH, DON'T GET INTO THAT NOW. GOTTA. ALI TELLS US IT'S BECAUSE NEITHER MYSELF NOR THE CAMERAWOMAN ARE WEARING HEADSCARVES. THERE WAS A FEW GUYS THAT HAD A@ LITTLE BIT OF DISGRUNTLE ABOUT IT, BUT, YEAH, THAT'S NORMAL. IT'S REALLY NO BIG DEAL, BUT IT SEEMS A PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROBLEM ALI FACES. HE MAY BE RELAXED ABOUT APPARENT RULES,... IT'S UP TO YOU. YOU CHOOSE IF YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE HIJAB OR NOT. IT'S TOTALLY YOUR CHOICE. ...BUT OTHERS ARE MORE STRICT. AND THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT HELPING HIS EFFORTS TO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS OF ISLAM, AS IF HIS TASK WASN'T HARD ENOUGH WITH THIS ON OUR SCREENS. When you're thinking of making a decision of whether or not to intervene, you have to work out what our goals are. There is no defeating ideology. It is not a linear war. They are not wearing uniforms. As soon as you try and stamp a group like this out, there is another group to replace them. There was Al Qaeda before, now there's IS. I had bit of an issue with the plea to not feel scared. Why should we not feel scared? We see what happens in Australia. We feel scared until we get assurances that won't happen. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WILL AMAZE YOU. YOU WILL SEE A BALD MAN BECOME A REDHEAD IN A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THAT'S WORTH WATCHING ALONE. THEN THERE'S THE YOUNG GUY DOING MORE THAN HIS BIT FOR SICK KIDS. THERE'S A BIT OF PAIN IN THE CHILLI, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH PAIN AS WHAT THOSE KIDS GO THROUGH. I'M SONNY BILL WILLIAMS, AND I'M BACK IN NZ, AND MY MAN HERE HAS GIVEN ME SOME TIPS ON HOW TO DRESS. We are still debating the ISIS situation. AT THE AGE OF 21, MOST OF US ARE OR WERE QUITE ABSORBED WITH FINDING A GOOD JOB AND ENJOYING THE SPOILS OF THAT NEW-FOUND INCOME. BUT AT AN AGE WHERE MANY OF US WOULD BE UNASHAMEDLY SELFISH, A PALMERSTON NORTH MAN HAS SACRIFICED VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING TO RAISE MONEY TO MAKE SICK CHILDREN'S WISHES COME TRUE, AND HE'S ASKING YOU TO TAKE SOME PAIN AS WELL. MIKE THORPE WENT TO PALMY TO TAKE HIS TURN. # AND WE'RE GONNA LET IT BURN, BURN, BURN, BURN. # WE'RE GONNA LET IT BURN, BURN, BURN, BURN. I'VE GOT TO CHEW THIS FOR 20 SECONDS. SO WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WILL AMAZE YOU. YOU WILL SEE A BALD MAN BECOME A REDHEAD IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. CHEERS. READY? GO FOR IT. WHY AM I DOING THIS? I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BURN, BUT I EAT IT ANYWAY. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT STARTS TO HURT. # BURN, BURN, BURN, BURN, BURN. SAM THINKS IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO. IT REALLY HURTS. THERE'S A BIT OF PAIN IN THE CHILLI, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH PAIN AS WHAT THOSE KIDS GO THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE CHOSEN CHILLIES. THE KIDS THAT SAM'S TALKING ABOUT ARE IN RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ` KIDS LIKE SAM'S FRIEND GINO. GINO ` HE WAS MAD RUGBY. EVERYTHING RUGBY. HE'D RUN TO THE SINK, GRAB A DRINK OF WATER, AND KICK THE RUGBY BALL DOWN THE HALLWAY AND RUN AFTER IT. YOU KNOW, ALWAYS RUGBY, RUGBY, RUGBY. DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL BRAIN TUMOUR, GINO'S WISH WAS TO MEET THE ALL BLACKS. UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T, AND IT WAS A BLOW TO EVERYONE THAT HE DIDN'T GET TO DO IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT GETTING UP THERE AND DOING SOMETHING FOR THEM. THAT INSPIRED SAM TO LAUNCH THIS ` THE CHILLI CHALLENGE. MIKE THORPE, A REPORTER ON SEVEN SHARP AT TVNZ. SO HE'S GONNA DO IT AS WELL. # FIRE, FIRE, FIRE, FIRE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE DOING THIS. (GROANS) I CAN'T FEEL MY TONGUE; CAN'T FEEL MY THROAT. IT STINGS, EH? OH. IT'S NOT FUNNY, MAN! # BURN, BURN, BURN, BURN. WE'LL BE EATING ONE OF THESE BAD BOYS ON OUR WAY DOWN IN THE CHALLENGE TO TRY AND RAISE 50,000 IN 50 DAYS FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE. $50,000 IN 50 DAYS AND SAM IS GIVING EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. HE QUIT HIS JOB TO GIVE HIS TIME TO THE CAUSE AND EVEN SOLD HIS PRIDE AND JOY ` A 2007 NISSAN SKYLINE GT SOLD FOR 18 GRAND TO FUND HIS CAMPAIGN. THIS IS THE NEW WHEELS. CHILLI CHILLI BANG BANG. SAM WON'T TRAVEL ALONE. TROY IS ON BOARD NOW TOO. TROY IS GINO'S COUSIN. HE KNOWS WHAT SICK KIDS GO THROUGH. JUST GIVING THEM WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS OUR MAIN GOAL ` MAKING THEM HAPPY. WE WANT TO SEE THEM SMILE; WE WANT FAMILIES SMILING, AND THAT ALONE WILL MAKE ME AND SAM SMILE. # AND WE'RE GONNA LET IT BURN, BURN, BURN, BURN. THIS IS NOT A SMILE. HOW'S THE HEAD? IS THE HEAD RED? LAUGHTER (GROANS) BUT IT'S WORTH EVERY BLAZING TASTE BUD; WORTH IT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR KIDS WHO DESERVE TO DREAM BIG AND WORTH IT TO NOMINATE OTHERS TO CHOMP A CHILLI. YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY, JACK TAME? YOU'RE NEXT, PAL! I NOMINATE JACK TAME, MATTY MCLEAN AND ALISON PUGH FROM BREAKFAST. ENJOY. THESE AREN'T TEARS I'M CRYING FOR YOU, BY THE WAY. # WE'RE GONNA LET IT BURN. # Good on you, Thorpe. He knows I can't go, because I am with child. You are getting into. It's not now that I'm worried about. It's tomorrow at 8 AM. Ring Sting. Have you done this before? Don't have the water. I'm told that makes it worse. Do you feel really uncomfortable? Bubble guts, I reckon. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` I FIND OUT HOW TOUGH SONNY BILL REALLY IS. I'M NOT STOPPING TILL YOU STOP. YEAH, I'M FINE. I COULD GO FOR AGES, SO THAT'S SWEET. YEAH, I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO WON THAT, BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE MAN THAN MUSCLES. YOU DON'T APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF STUFF WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, BRO. PLUS, REMEMBERING OUR MATE PEG. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? BE YOURSELF AND ENJOY LIFE. PIETRO MASCAGNI'S 'REGINA COELI LAETARE' (EASTER HYMN) FROM CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA CLASSICAL MUSIC CRESCENDOES Make it yours. When you find the home you want, talk to an ANZ expert about Buy Ready. DYNAMIC MUSIC Can I just say, you have been such a trooper? You've hardly flinched. I'm pretty tough. It's all the time use it today with SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. If you want to donate, all the details are on our Facebook page. SO, HE'S BACK. LOVE HIM OR LOATHE HIM, SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WANTS TO PULL ON THE BLACK JERSEY AGAIN NEXT YEAR IN TIME FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT HIS ON-FIELD PERFORMANCE, LET'S BE HONEST, WOMEN AND SOME MEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WOULDN'T MIND IF HE PULLED THAT BLACK JERSEY RIGHT OFF AGAIN. Some people here think they can match the muscle. BEFORE YOU GET ALL EXCITED ABOUT HIM GETTING HIS KIT OFF, STREETY, HE WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING MORE CLOTHES ON TODAY AT A JUST JEANS PHOTO SHOOT. I TALKED TO HIM BETWEEN TAKES. A FEW DAYS BACK HOME AND SONNY BILL WAS GETTING ALL NOSTALGIC. THAT'S WHERE MY NANA LIVED, AND WE WERE HERE HEAPS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. IT WAS A FLASH AREA BACK IN THE DAYS. IT WAS ALMOST A BIT ROMANTIC ` HARBOUR AT OUR FEET, WIND IN OUR HAIR. YOU DON'T APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF STUFF WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, BRO. YOU'RE JUST KICKING THE FOOTY AROUND OR TRYING TO GET SOME LOLLIES, I GUESS. FOR YOU, IT WAS TRYING TO GET SOME CHICKS, EH? YEAH, I DIDN'T HAVE TO TRY TOO HARD, THOUGH, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, NAH, IT'S AWESOME BEING BACK HOME, BRO. IT'S A SHAME MY NANA SOLD THAT PLACE BACK IN THE DAYS, COS IT WOULD'VE BEEN AWESOME TO KICK HER OUT AND MOVE IN THERE. BOTH LAUGH ONLY JOKING. UPBEAT MUSIC TODAY, THOUGH, AT A POSH HOUSE, WE WERE KICKING SOMEONE ELSE OUT INSTEAD AS THE 'LEAGUE TURNED RUGBY TURNED BOXING' PIN-UP LOOKED PRETTY FOR A JUST JEANS CAMPAIGN. DOES YOU MUM STILL KEEP A BIG CLIPPINGS FILE? IT'S FUNNY ` MY NANA USED TO HAVE THIS SCRAPBOOK. I THINK SHE STILL HAS IT, AND SHE USED TO CUT OUT EVERYTHING AND PUT IT IN THERE. SOMETIMES THERE'D BE SOME ARTICLES TAKING THE PISS AND SHE JUST WOULDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, AND SHE'D CUT IT OUT THERE AND PUT IT IN THERE, AND YOU'D JUST HAVE TO SIT THERE AND SMILE. 'YES, NANA. THIS IS LOVELY.' SO YOU'VE HAD A TERRIBLE GAME. THERE'S ALL THIS CRITICISM IN THE NEWSPAPER... ... SHE'S CUTTING THAT OUT, BRO. SHE'S CUTTING IT OUT, CUZ. (LAUGHS) AND FAMILY'S IT FOR SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. IN AUCKLAND, HE'S LIVING AT HOME. WHEN YOU MAKE A SUCCESSFUL LIVING OUT OF FOOTY OR WHATEVER SPORT YOU'RE IN, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM NZ AND GOING OVERSEAS, IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT LIFESTYLE ` LIVING LARGE OR THINKING YOU'RE MR FLASH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU GET HOME AND YOUR MUM TELLS YOU DO THE DISHES OR CLEAN YOUR PLATE, IT PULLS THINGS BACK INTO PERSPECTIVE. DO YOU STILL DO THE DISHES? NAH, I GET MY SISTER TO DO THAT. FAST FORWARD FIVE YEARS, THEN. WHAT DO YOU WANT THE SBW WIKIPEDIA PAGE TO SAY? AT THIS STAGE, OBVIOUSLY THE PINNACLE OF RUGBY IS PLAYING FOR THE ALL BLACKS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. THAT'S PROBABLY ON THE SPORTING FRONT, BUT PERSONAL FRONT, JUST TO BE HAPPY, BRO, AND JUST TO BE A GOOD MAN FIRST AND FOREMOST. AND JUST TO BE A GOOD MAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST. UPBEAT MUSIC THAT'S ENOUGH OF THE HEAVY STUFF, THOUGH. TODAY, SONNY BILL'S ONLY JOB WAS TO LOOK GOOD, AND HE WAS LEARNING FROM A PRO. WHAT DO YOU RECKON, BRO? WHAT DO I NEED FOR MY COMPLEXION? I RECKON YOUR COMPLEXION'S PERFECT. YOU CAN'T IMPROVE ON PERFECTION, EH? EXACTLY. WITH OUR FACES SET, WE PERFECTED BLUE STEEL. ARE YOU DOING YOUR LIPS TOO, BRO? AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, BEFORE THE CAMERA STARTED SNAPPING, WE HELPED SONNY BILL JACK UP THOSE T-SHIRT ARMS. HEY, SONNY, CURLS GET THE GIRLS, BRO. YOU KNOW IT CUZ. SHIT, BRO. YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG ARMS THERE, CUZ. LOOK AT THAT, EH? THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD, EH? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, BRO? THAT'S AN ARM PUBE. THAT'S SOME A` GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME. PUBES ON MY ARM, BRO. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. NAH, IT'S JUST` SHUT UP. HE MIGHT BE A DUAL INTERNATIONAL, AN NRL AND RUGBY WORLD CUP CHAMP. GIRLS MIGHT WANT TO DATE HIM. GUYS MIGHT WANT TO MATE HIM, BUT TODAY THE MAN MET HIS MATCH. I'M NOT STOPPING TILL YOU STOP. YEAH, I'M FINE. I COULD GO FOR AGES, SO THAT'S SWEET. BOTH LAUGH He was a good sport. Is this the tin you took to SONNY BILL WILLIAMS? I started when Jack started, and I don't have weird hair on my arms. I tell you what helps to the complexion fake tan. He took me aside afterwards and told me to wax those. He probably doesn't just Eat kale. Just saying. I thought we were pretty similar. And then he said afterwards that my bicep is like his forearm. Good on you for making the comparison. Mike wouldn't have wanted to compare. JUST BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, WE NEED TO SAY GOODBYE TO A RECORD-BREAKING FRIEND OF SEVEN SHARP. REMEMBER PEG? JAUNTY MUSIC I'M 105. (CHUCKLES) I DON'T KNOW. 109. 109. OH WELL. THE SECOND-OLDEST. YEAH. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? I WAS TOLD. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? BE YOURSELF AND ENJOY LIFE. YES, PEG WAS NZ'S OLDEST WOMAN, BUT, SADLY, SHE PASSED AWAY TODAY. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HER FAMILY TONIGHT. Great advice. THIS WEEK I'M FILLING IN FOR POLLY AND GRANT, HOSTING 'THE HITS' RADIO SHOW, AND TODAY ONE OF MY FELLOW TVNZERS TOTALLY PULLED THROUGH FOR ME IN MY HOUR OF NEED, PROVING THAT SOME PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH ARE JUST PLAIN GOOD SORTS. HAVE A THINK. WOULD ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES DO THIS FOR YOU? WE RAN A GAME THIS MORNING TESTING HUMAN KINDNESS. MY RADIO CO-HOST MARC PEARD GOT TO SCROLL THROUGH MY CELL PHONE AND PICK ANY NUMBER AT RANDOM. I THEN HAD TO INSTANTLY CALL THE PERSON UP AND CONVINCE THEM THAT I NEEDED $250 AND COULD THEY PLEASE LOAN IT TO ME, PROMISING I'D PAY THEM BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. OF COURSE I WASN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE THEIR MONEY. IT WAS JUST TO SEE IF THEY'D HELP OUT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. WELL, A CAMERAMAN HERE AT TVNZ WAS CHOSEN AT RANDOM. HE NOT ONLY OFFERED TO LEND ME THE MONEY, BUT HE ALSO ASKED IF I NEEDED A RIDE TO WORK THAT DAY AND WAS HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG IF I WAS THAT DESPERATE TO GET $250. PETER DAY, YOU'RE A CHAMP. WE NEED MORE WORKMATES LIKE YOU. OH, I DON'T KNOW, TONI. HE DOESN'T RING YOU AT 3AM FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF WORLD JUST COS HE KNOWS YOU'LL BE FAST ASLEEP. Maybe there's a reason for that. 'WHAT'S THE TIME?' 'IT'S 3AM, PETER.' BUT FINALLY TONIGHT, JUST A FINAL LESSON FROM PEG GRIFFIN. IF YOU'RE A YOUNG OR YOUNGISH OR YOUNG-AT-HEART PERSON WATCHING TONIGHT, DO WHAT SONNY BILL WOULD DO AND CATCH UP WITH YOUR NAN. NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR HER, ALTHOUGH IT IS, BUT COS ITS GOOD FOR YOU. NOT ALL OF OUR GRANDPARENTS WILL LIVE AS LONG AS PEG GRIFFIN, BUT NO STORIES ARE AS GOOD AS OLDER-PERSON STORIES. MOST OF US ONLY GET A LITTLE WINDOW IN LIFE TO HIT OUR GRANDPARENTS UP BEFORE WE SIMPLY CAN'T ANY MORE. THAT'S SEVEN SHARP. KA KITE ANO. CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014