SEVEN SHARP IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RABODIRECT, PART OF RABOBANK GROUP, LOOKING AFTER SAVERS SINCE 1898. IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` FREE DOCTORS VISITS FOR KIDS ` HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE DO THEY REALLY MAKE? PLUS, THIS GUY KNOWS HIS SPORTING LEGENDS,... GUYS LIKE WALKER AND SNELL, DIXON, NICK WILLIS. ...POSSIBLY BECAUSE HE GREW UP WITH ONE. A LITTLE EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE HE WASN'T THAT KEEN ON GOING. SO CAN HE ADD HIS NAME TO THE LIST? AND ` ISIS.CO.NZ WAIT, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. PEOPLE THINK THEY SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD CALL THEMSELVES ISIL AND NOT ISIS BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NAME. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ANTONY VLUG. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014 HEALTH MATTERS TO START. WE SEEM TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT PREVENTABLE DISEASES AND HOW EASY THEY ARE TO PREVENT, AND IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE PREVENTABLE IF ONLY MORE PEOPLE WOULD GET TO A DOCTOR. BUT DOCTORS ARE EXPENSIVE, A MAJOR THING STOPPING PEOPLE GOING ABOUT SOMETHING SIMPLE WHICH COULD RAPIDLY TURN OUT TO BE SOMETHING FAR MORE SERIOUS. DO YOU REMEMBER ESTHER? MICHAEL HOLLAND MET HER A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY FROM A DISEASE WHICH A DOCTOR'S VISIT COULD HAVE PICKED UP. UNEASY MUSIC IT'S NO SECRET; NO REVELATION THAT NORTHLAND OFTEN NEEDS A HAND. THE LOCAL ECONOMY, WELFARE DEPENDENCY AND MEDICAL INDICATORS TELL US EXACTLY THAT. SO WHEN THE REGION DIGS DEEP INTO ITS OWN POCKETS TO HELP ITSELF; TO HELP THE HEALTH OF ITS CHILDREN, CLEARLY THERE'S A NEED. IT'S OUR KIDS, AND, FOR US, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. NORTHLAND'S MEDICAL AUTHORITY STUMPED UP CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR FREE DOCTORS' VISITS FOR 6- TO 12-YEAR-OLDS NINE MONTHS AHEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT ROLLING OUT A SIMILAR INITIATIVE NATIONWIDE. IT'S VITAL. ALL THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT AN EFFECTIVE HEALTH SYSTEM IS ONE THAT HAS REALLY STRONG PRIMARY CARE, AND IF WE CAN'T GET IT RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS, WHAT'S THE POINT? IF YOUR KID'S GOT A COUGH AND TEMPERATURE; IF A KID'S GOT AN INFECTION IN THEIR SKIN,... NO EXCUSE, REALLY, TO NOT GET THEM CHECKED OUT BY YOUR GP, AND IT COULD END UP PREVENTING SOME PRETTY SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS LATER ON IN LIFE, SO DON'T HOLD BACK. IN SHORT, MINIMISING THE IMPACT OF CONDITIONS LIKE BRONCHIECTASIS, THE CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ESTHER, THE BRAVE YOUNG BATTLER WE CAME TO KNOW AND LOVE EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM IMPACTS TO THEIR HEALTH IS JUST DEVASTATING. WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER, CHILDREN HAVE TO HAVE AN INJECTION EVERY MONTH. THEY GET CHRONIC HEART DISEASE, USUALLY NEED TO HAVE THEIR BOWELS REPLACED. CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIECTASIS ` THEIR LUNGS ARE ROTTING, AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY OFTEN DON'T LIVE TO A LONG AGE. ESTHER'S DAD IS ONLY TOO AWARE HOW EARLY DIAGNOSIS MAY HAVE MADE FOR A DIFFERENT OUTCOME AFTER SHE SUFFERED WHOOPING COUGH AND REPEATED CHEST INFECTIONS IN HER EARLY SCHOOL YEARS. WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY, THE DOOR IS OPEN, SO IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT US TAKING OUR CHILDREN TO THE GP. FOR PARENTS, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR CHILD IS NOT WELL. GO WITH THAT FEELING. UNDERSTAND IT. AND WHEN YOU ARE WITH THE GP,... JUST KEEP ADVOCATING FOR YOUR CHILD. AND IF YOU COME AWAY, AND YOU ARE NOT SURE, GO BACK AGAIN. THAT APPROACH, THEN, TAKES PRESSURE OFF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. OFFICIALS IN NORTHLAND ESTIMATE AT LEAST HALF OF THE CHILDREN PRESENTING AT HOSPITAL COULD HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY TREATED BY GPS. MY VIEW IS THAT GENERAL PRACTICE IS THE PLACE FOR THEM. BUT IN GENERAL, A LOT OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE, IF THEY HAD SEEN THEIR GPS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR DAYS, UP TO A WEEK EARLIER, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET WELL AND WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THEIR CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL. FOR OUR FRIEND ESTHER, ALMOST 14 OF HER 24 YEARS WERE SPENT IN HOSPITAL. WHAT WOULD THAT GIRL OF YOURS THINK OF THIS INITIATIVE? I THINK SHE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF IT. JUST GOOD COMMON SENSE? GOOD COMMON SENSE. 'ABOUT TIME', SHE WOULD SAY? YEAH. (CHUCKLES) YEAH, I THINK SHE WOULD TOO. SHE WOULD ABSOLUTELY. Listen to Esther's dad. That is pretty tough. Advocate for your kids. Go with your gut feeling. With lawyers, accountants,... You go along with them blindly. If you have that nagging feeling... I do have nothing against those free doctors visits, it shouldN't be for everyone. Not everyone needs it. Babies are free at my doctor. It depends on the Dr. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHICH WANNABE LABOUR LEADER SPENT MUCH OF THE '80S HARASSING SOMEONE HE MIGHT HAVE TO WORK WITH NOW? ALL: TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, PHIL'S HEAD ON A PLATE! THE BIG REVEAL NEXT. PLUS ` I LIKE TO THINK I'M COMPETITIVE, AND I'LL PUSH MYSELF TO THE LIMIT. HMM, GUESS HE CAN THANK MUM AND DAD FOR THAT ` IF FOR NOTHING ELSE. YOU'LL NOTICE YOU WON'T SCREEN DOWN AND SEE OUR LEGS ARE NOT GREYHOUNDS. THERE'S NO RUNNING GENES IN THE FAMILY. We've been talking a lot about this cleanliness debate. Her TVNZ, staff member said she gets annoyed cleaning up the staff room. Nope. People care at home, but not at work. People stole light bulbs and toilet paper at my old work. We've been talking a lot about this cleanliness debate. Her TVNZ, staff member said she gets annoyed cleaning up the staff room. IT'S BEEN GOING FOR WEEKS NOW, SO IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE'RE ALL A LITTLE TIRED OF THE LABOUR PARTY LEADERSHIP SOAP OPERA. SO, TO LIGHTEN THINGS UP, HEATHER DECIDED TO DIG AROUND IN ALL THAT OLD FOOTAGE WE KEEP, AND GUESS WHAT SHE FOUND. THERE COULD BE SOME AWKWARD TIMES AHEAD IF ONE OF THE CONTENDERS BECOMES LEADER. YES, THIS IS A PROTEST FROM 1989. NO BIG DEAL. BACK THEN, THEY HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT THIS ONE ` THIS ONE WAS SPECIAL. PHIL GOFF WAS EDUCATION MINISTER AND SOMEONE IN THIS CROWD WAS ABOUT TO SORT HIM OUT. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE GOT EVERYBODY TO SIT IN AND STOP YOUR CAR FROM BEING ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE? I REMEMBER. I WAS UP AT THE HUNTER BUILDING THERE. I CAME TO GET INTO MY CAR AND THERE WERE PEOPLE LYING IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF IT AND SO I WALKED BACK TO PARLIAMENT LIKE THE PIPED PIPER, WITH ALL OF THESE STUDENTS FOLLOWING BEHIND. # THERE IS NO AGGRESSION IN NZ. # THE POLICE TURNED UP WITH THEIR STATE-OF-THE-ART WALKIE TALKIES. THE STUDENTS WRAPPED THE MINISTER IN THE BANNER. COME ON, COME ON. THIS CAN BE DONE WITH IN A MATURE WAY. AND THEY TAUNTED HIM. AND THEY'D CHANT, 'GOFF, GOFF, GOFF, GOFF' AND WHAT, UH, RHYMES WITH THAT. 'F OFF' RHYMES WITH PHIL GOFF. AND WHO MASTERMINDED THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY? (CHUCKLES) THAT'S RIGHT. ANDREW LITTLE. THERE HE IS ` LITTLE ANDREW. I WAS YOUTHFUL AND PROBABLY INDULGENT, AS HE WAS AT THAT AGE, BUT WE'RE GROWN UPS NOW, AND WE GET ON VERY WELL. ANDREW, BACK THEN, WAS THE STUDENT UNION LEADER. HE LED THE CHANTS, LIKE THIS CHANT. ALL CHANT: TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, PHIL'S HEAD ON A PLATE. TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, PHIL'S HEAD ON A PLATE. OOH, PHIL GOT ANGRY. OK, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TOLERANT AND COURTEOUS AND MATURE ATTITUDE THAT I GUESS CHARACTERISES A STUDENT AUDIENCE. OOOH. AND THEN THEY WENT ON TV ` JOINED BY PHIL'S MOUSTACHE ` AND TALKED OVER EACH OTHER. MINISTER, YOU'RE TALKING NONSENSE WHEN YOU SAY THAT. THERE WON'T BE ANY. WELL, THERE'S A CERTAIN ETIQUETTE ON THESE PROGRAMMES AND THAT'S THAT YOU DON'T THE OTHER PERSON DOWN, AND I LET YOU PUT YOUR POINT OF VIEW. I'LL NOW PUT MINE. PATRONISING! BUT NOW WE'RE TOLD IT'S ALL OK. DOES HE NOT PATRONISE YOU ANY MORE? PHIL AND I HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND WE AVOID PATRONISING EACH OTHER. WELL, THAT'S GOOD NEWS, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE FORMER UNION BOY COULD BECOME PHIL'S LEADER. PHIL, WILL YOU VOTE FOR LITTLE ANDREW? WILL I VOTE...? ...FOR LITTLE ANDREW? (CHUCKLES) LOOK, I WILL MAKE MY DECISION AND THAT WILL BE A DECISION THAT WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL OF MY ORGANISATION. WELL, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A VOTE FOR ANDREW. BET HE'S REGRETTING THAT 1989 PROTEST NOW. AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF AWKWARD POLITICS, How red in the face was Andrew little on that information? Phil Goff is a lovely man. AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF AWKWARD POLITICS, MANY WOULD ARGUE AUSTRALIA'S TONY ABBOTT HAS A CERTAIN STYLE OF HIS OWN. NEXT MONTH HE WELCOMES WORLD LEADERS FOR THE G20 SUMMIT, BUT ONE OF THEM, RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN, IS IN FOR A VERY FROSTY RECEPTION. LOOK, I'M GOING TO SHIRT-FRONT MR PUTIN. YOU BET YOU ARE. YOU BET I AM. THAT'S RIGHT ` HE'S GOING TO SHIRT-FRONT MR PUTIN! WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT, THOUGH? IS IT THIS? THAT WAS A PB. YOU'D HOPE NOT. SEE, PUTIN HAS SOME FORM WHEN IT COMES TO TOPLESS BRAVADO. NO, WHEN TONY TALKS TOUGH, OFFERING TO SHIRT-FRONT RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT, THIS IS WHAT HE MEANS. COMMENTATOR: HELP FROM THERE. CRASH! COP THAT. COMMENTATOR: IT'S A REPORT, BOYS. SO JUST SO WE'RE STRAIGHT, THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA IS PROMISING TO ` METAPHORICALLY, YOU'D HOPE ` SMASH 'EM, BRO. BUT AGAIN, HE'S POTENTIALLY PICKING ON THE WRONG GUY. YEAH, THAT'S A BLACK BELT, TONY. BUT THE REALLY SAD THING ABOUT ABBOTT'S CHOICE OF WORDS IS THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. AUSTRALIANS WERE MURDERED. THEY WERE MURDERED BY RUSSIAN-BACKED REBELS USING RUSSIAN-SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT. THE SHOOTING DOWN OF FLIGHT MH17 WAS, OF COURSE, A TRAGEDY, AND WHILE TALKING TOUGH IS ONE THING, THE GENTLE ART OF DIPLOMACY IS NOT REALLY AN AFL SHIRT FRONT. COMMENTATOR: OH, COP THAT! We'll see what happens. HE'S THE ELDEST SON OF ONE OF OUR TOP SPORTING COUPLES, BUT JULIAN OAKLEY, THE SON OF DAME SUSAN DEVOY, DOESN'T PLAY MUCH SQUASH THESE DAYS. INSTEAD, OAKLEY STICKS TO THE TRACK. Carry on, Mr Hawaii. AND FROM HIS BASE AT A UNIVERSITY IN RHODE ISLAND, HE'S ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING THE NEXT GREAT KIWI MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNER. JACK TAME TRACKED HIM DOWN. DISTORTED ROCK MUSIC SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT, YOU KNOW. YOU ONLY GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN, SO YOU'RE NOT RELYING ON ANYONE ELSE. IT'S JUST YOU. HEAVY ROCK BEAT I LIKE TO THINK I'M COMPETITIVE, AND I'LL PUSH MYSELF TO THE LIMIT. IT'S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, AND IN THE NORTHEAST RUNNING TOWN, A KID FROM TAURANGA IS FLOATING AROUND THE TRACK. HOW GOOD ARE YOU? (CHUCKLES) I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M DOING ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY, JULIAN OAKLEY IS MORE THAN ALL RIGHT. AT 21, HE'S ON A RUNNING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE US, DREAMING OF ADDING HIS NAME TO HISTORY. GUYS LIKE WALKER AND SNELL, DIXON ` IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HISTORY, AND NOW IT'S BEING CARRIED ON. NICK WILLIS, 3.29 ` THAT'S CRAZY. WE'VE FILMED JULIAN OAKLEY PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE. HERE'S FOOTAGE HE PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT US TO SHOW YOU OF HIM IN HIS WORLD CHAMPION SQUASH PLAYER MUM'S ARMS. AND AS THE ELDEST OF SUSAN DEVOY AND HER CHAMPION HUSBAND JOHN OAKLEY'S FOUR SONS, SPORTING SUCCESS SEEMED ALMOST GENETICALLY INEVITABLE. WERE EITHER OF YOU EVER MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNERS? < WAS THAT EVER SOMETHING THAT YOU FANCIED? NO. NO. YOU'LL NOTICE YOU WON'T SCREEN DOWN AND SEE OUR LEGS ARE NOT GREYHOUNDS. THERE'S NO RUNNING GENES IN THE FAMILY, JACK. THERE ARE NOW. AFTER ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS COMPETITIVE RUNNING AT TAURANGA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL, JULIAN OAKLEY WON THE SUPPORT OF LEGENDARY IRISH COACH RAY TREACY, WHO TRAINED KIWI MARATHONER KIM SMITH. HE OFFERED OAKLEY A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AND TRAIN IN THE US. IT WAS PRETTY TENSE AND A LITTLE EMOTIONAL, COS HE WASN'T THAT KEEN ON GOING, AND IT WAS LIKE TAKING A LITTLE BELLIGERENT 3-YEAR-OLD TO HIS FIRST DAY AT KINDERGARTEN. DIDN'T SPEAK TO ME ON THE TRAIN FROM NEW YORK TO PROVIDENCE. BUT IT'S WORKING OUT. NOT ONLY IS OAKLEY'S EDUCATION SURPRISING HIS PARENTS,... HE'S BEEN DOING THEOLOGY. HE GOT AN A FOR THEOLOGY. WHAT?! (LAUGHS) MAN: TWO NZERS UP THERE! ...BUT THIS RACE IN JUNE TO END THE US SEASON SAW JULIAN OAKLEY BECOME THE LATEST KIWI TO SLIP UNDER THE MAGICAL FOUR-MINUTE-MILE MARK. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE CLOCK TICK OVER 3.58, 3.59, AND I FINISH, AND I WASN'T EVEN TIRED AT THE TIME. JUST LOOKED AROUND, ASKED ONE OF MY MATES, 'WAS THAT IT?' HE WAS, LIKE, 'YEAH, PRETTY SURE YOU GOT IT.' JULIAN OAKLEY WON'T PEAK AS A RUNNER FOR YEARS YET. HE'S A QUIET GUY BUT QUIETLY FIERCE. AND LIKE HIS MUM, HE REALLY DOESN'T LIKE LOSING. ALL GOING WELL, ANOTHER SIX YEARS OR SO OF SOLID TRAINING, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE OLYMPICS, I GUESS, YEAH. THAT'S A BIG GOAL. THAT'S WHAT EVERY RUNNER DREAMS OF, SO THAT'D BE THE ULTIMATE. It's a beautiful style of running. Isn't it interesting how often you have successful parents had successful kids. I don't think it's genetic. I think it's a mindset. I think it's a combination of things. Am I allowed to say the break tease? NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHAT'S IN A NAME? WE'VE HAD IT FOR 20 YEARS, AND THEY'VE ONLY RECENTLY COME ON THE SCENE, SO I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD JUST GIVE IT BACK. YEAH, GOOD LUCK TELLING THAT TO THESE GUYS. UPBEAT MUSIC Back, back. If it's time to transform your bathroom... And left hand down. ...or your outdoors,... Keep coming, keep coming. Keep coming. Stop. ...everything you need is at Mitre 10 MEGA. A LOT OF CHAT ABOUT TERROR THIS WEEK; A LOT OF CHAT ABOUT ISIS. THE LAWS ARE BEING REVIEWED. THE TERROR ALERT IS UP, THE ARGUMENT BEING THAT THE WAR IS GETTING CLOSER TO OUR DOORSTEP. TURNS OUT THEY'RE ALREADY HERE ` ELECTRONICALLY. THIS IS THE AUCKLAND OFFICE OF A WEBSITE BASED OUT OF ICELAND LINKED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. WE NEED TO STRESS NO TERRORIST ACTIVITY HAPPENS HERE. IT'S ALL BEEN A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING. BUT IT TURNS OUT THERE'S LOTS OF ISIS BRANCHES IN NZ. DO THEY HIDE? NOPE. TIM WILSON WENT FOR A VISIT. ISIS IN NZ. THE PM IS WORRIED. THERE ARE RISKS IN TERMS OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN NZ, AND THEY'RE EITHER LOOKING TO LEAVE, OR THEY RETURN. WHO IS ISIS? WHERE IS ISIS? UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT 21 ISIS ST IN AN ORDINARY SUBURB. TENSE MUSIC HI. HI. IS THIS ISIS? YES, ISIS BUILDING INSPECTIONS. COME IN. FOR THIS INVESTIGATION, WE USED THE WHITE PAGES. ALONGSIDE ISIS FINANCIAL SERVICES OF TAURANGA, AUCKLAND'S ISIS HAIR SALON AND ISIS FISHING CHARTERS IN THE 'NAKI, WE FOUND... ISIS.CO.NZ ...ISIS BUILDING INSPECTIONS. ISIS BUILDING INSPECTIONS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE BILL CLINTON WAS SWORN IN BACK IN 1993. THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS ROCHELLE HANKINS, THE ACCOUNTS MANAGER. SHE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE GUYS IN THE JEEPS. ISIS STOLE YOUR NAME, RIGHT? PRETTY MUCH, YEAH. WE'VE HAD IT FOR 20 YEARS, AND THEY'VE ONLY RECENTLY COME ON THE SCENE, SO I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD JUST GIVE IT BACK. THE KIWI COMPANY GIVES OUT WARRANTS OF FITNESS FOR BUILDINGS. MAKE SURE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE SAFE AND, YEAH, CAN CARRY ON AND DO THEIR GOOD THING. THEY'VE CERTIFIED EDEN PARK, VECTOR ARENA AND THE SKY TOWER. IF I SAY THE WORD 'ISIS' TO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF? I THINK OF WORK. # YOUR MOTORWAY. # NO SURRENDER. ISIS BUILDING INSPECTIONS HAS LEARNED FROM SHIHAD, THE KIWI BAND WHO CHANGED THEIR NAME AFTER 9/11 BECAUSE IT SOUNDED TOO MUCH LIKE 'JIHAD'. IF YOU WERE JIHAD BUILDING INSPECTIONS,... (LAUGHS) ...PROBABLY YOU WOULD CHANGE YOUR NAME. EVEN IF IT STOOD FOR 'GO HARD BUILDING INSPECTIONS'. AT ISIS BUILDING INSPECTIONS, NO CHANGE, NO SURRENDER, BUT PERHAPS FROM THE ACCOUNTS MANAGER A COMPROMISE. SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED ISIL, SO REALLY WE JUST THINK THEY SHOULD GO AHEAD AND CALL THEMSELVES ISIL NOT ISIS, BECAUSE IT'S OUR NAME. Bit awkward. There is also something to do with the Levant that they're called. I SEE DENISE L'ESTRANGE-CORBET IS COPPING A BIT OF FLAK FOR COMMENTS SHE MADE TODAY SURROUNDING THE WHOLE SKINNY MANNEQUIN WITH RIBS SHOWING AT GLASSONS' DEBATE. SHE SAID THIS MORNING, 'LET'S FACE IT ` CLOTHES LOOK BETTER ON SKINNY PEOPLE.' PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED, TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT IS SHE REALLY WRONG? IF SHE WAS WRONG, WHY ARE ALL THE CATWALK MODELS WE SEE OVER 6ft TALL AND STICK-THIN? IT'S THE INDUSTRY. THE MAJORITY OF THESE DESIGNERS CHOOSE TO USE THESE MODELS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'LL BEST SELL THEIR CLOTHES. YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THE QUESTION IS ` DO OUR YOUNG GIRLS REALLY LOOK AT MANNEQUINS AND SAY, 'THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE LIKE?' I DOUBT IT. I'D HOPE THAT PARTICULARLY IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF WOMEN IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES PROVIDING WAY MORE THAN ANY MANNEQUIN IN TERMS OF INSPIRATION. TAKE THE LIKES OF MARIA TUTAIA OR CASEY KOPUA FROM THE SILVER FERNS, SINGERS GINNY BLACKMORE AND JAMIE MCDELL, POLITICIANS LIKE JACINDA ARDERN, COMEDIAN ROSE MATAFEO OR CHEFS CHELSEA WINTER AND NADIA LIM. THE LIST GOES ON. AREN'T THESE THE KINDS OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING OUR TEENS TO ADMIRE? DISTURBING NEWS TODAY ` WE ARE PIGS AND WE LIVE IN PIG STIES. A SURVEY TELLS THE SORRY TALE ` 40% OF US SAY WE ARE TOO BUSY TO CLEAN. THIS BRINGS ME NO END OF UPSET. WHY? BECAUSE I AM CLEAN. I AM TIDY. I AM A PROPONENT AND A STRONG ONE OF GENERAL TIDINESS. ASK ANYONE ` I AM A CLEAN FREAK. I MIGHT HAVE OCD, BUT IF I DO, I DON'T CARE, BECAUSE I AM TIDY. TIDINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS. TIDINESS IS A REFLECTION OF WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU VIEW THE WORLD. THIS SURVEY SAYS WE GET UNHAPPY WHEN WE'RE UNTIDY. THIS IS NO SURPRISE. THE THOUGHT OF UNTIDINESS FILLS ME WITH MISERY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT. BEING CLEAN AND TIDY IS A WAY OF LIFE AND A STATE OF MIND, AND, BELIEVE ME, CLEAN, TIDY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY PEOPLE. SO COME ON, NZ, LET'S TIDY UP OUR ACTS. PULL OUT A VACUUM. GET A BIT OF SPRAY AND WIPE OUT. TRY SOME METHYLATED SPIRITS ON THE RUBBISH BIN LID OR SOME STAINLESS STEEL POLISH ON THOSE HOBS. YOU WONT KNOW YOURSELF. CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND TOM WILSON.