IT'S SEVEN SHARP. NUTTER WORKING WITH NUTTERS. THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. A NEW WAY OF DEALING WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE. BLACK EYES, BROKEN RIBS. MY MUM WAS IN HOSPITAL QUITE A LOT. AWARENESS AND EDUCATION; NOT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY. PLUS ` I DON'T THINK WE'RE REALLY ADULTS TILL ABOUT 30. BEFORE THAT WE'RE STILL MAKING STUPID DECISIONS WHY NOT-SO-YOUNG PEOPLE NEED SOME UNCONVENTIONAL HELP TO HELP THEMSELVES. AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS NOT GETTING IN TROUBLE. IT'S JUST HAVING SOME FUN. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING. IT'S ALL WE'VE EVER DONE. HOW PULLING PEOPLE IS PULLING A CROWD. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. ONE NEW CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND ANTONY VLUG CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014 Tell you what happened today. It's fantastic. NZ hosts have, but the greatest idea. They have made stamps of Tony and I. But you can give them away I haven't seen mine, but she has seen hers. I've done a survey. Many people say that my stamp is good-looking. And yours is ridiculous looking I would agree. The stamp is a huge improvement on what I'm looking at. AND A TERRIBLE STORY LEADING THE NEWS TONIGHT. THIS BIG SEARCH OPERATION FOR A FISHING BOAT MISSING NORTH OF AUCKLAND. POLICE HAVE FOUND A BODY, BUT IT'S NOT YET CLEAR IF IT'S ONE OF THE MEN THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR. IF YOU HATE PUBLIC LOOS, MIKE, THEN HERE'S SOME ADVICE FROM A NEW STUDY. USE THE TOILET CLOSEST TO THE DOOR. IT'S THE CLEANEST. ALSO, THE CLEANEST PART OF THE WHOLE PLACE IS THE TOILET SEAT. IS THIS GUY MIKE'S NEW HERO? JOHN THORNTON WAS ARRESTED FOR 'BREACH OF THE PEACE' IN THE US FOR OVERLY AGGRESSIVE MOPPING. YEP, IT'S ALLEGED HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH HOW A RESTAURANT CLEANER WAS DOING HER JOB, SO HE GRABBED THE MOP AND TOOK OVER. He's my hero. And you cannot be too aggressive with your mopping. I was flooded on the Facebook page with feedback. A tidy house, and tidy car has a tidy mind. And a tidy mind gets a lot of things done. I have such positive feedback. My friend was taking the Mickey out of me and say she was tidying the house in case I came by. NOW, WE KNOW IT'S NOT OK, BUT FOR MANY PEOPLE TONIGHT, FAMILY VIOLENCE IS A REAL PART OF THEIR LIVES. IT'S AROUND HALF OF ALL REPORTED VIOLENT CRIME. FIGHTING THE FIGHTING IS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR A RAFT OF AGENCIES. AND NOW THERE'S A NEW TOOL IN THE BOX ` HELPING WOMEN GET OUT, FROM ON THE INSIDE. HERE'S MATT CHISHOLM IN THE BIG HOUSE. YOU HAVE ALCOHOLICS WORKING WITH ALCOHOLICS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NUTBARS WORKING WITH NUTBARS. AND I JUST THINK, WELL, THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE OF ME. HE'S A MAN ON A MISSION,... AWARENESS AND EDUCATION, NOT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY. ...TODAY GOING WHERE FEW HAVE GONE BEFORE. R'N'B MUSIC CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN'S PRISON. I GET BACK UP,... THIS FORMER VICTIM`... ...AND THE OLD MAN CRACKS ME AGAIN. ...CUM-PERPETRATOR OF FAMILY VIOLENCE... AND I PANEL-BEATED HER WITH THE SOLE OF THE SHOE. FRONTING UP ` YEAH, SURE TO A CAPTIVE ` BUT ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE ` MANY WHO'VE HAD THEIR LIVES ALL BUT RUINED AT THE HANDS OF OTHER ABUSIVE KIWI MEN. THEY TELL YOU THAT THEY WILL FIND YOU. THEY JUST TURN UP; THEY DON'T LEAVE. YOU'RE A BRAVE MAN COMING IN HERE AND DOING THIS. NAH. NAH, MY FAMILY'S THE BRAVE ONE. YOU KNOW, ALLOWING ME TO GO ROUND AND SHARE THEIR STORY. THEIR STORY ALL TOO COMMON IN BOTH RICH AND POOR HOMES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FAMILY VIOLENCE IN NZ IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR US. UM, IT'S SIMPLY NOT OK THAT IT CONTINUES AT THE DEGREE THAT IT DOES. WE'RE TALKING MORE THAN HALF OF ALL REPORTED VIOLENT CRIME, 75% OF SERIOUS ASSAULTS, ABOUT 50% OF HOMICIDES ` ALL CARRIED OUT IN A PLACE WE'RE MEANT TO FEEL SAFEST. YOU COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHY. JUST WISHED THAT IT WOULD STOP. THIS PRISONER ON HER SIXTH LAG, THIS TIME FOR CAR CONVERSION AND FRAUD, WAS BORN INTO A GANG HOUSE, WHICH WAS AT TIMES TRAUMATISING. TEARFULLY: HAVING TO LOOK AFTER YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE VIOLENCE, SEE THE VIOLENCE. DAD WAS VIOLENT TOWARDS MUM. BLACK EYES, BROKEN RIBS. AND SOMETIMES MUM FOUGHT BACK. MY MUM WAS IN HOSPITAL QUITE A LOT. WERE YOU ANGRY WITH HER FOR NOT TAKING YOU OUT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT? I'VE SPENT A PERCENTAGE OF MY LIFE BEING ANGRY AT HER. I DISLIKED MY DAD FOR WHAT HE DID TO HER, BUT I HATED HER MORE FOR PUTTING US THROUGH IT. AS A MAN, I FIND THAT GOB-SMACKING. SHE HAD OPTIONS. SHE COULD'VE LEFT. YOU DON'T THINK YOUR FATHER HAD A CHOICE? HE HAD A CHOICE AS WELL. UPLIFTING MUSIC ALL THE MEN THAT I'D GROWN UP WITH, THEY ALL LIED TO ME. VIC TAMATI WRONGLY LEARNT FROM A YOUNG AGE WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A MAN ` THAT VIOLENCE EQUALLED AFFECTION. HOW COULD YOU HIT PEOPLE YOU LOVE? WELL, THE LOVE THAT I USED WASN'T THE ONE OF MY DAD. MINE WAS JUST NOT AS INTENSE. YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHAT YOU WERE DOING WAS WRONG? I THOUGHT I WAS GOING NUTS, COS I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY OF DISCIPLINING WITHOUT BEING VIOLENT. FOR MANY KIWI FAMILIES, VIOLENCE SPANS GENERATIONS AND IS NORMAL. I'VE ENDED UP IN SOME PRETTY BAD RELATIONSHIPS ` SAME THING ` BLACK EYES, BROKEN ARMS. IF SOMEONE HITS ME, I'M OUT THE DOOR. SEE YA LATER, MATE. BUT HOW HARD IS IT FOR WOMEN TO LEAVE VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS? ACTUALLY, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE ACTUALLY, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE THAT YOU HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN INGRAINED FROM THE TIME YOU WERE A CHILD YOURSELF. YOU THINK THAT IT'S LOVE, UM, THAT IT'S NORMAL. AND, AGAIN, YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER. UM, AND THEN IT ALSO CAN BE BECAUSE THEY WON'T LET YOU LEAVE. UPLIFTING R'N'B MUSIC VIC DIDN'T LOSE HIS FAMILY. HE'S BEEN VIOLENCE-FREE FOR 22 YEARS. AND BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMMES INSIDE AND SOME ADVICE FROM MUM, THIS PRISONER RECKONS SHE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK TOO. SHE SAID, 'DON'T WAIT 31 YEARS LIKE I DID TO WALK AWAY.' HER ADVICE FOR OTHERS? GET OUT AS SOON AS YOU CAN, EVEN IF YOU WALK AWAY WITH NOTHING. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WEE GIRL DOESN'T LIVE THE SAME LIFE THAT YOU LIVED? OH, MOST DEFINITELY. I WANT HER TO ` WHEN SHE FINDS A PARTNER LATER ON IN LIFE TO LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, 'IS HE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME?' NOT 'AM I GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM?' YEAH. (LAUGHS) YEAH. Yes, I hope that's true. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` HOW LIFE IN THE REAL WORLD'S CREATING REAL-LIFE IN-BETWEENERS. AND MORE STUDENT PROTESTS. IS THIS REALLY WHAT WE CAN HOPE FOR FROM A POSSIBLE LABOUR LEADER? WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT TWEEN-TIES. IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE, DON'T WORRY. WE MADE THE TERM UP. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'VE LEFT SCHOOL, MAYBE LEFT HOME BUT STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY FIT IN THE WORLD. I've just been trying to argue with Mike that I've just been out of that category SOME OF THEM ARE RIPE FOR PROBLEMS LIKE DRINKING, DRUGS, AND DEPRESSION AND SOMETIMES FALL THROUGH THE GAPS WHEN IT COMES TO HELP. BUT NOT IN TAURANGA. GILL HIGGINS CHECKED OUT HOW THE 'GET SMART' PROGRAMME HELPS TWEEN-TIES HELP THEMSELVES. MELANCHOLIC MUSIC THE WORLD COULD BE A DARK PLACE FOR MANY TEENS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE, SO I WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH DROWNING IT OUT THROUGH THE ALCOHOL. SELLING DRUGS, HANGING OUT WITH WRONG PEOPLE, SMOKING A LOT, DRINKING A LOT. MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES I WAS JUST GETTING STONED EVERY DAY. ONCE I'D FINISHED MY QUALIFICATION, I WAS, LIKE, 'WELL, WHERE AM I GONNA GO?' YOU DON'T WANNA FILM THIS. UPBEAT MUSIC BUT IF YOU TAKE THOSE TROUBLED TEENS, GIVE THEM A BIT OF OCEAN THERAPY, THEIR PROBLEMS CAN QUICKLY WASH AWAY. ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WANT IS TO BE ACCEPTED. TECHNO MUSIC KRISTA DAVIS IS A DRUG COUNSELLOR BUT ONE WITH A DIFFERENCE. HOW DO YOU TURN SOMEONE AROUND WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT DARK SPACE? GET THEM TO SEE THEIR POTENTIAL. COS SO MANY OF THEM DON'T REALISE WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF. THEY NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO BELIEVE IN THEM. TU HERE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE. AT THE MOMENT, HE'S GETTING HIS LEG FIXED. WE'VE LENGTHENED IT COS IT WAS A BIT SHORTER THAN MY RIGHT LEG. BUT BEFORE THAT, HE GOT HIS LIFE FIXED. AT 19, HE WAS BANGED UP IN JAIL. COMING OUT OF JAIL, I WAS ON THE VERGE OF GIVING UP AND GOING BACK TO WHAT I WAS USED TO DO. WHAT MADE A DIFFERENCE? JUST COMING INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT, SEEING I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT, AND I WANNA DO WHAT THEY DO. WELL, I THINK I'M A GOOD SURFER. # COS IT'S YOU THAT I'VE BEEN MISSIN'. # SO NOW YOU HELP THESE OTHER KIDS TOO. I'M TRYING TO GIVE BACK WHAT I WAS MISSING OUT ON. SO THIS IS WHERE WE DO A LOT OF OUR ONE-ON-ONE WORK AND OUR COUNSELLING WITH KIDS. KRISTA HASN'T ABANDONED CONVENTIONAL THERAPY ALTOGETHER. SHE JUST BELIEVES SUN, SAND AND SURF CAN HELP TEENS BUILD SELF ESTEEM. AND NOT JUST TEENS. OUR CONTRACT USED TO JUST BE UP TO 19 YEARS OF AGE, AND THEY RECENTLY BUMPED IT UP TO 24, WHICH HAS BEEN AWESOME. MOSTLY, PEOPLE THINK 18, YOU'RE AN ADULT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE REALLY ADULTS UNTIL WE'RE, LIKE, 30. WE'RE STILL MAKING STUPID DECISIONS. SHE HELPS GUYS LIKE PIRI MAKE HARD CHOICES. WHAT UP, KRISTA? HIS LIFE WAS DRINKING AND SELLING DRUGS. IT'S ALL I'D SEEN FROM A KID. GREW UP AROUND A LOT OF THINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE FROM A YOUNG AGE. SHE DOESN'T JUDGE; SHE GIVES THEM A LIFELINE. REALLY, WE JUST TRY TO HAVE A BIT OF A LAUGH AND MAKE THEM REALISE WE'RE NOT SCARY DRUG COUNSELLOR PEOPLE. BOTH LAUGH THAT'S UNDERSELLING WHAT THEY DO. PIRI WAS HEADING FOR JAIL TOO. BUT NOW HE'S A CHEF. HOW DID YOU DO THAT? IT WAS THE FACT THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT I COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE. COS WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO CHANGE. THEN I STARTED GOING TO SEE KRISTA, AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW, SHE PLANTED A SEED IN MY BRAIN, REALLY. PIRI IS JUST ONE OF MANY SUCCESS STORIES. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO YEARS, HAVEN'T REOFFENDED. IT'S STILL HARD. I'M PRETTY HAPPY. AND I'M HEALTHY TOO. HEALTHIER THAN I WAS. MADE ME REALISE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO LIFE. AND YOU CAN DO SO MUCH MORE. KRISTA BEING YOUNG DEFINITELY HELPS. FOR SOME REASON, IT JUST SEEMS IF THERE'S ONE STEP REMOVED, YOUTH ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OF OTHERS. I'M NOT THE NAGGING PARENT OR THE NAGGING MUM. I'M JUST KRISTA. # GOT A LOT TO SAY TO YOU... # IT MIGHT NOT BE CONVENTIONAL, BUT IT'S WORKING. WE'VE SEEN THEM COMING OUT THRIVING ON THE OTHER END, LOVING LIFE. SO IT'S A BLESSING. Something's happened. From what I grew up, a lot of people not just want to hang around at home but there are so many options now. Look at you, your 31 and you got your family on the way and you're sorted out you make me sound older IF YOU ENJOYED OUR LITTLE PIECE ON THE YOUNG ANDREW LITTLE LAST NIGHT, BOY, ARE YOU GOING TO LOVE WHAT HEATHER'S GOT FOR YOU TONIGHT. PUNK ROCK MUSIC GEEZ, HAVE A LOOK AT THIS PROTEST. IT IS CRAY! HEY, COPPER, THAT IS A DECENT DAVID BAIN JUMPER YOU'RE RUINING! TO BE FAIR, THE KIDS WERE HECTIC. NO WONDER THE BATONS CAME OUT. AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CHAOS? TA-DA! THE OTAGO STUDENT BOSS GRANT ROBERTSON. GRANT ROBERTSON. APART FROM THE HAIR AND THE GLASSES, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. IT'S SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND LISTEN NOW. IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SEE? BY THE WAY, GRANT TOLD US WHERE TO FIND THIS FOOTAGE. I THINK HE'S KINDA PROUD. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT ` IF YOU'RE TRYING TO WIN THE UNION VOTE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP BATTLE, THIS IS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE PROTEST TO HAVE ON YOUR CV. PUNK ROCK MUSIC That was better than Andrew Littles one. Have you burnt any flags? No, but I have those glasses. My job tomorrow is to trawl the net and find those octagonal glasses. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE ALL KNOW MIKE'S SIMILAR TO A HOBBIT, BUT WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE AS A DWARF? FIND OUT WHY HE'S BEEN DWARF-IFIED NEXT. PLUS... WE SAW THE IDEA ON THE INTERNET. IT LOOKED LIKE A BIT OF FUN. BECAUSE THAT ALWAYS ENDS SO WELL FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS, USUALLY. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT? IT'S GOOD. EVERYONE LIKES TO HAVE A STOP, JUST WATCH, TAKE A PHOTO, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S GOOD. LET'S FACE IT. WHEN WE SAY THE WORDS 'CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS', YOU PROBABLY DON'T JUST THINK OF INTELLIGENT, HARD-WORKING STUDENTS. UNDIE 500, ANYONE? BUT A GROUP OF THEM ARE GETTING PUBLICITY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S TURNED CHRISTCHURCH'S SERENE WATERWAYS INTO A SUMMER FUN PARK. MIKE THORPE WENT TO SEE WHAT'S MAKING WAVES. GENTLE CLASSICAL MUSIC AH, HOW'S THE SERENITY? THE AVON RIVER WINDING WISTFULLY THROUGH CHRISTCHURCH CITY, PUNTERS KICKING BACK TO GO WITH THE FLOW, AND A GROUP OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS ABOUT TO DO ANYTHING BUT. IMAGINE DRAGONS' 'RADIOACTIVE' OH, WE SAW THE IDEA ON THE INTERNET AND IT LOOKED LIKE A BIT OF FUN. THAT'S AN ENTHUSIASTIC ENDORSEMENT IN STUDENT SPEAK. WE JUST KIND OF DRAFTED UP PLANS ON SCRAP BITS OF REFILL AND THEN JUST KIND OF WENT FROM THERE, REALLY. UNDERSTATED, JUST LIKE THE FOUR-STROKE LAND-BASED SPEED BOAT THEY BUILT IN UNDER 20 HOURS. IT'S CAPABLE OF TOWING A PERSON AT AROUND 25-30KM/H. HOW LONG'S THE LINE? 200M. OK, THIS IS THE FUN BIT. ENGINE WHIRS # WELCOME TO THE NEW AGE, TO THE NEW AGE. # WELCOME TO THE NEW AGE, TO THE NEW AGE. # IS IT HARD? OH, IT'S NOT TOO BAD. IF YOU'VE GOT EXPERIENCE ON ANY KIND OF BOARD, YOU CAN USUALLY FIND YOUR WAY UP. YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BACK YOURSELF, REALLY. I DON'T BACK MYSELF. IT'S HARDER THAN JORDAN MAKES OUT. 'RADIOACTIVE' CONTINUES PULLS QUITE A CROWD, EH? YEAH, IT'S GOOD. EVERYONE LIKES TO HAVE A STOP, JUST WATCH, TAKE A PHOTO, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S GOOD. WATER WHOOSHES APPLAUSE YOU ENGINEERING STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING A BAD RAP LATELY, EH? OH, IT'S NO GOOD, IT'S NO GOOD. IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY SAW SOME DECENT TRANSPORT OUT OF YOU. YEAH, EXACTLY, IT'S JUST HAVING SOME FUN. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING. IT'S ALL WE'VE EVER DONE. DO YOU MEET RESISTANCE? DO PEOPLE COME AND TELL YOU TO BUGGER OFF? UM, NOT YET. NOT YET. AND WE'VE` THE PEOPLE WE'VE TALKED TO THAT HAVE THEM AS WELL HAVEN'T FOUND ANYONE THAT DISLIKES IT. THIS WAS DEFINITELY A FIRST FOR ME, BUT JORDAN RECKONS MECHANICAL RIVER SURFING IS GROWING. YOU RECKON THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE AVON? OH... NAH, DEFINITELY NOT. THERE'S A FEW MAVERICKS OUT THERE, IS THERE? YEP, DEFINITELY SOME WINCHES HIDING AROUND IN PEOPLES' GARAGES THAT THEY TAKE OUT. IS IT, SORTA, CATCHING ON THAT MUCH? YEAH, DEFINITELY. I THINK THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A NZ COMPANY THAT MAKES THEM, BUT WHY PAY FOR SOMETHING WHEN YOU CAN MAKE IT YOURSELF? AND WHO NEEDS A SPEED BOAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT GOOD OLD KIWI INGENUITY? WHAT'S NEXT? WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. I'M SURE SOMETHING'S IN THE PIPELINE. 'RADIOACTIVE' CONTINUES That looks so cool. You can imagine getting some grass up your what's it all the engineering boys were bit dodgy when I was down there. That was old world technology. As you know I'm very much into helping the planet. I would make a hybrid of that. The stamps have been made and they're all made out of the 20 hobbit characters. Two dollars and 50 stamps this is the much improved Mike Hosking I look amazing. So much more amazing than now. Do I need a little bit of frosting? Everyone said how good-looking I was, and I was which is unfortunate because this is what streetie looks like they could've given me a slightly female dwarf go on Facebook and say something nice about us. They're really cool. For Christmas, you can put your face on or send somebody a Mike Hosking stamp if you don't like them it's amazing, eh? Go on our Facebook page. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT MILEY CYRUS AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE HAVE BEEN IN TOWN, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I KNOW THERE'LL BE SOME OF YOU SAYING, 'WHO CARES? LAME POP.' BUT IF YOU'RE NOT INTO THE CONCERTS, HERE'S A REASON TO CARE. YOU SEE, JT IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN INSTAGRAMMING UP A STORM OF PHOTOS WHILE HE'S BEEN HERE, AND IT'S ALL GOOD STUFF ABOUT NZ. THIS PHOTO IN PARTICULAR HAS SPARKED INTERNATIONAL INTEREST, AS IT'S APPARENTLY THE FIRST EVER SNAP JUSTIN'S POSTED OF HIS WIFE OF NEARLY TWO YEARS, JESSICA BIEL, AND IT'S PROMPTED DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR FINE COUNTRY LIKE 'IDYLLIC PIECE OF COASTLINE'. AND JUSTIN WAS 'CLEARLY MOVED BY HIS EXPERIENCE' HERE. INVALUABLE STUFF FOR THOSE WANTING TO CARRY ON OUR IMAGE AS 'CLEAN AND GREEN' AND A BOUTIQUE DESTINATION. SO WHILE 'BRINGING SEXY BACK' MIGHT NOT BE YOUR THING, IF JT BRINGS OTHERS TOURISTS BACK THIS WAY, HAVING THE BIG NAMES HERE SURELY HAS TO BE A GOOD THING. JARROD HAYNE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING LEAGUE TODAY, WHICH WAS A SHOCK BUT NOT REALLY WORTH A MENTION HERE UNTIL YOU HEARD WHAT DROVE THE DECISION. HAYNE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE GAME. HE WAS ABOUT TO SIGN A DEAL THAT WOULD HAVE HAD HIM PAID MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. BUT HE'S WALKED. WHY? TO CHASE A DREAM IN THE NFL IN AMERICA. HERE'S WHAT HE SAID TODAY, AND HERE'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. HE TELLS PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THEIR HEART, TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES, TO NEVER BE COMFORTABLE. 'DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT'S EASY. 'DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T GOING TO MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON 'OR A STRONGER PERSON.' THEY ARE WORDS TO LIVE BY AND TO BE INSPIRED BY, AND HE'S LIVING THEM. HE HAS NO CONTRACT. HE'S TAKING A RISK HE DIDN'T NEED TO, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S A WINNER. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT MOST OF LIFE'S GREAT STORIES OPERATE ON SIMILAR SENTIMENT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.