IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` WHY THE RESPONSE ISN'T ALWAYS RAPID. THEY'LL BE THERE AS PROMPTLY AS THEY CAN, OK? WHAT REALLY HAPPENS ON AN AMBULANCE SHIFT? MOST PEOPLE SEE IT AS AN EMERGENCY SERVICE. SOME PEOPLE SEE IT AS A 'I'LL CALL THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL HELP ME.' PLUS, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE UP,... AND HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING FOR? ...GET READY TO MOVE OUT. ESSENTIALLY FOR WHAT YOU'D BUY A RUN-DOWN HOUSE FOR IN AUCKLAND, YOU'LL GET A NEW ONE HERE IN POKENO. AND, SORRY, BUT WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON HERE? AND WHO'S THIS GUY? BLACKROD SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF A PORNO NAME, DOESN'T IT? I DON'T KNOW. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ALANA CRUIKSHANK AND TOM WILSON. 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. Heather story looks intriguing tonight. I saw the breakers on Friday night. Beyond the basketball, I have a question. I'll ask you later. Can you let me have my time, please? I said they would lose the final. Tasman for the first time as well. Inorganic collections are your place. This is the stuff you throw out that you don't throw out normally. Engine parts, old lawnmowers, roofing iron. Here's what Street thrEw out. Can I defend myself? That's recycling. My husband spent half the day doing inorganic, and I wanted to contribute. He said he was proud of me. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE WHOLE HOUSE VERSUS APARTMENT ISSUE SOON, BUT ONE NEWS HAS LEARNED THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSIDERING ALLOWING OTHER ORGANISATIONS OTHER THAN COUNCILS TO ISSUE RESOURCE CONSENTS. IT'S PART OF A BIG PUSH TO CUT RED TAPE AND MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES. IS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BLONDE ON THE WAY OUT? MATTEL, WHO MAKES BARBIE, HAS REPORTED A MASSIVE DROP IN SALES OF THE ICONIC DOLL, PARTLY BECAUSE OF MORE GIRLS GETTING INTO GAMES ON TABLETS AND CONSOLES. AND GENTS, PROOF THAT YOU SUFFER MORE WITH COLDS AND FLU ` HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT THE FEMALE HORMONE OESTROGEN FORTIFIES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND BECAUSE BLOKES DON'T HAVE IT, THEY'RE LESS RESISTANT TO THINGS LIKE FLU AND PNEUMONIA. YOU NEVER GET SICK. IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY THERE'S ONE THING YOU WANT TO RELY ON, AND THAT'S IF YOU DIAL 111, AN AMBULANCE WILL SHOW UP TO HELP. WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, BUT FOR VERY GOOD REASON. ST JOHN ARE TRIALLING A NEW SYSTEM IN AUCKLAND, GIVING OUT HELP OVER THE PHONE. IF IT WORKS, IT COULD BE ROLLED OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TOO. NOW, THEY HAD A BIT OF BAD PRESS OVER IT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHY IT'S IN PLACE AND HOW WELL IT'S WORKING. GILL HIGGINS SPENT HER FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE CREW. IN OUR BUSIEST CITY,... THEY'LL BE THERE AS PROMPTLY AS THEY CAN, OK? 36 CREWS ARE ON THE STREETS EVERY WEEKEND. FOR LUKE AND KATIE, IT'S THE START OF A 12-HOUR SHIFT. 62-YEAR-OLD LADY WHO'S COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH. THAT FIRST JOB, WITHIN MINUTES, IT'S RED CODE ` THAT MEANS POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. (COUGHS) JUST TRY AND BREATHE NICE AND NORMALLY FOR US, OK? SHE'S IMPROVING, BUT THEY FIND OTHER COMPLICATIONS. THINK TO BE ON SAFE SIDE, WE'LL POP YOU THROUGH TO THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT. WITH AT LEAST A THREE-YEAR DEGREE TO THEIR NAMES, THEY CAN ASSESS, THEY CAN TREAT, AND THEY KNOW HOW TO PUT PEOPLE AT EASE ` THERE'S NO RUSH. WE'RE ON TILL 6 TOMORROW MORNING. SKILLS THAT ARE PUT TO GOOD USE TIME AFTER TIME. SO THE GUYS HAVE JUST GONE IN TO SEE TO AN OVERDOSE ` APPARENTLY THAT'S QUITE A COMMON THING THEY GET CALLED OUT FOR AND CAN BE REALLY TRICKY TO DEAL WITH. WOMAN: STOP IT! WE'RE NOT HERE TO HURT YOU, SWEETHEART. WOMAN SOBS WE'RE JUST HERE TO TRY AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. DON'T PUSH ME. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET HER DOWNSTAIRS THE WAY SHE'S BEHAVING, SO WE MAY HAVE TO SEDATE HER. THESE ARE THE TYPE OF CALL-OUTS THAT NEED PEOPLE LIKE KATIE AND LUKE, BUT MANY DON'T. I WENT TO SOMEONE WHO'D CUT HIS TOE, SO... (LAUGHS) I'VE BEEN TO A LADY WHO CALLED US BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T TURN HER TV OFF. YEAH. AND... SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR CELL PHONE. EVERYBODY VIEWS WHAT THE AMBULANCE SERVICE IS FOR IN DIFFERENT WAYS. MOST PEOPLE SEE IT AS AN EMERGENCY SERVICE; SOME SEE IT A 'I'LL CALL THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL HELP ME.' OK, SO PLEASE SPELL THE STREET NAME FOR ME. IT'S WHY FROM THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT, CHANGES HAD TO BE MADE. IS THE BLEEDING CONTROLLED NOW? SOME OF THOSE CALLS THAT MEET A CRITERIA HANDED OVER TO A NURSE FOR ASSESSMENT. SO YOU DON'T NEED AN AMUBLANCE TODAY. NURSE HAS QUITE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH PATIENT ABOUT THE BEST PLAN FOR THEM, WHICH MAY MAY INVOLVE AN AMBULANCE RESPONSE, OR IT MIGHT MEAN LINKING THE PATIENT TO THEIR GP. EARLY ON THERE WERE COMPLAINTS. IN SOME CASES, PATIENTS FELT THE SYSTEM FAILED, PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK. WE DIDN'T GET EVERY CASE RIGHT, AND WE APOLOGISED TO THOSE PATIENTS CONCERNED, AND WE'VE PUT MORE ROBUST SYSTEMS IN PLACE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS SINCE THAT TIME? THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE OFF TO ANOTHER INCIDENT. ANOTHER RED CODE. THIS TIME ` UNMANAGEABLE PAIN. WE MIGHT POP A WEE IV IN. I BET SOME PEOPLE YOU SEE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL. YEAH, THEY ARE. WE GOT SENT A THANK YOU PACKAGE. I GOT A VOUCHER FOR THE LOCAL BUTCHER. PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH CREWS IS ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT WITH CALLS HANDLED BY NURSES? A FOLLOW-UP AUDIT SUGGESTS THESE PATIENTS ARE HAPPY TOO. THEY'RE NOT WAITING FOR AN AMBULANCE TO ARRIVE UNNECESSARILY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO ED, AND SIT IN A WAITING ROOM FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IT ALSO SAVES THE PATIENT MONEY WITH NO AMBULANCE FEE, BUT ST JOHN SAYS FOR THE SERVICE, IT'S NOT ABOUT CUTTING COSTS. DOESN'T SAVE MONEY; IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO PEOPLE FASTER. FOR CARDIAC ARREST, TIME IS CRITICAL. SO THE BRAIN STARTS DYING AFTER 3-4 MINUTES WITH NO OXYGEN, SO IF GET THERE IN 3-4 MINUTES AND PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE DO, THEN THAT INCREASES THEIR CHANCE SURVIVAL IMMENSELY. IS ANYBODY THERE? THE CREWS STILL GO TO NON-EMERGENCIES TOO. HE FELL. I CAN'T LIFT HIM ANY MORE. (SCREAMS) TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, THEN DOWN ON GROUND. WONDERFUL, OF COURSE. WONDERFUL. OF THE 160 CALLS THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, ALL BUT 12 STILL GOT AN AMBULANCE. IT MEANT THEY JUST GOT THERE THAT LITTLE BIT FASTER. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HERE TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE WHO NEED AN AMBULANCE AND JUST GOING TO KEEP DOING OUR JOB. People calling the ambulance to fix the telly and cellphones! People who ring up to a cellphone on a too stupid. They ring up because they are constipated. What an ambulance going to do? Bleeding, feeling sick, can't sleep. What are they going to do, like you on the head? There are people in the middle. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE LONG TO LOOK AROUND. (LAUGHS) THAT'S WHAT THE PM WANTS FIRST-HOME BUYERS TO GET INTO, BUT THEY WANT THIS. THEY'RE GETTING EVERYTHING AND MORE DOWN HERE. PHILIP STONER TWYFORD. I, PHILIP STONER TWYFORD. YES, THE M IN MP DOESN'T STAND FOR MATURE ` THAT'S FOR SURE. How clever! There's another two. FOR THOSE OF YOU OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND, THERE'S A NEW REASON TO BE HAPPY. THE PM IS NOW TELLING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT APARTMENTS AS THEIR FIRST STEP ON THE LADDER. SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER GOING INTO AN APARTMENT, FOR INSTANCE. I MEAN, THAT HAS BEEN THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE. IF YOU ARE A YOUNG PERSON BUYING YOUR FIRST PLACE IN SYDNEY OR IN MELBOURNE OR IN BRISBANE, IN MOST INSTANCES, YOU'LL BE GOING INTO AN APARTMENT. BUT APARTMENTS COME WITH A STIGMA. ISN'T AN APARTMENT JUST A BOX WITHOUT A LAWN? EMMA KEELING WENT TO FIND OUT WHAT APARTMENT LIVING IS ALL ABOUT. # NA, NA, NA-NA, NA. # APARTMENTS. THERE ARE AROUND 18,000 TO 20,000 IN THE CBD. BUT ARE AUCKLANDERS READY TO LOOK UP, NOT OUT, WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME? OH, AND DID I MENTION THE CAR THING? NOT EVERY APARTMENT COMES WITH A CAR PARK. AND TELL AUCKLANDERS TO GIVE UP THEIR CAR, AND THEY ARE GONNA GET ITCHY. ANDREW MURRAY FROM APARTMENT SPECIALISTS IS GOING TO GIVE US A TOUR OF A FREEHOLD ONE-BED. AND HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING FOR AT THE MOMENT? OK, SO THIS IS LISTED FOR $329,000. IT IS 44M2 INTERNALLY, WITH A 14M2 DECK. THAT SEEMS REALLY EXPENSIVE FOR SUCH A SMALL SPACE. THE REASON WHY ` THIS IS STILL SELLING FAR BELOW REPLACEMENT COST. IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE LONG TO LOOK AROUND. (LAUGHS) UNLIKE OTHER BIG CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, THIS WHOLE INNER-CITY LIVING IS PRETTY NEW TO US. WE ONLY HAD 564 APARTMENTS IN 1991. THAT'S VIRTUALLY NOTHING. AND THEY'VE GROWN EXPONENTIALLY IN LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS. SO, WHAT ARE THE COSTS? EVERY APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS RATES. BUT THE RATES HERE ARE ONLY $880. THAT'S A YEAR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? A YEAR, YES, AND THEN BODY CORP FEES IS ABOUT $3300. IT COVERS RUBBISH, YOUR BUILDING INSURANCE IF THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD. THERE'S NO LAWNS TO MOW, YOU'VE GOT BUILDING MANAGEMENT COVERED. WHAT ABOUT DEPOSIT YOU'D NEED FOR APARTMENTS? IS IT MORE OR LESS THAN YOU NEED FOR A HOUSE? BECAUSE OF THE RESERVE BANK PUTTING 20% ON HOUSES, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME WITHIN A CERTAIN SIZE. SO EVERY BANK HAS ITS DIFFERENT CRITERIA. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF NET WORTH AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BANK, THAT YOU GO TO A BROKER, AND THEY'LL PUT YOU WITH RIGHT BANK FOR YOUR BUDGET. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A BIGGER DEPOSIT DEPENDING ON WHICH BANK YOU GO TO. ABSOLUTELY. YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO FIND GRASS, BUT IT'S NICE OUT THERE NOW THE CBD HAS SHARPENED UP ITS ACT. UPBEAT MUSIC GOOD THING ABOUT THE APARTMENT IS IT ONLY TOOK ME, LIKE, 2.5 SECONDS TO DO THE VACUUMING, AND I HAVEN'T MOWED THE LAWNS, COS I DON'T HAVE ANY, SO IT GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE SOUND OF THE TRUCKS ROLLING BY. BANKS NEED TO LOOSEN UP. I THINK I RENTED ONE OF THOSE. IT'S FINE IF YOU'VE NO FAMILY. MOST INTERNATIONAL CITIES HAVE APARTMENTS. SO, IF YOU DON'T FANCY A CENTRAL CITY BOX HIGH IN THE SKY, WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS? WELL, EITHER WIN LOTTO, SHIFT CITIES, OR GET READY FOR A LONG DRIVE INTO SUBURBIA. SUBURBIA CONFUSES ME. AND SUBURBIA IS STRETCHING FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE, JUST LIKE YOUR DOLLAR COULD IF YOU'RE READY FOR A BIT OF A COMMUTE. MICHAEL HOLLAND FOUND A SUBURBAN OUTPOST WHICH COULD BE THE FUTURE. EASY-GOING GUITAR MUSIC IT'S ALMOST TWO YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE I LAST DIVERTED OFF THE MOTORWAY, INQUIRING ABOUT LIFE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BOMBAYS. POKENO HAS GOT A LOT CLOSER TO AUCKLAND? OH, ABSOLUTELY. BACK THEN, THE GRAND PLAN WAS STILL IN ITS INFANCY, STILL SOMETHING OF A CURIOSITY. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE WRONG SIDE... POKENO VILLAGE ESTATE ` 20 MINUTES FROM MANUKAU CITY, 25 MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT. ...IS NOW VERY MUCH THE RIGHT SIDE FOR HUNDREDS OF NEW RESIDENTS. PEOPLE HAVE WORKED OUT THEY CAN COME OVER THE HILL TO POKENO. IT'S A NO BRAINER, REALLY. THEY ARE GETTING EVERYTHING AND MORE DOWN HERE. CASE IN POINT, THE MATTHEWS FAMILY, WHO MOVED IN OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER BEING PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET 15 MINUTES UP THE ROAD IN MANUREWA. NEVER HAD A BRAND NEW HOUSE BEFORE? NOPE. DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD HAVE A BRAND NEW HOUSE? NO, WE DIDN'T. $486,000 FOR A FOUR-BEDROOM HOME, TWO LIVING AND TWO BATHROOM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED FOR OUR BIG FAMILY. WHERE'S MY ONE? (LAUGHS) EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY. THERE'S A HOUSE A DAY STARTING HERE IN POKENO. FOR US AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE GOT NINE HOUSES ON THE GO, AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY STOPPING. NO SURPRISES ` THE PRICE OF LAND CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMPARATIVE AFFORDABILITY. YOU ARE GETTING EVERYTHING HERE, FROM A DESIGNER KITCHEN TO SOFT-CLOSING TOILET SEATS FOR $569,000. ALL THE RETAINING WALLS, LANDSCAPED, DRIVEWAYS, EVERYTHING. READY TO MOVE IN. YOU HAVEN'T SCRIMPED ON ANYTHING? WE NEVER SCRIMP. THIS IS STAGE FIVE. THIS WILL BE OPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND TITLES WILL BE ISSUED. TONY CLARK SAYS HIS FAMILY COMPANY, SUMMIT HOMES, HAS DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF HOMES IT'S BUILT HERE IN THE LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH HE'D PREFER NOT TO GIVE EXACT FIGURES, AS MORE AND MORE COMPETITORS APPEAR ON THE SCENE. THEY HAVE ALL SNIFFED THE BREEZE. THEY ARE ALL COMING DOWN HERE. THEY ARE LEAVING AUCKLAND LIKE RATS OFF A SINKING SHIP. ADDING TO THE APPEAL, THE MODEST FEES AND PROGRESSIVE OUTLOOK OF A DIFFERENT LOCAL AUTHORITY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL FEES ARE HORRIFIC. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. WHO WANTS TO PAY $12,000 TO GET THEIR WATER METER CONNECTED? THAT'S MADNESS. THEY ARE CONNECTED HERE FOR US, READY TO GO. WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL IS FANTASTIC TO DEAL WITH. WE LOVE IT DOWN HERE. MADE THE RIGHT MOVE? WE DEFINITELY MADE THE RIGHT MOVE. THE ONLY SNAG, ACCORDING TO BUILDERS, EVEN HERE, THE LAND'S NOT COMING ON STREAM QUICK ENOUGH. YOU ARE CHAMPING AT THE BIT TO GET MORE OF THAT BROWN STUFF OVER THERE? WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THAT BROWN STUFF, AND IT'S NOT BEER. (LAUGHS) 12,000 bucks to get your water. How about the ice cream? Apparently they do 19 scoops of ice cream for $26. We reckon Michael Holland should go and test the theory of two cones. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT, AND WILL BE. IT'S PART OF HISTORY. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU THINK WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT BLACK ROD DOES. WE'RE KEEPING THESE PEOPLE APART. OPERATIC MUSIC When you find the home you want, make it yours with ANZ Buy Ready. You'll get our great rate, plus up to $2000 cash on new lending. Talk to us today. That's what I'm talking about - monetising the programme. Would you wear it? Of course. TONI AT THE BREAKERS. You turned up on TV. SO IT'S THE BREAKERS WITH A NINE-POINT LEAD. THERE'S TONI STREET AND VALERIE ADAMS TALKING TV, TALKING ATHLETICS, TALKING DRINKING. TALKING THE RED PARTY. THEY'RE WEARING THE COLOUR CO-ORDINATED. ABSOLUTELY. What is that? It was a Diet Coke. Valerie was asking me about the pregnancy and she asked if I had any cravings. How embarrassing! PARLIAMENT'S BACK IN SESSION, WHICH MEANS POLITICAL NERDS ARE EXCITED, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED WITH TODAY'S OPENING, PARLIAMENT AND ITS OPERATIONS ARE STEEPED IN TRADITION AND HISTORY. NEVER MIND ALL THE CARRY-ON IN THE HOUSE. WHAT ON EARTH WAS ALL THAT KERFUFFLE WITH THE THREE WOMEN DRESSED IN RED? YOU MIGHT BE ASKING, SO HEATHER DID. REGAL TRUMPET MUSIC INTRODUCING BLACKROD. YEP, THAT'S HIS NAME. AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S A BIT CRAZY, IT'S ABOUT TO GET CRAZIER. MUSIC CONTINUES PROBABLY GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THEY TURN UP. HERE THEY COME. THREE JUDGES. COS THIS IS WHAT JUDGES LOOK LIKE NOWADAYS, EH? GOOD MORNING, DAME SIAN. SHALL WE PROCEED? AND HERE'S HIS BIG MOMENT ` HIS ONE LINE OF THE DAY. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS. OK, WE SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS CRAZY CARRY-ON. TO HELP US ` BLACKROD HIMSELF. 'BLACKROD' SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF A PORNO NAME, DOESN'T IT? OH, I DON'T KNOW. 'NOT FUNNY.' SHOW US YOUR BLACK ROD! BLACKROD GETS HIS NAME FROM HIS ROD, OBVIOUSLY. AND HIS JOB IS A TRADITION THAT GOES WAYYY BACK TO THE 14TH CENTURY, BUT WE ONLY HAVE TV FOOTAGE FROM 1963. ARCHIVE: BLACKROD NOW COMING DOWN THE RED CARPET ON THIS DAY, HE WAS COMING DOWN TO MEET THE QUEEN. HE WORKS FOR HER, OR MOST OF THE TIME FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL HERE IN NZ. BLACKROD ` SOUTHERN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IN YEARS GONE BY, THE PURPOSE OF SUMMONING THE COMMONS, AS IT WAS IN THOSE DAYS IN BRITAIN, WAS TO GET MONEY. NOWADAYS THE SUMMONS ISN'T FOR TAX BUT TO HEAR A SPEECH ABOUT LEGISLATION. HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR GENERAL! SO I SAID TO BLACKROD HE'S A RELIC, BUT HE RECKONS ALL THIS CEREMONY'S IMPORTANT FOR PROTECTING DEMOCRACY. NOW, BEFORE WE LET HIM HAVE HIS SAY ON THE MATTER, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THIS DEMOCRACY. FIRST, THE NEW FACES OF DEMOCRACY. HE'S NEW, SHE'S NEW, THEY'RE... N-NEW` ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THAT GUY TALKING TO JOHN KEY IS LABOUR FILL-IN LEADER DAVID PARKER. JOHN KEY'S SAYING, 'I'M GONNA PUNCH YOU.' NO, HE'S NOT, ACTUALLY. HE'S GETTING ON WITH HIM, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. IT'S ALSO NICE TO SEE JUDITH HAS A FRIEND BACK THERE IN THE NAUGHTY SEATS AT THE BACK, EH? NICE TO SEE DAVID CLARK'S DRESSED UP... LIKE A DISCO TOMATO ` EVEN THE PM'S LAUGHING. NICE TO SEE EVERYONE LAUGHING AT SOMEONE'S UNFORTUNATE NAME. PHILIP STONER TWYFORD. SCATTERED LAUGHTER I, PHILIP STONER TWYFORD... YES, 'STONER' IS HIS MIDDLE NAME. BUT, HEY, IT WINS VOTES IN WEST AUCKLAND. DOES IT`? (LAUGHS) SO,... DEMOCRACY. TOMORROW, BLACKROD WILL DO THIS. HE'LL COME TO THE DEBATING CHAMBER, AND ITS DOOR WILL BE SHUT. AND HE'LL HAVE TO KNOCK FOR PERMISSION TO COME IN. IT'S ALL ABOUT SHOWING THAT PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT FROM THE QUEEN. SO IT'S A IT'S A LESSON IN ITS OWN RIGHT. SO WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THIS TRADITION? I THINK SO. I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT AND WILL BE. I MEAN, IT'S PART OF HISTORY. AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED REALLY CRAZY THINGS LIKE THIS TO GET YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS IT'S EASY TO TAKE FOR GRANTED. Who cleans that? What do you do with that? I WANT TO FINISH TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO VAL ADAMS. WHAT AN AMAZING ROLE MODEL SHE IS! THIS DAWNED ON ME WHEN I WAS CHOWING DOWN NEXT TO HER AT THE BREAKERS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. DID YOU KNOW SHE STILL HASN'T MANAGED TO GET TO ANY OF HER BROTHER STEVE'S NBA GAMES STILL BECAUSE OF THEIR CONFLICTING SCHEDULES? ANYWAY, SHE WAS ALL SLINGED UP AFTER HER SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY, BUT WAS SHE COMPLAINING? NOT AT ALL. SHE HAS THIS INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO JUST GET ON WITH THINGS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LIFE THROWS AT HER. SHE CARRIES NO BAGGAGE, SHE DOESN'T COMPLAIN OR WHINGE ` SHE JUST GETS ON WITH BEING AWESOME. SHE LATER ADMITTED TO CRYING HERSELF TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE PAIN AFTER SURGERY, AND SOMETHING TELLS ME IT WOULD TAKE QUITE A BIT TO MAKE VAL ADAMS TEAR UP. TOP PARENTING TIP FOR YOU TONIGHT ` GET A SKIP TO CLEAR THE CRAP. TWICE A YEAR WE GET A SKIP CLOSING AND THREATEN THE KIDS THAT UNLESS TWICE A YEAR WE GET A SKIP AND THREATEN THE KIDS THAT UNLESS THEY CLEAN THE PLACE WITHIN AN INCH OF ITS LIFE WE WILL CLEAR IT FOR THEM. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE PROSPECT OF HAVING EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSSESSIONS STRIPPED FROM YOU TO GET THEM EXERCISED. BY THE END OF YESTERDAY, THE HOUSE WAS PRISTINE. AND IT'S AN AMAZING REMINDER OF JUST HOW MUCH RUBBISH WE FILL OUR LIVES WITH. THE THINGS KIDS CAN'T DO WITHOUT AT XMAS BY THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE YESTERDAY'S NEWS. THE TREASURES THAT WERE LONGED FOR ARE NOW NEVER TOUCHED. THE STUFF THAT KEPT THEM AWAKE IN ANTICIPATION ARE BROKEN AND DISCARDED, AND NOW THEY'RE OFF TO THE DUMP. SKIPS ARE CATHARTIC. AND WHO DOESN'T LOVE A CLEAN HOUSE? CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.