IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` OHHH! IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. CONTROVERSIAL,... WE'RE NOT UNABLE TO SUPPORT A TREATMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN PROVEN. ...BUT CONVINCING? IT'S WORKED. IS THIS NEW HOPE FOR STROKE SURVIVORS? PLUS ` I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY OUT OF EXTREME MISFORTUNE. HOW BARBARA'S SPUN HERSELF A BRAND NEW LIFE. ARE YOU GONNA MAKE LOTS OF MONEY? HOPE SO. AND WHEN SKIPPING SCHOOL PAYS OFF. JUST A NORMAL MAORI BOY FROM A LITTLE TOWN. THE SECRET LIFE OF A STAR PUPIL. ARE YOU SURPRISED AT ALL THAT YOU'VE ENDED UP WHERE YOU ARE? YEAH, QUITE A BIT. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY TOM WILSON AND ALANA CRUIKSHANK. 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. Good evening and welcome to 7 sharp. Toni is taking a few days off. Rene Zellweger. When you saw this? I thought they had the wrong name. You would not have said Renee Zellweger. What do you reckon she's done? She's aged a bit. Her jaw is more defined. I think the whole face was pulled back. Her chin has been done and her cheeks as well. It's hard being 45 in Hollywood. Is that all the eyes? It's the most bizarre thing I've ever seen. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` A TAURANGA POLICE OFFICER WHO LEAPT OFF A BRIDGE INTO FREEZING WATER TO SAVE THE SURVIVOR OF A CAR CRASH HAS BEEN AWARDED A TOP HONOUR BY THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. MORE WEIGHT-LOSS RESEARCH YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING ` AUSSIE RESEARCHERS NOW SAY SKIPPING BREAKFAST COULD HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT, EVEN IF YOU DON'T CUT CALORIES LATER. AND IF YOU'RE SICK OF HEARING ABOUT EXPENSIVE AUCKLAND VILLAS, CHECK THIS OUT ` A WHOLE TOWN FOR SALE IN CONNECTICUT, 62 ACRES, A MIX OF HOMES, A POST OFFICE, TWO CHURCHES, AND ALL FOR JUST OVER A MILLION KIWI DOLLARS. THE CATCH? THE GHOST OF A PREVIOUS OWNER IS SAID TO ROAM THE TOWN. HEARD OF MT DOBSON? IT'S A SKI FIELD. IT'S FOR SALE. THEY WANT $1.2M. IT'S A WORKING SKI FIELD. WHY WOULD YOU BUY IN AUCKLAND? HERE'S SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU. 24 ` THAT'S HOW MANY NZERS HAVE A STROKE EVERY DAY. 60,000 ` THAT'S HOW MANY ARE STILL LIVING WITH THE EFFECTS OF A STROKE. STROKE THERAPY CAN TAKE MANY FORMS. THERE'S SPEECH, PHYSIO, OCCUPATIONAL, BUT THE ONE THING THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY'RE SLOW AND HARD. SO WHEN A NEW WONDER CURE APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE, IT'S NO WONDER IT GETS ATTENTION. MEGAN MARTIN MET ONE PATIENT TRYING SOMETHING VERY NEW, VERY CONTROVERSIAL, BUT HE SAYS VERY SUCCESSFUL. You are about to witness something truly remarkable. Brian is about to have his taste buds reawakened. He has just undergone controversial treatment in America. It's a treat seeing the expression on his face when he takes food. It's worked. It's given him a new lease of life. Life was different for Brian three years ago. HE WAS A DETECTIVE SENIOR SERGEANT IN THE CIB IN INVERCARGILL HERE AND FULL ON WITH COACHING ` SOUTHLAND REP RUGBY UNDER-48 COACHING ` BOARD OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL. THEN HE WAS STRUCK DOWN BY A SEVERE STROKE. WE KNEW IT WAS BIG. WE KNEW IT WASN'T GOOD. HE COULDN'T WALK, HE COULDN'T EAT; HE COULDN'T EVEN SWALLOW. WE JUST ABOUT LOST HIM, REALLY, IN THOSE FIRST... IN THAT FIRST WEEK. WITH PARTNER JO PARNHAM AT HIS SIDE, BRIAN'S UNDERGONE THREE YEARS OF INTENSIVE THERAPY. PHYSIO, YEAH, CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION SPEECH GROUP. HIS MAIN ISSUE NOW ` STAYING AWAKE. IF WE GO INTO TOWN, HE MIGHT LAST 40 MINUTES, AND THEN HE HAS TO COME HOME FOR A SLEEP. SO WHEN JO AND BRIAN HEARD ABOUT A CONTROVERSIAL NEW METHOD OF STROKE THERAPY, THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR IT. IT'S AN INJECTION INTO THE BASE, INTO THE VEINS INTO THE BASE OF THE NECK, AND THEY LIE, SORT OF, SUSPENDED DOWNWARDS FOR ABOUT A 10-MINUTE PERIOD, AND THAT ALLOWS THE DRUG TO GO INTO THE BRAIN. THAT DRUG IS THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ETANERCEPT, WHICH IS CONVENTIONALLY USED FOR ARTHRITIS. IT'S INJECTED INTO THE BACK OF THE NECK, JUST UNDERNEATH THE SKIN, INTO A SYSTEM OF VEINS WHICH CARRY THE DRUG DIRECTLY TO THE BRAIN. IT'S CLAIMED THIS METHOD REDUCES THE INFLAMMATION IN THE BRAIN CAUSED BY THE STROKE. JO AND BRIAN TRAVELLED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE TREATMENT ` THE ONLY PLACE WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE. BRIAN WAS INJECTED, THEN TILTED DOWNWARDS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. ONCE UPRIGHT, THE RESULTS WERE ALMOST INSTANT. OHHH! ...BRIAN'S SIGHT IMPROVES. IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE YOUR FACE! BY THE NEXT DAY,... THE FORK. ...BRIAN'S COMPLETING ONCE-DIFFICULT DIRECTIONS WITH EASE. BUT THE TREATMENT'S FOUNDER, DR ED TOBINICK,... OK. ...SAYS HIS METHOD IS A BREAKTHROUGH FOR STROKE PATIENTS. AND THERE IS NO COMPARABLE DRUG TREATMENT FOR THE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS THAT THESE PATIENTS HAVE. HE SAYS IT'S SAFE. Blood gets into the brain through arteries. It doesn't go into the brain from planes. CORRECTION: Veins. He's healthier. He's not tired any more. At home Brian is able to do simple tasks that he couldn't concentrate on before. HE'S NOT CONSTANTLY BATTLING WITH THE FOG IN HIS HEAD AND ALSO THE TIREDNESS AND THINGS BECAUSE HIS HEAD'S CLEAR NOW TOO. HE'S SAYING THAT IT'S NOT AS HARD TO DO THINGS OR HARD TO GET THINGS OUT OR HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE ANY MORE. IT'S CLEAR, SO IT'S A LOT EASIER. You can't argue with that. That should only work if it goes into the arteries, but they inject into veins. If you had a miracle cure, why wouldn't you go for it? COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` AND IT WAS AMAZING HOW IT HELPED MY HANDS, COS I COULDN'T USE MY HANDS FOR ANYTHING. HOW AN ACCIDENT SPARKED A HOBBY WHICH GAVE BARBARA A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. BECAUSE WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WANT TO RETIRE AT 84 (?) DON'T RUB IT IN, MICHAEL. WE MET HIM AS BOY ` HOW HE'S GROWN INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. JUST TALKING TO NADINE CYCLING. THAT'S WHY YOU WERE LATE. HERE AT SEVEN SHARP, WE LOVE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO TURN LIFE'S MISFORTUNES AROUND INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE ` NO TIME FOR NEGATIVITY OR FEELING TOO SORRY FOR YOURSELF. AND THE WOMAN YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET'S DONE JUST THAT. A TERRIBLE SITUATION THRUST BARBARA ONTO A NEW PATH IN LIFE ` ONE SHE NOW WOULDN'T GIVE UP FOR ANYTHING. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. THIS IS WHAT I DO IN MY SPARE TIME. ELECTRONIC MUSIC SHE'S ONE OF THOSE SORTS YOU ADMIRE AND ENVY RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO, FROM THE FIRST SILLY QUESTION. SIMPLY BARBARA. (CHUCKLES) WELL, WHY NOT? MY NAME'S BARBARA. SO WHY NOT? BARBARA OF BOUNDLESS ENTHUSIASM,... I LOVE IT. I LOVE DOING WHAT I'M DOING. ...BOUNDLESS ENERGY,... DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORD RETIRED MEANS. COS WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WANT TO RETIRE AT 84? DON'T RUB IT IN, MICHAEL. ...BOUNDLESS CREATIVITY. HAND-DYED SILK AND MERINO WOOL. BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING WITH ANYTHING. ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES SO THE BIG QUESTION ` ARE YOU GONNA MAKE LOTS OF MONEY? HOPE SO. ABSOLUTELY. BOTH LAUGH HOW MUCH IS IT? YEAH, 155. I DO LIKE THAT. YES. OH, THAT'S PERFECT. I MADE THEM, ACTUALLY, FOR A SYDNEY SHOW. KEEP GOING LIKE THIS AND WE COULD GO TO THE PUB FOR LUNCH. OH! BOTH LAUGH NO, MAYBE I'LL BUY A COFFEE. A COFFEE. (LAUGHS) NO, I'D RATHER GO TO THE PUB FOR LUNCH. BOTH LAUGH THIS LOOKS LOVELY. OK, YOU'VE SOLD IT. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT, ISN'T IT? YES. YEAH, WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WOULDN'T BE SORRY. HONEST. THE CAMERAMAN IS LISTENING TO YOU THROUGH HIS HEADPHONES, AND HE SAYS YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLY GOOD SALESWOMAN. (CHUCKLES) WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE FUNNY COS PEOPLE LOVE IT, AND THEY GO AWAY DELIGHTED. WE DO TAKE CREDIT CARD. OK. THANK YOU. YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR AGE HERE, BARB. (LAUGHS) LOOK AT THIS. THEY'RE THE BEST THING OUT. IF THE POWER GOES OFF, YOU'RE FINE. SO THERE YOU GO. ALWAYS THINKING. I'M NOT SILLY. WHATEVER THE TECHNOLOGY, OUR SELF-TAUGHT QUEEN OF WEAVE AND SPIN HAS BEEN MAKING AND HAWKING ` OOPS, SORRY, BARB. I MEAN, SELLING ` FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS; A VIBRANT LIVELIHOOD BORNE OUT OF ACCIDENT ` THE MOST TRAGIC OF ACCIDENTS ` AN ENCOUNTER WITH A DRUNK DRIVER BACK IN 1960. MY HUSBAND WAS KILLED. HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. # YOU'VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY TOGETHER... I PUT MY HANDS UP TO THE WINDSCREEN, RIGHT? AND I WENT THROUGH IT. AND IT WAS ALL THE TENDONS WERE CUT. ALL THE TENDONS. WIDOWED AT 29 AND WITH THREE CHILDREN, BARBARA TURNED TO SPINNING TO HELP BRING HER DAMAGED HANDS BACK TO LIFE. # ...TOGETHER, THROUGH THE HARD TIMES AND THE GOOD. # IT WAS LIKE A THERAPY. AND IT WAS AMAZING HOW IT HELPED MY HANDS, COS I COULDN'T USE MY HANDS FOR ANYTHING. THOSE HANDS, ONCE USELESS, ARE NOW THE HALLMARK OF A LIFE'S WORK. ABSOLUTELY. I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY OUT OF EXTREME MISFORTUNE HOW THAT ACCIDENT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY, AND SO I STARTED THIS JOURNEY. BARBARA IS NOW EXPANDING BEYOND HER MAINSTAY MERINO GARMENTS... YOU CAN WEAR IT THIS WAY AS WELL. OH, THAT'S EVEN BETTER. ...TO DELICATE SILK SCARVES AND WRAPS. OH, YOU'LL LOVE IT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SEW ON FIBRE. YOU'VE GOT TO SEW ON TO SOMETHING. PUT YOUR MODESTY ASIDE ` HOW CLEVER ARE YOU? OH, I'M NOT VERY CLEVER. NO, I JUST THINK I'VE GOT THE ATTITUDE TO WORK AND DO IT AND GET ON WITH IT. AND I'VE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I USED TO DO A LOT MORE, BUT NOW THAT THE BODY'S TELLING ME TO SLOW DOWN... UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC PARTICULARLY ELEGANT ON A MAN. (SNORTS) (LAUGHS) WAS THAT A CHORTLE? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. BOTH LAUGH ELECTRONIC MUSIC DO YOU THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE A SOFT SPOT? With all due respect, the broad fashion concept that everything goes with everything simply is untrue. I'll take your word for it. Speaking of threads, did you see the Duchess of Cambridge making her reappearance? She looked incredible. I noticed there is a similarity between this Alexander McQueen coat dress and Mike Hoskings paints. CORRECTION: Pants. What I didn't know about the Prince of Wales check is it was started by a New Zealand woman in Scotland. It was called something house, CORRECTION: Else. It's a famous pedigree. Pee-wee Herman made it the most famous. Pee-wee Herman rocked the cheque. CORRECTION: Check. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` PEOPLE KIND OF TREAT ME A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I FIND IT QUITE FUNNY. WELL, YOU ARE PRETTY FAMOUS, JAMES, BUT WHAT CAREER DID HE DREAM OF FAR AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS? ARE YOU SURPRISED AT ALL THAT YOU'VE ENDED UP WHERE YOU ARE? YEAH, QUITE A BIT. JAMES ROLLESTON. RECOGNISE THE NAME? MAYBE NOT, BUT I BET YOU'D RECOGNISE THE FACE. HE'S THE STAR OF BOY, THE DARK HORSE AND, OF COURSE, THOSE VODAFONE ADS. BUT JAMES HAS ANOTHER ROLE ` ONE WE'VE NEVER SEEN ON SCREEN. HE'S A 17-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLBOY IN A SMALL EAST COAST TOWN. JEHAN CASINADER PAID HIM A VISIT. KIA ORA. MY NAME'S JAMES ROLLESTON. I'M 17 YEARS OLD, AND I COME FROM OPOTIKI. YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS THE SET OF JAMES ROLLESTON'S LATEST MOVIE, BUT NO, NO, THIS IS HIS REAL LIFE ` PEOPLE KIND OF TREAT ME A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I FIND IT QUITE FUNNY. A WORLD AWAY FROM THE GLITZ AND GLAM. HE'S JUST ONE OF THE BOYS. HE'S JUST A NORMAL MAORI BOY FROM A LITTLE TOWN. OPOTIKI ON THE EAST COAST. ARE YOU SURPRISED AT ALL THAT YOU'VE ENDED UP WHERE YOU ARE? YEAH, QUITE A BIT. ROUND HERE HE'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN JIMMY. FIVE YEARS AGO A CASTING DIRECTOR CAME TO JAMES' SCHOOL. HE AUDITIONED FOR A FILM AND WAS CAST AS AN EXTRA. THAT WAS HEARTBREAKING FOR HIM. I SAID TO HIM, 'LOOK, JAMES, 'WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS 'BECAUSE THEY'VE GIVEN YOU THE AUDITION.' AND LOOKING THIS WAY, JAMES. JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE SHOOTING,... KIA ORA. MY NAME IS BOY. ...JAMES WAS HANDED THE LEAD ROLE. I JUST GOT THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I TOOK IT. HE'S GOT A KILLER SMILE AND A KILLER PERSONALITY. AND HE'S REALLY TALENTED. THE CRITICS WERE RAVING. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS MY FIRST TIME. BUT WITH THE FAME CAME THE PRESSURE. JAMES WAS BROUGHT UP BY HIS NAN. SHE HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT. HE FOUND THE ATTENTION JUST OVERWHELMING. IN FACT, HE FELT VERY VIOLATED AT TIMES. THE TRUTH IS THIS GUY IS PRETTY SHY. PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO ME AND, LIKE, ASKED FOR PHOTOS AND, LIKE, I DON'T REALLY TALK. I JUST, LIKE, KINDA SMILE AND... (LAUGHS) THE SMILE IS PROBABLY A BIG COVER-UP FOR A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS. KNOW WHAT? THIS PLACE ISN'T ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE. JAMES' SAFE HAVEN, HIS ESCAPE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS HOMETOWN. JUST GET TO HANG WITH THE BOYS. GET ON TV. I'M GONNA SNAPCHAT. JUST GET BACK INTO, LIKE, NORMAL LIFE. < AND WHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN YOU SEE HIM ON TV? IS IT A BIT WEIRD? YEAH, WE'RE JUST, LIKE, KINDA WANTING TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL. JUST GET SICK OF HIM SOMETIMES. HIS TEACHERS HAVEN'T CUT HIM ANY SLACK. WELL, LET'S GET 'EM OUT AND HAVE A LOOK AT 'EM, OK? YEAH, THEY'RE JUST TREATING ME LIKE ANOTHER STUDENT. < STILL GO HARD ON YOU WHEN THEY NEED TO? YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, I STILL GET A COUPLE OF GROUNDINGS HERE AND THERE. I THINK IT'S KEPT HIM GROUNDED, BEING HERE IN OPOTIKI. IT'S A REAL CONTRAST TO LIFE UP IN AUCKLAND. JAMES HAS MISSED HEAPS OF SCHOLL THIS YEAR. UH, SIR, JUST COS I WAS AWAY FOR SO LONG. WHEN HE'S HERE, THERE'S TIME TO CATCH UP AFTER SCHOOL AS WELL AS DURING THE WEEKEND SOMETIMES. HE ONCE DREAMED OF A VERY DIFFERENT CAREER TO ACTING,... I ALSO WANT TO BE A MARINE BIOLOGIST. ...BUT HIS WORK LIFE HAS COST HIM. JAMES HAS HAD TO DROP SOME SUBJECTS LIKE MATHS AND SCIENCE. HE'S FELT QUITE A LOSS AT HAVING TO GIVE THOSE UP, BECAUSE HIS PASSION IS WORKING OUTDOORS. INTENSE ACTION MUSIC HE DID GET CLOSE TO NATURE WHILE FILMING HIS LATEST MOVIE, A MAORI WAR FILM CALLED 'THE DEAD LANDS'. THERE WAS HARD PHYSICAL TRAINING INVOLVED, AND HE HAD TO LEARN TE REO. (SPEAKS MAORI) JUST JUMPING AT MY OPPORTUNITIES, I GUESS, NOT HOLDING BACK. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AT SCHOOL TOO, INCLUDING KAPA HAKA,... THE ATMOSPHERE'S PRETTY CRAZY. ...AND, OF COURSE, THE SCHOOL BALL. JAMES FINISHES COLLEGE IN A FEW WEEKS. I'M PRETTY EXCITED. YEAH. ACTION! YOU WATCHING? THEY'RE RUNNING DOWN AND... THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES HE'LL STICK AT ACTING. MIGHT DO A BIT OF BUILDING OVER SUMMER, SO, YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. OH, I JUST LIKE TO MAKE THINGS. THE FILM INDUSTRY HAS ALREADY GIVEN JAMES MORE THAN HE EVER DREAMED IT COULD. TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND SEE NEW PLACES. LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE PUSHING ME TO CARRY ON DOING IT. I CERTAINLY WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER CHOICE HE MAKES. < WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN YOU? OH, I'M NOT TOO SURE, REALLY, TO BE HONEST. I'M NOT THAT INTERESTING. THE LOCALS MAY DISAGREE. HORN BLARES AND IT'S A BIG NIGHT FOR JAMES ` IS HE OPOTIKI'S BIGGEST EXPORT? HE'S GOOD-LOOKING. AND IT'S A BIG NIGHT FOR JAMES ` THE PREMIERE OF 'THE DEAD LANDS' IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THE MOVIE HITS THEATRES ON OCTOBER 30. YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T HEAR IN THE NEWS TODAY THAT A CYCLIST WAS HIT BY A CAR IN CHRISTCHURCH, BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? CYCLISTS ARE OVER-REPRESENTED IN OUR ROAD-CRASH STATS, AND IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY. ASK ALMOST ANYONE, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU CYCLISTS ARE ARROGANT LYCRA-CLAD MORONS WHO INSIST ON RIDING TWO OR THREE ABREAST AND DON'T PAY ROAD-USER CHARGES, SO SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS ON THE ROAD ANYWAY. BUT HOW BOUT THINKING OF IT THIS WAY ` CYCLISTS DO PAY ROAD-USER CHARGES BECAUSE THEY ALL OWN CARS; THEY'RE JUST NOT USING THEM AND THUS NOT ADDING WEAR AND TEAR TO THE ROAD THEY'RE PAYING FOR. THEY'RE ALSO REDUCING CONGESTION, DEMAND FOR PETROL AND HELPING KEEP OUR HEALTH BILL DOWN, UNLESS YOU KNOCK THEM OFF THEIR BIKE AND PUT THEM TO HOSPITAL, THAT IS. SO, YES, SOME CYCLISTS ARE MORONS, BUT PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR THEM, BECAUSE THAT CYCLIST YOU KNOCK OVER MIGHT JUST BE ME. SO UNDER THE BROAD HEADING I STARTED LAST NIGHT OF 'THIS COUNTRY IS ON A BIT OF A ROLL', I OFFER CHAPTER TWO. LAST NIGHT IT WAS THE MIGRATION FIGURES, THE JOBS BOOM, THE SERVICES SECTOR GOING OFF. TONIGHT IT'S A COW. THERE IT IS ` THIS COUNTRY INVENTED THIS COW. IT'S A NEW SORT OF COW, A FIRST OF TIS KIND. ITS BRILLIANCE IS IT'S TOLERANT OF HEAT. THIS IS GOOD FOR FARMERS IN HOT COUNTRIES, WHOSE MILK PRODUCTION SUFFERS IN HIGH TEMPERATURES. SO WE, THROUGH OUR SCIENTIFIC GENIUS, HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. WE ARE LEADING THE WORLD IN THIS TECHNOLOGY. OUR RURAL SECTOR IS FULL OF THIS SORT OF CLEVERNESS, AND MORE OF THESE STORIES NEED TO BE TOLD. OH, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF COWS, NOTE TO GLASSONS ` GOOD AD WITH THE BULL. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S ONLINE, OR YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE TELLY. BUT IT'S CAUSED CONTROVERSY. IT'S AN EXCELLENT AD. DO NOT GIVE INTO THE WHINGERS THIS TIME AND APOLOGISE. NEVER APOLOGISE FOR CREATIVITY. IF IT DOESN'T ROCK THE BOAT A BIT, IT'S GENERALLY NOT THAT GOOD. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014