IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` THE EPIC RUN ACROSS STATE LINES... I WENT THROUGH PAIN EVERY DAY. ...THAT TURNED INTO A LIFE LESSON. PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HUMANITY, ALL THEY NEED TO DO WAS SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE ROAD WITH ME. PLUS ` # SITTING INSIDE MY HEAD, LAUGHING AT WHAT I SAID. # LOOK WHO'S BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM THE SYMPTOMS, IT'S STILL IN YOUR BLOOD. AND FROM MUSICAL GURUS TO RISING TALENT ` # ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CRIME SCENE. # A CHRISTCHURCH KID WITH BROADWAY AMBITIONS. I'D LOVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING OVER THERE. IT'D BE AMAZING. REMEMBER THIS GUY. HE'S GONNA BE FAMOUS. 6PM CAPTIONS BY ALANA CRUIKSHANK AND HUGO SNELL. 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 to have you with us. Here's the problem are you confused over this coconut oil thing? I thought the coconut water was fantastic, then we get the coconut oil, which is not good for you. It depends who you listen to is saturated fat bad? You can use it for everything. Despite health experts, but she uses it. The heart foundation says don't use it every day. It's a good exfoliant. She told me to use coconut oil for CRC. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` NZERS ARE BEING WARNED A TERROR ATTACK COULD HAPPEN HERE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS. FROM OUR 'WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS' FILE, TOURISTS IN A JAMAICAN CAFE WATCHED ON IN HORROR AS THIS MAN JUMPED OFF A 30M CLIFF, PLUMMETING TOWARDS A ROCKY SEABED. DON'T WORRY ` WE CAN REPORT THE DAREDEVIL LIVED TO TELL THE TALE. AND TALK ABOUT AN AWKWARD INTERVIEW FOR POOR BRAD PITT! TELL ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU LAID EYES ON ANGELINA. WAS IT ONE OF THOSE CLASSICAL LOVE STORIES, LIKE WHEN ROSS FIRST RACHEL? YOU KNOW THAT SHOW FRIENDS? # I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU. # EVER THE GOOD SPORT, BRAD MUMBLED THAT HE ACTUALLY LIKES THE FRIENDS THEME SONG. IT'S A GOOD SERIES OF INTERVIEWS. TONIGHT WE TIP OUR HAT TO A REMARKABLE KIWI WHO HAS ACHIEVED AN INCREDIBLE FEAT. YOU'LL REMEMBER PERRY NEWBURN ` THE 60-YEAR-OLD WHO'S JUST FINISHED RUNNING FROM NEW YORK TO LA. BUT HE DID MORE THAN JUST FINISH IT. HE BROKE THE CURRENT WORLD MASTERS RECORD, MANAGING TO COMPLETE THE NEARLY 5000KM IN JUST UNDER 52 DAYS. ARE YOU JUST GLAD TO FINISH OR WAS THE RECORD PART OF IT IMPORTANT AS WELL? THE GOAL IS TO DO IT. THE GOAL IS TO CELEBRATE CELEBRATE TURNING 60, TO BE QUITE HONEST. RECORDS BECOME A LITTLE BIT IRRELEVANT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT YOU CAN DO, AND I'M RAPT. WHAT SORT OF PHYSICAL TOLL HAS IT TAKEN? I THINK, PHYSICALLY, I'M IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE. I MEAN, I'VE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE MAJOR THING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TOO. IT'S TO PUT ON... PUT THAT WEIGHT BACK ON. MENTALLY, I THINK I'M REASONABLY GOOD, ALBEIT, I MEAN, AT THE MOMENT, IT'S ALL A BIT OF A BLUR. BUT HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THINGS WILL SETTLE IN. YOU KNOW, I WILL LOOK AT PHOTOS. I'LL LOOK BACK AT... AND IT'LL ALL COME BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. ANY INJURIES TO REPORT? I WORK THROUGH PAIN EVERY DAY, AND TO ME, THAT WAS PART AND PARCEL OF IT. I MEAN, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I SUFFERED, ESPECIALLY HALFWAY THROUGH WITH MY QUADS AND THE LEGS WERE ABSOLUTELY... LET'S SAY HAMMERED. (CHUCKLES) AND THAT'S FROM THE HILLS. DOWN, UP, DOWN. I COULDN'T EVEN BEND MY KNEES. YOU MUST HAVE BURNT THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FOOD EVERY DAY. I WOULD HATE TO THINK HOW MUCH I WAS BURNING EACH DAY, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, I DON'T THINK I WAS CAPABLE OF TAKING IN ENOUGH FOOD TO CATER FOR WHAT I WAS BURNING EACH DAY. I MEAN, TO BE QUITE HONEST, IF SOMEONE LOOKED AT MY DIET FOR THE WHOLE TIME, THEY'D PROBABLY CRINGE A LITTLE BIT. MCDONALD'S AND... CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKES, WHICH ARE GREAT. I LOVED THOSE. BURGERS. YEAH. IT WAS A CASE OF JUST GETTING IN FOOD AND GETTING IN WHAT I COULD GET IN. WHAT ABOUT DANGER? YOU RUN INTO ANY TROUBLE, LIKE THE POLICE, THUGS, RATTLESNAKES? ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE WERE PRETTY LUCKY OVERALL WITH THE DANGER. A COUPLE OF POINTS THERE, I ALMOST STOOD ON A COUPLE OF RATTLERS, BUT THAT WAS THE CLOSEST. YOU KNOW, I SAW A FEW OF THEM, BUT NO BIG DANGER. AND THE SUPPORT ` DID THEY COME OUT AND RUN WITH YOU AND HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY? THE SUPPORT OVER THE RUN WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. IF PEOPLE EVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HUMANITY, ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE ROAD WITH ME AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR MIND WOULD BE CHANGED. THE AWESOMENESS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT. THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE CAME OUT. YEAH, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I WAS HUMBLED TOTALLY DURING THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. SO WHAT NOW? LIFE MUST SEEM AWFULLY DULL AFTER THIS? (CHUCKLES) I REMEMBER ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES WHO RAN WITH ME IN THE EARLY DAYS MAKING A STATEMENT AND SAYING, 'CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO FOR YOUR 70TH.' (CHUCKLES) SO THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A PLAN. THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A GOAL. I'LL KEEP RUNNING BECAUSE I LOVE IT. What an amazing distance he went. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` # YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND. # THINK OF A DIVORCE. THINK OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BUST-UP WITH AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE FRIEND. BUT DON'T WORRY ` SUPERGROOVE IS BACK. # I THINK ABOUT YOU. # ENOUGH WATER HAD GONE UNDER THE BRIDGE. PLUS ` FANCY A GIGGLE AT THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSE? SURELY, YOU CAN TAKE INTERNET BANKING. CREDIT CARD? CASH? TURNS OUT THE ANSWER IS A CHEQUE, BUT THERE'S A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH THAT. DO YOU HAVE A CHEQUEBOOK? > NO, I DON'T THINK I DO THESE DAYS. THAT'S VERY GOOD. HE'S SENSATIONAL. I THINK IF WE'RE HONEST, MOST OF US HAVE A THING ABOUT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE WAY THEY OPERATE IN THAT 1970S KIND OF WAY. SO GIVEN THAT, HAVE WE GOT A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FOR YOU! PARENTS, FOR YOUR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND THIS STORY, YOU MAY HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT A CHEQUEBOOK IS. HERE'S HEATHER. LIVELY PIANO MUSIC BACK IN 1991, CHEQUES WERE ALL THE RAGE. PEOPLE EVEN USED THEM IN THE SUPERMARKET. AND THEN THE MILLENNIUM HAPPENED. DO YOU HAVE A CHEQUEBOOK? > NO, I DON'T THINK I DO THESE DAYS. NO, COS PRETTY MUCH NOBODY DOES, AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO BREAK THIS NEWS TO A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT IRONICALLY NAMED... MINISTRY OF BUSINESS AND...? > ...INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT. INNOVATION. RIGHT. OK. > THAT'S RIGHT ` THE MINISTRY OF INNOVATION. IRONIC, BECAUSE IF YOU NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW, LODGE A TENANCY BOND, WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO BY LAW, YOU'LL FIND THEY'RE STILL LIVING IN 1991. SURELY YOU CAN TAKE INTERNET BANKING? (CHATTERS RAPIDLY) CREDIT CARD? (CHATTERS RAPIDLY) CASH? (CHATTERS RAPIDLY) NOT EVEN CASH. TIME FOR EXPERT. I ASKED, 'WHAT DO WE DO IF WE'RE MILLENNIALS 'WHO DON'T HAVE BOOKS OF CHEQUES?' HOORAH! KIRK SAYS YOUR LOCAL BANK CAN SPOT YOU A SPECIALLY ISSUED BANK CHEQUE. YEP, FOR A BANK CHEQUE, IT WOULD COST YOU $25 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HELLO, INNOVATION MINISTRY. YOU'RE WASTING 25 GOOD DOLLARS OF OUR MONEY. SO WE TOLD ON YOU TO THE MINISTER. IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. NOT VERY INNOVATIVE, IS IT? > WELL IT DOESN'T SOUND PARTICULARLY INNOVATIVE. I'M SURE I'LL TAKE IT UP WITH THEM IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO. OH, YEAH, WE WOULD. SO HE DID. AND THEN HE SENT US A TWITTER MESSAGE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS VERY INNOVATIVE, WITH AN UPDATE. READS: 'THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROJECT UNDERWAY 'TO GIVE CUSTOMERS A GREATER CHOICE OF PAYMENT METHODS 'SUCH AS PAYING BY CREDIT CARD OR INTERNET BANKING. 'THE NEW SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GO LIVE IN LATE 2015.' WELL, WHAT'S ANOTHER YEAR WHEN, FOR YOU, THE LAST 23 DIDN'T HAPPEN? What would you be paying the Ministry of innovation for? Innovation. THE IN-YOUR-FACE FUNK-ROCK BAND SUPERGROOVE BURST ON TO THE KIWI MUSIC STAGE LIKE NO OTHER IN THE '90S. THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THEM AT THE TIME, BUT THE BAND SOON, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, 'EXPLODED IN A PUFF OF SMOKE AND MENTAL ILLNESS'. BUT FORTUNATELY FOR THEIR FANS, A GENERATION ON AFTER STARTING OUT, THERE'S ENOUGH WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR ANOTHER TOUR. MATT CHISHOLM WENT ALONG TO THEIR FIRST REHERSAL BACK. # COS I CAN'T GET ENOUGH. THE MUSIC GETS INTO YOU, AND ONCE IT'S IN YOU, IT CAN'T GET OUT. # CAN'T GET ENOUGH. # CAN'T GET ENOUGH. CAN'T GET ENOUGH, NO. EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM THE SYMPTOMS, IT'S STILL IN YOUR BLOOD. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH, ALL RIGHT. # CAN'T GET ENOUGH, NO. # SUPERGROOVE, ONE OF OUR BEST BANDS, ARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. HAVE THE BOYS CALMED DOWN A BIT SINCE THE '90S? WELL,... NOT REALLY, UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) THE WINERY TOUR PUBLICITY WENT OUT, AND IT SAID WE DON'T SWING FROM LIGHTING TRUSSES ANY MORE, AND I SAW THAT, AND I SAID, 'WEREN'T YOU AT THAT GIG AT BUTLERS REEF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO? 'I WAS SWINGING FROM THE LIGHTING TRUSS. I WANT MY MONEY BACK.' # YOU GOT TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND. # INITIALLY, AT LEAST, IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE SUPERGROOVE WERE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME, NOT A LONG TIME. YEAH, WE'RE REALLY HEALTHY. (CHUCKLES) # LAND... # YOU GOT TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND. # THE PONSONBY SEVEN TOURED HARD AND DELIVERED EPIC LIVE PERFORMANCES... # SO HOT. # ...NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. IT WAS JUST I MAY DIE ON THE STAGE TONIGHT, AND THAT'S FINE. # SCORPIO-PIO-PIO. SCORPIO GIRLS. # SCORPIO-PIO-PIO ROCKING MY WORLD. # THEIR 1994 DEBUT ALBUM, TRACTION, CONTAINED SIX TOP 10 HITS. WE DEFINITELY GAVE IT OUR ALL, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ` BEING IN A BAND WITH SO MANY PEOPLE, ALL REALLY LEAVING IT ON THE STAGE, AS THEY SAY. # OOH... # AHA! # YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE LOSING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF YOU SUBMITTED TO THAT AND WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE, IT WAS A GREAT TIME. A GREAT TIME THAT TOOK ITS TOLL ON THE BOYS IN THEIR EARLY 20S. SUPERGROOVE SPLIT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER BEING THE BEST IN THE KIWI MUSIC BUSINESS. WE WERE JUST KIND OF EXHAUSTED AND DIDN'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO HANDLE THIS LIFESTYLE. SO, YEAH, IT ALL EXPLODED. WAS IT NASTY? THINK OF A DIVORCE. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH A DIVORCE, THINK OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BUST-UP WITH AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE FRIEND OR WORK PARTNER AND JUST, YEAH, IMAGINE IT'S LIKE THAT. (CHUCKLES) < TIMES SEVEN? YEAH, TIMES SEVEN. THAT'S RIGHT. # I WALK AROUND THIS TOWN AS BUILDINGS CLOSE # AND WINDOWS ARE BOARDED. TIME, THOUGH, AS THEY SAY, IS A GREAT HEALER, AND THE BAND REFORMED FOR A FEW GIGS IN 2007... ENOUGH WATER HAD GONE UNDER THE BRIDGE. ...AND NOW AGAIN THIS YEAR. ANYONE LETTING THE TEAM DOWN AT THIS POINT? (INHALES SHARPLY) I NOTICE BENJY, ACTUALLY, ON GUITAR, YOU KNOW? A FEW BUM NOTES THERE. A YEAR WHERE SUPERGROOVE WILL BE HONOURED AT NEXT MONTH'S MUSIC AWARDS, INDUCTED INTO THE NZ MUSIC HALL OF FAME. IT'S KIND OF UNBELIEVABLE, REALLY. IT'S WONDERFUL. IT'S AN HONOUR, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I STILL THINK OF US AS THESE WEIRD, SORT OF, UPSTARTS WHO DON'T QUITE FIT ANYWHERE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. # SITTING INSIDE MY HEAD, LAUGHING AT WHAT I SAID... WELL, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, THOSE WEIRD YOUNG UPSTARTS HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME,... # YOU MIGHT THINK I'M DENSE. ...STILL RIPPING IT UP 25 YEARS AFTER STARTING OUT, THIS TIME PREPARING FOR THE WINERY TOUR. I'M HOPING WE CAN GET DAVE DOBBYN TO LET TIM AND I PLAY THE HORNS ON OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY. # BA-DA-DA. BA-NA-NA-NA-DA. # I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT. < I'M SOLD. BOTH CHUCKLE # WELL, I WAS KIND OF WONDERING... # WONDERING! # ...WHETHER YOU CAN HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM # THAT WILL KIND OF MAKE YOU... # ...SCREAM AND SHOUT. I forgot how many great songs they had. One great song that stands the test of time, and you've made your mark. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHENEVER I WASN'T DOING HOMEWORK OR NORMAL SCHOOL STUFF, I WAS JUST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WRITING MUSICALS. COS, LIKE, IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WORK. THE CHRISTCHURCH KID REDEFINING SCHOOL MUSICALS. PLUS ` DON'T CROSS THIS LADY. I'D HATE IT IF THEY TRIED IT WITH ME. THE THING IS, LEGALLY, THEY CAN TRY IT. FIND OUT WHAT IT IS SHORTLY. LOVE THE SHOW. LOVE IT. IT'S PERFECT. THAT'S OFF YOUR DESK. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A SCHOOL PRODUCTION ` AND I WON'T LIST MY MANY SUCCESSES AND STANDING OVATIONS HERE, BECAUSE TIME IS AGAINST US ` BUT IF YOU HAVE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A FINITE LIST TO CHOOSE FROM. YOU'VE GOT YOUR USUAL SUSPECTS, LIKE ANNIE AND GREASE, OR EVEN STREETY'S AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE IN BATS, BUT FOR ONE CHRISTCHURCH STUDENT, THOSE OPTIONS WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, SO HE WROTE HIS OWN MUSICAL AND THEN CONVINCED HIS PEERS TO PERFORM IN IT. MIKE THORPE WENT ALONG TO ST ANDREWS COLLEGE TO MEET THE MUSICAL MAESTRO. # YOU CALL ME TWISTED, WICKED. OH, STOP, YOU FLATTER ME. # ON THIS STAGE THERE ARE MANY STARS, BUT PERHAPS THE BRIGHTEST IS THE MOST DIMLY LIT. THAT'S HIM IN THE ORCHESTRA, ISAAC SHATFORD. HE WROTE THE SCRIPT, HE WROTE THE LYRICS AND COMPOSED THE MUSIC TOO, YET IN HIS OWN SHOW, THE 17-YEAR-OLD PLAYS AN ALMOST INVISIBLE ROLE. WHAT'S THE PREMISE OF THE MUSICAL? OH, SO, IT'S A MURDER MYSTERY. I CAN'T TELL YOU TOO MUCH, COS THAT WOULD GIVE IT AWAY, BUT PRETTY MUCH THE MAYOR'S DEAD, AN AGENCY HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEY FRAME THE WRONG GUY, PRETTY MUCH. THERE WERE TWO SETS OF FINGERPRINTS ON THE VIAL. ONE BELONGED TO MOSE, AND ONE IS NAN'S. HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA? OH, IT WAS ACTUALLY MY BROTHER ORIGINALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, 'NO ONE'S EVER DONE A MYSTERY MUSICAL ` SOMEONE SHOULD.' (PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC) INSPIRED BY LES MISERABLES AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER JACK, THE ST ANDREWS COLLEGE STUDENT PROPOSED AN ORIGINAL SHOW. MY FAMILY SORT OF CONVINCED ME TO DO IT. LIKE, I WAS A BIT HESITANT TO SEND THE EMAIL AND NERVOUS TO SEND IT TO GINNY AND MR FERGUSON, BUT MY FAMILY WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST, LIKE, 'MAN UP. SEND THE EMAIL. YOU NEED TO DO THIS.' YOU'VE GOT TO REACT TO WHAT SHE'S SAYING. OH, YES, I DID IT ALL. HAS IT BEEN HARDER THAN YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE? NO, IT'S BEEN EASIER IN A WAY. JUST, LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS DAUNTING, THINKING I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND AGES, LIKE, WRITING OUT A SCRIPT, AND IT TURNED OUT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T AGES OF JUST WRITING, WRITING, WRITING; IT WAS JUST US STANDING UP AND ACTING SOMETHING AND IT JUST CAME ALIVE. # ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CRIME SCENE, THIS ONE DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST. # WITH THE HELP OF HIS FELLOW SENIORS, ISAAC HAD 'SUSPECT ` THE MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL' READY FOR REHEARSAL IN JUST NINE MONTHS. BOTH: # IT'S WRONG, BUT WE SIMPLY MUST DO IT. # HIS SCHOOLMATES WERE WELL IMPRESSED. NO WORDS, HE'S JUST INCREDIBLE. HE'S JUST DEVELOPED SO MUCH. HE'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT ISAAC IS A GIFTED MUSICIAN. HE'S COMFORTABLE BEHIND THE PIANO,... (PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC) ...AT EASE BEHIND THE MICROPHONE... ALL: # THERE WAS MURDER IN THE NIGHT. # ...AND RIGHT AT HOME BEHIND THE SCENES. BAND PLAY SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC WHENEVER I WASN'T DOING HOMEWORK OR NORMAL SCHOOL STUFF, I WAS JUST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WRITING THE MUSICAL, COS, LIKE, IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WORK. BUT ISAAC HOPES IT COULD BE WORK ONE DAY. SO WE COULD SEE YOU OVERSEAS? PRODUCING SOMETHING ON BROADWAY? OH, MAYBE. YEAH, I'D LOVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING OVER THERE. IT'D BE AMAZING. REMEMBER THIS GUY. HE'S GONNA BE FAMOUS. OK. ALL: # IT ALL POINTS TO YOU. # APPLAUSE If he's sharp, he will put the copyright on that. Listen to this advice. IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT FOR DINNER WITH FRIENDS THIS WEEKEND, THEN YOU'LL WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS NEXT PIECE OF ADVICE. YES, WE'RE ABOUT TO SAVE YOU FROM ANY AWKWARDNESS WHEN SPLITTING THE BILL. NO. AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO. NO. NO. NO, NO. I WOULDN'T SAY SO. BOTH CHUCKLE NO. NO. I'M NOT TOO SURE. I SUPPOSE THEY COULD. I'D HATE IT IF THEY TRIED IT WITH ME. (CHUCKLES) NO, CAN'T. NO. I EAT OUT ALL THE TIME, AND WE... WE ALL PAY FOR OUR OWN MEALS. THEY CAN'T DO IT. YES. OH. THAT'S GOOD, EH? COS WE ONLY GET ONE. (CHUCKLES) WELL, I GUESS I'M WRONG. (CHUCKLES) ONLY RIGHT TO ME. HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE BILL, I SUPPOSE. I'D AGREE WITH IT. WOW. DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I'D BE TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESTAURANT. WAS I RIGHT? I WAS RIGHT. WERE YOU RIGHT TOO? IT'S A PRIVATE COMPANY. YOU CAN'T SPLIT IT. IT'S A CUSTOMER SERVICE THING. THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT. SOMEONE LEAVES A TIP, AND IT'S ALL PAID FOR. I STARTED TIPPING LATE IN LIFE. NOW, YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS FROM A WEEK OR SO AGO. THERE WAS A BIT OF A TO-DO ABOUT THE GLASSONS MANNEQUINS WITH THEIR PROTRUDING RIBS. BIG UPROAR, ONLINE PETITION AND THEN GLASSONS, OF COURSE, REMOVED THEM FROM THEIR STORES AND APOLOGISED PROFUSELY. WELL, SOMETHING A WEE BIT INTERESTING SURFACED IN OUR ONE NEWS STORY LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE SAVING OF AUCKLAND'S SANTA. YOU SEE, THE MAN WHO MADE SANTA WAS A MANNEQUIN MAKER, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO OF HIM WITH ONE OF HIS DUMMIES, IN ALL HER GLORY, RIBS ON DISPLAY. ADMITTEDLY, THE FASHION OF THE DAY PROBABLY MEANT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL WAS FULLY CLOTHED WHILST ON DISPLAY, BUT IT CERTAINLY APPEARS ` AND GLASSONS, IN FAIRNESS, DID SAY THIS AT THE TIME ` THAT THE MANNEQUINS HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED, SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAS? SO YOU MAY HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH THIS AFTERNOON'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT OUR OLD MATE JIM HICKEY IS LEAVING US AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IN AN INDUSTRY THAT EATS THEM UP AND SPITS THEM OUT, JIM HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, AND IN DOING SO HAS EARNED A PLACE IN THE HEARTS AND HOMES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US. FROM A BROADCASTING POINT OF VIEW, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT JIM IS HE'S REAL. HE IS OFF AIR THE WAY HE IS ON AIR, AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S THOSE SORT OF BROADCASTERS THAT STAND OUT. HE'S FUNNY, HE'S ECLECTIC, HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES, AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE DOES. WATCHING HIM WORK IS AMAZING BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT REALISE, BUT THERE'S LITTLE IF ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN FOR HIM TO READ ` IT'S ALL UP HERE. THAT'S THE SIGN OF A TRUE PERFORMER. JIM IS A NATURAL, AND NATURALS ARE RARE. WE'LL SEE HIM AGAIN BEFORE XMAS, BUT ON THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HIS FAREWELL, A TIP OF THE HAT AND SOME GENUINE ADMIRATION IS WELL DESERVED. HE IS A CLASS ACT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014