IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` WATER SWISHES, MAN SCREAMS IN AGONY WHEN PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES BECOME LIFE-THREATENING. IN MY MIND IT WAS, 'I'VE BROKEN MY BACK. I KNOW THIS.' PLUS, THE KIWI KIDS HELPING TO REINVENT,... WELL, PETROL. I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE WORLD DOING IT. BUT IT COULD SAVE YOU MONEY. AND WE ADDED IN 100ML OF NORMAL TAP WATER. AND DON'T BE FOOLED. SILENCE HAVING A SILENT WORLD CAN ACTUALLY BE AN ADVANTAGE. THERE'S NO LIMITATIONS. WE PUT LIMITATIONS ON OURSELVES. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND JUNE YEOW 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. Welcome to seven sharp. Today at our house, we are going through this phase. Halloween tomorrow. We go trick-or-treating as a family. I said no more. We are not doing any more. It is a dumb American ritual. They are dyEing of their clothing today to have pretended blood. I've been anti because do we really care? But she wants to be a witch this year. HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TODAY. THE FORMER HEAD OF NORTHLAND'S ORGANISED CRIME SQUAD, MICHAEL BLOWERS, HAS ADMITTED TO STEALING METHAMPHETAMINE FROM THE POLICE STORAGE ROOM AND SELLING IT. HE NOW FACES A LENGTHY JAIL SENTENCE. IN THE WORLD OF ANIMALS, THE TABLES WERE TURNED ON THIS CURIOUS KITTEN AS IT SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE POND TRYING TO CATCH A FISH. CHECK OUT THE MASSIVE FISH AS IT LEAPS FROM THE WATER, PULLING THE KITTEN IN. WORD HAS IT THE KITTEN LIVED TO TELL THE TALE. AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SELFIE, RIGHT? SOME SAY THEY'RE AN ART FORM, BUT OTHERS BELIEVE THEY'RE A FORM OF NARCISSISM. A NEW STUDY'S FOUND THEY CAN REPRESENT SELF-ABSORPTION AND A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL. AND OUR FIRST STORY TONIGHT TIES IN NICELY WITH SELFIES, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN CAPTURE ANYTHING ON CAMERA. THEY'RE NOT JUST ON OUR PHONES, BUT NOWADAYS, THEY CAN BE MOUNTED ON HELMETS, WRISTS AND CHESTS. IT SEEMS NEARLY EVERYONE HAS A GO-PRO AND AN EPIC STORY TO GO ALONG WITH IT. MOST OF THESE STORIES AREN'T JUST SHARED WITH MATES, THOUGH. A LOT OF THEM MAKE IT ON TO THE NET TOO. MATT CHISHOLM'S FOUND A KIWI WHO FILMED THE STORY OF HIS LIFE, AND IT'S A STORY DEFINITELY WORTH SHARING. HERE WE ARE. WE FINALLY MADE IT TO NORWAY. STOKED TO BE BACK ON THE RIVER. BOYS FIRING IT UP. BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT HERE. SO SICK. JOSH NEILSON IS A BIG-RIVER-TAMING KAYAKER WHO IS WRITING HIS OWN SCRIPT. THE BETTER YOU GET, THE MORE EXCITING THE RAPIDS COME. AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER'S STORY IS ABOUT TO BECOME BETTER THAN HE'D EVER IMAGINED. THIS THREE-CAMERA SHOOT ON NORWAY'S ULA RIVER... ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. MATZI'S DROP. ...IS AS GOOD AS YOU'LL EVER SEE ANYWHERE ` HANDS DOWN. YOU BLEW YOUR VERTEBRAE TO BITS? YEAH, BASICALLY THE FRONT BLEW OFF, THE SIDES BLEW OFF. IT CRUSHED DOWN TO 50% OF ITS SIZE. ALL CAPTURED ON CAMERA. JOSH REMEMBERS HIS JULY JAUNT DOWN THE 20M-HIGH NORWEGIAN WATERFALL LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. YOU'RE OK? YEAH. IT'S PRETTY FULL ON. DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, JOSH, IF YOU WEREN'T. (LAUGHS, CRIES) AND, BRACE YOURSELF ` THIS... IS A TOUGH WATCH. LOUD SCREAMS ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? OH, MY NECK! (SCREAMS) THE NOSE OF MY KAYAK STARTED COMING UP, AND I COULD SEE THIS LIME GREEN IN FRONT OF ME, AND I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO GET FORWARD. THE KNOWLEDGE I HAD WAS TO GET AS FAR FORWARD AS I COULD SO THAT WHEN I FOLDED THIS WAY, THE IMPACT WAS MORE LIKE A SCISSORS COMING TOGETHER RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BOOM. SCREAMING CONTINUES THE PAIN ` INDESCRIBABLE. WE KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. JAMIE SUTTON WAS THE FIRST OF MANY EXPERIENCED AND PRAGMATIC COBBERS ON THE SCENE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A GUY THERE, BEN BROWN ` HE'D BROKEN HIS BACK BEFORE. SO HE WAS REALLY GOOD. HE COULD TALK TO JOSH AND KEEP HIM CALM. IN MY MIND, IT WAS, 'I'VE BROKEN MY BACK. I KNOW THIS.' MOVED MY FEET. TOES WERE MOVING. REAL CAREFUL DOING ANY MOVEMENT, GUYS. WE JUST KEPT ON MONITORING EVERYTHING, CALLING THE HELICOPTER. EVERYONE JUST HAD A JOB TO DO, AND THEY DID IT. INCLUDING KEEPING JOSH'S STORY ALIVE. AMAZINGLY, HE AND HIS CREW CONTINUED FILMING. FOR ME IT WAS QUITE LIKE A COPING MECHANISM. HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRR THE RESCUE CHOPPER WAS THERE WITHIN HALF AN HOUR. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. AND JOSH WAS IN HOSPITAL ABOUT 75 MINUTES AFTER BREAKING HIS BACK, WHERE, YOU GUESSED IT, HE KEPT ON ROLLING. I JUST TOLD THEM IT WAS ATTACHED TO MY HAND. IT DIDN'T COME OFF. (LAUGHS) THE STORYTELLER WAS IN NORWEGIAN CARE FOR 10 DAYS... HOT NORWEGIAN NURSES. (LAUGHS) ...BEFORE BEING FLOWN HOME, COURTESY OF A DAMN GOOD INSURANCE POLICY. HAVE A LOVELY FLIGHT. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE TAB ` $250,000. YOU DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WERE PUSHING TOO HARD? NO. EVERYTHING THAT I HAD DONE LEADING UP TO THAT WAS THE PREPARATION FOR RUNNING WHATEVER I WAS DOING THAT DAY. NEARLY FOUR MONTHS ON FROM THAT UNFORGETTABLE FALL AND AFTER PLENTY OF HARD WORK,... I STARTED FILMING EVERYTHING, SO I MAY AS WELL FINISH IT OFF. ...JOSH IS BACK WITH HIS BUDDIES, HITTING THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME. BIT OF CRAMP FROM SMILING. AND WHILE IT'S CALM, HE'S STILL GOT THOSE WILD RAPIDS AND WATERFALLS IN HIS SIGHTS. LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY YOU'RE NOT WIRED UP RIGHT, JOSH. YEAH, THAT'S WHY THEY ALL CALL US CRAZY. BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. JOSH DOESN'T HAVE A DEATH WISH. BUT IF HE GOES, HE'D RATHER GO OUT HAVING A CRACK... WHOO! WHITE WATER! (LAUGHS) ...THAN CURLING UP ON THE COUCH. GET BACK IN THE KAYAK A FEW DAYS AND GET BACK INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHY SO I CAN KEEP THE BRIDES HAPPY IN THE, UH, WEDDING SEASON. THAT COULD BE TAKEN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, JOSH. > (GUFFAWS) NO, PHOTOGRAPHY. STRICTLY PHOTOGRAPHY! (LAUGHS) That's the mentality, isn't it? Anyone who has the presence of mind after breaking the back to continue rolling I wouldn't do it again. Or I wouldn't do it to the same level. If I injured myself parachuting, I probably wouldn't do it again. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE'RE BURNING IT AWAY AT A HUGE RATE. WHEN THAT STOPS, EVERYTHING STOPS. YUP, THEIR TALKING ABOUT THE STUFF YOUR CAR RUNS ON. BUT DON'T WORRY, THESE KIDS HAVE A SOLUTION. I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THAT EASY. AND REMEMBER CHARLIE? I can't walk. I fell over today. THANKS TO YOU, HE'S HAD THE SURGERY ON HIS LEGS. FIND OUT HOW HE'S DOING NEXT. Kim Dotcom today. He gets done doing 149 km/h. He doesn't take that on his immigration box and they don't know about it. They didn't know about it because they didn't check with the police. Why didn't they check with the police? Why make people fill out the forms if you don't do the background check? WE WANT TO UPDATE YOU NOW ON OUR MATE CHARLIE. YOU'LL REMEMBER HIM FROM EARLY IN THE YEAR. HE'S THE LITTLE BOY THAT NEEDED NEW LEGS. THE MOST SMILEY HAPPY KID YOU'LL EVER SEE. THIS IS NOT FUNNY! YES, IT IS. HE'S SO DETERMINED, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH. I CAN'T WALK PROPERLY. THE SIGNALS IN MY BRAIN AREN'T COMING RIGHT INTO MY LEGS. WHAT HE CAN DO NOW IS A MIRACLE. I WISH I WAS A REAL TENNIS PLAYER. ONE DAY YOU WILL BE, WON'T YOU? YES! (SCREAMS HAPPILY) (SCREAMS HAPPILY) WELL, YOU HELPED RAISE THE $100,000 NEEDED FOR CHARLIE'S SURGERY IN THE US. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT HE'S NOW HAD THAT SURGERY AND IS BACK HOME IN CHRISTCHURCH. HIS PARENTS SAY IT WAS A SUCCESS AND HE'S BEEN MAKING STEADY PROGRESS. THEY ALSO SAY CHARLIE HASN'T LOST HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE, WHICH DOESN'T SURPRISE US AT ALL. HE NOW FACES TWO YEARS OF INTENSIVE THERAPY TO STRENGTHEN HIS LEGS. CHARLIE'S DOCTORS THINK HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DITCH THE WHEELCHAIR IN ABOUT A YEAR, WHICH IS SUCH GREAT NEWS. We wish them all the best. A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ` CAN YOU PUT TAP WATER INTO YOUR CAR'S FUEL TANK? WHAT ABOUT INTO A TRACTOR? OR A BUS? OR A FERRY? I fill in my own car. But I don't know much about cars. YOUR ANSWER, I'M SURE, WAS A DEFINITE 'NO'. BUT THE STUDENTS AT OTAKI COLLEGE MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK AGAIN. THEY'RE EXPERIMENTING WITH WHAT'S CALLED 'BLENDED' FUEL. IT'S CLEANER, GREENER, AND IN THE LONG RUN, IT COULD BE CHEAPER. JEHAN CASINADER WENT IN SEARCH OF THE GOOD OIL. AT OTAKI COLLEGE, A QUIET REVOLUTION IS TAKING PLACE. WE'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN NZ DOING THIS. AND I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE WORLD DOING IT. BLENDING THEIR OWN FUEL. IT BRINGS SCIENCE ALIVE. IT MAKES IT REAL. THE RECIPE IS PRETTY SIMPLE. BLENDED FUEL IS JUST A MIX OF DIESEL, WATER AND AN ADDITIVE. THE ADDITIVE COMES FROM OVERSEAS. BUT AS FOR THE WATER... WE ADDED IN 100ML OF NORMAL TAP WATER. THE FUEL IS CLEANER AND GREENER THAN REGULAR DIESEL. AND IT ALSO CLEANS OUT YOUR CAR ENGINE AS WELL. YES, THE STUDENTS HAVE PUT THE FUEL TO THE TEST... ON THEIR SCHOOL VANS. I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THAT EASY. IT IS THAT EASY. THE VANS HAVE BEEN RUNNING ON BLENDED FUEL FOR MONTHS. THE VAN NOW RUNS A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND IT ALSO CREATES A LOT LESS EMISSIONS INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE. ENGINE REVS SO WHAT'S THE CATCH? WELL, THERE ISN'T ONE. THE BLENDED FUEL GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE ENGINE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING. BOTH VANS HAVE BEEN INDEPENDENTLY TESTED TO FIND OUT HOW CLEAN THE FUEL IS. THE GREY VAN CAME BACK AS RELEASING ZERO EMISSIONS, WHICH WAS AWESOME. THE TECHNOLOGY ISN'T NEW, BUT IT'S TAKING OFF, AS FUEL BECOMES SCARCE. WE'RE BURNING IT AWAY AT A HUGE RATE. WHEN THAT STOPS, EVERYTHING STOPS. THE STUDENTS ARE BEING MENTORED BY A LOCAL EXPERT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEIR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN MY PAST. IT'S A LOT MORE HANDS ON, LEARNING FROM THE CHEMISTS WHO ACTUALLY DO ALL THE WORK. THE LOCAL BUS COMPANY HAS BEEN TRIALLING BLENDED FUEL. SO HAS THE INTERISLANDER. THERE'S A COST TO DOING IT, BUT THERE'S AN EFFICIENCY GAIN ON THE OTHER END. A GAIN FOR THESE BUDDING SCIENTISTS TOO. IT'S GREATLY INCREASED OUR NUMBER OF EXCELLENCES AND MERITS. THEY'RE HOPING MORE OF US WILL GET ON BOARD. THE MORE EVERYONE DOES TO CHIP IN, THE BETTER. I wish I was still at school. What we used to do in school was just key rings. NOW, THE ADDITIVE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING IS A COMBO OF CHEMICALS. YOU CAN IMPORT IT FROM OVERSEAS. BUT DON'T EXPECT KIWIS TO START MAKING HOME-BREW FUEL IN THEIR BACKYARDS ANY TIME SOON. YOU NEED TO BE MAKING LARGE VOLUMES OF BLENDED FUEL IF YOU WANT TO CUT YOUR FUEL BILL. The thing that would take off? No. It has to be mass-produced. When we were San Francisco for the America's Cup, everything there is subsidized. Did you know that his electric car have to be plugged in? I've got a car already. It is a beautiful looking car. It is a Tesla. It is an electric car. It is $100,000. But there is no way to plug them in. There is no PowerPoint. It takes forever to recharge them. Isn't that a mobster car? That is a Skoda. You don't want that. I don't know much about Skodas. BMWs are hundred and $70,000 new. My suggestion is the Commodore. What's wrong with you suggestion is that Holden is closing down in Australia they do look pretty similar. Cheap as chips for the government. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` SILENCE COULD THIS BE THE SILENT SECRET TO MAKING A GOOD BREW? NO, DON'T! THIS IS GOING ON TELEVISION! THEY'LL QUESTION MY SKILLS! IMAGINE THIS ` IT'S YOUR FINAL YEAR OF SCHOOL. YOU NEED TO PICK A CAREER, BUT ONLY ONE WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU CAN'T HEAR. CUTS OUT A LOT, DOESN'T IT? SO FOR TWO DEAF KIDS, THE CHANCE TO TRY THEIR HANDS AT SOMETHING LIKE MAKING COFFEE IS ACTUALLY A HUGE BREAK. AND THEY HAVE A WELLINGTON WOMAN TO THANK. HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN CHECKED HER OUT. SILENCE NO, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TV. I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE BEHIND A COFFEE MACHINE WHEN YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING ` NOT EVEN THE COFFEE ORDER. BUT DON'T FALL INTO THE TRAP OF THINKING THIS SILENCE IS A PROBLEM ` NOT IF THIS WOMAN'S GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. JAUNTY MUSIC LAUGHTER OUR STORY STARTS WITH CLAIRE MATHESON. SHE'S JUST OPENED HER OWN CAFE IN LOWER HUTT, BEEN WORKING IN COFFEE FOR 20-ODD YEARS AND IS A LITTLE OBSESSED. YEAH, I'VE GOT IT TATTOOED ALL OVER MY BODY. SO, YEAH, YEAH, I'M REASONABLY OBSESSED. YUP, THAT IS A COFFEE PLANT ON HER ARM. AND SHE ALSO TEACHES COFFEE-MAKING. BUT UNTIL NOW, ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO CAN HEAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN. NO, DON'T! THIS IS GOING ON TELEVISION. THEY'LL QUESTION MY SKILLS. SO HEARING KIDS ARE CHALLENGING ENOUGH. THE IDEA OF TEACHING DEAF KIDS? I WAS SCARED. LIKE, I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT IT. BUT IT TURNED OUT, WITH NO CAFE NOISE AND CHATTER DISTRACTING THEM, THE KIDS WERE A SURPRISE SUCCESS. WHEN WE OPENED CO-ED, I JUST HAD THIS BELIEF THAT WE COULD SHARE THIS PASSION WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE. TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE WHO POTENTIALLY HAD NEVER LOOKED AT THIS AS BEING AN OPTION IS GAME-CHANGING FOR US. OBVIOUSLY THE OPTIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE LIMITED WHEN YOU'RE BORN DEAF. BECAUSE IT'S HER FINAL YEAR OF SCHOOL, TAGI NEEDS TO DECIDE WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO. AND GUESS WHAT SHE'S PICKED. SHE WANTS TO BE A BARISTA AND FIND WORK. THAT'S IMPORTANT, YEAH. PRETTY COOL GIVEN UNTIL RECENTLY, TAGI DIDN'T EVEN DRINK COFFEE. THE MOCHA IS MY FAVOURITE. PLUS THE HOT CHOCOLATE. I LOVE IT. SO WE'LL DO A FLAT WHITE. THINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED FOR IOPU. HE'S ONLY JUST LEARNING TO SIGN AFTER MOVING HERE FROM SAMOA THREE MONTHS AGO. AFTER MOVING HERE FROM SAMOA YEARS MONTHS AGO. SO THAT MAKES THIS CARRY-ON BEHIND THE COUNTER EVEN MORE AMAZING. WHEN THESE GUYS HAVEN'T HAD SIGNS, THEY'VE INVENTED THEM. SO WE DO OUR DOUBLE SHOT, AND THEN IF IT'S A THREE, IT'S A THREE SHOT. AND MOSTLY, IT WORKS ` SO HAVE HERE... SO HAVE HERE... ...WHEN THE KIDS ARE PAYING ATTENTION. YEAH, YEAH. SO HAVE HERE. SO A REGULAR, UH, FLAT WHITE. CLAIRE'S NOT JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT TEACHING THE KIDS A SKILL. OH NO. TAGI WANTS TO BE A BARISTA? CLAIRE'S GONNA GIVE HER SATURDAY SHIFTS AT THE CAFE. I REALLY LIKE HER. SHE'S THE BEST. SHE'S THE BEST TEACHER. BUT FOR IOPU, THERE'S SOMETHING EVEN MORE SPECIAL LINED UP. I'M KEVIN. WE'RE AT A JOINT WHERE THEY FIX NOTHING BUT ESPRESSO MACHINES, COS IOPU LOVES TINKERING WITH HIS HANDS. SO TO HELP IOPU ALONG, THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM A BIT OF WORK EXPERIENCE ` ORGANISED BY CLAIRE, OF COURSE. SHE'S VERY CONVINCING, SO... BUT, YEAH. I CAN HEAR YOU! I'M JUST HERE! NO, I LIKE GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A DEAF ESPRESSO MACHINE TECHNICIAN BEFORE? DEFINITELY NOT, NO. HE COULD BE THE FIRST. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. IT'D BE COOL. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH IOPU. BUT HE LOOKS PRETTY HAPPY. I AM SO PLEASED FOR HIM THAT HE'S GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT'S COOL, ISN'T IT? YUP. IT IS VERY COOL. AND CLAIRE? WELL, SHE WATCHED IOPU FIT IN. HE GAVE KEVIN A SIGN NAME, AND KEVIN GIVE HIM A GO MUCKING AROUND WITH MACHINERY. AND CLAIRE... GOT A BIT TEARY. IT'S WONDERFUL. LIKE, ISN'T THIS WONDERFUL? FOR IOPU, HOW'S THIS FOR A FUTURE FOR HIM? THERE'S NO LIMITATIONS. WE PUT LIMITATIONS ON OURSELVES. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE PUT LIMITATIONS ON OTHER PEOPLE, SO IF WE CAN GET OUTSIDE OF THAT THINKING AND WE CAN START TO LOOK AT IT AND JUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, THIS IS WHEN AMAZING THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. That was a neat story. What I noticed with that coffee was that they give it a good pat down. HAVE A LOOK AT THESE TWO PROFESSIONAL RUNNERS IN THE STATES WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE FIRST WOMAN WAS STILL RUNNING 12 K'S WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT. THE OTHER WAS STILL RUNNING ON HER DUE DATE. OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN MIXED REACTION TO THIS. AND THE GENERAL LINE FROM PRACTITIONERS IS DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU WEREN'T DOING BEFORE YOU WERE PREGNANT ONCE YOU ARE. HAVING DONE THE PREGNANCY THING ONCE ALREADY, I REMEMBER HOW YOU GET JUDGED. BUT FIRST TIME ROUND, I WAS SO OVER CAUTIOUS WITH EXERCISE. YOU READ AND GET TOLD SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN, AND THAT KIND OF FREAKS YOU OUT. SO YOU END UP SITTING ON THE COUCH EATING CARBS, NOT EXERCISING AND PUTTING ON OVER 20KG. OR AT LEAST THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE. EXERCISE HELPS KEEP YOUR BABY'S BIRTH WEIGHT DOWN. IT HELPS YOU AVOID GESTATIONAL DIABETES, KEEPS YOUR MIND CLEAR, AND I'M HOPING WILL HELP IN THE BOUNCING BACK BIT AT THE OTHER END. YOU WOULDN'T CATCH ME DEAD RUNNING 12 K'S PREGNANT. BUT LET'S NOT BUY INTO THE THEORY THAT PREGNANCY MEANS WE HAVE TO WRAP OURSELVES IN COTTON WOOL AND STOP LIVING EITHER. That line in the coffee story that says we put limitations on ourselves. ON THE DAY WE FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE BUSINESSES THAN EVER IN THIS COUNTRY ` SOME 487,900 OF THEM. THAT'S FROM STATS NZ, AND THAT BY THE WAY IS ONE BUSINESS FOR EVERY 9 OF US ` WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT 920,000 OF US HAVE JOBS DON'T LIKE THEM. THOSE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE RECRUITMENT FIRM SEEK. 40% OF ALL OF US DON'T LIKE THE JOB WE DO. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? LET'S TAKE OUT A FEW WHO ARE NEW TO THE WORK FORCE AND GETTING USED TO IT, A FEW WHO HAVE HUNG AROUND A WHILE AND ARE SICK OF IT, AND MAYBE A FEW GOING THROUGH DIFFICULTIES OF RESTRUCTURING OR A NEW BOSS OR WHATEVER. BUT EVEN WITH THOSE OUT, THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US GOING TO DO SOMETHING EACH DAY WE DON'T LIKE. WHY WOULD WE DO THIS? ESPECIALLY GIVEN IT'S SUCH A LARGE CHUNK OF THE DAY. I SUBSCRIBE TO THE VERY SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY THAT LIFE IS SHORT, AND GIVEN THAT EVERY DAY IS A TREAT AND GIVEN THAT YOU GOT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND GIVEN THAT IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING FUN, WHAT'S THE POINT? AS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF SEEK SAID WHEN THEY RELEASED THESE FIGURES TODAY, IF YOU'RE UNHAPPY YOU SHOULD REFLECT ON WHY THAT IS. AND I WOULD ADD, YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND AMY PARK CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014