IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` HE ABUSED A CHILD, MURDERED HIS DAD. WHERE WERE THE FAMILY? LIVING IN FEAR AFTER THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE DISAPPEARED OFF THE RADAR. PLUS ` I'VE BEEN THREATENED TO BE SHOT, DROWNED, SET A DOG ON. WHY THAT COULD BE THE LEAST OF THE WHITEBAITER'S WORRIES. JOHN KEY, HE MIGHT END UP COMING OUT HERE AND TAXING US, AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT THAT. AND ` CRASH! SCREAMING PUTTING THE DOORS OF NZ TO A TEST PEOPLE EXCLAIM LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN SHORTLY. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. 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. Grieving. I know begun to show that Clip again. Within a one stronger than Tim? I was planning my future instead of busting through doors. In the country, for example, In the 1920s? At what point of the night today start going through the door? Have you ever gone through the door? No. I might have tried as a kid. More later. It was disastrous. OK, SO THE BIG STORY OF THE DAY IS THIS PHILLIP JOHN SMITH, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. BUT FIRST, HERE'S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING. JOHN KEY'S GOING INTO TALKS RIGHT NOW WITH THE US PRESIDENT AND OTHER LEADERS, NEGOTIATING A TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE DEAL IN BEIJING. APPARENTLY HAVING A HOLIDAY ALONE COULD MAKE YOU FEEL MORE SAD AND ISOLATED, BECAUSE AVERAGE EXPERIENCES SHARED WITH A LARGE GROUP OF CLOSE FRIENDS MAKE US HAPPIER THAN AMAZING EXPERIENCES HAD BY OURSELVES. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING, MAKE SURE NO ONE IS. THIS GUY POSSIBLY REGRETTING HIS DECISION TO GET UP EARLY AND CLEAN AFTER HIS FLATMATE PUT THIS VIDEO ONLINE. IT'S SINCE GONE VIRAL. He is looking good. Good dog. They you with the vacuum cleaner. AreI you okay? Three days off. Firing on 12 cylinders. People say they never thought you got sick. . Good day to be back. LET'S JUST WORK THROUGH WHAT WE'VE LEARNT TODAY ` ONE, A CONVICTED MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE IS ALLOWED OUT OF JAIL SOMETIMES. TWO, THE CONVICTED MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE CAN GET A PASSPORT USING HIS BIRTH NAME. THREE, THE PASSPORT CAN BE USED BY THE CONVICTED MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE TO SKIP THE COUNTRY. IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT ONE OF THE MOST MONUMENTAL COCK-UPS WE HAVE EVER SEEN? IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY SCARY WHEN WE THINK HOW EASILY ALL OF THESE SEEMED TO HAPPEN. BUT FOR THE FAMILY AT THE CENTRE OF THIS MAN'S CRIMES ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, IT'S LIVING HELL, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE SYSTEM'S LET THEM DOWN. GILL HIGGINS HAS COVERED THIS STORY FOR SOME TIME. TODAY SHE WENT BACK FOR ANOTHER VISIT. EVEN WITH THE WORDS STARING AT HER IN BLACK AND WHITE, LYNDA FINDS PHILIP SMITH'S ESCAPE HARD TO GRASP. THE FACT HE CAN JUST WALK FREE IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE WHOLE THING IS UNBELIEVABLE. BUT IT'S THE REALITY FOR MY FAMILY. HER BROTHER'S KILLER WAS ON THE RUN FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE ANYONE EVEN KNEW ` THEY'RE VERY LUCKY THEY'RE NOT FINDING ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER DEAD TODAY. THAT'S HOW I FEEL, AND THAT MAKES ME REALLY ANGRY. A KILLER SO DANGEROUS HE WAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED PAROLE. EVIL. ABSOLUTELY EVIL. HE'S NOT HUMAN. THERE'S NO SOUL. NO REMORSE. JUST... A BALL OF EVILNESS. THIS MORNING LYNDA WAS HANDING OVER THE CARE OF HER ANIMALS TO HER HUSBAND, PREPARING TO DISAPPEAR WITH THE HELP OF POLICE TOO, THE FEAR WAS SO CONSUMING. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER ALL THE TIME, NOT KNOWING IF SOMEONE WILL ATTACK YOU, WHAT THEY EVEN LOOK LIKE. SORRY. BUT IT'S TERRIFYING. AND THIS IS REAL FOR US. IT'S JUST A STORY. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS OUR LIFE. GOOD BOY. AND HOW HAD IT COME TO THIS? THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. IT HASN'T PROTECTED US FROM DAY ONE. THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT IT TO THIS. YOU SEE, PHILIP SMITH WAS FIRST ARRESTED FOR MOLESTING LYNDA'S NEPHEW. HE WAS SO CLEVER HE GOT AWAY WITH IT FOR THREE WHOLE YEARS; SO CLEVER THAT ONCE CHARGED, HE CONVINCED THE COURTS TO ALLOW HIM ON BAIL. FIRST FAILURE WAS WHEN THEY TOLD US THAT MY FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE IN A SAFE HOUSE IN WELLINGTON. THEY TOLD US THEN THAT WE'D BE OK, THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE FINE. IT WASN'T LIKE THAT. PHILIP SMITH TRACKED DOWN THE SAFE HOUSE AND STABBED THE FATHER 19 TIMES IN FRONT OF HIS SON AND HIS MUM. THEN I HEARD THIS TERRIBLE GROANING, AND I BEGGED HIM IF I COULD RING AN AMBULANCE. AND HE WOULDN'T LET ME. HE WOULDN'T. HE SAID, 'NO, HE'LL BE DEAD SOON.' THEN, WHEN CONVICTED AND LOCKED UP IN JAIL, ANOTHER FAILURE. HE'D WRITTEN IT DOWN HE WANTED TO KILL THE WHOLE FAMILY ` OPERATION SMITH ` WATCH THEM ALL DIE. AND HIS WORDS WERE, 'DEATH COMES EASY.' GILL HIGGINS FIRST MET LYNDA A FEW YEARS AGO AS SHE FOUGHT AGAINST HIS PAROLE. SHE ALSO FOUGHT HIS RECENT WEEKEND RELEASES, BUT THEY WENT AHEAD. I PUT IT IN WRITING THAT IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO THIS, THE MINIMUM I WANTED WAS A TRACKING BRACELET PUT ON HIM SO WE KNOW, THE AUTHORITIES KNOW WHERE HE WAS 24 HOURS A DAY. AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THE FAILURES KEEP COMING. SHE NOW KNOWS HE OBTAINED A PASSPORT WHILE IN PRISON AND ARRANGED A FLIGHT. THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED US YET AGAIN. THERE IS IMMEDIATE RELIEF THE FAMILY'S TORMENTOR IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT THERE ARE STILL FEARS. THAT HE IS GOING TO FIND THEM ` THAT HE WILL TRACK THEM DOWN. AND THERE'S NO FAITH. IT IS THEIR JOB, AND IF THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOB, THEN RESIGN. Pretty compelling. EARLIER, I SPOKE TO JEREMY LIGHTFOOT FROM CORRECTIONS. JEREMY, AS FAR AS COCK-UPS GO, HOW BAD IS THIS? WELL, FIRSLTY I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACT AND DISTRESS THAT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT HAS CAUSED THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WHEN DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS ALL GOING WRONG? WHEN I TALKED TO YOU ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING, YOU WERE STILL BUSYING SAYING, 'COULD BE HEADING TO WHANGANUI 'OR WELLINGTON' OR WHEREVER YOU WERE CLAIMING HE WAS GOING. DID YOU HAVE A CLUE IT MIGHT BE CHILE AT THAT POINT? NO. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN PART OF POLICE OPERATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF TODAY. AND WE FIRST UNDERSTOOD THAT MR SMITH WASN'T WITH HIS SPONSORS, AS WAS PART OF THE TEMPORARY RELEASE CONDITIONS, ON SATURDAY AT 5.30. ARE THEY IN ON THIS ` THOSE PEOPLE? THE SPONSOR THAT PICKED MR SMITH UP FROM SPRING HILL CORRECTIONS FACILITY ON THURSDAY MORNING WAS A FAMILY MEMBER, AND SHE PICKED HIM UP, AND AS PART OF THE PLAN, TOOK HIM INTO AUCKLAND TO LOCATE HIM AT AN APPROVED ADDRESS. SHE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING SURE THAT SHE PROVIDES SUPERVISION AND MONITORING` WHICH SHE DIDN'T. WE WERE NOT CONTACTED BY HER. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE MUST BE CHARGES COMING? AS I SAY, THAT WILL BE PART OF A WIDER POLICE OPERATION, AND THOSE THINGS WILL BE CONSIDERED. AND SO PRESUMABLY THOSE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN PASSPORTS, AIR TICKETS, THE WHOLE THING. AGAIN, I'M SURE THAT WILL COME OUT AS PART OF THE WIDER POLICE OPERATION. I assume this will be reviewed. Will they be red flags, or will you say he was just a sneaky and got away? . We will identify what we could have done differently. There might be some value for high-profile offenders who monitored. This offender has been planning his escape for some time. Possibly a year. We know he obtained his passports in July 2013. . This is your department, the police, customs, immigration. Everyone has fallen. . I can see why you'd say that. . It's true. How does a convicted murderer get a passports on a false name A wig, accomplice and leave the country? It's like a movie. I can see that. He did attain his passport with a legitimate identity. He was held as a prisoner under another name. . No one is cross-referencing this? That wasn't the case in this instance. Will heads roll, including yours? One needs to look at all of the things that took place. As part of that review, the responsibilities of different parties will be considered. What a cock up. . How could all of those systems fail? How could he book flights? No one gets monitored in prison. As sponsorship program? . Get a passport from jail with a different name? . We have people being stopped all the time, and you think security would be high. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` I THINK THREE DAYS, HE'S HAD ABOUT MAYBE 340 KILOS. THAT MUCH WHITE GOLD CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING ` TROUBLE. I'VE BEEN THREATENED TO BE SHOT, DROWNED, SET A DOG ON. WE'RE OUT ON THE WILD WESTERN BANKS OF THE WAIKATO. AND SPEAKING OF WILD ` ALL CHANT: GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! CRASH! ALL SQUEAL, CHEER TIM TESTS JUST HOW HARD THAT STUNT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. ALL CHEER ALL CHEER PEOPLE EXCLAIM, LAUGH . How would you like a big, juicy whitebait fritter? Not a fan? It's a delicacy. BUT IT'S A DELICACY THAT REALLY DOES COST AN ARM AND A LEG NOWADAYS. WHILE YOU AND I MIGHT PAY $20 FOR A FANCY FRITTER WITH A SLICE OF BREAD AND LEMON, JUST LAST MONTH, A SCRAP OVER THE WHITE GOLD LANDED ONE MAN IN INTENSIVE CARE. YES, IT'S BEEN A BRILLIANT SEASON ON THE WAIKATO RIVER On Thursday, Bernie Mac through the whitebait back. It is been a fantastic season. SO WE SENT MATT CHISHOLM TO GET THE GOOD OIL ON THE WILD WEST WATERWAY. # DOWN BY THE RIVER, I WAS DRAWN BY YOUR GRACE. I WAS BORN ON THE RIVER. I'VE HUNTED AND FISHED MY WAY FROM THE BERTH ON MOUNTAIN RIGHT DOWN TO WHERE SHE JOINS THE SEA. # STUCK IN A PUDDLE, FULL OF TEARS AND UNWISE. # THE WAIKATO RUNS THROUGH CHRIS ANNANDALE'S VEINS. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE. HE'S POLICED THIS RIVER FOR A GENERATION. I'VE BEEN THREATENED TO BE SHOT, DROWNED, SET A DOG ON. WHEN IT COMES TO WHITEBAIT,... THIS WAS THE STAND WE GOT BROWN-EYED OFF THAT TIME. ...THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT FOR THE DOC RANGER. IT IS LIKE A DRUG, YEAH. WHAT DID OLD BILLY T JAMES SAY? 'PURE, UNCUT WHITEBAIT'? YEAH, NO, SHE'S GOOD STUFF. (LAUGHS) AND JUST LIKE DRUGS ON THE STREET, THIS RIVER-RUNNING STUFF IS CAUSING THE ODD TURF WAR. IT SORT OF CUTS IN TO YOU A BIT TO HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN DOWN HERE. MONEYS' THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. EVERYONE'S SANE UNTIL DUCK SHOOTING AND THE WHITEBAIT SEASON, AND THEN THEY GO CRAZY. (CHUCKLES) ESPECIALLY THIS SEASON. IT'S BEEN A BLOODY RIPPER. MY NEPHEW HAD... ONE DAY HE CAME DOWN, AND HE HAD 100 KILOS ONE DAY. BEEN MORE WHITEBAIT IN THE RIVER THAN ANY OTHER YEAR, I RECKON, THREE DAYS, HE'S HAD ABOUT MAYBE 340 KILOS. YIKES. WHEN THE WRIGGLING WHITE WORMS ARE RETAILING FOR UP TO $115 A KILO, AND THE FISHERMAN ARE BEING PAID ABOUT 60, THAT'S $20,000, PROBABLY TAX-FREE, IN JUST THREE DAYS. JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. JOHN KEY, HE MIGHT END UP COMING DOWN HERE AND TAXING US, AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT THAT. (LAUGHS) UPLIFTING MUSIC THE PM WON'T BE HITTING THE RIVER, BUT WITH A BUMPER SEASON,... LIKE A GOLD FEVER, I SUPPOSE. ...PLENTY HAVE BEEN. THE NEEDIES NEED TO HAVE A FEED OF WHITEBAIT, COS IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE GREEDIES THAT GO DOWN THERE TO CATCH AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO SELL. AND SOME OF THOSE GREEDY FOLK HAVE BEEN UP TO NO GOOD. LONG-RUNNING DISPUTE BETWEEN THESE GUYS OVER FISHING SPOTS. THEY MET AT THE ELBOW BOAT RAMP, AND... (LAUGHS) THE DISCUSSION FLARED A BIT MORE IN THERE, AND, YEAH, ONE GUY GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. THAT GUY, ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A KNIFE, ENDED UP IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH SERIOUS LEG INJURIES. THE TYPE OF THING WE CAN DO WITHOUT. IF EVERYBODY FISHES TO THE RULES AND FISHES FOR A FEED, THERE'S PLENTY FOR EVERYBODY. BUT WHEN YOU GET GREEDIES COMING INTO IT, THEY'LL WIND UP DEPLETING IT OUT. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE NO CATCH LIMITS. SHOULD THERE BE? I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE. I BELIEVE IT IS NOW UP WITH THE MINISTER OF CONSERVATION FOR CONSIDERATION, SO, YEAH, I HOPE IT DOES COME IN. AND DESPITE THE SUPER SEASON,... ARE THE BAIT BACK?> NO. ...WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FISH IN SERIOUS DECLINE. THIS OLD CANNERY, TESTIMONY TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS, HARBOURS A DIRTY SECRET ABOUT THE WAIKATO DELICACY. IF YOU READ THAT BIT THERE... READS: 'PREPARED BY IRVINE & STEVENSONS 'ST GEORGE COMPANY LTD, DUNEDIN, NZ.' THAT'S RIGHT. IT'D BE SOLD AS DELICIOUS SOUTH ISLAND WHITEBAIT. RIGHT OUT OF THE WAIKATO? YEAH. (LAUGHS) BEST WHITEBAIT IN THE LAND. WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY OF IT TODAY. I'M NOT GONNA BE INVITED BACK, AM I? PROBABLY NOT. (LAUGHS) AND WHILE A VERY SMALL MINORITY MIGHT BE FIGHTING OVER THE WHITE GOLD,... THEY'RE DEFINITELY A PASSIONATE PEOPLE. ...THE MAJORITY ARE HAPPY TO JUST GIVE IT AWAY. GOTTA BE KIND TO THESE AUCKLANDERS, EH. LAUGHTER THAT IS UNTIL YOU REMIND THEM OF JUST HOW MUCH THE WEE FISH ARE FETCHING. I'LL JUST PROBABLY HAND IT OVER TO YOU IF YOU WANT 'EM. < STRAIGHT UP? YEAH. < $115 A KG IN HAMILTON. IS IT? SHIT, I DIDN'T REALISE IT WAS THAT MUCH. < YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW, DO YOU? MIGHT PUT IT BACK IN MY BUCKET NOW. LAUGHTER It's bizarre. It doesn't take anything. . Someone who loves it would disagree. I like the fritters. The West Coast is where it's at. . It'll be global warming. With global warming comes with bite. Do you believe in it? . No. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` TIM WILSON TRYING TO BREAK A DOOR. ALL: GO! PEOPLE CHEER, EXCLAIM, LAUGH WHY? BECAUSE THIS GUY DID. PEOPLE EXCLAIM PEOPLE EXCLAIM BUT WE'LL TELL YOU HOW HE CHEATED. 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. UPBEAT GUITAR MUSIC # Bring on # the weekend. # No matter what you're up to in the garden, we've got the goods at Mitre 10 MEGA. THEY SAY WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN JUST JUMP THROUGH IT ANYWAY. ACTUALLY, NO ONE SAYS THAT EXCEPT ENGLISH LEAGUE PLAYER JOSH HODGSON. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THESE PICTURES OF HIM DRUNKENLY JUMPING THROUGH A DOOR IN A DUNEDIN FLAT DURING A PARTY. IT SEEMED REMARKABLY EASY, DIDN'T IT? AREN'T DOORS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, STURDY? WELL, TIM WILSON WENT TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW SUCH THINGS ABOUT DOORS TO PUT SOME TO THE TEST. FOR AN ENGLISH LEAGUE PLAYER, OPENING THE THING WOULD BE TOO EASY. LOUD CRASH, WOMAN SCREAMS BUT THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS, LIKE... (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) AT SUPERIOR DOORS, THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST DOOR-MAKER, THEY KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. RIDICULOUS! CRAZY! CHEAP IMPORTED DOORS STUFFED WITH HONEYCOMB PAPER. HE WALKED THROUGH IT, AND HE WALKED OUT THE OTHER SIDE. ALSO, SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FOOTAGE... THERE'S ALREADY A HOLE IN IT, AS IF SOMEONE HAD PUT THEIR HEAD OR HAND OR FOOT THROUGH IT. DOES THAT REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY? CORRECT. VERY GOOD. YES. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT DOORS; I TOLD THEM MY DREAM. YOU CAN SEE I'M A POWERFULLY BUILT MAN. YOU ARE. YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. (LAUGHS) I KNOW. (LAUGHS) THEY LET ME TRY ON A COMPETITOR'S DOOR. ALL CHANT: GO, TIM! GO, TIM! GO, TIM! GO, TIM! SAFETY FIRST. GEORGE IS A GRIDIRON GUY. SO WHAT SIZE? SMALL. DO YOU RECKON I CAN DO IT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, TIM, BUT I'LL STAND HERE, AND I'LL CATCH YOU. AS YOU BOUNCE BACK, I'LL CATCH YOU, ALL RIGHT? ALL: THREE! TWO! ONE! GO, TIM! ALL EXCLAIM LAUGHTER ALL CHANT: THREE! TWO! ONE! (CHEER) SMASH! THAT WAS AWESOME! That's so embarrassing. Not only did he put a helmet and padding on is if you do it without padding. . Those doors were not superior doors as superior doors. There were inferior. Probably from Australia. You want to see the clip another time. . He runs a bit like James. Everyone on this program seems to have a weird one. He had the door. The realisation that This has gone wrong. Had some. Everyone on this program is unco? Some of us. I had an awesome chariots of Fire run. You should see me move. . The motion you are doing right now says otherwise. If you are doing NCEA today. I feel so sorry for you. It's so horrific, and you study for hours on end. There is an study going on. I remember we had to sit exams. It's difficult. . You left before your exams. I am in a ad for why to stay in school. JUST ON THIS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME THAT FAILED SO MISERABLY IN ALLOWING PHILLIP SMITH TO EVADE POLICE FOR NEARLY TWO DAYS BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED HE WAS ON THE RUN. I ABSOLUTELY GET THAT IT'S THE POLICE'S JOB TO FACILITATE THESE TYPES OF CRIMINALS BACK INTO SOCIETY. BUT, REALLY, A MAN DESCRIBED BY THE AUTHORITIES AS 'DANGEROUS', WITH MOLESTATION AND MURDER ON HIS RECORD, AND WE'RE PUTTING ALL OUR TRUST, THE SAFETY OF SOCIETY AND THOSE HE'S ALREADY HURT BEYOND REPAIR IN THE HANDS OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER? LET'S NOT FORGET THIS GUY WAS ALSO TORMENTING HIS VICTIMS FROM JAIL AS RECENTLY AS THREE YEARS AGO. AND LAST YEAR THE PAROLE BOARD DEEMED HIM HIGH-RISK. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW THIS SPONSOR WAS VETTED? HOW WERE THEY CHOSEN IN THE FIRST PLACE? WERE THEY REALLY TRUSTWORTHY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL? OBVIOUSLY NOT, AND IS IT EVEN FAIR TO THE SPONSOR TO HAVE THIS SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL? IS THIS A SYSTEM WE'D WANT TO TRUST AGAIN? THE WAY IT STANDS, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T. QUICK NOTE ON THOSE PROTESTS OVER THE WEEKEND OVER THE TPP. THE TPP SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN IN TERMS OF FEARMONGERING. 'THE TPP IS THE END OF THE WORLD,' 'IT'S A TAKEOVER BY FOREIGN CORPORATIONS,' 'WE'LL LOSE CONTROL OF OUR COUNTRY,' 'IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD.' EXCEPT IT'S NOT. THE BIGGEST FEAR SEEMS TO BE THE FACT IT'S BEING DONE IN SECRET. TOP TIP ON TRADE DEALS ` THEY'RE ALL DONE IN SECRET. MAYBE THIS WILL REASSURE THE WORRIED ` THE SAME PEOPLE DOING THE TPP DID THE CHINA FREE-TRADE DEAL. THE CHINA FREE-TRADE HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS. TRADE HAS GONE FROM $4B TO $11B IN JUST HALF A DOZEN YEARS. IT'S WORTH A FORTUNE TO THIS COUNTRY IN INCOME AND WORK. THE TPP IS EVEN BIGGER THAN THAT. AND GIVEN THIS IS A TRADING NATION, WHY WOULD YOU KNOCK BACK THAT SORT OF OPPORTUNITY? SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY TOM WILSON AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014