CAPTIONS BY SHELLEY UPCHURCH AND TOM WILSON. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ IT'S SEVEN SHARP. RESOLVED OUR THOUGHTS YESTERDAY TO HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE CAUGHT. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. RELIEVED AND ECSTATIC, AND WE ACTUALLY DO KNOW WHERE HE IS. FROM FEAR TO FREEDOM. PLUS... KARL, YOU DO THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY, DON'T YOU? IT'S A CASE OF HAVING TO. DIFFERENT AND BETTER? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S REVOLUTIONARY. AND A HIGH PERFORMER... AS LONG AS I'M ROWING, NO ONE ELSE IS GONNA KNOW. ...WHO'S LETTING EVERYONE IN BY COMING OUT. IT IS A HARD PLACE TO BE YOURSELF. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY SHELLEY UPCHURCH 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. Welcome to 7 sharp. We had a update on our donor story. I had one of my kids at the A&E today. I thought what could be the least busy time going ` middle of the Thursday. I've never seen more people with moon boots. Wrists, hands, elbows, open dislocation is. Do you know what the thing is ` ACC pays out $2 billion a year in new claims. You are adding to the figure. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. IT'S BEING LABELLED ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPACE EXPLORATION. FINALLY, AFTER 10 YEARS, A MAN-MADE PROBE HAS LANDED ON A COMET AS IT HURTLES THROUGH SPACE AT 64,000 KM/H. IS THIS GUY THE MOST BRAZEN SHOPLIFTER EVER? WATCH HIM AT THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE SCREEN AS HE SHOVES A CHAINSAW DOWN HIS SHORTS AND CALMLY WALKS AWAY. HE WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER, AFTER FLEEING ON A BIKE. AND IT'S NOT A 'CAT UP A TREE' STORY. NO... IT'S A 'KID UP A TREE' STORY! A 4-YEAR-OLD IN THE STATES HAD TO BE RESCUED BY SPECIALIST ARBORISTS AFTER EVEN FIREFIGHTERS COULDN'T GET TO HIM. HE SAYS HE WENT UP THE TREE BECAUSE HIS BROTHER DARED HIM TO. What an idiot. SO HE'S BEEN CAUGHT ` PHILLIP JOHN SMITH, OR TRAYNOR, OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS. HE'S OFF TO A BRAZILIAN JAIL RENOWNED FOR ITS INHUMANE CONDITIONS WHILE HE AWAITS TO BE DEPORTED BACK HERE TO FACE MORE CHARGES. TURNS OUT HE WASN'T EVEN A GOOD ESCAPEE. IT WAS A HELL OF A LONG WAY TO GO FOR A HANDFUL OF DAYS OF FREEDOM. THE NEWS OF HIS CAPTURE IS GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US. A MASSIVE RELIEF FOR THE AUTHORITIES, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY OF HIS ORIGINAL VICTIMS. GILL HIGGINS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL WEEK, SO TONIGHT SHE HAS THEIR REACTION AND RELIEF. BEST NEWS EVER. HONESTLY, IT WAS JUST, LIKE, WOW. LYNDA NOW KNOWS WHILE SHE SLEPT, HER FAMILY'S TORMENTOR WAS BEING HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN AWAY. HAVE YOU STOPPED GRINNING THIS MORNING? > NO, NOT REALLY. I DON'T INTEND TO RIGHT NOW. HOW WAS IT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GOT THE CALL THIS MORNING? JUST RELIEVED AND ECSTATIC AND TO KNOW WE ACTUALLY DO KNOW WHERE HE IS. WAS THERE PART OF YOU THAT WORRIED IT WASN'T GOING TO BE GOOD NEWS? YEAH, WHEN I HEARD THE PHONE RING, I THOUGHT, 'UH-OH.' I THOUGHT, 'WHAT NOW? WHAT'S HAPPENED?' I ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE GOT ONE OF US. AND THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, 'NO, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. A TOURIST HAD SPOTTED PHILLIP SMITH WHILE HE STAYED AT THIS HOSTEL. HONESTLY, I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAY, 'I RECOGNISE HIM,' BECAUSE THAT PERSON HAS JUST CHANGED OUR LIVES AGAIN. FOR THE BETTER THIS TIME. > ABSOLUTELY FOR THE BETTER. IT'S ANOTHER CRAZY DEVELOPMENT. RIO IS FAMED AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR CRIMINALS ON THE RUN, BUT PHILLIP SMITH'S RUN WAS OVER ALMOST BEFORE IT BEGAN. HE DID HAVE TIME, THOUGH, TO SEND BACK A MESSAGE. SO YESTERDAY PHILLIP SMITH SAID THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A THREAT TO YOU; YOU DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY. DID YOU BELIEVE HIM? NO. NO, I DIDN'T. HE'S LIED ALL THE WAY. ALL THE WAY, YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, SERIOUSLY, I REALLY HOPE CORRECTIONS ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO US NOW. EVEN IN PRISON, SMITH WAS BRANDED A COLD, CALLOUS PSYCHOPATH, HIGHLY LIKELY TO ATTEMPT AN ESCAPE. HE HAS FOOLED ALL THE AUTHORITIES LIKE I TOLD AND TOLD AND TOLD AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF VICTIMS OUT THERE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE SAME THING AS WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. SO I ACTUALLY HOPE EVEN THEY GET STRENGTH FROM THIS. TODAY THE SUN IS SHINING, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING. IT STARTED WITH THE BEST CALL LYNDA'S HAD IN YEARS TO THE FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS ABUSED BY PHILLIP SMITH. AND IT'S JUST BEEN SUCH RELIEF FOR HIM. HE'S JUST... YEAH, HE'S REALLY HAPPY TODAY. VERY HAPPY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE EVEN HAD FEW LAUGHS. ABOUT HIS HAIR TRANSPLANT FOR ONE THING. I'M A HAIRDRESSER, AND HIS HAIR LOOKED TERRIBLE. (LAUGHS) A REALLY BAD COLOUR. SO, YES, WE WERE LAUGHING ABOUT THAT. ON A SERIOUS NOTE, HIS RECAPTURE WILL MEAN TRYING TIMES AHEAD. HE WAS NEARLY AT THE END OF HIS TERM. WHERE DOES IT END? DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS AGAIN IN ANOTHER 12 MONTHS? AND I'M JUST ASSUMING THAT HIS DAY RELEASE HAS BEEN REVOKED. LYNDA ISN'T ONE TO HIDE HER FEELINGS, BUT THEN SHE KNOWS IT'S ONLY WITH PHILLIP SMITH SECURELY CONFINED THAT HER FAMILY HAS ANY HOPE OF LIVING FREELY. SO IT'S AN ENDING BUT ACTUALLY NOT THE END. YEAH. ANOTHER CHAPTER. LET'S JUST HOPE THEY GET IT RIGHT NOW. THE STRESS HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL AGAIN, BUT TODAY WILL OVERTAKE ALL OF THAT STRESS. YOU DO LOOK A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON. > WE'RE STRONGER THAN HE THINKS. WE WERE CONTACTED THIS MORNING BY ONE OF OUR VIEWERS, NELSON LAWYER JOHN FITCHETT. HE WAS SO HAPPY THAT PHILLIP SMITH HAD BEEN CAPTURED, THAT HE WANTED TO OFFER A REWARD TO THE PERSON THAT TIPPED OFF THE POLICE. WHEN I HEARD THIS NEWS THIS MORNING, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AN IDEA THAT WITH THE HELP OF SEVEN SHARP, THE PERSON WHO HAD THE INTELLIGENCE AND FORESIGHT TO TIP OFF THE POLICE COULD BE OFFERED A TRIP TO NZ AS A TOURIST. MY WIFE AND I WOULD COVER THE INTERNATIONAL AIRFARES, AND HOPEFULLY TOURISM OPERATORS IN NZ WOULD JOIN WITH SEVEN SHARP TO SPONSOR MAYBE A TWO-WEEK TOUR OF NZ AS A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY IN NZ TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS INDIVIDUAL IN BRAZIL. That's very cool.. SO IF YOU CAN HELP, GET IN TOUCH WITH US ` SEVENSHARP@TVNZ.CO.NZ WE ARE TRYING TO TRACK THE PERSON IN RIO DOWN, BUT UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY'RE LAYING LOW. WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. If you want to help, let us know. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` KARL, DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER TRAWLER FISHERMAN WHO FISH WITH A CAGE? NO. (LAUGHS) WHY LETTING GO OF THE NET COULD BE THE KEY TO MORE FISH FOR MORE YEARS. YOU'RE CATCHING A THIRD OF THE FISH YOU USED TO CATCH AND YOU'RE NOW MAKING MORE MONEY? THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. IT IS A HARD PLACE TO BE YOURSELF. WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW YOUR BIGGEST SECRET. THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING I WANNA SAY, IS I'M NOT COMING OUT ` I'M SHARING MY STORY, AND I'M SAYING IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL TO BE GAY, EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ATHLETE. Since when did beer have to toe the line, play the game, work for the man? INSPIRING MUSIC Since when did beer have to taste like beer or, for that matter, have beer in it? Since 1990-never ` that's when. Not Beersies ` the beer that doesn't have beer in it. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU AN IDEA WE THINK IS BRILLIANT. IT'S SUPER SIMPLE. ONE OF THOSE 'WHY HASN'T ANYONE THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE?' TYPE OF IDEAS. IT'S A NEW WAY OF FISHING, USING CAGES. AND AS MATT CHISHOLM FOUND OUT, THEY COULD JUST BE THE WAY OF KEEPING OUR IN-SHORE FISH STOCKS AROUND FOR A WHILE. YOU NEED TO GET UP THERE AND HAVE A LOOK. I'M GOING. I'M GOING, MATE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE BEST BACK YARD IN THE BAY. OH. (LAUGHS) TWO TREE HUTS AND A SWING BRIDGE THROUGH AN ORANGE TREE. AND CHECK THIS OUT. ONE YOU COULD SLEEP IN FOR A WEEK. MEZZANINE FLOOR. PERFECT. KARL, YOU DO THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY, DON'T YOU? A CASE OF HAVING TO, YEAH. (LAUGHS) WITH HIS 11M-LONG BOAT AND JUST 30 TON OF QUOTA, HAWKE'S BAY IN-SHORE TRAWLER FISHERMAN KARL WARR... OLD WINCH DRIVE'S NOT IN THE HEALTHIEST STATE. ...IS A SMALL FISH IN A BIG SEA. KARL, DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER TRAWLER FISHERMAN WHO FISH WITH A CAGE? NO. (LAUGHS) I SUPPOSE THAT SAYS SOMETHING, DOESN'T IT? (LAUGHS) HE MAY BE JUST SMALL FRY, BUT THIS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FISHERMAN MIGHT BE ON TO SOMETHING BIG. YOU'RE CATCHING A THIRD OF THE FISH YOU USED TO CATCH AND YOU'RE NOW MAKING MORE MONEY? THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S REVOLUTIONARY. SO HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THIS POINT? OH, PAINFULLY, YEAH. (LAUGHS) LIKE A LOT OF THEM, FOR 15 YEARS KARL WAS FISHING FOR FACTORY... I'M, SORT OF, 70 TO 80 HOURS A WEEK. ...AND WAS ONLY GETTING ABOUT $6.50 A KILO FOR HIS GURNARD, WHILE IT WAS RETAILING FOR MORE THAN 30. IT'S VERY HARD TO MAKE A DECENT INCOME OUT OF WHAT WE DO. THERE'S BIGGER BOATS THAT ARE DOING IT HEAPS MORE EFFICIENTLY. SO A FEW YEARS BACK, KARL THE PHILOSOPHER THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE SQUARE AND DEVELOPED A CAGE FOR THE MIDDLE OF HIS NET. HAVE YOU GOT A NAME FOR IT? THE CAGE. (LAUGHS) IT MIGHT BE FUNNY, BUT IT APPEARS TO WORK. THE UNDERSIZED FISH SWIM FREE THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE RIGID CAGE. THE UNWANTED ONES... JUST LITTLE PUFFERS. ...REMAIN RELATIVELY UNSCATHED IN THE WATER, AS OPPOSED TO THE DECK, WHERE THEY OSTENSIBLY ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE BEING BELLY UP. WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS TO UNWANTED FISH CAUGHT IN TRADITIONAL TRAWLING NETS? MOST OF THE TIME THE FISH ARE PRETTY DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THE COMPRESSION OF THE NETS, AND SO THEREFORE THEY'RE USUALLY TOSSED BACK OVER, BUT THEN THEY FLOAT AWAY AND DIE. THE NET WILL PULL A LOT OF SCALES OFF AND POTENTIALLY BRUISE THEM SOME MORE. IF CAN LET THESE ONES THAT WE'RE NOT HARVESTING GO UNHURT, UNTRAUMATISED, IT'S GOT TO BE A GOOD THING FOR OUR FISHERY. SOME OF THE UNWANTED FISH KARL'S CAUGHT HAVE ENDED UP HERE AT NAPIER'S NATIONAL AQUARIUM. THEY'VE COPED REALLY WELL. AND ALTHOUGH IT STILL NEEDS SOME HARD SCIENCE TO BACK IT UP,... MPI IS GOING TO GIVE US A HAND. ...THE YET-TO-BE-NAMED CAGE LOOKS THE GOODS, AT LEAST FOR THE SMALLER PLAYERS. IF YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO CATCH A WHOLE LOT OF VOLUME, YOU CANT MUCK AROUND FISH BY FISH LIKE I'M DOING. IT'S THAT ` MUCKING AROUND FISH BY FISH ` THOUGH, THAT THE PUNTERS LIKE. I'VE GOT LOTS OF CUSTOMERS DOWN THIS STREET. KARL'S WIFE, SARAH, NOW ENSURES THE SUSTAINABLY CAUGHT GURNARD GOES FRESH FROM OCEAN FLOOR TO FRONT DOOR. JUST BECAUSE ITS SUSTAINABLY CAUGHT DOESN'T MEAN TO SAY YOU'RE PAYING THE EARTH. WE'RE CHARGING $23 A KILO FOR GURNARD, WHICH IS A GREAT DEAL CHEAPER THAN THE SUPERMARKETS IN HAWKE'S BAY AND SUPERMARKETS IN AUCKLAND. WHICH TO ME SOUNDS LIKE A WIN-WIN-WIN ` THAT'S THE FISH, THE FISHERMAN AND THE CUSTOMER. IT'S GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER. I'M SENDING FISH AWAY. I'M COURIERING IT AWAY TO AUCKLAND, TAUPO ON A WEEKLY BASIS NOW. AND THAT MEANS KARL, THE SEA DOG WHO LOOKS AT THE WORLD THROUGH A FRESH SET OF EYES,... THERE'S A COUPLE OF BEDS UP THERE, SO TWO FAMILIES COULD SHIFT FROM AUCKLAND. ...MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS IN THAT BACK YARD UNTIL HE PARKS THE BOAT UP. I WANT TO BE GURGLING PORRIDGE IN AN OLD PERSON'S HOME KNOWING THAT THERES PLENTY OF FISH OUT THERE. (LAUGHS) Beautiful. Such a good idea.' IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KARL AND SARAH'S 'BETTER FISHING' VENTURE, GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. EGG DONOR STORY UPDATE. People love that story.. it's why we're here. It was a great story. They were looking for the egg donor. 77 PEOPLE PUT UP THEIR HANDS TO BE EGG DONORS. It is amazing. 30 couples a year go offshore and pay $10,000. YOU CAN BE UP TO AGE 37. Speaking of males, John key and Bronagh are in the Myanmar today. They went to visit the pandas. we need pandas in the zoo. It costs 1 million bucks a panda. So 2 million bucks.. I have a two-year-old daughter loved the pandas, but she is happy looking at the bears. I'm not anti-panda. I am anti-spending $2 million. COMING UP ` COMING OUT. EVENTUALLY, SHE CAME OUT AND ASKED, 'ARE YOU GAY?' AND I SAID YES. WHY IT CAN BE SO HARD FOR GAY ATHLETES TO CROSS THAT FINAL LINE. I WANT TO SHOW OTHER ATHLETES WHO MIGHT STILL BE IN THE CLOSET THAT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. PLUS, WE'VE ALL HAD A CRACK AT THIS AT KARAOKE, RIGHT? # YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM, # KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM... # WELL, GOOD NEWS. I'M ON MY WAY. MORE FROM THE GAMBLER, TOMORROW ON SEVEN SHARP. Can I just say I have been getting a lot of abuse during the break. About my anti panda-ness. You look like a panda. You are a panda hater. FOR EVERY YOUNG GAY PERSON OUT THERE, COMING OUT CAN BE DIFFICULT. YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR LIFE, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. NOW, IMAGINE THE PRESSURE IF YOU HAVE TO COME OUT AS PART OF ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-PERFORMING NZ SPORTS SQUADS AROUND. WELCOME TO OLYMPIC ROWER ROBBIE MANSON'S LIFE. WE WANTED TO LET ROBBIE TELL HIS STORY IS IN HIS OWN WORDS. THIS FROM HADYN JONES AND CAMERAMAN SCOTT MCKINNON. EASY-GOING GUITAR MUSIC I WAS ALMOST TERRIFIED OF THE WORD 'GAY' ITSELF, AND I WAS ALSO TERRIFIED OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT THINK. THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO SAY, IS I'M NOT COMING OUT ` I'M SHARING MY STORY, AND I'M SAYING IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL TO BE GAY, EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ATHLETE, EVEN IN A SPORT LIKE ROWING. GUITAR MUSIC CONTINUES THE FIRST PERSON I CAME OUT TO WAS MY OLDER BROTHER, AND, FOR ME, THAT WAS TERRIFYING BECAUSE I WAS SCARED NOT ONLY TO COME OUT TO HIM BUT TO ADMIT IT MYSELF. I TOLD MY MUM WHEN I WENT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. SHE PICKED ME UP FROM THE AIRPORT, AND I WAS REALLY SCARED. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IT UP, BUT I DID, AND I KINDA MADE HER GUESS. EVENTUALLY, SHE CAME OUT AND ASKED, 'ARE YOU GAY?' AND I SAID, 'YES.' AND I WAS IN SUCH AN EMOTIONAL STATE, AND FOR ME IT WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL AT THE TIME, BUT BY TIME WE GOT HOME, I WAS A LOT BETTER, AND I WAS SO HAPPY THAT I'D TOLD MUM. I KIND OF JUST LEFT IT AT THAT. I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO KNOW. I THOUGHT, 'AS LONG AS I'M ROWING, NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO KNOW.' GROWING UP AND GOING TO AN ALL BOYS' SCHOOL, IT IS A HARD PLACE TO BE YOURSELF. AT SCHOOL, I WAS REALLY QUIET AND REALLY SHY, WHEREAS AT HOME I WAS CONFIDENT, BOSSY. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT DOING THINGS OR SAYING THINGS THAT MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS GAY, SO I GUESS I DID SHUT MYSELF OFF A LITTLE BIT. NZ CROSSED THE LINE. HORN SOUNDS GOLD IN THE MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS. I WAS MOST AFRAID TO TELL MY CREWMATES, I THINK. THE FIRST GUY I WAS ROWING WITH AT THE TIME WHO I TOLD WAS MICHAEL ARMS, AND WE WERE ROOMING TOGETHER AT THE TIME. AND JO SULLIVAN. HIM AND MIKE WERE GOING THROUGH MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS, TRYING TO WORK OUT WHO MY GIRLFRIEND WAS. EVENTUALLY I TOLD THEM IT WASN'T A GIRL, IT WAS A GUY, AND THEY WERE FINE WITH IT. YEAH, I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH HOW WELL THEY REACTED. I WAS SO CAUGHT UP IN MY OWN STRUGGLE THAT I WAS TOO BLIND TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND ME. AND THEN I GUESS ALSO MEETING SOMEONE WHO I REALLY LIKED FURTHER PUSHED ME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT, I STILL DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WOULD HAVE COME OUT WHILE I WAS ROWING. ON THE FIRST DATE I WENT ON, WE WENT OUT IN HAMILTON, BECAUSE I WAS SCARED OF GOING OUT IN CAMBRIDGE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ROWERS AND PEOPLE WHO I KNOW. THAT'S THE WAY I FELT AT THE TIME. I WAS SCARED OF ANYONE ELSE KNOWING. I GUESS MY LIFE IS SO DIFFERENT NOW TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. I'M HAPPY I CAN BE MYSELF ALL OF THE TIME. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO I'M AROUND. I WANT TO SHOW OTHER ATHLETES WHO MIGHT BE IN THE CLOSET THAT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, AND THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT AND STAND UP AND ARE COUNTED, THE LESS OF AN ISSUE IT WILL BE. I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS 'ROBBIE ` A GREAT ROWER' AND NOT 'ROBBIE THE GAY ROWER'. GUITAR MUSIC CONTINUES ROBBIE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A STEREOTYPICAL GAY ` LOVES GLEE AND SHOWTUNES, CAN BE DIFFICULT AT THE GYM, RARELY GETS HIS OWN MUSIC. I love glee. But I'm not gay. Everybody loves glee. My husband doesn't. Don't start me on your husband. He was supposed to cook dinner. But he didn't. JUST A NOTE ABOUT TOMORROW NIGHT'S SHOW. You don't need to be here. It's me and Kenny. YES, REMEMBER MIKE TEASING ME ABOUT GETTING ALL HOT AND FLUSTERED OVER RICKY MARTIN? WELL KENNY IS MIKE'S RICKY. # YOU'VE GOTTA KNOW WHEN TO HOLD THEM, # KNOW WHEN TO FOLD THEM, # KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY, # KNOW WHEN TO RUN. # MAKING THIS MIKE'S ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH KENNY EVEN MORE SPECIAL IS THAT HE'S JUST MADE A SAD ANNOUNCEMENT. WELL, I'M STILL GONNA BE PERFORMING IN THE STATES. I'M JUST NOT COMING BACK TO AUSTRALIA AND NZ. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, BELIEVE ME. JUST A LONG WAY DOWN THERE. YES, AFTER HIS NZ TOUR EARLY NEXT YEAR, HE WON'T BE BACK. THE DAYS ON THE ROAD ARE OVER. TOMORROW NIGHT KENNY TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO US ABOUT HIS SEMI-RETIREMENT AND THE VERY PERSONAL REASON BEHIND IT. What did you say Kenny to make him not come back? Kenny and Dolly's Christmas album. 140,000-ODD STUDENTS ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EXAMS AT THE MOMENT, AND I HAVE TO SAY I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU GUYS! I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE ` THE MOMENT YOU SIT DOWN TO STUDY, YOU SUDDENLY HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE URGE TO SPRING CLEAN YOUR ROOM, OR THAT SET OF PENCILS REALLY NEEDS SHARPENING AND SHOULD REALLY BE THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. SUDDENLY, THE RUN YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF FOR WEEKS SEEMS PARTICULARLY APPEALING, AND, MAN, IT'S BEEN AN AWFULLY LONG TIME SINCE YOU SHOT A FEW HOOPS OUTSIDE! THE UPSIDE TO ALL OF THIS IS THAT ONCE YOU'VE DONE YOUR EXAMS, YOUR YEAR IS PRACTICALLY OVER. DECEMBER THE 2ND, I THINK IT ALL ENDS. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE DREADING THE LEAD-IN TO CHRISTMAS. THE HOLIDAY PERIOD IS A STUDENT'S SANCTUARY ` ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF FREEDOM. IT'S THE TYPE OF FREEDOM AS A WORKING ADULT YOU REALLY WISHED YOU'D APPRECIATED WHEN YOU HAD IT, SO JUST REMEMBER THAT FOR MOTIVATION AS YOU'RE WILLING AWAY YOUR EXAMS. IF RICHARD BRANSON REMINDED US THE OTHER DAY JUST HOW DANGEROUS SPACE CAN BE WHEN THE GALATIC BLEW UP, ROSETTA AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY SHOWED US THIS MORNING JUST WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME. WHAT THEY DID THIS MORNING WAS LITTLE SHORT OF BRILLANT. IT WAS A MIRACLE ` LANDING A THING CALLED PHILAE, A PROBE, ON THE SURFACE OF A COMET MOVING SO FAST IT BOGGLES THE MIND. MAYBE THAT'S THE MAGIC OF SPACE. MOST OF US DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND OTHER THAN IT'S THERE, IT'S AMAZING, AND WE WANT TO KNOW SO MUCH MORE THAN WE DO. MAYBE IT'S THAT FOR ALL OUR 'ON EARTH' BRILLIANCE, SPACE STILLS TESTS US TO THE EDGE OF OUR CAPABILITES AND BEYOND. MAYBE IN A WORLD WHERE WE THINK WE KNOW SO MUCH, WE ACTUALLY KNOW VIRTUALLY NOTHING. THIS THING THIS MORNING WAS 25 YEARS IN THE MAKING. IMAGINE THAT, 25 YEARS, AND IT ALL CAME DOWN TO TODAY. ONE DAY. MAKE OR BREAK. BUT IT WORKED. AND WHO KNOWS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHAT WE'LL LEARN. AND MAYBE THAT'S THE OTHER BIT OF MAGIC. SPACE IS A TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF HUMANKIND'S OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO NEVER STOP LEARNING. Have a lovely night. SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.