IT'S SEVEN SHARP. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'D BE NOW. PROBABLY IN JUVIE OR SOMETHING. DEFYING THE ODDS, AND DEFYING THE CRITICS. I'VE HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE, LIKE, 'AH, SHE'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TEEN MUMS.' PLUS... ORCHESTRA PLAYS ROUSING CLASSICAL TUNE WHEN MUSIC CAN PAINT A THOUSAND WORDS. IT'S TALLER THAN ME, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN YOU. AND IF THAT SORT OF MUSIC ISN'T FOR YOU... # YOU'VE GOTTA KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM, # KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM. THE GAMBLER OWNS UP TO HIS VICES. I LEARNT VERY EARLY ON I CAN'T WIN ENOUGH TO EXCITE ME, BUT I CAN LOSE ENOUGH TO DEPRESS ME. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING 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. MARIAH CAREY VS KENNY. Welcoming to Friday. We're looking forward to this. It has been a day of music. I am excited about Kenny. Mariah Carey was in town. . We have been talking about Kenny. Mariah slips in. She was really good last night. 18 number one hits. I wanted her to sing the songs. I didn't know the ones she sang. I can't believe you don't know their Hits. I've nver heard of them. How many hits has Kenny had? 79. I would buy mariah CDover kidneys. Do you know what little guy does? He makes placements. The tall guy is a farmer. Travel with his knees. . We'll debate music later. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT, BUT THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IS IN TOWN. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL SPENT THE DAY IN AUCKLAND, ALONG WITH CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER. THEY'RE BOTH ON THEIR WAY TO THE G20 SUMMIT IN BRISBANE. NOT SURE HOW TRUE THIS NEXT ONE IS. IT'S APPARENTLY BEEN PROVEN MEN ARE BETTER MAP-READERS THAN WOMEN. A STUDY OF AFRICAN TRIBES FOUND MEN EVOLVED BETTER SPATIAL ABILITIES SO THEY COULD ROAM FURTHER IN THE PURSUIT OF MATES. WARNING, THOUGH, BEING A GOOD MAP-READER DOESN'T MAKE YOU A GOOD DRIVER, THOUGH. AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW DOMESTIC ABUSE HAPPENING IN PUBLIC? TURNS OUT, NOT A LOT. THIS SWEDISH SOCIAL EXPERIMENT FOUND ONLY ONE IN 53 PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED THE ABUSE STEPPED IN. HAVING A SICK BABY IS SOMETHING EVERY PARENT DREADS. IT IS A VERY TOUGH BUSINESS, BUT IMAGINE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN YOU'RE JUST 15 YEARS OLD. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW GILLIAN MORRIS-DORAN'S ROLLER-COASTER RIDE INTO PARENTHOOD BEGAN. TONIGHT SHE'S BRAVELY SPEAKING OUT BECAUSE SHE WANTS YOU TO SEE A DIFFERENT SIDE TO LIFE AS A TEEN MUM ` A SIDE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE. HERE'S JEHAN CASINADER. (GURGLES) SHE'S A VERY STRONG TEENAGER WHO'S BRINGING UP A BABY ON HER OWN. I'VE HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE, LIKE, 'OH, SHE'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TEEN MUMS.' (SNEEZES) I DON'T REALLY CARE,... (LAUGHS) TO BE HONEST. I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME. AT 15 YEARS OLD, GILLIAN FACED THE BIGGEST DECISION OF HER LIFE. (BABBLES) I USED TO THINK, 'WERE WE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE? SHOULD I HAVE TERMINATED?' BUT NOW I LOOK AT HIM, AND I'M, LIKE, 'NO, I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE.' THANK YOU. SHE HADN'T MADE THE RIGHT CHOICES IN THE PAST. SHE WAS CONSTANTLY TRUANTING. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING LOOKING FOR HER. GILLIAN WAS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL AND CAUGHT UP IN A GANG... I WAS ALL ABOUT MYSELF. I JUST WANTED TO GET PISSED. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD. ...UNTIL A PREGNANCY TEST CHANGED EVERYTHING. I RANG MY MUM AND DAD, AND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH, 'IT'S UP TO YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.' BUT I KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY THAT I WAS GONNA KEEP HIM. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK TWICE ABOUT IT. AT HER FIRST SCAN, SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. THEY PICKED UP THAT HE HAD A HEART CONDITION. THEY SAID THAT, 'WE COULD TERMINATE YOUR PREGNANCY,' AND I WAS ABOUT 30 WEEKS PREGNANT THEN, AND I SAID, 'NO WAY.' THE DOCTORS OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE. I COULD HAVE THE BABY AND TAKE HIM HOME TO DIE. SO YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING HIM TO MAKE IT? BUT GILLIAN DECIDED TO HAVE THE BABY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT? YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP HOPING THAT IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. KAPTAIN. > KAPTAIN ` THAT'S HIS NAME ` WAS BORN IN AUCKLAND. HE WAS JUST COVERED IN TUBES EVERYWHERE. HE HAD BRUISES, COS THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET NEEDLES INTO HIM, AND THEY COULDN'T. POIGNANT MUSIC REAL SCARY. THIS PERFECT LITTLE BABY WAS MISSING ONE VITAL PIECE OF HIS HEART. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE PULMONARY ARTERY THAT EVERYBODY HAS THAT PUMPS THE OXYGEN TO YOUR LUNGS. WITHOUT IT, HE COULDN'T BREATHE. I JUST CRIED, CRIED, CRIED. I COULDN'T EVEN EAT, COULDN'T SLEEP. EVERYBODY JUST KEPT COMING UP TO ME, LIKE, 'I'M SO SORRY. I'M SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR BABY.' I WAS, LIKE, 'YEAH, OK, I'VE HEARD THAT NOW. 'I'M OVER IT. I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT AGAIN.' GILLIAN WASN'T WILLING TO ACCEPT IT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD. POIGNANT MUSIC I USED TO TALK TO HIM AND TELL HIM IT WAS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT AND IF HE WANTS TO GO THAT HE CAN. BUT HE DIDN'T? > NAH, HE DIDN'T. (SNIFFS) KAPTAIN FOUGHT BACK. (GURGLES) FOR A YEAR, HE HAS CHEATED DEATH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S AMAZING. HE'S PRETTY CLEVER, ACTUALLY. HE'S VERY BRAINY. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH RIDE. HE'S ON MORPHINE AND IS STILL FED THROUGH A TUBE. EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN SO SICK, HE IS SUCH A HAPPY BABY. I THINK HE'S A LITTLE SOLDIER. (CRIES) GOOD BOY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. GILLIAN IS PRETTY TOUGH TOO. SHE'S BATTED AWAY THE TEEN MUM STEREOTYPE. I DO THINK THAT WE'RE FROWNED UPON QUITE A BIT. (CRIES) WE GO TO TOWN, AND PEOPLE WALK PAST, AND THEY'RE, LIKE, 'LOOK, THAT BABY'S GOT THAT THING IN ITS NOSE.' MAMA. IT'S, LIKE, HE'S A BABY. HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT HIS FAULT HE WAS BORN LIKE THAT. I JUST WANTED HIM TO BE TREATED NORMALLY. KAPTAIN'S PROGRESS HAS SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT NO ONE IS MORE ASTONISHED THAN HIS DOCTORS AND NURSES. HE'S DEFIED ALL ODDS, AND WE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE SIX MONTHS, LET ALONE A YEAR. WE'VE BEEN REALLY BLOWN AWAY. I'M AMAZED, AND I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE FAMILY AND THE WHOLE WHANAU. THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. GILLIAN STOPPED PLANNING KAPTAIN'S FUNERAL AND PLANNED HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY INSTEAD. WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF IT WASN'T FOR KAPTAIN? I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'D BE NOW. PROBABLY IN JUVIE OR SOMETHING. (LAUGHS) (SQUEALS) GILLIAN'S MUM CAN'T BELIEVE THE TRANSFORMATION. I THINK SHE'S DONE SO WELL, AND SHE IS SO STRONG. SHE'S JUST BASICALLY HAD TO KEEP DOING IT. GILLIAN'S GETTING BACK TO HER STUDIES AT A TEEN PARENT UNIT. I JUST GET UP EVERY DAY AND JUST ACT NORMAL. I STILL CRY ALL THE TIME, HAVE MY MOMENTS. HER ADVICE TO OTHER YOUNG MUMS? DON'T GET YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO. HAVING A BABY ISN'T A WALK IN THE PARK. NO ONE KNOWS HOW LONG THIS BABY WILL LIVE,... AW. ...BUT GILLIAN SAYS HER STORY AND HIS IS ONE OF FAITH. DON'T LOSE HOPE. MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERY DAY. I HAVE ONE MYSELF. POIGNANT MUSIC YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT KAPTAIN'S DAD. HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF THIS STORY, BUT HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE INVOLVED WITH KAPTAIN'S UPBRINGING. Every year, TVNZ does a dinner for Ronald McDonald house. Lastly I met a 17-year-old couple. I don't know what I was doing when I was 17. We had the lawyer from Nelson last year. He offered a couple of international airfares for people from Brazil. We thought we would put together a package. People have gone nuts. This person is lying low. . We have spoken to them, and they are considering taking up some of these offers. Look at this list. We have to read it. They selling package in the male violence. Five-star accommodation. They'llhave the time of their life. You know when you come to the country... First experience with a kiwi is very special. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IT DOWN THERE. THE PEOPLE ARE SO WONDERFUL. THEY LAUGH AT EVERYTHING. OK, SO IF YOU LOVE US SO MUCH, WHY ARE YOU CALLING TIME ON NZ, KENNY? IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, BELIEVE ME. JUST A LONG WAY DOWN THERE. YES. YES, I THINK YOU CAN. YES, YOU CAN. YES. HMM, THEY ALL SEEM PRETTY CERTAIN ABOUT THIS WEEK'S TOPIC, BUT DO THEY NEED TO SHARPEN UP? . A clarification. . Do you have the reindeer in your house? We had Christmas shopping today. You have your reindeer? Fairylight is not up yet. I'm getting the first in December everyone is spending money. . I did buy chocolate santas. Clarification this may come as a surprise. 18 hits for Mariah carry. KeNny does not have nearly as many. NOW, I'M HAPPY TO ADMIT THAT I CAN GET A LITTLE HOT UNDER THE COLLAR WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN INTERVIEWEES. SO FAR IN MY CAREER, THERE'S BEEN RONAN KEATING, JOHN LEGEND, AND, MOST RECENTLY, RICKY MARTIN. What about John legend? OF COURSE, MIKE LOVES TO BERATE ME CONSTANTLY ABOUT THIS. BUT I'VE FOUND HIS CELEBRITY CRUSH ` KENNY ROGERS. IT'S NO SURPRISE, REALLY, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THEY DO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON ` SAME GENERATION OF MUSIC, SAME GOLDEN GLOW, TO NAME JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. YES, BUT SADLY, AT 76, KENNY HAS DECIDED HE NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND HAS JUST ANNOUNCED HIS TOUR HERE NEXT YEAR WILL BE HIS LAST ONE IN NZ. HE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO SEVEN SHARP ABOUT THE PERSONAL REASONS BEHIND HIS DECISION. SO, KENNY, YOU ARE COMING OUR WAY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING DOWN THERE IN YOUR SUMMERTIME, WHEN IT'S REALLY COLD HERE. TELL YOU WHAT ` I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SCREEN OR NOT ` DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU NEED A TAN. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING FOR. YOU KNOW, I'M COMING DOWN THERE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, AND ONE OF THE FIRST TOURS I DID WITH THE FIRST EDITION WAS IN NZ IN 1973, CALLED 'ROLLING THROUGH NZ', WHERE WE HAD A VAN, AND WE DROVE FROM THE SOUTH PART ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH. SO YOU WOULD HAVE SOME FOND MEMORIES OF US? I JUST LOVED IT. I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WITH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. SO WHAT ARE THE RUMOURS I'M HEARING? THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR LAST TOUR? IS THIS TRUE? YEP. AT LEAST IN AUSTRALIA AND IN NZ. YOU KNOW, I HAVE IDENTICAL TWIN BOYS WHO ARE 10 YEARS OLD. AND THAT'S ABOUT A MONTH OR FIVE WEEKS AWAY FROM THEM, AND I DID THAT TO SOME OF MY YOUNGER KIDS, AND I JUST DON'T WANNA DO THAT TO THESE BOYS. WILL YOU BE BRINGING THE TWINS? NO. THAT'S` THANK YOU, ANYWAY. AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO, I THINK THEY'RE A YEAR OR TWO AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO APPRECIATE GEOGRAPHY. THEY WOULD GET DOWN THERE AND GET ON THEIR IPADS, AND I'D NEVER SEE 'EM ANYWAY. # YOU GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM, # KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM, # KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY, # KNOW WHEN TO RUN. WERE YOU EVER ACTUALLY A GAMBLER? I LEARNT VERY EARLY ON I CAN'T WIN ENOUGH TO EXCITE ME, BUT I CAN LOSE ENOUGH TO DEPRESS ME. # ...WHEN THE DEALIN'S DONE. # WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ALL ` I MEAN, THE 160-ODD MILLION ALBUMS, THE WHOLE STORY, I MEAN, THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS ` DOES IT SURPRISE YOU? YEAH. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS FOR ME. I MEAN, I CAME FROM, IN THE STATES, WHAT THEY CALL 'THE PROJECTS'. MY FAMILY HAD NOTHING WHEN I WAS YOUNG. AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I COULD SING. I WENT TO SEE RAY CHARLES WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, AND I REMEMBER THINKING HOW COOL IT WAS THAT EVERYBODY LAUGHED AT EVERYTHING HE SAID AND CLAPPED FOR EVERYTHING HE'S SAYING. AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT.' # COULD IT BE I NEED YOU HERE BY MY SIDE? # AND NOW IT IS COMING TO AN END, EH? 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. IT'S JUST A LONG WAY DOWN THERE. ANY MUST-SEES IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD? ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO? I THINK I WANNA GO BACK TO ROTORUA. ISN'T THAT WHERE THE HOT BATHS ARE? YES, IT IS. IT'S ` WHAT DO THEY SAY ` THE HOME OF THE INVITING WATERS AND THE OFFENSIVE ODOURS. (LAUGHS) YEAH, IT WAS` IT WAS FUN WHEN WE WERE DOWN THERE, BUT I THINK IT TOOK ME TWO WEEKS TO GET OVER THAT 30-MINUTE BATH. WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME PRETTY SAD PEOPLE HEARING THE NEWS ABOUT THIS TONIGHT. OH, DON'T DO THAT. DON'T DO THAT. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, AND I JUST` I'M JUST KINDA READY TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IT DOWN THERE. THE PEOPLE ARE SO WONDERFUL. THEY LAUGH AT EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PERFORMING. I LOVE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. # ...LUCILLE. # He is in Canada. I read some reviews. People rave. They cannot get enough. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE KENNY ONE LAST TIME IN NZ, HE'LL BE PERFORMING IN CHRISTCHURCH AND HAMILTON NEXT FEBRUARY. You went? He was great? I saw him and Ray Charles at the mission. Now it has been cancelled. Should be Mariah Carey. My friend went to Mariah. She loved it. We have a great opportunity for men or women who may be thinking of proposing to their loved one. How would you like to do it on telly? You have to do it next Tuesday. . We can add to the occasion. We can't do it tonight, but he will wet your pants. I wouldn't do it, but with this added ingredient, you'll love it. Look at Facebook. . All the details are on there. Tell us why you want to. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` HE'S FIGHTING FIT. HEY, MARK. I'M JUST ABOUT TO HIT THE BAG MYSELF. HOW'S TRAINING GOING? NO, NOT HIM. THIS GUY, WHO'S GOING FOR A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME STRATEGY FOR EVERYBODY ` JUST GONNA GO AND KNOCK HIM OUT. RIGHT, SO THAT'S THAT, THEN. PLUS ` (PLAYS JAUNTY TUNE) THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE A SOLOIST. (LAUGHS) GIVING THOSE WHO LIVE IN A WORLD OF SOUND AN UNSEEN TREAT. ORCHESTRA PLAYS TCHIKOVSKY'S 'WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS' How do you stay in the home you've worked a lifetime for? A Heartland home equity loan lets you borrow against your home without having to worry about making regular repayments so you can release cash for that overdue home renovation, upgrading your car or that bucket list trip of a lifetime. So to enjoy your retirement with independence and dignity, choose a Heartland home equity loan. For more information, visit our website, heartland.co.nz. Heartland ` NZ's specialist bank. Did you see the news? I love it in Christchurch. You had to go. AT show day, the combine harvesters. NOW, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT A KIWI FIGHTER WHO'S GOT HIS EYES SET ON A HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND. HIS NAME IS MARK HUNT. HE'S IN THE UFC, OR ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP. FROM MEXICO, HE TOLD MIKE THORPE ABOUT HOW HUNGRY HE IS, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. MARK HUNT HAS LOST NEARLY 17 KILOS IN THREE WEEKS. HE'S HUNGRY, AND HE'S ANGRY. HE'S HANGRY. HEY, MARK, I'M JUST HITTING THE BAG NOW MYSELF. HOW'S TRAINING GOING? TRAINING'S GOING FINE. SO YOU NEED TO LOSE ANOTHER 5 KILOS BEFORE WEIGH IN. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? I HAVEN'T HAD CARBS FOR THREE WEEKS. YOU KNOW, TRAIN HARD, AND... THAT'S ABOUT IT. YOU ONLY GOT THE CALL UP FOR THE FIGHT THREE WEEKS AGO. WILL YOU BE READY? WELL, I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I CAN DO, YOU KNOW. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? YOUR BRAZILIAN OPPONENT, FABRICIO WERDUM, WAS EXPECTING TO FIGHT AMERICAN CAIN VELASQUEZ, BUT HE GOT INJURED. NOW HE'S FIGHTING YOU, THE KIWI-BORN SUPER SAMOAN. DOES THAT WORK IN YOUR FAVOUR? I DON'T KNOW, MATE - HONESTLY, UH... I MEAN, WHATEVER. WOULD HAVING A KIWI WORLD CHAMPION OPEN UP THE UFC TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD? ALL I'M DOING HERE IS TAKING MY OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO ME. SO FIGHTING A SOUTH AMERICAN IN MEXICO ` YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH SUPPORT. I DON'T REALLY CARE. SO YOU'RE JUST THERE FIGHTING FOR YOURSELF? I'M HERE FIGHTING FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I'M HERE` I'M ACTUALLY JUST HUNGRY. THAT'S WHAT I AM. I'M HUNGRY, ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS, SO... (LAUGHS) LOOK OUT, FABRICIO WERDUM. YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE HUNTED. I'm not sure about that sport. You're angry because you're hungry. WE'RE ABOUT TO TELL YOU WHERE TO GO. NO, NOT IN A RUDE WAY. WHERE ARE YOU ALLOWED TO BE EVEN IF SOMEONE SAYS YOU'RE NOT? YEP, IT'S TIME TO SHARPEN UP. QUIET HOUSE MUSIC YES. YES, I THINK YOU CAN. YES, YOU CAN. YES. I'VE GOT NO IDEA. IT SAYS, 'TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED,' SO, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA BE PROSECUTED. BOTH: NO! I DON'T THINK SO. YES, I WOULD ASSUME SO. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. I THINK YOU'VE STILL GOTTA BE WARNED PHYSICALLY TO BE TOLD UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN SERVED WITH PAPERS. HE'S RIGHT. BUT HOW DID HE KNOW? I USED TO BE IN THE POLICE FORCE. (LAUGHS) I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED. THEN I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A MISLEADING SIGN. THAT'S INTERESTING. (LAUGHS) THEN THE LAW IS AN ASS, I THINK. (LAUGHS) THAT'S GOOD NEWS. WHY DOES IT SAY YOU CAN? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YOU KNOW WHERE WE COME? WE COME FROM SWEDEN, AND THERE` YOU CAN GO EVERYWHERE. ...YOU CAN GO EVERYWHERE. There is Sweden for you. Everywhere in Sweden, it is the place to be. This people, longest marriages, best houses. LAST NIGHT, THE 75-PIECE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA PERFORMED TCHAIKOVSKY'S NUTCRACKER SUITE. NOTHING NEW IN THAT. BUT IT WAS THE PEOPLE LISTENING THAT MADE THIS EVENT SO SPECIAL. 50 BLIND AND VISION-IMPAIRED WERE INVITED TO GET UP CLOSE WITH THE ORCHESTRA AT A SPECIAL REHEARSAL. CLASSICAL MUSIC JAUNTY CLASSICAL MUSIC ORCHESTRA PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY JAUNTY CLASSICAL MUSIC (DINGS TRIANGLE) (LAUGHS) GOOD, ISN'T IT? JUST BEAUTIFUL, AND THE FACES SAID IT ALL. You can see the full version on Facebook. . It's not a gambler. People want to kick me out here. MIGHT I TIP MY HAT TONIGHT TO MT BIGGS SCHOOL? MT BIGGS IS A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MANAWATU, AND FROM WHAT I'VE READ TODAY, SOUNDS A SCHOOL WITH ETHICS AND OUTLOOKS THAT SHOULD BE ASPIRED TO. PARENTS ARE TOLD ON ENROLMENT THAT A BIT OF ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLAY IS PART OF THE SCHOOL'S CHARACTER. THEY WANT 'KIDS TO BE KIDS, THEY WANT PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES PUSHED, THEY WANT LIFE LESSONS LEARNED. THEY PLAY BULLRUSH, THEY BUILD HUTS, THEY PLAY 'CRACK THE EGG' ON CROWDED TRAMPOLINES. ISN'T THIS BRILLIANTLY REFRESHING? THIS, OF COURSE, WILL BE A MASSIVE AFFRONT TO ALL THE POINTY HEADS AND HAND-WRINGERS WHO LIVE AND LONG FOR HOMOGENISATION AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, WHERE A SCRAPED KNEE OR BRUISED ANKLE IS A SIGN THAT SOMETHING CAN'T BE RIGHT. ALL POWER TO YOU, MT BIGGS. GOOD TO KNOW NORMALITY STILL REIGNS IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY TOM WILSON AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014