AT SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT ` I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD'VE BEEN ON TEMPORARY RELEASE. OOH, IT'S BEEN A DAY FOR APOLOGIES. I HAVE FOUND SIGNIFICANT FAILURES BY THE SIS. PLUS ` WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE DOING THIS? I JUST DON'T THINK THEY KNOW. WELL, THEY'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT. IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO SAVE FOR A HOUSE? WE'VE CALCULATED THAT IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF 50 GRAND. AND HE SPENDS HIS DAYS SERVING UP... SNAILS, FRENCH SNAILS, MADE WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL HERB AND GARLIC BRANDY-STYLE BUTTER. BUT ALL THIS KIWI BOY WANTS IS... PORK BONES AND PUHA. (LAUGHS) AND I LOVE IT. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY SARAH MAIAVA 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. Prepare yourself for Cruise backlash after last nights show. So many people have told me how wrong you are about cruising. Including Simon Dallow who says the best thing about cruising as you don't have to one pack. Simon is in a different stage of life. He's the same age as you. I want to show you Street's mantle. These are the decorations slowly going up. The triangle is the advent calendar. That looks pathetic. I hope there's more to come. I don't want to go the whole hog. WELL, THERE WAS PLENTY OF BIG NEWS AROUND TODAY, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND, BUT HERE'S WHAT ELSE IS SPARKING INTEREST ` SHOULD NEW MIGRANTS BE FORCED TO MOVE TO THE REGIONS INSTEAD OF THE BIG CITIES? THAT'S ONE IDEA FOR A PLAN TO DEAL WITH OUR CHANGING POPULATION. MUSIC ARTISTS WHO CLAIM FREE STREAMING SERVICES ARE KILLING THEIR SALES COULD BE WRONG. NEW RESEARCH SAYS YOUNG ADULTS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BUY MUSIC THEY DISCOVER ON FREE SERVICES. AND IF A PARKING SPACE LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS, AS THE OWNER OF THIS SMALL CAR FOUND OUT. THE ULTIMATE IRONY? HE'S THE GUY FILMING IT. WELL, HASN'T IT BEEN A DAY FOR BIG REPORTS COMING OUT? WE'VE HAD THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SIS AND THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. IN RELATED MATTERS, WE'VE ALSO HAD THE REPORT INTO JUDITH COLLINS AND HER LINKS TO THE SFO AND FORMER HEAD ADAM FEELEY. WE'LL TALK TO JOHN KEY ABOUT THOSE SHORTLY. BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER BIG REPORT TODAY, ONE SAYING THE RELEASE OF PHILLIP JOHN SMITH WAS TOTALLY BOTCHED. THE FACT THAT HE CAN JUST WALK FREE IS UNBELIEVABLE. THEY'RE VERY LUCKY THAT THEY'RE NOT FINDING ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER DEAD TODAY. TWO WORDS THAT CORRECTIONS USED TO DESCRIBE PHILLIP SMITH'S TEMPORARY RELEASE FROM PRISON. THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. THE SYSTEM HASN'T PROTECTED US FROM DAY ONE. TWO MORE WORDS ` SMITH SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED OUT. YES, HE'D RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR HIS SEXUAL OFFENDING, BUT THE OTHER VIOLENT OFFENCES HADN'T BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD'VE BEEN ON TEMPORARY RELEASE. AND WHILE HINDSIGHT WON'T HEAL,... YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER ALL THE TIME AND NOT KNOW WHETHER SOMEONE'S GOING TO ATTACK YOU? OR WHAT THEY EVEN LOOK LIKE? ...IT MIGHT JUST MAKE US ALL SAFER IN THE LONG RUN. THE FACE OF THE FAMILY OF SMITH'S VICTIMS HAS BEEN LYNDA. I SPOKE TO HER EARLIER. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THIS APOLOGY FROM CORRECTIONS TODAY? WELL, ACTUALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN A LOT. 'SORRY' DOESN'T REALLY CUT IT ANY MORE. WHAT ABOUT THIS OFFER TO MEET WITH CORRECTIONS? WILL YOU TAKE THEM UP ON THAT? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM, FACE TO FACE. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM TOO THAT I WANT ANSWERED. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO YOUR RELATIVE, WHO WAS SMITH'S VICTIM? I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER ONE IS NOT COPING VERY WELL AT ALL. WHY'S THAT? WHAT DOES THAT COME DOWN TO? ONE OF THEM SLIPPED BACK TO 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO. ALL HIS FEARS ARE RIGHT BACK, RIGHT IN HIS FOREFRONT. HE'S HAVING TROUBLE COPING WITH LIFE ITSELF, AND THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THIS ONE PERSON. DOES TODAY'S ADMISSION OF MISTAKES MAKE THIS WHOLE DABAUCLE ANY EASIER TO SWALLOW FOR YOU? NO, IT DOESN'T. There was more than one watch up for want of a better word. They are either totally ignorant or just haven't done the job at all. 13 recommendations. It is an awful lot. Will it make any difference to making viewers a family feel safe? Not really. We need to know he will be unable to get anywhere near us. Are you confident they will be followed through? Not confident at all. They need to be implemented immediately. Is your family still fearful of Philip Smith's return? Yes they are. We didn't want him back in the country. The current system needs an overhaul. The current system needs to get into the 20th century. It has to start dealing with some of these people like the 20th century. Do you feel like today's recommendations address the issue of personal responsibility? It doesn't. We need accountability and answers and we need some peace. SO WE'VE HAD A SORRY FROM CORRECTIONS ABOUT THE PHILIP SMITH SAGA, AND PHIL GOFF HAS GOT AN APOLOGY OVER HIS DEALINGS WITH THE SIS, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER IS ARGUING HE'S DONE NOTHING WRONG, HIS OFFICE HAS BEEN CLEARED AND APOLOGIES AREN'T NEEDED. JOHN KEY IS WITH US. Good evening. Why no apology? Days an apology to Mr Goff. The information that the beam director gave to both of us was inaccurate or misleading. In terms of the major claims that Phil Goff made that I directed the SIS and I was responsible for the OIA, all of that has been completely cleared. I was exonerated. You were in charge. Does the buck stop at the top? It can do. In this particular instance, what the report actually says is that was the SIS that followed its own procedures. The government didn't pressure them. You weren't in cahoots with them. But you were the boss of the SIS. Your department cropped up badly. Surely a simple apology is warranted. Phil Goff has got an apology. From you. The apology has come from the director of the SIS and I think that's important. It would be a gave the apology when I'm the person receiving the apology. A person in my office had a discussion with a blogger. The contents of that is contested. At exactly the same time, a huge number of media outlets asked for that. The report says that the SIs handled that fully themselves the SIs made a mistake in treating other media outlets differently. You are overseeing all of this. They didn't do the job properly. You're the boss. They certainly lessons to be learned. We accept and acknowledge that. We've made very substantial changes to that organisation. Rebecca Kitteridge is the new director of hunters doing a very good job of implementing the changes. The oversight was so dramatically increased. Would Tucker have lost his job if he was still there? That would have been very challenging for him. Warren had been the head of GCSB and SIS over successive governments. Unfortunately he got this one wrong and thoughtful Goff had read the papers. What do you make of Jason Ede? It's a legitimate thing for starters and Mps to talk to media. Of which Cameron Slater is one of those. The great irony of all of this is Phil Goff is left saying that someone in my office spoke to the media. And that is what they are guilty of. With a view to besmirching the opposition, you would argue that's politics. Yesterday, when he had an embargoed report that the law prevented him from doing it, he's now come out. In a report claiming that we're doing something wrong by having a discussion with the media, he's had a discussion with the media. Why did you release all three today? Isn't that dirty politics itself? Spread them around so we don't get the focus on fine detail. In the case of the SIS report, it's independently done. She made the timing of that. The report about Judith we got yesterday and we were meant to get on Friday. We had no influence on that. The timing of the corrections release was always due for today. These things coincided in one place. You can argue it's convenient, but it's three things we had to defend Monday. Why doesn't Judith get her job back when she's been cleared? If you really think I'd estate one extra person to Cabinet in the media won't criticise that, Fair's fair. She didn't do anything wrong. The reporters cleared here in Judith has made a huge contribution to New Zealand. There is a potentially way back to her. I wonder of the general public agrees that Mps feeding smear information to media is okay. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` SO HOW MUCH IS THIS PLACE SETTING YOU BACK? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NOTHING? NOTHING. NO, THEY HAVEN'T WON LOTTO, BUT HAVE THEY FOUND THE BEST WAY TO SAVE FOR A HOUSE? WE'VE CALCULATED THAT IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF 50 GRAND OVER A YEAR. AND IF YOU'RE WITH THE CRUISE GRINCH MIKE AND THINK FOOD ON BOARD'S ALL ABOUT BUFFET, THINK AGAIN. 60,000-70,000 PLATED MEALS A DAY. ALL FROM A KITCHEN WITH A KIWI AT THE HELM. TIMARU, BORN AND BRED. PROUD OF IT. ONE OF THE GREAT TOPICS OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN THE PLIGHT OF THE FIRST-HOMEBUYER AND HOW HARD IT IS TO GET TOGETHER THE DEPOSIT FOR A HOUSE, ESPECIALLY IN MARKETS WHERE THE HOUSE VALUES HAVE ROCKETED. BUT WE'VE FOUND SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING RENT- AND BILL-FREE, SAVING THOUSANDS A MONTH, AND RECKON OTHERS CAN DO IT TOO. HERE'S MATT CHISHOLM WITH THE PROFESSIONAL HOUSE-SITTERS. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF WESTMERE. CHASING THE PAVLOVA PARADISE DREAM. TWO BEDROOMS, IT'S GOT AN OFFICE TO IT, NICE OPEN AREA AND A NICE BACKYARD. JESSICA AND EDDIE KARAURIA ARE LOOKING PROMISING. SO HOW MUCH IS THIS PLACE SETTING YOU BACK? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NOTHING?! NOTHING. SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? WELL, IT'S NOT. ARE YOU KIPPING UP IN THE MASTER BEDROOM? UH, YEAH, NO, WELL, NOT THE MASTER. WE'VE GOT THE NEXT ONE DOWN, BUT STILL CAN'T COMPLAIN, CONSIDERING. THE AUCKLAND NEWLYWEDS HAVE BEEN HOUSE-SITTING FOR MONTHS, LIVING RENT- AND BILL-FREE,... AND SOME PLACES HAVE SKY, SO WE GET THAT. (LAUGHS) ...WHILE SAVING MASSIVE MONEY FOR A DEPOSIT OF THEIR OWN. WE'VE CALCULATED THAT IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF 50 GRAND OVER A YEAR. WHOA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MATHEMATICIAN TO FIGURE OUT THAT'S 100 K IN JUST TWO YEARS. WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE DOING THIS? > I JUST DON'T THINK THEY KNOW. # I NEED A DOLLAR, DOLLAR, DOLLAR IS WHAT I NEED. # I CAN THINK OF TWO HOUSES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT HAVE SAID THEY'VE SAVED THEIR DEPOSIT THROUGH HOUSE-SITTING. HOUSE-SITTING WORKS LIKE THIS. HOMEOWNERS ROPE IN SITTERS TO LOOK AFTER THEIR HOMES AND USUALLY THEIR PETS WHEN THEY'RE AWAY. THEIR PET'S NOT GOING TO A KENNEL OR A CATTERY. PROVIDING SITTERS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO BETWEEN SITS,... WE LIVE WITH MY MUM AND DAD IN THE INTERIM. WHO I LOVE, BY THE WAY. THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE. ...IN BIG CITIES ESPECIALLY, WITH AN AVERAGE STAY OF ABOUT FIVE WEEKS, THEY CAN BOUNCE FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. 52 WEEKS IN A YEAR. > HOW MANY WEEKS DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE HOUSE-SITTING? > UH, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE UP AROUND THE 45-ISH. IS THE CONSTANT MOVING PAINFUL? FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, PROBABLY MORE SO THAN FOR EDDIE. UM, BUT` IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SIX SUITCASES > AND EDDIE'S GOT HALF A ONE? > I HAVE ONE AND A HALF SUITCASES. SHE'S DONE VERY VERY WELL. LET'S` YOU KNOW! (LAUGHS) REALLY, LIKE, A SACRIFICE LIKE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, I MEAN, SUCK IT UP, PRINCESS. JASON AND STEPHANIE STRONG SUCKED IT UP, IF YOU LIKE, FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, SITTING MORE THAN 100 HOMES. WE JUST TOOK ALL THE SHORT, CRAPPY JOBS ` FIVE DAYS, THREE DAYS. SOMETIMES SHE'D FINISH A HOUSE-SIT AND I WOULD BE THREE DAYS INTO THE NEW HOUSE-SIT. BUT THE STRONG BY NAME, STRONG BY NATURE COUPLE DIDN'T BUY A HOUSE WITH THEIR SAVINGS; THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE-SITTING COMPANY. HELLO, LYNN, STEPHANIE FROM THE HOUSE-SITTING COMPANY. HI. NOW THEY MATCH HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR PETS WITH HOUSE-SITTERS FOR ABOUT $20 A DAY TO THE HOMEOWNER. WE ANNUALLY POLICE CHECK OUR SITTERS. WE PROVIDE INSURANCE FOR OUR SITTERS, SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE PROTECTED AS WELL AS THE HOMEOWNER, GIVING THEM PEACE OF MIND. MAYBE I'M A BIT SCOTTISH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANT SOMEONE LIVING IN MY HOUSE FOR NOTHING. IT'S COMPARING KENNELS AND CATTERIES, SO IF YOU WORK THAT OUT, YOU'RE BETTER OFF AS A HOMEOWNER HAVING A HOUSE-SITTER THAN SPENDING $24 A DAY PER DOG. AND IF YOU'VE GOT THREE DOGS, HOUSE-SITTING IS REALLY GOOD. (LAUGHS) # I CAN FEEL IT COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT. # AND FOR THE SITTERS IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SAVING MONEY. HAVE YOU BEEN USING THE SWING? NO, I HAVEN'T USED THE SWING YET. NO, I JUST FEEL I'M EITHER A BIT OLD FOR IT OR A BIT TOO HEAVY. POMS BRIAN AND JOYCE PICKERING ARE IN THEIR FOURTH PAD IN AS MANY MONTHS. THE HOUSE-SITTING MAINLY IS AN ADVENTURE. WE'VE RETIRED NOW. WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BOTH COUPLES, YOUNG AND OLD, ARE FULLY BOOKED WELL INTO THE NEW YEAR. SOME IN WELLINGTON, COATESVILLE, WARKWORTH. YOU SEE, DESPITE THE SAVINGS AND ADVENTURE, THEY'RE STILL SCREAMING OUT FOR HOUSE-SITTERS. SOUNDS LIKE A PARTICULARLY GOOD GIG. DO YOU THINK I'D BE TRUSTED IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE, WITH THEIR PETS? WELL... (LAUGHS) WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, PROBABLY NOT. ALL LAUGH And you would do it? I love it, but you'd have to have a good beating process. Don't want any random is in the in the King your Christmas ornaments. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` (CHUCKLES) IT'S GLAMOROUS, BUT HARD WORK. AND IT'S HARD WORK WHICH GOT HIM HERE FROM A DECIDEDLY UNGLAMOROUS START. AND I'VE COME FROM A SOLO PARENT HOUSE, LIVING IN A STATE HOUSE. SO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT CRUISE SHIPS, BECAUSE LAST NIGHT, THIS MAN SITTING NEXT TO ME SUGGESTED HE'D RATHER SHOOT HIMSELF THAN GO ON ONE AND SUGGESTED, WITHOUT HAVING ACTUALLY BEEN ON BOARD HIMSELF, THAT THE FOOD IS ALL AWFUL. I STAND BY THE SHOOTING COMMENT, BUT, APPARENTLY, I STAND CORRECTED ON THE FOOD FRONT. MICHAEL HOLLAND MET A KIWI CHEF DISHING UP THE VERY BEST OF THE BEST TO HIS FLOATING CONSUMERS. UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC 60,000 TO 70,000 PLATED MEALS A DAY. I HAVE 300 STAFF HERE. HE'S DONE GOOD, THIS PRODUCT OF HUMBLE SOUTH CANTERBURY STOCK ` TIMARU, BORN AND BRED. PROUD OF IT. FROM A SOLO PARENT HOUSE. FROM HIGH SCHOOL LOW ACHIEVER... FAILED SCHOOL CERT. ...TO EXECUTIVE CHEF ON THE GRANDEST OF CRUISE LINERS. HAVE WE DECIDED IF IT'S GLAMOROUS OR NOT? YEAH, IT'S GLAMOROUS. (CHUCKLES) IT'S GLAMOROUS BUT HARD WORK. A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT TRUTH BE KNOWN, I THRIVE ON THAT. WHICH SEES DAVE REIHANA, AFTER JUST 10 YEARS IN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY, IN CHARGE OF RESTAURANT AND MENU DEVELOPMENT FOR ROYAL CARIBBEAN'S NEW SHIPS AS THEY COME ON STREAM. WONDERLAND? YEAH, COME AND HAVE A LOOK. IT'S BASED A LITTLE ON ALICE IN WONDERLAND, YEAH, SO, LIKE, EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THIS IS THE MENU, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE MENU, SO PROBABLY EVERYBODY'S GONNA GO HUNGRY TONIGHT. BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE TRICK. SO, WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THIS IN HERE, AND WE START TO WET IT. AND SUDDENLY THE MENU HAS COME TO LIFE? AND THERE IT IS. THERE'S YOUR MENU. HOW MANY RESTAURANTS? WE HAVE 18. AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM ALL? FOR THE ENTIRE SHIP, YES. TOWARDS THE AFT OF THE SHIP,... BUSY PEOPLE FOCUSING ON PUTTING OUT GOOD FOOD, GOOD QUALITY FOOD. ...A CLUSTER OF DIFFERENT THEMED ESTABLISHMENTS DESIGNED, OUR CHEF SAYS, TO BREAK DOWN THE PRECONCEPTIONS OF, AMONG OTHERS, ONE M HOSKING THAT CRUISE DINING MEANS CAVERNOUS FOR THE RAVENOUS BUFFET HALLS. SO, IT'S ALL ABOUT FORMAL ATTIRE? IT'S FORMAL ATTIRE, AND YOU LOOK PRETTY SCRUFFY TO ME, SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOU OUT OF HERE. WE'RE GONE? BOTH LAUGH ESCARGOT. THIS IS A VERY CLASSIC DISH, VERY POPULAR, OBVIOUSLY. THIS IS MADE WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL HERB AND GARLIC BRANDY-STYLE BUTTER, SO WHEN WE BRUSH THE BUTTER AND BAKE IT, IT FLAMES UP. WE'LL MAKE 80,000 BREAD ROLLS IN A DAY. HOW MANY? 80,000. I STARTED OFF AS A KITCHEN HAND. THE MINUTE THAT I WAS IN A KITCHEN WASHING POTS IN A BIG HOTEL, I REALISED I WANTED TO BE A CHEF, AND I'VE NEVER LOOKED BACK. ARE THEY HAPPY TO SEE YOU? OH, WELL, I HOPE SO. BOTH LAUGH SO, WHAT SHOULD TEENAGERS OR SCHOOL LEAVERS WHO WONDER ABOUT THEIR CAREER OPTIONS TAKE FROM YOUR STORY? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU CAME FROM, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, BE CONFIDENT. AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES, COS THEY THINK, 'I CAN'T DO THAT JOB. IT'S TOO BIG FOR ME.' AND IT'S NOT. YOU COULD BE A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER FOR TEENAGERS. YOU THINK SO? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. (LAUGHS) ONE THING HE DOES KNOW, THOUGH ` REGARDLESS OF THE EXOTIC PORTS ON HIS WORK ITINERARY, HE'LL NEVER TURN HIS BACK ON THE FLAVOURS OF HIS CHILDHOOD. WHENEVER I GO HOME, MY DAD PUTS ON A NICE BIG POT FOR ME OF PORK BONES AND PUHA,... (LAUGHS) ...AND I LOVE IT. (LAUGHS) 'THE SON IS COMING HOME. LET'S HAVE A GOOD MEAL TOGETHER.' (LAUGHS) AND THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS? AND THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS. BOTH LAUGH It's a advisers? Awesome advice. You're thinking about old school cruising. Cruising is totally back in vogue. 50th next year, book your ticket. Book a cruise with my missus. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DECISION BY THE WAREHOUSE TODAY REMOVING ITS R-18 GAMES AND DVDS FROM ITS SHELVES? REACTION HAS BEEN MIXED. I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASY FOR THEM TO HAVE STUCK WITH THE STATUS QUO, NOT ROCKED THE BOAT, AND CONTINUED TO CASH IN ON THE NEAR $700,000 NET PROFIT THEY MAKE FROM THOSE ITEMS. I CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CRITICS ARE COMING FROM. THE REASON BEING YOU CAN STILL GET THE GOODS ELSEWHERE; IT'S NOT LIKE THE STUFF'S VANISHING FROM NZ ALL TOGETHER. PERHAPS BUYING IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY LESS CONVENIENT. REGARDLESS, I RECKON WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING A COMPANY THAT'S ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A MORAL CONSCIENCE. IT'S THEIR PREROGATIVE; THEY'RE THE ONES TAKING A HIT ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE. AND LET'S BE HONEST, ACTIONS LIKE THIS AREN'T EXACTLY THE NORM THESE DAYS. WELL, ON THE SAME DAY THE HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCED PETER JACKSON WAS GETTING A STAR ON THE WALK OF FAME, WE HEAR FROM THE FILM COMMISSION HERE THAT WE ARE IN FOR, AND I QUOTE, A 'BUMPER YEAR' NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRY SWEETENERS HAVE KICKED IN, AND THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ` AVATAR, CROUCHING TIGER, THUNDERBIRDS, LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, AND MORE YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. I GOT TO BE HONEST AND SAY I'M A BIT TORN ON THE OLD SUBSIDY FRONT; ONCE YOU START SUBSIDISING STUFF, WHERE DOES IT STOP? IT'S BASICALLY A RACE TO THE BOTTOM. BUT AS DAVE GIBSON, THE COMMISSION HEAD, SAID TODAY, HE THINKS IT'S A PERFECT RESULT IN THE SHORT- TO MEDIUM-TERM, AND THAT HE'S BEEN IN THE BIZ 35 YEARS, AND WE NEED TO HOLD ONTO OUR HATS ` IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE. AND WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THAT? YOU GOTTA LOVE BEING ON A ROLL. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014