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A lot can happen in a day. Ali Mau Greg Boyed and Jesse Mulligan bring you a fresh perspective on the conversations New Zealanders are having.

Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 17 February 2015
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • A lot can happen in a day. Ali Mau Greg Boyed and Jesse Mulligan bring you a fresh perspective on the conversations New Zealanders are having.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Mike Hosking (Host)
  • Toni Street (Host)
Yes. I'M HIS MUM, HIS DAD, HIS BEST FRIEND, HIS WORST ENEMY SOMETIMES. A PARENT DOING ALL HE CAN TO KEEP HIS KID SAFE. HE DOESN'T KNOW ANY OTHER HOME BUT THIS. SO WILL THE ONE PLACE HE KNOWS BE SOLD OUT FROM UNDER HIM? PLUS ` I THOUGHT, 'SHIT, THERE'S A BLOODY ROBBERY,' SO I FLEW AT HIM. ARE FLYING OLD GUYS THE NEW SECURITY SOLUTION? NO, HE'S A PLUCKY PENSIONER. AND ` THE TARDIS I HAD WAS MADE OF FIBREGLASS, WHICH MADE IT SMELL VERY VERY STRANGE INSIDE ` NOT UNLIKE A PUBLIC LOO, REALLY. THE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT TIME TRAVEL. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ALANA CRUIKSHANK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A cooly bag would be enough for you. It's about yay big. It was Inside a dinghy. It's a thing a life you say I would do that. I could not stop a robbery. You couldn't currently. You wouldn't? We have an amazing bank robber story for you later. IT'S BEEN A PRETTY DEADLY DAY ON THE ROADS. THREE PEOPLE DIED IN A CRASH JUST SOUTH OF TOKOROA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AND TWO WOMEN, A NZER AND AN AUSTRALIAN, DIED IN AN APPARENT HEAD-ON SMASH, WHICH CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 25 NEAR THAMES ALL MORNING. SLEEPING DOESN'T MAKE YOU SLACK, APPARENTLY. NEW RESEARCH SAYS IT COULD MAKE YOU SKINNIER AND SMARTER. SO PUT DOWN YOUR DEVICES TO GET SOME GOOD SHUTEYE. AND NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE LITTLE GUY. THIS TINY DOG PROVING HE'S THE BOSS OF THIS HEFTY HORSE BY TAKING IT FOR A WALK. I don't think he had an option. You do a Western accent when you talk about animals. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT STATE HOUSING, BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, MORE GOVERNMENT OWNED PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE UP FOR SALE. SOME TENANTS WORRY THEY'LL BE FORCED TO LEAVE THE PLACE THEY CALL HOME, BUT WHAT IF LEAVING COULD EVEN BE DANGEROUS? THIS FROM JEHAN CASINADER. COREY, DO YOU WANT A DRINK OF MILO, OR WATER, OR MILK? YOU'D HAVE TO SAY IT'S AN UNLIKELY BOND. HE'S EVERYTHING TO ME. HE'S EVERYTHING TO ME, AND I KNOW I'M EVERYTHING TO HIM. DANNY AND COREY HAVE BEEN FLATMATES FOR 20 YEARS. FISH? YEAH, I CAUGHT A FISH YESTERDAY, MATE. WELL, THEY'RE MORE THAN FLATMATES, REALLY. DANNY IS COREY'S FOSTER PARENT. I'M HIS MUM, HIS DAD, HIS BEST FRIEND, HIS WORST ENEMY SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW. COREY HAD A TOUGH START IN LIFE. HE WAS BORN WITH A CHROMOSOME DISORDER WHAT'S THAT, MATE? HE STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL PROCESSING, AGGRESSION, INCONTINENCE AND SELF HARM. WHAT'S THIS BUDDY? IT'S YOUR TARO PATCH. DANNY ADOPTED COREY WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. I KNOW THAT IF I GAVE UP THIS BOY, HE'S GONNA BE PUT BACK ON A NUMBER OF MEDICATIONS. DANNY RENTED THIS PORIRUA STATE HOUSE. IT BECAME A SAFE HAVEN FOR COREY. HE DOESN'T KNOW ANY OTHER HOME BUT THIS. IT'S A BOND AND A TENANCY THAT'S LASTED TWO DECADES. WE WERE TOLD BY HOUSING NZ WHEN I FIRST GOT THIS PLACE, THAT WE WOULD BE IN IT AS LONG AS WE WANT. BUT NO LONGER IS A STATE HOUSE A HOUSE FOR LIFE. COME OVER HERE, BUDDY, COME OVER HERE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNALLED BIG CHANGES TO THE SECTOR. IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO GO? SOME STATE HOUSES COULD BE HANDED TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, OR SOLD OFF. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S DOING TO US ISN'T FAIR ON PEOPLE IN POVERTY STRICKEN AREAS LIKE PORIRUA. FOR COREY A MOVE FROM THIS PLACE WOULD BE PARTICULARLY TOUGH. IT'S GONNA BREAK HIS ROUTINE, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE CHANGE. DANNY SAYS THAT COULD SET BACK COREY'S REHAB, POSSIBLY BY YEARS. GOOD ON YOU, MATE. YOU MADE YOUR BED. WELL DONE. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF MY WORK IS GONNA GET UNTIED, UNDONE. HE SAYS A HOUSING NZ STAFF MEMBER TOLD HIM THAT THE HOUSE IS LIKELY TO BE PUT ON THE BLOCK. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO IF WE DO GET OUSTED OUT. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD OFF, SO HAVE OTHERS FAMILIES HOUSES IN THE SAME NEIGHBOURHOOD. AND WHAT DO THEY GET OUT OF IT? KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AND NOWHERE TO GO. DANNY HAS ALWAYS TREATED THIS PLACE AS HIS OWN. I HAVE INVESTED TIME AND MONEY INTO THIS PLACE, AND A LOT OF EFFORT AND HARD WORK. HE'S PLANTED A GARDEN, GROWN TREES AND DONE UP THE INTERIOR. I GOT SICK OF WAITING FOR THE REFURBISHING OF MY BATHROOM, SO I PAID IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. MEANWHILE, HE'S WAITING ON HOUSING NZ TO FIX LEAKS LIKE THIS. IM NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF I'M SPEAKING FOR THE REST OF NZ TOO. DANNY KNOWS THERE ARE STEREOTYPES OUT THERE ABOUT STATE HOUSE TENANTS. LIVE IN ONE BEFORE YOU START JUDGING, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME. HE INSISTS HE'S NOT A BLUDGER, JUST A DAD... GO, GO, COREY. ...TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY HIS SON. BEEN LOOKING AFTER HIM LONGER THAN ANYONE IN HIS LIFE. WHAT'S HAPPENING? HIS SON IS NOW 33 YEARS OLD. (LAUGHS) GOT YOU. THE QUESTION NOW ` WILL THIS REMAIN THE ONLY HOME COREY HAS EVER KNOWN? (LAUGHS) COREY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MATE? COME HERE, YOU. COME HERE, YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL IN GOD'S HANDS, MAN, ALL IN GOD'S HANDS. JEHAN'S WITH US NOW. You have made it tricky. I'm in favour of the government selling these houses. The individual circumstances. If he worried about the house or his son? He's worried about the lack of stability. In the impact. He is worried that the reforms are going to negatively impact on this community. I would talked to New Zealand. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REASSURE MR CUBIS THAT THERE ARE NO INTENTIONS TO SELL HIS HOME AND THAT AS LONG AS HE'S IN NEED OF A STATE HOUSE, ONE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR HIM. His problem is solved. The government is going to sell houses eventually. The travelling around the country during consultation. The community groups will have to prove that there will do the job well. Be not just turf people out on the street. We can send around your place. Bill English and Paula Bennett were out there talking to housing providers Housing providers are saying that they need the dough to buy them. Danny was saying the community was more concerned. People move house. It is disruptive. There are certain circumstances of the son. We use the handout statehouses for life. It was ridiculous. Someone like Danny who are doing things right should get priority. That is true. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` ONE SECOND WE WERE AWAY, THE NEXT SECOND WE WERE IN THE WATER. AND THESE TWO OWE THEIR LIVES TO A PRETTY UNUSUAL OBJECT. I WAS SWIMMING LIKE THIS, ONE HAND ON. I THOUGHT, 'SHIT, THERE'S A BLOODY ROBBERY,' SO I FLEW AT HIM. YEP, ONE THING AN ALLEGED ROBBER PROBABLY DIDN'T FACTOR IN. IS RON A HERO? NO, HE'S A PLUCKY PENSIONER. THIS IS A SURVIVAL STORY WHICH COULD SO EASILY HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT ENDING ` ONE WE SEE FAR TOO MUCH OF EVERY SUMMER. TWO GUYS, THEIR DINGHY FLIPPED BY A ROGUE WAVE, SAVED BY A VERY ORDINARY PIECE OF BOATING EQUIPMENT. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. THE DEATH TOLL FROM DROWNING CONTINUES TO RISE ` THE LATEST A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN. A PASSING BOAT SPOTTED SEVERAL PEOPLE FLOATING IN THE WATER. WITH THE NEVER-ENDING SUMMER WEATHER HAS COME A SEEMINGLY NEVER ENDING CATALOGUE OF TRAGEDY ON THE WATER. 26 OF THOSE DROWNINGS HAVE BEEN BOATED RELATED. WHICH MAKES THIS STORY OF SURVIVAL ALL THE MORE COMPELLING. ONE SECOND WE WERE AWAY; THE NEXT SECOND, WE WERE IN THE WATER. MEET LONG-TIME FISHING BUDDIES JASON YORKE AND LYNDON ENRIGHT, WHO SPENT THREE HARROWING HOURS LAST NIGHT SWIMMING FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER THEIR DINGHY WAS FLIPPED. WE WENT DOWN THE CREST OF A WAVE, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE NOSE OF THE BOAT BURIED IN AND BROACHED, SPAT ME OUT THE SIDE. IT OVERTURNED THE BOAT. IT CAME UP AGAIN FULL OF WATER. LYNDIE TRIED TO KEEP THE MOTOR GOING AS MUCH AS HE COULD. THAT SOON DIED AND LEFT US ONE OPTION, REALLY. THAT OPTION ` TO STRIKE OUT 3KM OR SO BACK TO PAPAMOA BEACH. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE FAR, BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU HEAD IS THIS FAR OUT OF THE WATER AND THE LIGHT IS LITTLE SPECKS LIKE PIN HEADS, IT'S LOOKS A BLOODY LONG WAY. WITH NO HANDHELD RADIO OR FLARES, THEIR ONLY ALLIES A LIFE JACKET EACH AND A BIG BLUE CHILLY BIN FULL OF SNAPPER. I WAS SWIMMING LIKE THIS, ONE HAND ON, STEERING IT TOWARDS THE SHORE. LYNDIE, HE'D PUSH US, AND THEN I'D KEEP SWIMMING LIKE THIS. LYNDIE WOULD PUSH US. WE DID THAT FOR THREE HOURS. RATE YOURSELF OUT OF 10 FOR YOUR SURVIVAL INSTINCT. 10. DEFINITELY 10. WE ARE ALIVE. WE ARE STANDING HERE TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW. GIVE YOURSELF A MARK OUT OF 10 FOR HOW PREPARED YOU WERE. YEAH, AN 8, PROBABLY. WE HAD ALL THE BASIC THINGS. 7 OR 8. WE HAD OUR LIFE JACKET. WE COULD HAVE DONE MORE, AND NEXT TIME WE WILL. YOU WILL HAVE THOSE FLARES ON BOARD? WE WILL HAVE THOSE FLARES ON BOARD. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE. YOU'LL HAVE A HANDHELD RADIO? ON MARINE.CO.NZ, AND THERE'S A PLUG, YOU CAN BUY A RADIO FOR 140 BUCKS AND FLARE KIT MAYBE 50 OR 60 BUCKS. YOU KNOW THE NEXT QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK IS WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE THOSE? DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN TO US, AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE THINKS. IT'S THE KIWI ATTITUDE. 'IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO US.' AND IT DOES. IT DID HAPPEN. IN ONE SECOND, WAS ALL IT TOOK, AND WE'RE IN THE WATER GOING, 'HOLY HELL, WE ARE IN THE CRAPPER HERE.' WELL, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE TALKING TO YOU. WELL, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE TALKING TO YOU. THANKS. DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. WE THINK YOU HAVE A POWERFUL MESSAGE FOR JUST THE AVERAGE JOE BLOW. HOPE SO. HOPE SO. LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING HOME AND HUGGING MY WIFE AND MY LITTLE GIRL. WHAT? AGAIN? HOW MANY HUGS CAN YOU GIVE? MATE, I WILL JUST KEEP HUGGING. JUST KEEP HUGGING. That's nice. I love the Kiwi attitude. They said they were got themselves a 10. London is a commercial fisherman. If you get into trouble, anyone can. We were wondering if they would offload the fish. THE FISH THE MEN CAUGHT DID NOT GO TO WASTE. HERE'S JASON FILLETING THE FISH AFTER WRAPPING FILMING WITH MICHAEL THIS AFTERNOON. WE HEAR BOTH JASON AND LYNDON'S FAMILIES ARE RIGHT NOW ENJOYING THEIR SPOILS FOR DINNER. You could be drowning in losing the fish. It is touching go. You come back as mortal enemies. PENSIONERS, THEY'RE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE. We're not talking about you. TAKE RON WALKER. LAST WEEK HE FOILED AN ALLEGED ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY. She said in an American accent. HOW? JUMPED THE GUY. REALLY? HERE'S TIM WILSON. TENSE MUSIC RON WALKER DID A TOUR IN 'NAM. YEAH, VIETNAM. HE'S BEEN A PRISON GUARD IN MT EDEN. LIGHT-HEARTED MUSIC RON THOUGHT HE WAS RETIRED, BUT THEN HE WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL BANK. I THOUGHT, 'SHIT, THERE'S A BLOODY ROBBERY,' AND I FLEW AT HIM. SIMPLE AS THAT. JUST LIKE THAT? > JUST LIKE THAT. EXPLOSIONS IF THIS WAS AN ACTION MOVIE, THIS IS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. LIGHT-HEARTED MUSIC BUT THIS IS THE ASB IN PAPAKURA. HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER, AND AT THE SAME TIME REALISED, 'HEY, THIS FULLA'S PRETTY HARD.' I DIDN'T FEEL IT FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 60 SECONDS. I THOUGHT I'D JUST BANGED MY SHOULDER. < AND THEN THE BLOOD WAS COMING OUT? YEAH, IT WAS GUSHING OUT OF MY BACK DOWN TO MY WAIST. RON'S WIFE KURA KNOWS WHO HE IS. IS RON A HERO? NO, HE'S A PLUCKY PENSIONER. IS RON A HERO? NO, HE'S A PLUCKY PENSIONER. THE THUG EXITED THE ASB, THE LAW ARRIVED, AND RON GOT A TRIP TO MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. LATER FROM THE BANK STAFF, A CARD AND THIS BUNCH OF FLOWERS. RON DOESN'T THINK HE'S A HERO. HE DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING... MUCH. NOW I'M AFTER A REDUCTION IN MY MORTGAGE. MOVIE TRAILER VOICE: MEET RON WALKER ` THE PLUCKY PENSIONER. Is a generational? You get to an age and don't mind any more. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE DOWNSIDE TO TIME TRAVEL. THE TARDIS WAS MADE OF FIBREGLASS, WHICH MAKES IT SMELL VERY VERY STRANGE INSIDE ` NOT UNLIKE A PUBLIC LOO, REALLY. JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO BE DOCTOR WHO? I'M DOING ALL MY ACTING THERE, AND SHE'S LEANING OVER ME. I THINK, 'WHAT? I CAN'T` HOW CAN I COMPETE WITH THAT?' CROWD CHEERS THERE YOU GO. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CHEERING ABOUT. AH, YES, 'THE MONEY CAN'T BUY' MOMENTS OF A WORLD CUP, BUT HOW MUCH DO THEY WANT FOR THE 'MONEY CAN BUY' BITS? You know who I am liking? Mike Hesson. Since the World Cup is beginning His different past Blackcaps coaches. I'm very very confident. Just like you worried about the Crusaders over the weekend? I need to go and have a cuppa tea with Dan Carter. What is your favourite superpower? Fly. You want to be invisible or have time travel. HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO BE ABLE TO TIME-TRAVEL, GO BACK A FEW DOZEN YEARS, SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL LIKE? WELL, A MAN WHO DID THAT FOR A LIVING'S IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. HE HAD A CHAT WITH DEAN BUTLER. # WHO ARE YOU? # WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO? # DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS? NO. NO. NO. LOOKS FAMILIAR. I COULDN'T TELL YOU. LOOKS LIKE JOHN KEY. I THINK HE PLAYED DR WHO AT ONE TIME. HOLD TIGHT. YES, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE EARLY '80S, AND PETER DAVISON WAS THE FIFTH TIME LORD, BETTER KNOWN AS DR WHO. THESE THINGS ARE IRRELEVANT. # DR WHO. # BANG! # DR WHO. # DR WHO... # DO PEOPLE STILL RECOGNISE YOU AS THE DOCTOR ON THE STREET? THEY RECOGNISE ME` YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. UNLESS THEY SAY THINGS LIKE, 'WHERE'S YOUR TARDIS? WHERE'S YOUR TARDIS, MATE?' I DON'T KNOW IF THEY RECOGNISE ME FROM DR WHO. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE TARDIS WAS THE POLICE BOX DR WHO TRAVELLED THROUGH TIME IN. THE TARDIS I HAD WAS MADE OF FIBREGLASS, WHICH MAKES IT SMELL VERY VERY STRANGE INSIDE, NOT UNLIKE A PUBLIC LOO, REALLY. AND TRUTH BE KNOWN, A SMELLY TARDIS WASN'T THE ONLY SPECIAL EFFECTS FLOP BACK THEN. THEY'RE LEGENDARY STORIES, YES. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, K9 FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE WAS TOWED AROUND ON A PIECE OF FISHING WIRE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T WORK. TRAVELLING IN A PUBLIC TOILET CAN TAKE ITS TOLL. AFTER THREE YEARS, DAVISON RETIRED HIS CRICKET UNIFORM AND CALLED TIME OUT. IT WAS MY DECISION TO STOP. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THAT DECISION. WHEN YOU ACTUALLY COME TO FILM THE DAY OF THE REGENERATION, WHEN SOME OTHER PERSON COMES IN TO TAKE YOUR PART, THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT WAS REALLY QUITE GUT-WRENCHING. YOU DID THINK, 'WHAT HAVE I DONE?!' DAVISON'S FINAL MOMENTS, BETTER KNOWN AS THE REGENERATION SCENE BY DR WHO AFICIONADOS, GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE BREAST` UH, ONE OF THE BEST. YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T NOTICE NICOLA BRYANT'S CLEAVAGE, WHICH RATHER DISTRACTED, I THINK, THE VIEWERS. BUT NEVER MIND. I'M DOING ALL MY ACTING THERE, AND SHE'S LEANING OVER ME. I THINK, 'WHAT? I CAN'T` HOW CAN I COMPETE WITH THAT?' SINCE THEN, TIME LORDS HAVE COME AND GONE. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS HAVE IMPROVED AND STORYLINES HAVE GOT MORE COMPLICATED. I DO FIND MYSELF WHEN I SIT ON THE SOFA WITH MY CHILDREN LEANING OVER AND GOING, 'WHAT'S GOING ON?' (PLAYS 'DR WHO' THEME OPENING NOTES) (HUMS 'DR WHO' THEME) ONE THING REMAINS THE SAME. WHEN TIME'S UP FOR THE TIME LORD, THE DALEKS ARE NEVER FAR AWAY. EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE. Never understood Dr who. People love it. It has a cult following. Dean is right into it. Richard Taylor has redone Thunderbirds. I don't get that. They got up in a rocket. Its rudimentary. NOW, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WORLD CUP SEATS ` NOT CRICKET, BUT RUGBY. THE RUGBY IS IN BRITAIN IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. You are going. ONE ENGLISH WEBSITE IS ON-SELLING A SEAT AT THE FINAL FOR, GET THIS, 59,000 POUNDS. THAT'S AROUND 120,000 KIWI DOLLARS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY, SO WE THOUGHT, WHAT ELSE COULD IT GET YOU? HE HAS KICKED IT OVER. HOW GOOD WAS THIS? BUT WOULD YOU PAY $120,000 TO SEE THE NEXT FINAL? THAT'S $25 A SECOND! YOU'D PROBABLY BE HOPING FOR A BIT LESS OF THIS... Correction: more SO IF SHELLING OUT 15 HUNDY A MINUTE DOESN'T FLOAT YOUR BOAT, WHAT ABOUT THIS BOAT? THIS HOUSE? THIS FAMOUS BIKINI? OR IF PHILANTHROPY'S YOUR THING, PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP OUT SOME STRUGGLING AUCKLANDERS. PAY THE SCHOOL DONATIONS FOR 120 AUCKLAND GRAMMAR KIDS. OR LAY THE RED CARPET AT SKY CITY'S NEW CONVENTION CENTRE! IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND I DESIGNING A HOUSE. OK, LET'S RULE THAT OUT. HALF OF HOSKING'S TOWN CAR? YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM WHICH HALF, THOUGH. THE... (SIGHS) THE... (IMITATES TIRES SCREECHING) PRETTY GANGSTA LOOKING? IT'S AMAZING. BUT IF YOU'RE HEART'S SET ON BUYING UP RUGBY, YOU COULD PAY FOR 80 MINUTES, OR GET A CRUSADER FOR THE WHOLE YEAR (GARDEN TOOLS NOT SUPPLIED). IN SHORT, 120,000 FOR A WORLD CUP FINAL TICKET IS A STRAIGHT RIP-OFF. BUT GOING TO WATCH IT WITH STEPHEN 'BEAVER' DONALD? PRICELESS. WELL, 16K, BUT THAT'S HEAPS LESS! Would you pay that? The most of the pages $300 for a concert. Was that the Taylor Swift? No. People been outraged about prices for the final. CHEFS WOULD HAVE TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PEAK OF THEIR POPULARITY AT THE MOMENT, WOULDN'T THEY? THEY'RE THE MODERN DAY ROCK STARS. THINK GORDON RAMSAY, NIGELLA LAWSON, JAMIE OLIVER. NOT TO MENTION ALL THE SHOWS ` 'MY KITCHEN RULES', 'MASTERCHEF', 'HELL'S KITCHEN'. TODAY A KIWI IS ON HIS WAY TO JOINING A SELECT FEW. THE 'WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS' LIST IS THE PINNACLE, THE ONE EVERY CHEF WANTS TO MAKE AT SOME POINT IN THEIR CAREER, AND TODAY KIWI PETER GUNN HAS MADE THE FIRST STEP ` THE FINAL 20 OF THE YOUNG CHEF COMPETITION. THE FINAL IS IN MILAN IN JUNE. HE CURRENTLY WORKS HIS MAGIC AT ATTICA IN MELBOURNE. MIKE TELLS ME IT'S FABULOUS. SO IF YOU WERE WONDERING HOW OUR CULINARY SKILLS STACK UP ON THE WORLD STAGE, PETER GUNN IS PROOF WE'RE AMONG THE BEST. ANOTHER LOVELY SIGN THAT CHRISTCHURCH IS ON THE MOVE ` THEY'VE RELEASED THE SHORTLIST FOR THE CITIES MEMORIAL. 6 FINALISTS FROM 330 ENTRIES FROM 37 COUNTRIES, AND YOU GET A SAY. I don't like the first one. His the third one. Uh. Here is the fourth one. The fifth one. Come back to that. Final one. Rubbish. PERSONALLY I COULD LIVE WITH THE RIBBON WALK, BUT THE WALL IS THE STAND OUT. A WALL IS A PLACE OF REVERENCE. IT IS PROFOUND IN ITS SIZE AND SOLIDITY. IT HAS A "FOR ALL TIME" FEEL ABOUT IT. AND ON THE EDGE OF THE AVON, HOW PERFECT. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. THE ORIGINALITY AND CLEVERNESS, THE ARTISTIC FREEDOM, WHEN YOU'RE STARTING ANEW ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, AND TODAY ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO BE. CAPTIONS BY PIPPA JEFFERIES AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.