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Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.

Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 9 March 2015
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.
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)
WHEN YOU ARE OLDER YOU WILL BE IN PRISON, AND YOU WILL BE EXECUTED. THE CHILLING MESSAGE FROM A MAN WHO'S WAITING FOR THE FIRING SQUAD. GUESS WHAT RUNS THROUGH MY HEAD IS HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS. PLUS ` YOU DON'T REALLY HOP OFF ` SHANE SAYS YOU GO TILL YOU COME OFF. GOTCHA. YEAH. WE'LL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE IF THESE ARE THE WORLD'S COOLEST OR CRAZIEST PARENTS. JUST LET THEM GET DIRTY AND HAVE FUN. YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT, ISN'T IT, REALLY. AND ` WE'RE COUNTING THE HIGH COST OF FLAGGING IT ` COMING UP SOON. 6PM CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING AND SARAH MAIAVA. 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. What the flag today, you publicly announced, how much would you pay for it? I would have done it for free. Community service, I would have thought. She goes, what do I have to do? I'm a little time poor. A CONVICTED CHILD KILLER HAS BEEN RECALLED TO PRISON AFTER THE PAROLE BOARD FOUND SHE SERIOUSLY BREACHED HER RELEASE CONDITIONS BY BABYSITTING ANOTHER YOUNG CHILD. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING TWO TEENAGE BOYS HANGING FROM THE BACK OF A SPEEDING TRAIN IN WELLINGTON YESTERDAY ` THE DRAMATIC FOOTAGE CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY A CAR PASSENGER ALONGSIDE THE EASTERN HUTT ROAD IN UPPER HUTT. AND MEET 'DANCING MAN', THE PORTLY GROOVER WHO WAS BULLIED ONLINE FOR APPARENTLY BEING TOO FAT TO DANCE. WELL, SHAME ON THE BULLIES ` HE'S NOW SCORED A FREE DANCE PARTY WITH STARS LIKE PHARRELL AND MOBY, ALL IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING ONLINE BULLYING. LET'S START WITH THE BALI NINE, WHO ARE STILL ON EXECUTION ISLAND, STILL WAITING FOR THAT 72-HOUR DEADLINE, BUT WITH THE SMALLEST GLIMPSE OF HOPE TONIGHT. THEY HAVE YET ANOTHER APPEAL TO BE HEARD THIS THURSDAY. WE'LL GO TO BALI SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, A FRIEND OF CHAN'S ASKED HIM TO RITE A LETTER TO HIS 15-YEAR-OLD SELF AS PART OF A DRUG-REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN, AND AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, IT'S PRETTY CHILLING. DEAR ME, WHEN YOU ARE OLDER, YOU WILL BE IN A BALI PRISON, AND YOU WILL BE EXECUTED. THIS HAPPENED TO YOU BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT TAKING DRUGS WAS COOL. MEDITATIVE MUSIC UNDERNEATH, YOU'RE NOT A BAD PERSON, BUT DRUGS MADE YOU DIFFERENT. MUSIC CONTINUES YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE HEARTBROKEN, AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE ENDED BY A FIRING SQUAD. MEDITATIVE MUSIC MY NAME IS ANDREW CHAN. MUSIC CONTINUES MY NAME'S ANDREW CHAN. IT'S THE DAY, PRETTY MUCH A FEW HOURS AFTER THE EXECUTION OF SIX INNOCENT LIVES. I GUESS WHAT RUNS THROUGH MY HEAD IS ABOUT HOW PRECIOUS LIFE REALLY IS. TODAY, THE FAMILIES OF CHAN AND SUKUMARAN HAVE HEADED OUT TO THE ISLAND TO VISIT THE MEN. CHANNEL NINE CORRESPONDENT GABRIELLE BOYLE IS IN CHILACHAP, THE CLOSEST TOWN TO EXECUTION ISLAND, AND I SPOKE TO HER A LITTLE EARLIER. WELL, MIKE, IT'S NOW SIX DAYS SINCE ANDREW CHAN AND MYURAN SUKUMARAN WERE TRANSPORTED TO EXECUTION ISLAND. DURING THAT TIME THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THEIR LAWYER, BUT NO OPPORTUNITY UNTIL NOW TO MEET WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. TODAY CHAN AND SUKUMARAN WILL BE VISITED BY FIVE OF THEIR CLOSEST FAMILY MEMBERS. CHAN WILL BE VISITED BY HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER AND SUKUMARAN BY HIS MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTER. SHOWING ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE STRENGTH, THE BROTHERS OF THESE TWO MEN SPOKE TO MEDIA SHORTLY BEFORE BOARDING THE BOAT. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. MUM'S FAIRLY EXCITED TO GO AND SEE ANDY TODAY. IT'S BEEN A FEW DAYS, SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM WHEN WE GET OVER THERE AND GIVE HIM A HUG. MY MUM, SISTER AND I HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING, COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS. WE'VE BEEN TOLD HE'S DOING WELL, SO WE JUST WANT TO SEE IT OURSELVES, JUST TO MAKE SURE, TO SEE HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THAT WE LOVE HIM. MIKE, TWO MEN REALLY SHOWING REMARKABLE COURAGE IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS NIGHTMARISH CIRCUMSTANCES, SIMPLY NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEIR BROTHERS. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VISIT? HOW LONG WILL THEY BE THERE? THEY'LL ONLY GET A FEW HOURS. THEY'VE BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO VISIT BETWEEN 9AM AND 1PM. THAT IS STANDARD VISITING HOURS ON THE ISLAND. THOSE VISITING DAYS ARE MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SO TWO DAYS FROM NOW, THEY WILL GET A SECOND VISIT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHAN AND SUKUMARAN ARE BEING KEPT IN SEPARATE PRISON CELLS, BUT THEY CAN SPEAK TO EACH OTHER. WHETHER THEY'LL BE MOVED AROUND FOR THE VISIT WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE. BUT CERTAINLY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME REAL QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR LOVED ONES, UP TO FOUR HOURS. IT'S JUST A FIVE-MINUTE BOAT TRIP FROM THE MAINLAND HERE OUT TO EXECUTION ISLAND. THE FAMILIES JUMP OFF THE BOAT THERE. THEY'RE THEN TAKEN BY CAR ABOUT 4KM UP THROUGH THE ISLAND, TO WHERE THE PRISON IS HOLDING THE MEN. THEY'LL THEN SPEND THAT TIME WITH THEM BEFORE BEING TAKEN BACK DOWN BY CAR, LOADED BACK ON TO THAT BOAT FOR THAT AWFUL TRIP BACK TO THE HOTEL, WHERE, REALLY, THEY CAN DO LITTLE MORE OTHER THAN WAIT ANOTHER TWO DAYS TO SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. SO, WHAT'S THE INTERNATIONAL POSITION? WE'VE GOT AN APPEAL THURSDAY? THE POSITION OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CERTAINLY HASN'T CHANGED. AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER, TONY ABBOT HAS EXPRESSED AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT HE'S NOT IN SUPPORT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION WITH REGARDS TO THE EXECUTION OF THESE TWO MEN. WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO APPEAL PROCESSES IN PLAY AT THE MOMENT ` AN APPEAL AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION AND AN APPEAL AGAINST SUGGESTED BRIBES THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE COURT PROCESS. THE NEXT APPEAL PROCESS WILL BE HEARD ON THURSDAY IN JAKARTA. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THE FAMILIES ARE PINNING SOME DESPERATE HOPE THAT A CHANGE WILL BE MADE IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. What's worse, the sentence or waiting for the sentence? I don't know how you would mentally handle that. THE HOT TOPIC THIS YEAR HAS BEEN FOREIGN DRIVERS AND THE CARNAGE THAT THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN ON OUR ROADS. AND WHILE LOTS OF US HAVE GOT EXERCISED ABOUT IT, NOT MANY HAVE COME UP WITH MUCH BY WAY OF PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. WELL, GOOD NEWS ` MIKE THORPE FOUND A WOMAN IN TIMARU WITH THE START OF ONE. HIP-HOP MUSIC SHERRY KONG IS DETERMINED TO PUT THE BRAKES ON TOURIST DRIVER ACCIDENTS. I FEEL THAT IT IS VERY NECESSARY FOR ME TO DO WHAT I CAN DO. THIS DIMINUTIVE CHINESE NATIONAL ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO CONFISCATE A DANGEROUS DRIVER'S KEYS, BUT SHE SAYS THE CARNAGE HAS TO STOP. < WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO NZ AND BEFORE YOU DROVE, DID YOU FEEL < LIKE YOU'D BEEN EDUCATED WELL ENOUGH TO DRIVE IN THIS COUNTRY? WELL, I WOULD SAY NOT REALLY. SHERRY CALLS TIMARU HOME NOW. AND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR NEWCOMERS LIKE HERSELF, SHE'S MADE HER OWN ONLINE SAFETY VIDEO. SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES ARE REALLY QUITE ALARMING. WE NEVER USE A BROKEN LINE IN THE MIDDLE, SO THEY WOULD THINK, 'OH, THAT IS A PASSING LANE.' IN CHINA, THE BROKEN CENTRE LINES ARE INTERPRETED VERY LOOSELY. AND EVERYDAY SIGNS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED COULD MEAN NOTHING AT ALL. THERE IS NO STOP LINE, NO GIVE WAY, NO ROUNDABOUT. TO US IT LOOKS LIKE TOTAL CHAOS, BUT TO SHERRY? < HOW MUCH HARDER IS IT TO DRIVE ON NZ ROADS? EVEN THOUGH THERE IS LESS CARS ON THE ROAD, I MEAN COMPARED TO CHINA, THE DIFFERENT ROAD CONDITION CAN BE WINDING, HILLY, AND IF THERE'S A SHARP TURN, YOU REALLY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. THAT MIGHT SOUND OBVIOUS, BUT IN CHINA, THE OPEN ROAD IS VERY MUCH CONTAINED. IN CHINA THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED, THE HIGHWAY AND YOU DRIVE 120KM, AND IT'S VERY STRAIGHT. SHERRY CAME HERE WITH A CHINESE DRIVER'S LICENCE, BUT SHE WANTED A NZ ONE. IT WAS WHEN SHE STUDIED OUR ROAD CODE THAT IT HIT HER. AND THEN I THOUGHT, 'OH, IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAT I DID NOT 'KNOW BEFORE AND I WAS SO LUCKY THAT I DID NOT CAUSE ANY ACCIDENT.' SHE PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS, BY THE WAY. WHAT SPEED CAN I DRIVE AT WHEN I'M GOING PAST A SCHOOL BUS? OH, YOU HAVE TO SLOW YOUR SPEED. DOWN TO WHAT? 20KM/HR. OH, YOU'RE GOOD! OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, I GOT 100% RIGHT IN THE THEORY TEST! SHERRY HOPES OTHERS ARE JUST AS DILIGENT AND THAT HER MESSAGE WILL HIT THE MARK. MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT THAT, BUT I CANNOT SAY THAT ALL OF THEM WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT. PERHAPS THE MORE VISITORS THAT SEE THIS, THE LESS WE'LL SEE OF THESE. IT COULD BE AN ANSWER TO A PROBLEM THAT'S GOING NOWHERE FAST. Good on them. I still maintain I didn't drive it all overseas. Did you cross the centre line? You really have to think. When you go to a country, you have to think. It is easier to drive overseas. There are a lot of big stretches of open road. I wouldn't drive in India or China. Cars, congestion, danger. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHO'S PAYING THAT? YOU AND ME. REALLY? YEP. YEP, WE'RE ALL PAYING FOR IT, BUT DO WE ACTUALLY WANT IT? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT MONEY? WASTED. WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY PARENTS USUALLY FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES ` YOU'VE GOT YOUR HELICOPTER PARENT, YOUR SMOTHER MOTHER, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THOSE THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE CAREFREE. You are talking about your first day with your children, your not going to cry, are you? She's not walking home. I felt sad saying goodbye to her this morning. THESE NEXT PARENTS FIT THAT BILL PERFECTLY. MUM'S A STUNT RIDER, DAD'S AN EARTHMOVER, AND NITRO CIRCUS BOYS ARE HOUSE GUESTS. KRISTIN HALL WENT TO THE CRAZIEST ` OR PERHAPS FUNNEST ` HOUSE IN FEILDING. AH, THE MANAWATU. A QUIET, RURAL HAVEN. A PLACE TO UNWIND... SORT OF. SPIDERBAIT'S 'BLACK BETTY' I DRIVE ALL THE MACHINERY, YEAH? SO THE DIGGERS THE BULLDOZERS, THE MOXYS, EVERYTHING. WHAT'S A MOXY? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A MOXY IS. THIS IS QIQI, WITH A Q. IT'S KINDA COME NATURAL. EARTHMOVING HAS COME NATURAL TO A` HOW OLD ARE YOU? 15. IT'S AN EVERYDAY LIFE. SHE LIVES HERE WITH HER MUM, KATRINA, BROTHER, BLAKE AND KATRINA'S PARTNER, SHANE. I'M NOT BEING RUDE HERE, BUT THEY'RE ALL A BIT MENTAL. CANTER, CANTER, CANTER, SIT, SIT, SIT, AND... GO! KATRINA AND QIQI WERE HALF OF THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER TRICK-RIDING QUARTET 'THE LONE RYDERS' FOR 5 YEARS. IT MADE QIQI THE YOUNGEST TRICK RIDER IN AUSTRALASIA AT AGE 4. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KICKED OFF? OH, PLENTY OF TIMES. WELL, I'VE BEEN RIDDEN SINCE I WAS 1�, 2? WITH THAT SORT OF DAY JOB, YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT YOUR FEET UP COME HOME TIME. THIS FAMILY SPEND IT PLANTING SEVERAL TONS OF HEAVY MACHINERY IN THEIR BACKYARD. AND IT HASN'T MOVED FROM THERE AT ALL? NOT YET BUT IF I DON'T LIKE YOU, I'LL PLACE YOUR CHAIR AND TABLE UNDER THE TRACTOR (LAUGHS) AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ALL OF THIS ISN'T EVEN THE MAIN ATTRACTION. THAT WOULD BE THIS. SHANE DUG IT. QIQI ROLLED IT, DUMPED ALL THE DIRT, DID EVERYTHING BUT DIG IT OUT, AND WE WERE WATERSKIING MONDAY NIGHT. A BACKYARD WATERPARK SO INSANE THE CREW FROM NITRO CIRCUS, WHO DO THIS FOR A LIVING, DECIDED TO MAKE THE TRIP TO FEILDING TO GIVE A BASH THEMSELVES. IT WOULD BE SUPER RUDE FOR US TO COME ALL THIS WAY AND NOT TRY IT OUT. I MEAN, EVEN THE 5 YEAR OLDS WERE DOING IT FOR GOD'S SAKE. KATRINA TOLD ME THAT I SHOULDN'T GET IN WITH YOU. SHE SAID YOU WERE GONNA NAIL ME. OH, MAYBE. NAIL ME SHE DID. OH YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. BUT IN MY DEFENCE I DID GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND SHANE WAS GETTING A LITTLE FRIENDLIER WITH THE THROTTLE. YOU DON'T REALLY HOP OFF. SHANE SAYS YOU GO TILL YOU COME OFF. YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. LAUGHTER YET THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE DARBY-FROSTS PARTICULAR BRAND OF CRAZINESS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONTAGIOUS. OH, THAT WAS PITIFUL! QIQI AND KATRINA DON'T HAVE ANY TRICK HORSES AROUND AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS JUST AS WELL. WHAT THE HELL? WHAT HAVE YOU GOT ME DOING! DON'T FORGET, YOU'RE 4 AND YOUR HORSE IS GALLOPING, OK? OH MY GOD! THIS IS HORRIFIC! THIS IS A FAMILY THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE IN RULES... POINT YOUR TOES! BLOODY LAZY GIRL. ...OR HOSPITALS. AND I CLEAN SLICED THE TOP OF MY FINGER OFF AND I SAW THE BONE. IT WAS A BIT EXCITING. AND SHANE RECKONS THAT'S FOR THE BEST, EVEN IF THAT DOES MEAN DRIVING IN CIRCLES FOR FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT. NORMALLY IT'S ABOUT NINE IF ALL THE KIDS LINE UP. JUST LET THEM GET DIRTY AND HAVE FUN, YEAH. THAT'S ABOUT IT ISN'T IT? YEAh, JUST LET THEM TRY EVERYTHING. AND, HOSKING, IF YOU'RE TEMPTED ` I CAN'T IMAGINE MIKE HOSKING DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, FUNNILY ENOUGH. CAN YOU? HMM, POINTY-TOE SHOES. WHAT COLOUR NAIL POLISH DOES HE WEAR? SO MIKES GONNA COME DOWN AND GO FOR A... I HOPE SO. I HOPE SO, TOO. THOSE LITTLE ARMS WILL BE STRETCHED OUT ON THAT ROPE (LAUGHS) YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. It's make fun of Mike, isn't it? That's an invite. You need to respond to that. I would want to do that. It looks like a lot of fun at another time of life. I said last week you are too quick with the business. It was nice while it lasted. Good on her. What a cool family1 COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` 640 BUCKS. A DAY? A DAY. THAT'S DECENT. YEP IT'S DECENT, BUT WILL WE ACTUALLY GET A DECENT FLAG OUT OF IT? IS IT NOT BETTER OFF MAKING IT A NZ DECISION? I'm trying to explain the geography of the North shore. I was upset today with the electric car programme. I've been to San Francisco, the home of the electric car, and you know what? IT'll all go bust. There will be 500 cars in Auckland, and you will be so entrance, you will sell your car. It's a great idea. I walk and use public transport. You will use public transport to take you to your electric car. You use public transport, you've got a meeting somewhere, use electric car. SO, 640 BUCKS A DAY ` THAT'S WHAT THE MEMBERS OF JOHN KEY'S FLAG COMMITTEE WILL BE GETTING. THEY INCLUDE SOME NAMES YOU'LL KNOW, LIKE BEATRICE FAUMUINA, BRIAN LOCHORE, AND REALITY TV QUEEN JULIE CHRISTIE. A GROUP, SUPPOSEDLY, WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD. TIM WILSON DID SOME SUMS. # GOLDFINGER... # A GOLDEN GIG, THE $640-A-DAY CLUB ` THAT'S THE REWARD FOR PLAYING MASTERCHEF ON THE INGREDIENTS OF OUR POSSIBLE NEW FLAGS. EW! FLAG EXPERTS LIKE... WHOOSH! ...DISCUS CHAMPION BEATRICE FAUMUINA... WHOOSH! ...EX-ALL BLACK AND COACH BRIAN LOCHORE... WHOOSH! AND JULIE CHRISTIE, A REALITY TV GURU BEST KNOWN FOR A SHOW ABOUT MAORI ON THE GOLD COAST. MY HAIR IS REAL. THIS IS REAL. THE SAND IS REAL. GOLD. YES, GOLD. SO WITH THE PRICE OF GOLD AT ABOUT 1070 BUCKS AN OUNCE, WHAT'S THAT WORTH? THE AVERAGE DISCUS IS 4.4 POUNDS, MAKING A GOLD DISCUS WORTH JUST OVER 61 GRAND, OR ABOUT THREE MONTHS FOR BEATRICE FAUMUINA ON FLAG DUTY. 640 BUCKS? WHO'S PAYING THAT? WOW, THAT'S GREAT MONEY, THOUGH. BUT I MADE, LIKE, ONE GRAND LAST NIGHT FROM A TAB. CAN I JOIN IT, THEN? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT MONEY? WASTED. PICKING A NZ FLAG, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A SAY. EX-AB BRIAN LOCHORE FARES BETTER. WHEN HE WAS AN ALL BLACK, THE AVERAGE BOOT WEIGHED ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN POUND. IN GOLD, THAT AROUND 10K, OR 16 DAYS WORK, FLAGGING IT. FOR A NZ FLAG? NO. I SHOULDN'T PAY FOR IT. WOULD YOU DO IT FOR FREE? OF COURSE I WOULD. OH, BLESS. # GOLDFINGER... # Here's your problem what did I said you this afternoon? I meanT to listen to you all afternoon and then on here? No one wants a new flag, no one wants an old flag. What happens on committees? You get bland decisions. Am I right? SO, AT TIMES, IT FEELS LIKE COUNCILS WILL BARELY ALLOW YOU TO DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN LAND, BUT NOW WE HEAR THAT A 500-YEAR-OLD KAURI TREE IS FACING THE AXE. OFTEN IN THIS SITUATION I'D SAY IF IT'S YOUR PROPERTY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY LIKE WITH IT, AND CERTAINLY, MY BEEF HERE IS NOT WITH THE DEVELOPER ` HE'S NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS. BUT A 500-YEAR-OLD KAURI TREE IN SUBURBAN AUCKLAND ` THAT'S INCREDIBLY RARE. AND AS WE MOVE TOWARDS HIGHER-DENSITY HOUSING, SURELY, WE HAVE AN EVEN GREATER RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AFTER THESE TREASURES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES A TREE WORTH PROTECTING, BUT I THINK EVEN IF YOU WERE BEING SPECTACULARLY LIBERAL WITH THAT LINE THIS TREE WOULD STILL SIT FIRMLY ON THE SIDE OF PROTECT. CONGRATULATIONS NORTHLAND ` YOU'RE TODAY'S BIG WINNER. IT'S NOT BIG WEDNESDAY ` IT'S BIG MONDAY. FACED WITH A COUPLE OF POLLS THAT TELL THEM THE BY-ELECTION MIGHT BE A BIT TIGHTER THAN FIRST THOUGHT, GOOD OLD NATIONAL HAVE GONE OUT AND FOUND THEMSELVES $70M TO FIX UP 10 BRIDGES. IT IS ABOUT AS SHAMELESS AS IT GETS. FREAK THEM OUT ` GET ANOTHER LANE. NORTHLAND AIN'T FORGOTTEN ANY MORE, EH. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT THEY'VE DONE TODAY WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. AND FOR THIS YOU CAN THANK WINSTON. IF WINSTON WASN'T IN, THERE WOULD BE NO RACE. IF THERE WAS NO RACE, YOUR BRIDGES WOULD HAVE STAYED CRAP FOREVER. AND THINK OF THIS ` THERE'S STILL THREE WEEKS TO GO, AND IF THE POLLS STAY TIGHT, IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE YOU'LL END UP WITH A VIADUCT, TWO FLYWAYS, A MOTORWAY EXTENSION, SIX NEW ROUNDABOUTS AND A HOVERPORT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ALANA CRUIKSHANK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.