Here's what else we have coming up on the show. WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE FISH FLOATING AROUND ON THE SURFACE, IT'S NOT WORKING. AND IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ANYBODY APART FROM THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE A CHEQUE FROM THE CONSUMER. WE COUNT THE COST OF OUR DECLINING FISH STOCKS, BUT IS THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM? JUST TINY TARAKIHI FILLETS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS HERE... OH, I SEE. ...IT'S 110MM LONG. IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL. PLUS ` PUT YOUR HEAD UNDER THAT WATER AND SEE. YOU THINK, 'WOW!' WELL AT LEAST THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR OUR FISH STOCKS IN OUR MARINE RESERVES. WE'VE SEEN FISH THAT HAVEN'T SEEN IN NZ WATERS BEFORE. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 I'm doing the behind the scenes. We're all set to go. Even though you're wondering what the hell is going on with these people? We're talking about neighbours a bit later in the programme. I am a very nice neighbour. There was a suggestion that no one gets on any more and neighbours are at war. I just don't think that's true. It's not true for me. York had nothing but love from your neighbours. HERE'S WHAT'S CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY ` THE GOVERNMENT'S RUSHED THROUGH NEW RULES TO TIGHTEN SECURITY AROUND IMPORTING 1080. THIS AS A RESPONSE TO YESTERDAY'S MILK FORMULA THREAT ANNOUNCEMENT. RULES INCLUDE TRACKING ITS STORAGE AND USE. ECSTASY, MAGIC MUSHROOMS AND MORE THAN 100 OTHER DRUGS ARE NOW LEGAL FOR TWO DAYS IN IRELAND AFTER A LEGAL LOOPHOLE WAS EXPOSED. LAWMAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE TOMORROW. HEY, HEY, HEY, SUPERSTARS PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND ROBIN THICKE BLURRED THE LINES AND NOW HAVE TO PAY $10M TO MARVIN GAYE'S FAMILY FOR COPYING A SONG. They do sound remarkably similar. Do want to say hey hey hey? IT'S OUR MOST POPULAR RECREATIONAL SPORT; MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE GO FISHING. BUT ACCORDING TO SOME REC FISHERS, OUR STOCKS ARE IN DANGEROUS DECLINE. THEY'VE BEEN THREATENED TO KEEP QUIET, BUT THEY'RE DETERMINED TO TAKE ACTION. ON SATURDAY A PROTEST WILL BE HELD IN AUCKLAND ` THE FIRST OF MANY. THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THEIR CONCERNS BEING IGNORED BY THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. EMMA KEELING WENT TO FIND OUT IF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS ARE COMING TO US. IT'S A QUIET DAY IN THE FIRTH OF THAMES IN THE COROMANDEL, UNLESS YOU'RE ON A FISHING BOAT. CHEERFUL POP MUSIC WHOA! (LAUGHS) HEY, BETTER THAN NONE. SMALL FISH. THAT'S WHY GRAHAM CARTER'S BROUGHT ME OUT HERE. SOME GOOD FISH THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE ONES. 20 YEARS AGO HIS MATE RHYS SMITH WORKED ON COMMERCIAL FISHING BOATS. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO BREAK THE UNWRITTEN CODE AND SPEAK OUT. ISN'T IT DANGEROUS FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO US? COS YOU WERE A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. OH, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. HAD A COUPLE OF THREATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT. HAVEN'T GOT A BOAT NOW, AND IF I DID, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. WOULDN'T BE TALKING TO YOU, BECAUSE SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO THAT. DOES THIS HAPPEN A LOT? BECAUSE IT'S SOUNDING A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE MAFIA. YOU KNOW, THE FISHERIES WORTH MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND WHEREVER YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO PROTECT IT. I MEAN, THERE ARE FISH OUT THERE, GRAHAM, SO I GUESS IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?' IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE AMOUNT OF FISH. THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL FISH OUT THERE. SO, YOU'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF SHOPPING. I HAVE. BOUGHT SOME SAMPLES OF THE VARIOUS FISH. YOU ONLY HAVE TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET TO SEE HOW SMALL. JUST TINY TARAKIHI FILLETS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ONE HERE. IT'S 110MM LONG. AND THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL. THESE WERE CAUGHT BY A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW FOR A RECREATIONAL FISHER TO BRING IN SOMETHING THIS SMALL. COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU THAT WHEN YOU'RE CATCHING SMALL FISH TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG. GRAHAM BELIEVES OUR FISH STOCKS ARE IN DANGEROUS DECLINE. SO HE AND MATE RHYS SMITH ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE STILL THERE, WHICH IS HWY I'M HERE, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED. VIDEOS LIKE THIS ARE SUPPORTING THEIR CLAIMS. NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO BREED. THIS IS JUST A COMPLETE AND UTTER WASTE. SMALL GURNARD FOUND FLOATING OFF AUCKLAND'S WEST COAST. THE TRAWLER EIGHT BELLE SAID IT WAS ACCIDENTAL LOSS. THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ACCEPTED THAT, BUT GRAHAM RECKONS IT WAS DUMPED. WHY ARE YOU NOT PREPARED TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS ACCIDENTAL LOSS? BECAUSE THEY DECLARED 45KG, AND IT WAS MORE LIKELY 450KG` SAYS WHO? KIERAN PACKER, THE GUY THAT ACTUALLY FILMED IT. PEOPLE ARE SENDING GRAHAM PHOTO EVIDENCE. IN JANUARY HE STARTED A 'NAME AND SHAME' COLUMN IN THE FISHING AND OUTDOORS PAPER HE EDITS. WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING UP TO 20 A MONTH. HE SENDS ALL THE PHOTOS TO THE MINISTRY. DOES ANYBODY EVER GET ANY RESPONSE FROM MPI? NO. WE'VE NEVER HAD A RESPONSE BACK. RHYS SAYS THE PRACTICE OF DUMPING, OR ACCIDENTAL LOSS, IS COMMON. TO PROTECT INSHORE FISHERIES, HE WANTS TO PUSH COMMERCIAL BOATS FURTHER OUT. THIS IS THE 12-MILE LIMIT HERE ON THE LINE. IT'S CALLED THE INSHORE LINE. OK? AND THAT GOES RIGHT ROUND NZ. AND THAT GOES OUT PAST THIS CHART HERE. BUT IT WOULD PROTECT ALL OF THESE REEFS HERE. BUT, SURPRISINGLY, RHYS SAYS THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ARE NOT TOTALLY TO BLAME. SO THE PROBLEM ISN'T THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN; IT'S THEIR BOSSES. THE RESTAURATEUR'S ASKING FOR LITTLE FISH OF THIS COLOUR SO THEY CAN PUT A WHOLE ON THEIR PLATE. THE MARKET'S THERE, SO THEY COME BACK IN THE PROCESS AND SAY TO THE TRAWLERS, 'THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.' AND THE TRAWLERS PULL UP A NET AND SAY, 'OH, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I'VE GOT.' AND THE TWO ARE NOT MATCHING. IT'S NOT WORKING. SO THEY'RE DUMPED. WELL, THEY'VE GOT NO CHOICE. IF THEY BRING IT IN, THEY HAVE TO PAY. IN SOME CASES THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE THAN WHAT THEIR CATCH IS WORTH. # EVERYBODY SAID, 'BOY, DON'T GO ANY HIGHER.' # RECREATIONAL FISHING SUPPORTS THE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR MARINE INDUSTRY, PLUS OTHER INDUSTRIES. BUT WHAT PRICE IS THE INCREASED PRESSURE ON OUR FISH STOCKS? AND IS IT SUSTAINABLE? THE RULES HAVE TO CHANGE. YEAH, IT'S NOT WORKING. IT'S NOT WORKING. WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE FISH FLOATING AROUND ON THE SURFACE, IT'S NOT WORKING. AND IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ANYBODY, APART FROM THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE CHEQUE FROM THE CONSUMER. RHYS AND GRAHAM ARE ORGANISING COUNTRYWIDE PROTESTS, STARTING THIS SATURDAY. THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH AND WANT MPI'S DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES, DAVE TURNER, TO RESIGN. WE DON'T WANNA BE PROTESTING AND RUNNING AROUND AND TRYING TO GET ATTENTION TO OUR PLIGHT. BUT YOU'VE JUST GOTTA DO WHAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO. It's a complex issue. Emma Keeling is with us. We would like to have seen the ministry tonight. They sent a statement. They said they will not be drawn into pointscoring or personal attacks. Dave Turner is the director of fisheries and he wasn't available at all this week. MPI have had the Queensland fruit fly and the 1080 formula skier. What do they say about fish? They say 80% of the species we catch are at or above target level. What is the target level? We would like to ask that. Are they using information from commercial fishers? Are they taking on board what rec fishers are saying about the Fish? Are they ignoring the rec fishers and the concerns? They say they rely on timely information from the public. Graham Carter who you saw in the story says a lot of incidents are reported but not acted on by MPI. MPI has said the quota management system is a recognised around the world is the top management system. I think there's nothing wrong with that. Is the protest going ahead this weekend? Most certainly is. This will be very interesting. ARe fishermen concerned? Will they turn up for the protest? This is a multimillion dollar export industry. It would have been wonderful for MPI to have a chat to us. What you have contributed as nothing short of spectacular. You are not adding to the depletion of fish stock. As a small child I did my Huckleberry Finn thing. I didn't like the small fish and I couldn't kill them. The worst thing that happens when you wake up fish on the heads and it doesn't die. Whack it on the head? Don't you do something through the gills? I didn't do anything. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WELL AT LEAST THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR OUR FISH IN OUR MARINE RESERVES. AND ` ALL: WE'RE VALID! HAS YOUR DRIVERS LICENCE EXPIRED? ROBERT PENMAN SAYS LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPIRED LICENCES. Programming note - we should point out that you are on tonight on Fair Go. After fair go you then go online to offer people advice. If I had written into the fair go Facebook page and asked how to kill a fihs and that's a question that comes up every week. Consumer guarantees act. How do you kill a fish? THESE DAYS, SADLY, TOO MANY PEOPLE CAN'T HONESTLY SAY THEY'RE FRIENDLY WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS, EVERYONE'S ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN PRIVACY. BUT WHEN YOU HEAR INCREDIBLY SAD STORIES OF BODIES LEFT IN APARTMENTS FOR MONTHS OR MORE, IT'S GOT TO MAKE YOU CONSIDER THE MERITS OF BEING A NOSY NEIGHBOUR. KRISTIN HALL VISITED THE GRANVILLE FLATS IN WELLINGTON. SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC FLAT 45, 559 ADELAIDE ROAD. NOTHING UNUSUAL FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AUTOMATICALLY I NOTICED A VERY OFF SMELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE SICK. I TRIED TO IGNORE IT. DEBBIE PORT HADN'T SEEN NEIGHBOUR DEAN STEWART IN MONTHS WHEN SHE GOT SUSPICIOUS. IT TOOK A BIT OF CONVINCING TO BE PUT THROUGH, AND I SAID TO THEM, 'LOOK I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A DEAD BODY IN THAT FLAT.' I WAS PUT THROUGH AND ASKED TO GO KNOCK ON THE GUYS DOOR. A BODY WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. DEAN STEWART HAD BEEN DEAD FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. YOU LIVE IN A BOX AND YOU END YOU BEING TAKEN OUT IN A BOX. THAT'S VERY MUCH TRUE. PEOPLE EXPERIENCE CABIN FEVER, COS THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THEIR FLAT. THEY'RE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING. THEY SAY HISTORY NEVER REPEATS, BUT BACK IN 2009 ANOTHER MAN DIED IN FLAT 45, AND IT TOOK EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED. THAT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN TWICE, AND EVEN MORE SO THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SAME PLACE. THESE APARTMENTS ARE MADE UP OF MORE THAN 100 UNITS, AND WHAT YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU COME IN HERE IS THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY QUIET. A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TEND TO KEEP TO THEMSELVES, AND WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY CAUTIOUS EVEN OF OPENING THEIR DOORS, LET ALONE GOING TO CHECK ON A NEIGHBOUR. MR STEWART WAS A RECLUSE AND HAD NO FAMILY IN NZ. THOSE WHO LIVED RIGHT NEXT DOOR HARDLY EVER SAW HIM. I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM, WHICH QUITE IS A BIT SAD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NEIGHBOUR. THE COUNCIL OWNS THE FLATS, AND THEIR LINE IS CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS, BUT DEBBIE SAYS IN SOME CASES THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE. WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST GOING AROUND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND CHECKING ON PEOPLE? NOT WITH THE BLACK POWER - NO. I'D NEED SOME PEPPER SPRAY AND PROBABLY WHATEVER ELSE AND A TASER IF THAT WAS THE CASE. I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO INTERVENE IN DOMESTICS AND STUFF. THAT HAS HAPPENED ON THIS FLOOR, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK POWER, I DON'T WANT TO FIND MYSELF IN TROUBLE. I ONLY KNOW A FEW PEOPLE HERE, JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE INDIANS. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. I THINK WE ALL WOULD WORRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE COULD BE IN TROUBLE, AND NEED SOME HELP AND NOT BE ABLE MAKE A CALL FOR HELP. THAT POTENTIALLY IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GUY. HE WAS PROBABLY IN A SITUATION NEEDED HELP AND IT JUST DIDN'T COME. BEGGING THE QUESTION, WHAT'S A NEIGHBOUR TO DO? Kevin McCloud from grand designs says if you create a community with common spaces and shared facilities people will react together. That might help the residents of those flats. That is old world architect. I used to live on the road many years ago. SO, ONE FROM OUR 'HOW TO LOSE THE MORAL HIGH GROUND' FILE. ROBERT PENMAN, THE GUY WHO TOOK THE KEYS OFF A TOURIST, TURNS OUT HE HAS AN EXPIRED LICENCE, SOMETHING HE INSISTS NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE. WHICH GOT US ASKING, 'DO THEY?' OOH, AWKWARD. ROBERT PENMAN HEADLINES FOR SEIZING A TOURIST'S CAR KEYS. TURNS OUT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A VALID LICENCE. IT EXPIRED. UM, POT, KETTLE, BLACK? ROBERT PENMAN'S RESPONSE ` THERE'S 'NUMEROUS PEOPLE OUT THERE' LIKE HIM. I THINK HE'S INCORRECT. ALL: WE'RE GOOD! (GIGGLES) IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE ROAD, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LICENCE. EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THEIR LICENCE STATUS. INDIAN DRIVER'S LICENSE? YEAH, I LIVE IN THE CITY. I DON'T DRIVE. RAPS: # HAVING NO LICENCE CAUSES THEM SIRENS, # NON-STOP, NON-STOP, NON-STOP WINDING. # I WOULDN'T DRIVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WITHOUT A DRIVER'S LICENCE. ALL: WE'RE VALID! Would you say that it's very easy to find yourself with an expired licence? I would have do agree with Mr Penman on this one. I suspect are very cautious people out there who would one day look in the wallets and discover the license has expired. PUT YOUR HEAD UNDER THAT WATER AND SEE, YOU THINK, 'WOW.' AS WE DIVE INTO THE POOR KNIGHTS MARINE RESERVE. 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. Having a bit of a debate about licenses and expiry dates. You were wrong on the killing of the fish. The reason her licence expired was she had a 27 year licence. They don't exist. 5% drive around with an expired drivers licence. I should go online after the show. EARLIER, WE HEARD ABOUT FISH STOCKS IN SERIOUS DECLINE. WELL, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE VERY OPPOSITE IS TRUE. FISH ARE FLOURISHING IN OUR MARINE RESERVES. DOC WANT FIRM PROOF OF THIS, AND ALSO TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THEY'RE WORKING SO WELL. AND NOW THEY'VE GOT A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. GILL HIGGINS TOOK A TRIP TO POOR KNIGHTS TO FIND OUT HOW. TECHNO MUSIC SO THIS IS THE OLD WAY OF HAVING A NOSY BENEATH THE SURFACE. BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE GETTING YOUR HAIR WET, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. IT'S KIND OF A NEW FRONTIER, REALLY. AND IT DOES LOOK A BIT LIKE SOMETHING FROM STAR TREK. IT DOES. GOING BOLDLY WHERE NOT MANY MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN BEFORE. ITS TRUE VALUE IS IN THE DEPTHS THAT YOU CAN'T GET DIVERS DOWN TO. 100M, 200M, 300M? NO PROBLEM. THAT TOY CAN WORK ALL DAY, WHEREAS A DIVER CAN ONLY DO A MAXIMUM OF THREE DIVES IN A DAY. NOW, I WANT TO TALK MYSELF DOWN,... I FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT THEM OR SOMETHING. ...BUT OPERATING IT REALLY IS CHILD'S PLAY. HOW MANY POINTS DO I GET? NO POINTS. IT'S A MARINE RESERVE. IT'S LIKE THE KIND OF THING DAVID ATTENBOROUGH WOULD USE. IT'S AMAZING. WE'VE SEEN FISH THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN IN NZ WATERS BEFORE, MASSIVE, BIG BLACK CORAL TREES, BIG GLASS SPONGES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T GENERALLY SEE IN THE SHALLOWER DEPTHS. THE SUBMERSIBLE WILL GET USED TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF ALL OUR MARINE RESERVES. IT'S PRETTY RARE THAT YOU'D ACTUALLY SEE A SNAPPER, AND NOW WE'VE SEEN THEM ON EVERY DIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN ON. WE'VE WHITE SHARKS. WE'VE SEEN SEVEN-GILLED SHARKS. WE WERE ATTACKED BY GIANT SPIDER CRABS IN THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS. IT'S A JOB LONG OVERDUE, PARTLY BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. BUT NOW THEY CAN PROVE THERE ARE MORE FISH USING GADGETS LIKE THIS THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH AIR NZ. SO YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THIS GUY? BOTH LAUGH WE STARTED IN THE ANTARCTIC, DIDN'T WE? EXACTLY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A WHILE NOW. THE PAY-OFF? I GUESS YOU'RE HOPING FOR MORE TOURISTS TOO. OF COURSE. ELECTRONICA MUSIC THIS IS ALREADY TWICE AS POPULAR AS THE MILFORD TRACK. WE'VE GOT 30,000 PEOPLE HERE. WE'VE GOT 15,000 TOURISTS A YEAR. I CAN HEAR THEM! NZ'S CHALLENGE IS WE DO HAVE THIS HUGE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT, AND WE WANT TO BE WORLD LEADERS IN HOW WE MANAGE IT. YOU MAY REMEMBER THESE RESERVES WERE INITIALLY CONTROVERSIAL, BUT LOOK AT THEM NOW. PUT YOUR HEAD UNDER THAT WATER AND SEE. YOU THINK, 'WOW!' TECHNO MUSIC TO JUST HAVE THEM SWIMMING PAST YOU IS INCREDIBLE. YOU THINK THAT BELONGS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY HUMBLING TO BE PART OF THIS NATURAL ECOSYSTEM THAT NZ HAS ALWAYS HAD AND WE'RE BRINGING BACK. Here's what we've learned tonight. You have the reserves and the fish thrive. That is true of anything in life. If you open it up to a commercial development, then you will have problems. There is no government department will run a fish stocks down because they are incompetent. You would think not, but people at the coal face are seeing different. We saw a driver's license with the random expiry date. 10 years and the smidge. SOMETHING A BIT MOVING TO END ON TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A LOOK AT IT YET? IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT THIS SAMSUNG AD FROM TURKEY. IN A NUTSHELL, A BUNCH OF STRANGERS ARE TAUGHT SIGN LANGUAGE TO GIVE THIS HEARING IMPAIRED MAN THE MOST AMAZING MORNING. UPLIFTING MUSIC MUSIC CONTINUES IT'S DOING THE ROUNDS ON THE NET. AND WHILE SOME CYNICS OUT THERE MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AS SOLELY MARKETING, THIS AD CERTAINLY BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES AND QUITE OBVIOUSLY A REAL SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE MAN AT THE CENTRE OF IT. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THIS TREE. YES, IT'S OLD. YES, WE LOVE BIG OLD TREES. BUT BEYOND THE EMOTION HERE ARE THE FACTS. THE BLOKE WHO OWNS THE LAND GOT CLEARANCE TO CHOP IT DOWN. YOU DONT LIKE THAT? CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM. BUT FOR NOW THE LAW IS THE LAW, AND HE'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW, AND THE TREE-HUGGERS AREN'T. ANOTHER POINT ` THE BLOKE WHO OWNS THE TREE HAS HAD DEATH THREATS. THREATS OF DEATH OVER A TREE. SO THIS WEEK THE RABIDS, THE CRAZIES, HAVE THREATENED THIS COUNTRIES' BABIES OVER PEST CONTROL AND A BLOKE WHO OWNS A TREE. I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES ALL THIS HAS COMPLETELY INSANE. THE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION ONE REACHES IS THERE ARE TOO MANY NUTTERS AND OBSESSIVES WITH TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ALANA CRUIKSHANK CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.