WAVES CRASH, WIND GUSTS WHEN IT HIT, IT WAS HORRENDOUS. JUST HORRENDOUS NOISE. YOU COULD HEAR IT COMING IN GREAT BURSTS. HAUNTED BY THE MEMORIES OF CYCLONE PAM, AS VANUATU TRIES TO PICK UP THE PIECES. AT THE MOMENT IN THE HOSPITAL, WE'RE REALLY REALLY LOW ON BLOOD. DESPERATE FOR O'S AND AB'S AND B'S. PLUS... ENGINE REVS YOU DO 0MPH TO 307MPH IN FOUR SECONDS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO GET YOUR KID BACK ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW? SHOULD HAVE TAKEN UP DRUGS. WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEAPER. AND... UH-HUH. I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT. LET'S JUST SAY JACK DIDN'T MAKE THE BEST OF IMPRESSIONS ON RIHANNA. OH, RIGHT, REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH NZ? THAT'S SO ORIGINAL (!) ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD JAKE EBDALE COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A lot of debate on how to say Rihanna's name. What did Matty McLean say? I am a car fan, but I would never go drag racing. 300 miles an hour? That is a thrill of it. MORE FROM VANUATU IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE CHATHAM ISLANDS, BECAUSE CYCLONE PAM HAS MADE HERSELF KNOWN THERE TODAY. BOATS WERE BATTERED BY THE HIGH SWELLS AND RESIDENTS ARE NOW BEGINNING A BIG CLEAN UP MISSION. SHOULD SNACKING ON UNHEALTHY FOOD BE AS SHAMEFUL AS SMOKING? WELL, ONE EXPERT THINKS SO. PROFESSOR JEBB SAYS ANY MEALS OR SNACKS SERVED WITHOUT VEGETABLES SHOULD BE VIEWED IN THE SAME WAY AS SMOKING INDOORS. AND HOW GULLIBLE ARE YOU? SHOULD HE HAVE REMOVED BIDEN FROM OFFICE AFTER HE MADE THE NOW-LEGENDARY YOUR MAMA JOKE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN? UH, NO. I DON'T FEEL THAT HE SHOULD. DID YOU THINK IT WAS FUNNY? I THOUGHT IT WAS. YUP, OBAMA NEVER MADE THAT JOKE. US TALK SHOW HOST JIMMY KIMMEL WAS PUTTING PEOPLE ON THE STREET TO THE TEST AND CLEARLY THEY FAILED. That it is worth a watch. The best one was when they asked if they saw Obama on a sleepover with Kim Jung Un. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT VANUATU, BECAUSE IT IS NO SURPRISE GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN THESE PAST 48 HOURS THEY ARE STRUGGLING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CYCLONE. AS WE HEARD LAST NIGHT, HOLIDAY-MAKERS CAUGHT UP IN THE DISASTER ARE FLOCKING HOME, LIKE NZER MIKE KEEGAN. YES, MIKE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO LEAVE TANNA ISLAND ` THE REMOTE ISLAND THAT BORE THE FULL FORCE OF CYCLONE PAM. GILL HIGGINS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN IN NZ. CAN YOU SEE A HOUSE THERE? THERE WAS A HOUSE THERE. THIS IS THE DEVASTATION THE WORLD HASN'T YET SEEN. THERE'S NO TREES OR ANYTHING. THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF IT. LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, THE ISLAND OF TANNA TOOK A DIRECT HIT, BLOW AFTER VIOLENT BLOW. WHILE THE WORLD COULD ONLY WAIT FOR NEWS, MIKE WAS RIGHT THERE, HUNKERED DOWN IN A CORRIDOR MADE OF CONCRETE. IT WAS, LIKE, A 747 PARKED ON TOP OF THE ROOF. WE COULDN'T STAND ON THE VERANDA, COS DEBRIS WAS COMING THROUGH. WE'D SEEN THE ROOF BELOW US. IT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL CONCRETE BUILDING. THE WIND JUST PEELED THE ROOF OFF. WE'VE SEEN IT PICK UP A WATER TANK, THROW IT IN THE SURF ` A HUGE BIG WATER TANK. JUST A DAY OR SO EARLIER, MIKE HAD BEEN RELAXING IN THE SUN, READY TO START A WEEK OF EXPLORING. AN IDYLLIC HOLIDAY IN SUN. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, ISN'T IT? HARD TO TELL. (CHUCKLES) TANNA'S FAMOUS FOR ITS ACTIVE VOLCANO, ITS LAID-BACK BEACH HUTS AND LUSH VEGETATION. IT'S ALL GONE. DON'T KNOW WHERE. WAS THERE ANYTHING LEFT STANDING? IN PLACES, NO, NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE WANDERING AROUND IN A DAZE. MOST PEOPLE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF PORT VILA, AND THEY LOOK BAD. BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO TANNA? NO. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PALM TREES STANDING. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT IN TANNA. SOMBRE MUSIC MIKE IS ADVENTUROUS, BUT AT 73, THIS WAS TOO MUCH. CLEARLY AT RISK WITH HIS VERTIGO, HIS CHANCE CAME WHEN A SMALL CESSNA DROPPED OFF THE FIRST EMERGENCY SUPPLIES. THE PILOT WALKED IN AND SAID HE WAS TAKING THE SICK GUY HOME, WHICH WAS ME. I WASN'T SICK, BUT... YOU'LL TAKE IT. OTHERS SAID, 'YOU'RE THE OLDEST. YOU GO.' HE SAID HE COULDN'T TAKE ANYONE ELSE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU STEPPED ON NZ SOIL? ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AND... I GOT VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN I SAW MY DAUGHTER. UP UNTIL THEN, GOOD AS GOLD. IT'S A QUICK CATCH UP BEFORE HE HEADS BACK TO TAURANGA, TAKING TIME TO LET EVENTS SINK IN AND TO SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND. MAKES ME ALMOST TEARFUL NOW. THESE PEOPLE ` THEY'VE GOT TO CARRY ON LIVING THERE. I'M BACK HERE. THEY'RE NOT. BACK TO THE ISLAND ITSELF. EARLIER I SPOKE TO LAURA GEMMELL, WHO IS IN VANUATU WORKING FOR WORLD VISION. LAURA, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TO THE HOSPITALS TODAY ` OR THE HOSPITAL. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? HOW BAD IS IT? THE HOSPITAL ITSELF IS RELATIVELY UNSCATHED. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF THE WARDS, IN PARTICULAR THE SURGICAL WARD, THE MIDWIFERY WARD AND THE CHILDREN'S WARD, BUT THEY'VE MANAGED TO MOVE MOST OF THE PATIENTS INTO SOME OF THE MORE MODERN FACILITIES. SO THEY ARE OK ON THAT FRONT. I WAS TALKING TO THE HEAD OF THE HOSPITAL, AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THEY REALLY NEED MANPOWER. A LOT OF THEIR GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK, AND THEY ARE EXHAUSTED, AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO COPE. THE OTHER THING WAS THAT I PAID A VISIT TO THE BLOOD BANK AND THEY SHOWED ME THEIR BLOOD STORES AND THEY HAD SOMETHING LIKE FOUR POUCHES OF TYPE-O BLOOD LEFT. AND THAT'S FOR EVERYONE. I'M READING REPORTS TODAY THAT SOME OF THE AID AGENCIES MIGHT BE OVERWHELMED ` THIS IS SUCH A MASSIVE THING THAT YOU'RE FACING. THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE TOO MUCH. IS THAT FAIR OR NOT? I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE TOO MUCH. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ASCERTAIN HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE OUTER ISLANDS. OUR COUNTRY DIRECTOR, MIKE WOLFE, WAS ON TANNA ISLAND YESTERDAY DOING AN ASSESSMENT AND TRYING TO FIND STAFF, COS WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR` I THINK WE'VE ONLY FOUND 54 OF 81 STAFF AT THIS STAGE. HE WAS THERE, AND WHEN HE CAME HOME LAST NIGHT, HE LOOKED AT EVERYONE, AND HE SAID, 'THE ISLAND IS UTTERLY DEVASTATED.' HE WAS PRETTY MUCH LOST FOR WORDS. WOW. WHAT ABUT THE AID? ARE YOU SEEING IT STARTING TO FLOW YET? YEAH, I MEAN, IN PORT VILA, YOU CAN HEAR THE HERCULES COMING OVERHEAD EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS. THEY ARE OFFLOADING STUFF. WE NEED MORE, AND THE BIGGEST NEED IS FRESH WATER. EVERYONE WE'RE SPEAKING TO NEEDS WATER. AFTER THAT, OBVIOUSLY FOOD AND THEN SHELTER. THERE'S A HUGE NEED. WE HAVE STORES AT THE MOMENT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY QUICKLY DEPLETED, AND ONCE WE HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE ISLANDS, AND ONCE WE HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE ISLANDS, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET STUFF OUT THERE QUICK SMART. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS NOW. MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE STOIC NATURE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND. HOW ARE THEY HANDLING IT, FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN? EVERYONE'S STILL SMILING. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT CLICHED, BUT WHEN WE FIRST CAME INTO TOWN YESTERDAY ` I CAME IN ON A HERCULES WITH MY COLLEAGUE ` AND THEY WERE SMILING AND LAUGHING AND WAVING, AND LAST NIGHT WE WERE TRYING TO SORT OUT WHERE WE WERE STAYING AND I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAY, 'ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?' 'ARE YOU SORTED? DO YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STAY?' 'DO YOU NEED A LIFT?' I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HEARTENING THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT MY WELL-BEING WHEN THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, MOST OF THEIR POSSESSIONS. I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND NOW AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES AND THEY'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH ALL THEIR WORLDLY BELONGINGS HANGING OUT TRYING TO DRY. THEIR RUGS AND BLANKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY'VE GOT A LOT TO CONTEND WITH, BUT THEY STILL SEEM CONCERNED FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY SPECIAL. She's right. Emma Keeling is there, heading to Tanna Island. DON'T FORGET WORLD VISION NEEDS YOUR HELP WITH THEIR WORK IN VANUATU. YOU CAN TXT PAM TO 4847 TO DONATE $3 TO FAMILIES IN NEED OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE TO MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION. Is it just me or highly weird that the president of this country is in Japan? It is not like an earthquake and sudden. He was in the country last week and knew it was coming and he still decided to be out of it. Maybe he is networking. I'll give him that. Maybe. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` I SORT OF LOST MY LICENCE SIX TIMES BEFORE I WAS 22. SORT OF? I DID LOST MY LICENSE SIX TIMES BEFORE I WAS 22. OK, SO THAT'S NOT IDEAL. BUT LOOK AT HIM NOW. THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY WHO HAS DONE IT NOW. THAT'S YOU? HEY! AND JACK HAD TO ASK... SO THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S LIPS ` WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE CRICKET WORLD CUP? LOOKS LIKE RIHANNA WASN'T OVERLY PLEASED, THOUGH. Bye, Mum. TENSE MUSIC ENGINE STARTS MUSIC CONTINUES TALKBACK, MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO PEOPLE CHATTER OMINOUS MUSIC MUSIC QUICKENS (GASPS) No, no! (GASPS) No, no! (SQUEALS) Come on. Come on. (SCREECHES) SOFT MUSIC PLAYS PEOPLE CHATTER TENSE MUSIC Wait up! (GASPS) (PANTS) I talked to Toni on the phone. The baby is engaged. That is a calm before the storm. On Tuesday night during the office sweeps, I got Friday afternoon. I'm tracking all right. It is the only reason I'm ringing her out. Go for a long walk, Toni. SO, YOUR SON IS A BOY RACER, CLOCKING UP THOUSANDS IN FINES AND POTENTIALLY STARING DOWN A JAIL TERM. WHAT DO YOU DO? MICHAEL HOLLAND WITH A UNIQUE TAKE ON HOW TO STEER YOUR KID ON THE RIGHT TRACK. ROCK MUSIC THE MACHINE'S AS FIRE-SNARLING EXOTIC... AS THE VERNACULAR IS BASIC. I HAD A BIG CHUNDER BEFORE I HOPPED IN THE CAR. HE'S NERVOUS AS SHIT. JITTERS AND STOMACH CHURNS... THE POLITE TERM FOR THAT IS VOMITING, I THINK? YEAH, YEAH, CORRECT. ...THAT COME FROM BEING NZ'S FASTEST ON WHEELS OVER A MISERLY, MISERABLE 400M. YOU DO 0MPH TO 307MPH IN FOUR SECONDS. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. PARACHUTES. BRAKE, FUEL, BRAKE, IGNITION, BRAKE. 4.87 SECONDS, 307.7MPH. THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY WHO HAS DONE IT NOW. THAT'S YOU? HEY! BUT IN THIS GAME WHERE NUMBERS COUNT FOR EVERYTHING, IT'S THE BATTLE OF THE POCKET THAT TRULY TAKES THE BREATH AWAY. WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN UP DRUGS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT CHEAPER. DAD HOCKING ALMOST EVERYTHING. IT IS MY BABY, YEAH. FOR THIS LANKY PIECE OF STEEL TUBE AND HORSES BY THE THOUSANDS ... THIS IS MY HOME. AND YOUR BOAT? YEAH, AND MY LANDCRUISER. AND A BANK LOAN? IT'S MY LIFE. AND YOU PUT YOUR SON IN IT TO HOON AROUND? YEAH, HE IS LUCKY, ISN'T HE? THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS MADNESS, RIGHT? NO, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE NOT QUITE WIRED UP PROPERLY, I SUPPOSE. NOTHING IN THIS WORLD I WOULD GIVE THIS UP FOR. BUT HERE'S THE RUB, THE REAL GRIT, THE REAL DIRT. I SORT OF LOST MY LICENCE SIX TIMES BEFORE I WAS 22. SORT OF? I DID LOSE MY LICENCE SIX TIMES BEFORE I WAS 22. WHEN HE GOT HIS CAR AND HIS MUM'S CAR IMPOUNDED WITHIN DAYS FOR DOING BURNOUTS... I WAS HEADED DOWN A REALLY BAD PATH, TO BE HONEST. THE OLD MAN, A DRAG RACER FROM WAY BACK, STEPPED IN. DAD SAID ONE DAY, 'YOU ARE NOT LEARNING VERY WELL. 'I WILL PUT YOU IN THE CAR.' THAT STRAIGHTENED ME OUT. NOW 27, HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY TO LEAVE IT ALL ON THE TRACK. ONCE YOU HAVE HAD A RIDE IN ONE OF THESE, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEED ON THE ROAD ANY MORE, COS YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR LICENCE SO YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER GO. THOSE GOES COSTLY TO THE MAX ` THIS IDLE IN THE WORKSHOP SUCKING A STAGGERING 60L OF NITROMETHANE AT $20 A LITRE. YOU'VE JUST GONE THROUGH $1200 OF NITRO? YEAH. FOR TWO MINUTES? YEAH. JUST TO WARM IT UP AND CHECK EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT? CORRECT. (LAUGHS) THEN THERE WAS THIS MOTOR CRYING ENOUGH AS IT CROSSED THE LINE. WE CHERNOBYLED THE WHOLE ENGINE. CHERNOBYL, CATASTROPHIC MELTDOWN. BUT THAT WAS JUST FINE, BECAUSE IN BLOWING IT APART THEY BECAME THE FIRST TO CRACK THE MAGICAL FIVE-SECOND BARRIER. THE REPAIR BILL ALMOST INCIDENTAL. BETWEEN 80,000-90,000. BUT THAT'S THE PRICE OF GOING FAST, I SUPPOSE. FOR FOUR OR FIVE SECONDS, IT'S WORTH IT? YEAH. AND THE DOLLARS KEEP EBBING AWAY TRACKSIDE BETWEEN RUNS; THE ENGINE'S COMPLETELY STRIPPED AND ALL THE VITAL ORGANS REPLACED. ROUGHLY ABOUT 10,000. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND $10,000 REBUILDING THE ENGINE? FOR THE NEXT RUN, YEAH. YEAH, THEY WORK HARD, DON'T THEY? AND YOU ARE THE GLORY BOY WHO WANDERS ROUND DOING BUGGER ALL? I SIGNED SOME AUTOGRAPHS EARLIER, KISS BABIES AND SHAKE HANDS, YOU KNOW. As much as I love cars, that is insanity. $1200 to warm The engine up. That is insane. Just buy a new drift car. That's the whole idea, that theory of it. There is no money in that. The only money in racing from Formula One. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF DOPPELGANGERS? YES. OH DEAR. THIS CAN'T END WELL. I THINK HE LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU. WHAT?! DO YOU THINK? PLUS, WHAT'S YOUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE TV MOMENT? GIDDAY, EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YA? (CHUCKLES) OH, WE'RE ON! SOUNDS GOOD. OH, TOTES. I liked the song before the break with Kanye and Sir Paul McCartney. THEY'RE SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN HOLLYWOOD ` JIM PARSONS, WHO'S WON MULTIPLE AWARDS PLAYING SHELDON ON THE BIG BANG THEORY; AMERICAN COMEDY LEGEND STEVE MARTIN; AND WEST INDIAN POP QUEEN RIHANNA. THEY'RE TOGETHER AS THE VOICES OF THE LATEST ANIMATED MOVIE, 'HOME'. AND WHILE THE MOVIE IS A LOT OF FUN, JACK TAME HAD SOME OTHER BIG ISSUES TO COVER OFF TOO. 'HOME' IS A YARN ABOUT TWO RATHER UNLIKELY FRIENDS ` YOUR VEHICLE IS INFESTED. YOUR VEHICLE IS INFESTED. (SCOFFS) IT'S NOT INFESTED. HE'S MY PET. HIS NAME IS PIG. DON'T TOUCH HIM. NOW HE IS VIBRATING. (GASPS) IS HE GOING TO EXPLODE?! A FUGITIVE ALIEN CALLED OH, WHOSE FELLOW EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS HAVE INVADED AND COLONISED EARTH, AND A RESOURCEFUL, SASSY TEENAGE GIRL. BOTH SCREAM GOTCHA! THE CAST IS BLOCKBUSTER. JIM, I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL QUESTION FOR YOU. OK. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF DOPPELGANGERS? YES. DOPPELGANGERS. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WHAT A DOPPELGANGER IS, RIGHT? WELL, THERE'S A GUY IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU GUYS WERE TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH, BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE. I'VE GOTTA SAY, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE MORE HANDSOME GUY OUT OF THE TWO OF YOU. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? COULD YOU EXAMINE THAT? WE COULD BE RELATED. DO YOU AGREE? I THINK HE LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU. WHAT?! DO YOU THINK? HE LOOKS MORE LIKE HIM, OR I LOOK MORE LIKE HIM? THAT IS YOU. REALLY? MAYBE IF YOU HAD A BABY... LAUGHTER LET'S TRY. YEAH, YOU SEE? ACTUALLY FROM BEHIND WHEN THE LIGHT GOES THROUGH IT, FROM BEHIND IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE ME. I CAN IMAGINE THIS ISN'T READING VERY WELL ON CAMERA. ONE FINAL QUESTION ` RIHANNA, I KNOW YOU ARE A FIERCELY PROUD BARBADIAN. SO THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S LIPS ` WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE CRICKET WORLD CUP? UH-HUH. I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT. I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE WEST INDIES. (LAUGHS) YOU KNOW WHAT? I WISH THEM THE BEST, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF INCREDIBLE TEAMS. HOW DIPLOMATIC. THAT'S VERY DIPLOMATIC. I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT TEAMS. I'M SURE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR ALL OF US. IT'S GOING TO BE NZ. OH, RIGHT! REALLY? REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH NZ? YEAH. COME ON, IT'S BETTER THAN THE WINDIES. NO? SO ORIGINAL (!) DID I JUST GET DISSED BY RIHANNA? KNOCK-KNOCK! OK, WHO IS THERE? THE INTERRUPTING COW. THE INTERRUPTING` MOO! STAMMERS: YOU DID NOT LET ME FINISH MY RESPONSE. OH, WELL. I'LL BE THE ONE LAUGHING COME THE WEEKEND. 'HOME' OPENS IN CINEMAS TOMORROW. That's what I like to do ` do the voice on an animated movie. It'll be a lot harder than it looks. But I'd love to do that. But did you notice that Rihanna didn't correct Jack? What was the word you used today when you go shopping in the shop... Showrooming. So you go shopping, and then you buy online. That's cool show rooming. That is so uncool. If you deliberately go when and try something on and walk out and buy elsewhere, that is not right? That is why there talks of charging people for trying things on in the shop. For $15 an item? You need to watch Fair Go bit more. But your looking at them like they're criminals. JUST BEFORE WE GO, A REMINDER THAT WORLD VISION NEEDS YOUR HELP WITH THEIR WORK IN VANUATU. AS YOU SAW FROM OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN REAL NEED OVER THERE. HERE ARE THE DETAILS ONE MORE TIME ` YOU CAN TXT PAM TO 4847 TO DONATE $3 TO FAMILIES IN NEED OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE TO MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION. WE'LL UPDATE YOU TOMORROW ON HOW MUCH IS RAISED. SO, A LITTLE TRIBUTE TO NZ ON AIR. THE FUNDING BODY IS 25 YEARS OLD TODAY, WHICH HAS HAD US TROLLING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES AND REMINISCING OVER SOME PEARLERS, SOME OF WHICH MAY NEVER HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR NZ ON AIR. THIS IS WILLIAM TAITOKU. I'M, UH, ANNA KINGSTON. GIDDAY, EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YA? (CHUCKLES) OH, WE'RE ON! SOUNDS GOOD. OH, TOTES. YOU'RE NOT IN GUATEMALA NOW, DR ROPATA. HI, BRIAN. HOW'S IT GOING? SEE YA. THEN, OF COURSE, WITH ME ` ED HILLARY. SO HOW WAS IT? HOW WAS THE VIEW? PRETTY GOOD. LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED. ALL SCREAM ALL LAUGH BLOODY GREAT, WASN'T IT? YES. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NZ ON AIR, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES. Where were the highlights of my art show? I met with Gordon Harcourt. After 25 years, you think you put the good stuff out. HASN'T GST BECOME THE TOPIC DE JOUR THIS WEEK? THE GOVERNMENT HAS AT LAST DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT GST FOR ONLINE SHOPPING. RETAILERS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. YOU GENERALLY PAY NO GST ON PURCHASES BELOW 400 BUCKS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S FINALLY WORKED OUT THEY'RE LOSING A FORTUNE IN TAX REVENUE, SO HAVE FINALLY WOKEN UP TO ALL THIS. AND ALSO TODAY, NETFLIX ` THE LATEST ONLINE TV CONTENT PROVIDER ` ANNOUNCED THEY'RE PROVIDING THEIR SERVICE GST FREE, WHICH LED TO PEOPLE LIKE SPARK, WHO RUN LIGHTBOX, CRYING FOUL. BUT THAT'S BEEN THE REALITY FOR PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE STUFF TO US FROM OFFSHORE. THE TRICK HERE IS HOW YOU CAPTURE THE GST, AND WE ARE APPARENTLY WORKING WITH THE OECD ON THIS, WHICH MEANS DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR A QUICK ANSWER. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS BRICKS AND MORTAR RETAILERS MIGHT AT LAST GET A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, WHICH IS ALL THEY'VE EVER BEEN AFTER. SO IN THEORY, ANYWAY, A WIN TODAY FOR THE GOOD GUYS. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015