YEAH. GRUDGES? THERE'S NOT A HIGH THRESHOLD FOR A GRUDGE. HEY, WELCOME TO THE SHOW THIS EVENING. WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT GRUDGES. BUT NOT JUST ANY OLD GRUDGE, RIGHT? AN EPIC, EPIC GRUDGE. HAVE YOU EVER HELD A GRUDGE? A PROPER GRUDGE? YEAH. GRUDGES? THERE'S NOT A HIGH THRESHOLD FOR A GRUDGE. NO, I KNOW, BUT FOR HOW LONG? HMM. A FEW YEARS. FEW YEARS?! NOT 25 YEARS, THOUGH! NO. 25 YEARS. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS ONE TONIGHT. COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME TONIGHT ` A 25-YEAR-OLD GRUDGE THAT LOCALS BELIEVE IS BLIGHTING THEIR MAIN STREET AND HURTING THEIR TOWN. THEN THE PIRATE, THE MINISTER AND THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO CHOP OUT LAWS WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED BY HOW MANY ARE. INTERESTING, THAT ONE. AND HOW DOGGIE PADDLE CAN HELP PETS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER SURGERY. IT'S WATER THERAPY FOR DOGS. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 HEY, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR COMPANY. ALSO ON STORY TONIGHT, WE MEET A MAN WHO'S TRAVELLED TO ALMOST EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD, AND YET HE HAS DECIDED TO LIVE IN REEFTON. HE HAS AN INTERESTING REASON WHY AS WELL. WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER ON. NOW, IMAGINE HOLDING A GRUDGE FOR 25 YEARS. A 25-YEAR GRUDGE. THIS IS NOT A HEALTHY THING TO DO, AND WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING IT TONIGHT. BUT WEALTHY WAIRARAPA LANDOWNER JOHN BROEREN IS DOING EXACTLY THAT. YOU SEE, HE'S HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE LOCAL COUNCIL, AND ALSO ITS DEVELOPMENT FEES. BUT LOCALS SAY THE SAD THING IS IT COULD BE DOING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO FEATHERSTON'S ECONOMIC FUTURE. DAN PARKER REPORTS. MELANCHOLIC GUITAR MUSIC FEATHERSTON IS KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO THE WAIRARAPA. MELANCHOLIC MUSIC TRAIN HORN BLARES IT HAS ITS CHARMS, BUT IT ALSO HAS ITS EYESORES ` NAMELY, THREE PROMINENT, BOARDED UP AND VANDALISED BUILDINGS ON THE MAIN STREET. THEY'RE SO INFAMOUS HERE, THEY EVEN HAVE A NICKNAME. BROEREN'S RUINS. (CHUCKLES) AND IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT, DO YOU THINK? UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY BEING DAMNED` BEING DEMOLISHED BY NEGLECT. THEY'RE NAMED AFTER THEIR OWNER, JOHN BROEREN, WHO'S BEEN HOLDING A 25-YEAR LONG GRUDGE AGAINST THE COUNCIL. THEY'RE QUITE HIGH-PROFILE BUILDINGS, AND THEY SORT OF HAVE A TENDENCY TO BRING OUR FITZHERBERT STREET, OUR MAIN STREET, INTO A, YEAH, NOT SO WELCOMING SIGHT. LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND COUNCILLOR COLIN OLDS BELIEVES BROEREN'S GRUDGE IS HOLDING THE TOWN AND REGION BACK ECONOMICALLY. THERE WAS A PUBLIC MEETING IN FEATHERSTON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THE COMMUNITY HAVE HAD ENOUGH. BUT THEY ARE A LITTLE POWERLESS, LIKE COUNCIL ARE, TO DO A HECK OF A LOT ABOUT IT. DRAMATIC MUSIC COLIN SAYS THE COUNCIL HAS TRIED TO REASON WITH BROEREN, BUT HE DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO FIX THEM UP OR EVEN SELL THEM. HE'S GOT THESE WONDERFUL IDEAS. HE CAN TELL US THAT HE'S GOING TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. HE CERTAINLY APPEARS TO HAVE THE MEANS TO DO SO. BROEREN OWNS WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF PROPERTY IN THE WAIRARAPA, AND ALL OF THE OTHERS ARE TIDY AND TENANTED. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROBLEM? WE PAID HIM A VISIT. BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE. MR BROEREN DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA BUT TOLD ME THE COUNCIL ARE UNFAIRLY TARGETING HIM ` THAT IT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON SERVICES IN THE SOUTH WAIRARAPA THAT ARE SADLY LACKING INSTEAD OF PICKING ON PRIVATE LANDLORDS. AND REGARDLESS, HE SAYS, HE'S DOING UP HIS BUILDINGS ANYWAY. TO BE FAIR, WHILE WE NEVER SAW ANY EVIDENCE OURSELVES OF THAT, BROEREN SAYS IT'S HAPPENING, JUST NOT TO THE COUNCIL'S TIME FRAME. INSTEAD OF RENOVATIONS, HE WANTED US TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE HE SAID WOULD EXPLAIN THE ISSUE. SO THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SEE. YEAH. 25 YEARS, AND IT'S STILL THE SAME. IT WAS AN OLD STORY ABOUT HIM PROTESTING A $10,000 BOND FOR DEVELOPING PROPERTY IN FEATHERSTON. HE SAYS HE HAD BUILDERS TO GO, BUT THE COUNCIL'S RULES WERE THE ROADBLOCKS. HE'S TAKEN IT SO PERSONALLY, HE EVEN RECENTLY TRESPASSED THE MAYOR, ADRIENNE STAPLES, FROM ONE OF HIS PROPERTIES. THE SAD PART OF THIS DISAGREEMENT IS THAT OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS BELIEVE IT'S HURTING FEATHERSTON'S ABILITY TO ATTRACT TOURISTS AND BUSINESS. THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT HARD ON THE EYES TO LOOK AT. I BELIEVE THEY COULD BE DRESSED UP A LITTLE BIT. WE WANT MORE BUSINESSES TO COME ON THE MAIN STREET RATHER THAN AN EMPTY BUILDING, RATHER THAN OLD, BROKEN SHADES. TRYING TO NOT MENTION ANYBODY, BUT WE REALLY NEED THIS STREET TO BE ALIVE. SO WHAT CAN BE DONE? WELL, THE COUNCIL IS SO FED UP, IT'S BEEN CONSIDERING INVOKING A BY-LAW THAT SEES PROPERTIES RESTORED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE, WITHOUT CONSENT. COUNCIL HAVE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT THAT. HOWEVER, IT'S I GUESS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN TESTED IN COURT YET. EVEN AFTER 25 YEARS, THE COUNCIL IS STILL HOPING IT WON'T COME TO THAT. IT WANTS TO WORK THINGS OUT WITH BROEREN AND SAYS FEATHERSTON'S FUTURE COULD BE BRIGHT IF THEY CAN PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES. MM. I LIKE FEATHERSTON. IF FEATHERSTON WAS A LITTLE BIT FLASHER, I WOULD STOP AT FEATHERSTON. IN DAN'S STORY, THERE, THE VERY FIRST BUILDING, THAT USED TO BE A CAFE, AND I USED TO STOP THERE, AND IT USED TO BE BETTER THAN THAT. YEAH. FEATHERSTON USED TO BE BETTER THAN THAT. YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH FEATHERSTON? IT'S TOO CLOSE TO WELLINGTON AND TOO CLOSE TO A LOT OF THE OTHER CAFES. LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT MARTINBOROUGH AND CARTERTON AND GREYTOWN. SO IT'S KIND OF A NO MAN'S LAND. SO IT NEEDS ATTRACTION. AND THEY'RE FANCIER, RIGHT? YEAH, THEY ARE FANCIER. THEY ARE FANCIER. AND IT'S A NO MAN'S LAND. YEAH. BUT SEE, FOR ME, I COME OFF THE RIMUTAKA HILL ROAD, I'M A BIT, LIKE,... (GROANS) AND I'D LOVE TO STOP` BUT IF THERE WAS A NICE CAFE, YOU'D STOP THERE. I WOULD. I'D GET MY CUP OF TEA THERE. I'D FEEL MUCH MORE REFRESHED, AND THEN I'D CARRY ON. I HAD THE FIRST DATE WITH MY WIFE OVER THERE. AW! BACON-EGG PIE BY THE TRAIN STOP THERE. BUT IT WAS BOUGHT IN MARTINBOROUGH. SO WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY ADD TO THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE TOWN. YOU WENT ALL OUT, EH? TOOK YOUR WIFE TO FEATHERSTON. I DID, ACTUALLY. $4 OR SOMETHING. NICE. UM, YEAH, JOHN MIGHT NEED TO LET THAT GRUDGE GO. THE NEXT STORY WE'VE GOT FOR YOU IS VERY SPECIAL. IT'S A NATIONWIDE EXCLUSIVE, IN FACT. INSTEAD OF MAKING LAW, THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO SCRAP LAW ` 10% OF THE COUNTRY'S LAWS. SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY OLD AND OUTDATED, BUT SOME ARE POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL. AND IN SOME CASES, AS JULIAN LEE IS ABOUT TO ARGUE, THE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT BE GOING FAR ENOUGH. BUCKLE UP, BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANNING ON GETTING RID OF 10% OF OUR COUNTRY'S LAWS. IT'S JUST PART OF THIS WHOLE IDEA OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RED TAPE AND STUFF THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO THE MINISTER OF REGULATORY REFORM GOT TOGETHER WITH ACT PARTY LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR ` WHO HAPPENS TO BE HIS PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY ` AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THEY FOUND 120 LAWS WE MAY NOT NEED ANY MORE. STEVEN JOYCE'S PERSONAL FAVOURITE IS THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT. IT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO SHARE INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP FIGHT THE MILLENIUM BUG, WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO CAUSE A WORLDWIDE COMPUTER MELTDOWN ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 1999. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME LAWS AND SOME REGULATIONS ` NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT ` BUT MANY PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE IT'S GONE TOO FAR ONE WAY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A FIVE-MINUTE JOB TO SEND IT BACK THE OTHER WAY. A LAW TO DEAL WITH THE RUGBY WORLD CUP ` UH, 2011. OFF IT GOES TO WILLIAMS. WHISTLE TRILLS ANOTHER TO DEAL WITH THE 1931 HAWKE'S BAY EARTHQUAKE. ONE WHICH LEGALISES LIQUOR IN PREVIOUSLY 'DRY' AREAS OF NZ. BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY I THINK THE MINISTER SHOULD'VE ADDED TO THE SCRAP HEAP. AHOY. BOTH CHUCKLE IN NZ, YOU CAN GET 14 YEARS BEHIND BARS JUST FOR BEING A PIRATE... OR 10 YEARS EVEN JUST PLANNING TO BE A PIRATE ` SOME OF THE MOST SERIOUS PUNISHMENTS IN THE NZ LEGAL SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN PLANNING ON BECOMING A PIRATE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE ` NOT A NASTY, 'WORKING OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA' TYPE PIRATE BUT AN 'EYE PATCH AND PARROT' TYPE, STILL PRESUMABLY VERY ILLEGAL. OH, HI THERE. CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING? YEAH, COULD WE GRAB JUST TWO RUMS? IS THAT OK? OF COURSE! (LAUGHS) YOU GRAB TWO RUMS FOR HIM. OH, YOU`? YOU DON'T WANT A RUM? I'LL STAY WITH THE CLEAR WATER. WELL, THAT'S A BIT OF A LANDLUBBER'S ATTITUDE, DON'T YOU THINK? APPARENTLY, 9.30 ON A FRIDAY MORNING WAS TOO EARLY FOR HIM. THAT WAS LIKE A CUTLASS TO THE HEART FOR ME, BECAUSE MORNING RUM DRINKING IS A CRUCIAL PART OF TRADITIONAL PIRATE CULTURE. THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT I FEEL ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. RIGHT. UM, NAMELY THAT` WELL, WE DON'T LIKE TO BE CALLED PIRATES ANY MORE. OH, IS THAT RIGHT? NO, WE'RE RAIDERS NOW. WE'RE SEA RAIDERS. CRIMES ACT 1961. YES. SECTION 96 ` CONSPIRING TO COMMIT PIRACY. YES. THAT WOULD SEEM A REASONABLY BAD THING. IT'S 10 YEARS MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT. IS THAT RIGHT? WOW. IT'S A VERY HEAVY, UH, PUNISHMENT JUST FOR PLANNING TO BE A PIRATE. WELL, PIRACY'S A PRETTY SERIOUS THING. I THINK AT THE MOMENT YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST WANTING TO BE PIRATE. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO WANT TO BE A PIRATE. SEA SHANTY MUSIC SO I WAS IN THE CLEAR ` FOR THE MEANTIME. I LIKE THIS LANDLUBBER'S PEPPY ATTITUDE. I'VE GOT A PROPOSITION FOR YOU. I NEED A FIRST MATE. I RECKON YOU'D BE GREAT FOR THE JOB. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? 15% OF THE BOOTY. (LAUGHS) THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. FIRST MATES DON'T GET THAT KIND OF DEAL THESE DAYS. OH, NO. THAT'S AN INTERESTING AND TEMPTING OFFER, BUT NEVERTHELESS, COME BACK AND SEE ME IN 20 OR 30 YEARS. IT MADE ME THINK THERE MAY BE SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN CUTLASS-TOTTING, EYE PATCH-WEARING PIRATES LIKE MYSELF WILL ONE DAY BE ALLOWED TO SAIL NZ'S WATERS WITHOUT FEAR OF PERSECUTION. ARRR! STEVEN JOYCE SAID, 'COME AND SEE ME IN 20 OR 30 YEARS'? IT'S NOT A DICTATORSHIP, PAL! DOES HE THINK HE'S GONNA BE IN GOVERNMENT IN 20 OR 30 YEARS?! WELL, CLEARLY! THAT WAS QUITE AN EYE-OPENER. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MOST REVEALING THING IS ABOUT GETTING RID OF ALL THOSE LAWS? MOST REVEALING? MM. I MEAN, DO YOU THINK WE'D SAVE MONEY ON IT OR SOMETHING? OH, RIGHT, I THINK THAT WE PRINT FEWER BITS OF PAPER, AND IT MAKES IT EASIER TO GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATION. BUT HERE'S THE THING ` THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE. THEY HAVE TO DO SOME CONSULTATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SOMETHING REALLY BAD MIGHT HAPPEN. LIKE, REMEMBER IN IRELAND, WHEN THEY GOT RID OF THE LAW, I THINK THEY CHANGED THAT, DIDN'T THEY? YEAH, THEY HAD TO QUICKLY SCRAMBLE. THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNDER JOHN KEY. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP ON STORY ` WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO FOR OUR INJURED FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS. WE ARE POOLSIDE ` DON'T MISS THIS ` FOR CANINE HYDROTHERAPY. THEN WHAT DRIVES THE WORLD'S MOST WELL TRAVELLED MAN, AND WHY ON EARTH HAS HE DECIDED TO LIVE IN REEFTON? FEW YEARS?! NOT 25 YEARS, THOUGH! WELL, WELCOME BACK TO THE PROGRAMME. TONIGHT'S NZ LIVE SHOT IS FROM ADDINGTON IN CHRISTCHURCH. WE'VE GONE BIG BUDGET TONIGHT. IT IS FROM THE ROOF OF OUR OWN TV3 BUILDING, GIVING US A STUNNING VIEW OF THE FAMED NOR'WEST ARCH. IT'S A UNIQUELY CANTERBURY WEATHER PATTERN, WHERE WARM AIR FROM THE TASMAN SEA IS PUSHED UP OVER THE SOUTHERN ALPS. THERE IT IS THERE. LOOK AT THAT. IT FALLS JUST RIGHT ON THE WEST COAST AND RESULTS IN A DRY, WARM WIND IN THE EAST. CAN YOU SEE THAT, HEATHER? YEAH, I CAN. AND APPARENTLY, CANTABRIANS TELL US, WHEN THEY SEE THE ARCH, THEY KNOW THEY'RE IN FOR A BIT OF A BLUSTERY AND WARM DAY. BUT SEE, THE PROBLEM FOR THEM IS THERE ARE CLOUDS BENEATH THE ARCH, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET RAIN TOMORROW. OH, IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. OH, COOL. OK. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I MADE THAT ONE UP THIS TIME. NO. UNLIKE SOME OTHER THINGS. YEAH. UM, NOW, ON PETS, WE ALL KNOW HOW UPSETTING IT CAN BE TO LOSE A PET. BUT WHAT SOMETIMES CAN BE EVEN HARDER ON FAMILIES IS WHEN A PET IS STILL ALIVE BUT BADLY INJURED. AND CARING FOR THEM CAN COST HEAPS, AS WE KNOW, AND TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME. SO RYAN BRIDGE WENT TO CHECK OUT A UNIQUE WAY OF GETTING HURT DOGS BACK ON TRACK. BE GOOD. COCO! STAY. (LAUGHS) DO`! AH! COCO HAS SOME TRUST ISSUES. HE'S HAD A PRETTY HARD LIFE. HE HAD BEEN KICKED BY HIS PREVIOUS OWNER OR OWNER'S PARTNER, AND HAD SMASHED ALL HIS BACK LEG AND COULDN'T WALK ON HIS LEGS. BEV TOOK COCO UNDER HER WING, ADOPTING HIM FROM THE SPCA. FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM STRAIGHT AWAY, AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE STORY. COCO GETS A PANG OF PAIN WHEN HE'S USING HIS INJURED LEG. HE'S PUTTING GOOD WEIGHT THROUGH THAT LEFT LEG, ACTUALLY. TODAY, COCO IS GETTING A SPECIAL TREAT. NO, HE'S NOT GOING SKYDIVING. THAT'S A DOGGIE LIFE JACKET. I'M GONNA GET INTO THE POOL WITH HIM AND GIVE HIM SOME EXERCISE AND GET THOSE LEGS MOVING. HE'S A LITTLE SHY AT FIRST, BUT HIS MATES CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE WATER. # I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S OUR TIME. YOU AND ME... THIS IS HYDROTHERAPY FOR OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS, HELPING HEAL INJURED DOGS AND MAKING LIFE A LITTLE EASIER FOR THOSE SUFFERING CHRONIC ILLNESSES. # I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S OUR TIME. # GOOD BOY! AFTER WARMING UP TO THE IDEA, COCO IS SOON SWIMMING HIS WAY BACK TO FULL HEALTH. WHEN HE FIRST CAME, THAT LEG WAS JUST LIKE A LITTLE CHICKEN LEG. HE DIDN'T EVEN PUT IT DOWN. HE HELD IT UP. IT WAS REALLY` IT WAS VERY VERY BAD. ELECTRONIC MUSIC THE POOL IS COMPLETELY ZERO-WEIGHT BEARING AND WARMED TO 28 DEGREES, GIVING DOGS GREATER FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT HE WOULD LOSE HIS LEG. WELL, FORTUNATELY, THEY WAY HE'S PROGRESSING WITH SARAH, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A POSSIBILITY NOW. SO THAT'S GOOD. SO HYDROTHERAPY MIGHT HAVE SAVED HIS LEG? YES. YES. PROBABLY HAS. BUT WHAT DO THE DOGS THINK OF IT? DOES IT REALLY HELP, OR DO THEY THINK THE WHOLE THING IS BARKING MAD? SO, MOLLY, DID YOU LIKE THAT? ENJOY BEING IN THE WATER? SHE'S GONE ALL SHY. ENERGETIC DANCE MUSIC IT'S ALL A BIT LIKE WATER AEROBICS FOR THE ELDERLY OR HUMAN HYDROTHERAPY. VETERINARIANS OFTEN RECOMMEND IT FOR DOGS WHO HAVE HAD SURGERY. SO IF YOU HAD A RUGBY PLAYER AND THEY TEAR THE LIGAMENTS IN THEIR KNEE, THE SURGERY IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSIO AND JUST REHAB WORK THAT GOES ON AFTER THAT, AND WE USE THINGS LIKE HYDROTHERAPY FOR THAT. A HYDROTHERAPY SESSION WILL SET YOU BACK ABOUT $50. A WHOLE RANGE OF MORE EXPENSIVE HEALTH AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR WITH DOG OWNERS. DR RUCK SAYS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE ON THEIR PET'S HEALTH IS BECAUSE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE PET INSURANCE. THAT CERTAINLY HELPS THAT THERE ARE MORE INSURED ANIMALS, AND THAT CUTS OUT THE MONEY CONSTRAINTS. BUT PEOPLE THESE DAYS IN GENERAL ARE JUST WANTING TO DO MORE FOR THEIR PETS. TREATMENTS PREVIOUSLY RESERVED JUST FOR HUMANS ARE NOW BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR WITH OUR BEST FRIENDS TOO. AMAZING WHAT SOME PEOPLE DO. RIGHT, ON THE TOPIC OF DOGS, LAST THURSDAY, WE SHARED WITH YOU A STORY ABOUT PET FIRST AID IN TRISTRAM CLAYTON'S STORY. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT PET FIRST AID IN AUCKLAND IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT TEACHES THE COURSE, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT, IS IT? WE HAVE SINCE OF COURSE BEEN CONTACTED BY VIEWERS WHO HAVE LEARNT PET FIRST AID ELSEWHERE. SO TO CLARIFY, WHAT WE MEANT WAS THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES IN NZ TO OFFER A COURSE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR NZ. WAS THAT NOT OBVIOUS (?) YEAH. I THINK I CALL THAT A MONOPOLY. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING A PET FIRST AID COURSE, GO CHECK IT OUT. YEAH, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE DOING IT. OK, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` 230 NATIONS DOWN, 17 TO GO. WE FIND OUT WHERE TO NEXT FOR THE WORLD'S MOST WELL-TRAVELLED MAN. ALL RIGHT, HOW MANY STAMPS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR PASSPORT? DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR PASSPORT A LOT? OH, YEAH. YEAH. I BET YOU DO. I USED TO. BUT WHATEVER YOU ANSWER IS, IT WON'T TOP JOHN BOUGEN'S TRAVEL HISTORY. HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN. # EVERYWHERE, MAN! # THAT'S A GOOD SONG, THAT. WELL, HE ALMOST HAS. HE STILL HAS JUST A FEW MORE PLACES TO TICK OFF BEFORE HE CAN OFFICIALLY CLAIM THE RECORD FOR THE WORLD'S MOST WELL-TRAVELLED MAN. SO NO SURPRISES THAT HE'S A KIWI. AND AS FOUNDER OF THE DRESS SMART CHAIN, NO SURPRISES THAT HE'S GOT A BIT OF CASH TOO. HE'S WEALTHY. AND YOU'D HAVE TO BE. BUT WHAT IS SURPRISING IS WHERE THIS GUY IS LIVING NOW. JENDY HARPER TRACKED HIM DOWN. SO 230 DOWN, 17 TO GO. SOUTH AMERICA. THAT'S ALL DONE. ALL DONE. ALL UP THE ARCTIC? YEAH, ALL UP THERE, DONE. YOU HAVE TO BE A WEE BIT STIR CRAZY, DON'T YOU? IT'S NOT A MID-LIFE CRISIS. I'VE HAD LOTS OF THEM. BOTH LAUGH IT IS JOHN BOUGEN'S GRAND OBSESSION TO BECOME THE WORLD'S MOST WELL-TRAVELLED MAN. THERE ARE 247 NATIONS, TERRITORIES, DEPENDENCIES AND AUTONOMOUS REGIONS. HIS GOAL ` TO GET TO EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND HE HAS JUST 17 TO GO TO CLAIM THE RECORD. HE WROTE A BOOK AFTER HE'D KNOCKED OFF 191 NATIONS IN 150 DAYS. DO YOU SPEND LONG IN THOSE PLACES? UH, SOME OF THEM` THE SHORTEST WAS TUVALU ` 17 MINUTES. 17 MINUTES?! TAJIKISTAN ` WHERE WE WALKED ACROSS THE BORDER AND HAD A CUP OF TEA WITH THE BORDER GUARDS AND HAD A WONDERFUL OLD CHAT. WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. AND THEN WE WALKED BACK ACROSS. SO MANY ADVENTURES, SO MANY STORIES, SO MANY QUESTIONS. MALAWI. WITHOUT A DOUBT. ANGRIEST PEOPLE? CONGO. HORRIBLE. THEY WERE DEMANDING AN EXIT PAYMENT TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY ` US$500. BUT WE WERE KIWIS, AND SO WE NEGOTIATED AND GOT IT FOR 50. BEST AIRLINE? I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY AIR NZ. THEY JUST DON'T FLY ENOUGH PLACES. WORST AIRLINE? GOD, THERE'S SO MANY. SOME OF THOSE SOUTH AMERICAN AIRLINES, YOU WOULDN'T... WISH YOUR ENEMY TO FLY IN. RIGHT NOW? OH. UM,... SLOVENIA. LOVE SLOVENIA. IN ALL THIS WORLD THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO,... AND YOU'RE JUST DOWN HERE. YEAH. IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! LAZY GUITAR MUSIC I SORT OF FELL TOTALLY HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH REEFTON AND EVERYTHING THAT SITS WITHIN IT. YES, THIS VOYAGEUR, RACONTEUR, ENTREPRENEUR IS INVESTING IN THIS HISTORICAL WEST COAST TOWN. HOW MUCH WAS THIS? OH, THIS WAS, UM, UNDER 100. HE ALSO OWNS THE GALLERY NEXT DOOR AND LIVES IN THE OLD STATE MINES OFFICE, WHICH HE BOUGHT WHILE TRAVELLING IN CHILE. AND WHEN HE NEEDED A WITNESS FOR THE DEAL, HE WENT TO SEE OUR AMBASSADOR IN SANTIAGO. YEAH, HE DIDN'T MIND WITNESSING THIS DOCUMENT. AND HE GOES, 'REEFTON? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU BUYING PROPERTY IN REEFTON FOR?' AND I SAID, 'OH, I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE.' AND HE GOES, 'I WAS BORN THERE! 'WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU BUYING SOMETHING IN REEFTON?' AND I WENT, 'THIS IS MEANT TO BE.' BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. JOHN HAS ALSO BOUGHT THE OLD REEFTON SCHOOL ` LAND AND BUILDINGS $169,000. SEEMS SO CHEAP I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY MISTAKE. UPBEAT MUSIC HE DOESN'T OWN THIS OLD-TIMER BUT LOVES IT ALL THE SAME. SO THE LAST CLASS JUST SORT OF WALKED OUT? YES. IT'S WHERE WANNABE MINERS CAME TO LEARN THEIR CRAFT, COMPLETE WITH CANARY CAGE. STILL GOT THE BIRDSEED AND TRACES OF BIRD POOP. HONESTLY, YOU JUST` YOU CAN FEEL YOUR, UM, FEEL NZ HISTORY AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR THERE. IT'S A WONDERFUL BUILDING. RELAXING GUITAR MUSIC WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HERE IS THAT IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING AND YOU THINK SOMETHING NEEDS DOING, YOU JUST GO AND DO IT. AND EVERYBODY GOES 'YAY, GOOD ON YOU.' SO IT'S MARVELLOUS. IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW. IF THE REST OF NZ WAS LIKE THIS, NOTHING COULD HOLD US BACK. HERE WE'VE GOT HORSES COMING DOWN THE MAIN STREET. ARE YOU LONG-TERM HERE? I THINK SO. I HOPE SO. # OH, YOU'RE THE PASSENGER. SHORT-TERM, THERE ARE THOSE 17 PLACE STILL TO VISIT, ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TO NEXT YEAR AND IT'S ALL DONE? UM, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT. # IT'S IN THE SILENT HOLLOWS. SO IT'S A BIT OF FUN, ISN'T IT? # YOU SEE THE STARS GO OUT TONIGHT... # WHAT A GREAT GUY. I KNOW, RIGHT? TWO THINGS ` I'D BE AT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IF I HAD THAT MUCH DOUGH, AND FEATHERSTON NEEDS HIM. WE SHOULD SEND HIM TO FEATHERSTON, SHOULDN'T WE? WELL, DON'T YOU THINK? YES, I THINK WE SHOULD. THREE BUILDINGS` I SAW THREE BUILDINGS EARLIER ON THAT COULD DO WITH A SPRUCE UP. ANYWAY. JOHN HAS NEVER ADDED UP HOW MUCH HIS TRAVELS HAVE COST HIM. HE SAYS THAT WILL TAKE THE ENJOYMENT OUT OF IT. ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST, ACTUALLY. KERGUELEN ISLANDS? YOU EVER HEARD OF THEM? NO. HAVE TONIGHT, THOUGH. RIGHT, FINALLY TONIGHT, WE THOUGHT WE'D LEAVE YOU WITH SOME YOUNG DANCERS FROM CHRISTCHURCH WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT THE NATIONAL HIP HOP CHAMPS. THE JUDGES WERE SO IMPRESSED THAT THEY ENTERED THEM IN THE WORLD CHAMPS IN MARTINIQUE. YEAH, THEY'VE GOT UNTIL` I WONDER IF HE'S GOING THERE. HE'S PROBABLY BEEN. ACTUALLY, THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM A CALL, FIND OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE OVER THERE. THEY'VE GOT UNTIL DECEMBER TO RAISE $63,000 TO GET TO THE CARIBBEAN, AND THEY'RE FUNDRAISING PRETTY FURIOUSLY. THEY'RE CALLED THE POLAROIDS, FROM ZION STUDIOS. OK, THE BLOCK NZ VILLA WARS IS UP NEXT. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON THE WEEKEND. OH, THANK YOU. IT'S NICE OF ME, ISN'T IT? THAT'S IT FROM US. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES WITH US. WE'LL CATCH YOU TOMORROW. FUNKY HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015