ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANKS, GUYS. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? (CHUCKLES) OK, LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS THIS TECHNOLOGY. I CAN'T GET IT OFF MY HANDS. BUT SEE HOW LIGHT IT IS. IT JUST FLOWS. I KNOW IT PROBABLY LOOKS LIKE TOILET PAPER AT HOME, BUT IT IS NOT. LOOK AT THAT. IT'S LIGHTER A TISSUE. BUT GIVE IT A TUG. SEE HOW STRONG IT IS. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S LIKE FLOATING DUST. LOOK AT THAT. YOU CAN'T` TRY AND TEAR IT. TRY AND TEAR IT. SNAP! OH! YEAH IT` BUT LOOK. YEAH, WE DID IT. OH, IT'S AMAZING. I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE STUFF THE FUTURE. OK. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING SORT OF TEXTURE. BUT FIRST UP ON THE PROGRAM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT LIVING IN FEAR. THE KIWIS IN AUSTRALIA WHO HAVE VIRTUALLY GONE INTO HIDING, SCARED THAT THEY WILL BE DRAGGED OFF TO A DETENTION CENTRE DESPITE LIVING CLEAN AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES. PLUS, MATCHING THE HOMELESS TO EMPTY HOMES. SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A NO-BRAINER. SO WE HAVE A GO AT DOING HOUSING NZ'S JOB FOR IT. AND SOME SPECTACULAR TECH. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SCIENCE STUFF YOU CAN WEAR THAT MIGHT JUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE ONE DAY. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. ALSO LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE MEET AN 11-YEAR-OLD SINGER WHO REALLY IS LIVING HIS DREAM. I CAN'T GET THE STUFF OFF MY HANDS NOW. (LAUGHS) BUT FIRST, IMAGINE WAITING FOR THAT KNOCK ON THE DOOR FOR SOMEONE TO TELL YOU IT'S TIME TO PACK UP YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN AND RETURN TO A COUNTRY THAT YOU HAVE NEVER CALLED HOME. WE KNOW OF COURSE THAT THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF KIWIS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW. SOME OF THESE KIWIS ARE RIGHT NOW LIVING IN HIDING ACROSS THE DITCH, AVOIDING POLICE, EVEN LIMITING ` THIS IS INTERESTING ` SO KIM VINNELL WENT TO FIND THEM AND FILE THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. MANY OF THOSE WE HAVE COME HERE TO FIND LEFT NZ IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE. BUT AT SOME POINT, THEY TOOK A WRONG TURN, GOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE WRONG CROWD AND SPENT TIME BEHIND BARS AS A RESULT. NOW THEY'RE FINDING AUSTRALIA HAS TURNED AGAINST THEM. VIOLENT NZ CRIMINALS. IF I <BLEEP>ed UP, COME AND GET ME. COLD-BLOODED KIWI KILLERS. THE TONE IS BEING SET BY HEADLINES AND PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. AND DANGEROUS THUGS LOADED UP WITH DRUGS AND WEAPONS. SO WE'VE COME TO AUSTRALIA TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY NOW LIVE IN FEAR AND VIRTUAL HIDING AS A RESULT. DRAMATIC MUSIC WE'VE SPENT WEEKS TRYING TO TRACK THESE KIWIS DOWN. AND MOST OF THEM, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, ARE RELUCTANT TO TALK ` BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO LAY LOW AND NOT GET CAUGHT. WE HAVE MANAGED TO FIND ONE WOMAN. SHE MOVED HERE IN 1994, AND EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS AGO, SHE SPENT 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR WHITE-COLLAR FRAUD. SHE HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH OVER WHETHER SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO US, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT. IN A QUIET SUBURB, WE MEET THE WOMAN WERE GOING TO CALL HANNAH. AT THE MOMENT I'M IN LIMBO. I'M WAITING FOR THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR. SHE'S MARRIED, HAS TWO SONS, JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE AND OWNS A BUSINESS. I WAS ABSOLUTELY INCENSED. I THOUGHT IT WAS DISGUSTING. WATCHING THE NEWS NOW PETRIFIES HER. IF THE BORDER POLICE TURN UP AND SAY, 'THAT'S IT. YOU ARE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.' OFF I GO TO DETENTION CENTRE, AND THAT'S IT. HANNAH SPENT 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR STEALING $100,000 FROM HER WORK. SHE SAID SHE'S CURED OF THE GAMBLING ADDICTION WHICH DROVE HER TO CRIME. I'M BEING LUMPED IN WITH MURDERERS, RAPISTS. AND 8 YEARS ON IS BEING PUNISHED A SECOND TIME BUT IT'S VERY VERY HARD SOME DAYS TO GET` EVEN GET OUT OF BED AND DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU THINK, 'WELL, WHAT'S THE POINT?' THE KNOCK COULD COME TONIGHT. IT COULD COME TOMORROW. SO WHAT'S THE POINT? BUT I HAVE TO FIGHT THAT BECAUSE OF MY FAMILY. HANNAH SAYS SHE NOW AVOIDS GOING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND WILL CHANGE HER ROUTE IF SHE SEES A POLICE CAR AHEAD. THE LAW CHANGED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, MEANING ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN SENTENCED TO 12 MONTHS OR MORE IN PRISON HAS THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE IN AUSTRALIA REVOKED. THAT INCLUDES SUSPENDED SENTENCES. THE SHEER SIZE OF AUSTRALIA AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRINGS DRAW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIS HERE EVERY YEAR. AT LAST COUNT, 650,000 NZERS ARE CALLING THIS PLACE HOME. NOW, WHILE MOST KEEP THEIR NOSES CLEAN, IT'S THOUGHT AROUND 5000 ARE LIVING WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS. OF THOSE, AROUND 1000 ARE FACING DEPORTATION AND 200 ARE ALREADY BEING HELD IN DETENTION CENTRES. LAWYERS ZEKE BENTLEY HAS KIWI CLIENTS IN HIDING. HE SAYS SOME ARE BEING TOLD THEY CAN APPEAL AGAINST DEPORTATION, WHILE OTHERS ARE BEING KEPT IN THE DARK. AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ARE KNOCKING ON THE DOORS AND GOING IN AND GRABBING PEOPLE AND PUTTING THEM INTO AN IMMIGRATION CENTRE FOR QUICK DEPORTATION. SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN BEING GIVEN THAT BASIC PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS. IN SYDNEY, WE FOUND ANOTHER KIWI WHO IS FEARING JUST THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT FREAKS ME OUT. HE ASKED THAT WE DO THE INTERVIEW IN A CAR PARK, CLEARLY ON EDGE. IT IS SCARY. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD GO IF I HAD TO LEAVE MY SON HERE. HIS CONVICTIONS ARE NO JOKE ` EXTORTION, STEALING CARS, SEVERAL DRIVING OFFENCES, AND HE'S ON PAROLE RIGHT NOW. BUT HE HASN'T LIVED IN NZ FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. GOING BACK, HE SAYS, COULD PUSH THEM BACK TO CRIME. ALL OF MY FAMILY IS HERE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE COUSINS AND RELATIVES BACK IN NZ, I DON'T KNOW THEM, BASICALLY. BUT ON THE STREETS OF BRISBANE, THERE'S LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR KIWIS LIVING IN FEAR. BASICALLY IF A NZER HAS SPENT MORE THAN 12 MONTHS IN PRISON, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO NZ. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? YEAH, FAIR ENOUGH. IF THEY'RE A CRIMINAL AND THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED, THEY SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY. ARE THEY AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS? NO. THEN THEY SHOULD GO HOME. I THINK IT'S GOOD. YEAH? I BELIEVE IF YOU'VE DONE THE CRIME, WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE. SIMPLE AS THAT. HANNAH SAYS THESE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE PAINTING TOO SIMPLE A PICTURE. WE'VE WORKED OUR GUTS OUT. WE'VE PAID OUR TAXES. WE HAVEN'T BEEN A DRAIN ON THE STATE. IF YOU HAD ONE MESSAGE FOR THE LAWMAKERS, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN CHANGE THIS, WHAT WOULD IT BE? UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES. I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE VERY SERIOUS CRIMES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO... DO DESERVE TO BE DEPORTED, MATE, BUT FOR THE REST OF US THAT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, WE DO DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE. YOU SEE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC THERE THAT THERE'S NO SYMPATHY TOWARDS THESE PEOPLE. AND THAT'S WHY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS DOING THAT. THEY'RE PLAYING HEAVY AND HARD TO THEIR DOMESTIC AUDIENCE. AND IT'S POPULIST. IT'S REALLY POPULIST. IT'S WORKING. AND YOU SEE, MALCOLM TURNBULL, THE NEW PRIME MINISTER, GETS TO NZ THIS WEEKEND. AND HE WILL BE PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOURING THE RELATIONSHIP. WHEN HE'S HERE, OBVIOUSLY JOHN KEY'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I DO KNOW IT WILL DOMINATE THE ENTIRE TRIP. WHETHER HE'LL BE UP FOR THAT ARE NOT. THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE TOO, ACTUALLY. GOES RIGHT TO THE HEART OF IT. ALL RIGHT, SHARAYNE IS 21. SHE'S PREGNANT, AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S HOMELESS. HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO FIND HER A HOUSE IN AUCKLAND? THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF EMPTY STATEHOUSES IN AUCKLAND. IS IT 400? 400, YEAH. 400 RIGHT NOW. AT OUR COUNT. YEP. OK. HMM. SO WE THOUGHT WE'D DO HOUSING NZ'S JOB FOR THEM. HOW HARD CAN IT BE? MATCH THE HOMELESS TO THE HOME. BUT BOY OH BOY, DID WE FIND A TWIST AT EVERY CORNER. UPBEAT MUSIC HERE'S AN EMPTY STATE HOUSE IN CENTRAL WEST AUCKLAND. NEIGHBOURS TELL US THIS ONE'S BEEN EMPTY FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. IT'S BEING TORN APART. THE LAST TENANTS APPARENTLY SMOKED P INSIDE. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE DOING SOME WORK HERE, BUT APPARENTLY CONTRACTORS HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR AGES. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY A SOURCE IT PROBABLY WON'T BE READY FOR ANOTHER OR SIX MONTHS. HERE'S A PERSON WHO NEEDS A HOME. I JUST SLEEP LIKE THIS. SHARAYNE DAVIS SAYS SHE'S LIVING IN HER CAR. IT'S BETTER THAN SLEEPING ON THE GRASS. I PREFER TO SLEEP SQUASHED AND UNCOMFORTABLE THAN OUT IN THE OPEN. SHE IS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT; SHE'S 21 YEARS OLD. THIS IS MY WARDROBE. (CHUCKLES) SHARAYNE SAYS SHE'S BEEN WAITING FOR A STATEHOUSE FROM HOUSING NZ FOR FOUR WEEKS. I APPLIED; THEY LOST MY APPLICATION. I HAD TO REAPPLY. THEY KNOW MY SITUATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GO AT DOING HOUSING NZ'S JOB FOR THEM. UPBEAT MUSIC NICE LITTLE HOUSE. BIG BACKYARD. IT'S NICE. NICE ROOM FOR MY BABY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD JUST WANT TO LEAVE IT LIKE THIS. I FIND IT DISAPPOINTING THAT THEY KNOW MY SITUATION AND THIS IS AN EMPTY HOME JUST SITTING HERE, WHILE I LIVE IN MY FRIEND'S CAR? I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WORKS. (SCOFFS) IN AUCKLAND, A CITY WITH A HOUSING CRISIS, THERE ARE WELL OVER 400 EMPTY STATEHOUSES. ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY THERE ARE MORE THAN 1300. OUR COUNT FROM JUNE DOESN'T INCLUDE HOUSES UP FOR SALE OR DEMOLITION OR REDEVELOPMENT. THE GIRL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, OR THE WOMAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THREE MONTHS AWAY FROM HAVING A BABY. SO WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHERE HOUSING NZ HOUSES ARE LEFT VACANT LIKE THIS. WE ASKED HOUSING NZ FOR AN INTERVIEW; THEY SAID NO. WE HAVE COME TO THEM. WE'VE GOT A PHOTOGRAPH OF SHARAYNE WITH US; WE'VE GOT HER DETAILS, DETAILS OF THE HOUSE, A LETTER ASKING HOUSING NZ TO MATCH THE TWO OF THEM UP AS SOON AS THE HOUSE IS READY, SO WE'LL GIVE IT A GO. HOUSING NZ SAYS IT'S TRUE THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN EMPTY SINCE THE END OF JUNE. CONTRACTORS TURNED UP THIS WEEK AFTER OUR VISIT TO HOUSING NZ. THEY RIPPED OUT MORE GIB. AND GETTING TO THIS POINT HAS TAKEN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS, SO WE SHOWED THE PHOTOS TO A MAN WHO HELPS CLEAN P OUT OF HOUSES FOR A LIVING. THIS IS HOW LONG IT SHOULD'VE TAKEN A PRIVATE HOUSE AND ALL THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, YOU DO SOME DETAILED TESTING ABOUT A WEEK, MAX TWO WEEKS FOR THE CLEANING AND DECONTAMINATION SIDE OF THINGS. LESS IF YOU WENT STRAIGHT TO THE STRIP OUT. AND THEN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO FOR THE TESTING. SO WORST-CASE SCENARIO, ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. REMEMBER WE'VE BEEN TOLD UNOFFICIALLY THIS HOUSE WON'T BE READY FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. SURPRISED. LONG TIME? IT'S A VERY LONG TIME, YEAH. THIS IS YOUR PILLOW? SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, SHARAYNE WILL HAVE HAD HER BABY. IT WOULD BE THREE MONTHS OLD. BUT HOUSING NZ CAN'T GIVE HER THAT HOUSE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE ` WAIT FOR IT... SHE'S ACTUALLY NOT SHOWING UP AS BEING ELIGIBLE, SO WE CAN'T HOUSE ANYBODY THAT'S NOT ON OUR SYSTEM. SHE IS EFFECTIVELY NOT ON THE WAITLIST. SCOTT SAYS THEY CAN'T HELP A PERSON WHO IS INVISIBLE TO THEM. THREE WEEKS AFTER SHE'S APPLIED, THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF HER. HOUSING NZ DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SHE NEEDS TO GET A HOUSE. AS FOR SHARAYNE'S CLAIM THAT HER PAPERWORK WAS LOST, WE'RE TOLD SHE'S NOT ALONE. THIS COMES AS NO SURPRISE. OUR ADVOCATES HAVE WORKED PROBABLY A DOZEN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO'VE EXPERIENCED EXACTLY` EXACTLY THE SAME THING. SO HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO FINE A HOUSE? WELL, PRETTY HARD IF IT TAKES AGES TO GET THE HOUSE READY AND PRETTY HARD IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT SOMEONE NEEDS A HOUSE IN THE FIRST PLACE. OH, THE TWISTS. OK, SO WE ASKED HOW IT IS THAT WEEKS AFTER OF APPLYING FOR A HOUSE, SHARAYNE STILL WASN'T SHOWING UP ON THE WAITING LIST AT HOUSING NZ, WE ARE TOLD IT'S BECAUSE OF A NEW SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS NOW. IT WORKS LIKE THIS. IT'S WINZ THAT NOW FIRST ASSESSES THE PERSON'S NEED FOR A HOUSE. AS A HOUSE FREES UP, HOUSING NZ TELLS WINZ. WINZ THEN SENDS A LIST OF POTENTIAL TENANTS THROUGH, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE HOUSING NZ CAN NOW SEE ON THEIR WAITING LIST. DOES IT SOUND COMPLICATED? YES, IT DOES. SO WE ASKED HOUSING NZ WHY THE HOUSE IS TAKING SO LONG TO REPAIR. THEY SAID THEY NEED TO... ...BEFORE THEY'VE RE-LET IT. YES, ON TO WINZ NOW. THERE'S BEEN SOME REAL ISSUES WITH THIS SYSTEM TOO. IT SAYS IT HAS NO RECORD OF LOSING SHARAYNE'S PAPERWORK, BUT IT DOES HAVE A RECORD OF ASKING HER TO COME IN AGAIN AND COMPLETE HER PAPERWORK. WINZ SAYS IT WILL HELP SHARAYNE OUT WITH EMERGENCY MOTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS A BILL THAT SHE HAS TO PAY BACK. BUT WAIT. THERE IS MORE. WHAT IS IT? THERE IS MORE. THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT. OK. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON. SHE GOT A HOUSE, RIGHT. DID SHE? LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT. THERE IT IS. THERE'S HER HOUSE IN HENDERSON. SHE CAN HAVE THAT HOUSE IF SHE WANTS TO. WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO SHARAYNE ABOUT THAT. UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S NOT VERY WELL. SHE'S IN HOSPITAL, AND THEY'RE JUST HAVING A LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT HER BABY'S OK. BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S QUITE SURPRISING IS THAT AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, SHE WASN'T SHOWING UP ON THE WAITING LIST; TODAY SHE'S GOT A HOUSE. SO THAT'S IN HENDERSON AND THAT'S HERS. AND DOES SHE WANT IT? SHE'LL TAKE IT, RIGHT? YES, SHE'LL TAKE IT. SHE'LL TAKE THAT. HEY, WE ALSO NEED TO SAY GOOD ON HOUSING NZ FOR REACTING; GOOD ON WINZ; GOOD ON THE BOTH FOR SORTING THIS OUT. YEAH, GOOD ON THEM FOR COMING TO THE PARTY. MAYBE JUST THINK ABOUT GETTING THOSE HOUSES SORTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. BUT WE DO HAVE TO SAY GOOD ON YOU; YOU SORTED IT OUT. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW, NZ OPERA'S WONDER CHILD. HE'S 11 YEARS OLD AND IMPRESSING THE BIG NAMES IN A VERY GROWN-UP WORLD. AND YOU CAN FORGET THE APPLE WATCH. THINK T-SHIRTS AND BODY ARMOUR. WE'LL SHOW YOU NZ'S TAKE ON WEARABLE TECH. POP! WOMEN SQUEAL (LAUGHS) HEATHER: THESE ARE THE POPPING THINGS WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER WE ARE GETTING OUR BOSS FOR PUTTING US OUT ON PROGRAM DESK. DO YOU REMEMBER? I DO REMEMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. WELL, HMM, AND I SAID I'D SEND HER ONE OF THE BALLOONS TO TORTURE HER. SO WE DUG IT OUT AND WE PUT IT ON THE SHOW. THIS IS CREATED BY THIS KOREAN-KIWI ARTIST CALLED SEUNG YUL OH AND IS PART OF AUCKLAND ART WEEK. SO IT MUST BE ART. YOU KNOW THIS MATERIAL WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOON, IT'S A BIT LIKE A BALLOON. IT IS. IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE IT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. CAN I JUST`? ONE VERY VERY QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THAT GUY, THAT ARTIST. HAVE YOU DRIVEN DOWN DOMINION ROAD AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE NOODLES COMING OUT OF THE CHOPSTICKS? THAT ART INSTALLATION DOWN BY THE COUNTDOWN? IF YOU LIVE IN AUCKLAND` OH, YES! YES! YES. THAT'S HIM! OK, I'LL GO DOWN THERE TONIGHT. BRILLIANT. GO HAVE A LOOK. OK, SO WHAT DO 11-YEAR-OLD KIDS NORMALLY GET UP TO? OUT ASK YOU THIS. VIDEOGAMES? YES. OK. SPORT? YES. CLEANING THEIR BEDROOMS? NO. OK, WHAT ABOUT OPERA? NO. DEFINITELY NOT. THAT'S PRETTY RARE. WE DO HAVE ONE SPECIMEN THOUGH. ARCHIE TAYLOR IS THE YOUNGEST SOLOIST IN PUCCINI'S OPERA TOSCA THAT'S CURRENTLY ON IN WELLINGTON. EMMA JOLLIFF WENT AND CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. (SINGS IN ITALIAN) ARCHIE TAYLOR LOVES TO SING ` IN THIS CASE, IN ITALIAN. (SINGS GENTLE MELODY) AT JUST 11, HE WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM A SOLO IN TOSCA IN WELLINGTON, WHICH STARS RENOWNED TENOR SIMON O'NEILL. (SINGS IN ITALIAN) I JUST WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY AND ENJOY WHAT I DO. THE DIRECTOR OF NZ OPERA DESCRIBES HIS VOICE AS CHARMING. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY FREE AND SOULFUL, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY, AND SORT OF JOYOUS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST WHAT YOU WANT IN A YOUNG TREBLE. SO WHY OPERA? HOW BIG IT IS. ALSO IT'S QUITE DRAMATIC. BUT IT'S NOT JUST OPERA HE LIKES. HE'S ALSO A BIG FAN OF SAM SMITH. # ...WILL YOU HOLD MY HAND? TOGETHER: # OH, WON'T YOU STAY WITH ME? # COS YOU'RE ALL I NEED. UPBEAT MUSIC ARCHIE STARTED SINGING WHEN HE WAS 5 AND ACKNOWLEDGES IT'S NOT A PASSION SHARED BY MANY OTHER 11-YEAR-OLD BOYS. HIS PEERS ARE INTO OTHER THINGS. BY, MUM. PROBABLY DOING A BIT MORE SPORT. UM, YEAH. OR GAMING. ARCHIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KIND OF BOY WHO DANCES TO HIS OWN TUNE. HE'S VERY CONSCIOUS OF TAKING CARE OF HIS VOICE. YOU KIND OF DON'T SHOUT, BECAUSE THAT CAN WRECK YOUR VOCAL CORDS. AND ALSO CERTAIN FOODS CAN CLOG UP YOUR VOCAL CORDS BEFORE YOU SING, LIKE DAIRY PRODUCTS AND NUTS. MUM, HEATHER, SAYS THERE'S NO NEED TO NAG HIM TO PRACTISE. HE SINGS ALL THE TIME. HE SINGS WHEN HE GETS UP; HE SINGS WHEN HE GOES TO SLEEP; HE SINGS` YEAH. JUST SINGS ALL THE TIME. I SING IN THE SHOWER, AND ALSO I LIKE TO PRACTICE MY TROMBONE. NOT IN THE SHOWER, THOUGH. NO, NOT IN THE SHOWER. HIS INSPIRATION CAME FROM HIS MUSICAL FAMILY. HIS MOTHER SINGS AND PLAYS THE CELLO. HIS FATHER SINGS AND PLAYS THE DRUMS. AS DOES HIS BROTHER. WHEN YOU SEE THOSE OTHER PRINCIPALS COME OUT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THEM SING? UM, I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM. PROUD IS KIND OF... I DON'T KNOW. THERE ISN'T A BIGGER WORD. PROUD HAS TO DO IT. YEAH. YEAH, REALLY PROUD. ARCHIE SAYS THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A CAREER IN OPERA IN NZ. HE'S JUST WORKING TO BUILD A NAME FOR HIMSELF FIRST. FOLLOW YOUR DREAM, ARCHIE. YEAH. I WISH I'D FOLLOWED` I REALLY WANTED TO BE A SINGER. SO YOU FOLLOW IT, MATE. YOU GO HARD. YOU'RE A PRETTY GOOD SINGER, DUNCS. STILL TO COME ON THE SHOW, MAGICAL GLOVES! AND A T-SHIRT THAT'S LIKE A DISCO ON YOUR CHEST, PEOPLE. WE CHECK OUT THE HIGH-TECH GADGET GEAR YOU CAN WEAR. ALL RIGHT, WELL COME BACK. WE'VE ALL HEARD OF THE APPLE SMART WATCH. IT CAN TELL YOU THE TIME, YOU CAN MAKE PHONE CALLS ON IT, AND IT EVEN VIBRATES ` MM-HM ` WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SITTING DOWN FOR TOO LONG. DO YOU KNOW WHY? YEAH, COS IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH EXERCISE. YEAH, YOU'VE GOT TO GET OFF YOUR CHUFF, OK? SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. AND THERE'S SOME PRETTY CLEVER STUFF TOO THAT'S GOING ON CLOSER TO HOME. YEAH. A BUNCH OF POSTGRAD STUDENTS FROM AUCKLAND HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN GADGET GEAR THAT YOU CAN WEAR, AND THEY WERE SHOWING IT OFF TODAY, SO WE SENT RYAN BRIDGE ALONG TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT. TECHNO MUSIC IT'S LIKE BODY ARMOUR. THERE ARE MORE THAN 1000 TINY, WEE LED LIGHTS FLASHING ACROSS MY CHEST. I'LL THE FRONT. YOU DO THE BACK. THIS IS MATT. HE'S THE BRAINS BEHIND THIS PRETTY SMART T-SHIRT. IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE A TELEVISION ON YOUR SHIRT. A TV ON MY TOP. YEAH, EXCEPT FOR ITS LOW RES. MATT SOON HOPES TO HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING GAMES LIKE SNAKE ON THE SHIRT USING THEIR SMARTPHONES. SO IT'S LIKE AN INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION-STARTER T-SHIRT. IT IS. ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS BLOW THE COVER OF THESE DEVICES BEING USED IN PUBLIC SPACES. AND I'M USING MY SHIRT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. HE'S GOING TO MAKE THE BATTERIES SMALLER AND POTENTIALLY WEAVE THE LIGHTS INTO THE T-SHIRT FABRIC THEN TRY TO MASS PRODUCE AND SELL THEM, HOPEFULLY FOR LESS THAN THE ROUGHLY 500 BUCKS IT COST HIM TO MAKE THE PROTOTYPE. BECAUSE I CAN'T GO AND WASH THIS, OBVIOUSLY, CAN I? NO. NO, YOU CAN'T. MATT'S IDEA WAS PRETTY COOL, BUT I WANT TO FIND SOME REALLY PRACTICAL GEAR AT THIS WEARABLE TECH SYMPOSIUM. JAMIROQUAI'S 'VIRTUAL INSANITY' I FOUND THIS WICKED GAME CONTROLLER WHICH MOVES YOUR HAND AND VIBRATES WHEN YOU GET INTO TROUBLE. OH NO. I CRASHED. I FOUND SOME NANOFIBRES ` INCREDIBLY LIGHT BUT REALLY STRONG MATERIAL. IT CAN BE USED FOR MEDICAL STUFF LIKE BANDAGES AND EVEN ARTIFICIAL ORGAN PARTS. QUITE TOUGH. QUITE TOUGH. YEAH. APART FROM THAT. UM, THAT WAS A BIT AWKWARD. SO, MOVING ON. THERE ARE AROUND HUNDRED PEOPLE SUPER KEEN ON WEARABLE TECH AT TODAY'S EVENT. BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS STUFF HAVE ANY GOOD IDEAS. ONE THING I HAVE IN UNI IS I ALWAYS RUN OUT OF BATTERY, MY PHONE. SO IF I COULD HAVE SOMETHING ON MY LEG OR SOMETHING IN MY PANTS SO THAT EVERY TIME I WALK, IT COULD GENERATE ENERGY, SO THEN I CAN CHARGE MY PHONE AS I WALK. THIS IS A GENIUS IDEA. I KNOW. GENIUS. I'M A GENIUS. LED ON A SLEEVE. YEAH? YEAH. WHY IS THAT? A BIT OF A STYLE THING? YEAH, BIT OF STYLE. AND JUST LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN INSTEAD OF HAVING YOUR PHONE OUT, YOU KNOW? MAYBE, LIKE, A TV DRESS WOULD BE KIND OF COOL. A TV DRESS? YEAH. WHAT? YOU CAN WATCH YOUR FAVOURITE SHOWS WHILE YOU'RE GOING OUT? YEAH. YEAH. I RECKON. TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE, RIGHT? (GIGGLES) SO YOU CAN HAVE AN NIGHT IN AND A NIGHT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. BRILLIANT IDEAS, BUT MAYBE NOT TOTALLY PRACTICAL JUST YET. HOWEVER I CAME ACROSS ANOTHER IDEA THAT'S BOTH. COME CHECK THIS OUT. IN WINTER IT CAN BE PRETTY COLD. YOU'RE WEARING GLOVES; YOU'VE GOT YOUR IPAD, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. WELL, THERE'S A SOLUTION. NOW THAT I'M WEARING THIS MAGIC GLOVE, I CAN MOVE THE BUTTONS. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SOLUTION TO A BIT OF A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM. ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MS. BUT FOR DESIGNER MICHELE, IT'S FAR MORE THAN THAT. THAT AFFECTS MY NERVES. AND ALSO I HAVE HEATING, TEMPERATURE CONTROL PROBLEMS FROM THAT. SHE CREATED THIS SMART CONDUCTIVE YARN ` THAT'S THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHARGES ` THAT MAKES ALL THIS WORK. MICHELE SAYS AUT IS LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL OPTIONS FOR HER SMART YARN IN A GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT'S WORTH CLOSE TO $40 BILLION A YEAR. SO THESE CLEVER WEE GLOVES COULD ONE DAY BE WARMING YOUR HANDS TOO. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. IT'S YOUR ORGANS. THAT IS A GREAT STORY. AND THAT T-SHIRT WITH ALL THE DANCING COLOURS ALL OVER IT, I'D LOVE ONE OF THOSE. BUT AT 500 BUCKS? MM. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 500 BUCKS. BUT YOU COULD GET FIVE MATES, 100 BUCKS EACH AND SORT OF TIMESHARE IT OR SOMETHING. MAYBE. IMAGINE HOW STINKY IT WOULD GET. WELL, YOU CAN'T WASH IT. BECAUSE YOU CAN KIND OF DEAL WITH YOUR OWN SMELL, BUT OTHER PEOPLE'S SMELL? MM-MM. NAH. AND THEY'D WANT TO COME CLOSE AND SEE IT AS WELL AND TOUCH IT AND YOU'D SMELL. YEAH, YOU'D BE TOUCHED ALL THE TIME. NOW, LISTEN, THAT IS NEARLY IT FOR US. BUT TONIGHT, BOY, WE HAVE GOT A TREAT FOR YOU, ACTUALLY ` DANCING POLICE. THEY ARE FROM COUNTIES MANUKAU POLICE. THEY CALL THEMSELVES BHANGRA IN BLUE. AND IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, YOU CAN CATCH THEM FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME EVER AT THIS YEAR'S DIWALI FESTIVAL WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THE BLOCK NZ VILLA WARS IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. THOSE WERE YOUR STORIES TODAY. THAT OF COURSE IS STORY TONIGHT. 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