OK, OR WHAT I MISSED OUT ON, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. HEY, WELCOME TO THE SHOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU, DUNCAN, YOU'RE BACK! WELCOME BACK! I AM, AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER WHERE I'VE BEEN, OK? OH YEAH, AND WHAT THE BEST BIT THAT YOU ENJOYED THE MOST. OK, OR WHAT I MISSED OUT ON, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. OK. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP ON THE SHOW TONIGHT ` WOULD YOU STEP IN AND HELP? WE GO UNDERCOVER TO SEE HOW KIWIS REACT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING STRANGERS IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. THEN, DUNEDIN IS NOT GETTING A RUGBY PARADE, BUT THEY WANT ONE LIKE THE REST OF US, SO WE'RE GIVING THE CITY A CHANCE TO PITCH ITS CASE. PLUS WE ANSWER ONE OF LIFE'S GREAT QUESTIONS ` IS IT BETTER TO BE TALL OR SHORT? WE LOOK AT WHAT YOUR HEIGHT DOES TO YOUR HEALTH, YOUR LOVE LIFE AND YOUR CAREER. IT'S TIME FOR A NEW STORY. RETHINK WHAT YOU KNOW. STORY IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ALL-NEW FORD MONDEO. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 HEY, ALSO IN THE SHOW WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE DOING WHAT YOU LOVE SO WE'RE GONNA MEET A WELLINGTON MECHANIC WHO HAS BEEN FIXING CARS FOR 65 YEARS. HE FIXED MY CAR, THIS GUY. NO. HE DID. I PROMISE YOU. THAT'S AMAZING. HE WAS GOOD, YEAH. WAS HE ANY GOOD? EXCELLENT! OH, FANTASTIC. YEAH, OF COURSE. RIGHT, IF YOU SAW A DRUNK WOMAN OUT ON THE TOWN FENDING OFF ADVANCES FROM A MAN, HERE'S THE QUESTION. WOULD YOU STEP IN? I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'D ALL DO SOMETHING, WOULDN'T WE? WE'D ALL LIKE TO THINK THAT WE WOULD. BUT LET'S TELL YOU ABOUT A STORY FROM SPAIN THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK. SO SOME RESEARCHERS GOT AN ACTRESS TO PRETEND TO BE DRUNK AND THEN ASK MEN FOR HELP, AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS PRETTY GROSS, COS MANY OF THE MEN ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED HER TO DRINK MORE AND MANY TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER. YEAH, SO WHAT WOULD US KIWIS DO? WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE WERE IN THAT SITUATION? SO KIM VINNELL DID A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT. HAVE A LOOK. SO BASICALLY FOR THE FIRST SCENARIO, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A BIT INTOXICATED, AND CRAIG, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET HER TO COME HOME WITH YOU, BUT YOU'RE BEING QUITE AGGRESSIVE, QUITE SLEAZY, ALL THAT SORT OF THING. YOU SEE THESE SCENARIOS FROM TIME TO TIME, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO BE PART OF IT. ON A BUSY FRIDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND, OUR ACTORS SET THE STAGE. I SAID 'YES', BUT I'M NOT SURE NOW. (STUTTERS) COME ON, GO HOME` NO` STOP IT! (YELLS) THAT'S ME STANDING BY WITH OUR UNDERCOVER SECURITY GUARD, BUT IT QUICKLY BECOMES CLEAR HE ISN'T NEEDED BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST 45 MINUTES OF THIS SOCIAL EXPERIMENT, NO ONE SAYS A THING TO OUR MALE ACTOR. LIKE I MIGHT'VE SAID YES BEFORE, BUT NOW I` NOW I'M ENTITLED TO` LOOK, LET'S JUST CALM IT DOWN. STOP PISSING AROUND! MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WALK PAST BEFORE OUR FIRST INTERVENTIONS. WE WERE JUST PROCESSING WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AS WE WERE WALKING PAST. AND WE WERE LIKE, 'OH, THAT'S NOT` WE WERE LIKE, 'NAH, LET'S GO BACK AND CHECK IF SHE'S ALL RIGHT.' TO MEN: SORRY, SORRY. YOU'RE A COCK-TEASE! I'M NOT A COCK-TEASE. I JUST THINK I'VE HAD TOO MUCH... INTERESTINGLY, THE BOUNCER HAS ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME UP TO HIM FROM THE BAR NEXT DOOR TELLING HIM WHAT'S GOING ON, SO OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE NOTICING, BUT THAT'S` YOU KNOW, THEY'RE QUITE RIGHTLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ME! I'M NOT COMING HOME` HEY, IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? YES, IT IS RIGHT, MATE. ARE YOU SURE? HEY, THIS IS` YEAH. WHEN YOU SAW THAT, WHAT DID YOU THINK? OH, AT FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISBELIEF THAT... SUCH A PUBLIC, KIND OF, AGGRESSIVE, KINDA, SITUATION WAS UNFOLDING. WITH THAT, WE DECIDED TO SLIGHTLY CHANGE TACK AND MAKE THE SITUATION LESS VIOLENT AND MORE SEXUAL. LET'S JUST SEE... TRY AND MAKE IT A BIT SLEAZIER. SO YOU'RE REALLY DRUNK, MAYBE YOU'RE KIND OF LYING ON HIM A LITTLE BIT LIKE 'OH, I'M TOO DRUNK'. HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY. I'VE BEEN DRINKING AND I` I WANT YOU TO COME HOME WITH ME. YOU'LL BE FINE. I THINK I SHOULD GO HOME ON` BY MYSELF. YOU'LL BE FINE. I'M NOT SURE. YOU'LL BE FINE. I'M NOT SURE! I'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK AND I` YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH. YOU'RE PRESSURISING ME! YOU'RE PRESSURISING ME! WHICH SAW MORE STARES BUT FEWER INTERRUPTIONS. I'LL TAKE YOU HOME. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. HEY, HEY, HEY. HEY, COME ON. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. YOU'LL BE FINE. YOU'LL BE FINE. SO WE DECIDED TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T STOP. WELL, I'M JUST GOING ACROSS THE ROAD TO GET SOME SMOKES. I THOUGHT IF THEY'RE STILL AT IT WHEN I GET BACK, I'LL DO SOMETHING. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE YOU` TAKE FOR YOU TO STOP AND, YOU KNOW, SAY SOMETHING? UH, I DUNNO. WAS SHE... YEAH. QUITE WHAT THE SITUATION WAS? BUT IF THERE WAS A BIT MORE OF A VIOLENCE OR SOMETHING? SHE'S, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY PULLING AWAY, SHE'S VOCALISING, SHE'S... KATHRYN MCPHILLIPS FROM ANTI-SEXUAL VIOLENCE NGO HELP SAYS THERE'S A REASON PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO STOP IF IT'S PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AS OPPOSED TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT PRIVATE BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR PRIVATE BUSINESS. PEOPLE MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO SAY, 'OH, GET A ROOM, MATE,' THAN TO SAY, 'HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?' I'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK! YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH TO DRINK. SHE SAYS VICTIM-BLAMING COULD BE UNCONSCIOUSLY AT PLAY. PEOPLE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING, GO, 'WELL, SHE'S NOT INNOCENT,' YOU KNOW. 'SHE'S GOT A PART TO PLAY HERE.' THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE` YOU KNOW, THAT IT LEADS INTO THAT WAY OF THINKING. 'OH, WELL, SHE'S NOT AN INNOCENT VICTIM SO I'M NOT GONNA HELP HER.' A THEORY BACKED UP BY THOSE PUT ON THE SPOT. I DIDN'T LIKE IT. I FELT REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW SERIOUS SHE WAS ACTUALLY PROTESTING. DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE KISSY-LOVER TYPE STUFF. I THOUGHT, 'ARE YOU <BLEEP>ING STUPID TO DO SOMETHING THAT IN PUBLIC?' YOU KNOW? I WAS` I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH PEOPLE RUBBERNECKED AND JUST LOOKED. YOU GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO STOP. YEAH. THE ADVICE IS INTERVENE IF IT'S SAFE TO DO SO, OTHERWISE CALL THE POLICE. BUT EVERYONE CAN DO SOMETHING. IF YOU'RE IN THE LUNCHROOM AND SOMEBODY'S MAKING A SEXIST JOKE ABOUT A WOMAN, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERVENE THERE. LIKE, THE INTERVENTION NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT EVERY LEVEL FOR US TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WAY THAT OUR SOCIETY IN GENERAL THINKS ABOUT THIS AND TO CHANGE THE HARM. MM, INTERESTING. SO THE STATS ARE` SO WHEN IT WAS, SORT OF, LOVEY-DOVEY BUT A BIT, YOU KNOW, NOT PHYSICAL, IT WAS ONE IN 10, OK, WHO STOPPED. AND WHEN IT BECAME QUITE PHYSICAL, IT WAS ONE IN 15. WHICH IS NOT A LOT, IS IT? AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE STOPPING. THAT'S, WHAT? 14 PEOPLE WALKING BY FOR EVERY ONE WHO STOPS. IT'S INTERESTING, TOO, AND I THINK PEOPLE, THEY'RE RELUCTANT BECAUSE, 'WELL, HANG ON. WHAT IF HE JUMPS OUT 'OF THE CHAIR AND SMASHES ME IN THE FACE? PUNCHES ME, ATTACKS ME?' YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT IN THAT TOO. ALL TOO OFTEN I'VE ACTUALLY WALKED PAST THAT KIND OF THING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND DRUNK PEOPLE AND I KNOW HOW QUICKLY THEIR MOOD CHANGES, AND I THINK, 'OH, SHE MIGHT JUST BE GOING THROUGH A BIT OF A BAD PATCH. SHE'LL BE UP FOR WHATEVER NEXT MINUTE.' I'D LIKE TO THINK I'D GET INVOLVED. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I WOULD. NOW, AS YOU WILL HAVE HEARD BY NOW, WHEN THE ALL BLACKS GET BACK TO NZ ` IT'S 7 IN THE MORNING, ISN'T IT? YEAH. YEAH, 7 IN THE MORNING TOMORROW ` THEY'LL BE TAKING THE WEBB ELLIS TROPHY ` THE WORLD CUP ` TO AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH, BUT NOT DUNEDIN, AND THAT DISAPPOINTS ME. I'M ON YOUR SIDE, DUNEDIN. YEAH, I'M ON YOUR SIDE TOO, DUNEDIN. THERE'S A GOOD REASON DUNEDIN'S A BIT CROSS. IT CONSIDERS IT'S SORT OF THE FOURTH OF THE MAIN CENTRES. SO WE DECIDED TO HELP DUNEDIN PITCH THEIR CASE TO GET A PARADE, AND HERE IT IS. BAGPIPES DRONE, BOYS CHANT HAKA CHANTING CONTINUES BOYS CHANT HAKA, BAGPIPE DRONE CONTINUES WHY SHOULD THE ALL BLACKS COME TO DUNEDIN? BECAUSE WE'RE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE ALL BLACKS, AND WE LOVE THEM. RICHIE MCCAW, THE ALL BLACK CAPTAIN, WENT TO A SCHOOL IN DUNEDIN. THE ALL BLACKS ARE OUR ROLE MODELS, AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE THEM DOWN HERE. WE ALWAYS WATCH THE GAMES, AND IF WE MISS THEM, OUR TEACHERS WILL PUT THEM ON IN CLASS. WE LOVE THE ALL BLACKS, AND WE'RE THEIR BIGGEST FANS. OUR FRANCHISE, THE OTAGO HIGHLANDERS, WON THE SUPER 15. BOYS CHANT HAKA WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR RUGBY DOWN HERE. WE HAVE OUR SUPER 15 CHAMPIONS, WE HAVE OUR OTAGO ITM CUP BOYS, WE'VE GOT GRASS-ROOTS RUGBY DOWN HERE. IT'S NOT JUST AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH. WE ARE DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, CENTRAL OTAGO, AND WE WANT THE PARADE HERE COS PEOPLE WOULD TRAVEL TO DUNEDIN FROM THE OTHER PARTS OF DOWN SOUTH AND IN CENTRAL OTAGO TO COME TO DUNEDIN TO SEE OUR BOYS IN BLACK BRING THE WORLD CUP TROPHY HERE AGAIN AFTER WE MISSED OUT FOUR YEARS AGO. NZ'S ON AN ABSOLUTE HIGH. I THINK THE WHOLE COUNTRY'S FLOATING ON THAT LONG WHITE CLOUD AT THE MOMENT. WE LOVE RICHIE, WE LOVE STEVE. RICHIE'S FROM HERE. HE'S BORN IN KUROW. THAT'S OTAGO. WE WERE JUST TALKING TO STEVE HANSEN'S COACH FOR THE UNDER-12S IN TAIERI. HE'D LOVE TO SEE HIM AS WELL. WE NEED A PARADE HERE. WE'RE GOOD AT IT. WE'VE DONE THE AMERICA'S CUP. WE'VE DONE DANYON LOADER. WE'VE DONE THE RANFURLY SHIELD. WE'VE DONE THE` OH YEAH, THE SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS. WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. PLEASE, PLEASE BRING THE CUP TO DUNNERS. WELL, LOOKS LIKE DUNEDIN WON'T GET THE ALL BLACKS THIS WEEK, BUT HERE'S A FEW REASONS HWY WE WANT A BIG GROUP OF THEM DOWN HERE NEXT WEEK. FIRST OFF, RICHIE MCCAW. OTAGO BOY. SECOND, STEVE HANSEN PLAYED SECOND-FIVE FOR TAIERI. THIRD, BEN SMITH. FOURTH, WE PUT ON THE BEST STREET PARADES IN THE COUNTRY. AND FIFTH, WE'VE GOT THE BEST STADIUM. OH, THAT IS A WASTE, THAT STADIUM, IF THEY DON'T GO DOWN THERE. HEY` WELL, THE RATEPAYERS PAID ENOUGH FOR IT. YOU CAN HAVE AN ALL-WEATHER EVENT IN THERE. YOU COULD DO. WE JUST NEED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CREDIT TO JULIAN LEE, OUR REPORTER, WHO ACTUALLY PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US. THIS IS ROUGH ON DUNEDIN; THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY'VE MISSED OUT ON A PARADE FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. STEVE HANSEN WAS BROUGHT UP IN FACTORY ROAD, MOSGIEL. THEY SHOULD WALK DOWN FACTORY ROAD, MOSGIEL! MARCHING! HEY, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED ANY REMINDING, BUT WE'LL DO THIS ANYWAY. WHY THIS WIN BELONGS TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY, NOT JUST AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH ` NOT JUST THOSE THREE MAIN CENTRES. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. THESE ARE THE HOME TOWNS OF THE ALL BLACKS IN THIS WINNING SIDE. LOOK, THERE WE GO, THIS IS GOOD. MAYBE THE TROPHY COULD AT LEAST GO TO SOME OF THESE PLACES. NOT AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA SAMOA. WELL, AUSTRALIA HAD THEIR CHANCE. AND MAYBE IT WILL IN TIME. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A PARADE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I RECKON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE IS AN ALL BLACK ` THEY CAN WRITE OUT CHEQUES RIGHT NOW, DOESN'T MATTER ` THEY MIGHT TAKE THE CUP HOME TO THEIR LOCAL RUGBY CLUB, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. YOU THINK ABOUT IT ` RIGHT AROUND NZ THERE ` THEY MIGHT DO IT. IN TIME IT'LL HAPPEN. AND YOU'RE NOT ENTIRELY HAPPY` DUNCAN'S NOT ENTIRELY HAPPY ABOUT THE AUCKLAND PARADE, WHICH IS NOT A PARADE. NO. AUCKLAND COUNCIL ` YOU NEVER GIVE THEM ANYTHING TO ORGANISE; THEY'LL STUFF IT UP. THE THING IS, IS THAT IT'S ALL A BIT LATE. SO IF SCHOOLS WANT TO` IF ALL THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS WANT TO GO OUT THERE TOMORROW, THEY'VE ONLY REALLY HAD IT CONFIRMED AT 5 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. THEY'RE NOT IN THE SCHOOLS. HOW DO THEY ORGANISE THE BUSES, PARENTS' PERMISSION, ALL THAT SORT OF THING? I THINK IT SHOULD'VE COME OUT SUNDAY OR MONDAY ` 'THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.' AUCKLAND, SLACK. NO, NOT GOOD ENOUGH. DUNCAN'S HAD HIS SAY. THERE WE GO. COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME ` THE TALL AND THE SHORT OF LIFE. WHICH ARE YOU BETTER OFF BEING? AND HOW DOES YOUR HEIGHT AFFECT YOUR HEALTH, YOUR CAREER AND YOUR LIFE? THEN WE'RE IN THE WORKSHOP WITH MECHANIC JOHN DRISCOLL AS HE HANGS UP HIS OVERALLS AFTER ` GUESS HOW MANY YEARS ` 65 YEARS FIXING CARS. BAGPIPES DRONE DUNCAN: ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT A GENUINE TOSSER, HERE. STAY WITH ME ON THIS. OUR NZ LIVE SHOT TONIGHT COMES TO YOU FROM HORORATA DOMAIN INLAND FROM CHRISTCHURCH WHERE THE ANNUAL HIGHLAND GAMES WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY. THERE WE GO. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. GOSH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY` YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO PRETEND THAT I KNOW HOW CABER-TOSSING WORKS, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD THROW. THESE GAMES CAME ABOUT AFTER THE 2010 EARTHQUAKES. THE PURPOSE WAS TO RAISE MONEY AND HELP REBUILD AND PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A GOOD THING THEY PICKED SOMETHING THAT IS JUST SO WIDESPREAD. AND THIS IS THE THING. THAT'S NOT CABER-TOSSING. NO, THIS IS SOME OTHER WEIRD SCOTTISH GAME. THAT'S A SHOT PUT. HEY, THE THING IS THIS. THAT GUY IS DANNY, AND DANNY'S THE TOSSER. AND DANNY` CAN WE GO BACK TO DANNY? COS THAT GUY MIGHT HAVE A DATE. DANNY WANTS A DATE. DANNY'S SINGLE. DANNY HAS TOLD US` HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE IS SINGLE AND AVAILABLE. AND` THERE HE IS. DANNY'S AVAILABLE, AND THERE'S HIS... NOW THE TRICK WITH IT` JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE TRICK WITH THIS CABER-TOSSING BUSINESS IS NOT HOW FAR YOU THROW IT; IT'S GETTING IT UPRIGHT WHEN IT LANDS. SO LET'S SEE HOW GOOD HE IS, LADIES. THAT'S IT THERE. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. DESERVES TO BE DATED. DANNY IS A GOOD TOSSER, AND THERE WE GO, AND HE WANTS A WOMAN. SO IF WE CAN HELP HIM OUT, GO AND HELP HIM OUT. ON THE STRENGTH OF THAT, SOLD. WE'RE NOW GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HEIGHT. IF YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HEIGHT, THEN WHAT A GREAT TIME IT IS TO PULL OUT THIS PHOTO FROM THE RUGBY WORLD CUP AGAIN. HAVE A LOOK, PEOPLE. COS WE'VE ALL PROBABLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A GIGGLE AT HOW SMALL SAM WHITELOCK MAKES THE PRIME MINISTER LOOK, AM I RIGHT? YEAH, THAT IS HILARIOUS, ISN'T IT? I LOVE IT. THE PHOTO IS PROBABLY A BIT UNFAIR. LOOK AT THE PRIME MINISTER. IT'S A DEBACLE FOR HIM. HE LOOKS LIKE A HOBBIT, DOESN'T HE? HE ALMOST LOOKS LIKE SAM WHITELOCK WAS HOLDING HIM UP WITH THAT ARM. FROM YOUR HEALTH TO YOUR BANK BALANCE TO YOUR CHANCES OF FINDING LOVE, IS IT BETTER TO BE TALL OR SHORT, ESPECIALLY IN A CHANGING ROOM? SO WE SENT OUR TALLEST REPORTER ` THIS SERIOUSLY SHORT CO-HOST SENT OUR TALLEST REPORTER ` RYAN BRIDGE, TO FIND OUT. # COS I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD. HEY! # GOD, I LOVE BEING TALL. THE WEATHER IS SO MUCH BETTER UP HERE; PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GETTING OUT OF MY WAY. WHAT THE`?! DUDE. I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU DOWN THERE. DO YOU MIND HELPING ME OUT WITH A STORY THAT I'M DOING? YEAH, SWEET. FUNKY MUSIC OK, SO THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN STAGED. I ASKED MIKE PURU FROM THE EDGE RADIO STATION... GOOD MORNING, NZ, HOW ARE WE? ...TO COME AND HELP ME WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT NOT BECAUSE HE'S FAMOUS BUT BECAUSE HE'S, WELL, KIND OF SHORT. I'M 1.74M. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT SHORT. NO, BUT IT IS SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE KIWI MALE AT AROUND 176CM, OR 5'9". FOR THE RECORD, I'M 6'3", OR 193CM. MIKE RECKONS SOMEONE'S HEIGHT CHANGES THE WAY OTHERS PERCEIVE THEM. CHUCKLES: SHORT PEOPLE DON'T GET MUCH ATTENTION. BUT A TALL PERSON DOES, YEAH, GET NOTICED. OK, SO THAT'S ONE POINT TO TALL. CAREER-WISE, MIKE SAYS HE CAME CLOSE TO MISSING OUT ON A JOB HOSTING THE BACHELOR TV SHOW. THE PRODUCERS WEREN'T SURE HE WAS TALL ENOUGH. WHICH MADE ME, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SHORTNESS AND AFFECTING THE CAREER. PEOPLE WHO ARE TALLER GENERALLY HAVE MORE ATTRACTIVE PARTNERS ` THIS IS MEN ` HAVE MORE ATTRACTIVE PARTNERS, GENERALLY GO FURTHER IN EDUCATION, UM, ARE MORE SENIOR AT WORK AND EARN MORE MONEY. SO, LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? ONE SWEDISH STUDY FOUND THAT MEN OVER 6'2" WERE TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE GONE TO UNIVERSITY THAN SHORTER THAN AVERAGE MEN. ONE CONCLUSION COULD WELL BE THERE IS POSITIVE BIAS IN WESTERN SOCIETIES TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE TALL. BUT DR THOMPSON SAYS ALL THE STUDIES ON HEIGHT AFFECTING YOUR JOB PROSPECTS ARE BASED ON GENERAL TRENDS. RELATIONSHIP PROSPECTS, ON THE OTHER HAND... THE CHANCE OF ME ACTUALLY GETTING A MAN THAT WAS TALLER THAN ME, THE KIDS WOULD JUST BE FREAKISH. OUR BELOVED NETBALL CHAMPION IRENE VAN DYK IS AN IMPOSING 6'2". LIKE, I AM PROBABLY AS TALL AS A WOMAN SHOULD EVER BE, OTHERWISE IT'S JUST WRONG. FINDING A PARTNER IF YOU'RE A REALLY TALL WOMAN CAN BE A PROBLEM. I HAVE WOMEN WHO JOIN THE BOOKS WHO LIE ABOUT THEIR HEIGHT SO THAT IT ENSURES THAT THEY MEET MUCH TALLER PEOPLE. SO WOMEN DEFINITELY WANT TALLER MEN. # I WANT THAT MAN. # AND MEN GENERALLY WANT WOMEN WHO ARE SHORTER THAN THEM, BUT WHY? WELL, IT ALL GOES BACK TO OUR EVOLUTIONARY PAST. AND THAT COULD WELL BE TO DO WITH SECURITY, SAFETY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO HAVE THIS CHILD IN. BUT SURELY THINGS HAVE CHANGED? WOMEN AREN'T STILL LOOKING FOR THE BIGGEST, STRONGEST BLOKE TO PROTECT THEIR PATCH, ARE THEY? THAT CAN BE SOCIALISED OUT OF US. # SKILLS. SKILLS. SKILLS. # DAMIAN EKANASIO PLAYS BASKETBALL FOR THE WELLINGTON SAINTS. BEING TALL, HE SAYS, ISN'T ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE. I COULD FEEL MY BACK WAS KILLING ME, YOU KNOW. IT'S NOT JUST BACK PAIN. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WHILE THINGS LIKE HEART DISEASE AND STROKE TEND TO AFFECT SHORTER PEOPLE, DAMIAN AND I COULD BE AT HIGHER RISK OF DIABETES AND SOME CANCERS. BUT THE MAIN PROBLEMS WITH BEING TALL ARE MORE PRACTICAL, LIKE CRAMMING INTO A SMALL CAR. I LOOK AT` IN THE CEILING OF THE CAR, AND I CAN SEE BITS OF MY HAIR STUCK TO IT, YOU KNOW. (LAUGHS) HIP-HOP MUSIC FINDING PANTS AND SHOES THAT FIT IS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE. SHOWER HEADS. (LAUGHS) YEAH, SHOWER HEADS! YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. ADJUSTABLE SHOWER HEADS. THEY'RE NOT ADJUSTABLE FOR TALL PEOPLE. SO LET'S RECAP. ON RELATIONSHIPS, TALL MEN HAVE AN ADVANTAGE, BUT TALLER WOMEN DON'T. HEALTH CAN GO BOTH WAYS. TALL PEOPLE HAVE ONE UP ON EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, BUT PRACTICALLY, THE WORLD IS BUILT AROUND THE AVERAGE HEIGHT, MEANING TALL PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS FIT IN. SO IS IT BETTER TO BE TALL OR SHORT? WELL, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSONALITY AND HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS. IF YOU'RE SHORT, YOU JUST... YOU MAKE UP IN OTHER AREAS FOR THAT BY JUST BEING... A BIT LOUDER MAYBE. (LAUGHS) YOU MAKE UP IN OTHER AREAS? (LAUGHS) BY BEING LOUDER. THIS HAS GOT DUNCAN WORKED INTO QUITE A LITTLE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. SO WE'VE HAD TO DO ALL THE MEASUREMENTS AND STUFF, AND YOU ARE... 177. AND THE AVERAGE IS 176, SO YOU ARE IN LUCK, MY FRIEND. BY ONE CENTIMETRE. JUST. WHAT ABOUT YOU? I'M FOUR CENTIMETRES TALL. I COME IN` THE LADIES, BY THE WAY, FOR THE REST OF YOU, IS 163. YOU GOTTA CLOCK THAT. I HAVE SAT` SO YOU'RE 167? 167, YEAH. I'VE SAT NEXT TO IRENE VAN DYK ON A PLANE AND I'VE BEEN LIKE LUXURIOUS ECONOMY SEAT SPACE, AND HER POOR KNEES WERE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE NEXT BENCH. IT'S NOT COOL. I DO FEEL SHORT. ANYWAY, COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME ` HE'S BEEN A MECHANIC FOR 65 YEARS, SO WHAT ADVICE DOES HE HAVE FOR YOU ABOUT CARS? FIND OUT AFTER THE BREAK. THIS IS GOOD. WE GO UNDERCOVER TO SEE HOW KIWIS REACT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING STRANGERS IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. DOING A JOB YOU LOVE ` IT'S A BLESSING AND SOMETHING NOT EVERYONE GETS TO DO. I DO. DO YOU? LAUGHS: I WAS WAITING FOR WHETHER YOU DO. YEAH, I DO. I LOVE MY JOB. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE TIME TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE'S WORK OF WELLINGTON'S JOHN DRISCOLL. I WENT TO THIS GUY. I WENT TO THIS MECHANIC. YEAH. AND HE WAS GOOD, DUNCAN SAID. HE HAS JUST RETIRED AFTER 65 YEARS FIXING CARS. I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING FOR 65 YEARS. BUT HE STILL HAS A SPARKLE IN HIS EYE WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HIS TRADE. SO WE SENT EMMA JOLLIFF TO CATCH UP WITH JOHN. # NO MATTER WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS... 65 YEARS OF FIXING, MAINTAINING, REPAIRING AND FASHIONING PARTS. JOHN DRISCOLL KNOWS MOTOR VEHICLES INSIDE AND OUT AND IS SOMETHING OF AN INSTITUTION IN WELLINGTON. I'VE JUST LOVED MY JOB, LOVED THE PEOPLE, AND I'VE ALWAYS LOVED FIXING THINGS. LAIDBACK MUSIC JOHN BEGAN A BUILDING APPRENTICESHIP IN THE 1940S, WHEN HE SAYS THERE WERE VERY FEW CHOICES. IT WAS BUILDER, PLUMBER OR MECHANIC. HE LOVED WORKING WITH TIMBER, BUT HIS FATHER, WHO WAS PART-OWNER IN A VEHICLE WORKSHOP, HAD OTHER IDEAS. I GOT HOME ONE NIGHT AFTER BEING TWO YEARS AT SCHOOL. MY FATHER SAID, 'YOU START WORK TOMORROW.' AND I SAID, 'WHERE?' HE SAID, 'AT THE GARAGE.' THAT WAS IT. YOU DID AS YOU WERE TOLD. HE'S BEEN AT THE WALTER STREET PREMISES SINCE 1950, WHEN A LOT OF THEIR WORK WAS ON BUSES. GONE SO QUICKLY, I GUESS, BUT I GUESS WHEN YOU ENJOY SOMETHING, IT ALWAYS GOES QUICKER THAN WHAT YOU WANT IT TO GO. JOHN'S OVERALLS WILL STILL HANG IN THE GARAGE. THAT'S BECAUSE THE BUSINESS IS STAYING IN THE FAMILY. I'M THRILLED BECAUSE I HAD MY SON WORKING, OF COURSE. AND MY GRANDSON AND MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WHO WORKS IN THE OFFICE. THIS IS JOHN'S SON, LES. HE'S BEEN A FABULOUS DAD AND A FABULOUS BOSS AND TAUGHT US ALL HERE AT THE WORKSHOP A LOT. BIG SHOES TO FILL. (LAUGHS) GOTTA CARRY ON THE NAME. SO WHAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST CHANGE OVER 65 YEARS? YOU STILL CAN'T EVER THINK ABOUT REPAIRING A CAR LIKE YOU USED TO. YOU'D HAVE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING. THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE, I THINK. AND HE DOESN'T LIKE WARRANT OF FITNESS CHANGES THAT MEAN LONGER INTERVALS BETWEEN VEHICLE CHECKS. HE SAYS THE BIGGEST RISK FOR DRIVERS IS TYRES, AND HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO PUT NOTES ON PARKED CARS WARNING DRIVERS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THEIRS. WE'VE ACTUALLY RUNG THE CUSTOMER UP. 'WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND SEE YOUR CAR?' AND THEY SAY, 'WHY?' 'COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR LIFE-THREATENING TYRES. THEY'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY READY TO BLOW TO BITS.' HIS FAVOURITE MAKE OF CAR IS TOYOTA. THEY'RE RELIABLE, AND, UH,... YOU JUST GET LESS TROUBLE. SO HAVE YOU REALLY RETIRED, JOHN? > I HAVE RETIRED. I THINK I HAD BETTER, ONE DAY. SO... YEAH, I HAVE REALLY. IT'S STILL IN MY BLOOD, THOUGH. I AM VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD. MAKES YOU SAD, HOW PROUD YOU GET. (CHUCKLES) # AS TIME... # GOES BY. # AND A REAL GENTLEMAN. A REAL GENTLEMAN. NOW JOHN'S STORY IS REMARKABLE BECAUSE IN NZ, FOUR OUT OF FIVE NZERS RETIRE BY THE TIME THEY ARE AGED 65. AND HERE'S SOME INTERESTING DATA FROM THE STATES. LOOK AT THIS. ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WORKER TODAY STAYS AT EACH JOB FOR JUST 4.4 YEARS. NOT 65. BUT THEN IT GETS WORSE BECAUSE MILLENNIALS ` AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE BORN BETWEEN 1977 AND 1997 ` ONLY WANT TO STAY IN THEIR JOBS FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS, AND THAT MEANS THEY COULD HAVE AS MANY AS 20 JOBS OVER THEIR LIVES. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? THAT'S... BECAUSE` YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST THE ABILITY TO CHANGE JOBS MORE EASILY. YEAH, IT'S MORE ACCEPTED` AND THERE'S ALSO THAT THING ABOUT EXPECTATIONS. BUT SPEAKING OF JOBS, TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOLIDAY. WHICH WAS THE BEST BIT? I WAS IN RARO FOR SIX DAYS. FAMILY WEDDING. THE BEST THING WAS I TURNED MY PHONE OFF, RIGHT, FOR SIX DAYS. YOU SHOULD TRY THIS. SIX DAYS ` NO PHONE, NO TWITTER, NO FACEBOOK, NO RADIO, NO TV, NO CONNECTION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T MISS MUCH. SAW THE ALL BLACK FINAL. YEAH, MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND I RECONNECTED WITH MY KIDS. IT WAS SO GOOD. JUST SEE THEM GROW UP AND HAVING TIME NOT INTERRUPTED BY THE PHONE. THIS THING GETS IN THE WAY, YOU KNOW. YEAH. AND THAT'S THE INTERESTING POINT ABOUT JOHN RETIRING. HE SAYS HE'S GONNA SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE, GLORIA. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY, ISN'T IT? IT IS. IT REALLY IS. NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK. TRY IT. HEY, FINALLY TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO BOTTLE LAKE FOREST RESERVE IN CHRISTCHURCH. LOCALS THERE HAVE BEEN A BIT STUMPED BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN AN APPEARANCE OF THESE GIANT SCULPTURES CARVED FROM TREE TRUNKS. YEAH. WELL, WE CAN REVEAL THE ARTIST IS DEAN BAZLEY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WOOD WHISPERER, WHO USES JUST A CHAINSAW TO CREATE THE ARTWORKS, MANY OF WHICH HE GIFTS TO CHARITY. SO WE'LL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH DEAN'S WORK ` HARD AT WORK, ACTUALLY. LOOK AT THIS ` ON HIS LATEST PIECE, GANDALF. THE BLOCK NZ ` VILLA WARS IS UP NEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES WITH US, ESPECIALLY JOHN. THAT'S STORY TONIGHT. CHAINSAW REVS BLUESY ROCK MUSIC HARMONICA PEALS # GIRL, YOUR LOVE DON'T GO. # YEAH, YOUR LOVE DON'T GO. BLUESY SINGING CONTINUES HARMONICA PEALS # OHHH. # IT'S TIME FOR A NEW STORY. RETHINK WHAT YOU KNOW. STORY IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ALL-NEW FORD MONDEO.