Jack Tame got to meet him. TONIGHT ` WE'RE IN THAILAND, WHERE AS WELL AS ALL OF THIS, KIWIS COME FOR THEIR CUT-PRICE PLASTIC SURGERY. BUT IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SOMETHING LIKE A BOOB JOB, THINK AGAIN. SAME CHEAP PRICES, BUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROCEDURE. WE'RE WORKING ON BIG, WOBBLY TUMMIES. PLUS ` TOO SAUCY, TOO DISTRACTING OR JUST TOO CONSERVATIVE? THE LATEST UNIFORM DEBATE THAT'S GOT US ASKING ` HOW SHORT IS TOO SHORT? AND ` THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOGS TALK TO US. SO SHOULD EVERY KIWI KID BE TAUGHT ABOUT DOG SAFETY AT SCHOOL? WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS? COS CHILDREN KEEP GETTING BITTEN IN NZ. ALSO TONIGHT ` A NZER PLAYING IN THE NBA NAMED STEVE ADAMS. HE'S A SCARY DUDE. BUT THANKFULLY THAT HASN'T PUT BILLY CRYSTAL OFF PAYING US A VISIT. KIA ORA. AND ROLL THE R. KIA ORA. OH, KIA ORA. KIARO` KI` (CHUCKLES) ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND PHILIP MCKIBBIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Favourite Billy Crystal movie? I will reveal that later. How exciting (!) I didn't realise how many Billy Crystal movies I had seen until today. Parental guidance ` absolutely brilliant. Do you remember him in Wall Street? No, he wasn't in it. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A WARNING. OUR PLASTIC SURGEONS ARE ADVISING AGAINST SURGICAL TOURISM AFTER AN AUSTRALIAN MAN DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A COSMETIC PROCEDURE IN MALAYSIA. BUT THE LURE OF CHEAP SURGERY ABROAD APPEARS TOO GOOD TO RESIST, WITH NUMBERS ON THE RISE. THE MEDICAL TOURISM AUTHORITY OF THAILAND SAYS 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE TRAVELLED THERE FOR SURGERY LAST YEAR. 275,000 WERE FROM PACIFIC NATIONS LIKE NZ AND AUSTRALIA. SO IS IT WORTH THE RISK? GILL HIGGINS FOLLOWED TWO KIWI WOMEN HAVING MAJOR SURGERY IN THAILAND WHO ARE CONVINCED IT IS. SERENE, EXOTIC MUSIC IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY PEOPLE COME TO THAILAND. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GOT STREETS AND STREETS OF BARGAINS. BUT A BIG DRAWCARD FOR A LOT OF KIWIS. IS STILL TO GET PLASTIC SURGERY. SAME CHEAP PRICES, BUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROCEDURE. WHEN WE STARTED OUT WE DID A LOT OF BREAST AUGMENTATION, EAR PINNING BACK, NOSE RESHAPING. AND NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE'RE DOING MORE TUMMY TUCKS, ARM LIFTS, AND THE BREASTS... UP WHERE THEY BELONG AGAIN. OH, YES, THE GLOBAL OBESITY PROBLEM HAS GIVEN PLASTIC SURGERY HERE A MAKEOVER. WE ARE WORKING ON BIG, WOBBLY TUMMIES; WE ARE CUTTING IT AWAY. BLUES MUSIC WE SEW IT LIKE THIS. SURGERIES LIKE THIS HAVE TRIPLED IN A FEW YEARS. ROBIN IS THE LATEST KIWI PATIENT. I WAS FEELING BAD ABOUT MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD GONE SO HEAVILY OVERWEIGHT. SHE DID THE GYM AND DIETING AND WEIGHT-LOSS TABLETS. AND I LOST WEIGHT, BUT I STILL HAD SAGGY SKIN IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SO HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOU? YOU GET A LOT OF SORE BACKS. UNDER THE SKIN, IT GETS REALLY HOT AND SWEATY AND RAW. MENTALLY IT'S KEPT ME A LITTLE BIT IN HIBERNATION. THE CUTTING IS EASY. CUT, CUT, CUT, BUT THE WAY TO SEW IT TO MAKE IT NICE IS QUITE LONG. WE USED TO DEAL WITH THE YOUNG LADIES DOING BREAST, WHERE YOU ARE WORKING DOWN TO THE LAST MILLIMETER. AND NOW WHAT WE SEE IS WE ARE DOING MORE MASSIVE SURGERIES. PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST MAYBE 40 KILOS, 60 KILOS, MAYBE EVEN UP TO 100 KILOS. SATISFACTION HAS DEFINITELY GONE UP. HERE'S THE PROOF. I AM BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESULTS. I CAN WEAR NO SLEEVES AND NOT BE WORRIED THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE THINKING, 'GOSH, LOOK AT HER ARMS.' ANITA'S WEIGHT LOSS STORY IS ALL TOO COMMON. SHE'D LOST HUGE AMOUNTS OF FAT. SO THAT PICTURE THERE WAS ME AT MY HEAVIEST OF 183 KILOS. AHH, THAT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE YOU. NO. BUT SHE WAS LEFT WITH HUGE AMOUNTS OF SKIN. I COULD ACTUALLY TAKE STOMACH AND TAKE THIS ROLL HERE AND LITERALLY PULL IT UP AND OUT. IT WAS HORRIFIC. I HATED IT. EVEN THOUGH I HAD LOST 100 KILOS, I STILL FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT I HAD ARMS ` THE BIG, HUGE WINGS AND I HAD HERE. I COULD NOT RUN ON A TREADMILL, CAUSE I COULD HEAR A SLAPPING NOISE. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM ANY MORE. SURGERY SOLVED IT. IT'S A GAME CHANGER. IT'S A GAME CHANGER. IT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR HER, AND SHE SO DESERVED IT. WITH A DISABLED SON TO CARE FOR, SURGERY IN NZ WAS WAY BEYOND HER BUDGET. I DON'T HAVE $22,000 TO TAKE OUT OF THE BANK. YEAH. YEAH. IT'D BE NICE! AND THAT WAS ONLY FOR A TUMMY TUCK IN NZ. NOT EVEN THE REST OF IT. NOT EVEN THE REST OF IT. THE THAILAND OPTION WAS STILL A STRETCH BUT DOABLE. FOR MY TUMMY TUCK AND THE ARM LIFT, IT WAS $12,000. WOW. AND THAT'S... THE TUMMY TUCK IN ITSELF IS 22. SO I GET TWO FOR ONE, PLUS 10,000 CHANGE. THAT INCLUDES FIVE NIGHTS IN HOSPITAL, AND AFTER THAT, NURSE VISITS IN YOUR HOTEL. IT WAS A NO-BRAINER. AND HERE, YOU GET EVERYTHING CATERED FOR YOU. AND YOU GET FIVE-STAR TREATMENT. WE DON'T GET FIVE-STAR TREATMENT AT HOME. STILL SURGEONS IN NZ DO WARN OF RISK. I THINK RISK EVERYWHERE. EVEN IF I GOT IT DONE AT HOME, THERE'S STILL RISK. IT LOOKED LIKE ROBIN WAS IN GOOD HANDS. TWO EXPERIENCED SURGEONS CREATING HER NEW, LESS SAGGY SELF. NICE TO HAVE OR A MUST-HAVE? PROBABLY THE OLDER I'M GETTING IT'S A MUST-HAVE. AND IF ANITA'S ANYTHING TO GO BY, SHE WON'T HAVE ANY REGRETS. UPBEAT MUSIC That extreme surgery, isn't it? You have two types of surgery. Nip Tuck and genuine. I don't know what is worse in terms of risk? There is always an element in predicting your local patch. As both of those women learned, it's worth keeping in mind IS NOT WITHOUT ITS RISKS. TODAY WE SPOKE TO DR SALLY LANGLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE NZ ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS. HERE'S HER ADVICE. CHECK THE CREDENTIALS OF THE SURGEON, ANAESTHETIST AND HOSPITAL. CHECK THAT PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING USED ARE VALID AND WITHIN THEIR 'USE BY' DATE. AND ALSO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SURGERY HAVING DONE UNDER ONE ANAESTHETIC, AND DON'T HAVE REPEATED SITTINGS OF OPERATIONS. And the facilities the woman said it was five-star. You have a holiday at the same time. If something goes wrong, who is paying for that. AND WE NEED TO SAY THANKS TO THE ASIA NZ FOUNDATION FOR HELPING GILL GET TO THAILAND FOR THAT STORY. THEIR SERVICES ARE IN DEMAND RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THERE IS A DOG BITE, WE DO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. HOWEVER THIS GROUP MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ON TO SOMETHING. WE PULL UP OUTSIDE A SCHOOL, AND YOU CAN GENERALLY HEAR THE KIDS SAYING, 'OH, THERE'S A DOG COMING.' PLUS ` THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS MAKING HIM CRINGE. THEY'RE SCARY AND KIND OF TRAGIC. BUT BILLY CRYSTAL MIGHT JUST HAVE A SOLUTION. WE NEED THE RIGHT PERSON TO GUIDE THE UNITED STATES. SO, I'M AVAILABLE. DO YOU FIND MY KNEE DISTRACTING? WHAT ABOUT JAMES'? WELL, THAT MIGHT SEEM RIDICULOUS, BUT KNEES ARE A REAL ISSUE AT A WEST AUCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL. WE DELVE INTO THE ISSUE TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP. YOU DON'T TELL MOMMY ABOUT THE MOVIE, AND I DON'T TELL HER ABOUT THE CAKE. YOU GUYS OK? I WILL BE RIGHT BACK. LOOK AT THIS PLACE! WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL FEMA! CAKE. WHERE'S ARTIE? HE LEFT! HE LEFT? HI. # THE WHEELS ON THE BUS... # WHAT DID YOU DO? That is your favourite. Parental guidance. Billy Crystal is still to come. THIS NEXT STORY IS ONE WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO. WE'RE SEEING IT ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEK ` A CHILD IN HOSPITAL AFTER A VICIOUS DOG ATTACK. OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WAS 7-YEAR-OLD DARNELL MINA-RAPA-BROWN WHO WAS ATTACKED BY HIS UNCLE'S PIT BULL. THANKFULLY, HE'S RECOVERING WELL. BUT IT'S BROUGHT UP THE SAME DEBATE WE HAVE EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS ` WHY DON'T WE JUST BAN DANGEROUS BREEDS? WHILE LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GOES BACK AND FORTH, ACHIEVING LITTLE, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND TRY TO SORT THE PROBLEM OUT. MATT CHISHOLM WENT TO MEET THEM. UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR BARK NZ,... WE WILL ALWAYS GO WHEN AND WHERE WE'RE NEEDED IN WHATEVER CAPACITY WE'RE NEEDED. ...OUR ONLY REGISTERED CHARITY DEDICATED TO DOG SAFETY... WHO KNOWS THE RIGHT PLACE TO PAT A DOG? ...AND ANIMAL-ASSISTED EDUCATION. YOUR SERVICES WILL BE IN DEMAND RIGHT NOW. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THERE IS A DOG BITE, WE DO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. WE JUST WISH THAT ATTENTION WOULD BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. BARK HAS 20 EDUCATORS LIKE HEATHER LAANBROEK ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND WHO DELIVER PROGRAMMES TO CHILDREN AT PRESCHOOLS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES ` UNDER THE CHIN OR ON THE CHEST IS BEST. THEIR AIM, TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL DOG-BITE STATS IN CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER. WHAT DOES A DOG LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE, WHEN IT COULD POTENTIALLY BITE? SO A DOG WILL USE IT'S WHOLE BODY TO TELL US THAT IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE. THINGS LIKE WIDENED EYES, EARS BACK, TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS. SO TO YOUR MIND, WHAT SHOULD A CHILD DO IF AN UNCOMFORTABLE-LOOKING DOG APPROACHES IT? OK, SO THEY SHOULD ALWAYS STAND STILL. DEFINITELY NOT LOOK INTO A DOG'S EYES. FOR A DOG, IT'S QUITE CHALLENGING AND QUITE DOMINANT. BARK HAS BEEN VISITING SCHOOLS FOR THREE YEARS... MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS HAVE TWO DOGS. ...AND RECKON THEIR MESSAGE HAS REACHED 20,000 KIDS. THEY ALL LOVE IT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE PULL UP OUTSIDE A SCHOOL, AND YOU CAN GENERALLY HEAR THE KIDS SAYING, 'OH, THERE'S A DOG COMING,' SO IT'S REALLY COOL. ARE YOU MAKING A DIFFERENCE? WE DO BELIEVE SO, AND WE DO GET EMAILS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT WE'VE HAD THIS SITUATION; THE CHILDREN, OR EVEN THE FAMILY, THE PARENTS, HAVE INSTIGATED WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT THEM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR WALK TO SCHOOL SAFELY. TODAY THE VOLUNTEER ORGANISATION IS LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TO PUSH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE THEIR PROGRAMME INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. CHILDREN NEED SOMETHING TO GO TO IN THE SCENARIO OF BEING FACED WITH A DOG THAT SCARES THEM, OR IN A SITUATION, THAT THEY CAN HELP ASSESS THEIR OWN SAFETY. PARENTS AREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO BE AROUND. Here's your problem ` what do we know about dog attacks? 70% of the people who know the dog. That doesn't mean that they aren't using the right behaviour around them necessarily. I had a situation where my strip was ripped. I incited the dog. The dog went straight at me. Mum wanted to take me to get a shot. To do realise five dog breeds can't come into NZ? But there is no policy on pit bulls. Nothing ever happens. WE'VE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE OF SCHOOL DRESS CODE DRAMAS OF LATE. THERE WAS THE LONG-HAIR DEBATE THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH COURT, THE PUFFER JACKETS ` REMEMBER THEM ` AND NOW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER UNIFORM SITUATION THAT SEEMS MORE THAN A LITTLE ODD. GIRLS AT HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST AUCKLAND HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LENGTHEN THEIR SKIRTS TO AT LEAST THE KNEE, IF NOT LONGER, IN ORDER TO 'STOP BOYS FROM GETTING IDEAS 'AND CREATE A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR MALE STAFF'. SO IS THAT FAIR OR NECESSARY? KRISTIN HALL TAKES A LOOK AT THE ISSUE. DRAMATIC TECHNO MUSIC JUST LOOK AT THOSE KNEES AND THAT AUDACIOUS, SLIGHTLY-ABOVE-THE-KNEE AREA ` SO SAUCY, SO DISTRACTING. I WOULD SAY MY KNEES ARE FAR MORE SEXUALLY DISTRACTING. I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING, MIKE. I CAN FEEL YOUR EYES ON MY KNEES. JAMES NOKISE IS A COMEDIAN AND ALSO SPENDS HIS SPARE TIME VISITING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TALK ABOUT SEX, CONSENT AND OCCASIONALLY DOUBLE STANDARDS. LOOK, NZ, IF A MATE OF YOURS COMES UP TO YOU AS A GROWN ADULT AND SAYS, 'I'M STRUGGLING TO DO MY JOB 'BECAUSE OF YOUNG GIRLS AND THE LENGTH OF THEIR SKIRTS.' THAT'S INTERVENTION TIME, NOT LENGTHEN-SKIRT TIME. HE SAYS TELLING GIRLS TO TAKE THE BLAME FOR MEN'S FEELINGS ABOUT ANY PART OF THEIR BODY IS QUITE PROBLEMATIC. IT'S PUTTING THE BLAME ON PEOPLE BEING OBJECTIFIED. HENDERSON HIGH'S DRESS CODE STATES GIRLS MUST WEAR SKIRTS WHICH ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE SHORTENED, BUT ODDLY ENOUGH, THERE IS NO SUCH SPECIFICATION TO HIDE THOSE TITILLATING MALE KNEES. IT'S SAYING GUYS CAN WEAR WHATEVER THEY WANT AND GIRLS CAN'T WEAR WHAT THEY WANT. SO JUST HOW AROUSING WERE OUR KNEE AREAS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WELLINGTON? SOME OF THE ANSWERS WERE A LITTLE CONCERNING. I'D MUCH RATHER YOURS THAN HIS. PROBABLY MY AGE. I'M JUST A SEXIST OLD FOOL. MOST JUST THOUGHT A KNEE IS A KNEE. WOULD YOU FIND EITHER OF OUR KNEES DISTRACTING? NO. LET'S NOT GIVE YOUNG GUYS ANY MORE EXCUSES THAN THEY NEED. THEY WOULDN'T STOP YOU FROM DOING YOUR JOB? NO. DO YOU HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM (?) ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ATTENTION (?) WE RECKON IF THE PEOPLE OF CUBA ST CAN KEEP THEIR LEG-RELATED LUST UNDER CONTROL, SO CAN THE BOYS AND MEN OF HENDERSON HIGH. Isn't that everything that is wrong with today? I remember shortening my skirt at high school. You roll it up. This is ridiculous, but the problem the school had was that they related it to mean. It was almost a game? The girls put their skirts up until the teachers said something. SO, HIS LAST TRIP TO NZ DIDN'T LEAVE THE IMPRESSION WE MAY HAVE HOPED FOR. THERE'S A LOT OF SHEEP. THERE'S A LOT OF SHEEP. BUT BILLY CRYSTAL'S WILLING TO GIVE US ANOTHER SHOT. HEY, NZ, I'M GONNA TRY THIS. TO GIVE US ANOTHER SHOT. KIA ORO KOUTOU. I LOVE THAT YOU GET COLD WHEN IT'S 71 DEGREES OUT. I LOVE THAT IT TAKES YOU AN HOUR AND A HALF TO ORDER A SANDWICH. I LOVE THAT YOU GET A LITTLE CRINKLE ABOVE YOUR NOSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME WHEN I'M NUTS. AND I LOVE THAT YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON I WANNA TALK TO BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. Aw. 27 years old that movie. He hasn't officially changed much. Is it true that on Twitter people are posting from your school days some shots of you at school rolling your skirt up? I'm going to block you. Let's get back to when Harry Met Sally. WE'RE CELEBRATING THE BIG NEWS TODAY THAT THE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND IS HEADING TO NZ TO PERFORM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EARLY JULY. THE SHOW, 'AN EVENING OF SIT DOWN WITH BILLY CRYSTAL', WILL FEATURE STORIES ABOUT HIS LIFE AND INCREDIBLE CAREER THAT'S SPANNED FIVE DECADES. JAKE TAME SAT DOWN WITH THE NINE-TIME OSCARS HOST IN NEW YORK. WHEN YOU THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE EVER SAT DOWN FOR A CHAT WITH BILLY CRYSTAL,... YOU WANT A FRESH ONE? ...IT'S HARD TO GET PAST ONE SCENE. YES! YES! YES! YES, HE'LL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS THE GUY EATING A SANDWICH OPPOSITE MEG RYAN AS SHE FAKED AN ORGASM ` NOT AN ESPECIALLY EASY ACT TO FOLLOW. YOU AND NZ ARE OLD MATES, AREN'T YOU? I WAS THERE ON VACATION. WE DROVE FROM BLANKET BAY ALL THE WAY NORTH AND ENDED UP IN AUCKLAND. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SHEEP. THERE'S A LOT OF SHEEP. BUT I DID STUFF I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO ` THOSE ROCKET BOATS? < OH, YEAH. OH MY GOD. AND YOU'RE IN, LIKE, 6 INCHES OF WATER TRUSTING THIS GUY? < TERRIFYING, RIGHT? IT'S TOTALLY TERRIFYING. < A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN. BIG TIME. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL IS THE SORT OF COMEDIAN WHOSE POPULARITY SPANS GENERATIONS AND CULTURES. KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES, JUST 13 YEARS OLD. YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE THREE NAMES. HE'S THE GO-TO GUY FOR THE OSCARS. HE'S HOSTED IT NINE TIMES NOW. HE'S WON A TONY FOR HIS ONE-MAN STAGE SHOW, AND HE'S STARRED IN EVERYTHING FROM 'ANALYZE THIS'... YOU DON'T HEAR THE WORD 'NO' VERY OFTEN, DO YOU? I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, ONLY IT'S MORE LIKE, 'NO, PLEASE. NO, NO!' ...TO 'MONSTERS INC',... YOU'VE HAD A LIFT. YOU'VE HAD A TUCK. YOU'VE HAD` ARGH! ...BUT HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE IN NZ WILL ACTUALLY BE LESS STAND-UP AND MORE SIT-DOWN. I'M BERN! THE SHOW IS AN INTERVIEW STYLE, AND IT'S NOT REALLY SCRIPTED. THERE ARE GREAT STORIES THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN GOING AND SEE A FUNNY SHOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR A FUNNY SHOW. THAT'S STAND-UP. THAT'S GREAT, YOU'LL GET THAT, BUT YOU'LL GET PERSONAL STORIES, FILM CLIPS, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I REALLY KNOW WHAT THE SHOW IS GOING TO BE UNTIL WE GET OUT THERE. STILL, THERE'LL BE NO SHORTAGE OF ANECDOTES, LIKE THE TIME BILLY CRYSTAL PLAYED FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES. CHEERING YOU'RE A HUGE BASEBALL FAN, YOU'RE A YANKEES FAN, BUT WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CRICKET? YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT. < IT'S GONNA CHANGE YOUR LIFE. NO, IT WON'T CHANGE MY LIFE. IT'S GONNA CHANGE IT. NO, IT'S GONNA EXTEND MY LIFE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS OF ME WATCHING GOING, 'WHAT?' FIVE DAYS. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING DULLER THAN CHESS PLAYED OVER FIVE DAYS. THE SHOW OPENS IN AUCKLAND ON JULY 4TH ` AN AUSPICIOUS DATE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL SCENE IN THE US. YOU SEEM LIKE A DONALD TRUMP SORT OF MAN. YOU'RE SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP 2016, 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN', ARE YOU? WHAT DO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THINK WHEN THEY WATCH THE REPUBLICAN DEBATES AND TRUMP IS TEASING JEB BUSH AND THEY'RE LIKE TWO HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND IT'S UGLY AND IT'S... IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TAUNTING, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY, 'YOUR MOTHER...!' THAT KIND OF STUFF? BUT HE DID THAT. WE'LL SEE. THE WORLD IS IN A VERY STRANGE PLACE, AND WE NEED THE RIGHT PERSON TO GUIDE THE UNITED STATES. WELL, LOOK` SO I'M AVAILABLE. AND, HEY, IF PRESIDENT CRYSTAL DOESN'T WORK OUT AND TRUMP DOES WIN, WE ON SEVEN SHARP HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR ` BILLY'S WELCOME TO JUST STAY DOWN UNDER. CAN YOU SAY 'KIA ORA'? KIORDA. KIA ORA. AND ROLL THE R, LIKE IN SPANISH. KIA ORA. KIA ORA. YEAH. KIA... (CHUCKLES) NOW I CAN'T. (MUTTERS) HEY, NZ, I'M GONNA TRY THIS. KIA ORO KOUTOU. WAS THAT GOOD? VERY IMPRESSIVE. ALL RIGHT. He might have to work on that. Thank you for your dog feedback. That will play on our Facebook page. HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH DOG ATTACKS. CALLS TO BAN CERTAIN BREEDS, THE CONSTANT DEFENCE THAT IT'S NOT THE DOG'S FAULT; IT'S THE OWNERS WHO AREN'T DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT IT, PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING BADLY BITTEN ` MAINLY KIDS ` AND IN MANY MANY CASES THEY'RE MAIMED FOR LIFE. IT'S TIME TO GET REAL ABOUT THIS. FIVE BREEDS OF DOGS ARE ALREADY BANNED FROM BEING BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY. WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. IT DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF THEM DO, BUT WHY TAKE THAT CHANCE? THAT'S NOT TO SAY OTHER DOGS DON'T BITE. OF COURSE THEY DO. THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN SOME BREEDS BITE, THERE'S NO GOING BACK. THE INJURIES ARE SEVERE. TAKE WEE SAKURAKO UEHARA, WHO WAS MAULED IN 2014. SHE'LL BE HAVING RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOR ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS. AND IN THAT CASE, THE DOGS WERE REGISTERED, MICROCHIPPED AND WELL CARED FOR. EVEN A VET WHO KNEW THE DOGS SAID SHE WOULD HAVE LET HER OWN CHILDREN PLAY WITH THEM. THE THING IS THEY STILL ATTACKED SAKURAKO ` WITH A GOOD OWNER ` AND THAT'S THE SCARY REALITY YOU CAN'T GO PAST. I NOTE THE ODD WHINGE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AROUND WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT WHAT A REASON TO HAVE A PROBLEM, EH? THE CAPITAL IS CHOCKA WITH FILM CREWS. SCARLETT JOHANSSON'S MOVIE IS UNDERWAY. THEY'RE DOING THE PORK-PIE REMAKE ` JOBS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PUMPED INTO THE PLACE ` PROVING LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE JACKSON CONNECTION WAS THE START OF SOMETHING BIG, PROFOUND AND GOOD FOR YEARS TO COME. AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. ALREADY, AT THE MOVIES, THE HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE SET A BOX OFFICE RECORD IN ITS OPENING WEEK, AND LAST WEEK BEAT IT AGAIN. 3 MILLION IN 2 WEEKS AND COUNTING, AND THE BUZZ IS HUGE. ALL THIS SHOWS THAT A) WE'RE A WORLD-BEATING LOCATION AND B) WE HAVE THE PEOPLE TO MAKE GENUINELY COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL MOVIES. ANOTHER SUNRISE INDUSTRY WHERE BRAINS AND CREATIVITY ARE GOING TO HELP SURE UP THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE. CAPTIONS BY SARAH MAIAVA AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.