Have a good weekend.. TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHENEVER GUSTS OF WIND COME, THE KIDS WOULD'VE BEEN SCARED, LIKE, THERE'S ANOTHER CYCLONE COMING ` OH NO! SO WHY ARE THESE KIWI KIDS PREPARING FOR THE WORST? WE'VE GOT NO POWER, WE'VE GOT NO ROOF ` THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED, WE'VE GOT NO WATER, NO SHELTER. AND LAST NIGHT, IT WAS ALL CELEBRATIONS,... $45,000! WHOO-HOO! ...BUT OUR HUMBER AUCTION HAS HIT A LITTLE SPEED BUMP. PLUS ` MEET THE MAN WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS MAKING AN AWARD-WINNING POTENTIAL BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET. WELL OVER 200 CAST, CREW AND EXTRAS ALL WORKING FOR LOVE, NOT MONEY. ALSO ` HE'S KEPT UP WITH HIS STUDENTS FOR 50 YEARS. I'VE GOT AN ARTIFICIAL KNEE. I'VE HAD FOUR HIP REPLACEMENTS. THAT'S SLOWED ME DOWN. WE TAKE ONE LAST WALK THROUGH THE HALLS WITH MR ROSENTHAL. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. We are calculating the pies. 70 million a year. 18 pies per person. I have had no pies and neither have you. What about the children with no pies? What about the older people who do not a solid food any more? Wait till you see the pie. We have tonight. It is unbelievable. We're going to put the Humber right. He is coming and shortly. REMEMBER AT SCHOOL WHEN YOU DID EMERGENCY DRILLS? PERHAPS YOU WENT OUT ON THE FIELD FOR A BIT WHEN THE FIRE ALARM WENT OFF OR HID UNDER THE DESK FOR AN EARTHQUAKE. We had a fire alarm here today. We stopped dropped and rolled. No we didn't. That is why we got in trouble. WELL, ONE RURAL SCHOOL HAS TAKEN EMERGENCY DRILLS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL, AND THEY'RE DOING IT ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. SO WE SENT KRISTIN HALL TO WAITUNA WEST IN THE MANAWATU TO CHECK IT OUT. THE TINY LANDLOCKED TOWN OF WAITUNA WEST IS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST PLACE A CYCLONE WOULD HIT. WE'VE GOT NO POWER, WE'VE GOT NO ROOF ` THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED. WE'VE GOT NO WATER, NO ROOF. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS REAL-LIFE DRILL. CYCLONE JENNA'S HIT, SO WE'RE STAYING OUTSIDE IN A TENT. CYCLONE JENNA IS A CATEGORY 5 THAT'S WIPED OUT POWER AND SHELTER. AID WAS ON THE WAY THANKS TO A HUMAN HELP SIGN MADE OUT OF 38 KIDS. SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME CLEAN WATER. IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED? AFTER CYCLONE WINSTON DEVASTATED FIJI EARLIER THIS YEAR, WAITUNA WEST SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GLEN RICHARDSON WENT TO VISIT KUMBULAU SCHOOL. WELL, I TOOK UP SOME RUGBY BALLS AND GAVE ONE LITTLE GUYS A RUGBY BALL, AND HE JUST SOBBED, ABSOLUTELY BESIDE HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE RUGBY BALL. SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE GOT THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE RUGBY BALLS. SO I THOUGHT, 'WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO A LOT, 'BUT PERHAPS I CAN COME BACK HERE AND DO SOMETHING.' THE KIDS AT WAITUNA WEST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A 40-HOUR FAMINE. WELL, THE CHILDREN EAT PACKETS OF BARLEY SUGARS AND LITRES OF JUICE, AND THEY RAISE SOME MONEY AND THEY WATCH A MOVIE. AND IT'S ALL PRETTY GOOD, BUT THEY DON'T THINK WHERE THE MONEY GOES. THEY DECIDED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE KIDS OF KUMBULAU IN A SLIGHTLY GRITTIER WAY. USING THE SUPPLIES BROUGHT IN BY THE CHOPPER, THEY PREPARED FOR THE LONG NIGHT AHEAD. GRABBING THE WATER FROM THE TANK AND FILTERING IT INTO BUCKETS. THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN PREPPING FOR MONTHS, LEARNING ABOUT LIFE IN FIJI AND WRITING TO THEIR NEW FRIENDS IN THE PACIFIC. WHENEVER, LIKE, GUSTS OF WIND COME, THE KIDS WOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED, LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER CYCLONE, AND, 'OH NO. I HAVE TO RUN.' THERE'S NO GOURMET TUCKER AVAILABLE, IN ITS PLACE IS A DUCK AND A GOAT THAT HAD OBVIOUSLY SEEN BETTER DAYS. (SQUEALS) RANGI! IT ACTUALLY SMELLS SO BAD. IT SMELLS TERRIBLE. (SNIFFS) OH. (CHUCKLES) THANKS TO SOME TARPS AND TEAMWORK, THE PLAYGROUND IS HOME FOR THE NIGHT. YOU'VE JUST SPRUNG A LEAK. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? BOTH: GET OVER IT. SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX-AND-A-HALF HOURS NOW SINCE THE CYCLONE LANDED. IT'S STARTING TO RAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLD, AND EVERYONE'S A BIT HUNGRY. ARE WE FEELING GOOD? ALL: YES! ARE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOAT FOR BREAKFAST? NO! LET'S JUST SAY IT WASN'T THE MOST LUXURIOUS NIGHT. THAT WAS ROUGH. IN THE NIGHT, IT GOT REALLY WINDY, AND I MISSED MY MUM AND DAD. RIGHT ABOVE MY BED, IT WAS WET. LIKE, AT THE END OF MY BED, IT WAS, LIKE, SOAKING WET. AND WHILE MOST KIDS AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE STILL TUCKED UP IN BED, THESE GUYS WERE CHOPPING UP SOME TASTY, TASTY GOAT. YOU LIKE IT? YEP. NOT TOO CHEWY? NO, NOT TOO CHEWY. I JUST BIT DOWN ON SOMETHING HARD, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE A BULLET. (LAUGHS) THAT'S REAL COUNTRY FARE RIGHT THERE. THESE KIDS ARE WELL AWARE THEY'RE IN A PRIVILEGED POSITION COMPARED TO THEIR FIJIAN FRIENDS. WE ONLY HAVE TO DO IT FOR A NIGHT, AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING THIS FOR A WEEK? NO. NO. (CHUCKLES) MR RICHARDSON'S HOPING THESE HARDY COUNTRY KIDS HAVE LEARNT A BIT MORE ABOUT RESILIENCE AND COMPASSION. AND MY BIG HOPE IS THAT ONE DAY, THESE KIDS HERE, IT'LL PLANT A SEED AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE, REALLY. AND THERE'S ONE MESSAGE THAT'S CERTAINLY SUNK IN ` WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, WHAT HAPPENS? ALL: GET TOUGH! Good times. They raised a couple of thousand dollars. The link is on our Facebook page. LAST NIGHT WE WERE LIVE AS A CLASSIC HUMBER CAR WAS AUCTIONED FOR THE WANGANUI CANCER SOCIETY. MICHAEL HOLLAND WAS THERE, BRAVING THE RAIN AS THE AUCTION CLOSED, BUT IT SEEMS SOME THINGS WEREN'T AS THEY SEEMED. It hasn't been the smoothest of roads for Myrtle. The the first bird has turned out to be bogus. The $45,000? Tthat is gone. Myrtle now belongs to the underbidder, a man by the name of Mike Herbert $14,050. He now has the car. The Cancer Society is a big deal for the winner. They reckon themselves around him and supported him. They were short of the 45,000? Can we do something about it? Trade me might come to the party and bubbled up to 45 so the Cancer Society gets all its money and everyone will be delighted. A deserving person has the car. The other difficulty we have had with the option was your behaviour last night. You created this difficulty. As a man who likes to look after the ladies, those poor woman, Michael. It has become an umbrella gate. They were drenched and you are sitting under the umbrella. he is bullied because of you. You didn't tell me about strident social media feedback. Lynne and Jane, my sincere apologies. We should all have an umbrella or there should be no umbrella. It was a good night and we had a lot of fun. I don't think they would have minded dancing in the rain with you. WE'RE A COUNTRY THAT LOVES A GOOD DIY PROJECT; HOWEVER, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS LIKE A MASSIVE, GIGANTIC INCREDIBLE MOVIE WITH A REALLY TINY BUDGET. BUT BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS ABOUT 200 MATES. I WOULD SAY I'VE PROBABLY DONE ABOUT 50 SOLID DAYS. AND WE'VE COME BACK TO SCHOOL TO MEET ONE VERY PASSIONATE MAN WHO HAS DEDICATED FIVE DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO YOUNG PEOPLE. AND WHAT'S THIS PIE MAKER'S SECRET? WATTIE'S BAKED BEANS. YEP. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST. BUT DO THE PUNTERS AGREE? HOW OFTEN DO YOU COME? EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY SHE'S OPEN. # COS IT'S ONLY YOU AND ME. THERE'LL BE NOTHING WE NEED TO SEE. # ONLY ONE THING CAN SET YOU FREE IS ALL MY LOVE. Who doesn't love that? He looks better. I saw him the other day. He looks better now. You can always improve on that hairstyle. Cold chisel. We were deciding between that and Sia, who is now writing for Jimmy Barnes. HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED ABOUT BEING A MOVIE STAR IN BIG BLOCKBUSTER FILMS? WELL, TO DO IT YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE TO HOLLYWOOD, COMPETE WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER WANNABES AND PROBABLY, LET'S BE HONEST, END UP MOVING BACK HOME TO BE ON SHORTLAND STREET. BUT WHAT IF YOU MADE YOUR OWN FILM AND, OF COURSE, CAST YOURSELF AS THE LEAD ACTOR? THAT'S WHAT CHRIS NICOLSON DID, ALTHOUGH HE ALSO HAD TO FINANCE IT, PRODUCE IT, FILM IT AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE. HERE'S MATT CHISHOLM WITH THE STORY. INDIE ROCK MUSIC IT'S A POTENTIAL BLOCKBUSTER ON A SHOE-STRING BUDGET,... (SCREAMS) ...CALLED "THIS GIANT PAPER MACHE BOULDER IS ACTUALLY REALLY HEAVY" (LAUGHS) IT'S REALLY ANNOYING WHEN YOU'RE TYPING AN EMAIL, AND YOU HAVE TO... EVERY TIME. (LAUGHS) AND BEFORE YOU LAUGH, THE INDIE MOVIE WITH THE MOUTHFUL NAME IS GOING GANG BUSTERS. WE'VE BEEN IN TWO FILM FESTIVALS SO FAR AND WON TWO AWARDS FOR BEST COMEDY. MACKLEMORE'S 'THRIFT SHOP' WHEN AUCKLAND ARTIST CHRISTIAN NICOLSON MISSED OUT ON $100,000 PRIZE MONEY TO MAKE A MOVIE IN A MOVIE-MAKING COMP,... WE CAME SECOND. ....CHASING HIS DREAM, HE DECIDED HE'D MAKE THAT MOVIE ANYWAY. WE WERE NOT GOING TO KILL HIM! WE WERE ONLY GOING TO PLEASURE HIM! USING A KIWI CAST AND CREW OF 220 WHO, ON THE WHOLE, WORKED FOR LOVE NOT MONEY. I SPENT MOST OF MY DAY GIVING PEOPLE CUDDLES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL OK. HOW THE HELL DID YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE? KIND OF BLIND FAITH I GUESS. THE FILM DESCRIBED AS AN EPIC SCI-FI ACTION-COMEDY SIMILAR TO MONTY PYTHON. BOULDER FOR SHORT TELLS THE STORY OF THREE ORDINARY BLOKES SUCKED IN TO THE WORLD OF A B-GRADE 1960S SPACE FLICK. THEY COME ACROSS ALL SORTS OF OBSTACLES, GIANT ROBOTS, EVIL VILLAINS. (LAUGHS) IF YOU'RE NOT IN TO SCI-FI ` AND IM NOT ` WOULD YOU STILL FIND THE MOVIE FUNNY? YEAH, COURSE. I MEAN, IT'S FUNNY. FOR CHRISTIAN ` THE WRITER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, LEAD ACTOR, BANKER, SET-BUILDER-CUM-PROP-MAKER ` I DIDN'T MAKE THE LUNCH. BOULDER'S BEEN AN OBSESSION HE'S WORKED ON THE FILM EVERY WEEKEND AND SOME WEEKNIGHTS FOR FOUR YEARS. ONCE I STARTED, I JUST COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. I'VE HAD TO BE, LIKE, INVOLVED ALL THE TIME. DID YOU WANT TO BE? (LAUGHS) TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, YEP. WIFE KIRIANNE WAS, AS YOU HEARD, ON TUCKER, INCLUDING AMAZING GINGER CRUNCH AND COSTUMES,... IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 150. ...WHILE CHRISTIAN ROPED IN HIS MATES... ARE THESE WEAPONS? ...FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE. I WOULD PROBABLY SAY I'VE DONE ABOUT ROUGHLY 50 SOLID DAYS, YEAH. HOW'S THE PAY BEEN? (LAUGHS) UM, WELL, NOTHING. (LAUGHS) WOULD YOU BELIEVE I ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE PERSON THAT DIDN'T LIKE GINGER CRUNCH? (LAUGHS) ALL RIGHT I LOVED THE GINGER CRUNCH. WHOLE REASON I WAS THERE. (LAUGHS) THE PROPS FROM THE MOVIE... MAGNETIC PROJECTILE RETRACTOR GUN. WHAT THE <BLEEP>!? SORRY, KEVIN! ...ARE NOW LOCKED UP IN THE BACKYARD. CHRISTIAN, WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THIS STUFF FROM? UH, WELL, THE INORGANIC COLLECTIONS WERE, UH, A FREQUENT OF MINE. BOULDER, WHICH TOOK A TAXING TWO YEARS TO FILM, COSTING JUST 100K, WAS FINALLY FINISHED SIX WEEKS AGO. WINNING BEST COMEDY AT BOTH THE BOSTON AND LONDON SCI-FI FILM FESTIVALS THEY WERE LAUGHING REALLY LOUD AND IN ALL THE RIGHT BITS AND EVEN BITS THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK WERE THAT FUNNY. I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS. THOSE TEARS MIGHT COME AT THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED KIWI PREMIERE WHICH KICKS OFF IN OUR OLDEST CINEMA, WHERE SOME OF THE FLICK WAS FILMED, IN DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND NEXT MONTH. TO FINALLY ACTUALLY HAVE IT FINISHED AND UP ON THE SCREEN IN NZ, UM, IT WILL BE FANTASTIC. EVEN MORE FANTASTIC ` SOMEONE BUYING BOULDER. YEP, THAT WILL BE THE ONLY WAY THERE'S A SEQUEL IS IF WE GET PAID. THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. It is how the great get discovered. looking at distribution around the country. NOW, JUST HOW COMMITTED DO YOU RECKON YOU ARE TO YOUR JOB AND PROFESSION? IT'S FAIR TO SAY WELLINGTON TEACHER ERNIE ROSENTHAL'S ONE PRETTY DEDICATED MAN IN THAT RESPECT. HE'S SPENT HALF A CENTURY EDUCATING CLASSROOMS FULL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND NOW AFTER 50 YEARS, HE'S FINALLY CALLING IT A DAY AND RETIRING. BUT AS REBECCA EDWARDS FOUND OUT, NOT A LOT SLOWS ERNIE DOWN. CHUCK BERRY'S 'JOHNNY B GOODE' FOR FIVE DECADES, FACES LIKE THESE HAVE BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF ERNIE ROSENTHAL'S WORLD. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU HAVE AS A TEACHER IS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. OH, MATT HERE, HE'S GOT A BADGE. HE'S PROUD TO HAVE TAUGHT KIDS WHO'VE GONE ON TO BE RHODES SCHOLARS AT OXFORD. HAVE YOU TAUGHT ANY FAMOUS FACES OVER THE TIME? I HAVE TAUGHT LOTS OF FAMOUS FACES. I'M DEVASTATED THAT LIMA SOPOAGA HASN'T BEEN CHOSEN TOMORROW FOR THE ALL BLACKS. THE LAST 17 YEARS OF ERNIE'S CRACKING CAREER HAVE BEEN SPENT HERE AT WELLINGTON COLLEGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. WELL DONE, YOU. IT'S HEARTWARMING TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU AROUND. ROUNDING OUT A RELATIONSHIP STRETCHING BACK TO 1957, WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT HERE. I'VE DONATED MY SCHOOL CAP, WHICH IS THERE. IS IT NICE TO BE FINISHING WHERE IT ALL BEGAN? IT'S A SENSE OF GREAT SATISFACTION. OVER THE DECADES, ERNIE'S TAUGHT SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH. YOU WERE MISSING SCHOOL AGAIN, WERE YOU? LAUGHTER I WASN'T THERE, SIR. BUT HIS LATEST ROLL HAS BEEN HEADING THE SCHOOL'S CAREERS DEPARTMENT. HE'S JUST SHARED SO MUCH WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY AND HELPED A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOUNG MEN ON THEIR JOURNEYS AND PATHS, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. I LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE AND GIVE THEM OPTIONS AND TO HELP THEM ON A JOURNEY. ERNIE MIGHT BE OFFICIALLY RETIRING TODAY, BUT EVEN AT 72, HE'S STILL GOT PLENTY OF PLANS IN THE PIPELINE. I'VE GOT AN ARTIFICIAL KNEE, I'VE HAD FOUR HIP REPLACEMENTS ` THAT'S SLOWED ME DOWN, BUT IT HASN'T SLOWED ME DOWN IN MY PASSION TO HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR TRANSITION IN LIFE. That is the teachers you want. The ones you really want otherwise we have never heard of who were in some way, shape or form transformed by a great teacher and then on to do the own individual things. Everybody knows those teachers. He had a trip to Israel and will be back teaching Hebrew soon. Here is a pie question ` DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR BACON AND EGG PIE IS LACKING SOMETHING? SOME BACON, SOME MINCE, EGG AND A BIT OF COOKED TOMATO IN HERE. IT'S THE FULL ENGLISH FOR THOSE ON THE GO. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD BREAKFAST. AND THE THINGS THAT GOT YOU ALL HOT AND BOTHERED THIS WEEK. WERE YOU EVER AS TONED AS HE WAS? DON'T THINK SO. MMM, SMOKIN'. AND THE WEEK'S OTHER HEADLINES. # WE COULD FOOL THE DATELINES. WE COULD JUMP THE STATE LINES. # I DON'T ALWAYS PLAY NICE, BUT I WANNA FEEL YOUR HEART LINES. # I WANNA FEEL YOUR HEART. Broods and Lord. A co-writes. It is definitely a cowrite okay? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE A PIE? I honestly cannot remember. I do not know. Every now and again we have the little pies. They count. It is a pie. A pie as a pie, Mike. A CLASSIC KIWI PIE THE MORNING AFTER A FEW CHARDIES PERHAPS? OR ON A COLD MORNING WATCHING SATURDAY SPORT? KIWIS LOVE PIES, BUT TONIGHT WE MEET A MAN WHO'S GOT A TASTE FOR A PARTICULAR PIE. IT'S A PIE THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN YOUR USUAL BAKERY WARMER. THINK BACON AND EGG WITH A FEW EXTRA INGREDIENTS. ERIN CONROY WENT TO MEET THE MAN AND THE "BREAKFAST PIE". MEET JUSTIN. WE ALL KNOW A JUSTIN. AS A KID, WHAT YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? TOAST, WEET-BIX, THAT SORT OF THING. A HARD-WORKING TRADIE. TIMES HAVE CHANGED A BIT. YEAH. I GUESS LIFE GETS BUSY, AND YOU EAT ON THE RUN A LOT. WITH A PALATE FOR ALL THINGS KIWI AND A SIXTH SENSE THAT KNOWS WHEN, ACROSS TOWN, A FRESH BATCH OF PIES ARE GOING IN THE OVEN. YA HUNGRY? YEAH, REAL HUNGRY. BOTH LAUGH LET'S GO. SO A FAMILIAR PATH FOR YOU. (LAUGHS) DEFINITELY. JUSTIN'S STRAIGHT TO THE PIE WARMER. WHAT IS SO GOOD ABOUT THIS? BASICALLY, A FULL COOKED BREAKFAST ENCASED IN PASTRY. (LAUGHS) IT'S THE NOW SOMEWHAT INFAMOUS TARANAKI BIG BREAKFAST PIE. SOME BACON, SOME MICE, BAKED BEANS. THERE'S ALSO A BIT OF COOKED TOMATO IN THERE. HONEST ANSWER ` HOW OFTEN DO YOU COME? EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY? EVERY DAY SHE'S OPEN. BIRGIT IS THE ONE WHO MAKES THE PIES. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF OUR OBSESSION WITH PIES? I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN GERMANY ` WE HAVE THE SAUSAGE IN A BUN. NOW THAT SHE'S IN THE PIE BUSINESS, THOUGH... GREAT. (LAUGHS) AND IT'S THIS ONE THAT'S PUT HER CAFE ON THE MAP ` THE BIG BREAKFAST PIE. NO MATTER HOW MANY SHE MAKES... AND THEY ALL SELL? YIP. WOULD IT SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT KIWIS EAT 70 MILLION PIES EACH YEAR? JEEZ. THAT'S A LOT. OTHERS ARE NOT SO SHOCKED. NOT AT ALL. (LAUGHS) THAT'S ABOUT 17 PIES PER PERSON PER YEAR. BUT A QUICK CALCULATION FOR JUSTIN... MINUS A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF FOR HOLIDAY, YOU, MY FRIEND, EAT 250 PIES A YEAR. (LAUGHS) MAYBE MORE. (LAUGHS) DEPENDS HOW I'M FEELING FOR LUNCH. I'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT THIS STORY HAS DONE US ALL A FAVOUR. I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION, THEN, DOESN'T IT? THAT'S RIGHT. WHO DID EAT ALL THE PIES? BOTH LAUGH I met a guy from a company called Goodtime Pies the other day. They make 11 million pies a year. He wants to expand his Christchurch operations. He is based in Napier. It is tripling. We just had a message during the story. Paleo pies are a thing. BEFORE WE BID YOU A HAPPY WEEKEND, A LOOK BACK AT THE MOMENTOUS, MUNDANE AND PLAIN MYSTERIOUS GOINGS-ON IN THE NEWS. IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THOSE WEEKS YOU LOOK BACK ON AND GO, 'WHAT ON EARTH JUST HAPPENED?' THIS WEEK, WE GOT ALL HOT AND BOTHERED OVER THESE PICS OF FIRST SON MAX KEY. HE'S A MAN NOW. SURE IS, JOHN, BUT IT WAS THE DURRY CAUSING THE FLURRY... OF WORRY. AN UNLIT CIGARETTE ` I MEAN, PEOPLE HOLD THEM ALL THE TIME. OF COURSE THEY DO, MAX ` GENERALLY JUST BEFORE THEY LIGHT THEM. THE KEYS WEREN'T THE ONLY POLITICAL DYNASTY THAT WAS SMOKING HOT THIS WEEK. WILD CHEERS, APPLAUSE GOD BLESS AMERICA! WHILE HILLARY CLINTON WAS BREAKING GLASS CEILINGS, A MASSIVE STORM WAS BREAKING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN SYDNEY, INCLUDING THIS DOOFUS' SURFBOARD. BOARD BROKE. BACK HERE, THE VIBE WAS LESS BREAKING THINGS AND MORE... PUTTING THEM TOGETHER. THE TWO BIG BRANDS ARE SET TO MERGE. GOOD LUCK GETTING THROUGH TO THAT CALL CENTRE. MUZAK PLAYS MEANWHILE, THIS SEAGULL FELL INTO A VAT OF CURRY, INADVERTENTLY REVEALING ONE OF TRUMP'S BEAUTY SECRETS. BUT THAT STILL WASN'T THE MOST SURPRISING NEWS OF THE WEEK. FINAL SCORE WARRIORS 36, THE BRONCOS 18! AND AS 1.6 BILLION MUSLIMS BEGAN A MONTH OF PRAYER AND FASTING, THE WORLD FAREWELLED ONE OF THEM. I AM THE GREATEST! BIG UPS TO THE WAREHOUSE TONIGHT FOR ITS LATEST CHARITY SCHEME. THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH WOMEN'S REFUGE, INSTALLING A SMALL BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WAREHOUSE WEBSITE WHERE WOMEN IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP CAN GET HELP CONFIDENTIALLY. THE KEY THING HERE IS, THE PORTAL THEY GO THROUGH IS UNTRACEABLE. THE SAD PART OF THIS IS THAT THE CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR OF THESE ABUSERS HAS NOW MOVED ONLINE. THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO NEEDED. STALKING AND TRACKING IS NOW RAMPANT IN THESE TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS. CLICKING ON THIS BUTTON COULD BE THE VERY FIRST STEP IN GETTING A NEW LIFE. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE DEFINITELY READY TO LEAVE. IT COULD JUST MEAN YOU NEED SOME ADVICE. EITHER WAY IT'S A POSITIVE, CONFIDENTIAL FIRST STEP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SO, THE WEEKEND WILL IN PART FEATURE THE FAREWELL OF MOHAMMED ALI. IT BEGAN THIS MORNING IN LOUISVILLE WITH A MUSLIM PRAYER SERVICE. THEY WILL COME FROM ALL OVER FOR THE FUNERAL ` THE KING OF JORDAN, THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY, BILL CLINTON, LARRY HOLMES, LENNOX LEWIS, WILL SMITH AND HIS LIFE-LONG FRIEND THE REVEREND JESSIE JACKSON. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING TO JESSIE JACKSON ON ZB THIS MORNING, AND HE SAID SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT I THOUGHT PROFOUND. HE SAID ALI MADE THE MOST OF HIS LIFE. AND I SUPPOSE AT FUNERALS WE REFLECT, AND WE THINK OF OUR OWN JOURNEYS, AND ISN'T IT A WONDERFUL PIECE OF ADVICE FOR US ALL. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR LIFE. AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN HAVE NO REGRETS, AND SURELY THAT'S A LIFE WELL LIVED. DON'T FORGET MEGHAN TRAINOR'S ON THE SHOW ON MONDAY, SO WE FINISH WITH HER LATEST HIT 'ME TOO'. 6PM CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016. # AND I CAN'T HELP LOVING MYSELF. # AND I DON'T NEED NOBODY ELSE. # NUH-UH. # IF I WAS YOU, # I'D WANNA BE ME TOO.