That is one nurse for Thursday. Thank you for joining us. We will hand you over to Seven Sharp. We have set Lucas de Yong a live challenge tonight. WE'VE SET LUCAS DE JONG A LIVE CHALLENGE TONIGHT. MORE ON THAT SHORTLY. BUT ALSO COMING UP ` WE'RE LOOKING INTO A GREY AREA. BOOT CAMPS IN COUNCIL PARKS, OR, RATHER, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN PUBLIC SPACES. PLUS, TAKING ON THE BIG GUYS ` WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR MOKOPUNA, WHO DON'T DESERVE TO INHERIT THINGS LIKE THIS. THE TARANAKI LOCALS WHO SAY MINING WILL DESTROY THE SEABED. AND FORGET AN ARCHITECT FOR YOUR HOUSE. WHAT ABOUT ONE FOR YOUR BODY? AT ONE POINT I DID TELL PEOPLE THAT I WAS A TRAPEZE ARTIST, BECAUSE IT SEEMED EASIER TO EXPLAIN THAN A BODY ARCHITECT. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA THORESEN AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 Lucas is going to do what you will not be able to do for much longer. This is the pirate ship at rainbows end. I have been on the pirate ship. Even though I hate rides and amusement parks. I went on it thinking it would be very gentle. We set Lucas the challenge tonight to ride it for the entire show. I was so confident going into this. Out of all the rides that I would have to ride for 30 minutes rainbows and this was going to be easy. I am still confident. We have got a little bit of a set up. This is my main camera. She has not got much longer. My man Dean in the booth here will to click us. We are away. The kids were wanting to go home And I said one more. I thought it was going to be easy. After three or four times on that ride I thought that I was going to vomit. I don't suffer from motion sickness a at all usually. There is something a little bit sad about a lone ranger sitting on a pirate ship alone on a Thursday night. Lucas is used to that. WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF YOU HEARD SOMEONE WAS RUNNING A BUSINESS ON LAND THAT IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY RATEPAYERS BUT THEY WEREN'T PAYING RENT? WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MANY FITNESS BOOT CAMPS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DOING. AND IN CHRISTCHURCH, THE COUNCIL IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT TO PUSH BACK ON THE PUSH UPS. HERE'S MIKE THORPE. ON A MURKY MORNING IN CHRISTCHURCH,... THREE, TWO, ONE, SPLIT. ...YOU CAN HEAR THE CALORIES BURNING. THREE, TWO, ONE. OK, WE'RE ON TO EXERCISE NUMBER SIX OF THE SEVEN SHARP. AND WHILE THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY FOR THESE GUYS,... I THINK THAT'S FIVE BURPEES EACH, PLEASE, GUYS. ...THIS ONE GETS THIS OFFICE FOR FREE. BUT HOW LONG FOR? IT'S A COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR FREE. SO UNDER THE RESERVES ACT, REQUIRES US TO CONSIDER CONTROLLING AND MANAGING THOSE KINDS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE OR HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL THEY ARE. NOW, BEFORE YOU ROLL YOUR EYES, HEAR THIS. THE COUNCIL IS NOT ON THE WAR PATH. WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO UPDATE OUR OPEN SPACES BYLAW, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO EVERY 10 YEARS. AND THE PAST DECADE HAS SEEN A GROWTH IN BOOT CAMPS. YOU FIND TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY. SO ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, THE TRADITIONAL KIND OF ARMY BOOT CAMP WAS REALLY POPULAR. THOSE HAVE TENDED TO FADED AWAY, BUT THE SMALL GROUP TRAINING SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR. BEVAN DOESN'T RUN A BOOT CAMP AS SUCH, BUT HIS RUNNING GROUPS DO USE LOCAL PARKS. AND NO, HE DOESN'T PAY FOR THAT SPACE. I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT HERE IS THAT MOST PERSONAL TRAINERS DON'T MAKE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE AVERAGE PERSONAL TRAINER ONLY MAKES ABOUT 40K A YEAR. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED FROM THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY IS NOT EVEN A DROP IN A BUCKET. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THESE PLACES THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE ENJOYED. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF PARKS ARE OVERRUN WITH PERSONAL TRAINERS AND THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT COUNCIL HAVE TO ADDRESS, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE SEEING THAT. I THINK IF YOU GO TO HAGLEY PARK TONIGHT, IT'S NOT OVERRUN WITH PERSONAL TRAINERS. YOU MIGHT SEE A COUPLE OF GROUPS THERE. BUT SURELY IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE TO CHARGE FOR WEAR AND TEAR? VERY GOOD POINT. THIS IS AN ARGUMENT I'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE'S WEAR AND TEAR ON FACILITIES, AND SO WE SHOULD PAY FOR THAT. WELL, THERE ISN'T. IF YOU LOOK AT` THIS IS WHERE WE'VE JUST BEEN. WELL, THERE ISN'T. IF YOU LOOK AT` THIS IS WHERE WE'VE JUST BEEN. THERE'S A FEW PATCHES OF MUD, BUT A HELL OF A LOT LESS THAN THE RUGBY MATCH ON THE WEEKEND. WHAT ABOUT OTHER COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC LAND? LIKE BUSKING OR COFFEE CARTS? WELL, THEY NEED A LICENCE. A LICENCE AND A CODE OF CONDUCT COULD BE GOOD. ONE OF THE STRONG ARGUMENTS FOR BETTER REGULATION IS IT MIGHT GET RID OF THOSE, SORT OF, $2 BOOT CAMPS THAT TURN UP IN THE SUMMER THAT AREN'T PARTICULARLY GOOD. SO WHAT A BIT OF REGULATION MIGHT DO IS IT MIGHT FOCUS PEOPLE DOWN TO SOME REALLY GOOD, CREDIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO, WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO BOOT CAMP INSTRUCTORS? GET IN TOUCH WITH US. GIVE US A RING. WE'RE NOT THE OGRES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE ARE. WE'LL TALK TO THEM, WE'LL FACILITATE, AND WE'LL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE FROM COUNCIL? THAT SEEMS VERY FAIR AND REASONABLE. OH, YOU KNOW. WHAT CAN I SAY? (LAUGHS) SO ALTHOUGH IT'S EARLY DAYS FOR THIS DEBATE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE RED IN THE FACE... GREAT LUNGES ALL AROUND. ...ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PAYING FOR THE PRIVILEGE. I am so phenomenally conflicted about this. I hate councils and I see where this is going. They are all about the revenue. They have just said on camera they are not. Come on. In five years time soon you'll have a list of people where the council wanted to start charging them. If they go down there that will be disappointing after hearing it is not a revenue making scheme. You have food operators taking up a park. In theory I have no problem with that. In a park no one is bothering anyone. But when it becomes overrun, then you have a problem. How many boot camps would you need in Hagley Park to have overrun? 600,000 of them? Are you still doing a boot camp? Mummies boot camp. It's hard. We do it in a public space and I would hate to see a trainer charged for that. When I look out of my studio at ZB in the morning, they are doing their work out on the footpath. Should they be charged? SO, PERHAPS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL NEWS OF THE DAY ` THE DECISION TO ALLOW IRON-SAND MINING OFF THE TARANAKI COAST. THE PROJECT IS PREDICTED TO INJECT $1.1B A YEAR INTO THE ECONOMY, AND THAT SHOULD ADD ABOUT 1600 JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THERE WERE ALMOST 14000 SUBMISSIONS AGAINST THE APPLICATION, AMONGST THEM THE LOCAL IWI. WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ANTI THE DEAL? MAIKI SHERMAN HAS SPENT THE DAY WITH THE PEOPLE OF NGATI RUANUI. (THE PATEA MAORI CLUB'S 'POI E') THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF PATEA IS KNOWN FOR MAKING A 'BIG SPLASH' AROUND THE WORLD. (ALL SING 'POI E') BUT LOCAL IWI NGATI RUANUI ARE NOW BEING FORCED TO TAKE ON THE 'BIG GUY' TO PROTECT THEIR COASTAL WATERS. THE DECISION IS TO GRANT CONSENT IMPOSING CONDITIONS THAT PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE DEGREE OF CAUTION. WE'VE ENDEAVOURED TO ENGAGE WITH IWI. WE'VE PROVIDED THEM WITH ALL THE INFORMATION. WE RECOGNISE THEM AS MANA WHENUA IN THE AREA. MINING COMPANY TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES HAS JUST WON A BID TO DREDGE TONNES OF IRON ORE OFF THE SEABED HERE IN SOUTH TARANAKI ` 50 MILLION TONNES EVERY YEAR FOR 35 YEARS. AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY WHO IS FROM AN AREA THAT'S HAD IT PRETTY HARD, IT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DEHUMANISING, DEMORALISING PROCESSES I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH. THE NEWS TOO MUCH FOR DEBBIE'S FATHER, HEMI NGAREWA, WHO WENT HOME TO THINK IN PEACE. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, MY WIFE SAID, 'LET'S GO DOWN THE BEACH.' SO I PUT THE DOG IN THE CAR. MATER OF FACT, THEY'RE STILL WAITING IN THE CAR. AND SO HE CAME BACK TO SHARE HIS FEELINGS WITH US. I LOVE ALL MY FAMILY. I LOVE ALL MY MOKOS AND THEIR PARTNERS, AND I LOVE THE WIDER COMMUNITY. SO I SAID, 'NO, I HAVE TO PUT MY DISAPPOINTMENT ASIDE 'AND FACE AOTEAROA,' SO HERE I AM TODAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG AND STRENUOUS BATTLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES HAS MADE THE APPLICATION, AFTER A FAILED FIRST ATTEMPT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT'S HEART-BREAKING TO FEEL IN SOME WAYS THAT WE'VE LET OUT KAIMATUA DOWN. THAT WE'VE LET OUR KAIMATUA DOWN. AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR MOKOPUNA WHO DON'T DESERVE TO INHERIT THINGS LIKE THIS. TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES SAYS IT'S DONE ITS BEST TO ENGAGE WITH IWI AND THE BENEFITS WILL BE HUGE. BUT WHILE LOCALS RECOGNISE THE NEED FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT, THEY SAY DREDGING 50 MILLION TONNES OF IRON ORE EACH YEAR IS NOT THE ANSWER. ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT IT SHOULD HAPPEN IN A WAY THAT WE'RE PROUD OF, NOT IN A WAY WHERE WE SELL OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS OUT. THERE WERE MORE THAN 13,000 SUBMISSIONS OPPOSING THE APPLICATION AND JUST 150-ODD IN FAVOUR. THE DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEE WAS SPLIT TWO AGAINST TWO, WITH THE CHAIRMAN HAVING THE CASTING VOTE IN FAVOUR. NGATI RUANUI WILL APPEAL TODAY'S DECISION. MEANWHILE, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES ALREADY HAS ANOTHER APPLICATION DOWN SOUTH OFF THE WEST COAST. YEAH, HEARTBROKEN. I'M HEARTBROKEN THAT THIS BEAST HASN'T GONE AWAY. It is one of those split decisions. If you want to get a job out of this, you will be happy. But it is the uncertainty about what these environmental impacts will be. No one can tell. Is not like someone turned up and said that they were here to dig a big hole in the ground. There were arguments and committees. But there was no way of knowing. That is why it is controversial. LET'S GO BACK TO LUCAS AT RAINBOW'S END. FEELING SICK YET? When you take an icon like this away you have better replace it with something special. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE THE WORK OF AN ARCHITECT, RIGHT? BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS? THIS IS THE WORK OF A BODY ARCHITECT. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, WE NEED TO CHECK IN ON LUCAS. He has been going 15 minutes on the pirate ship. Hey guys. I'm doing all right. You are feeling queasy. I can tell. It is cold. When you get on the ship it is really lonely by yourself as well. I'm halfway at the moment. You do look like a creepy guy riding the night away looking a little green. That does not look like it is going up and down as high as it can go. It only runs for three minutes 40. I am on the downward leg. This is right seven. WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH LUCAS AGAIN SOON. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH A SWEDISH POP STAR? He is going to vomit by the end of the show. OR MAYBE CREATE A PERFUME THAT YOU SWALLOW? THAT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR LUCY MCCRAE. SHE'S A BODY ARCHITECT. 'WHAT'S THAT?' I HEAR YOU ASK. PUT IT THIS WAY ` YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A SUIT TO WORK UNLESS IT'S MADE OF PLASTIC TUBING. TIM WILSON, WHO, LET'S FACE IT, HAS A BODY THAT COULD USE SOME ARCHITECTURE, MEETS LUCY MCCRAE. WHEN WE THINK OF ARCHITECTS, WE THINK OF AMAZING SKYSCRAPERS ` DUBAI'S BURJ KHALIFA OR NEW YORK'S FREEDOM TOWER. BUT A BODY ARCHITECT? IT'S LIKE REDESIGNING YOUR BODY AS IF IT WERE A BUILDING. A BODY ARCHITECT IS A COMBINATION OF BEING A SCIENCE FICTION ARTIST, A FILM MAKER, A KIND OF IMAGINING OF THE FUTURE. IMAGINING THE FUTURE HAS GOT AUSSIE LUCY MCCRAE SOME INCREDIBLE GIGS. THIS VIDEO FOR SWEDISH POP SINGER ROBYN. # AND I NEVER WAS SMART WITH LOVE. # DESIGNED HER THREE ALBUM COVERS AND A MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER. THE SHOOT ITSELF LOOKS GLAMOROUS. IT WAS ALSO ARDUOUS. NOT A LOT OF SLEEP. THE TECHNOLOGY WAS LOST FROM AMSTERDAM TO STOCKHOLM. SO WHATEVER KIND OF DRAMA THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED... AND WE SHOT FOR 36 HOURS. ANOTHER PROJECT ` PERFUME YOU CAN SWALLOW. A COSMETIC PILL THAT YOU EAT, AND WHEN YOU PERSPIRE, A GENETICALLY ENHANCED FRAGRANCE IS ADMITTED THROUGH THE SKIN SURFACE. WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM DINGLEY VILLAGE IN MELBOURNE A GIRL WHO WAS GOOD AT RUNNING, A GIRL WHO LOVED BALLET. I USED TO MAKE UP JAZZ ROUTINES WITH MY SISTER UPSTAIRS, AND WE'D COME OUT OF THE CUPBOARD. IN A WAY SHE'S STILL DOING THE SAME ` BURSTING OUT, PERFORMING, WEARING HER ART ON HER SLEEVE. WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS ALPHA60. RIGHT. THESE ARE MY FRIENDS FROM MELBOURNE ` ALPHA60. AND SOME SHOES FROM PARIS FROM DISNEY. LUCY'S IN NEW ZEALAND FOR SEMI PERMANENT, A KIWI VERSION OF TED TALKS. BUT LIKE THE SCI-FI ARTIST SHE IS, HER FUTURE IS IN SPACE. AND SHE'S ALREADY DOING ASTRONAUT EXERCISES. LOTS OF BALANCING, LOTS OF CORE. BALANCING AS LIKE... STANDING? OH, NO, BALANCING ON SLIPPERY INFLATABLE SURFACES. IN A WAY SHE'S A 21ST CENTURY COMBINATION OF PICASSO AND SCIENCE GEEK. I'M QUITE A NORMAL PERSON. I AM A VERY, VERY NORMAL PERSON... I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT NORMAL. ...WITH UNUSUAL INTERESTS. AT ONE POINT I DID TELL PEOPLE THAT I WAS TRAPEZE ARTIST, BECAUSE IT SEEMED EASIER TO EXPLAIN. BECAUSE JUST LIKE THIS, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, SEEING IS BELIEVING. Is it that amazing. You can never conceive of doing that. You are trying to think of what you're going to be when you are in high school. THE ICONIC PIRATE SHIP IS GOING. SO WHAT WILL TAKE ITS SPOT AT RAINBOW'S END? I RECKON THEY NEED ANOTHER ROLLER COASTER. I RECKON THEY SHOULD BUILD A BIGGER ONE THAT GOES RIGHT AROUND. When it comes to the site of this pirate ship was on, what will be here now? # WELL, I'VE BEEN # AFRAID OF CHANGING # COS I # BUILT MY LIFE AROUND YOU. What a lovely morning I had on radio this morning. I had Stevie nicks on the show. She is coming in November to the country. I have done the rest of Fleetwood Mac now. She was the most delightful woman. She says that one of the things she is really looking forward to when she gets to New Zealand is Lorde. Lorde just came up to our show as a spectator and she was absolutely devastated that she did not get to meet her. Is it interesting that Lord has made the impact on her? Imagine if we could be there for that union. Harry styles and Stevie nicks are great mates. Harry styles was at the troubadour and asked Stevie next to come and sing landslide with him. Imagine if Stevie nicks and Lord got together into a collaboration. IT'S AN END OF AN ERA. AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES, THE PIRATE SHIP AT RAINBOW'S END IS CLOSING. SO MANY KIWIS WILL HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF RIDING IT OVER THE YEARS. LUCAS HAS BEEN ON THE RIDE FOR THE WHOLE SHOW. WE'LL TALK TO HIM SHORTLY ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE REPLACING IT. BUT FIRST HE TAKES US ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. # TAKE ME BACK TO THE RAINBOW. THAT RAINBOW KIND OF MAGIC. # ITS NEW ZEALAND'S ORIGINAL THEME PARK, SETTING PULSES RACING FOR 35 YEARS. YEAH? NOW ONE OF ITS ICONIC RIDES IS GOING INTO DOCK. WHEN I SEE THE KIDS COME THROUGH THE GATE AND THEY RUN STRAIGHT DOWN HERE, AND THEY RUN STRAIGHT DOWN HERE, AND YOU THINK, 'OH, WOW? REALLY? DO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT?' WAL SCOTT HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE PARK FIRST OPENED. HE KNOWS RIDES COME AND RIDES GO. ORIGINALLY THIS WAS THE MINI GOLF AND CINEMA 180 WAS IN THIS AREA. THE INVADER BEHIND ME, THE BLUE ONE WITH THE SPINNING DISK, AND THE POWER SURGE, ORIGINALLY THAT AREA THERE WAS JUST A NOTHING. IT WAS JUST A DIRT HILL. THERE WAS A MAZE HERE AND THEN THEY BUILT KIDDIES KINGDOM, WHICH WAS THE CASTLE ON ITS OWN. AS FOR THE SHIP, CALLED 'ESMERALDA', WAL WAS THERE WHEN THEY PUT HER TOGETHER... RIDING IT, PERSONALLY, I GET MOTION SICKNESS. (BOTH LAUGH) ...AND WILL BE ON HAND TO TAKE HER APART. IT IS STRANGE AND A FUNNY FEELING TO BE AROUND SOMETHING FOR SO LONG, YOU KNOW, 30 ODD YEARS, AND TO BE PULLING IT APART AND DISMANTLING IT IS A STRANGE FEELING. THIS OLD GIRL'S STILL GOT LIFE IN HER FOR THOSE THAT ARE HAPPY TO BOARD. THAT TICKLED MY TUMMY. IT TICKLED YOUR TUMMY? I LIKED THE UP STUFF. IT'S NOT TOO SCARY, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT SCARY FOR THE LITTLE ONES. THE BIG QUESTION ` WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS SHIP'S SAILED? I RECKON THEY NEED ANOTHER ROLLER COASTER. I RECKON THEY SHOULD BUILD A BIGGER ONE THAT GOES RIGHT AROUND. It is just a tickle of the tummy. I see you're finally got someone to come with you. It's nice to have a friend. Chris is the boss of rainbows end and he told me he had only done this ride once, he hates it. What happens to this boat now? We're going to pull it out and dismantle and try and recycle as much as we can. There has been a bit of interest in it but we will gauge the interest and see if there is a genuine person out there that wants to do something with it. See you guys have had offers? We have had offers. We will keep it open. This area has been opened up for something else. What can you tell us? We do not have a lot of land in the parks we need to redevelop it. We will put something new and exciting in it. Technological. Something get more for the teenage market. Something we don't have in our current attraction mix either. If it is something that is not at rainbow end, you have rollercoasters, you have drops she will be here for one more week. The last swing on the 19th. I will not be here any more. On a scale of 1 to 10, one where you feel good, 10 you're about to bath, where are you? I am about 20 drinks now and have to eat a seafood meal in the morning. What he did not do, and he is in the little kid part of the boat. The centre part. He needs to go to the back. God bless him though. Is he going to throw up? I'm kidding. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017