COMING UP TONIGHT ` A PERSONAL SIDE OF HELEN CLARK THAT WE RARELY GET TO SEE. WHEN MY MOTHER WAS ALIVE, SHE DID HOME-COOKING FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, SO I JUST CARRIED ON, AND I THINK IT'S KEPT HIM IN GOOD HEALTH. AND IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE CHAT, HELEN ALSO WEIGHS IN ON THE JACINDA ARDERN BABY DEBATE. PLUS THE SCHOOL BALL POLICY THAT'S GOT SOME PEOPLE GOING 'WHAT THE?' SHOULD A SCHOOL BE ABLE TO BAN BOYS WHO CAN'T GET A DATE? IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE GUYS THAT ARE SINGLE, CAN'T FIND A GIRL. AND TIM CERTAINLY GETS A FEW KNOCKBACKS. WILL YOU TAKE ME HOME? (LAUGHS) UM, NO. I'M BOOKED OUT AGAIN, SORRY. OH, GOD, I WISH. SO WILL ANYONE TAKE HIM UP ON HIS OFFER? 6PM CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 We have been wandering down memory lane with that folk dancing and school ball and Pete goes back to the 40s. And gay Gordon doing the Morris dancing. A lot of school still do it. You can form that relationship for dates for the future. Folk dancing was always a tragedy. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH AN SOS FROM A BOY IN DESPAIR. ALL HE WANTS IS TO GO TO HIS SCHOOL BALL, BUT HE CAN'T. WHY? BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A DATE. YES, AT PALMERSTON NORTH BOYS HIGH, THERE'S A POLICY ` IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DATE, YOU DON'T GO TO THE BALL. THE SCHOOL SAYS IT'S A BALL, NOT A PARTY, BUT IS THE POLICY FAIR? MAIKI SHERMAN LOOKS INTO IT. IT'S THE RIGHT OF PASSAGE, THE COMING OF AGE. WE'RE TALKING THE SCHOOL BALL. PEOPLE IN SUITS AND DRESSES AND ALL THAT. SLOW DANCING, I GUESS. (LAUGHS) JUST TYPICAL BALL STUFF. ZAIN COLLINS IS A TYPICAL TEENAGER. HE LOVES HIS PS4, READING BOOKS, AND THIS SATURDAY HE WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING HIS FIRST SCHOOL BALL. WELL, FOR US BOYS, IT'S JUST BEING AROUND A GIRL, JUST BEING ABLE TO SOCIALISE WITH A DIFFERENT GENDER AFTER BEING IN AN ALL-BOYS SCHOOL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT THE SOON-TO-BE 17-YEAR-OLD WON'T BE GOING TO THE BALL. YOU SEE, PALMERSTON NORTH BOYS HIGH HAS A POLICY ` NO DATE, NO GO, NO EXCEPTIONS. IT JUST SUCKS REALLY CAUSE, LIKE, JUST MISSING OUT ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHTS OF THE YEAR ALL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET SOMEONE TO GO. CAN'T GET SOMEONE. ZAIN'S MUM THOUGHT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME MISTAKE. MY CONVERSATION WAS JUST A QUICK QUESTION OF TALKING WITH THE RECEPTIONIST, AND JUST SAID, 'OH, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, IS THIS WAS CORRECT, 'THAT BOYS HIGH CAN'T GO UNLESS THEY HAVE DATES?' AND SHE SAID, 'YEP, THAT'S CORRECT,' AND I WENT, 'OH.' HER PARTNER WAS EQUALLY GUTTERED. HE HAS HE'S BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT FOR SOME TIME. HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT OFF AND ON FOR PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE YEAR. OH, IT FELT A BIT... JUST FELT SUCKISH. WHY? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE EVERYONE'S PRETTY MUCH GOT A GIRL TO GO TO THE BALL WITH, AND YOU'RE JUST THE LONE RANGER, THE THIRD WHEEL. THE SCHOOL POLICY HAS GOT LOTS OF PEOPLE IN PALMERSTON NORTH SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS. I THINK HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO. I MEAN, IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE GUYS WHO ARE SINGLE, CAN'T FIND A GIRL. OH, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF SAD. I THINK HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD MATTER IF THERE'S TOO MANY GIRLS OR TOO MANY BOYS. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR, REALLY. BUT THE SCHOOL IS UNREPENTANT. WE ASKED TO SPEAK WITH PRINCIPAL DAVE BOVEY ABOUT THE SCHOOL'S POLICY, BUT HE WAS UNAVAILABLE. INSTEAD, HE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IF THE SCHOOL WERE TO ACCEPT ALL YOUNG MEN WHO WANTED TO ATTEND BY THEMSELVES, IT WOULD IN ESSENCE NO LONGER BE A FORMAL SCHOOL BALL, BUT MORE LIKE A SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY. THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION WAS TO FIND A PARTNER, BUT THAT PROVED EASIER SAID THAN DONE. DID YOU TRY TO FIND A DATE? YEP, MOSTLY JUST THROUGH FACEBOOK AND ALSO WITH THE HELP OF THE BALL COMMITTEE. GOING THROUGH FRIENDS, FACEBOOK, ASKING IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE BALL AND STUFF. TEENAGE YEARS ARE TOUGH. ZAIN'S MUM IS REALLY WORRIED THE SCHOOL POLICY IS JUST MAKING IT TOUGHER. WHAT IF FOR ONE OF THOSE YOUNG BOYS OUT THERE THIS IS JUST THE LAST THING THEY NEEDED ON THEIR PLATE? THIS IS THE THING THAT TIPPED IT OVER THE EDGE FOR THEM? I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL THINKS OF IT THAT WAY. SPEAKING OUT TAKES GUTS, AND BOTH MELANIE AND LACEY ARE WORRIED THERE COULD BE A BACKLASH. YEP. DEFINITELY. VERY, VERY WORRIED, ESPECIALLY FROM THE SCHOOL. YEAH, WE WORRY IF WE'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO SPEAK OUT, COS IF NO ONE DOES, NOTHING CHANGES. WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO? EVERY TEENAGER WANTS TO GO, SO, (CHUCKLES) YEAH, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY I'D LIKE TO GO. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A TYPICAL TEENAGER. A lot of sympathy going on here. No one should be giving him stick, and if you do you are a loser. It's brave for him. We have a solution from auntie Tony. I feel like if this goal is to make a policy like that, it needs to help the kids find a date. So there should be a system. Who was left at the end of the day? I have been through this myself. It was the stupidest thing in the folk dancing. Get the boys and the girls on either side. And the boys go and pick the girls. And then it's like bulrush. They ran and slid in towards the good-looking girls. The unfortunate ones were left behind. At six crazy thing you go through in life. And there's always someone left over. And I was always left out, because I refused to run across the hall. Was that really the reason? I can think of a few other reasons. But for someone like you or anyone left out, someone should pull the two people together. Because there will be girls dying to go. We have the ball at our place one of ours is going and they just take mates. We have made this too big of a deal. HELEN CLARK WAS NEVER ONE TO MINCE HER WORDS, AND SHE HASN'T CHANGED ONE BIT. THE TOTALLY OFFENSIVE, INSULTING AND DEMEANING QUESTIONING OF JACINDA ARDERN. YES, THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON 'BABY GATE' NEXT. PLUS THE GENIUS WAYS OF DODGING TIM. YOU SHOULD INTERVIEW MY BOSS. BUT WILL HIS BOSS PLAY BALL? YOU'RE A VERY INTERESTING PERSON. (CHUCKLES) AND HE'S STILL GOING STRONG, TRIPPING THE COUNTRY, TRANSFORMING DRAB WALLS WITH HIS AEROSOL ARTISTRY. HERE IN GISBORNE, MR G'S COLOURING A POIGNANT TALE OF HOME-GROWN GALLANTRY. I was saying I quite like Miley Cyrus's song. She has such a good voice. It's a shame she let herself go. It's good that Liam got her back on track. I went to Malibu on holiday. There is nothing there. There is better places. HOW BOUT THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN, EH? YET AGAIN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING NONE OF US COULD HAVE SEEN COMING OR INDEED WRITTEN. THE LEADERSHIP SPILL, THE RESIGNATIONS, THE POLL COLLAPSE, AND THE RESURGENCE OF LABOUR. YES, THE JACINDA FACTOR HAS TURNED THE TIDE FOR THEM, AND WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES IS AUNTY HELEN. SHE'S BACK IN THE COUNTRY TO PROMOTE FILMMAKER GAYLENE PRESTON'S NEW DOCO 'MY YEAR WITH HELEN'. I SAT DOWN WITH OUR FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND ASKED HER ABOUT THE FILM, THE UNITED NATIONS, BABY GATE AND WOMEN IN POWER. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN ONE AROUND BREAKING GLASS CEILINGS MYSELF. I'VE BEEN INTO CHANGE ALL MY LIFE. GAYLENE CAME TO ME, AND SHE SAID, 'YOU ARE AN AGENT OF CHANGE, 'I HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, 'AND I THINK THERE IS A STORY TO BE TOLD.' FILMMAKER GAYLENE PRESTON GAINED UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO NOT ONLY HELEN, BUT ALSO THE GIANT UN MACHINE DURING THE RACE TO FIND A NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL. WERE THERE A LOT OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH? I AM A NAUGHTY FOURTH FORMER. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CAMERA. THEY ARE ON TO ME. THEY'RE WATCHING EVERY LITTLE EYE BLINK. I WASN'T GETTING AWAY WITH ANYTHING. YOU HAVE TO FILL IN FORMS IN TRIPLICATE, DAYS AHEAD TO GET ANYWHERE. HELEN PERFORMED WELL DURING WHAT SHE CALLS THE AUDITIONS, BUT STRUGGLED FROM THE FIRST BALLOT DUE TO WHAT SHE FEELS IS A HAZY PROCESS BASED ON ALLIANCES. TALK ME THROUGH THE DISAPPOINTMENT, BECAUSE IN THE FILM, I FELT LIKE YOU TOOK THE BAD NEWS VERY WELL. THE BLOODY-MINDED SIDE OF MY CHARACTER CAME INTO IT, AND THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BACKED THIS, AND I THOUGHT IF I PULL OUT NOW, WHAT SIGNAL DOES THAT SEND TO WOMEN? GAYLENE WATCHING THE DRAMA UNFOLD FIRST HAND. I THINK I WAS MORE DISAPPOINTED THAN YOU WERE. I AM SAYING TO HELEN, 'BUT AREN'T YOU DISAPPOINTED?' AND HELEN IS GOING, 'NO, NO, THAT'S JUST LIFE.' (BOTH LAUGH) OK, GO HOME. YOUR WIFE NEVER SEES YOU. THE WHOLE AFFAIR WAS SO LUDICROUS. (LAUGHS) IF YOU COULDN'T LAUGH, YOU'D CRY, SO YOU HAVE TO LAUGH. 'THIS IS RIDICULOUS, BUT WE ARE GIVING IT OUR BEST SHOT, 'AND WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WOMEN, 'WE CAN RUN FOR THESE THINGS AND BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.' IF I HAD ANOTHER TITLE FOR THAT FILM, I WOULD CALL IT 'MURKY'. (LAUGHS) THE MORE MONEY AND POWER IS INVOLVED, THE MURKIER IT SEEMS TO GET. WHICH LEADS US ON TO TRUMP. IN MANY WAYS I AM RELIEVED NOT TO BE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES ANY MORE, BECAUSE WATCHING THAT EVERY DAY IS NOT EASY. BUT HELEN'S NOT THE ONLY STAR OF THE FILM. HER DAD GEORGE CLARK, HE'S A BIT OF A SHOW STEALER. EVERY NIGHT WE TALK, NO MATTER WHERE SHE IS IN THE WORLD. BY THE TIME I LEAVE TO GO BACK TO NEW YORK, I WILL HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 90 MEALS FOR DAD. I WAS WONDERING WHEN I WAS WATCHING, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIAL UP ONE OF THESE PRE-MADE SERVICES THESE DAYS. YOU'RE A BUSY LADY. WHEN MY MOTHER WAS ALIVE, SHE DID HOME-COOKING FOR ALL THOSE YEARS. 50 PLUS, 60 YEARS THEY WERE MARRIED, SO I JUST CARRIED ON, AND I THINK IT HAS KEPT HIM IN GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD HEART. TRADITIONAL IN MANY WAYS, BUT MODERN IN OTHERS. HELEN WAS VOTED ONE OF THE 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I JUST PUT IT ON INSTAGRAM, AND I CROSS TWEET. YOU HAVE COMMENTED JUST RECENTLY AROUND JACINDA ARDERN. WE'VE HAD JOHN KEY ON SEVEN SHARP THIS WEEK, AND HE WEIGHED INTO THE ELECTION IN A BIG WAY. ALL WE HAVE HAD FROM YOU SO FAR IS THIS ONE TWEET, REALLY. DO YOU INTEND TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT? YOU HAVE YOUR RUN, AND THEN YOU STAND BACK AND LET OTHER PEOPLE DO IT. WHY SHOULD WOMEN HAVE TO PUT UP WITH QUESTIONS ON 'ARE YOU GONNA HAVE CHILDREN? WHEN ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THEM. 'HOW WOULD YOU COPE?' THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, AND THAT TWEET WENT ABSOLUTELY VIRAL. SO, AS THE ELECTION HEATS UP, CAN WE EXPECT HELEN TO WEIGH IN AGAIN? LET'S SEE WHETHER THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I FIND INSULTING, DEMEANING AND OFFENSIVE TO WOMAN. Very like Obama. There is a general rule that you don't weigh in, but he says that he is fired up enough. Helen love social media. And it is interesting to watch Twitter after the debate. The first August 31. Is the doco any good? I found it intriguing. This process was supposed to be open. And the world could see how the process worked. But you knew who was going to 1. You know how the.Co ends. And she was cconfident things would change. 'MY YEAR WITH HELEN' OPENS IN NEW ZEALAND CINEMAS AUGUST 31. NOBODY KNOWS REJECTION LIKE THE WALKING TRAGEDY THAT IS TIM WILSON. HE OFTEN STANDS ON A STREET CORNER ASKING ` BEGGING ` FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE HIM HOME WITH, BY IN LARGE, VERY LITTLE SUCCESS. SO WHEN HE MET SOMEONE WHO NOMINATED HIS BOSS, HE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE. BUT TURNS OUT HE HAD A PRETTY COOL BACKSTORY. MY NAME'S TIM, FROM SEVEN SHARP. I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS A STORY. I WANNA HEAR YOUR STORY. WILL YOU TAKE ME HOME? (CHUCKLES) NAH. I'M BOOKED OUT AGAIN, SORRY. OH, GOD, I WISH. SORRY, MAN. WE ALMO` MAYBE WE CAN JUST ORGANISE IT. NAH, IT'S NOT THE RULES. WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE SPONTANEITY. IT'S SPONTANEITY. YEAH. WELL, WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT? (TYRES SCREECH) YOU GET A BIG SKID ON TV. YOU SHOULD INTERVIEW MY BOSS ABOUT HOW HE STARTED HIS SKATEBOARD COMPANY. REALLY? HE'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER. YEAH, HE'S GOT A VERY INTERESTING STORY. HE USED TO BE A PRO, A PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDER. HE'S NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST PRO SKATER` FIRST MAORI PRO SKATER. NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST MAORI PRO SKATER!? YUP. SOLD! SOLD? SHALL WE GO? SWEET. YEAH, IT'S JUST ROUND THE CORNER. OK. (CORNERSHOP'S 'BRIMFUL OF ASHA') YOUR MAN JOSH SAID THAT YOU'RE A VERY INTERESTING PERSON. (CHUCKLES) I MUCKED AROUND ON A BMX, MOTORBIKES AND RADIO CONTROL CARS, AND THEN WHEN SKATING CAME IN, I SORT OF` THAT WAS ME. I WAS, YOU KNOW, HOOKED. WHEN I STARTED, IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY PAKEHA KIDS IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT WERE DOING IT, AND I WAS JUTS, YOU KNOW, LUCKY ENOUGH FOR MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT, I GOT A DECENT SKATEBOARD. AND THEN FROM THERE, I MANAGED TO GET SPONSORED REASONABLY QUICK, SO THAT KINDA HELPED, YOU KNOW. SO WHEN DID YOU FIRST TURN PRO? WHEN I WAS AROUND ABOUT 18 OR 19, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT MY NAME ON THE BOTTOM OF A SKATEBOARD, WHICH WAS PRETTY EXCITING. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT, I MANAGED TO GET A FEW SPONSORS THAT WOULD BE PAYING, GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF CASH. IT KINDA WASN'T ME. I'D GET A LITTLE BIT HOMESICK AND MISS NEW ZEALAND, SO I MANAGED TO JUST PULL THE PIN AND THEN COME BACK, AND JUST KEPT SKATEBOARDING, BUT DOING IT FOR FUN AND STUFF, AND CREATING THIS BRAND AS WELL SO I CAN HELP KIDS IN NEW ZEALAND, TO GIVE THEM A BIT OF A SCENE IN NEW ZEALAND SO IF THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO THE STATES, THEY CAN STILL HANG OUT DOWN HERE AND BE A PART OF SOMETHING. AND SOME DAYS YOU THINK JUST GETTING A REGULAR 9 TO 5 WOULD BE EASIER, BUT THE SATISFACTION YOU GET FROM DOING YOUR OWN THING IS WORTH IT. (YELLS) I want to know about the skating culture and I know this from home in terms of branding and the fashion is amazing. It is big serious bikes. It is like surfing. We have good news. Our boy Zane we have a shot from Palmerston North offering his date address. Do we have a date? We will have to check her credentials. But we're not picky. On behalf of Zane, we are not super picky. I am in his camp. This is how you lived your life. I wasn't picky myself. A date as a date. But he is not normal Tony. A date is a date. IMMORTALISING A FALLEN HERO THROUGH THE STROKE OF A BRUSH. FOR ME, IT'S JUST A HUGE HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE. THAT'S NOW ALSO A SYMBOL OF PRIDE ON THE EAST COAST. WE'VE EVEN HAD SOME PEOPLE, LIKE, GET A BIT TEARY-EYED AS WELL. Many homes have ceiling insulation, but none underfloor. Insulation in ceilings and floors is the most effective thing you can do to keep the warmth in and the cold out. Check out the three essentials for a healthy home on our website. A quick shout out to Monty Betham he has a wonderful idea to crowd fund the warriors and if the deal doesn't go ahead, you pay a couple hundred dollars each to own the team. How amazing would that be. I would put thousands in. I've talked to a couple of people and everyone would be an. And who knows what could come of it? The Green Bay backers are owned by the town. And of all the teams with the passion of its fans. And that would be a good idea. We bought a beach. HE'S WICKEDLY TALENTED, EDGY, AND A MAJOR FORCE IN THE WORLD OF STREET ART. WE'RE TALKING, OF COURSE, ABOUT GUMBOOT-WEARING, AEROSOL-SLINGING MISTER G. WE'VE FEATURED HIM RECENTLY AS HE UNDERTAKES A NATIONWIDE TOUR, BRINGING LIFE TO THE STORE WALLS OF A RURAL SUPPLIER FARMLANDS. BUT, AS MICHAEL HOLLAND FINDS IN GISBORNE, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT COLOUR AND VIBRANCY. (THE CHAINSMOKER'S 'DON'T LET ME DOWN') THIS IS MORE THAN ART FOR ART'S SAKE. THIS IS ART FOR THE SAKE OF THE SOUL. RESONATES WITH THE HEARTS, EH, OF THE PEOPLE. YEAH, YEAH. SPECIAL, EH? SIGNIFICANT, EH? NICE HOW YOU'VE MADE OUR MAN STAND OUT. YEAH, YEAH. THAT MAN, THAT YOUNG NOBLE MAN WITH EYES OF PURPOSE,... MOANA-NUI-A-KIWA NGARIMU. ...A SYMBOL OF PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST COAST, AND A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AEROSOL ARTIST WE KNOW AS MISTER G. I THINK YOU ARE KINDA PROUD. YEAN, OH, ABSOLUTELY. FOR ME IT'S JUST A HUGE HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE. AND IT'S REAL TOO, MAN. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT TO SOUND LIKE I'M SAYING THE RIGHT THING. SECOND LIEUTENANT MOANA NGARIMU, A MEMBER OF THE FABLED 28TH BATTALION FALLING IN ACTION IN TUNISIA IN 1943, JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY AND BECOMING THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE BATTALION TO BE AWARDED A VICTORIA CROSS, WHICH HE RECEIVED POSTHUMOUSLY. NEWSREADER: HERE TODAY AT WHAKARUA PARK, RUATORIA, IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MAORI ASSEMBLIES OF THE CENTURY. THOUSANDS GATHER FOR THE PRESENTATION TO MR AND MRS HAMUIRA NGARIMU OF THE VICTORIA CROSS, WON BY THEIR SON. STRENGTH, VALOUR, COURAGE. AS MAORI, WE HAVE THAT WARRIOR WAIRUA, OR SPIRIT. A WARRIOR SPIRIT ON A VERY FRESH FACE. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, HE'S A PRETTY STRAPPING YOUNG MAN TOO, EH? HE'S A HANDSOME DUDE, ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OH, LOOK AT THAT, EH? YEAH, REALLY POPS OUT, EH? UNCLE MO. UNCLE MO? YEAH. THE UNCLE I NEVER KNEW, HIM BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF A WHOLE HOST OF NGATI POROU, C COMPANY, THE FINEST OF NGATI POROU, WHO MANY DIDN'T COME BACK. MOANA LOOKS SO REAL. WHEN YOU'RE PAINTING A PORTRAIT, YOU'RE NOT JUST PAINTING A FACE; YOU'RE PAINTING A LIFE THAT REPRESENTS A STORY. THAT WIDER STORY CAPTURED IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MURAL ` LANDMARKS OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS HOME REGION, TOLAGA BAY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MOUNT HIKURANGI. WOW. YOU JUST MADE IT COME ALIVE EDIT. COLOURFUL, THAT SUNRISE JUST PEERING OVER THE POINT. BOOM. IN THE HEIGHT OF BATTLE, MOANA AND HIS BROTHERS IN ARMS RENAMED A HILL THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE FROM THE ENEMY AFTER THEIR TOWERING GUARDIAN BACK HOME. WHEN THE BATTALION RENAMED IT HIKURANGI, I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM THAT EXTRA ZEST AND VIGOUR AND COURAGE TO CLAIM IT AS THEIR OWN. I THINK THAT'S MEAN, VERY POWERFUL. THIS ONE IS DEEP IN HERE. YEAH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. YEAH. TOUCHES THE HEART. DOES THAT MEAN HE'S A BIT OF A SOFTY? WHISPERS: HE IS. (CHUCKLES) HE'S A BIT OF A SOFTY AT HEART. I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT LOUDER. (LAUGHS) SHOUTS: YEAH, HE'S A SOFTY. (LAUGHS) WE'VE EVEN HAD A FEW PEOPLE GET A BIT TEARY-EYE AS WELL, SO IT'S TESTAMENT TO THE IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON THE PEOPLE HERE. I'M SURE THIS YOUNG MAN SALUTES YOU. WELL, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT, EH? IT'S JUST EXTREMELY HUMBLING. A beautiful piece. Five offers for the date. Six because your wife has offered to fly down. Have a good one. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.