Thank you that is one news for Monday. Thank you Wendy. Tonight on the show, CANNABIS SEEDS UNDETECTABLE THROUGH THE MAIL. BUT LOOKING AT THIS LOT, CUSTOMS HAS A VERY DIFFERENT PROMISE IN MIND. THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR DESIGNED TO CHALLENGE YOUR PRECONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PLACE. WE'VE GOT A FORMER ALL BLACK IN THE CALENDAR. IT CAN ONLY DO GOOD. 'WOW, COME OUT OF FLAXMERE? WOW.' HOW THIS SIMPLE PROJECT IS CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS. AND THE CHERRY RIPE IS GONE. BUT DO WE HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR WITH LAZY HATRED? TIM WILSON LOOKS INTO IT. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND JOHN GIBBS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 There it is. It is being replaced with a dark mocha. I have an issue with that, because I quite like cherry right. I would shovel out the strawberry, if it was me. You know that I am on a health kick. ONLINE SHOPPING IS ALL THE RAGE THESE DAYS. AMAZON IS INCREASING ITS PRESENCE IN AUSTRALASIA. RESTAURANT FOOD DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR WITH UBER EATS, AND A WHOLE ARRAY OF CLOTHING RETAILERS THAT'LL SHIP DIRECTLY TO YOU. BUT WHAT ABOUT MARIJUANA SEEDS? BUYING THEM IS, OF COURSE, ILLEGAL, HOWEVER IF YOU LOOK ONLINE, OFFERING THE 'FINEST QUALITY' MARIJUANA SEEDS. THE COMPANIES LOOK LIKE THEY'RE BASED IN NEW ZEALAND, AND PROMISE TO SHIP TO YOUR DOOR WITHOUT AUTHORITIES FINDING OUT. BUT AS LUCAS DE JONG DISCOVERED, CUSTOMS STAFF SAY THEY ARE ON THE CASE. (FUNKY MUSIC) PACKAGE AFTER PACKAGE. IT COULD BE WHAT COUNTRY IT'S COMING FROM, HOW IT'S SENT, WHAT IT'S DECLARED AS. THE SEARCH ROLLS ON. WE'VE GOT OUR DRUG DETECTOR DOG UNIT. THE X-RAY IS GREAT. BECAUSE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN,... COMING FROM THE NETHERLANDS. FOUR CUT OUT HOLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CARD. ...THEY FIND SOME TINY LITTLE SECRETS. AND THERE WE HAVE SOME CANNABIS SEEDS CONCEALED WITHIN THE POSTCARD. A LITTLE CANISTER THAT'S BEEN ORDERED ONLINE... PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY. ...AND SHIPPED TO OUR SHORES. NOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING THE DARK WEB HERE. YOU'LL FIND PLENTY OF WEBSITES WITH NAMES LIKE 'NEW ZEALAND SEED BANK' OR 'WEED SEEDS NZ'. THEY LOOK LIKE KIWI COMPANIES AND PROMISE TO DELIVER THE FINEST QUALITY CANNABIS SEEDS TO YOUR DOOR. BUT ALL OF THESE WEBSITES ARE REGISTERED IN AND OPERATING OUT OF THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE LAWS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM HERE. CUSTOMS STAFF SAY IT'S A BIG PROBLEM ` BOXES OF THEM. IT'S REALLY EASY IN THE PERSON ON THE STREET'S MIND TO GO ON TO THE INTERNET AND ACTUALLY ORDER CANNABIS SEEDS. THIS YEAR, TO DATE, MORE THAN 28,000 SEEDS HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED BY NEW ZEALAND CUSTOMS ` 10,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR. THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS LEGAL. IT'S A CLASS-C CONTROLLED DRUG. BOTTOM LINE ` IF YOU ORDER SEEDS LIKE THESE, THE WEBSITE CAN'T BE PROSECUTED, BUT YOU CAN BE. WE NOTE DOWN WHAT IS IN THE PACKAGE. WHO IT IS GOING TO, HOW MANY SEEDS THERE ARE, AND WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH NEW ZEALAND POLICE. POLICE TOLD US THAT WHEN CUSTOMS PASS OVER A CASE OF SEED IMPORTATION THEY HAND IT TO THEIR RELEVANT DISTRICT STAFF WHO DEAL WITH IS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. AND WHILE THE DEALERS MAKE BIG PROMISES,... THESE WEBSITES SAY THAT THE CHANCE OF THESE SEEDS BEING FOUND IS NEXT TO ZERO. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? I THINK THAT'S A FAIRLY BOLD CLAIM. I THINK WE FIND A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE DON'T FIND. THEY ALSO SAY THAT... HOW COME WE'RE FINDING THEM? AND IF CUSTOMS FIND YOURS, YOU COULD FACE UP TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON. SO I'D SAY DON'T DO IT. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. It says click here and do not worry about the law. Lucas did say that usually after a story like that we bring something like this like the chocolates for props. Unsurprisingly, nothing today. The not one is also pointless. I vote to get that one out. Big big news in the world of chocolate at the moment. 'CHERRY RIPE' HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE 'ROSES' BOX. YOU KNOW 'ROSES' ` IT'S THE PRESENT YOUR GRAB GIVES YOU EVERY CHRISTMAS. IT'S LIKE A PICK 'N' MIX OF CHOCCIES. WELL, CHERRY RIPE, WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF COCONUT AND CHERRY, IS OUT. WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT, AND THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE BUT WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? LAZY HATRED, SAYS TIM WILSON. HERE IS HIS PLEA TO LET THE CHERRY RIPE LIVE ON. MY MAMA ALWAYS SAID LIFE'S LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. BUT IF YOU'RE LIL' OLD CHERRY RIPE, RIGHT NOW LIFE SUCKS. ONE MINUTE YOU'RE IN, PART OF A BOX OF ROSES; # TURN AROUND. THE NEXT YOU'RE OUT, RELEGATED TO THE FAVOURITES. AND NOT THE CUTE LITTLE FAVOURITES ` THE BIG OLD UGLY BOX. SURE, THERE WAS THAT UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT AT EASTER LAST YEAR. TOO MANY CHERRY RIPES IN THE EGG PACKS, ONE COMPLAINT TOO MANY,... I RECKON IT'S THE CONSISTENCY, AND THE FLAVOUR'S JUST REALLY ARTIFICIAL. IT'S YUCK. ...UNLEASHING ILL-WILL IN WELLINGTON; DO YOU LIKE CHERRY RIPE? OH! (LAUGHS HEARTILY) REMINDS ME OF... IT TASTES LIKE MEDICINE. AND IN CHRISTCHURCH, CREATING CONTEMPT. NO, IT'S NOT MY FAVOURITE. OK? NAH. HATE IT. HATE IT. I HATE CHERRY RIPES. BUT THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN A DELICIOUS COMBINATION WHO COULDN'T KEEP HIS SWEET LITTLE NOSE CLEAN; THIS IS ABOUT LAZY HATRED ` THE KIND OF HATRED THAT MADE PEOPLE HATE JUSTIN BIEBER... UNTIL HE GOT COOL; THE HATRED THAT PEOPLE ARE HEAPING ON THE KIWI RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM JUST BECAUSE THEY BLOW CHUNKS. SO COME ON, NEW ZEALAND, STOP SIPPING ON THAT LAZY HATER-ADE AND GIVE THIS GUY A SECOND CHANCE. BRING BACK CHERRY RIPE! GIVE ME BACK THE CHERRY RIPE! BRING BACK CHERRY RIPE! BRING BACK` AM I`? COME ON, KIWIS, LET'S KICK THAT HATRED OFF THE COUCH AND TURN CHERRY RIPE INTO CHEERY RIPE! I think we have missed the point there. It is not have to be your favourite, it just needs to be included. If you want to get rid of the artificial flavour, Turkish delight is dodgy. I'm sorry, they are chocolates. I will eat them. It is a New Zealand institution. People have lost their jobs in the Dunedin factory we need to eat them. Let's not get too deep. AND WE'VE HAD A POLL ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 56% SAY, 'YUCK, GET RID OF THEM.' It's actually 56. You said 44. Have you been smoking the dope? IT STARTED AS A WAY TO BUILD PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW THE 'FLAXMERE HEROES' CALENDAR HAS BECOME PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE PLACE. THEY EXPECT A CALENDAR EVERY YEAR. THEY SEE IT AS THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT. HOW A SIMPLE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTING THE GOOD IS CHANGING ATTITUDES ABOUT A TOWN. AND WE MEET THE OLD SCHOOL RADIO HOSTS STILL OWNING THE AIRWAVES IN DUNEDIN. WE MIGHT EVEN LEARN A THING OR TWO OURSELVES. There is a special song we're playing for the Breakers. Yyou have got to be on your feet and cannot to sit down until they score a goal. FLAXMERE, AS IN HAWKE'S BAY, COMES WITH A BIT OF A REP. IT'S MADE HEADLINES FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS ` CRIME, GANGS, POVERTY. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GOOD AS WELL ` A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. SO HOW DO YOU SHIFT THE FOCUS OF A WHOLE TOWN AND START TO CREATE GOOD? GILL HIGGINS WITH AN IDEA THAT'S ALREADY SHOWING RESULTS. # ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BREATH. # THIS IS A MAN WHO LOVES FLAXMERE... IT'S OUR HOME. IT'S EVERYTHING TO ME. PROUDLY SHOWING OFF ITS LATEST VENTURES HE'S BEEN A CHEERLEADER FOR SOME 40 YEARS. IT'S LIKE OUR BABY, REALLY. IN ITS INFANCY IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT COOED IN YOUR ARMS, AND THEN OVER THE YEARS, IT WAS ADVANTAGE OF. IT HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME PRETTY ROUGH PATCHES, HASN'T IT? WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD, 'YOU DON'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING. YOU'RE HOPELESS', THROW IN UNEMPLOYMENT. THROW IN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ` IT'S NOT SURPRISING THESE TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE THINGS COME TO THE SURFACE. BUT THEN TO BALANCE THAT, YOU HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. # NOW I FEEL GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS... # HENCE THE FLAXMERE HEROES CALENDAR WAS BORN, AND THE HIDDEN JEWELS THAT COME OUT OF THIS PLACE. EVERY YEAR, THERE'S A TIP OF THE HAT TO INSPIRING STUDENTS. I WAS IN THE HASTINGS WEST ROSS SHIELD TEAM AND WAS FIRST FEMALE CAPTAIN IN 115 YEARS. BIG GOAL IS TO BECOME OPERA SINGER, IF CAN. I WILL BE, BECAUSE I WILL ACHIEVE IT. (LAUGHS) # I'VE GOT THE POWER. # THE CALENDAR'S ALL ABOUT EMPOWERMENT. THE MONTH OF MARCH FEATURES PAT O'BRIEN. HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET ME IN CALENDAR FOR A FEW YEARS. HIS BATTLE FOR LIFE PROGRAMME HAS HELPED HEAPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. WE'RE USING SPORT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO HELP GROW PEOPLE, HELP GROW THEIR CONFIDENCE, SO WE CAN BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'VE RAISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER MANY YEARS ` BATTLE FOR LIFE. THEY RAISE FOR PREVENTION OF SUICIDE, METHAMPHETAMINE. JUST RECENTLY, AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK, PATRICK CAME BACK AS WORLD CHAMPION IN KICK BOXING. MORE INSPIRATION IN AUGUST. DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PICK ME. I'M JUST A SAMOAN THAT LIKES TO RIDE A BIKE. WHAT HE'S DONE FOR PASIFIKA IS AMAZING. HE USES CYCLING AS VEHICLE TO UNITE ETHNICITIES, TO BRING AWARENESS TO VARIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. THE CALENDAR KICKS OFF WITH NGA WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. ALL HER COMMUNICATION IS DONE THROUGH PRESSING BUTTONS. BUT SHE'S ORGANISED GALAS, FUNDRAISING VENTURES. SHE HAS A QUALIFICATION IN SOCIAL SERVICES FOR GOODNESS SAKE, ISN'T THAT GREAT? THERE'S JOSH KRONFELD. ALL BLACK. SO BANG IN YOU GO. WHY WOULDN'T YOU? (CHUCKLES) ALSO A SOLO MUM, WHO'S A SELF-MADE REAL ESTATE AGENT. RAHIA COME FROM A BACKGROUND WITH NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THAT'S HER HOME. SHE'S WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET WHERE IS. # I FEEL GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS... # 12 MONTHS OF INSPIRATION DELIVERED FOR FREE. AND YOUR DREAM FOR FLAXMERE? YOU JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY. JUST TO BE HAPPY AND HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS, GOOD JOBS. JUST TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, REALLY. THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK, IS IT? # WE GON' BE ALL RIGHT, # PUT THAT ON MY LIFE, # WHEN I OPEN MY EYES, HOPE I SEE YOU SHINE. # Hope for us all. There is an event going on at the moment at Flaxmere and the heroes will be delivering door-to-door. We will put out the challenge to all the other communities in New Zealand to see if you can make calendars too. WE OFTEN HEAR STORIES ABOUT HOW ROBOTS WILL ONE DAY TAKE OVER THE WORLD, AND ONE VIDEO WE SPOTTED TODAY SUGGESTS THAT DAY IS GETTING CLOSER. A PIONEERING ROBOTICS COMPANY, BOSTON DYNAMICS, RELEASED THESE PICTURES OF A HUMANOID ROBOT CALLED 'ATLAS' CLEVERLY JUMPING BETWEEN BOXES. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, BUT THEN ATLAS, STANDING AT 1.5M TALL, WITH 28 JOINTS IN ITS BODY, PULLS OFF A PERFECT BACKFLIP. YES, A BACKFLIP, FOLLOWED BY A HUMAN-LIKE REACTION, LIFTING ITS ARMS TO CELEBRATE. That's not even humanlike. Because we can't do that. What is he going to do for a living for God's sake? What job will he have? THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN ON THE AIRWAVES MORE THAN HALF HIS LIFE AND IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. I WILL DEBATE; I WILL NEVER, NEVER ARGUE. SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A TALKBACK SHOW COMING. (LAUGHS) WE MEET DUNEDIN'S BEST RADIO ANNOUNCERS AND MAYBE EVEN GET SOME TIPS. AND THE QUESTION ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY THAT LED TO A TRULY ODD RANT FROM THIS NORTH QUEENSLAND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. Pink's Beautiful Trauma plays when I saw Katy Perry live, she flew over the stage but this is brilliant. NORTH QUEENSLAND'S COLOURFUL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT BOB KATTER IS GOING VIRAL ONLINE AFTER A BIZARRE RANT ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY. KATTER WAS ASKED HIS VIEWS ON THE HISTORIC VOTE IN FAVOUR OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY, AND HIS RESPONSE TOOK MORE THAN AN UNEXPECTED TURN. LAUGHS: PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR SEXUAL PROCLIVITIES, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, LET THERE BE A THOUSAND BLOSSOMS BLOOM, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. BUT I AIN'T SPENDING ANY TIME ON IT, BECAUSE IN THE MEANTIME, EVERY THREE MONTHS, A PERSON IS TORN TO PIECES BY A CROCODILE IN NORTH QUEENSLAND. Hhis face is so angry. THE RESULTS OF AUSTRALIA'S POST SURVEY ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY WERE RELEASED LAST WEEK. MORE THAN 60% OF PEOPLE SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE. NO WORD YET ON WHETHER OR NOT BOB WILL GET ANY ACTION IN MINIMISING CROCODILE ATTACKS. They are holding an election in Queensland aand Pauline might be the Winston Peters of Queensland. IT MIGHT JUST BE THE OLDEST RADIO SHOW IN THE COUNTRY, NOT FOR LONGEVITY, BUT FOR THE AGE OF THE ANNOUNCERS. WITH OVER 250 YEARS BETWEEN THEM, THE TRIO HITS DUNEDIN'S AIRWAVES EVERY FORTNIGHT. MIKE THORPE WALKED DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH THE TEAM FROM OTAGO ACCESS RADIO. GOOD AFTERNOON, LISTENERS. LLOYD MARTIN IS AN OLD SCHOOL DJ. YOU COME IN WHEN I GIVE YOU THE TIP. OK. AT 93, HE'S BEEN BEHIND A MIC SINCE AGES AGO. AS WE BEGIN WITH 'BLESS 'EM ALL.' I STARTED A WAY BACK ` 60-ODD YEARS AGO. I DID THE CHILDREN'S SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES FROM 4YA. NOW HE'S PLAYING TUNES FROM HIS OWN CHILDHOOD. TODAY WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON THE PEACE THAT WAS SIGNED AT THE END OF WORLD WAR I. AND HE'S NOT ALONE. MEET THE CREW. JIM'S BACK THERE. FRANCIS IS THERE. GEOFF. THEY'RE RESIDENT ANNOUNCERS AT OTAGO ACCESS RADIO AND RESIDENTS AT RADIUS RESIDENTIAL CARE. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN FUN. IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE A BUNCH OF GRIZZLES AND NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW YOU. SEE, FUN IS WHAT THIS SHOW IS ALL ABOUT. (CHORTLES) I'VE BEEN A JOKE TELLER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, QUITE HONESTLY. HERE'S A SONG THAT I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT SING. 'KISS ME GOODNIGHT, SERGEANT MAJOR.' (LAUGHTER) THE BLOKES IN THIS TRIO PULL NO PUNCHES, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN EACH OTHER. HE'S A LIMEY. HE'S A LOT OLDER THAN YOU THINK! WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LAUGHS. FRANCES SAYS LLOYD'S A SOFTIE. HE'S A GREAT CHAP. AND WHEN I FIRST WENT INTO THE STUDIO, I SAID, 'I CAN'T DO IT,' AND HE SAID, 'YOU CAN.' SHE WAS SO SCARED. YOU MENTION THE MICROPHONE TO HER AND SHE QUIVERED. AND EACH TIME I DID IT I THOUGHT, 'OH, THAT WASN'T TOO BAD.' COMING UP WE HAVE A GREAT OLD SONG, 'K-K-KATY!' SHE'S SWEET WITH THE WIRELESS NOW, BUT TELE, EH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. BUT AS FOR THIS, NO WAY. I'VE HAD ENOUGH. IS THIS YOUR LAST TV APPEARANCE? OH YES, ONE AND ONLY. JIM AND FRANCES BOTH WORK OFF THEIR NOTES, BUT THEY'RE NO GOOD TO LLOYD. I CAN'T READ IT. WHY NOT? I'M BLIND. TO ME, YOU'RE A BLOB. SORRY. EVERY STORY COMES FROM LLOYD'S FAULTLESS MEMORY. IS THIS THE ONE WHERE SHE SINGS WITH THE ARMY BOYS? SHE DID HER CARTWHEEL COMING ONTO THE STAGE. (LAUGHS) AT 42. HIS MIND IS STILL JUST AS QUICK AS HIS MOUTH. I HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD VOCABULARY. WHAT'S THAT WORD, LLOYD, THAT WE USE FOR THIS SONG LLOYD? HERE YOU GO. CONTRAPUNTAL? 'CONTRAPUNTAL, BY THE WAY, 'DESCRIBES TWO SONGS THAT CAN PLAY SIMULTANEOUSLY,' SAYS LLOYD. I WOULDN'T ARGUE. NOW, THEY KNOW MY RULES HERE. I WILL DEBATE. I WILL NEVER, NEVER ARGUE. SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A TALKBACK SHOW COMING. (LAUGHS) OH, YEAH. SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AUF WIEDERSEHEN. Phenomenal for 93. I was thinking about people in the 90s eespecially with Queen Elizabeth and the 70th anniversary. How many years are you on radio so far? 25. Another 25 I reckon I will be good to go. There is a man in Australia who is at least 80 to 83 years. I do not think the radios will have you then. You can come on my show when you're old. Can I really? WE'LL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH A SONG FROM ARTIST OF THE YEAR BRUNO MARS. CAPTIONS BY STARSHA SAMARASINGHE AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017