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Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.

Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 13 December 2017
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TVNZ 1
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
TONIGHT ON THE SHOW ` COULD THIS BE THE KEY TO A LONG MARRIAGE? AND DON'T GO TO BED WITH A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU. TIPS FROM TWO COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A HUNDRED YEARS BETWEEN THEM. AND WHEN IT ALL HAPPENS AND IT HAPPENS SO FAST, YEAH, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LIFE JACKET ON YOUR BOAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA REACH FOR IT AND PUT IT ON AND SAY, 'HANG ON, DON'T SINK, BOAT. I'VE JUST GOTTA DO THESE CLIPS UP.' THE MUM WHO HAS LIFE JACKETS TO THANK FOR SURVIVING A MARINE ACCIDENT. HER APPEAL TO ALL BOATIES THIS SUMMER. HOW TO AVOID BEING SUCKED INTO DANGEROUS SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO BABY PHOTOS. YOU CAN GET A NICE PHOTO IF DONE PROPERLY, AND THAT'S USING PHOTOSHOP, BUT PARENTS DON'T KNOW THAT. THE RIGHT WAY TO CATCH THAT MEMORABLE SNAP. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 Controversial subject tonight. You regift to me every. Every year. You've never given me cash. I'm not against cash. I'm just giving you advice. THE NUMBER OF DIVORCES IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE - FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS - BEEN DROPPING. WHETHER THAT'S BECAUSE MARRIED COUPLES ARE ACTUALLY HAPPIER, OR WHETHER THEY'RE STAYING TOGETHER IN MISERY FOR LONGER, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T KNOW. BUT IS THERE A SECRET TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE? WHO BETTER TO ASK, WE THOUGHT, THAN TWO COUPLES - CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF WEDDED BLISS BETWEEN THEM. CAROLYN ROBINSON WITH THIS. RICHARD AND ANGELA... HEY GUYS! AND PETER AND JAN, CELEBRATING ANOTHER MILESTONE OF TOGETHERNESS. HEYA, PETE. HOW ARE YA? IN 1966, PETER AND A COUSIN WERE TOURING THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHEN THEY SPOTTED JAN AND A FRIEND HITCHHIKING IN THE RAIN. WE STOPPED AND SAID, 'WOULD YOU LIKE A RIDE?' AND THEY SAID, 'YEAH.' ALL WERE HEADED TO THE LOCAL YOUTH HOSTEL. WE WOOED THEM WITH OUR SAVOURY MINCE. (LAUGHS) WERE YOU VERY IMPRESSED? OH, NOT REALLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE MEAL. THEY PARTED WAYS. BY CHANCE, WE MET UP AGAIN AT PICTON AT THE SAME CAMP, EXACTLY ON THE SAME DAY. AND YET WE APPROACHED FROM TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO IT HAD TO BE, DIDN'T IT? MEANTIME, UP IN AUCKLAND, PETER'S SISTER ANGELA WAS AT A PARTY WHERE SHE'D STRUCK UP CONVERSATION WITH A REAL CATCH. AH, I WAS AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE LATER, AND HE WAS ASLEEP. (LAUGHS) AND SO I THOUGHT, 'OH WELL, THAT'S THE END OF THAT.' THE TRUTH IS, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T THINK I HAD A CHANCE AND SO I THOUGHT, 'OH WELL, THAT'S THE END OF THAT.' THE TRUTH IS, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T THINK I HAD A CHANCE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL. A FEW MONTHS SLIPPED BY. ANGELA WAS WAITING FOR A BUS AT KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AND I DROVE PAST, SAW HER THERE. SCREECH OF THE BRAKES, I CLAMBERED OUT, AND WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS. (LAUGHTER) IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 1967, THEIR DOUBLE WEDDING MADE THE PAPERS. JAN: AND WE HAD A JOKE ABOUT THE MINISTER GETTING US MIXED UP, AND ACTUALLY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, HE NAMED ANGELA INSTEAD OF ME. AND SO HE ALMOST MARRIED ANGELA TO HER BROTHER. THEIR HUNDRED YEARS OF COMBINED MATRIMONY IS ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ODDS, THOUGH THEY ARE GETTING BETTER, DIVORCE RATES HAVE DROPPED BY 20% IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. AND EVEN THIS FAB FOUR ADMIT IT'S NOT ALL SMOOTH SAILING. ANGELA: YEAH, WE'VE HAD OUR MOMENTS, LIKE EVERY MARRIAGE DOES. AND IN THOSE TIMES, YOU CAN GROW FROM THOSE TIMES. THAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT IT. YOU, YOU ACTUALLY` THEY CALL IT PEARL DIVING. THERE'S GENERALLY SOMETHING GOOD THERE. TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, REALLY, IS A PART OF IT. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. IS THAT IT? AND, AH, AND I LEARNED TO APPRECIATE ANGELA. YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN YOU APPRECIATE SOMETHING, IT GAINS IN VALUE. BECAUSE LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES... THIS GIRL IS QUALITY. ...SOMETIMES YOU GET SOMETHING REALLY SWEET. YOU'RE MY GIRL, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. MM. MM. WE'RE PART OF EACH OTHER. (LAUGHS) THAT'S THE THING. IF SHE LEAVES ME, THEN A PART OF ME GOES. AND IF I LEAVE HER, I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME. RICHARD: IT'S NOT A SECRET. THERE'S NO SECRET TO SUCCESS. NO SECRET, BUT HERE'S SOME ADVICE ` WELL, I RECKON IT'S THE FOUR 'F'S ` FRIENDS, FAMILY, FAITH AND FORGIVENESS. AND DON'T GO TO BED WITH A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU. WELL, IF WE DID GET A NEW HUSBAND THEN WE'D HAVE TO TRAIN THEM ALL OVER AGAIN. SO IT'S MUCH EASIER JUST TO STICK WITH ONE. THEY CELEBRATED THE MILESTONE WITH A VERY BIG PARTY. (CHEERS) WHERE THERE LOVE STORY WAS THE STUFF OF LEGENDS. SO, GRANDMA WENT HITCHHIKING IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THEN GRANDDAD PICKED HER UP. GRANDDAD WAS USING HIS FRIEND'S FLASH CAR TO IMPRESS NANA. AND THEN, SOMEHOW, THEY GOT TOGETHER. I LOVE NANA AND GRANDDAD SO MUCH. THAT'S REALLY GOOD! ENJOY IT. SEE YA, GUYS. BYE! Wow. What a beautiful family. They are all gorgeous. This is their top tip. Like it or not, you become the people that you hang around with. Try to surround yourself with positive people. Do you know why the divorce rates are going down? People live together and therefore they are not married. They'd don't officially get divorced. Age is critical. They came from a time or place that when they became married, I would argue with my kids, you wait. They don't know who they are. Aand you know what those four had? Laughter. You have to laugh. If you're not laughing together... GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN ` IT IS OFTEN A DIFFICULT AND THANKLESS JOB. SO A FEW GUYS, YOU MIGHT KNOW THEM, ARE EMBRACING THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS AND SURPRISING A DESERVING GRANDPARENT. HEY GUYS, WE'RE SOLE MIO AND WE'RE ABOUT TO SURPRISE ONE OF OUR FANS WITH TICKETS TO ONE OF OUR SHOWS IN WELLINGTON. RIGHT NOW, SHE HAS NO IDEA THAT WE'RE COMING. YES. HI, GRANDMA. HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING? (ALL LAUGH) YOU'RE SOLE MIO, AREN'T YA? ALL: YEAH! YEAH, SEE, I WATCH YOU GUYS. YEAH, SEE, WE JUST WANTED TO SURPRISE YOU GUYS BY GIVING YOU GUYS SOME TICKETS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO FOR YOUR FAMILY. OH, OK. SO, HOPEFULLY YOU GET TO COME TO OUR SHOW TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME TICKETS, AND FOR THE FAMILY, BRING YOUR FAMILY. I'LL BE THERE. OH, LOVELY, LOVE YOUR VOICES. hey man. How's it going? ALL: Merry Christmas. They are the nicest guys in the world. I was very lucky on the radio. I sent a family out to San Francisco for a few days. They went to see those guys perform with the Philharmonic. They went out to dinner together before the concert. They had the greatest time in the world. Just delightful. What I decided to do is invite them on the program. That was my hook up. They are going to be on the Christmas addition of seven sharp on Friday. Absolutely brilliant. The hanging around for the whole half-hour. JUST HOW MANY OF YOU ARE RE-GIFTING PRESENTS YOU DON'T WANT? WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEST WAY TO FLOG OFF AN UNWANTED GIFT. SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE. THIS MUM'S PLEA FOR ALL BOATIES TO WEAR LIFEJACKETS THIS SUMMER. Garfunkel at his finest. I was not sorry for him because he never wrote the song's. If you don't write the songs, you never get the money. He had a nice voice. The last time I saw them, it just went a little past it. Absolutely fascinating the way they hate each other, love each other. Bizarre, but they still stay together. Bit like us. NOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO INTRODUCE THIS NEXT STORY 'LISTEN UP.' WE'VE MET AMBER ANDERTON BEFORE AFTER A PERILOUS ORDEAL ON THE HOKIANGA HARBOUR THREE MONTHS AGO. MICHAEL HOLLAND'S BEEN BACK TO SEE AMBER, AND IF EVER THERE'S A TIME TO HEAR HER WORDS, IT'S RIGHT NOW. READS: DEAR BEST LIFEJACKET EVER, IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. THANKS FOR HELPING ME ON THAT UNLUCKY DAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2017. (SLOW GUITAR MUSIC) SHE'S ONE IMPRESSIVE YOUNG MUM ` ORDINARY, GUTSY, RELATABLE. IT'S ALL I WANT TO COME FROM THIS. PLEASE FROM ME TO EVERYONE, PLEASE WEAR A LIFE JACKET AND KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE. YOU KNOW THAT YOU MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE CRY? YES, I KNOW THAT. I HAD FRIENDS TEXTING AND PEOPLE CALLING SAYING, 'STOP MAKING ME CRY.' WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAD THEM IN TEARS? BECAUSE IT'S REAL. COS I'M NOT BULLSHITTING. COS IT'S REAL. MY MESSAGE IS, YEAH, REAL. READS: LIFE'S TOO SHORT. GIVE MORE, LOVE MORE, CARE MORE AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET WHEN OUT ON THE WATER. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED IT FOR REAL. BEEN THERE DONE THAT. TREADING WATER FOR THREE AND A HALF HOURS WITH TWO KIDS, IT HELPED KEEP ME WARM AND AFLOAT. IT'S A GOOD FRIEND? YEAH, IT IS. IT IS, YEAH, I LOOK AT IT AND THINK, 'YOU BEAUTY.' (LAUGHS) AS I THINK 'YOU BEAUTY' AMBER ANDERTON FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE HER FAMILY'S ANGUISH WHEN THEIR BOAT OVERTURNED WHILE DREDGING FOR SCALLOPS, LEAVING AMBER, HER HUSBAND ROB AND SONS MASON AND JAMES CLINGING TO THE UPTURNED BOW BEFORE THE ONSET OF DUSK FORCED ROB TO STRIKE OUT FOR LAND TO RAISE THE ALARM. THE KIDS WERE SCREAMING ON TOP OF THE BOAT, AND EVERYTHING WAS A RIGHT MESS, AND I JUST YELLED AT EVERYONE TO STOP. STOP IT! YEAH, THAT WAS IT. STOP IT. WE ARE GOING TO BE OK. STOP IT. YEAH, AND EVERYONE JUST SEEMED TO CALM DOWN AND THEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PLAN. THREE MONTHS ON, HAVE YOU FINALLY ACCEPTED THAT YOU ARE BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BRAVE. UM... OK, I'M BRAVE. YEP. AND STUBBORN? YEAH. STUBBORN. (LAUGHS) NOT GONNA GIVE UP? WELL, I'M A MUM. YOU CAN'T. YEAH, YOU CAN'T. YOU GOTTA FIGHT. THAT RESOLVE SEEING AMBER HELPING... YOU PUT YOUR HANDS IN, LITTLE MAN. YEP. ...AT THE COASTGUARD'S OLD FOR NEW LIFE JACKET TRADE-IN IN HER HOME PATCH OF HOKIANGA. AS A MUM, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THOSE YOUNGSTERS OVER THERE BEING FITTED FOR LIFE JACKETS? IT'S AWESOME. IT'S JUST ANOTHER MUM, ANOTHER NANA, ANOTHER AUNTIE TAKING CARE OF HER TRIBE, REALLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT YOU DO. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. KEEP THE KIDS SAFE. AMBER INTENDING TO CONSIGN HER OLD LIFE JACKET TO THE DUMP, THE FATE OF ALL THESE OTHERS. BUT SENTIMENT GETTING THE BETTER OF HER. THERE'S NEWER, LATER MODELS. THIS IS THE OLD FAITHFUL. SO THIS WOULD GO ON THE WALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? DEFINITELY, YEP. ON THE EVE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL NEW ZEALANDERS? WE WANT YOU TO GO OUT AND CATCH THE BIGGEST FISH, AND GET THE BIGGEST PAUA AND THE FATTEST KINA. WE WANT THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT YOU TO COME HOME. AN WHEN IT ALL HAPPENS AND IT HAPPENS SO FAST, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LIFE JACKET ON YOUR BOAT, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REACH FOR IT AND PUT IT ON AND JUST SAY 'HANG ON, DON'T SINK, BOAT. I'VE JUST GOTTA DO THESE CLIPS UP. 'HANG ON, EVERYONE WE WILL JUST GRAB OUR LIFE JACKETS.' IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. HAVE THEM ON. NICE AND TIGHT, JAMES? YEP. PERFECT. I ALWAYS CHECK IT LIKE THAT. THERE WE GO. What's brilliant about that, she walked the walk. So many people, it's a ridiculous sadistic, the number of people that don't say thank you when we rescue and help them is extraordinary. A lot of people get rescued, and that they never do anything about it. And they had lifejackets on the boat but just not using them. SOCKS, HANDKERCHIEFS, SOAP? WHAT'S THE WORST PRESENT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN, AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT? STOW IT AWAY IN THE CUPBOARD? OR IS IT OK TO REGIFT IT, OR SELL IT EVEN? WELL, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY TRADEME, THE ANSWER IS YES. It wasn't worth anything, I tried. I said, what if I give you ten to take away and they said, I don't want it. MORE THAN 550 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE SURVEY, AND ALMOST 60% SAY THEY USUALLY GET GIVEN AT LEAST ONE GIFT THAT THEY DON'T WANT. JUST OVER HALF STRONGLY AGREE IT'S OK TO REGIFT OR SELL THE DUDS. BUT, 37% SAY THEY'D BE UPSET OR DISAPPOINTED IF THEY FOUND OUT THE GIFT THEY'D GIVEN HAD BEEN 'RE'-GIVEN. IT'S NO WONDER THAT 43% SAY THEY FIND CHRISTMAS SHOPPING STRESSFUL! If you found out that your gift had been regifted, if it had been a gift I hadn't thought through a lot, I would have been like, sweet. But if it was a gift I had thought about a lot... we are paring down the Christmas. Eventually you pared own. The kids get older and they work out what they want. They only want money. The whole theory now is that even if you have a lot of toys at home, only give them foUr and rotate them. WEINER WORLD WE TRY TO SAVE THE PLANET, YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE GIFTS THAT you know are going nowhere. You got me a desk gift. I'm giving you a second gift. She is giving me a desk gift and it lights up and runs on batteries. Guess where that is going? Don't you dare throw it away. It's come from my heart. IT'S A SPECIAL MOMENT ` THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS OF A BABY'S LIFE. WHY THIS PHOTOGRAPHY IS WARNING PARENTS ABOUT GETTING ON BOARD WITH VIRAL INSTAGRAM TRENDS. (TOTO'S 'AFRICA') wind it up. I can just picture you honour that song always reminds me of Miss universe. Like when Miss universe was on when I was young. The song always played when they walked out. Just imagine you as a judge. What you say the garland was worth? $1000. They have kindly donated it to us. It could be at your school, rest time, anywhere. If you could make use of it sends a photo to the seven sharp Facebook page. Don't put on trade me, regift it. Send it to us on Facebook of the gap Where you would place it. TONIGHT'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD SANTA EDITION WINNER IS TRACEY AND DES WAITOKIA-CANTERBURY OF WHANGANUI. TRACEY AND DES HELP FEED FAMILIES THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY WORK WITH THE YOUTH AND RUN THE KAU-PAPA ON THE MARAE. ON TOP OF THAT, DES AND TRACEY SUPPORT AND HELP GUIDE THE YOUTH TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE. MITCH RODERICK-HALL SAYS THEY ARE GREAT ROLE MODELS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY DESERVE A BREAK AFTER DES HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT HAS CONTINUED HIS VOLUNTEER WORK. SO ASB ARE GIVING THEM $4000 TO SPEND ON THEMSELVES, HOWEVER THEY WANT. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE DAILY WINNER BEFORE OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER ON FRIDAY. SO GET ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LET US KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER. This could be their chance. What did he say? This is quality, this good as gold. As part of the Christmas spirit, can I just bring one news to heel tonight when they say that pumpkins are expensive. Let's celebrate what is cheap ` berries. If pumpkins are too expensive, don't buy it. Thank you, I'm gonna get Simon Dallow on to you. THE MUMS AND DADS AMONG YOU WILL AGREE, THERE'S NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN A NEWBORN BABY. THAT'S WHY SO MANY BLEARY-EYED NEW PARENTS STUMBLE ALONG TO GET THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS CAPTURED ON CAMERA BY A PROFESSIONAL. CHANCES ARE, THOUGH, THAT ZOMBIE-LIKE STATE PREVENTED MUCH TECHNIQUE FROM BEING ABSORBED. SO TONIGHT WE'VE GOT AN INSIDE GUIDE TO THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE AND A SAFETY WARNING. HERE'S RACHEL PARKIN. GIVING HER KISSES, THERE'S YOUR BIG BROTHER. THEY'RE THE MOMENTS MUMS AND DADS NEVER WANT TO FORGET. BUT ALSO, THANKS TO SLEEP DEPRIVATION, THE MOMENTS THEY STRUGGLE TO REMEMBER. CUE CASS ENGLISH. THEY'RE JUST SO SERENE. INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNISED PHOTOGRAPHER OF TINY HUMANS ABSOLUTE FANATIC. THEIR LITTLE CHEEKS, THEIR LITTLE BACK ROLLS. THE LITTLE FEET WITH, YOU KNOW, THE BITS OF DRY SKIN ON THEM, LITTLE BELLY BUTTON CORDS. (LAUGHS) I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO GET RID OF THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM! A MUM-OF-TWO HERSELF, CASS KNOWS THAT FOGGY, EARLY PHASE ALL TOO WELL. I JOKINGLY ASKED IF YOU HAD COFFEE, AND YOU DO! OF COURSE. YOU HAVE TO. THESE PEOPLE HAVEN'T SLEPT MOST OF THE NIGHT. BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN THERE AND BECAUSE SHE CARES SO MUCH, SHE'S ALSO METICULOUS ABOUT SAFETY. I THINK IF YOU'RE SAFE AND THE PARENTS COME IN AND SEE THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE, AND YOU'RE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION TO LOOK AFTER THEIR BABY, THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY SIT BACK AND RELAX. LIKE AMANDA DID. BABY TOVA'S JUST ONE-MONTH-OLD. IT'S REALLY COMFORTING KNOWING THAT SHE'S TAKING ALL THOSE EXTRA STEPS AND ALL THE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. THING IS, NOT ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS DO. CASS WORRIES ABOUT WHAT SHE SEES AS DANGEROUS FADS PROMOTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. REALLY NICE PHOTO IF DONE PROPERLY. THAT'S USING PHOTOSHOP, BUT PARENTS DON'T KNOW THAT. THEY'LL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE LITTLE BABY HOLD THEIR HEAD UP WITH THEIR HANDS AND THEIR HEADS ARE TOO BIG AND... BOBBLY? YEAH. I'VE SEEN BABIES ON THE BACKS OF HORSES AND POSED BESIDE DOGS THAT LOOK REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AGGRESSIVE. I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S SORTA LOOKING AT THIS LIKE, 'WHAT? HOW DOES ANYBODY NOT SEE HOW THIS 'COULD POTENTIALLY GO VERY WRONG?' BOTH KIND OF AWAKE, AND I JUST... MAN, IT JUST TAKES ONE LITTLE SCRATCH ON THAT LITTLE BABY. SO, WHAT ARE HER NON-NEGOTIABLE SAFETY RULES? ONE? ROOM TEMPERATURE. DEFINITELY MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT, LIKE, REALLY WOMB-LIKE. YEAH, 28 DEGREES TROPICAL! TWO, ANOTHER PAIR OF HANDS AND SET OF EYES. HAVING MADDY, MY SISTER, SHE'S JUST AMAZING. AND THAT'S NOT COMMON, TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT? NO, NO. IT SHOULD BE, THOUGH. THREE, MEASURED MOVEMENT. YEAH, SO THE CAMERA STRAP AROUND THE HEAD ` JUST MOVING THEM IN POSITIONS THAT ARE SAFE. WHATEVER SHE'S DOING, IT'S WORKING. EARLY NEXT YEAR, CASS WILL JOIN 30 OF THE WORLD'S BEST IN AN INTERNATIONAL ONLINE FORUM. I'M IN THIS AMONGST SOME OF MY IDOLS I'VE LOOKED UP TO IN MY CAREER. NOT BAD FOR A GRAPHIC DESIGNER WITH A PASSION FOR LITTLE PEOPLE. I JUST THINK ABOUT THEM DAY AND NIGHT. (LAUGHS) HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU WANT AGAIN? SEVEN. SEVEN! BEFORE SHE CRACKS ON WITH THAT THOUGH, SHE'S HAPPY ` ECSTATIC, ACTUALLY, ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHING OTHER PEOPLE'S. MAN, I ACTUALLY HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. BEAUTIFUL. Good tips. Those little photos that you get when they're 10 days old, they are the best. See you tomorrow on news talk ZB with Sole Mio. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND JOHN GIBBS.