THAT'S HOW IT IS, IT'S BEEN FOGGY, CLOUD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, DAN. TIME NOW FOR SEVEN SHARP. AND THE AUSSIES CLAIMING ANOTHER KIWI INVENTION? YEAH, FIRST IT WAS THE PAV. NOW THEY'RE CLAIMING A 'NEW' FOOD SENSATION ` THE SMOKED RAW EGG. MORE ON THAT SHORTLY. BUT FIRST ` I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGE YOU STARTED DRINKING. BUT CHANCES ARE YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN ARE STARTING EVEN EARLIER. AND WHAT'S MOST WORRYING IS THAT THERE'S A KNOWN LINK BETWEEN CHILDREN DRINKING AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE CHILDREN BECOMING ALCOHOLIC ADULTS. THAT'S WHY A NEW EDUCATION PROGRAMME IS BEING ROLLED OUT IN SCHOOLS, TARGETING 13 YEAR OLDS. ITS AIM ` TO KICK THE HABIT BEFORE IT MANIFESTS ITSELF INTO A DRINKING PROBLEM. WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY WITH OUR DRINKING CULTURE. WE'VE ALL SEEN THE PICTURES, AND IF WE'RE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, MAYBE WE'RE LUCKY WE WEREN'T FILMED IN SOME OF THESE SCENES. SO WHAT DOES THE NEXT GENERATION THINK OF OUR ANTICS? WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ALCOHOL, DO YOU THINK? WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ALCOHOL, DO YOU THINK, IS IT SOMETHING I NEVER WANT TO TRY? OR MAYBE WHEN I'M AN ADULT ` WHAT ARE YOUR ATTITUDES AROUND ALCOHOL? SOMETIMES PEOPLE DRINK BECAUSE OF ATTENTION AND ALSO PROBLEMS THEY FACE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE JUST TEENAGERS. ALCOHOL'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD FOR YOU IN ANY SORT OF WAY. IT'S JUST BETTER FOR CONVERSATIONS. BECAUSE YOU FEEL MORE RELAXED? YEAH. JOSHLYN, JIREH AND TRAVIS ARE ALL 13, AND RESEARCHERS SAY THAT'S AN IMPRESSIONABLE AGE. A RECENT STUDY FOUND TEENS WHO DRINK WEEKLY WERE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE, ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT ADULTS, WERE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT ADULTS, BINGE-DRINK, AND DRIVE DRUNK. LIFEWISE HAS BEEN IN SCHOOLS TALKING DRUGS FOR YEARS. BUT NOW THEY'RE HERE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DRINKING. ARE YOU KIND OF SHOCKED THAT KIDS YOUR AGE ARE DRINKING? NOT REALLY BECAUSE WHERE I COME FROM, LOADS OF KIDS DRINK. I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, I'VE TASTED ALCOHOL BEFORE, BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE ALCOHOL, BECAUSE IT'S OVERRATED TO ME TOO. HOW DO YOU THINK MIGHT YOU DEAL WITH ALCOHOL AS YOU GET OLDER? IT'S OVERRATED, IN A SENSE, BUT I'D TAKE IT ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS, BUT KNOWING THE EFFECTS OF IT, I WOULDN'T WANT MY KIDS OR FUTURE GRANDKIDS TAKING IT. I LOVE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING AHEAD TO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. (LAUGHS) THAT'S GORGEOUS. (LAUGHS) THAT'S GORGEOUS. THESE KIDS ARE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. YOU GUYS SEEM TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE ATTITUDE TO ALCOHOL. IT'S REALLY HEARTENING TO HEAR. I THINK YOUR PARENTS WILL BE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND HOW YOU THINK ABOUT ALCOHOL. DR PAUL QUIGLEY IS AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE SPECIALIST AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGIST BASED IN WELLINGTON. HE'S AN EXPERT ON ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WHAT EFFECTS ARE YOU SEEING IN THE ED OF YOUNG PEOPLE DRINKING? ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF SCARY STILL. 40% OF OUR INTOXICATIONS, THOSE WHICH ARE PLAIN DRUNK, ARE OCCUPIED BY THE 16TH 17 AND 18-YEAR-OLDS. 16 YEARS OLD USE YOU CAN'T EVEN GET ALCOHOL SO HOW ARE THEY GETTING THE ALCOHOL? MAYBE IT'S THAT ATTITUDE THAT THEY'RE JUST ALMOST 18. WHAT AGE GROUP MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF DRUNK PATIENTS? THAT'S 40%. NOT QUITE A MAJORITY. BUT OTHER AGENCY OF GOD, WHICH IS RIGHT UP TO 100, THAT ONE BAND TAKES A SERIOUS CHUNK OUT OF IT. SOME OF IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN WHERE GIRLS DATE UP TO OLDER AGES. WE ASKED THEM HOW THEY GET THEIR ALCOHOL, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE DATING AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CAN ACCESS ALCOHOL. AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THAT AGE SAID. SO WHAT DO PARENTS DO? WE THOUGHT THE RIGHT THING TO DO WAS TO BE CIVILISED LIKE THE FRENCH AND LET OUR TEENS HAVE A DRINK WITH US TO TEACH THEM HOW TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY. THE PROBLEM IS DO YOU REALLY TEACH THEM TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY? IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAR ADS, THE PARENTS GO AND DRIVE. THAT IS THE SAME WITH PARENTS DRINKING ALCOHOL. YOU MIGHT HAVE THE ONE GLASS AND YOU THINK IT'S OKAY. BUT WHEN THEY TURN 18, DO YOU TAKE THEM OUT THEN AND GIVE THEM EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY SHOULD DRINK PROPERLY? NO. THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE LET THEM GO AND THAT IS WHERE IT ALL GOES WRONG. I THINK YOU'RE REALLY SAYING HILARY'S A BAD PARENT? IT'S NOT BAD PARENTING, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. THE YOUNGER YOU ARE AT THE AGE OF INITIATION OF ALCOHOL, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ADDICTION. THE ALCOHOLICS THAT I GET WHOSE LIVES ARE RUINED, THERE DRINKING STARTED AT 14 AND 15. THE LONGER YOU CAN HOLD OFF THAT FIRST TIME OF DRINKING, AND THEN WHEN YOU DO GO OUT, REALLY SHOW THEM THAT IT CAN BE TAKEN WITH A MEAL AND SO ON. SOCAN YOU CAN TRUST THEM ON YOUR OWN. THAT TAKES A BIT OF HARD WORK. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR PARENTS NOT TO GET TWANGERED IN FRONT OF THEIR KIDS? VERY. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THEY ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, BUT EVERYTHING YOU DO THEY WILL MIMIC. IF YOU GET ABSOLUTELY STEAMED UP, THEY WILL THINK THAT IS THE NORMAL THING TO DO. YOU GOTTA TAKE SOME OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THANKS, DR PAUL QUIGLEY. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND HARIET ELLIS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 THANKS FOR SAYING THAT I WAS A BAD PARENT. I KNOW YOU GUYS OUT THERE PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO WITH TEENS. WE DRANK ALCOHOL IN SMALL AMOUNTS WITH FOOD, SENSIBLY, LIKE CIVILIZED PEOPLE. HE MAKES A GOOD POINT THOUGH. I DON'T FOLLOW MY 19-YEAR-OLD TO THE PUB. BUT ALSO YOU DON'T WANT YOUR 19-YEAR-OLD TO DRINK ALCOHOL FOR THE FIRST TIME AND DRINK FOUR OR FIVE DRINKS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LIMIT IS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE SICK. PAUL MAKES A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT CHILDREN MODELING THEIR BEHAVIOR ON PARENTS AND SEEING THEIR PARENTS DRUNK AND THINKING THAT IS OKAY. ALCOHOL IS A DANGEROUS DRUG, LET'S BE HONEST. TO OTAGO NOW, WHERE A CULINARY INVENTOR IS UP IN ARMS OVER WHAT HE CLAIMS IS AN AUSSIE ATTEMPT TO CLAIM HIS UNIQUE TREATMENT FOR EGGS. THE HULLABALOO IS OVER A 'RAW SMOKED EGG' WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY INVENTED A DECADE AGO. IT FEATURED ON SOUTHERN TELEVISION IN 2010, AND THEY'VE BEEN SELLING IT AROUND THE COUNTRY EVER SINCE. BUT NOW AN AUSSIE CROWD IS CLAIMING ITS RAW SMOKED EGG AS A 'WORLD FIRST' AND HAS TRIED TO CLAIM THE PATENT. IN A MOMENT, JULIAN LEE IS HERE WITH A TASTE TEST. BUT FIRST, HERE'S HIS REPORT. LOOK HERE. I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUSE. IT'S A WORLD FIRST. OK, CHECK THIS THIS OUT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NO ONE'S EVER SEEN ON TV. AND THERE THEY ARE. A NEW FOOD MADE IN A SHED OUT THE BACK OF PART OF THE OLD MAINLAND CHEESE FACTORY ON NEVILLE KENEALY'S FARM IN LAWRENCE, OTAGO. THERE'S NO DOUBT EGGS HAVE BEEN SMOKED BEFORE IN HISTORY. BUT HERE... THEY'VE BEEN SMOKED FOR SIX HOURS BUT ARE STILL RAW INSIDE. THE SMOKING PROCESS NOT ONLY LENGTHENS THE LIFESPAN BUT KILLS CAMPYLOBACTER AND SALMONELLA AS WELL. THE COLD MANUKA SMOKE PERMEATES THROUGH THOUSANDS OF HOLES IN THE EGG SHELL ` AN EGG WHICH LASTS TWICE AS LONG AS AN UNSMOKED EGG. WHILE IT'S SMOKING, IT BREATHES IT IN. UNTIL THE SMOKE SETS IT KEEPS BREATHING IT IN. IT'S QUITE SMOKY, EH? YOU CAN BOIL IT, POACH IT, FRY IT SCRAMBLE IT. YOU CAN DO AIOLIS AND MAYONNAISES. SINCE I'D COME UP WITH IT 10 YEARS AGO, I HAVEN'T EATEN AN EGG THAT HASN'T BEEN SMOKED. REALLY? IN 10 YEARS? IN 10 YEARS. BACK IN 2009 NEVILLE, A CALF REARER BY TRADE, FELL ON HARD TIMES. HE HAD TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO MY WIFE. I WAS SITTING THERE, ACTUALLY, WHEN IT WAS OPEN, I SAID, 'DON'T WORRY, I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.' AND SHE COME HOME A WEEK LATER AND I'D COME UP WITH THE SMOKED EGG. I BROKE ONE, THINKING THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY COOKED, AND IT WAS RAW. SO I FRIED IT FOR MY WIFE. SHE SAID, 'WOW, YOU CAN TASTE THE SMOKE IN IT,' SO I HAD ONE AND IT WAS LIKE, 'OH, MATE, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS.' AND SINCE THEN, SUPERMARKETS, A & P SHOWS, SPECIALIST FOOD SUPPLIERS... THE NZ MANUKA COMPANY ` AND NEVILLE ` HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD SINCE. BUT HE COULDN'T GET A PATENT. HE SAID THE PATENT OFFICE TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T, BECAUSE HE'D SOLD THEM AT AN A & P SHOW BEFORE HE APPLIED. THE TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED TO EXTRACT MOISTURE FROM SMOKE ` A GOVERNMENT FOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENT HERE ` IS SURPRISINGLY COMPLICATED. BUT... OH, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO YOUR, UH... YEAH, HOLD ON, MATE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HOW A SMOKER WORKS, BUT THERE'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE GOING ON. YES, THERE'S PUMPS AND FREEZERS. AND THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE KENEALYS DISCOVERED AN AUSSIE COMPANY ` THE SMOKED EGG COMPANY ` ARE CLAIMING TO BE THE WORLD'S FIRST COLD-SMOKED EGG PRODUCER. SOMEHOW WE'D COME UP WITH A WEBSITE IN AUSTRALIA. SO WE CLICKED ON IT AND HERE'S THIS ARTICLE SAYING 'FIRST IN THE WORLD;' 'AUSTRALIA SMOKING EGGS, AND KEEPING THEM RAW.' AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, NO... SURE ENOUGH, THE SMOKED EGG COMPANY FILED A PATENT APPLICATION IN MARCH BUT ACCORDING TO THE PATENT OFFICE HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WE COULDN'T GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM EITHER. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT TASTED LIKE, SO WE'VE GOT JULIAN LIVE NOW FROM CHRISTCHURCH. JULIAN, ARE YOU READY TO TASTE-TEST SMOKED EGG DONE IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS? I'M COOKING UP A CLASSIC KIWI TUCKER. I'VE COOKED THEM THREE DIFFERENT WAYS IN ONE PAN. IT'S A SCIENTIFIC METHOD. YOU'VE GOT A NONSTICK PAN. THEY JUST SLIDE. THANKS, JULIAN.THEY'VE GOT A VERY RICH ORANGE COLORED. LET'S DIVE IN. LET'S GO POACHED FIRST. I MIGHT'VE SLIGHTLY UNDERCOOKED THEM. I HOPE NOT. OH, YEAH. WOW. OH, I THINK THE ALARM IS GOING OFF. IT IS THE SMOKE FLAVOR SUBTLE? IT'S ALMOST PERFECT. NEVILLE SAYS SOMETIMES IT'S TOO STRONG, BUT I THINK HE'S GOT IT JUST RIGHT THERE. THE COOKING LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. YOU'VE DONE VERY WELL. DID YOU DO A SCRAMBLE AS WELL? ALL IN THE SAME PAN. I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW HE'S DONE IT, BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY IS SECRET. IT IS SMOKY AND HAS AN UMAMI QUALITY. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. SEND US SOME EGGS. WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED, THERE WAS A SURGE IN THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ASKING ABOUT MOVING HERE. THE SAME THING SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING IN THE WAKE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. IT STARTED WITH 11,500 PEOPLE LOGGING ON TO THE IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND WEBSITE ON SUNDAY, COMPARED TO ABOUT 2000 LAST WEEK. THEN SOCIAL MEDIA BEGAN BUZZING WITH AUSSIES PRAISING OUR PM. BEFORE WE JUMP TO RASH CONCLUSIONS, LIKE A ROO RUNNING AWRY IN RANDWICK, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OTHER POSSIBLE REASONS AUSTRALIANS WANT TO MOVE EVEN FURTHER DOWN UNDER. (BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC) AT NUMBER FIVE ` OPOSSUMS. THESE APPALLING FOREST-EATING PESTS, ARE THE SCOURGE OF OUR NATIVE BIRDIES. THEY'RE FAIR GAME HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WE EVEN MAKE THEM INTO PIES. BUT KILL A POSSUM IN AUSTRALIA, YOU GO TO JAIL. COME HERE YOU CAN DISPATCH AS MANY AS YOU LIKE. AT NUMBER FOUR... CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE IN NZ ` THE DIRTY BIRD FAVOURITE ` THE DOUBLE DOWN. WHICH IS IN NO WAY LINKED TO OUR APPALLING OBESITY STATS. AT NUMBER THREE... ROAD CONES. IF YOU LOVE ROAD CONES, COME TO NEW ZEALAND. WE HAVE MORE PER CAPITA THAN ANYWHERE IN THE FREE WORLD. AT NUMBER TWO ` RAIN. KIWI RAIN IS THE BEST RAIN. YOU MAY HAVE ALL THE COAL AND IRON ORE IN THE WORLD, AT NUMBER TWO ` RAIN. KIWI RAIN IS THE BEST RAIN. YOU MAY HAVE ALL THE COAL AND IRON ORE IN THE WORLD, BUT THE WAY THE PLANET IS HEADING, THIS STUFF IS THE NEW GOLD. ALSO DID I MENTION ROAD CONES? AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON I THINK AUSTRALIANS WANT TO COME HERE... THE FIBROUS GLORY OF OUR VOGEL'S BREAD. THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA. (BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC) (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) BEHOLD A KILLER KIWI COMBO WORTH IMMIGRATING FOR. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) BOO. STILL TO COME ` IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY FOR A NORTHLAND BUSINESS GOING GLOBAL WITH MATERNITY EXERCISE GEAR. I WANT TO MOVE, I WANT TO EXERCISE AND FEEL GOOD, BUT THERE WERE NO CLOTHES THAT I COULD WEAR THAT I COULD BREASTFEED IN. PLUS, HE COMES FROM A FAMOUS SPORTING FAMILY. BUT IT WAS DANCING THAT WON HIM OVER. WE MEET THE KIWI BILLY ELLIOT. WELCOME BACK. EVERYONE WANTS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ONES THEY LOVE. BUT NORMALLY THAT'S JUST YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. WELL, IN WHANGAREI, THERE'S A COUPLE NOT ONLY PROVIDING FOR THEIR FOUR CHILDREN BUT TWO SETS OF GRANDPARENTS AS WELL. A FORMER COP, TWO FREEZING WORKERS AND A DENTAL TECHNICIAN ARE NOW PACKING BRAS IN A FAMILY MATERNITY-WEAR BUSINESS THAT'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING. THIS CREW'S ON THE FAMILY WAY. I'M THE NUMBER ONE PACKER ` JUST REMEMBER THAT. TWO SETS OF GRANDPARENTS IN CHARGE OF DELIVERIES. THIS IS THE F-UP BOARD. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES. AND MY SON'S JUST PUT ME BACK UP ON THE BOARD. THIS IS NOT TRUE, THOUGH. CADENSHAE'S THE BRAINCHILD OF FORMER PERSONAL TRAINERS ADAM AND NIKKI. THEIR MATERNITY ACTIVE-WEAR BUSINESS WAS BORN SHORTLY AFTER THEIR FIRST CHILD. I WENT TO GET DRESSED TO GO TO THE GYM TO GO WORK OUT ` TO DO MY OWN WORKOUT AS WELL AS TRAIN CLIENTS ` AND I REALISED I JUST HAD NOTHING TO WEAR. I WANT TO MOVE; I WANT TO EXERCISE; I WANT TO FEEL GOOD. BUT THERE WERE NO CLOTHES THAT I COULD WEAR THAT I COULD BREASTFEED IN. CUE AN 'AHA' MOMENT. SHE CAME OUT AND SAID, 'I'VE GOT AN IDEA, AND IT'S GOING TO GO OFF!' I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS GOING TO GO OFF! YOU DID. YOU SAID, 'I NEED YOU TO TAKE ALL MY CLIENTS 'BECAUSE I'M GOING TO WORK ON THIS IDEA.' AND I COULD SEE BY THE LOOK ON HER FACE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING GOOD. AND AFTER A 14-MONTH GESTATION, THE ARRIVAL OF BABY NUMBER TWO, AND A LOT OF BOXES, 'CADENSHAE' WAS BORN. DEVOTEES INCLUDE VALERIE ADAMS, GEMMA MCCAW AND UFC STAR MIESHA TATE. REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT THE FIRST SALE? YEAH, IT WAS SO EXCITING. PEOPLE WERE BUYING OUR STUFF. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GET AN ORDER, AND I WOULD SAY, 'OH MY GOD, THAT'S THE ONE IN WHANGAREI. 'LET'S GO AND DRIVE IT TO THEM THAT DAY.' CHUCK THE KIDS INTO THE CAR, DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE. THEIR BUSINESS IS NAMED AFTER THEIR FIRST BORN, CADEN, MIDDLE NAME, SHAE. WHEN BABY NUMBER THREE JOINED THEM, IT WAS TIME CALL IN THE BIG GUNS. I MOVED MUM AND DAD UP FROM MATAURA, WHERE I'M ORIGINALLY FROM, HALF AN HOUR NORTH OF INVERCARGILL. KEN AND TANIA WERE AT THE FREEZING WORKS. I KNEW THEY WERE WORKING BIG HOURS SIX DAYS A WEEK. NIKKI'S DAD, STEVE, WAS A POLICEMAN. HE WAS DOING NIGHTSHIFT AT THE TIME, AND I JUST THOUGHT, 'THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY.' SO DID MUM SHARON. SHE WAS A DENTAL TECHNICIAN. I WAS LIKE, 'WHY HIRE SOMEONE ELSE WHEN WE CAN HAVE OUR PARENTS HERE?' CARCASSES EVERYWHERE. COME UP HERE AND YOU'RE PACKING BRAS. OH. I JUST LOVE IT, EH. THE GRANDPARENTS SEND MATERNITY WEAR ALL OVER THE GLOBE. THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE NOT HELPING WITH THE GRANDKIDS, NOW NUMBERING FOUR. ALL HANDS ON DECK. THEY GET COMPETITIVE! SO I'LL SAY, 'OH, TANIA, MUM SAYS SHE'LL HAVE 'ALL FOUR KIDS ON THE WEEKEND.' AND THEN TANIA WILL BE LIKE, 'WELL, I'LL HAVE ALL FOUR KIDS.' IT WAS A BIG MOVE FOR ADAM'S SOUTHLAND FOLKS. SPENDING MY... WHAT AM I? 56 NOW. 53 YEARS IN MATAURA. LIVED THERE ALL MY LIFE. SAME STREET. BUT THAT STREET WAS 1700KM FROM THE ONE THEIR GRANDKIDS LIVED ON. I USED TO SEE MY WIFE'S FACE AND SHE WAS SO UPSET, WE THOUGHT, 'WHAT THE HELL, WE ONLY LIVE ONCE. LET'S JUST DO IT.' FOR THE FIRST YEAR, HIS DAD WAS STILL READING THE SOUTHLAND TIMES, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'OH, IT'S RAINING IN INVERCARGILL TODAY. I'M JUST BLESSED WITH FAMILY, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, EH. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, BUT IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, THAT'S WHAT I CLASS AS RICHNESS, IS YOUR FAMILY. BUT ABOUT THOSE RICHES... IT'S ALL IN STOCK DOWN THERE. IT'S A PILE OF BRAS! THREE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY ON A MATERNITY MISSION. I AM LIVING THE DREAM. AND EVERY DAY I WAKE UP, YOU GOT GRANDKIDS AROUND YOU, AND WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK? WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THEM PROUD. YEAH. I'M PROUD OF THEM. SO, SO PROUD. VERY COOL. THEY LAUNCHED IN AUSTRALIA, US, CANADA AND THE UK AND HAVE SENT ORDERS AS FAR AWAY AS PUERTO RICO, MEXICO, SWEDEN, RUSSIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. AFTER THE BREAK ` COMPETITION IS IN HIS BLOOD. BUT HE FOUND SUCCESS OFF THE SPORTS FIELD. GOING TO RUGBY PRACTICE, OR CRICKET PRACTICE AFTER SCHOOL AND THEN COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE MUD AND GRASS INTO THE DANCE STUDIO. WELCOME BACK. THIS IS OUR INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY. A SOUTH ISLAND SEA LION WHO GAVE COUCH SURFING A WHOLE NEW MEANING. THE SLEEPY SPECTATOR WAS SNAPPED RECLINING IN THE KAKANUI SUN NEAR OAMARU. ISN'T HE HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE? HE LOOKS LOVELY. IF YOU HAD TO CHOSE BETWEEN FOLLOWING YOUR DREAM AND CONFORMING TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR FAMILY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WELL, FOR BLAKE TUKE, YOUNGER COUSIN OF OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST AND AMERICA'S CUP WINNER, GREAT NEW ZEALANDER AND TOTES BABE BLAIR TUKE, THE ANSWER CAME DOWN TO PASSION `ARE A PASSION WHICH IS PAYING OFF. TAMATI RIMENE SPROAT EXPLAINS. IN A LOW-KEY DANCE STUDIO IN EAST AUCKLAND IS A 'BIG DEAL'. MY CHARACTER'S NAME IS 'BIG DEAL'. SO YOU'VE GOTTA BE A BIG DEAL? YEAH, SO I'VE GOTTA BE A BIG DEAL. GETTING HIS BIG BREAK ON ONE of THE MOST CELEBRATED MUSICALS OF ALL TIME. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE TO START IN SUCH A WELL KNOWN SHOW. BLAKE'S ONE OF JUST TWO KIWIS IN THE CAST TOURING THE WORLD... IT DIDN'T SINK IN STRAIGHT AWAY, I GUESS, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. ...ALONGSIDE 31 OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST DYNAMIC DANCERS AND SINGERS. JUST IN SYDNEY ITSELF, PROBABLY HAD AROUND 300-400 PEOPLE AUDITIONING FOR THE SAME SHOW. BLAKE'S OWN STORY ` INSPIRING ENOUGH TO BE A SHOW ITSELF. HE WAS A RUGBY BOY AND A CRICKETER WHEN I FIRST MET HIM. COMING FROM A FAMOUS SPORTING FAMILY ` OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST BLAIR TUKE IS HIS COUSIN. I'VE GOT A LOT OF MEMORIES OF PLAYING RUGBY AND CRICKET WITH BLAKE. DID YOU EVER THINK HE COULD DANCE? (LAUGHS) WHAT, THAT BLAKE COULD DANCE? YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST OF US IN OUR FAMILY. (LAUGHS) THAT'S SOMETHING STEP-MUM CORRINE, A DANCE TEACHER, NOTICED AS WELL. I HAD A DANCE STUDIO - HE WAS IN THE SHOW ` HIS FATHER WAS. HIS SISTER, MY TWO CHILDREN. AND BLAKE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WASN'T IN THE SHOW. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) BUT SHE EVENTUALLY CONVINCED BLAKE TO DROP THE RUGBY BOOTS AND PICK UP THE DANCE SHOES FULL TIME. I DON'T THINK HIS DAD WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT. CROSSED HIM TO THE DARK SIDE. (LAUGHS) GOING TO RUGBY PRACTICE AND CRICKET PRACTICE AFTER SCHOOL AND COMING FROM THE MUD AND GRASS INTO THE DANCE STUDIO, WITH YOUR JAZZ SHOES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST FELT WITH MY FRIENDS ` I WAS QUITE AFRAID TO JUST TELL THEM ` HEY I'M DOING THIS DANCING THING AFRAID TO JUST TELL THEM ` 'HEY, I'M DOING THIS DANCING THING 'AND I REALLY LIKE IT BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'LL THINK ABOUT IT.' FOUR YEARS ON, THINKING ABOUT HOW FAR HE'S COME, MAKES BLAKE'S BIG BREAK AN EVEN BIGGER DEAL. HE DID THE HARD YARDS OF AUDITIONING, KEEPING HIMSELF IN CONDITION, GETTING TO OPEN CLASSES AT A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND JUST HAVING ALL THE AUDITIONS AND, YEAH, HERE WE ARE. CHASING HIS DREAMS NOW AND DOING WELL AT IT ` SO, VERY, VERY PROUD. DOING EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WORK ` IT'S WHAT YOU LOVE DOING. AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PRODUCTION. I SAW THEM IN MELBOURNE OVER THE EASTER BREAK AND IT IS JUST BRILLIANT. YOU WILL LOVE IT. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY. THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. EMERGENCY CALL IS NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND HARIET ELLIS