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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
  • Monday 17 February 2020
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.
TIME NOW FOR SEVEN SHARP. WE'RE WASHING TOO MUCH. YES ` CLOTHES, NOT OURSELVES. ALTHOUGH SOME AROUND HERE NEED TO SCRUB UP MORE OFTEN. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR CLOTHES LESS IN A FEW MOMENTS. BUT FIRST UP TONIGHT, UNRULY PASSENGERS ON PLANES. THE LATEST WAS OVER THE WEEKEND, WHEN A PASSENGER ON AN AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT FROM LA TO AUCKLAND HAD TO BE RESTRAINED IN-FLIGHT BECAUSE OF ALLEGED BAD BEHAVIOUR. MID-AIR RAGE IS ON THE RISE, AND IT'LL SURPRISE YOU WHY. (UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC) MILE-HIGH MELTDOWNS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. (BLEEP) (YELLS INDISTINCTLY) I'LL (BLEEP) YOU UP! (WOMAN SCREAMS) I'M NOT YELLING. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ME (BLEEP) YELL? GET OFF THIS PLANE! COME ON! SOME PASSENGERS ARE CAUSING HAVOC IN THE SKIES AND CREATING A NIGHTMARE FOR AIRLINE STAFF. THESE KIND OF INCIDENTS RANGE FROM UNRULY PASSENGERS, PASSENGERS WHO JUST WON'T DO WHAT THEY'RE ASKED TO DO, RIGHT THROUGH TO PASSENGERS GETTING VERBALLY ABUSIVE AND THEN, ULTIMATELY, CAN ALSO LEAD TO PASSENGERS BECOMING VIOLENT. THERE'S ONE COCKTAIL ONBOARD THAT'S CAUSING ONE HELL OF A HEADACHE. THE BIG ISSUE AT THE MOMENT IS THE MIXING OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE AND ALCOHOL WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON BOARD THE PLANE. MORE AND MORE NEW ZEALANDERS AND MORE AND MORE PASSENGERS ARE USING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. WE'RE ALL AWARE OF HOW ALCOHOL MIGHT AFFECT US WHEN WE'RE ONBOARD A PLANE. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHEN WE'RE ON THE GROUND. BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE, DON'T REALISE WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO THEM IN THE AIR. AND THAT BECOMES A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE CABIN CREW... BASTARD! GO TO (BLEEP) HELL! (BLEEP) ...AND, ON OCCASION, EVEN THE PILOTS TO TACKLE. HEY! SIT DOWN! SIT DOWN! ENOUGH! YOU DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS ON MY FLIGHT ATTENDANT! CREW ARE WELL TRAINED, AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCY SITUATION ` THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR ` BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE SORT OF RANDOMNESS OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND ALCOHOL, THEN IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS A LOT TOUGHER. SO SOME SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR CREWS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE DO'S AND DON'TS ABOUT DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO'S UNDER THE INFLUENCE. SO NEXT TIME YOU'RE A PASSENGER, REMEMBER ` SIT BACK, RELAX, AND ENJOY THE FLIGHT. BUT DON'T MIX YOUR PILLS WITH THAT FREE BOOZE. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND CAMERON GRIGG CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2020 IT'S THE PILLS AND THE BOOZE. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. HAVING A LITTLE GLASS OF WINE WITH DINNER... I HAVE NOT BEEN UNDER RULE ON FLIGHTS. I FEEL FOR THE CABIN CREW. TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ALCOHOL ON FLIGHTS. I THOUGHT THAT IS DISAPPOINTING. WHAT HAPPENED TO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY? YOU HAVE TO PASS THE TIME SOMEHOW WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE LONG FLIGHTS. YOU CAN WATCH MOVIES. WE MIGHT BE FEELING SMUG BECAUSE WE DON'T USE PLASTIC STRAWS AND WE HAVE A KEEP CUP, BUT NOW IT SEEMS WE NEED TO PUT MORE ATTENTION INTO OUR WASHING HABITS. NOT YOUR PERSONAL ABLUTIONS ` CLOTHES WASHING. I CAN HEAR TEENAGE BOYS AROUND THE COUNTRY CHEERING BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE ARE WASHING TOO OFTEN. MARY-JANE AGGETT HAS MORE. (GUITAR MUSIC) IF WASHING IS A NEVER-ENDING CHORE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, HAVE I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE BEST-KEPT SECRET. HOW OFTEN DO YOU WASH YOUR T-SHIRTS? EVERY DAY. AFTER EVERY DAILY USE. DOESN'T EVERYBODY? EVERY TIME I WEAR IT. I'M A BIT OF A CLEAN FREAK, I GUESS. I WASH MY T-SHIRTS PROBABLY EVERY SECOND DAY. PROBABLY EVERY TWO TO THREE DAYS FOR MYSELF. WE HAVE BEEN WASHING FAR TOO MUCH. OVERSEAS RESEARCH SHOWS SOME SYNTHETIC FABRICS ARE LEACHING PLASTIC INTO THE ENVIRONMENT EVERY CYCLE. A WHOLE RAFT OF OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS WELL AS THE MICROFIBRES ` THE WATER, THE POWER, THE DETERGENTS, THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED TO CLEAN OUR CLOTHES. I THINK WE CAN RETHINK ` DOES EVERYTHING NEED TO BE WASHED EVERY TIME YOU WEAR IT? LIKE, ALL YOUR UNDERWEAR, YOU WASH EVERY TIME, STRAIGHT UP. (LAUGHS) BUT THINGS LIKE JEANS AND TROUSERS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST HANG THEM BACK UP AND THE RIPPLES WILL FALL OUT, AND JUST BEING AIRED FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS, THEY'RE LIKE NEW AGAIN. RESEARCHERS AT CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY ARE EVEN FINDING THAT JUST WEARING CLOTHES CAN BE A PROBLEM. SO, WASHING IS ONE SOURCE OF MICROFIBRES ENTERING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE HAVE HAD TWO MORE RECENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT WE CAN FIND FIBRES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN NEAR THE WASTE WATER SYSTEM OR BE NEAR A WASHING MACHINE. SO SIMPLY BY WEARING YOUR CLOTHES WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, YOU MAY BE SHEDDING FIBRES. SO, HOW OFTEN DO YOU WASH HER? AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WASH HER. (LAUGHS) SOME FABRICS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. SO LINEN ` BEAUTIFUL. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. THE FIBRES FROM THIS WOOL WILL BIODEGRADE. SPORTS GEAR IS ANOTHER KETTLE OF FISH. SHINY, SHINY SPORTS GEAR. I KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD, AND UNFORTUNATELY EVEN A LOT OF SCHOOL UNIFORMS ` IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO WEAN THOSE PEOPLE OFF IT. THIS HAS BEEN RECYCLED PLASTIC THAT'S IN HERE, BUT NOW IT'S JUST TOO DANGEROUS. WE JUST HAVE GOT TO GET OUT OF OUR HABIT OF PLASTIC CLOTHING. SO THAT'S GOT TO GO. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MORE TIME FOR VACUUMING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASH EVERY TIME. MY KIDS JUST STRUCK THIS STUFF STRAIGHT IN THE WASH BECAUSE THERE CAN'T BE BOTHERED FOLDING IT. I AM ON TO THEM. THEN THEY STOP DOING IT ALTOGETHER. ALL CHILDREN DO THAT. ONE LOAD OF WASHING ` 700,000 SYNTHETIC MICRO PLASTICS GETS RELEASED INTO THE WATER WASTE. THE KEY IS WHERE NATURAL FIBRES ` MERION, COTTON. I AM ALMOST HEAD TO TOE IN POLYESTER. I AM DOING THE RESPONSIBLE THING FOR ONCE, AND I AM WEARING WOOL AND COTTON. I AM FEELING QUITE PROUD OF MYSELF. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, YOU'LL BE VOTING ON WHO YOU WANT TO GOVERN THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS A REFERENDUM ON WHETHER TO LEGALISE CANNABIS. CENTRAL TO THAT DEBATE IS WHETHER YOU THINK MARIJUANA IS SAFE OR UNSAFE. ONE PERSON WHO SAYS IT'S UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS IS ALEX BERENSON. HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK LINKING CANNABIS USE TO PSYCHOSIS AND VIOLENCE. SOME SCIENTISTS ACTIVELY DISPUTE HIS CONCLUSIONS THOUGH. HE'S BEEN BROUGHT TO NEW ZEALAND BY FAMILY FIRST, AND WE'LL BE TALKING TO HIM SHORTLY. FIRST, HERE'S TIM WILSON. 'DOPE ISN'T A SOFT DRUG. IT'S DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.' THAT'S THE MESSAGE ALEX BERENSON HAS COME HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD TO TELL NEW ZEALAND. AN EX-NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALIST WHO COVERED THE IRAQ WAR, HE BECAME INTERESTED IN THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA. THE RESULT OF THAT INTEREST ` HIS BOOK, 'TELL YOUR CHILDREN' ` ASSERTS A STRONG LINK BETWEEN POT, PSYCHOSIS AND VIOLENCE. BUT NOT EVERYONE ACCEPTS ALEX BERENSON'S ARGUMENTS. IN FACT, SOME SAY HE'S PLAIN WRONG. SCAREMONGERING. IT'S AN EXERCISE IN SCAREMONGERING. PROFESSOR JOE BODEN IS PART OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S EXPERT PANEL ON CANNABIS. HE'S NOT A FAN OF BERENSON. WELL, HE TAKES DATA OUR OF CONTEXT. SO, HE SHOWS FOR EXAMPLE THERE WAS AN INCREASE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE MURDER AND VIOLENCE RATE IN WASHINGTON STATE BEFORE AND AFTER CANNABIS WAS LEGALISED, BUT MORE SOPHISTICATED ANALYSES SHOW THAT, IN FACT, THE RATE WAS LOWER THAN IT WOULD'VE BEEN HAD CANNABIS NOT BEEN LEGALISED. WELL, ALEX BERENSON IS WITH US NOW, AND ALEX, A PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL OPINION. WHY ARE YOU SO CONFIDENT THAT CANNABIS LEADS TO PSYCHOSIS AND VIOLENCE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STRONGEST MEDICAL EVIDENCE SHOWS, CERTAINLY AROUND CANNABIS AND PSYCHOSIS. THERE'S NO QUESTION IT CAN CAUSE TEMPORARY EPISODES OF PSYCHOSIS IN MANY USERS. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER IT CAN CAUSE PERMANENT PSYCHOSIS, OR A PERMANENT PSYCHOTIC CONDITION CALLED SCHIZOPHRENIA. I WOULD SAY THERE'S MORE DEBATE AROUND, BUT MOST OR MANY PSYCHIATRISTS HAVE COME AROUND TO THIS VIEW. WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM A LEADING SCIENTIST IN THE TRACK JUST BEFORE WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOU. ARE YOU PLAYING A LITTLE BIT FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE FACTS? NO, I'M NOT AT ALL, AND IN FACT, THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS PROBABLY OUR LEADING SCIENTIFIC BODY TO RESEARCH QUESTIONS OF HEALTH AND SCIENCE, BASICALLY CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION IN 2017, AND THE U.S. SURGEON-GENERAL, IN AUGUST 2019, PUT OUT A WARNING ABOUT CANNABIS USE BY ADOLESCENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN THAT ALSO MENTIONS AN INCREASED RISK OF PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA AS POTENTIAL OUTCOMES. YOU USED TO THINK THAT MARIJUANA WASN'T DANGEROUS. WHAT'S CHANGED? CANNABIS IS FAR MORE POTENT THAN IT USED TO BE, AND IN FACT, MANY PEOPLE WHO USE ARE USING SEMI-SYNTHETIC THC PRODUCTS CALLED WAX OR SHATTER. SO, THEY ARE USING AMOUNTS OF THC THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO IMAGINE PEOPLE WHO USED IN THE '70S OR THE '90S EVEN TO HAVE USED. THEY'RE USING, IN MANY CASES, HUNDREDS OF MILLIGRAMS OF THC A DAY, AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. WE'RE KIND OF DOING A BIG EXPERIMENT ON OUR OWN MINDS TO SEE WHAT THAT CAN LEAD TO. ALEX BERENSON, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THE QUESTION IN THE REFERENDUM IS GOING TO ` BE DO YOU THINK THAT MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALISED. THE QUESTION IS BASED AROUND LEGALISATION. WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THIS AFTERNOON. 14 G. I HAVE SIMULATED IT WITH TEABAGS. THAT IS HOW MUCH YOU ARE ALLOWED IN YOUR POCKET. I'M GOING TO POP THESE BACK INTO A TV NZ TEA ROOM. IF YOU ARE AT HOME. YOU ARE ALLOWED MAXIMUM FOUR PER PROPERTY. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE OVER 20. YOU CAN'T SELL IT. YOU CAN GIVE IT TO PEOPLE, BUT NOT UNDER 20. YOU CAN GIFTED. THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TAX-FREE GIFT. YOU CAN'T PAY FOR THINGS WITH YOUR PERSONAL STASH OF POT EITHER. THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL BE VOTING ON ONE SEPTEMBER 19. INTERESTING THAT THERE IS NO DECRIMINALISATION OPTION. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLY THE FIRST COMMONSENSE STEP. THAT MIGHT BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP, HOW THE HIGH-TECH RUGBY BALL IS GETTING KIDS OFF THEIR DEVICES AND BACK AT THE PARK. AND KEEN TO FIND THE SECRET TO THEIR SUCCESS, ONE PHOENIX FAN TRACKED DOWN THE CAPTAIN FOR A ONE ON ONE GRILLING. Hey, man. Oh, hey. Come to check out the car? BOTH: Yeah. - Josh. - Jen. Hi. She's in pretty good nick. Only done 110,000 K's. WOF and rego. You know, full service history. (OMINOUS MUSIC) What is this? This is a one-star safety-rated car. Yeah. Try and get in. (HORN TOOTS) My body's, like, folded in half. I don't understand what's going on. People don't often think about how a car will crash and how it will protect you. That's what a star safety rating tells you. Just can't imagine` If we crashed in a car like this, there's no way we would survive. (OMINOUS MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. SCREENS ARE EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS. THEY'RE IN OUR HOMES, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR WORKPLACES AND IN OUR POCKETS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNG MINDS AND SCREEN TIME, IT CAN BE TRICKY TO GET THE RIGHT BALANCE. SO WHAT IF YOUR CHILDREN HAD TO EARN THE TIME TO GET ONLINE BY BEING ACTIVE? LUCAS DE JONG EXPLAINS. # WILL YOU PLAY ME THE SONG THAT WILL MAKE ME BELONG TO YOU? IT'S A CLASSIC GAME OF TAG... READY OR NOT, HERE I COME. ...BUT WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY OF 2020. I FOUND YOU. YOU'RE IT! THE CLARKE COUSINS LOVE A BIT OF SCREEN TIME. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PLAY FOR? FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE DAY. WHEN I DIE. YOU COULD PLAY ALL THE WAY TILL YOU DIE? GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, THEY'LL STAY ON THERE, YEAH, UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP. AND THAT CAN BE A MINEFIELD. TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME ` EXCESSIVE, UNSTRUCTURED SCREEN TIME ` ON DEVELOPING BRAINS IMPACTS BEHAVIOUR, SPECIFICALLY ATTENTION AND SELF-REGULATION. YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS, LIKE, SUPER TECH-SAVVY, BUT THEN WHEN YOU SEE THESE KIDS, IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME. AND SO TO FIND A BALANCE, SPARK HAS DEVELOPED A BALL. I WON, YAY! VERY SIMPLY, EVERY MINUTE THE SPARK BALL MOVES, THESE KIDS EARN A MINUTE OF SCREEN TIME. THE SLIDE AT THE PARK? YEAH, I'LL SLIDE DOWN A MILLION TIMES SO I CAN SCAN IT AND GET MORE POINTS. PARENTS ARE AWARE THEIR KIDS ARE USING TOO MUCH SCREEN, AND THEY WANT TOOLS AND TRICKS AND TIPS ON HOW TO REINVIGORATE OTHER WAYS TO BE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. THE CLARKES, ALONG WITH NINE OTHER FAMILIES IN NEW ZEALAND, HAVE FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS BEEN TRIALLING THE RUGBY BALL TO ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION ` # TAKE A LITTLE STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF KIDS HAD TO KICK OFF BEFORE THEY SWITCHED ON? FOR EXPERTS MONITORING THE TRIAL, THE CONCERN WAS ` WOULD PLAY BECOME WORK? THE VALUE JUDGMENT THAT THAT PUTS ` THAT SCREEN TIME IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL, THAT'S THE MOST REWARDING THING AND IT'S BETTER THAN PLAYTIME. AND ACTUALLY, PLAYTIME IS THE MOST REWARDING THING. PLAYTIME ` ACTIVE PLAY ` IS WHAT WE NEED CHILDREN TO BE ENGAGING IN. HOW MUCH MINUTES ARE WE GOING TO PENALISE? 10. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? QUENTIN WAS WATCHING THE PENGUINS MOVIE. NO! AND SO THEY PLAYED. # TAKE A LITTLE STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN. I STILL HAVE 29 MINUTES LEFT! SIX WEEKS LATER, AND NOBODY'S USING THE BALL ANY MORE, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. THE BALL AND THE APP WAS A CATALYST TO PUT SOME STRUCTURE AROUND IT, DO AN AUDIT AND CHANGE THE FOCUS. IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE EYE-OPENER FOR OUR WHOLE FAMILY, I THINK. COS I CAN BALANCE MY SCREEN TIME. BALANCE YOUR SCREEN TIME. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT BALANCING YOUR SCREEN TIME BEFORE THIS? NO. AFTER SIX WEEKS, THE WORK HAS BECOME THE REWARD. THE KIDS ARE NOW GOING OUT AND PLAYING, DOING OTHER THINGS, NOT JUST OUT TO PLAY ` LEGO, READING, PICKING UP A BOOK, RIDING THEIR BIKE, SKATEBOARD, AND NOT AUTOMATICALLY ASKING FOR SCREENS. IT'S CHANGED THAT HABITUAL SCREEN-BASED BEHAVIOUR. THAT WHOLE SORT OF TOOLS DOWN, CONSCIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT IT. AND NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS. EVEN ME GETTING COMPETITIVE PLAYING GAMES WITH THESE KIDS AND SORT OF SHOWING THEM WHO IS BOSS SOMETIMES. ONCE FAMILIES KIND OF SHIFTED THEIR FOCUS AND FOCUSED HEAVILY ON PLAY AND MADE THAT CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO INVOLVE THAT, THEN THEY REMEMBERED HOW MUCH FUN THAT WAS, AND THEN THEY BECAME MORE AND MORE MOTIVATED TO DO THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NOTHING'S PERFECT FIRST TIME. SPARK IS LOOKING AT MAKING SOME CHANGES BEFORE OFFERING THE BALL TO MORE FAMILIES. BUT FOR THE CLARKES, LIFE ROLLS ON. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT PLAYING OUTSIDE? TAG. ANOTHER GAME OF TAG, THANKS TO THE TECHNOLOGY OF 2020. HERE IS ONE OF THE BALLS. IT IS A LITTLE BIT HEAVY. QUITE TRICKY WITH YOUNG KIDS. IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS ON SCREENS. MOST SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN IPAD. FIRSTLY, IT IS EXPENSIVE. SECONDLY, YOU DON'T ALWAYS WANT THEM IN YOUR HOME. YOU TRY KEEPING A JUST FOR SCHOOL. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. I HAVE SOME FIRM OPINIONS. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED DEVICES AT LUNCHTIME. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A DEVICE FREE ZONE AT LUNCHTIME SO THE KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND AND NOT PERIOD IN THEIR DEVICES. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION AS A PARENT OF LEAVING THE DEVICE AT SCHOOL SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT BACK IN YOUR HOME. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` AS PHOENIX FEVER HITS EDEN PARK, THE TEAM'S GREATEST FAN DEEP DIVES IN TO FIND OUT THE SECRETS OF THEIR SUCCESS. All it takes it this, this, this, and this ` simple, yet somehow brilliant, because like all classics, when it's right, you know it's right. Oh, man, did I tell you? It was just over at` ...Rob Craig's 40th with` ...the boys. With the team. With the missus. We were only knocking back` ...twoooo... ...three` ...cheeky little` ...celebratory` ...frisky` ...vinos. Stickies. Brewskies. You know` ...brews. Doz. Silly juice. You know how it is. Anyway` ...I felt` ...in control. Fine. Pretty sweet. I hung a right. Left. Boom. (SIREN WHOOPS) (BRAKES WHINE SOFTLY) SOFTLY: Oh no, no, no, no, no. (BREATHALYSER BEEPS) OK. That is a fail. (SIGHS SOFTLY) (EXHALES SHARPLY) Jenny Craig is here to help you lose weight the healthy way. I lost 36 kilos and I honestly didn't think I would lose anywhere near that. Join today with a free eight-week membership plus free food delivery. Cost of food additional. Call Jenny Craig now! WELCOME BACK. FOOTBALL FEVER DESCENDED ON AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND AS THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX BROUGHT A GAME TO EDEN PARK. SO WE SENT UBER FAN LAURA DANIEL TO GET UP CLOSE AND PROBABLY TOO PERSONAL WITH THE STARS OF THE SIDE. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ARE HAVING A GREAT YEAR. THEY HAVE A NEW COACH, A NEW CAPTAIN, AND THIS SEASON, THEY'VE HAD THEIR BIGGEST WINNING STREAK YET. NOW, THEY'VE COME BACK TO EDEN PARK TO SPREAD FOOTBALL TO THE MASSES, BUT CAN THEIR CAPTAIN, UK FOOTBALL LEGEND AND BONA FIDE HOTTIE STEPHEN TAYLOR, HANDLE A GRILLING FROM NEW ZEALAND'S MOST FEARSOME SPORTS REPORTER ` ME? THEY CALL FOOTBALL THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE PLAYERS' LOOKS? (LAUGHS) SO, IN FOOTBALL, YOU CAN'T USE YOUR HANDS. NO. NO. NOT AT ALL. NO HANDBALLS. OK. BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR HEAD? HEAD. SHOULDERS? NO ARMS. KNEES? KNEES, YEP. TOES? YEP. KNEES AND TOES? KNEES AND TOES. EYES? LAUGHS: EYES. EARS? EARS. MOUTH? MOUTH. NOSE? NOSE. SO, HEADS, SHOULDERS, KNEES AND TOES? YEP. KNEES AND TOES. KEENS AND TOES. OK. GREAT. SO, THE PHOENIX ARE HAVING A GREAT SEASON. YOU'RE SITTING FOURTH ON THE TABLE, WHICH, FOR WELLINGTON, IS PRACTICALLY FIRST. (LAUGHS) ARE YOU LOVING BEING A PART OF IT? OF COURSE. IT'S YOUR FIRST YEAR AS CAPTAIN, RIGHT? FIRST YEAR AS CAPTAIN. FOR ME, IT'S CREDIT TO THE BOYS. YOU KNOW, THEY GET A LOT OF STICK AT THE START OF THE SEASON. YEP. A LOT OF CRITICISM, SAYING, 'OH, YOU'RE GONNA BE NEAR THE BOTTOM. 'YOU'RE GONNA BE FIGHTING FOR THE WOODEN SPOON.' FOR NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL, IT'S FANTASTIC. YOUR FANS ARE CALLED THE YELLOW FEVER. YES. IS THAT THE WORST FAN NAME IN THE WORLD? COS YELLOW FEVER IS ALSO A VIRAL INFECTION COMMON IN AFRICAN MOSQUITOES. THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS INFECT THE AUSTRALIANS, THEN. I THINK IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU GO. EVEN IN AUSTRALIA, PEOPLE TELL WHAT THE YELLOW FEVER IS LIKE. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE STADIUM, YOU HEAR THEM, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES WHEN WE'RE UP. THE TOPS ARE OFF. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UNIQUE THING TO HAVE. I'VE BEEN IN THERE, IN THE FEVER ZONE, WHEN THE TOPS HAVE COME OFF. I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU A FEW TIMES UP THERE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. HEY, I JUST ALSO SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE'S 10 MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THIS INTERVIEW, SO` OH, KEEP IT ROLLING. FEEL FREE TO... (LAUGHS) NOW, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE OFF-SIDE RULE IS? IF WE'RE IN A LINE, THE GOAL'S OVER THERE, IF YOU RUN PAST ME BEFORE THE BALL IS KICKED, YOU'RE OFF-SIDE. OK. WHAT ABOUT NOW? AM I OFF-SIDE? COME A BIT FURTHER. OK. AM I OFF-SIDE? JUST COME A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. (LAUGHS) AM I OFF-SIDE NOW? STILL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. AM I OFF-SIDE NOW? YOUR BACKSIDE NOW IS OFF-SIDE BECAUSE YOU'VE PASSED ME. OK. GOOD TO, LIKE, CLEAR THIS UP, THOUGH, EH? JUST A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. OK. OK. I'LL JUST GO BACK. OK. OK. YEAH, COOL. OK. SO NOW, WE KNOW WHAT OFF-SIDE IS. I ASSUME I'M YOUR MUSE, UH, SO YOU WOULD LIKE ME AT THE GAME TOMORROW. 100%. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'LL BRING 5000 OF MY CLOSEST PERSONAL FRIENDS. AND I DID. THESE WERE DEFINITELY ALL MY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS I INVITED MYSELF. AND LUCKY FOR ME, I WAS GIVEN A MEDIA PASS THAT COULD GET ME ACCESS TO... ANYWHERE? (FUNKY MUSIC) GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE BEST PASS EVER! THINGS WERE LOOKING GOOD FOR THE PHOENIX, BUT WHEN THEY WERE DENIED A GOAL FROM A VAR DECISION, THE SCORE AT HALF-TIME WAS LEFT 0-0, AND I KNEW STEPHEN AND THE BOYS NEEDED MY HELP. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) THREE, TWO, ONE! GO! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) SHE DID NOT RETURN FROM EDEN PARK. SHE HAS GOT A GREAT RIGHT BOOT. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY. THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. A CONCERT FOR AUSTRALIA: FIRE FIGHT IS NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CHEERIO.