TIME NOW FOR SEVEN SHARP AND A CONTROVERSIAL MENU ITEM. YES, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE READY TO STOMACH IT, BUT WE'RE BEING ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER EATING POSSUMS. SO WOULD YOU? THE CASE FOR CONSUMING THEM COMING UP SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, WE'RE TALKING ROAD RAGE. YES, WE'VE ALL GOT A STORY, BECAUSE THERE'S NO DENYING KIWIS CAN GET A BIT CRANKY BEHIND THE WHEEL. A LARGE CHUNK OF US HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO A ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT. SO WHETHER YOU'RE THE RAGER OR THE RAGEE, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET MORE ZEN ON THE ROAD? IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE THE MOST PATIENT, CALM, EVEN-KEELED PERSON ON THE PLANET. THAT CAN ALL CHANGE WHEN WE GET BEHIND THE WHEEL. UGH! (HORN BEEPS) YEP, I'M HERE! GO! YEAH, I'M GOING, THANK YOU. (EXHALES) (BLEEP!) HURRY UP! WE'RE IN A 60, LOVE. (GROWLS) DO YOU GET ROAD RAGE? YES. NO, I DON'T GET ANGRY. I JUST PUT MY MUSIC ON. I JUST DON'T. YEAH, IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ANYWAY. I JUST BREATHE WHEN I'M IN A TRAFFIC JAM. I MAY SWEAR UNDER MY BREATH/NOT UNDER MY BREATH. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY IT ON TV. UH... (LAUGHS) UM, SWEAR TO MYSELF. GET IT OUT, HAVE A QUICK YELL, AND JUST KEEP GOING. (CHUCKLES) A LOT OF YELLING, SCREAMING, SWEARING, FINGERS. I THINK THE MOST I'VE EVER DONE HAS GONE (EXCLAIMS) AT SOMEBODY. (GROWLS) (LAUGHTER) 85% OF US HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ACCORDING TO NEW FINDER RESEARCH, WITH MILLENNIALS THE MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE WRATH OF ANGRY DRIVERS. THE NUMBER ONE OFFENCE? TAILGATING. CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY HORN-TOOTING, SHOUTING, PURPOSELY BEING CUT-OFF, AND BEING FLIPPED THE BIRD. # LIFE IS A HIGHWAY. SO WHY IS IT KIWI'S FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO THIS BEHIND THE WHEEL,... (HORN BEEPS) WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! ...BUT WHEN WE AREN'T IN THE CAR,... OH, SORRY. SORRY, EXCUSE ME. ...IT'S A BIT MORE LIKE THIS. OH, SORRY! OH, SORRY, SORRY, EXCUSE ME. (EXCLAIMS) AND HERE TO LIFT THE LID ON WHY WE'RE GETTING SO AGGRESSIVE BEHIND THE WHEEL IS DOUGAL SUTHERLAND, WHO'S A PSYCHOLOGIST FROM VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU, DOUGAL. TELL ME, WHY DO OTHERWISE MODEL CITIZENS HAVE A GO AT PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, HILARY, AS I RUSHED TO GET HERE FOR THIS INTERVIEW FROM THE AIRPORT, AND I WAS DRIVING AND STUCK IN TRAFFIC MYSELF, AND I WAS GOING, '(EXCLAIMS) JUST MOVE! 'JUST MOVE'. I THINK PART OF IT ` YOU'RE TRAPPED IN THIS SORT OF LITTLE BUBBLE, AND` AND NOT IN THE COVID SENSE, BUT IN THE BAD SENSE OF A BUBBLE, AND YOU DON'T REALLY GET ANY INTERACTION FROM ANYBODY ELSE, SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS FRUSTRATION BUILT UP, AND WE KNOW THAT THE ROADS ARE GETTING BUSIER, AND THERE'S MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC, SO THERE'S MORE CHANCE THAT YOU'LL GET STUCK IN THERE, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS SORT OF LITTLE BUBBLE, WE CAN` WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN JUST LASH OUT AND LET LOOSE WITH WHATEVER WE THINK OR WHATEVER WE SAY WITHOUT ANY REAL FEEDBACK FROM ANYBODY ELSE AROUND US, WHICH IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU BUMPED INTO SOMEBODY ON THE STREET. ARE WE KIWIS BAD-TEMPERED DRIVERS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, DO YOU THINK? OH, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE PARTICULARLY. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY DID STATS ON THAT IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL. YOU CERTAINLY HEAR ABOUT DIFFERENT VARIATIONS IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND THAT CAN BE RELATED TO TEMPERAMENT AS WELL, YOU KNOW ` 'OH, THE LATIN TEMPERAMENT ` 'THEY'RE ALWAYS YELLING AND GROWLING AT PEOPLE'. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE ANY` ANY WORSE THAN ANYONE ELSE, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE ROAD RAGE IS ON THE INCREASE IN NEW ZEALAND AND SEEMS TO BE GETTING MORE AND MORE AS OUR` AS OUR STREETS GET BUSIER AND BUSIER. SO WHAT DO WE DO? JUST PUT ON A MINDFULNESS PODCAST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? (LAUGHS) WELL, I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE` JUST TRY AND BECOME A LITTLE COOLER IN YOUR CAR. I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC TODAY, AND I WAS HOT, AND THE SUN WAS STREAMING IN, AND I WAS FEELING IMPATIENT, AND ACTUALLY WHAT I NEEDED TO DO WAS` WAS I TURNED ON THE FAN AND GOT SOME COLD AIR BLOWING OVER ME JUST TO CALM ME DOWN AND JUST TO SORT OF TAKE MYSELF OUT OF MYSELF FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK JUST BE REMEMBERING OR REMINDING YOURSELF THAT ACTUALLY SWEARING AT SOMEBODY IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU ANY FURTHER IN YOUR TRIP. IT'S GOING TO TAKE EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, AND IF YOU WANNA SIT THERE WITH ALL THAT ANGER PENT UP INSIDE, THEN GOOD LUCK TO YOU, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY HOW I WANNA LIVE MY LIFE. (LAUGHS) THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOUGAL. LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU. COOL. THANKS, GUYS. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, JESSIE PURU AND ANNIE CURTIS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 I HAVE DONE A FEW K'S WITH HILLARY HERE, AND YOU ARE LESS OF A RADIO BUT MORE OF A COMMENTATOR. I FIND IT CALMS ME. I DO SAY, OH HERE IS SOME IDIOT COMING UP BEHIND ME. MIDLIFE CRISIS, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE SOMEONE ON THE BRIDGE GOING 60 IN THE FAST LANE, AND THEN YOU WILL SAY THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, NO INDICATION. ALWAYS A GRANDPA. NOW, A FEW WEEKS BACK, WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF A GROUP OF MEN TAKING ON THE GRUELLING CHALLENGE OF SWIMMING FROM GREAT BARRIER ISLAND TO AUCKLAND'S TAKAPUNA BEACH. IT WAS 100KMS OF OPEN WATER RELAY, AND WE WERE THERE FOR THEIR FINAL LEG THIS MORNING. AUCKLAND'S HAURAKI GULF ` LATELY IT'S BEEN HOME TO CHALLENGERS AND CHAMPIONS. BUT THIS MORNING THERE'S A NEW CHALLENGE COMING IN WITH THE TIDE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) FIVE MIDDLE-AGED MEN DIVING HEAD FIRST INTO AN ADVENTURE FOR THE AGES, SWIMMING 100KMS ACROSS AUCKLAND'S HAURAKI GULF FOR CHARITY. WE'RE NOT 21 ANY MORE. IT'S MORE OF A MENTAL THING. TO GET IN THE WATER AT 2 IN THE MORNING. (INSPIRING MUSIC) AS DAY BREAKS, THERE'S SIGNS THIS DAY MAY BREAK THEM. 24 HOURS OF NO SLEEP. WE WERE BATTLING SWELL. WE WERE BATTLING WIND. IT WAS MESSY. BUT A SILHOUETTE OF THE CITY OF SAILS IS KEEPING THE WIND IN THEIRS. YOU'RE HALFWAY. WE'RE SEEING NOW THE LANDMARK. WE'RE GONNA GET THERE VERY SOON. (UPLIFTING MUSIC) AND RICK WELLS HAVE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE AND JOIN US NOW. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. YOU VE DONE IT. IAN, HOW KNACKERED ARE YOU? NOT TOO BAD. THANKS VERY MUCH JEREMY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AMAZING WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE DOES. WE WENT THROUGH SOME LOW POINTS DURING THE NIGHT OF COURSE. AS SOON AS WE GOT THE SUN BANG INTO IT. WE'RE DONE THIS EPIC CHALLENGE THAT MY MATE HEAD STREAMED UP. THIS CRAZY IDEA. RICK, WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF THIS? NOT NOT TOO MANY LOW POINTS. HAVING TO PUT THE WETSUIT BACK ON TOPIC IN THE WATER. WE EXPERIENCE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT SKY LAST NIGHT. WE EXPERIENCE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT SKY LAST NIGHT. WE STARTED WITH AN ORCA. HUGE POD OF DOLPHINS, SOME FRIENDLY HAMMERHEAD SHARKS WERE WITH US, SO THEY WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS WHICH ALWAYS OVERCOME THE LOW LIGHTS. WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF THE JOURNEY FOR YOU? ORGANISING IT. WE HAVE GOT A GREAT BUNCH OF SUPPORT PEOPLE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THEM. TO KEEP FIVE SWIMMERS SAFE, KEEP THEM WELL FED AND GOING, WE ALMOST HAD THE EASY PART I FEEL. NOT REALLY. HOW AMAZING THAT THERE WERE ORCA AND WALES AND EVEN THE HAMMERHEAD SHARKS. HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE SO MUCH IMMERSED IN THAT SEA LIFE? ONE THING WAS THAT, BUT ALSO PEOPLE WERE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT SUMMING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IT WAS REALLY LIKE BEING IN A STAR WARS MOVIE. THERE WAS JUST ALL THESE LIGHTS GOING PAST YOU, SO WAS PRETTY COOL AND MADE THE NIGHTS AND PRETTY ENTERTAINING. IT WASN'T TEMPTING TO TIE A BURLY BOMB ON THE BACK OF HIS LEG THERE WHILE HE WAS SELLING A LOT ON, JUST TO ATTRACT THE SPECIAL SEA LIFE? NO, WE ALL LOOKED AFTER EACH OTHER PRETTY WELL. WE DIDN'T DO ANY FISHING. DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TIME. DID YOU MANAGE TO RAISE MONEY FOR TWO FIRST RESPONDER UNITS FOR ST JOHN. HOW DID YOU GO? WE ARE AT $260,000, I THINK. IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC. THE WHOLE TEAM IS HUMBLED BY THE DONATIONS. WE CHALLENGED OURSELVES FOR 25 HOURS, BUT PEOPLE ARE BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO HELP US AND THIS GREAT CAUSE. IT IS A MARVELLOUS ACHIEVEMENT. WE WILL LEAVE YOU TO CATCH-UP ON SOME SLEEP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND YOU CAN STILL DONATE. OUR FACEBOOK PAGE HAS THE DETAILS. THE POSSUM POPULATION IN NZ IS ABOUT 30 MILLION ` THEY OUTNUMBER HUMANS BY SOME SIX TO ONE. BUT THEY'RE NOT COMPLETELY USELESS ` THEIR FUR IS VALUABLE AND FETCHES A HEALTHY PRICE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET. BUT POSSUMS ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO OFFER ` THEIR MEAT. JULIAN LEE LOOKS INTO THE GREAT WASTED FOOD RESOURCE THAT IS POSSUM MEAT. SCOTT CANDY IS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES ` HE'S MADE A CAREER OUT OF HIS PASSION FOR HUNTING. TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR POSSUM FUR BEHIND THIS ELECTRIC FENCE. YEAH, ARE YOU GONNA TOUCH IT? (LAUGHS) OOH! (LAUGHS) DID YOU GET THAT? OH! THAT'S A BIG REDNECK BUCK. YOU SEE THAT BIT OF GINGER IN HIS SHOULDERS? SO YOU JUST STUN HIM WITH THE FIRST ONE. WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE, ALL THESE KOHEKOHE TREES THAT IN THIS BUSH HERE WERE STRIPPED, AND IN THE FIRST WEEK, WHEN WE DID THE POSSUM HIT HERE, WE GOT OVER 300 POSSUMS, AND NOW WE STRUGGLE TO GET OVER 40. IT'S ALL COME BACK. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE LOVELY SEEDLINGS COMING UP. FOR THIS JOB, YOU REALLY NEED A BUSH LAWNMOWER. I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS EXPECTING THIS, LIKE, TUBES AND LIGHTS. IT'S A LOT MORE SIMPLE THAN I THOUGHT. NO, THAT'S IT ` KIWI INGENUITY AGAIN, NUMBER EIGHT WIRE. DO THESE RIGHT, AND YOU CAN EARN 120 BUCKS AN HOUR. GOOD HUNTERS ARE DOING THAT. YEAH. GOOD HUNTERS ARE DOING MORE. BUT UNDERNEATH, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL. THE POSSUMS HERE ARE 1080-FREE AND DISEASE-FREE. IT'S NOT YET LEGAL TO SELL, PURELY BECAUSE NO ONE HAS TRIED TO CROSS THE GOVERNMENT'S RED TAPE YET. WHAT WOULD THIS SELL FOR A KILO, YOU KNOW, AT THE SUPERMARKET, DO YOU RECKON? IT'D HAVE TO BE AT LEAST $10.99 A KILO. YOU GOTTA TURN IT OVER AND USE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BLADE. (LAUGHTER) THEY SHOULD TEACH THIS IN SCHOOLS, SHOULDN'T THEY? (LAUGHS) THEY DO. OH, DO THEY? IN NORTHLAND HERE, THEY DO. THEY'RE FREE RANGE, ORGANIC, THEY EAT THE BEST, COS THEY EAT OUR LOVELY FORESTS. WE WILL GIVE THEM A BOIL UP, THEN THEY WILL BE GOOD TO FRY. WHAT ABOUT A WINE PAIRING? A NICE MERLOT. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. WHATEVER TICKLES YOUR FANCY. (LAUGHS) BUT DEFINITELY A RED WITH GAME MEAT. DO YOU ROCK OUT THE POSSUM MEAT FOR, LIKE, DINNER GUESTS SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE COME OVER? NO ONE IS GAME ENOUGH. IT'S A MIND THING. THAT'S ALL IT IS. IF YOU DON'T MIND IT, YOU'LL EAT IT. WE'LL LEAVE THAT SIMMERING THERE LIKE THAT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. NORMALLY THE POSSUMS ARE DESTINED FOR PET FOOD, ALONG WITH PEACOCKS, TURKEYS, RABBITS. BUT WE GOT DISTRACTED AND LEFT THE POT ON THE STOVE TOO LONG. ARE THEY STUFFED? TOP ONES, THOSE ONES'LL BE ALRIGHT. NO, THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS BLOODY GOOD, MATE. BIT OF A HILLBILLY HICCUP HERE. YEAH, YEAH. IS THIS STANDARD HUNTERS WOULD TAKE IN THE BUSH? (LAUGHS) YEAH? DO THEY? COAT AND COOK. REALLY? YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE THE LUCKIEST MAN IN NZ. BY THE TIME YOU'VE HAD THIS, THERE MIGHT BE NO POSSUMS, COS EVERYBODY'S GONNA START EATING THEM. THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD. THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD. I WAS TELLING YOU THAT FOR AGES, MATE. IT'S LIKE PORK. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? YEAH, VERY SIMILAR. THAT'S DELICIOUS. POSSUM HAS CREATED ITS OWN DEMISE, HASN'T IT? LAUGHS: THE POSSUM HAS CREATED ITS OWN DEMISE! THERE'S VALUE IN THIS MEAT, THERE'S VALUE IN THE FUR ` BRING ON PREDATOR-FREE 2050. ARE YOU GONNA HAVE SOME? TOO RIGHT HE IS. OH, YEAH, YEAH, RECORDING. YEAH. (LAUGHS) IT'S GOOD, EH? YEAH. (LAUGHS) IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS POSSUM. IS WAS CHICKEN OR TURKEY OR SOMETHING. YOU WOULD JUST ASSUME THAT IT WAS TURKEY OR CHICKEN. MM. DOESN'T THAT LOOK LIKE A KFC DRUMSTICK? YEAH. KENTUCKY FRIED POSSUM ` SAFE, TASTY, GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AND EXTREMELY FILLING. IT'S A WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN SITUATION. THE ONLY CATCH? THE FANTASY WE'VE CREATED THAT IS TABOO FOOD. LOOKS ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS, DOESN'T IT? I HAVE HAD SOME POSSUM. QUITE A LONG TIME AGO, I HAD POSSUM PIE. I AM FEELING A BIT ILL, AND I'M IN FOR A LATE NIGHT ANSWERING ALL THE COMPLAINTS. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE SECRET TO GETTING YOUR TEENS NOT TO ARGUE? JUST GET THEM TO FORM A BAND. WHAT'S REALLY SPECIAL IS JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE MUSIC WITH MY BROTHER, AND I'D LOVE TO KEEP DOING THAT. TJ: Have I done enough to wear the jersey? Gotta sweat out that fear because this is bigger than me. I do it for my fans and my family. ION4 hydration. Sweat it out witih Powerade. WELCOME BACK. IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THE JONAS BROTHERS, LIAM AND NOEL GALLAGHER, THE JACKSON 5 ` YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO FAR TO FIND SIBLINGS SINGING TOGETHER. BUT MUCH CLOSER TO HOME, THERE'S A BRAND NEW DUO THAT MIGHT JUST HAVE SOMETHING THOSE OTHER GROUPS DON'T ` REAL HARMONY. HERE'S CAROLYN ROBINSON. BOTH: # WHOA-OH-OH. THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF HARMONY. THERE'S THIS KIND,... BOTH: # THIS FIRE CALLED LOVE WILL KEEP OUR HEADS HELD HIGH. # SO LET'S POUR A GLASS AND RAISE IT TO THE SKY. # ...WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE, BUT IF YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU WON'T FIND IT NEARLY AS IMPRESSIVE AS THIS KIND OF HARMONY. ANY INSTRUMENT YOU GIVE TO BEN, HE CAN PLAY. BRODY IS THE BEST LYRICIST. HOW OLD ARE YOU GUYS? I'M 15. AND I'M 18. TEENAGERS WHO SHOULD BE MOODY AND MAD AT EACH OTHER, BUT WITHOUT WANTING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BEN AND BRODY ARE IN TUNE. IT'S BEEN SO... BOTH: ...OVERWHELMING. WOW. (CHUCKLES) THE SIBLINGS GOT THEIR START BUSKING, ROCKING OUT THEIR FAVOURITE COVERS. DID YOU MAKE SOME GOOD MONEY DOING THAT? OH, YEAH. WE WERE SO CUTE, SO EVERYONE GAVE US MONEY. YEAH, WE WOULDN'T MAKE THAT MONEY ANY MORE, BECAUSE WE DON'T` WE AREN'T CUTE. # AND I SEE FIRE, # BLOOD IN THE BREEZE. SO, WHEN I WAS LITTLE ` PROBABLY 8, 9 AND 10 ` I WOULD POST HUNDREDS OF ED SHEERAN COVERS ON YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM. # I SEE FIRE. # AND I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THIS MANAGER, AND IT SAID, 'WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME MEET ED AT HIS NEXT CONCERT?' IT WAS AMAZING. HE'S SUCH A NICE GUY. THEN, LAST YEAR, BEN AND BRODY TOOK OUT 'BEST DUO' AT THE SMOKEFREE ROCKQUEST. BOTH: # WHY DON'T WE JUST OPEN UP? # TO THIS DAY, WE STILL KIND OF CAN'T BELIEVE IT. AND NOW THEIR ORIGINAL SONG 'OPEN UP' HAS OPENED UP THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF A CAREER IN MUSIC. BOTH: # WHY DON'T WE JUST OPEN UP? # YOU LOOK SO GOOD, BUT YOU'RE HOLDING BACK. # WE WROTE THIS SONG FROM DREAMING UP A STORY BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE, AND OBVIOUSLY COS WE'RE BROTHER AND SISTER, A LOVE SONG ISN'T, SORT OF, SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE UP. (CHUCKLES) WRITE ABOUT. APART FROM SIBLING LOVE. # I'M ON MY WAY. # I WAS ALWAYS A KEEN SPORTSMAN AS A YOUNGSTER, SO WE TRIED ALL THE SPORTS WITH THE KIDS ` FOOTBALL, TENNIS, RUGBY. WE WERE TERRIBLE. BUT THERE WAS NO COMMITMENT. (LAUGHTER) YEAH, NOT FROM THIS LOT, SO, I GAVE UP. (LAUGHTER) AND THREW A GUITAR ON 'EM. (BOTH LAUGH) THEY'RE OUR BIGGEST FANS. YEAH. AND BIGGEST SUPPORTERS. AND WHILE THEIR PARENTS HAVEN'T HAD TO ENDURE ENDLESS BICKERING, THERE'S BEEN NO PEACE AND QUIET. WE GO TO BED AT 9 O'CLOCK, AND THE KIDS COME ALIVE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S THE PIANO GOING OR THERE'S THERE THE GUITAR, OR... AND WE'VE ALL GOTTA GET UP AT 11 TO LISTEN TO THEIR NEW SONG. (CHUCKLES) THEIR DAD BUILT THEM A MUSIC DESK, WHERE THEY'VE WRITTEN MANY MORE SONGS. WE'VE NEVER HAD MUSIC LESSONS. WE'RE SELF-TAUGHT ON ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS, AND NOW IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE. BUT WHAT'S REALLY SPECIAL IS JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE MUSIC WITH MY BROTHER, AND I'D LOVE TO KEEP DOING THAT. UNBELIEVABLY PROUD OF THEM. PROBABLY THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF IS THE FACT THAT THEY GET ALONG SO WELL. IT'S SO LOVELY TO LISTEN TO THEM SING, BUT I ALWAYS COME AWAY JUST PROUD THAT THEY'RE GOOD FRIENDS. BEN AND BRODY SINGING FROM THE SAME SONG SHEET. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT BEN, SO... SAME ` THAT'S WHY IT WORKS OH, STOP IT. (CHUCKLES) BOTH: # IF YOU'RE FEELING JUST A LITTLE INSECURE, # WHY DON'T WE JUST OPEN UP? # GAV BISMAN OF PAPAMOA IS ORGANISING A CHARITY BBQ THIS WEEKEND. HE ALSO TEACHES KIDS TO SURF FOR FREE, AND RAISES MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES, AND THOSE HELPING TO FEED AND CLOTHE OTHERS. BUT SOMETIMES THE COMMUNITY ROCK NEEDS A HELPING HAND TOO, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S THIS WEEK'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD RECIPIENT. (PENSIVE MUSIC) THEY'VE NEVER MET UNTIL NOW, BUT THEY HAVE A COMMON CONNECTION ` A BIG-HEARTED BLOKE NAMED GAV WHO LOVES TO SURF, LOVES HIS BEACHSIDE COMMUNITY. HE'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL MAN. HE HAS A DEEP-SEATED LOVE FOR PEOPLE. EVERY WEEK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GAV'S ORGANISED TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES OR TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. HE IS THE EPITOME OF EVERYTHING THAT THIS AWARD SHOULD BE ABOUT ` SOMEONE SELFLESS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, WHO'S KIND, WHO JUST IS DOING GOOD THINGS AND IS A GOOD PERSON THEMSELVES. PAPAMOA JUST WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM. HE'S JUST EVERYWHERE. I THINK TRYING TO PIN HIM DOWN IS` IS THE CHALLENGE, COS HE'S, KIND OF, ALWAYS DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO TRUE. WE'VE HAD A DEVIL OF A JOB TO PIN HIM DOWN. (LAUGHS) YEAH. I HOPE HE REALISES HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO HIS COMMUNITY THAT HE'S SO, SO, SO INVOLVED IN. HE WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR ANYTHING. THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO MEET THIS MAN. YES, PLEASE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. (UPLIFTING MUSIC) GIDDAY, GIDDAY. OH, GIDDAY. HEY. ARE YOU GAV, THE EVERYWHERE ACTION MAN? YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE THE DUDE OFF, UH, TV. YOU'RE THE BLOKE WHO, WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR A BIT OF HELP, SAYS, 'YEAH, MATE, GOOD AS GOLD,'. YEP, KIND OF, TRY TO ANYWAY. YEAH, WELL, SPEAKING OF GOOD AS GOLD, YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THE ASB GOOD AS GOLD SEGMENT ON SEVEN SHARP? (LAUGHS) NOW I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE FROM. WELL, GAV, I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY... OH, YOU GUYS SET ME UP, EH? (LAUGHTER) TODAY IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU, YOUNG MAN. NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH. IT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. THAT'S A YES, YES, YES. (LAUGHTER) THE ASB WOULD LOVE TO DEPOSIT $10,000 INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. MAN, YEAH, THAT'S A LOT OF CASH, DUDE. TO SPEND AS YOU WISH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TOUGH TIMES WITH YOUR YOUNG LAD OSCAR. YEAH, WE HAD` WE'VE HAD A BIG YEAR. LEUKAEMIA LAST YEAR. WE'RE CANCER-FREE AT THIS STAGE, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THAT GOING. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? IS THIS GUY DISSERVING? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THANK YOU. (UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES) IT'S A VERY WELCOME SURPRISE. I` I HOPE I SOUNDED GRATEFUL BEFORE, BECAUSE I... (SIGHS) YOU JUST CAUGHT ME OUT, THAT'S ALL. I'M NOT USED TO THAT. GAV WAS FRONT AND CENTRE FOR A CHANGE IN THIS COMMUNITY. YEAH, THIS COMMUNITY, YOU'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU'RE NOT` NO ONE IS ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHAT'S COOL. THAT'S WHY I LOVE LIVING HERE. WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN IT TOGETHER, GOOD AND BAD. FROM TEACHING THE YOUNG LOCALS TO RIDE WAVES, TO HELPING CLOTHE AND FEED THOSE WHO NEED A HAND UP, TO ORGANISING MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH WALKS, OUR FATHER OF FOUR IS SEEMINGLY ALWAYS AVAILABLE. WHAT'S THE SATISFACTION OF GETTING REALLY INVOLVED? UM, IT'S JUST GOOD. YOU KNOW, LIKE,... IT'S` IT'S GOOD. LIKE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU? THIS PLACE IS PROBABLY SAVED ME, TO BE HONEST. I HAD A MAJOR HEART ANEURISM THING, NEARLY DIED. THAT PUSHED US TO LEAVE AUCKLAND, AND WE MOVED HERE TO PAPAMOA. IT'S BEEN A BETTER LIFE SINCE. I'VE BATTLED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES MYSELF, BUT FOR ME, THIS COMMUNITY JUST GAVE ME A CHANCE TO LIVE AGAIN. AS A NEWCOMER, YOU CAME IN, ROLLED YOUR SLEEVES UP AND SAID, 'LET'S GET ON WITH IT'. IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT IN FIVE YEARS. I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN FOR EVERYONE HERE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. (WARM MUSIC) HOW'S THE YOUNG FELLA DOING? OH, HE'S GOOD. HE'S REAL GOOD. WE'VE GOT HIM BACK IN SCHOOL, AND IT'S COOL FOR HIM TO GET TO BE JUST A SCHOOL KID AGAIN. IF YOU KNOW A DESERVING NEW ZEALANDER, NOMINATE THEM AT ASBGOODASGOLD.CO.NZ. GOOD ON YOU, GAV. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'RE IN THE LOFT AND ON THE WING, AS ONE OF OUR OLDEST PIGEON-RACING CLUBS CLOSES ITS DOORS FOR THE LAST TIME. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY. THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. 5 GOLD RINGS IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, JESSIE PURU AND ANNIE CURTIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021.