WITH THE WEATHER ON THE TURN AND DAYLIGHT SAVING JUST AROUND THE CORNER, BOATIES WILL BE GETTING BACK ON THE WATER IN THEIR DROVES. IT'S OUR MOST POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY, BUT UNLIKE DRIVING, THERE ARE NO RULES TO MAKE SURE A SKIPPER'S QUALIFIED TO OPERATE A VESSEL SAFELY. (SEAGULLS SQUAWK) IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PASTIME. BEAUTIFUL, I LOVE IT. GOOD DAY OUT ON THE HAURAKI GULF IS LIKE DRIVING THROUGH THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL. ALEXANDER'S NOT ALONE ` WE'VE GOT 1.5 MILLION BOATS IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS AND THE NUMBER'S GROWING. GREAT DAY FOR IT. SO AS OUR HARBOURS TURN INTO HIGHWAYS, DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME WAVE? SHENANIGANS HAPPEN AND IT'S MOSTLY LIKE SPEEDING. SHENANIGANS HAPPEN AND IT'S MOSTLY LIKE SPEEDING. AND YEAH, GIVING WAY IS NOT ALWAYS DONE RIGHT. YOU ONLY HAVE TO BE AT A MARINA OR A BOAT RAMP AROUND, YOU KNOW, DURING SUMMER IN NEW ZEALAND AND YOU STAND THERE WITH YOUR POPCORN AND THEN THAT'S BEFORE THEY'VE EVEN GOT OUT ON THE WATER. GEOFF LAMOND HAS A LICENSE TO DRIVE HIS CAR AND HE BELIEVES THE TIME IS RIGHT TO INTRODUCE ONE FOR BOATING. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE ON THE ROCKS. WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES. IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA, AND THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SAYS IT WORKS WELL IN NEW SOUTH WALES. BASICALLY, IT'S AN ONLINE TEST AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE WORKBOOK WHILST YOU'RE PUTTING THE ANSWERS TO THE EXAM, BUT AT LEAST YOU ARE STUDYING THE INFORMATION YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BEFORE YOU CAN GO OUT BOATING. IT'S THE KIWI WAY TO USE THE FAMILY BOAT DURING SUMMER, AND WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT FAMILIES AND OTHER PEOPLE GETTING HURT ` IT'S A NO-BRAINER AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. AND FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY CHRIS BREDENBECK FROM WAIKATO REGIONAL HARBOURMASTER. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU, CHRIS. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED A LICENSE TO DRIVE A CAR AND FLY A PLANE, BUT NOT TO OPERATE A BOAT. WHY IS THAT? YEAH, IT'S FRUSTRATING, ISN'T IT? LOOK, THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW FOR IT TO HAPPEN IN NEW ZEALAND. SO IT'S THE LAST BASTION OF FREEDOM ` YOU BUY A BOAT AND GO FORTH AND RECREATE. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LOOSE. WHAT WOULD BE THE BARRIERS TO POLICING SKIPPER'S LICENCES? YEAH. LOOK, I THINK THE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE ALREADY IN NEW ZEALAND, SO AGENCIES LIKE MY OWN, THE HARBOURMASTER FUNCTIONS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH COMPLIANCE ON THE WATERWAYS AND IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER ADDITION ONTO OUR TOOLKIT IF WE COULD DEAL WITH SKIPPER LICENSING AS WELL. MARITIME NEW ZEALAND HAVE SOME RESOURCES TO DO IT, BUT THE HARBOURMASTER FUNCTIONS ARE DELIVERING WELL ACROSS NEW ZEALAND ALREADY. SO YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO'S WORKING IN THE SECTOR NOW AND YOU'RE SAYING THIS WOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU GUYS TO ENFORCE SHOULD THEY BRING THEM IN? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESOURCING ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, BUT FOR THE MAJOR PLACES WHERE THE BULK OF OUR BOATING IS DONE IN NEW ZEALAND, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY READY TO GO. AND HOW FAR SHOULD LICENSING GO, CHRIS? I MEAN, WHAT SIZE AND TYPE OF BOAT SHOULD THE OPERATOR NEED TO BE LICENSED TO DRIVE? WE'VE GOT RULES ALREADY IN OUR BYLAWS ABOUT THE AGES OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK POWER DRIVEN VESSELS CAPABLE OF MORE THAN FIVE KNOTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, KIDS CAN STILL GO OUT AND PLAY AROUND IN A DINGHY, BUT ONCE YOU'RE IN A POWER BOAT AND YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF OTHER PEOPLE, THE OBLIGATION ON YOU IS TO KEEP YOUR PASSENGERS SAFE. SO I THINK IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LICENCE, OR AT LEAST SOME FORM OF KNOWLEDGE BEFORE YOU HIT THE WATER. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SEE OUT ON THE WATER? YEAH. LOOK, I GOT A HORROR STORY THE OTHER WEEK, ACTUALLY. THERE WAS A BRAND NEW BOATIE IN A YACHT ON THE TAURANGA HARBOUR, AND THERE'S A MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIP COMING IN AND THE CONTAINER SHIPS HAVING TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A BRAND NEW SKIPPER JUST BECAUSE THAT PERSON DIDN'T KNOW THE RULES. IT DOESN'T GET MUCH CLOSER THAN THAT ` THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER, SAM BAKER AND SEAN LYDIARD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 24 HOURS, 18 TEAMS, ONE INCREDIBLE PHYSICAL CHALLENGE ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. THE CURE KIDS APPEAL IS UNDERWAY AGAIN, AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DIG DEEP TO HELP SAVE YOUNG LIVES. NOT EVERYONE GETS TO BATTLE AGAINST THEIR SPORTING HERO. BUT BEHIND THE SMILES, CORIN COPELAND'S FIGHTING HIS OWN BATTLES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. I STRUGGLE WITH A REALLY BAD GENETIC HEART CONDITION, SO IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN, BUT IT'S REALLY` IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME. IT'S JUST THERE. I JUST HAVE IT. IT JUST CAN'T GET CURED. SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. BORN WITH A VERY RARE GENETIC HEART CONDITION, A LACK OF ELASTIN IN THE ARTERIES, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO CLOSE UP, AT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, CORIN HAD THE FIRST OF NUMEROUS OPEN HEART SURGERIES. THREE, TWO, ONE! AWAY YOU GO. NOW, 13, HE'S LIVING A NORMAL LIFE, BUT IS REMINDED NOT TO PUSH HIS HEART TOO MUCH. THIS CURE KIDS AMBASSADOR HOPING PEDAL POWER AND DETERMINATION CAN HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR BIG RESEARCH SO BIG BREAKTHROUGHS IN CHILD HEALTH CAN HAPPEN. AND ALL BLACK TJ PERENARA IS HERE. SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU, TJ. AND YOU'VE JUST JUMPED OFF THE BIKE TO CHAT WITH US. HOW'S IT GOING? YEAH, IT'S AWESOME TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. IT'S BEEN PRETTY SPECIAL, ACTUALLY. THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE ALL CONNECTING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD, SO IT'S COOL TO BE A PART OF, AND I'M REALLY` YEAH, I'M REALLY PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE, ACTUALLY. AND, TJ, CAN WE GET CAMERAMAN PHIL JUST TO SHOW US YOUR DEDICATION, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU'RE IN A MOON-BOOT. WHAT HAPPENED? I AM. YEAH, I TORE MY ACHILLES IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. I HAD A SURGERY TO REPAIR IT, AND PART OF IT JUST DIDN'T HEAL PROPERLY, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK IN AND HAVE A SECOND SURGERY, SO THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS AGO NOW. IT'S HEALING WELL, BUT I HAVE TO BE IN THE MOON-BOOT WHEN I, LIKE, DO BIKE SESSIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO HOPEFULLY I'LL BE OUT OF IT BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. BUT THINGS ARE GOING ALRIGHT. IS IT STILL SORE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BIKE? BECAUSE THIS IS SOME CHALLENGE. NAH, IT'S NOT SORE AT ALL. IT'S JUST MORE TO KEEP IT IN A CERTAIN ANGLE SO THAT THE ACHILLES DOESN'T STRETCH TOO MUCH AT THE MOMENT, BUT PAIN-WISE, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. AND A 24-HOUR CHALLENGE, I MEAN, TO JEREMY AND I, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GRUELLING. TALK US THROUGH HOW IT WORKS. YEAH, SO PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN TEAMS ` YEAH, SO PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN TEAMS ` UNDER ARMOUR HAVE A TEAM, CURE KIDS HAVE A TEAM, REBEL SPORTS AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OTHER BRANDS AND COMPANIES THAT HAVE A TEAM, AND YOU DO LIKE A HALF-AN-HOUR STINT OR AN HOUR STINT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SIGN UP TO, AND THEN YOU SUB IN WITH SOMEONE ELSE FROM YOUR TEAM TO KEEP THINGS ROLLING. SO THAT'S HOW THE 24-HOUR CHALLENGE WORKS. AND TJ, WHAT IS IT ABOUT CURE KIDS? WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO GET BEHIND THEM? OUR KIDS ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE, YOU KNOW, AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. I HAVE MY OWN BABY AS WELL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO AND ALWAYS FELT IS A NECESSARY THING. WHEN FAMILIES GO THROUGH SUCH TOUGH TIMES, IF WE CAN HAVE AN ORGANISATION THAT NOT ONLY HELPS THE KIDS AND THE RESEARCH OF, I GUESS, DISEASES AND SICKNESSES, BUT SUPPORT FAMILIES AS WELL, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND TJ, BEFORE YOU GO, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE FLOOR NOW ` HOW CAN OUR VIEWERS HELP? YEAH, SO WE CAN DONATE TO CURE KIDS ` THEY HAVE A WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING. I'LL BE CHUCKING A LINK IN MY STORY AS WELL, SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GO AND CHECK THAT OUT. AND LIKE, LET'S HELP. I KNOW IT'S TOUGH TIMES FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT ANY LITTLE BIT COUNTS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE. WELL, GOOD FOR YOU AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TJ. ALL THE BEST. CHEERS, THANK YOU. SEE YOU LATER. HE IS A GOOD MAN. THEY'RE ONE OF OUR RAREST BIRDS, SO THE RACE IS ON TO STABILISE THE POPULATION OF THE KAKARIKI KARAKA BEFORE THEY BECOME EXTINCT. SACHA MCNEIL TOOK TO THE SKY, LAND AND SEA, TRAVELLING TO THEIR REMOTE NEW 'HOME-TO-BE' RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY. REMOTE AND ISOLATED, THIS GLACIER-CARVED FIORD IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEW ZEALAND REQUIRES A BIT OF COMMUTING TO GET TO. WE'RE HEADING FOR ANCHOR ISLAND IN FRONT OF US HERE, WHERE CAPTAIN COOK HIMSELF ANCHORED JUST OFF THIS TIP OVER ON THE RIGHT HERE, ON ANCHOR POINT BACK IN THE 1770s WHEN HE WAS HERE. THE DAY-LONG DELIVERY TO DUSKY SOUND A PILGRIMAGE WELL WORTH MAKING. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS AREA? THE REMOTENESS. THE GRANDEUR OF IT ALL, YOU KNOW? IT'S PRETTIER AS WE COME SOUTH. LOOKING AROUND US HERE, YOU CAN'T GET MUCH WRONG. IT'S A LOVELY SPOT. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE? (WARM MUSIC CONTINUES) AND YOU DON'T GET SEASICK? NOT IN RECENT YEARS, (CHUCKLES) BUT, YOU KNOW, THE COAST OF FIORDLAND ` IT'S REPUTABLY THE SECOND-ROUGHEST COAST ON THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND IT CAN BE SOME DAYS, SO, YEAH. I'VE HEARD THE WORD LUMPY A FEW TIMES SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE. UNSETTLED. (BOTH CHUCKLE) ANCHOR ISLAND, ARGUABLY THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF TAMATEA / DUSKY SOUND, BELIEVED TO BE THE SITE OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT ` CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AND HIS MEN ATTRACTED BY THE LARGE FUR SEAL POPULATION. BUT IT'S A NEW ENDEAVOUR ON THIS ISLAND THAT WILL PROTECT A PIECE OF OUR NATURAL HISTORY. (GENTLE MUSIC) WE ARE IN AN EXTREMELY REMOTE LOCATION. IT IS NOT EASY TO VISIT PUKENUI / ANCHOR ISLAND. SO ANY PERSON WHO DOES STEP ASHORE HERE, I THINK YOU REALLY ALMOST SEE WHY IT IS WE WANT TO KEEP PROTECTING. SO, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON BIRDS THAT WE SEE ` THE TOUTOUWAI, THE SOUTH ISLAND ROBIN, AND QUITE OFTEN WHEN YOU'RE WALKING, THEY LOVE ALL THE SEEDS AND THE FOOD DOWN AT YOUR FEET. YEAH, SO, THIS IS THE SORT OF TRAP WE USE ON THE ISLANDS AND ON THE MAINLAND TO GET STOATS AND RATS. AND HERE ON PUKENUI, OR ANCHOR ISLAND, IT IS COMPLETELY PEST- OR PREDATOR-FREE, WHICH MAKES IT SO SPECIAL. (REFLECTIVE MUSIC) MAKING IT THE PERFECT SPOT FOR AN AMBITIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECT COLLABORATION BETWEEN DOC, NGAI TAHU AND TOURISM OPERATOR REALNZ. WHAT WE'RE SORT OF PLANNING TO DO WITH THE KAKARIKI KARAKA, THE ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEET, IS BRINGING THEM TO THIS ISLAND. GIVE THEM A WHILE TO SORT OF ADAPT AND THEN WITH THE AIM THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BREED AND MULTIPLY IN THIS PEST-FREE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A COMMITMENT TO ONE OF OUR RAREST BIRDS. ONLY 350 KAKARIKI KARAKA REMAIN, AND OUR SMALLEST PARAKEET HAVE ALREADY BEEN DECLARED EXTINCT TWICE. HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO WORK IN AREAS LIKE THIS, PROJECTS LIKE THIS KAKARIKI PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IN A SMALL WAY, WE'RE DOING OUR BIT TO HELP PROTECT THE TAONGA SPECIES IN OUR COUNTRY. A PROJECT NGAI TAHU SEES AS VITAL. BEING TANGATA WHENUA, WE'VE GOT A KAITIAKITANGA RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING. THEY'RE A HUGE PART OF THE HERITAGE OF THE COUNTRY, IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY. I IMAGINE YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING RATHER THAN THIS? NO. LIKE I SAY, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE. AND TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON FROM WHEN I FIRST STARTED, AND ACTUALLY, SOME OF THE PLACES YOU CAN GO INTO NOW AND HEAR THE BIRDSONG, WHICH WASN'T THERE PREVIOUSLY. IT IS QUITE AMAZING TO THINK OF WHAT THE FOREST MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE BACK IN THE DAY. A HOPEFUL VISION FROM THE PAST FOR OUR BIRDLIFE TO COME. ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO STEP ASHORE AND HOPEFULLY SEE A KAKARIKI KARAKA WANDERING AROUND HERE. (UPLIFTING MUSIC SWELLS, FADES) BEAUTIFUL. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE MEET THE KIWI RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE MORE FAMOUS ` AND INFAMOUS ` JINGLES THAT GET STUCK IN YOUR HEAD. WE LOVE YOU. WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU, AND YOU'RE THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT I KNOW, AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU. EVERYONE LOVES THE QUEEN OF CHEESE ROLLS, FIND OUT WHY SHE'S THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION IN JUST A MOMENT. NAU MAI HOKI MAI, WELCOME BACK, NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. KATHRYN SANSON IS INVERCARGILL'S QUEEN OF CHEESE ROLLS. SHE'S ALSO A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT. AND WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TWO INGREDIENTS TOGETHER YOU HAVE THE RECIPE FOR A MAMMOTH FUNDRAISER ` MORE CHEESE ROLLS THAN EVEN THE HUNGRIEST SCOUT TROUPE COULD MAKE A DENT IN. AND FOR THAT, SHE'S THIS WEEK'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD RECIPIENT. INSIDE THIS NONDESCRIPT INVERCARGILL SCHOOL HALL, THE PRODUCTION LINE IS WORKING AT CAPACITY... PUMPING OUT A SOUTHLAND DELICACY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A DYNAMO WHO COMMANDS RESPECT AND ADMIRATION. KATHRYN IS THE EMBODIMENT OF SERVICE BEFORE SELF. SHE'S JUST A WONDERFUL LADY. SHE'S KIND. SHE'S GENEROUS WITH HER TIME. I'M IN AWE OF HER. ONE OF HER MAIN PASSIONS IS SCOUTS. SO KATHRYN HAS SPENT A LARGE PART OF HER LIFE FOSTERING CHILDREN ALONG WITH HER OWN CHILDREN, AND THEY'VE ALL GONE THROUGH SCOUTS. SHE BELIEVES IN HOW CHILDREN GET TAUGHT THERE AND HOW THEY GROW AND BECOME BETTER PEOPLE. NO SURPRISE, THEN, THAT THIS ANNUAL CHEESE-ROLL-MAKING MARATHON IS A FUNDRAISER FOR HER LOCAL SCOUT GROUP. KATHRYN'S UNRELENTING WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING VOLUNTEERS. SHE'S NOT BACKWARDS ABOUT COMING FORWARDS. YOU SIMPLY CAN'T SAY NO. NO. KATHRYN'S NOT SOMEONE YOU SAY NO TO. BUT YOU DON'T WANNA SAY NO. IT'S ABOUT ` THIS IS A NEED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO TO DO IT, AND I NEED PEOPLE AROUND ME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND THE FOLLOWERS COME. THEY DO. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. AS A GROUP, WE'RE SO PROUD OF HER. WE JUST WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE WITHOUT HER, QUITE FRANKLY. MM. ARE YOUR EYES STARTING TO TEAR UP? YEAH, THEY ARE. I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL THINKING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I JUST KNOW THE HARD WORK THAT SHE PUTS IN. WE ALL LOVE HER. SHE'S EVERYTHING. WELL, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ROLLED INTO TOWN AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT MOMENT. OH, I'D SAY SO, IF YOU WANT SOME FRESH CHEESE ROLLS. HOW MANY THIS YEAR, KATHRYN? 45,000 INDIVIDUAL CHEESE ROLLS, WHICH IS OVER 3600 DOZEN. WOW. YEAH. WOW. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONLY ONE... OF THE HEARTFELT COMMUNITY PROJECTS YOU'RE INVOLVED IN HERE IN INVERCARGILL EVERY YEAR. YEAH. NO, WE DO QUITE A BIT OF FUNDRAISING. ARE YOU THINKING ASB GOOD AS GOLD? NO. YOU'RE NOT? NO. WELL, I AM. I'M MICHAEL FROM SEVEN SHARP. YEAH. AND, YES, KATHRYN, I AM TICKLED TO TELL YOU YOU ARE THIS WEEK'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD RECIPIENT... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WHOA. WOW. WHAT TO SAY? ...FOR BEING THE ABSOLUTE CAN-DO COMMUNITY CHAMPION THAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU. NOT TO MENTION THE QUEEN OF CHEESE ROLLS, OF COURSE. AND TO CELEBRATE, THE ASB IS HAPPILY SENDING YOUR WAY $10,000. THAT'S JUST AMAZING. (APPLAUSE) AND THAT'S FOR YOU TO USE HOWEVER YOU WISH, BUT WE'D LIKE TO THINK THERE'LL BE SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. WE'LL SEE. (LAUGHS) WE LOVE YOU. WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. WE LOVE YOU. WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. AND YOU ARE THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT I KNOW. THANK YOU, KAREN. AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU. AND YOU DESERVE THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. DOESN'T SHE? SHE DOES. I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE HIT YET ` JUST A BIT BUSY AT THE MOMENT. BIT BLOWN AWAY, REALLY. YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE? JUST DON'T DO IT FOR THAT ` IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT. I MEAN, IT IS A HUGE EFFORT FROM EVERYONE. IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON. IT'S A TEAM ` EVERYTHING WE DO. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT? IT JUST DOES SO MUCH FOR THE YOUTH. YOU WATCH SOME OF THE CHILDREN COME IN WHO JUST HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED A LOT OF STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THEM GROW THROUGH IT AND COME OUT THE OTHER END AND... YEAH, JUST BECOMING DIFFERENT CHILDREN, YOU KNOW? IT'S JUST AWESOME. YOU'RE ALWAYS ON THE GO ` ALWAYS. YEAH. PEOPLE SAY THEY GO TO RAROTONGA AND PLACES LIKE THAT, AND THEY SIT ON THE BEACH. AND... CAN'T IMAGINE DOING THAT ` JUST SITTING, DOING NOTHING. YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP MOVING. YEP. RIGHT. I'VE GOTTA GET ALAN'S ORDER OUT. GET BACK TO WORK! GOOD ON YA. IF YOU KNOW A DESERVING NEW ZEALANDER, NOMINATE THEM AT ASBGOODASGOLD.CO.NZ AND NOW WE'RE ALL CRAVING CHEESE ROLLS. GETTING A SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD CAN CAUSE YOU ANYTHING FROM ANNOYANCE TO MILD AMUSEMENT. I'VE ALWAYS GOT DANCING QUEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD, BUT I DON'T MIND THAT. FOR ME, IT'S THE THEME TO THE 1992 CRICKET WORLD CUP ` WHO'LL RULE THE WORLD? BEN HURLEY WITH THE ORIGIN OF SOME OF OUR MOST FAMOUS EAR-WORMS. OVER 100 YEARS AGO, THE GERMANS CAME UP WITH A WORD, 'OHRWURM', LITERALLY MEANING EARWORM. IT'S THE PHENOMENON OF GETTING A SONG OR A TUNE STUCK ON LOOP IN YOUR HEAD. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS THAN OTHERS... I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. SO HERE'S MY TOP THREE WORST EARWORMS OF ALL TIME. NUMBER THREE ` KYLIE MINOGUE, I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD. # LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA... # NUMBER TWO ` I'M SORRY TO EVERYONE ABOUT THIS, BUT IF I HAVE TO SUFFER, SO DO YOU. AND MY NUMBER ONE WORST EARWORM EVER ` THAT'S RIGHT, MY NUMBER ONE IS AN OLD TV JINGLE, AND IT MAKES SENSE ` YOU SEE, SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT AN EAR WORM IS WHEN YOU HEAR A FRAGMENT OF A SONG AND IT LOOPS IN YOUR BRAIN TRYING TO FIND THE END. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A JINGLE IS, A FRAGMENT OF A SONG. SO I NEEDED TO FIND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DECADES-LONG EARWORM OF MINE, AND IT TURNS OUT IT'S THIS GUY, LARRY KILLIP, THE KING OF THE TV JINGLE EARWORM. ARE YOU TRYING TO CREATE EARWORMS FOR PEOPLE? I HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF DOING SUCH THINGS. I'M NOT SURE I MEANT TO DO IT, IT JUST HAPPENED. WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU'VE CREATED, DO YOU EVER GET ANY NEGATIVE REACTIONS? OH YEAH ` ONE GUY WANTED TO BOP ME ON THE NOSE AT A PARTY ONCE. 'YOU!' HE SAID, YOU KNOW? (LAUGHS) HE WAS SERIOUS TOO. WELL, LET'S GET ON TO YOUR WORK, GOTTA GET A GARAGE, GOTTA GET A GOTTAGE, GOTTA GET A SKYLINE I DON'T THINK I TRIED TOO HARD. I THINK I JUST WENT HOME AND SPAT IT OUT, YOU KNOW? WE PUT SOME SOUND EFFECTS ON IT FROM AN OLD SYNTH AND DID SOME THINGS THAT MADE IT A BIT CATCHY... THIS ONE MIGHT AGE ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK THIS WAS STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS ` # LOOKING FINE, DANCING THE COLUMBINE. # # LOOKING GOOD, AND I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD. # FEELING SMOOTH, DANCING THE COLUMBINE. # I HAD A DRUM MACHINE AND IT HAD A SALSA PATTERN ON, SO I PUSHED THE SALSA BUTTON AND OUT CAME THIS (SCATS RHYTHM). SO I PICKED UP MY GUITAR, I WENT ` # LOOKING FINE, DANCING THE COLUMBINE. # 'IT ALL COMES TO LIGHT AT LIGHTING PLUS'? # IT ALL COMES TO LIFE AT LIGHTING PLUS! # IS IT YOUR VOCALS? THAT WAS MY VOCAL. YES, I DID DO THAT ONE, YEAH. # IT ALL COMES TO LIFE AT LIGHTING PLUS! # I LIKE TO JUST DO IT RANDOMLY, SUDDENLY, SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW? AND THEN PEOPLE GO, 'OH, WHAT WAS THAT?' 'COME ON, CALLERS, JOIN THE PARTY'? THAT'S RIGHT ` ONE OF MY EARLY REGRETS. THAT ONE TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN ` I MEAN, PEOPLE HAD IT ON THEIR ANSWER PHONES AND ALL SORTS OF WEIRD THINGS, YOU KNOW? AT THE TIME, THEY'RE JUST A JOB, YOU KNOW? 'CAN YOU WRITE US A JINGLE?' YES. I'M TRYING TO CREATE A SEVEN SHARP JINGLE BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD WRITE US A JINGLE? YEAH, OF COURSE I COULD. YEAH, I CAN SING A GROCERY LIST IF YOU WANT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHAT DO YOU GOT? WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR US? WELL, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DO HAVE SOMETHING I PREPARED A LITTLE EARLIER. OKAY, GREAT. SO, UM... # CURRENT AFFAIRS, POINTS OF VIEW, A LITTLE BIT OF GOSS, SOME INTERVIEWS. # HILARY, JEREMY, # TALKING UP A STORM FOR YOU AND ME. # HEY, WHAT TIME DOES IT START? # SEVEN SHARP! # (WHOOPS) # WHAT TIME DOES IT START? SEVEN SHARP. # WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. ON THE SHOW TOMORROW ` NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE AND ABSOLUTE LIVING LEGEND DON MCGLASHAN JOINS US ` WHERE ELSE BUT HALFWAY DOWN DOMINION ROAD? THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY; THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. BRADLEY WALSH'S BREAKING DAD IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. PO MARIE. CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY SEAN LYDIARD, ALEX WALKER AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023