WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT, TODAY SCHOOLS HAD TO ENFORCE A BAN ON MOBILE PHONES. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN CLASSES, IT'S OUTSIDE IN THE PLAYGROUND TOO. UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYS TERM TWO ALREADY AND ONE THING FIRMLY OFF THE CURRICULUM IS THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES ` THAT'S BOTH IN CLASSES AND DURING BREAKS. NATIONAL MADE THE CALL LAST AUGUST SO STUDENTS COULD FOCUS ON LEARNING AND TEACHERS ON TEACHING THEM. MANY SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY ENFORCED IT, BUT TODAY WAS D-DAY FOR THE PROHIBITION POLICY RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT IS SWITCHING OFF THEIR USE SWITCHED ON STUDENTS LEARNING? AND TO FIND OUT, WE'RE JOINED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION, VAUGHN COUILLAULT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, VAUGHN. VAUGHN, WHAT IMPACT HAS A CELL PHONE BAN HAD ON SCHOOLS AND FOR STUDENTS LEARNING? WELL SO FAR TODAY, NOT A HUGE IMPACT BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE SORTED THAT OUT DURING TERM ONE. BUT I'M GETTING REPORTS FROM TEACHERS AND FROM COLLEAGUES AROUND THE PLACE NOW. IT'S MADE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY FEWER DISTRACTIONS WITH REGARD TO THOSE EASILY HIDDEN DEVICES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'D BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT TEACHERS ARE FINDING IT REALLY PROMISING. SO VAUGHAN, HAS HELPED KIDS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM BECOME MORE SOCIABLE, MAYBE, AND CREATE FRIENDSHIPS? YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SEEN THAT ON MY CAMPUS BECAUSE THE PLACE THAT I GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, STUDENTS DO A FAIR AMOUNT OF SOCIALISING, AND THEY WEREN'T SORT OF BUMPING INTO LAMP-POSTS ON THEIR PHONES ANYWAY. UM, BUT THEY ARE STILL ALLOWED TO USE THE LAPTOPS. THEY'RE STILL ALLOWED TO USE DEVICES THAT AREN'T CELL PHONES. SO, THOSE THAT ARE QUITE DEDICATED TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF ENDEAVOUR ARE PROBABLY STILL GOING THERE. UM, BUT UM, FROM COLLEAGUES THAT I CHAT TO, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A PRETTY GOOD UPTAKE AND A PRETTY GOOD APPROACH TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION FROM STUDENTS. VAUGHN, HOW DOES IT WORK LOGISTICALLY? WHAT IF YOU NEED TO ARRANGE A PICK UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE'RE SO USED TO BEING ABLE TO CONTACT PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY NOWADAYS. YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FLEX ON THE IN THE REGULATIONS AND IN THE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOW TEACHERS TO GIVE EXEMPTIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT NEED THE DEVICE FOR LEARNING TO HAPPEN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE'S AN EQUITY ISSUE, WHERE THERE'S A STUDENT WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LAPTOP AND A CELL PHONE, THEY CAN MAYBE USE THAT CELL PHONE FOR THEIR LEARNING IN CLASS, BUT ALSO WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A SITUATION THAT'S GENUINE, WE CAN WE CAN, UM, GIVE EXEMPTIONS FOR THAT. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THE DARK AGES, WHEN, SAY, I WAS AT SCHOOL, YOU CAN ALWAYS RING THE FRONT OFFICE AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES BEFORE WE CAN GET HOLD OF YOU IN THE CLASSROOM. SO WE CAN WE CAN COPE WITH THOSE URGENT AND IMMEDIATE SITUATIONS AS WELL. JUST CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE. HAS IT POTENTIALLY HELPED BY TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPALS? YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY MADE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THERE'S MANY OF US THAT HAVE HAD RULES AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO USE CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM FOR YEARS, BUT WHAT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION DOES SEEM TO HAVE DONE, IT'S MADE IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO ACCEPT. IT'S NOT JUST VAUGHN THE PRINCIPAL BEING AN EGG, NOT LETTING KIDS USE CELL PHONES IN CLASS. IT'S ACTUALLY NOW A PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR TEACHERS TO ENFORCE. AS YOU SAID, MANY SCHOOLS WENT EARLY WITH A PHONE BAN. WHAT LENGTHS HAVE YOU HEARD OF KIDS GOING TO USE THEIR PHONES SO FAR? UH, LOOK, I'M SURE THERE'S A NUMBER OF BURNERS, THAT HAVE BEEN HANDED IN INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL PHONE. UH, SO THERE'LL BE, UH, EVERYONE'S GOT THE ODD OLD AND OUTDATED PHONE AT HOME. I'M SURE A FEW OF THOSE HAVE BEEN HANDED IN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE END OF THE DAY THAT YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY CONFISCATING A PHONE FOR A FEW HOURS AND HANDING IT BACK TO THE STUDENT AT 3.15 OR 3.30, WHENEVER YOUR SCHOOL FINISHES. SO I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OUTLANDISH AND INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE STORIES YET, BUT IT MAY BE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT THAT AMAZING INNOVATOR. THANKS SO MUCH FOR VAUGHAN. GREAT TALKING TO YOU. OH, GOOD. NO PROBLEM. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE, ALEX WALKER AND FRANK GORE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 PONDS, VEGETABLE GARDENS, MAYBE EVEN A SWING, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO UPGRADING YOUR OUTDOOR SPACES. BUT ONE SOUTH AUCKLAND COUPLE DECIDED THE BEST USE OF THEIR BACKYARD WAS A HOBBIT HOLE. BUT AS LUCAS DE JONG FOUND OUT, IT'S A PIECE OF LANDSCAPING THAT SYMBOLIZES FAR MORE THAN A PLACE FOR DIRTY-FOOTED LITTLE CHARACTERS TO HANG OUT. WOW. THAT'S QUITE SOMETHING, ISN'T IT? SO FANS OF THE BOOKS OR FANS OF THE MOVIES? UH, I HAVEN'T WATCHED ANY OF THE FILMS, UNFORTUNATELY. OR THE BOOKS. YOU HAVEN'T READ ANY OF THE BOOKS? NO. CAN I ASK WHY? THERE IS A BIT OF A STORY. IT STARTS TEN YEARS AGO. ZOE WAS A PAEDIATRIC NURSE AND SEAN WAS PLAYING THE BEST RUGBY OF HIS LIFE. 2014, YEAH I ACTUALLY... YEAH, IT WAS LIKE ONE OF MY BEST YEARS WITH AUCKLAND I THINK I GOT PLAYER OF THE YEAR THAT YEAR, WHICH WAS WHICH I WAS PRETTY PROUD ABOUT. UM, THEN OFF THE BACK OF THAT, I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY DOWN AT THE CHIEFS. LIVING THE DREAM. LIVING THE DREAM. YEAH, LITERALLY. LIFE WAS GOOD. YEAH. THE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS HAD A PLAN, AND THEN IT ALL CHANGED. THE FEBRUARY 26TH, 2015. I REMEMBER I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH THE HANDS, AND I JUST CLIPPED AN UNFORTUNATE SHOULDER AND HIT THE HARD SUMMER GROUND, AND I WAS BLURRY EVER SINCE. HE CALLS IT THE 'FOG'. WHEN I WOULD TALK TO HIM, THERE WAS A BIT OF A DELAYED RESPONSE. IT WAS A SEASON ENDING HEAD INJURY AT A TIME WHEN HIS WIFE WAS FIGHTING A PAIN OF HER OWN. WHAT I WENT THROUGH WITH MY HEAD INJURY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT ZOE'S HAD TO PUT UP WITH HER WHOLE LIFE. I WAS BORN WITH A COMPLEX VASCULAR MALFORMATION. IT'S NOT GENETIC, JUST SOMETHING THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENED AT BIRTH. WEIRDLY ENOUGH, JUST HAD A FEELING THAT MAYBE I SHOULD CHECK THAT IT'S OK, THAT I CAN HAVE CHILDREN. AND THEN SHE JUST SAID, LOOK, UM, THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO SAY THIS TO YOU, BUT IF YOU WERE TO GET PREGNANT, YOU WOULD DIE. AND ALL I'VE EVER WANTED WAS TO BE A MUM. SO I WAS LIKE, 'WHAT'? OUR CARE-FREE 20s WERE DEFINITELY FLIPPED ON IT'S HEAD. DAD USED TO ALWAYS SAY TO ME ME ONE DAY AT A TIME. AND THAT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY REAL MENTALITY TO TRY AND GET YOURSELF THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. ONE DAY AT A TIME, WAITING FOR LIFE TO START AGAIN. AND SO HE STARTED LIKE RE-SEEDING THE LAWN AND DOING ALL OF THIS PLANT LIKE GARDENING STUFF. MONTHS TURNED INTO YEARS AND SEAN REALISED HIS CAREER WAS OVER. THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART WAS LIKE, YEAH, TRYING TO TELL MYSELF THAT I WAS GOOD. BUT THEN DEEP DOWN I KNEW, I WAS LIKE, NO, I'M NO GOOD HERE. AND SO SEAN BUILT A NEW LIFE IN THE TREES, PLANTS AND LAND OF PUKEKOHE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BUBBLING ROCK WATER FEATURE. PLANTS WILL NATURALLY JUST MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS THERE, YOU KNOW. LONG WAY FROM THE RUGBY FIELD. IT IS. HE RUNS ON SITE LANDSCAPES LIKE A TEAM, ALL WHILE KEEPING THE FOG AT BAY. I HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE FOR ONE. UM, FRESH AIR AND NATURE. THERE'S SOMETHING VERY THERAPEUTIC ABOUT, LIKE A GARDEN WHILE SEAN WAS FOCUSSED ON PROVIDING FOR HIS FAMILY, ZOE WAS FOCUSSED ON GROWING ONE. SHE JUST SAID, YOU CAN DO SURROGACY. AND THIS WAS BEFORE ALL OF THE CELEBRITIES. THIS WAS BEFORE KIM KARDASHIAN AND TONI STREET AND EVERYONE. SO, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT SURROGACY WAS. IT WAS A PROCESS THAT CAME WITH A LOT OF LOSS, BUT WITH THE HELP OF THEIR FAMILIES... SO YEAH, MY BROTHER'S PARTNER, KAT, SHE OFFERED TO BE OUR SURROGATE. ...THEY GREW A FAMILY. WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE HOBBIT HOLE. NOW, THAT WE'RE KIND OF HERE, WE'VE GOT OUR TWO KIDS. IT'S LIKE, MAN, THAT WAS` EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HARD, IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. IT'S A SYMBOL THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THEIR PASSIONS, A PLACE THEY'VE BUILT, ONE THAT GROWS WITH THEIR FAMILY. IT'S A HAVEN TO ENJOY TOGETHER. DO YOU RESENT RUGBY AT ALL? I COULD IF I WANTED TO, BUT RUGBY HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH, AND THERE'S SO MUCH FROM RUGBY THAT'S HELPED ME IN BUSINESS AND OTHER PARTS OF MY LIFE. SO, AND I THINK HAVING THAT RESENTFUL ATTITUDE GETS YOU NOWHERE. PEOPLE WILL SAY, WHY HAVE YOU DONE A HOBBIT HOUSE? WE ALWAYS SAY, LIKE, WHY NOT? BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER. SO IF WE WANT TO DO THIS AND HAVE HOME AS A SENSE OF COMFORT AND JOY AND JUST OUR SANCTUARY, REALLY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. THERE ARE SOME GREAT GUMBOOTS IN THE FAMILY TOO. EATING WELL IS IMPORTANT, BUT IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE, IT'S GETTING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR SOME KIWI FAMILIES. SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH NEW WORLD AGAIN FOR THEIR 'FAMILY 2 FAMILY' ANNUAL APPEAL, A CHANCE FOR YOUR WHANAU TO REALLY HELP OTHERS. AND THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NEW WORLD. AH, THE WEEKLY SHOP ` THAT MODERN-DAY FORAGE TO FEED THE FAM. BUT IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, FOR MANY, IT'S GETTING HARDER TO FUND, SO THERE'S AN EASY WAY, THANKS TO NEW WORLD, FOR YOUR WHANAU TO HELP ANOTHER IF YOU CAN. SO, FAMILY 2 FAMILY IS A WAY FOR US TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN NEED BY DONATING TO CITY MISSION. A CHANCE, IF YOU LIKE, TO PAY IT FORWARD FROM YOUR FAMILY WITH LOVE. AND HERE TO UPDATE US ON HOW NEW WORLD'S FAMILY 2 FAMILY APPEAL IS GOING IS FOODSTUFFS MANAGING DIRECTOR CHRIS QUIN. NICE TO SEE YOU, CHRIS. WHAT'S THE MAIN THING YOU WANT SEVEN SHARP VIEWERS TO KNOW? KIA ORA, SACHA, AND LOOK, WHAT WE'D LOVE EVERYONE TO KNOW IS WE'RE NOW INTO THE VERY LAST WEEK OF THIS YEAR'S NEW WORLD FAMILY 2 FAMILY, SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUT ANOTHER FAMILY IS HERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK THROUGH TO SUNDAY, AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. PUT A FEW ITEMS IN THE BASKET IN A STORE, BUY ONE OF THE $20 PRE-PACKED BAGS, AND WE ARE TIPPING IN $250,000 TO SUPPORT THIS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE, DURING WINTER, WE CAN HELP OUT THE FAMILIES THAT DO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP. WHAT IMPACT DOES FAMILY 2 FAMILY HAVE FOR YOUR TEAMS ON THE GROUND? LOOK, I THINK WHEN WE TALK TO OUR TEAMS IN STORES, THEY REALLY DO SEE HOW IT CAN HELP OUT ANOTHER FAMILY THAT, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN RETAIL. AND I THINK THEY DO SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT MAKES, AND IT MAKES THEM REALLY PROUD. AND CHRIS, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DO YOU GET FROM CUSTOMERS AND THE COMMUNITY? WELL, I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO DO GOOD. I THINK EVERYONE STARTS WITH THAT IN MIND BUT SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT REALLY EFFECTIVELY. SO WHAT THIS ENABLES PEOPLE TO DO IS TO PUT PRODUCT OR TO BUY ONE OF THE PRE-ORGANISED BAGS, PUT IT INTO THE SYSTEM. WE USE OUR LOGISTICS, OUR TRUCKS AND OUR WAREHOUSES TO BRING IT OUT OF THE STORES AND MAKE SURE IT GETS DIRECTLY TO THE SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO WE PROMISE THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL END UP IN THE RIGHT HANDS AND WILL END UP THERE FOR THE LEAST POSSIBLE EFFORT SO THAT WE CAN DO THE MOST GOOD. AND WITH OUR $250,000 OF SUPPORT ON TOP AS WELL, WE THINK IT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP. THANKS, CHRIS. ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU. CHEERS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP, THE CLASSIC COFFEE NEWS ` WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT IT? PLUS... JUST TALKING? WELL, WHAT'S THE SHOW ABOUT? IT'S ABOUT NOTHING. THINGS DON'T JUST EXIST IN COMBINATION; THEY EXIST IN A MOMENT IN TIME. WE WERE ALL AT A POINT IN OUR LIVES WHERE WE FIT TOGETHER. HE MADE A TV SHOW ABOUT NOTHING. SACHA MEETS THE ONE AND ONLY JERRY SEINFELD NEXT. VOICEOVER: Hello person not watching this ad because it's interrupting your brainy current affairs show. Hey, did you know you could be ignoring this TV ad for less, with 30% off Skinny's Endless Mobile Plans? That's real smart! SONG: # Happy, happy, happy aaaah! # NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. WELCOME BACK. NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HIS NAME IS JERRY, BUT HE'S KNOWN THE WORLD OVER BY HIS LAST NAME, SEINFELD. AND FOR ANYONE OLDER THAN 20, HE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION; FOR THOSE YOUNGER, THEY MIGHT NEED A REMINDER OF THE BEE MOVIE. I CAUGHT UP WITH COMEDY LEGEND JERRY SEINFELD AHEAD OF HIS TOUR DOWN UNDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. OH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON TODAY. IS THIS` WHAT AM I DOING? IS THIS A TV SHOW? YEAH, SO THIS IS LIKE A` WE'RE ON AT 7 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. WE'RE CALLED SEVEN SHARP. REALLY? IN FRONT OF THESE DRAPES WITH THOSE SHELVES? (CHUCKLES) YEAH. IT'S A PUBLIC HOLIDAY HERE TODAY, SO I'M AT HOME, BUT` SO, YEAH, IT'S SLIGHTLY MAKESHIFT TODAY. WELL, I HOPE THE RATINGS DON'T GO DOWN BECAUSE OF THAT. (CHUCKLES) WELL, I'M HOPING YOU'LL BRING THEM BACK UP AGAIN. HELLO, NEWMAN. HELLO, JERRY. ARGUABLY COMEDY'S MOST RECOGNISABLE FACE AND VOICE IS HEADING BACK TO NEW ZEALAND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE, LIKE, LITTLE COUNTRY SYNDROME. WE ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT WHAT DIGNITARIES LIKE YOU THINK OF OUR COUNTRY, SO I DO HAVE TO ASK ` DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME WHEN YOU WERE HERE? OF COURSE I DID. THE KIWIS ARE SO FRIENDLY AND FUNNY, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE THE ALL BLACKS, AND THEY, UH, LOVE THEIR STREETS WITH THE PAVEMENT THAT GOES UP ON TO THE SIDEWALK. EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD. ANOTHER CAFE LATTE? YEAH, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. SINCE WHEN ARE YOU SO TRENDY? THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER FROM MY LAST TOUR IS I JUST SAY, 'MAY I HAVE A COFFEE?' AND THEY GIVE YOU A FLAT WHITE. I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DRINKING FLAT WHITES SINCE THEN. I THINK IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO WE DID OUR LAST TOUR THERE, AND I'VE BEEN DRINKING FLAT WHITES EVER SINCE. IT WAS JERRY SEINFELD'S NINE-SEASON JUGGERNAUT OF THE SAME NAME THAT CATAPULTED HIM AND HIS MATES ON TO TV SCREENS WORLDWIDE... ('SEINFELD' THEME) ...WITH A THEME TUNE AND CAST THAT PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATED THE '90S. YOU STRUCK IT PRETTY LUCKY, DIDN'T YOU, WITH THAT LOT? VERY LUCKY. CRAZY LUCKY. YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET THAT LUCKY. PEOPLE THAT ARE TALENTED VERY RARELY GET TO WORK WITH, LIKE, 10 OTHER TALENTED PEOPLE. WELL, WHAT'S THE SHOW ABOUT? IT'S ABOUT NOTHING. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS ASKED THIS, BUT IS THERE ANY GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT PEOPLE CAN HOLD TO SEINFELD` FANS CAN HOLD ON TO OF ANY OF YOU GETTING TOGETHER AT SOME STAGE? I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVEN A FAINT GLIMMER. (CHUCKLES) THINGS DON'T JUST EXIST IN COMBINATION; THEY EXIST IN A MOMENT IN TIME. WE WERE ALL AT A POINT IN OUR LIVES WHERE WE FIT TOGETHER, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CASE ALL THESE YEARS LATER. YOU KNOW, THOSE REUNION SHOWS, THEY'RE SO LAME, REALLY. BUT ONE OLD MATE THE 70-YEAR-OLD DID FIT TOGETHER WITH RECENTLY WAS HEAD WRITER OF SEINFELD LARRY DAVID IN THE FINAL OF HIS SHOW 'CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM', COMPLETE WITH A NOD TO SEINFELD'S OWN FINAL EPISODE. THIS IS HOW WE SHOULD'VE ENDED THE FINALE. OH MY GOD, YOU'RE RIGHT. HOW DID WE NOT THINK OF THAT? (BOTH GROAN) HOW FUN TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH A FRIEND AGAIN LIKE THAT. FANTASTIC, UH, SACHA. IT WAS SUCH AN EXCITING MOMENT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE STOPPING TO DO THE MATH THAT ENABLED THAT TO HAPPEN. THE MATH OF TWO SHOWS... BY TWO PEOPLE IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER, 25 YEARS APART, WHERE BOTH PEOPLE ARE PLAYING THEMSELVES. THINK OF THE... PIECES OF THAT THAT HAD TO BE IN PLACE FOR US TO EVEN DO THAT. JERRY SEINFELD HAS BEEN WITH US BEFORE. HE'S A VERY FUNNY YOUNG COMEDIAN. HE SPENT DECADES HONING HIS CRAFT OF COMEDY. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS IS ALL WE DO IN LIFE. YOU SIT AROUND THE HOUSE, YOU GO, 'I WANNA GO OUT,' YOU GO OUT, YOU STAND AROUND SOMEWHERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND YOU GO, 'I GOTTA BE GETTING BACK.' (LAUGHTER) AND DESPITE SOME OF HIS EARLIEST SETS REVEALING A CONFIDENT AND FULLY FORMED COMEDIAN, HE REMEMBERS IT DIFFERENTLY. I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED INSIDE AT EVERY MOMENT. I HAD NO IDEA IF THIS WAS WORKING OR IF, YOU KNOW, I COULD REALLY DO THIS. I FELT LIKE I WAS A LITTLE KID TRYING TO MAKE A ROOM FULL OF ADULTS LAUGH AFTER, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY GATHERING. I JUST FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. SO WHEN HE HEADS TO NZ IN JUNE, IT WILL BE ON STAGE, BEHIND A MIC AND IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE, STAYING TRUE TO HIS LOVE OF RAW COMEDY. FOR YOU, STAND-UP ` IT FEELS LIKE IT'S STILL YOUR JAM. THAT IS MY CONSTANT THING, YEAH. IT'S THE PUREST FORM, YOU KNOW, OF COMEDY FOR ME. YOU GET NO HELP AT ALL OUT THERE, AND REAL COMEDIANS LIKE IT THAT WAY. WE JUST WANNA TRY AND DO IT ON OUR OWN. WELL, LOOK, WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT YOU COMING OVER TO NEW ZEALAND. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE JOY YOU'VE BROUGHT ALL OF US FOR SO MANY` SO MANY YEARS. THANK YOU, SACHA. THAT IS SO NICE. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE WITH YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. GREAT NEW ZEALANDER. HE LOOKS GREAT FOR 70 IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OUR COPPER PHONE NETWORK IS ON THE WAY OUT. TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS EVOLVING, AND MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE TO ADAPT OR GET LEFT BEHIND. ONE NEWSPAPER HOWEVER, IS REFUSING TO DO EITHER. RHIANNON MCCALL HAS MORE. IN THE AGE OF FAKE NEWS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND GOING DIGITAL, THERE IS ONE PRINT NEWS AGENCY THAT HOLDS STRONG ` COFFEE NEWS. (UPBEAT, JAZZY MUSIC) COFFEE NEWS IS AN A3 SEPIA-COLOURED WEEKLY PUBLICATION WHICH IS LESS NEWS, MORE TRIVIA... HOROSCOPES AND JOKES. COFFEE NEWS CAME TO NEW ZEALAND IN 2001, AND IT HAS STAYED THE SAME EVER SINCE. DO YOU READ THE COFFEE NEWS? NEVER HEARD OF IT. SORRY. NO, I DON'T. NO. THE SUCCESS OF COFFEE NEWS WAS A MYSTERY TO ME, SO I SAT DOWN WITH MASTER FRANCHISER OF COFFEE NEWS NEW ZEALAND RUDY KOKX. HI, RUDY. RUDY, WHAT IS COFFEE NEWS? IT'S JUST A REALLY POSITIVE PUBLICATION THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR FREE IN CAFES BUT ALSO IN DOCTOR'S OFFICES, CHIROPRACTORS ` JUST ANYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE WAIT. SO, TELL ME HOW THE BUSINESS MODEL WORKS. SO, THE CONTENT IN THE MIDDLE IS THE SAME; THAT'S PROVIDED BY US, THE HEAD OFFICE. AND THEN ALL THE DIFFERENT POSITIVE FRANCHISEES, THEY SIGN PEOPLE UP FOR ADVERTISING THAT WANNA SPONSOR THE CONTENT OF THE COFFEE NEWS. CAN'T BE ANY BETTER. (CHUCKLES) YOU'RE A VERY GOOD SALESMAN. (CHUCKLES) DO PEOPLE READ COFFEE NEWS? YES, YES, THEY DO. YEAH. HAVE YOU HEARD OF COFFEE NEWS? NO... OH YES. IS IT THE, UM... THE, LIKE, PAPER THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN IN CAFES WITH, LIKE, LITTLE JOKES AND THINGS? YES. THE LAYOUT AND THE DESIGN HASN'T CHANGED, HAS IT? IT'S COOL, EH? IT IS COOL. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO RETRO, AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL RETRO, COS WE NEVER CHANGED. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT TO FRESHEN THINGS UP? THIS WORKS, SO WHY CHANGE? PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US, 'WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT IN COLOUR?' AND TO BE HONEST, THAT'S WHAT STANDS OUT. SO WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ACTUALLY CAN GET THIS PAPER. IS IT THAT BROWN PAMPHLET? IT IS THE BROWN PAMPHLET. YEAH, I HAVE. YEAH, I'VE HEARD OF IT. WHY IS COFFEE NEWS STILL PRINTED? WHY WOULDN'T YOU CONSIDER MOVING TO FULLY ONLINE? WE STILL BELIEVE THAT WE WANT TO BE IN YOUR FACE, ON PAPER AND NOT IN YOUR PHONE. WHO CAN ADVERTISE WITH COFFEE NEWS? IT WORKS BEST WITH, UM, ANY BUSINESS THAT PROVIDES, UM, LIKE, A SERVICE THAT MAKES LIFE EASY. WHAT ABOUT POLITICIANS? AM I GONNA SEE CHRISTOPHER LUXON IN COFFEE NEWS? THAT'S REALLY DEBATEABLE. IF IT'S JUST CHRISTOPHER LUXON, AND HE WANTS TO ADVERTISE, I WOULD PROBABLY ALLOW HIS FACE ON THERE WITH THE BRANDING. THE IRISH HAVE A GREAT RULE ` NO POLITICS, NO RELIGION DISCUSSED IN THE PUB. DO YOU READ COFFEE NEWS? UM, NO. OH, ACTUALLY I DO, SORRY. I DO ` AT THE TAKEAWAYS AND THAT, YEAH. JUST THE GEMINI SECTION, THE HOROSCOPE, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WHEN I'M THERE. OH, YOU LIKE THE HOROSCOPE? WHAT'S YOUR STAR SIGN? GEMINI. YEAH, THE WORST ONE. OK, SO... WE'VE GOT THE HOROSCOPES, 'DID YOU KNOW', 'ON THE LIGHTER SIDE'. NOW, THIS IS THE SECTION THAT I LOVE THE MOST. SAME. SO, THIS ONE HERE ` 'PEOPLE SAY I LOOK BETTER WITHOUT MY GLASSES ON, 'BUT I JUST CAN'T SEE IT.' YEAH. WAH-WAOW. (LAUGHS) SORRY. I'M SORRY. THE JOKES ARE REAL DAD JOKES... OK. ...AND SOMETIMES SO LAME THAT YOU HAVE TO LAUGH. HAVE YOU HEARD OF COFFEE NEWS? YES, YES, I HAVE. YEP. DO YOU READ IT? I DON'T. I HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT I DON'T` THE FUNNY BITS ARE GOOD. THE JOKES ARE GOOD. A BIRD IN THE HAND IS BAD TABLE MANNERS. IT IS, ISN'T IT? IT IS. DO YOU GET THAT ONE? NO. NO, ME NEITHER. NO, BUT ALL I CAN PICTURE IS, LIKE, HAVING A BIRD IN MY HAND, AND IT'S LIKE... OH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE A BIRD IN YOUR HAND AT THE TABLE. YEAH. WITH ALL OF THE BAD NEWS GOING ON, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A MOMENT WITH... SOME COFFEE NEWS. OH, HERE'S A GOOD ONE. WHAT COLOUR IS THE WIND? BLUE? (CHUCKLES) YOU REALLY... (LAUGHS) YOU REALLY... ARE YOU GONNA DO AN ACT-OUT OF BLOWING? (BLOWS, LAUGHS) I BLEW IT. YEAH, I BLEW THAT ONE. YOU DID IT BLOW IT. YOU BLEW IT. THAT WAS GOOD. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. ON THE SHOW TOMORROW ` MEET THE KIWI WOMAN WHO LOVES FEIJOAS SO MUCH THAT SHE TRAVELLED THE WORLD TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THEM. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY; THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. FAIR GO IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. POMARIE. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE, ALEX WALKER AND FRANK GORE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024