IF DUCK SHOOTING'S YOUR THING, WELL, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, BECAUSE, AS YOU'LL KNOW, IT'S THE START OF THE SEASON. BUT FOR SOME KEEN HUNTERS, GETTING WHERE THEY NEED TO BE IS NO EASY FEAT. AND THAT'S GOT FISH AND GAME WADING INTO THE ISSUE OF ACCESSIBILITY. PERRY KEYTE IS A KEEN HUNTER AND HAS BEEN ALL HIS LIFE. (GENTLE MUSIC) BUT BEING A WHEELCHAIR USER MEANS ACCESSIBILITY IS AN ISSUE. THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT, THOUGH. I'VE NEVER EVEN HAD THE LUXURY OF A CONCRETE PATH TO THE FRONT DOOR OF A MAIMAI BEFORE, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SKY SO CLEAR MAKES LIFE A MILLION TIMES EASIER. MUCH APPRECIATED; SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE FIRST WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MAIMAI IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. IT GOT POINTED OUT THERE WASN'T MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR MOBILITY IMPAIRED. THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE WHEN THE BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL EXTENDED THIS WETLAND ON CROWN LAND. WE PURPOSEFULLY BUILT A FLAT PAD; SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES IN ROTORUA JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE MATERIALS. AND THEN SOME LOCAL TRADIES BUILT IT. SO WILL THERE BE MORE, AND IF SO, WHERE? AND CORINA JORDAN FROM FISH & GAME IS HERE TO TELL US MORE. NICE TO SEE YOU, CORINA. CORINA, HOW DID THE ACCESSIBLE MAIMAI COME ABOUT? OH, IT'S A BRAINCHILD FROM OUR EASTERN TEAM. THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANGLING IN THE REGION, AND THEY THOUGHT, WHY NOT TURN OUR MIND TO HUNTING AND MAKE THIS WAY MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A MOBILITY IMPAIRED HUNTERS OUT THERE? WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A FEW. AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT GAME BIRD HUNTING IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MIGHT BE A BIT MORE CHALLENGED. HAS THERE BEEN GOOD INTEREST? OH, A HUGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST. THE MAIMAI'S ALREADY BOOKED OUT, SO WE'VE GOT A BALLOT SYSTEM, AND MOST OF THE WEEKENDS ARE LOOKING PRETTY BOOKED ALREADY. WE'VE GOT SOME OPENINGS IN THE WEEKENDS. WE'VE DONE A BIT OF STOCKTAKE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THOSE THAT ARE MOBILITY IMPACTED, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY BUILDING THAT AS WELL. WE'VE GOT THE OUTDOOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED WORKING GROUP THAT'S REALLY INTERESTED IN THE DESIGN, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. AND, CORINA, ARE THERE FUTURE PLANS TO BUILD MORE OF THESE? OH, DEFINITELY. WHAT WE KNOW IS GAME BIRD HUNTING IS REALLY GOOD FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS, IS EVERYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO GET OUT INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ENJOY TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND HARVEST SOME WILD KAI FOR THE TABLE. SO, CORINA, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GET OUT THIS WEEKEND AND THEN OVER THE SEASON? WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 60,000 FOR OPENING WEEKEND. ABOUT 60% OF OUR LICENSE HOLDERS JUST SHOOT OPENING. SO IT'S A REALLY FESTIVE OCCASION, SOME BIGGER THAN CHRISTMAS, I THINK. SO THERE WON'T BE MANY PEOPLE SLEEPING TONIGHT. ACROSS THE SEASON, WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND ABOUT 50,000 LICENSE HOLDERS ALL UP, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO HUNT ON THEIR LAND, PRIVATE LAND. SO THEY'LL BE JOINING IN THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. THANKS SO MUCH, CORINA. ALL THE BEST FOR THE WEEKEND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAPTIONS BY ANNA HALL-TAYLOR, JESSIE PURU AND FRANK GORE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 THE GENRE BROADLY LABELLED 'CHILDREN'S MUSIC' HAS PRODUCED SOME STRAIGHT UP, CERTIFIED BANGERS OVER THE YEARS. WE'RE TALKING TWINKLING LITTLE STARS, HOT POTATOES, CHUGGING BIG RED CARS AND, WHO CAN FORGET... BABY SHARK. THIS WEEK, THE NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN'S MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCED THIS YEAR'S WINNER. THE PRIZE RECOGNISES AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING OF NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN THROUGH MUSIC. HERE'S RHIANNON MCCALL. (RELAXED INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) THE NEW ZEALAND UKULELE TRUST HAS DONATED OVER 2500 UKULELES TO SCHOOLS... BOTH: THANK YOU. ..AND CONNECTED 760 SCHOOLS THROUGH THEIR KIWILELE'S PROGRAM. # DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE-U-UE. # THIS SUNDAY, THE TRUST WILL BE RECOGNISED AT THE NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN'S MUSIC AWARDS, WHERE THEY WILL RECEIVE THE ARTHUR BAYSTING PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S CHAMPION. IT'S REALLY HEARTENING TO GET THIS AWARD BECAUSE THE UKULELE TRUST IS RUN BY VOLUNTEER TRUSTEES. THIS YEAR WE HAD 21 SETS OF UKULELES TO DISTRIBUTE TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION, AND WE HAD OVER 100 SCHOOLS APPLY FOR THEM. SO THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE DEMAND FOR MUSIC EDUCATION TO BE HAPPENING IN SCHOOLS. WHAT IS FUNDING GENERALLY LIKE FOR MUSIC PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS? MUSIC BUDGETS ARE OFTEN VERY SMALL AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN TOWARDS READING, WRITING AND MATHS. AND WHICH SCHOOLS DOES THE INITIATIVE FOCUS ON? WE ACTUALLY FOCUSSED ON LOWER DECILE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT, THOSE STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REALISE THEIR MUSICAL POTENTIAL. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR KIWILELE'S PROGRAM IN THE ONLINE SONG BANK. WELL, EACH YEAR WE TRY TO CREATE A SONG BANK WITH LOTS OF SONGS IN TE REO MAORI, LOTS OF SONGS FROM THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. LOTS OF SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY NEW ZEALANDERS BUT ALSO EACH YEAR WE HAVE SONGS THAT ARE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS AS WELL. # JUST SMI-I-ILE # # SMI-I-I-I-ILE # # SMI-I-I-ILE # HANNAH MILO IS AN EX STUDENT OF THE KIWILELE'S PROGRAM, AND SHE COMPOSED A SONG WHICH CURRENT STUDENTS LEARN TODAY. LIKE THIS. TO THE G. AND F. SO I WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT HERE AT ELERSLIE SCHOOL, ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2015 WAS WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE KIWILELE PROGRAM. AND IT REALLY DID CHANGE MY LIFE; I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CLICHE. ALL: # AND I SMI-I-I-ILE. SMI-I-I-I-ILE. # # SMI-I-I-ILE.# # THIS IS OUR TI-I-I-IME # EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, THE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE NEW ZEALAND UKULELE TRUST. THEY DON'T JUST HAVE A PASSION FOR MUSIC, BUT JUST SUCH A GENUINE HEART FOR THE STUDENTS. # KIA ORA, TALOFA IS A G. # BACK TO C. # IT'S OUR TIME, # AND IT'S AN A MINOR. A D. #SPECIAL TIME OF C... # NO, G. (LAUGHS) SEE, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU PLAY. IT STILL SOUNDS GOOD, AND IT MAKES YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN, DOESN'T IT? TWO YEARS AGO, SUZY CATO BECAME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE NEW ZEALAND UKULELE TRUST. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE NEW ZEALAND UKULELE TRUST? KIDS AND MUSIC GO TOGETHER LIKE KIDS AND BOOKS. YOU NEED KIDS TO HAVE MUSIC, AND IF THEY CAN BE MAKING MUSIC, WHETHER IT'S WITH AN INSTRUMENT WITH THEIR MOUTHS OR WITH, YOU KNOW, PATTING THEIR BODIES... WHATEVER, THEY CAN BE TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER PLACE. IT MAKES ME GAIN MORE CONFIDENCE, IT MAKES ME HAPPY. AND I LOVE MUSIC, SO THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MUSICS. THE SONGS ARE VERY POSITIVE AND EASY TO LEARN. GIVES YOU A LOT MORE CONFIDENCE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF OTHERS. THANK YOU. EVEN FROM AN EDUCATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, HAVING THAT CONFIDENCE TO GIVE THINGS A GO, TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND TO KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW? THE MORE YOU PRACTICE, THE BETTER YOU'LL GET WITH EVERYTHING IN LIFE. IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC TO SEE BILL SEVESI'S DREAM OF NEW ZEALAND STUDENTS LEARNING THE UKULELE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. (TAPPING AND UKULELE PLAYING) HERE, HERE. (PLEASANT UKULELE MUSIC) HE SAID, 'IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING AT SCHOOLS, IT HAS TO BE THE UKULELE. 'THE UKULELE WILL UNLOCK THE MUSICALITY OF YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS.' HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING PATRONS OF THE NEW ZEALAND UKULELE TRUST, AND HE WAS A MUCH RECOGNISED AND LOVED MUSICIAN, AND IT WAS HIS DREAM FOR EVERY CHILD IN AOTEROA TO LEARN THE UKULELE. ALL: #SMI-I-I-ILE... # OUT OF ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS, WHY THE UKULELE? BUT THE UKULELE IS... IT'S CHEAP. IT'S PORTABLE. UM, IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO PLAY. IT ALLOWS THEM TO SING. IT ALLOWS FOR GROUP MUSIC-MAKING. SO FOR MANY STUDENTS, IT'S THE PART OF THE DAY THAT THEY ACTUALLY REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S THAT TIME WHERE THEY ARE REALLY SHINING AND IT'S- YEAH, THEY'RE FEELING JOYFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING MUSIC WITH OTHERS. MAYBE WE SHOULD START A BAND. I THINK WE SHOULD. WHY NOT? I LOVE THAT. 'TWO UKES?' 'TWO UKES', I LOVE IT. TWO UKES. UM, 'UKE CAN DO IT.' 'UKE CAN DO IT.' ALL: # SMILE # YEP, REPOSITION. GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK. HONESTLY, REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, SO MUCH. THAT SOUNDED AWESOME. WELL THAT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WITH SUSIE KATO IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME OF G? E WHAI AKE NEI. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHAT ARE THESE RELICS OF A BYGONE AGE DOING IN A REST HOME? MEET THE CHRISTCHURCH MAN DOING HIS BEST TO REHAB THE REPUTATION OF REPTILES, ONE REST HOME VISIT AT A TIME. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. WELCOME BACK. NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. NOW YOU MIGHT THINK, WITH UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS, THAT TAKING REPTILES INTO REST HOMES IS A BAD IDEA. IF THAT'S THE CASE, GET READY TO MEET JACK. JACK LOVES REPTILES... SO MUCH SO, HE'S TAKEN TO SHARING HIS PASSION WITH SOME LOCAL SENIOR CITIZENS. SO, HAS HE MANAGED TO CHANGE THE REPTILES REP' FROM SCALY TO CUDDLY? HERE'S RACHEL PARKIN. (LIGHT GUITAR MUSIC) TUCKED AWAY IN SUBURBAN CHRISTCHURCH, YOU LL FIND ELMS COURT CARE ` A SPECIAL LITTLE REST HOME BIG ON FUN. AND TODAY, RESIDENTS ARE IN FOR A TREAT. KIA ORA EVERYBODY. MY NAME'S JACK FROM JAX CRITTERS. I'VE GOT GIZMO HERE. THIS IS THEIR SECOND VISIT FROM 'JAX CRITTERS'... I'M GOING TO START BRINGING HIM ROUND SO YOU CAN GET UP CLOSE AND GIVE HIM A STROKE. ..WITH BARELY ANY JITTERS... YEAH, JUST UP HERE AND FOLLOWING UP THE TAIL. OOH! NO, IT'S OK. SHE'S JUST LIKES YOU. ..GENUINE JOY AND WONDER QUICKLY TAKING HOLD. OOH, HE LIKES YOU A LOT. I LIKE HIM A LOT, DON'T I? HAS SHE GOT A MALE COMPANION? SHE DOES ACTUALLY. SHE DOES HAVE A MALE COMPANION. DOES HE CHANGE TO ANOTHER COLOUR? SO THEY DO CHANGE COLOUR A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S MAINLY ON THE BEARD. IT'S A WEE BIT DIFFERENT FOR A FRIDAY, ISN'T IT? IT IS, IT IS. TIME SPENT CHATTING AND PATTING A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND A SUNNY MORNING. YOU LIKE HIM, DON'T YOU? YEAH, TAKE HIM HOME WITH ME. (LAUGHS) HE'S A GORGEOUS LITTLE BUGGER. EVERYONE'S SEEN A BUNNY RABBIT, EVERYONE'S SEEN A PONY, EVERYONE'S SEEN A DOG. BUT WHEN YOU WHIP OUT AN AUSTRALIAN WATER DRAGON, THEY'RE LIKE 'WHAT?' THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. WHEN YOU ARE LIVING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T GET TO GO INTO THE WORLD SO MUCH, SO BEING ABLE TO BRING THE WORLD INTO THE REST HOME IS JUST WONDERFUL. IT'S LIKE A WOODEN TREE KIND OF VIBE. I JUST ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT. OH, THEY'RE LOVELY. SHE IS. I'VE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THOSE SORT OF THINGS. HAVE YA? BUT I CAN'T LEAVE HER IN WITH A MALE DURING THE WINTER WHEN IT'S NOT BREEDING SEASON BECAUSE THERE A LITTLE BIT OF ROUGH HOUSING. AND, UM, MIND MY FRENCH, IT'S A BIT HORNY ALL THE TIME, SO IT JUST DOESN'T STOP HOUNDING THE LADIES, SO I HAVE TO REMOVE THEM SO THEY ACTUALLY GET A BREAK. (LAUGHS) JACK'S QUEST TO EDUCATE... HER NAME IS HERA. SHE'S A BLUE-TONGUED SKINK. AND AS SHE COMES AROUND, YOU MIGHT GET THE CHANCE TO SEE HER TONGUE POP OUT. ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? THERE YOU GO. JUST THERE. DO YOU SEE? ...BUT ALSO PLACATE. HE WANTS TO CHANGE A STIGMA HE BLAMES ON HOLLYWOOD. SNAKES. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES? YOU GET TO SEE A LOT IN MOVIES AND TV SHOWS THAT REPTILES, AND ESPECIALLY INVERTEBRATES, ALWAYS GET TREATED AS THIS BIG, DANGEROUS, DEADLY ANIMAL THAT WE NEED TO BE SCARED OF. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T. THEY'RE SO SWEET AND ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. REPTILES, JACK RECKONS ` JUST MISUNDERSTOOD. SHE'S BEEN WITH ME THROUGH SOME REAL HARD TIMES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'D BE RIGHT NOW. HIS WHOLE LIFE, HE'S LOVED ANIMALS. LATER AUSSIE ICON, STEVE IRWIN, WAS A CHILDHOOD IDOL. AND IF I CAN, LIKE, HELP TO DO WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO WITH CREATING JOY FOR ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE REPTILES, I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE SOMETHING GOOD WITHIN MY LIFE. WELCOME TO THE ZOO. FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING, JACK'S RIGHT ON TRACK THERE. THE 24-YEAR-OLD'S FLAT AS IS PACKED... SO THERE'S 13 INDIVIDUALS AND EIGHT SPECIES OVER A WHOLE. ...AS HE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE SO OUT IN THE GARDEN... OH MY GOSH. (LAUGHS) YOU LIVE IN A ZOO! I REALLY DO. SO OUT HERE WE HAVE OUR BLUE-TONGUED SKINKS. HEY, GIRL. HOW ARE YOU GOING? ENJOYING THE UV? (SNICKERS) GIDDAY, MATE. SO THIS ONE IS SUNSHINE. HI, SUNSHINE. AND YES, ALTHOUGH SUNSHINE'S CLEARLY NOT A REPTILE, THESE FLUFFY FELLOWS ARE PART OF JACK'S WHANAU TOO. AND THIS IS TULIP THE CHINCHILLA. SHE'S SO SOFT. MANY MAMMALS, TULIP, SUNSHINE, STEWART THE BUNNY ` ALL SET TO SUPER SUB INTO REST HOME VISITS WHEN SCALY FLATMATES HUNKER DOWN OR BRUMATE FOR WINTER. IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S JACK'S LOT. AND WHAT'S THE DREAM? IF I WON THE LOTTERY TOMORROW, IT WOULD BE TO SET UP A REPTILE FACILITY IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOU ARE MAD FOR THEM. VERY MUCH SO. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. THE GOOD FOLK AT ELMS COURT NOW FAIRLY FOND TOO. (CHUCKLES) COOL. AREN'T YA? EH? ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU GUYS. ALL: BYE! THANK YOU. FAVOURITE STORIES OF THE YEAR. WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT A RAT HERE. THIS IS KEVIN. AND A BUBBLE BEE BUT IT'S NOT A REAL ONE. TIME TO LOCK THE FRONT THE DOOR AND PUT THE COVER OVER THE PARROT CAGE. IT'S TIME FOR THE FRIDAY COUNTDOWN. IN ANIMALS-WHERE-THEY- SHOULDN'T-BE NEWS ` A KIWI IN THE BACKYARD? NOW, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A COMMON SIGHT BEFORE WE HAD BACKYARDS AND THE PESTS THAT WE KEEP AS PETS. CCTV CAPTURED THIS CURIOUS KIWI HANGING OUT AT A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE SUBURB OF BROADMEADOWS IN WELLINGTON. THE KIWI HAD BEEN RELEASED ABOUT 10 K's AWAY AS PART OF THE CAPITAL KIWI PROJECT, WHICH AIMS TO RESTORE A LARGE-SCALE WILD KIWI POPULATION TO WELLINGTON'S HILLSIDES. DID YOU KNOW THAT, LIKE SHEEP AND COWS, DOGS ARE MADE OF MEAT? AND NEW YORKERS ARE BEING OFFERED A TEMPTING RANGE OF LOCAL AND ORGANIC FREE-RANGE POOCH FOR THEIR DINNER TABLE. GOOD FOR THE PLANET, GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH. LABRADOR JERKY, YORKIE STEAKS, DOBERMAN BURGERS. THERE'S EVERYTHING ON OFFER FROM CORGI LEGS TO CHIHUAHUA-KEN. OH, BUT DON'T WORRY. THE SAMPLES ARE ACTUALLY PLANT-BASED SOY JERKY ` ALL IN THE AID OF PROMOTING VEGETARIAN DIETS AND THAT SORT OF CARRY ON. WHY ARE WE CONDITIONED TO EAT SOME ANIMALS AND NOT OTHER ANIMALS WHEN ALL ANIMALS FEEL PAIN? MEANWHILE, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATES, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY EATING THESE LITTLE MONSTERS. AS THE NATION EXPERIENCES AND EMERGENCE OF TRILLIONS OF NOISY CICADAS, BUG EXPERTS SAY, WHY NOT EAT THEM? LET ME GET SOME WAX WORMS. COMING RIGHT UP. THE INSECT-ARIUM IN NEW ORLEANS PLANS TO DEMONSTRATE WAYS TO COOK CICADAS AT THE IN-HOUSE SNACK BAR, WHERE IT ALREADY SERVES SOUTHWEST WAX WORMS AND CRISPY CAJUN CRICKETS. IN ROBOT NEWS, ENGINEERS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S CREATIVE MACHINES LAB HAVE DEVELOPED EMO ` A ROBOT CAPABLE OF MIMICKING HUMAN FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. EMO FEATURES HIGH-RESOLUTION CAMERAS IN ITS EYES FOR LIFELIKE INTERACTIONS. IF FURTHER PROOF IS NEEDED THAT WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WITH THESE INFERNAL MACHINES, CHECK OUT THIS ROBOT DOG WHICH IS ALREADY ON THE MARKET WITH FREE SHIPPING ALL FOR AROUND 9000 USD. THE MAKERS OF THE THERMINATOR SAY IT'S GREAT FOR PEST CONTROL AND CLEANING SCRUB. IT CAN SHOOT FLAMES UP TO 9M, HAS WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH AND ONE-HOUR BATTERY LIFE. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG (?) HERE'S A SPORT I CAN GET BEHIND ` MAKING BABIES CRY. WRESTLERS FROM NIHON UNIVERSITY'S SUMO CLUB ROCK BABIES WHILE MEN WEAR DEMON MASKS AND IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE BUBBAS WEEP. (BABY SOBS) THE FIRST TO MAKE THEM BAWL IS THE WINNER. KNOWN AS CRYING SUMO, THE EVENT ATTRACTED AROUND 1000 BABIES AND THEIR SMILING OWNERS. IN AUSTRALIA, THEY CALL THEM NATURE STRIPS. SOME CALL THEM VERGES, BUT THE PROPER NAME IS BERM ` GREAT FOR PARKING ON, BUT EVEN BETTER OFF TARTED UP WITH NATIVES AND OTHER VEGETATION. LOCAL ONLINE STORE TRADE TESTED HAS JUST NAMED THE WINNERS IN THE INAUGURAL BERM OF THE YEAR AWARDS. AND HERE THEY ARE. BEHOLD, THE MOST PRODUCTIVE BERM FROM SOUTH KAIPARA. OH, LUSCIOUS. GET A LOAD OF THE BLOOMING BEAUTY OF THIS BERM BURSTING WITH COLOUR. YEAH, PRETTY. THIS IMPRESSIVE BERM IN FREEMANS BAY BOASTS MATURE NATIVES, BUT WITH OVER A THOUSAND VOTES, THIS BEAUTY IN LOWER HUTT IS THE OFFICIAL 2024 BERM OF THE YEAR. AND AT NUMBER... # HOLD ME. # I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT. IT'S TRUE BLISS REUNITED FOR THE LATEST EPISODE OF NEWSMAKERS. YES, IT'S JO, ERICA, KERI AND MEGAN SINGING ON THE SOFA. # DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON MY HEART. (ALL HARMONISE) # DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON MY HEART. # DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON MY HEART. # YOU WERE SINGING ALONG THERE. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 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! # ON THE SHOW NEXT WEEK ` SO THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF CREEPIES IN THE BED? OH YEAH. YOU'RE SHARING A LOT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. # JUMP (JUMP!). DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. # MIGHT AS WELL JUMP. DON'T JUMP ON THE BED, COS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS JUMPING OUT ALL THOSE MOULD AND FUNGUS SPORES AND YOU ARE BRINGING THEM OUT TO YOUR BEDROOM. # GO AHEAD AND JUMP. # DON'T FALL OFF AGAIN. YES. WHY YOU SHOULDN'T JUMP ON YOUR BED, THAT'S NEXT WEEK. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY, THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. THE REPAIR SHOP IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, PO MARIE. CAPTIONS BY ANNA HALL-TAYLOR, JESSIE PURU AND FRANK GORE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024