WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. AS WE HEAD INTO THE LONG WEEKEND, THERE'S A WEE GLIMMER OF CASH ON THE HORIZON. FUEL PRICES ARE COMING DOWN IN AUCKLAND, AND WE COULD SEE A TRICKLE-DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. THE AUCKLAND FUEL TAX FINISHES ON SUNDAY NIGHT. GOOD NEWS! THIS'LL MEAN A SAVING OF $6.90 FOR EVERY 60-LITRE FILL. BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN, BODY WASH, SCORCHED ALMONDS AND... TWO PACKETS OF 'CUP A SOUP'. THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL BE SAVING ON YOUR FUEL COME NEXT WEEK. WILL I? WOW! 'CUP A SOUP'. YEAH, I'LL TAKE IT. PETROL PRICES ARE MADE UP OF A WHOLE RAFT OF CHARGES THAT CAN VARY ON EVERY GIVEN DAY. IF WE SAY FUEL IS $2.75 A LITRE, THAT INCLUDES ALL THESE COSTS. I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT UP FOR A SEC. I HOPE SOMEONE WOULDN'T BE OFFENDED BY BODY WASH. AND THAT'S HOW MUCH YOU'LL SAVE ` ENOUGH FOR A BODY WASH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, WITH THE REGIONAL TAX COMING OFF, IS THERE LIKELY TO BE MORE GOOD CHEER? WHOO-HOO! FUEL SAVINGS! (CAR HORN BEEPS) AND TERRY COLLINS FROM AA IS HERE NOW. GREAT TO SEE YOU, TERRY. SO, THE FUEL TAX COMES OFF ON THE 1st OF JULY; WILL WE SEE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT? OH, I'M EXPECTING MONDAY MORNING IN AUCKLAND THAT YOU'LL SEE THE FULL IMPACT OF THAT PRICE AT THE RETAIL PUMP. THAT IS` PRICE WILL DROP 11.5c. WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWS. WHY IS IT GOING TO DROP SO QUICKLY? EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE COMMERCE COMMISSION PUT OUT A REPORT, AND WHAT IT SAID WAS THERE IS SOMETHING KNOWN AS 'THE ROCKET-AND-FEATHER EFFECT' IN THE PETROLEUM RETAIL MARKET ` THAT IS WHEN PRICE INPUTS INCREASED, THE PRICE AT THE RETAIL PUMP WOULD GO UP LIKE A ROCKET, AND WHEN THOSE PRICES CAME DOWN, THE RETAIL PRICE WOULD DRIFT DOWN LIKE A FEATHER. BECAUSE OF THAT REPORT AND THE OPTICS BY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION ON IT, THE WAY THE AA IS MAKING COMMENTS AROUND IT AND THE MEDIA LOOKING AT IT, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL SEE THAT TAX REDUCTION EVIDENT AT THE PUMP PRICE. SO ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE A STABLE PRICE FOR A WHILE? LOOK, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, IT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. PEOPLE MISREADS STATEMENTS OUT OF OPEC WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY'RE GOING TO STOP SOME OF THEIR VOLUNTARY CUTS, BUT THOSE PRICES HAVE REBOUNDED. WE'VE ENTERED THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN AND U.S. DRIVE SEASON, SO DEMAND'S GOING UP. THEY GO ON HOLIDAY AT SUMMER; THEY DRIVE ABOUT. SO I'M SEEING OVER THE THIRD QUARTER THAT WE COULD GET SOME SLIGHT PRICE INCREASES; FUEL COULD GO UP TO $90 A BARREL. BUT IF IT FOLLOWS THE TREND OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL SEE THOSE PRICES GO DOWN; AND OUR OWN HOLIDAY DRIVING SEASON, WE SHOULD SEE PRICES LIKE WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO AUCKLAND'S IN FOR A DROP ON JULY THE 1st; WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY? WELL, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY NEVER PAID THAT TAX, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A LOT OF LOW-COST OPERATORS AND NEW SERVICE STATIONS IN AREAS THAT DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY HAVE IT. THAT ADDITIONAL COMPETITION IS PUTTING PRESSURES ON PRICE, AND SO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS BENEFITING FROM THAT ADDITIONAL COMPETITION AND REDUCTION IN PRICE MARGINS. WHY ARE THERE VARIATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS? BASICALLY, IT COMES DOWN TO COMPETITION. WHEN THE AUCKLAND FUEL TAX COMES OFF, IT'LL BE $6.90 IF YOU HAVE TO FILL UP A 6-LITRE TANK ` THAT'S A LARGE FLAT WHITE. IN AUCKLAND TODAY, THERE WAS A MORE THAN 50c CENT VARIATION BETWEEN PUMPS, SO ON 60L, THAT'S $30. SO YOU'VE TURNED YOUR FLAT WHITE INTO A GOOD TAKEAWAY MEAL ` NO, OR PERHAPS ANOTHER 150km OF TRAVEL. SO SHOP AROUND. IF WE ALL SHOP AROUND AND GET THE BEST PRICE, WE PUT PRESSURE ON THE INDUSTRY TO REDUCE THAT, SO COLLECTIVELY WE ALL GET CHEAPER FUEL. THANKS, TERRY. AND JUST QUICKLY ` I THINK YOU SHOULD SHOP AROUND FOR A CHEAPER FLAT WHITE AS WELL. ALL THE BEST. LOVELY. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE, MAEVE KELLY AND JASON CONRAN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 THEY'RE FAST BECOMING AN INTERNET SENSATION ` ALL BECAUSE OF THE DANCES THEY DO ONLINE. CALLED 'COME VIBE WITH ME', THEY ARE DEFINITELY A VIBE ` AND NINA BURTON WENT TO MEET THEM. # YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME, THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL... # THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL. # MEET THE DANCE DUO TAKING SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM. 'COME VIBE WITH US'. (SHANIA TWAIN'S 'MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN') # LET'S GO, GIRLS. # WE'RE, LIKE, THE VIBES BOYS. SPREADING GOOD VIBES, SPREADING HAPPINESS AND DANCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, REALLY. BOTH ACTORS, HARRISON AND NEPIA MET ON THE SET OF THEIR SHOW 'AHIKAROA'. WE MET IN A GARAGE LIKE THIS. THAT DAY, I HAD CELINE IN MY HEAD, AND I WANTED TO WARM UP, SO I CHUCKED THE U.E. BOOM ON, STARTED DANCING, AND HE WAS IN THE GREEN ROOM. IT WASN'T ORGANISED AT ALL. HE JUST STOOD UP BEHIND ME, AND WE BOTH STARTED CLICKING AND STOMPING, AND THAT'S HOW 'COME VIBE WITH US' CAME ABOUT, EH? # I DROVE ALL NIGHT... TO BEG TO YOU. # THEY POSTED A VIDEO, AND IT WENT OFF ONLINE. # I DROVE ALL NIGHT...# FROM THE SIMPLE SET OF A GARAGE, 'STOMPS AND CLICKS' BECAME A THING. WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DANCING SILLY, BUT I THINK THE AUDIENCE HAVE KINDA SHAPED WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW. LIKE THE STOMPS AND CLICKS ` EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING, 'OH, I LOVE THE STOMPS AND CLICKS.' WHAT IS THE 'STOMPS AND CLICKS'? WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT APPARENTLY WE JUST STOMPED AND CLICKED. SO IT'S JUST LIKE, IN OUR DOCS, JUST STOMPING AND CLICKING, I GUESS. HITTING PAVEMENT AND CLICKING. AND SO WE JUST KIND OF PUT THAT INTO ALL OUR DANCES, AND NOW WE'RE JUST, LIKE, THE STOMPING AND CLICKS GUYS. THE SECRET TO THEIR SUCCESS? POWERHOUSE BALLADS AND SINGALONG CLASSICS BY THEIR 'QUEENS' ` WAITING FOR THE BEAT TO DROP. THIS IS NOT THE DROP. THIS IS THE ACTUAL SONG. AW, IS IT? - HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? # BECAUSE I'M YOUR LADY... # AND YOU ARE MY MAN. # SHANIA, CELINE. WHITNEY! WHITNEY? YES, WHITNEY'S OUT THERE. IT'S ALL OUR QUEENS, EH? ALL OUR QUEENS. AND IT'S JUST ABOUT PULLING UP ON THOSE NOSTALGIC FEELINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF JUST GOOD TIMES, AND IT'S JUST BRINGING THAT BACK IN STOMPING AND CLICKING FORM, EH? AND JUST, LIKE, BALLADS, EH? PEOPLE LOVE THE BALLADS. WE THINK ALL THE TIME WE WANT TO DO SOME MODERN SONGS OR SOME HIP-HOP SONGS OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THEY JUST LOVE THOSE TUNES, AND YOU JUST FEEL SOMETHING. # WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR MIND... # THE MAN IN THE MIRROR... # # THE MAN IN THE MIRROR... # THEIR MISSION? SIMPLE ` TO SPREAD JOY, AND LOTS OF IT. HEAPS OF PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, 'I'M DEALING WITH THIS OR GOING THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH AT THE MOMENT, AND, 'JUST WATCHING YOUR GUYS' VIDEOS, 'IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SMILED IN A WHILE.' LIKE THOSE ` THAT IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. OH, THEY HIT IT HARD. YEAH. THEY'RE, LIKE, THE BIGGEST MOTIVATORS OUT OF ANYTHING. WATCHING THESE GUYS, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE. DANCING TO SONGS LIKE THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD VIBES, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT TRANSCENDS TO PEOPLE THROUGH THE SCREEN. IT'S BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO FEEL GOOD IN THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE FEELING THE VIBES. 'COME VIBE WITH US' HAS ONLY BEEN VIBING FOR THREE MONTHS. IN THAT TIME, THEY'VE AMASSED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS, INCLUDING BIG NAMES LIKE DAWN FRENCH, NOT TO MENTION OUR VERY OWN SPORTS TEAMS. (MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US') ONE NEW ZEALAND WARRIOR REACHED OUT FIRST. SO, WE DONE A LITTLE PIECE FOR THEM, AND THEY GOT US TO THE GAME. WE'VE BEEN WEARING THE WAHS HATS` WE'RE BIG WAHS FANS. AND IT WAS JUST THROUGH THAT. WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN? AND THEN HURRICANES REACHED OUT AS WELL. # BLACK AND YELLOW, BLACK AND YELLOW, BLACK AND YELLOW. # COULD OUR BOYS IN BLACK BE NEXT? ONE THING I'D LOVE US TO DO IS, LIKE, DO A LIVE SHOW OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW ` JUST, LIKE, GET EVERYONE OUT THERE GOING OVER THERE GOING OVER ALL THE DANCES WE'VE DONE. LET'S SAY, IN, LIKE, AN ALL BLACKS TEST MATCH OR RUGBY WORLD CUP OR SOMETHING, WHERE WE'RE LIKE A HALF-TIME SHOW AND WE GET THE WHOLE STADIUM JUST STOMPING AND CLICKING TO SOME BANGERS. DOING THAT VIBE ` JUST SPREAD THE GOOD VIBES, BUT WITH HEAPS OF PEOPLE. LIKE, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT ALL IN PERSON, EH, LIKE BEING WITH THAT ENERGY. REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S NEXT, IT'S A WILD RIDE AND ONE THEY'RE NOT TAKING FOR GRANTED ` AND ALL FROM ONE RANDOM DANCE AND A VIDEO OF IT. YEAH, IT'S BEEN CRAZY. WE ACTUALLY A LOT OF TIMES JUST SIT BACK AND GO, 'WHAT IS HAPPENING?' YEAH. IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND, EH. YEAH. ENOUGH TALK; IT WAS MY TIME TO VIBE. I KNOW YOU LOVE THE QUEENS, BUT DO YOU RECKON THERE MIGHT BE SOME BACKSTREET BOYS IN THERE? OOOOOH! BACKSTREET BOYS! OHH... THEY GOT BANGERS. THEY GOT BANGERS. IS THIS YOUR SUGGESTION FOR THE BACKSTREET? MAYBE. OK. # BACKSTREET'S BACK, ALL RIGHT! - WOOHOOO! - YEAH! # AM I EVERYTHING YOU NEED? YOU BETTER ROCK YOUR BODY NOW. # EVERYBODY... YEA-AH! ROCK YOUR BODY... YEA-AH! HEY! HEY! HEY! ALL: # ROCK YOUR BODY RIGHT! # BACKSTREET'S BACK.... # E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HILARY AND, UH, THAT... THAT SIDEKICK OF HERS. BUT I REALLY WANNA MEET AND TALK TO HILLARY. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI ` WELCOME BACK. NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THE NEW GARDEN BIRD SURVEY IS THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST-RUNNING CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT, WHERE THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS RECORD OUR EVERYDAY BIRDS. THE LATEST SURVEY HAS SOME SURPRISING FINDINGS ` INCLUDING DETAILS ON A BIRD WE OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED. JULIAN LEE HAS MORE. (BRIGHT, CURIOUS MUSIC) AT THE BELLEVUE VILLAGE IN PAPANUI, CHRISTCHURCH, GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS ARE RECRUITING OUR MOST VENERABLE FOR WHAT IS QUIETLY TURNING OUT TO BE ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S GREATEST-EVER CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS. SO GOOD MORNING. AS VICTORIA SAID, I'M ANGELA. I'M AN ECOLOGIST AT MANAAKI WHENUA LANDCARE RESEARCH. IT'S ACTUALLY AN IDEA OF USING BIRDS AS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS. WE CAN SEE MAYBE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ENVIRONMENT ` IS THERE SOME KIND OF SIGNAL THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING? BUT IT COULD ALSO MEAN THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE CHANGING. MAYBE` UM, HOW ARE WE MANAGING HABITAT? HOW ARE WE`? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT KINDS OF CHEMICALS ARE WE PUTTING INTO THE ENVIRONMENT? WHEN WE THINK OF NEW ZEALAND'S WILDLIFE, WE THINK KIWI, KAKAPO, KEA. BUT WHAT OF OUR COMMON GARDEN-VARIETY FAUNA? WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO TELL US? IT'S UP THERE WITH BLOOD DONATION? EXACTLY. A RELATIVELY EASY COLLECTIVE EFFORT WHERE ONE PERSON DOING IT ISN'T GONNA BE THAT MEANINGFUL, BUT BY THE TIME WE'VE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS PARTICIPATING OVER THESE 17 YEARS, WE HAVE AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF INFORMATION FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IT'S REALLY JUST... HANG OUT IN YOUR GARDEN FOR AN HOUR; EVERYTHING YOU SEE AND HEAR ` COUNT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EACH SPECIES. BABS FROM BELLEVUE IS ON BOARD. SHE'S ALREADY GOT A FEEDER SET UP. BUT BIRDS ARE UNPREDICTABLE, ELUSIVE, OR MAYBE JUST NOT THERE. THE LATEST SURVEY ` GREAT NEWS ` KERERU AND FANTAILS ARE UP 40%-50% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. NOW SLOWING DOWN, THOUGH. BUT SURPRISINGLY, IT'S THE SPARROWS, GOLDFINCHES AND CHAFFINCHES THAT ARE MOST CONCERNING. WITH THE HOUSE SPARROW AND THE GOLDFINCH IN PARTICULAR, WE` THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THOSE DECLINES. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A DECLINE IN SPARROWS BEFORE. WHAT MIGHT THIS MEAN? WARWICK IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT KNOWS ALL THE BIRDS ` 206 PERMANENT SPECIES IN NEW ZEALAND, ANOTHER 150-ODD SEASONAL VARIETIES OR STRAYS. IF THERE'S A BIRD, YOU'LL PROBABLY KNOW IT? YEAH. (BOTH LAUGH) HOW MANY DO YOU RECKON YOU'VE SEEN? UH, I'M ON ABOUT 219 AT THE MOMENT. GOLDFINCHES SEEM TO BE DECLINING IN RECENT TIMES. YEAH. GREENFINCHES ARE ON THE INCREASE. SO THE FINCH FAMILY IS... BOUNCING AROUND, YEAH. FOR WARWICK, THE NEXT SURVEY WILL BE A WALK IN THE PARK. IT SO HAPPENS TO BEGIN THIS WEEKEND. ANYONE CAN DO IT. WAIT ` I CAN'T DO IT HERE, CAN I? YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN YOUR HOUSE? NO, YOU CAN DO IT IN THE PARK. YOU COUNT THE HIGHEST NUMBER YOU SEE AT ANY ONE TIME. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING THERE'S ABOUT FOUR SPARROWS OVER THERE AND MAYBE A FINCH, YOU CAN PUT THAT DOWN. MAIA HAS JUST SPENT A YEAR DOING A SIMILAR THING OUT ON BANKS PENINSULA FOR HER MASTER'S. DO YOU GET BORED? NO. NO? IT'S... I ACTUALLY FIND IT REALLY... ALMOST THERAPEUTIC. (GIGGLES) YOU KIND OF JUST SWITCH OFF FROM REALITY AND YOU GET TO GO AND JUST SIT IN NATURE, AND TO ME, THAT'S WONDERFUL, AND IT'S WHAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DOING. IT'S JUST SO RELAXING. AND YOU'RE JUST LISTENING TO BIRDS. LIKE, HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE DOING THAT? WHAT KIND OF PLANTS OR TREES IN SUBURBAN GARDENS, CITY AREAS WOULD ENCOURAGE BIRDS? IF YOU PLANTED THINGS LIKE KOWHAI AND FLAX, THEN YOU'LL GET YOUR, UM, THINGS THAT LIKE TO EAT POLLEN, SO YOUR BELLBIRDS, AND... AND ONE DAY, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE TUI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY AGAIN. SO THINGS` THEY'D ATTRACT THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT CAN YOU SEE? SO, WE'VE DEFINITELY GOT A BLACKBIRD OVER THERE, AND NOW WE'VE JUST ADDED A COUPLE. I FEEL LIKE A SAW A COUPLE OF` A FINCH OR SO IN THERE. AND THEN, YEAH, A COUPLE FINCHES AS WELL. MAYBE CHUCK A COUPLE OF SPARROWS IN THERE. FIVE IN THERE. AND WHO KNOWS? THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. PEOPLE THAT` IF YOU CALL A BIRDER A TWITCHER, THAT MEANS THEY CHASE RARITIES. SO PEOPLE WHO CHASE RARE BIRDS ARE CALLED 'TWITCHERS'? TWITCHERS, YEAH. YEAH. BUT YOU CAN OFFEND BIRDWATCHERS BY CALLING THEM A TWITCHER IF THEY'RE NOT A TWITCHER. OH! YEAH. IT'S A DEROGATORY TERM? SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT'S DEROGATORY, BUT I'M A TWITCHER. OH. I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY THAT. YOU'RE AN OPEN TWITCHER. YEAH, SO IF I` YOU'VE COME OUT. YEAH, SO, THIS BLACK TERN SHOWED UP ON THE KAPITI COAST, AND ME AND MY MATE WERE ON THE PLANE THE NEXT DAY. REALLY? DO YOU NEED PROOF? NO. IT'S A` RUNS ON AN HONESTY SYSTEM, TWITCHING. HMM. YEAH. YEAH, BUT WITH ALL THESE BIRDWATCHERS INVOLVED, THERE'S GONNA BE A DODGY ONE, ISN'T THERE? OH, THERE'S DEFINITELY DODGY ONES. (BOTH LAUGH) AT THE PAK'nSAVE ON MOORHOUSE AND JUST ACROSS FROM THE PAK'nSAVE, THERE'S AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING DODGY GOING ON IN THERE. AND THEY GO ABSOLUTELY NUTS. WHY? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. (LAUGHS) THERE'S SOMETHING... EITHER ABOUT THEIR DAILY FORAGING CYCLE, OR IS IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW...? THEY ALMOST SEEM TO BE WARNING EACH OTHER, THOUGH. THAT'S THE WEIRDEST PART. MM. DO YOU COUNT DOGS? NO. (BOTH LAUGH) NO, NOT USUALLY. LOOK AROUND ` EVERYDAY LIFE CAN BE EXTRAORDINARY. AND I WENT HOME AND I WENT, 'OH MY GOSH! 'THIS BIRD'S IN MY GARDEN, 'AND IT'S BEEN HERE THIS WHOLE TIME AND I NEVER REALISED,' AND THEN ONCE YOU'VE LEARNT, YOU HEAR IT EVERYWHERE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALISE WHAT'S IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. YOU'RE JUST LITERALLY OPENING YOUR EYES TO WHAT'S AROUND YOU, AND TO ME, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. MAYBE EVEN DEXTER ` BUT NONE HAVE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION MORE THAN SNIFF, THE STRAIGHT-TALKING SIDEKICK TO CONSTABLE KEITH. KEITH HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW DECADES AS A CELEBRANT AND JP, BUT HE KEEPS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH HIS OLD BUDDY SNIFF. (JAUNTY MUSIC) WHEN SATURDAY MORNING TV WAS AT ITS PEAK, KEITH AND SNIFF WERE MEGASTARS. HEY, HEY WHEN YOU GOING TO SHOW US YOUR GUN? WHAT? - YOUR GUN, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW THAT POLICEMEN DON'T CARRY GUNS IN NEW ZEALAND. (KIDS CHEERING) KEITH DE DULIN AND HIS DOG WERE STARS OFF-SCREEN TOO, A POLL AT THE TIME SHOWED 94% OF KIWI KIDS KNEW WHO THEY WERE. WHAT'S THIS? SNIFF, THAT... OK? CRIKEY. A BOMMY KNOCKER. NO, IT'S NOT A BOMMY KNOCKER. THIS IS CALLED A... UH... FETCH! AND CONSTABLE KEITH AND SNIFF ARE HERE NOW. LOVELY TO SEE YOU GUYS. KEITH ` YOU AND SNIFF ARE ONE OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS. TAKE US BACK. HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN? WELL, IT ALL BEGAN WHEN, IN 1983, WHEN I WANTED TO DEVELOP A` A THING FOR RADIO. AND IT WAS ON RADIO FOR THREE WEEKS. AND 'WHAT NOW?' CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, LET'S PUT IT ON WHAT NOW? AND IT JUST TOOK OFF. IT'S LIKE HAVING A TIGER BY THE TAIL, RIGHT? RIGHT. (HILARY LAUGHS) HOW EXCITING WAS THAT TO GET THE CALL FROM WHAT NOW? WELL, I DIDN'T GET THE CALL. THE BOSS UPSTAIRS GOT THE CALL, AND HE DEMANDED THAT I GO UP AND SEE HIM. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS, GETTING INTO TROUBLE OR GOING TO GET A MEDAL. BUT AS IT WORKED OUT, WE DISCUSSED HAVING THIS FELLA HERE ON` ON TELLY, AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED. NOW, KEITH, YOU RETIRED A WEE WHILE AGO, BUT YOU STILL MUST HAVE A LOT OF KIDS COME UP TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID FOR THEM AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVED YOU, AND SNIFF. FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT, UM... I GET PEOPLE COMING UP TO ME ALL THE TIME, AND THEY'RE NOT` AND THEY'RE NOT KIDS. THEY'RE` BECAUSE KIDS DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL, REALLY. BUT PEOPLE WHO WERE KIDS, THEY'RE COMING UP TO ME ALL THE TIME AND SAYING WHERE'S SNIFF? I'M HERE. I KNOW YOU'RE HERE. I LIKE THE` THE ADULTS THAT SAY, YOU MUST BE GETTING ON NOW. I SAID, YEAH, WELL WE'RE ON. WE STARTED ON TELLY IN 1983 AND... 'AND YOU'RE STILL GOING?' THEY SAY. (CHUCKLES) HE'S STILL GOING STRONG. AND KEITH, SINCE HE LEFT THE FORCE IN 2001, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? WELL, WHEN I LEFT THE POLICE, I... DID A YEAR WITH ROTARY AS DISTRICT GOVERNOR FOR OUR AREA HERE AT THE TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND WHEN I FINISHED THAT, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE MANAGER OF ONE OF THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD START DOING TAKING FUNERALS. AND I DON'T THINK I EVER DID A FUNERAL WHERE SOMEBODY HASN'T` IN FACT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ` BUT WHERE THEY CAME UP TO ME AND SAY, 'DID YOU BRING SNIFF?' AND 'WHERE'S SNIFF?' AND 'WHAT'S SNIFF DOING?' AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND IT BEWILDERS ME. EVERYTHING BEWILDERS YOU. YEAH, THANKS. UH, HILLARY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. OH YES? WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING WITH THAT SIDEKICK OF YOURS? OH, JEREMY WELLS. YEAH. LOOK, IT HAS ITS MOMENTS. FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S OKAY. UM, BUT WE HAVE OUR DAYS. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. I KNOW YOU FEEL. HE, HIM, HIM OVER THERE, HE, UH, HE GIVES ME A BIT OF TROUBLE NOW AND AGAIN. SO, SNIFF, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN BE HONEST HERE ` HAS KEITH ALWAYS TAKEN YOU FOR WALKIES AND GIVEN YOU SMACKOS AND BELLY RUBS? AH, WELL, UM... BELLY RUBS NOT SO MUCH. HE GIVES ME A FEW TREATS, AND I LOVE ME DOGGY BISCUITS. UM, BUT APART FROM THAT WE'RE JUST GOOD MATES. AND SNIFF, AT ONE STAGE YOU WERE THE MOST FAMOUS DOG IN THE COUNTRY. DID CONSTABLE KEITH USED TO READ THE FAN MAIL TO YOU? AH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I CAN READ IT MYSELF! (HILARY AND JEREMY CHUCKLE) AND I` BUT I GOT FAR MORE MAIL. I GOT FAR MORE MAIL THAN HIM. THANKS SO MUCH, CONSTABLE KEITH, AND SNIFF. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, TAKE CARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. BYE. THERE YOU GO. WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SHOW FOR SEVEN YEARS AND THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME. WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. So you're probably wondering who this random fella sitting in your field is. I'm trying to figure that one out myself. Son, biologically speaking, you are not actually, in fact, the fruit of our loins. This necklace was with me when they got me, so if I find out where it was from... ..I find where I was from. Do you guys know this rock? Nope. No. No. No. Hm. But then my good friend Pepper rectified the situation, and that's why I'm here, waiting for that place to open. Excuse me, would you potentially have any idea where this might be from? (UPBEAT MUSIC) (BABY CRIES) (SCOTTISH ACCENT) Potentially. (EXPECTANT MUSIC) VOICEOVER: One New Zealand. Let's get connected. ON THE SHOW NEXT WEEK, HILARY AND I EXPLORE A BISCUIT FACTORY AND MAKE OUR OWN. YES, KIDS ` DREAMS DO COME TRUE. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY; THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. 'KIRSTIE AND PHIL'S LOVE IT OR LIST IT' IS UP NEXT. HAVE A GREAT MATARIKI, AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY. YOU WILL PO MARIE; CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE, MAEVE KELLY AND JASON CONRAN.