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Seven Sharp is a light-hearted current affairs programme which aims to celebrate what it is to be Kiwi by bringing viewers face to face with some of the country’s lesser known characters.

  • 1Topics covered include: 1. America's Cup 2. Inspirational 90 year old 3. Far North District Council's canny attempts to engage their community on the issue of sewage 4. Kiwi singer Bryce Wastney 5. Historical Oamaru lolly factory Regina starts up the machines once again.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 30 : 32
    • Duration 30 : 32
    Reporters
    • Greg Stubbings (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Michael Holland (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Haydn Jones (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Lou Thompson (Inspirational 90 Year Old)
    • Wilma Thompson (Lou's Wife)
    • Wayne Brown (Far North District Mayor)
    • Debbie Ryder (Kerikeri Resident)
    • voxpop
    • Bryce Wastney (Musician)
    • Pat Betty (Candymaker, Regina)
    • Simon Williams (Candymaker, Regina)
    Locations
    • Kerikeri, New Zealand (Northland)
    • Oamaru, New Zealand (Otago)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 9 July 2013
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Seven Sharp is a light-hearted current affairs programme which aims to celebrate what it is to be Kiwi by bringing viewers face to face with some of the country’s lesser known characters.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Alison Mau (Presenter)
  • Jesse Mulligan (Presenter)
  • Greg Boyed (Presenter)
ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. YOU PAID FOR IT. ENJOYING IT YET? I'm talking about the America's Cup. WAS THE OPENING NON-RACE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME IN SAN FRAN, OR WILL THINGS GET BETTER? You would hope so. Do you hope you're still doing what you love at the age of 90? HOW'S THE BUM? OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK? BOTH LAUGH TAYLOR SWIFT HAS GOT THE FIRST FOUR, AND THEN IT WAS LADY ANTEBELLUM, AND THEN MY NAME ` 'DEAD MAN WALKING' CAME UP. And our reporter Greg Stubbings bites off more than he can chew. RED BAND GUMBOOT, AN ORANGE JANDAL, A KORU. HAVE TO HAVE THE, UH, HUHU GRUB. A KIWIFRUIT. PASSIONFRUIT JELLYBEAN. IT'S TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. What features rich men, sulks, bends rules, and occasionally gets on the water and sails? It's the America's Cup. Greg Stubbings says it's a waste of time. YEAH, NAH. YEAH. EH? TEAM NZ, YOU JUST RACED YOURSELF. HONESTLY! JUST CONSIDER HOW LAME YOU HAVE TO BE TO RUN AGAINST YOURSELF... I'M USAIN BOLT! ...OR ARM WRESTLE YOURSELF... OH, IN YOUR INVISIBLE FACE! ...OR BE THE SOLE ENTRANT IN MISS UNIVERSE. I'M THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD. RACING YOURSELF ` IT EVEN SOUNDS WRONG. LAST NIGHT I WAS WATCHING THIS ANGELINA JOLIE MOVIE. THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND, SO I JUST STARTED RACING MYSELF. THINK ABOUT IT ` WHAT OTHER SPORT IS IN THE COURTS DECIDING ON THE RULES TO THE GAME AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED PLAYING? MATE, WHAT'S THE RULE ABOUT ME NOT BEING ON THE GREEN? CHANGE THAT. I'M ON THE GREEN! AND LET'S NOT FORGET, HARDLY ANYBODY EVEN WATCHED THE AMERICA'S CUP BEFORE THEY INVENTED COMPUTER GRAPHICS, BECAUSE IN REAL LIFE, YOU... CAN'T SEE A <BLEEP> THING! TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, IT'S LIKE IF WIMBLEDON WASN'T INTERESTING UNTIL THEY INVENTED PONG. YEAH, YEAH, I'LL ADMIT IT WAS COOL WHEN... AMERICA'S CUP IS NOW NZ'S CUP. YEAH, BUT SO WERE PARACHUTE PANTS, RICKY MARTIN AND CASUAL RACISM. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. LET'S HEAR FROM SOMEONE SENSIBLE. IT'S LOOKING A DEAD-SET THING AT THE MOMENT, ISN'T IT, IN THIS RACE? THAT REMINDS ME, NOBODY LIKES RICH PEOPLE, YET THOSE WICH AMERICA'S CUP WACERS HAVE TAKEN OUR TAX MONEY TO THE TUNE OF $8.20 EACH! IMAGINE WHAT WE EACH OF US COULD HAVE BOUGHT WITH THAT MONEY. I'D JUST BUY WORLD PEACE. THIS GUY WOULD HAVE BOUGHT WORLD PEACE. AMERICA'S CUP, GO RACE YOURSELF. He's got a point. Funny as it was... on the other side of the ledger, Craig Stanaway says it's great. I THINK ANY OF THE BOATS OUT THERE ARE CAPABLE OF CAPSIZING. IT'S BECOMING A POLITICAL FOOTBALL. THEY'LL FIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND SO THEY SHOULD. I'VE GOT A FEW WINS BEHIND MY BELT. DALTS HAS GOT A LOT OF SECOND PLACINGS. IT'S LIKE A MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER, ISN'T IT? SURE, THERE ARE A LOT OF HATERS OUT THERE, BUT HATERS ARE GONNA HATE. BUT EVERYONE'S GOT AN OPINION. IT MEANS WE CARE. SAN FRANCISCO'S FAR MORE INTERESTING THAN THIS. There's a real rivalry with the Crusaders. WHERE'S THE PASSION, LIKE IN THE AMERICA'S CUP? THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP IS A LOT LIKE A LOUIS VUITTON BAG ` NOT TO EVERYONE'S TASTE. THE AMERICA'S CUP COMES INTO FASHION SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY RACE. SURE, $36M IS A LOT OF MONEY ` AROUND $8.20 EACH. THAT IS CHEAPER THAN A MOVIE TICKET FOR THE BIGGEST SPORTING BLOCKBUSTER OF THE YEAR. We've just had a call from the control room. I made that up. I just think Craig is wrong. You need somebody to actually race. The other thing that gets me is not that there is no competitor, but these are now double hulls. All of a sudden it's a completely different sport. I love that in the old days in 2000. It was great when we won it and defended it, and we got great new infrastructure. But then it comes back and everyone gets excited again. If we win it again, they become such a commercial venture. The sponsors want to see the flags waving. Whether one country that gets to say it's our country racing. What do you reckon? IS THE AMERICA'S CUP A JOKE? TEXT 'A' OR 'B' TO 8875. You can vote for free on Facebook and on our website. WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS FOR YOU LATER IN THE SHOW. I want to introduce you to someone very special. There are many ways to celebrate a birthday with a zero in it. This is hard man staff, though. Lou wanted to celebrate his 90th birthday doing what he loves. Michael Holland knows nothing about horses or hunting, but he went to Lou's birthday. LAID-BACK MUSIC IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE BIG. THIS THE BIRTHDAY BASH FOR LOU THE LEGEND, STILL NIMBLE AFTER THREE SCORE AND 30. 150 OF THESE,... 32 OF THESE... AND ONE ROOKIE HUNT REPORTER ASKING THE MOST INSIGHTFUL OF QUESTIONS. WHAT'S THE PLAN? WHAT FOR? WELL, I` FIRST I'M GOING TO GET ON ME HORSE. (CHUCKLES) THEN WE GO UP THE ROAD. JUST ASKING, LOU. NO DRAMAS. DOES SHE REALISE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY? I DOUBT IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WHISPER IN HER EAR AND TELL HER? NO, SHE WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME. SHE WOULDN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE 90? (CHUCKLES) AND LOU'S LONG TIME MATE ROSSA WOULDN'T BE ALONE. HIS STEELY REIGNSMANSHIP THE ENVY OF THOSE MANY FENCES SHY OF THEIR 90S. OH, HE'S GOT A BIG HEART. GOT A BIG HEART. IT'S AMAZING, EH, FOR A GUY LIKE HIM, WHO CAN JUMP THE FENCE AT HIS AGE. THIS IS LOU'S THIRD HUNT IN FOUR DAYS. EACH OUTING ` UP HERE, DOWN THERE, OVER THAT ONE ` A GOOD 20KM WORTH, WHICH BRINGS US TO SILLY REPORTER QUESTION NUMBER TWO. HOWS THE BUM? OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK? (CHUCKLES) NO, THE BACKSIDE HARDENS UP. HE'S ALREADY GOT QUITE A FEW SMOOCHY KISSES FROM QUITE A FEW WOMAN IN THE HUNT CLUB AND A FEW EXTRA BESIDES. THIS IS ALL FOR YOU. HOW ARE YOU REALLY FEELING? HUMBLE. YEAH, HUMBLE, THATS THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF. MM. THEY SAY YOU ARE A BLOODY GOOD BLOKE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST A BLOKE. WELL, BLOKE, MUM RECKONS YOU'RE NOT TOO BAD EITHER, ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT GETTING OVERLY EXCITED. OH, HE'S A GOOD FELLA. (CHUCKLES) IS THAT AS GOOD AS IT GETS? 'HE'S A GOOD FELLA.' ISN'T THAT ENOUGH? HAVE A GOOD DAY, AND SEE YOU BACK HERE ALL IN ONE PIECE. MAYBE IT'S THE TWO WHISKEYS HE HAS EVERY MORNING BEFORE HE RIDES OUT. YOU'RE THE BIRTHDAY BOY. YOU GO FIRST. CHEERS. WHAT IS IT? YOU TELL ME WHEN YOU'VE DRUNK IT. IT'S WHISKEY, GREEN GINGER WINE, KHALUA AND WATER. IT'S BLOODY GOOD. I HAVEN'T FALLEN OFF IN PROBABLY 14 YEARS. SPEAKING OF FALLING OFF, THE SNIFFERS AREN'T FALLING OFF THE SCENT. BUT TO THE PLEASURE, I'M SURE, OF SOME OF YOU AT HOME, THE HARES WIN THE DAY. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE HARES GOT THE BETTER OF YOU. YEAH, YEAH GOOD ON HIM. GOOD ON HIM. AMONG THE HUNTERS, ONE WITH A STRANGELY FAMILIAR NAME. SO YOU'VE BEEN MICHAEL HOLLAND FOR HOW MANY YEARS? 47. YEAH, YOU'RE GETTING ON A BIT, AREN'T YOU? YEAH. WHOOPS, SORRY, LOU. BACK TO YOU. WE WANNA CELEBRATE YOUR 100TH GOOD ON YA, LOU. (SMOOCHES) HERE'S A He's pretty together for 90 years old. I fell off the horse in my 20s, and I'm a fairly good rider, so hats off to Lou. I think I might pass on taste testing that cocktail. What other sport can you drink heavily beforehand? Michael Holland and Lou shook on the fact that Michael will go back in five years time. Lou didn't want to commit to 100. STAY WITH US. THERE'S PLENTY TO COME AFTER THE BREAK. A Kiwi country singer who could be the next big thing. WE CELEBRATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PINEAPPLE LUMP AND ARGUE ABOUT WHAT IT'S CALLED. AND ` I'M HERE WITH THE MAYOR OF THE FAR NORTH, WAYNE BROWN. WE'RE IN KERIKERI. AND TONIGHT, WAYNE, WHAT ARE WE DOING, MATE? WE ARE TALKING CRAP, I'M SORRY TO SAY. YOU'LL FIND OUT MORE LATER ON SEVEN SHARP. Welcome back. Listen up, Kerikeri has a wastewater problem The other problem is that it's hard to get people interested in these issues. The Far-North district Council are a bit cannier than that. DEAN BUTLER WENT TO CHECK IT OUT. KERI KERI. CITRUS TREES, ART, SUNNY BLUE SKIES,... HISTORY. AND NOW, TOILETS. # WHY DON'T WE D` DO IT IN THE ROAD? # YES, THE COUNCIL HAS STARTED A 'LET'S TALK CRAP' CAMPAIGN TO GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GETTING A NEW SEWERAGE SYSTEM. I SPOKE WITH MAYOR WAYNE BROWN ABOUT THE BROWN STUFF. IT'S AN ATTENTION-GRABBER, AND LIKE MOST THINGS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT RISKY. AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, THERE'S EVEN A TALKING TOILET, AND IT'S A REAL POTTY MOUTH. TOILET: IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT COULD MUCK UP A MAN'S FISHING AND DIVING, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I MOVED HERE FOR THE LIFESTYLE. THIS CRAP IDEA WAS ALL FROM THE MIND OF ONE WOMAN. WELL, APPARENTLY I AM FULL OF CRAP. THERE ARE 22 DUNNIES. THEY'RE OUTSIDE SUPERMARKETS, OUTSIDE SCHOOLS ` OR AT LEAST THEY WERE, UNTIL THEY GOT NICKED. WELL, BEING A PIZZA OWNER, YOU'D TALK A FAIR BIT OF CRAP IN YOUR TIME, WOULDN'T YA? (CHUCKLES) YEAH, A LITTLE BIT. I'M NOT SAYING I GOT FREE PIZZA, BUT I RECOMMEND THE MARGARITA. IF THIS WAS AUCKLAND, THAT'D BE A HIGH-RISE TOILET. (CHUCKLES) PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF IT. DO YOU WANNA TALK SOME CRAP? NO! WHY NOT? DO GERMANS TALK A LOT OF CRAP? NOPE. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT? YUP. NO MESSING ROUND? ON YOUR WAY. LET'S TALK CRAP. REAL CRAP. WELL, YEAH, COULD BE POLITICS, THEN. AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE TALK SO MUCH CRAP, THE INEVITABLE HAPPENED. PROPER PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S A SHIT` SHAME ABOUT THE WORK. SOME GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S A USE IT OR LOSE IT POLICY. SO WE REALLY HAVE TO PEE OR GET OFF THE POT. OH, YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE IT IN TV WHEN YOU'RE SITTING ON A TOILET BY A LARGE ROUNDABOUT AND THE RAIN'S COMING DOWN. (SCOFFS) THE DREAM IS ALIVE (!) CAR TOOTS HORN (SIGHS) It's a beautiful town. I just wanted some input. They want to spend $30 million on a new sewerage system. It's a good idea to talk crap. Now I want to talk country music. It's a huge deal in the United States, Australia and here. It turns out our next international music star could be singing country. Hadyn Jones meets him. THE MUSICIANS WHO HAVEN'T QUITE MADE IT OFTEN END UP HERE. IF IT'S MEANT TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME. AND HERE IS WHERE YOUR ROADIES ARE 11... PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY LOUD. ...AND YOUR AUDIENCE IS FORCED TO LISTEN. BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE HAPPY. THIS WAY BETTER THAN MATHS, ANY DAY. # OH-OH-OH,... # DEAD MAN WALKING. # BRYCE WASTNEY HASN'T MADE IT YET, BUT HE'S TRYING. PLAYING MUSIC AND STUFF IS ABOUT INSPIRING PEOPLE AND ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A GOOD FEELING, AND I REMEMBER WHEN MUSICIANS CAME INTO OUR SCHOOL AND THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THAT HAVE MUSIC INSIDE THEM ` WHY NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO AIM FOR? SO, MY FIRST SONG WAS LIKE THIS ` ONE FINGER. STRUMS DEEP PURPLE'S 'SMOKE ON THE WATER' BRYCE IS 37. HE'S A PROFESSIONAL SINGER-SONGWRITER, BUT HE'S NOT GETTING RICH ` NOT IF HE KEEPS PLAYING FOR FREE, ANYWAY. HE'S AT THIS NEW PLYMOUTH SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS SISTER DEBBIE IS A TEACHER HERE. YEAH, EVEN US AS A FAMILY, WE'VE, SORT OF, SAID, 'OH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU SHOULD`', YOU KNOW, 'IT'S PRETTY TOUGH ON YOU. 'MAYBE YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A BREAK FOR A WHILE.' BUT HE'S NEVER GIVEN UP. BRYCE IS FROM NELSON. HE WAS A BOATBUILDER, BUT THE PAINT POISONED HIS BLOOD. THE DOCTOR ACTUALLY SAID TO ME, UM, 'IF YOU DON'T STOP DOING THIS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT TO 30.' WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'VE JUST DONE A FOUR-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP AND TWO YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY? I WENT INTO` I THINK YOU'D CALL IT DEPRESSION, YOU KNOW? HE RETRAINED AS A SCHOOLTEACHER; HIS COURSE CLOSED. HE RETRAINED AGAIN AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER. THEN MUSIC CAME INTO HIS LIFE. # WHOA, # DEAD MAN WALKIN' # HELLO. HE BUSKED. THEN, BY CHANCE, HE MET AN AMERICAN RECORD COMPANY. THEY SIGNED HIM AND PUSHED HIS MUSIC TO RADIO STATIONS FAR FURTHER THAN CURRIE ST IN NEW PLYMOUTH. AND THAT'S WHERE THINGS GOT WEIRD. ON HIS LAPTOP ARE SCREENSHOTS SHOWING HIS MUSIC CHARTING ON DUTCH RADIO STATIONS. THEN, IN NZ, HE GOT TO NUMBER SIX ON THE COUNTRY DOWNLOADS ON ITUNES. TAYLOR SWIFT HAS GOT THE FIRST FOUR, AND THEN IT WAS LADY ANTEBELLUM, AND THEN MY NAME ` 'DEAD MAN WALKING' CAME UP. IT WAS A HUGE BOOST TO MY... (CHUCKLES) TO MY, UM,... MY CONFIDENCE. BUT HAVING THE 13TH MOST POPULAR DUTCH COUNTRY SONG DOES NOT BRING FAME AND FORTUNE ` NOT JUST YET. SO TONIGHT BRYCE IS PLAYING HERE AT THE LITTLE THEATRE IN NEW PLYMOUTH. IT COSTS, UH, $250 TO HIRE FOR THE NIGHT, PLUS HE'S GOTTA PAY FOR FLIGHTS AND ACCOMMODATION AND THE BAND AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO, UH, HE REALLY NEEDS TO SELL OUT, AND I CAN TELL YOU, SO FAR, HE'S SOLD, UM,... 22 TICKETS IN PRE-SALES. HE NEEDS A BIG WALK-UP CROWD. AND WHEN YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT, YOU HAVE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE'RE JUST GONNA KICK INTO IT. # THEN THE WORLD TURNS... # IMAGINE IF WE WERE TO MARK SUCCESS BY A NUMBER ` COS THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A NUMBER THAT'S ABOVE THAT NUMBER, YOU KNOW? IF YOU DRAW A LINE SOMEWHERE, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING FURTHER TO DO, SO THE SUCCESS HAS TO GO... GO INWARDS. TONIGHT IS JUDGED BY A NUMBER, THOUGH ` 100; A FULL HOUSE. HE'S BROKEN EVEN. # ONE TIME, THE DEVIL TOOK ME OUT FOR DINNER. # BRYCE WASTNEY DREAMS OF CROWDS OLDER AND BIGGER THAN THIS, WITH MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS FOR T-SHIRTS AND CDS. YOU KNOW, WITH HIS HEALTH ISSUES THAT HE'S HAD, AND FOR HIM TO GET THROUGH AND ON TO THE ITUNES CHARTS IN NZ AND A RECORD LABEL, IT'S, UM... IT'S CERTAINLY INSPIRING. BRYCE MADE A WHOLE $5 FROM A WEEKEND TOURING TARANAKI. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. $2 WAS FROM BUSKING. BUT BRYCE IS NOT DETERRED. HE GOT ON THE TELE, AND YOU'VE REALLY GOTTA LOVE A GUY WHO HAS NO PLAN B. Good news for him, he's just been picked up by 12,000 radio stations around the world. Stay with us. After the break, results of the poll. They say they're made by Kiwis for Kiwis. LILTING PIANO MUSIC PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES 1 MUSIC SLOWS MUSIC QUICKENS MUSIC CONTINUES When inspiration strikes, talk to ANZ. We have more local experts in more places to help bring your thinking to life. Welcome back. This year is the 60th anniversary of the pineapple lump ` originally called the pineapple chunk. UPBEAT MUSIC WHO HASN'T DREAMED OF OWNING THEIR OWN LOLLY FACTORY? PAT, WHAT'S IT LIKE MAKING LOLLIES FOR A JOB? WELL, IT'S GREAT ACTUALLY. I BET IT IS! PEOPLE SAY, 'DO YOU GET SICK OF EATING THEM?' I NEVER DO. I STILL, WHEN I WALK AROUND THIS FACTORY, I'VE STILL GOT TO GRAZE. PAT'S THE CO-OWNER OF RELAUNCHED REGINA ` A BRAND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM BACK IN THE DAY. CLASSIC CONFECTIONARY, LIKE... OH, MY FAVOURITE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, IS THE, UH, SUPERSTARS OF WRESTLING. HULK HOGAN. AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S BAD... DESSERT STORM ` LOLLIES THAT CELEBRATE A WAR. NKOTB. THAT'S NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T COOL IN THE '90S. # OOH, BABY. # MY OTHER FAVOURITE'S THE ORIGINAL PINEAPPLE CHUNKS BOX. THAT'S RIGHT, SIMON CLAIMS THE ORIGINAL WORLD FAMOUS IN NZ PINEAPPLE CHUNKS WHERE INVENTED IN OAMARU IN 1953 BY A MAN NAMED CHARLES DIVER. WE THINK HE'S A BIT OF KIWI HERO, REALLY. HE ACTUALLY INVENTED THE PINEAPPLE CHUNK FROM SOME OFF-CUTS OF OTHER LOLLIES IN THE FACTORY. THEY REMADE INTO A PINEAPPLE CHUNK OF OTHER LOLLIES IN THE FACTORY. THEY REMADE INTO A PINEAPPLE CHUNK AND AWAY HE WENT. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING UNTIL I'VE SEEN SOME BLURRY FILM FOOTAGE. LUCKILY, SIMON HAD SOME ON HAND. YEAH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DEBATE ABOUT WHEN THE PINEAPPLE CHUNK WAS ORIGINALLY INVENTED. SO, IN THIS FOOTAGE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE SHORT SEGMENT OF CHUNKS COMING OFF THE LINE IN 1953. THAT'S THEM THERE! SO I WAS PRETTY EXCITED TO UNCOVER THAT. AND WE KIWIS DO GET EXCITED ABOUT CHARLES DIVER'S PINEAPPLEY TREATS. PEOPLE EAT IT IN THE TONS. WE MAKE TONS A YEAR. EVEN IN A WEEK WE MAKE 4 OR 5 TONS. OF COURSE, UNDERNEATH THIS SOFT CHOCOLATY SHELL OF A STORY, THERE'S A HARD CANDY MESSAGE, FOLKS. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING IN BUYING NZ-MADE PRODUCTS. HELPS US EMPLOY PEOPLE, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THE SHAPES AND THE FLAVOURS WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FINALLY GIVE LEGENDARY KIWI, CHARLES DIVER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FINALLY GIVE LEGENDARY KIWI, CHARLES DIVER, THE RECOGNITION HE CLEARLY DESERVES. THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. PACKET CRINKLES Greg Stubbings on fire today. AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE GREG PRODUCT-TESTING THE ENTIRE RANGE, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. We have the poll results. See, we told you, Jesse. You wait till we win. You'll be right behind them. I'm happy to jump on a bandwagon. See you tomorrow. CAPTIONS BY CONOR WHITTEN AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL.
Reporters
  • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Greg Stubbings (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Haydn Jones (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Michael Holland (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Bryce Wastney (Musician)
  • Debbie Ryder (Kerikeri Resident)
  • Lou Thompson (Inspirational 90 Year Old)
  • Pat Betty (Candymaker, Regina)
  • Simon Williams (Candymaker, Regina)
  • voxpop
  • Wayne Brown (Far North District Mayor)
  • Wilma Thompson (Lou's Wife)
Locations
  • Kerikeri, New Zealand (Northland)
  • Oamaru, New Zealand (Otago)