Login Required

This content is restricted to University of Auckland staff and students. Log in with your username to view.

Log in

More about logging in

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. One-way door policy to control boozing in Christchurch 2. Racism directed towards taxi drivers 3. Ranfurly Shield challenge in Ruatoria 4. Rising British singer Jake Bugg.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 29 : 47
    • Duration 29 : 47
    Reporters
    • Brodie Kane (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Greg Stubbings (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Craig Stanaway (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • voxpop
    • Matthew Glanville (Save Christhurch Nightlife)
    • Jake Bugg (Musician)
    Locations
    • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
    • Ruatoria, New Zealand (Gisborne)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 30 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 SAM BRADFORD AND HUGO SNELL. 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. Welcome to the show. DO WE NEED A ONE-WAY-DOOR POLICY TO CONTROL OUR BOOZING? CHRISTCHURCH SEEMS TO THINK SO. SOME THINK THAT'LL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END. A NIGHTLIFE LIKE TWIZEL. YOU MEAN THIS TWIZEL? YEAH, THAT TWIZEL. OH. 1AM CLOSING, AND IT COULD GO NATIONWIDE. Also tonight, forget the super rugby final. The most passionate game of rugby this year was played today. It was the Ranfurly shield. WE'LL FIND OUT WHETHER CAB DRIVERS REALLY THINK WE'RE RACIST. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WHITE PEOPLE GIVE ME REMARKS ABOUT THIS ONE ` 'GO TO YOUR COUNTRY.' THE SIMPLE QUESTION IS` THEY ARE ALSO MIGRANTS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE TIME SPAN. AND WE'LL MEET RISING BRITISH STAR JAKE BUGG. THAT'S ALL COMING UP ON TUESDAY'S SEVEN SHARP. # BUT WHEN I SEE THE SIGNS, # I JUMP ON THAT LIGHTNING BOLT. # Very cool. SHOULD ADULTS IN VARIOUS STATES OF INEBRIATION BE TOLD WHEN TO KNOCK IT ON THE HEAD? IF THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL GETS ITS WAY, THERE WILL BE A 1AM LIMIT ON WHEN YOU CAN HEAD INTO A BAR. Should it be up to you to decide when you head out? If you are able to decide. SOUNDS LIKE ONE FOR OUR YEAH-NAH FILE. BRODIE KANE IS UP FIRST. DOES SHE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA? THAT'D BE NAH. UPBEAT MUSIC THIS IS WHAT CHRISTCHURCH USED TO LOOK LIKE ` PEOPLE HAVING FUN ON THE INFAMOUS STRIP AND IN THE BUSTLING SOL SQUARE. THEN THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED, AND THOSE PLACES NOW LOOK LIKE THIS. THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THIS MAN LEADING THE CHARGE TO BUILD BARS AND GET THIS CITY'S NIGHTLIFE BACK. BUT HE COULD BE STOPPED DEAD IN HIS TRACKS AND CHRISTCHURCH COULD HAVE... ...A NIGHTLIFE LIKE TWIZEL. YOU MEAN THIS TWIZEL? YEAH. THAT TWIZEL. OH. JAMIE'S UNCLE ANTONY WOULD GO A STEP FURTHER. HE'D SAY THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSED ALCOHOL POLICY WILL: KILL CHRISTCHURCH. OH. YIKES. HORROR MUSIC SO I STAYED UP LATE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE WOULD FEEL ABOUT BEING SENT HOME AT 1. LIKE, YOU HAVE TO GO HOME. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO BE ` MUM? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO HOME. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WHO ARE YOU? ALL PROTEST COME ON. GO TO HAMILTON. WHY DO I HAVE TO GO HOME? BECAUSE I'M BEING THE FUN POLICE. NO, I THINK YOU CAN GO. (LAUGHS) GO TAKE A HIKE. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A REBUILD, A CHANCE TO MAKE THIS A REALLY COOL CITY. AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ENJOY YOURSELF IN A BAR IF YOU'RE NOT IN ONE BY 1AM SEEMS TO TAKE THE CITY A FEW STEPS BACKWARD. AND LIKE THIS GUY SAYS: WE'VE BEEN GOING PARTYING FOR YEARS, AND WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD TIMES. AND A LOT OF THOSE GOOD TIMES HAPPENED AFTER 1 O'CLOCK. NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THOUGH, THIS IS A BIG ISSUE AND COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER CITIES. IN FACT, THERE WERE 4000 SUBMISSIONS HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH ALONE, WITH OVER 900 PEOPLE WANTING TO COME HERE AND SPEAK PUBLICLY AT THE HEARING. AND IF I STILL HAVEN'T MANAGED TO CONVINCE YOU, TOURISM OPERATORS AND THE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS TOO ` THAT IT'LL KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM COMING TO THE CITY AND THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE TO LEAVE. AND IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHY THAT MAN IN BRODIE'S STORY WAS DRESSED UP AS A PALLBEARER, ANTONY GOUGH ` WHOSE FAMILY'S WEALTH'S AROUND $300M ` IS SO OPPOSED TO THE ALCOHOL POLICY HE WENT TO TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING WITH A COFFIN IN A BID TO GET THE COUNCIL TO SEE THEIR POLICY WAS THE DEATH OF THE CITY. I thought he was just a rich guy in a top hat. This is how it's going to work. The blue bars will close at one. The ones in red will stay up until three but have a one-way door policy after one. If you go out, you're not getting back in. It would be a bugger if you're a smoker. GREG STUBBINGS, THOUGH, THINKS A COUNCIL CURFEW ISN'T A BAD IDEA AT ALL. ANYONE WHO'S PRELOADED ON A KEG OF VODKA AND HEADED TO TOWN KNOWS THE LATER YOU'RE OUT, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET PUNCHED, VOMITED ON OR SEXUALLY HARASSED BY THIS GUY. YOU WANT TO GO HOME WITH ME? SULTRY MUSIC NO. I WOULDN'T. BECAUSE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. SIRENS WAIL FIVE, SIX, SEVEN HOURS LATER, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE. DISORIENTATED, CONFUSED. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE GOING TO A&E ` NOT GOING HOME WITH ME. THAT'S RIGHT, CHRISTCHURCH ` WE'VE GOT A DRINKING PROBLEM. ALCOHOL COSTS US $60M-$70M HEALTH DOLLARS EVER YEAR DOWN HERE. IT TAKES ALMOST A FIFTH OF OUR ANNUAL POLICING BUDGET. HOW WOULD EARLY CLOSING HELP? WELL, A NORWEGIAN STUDY HAS FOUND THAT... EVERY HOUR. SO EARLIER CLOSING TIMES ARE A NO-BRAINER, EVEN FOR A LATE NIGHT DANCING QUEEN LIKE MYSELF. BUT IF YOU THINK CHRISTCHURCH WOULD BECOME THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE BOOZE-CRUISE THAT IS PLANET EARTH, BEAR IN MIND YOU'LL BE CRAWLING OUT OF BARS IN LOS ANGELES, ROME AND PARIS AT JUST 2AM. NOW, PUBS HERE HAVE ADMITTED ` AND YEARS OF MY EFTPOS RECEIPTS CONFIRM ` THAT THEY CAN MAKE MOST OF THEIR MONEY BETWEEN 2AM AND 3AM. NOW, TO ME, THAT SUGGESTS PUBS HAVE A LOT TO LOSE FROM EARLIER CLOSING. WHEREAS PUNTERS COULD STOP WASTING A LOT OF MONEY, BE SAFER, PROBABLY DRINK LESS OVERALL AND BE HEALTHIER. I KNOW I SOUND BORING, SO WHAT ABOUT THOSE GOOD CHRISTCHURCH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO... # FIGHT... # FOR OUR RIGHT... # TO PAAAAARTY? # THIS ISN'T ABOUT KILLING YOUR PARTY, DUDE, OR TAKING AWAY YOUR CANTERBURY CREAM SHOTS ` IT'S ABOUT DEVELOPING A VIBRANT EVENING ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE RATHER THAN... <BLEEP>. <BLEEP>. ...AN ALL-HOURS, VIOLENT, BODILY-FLUID-SOAKED CESSPIT. PUT SIMPLY, VOMIT IS NOT VIBRANCY. Wellington Hamilton and Auckland have draft policies in the pipeline. So Christchurch could be a guinea pig. I'm still on Brodie side. I think 1am is too early. Nothing good ever happens after 2 AM. I could care less. The idea of staying awake to 3 AM is too hard for me. There is a bit of a granny state situation we're going to tell you when to have fun. After watching Greg's piece, I'm with him. No amount of snarling people are going to change my mind. But we're not under 24 years old. It's a really important time if you're single. Facebook was huge on this. Most people on Facebook support staying open later. Damien said the same thing. He said liquored up punters in the street at 1 AM is not a good thing. Interested in what you think. YOU CAN TEXT EITHER A FOR YEAH OR B FOR NAH TO 8875. TEXTS COST 75C. OR YOU CAN VOTE FOR FREE AT SEVENSHARP.CO.NZ WE'LL BRING YOU THE RESULTS LATER IN THE SHOW. STAY WITH US. THERE'S PLENTY TO COME AFTER THE BREAK. THEY JUST WANT TO GET A TAXI, AND THEN THEY TAKE THEIR FRUSTRATION OUT ON TAXI DRIVERS. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. WE ASK CABBIES WHETHER THAT RACIST LOSER IN INVERCARGILL IS A TYPICAL PASSENGER. HE PLAYED GLASTONBURY AT AGE 17, AND HE'S ABOUT TO DO SEVEN SHARP AT 19 ` IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO ACHIEVE? AND IF YOU'VE WONDERED WHERE RUGBY'S HEART HAS GONE, WE'RE IN RUATORIA WITH THE ANSWER. WELCOME BACK. A COUPLE OF UPDATES NOW. FIRST, A FEW WEEKS AGO WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF 91-YEAR-OLD BATTLER PEARL SANGER, WHOSE WHANGAREI HOME HAD BEEN BURGLED AND TORCHED. TONIGHT WE CAN CONFIRM THE POLICE HAVE REFERRED A 15 YEAR OLD WHANGAREI BOY TO YOUTH AID FOR THE BURGLARY, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ONE MORE SUSPECT. AS FOR THE FIRE, THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING. HOPEFULLY PEARL WILL BE HEADING HOME AS SOON AS REPAIRS ARE FINISHED. 15?! THERE'VE BEEN FANTASTIC TURNOUTS TO PROTESTS AGAINST ANIMAL TESTING. We talked about this a few weeks ago. THESE WERE THE SCENES IN WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND TODAY. Hundreds of people saying that they aren't into it. All three of us agreed that we weren't into it too. It was a good story. The other big talking point this week was Greg Shuttleworth's racist rant. The taxi driver involved actually left Auckland because he thought Invercargill was safer. Oh, the irony. We wanted to give taxi drivers a chance to respond to his vitriol. 'WHERE ARE YOU FROM?' AND 'WHY ARE YOU HERE?' AND 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' THEY WILL SAY, 'WHY YOU ARE HERE?' AND USE THE F-WORD WITH US. AND 'GO TO YOUR COUNTRY.' SO WHY DON'T YOU <BLEEP> OFF BACK TO WHERE YOU COME FROM? WELL, THEY ASK, UH, 'WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE HERE?' YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. OH, 'YOU GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY'; YOU KNOW, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?' ARE YOU FROM NZ? SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GIVING AN INTERVIEW TO SOMEONE. ARE YOU FROM NZ? I THINK IT'S JUST CRAZY PEOPLE WHO HAD THAT SORT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR MY COUNTRY, WHERE I COME FROM. ACTUALLY, I AM FROM INDIA, BUT, NO, I AM KIWI. I AM CITIZEN OF NZ NOW, SO THIS IS MY COUNTRY. SO YOU'RE HERE, INFILTRATING OUR COUNTRY, AND YOU'RE QUITE HAPPY ABOUT IT? ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WHITE PEOPLE GIVE ME REMARKS ABOUT THIS ONE ` 'GO TO YOUR COUNTRY.' THE SIMPLE QUESTION IS` THEY ARE ALSO MIGRANTS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE TIME SPAN. YOU AND I ARE THE SAME. THAT'S COS GOD MADE YOU AND I. YOU'RE AN ISLAM PRICK. DRIVER: ARE YOU DRUNK OR WHAT, SORRY? YOUR MIND IS CLEAR, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DRUNK. THE OTHER GUY IS DRUNK, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S GOT SOMETHING WRONG IN THE HEAD. I WANT YOU TO <BLEEP> OFF BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY. SUCH TYPE OF, UH, A REMARK CAME WHEN THE PEOPLE FEEL SCARED OR INSECURE. THEY SAY THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE HERE AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR JOBS AND... BUT IMMIGRANTS ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST. THEY JUST TRY TO WORK HARD, YOU KNOW? YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN NZ IN THE FIRST PLACE. NO, NO, NO. IT PLAYS ON YOUR MIND, BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS` YOU GET THROUGH IT, AND IT TAKES YOU A WHILE TO BECOME NORMAL, YOU KNOW? I CAN'T CHANGE THEIR MIND. IF THEY ARE PREJUDICED AGAINST ME OR ANY OTHER PEOPLE, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I'LL PAY YOU SEVEN BUCKS WHEN YOU TELL ME YOU'LL PISS OFF BACK TO THE COUNTRY YOU CAME FROM. THERE ARE TWO THINGS IN LIFE ` BITTER AND SWEET. 99% OF PEOPLE ARE GOOD. IF 1% ARE BAD, IT DOESN'T MATTER. I do love that last comment. 99% of people are great. I love a chat with the cabbie, particularly after a couple of drinks. In a nice way. For most people it was a normal Tuesday. But in Ruatoria everyone shut up shop early and headed to the local park. The Ranfurly Shield was on the line. The Waikato team actually had a bit of surprise for the locals. IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BIGGER IN THE HEARTLAND OF NZ'S SMALLEST RUGBY UNION. # LOVIN' EACH DAY AS IF IT'S THE LAST. TRIED TO YELL OUT TO HIM. HE'S TALLER. I'M NOT DRESSED IN TVNZ GEAR YET. I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE ON CAMERA. BUT IT IS THEIR BIG DAY. THIS IS RUATORIA, AND THE RANFURLY SHIELD'S COMING TO TOWN. EXCEPT ON A DAY THIS BIG, THE BIGGEST NAME IN EAST COAST RUGBY IS SADLY MISSING, AND HE WAS A KIND OF A BIG DEAL. IT'S AMAZING TO TRAVEL ALL THIS WAY AND FIND THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE GREATEST FULLBACK WHO EVER LIVED. GEORGE NEPIA IS EAST COAST RUGBY'S MOST FAMOUS SON ` PART OF THE LEGENDARY 1924 INVICIBLES. AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WANTING TO PAY MY RESPECTS. IT'S AN HONOUR TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE SHIELD HERE TODAY. AND YOU HEAR ALL THE STORIES ABOUT GEORGE AND THE INSPIRATION HE IS AROUND THIS AREA. VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. A SPECIAL MOMENT ON A SPECIAL DAY, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT UNIQUE. EAST COAST HAS CHALLENGED FOR THE LOG O' WOOD SIX TIMES BEFORE, JUST NEVER WON. I USED TO PLAY FOR THE COAST. I WAS DELEGATE FOR OUR CLUB. PRESIDENT OF THE UNION. LIFE MEMBER, AND NOW I'M BACK ON THE BLOODY THING. I'M DEPUTY. < SO WHEN YOU'RE A LIFE MEMBER, YOU CAN BRING YOUR HORSE? ANYTHING. DO ANYTHING. THEY ROLL OUT SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR VIPS HERE ON THE COAST. THE BEST CORPORATE BOX IN RUATORIA. THIS IS AWESOME. THERE'S NO CHAIRS UP HERE. IT'S JUST STONES. WHERE'S THE CHAIRS? SITTING DOWN, YOU WON'T SEE A THING! # LOVING EACH DAY AS IF IT'S THE LAST. # THE FOOD IS WHOLESOME, AND BEST OF ALL, THE PEOPLE ARE REAL. SHOULD YOU BE AT WORK? WE'VE JUST COME FROM WORK. WE JUST CAME FROM WORK STRAIGHT HERE TO SUPPORT OUR BOYS. < SO WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? HALF PAST 4. < DONE YOUR EIGHT HOURS AND NOW YOU'RE HERE? WELL, NOT QUITE EIGHT HOURS. LAUGHTER BUT THE BEST THING ABOUT THE DAY WAS THIS: ALL CHANT HAKA ANY LOCAL KID WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE NGATI POROU HAKA WAS ALLOWED TO STICK IT TO WAIKATO. BUT, BOY, WERE THEY IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE. WAIKATO RESPONDED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR 92-YEAR HISTORY. (CHANTS) ALL CHANT HAKA AND THEN IT WAS ALL ON. ALL CHANT HAKA HONOURS EVEN THERE. WHEN IT CAME TO ACTUAL RUGBY, THOUGH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE TEAM IN IT ` WAIKATO WINNING 65-10. THEY KNOW HOW TO DO HAKAS IN NGATI POROU EAST COAST, BUT WE PULLED THROUGH IN THE SECOND HALF. ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SORT OF OPPORTUNITY ` TO HAVE THE RANFURLY SHIELD CHALLENGE AT YOUR HOME. AND THE COMMUNITY GOT BEHIND US, THE IWI GOT BEHIND US, AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO PUT IT ON FOR THE WAIKATO RUGBY TEAM. AND THEY DID. NGATI POROU EAST COAST EARNING THE RESPECT OF BIG BROTHER ON A DAY NO ONE HERE IS LIKELY TO FORGET FOR A VERY LONG TIME. Great day. The Waikato team has never done a haka. The east coast team scored their first ever try and regularly feel rugby. The hakas are still going on, I reckon. STAY WITH US. JUST AFTER THE BREAK ` RESULTS FROM OUR POLL ON ALCOHOL POLICY, AND... HELLO, I'M JAKE BUGG, AND I'LL BE ON SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. STILL A TEENAGER BUT ALREADY SHAPING UP AS A MAJOR SINGER SONGWRITER TALENT ` WE MEET ENGLISHMAN JAKE BUGG. Welcome back. I didn't think it was can be that far apart. Well done, New Zealand. WE LOVE BRINGING YOU NEW TALENT ON SEVEN SHARP. WE TRY TO PICK THE UP AND COMERS WHO'RE GOING TO BE HUGE, AND WE THINK WE'VE CRACKED IT THIS TIME WITH A 19-YEAR-OLD ENGLISHMAN MIGHT REMIND YOU OF A HEAP OF THE OLD-TIME GREATS. DEAN BUTLER SPOKE TO JAKE BUGG. UPBEAT MUSIC # WENT DOWN IN A FIERY ZEPPLIN. YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T TRY. # EVERY YEAR, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO RIPS UP THE MUSIC CHARTS THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF. THIS YEAR, IT'S JAKE BUGG. # TALKING ABOUT A CONNECTION, THINKING ABOUT A FUSED WIRE. # IF THAT TUNE'S RINGING NO BELLS, HOW ABOUT THIS? # WHEN I GET UPTIGHT, I WALK RIGHT INTO THE PATH OF A LIGHTNING BOLT. THAT SONG FOR THE GATORADE AD? THAT'S JAKE'S. AND NOW IT'S MY TURN TO MEET BRIT POP'S NEW STAR. THE INTERVIEW DIDN'T START WELL. IT WAS NG ` NOT GOOD. JAKE BUGG ` OBVIOUSLY A MADE-UP NAME. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT? OH, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY` IT'S ME DAD'S NAME, ACTUALLY, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER AS WELL ` YOU KNOW, JAKE BUGG IS ONLY TWO SYLLABLES, INNIT? SO THAT IS YOUR REAL NAME? YEAH, IT IS, YEAH. WE'LL JUST START THAT AGAIN. JAKE, GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO. HERE WITH JAKE BUGG. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY THINK YOUR NAME'S MADE UP, BUT I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH. IT IS YOUR REAL NAME? IT IS, YEAH. YEAH. IT IS # MET HER AS THE ANGELS PARTED FOR HER. SO WE CLEARED THAT UP. AND I DIDN'T NEED ANY OF MY FANCY RESEARCH TO TELL YOU THAT JAKE HAD JUST GOT OFF A PLANE. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS GAME, MATE? WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, AND I JUST` YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN MUSIC. JUST USED TO BE INTO ME FOOTBALL, LIKE, AND ME UNCLE JUST CAME OVER WITH A GUITAR ONE DAY, SHOWED ME A COUPLE OF CHORDS, AND I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, MAN. YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO AS SOON AS I PLAYED THOSE FIRST FEW CHORDS. THERE'S A SIMPSONS TIE-IN IN YOUR STORY? I WAS JUST WATCHING IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE KID THERE WITH ME ICE CREAM, AND THEN... (CHUCKLES) I DON'T NEED DRUGS TO ENJOY THIS. JUST TO ENHANCE IT. # STARRY, STARRY NIGHT. # A DON MCLEAN'S SONG 'VINCENT' CAME ON, AND WHEN I HEARD IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT INTERESTED ME WAS I COULDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY I LIKED IT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT DREW ME IN. IN NZ HERE, WE LOVE IT WHEN FOREIGN STARS COME OVER AND THEY PRAISE OUR COUNTRY. YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A FEW HOURS, BUT DO YOU LIKE NZ? SO FAR, YEAH. PEOPLE SEEM FRIENDLY ENOUGH, YEAH. I ASKED FANS TO SEND ME QUESTIONS FOR JAKE. I ONLY GOT ONE REPLY. HE WAS FROM MY MATE, HUTCHIE. READS: IS JAKE BUGG THE LOVE CHILD OF JAMES BLUNT AND JUSTIN BIEBER? NO. IT WAS OBVIOUS I WASN'T GONNA GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS WITH OLD BLABBER-MOUTH. LUCKILY, IT WAS TIME FOR A SOUND CHECK. (SINGS) (PLAYS GUITAR INSTRUEMENTAL) He's really good. Catchy too. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT. CATCH YOU TOMORROW, WHERE I'LL BE HEADING UP THE SKY TOWER TO SEE CHEF PETER GORDON'S NEW RESTAURANT. CAPTIONS BY AND CONOR WHITTEN AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013
Reporters
  • Brodie Kane (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Craig Stanaway (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Dean Butler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Greg Stubbings (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Jake Bugg (Musician)
  • Matthew Glanville (Save Christhurch Nightlife)
  • voxpop
Locations
  • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
  • Ruatoria, New Zealand (Gisborne)