THE 'WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT' IDEA THAT COULD CHANGE THE WAY YOU GIVE TO CHARITY. THIS IS KINDA LIKE A DATING SERVICE FOR CHARITY. IT IS. IT'S EFFECTIVELY AN ONLINE DATING SERVICE FOR A FAMILY OR BUSINESS OWNER WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FOR A FAMILY WHO HAS A CHILD WITH AN ILLNESS OR DISABILITY. IN A NUTSHELL! THE KIWI COUPLE ENSURING THEIR TRAVEL STORIES DON'T SEND PEOPLE TO SLEEP YEAH, WE JUMP FROM ACTING CHARACTERS, TO SINGING A SONG, TO A MOVIE, TO INTERACTION WITH THE CROWD AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. ALL IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR LOUNGE. WE HAVE OUR FIRST LOOK AT PETER GORDON IN HIS NEW RESTAURANT. THIS IS pETER gORDON'S NEW RESTAURANT. IF YOU'VE VISITED QUEENSTOWN AND YOU'RE NOT A VEGETARIAN, YOU'VE PROBABLY STOOD IN LINE FOR ONE. THE HARD PART IS WORKING OUT WHO THEY'RE NAMED AFTER. TELL ME ABOUT HIM. HE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST PERSON TO SWIM NAKED DOWN TO GLENORCHY. WAS HE? YES, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. No he wasn't. THAT'S ALL COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP. THREE YEARS AGO, THE DAUGHTER OF A FRIEND OF THE MUNT FAMILY WAS DIAGNOSED THIS EVENT MADE THEM WANT TO HELP. The ended up launching a whole new way to givethat doesn't involve reaching into their wallets. GOOD BOY. GOOD BOY! COME ON, DAD, HAVE A TURN. BRING IT ON. NOW THIS IS BRAD'S IDEA OF FUN. IT TOOK A PHONE CALL AND SOME HELPFUL COPS TO ORGANISE, AND IT HELPS BRAD AND HIS FAMILY FORGET HOW TOUGH THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN. I'VE HAD RADIATION, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG IT GOES FOR. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOUR, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEVASTATED. HAD CHEMO. AND IT WAS FOUR WEEKS. AND SURGERY? > YEAH. OH YEAH. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. (LAUGHS) BUT IT WASN'T BRAD'S FAMILY WHO PICKED UP THE PHONE. THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS IN STORE TODAY. THAT'S BEEN THE EXCITING THING FOR THEM. IT'S LIKE WE WAKE UP THIS MORNING AND, 'WHERE ARE WE GOING?' NOPE, THE ORGANISERS WERE THESE GUYS. HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THIS FAMILY? > UM, NOT VERY WELL. (GIGGLES) HAD YOU EVER MET THEM BEFORE? NO. WE JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS WHAT THEY DO, BECAUSE IT'S A HARD SITUATION TO BE IN. WE JUST WANT TO SEE THEM HAPPY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO INSTEAD OF THEIR USUAL SATURDAY... TAYLOR AND I WOULD NORMALLY GO FOR A RIDE ON THE PONIES. I WOULD USUALLY BE PLAYING RUGBY. I DROP THEM ROUND EVERYWHERE. THEY HOOKED UP WITH THE WOON CLAN AND USED A LITTLE TIME AND A LITTLE IMAGINATION TO GIVE THEM A WEEKEND THEY WOULDN'T FORGET. GOING UP SKY TOWER LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THAT. THE HUMMER. GOING IN THE HUMMER. I ENJOYED MEETING THOSE SHORTLAND STREET STARS. IT WAS REALLY COOL. GETTING BITTEN BY THE POLICE DOG. YEAH. TOO BAD MUM WASN'T BITTEN, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE NEXT TIME. AND WHY'S IT SO GOOD TO DO THIS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY? LIKE A LOT OF THE FAMILIES AT STARSHIP, IT'S BEING SPLIT. SEEING ALL OUR KIDS TOGETHER AND SEEING BRADLEY SMILE, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT SMILE. WHEN WE PULLED UP HE SAID, 'OH WOW.' YOU KNOW, WHEN HE REALISED WE WERE COMING TO SEE THE DOGS. HELLO. OF EVERYTHING, THIS WAS BRAD'S BEST BIT. MY UNCLE'S A COP, AND I JUST LOVE ANIMALS SO MUCH, SO IT'S A GOOD TREAT TO COME SEE THE DOGS AND SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN I GROW UP. YEP, BRAD PLANS TO BE A DOG HANDLER. JUST A BIT OF MUSCLE-BUILDING TO DO FIRST. GIVE IT A TRY. SEE HOW HEAVY IT IS. (GRUNTS) YOU ALL RIGHT? OH SHIT. LAUGHTER THAT'S HOW STRONG THESE DOGS ARE. PROBABLY HEAVIER THAN ME. YEAH. YEAH. LOTS OF ORGANISATIONS PROVIDE GREAT EXPERIENCES, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. GREG WANTED HIS FAMILY AND HIS BUSINESS TO HELP IN A PERSONAL WAY. WE CAME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT, WHICH IS 'ONE DAY, ONE DREAM'. HE JUST GOT THE BALL ROLLING WITH HIS FAMILY AND AT HIS WORK. ALL OF MY STAFF AT MY BUSINESS POOLED IN AND DID DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT. THERE HASN'T BEEN A BIG COST INVOLVED, AND THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE. GOING ON LAMBORGHINI. EX-ACDC DRUMMER ` NO CHARGE. MET, UM, IVAN ` ALL WHITES. < HOW DID THEY GET YOU INVOLVED? UH, THE GOOD OLD FACEBOOK. AGAIN, NO CHARGE. AND A RIDE IN THE CHOPPER ` SCROUNGED IT FOR FREE. YOU'VE ORGANISED A BIG WEEKEND FOR THEM, BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE THAT FLASH? NO, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S JUST ABOUT ORDINARY, EVERYDAY KIWIS WITH A BOAT AND THE ABILITY TO GO AND TAKE THE KIDS OUT FISHING FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, COME BACK AND HAVE A BARBECUE ON THE BEACH. IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS THAT. BECAUSE THIS HAS WORKED SO WELL, THEY THINK OTHERS SHOULD TRY IT TOO. AND THEY'RE MAKING IT EASY WITH A WEBSITE. SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A DATING SERVICE FOR CHARITY? IT IS. IT'S EFFECTIVELY AN ONLINE DATING SERVICE FOR A FAMILY OR BUSINESS OWNER WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FOR A FAMILY WHO HAS A CHILD WITH AN ILLNESS OR DISABILITY. MY KIDS HAVE CONNECTED WITH THE FAMILIES TODAY, AND IT'S GREAT. IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. A PRETTY SOUND IDEA... MAKES HIM FEEL 10 TIMES BETTER, AND IT'S GREAT. I HOPE PEOPLE DO GET IN BEHIND IT. ...AND ONE THAT'S INFECTIOUS. IT'S LIKE A PAY FORWARD THING ` LIKE, SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING FOR US. WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE TOO. The best thing is that people can do stuff that isn't reaching into their wallets and giving to charity. THE LITTLE GIRL WHO INSPIRED IT ALL ` MIA ANGLEA CORNES, AND SHE DIED AGED 5. HER FUNERAL WAS HELD JUST LAST WEEK. SHE WAS INSPIRATION. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE OR WEBSITE. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP ARE PROPERLY VETTED AND THE FAMILIES IN NEED ARE CHECKED OUT THOROUGHLY TOO TO STOP THE SYSTEM GETTING ABUSED. Details are on our website. I get a cold and I started groaning. It must be terrible the treatment is going through IT's sad that kids are going through these treatments. STICK WITH US. PLENTY TO COME AFTER THE BREAK. JOURNEY AND ADVENTURE IS AN ATTITUDE. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, PERSONALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING JOURNEY AND ADVENTURE INTO EVERY DAY. FORGET YAWNING THROUGH A SLIDE SHOW. THIS COUPLE HAVE MADE THEIR MASSIVE OE COME ALIVE IN YOUR LOUNGE. HOW IS A LITTLE BURGER BATTLER SUCCEEDING AGAINST THE BIG BOYS? WE LOOK AT THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS AT FERGBURGER. WE'RE ABOUT TO GO 300M SOUTH AND 300M UP TO THE BIGGEST RESTAURANT LAUNCH OF THE YEAR. LIVE ON THE 53RD FLOOR OF THE SKYTOWER. Welcome back. Great trips are going to good comedy shows. We met a couple who think they have cracked the formula to that one. STILL SHARING SOME PRETTY AWESOME STUFF WITH PEOPLE. WELLINGTON THIS TIME, SHAKY WELLINGTON, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING. WE ARE THE ROADIES. WE ARE, LIKE, EVERYTHING. # ...ON THE JOB. IT'S A NATIONAL TOUR ` A WORLD-CLASS GIG IN THE MOST UNUSUAL OF PLACES. AND YOU'RE INVITED! JOIN THE ADVENTURE. EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE ASIA. JUMP ON THE BIKES WITH US AND JOURNEY OVER SOME OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS ON THE PLANET. BUSTLING CITY STREETS AND VAST WINDSWEPT DESERTS. # OH, WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE. OH! THIS INNER-CITY WELLY LOUNGE IS THE 30TH KIWI HOME PERFORMERS DAVE HENLEY AND MONICA YEOMAN HAVE PACKED OUT SINCE MAY. YOU WEREN'T ACCEPTED INTO ANY VENUES? NO. (GIGGLES) THE SECRET'S OUT. YEAH, WE HAD TO DO A RENT-A-CROWD THING, YOU KNOW, AND OUR FRIENDS WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME ALONG. PRETTY MUCH. THEIR, WELL, TRAVELLING SHOW-AND-TELL... THAT'S A NICE SENTIMENT, ISN'T IT? I LIKE THAT VERY MUCH. SO MUCH MORE THAN YOUR OLD-FASHIONED HOLIDAY SLIDESHOW. WE'VE GIVEN IT A BIT MORE SPACE. (HONKS HORN) YOU CAN EXPECT A BIT OF CROWD INTERACTION. LIGHT MUSIC. # IT'S GOT LIVE MUSIC, AND IT'S GOT... AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM. GO WITH THE FLOW. GO WITH THE FLOW. BACK IN THE DAY, DID YOU USED TO GO TO HOLIDAY SLIDESHOWS LIKE THIS? NO, NO. IT WAS USUALLY 500 SLIDES AND PEOPLE WOULD DOZE OFF. (GUFFAWS) NO CHANCE OF THAT HERE. OK, PUMP UP THE BIKE TYRES. I'VE ALMOST FOUND THAT WHEN I COME HOME, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT TRAVEL STORIES. THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE FOR YOU? OH, NO, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE CASE. WE JUST FORCE IT ON THEM. THAT SAID, DAVE AND MON HAVE GOT A BLOODY GOOD STORY TO TELL. IN 2012, WE CYCLED THROUGH ASIA AND THE HIMALAYA. NINE COUNTRIES, NINE MONTHS, 15,000KM. FROM SINGAPORE THROUGH TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA, CHINA, PAKISTAN,... ...NEPAL AND INDIA. I'D IMAGINED THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME TOUR DE FRANCE TYPE HILL CLIMBS IN THAT? EPIC. YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. SOME AWESOME, AWESOME ROADS THAT GO UP TO, SORT OF, 5000M. DID YOU USE ANY PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS? OH, NO COMMENT. NO COMMENT. MY TEAMMATES WERE DOING IT. IT WAS WHEN THE COUPLE WAS DOING IT TOUGH AT ALTITUDE THAT THEY REMEMBERED BACK TO A LOUNGE-ROOM SHOW THEY'D SEEN DOWN UNDER, FRONTED BY AMERICAN MUSICIAN GIDEON IRVING. WE JUST THOUGHT, 'THIS IS SO GENUINE AND INTIMATE AND REAL.' AND WE THOUGHT, 'THAT'S A REALLY COOL, A REALLY GOOD PLATFORM 'TO BE AT,' AND SO THAT WAS IT. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ALL BEER AND SKITTLES. OUR SMALLEST GIG WAS FIVE PEOPLE, WHICH WAS REALLY SCARY. WE WERE EXPECTING 50; GOT FIVE. FOUR... FOUR. YEAH, IT WAS` IT WASN'T SO GOOD. BUT THEN WE'VE HAD OTHER ONES` MY PARENTS WERE THERE AS WELL, THOUGH. SO THEY WERE TWO OF THE FOUR. STILL, THOSE THAT DO FRONT LOVE IT. IT'S THE FOURTH TIME I'VE SEEN IT. THE KOHA THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS COVERING LIFE ON THE ROAD. JOURNEY AND ADVENTURE IS AN ATTITUDE, AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO PERSONALLY, AND MON IS AS WELL, IS WE'RE TRYING TO BRING JOURNEY AND ADVENTURE INTO EVERY DAY. I THINK WITH THESE TWO, 'WATCH THIS SPACE,' IN TERMS OF THEIR FUTURE. I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH` THEY'RE BOTH SO TALENTED. WELL, AFRICA'S NEXT. I'M PICKING MORE LOUNGE-ROOM TOURS. STADIUMS, MATE. STADIUMS. LIKE, 50,000. YOU'VE SOLD OUT. YOU'VE SOLD OUT. NAH, WE'LL ALWAYS COME BACK TO SMALL GIGS. CHEERING, APPLAUSE Always come back to small gigs. Except next Friday 9th of August. Matt was telling me that he had a mate who did a big OE. Came back and wanted to tell his mates, but mates were not interested. You have been overseas it is incredible time, all so real, you get home and nobody cares. ON FACEBOOK TODAY WE ASKED YOU ABOUT ICONIC EATERIES. THERE'S A BURGER JOINT IN QUEENSTOWN LEAVING THE BIG CHAINS IN THE DUST. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ITS SECRET IS. BRODIE KANE HAS THE STORY. ROCK MUSIC THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WAIT FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR A BURGER. IS THERE A SECRET OR SOMETHING THAT JUST MAKES IT CONSTANTLY POPULAR? I THINK MAYBE IT'S A MYTH OR A LEGEND, BUT IT'S GROWN. IT'S JUST GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN. IT'S GROWN FROM THIS MARKETING DEPARTMENT WE HAVE OF NO PEOPLE. YOU HEARD HIM ` A MARKETING AND SALES TEAM OF ZERO. BUT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT FERGBURGER. WORD OF MOUTH. OLD SCHOOL. WORD OF MOUTH ON A BEACH IN THAILAND, WORD OF MOUTH IN A BAR IN IRELAND, WORD OF MOUTH WHEREVER YOU ARE. YOU COME TO QUEENSTOWN,THEN YOU GOTTA HAVE A FERGBURGER. BUT IT'S JUST A BURGER, RIGHT? WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE? FERGBURGER. THE ACTUAL FERGBURGER? MM-HM. IS IT NICE? YEAH, BEST BURGER I'VE EVER HAD. BEST BURGER YOU'VE EVER HAD? MM. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, LET'S SEE FOR OURSELVES, STARTING AT THE BAKERY. UPBEAT MUSIC PROBABLY NO OTHER BURGER PLACE AROUND THAT'S... WHEN YOU'RE EATING YOUR BURGER, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A BUN THAT'S AN HOUR OLD, TWO HOURS OLD FROM THE OVEN. AND SO THE BUNS ARE APPARENTLY JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE GUFF INSIDE. WHOO-HOO! LOOK AT THOSE. THAT'S THE ONE YOU ROLLED THERE. FERGBURGER'S BEEN PUMPING OUT BURGERS FOR 13 YEARS. SO WHY HAVEN'T YOU MADE IT BIGGER, WHY IS IT STILL QUITE SMALL, AND WHY AREN'T THEY ROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY? WE WANNA KEEP IT SPECIAL. YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO ROUND NZ. PEOPLE SAY, 'FRANCHISE, FRANCHISE, FRANCHISE. YOU'RE MAD NOT TO,' BUT I DON'T THINK IT'D BE HALF THE SPECIAL BUSINESS IT IS TODAY IF WE DID. AND BY NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING... SO YOU'VE GOT FERG ON YOUR TOP. WHO IS HE? WHO IS HE? TELL ME ABOUT HIM. HE WAS ACTUALLY, I THINK, THE FIRST PERSON TO SWIM NAKED DOWN TO GLENORCHY. WAS HE? YES. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. MM, NOT CONVINCED. BUT DON'T WORRY, I'LL KEEP DIGGING. UPBEAT MUSIC 6PM, THURSDAY NIGHT. IT'S TIME TO RE-JOIN THE JOURNEY OF MY BURGER. I'M JOINING SOME OF THE 80 STAFF WHO WORK IN THIS NEAR-24-HOUR-A-DAY OPERATION. ALL RIGHT. READY. YOU READY? YEP. OK. LET'S GO MAKE YOUR DINNER! WE GOT YOUR BUN HERE THAT YOU MADE EARLIER. ORDER ON ` ONE JULIE, TWO BEEF, ONE OINK, PLEASE. SO I'M STARTING TO THINK THE MYSTIQUE AROUND FERGBURGERS IS THAT THE MAN WHO STARTED IT IS MYSTERIOUS. SOME OF HIS STAFF DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS, AND HE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T FRONT FOR ME. YOU CAN'T JUST COME INTO TOWN, DO A WEE STORY AND GET TO MEET FERG. HE'S A LEGEND. WHO'S FERG? UH, FERG ` I HEARD HE'S THE FIRST GUY TO GO DOWN THE SHOTOVER RIVER IN TOWN IN A BARREL. THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL. MIND YOUR BACKS, GUYS. BUT NOT KNOWING WHO FERG IS DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A LOT OF A DIFFERENCE ROUND HERE. NUMBER SEVEN? SEVEN? ANYBODY? SEVEN? NO? SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THINGS, I'LL TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM. MMM. YUM! NOW, I STILL WOULDN'T WAIT AN HOUR, MAYBE BECAUSE I'M JUST NOT THAT PATIENT. BUT IT'S NOT STOPPING ANYONE ELSE HERE. EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT OVER IN MELBOURNE, SO WE CAME OVER PRETTY MUCH JUST FOR THIS, NO OTHER REASON. NO SKIING OR ANYTHING, JUST... WE GO HOME TOMORROW. YOU GONNA EAT IT ALL? OF COURSE! IS IT AMAZING? YEAH I WANNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE. WELL, YOU CAN. MAYBE TOMORROW. FINE. Yes. Not really owned by a Ferg. owned by Anthony Smith of Queenstown they close at 5 AM and are open at seven. The employ a couple of people called fluffers. They worked the crowd of people are waiting for the burger. Anyway, we asked you to send in your local favourite eateries. MELISSA QUAIFE - NOTHING IN BLENHEIM STAYS OPEN LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME ICONIC. EXCEPT PERHAPS KFC. MIKE POLE - RED BERET'S DOUBLE LAYERED CARROT CAKE IN MOTUWEKA! VIC KIE - DEEP FRIED MARS BAR ROLLED IN SUGAR AND CINNAMON, DOHPHIN'S TAKEAWAY, WANGANUI EAST. That sound healthy. Whanganui fish and chips. They look amazing once upon a time, if you met someone under the weather, you take them to Fergburger. This is the first burger to be made of not meat. It's just animals stem cells. It looks like what the dog threw up. There is only one of them. Only a few people get a taste that. JUST AFTER THE BREAK ` That could be a simple mistake. Or a deliberate move for a long-term advantage. Or a deliberate move for a long-term advantage. Perhaps. But, no, you're someone who plans ahead. I'm thinking you don't make a move unless you've thought things through. And if you don't have an answer, you'll find someone who does. Make the right move. Ask how the ANZ KiwiSaver scheme can help you achieve your long-term goals. Nice move. HE'S FAMOUS FOR MIXING INGREDIENTS WHICH SHOULDN'T GO TOGETHER. Welcome back. HE'S FAMOUS FOR MIXING INGREDIENTS WHICH SHOULDN'T GO TOGETHER. CHEF PETER GORDON'S KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF FUSION CUISINE, AND HE'S HOME FROM LONDON TO LAUNCH A NEW VENTURE. JESSE'S THERE. This has to one of the most anticipated restaurants. feeling exhausted or excited? Both. friends and family and an amazing view. It's gorgeous. What do you look out of the window and see? A corrugaged roof. Not nearly as flash as this. There are high expectations. It has to be right. The food, the service, everything. Food has to be really good. a few Kiwi celebrities here. After you've cooked for Madonna, it's hard to be starstruck. I still get starstruck. Building a restaurant 300 m in the Air has to be pretty hard. Not really. Cabinetry had to be chopped into pieces. But everyone up here seems to treat It like a normal job. This is a 2013 sugar club. Still some 80s influences on your menu. Yes. We've done trials. Greg, Ali, have to make a team trip up here. Thanks, Jesse. THAT'S IT FOR WEDNESDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND HUGO SNELL.