ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY VIRGINIA PHILP AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL. 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. WHO HAS IT TOUGHER? THOSE WITH KIDS OR THOSE WITHOUT? DO THEY CARE? DISCRIMINATION. OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. DISCRIMINATION. OK. (LAUGHS) WHAT YOU CAN DO EQUAL WE'RE JUMPING RIGHT INTO A SUBJECT THAT MOST PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE A CLUE HOW TO TACKLE. IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA KEEP SWEEPING IT UNDER THE CARPET, THEN NOTHING POSITIVE IS GONNA HAPPEN; NO POSITIVE CHANGE IS GONNA OCCUR. NORTHLAND'S FOUND A WAY TO STEP UP TO A TRICKY ISSUE. WE'LL SEE HOW THEY'VE DONE IT. AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO THIS FAMOUS KIWI. THOSE ARE FISHING FLIES. HE HAD THE FIGHTING QUALITY. YOU KNOW, HE JUST NEVER GAVE IN. THERE WAS MANY A TIME HE WAS PRETTY MUCH BEATEN AND KICKED BACK. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY IT'S A NATIONAL CELEBRATION. THAT'S ALL COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP. Let's start tonight with a really interesting one. Today I was late to work but I have a good excuse. My baby had a cold and had to go to the doctor. If you just said you were hungover, it would be different. New research by A Kiwi said that people with kids had a better time at work and people without kids. AS A CHILDLESS SINGLE PERSON, YOU GET THE KIDS CARD ALL THE TIME ` IN THE CAFE... (YELLS) EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. YOUR KIDS, CAN YOU...? THE KIDS CARD IS THE ARGUMENT-KILLING, 'GET OUT OF JAIL FREE' MOVE FOR HARRIED PARENTS. IT SAYS, 'I'M TOO BUSY RAISING A NATION. 'THE SINGLE PERSON CAN TAKE UP THE SLACK.' THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE SARAH AND THIS IS MY FAMILY. THE KIDS CARD IS PLAYED MOST OFTEN IN THE OFFICE. LOOK, TWO PEOPLE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE, MAKING ABOUT THE SAME CONTRIBUTION. RIGHT, YOU LOT. THE OPPOSITION'S GOT THE ELVIS INTERVIEW. SOMEONE IS GONNA HAVE TO WORK LATE, OK? I'M A CHILDLESS PERSON, AND I'M NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. NAH, I WOULDN'T THINK SO. DISCRIMINATION. OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. DISCRIMINATION. OK. (LAUGHS) I'D LOVE TO GET OFF TWO HOURS EARLY IF I'VE GOT A HOT DATE. I MEAN, COME ON. DOES IT EXIST? I'D PROBABLY SAY IT'S THE OPPOSITE. PEOPLE WITH KIDS GET A HARDER TIME HERE AT LEAST. THAT MAY BE TRUE. IT DOESN'T TRUMP THE KIDS CARD. HEY, ISAAC. GIVE ME FIVE, BROTHER. HEY, DAISY. LOOKIN' GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WHOO-HOO. OH YEAH. HEY, GUYS, FIFI'S GOTTEN OFF THE LEASH AGAIN. ALL: SHH! THE KIDS CARD, MAKING THE CHILDLESS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS DRAGGING THE CHAIN. PROFESSOR JARROD HAAR AUTHORED THE STUDY. YOU FOUND SINGLES AND NON-PARENTS FEEL PERSECUTED AT WORK. WHY? That's what I found. Part of the reality here is that single people in the workplace feel like they are given the responsibility to cover for parents. Greg was telling me that you came in late because you had childcare issues raising children is a serious thing, but I think parents are little more savvy. As a parent, you can't say I'll leave my kid there and stay at work. There is a holier than thou thing going with some parents with kids. That will be carried into the workplace as well. The majority of working parents will be doing most of the work before they leave the workplace at five o'clock. Single people want was the germ, exercise, they want to walk the dogs. But I can't Walk my dog because I'm covering for someone with childcare issues. We had an e-mail today about saying the same thing for non-smokers. That's a lot of time to not be at work. If you were a non-smoker, you get a whack on the head. The workplace is complicated. Perhaps smokers are trying to look for release. As a person with no kids, should you be pulling ahead up and saying things are a bit rough? I found single people don't have as much worklife balance. You should be saying that 'I have important commitments.' We don't have any, just make it up. Just put yourselfforward as much as the dad with a sick child. Yes. I got sick of volunteering to the crappy shifts. IT all comes down to doing the best you can for the situation. If you're running a you're an adult, it easier for you to get out the way then Jesse with his toddlers. AFTER THE BREAK ` LIKE IT OR NOT, IT DEFINES US IN MOST PEOPLES' EYES. I'LL TALK WITH A DOCTOR WHO HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ON IT. THEN ` HEY, JUST LEAVE ME. NOT LIKE THIS. LEAVE ME ALONE. TALK TO ME. A CONFRONTING NIGHT OF THEATRE FOR A REGION SHAKEN BY ITS YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEADLY DECISION. HE'S LONG IN THE TOOTH BUT PRANCING LIKE A FOAL. WHO IS THIS FAMOUS HORSE, AND WHY IS TODAY SO SPECIAL TO ALL NZ HORSES? At OPSM, we use precision technology for a 3-D view of the retina, helping us better detect eye disease such as macular degeneration. Just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. Buck Shelford. Buck Shelford. Hi. You're here for the heart and diabetes TV ad? You're here for the heart and diabetes TV ad? Yeah. Of course. Of course. What do you mean? Well, heart disease and diabetes kill more than 6000 Kiwis every year. I know. I know. So, I'm a woman ` fat and funny ` and you're a... ex-All Black ` not so funny. So? So? So we've got all of the demographics covered. Not all of them. Not all of them. Oh, hey, guys. Not all of them. Oh, hey, guys. Boom. PEOPLE CHATTER IT'S THE ONE PHYSICAL FEATURE WE ALL HAVE. IF WE DON'T, Our innards just gloop on to the footpath. IT IS SKIN. AND DR SHARAD PAUL HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT IT. Why did you write a book on skin? The largest organ. The only thing all creatures have. This is something you own experience has born Out as well. The first thing we notice is the colour of people's skin. Yes. Coming from England to New Zealand, the first thing your employers notice. I was born in England. I got the surname paul, which is hardly Indian. This is a very specific point, but I found this hugely interesting. I assume that Eskimo people's skin was a bit off. Their skin colour is the same as Indians. Darwin thought that different skin colours just evolved. When African people migrated to Europe, there was no sun for many months of the year. But the people of the North had a different diet of fish oil and vitamin D, so they have a darker skin tone. Asian countries favour lighter skin. But people on the other end of the scale ` for example Jersey Shore, who want to be darker. Why is that? Certainly, I think from an Asian perspective, I can explain it that if you see the caste system, they didn't eat fish and ate cereal. Therefore it transpired that if you lighter skin, you were better. I was showing how much lighter Estonia was compared to Lithuania. If you eat grain all the time, your skin will be lighter. SO, LET'S GET STUCK INTO THAT TRICKY SUBJECT I PROMISED EARLIER. VERY FEW OF US HAVE THE COURAGE TO TALK TO OUR KIDS ABOUT SUICIDE. BUT UP NORTH, THEY'VE FOUND THE WORDS TO DO THAT. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND IN TIKIPUNGA, WHANGAREI. OH, GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME. IT'S ALWAYS SHIT. JUST LEAVE ME` LEAVE ME ALONE. TALK TO ME. IT'S CONFRONTING IN THE PLAINEST OF PACKAGING. CHANTS IN MAORI NO SLICK THEATRICAL GIMMICKS, NO STAGE,... (YELLS INDISTINCTLY) NO LORDING OVER THE AUDIENCE ` STRICTLY EYE TO EYE WITH THE KIDS. YOU'D BETTER TAKE YOUR OWN SELF... WE LOVE YOU, WIREMU. YEAH, WE LOVE YOU. GETTING IN THEIR HEADS. CALLING IT LIKE IT IS WHEN WE SHOULD BE CALLING IT LIKE IT IS. JUST CONNECTING WITH REAL PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME? AND WITH REAL PEOPLE COME REAL ISSUES. IT'S LIKE, LIFE AS IT IS. THINGS HAPPEN, AND THEY DON'T HAPPEN PERFECTLY. YOU TOLD THEM? WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ` A LEAP OF FAITH, AND NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES, DARING TO BRING THE SUBJECT OF YOUTH SUICIDE OUT OF THE SHADOWS. NO, IT'S BETTER THAT I JOIN MY FATHER. YOUR FATHER'S DECEASED, WIREMU. EXACTLY. < CONTENTIOUS? WELL, LIFE IS CONTENTIOUS, AND TO DO NOTHING IS THE CONTENTIOUS THING. I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IF IT'S REAL AND IT'S IN OUR LIVES, BUT WE TALK ABOUT IT IN CONTEXT. IT'S OUT THERE, AND IT'S HAPPENING. AND THE REALITY IS THAT OUR KIDS ARE FACING THESE ISSUES EVERY DAY. AND OFTEN THEY FACE IT ON THEIR OWN. WHAT DID SHE SAY? OH, STUFF. THE REALITY IN NORTHLAND WAS PARTICULARLY GRIM LAST YEAR, WITH THE SELF-INFLICTED DEATHS OF 19 YOUNG PEOPLE COMPARED TO AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF FIVE. I CAN SEE YOU'RE HURTING, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW? GIVEN THE DELICACY, HOW BRAVE IS THIS? I THINK IT'S REALLY BRAVE. I THINK WE ARE, SORT OF, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES HERE. I THINK IT COMES WITH A BIT OF RISK, OBVIOUSLY, COS WE ARE OPENING UP SENSITIVE ISSUES FOR OUR RANGATAHI. I KNOW I'M A FATHER, AND I HAVE A SISTER, AND I CAN GIVE THEM NOTHING. IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP SWEEPING IT UNDER THE CARPET, THEN NOTHING POSITIVE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. NO POSITIVE CHANGE IS GOING TO OCCUR. DOES THIS PLAY TALK TO YOU IN ANY WAY PERSONALLY? > YEAH. IT DOES. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, COS WE ALL HAVE OUR DIFFERENT OBSTACLES THAT WE CAN'T FACE, THAT WE DON'T THINK WE CAN FACE. YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING? NO. MANY OF THOSE TEENAGE DILEMMAS ARE TRAVERSED AS THE PLAY URGES STUDENTS TO FIND STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF OTHERS. I'M HERE FOR YOU. THE 'R' WORD IS 'RESILIENCE'. RESILIENCE. RESILIENCE. IT JUST NEEDS THE COURAGE, THE BOLDNESS, THE FEARLESSNESS TO ACTUALLY SAY, 'LOOK, I CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF, GIVE ME A HAND.' I'M OUT OF HERE. WIREMU, WAIT! THAT WAS THEIR LIVES REPRESENTED. YOU KNOW, IT WAS AUTHENTIC. AND OUR KIDS RESPECT AUTHENTICITY. < BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY KNOW? YEAH. OUR KIDS ARE REAL. THEY HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FAKES OR PHONIES, SO THEY WILL RESPOND WHEN THEY KNOW THE PERSON IS AUTHENTIC AND THERE FOR THEM. ARE YOU OK? YOU'RE NOT LOOKING SO GOOD. JUST LEAVE ME. IT WAS TOUCHING. I THINK, FOR ME, HAVING BEEN IN SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS, IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING TO ME. I THINK IT WAS VERY POWERFUL. VERY. LAUGHTER A NERVOUS GIGGLE CAN MEAN MORE THAN JUST, LIKE, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY FUNNY. IT'S MORE LIKE YOU HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH TO SOMEONE. YOU CAN GET THERE TOO, WIREMU. IT'S VERY SATISFYING TO HAVE THE HONOUR TO BE ABLE TO DO WORK LIKE THIS. SO YOU ARE DOING GOOD? > YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING GOOD. WE ARE DOING GOOD. I love that principle. He says Takapuna is a decile tWo, but the students behave more like decile 8 or 9 THE RAID MOVEMENT IS TOURING NORTHLAND HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT AUGUST. DETAILS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO SOME NUMBERS TO CALL IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP. STAY WITH US. JUST AFTER THE BREAK ` LOOK AT HIM. Are your savings gathering dust? DING! Then give them a chance to really grow, because there's a new millionaire created every month. Visit bonusbonds.co.nz to invest now. 50s male. Severe chest pain. Massive cardiac arrest. 50s male. Severe chest pain. Massive cardiac arrest. Get Cardiology down here now. We're losing him. We're losing him. He's flatlining. We're losing him. He's flatlining. Oh my God. What? What? It's Buck Shelford. Heart disease and diabetes kill more than 6000 Kiwis every year. That's why I had a check-up with my doctor. It was quick and easy. Oh, it's OK. I'm not having a real heart attack. That's good, Buck, cos I'm not a real doctor. That's good, Buck, cos I'm not a real doctor. WHEELS SQUEAK Get a heart and diabetes check ` do it for your family. YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY? CONGRATULATIONS. NOT ONLY DO YOU SHARE IT WITH 19 MILLION PEOPLE, YOU ALSO SHARE IT HALF OF ALL THE HORSES IN THE WORLD. FOR ONE IN PARTICULAR, IT'S A REAL MILESTONE. CRAIG STANAWAY HEADED TO MATAMATA IN WAIKATO TO DELIVER OUR CONGRATULATIONS. # EVERYBODY SAY 'HAPPY'. # HAPPY. # BIRTHDAY. # BIRTHDAY. # HEY, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. WHY THE LONG FACE? SORRY. HAD TO SAY THAT, DIDN'T I? BUT WHAT IS IT WITH AUGUST 1ST AND HORSES? IN SIMPLE TERMS, IT'S A RACING INDUSTRY RULE. SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OH, THIS ONE'S ONE YEAR AND 11 MONTHS OLD AND THAT ONE'S 2 YEARS... 2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS OLD, WE HAVE A STANDARDISED DATE. AND THIS BEING NZ, WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY FAMOUS RACE HORSES. OCEAN PARK, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 5 YEARS OLD. HOW MANY 5-YEAR-OLDS DO YOU KNOW ARE WORTH $10M? WELL, WE'RE ALL VERY FOND OF OUR CHILDREN, AREN'T WE, BUT, NO, IT WOULD BE HARD TO PUT A VALUE ON THEM LIKE THAT. OCEAN PARK IS OFFICIALLY RANKED THE 8TH BEST GALLOPER IN THE WORLD. THEY HIT THE LINE. OCEAN PARK. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TROPHIES IN RACING, THE COX PLATE, WHICH OCEAN PARK WON LAST YEAR. DO WE SERVE HIM BIRTHDAY CAKE ON THE COX PLATE? OH, WELL, YES, I'M SURE HE WOULD ENJOY REMINISCING THAT WAY. THOUGH I DON'T THINK THIS HAS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. # BECAUSE ANY TIME IS A HAPPY TIME FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY RHYME. THAT'S ENOUGH. NO MORE. WE DON'T WANT TO SCRATCH THE COX PLATE. YOU'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY FAMOUS FOR THEM TO ERECT A STATUE. # JUST SHOUT OUT YOUR BIRTHDAY # HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ETHEREAL. ETHEREAL TAKES THE MELBOURNE CAULFIELD CUP DOUBLE. THAT WAS 2001. THE LAST NZ-OWNED AND TRAINED WINNER OF THE MELBOURNE CUP IS 16 YEARS OLD TODAY. TURN YOUR NOSE UP AT CAKE?! WHEN YOU'RE A MELBOURNE CUP WINNER, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE LEGITIMATELY JUST 4 DAYS OLD? DOES THIS FOAL TURN 1? THANKFULLY, NO. THAT RULE'S BEEN AMENDED SO THAT AS LONG AS THE MARE IS BRED BEFORE THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, THE FOAL CAN BE BORN BEFORE THE FIRST OF AUGUST AND NOT BE PENALISED. # HERE'S A LITTLE STORY THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE TOLD. YOU WANT SOMETHING SPECIAL? THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL. LOOK AT HIM. LOOK AT HIM. THAT'S BONECRUSHER! # HIS NAME'S BONECRUSHER. # BONECRUSHER # HE'S GOING FOR THE GAP. # BONECRUSHER... # BONECRUSHER # AND BONECRUSHER RACES IN TO EQUINE IMMORTALITY. WHY, FRANK, WAS BONECRUSHER SO SPECIAL EVEN TODAY? HE HAD THE FIGHTING QUALITY. HE JUST NEVER GAVE IN. BONECRUSHER STILL LAST INTO THE STRAIGHT. THERE WAS MANY A TIME HE WAS PRETTY MUCH BEATEN AND KICKED BACK. HERE COMES BONECRUSHER NOW. SOUNDS LIKE FUN. BONECRUSHER STRETCHING OUT AFTER THEM AND HORLICKS RIGHT THROUGH ON THE INSIDE. SOUNDS LIKE FUN, BONECRUSHER. AND BONECRUSHER GOT THERE. EH? ATTABOY, EH? TODAY BONECRUSHER IS 31 YEARS OLD. WE WORK THAT OUT TO BE 88 IN HORSE YEARS. MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS. # WELL, HE IS A GREAT KIWI. # That's lovely. Wasn't he lovely? In the northern hemisphere, horses bday is 1 January. TEAM O'SULLY HAS RAISED A TOTAL $10,632.77. ALTOGETHER, DRY JULY HAS RAISED OVER $700,000. Over 400,000 people doing dry July. THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND FINN SCOTT-KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013