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Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.

Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 12 July 2016
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.
Classification
  • Unknown
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.
Hosts
  • Mike Hosking (Host)
  • Toni Street (Host)
Masterpiece? TONIGHT ` THIS IS 13-YEAR-OLD DYLAN. HE LIKES RUGBY, AND HE LIKES THESE. PUT THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER AND THE RESULT WAS ALMOST TRAGIC. I ALMOST CHOKED ON ONE. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE. PLUS ` THEY'RE PRETTY SMART. OK, BUT WE WANT SOME PROOF. FETCH. PHONE RINGS GOOD GIRL! AND ` A LOT OF THE TIME I WAS STANDING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND LOOKING AT THE LADIES, AND THEY THINK THAT MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THEIR LEGS. BEFORE YOU JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS, PETER MEANS WELL. I'M LOOKING AT THEIR SHOES AND THINKING, 'OH MY GOODNESS. 'WILL I TELL THEM THAT THEIR HEELS NEED DOING?' DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Good evening. It's lovely to see you. Jack tame and for Mike Hosking. It's not clear what he has done here. He's done a doodle for the make a wish foundation. The big reveal is tonight. Toni looked at it and said I see darkness. That's only slightly better then I see dead people. Let's just say that I'm not a great artist. It's a nice frame. SUGAR. IT'S BEEN THE BIG NO-NO HEALTHWISE OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, HASN'T IT? THE THING THAT'S LURKING IN SO MANY HIDDEN PLACES ` IN OUR TOMATO SAUCE, IN OUR CEREALS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING TOLD TO CUT BACK, TO AVOID THE SERIOUS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS THAT COULD FOLLOW. WELL, TONIGHT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SUGAR AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOUR WAISTLINE BUT RATHER THE SHAPE OF IT. AND IN THIS CASE, IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN DEADLY. IT INVOLVES A YOUNG RUGBY PLAYER FROM TE AWAMUTU AND A QUICK-THINKING COACH. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. LAID-BACK MUSIC HE'S A BIT OF A RUGBY NUT, BUT HE'S ALSO GOT A SWEET TOOTH ` A DANGEROUSLY SWEET TOOTH. WHAT'S A GOBSTOPPER? THEY'RE BIG, AND THEY LAST A WHILE. THEY TASTE NICE. LOLLIES ARE LOLLIES. EVERY KID LIKES THEM. AND THE BIGGER THE LOLLY, THE BETTER? YEAH. NOT SO GOOD FOR THE TEETH, MATE. NAH. BUT THAT WAS THE LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS, AS IT TURNS OUT. YEAH. 10 FOR TWO BUCKS? MM. WELL, THERE'S FIVE. BRING BACK THE CHANGE, YOUNG MAN. THEY'RE PERFECT FOR GETTING STUCK. PERFECT FOR GETTING STUCK HALFWAY DOWN? YEAH. CHOKING HAZARD AT THE BEST OF TIMES, BUT WHILE BEING CONSUMED DURING RUGBY TRAINING, THE PROGNOSIS BECOMES POTENTIALLY LETHAL. YOU WERE SUCKING THE GOBSTOPPER WHILE TAKING AN UP AND UNDER? YEAH. IS THAT THE BRIGHTEST THING IN THE WORLD? NO. HE LOOKED IN A LOT OF DISTRESS. HE WAS POINTING TO HIS THROAT, SHAKING HIS HANDS. THE FEAR IN HIS EYES, AND YOU COULD HEAR THE BREATHING ` LIKE HE WAS BREATHING THROUGH A LITTLE STRAW. IT'S, LIKE, SCARY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT, AND BREATHING LIKE THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE IF NOBODY HELPS YOU. SO THEN THE BIG BURLY BEAR COMES ACROSS? YEAH. AND WHAT DOES HE DO? HE GIVES ME THE HEIMLICH MANOEUVRE. SO I CAME ROUND, DID THE HEIMLICH. SQUEEZED HIM QUITE HARD ABOUT FOUR TIMES. THE GOBSTOPPER EVENTUALLY COMING FREE AND FALLING TO THE GROUND. I THINK HE'S VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A QUICK-THINKING COACH. HE DID THE RIGHT THING? THE RIGHT THING, AND IF HE WASN'T THERE AND IT WAS JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHILDREN PLAYING A GAME, COULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLOSE. IF IT HADN'T COME OUT, HE WOULD HAVE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. IT'S JUST PROCESSED RUBBISH THAT CAN KILL. TO SELL SOMETHING THAT SIZE TO A CHILD IS HIDEOUS, REALLY. SO THE LESSON FOR EVERYONE? DON'T RUN AROUND WITH LOLLIES IN YOUR MOUTH. NOTHING BUT A MOUTH GUARD. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ONE OF THOSE DOWN YOUR GULLET AGAIN? NEVER. (CHUCKLES) IT'S PROBABLY WISE, I RECKON, EH? YEAH. AND IF DYLAN'S ORDEAL ISN'T ENOUGH OF A WARNING, THIS 'CRACK TEST' SHOULD WELL AND TRULY SEAL IT. STILL INTACT. GIVE IT ANOTHER GO. AND ANOTHER? NUMBER FOUR. TRY AGAIN. WE'LL BRING IN BIGFOOT. FUNKY MUSIC SO SIX INDENTATIONS IN THE DECK, AND THIS BABY IS STILL WHOLE. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS, DYLAN. YEP. Wow, that's scary. THIS WOMAN HERE IS ABOUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, AND MANY WILL NEVER HAVE HEARD OF HER, SO ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE YOU. MY NAME'S THERESA MAY, AND I'M THE CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR MAIDENHEAD IN BERKSHIRE, BUT I'M ALSO THE HOME SECRETARY AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND EQUALITIES. ON THURSDAY SHE'LL MOVE INTO 10 DOWNING STREET, BECOMING THE UK'S 76TH PRIME MINISTER, AND, BOY, DOES SHE HAVE HER WORK CUT OUT ` NEGOTIATING BREXIT, DEALING WITH AN INEVITABLE RECESSION, STOPPING THE UK FROM SPLITTING APART AND UNITING A DEEPLY DIVIDED COUNTRY. NO PRESSURE (!) A BIT OF BACKGROUND ` MAY IS A FEMINIST WHO'S WORKED HARD TO CLOSE THE GENDER WAGE GAP, SUPPORTED GAY MARRIAGE AND CHAMPIONED THE LESS WELL OFF, SO OF COURSE THE BRITISH PRESS FOCUSES ON HER SHOES (!) OUR OWN PM'S A BIT GUTTED THAT HIS BROMANCE WITH DAVID CAMERON IS OVER. I'M GONNA MISS HIM A LOT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S POLITICS. BUT CAMERON? NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD. (HUMS HAPPILY) PROBABLY BECAUSE HE'S DUMPED EVERYTHING ON HER. THERESA MAY, GOOD LUCK. I've got a couple more facts on Theresa for you. She is a type I diabetic. She is the first world leader to be one of those. She won't have the choking gobstopper problem. That was terrifying stamping on the deck with your gobstopper. I thought Jafas were bad. Apparently you're not supposed to do the Heimlich. You're supposed to do the backslaps. The Heimlich was causing a lot of internal injuries. Five of the backs Max are best. Don't have your gobstopper while you're at rugby practice as well. WHEN KATH HIT A ROUGH PATCH IN HER LIFE, I WENT FROM BEING SUPER ACTIVE AND HAVING FUN, FUN, FUN TO SITTING HERE ALL ALONE. SHE SOUGHT STRENGTH FROM A SURPRISING PLACE. CONSIDERING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH, HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF YOUR POOCHES? ABSOLUTELY PROUD AS. PLUS ` WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A PRETTY SERIOUS CRAZE. IT'S JUST, LIKE, ADDICTING. I'M CASUALLY UP AT 3AM PLAYING` WANDERING MY STREETS, MAN. DON'T WORRY. TIM'S ON THE CASE. STOP, STOP. THIS IS AN INTERVENTION. WE ONLY WANT TO HELP! AND UNDERNEATH HERE IS JACK'S ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE, BUT WILL IT MATCH THE DRAWINGS THAT MIKE AND I DID? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT. CIARAN MCMEEKEN'S 'CITY' # STILL DON'T BELIEVE, BUT I'LL TAKE THE LEAP ANYWAY. # I FEEL THE NERVES SWIRL AROUND MY BODY. # TAKE ALL I LEARNED AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. # I like this it's a Kiwi artist. I you going to give us a wee peek? Imagine Joe Cocker. Oh dear. I think that's about enough. We're building this up way too much. All going to say to you is that when Mike revealed his, the got really emotional. I'm just hoping there aren't any therapists watching tonight. THEY'RE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS MAN'S BEST FRIEND, AND FOR SO MANY REASONS, DOGS CAN BE THE BEST COMPANIONS. FEW PEOPLE, THOUGH, CAN SAY A DOG HAS ACTUALLY SAVED THEIR LIFE. BUT WE'VE FOUND A WOMAN WHOSE LIFE WAS COMPLETELY TURNED AROUND BY POOCHES ` POOCHES WHO ARE NOW HELPING LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE. HERE'S MATT CHISHOLM. LAID-BACK MUSIC TUATAPERE, WESTERN SOUTHLAND ` SELF-APPOINTED SAUSAGE CAPITAL OF NZ,... # TIME MOVES A LITTLE SLOWER HERE. AND HERE AT KATH OUTERSON'S PLACE,... THIS IS THEIR FAVOURITE HOBBY. ...GOLDEN RETRIEVER HEAVEN. # WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. OH, I LOVE THEM, ABSOLUTELY ADORE THEM. THEY'RE EVERYTHING. ARE THESE THE CHILDREN YOU NEVER HAD? NO, COS THEY'RE FAR BETTER BEHAVED THAN CHILDREN. (LAUGHS) THAT BEHAVIOUR YOU REALLY HAVE TO SEE... BRACKEN, FETCH. ...TO BELIEVE. GOOD BOY. FETCH. PHONE RINGS DANCE MUSIC GOOD GIRL! AMAZING. THEY CAN ANSWER THE PHONE, EMPTY THE WASHING MACHINE, FETCH A BUCKET OF WATER, FETCH YOU A BEER, GET YOU SOME JUICE. SIX GORGEOUS RETRIEVERS, EACH WITH MORE TRICKS THAN A TRAVELLING CIRCUS. GOOD GIRL. YOU'RE PROBABLY THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON FOR ME TO ASK THIS ` CAN YOU TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS? YES, YOU CAN. YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS. (LAUGHS) GOOD TO KNOW. THIS SCOTTISH LASS ALWAYS HAD AND APPRECIATED RETRIEVERS,... GOOD GIRL. ...BUT THAT APPRECIATION REACHED NEXT LEVEL WHEN SHE WAS HIT WITH BELLS PALSY, A FORM OF FACIAL PARALYSIS, FOUR YEARS AGO. MY SIGHT HAD WENT, AND MY HEARING HAD WENT, AND MY SPEECH HAD SLOWLY DISAPPEARED. I WENT FROM BEING SUPER ACTIVE TO SITTING HERE ALL ALONE. HOW BAD DID IT GET? IT TOOK MY LIFE. IT WAS OVER. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO. I FELT USELESS AND WORTHLESS. # RIGHT NOW, I NEED A MIRACLE. A PRISONER AT HOME, IT WAS EVENTUALLY HER RETRIEVERS WHO FOUND THE KEY, WHO SAVED HER LIFE. I JUST LOOKED DOWN AT MY DOGS, AND THEY LOOKED AT ME, AND THEY COULDN'T HAVE CARED IF I COULD SPEAK OR HEAR OR SEE, AND I JUST` FOR THAT DAY, I JUST LIFTED MYSELF UP, AND OFF WE WENT. # I NEED YA, I NEED YA, I NEED YA RIGHT NOW. # YEAH, I NEED YA RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T CARE AS LONG AS YOU'RE A FAIR PACK LEADER. YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF THE PACK LEADER? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY THE PACK LEADER. (CHUCKLES) THE PACK LEADER SOON BECAME A BREEDER AND DOG BEHAVIOURIST, STARTED HELPING OTHERS. OH, THE KIDS GO MENTAL. THEY GET SO EXCITED, AND THEY COME SCREAMING OUT TO MEET THEM. READS: SOME PIGS ARE PINK. KATH'S BEEN RUNNING HER 'READING TO DOGS' PROGRAMME AT THE LOCAL WAIAU AREA SCHOOL FOR 18 MONTHS. THEY GIVE YOU COMPANY, AND THEY HELP YOU READ. DOGS ARE NON-JUDGMENTAL, AND THE KIDS ARE UNDER NO PRESSURE WHATSOEVER IF THEY GET IT WRONG. WE DON'T CARE. THE DOGS DON'T CARE. SO THEY TAKE THEIR TIME, AND THEY WORK IT OUT EVENTUALLY. AND IT GETS BETTER ` 12 OF HER PUPPIES HAVE GONE TO THE MOBILITY ASSISTANCE TRUST,... # DON'T YOU EVER GET LONELY... ABOUT HALF OF THOSE INTO OUR PRISONS TO BE FURTHER TRAINED TO HELP PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITY. I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND THEY DO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. CONSIDERING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH, ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF AND YOUR POOCHES? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY PROUD AS. YEP. TO SAY A KIWI SAYING ` PROUD AS. (LAUGHS) She's a character. They remind you of home life at the moment? I've been told I don't have a heart because I don't have peaked. But I have a black lab for eight weeks while my parents are away. Tony called me Zach but she said my dog's name is Zac, POKEMON GO ` IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! IT'S A HUGE CRAZE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY THE GAME IN REAL LIFE, THANKS TO YOUR SMART PHONE. IT'S SWEPT NZ, AND NOW THE REST OF THE WORLD IS FALLING UNDER ITS SPELL. SO, CAN A CRAZE BECOME AN ADDICTION? CAN HARMLESS BECOME HARMFUL? WHERE DOES IT STOP? TIM WILSON DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO STAGE AN INTERVENTION, AND IT DIDN'T GO TO PLAN. THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE WARNING. POKEMON THEME MUSIC, SIREN BLARES CALL IT THE NEW EPIDEMIC ` A VIDEO GAME APP KNOWN AS POKEMON GO. THAT GAME WHERE YOU WALK AROUND TOWN AND GET THOSE LITTLE FUNNY THINGS. YEAH, GOTTA THEM LITTLE FUNNY THINGS. YOU GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL, MAN. THE KIDS ARE MESMERIZED. IT'S JUST, LIKE, ADDICTING. THE GANGS ARE INVOLVED... BY ACCIDENT. THE COPS ARE WORRIED... ON FACEBOOK. AND A PSYCHOLOGIST IS CALLING IT. FOR SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE, THIS WILL JUST PUSH A BUTTON AND OFF YOU GO. FOR OTHERS, IT WILL BE ABOUT USAGE. THE MORE THEY USE IT, THE MORE DEPENDENT THEY'LL BECOME ON IT, AND THAT'S WHAT ADDICTION LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S RIGHT, ADDICTION. ARCHIVE: MANY ADDICTS COME FROM TEEMING SLUM AREAS. JUST ON MY PHONE ALL THE TIME, TRYING TO GET NEW POKEMON. I WAS UP AT 3 IN THE MORNING PLAYING YESTERDAY, RUNNING AROUND MY NEIGHBOURHOOD. DO YOU REALISE WHAT YOU ARE? A TEENAGER? AN ADDICT. NO, SURELY NOT. AN ADDICT. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. RIGHT? YES. THIS IS AN INTERVENTION. WE WANNA HELP YOU. WE ONLY WANT TO HELP! MORE TIME ON THE GAME, INSTEAD OF MY STUDY. NO, NO, NO. (LAUGHS) WITH ADDICTION, THERE IS SHAME. BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE'S SOMETHING NOT USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH VIDEO GAMES. I'VE MET PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. SO IT'S POSITIVE? YEAH! YOU'RE EXERCISING, YOU'RE MEETING NEW PEOPLE. IT'S GETTING ME OFF MY BUTT, GOING FOR A WALK. LOOK, THE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS APP IS THAT IT AT LEAST ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO GET OUT. WHICH MAY BE WHY POKEMON IS SO ADDICTING, TURNING EVEN THE COLDEST TURKEY INTO A HOPELESS JUNKIE. It's frightening, Tim. This is the thing about evolution is and Darwinism. You look at a story like that and you think off. Have you actually play that? Nah. You just cast off a whole lot of people. THEY SAY YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE BY LOOKING AT THEIR SHOES. WHY NOT CHUCK THEM OUT? THEY'RE MY WORK SHOES. HUSH PUPPIES, HADYN. HUSH PUPPIES. BUT MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T JUDGE THIS COBBLER BY HIS OWN FOOTWEAR. IT'S THE LIKE THE BUILDER THAT NEVER FIXES HIS HOUSE. AND RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK WE'LL UNVEIL JACK'S MASTERPIECE. HOSKING SET THE STANDARD; WILL THE TAME'S MATCH UP? Jack sings it turns out I was a Pokmon fan. You know all the words to it. It's got the Toto vibe running through it. Anyway. Are you sure you haven't played the game? Your freaking me out right now. DO YOU WANT TO WATCH THE ALL BLACKS PLAY IRELAND IN CHICAGO IN NOVEMBER? WELL, THANKS TO ASB, WHO SPONSOR THE ALL BLACKS, YOU CAN BE IN TO WIN. YOU'LL BE ON THE SAME FLIGHT AS THE ABs, HAVE NINE NIGHTS' ACCOMMODATION AND INDULGE IN AMAZING BEHIND-THE-SCENES OPPORTUNITIES. THERE'S ALSO GREAT RUNNER-UP PRIZES TO THE BLEDISOE GAME IN AUCKLAND, TOO. WE'VE GOT MORE DETAILS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT THAT. ALSO, HEAD TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO ENTER THE MAIN DRAW BY ANSWERING THIS MULTI-CHOICE QUESTION. WHICH SCENIC TOWN IS THE ASB BAYPARK ARENA AND STADIUM LOCATED? YOU CAN ENTER EVERY NIGHT, SO WATCH AGAIN TOMORROW FOR A NEW QUESTION. WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOW. WE'VE SEEN PHOTOS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OF HOUSES HEMMED IN BY DEVELOPERS AND THE HOME-OWNERS SOMETIMES REFUSE TO BUDGE. AND IN AUCKLAND'S RETAIL HUB OF NEWMARKET, THERE'S A SHOP, A MAN AND HIS SHOES. ALL THREE REFUSE TO BEND TO PROGRESS. YOU SEE, PETER'S A COBBLER ` ONE OF THE FEW LEFT ` AND HE HAS HIS REASONS FOR STAYING, AS HADYN JONES EXPLAINS. THERE WAS THAT TIME IN THAT MOVIE 'UP' WHEN CARL FREDRICKSEN, HEMMED IN BY PROGRESS, HAD HAD ENOUGH. SO LONG, BOYS! IN NEWMARKET, PETER CROAD FEELS SIMILAR. HIS WEE SHOP IS SURROUNDED BY THE BIG BANKS. I'M LIKE AN OLD DRUNKEN SAILOR BETWEEN A COUPLE OF NEW CADETS EITHER SIDE, AND THEY SORT OF HOLD ME UP. PETER SAYS IF THE DEVELOPERS HAD THEIR WAY, HE'D BE GONE. THEY NEEDED TO REDEVELOP THE BLOCK, BASICALLY, AND I WAS, YOU KNOW` I WAS THE ONLY` THE ONLY PERSON, REALLY, THAT WAS SORT OF AN OWNER-OCCUPIER. PETER'S A COBBLER, BEEN DOING IT 37 YEARS. THAT'S A LOT OF FOOTWEAR. I RECKON I'VE REPAIRED OVER A MILLION IN MY TIME, AT LEAST. HE MENDS THE SHOES PEOPLE CAN'T LET GO. LIKE ME ` THEY GOT OLD, AND THEY GOT WORN OUT. JIM'S ARE BACK FOR A SECOND REPAIR. 'WHY NOT CHUCK THEM OUT?' THEY'RE MY WORK SHOES. THEY'RE HER ABSOLUTE FAVOURITES. MARK'S BROUGHT IN HIS GIRLFRIEND'S SNEAKERS. SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO HER. THEY'VE BEEN FIXING SHOES IN THIS BUILDING FOR 80 YEARS. THE WORKSHOP USED TO BE FULL OF MEN. YEAH, 12 GUYS. 12 GUYS IN A SMALL SPACE. THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TRIPPING OVER EACH OTHER. NOW IT'S JUST PETER AND HIS MEMORIES. THERE WAS 365 SHOE REPAIRERS IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS MORE SHOE REPAIRERS THAN WHAT THERE WAS DAIRIES, AND THAT'S BEFORE THERE WERE SUPERMARKETS. PETER ESTIMATES THERE'S 10 COBBLERS LEFT IN AUCKLAND, GIVE OR TAKE. THERE'S A FEW THAT DISAPPEAR AS TIME GOES ON. THE PROBLEM IS WHAT SOO'S BROUGHT IN. YOU CAN OPEN IT UP AND DRIVE SOME STAPLES DOWN THERE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING SOLID TO ACTUALLY STAPLE IT INTO. HER SHOES COST HER LESS THAN $10, BOUGHT AND MADE IN SOME FAR-OFF COUNTRY. SHE'S PERPLEXED WHEN SHE HEARS THEY'LL COST DOUBLE TO FIX. PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT $20 TO FIX THEM. IS THAT GOING TO BE OK? IS THAT...? MM, IF I FIXED IT AT $20, HOW LONG WILL IT LAST, APPROXIMATELY? OH, I CAN GUARANTEE THEM A LIFETIME, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THEM IN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR CLOSET AND NOT WEAR THEM. A LOT OF THE STUFF I SEE FROM OVERSEAS IS JUST... IS NOT GOOD. EVEN SOME OF THE EXPENSIVE STUFF'S NOT GREAT, YOU KNOW? THIS IS A GENERALISATION, BUT WHERE THEY SKIMP REALLY BADLY IS THE SOLES. THEY ARE SHOCKING. THEY JUST WEAR SO MUCH FASTER. HUSH PUPPIES, HADYN, HUSH PUPPIES. CAROL'S HEELS HAVE FAILED. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? I WAS JUST WALKING ALONG, AND THE HEEL FELL OFF. SHE'S STRUGGLING TO RECOVER. BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. PETER'S SURVIVED WHERE OTHER COBBLERS HAVEN'T. BUT 10 YEARS AGO, IT WAS CLOSE WHEN DEVELOPERS DISCOVERED THE WALL KEEPING UP HIS BUILDING WASN'T HIS. ARCHIVE: ONCE YOU LEAVE BROADWAY, IT'S TOO HARD TO GET BACK IN AGAIN. THEY WANTED THEIR WALL BACK, BASICALLY, SO THAT WAS WHAT THE BIG FIGHT WAS ABOUT. THE CASE MADE LEGAL HISTORY. LAW STUDENTS STILL COME TO LOOK AT HIS WALL. PETER WON, BUT IT COST HIM $120,000. ARCHIVE: THE ALTERNATIVE WAS TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS. PETER'S LEASE ON THE LAND IS UP AGAIN IN 2020. WELL, I'VE JUST GOTTA THINK ON MY FEET. YOU'VE JUST GOTTA REORGANISE YOURSELF, REALLY. YOU WANT THE HEELS DONE, RIGHT? YOU SEE, THE MAN WHO RECKONS HE'S FIXED ONE MILLION SHOES DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. A LOT OF THE TIME, I'M STANDING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND I'M LOOKING AT THE LADIES, AND THEY THINK THAT MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THEIR LEGS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THEIR SHOES. AND I GO, 'OH GOODNESS, SHALL I TELL THEM THEIR HEELS NEED DOING?' SO PETER'S MAKING MONEY, TOO BUSY TO EVEN FIX HIS OWN. IT'S LIKE THE BUILDER WHO NEVER FIXES HIS HOUSE. HE'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NEVER A DAY WHEN HE HAS TO FLY AWAY. I CAN JUST IMAGINE THAT THE WHOLE ROOF WOULD COME OFF, PROBABLY. LAID-BACK GUITAR MUSIC Good on him for fighting. Can I just say that if your heels are about to we're through, make sure you go and get them fixed because I nearly broke my leg and the little metal but came through. They reveal of your doodle. I'm talking you through it. Hang on, it's upside down. You can see a juxtaposition of light and darkness. A lot of art historians will look at this. I had to put my cactus on my desk in the middle and then colour around it. Unfortunately, I doodle like icing. I'm thinking $18.50. I'm thinking a loss on the frame. You gave it a go. YOU'LL REMEMBER TE PUKE MUM TRACEY WALLACE-HUTCHINS FROM LAST NIGHT. SHE PUT OUT THE CHALLENGE TO OTHER PARENTS WHO CAN AFFORD IT TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL WITH A SECOND LUNCH FOR A STUDENT THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY OF THEIR OWN. HUGE FEEDBACK ` MANY OF YOU LOVED THE IDEA, OTHERS QUERIED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WHETHER THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BE LAZY. IT'S BEEN FASCINATING WATCHING THIS DEBATE PLAY OUT ONLINE. EVEN TRACEY WAS COMPELLED TO REPLY TO SEVERAL OF YOU, AND I THINK HER REBUTTAL WAS EXCELLENT. SHE'S ESSENTIALLY SIMPLIFYING THE DEBATE. SHE'S NOT CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE DOING, OR WHAT THE PARENTS ARE OR ARE NOT DOING. SHE'S FOCUSING ON WHAT SHE CAN DO RIGHT NOW, TODAY, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IF YOU ADHERE TO THE THEORY THAT IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A CHILD, THEN THAT KIND OF SELFLESS ATTITUDE CAN ONLY BE APPLAUDED. WELL, THERESA MAY'S THE PICK ` SET TO TAKE OVER 10 DOWNING STREET AS THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THAT MEANS, OF COURSE, THAT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS WE COULD HAVE A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE LIST OF FEMALE WORLD LEADERS. A FEMALE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER; A FEMALE AS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADER IN EUROPE ` ANGELA MERKEL; A FEMALE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ` LET'S GO, HELEN ` AND A FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S PLENTY OF MADNESS IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT ` BREXITS AND TRUMPS AND ISIS ATTACKS ` BUT THIS MAKES ME STEP BACK AND THINK IT'S NOT ALL SO BAD. AND PERHAPS THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING SO MANY FEMALE WORLD LEADERS IS THAT IN 2016, THE PROSPECT ACTUALLY DOESN'T SEEM THAT REMARKABLE. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY PHILIP MCKIBBIN AND ALANA DRAYTON. SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.