Is this a surprise for the show? WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF A FOOD ALLERGY EPIDEMIC, SO WHY IS A POSSIBLE LIFESAVER OUT OF REACH FOR MANY? IF WE GET THIS WRONG, I COULD DIE. RUBIK'S CUBE GETS THE BETTER OF MOST OF US, BUT NOT THIS 6-YEAR-OLD. HARRY SHOWS US HIS SKILLS LIVE. # LET'S GET IT ON. # CHEERING HE DOES A GOOD COVER, BUT IS ED SHEERAN REALLY A COPYCAT? DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Ppotential chaos tonight on the program. A couple of things we are looking to do. You've got fruit. Medical equipment. There will be a time that someone will be setting. God knows what will happen. It is fun. WE'RE FACING AN EPIDEMIC HERE IN NZ. FOOD ALLERGIES ARE RISING DRAMATICALLY. ONE IN 10 BABIES ARE NOW BORN WITH A SEVERE ALLERGY EACH YEAR. ALLERGY NZ HAS BEEN CALLING FOR ADRENALINE AUTO-INJECTORS TO BE FULLY FUNDED OR AT LEAST SUBSIDISED FOR SOME TIME NOW. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. BUT THEY NOW WANT THE PENS TO BE AVAILABLE IN ALL THE SAME PLACES AS DEFIBRILLATORS. THE PROBLEM IS THE PENS ARE EXPENSIVE, AND THEY ONLY LAST ABOUT A YEAR. CAROLYN ROBINSON MET SOME FAMILIES WHO KNOW ALL OF THIS FIRST HAND. THIS IS THE ONLY TRULY SAFE CAFE FOR GABE (5). MUMMY, CAN YOU READ THE INGREDIENTS? YEAH, I CAN READ THE INGREDIENTS. OH! IT'S SOY MILK! BECAUSE GABE IS SEVERELY ALLERGIC TO DAIRY. IF HE SO MUCH AS TOUCHES THE STUFF, HE HAS AN INSTANT REACTION. OH, THE INGREDIENTS ARE HERE. BEFORE THE SEVERITY OF GABE'S ALLERGY WAS FULLY KNOWN ` BEFORE ADRENALINE HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED ` HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM OUT FOR A SOY-MILK FLUFFY. THEY GOT THE ORDER WRONG. IT WAS COW'S MILK. HE LITERALLY HAD ONE TEASPOON, HIS SKIN SWELLED UP AND STARTED BLISTERING AND WITHIN SECONDS, GABE WAS IN ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK. DIALLED 111. THERE WAS NO AMBULANCE IN THE AREA. SO THE FIRE ENGINE GOT CALLED, AND THEY CAME OUT AND PUT HIM ON OXYGEN. AN UNCONSCIOUS GABE WAS EVENTUALLY GIVEN ADRENALINE AND AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL. HOW SCARY WAS THAT? TERRIBLE. YEP, AND THAT WAS ONE TEASPOON OF MILK. DELWYN NOW CARRIES TWO ADRENALINE PENS EVERYWHERE. AND SHE BELIEVES ALL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SHOULD DO THE SAME. THEY SHOULD BE FUNDED IN NZ. THE FIRE CREWS SHOULD HAVE CARRY THEM, THE POLICE SHOULD CARRY THEM, THE SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE THEM. ANY SPORTS EVENTS SHOULD HAVE THEM, EVEN IF IT'S A SWIMMING POOL, BECAUSE ANAPHYLAXIS CAN HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. GREAT IDEA. I 100% SUPPORT IT. MARK DIXON SAYS ALLERGY NZ'S BEEN CALLING FOR HELP FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. I'VE GOT A LONG WISH LIST. BUT AT THE VERY TOP IS FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE ADRENALINE PEN ` THE AUTO-INJECTOR. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE IN EVERY SCHOOL. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN EVERY RESTAURANT, CAFE. AT THE VERY LEAST, DIXON SAYS, THEY SHOULD BE IN ALL THE SAME PLACES AS DEFIBRILLATORS. WE SEE THE DEFIBRILLATORS OUT IN THOSE BEACH SPOTS AND MOTOR CAMPS NOW. WE THINK THAT EPIPENS SHOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACES AND MOTOR CAMPS NOW. WE THINK THAT EPIPENS SHOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACES FOR THE SAME REASON. WHICH WOULD GIVE SOME COMFORT TO COCO'S FAMILY. SHE'S ALSO ANAPHYLACTIC. PEOPLE CAN GO OUT NOT KNOWING THEY HAVE AN ALLERGY, OR IT COULD BE A CHILD'S FIRST EATING OF THAT FOOD, AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ADRENALINE THERE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO OBVIOUSLY REVERSE THE EFFECTS. SO ABSOLUTELY. AND SARA'S SEEN IT FIRST HAND. IT'S ALL A BIT OF A BLUR. YOUR CHILD'S SCREAMING IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THIS ADRENALINE PEN, YOU'RE SHAKING, YOU'VE GOT ADRENALINE PUMPING AROUND. AND IT'S NOT JUST CHILDREN WHO ARE AT RISK. MARTIN DICKSON'S SEVERELY ALLERGIC TO SHELLFISH, SOMETHING HE ALWAYS EXPLAINS TO RESTAURANTS, CLEARLY. IF WE GET THIS WRONG, I COULD DIE IN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR IN YOUR RESTAURANT. HE'S MADE A CARD TO SHOW THE CHEF THE RISK OF CROSS-CONTAMINATION. THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT IS, HERE'S SOME CHOCOLATE. WOULD YOU LIKE A CHOCOLATE? I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH SOME RAT POISON IN THE KITCHEN EARLIER, BUT I CLEANED IT UP, AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S OK. BECAUSE ACTUALLY, TO ME, PRAWNS IS LIKE CYANIDE ` IT CAN KILL ME. MARTIN, AND OTHERS LIKE HIM, WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE IN AUSTRALIA, WHERE AUTO-INJECTORS ARE FULLY FUNDED. I DO NOT LIKE LAGGING AUSTRALIA ON ANYTHING, AND USUALLY WE DON'T. WE'RE AHEAD OF THEM IN HEALTH IN A LOT OF AREAS. THIS ONE WE'VE DROPPED THE BALL ON. IF I CHOSE TO SMOKE, I'D PROBABLY GET HEART DISEASE MEDICATION, SO WHY WOULDN'T I GET EMERGENCY MEDICINE? ALLERGIES SEEMS TO BE QUITE FORGOTTEN. AND GIVEN THERE'S ONE IN 10 IN NZ WITH ALLERGIES, IT'S JUST AN EPIDEMIC OUT THERE. One in 10 is an interesting number. It's a lot. There will be generational or societal reasons for the increase. PHARMAC RESPONDED TODAY, SAYING THEY'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN FUNDING AN ADRENALINE AUTO-INJECTOR FOR SOME TIME. BUT WHILE THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS OF AN AUTO-INJECTOR FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY CAN BE MORE THAN 100 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE FULLY FUNDED ADRENALINE AMPOULES WHILE CONTAINING THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT. That was a surprise to me. You'll know that my little girl has recently become allergic to cashew nuts. I've been through that process, not once was this funded option made known to me. That's the one it's expensive, the epi-pen. I you going to do this now? We need to see how long it takes. The first thing I have to do is to get the Vial out. I have to crack it at the white.. Any higher and it will shatter. Now you got to suck this up. What if I Wasn't here if this was my daughter, I would be freaking out. Wait I have to put on this first. 30 seconds so far. I can't get it in. The glasses just broken. I had to get another one. We are up to 1 minutes so far. This doesn't even her orange. Will it that this time? We've gone to 3 minutes. You have to change the needle to this one to be able to administer it. I'm under stress. Clearly this is hard. I would be stressed that that was my child. It again all the way. THE RUBIK'S CUBE IS ENOUGH TO SEND MOST OF US INTO A SPIN OF FRUSTRATION. BUT NOT HARRY (6). HE CAN DO IT IN A PRETTY REMARKABLE TIME. AND RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK WE PUT HARRY TO THE TEST LIVE. LET'S BE HONEST, THIS IS PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE IN AN AIRPLANE, AND SOMEONE PUTS UP THEIR HANDS AND SAYS, 'IS THERE A JELLY EXPERT HERE?' BUT THEIR PURPOSE IS STILL PRETTY COOL. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS AIM TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BEST DAY OF THEIR LIFE. # WELL, ME, I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY... # ED SHEERAN MADE US ALL SWOON WITH THIS HIT. BUT SOME CLAIM HE GOT SOME INSPIRATION FROM MARVIN GAYE. WHAT DO YOU RECKON, SASHA? IT LOOKS LIKE ED SHEERAN AND HIS LAWYERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE ABOUT TO GET IT ON. THAT'S COMING UP NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP. DAVE DOBBYN'S 'LOYAL' # AND CALL ME LOYAL. # I'LL SAY YOU'RE LOYAL TOO. # I KNOW YOU'RE LOYAL. Looks may change, but good music never does. It was good timing with Dave Dobbyn and the Olympics. The men's hockey is still alive. With this you back off the blue thing the person in anaphylactic shock is sorted. IT'S SOMETHING THAT BRINGS OUT OUR INNER FRUSTRATION, MAYBE EVEN A FEW CHOICE WORDS AS WE TRY TO COMPLETE IT. I'VE ONLY EVER GIVEN IT A COUPLE OF TWISTS AND GIVEN UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RUBIK'S CUBE. MANY WON'T HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE ONE, BUT NOT HARRY (6). NOT ONLY CAN HE FINISH IT, HE CAN DO IT IN JUST 90 SECONDS! HARRY JAMESON AND HIS DAD PHIL JOIN US NOW LIVE FROM NAPIER. Evening to both of you. Hi Mike and Tony. Have you been warming up for us? I'm going to give you a countdown. I you feeling nervous? I'm feeling pretty good. I will count you down, and I will say go. Can you talk while you are doing it? I think we will talk to dad. I can talk when I am solving. 321. Go. Phil, I might talk to you. How did the start for your son? We got a new Rubik's cube, and I retrained myself. Harry was pretty intrigued by it. He basically took it on. And he learned a few of the algorithms. He was getting awfully close to solving it. One day his mum called me at work. And told me that he had sold a Rubik cube. He's been bitten by the bug. Is that rote learning? Is the pattern that you repeat? We only know the basic way, we sold at layer by layer. There is a quicker way to do it. You are part of a sailing crew. If he can do this at 6, what is its potential? He is a weapon. He is intrigued by it. He's intrigued by what Rubiks cubes make. Behind the back? I love it. The cLock disappeared on us. Better than 90 seconds that is. Is that a record? It's close to his personal best. If we hadn't done the behind the backtrack. Is he doing it again? There's other patterns like Cuba and acute and spiral patterns. His learning everything he can with a 3 x 3. What time do you go to bed? I don't know. He sold a Rubik's skewed. He doesn't mind. When he's got time he can teach us. I mentioned that Phil was part of the Artemus sailing crew. We are going to win the Americas Year. IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR WEDDING DANCE SONG AND ONE OF THE MOST STREAMED SONGS OF ALL TIME. # DARLING, I WILL BE LOVING YOU TILL WE'RE 70. # BUT IS ED SHEERAN'S SMASH HIT 'THINKING OUT LOUD' ENTIRELY ORIGINAL? # LET'S GET IT ON. # THAT'S MARVIN GAYE'S 'LET'S GET IT ON'. SOUND THE SAME? WELL, A BUNCH OF LAWYERS CERTAINLY THINK SO. YES, THE FAMILY OF ED TOWNSEND, WHO CO-WROTE THE SONG, ARE SUING SHEERAN FOR WHAT THEY CALL 'STRIKING SIMILARITIES'. IT'S THE SECOND HIGH PROFILE LAWSUIT INVOLVING MARVIN GAYE. HIS FAMILY SUCCESSFULLY SUED ROBIN THICKE AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS FOR COPYING 'GOT TO GIVE IT UP' WHEN THEY WROTE 'BLURRED LINES'. BOTH CASES ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. PAYING HARMONIC HOMAGE NOW ESSENTIALLY OFF THE TABLE. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ED'S SQUEAKY CLEAN IMAGE? A SHORT TIME AGO I SPOKE WITH ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT SASHA PERL-RAVER IN LA. SASHA, WHAT'S REACTION BEEN LIKE? WHO ARE PEOPLE SIDING WITH? I FEEL LIKE THE SIDING HAS BEEN VERY MUCH IN ED SHEERAN'S CAMP. THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE SORT OF BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT ANYONE UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN SUED, AND THAT IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE HERE. BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SONGS, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. THAT IS A SIMILARITY THAT ED SHEERAN EVEN IS AWARE OF. HE DID A MASH-UP OF THOSE SONGS IN A CONCERT. # LET'S GET IT ON. # LET'S GET IT ON. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT A NUMBER OF SONGS, THEY HAVE VERY SIMILAR CHORDS. IF YOU TAKE 'MAN IN THE MIRROR' BY MICHAEL JACKSON, 'WITH OR WITHOUT YOU' BY U2, 'LET IT BE' BY THE BEATLES AND EVEN 'POKER FACE' BY LADY GAGA, IT'S ALL THE SAME CHORDS. SO REALLY, THESE ARE JUST ARTISTS EXPRESSING THEMSELVES WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LYRICS BUT A VERY SIMILAR SOUND. AND PEOPLE, I THINK, WANT TO BELIEVE THAT ARTISTS ARE STILL BEING TRUE TO THEMSELVES. THEY'RE JUST MAKING TWEAKS ON FAMILIAR NOISES AND TRAITS. ALL RIGHT. SO, WHY NOW? COS 'THINKING OUT LOUD' HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. WELL, I MEAN, THE CASE WITH 'BLURRED LINES' CERTAINLY DID NOT HELP. WHEN MARVIN GAYE'S FAMILY SUIT GOT A LARGE SETTLEMENT, IT STARTED OUT AT $7.4M, WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO $5.3M BY THE JUDGE. I THINK THAT OPENED UP THE FLOODGATES. WHAT ABOUT ED'S TEAM? I MEAN, YOU'VE JUST SAID THEY'RE OPENLY ADMITTING TO THE MASH-UP SIDE OF THINGS. SO WHAT ARE THEY SAYING TO ALL THIS? THEY'RE STAYING VERY QUIET. ED SHEERAN HAS NOT SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THIS. HIS TEAM HAS NOT SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THIS. I'M SURE LAWYERS ARE SAYING, 'WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS!' THERE IS SOMETHING THAT A JUDGE HERE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHO'S ACTUALLY IN THE RIGHT. MAYBE A JURY WILL DECIDE, BUT AT THIS POINT, THE QUIETER HE IS, THE BETTER HANDS HE'S IN. WHAT ABOUT OTHER MUSICIANS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS SQUEAKY-CLEAN? DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE A FEW SQUIRMING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS? I ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT THIS. I WAS SPEAKING WITH A FRIEND BEFORE WE SAT DOWN, AND HE WAS SAYING THERE SHOULD BE A GIANT ALGORITHM, SORT OF LIKE SPOTIFY, WHERE IF YOU PLAY A SONG, IT WILL TELL YOU OTHER SONGS THAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE. AND I WONDER WHY RECORD LABELS HAVEN'T CREATED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I'M SURE HAVE DONE SOME CERTAIN SHADY THINGS THAT MAYBE MADE THEIR SONGS SOUND PARTICULARLY FAMILIAR. I AM SURE PEOPLE ARE SQUIRMING. WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SETTLED FOR A LARGE SUM OR IF IT GOES TO A COURT DECISION AND IS SETTLED FOR AN EVEN LARGER SUM, I THINK THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE START GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. I am still on team ed. Classic example to stairway to Heaven. It's all rhythms. Paul McCartney did something for the BBC. He said the basic notes are all the same. IT ALL STARTED WITH SOMETHING QUITE SIMPLE. WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGICAL IN JELLY. BUT HOW ON EARTH DID IT TURN INTO THIS? CAN'T SMELL ANYTHING. YOU SMELL LIKE A BOY. OH, YOU'RE GOOD. Why aren't we playing Julio Iglesias tonight? I got my tickets. Front Row VIPs. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BECOME DOCTORS, OTHERS ACTORS. AND SOME WANT TO BECOME JELLYMONGERS LIKE SAM BOMPAS AND HARRY PARR. I'm just waiting to see you in the jelly like you said before. You and jelly? AND THEY MIGHT JUST BE THE ONLY ONES IN THE WORLD SPECIALISING IN WONDROUS ARCHITECTURAL JELLY SENSATIONS. SINCE WE LAST CAUGHT UP WITH THEM, THEY'VE PROGRESSED TO ALL THINGS SENSORY. AND THEIR SPECTACULAR EVENTS COME WITH A MESSAGE, AS GILL HIGGINS FOUND OUT. # OOH, OOH, OOH. OH, BABY. (CHUCKLES) MY GLASSES ARE STEAMED UP. IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE AN ORDINARY INTERVIEW,... SECRET INGREDIENT COMING IN HERE. ...BECAUSE BEING EXTRAORDINARY HAS BECOME SAM'S TRADEMARK. # OH, BABY. # A VAST BANANA CLOUD WILL ERUPT. THREE, TWO, ONE. GO. EXPLOSION, LAUGHTER AWESOME! TASTE IT. IT'S QUITE GOOD. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? THAT WAS AMAZING. YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME. CAN YOU MAKE A RASPBERRY-FLAVOURED ONE? EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BOMBPAS AND PARR IS TO BRING A BIT OF JOY TO PEOPLE'S LIVES. SAM IS ONE HALF OF BOMPAS AND PARR, WHO WE MET ON SEVEN SHARP LAST YEAR. HARRY AND I ARE VERY OLD FRIENDS. WE MET WHEN WE WERE 13. HARRY'S BACK HOME, PROBABLY INVENTING. TO GIVE IT A CHEFFING ANALOGY, I TEND TO BE FRONT OF HOUSE. HARRY'S THE POWERHOUSE SLAMMING OUT THE FOOD. BUT WHEN THEY SAY FOOD,... WELL, LOOK AT THIS. # LET ME SHOW YOU A FEW THINGS. LET ME SHOW YOU A FEW THINGS. # SO, IT ALL BEGAN WITH JELLY? YES. WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGICAL IN JELLY. WHEN IT'S SAT ON A TABLE, EVERYONE SMILES. BUT JELLY TENDS TO BE ` THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE DARK AGE. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS PUT IT BACK ON THAT PEDESTAL. NOW THEY'RE IN DEMAND, KIND OF. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN AN AIRPLANE AND THEN SOMEONE PUTS UP THEIR HANDS AND SAYS, 'IS THERE A JELLY EXPERT HERE?' BUT SOMETIMES WE GET IT RIGHT, AND I ALWAYS AIM TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BEST DAY OF THEIR LIFE. AND WITH THIS L&P CREATION ON THE TABLE, IT'S LOOKING GOOD FOR ME. WHEN WE KNEW WE WERE COMING ACROSS TO NZ, I SPOKE TO THE GUYS AND SAID, 'WELL, WHAT'S A REALLY ICONIC BUILDING 'THAT WE COULD ENJELLY?' WELL, IT'S THE SKY TOWER. (LAUGHS) YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY. IT WASN'T GOING TO MAKE A VEYR GOOD JELLY. BUT ACTUALLY, YOUR PARLIAMENTARY BUILDING, THE BEEHIVE, WORKS REALLY WELL. ARE YOU READY TO TUCK IN? YOU MUST. SAM WAS IN FINANCIAL MARKETING, AND HARRY WAS AN ARCHITECT. NOW... IN A TYPICAL DAY, I MIGHT BE MEETING MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE ALL YOUR FOODS GLOW; I MIGHT BE MEETING CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES EXPERTS. AND TODAY, PERSUADING THREE YOUNG GUYS TO PUT BAGS ON THEIR HEADS. IT'S TO DO WITH 'SEMI-PERMANENT' ` AN EVENT THAT GATHERS CREATIVES TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE. FOR US, IT'S ABOUT TRUSTING YOUR GUT INSTINCTS. YOU AND YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT HAVE OVER 100 MILLION NEURONS. THAT'S MORE BRAIN CELLS THAN THE BRAIN OF A CAT. AND THEY SAY A SPECIAL FORM OF SPEED DATING PUTS GUT INSTINCTS TO USE. # MUSIC, THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR! # WE'RE RUNNING A NIGHT CALLED ARMPIT-SNIFFING SPEED DATING. WE NEED TO TRY OUT IF IT REALLY WORKS. NO. NO, I CAN'T DO THAT. SORRY. NO. NO. WHY NOT? I'M NOT SNIFFING ANOTHER BLOKE. IT'S A HIT IN THE UK, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG TO GET ENTHUSIASTS HERE. IMAGINE THEY'RE LIKE FINE WINE. (LAUGHS) CAN I JUST CHOOSE THE ONE WITH THE BIGGEST GUNS? I CAN'T SMELL ANYTHING. YOU SMELL LIKE A BOY. OH, YOU'RE GOOD! (LAUGHS) YOURS IS THE STRONGEST. (LAUGHS) HANG ON. UGH. ALL IN A DAY'S CREATIVENESS. WE TAKE WHATEVER OUR PASSIONS ARE, PUSH AS HARD AS WE CAN, AND THEN REFLECT ON THINGS THAT WERE GOOD, THE THINGS THAT WERE BAD, AND THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER. UPBEAT MUSIC If your liking the armpit sniffing, they are in Auckland. JUST ADDING TO CAROLYN'S ALLERGY STORY TONIGHT. I THINK I'M RIGHT IN SAYING THERE'S STILL A BIT OF A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ALLERGY SUFFERERS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE 'OH, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE', OR 'NUTS, EGGS, WHAT ELSE IS ON YOUR LONG LIST?' I WAS A BIT GUILTY OF THAT MYSELF A WHILE BACK. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY ONLY HAPPENED IF YOU WERE SUPER PEDANTIC. THAT WAS UNTIL I SAW FIRST-HAND WHAT IT DID TO MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S ALLERGIC TO CASHEWS AND PISTACHIOS. I WAS UNINFORMED. NOW I KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT CAN BE, AND THAT ANYONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE. ALLERGIES HAVE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND THE SOONER WE HAVE EPIPENS MORE READILY AVAILABLE, THE SAFER IT WILL BE FOR EVERYONE. SO, LET'S BE BLUNT ABOUT OUR SEVENS LOSS TODAY. WE FAILED TO MEDAL BECAUSE THE SPORT WAS EITHER COCKY OR ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. THE WORLD HAS TAKEN TO SEVENS, INVESTED IN IT, RUN SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES TO FACILITATE SUCCESS. WE, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE SEEN IT AS SOME SORT OF ADJUNCT TO THE SO CALLED 'REAL THING'. POOR OLD GORDON TEITJENS HAS BEEN LEFT WITH ALL BLACK SCRAPS AND TASKED TO GO AND DISCOVER NEW TALENT, AND TODAY IT ALL CAME TO A HEAD. THE SEVENS TOURNAMENTS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE SHOWN US ALL WE NEED TO KNOW. THE DOMINANCE FADED, THE AUTOMATIC VICTORIES VANISHED, AND NOW WE'RE IN A TRULY COMPETITIVE SPORT THAT WE'VE FAILED TO EITHER SEE COMING, OR WORSE, FAILED TO ADJUST TO. WE'RE EITHER INTO BEING DOMINANT IN RUGBY OR WE'RE NOT, AND RUGBY IS NOT JUST FIFTEENS; IT'S THE SPORT AS A WHOLE. LET'S HOPE THE PENNY HAS DROPPED AT THE NZRFU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. SEE YOU TOMORORW. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ALANA DRAYTON AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.