FORGET WELLYWOOD ` TAPANUI IS NZ'S NEW MOVIE MECCA. FEELS REALLY TIMELESS. THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO PERFECT FOR PETE'S DRAGON. IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY COOL TOWN. AND MAPUA'S ICONIC HERON WHO JUST UP AND LEFT. PEOPLE USED TO GO THERE AND HAVE THEIR COFFEE QUITE OFTEN JUST TO SEE HAMISH, I THINK. NOW THIS IMPOSTER IS MAKING HIMSELF AT HOME. PLUS, WITH A BIG WEEKEND OF ROWING COMING UP, I PUT MY MAHE DRYSDALE ONESIE TO THE TEST. DRIVE THOSE LEGS, TIM. DRIVE THEM DOWN. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Good evening and lovely to see you. Have a was sitting next to me and waxing lyrical about how long it's been since she's been on the programme. I am such a joy to work with. It was exactly like you're saying. RIGHT NOW, NZ'S LATEST FORAY INTO HOLLYWOOD IS ABOUT TO HAVE A SPECIAL SCREENING IN WELLINGTON. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE RED CARPET FOR 'PETE'S DRAGON', AND SHORTLY WE'LL BE JOINED BY A TOP DISNEY EXECUTIVE TO HEAR WHY NZ'S THE PLACE TO BE MAKING MOVIES RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THERE'S A BIT OF BUZZ. 'PETE'S DRAGON' WAS SHOT IN A HANDFUL OF SMALL NZ TOWNS, BUT THE SMALLEST HAS TO BE TAPANUI. MIKE THORPE VENTURED SOUTH TO FIND OUT HOW HOLLYWOOD ARRIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. LAID-BACK COUNTRY MUSIC IF YOU SQUINT A BIT AND LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOU, AND YOU COULD BE CONVINCED THAT THIS IS SMALL-TOWN AMERICA. IT'S NOT. IT'S TAPANUI. TAPANUI ` THE EDGE OF THE FOREST AND KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. GORE THAT WAY, ROXBURGH THAT WAY, AND FAMOUS FOR THE TAPANUI FLU. UNTIL NOW ` COS NOW THEY'VE CAUGHT A NEW BUG. SHH. (GASPS) THIS IS A TOWN TOUCHED BY HOLLYWOOD. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THAT IT DID. WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE RUMOURS, I WAS JUST LIKE, 'NAH, IT'S NOT HAPPENING. WHATEVER' (LAUGHS) IT DID HAPPEN. FOR SIX WEEKS, TAPANUI BECAME MILLHAVEN, THE TOWN AT THE CENTRE OF THE DISNEY FILM 'PETE'S DRAGON. THE TRANSFORMATION WAS INCREDIBLE. THIS BUILDING WAS TURNED INTO A BARBERSHOP. REALLY? THEY ARRIVED AT THE DOOR HERE ONE MORNING AND SAID, 'DO YOU MIND IF WE ALTER YOUR CABBAGE TREE? IT DOESN'T 'FIT IN WITH THE AMERICAN SCENE.' (LAUGHS) FOLLOW THAT DRAGON! THE CABBAGE TREE DIDN'T FIT, BUT APPARENTLY THE FILM CREW DID. THEY SORT OF MOULDED INTO THE TOWN. THEY BECAME LOCALS. THEY WERE SUCH COOL PEOPLE. OUR CUSTARD SQUARE WAS VERY POPULAR WITH THEM. WES BENTLEY WOULD COME IN WITH HIS FAMILY, AND HE LOVED OUR CARAMEL SLICE. FAIR TO SAY THEY GOT A GOOD TASTE OF KIWI. I REMEMBER HOW TO COUNT TO TOWN ` TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA, RIMA, ONU, WHITU, WARU, IWA, TEKAU. BUT THE BIGGEST NAME IN THE FILM WAS HARDER TO SPOT THAN THE DRAGON. HE TRAVELS FAST IN THIS TOWN. DID YOU SEE HIM? NO. NO. (LAUGHS) HE WAS STAYING IN QUEENSTOWN, AND HE'D GET CHOPPERED IN FOR HIS DAYS ON SITE. REALLY? HE'S MISSED OUT ON SOME KILLER CARAMEL SLICE. I KNOW! EXACTLY! I DIDN'T SEE ROBERT REDFORD. HE DIDN'T COME AND GET ANYTHING PRINTED. WE HAVE AN IDEA WHERE HE DID STAY. NOW, TAPANUI HAS ITS OWN STARS. WHAT WERE YOU DOING? I WAS A POLICEWOMAN. YEP, SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND MY SON WAS IN IT TOO. HE WAS IN THE SCHOOL BUS. THERE'S A SCENE WHERE PETE JUMPS ON THE BACK OF A SCHOOL BUS, AND ALL THE SCHOOL KIDS ARE PEERING OUT THE WINDOW. BUT THE BIGGEST STAR IN TOWN WAS THIS OLD SAW MILL. YEP, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S THIS DISUSED SAW MILL THAT SOLD DISNEY ON TAPANUI. THEY CAME HERE, TOOK ONE LOOK AND WENT, 'YEP. 'MURICA.' WELL THEY WERE STAYING IN TOWN HERE, HAVING LUNCH AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND THEY SAID, 'MY WORD, WE CAN TURN THIS INTO AN AMERICAN TOWN,' AND SURE ENOUGH THE WHOLE CONCEPT CAME TOGETHER. AND THEY WANT MORE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING ANOTHER MOVIE TO TOWN MAYBE IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE WOULD WELCOME ANY FILM CREW TO COME BACK TO TAPANUI AGAIN. I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. YEAH, PETE'S DRAGON 2. LET'S HOPE! AWAY! DRAMATIC MUSIC JOINING ME NOW LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET IS MARY ANN HUGHES, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DISNEY'S FILM AND PRODUCTION PLANNING. Talk me through the project. Has it been the Disney? We have just had the most amazing experience I was here in 2014 when it began, and the warm welcome from the people in NZ and the support that we got from the government representatives has just been wonderful. It's been a real partnership. We are celebrating with the people that helped us make heats Dragon/. It's been a well-received movie. The reviews have been off the charts. It's giving back to the community as a screening. We shot 100% of the film here in NZ. Hundred percent of the visual effects were done here to. We travelled all over the country. We were down in Tapanui and it was just one of the most favourite experiences of the creative team. About 55 people gave up their homes to how is our cast and crew. We hired 21% of the total population of Tapanui. We have a big screening today in Wellington. We are at capacity at 750. A screening in Rotorua. Tomorrow and Tapanui with two screenings in Tapanui. An amazing experience we had. We couldn't have done it without the people of NZ. This is a shout out to you. We look forward to the next time we can come back. What is Disney's expectations globally? That's a good question. I think based on the reviews, our expectations have gone up. We are always optimistically hopeful that it's going to be a huge success. Thumbs up so far. Glad you employed lots of people and you are welcome back here any time. You guys have been just wonderful, thank you. THANKS. MARY ANN HUGHES FROM DISNEY. That was the first movie that's been made under the new government subsidy. It used to be 20%. They've added 5%. Over all of the world, all the countries say different percentages. The value we have got that from that is phenomenal. At what point do you need a small location like Tapanui as opposed to CGI? The cost of it to ` filming in real places cheaper than CGI. You got jobs in reputation and all that sort of thing. WHITE HERONS ARE RARE ENOUGH IN NZ, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE ATTRACTED TO ONE SPECIAL PART. THIS IS MAPUA IN TASMAN, AND THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO HAMISH, WHO WAS A REGULAR VISITOR TO THESE PARTS FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. BUT NOW THERE'S A NEW HERON IN TOWN. AND WHILE OUR ROWERS ARE WINNING GOLD MEDALS, TIM'S AIMING FOR A PARTICIPATION AWARD,... HEY, TIM, WHAT ABOUT YOUR BOAT? ...AND EVEN THAT'S A STRETCH. I WAS JUST GETTING GOOD. AND PRESIDENT OBAMA RELEASES HIS SUMMER PLAYLIST. SO WHICH KIWI ARTIST MADE THE CUT? GIN WIGMORE'S 'MAN LIKE THAT' # TELLS YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU, # THEN HE TAKE IT ALL BACK. # GIRL, YOU GOTTA WONDER, GIRL, YOU GOTTA WONDER, # GIRL, YOU GOTTA WONDER 'BOUT A MAN LIKE THAT. # GIRL, YOU GOTTA WONDER, GIRL, YOU GOTTA WONDER. She is so cool. THAT'S GIN WIGMORE'S 'MAN LIKE THAT', WHICH IT TURNS OUT THE U.S. PRESIDENT IS A FAN OF! BARACK OBAMA TWEETED HIS SUMMER PLAYLIST TODAY, AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE GIN MADE THE CUT. GIN HERSELF, WAS ALSO EXCITED TWEETING, 'AS A MUSICIAN AND 'A RECENTLY INDUCTED AMERICAN RESIDENT, 'I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO MY MATE BARACK OBAMA FOR THIS.' She married an American, that's how she is a resident. GIN DID WELL TO MAKE THE LIST AS THE MAJORITY OF ARTISTS WERE AMERICANS. AUSSIE COURTNEY BARNETT MADE IT WITH 'ELEVATOR OPERATOR',... # I'M NOT GOING TO WORK TODAY. # GONNA COUNT THE MINUTES THAT THE TRAINS RUN LATE. # AND BRITISH SINGER CORRINE BAILEY RAE ALSO EARNED HERSELF A SPOT WITH THIS HIT ` # GREEN APHRODISIAC. # IT'S THE SECOND YEAR OBAMA'S RELEASED HIS SUMMER TUNES, AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO HIS FULL PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY. I am deeply suspicious of that whole thing. Someone's gone to Barack and said sell the playlist. He strikes me as a person who was quite musical that he would want to be in that. Maybe he can start a trend. Can you imagine Teresa Mais summer playlist? SO FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO A WHITE HERON. HOW'S THAT FOR A GIANT LEAP? WELL, THE PEOPLE OF MAPUA, A CHARMING LITTLE HIDEAWAY 20 MINUTES TO THE NORTH-WEST OF NELSON ARE GETTING ALL CLUCKY OVER AN ALL-WHITE NEW ARRIVAL. AND THIS NEW ARRIVAL CERTAINLY KNOWS A GOOD HOME WHEN HE ` OR SHE ` SEES IT. MICHAEL HOLLAND EXPLAINS. AS THE HAMLET OF MAPUA RECLINES IN ITS BEAUTY,... BEAUTIFUL MORNING! ...THE ROWDIES DEMAND ATTENTION. GULLS CAW ALTHOUGH THIS VERGES ON CONTEMPT. YOU GOTTA GET IN THERE! YOU SEE, HAMISH THE HERON ` YEP, THAT'S HIM ` IS AN ICON IN THESE PARTS. EVERYBODY KNEW HAMISH. SO MUCH MORE THAN A PEDESTAL FOR THE UNWORTHY. IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE THINK HE'S REAL. THEY QUITE OFTEN GET THEIR CAMERAS OUT, AND THEY WAIT. THEY'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO FLY AWAY. HE'S MADE OUT OF HORSESHOES, WOULD YOU BELIEVE? THE HORSESHOES HAVE BEEN STRAIGHTENED OUT TO MAKE FEATHERS. THAT'S REALLY CLEVER. IT IS, ISN'T IT? BE ASSURED, THOUGH ` HAMISH WAS ONCE THE REAL MCCOY. PEOPLE WOULD COME AND SAY, 'WHERE CAN WE SEE HAMISH?' A MUCH-CELEBRATED ANNUAL VISITOR TO MAPUA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. ARRIVED ABOUT EASTER AND THEN TOOK OFF AT THE END OF WINTER. BUT THEN ONE EASTER ` YOU GOT IT ` NO HAMISH; NO EXPLANATION. CERTAINLY, PEOPLE WERE SAD. 'IS HE GOING TO COME BACK?' AND THEN, NO, HE DIDN'T TURN UP. BUT REJOICE, HERON ADMIRERS. IN THE LAST WEEK, ENTER HAMISH II. IT'S GREAT FOR MAPUA. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WHITE HERON. GLIDING IN AND STRUTTING WITH ALL THE GUILE OF A SEASONED GUEST. HE CAME INTO THE LOUNGE AND CAME RIGHT IN AND WALKED ROUND THE FURNITURE, STOOD AT THE DOOR LOOKED AT US AND WALKED OUT AGAIN. HE SEEMS QUITE AT HOME? VERY RELAXED, YEAH. IF LOCALS ARE GOING TO OPEN UP THEIR HOMES, HE'LL STAY FOREVER. (LAUGHS) WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S A HE OR A SHE. LOOK AT HER. ISN'T SHE MAJESTIC? SO GRACEFUL. < IS THERE A WAY OF TELLING? THERE PROBABLY IS. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. (LAUGHS) SOMEONE AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NAME? SOMEBODY SAID HARRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW (LAUGHS) WE'LL SEE WHAT IT GETS. < YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN HARRY. I'M SURE WE CAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SEVEN SHARP VIEWERS NAMING THE NEW ARRIVAL? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. SOMETHING ELABORATE OR SOMETHING SIMPLE? I THINK SOMETHING SIMPLE. TONI WOULD BE GREAT, YOU COVER BOTH SEXES THAT WAY. < NOT MIKE? NO, NO, DEFINITELY NOT MIKE. THIS BIRD HAS GOT A BIT OF CLASS. LAUGHTER < YOU SAY THAT ANY MORE FORCEFULLY? DON'T BLOODY WELL CALL IT MIKE. < (LAUGHS) I'm sure that was a bit of creative editing. He Something and put together. IT'S A ROWING PARTNERSHIP THAT'S NEVER BEEN BEATEN. NO DOUBTING THE GOLD MEDALISTS, THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS. THE FIRST GOLD FOR NZ. A WINNING STREAK TO BE PROUD OF, BUT IS THEIR RUN A RECORD-BREAKER? AND SPEAKING OF WINNERS ` SO HERE? YEAH, THEN BEND YOUR ARMS. NO, ALL THE WAY IN. LEAN BACK ALL THE WAY IN. OH, I SEE. SO HANDS STRAIGHT FIRST. ARMS STRAIGHT. TIM TRIES HIS HAND AT ROWING. PATHETICNESS ENSUES. # I TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM. OK, SERIOUSLY, JUST HOW GOOD ARE ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND?! FIRST OFF, WINNING BACK-TO-BACK GOLD MEDALS PUTS THEM IN SOME SERIOUSLY SPECIAL COMPANY. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEIR OLYMPIC ACHIEVEMENT THAT SETS THESE GUYS APART. SINCE TEAMING UP SEVEN YEARS AGO, THEY'VE NEVER LOST A RACE ` NOT ONE. THEY'VE BEATEN 209 ROWERS FROM 32 COUNTRIES ACROSS 69 RACES. OH, AND THEY HOLD THE WORLD RECORD TOO. COMPARE THEIR 69-RACE WINNING STREAK WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN HISTORY ` ROGER FEDERER COULD ONLY GO 42 MATCHES WITHOUT LOSING; TIGER WOODS? SEVEN. THE GREATEST, MUHAMMAD ALI, WENT 31. AND EVEN THE ALL BLACKS, WHO WE LIKE TO THINK OF AS UTTERLY DOMINANT, DON'T COME CLOSE. THERE ARE LONGER STREAKS THAN BOND AND MURRAY'S 69 WINS. BACK IN THE '80S MARTINA NAVRATILOVA WON 74 GAMES ON THE TROT, AND AMERICAN HURDLES LEGEND EDWIN MOSES WENT A STAGGERING 122 RACES WITHOUT LOSING. BUT HERE'S THE THING. ` DESPITE THOSE STREAKS, AND WHILE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ONE DAY FOR BOND AND MURRAY, RIGHT NOW, IN OUR BOOKS, THESE TWO ARE TRULY THE GOAT. The goat means greatest of all time. SO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS ` IT'S TIME TO CALL IN OUR OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT. AND IT'S BEEN A BIG WEEK FOR TIM STEPPING OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE. LET'S RECAP SOME OF HIS EMBARRASSMENT. PULL! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! OH,... DAMN IT! (STRAINS, GRUNTS) HE'S GOT OFFICE HANDS THERE. CLICK! (CHUCKLES) SORRY. GUYS, I DON'T WORK NAKED. WILL THIS HURT? IT'S GONNA BLOW YOUR MIND. (LAUGHS) (GROWLS) (LAUGHS) < LOW HANDS, LOW HANDS. OH! WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. SO CAN TIM DO ANY BETTER OUT ON THE WATER? WELL, LET'S SEE. FUNKY MUSIC WEST END ROWING CLUB HAS BEEN FLOATING CHAMPIONS FOR OVER A CENTURY. I THINK MAHE SORT OF LOOKS FONDLY BACK ON HIS TIME AT THE CLUB. AS IN MAHE DRYSDALE, THE GUY ON THE WALL BEHIND US... AND OTHER WALLS. DAVE VALLANCE IS CLUB PRESIDENT AND MY COACH FOR THE DAY. THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN JUST MAKING A BOAT MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE WATER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S FOUR, TWO, EIGHT OF YOU. WHAT ABOUT ONE PERSON MAKING A BOAT MOVE QUITE SLOWLY THROUGH THE WATER? (LAUGHS) THAT'S NOT QUITE SO EXCITING, BUT THAT'S` YEAH. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. (CHUCKLES) COACH DAVE'S CHALLENGE BEING TO GET ME ROWING ` YEAH, LIKE THAT. DO YOU NEED TOUGH HANDS FOR THIS? YEAH, IT DEFINITELY HELPS. (WINCES) SORT OF THE SAME. (CHUCKLES) # SUGAR, HOW YOU GET SO FLY? YOU GOTTA DRIVE WITH YOUR LEGS. 'I'M DRIVING AS FAST AS I CAN.' PUSH! (GRUNTS) KEEP PUSHING! 'I KNOW I'M LOOKING GOOD, BUT I WANNA SHOW COACH DAVE I GOT MORE.' GIMME THE ADVERSITY! FAN WHIRRS (GRUNTS) RIO RUBBISH! PAK 'N SAVE? WATER! (SLOW-MOTION GRUNT) DANCE MUSIC MORE ADVERSITY! MORE! MORE? AGH! FISH! (YELLS) (GROWLS AGGRESSIVELY) BECAUSE I'VE DONE SO WELL, I GET A PRIZE ` MAHE'S ONESIE. HEY, TIM! WHAT ABOUT YOUR BOAT? > (SIGHS) COACH DAVE MAKES ME TAKE THE PARALYMPIANS' CANOE. I MEAN, KAYAK. I MEAN, YOU KNOW. AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I FORGET. THE ROWY THINGS. ALL SETTLED IN, PSYCHED UP AND WITH A TRAINING GOAL FROM COACH DAVE. OK, TIM. UP TO THAT RED BUOY AND BACK. MAHE WOULD LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. YOU'VE GOT FIVE. AYE AYE, COACH! CORONATION STREET THEME THREE MINUTES AND COUNTING. ENERGETIC DANCE MUSIC # BRING THE ACTION. WHERE'S THE BUOY? AFTER A PRETTY STRONG SHOWING AND SOME HELP BACK TO SHORE, ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK FROM COACH DAVE. YOU TOOK LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES. YOU WENT TO THE WRONG BUOY, AND THEN I HAD TO TOW YOU IN. 'MY VICTORY IS MORE PERSONAL.' ROWER'S HANDS. 'FROM COACH DAVE, SOME CHEERY DEPARTING ADVICE.' STICK TO REPORTING. DANCE MUSIC Bless him and good on him. Eliza McCartney seems to be a medal prospect. We are sending him out with a big poll. Her polls haven't arrived. What does that do to your head? You'd be freaking out. You are an expert on rowing. She could have been in Rio if it wasn't so fair go. I wrote in a couple of cups. You were in the singles and doubles and you won medals. Only a bit of that is correct, but thanks Hosking. The men's sprint team race today, spectacularly well, in fact I think they got three personal bests. But they just lost out to Great Britain in the final. They missed out by less than a blink of an eye. That was so close. Over the weekend, Lisa Carrington is a good` is she good the two goals? Hopefully two golds. We are still in with a chance on the water. We haven't heard much about a silver medal winner. First medal in 50 years. LOS ANGELES 1984. I WAS 7. IT WAS MY FIRST OLYMPICS. NOT THE FIRST IN MY LIFETIME, OBVIOUSLY ` JUST THE FIRST I REMEMBER. A GOOD ONE TOO ` OUR LARGEST HAUL OF GOLD MEDALS, THE SUCCESS OF IAN FERGUSON AND PAUL MCDONALD. A LOT OF WANNABE CANOEISTS CAME OUT OF THAT FORTNIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE GAMES ` I CAN SEE IT WITH MY KIDS. THEY DREAM ABOUT BEING OLYMPIC GYMNASTS, ROWERS, WATER-POLO PLAYERS, AND THAT'S SO COOL. WHILE WE ALL KNOW FOR MOST OF THOSE KIDS, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE'S NO HARM IN DREAMING, AND WHEN YOU SEE THE FACES OF THE ATHLETES THAT HAVE SUCCEEDED, WHETHER BY WINNING OR JUST BY GETTING THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU KNOW THAT A FEW MORE DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE. AND ON RELATED MATTERS, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING TO LUUKA JONES THIS MORNING ON ZB SHORTLY AFTER SHE WON THAT SILVER. I HAD JUST FINISHED CHATTING, AS IT TURNED OUT, WITH ERIC MURRAY. AND IN THOSE TWO CONVERSATIONS, YOU HAD THE BEST OF WHAT THE OLYMPICS ARE ABOUT. MURRAY AND BOND NOW TWO OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES OF ALL TIME ` ATHLETES SO DOMINANT IN THEIR FIELD, OTHERS LEAVE THE EVENT TO AVOID THEM. THE BRITISH COMMENTATOR WHO SAID, 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LEADERS; 'THIS IS A RACE FOR 2ND AND 3RD.' BUT AS OVERJOYED AS THEY WERE, THEIR VOICES NEVER QUITE REGISTERED THE SAME ELATION OF JONES, WHO LITERALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED, QUALIFIED 7TH, FINISHED 2ND AND SILVER. HER WORLD CHANGED FOREVER IN 90 SHORT SECONDS. SHE TOLD ME IT WAS THE GREATEST DAY OF HER LIFE, AND HOW SHE COULDN'T WAIT FOR JAPAN BECAUSE SHE HAD SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE HER SPORT. AND THAT'S THE SPIRIT THAT MAKES SPORT AND THE OLYMPICS SO GREAT. FINGERS CROSSED FOR MORE THIS WEEKEND. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS BY ALANA DRAYTON AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016