Over the seven sharp. The SPCA having to take measures to protect themselves. It's a tough gig.. They think they have an awesome tool to help them. TONIGHT ` THEIR JOB IS TO PROTECT OUR ANIMALS. CAT FAECES LITTERED EVERYWHERE. BUT WHAT'S KEEPING THESE SPCA INSPECTORS SAFE? PISS OFF! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME, MATE. PISS OFF! PLUS ` FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS... YOU HAD ALL THE PEOPLE TRAIPSING THROUGH YOUR GARDEN. ...TO A HUGE SUCCESS. I GET A LITTLE OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT OUR LITTLE SEED HAS BECOME. AND BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. COME ON IN! SO WILL OTHERS FOLLOW CHRISTCHURCH'S LEAD? THERE SHOULD BE THESE IN EVERY CITY. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Welcome to the show. I am not Mike Hosking. Mike is in New York. Mum, dad and auntie Pippa away I'm frothing everywhere. It's such a fantastic election. I can't wait to hear what's happening in New York. ALMOST 60% OF NZERS OWN A CAT OR A DOG, BUT AS MUCH AS WE LOVE PETS, SOME OF US CAN BE INCREDIBLY CRUEL TO THEM. AND SADLY, THE MEN AND WOMEN CHARGED WITH PROTECTING OUR ANIMALS OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES UNDER ATTACK TOO. BUT THEY'VE NOW GOT A NEW TOOL. IT'S A SET OF EYES THAT SEES AND RECORDS THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE VERY, VERY UGLY. SEVEN SHARP SPENT A DAY ON PATROL WITH THE SPCA, AND JUST A WARNING ` PEOPLE CAN BE VERY CRUEL. UPBEAT MUSIC THERE ARE BAD DAYS AND NOT-SO-BAD DAYS ON THE JOB AS AN ANIMAL WELFARE INSPECTOR. IT'S ACTUALLY A STAB-PROOF VEST. TODAY'S A NOT-SO-BAD-DAY. LOOKING REALLY GOOD, NICE AND RELAXED. I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THEM. BUT PERHAPS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE STAB-PROOF VEST IS THIS ` THE BODY CAM. IF SOMEONE CAN SEE AN IMAGE OF THEMSELVES ON CAMERA, IT PROBABLY CHECKS THEIR BEHAVIOUR A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO FLY OFF THE HANDLE, HOPEFULLY. KEVIN PLOWRIGHT'S BEEN IN THIS JOB FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. HE'S SEEN AND HEARD IT ALL. EFFING AND BLINDING AND THREATENING AND NORMALLY JUST, YEAH, ANGER DISPLAY OF WAVING AND THREATENING AND 'GET OFF MY PROPERTY OR BASH YOU' AND THAT SORT OF STUFF THE BODYCAM IS LIKE A MIRROR. YOU GET TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOUR BEHAVIOUR LOOKS LIKE TO OTHER PEOPLE. AND IT CAN LOOK PRETTY BAD. SHOUTS: PISS OFF! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME, MATE,... BOY SHOUTS: PISS OFF! ...OTHERWISE WE'LL CALL THE POLICE. BOY YELLS FOR CASES LIKE THESE, THE BODY CAM ALSO PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN COLLECTING EVIDENCE. IF A GETS TO A DEFENDED HEARING, THE DEFENCE LAWYERS CAN COME UP WITH VERY IMAGINATIVE VERSIONS OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE COULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT WITH A CAMERA, IT SHOWS WHAT DOES HAPPEN. NO FUR ON THERE. THAT WOULD BE THE URINE SCALDING. ONE OF BIGGEST PROBLEM AREAS IS ANIMAL HOARDING. IT'S THEIR INABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR ADDICTION TO COLLECT ANIMALS. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY NO OR TURN ANIMALS AWAY, AND THEY JUST GET MORE AND MORE AND MORE. CAT FAECES EVERYWHERE. EACH AND EVERY VISIT IS RECORDED, GATHERING PROOF OF WHO THE REAL ANIMALS ARE. HEY, FELLAS. I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. THERE'S JUST THE THREE HORSES HERE. SO I'M OK THAT EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL HERE FOR NOW. THIS HORSE WAS TAKEN FROM THE PROPERTY WITH ITS HOOVES IN A VERY BAD WAY. SINCE WE SHOT THESE PICTURES, IT'S HAD TO BE PUT DOWN. IT'S A JOB THAT'S NEVER DONE... I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS, AND THAT'S THE CLEANING UP OF THE FAECES. CONCRETE IS POROUS, SO THE URINE AND THE FAECES WILL SOAK INTO THE CONCRETE. YOU CAN SMELL THE URINE AND THAT NOW. AND ONE THAT REQUIRES SKIN AS THICK AS THAT STAB-PROOF VEST. WE CAN FIND ANIMALS EMACIATED, WE CAN GET THEIR A DAY TOO LATE ` THE ANIMAL COULD BE DEAD. THEY COULD DIE OF STARVATION. BUT IT'S A JOB THAT JUST GOT A LITTLE EASIER, THANKS TO A MIRROR. I TRY NOT TO FOCUS ON THE WHY, BUT IF IT NEEDS RECTIFYING, WE GET IN THERE AND RECTIFY IT. Ooh. Nasty images there. One thing we can all attest to is that when you turn the camera on someone, it changes their behaviour. It really does. If you hold a mirror up to someone, they switch. when those inspectors show up, it is a charged situation.. The owner gets upset, the dog gets upset. Everybody gets upset. Maybe the cameras might help. One thing she was saying was that the SPCA relies on us to be the extra eyes. When there are hoarders or people who taken animals and 'rescue' them, it's doing a disservice to the animals. IT'S JUST 1AM IN NEW YORK, AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN TO AN HISTORIC ELECTION, ISN'T IT, MIKE? Es. Good morning from New York City, The city that never sleeps. Donald Trump has just finished his fiftg events of the day. PLUS ` THEY TOOK ON A MAMMOTH FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU HOPING TO RAISE? $15,000. AND BY THE LOOKS OF THINGS, IT CERTAINLY PAID OFF. ALL YELL: GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! AND WE'VE GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW OF 'SCULPTURE ON THE SHORE'. FASCINATING ARTWORKS, AMAZING SCENERY AND A GREAT STORY ABOUT HOW IT ALL BEGAN. Tim was just reciting the American national anthem. Just the first two lines. NOW, TIM, CAST YOUR MIND BACK, IF YOU WILL, TO APRIL 12 LAST YEAR. SO I'M HITTING THE ROAD TO EARN YOUR VOTE. I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME ON THIS JOURNEY. JOURNEY'S RIGHT. THAT WAS HILLARY CLINTON KICKING OFF HER CAMPAIGN TO BECOME AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT 575 DAYS AGO. YEAH. TRUMP LAUNCHING HIS CAMPAIGN BY INSULTING MEXICANS SEEMS LIKE A DIFFERENT AGE. THEY SAY A WEEK'S A LONG TIME IN POLITICS. THAT WAS JUNE LAST YEAR. SO WITH LESS THAN 48 HOURS TO GO, IT'S NO WONDER 'STAMINA' HAS BEEN A CENTRAL THEME OF THIS ELECTION. AND SPEAKING OF STAMINA, LET'S GO TO MIKE, WHO'S IN NEW YORK. 1AM IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, MIKE. I was just saying before the break Donald Trump has just wrapped up in Michigan. That is one of the swing states he thinks he can flip. He needs to make it in his column in the next two days. He needs to get the voters out. That is why he was working so hard. Five stops for him, two for Hillary Clinton. He was working the clock across East and West Coast. The road to the White House is an extremely difficult, arduous and contentious one, and they have both worked extremely hard to get there. It is Monday morning in New York. Tomorrow is election day. He coverage will start at 4 AM on the local network. Those FBI e-mails ` the FBI says nothing to investigate. Hillary Clinton is not talking about it. Right now she's been protected by a rigged system. Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows that, the FBI konws it. Where is electoral boost for this? Nteresting question. If you believe Comey a week ago, the polls are down to him. If you think it had an effect, and will have the reverse effect today. People who won't vote for Hillary are not reconsidering. If you think it had an effect, it will have the reverse effect. T's one of those strange, wonderfully unusual things and you could never have seen coming in 1 million years. For all of us who have watched us for a year and a half, we had given up. You have been to Washington DC. You are now in New York. What are people thinking and feeling? In Washington, I talked to a couple of diplomats. Clinton means business as usual. You don't have to like or dislike her. For the diplomatic community, they are writing reports back to their home community. They are worried for change. The markets are worried for change. The unknown is what people are scared about for Donald Trump. This will end up with the angry people who support Trump. If there are enough of them, and he get them out on the day, he stands a very very good chance of becoming president. THANKS, MIKE. CATCH YOU BACK TOMORROW NIGHT. The fascinating thing about this election is just the way that each of those camps are not talking to each other. They have completely different narratives. Mike was at the White House. This is from his wife Kate. There is Mike meeting Barack Obama. There is a bit of a height difference. One of Mike's 17 suitcases he takes on holiday ` he forgot his stool to stand on. TO A STORY OF PRETTY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS NOW. 'SCULPTURE ON THE SHORE' HAS GONE FROM YOUR TYPICAL KIWI BACKYARD TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST OUTDOOR ART EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY. YES, IT ALL BEGAN WITH A FEW WOMEN WANTING TO HELP A CHARITY PRETTY CLOSE TO THEIR HEARTS. BUT 20 YEARS ON, IT'S GROWN INTO SO MUCH MORE. GILL HIGGINS HAS THE BACKSTORY. EMPIRE OF THE SUN'S 'HIGH AND LOW' FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE SENSATIONAL, THERE ARE DOZENS OF ARTWORKS HERE, AND VISITORS EXPECTED IN THEIR THOUSANDS. A FAR CRY FROM HOW IT ALL BEGAN. I HAD FRIEND WHO WAS WORKING AT THE COALFACE AT NORTH SHORE WOMEN'S REFUGE, AND SHE DECIDED SHE WAS RATHER FED UP WITH STANDING ON A STREET CORNER, SHAKING A BUCKET TO FUNDRAISE, SO SHE SUGGESTED THAT WE RUN AN ART EXHIBITION. GENEVIEVE CAME ALONG, AND THE NEXT THING, SHE'S ON THE PHONE SAYING... (CHUCKLES) WELL, WE COULD HAVE SCULPTURES OUT IN THE GARDEN. AND SO YOU HAD ALL THE PEOPLE TRAIPSING THROUGH YOUR GARDEN? ABSOLUTELY. BY THE TIME WE'D DONE IT FOUR TIMES, THERE WAS NO LAWN LEFT. AND FEW NERVES, AS THIS DAVID MCCRACKEN BEAUTY WAS ROLLED INTO PLACE. IT TOOK A LOT OF GUYS, STANDING BEHIND IT, HOPING THEY WOULDN'T BE MOWED DOWN IN THE LAKE. BUT IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. 1500 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE FIRST EXHIBITION, AND FOUR YEARS LATER, IT WAS 6000, AND THAT'S WHEN GENEVIEVE'S HUSBAND SAID, 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.' SO IT CAME TO FORT TAKAPUNA, GIVING ARTISTS THE PERFECT BACKDROP. SO I THINK WE CAME ALONG AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME FOR ARTISTS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW. AARON IS ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS WHO KEEP COMING BACK. WHY DO YOU LIKE EXHIBITING AT SCULPTURE ON THE SHORE? IT'S A REALLY NICE EXHIBITION. IT'S GREAT FOR SCULPTORS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY GREAT FOR THE CHARITY. LIKE OTHERS, HE'S HAPPY A PERCENTAGE OF ANY SALE GOES TO WOMEN'S REFUGE, AND HIS WORK THIS YEAR REFLECTS WHAT SOME WOMEN GO THROUGH. MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND STUFF, THEIR HOME IS EITHER FOUR WALLS THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN OR THEY'RE STUCK THERE, BE IT FINANCIALLY OR EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY STUCK. SO, THERE ARE LOTS OF CHARITIES. WHY DID YOU WANT TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S REFUGE IN PARTICULAR? THESE ARE THE UNSPOKEN ONES. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WOMEN COULD ESCAPE AT NIGHT OUT OF A WINDOW AND TAKE THEIR CHILDREN AND GO BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE. NIAVAL KNOWS ONLY TOO WELL. A FIRST-TIME EXHIBITOR AT THE SHORE, SHE'S HAD FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF NEEDING HELP. I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s. UM, I WAS IN A NOT SO GOOD RELATIONSHIP, AND I NEEDED HELP FROM A WOMEN'S REFUGE. TO ME, AT THAT TIME, I JUST WANTED SOMEONE WHO WOULD NOT JUDGE. THANKS TO THAT HELP, SHE'S BACK ON TRACK, A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST. HERE WITH HER WORK ON A MOTHER'S HEARTBREAK, AS YOUNG COOK ISLAND SOLDIERS HEAD OFF TO WAR. MOTHERS WHO WERE WEEPING AS THEIR SONS SET OFF ON THE OCEAN TO THIS WORLD WAR ONE, AND JUST, LIKE, THAT'S THE VERY SAME SEA. ALL THIS IS THANKS TO PUTTING SOMEONE'S BACK GARDEN TO GOOD USE. GENEVIEVE'S JUST GLAD IT DIDN'T STAY THERE. AFTER WE'D HAD THE FIRST ONE IN THE FORT, WE REALISED THAT WE'D REALLY FOUND SOMETHING SUPERB. SO WHEN SEE HOW BIG IT IS NOW, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? I GET A LITTLE OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT OUR LITTLE SEED HAS BECOME AND IT NOW HAS QUITE A LIFE OF ITS OWN, AND IT'S QUITE MAGNIFICENT. Lovely. One half million dollars They have given to them. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT ROSS INTERMEDIATE'S PROBLEM IN SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT HAVE SAID THEY CAN'T GO TO CAMP BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS. BUT IT SEEMS THEY'VE MORE THAN SOLVED IT. JUMP! DROP! AND WE'RE AT THE OPENING OF A VERY SPECIAL GARDEN INSPIRED BY A VERY SPECIAL GIRL. DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? LUCIA. LUCIA, THE MOST GORGEOUS GIRL IN ALL OF NZ. COME ON. LET'S GO AND HAVE A SQUIZ. VILLAINY'S 'GATHER YOURSELVES' # LET ME KNOOOW. # YOU MIGHT BE LOST WITH SOMEONE ELSE. # parents are away. We took the tone a bit harder. There was a request from Nicky Carmichael. A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF A GROUP OF DEDICATED KIDS AT PALMERSTON NORTH'S ROSS INTERMEDIATE. THEY TOOK ON A MAMMOTH FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE THE 72 KIDS WHO COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO TO SCHOOL CAMP COULD GO. WELL, THE TEAM, LED BY CAM WOOLLEY (13) SUCCEEDED IN RAISING A WHOPPING $15,000 BY PITCHING FOR DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES AND THROUGH THE GIVEALITTLE WEBSITE. AND TONIGHT THEY WANTED YOU TO SEE THE INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE EVERYONE GOT TO TAKE PART IN BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK. IMAGINE DRAGONS' 'ON TOP OF THE WORLD' KIDS SQUEAL, LAUGH # COS I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD, 'AY! # I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD, 'AY! # WAITING ON THIS FOR A WHILE NOW. # PAYING MY DUES TO THE DIRT. MAN: GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! CHEERS DUCKY, DUCKY! ALL EXCLAIM (SCREAMS) # I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD. # COS I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD, 'AY! # I'M TOP OF THE WORLD, 'AY! # WAITING ON THIS FOR A WHILE NOW, # PAYING MY DUES TO THE DIRT. # I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SMILE, 'AY! # BEEN HOLDING IT IN FOR A WHILE, 'AY! # TAKE YOU WITH ME IF I CAN # BEEN DREAMING OF THIS SINCE A CHILD. # I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD. # ALL SING, CHANT So much fun. PLAYGROUNDS CAN BE A NIGHTMARE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THEY HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING THEIR CHILD CAN'T DO. BUT IN CHRISTCHURCH THAT'S CHANGING, BECAUSE AS MIKE THORPE FOUND OUT, THEY'VE FOUND A PERFECT SOLUTION. AT 5 YEARS OF AGE, LUCIA DUGAN IS DOING PLENTY. LET'S GO. COME ON. OK, DADA. TALKING, WALKING, EVEN SINGING. # HEADS, SHOULDERS, # KNEES AND TOES, KNEES AND TOES. # BUT THERE'S A SPECIAL SOMETHING THAT SHE CAN DO WITHOUT ANY EFFORT AT ALL. READY? TWO, THREE... THERE WE GO! YAY! APPLAUSE THIS GORGEOUS HUMAN BEING INSPIRES. LUCIA IS HAPPY. SHE IS STUBBORN AS HELL. AND EVERYTHING THEY SAID SHE WON'T, SHE CAN'T, SHE PROVES THEM WRONG EVERY DAY. I THINK SHE INSPIRES ME BECAUSE SHE SHOWS THAT NOTHING IS REALLY THAT HARD. OH, THANK YOU, LUCIA. CAN I HAVE A LOVE? HERE'S A RECAP ` LUCIA HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. AFTER SHE WAS BORN, KELLY AND HIS PARTNER, LUCY, STRUGGLED FOR SUPPORT. I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO A DOCTOR. I JUST WISHED I COULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND TALK TO SOMEONE THAT HAD A DAUGHTER OR A CHILD THAT'S IN EXACTLY THE SAME POSITION. HE SET UP THE SMILEDIAL CHARITY AND SUPPORT NETWORK FOR PARENTS OF KIDS THAT ARE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERFECT. AND HE HASN'T STOPPED. HIS LATEST CRUSADE? TRULY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS. IT ALWAYS SEEMED THAT WE WERE ADAPTING TO THE SURROUNDINGS SO MY DAUGHTER COULD ENJOY THEM, AND I THOUGHT, 'SURELY THERE MUST BE A WAY TO DO THIS EASIER.' SO THIS BLANK CANVAS WAS TRANSFORMED INTO KELLY'S FIELD OF DREAMS. UPBEAT THUMPING MUSIC THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERFECT 'SENSORY' GARDEN FOR ALL KIDS. CHILDREN IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN ACTUALLY BE PUSHED RIGHT INTO THE BOAT. RATHER THAN THEM HAVING TO SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE PATH WATCHING CHILDREN PLAY, THEY CAN BE INVOLVED IN IT. IT'S BUILT TO BE TOUCHED AND EVEN TASTED. THIS IS OUR EDIBLE SECTION ` FEIJOAS, PEACHES, NECTARINES. THERE'S ALSO A SECTION FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE GONE TOO SOON. THIS IS OUR MEMORY GARDEN. EVEN THOUGH THEIR CHILDREN ARE GONE, THEY'RE STILL PARENTS. IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE POWER OF CHARITY AND PERSISTENCE. YOU TOLD ME, I RECKON, TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU SAID, 'I WILL NEVER EVER DO THIS AGAIN.' I DID SAY THAT, DIDN'T I? WHAT ABOUT NOW? I'VE STARTED WORKING ON MY NEXT PROJECT. HE SAYS THESE FACES MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE. YOU'RE THE ONLY WHEELCHAIR HERE. SAY HI! BUT AMONG ALL THE CONGRATULATIONS AND HUGS AND HANDSHAKES, THERE WAS ONE OPINION THAT MATTERED THE MOST ` THIS IS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. OOH! LET'S GO TO LUI'S BOAT! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE GARDEN? THE GIRL THAT INSPIRED HER DAD TO START, AND HE HASN'T STOPPED SINCE. WITHOUT LUCIA, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE JOURNEY THAT LED ME TO CREATING THIS GARDEN OR MY CHARITY. SHE'S THE NUCLEUS OF EVERYTHING. (SMOOCHES) Absolutely amazing BEFORE WE GO, JUST A REMINDER WE HAVE STING ON THE SHOW TOMORROW, SO MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN FOR THAT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016