that is one news.. Sting on the programme tonight. you had a sting moment at Sweetwaters. TONIGHT ` IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION. 'OH, THERE'S ANOTHER TRUCK DRIVER. HE MUST BE IN THE WRONG.' SO WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON OUR TRUCKIES? STUCK WITH ME I GUESS, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. PLUS, IT'S A NO FROM THE AUSTRALIANS. THEIR PARLIAMENT VOTES AGAINST LEGALISING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. BUT WHAT'S WEIRD IS THE GAY RIGHTS GROUPS ARE CELEBRATING. # ROXANNE. HI, THIS IS STING, AND I'LL BE TALKING TO RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS ON SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. # ROXANNE. # DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Hello. I'm trying to grill Tim on the scandal. Sweetwaters. It was a music festival. Our autocue operator said they were invited out to dinner with Sting and the band. Both of Erin's parents were at Sweetwaters. FAR TOO OFTEN IN THIS JOB, WE END UP REPORTING ON THE ROAD TOLL. AND THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY, THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A THEME, WHICH IS TRUCKS. SO FAR IN 2016, THERE'VE BEEN 39 FATAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TRUCKS. THOSE CRASHES KILLED THREE TRUCK DRIVERS AND A STAGGERING 51 OTHER ROAD USERS. NOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE CAUSE OF FATAL CAR-VERSUS-TRUCK CRASHES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE TRUCKIE IS ONLY TO BLAME IN A QUARTER OF THEM. SO WHAT TOLL DOES THAT TAKE ON THOSE BEHIND THE BIG WHEEL? LUCAS DE JONG TALKED TO THE INDUSTRY THAT'S NOT KNOWN FOR OPENING UP. MASSIVE ATTACK'S 'TEARDROP' IT'S A SCENE WE'VE SEEN TOO OFTEN. A ROAD CRASH IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND HAS LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND ONE INJURED. TRUCKS VS CARS. WENDY: THE CAR THEY WERE IN COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK OFF STATE HIGHWAY ONE. WE THINK THE TRUCKIE IS FINE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DEAL WITH IT. THEY'RE SAFE. THEY JUST WALK AWAY. THEY'VE POSSIBLY TAKEN SOMEONE'S LIFE AND CAUSED SOMEONE SOME VERY SERIOUS INJURY THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE GOTTA LIVE WITH. NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE WITH THAT. THERE ARE SOME HIDDEN ASPECTS THAT WE DON'T SORT OF REALISE OR HEAR ABOUT ALL TOO OFTEN, AND IT'S THE OTHER SIDE. IT'S THE UNTOLD STORY. FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY, TRUCKIES HAVE GATHERED AT THEIR NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS' COMPETITION. THEY'RE HERE FOR ACCURACY, CONTROL AND SAFETY DAMAGE ON THAT SHOCK ABSORBER STRAP. BUT IT'S ALSO A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT A PART OF THEIR JOB THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. IN OUR INDUSTRY WE HOLD A LOT OF STUFF IN. WE DON'T REALLY GO OUT AND TALK ABOUT IT. WE'RE NOT THE HUGGY, KISSY TYPE PEOPLE FEEL IT, THEY INTERNALISE IT, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE PROBLEM. OFTEN THEY JUST GIVE UP THE JOB. IT BECOMES TOO MUCH FOR THEM AFTER A TRAGIC INCIDENT. YOU GET TOLD, UH, TO... JUST CLOSE IT OUT AND GET ON` GET WITH IT. MIKE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK AT 17 WHEN THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. FIRST THING I KNEW OF SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WAS THE BIKE COMING PAST THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. FATAL? FATAL. INSTANT` INSTANT FATAL. IT'S SOMETHING HE'S STRUGGLED WITH FOR 20 YEARS. JUST A HORRIBLE SIGHT. STUCK WITH ME. IT'S THERE, I GUESS, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. UM... YEAH, YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND KEEP GOING. BUT YOU'VE.... YOU GOT TO LET IT OUT AT TIMES TOO AND I GUESS I'VE LET IT OUT IN THE WRONG WAY OVER THE YEARS. AND... YOU PUSH PEOPLE AWAY. IT TICKS AWAY AT YOU, I GUESS, IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE? SO IT'S STUFF LIKE THIS THAT REALLY SCARES HIM. PEOPLE NOT THINKING, OVER-TAKING. SOME OF THE BEHAVIOUR YOU SEE IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. PULLING OUT. A MOMENT GAINED AT GREAT RISK. # YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU DO TO ME. # DO YOU THINK PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE IN THESE THINGS? OH, OF COURSE THEY DO. TO DO THE SAME DAMAGE WITH YOUR CAR AS YOU DO WITH A TRUCK, YOUR CAR HAS TO BE GOING IN AN EXCESS OF 500 KM/HR. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. SIMPLY, WHEN IT'S A CAR VS A TRUCK A CAR WILL ALWAYS COME OFF WORSE. THAT'S WHY DRIVERS FEEL THEY'RE OFTEN SEEN AS THE VILLAIN. ALL PEOPLE SEE IS THERE'S ANOTHER TRUCK DRIVER. HE MUST BE IN THE WRONG. CARS CAN JUST BLEND IN WITH EVERYONE ELSE, BUT THAT BIG TRUCK AND TRAILER CAN'T. OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT. MISTAKES ARE MADE. BUT THESE TRUCKIES HAVE A REQUEST... BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, THINK OF THEM. YOU SEE IT IN THE HEADLINES, TRUCK DRIVER UNHURT. YEAH, PHYSICALLY, MAYBE, BUT IN SOME FORM, IT SCARS YOU FOR LIFE. AND WERE JUST THERE TO DO A JOB, YOU KNOW? Great to hear new perspective. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 21 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL. NZ, THE UK, IRELAND, EVEN THE US ARE ALL PART OF THE CLUB. AUSTRALIA THOUGH? NOT YET. LAST NIGHT THEY MISSED AN OPPORUNITY TO CHANGE THAT, SO WHY WERE GAY RIGHTS GROUPS CELEBRATING? LET ME EXPLAIN. THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE VOTED DOWN A NATIONWIDE PLEBISCITE ` SAME THING AS A REFERENDUM ` ON LEGALISING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. NOW, 70% OF AUSTRALIANS DO WANT TO SEE IT LEGALISED, SO YOU'D THINK DONE DEAL, RIGHT? BUT STRANGELY, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE LEFTIES WITH SUPPORT FROM GAY RIGHTS GROUPS THAT VOTED IT DOWN. THEIR FEAR WAS THAT A NATIONWIDE YES-NO CAMPAIGN WOULD GIVE A MEGAPHONE TO BIGOTS AND CREATE A PLATFORM FOR HATE-SPEECH. THEY'D RATHER DO WHAT WE DID HERE; BYPASS THE PUBLIC AND GET THE POLLIES TO MAKE IT LEGAL. SURE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY WIN A REFERENDUM, BUT AT WHAT COST? LOOK AT IRELAND. If we could have done it through legislation and avoided the campaign, I wouldn'twish that on a gay community elsewhere. SO, HAS THE AUSTRALIAN GAY COMMUNITY DODGED A BULLET OR PASSED UP ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY? I reckon the Aussies have missed an opportunity. Hate speech never survives. They could have had a discussion. NEXT, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT CHRISTCHURCH'S CUP DAY. HERE I AM AT LAST. I THINK YOU'RE ENJOYING IT. YEAH, I AM ENJOYING IT. FIND OUT WHAT MADE THE DAY SO SPECIAL NEXT. Good morning from New York. Welcome to election day. It has finally come down to this. Some of the polls are finally open. AND TO SOMEONE ELSE WATCHING THE ELECTION VERY CLOSELY. WE'RE IN A VERY FRAUGHT TIME IN POLITICS IN THE WORLD. MORE FROM STING SHORTLY. # I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU. # # concrete jungles where dreams are made of. # I'm sensing a theme with the music. The time has come. HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP CAN DO NO MORE. THEY CAN ONLY HOPE THAT ALMOST TWO YEARS OF CAMPAIGNING HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM THE 45TH US PRESIDENT. BUT BEFORE WE LOOK AT WHAT'S TO COME, LET'S LOOK AT HOW MUCH HELP THEY HAD GETTING TO THIS POINT. IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, CLINTON HAD A WHOPPING $1.3B RAISED FOR HER CAMPAIGN. COMPARE THAT TO TRUMP'S $795M. ALTHOUGH THEY BOTH HAD A PRESENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HILLARY HAD 489 REGISTERED OFFICES WHILE TRUMP HAD 207 NATIONWIDE. SO IN TERMS OF MONEY AND RESOURCES, CLINTON SHOULD BE THE CLEAR WINNER. YET HERE THEY ARE, NECK AND NECK. SO LET'S GO TO MIKE IN NEW YORK NOW. Mike, the last 24 hours they have been campaigning flattack. Who was ahead? It's a funny thing. They are still campaigning as we speak. North Carolina for Hillary Clinton. Her husband, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen was there. If you're looking for money and support, she will win hands down. Trump is in Michigan. He looks a lonely figure. He either know something about Michigan that I don't, or he's just reading of the crowd. They are going nuts. Michigan is one of the state he needs to win tomorrow. He is a bit behind in the polls. She is a North Carolina. It is literally tied there. If Trump wins Carolina, he's alive. if they call North Carolina for Hillary, you can switch off the TV because the race will be over. He is In Michigan at the moment. He is still energised. They are still campaigning. The first votes have been cast. A little town in New Hampshire ` Clinton for, Trump two, Johnson one. Mitt Romney one. And he's not even running. So we know that North Carolina get and play,, then Trump moves on. When do we know what was happening? It will depend how tight the stakes are. It will be closing up about lunchtime New Zealand time. First of all, look to North Carolina. They called Trump for north Carolina, he's alive. Basically what he needs to do is win all of the mentioned states. The path to 270 is harder for him then Hillary. If she wins the states Obama won last time, she's good. This Trump might win Florida, ohio North Carolina. He needs to do more than Hillary does. could go late into the night, but if you call North Carolina early for Hillary, it'll be done by mid-afternoon. Who are you picking? I want to say Hillary, but I will give you one thing on Trump ` Hillary has got all the Beyonce's and Jay-Zs, but Trump gets up and says 'it's just me. I don't need guitars and pianos. It's just me.' I kind of respect that. 20 bucks. I've got my Lotto ticket. IT'S OUR MELBOURNE CUP, REALLY, CUP DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, ALTHOUGH OURS ARE TROTTERS, RATHER THAN GALLOPERS. AND, YES, JUST LIKE FLEMINGTON, FOR MANY, ITS ALL ABOUT FASHION AND FRIVOLITY. BUT IN THE CROWD TODAY, MICHAEL HOLLAND FOUND A GENTLEMAN WHO JUST WANTED TO TICK CUP DAY OFF ONE MORE TIME. POP MUSIC CHATTER AMID THE FRISKY AND THE FABULOUS AND THE FRIGHTFULLY LOVE-STRUCK,... I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO MARRY ME. TODAY. APPLAUSE ...AND SPRIGHTLY CHARMER WHO'S A SURE BET WHEN IT COMES TO GOING THE DISTANCE... OK, IT'S ON. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE. HERE I AM AT LAST. I THINK YOU ARE QUITE ENJOYING IT. YEAH, I AM ENJOYING IT. WHEN WERE YOU LAST HERE, NEIL? 80 YEARS AGO. AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF...? 19. YEP, IT'S BEEN A FAIR OLD STRETCH SINCE NEIL HARTON, WHO SAW SERVICE AS A MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT COMMANDER IN THE D-DAY LANDINGS IN 1944, WAS LAST HERE AT ADDINGTON FOR THE NZ TROTTING CUP. IT'S REALLY ONE OUT OF THE BOX, ISN'T IT? AND, WELL, HE REMEMBERS WHAT HE DIDN'T WIN THAT DAY. WE SAW ALL THE WINNERS GO PAST THE WINNING POST. WHERE'S OUR HORSE? YOU COULD SEE IT COMING ROUND THE CORNER IN THE DISTANCE. DO YOU REMEMBER ITS NAME? NO, I DON'T. I FOUND OUT AFTERWARDS THE GUY WHO OWNED IT WAS A MILKMAN, AND HE HAD BEEN USING THE HORSE IN HIS MILK RUN AS A HORSE AND CART. BOTH LAUGH # DON'T STOP ME NOW. # I'M HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME. # SO AS ONE OF THOSE 'MUST DO, TICK IT OFF' OCCASIONS, HE'S BACK IN HIS FINERY AS A SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE CUP'S 113TH RUNNING. YOU ARE THE MAN OF THE MOMENT. I REALLY CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT, REALLY, TRULY, MICHAEL. HONESTLY, I'M BAFFLED. IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE YOU ARE A DINKUM GOOD BLOKE. YOU RECKON? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. # DON'T STOP ME NOW... # AND DINKUM HANDY ON THE GOLF COURSE TOO, IF A LITTLE TIMID ON THE PUNT. $2 EACH WAY? YEAH, BIG, EH? WITH NO COLLECTS AFTER THE FIRST THREE RACES, TIME FOR SOME INSIDER HELP. I WAS SITTING NEXT TO A BLOKE ON THE PLANE ON THE WAY DOWN THIS MORNING. HIS HORSE IS 'DREAM ABOUT ME', SO THERE YOU GO, HE INSISTED WE PUT SOME MONEY ON IT. WELL, THAT'S EXCESSIVELY CIVIL OF YOU. NUMBER NINE! DREAM ABOUT ME! DREAM ABOUT ME. YOU BEAUTY! YOU WANT YOUR TICKET BACK? THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF SURPRISES, AS OUR MAN, WHO TURNS 100 IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SOAKED UP THE ATMOSPHERE. SEEING LOVELY LADIES LIKE YOU THAT MAKES ME COME BACK. FANTASTIC. HER NAME IS ANGELA. SHE IS QUITE WELL KNOWN. SHE'S ONE OF THOSE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF AUCKLAND. IS SHE NOW? YOU NEVER WATCH THAT RUBBISH, DO YOU? IT'S NOT RUBBISH. I WOULDN'T SAY 'RUBBISH' IN FRONT OF A TV CAMERA. ONWARDS, THEN, TO A REAL CAR OF 1917, THE SAME VINTAGE AS ITS SPECIAL PASSENGER. IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS DAY. TICK? BIG TICK. ABSOLUTELY. GIVE IT A BIG TICK. Two dollars each way. That's my kind. COMING UP ` STING'S PREPARING TO PAY TRIBUTE. I DON'T STAND ON A SOAPBOX WILLINGLY, YOU KNOW. IT'S JUST WHEN I FEEL I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FIND OUT JUST WHO HE'S HONOURING AFTER THE BREAK. # EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE. # You know that person - the one who seizes the day, shines, full of life, never stops inspiring. (UPBEAT MUSIC) They're a force of nature. At Nature's Own, we search the world for potent ingredients because nature can be a powerful force for your health and we want to help everyone get the strength they need to be a force of nature. Join us and discover their stories at naturesown.co.nz. # ROXANNE. # YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT. # ROXANNE. # YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT. # Erin's feeling a bit warm. Erin is with child. It's enjoying the show. Maybe it likes Sting. THIS WEEK MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE PARIS WAS TARGETED BY TERRORISTS IN A COORDINATED SERIES OF ATTACKS THAT KILLED MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE. MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE DIED WHILE SIMPLY ATTENDING A ROCK GIG AT THE BATACLAN THEATRE. THE WELL-KNOWN VENUE WILL RE-OPEN THIS WEEKEND WITH A SHOW THAT'S ENTIRELY FOR CHARITY, AND STING HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE HEADLINE ACT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN MELBOURNE. # I HOPE THAT SOMEONE GETS MY MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. # IF YOU'RE A STING FAN, THIS WON'T COME AS A SURPRISE. THE ROCK LEGEND IS PREPARING FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT. IT'S ALL FOR THE VICTIMS OF LAST YEAR'S TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS. THE 65-YEAR-OLD WILL BE THE FIRST TO TAKE THE STAGE AT THE BATACLAN THEATRE SINCE 89 CONCERT-GOERS. WERE BRUTALLY GUNNED DOWN INSIDE I WON'T STAND ON A SOAPBOX WILLINGLY. IT'S JUST WHEN I FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ` A SMALL DIFFERENCE. # ROXANNE... AS THE FRONTMAN FOR THE POLICE, STING'S DISTINCTIVE VOICE WAS THE SOUND OF THE LATE '70S AND EARLY '80S. # EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC. # EVERYTHING SHE DOES JUST TURNS ME ON.. TOGETHER THE BRITISH ROCKERS SOLD MORE THAN 75 MILLION RECORDS, BUT BY 1985, RIGHT AFTER RECORDING THIS CHARITABLE NUMBER... # LET THEM KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME. # IT WAS TIME FOR THE FLEDGLING ACTIVIST, WHO STARTED HIS WORKING LIFE AS A MILKMAN, TO GO IT ALONE. # SET THEM FREE. # I HAD A REAL JOB BEFORE I HAD THIS ONE. I WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER. I RODE DIGGERS. I WORKED IN AN OFFICE. SO I'D HAD A REAL MUNDANE JOB IT ACTUALLY PUTS THIS LIFE INTO PERSPECTIVE SO I REALISE HOW FORTUNATE I AM. 21 YEARS AFTER THAT FIRST SOLO ALBUM, THE GRAMMY WINNING GRANDFATHER OF FOUR HAS JUST RELEASED HIS 12TH CALLED '57TH AND NINTH'. # I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU. # I DON'T CARE IF YOU EXIST. # YOUR ALBUM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BEING POLITICALLY CHARGED. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? IT'S POLITICALLY CHARGED; IT SHOULD BE. WE'RE IN A VERY FRAUGHT TIME IN POLITICS IN THE WORLD. I'M WRITING ABOUT THE REFUGEE CRISIS. I'M WRITING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. I'M WRITING ABOUT THE BREAK-UP OF RELATIONSHIPS. # 50,000 VOICES RISING. # 50,000 IS A SONG FOR LOST FRIENDS. I LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES DIED VERY SUDDENLY ` DAVID BOWIE, WHOM I KNEW, PRINCE, WHO I KNEW ` AND I THINK THERE IS A CHILD IN ALL OF US WHEN WE SEE ONE OF OUR CULTURAL ICONS DIE. WE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE IMMORTAL. AND YES... I'M AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK. THE PROUD ENGLISHMAN STILL LIVES IN NEW YORK. I DON'T HAVE A VOTE. I'M STILL BRITISH, BUT IT SEEMS ONE CANDIDATE WEARS A LOT OF MAKE-UP AND HAIRSPRAY AND THE OTHER IS HILLARY CLINTON. I KNOW HILLARY I KNOW HER TO BE INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED AND SMART AND VERY HUMAN. I DON'T KNOW DONALD, BUT IF I HAD A VOTE, OBVIOUSLY I'D VOTE FOR HILARY. THE WORLD AND THE LYRICS KEEP CHANGING, BUT NOT THE VOICE. # I CAN'T STOP WANTING YOU. # STING'S '57TH & 9TH' ALBUM IS OUT THIS FRIDAY, BUT YOU CAN PRE-ORDER NOW ON ITUNES. He said something Ruth ` the problem or writers face in the morning ` it looks like a field of snow. Give us the 20. SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOODNIGHT. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND JESSICA BOELL SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND ALANA DRAYTON CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016