People walk remember the Koi Boys from the voice. I THINK HE OWES AN APOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. BUT IS BRIAN TAMAKI WILLING TO SAY SORRY? WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ON SEVEN SHARP. PLUS ` RISKING IT ALL. I POURED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THE MACHINES. WHICH NZ CITY HAS THE FASTEST GROWING POKIES PROBLEM? AND SURPRISE! # HELLO! BUT NOT EVERYONE'S ON BOARD. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WE WANT TO TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO WELLINGTON TONIGHT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PART OF THE CENTRAL CITY'S COURTENAY PLACE IS CORDONED OFF BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK COLLAPSING. KRISTIN HALL IS AT THE SCENE AND JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. It feels a little bit like deja vu. Last night we were in front of another at risk building and now we are in front of this car park. It is covered in green scare folding. According has been set up all around the Street. We talked to fire service commander. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS ADVISED A SHORT PERIOD AGO THAT THIS BUILDING IS OF IMMINENT RISK OF COLLAPSE, SO DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE RISK TO LIFE HERE, NZ FIRE SERVICE AND OUR URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS HAVE BEEN TASKED TO CLEAR THE BUILDING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN PREPARATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE THE STRUCTURE OVER. This is not the first time there has been an issue with this car park. It was also closed in 2013 and reopened a year and a half later. It was closed after Monday and there are no cars in it, but it is attached to a cinema complex. There is restaurants and many stores in their they have all been evacuated as well as an apartment building. People will be looking for a place to stay. There has been a problem this week is the bad weather. It has made it so much worse. We talked about this on Tuesday. And now we have an enquiry. There are only 10 problem buildings but now there are more. There is something going on. LAST NIGHT YOU'LL REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED SOME COMMENTS FROM BRIAN TAMAKI. THE SELF-APPOINTED BISHOP OF DESTINY CHURCH USED HIS WEEKEND SERMON TO BLAME THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKES ON SEXUAL SIN. MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES HAVE ALREADY HIT IN CHRISTCHURCH. YOU COULD'VE JUST ABOUT PREDICTED THAT ONE. IT WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT CITY THAT FIRST PUT IN MOTION GAY MARRIAGE IN THIS COUNTRY IN 2003. FORMER CHRISTCHURCH MAYOR BOB PARKER WAS DISGUSTED. I THINK HE OWES AN APOLOGY NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, BUT AS IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT, TO THE PEOPLE IN NORTH CANTERBURY AND MARLBOROUGH. TWO LIVES WERE LOST THERE. HE'S SAYING THIS IS HIS LOVING GOD AT WORK, AND I'M AFRAID IT HAS NO CREDIBILITY. WE INVITED TAMAKI IN TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF. THE ANSWER WAS NO. WE ASKED THE CHURCH FOR A STATEMENT. THEY WOULDN'T GIVE US ONE. INSTEAD, HE HAD A CRACK AT US FOR NOT LETTING HIM RESPOND. IT WAS CLEAR HE WOULDN'T COME TO US, SO WE WENT TO HIM. GIDDAY, BRIAN. SEVEN SHARP HERE. DID YOU WANT TO APOLOGISE FOR YOUR COMMENTS YESTERDAY? WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. BRIAN? BRIAN, IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING TO SAY, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ON SEVEN SHARP. SO, NOT A LOT TO SAY. TAMAKI DID HOWEVER RESPOND TO SIR BOB IN A RADIO INTERVIEW TODAY. DO YOU OWE THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH A` NO, I DON'T. YES, YOU OWE THEM AN APOLOGY, COS YOU SAID` NO, I DON'T. BASICALLY SAID THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THE EARTHQUAKE DOWN THERE BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE. YEAH, THIS IS WHAT I MEAN` YES OR NO? BOB PARKER SAID ON TV LAST NIGHT, HE WAS DISGUSTED WITH WHAT YOU SAID. NO APOLOGY OR ANYTHING NEEDED ` THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? FOR? FOR WHAT YOU'VE SAID. NO. NO? OK. PRETTY UNEQUIVOCAL. HE DOESN'T THINK HE OWES ANYONE AN APOLOGY. HE SAYS HIS WORDS WERE TWISTED, BUT TODAY, HE SAID THE EXACT SAME STUFF AGAIN. HE WROTE THAT EARTHQUAKES ARE CONNECTED TO SEXUAL PERVERSIONS, THEN ON THE RADIO HE SAID THIS. Some of these natural disasters earthquakes in particular can be caused by a sexual sin on earth. TAMAKI TRIED TO PASS THE BUCK BY CLAIMING IT'S NOT ACTUALLY HIM SPEAKING, BUT GOD SPEAKING. THAT EARTHQUAKES ARE SAD, BUT HE HAS TO GIVE A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. I'M NO EXPERT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO WHICH PARTS OF THE BIBLE SAY WHAT, OR WHETHER IT SHOULD BE INTERPRETED SO LITERALLY, BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THIS, SIR BOB IS RIGHT, BRIAN TAMAKI SHOULD APOLOGISE. HE'S CROSSED THE LINE HERE. HE'S SERIOUSLY OFFENDED AND HURT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE GAY COMMUNITY, IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND IN POST-QUAKE CHRISTCHURCH ` THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED SO SO MUCH ALREADY. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, REGARDLESS OF YOUR OWN VIEWS, YOU SAY SORRY. AND FROM THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED, OVERWHELMINGLY YOU AGREE. LIKE DEREK, WHO SAID MR TAMAKI DOES A GREAT DISSERVICE TO CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. OR PENNY, WHO SAID IT'S HATE INCITING, AND HE SHOULD BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. YOU MIGHT SAY WE'RE JUST AMPLIFYING THIS, AND I GUESS THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH, BUT WHEN SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE BEING CALLED OUT BY ONE MAN, WE THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FAIR THAT WE DID THE SAME. SO WHAT IS AS ADDICTIVE ` ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS ` AS COCAINE? AND WHAT IS IT WE SPEND MORE THAN $800M ON EACH YEAR? IT'S THE POKIES. FURTHER, THE MONEY WE SPEND ON THEM IS GOING UP EACH YEAR. SO KRISTIN HALL WENT TO TAURANGA, WHICH IS THE PLACE WHERE THE RISE IN SPENDING IS GREATER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. ELECTRONIC JINGLE IT STARTED WITH A WIN. I PUT IN 20 GOT THE FREE SPIN STRAIGHT AWAY, AND THEN ` KLAXON ` I WON THE JACKPOT. $996. AFTER THAT, IT WAS LIKE, 'CAN I DO IT AGAIN? CAN I DO IT AGAIN?' OVER 13 LONG YEARS, SOPHIA'S ADDICTION CONTROLLED HER LIFE. I POURED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THE MACHINES. I COULDN'T ADD IT UP. OVER THAT TIME I WON SEVERAL JACKPOTS, BUT COMPARED TO THE MONEY THAT I PUT IN ` JUST DOESN'T EVEN COUNT. THE MACHINE CAME BEFORE HER HEALTH, AND BEFORE HER FAMILY. ON THE DAY SOPHIA GAVE BIRTH TO HER DAUGHTER, SHE PLAYED THE POKIES FOR NINE HOURS STRAIGHT. SO YOU WERE HAVING CONTRACTIONS, IN PAIN AND PLAYING POKIES AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING? NOBODY SAID A WORD. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? IT SAYS TO ME THAT I'D GOTTEN INTO A TERRIBLY LONELY PLACE. SOLO MOTHER, ON HER OWN, ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY ` THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SHE COULD DO WAS SIT WITH HER FRIEND THE MACHINE AND TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP. SOPHIA IS NOT ALONE. IN FACT, THE MONEY BEING SPENT ON POKIES IN HER CITY IS GROWING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER AREA IN THE COUNTRY. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO SEPTEMBER, PEOPLE IN TAURANGA SPENT ABOUT $32M ON THE POKIES, WHICH IS QUITE A CHUNK OF MONEY. IT'S A NATIONAL PROBLEM. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE SALVATION ARMY'S GAMBLING SERVICE FOR HELP HAS RISEN BY 9% IN THE LAST YEAR. CASE IN POINT WAS A PERSON WHO LOST $20,000 IN ONE MONTH. IT'S POKIE MACHINES THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US FOR SUPPORT AROUND. IT'S NOT OTHER ASPECTS; IT'S POKIES. SO HOW EASY IS IT TO FIND GAMING MACHINES IN TAURANGA? WE CHECKED IT OUT. SO IN JUST UNDER 10 MINUTES, WE WERE ABLE TO WALK TO FIVE DIFFERENT VENUES WITH POKIE MACHINES. EACH VENUE HAD 18 MACHINES, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER YOU'RE ALLOWED. THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL OF 90 POKIE MACHINES IN ABOUT A 1KM RADIUS. COUNCILS IN NZ ALL HAVE DIFFERENT RULES AS TO HOW MANY POKIE MACHINES ARE ALLOWED IN THE DISTRICT. IN PLACES LIKE OPOTIKI AND ROTORUA, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE CAP, MEANING THE NUMBER OF POKIES IN THAT AREA WON'T CHANGE. IN HASTINGS AND CHRISTCHURCH, IT'S A SINKING LID. THAT MEANS AS VENUES CLOSE, MACHINES AREN'T REPLACED. BUT IN PLACES LIKE TAURANGA, IT'S A POPULATION-BASED CAP. THE MORE PEOPLE, THE MORE POKIES. THE MARKET IS TOTALLY SATURATED, AND THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO ASK IS IS A SATURATION-LEVEL SUPPLY OF POKIES WHAT WE WANT FOR THIS CITY? SOPHIA'S RECOVERED FROM HER ADDICTION. SHE GOT COUNSELLING. NOW SHE POURS ALL OF HER ENERGY INTO ART. YOU'RE SMOOTHING OUT ROUGH EDGES. WE'VE ALL GOT A FEW ROUGH EDGES THAT NEED A BIT OF SMOOTHING HERE AND THERE. SHE SAYS POKIES WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND AND THEY'LL ALWAYS BE ADDICTIVE, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THEM LESS ACCESSIBLE. What was so addictive about them? The glimmer of hope. That maybe it would be this time. Overall it's going down in the country, but it's not equal all over the country. But on the other side, they provide millions of dollars into the community. But according to the stats, only 40% of the money goes to charitys. But if you cut that out, we would sports get money from? OUR ERIN GOT THE BEST ASSIGNMENT TODAY. SHE'S AT THE NZ MUSIC AWARDS. ERIN, WHAT'S GOING ON? Just as you said that the rain started to come in. Who knows what will happen but we will delve into the winners of the night. # ONLY NEED THE FRIES WHEN YOU'RE FEELING LOW, # ONLY NEED A COKE WHEN YOU'RE MISSING HOME. # BOY, DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE FUN? BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S KIND OF THE IN THING RIGHT NOW. About 1800 kg. It is the Koi Boys. THEY DID US PROUD ON THE VOICE AUSTRALIA EARLIER THIS YEAR. You play that in your car don't you. # LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, SWEETHEART. # HELLO, HELLO AGAIN. # TILL WE MEET AGAIN. # LIFE COULD BE A DREAM IF I COULD TAKE YOU UP TO PARADISE UP ABOVE. # They have the Michael Buble feel SINCE THEN, THE KOI BOYS HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN BUSY. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM 'MEANT TO BE' HAS GONE STRAIGHT TO NUMBER ONE ON THE NZ CHARTS, AND TOMORROW THEY'LL PERFORM AT THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN AUCKLAND. BUT TONIGHT THEY'RE RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH NZ MUSIC ROYALTY AT THE MUSIC AWARDS, WHICH IS WHERE ERIN JOINS US LIVE FROM TONIGHT. it is raining. But it was another year and another celebration on the red carpet. Last year it was the mid-drift out. Now it's more demure with drapey fabrics. I can't believe they let us do this. Me and the Koi Boys took over a McDonald's restaurant. READY TO MESS WITH PEOPLE'S MINDS? LET'S DO IT. ON THREE ` ONE, TWO, THREE! KOI BOYS! # HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. WHAT'S THAT? ALL LAUGH DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE... # FRIES. # DID YOU GET FRIES? DID YOU GET FRIES? # HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. YOU RECKON I'LL GET A JOB HERE, BRO? ALL HARMONISE # THE VERY FIRST TIME WE SAW YOUR BROWN EYES. YEAH, NEATO, RIGHT? # ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT, AND I AIN'T GOT NOBODY. # I GOT SOMEBODY COS I JUST GOT PAID. GREAT SPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH! GET AT THAT TOO, YEAH? # PAY HERE, PAY HERE, PAY HERE. # ARE YOU PAYING BY CASH OR CARD? # I'LL DO IT AGAIN. OH, LIFE COULD BE A DREAM. # IF I COULD TAKE YOU UP TO PARADISE, UP ABOVE. ALL LAUGH # HELLO, HELLO AGAIN. HERE'S YOUR ORDER. SEE YOU AGAIN. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. ALL LAUGH Some love there for them, but things aren't always received well. # ONLY KNOW THAT YOU NEED FRIES... HARMONISING: # ...WHEN YOU'RE FEELING LOW, # ONLY HATE A SUNDAY... HARMONISING: # ...WHEN YOU'RE MISSING HOME. # RAPS: # HERE'S YOUR ORDER: DRINKS AND... # FOOD! # ALL LAUGH # HOW I WISH I HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO` COME ON BACK! # IT TOOK MY FRIEND AWAY. # DID YOU GET THAT? THAT'S HOW YOU EMPTY A MCDONALD'S. YEAH! Oh dear. I have no doubt that they will be future winners, but I am finding it hard to predict who will win tonight. There are many established names and I am taking a mixed bunch, but for the second year Broods have many nominations. And I think they will be big winners tonight. We're happy with that. I didn't likedisturbed sound of silence. They are in the country. We should get them on. And I get the McDonald's thing. You try to sneak in. You just want to duck out. BOY, DO WE HAVE AN OFFER FOR YOU TONIGHT. WE WANT YOU TO COME AND JOIN THE NORTH HARBOUR TRIPE AND ONION CLUB. BUT IF EATING THE STOMACH OF SAY A COW ISN'T FOR YOU, THIS MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND. TRIPE AND ONION. ALSO CURRIED TRIPE. ITALIAN TOMATO TRIPE. AND WE DO BATTERED DEEP-FRIED TRIPE. And we are outside the court the central car park which is in danger of collapse. We will have the latest after the break. SHOW TIME IN THREE, TWO, ONE. LINDSEY STERLING'S 'MASTER OF TIDES' PLAYS. Isn't that beautiful? Wait until the lights go up. It is so pretty. There are no lights flying. It is called master of tides. You would be blown away in Vegas. I have been. WE WANT TO CHECK BACK IN WITH KRISTIN IN WELLINGTON NOW. SHE'S STANDING BY AT A CORDON THAT'S BEEN SET UP ON COURTENAY PLACE AFTER FEARS A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK COULD COLLAPSE. KRISTIN, WHAT'S THE LATEST? We are outside the cordon we are told that there are fears it could come down. It is one of a number of buildings in Wellington that are causing authorities serious concern. I talked to a building inspector and he's had engineers assessing it. No one is in the air at the moment, and it too hard to say if the building should come down. And they will have a better idea by midday tomorrow. There is a 30% chance we could get a seven magnitude quake in the next month leaving an upward be quite risky. THANKS, KRISTIN. LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE FOODS THAT YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THESE DAYS ` TRIPE. IT HAS ITS FANS. RICK STEIN LOVES IT, BUT FOR MOST OF US, IT MAKES YOU WANT TO BARF. YES, IT'S A MEAL THAT MAKES MANY PEOPLE SQUIRM, YET LUCAS DE JONG FOUND A GROUP OF HARD CORE TRIPE LOVERS THAT GATHER ONCE A MONTH FOR A TRIPE FEAST. THEY'RE CRAZY,... (LAUGHS) ...HAPPILY ODD. I ALWAYS ATE IT RAW. ALL OF THEM GETTING OFF... IT'S REALLY REALLY GOOD. ON OFFAL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FELLOW TRIPE EATERS, WELCOME TO THE TRIPE AND ONION CLUB. YOU HEARD RIGHT. THE NORTH HARBOUR TRIPE AND ONION CLUB. 100 PEOPLE GATHERING FOR THE LOVE OF TRIPE. WE'RE ALL HERE TO HAVE A LOAD OF FUN AND EAT A LOAD OF TRIPE, AND TALK A LOAD OF TRIPE. THIS IS A 30-YEAR TRADITION THAT TAKES IT MEMBERS DOWN MEMORY LANE. AT THE END OF THE LAST WAR AND SINCE THEN, TRIPE WAS A VERY CHEAP MEAL. BUT BEHIND EVERY GREAT SERVING OF STOMACH IS A MAN MADE WITH A NOSE TO DEAL WITH THE SMELL. I CAN'T ACTUALLY EAT THE PIECES OF TRIPE ITSELF BECAUSE THE TEXTURE IS NOT FOR ME. THAT'S RIGHT, GEOFF THE CHEF CAN'T STOMACH TRIPE, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED HIM. 20 KILOS A MONTH. WORKED OUT ABOUT 1800 KILOS I'VE DONE FOR THEM. WE DO THE TRADITIONAL, WHICH IS TRIPE AND ONIONS. ALSO CURRIED TRIPE, ITALIAN TOMATO TRIPE, AND WE DO BATTERED, DEEP-FRIED TRIPE. SO AFTER A QUICK RAFFLE,... ROSS HAS DRAWN OUT HIS OWN NUMBER. ...MEAT PACKS, RUM BALLS AND JAM ARE UP FOR GRABS. ANNIE'S A WINNER. IT'S TIME TO EAT. SO IF THE UNIQUE FLAVOUR OF TRIPE IS NOT FOR YOU, DON'T WORRY, ALL THE WAY OVER HERE GEOFF THE CHEF IS SERVING UP ROAST BEEF AND FISH. 18 YEARS A MEMBER AND YOU'VE NEVER EATEN TRIPE, GILL? NEVER EATEN IT IN MY LIFE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT IT THAT YOU DON'T LIKE? I DON'T KNOW. WHEN I DON'T LIKE A THING, I DON'T LIKE IT, AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S TO IT. I, HOWEVER, COULDN'T ESCAPE FILLING MY GUT WITH GUT. THE TEXTURE IS LIKE CHICKEN. IT'S A BIT LIKE TOFU AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S BETTER. OK, HERE WE GO. IT'S GOOD! IT'S GOOD. APPLAUSE NOW THIS ISN'T ALL ABOUT TRIPE, IS IT? NO, IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT TRIPE. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. BUT AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, THOSE PEOPLE ARE ON THE 'MATURE' SIDE OF THINGS. 50 PLUS, BUT WE DON'T MIND. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUNGER PEOPLE. LOOK DOWN THAT CAMERA, I WANT YOU TO DO A RECRUITMENT SPEECH. WE WANT YOU TO COME AND JOIN THE NORTH HARBOUR TRIPE AND ONION CLUB. ITS ONLY $15 TO BE A MEMBER FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND WHAT A FANTASTIC NIGHT IT IS. PRIZES, LAUGHTER, GUINNESS,... CHEERS. CHEERS. ...AND 30 YEARS OF LOVEABLY ODD FRIENDSHIP. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THIS IS CRAZY,... ALL: (CHANT) TRIPE! TRIPE! TRIPE! ...CRAZY NEVER TASTED SO GOOD. I love that. You are in. You are over 50. You can visit me on the North Shore. It is hard to do well. It is not just boiled. Deep-fried looks nice. Everything tastes like chicken. You stick to your mung beans. The cliche about them I had them for the first time today. I like lentils. And I really love it. But I hate mung beans. They didn't taste like chicken. We'll see You tomorrow. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY ALANA DRAYTON AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD.