Over 27 sharp. A day in the life of a rose grower. Great inspiration for Christmas. TONIGHT ON SEVEN SHARP ` AFTER THE KAIPARA TRAGEDY, WE'RE WITH THE COASTGUARD CHECKING OUT LIFE JACKET USE IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR. YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT. PLUS, SEEING NZ ON THE BIG SCREEN. PEOPLE QUEUED UP ROUND THE BLOCK TO SEE IT. AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO THIS GROUP, WHO CAPTURED OUR HISTORY. ALSO, THE SCHOOL FUNDRAISER TO END ALL SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS. WHAT FIGURE ARE WE LOOKING AT? $250,000. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Good evening. LIFEJACKETS AND BOATIES ` WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY SUMMER, BUT CALLS HAVE INTENSIFIED AFTER THE KAIPARA TRAGEDY OVER THE WEEKEND. EIGHT PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A CHARTER VESSEL DIDN'T MAKE IT ACROSS A SANDBAR BAR KNOWN AS 'THE GRAVEYARD'. THE COASTGUARD'S POLICY IS CLEAR, IF NOT OBVIOUS ` YOU SHOULD WEAR A LIFEJACKET AT ALL TIMES ` BUT THE LAW DOESN'T ALWAYS INSIST ON THIS. WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, TIM WILSON, ALONG WITH THE COASTGUARD, WENT TO SEE HOW AUCKLAND BOATIES WERE RESPONDING TO THE SAD EVENTS IN KAIPARA. A FLASHING LIGHT ON A COMPUTER SCREEN IN AUCKLAND AND AN ALARM. BEEPING THAT'S HOW THE CALAMITY IN THE KAIPARA BEGAN TO UNFOLD FOR THE COASTGUARD. THE ALARM STARTED, AND THEN OUR PROCESSES STARTED KICKING IN. MAYDAY RELAY. MAYDAY RELAY. MAYDAY RELAY. THE TRAGEDY CLAIMED EIGHT LIVES... JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, WE GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS OF ` WHY DID IT HAPPEN? ...AND KICKED OFF AGAIN THE DEBATE ABOUT BOATIES AND LIFE JACKETS. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? WE HEADED OUT TO AUCKLAND HARBOUR. ENGINE HUMS PRETTY SOON, WE FOUND A BOAT WITH NO LIFE JACKETS VISIBLE. OK. WE WANT PEOPLE TO WEAR LIFE JACKETS. WE SAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WEARING A LIFE JACKET NEVER RUINED A DAY ON THE WATER. 10 MINUTES LATER, A LARGER BOAT, AND AGAIN, NO LIFE JACKETS TO BE SEEN. TIM WILSON FROM SEVEN SHARP. WE'RE JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE LIFE JACKETS. LIFE JACKETS ON BOARD UPSTAIRS UNDER THE SEAT THERE. YOU'RE NOT WEARING THEM RIGHT NOW, THOUGH. THEY'RE JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. OK. YOU DON'T FEEL AFTER THE TRAGEDY AT THE KAIPARA THAT YOU'D WANT TO HAVE THEM ON? I'M QUITE COMFORTABLE THEY'RE RIGHT WITHIN REACH AND WE'RE NOT IN A DANGEROUS WATERWAY. TRAGEDIES CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY. THAT GUY SOUNDS LIKE HE'S FAIRLY EXPERIENCED. HE'S PROBABLY TOLD HIS SON ABOUT THE LIFE JACKETS AND KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE'VE HAD CASES WHERE BIG VESSELS LIKE THAT HAVE COME UNSTUCK AND HAVE SUNK WITHIN LESS THAN A MINUTE. KEEP IN MIND THAT NEITHER BOAT IS BREAKING THE LAW. LEGALLY, ALL BOATIES MUST CARRY ENOUGH LIFE JACKETS FOR ALL ON BOARD. SOME COUNCILS SAY THEY MUST BE WORN. OTHERS SAY IF THE SKIPPER SAYS TO TAKE IT OFF, THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF. I THINK IT'S CONFUSING FOR THE PUBLIC. I THINK IF IT WAS ONE RULE FOR ALL AND THAT YOU HAVE TO WEAR THEM, IT WOULD BE MUCH SIMPLER. THERE'D BE NO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LAW. AS YOU HEARD THERE, HAVING DIFFERENT LIFE JACKET RULES IN DIFFERENT CITIES CAN BE CONFUSING. SO IS IT TIME FOR ONE BLANKET LAW ACROSS THE COUNTRY? TIM, WHAT DOES THE MINISTER IN CHARGE SAY? It is important to remember that this is about recreational boating. Craig Foss gave us a fairly comprehensive statement. You can just imagine that at the coastguard was running that legislation, it would be that life jacket should be compulsory. They had an initiative that started just this weekend called old for new. You bring in your old one, and you get up brand-new one. The details of that will be up on our Facebook page after the show. THANKS, TIM. Do you really need a law? Do you really need an instruction from a government department to put a life jacket on when you go over a bar like that? I think we do. We saw that with seat belts in cars. You need a license to be out and about. It is also the debate between personal responsibility and on a professional boat. YOU MAY'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS TONIGHT THAT DEMOLITION OF 61 MOLESWORTH ST, THE WELLINGTON BUILDING SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE QUAKE, BEGAN TODAY ` THE SAME BUILDING THAT HAD PEOPLE LIVING ILLEGALLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR. BUT CHECK OUT WHAT WAS UNEARTHED WHEN WORK BEGAN. WE NOW HAVE CLEAR PROOF OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO LIVING IN THE BUILDING ILLEGALLY. PHOTOGRAPHER GLEN HOWEY TOOK THESE IMAGES OF THE FOURTH FLOOR BEING DEMOLISHED TODAY, AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IT WAS BEING USED AS A BEDROOM. WE CONTACTED THE BUILDING'S LANDLORD, AND THEY TOLD US THAT PERSON WASN'T PAYING RENT BECAUSE HE WAS 'IN NEED'. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE US ELECTION WAS OVER, IT'S NOT. AND WE'D ADVISE TRUMP TO HOLD OFF PACKING HIS BAGS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE UNTIL THIS LATEST TWIST IS SORTED. PLUS, DON'T JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. WE'RE A GROUP OF MUMS; THERE WERE 13 OF US, AND WE JUST GOT STUCK IN. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING. BUT THEY CLEARLY KNEW SOMETHING, BECAUSE THE RESULT IS PRETTY AMAZING. AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND HOW'S THIS FOR STEREOTYPING? THE GUYS AUTOMATICALLY SAY, 'OH, SO YOU'RE A FLORIST?' BUT I HAVE A FEELING THIS GUY'S GOING TO HAVE THE LAST LAUGH. THE GIRLS KIND OF GO ALL, LIKE, TEARY-EYED AND GO, 'AW, THAT'S AMAZING.' ADELE'S 'SEND MY LOVE' I do not like to associate myself with this segment. That is from Alex Carr. SO, JUST WHEN YOU THINK 2016 COULDN'T GET ANY MORE BIZARRE, THIS HAPPENS ` AN OFFICIAL RECOUNT FOR THE US PRESIDENCY. OK, WE'RE NOT TALKING THE WHOLE 130-ODD MILLION VOTES, JUST A FEW CRUCIAL STATES, AND WE'LL GET TO THEM IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, WHY NOW? REMEMBER, TRUMP'S IN, CLINTON CONCEDED, AND HE WAS THE ONE TALKING RIGGED ELECTIONS DURING THE CAMPAIGN. THIS WHOLE ELECTION IS BEING RIGGED. BUT THAT WAS THEN. THIS IS NOW. WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, SO WHAT'S CHANGED? ONE WORD ` HACKERS. BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN CHAIR AND VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEMS IN MORE THAN 20 STATES WERE ALL TARGETED BY HACKERS. IN EACH CASE, FEDERAL AGENCIES POINTED THE FINGER AT RUSSIA, WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO TRUMP. IF HE SAYS GREAT THINGS ABOUT ME, I'M GOING TO SAY GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM. A LOT WAS MADE OF RUSSIAN LINKS TO TRUMP DURING THE CAMPAIGN, BUT COULD THEY REALLY PULL THIS OFF? LET'S LOOK AT THOSE STATES ` WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA AND MICHIGAN. TRUMP WON ALL THOSE STATES BY LESS THAN 1%, A MATTER OF A FEW THOUSAND VOTES, AND EACH USES OLD, VERY HACKABLE VOTING MACHINES. TRUMP'S VICTORY IN THOSE STATES WAS ALSO UNEXPECTED. THE POLLS ALL POINTED TO A CLINTON WIN. IF SHE'D HELD THEM, SHE'D BE MADAM PRESIDENT. SO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN CROWDFUNDED TO PAY FOR THE RECOUNTS. THEY WILL GO AHEAD. TRUMP TWEETED HIS DISPLEASURE, OF COURSE. 'NOTHING WILL CHANGE,' HE SAYS, AND HE'S PROBABLY RIGHT. ALL THREE STATES WOULD NEED TO FLIP FOR CLINTON. THAT'S SOMETHING MOST ANALYSTS SAY IS UNLIKELY. BUT GIVEN THE YEAR WE'VE HAD, WOULD YOU TAKE THAT BET? Certainly not. ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY THERE ARE AMAZING TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO DO THEIR VERY BEST TO FUNDRAISE FOR THEIR SCHOOL, BUT THERE'S ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE. THEIR IDEA IS NOTHING NEW, BUT WHAT THEY'VE MANAGED TO RAISE IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. ERIN CONROY WENT TO TAMAHERE TO FIND OUT THE GRAND TOTAL. OLLY MURS' 'DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT' IT LOOKS NOTHING SHORT OF A POLISHED, PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION,... # DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT. ...BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOTHING OF THE SORT. WE'RE A GROUP OF MUMS; THERE WERE 13 OF US, AND WE JUST GOT STUCK IN. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND THIS IS WHERE WE GOT TO. BUT BEFORE WE TELL YOU WHERE THEY GOT TO,... DO YOU KNOW WHOSE THIS IS? GRANNY'S. GRANNY'S. ...HERE'S HOW THE STORY BEGINS WITH THE OLD SCHOOL COOKBOOK... WOULD YOU LIKE RABBIT FOR DINNER? (GIGGLES) WOULDN'T THAT BE YUMMY? ...AND AN IDEA FROM GRANNY. SHE HAD THE 1992 SCHOOL COOKBOOK, AND SHE'D BEEN CLEANING OUT HER COOKBOOKS, AND SHE THREW IT ON MY DESK AND SAID, 'YOU SHOULD DO A COOKBOOK.' AND THE PROJECT REALLY TOOK OFF FROM THERE. ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC TODAY A MORNING TEA TO CELEBRATE THE NEW SCHOOL COOKBOOK'S SUCCESS ` A BOOK WITH A RECIPE FROM EVERY FAMILY AT THE SCHOOL. WHAT HAVE YOU MADE? GLUTEN-FREE BROWNIE. IT'S SPECIAL TO OUR FAMILY, COS MY MUM'S A COELIAC. WHAT DO THEY TASTE LIKE? DELICIOUS. BOTH: GINGER SHAPES. WHAT CAKE'S THAT? I DUNNO. LAUGHTER YES, ONE FROM EVERY FAMILY, AND... WHO HAVE WE HERE? MR WICKENS. I'M THE CARETAKER HERE. YOU'RE A FAN OF THE CUSTARD SQUARE, ARE YOU? I AM, YES, YES, YEAH. (CHUCKLES) AND THEY'RE LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL. ANGIE: THE COOKBOOKS GOT US TO ABOUT HERE NOW. YOU SEE, ALL THE MONEY RAISED IS FOR A SPECIAL PROJECT. THE SCHOOL NEEDS A NEW POOL. IT'S ABOUT 80 YEARS OLD NOW. TOO SMALL, TOO SHALLOW, TOO MANY MAINTENANCE MATTERS. WELL OVER DUE, IS IT? YEAH, I'D SAY IT'S BEEN OVERDUE FOR ABOUT 30, 40 YEARS. BUT WE ALL KNOW POOLS DON'T COME CHEAP, SO WITH NO IDEA HOW WELL THE BOOK WOULD SELL, THE MUMS COOKED, CAPTURED AND COLLATED THE RECIPES. SELENA GOMEZ'S 'COME & GET IT' EVERYONE WAS AMAZING, AND EVERYONE JUST REALLY POURED THEIR HEARTS INTO IT. THE FIRST RUN ` FOUR THOUSAND COPIES, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? THEY'RE GONE ` GONE. SO THE NEXT RUN IS NOW ON ORDER. YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, 'HOW MUCH COULD A SCHOOL COOKBOOK RAISE?' A THOUSAND BUCKS, 10 THOUSAND MAYBE? WELL, KIDS, HOW MUCH WILL YOU HAVE RAISED WHEN THIS NEXT LOT SELLS OUT? KIDS: $250,000. $250,000! (CHUCKLES) HOW'S THAT? YEAH, THAT'S GREAT, YEAH. THERE'S NO DOUBTING THE RECIPES ARE A SUCCESS. CHATTER IT'S REALLY SWEET. REALLY GOOD. < YOU'VE GOT MR WICKENS' CUSTARD SQUARE. YEAH, THEY'RE DELICIOUS. VERY NICE. (CHUCKLES) ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. IT'S A PINEAPPLE LUMP SLICE. SUPER DELICIOUS CAKE. ONLY TWO OF MY CUPCAKES LEFT. SELENA GOMEZ'S 'COME & GET IT' CONTINUES AND WITH THE FIRST HINT OF SUMMER IN THE AIR, THAT POOL CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. FINALLY WHEN YOU GET THAT BRAND NEW POOL, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE? I'M GOING TO FEEL REALLY EXCITED, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO JUMP INTO IT. $250,000 AND HALFWAY TO THE NEW POOL ` NOT BAD FOR A GROUP OF MUMS JUST DOING THEIR BIT. IT'S BEEN SUCH A FUN PROJECT, AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE. Quarter of 1 million. This is a quality production. This is like buying a Nadia Lim. Look at this thickness there. Everyone buys the cookbooks, they are always at the top of the list of books bought. You cannot tell me that people actually use them. We have 30 cookbooks at home. I have got so many cookbooks, and I'm still getting things for Christmas. I can cook beautifully! If you do want to help them get to Where they want to be details on our Facebook page. LOVE IS IN THE AIR, TONI, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO MEET SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS PRETTY ROMANTIC. YES, HARRY VAN LIER'S CERTAINLY A HIT WITH THE LADIES, AS HE'S IN THE BUSINESS OF ROSES. YOU SEE, HE'S A THIRD-GENERATION FLOWER GROWER IN ONE OF AUCKLAND'S OLDEST PRODUCE-GROWING AREAS, SO WE HEADED TO KUMEU TO SPEND THE DAY WITH HIM. RELAXED MUSIC WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I'M A ROSE GROWER, I GET TWO VERY DIFFERENT RESPONSES FROM GUYS AND GIRLS. GUYS AUTOMATICALLY SAY, 'OH, SO YOU'RE A FLORIST?' ALL THE GIRLS GO ALL, LIKE, TEARY-EYED AND GO, 'OH, THAT'S AMAZING.' I KINDA GET THE FEELING THAT THEY'VE JUST GOT THIS IMAGE OF ME SKIPPING DOWN PICKING ROSES INTO A LITTLE BASKET. EVERY MORNING I HARVEST FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS AND GET THEM READY TO GO TO FLORISTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE BUSIEST TIME IS FROM CHRISTMAS TO NEW YEARS. THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO DO ALL OUR PRUNING FOR VALENTINE'S. AT VAN LIER NURSERIES WE GROW 46 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF ROSES, AND WE PRODUCE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION STEMS A YEAR. THAT'S ALMOST ENOUGH TO GIVE EVERY PERSON IN AUCKLAND A ROSE. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THEORIES ON HOW TO GET YOUR ROSES TO LAST LONGER. THE BEST BIT OF ADVICE THAT I CAN GIVE IS CUT THEM EVERY TWO DAYS AND REPLACE THE WATER EVERY TWO DAYS. WHEN YOU GIVE A BUNCH OF ROSES TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE, YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR TRUE PASSION FOR THEM. I GOOGLED THAT LAST NIGHT. IN NZ, THERE SEEMS TO BE A CULTURE OF ONLY GIVING FLOWERS FOR EVENTS. I'D LOVE TO SEE THE CULTURE OF HAVING FLOWERS IN YOUR HOME EVERY WEEK. I THINK IT'D BE WONDERFUL. SORRY, THERE'S DEFINITELY NO SKIPPING. # FLOWERS. # Very happy to report I bought my wife flowers on the weekend because I love her. They must have been a reason! I bought a whole bunch of Christmas lilies. In the shop they were a beautiful bunch of silk flowers. Why would you buy Real when you can get these ones? I am completely against you there. They are trying to encourage people to buy locally. All the imported wines are Devitalised. Roses do not like the humidity. The Auckland Metro is a beautiful rose. The crisp air of Christchurch is really good for the roses. You put garlic between the roses ` never have a better growth. I didn't realise you grew roses. Carolyn Robinson did that story and said that that guy is getting married. He could have a big arch for his wedding. CAPTURING NZ HISTORY MAY NOT SOUND LIKE RISKY BUSINESS, BUT IT TURNS OUT, IT IS QUITE A DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT. WHETHER IT WAS IN AN AEROPLANE OR A HELICOPTER OR ALONGSIDE A RAILWAY TRACK, YEAH, WE TOOK RISKS THAT WOULDN'T BE TAKEN TODAY. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DEAR ED SHEERAN'S FACE? IT INVOLVES A PRINCESS AND A SWORD. WE'LL FILL YOU IN ON THE BIZARRE STORY NEXT. # I NEED YOU, DARLING. COME, ON, SET THE TONE. # IF YOU FEEL YOU'RE FALLING, WON'T YOU LET ME KNOW? # OH. DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS WEIRD STORY TODAY? PRINCESS BEATRICE REPORTEDLY SLICED ED SHEERAN'S FACE DURING A PARTY AT THE ROYAL LODGE IN WINDSOR. You can imagine what is going on here. The Queen is nowhere to be seen. THE PRINCESS WAS APPARENTLY DOING A 'MOCK KNIGHTING' WITH A SWORD AFTER SINGER JAMES BLUNT JOKED HE WANTED TO BE COME 'SIR JAMES', BUT THE PRINCESS DIDN'T REALISE ED WAS BEHIND HER AND CAUGHT HIS CHEEK IN THE PROCESS. ED WAS QUICKLY PATCHED UP, ALTHOUGH APPARENTLY, PRINCESS BEATRICE WAS INCONSOLABLE. You would be if you had sliced someone's face. MY ED WAS, OF COURSE, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN AND REASSURED THE PRINCESS IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. You're not meant to play with knives. Or swords! I have fake Peonies in the bedroom. why don't you dig yourself a bigger hole? FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, THEY HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH RECORDING OUR HISTORY, AND IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE NATIONAL FILM UNIT HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT CAPTURING HOW WE SEE OURSELVES AS A YOUNG COUNTRY. TODAY THOSE FILMS ARE NATIONAL TREASURES, AND OVER THE WEEKEND, SOME OF THE CREW WHO PUT THOSE MOMENTS ON SCREENS AROUND NZ AND THE WORLD MET FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER REUNION. REBECCA EDWARDS JOINED THEM TO SPIN A FEW YARNS. ROUSING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE IT AS ANYTHING LESS THAN A DREAM OCCUPATION. THEY WERE THE EYES BEHIND THE VIEWFINDERS,... THIS IS THE 20TH CENTURY, THE AGE OF INCREASING SPEEDS, FRANTIC ACTIVITY AND VIGOROUS EXPANSION. ...CAPTURING MOMENTS OF OUR HISTORY. ONE OF THESE FIVE MEN WAS A NATIONAL FILM UNIT CAMERAMAN. IF YOU GO BACK, YOU WILL SEE NZ AS IT WAS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO ` 50 YEARS, 60 YEARS AGO. AS CREWS OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED NZ FILM UNIT, THEY PIONEERED THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY. WE WERE CREATED TO RECORD NZ'S HISTORY IN FORMS OF DOCUMENTARIES, THE PICTORIAL PARADES. AT THE END OF THE FIRST LAP, SNELL MOVED OUT INTO THE LEAD. THEY WERE THE NEWSREELS OF THE DAY. WITH TOOLS THAT NOW SEEM LIKE HISTORIC RELICS, THEY CAPTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SCREEN A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW NZ AND ITS PEOPLE SAW THEMSELVES. FILMS LIKE 'THIS IS NZ',... GRAND MUSIC ...A PROMOTIONAL DOCUMENTARY THAT SAW PEOPLE HERE AND ABROAD FLOCKING TO THE CINEMA. WE THOUGHT WE WERE MAKING SOMETHING FOR A SIX-MONTHS TRADE EXPO, EFFECTIVELY, AND IT ENDED UP BEING SO POPULAR THAT IT HAD TO ALL BE BROUGHT BACK TO NZ AND INSTALLED IN THE FOUR MAIN CENTRES. AND PEOPLE QUEUED UP ROUND THE BLOCK TO SEE IT. IT WAS AN ERA OF RISK AND ADVENTURE, WITH CREWS GOING TO WHATEVER LENGTH WAS NEEDED TO GET THEIR SHOT. WHETHER IT WAS IN AN AEROPLANE OR A HELICOPTER OR ALONGSIDE,... WHIRRING ...YEAH, WE TOOK RISKS THAT WOULDN'T BE TAKEN TODAY. NO HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THOSE DAYS? NO. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT. WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE HALF THE THINGS WE DID. THERE WERE SOME IMPORTANT FACES MISSING FROM THIS REUNION, THOUGH, LIKE GARY CUNNINGHAM. HE LEFT SCHOOL AS MAD DEVOTEE OF ALL THINGS FILM, GOT A JOB WITH THE NATIONAL FILM UNIT, WAS VERY PROUD. GARY WAS KILLED ON ASSIGNMENT WITH AUSTRALIA'S CHANNEL 7 IN EAST TIMOR IN 1975, BUT DURING HIS TIME WITH THE FILM UNIT HERE, HE'S KNOWN FOR CAPTURING THE FIRST FOOTAGE OF THE WAHINE DISASTER. WHILE HE WAS ACTUALLY FILMING IT, IT STARTED TILTING, AND HE THOUGHT THE CAMERA WAS MOVING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN HE REALISED, 'OH MY GOD, THE SHIP IS,' SO HE JUST KEPT ROLLING. EXCITING MUSIC IT IS THE REASON WHY THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD RECORDS OF LIFE OVER THE PERIOD OF THE 1940S THROUGH TO THE LATE '80S. RECORDS CAPTURED BY YOUNG GUNS, WHO'VE NOW BECOME IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF WHAT IT WAS TO BE US, NZ, ON SCREEN. WOULD YOU HAVE CONSIDERED YOURSELF PIONEERS OF THE TIME? NO. (LAUGHS) NO, WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN, REBECCA, AND WE WERE DOING OUR JOB, CERTAINLY, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T REALISE HOW LUCKY WE WERE. Very lucky indeed. FURTHER CONTROVERSY AROUND UBER TODAY. DID YOU SEE THE ALLEGATIONS A DRIVER BOUGHT ALCOHOL FOR A 15-YEAR-OLD? UBER, UNDERSTANDABLY, ISN'T COMMENTING UNTIL THEY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS A SERVICE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE USE AND LOVE, BUT IT DOES RAISE THE QUESTION AGAIN` DO YOU HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN THE SERVICE? DO YOU FEEL COMPLETELY SAFE? AND IS IT A SERVICE YOU'D HAPPILY LET YOUR KIDS USE? OUR REPORTER KRISTIN HALL FOUND OUT LAST WEEK THAT UBER DRIVERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO KEEP DRIVING, DESPITE BEING ORDERED OFF THE ROAD FOR NOT HAVING THE RIGHT PAPERS. SO EVEN THOUGH I AM A FAN OF THE SERVICE AND I'M NOT ONE TO STAND IN THE WAY OF INNOVATION, THIS KIND OF STUFF STILL LEAVES ME FEELING A BIT NERVOUS. CHRISTCHURCH MATTERS TO END TONIGHT ` YOU WILL HAVE SEEN MONA VALE IN THE NEWS. SURELY ONE OF THE CITY'S FINEST PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE, IT WAS REOPENED TODAY IN YET ANOTHER SIGN THAT THE FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT INDEED. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER IS, OF COURSE, THE CATHEDRAL, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL AND NEEDLESSLY DAMAGING DEBATE FOR CLOSE TO SIX YEARS NOW. BITTERNESS AND INTRANSIGENCE HAS BEEN THE DRIVER OF THIS PARTICULAR DEBACLE, BUT TODAY A PRELIMINARY REPORT WAS DUE FROM THE COMMITTEE SET UP TO SORT IT. A FINAL REPORT IS SET FOR DECEMBER 7, AND IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS MONTH, WE WILL HAVE THE FINAL 'THERE'S NO GOING BACK' DECISION FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AND IN PUTTING IT TO BED, LET US HOPE WE ALL LEARN FROM IT. GETTING FIXATED ON SINGULAR PROJECTS WHEN YOU'RE REBUILDING AN ENTIRE CITY IS NO WAY FORWARD. '1 NEWS' CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND JUNE YEOW. 'SEVEN SHARP' CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND SARAH MAIAVA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.