You too, Rene. Thank you very much. Tony opened up her house to a reformed criminal. He is actually a friend (!) Lot of people have made me feel nervous. Let's see how it goes. TONIGHT ` TESTING OUT YOUR HOME SECURITY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY SECURE. WE ASK AN EX-CRIM TO TRY AND BREAK INTO TONI'S HOUSE. BANG! SMASH THE WINDOW, IN, OUT ` GONE IN SECONDS. PLUS, IT ALL STARTED WITH A SIMPLE IDEA... MAYBE GROWING GRAPES WOULD BE FUN. ...BUT QUICKLY TURNED INTO THE TALK OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. AND EVER NOTICED A SLIGHT ISSUE WITH CHRISTMAS CAROLS? IT DOESN'T REALLY SNOW DOWN HERE. SO JULIAN DENNISON'S ON A MISSION TO CHANGE ALL THAT. I'M GONNA STOP YOU THERE, ROMAN. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 'SEVEN SHARP', WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Lovely to see you. The story about the game, the invention. It is the new age version of knuckle bones. I was the best at knuckle bones. I could get all of them in my little tiny hand. Scatterbonescould be the next thing for Christmas. Let us get to your house Here. SO, NEW CRIME STATS OUT TODAY, AND IT'S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE. OVERALL, CRIME IS UP 5%, AND IT WILL BE NO SURPRISE THAT A BIG DRIVER OF THAT INCREASE IS THE HUGE JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF BREAK-INS. LAST YEAR THERE WERE 11,000 MORE BURGLARIES THAN THE YEAR BEFORE ` AN 18% INCREASE. AND HERE'S WHY ` OUT OF 70,000-ODD BURGLARIES, JUST 9% ENDED UP WITH ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THE OFFENDER. THINK ABOUT THAT ` NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES THE BURGLAR WALKS AWAY WITH YOUR STUFF SCOTT FREE. THE GOVERNMENT'S REALLY UNDER THE PUMP ON THIS ONE, AND AS A RESULT THEY'VE NOW GOT POLICE ATTENDING ALL BURGLARIES, BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THIS WILL BRING THE NUMBERS DOWN. IN THE MEANTIME ` AND PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WHEN BURGLARIES SPIKE ` YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN NOT TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE STATISTICS. SO ERIN CONROY VOLUNTEERED ME AND MY HOUSE FOR AN INSPECTION TO GET SOME TIPS FROM A VERY UNLIKELY SOURCE. AMY WINEHOUSE'S 'YOU KNOW I'M NO GOOD' TONI, HOW SECURE DO YOU THINK YOUR HOUSE IS? I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY SECURE. A CONFIDENT TONI, BUT THE CHAP WHO'S CHECKING IS A REFORMED BURGLAR. WELL, I THINK I COULD PROBABLY EASILY BREAK INTO HERE IF I WANTED TO BREAK IN, BUT I WON'T COS I LOVE TONI. NAH. (LAUGHS) THANK YOU, ADRIAN. ... # BUT I CAN'T GET JOY. HE'D CERTAINLY KNOW. I BURGLED HUNDREDS OF HOUSES, AND THAT'S NOT EXAGGERATING. FINDING GANGS, FINDING DRUGS, FINDING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WAS FINDING AN IDENTIFY FOR ME. I WANTED TO FIT IT. DUBSTEP MUSIC HE SERVED TIME ` A LOT OF TIME ` BUT AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES CLEAN AND LIVING BY THE LAW, ADRIAN'S HERE TO HELP, AND HE'S ALREADY SPOTTED SOME PROBLEMS. THERE'S ALL THIS SORT OF STUFF YOU CAN` YOU KNOW, PIECES OF WOOD, POTPLANTS HERE, YOU CAN USE THESE FOR LEVERAGE TO GET INTO WINDOWS. THERE'S A LADDER OVER THERE. PASS A BRICK UP TO AND SMASH THE WINDOW. THERE'S ANOTHER LADDER AROUND HERE. BURGLARS THINK, 'OH YEAH, CHOICE, BANG, SMASH THE WINDOW, IN, OUT, 'GONE IN SECONDS.' SO ADRIAN'S ADVICE ` KEEP YOUR SECTION CLEAR. EVEN RENOVATING, YOU'D PUT EVERYTHING AWAY IN TO THE SHED, IN A LOCKED SHED, SO BURGLARS DON'T THINK, OH, THERE WE GO.' # I'M LIVIN' IN THE 21ST CENTURY, DOING SOMETHING MEAN. # YEARS AS A CRIM, ADRIAN NOW WORKS WITH POLICE. HE'S A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, TOO. HE'S FACED HIS FEARS AND HIS VICTIMS, AND APOLOGISED. RAP MUSIC IT WAS LIKE A RELEASE FOR ME, AND I STARTED TO MOVE ON. LIKE, I'M A MARRIED MAN NOW WITH THREE DAUGHTERS. SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, 'YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE. HE'LL DO IT AGAIN.' I HAVE CHANGED, AND I'LL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY TRUST ME. THESE ARE VERY GOOD LOCKS. BACK AT TONI'S HOUSE ` INSIDE, SHE'S LOOKING A BIT BETTER. THEY TIGHTEN UP REALLY WELL. WELL DONE, TONI. WHOO, THAT'S ONE CHECK. WHICH WINDOW WOULD YOU AVOID IF YOU COULD? THE ALUMINIUM ONES. THE WOODEN ONES ARE VERY OLD AND VERY SAFE. THEY'RE VERY AWKWARD TO BREAK IN. BELIEVE ME, I'VE TRIED AND IT'S A MESS. (LAUGHS) RAP MUSIC CONTINUES BUT TO THE FRONT DOOR... THESE CHAINS ARE HOPELESS. I WOULD` FOR A FRONT DOOR, I WOULD HAVE A DEADLOCK ON IT. A DEADLOCK ` THE BIG BOLT THAT REQUIRES A KEY TO UNLOCK IT FROM THE INSIDE. IF A BURGLAR COMES IN AND HE'S GOT A BIG TV, HE'S NOT GOING TO SMUGGLE THAT OUT THE WINDOW UNLESS YOU'VE GOT BIG WINDOWS. SO THEY GO THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A DEADLOCK THERE, THEY CAN'T OPEN UP THE FRONT DOOR. HE RECOMMENDS AN ALARM TOO, BUT NOT JUST A ROOM SENSOR ALARM. MAKE SURE YOUR WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE ALL ALARMED. THE SAD REALITY IS THAT BURGLARIES PEAK AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME. CHRISTMAS MUSIC DID YOU SPECIFICALLY TARGET HOUSES ON CHRISTMAS? YES, YES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE USED TO MAKE OUR EIGHT MONTHS' SALARY. NOW HE HAS TIPS TO HELP, LIKE ` DON'T ALERT BURGLARS TO YOUR PRESSIE STASH. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I WOULD TURN THEM OFF AT MIDNIGHT. PUT THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS UNDER AT CHRISTMAS EVE. AND DON'T THINK IT'S JUST THE HOUSE YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IS THEY KEEP A LOT OF THEIR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND FOOD OR THEIR TUCKER IN THEIR SHED, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE BURGLES THE SHED FIRST. SO, OUR RATHER UNCONVENTIONAL EX-CON SECURITY ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETE. ALL RIGHT, ADRIAN, YOU'VE HAD A LOOK AROUND TONI'S HOUSE. HOW'S SHE DONE? I RECKON OUT OF A 10, I THINK IT'S ABOUT A 7. AND SANTA'S ALREADY WRAPPING TONI'S FABULOUS CHRISTMAS PRESSIE ` A BRAND NEW DEADLOCK. SO WELL DONE, TONI. JUST A PASS MARK, THEN. JUST A PASS. ROOM TO IMPROVE. YEAH. THE STORY OF MY LIFE, ERIN. 'The story of my life'. Thank you, Adrian. He was a real good sort. My house is a mess run back because we are renovating. Fascinating stuff. The one thing that I didn't realise was the whole Deadbolt situation. Deadbolt is a standard procedure in Rome. She has five or six on her door. We are blase in New Zealand. Adrian was really good. He suggestedthat we should put an electric fence wire on our upstairs deck. I don't think that's happening! you can get those packages with the alarm and CCTV. Don't get one in the main bedroom, though. He said he has stories! IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO MAKE YOUR OWN WINE IN YOUR BACKYARD. THERE'S SOMETHING SO NICE, THOUGH, ISN'T THERE, ABOUT DRINKING IT WHERE IT'S BEEN GROWN. BUT THE ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION ` HOW DOES IT TASTE? THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. PLUS, INTRODUCING THE WORLD TO A KIWI KIND OF CHRISTMAS? IT'S VERY ODD, OBVIOUSLY, THE HEAT DOWN HERE FOR CHRISTMAS. RONAN KEATING AND JULIAN DENNISON PUT THEIR OWN SPIN ON A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC. AND SCATTERBONES, THE... ...FAST-FLIPPING SKELETON GAME. INVENTED BY THIS KIWI MOTHER OF THREE, IT'S GOING GLOBAL. IS IT ANY GOOD, GUYS? CHILDREN: YES! THAT AHEAD ON 'SEVEN SHARP'. THE FOUR TOPS' 'REACH OUT' Hands up if you are liking the old school music tonight. it is so old. You are heading out The Hits too long. People loved it with the Monkees last night. WHEN YOU THINK OF VINEYARDS, YOU GENERALLY THINK OF GRAPEVINES WINDING THEIR WAY ACROSS GREAT EXPANSES OF COUNTRYSIDE. BUT A FAMILY IN INNER-CITY AUCKLAND HAS STOMPED ON THAT THEORY AND DEVOTED THEIR BACKYARD TO WINEMAKING. CAROLYN ROBINSON WENT TO MEET THE SPARKS AND SAMPLE THEIR SYRAH. GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC IT'S A VINEYARD ON A VOLCANO. WE STARTED JUST THIS IDEA THAT MAYBE GROWING GRAPES WOULD BE FUN. AND IT IS, BUT PLANTING 350 SYRAH VINES HAS ALSO BEEN HARD WORK. FIRST THE SPARKS HAD TO CLEAR THEIR STEEP SITE,... JUST A CORNUCOPIA OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. ...THEN THEY HAD TO BUILD TERRACES, TAKING THE BEST PART OF FOUR YEARS. TWO-THIRDS OF THE WALLS HERE ARE BUILT FROM THE STONES WE FOUND AS WE DUG IT OUT, SO THEY'RE REAL MT EDEN STONES. AND ANGELA WAS ADAMANT THAT WE NOT BRING ANY OUTSIDE SOIL IN. BUT ONE THING THEY DID GET FROM OUTSIDE WAS OPEN MOUTHS FROM PASSERS-BY. THEY'RE ALL REALLY SUPPORTIVE. 'OH, GOOD ON YOU. HOW'S IT GOING? 'HOW'S IT LOOKING THIS YEAR?' IF THEY SHOW A LOT OF INTEREST, SOMETIMES I JUST GIVE THEM A BOTTLE AND SAY, 'TRY IT OUT AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.' WHAT THEY THINK IS THEIR WINE IS GETTING BETTER EVERY YEAR, AS DOCUMENTED ON THE LABEL. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN HITCH-FREE, LIKE THE TIME THEY WENT CAMPING. WHEN WE CAME BACK, I WALKED OUT, AND TO MY HORROR IT WAS A COMPLETE CANOPY. THERE WAS NO ROWS AT ALL LEFT. IT HAD BASICALLY JUST TAKEN OVER. ALL PART OF THE HISTORY OF METHODE DE MAUNGAWHAU, AND THEIRS ISN'T THE FIRST. ONE OF OUR NEIGHBOURS, WHO'S SINCE MOVED AWAY TO AN OLD FOLK'S HOME ` IF SHE'S EVEN STILL ALIVE ` SHE USED TO WALK A CAT ON A LEASH IN A DRESSING GOWN, AND SHE MENTIONED ONE TIME THAT THERE WAS A DALMATIAN GENTLEMAN IN AN OLD HOUSE AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS STREET WHO HAD A VINEYARD AND MADE HIS OWN WINE, AND HE USED TO GIVE IT TO PEOPLE FOR CHRISTMAS IN A GLASS JAR. THERE'S SOMETHING SO NICE, THOUGH, ISN'T THERE, ABOUT DRINKING IT WHERE IT'S BEEN GROWN. THAT'S A VERY ROMANTIC NOTION. IT'S THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND WINERY TOURS IS YOU BECOME VESTED IN THE WHOLE STORY AND THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. SO CAN WE TASTE THAT DIFFERENCE? FIRST THE 2014. IT'S A GOOD FIRST ATTEMPT. THEN THE 2015. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S A STEP UP. IT SAYS ON THE LABEL. THE 2016'S STILL IN THE BARREL AND MIGHT BE CALLED 'LET'S MAKE A ROSE' AFTER A DISAPPOINTING SUMMER. BUT NONE OF IT'S FOR SALE, JUST TO ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ANGELA HAS CALCULATED THEY'D NEED TO GO FOR ABOUT $900 A BOTTLE TO RECOUP OUR INVESTMENT. (LAUGHS) WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET MANY TAKERS AT THAT PRICE. LIKE THE TERRAIN, PRETTY STEEP, BUT IT'S A HOBBY THEY'RE KEEN TO KEEP GROWING. JAZZY MUSIC I am disappointed, because I told her to work in a certain word. It's the soil, it's the sun. You are getting really deep. If you drink wine from where it is` that is the whole idea. You are going to be pulling up the tigerturf to lay in the grapes. Grapes like to struggle. You have researched all this. The greats syrahs from this country come from either waiheke Or Hawke's Bay. WHEN YOU THINK OF AN INVENTOR, YOU MIGHT IMAGINE A GUY TINKERING IN A GARDEN SHED. YOU PROBABLY DON'T THINK OF A MOTHER OF THREE YOUNG KIDS WHO HAS A BRIGHT IDEA WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE DANCE STUDIO SHE RUNS. BUT CLAIRE SCIASCIA HAS MANAGED TO DREAM UP A GAME THAT'S GOING GLOBAL. IT'S CALLED SCATTERBONES, AND ANYONE CAN PLAY IT. OUR GAMING CORRESPONDENT, TIM WILSON, DISCOVERS HOW A LIGHT-BULB MOMENT CHANGED HER LIFE. SIA'S 'THE GREATEST' IN THE SCIASCIA FAMILY, THEY LIKE TO PLAY UP. AT HOME ALL WE DO IS RUN AROUND AND HAVE FUN. I MEAN, I GOT TWO BOYS. THEY WANNA PLAY FIGHTING. TWO LITTLE BOYS, ROMAN AND LEO, PLUS BABY KACEE. AND NOW THIS LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S GONNA KEEP ME BUSY AS WELL. # THE GREATEST, THE GREATEST ALIVE. BUT CLAIRE IS JIVING HER WAY THROUGH MOTHERHOOD, RUNNING A DANCE SCHOOL AS WELL. THE KIDS ARE EVERYTHING TO ME. DRIVING HOME FROM THE STUDIO ONE NIGHT, SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO INVENT A GAME. IT SORT OF ALL JUST CAME TO ME, WHAT I WAS GONNA DO, AND WITHIN 20 MINUTES, I'D COME UP WITH IT. IT IS SCATTERBONES, A FUN VARIATION ON KNUCKLE BONES, WHERE YOU ASSEMBLE A SKELETON. THE FIRST PERSON TO FLIP ALL THEIR BONES TO COMPLETE A FULL COLOURED SKELETON WINS. AND THE WINNER SAYS... BONES. WHAT? BONES! CLAIRE'S FIRST VERSION USED CLAY BROUGHT FROM THE WAREHOUSE. SHE DID ANOTHER ONE ` A BIT BETTER-LOOKING, THANKS TO HER GRAPHIC-DESIGNER HUSBAND, KARL. DING! THE FINAL ONE, SHE TOOK TO ENGLAND AND AN EVENT CALLED THE INVENTOR'S WORKSHOP ` KIND OF A DRAGON'S DEN FOR INVENTORS AND GAME COMPANIES. LIKE SPEED DATING ONLY WITH SPEED. UPBEAT SALSA MUSIC ONE OF THEM FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. BECAUSE CLAIRE HAS MOVES AND SASS. SASS IS MY MIDDLE NAME ` CLAIRE SASS SCIASCIA. THEY'RE NOW DOING A RUN IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, DISTRIBUTING SCATTERBONES ALL OVER THE WORLD NEXT YEAR,... IF I CAN DO IT ` AND I'M JUST A MUM OF THREE KIDS ` YOU KNOW, I THINK ANYONE COULD DO IT. ...SHOWING THAT ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE A BIG IDEA DANCE IS A LITTLE DETERMINATION. # I'M FREE TO BE THE GREATEST HERE TONIGHT, THE GREATEST, # THE GREATEST, THE GREATEST ALIVE. # You know Why it might work? Simplicity. I need to change the way I thinkon the way home. How does the game just come to you? Cluedo is the greatest game in the word. I love Cluedo. Cluedo and Monopoly haven't been usurped. I still like connect four I like poker. You can get the money of the kids. Laughter DON'T YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME WE HAD A CHRISTMAS CAROL THAT HAD A SUMMER VIBE? # WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND. # UM, I'M NOT REALLY FEELING WINTERY. BUT WILL RONAN KEATING BE OPEN TO CHANGE? YOU WANT ME TO CHANGE THE LYRIC? # COS YOU'RE A SKY, YOU'RE A SKY FULL OF STARS. # IF YOU'RE A COLDPLAY FAN, STAY TUNED FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. # I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY HEART. # For a small country with a little population, we have some big ideas on how to keep NZ clean and green. For example, deciding to drive more electric vehicles, because they can be fuelled by electricity that our country generates from renewable sources every day. The benefit to us now and to future generations could be enormous. And with hardly any carbon emissions, the impact these electric cars have on the environment, you could say, is tiny. COLDPLAY'S 'A SKY FULL OF STARS' PLAYS # COS IN A SKY, COS IN A SKY # FULL OF STARS # I THINK I SAW YOU-OO-OO. # GO! Great looking set. That is them performing in Barcelona. We have the only television interview while they are here. We will have that on Monday night. NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE ALL KNOW BY NOW I LOVE CHRISTMAS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT. MY TREE IS ACTUALLY ARRIVING TOMORROW, BUT LET'S BE HONEST, HOW MANY CHRISTMAS CAROLS ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE FOR US DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE? YOU'VE GOT YOUR SLEIGH BELLS, SNOW, ROARING FIRES ` DOESN'T REALLY SCREAM 'KIWI CHRISTMAS'. WELL, AIR NZ DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, RECRUITING A FAMILIAR KIWI AND IRISH FACE TO HELP. REBECCA EDWARDS GOT A FIRST LOOK AT WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. TAKE ONE IRISH CROONER,... # YOU SAY IT BEST... # RICKY BAKER. ...ADD A PRETTY SKUX KID,... BACK UP, HOMIES! AND LET GO OF MY UNCLE! ...AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT,... YOU HUNGRY? ...YOU'VE GOT THE RECIPE... THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION, ISN'T IT? LOOK AT YA. ...FOR A VERY KIWI CHRISTMAS. # SLEIGH BELLS RING. # ARE YOU LISTENING? # I'M GONNA STOP YOU THERE, ROMAN. ROMAN! IT DOESN'T REALLY SNOW DOWN HERE, SO, UM, LET'S GO WITH 'YOUR BRO IS GLISTENING'. YOU WANT ME TO CHANGE THE LYRICS? YUP. IT GETS STUCK IN YOUR HEAD, SO BE PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO SING IT FOR DAYS AND DAYS ON END. JAZZY VERSION OF 'WINTER WONDERLAND' YES, AIR NZ HAVE ROPED IN JULIAN DENNISON AND RONAN KEATING TO GIVE THIS CHRISTMAS CLASSIC... # WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND. # HEY, ROMAN,... ...A BIT OF A MAKEOVER. ...I'M NOT REALLY FEELING WINTERY. # IN THE LANE, YOUR BRO IS GLISTENING. # IN THE LANE, YOUR BRO IS GLISTENING. WE WENT TO SYDNEY, AND WE SHOT IT. AND I ACTUALLY HAD TO DO AN EXAM BEFORE GOING ON THE FLIGHT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH RONAN KEATING? HE'S JUST AN AMAZING PERSON TO BE AROUND. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY 13- OH, 14-YEAR-OLD KID NOW ` 14-YEAR-OLD KID WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET SOMEONE SO BIG AND SO POPULAR. # ...IS THE BLUEBIRD. # I WAS ALSO THINKING JANDALS. OF COURSE YOU WERE. LIKE POPPING THE PLUG OUT OF YOUR JANDALS, SAND IN YOUR TOGS. LIKE POPPING THE PLUG OUT OF YOUR JANDALS, SAND IN YOUR TOGS. OH, YEAH, AND POHUTUKAWAS. DID YOU HAVE TO TEACH HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE KIWI CHRISTMAS? YEAH, WE GAVE HIM A GOOD EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR HAVING FUN. CHRISTMAS IN MY FAMILY IS A VERY FESTIVE THING. I MEAN, IT'S VERY ODD, OBVIOUSLY, THE HEAT DOWN HERE FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT BACK IN EUROPE, IT'S COLD. I DEFINITELY WANT TO TRY A CHRISTMAS DOWN UNDER, FOR SURE. # GONE AWAY IS THE BLUEBIRD. THEY'RE NOT` THEY'RE NOT REALLY BLUE. THEY'RE MORE LIKE GREENY-BROWN. CAMERAS FLASH IT'S BEEN QUITE THE YEAR FOR THIS KID FROM NAENAE. WHEN THEY ASKED WHO DID THIS, TELL THEM IT WAS THE WILDERPEOPLE. I'VE LOVED IT. THE WHAT-ER-PEOPLE? IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING MEETING SO MANY NEW PEOPLE, AND THE YEAR THAT'S GONE BY HAS DEFINITELY BEEN PROBABLY THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE, AND IT'LL BE HARD TO BEAT THAT. # ...CHRISTMAS LANDMARKS. # SUMMER FLOWERS AND FUNNY TAN MARKS. # AND HE'S CONTINUING TO IMPRESS. WHAT A GUY. I MEAN, REALLY COOL KID. I HAVE TO SAY INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, VERY RELAXED, REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH. WE BOUNCED OFF EACH OTHER REALLY WELL. NOW, THOUGH, HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE CHILL ` AND CAROLLING ` TIME THIS CHRISTMAS. WE OPEN THE PRESENTS ` SOCKS AND UNDIES. A BIT OF PAVLOVA, A BIT OF BACKYARD CRICKET? YEAH, BIT OF LEMON AND MERINGUE, JUST, LIKE, RUGBY, TOUCH ON A FIELD, JUST DOING WHAT A NORMAL KID WOULD DO ON A SUMMER'S DAY. # WE'RE HAPPY AND BRIGHT, NOT A SNOWMAN IN SIGHT. # STROLLING THROUGH A SUMMER WONDERLAND. # Love Julian Dinesen. He is in year 10 next year. He is taking a break for three years To do school. Good on him. That must be incredibly tempting, to ditch school. He is going to LA in the early part of next year. HE wish him well with that. I would love to experience a white Christmas once. It is a romantic notion. We were just want to come back, though, And put our jandals back on. THE FULL VIDEO WILL BE ON AIR NZ'S SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FROM TOMORROW MORNING, AND YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE SONG AND KICK YOUR CAROLLING INTO FULL SWING. SO, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT RUNNING IN BARE FEET WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET YOU DISQUALIFIED FROM A PRIMARY SCHOOL ATHLETICS TOURNAMENT? DID YOU SEE THIS IN LOWER HUTT? A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY MADE IT THROUGH TO THE FINAL, HAVING WON HIS QUALIFYING RACES IN BARE FEET, ONLY TO BE PULLED FROM THE BIG RACE. IT WAS DEEMED A SAFETY RISK, AND THEY WANTED AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD. SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS. FIRSTLY, SHOES ARE ACTUALLY MEANT TO GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE, SO HE WASN'T WINNING OUT THERE. SECONDLY, WHERE WERE THE OFFICIALS DURING THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS? AND COME ON, KIDS HAVE BEEN RACING SIDE BY SIDE IN A MIXTURE OF SPIKES AND BARE FEET FOR YEARS. I AGREE WITH SIR JOHN WALKER AND NICK WILLIS ` THIS IS PC GONE MAD. SPEAKING OF KIDS, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT THE NUMPTIES AT THE NZQA? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THEY'VE COCKED UP THIS YEAR'S NCEA EXAMS THE WAY THEY HAVE? NOT A SINGLE LEVEL ESCAPES THEIR INCOMPETENCE AND INEPTITUDE; MATHS AT LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2 AND LEVEL 3 ALL FALL VICTIM TO THEIR INABILITY TO ACTUALLY PUT AN EXAM IN FRONT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT ISSUES AND MISTAKES. THE ROTE APOLOGY 'SORRY ABOUT THAT' HAS BEEN FORTHCOMING, FOLLOWED BY THE EQUALLY ROTE INVESTIGATION, WHICH WILL LEAD WHERE? THERE IS A QUID PRO QUO DEAL HERE; WE IMPLORE OUR KIDS TO WORK HARD, STUDY HARD, TAKE THE TESTS SERIOUSLY, GET THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A PART OF THE MODERN ECONOMY. IN RETURN, THE LEAST THEY DESERVE IS PROFESSIONALISM, DILIGENCE AND COMPETENCE, AND YET AGAIN THEY'VE BEEN LET DOWN. HOW HARD CAN IT BE? '1 NEWS' CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND IMOGEN STAINES. 'SEVEN SHARP' CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.