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Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.

Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 3 April 2018
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TVNZ 1
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Join the Seven Sharp team as they present the stories of the day from around New Zealand, live, five nights a week.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
THANKS, SIMON AND WENDY. SO MUCH SPORT TO GET OUR TEETH INTO ` THE CRICKET, THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. 24 HOURS TO GO. I CAN NOT WAIT. Jeremy is beside himself. That is the face of a man who was beside himself. THAT REMINDS ME, I'VE GOT A LITTLE COMMONWEALTH GAMES TREAT FOR YOU AND THE VIEWERS TONIGHT. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT. ALSO TONIGHT, HOW DO YOU STAY CONNECTED WHEN INTERNET PROVIDERS DON'T COVER YOUR PATCH? FAST BROADBAND JUST LIKE THE TOWNIES WOULD HAVE. IT MEANS THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. YOU DO IT YOURSELF. WE MEET THE POTATO FARMER'S SON WHO SET UP HIS OWN INTERNET COMPANY. EVEN THOUGH I'M GONNA BE THE SMALLEST HEAVYWEIGHT, THERE'S A BIG TIGER INSIDE READY TO UNLEASH. THE SOFTLY SPOKEN HEAVYWEIGHT GIVING EVERYTHING HE HAS TO GET TO THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES UNDER THE SAMOAN FLAG. # WAR, CHILDREN. # IT'S JUST A SHOT AWAY. IT'S JUST A SHOT AWAY. # AND WE CHECK IN WITH RAG'N'BONE MAN AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. CAPTIONS BY INGRID LAUDER AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 Hi, everyone. Lovely to have your company after a fantastic long weekend. Jeepers, Easter's the holiday that keeps giving, isn't it? I thought it was never going to end. A fantastic result for the Blackcaps today in the test. A dramatic, gutsy effort from the New Zealand tail, hanging in there for a draw amid a barrage of terrifying short-pitched bowling from the English. It was amazing. How many slips did they have? Everyone around the bat. It's our first Test series win against England at home since 1984. Since 1984. That is amazing. Even if you're not normally a fan of Test cricket, Some people find it a little bit slow, there's something about watching a couple of tailenders battle for their team mates that tugs at the heart strings. Congratulations to Kane and the team. Great New Zealanders. I think we would say that they are great New Zealanders. Absolutely. UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN HIDING UNDER A ROCK, YOU'LL KNOW THERE'S ONE MORE SLEEP UNTIL THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ACROSS IS THE WOMEN'S SKEET SHOOTING ON SUNDAY, WHERE CHRISTCHURCH CRACK-SHOT CHLOE TIPPLE WILL BE GUNNING FOR A MEDAL. THE TROUBLE IS CHLOE MAY BE WITHOUT HER BIGGEST FAN AND BACKUP COACH. HER MUM, BETSY, IS THERE, BUT CHLOE'S DAD, DAVID, IS STUCK IN NEW ZEALAND PLAYING A FRUSTRATING WAITING GAME, A BATTLE WITH AUSSIE IMMIGRATION OVER PAST CONVICTIONS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARING. HERE'S RACHEL PARKIN. (UPBEAT MUSIC) THIS IS DAVID TIPPLE, BEHIND THE SCENES. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WIGGLE. WIGGLES! THAT'S RIGHT! GRANDAD TO 15. OH, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. BETSY'S ORDERED 24. (LAUGHS) PROUD DAD OF SIX. CHLOE'S MY WEE BABY, YES. WE TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD TOGETHER FOR THE SHOOTING, AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO AWESOME. AND NOW HIS BABY GIRL HAS A REAL COMMONWEALTH MEDAL CHANCE ` GOLD EVEN! THIS IS HER MOMENT. SHE'S NEVER BEEN PEAKIER. BUT INSTEAD OF BOARDING A FLIGHT TO THE GOLD COAST WITH CHLOE, THIS NUMBER ONE FAN AND BACKUP COACH IS STRANDED HERE, THANKFULLY DISTRACTED BY ALL THIS CUTENESS, ENDURING A TORTUROUS WAIT FOR A VISA. I DON'T WANT HER, IN HER MIND, THINKING, 'I WISH DAD WAS HERE.' THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN! SO WHY THE BATTLE? WELL, DAVID IS THE DAVID OF CHRISTCHURCH FAMILY BUSINESS 'GUN CITY'. HE DID TIME FOR TRYING TO BRING GUNS BACK TO NEW ZEALAND FROM THE STATES WITHOUT THE RIGHT PAPERWORK. THEN IN 2009, HE WAS CONVICTED HERE FOR RECKLESS DRIVING. FAST-FORWARD SEVEN YEARS AND MULTIPLE TRIPS ACROSS THE DITCH WITHOUT DECLARING HIS RECORD, DAVID WAS THEN TOLD BY CUSTOMS OVER SUMMER HE WOULD NEED A VISA. LONG STORY SHORT, THREE MONTHS LATER, HE'S STILL WAITING. SO, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. MAN OH MAN. GOING IN TO BAT FOR HIM, SOMEONE YOU MIGHT THINK AN UNLIKELY ALLY. DAVE JONES, THE FATHER OF CHLOE'S TOP RIVAL AISLIN ` YEP, AN AUSTRALIAN - HAS CONTACTED LOCAL MPs TRYING TO GET HIS KIWI MATE IN. HONESTLY, I JUST CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO HIM. I THINK IT'S WHAT AN ANZAC SPIRIT REALLY IS ABOUT. BUT STILL, DAVID TIPPLE WAITS, WITH THIS PLEA TO AUSSIE IMMIGRATION. I'M GONNA BE SAFE. IT WAS 2002 THAT I WENT TO JAIL, AND PLEASE, GIVE ME A BREAK. LET'S RETURN THIS TO THE NORMALITY IT WAS WHERE I WOULD GO AND HAVE A HOLIDAY AND TAKE 25 KIDS WITH US AND INVEST IN THE AUSSIE ECONOMY. ALL: GO, CHLOE! THIS IS NEW ZEALAND'S CHANCE AT THEIR VERY FIRST COMMONWEALTH GAMES WOMEN'S SKEET MEDAL. I am sure everybody feels for him. He did the crime and he did the time. The 2002 conviction was when US custom officials are found 29 guns and 340 live rounds of ammunition in his baggage at LA airport. He was indicted on Federal firearms charges for buying illegal firearms and shot guns. He had been in and out of Australia without a problem but had not declared he had a conviction. I have the arrival card here. If you are not an Australian citizen, do you have any criminal convictions? Yes or no? Reasonably clear. It is reasonably clear. He fights on and he has until Sunday to get his Visa to see his daughter. LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO TECH NOW. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITHOUT THE INTERNET? AS MORE AND MORE SERVICES GO ONLINE, A FAST CONNECTION IS BECOMING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MODERN LIFE. AND THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM FOR KIWIS LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THE BIG NETWORKS DON'T REACH. THAT'S WHERE THE WISPA NETWORK COMES IN ` A SERIES OF SMALL REGIONAL INTERNET PROVIDERS WHO ARE CONNECTING OUR MOST REMOTE HOMES. HERE'S LUCAS DE JONG. (MARTIN GARRIX'S 'TOGETHER') MATT, WHERE ARE WE? WE ARE IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED TE RATA, VERY RURAL TARANAKI. POPULATION? PROBABLY ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE IN TOTAL, REALLY. WHAT'S THE INTERNET SITUATION? UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD ANYTHING. IT WAS ALL SATELLITE. NOW, WITH THE MASTER OF MAKING CONNECTIONS... FAST BROADBAND JUST LIKE THE TOWNIES HAVE. IT MEANS THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. # THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE WIND THAT'S BLOWING. # ALL THANKS TO THESE. WHAT'S THE LITTLE WHITE THING THERE? LITTLE WHITE THING? I DUNNO, ALL OF THEM. WHAT ARE THEY ALL? THAT'S A CAMBIUM 820 RADIO. AIRFIBRE RADIO ABOVE THAT. IN ENGLISH? A SPIDER WEB, REALLY. IT'S ALL LINE-OF-SIGHT TECHNOLOGY. ALL OF OUR SITES ALL LINK TOGETHER. ANYWHERE THAT THIS SITE CAN SEE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONNECT CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY TO IT. IT'S A BIG WEB. IT SURE IS. YEAH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 80 SITES AROUND TARANAKI IN OUR WEB. MATT AND LACHLAN HEAD UP TWO OF OUR WISPA COMPANIES. THERE ARE AROUND 20 BUSINESSES LIKE THEIRS, SMALL OPERATORS PROVIDING WIRELESS INTERNET IN RURAL AREAS. PLACES LIKE MATARATA DOWNS. IT'S GOING TO GET ROUGHER. MOTORWAY HAS ENDED. (1955'S 'HILLTOP HOODS') # I'M FEELING OUTTA PLACE LIKE I LIVE IN OUTER SPACE, # COS IT SEEMS I'M STUCK IN TIME. # AND HERE WE ARE. HERE WE ARE AT THE ACCESS POINT. THIS IS ACCESS POINT. YES. AND I CAN SEE WHY, BECAUSE WE STAND UP HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE A FEW HOUSES. SARAH GATHERED HER NEIGHBOURS, AND WITH ENOUGH OF THEM CONNECTING TO ONE STATION, PRIMO WIRELESS BUILT IT FOR FREE. THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 12 HOMES ALREADY HERE LINKING TO UP THIS SITE AND THEN THIS SITE BOUNCES UP TO OTHER SITES FURTHER UP THE VALLEY. YOU BROUGHT A WHOLE COMMUNITY INTERNET? IT MANAGED TO HAPPEN, YES. THAT'S CHANGED THE WAY SHE WORKS. ALL OUR BILLS ARE PAID ONLINE NOW. THERE ARE A LOT OF APPS THAT WE USE. WE HAVE NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE OUT AT ANY OF OUR HOUSES, SO HIVING WIFI EVERYWHERE, YEAH, IT'S BEEN HUGE. SARAH'S DAD BRYAN HAS ANOTHER NAME FOR IT. IT IS BLOODY WIZARDRY! IT REALLY IS! TOO HIGH-TECH FOR ME, MATE. (LAUGHS) BUT EVEN HE'S OPEN TO CHANGE. WE HAD A THING ON THE ROOF, BUT IT WAS THAT SLOW AND ANTIQUATED. BUT WE KNEW NO BETTER, DID WE? NOW HE'S MR HASHTAG. OH, I CHECK THE WEATHER. I CHECK MY EMAILS. HELEN HAS GOT IT ALL SET UP FOR ME, I JUST PRESS THE BUTTON AND AWAY WE GO. OH, FAST AS, MATE. NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS INVESTED $10M INTO SOME WISPA PROVIDERS TO CONNECT EVEN MORE PEOPLE. IT'S REALLY ENABLED US TO EXPAND OUT INTO THE EXTREMELY REMOTE AREAS IN THE KING COUNTRY. LACHLAN'S COMPANY AO-NET SPREADS ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. THERE'S LOW POPULATION DENSITY, THERE'S CHALLENGING TERRAIN AND GENERAL ISOLATION TO OVERCOME. WE DON'T NEED HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS ON A PIECE OF OUR NETWORK TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORK AS A BUSINESS. FIVE YEARS AGO, I USED TO PAY $80 FOR 2GB THROUGH A SATELLITE PROVIDER. AND NOW I PAY $80 FOR 80GB. THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT CONNECTING THE UNCONNECTABLE AND BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, WHERE WE CAN GIVE RURAL PEOPLE THE SAME SERVICE AS WHAT THE URBAN PEOPLE HAVE. BIG COMPANIES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN A LITTLE VALLEY LIKE OURS, BUT THIS COMPANY IS. INTERNET THAT'S ABLE TO BRING THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE PEOPLE. FROM HERE... HILLARY: WHAT IF YOU COULD CALL TIME ON WORKING? ...TO HERE... JEREMY: TEXTURED. ...AND HERE... LIKE A SOUTHLAND DAIRY FARMER IN SPRING TIME. OH, JEREMY! (LAUGHS) It is not a positive is it? Getting Internet. You have to get the kids off it. You get us off it but you have to get the kids off it. 80 bucks for 2gb and you have teens in the house. That is remarkable. YOU'LL PROBABLY KNOW THE SONG, BUT DO YOU KNOW THE STORY OF THE MAN BEHIND IT? # BECAUSE I'M ONLY HUMAN AFTER ALL, # AND YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN AFTER ALL, # SO DON'T PUT THE BLAME ON ME. # WE SIT DOWN WITH RAG N BONE MAN BEFORE HIS NEW ZEALAND GIGS. PLUS, FRANK THE TANK HAS BEEN COMBINING WORK WITH TRAINING AND FUNDRAISING. COULD HE BE THE SMALLEST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES? (CHRIS THOMPSON'S 'THIS IS THE MOMENT' PLAYS) We are just getting in the Commonwealth mood. THAT WAS THE THEME SONG TO THE 1990 COMMONWEALTH GAMES, Hosted by Auckland, THIS IS THE MOMENT, SUNG BY ENGLISHMAN CHRIS THOMPSON, WHO ALSO SUNG IN MANFRED MANN. WHO, OF COURSE, FAMOUSLY COVERED THIS SONG. # BLINDED BY THE LIGHT. # REVVED UP LIKE A DEUCE. # ANOTHER RUNNER IN THE NIGHT. # BLINDED BY THE LIGHT. # sensational hairdo. CHRIS THOMPSON ALSO CO-WROTE THIS AUSSIE SMASH HIT WITH FARNSIE FROM HIS AWARD-WINNING 1986 CLASSIC ALBUM, WHISPERING JACK. Whispering Jack. Smash classic. # YOU'RE THE VOICE, TRY AND UNDERSTAND IT. # MAKE A NOISE AND MAKE IT CLEAR. # OH, OH-OH-OH-OH. # WHOA-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH. OH-OH-OH. # Farnsie, what a man and what a voice and what a mullet. This is The Moment, though. What a song. That ignited the Commonwealth games. It stuck with you. You had that chorus ringing through your ears the whole competition. I was reading in the weekend, you were involved, Hilary? I was. Very slightly. I was part of the choir that sung the backup vocals. I was about 19 or 20 years old. It was fantastic. Is there any footage of you performing in the choir for the 1990 Comm Games? No. I am sure. I have paid people to burn it. We found this footage here. I wonder if we can find you. There on the left. Who is that with the spiral perm? That is definitely not me. Controversial. There is half of you. Who has sunglasses on in the middle? I was rocking the spiral perm. We knew it would be glaring sunlight. We have to see the conductor. We took it very seriously. We were allowed to be sunglasses. But I thought they would date and some of the footage so I stuck with the spiral perm. I think we would say that time has proven be right. 15 minute version during the closing ceremony when the Queen's motorcade got swamped by randoms as it headed out of the stadium. She could not get away. She was safe as houses. She would have been amongst athletes and performers. They would have been vetted. Vetted? You are. If you are down on the ground you are an athlete or a performer. They are vetted. They do background checks on them? Do background checks. They were not randoms. They were members of theNew Zealand National youth choir. Sophie Pascoe is a fantastic New Zealander, and they have been tapering the games preparations FOR SOME, SUCCESS CAN ALMOST BE MEASURED SIMPLY BY THEIR PRESENCE AT THE GAMES. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO MIX TRAINING WITH FUNDRAISING JUST TO GET TO THE GOLD COAST. MICHAEL HOLLAND WITH AUCKLAND-BASED SAMOAN BOXER FRANK 'THE TANK' MASOE. (LAUGHTER) YEAH. THE BODY, THE BODY. IN THE WORK LOCKER ROOM,... YEAH, RASTA, FIGHT AGAIN. ...HIJINKS.... HOLLYWOOD. (LAUGHS) ...MIXES WITH STAUNCH PRIDE. FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT NAMED FRANK, WHO, FRANKLY, SEEMS WAY TOO NICE. YOU ARE TOO SOFTLY SPOKEN. YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY BE A HEAVYWEIGHT. WHEN THE BELL GOES, I AM JUST A DIFFERENT PERSON. THERE'S A BIG TIGER INSIDE. A BIG TIGER INSIDE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. A BIG TIGER INSIDE READY TO UNLEASH. # WALKING ON A DREAM. # HOW CAN I EXPLAIN? # FRANK MASOE, BOXING FOR SAMOA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. A TOUCHSTONE FOR HIS WORKMATES... GOOD LUCK, MATE, FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. I BELIEVE IN YOU. ...AT COUNTDOWN'S SPRAWLING SOUTH AUCKLAND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, WHERE HE'S DIRECTED ALONG THE AISLES BY A COMPUTER GENERATED VOICE IN HIS HEADSET. ROBOTIC VOICE: 1551. HOW MUCH? 3 ITEMS AT 2 LOCATIONS, 1551. HE INSPIRES US. HE INSPIRES THE TEAM. FRANK THE TANK. ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR THAT WITH PRIDE? YEP. OF COURSE. NO, HE IS REALLY HUMBLE. HE'S A REALLY HUMBLE GUY. THE THING THAT STANDS OUT ABOUT HIM IS, HE'S HARDWORKING. THE THING THAT STANDS OUT ABOUT HIM IS, HE'S HARDWORKING. HE'S ALWAYS ON THE GO. ONE MORE. YEAH, WE'RE DONE. I'M SURE WE HAVE GOT THE SIZES MIXED UP, COS I'VE GOT A SPORTS BRA. I'M WILLING TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM. THIS IS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, FRANK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THE BEST OUT THERE, FRANK, AND I HOPE YOU COME BACK WITH A MEDAL. FRANK'S T-SHIRTS MORE A NECESSITY THAN A FEEL GOOD... THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY IN SAMOAN SPORT. ...AS HE ADDS OVERTIME TO HIS 10-HOUR DAYS WHILE JUGGLING TRAINING WITH FUNDRAISING EVENTS. YOU ARE FLOGGING T-SHIRTS AND ORGANISING SOCIALS TO RAISE A BIT OF COIN. HERE'S A SURE FIRE WAY, SELL YOUR BLING? (LAUGHS) $2 SHOP, BROTHER. $2 SHOP, MAN. FRANK THE TANK OFFERED THE CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR THE BIRTH COUNTRY OF HIS PARENTS AFTER NARROWLY MISSING SELECTION FOR NEW ZEALAND. I CARRY BOTH FLAGS WITH ME CLOSE TO MY HEART, NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA. IF I BELIEVE IN THE HARD WORK I PUT IN AT THE GYM, I KNOW I WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM. HE'S NOT A BIG HEAVYWEIGHT AT ALL. BUT HE'S FAST, HE'S VERY DETERMINED, AND HE'S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. I WANT TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE FIGHT AS THOUGH IT'S THE FINALS, AS THOUGH I AM FIGHTING OFF FOR THE GOLD MEDAL. AND YOUR WORK MATES WILL BE GOING CRAZY IN THE SMOKO ROOM? YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY. I WILL HAVE TO GIVE MY CREDIT TO RASTA, THOUGH. WITH THE LONG...? THE DREADS, YEAH. IS HE YOUR UNOFFICIAL BOXING COACH? YEAH. HE'S GIVEN ME THE BEST TIPS THAT THERE IS. SO TO RASTA AND THE CREW AT WORK AND BEYOND, ONE LAST SHOUT OUT ` ALBEIT SOFT AND SHY. TO THE SAMOAN COMMUNITY AND THE SOUTH AUCKLAND COMMUNITY, TO PEOPLE FROM MY CHURCH, OLD HIGH SCHOOL, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE KIND DONATIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR GUYS LOVE AND SUPPORT. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. Frank. That is wonderful news. Sophie Pascoe is going to be our flag bearer. She is the first para athlete to carry the flag. She will carry into the Commonwealth games tomorrow night. That will be broadcast live and exclusive here on TV one. Fantastic the para athlete is going to lead us and for the first time. She was the youngest person to represent New Zealand at 15 years old. Nine golds and six silver medals. Wonderful New Zealand. STILL TO COME, WE SCORE AN INVITE TO RAG N BONE MAN'S SOUND CHECK. WHAT IT'S LIKE TOURING WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW-BORN AT HOME WAITING FOR YOU. WELCOME BACK. WITH THE LOOK OF A METAL HEAD AND THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL, RORY GRAHAM IS UNFORGETTABLE. THE GIANT OF THE RECORD INDUSTRY IS IN NEW ZEALAND FOR THREE CONCERTS, STARTING TONIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH. MIKE THORPE WENT TO MEET THE RAG'N'BONE MAN. RORY GRAHAM IS A BIG HUMAN. THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE, LIKE, KIDS DOING THAT QUITE A LOT OR PEOPLE COMING TO YOUR DOOR TO DELIVER SOMETHING, ARE LIKE (BLEEP). 1.96M, TATTOOED FROM FOOT TO FACE. AND PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME KNOW THAT I'M NOT A SCARY PERSON IN THE SLIGHTEST. BUT PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW HIM AREN'T EXPECTING THIS. # When my skin grows old when my breath runs cold I'm thinking about you. I WOULD DO FESTIVALS AND STUFF AND I WOULD MEET NEW PEOPLE, AND THEY WOULD ASK WHAT I DO AND WOULD SAY I'M PERFORMING, AND THEIR INSTANT REACTION WAS LIKE, 'OH, ARE YOU A RAPPER OR ARE YOU IN A HEAVY METAL BAND?' AND IT WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW I GAVE OFF THAT SORT OF IMAGE. I LOOK THE WAY I LOOK; I SOUND THE WAY I SOUND. THE WAY HE SOUNDS HAS TAKEN THE WORLD BY STORM. THE RAG N BONE MAN HAILS FROM AN ENGLISH TOWN CALLED UCKFIELD ` YES, UCKFIELD. THERE'S ONE GUY WHOSE JOB IT IS TO PURELY RUB OUT FS. ALL YEAR ROUND. (LAUGHS) IMAGINE THAT BEING YOUR JOB. I'VE BEEN FIXATED, PROBABLY THE PAST THREE DAYS OR SO, WATCHING YOUR PERFORMANCE AT THE BRITS WITH JORJA SMITH. WAS THAT A HIGHLIGHT OR WAS MATT LUCAS DRESSING UP AS YOU FOR A NEW YEARS EVE EVENT, WAS THAT A BIGGER HIGHLIGHT? OH, DEAR, I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, BRO, COS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PICKED UP ON IT. # When the walls came down I STALKED YOUR INSTAGRAM TODAY. THE PICTURE OF YOUR BOY AND THE CAT ` THAT'S A HELL OF A CAT, MAN. OH, YEAH, PATTY. SHE'S COOL. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. AS HE STARTS HIS FIRST NEW ZEALAND TOUR, HE'S GOING THROUGH ALL THE NEW DAD FEELS. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER PREPARED MYSELF FOR HOW IT FEELS AND GOING AWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SEEMED LIKE THE FIRST THING IN THE WORLD. AWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SEEMED LIKE THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD. ULTIMATELY I'M DOING ALL OF THIS FOR HIM, SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL REMEMBER IT WHEN HE GROWS UP. SO RIGHT NOW, HE'S MAKING THE MOST OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS FICKLE. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT ON THE NEXT ALBUM, I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN. WHILE IT'S HERE, I'VE GOT TO DO IT. YOU TO FOLLOW THE SAME PATH BECAUSE IF SOMETHING WORKS, JUST DO THE SAME THING. BUT NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THE SAME ALBUM TWICE. RAG'N'BONE MAN PLAYS WELLINGTON ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND AUCKLAND ON FRIDAY. So many great New Zealanders tonight. Those were our people today; that was Seven Sharp tonight. We'll see you tomorrow. Cheerio.