THANKS, GUYS. ANOTHER GREAT SHOW. YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THERE WILL BE NO BOY BANDS ON TONIGHT'S SHOW. O-M-G, BRYAN FROM WESTLIFE WAS SUCH A HOTTIE BATOTTIE. He was very funny. COMING UP TONIGHT ` ARE WET-WIPES KILLING THE PLANET? THE UK'S POISED TO BAN THEM, SO, SHOULD WE BE WIPING OUT THEIR EXISTENCE HERE? AND WHY DID THIS GARDEN CRUMBLE UNDER ITS OWNER'S FEET? WE'RE AT THE DUNEDIN PROPERTY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STRANGE SWALLOWING PHENOMENON. PLUS, MEET EMMA. NO ONE WOULD GIVE HER A JOB, UNTIL SHE AND HER DAD, TONY, CAME UP WITH THESE ` DOWNLIGHTS CANDLES. FIND OUT HOW THEY'RE LIGHTING UP LIVES. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. HI, EVERYONE. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON A VERY AUSPICIOUS DAY FOR THE ELDERLY. YOU SEE, MALAYSIA HAS JUST ELECTED A NEW, OLD PRIME MINISTER. DR MAHATHIR MOHAMMED IS NEARLY 93 AND IS THE OLDEST ELECTED LEADER IN THE WORLD. CHECK HIM OUT. Do you think he looks 93? Whatever skincare regime he is running give me some of that. He is nearly 93. He is 92 and 300 and something days. He obviously got bored with retirement and thought he would give it another nudge. OTHER NOTABLE VENERABLE LEADERS ` QUEEN ELIZABETH, 92; PRESIDENT BEJI CAID ESSEBSI OF TUNISIA, 91; PAUL BIYA PRESIDENT OF CAMEROON, 85. YOUNGIES ` AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SEBASTIAN KURZ, 31; That is young. A bit of a babe actually. KIM JONG-UN, 35; JACINDA ARDERN, 37. Sign language week. She is among... She is number three of the youngest leaders in the world. I am still amazed by Malaysia's new Prime Minister. At 93 I would be ready to put my feet up, have a quiet gen or two or three or four. Some soft chocolates. Not the hard ones because you got dentures. NOW, IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, THE THOUGHT OF LIFE WITHOUT WET WIPES IS PROBABLY A STICKY, SMELLY NIGHTMARE. BUT GET USED TO IT, BECAUSE THESE CONVENIENT, MOIST, SCENTED, DISPOSABLE FLANNELS ARE THE LATEST PRODUCT TO BE ADDED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HIT LIST. THE PROBLEM IS THEY CONTAIN NON-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC, AND THEY'RE ON THE VERGE OF BEING BANNED IN THE UK. MAIKI SHERMAN POPS A WET ONE. (TINKLY MUSIC) IT'S A STICKY SITUATION, AND THE WET WIPE BOTH THE SOLUTION AND THE PROBLEM. WE USE THEM FOR NAPPY CHANGES; STICKY FINGERS; HANDS; BECAUSE THEY'RE SOFT; AND SOMETIMES FOR SPOT CLEANING. THEY'RE USEFUL FOR ALMOST ANYTHING ` JUST ASK ANY PARENT OR CAREGIVER. I THINK IT'S CONVENIENT BECAUSE THEY COME IN PACKS THAT YOU CAN SHOVE IN THE CAR, THEY'RE EASY TO KEEP CLEAN AND WET. BUT THE AGE OF THE WET WIPE COULD SOON BE OVER ` THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS VOWED TO GET RID OF THEM COMPLETELY, THIS LONDON SEWER BLOCKED BY WIPES; A HEADACHE HERE FOR LOCAL COUNCILS AS WELL. JUST OUR CITY ALONE SPENDS $100,000 A YEAR CLEANING UP THIS MESS, SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU DON'T FLUSH, WHICH YOU DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T ` THEY'RE BAD NEWS ` THEY GO TO LANDFILL AND FILL UP OUR TIPS. WATER-TREATMENT PLANTS KNOW ALL ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FLUSHING WET WIPES DOWN THE LOO. TELL US WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, ANNA. SO, THESE ARE THE STEP-SCREENS, SO, THESE ARE DESIGNED TO TAKE OUT ALL OF THE BIG STUFF THAT PEOPLE FLUSH, AND THAT COMES DOWN THE NORMAL SEWER. SO OBVIOUSLY, TOILET PAPER ` THAT'S FINE; WE GET A LOT OF CORN, FUNNILY; BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE WET WIPES AND TAMPONS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. NOTE, EVERYONE ` WET WIPES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE FLUSHED. IN FACT, HERE'S THE RULE OF THUMB. SO OUR ADVICE ESSENTIALLY IS THE THREE P'S ` SO PEE, POO AND TOILET PAPER. AND THAT WILL MEAN THAT THE TREATMENT PLANT RUNS WELL, KEEPS EVERYONE HAPPY, THE NETWORK WORKS WELL, AND WE WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS IN THE NETWORK. BUT IF WE LOSE THE HANDY WET WIPE, WHAT THEN? I'M AFRAID WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PAST, AND JUST WARM WATER AND A FLANNEL IS REALLY THE BEST ANSWER. BUT HOW REALISTIC IS THAT WHEN CARING FOR 45 CHILDREN? WITH FACECLOTHS, YOU CAN ONLY USE THEM ONCE. AND YOU NEED A HIGH VOLUME OF THOSE AND HOW WE STORE THEM AND HOW THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN, AND AS THEY GET OLDER, THEY GET A BIT ROUGHER FOR THEIR SKIN, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. BESIDES, IMAGINE CARRYING FILTHY FLANNELS IN YOUR HANDBAG WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT WITH YOUR LITTLE ONES. SURELY YOU'D NEED PLASTIC BAGS TOO, WHICH ISN'T A HAPPY EVER AFTER STORY. I did try doing that when the kids were babies and toddlers - having a wet flannel. But it takes a lot to think about and they get stinky. Gross. And you don't want to use the same flannel on different kids. I think it is interesting. A big thing for me is dog... Faeces. People generally Glatt grab a plastic bag and put it in the bin, containing that biodegradable matter in a landfill. Don't flush wet wipes. If you're still using them stop using them. And don't flush dental floss either. I used to. I just hadn't realised how bad it was. I don't do it any more. How many native birds did you kill? DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MAN WHO GOT SWALLOWED BY HIS GARDEN? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF A BAD JOKE, BUT FOR ANDREW THOMSON, IT'S A REAL LIFE HORROR STORY THAT UNFOLDED EARLIER THIS WEEK. TODAY WE MET HIM AT THE DUNEDIN PROPERTY, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN HIS HOME SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR. # OOH, I'VE FALLEN... IT STARTED OUT LIKE ANY OTHER ROUTINE FEEDING TIME. IT WAS JUST AS SIMPLE AS HEADING DOWN THE PATH TO FEED THE GOLDFISH. AND THE SECOND I ARRIVED, THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGN; THE GROUND LITERALLY JUST GAVE WAY BENEATH ME. # DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE... LEAVING A GAPING 10FT 6M-WIDE HOLE. IT'S DECENT. I WOULD WISH THIS ON NOBODY. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. FOR SOME HOURS AFTERWARDS IT TOOK A LOT TO TRY AND COMPREHEND. I'M GLAD IT WASN'T A CHILD OR SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE PROPERTY. THE HOUSE IS IN PORTOBELLO ON THE PENINSULA, AND THE NEIGHBOURS AREN'T THAT CLOSE. YEAH, MY YELLING WAS GOING PRETTY FUTILE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES THERE, AND I WAS GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE NO ONE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO COME. THE WALLS WERE STARTING TO SLIP, AND SOME MORE TILES WERE FALLING OFF THE TOP. SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS THIS IS JUST GONNA COLLAPSE. THANKFULLY, SOMEONE FINALLY HEARD. A NEIGHBOUR FROM UP THE ROAD ACTUALLY HEARD AND CAME ON DOWN. HE NEARLY FELL IN HIMSELF, ACTUALLY. IT STARTED TO GIVE WAY AS HE WALKED UP. BUT HE WENT DOWN, AND THREE OR FOUR FULTON HOGAN BOYS REALLY LITERALLY CAME RUNNING, AND THEY WERE CLEARLY FAIRLY STRONG CHAPS TO GET ME OUT OF THE HOLE. I DID MY ANKLE ON THE WAY DOWN AND TOOK A FEW KNOCKS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY PRIDE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HOLE. (CHUCKLES) AND HE'S THE NOW TALK OF THE TOWN ` WELL, DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AT LEAST. I HAD TO REPEAT THE STORY MULTIPLE TIMES. PEOPLE ARE IMMEDIATELY TERRIFIED OF THAT SORT OF THING, AND I KNOW WHY. BUT WHAT CAUSED IT? A LOT OF WATER COMES DOWN THE VALLEY HERE, AND WE'VE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STORMS THIS SEASON ALREADY, SO LOOK, AT THIS STAGE, I CAN ONLY JUST PUT IT DOWN TO THE SHEER VOLUME OF WATER PASSING THROUGH THE PROPERTY. NOW THINGS HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE ` THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PINK-STICKERED, MEANING HE CAN'T GO BACK THERE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AND AS FOR POOR DAVE THE GOLDFISH? HE'S EATING PIZZA AT THE MOMENT. # GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS... # HE'S HANGING IN THERE. HE'S A GOOD SIZE, DAVE ` HE'LL BE FINE. Poor old Andrew. He is out a house he's done his ankle. We should set up a support group. For Dave the goldfish. Hill need to get a neighbour to go and feed Dave. But you'll be throwing food today than the pond. COMING UP ` FIXING A COLD SHOULDER WITH A HOT SOLUTION. WE'VE GOT ALL THE SKILL SET BETWEEN THE PARENTS. WHY DON'T WE START A BUSINESS? THE FATHER-DAUGHTER BUSINESS DUO LIGHTING THE WAY TO CAREER SUCCESS. PLUS, MEET GOOGLE'S NEW, VERY HUMAN-SOUNDING ASSISTANT ` GOOGLE DUPLEX. TONIGHT, WHY WE NEED GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR THE YOUNG LGBT COMMUNITY. SPOILER ALERT ` NOT THIS GUY AND WHAT THIS GAL'S DOING TO HELP THAT. WELCOME BACK. WHERE DO GREAT IDEAS COME FROM? OFTEN THEY APPEAR WHEN THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE. THAT WAS THE WAY FOR EMMA SYKES (22). NO ONE WOULD GIVE HER A JOB. EMMA HAS DOWN SYNDROME, AND PEOPLE COULDN'T SEE PAST THAT. BUT HER DAD, TONY, COULD. HE AND EMMA DECIDED TO GO INTO BUSINESS SELLING CANDLES. TIM WILSON WENT TO MEET THIS AWESOME DUO. (COMMODORES' 'SAIL ON') HOT WAX IS WHAT A DYNAMIC FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO HAVE CHOSEN TO FIX AN UNCOOL PROBLEM. TRYING TO FIND WORK FOR EMMA AFTER SHE LEFT SCHOOL. WE APPROACHED A LOT OF COMPANIES AROUND AUCKLAND, SOME CORPORATES, A LOT OF SMALLER COMPANIES AS WELL, BUT FOUND THAT WE WEREN'T GETTING ANYTHING ` NOT EVEN A REPLY FROM MOST PEOPLE. EMMA IS 22. SHE HAS DOWN SYNDROME, AND WANTED A JOB. THERE'S MUCH MORE TO EMMA THAN A DIAGNOSIS. SHE'S GORGEOUS. SHE'S A HARD WORKER. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY PERCEIVE IS THAT SHE'S ALSO REALLY INTELLIGENT. SHE DOESN'T SPEAK VERY MUCH. HARDLY ANYTHING COMES OUT. BUT ALL THE INFORMATION GOES IN. THEY'RE MAKING DOWNLIGHTS CANDLES, THE BUSINESS CREATED TO GET EMMA THAT JOB, A PRODUCT HELPED INTO BEING IN PART BECAUSE OF THIS GUY. # OH-OH. # OH, OH. # AS ONE MANY PARENTS DRIVING FRIENDS TO ED SHEERAN'S KIWI CONCERTS, TONY STARTED TALKING WITH OTHER PARENTS OF ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME. AND DURING THAT CONVERSATION, WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT WE'VE GOT ALL THE SKILL SET BETWEEN THE PARENTS. SOMEONE'S AN ACCOUNTANT. SOMEONE IS A GENERAL MANAGER, AND SO ON. WHY DON'T WE START A BUSINESS? THEY DIDN'T ALL JOIN, BUT THE IDEA STUCK, AND DOWNLIGHTS WAS BORN. AND THEN WE DO THE NEXT ONE. # I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IN ME. # TO MAKE CANDLES, YOU DON'T JUST NEED A DREAM, YOU NEED EXPERTISE, WHICH IS WHERE ILLUMINA CANDLES COMES IN. THEY'RE HAPPILY WORKING WITH US AND ACTUALLY SHOWING US THE ROPES AND REALLY WORKING SO WELL WITH US. IT'S A FANTASTIC PRODUCT. JENNIFER! JENNIFER, THAT'S RIGHT. MEET ILLUMINA'S JENNIFER, WHO'S OVERSEEING TONY AND EMMA'S CANDLE FORAY. REALISED THAT I COULD CONTRIBUTE, AND I COULD HELP, AND WANTED THEM NOT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MISTAKES THAT I DID WITH MY BUSINESS, AND JUST GIVE THEM A HAND. WHAT'S THE DOWNLIGHTS CANDLE RECIPE? I CAN'T TELL YOU. IT'S A BIG SECRET. PROBABLY CUDDLES ARE BIG INGREDIENT. THE THING THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT CANDLE-MAKING IS IT HAPPENS AT A PRETTY HIGH TEMPERATURE. HOW WARM IS IT? IT'S A SECRET, TIM. IT'S SECRETLY WARM. A FINAL PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE ` EMMA'S MUM, WHO DIED SEVEN YEARS AGO FROM CANCER AND LEFT A LEGACY OF POSITIVITY. WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY, I LOOKED BACK OVER HER LIFE AND REALISED THAT THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DOING, AND I THOUGHT THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I SHOULD TAKE UP THAT MANTLE. I HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD AT IT TO START OFF WITH, TO KEEP THAT POSITIVITY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT WAS QUITE A TOUGH TIME. BUT THE MORE YOU LIVE THAT WAY, THE MORE YOU BECOME THAT WAY. # BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. # POSITIVE IS AS POSITIVE DOES. AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS. THE FIRST BATCH SOLD OUT ALMOST OVERNIGHT. IT'S GOING FANTASTIC. IT'S JUST GONE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. WE'RE GETTING MESSAGES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOR DOWNLIGHTS? WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GET THIS AS BIG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND TO MOVE FORWARD, SO THAT WE CAN START EMPLOYING OTHER PEOPLE. AND THERE'S A MASSIVE SPECIAL-NEEDS COMMUNITY OUT THERE, WHICH IS... THEY'RE BEGGING FOR WORK. THE HOPE BEING THAT THE FLAME LIT BY TONY AND EMMA WILL SHINE ITS LIGHT ON OTHERS. I need to get some of those candles. Go to our Facebook page for details on how to buy them. IF YOU'VE CALLED A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OR A BANK LATELY, CHANCES ARE YOU GOT A COMPUTER FIRST FOR SECURITY CHECKS. WELL, THE BIG PUSH NOW IS ON MAKING CONVERSATIONS WITH COMPUTERS MORE NATURAL. AT GOOGLE, THEY'VE JUST UNVEILED A PRODUCT THEY'RE CALLING DUPLEX, WHICH CAN MAKE CALLS AND SET UP APPOINTMENTS ON YOUR BEHALF. AMAZING. IT WAS UNVEILED AT A BIG PRODUCT LAUNCH FOR TECH BUFFS. HAVE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF. SO, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IS THE GOOGLE ASSISTANT ACTUALLY CALLING A REAL SALON TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU. (PHONE RINGS) (CROWD LAUGHS) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) That is amazing. But what happens when they ask... the real person ask the computer a curly question? Google duplex says I can't answer that I'm going to get a real human now. Does Google duplex reveal it as a robot to the real person? No and this is the moral dilemma that people have. Should we know that we are talking to computers? I think we should. Because if I was the real person on the other end of the phone if it suddenly went I don't compute I'm going to get a real person, that would be weird it's just an experiment. TONIGHT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER THE DRAW FOR A TRIP TO PARIS, THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AT ASB MUSIC. THE WINNER GETS TO TAKE THREE MATES ON AN AMAZING TRIP TO EUROPE. FANCY LIVING LIKE A STAR IN PARIS WITH JAMES BAY? WELL, THANKS TO ASB MUSIC, YOU AND THREE MATES COULD FLY TO THE CITY OF LOVE AND MEET UP WITH JAMES BAY ON HIS 'ELECTRIC LIGHT' TOUR. # HOLD BACK THE RIVER. LET ME LOOK IN YOUR EYES. # 'ELECTRIC LIGHT' IS OUT ON MAY 18TH, AND TO CELEBRATE, WE WANNA FLY ONE LUCKY WINNER AND THEIR THREE MATES TO JOIN THE TOUR IN PARIS. YOU'LL MEET WITH JAMES BAY AHEAD OF THE SHOW, GET TO HANG OUT BACKSTAGE, SEE THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT HAPPENS ON TOUR, AND THEN WATCH THE SHOW. WE'LL PUT YOU UP FOR THREE NIGHTS AND GIVE YOU $1000 EACH TO SPEND WHILE YOU'RE IN PARIS. TO GET IN THE DRAW, GO TO... AND TELL US WHY YOU WANT TO LIVE LIKE A STAR WITH JAMES BAY. STILL TO COME ` THE KIWI TEACHER WHO MADE HER MARK IN BRITAIN'S HOUSE OF COMMONS. POWER 50 ` BRITAIN'S MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY WOMEN. NOW BACK ON HER HOME TURF, INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION. NOW, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THERE'S CURRENTLY A BIT OF A NASTY DEBATE GOING ON IN THE RUGBY WORLD AROUND THE ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALITY. ON ONE SIDE, WALLABY FULLBACK ISRAEL FOLAU. ON THE OTHER, WELL, JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS LGBTI AND EVERYONE IN THE SUPPORTERS' CAMP. AMONGST THAT RAINBOW TRIBE, CHRISTCHURCH MUM AND ACTIVIST SURAN DIXON. AS RACHEL PARKIN EXPLAINS, SHE CERTAINLY IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. AT HOME, SHE'S JUST 'MUMMY'. WHEE! (LAUGHS) (GIGGLES) ...PSEUDO-DADA, AND ALL THE GLAMOROUS STUFF... COME HERE SO I CAN WIPE YOUR NOSE, PLEASE. NO! ...GOES WITHOUT SAYING. BIT OF EVERYTHING, AREN'T I, SONNY? SO YOU DON'T HIRE A HUBBY TO MOW THE LAWNS? (LAUGHS) UH, NO, NO. OK, SO I'M WINDING HER UP. SEE, IF THERE'S ONE THING THIS GAY SINGLE MAMA HATES, IT'S GENDER STEREOTYPING ` JUST AS BAD AND JUST AS DAMAGING, SURAN SAYS, AS HOMOPHOBIA. I THINK BOYS WE BRING UP TO BE POWERFUL. GIRLS WE TEACH TO BE PRETTY AND OFTEN TO BE PASSIVE. HE, AS A BOY, HAS GOT MORE CHANCE OF GOING TO PRISON. HE'S GOT MORE CHANCE OF COMMITTING ASSAULT. HE'S GOT MORE CHANCE OF COMMITTING SUICIDE. SHE WAS LIVING IN LONDON WHEN THE SUICIDE OF A STRANGER, BRITISH TEEN DOMINIC CROUCH, CHANGED THE COURSE OF HER LIFE. DOMINIC'S FATHER, WHO SURAN HAD STRUCK UP A CONNECTION WITH, FOLLOWING SUIT 18 MONTHS LATER. JUST TERRIBLY SAD. I ALWAYS SAY THAT'S A FAMILY OF FOUR CUT IN HALF DUE TO HOMOPHOBIA, AND THERE'S EVERY CHANCE NONE OF THEM WERE GAY. SURAN WAS SO MOVED... (THEME MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. AND VOWED TO STAND UP. AND, WITHIN SIX MONTHS, DIVERSITY ROLE MODELS WAS BORN. I JUST THOUGHT IF KIDS HAVE NO ROLE MODELS, TEACHERS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY, HOW DO THEY EVER GET OVER THEIR PREJUDICE? WE TOOK LGBT ROLE MODELS INTO SCHOOLS, ALONG WITH STRAIGHT ALLIES. TURNS OUT SHE DOESN'T DO THINGS BY HALVES THIS WAS HER CHARITY LAUNCH. YEP, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND YES, WITH THERESA MAY. AND THIS IS GARETH THOMAS, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY RUGBY INTERNATIONAL. SURAN DICKSON'S WITH US. SHE'S AN EXPERT IN RUNNING WORKSHOPS TACKLING HOMOPHOBIC BULLYING. POWER 50 ` BRITAIN'S MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY WOMEN. NO BIG DEAL (!) THEN, THOUGH, CAME ANOTHER CALLING, THAT MATERNAL ONE. JUST ONE THING MISSING. YEAH. (LAUGHS) SWIMMERS? CUE GOOD MATE? YES, SO SCOTT'S A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, AND AN OBVIOUS CHOICE. A BIG MOVE HOME TO CHRISTCHURCH JUST AS OBVIOUS. I JUST LOVE BEING OUT IN THE HILLS, RUNNING, AND I LOVE SURFING AGAIN. AND AS IF 2-YEAR-OLD SONNY DOESN'T KEEP HER BUSY ENOUGH,... YOU READY? GO. ...SURAN'S NOW ON A MISSION TO HELP LGBTI TEENS HERE. SO, I THINK ROLE-MODELLING'S REALLY CRUCIAL. BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN NEW ZEALAND, THE LIKES OF AUSSIE RUGBY STAR ISRAEL FOLAU, WITH THIS POST, REOPEN OLD WOUNDS. IF THE OUTCOME OF YOUR WORDS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL HARM TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND YOU'VE GOT A PLATFORM, PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE BETTER NOT TO SAY IT, EVEN IF IT'S YOUR BELIEF. IT'S PRETTY HURTFUL TO HAVE THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A RUGBY FAN YOURSELF, AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME OUT. THANK GOODNESS FOR GOOD ROLE MODELS. SO BRAD WEBER ` THIS IS THE GUY THAT WROTE THIS COMMENT HERE ` SAYING, 'TO THINK THAT I PLAY AGAINST SOMEONE 'THAT SAYS THEY'LL GO TO HELL FOR BEING GAY DISGUSTS ME.' YEAH, PRETTY SPECTACULAR. THESE TEENS JUST AS IMPRESSED. AND THEN, MORE GOOD NEWS. THIS NOVEMBER, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE UK AND AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST EVER LGBTI AWARDS. IT CREATES A TIPPING POINT WHERE EVERYONE ELSE REALISES, ACTUALLY, IT IS TIME WE STOOD UP AND... CELEBRATED. YEAH, WE CELEBRATE POSITIVE WORK, AND WE'RE NOT BYSTANDERS TO BULLYING. WHAT KIND OF A NEW ZEALAND DO YOU WANT SONNY TO GROW UP IN? A NEW ZEALAND WHERE HE HAS THE CHANCE OF FULFILLING HIS POTENTIAL, REGARDLESS OF HIS GENDER. TO BE SONNY, WHOEVER SONNY IS. EXACTLY, WHOEVER SONNY IS. MUMMY! MUMMY! (LAUGHS) HELLO. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY ` THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018.