TIME NOW FOR SEVEN SHARP WITH HILARY AND JEREMY. A MILLION NZERS HAVE NOW HAD COVID, AND THAT NUMBER COULD BE EVEN HIGHER WITH PLENTY OF UNREPORTED CASES. FOR MANY, CATCHING THE VIRUS ONCE IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT SOME OF US SEEM TO BE GETTING IT TWICE. SO HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT IT? WITH CASES OF COVID FALLING NATIONWIDE AND NEW ZEALAND BEGINNING TO OPEN UP, IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE WE CAN EXHALE. SO FOR THE MILLION PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD THE VIRUS HERE, IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THEY WON'T BE GETTING IT AGAIN ANYTIME SOON? LOOKING OVERSEAS, THOSE CHANCES APPEAR LOW, WITH THE UK RATE OF REINFECTION ABOUT 10%. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? AND FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY PROFESSOR GRAHAM LE GROS FROM THE MALAGHAN INSTITUTE. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, GRAHAM. NOW TELL, US WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? IS IT LIKELY THAT PEOPLE CAN GET COVERED TWICE IN A SHORT TIME FRAME? YES. IT DOES SEEM AS IF THAT'S THE CASE. AT THE MOMENT IS STILL VERY RARE, AND IT'S STILL NOT VERY CLEAR JUST WHY THEY ARE GETTING THE SECOND INFECTION. IS IT BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT WANING IMMUNITY OR IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S A VARIANT OF THE COVID-19 ` THE OMICRON VARIANT BA.2, FOR INSTANCE ` THAT CAN COME IN AND INFECT AGAIN. WE'VE SEEN OVERSEAS IN THE UK THAT ACTUALLY VERY RARE STILL THAT YOU CAN GET THE SECOND VERSION OF THE OMICRON VIRUS 60 DAYS AFTER HAVING A GOOD INFECTION WITH THE BA.1. SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH NEWS FOR SOME OF US OUT THERE THAT, YES, YOU CAN GET REINFECTED. SO ARE THEY STILL INFECTIOUS DURING THAT TIME, THEN? YES, THEY ARE. WHEN THEY GET THE SECOND INFECTION WITH THE VARIANT, OF COURSE THERE ARE INFECTIONS. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU GET THE VIRUS AND YOU GET THOSE SYMPTOMS, THAT'S THE VIRUS STIMULATING YOUR BODY'S FLUIDS TO EXPRESS ITSELF OUT AND GO AND INFECT SOMEONE ELSE. SO, YES, THEY ARE. SO, THERE IS A THIRD CASE WHERE SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE THIS LONG LINGERING INFECTION, AND ACTUALLY THEY HAVE` THE VIRUS IS NO LONGER VIABLE, BUT THEY'RE STILL TESTING POSITIVE BECAUSE THERE'S STILL PARTS OF THE VIRUS BEING PRODUCED. AND THAT CAN BE UP TO 90 DAYS AFTER THEIR INFECTION FIRST STARTED. SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN REINFECTED A SECOND TIME. ONE ` THEY HAVE BEEN REINFECTED BY A VARIANT, OR TWO ` THEY'RE TESTING POSITIVE, IT'S JUST STILL PRODUCING VIRUS PARTS AND THEY HAVEN'T GOT RID OF IT YET. AND THAT'S THE SITUATION WE SEEM TO HAVE AT THE MOMENT. JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT SECOND CASE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO TEST POSITIVE FOR A LONG TIME BUT HAVE NOT BEEN REINFECTED. ARE THEY STILL CONTAGIOUS? SO IF YOU'VE HAD YOUR SEVEN DAYS OF ISOLATION AND YOU'RE STILL TESTING POSITIVE, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE DONE YOUR ISOLATION, ARE YOU STILL INFECTIOUS? NO, YOU'RE NOT. AND THEN PEOPLE ARE QUITE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THE TROUBLE IS, HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH THAT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE INFECTIOUS? AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO A LOT OF TESTING TO TRY AND PROVE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAFE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FOR SOME OF THESE POOR PEOPLE, YES, THEY'RE NOT INFECTIOUS, BUT THEY'RE TESTING POSITIVE, AND THEY LOOK INFECTIOUS. BUT THEY ARE STILL ARE A RELATIVELY RARE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. GRAHAM A WHILE BACK, PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF HERD IMMUNITY. IS THAT STILL THE CASE? IS THAT STILL POSSIBLE? WELL, NOT WITH THE CURRENT VACCINES, IT SEEMS, BECAUSE THE VIRUS SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO` THE CHANGING VIRUSES, THE CHANGING VARIANTS SEEM TO BE HOW TO GET AROUND OUR LEVELS OF IMMUNITY AND REINFECT US. BUT WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT NEWER, BETTER VACCINES WILL BE PRODUCED, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO BOOST OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND POTENTIALLY CERTAINLY IN THE HEALTHY PART OF THE POPULATION, REALLY MAKE A STRONG IMMUNITY AND REALLY CRUSH THE VIRUS SO WE GET AN EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF HERD IMMUNITY. AND WHAT ABOUT NEW VARIANTS AS THEY STAND AT THE MOMENT? THE VIRUS IS NOT FINISHED WITH US YET. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE FIRST RANGE OF VARIATIONS. IT'S TRYING OUT HOW TO INFECT HUMAN BEINGS. IT'S TRYING OUT HOW TO GET PAST THE CURRENT VACCINE REGIMES LEVEL OF IMMUNITY BUT IT CAN MIX AND MATCH WITH OTHER VIRUSES. IT CAN MIX AND MATCH WITH THE OTHER VARIANTS. THANKS SO MUCH, GRAEME. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. PLEASURE. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, JAMES BROWN AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022. FASCINATING, ISN'T IT, HOW PEOPLE KEEP TESTING POSITIVE. LIKE YOU KEPT TESTING POSITIVE AFTER DAYS OF ISOLATION. NOBODY WAS ASKING ME FOR ANY EVIDENCE. IN A TIME OF HIGH INFLATION AND LIVING COSTS, MANY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO REWORK THEIR FINANCES. AND IT TURNS OUT GOING BACK TO BASICS MAY HELP. CASH STUFFING, OR THE ENVELOPE SYSTEM OF BUDGETING, IS MAKING A COMEBACK, WITH MANY USING IT TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING. KEEPING YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE WITH CASH. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE FOUND AN OLD WAY TO KEEP ON TOP OF THE FINANCES. RATHER THAN SPLASHING THE CASH, THEY'RE STUFFING IT. NOW ON TO SAVINGS, I'M ADDING $30, AND THAT'S AT A TOTAL OF 390. IT WORKS BY DIVVYING UP YOUR WEEKLY EXPENSES INTO CATEGORIES, AND ONLY SPENDING WITHIN YOUR PHYSICAL MEANS. WHILE MONEY IS JUST A SWIPE AWAY WITH CASH STUFFING, WHAT GOES OUT OF THE ENVELOPE MUST BE FACTORED INTO YOUR BUDGET. IT'S BECOME SO POPULAR THAT THE CASH STUFFING HASHTAG HAS OVER 320 MILLION VIEWS. BUT DOES THIS OLD SCHOOL METHOD WORK IN THE MODERN WORLD? AND ENABLE ME FOUNDER HANNAH MCQUEEN IS HERE NOW. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, HANNAH. CASH STUFFING IS MAKING A COMEBACK. IS IT A GOOD WAY TO MANAGE YOUR FINANCES? WELL, LET'S JUST DEFINE WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? SO CASH STUFFING IS BASICALLY USING CASH TO PAY FOR SOME OF YOUR BILLS. SO IT'S WHAT OUR GRANDPARENTS WERE DOING, KIND OF A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS AGO, AND IT WAS COMMON PRACTISE. NOW IT'S KIND OF HIP ON TIKTOK. BUT THE PRINCIPLE REMAINS, WHICH IS WHEN YOU ARE` I GUESS YOU'RE PAYING FOR SOMETHING IN CASH, YOU FEEL THE PURCHASE MORE. IT'S CLOSER TO YOU, THE PAIN OF THAT. AND AS A RESULT, YOU DO TEND TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT LESS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE A BIT MORE DELIBERATE WITH YOUR SPENDING. AND ALSO, AS I SAID, THAT PAIN KICKS IN A WHOLE LOT SOONER THAN WHEN YOU USE A SWAP. THAN WHEN YOU USE A SWIPE. SO HOW DOES USING CASH COMPARE TO MORE MODERN OPTIONS, LIKE DIVIDING YOUR MONEY ACROSS BANK ACCOUNTS, FOR EXAMPLE? YEAH. SO I THINK THE IDEA WITH CASH IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLICK ON TO AN APP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRACK YOUR SPENDING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. YOU LITERALLY JUST OPEN YOUR WALLET, AND IS THE MONEY THERE TO COVER THE COST? AND IF THERE IS, IT'S A REALLY EASY WAY TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMING WITHIN YOUR PLAN IF YOU HAVE GOT A SPENDING PLAN. FOR SOME PEOPLE HAVING SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNTS OR CARVING OUT WHAT YOU MIGHT SPEND ON FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT, SAY, AND PUTTING THAT INTO ONE BANK ACCOUNT CAN BE ANOTHER WAY OF ALERTING THEM IF THEY'RE ABOUT TO OVERSPEND. BUT THE PROBLEM IN THAT SITUATION, RIGHT, IS THAT YOU GET A DECLINE ON YOUR EFTPOS CARD, WHICH CAN BE PRETTY AWKWARD FOR SOME PEOPLE IF YOU'VE GOT A LINE OF PEOPLE BEHIND YOU. AND HANNAH, AND WHAT ABOUT BREAKING DOWN YOUR BUDGET INTO SMALLER CATEGORIES? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT? WELL, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO GET LINE OF SIGHT AROUND WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON. SO FOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD BE YOUR GROCERIES, YOUR SUBSCRIPTION BOXES, YOUR TAKEAWAYS, YOUR WORK LUNCHES AND COFFEES. INSTEAD OF MAYBE LOOKING AT THOSE ON A LINE BY LINE ITEM LIST LET'S FIRST WRAP THEM ALL UP INTO ONE CATEGORY, AND IT WILL SURPRISE YOU HOW MUCH YOU'RE SPENDING ACROSS THAT CATEGORY. BUT FOR SOME OTHER COSTS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN. SO YOU CAN START TO COMPARE THAT WITH OTHER COST OPTIONS OR SUPPLY OPTIONS FOR THAT SAME COST CATEGORY. IT'S PRETTY TOUGH MONEY-WISE AT THE MOMENT. IF ANYONE'S LOOKING TO REJIG THEIR FINANCES, WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO START? WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING FINANCIAL PROGRESS, IT COMES DOWN TO ONE OF THREE THINGS, RIGHT? YOU'RE EITHER NOT EARNING ENOUGH MONEY OR YOU'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU'RE EARNING, OR YOUR MONEY ISN'T WORKING HARD ENOUGH. OR YOU'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU'RE EARNING, IT COULD BE ONE OR ALL OF THOSE THINGS. FOR MOST OF US, WE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE DELIBERATE WITH HOW WE INCREASE OUR INCOME, AND ALL OF US COULD BE MORE DELIBERATE WITH HOW WE SPEND MONEY. WE KNOW THAT WE TEND TO SPEND UNCONSCIOUSLY UP TO 15% OF OUR INCOME. SO WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING INFLATIONARY PERIODS, YOU CAN'T AFFORD FOR THAT FRITTER TO STILL REMAIN. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE AREA WHERE BEING MORE DELIBERATE WITH YOUR SPENDING CAN HELP YOU. BUT ALSO WHEN YOU'RE FACING HEADWINDS, ECONOMIC HEADWINDS, YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR MONEY WORKING HARDER. SO THAT'S THE EQUITY, THE STUFF YOU'VE GOT LEFT OVER. AND MOST KIWIS TEND TO BE QUITE RELAXED WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS AND DELIBERATE WITH ALL THREE. THANKS HANNAH, SOME GREAT ADVICE THERE. ALWAYS NICE TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE NOW, BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MAORI CAUGHT USING THEIR OWN, TRADITIONAL HEALING PRACTICES COULD BE FINED OR IMPRISONED. THAT LAW WAS REPEALED IN 1962, AND SINCE THEN, RONGOA MAORI HAS GROWN IN BOTH THE NUMBER OF PRACTITIONERS AND PATIENTS. JENDY HARPER WENT TO A COMMUNITY CLINIC IN CHRISTCHURCH TO LEARN MORE. (HAUNTING MUSIC) WE DON'T JUST TREAT THE SYMPTOMS OF WHAT'S PRESENTING ` WE TREAT THE CATALYST. (WHISPERS PRAYER IN TE REO) IT'S VERY INTERACTIVE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE REALLY IN THAT MOMENT WITH THEM. PEOPLE SAY IT'S A BIT LIKE MASSAGE AND PHYSIO, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT ` IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE A LAYERED ONION, WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST EXPERIENCE IT FROM AN EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND A PHYSICAL LEVEL. TRAUMA AND GRIEF IS WHAT LED ROSEMARY TO RONGOA MAORI, TO THIS CLINIC IN CHRISTCHURCH'S EAST. SHE LOST HER SON TARIQ IN THE MOSQUE TERROR ATTACK, WHICH SHE ALSO WITNESSED. I'VE JUST FOUND COMING HERE HAS HELPED A LOT WITH THAT HEALING JOURNEY. YOU CAN HAVE A CRY, AND NOBODY JUDGES YOU OR WHATEVER. IT'S JUST A REALLY SAFE PLACE. ROSEMARY IS NOW LEARNING RONGOA HERSELF, FROM ONE OF AOTEAROA'S LEADING LIGHTS, RUATAU PEREZ. I WENT TO RUATAU BECAUSE I HAD A SORE SHOULDER ONE DAY, AND WAS QUITE AMAZED. AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUALITY, AND THAT GOT ME REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LOT MORE. EACH WEDNESDAY, THOSE IN TRAINING TREAT THEIR COMMUNITY ` MAORI, NON-MAORI, ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS WELCOME. GINA-LEE HAS A DAY JOB IN WHANAU ORA KAUPAPA; NICOLE IS A HAIRSTYLIST AND MAKE-UP ARTIST. IT WAS ABOUT WANTING TO COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE SCISSORS, USING MY HANDS STILL AND MY ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. WHEN PEOPLE CALL US THE ALTERNATIVE THERAPY, WE WERE HERE FIRST. WE HAD OUR TOHUNGA, WHO DID THE MIRI AND TOOK CARE OF EVERYONE. IN 1907, TOHUNGA ` MAORI HEALERS ` WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T PRACTICE THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS. IT WENT UNDERGROUND. FROM MY MOTHER'S PERSPECTIVE, SHE WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT IT, SO IT WAS SUPPRESSED. AND NOW THEY'RE, LIKE, 'OH, MY GOD, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 'THAT'S SO COOL.' YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE, 'RONGOA,' I'M, LIKE, 'PLANT MEDICINE. IT'S NOT NEW.' ONE TOHUNGA WAS CHIEFLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RONGOA RESURGENCE ` RENOWNED HEALER HOHEPA DELAMARE, PAPA JOE. HE WAS RAISED IN IT, YOU KNOW, BY HIS GREAT-GRANDPARENTS AND HIS GRANDPARENTS. LIKE, EVERYONE JUST REALLY DOWNLOADED THEIR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE INTO HIM. HE TAUGHT YOU? HE DID, ME AND SO MANY OTHERS, WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO CARRY HIS LEGACY ON, REALLY. LIKE PAPA JOE, RUATAU HAS TAKEN RONGOA OVERSEAS, TO TEACH AND TO TREAT. AT THE TIME, MAYBE PEOPLE WEREN'T QUITE READY HERE, BUT NOW THEY ARE. ALONG WITH BODYWORK, RONGOA ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE HEALING PROPERTIES OF NATIVE PLANTS. BOTH ASPECTS ARE FLOURISHING, AND SINCE 2020, ACC APPROVED. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 63 FULLY REGISTERED RONGOA PROVIDERS. THEY RANGE FROM KAITAIA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INVERCARGILL. PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY. THEY'RE EXCITED. IT'S A WAY TO RE-ENGAGE WITH HEALTH SYSTEMS THAT THEY'VE GIVEN UP WITH. AS FOR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WELL, A FEELING OF NOT SO MUCH BEING WORKED ON, AS BEING WORKED WITH. (WHISPERS CHANT) E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP, BEN HURLEY IS OUT TO RIGHT A LONG-OVERDUE WRONG. PLUS THE TARANAKI TEEN BREAKING DOWN STEREOTYPES ` THE DETAILS IN JUST A MOMENT. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. WELCOME BACK. NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. GETTING A SPOT AT TOI WHAKAARI, THE NZ DRAMA SCHOOL IN WELLINGTON, IS A BIG DEAL. PLACES ARE ONLY OFFERED TO THOSE WITH A DISTINCT WHIFF OF STARDUST ABOUT THEM. AMONG THOSE WHO'VE MADE THE CUT THIS YEAR, IS STACEY HAYES. AS CAROLYN ROBINSON DISCOVERED, WHEN IT COMES TO BEATING THE ODDS, THE TARANAKI TEEN IS PERFECTLY CAST. (BASSY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (ELECTRONIC HAND CLAP) (BASSY MUSIC CONTINUES) THESE ARE THE CHOSEN FEW ` SUPERSTARS IN THE MAKING, WITH A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC,. RIGHT AT HOME IS STACEY HAYES. I LIKE THE IDEA OF HOW YOU CAN BE ANYTHING WHILE BEING ONE JOB. STACEY'S WORKING TOWARDS A BACHELOR OF SCREEN ACTING. IT'S FITTING, BECAUSE SHE'S HAD PLENTY OF TOUGH ROLES ALREADY. I WAS 8 WHEN I MOVED IN WITH MY FIRST FAMILY. STACEY CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBER OF FOSTER FAMILIES SHE'S HAD ` SOME MORE MEMORABLE THAN OTHERS. I WOULD NEVER, NEVER, WISH IT UPON SOMEONE. IT CAUSED ME TO HAVE SOME ISSUES, THAT I'M STILL FACING TODAY, BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT. PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ME WITHOUT IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT COULD'VE SET HER ON A PREDICTABLE PATH. BEING IN FOSTER CARE IS DEFINITELY A CYCLE. I MEAN, MY MUM WAS IN FOSTER CARE; MY BROTHER WAS IN FOSTER CARE. BUT STACEY'S JOURNEY TOOK A DISTINCT TURN, RIGHT ABOUT HERE. I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE OAKURA FOUR SQUARE, AND SOMEONE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER. SHE WAS, LIKE, 'HI. ARE YOU A MODEL?' 'OK' (!) (CHUCKLES) LIKE, I JUST THOUGHT I LOOKED AT LEAST BELOW AVERAGE. IT WAS A PRETTY BIG MOMENT FOR STACEY, BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN A HE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IN MY MIND, 'I WISH I WAS A GIRL.' I FIRST TRIED WHEN WAS 11. AND THEN THREE YEARS LATER, WHEN I WAS 14. MY FOSTER MUM WAS DRUNK. I TYPED IN HER NOTES, 'I WANT TO BE A GIRL.' THE NEXT MORNING, SHE WAS, LIKE, 'WHO TYPED THIS?' AND I WAS, LIKE, 'THAT WAS ME. THAT WAS ME.' (CHUCKLES) THERE WAS NOT A SECOND OF MY LIFE THAT I DOUBTED. LIKE, WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I REMEMBER THINKING, LIKE, I THOUGHT GIRLS HAD THE GENITALIA OF A BOY, AND THEN I REALISED, NO. (CHUCKLES) THEY DON'T. NOW 18, SHE'S NO LONGER A KID AND NO LONGER NEEDS FOSTERING. A LOT OF KIDS LOSE HOPE. I'M GLAD I'M PAST THAT CHAPTER. ONE PERSON WHO'S BEEN IN A RECURRING SUPPORTING ROLE IS HER HIGH-SCHOOL DRAMA TEACHER. SHE'S LIKE A FAMILY. HI! HOW'S IT GOING DOWN THERE? THEY VERY RARELY TAKE PUPILS STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'VE RECOGNISED IN HER IS THAT SHE DOES HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF LIFE EXPERIENCE AND AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF MATURITY FOR A CHILD HER AGE. I MAINLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AS A FRIEND. VERY PROUD OF YOU, THAT YOU'RE COPING DOWN THERE, COS I KNEW IT WOULD BE HARD WORK, VERY DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU MISS` MARIE. YOU'RE WELCOME. I NEED TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF CALLING YOU YOUR NAME. (CHUCKLES) THE ROLE STACEY WANTS MOST IS THAT OF MENTOR. # NO, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS. AS A FOSTER KID, AS A TRANSGENDER GIRL, I WANT TO BUILD A PLATFORM FOR MYSELF AND SHARE MY STORY. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL ` YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE ONCE TOO. # AS IT WAS. # AND LOOK WHERE I AM TODAY. I'M A DRAMA STUDENT, AND I GO TO TOI WHAKAARI. I'M PRETTY PROUD OF MYSELF. STACEY ALSO GOT THE ATTENTION OF JACINDA ADERN, EARNING A PRIME MINISTER'S ORANGA TAMARIKI AWARD FOR ALL SHE'S ACHIEVED WHILE IN CARE. PLUS, SHE'S OFF TO LONDON THIS JULY, AFTER BEING CHOSEN TO PERFORM AT THE GLOBE. NEW ZEALAND WHITE WINE MAKES UP A HUGE PORTION OF OUR WINE EXPORTS. BUT HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED IF YOU TRY TO FIND AN EMOJI FOR YOUR FAVOURITE SAV, THERE JUST ISN'T ONE. THE STANDARD WINE EMOJI IS RED. PLENTY OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHY, INCLUDING OUR OWN BEN HURLEY. NEW ZEALAND IS OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THINGS, LIKE MAPS, AND TV SHOWS INVOLVING MAPS. OK, SO IT'S MOSTLY JUST MAPS THAT WE'RE LEFT OUT OF. THAT IS UNTIL NOW. HOW BIG IS WHITE WINE IN NEW ZEALAND? 93% OF EVERYTHING THAT WE EXPORT IN NEW ZEALAND IS WHITE WINE. - THERE IS NO WHITE WINE EMOJI. WHY? - IT DOES SEEM SURPRISING. ABSOLUTELY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TYPE IN WINE ON ANY KEYBOARD, ON A PHONE, UP POPS A RED WINE GLASS. AND AS A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE WINE PRODUCING COUNTRY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE WORLD ON THIS FRONT. LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. THERE'S A RED WINE EMOJI AND TWO TYPES OF SPARKLING WINE. BEER, WHISKY, COCKTAILS, MARTINIS, BUT NO GOOD OLD FASHIONED KIWI WHITE WINE. AND I GET WHY WE NEED IT ` CHARDONNAY AND SAUVIGNON BLANC ARE DIFFICULT TO SPELL. IS IT TWO 'N's OR JUST ONE? AND SAUVIGNON, MOST KIWIS JUST CALL IT 'SAV', SO IT CAN'T HAVE A 'U' IN IT, CAN IT? AS A WHITE WINE PRODUCER. DO YOU FEEL A LITTLE LEFT OUT? WELL, NOT LEFT OUT, BUT IT'S NICE TO GET RECOGNITION. YOU KNOW, WHITE WINE IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FINE WINE. I MEAN, WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF FINE WINE, THEY DO THINK OF RED. BUT THERE'S JUST AS MANY GREAT WHITE WINES. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? WHY DO YOU THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF FINE WINE, THEY IMMEDIATELY THINK RED? THEY THINK OF AGEABILITY. THEY THINK OF OLD BOTTLES. BUT THAT SAID, THERE'S PLENTY OF REALLY GOOD WHITE WINES, PARTICULARLY CHARDONNAY. A WHITE WINE EMOJI JUST TO RECOGNISE, YOU KNOW, WHITE WINE AS A FINE WINE, WOULD BE A GOOD THING. SOUNDS DELICIOUS. EXCELLENT STRUCTURE. YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF, DOES THIS EVEN MATTER? THESE DAYS, EVERYONE'S GOT SUCH A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. IF YOU'RE SCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, NO ONE'S GONNA SIT DOWN AND READ A WHOLE BLURB OF TEXT WHEN YOU CAN JUST GET IT ACROSS WITH A FEW COUPLE EMOJIS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEW ZEALAND EMOJIS THAT YOU THINK WE MIGHT NEED? DEFINITELY THE PAVLOVA EMOJI. AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE LABELLED THE NEW ZEALAND PAVLOVA AS WELL, JUST SO THAT THE AUSSIES DON'T TRY TO STEAL THAT ONE. YES. ONE ASIDE, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED IN AOTEAROA TO EMOJI ACCURATELY? THERE'S A KIWIFRUIT. BUT HALF OUR KIWIFRUIT EXPORTS ARE NOW ACTUALLY GOLDEN KIWIFRUIT. THERE'S BURGERS, PIZZA AND TACOS, AND A DUMPLING. BUT SORRY, SOUTHLAND, NO SIGN OF A CHEESE ROLL AT THIS STAGE. AND MAYBE DO WE NEED A CASK? AND MAYBE DO WE NEED A CASK? YEAH. NAH. ACTUALLY, THAT GIVES ME ANOTHER IDEA ` A 'YEAH, NAH' EMOJI! BUT FOR NOW, WE'LL BE SATISFIED WITH THIS. FORGET THE HOUSING CRISIS. THIS IS THE CAMPAIGN THAT MATTERS TO NEW ZEALANDERS. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. ON THE SHOW TOMORROW, TIPS ON HOW TO TURN YOUR DAILY STROLL INTO MENTAL HEALTH MEDICINE. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY, THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. TIPS ON HOW TO TURN YOUR DAILY STROLL INTO MENTAL HEALTH MEDICINE. I DO LOVE AN THE EARLY MORNING STROLL. YOU'RE ON THE BOOMER STROLLS AREN'T YOU? I KNOW PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE POLES. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY, THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT.