TONIGHT WE'RE SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON A PLANT THAT LOOKS PRETTY BUT IS ACTUALLY A PEST. IT'S CALLED 'PAMPAS' AND AS I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT, IT'S EASILY MISTAKEN FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TOETOE. WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THE TOPIC AFTER BEN HURLEY'S STORY ON THE SHORES OF LAKE TARAWERA. BUT IT'S GOT TO GO, AND WE'RE HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY. ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT... THIS LAKE IS BOTH TANTALISING AND A LITTLE MENACING. BEN'S STORY FINISHED WITH THIS PICTURESQUE SETTING, AND THEN... I LOVE THAT SUMMARY SITTING THERE WITH THE CUP OF TEA, THROUGH THE TOETOE ` BEAUTIFUL. INCORRECT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO WOMAN-SPLAIN IT TO HIM, BUT JEREMY GOT A WEE LESSON ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INVASIVE WEED PAMPAS AND NATIVE TOETOE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PULL YOU UP ON THIS, NO, IT'S FINE. BUT THEY'RE NOT. THOSE ONES WEREN'T THE TOETOE, THEY WERE THE PAMPAS AND THEY'RE A NOXIOUS WEED. THEY'RE A PEST. MANY OF YOU SPOTTED THE DIFFERENCE, TOO. READS: 'PLEASE ENLIGHTEN JEREMY THAT THE GRASS SHOWN BY THE LAKE 'AND THE LAKE TARAWERA STORY IS NOT TOETOE.' 'COULD YOU SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT?' WELL, I THINK WE WILL. 'HE WAS WRONG ON SEVERAL COUNTS.' I KNOW. IN JEREMY'S DEFENCE, IT'S AN EASY MISTAKE TO MAKE. SO HOW DO YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCE? AND WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU HAVE THEM AT YOUR PLACE? AND SOMEONE WHO'S AN EXPERT ON THIS PEST IS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY MARGARET STANLEY. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, MARGARET. WHY IS IT SUCH A PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE ARE MIXING THESE UP? WHY IS IT SO BAD FOR NATIVE SPECIES? YEAH, WELL, LIKE A LOT OF THESE WEEDS, PAMPAS HAS ARRIVED HERE IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION WITHOUT IT'S PESTS AND DISEASES, AND THEN IT'S REALLY TAKEN OFF. IT'S A PLANT THAT FORMS THESE REALLY DENSE CLUMPS ONCE IT GETS STARTED AND IT JUST FILLS UP ALL THE SPACE AND OUTCOMPETES ALL OF THE OTHER PLANTS. SO IN PLACES LIKE COASTAL AREAS AND DUNE LANDS, WETLANDS AND SOME OF OUR SPECIAL RIVER WAYS, THEY JUST UP AND DOWN TAKING OVER AND REPLACING ALL THE NATIVE PLANTS. OKAY. HOW DO WE TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM? YEAH, HERE'S WHAT WE PREPARED EARLIER. I'M HOLDING SOME PAMPAS NOW, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT LOTS OF SEEDS, BUT PROBABLY AT THE BASE LEVEL, YOU COULD THINK OF PAMPAS ON THIS SIDE, AS ERECT AND TOETOE AS FLOPPY. IF THAT APPEALS TO YOU, YOU CAN REMEMBER IT THAT WAY. ONE OF THE NICE IMAGES THAT MAORI PROVIDE US WITH WITH A TOETOE IS THAT OF A MAIDEN WITH FLOWING HAIR, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY NICE WAY TO REMEMBER IT, AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A MUCH MORE ELEGANT PLANT AND FLOWERING HEAD THAN THE PAMPAS. PAMPAS DO LOOK QUITE PRETTY THOUGH, YOU'VE GOT TO SAY. AND I KNOW THEY'RE OFTEN USED AT WEDDINGS. IS THAT, LEGALLY YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE THEM AT WEDDINGS? NO, THEY'RE A NATIONALLY BANNED WEED PLANT AND THAT'S QUITE A SPECIAL BUNCH OF PEST PLANTS. SO THAT MEANS IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE NASTY LIST. SO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE IT AROUND AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISPLAY IT. SO NO PHOTOS, NO FLORIST SHOPS, NO INSTAGRAM. SO YEAH, IT'S KIND OF NICE. I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR A TOETOE, WHICH ALSO IS AWESOME ON INSTAGRAM AND I THINK PROBABLY MORE, MORE ELEGANT FOR BRIDAL WEAR. SO I THINK WE SHOULD WOULD GIVE OUR NATIVE PLANTS A BIT MORE PR AND A BIT OF APPRECIATION. SORRY, I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID. WHEN A PLANT IS BANNED, YOU'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF IT. THIS IS SOMETHING I NEVER KNEW. WELL, NOT SO MUCH TAKE A PHOTO, BUT TO DISPLAY IT SO THAT YOU'RE PERHAPS ENCOURAGING OTHER PEOPLE TO SPREAD AND USE THIS PLANT. SO HAVING IT AT A FLORIST, FOR INSTANCE, IS BANNED. AND HOW DO YOU GET RID OF IT? WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR PAMPAS? I KNOW THAT JEREMY SUGGESTED BURNING IT, WHICH IS POTENTIALLY NOT A GREAT IDEA AT THE MOMENT. PARTICULARLY WITH THE WIND WHERE YOU ARE, WHAT SHOULD WE DO IF WE'VE GOT IT GROWING? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE PLANT. OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S A SMALL SEEDLING, YOU CAN PULL IT OUT. IF THEY ARE BIGGER, IT CAN BE TRICKIER. AND ALL THE REGIONAL COUNCILS AND LOCAL COUNCILS AROUND NEW ZEALAND WILL HAVE REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ON THEIR WEBSITES ABOUT HOW TO REMOVE THEM. IF IT'S REALLY BIG AND YOUR YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO THINK AT THE MOMENT JUST REMOVE THAT SEED HEAD, SO ALL THE SEEDS AREN'T FLYING AROUND AND SPREADING MORE. ANY OTHER COMMON INVASIVE WEEDS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR IN OUR GARDENS ` ONES THAT MIGHT FOOL US, PERHAPS? TWO THIRDS OF ALL OUR WEEDS IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE COME FROM PEOPLE'S GARDENS, SO IT'S A BIT OF A CONVEYOR BELT FROM OUR GARDENS OUT INTO OUR WILDERNESS AREAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARGARET. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. KIA ORA. CAPTIONS BY HELEN CROWN, JESSIE PURU AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022 TALOFA LAVA, IT'S SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ONE, BECAUSE THIS YEAR MARKS 60 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE FOR OUR PACIFIC NEIGHBOURS. TE RAUHIRINGA BROWN TEAMED UP WITH COCO-NET TV IN THE LARGEST POLYNESIAN CITY IN THE WORLD, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SAMOAN CULTURE AND CUISINE. TRADITIONAL CUISINE PASSED DOWN FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. TRADITIONAL CUISINE PASSED DOWN FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.CODE A TRUE CULINARY EXPRESSION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY. (LAUGHS) OH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT CHEF JOHN DOES ` I WISH THE AUDIENCE COULD JUST SMELL.. TAKING THE MEA AI OF HIS SAMOAN HERITAGE WHEREVER HE GOES... INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN AOTEAROA. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT FISH, SMOKED FISH, RAW FISH... COCONET TV REPORTER MARINER FAGAIAVA-MULLER FOUND OUT I WAS VISITING CHEF JOHN TODAY AND COULDN'T STAY AWAY. THIS WEEK IS A VERY SPECIAL WEEK, IT'S SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK. MY FREND, THIS YEAR IS VERY SPECIAL. YES. VERY SPECIAL. BECAUSE THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS THE 60th YEAR THAT SAMOA'S CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE. AND WE DECIDED TO CELEBRATE WITH SOME KAI. KAI IS UNIVERSAL. KAI IS CULTURE AND I JUST LOVE TO EAT. YOU KNOW, I REALLY LOVE TO EAT, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE CATCHING UP, WE HAVE LOVELY CHEF JOHN PREPARING A WONDERFUL TUANA'I FOR US. TUANA'I ` IS THAT LIKE A HAKARI, LIKE A KAI? YEAH, LIKE A LUNCH. IN SAMOA WE CALL IT OKA, AND SOMETIMES WE CALL IT IKA MATA, OR RAW FISH. HERE WE GO. (BOTH EXCLAIM) HOW GOOD. MMM! EVERY SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK, THERE IS A THEME. AND THIS WEEK'S THEME IS FA'AAUAU LE FOLAUGA I LE VA'A O TAUTAI, WHICH MEANS, 'CONTINUE THE VOYAGE OF THE WAYFINDERS OF THE OCEAN.' PRETTY MUCH. YEP. AND WHAT THAT THEME MEANS TO ME, AT LEAST, IS I AM... RECEIVING THE BATON FROM MY GRANDFATHER, MY GRANDMA, AND YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST GENERATION OF SAMOAN MIGRANTS WHO MOVED TO AOTEAROA BACK IN THE '70s, '60s, '50s, AND I AM CONTINUING THEIR LEGACY BY LEARNING THE LANGUAGE FOR MYSELF. SO LET ME TEACH YOU A FEW THINGS ` OF COURSE YOU KNOW TALOFA LAVA. TALOFA LAVA. MEANS HELLO, HI. IF YOU WANNA BE A LITTLE FORMAL, YOU'LL SAY MALO LE SOIFUA. WHICH MEANS GOOD HEALTH TO YOU. IT'S LIKE KIA ORA. YEAH, KIA ORA. TO BE WELL. THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ALL THE MOANA LANGUAGES, DON'T YOU THINK? LET'S GO INTO 'HOW ARE YOU?' WHICH IS` SO IF I ASK YOU, TE RAUHIRINGA, O A MAI 'OE? YOU WILL SAY, 'MANUIA FA'FETAI.' WHICH MEANS, 'I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.' IF YOU'RE FEELING A LITTLE BIT HUNGRY, YOU SAY, 'OU TE FIA 'AI.' I'M SO HUNGRY! (LAUGHS) WHAT ARE YOU MAKING FOR US? NOW! AT THE MOMENT I'M MAKING SAMOAN DISH CALLED PALUSAMI.MY MAKES NETWORKING YOU'VE RUINED ME, I'LL NEVER EAT SOMEONE KAI AGAIN SOMEONE IS THE THIRD MOST BIG MANGA HERE SAMOAN PANCAKES THANK YOU FOR HAVING US CHEF JOHN NO MATOU TE WHIWHI, IT WAS OUR PRIVILEGE. THAT LOOKED ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS AS WE HEAD INTO QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER LONG WEEKEND AROUND THE CORNER. THAT'S BECAUSE THIS YEAR, MATARIKI ALSO FALLS IN JUNE. IF YOU'RE FEELING THE PRESSURE TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME OFF WORK, BEN HURLEY'S HERE TO HELP. (JAZZ MUSIC) WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU DO ON A JUNE LONG WEEKEND? IT'S TOO COLD TO SWIM, BUT NOT ENOUGH SNOW TO SKI. IT'S HOLIDAY PURGATORY. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO PEOPLE IS, ABSOLUTELY, THESE TWO LONG WEEKENDS IS ABOUT TIME TO GO OUT AND DO SOME THINGS. WE SHOULDN'T STAY INDOORS, COS WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO NOW'S THE TIME TO GET OUT, ENJOY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. OK, SO HERE'S MY IDEAS OF THINGS TO DO OVER A JUNE LONG WEEKEND. TOO COLD FOR A BEER. IT'S SOUP WEATHER! MEET A FRIEND FOR A SOUP. HEY! HEY, MAN! I ALREADY GOT YOU ONE. YEAH. LOOK, WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE, OBVIOUSLY, (LAUGHS) BUT IT'S YOUR FIFTH BOWL TODAY. YEAH? AND IT'S MINESTRONE. THAT IS A HEARTY... SOUP. YEAH, I FEEL A BIT FUNNY, TO BE HONEST. YEAH. OK. YOU GOT ANY PEA AND HAM? OH, ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE THAT. OH, OKAY, COOL. I'LL JUST... YEAH, THANKS. HOST A SPORT VIEWING PARTY. COME ON! (ALL CHEER) YES, YES, YES, COME ON! (ALL CHEER) OH MY GOD! OR, IF YOU'RE NOT INTO SPORT, HAVE PEOPLE OVER AND ALL WATCH A ROMANTIC COMEDY. (ALL CHEER) JUST TAKE... OH, NOT ON THE CHEEK! NOT ON THE CHEEK! ON THE LIPS! OH! FRIENDZONE, BUDDY! FRIENDZONE! IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MANY THERMAL POOLS, YOU COULD JUST DO IT IN YOUR OWN BATHROOM. MAYBE A VISIT TO MITRE 10 FIRST. AND THEN... 'WHY AARE SLUMBER PARTIES JUST IN THE REALM OF CHILDREN? 'WHY NOT HAVE AN ADULT SLUMBER PARTY COMPLETE WITH SNACKS, BLANKETS AND SCARY STORIES?' AND THEN... THEY PUT INTEREST RATES UP... TO 7%! (ALL SCREAM) IT'S QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. WHY NOT HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE QUEEN? ALL: # HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR ELIZABETH,... # BY GRACE OF GOD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, NORTHERN IRELAND # AND HER OTHER TERRITORIES, # HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND DEFENDER OF THE FAITH` THE SECOND. # HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. # (STREAMERS BLARE, POP) (ALL CHEER) LOVE YA, LIZZIE. AND BECAUSE IT'S A WEIRD TIME OF YEAR, TAKE THE TIME TO PLAN A HOLIDAY FOR WHEN THE WEATHER MIGHT BE BETTER. (KEYBOARD CLACKS) 'WHEN... IS... 'LABOUR... WEEKEND... 2022?' E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP, IN 19TH CENTURY KAIAPOI THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE THE SIGHT. WE FIRE UP THE WORLD'S OLDEST WORKING FIRE ENGINE AND MEET THE KIWIS WHO ARE PRESERVING NEW ZEALAND'S FIRE FIGHTING HISTORY. VOICEOVER: At Specsavers, you can get: So, for clearly great value: Offer ends 29 June. Conditions apply. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI ` WELCOME BACK. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HERE ON SEVEN SHARP, WE LOVE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON GOOD PEOPLE DOING WONDERFUL THINGS. SO WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT A SPECIAL BUNCH OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHO'VE SPENT YEARS CURATING A WORLD-RENOWNED COLLECTION, WE THOUGHT YOU DESERVED TO KNOW ABOUT THEM TOO. JENDY HARPER WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICE'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN CHRISTCHURCH. TURNS OUT, THURSDAY IS THE BEST DAY TO DROP BY. WE ONLY EAT HEALTHY FOOD HERE. A COOKED MEAL? GIDDAY, BOSS. THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD! PULLS IN THE MASSES. EVERY THURSDAY WE HAVE THIS. MANY OF THESE MEN ARE FORMER FIREFIGHTERS. I WAS A VOLUNTEER AT NEW BRIGHTON FOR 16 YEARS. ...AND RETIRED IN 2004 AND GOT ROPED INTO COMING DOWN HERE AND LENDING A HAND. AFTER THEIR TUCKER, THEY WILL TAKE UP TOOLS AND SORT THROUGH THE BITS AND THE BOBS, THE OLD HOSES, SIRENS, LIGHTS. THESE MEN ARE PRESERVING NEW ZEALAND'S FIREFIGHTING HISTORY. THIS IS THE OLDEST OPERATIONAL ONE IN THE WORLD AND IT'S HERE. AND STILL PUMPING WATER. IN 19TH CENTURY KAIAPOI, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE THE SIGHT. WORD IS, WHEN THE FIRE BELL RANG, THE HORSES WOULD GO ON THEIR OWN ACCORD TO THE FIRE STATION. (HORN TOOTS) THE STEAMER IS THE STAR TURN HERE, BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE. WELCOME TO THE HALL OF FLAME. THIS IS CHRISTCHURCH'S FIRST FIRE ENGINE. THIS ONE I FIRST SAW WHEN IT WAS A WORKS MACHINE AT THE OCEAN BEACH FREEZING COMPANY. FROM INVERCARGILL TO WAIKANAE TO WHANGANUI, IT IS A SHED OF RED, FIRE ENGINE RED. MIKE LIKES TO WATCH AS VISITORS GET THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE. OH, WOW! IT'S A TYPICAL REACTION? YEAH. AND THIS IS ONLY HALF OF IT. MIKE HAYES HAS BEEN FASCINATED BY ALL THINGS FIRE SERVICE SINCE HE WAS A LAD. AS A TEN YEAR OLD, HE SAW THIS ENGINE IN SERVICE AT THE BALLANTYNE'S FIRE. AND I HAD GONE AROUND TO THE LOCAL STORE, AND I SAW THIS GREAT COLUMN OF SMOKE. SO I GOT ON MY BIKE AND I WENT INTO TOWN. AND OH, MY GOD. YOU DON'T FORGET THAT DAY. YOU DO NOT. ARCHIVE: THE PUBLIC GAVE FIREMEN ALL POSSIBLE HELP, BUT THE BLAZE COULD NOT BE CHECKED. MANY PEOPLE DIED IN THE FLAMES. IT WAS A TERRIBLE DAY. IN 1968, MIKE FOUNDED THE FIRE SERVICES HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ALL THESE MACHINES LOVINGLY, CAREFULLY RESTORED, EVEN REBUILT. AND THIS ARRIVED HERE AS A TOTAL WRECK FROM THE NORTH ISLAND. BUT THE OLDIES ON THE TOOLS ARE GETTING OLDER. OUR HEAD MECHANIC IS 82 AND HIS APPRENTICES OLDER. IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF US ARE STILL AROUND. WITHOUT A SOCIETY, THERE'D BE NO PROTECTION FOR THIS COLLECTION. IT WILL BE SIMPLY SPLIT UP AND IT WILL GO ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST COLLECTION IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED NEW MEMBERS FOR OUR SOCIETY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BEEN A FIREFIGHTER; ANY SKILL IS WELCOME. YOU CANNOT BEAT IT. YOU'LL JOIN A GROUP OF DEDICATED KIWI BLOKES. GREAT FELLAS. AND YOU'LL BE WELL-FED ON THURSDAYS. SO THIS IS OUR WEEKLY, WEEKLY MEAL. WE'LL GO HOME AND JUST HAVE SOUP AND TOAST FOR TEA. LOCK ME IN FOR NEXT THURSDAY, FELLAS. AND YOU CAN VIEW THE REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF FIRE FIGHTING HISTORY AT FERRYMEAD HERITAGE PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH. THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY. TIME FOR A COLD BEVERAGE AND MAYBE SOME FISH AND CHIPS. OR PERHAPS A VIDEO OF A SQUIRREL RAMPAGING THROUGH A BASEBALL GAME. HERE'S THE FRIDAY COUNTDOWN. # IT'S THE 'FRIDAY' COUNTDOWN. YOU'VE HEARD OF THE HAMBURGLAR. BUT HOW ABOUT THE HAM-TWERKLER? THIS WOMAN IN FLORIDA IS WANTED BY AUTHORITIES AFTER SHE ASSAULTED THE STAFF AT A MCDONALD'S FOR GETTING HER ORDER WRONG. AND PROCEEDED TO TWERK OUT OF THE BUILDING. IF I DID THIS EVERY TIME A SOFT SERVE MACHINE WASN'T WORKING IN MCDONALD'S, I'D BE IN PRISON FOR LIFE. THE MCDONALD'S EMPLOYEES COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL THIS TROUBLE IF THEY'D JUST GIVEN HER A HAPPY MEAL. A 103-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS BROKEN THE RECORD THIS WEEK AND BECOME THE OLDEST PERSON TO GET HIGH. AND BY THAT, WE MEAN COMPLETE A TANDEM PARACHUTE JUMP. HER NEXT GOAL IS TO REMEMBER HER GRANDCHILDREN'S NAMES. AND SPEAKING OF DANGEROUS STUNTS, A REAL LIFE SPIDER-MAN WAS SPOTTED IN CHINA THIS WEEK. THE MAN CLIMBED DOWN A 37-STORY SKYSCRAPER AND MADE IT TO THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE HE WAS DRAGGED INSIDE BY RESCUERS. OR, AS HE CALLS THEM, 'SPOILSPORTS' STILL, IT'S FAR MORE INTERESTING THAN TAKING THE STAIRS. OVER TO THE WORLD OF TECH, ADA THE ROBOT HAS PAINTED THIS MAGNIFICENT PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN, JUST IN TIME FOR HER JUBILEE. YES, IT'S NOT CREEPY AT ALL (!) I WISH THE QUEEN A VERY HAPPY PLATINUM JUBILEE. MAYBE DON'T SEND THIS TO HER MAJESTY, OR SHE MIGHT HAVE A CONNIPTION BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY. AND ARE YOU DESPERATELY LONELY? THIS ROBOT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO PLAY NOUGHTS AND CROSSES WITH YOU. JUST DON'T LET IT CHEAT. AND IN OTHER TECH NEWS ` FLYING AIR-TAXIS COULD BE COMING TO NEW ZEALAND IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, SO I GUESS WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT MORE GRANNIES DOING THIS FROM HERE ON OUT. IN ANIMAL NEWS, A DOG NAMED VIOLET BECAME ENAMOURED WITH A DUCK THIS WEEK. VIOLET, DROP THE DUCK. DROP IT. AND THE FEELING... WAS NOT MUTUAL. ARE YOU OK, BUD? VIOLET HAD ACTUALLY ORDERED A MCCHICKEN AND NOT A MCDUCK. SO SHE TOOK IT BACK TO THE MCDONALD'S AND PROCEEDED TO TWERK ON THE STAFF MEMBERS... IN NEED OF A NEW ALARM CLOCK? HOW ABOUT THIS ROOSTER? MOVE OVER, RIHANNA. THIS CHICK HAS MAGNIFICENT PIPES. (ROOSTER SUSTAINS CROW) (ROOSTER SUSTAINS CROW) OOH. LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAD ONE TOO MANY. TAXI. AND THEN IN A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME THIS WEEK, THE PLAYERS RECEIVED A SURPRISE VISIT. THIS FURRY FELLOW WAS CAUGHT IN THE END, BUT HE CAN DIE HAPPY KNOWING THAT HE MADE IT TO SECOND BASE WITH AN ENTIRE SPORTS TEAM. OH, NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO CORNER IT. THEY'RE CLOSING IN. AND- NO, THEY'RE NOT. AND AT NUMBER... AND TO PLAY US OUT THIS WEEK, IT'S THIS ROOSTER. (ROOSTER SUSTAINS CROW) NO, JUST KIDDING. SWEDISH SUPERSTARS ABBA REUNITED TO LAUNCH THEIR NEW LIVE CONCERT IN LONDON THIS WEEK. THE CONCERT USES MOTION CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY TO INSERT DIGITAL VERSIONS OF THE POP GROUP INTO THE SHOW. YOU MAY BE THINKING THAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY, BUT HILLARY AND I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. WE'RE NOT ON THE COUCH RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN RAROTONGA. SO TO PLAY US OUT, HERE'S ABBA AND 'S.O.S'. # WHEN YOU'RE GONE. # THOUGH I TRY, HOW CAN I CARRY ON? GREAT BAND, GREAT TUNE WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. REALLY, IT JUST TURNED OUT IT WAS A PHASE ON THE SHOW NEXT WEEK ` HILARY AND I TRIAL A NEW VIRTUAL ROLLERCOASTER. FIND OUT WHO SQUEALED THE MOST AND WHO JUST ABOUT THREW UP. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY. THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. WELL DONE ON 70 YEARS, YOUR MAJESTY. WE'LL SEE YOU ON TUESDAY. ENJOY YOUR LONG WEEKEND. PO MARIE. CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY HELEN CROWN, JESSIE PURU AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.