I'M MICHAEL MORRAH. AND I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. AND NOW ON THE PROJECT, JESSE, HOW TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE YOU. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. POLITICIANS ARE OBSESSED WITH THIS AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THE REST OF US HAVE TO DEAL WITH TOO. RESEARCH SHOWS, WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS, THE MOST LIKEABLE CANDIDATE SUCCEEDS 90% OF THE TIME. SO HOW DO YOU INCREASE YOUR CHANCES? YOU LIKE ME! RIGHT NOW, YOU LIKE ME! WE ALL LIKE TO BE LIKED. FOR SOME, IT'S A FULL-TIME PR JOB KEEPING FANS AND FOES SMILING. WE LOVE YOU, LEO! HOLLYWOOD CELEBS WIN OVER AUDIENCES TO SELL TICKETS TO MOVIES, AND IN POLITICS, IT'S THE SAME FORMULA. JUST ASK GOVERNOR ARNIE. DO I NEED TO BE LIKED? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I LIKE TO BE LIKED. I ENJOY BEING LIKED. I HAVE TO BE LIKED. AND WHILE SOME KIWIS DON'T PLAY THAT WAY... SOME PEOPLE VOTE ON PERSONALITIES FOR SURE. BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S BULLSHIT. ...MOST OF US VOTE FOR PEOPLE WE LIKE. A BIT LIKE YOUR NEIGHBOUR WHO'S REALLY WELL-ORGANISED AND HAS A GREAT TOOL SHED. THAT'S THE SORT OF PERSON THEY WANT, SOMEBODY WHO'S LIKE THEM, BUT HE'S REALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPABLE AND ORGANISED, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO IN, GET THE KEYS TO THE BEEHIVE AND THEY CAN RUN THE COUNTRY. SO AS WE GET CLOSER TO ELECTION DAY, WHO'S THE BEST AT BEING LIKEABLE? THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM ARE, PARTICULARLY THIS ELECTION. AT THE MOMENT, CHRIS HIPKINS IS HOLDING ONTO HIS LIKEABILITY, WHICH IS SURPRISING GIVEN THE PARTY'S NOT DOING WELL IN TERMS OF THE POLLS. BUT THERE ISN'T REALLY ANYBODY WHO'S A STAND-OUT. JOINING US NOW IS LIFE COACH ANNIE CANNING. ANNIE, HOW GOOD DO YOU THINK OUR POLITICIANS ARE AT BEING LIKABLE? OOH. OH, THAT'S A CHALLENGING ONE FROM THE OFF, KANOA. I THINK THEY TRY VERY HARD TO BE LIKEABLE. I THINK THEY ARE A LITTLE CHALLENGED IN THAT RESPECT, BECAUSE BEING A POLITICIAN, I DON'T THINK IS THE EASIEST JOB, AND SOME COME ACROSS BETTER THAN OTHERS. I LIKED IT HOW YOU USED MY NAME WHEN YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION, ANNIE. THAT MADE ME LIKE YOU A LOT. (CHUCKLES) DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR THE POLITICIANS TO GET A BIT BETTER AT IT? LOOK, THIS MIGHT SOUND SO CLICHE, BUT KIWIS ARE SWITCHED-ON PEOPLE. THEY WANT THEIR POLITICIANS TO BE GENUINE AND THEY WANT THEM TO COME ACROSS AS GENUINE. SO I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THE ONLY PERSON YOU CAN EVER BE IS YOURSELF. AND IF A POLITICIAN'S COMING ACROSS AS IF THEY'RE PLAYING A ROLE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING THEMSELF, THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC PICKS UP ON THAT VERY, VERY QUICKLY, AND THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, AND THAT OFTEN IMPACTS HOW THEY CHOOSE TO VOTE. ISN'T PART OF THAT JUST THE SAD FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN LIKEABLE AND SOME AREN'T? (CHUCKLES) DEFINITELY. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK JEREMY MIGHT BE BETTER ANSWERING THAT ONE. WHOA! WELL, THANK YOU FOR SAYING I WAS BORN LIKEABLE. QUITE RIGHT, JEREMY. IT'S TRUE THOUGH. FOR SOME POLITICIANS, 'BE YOURSELF' IS MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT ADVICE. MAYBE THEY SHOULD TRY AND FAKE BEING A NORMAL PERSON. NO, THAT'S THE THING. AS I SAID, KIWIS ARE SMART. THEY CAN SEE A FAKE AT 50 PACES, SO IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. SO I'D SUGGEST MAYBE THEY JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF POLITICS. OK. ANY OTHER TIPS? THINGS YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO TO INCREASE YOUR LIKEABILITY? OH, LOOK, THERE'S A WHOLE PILE OF TIPS AND TRICKS. BUT I GUESS THE PARAMOUNT ONE IS TO BE GENUINE, IS TO BE AUTHENTIC, BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN FIND THEIR OWN TRIBE. NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO LIKE YOU. BUT I THINK THE KEY IN MOST SOCIAL SITUATIONS IS GREAT CONNECTORS ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOOD LISTENERS. THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT ASK QUESTIONS. THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT MAKE EYE CONTACT. SO THEY COME ACROSS INTERESTED. THEY DON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THAT JUST SWITCHES OTHER PEOPLE OFF. IS THERE A REASON WHY MAYBE SOME PEOPLE SEEM VERY LIKEABLE ON CAMERA, OR IN FRONT OF VIEWERS, BUT THEN YOU MEET THEM IN REAL LIFE, AND THEY'RE NOT VERY LIKEABLE AT ALL? AND I'M DEFINITELY NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYONE AT THE DESK. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT'S MORE DOWN TO A PERSONA, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, AND THE FACT THAT THEY PUT ON A PERSONA TO BE` TO PRESENT THEMSELVES IN A LIKEABLE WAY. AND WHO'S TO SAY WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MEET THEM IN THE FLESH, THEY MIGHT JUST BE HAVING A BAD DAY, OR MAYBE YOU JUST GENUINELY DON'T CONNECT WITH THEM. SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A FEW FACTORS. I THINK THERE'S SOME LAYERS TO THAT QUESTION. WELL, ANNIE CANNING, I'VE REALLY LIKED TALKING TO YOU. I'VE LIKED TALKING TO YOU TOO, KANOA. THIS IS THE PROJECT. KARA RICKARD IS HERE! TALK ABOUT LIKEABLE, GENUINE, AUTHENTIC. IT IS LIKELY DESCRIBING YOU. I AM PRETTY AWKWARD IN REAL LIFE, I WILL GO TO AN EVENT AND NOT KNOW WHO TO TALK TO, SIT ON THE CORNER AND EAT SNACKS. IT IS WEIRDLY TRUE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR INDUSTRY. I THINK IT IS COMMON, A BIT LIKE THE FRIEND STORY EARLIER IN THE WEEK, YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER IT IS SMALL TALK ` TO BE LIKED, IT DOES NOT COME NATURALLY. WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST LIKEABLE OF THE THREE OF US? KANOA. YOU'RE MEANT TO SAY YOU CAN'T CHOOSE. I'VE KNOWN HER LONGER. LET'S SAY IT'S THAT. ALSO TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT TV ROYALTY IN STUDIO. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MATT SELMAN TELLS US WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON TV, 'THE SIMPSONS'. THAT'S NEXT. AND IF YOU READ THE HEADLINES, YOU'D BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THAT CRIME IS NOW SO BAD YOU SHOULD NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL CRIME NUMBERS JUST AHEAD. I ACTUALLY SAW A CRIME ON THE WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING. I STOPPED TO LET A PEDESTRIAN GO ACROSS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND HE DIDN'T WAVE AT ME FOR STOPPING. I SHOULD HAVE RUN HIM OVER. ANYWAY, LET'S CHANGE GEARS WITH THE DAILY DOSE. AND IT'S A 'YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG' SPECIAL TONIGHT. FIRST UP, WE HAVE THROWING A FRISBEE TO A DOG ` YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG! THERE IS THE DOG SITTING AND WAITING. OK, SO JUST THROW THE FRISBEE.. I THOUGHT WE'D CALL IT A JESSE THROW. I TRIED IT ONCE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. MAYBE GET A REAL FRISBEE THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A GIANT SLICE OF LUNCHEON MEAT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE SOMEONE DOING LAUGHING WRONG. THE TWIST ` THAT SOMEONE IS A DOG. (DOG WHEEZES) THAT BREED IS HALF BULLDOG, HALF SATAN. AND OUR LAST PERSON DOING IT WRONG IS A LITTLE GIRL WHO IS LEARNING TO WALK ON A POOL MAT. HERE SHE IS TRYING TO WALK ON THE MAT, DAD ON THE END, VERY PROUD. SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB ` THAT WAS HER UNCLE WHO HAD MADE IT TO THE END OF THE MAT AND DIDN'T WANT HIS RECORD BROKEN. THAT WAS YOUR DAILY DOSE! 'THE SIMPSONS' HAS SOLIDIFIED ITS PLACE IN POP CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE LAST 33 YEARS. AND WE'VE GOT THE GUY WHO RUNS THE SHOW WITH US TONIGHT. # THE SIMPSONS. # SINCE ITS 1989 DEBUT, 'THE SIMPSONS' HAS BECOME THE LONGEST-RUNNING AMERICAN ANIMATED SERIES EVER. D'OH. D'OH. D'OH. D'OH. D'OH. SCREAMS: D'OH! WHOO-HOO! NOW, HEADING INTO ITS 35TH SEASON, IT'S JUST AS ICONIC. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. SHOWRUNNER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MATT SELMAN HAS BEEN PART OF THE HIT SHOW FOR 26 SEASONS... AND THE WRITER BEHIND SOME CLASSIC EPISODES. MARGE, CAN WE TRADE? I DON'T TRUST THESE GUYS. WE'VE GOTTA GET HOME BEFORE SOMEONE SEES US. WHY, YOU LITTLE`! THE SIX-TIME EMMY AWARD WINNER HAS BEEN ENJOYING A BREAK IN NEW ZEALAND, AFTER THE WRITERS' STRIKES BROUGHT PRODUCTION TO A HALT. FROM 'THE SIMPSONS', PLEASE WELCOME MATT SELMAN. HI. YOU ARE ALREADY LIKEABLE. THANK YOU, PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES I HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SIMPSONS CHARACTER? HOMER SIMPSON. HE IS THE STRAW THAT STIRS THE DRINK. HOW OFTEN DOES HE SAY D'OH THESE DAYS? HE STILL SAYS IT A LOT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE, IT IS THERE TO SOLVE THE SITUATION. WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND. HAVE WE INFLUENCED YOU? I ATE A FERRY A PIE TODAY, I GIVE IT A B+. THE BIG INFLUENCE RIGHT NOW IS THAT PETER JACKSON WILL BE ON THE SHOW, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A CLIP OF THAT. THAT IS SO COOL. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. IT IS EVEN BIGGER THAN YOUR ELECTION, WHICH IS ALREADY MAKING ME ANXIOUS EVEN THOUGH I KNOW NOTHING. WE LOVE TO SEE A KIWI ON THE WORLD STAGE, AND SOMETHING ABOUT SEEING THEM BECOME A SIMPSON IS TOP TIER. WHAT MADE YOU COME OUT HERE? I KNEW IF I LEFT ON HOLIDAY, THE STRIKE WOULD END, AND I WOULD LOOK TERRIBLE. SO AS SOON AS IT ENDED AND WE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO GO BACK TO WORK, I STARTED WORKING LOS ANGELES HOURS HERE. I WORK AT FOUR IN THE MORNING, AND THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME WALKING AROUND AND HAVING AN AMAZING TIME. YOU COULD STAY HERE. IT WOULD BE TIRING. I KNOW MY WIFE WOULD LIKE IT. AMONG MANY THINGS YOU HAVE DONE IS COWRITE THE SIMPSONS MOVIE. DID YOU KNOW HOW BIG SPIDERPIG WOULD GET? NO. I STILL DON'T QUITE GET IT. THE SIMPSON SEEMS TO HAVE PREDICTED FUTURE EVENTS ` SUPER BOWLS, SMART WATCHES, TRUMP BECOMING PRESIDENT. DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW? WE KNOW THE PAST. IF YOU STUDY THAT, YOU CAN GET A GOOD HANDLE ON IT, AND THEN JUST THINK WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? AND INFER FROM THAT WHAT YOU WILL. IT IS SO ACCURATE AND SO WELL OBSERVED, EVEN THE TIMES YOU HAVE DONE TV PRESENTERS ` I LAUGH AT IT, BUT YOU ARE HAVING A GO AT ME. IT IS SO WELL DONE. THAT IS THE LIFE YOU HAVE LIVED, THAT IS WHERE YOU HARVEST YOUR MATERIAL. WOULDN'T IT BE A BIGGER COINCIDENCE IF WE NEVER PREDICTED ANYTHING? AT 750 EPISODES, YOU ARE BOUND TO GET SOME THINGS RIGHT. ASIDE FROM PETER JACKSON, WHO ELSE FROM NEW ZEALAND HAVE BEEN ON? FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, RHYS DARBY, WHO I SAW TODAY... LUCY LAWLESS, OF COURSE. SAM NEIL. ANYONE ELSE? BRET, IN ADDITION TO BEING ON THE SHOW, HAS BEEN OUR IN SHOW SONGWRITER. BRET CAME THROUGH FOR US. BUT HE STILL CANNOT BEAT SPIDERPIG. PLEASE THANK MATT SELMAN! IF YOU WORK HARD TO KEEP THE GREY FROM CREEPING INTO YOUR HAIR, ALL THAT COLOURING COULD NOW BE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME. WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY, NEXT ON THE PROJECT. I'M HERE WITH CATHERINE FROM TORONTO. SHE LOVES HIKING. SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT'S COMING UP. CATHERINE, READ THAT. THANKS, JEREMY. AND SEE WHY BIG STARS ARE SHOWING OFF THEIR GREY HAIR ON THE FASHION RUNWAY. THAT'S NEXT ON THE PROJECT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST ` PETER JACKSON IN THE SIMPSONS. WELCOME BACK. CRIME IS THE WORST IT'S EVER BEEN. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT IF YOU LISTENED TO SOME POLITICIANS, OR HAVE SEEN THE ENDLESS HEADLINES. BUT IS THAT TRUE? WE TRY TO FIND OUT, NEXT. HERE ARE SOME STORIES MAKING HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER. ACCORDING TO TRADE ME, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HUNTING FOR A JOB IS AT A FIVE-YEAR HIGH - UP 88% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT THERE ARE FEWER ROLES AVAILABLE ` JOB LISTINGS FELL 8%. THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO BOUNCE BACK ONCE THE ELECTION IS OVER. A SOUTH KOREAN SPEED-SKATER'S CELEBRATION IN THE ASIAN GAMES WAS A BIT TOO EARLY. HE WAS IN THE LEAD, AND JUST BEFORE THE FINISH LINE, THREW HIS HANDS UP, ALLOWING A SKATER FROM TAIWAN TO EXTEND A LEG AND WIN BY 0.01 SECONDS. COMING IN SECOND MEANT NOT ONLY LOSING A GOLD MEDAL, BUT THE MILITARY SERVICE EXEMPTION THAT AUTOMATICALLY COMES WITH FIRST PLACE. AND A CELEBRATION OF NATURAL BEAUTY HAS TAKEN CENTRE STAGE AT PARIS FASHION WEEK. BAYWATCH SUPERSTAR PAMELA ANDERSON ATTENDED SEVERAL SHOWS WITHOUT WEARING MAKEUP. ACTRESS JAMIE LEE CURTIS CHEERED HER ON, SAYING ` 'THE NATURAL BEAUTY REVOLUTION HAS FINALLY BEGUN!' OTHER STARS LIKE ANDIE MACDOWELL AND DAME HELEN MIRREN SPORTED THEIR NATURAL HAIR COLOUR, WITH THEIR GLORIOUS GREYS PROUDLY ON SHOW. I FEEL FOR ALL THE MAKE-UP ARTISTS, GOING, ' THIS IS A ONE-OFF, RIGHT?' GORGEOUS THING ABOUT PAMELA ANDERSON IS THAT SHE SAID HER MAKE-UP ARTIST DIED OF CANCER A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THAT. BUT ALSO, SHE LOOKS AMAZING. HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO SHOW UP AS A WOMAN WITH COMPLETELY GREY HAIR? WHEN YOU ARE THAT OLD, I THINK IT IS FINE. YOU REALLY ONLY GO FULLY GREY ONES MOST OF YOUR HAIR IS GREY, AND IT IS EASIER FOR MEN. IT CAN LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE PAINT IN YOUR HAIR. IT IS EASIER TO DYE IT UNTIL YOU HAVE LOTS OF GREY. IT'S A WHOLE THING. IT'S EMPOWERING TO SEE THEM WITH THEIR GREY HAIR. ANDY MCDOWELL SOMEONE HAS HELPED HER WITH THOSE CURLS, AND HELEN MIRREN, I THINK THAT IS NOT JUST HER HAIR, THOSE ARE HAIR EXTENSIONS, AS WELL AS SERUMS AND STYLING. IT STILL TAKES EFFORT AND MONEY TO ACHIEVE. HELEN MIRREN'S HAIR LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN BLEACHED WHITE. THEY TONE IT. WE'VE GOT TO GET INTO SERUMS. DON'T START, IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE. WE'RE JUST 10 DAYS AWAY FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION. ONE ISSUE THAT KEEPS COMING UP IS CRIME. IS IT REALLY AS BAD ARE SOME POLITICIANS ARE SAYING? WE DUG INTO THE FACTS TO FIND OUT. # THIS IS A RAID... IF YOU FEEL LIKE CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY IS OUT OF CONTROL, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. WE ASKED POLLING COMPANY DYNATA TO FIND OUT WHAT KIWIS THINK. THE RESULTS ` 87% FELT CRIME HAS RECENTLY INCREASED, AND IT'S NO WONDER ` 'CRIME SPREE'; '12- AND 13-YEAR-OLDS BREAKING INTO CARS'; 'BIGGEST METH BUST IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY'; 'KNIFE WIELDING 501 DEPORTEE'; 'GROUP ASSAULT'; 'STABBING INCIDENT'. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. EVERY NEW ZEALANDER FEELS LESS SAFE IN THEIR HOME, THEIR BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A GOVERNMENT THAT, FRANKLY, HAS BEEN SOFT ON CRIME. IN OUR POLL, 68% SAID CRIME WILL IMPACT HOW THEY'LL VOTE IN THIS ELECTION. BUT IS IT ACTUALLY THAT BAD? WELL, IT'S COMPLICATED. WE CAN LOOK BETWEEN 2023 AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 2022. BUT IF WE TRY AND GO BACK REALLY BEFORE THAT, LOOKING AT, SAY, 2021 OR 2020, WE RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OF COMPARING THINGS AGAINST THE SORT OF VERY ARTIFICIAL CONDITIONS OF THE COVID LOCKDOWNS. AND IT'S HARD TO SEPARATE A RISE IN CRIME FROM A RISE IN REPORTING OF CRIME. LABOUR'S POLICE SPOKESPERSON, GINNY ANDERSEN, SAYS THERE ARE TWO BIG REASONS WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN SOME AREAS. FIRST, A NEW APP MEANS MORE RETAIL CRIME GETS REPORTED. FROM LOOKING AT POLICE STATISTICS, THE NUMBER WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY ONCE POLICE WERE RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THE AURORA APP. SECOND, LAW CHANGES MEAN SOME VIOLENT CRIMES ARE COUNTED DIFFERENTLY. A BIG PART OF THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IS A RESULT OF TWO NEW OFFENCES THAT WE INTRODUCED IN 2018. SO THOSE TWO OFFENCES ACCOUNT FOR 70% OF THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENDING. BUT THE OPPOSITION SAYS LABOUR IS CHERRY-PICKING STATISTICS, AND IT'S NOT FOOLING ANYONE. THE PUBLIC DON'T BUY IT, BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT AND THEY KNOW, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE. SO WHICH IS IT? HAS CRIME GOTTEN WORSE OR NOT? WE'RE UP OVER WHERE WE WERE MOST RECENTLY, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY STILL WITHIN THAT GENERAL BANDWIDTH OF CRIME RATES OF THE LAST, SAY, 10 OR 20 YEARS. SO WE'RE STILL IN NORMAL LEVELS OF CRIME. AND WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE CRIME? THE RATE OF OFFENDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DECREASED BETWEEN 2012 AND 2022 BY 64%, BUT THE TYPES OF CRIMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PUBLIC, VISIBLE AND CAUGHT ON CCTV. THE NATURE OF SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AS WELL HAS BEEN VERY DISTURBING FOR MANY PEOPLE. CRIME ISN'T HIDDEN ANY MORE IN PARTICULAR PARTS OF CITIES. BUT THIS MIGHT BE COMFORTING ` THE GLOBAL PEACE INDEX PUTS US AS FOURTH-SAFEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, BASICALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THEY JUDGE US ON, WHERE WE DON'T SCORE WELL ` PERCEIVED CRIMINALITY. WE THINK WE'RE LESS SAFE THAN WE ARE. SIMPLE QUESTION, BUT COMPLICATED ANSWER, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. THE POINT AT THE END WAS INTERESTING ` IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS MORE CRIME AROUND, IT IS NOT AS BAD AS CRIME GOING UP, BUT HAS SIMILAR NEGATIVE EFFECTS. IT WILL AFFECT YOUR ACTIONS. WOULD BE NICE IF POLITICAL PARTIES COULD AGREE ON ONE THING, WHICH IS THAT WE WANT LESS CRIME. ONE PARTY DOESN'T ACHIEVE THAT, IT TAKES A GENERATION. AND YOU NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CAUSES OF CRIME. I JUST THINK, DOWN WITH CRIME. YOU MIGHT GET ELECTED. IT'S TIME FOR 'BEAT THAT'. THIS WEEK WE'RE GIVING AWAY A TRIP TO RAROTONGA. WE WANT YOU TO SHOW US HOW READY YOU ARE TO GO ON HOLIDAY. UP FIRST TONIGHT IS CLAIRE, WHO HAS DECIDED TO READ UP ON HER TRAVEL BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY. THE MORE EMBARRASSING THE BETTER. AND DOUG HAS FOUND A VERY TROPICAL PUDDLE TO SWIM IN. AND MISSING RAROTONGA, LEANNE FOUND THE NEXT BEST THING ` THE ASHBURTON FOUNTAIN. WORD IS GOING TO GET ROUND. DION DECIDED TO PRACTICE HIS SNORKELLING SKILLS IN THE RIVER. LOOK AT ALL THE EFFORT HE HAS BEEN TO. THEY COULDN'T TOP OUR REIGNING CHAMPION, MIKE. HERE HE IS, ENJOYING SOME QUEEN STREET SUN. WE LOVE THE PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND, THE FACT THAT YOU DID IT FOR REAL, THE COMMITMENT ` YOU ARE OUR CHAMPION. YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO KNOCK HIM OFF THE TOP SPOT. IF YOU CAN BEAT THAT, YOU COULD PICK UP THE ULTIMATE SUMMER ESCAPE, WITH THE RAROTONGAN BEACH RESORT AND LAGOONARIUM ` FLIGHTS AND ACCOMMODATION FOR TWO FOR SEVEN NIGHTS, PLUS HEAPS OF SNORKELLING AND PADDLE-BOARDING. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SHOW US HOW READY YOU ARE FOR A RAROTONGAN ESCAPE. GET YOUR SNORKEL AND LAVALAVA ON, TAKE A PIC OR A VIDEO, AND ENTER VIA OUR WEBSITE. THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THE PROJECT. HELLO, KIWIS. TONIGHT ON 'PADDY GOWER HAS ISSUES', I INVESTIGATE NITRIOUS OXIDE. HARMLESS FUN OR A DANGEROUS DRUG? AND IT TURNS OUT THAT NEW ZEALAND IS LETTING DOWN GUINEA PIGS. I'M GONNA TRY AND SAVE THEM. THAT'S COMING UP NEXT ON THREE. WELCOME BACK TO THE PROJECT. WE'VE JUST GOT TIME FOR A VIDEO FOR JESSE AND KANOA, WHO ARE OFF TO THE SILVER SCROLLS TONIGHT. JUST BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE HUGGING FOR A PHOTO TONIGHT, SO WHEN SHE PUTS ON THAT MAKE-UP, IT'S OK, BUT WHEN I DO IT ON THE LIONS CLUB FLOAT AT THE HAWERA SANTA PARADE, IT'S NATIONAL NEWS. UNBELIEVABLE. TOMORROW NIGHT, ANOTHER POLITICAL GUEST JOINS US AS CO-HOST. NATIONAL PARTY LEADER CHRIS LUXON WILL BE HERE ALL SHOW LONG, AND WE'LL HIT HIM WITH THE HARD QUESTIONS IN THE HOT SEAT. THAT'S IT FOR US. THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR, CONTACT. AND THANKS TO KARA RICKARD FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. 'PADDY GOWER HAS ISSUES' IS NEXT. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN, ALEX WALKER AND KATE McCULLOUGH.