THANKS DAN TIME NOW FOR SEVEN SHARP WITH HILARY AND JEREMY. WE ASSOCIATE HELIUM WITH PARTY BALLOONS, BUT A GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF THE GAS COULD HAVE MORE SERIOUS IMPACTS. THE RATE AT WHICH HELIUM IS NATURALLY PRODUCED IS SLOWER THAN THE RATE AT WHICH IT'S BEING EXTRACTED, SO ARE WE IN DANGER OF RUNNING OUT ENTIRELY? (MAGICAL MUSIC) T'S THE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR GAS THAT DELIVERS MAGICAL MOVIE MOMENTS LIKE THIS... (MAGICAL MUSIC SOARS) ...AND BESTIES BANTER LIKE THIS. HIGH-PITCHED: SO, RAFA, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME FOR CHRISTMAS YET? HIGH-PITCHED: YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA COME TO SWITZERLAND AND PLAY EXHIBITION MATCH. (LAUGHTER) WELL, IT'S NO JOKE, IS THE DECADE-LONG SUPPLY CRISIS THAT'S FAST DEFLATING HELIUM SUPPLIES WORLDWIDE. IT'S NOT JUST PARTY PLANNERS AT THE MERCY OF THE MARKET; HELIUM IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER ELEMENTS IN THE WORLD. IT HAS VITAL LIFE-SAVING USES WHICH MIGHT SURPRISE YOU, AND IN TIMES OF SCARCITY MAY SCARE YOU TOO. AND JOINING US NOW FROM CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY IS DEBORAH CRITTENDEN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY. NICE TO SEE YOU, DEBORAH. WHERE DOES HELIUM COME FROM, AND WHY IS THERE A GLOBAL SHORTAGE? RIGHT, SO HELIUM IS TYPICALLY A PRODUCT OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY MINOR PRODUCT. AND SO BECAUSE THERE'S SO LITTLE OF IT THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS ON THE PLANET, AND WE CAN EXTRACT SO LITTLE OF IT, THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IT AND WE USE IT ALL UP, THEN IT'S ALL GONE. WHAT DO WE MOSTLY USE HELIUM FOR? WELL, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO USE IT FOR KIDS PARTY BALLOONS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THEM BE RELEASED, AND THAT ALL LOOKS VERY GOOD AND FUN, BUT THE MORE SERIOUS USE IS THAT WE USE IT FOR COOLING DOWN SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS. DOES THAT, LIKE, RING ANY BELLS? IT PROBABLY DOESN'T. BUT THE MAIN REASON THAT WE NEED SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS IS TO MAKE TRAINS LEVITATE AND TO GIVE YOU GOOD MEDICAL IMAGING. AND SO HOW THAT WORKS IS, ESSENTIALLY, TO MAKE A SUPERCONDUCTOR, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PASS A LOT OF ELECTRICITY THROUGH A VERY, VERY, VERY COLD PIECE OF METAL. AND TO COOL IT DOWN, THAT'S WHY WE USE THE HELIUM. AND OF COURSE, WE NEED VERY STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A TRAIN, UH, LEVITATE; OR WE NEED VERY STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS SO THAT WHEN THEY INTERACT WITH THE MATERIAL IN YOUR BODY, WE CAN TELL WHETHER THERE'S DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HEALTHY MATERIAL AND, SAY, THE CANCEROUS MATERIAL. DEBORAH, IS THERE ANY WAY OF MANUFACTURING HELIUM? UH, UNLESS YOU'RE A NUCLEAR, UH` A NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR LIKE THE SUN, NO. SO, I MEAN, HELIUM IS MANUFACTURED ON THE SUN, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN TAKE` GET ON A ROCKET SHIP AND TAKE A LITTLE SHORT TRIP THERE AND EXTRACT SOME OF IT OUT OF THE SUN. I MEAN, THAT'S IMPRACTICAL ON MANY, MANY LEVELS, UM, BUT, YEAH, OTHERWISE, ON THIS PLANET, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY. WHAT ABOUT ANY COMPARABLE GASES? ARE THERE ANY GASES THAT COULD TAKE THE PLACE OF HELIUM? UH, SO IN TERMS OF COOLING APPLICATIONS, LIQUID HYDROGEN HAS A VERY SIMILAR KIND OF, UM, BOILING POINT. SO IT'S VERY, VERY COLD WHEN IT'S IN ITS LIQUID FORM. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH HYDROGEN IS THAT IT'S QUITE REACTIVE; IN FACT, IT'S ROCKET FUEL. SO YOU'D BETTER NOT BE PUTTING HYDROGEN IN YOUR KIDS' BALLOONS FOR A PARTY, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPLOSIVE PARTY ` AND NOT IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT. DEBORAH, WHAT'S THE RISK THAT OUR PLANET MIGHT RUN OUT OF HELIUM ENTIRELY? UH, LIKE, VERY HIGH. AS IN, IF WE'VE GOT A SHORTAGE NOW, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF GUILTY OF ASSUMING THAT THE EARTH'S RESOURCES ARE INFINITE, RIGHT, THAT THERE'S AN UNLIMITED, UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF EVERYTHING. LIKE, YOU CAN GO TO THE SERVICE STATION AND FILL UP YOUR CAR, OR YOU CAN GO TO THE PARTY SUPPLY STORE AND GET YOUR HELIUM BALLOONS, BUT HERE, HELIUM IS REALLY THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE THAT TELLS US THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCE` THESE NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES, AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE SOME SERIOUS STEPS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YEAH, WHAT'S IT GOING TO MEAN IF WE DO RUN OUT? UM, WELL, I SUSPECT WE'LL USE OUR HUMAN INGENUITY TO COME UP WITH WORKAROUNDS, LIKE MAYBE WE'LL USE LIQUID HYDROGEN GAS FOR COOLING OUR MRI MACHINES. BUT ULTIMATELY, WE NEED TO BE A LOT SMARTER ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY USE THE EARTH'S RESOURCES, AND WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE RENEWABLE RESOURCES IN PLACE OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES ` SO HOW WE CAN HARVEST ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND FROM THE AIR AND FROM THE WATER, RATHER THAN JUST MINING THINGS OUT OF THE GROUND, EFFECTIVELY. THANKS, DEBORAH. A FASCINATING DISCUSSION. LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU. NO WORRIES. NICE TO TALK TO YOU TOO. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER, TOM CLARKE AND OTO SEQUEIRA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 RECENT STATS REVEAL THAT MORE THAN HALF OF US LACK CONFIDENCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE TREATY OF WAITANGI. SO NINE OF OUR GREATEST TREATY MINDS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND IT. FAILURE ISN'T THE OPPOSITE TO SUCCESS; RATHER, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART TO IT. THIS IS M9, A HYBRID OF MODERN TED TALKS. WE ARE SO SOUGHT AFTER. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE COMPANIES, ALL THESE PRODUCTIONS COMING IN FROM OVERSEAS TO CAST MAORI. PART THEATRE SHOW, PART MICROCONFERENCE... SO, HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER EXPERIENCING THE M9 STAGE? I'M STILL ON A BIT OF A HIGH AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT WAS AMAZING. THE AUDIENCE IS JUST SO GIVING AND SO THOUGHTFUL, EVEN WHEN YOUR JOKES ARE SO DRY. A WANANGA WOVEN THROUGH MAORI ORATORY. USING THE PLATFORM THAT M9 IS CREATING AS AN EDUCATIONAL EXERCISE AS MUCH AS IT IS A ENCOURAGING AND EMPOWERING EXERCISE. FEATURING NINE POWERFUL VOICES AS THEY EXPLORE ONE OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, TE TIRITI O WAITANGI. IT'S HISTORICAL CONTEXT, IT'S MODERN APPLICATION AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. AND JOINING US NOW IS TREATY NEGOTIATOR AND EDUCATOR, PROFESSOR ELLA HENRY. KIA ORA, ELLA. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HOW IMPORTANT IS TREATY EDUCATION? KIA ORA. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERY COUNTRY TO UNDERSTAND ITS ORIGINS, AND TE TIRITI O WAITANGI IS THE FOUNDING DOCUMENT. IT'S WHAT GAVE US OUR NATION VALIDITY. SO EDUCATION AROUND THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ELLA, WHY IS IT CALLED A LIVING DOCUMENT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP. AT THE TIME THAT OUR ANCESTORS SIGNED THE DOCUMENT, WE WANTED TO FORGE A STRONG AND ENDURING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BRITISH CROWN. THAT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. WE WERE A SETTLER GOVERNMENT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A POST-COLONIAL ENVIRONMENT. SO WE ARE ADAPTING THAT RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE ADDING TO IT. WE ARE ENRICHING IT. AND THAT'S PART OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE AS A NATION. WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE TREATY? I THINK A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORDING IN TE TIRITI O WAITANGI, WHICH WAS THE ONE SIGNED BY THE MOST MAORI CHIEFS, AND THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, WHICH CEDED ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY. NOW, THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT LANGUAGE HAS MEANT OPEN CONFLICT BETWEEN MAORI AND THE CROWN IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE STILL RESOLVING MANY OF THOSE ISSUES NOW. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING, ELLA? WELL, AS PART OF M9 ` I'M ONE OF NINE PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING, I THINK, DIFFERENT LENSES TO SHINE ON IT ` MY PARTICULAR AREA OF INTEREST IS WHY? WHY DID OUR CHIEFS SIGN IT AND WHAT DID THEY HOPE? BECAUSE THAT'S GOT TO SHAPE MY ASPIRATIONS AND I THINK ALL OF OUR ASPIRATIONS MOVING FORWARD. WHY DID THEY DO IT, AND WHY WAS IT GOOD FOR US, AND HOW WILL IT BE GOOD FOR US MOVING FORWARD? AND WHAT WOULD YOUR ANSWER TO THAT BE? AH, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME TO M9 TO FIND THAT OUT. (LAUGHS) UM, BUT REALLY... (CHUCKLES) BUT REALLY, I THINK THAT, UH... THEY DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR ACTIONS AND DEDUCE WHAT I THINK WERE THEIR ASPIRATIONS. AND FOR ME, IT WAS ABOUT BUILDING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP, FIRST WITH THE BRITISH CROWN AND THEN WITH WHAT BECAME OUR NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT. AND WE TRY PERPETUALLY, AS MAORI, TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD THAT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP. SOMETIMES, WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP; SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH. ELLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. ALL THE BEST WITH EVERYTHING. KIA ORA. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE WORK COLLEAGUES WHO FORMED THEIR OWN KAPA HAKA AND NOW HAVE THEIR EYES ON GLORY. PLUS, THERE ISN'T MUCH HELEN HASN'T DONE IN LIFE. FROM BULLS TO THE UNUSUAL, HER WIDE-RANGING PASSIONS ARE NEXT. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. WELCOME BACK. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. IT STARTED WITH A KARAKIA BEFORE WORK TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER. THEN IT GREW INTO SOMETHING THEY NEVER DARED TO IMAGINE ` A WORK-BASED KAPA HAKA THAT NOW HAS THEM AIMING FOR A PART IN THE BIGGEST DANCE OF ALL ` TE MATATINI. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) IT PRESENTS AS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS ` A STARK AND IMPOSING ORGAN OF THE STATE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A COURT OR A COURTHOUSE, IT'S A BUILDING THAT HAS NO PERSONALITY. IT HAS NO PERSONA. ALL: # KARANGA MAI RA... WHICH MAKES THIS... # POWHIRITIA RA... # ...ALL THE MORE SPECIAL. SO NOT AFFILIATED TO HAPU? NO. OR IWI? YEAH. WE'RE JUST A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT GROUP. AFFILIATED TO WORK? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, YEAH. WE WALK WITH CONVICTION, NOT GET A CONVICTION. (GROUP PERFORMS HAKA) 36 OF THE 50 SOULS WHO WORK IN THE COURT COMPLEX NOW BEARING THEIR SOULS THROUGH KAPA HAKA AND STRIVING TO QUALIFY FOR A PLACE AT THE MATATINI FESTIVAL EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF JUDGES. WE'VE GOT A CORONER. ARE YOU ALLOWED TO BARK AT THE JUDGES? WHISPERS: NO. (CHUCKLES) THAT'S AN N-O. NO. (LAUGHS) UM, ABSOLUTELY NOT. (LAUGHS) SIR, HOW'S IT GOING? GOOD, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I SEE PASSION. I SEE JOY. # ...TE IWI, AUE, AU, PURITIA RA... # THEY THINK I'M SCARY, BUT I'M NOT. MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT? I'M NOT THAT SCARY. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE EGGS. (LAUGHS) I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE SECRET, JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE PUBLIC OF NEW ZEALAND ` I LIKE IT. YEAH, I LIKE IT. HALF OF YOU NEVER EVEN KNEW HOW TO TWIRL A POI, LET ALONE CATCH A POI. LOOK AT YOU. (APPLAUSE) (ALL SING) SO I'VE BEEN IN NEW ZEALAND FOR 12 YEARS, AND I REALLY WANTED TO LEARN MORE OF MAORI CULTURE. AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PLATFORM FOR ME. MOST OF US HAVE NEVER, EVER DONE A HAKA BEFORE. NEVER PERFORMED A HAKA. INCLUDING YOU? INCLUDING ME, YEAH. ALL: HI, AUE. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) ON THAT BASIS, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE SO VULNERABLE? YEAH, IT'S NOT` IT'S NOT A NICE PLACE TO BE. AND I THINK GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, I THINK IT HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE GOT COMING IN WHO ARE IN EXACTLY THAT SAME POSITION. IT'S A TASTE OF OUR OWN MEDICINE, MAYBE. (CHUCKLES) I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED, BUT FIND THAT SECOND WIND SOMEWHERE IN YOUR BODY AND BRING IT OUT, COS ONCE YOU GET TO THAT HAKA, IT'S LIKE DOWN HERE. IT'S MEANT TO PICK UP, EH. MARANGA MAI RA! (ALL SING) THE LOVE FOR IT ` I THINK THAT'S REALLY FROM MY HEART. DESPITE MY TWO LEFT FEET... NOT ONLY TWO LEFT FEET, I UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT HAVE A BUNG KNEE. YES, IN TWO WEEKS I'M GOING TO HAVE A FULL KNEE REPLACEMENT. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) AND YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN I DO THE HAKA, I DON'T REALLY GET LOW LIKE THE REST OF THE BOYS, BECAUSE IF I DID, I DON'T THINK I COULD COME BACK UP AGAIN. (ALL SING) COULD YOU DO ME A HUGE FAVOUR AND EDIT OUT ALL OUR MISTAKES... ESPECIALLY MINE. THERE'LL BE NO EDITING INVOLVED. (LAUGHS) I'M GONNA BE WATCHING YOU. I'M GONNA BE WATCHING YOU. YOU STILL CALL HIM JUDGE? BUT DO YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HIM NOW? I DO, ACTUALLY. HONESTLY, OUTSIDE HERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HIM INSTEAD OF BEING AT WORK. AND HE'S ONE OF THE BOYS. HE'S ONE OF THE BOYS. ONE OF THE BOYS. HE'S A JUDGE. (LAUGHTER) I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE MERRIMENT. TIME FOR A FULL DRESS RUN THROUGH IN FRONT OF WHANAU, AHEAD OF THEIR BIG 25-TEAM REGIONAL QUALIFYING FINAL TOMORROW NIGHT. LAST TIME I DID KAPA, I WAS A 6-YEAR-OLD AT A WHAKAREWAREWA PRIMARY SCHOOL. I'M FILIPINO, SO IT MAKES ME A BETTER NEW ZEALANDER. I'M EMBRACING EVERYTHING HERE, AND I'M BETTER FOR IT. I LOST MY PARTNER THREE WEEKS AGO, SO DOING KAPA HAS ACTUALLY GIVEN ME A WHOLE LOT OF, YOU KNOW, AWHI. THEY'VE HAD TO PUT UP WITH ME A COUPLE OF TIMES BURSTING INTO TEARS WITH SOME OF THE SONGS WE SING ABOUT THE SPIRITS GOING TO HAWAIKI NUI, HAWAIKI ROA, HAWAIKI PAMAMAO. SO THAT'S WHY I CLOSE MY EYES, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU PROBABLY SEE THE TEARS. IT'S JUST NICE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I THINK TOO. GOOD LUCK WITH THE KNEE. (LAUGHS) THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DOES IT MATTER HOW YOU GO, REALLY? NO. NO IT DOESN'T. I THINK WE'VE WON ALREADY. IT'S BEEN SO LIFE-CHANGING FOR A LOT OF US. LOVE IT. KIA MAU! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) SURELY, THEY MAKE IT TO THE FINALS. THEY ARE BRILLIANT. GOOD LUCK TEAM. BEAUTIFUL STORY. IT'S FAIR TO SAY MOST PEOPLE ARE SLOWING DOWN IN THEIR 80S, BUT HELEN MILLER ISN'T MOST PEOPLE. AT 85, THE PROUD SOUTHLANDER HAS BEEN BREEDING BULLS FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AND ISN'T SHUTTING UP SHOP YET. RACHEL PARKIN HAS HER STORY. (LAID-BACK MUSIC) ON THE ROLLING PLAINS OF RIVERSDALE JUST NORTH OF GORE, YOU'LL FIND PYRAMID DOWNS ` HOME TO HEREFORD CATTLE, PERENDALE EWES, TALLBOY THE HUNGRY CALF... GOODNESS ME, HE'S GOT STRONG CHOPS. ...AND HELEN MILLER. ARE YOU GONNA COME AND SAY HELLO? HELEN'S BEEN HERE BREEDING BULLS... WHAT NICE BULLIES! ...FOR 52 YEARS. DOES IT FEEL THAT LONG? NO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE ALL THAT TIME! IN ACTUAL FACT, THERE ISN'T MUCH HELEN HASN'T DONE. ONE YEAR, I DID CHURCH FLOWERS 22 SUNDAYS IN THE YEAR. WOW. BUT HEREFORD BULLS HAVE BEEN HER LIFE. MY FATHER HAD ANGUS CATTLE, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY... FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ANGUS CATTLE. (CHUCKLES) THIS IS A WOMAN WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS. WELL, I LIKE A BULL THAT STANDS WELL AND HAS LENGTH OF NECK, CAN KEEP HIS HEAD UP AND HAS A GOOD BACK END. (CHUCKLES) THESE BELOVED BULLIES HER LIFE'S DEVOTION ` IN A WAY, BORN OUT OF GRIEF. SEE, BACK IN 1968, HELEN WAS IN HOSPITAL WITH HER 1-WEEK-OLD SON, YOUNG DAUGHTER BACK AT HOME, WHEN HUSBAND, JOHN, WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH. WELL, IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU NEVER GET OVER. MM. WHEN SOME SUGGESTED HELEN SELL UP, SHE DUG IN, NEVER REALLY LOOKING BACK. WELL, LIFE HAS TO HAVE A PURPOSE, SO THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED I WANTED TO BREED HEREFORD CATTLE. RAISING CATTLE AND KIDS IN HER STOIC, UNDERSTATED STRIDE. IT CAN'T HAVE BEEN EASY AT TIMES FOR YOU. NO, IT WASN'T. SO, UH... WE TRIED TO DO IT AS COST-EFFECTIVELY AS WE COULD, AND THEN ONCE I GOT KNOCKED OVER IN THE CATTLE YARDS, AND I WAS LYING UNDER THE COW'S LEGS, AND I SCRAMBLED UP... OH MY GOODNESS. HELEN HAS HAD HELP FROM FARM MANAGER GEOFF... EVERY DAY ABOVE GROUND'S A BONUS. ...BUT SHE'S NO PUSHOVER. WHEN I RANG YOU THE FIRST TIME, YOU WERE SHIFTING SHEEP. OH YEAH. I WAS OUT MUSTERING, I THINK. MM. YEAH, I LIKE MUSTERING. OH, LOOK, I GUESS SHE'S VERY, VERY RESILIENT, VERY DETERMINED, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON THE HEREFORD BREED. A LITTLE BIT LAME AT THE MOMENT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, DOING PRETTY WELL. YES, AT THE MOMENT, HELEN IS A BIT LAME ` SHE'S PULLED A HAMMY. LAUGHS: AND THIS INJURY IS JUST A NARK, TO PUT IT MILDLY. HER TRUSTY SIDE-BY-SIDE VEHICLE NOW KEY TO GETTING ROUND THE FARM. THE BULLS HERE ARE FED ON KALE AND BAILAGE IN THE WINTER. IN 52 YEARS OF BREEDING, HELEN'S SURE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE. OFTEN AT A STUD SALE, PEOPLE WILL PAY... OH, I SOMETIMES THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS MONEY, AND I THINK, 'OHHH, I WOULDN'T BUY THAT BULL.' BUT SHE'S HELD FIRM ON HER PRINCIPLES, LIKE CUSTOMER LOYALTY. HOW MUCH IS OGDEN WORTH? OH, I'D LIKE $5000 FOR HIM, WHICH IS PRETTY REASONABLE. BUT THEN I'M REASONABLE TO DEAL WITH, COS I LIKE THE BUYERS TO COME BACK. HELEN DOESN'T JUST MEAN CATTLE CASH EITHER. SHE'S GOT ANOTHER PASSION. (LAUGHS) JUST OFF STATE HIGHWAY 94 LIES HER TREASURE TROVE. MY TILL IS TEMPERAMENTAL. (CHUCKLES) FROM ROYAL DOULTON TO ROYAL MAGAZINES, DOLLS, LAMPS... IT'S MADE OUT OF A SHELL LIKE A CAMEO BROACH. ...AND TOOLS, SHE'S GOT IT ALL. WHAT ARE YOU SLASHING WITH THAT, HELEN? WELL, IN THE EARLY DAYS, YOU USED A SLASHER TO CUT YOUR BULLS' HEDGES. MM. THE FARMERS DID IT ALL PHYSICALLY. THAT MUST BE QUITE THE WORK-OUT! YES. THIS YEAR S SOUTHERN FIELD DAYS IN WAIMUMU A CHANCE TO CATCH UP AND FRESHEN UP ON THE LATEST TRICKS OF THE TRADE. THAT'S A GOOD COW COS HE DOESN'T KICK. HELEN AND HER STOCK ` WORLD FAMOUS IN SOUTHLAND. SHE IS A GREAT LEGEND. 52 YEARS OF BREEDING GREAT ANIMALS AND STILL BREEDING A GREAT ANIMAL THAT'S IN DEMAND IS, YOU KNOW, TESTAMENT TO HER BREEDING PROGRAMME. (BULL MOOS) AND SHE ISN'T CHECKING OUT YET. ARE YOU A GOOD BULLIE, OGDEN? OH, A NICE BOY, AREN'T YOU? HELEN AND HER BULLIE BOYS... YOU'RE GOOD BOYS. ...HAVE GOT LEGS. A I AM A BIG FAN OF HELEN. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. THAT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR THE ELF. ON THE SHOW TOMORROW ` THE SUPERMARKET BARISTA WHO TURNED OUT TO HAVE THE SINGING VOICE OF AN ANGEL. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY. THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. THE GREAT KIWI BAKEOFF IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW PO MARIE.CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER, TOM CLARKE AND OTO SEQUEIRA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024