IT IS JUST GONE 7 PM HIS CELERY WHEN IT COMES TO KIWISAVER, ABOUT 700,000 NEW ZEALANDERS DON'T CONTRIBUTE. ALTHOUGH BUDGETS ARE TIGHT AT THE MOMENT, FINANCIAL ADVISORS ARE URGING KIWIS NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE LONG-TERM. MORE PAIN IS ON THE WAY. EXPECT MORE HIKES. RISING MORTGAGE RATES ARE HITTING HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HARD. FOOD COSTS, PETROL PRICES AND RENT CONTINUE TO RISE. THE FINANCIAL PINCH IS TIGHTER THAN SOME HAVE EVER KNOWN IT. OMG. FOOD. THE EXPENSE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND WITH HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS BEING SCRUTINISED LIKE NEVER BEFORE, SHOULD WE CONSIDER OUR KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS? IN 2007, THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT OFFERED A THOUSAND-DOLLAR KICKSTART, AND IN THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS, 92,000 KIWIS SIGNED UP. YOU COULD ALWAYS GO ON A 'CONTRIBUTION HOLIDAY'. IN 2009, MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS WERE REDUCED AND EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS CAPPED, ONLY TO BE INCREASED AGAIN A FEW YEARS LATER. 2015 SAW THE $1000 KICK START SCRAPPED. THEN CAME NEW HIGHER CONTRIBUTION RATES AND THE OVER 65s WELCOMED. 3.3 MILLION OF US ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED, AND THE NEW MINISTER'S SIGNALLING YET MORE CHANGES TO KIWISAVER LATER THIS YEAR. SO ARE WE BEING CLEVER KIWIS WITH OUR CASH? AND FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY FINANCIAL ADVISER CARISSA FAIRBROTHER. NICE TO SEE YOU, CARISSA. ARE WE ALL BENEFITTING AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD FROM KIWISAVER? IT'S INTERESTING. AS A FINANCIAL ADVISER, I STILL COME ACROSS PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTITLED TO BENEFITS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. BUT IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED AS THAT. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A WAY FOR ALL KIWIS TO SAVE LITTLE AND OFTEN FOR THEIR RETIREMENT. 700,000 ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING. WHY WOULD THIS BE THE CASE? WHAT I WOULD URGE PEOPLE TO THINK OF IS THEIR FUTURE FINANCIAL SELF. DOING THOSE SMALL THINGS NOW WILL BENEFIT YOU LONG-TERM. MAYBE GOING BACK TO YOUR CASH MANAGEMENT AND SEEING WHERE ELSE YOU CAN PULL YOUR BELT . IN IF YOU CAN, REALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SAVE FOR WHEN YOU ARE 65. OTHER COURTIERS HAVE COMPULSORY SCHEMES. OUR AUSTRALIAN NEIGHBOURS HAVE HAD MANDATORY CONTRIBUTION SINCE 1992. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TOO? IT HAS WORKED SO WELL FOR THE AUSTRALIANS. WE STILL HAVE THAT LONG-TERM ISSUE OF PEOPLE NOT SAVING FOR THEIR RETIREMENT. IT WILL SOLVE THAT, I AM ALL FOR IT. WE HAVE A NEW MINISTER IN CHARGE OF KIWISAVER ` ANDREW BAYLY. HE'S SIGNALLING HE'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO KIWISAVER THIS YEAR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY COULD BE? TWO THINGS ` ONE, MAYBE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROVIDER FOR KIWI SAVER. THERE ARE PRODUCTS OUT THERE ALREADY WHERE YOU HAVE A DIVERSIFIED MANAGEMENT APPROACH. THE SECOND THING IS THAT MAYBE NOW THAT THE PROVIDERS HAVE LOTS OF FUNDS, MAYBE MAKE THEM SPEND MORE ON NEW ZEALAND INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WILL MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE TO NEW ZEALAND BUT NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE TO INVESTORS. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO THOSE WHO AREN'T CONTRIBUTING? DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. IT IS OKAY THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING UP UNTIL THIS POINT. BUT IF YOU ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, HAVE A LOOK, CHECK OUT WHETHER YOU CAN RESTART YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, OR IF YOU ARE AT HOME BECAUSE YOU ARE LOOKING AFTER THE KIDS OR SELF-EMPLOYED, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO PUT IN ENOUGH TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE TAX CREDITS. DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. CAPTIONS BY KRISTIN WILLIAMS, ALEX BLACKHOUSE AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 A SIGNIFICANT NEW BUILDING'S JUST BEEN UNVEILED IN NEW PLYMOUTH. ACTUALLY, TRUTH BE TOLD, IT'S AN OLD BUILDING. BUT IT'S HAD AN EXTENSIVE AND MEANINGFUL RENOVATION THAT'S TAKEN IT FROM INDUSTRIAL TO INCREDIBLE.. TURNS OUT, IT JUST NEEDED A CLOAK. CAROLYN ROBINSON TOOK A TOUR. THERE ARE PLENTY OF SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES IN NGAMOTU, ADMIRED FOR THEIR RESILIENCE, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR IMAGINATION. THIS OFFICE BLOCK WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE 1950s AND 1960s STYLE PRETTY RATIONAL IN ITS DESIGN. AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAD A VERY INSTITUTIONAL FEEL TO IT, COS THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ` THE MINISTRY WORKS BUILDING. IT WAS NAMED AFTER SIR HARRY ATKINSON, WHO EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN THE 1800s AND WENT ON TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER. BUT IN RECENT YEARS, THE MODERNIST MONOLITH THAT CARRIED HIS NAME HAD FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR. IT'S BEEN A SURPLUS PROPERTY OF THE CROWN, AND IT SAT FOR A WHILE. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW` IT NEEDED A LOT OF WORK. AND A LOT OF VISION. IT WAS OFFERED TO US AS A DEFERRED SELECTION PROPERTY IN OUR TREATY SETTLEMENT FOR TE ATIAWA HERE IN TARANAKI. AND SO, WE HAD THE DECISION OF WHETHER WE WANTED TO BUY IT OR NOT, AND WE DECIDED TO BUY IT, REFURBISH IT, STRENGTHEN IT AND MOVING OURSELVES. IT'S RECENTLY RE-EMERGED AFTER NINE MONTHS UNDER WRAPS, REVEALING A METAMORPHOSIS THAT'S SEEN IT GO FROM BRUTAL TO BEAUTIFUL. (BRIGHT MUSIC) PROUD IS PROBABLY THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND. THE DESIGN IS A PARAWAI, OR OUR WORD FOR A CLOAK, ESSENTIALLY, AND IT'S CALLED 'TE PARAWAI O RONGO UEROA', AND RONGO UEROA IS OUR ANCESTOR. SO IT'S ABOUT THIS BUILDING BEING EMBRACED BY HER CLOAK. WE'VE ALSO GOT A REALLY, REALLY STRONG HISTORY HERE IN TARANAKI, OUR WAHINE, AS BEING VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN AND PROFICIENT IN WEAVING. SO THERE'S A HISTORICAL CONNECTION AND A CUSTOMARY CONNECTION. YOU'RE ALMOST LOOKING THROUGH A KOROWAI. IT'S THERE TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS AROUND YOU. IT ALSO MIRRORS TARANAKI MAUNGA. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU'LL SEE LIGHT GREENS AND THE DARK GREENS AND THE OCHRES AND THE YELLOWS AND THE BROWNS. AS YOU GO UP TO THE TOP, YOU'LL SEE THE WHITES AND THE BLUE OF THE SKY. IT'S A VERY SUBTLE REMINDER OF THIS VERY STRONG CONNECTION WITH TARANAKI MAUNGA. VERY SPECIAL. AND THE MAUNGA ISN'T JUST THROUGH THE WINDOW. HE'S IN THE LOBBY TOO. WE SOURCED ANDESITE FROM TARANAKI MAUNGA THAT IS SITTING IN THE FOYER. SO THAT'S QUITE A STUNNING CONNECTION. AS INSPIRING AS IT IS TO LOOK UP AT, IT'S JAW DROPPING TO LOOK OUT OF. IT'S PRETTY DISTRACTING. (CHUCKLES) INCREDIBLE VIEWS FROM THE MAUNGA TO THE MOANA AND ACROSS THE CBD, SO IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL PLACE FOR US. NGAMOTU HOUSE, AS IT'S NOW NAMED, IS ENERGY-EFFICIENT, ASBESTOS-FREE, EARTHQUAKE-STRENGTHENED, AND FIT FOR PURPOSE. WORLDWIDE, WE'RE SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN REPURPOSING AND REFITTING OLD BUILDINGS RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, DEMOLISHING THEM AND THROWING IT AWAY AND BUILDING NEW. EVENTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO THINK THESE DESIGNS WOULD BE THE NORM. THIS IS ARCHITECTURE TELLING STORIES OF THE COMMUNITY, TELLING STORIES OF TANGATA WHENUA. THIS IS HOW ARCHITECTURE SHOULD BE. YOU GONNA MOVE YOUR OFFICE? (CHUCKLES) I'D LOVE TO DO. (CALLS KARANGA) MY FAVOURITE QUOTES OF THE DAY CAME FROM ONE OF OUR KUIA, ONE OF OUR ELDERS WHO SAID, 'WE DESERVE THIS.' YOU KNOW, WE DESERVE TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL OFFICE IN A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. ATKINSON WAS AN ADVOCATE OF ACQUIRING LAND BY FORCE. HOW SURPRISED HE'D BE TO SEE WHO NOW OCCUPIES THE SITE. IT'S PRETTY IRONIC, REALLY, WHERE WE SIT. WE'RE IN A BUILDING WHO WAS NAMED AFTER SOMEONE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST OUR PEOPLE IN THE LAND WARS. THERE'S A STATUE THAT SITS JUST OUTSIDE ON THE RESERVE AREA OF ONE OF THE SURVEYORS THAT HELPED CARVE UP THE LAND AFTER CONFISCATIONS. AND SO FOR US, IT'S REALLY A RECLAMATION, I GUESS. THAT'S CHANGING THE WAY I LOOK AT THE CBD, BUT THERE'S LOTS TO COME. BEHOLD THE NEW-ISH BUILDING ON THE BLOCK. PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS, AND THEY'LL WANT TO ENGAGE. THEY'LL WANT TO KNOW MORE. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT THIS PROVIDES. IT'S A GENUINE REPRESENTATION OF US. THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT OF THE ATKINSON BUILDING WAS FERGUS SHEPPARD. HE ALSO HELPED DESIGN THE BEEHIVE, MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL AND THE AUCKLAND CENTRAL POLICE STATION. AND ALSO, TO OUR TARANAKI VIEWERS, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAY! E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE, TRY BEING A VET. AND IT REACHED UP AND LATCHED ON TO MY NOSTRIL AND PIERCED MY NOSTRIL WITH IT'S BACK CLAW. SO YOU'RE SITTING THERE WITH A MIXTURE OF TEARS, MUCUS, BLOOD POURING DOWN MY FACE, AND NO ONE TO HELP ME UNHOOK THIS HARRIER FROM MY FACE. THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL TEAM THAT GIVE THEIR ALL AS THEY SAVE OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE. THAT'S NEXT. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. WELCOME BACK. NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'VE GOT A SICK KERERU? WELL, FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES, THE WILDBASE HOSPITAL IN PALMERSTON NORTH HAS BEEN HELPING NEW ZEALAND'S WILDLIFE. MOSTLY STAFFED BY VET STUDENTS FROM MASSEY UNIVERSITY, IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE A KIWI OR A TUATARA CAN BE NURSED BACK TO HEALTH. JULIAN LEE REPORTS. ALL THE DRAMA OF AN AIR ROOM EXCEPT INSTEAD OF KITH AND KIN, IT'S KERERU, KIWI AND KAKAPO. BUT THERE'S NO MANUAL ON HOW TO FIX A MOORPORK OR SOME OF OUR RARER, MORE ENDANGERED SPECIES. WORKING HERE MUST BE QUITE SURPRISING EVERY DAY. NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME. AND YOU PLAN A DAY IN ADVANCE, AND... DOESN'T MATTER. (CHUCKLES) THE BIRDS HAVE USUALLY DIFFERENT PLANS. DO YOU MIND TRYING TO LIST ALL THE SPECIES YOU'VE SEEN? OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THEM ALL OFF, BUT LIKE, JUST A GENERAL LIST. IF WE DID THAT, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY TIME LEFT IN THE INTERVIEW. A DOCTOR KNOWS ONE SPECIES. YOU GUYS, YOU'RE WORKING ON 116 SPECIES. IS IT 116? WAS THAT IT ROUGHLY? IT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES WE'VE SEEN OVER THOSE YEARS. DOCTORS ARE AMATEURS, AREN'T THEY? (LAUGHS) SOMETIMES YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ANIMAL THAT'S, WHAT'D YOU SAY? 4G? YEAH, DOWN TO 4G. I THINK THE SMALLEST WE'VE HAD IS 1.9G, A BABY. FORTUNATELY, THE 1.9 DIDN'T NEED SURGERY, BUT, UM, PROBABLY THE SMALLEST I'VE DONE, SURGERY, WAS ABOUT 3.4G. EVERYTHING FROM GECKOS TO ALBATROSSES. THEY ALSO HAVE A WINGSPAN OF 3.8M, WHICH, YEAH, IT'S A BIT HARDER TO CONTROL. IN A WEIRD TWIST, IT'S THE AUSSIES WHO ARE REPAIRING OUR NATION'S CRITTERS. BRENT MOVED HERE 21 YEARS AGO. AND AT THE TIME I NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO CLINICAL SERVICE FOR WILDLIFE IN THE VET SCHOOL AT ALL, AND NOBODY WAS TRAINING THE YOUNGER VETS ON HOW TO LOOK AFTER NATIVE WILDLIFE. MEGAN IS ALSO FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER. YOU OBVIOUSLY LOVE IT THOUGH. YEAH, MOST DAYS. MOST DAYS, YEAH. UM, WE'RE JUST COMING OUT OF SUMMER AND WE'VE HAD A VERY, VERY BUSY PERIOD OVER THE FEW LAST FEW WEEKS. WE SEEM TO HAVE ATTRACTED MOST OF THE KOTARE OR KINGFISHER FROM THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. SEEM TO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE HOSPITAL. THE WILDBASE VETS HAVE HAD TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH THEMSELVES HOW TO DO ALL THIS. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A BOOK ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A KIWI. HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A HAWK? WELL, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO, IS WE TRAIN PEOPLE ON HOW TO... BUT YOU HAD TO FIGURE IT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE. YES. YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY I GOT MY NOSE PIERCED. I WAS WORKING ON MY OWN ON A SUNDAY WITH A HARRIER HAWK, AND I WAS TRYING TO... BY YOURSELF? BY MYSELF, TRYING TO DO THINGS IN A HURRY. AND IT REACHED UP AND LATCHED ONTO MY NOSTRIL AND PIERCED MY NOSTRIL WITH ITS BACK CLAW. SO YOU'RE SITTING THERE WITH A MIXTURE OF TEARS, MUCUS, BLOOD POURING DOWN MY FACE AND NO ONE TO HELP ME UNHOOK THIS THIS HARRIER FROM MY FACE. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY MY LOW, LOW POINT. HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF IT? UM, THERE'S A TRICK. IF YOU STRAIGHTEN THEIR LEGS THAT LOOSENS THE TALONS, AND THEN YOU CAN SORT OF PEEL IT BACK LIKE THAT. THE WILD KIWIS WILL EAT MOSTLY EARTHWORMS, NATIVE EARTHWORMS AND A VARIETY OF OTHER FRUITS AND INVERTEBRATES. AND WE CAN'T KEEP THAT KIND OF AMOUNT OF INSECTS UP TO THEM. WE THOUGHT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE COMPOST WORMS TO BE ABLE TO FEED THE KIWI, BUT SURPRISINGLY, THERE'S SOMETHING IN COMPOST WORMS THAT KIWI DON'T LIKE AND IT GIVES THEM DIARRHOEA AND THEY REFUSE TO REFUSE TO EAT IT, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO USE THAT AT ALL. IF YOU'RE IN HOSPITAL AND THE FOOD'S BAD, THAT JUST MAKES THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE THAT MUCH WORSE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. EACH PATIENT THAT COMES IN, IT'S VERY RARE FOR THERE TO BE ALREADY RESEARCH AND THINGS TO THE LEVEL OF, UM, EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN OTHER AREAS OF VET SCIENCE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST ASSUME WITH THE INTERNET AND EVERYTHING THAT ALL THE INFORMATION... IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THERE. THERE'S NO INFORMATION ON THIS STUFF. YOU'RE LITERALLY FINDING OUT AS YOU GO. YES. IT LOOKS LIKE A FANCY OUTFIT, BUT LOOK CLOSER AND YOU'LL REALISE WILDBASE IS JUST SCRATCHING BY. HAVE THERE BEEN DIFFICULT TIMES HERE WITH THE FUNDING AND THAT SORT OF THING, WHERE YOU THOUGHT IT MIGHT SORT OF SHUT DOWN AND THAT SORT OF THING? ALMOST EVERY YEAR. WE'RE 21 YEARS DOWN THE TRACK AND EACH YEAR IT WILL BE, 'CAN WE GO ANOTHER YEAR?' HAS IT BEEN... ALL THIS EFFORT, HAS IT BEEN WORTH IT FOR YOU? OH, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THESE ANIMALS. AND THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE GATHERED HERE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY KEEN ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. THIS IS NOT A JOB. THIS IS A PASSION. THIS IS A CALLING. UM, AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE WORKING IN HERE ARE NOT DOING IT FOR THE MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GREAT, BUT WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND THEY ARE. QUIETLY, DILIGENTLY CLAWING AWAY AT NEW ZEALAND'S ENORMOUS ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY. ONE KERERU AT A TIME. NOW, THE MANU WORLD CHAMPS CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE KIWI PASTIME OF THE BOMB OR MANU ` A DIVE WHICH TRIES TO CREATE THE BIGGEST SPLASH POSSIBLE. AND AFTER THOUSANDS TRIED THEIR LUCK, SIX CHAMPIONS EMERGED FROM THE WATERS OF THE WAITEMATA HARBOUR. TE RAUHIRINGA BROWN WAS THERE. # ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN. THE Z MANU WORLD GRAND FINAL ` A SPLASHING SPECTACLE LIKE NO OTHER. THE ART OF POPPING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS DIVE BOMBS IN THE WORLD, INVENTED RIGHT HERE IN AOTEAROA. JUST OVER THE YEARS, IT JUST EVOLVED FROM MANGERE BOMB, AND THE NEW GENERATION TOOK OVER AND THEY MADE IT SO MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL AND ADDED MORE TECHNIQUE AND CALLED IT THE MANU. FROM A MANGERE TO A MANU... JUMP IF YOU WANT, AND THEN YOU LEAN... GET INTO YOUR TUCK. YOU GOTTA TUCK INTO A PERFECT V. AND ONCE YOU GET YOUR PERFECT V, POP OUT IN THE WATER. AND THEN KICK OUT. TO A GORILLA... YOU JUMP OUT, YOU GO HEAD FIRST BUT YOU KINDA WANNA LAND ON YOUR NECK BUT LIKE, A BIT DOWN. IF YOU GET THE RIGHT TECHNIQUE, YOU'LL GO HIGH. TO A CHEESE CUTTER... YOU GET YOUR TWO LEGS AND YOU HAVE TO SLICE THE CHEESE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A BIG POP, YOU KNOW. THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY FILLED THE HEART OF TAMAKI MAKAURAU SHOWCASING THEIR STYLE, TECHNIQUE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP... TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE NUMBER 1 SPOT. WE'VE GOT KIDS 10 TO 12, WE'VE GOT YOUTH, 13 TO 17 AND WE'VE GOT ADULTS 18 AND OVER, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE. WITH THE HELP OF MANU TECHNOLOGY.. THE MANU TECH SYSTEM ENABLES US TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF THE SPLASH AND THE WIDTH OF THE SPLASH, AND WE CAN CALCULATE THE VOLUME AND THAT ENABLES US TO DETERMINE THE SCORE. CAREFUL DELIBERATION BY THE JUDGES... PRETTY MEAN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE A BIT MORE FLARE NOW. INTRODUCING YOUR 2024 Z MANU WORLD CHAMPS! MY NAME IS FLETCHER FROM WELLINGTON AND I'VE BEEN DOING MANUS FOR 5 YEARS NOW, I FEEL GREAT! I STARTED LIKE, UM 2 YEARS AGO CAUSE I GOT INTO IT WHEN MY BROTHER STARTING DOING WHEN I STARTED INTERMEDIATE I JUST STARTED GOING TO THE LIDO IN PALMERSTON NORTH. HELLO, I AM MAMA, I JUST ENTERED THE ADULT FEMALE MANU WORLD CHAMPS. I JUST CAME FIRST YEAAAHHH BABY! EVER SINCE WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY MUM WAS A LIFEGUARD AT THE POOLS SO WE USED TO SPEND 8 HOURS A DAY LEARNING HOW TO DO MANUS ALL FOR THIS DAY TO COME FIRST! I PRETTY MUCH LEARNT THAT BY MYSELF - A GORILLA DIVE, SEEN PEOPLE DOING IT AT THE POOLS AND JUST GETTING BIGGER. BUT IT WAS SOME PROUD RANGATAHI FROM NORTHLAND'S RURAL PIPIWAI THAT MADE A HUGE SPLASH AT THE COMPETITION. NEXT PERSON IS PROUDLY FROM PIPIWAI. YOU HAD SO MANY KAITAUTOKO? ALL OF US LIKE THOUSANDS OF US FROM PIPIWAI. DIDN'T THINK ID MAKE IT THIS FAR, BUT I DID SHOUT OUT TO MY LITTLE COUSIN BROOKLYN SHE GOT A GOLD MEDAL AS WELL I GOT US GOLD MEDAL, TAKING TWO GOLD MEDALS BACK. HIS NIECE, HIS NIECE LEXUS HAS SORTED A PIPIWAI YOUTH SOCIETY BACK HOME GETTING OUR KIDS ACTIVE... SHOW THEM WHAT WE ARE MADE OF. WHILE SOME OF AOTEAROA'S FAMOUS FACES ALSO GOT IN ON THE ACTION. HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE? NO, NO NEVER BUT ITS A COOL EVENT SO I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING INTIATIVE, SO COOL TO BE APART OF IT. JUDGING THE STYLE OF SOME OF OUR MOST AMAZING COMPETITORS, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR STYLE. THERE WAS NO STYLE TO IT, IT'S CALLED NO TARINGAS I JUST CLIMBED UP THE TOP THERE AND ASKED AT THE START IF THERE WERE ANY RULES THEY JUST SAID 'DON'T HOLD YOUR NOSE.' SO WHAT DO YOU CALL YOUR STYLE? TEETS. THAT'S WHAT I'D CALL IT, TEETS! WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY NACHO LIBRE... TALKING UP A BIG GAME, BUT REALLY... IS THAT HOW THEY DO BOMBS IN TONGA? WE DON'T EVEN DO BOMBS IN TONGA, WE JUST LIKE, DIVE FOR THE FISH AND THE SHARKS. I DIDN'T SEE ANY FISH OR SHARKS THERE, THATS WHY I DIDN'T DO WELL! IT'S BEEN A HOBBY FOR YEARS BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TURNING TO A SPORT NOW WHO KNOWS, WE COULD HAVE SOME BIG SUPERSTARS SPORT OF THE FUTURE. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH ALL THE MANU ACTION ON TVNZ+ AND TV2 LATER IN THE MONTH. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. # DON'T GO CHASING WATERFALLS. (STARTLES) Shhh. (SOFT GRUNT) You've had a big day, Dad. VOICEOVER: Imagine if instead of the kids wearing you out... (SNORING) ..you wore them out. Get AIA Vitality and start thriving. ON THE SHOW TOMORROW ` GETTING YOUR HANDS ON A BOX OF FRUIT AND VEGGIES THAT'S WAY CHEAPER THAN WHAT YOU'D BUY AT THE SUPERMARKET. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY; THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. FAIR GO IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. PO MARIE, CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY ANNA HALL-TAYLOR, ALEX BLACKHOUSE AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024