I FELT LIKE HE WAS SUGGESTING SOMETHING ELSE. THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS HAS MADE GROCERY SHOPPING PRETTY STRESSFUL FOR A LOT OF KIWIS. IN NELSON, THEY'VE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ` STARTING WITH FRUIT AND VEG. JULIAN LEE REPORTS. THE HAPORI BOX ` ON THE SHELF, A CORNUCOPIA OF FRUIT AND VEG. BUT ` LIKE AN ONION ` PEEL BACK THE LAYERS... AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. KIA ORA. MY NAME IS STEPHEN McLUCKIE, AND I'M THE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR HERE AT THE VICTORY COMMUNITY CENTRE. STEPHEN ` IS THAT V OR P-H? P-H. AND McLUCKIE? ...IS M-C-L-U-C-K-I-E. GOOD SCOTTISH NAME, JULIAN. WE ARE A HEALTH CENTRE, WE ARE A HEALTH CENTRE; WE ARE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME AND GET INVOLVED WITH LOTS OF ACTIVITIES. WE'RE A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON KAI AND THE SUPPLY OF KAI TO OUR COMMUNITY. VICTORY IS A CHARITY, YES, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING FRESH GOING ON HERE ` VICTORY IS NOW A DISTRIBUTION CENTRE FOR PAYING CUSTOMERS AS WELL. (BELL RINGS) WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? THAT'S THE SCHOOL BELL FOR THE VICTORY SCHOOL. WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL. LAUGHS: OH, RIGHT. OK. THE NELSON ENVIRONMENT CENTRE NOTICED A PROBLEM. WE WERE LOOKING AT THE COST OF LIVING AND RECOGNISED THERE'S A HUGE STEP BETWEEN TAKING KAI FROM THE SHARING SHED HERE AND THEN GOING TO BUY IT FROM THE SUPERMARKET. IN OTHER WORDS, THE SHAME OF A HANDOUT ` BUT HAPORI IS IMMUNE TO EMBARRASSMENT. INSTEAD, THIS IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS ` PEOPLE PAY FOR THE BOXES ONLINE. THE PROGRAMME BUYS PRODUCE FROM PLACES LIKE BENGE'S. WE'VE GOT PUMPKINS IN HERE THAT ARE A DECENT SIZE FOR $5 EACH. THE CHEAPEST PUMPKIN I'VE SEEN AT ONE OF THE MAJOR SUPERMARKETS AT THE MOMENT IS $8 FOR THE SAME SIZE. CAULIFLOWERS ARE $4, $5 AT THE SUPERMARKET; WE GOT THEM AT $2 TODAY. THE STUFF THAT GOES INTO A HAPORI BOX ` TOTAL COST ` 15 BUCKS. THIS IS THE CONTENTS FOR THIS WEEK. WE'VE GOT FULL LETTUCE, CAULIFLOWER, HALF A PUMPKIN; WE GOT LEEKS, WE GOT POTATOES, WE GOT TOMATOES; WE GOT PEACHES, APPLES AND PLUMS IN THERE. LEEK IS MY FAVOURITE VEGETABLE BY FAR. I'D JUST EAT LEEKS FOREVER IF I COULD. EVERYTHING IS FROM THE REGION ` EXCEPT THE PEACHES, WHICH ARE FROM DOWN SOUTH. RIGHT NOW, THE COST OF THIS BOX AT BOTH MAJOR SUPERMARKETS IS OVER 30, POSSIBLY CLOSER TO 40 BUCKS. AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE SIZE OF THE VEGES. THE BIGGER BOYS ` THE SUPERMARKETS ` ARE REJECTING FOOD THAT'S PERFECTLY GOOD BECAUSE IT'S THE WRONG SIZE. BUT NOT TOO SMALL ` TOO BIG. TOO BIG. THEIR ONES ARE UNIFORM, AT ABOUT THIS SIZE, AND ANYTHING BIGGER THAN THAT THEY CAN'T PUT ON THE SHELF. SO THEY WON'T ACCEPT IT. SO IT'S ABOUT FITTING ON THE SHELF? IT'S ABOUT FITTING ON THE SHELF. WHAT'S GONE WRONG? WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED? I THINK` NEW ZEALAND IS CAUGHT IN AN INTERNATIONAL FOOD MARKET. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE A SMALL POPULATION, AND WE'RE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE, SO WE'RE PAYING INTERNATIONAL PRICES FOR LOCALLY GROWN FOOD. YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF, BUT TO BE SUSTAINABLE, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING IN IT FOR YOU GUYS, RIGHT? IF YOU CAN PICK UP VOLUMES AND SELLING ` IS THAT GONNA BENEFIT YOU? OH, DEFINITELY. IT'S ALL ABOUT VOLUMES. THIS GAME IS PURELY A NUMBERS GAME. BUSINESS AND CHARITY GRAFTED TOGETHER. WE DO SEE A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE COMING IN TO ACCESS KAI THROUGH IT. WE DO SEE LOCAL WHANAU WHO ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, BUT WE ALSO SEE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET BEHIND THE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS WHO CAN AFFORD MORE EXPENSIVE FOOD TO COME AND GET KAI BOXES, BECAUSE IT HELPS THE WHOLE PROGRAMME GO. UPROOTING BOXES AT PLACES LIKE 'HELPING FAMILIES' ` AGAIN, A CHARITY. I'M KRISTY ROWE FROM 'HELPING FAMILIES', AND I AM THE CEO AND FOUNDER. HOW DID THIS ALL START? YOU STARTED IT IN YOUR LOUNGE? COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I DID START IT IN MY LOUNGE. BUT NOW KRISTY'S OUTFIT IS ALSO AN INFORMAL SUPERMARKET. THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF A MENTAL BARRIER FOR PEOPLE TO COME SOMEWHERE LIKE HERE ` THEY DON'T WANT A HANDOUT. BUT THIS IS NOT A HANDOUT, IS IT? NO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I... HAVE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH AS WELL, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. LOVELY ` THANK YOU. BYE. ITS A WIN FOR INDIVIDUAL WHANAU; IT'S WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTRE; IT'S A WIN FOR LOCAL GROWERS; AND IT'S A WIN FOR THE SUPPLIERS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY GET TO INCREASE THE BULK OF THEIR PURCHASING AS WELL. IF THIS TRULY BECOMES WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU GUYS, IT COULD BECOME BIGGER, COULDN'T IT? OH, YES, DEFINITELY ` DEFINITELY. PROOF THAT BUSINESS AND CHARITY DON'T NEED TO BE APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT RATHER A PEACHERINE, SOWING TOGETHER GOOD WILL WITH COMMON SENSE AND POTENTIAL TO FINALLY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALAND. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY, SAM BAKER AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE PHOTOS AND POST THEM ONLINE MAKE LITTLE TOUCH-UPS HERE OR THERE, BUT WHEN DOES IT GO TOO FAR? THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS LANDED HERSELF IN TROUBLE CARRYING OUT WHAT SHE CALLS 'SOME EXPERIMENTAL EDITING'. WAS IT DISHONEST... OR A STORM IN A ROYAL TEACUP? TO THE NAKED EYE, IT'S AN INNOCENT FAMILY PHOTO; TO THE TRAINED EYE, IT'S DOCTORED, CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO 'PULL'. AND THE METADATA? WELL, THAT SHOWS IT WAS TAKEN ON A CANON 5D MARK IV CAMERA WITH A CANON 50M LENS, WORTH AROUND FIVE GRAND; IT WAS SAVED ON PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 23.5 ON A MAC ` THE FIRST VERSION SAVED ON MARCH 8 AT 2154 GMT AND THE SECOND ON 9 MARCH AT 0939 GMT. BUT WHAT'S THE HARM IN A WEE AIRBRUSH? IT LOOKS BETTER, RIGHT? SO WHEN DOES A WEE TOUCH-UP TURN INTO A PHOTOSHOP STUFF-UP, HOW CAN YOU TELL, AND HOW BAD IS IT? AND FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY SEAN LYONS FROM NETSAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, SEAN. HOW CAN YOU TELL IF AN IMAGE HAS BEEN MANIPULATED? BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHANGES CAN BE BARELY NOTICEABLE. YEAH, THAT THEY CAN, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DONE CAN BE VERY SUBTLE. SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED ` THERE ARE REVERSE IMAGE-SEARCHING; YOU CAN LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMAGE, THE METADATA THAT GOES WITH IT. BUT OFTENTIMES THERE ARE WAYS TO OVERCOME THESE. A LOT OF THE WAY THAT YOU CAN TELL IS BY LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE BITS THAT DON'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IMAGE MANIPULATION IS NOTORIOUSLY BAD AROUND HANDS AND EARS AND HAIR. IF THERE'S SOMETHING NOT LOOKING QUITE RIGHT, IT'S LOOKING CLOSELY THERE AND MAYBE SPOTTING SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT ARE INHERENT IN THESE IMAGES. WHY WOULD'VE THEY ISSUED A KILL NOTICE? I THINK PROBABLY, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHERE WE WORRY ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MIS- AND DISINFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE, ERM, I THINK IF A NEWS AGENCY IS UNSURE OF THE VERACITY OF A PARTICULAR IMAGE OR A PARTICULAR PIECE OF INFORMATION, IT'S PROBABLY ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND REMOVING IT IN THE HOPE THAT IT CAN REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE, ERM, AT ANOTHER TIME. SEAN, WHERE DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN AIRBRUSHING OUT, SAY, A PIMPLE ` WHICH MIGHT BE UNDERSTANDABLE ` OR ACTUALLY MANIPULATING AN IMAGE? YEAH, I GUESS IT PROBABLY ALL COMES DOWN TO CONTEXT IN THAT SITUATION. YOU'RE RIGHT ` YOU MIGHT WANT TO AIRBRUSH OUT A PIMPLE ON A PICTURE THAT WAS OTHERWISE BEAUTIFUL OF YOURSELF. BUT IF YOU'RE TAKING OUT PIMPLES BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A BEFORE-AND-AFTER SHOT ABOUT YOUR, ERM` YOUR AMAZING PIMPLE-REDUCING CREAM, THEN YOU'RE STARTING TO MISLEAD SOMEBODY; YOU'RE STARTING TO PUT SOMEBODY IN HARM'S WAY. AND THAT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE START TO DRAW THE LINE ` IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS CREATING SOMETHING THAT'S DESIGNED TO MISLEAD, THEN WE'VE DEFINITELY GONE TOO FAR. WHY IS THIS ISSUE SUCH A BIG DEAL? I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HARMED BY THIS. WE` NETSAFE, WE INCREASINGLY GET REPORTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT UPSET, SIGNIFICANT HARM BASED ON PEOPLE MANIPULATING IMAGES, PUTTING THEM IN PLACES THEY WOULDN'T, MAKING THEM LOOK AWKWARD, GENERATING SITUATIONS THAT THE PEOPLE WEREN'T AT OR EVEN THREATENING TO RELEASE IMAGES THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, SHAME OR EMBARRASS THEM. SO THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE CAN MANIPULATE IMAGES WITHOUT PEOPLE NOTICING IS AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AREA FOR PEOPLE. WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE ONLINE, THE FACT THAT SOMEONE COULD GENERATE SOMETHING THAT` YOU KNOW, IN A PLACE THAT WE NEVER WERE OR DOING SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER WERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF TRYING TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD THAT PERHAPS IDENTIFIES THAT AN IMAGE HAS NOT BEEN... HAS NOT BEEN DIGITALLY ENHANCED, PARTICULARLY FOR NEWS, SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT HASN'T? I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ` ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BEING ABLE TO CREATE IMAGES ` HAVING SOMETHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THOSE IMAGES THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS WAS CREATED, HOW THIS WAS CREATED; MAYBE EVEN, TO SOME DEGREE, WHO CREATED THE IMAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF WHETHER OR NOT IMAGES ARE REAL AND WHO IT IS THAT MIGHT BE TRYING TO MANIPULATE US WITH THOSE IMAGES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SEAN. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. PLEASURE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP, THE RESULTS TO THE QUESTION MANY PARENTS HAVEN'T EVER CONSIDERED ` WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR CHILD TO SET YOU UP ON A DATE? PLUS... I THINK IT'S COOL THAT YOU CAN STILL COME TO NEW ZEALAND, YOU CAN COME TO THE CAMPGROUND AND THE RANGER ROCKS OUT ON A HORSE AND HE'S LIKE, 'HEY, HERE'S SOME TOILET PAPER,' YOU KNOW? (LAUGHS) THE DOC RANGER ROCKING SOME FUEL-EFFICIENT, EASY-TO-STEER TRANSPORT ALONG WITH HIS TRUSTY SIDEKICK ` THEY'RE NEXT. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI ` WELCOME BACK. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HORSES WERE ONCE PRETTY COMMON IN FARMS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, BUT MOST HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY MODERN MACHINERY. IN MIMIWHANGATA COASTAL PARK IN NORTHLAND, ONE MAN IS HOLDING ON TO THE OLD WAYS, AS LUCAS DE JONG FOUND OUT. (PEACEFUL ACOUSTIC MUSIC) YEAH, THIS IS THE OFFICE. EVERYWHERE I'M LOOKING AT ARE JUST, LIKE, POSTCARD BEACHES. YEAH. WELL, YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE KIND OF LAST-STANDING STRONGHOLDS FOR KIND OF UN-DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE DEVELOPING NATURE AROUND HERE, JUST KEEPING THINGS AS THEY WERE. THE MIMIWHANGATA CONSERVATION PARK IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ` 3500ha OF NORTHERN BEAUTY ` AND MANIA IS THE ONE DOC RANGER IN CHARGE OF IT ALL. BUT YOU HAVE GOT A SIDEKICK THAT HELPS YOU OUT? YEAH, 'COURSE ` MY WIFE'S A HUGE HELP. I WAS TALKING ABOUT TAIAHA. (BOTH LAUGH) (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CICADAS CHIRP) TAIAHA ` A PURPOSE-BRED 6-YEAR-OLD WORKHORSE AND MANIA'S CONSTANT COMPANION. ALL HE'S KNOWN IS IN THE PARK, SO HE KNOWS THIS PLACE PRETTY GOOD, AND, UM... ANYTHING I NEED HIM TO DO, HE'LL GO. IF I NEED HIM TO CROSS CREEKS, SWAMPS, GO IN THE OCEAN AND SAVE SOMEONE, HE'D BE YOUR MAN TO USE. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN, AND YOU GOT A BIT OF COMPANIONSHIP. NOT ONLY THAT; HE CARRIES YOU TOO, SO... (BOTH LAUGH) MANIA'S THE ONLY DOC RANGER IN NEW ZEALAND TO USE HORSES IN HIS DAY-TO-DAY JOB, BUT THE LOCAL HAS ALWAYS HAD THEM IN HIS LIFE. I WHAKAPAPA TO ONE OF THE MARAE THAT IS, UM, CLOSE TO MIMIWHANGATA. WHEN I WAS 6 OR 7, SIX OF US RODE OUR HORSES TO SCHOOL, SO THAT WAS A 5km RIDE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WHEN THE RANGER JOB CAME UP SEVEN YEARS AGO, HE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO PROTECT THIS TAONGA ` WITH ONE PRETTY BIG CONDITION. THEY DID SAY IN THE INTERVIEW, 'HAVE YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR US?' AND I SAYS, 'YEAH. I GOT SIX HORSES THAT NEED TO COME WITH ME 'IF I GET THE JOB,' AND THEY SAID, 'WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.' LAUGHS: IS THAT THE WORK HILUX AND THE HONDA? YEAH, NAH, THEY PARKED UP NICE AND SHINY. LAUGHS: THEY'RE GATHERING A BIT OF DUST, BRO. (LAUGHS) UH, YEAH. THEY HAVE THEIR PLACE, WHEN I HAVE TO GO TO TOWN, BUT, YEAH, I'D RATHER GET ON THE OLD HAIRY AND RIDE HIM AROUND. (LAUGHS) THE MOTORBIKE CAN'T CLIMB THE HILL LIKE THIS; HE CAN'T CROSS THE BIG RIVERS. WHEREAS THE HORSE CAN. YEAH, I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT I STILL GET TO PRESERVE THOSE OLD WAYS. NOW IT'S MOSTLY DONE ON HELICOPTER AND MOTORBIKE, AND IT'S STRICTLY THE ECONOMICS OF IT. TIME IS MONEY. TIME IS MONEY ` BUT GAS IS ALSO MONEY. YEAH, THE WAY ECONOMICS ARE GOING TODAY, PEOPLE MIGHT BE GOING BACK TO THE OLD HORSE, SO I'M PRETTY MUCH AHEAD OF THE CURVE. (UPBEAT COUNTRY MUSIC) ALONG WITH THE GOLDEN BEACHES AND WATERFRONT CAMPING, THE PAIR ARE PART OF THIS AREA'S ATTRACTION. HEY. HOW'S IT GOING? OH, THE KIDS LOVE IT. THEY COME` 'OH, MR RANGER, CAN I PAT YOUR HORSE?' GET HIM CARROTS. THE HORSE LEARNS PRETTY QUICK ` 'OH, NOT TOO BAD A JOB 'GOING TO THAT CAMPGROUND.' (LAUGHS) I THINK IT'S COOL THAT YOU CAN STILL COME TO NEW ZEALAND, YOU CAN COME TO A CAMPGROUND AND THE RANGER ROCKS DOWN ON THE HORSE, AND HE'S LIKE, 'HEY, HERE'S SOME TOILET PAPER,' YOU KNOW? (LAUGHS) NO ICE AT THE MOMENT. CHUCKLES: MIGHT HAVE TO BE A WARM GIN, UNFORTUNATELY. TAIAHA CARRIES EVERYTHING A DOC RANGER COULD NEED WHILE BEING AN IMPORTANT TOOL HIMSELF. I THINK THAT'S THE DEFINITION, FOR ME, OF A GOOD WORKHORSE, IS THEY CAN TURN THEIR HAND TO ANYTHING. CLEARING A TRACK AND A TREE'S COME DOWN IN A STORM ` I CAN CUT A CERTAIN SECTION OF IT, UH, PUT MY LASSO ON IT, PUT IT AROUND MY HORN AND DALLY UP ` WHAT THEY CALL IT IN THE COWBOY WORLD. DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A COWBOY? FOR ME, A COWBOY'S SOMEONE WHO... WHO CAN JUST TURN THEIR HAND TO ANYTHING, REALLY. I'M DRAWN TO THE WESTERN, OBVIOUSLY ` I'M RIDING IN A WESTERN SADDLE; I'M RIDING IN WHAT THEY'D CALL A HACKAMORE OR A BOSAL. SO IT'S KIND OF` THIS KID IS MORE THE COWBOY KINDA KIT. SO IT'S KIND OF` THIS KIT IS MORE THE COWBOY KINDA KIT. EVEN THE DIRTY JOBS HAVE BEEN ENGINEERED WITH TAIAHA IN MIND. THE HEIGHT IS FOR THE KIWIS. ANYTHING WHERE THERE'S` WHERE KIWI ARE PRESENT HAS TO BE 70cm OFF THE GROUND. IS IT ABOUT THE KIWIS? IT COULD BE ABOUT THE CONVENIENCE OF BACKING RIGHT UP THERE, POPPING THE LID AND HAVING A LOOK. (LAUGHS) AH, WELL. I ONCE HEARD THAT A GOOD HORSEMAN DOESN'T GET OFF HIS HORSE FOR ANYTHING. SO... I CAN BRING THE HORSE THIS WAY, AND THEN IF I NEED TO REDO THAT TRAP, I CAN BRING HIM... WHOO! ...WITH PRECISION ON WHERE I NEED THE HANDLE. OR, YOU KNOW, IF I NEED TO LEAN OVER ON HIM... SO EVERYTHING'S` EVERYTHING'S DONE WITH MY LEGS, AND VERY LITTLE WITH MY HANDS. NOW, IF I NEEDED TO FACE UP THIS WAY, I CAN PUT MY LEG BACK HERE. THERE. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE CONNECTION MASTERED OVER YEARS OF HORSE TRAINING ` BUT A CONNECTION THAT ANYONE COULD BENEFIT FROM. TEACHES A PERSON RESPONSIBILITY; IT TEACHES THEM PATIENCE, TEACHES THEM EMPATHY. SO FOR OUR YOUNG RANGATAHI, OUR YOUNG YOUTH, DEALING WITH HORSES ` MAN, THAT'S SUCH A WHOLESOME, BEAUTIFUL THING THAT... THAT REALLY... IT... LIGHTS UP A PART OF A PERSON'S SOUL THAT'S KINDA` I DON'T THINK CAN BE LIT IN ANY OTHER WAY. MIMIWHANGATA'S COWBOY RANGER AND HIS TRUSTY SIDEKICK. MAN, THEY'LL GIVE YOU THEIR VERY LIFE IF YOU ASK FOR IT. AND IF YOU CAN BUILD UP A KINSHIP AND YOU CAN SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THEM AND THEY CAN LEARN TO TRUST YOU, THERE'S NOTHING THE HORSE WON'T DO FOR YOU. THAT IS FANTASTIC. HE IS AMAZING ON THE HORSE. LUKE IS AMAZING ON HORSE TO. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? AND IN A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE COUNTRY. WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF STORIES ON SEVEN SHARP ABOUT HOW TOUGH IT IS BUT WHAT IF YOUR CHILD COULD SET YOU UP WITH A DATE? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT COMEDIAN JAMES MUSTAPIC HAS DONE FOR HIS MUM, AND LUCKILY FOR US, HE'S FILMED IT ALL AND PUT IT ON TVNZ+. RHIANNON MCCALL HAS MORE. WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR CHILD TO SET YOU UP ON A DATE? 'IN THE BEDROOM, ARE YOU TRUCK OR TRAILER?' I WAS LIKE... TRICK QUESTION ` GAYS CAN'T DRIVE. UM... JANET IS MUM TO COMEDIAN JAMES MUSTAPIC, AND SHE'S TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH LETTING JAMES PICK HER A MAN ON TV. (UPBEAT MUSIC) I'VE BROUGHT JAMES AND JANET TO A POPULAR DATE SPOT TO SPILL THE PAINT ON THIS CREATIVE NEW DATING SHOW. ALL RIGHT, I THINK I'M READY. SO, JANET, YOU CAN PAINT A PORTRAIT OF JAMES. JAMES, YOU CAN PAINT A PORTRAIT OF JANET. OOH, OK. IT'S NOT A COMPETITION. THIS IS` THIS IS... YOU KNOW... IT IS TO ME. OH, OK. JANET, IT'S NOT A COMPETITION. THANK YOU, RHIANNON. (LAUGHS) THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE A GLASS OF WINE? OH YEAH, GO ON. YES. WHY NOT? JAMES, CAN YOU GIVE US A REALLY QUICK ELEVATOR PITCH FOR WHAT THIS SHOW IS? MMM. YES. THE SHOW IS ABOUT FINDING MY LONELY MOTHER, JANET, A NEW MAN. RIGHT. JANET, ARE YOU LONELY? WERE YOU ONLY? NO. NOT AT ALL. NO? (JAMES LAUGHS) THE MAN YOU WERE WITH THE LONGEST WAS MY DAD. HE REPRESENTED NEW ZEALAND IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS FOR CURLING, SO AT LEAST WE KNEW WHERE HE WAS ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. JANET, HOW ON EARTH DID YOU AGREE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS? UM, WASN'T MY CHOICE OF ACTIVITY. THIS IS AN EXCITING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. HE SAID, 'LOOK, I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT FUNDING. 'I'M JUST ASKING YOUR PERMISSION TO EVEN PITCH THE IDEA.' I THINK I'D ALREADY PITCHED IT, TO BE HONEST. OH, BLOODY HELL. EVEN NECKS I QUITE LIKE. (LAUGHS) YOU LIKE A NECK? WELL, I LIKE` YOU KNOW, I LIKE THEM TO HAVE A NICK. YOU KNOW HOW RUGBY PLAYERS`? SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE THEY'RE SO STRONG THEY'VE KIND OF GOT... I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A THING, REALLY. JANET, WHAT` WHAT SORT OF QUALITIES WERE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A MAN? I WASN'T LOOKING AT ALL, BUT THEY DID ASK ME. I PROBABLY WOULD SAY NOW SOMEBODY WHO WAS KIND. KINDNESS IS VERY ATTRACTIVE. I AGREE. 100%. JAMESY, HOW ARE YOU DO`? OK. YES. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE KIND. (JANET LAUGHS) IT'S` IT'S COMING ALONG. LOVELY. YEAH, I AGREE. YEAH. OH... OK. WHAT QUALITIES WERE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A POTENTIAL STEPDAD? SOMEBODY WEALTHY, HOPEFULLY. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA TAKE ME OUT TO THE... THE BASEBALL GAME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT A DAD DOES FOR A CHILD. RIGHT. HOW OLD ARE YOU, JAMES? 28. 28? MM. SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY A CHILD. JAMES, WERE YOU WORRIED AT ANY POINT THAT YOUR MUM MIGHT GET INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE YOU DIDN'T LIKE? (CHUCKLES) LOOK, UH, I WAS JUST HAPPY FOR... FOR ANYONE TO... TO DATE HER, REALLY. JAMES! WELL, YOU KNOW... THEY WERE A LOVELY GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND THE FOOD WAS AMAZING. THE CATERER` SHE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THE CATERING. SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE MEN. I MIGHT LEAVE YOU GUYS TO IT. WHAT ABOUT OUR FOOD? OK, YEAH, I'LL GET ON TO THAT... YEAH. ...VERY SHORTLY. DID JAMES GIVE YOU ANY USEFUL PIECES OF DATING ADVICE? NOT A SINGLE ONE. WHAT?! A RED FLAG MIGHT BE HE OWNS A DOG COLLAR BUT NOT A DOG. DO YOU SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? HIS DOG MIGHT HAVE DIED OR SOMETHING. NO. JAMES GOT ME PRACTISING, TRYING TO BE MORE, LIKE, TOUCHY AND... (MUMBLES) SLUTTY?! HOW RUDE. I SAID SEDUCTIVE. (RHIANNON, JANET LAUGH) IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT... JANET, ANY QUESTIONS? AH, YES. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MEETING ART, SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, HOW ARE YOUR CHILDREN? UM, YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD, THANKS. YEAH. I'M DYING TO KNOW... DID JAMES FIND YOU A MAN? (CHUCKLES) OOH. HE FOUND LOTS OF DIFFERENT MEN, BUT... EMPHATICALLY: BUT` THERE'S NO SPOILERS. ...YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. YOU AND YOUR SISTER, UM, GOT MY TOOTHBRUSH AND CLEANED THE TOILET WITH IT... (GROANS) ...TOOK A PHOTO OF IT AND THEN PUT IT BACK. YOU HORRIBLE KID. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DID THAT. I DID NOT KNOW I DID THAT EITHER. YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A MUM AGREE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS. MM, WELL, SHE'S LUCKY TO HAVE A SON WHO PUTS IN THE HARD YARDS IN FINDING HER A MAN. WHETHER SHE WANTS ONE OR NOT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR JAMES AND JANET TO SHARE THEIR MASTERPIECES. THREE, TWO, ONE... REVEAL. OH. (LAUGHS) AHHH. THAT'S QUITE CUTE. LAUGHS: I NEVER WEAR LIPSTICK LIKE THAT. I'VE DRAWN THIS LITTLE BIRD BECAUSE JANET LIKES TO TALK TO BIRDS ` ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF BEING LONELY. (CHUCKLES) SHE LIKES MUSIC, AND THE CROSS ` THAT'S ACTUALLY KNITTING NEEDLES BECAUSE SHE DOES KNITTING AS WELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS A KISS FOR ME. YOU WISH. WELL, I THINK MINE'S MORE COMPLEMENTARY. I LOOK LIKE A MIME. (CHUCKLES) I'VE GOT WHITE FACE. THIS IS HOW I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU BACK AT HOME ` A YOUNG BOY, NOT MAKING COMEDY... ABOUT HIS MUM. OK, I'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK ON BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UNFORTUNATELY, JAMES HAS ALREADY MADE A LOT OF COMEDY ABOUT HIS MUM, WHICH YOU CAN CATCH NOW ON TVNZ+. IT IS A GREAT SHOW. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. ON THE SHOW TOMORROW, THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING ETIQUETTE FOR THESE CHANGING TIMES ` THINK 'MY FAIR LADY' MEETS 'Q&A WITH JACK TAME'. THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TODAY; THAT WAS SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. ATTENBOROUGH'S 'DYNASTIES' IS UP NEXT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. PO MARIE. CHEERIO. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY, SAM BAKER AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024