(DYNAMIC THEME MUSIC) Welcome to Dream Catchers, a series about New Zealanders living in the United Kingdom. I'm Hilary Timmins. This is a series that will enthral and inspire us as we meet some of those Kiwis living their dreams and taking a little piece of New Zealand to the rest of the world. Captions by Faith Hamblyn. www.able.co.nz Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2018. The Red Arrows have been thrilling spectators for five decades with their dynamic aerobatic displays. One of founding members was a New Zealander, Ray Hanna, who went on to become team leader from 1966 to 1969. Following in his smoke trail is another is another Kiwi, Emmet Cox. I'm privileged enough to be the seventh Kiwi in the team. So, I'm Red 5 this year, but the positions change every year, so last year I was Red 3 ` it's more up the front of the formation ` and then every year, you get a bit more experience, the boss gives you a bit more of a leash, and you get to go in the slightly more dynamic positions. The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, known as the Red Arrows, was formed to demonstrate professionalism, teamwork and precision, and as the public face of the air force, promote and provide inspiration both in the air and on the ground for all that makes Britain great. They are a fixture of British summer events, with more than 80 displays and up to 100 flybys a year, made up of nine of the very best pilots from the air force. So, it's all hand-eye coordination and using the mark one eyeball to line up things on the front jet. So if you're number nine, or myself, number five, I have an aircraft in between me and the boss, and I'm just focusing on the boss, in the front. Personally, I love the rollbacks. It's the last manoeuvre you get taught going through your winter training as a new pilot. It's where you fly along, you roll around the other guy inside you, and then he rolls around back to you. And you do that several times. It's the most dynamic manoeuvre. So, you're manoeuvring the aircraft quite close to the ground with quite large stick inputs, so that's quite challenging to get right. But when you get it right, it's fantastic. Emmet grew up on Auckland's North Shore, and his love of flying began at an early age. As long as I can remember, I've always had an interest in flying. I think it probably dwells from the fact that my grandfather was a Spitfire pilot in the war, in the RAF. Also my uncle, who tragically passed away in the Hatfield train crash, was a pilot. And I was influenced by him later in life as well. I tried twice get into the New Zealand Air Force. So, the first time was straight after high school ` always wanted to do it, so applied. I was pretty disappointed not to get in. But they gave me some good feedback ` said go away and get some more life experience and come back and try again, which is what I did, Went to university, a lot of time travelling. I came back and applied again, and it was unfortunately, around the same time New Zealand got rid of their fast-jet fleet. Undaunted, this tenacious Kiwi came to the United Kingdom in 2001 and began the six-month selection process to join the Royal Air Force. It was here Emett would have his first experience of flying, and on completing training, was selected an elite fast-jet pilot, eventually finding himself posted to the famous Dambusters squadron. He later moved into fast-jet instructing and volunteered to join the Red Arrows in 2014. It's quite a lengthy process, and as soon as you get to a point in your career, where you have enough experience and are deemed as above average, effectively, you can volunteer to apply. So, that happens, and then you get whittled down to a shortlist of normally about nine people from a selection of maybe 40. And then from those nine people, you go out with the team for a whole week ` you do a flying test, you do form interviews, media work and also socialising with the team as well. So, obviously, we work quite closely ` trust is a big element, so to do that, you really wanna know you've got the right people. I never assumed that I'd get in ` I was just happy enough to finally do some flying on the wing with Red 1. Smoke coming out, I thought, 'This is the best thing ever.' And then to find out I got in the team was something else completely. We do most of the winter training here at Scampton in Lincolnshire. And we're flying three times a day every day, Monday to Friday, and just hone those skills. And it starts off ` just like anything else ` a really building block process. So, it would be overwhelming if you were to look at it, going, 'Right. I'm gonna fly a 9 shift today.' You start up as a 3, and you work up to a 5, 7, and then eventually, four, five months down the track, you're flying as a 9 shift, doing displays in front of the public. We have what's called a flying circus, so the circus, there's one engineer we get to work with the whole year, so they'll sit in our back seat. And then when we transit to and from locations, they'll be able to service the jet when we jump out. Each jet is subtly different ` each one has a slightly different roll rate or it performs the engines slightly different as well. Because we fly them, you know, three, four times a day, you really start to become intuned with that one aircraft. And because of the types of manoeuvres as well, so ideally, we'll stick to the same one throughout. With his tenure in the Red Arrows and his 16-year career in the service coming to an end, Emmet's flying career may be heading in a new direction. But his determination to live his dream and never give up is marked by many highlights, And there is one particular flyover that this proud Kiwi will never forget. Going through training, and the type of people you work with, such a motivated, capable bunch, is a big highlight to be in the military and work in the service. Flying a jet for the first time was a lifelong dream. And then being honoured enough to represent the United Kingdom Royal Air Force in operations over Iraq in Operation Telic, supporting troops on the ground was very fulfilling as well. But for me, here at the Red Arrows is the absolute pinnacle, I think. Yeah, you gotta pinch yourself every day. You know, hard days, but it's well worth it. Yeah. It's like when the Rugby World Cup final, for example, flying over that with New Zealand versus Australia, I never I'd be part of an event so important to me as a New Zealander like that. That was an incredible, incredible day. Frame Gyms, opened by former New Zealand sports star Joan Murphy and business partner Pip, has transformed Londoners' approach to fitness. Now with six colourful frames across London and high-performance workouts called Bend It Like Barbie and Beyonce Barre, their focus is on the three F's ` flex-ercise, fun and fitness. London life is super-fast and busy. A lot of people are becoming really aware of health and fitness, but a lot of us don't have a lot of time, so I think what our whole thing is is to make it achievable for people. And we really wanted to do it differently, so we wanted a studio concept. And our concept is based on pay as you go. I mean, we do kind of a bit of everything. So the idea is that it's a one-stop shop, so Frame has a dance studio, a fitness studio, a yoga studio and a Pilates studio, so we're kind of everything under one roof. So, the idea is there's variety and how our classes are a bit different, as it's all freestyle. So they get creativity in it, which is really nice, which means clients don't know exactly what they're coming to each time. You know, if you haven't got the right person at the front, there's no atmosphere. So we typically have, like, actors, dancers, with a lot of creatives, because they hold a room really well. We do quite a big training academy to make sure that they've got the knowledge to be able to instruct safely and put creative classes together. Joan studied commerce at Otago University and majored in marketing and finance. A sports fanatic, she represented New Zealand in soccer, athletics and cycling. But it wasn't until opening the first Frame in Shoreditch that she was able to combine all her skills. Starting a business is quite challenging. I think number one was finding a property. The London property market is insane, and we didn't really know what we were getting ourselves into. I think the blessing for us, that we were only, like, 25, 26 when we were doing this, so we were very naive, which was really helpful. Pip and I are both mums, and we have a lot more to lose right now. You're a bit more risk-adverse, I guess. This is the first Frame we're actually in now. It was an old car park, so it had no plumbing and no power. So I think we just really, like, convinced them that no one else was gonna take it. And then we needed to go to the bank and raise the finance. So, I mean, everyone knows about raising finance ` it's not the easiest thing in the world. That's where our business degrees really came into play. The reason we think that Frame has succeeded to this point is all about, like, passion. So if you don't have, like, a passion for something, don't start a business. Because, you know, you need that passion to drive you when things aren't maybe going as well as you want it to. And, you know, it can't be all about the money, because, I think, starting a business is really tough. Perseverance ` so you really need to believe or want to do it. And I think, like, going back to my sporting days, you know, like, I never could go any further in any of those sports, because, actually, I just really like chopping and changing, and I didn't have the dedication, so you really need to persevere and really believe in that. And then for Frame, it's been people, so it's the people around you. And I think that's no different for anyone else, so when we were starting out, it was all about the people that we asked for advice; it's about the staff that we have. We still ask for advice all the time; like, starting a clothing range, we don't have any experience in that, so we've got lots of people at Frame, and we ask for them. So it's really about people, so, you know, surround yourself with good people, positive people, and you'll go far. But the thing that excites me the most is the volume of people that come and really go through the classes. I think when we started Frame, I think the English population was really into watching sport, but maybe not doing it as much. And in New Zealand and even Australia, it's really part of our lifestyle, and we were brought up that way. I think now it's really changed in London. But London is still, you know, a big city, and so you have a big, diverse population. So you probably don't see it quite as much, but it's very on trend right now. Kind of, the goal ` we'd like to open, like, four or five in the next couple of years, and then really sort of try to reach out to, sort of, an online audience. because we very much are a city based business, but actually, I'd really like to take the ethos and the classes to, sort of, the wider population. Next up ` we go behind the scenes with our homegrown horsepower on the field and on the track. 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And as a member of the New Zealand High Performance Squad based in the United Kingdom, his legendary status continues to inspire generations of riders around the world, including fellow Olympic equestrian Jonelle Price, watching Mark in New Zealand's Olympic dream team as a horse-mad youngster. These are people you've read about and followed and watched, you know, your whole childhood. So, you know, to be standing or, sort of, riding 10m away from them in a warm-up or parked next to them, in the lorry park, you know, it was quite intimidating and exciting and nerve-racking all at once, I guess. A close-knit and supportive team despite effectively competing against each other, life on the competitive circuit for our High Performance Squad is far from the glamour we see when they are competing. Husband and wife equestrians Jonelle and Tim Price just arrived at Houghton Hall Horse Trials in Norfolk, one of the numerous events on the competitive international circuit. That will be their home for the next five days. We're actually just in the middle of about a six- or seven-week stint, we'll actually, yeah, get home to do a load of washing and turn around and go again, but it's all part of parcel of the job, of what we do. It's a great, sort of, camaraderie between, you know, if you, sort of, look around the truck park, a lot of these people are on a similar itinerary. So, they're some of our best friends. They will be for life. And we're sort of like travelling gypsies, in a way. Obviously, having, um, Tim and myself has benefits and... you know, pros and cons. One of the downsides, I guess, is generally, it means twice the amount of horses, so it's twice the amount of work, twice the amount of staff. This week we've got six horses here. So, most people would possibly have one, maybe two. So that involves two trucks this week. We've got three staff. So even, you know, cooking each night for the girls. The girls, you know, they work hard, long days, so we try and make sure that they're well fed as well and everyone has a good time. Growing up in Motueka in a totally non-horsey family, Jonelle cut a deal with her mum when they moved to Christchurch that she would begin studying for a law degree at Canterbury University, as long as she could continue pursuing her dream of making it on to the New Zealand Olympic team. She never did finish that degree. Well, my first Olympics was, I guess it's technically London, but I went to Athens as a travelling reserve, so that was, I would say, sort of, the most pinnacle thing probably that happened for me. Because it really cemented that this was what I wanted to do, and it, sort of, gave me that hunger to move over here permanently. I was just over here part-time leading up to Athens. And it was post-Athens that I went home, sold everything and moved back the following year. London was the first time I actually got to ride myself at the Olympics. I think everyone will agree London was a really special Olympics. There was something very magical about it. Judged on overall score for dressage, showjumping and cross-country, eventing is the only code where men and women compete on equal levels, and performance is based on another living being ` the winning combination of rider and horse is essential. It's not necessarily what's on the outside of a horse that makes it so special ` you know, sometimes it's as much what's the inside. And, you know, perhaps what they might lack in a bit of talent or ability, they make up for in determination and heart. And that's where you don't always know at first glance whether, you know, it's gonna be a good horse or a great horse. Jonelle and Tim rent a farm in Wiltshire and run up to 30 horses between them ` not just training and producing horses for themselves, but making a living buying and selling for others. I don't think we really knew what it was gonna take to try and foot it with the world's best riders in England. And it's been... You know, it was certainly all of probably six or seven years till we got to a vaguely comfortable or desirable place in our lives, sort of, from a business or a career point of view. So, yeah, it was certainly hard graft for a long time there. I think you've gotta be pig-headed about pursuing your dreams. You know, there are too many things that can stand in the way if you think about it for long enough. So I guess just keep it very simple what it is you want to achieve in this game or in this world, and be determined about achieving it. And whenever there's a stumbling block in the way, just find a way around it. And if you're persistent long enough, one day it will happen. * New Zealander Bruce McLaren is an icon of high-performance sport, and the McLaren Automotive and technology groups in Woking, England, are a legacy to his life, continuing to deliver breakthrough designs in their luxury sports cars and paying homage to their founder's roots with the stylised kiwi logo featuring as part of the design. It all began for Bruce at just 15 years of age, when he entered this Austin 7 Ulster in his first competitive race in New Zealand ` a hillclimb at Muriwai. He won it. I think the thing that was special and unique about Bruce was the combination of attributes he had. He was an extraordinarily successful racing driver, he was an amazing engineer, who engineered all of those cars, and he was the entrepreneur and the founder of the company. And there ` a set of attributes almost unique ` today that would be three different people. That was one person with Bruce. And he was an amazingly charismatic and popular leader. You talk to the people who worked with him, they loved working for him. That's what really founded the spirit. I'd just like to think that spirit lives on in the company that we have today. It was while studying engineering at Auckland University in 1958 that Bruce would become the first recipient of the New Zealand Grand Prix Drivers to Europe scheme. He would quickly establish himself with his skill behind the wheel and his engineering ingenuity in his new homeland. And in 1963 he would found McLaren Racing, the origins of an empire. Bruce's life tragically ended when testing one of his prototype designs. He was just 32 years of age. Building on aspects of his legacy, Auckland University has now established a Bruce McLaren scholarship programme for engineering students to intern in the United Kingdom at McLaren Automotive and plans to establish the Bruce McLaren Centre and a Bruce McLaren chair of innovative engineering. Bruce's daughter has also come across from New Zealand and now works for the company as their brand ambassador. My father originally was planning to diversify from the race-car team and build road cars. He designed, built and was driving the prototype M6GC road car, but unfortunately, that project was never fulfilled after he was killed. What McLaren Automotive now are doing is exactly what he wanted to do. The attributes that my father had in a race car are well documented and well known ` he became the youngest driver to win a Grand Prix, only the second driver to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design. But more important than that for me are the other attributes around his personality, I think. He inspired the people that worked for him. He was a real leader. And for me as a daughter, that makes me very, very proud that he was such a lovely man. Not only has he been a hero to his family, friends and contemporaries, but Bruce has become an inspiration to a whole new generation of young New Zealanders living their dreams on the international racing circuit. Aucklander Mitch Evans was just 16 when he won the New Zealand Grand Prix and moved to London. He has since had major success on the international racing circuit in GP3 and GP2. Now signed to Jaguar Racing and its new Formula E team, Mitch is at the forefront of the next chapter of innovation on the racetrack, and his future is electric. I was 6 years old. I got my first go-kart on my birthday. I can remember it just like yesterday. It was, yeah, a pretty cool moment. Got my helmet, got everything ` all my kit. And yeah, had my first race straight after that. You have to start young in this sport, just like anything now. You gotta start young, go-karts and learn all your craft there and all the basics of racing. It's still the best way to learn and just to teach yourself everything. Because a lot of things we learned there, we still use now. Moving to Europe and coming on to the international stage, yeah, I didn't realise how competitive it was gonna be. You know, obviously, I won a lot of things back in New Zealand and in Australia, so I was expecting to come across here and... not in an arrogant way, but I was expecting to be, yeah, dominant, and it wasn't the case, cos everyone over here is just as good as you. So it does come down to, you know, a lot of the mental side and having the car underneath you. And fortunately, I realised that early on and worked even harder at it. I've been very, very lucky to get the support that I've had to be able to reach my dreams and also get people on my journey that believe in me, and, you know, that makes it even more special. Mitch's family have a long association with motor sport. His dad, Owen, broke the New Zealand land-speed record in 1996 ` something that nearly cost him his life. He had a very near miss in terms of it being fatal for him, and fortunately, he's still here, cos, you know, I would not be where I am if it wasn't for Dad. And you, sort of, look past the danger of racing and the consequences that could happen. I think that's what makes it so unique and what people love about it so much. We do have a very, very rich motor sport history, and the likes of Bruce, they put us on the map in the motor sport world, and even to now, with McLaren still being one of the top teams in Formula One. That all started with Bruce. And that's very, very special. And I think a lot of people forget that. Captions by Faith Hamblyn. www.able.co.nz Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2018.