Melissa Chan-Green

Opinion: The year was 2006. We were about to cross live from London. Standing on a stage looking out across a room of eager young faces - up went the puffs of cigarette smoke and down went the cheap lager with a dash of raspberry cordial. I was hooked. Hooked on the adrenalin of the breakfast telly I was there to produce at the infamous Walkabout pub in Shepherds Bush. Kay Gregory was the host, Harley Peters was on camera and Claire Watson was the Executive Producer back in Auckland.

Watch: Alistair Harford speaks with AM. Credits: AM A Kiwi man has revisited his wedding venue for the first time since his wife died from a rare but serious disease just hours after exchanging their vows. Five years ago Alistair Harford's wife Jamieka McCarthy-Ngapera died from Meningococcal B just 12 hours after they got married. Meningococcal B is a rare but serious disease that kills 300,000 people globally every year.

Watch: Kiwi who could've been Queen's hairdresser talks about 'exciting' day-long trial with her at Windsor Castle. Credits: Newshub. Among the congregation at Queen Elizabeth's funeral will be her personal staff, like the hairdresser who visited her at least once every week for 25 years. Ian Carmichael is his name, but there was a time when the Queen was looking to replace him with a Kiwi called Terry Wilson.