Norm Hewitt

You become a successful author.

You've written books on Norm Hewitt.

You were very good friends with Norm Hewitt.

You become the mayor of Whanganui, a member of a district health board.

You have a few personal issues, come and live in Cromwell of all places.

And then coming up and eyeball to eyeball.

What was really funny was that it, a, a Richard Cockerel, Norm Hewitt was not going to erupt at any moment.

It wasn't like that.

No one was gonna start, you know, getting so far into someone else's face that they ended up punching each other.

One of our earliest reality shows, Pop Stars, challenged perceptions for many in the audience about who could be a pop star in the first place.

When Dancing with the Stars first landed on our shores, it allowed the nation to see all-black legend Norm Hewitt in an entirely different light.

He pushed against stereotypes about what a rugby player could or should do.

And the series continued to show high-profile New Zealanders to us in ways they hadn't been seen before.

Blair Furlong.

Norm Hewitt.

Man, we've had some.

We've had some goodies, Sumo.