Carterton's Daffodil Festival this Sunday will feature a new ingredient besides the time-honoured combination of flowers and children ? a designer liquid called gunge. Children's television programme What Now ? which pours the sloppy concoction on children as a game penalty ? will broadcast live from Middle Run as part ofits weekly travels around New Zealand. The show will run from 8am to 10am, and will kick off the daffodil festival at Middle Run and in town later in the day. Presenter Tamati Coffey said he is looking forward to coming to Carterton in the show's "Spyrider" vehicle, although he is "finding it hard to visualize" a field with seven acres of daffodils. What Now, filmed in Christchurch, will cross live to Carterton "10 or 12 times" during the two-hour show, says associate producer Erica Robson. The show will have games including "world famous in New Zealand", a wake-up call for a Carterton local; Crunch Time, where something gets crushed by a digger or roller; and "Say It Don't Spray It", a tongue-twister game which includes What Now's famous gunge. Middle Run owner Dick Booth said having What Now along would be "quite exciting", and if weather permitted a hot-air balloon could be included in the proceedings. "I hope it's a fine day."
