DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A CANDLELIT VIGIL FOR CRICKETER JESSE RYDER AS TWO MEN ARE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. WORSE THAN SMOKING P? THE SYNTHETIC DRUG ON SALE AT YOUR LOCAL CORNER SHOP. AND THE WILD AND WONDERFUL. THE STUNNING SECRETS OF FIORDLAND'S DEEPS ARE REVEALED. POLICE IN CHRISTCHURCH HAVE ARRESTED TWO MEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSAULT WHICH HAS LEFT CRICKETER JESSE RYDER IN HOSPITAL. HE'S STILL IN AN INDUCED COMA, BUT THERE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS RYDER'S CONDITION IS IMPROVING. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE STORY. THEY'RE HERE FOR JESSE RYDER. IT'S A TERRIBLE THING THAT'S HAPPENED, AND WE JUST REALLY WANT TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT. IT'S JUST TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR AND JUST CAME DOWN HERE TO ADD MY SUPPORT. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL RYDER (28) IS STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE IN AN INDUCED COMA. IT IS PRETTY SOBERING, QUITE FRANKLY, AND, YOU KNOW, AND JESSE IS STILL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION ` THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT ` BUT HE'S DOING A BIT BETTER TODAY. BETTER BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME COMMUNICATION WHILE SEDATED,... WE GOT A THUMBS UP FROM HIM THIS MORNING. ...AND BECAUSE DOCTORS SAY HE'S STABLE AND HAS NO BRAIN INJURIES. ALL THIS AS POLICE ARRESTED AND CHARGED TWO MEN WITH ASSAULT FOLLOWING THE ATTACK OUTSIDE THE AIKMANS BAR AND THE MCDONALD'S CAR PARK. THEY'RE A 20-YEAR-OLD AND A 37-YEAR-OLD FROM THE SAME FAMILY. I BELIEVE THE ALTERCATION INVOLVED TWO PEOPLE INITIALLY AND ONE PERSON IN THE SECOND INCIDENT. POLICE DON'T YET KNOW WHETHER THE ATTACK WAS MOTIVATED, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO SPEAK WITH WITNESSES. WE STILL NEED TO OBVIOUSLY SPEAK TO ALL PARTIES CONCERNED AND HAVE AN OPEN MIND AS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE. THE ACCUSED MEN WILL APPEAR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT ON THURSDAY. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TO APOLOGISE FOR YET ANOTHER PRIVACY BREACH. IT COMES AS EQC STAFF WORK THROUGH THE LONG WEEKEND TO FIX THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AFTER TWO LARGE-SCALE BREACHES. SIMON BRADWELL REPORTS. THE SUN'S OUT, BUT IT'S A DARK DAY FOR THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ` HOME TO THE LATEST PRIVACY BREACH. THIS TIME, THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF 147 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE SENT OUT BY MISTAKE. ONE NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. HE UNDERSTANDS IT WAS A GENUINE MISTAKE, BUT HE'S ANGRY AND CONCERNED THAT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT GOT IT WRONG. THE MINISTRY EMPLOYEE MEANT TO EMAIL THE GROUP PRIVATELY BUT FORGOT TO CONCEAL THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES. AS A RESULT, EVERY RECIPIENT COULD SEE ALL 147 PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS. MEANWHILE, UNDER-FIRE MANAGEMENT AT THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION ARE SPENDING THE LONG WEEKEND IN THE WAR ROOM. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE TEAM HAD OTHER PLANS, BUT WE'RE ALL IN HERE THIS WEEKEND TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. ALL IT SYSTEMS CLOSED DOWN AT THE COMMISSION ` EMAIL, THE WEBSITE, EVEN THE CLAIMS DATABASE ` TO TRY AND PREVENT ANOTHER PRIVACY FAILURE. I CAN NEVER SAY NEVER ` I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN ` HOWEVER, WE WILL GO AS FAR AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE INFORMATION OF OUR CUSTOMERS. IT FOLLOWS TWO LARGE-SCALE PRIVACY BREACHES, ONE INVOLVING 80,000 CHRISTCHURCH QUAKE CLAIMS; THE SECOND, AS THE GOVERNMENT ADMITTED LATE YESTERDAY, MORE THAN 2000 CLAIMANTS. ARE THESE CLAIMANTS OWED AN APOLOGY? > WELL, I'VE JUST DONE THAT, I HOPE. I DON'T THINK YOU SAID THE WORD SORRY. > WELL, I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I COULDN'T BE MORE SORRY ABOUT THIS. AND EQC ADMITS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER BREACHES. WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING ALL STAFF TO COME TO US IF THEY DO KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL. IN THIS LATEST CASE, THE STAFF MEMBER WHO SENT THE EMAIL HAD NO IDEA. EQC SAYS IT'S WORKING AS FAST AS IT CAN AND PROMISES TO KEEP ALL CLIENTS INFORMED OF PROGRESS. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY INTO THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN REDVALE, ONE OF AUCKLAND'S NORTHERN SUBURBS, THIS MORNING. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A RURAL PROPERTY AROUND 8AM AFTER A BODY WAS DISCOVERED BY A MALE OCCUPANT. IT'S BELIEVED THE WOMAN WAS A KNOWN VISITOR TO THE ADDRESS. THREE DOGS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS AT THE SCENE ARE BEING PUT DOWN. A WARNING TONIGHT FROM ABOUT A LEGAL SYNTHETIC CANNABIS PRODUCT SOLD IN DAIRIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. A TOP PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTANT CLAIMS K2 IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND WARNS THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE WORSE THAN SMOKING P. JOY REID HAS THIS SPECIAL REPORT. SMOKING THE SYNTHETIC CANNABIS K2 HAD DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS YOUNG WOMAN. I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF OVER IT SEVEN WEEKS AGO, AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED THAT I NEEDED TO GIVE IT UP. SHE DOESN'T WANT HER IDENTITY KNOWN. BUT FOR 18 MONTHS, SHE WAS SMOKING K2 SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. I WAS NEVER SMILING. I WAS ALWAYS DEPRESSED. A PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTANT AT CHRISTCHURCH'S HILLMORTON HOSPITAL SAYS K2 IS CAUSING HAVOC IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR. RIGHT NOW I THINK IT IS THE MOST DAMAGING SUBSTANCE WE HAVE OUT THERE. < SO THIS IS WORSE THAN MARIJUANA? YES, NO QUESTION. < AND THIS IS WORSE THAN P? YES. SYNTHETIC CANNABIS IS LEGAL. DO YOU GUYS SELL K2? YEP. ANYONE 18 OR OVER CAN BUY IT OVER THE COUNTER, BUT POLICE SAY PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 12 ARE GETTING HOLD OF IT. CAN I GRAB THE ORANGE ONE? YUP, FOR $20. THIS INTERNET VISION... (YELLS) CLAIMS TO BE OF SOMEONE EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF K2, AND POLICE SAY IT LOOKS FAMILIAR. SOME OF THEM, IT MAKES THEM UNCONSCIOUS. THEY'RE VOMITING, DISORIENTATED, AGGRESSIVE. SOME HAVE SEIZURES. IT'S GONE FROM AN OCCASIONAL PATIENT TO ` ROUGH ESTIMATE ` 40% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADMITTED WITH A PSYCHOSIS. THAT INCLUDES EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS BUT ALSO THOSE WITH NO HISTORY OF PROBLEMS. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A WAVE OF PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN STABLE THAT WERE NOT COMING TO THE HOSPITAL HAD THEY NOT USED IT. A GROUP OF PATIENTS THAT ARE HAVING TO STAY HERE MUCH LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING IT WHILE THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL, AND I KNOW WE'RE SEEING SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM BEFORE. WHILE THERE ARE SOME WARNINGS ON THE PACKAGING, IT DOESN'T LIST THE INGREDIENTS. CUSTOMERS SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TAKING, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM. ONE CHEMICAL FOUND IN K2 LAST YEAR WAS BANNED, BUT THERE'S NO REGULAR TESTING TO SEE IF THAT'S STILL IN IT. THE IMPORTER OF K2 DIDN'T RETURN CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS FROM ONE NEWS. BUT CHRISTCHURCH POLICE BELIEVE IT IS BECOMING SUCH AN ISSUE THEY'VE LAUNCHED A CITYWIDE CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE DAIRIES AGAINST SELLING IT. DO YOU SELL K2 OR ANY SYNTHETIC CANNABIS? WE'RE SPREADING THESE POSTERS AROUND ALL THE DAIRIES TO TRY AND SAY, 'THIS DAIRY DOES NOT SELL SYNTHETIC CANNABIS' JUST TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHICH DAIRIES TO SUPPORT AND WHICH ONES THEY DON'T. BUT NOT EVERY DAIRY IS SPORTING THESE SIGNS. THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THINGS LIKE K2 ARE A MASSIVE MONEY EARNER, AND DAIRIES CAN EARN BETWEEN 100% AND 200% PROFIT. NEW LEGISLATION'S COMING IN IN AUGUST WHICH MEANS A PRODUCT WILL HAVE TO PROVE IT'S SAFE BEFORE IT'S SOLD. AND FOR THIS WOMAN,... DO YOU THINK THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE BANNED? YEAH. ...THAT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. THE CRACKDOWN'S BEGUN ON THE RETAILERS FLOUTING THE EASTER TRADING LAWS. THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT SENT 23 WARNINGS TO SHOPS BREAKING THE LAW AFTER BEING TIPPED OFF BY THE PUBLIC. BUT RETAILERS SAY THE BUMPER SALES ARE WORTH THE POSSIBLE $1000 FINE. THE BOSS HAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THAT. SO, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN OPEN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON GOOD FRIDAY, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. < AND YOU THINK IT'S WORTH IT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE CUSTOMERS WANT THEIR HOT CROSS BUNS FRESH. GOOD FRIDAY SHOPPERS WEREN'T BOTHERED ABOUT THE BREACH IF IT MEANT FRESH SUPPLIES. YOU CAN'T GO TO THE MALL, AND YOU CAN'T DO THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, BUT HAVING NICE, FRESH FOOD IS NICE. IT MEANS YOU ENJOY YOUR EASTER BETTER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE SHOPS OPEN, THEN THEY SHOULD. THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO. I THINK IT'S FINE, YEAH. TRADING HOUR LAWS APPLY TO ALMOST ALL RETAILERS TODAY AND EASTER SUNDAY. A BODY'S BEEN WASHED UP AT WENDERHOLM, NORTH OF AUCKLAND. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE A MAN WHO WENT MISSING FROM HIS BOAT SEVERAL DAYS AGO. IT BRINGS INTO FOCUS THE HIGH NUMBER OF DROWNINGS THIS SUMMER ON A WEEKEND THAT MARKS THE END OF LIFESAVER-PATROLLED BEACHES FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS DETAILS. THERE'S A CHILL IN THE WAVES, BUT BEACHGOERS REFUSE TO LOSE THEIR GRIP ON SUMMER. IN COMPARISON TO LAST SUMMER, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO MUCH BETTER, SO, AS KIWIS, WE LOVE SPENDING OUR TIME AT THE BEACH. AND THAT'S NATURALLY INCREASED THE WORKLOAD AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT LIFEGUARDS HAVE DONE HERE. THERE WERE NEARLY 1100 RESCUES LAST SEASON. THIS SEASON, RESCUES ARE UP 30%, TO MORE THAN 1400. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE PARTLY DUE TO THE CONSISTENTLY FINE SUMMER. WITH THE GREAT WEATHER BRINGING A WHOLE LOT MORE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OUT TO THE BEACH, IT NATURALLY MEANS THAT THERE'LL BE MORE PEOPLE WHO CAN POTENTIALLY GET INTO TROUBLE. MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR NZ BEACHES TO BE PATROLLED, ALTHOUGH SOME SURF LIFESAVING CLUBS, LIKE THE ONE HERE AT PIHA, MAY DECIDE TO EXTEND THE SEASON INTO NEXT WEEKEND IF THIS SUMMERY WEATHER CONTINUES. THERE ARE JUST OVER A HUNDRED DROWNINGS A YEAR IN NZ. AROUND 20% OF THEM ARE AT THE BEACH, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE MEN. THREE MEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. LIFEGUARDS WERE OFF-DUTY BUT NEARBY. THE TWO DEAD AT PIHA JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WERE A SOBERING REMINDER OF A BASIC WATER SAFETY MESSAGE AND ONE THAT APPLIES MORE THAN EVER WHEN THE FLAGS ARE PUT AWAY FOR THE WINTER. WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE IS THAT PEOPLE JUST KNOW THEIR LIMITS AND DON'T GO OUT THERE PUSHING THEMSELVES OUT TOO FAR AND KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER. KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THESE EYES WON'T BE THERE FOR MUCH LONGER. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. MORE THAN A MILLION KIWIS WILL SEE THEIR PAY PACKETS GET A BIT SMALLER IN THE COMING WEEKS THANKS TO CHANGES TO KIWISAVER. FROM MONDAY THE MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION WILL RISE, MEANING MORE BELT-TIGHTENING ACROSS THE BOARD. LISA GLASS HAS THE DETAILS. IF YOU'RE AMONG THE 59% OF KIWISAVERS WHO CONTRIBUTE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT, YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET PAID A LITTLE BIT LESS. YOUR KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTION GOES UP ON MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING UP 25 CENTS. FOR A FULL-TIME WORKER, $10 A WEEK. BUT BY THE TIME THEY PAY THIS EXTRA KIWISAVER, THAT'LL GO DOWN TO JUST A $2.38 A WEEK INCREASE. THE CTU THINKS A KIWISAVER INCREASE IS A GOOD THING, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FROM EMPLOYERS, ECHOING THE WAY AUSTRALIA RUNS ITS SUPER SCHEME. PHASE IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO 6%, AND THEN 2% FROM THE WORKER AND 2% FROM GOVERNMENT. AND THAT'LL MEAN 10% GOING IN REGULARLY ACROSS A LIFETIME OF WORK TO BUILD UP SAVINGS. THAT'S NOT ON THE CARDS RIGHT NOW, AND WITH EMPLOYERS ALREADY FACING THE SAME CONTRIBUTION INCREASE, THEY SAY THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS WILL BE THAT MUCH HIGHER. IN BUSINESS THERE'S TWO BIG NUMBERS ` THERE'S YOUR REVENUE AND YOUR COSTS, AND THE TINY LITTLE NUMBER IN BETWEEN IS PROFIT, AND OUR PROFIT JUST GOT SQUEEZED BY A RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT BEING THAT EXTRA 1%. SO WHAT DOES THE CHANGE MEAN IN REAL TERMS? LET'S SAY YOU EARN A LITTLE OVER THE AVERAGE WAGE ` AROUND $50,000, OR, 50 CHIPS. A THIRD OF THAT GOES IN TAX. RIGHT NOW THE MINIMUM KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTION'S 2%. FROM MONDAY THAT'LL INCREASE THAT MUCH. MOST WORKERS ` AND MOST EMPLOYERS ` ARE IN FAVOUR OF MORE SAVINGS. IT'S JUST WE DON'T LIKE HAVING LESS TO SPEND. THE PROBLEM IS OUR WAGES ARE TOO LOW. THE MONEY'S GOTTA COME FROM SOMEWHERE, AND THINGS ARE TIGHT. TIGHT, BUT BEARABLE IN THE HOPES SAVERS WILL NOTICE A BIG BENEFIT LATER. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A HUNDRED DAYS AFTER THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL MASSACRE, MORE SHOCKING DETAILS ARE REVEALED. AND THE BRAVE AUSSIES WHO STARTED A TV STATION IN WAR-TORN AFGHANISTAN. SHOCKING NEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL MASSACRE IN CONNECTICUT. ADAM LANZA SHOT AND KILLED 20 CHILDREN AND SIX TEACHERS, REIGNITING AMERICA'S GUN CONTROL DEBATE. ABC'S JIM AVILA REPORTS. FIVE SEARCH WARRANTS REVEALED TODAY HE DID NOT WEAR A BULLET-PROOF VEST, ONLY MILITARY-STYLE CLOTHING. HIS BUSHMASTER SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE WAS ACCESSORIZED WITH 30-ROUND MAGAZINES, GIVING HIM ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS. AT HOME, WHERE LANZA LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, THE POLICE SEARCH FOUND TWO NRA CERTIFICATES IN THE NAMES OF NANCY AND ADAM LANZA ` EVEN THOUGH THE NRA VEHEMENTLY DENIES THEY WERE MEMBERS ` NINE KNIVES, THREE SWORDS AND A BB GUN, A HOLIDAY CARD FROM HIS MOTHER CONTAINING AN UNCASHED CHEQUE TO BUY A NEW GUN. AND ALSO REVEALED TODAY ` TESTIMONY FROM AN UNKNOWN NEIGHBOUR THAT LANZA SPENT LOTS OF TIME IN HIS BASEMENT PLAYING VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES. EVERY DETAIL THAT I HEAR ABOUT, UH, THAT DAY IS PAINFUL, SO I PREFER TO FOCUS LESS ON WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE AND THE CAR AND MORE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE CHANGES SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN FUTURE. SO ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEWTOWN, DEMONSTRATIONS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION. NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG RELEASED $12M IN NEW TV COMMERCIALS TODAY, CALLING FOR NEW GUN LAWS, THIS TIME FEATURING NEWTOWN FAMILIES. SHE JUST WANTED TO TEACH LITTLE KIDS. AND THAT WAS HER GOAL, AND SHE DIED DOING IT. A WONDERFUL... AND AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AN EMOTIONAL EAST ROOM. TEARS AND PRESIDENTIAL HUGS FOR VICTIMS OF GUN CRIMES FROM PLACES LIKE NEWTOWN, VIRGINIA TECH AND CHICAGO. PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS UNUSUALLY PASSIONATE IN APPEARING CONCERNED THAT MOMENTUM FOR GUN REFORM HAS STALLED ON CAPITOL HILL. SHAME ON US IF WE'VE FORGOTTEN. I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THOSE KIDS. THE PRESIDENT PROMISED TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON CONGRESS, TO PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS AND TO AT LEAST TAKE A VOTE ON THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN. THE PRESIDENT URGED CONGRESS NOT TO 'GET SQUISHY'. NORTH KOREA'S MILITARY IS ON HIGH ALERT AFTER A MOCK BOMBING RAID BY THE UNITED STATES. TWO NUCLEAR CAPABLE STEALTH BOMBERS FLEW CLOSE TO THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER, DROPPING DUMMY MISSILES. ABC'S MARK WILLACY HAS THE STORY. THEY'RE THE MOST POTENT SYMBOL OF THE UNITED STATES' MILITARY REACH. AND AS THESE PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL, THIS WEEK, TWO NUCLEAR-CAPABLE B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS LAUNCHED FROM THEIR BASE IN THE US AND FLEW A BOMBING TRAINING RUN OVER THE KOREAN PENINSULA. IT WAS A STRONG MESSAGE FROM WASHINGTON TO PYONGYANG ` 'START A FIGHT, AND WE WILL DESTROY YOU.' THE NORTH KOREANS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER, KIM JONG-UN, APPEARS TO WANT TO PUSH THE TROUBLED PENINSULA TO THE BRINK. IN RESPONSE TO THE B-2 BOMBER FLIGHTS, HE CALLED A MEETING OF HIS TOP GENERALS AND ORDERED THEM TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ROCKET STRIKES AGAINST US BASES IN SOUTH KOREA, GUAM AND ON THE AMERICAN MAINLAND. BUT JUST HOW MUCH IS THE YOUNG DICTATOR BLUFFING? THERE'S NO DOUBT NORTH KOREA CAN EASILY STRIKE THE NEIGHBOURING SOUTH ` GUAM MAYBE. BUT IT'S PROBABLY YEARS AWAY FROM HAVING A MISSILE CAPABLE OF HITTING THE US MAINLAND. PYONGYANG THIS WEEK ALSO CUT OFF ITS REMAINING MILITARY HOTLINE WITH THE SOUTH. FOR NOW, ALL THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE HERMIT KINGDOM IS BLUFF AND BLUSTER, PROBABLY DESIGNED FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION. BUT AS WASHINGTON KNOWS, THAT COULD QUICKLY TURN INTO BULLETS AND BOMBS. POPE FRANCIS HAS ALSO BEEN COMMEMORATING THE LAST SUPPER, WASHING THE FEET OF 12 PEOPLE DURING MASS AT A PRISON ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ROME. THE GESTURE COMMEMORATES JESUS' LAST MEAL BEFORE HIS CRUCIFICATION, IN WHICH HE BATHED THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES AS A GESTURE OF HUMILITY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE SERVICE HAS BEEN HELD IN A PRISON. IN WAR-TORN AFGHANISTAN, STATE-CONTROLLED TELEVISION USED TO BE THE ONLY VIEWING OPTION. A NEW DOCUMENTARY TELLS THE STORY OF AFGHANISTAN'S FIRST EVER INDEPENDENT TV NETWORK AND THE ENTERPRISING AUSTRALIANS WHO SET IT UP. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD HAS THE STORY. IT'S THE STORY OF HOW A GROUP OF AUSSIES IGNORED ALL THE DIRE WARNINGS AND STARTED A NEW TV NETWORK IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY MAKER EVA ORNER SPENDING MONTHS IN A MUCH MORE DICEY PLACE, THE WAR ZONE THAT IS AFGHANISTAN. WE WOULD USUALLY HAVE SOME SECURITY WITH US, BUT IT'S DANGEROUS ON THE STREETS. IT'S TOUGH TO SHOOT. THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE SHOWN LATER THIS YEAR ON SBS, BUT ALREADY IT'S GETTING RAVE REVIEWS. EVA ORNER HAS AN ADMIRABLE DOCUMENTARY PEDIGREE. ALONG WITH NICOLE KIDMAN AND RUSSELL CROWE, SHE'S ONE OF THE FEW AUSSIES IN RECENT YEARS TO WIN AN OSCAR. I WAS SO PLEASED AND SO SURPRISED. HER DOCO SHOWS HOW SAAD MOHSENI AND HIS BROTHERS FROM MELBOURNE PULLED TOGETHER THE TV NETWORK, MAINLY WITH THE HELP OF KEEN YOUNG LOCALS. THE KID WHO RUNS THE 24-HOUR NEWS STATION IS ABOUT 25. THE KID WHO RUNS THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT IS 27. AUSTRALIANS TRUDI-ANN TIERNEY AND MUFFY POTTER HELPED IN TRAINING THEM UP. I SAID, 'DON'T WORRY. I'M ONLY GOING TO GO FOR THREE MONTHS. 'IT'S FINE. I'LL BE BACK.' UM, BUT, YEAH, IT JUST GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN. THOUGH THE STAFF AND PARTICULARLY THE WOMEN SOON REALISE THAT WORKING FOR A WESTERN-STYLE TV NETWORK HAD ITS DANGERS. SOME OF THE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, THEY GET DEATH THREATS, THE TALIBAN THREATEN THEIR FAMILY. ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THE FILM` JUST FOR WORKING IN A TV STATION? OH YEAH. IT'S AFGHANISTAN. JUST AHEAD ` RENEE'S HERE WITH WET WEATHER FOR ONE ISLAND AND A FEW SPLASHES FOR THE OTHER. AND THE DEPTHS OF FIORDLAND YIELD UP SOME MORE AMAZING SIGHTS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. OUR HIGH CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY TO THE EAST TOMORROW. THE FRONTS CLOSE IN FROM THE WEST, SPILLING RAIN ONTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. BETWEEN THE FRONTS AND THE DEPARTING HIGH, NORTHERLY FLOW WILL COVER THE COUNTRY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THE WILDS OF FIORDLAND HAVE GIVEN UP SOME MORE OF ITS STUNNING SECRETS, THIS TIME FROM DEEP UNDERWATER. SCIENTISTS HAVE USED A SPECIALLY DESIGNED ROBOT TO GATHER AMAZING CORALS FROM THE DEPTH OF DUSKY AND DOUBTFUL SOUNDS. WILL HINE REPORTS. THEY'RE CALLED SEA PENS, NAMED FOR THEIR SIMILARITY TO THE FEATHERS OR QUILLS THAT WERE ONCE USED AS PENS. NOW RESEARCHERS FROM NIWA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION HAVE USED A ROBOT TO BRING SOME BACK FROM THE DEEP. YOU GET AN AREA OF ROCK THAT CREATES A WEE DEPRESSION WHERE SEDIMENT AND SAND SETTLES, AND YOU GET UNUSUAL ORGANISMS LIVING IN THESE LITTLE HABITATS THAT ARE QUITE RARE. THE SPECIMENS WERE FOUND UNDERWATER IN ACHERON PASSAGE NEAR DUSKY SOUND. THEY MAY LOOK LIKE PLANTS BUT ARE ACTUALLY A TYPE OF CORAL. THEY'RE AN ANIMAL. SO GOING UP THE STALK, YOU HAVE BRANCHING PODS THAT COME OFF THE MAIN STALK, AND EACH IS AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM. THE DARK DEPTHS OF THE FIORDS REMAIN LARGELY UNEXPLORED. SOME PLUNGE MORE THAN 400M, DEEPER THAN AUCKLAND'S SKY TOWER IS TALL ` DEEP ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE HALF A DOZEN BEEHIVES STACKED END ON END. THEY'RE VERY DEEP, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A SHALLOW ENTRANCE, AND THAT CREATES A SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE MARINE WORLD WHERE ORGANISMS CAN GET ALMOST TRAPPED IN TIME INSIDE THE FIORDS. MOST OF THE WORK DONE SO FAR HAS BEEN IN DUSKY AND DOUBTFUL SOUNDS. OTHER PARTS OF FIORDLAND ARE STILL AWAITING EXPLORATION. THE EXCHANGE OF WATER BETWEEN THE FIORDS IS PROBABLY VERY RARE, SO THE SPECIES IN DIFFERENT FIORDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SO THE SPECIES IN DIFFERENT FIORDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH COULD QUITE EASILY BE UNIQUE. HE HOPES TO TEST THAT TANTALISING PROSPECT ON FUTURE TRIPS TO THE SOUNDS. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND HUGO SNELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.