(QUIRKY MUSIC) www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2023. - Kia ora. Welcome to In Case You Missed It. Ko Tane toku ingoa. It is the first day of spring, and it is also Bandana Day. More than 4000 rangatahi are impacted by cancer each year, whether it's their own diagnosis or somebody in their whanau. Canteen encourage the community to get involved by purchasing a bandana online or making a donation via canteen.org.nz. New Zealander Liam Lawson made his Formula One debut this week, getting a late call up for AlphaTauri after his team-mate broke his hand. The 21-year-old from Pukekohe, who started go karting, is just the 10th Kiwi to race in Formula One. - I was honestly all last night going through driver manuals, just making sure I was fully ready to operate the car. - He only got one free practice session and had to battle with a slippery track, but did enough to get the call-up again for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza this weekend. Good luck, bro. Now, do you like hitting the snow? Well, Mt Ruapehu ski fields are having a bumper snow season with the world's deepest snow base of just over 2.5m. - We'll claim it. We'll keep casually rolling that out for a while yet. You know, we've got a long season still to come. It runs all the way through to Labour Weekend, so we're not yet halfway. - It's welcome news for the area, with the ski field having to be bailed out by the Government a couple of months ago to ensure it could even open this year. Luckily, they were supported. Some rather gross creepy crawly news from Australia, as a woman visiting her local hospital, experiencing fever, diarrhoea and a dry cough was found to have a live and wriggling 8cm parasite in her brain. Yes, that's right ― a real live brain worm. - I took my tweezers, or my tumour-holding forceps, and I pulled it out, and I thought, 'Gosh, what is that? 'It's moving.' - Researchers who identified the parasite believed the woman became infected when she collected and cooked a type of native grass called Warrigal greens after she found it beside a lake near her home. The greens were likely laced with the parasite shed by a python. Apart from the nightmares, there doesn't seem to be any ongoing health issues. However, she is being closely monitored by health professionals, just in case. From an 8cm brain parasite to a mythical sea creature who lives at the bottom of a Scottish loch. The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, as locals affectionately call her, is back in the news as a large group of mystery hunters converged on the Scottish lake this weekend to look for proof of her existence. The two-day event is being billed as the biggest survey of the lake in 50 years and includes volunteers scanning the water from boats and using the lakeshore, using thermal-imaging drones, infrared cameras, and a hydrophone to detect underwater sounds in the lake's murky waters. Nessie, the world will be watching, literally, on a webcam, so make sure you've got a good hiding spot, old girl. Hurricane Idalia hit Florida as a Category 3 storm this week, unleashing devastation along the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats, and downing powerlines before sweeping into Georgia. Natural disasters happen all over the world. Organisations do their best to alert us in advance with a National State of Emergency. (QUIRKY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) What is a national emergency? Well, Aotearoa has its fair share of natural hazards ― earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunami, and volcanic activity. For extreme emergencies where local emergency services are not able to cope, the Minister for Emergency Management can declare a State of National Emergency. This puts the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management in control of the entire country, and they direct the National Emergency Management Agency to organise the response. This brings all of the local emergency services together under one umbrella, including extra services such as the Armed Forces, and allows them to provide rescue, first aid, food and shelter by taking control of and conserving essential supplies, regulating and diverting traffic, entering private premises to rescue people, closing off and evacuating public and private areas, as well as arresting anyone who doesn't comply. Without a national emergency being called, none of that would be possible because most of those actions fall outside of the regular laws of the country. A state of emergency can only last for seven days, however, it can be extended an indefinite number of times, but only the responsible Minister or the Prime Minister can make that call. So next time you hear that National State of Emergency alert come through to your mobile phone, read the message carefully, follow the directions, and most importantly, don't panic, because it means that all your local emergency services will be springing into action to make sure you and your whanau are safe. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) Now, they are part of our everyday lives. 91% of the world's population are mobile phone owners. This week in 1987 saw Telecom launch New Zealand's first mobile phone network. Mobile phones weren't really a thing, and if you didn't have a landline, no one could really get hold of you. Interestingly, the very first mobile phone cost approximately NZD$6,000 and had a battery life of about 20 minutes, so they were largely confined to cars. However, there was also a transportable phone that came with a battery weighing 2kg, along with its own stylish briefcase to carry it. Oh, how far we've come. Mystery surrounds the appearance of a stylised skull carved into the sandstone cliffs at Waipipi beach in South Taranaki. The carving, which has taken shape over the past few weeks, is chiselled on to a finger of headland. It's about 2m high and 2m wide. The artist is still unknown, and it's had a mixed response from the locals. I think it looks pretty cool. What do you reckon? And lastly, a big shout out to one of our most renowned Maori fashion designers. Kiri Nathan's latest collection officially opened New Zealand Fashion Week on Tuesday to a standing ovation. Ka rawe, Kiri. Well, that's In Case You Missed It for this week. Thank you so much for joining us. We will be back again next week. Have a great weekend. Hei kona.