Tonight on Sunday ` the story that's gone round the world. It seems no one can get enough of Bob and Bernie. # We'll meet again. # What was the spark? What made him stand out for you? I think his hormones. How true love will always find a way. I saw a girl in a light blue dress fluttering in the breeze. That was the summer of 1939. You took your time. You took your time. Oh, darling. Separated for 60 years by war and scheming parents. How about a smacker? # But I know we'll meet again. # Let's do it. Science-assisted families. Oh, darlin'. The price of parenthood. Four years and $60,000 worth of treatment. A wonder or a worry. Who wants to have a baby at 51? Tornado on the ground. Large tornado on the ground. Music to Angela Nicol. Watching that tornado rotate around and chase Dorothy. (CHUCKLES) Our very own storm chaser. You're OK. It's away from us, remember. You're OK. It's away from us, remember. Yeah. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2013 Kia ora, I'm Miriama Kamo. Love will always find a way, and no one knows that better than 87-year-old Bernie Bluett of Christchurch and 89-year-old Bob Humphries of England. Because fate and disapproving parents kept them waiting for 70 years. They fell in love in the summer of '39, but when Bob's letters stopped, a broken-hearted Bernie thought he'd abandoned her. How wrong she was. Ian Sinclair with a love story. POIGNANT MUSIC Somerset, England,... ...and Bernie Bluett of Christchurch has crossed the world to reunite with the love of her life. How old are you now? > How old are you now? > 87. How old are you now? > 87. And how old do you feel? > About 20. For 70 years, Bernie's never forgotten this man, paratrooper Bob Humphries, who won her heart during World War II. What was the spark? What made him stand out for you? > What was the spark? What made him stand out for you? > I think it was hormones. (CHUCKLES) There was just that something. Just something, mm. I have a story about the Spitfire, and it... Bernie has lived her life in NZ since the war. She's been a guide at Wigram's Air Force Museum. 25 minutes to get across the Bristol Channel. Her memories of those war years and the love she lost still burn brightly. I thought, 'This is the man I'm going to marry.' You know, he's rather a quiet person, mm, and I liked that. I rather like the quiet men, I think. They were teenage cousins. He was a paratrooper; she was a nurse. We got very affectionate and told each other how we felt. DRAMATIC MUSIC Call of duty separated them for four long war years, but they kept their romance alive with letters. They snatched just a few brief days together in 1944. How would you describe that time? Madness. (CHUCKLES) SOARING MUSIC They could never have known it would be their last encounter. Bob was in top-secret training for D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe. He decided to send letters to me, to my home, uh, thinking they would pass them on to me. Then, mysteriously, the letters stopped. What did you think then? What did you think then? I thought he'd found someone else. Did it break your heart? Yes, it did. Not knowing is the worst part of it. BIG-BAND MUSIC So, with the war over and still no news of Bob, Bernie eventually realised she had to move on when she met Kiwi pilot Roy Bluett. Within months, Bernie was headed for marriage and a life in NZ. Did you think about Bob at any point there? > I wondered. I wondered, but I thought, 'Well, you know, he's probably married.' < I told Roy about him. Roy, you know, he` he took it in good` He was a good man and a very kind, gentle Kiwi. JAUNTY PIANO MUSIC It was a happy marriage that was to endure for six decades. We had three children ` a bit of a struggle with a small house, but we managed it. Bernie's husband died 10 years ago. She was alone. POIGNANT MUSIC Hello, my darling. Then in 2008 came the phone call that would change her life. Have you been waiting up? Doing up this late? Make myself a cup of tea in a minute. It was Bob, and it would be the first of many calls. Am I`? I'm keeping you up, am I? Oh, well, I'm staying up anyway, because I'm working. Now, you take care of yourself, and you watch out for all those naughty airmen. (CHUCKLES) 60 years on, Bob Humphries had finally tracked his sweetheart down through Bernie's sister in England. And did you ask why those letters stopped all those years ago? I said, 'Well, I didn't hear from you.' And he said, 'We arranged`' He said, 'I even arranged the wedding ` our wedding.' I said, 'But I didn't know. I didn't hear.' And, uh` And then, of course, my sister said that my parents intercepted our mail and... So Bernie's parents had secretly destroyed their letters to stop the romance. And when you heard that, what was your reaction? > And when you heard that, what was your reaction? > Angry. Very angry. And very sad. And very hurt. Very hurt that they should have intervened like that. Apparently, Bernie's father rejected because they were cousins. We were, uh, first cousins. And, uh, you know, there was the old wives' tale of first cousins not marrying. And what did you think of that wives' tale? And what did you think of that wives' tale? I ignored it. I'm really very happy for her. I think it's a lovely thing to be happening at this stage in your life. Fortunately, Bernie's children take a very different view of Bob from her parents. He truly loves her, and, um, she loves him, so it's actually, you know, really nice, and I'm very happy for her. BOB: I can't wait... The long-distance calls became constant. Um` Um` All right, darling. Miss you. I love you. Miss you. I love you. I` I love you too. Miss you. I love you. I` I love you too. And, um... It was like having... (LAUGHS) a teenager. You know, 'Gotta get home for Bob to ring,' so it was... (LAUGHS) Yes, so that was quite funny. He's very much a romantic. And so am I. GENTLE MUSIC The way Bernie saw it, there was really only one choice ` pack up, say goodbye to her home of 65 years... This is a huge step, isn't it, for somebody of your age? > This is a huge step, isn't it, for somebody of your age? > It's huge. It is. In London because... ...and at 87, head for England for a new life with an old love. DRAMATIC MUSIC After the break ` at journey's end, the man, the magic, the moment. I didn't see an old man; I saw a young man. You saw that young soldier? You saw that young soldier? I saw a young soldier, yes. That could be a simple mistake. Or a deliberate move for a long-term advantage. Or a deliberate move for a long-term advantage. Perhaps. But, no, you're someone who plans ahead. I'm thinking you don't make a move unless you've thought things through. And if you don't have an answer, you'll find someone who does. Make the right move. Ask how the ANZ KiwiSaver scheme can help you achieve your long-term goals. Nice move. LILTING PIANO MUSIC When inspiration strikes, talk to an ANZ home-loan expert about this great rate ` 4.95% per annum, one year fixed. Talk to us today. ROMANTIC MUSIC Southern England, and in the tiny village of Pawlett, a 70-year wait is about to end. Bernie Bluett has come all the way from NZ for her sweetheart, Bob Humphries. Now, all the time I've been in NZ, I've thought, 'Well, we'll never meet up again.' That` That's it. I never thought I would. ROMANTIC MUSIC CONTINUES I made it. Oh! Oh! I made it. You took your time. You took your time. Oh, darling. You took your time. Oh, darling. (LAUGHS) Oh. (CHUCKLES) Well, you better come in out of the cold. It's very chilly. Winter. Mm. Mm. Come on. Come in. Come on. (CHUCKLES) After seven decades, they're finally together again. 'I didn't see an old man; I saw a young man.' Get fed up... You saw that young soldier? > You saw that young soldier? > I saw a young soldier, yes. (CHUCKLES) (SIGHS) She's 87; he's a spritely 89. Oh, so, you made it at last. At last I've made it. At last I've made it. (CHUCKLES) Yes, at last. 'I saw a girl,... 'in a light-blue dress...' fluttering in the breeze, on Plymouth Hoe. And I had that image in my head for 70` 80 years. And, um, that was the summer of 1939. DRAMATIC MUSIC It was World War II that tore Bob from Bernie. As an elite young paratrooper, Bob jumped out into the darkness behind German lines. The red light came on, and then the green, and someone shouts, 'Go!' He was in the thick of the action on D-Day. We virtually tumbled out of the aircraft. Miraculously, Bob survived the war, and so did his love for Bernie. But her letters had mysteriously stopped. I wrote a couple of panicked letters to my parents, saying, you know, 'Where's Bernie, and what's...?' Bob wasn't to know his letters had never reached Bernie, and she'd thought it was all over between them. When I ultimately learnt that Bernie had met and married a NZ airman and had married him, gone off with him ` what's more, gone all the way to NZ with him ` and I was completely out of the picture. Not knowing the truth, Bob, like Bernie, eventually had to move on. It was a long time after, uh, Bernie went out of my life ` it was eight years before I even spoke` well, uh,... said anything to another girl. In the end, he met and married. I told my wife about Bernie. I` I told her. You know, I said, 'I think`' I don't remember the words, but I` I swear I told` I said to her, 'There was another girl,' 'and I don't forget.' How did she react? How did she react? She said that she was glad I'd told her. That was the end of the subject. Bob stayed true to Ethel till she died. Now, had she remained... healthy and fit and all the rest of it, then I wouldn't be talking to you now. POIGNANT MUSIC That's it. Here. Absolute cheers. Absolute cheers. Here's to a wonderful day. ALL: Cheers. And as we now know,... First one today. ...only when Bob and Bernie made contact on the phone did they both realise they'd been cheated. < And you first realised that her parents had stopped your letters. What was your reaction to that? < What did you feel at that moment? < What did you feel at that moment? Well, first of all, I've got to say that my first reaction was that I` I was astonished. I didn't understand it. Um, that the... Because it` it was the enormity of it that hit me. Um, and, uh, after my astonishment, then I began to feel anger again. ALL LAUGH But now there's no stopping them. Bob has popped the question again. I didn't think that when I proposed this time that she would. And I said yes, just like that. It was easy for you? > Yes, very. For Bernie, their reunion has come none too soon. You know, the old ticker is no good, and my eyesight's failing. My hearing is no good. I've got hearing aids. Um, the only thing is I haven't got a glass eye yet. Bearing in mind your age, your time together must be limited. Yes. Yes. Mm. Yes. Mm. How do you deal with that question? We're going to enjoy it as much as possible for as long as it lasts. We're going to enjoy it as much as possible for as long as it lasts. Yes. One day at a time. One hour at a time. POIGNANT PIANO MUSIC BELLS CHIME Have you ever seen a more romantic setting for a wedding than this ancient Norman church? It's been here, you know, for nearly a thousand years, and it's seen centuries of births, deaths and marriages. But here in the village of Pawlett, they're saying it's never seen the like before of a wedding like Bob and Bernie's. CHURCH BELLS CHIME RICHARD WAGNER'S 'BRIDAL CHORUS' PLAYS We have come together in the presence of God to give thanks with Bob and Bernie, to rejoice together and to ask for God's blessing. ...truth and peace and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy... Bob, I gave you this ring... Bob, I gave you this ring... Bob, I gave you this ring... ...as a sign of our marriage. ...as a sign of our marriage. ...as a sign of our marriage. ...as a sign of our marriage. ...as a sign of our marriage. With my body, I honour you. With my body, I honour you. With my body, I honour you. All that I am... It was fantastic. It was like a dream that was becoming reality, mm. Would you like to kiss your bride? (CHUCKLES) How about a smacker? How about a smacker? Mm. ALL CHUCKLE ROMANTIC MUSIC Bernie, what's your advice to people who wonder will they ever have a romance like this? To look for it, because it is there for everyone. You just have to find the right person. And there is a right person... for everyone. ROMANTIC MUSIC CONTINUES Doesn't Bernie look beautiful in that blue? She made that wedding dress herself, in fact, 40-odd years ago. And if you'd like to see Bernie serenading Bob, just click on our Sunday Facebook site. Up next ` babies, people paying big money to have them, and people who simply can't have babies. It was solely for the money. Like, as bad as it may sound, I had no other ambitions out of My Kitchen Rules but than to win money. For the IVF to have the children. CHEERING, APPLAUSE So, what do you think of this ` having a baby at age 51. That's what former Olympic swimming champ Lisa Curry is planning. For some, it's shocking and selfish. For others, not so much. Some of you on Facebook have said, 'Good on her.' But Lisa Curry is part of a growing trend and, actually, is young compared to some others. And now there's a scientific advance that greatly increases the chances of having a baby ` good news for Steph and Dan from My Kitchen Rules. Here's Rahni Sadler. # When I wake up, # well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man # who wakes up next to you. We don't know what it feels like to be parents and to love a child yet, and, you know, all of our friends say it's just unbelievable. You don't have a love until you hold your baby in your arms. # And when I come home, yeah, I know I'm gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who's coming home # to you. # And when I'm dreaming, # well, I know I'm gonna dream, # I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm with you. # In 2009, Dan and Steph married. They wanted a family, but doing it naturally hasn't worked out. IVF is their only option. Yeah, I think just to have a daughter would be one of the best things ever, so, um, yeah, can't wait. Oh, darlin'. You good? > We can see it, so we just want to get there. And it's so close, like, it's just there. It'll happen. DRAMATIC MUSIC That's the whole reason you went on My Kitchen Rules. > That's the whole reason you went on My Kitchen Rules. > Yeah, that's right. Yeah, the day we got negative results from the doctor, an ad came on TV. 'Do you think you have what it takes to become the next My Kitchen Rules winners?' We just looked at each other and went,.... 'Let's do it.' We just looked at each other and went,.... 'Let's do it.' 'Let's do it.' > Dan, we need the pork in the oven as long as we can. And all the while with this goal in your mind? Yeah. When I looked at Steph and said, 'Let's have a crack,' it was solely for the money. Like, as bad as it may sound, like, I had no other ambitions out of My Kitchen Rules but than to win money. For the IVF to have the children. CHEERING, APPLAUSE How lucky do you think you are that we live in an age where you do have access to something like IVF? Oh, yeah, it's unbelievable. TINKLING MUSIC 35 years ago, the world rejoiced at the birth of Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby. In the decades since, with each birth, each new baby, the squeals of joy are just the same ` and that's just the parents. < How much do you love this little one? < How much do you love this little one? Oh. (CHUCKLES) Words can't explain. Words can't explain. Here we go. Yeah. I, uh,... > I, uh,... > She's precious. # She would never see where she came from. # 'She' is Ruby. She's 1 month old. Her proud mum and dad are Jacinta and Murray Bant. He's a plumber. She's a teacher. She was born on a Tuesday. So Ruby Tuesday. He sings 'Ruby Tuesday' to her all the time, which she likes it. Ruby's older sister, Grace, was conceived through IVF six years ago. Murray and Jacinta wanted Grace to have a sibling, so they turned once more to IVF. While it offers hope, there's no guarantee of success. Four years and $60,000 worth of treatments brought only disappointment. < How many times did you try all up? < How many times did you try all up? Uh, I had 17 transfers. < So you did IVF 17 times? 17 attempts. 17 attempts. What was the solution? Uh, the solution was the new testing that became available. She is my first success story from using this technology, but I've had several others over the past year since we've introduced the technology. At Monash IVF in Melbourne, Dr Lynn Burmeister is helping couples conceive using a breakthrough technique pioneered in California. It's called the SNP Array. What SNP Array does is sort the good eggs from the bad eggs, dramatically increasing the chance of pregnancy. At 5 days old, when an embryo has 80 cells, a few are extracted for testing. The scientists look for the strongest embryo, one with no chromosomal problems. Then, after the weakest have been eliminated, it's planted into the mum-to-be. Once we transfer that back to the patient, the patient has 55% chance of achieving a pregnancy. How much hope does this new technology offer to couples who experience problems like yours? Oh, I believe it's going to take a lot of heartbreak away from women, and it's just gonna make the journey so much easier. You'd have saved years and so many tears. Years of time, money, heartbreak. Yeah. MURRAY: It's your first bath. MURRAY: It's your first bath. How nice is that? Technology can only help so much. The best way to maximise the odds of getting pregnant is not to delay. If you want to have a baby to nurture, you need to work with nature. We're born with about one million to two million eggs. By the time we're a teenager, we have 400,000 left. By the time we're 30, we only have 10% of our eggs left, and by the time we're 40, we only have 3% of our eggs left. I said to Nick, 'Please, let's just give it one more try.' You know, 'Maybe third time lucky.' And he agreed, and I sort of said` And he agreed, and I sort of said` < How old were you then? And he agreed, and I sort of said` < How old were you then? I was, uh, 56. OK. Any higher? Susan Tollefsen is now 63, and her daughter, Freya, is 5. In her 30s and 40s, Susan devoted her life to caring for her ill and aging parents. When they died, she thought motherhood had passed her by. Then she met Nick, 11 years her junior. They fell in love, got married, tried for a baby. Did you at first want to try with your own eggs? I couldn't, because I was menopausal. I didn't have any. My periods had stopped, so I didn't have any eggs of my own. They turned to a Russian clinic which provided donor eggs to mix with Nick's sperm and implant in her womb. Several attempts failed, then Sue fell ill. A severe abdominal problem had her and her specialist, Dr Tang, fearing ovarian cancer. Went off to see Mr Tang, went straight into the room, laid me on the bed and did an ultrasound. He just went straight to my belly button, and then he looked at me and said, 'Congratulations.' I said, 'Thank you.' And I thought, 'Well, why would he say that if I've got cancer and I'm dying?' I thought, 'Well, he's Chinese. He obviously thinks I'm going to a better place!' I said, 'Thank you very much.' Swung my legs around, and he said, 'You're pregnant,' and I went 'What?!' And I sort of swung back. I was thinking, 'Pregnant? Oh my God, I'm pregnant.' After so many decades of waiting, soon enough, she was a mum. It didn't bother me at my age. I suddenly thought, 'This is it.' You know, 'I've got this child, and I'd always wanted this baby,' and it was just such a delight. Finally it was your turn. Finally it was your turn. Finally it was my turn, yeah. Just a little bit, and then we're gonna go on the swings. Please, Freya. READS: Very busy, and they could only find a stable. Don't put your hand on your face. Freya, we can't see you, darling. Do you want to touch the sheep? Do you want to touch the sheep? No? OK. You ready to go? Right, ready? Oh, careful. Critics say Sue was selfish to have a child so late in life. At Freya's 21st, Sue will be 78-years-old. The downside is that I had to think of things that nobody should have to think when they are having a baby. I mean, I sort of put in place a trust fund for Freya, set up a will, then put a legal guardian in place, and there was money for her to be taken care of. So that was one of the downsides. She's probably totally exhausted. I mean, I had my child one month into being 41 and, you know, that was still a stretch. Very close. Ros Reines is known as 'the columnist they can't silence.' She calls a spade a shovel, and on the issue of women like Lisa Curry wanting babies in their 50s, it's a very big shovel indeed. Who wants to have a baby at 51? This is the time when you take your grandchildren, or your maybe soon-to-be grandchildren, and play with them. You don't have another baby at that age. But what's wrong with it if that's something she really wants to do? > I think that she wants to have a baby for her partner, Joel, and he hasn't had any children, and she wants to give him a child, the greatest gift you could do, but she won't be around to enjoy it. We, as a society, have made great strides in that men and women are equal now. But if a guy is 74 or 68 or something, goes down to the pub and says, 'Guess what, my wife's pregnant,' they go, 'Good on you. everything's in good working order.' Lady comes along and says, 'I'm 54 or 47, and I'm having a baby,' they go, 'What? At your age? 'Shouldn't you know better?' And how can that be right? So, all being well, when do you think you'd do your next IVF try? So, all being well, when do you think you'd do your next IVF try? Ohhh, I don't think it's far away. If I could have 'em tomorrow, I would. We really do want children. Like, we've got a lot of love to give. You know, the cat is absolutely treated like a princess. Like, she's my baby at the moment, the kitty. If you want it so desperately, you'll do anything to get it, won't you? (CHUCKLES) I'd have 10. I'd honestly have 10. Like, I couldn't... I couldn't think of a better feeling. I reckon by the end of next year, there'll be pitter-patter going around, surely. Hope so. Oh, well, fingers crossed for them. Now, while some are running like the wind, others are running toward it. Brave or stupid? DRAMATIC, JARRING MUSIC MAN: Just relax. You are fine. I am not too scared. I just don't want it to hit any more houses. Once upon a time, Angela Nicol was afraid of the wind. Now she's cosying up to tornadoes, one of the most dangerous forces of nature. It started out as an online interest, but now Angela is a fully-fledged storm chaser. Here's John Hudson. DRAMATIC, JARRING MUSIC MUSIC CONTINUES There's something about tornadoes ` awe-inspiring, majestic, terrifying. MAN: Tornado on the ground. It's on the ground right in front of us. And wherever you find them, you'll find the storm-chaser army. They even have their own TV shows. Storm chasers have a worldwide audience, and here in NZ, Angela Nicol was fascinated by what she was seeing online. MAN: Tornado! MAN: Tornado! Right there. Whenever there's storms, they go out, and they have a video camera, and they record it as they go, so you can watch them live. And so I'd been watching this company, stormscapelive.tv, for about six years. Here they are. And by day worked here at the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve near Christchurch. So, Angela, who are these guys? So, these are our kea. I've got a little chick here, and I've got Rugby, the dominant male. So, I've been trained in all sections of the zoo, but this is my prime area ` the natives. Especially with the kea. And as we know, they're inquisitive little creatures. Do they all have a personality of their own? Yeah, they do. For example, Snip, he's our most curious kea. He's the sneaky one that gets into trouble. Trouble? Well, they say they'll steal anything. (CHUCKLES) Nearly got the eyeball. You gave all this up to go and chase tornadoes? Yes,... (CHUCKLES) I did, as crazy as it sounds. It was the movie classic The Wizard of Oz first put Angela in a spin. Watching that tornado rotate around and chase Dorothy. (LAUGHS) I loved lightning as a little kid, but the interesting thing was I used to have a fear of the wind. One day I got rid of that fear by saying, 'That's it. I'm sick of it.' I ran outside in a` in a big wind storm and just thought, 'Wow, this is quite cool.' You know, I saw the power in nature, I guess, the power of the weather. MAN: Oh, there's huge flash. And this year she got to see the power of the weather up close, travelling in the tour van right beside this huge tornado as it ripped entire suburbs to shreds. Is it getting bigger, Ben? Is it getting bigger, Ben? No, we're safe for now. Remember, it's moving east, south-east. OK. OK. You're OK. It's away from us, remember. Yeah. What you're dealing with is a cyclic super cell. The tornadoes keep forming over and over again, OK? So just relax. You're fine. I'm not too scared. 'I did not in my life expect to see what I did those two days.' Like, I actually` When I booked the tour, I thought there's probably a chance I won't even see a tornado. Um, I thought I'd just see a big storm. So to have my first two tornadoes that I ever see be these two EF5s was sort of` I still can't believe it. An EF5 tornado is the largest ever recorded. Angela Nicol, so close to the winds swirling at 480km/h, relying on tour guide Ben McMillan ` that's him there ` to keep them safe. How does he know which direction it's moving into? How does he know which direction it's moving into? He's following the radar, and you can see the previous few seconds what direction it's been coming from. So you just` you generally assume that the tornado's gonna go in the same direction. They can change, so Ben always has an exit route in his mind. What if it's blocked, the exit route? I mean, these things can throw trees and lorries and, you know, just` just block the road in an instant. BEN: OK, we have` The road is completely blocked by tree debris up here. We have to move some branches. I don't know if we'll be able to get through here. It was my first time, but I` I guess I just had faith in Ben. I mean, he'd been chasing for 11 years, so he was used to this kind of thing. Those big flashes, what are they? Yeah, that was the power lines falling down. And so you know that it's a huge tornado to knock down those big power lines. to knock down those big power lines. So, it's` it's ripping up` ripping up` Oh, there's another. Oh, wow, it's like lightning, isn't it? It's not lightning. Oh, wow, it's like lightning, isn't it? It's not lightning. No. (CHUCKLES) With the storm increasing in violence, the chasers can see it's developing into a gigantic, destructive force. All right, this is an extremely violent tornado. It's probably a half mile or mile wide moving through the city. The tornado is directly in front of us. It's rain wrapped. Large. Probably a mile wide at this point. What do you mean by rain wrapped? It means that there's a lot of rain, and it's covered the tornado, so it just looks like a rain cloud, really. It just looks like it's pouring, yeah. That's really dangerous, cos you don't know where it's going at this stage. Yeah. Yeah. At that point Ben had paused and just was checking the radar again, cos you can at least pinpoint its position on the radar. He looks like he's going straight into it. Yeah. This was still quite far away, so it's, like, I mean, we can get closer. And now is the part when you start to see debris flying about. Large pieces of houses. We're being shattered with debris. There are large pieces of debris coming on the car now. And how did you feel? And how did you feel? That was the hardest bit. I describe it as almost like looking at black snow. Cos in some areas, the debris was just floating by, and in others it was falling hard. The minute it started hitting the car, I'm looking up, going, 'These are people's houses flying by.' You know, bits of their houses. It was a horrible feeling. Oh look, you put the window down. Oh look, you put the window down. (CHUCKLES) Would you think about getting outside in this? No, not at all. No. That` That's just asking for danger, cos you've got all this debris flying. And we're talking about bits of wood, even household items. Tornado on the ground. Large tornado on the ground. Take this feed. Tornado on the ground. Take this feed. Large tornado on the ground. Take it. Ben's pictures are now picked up by American TV networks. So, we hear Ben getting really excited when the tornado touches down. And he's taking pictures. How important is it for those pictures of what's going on to get out? It's very important. It gives people a visual of how big this tornado really is. We're watching a huge tornatic circulation. It's a powerful storm. It's the type of storm that will kill you. So if you can get below ground, you probably need to be below ground. You need to be below ground. Angela Nicol lived through the Christchurch earthquakes. Her uncle was killed on this site where the Durham St Methodist Church once stood. But nothing could prepare her for the devastation on Oklahoma. How does this compare with what you saw in Oklahoma? > How does this compare with what you saw in Oklahoma? > In some ways, it's quite similar. Where the outer winds of the tornado were, you had houses with similar damage, but then as soon as you hit that damage pathway of the tornado, everything was just levelled. It was much, much worse. I think the tornado just literally blew the houses off their foundations. So you didn't actually have a pile of rubble. You had nothing. It wasn't till they reached the town of Moore that Angela and the others realised just how huge and destructive the tornado had been. Well, just describe what's going on here. OK, well, we're coming up to the damage pathway, and the further we get closer to it, the worse the houses get until you reach where the tornado's gone through, and then you've just got nothing. Nothing but debris. That looks like an atomic bomb's gone off there. Look at those cars. This is right in the middle of where the tornado's just gone through, and it's still going in the background somewhere amongst all that rain. Just give us an idea about how big the area of devastation really was. Just give us an idea about how big the area of devastation really was. This is only a small area. You know, beyond this, you've got all these houses that have been in the pathway. Right, so it's a huge strip right through the middle of a` of what? Well, the whole town? Yeah, it's so big, you could see a scar from the satellite up in space. Just tell us how you were feeling at the moment. I was feeling pretty sick, cos you` you just see all this devastation, and you think, 'People are trapped under here.' And then you've got Ben warning me that there could be dead bodies. The storm chaser crew were here just seconds after the tornado passed. Trained paramedics, they went straight to the rescue. It was a horrible feeling, and then you look at the devastation, and you go, 'Where do you even start?' We had a couple of people go, 'There's five people trapped here.' I'm looking, and you just see piles of concrete slabs. And you're, like, 'How can we even lift that or get through to them?' It` It was horrible. Were you actually able to help people there? Someone had gone inside, and he was passing each person up to us, and we were in a human chain. So, I was part of that human chain helping the people get from one level of the concrete slabs to the next, to the next, cos you're talking maybe a couple of storeys high. 23 people died in Moore. 117 were injured. The tornado, more than 2km wide, cut a 27km track across Oklahoma. And yet 11 days later, Angela would witness another tornado just as big, just as ferocious ` an experience that would make others wary, more cautious. But not Angela. She's been bitten by the bug. Would you do it again, though? Would you do it again, though? I would, yeah. You are? You're gonna do it again? > You are? You're gonna do it again? > Yeah, I'm going to do it again. Bitten by love too, it seems. Another romantic postscript tonight. Angela's headed back to the States because she and Ben, the storm-chaser guide in our story, have become a couple. Next ` Jackson Keleher ` you might remember him. The wee boy ` gorgeous boy ` with cerebral palsy who wouldn't give up. Neither would his dad. The one thing I don't accept is that his brain injury's gonna leave him as a quadriplegic in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Let's go. Step, step, step, step, step. Hi again. When we first introduced you to Jackson Keleher last year, the response was huge. Remember the father and son who wouldn't give up? Now, Jackson's the wee boy with cerebral palsy who doctors said would never walk or talk. Well, wait till you see how far Jackson has come. Come on. Stand up. Yeah! (CHUCKLES) Get that foot around. Three hours after Jackson Keleher was born, his brain was starved of oxygen. It left him with cerebral palsy. His intelligence was unaffected, but doctors told his dad that Jackson would never walk or talk. Just a little bit more. His dad told them he'd prove them wrong. Mmm. The one thing I don't accept is his brain injury's going to leave him as a quadriplegic, in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Let's go. Step, step, step, step, step. David refused to give up. (SQUEALS) Treatment after treatment, hoping one day he'd define the odds. Good boy. And then he stood. Look at you standing up like a big boy! And then with his walker, Jackson took his first shaky steps. Walking. That was almost a year ago, and that's when your support made one hell of a difference. I was so amazed at the great people that stepped up to become part of Jackson's life, who gave and donated and were so generous. That generosity meant Jackson could continue his treatments and push himself harder and harder, getting closer and closer to being able to walk unaided. SOFT MUSIC Look. Who's over there, Jackson? Who's that? How are you? How are you? Bathie. It's Bathie. Come on, Jacka. I've seen you do this. I'll catch you. It's OK. Come on, Jacka. I've seen you do this. I'll catch you. It's OK. Good boy, Jackson. Nice and slowly. Good boy. Good boy. < Good work. That's really good. It's hard on the grass, isn't it, mate? You're doing a really good job. Come on, Jackson. Ready? Gotcha! Hurray! How are you, beautiful? Are you good? It's been millimetre by millimetre for Jackson. Yeah, it's... very small steps. He's just such a determined little person. Teaching him to speak, how miraculous has that been? It's` I mean, they said he's never talk. The damage to the muscles in his mouth... Uh, he can't even kinda swallow or chew or keep him mouth closed. Um, so to hear him make sounds was amazing. Who's sitting next to you now? Who's this? Who's sitting next to you now? Who's this? Dah... Day... Day... Dad. And? Day... Dad. And? Ba-ee. Bathie. Me. Me. And you. Me. And you. And? Oot. Oot. Hoot. That's right. (CHUCKLES) He said 'Dad' the other day. And he said, 'I love you.' And I was in the pool with him, and I found myself having a conversation with him. And that was probably one of the greatest things I've felt. I love you, Jackson. I love you, Jackson. I love ya. I love you. Can Dadda have a big kiss? You don't give Dad a big kiss, do you? Ohhh, that was a big smoocher! Go! DAVID CHEERS Despite the progress, Jackson still has a long way to go. But his dad is giving him every opportunity. # Do the propeller! Do the propeller! Do the propeller! Around and around. # Is this the propeller? Is this the propeller? (LAUGHS) Is this the propeller? (LAUGHS) How about this? (LAUGHS) Well, if I'm doing it wrong, mate, you've gotta help me. Is that the propeller? Is that it? He's just a champion, and that's his biggest achievement. Oh, he is adorable. Fleetwood Mac ` you can't get a ticket for love nor money. But next week on Sunday, the feuding and secrets of one of music's most enduring acts. We're with Fleetwood Mac. # Loving you isn't the right thing to do. # How can I ever change things # that I feel? Stevie Nicks has given us a chance to come and say hi before the concert. We're gonna have a little look inside her dressing room. # How can I...? # What is it with you guys? You seem to be getting more popular. What is it with you guys? You seem to be getting more popular. I know. All right, go! Chop-chop, guys. > I knew. You know, I had the premonition. I knew that Lindsey and Stevie were going places. CROWD CHEERS It appears there are quite a few chapters left in the book of Fleetwood Mac! # Thunder only happens # when it's raining. Well, we both, basically, were sort of attracted to each other. # ...only love you when they're playing. # It's actually that people think that we don't like each other. # You can go your own way. # Go your own way. # I'm Mick Fleetwood, and you will see us on Sunday night. And I'll be there too. That's right. Next Sunday night. Kati ra mo tenei po. That's us for tonight. Thanks for joining us. Have a wonderful week, and we'll see you next Sunday. Nga mihi nui. Hei kona.