1Pure Lorde 3rd Degree reporter Samantha Hayes knew she was on to something good when she first heard Lorde's song 'Royals' back in January of this year. Takapuna Grammar student Lorde has remained somewhat of an enigma, refusing interviews with everyone until giving 3rd Degree's Samantha Hayes an exclusive.

2In Love With a Rapist Phil Vine meets an Auckland housewife who gave up her comfortable suburban life to be with one of New Zealand’s most notorious criminals. She is a retired primary teacher, mother-of-two, and is going out with a man she can never be seen with in public. She says she doesn't feel she needs to justify what she is doing. She calls herself Angela, and she calls him Nick. To the rest of the country he’s convicted serial rapist Nicholas Paul Alfred Reekie.

3Update on a story from two weeks ago about Liam Malone, a double amputee who needs carbon fibre blades to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics. Liam now has enough money for two sets of blades thanks to the generosity of viewers.