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Primary Title
  • 3rd Degree
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 13 August 2014
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
Hosts
  • Duncan Garner (Host)
  • Samantha Hayes (Host)
NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. STEPHEN COLLAPSED ON THE FIELD. HIS ATFACKERS SIMPLY WALKED AWAY. NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. I IT WASN'T A FIGHT. I NOTE: CAPTIONS COMPUTER GENERATED USING OCR FROM DVB-SUBPICTURES. CA. I STEPHEN NEVER THREW ONE PUNCH. I STEPHEN NEVER THREW ONE PUNCH. HE DIDN'T THROW ONE PUNCH. I IT WAS A BLATANT ATTACK ON OUR SON. I BRENTA SCHOOL CARETAKER SPENT HIS DAYS TRYING TO DROWN OUT HIS GROWING ANGER AND PAIN. EVERY DAY HE PLUGGED IN HIS DEAD SON'S IPOD AND TUNED OUT. ITECHNOIMJSIOI ONCE I GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY, WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND TO WITNESS THEN I COULD MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF MY DAY. THE DUDLEYS' HOME IS SO CLEAN IT'S AS IF MONA HAS SPENT THE LAST YEAR AND BIT TRYING TO QUIETLY TIDY AWAY HER EMOTIONS. SHE OFTEN REFOLDS STEPHEN'S RUGBY GEAR FROM THAT NIGHT. IT'S UNWASHED. MONA WORRIES HIS SMELL WILL FADE AND SO WILL HER MEMORIES. I THINK ALSO SOMETIMES I WANTED TO CURL UP IN BED AND JUST CRY AND CRY. <i>L</i> on: YOU DO THAT SOMETIMES, MONA? <i>I</i> A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I KNEW IT WASN'T GOING TO BRING OUR BOY BACK. THE DUDLEYS' HOME IS THICK WITH FAMILY AND TENSION AS MONAAND BRENT PREPARE TO FACE THEIR SON'S ATTACKERS IN COURT. I ALREADY EMOTIONS ARE SPILLING OVER. I THE DUDLEYS WILL EYEBALL THE BROTHERS, BUT THE BOYS CAN NEVER BE IDENTIFIED AFTER THE COURT RULED IT COULD CAUSE THEM EXTREME HARDSHIP AND IMPACT ON THEIR REHABILITATION. THEY'VE HAD PROTECTION THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH, SO THAT'S A REAL KNIFE TWISTER FOR ME AND MONA. DO YOU FEEL BY NAMING THEM THEY'D BE FORCED TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY? I YES, I 0o. n' WOULD BE SOMETHING. I THESE BOYS HAVE TO LIVE WITH SOME... SOME FORM OF REPERCUSSIONS. I EVEN ll= THAT ls SHAME? I I I THINK THE MINIMUM ls SHAME, YES. I THE NEXT STAGE IN THE GRINDING COURT PROCESS LEFT THE DUDLEYS EVEN MORE EMOTIONALLY RAW. MANSLAUGHTER COUNTS AGAINST THE BROTHERS WERE DROPPED IN FAVOUR OF ASSAULT CHARGES. THEY STAND UP THERE IN COURT, AND THEY ALMOST PORTRAY LIKE THEY ARE THE VICTIMS. AT ONE STAGE, I THOUGHT THE JUDGE WAS GOING TO WALK DOWN AND GIVE THEM A CUDDLE AND PAT THEM ON THE BACK AND SAY, 'OH, YOU HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH.' YOU SEE, STEPHEN DUDLEY'S BIG HEART WAS NOTA STRONG ONE. HE HAD AN UNDIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT MADE HIM VULNERABLE TO WHAT THE COURT CALLS TRAUMATIC STRESS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE A CLEAR LINK BETWEEN THE ASSAULTAND STEPHEN'S DEATH. WHAT ARE WE SAYING HERE? WHAT IS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM SAYING? I WHAT ls THE MESSAGE? I I THAT YOU CAN ASSAULT SOMEBODY. I IF THEY HAVE AN UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION OF ANY SORT, THEN... WHAT? THEY'RE LESS THAN HUMAN? BUT FOR BRENT AND MONA THE ULTIMATE INSULT WAS YET TO COME. BOTH BOYS WHO ATTACKED THEIR SON WERE DISCHARGED WITHOUT CONVICTION, MEANING THE BOYS WALKED FREE WITH A CLEAN SLATE. I HAVE DECIDED TO DISCHARGE YOU WITHOUT CONVICTION. FREE WITH A CLEAN SLATE. WHAT PART DON'T YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND? HIS ACTIONS LED TO MY SON'S DEATH! > AND YOU'RE SENTENCING ME AND HIS FAMILY. THE DUDLEYS DIDN'T HEAR WHAT CAME NEXT. THEY STORMED OUT. THESE WERE PUNCHES THROWN IN THE CONTEXT OF A SCHOOLYARD FIGHT. IF STEPHEN HAD NOT DIED BECAUSE OF HIS UNDIAGNOSED HEART CONDITION, THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO DISTINGUISH THIS FROM NUMEROUS SCHOOLYARD FIGHTS. THERE'S BEEN NO JUSTICE. THERE'S BEEN NO JUSTICE TO STEPHEN. THERE'S BEEN NO JUSTICE FOR US. THE COURT BELIEVES BOTH BOYS ARE REMORSEFUL AND HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO APOLOGISE TO THE DUDLEY FAMILY. SOMETHING THAT BRENT AND MONA ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT AS STEPHEN'S MUM, IT BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE I KNOW HE WOULD'VE FORGIVEN IN THAT WAY, I BUT THAT IS STEPHEN'S STRENGTH. I I AM ATA STRUGGLE BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND THAT STRENGTH. THEY WILL MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES, AND I HOPE THEY LIVE GOOD LIVES. I I HOPE THEY BECOME soon MEN. I DO THEY DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE? I HOPE THEY BECOME GOOD MEN. DO THEY DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE? YES, THEY DO, AND THEY WILL GET ONE. BUT I STILL THINK BEFORE THEY GET THAT CHANCE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME JUSTICE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND BRENT AND MONA'S FRUSTRATION. NO, YOU CAN, AND COURT DOCUMENTS ACTUALLY SHOW THAT STEPHEN'S ATTACKERS THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF THE FIGHT HADN'T HAVE HAPPENED, STEPHEN COULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY. SO THE QUESTION IS WHY WOULD THE JUDGE DISCHARGE WITHOUT CONVICTION. WELL, SHE SAID THAT CONVICTION WOULD OUTWEIGH THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRIME. YEAH, SHE ALSO SAID STEPHEN'S DEATH WAS NOT A FACTOR THAT SHE COULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN SENTENCING AND THE VIOLENCE ITSELF, AND YOU MAY FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE, WAS AT THE LOW END OF THE SCALE. OK. THERE IS MUCH MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY. AFTER THE BREAK - THE SECOND HUGE SHOCK FOR THE DUDLEY FAMILY. I # Gotta make my mind up. I I#Whiohseatcanltake?I I # Ifs Friday, Friday. I # Gotta get down on Friday. Everybody. <i>. .</i> We're saying a big ihank you to our customers. I # ...weekend. I I # Friday, FridaY- I I# Gettin' down on Friday. I Vodafone Fantastic Fridays, with movies, music and sports experiences or pre-pay deals. I # Panyin'. paflvirf- # I WELCOME BACK. SO MONAAND BRENT DUDLEY HAD LOST THEIR MUCH-LOVED SON STEPHEN. YEAH, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE, ISN'T IT, THAT THINGS COULD GETANY WORSE FOR THIS FAMILY. BUT AS LISA OWEN REPORTS, THE DUDLEY'S LIVES WERE ABOUT TO BE THROWN INTO EVEN MORE TURMOIL. BY CHRISTMAS THE DUDLEYS HAD PLUMMETED INTO A PIT OF GRIEF. THE THREE YOUNGEST CHILDREN WERE GONE, STAYING WITH RELATIVES. THEY HAD JUST THEMSELVES AND THEIR MISERY FOR COMPANY. I THINK AT THAT STAGE, WE WERE IN THE WOULDA-SHOULDA-COULDA THOUGHTS. EXACTLY. THE WOULDA-SHOULDA-COULDA THOUGHTS. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW? IF ONLY I HAD LET HIM BE PART OF THE BASKETBALL OR ENCOURAGED HIM TO BE PART OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM I AS OPPOSED TO THE RUGBY TEAM. I THINGS GOT TENSE. BRENT HAD BEEN OUT SHOOTING EARLIER IN THE DAYAND HIS RIFLE WAS STILL OUT. AT SOME STAGE DURING THE HEATED DISCUSSION, I PICKED UP THE RIFLE AND... WELL, BASICALLY... I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE. DISCUSSION, I PICKED UP THE RIFLE AND... WELL, BASICALLY... I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE. TO BE CLEAR, YOU WANTED TO DIE? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? I AT THAT MOMENT, YEAH. I I WHERE ls THE GUN AT THIS POINT? I I HAD THE GUN AND I HAD IT POINTED AT MYSELF AND I SHUNTED IT TO MONA. WE WERE BOTH PULLING AND PUSHING ON IT. AND I SHUNTED IT OR PULLED IT, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, AND BANG - I KNEW IT HAD GONE OFF CAUSE I WAS AT THE SORE END OF THE GUN, OR THE BAD END. MONA DIDN'T REALISE UNTIL HE COLLAPSED. SHE'D PUTA BULLET IN HIS HEART, AND HE WAS BLEEDING INTERNALLY. HE WAS SWEATING, HIS BREATHING WAS LABOURED. I HAD A PRETTY FAIR IDEAAS TO WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I WANTED TO GO TO BED. I YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE? I YES. I THOUGHT IF I WAS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE, I MAYAS WELL BE IN THE COMFORT OF MY OWN BED. AFTER CALLING 111, ATOTALLY BEWILDERED MONA, THE SHOOTER, WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION. WE'RE GOOD PEOPLE, WE'RE A GOOD FAMILY. HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED TO US? WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE ALL OF THIS HEARTACHE IN OUR LIFE? BECAUSE IT WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO SEE HER HUSBAND. AND FOR TWO DAYS MONA DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE'D BECOME A KILLER. I WHAT WERE THOSE TWO DAYS LIKE? I I ABSOLUTE HELL. I LIKE IN A MOVIE SCENE THAT KEEPS REWINDING AND REWINDING AND REWINDING, LIKE A RECORD THAT KEEPS SCRATCHING. I JUST KEPT THINKING STEPHEN, BRENT, STEPHEN... WHERE'S THE KIDS? EVEN FROM HIS BED IN INTENSIVE CARE, BRENT NEVER BLAMED HIS WIFE. THE BULLET PASSED THROUGH THE HEART, SO I WASN'T IN A GREAT WAY, SO THE BEST I COULD DO WAS TRYAND COMMUNICATE WITH PEN AND PAPER, LEAVING LITTLE MESSAGES ON A PIECE OF PAPER, LIKE, 'IT WASN'T MONA. I 'IT WASN'T MONA.' I BUT IT WAS MONA WHO ENDED UP IN THE DOCK. AND HE PUSHED THE BUTT END OF THE FIREARM INTO YOUR HANDS. WITH WORDS ALONG THE LINES OF, 'JUST SHOOT ME, THEN.' THEY'RE ADAMANT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE IF THEIR SON WAS STILL ALIVE, AND IN A LETTER TO THE COURT, BRENT BEGGED FOR LENIENCY, FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR SURVMNG CHILDREN. SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER CHILDREN, AND I MEAN ANYTHING, AND SHE'D PROBABLY DO ANYTHING FOR ME TOO. NOT PROBABLY, SHE WOULD. I KNOW SHE WOULD. OUTSIDE COURT, MONA FACED THE MEDIA wm-a THE HUSBAND SHE SHOT AT HER EEK THE JUDGE DISCHARGED HER WITHOUT CONVICTION AFTER APPLYING THE EXACT SAME LEGAL PRINCIPLE THAT SAW THE BROTHERS WHO ATTACKED HER SON WALK FREE TOO. I CAN'T SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE COMPARISON. MONA NEVER INTENDED TO PULL THE TRIGGER. THEY INTENDED TO MAYBE NOT KILL OUR SON BUT THEY CERTAINLY INTENDED TO HURT HIM. YEAH, THEY INTENDED TO DO THAT. THEY INTENDED TO HURT OUR SON. BUT THE DUDLEYS REFUSE TO LET THEIR SENSE OF INJUSTICE PULL THEM APART. MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HER SON'S DEATH MONA IS BACK IN THE VEGGIE GARDEN I THAT STEPHEN HELPED BUILD FOR HER. I IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO GET BACK INTO THE GARDEN I cos IT ls JUST THOSE MEMORIES ALSO. I BUT WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN AS WELL, WE ALL WORKED IT OUT TOGETHER TO MOVE ON AND CARRY ON. THEY SHARE AN ENORMOUS SENSE OF LOSS, BUT THE FACT THEY ARE ABLE TO SHARE IT IS WHAT DRAWS THEM CLOSER TOGETHER. SOMETIMES WE'LL GET THE SAD TIMES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE POSITIVE TIMES, YEAH. TIMES WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TIMES THAT WE HAD WITH HIM. LIKE, YEAH. SOMETIMES IT WILL BE A NORMAL DAY. BUT EVEN ON THE NORMAL DAYS, THERE'S STILL ONE LESS CHAIR AT THE DINING TABLE. IT'S AWORK IN PROGRESS. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF GRIEF, A LOT OF RAW EMOTION AND A LOT OF HEALING TO DO. I THERE ls HOPE. THERE ls HOPE. I WE'VE GOT OUR OTHER CHILDREN WE NEED TO ZERO OUR ATTENTION ON AND AS WELL AS EACH OTHER, ITHINK- WE'RE BOTH STILL HERE... TO ZERO OUR ATTENTION ON AND AS WELL AS EACH OTHER, ITHINK- WE'RE BOTH STILL HERE... TO ZERO OUR ATTENTION ON AND AS WELL ...AND OUR FOUR CHILDREN ARE HERE. I STEPHEN WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US. I CERTAINLY A VERY HUMAN REACTION, ISN'T IT, FROM THE DUDLEYS, AND THEY ALSO SAY THEY WOULD HATE ANY OTHER FAMILY TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH. AND THEY DO HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - THAT THEY WANT THEM TO THINK BEFORE THEYACT I AND PREFERABLY JUST WALK AWAY. I YEAH, WE CAN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THIS WEEK CROWN LAW HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL REVIEW THE FILE, THE LACK OF SENTENCE FOR THE OLDER ATFACKER. HE'S NOW 18. OK, WHEN WE COME BACK, THE STORY OF A FABULOUS CELEBRITY, A TELEVISION PRESENTER, MASTER OF CEREMONIES, I NZ'S VERSION OF OPRAH. I REALLY? NZ'S VERSION OF OPRAH. REALLY? WELL, THAT'S THE WAY SHE TELLS IT. THAT'S NEXT. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WASHED MY OWN HAIR. TELLS IT. THAT'S NEXT. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WASHED MY OWN HAIR. BOTH LAUGH I YOU'RE SERIOUS, AREN'T YOU? I THAT'S REALLY BAD. THAT'S REALLY BAD, EH? WELCOME BACK TO THIRD DEGREE. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT MARY. MARY HADDOCK-STANILAND IS HER FULL NAME. SHE IS WHAT THEY CALL IN THE SOCIAL PAGES, I SUPPOSE, A GIRLABOUT TOWN. SHE'S PHOTOGENIC, SHE'S VIVACIOUS. AND SHE'S ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, DARLING. SHE ALSO HAS QUITE A REMARKABLE BACKSTORY, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, MARY HAS ATFRACTED SOME BAD PRESS, INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE STALKED NEWSREADER SIMON DALLOW. SO THIS STORY IS REALLY A BIT OF A CONFESSIONAL, THE TRUTH ABOUT MARY, THE STALKING, HER TIME IN A MALE PRISON, AND I SUPPOSE HER TRUE IDENTITY. <i>L</i> HERE SHE IS WITH PAULA PENFOLD. <i>I</i> I (sens) I I I FEEL, YEAH... l I YOU FEEL WHAT? I <i>I</i> RELIEVED. <i>I</i> <i>I</i> RELIEVED. <i>I</i> IWHY?I I NEED TO... SAY IT AND LET IT BE, PUT IT OUT THERE, CLOSE THE LID, POP THE BOX ON A FABULOUS LAUNCH THAT'S GOING OUT INTO THE HARBOUR AND LET IT BE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MARY, MY NAME IS MARY HADDOCK-STANILAND, AND I'M GOING TO BE YOUR MC. IF YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MARY, WE'LL HAVE A CHAT AFTERWARDS. MARY HADDOCK-STANILAND IS STRIKING AND WITHOUTA DOUBT SHE HAS A PRESENCE I USEFUL FOR MC'lNG GIGS LIKE THIS. I ALL OF YOU HERE... I SEE AWHOLE BUNCH OF GIRLS IN BIKINIS. IT'S A VERY CULTIVATED APPEARANCE THAT SHE WEARS COMFORTABLY THESE DAYS, BUT THAT WASN'T ALWAYS SO. IREFLEOTNE MUSIC I IT'S QUITE A TRANSFORMATION FROM HER LIFE AS ROBERT HADDOCK, THE SON OF A MAORI FATHER AND PAKEHA MOTHER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN INCLUDING AN IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER, GROWING UP IN THE 'SOS IN SMALL-TOWN MATAMATA. SO, YOU HAD IDENTIFIED DIFFERENTLY AS YOUNG AS 4, BUT WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU NEEDED TO LIVE LIFE AS A WOMAN? I UM, IT WAS PROBABLY 19, 20, I BUT I WAS KIND OF STILL PART-TIME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I WASN'T REALLY- I MEAN, I LOVED WOMEN'S CLOTHES, BUT I WOULD STILL DO, FOR EXAMPLE, BOYS' SHOES. IT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE BRANCHED OUT TO HAVING STILETTOS. SO, MARY, WHERE ARE WE OFF TO THIS MORNING? I ol=I= To GET MY HAIR DONE. I HAVING DECIDED TO LIVE AS A WOMAN, MARY HAS EMBRACED IT, MORE SO, ACTUALLY, THAN MOST WOMEN I KNOW. MY HAIR IS HUGE, AND I HAVE A LOT OF ITAND I CAN'T BE BOTHERED DOING IT MYSELF. SO AFTER YOUR HAIR WE'RE GOING FOR MAKE-UP, RIGHT? HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET THAT DONE? THAT lSN'TA REGULAR OCCURRENCE, UNLESS I HAVE SOMETHING FABULOUS TO GO TO, SO I WOULD GO THERE... WELL, I DEFINITELY GO ONCE AWEEK TO GET THE MAINTENANCE DONE, 'THE MAINTENANCE'. WELL, I DEFINITELY GO ONCE AWEEK WHICH IS WHAT? MAINTENANCE'. WELL, I DEFINITELY GO ONCE AWEEK WHICH IS WHAT? THE BROWS AND THE LASHES. THE LASHES ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE, AREN'T THEY? THE BROWS AND THE LASHES. THE LASHES ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE, AREN'T THEY? THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. DO WOMEN ASK YOU FOR ADVICE ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING? ALL THE TIME. YEP. ALL THE TIME. YOU SHARE YOUR SECRETS? ALL THE TIME. YOU SHARE YOUR SECRETS? NOT ALWAYS. IBOTI-ILAUGI-II NOT ALWAYS, NO, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW MY SECRETS. I MEAN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY, 'THOSE LASHES, ARE THEY REALLY YOUR LASHES?' I WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT. I BUT OPRAH WINFREY, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF MY MANY IDOLS, SHE WEARS THREE SETS OF LASHES OVER THE TOP. SO MAGAZINES I'VE READ ABOUT HER SAY. WITHOUT EYELASHES, SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOTALOPECIA. IT'S NO SURPRISE MARY SHOULD IDOLISE OPRAH WINFREY. SHE HAS BY HER OWN ADMISSION A FASCINATION, MAYBE EVEN AN OBSESSION, WITH TELEVISION... TONIGHT WE'RE AT THE ANNUAL STREET... ...PROMPTING HER TO RUN HER OWN ONLINE TELEVISION STATION, MARY TV, FOR A FEW YEARS. SOMETHING SHE'D BEEN PRACTISING SINCE SHE WAS A TEENAGER. MY FASCINATION WAS... OH MY GOODNESS. I WAS so APPARENT. I WOULD YOU LIKE ME TELL YOU ACTUALLY HOW RIDICULOUS IT USED TO BE? WAS SO APPARENT. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TELL YOU ACTUALLY HOW RIDICULOUS IT USED TO BE? I WOULD. A VERY GOOD MORNING, NZ. I'M SUSAN WOOD... I WOULD. A VERY GOOD MORNING, NZ. I'M SUSAN WOOD... ...AND I'M MIKE HOSKING. WELCOME... OF COURSE YOU'D KNOW ABOUT THE BREAKFAST TELEVISION PROGRAMME THAT STARTED IN NZ ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. MORNING, GET THE HERALD FROM THE DAY BEFORE, I I VVOULD GET UP AT 5.30 IN THE HAVE IN OUR HOME IN PAPATOETOE, A CAMERA SET UP WITH A COMPUTER MONITOR TYPING AWAY IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, AND HAVE A Ll'l'I'LE TV MONITOR. I WOULD PRETEND TO DO THE NEWS USING THE COMPUTER MONITOR AS THE BLOODY AUTOCUE. I HOW OBSESSIVE ls THAT? I IT'S PRETTY OBSESSIVE. HOW OBSESSIVE IS THAT? IT'S PRETTY OBSESSIVE. THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL, RIGHT. HMM, RIGHT. WELL, THAT IS A BIT OBSESSIVE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS OBSESSIVE AS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. YEAH, WHAT MARY DID TO NEWSREADER SIMON DALLOW. I DIDN'T STALK SIMON, BUT IT WAS ME THAT SENT EMAILS. I THAT'S m A MOMENT. I THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT THE SMALL-TOWN BOY WHO TURNED BIG-CITY WOMAN. SHE'S THE WOMAN WHO KEPT SEARCHING FOR FAME AND GLAMOUR AND STARDOM. SHE WAS AN ATFENTION-SEEKER, WASN'T SHE? AND THAT'S WHAT GOT HER INTO SO MUCH TROUBLE. SHE WAS IN HOT WATER, AND SHE KNEW IT. HERE'S THE BIT WHEN SHE CONFESSES ALL TO PAULA PENFOLD. I CAN GET IN AND OUT WITHIN AN HOUR. THATS PRETTY GOOD GOING, REALLY. THAT'S NOT BAD. I CAN GET IN AND OUT WITHIN AN HOUR. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD GOING, REALLY. THAT'S NOT BAD. WASH, CONDITION, TREATMENT TO BLOW-DRY. AT NEARLY 32 YEARS OLD, MARY MAY BE THE ENVY OF MANYAYOUNG WOMAN. THROUGH AN ENORMOUS FOLLOWING IN SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE GAINS SPONSORSHIP FOR AWHOLE SLEW OF THINGS, INCLUDING HER TWICE-WEEKLY HAIR APPOINTMENTS. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WASHED MY OWN HAIR. HAIR APPOINTMENTS. I YOU'RE SERIOUS, AREN'T YOU? I IS THAT REALLY BAD? THAT'S REALLY BAD, EH? IT'S THE SMALL THINGS IN LIFE. IT'S A LIFE THAT EIGHT OR SO YEARS AGO MARY, THEN A YOUNG, TORTURED ROBERT, WORKING PART-TIME IN RADIO AND TELEVISION, DESPERATELY WANTED. BUT THAT DESPERATION FOR FAME WOULD LAND HER IN THE PAPERS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS, INCLUDING CLAIMS SHE WAS STALKING NEWSREADER SIMON DALLOW AND SENDING FAKE EMAILS SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUTA RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM. I < WHAT ls THE TRUTH OF THAT? I I I DIDN'T STALK SIMON. I I BUT IT WAS ME THAT SENT EMAILS. I OF COURSE, IT WASN'T ME TALKING; IT WAS ME TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE. SO ROBERT HADDOCK AND SIMON DALLOW, IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO, PERHAPS. AS IN YOU WERE TRYING TO IMPLY TO A THIRD PARTY THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP? PERHAPS, YEAH. A THIRD PARTY THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP? PERHAPS, YEAH. DOES HE KNOW THE TRUTH THAT IT WAS YOU WHO SENT THOSE EMAILS? UM, NO, HE DOESN'T KNOW THE TRUTH, AND... I I HOPE TO RECTIFY THAT ONE DAY. I DO YOU OWE HIM AN APOLOGY? I HOPE TO RECTIFY THAT ONE DAY. DO YOU OWE HIM AN APOLOGY? ABSOLUTELY, I DO, AND OTHERS, IN FACT. I WAS AN ATFENTION-SEEKER. I WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS TRYING TO BE SOMEONE I WASN'T. YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT IN A BOAT IN THE HARBOUR, BEING FABULOUS WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THE TELLY AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, IT SEEMED LIKE I'M MEANT TO BE HERE, AND IF IT MEANT THAT I HAD TO FAKE AND PHONEY MY WAY THROUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BY GOD I WOULD. Isul:rRYJAzznauslcl WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT SHE DID. THE DALLOW EPISODE WAS JUST THE BEGINNING. HER GREATER UNDOING WOULD BE HER INABILITY TO FINANCE THE FALSE LIFE SHE WAS LMNG. SO SHE STOLE CREDIT CARD DETAILS - USED THEM FOR TRAVEL, CLOTHES, A HOTEL ROOM. OF COURSE, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE A STANDARD ROOM, NO, NO, NO. I GOTA TWO-BEDROOM SUITE. AND I GOTA KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK... (KNOCKS ON TABLE) AT THE DOOR. AND I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S PECULIAR,' AND IN THAT VERY MOMENT... IN THAT VERY MOMENT, I ABSOLUTELY KNEW SHIT HAD HIT THE FAN. AND I OPENED THE DOOR TO FIVE POLICE OFFICERS. THAT ENDED UP HAVING ME IN PRISON ON REMAND FOR THREE WEEKS. IN MT EDEN, NO LESS. OFFICERS. THAT ENDED UP HAVING ME IN PRISON ON REMAND FOR THREE WEEKS. IN MT EDEN, NO LESS. OFFICERS. THAT ENDED UP HAVING ME IN WHAT WAS IT LIKE THERE? I YEAH, IT WAS TOUGH. I I IT WAS REALLY TOUGH. I I WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU m THERE? I I I WAS RAPED. I I I WAS BEATEN. I I I WASN'T m A FEMALE wme. I I WAS IN A MALE WING. I WASN'T IN A FEMALE WING. I WAS IN A MALE WING. DID YOU MAKE A COMPLAINT ABOUT HAVING BEEN BEATEN AND RAPED? I WAS IN A MALE WING. NO. HAVING BEEN BEATEN AND RAPED? I WAS IN A MALE WING. NO. < WHY NOT? UM... YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, ONCE I WAS OUT OF THERE, I WAS SO TRAUMATISED BY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE, I JUST WANTED TO SLEEP IT ALL AWAY, REALLY, AND PUT IT BEHIND ME AND MOVE ON. WAS THERE A MOMENT THAT SNAPPED YOU OUT OF THAT WHOLE FAKE LIFE? I MEETING MY HUSBAND. I lcmomruzzuuslcl THIS IS THAT MAN, AND THIS IS THEIR EXCEEDINGLY, EVEN DISAPPOINTINGLY, ORDINARY MARRIAGE. WILLIE STANILAND, A FORMER TRUCK DRIVER AND TRAIN DRIVER, NOW OFFICE-BASED AND A DEVOTED HUSBAND. I THEY MET ONLINE SEVEN YEARS AGO. I YOUR PERSONALITIES, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING So, ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. > BOTH LAUGH DON'T MIND ME SAYING SO, ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. > BOTH LAUGH THAT'S A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION. VERY GOOD OBSERVATION. SHE SAYS, STATING THE OBVIOUS. BUT DO YOU OBSERVE THAT? I MEAN, YOU ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. > OH YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT WORKS WELL FOR US. YOU ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. > OH YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT WORKS WELL FOR US. MM. OH YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, I THINK YEAH, MARY BRINGS A BALANCE TO MY LIFE. UM, IF I WAS LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES, I'D PROBABLY BE A HERMIT. UM, AND I THINK OCCASIONALLY I APPLY THE BRAKE TO, UM, MARY'S LIFE. HE WOULDN'T BE ON THE RED CARPET WITH YOU, FOR INSTANCE? > WILLIE WOULD HATE TO DO THAT, SO WE DON'T DO PARTIES TOGETHER, SOCIAL EVENTS TOGETHER, UM... I THE 'MUST EVENTS, ABSOLUTELY. I WHICH ONES DO YOU MAKE HIM GO TO? THE 'MUST EVENTS, ABSOLUTELY. WHICH ONES DO YOU MAKE HIM GO TO? THE FAMILYAND THE CLOSE FRIENDS. THE 'MUST EVENTS, ABSOLUTELY. WHICH ONES DO YOU MAKE HIM GO TO? THE FAMILYAND THE CLOSE FRIENDS. THE WEDDING. THE WEDDING. THAT WAS CUTE FOR YOU TO TURN UP. THANKS FOR THAT. ILAID-BAOKPIANOINSIOI YES, THE WEDDING, CAPTURED, OF COURSE, FORA MAGAZINE PHOTO SHOOT. THERE'S A DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT, ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD CHORES? I cos NEITHER OF YOU COOK, RIGHT? I Ell cos NEITHER OF YOU COOK, RIGHT? <i>OH...</i> I COOK ENOUGH TO STOP US STARVING, SO IT'S VERY BASIC. BUT IT'S AS LESS AS POSSIBLE, IF I'VE GOT ANY SAY IN THE MATTER, TO BE HONEST, BUT... VVHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO S AY? I IT SOUNDS A LITTLE UNKIND. WELL, IT'S NO SECRET THAT I THINK WILLIE IS DEFINITELY NOTA GORDON RAMSAY OR SIMON GAULT, I BUT, UM, THAT'S OK. I WE- IT'S DEFINITELYA CHORE IN THE KITCHEN, BUT WE MANAGE. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE - I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN OUR APARTMENT. IT'S PRETTY... ...IMMACULATE. > BUT EVERYTHING ELSE - I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN OUR APARTMENT. IT'S PRETTY... ...IMMACULATE. > IMMACULATE, YES, AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY DOWN TO MY HUSBAND. YEAH, IT'S FAIR TO SAY MARY IS NOT IN ANY WAY DOMESTICATED, SO I DO ITALL. BECAUSE I DON'T GETAS MU I'M REALLY BAD, BUT IT'S ALSO I CH TIME IN THE HOUSE AS YOU. YOU CAN SPIN IT ANY WAY YOU LIKE. BECAUSE I DON'T GETAS MUCH TIME IN THE HOUSE AS YOU. YOU CAN SPIN IT ANY WAY YOU LIKE. YEAH, YOU CAN JUST ROLL WITH THAT LINE. > MARY ROLLS WITH LOTS OF LINES. SHE CLAIMS, FOR INSTANCE, TO BE SCARED OF FLYING, BUT... HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME'S MARY, YOUR IN-FLIGHT SERVICE MANAGER, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU ABOARD THIS STAR ALLIANCE FLIGHT OPERATED BY AIR NZ. ...FOR HER WORK MARY TRAVELS A LOT. CLEARLY, WAY TOO MUCH. ...CMLAVIATION RULES REQUIRE YOU TO COMPLY WITH ALL CREW INSTRUCTIONS AND LIGHTED SIGNS WHILE ABOARD THIS AIRCRAFT. TO PREPARE... AS ONE OF HER FRIENDS TOLD US, THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE AS CONFIDENT IN THEIR OWN SKIN AS MARY. JUST BEING HERSELF, SHE'S COME A LONG WAY. FOR ME, PERSONALLYI LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT TELLS ME THAT I SHOULDN'T BE ME, AND I STAND UP AND SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY, BUGGER YOU. IAM ME, AND I'M PROUD OF ME.' AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO WALK IN MY SHOES, LITERALLY WHEN YOU WEAR HIGH ONES LIKE MINE, BUT I'M PROUD OF IT, AND I'M PROUD OF ME. OH, WHAT ABOUT THEM GETTING MARRIED? I'M SO HAPPY FOR THEM. THESE DAYS, HAVING PRIDE IN HERSELF IS AS MUCH ABOUT THE INSIDE AS IT IS THE OUTSIDE. SHE STILL TAKES CARE OF HER APPEARANCE, OBVIOUSLY. I OH MY e00. WHO TOLD...? I BUT WITH HER LIFE NOW ON TRACK AND A CORPORATE CAREER AS DIRECTOR OF AN HR CONSULTANCY BUSINESS, SHE IS DETERMINED TO BE HONEST, UPFRONT. I (LAUGHS) I < THAT SAYING OF YOURS, THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, DOES IT FEEL THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE NOW THAT YOU'VE FINALLY OWNED UP TO EVERYTHING THATS HAPPENED? I SINCERELY HOPE SO. I SINCERELY HOPE SO. WITH THE INTERVIEW BEHIND HER, SOMETHING SHE'D BEEN BUILDING UP TO FOR YEARS, I THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING TO DO - I <i>I</i> GOOD HEALTH, GIRLFRIEND. <i>I</i> HEAD TO PONSONBY RD FOR A MOMENT OF REFLECTION, TO CONTEMPLATE, FOR ONE THING, HOW SHE'S GOING TO APOLOGISE TO SIMON DALLOW. I NEED TO WORK OUT WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, HOW I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY TO SIMON. AND THE NEXT DAY, SHE DID JUST THAT, SENDING A LETTER TO HIM, RIGHTING WRONGS, MOVING ON, BUT ALWAYS WITH AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF DRAMA. I ARGH! THERE'S A BUG IN MY DRINK! I I OH MY e00! I THERE IS? OH MY GOD! THERE IS? OH MY GOD! IT'S, LIKE, DRINKING MY BOOZE! SHITBALLS! MARK! I'M NOT DRINKING FROM THE SAME GLASS AS A BUG. DUNCAN, THERE CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. SHE'S A BIG FIGURE AROUND TOWN. HAVE YOU SEEN HER? DO YOU KNOW HER? I'VE SEEN HER INA COUPLE OF PLACES - EDEN PARK AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES TOO. WHATS NEXT, SAM? ALL RIGHT, COMING UP - OUR WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM - THE BLACK FERNS. THEY'RE AIMING TO WIN YET ANOTHER WORLD CUP, BUT THIS TIME THEY ARE FINDING IT TOUGH GOING. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBTING THE BRAVERY OF THESE WOMEN ON DISPLAY OUT HERE. I SHE'S A TOUGH INDMDUAL. I SHE WON'T LETA LITTLE GRAZE LIKE THAT PREVENT HER FROM CONTINUING. YOU'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT SOMEONE BASHING YOU IN THE BOOB? YOU'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT SOMEONE BASHING YOU IN THE BOOB? NO, DEFINITELY NOT. (LAUGHS) WELCOME BACK. NOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF NZ RUGBY, YOU PROBABLY THINK OF THE SECOND-BEST TEAM ON THE PLANET, THE ALL BLACKS. NZ RUGBY, YOU PROBABLY THINK OF THE SECOND-BEST TEAM ON THE PLANET, THE ALL BLACKS. HANG ON. THE SECOND-BEST TEAM ON THE PLANET? THE ALL BLACKS SURELY ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND THE BEST TEAM. WELL, DUNCAN, OUR WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM, THE BLACK FERNS, HAVE WON THE LAST FOUR WORLD CUPS IN A ROW. AND LAST WEEK, THEY WERE IN PARIS TO TRYAND MAKE IT FIVE. HERE'S NATASHA UTFING. FOR US, IT ALL STARTS OFF IN THAT WARM-UP. UM, THATS WHEN YOU GET YOUR EYES OUT, YOU START BEING STAUNCH, AND YOU GOT THE BLACK JERSEY. IT'S LIKE A, UM... YOU'VE GOT SUPERPOWERS. WHEN YOU PUT THAT BLACK JERSEY ON, YOU'VE GOT SUPER POWERS. SO WHEN YOU GO WARM UP AND THEN YOU GO OUT TO THE NATIONALANTHEM, YOU GET THAT EMOTIONAL SIDE. YOU GOT YOUR FAMILY AND ALL THAT. AND THEN WHEN THE HAKA KICKS IN... lAI.I.:HIAHAHAII ...IT'S ANOTHER STEP UP. YOU GET ALL YOUR ANGRY FACE ON. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'VE GOT MUSCLES YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, POPPED OUT, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPPOSITION. YOU'RE, LIKE, 'YEAH, I'M COMING TO GET YOU,' IT STARTS FROM THAT, AND IT BUILDS- AND JUST KEEPS BUILDING UP. IDRAMATICCHORALIMJSIOI WHISTLE BLOWS DRAMATIC CHORAL IMJSIO WHISTLE BLUWS COMMENTATOR: 16 DAYS TO MAKE HISTORY. AND WITH THE FIRST KICK OF THE BALL, WE CAN DECLARE THE 2014 WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP UP AND RUNNING. Fl FA'AMAUSILI CAPTAINS THE MIGHTY BLACK FERNS. AND AS EXPECTED, THEY'RE OFF TO A WINNING START AGAINST THEIR FIRST OPPONENTS, KAZAKHSTAN. FA'AMAUSILI JUST PEELS OFF THE BACK, AND THE KAZAKHSTANI DEFENCE IS NOT ALIVE TO IT. I AN EASY RUN m TO THE LINE, I BUT THAT IS ONE OF THOSE TRAINING-PITCH TRIES THEY'LL BE VERY VERY PLEASED WITH. YEAH, THE SKIPPER LEADING THE WAY. SHE'S USED TO SCORING TRIES AS WELL. Irsnsewsucl IT SEEMS A MILLION MILES AWAY FROM HER DAY JOB BACK IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. I RT: ...ALL CLEAR. K1... l Fl IS A CONSTABLE WITH THE MANUKAU. POLICE. THIS IS HER TURF. SHE KNOWS THE STREETS, AND SHE KNOWS THE PEOPLE. I SCHOOLED IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THE ONLY REASON WHY I STAYED IN SCHOOL, WHAT KEPT ME IN SCHOOL, WAS SPORT. I HAD FRIENDS THAT HAD GONE THROUGH GANGS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN GANGS AND THEY'RE STILL IN GANGS. HI. CAN YOU JUST MOVE YOUR DOG OUT OF THE WAY FOR NOW? I 'I CHOSE TO GO A DIFFERENT PATH. I 'I KNEW I WASN'T GONNA GET ANYTHING GOING THROUGH THESE GANGS AND DRINKING YOUNG 'AND WATCHING MY FRIENDS SMOKE AND THAT, 'SO I CHOSE TO STICK WITH THE GROUP THAT WAS GOING THROUGH SPORT,' AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KEEP CHOOSING THE RIGHT PATHS. I THEY'VE ALL GOT THE HANDLING SKILLS. I BUT BACK ON PARISIAN TURF, THIS IS FI'S FOURTH WORLD CUP BUT FIRST AS CAPTAIN YOU NEVER TAKE A STEP BACK, AND THAT'S THE POWER OF THE BLACK JERSEY, EH. YOU KEEP STEPPING UP. I BUT HOW MUCH HAVE WE SEEN THAT...? I AND THEY DID STEP UP, THRASHING KAZAKHSTAN 79-5 IN THE OPENING ROUND. NO SURPRISE THAT THEY'VE WON THIS ONE. COACH BRIAN EVANS KNOWS, HOWEVER, THAT YOU CAN NEVER GET TOO COMPLACENT. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH TOURNAMENT. THINGS CAN HAPPEN WITH INJURIES, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR TEAM- YOU MIGHT LOOKA MILLION BUCKS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY, AND NEXT MINUTE YOU'RE OUT. AND THE BLACK FERNS HAVE TO STEEL THEMSELVES FOR THEIR SECOND GAME AGAINST THE IRISH. THE LADY THEY CALL THE 'HONEY BILL WILLIAMS'. WINGER HONEY BILL WILLIAMS, REAL NAME HONEY HIREME, HAS NO DELUSIONS AS TO HOW TOUGH IT CAN BE. IT'S A CONTACT SPORT. WE'RE OUT TO SMASH THEM; THEY'RE OUT TO SMASH US. SO THAT'S HOW WE GO OUT THERE, WITH THAT AGGRESSION. THERE'S A LOT OF AGGRESSION IN WOMEN'S RUGBY. IT'S HOW YOU GET THE BEST OUT OF THE GAME, REALLY. THERE'S NO DOUBTING THE BRAVERY OF THESE WOMEN ON DISPLAY OUT HERE. SHE'S A SHEPHERD BY DAY, IS CASEY ROBERTSON, AND THERE'S NOTHING SHE LIKES BETTER THAN TO BREAK IN CATTLE. SHE'S A TOUGH INDMDUAL. SHE WON'T LETA LITTLE GRAZE LIKE THAT PREVENT FROM CONTINUING. THAT TOUGHNESS IS BEING TESTED IN PARIS, BUT HONEY'S NOT HOLDING BACK. WE WOULDN'T BE PLAYING AT THIS LEVEL IF WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT BEING DELICATE. THE WOMEN'S GAMES AGGRESSIVE, AND TO MAKE ITAT THIS LEVEL, YOU NEED THAT PHYSICAL COMPONENT. YOU NEED THAT AGGRESSION, OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T BE PLAYING AT THIS LEVEL. SO YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE BASHING YOU IN THE BOOB? PLAYING AT THIS LEVEL. SO YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE BASHING YOU IN THE BOOB? NO, DEFINITELY NOT. (LAUGHS) UM, NAH, WHATEVER THEY GIVE, YOU KNOW, I PLAN TO GIVE BACK A HUNDRED TIMES MORE. I SO IT'S A REAL BATTLE OUT THERE. I I YEAH, NICE. I SHE MIGHT BE FIERCE ON THE FIELD, BUT IN HER OTHER JOB, WORKING WITH DISABLED ADULTS, IT'S A MUCH SWEETER HONEY. NICE, REILLY. GO SMOKE HIM, REILLY. SMOKE HIM! SMOKE HIM! (LAUGHS) HONEY HAS TO WORK, AS WOMEN'S RUGBY, EVEN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN NZ, HAS NOT TURNED PROFESSIONAL. I THREE, TWO, ONE AND CHANGE! I SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW- MY MALE COUNTERPARTS OR FULL-TIME-PAID ATHLETES, AND I'M, LIKE, 'I WISH I COULD DO THAT. I WISH I COULD DO THAT.' BUT THEN WHEN I HAVE A JOB LIKE THIS AND I GET TO HELP PEOPLE, IT'S JUST AS REWARDING. I I LIKE TO ACTUALLY STEP OUT OF SPORT I AND DO A JOB WHERE I THINK I'M MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. I OH, EXCELLENT WORK BY HONEY HIREME. I AND ITS NOT JUST HERSELF, TEAM AND COUNTRY THAT HONEY'S PLAYING FOR. I ALSO WANNA GIVE BACK TO MY FAMILY WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME 100% ON THIS ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP. FOR ME TO GO AND PLAY WELL IS LIKE GMNG BACK TO THEM FOR THE SUPPORT THEY'VE GIVEN TO GET ME HERE. I RULE TO WINIATA. FINDING HIREME. I AND PLAYING WELL IS EXACTLY WHAT HONEY DID FOR HER GREATEST SUPPORTERS, I PARTNER TULU AND THEIR THREE KIDS. I I PEOPLE KNOW I'VE GOT TWO MUMS. I YEAH, THAT'S NEAT. > PEOPLE KNOW I'VE GOT TWO MUMS. YEAH, THAT'S NEAT. > PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'VE GOT TWO BROTHERS TOO. TWO MUMS AND TWO BROTHERS? THAT'S PRETTY LUCKY. > I RIGHT, AWAY YOU so. I BECAUSE AS WELL AS A FULL-TIME JOB, HONEY'S A FULL-TIME MUM. I OK, BABY. so. I THEY PROBABLY ARE MY BIGGEST MOTIVATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE KIDS GROWING UP, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT THEY WATCH ME THE WAY I TRAIN AND HOW HARD I WORK FOR WHAT I DO. AND THEY SEE ME GOING AWAY ON PLANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'RE STILL KIDS AND I WANT TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND SHOW THEM WHAT IT TAKES TO GO AS FAR AND I SUPPOSE SET YOUR MIND TO SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO AND WORK HARD FOR IT. I QUICKLY INTO A... l BACK AT THE PARK, HONEY HAS HER MIND SET ON GETTING TO THE TRY-LINE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN SHE GETS A TRY? > IT'S AWESOME. SHE GETS A TRY? > IT'S AWESOME. YEAH, IT'S FUN. AND EVERYONE... IT'S AWESOME. YEAH, IT'S FUN. AND EVERYONE... AND EVERYONE- YEAH, IT'S FUN. BOTH! AND EVERYONE- YEAH, IT'S FUN. BOTH! ...WOULD BE HAPPY FOR HER. YEAH, IT'S FUN. SO YOU'RE SITTING THERE, YELLING AT THE TV? > YEAH, IT'S FUN. AND ALLOW IN AN EASY SHIFT FROM THE OUTSIDE. WELL, THIS IS THE BREAK WE'RE GONNA SEE FROM THE CAPTAIN. IALLEXOLAIM I ALSO SHOUTING AT THE TV ARE FPS COLLEAGUES AT THE MANUKAU POLICE STATION. I THE IRISH ARE GETTING AWAY ON THEM. I WHERE'S THE SUPPORT? SHE GETS IT FROM ALISON MILLER. I ll"s A NERVOUS WATCH. I MILLER GOES OVER THE TRY-LINE! IT'S A BRILLIANT TRY FOR THE IRISH. AND THAT IS THE TRY THAT TAKES EMERALD GREEN INTO THE LEAD OVER THE BLACK FERNS. THE BLACK FERNS TRIED DESPERATELY TO WIN BACK THE GAME, BUT LUCK WAS WITH THE IRISH. AND THERE IT IS - IRELAND HAVE ACHIEVED THE UNTHINKABLE. Ickowocrmzsl THEY HAVE DEFEATED FOUR-TIMES WORLD CHAMPIONS NZ AND HAVE SECURED A DRAMATIC WIN HERE, I THEIR SECOND m THE TOURNAMENT. I ITS THE SURPRISE UPSET OF THE TOURNAMENT AND THE FIRST GAME THE BLACK FERNS HAVE LOST IN 2O WORLD CUP MATCHES, SPANNING 16 YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS LOSS HAS DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE TEAM'S CHANCES. IPEOPLECALLOUTI BUT THERE IS STILLA BUZZ PERMEATING THE GROUND HERE AT MARCOUSSI FOLLOWING THE NEWS THAT NZ WILL NOT MAKE IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE FOLLOWING A 13-13 HARD-FOUGHT DRAW BETWEEN ENGLAND AND CANADA. BUT EVEN IN DEFEAT, Fl FA'AMAUSILl, HONEY HIREME AND THE BLACK FERNS ARE PLAYING WITH THE GRIT, DETERMINATION AND HEART THAT HAS BROUGHT THEM VICTORY SO OFTEN IN THE PAST. WE ARE A SMALL COUNTRY, A RUGBY-MAD COUNTRY, BUT WE DON'T GETAS MUCH, BUT WE JUST WANNA GO OUT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MUCH PRIDE AMONGST EACH OTHER AND WE LOVE THE GAME. WE LOVE THE SPORT. WHISTLE BLUWS WE LOVE THE SPORT. WHISTLE BLUWS THERE IT IS - THE FINAL WHISTLE. NZ WILL THE CONTEST THE FIFTH TO EIGHTH PLACES. THAT'S THE BEST THEY CAN HOPE FOR IS A FIFTH POSITION. AND IT'S ENDED HERE AT THE MARCOUSSI, WHERE THE FINAL SCORELINE WHICH READS NZ - 34, USA- 3. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY THRASHED THE USA IN THEIR FINAL POOL GAME, BUT THEIR LOST TO THE IRISH MEANT THAT THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH TO THE SEMIS. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE END OF AN ERA, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR MORE YEARS. GEORGE GREGAN - WE'LL NEVER FORGET THAT. NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY ONLY HAVE THREE MORE YEARS TO WAIT THIS TIME. IT'S LIKELY TO BE IN LIMERICK IN 2017. THAT'S ALL FROM US AT 3RD DEGREE FOR THIS WEEK. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEDNESDAYAT 8.30. SEE YOU THEN. OAPTIONSWEREMADEPOSSIBIE WITH FIIIDING FROM NZONAIR.