YOU ARE FOLLOWING UP THE 1080 THREAT? THIS IS A CRIMINAL BLACKMAIL THAT IS ABSOLUTELY APPALLING. ECO-TERRORISM DEALS A MAJOR BLOW TO OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY. IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY ANYONE COULD DELIBERATELY CONTAMINATE THE FORMULA DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS HAS EVER OCCURRED. PLUS ` WE ARE IN ALASKA FOR THE LAST GREAT RACE ON EARTH. IT'S COLD AND ISOLATED. JACK'S CLEARLY BARKING MAD. AND I SAID... (CHANTS) 'BRRR, IT'S COLD OUT HERE. 'THERE MUST BE AN ARCTIC FRONT IN THE ATMOSPHERE.' BUT, ACTUALLY, THERE SERIOUSLY IS. AND... THIS IS THE BEST PRODUCT YOU COULD EVER GET. It will make the dish sparkle. I am all about the cleaning products. The milk thing today three months they are on to it. Why today? If you were the police, you were called the 1080 campaigner? THE PROTESTER WHO LAST NIGHT SLEPT IN THE 500 YEAR-OLD KAURI IS VOWING TO STAY PUT. WE JUST WANT THIS CONSENT TO BE REVOKED SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROPERLY CONSULTED. MICHAEL TAVARES (32) CLIMBED THE TREE IN THE WEST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF TITIRANGI EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, AND HE'S HOPING FOR A QUICK RESOLUTION. A TAIWANESE DRIVER WHO KILLED HER FATHER HAS BEEN TOLD TO PAY $2000 TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SHE HIT AFTER RUNNING A STOP SIGN. CHECK THIS OUT ` THIS STRESSED-OUT BADGER HELD THE GUESTS AND STAFF OF A SWANKY STOCKHOLM HOTEL HOSTAGE FOR MORE THAN 40 MINUTES. POLICE WERE EVEN CALLED IN. What a remarkable day SO WHAT A REMARKABLE AFTERNOON. A THREAT AGAINST OUR MILK FORMULA INDUSTRY. A THREAT THE POLICE HAVE KNOW ABOUT FOR 3 MONTHS. WE'LL TALK WITH PERHAPS THE COUNTRIES HIGHEST-PROFILE 1080 CAMPAIGNER IN A MOMENT. FIRST, I'M JOINED BY PM JOHN KEY. good evening. How to we be concerned? One being the most concerned ` about three. It is extremely difficult to temper with the process. The product is individually batch tested. It has a tempor proof lid. Do reckon it is a hoax? Yes. It is a hoax that has the potential to do damage dairy industry and companies who pulled trigger today? We were going to go live on next Tuesday. Is it is Fonterra got the letter, they rang my office. We didn't go live because we wanted police find the person and test the product. We want to the make sure the chain of 1080 getting into New Zealand. TV one ring my office. 1000 people have known about this for some time. You have an international issue. Three-month it's an awfully long time to go public. It isn't front footing. We were talking to the market saying there was a potential threat. The threat was low. We have confidence in the product. And had to let them know. It does happen from time to time. There have been high-profile examples. Most never go public. Hasn't happened here before? It is happen internationally. Will be been pushed back internationally? Someone possibly put a line subtly we can counter that. We will talk to the markets. Do we have a reputation issue now? This is eco-terrorism. There are still problems? One thing we are conscious of which came under the botulism issue but we did this journey with the international markets. We told them about the testing. We did it as early as we could. The police were working on this. We got the timing right. We have tested so consumers can feel confidence. These are back to September. Before the threat. If I was a consumer watching the show tonight, I would make sure to shake the can upside down. Three months what are police doing? We have had a lot of briefings. I can't comment on that. The police have been working extremely hard. This became the letter in the envelope was on handwritten. Is a domestic or international? Domestic. There are only three mail centres in New Zealand. The pre-eminent 1080 campaigner hasn't been rung by the police. You have to ask the police. This may seem obvious? At the risk of speaking for the police, speaking openly and have less chance of apprehending the person. Today was about how they have got anywhere? Every day I have hoped they've solved it. I would hate to tell you how many meetings and money has been spent on this. This person has been for utterly irresponsible for the economy. They are grinding wheels the government down on the basis of their selfish views. It is downright disgraceful. That there would hurt a baby. When he going to do when you get them? Gets off with some fine and community service? There are a number of law he could be charged with. EARLIER I SPOKE WITH CLYDE GRAFF. HE IS ONE OF THIS COUNTRIES' MOST OUTSPOKEN AND HIGH PROFILE 1080 CAMPAIGNER. CLYDE, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AT ALL? THE FIRST I HEARD OF THIS WAS AT ABOUT 3.45 THIS AFTERNOON. YOU'RE ONE OF THE LEADING CAMPAIGNERS FOR 1080, HAVE BEEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE THE POLICE TALKED TO YOU? I'VE SPOKEN TO NO ONE FROM THE POLICE. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM NO ONE IN THE 1080 GROUPS OR 1080 OPPOSITION THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANY CONTACT BY POLICE. WOULD YOU TAKE A THREAT LIKE THIS SERIOUSLY, OR IS THIS SOME RANDOM NUTTER, DO YOU RECKON? NO, THIS HAS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IT IS A RANDOM NUTTER, OBVIOUSLY. AND I THINK THE POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO 1080. COULD YOU SAY THEN, WITH ACCURACY OR SAFETY, THAT THE CHANCES OF IT BEING A PROPER, BONAFIDE 1080 CAMPAIGNER IS SLIM, AND IT'S PROBABLY AN IDIOT? IT'S DEFINITELY AN IDIOT. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A ONE-OFF THING, AND IT'S DEFINITELY IN NO WAY A REFLECTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO 1080, MIKE. YOU CAN SAY THAT WITH REAL CONFIDENCE? THERE'S NO ONE WHO'S A FRINGE, THERE'S NO ONE WHO YOU'VE THOUGHT OF AND GONE, 'GEE, A BIT ON THE EDGE.' THERE'S NO ONE WHO GETS A BIT RABID OR ANGRY OR CRAZY THAT YOU CAN FINGER AND GO, 'WELL, MAYBE?' THERE'S PEOPLE IN EVERY GROUP. I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE'S PEOPLE WHO I GET INFORMATION FROM, OR EMAIL FROM WHO OPPOSE 1080 WHO ARE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE, AND COULD BE CLASSED JUST AS LUNATIC AS ANYONE IN THE FRINGE FROM THE OPPOSITION SIDE OF THINGS. THERE'S NO INDICATION OF WHO THIS WOULD BE, OR WHY THEY WOULD BE DOING THIS. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THERE IS A FRUSTRATION OUT THERE, AND IT'S SOMEONE WHO'S JUST GONE OFF THE` GONE RADICAL. THAT'S ALL I CAN SUGGEST. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO WHOEVER'S DONE THIS? WHOEVER'S DONE THIS - COME FORWARD, TALK TO THE POLICE AND GET SOME HELP. Clyde Graff earlier this afternoon. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` I'm getting my tan on. Or not. JACK'S IN ALASKA, Bye, Mum. TENSE MUSIC ENGINE STARTS MUSIC CONTINUES TALKBACK, MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO PEOPLE CHATTER OMINOUS MUSIC MUSIC QUICKENS (GASPS) No, no! (GASPS) No, no! (SQUEALS) Come on. Come on. (SCREECHES) SOFT MUSIC PLAYS PEOPLE CHATTER TENSE MUSIC Wait up! (GASPS) (PANTS) THEY CALL IT THE LAST GREAT RACE ON EARTH ` 1600 K'S, A THOUSAND MILES OF SNOW AND ICE AND FROZEN RIVERS WHICH COMPETITORS NEGOTIATE WITH A TEAM OF ELITE HUSKIES. ALASKA'S IDITAROD IS THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE WORLD OF MUSHING, OR SLED DOG RACING. AND AMONGST THE HARDY TEAMS TO SET OUT ACROSS ALASKA IS A COUPLE FROM WANAKA. OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME IN ALASKA. IF YOU'RE NOT A DOG PERSON, THE IDITAROD'S PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU. THIS IS PUPPY PARADISE. 79 TEAMS OF BAYING SLED DOGS, KEENING AND PULLING ON THEIR RESTRAINTS BEFORE AN ALMIGHTY HAUL UP THROUGH THE ALASKAN WILDERNESS. JUST MAN AND MAN'S BEST FRIEND. THE FUZZY BLACK BOY, THAT'S CROC. IN FRONT, THAT'S HOOK. THE BIG GUY HERE, THAT'S RAMP. THE WHITE BOY IS REAPER, REBEL HIS SISTER. A FEW HOURS NORTH OF ANCHORAGE IS A HUMBLE CABIN IN A FROZEN WOOD. THESE GUYS ARE ALASKAN HUSKIES. THEY'VE REALLY ORIGINATED FROM ARCTIC VILLAGE DOGS, AND THEY'VE BEEN CROSS-BRED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT BREEDS. IT'S HERE CURT PERRANO, HIS WIFE, FLEUR, AND THEIR 2-YEAR-OLD SON SPLIT THEIR TIME WITH THEIR HUSKY GUIDING BUSINESS BACK HOME. SIX MONTHS IN WANAKA, SIX MONTHS IN ALASKA. TAKES ALL THE MONEY WE EARN FROM OUR TOURING SEASON. WE SPEND IT OVER HERE ON OUR RACE TOUR, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE FROM IT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A LIFESTYLE. AND WHAT A LIFESTYLE. THERE AREN'T MANY BACK DOORSTEPS IN NZ WHERE YOU CAN DO THIS. WHEN WE'RE TRAINING, WE'LL DO ANYTHING UP TO 80- OR 100-MILE RUNS. RACING, WE'LL DO 150 MILES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD. YOU HEARD HIM RIGHT ` THE PERRANOS' HUSKIES CAN COMFORTABLY RUN 250KM A DAY. THESE GUYS, WHEN THEY'RE RACING AT THAT LEVEL, ARE BURNING ABOUT 40,0000 CALORIES A DAY. THAT'S LIKE 55 BIG MAC MEALS I'VE DONE A LOT OF TRAVELLING BY A LOT OF MEANS. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ` THIS DEFINITELY BEATS THE BUS. DURING THE IDITAROD, CURT PERRANO WON'T GET MORE THAN TWO OR THREE HOURS' SLEEP A DAY. HE CAMPS ON THE GO. TEMPERATURES, OF COURSE, ARE MISERABLE. IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT TO LIFE IN PICTON, ISN'T IT? YEAH. DEFINITELY. AND THIS IS ABOUT AS FAR AS HUSKIES CAN TAKE YOU ` WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS AND EXTREMES THAT ALASKA CAN THROW. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF TIME OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF RANDOM STUFF. I HAVE PERIODS OUT THERE WHERE I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER IT. BUT FROM HERE AT THE CEREMONIAL START IN ANCHORAGE, WITH THE KIDS AND CONCESSIONS AND COMFORTABLE WEATHER, THE IDITAROD'S DOG TEAMS WILL BE PUSHING ON DAY AND NIGHT TO HERE ` NOME, ALASKA, AND THE FROZEN BERING SEA. YOU KNOW, SIBERIA, IE RUSSIA, IE MAINLAND ASIA, IS ONLY 180 K'S IN THAT DIRECTION. AND AFTER EIGHT OR 10 OR 12 DAYS WITH THEIR DOGS, THIS, AND HOPEFULLY A HOT BATH, IS WHAT AWAITS THE MUSHERS. I DO WORRY ABOUT CURT, BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE DOGS A WEE BIT MORE. SOUNDS HORRIBLE, BUT CURT CAN LOOK AFTER HIMSELF. SO AS YOU ENJOY THE LAST THROB OF SUMMER, AS YOU TAKE AN EXTRA TRIP TO THE BEACH, THINK OF CURT PERRANO. GOOD LUCK, CURT. KEEP THOSE TOOTSIES WARM, MATE! IT'LL BE JUST HIM AND HIS DOGS DRAWING STEADY INTO ALASKA'S GREAT WHITE. Sarah Palin it was so unfair. You can see Russia from her doorstep. You can see anything from Alaska. They had little dogs socks on. Adorable. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` IT'S FOR DISHWASHING LIQUID AND MAKES YOUR DISHES SPARKLE LIKE NEW. PUTTING THE ABLE BACK IN THE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED. EVERYONE'S OUT TO MAKE A BUCK, RIGHT? BUT SOME OUTFITS NEED IT MORE THAN OTHERS. SO WHY, FOR INSTANCE, GIVE ALL YOUR HARD-EARNED CASH TO SUPERMARKETS OWNED BY AUSSIES? MICHAEL HOLLAND'S UNCOVERED AN HONOURABLE ENTERPRISE ` YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, HONOURABLE? WHERE ITS ALL ABOUT PUTTING THE 'ABLE' INTO 'DISABLED'. SNOOP DOGG AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS' 'BEAUTIFUL' IT'S LABORIOUS, REPETITIVE STUFF. DIFFERENT DAY, SAME ROUTINE. BUT IT'S THE FACES THAT TELL THE REAL STORY. SMILE! (LAUGHS) GOT TO MAKE IT ALL COUNT. LAUGHTER ALF'S IN CHARGE OF FILLING. I'VE SEEN THE LEVEL DROP DOWN ALL MORNING YEAH. SO ARE YOU GETTING THROUGH IT? YEAH. OKEY'S THE MAIN MAN FOR... ...QUALITY CONTROL. THEN THERE'S AARON. YOU ARE THE CHIEF CAP SCREWER-ON-ER? YEAH. NOW BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, A DISCLAIMER ` I'M COMPLETELY UNABASHED IN PUSHING WHAT THEY, AND THEIR SOMETIMES MERRY, SOMETIMES STUDIOUS CREW WANT US ALL TO BUY. THERE, PLENTY OF IT. HOW PROUD ARE YOU TO BE MAKING THIS NEW PRODUCT? VERY PROUD. VERY HONOURED AND PROUD. THIS CREATIONS OF ITS OWN RANGE OF CLEANING PRODUCTS IS AN BRAVE STEP UP FOR ALTUS ENTERPRISES, LONG-TIME PROVIDER OF WORK FOR THE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED, IF PEOPLE BUY THESE PRODUCTS, WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU? WE KEEP OUR JOBS. THE MOVE IS DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT THE BACKBONE OF ALTUS' BUSINESS, REFURBISHING AIRLINE HEADSET AND OTHER LABOUR-INTENSIVE PACKAGING JOBS. WE ARE CREATING OUR OWN BUSINESS WHICH GIVES US A DEGREE OF SELF-DETERMINATION, SO WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON WORKFLOWS FROM OTHER COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS. DO YOU RECKON WE SHOULD HAVE A GO AT MAKING A TV COMMERCIAL? YEAH. THERE'S THE CAMERA. LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN THE CAMERA, PICK UP YOUR BOTTLE AND GIVE US YOUR BEST LINES. WELL, THIS IS THE BEST PRODUCT YOU COULD EVER GET. IT'S FOR DISHWASHING LIQUID AND MAKES YOUR DISHES SPARKLE LIKE NEW. PLENTY OF DISHWASHING SOAP, OTHER STUFF. MAN, GET INTO HOUSE KEEPING. IT WILL ALSO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO NZERS. LIKE YOU? YEP. (LAUGHS) THE RAW PRODUCT IS SUPPLIED BY THE OWNER OF AN AUCKLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF DISABILITY. I JUST LOVE SEEING THESE GUYS HAPPY IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING, YOU KNOW. I LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF TAKING SALES AWAY FROM THE BIG BOYS, FROM THE PROGRESSIVES AND FOODSTUFFS. THIS IS THE GREAT CONSUMER TEST? YES, THE GREAT CONSUMER TEST. HAPPY WITH THE CONSISTENCY? VERY HAPPY. THERE ARE A LOT OF BUBBLES, SO THIS PRODUCT WILL GET THE GRUB OUT. 100%? YES IT IS. JUST GREAT. ABLE PRODUCTS. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE CAMERA AS YOU SAY THAT? ABLE PRODUCTS. THE BEST PRODUCTS AROUND? YEP, THE BEST PRODUCTS AROUND TOWN. I do love stories were cleaning products. You found a star. There are products that are great. NOW, ABLE'S RANGE; DISHWASHING LIQUID, TOILET CLEANER, SPRAY 'N' WIPE AND ALL-PURPOSE CLEANER, IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE WEB. The market is briefed of a good hob cleaner. People will be switching off. For those of us who clean our hobs, we need a good cleaner. AND IF YOU STILL NEED FURTHER INCENTIVE TO BUY, ABLE WILL DONATE A PERCENTAGE OF EACH SALE TO ONE OF THE OTHER CHARITIES LISTED ON ITS PAGE, SO GET CLEANING! YOU'LL REMEMBER I'M SURE THE INFAMOUS IS IT CREAM AND GOLD, IS IT BLACK AND BLUE DRESS FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO, WELL IT'S BACK. THIS TIME IN THE FORM OF A VERY CLEVER ANTI-VIOLENCE AD FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN SALVATION ARMY. THE WORDING ON IT READS 'WHY IS IT SO HARD TO SEE BLACK AND BLUE.' AND LIKE THE GIMMICKY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DRESS, THE AD'S GONE VIRAL, AND IT'S A VERY GOOD THING THAT THE AWARENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS BEING GIVEN A BOOST. HERE'S A SOBERING FIGURE FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARITY SHINE. IN NZ POLICE ATTEND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT EVERY SIX MINUTES. SO TONIGHT, A REMINDER NOT TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE BLACK AND BLUE. SO A VERY STARK EXAMPLE TODAY OF HOW DANGEROUS THE NUTTERS CAN BE. THERE ARE CERTAIN TRIGGER CAUSES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT ATTRACT RABID AND OBSESSED PEOPLE, AND 1080 IS ONE OF THEM, HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. THERE IS NO LOGIC TO THEIR VIEW, NO ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE VIEW, NO MIDDLE GROUND. THEY'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE WRONG. AND WHEN THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY, THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT CAN HAPPEN. MY GUESS IS ITS A HOAX, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO CALL THEM ON IT, JUST IN CASE. I WOULD SERIOUSLY QUESTION THE POLICES APPROACH ON THIS. THREE MONTHS IS A LONG TIME TO SIT ON THIS CLEARLY GOING NO WHERE. WHAT THIS IDIOT OR IDIOTS HAVE DONE IS INCOMPREHENSIVELY DANGEROUS. WE ARE A TRADING NATION, AND MILK IS OUR CALLING CARD. THEY HAVE PUT OUR REPUTATION AND INCOME AT RISK FOR THEIR PET OBSESSION. I HOPE THE CHARGES FIT THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND WHEN THEY GET THEM, THERE IS PLENTY OF JAIL TIME BEING LINED UP. CAPTIONS BY PIPPA JEFFERIES AND ALANA CRUIKSHANK CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015