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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at Midday.

Primary Title
  • One News at Midday
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 19 March 2015
Start Time
  • 12 : 00
Finish Time
  • 12 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at Midday.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
IT'S MIDDAY. POLICE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN OVER THE SO-CALLED ROAST BUSTERS CASE. TOURISTS KILLED AT A MUSEUM IN THE TUNISIAN CAPITAL. AND AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, KATE LETS SLIP WHEN BABY NUMBER TWO IS DUE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A NEW REPORT INTO THE POLICE'S HANDLING OF THE ROAST BUSTERS CASE SAYS THE ALLEGED VICTIMS WERE LET DOWN BY THE FAILINGS OF THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY'S JUST RELEASED ITS SECOND REPORT INTO THE ALLEGED OFFENDING BY THE TEENAGE BOYS WHO BOASTED ONLINE ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL EXPLOITS WITH DRUNK AND UNDERAGE GIRLS. JAMES RANSLEY JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON. This report says police failed to connect the dots when investigating four separate allegations dating back from 2011. Officers should have identified the connections between the cases and worked with other agencies to prevent criminal behaviour from re-occurring. Cases were not adequately supervised. Here is what the Independent Police Conduct Authority chair had to say. They failed to undertake adequate follow-up enquiries. They breached police policy. It was found police treated the complainants with compassion. Last year police announced they would not press charges in relation to these cases. JAMES, WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY RECOMMENDING POLICE IN WAITEMATA DO IN LIGHT OF THIS REPORT? It recommends in order to be carried out at Waitemata Police to determine if there are shortcomings with the current cases being investigated. THANKS. JAMES RANSLEY LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. GUNMEN HAVE STORMED A MUSEUM IN THE TUNISIAN CAPITAL, KILLING 19 PEOPLE INCLUDING TOURISTS. VISITORS FROM ITALY, SPAIN, POLAND AND GERMANY WERE AMONG THE DEAD. THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS REPORTS. FLEEING FROM TERROR, TOURISTS AND TUNISIANS ESCAPING FROM THE SCENE OF AN AUDACIOUS ATTACK, ARMED POLICE OFFERING COVER AMID REPORTS OF SEVERAL GUNMEN, OF HOSTAGES, AND A RISING NUMBER OF DEAD. THIS WAS AN ATTACK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON ONE OF TUNISIA'S MOST IMPORTANT TOURIST SITES. THE BARDO MUSEUM ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THERE WERE 100S PRESENT WHEN THE GUNMEN BURST IN. OFFICIALS USHERED FRIGHTENED PEOPLE TO SAFETY. TUNISIA IS WHERE THE ARAB SPRING BEGAN FOUR YEARS AGO. TOURISTS HAVE ONLY RECENTLY STARTED TO RETURN. SCENES LIKE THIS COULD SPELL DISASTER. WITH THE NEIGHBOURING PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN LOCKDOWN, SECURITY FORCES SEALED OFF THE WHOLE AREA. DOZENS OF OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED FIGHTING VIOLENT ISLAMISTS, BUT THEY'VE NEVER FACED ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. AS THE OPERATION DREW TO AN END AND THE WOUNDED WERE FERRIED TO HOSPITAL, EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY FROM THE LARGE CROWD OUTSIDE. TUNISIA'S RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT CALLED THE ATTACK A CATASTROPHE. HE URGED TUNISIANS TO MOBILISE AND THOSE DANGERS ARE GROWING. 3000 TUNISIANS HAVE TRAVELLED ABROAD TO JOIN SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE, ONE OF THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUPS OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS. AND IN RECENT MONTHS, IS HAS GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN LIBYA, TUNISIA'S NEIGHBOUR TO THE EAST. A TOURIST'S BULLET-PUNCTURED PHONE IS RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE OF TODAY'S ATTACK. RELIEF AGENCIES WORKING IN VANUATU FOLLOWING CYCLONE PAM SAY THE CONDITIONS ARE AMONG THE MOST CHALLENGING THEY'VE EVER FACED. A LACK OF FOOD AND CLEAN WATER REMAINS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. CROPS ARE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT, AND FISHING FLEETS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE DEATH TOLL REMAINS AT 24, BUT IS EXPECTED TO RISE AS THE RESCUE EFFORT CONTINUES. A CANTERBURY MAN (64) HAS DIED FOLLOWING A T-BONE CRASH ON A RURAL ROAD THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY THE MAN, WHO WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK, WAS KILLED WHEN HE DID A U-TURN THE DEFENCE LAWYER FOR ONE OF THE TWO MEN ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY BURNING THEIR FRIEND TO DEATH HAS ARGUED THERE WAS NO MURDEROUS INTENT. SHIVNEEL KUMAR AND BRYNE PERMAL ARE ACCUSED OF MURDERING SHAVLIN PRASAD, WHOSE CHARRED BODY WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF AN AUCKLAND ROAD IN 2013. KUMAR'S LAWYER SAYS MR PRASAD WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND APPEARED TO BE DEAD AT THE TIME HE WAS SET ON FIRE. CROWN PROSECUTORS MAINTAIN MR PRASAD WAS SITTING UP, STANDING OR KNEELING AT THE TIME PETROL WAS POURED ON HIM, INDICATING HE WAS CONSCIOUS. BOTH MEN HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. A VACCINE FOR A THIRD-WORLD DISEASE SCARRING THE HEARTS OF NZ CHILDREN IS ALMOST WITHIN REACH. AUSTRALIAN AND NZ RESEARCHERS ARE RACING TO COME UP WITH A VACCINE FOR RHEUMATIC FEVER, BUT SAY IT'S STILL AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS AWAY. MATT MCLEAN REPORTS. IT HAS, QUITE FRANKLY, BEEN A TERRIBLE YEAR FOR CAROLINE AFAESE AND HER FAMILY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD TAKE OVER, YOU COULD GIVE THEM, YOU COULD WEAR THE SCAR. IN THE SPACE OF 12 MONTHS, BOTH HER BOYS HAVE GONE THROUGH HEART SURGERY AFTER CONTRACTING RHEUMATIC FEVER. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ILLNESS ARE SEVERE. RHEUMATIC FEVER IS A DEVASTATING ILLNESS. IT'S AN INFECTION BY A BACTERIA THAT SETS UP A REACTION IN THE BODY WHERE THE BODY THEN ATTACKS ITSELF. IT ATTACKS THE HEART VALVES IN PARTICULAR. BUT JUST THROUGH THESE DOORS IS THE AUSTRALASIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONFERENCE. IT DOESN'T SOUND APPEALING, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE INCREDIBLE, INCLUDING A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH ` THERE'S NOW A RHEUMATIC FEVER VACCINE THAT'S JUST ON THE HORIZON. IN NZ ALONE, THERE ARE ALMOST 200 NEW CASES A YEAR. THAT'S 14 TIMES THE OECD AVERAGE, COSTING US $12M ANNUALLY. HUGE STEPS HAVE BEEN MADE ALREADY TO, I GUESS, IDENTIFY SOME OF THE POTENTIAL VACCINE CANDIDATES THAT MIGHT BE OF USE. WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS BEFORE A VACCINE'S AVAILABLE, BUT EXPERTS ARE EXCITED. IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT CHILDHOOD VACCINES HAVE DONE... REMARKABLE. YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THOSE DISEASES VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT RHEUMATIC FEVER MAY BE A SCOURGE OF THE PAST. FOR CAROLINE AFAESE, WHO'S BOYS ARE NOW RECOVERING, THE NEWS IS INCREDIBLE. IT WILL SAVE A LOT OF HEARTACHE, A LOT OF TEARS, SAVE A LOT OF DREAMS. THIS YEAR IS ALREADY LOOKING BRIGHTER THAN THE LAST. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. AN ANTI-AUSTERITY RALLY IN GERMANY HAS TURNED VIOLENT AFTER PROTESTERS AND POLICE CLASHED AT THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK'S HEADQUARTERS OPENING. POLICE USED WATER CANNON AFTER PROTESTERS ATTACKED OFFICERS WITH STONES AND A PEPPER-LIKE SPRAY. SEVEN POLICE CARS WERE SET ON FIRE, AND A POLICE STATION AND THE OLD OPERA HOUSE WERE DAMAGED. AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 43 INJURED IN A MASSIVE CAR BOMB EXPLOSION IN AFGHANISTAN. A SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATED A CAR FULL OF EXPLOSIVES AT THE BACK WALL OF THE HELMAND GOVERNOR'S COMPOUND. THE GOVERNOR WASN'T AT THE COMPOUND AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK. NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S COME AWAY WITH A RESOUNDING VICTORY IN ISRAEL'S ELECTION. HE'S NOW SET TO BECOME ISRAEL'S LONGEST-SERVING PRIME MINISTER. THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET REPORTS. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. After night when he made political history, Benjamin Netanyahu's first stop was at the Western Wall. I appreciate this decision to elect me. Security fears won this election for them. He promised no state for the Palestinians. It represents the fact that 80% of the Israeli population has ceased to believe in the two state solution. In the city of Ramallah, there is disappointment but a determination to create their own state. It is time that the international community put serious pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu. Israelis feel more secure, and Palestinians less hopeful. This has long been a land troubled by conflict. Now Israelis also worried about rising threats on all the borders in this increasingly unstable region. Many voted for the man who spoke to those fears. IN THE US, COFFEE CHAIN STARBUCKS IS TRYING TO TACKLE THE TOUCHY ISSUE OF RACE RELATIONS. AFTER RECENT RACE-LINKED SHOOTINGS, STARBUCKS IS ENCOURAGING ITS BARISTAS TO TALK ABOUT RACE WITH CUSTOMERS. BUT IT'S FACING SOME SERIOUS BACKLASH. FOR MOST OF US, A CONVERSATION AT YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD STARBUCKS IS ABOUT AS HEAVY AS A SCENE FROM SEX AND THE CITY. I WOULD LOVE A CAREER IN FASHION. OH. THIS IS NOT NON-FAT. OH. BUT THIS MORNING STARBUCKS CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ HOPES TO CHANGE THAT, TAKING ON NOTHING SHORT OF AMERICA'S RACIAL DIVIDE, ONE CUP AT A TIME. WHAT IF WE WERE TO WRITE 'RACE TOGETHER' ON EVERY STARBUCKS CUP, AND THAT FACILITATED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU AND OUR CUSTOMERS? #RACETOGETHER IN ADS AND, COMING SOON, WRITTEN ON THE SIDE OF A FRAPPUCCINO NEAR YOU. THE IDEA IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE, TO TALK ABOUT RACE RELATIONS. BUT SOCIAL MEDIA IS LIGHTING UP WITH SCEPTICISM, SNARK AND EVEN ANGER. STARBUCKS' OWN VP OF COMMUNICATIONS TEMPORARILY DELETED HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF CRITICISM, SAYING HE... SCHULTZ HIMSELF SEEMED TO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST SOME PUSH-BACK. SOME PEOPLE SAID, 'HOWARD, THIS IS NOT A SUBJECT WE SHOULD TOUCH.' I REJECT THAT COMPLETELY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` LOST IN TRANSLATION... SO IF YOU'RE A BRIGHT SPARK, YOU DESERVE A CHOCOLATE FISH. STEVEN ADAMS' STAR TURN TEACHING AMERICANS THE KIWI LINGO. A LARGE GENETIC SURVEY HAS REVEALED HOW THE UK IS MADE UP OF SMALL, DISTINCT POPULATIONS RATHER THAN A SINGLE GENETIC CELTIC GROUP FOR SCOTLAND, CORNWALL AND WALES. BUT IT DOES SHOW CLEAR DIFFERENCES IN DNA BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH REPORTS. JUST LIKE ITS LANDSCAPES, THE PEOPLE OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE MORE DIVERSE THAN WE KNOW. THEIR DNA TELLS A STORY OF HOW THE COUNTRY FIRST EMERGED. THIS IS WHERE ENGLAND AND WALES MEET ` ON EACH SIDE, DIFFERENT CULTURES AND TRADITIONS. WHAT'S FASCINATED HISTORIANS IS WHY, OVER SUCH A SHORT SPACE OF LAND, THE PEOPLE ARE SO DIFFERENT. THE ANSWER, IT SEEMS, IS IN THEIR GENES. THE COLOURS SHOW HOW THE DNA OF PEOPLE, WHOSE ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS, IS SUBTLETY DIFFERENT. IN CORNWALL AND DEVON, THERE ARE CLEAR GENETIC DIFFERENCES, SHOWN BY THE PINK AND BLUE. IN WALES, THERE'S NO UNIFYING CELTIC DNA, WITH YELLOW, GREEN AND PINK, AND IN SCOTLAND, THE DNA TYPES ARE EVEN MORE MIXED. WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE EXPECTED SIMILARITIES AMONGST THE CELTIC GROUPS IN THE UK ` PEOPLE FROM CORNWALL, WALES, SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN ISLAND. IN FACT, WE SAW EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. SO HOW HAVE THESE RESULTS GONE DOWN IN THIS PUB IN CHIRK, RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENGLISH-WELSH BORDER? DOES COME AS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE TO FIND WE'RE NOT ALL ONE CLAN, SHALL WE SAY. (CHUCKLES) DOES IT DISAPPOINT YOU? NO, NOT REALLY. I SUPPOSE THE ONLY TIME IT MATTERS IS ON THE RUGBY PITCH, REALLY, ISN'T IT? ANOTHER SURPRISE IS THAT THE GENETIC CLUSTERS, PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL NATURE, COINCIDE ALMOST EXACTLY WITH A MAP OF ANCIENT LOCAL KINGDOMS. THIS MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES THAT CONTINUE TO THIS DAY. TO SPORT, AND BARCELONA WILL BE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW AFTER BEATING MANCHESTER CITY THIS MORNING. IT WAS THE LAST HOPE FOR AN ENGLISH SIDE TO MAKE THE FINAL EIGHT, BUT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE SEASONS, THEY WON'T MAKE THE QUARTER-FINALS. THE BBC'S NATALIE PERKS REPORTS. A WARM HELLO FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, BUT WILL THIS ALSO BE GOODBYE? THE TASK FACING MANCHESTER CITY WAS CRYSTAL-CLEAR: SCORE TWO, DON'T CONCEDE. VERY QUICKLY, IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT WAS GOING TO BE A BIG ASK. CHEERING LIONEL MESSI HAS SCORED 10 GOALS IN HIS LAST 11 MATCHES AGAINST ENGLISH TEAMS, BUT HIS BRILLIANCE ISN'T ONLY MEASURED IN WHAT HE SCORES; HIS ASSISTS ARE PRETTY WONDERFUL TOO. WHAT A PASS, AND WHAT A GOAL. IVAN RAKITIC WITH THE PERFECT LOB. CITY'S FRUSTRATION WAS BOILING OVER INTO SENSELESS HACKS, AND THEIR MID-FIELD WAS BEING PULLED FROM PILLAR TO POST. JOE HART WORKED TIRELESSLY TO KEEP THE SCORE RESPECTABLE, AND AT THE OTHER END, CATALAN HEARTS WERE IN MOUTHS, BUT SERGIO AGUERO'S SPOT-KICK WAS POOR, AND THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY HAD GONE. CITY WERE WELL-BEATEN HERE, AND HART'S HEROICS AMOUNTED TO NOTHING, MUCH LIKE ENGLISH CLUBS' EFFORTS IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THE HIGHLANDERS HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY INJURIES AHEAD OF THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SUPER RUGBY MATCH AGAINST THE UNDEFEATED HURRICANES IN DUNEDIN TOMORROW NIGHT. WITHOUT THEIR TOP THREE PROPS, THE HIGHLANDERS HAVE NOW LOST BOTH SPECIALIST OPENSIDE FLANKERS, AFTER JOHN HARDIE DISLOCATED HIS ANKLE IN LAST WEEK'S WIN OVER THE WARATAHS. COACH JAMIE JOSEPH ADMITS THE INJURIES COULD COST THEM AGAINST THE HIGH-FLYING CANES. The fact that these guys are unbeaten, And ready to go is our biggest challenge. Ma'a Nonu is originally from Wellington, and he's playing with something to play for. KICK OFF AT FORSYTH BARR STADIUM IS AT 7.35 TOMORROW NIGHT. AND FINALLY IN SPORTS NEWS, KIWI BASKETBALLER STEVEN ADAMS IS GIVING AMERICANS A TASTE OF OUR VERY OWN KIWI LINGO. THE 21-YEAR-OLD, WHO PLAYS FOR THE NBA TEAM OKLAHOMA THUNDER, IS APPEARING IN AN AMERICAN BANK'S TV ADVERTISEMENT, TELLING PEOPLE HOW GOOD THE COMPANY IS USING NZ TERMS. BECAUSE I'M A BIT OF A DAG, BANCFIRST HAS ASKED ME TO SPIN A YARN WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM SO CHOICE. TUMEKE. SO I'D BETTER GET MY A INTO G. IT'S ALL ABOUT ONE WORD THAT MEANS THE SAME ALL OVER THE WORLD. LOYAL. IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH ADAMS WAS PAID, BUT HE'S BELIEVED TO BE MAKING AROUND $3M FOR HIS SECOND SEASON IN THE LEAGUE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. KATE GIVES A CLUE ON WHEN TO EXPECT BABY NUMBER TWO. WEATHER IS NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES ` A NEW REPORT INTO THE POLICE'S HANDLING OF THE ROAST BUSTERS CASE SAYS THE ALLEGED VICTIMS WERE LET DOWN BY THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION. GUNMEN HAVE STORMED A MUSEUM IN THE TUNISIAN CAPITAL, KILLING 19 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 17 TOURISTS. VISITORS FROM ITALY, SPAIN, POLAND AND GERMANY WERE AMONG THE DEAD. AID WORKERS ARE FLOODING INTO VANUATU FOLLOWING CYCLONE PAM BUT SAY THE CONDITIONS ARE AMONG THE MOST CHALLENGING THEY'VE EVER FACED. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND SENDS A SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. A FEW WEAK TROUGHS BRUSH THE EAST AND TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS REVEALED HER BABY WILL BE BORN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT MONTH. KATE WAS CHATTING WITH PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN LONDON WHEN SHE SAID 'NOT LONG TO GO NOW'. SHE SAID HER DUE DATE WAS MID TO LATE APRIL. WHEN SHE WAS EXPECTING PRINCE GEORGE, THE DUCHESS KEPT THE PUBLIC GUESSING BY ONLY REVEALING THE MONTH SHE WAS DUE. AND FINALLY AT MIDDAY ` KIWI ACTRESS ROSE MCIVER HAS HIT THE BIG TIME, BEING CAST IN THE LEAD ROLE ON A NEW AMERICAN TV SERIES. IT'S NOT HER FIRST BRUSH WITH HOLLYWOOD, BUT THIS IS A ROLE SHE CAN REALLY SINK HER TEETH INTO. MATT MCLEAN CAUGHT UP WITH HER FOR AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT. I HALF EXPECTED HER TO HAVE COME HOME WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT, BUT ROSE MCIVER IS STILL QUINTESSENTIALLY KIWI. YEAH, NO, WHEN I TALK TO ANYBODY ON THE PHONE FROM NZ, I SAY 'AYE? AYE?' IT'S NICE TO KNOW, BECAUSE INEVITABLY, THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S LIFE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY. I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, SO I THINK THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING REALLY FUNNY AND ORIGINAL. I'M HUNGRY. ARE YOU HUNGRY? OH, IT'S DEFINITELY THAT. THE VERY ORIGINAL SHOW IS CALLED IZOMBIE, AND ROSE MCIVER IS FRONT AND CENTRE AS ITS LEAD CHARACTER. IS IT ME? IT IS 13 EPISODES, ONE-HOUR DRAMA, WITH A LOT OF COMEDY ABOUT ME PLAYING A ZOMBIE, BASICALLY, WHO IS TRYING TO PRETEND TO BE HUMAN FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BUT WAIT, AS THEY SAY, THERE'S MORE. AND THE PREMISE IS THAT YOU ARE HELPING TO SOLVE CRIMES? WELL, IT'S TECHNICAL. WHEN I EAT A BRAIN, I GET VISIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PERSON BEFORE THEY DIED, AND I CAN HELP SOLVE THEIR MURDER. IT'S AN UNASHAMEDLY KITSCHY CONCEPT. THE SHOWRUNNER CREATED THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL VERONICA MARS SERIES WHICH LAUNCHED KRISTEN BELL INTO SUPERSTARDOM. THERE'S A REAL SELF-AWARENESS ABOUT IT BEING A ZOMBIE SHOW, AND IT HAS A REAL SENSE OF HUMOUR ABOUT ITSELF THAT I THINK FEELS LIKE NZ CULTURE A LOT. TURNS OUT SHE LOVES A LAUGH, DOES ROSE. SO MUCH SO THAT SHE BROUGHT ALONG A PRE-SHOW SNACK ` BRAINS. FOR ME. THEY LOOK DELICIOUS. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DROWN THOSE IN SOME HOT SAUCE. OH, YOU CAN SMELL IT. ENJOY. ANY VISIONS SO FAR? NO VISIONS SO FAR ` JUST A LOT OF REGRET. FOR THE RECORD, ROSE'S BRAINS ARE MADE OUT OF GELATINE. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. AND TVNZ ONDEMAND WILL BE SCREENING IZOMBIE EXPRESS FROM THE US, STARTING TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND SARAH MAIAVA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015