the heroes were in a classic scenario where they didn't know if they should or shouldn't AFTER HAVING A TALK TO THE PEOPLE, THEY DIVED INTO THE SEA. PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER TO SAVE SOMEONE THEY NEVER MET. NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL YOU ARE, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. PLUS ` IT'S REALLY JUST NOT CRICKET, IS IT? THEY DESERVED IT ` THEY WERE THAT NICE TO US IN NZ AND WERE THAT UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT DO WE JUST NEED TO TOUGHEN UP? WE MADE SURE THAT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BE NICE GUYS ON THE FIELD. AND OH MY GOURD. 20 KILOS A DAY, AND MAINTAINED THAT FOR AROUND 10 OR 11 DAYS, THEN TAPERED OFF FROM THERE. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ALANA CRUIKSHANK AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 Nice to see you. I was down at The Cloud at the Rugby World Cup when it was a temporary structure. Thank God they have saved it. We may go back down there with a live feed if it's good. AND IT WAS THE WORST-KEPT SECRET IN CRICKET ` DANIEL VETTORI'S QUITTING THE TEAM HE'S BEEN IN FOR 18 YEARS, SAYING DESPITE THE LOSS, IT WAS A LOVELY WAY TO FINISH HIS INTERNATIONAL CAREER. KIDS, LISTEN UP ` TOO MUCH HOMEWORK COULD ACTUALLY MAKE YOU DUMBER. SPANISH RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT ESPECIALLY WITH MATHS AND SCIENCE, ANY MORE THAN 70 MINUTES OF HOMEWORK STARTS TO MAKE YOUR GRADES SLIP. EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE GAME IS BACK ` GUESS THE NEW ROYAL BABY NAME! BOOKIES IN THE UK HAVE SLASHED THE ODDS ON ALICE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 4:1. IF IT'S A BOY, ARTHUR, HENRY AND JAMES ARE THE FAVOURITES, TIED AT 20:1. Alice is a normal name. Others are old-fashioned. WE LOVE A GOOD HERO ON THIS SHOW AND PEOPLE PUTTING ASIDE THEIR FEARS AND REGARD FOR THEMSELVES TO HELP OTHERS. THEY ARE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE. YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET TWO YOUNG GIRLS WHO DID JUST THAT, AND IN DOING SO, SAVED THE LIFE OF A MAN THEY'D NEVER EVEN MET. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. THEY ARE EXACTLY AS THEY APPEAR ` ORDINARY, KINDA DITSY TEENAGERS,... WE ARE JUST AVERAGE GIRLS, YOU KNOW. ...WHO LAST NIGHT FOUND THE EXTRAORDINARY IN THEMSELVES. WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PANIC AND SHAKE. WE WERE IN THE MOMENT. WE JUST HAD TO DO WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. HIS MOUTH AND NOSE WAS FOAMING. HIS EYES WERE DILATED AND GOING DARK. I COULD SEE THE LIGHT GOING OUT OF THEM. THAT DIRE VISION FUELLING HER DETERMINATION AS SHE STRUGGLED TO HOLD ON TO AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN. HE KINDA SUNK DOWN, SO I HAD TO LIFT HIM UP BY THE ARMS. AT THE ENTRANCE TO WELLINGTON HARBOUR, THAT'S A GOOD 70M OR 80 M? YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD THAT IN ME. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS A SWIMMER? BEFORE LAST NIGHT, NOT VERY GOOD. NOW OLYMPIC. WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE? WHY DID YOU SAY 'THIS IS ME?' I GUESS I WAS THE ONLY ONE CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO DO IT. I FELT LIKE NO ONE ELSE WAS GOING TO DO IT. THEY WERE TOO PETRIFIED. THEY WERE FROZEN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO I TOOK OFF MY CLOTHES AND GET IN THE WATER` DON'T PUT THAT IN ` TOOK OFF HER CLOTHES. TOOK OFF SOME OF HER CLOTHES? YEAH, I STILL HAD MY UNDERGARMENTS ON. HER FRANTIC CRIES FOR HELP LED TO SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE GATHERING CROWD ON THE BEACH. SO A COUPLE OF LADS FROM THE SHORE COME TO THE RESCUE AS WELL. YOU BRING HIM IN AND THAT'S WHEN KELLY TAKES OVER? OH, KELLY, YEAH. SHE WAS AMAZING. AS SOON AS THEY GOT HIM TO SHORE SO WE COULD PULL HIM CLOSER, I WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS CHEST AND PUMPED AS HARD AS I COULD. KELLY (15) KEPT HER RHYTHM UNTIL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW? YOU JUST HAVE TO GO AND GIVE IT YOUR ALL. YOU JUST KEEP GOING AND DON'T STOP. YOU HAVE TO PERSIST. YOU KNOW, I FEEL I HAVE ACHIEVED SOMETHING SO MAJOR AND IT'S KINDA TAUGHT ME SOMETHING, AND I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER FORGET THIS IN MY LIFE IT'S TAUGHT ME THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL YOU ARE, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. WHAT THEY WERE FACED WITH LAST NIGHT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. FOR THEM TO TAKE THOSE STEPS TO GET INTO THAT WATER, SCARED AS THEY WERE, AND TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ` THAT MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO US AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WORK WITH AS WELL. IT'S EASY IN SITUATION LIKE THAT TO DO NOTHING AND IN THIS SITUATION, THE GIRLS HAVE DONE SOMETHING WHICH HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM NOW, DO YOU THINK THEY ARE PROUD? I THINK THEY ARE OVER THE MOON, I THINK THEY ARE LOVING IT. YOU THINK THEY QUITE LIKE THE ATTENTION? YES. IF YOU COULD SEE HIM IN HOSPITAL WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM? I WOULD HUG HIM. I WOULD GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND CRY AND TELL HIM HOW THANKFUL I AM HE IS ALIVE. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. I THINK YOU ARE SUPERB. STOP IT, YOU. I love heroes with personality. POLICE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE MAN PAYGE AND KELLY SAVED ACTUALLY IS AND HOW HE CAME TO BE IN THE WATER. HE REMAINS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT HUTT HOSPITAL, BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING, AND, TALKING OF THE POLICE, OUR GIRLS WERE MORE THAN A LITTLE TAKEN BY SEVERAL OF THE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE LAST NIGHT, GOING SO FAR AS TO DESCRIBE TWO OF THEM AS WAIT FOR IT SONNY BILL HOT! This is based objectifying men again, like the maths teacher. You said, whoo hoo I would have been batted off the show. I did the CPR course at school. I think it's changed from what I learned. I will check it. I know a lot about it. Today at my house one of the kids came home from school early, and we got dragged to the school nurse because she had fallen off the jungle gym and her hand had snapped back and she fainted for 2 min. It was very dramatic she said she thought it was broken. I said it was just sprained. It turns out it is broken. I'm useless. Stop listening to your own advice. We will check on the number of compressions for CPR. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` HOW OLD ARE YA, MATE? PULL YOUR BLOODY HEAD IN. COULD IT BE THAT THE AUSSIES ARE ASHAMED OF THEIR NEW WORLD CHAMPS? AND IF YOU LIKE PUMPKIN SOUP, HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU? 'SEXY AND I KNOW IT' I wasn't on music tonight. Nurse Wetzell here. 30 compressions to 2 breaths. That would be hard. Most people wouldn't be able to cope with that. I hear now it's not that fast. If nothing else tonight, you have learned to save lives. Even if you think this is a crap show, we have helped save lives. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THE SLEDGING DISHED OUT BY THE AUSSIES ON SUNDAY. AS I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, I HAVE A SNEAKING REGARD FOR IT. IT IS BORN OF THE OVERWHELMING BELIEF THAT YOU WILL WIN, AND IN SPORT, WINNING IS REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. BUT HOW MUCH ROOM FOR MOVEMENT DOES THAT GIVE THEM? YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ` 'WINNERS ARE GRINNERS.' BUT I MUST'VE MISSED THE PART WHERE THEY SAID WINNERS CAN BE MASSIVE DOUCHEBAGS. THEY DESERVED IT. THEY WERE THAT NICE TO US IN NZ. I SAID, 'I CAN'T STAND FOR THIS ANY MORE. 'WE'RE GOING AT 'EM AS HARD AS WE CAN.' HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WE DESERVED IT COS WE WERE TOO NICE? I THINK PETER WILLIAMS HAD THE BEST RESPONSE ` MY MONEY'S ON THE LATTER. WE WEREN'T GONNA BE NICE GUYS ON THE FIELD. WE WERE OUT THERE TO WIN A WORLD CUP FINAL. BUT STRANGER STILL THAN THE NICE GUYS FINISH LAST DEFENCE WAS CAPTAIN CLARKE'S 'SEE NO EVIL' STANCE. I CAN'T REMEMBER A PLAYER GETTING A SEND-OFF. NOT THIS ONE? THIS ONE? TO QUOTE YOUR EX ` WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU? YEAH, WHERE THE BLOODY HELL WERE YA? STILL, WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK AND ALL THAT. IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR HOW WELL THE AUSSIES RATED ME AS A PLAYER. EVERY TIME YOU PLAY AUSTRALIA, YOU EXPECT THAT. SEND-OFFS ARE SEND-OFFS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE NECESSARILY CONCERNED ABOUT. THE BLACKCAPS WERE ABLE TO SHAKE IT OFF, BUT FOR THE AUSSIES, IS THERE A REALISATION DAWNING ON THEM? WELL, MAYBE WHEN THE HANGOVER WEARS OFF. YOU GONNA GET THIRSTY AS WELL? THE BOYS ARE THIRSTY, THEY SEEM. A SHORT WHILE AGO I SPOKE TO PETER FITZSIMONS. I have a sneaking admiration for some of what went on. I have a sneaking derision for it. I know we are world champions, but you don't need to do that. Surely they are good enough to do that without the carry on. What do you think about Haddin? Do you think his comments were a personal thing or reflective of the Australian attitude in general? I think he's a dickhead. Has it taken the shine off in Melbourne? Is it the general view in Australia? The sledging just goes too far. Plenty of Australians don't want any part of that. What's been more of a talking point is Shane Warne and his commentary four of his five questions were about getting drunk. Are we going to get pissed? Can I come? It was, like, how old are you, mate? He said this... That's very Shane Warne, isn't it? yes. But it's not being a do-gooder and not drinking. It's about the tedium of the broadcasting. You don't want to ask the same question over and over again. Perhaps asked them about the cricket and the Kiwis and why they won the game instead of this adolescent nonsense. Do you think there is something in, rightly or wrongly, sledging to get you across the line and being a champion? Lots of people have said that there must have been sledging in my day. There was. But if you could tell Buck Shelford that his mum wore army boots, you were a braver man than I was. Sledging in cricket, you are saying this stuff to them that they can't react to. In rugby, you say it straight up. I find the whole sledging thing underhand. I am not alone in Australia. Do you think this will change it? No. They have been talking about that for years. We had in this country this tragic death of young Philip Hughes and lots of cricketers at the time said his legacy will be good sportsmanship. You can't on the one hand say that and then do this kind of carry on. We talked earlier about how he went from being a successful sportsmen to a successful broadcaster maybe you will do that in reverse. That may surprise a lot of people. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHY DID YOU GROW THIS GIANT PUMPKIN? I DUNNO. INSIDE THE WORLD-RECORD-BREAKING COMPETITIVE WORLD OF TRANS-TASMAN PUMPKIN GROWING. THE GOAL WAS TO GET THE NZ RECORD. TO BEAT THE AUSSIES WAS EVEN BETTER. 'Bang bang' It's the bosses choice. He's probably dancing out the back. Tragic. THESE PAST FEW DAYS HAVEN'T BEEN ALL ABOUT LOSING TO AUSTRALIA. IN FACT, WE HAVE TRIUMPHED IN ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS COMPETITIONS AROUND ` THE GROWING OF GIANT PUMPKINS. YES, MASSIVE PUMPKINS ARE THE NEW PLAYING FIELD ON WHICH WE CAN CLAIM TRANS-TASMAN SUPREMACY AFTER A 754-KILO WHOPPER CLAIMED THE RECORD. HERE'S DEAN BUTLER. STRAUSS' 'ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA' BEHOLD... THIS IS A MONSTER... THE LIKES OF WHICH AUSTRALASIA HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. DID YOU SET OUT TO GET THE AUSTRALASIAN RECORD? THE GOAL WAS TO GET THE NZ RECORD, YES, AND TO BEAT THE AUSSIES WAS EVEN BETTER. (CHUCKLES) THIS HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER, WEIGHING IN AT 754.5 KILOS, HAS JUST WON THE GREAT PUMPKIN CARNIVAL. WHY DID YOU GROW THIS GIANT PUMPKIN? I DON'T KNOW. FOUR YEARS AGO I WAS GIVEN SOME SEEDS TO HAVE A GO, AND I GUESS I CAUGHT THE BUG FROM THERE. IT TOOK TIM HARRIS JUST 90 DAYS TO GROW THIS GIANT JACK-O'-LANTERN. PEAKED AROUND 20KG A DAY. IT MAINTAINED THAT FOR 10 TO 11 DAYS AND THEN TAPERED OFF FROM THERE. AND HOW MANY SEEDS IN THIS THING? A COUPLE OF THOUSAND? IT VARIES. SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT ONLY GET HALF A DOZEN, RIGHT UP TO` I MEAN, I'VE HAD 300 OR 400 OUT OF A PUMPKIN BEFORE. THIS MORRINSVILLE DAIRY FARMER'S LOVE OF GIANT VEGIES KNOWS NO BOUNDS. I GAVE CABBAGE A GO THIS YEAR. IT WAS A DISASTER ONCE AGAIN, SO, YEAH, THE PUMPKINS WERE REALLY THE ONLY SUCCESS THIS YEAR. AND IT'S NOT JUST TIM CELEBRATING. HIS PASSION FOR PUMPKINS HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO THE NEXT GENERATION. YEAH, MY SON GREW A PUMPKIN FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. ENDED UP WITH 254 KILOS, SO, YEAH, GOOD EFFORT FOR A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY. ALEX HAS HIS HEART SET ON ONE DAY BEING A WORLD-BEATER. DID DAD HELP YOU? UM... A LITTLE BIT. NOT TOO MUCH, THOUGH, EH? ONLY MOSTLY ON THE SPRAYING. ON THE SPRAYING. COS YOU'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF YOUR PUMPKIN, DON'T YOU? MM. DAD DOESN'T WANT YOU BEATING HIM, DOES HE? NAH. (LAUGHS) AND CAMERA-SHY MUM MEL DIDN'T DO TOO BAD EITHER. SHE CAME SECOND IN THE MOST PERFECT PUMPKIN. AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT BECOME OF ALL THIS GIANT-SIZED PRODUCE... UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANT EAT THEM OURSELVES, BUT, UH, IT'LL BE STOCK FEED IN THE END. (MOOS) There must be a point where it no longer looks like pumpkin. It looked fake and disgusting. It looked like something from a movie. How did he get it on a trailer? Dean did it. The butterkin is a new vegetable in New Zealand. It sounds like a Beatrix Potter character. With a little bit of gravy, it was very nice. Are you sure it's not your new pet name? THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN EVER GROWN WAS IN SWITZERLAND LAST YEAR ` 950 KILOS. It will trend on Twitter SO WE TALKED ABOUT SLEDGING EARLIER. AM I A FAN? NO, NOT AT ALL. I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY, BUT IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT ISSUES OF THE WORLD CUP FINAL, AND THAT'S A SHAME. NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE IT DETRACTS FROM SOME OF THE DECENT STUFF WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT, BUT BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS THAT THE BLACK CAPS ACTUALLY GIVE A RATS. THESE GUYS ARE TOP ATHLETES. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET A LITTLE BIT OF RIBBING FROM THE OPPOSITION GET THEM DOWN. SO BY ALL MEANS, BE OUTRAGED AND APPALLED AT THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM, BUT UNLESS THEY SAY OTHERWISE, LET'S ASSUME THE BLACKCAPS AREN'T THE LEAST BIT FUSSED BY IT. SO THERE WILL BE NO RETRIAL FOR TEINA PORA, WHICH MEANS WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE VEXED ISSUE OF COMPENSATION. IN THEORY, THE HURDLE IS INNOCENT ON THE BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES AND/OR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BADLY MUDDIED THE WATERS WITH DAVID BAIN. BAIN, ACCORDING TO THE PRIME MINISTER, NEEDS TO PROVE ROBIN DID IT. SO GIVEN THAT, WHO DOES PORA NEED TO PROVE DID IT? AND IF LUNDY GETS OFF, WHO DOES HE NEED TO PROVE DID IT? AND WHAT IF THEY CAN'T? WHICH THEY WON'T. IS THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT-INVENTED HURDLE? SURELY THE SENSIBLE THING IS THIS. IF YOU'RE NOT GUILTY ` IF YOUR CONVICTION IS QUASHED OR IF YOU GET A PARDON THEN YOU ARE OWED COMPENSATION, BECAUSE YOU WERE IN JAIL FOR SOMETHING OUR JUDICIAL PROCESS FOUND WAS A MISTAKE. ONCE YOU TRY AND ELEVATE THE CRITERIA BEYOND THAT, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE MESS THE GOVERNMENT NOW DOES. AT WHICH POINT YOU QUICKLY DISCOVER ALL YOU HAVE LEFT IS A STATE OF MASS UNFAIRNESS. IT IS GOING TO BE FASCINATING TO SEE HOW THEY WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS ONE. CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015