SINCE MY INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN BIEBER ` I AM SUCH A JUSTIN BIEBER FAN NOW GREAT TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND JUSTIN BIEBER, HE ACTUALLY GOT A TATTOO` ARE WE BLAMING YOU FOR THIS? YEAH, POSSIBLY. HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS? AND I ACTUALLY SPOTTED THIS TODAY. SINCE MY INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN BIEBER ` I AM SUCH A JUSTIN BIEBER FAN NOW THAT I SAW IT ON INSTAGRAM. BUT THAT'S COS YOU MIGHT'VE CHALLENGED HIM TO IT, DIDN'T YOU? YES. WE TOLD HIM, 'GET A TATTOO IN NZ,' AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO. SO, UM, WE'VE GOT THAT TATTOO; WE'LL SEE IF IT IS FROM NZ. BUT FIRST UP ON THE SHOW, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT THE PICNIC THAT TURNED INTO A 1080 PELT DOWN. A YEAR ON, HOW ARE THESE TWO WOMEN GETTING ON? AND THEIR ADVICE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE SAME SITUATION. AND THEN THE DARK SIDE OF FREE SPEECH ` WE LOOK AT THE WEBSITE WHERE THE THREAT AGAINST OTAGO UNIVERSITY WAS MADE. AND KIWI VS KIWI - THE RUGBY PLAYERS TURNING THEIR BACK ON NZ AND GOING UP AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. IT'S TIME FOR A NEW STORY. RETHINK WHAT YOU KNOW. STORY IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ALL-NEW FORD MONDEO. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 HEY, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR COMPANY. ALSO TONIGHT, THE KIWI POWERLIFTER WHO'S BECOME A NATIONAL CHAMPION BY TRAINING IN HIS GARAGE. IT'S A VERY NZ THING. I LOVE THAT STUFF. 16 MONTHS AGO, TWO SISTERS HEADED OFF INTO THE WEST COAST BUSH FOR A PICNIC. REALLY SIMPLE THING TO DO, OK? BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PICNIC, GWEN GARDENER AND KATHLEEN BARTLETT FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN A 1080 ` POISON ` DROP ZONE. THEY FOUND OUT BECAUSE 1080 STARTED FALLING ON THEM, APPARENTLY. NOW, WHEN REPORTER JENDY HARPER LAST MET WITH THEM, THEY CLAIMED THEY WERE SUFFERING SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS FROM THAT. A YEAR LATER AND INVESTIGATION LATER, WE TALKED TO THEM AGAIN ` AND WE FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO OR CAN'T DO IF YOU'RE ACCIDENTALLY POISONED BY 1080. MAIN ROAD REEFTON, WEST COAST. HEY. JENDY. IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE WE FIRST MET GWEN GARDENER AND KATHLEEN BARTLETT. HOW FRIGHTENED ARE YOU? I'M VERY FRIGHTENED. I'M EXTREMELY FRIGHTENED. SOBBING: SORRY. BACK THEN, BOTH WOMEN WERE UNSURE OF WHAT THE FUTURE HELD. A YEAR ON, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. THERE IS NOTHING ` NOTHING ` IN THE MEDICAL WORLD THAT CAN HELP US. JUST PICK YOURSELF UP, DUST YOURSELF OFF AND TRY AND GET THROUGH IT. MM. I RECKON IF WE BUSH BASH THROUGH HERE, IT'LL DO US. IT WAS JUNE 12 2014 WHEN THE SISTERS HEADED INTO THE BUSH FOR SOME QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. AFTER A FEW HOURS SPENT CHATTING ON THIS BANK, THEY SAY THEIR PEACE WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN A HELICOPTER WITH A MONSOON BUCKET FLEW LOW OVER THEM. AND THEN, THEY CLAIM, THEY WERE CLOUDED IN DUST. I HAD TO PUT MY HANDS OVER MY FACE AND PUT MY HEAD DOWN, COS IT WAS` THE DUST WAS BLOWING IN MY FACE. WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN, THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T NOTICE THAT POISONOUS PELLETS WERE RAINING DOWN AROUND THEM, BUT THEN KATH BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, AND GWEN SAW AND TOOK PHOTOS OF THESE PELLETS BY HER TRUCK. AND THE SISTERS REALISED THEY'D BEEN PICNICKING IN A 1080 DROP ZONE. I JUST RAN BACK TO KATH, JUST YELLING AT HER TO` WELL, I HEARD YOU SCREAMING. 'GET YOUR ARSE OUTTA HERE!' WHEN THEY LAST SPOKE WITH US, THEY WERE VERY WORRIED WOMEN. KATHLEEN'S LIVER WAS STRUGGLING, SHE WAS COUGHING, AND COMPLAINING OF STOMACH PAIN. GWEN HAD EXPERIENCED A NUMB TONGUE AND A TINNY TASTE ND WAS BATTLING FATIGUE. SO ONE YEAR ON, HOW IS THEIR HEALTH NOW? HAS IT IMPROVED OR WORSENED? IT'S CHANGED. IT'S CHANGED? THE SYMPTOMS HAVE CHANGED. I'M STILL NOT WELL, BUT OTHER THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE AND SOME THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. KATHLEEN'S LIVER IS WORKING MUCH BETTER, BUT THE STOMACH PAIN REMAINS. GWEN HAS THIS YEAR DEVELOPED A HEART MURMUR, AND BOTH WOMEN COMPLAIN OF MUSCLE, BALANCE AND CO-ORDINATION ISSUES. THE TIMING'S OUT. YEAH. THERE'S SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENING. COS I SHUT THE DRAW ON MY HAND. I SHUT DOORS ON MY ARM. YOU GO TO DO THINGS THAT YOUR NORMALLY DO AT THE SPEED THAT YOU NORMALLY DO, BUT YOUR BODY HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH IT. BUT ARE ANY OF THEIR SYMPTOMS ACTUALLY RELATED TO 1080 EXPOSURE? WELL, THEY SAY THEIR LOCAL GP HAS TOLD THEM THERE IS A CONNECTION, BUT SHE WOULDN'T DISCUSS IT WITH US. AND THE SISTERS SAY ACC IS STILL DECIDING WHETHER TO ACCEPT THEIR CLAIM. BUT WHAT REALLY GETS THEIR GOAT IS THAT DESPITE WIDESPREAD USE OF SODIUM FLUEROACETATE ` 1080 ` IN NZ, THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO ORGANISE TREATMENT AFTER 1080 EXPOSURE. LIKE, IF YOU WERE POISONED BY 1080 RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WOULD YOU TRY AND FIND A DOCTOR IN NZ THAT COULD HELP YOU? OR WOULD YOU JUST GO, 'MM'? THERE IS NOBODY. THERE IS NO ONE. THIS WAS THE STATEMENT FROM THE WEST COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD A YEAR AGO. THEY'D LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1080 DROP. HAD CONSENTS AND CONDITIONS BEEN COMPLIED WITH? WERE THE WARNINGS ADEQUATE? THEY'VE SAID TO ME WHY DID WE GO PAST THE CHAIN AND CONES AND SECURITY GUARDS? THERE WAS NONE. WE WERE TOLD THE WOMEN'S HEALTH CONCERNS WOULD ALSO BE LOOKED INTO. 16 MONTHS LATER, GWEN AND KATHLEEN ARE STILL WAITING. HAVE EITHER OF YOU SEEN A REPORT FROM AUTHORITIES? ANYTHING INTO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? NO. NOTHING? NOTHING. THERE ARE NO GOOD ANTIDOTES FOR HUMANS EXPOSED TO THE CHEMICAL, SO ON THEIR DOCTOR'S ADVICE, THEY'RE TAKING NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH. THEY SAY THAT'S ABOUT ALL THEY CAN DO. SO AT 5PM TODAY, WE GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE WEST COAST MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, DR CHERYL BRUNTON. SHE TELLS US THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, AND A DRAFT REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED TO GWEN AND KATHLEEN SHORTLY. INTERESTING. SO WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG? APPARENTLY, IT'S BECAUSE THE MEDICAL OFFICER AND THE MEDICAL INFORMATION HAD TO BE PEER REVIEWED. THAT WAS TIME CONSUMING. IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING IF THE PICNIC IN THE DROP ZONE WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT, GWEN AND KATHLEEN SAY THEY DON'T BELONG TO ANY 1080 PROTEST GROUPS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT WORRYING THAT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO IF YOU GET YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION, NO ANTIDOTE. IT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT? YEAH. AND YOU HEARD THAT. THERE'S A MARKET FOR SOME ANTIDOTE, I'M SURE. HEY, UM, THREE THREATS TO THREE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES IN JUST TWO DAYS. THE FIRST ONE, AS YOU WILL WELL KNOW, IN THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS FOCUSED ON OTAGO UNIVERSITY. YEAH, AND THEN THIS AFTERNOON, CLASSES WERE DISRUPTED AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY IN WELLINGTON ` YOU CAN SEE IT HERE ` AFTER A NOTE THREATENING A BOMB. ALSO, THERE WERE EVACUATIONS AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY IN PALMERSTON NORTH FOLLOWING A THREATENING NOTE. NOW, THE THREATS MAY HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE EMPTY, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT IT HAS DRAWN OUR ATTENTION TO SOMETHING MANY OF US HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE ` THE WEBSITE WHERE THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY SHOOTING THREAT WAS MADE. YEAH. THE SITE IS CALLED 4CHAN, AND IT'S THE SAME SITE THE SHOOTER IN OREGON, USA MADE HIS THREATS BEFORE CARRYING OUT HIS CRIME AT THE WEEKEND. NOW, JULIAN LEE HAS BEEN LOOKING IN TO WHAT 4CHAN IS. IT'S CALLED 4CHAN, THE REBEL WEBSITE OF THE INTERNET. IT'S A PLACE FOR CHAT AND POSTING ANONYMOUS MESSAGES. AND THAT ANONYMITY MAKES 4CHAN JUST ONE STEP REMOVED FROM THE DARK WEB. THAT'S A WHOLE SECRET WORLDWIDE INTERNET WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO THINGS LIKE TRADE WEAPONS OR DRUGS OR HACK PEOPLE'S COMPUTERS. WE GOT, LIKE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, HACKING, PROGRAMMING. BUT YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE DARK WEB UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YET ANYONE CAN GET ON TO 4CHAN. IT WORKS LIKE THIS ` 4CHAN HAS A BUNCH OF MESSAGE BOARDS EACH NAMED A DIFFERENT LETTER. THERE'S THE V BOARD FOR PEOPLE INTERESTING IN VIDEO GAMES, AND THE MU BOARD FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN MUSIC. BECAUSE OF ITS ANONYMOUS NATURE, 4CHAN IS, IN ITS OWN WAY, TRULY A PLACE OF FREE SPEECH. BUT THE 4CHAN COMMUNITY IS WELL KNOWN FOR GETTING REVENGE ON PEOPLE WHO CROSS IT. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE COULD ONLY FIND ONE 4CHAN USER TO TALK TO US... ON THE CONDITION, OF COURSE, OF TOTAL ANONYMITY. DISTORTED MALE VOICE: ONE, IT MEANS THAT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD. YOUR OPINION ISN'T GOING TO BE LESS OR MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S JUST BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE. AND TWO, IT'S THAT NOTHING YOU SAY CAN COME BACK TO GET YOU. A LOT OF MAINSTREAM INTERNET HUMOUR HAD ITS BEGINNINGS IN 4CHAN. GOOD DEEDS HAVE EVEN BEEN DONE HERE. WHEN USERS OF THE B BOARD UNCOVERED A VIDEO OF A TEENAGER IN A MASK ABUSING A CAT IN HIS BATHROOM, THEY PUT ALL EFFORT INTO FINDING OUT WHO IT WAS. BUT THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ` HOW DO WE SAY IT? - PROBLEMATIC BOARDS, BOOM! SUCH AS B ` THE RANDOM BOARD. ARGUABLY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL IS R9K, WHICH STANDS FOR ROBOT 9000, USED TRADITIONALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY YOUNG MEN WHO FEEL ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY. SOME WITHOUT GIRLFRIENDS, SOME WITHOUT JOBS. R9K, WHERE YOU'VE GOT YOUR PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE SOCIETY IS KIND OF AGAINST THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO GET ONE BACK, SO TO SPEAK. SOME REFER TO THEMSELVES AS ROBOTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE MORE ORDINARY LIVES AS NORMIES. SCREAMING ONE POPULAR TOPIC IS THE RANKING OF MEN. ALPHA MALES, OR CHADS, ARE CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL MALES, WHEREAS MALES WHO AREN'T AS SUCCESSFUL ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED BATA. BATA MALES FEEL UNWANTED BY SOCIETY AND SPECIFICALLY WOMEN, SO THEY TALK OF A BATA UPRISING TO OVERTHROW THE EXISTING SOCIAL ORDER. PEOPLE POST PICTURES OF THEIR WEAPONS AND MAYBE THEY MIGHT TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT SOMEBODY OR GIVE STORIES ABOUT THEIR ESCAPADES IN THE WORLD. THEIR SYMBOL? PEPE THE FROG. NWA'S 'STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON' SOME CONSIDER ELLIOT ROGERS A HERO ` AS IN THE YOUNG MAN WHO KILLED SIX PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA LAST YEAR. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GIRLS HATE ME SO MUCH. UNBELIEVABLE. HERE, EXPRESSING HIS RAGE ONLINE AND BEING UNABLE TO GET A GIRLFRIEND. THIS IS THE BOARD THAT THE OTAGO UNI THREAT WAS FOUND ON. BUT BECAUSE OF ITS ANONYMITY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR AUTHORITIES TO TRACE USERS. SO WHILE MODERN-DAY POLICE FORCES TRY TO GET SOME SORT OF CONTROL OVER THE SEEMINGLY UNCONTROLLABLE, 4CHAN WILL CONTINUE TO OPENLY TAUNT AUTHORITY. THE POLICE AREN'T ANY CLOSER. THERE ARE WALLS OF ANONYMITY. IMPOSSIBLE. THEY JUST CAN'T FIND WHO MADE THE OTAGO THREAT? NO, THEY CAN'T. I DON'T THINK THEY WILL EITHER. HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE SITE TODAY? ACTUALLY, I WENT ON THE SITE TODAY. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE, YOU HADN'T HEARD OF IT BEFORE, HAD YOU? NOT UNTIL THE LAST 24 HOURS. WHO EVEN KNEW ABOUT THIS? BUT I WENT ON BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE AT WORK WERE TELLING ME WHAT TO GO AND HAVE A LOOK AT... THERE ARE PICTURES OF DEAD BODIES ON THAT SITE; THERE ARE PICTURES OF BITS OF DEAD BODIES ON THAT SITE THAT ARE PRETTY EASY TO FIND. IT'S PRETTY GROSS. SO DON'T GO TO IT, IS WHAT SHE'S SAYING. YEAH. I'VE DONE IT FOR YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THERE. EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP ON STORY ` THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IS NZ'S CUP IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF KIWIS INVOLVED. WE REVEAL JUST HOW MANY ARE PLAYING AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. PLUS, WE MEET THE TAURANGA MAN POWERLIFTING HIS WAY TO THE COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT THAT'S COS YOU MIGHT'VE CHALLENGED HIM TO IT, DIDN'T YOU? HEY. SO TONIGHT, OUR NZ NOW LIVE SHOT COMES FROM TOI WHAKAARI DANCE STUDIO IN WELLINGTON ` JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE I LIVE, ACTUALLY ` WHERE HUNDREDS OF HOPEFULS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AUDITIONS. THAT'S QUITE A GOOD DANCE, THAT ONE. THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER, SYLVAIN EMARD. NOW, SYLVAIN IS IN WELLINGTON FOR JUST A FEW DAYS WHERE HE'LL SELECT 150 DANCES TO REHEARSE TOGETHER FOR SIX MONTHS IN THE LEAD UP TO THE BIG NIGHT. AND THE BIG NIGHT IS THE BIG WELLINGTON FESTIVAL, THE EVENT WHERE THEY GO INTO THE STREET AND THEY DO SOME SORT OF LINE DANCING. AT THE MOMENT, I RECKON WE COULD DO THAT, DUNCAN. DO YOU GO TO FESTIVAL EVENTS IN WELLINGTON? I DO, ACTUALLY. IT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT? YEAH, IT IS VERY COOL. I RECKON DO A SHOW DOWN THERE FOR A MONTH OR SOMETHING, NEXT YEAR. I THINK THAT'S A BIT HOPEFUL, MATE. OK. REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN JUSTIN BIEBER WAS IN TOWN, HE TOLD ME HE WAS KEEN TO GET A TATTOO IN NZ? YEAH, I DO. I DO. AND HE SAID HE WAS GONNA DO IT HERE, RIGHT? YOU PUT HIM UNDER PRESSURE, DIDN'T YOU? I DON'T THINK I BULLIED HIM AT ALL! I THINK HE VOLUNTEERED. BUT HE GETS TATTOOS ALL OVER THE WORLD, RIGHT. SO TODAY, HE POSTED A PICTURE ON INSTAGRAM OF A NEW TATTOO ABOVE HIS BELLY BUTTON, WHICH SAYS PURPOSE. WE'VE FLIPPED THIS, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S DONE SO HE CAN ONLY SEE IT IN THE MIRROR. HE DIDN'T SAY WHERE HE GOT IT. WE CAN'T BE SURE, BUT HE SAID HE WAS GONNA GET ONE IN AUCKLAND. SO WE WILL SPECULATE, OK? IT WAS IN AUCKLAND. OK, IT WAS IN AUCKLAND. BUT THERE'S ALSO SPECULATION THAT PURPOSE IS THE NAME OF HIS NEW ALBUM. NOW, YOU MIGHT ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE ASKED HIM TO SIGN A DVD OF HIS DOCUMENTARY. THE OLD $3 DVD THAT WE GOT. THE ONE MY FRIENDS GOT ME FOR $3. THE ONE THAT WE GAVE AWAY. NOW WE'VE CHOSEN OUR WINNER ` MOLLY HARVEY, AND HER MUM BROKE THE NEWS TO HER, DIDN'T SHE? LOOK AT THE REACTION. OH, MY GOD! YOU GOT IT? (SCREAMS, LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) YAY, YAY, YAY! HEY! MUM: I CAN'T SEE MOLLY. (GASPS) THAT WAS HOW ALL THE GIRLS REACTED WHEN THEY SAW JUSTIN BIEBER LAST WEEK. IT'S IN THE TARGET AUDIENCE? YEP, ABSOLUTELY. ME TOO! THEY WERE AT A CHILDCARE! HOW COOL WAS THAT? (LAUGHS) OK, NOW, UM` ARE YOU GOOD OVER IT? I'M OK NOW. OK. NOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE THE EXPERTS AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS' FORM RIGHT NOW, THEN WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO CHEER YOU UP. ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS' FORM? (SIGHS) YEP. I AM ACTUALLY WORRIED, SEEING HOW THOSE AUSSIES HAVE BEEN PLAYING. MM. NO MATTER WHO WINS, WE WIN. I DON'T BUY THAT. OH. I DON'T BUY IT. I BUY IT. THAT'S BECAUSE 10 OF THE BEST RUGBY TEAMS IN THE WORLD CUP HAVE A KIWI PLAYING FOR THEM. SIX OF THEM ARE COACHED BY A KIWI. SO WHAT? MM. OK, SO WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A NZER AND PLAY FOR THE ENEMY? DAN PARKER LOOKS AT THIS ONE. DANCE MUSIC IN WHITEMAN'S VALLEY, UPPER HUTT, THERE ARE NO HIGHLANDS, LOCHS OR GLENS, SO TO SPEAK. THERE ARE HILLS, PONDS AND VALLEYS. YET THE SOUNDS OF SCOTLAND ECHO HERE, ALTHOUGH MARTY LESLIE'S ANTHEM STILL NEEDS A BIT OF WORK. SINGS OFF KEY: THE FLOWERS BLOOM. WHEN WILL WE SEE... YOUR EYES` (LAUGHS) IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. DESPITE BEING BORN IN THE HUT, MARTY PLAYED TWO WORLD CUPS FOR SCOTLAND, AND EVEN HELPED GIVE THE ALL BLACKS A BIT OF A SCARE IN 1999. CROWD CHEERS DO YOU FEEL SCOTTISH? OH, YEAH, I WAS PROUD TO PLAY FOR SCOTLAND. YOU KNOW, I'M A KIWI, YOU KNOW? I` I LOVE THE ALL BLACKS. MARTY'S BROTHER JOHN ALSO MADE THE TOUGH DECISION TO QUIT NZ RUGBY AND PALY FOR SCOTLAND. THE PAIR QUALIFIED THANKS TO THEIR GRANDPARENTS. DID YOU EVER DREAM OF BEING AN ALL BLACK? OH YEAH. YES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL, YOU KNOW? WOULD'VE DONE ANYTHING TO BE AN ALL BLACK, BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT, SO... MOVED ON. THIS YEAR HERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD YEAR. THE LESLIE'S MOVE HELPED TO BLAZE A LUCRATIVE TRAIL THAT MANY OTHERS NOW FOLLOW. AT THIS WORLD CUP, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE 42 NZ-BORN PLAYERS PLAYING FOR 10 OTHER COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA HAVE FOUR; ENGLAND AND FRANCE, ONE; IRELAND, TWO; JAPAN HAVE SEVEN; ROMANIA HAS ONE; SAMOA HAS 13 KIWIS; SCOTLAND, THREE; TONGA, NINE; AND WALES, JUST THE ONE. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SIX KIWI COACHES. BUT TO BE FAIR, PLAYERS LIKE WALLABIES 10 QUADE COOPER HAS BEEN IN AUSTRALIA SINCE HE WAS A KID. CROWD JEERS SOME, LIKE JAPAN'S KARNE HESKETH WHO SCORED THE WINNER AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, PLAYED MOST OF HIS RUGBY IN NZ AND ONLY MOVED A FEW YEARS AGO. 39 OF THEM WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEAR THE SILVER FERN. WE WERE LUCKY TO ENOUGH TO. THEY WOULD'VE STILL HAD THE GREAT DESIRE AND WANT TO, BUT YOU KNOW, AS A SPORTSMAN, A SPORTSMAN ALWAYS WANTS TO PLAY AND ACHIEVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. ANDY LESLIE IS MARTY AND JOHN'S DAD. HE'S ALSO A FORMER ALL BLACK CAPTAIN AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NZRU. IF YOU CAN'T PLAY FOR NZ, THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN PLAYING AGAINST NZ. ANDY SAYS FOR HIS BOYS, SCOTLAND WAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. IT SET THEM UP FINANCIALLY, TRIPLING THE MONEY THEY WERE GETTING HERE, HE SAYS IT GOES BOTH WAYS. AND BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE FIVE CURRENT ALL BLACKS IN THE WORLD CUP SQUAD WHO COULD BE PLAYING FOR OTHER COUNTRIES THEMSELVES. JEROME KAINO WAS BORN IN AMERICAN SAMOA; BEN FRANKS AND TAWERA KERR-BARLOW ARE FROM AUSTRALIA; WAISAKE NAHOLO IS FIJIAN; AND MALAKAI FEKITOA, TONGAN. AND IT'S WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL FOR US SO FAR. NOW FEKITOA! FEKITOA! CROWD CHEERS, WHISTLE BLOWS THEY'VE GOT IT! IF YOU ASK ANY RUGBY PLAYER, THEY'LL TELL YOU IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN PLAYING IN A WORLD CUP. THE PROBLEM IS, THERE ARE JUST 31 PLACES IN THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD OUT OF THE HUGE NUMBER OF FANTASTIC PLAYERS IN THIS COUNTRY. PRETTY TOUGH, EH? SO IF YOU'RE A YOUNG GUY AND YOU'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN BLAME THEM? WHO CAN BLAME THEM IF YOU'VE GOT A FRENCH AUNTY OR A` ? OR IN YOUR CASE, SCOTTISH PARENTS. SCOTTISH PARENTS. YOU KNOW, GO FOR IT, BOYS. HERE, MARCO. PASS, PASS, PASS! THAT'S ADVICE MANY HAVE TAKEN AND MANY IN THE FUTURE WILL. MARTY LESLIE SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A CONCERN, COS THE PRESTIGE, THE HISTORY AND THE DESIRE TO PUT ON THE BLACK JERSEY WILL ENSURE OUR VERY BEST PLAYERS OPT TO STAY AND CHASE THAT DREAM. HE'S GOT A RUGBY FIELD IN THE BACK YARD. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. DUNCAN IS STILL NOT HAPPY WITH ANYTHING SHORT OF AN ALL BLACKS WIN. COURSE NOT. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` HE'S OUR NATIONAL POWERLIFTING CHAMPION AND DETERMINED TO WIN ON THE WORLD STAGE. WELCOME BACK TO THE PROGRAM. FOR THIS NEXT STORY, WE'RE HEADING TO TAURANGA TO MEET KIERAN MISCHEWSKI. NOW, HE'S A POWERLIFTER WITH A PRETTY GOOD CV ` HE'S BROKEN NATIONAL RECORDS AND HE'S JUST QUALIFIED FOR THE COMMONWEALTH POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THAT'S IN CANADA. AS RYAN BRIDGE FOUND OUT, IT'S HOW HE GOT THIS GOOD THAT MAKES KIERAN'S STORY PRETTY SPECIAL. KIERAN MESCHEWSKI LOOKS LIKE YOUR TYPICAL KIWI BLOKE... GIDDAY. AFTER SOME FENCE POSTS. ...OUT SHOPPING AT A HARDWARE STORE. DANCE MUSIC IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO DO SOME DIY AROUND THE HOUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT FORGET ABOUT FENCES AND DECKS ` KIERAN IS BUILDING THIS. A DIY BENCH PRESS TO RIVAL ANY OF THE FLASHY GEAR YOU'D FIND AT THE GYM. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I USE IS HOMEMADE AND HOME-BUILT. FOSTER THE PEOPLE'S 'PUMPED UP KICKS' KIERAN'S BEEN LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS AT HOME FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THE 39-YEAR-OLD IS THE NATIONAL POWERLIFTING CHAMPION FOR HIS AGE AND WEIGHT, AND HOLDS THE DEADLIFT RECORD OF 245 KILOS FOR THE SAME CATEGORY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU'LL KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS STUFF. BUT POWERLIFTING IS WHERE COMPETITORS LIFT AS MUCH WEIGHT AS POSSIBLE DOING THE SQUAT, DEADLIFT AND BENCH PRESS. WHEN I FIRST PICKED UP A BARBELL AND TRIED TO SQUAT IT, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 40 OR 50 KILOS ON THE BAR. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? UM, SO NOW I'M PUSHING 200. KIERAN'S A BIT OF A CHARACTER AND VERY COMPETITIVE. BROTHER DEAN IS A FORMER CANOE POLO REP, AND SISTER GEMMA'S DONE A FEW IRON MANS. I STILL HOLD THE FAMILY IRON MAN RECORD. WHILE WE WERE FILMING, HE DECIDED TO PUSH HIMSELF JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. REMEMBER, HIS RECORD FOR THE DEADLIFT IS 245 KILOS. THIS IS KIERAN GOING FOR 260 KGS HERE IN THE GARAGE IN TAURANGA. PULL, PULL, PULL, PULL! WHOO! YEAH, BUDDY! (GRUNTS) NICE ONE! WHOO! YES, PUSHING THE LIMIT SEEMS TO BE THE AIM OF THE GAME FOR KIERAN. DESPITE A HECTIC SCHEDULE, HE'S NOW LIFTED HIS WAY TO THE BIG TIME ` THE 2015 COMMONWEALTH POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VANCOUVER NEXT MONTH. MONEY HAS BEEN TIGHT. BUT HEY, WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY. HOT CHIP'S 'OVER AND OVER' WIFE HELEN IS PRETTY STOKED, BUT KIERAN'S PASSION ALSO KEEPS HER AWAKE AT NIGHT. HAVE YOU EVER WORRIED ABOUT HIM DOWN IN THE GARAGE ON HIS OWN LIFTING THOSE HEAVY WEIGHTS? UH, YES. I HEAR BIG CRASHES, AND, UM, SOMETIMES IF IT'S COLD AND WET, I'LL JUST TEXT TO SEE IF HE'S OK. (LAUGHS) SHE'S` SHE'S PATIENT WITH IT. KIERAN RAN ME THROUGH HIS GRUELLING TRAINING REGIME. # OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER YOU PICK IT UP AND YOU PUT IT ON YOUR SHOULDER LIKE ATLAS. NOT GONNA HAPPEN, I'M SORRY. BUT LUCKILY, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. HAVE YOU TRIED LIFTING DADDY'S WEIGHTS? UH, YES. HOW DID IT GO? (GIGGLES) NOT REALLY GOOD. KIERAN'S KIDS ARE KEEN TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FATHER'S ATHLETIC FOOTSTEPS, TOO. YEAH! I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL. HE'S GOING REALLY FAR, AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF HIM. POWERLIFTING IS CONSIDERED A MINORITY INDIVIDUAL SPORT, SO KIERAN CAN'T GET ANY GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR THE COMMONWEALTH CHAMPS. HE NEEDS $7,500 TO COVER THE COST OF FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION AND A UNIFORM TO GET TO VANCOUVER. IT'D BE GREAT TO GET HIM THERE. TRUE TO FORM, THIS COMPETITIVE DIY DAD RECKONS HE'LL GET A PODIUM FINISH AT THE COMMONWEALTH CHAMPS, AND IF HE DOES, REMEMBER ` IT ALL STARTED HERE IN THIS HUMBLE WEE GARAGE IN TAURANGA. (CHUCKLES) TOUGH GUY, RYAN. I'M ACTUALLY IMPRESSED WITH RYAN TOO. YEAH! HE COULD'VE LIFTED RYAN WITH ONE HAND, DO YOU THINK? HE PROBABLY COULD'VE, EH? MAYBE TWO RYANS. NOW, AS YOU HEARD IN RYAN'S STORY, KIERAN NEEDS HELP GETTING TO THE COMMONWEALTH CHAMPS, AND YOU CAN DONATE THROUGH HIS GIVEALITTLE PAGE. JUST SEARCH KIERAN TO VANCOUVER. RYAN TO VANCOUVER. NO, KIERAN TO VANCOUVER. RYAN HELPED HIM GET THERE. YEAH. FINALLY TONIGHT, WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THE UP ` AND BOY, HASN'T IT BEEN ON THE UP TODAY? 33 THE HIGH TODAY. YEAH, AMAZING! WHERE WAS THAT? JUST OUT OF KAIKOURA. NICE. UM, WE DON'T HAVE MANY CHANCES LEFT TO CELEBRATE THE WINTER SPORTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO ` WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH FOOTAGE OF SOME VERY TALENTED YOUNG KIWIS ON THE SLOPES. YEAH, IT'S FROM DAY ONE OF THE CARDRONA JUNIOR FREE SKI AND SNOWBOARD NATIONAL CHAMPS, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY. UH, THE BLOCK NZ VILLA WARS ` I GOT THAT RIGHT TONIGHT ` THAT'S UP NEXT. THAT'S IT FROM US. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES WITH US, AND THAT IS STORY TONIGHT. 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