CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, OUR REPORTER PHIL VINE RECEIVES THE SORT OF NEWS THAT NO ONE EVER WANTS TO HEAR. IT WAS ALI THE SURGEON. SHE TOLD ME IT WAS LIKELY THAT I HAD FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA. BUT FIRST, ONE OF NZ'S MOST NOTORIOUS MURDER CASES. ONE MAN WAS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME, AND HE'S BEEN IN JAIL FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. BUT NOW SARAH HALL CAN REVEAL INTRIGUING INFORMATION THAT SHOWS SOMEONE ELSE COULD HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE KILLING OF LISA BLAKIE. CHILLING MUSIC IT'S NEARLY 16 YEARS SINCE LISA BLAKIE WAS MURDERED, AND STILL QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE CONVICTION OF HER KILLER. I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT SHE MET HER DEATH AT THE HANDS OF MORE THAN ONE MAN. HE LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAID, 'I DID NOT MURDER YOUR DAUGHTER.' THEY ARE JUST HAPPY THEY HAVE GOT SOMEONE IN PRISON. CASE IS CLOSED. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED. SO WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED? DID SOMEONE ELSE DO IT? LISA WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS MURDERED. EVER SINCE THEN HER FATHER DOUG HAS PUBLICALLY STOOD BY THE POLICE VERSION OF EVENTS ` THAT TIMOTHY TAYLOR WAS LISA'S KILLER. IT'S ONLY NOW HE ADMITS HE'S NOT SO SURE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD NIGGLING DOUBTS. I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED, AND HE HAD A PART TO PLAY IN LISA'S MURDER, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD DOUBTS THAT HE ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE THAT KILLED LISA. WHAT IS NOT IN DISPUTE IS THE DAY LISA BLAKIE DISAPPEARED. SHE WAS ON THE RUN FROM HER FORMER BOYFRIEND, A MEMBER OF THE DEVIL'S HENCHMAN GANG. IT WAS FEBRUARY 2, 2000 WHEN SHE DECIDED TO HITCHHIKE TO SAFETY TO THE WEST COAST AND WAS PICKED UP BY TIMOTHY TAYLOR AT A SERVICE STATION. HE MAINTAINS HE DROPPED HER OFF AT A LAYBY. THE POLICE SAY HE MURDERED HER, THOUGH NO BLOOD WAS EVER FOUND IN HIS CAR. LISA'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A STREAM WITH A 104KG BOULDER ON TOP OF HER. IT TOOK TWO OFFICERS TO LIFT IT OFF. HOW COULD HAVE TAYLOR DONE THIS ON HIS OWN? THREE YEARS AGO, I FIRST MET BRIDGET MCMENAMIN, A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO WORKED ON THE LISA BLAKIE CASE. SHE CAME FORWARD TO OUR PROGRAMME SAYING THE POLICE IGNORED KEY EVIDENCE TO MAKE THEIR THEORY FIT THAT TIMOTHY TAYLOR WAS THE MURDERER. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THAT CASE WORKED DAMN HARD, BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THAT CASE DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GET AN ARREST, AND TAYLOR WAS GOING TO BE THE EASIEST PERSON TO ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF LISA BLAKIE. BRIDGET IS CONVINCED THERE'S ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT HOLDS THE KEY ` A WHITE BEDFORD VAN SEEN BY 10 PEOPLE IN THE AREA. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE WHITE BEDFORD VAN AND LISA BLAKIE? THE LINK IS, THE PEOPLE SHE WAS ON THE RUN FROM... THE DEVIL'S HENCHMEN. ...IN TIMARU HAD A WHITE BEDFORD VAN. THE DEFENCE NEVER KNEW ABOUT THAT VAN DURING THE TRIAL, AND THE VAN WAS NEVER SEARCHED BY POLICE. THEY SENT SOMEONE DOWN TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. HE WENT DOWN AND SPOKE TO THE REGISTERED DEVIL'S HENCHMEN OWNER WHO TOLD HIM NO, IT HASN'T BEEN USED SINCE CHRISTMAS, AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS HE DID. TIMOTHY TAYLOR DID KNOW SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE DEVILS HENCHMAN GANG. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SPECULATED HE KNEW MORE THAN HE TOLD POLICE AND MAY HAVE BEEN COVERING UP FOR THE REAL KILLERS. FINALLY, AFTER 14 YEARS IN PRISON, TIMOTHY TAYLOR MET LISA'S FATHER DOUG IN JAIL AND ADMITTED HE SAW THE WHITE BEDFORD VAN THAT DAY, AND HE NAMED THE THREE PEOPLE INSIDE. < AND HE'S NEVER NAMED THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE NOW? NO, HE'S NEVER NAMED THOSE PEOPLE. HE DID FEAR FOR HIS OWN LIFE AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE THREE PEOPLE HE NAMED? TWO OF THE PERSONS WERE WELL KNOWN TO US, THE POLICE, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE OPERATION. THEY WERE A BOYFRIEND SHE WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP WITH AND WAS VERY SCARED OF AND HIS BEST FRIEND, WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ONE OF HER BOSSES. BUT THE THIRD PERSON NEVER WAS. THIS GUY GOT MISSED ` DID HE GET MISSED BY ACCIDENT OR DID HE DO A RUNNER? IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME BY THE OTHER GANG MEMBERS HE DID A RUNNER. HE WAS SCARED ABOUT BEING` THAT DNA BEING LINKED TO HIM. < SO OTHER GANG MEMBERS TOLD YOU... YES. ...AS SOON AS THE POLICE STARTED INVESTIGATING THIS CASE, HE SKIPPED THE COUNTRY? APPARENTLY, WHEN THEY CAME TO ONE OF THE HOUSES WHERE THEY WERE TAKING DNA FROM, HE JUMPED OUT THE BACK WINDOW AND WAS LAST HEARD TAKING OFF TO AUSTRALIA. WHY THAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT IS THAT A PUBIC HAIR WAS FOUND ON LISA BLAKIE'S BODY. IT WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED. TIMOTHY TAYLOR'S LAWYER PIP HALL. < THERE WAS AN UNIDENTIFIED HAIR FOUND ON LISA BLAKIE'S BODY? YES. AND IT HAPPENS TO BE A SIMILAR COLOURING TO THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER DNA TESTED. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAIR COLOUR HE IS. STRAWBERRY BLONDE. MM. IT... SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE EVIDENCE GIVEN AT THE TRIAL. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE THE POLICE DONE WITH THIS NEW INFORMATION? WELL, I KNOW INFORMATION WAS HANDED ON TO POLICE, AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO FOLLOW IT UP. < DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? WELL, IT DOES IN A WAY, BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY BELIEVE THAT MR TAYLOR WAS RIGHTLY CONVICTED, UM, THERE IS MORE THAN A SUGGESTION THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED, AND THEY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING THAT. WE'VE COME TO QUEENSLAND TO TRY TO FIND A SUSPECT BRIDGET MCMENAMIN SAYS WAS OVERLOOKED DURING THE ORIGINAL LISA BLAKIE INVESTIGATION. THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER ALWAYS THOUGHT THE POLICE LOCKED UP THE WRONG MAN WHEN THEY CONVICTED TIMOTHY TAYLOR. SHE BELIEVES THE NEW SUSPECT MUST BE FOLLOWED UP AND DNA TESTED. SO, BRIDGET, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS GUY HAS LIVED IN AUSTRALIA FOR? OH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE'S NOT BEEN HERE SOON AFTER LISA WAS MURDERED, AND, UM, DNA WAS STARTING TO BE COLLECTED. WE KNOW HE TOOK OFF FROM THE COUNTRY. THAT IS WHAT THE GANG MEMBERS HAVE TOLD YOU? THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME ` HE DID A RUNNER AND WENT TO AUSTRALIA, AND WE STARTED LOOKING, AND HERE HE IS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE DNA TESTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION, EXCEPT THE POLICE MISSED THIS MAN. HE HAPPENS TO HAVE THE SAME COLOURED HAIR AS AN UNIDENTIFIED HAIR THAT WAS FOUND ON LISA BLAKIE'S BODY. HE'S BEEN WORKING AT THIS MEAT WORKS IN QUEENSLAND. OH. YES. IS HE IN TOWN, DO YOU KNOW? SO THEY TOLD US HE WAS NOT AT WORK AND WOULD BE BACK LATER IN THE WEEK, BUT WE WOULD DISCOVER THE MAN, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, HAD PACKED UP AND LEFT TOWN THE DAY BEFORE WE ARRIVED. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JUST BEEN TO AUSTRALIA TO TRY AND TRACK DOWN THIS NEW SUSPECT. WE RANG HIS WORK ON FRIDAY. BY MONDAY, HE WAS GONE. COINCIDENCE OR SOMETHING ELSE? YOU ARE ASKING ME TO SPECULATE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCES. < YOU THINK HE MAY HAVE HEARD WE WERE COMING? WELL, IT LOOKS THAT WAY, DOESN'T IT? LIKE THE DEFENCE LAWYER HE IS, PIP HALL THEN TURNED THE TABLES AND QUESTIONED ME. WAS IT YOUR INTENTION TO ASK HIM FOR A CONSENT SAMPLE? < OF COURSE. HMM. COULD HE HAVE KNOW THAT WAS YOUR INTENTION? PERHAPS, YES. WELL. MORE DISQUIET. AND DISQUIET TOO FOR BRIDGET MCMENAMIN. GIDDAY, HOW YOU GOING? HI, HOW YOU GOING? SHE HAD TO BREAK THE NEWS OF THE APPARENT DISAPPEARANCE TO LISA'S FATHER, DOUG. WE KNOW HE'S THERE; WE KNOW HE'S BEEN WORKING THERE. AND NOW WE'RE A BIT SUSPICIOUS WHY HE DOESN'T WANT TO... YEAH, HE'S DONE A RUNNER OR WHATEVER, YEAH, OR MOVED ON. THE PLOT THICKENS IN SOME WAYS, DOESN'T IT? IT DOES, IT DOES. MM. IF ONLY THEY HAD LOOKED AT THE PEOPLE IN THAT BEDFORD,... MM. ...SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME,... YEAH, YEAH. YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, THE CASE. YOU'VE, UM, DONE A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK ON IT. UM, WHAT` WHAT DRIVES YOU? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS REALLY THE TRUTH BEHIND LISA'S MURDER? I` I` LOOK, AND I HOPE THIS DOESN'T UPSET YOU, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN I FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, I SHUT MY EYES, AND I THINK OF THE LAST MOMENTS OF HER LIFE AND HOW DAMNED SCARED SHE WAS, AND NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH. NO. AND IT WAS SO IN YOUR FACE OTHER PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED, THAT BEDFORD WAS INVOLVED, YOU KNOW. YOU JOIN THE POLICE TO WANT TO GET THE BAD GUY. DOUG BLAKIE HANDED THE POLICE THE NEW SUSPECT'S NAME SIX MONTHS AGO, AND THEY PROMISED TO REQUEST A DNA SAMPLE. THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. WE ASKED THE POLICE WHY; THEY REPLIED THEIR ENQUIRIES ARE ONGOING. DOUG SAYS FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S SAKE, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S VERY VERY DIFFICULT BELIEVING IN YOUR HEART THAT THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE WALKING THE STREETS THAT ARE INVOLVED. < SO FOR YOU, DOUG, YOU WANT THE POLICE TO FOLLOW UP THIS LEAD SO YOU CAN REST EASY KNOWING EVERYTHING IN THIS CASE WAS DONE? THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH, PARTICULARLY THE DNA FOR THAT HAIR. SO THEY SHOULD GET TO AUSTRALIA AND DNA THIS MAN? YEP. FIND HIM AND GET THE DNA OFF HIM. WELL, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY DO TAKE UP LISA'S DAD'S REQUEST. IN THE MEANTIME, THE PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECT, WHICH INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE, IS THINKING OF STARTING ITS OWN ENQUIRIES. OK, NEXT UP, PHIL VINE GETS SOME BAD NEWS ` SOME SERIOUSLY BAD NEWS AND DECIDES IT'S TIME TO TAKE STOCK OF HIS LIFE. SO HERE I AM ` THE WINE-GUZZLING, BEER-SWILLING CHOCOHOLIC JOURNO FROM HELL IT'S THE NEWS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ` YOU'VE GOT CANCER. AND WHEN OUR REPORTER, PHIL VINE, GOT THAT CALL, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, HE WENT INTO SHOCK. BUT UNLIKE MOST OTHERS, HE DECIDED TO RECORD HIS FEELINGS AND TELL THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. TRAIN RATTLES, HISSES SOMBRE GUITAR MUSIC I LOVE THE IDEA OF COINCIDENCE, SERENDIPITY, A CHANCE MEETING, SURPRISE CONNECTION. I SEE THEM AS SIGNS THAT I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THOUGH NOT EVERY COINCIDENCE IS A HAPPY ONE. IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, I WAS REPORTING ON A STORY ABOUT A GUY WHO WAS DYING OF LYMPHOMA. KIRK DAKERS, A 29-YEAR-OLD PILOT FROM NELSON, HAD ASKED ALL HIS MATES TO FIJI FOR ONE LAST HURRAH. SPLASH! LAUGHTER YOU CAN BE SICK AND UNHAPPY OR YOU CAN BE SICK AND HAPPY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, HUMBLING, GRUELLING ` ESPECIALLY THE FINAL FAREWELL. THAT'S FOR YOUR, UM, BEACH, EH. YOU'RE WELCOME, MAN. YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO US, MAN. I DON'T KNOW IF I KNEW ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS LIKE YOU HAVE, MAN. IT'S BEEN... IMPRESSIVE. KIRK BREATHES HEAVILY VOICE BREAKS: A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, MAN. TEARFULLY: THANKS FOR BEING SUCH GOOD MATES TO ME, EH. I LOVE YOU GUYS. WEEKS LATER, HE WAS DEAD. WAVES CRASH SO IT WAS SOMETHING OF A SHOCK TO DISCOVER 18 MONTHS LATER THAT I HAD EXACTLY THE SAME DISEASE AS KIRK. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S CONTAGIOUS OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST ROTTEN LUCK, SOMETHING THAT WE JOURNALISTS LIKE TO CALL A TWIST OF FATE OR BITTER IRONY. CANCER HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DREADED WORDS IN THE MODERN DICTIONARY. BUT LYMPHOMA, IT SOUNDS QUITE CUTE, LIKE A NAME YOU MIGHT GIVE A LOVEABLE DOG. COME ON, LYMPHY! COME ON! BECAUSE ITS SUCH A FRIENDLY SOUNDING CANCER,... (LAUGHS) ...LYMPHOMA, I'VE COME TO IMAGINE IT AS A KIND OF A LABRADOR. A LABRADOR? YEAH. THAT'S GOING TO BITE YOU ON THE BOTTOM ONE DAY. NOT IF I CAN HELP IT. COME ON IN, PHIL. OK, COOL. THAT'S MY HAEMATOLOGIST, ROSS. LOVELY GUY. HOPEFULLY, HE'S GOING TO HELP ME TEACH THAT LABRADOR SOME MANNERS. SO, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU. YEAH, YEAH. AND HOW'S THINGS? OH, PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY WELL, ACTUALLY. FRIGHTENINGLY WELL. (LAUGHS) OK. 'THAT'S ONE OF THE WEIRDEST THINGS ` 'I'VE GOT CANCER, BUT PHYSICALLY I FEEL FINE. 'I'M TOLD ITS SLOWLY TRYING TO KILL ME, 'BUT DOING THIS STORY, I MAY DIE FROM SHAME FIRST.' OK. JUST LOOSEN YOUR TROUSERS. LET ME JUST HAVE A LITTLE FEEL AROUND YOUR TUM. AND THE WOUND DOWN THERE HAS HEALED WELL? YEAH, IT'S ALL GOOD. WE'LL HAVE TO CENSOR THIS BIT! YEAH, A LITTLE BIT OF FIRMNESS THERE. YOU'RE A BIT SWEATY? OH, I'M JUST DEEPLY EMBARRASSED THAT YOU'RE PULLING MY TROUSERS DOWN, AND ARTHUR'S FILMING ME. (LAUGHS) SO WHY AM I DOING THIS AGAIN? I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS DISEASE. LYMPHOMA IS A CANCER OF CELLS CALLED LYMPHOCYTES. THEY TEAR AROUND THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, DOING GOOD, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DEVELOP A BAD ATTITUDE, ORGANISE A TEXT PARTY IN ONE OF YOUR LYMPH NODES AND MULTIPLY. INSTEAD OF THAT CELL SITTING THERE MINDING ITS OWN BUSINESS, IT BECOMES TWO AND THEN IT BECOMES FOUR, THEN EIGHT AND 16 AND 32, ETC, AND SLOWLY WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND IN SIZE. SO WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN LYMPHOMA IS THAT PATIENTS MAY PRESENT WITH A PAINLESS ENLARGED LYMPH GLAND, AND TYPICALLY A MAN MIGHT BE SHAVING AND FIND SOMETHING IN THE NECK OR SOMETHING IN THE GROIN. I LOCATED MY LABRADOR IN THE SHOWER ON SEPTEMBER 15, REMEMBERING IMMEDIATELY KIRK'S WARNING ` IF YOU FIND A PAINLESS LUMP IN YOUR NECK OR ARMPIT OR GROIN, GET IT CHECKED OUT. HE LEFT IT TOO LATE. THAT SAME DAY, I WENT TO MY GP. MONDAY A SURGEON TOOK A BIOPSY; FRIDAY I GOT THE CALL. YS, IT WAS ALI THE SURGEON. SHE TOLD ME IT IS LIKELY TO BE FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA. I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ELSE. I WAS TRYING DESPERATELY TO UNPLUG, DISCONNECT. I COULDN'T BE WITH MY FAMILY, AND STRUGGLED TO GET AWAY, AWAY FROM THE NEWS, FROM MYSELF, FAILING. PEOPLE ARE SCARED, BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED OF THE UNKNOWN. THEY'RE NOT SURE, WELL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME? FOR MY LIFE? WHERE IS MY LIFE GONNA GO NOW? AND HOW MUCH OF IT DO I HAVE LEFT? I GOOGLED LIKE A MADMAN ` ANYTHING, EVERYTHING ABOUT LYMPHOMA. APPARENTLY, I HAD A LAZY HOUND; A SLOW-GROWING LOW-GRADE LYMPHOMA. THAT HAD TO BE GOOD, RIGHT? WELL... THE HIGHER GRADE LYMPHOMAS RESPOND WELL TO TREATMENT. IRONICALLY, THE LOWER GRADE LYMPHOMAS ` WHICH YOU'VE GOT, PHIL ` DO GO INTO REMISSION BUT WILL OFTEN RELAPSE AND NEED RETREATMENT. THERE WAS A 20% CHANCE, I DISCOVERED, OF A KIND OF CURE, BUT ONLY IF I CAUGHT IT EARLY ENOUGH ` AND THERE WERE NO OTHER SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES IN ANY PARTS OF MY BODY. I HAD BLOOD TESTS, BONE MARROW SAMPLES ` NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED ` AND CT SCANS, RADIOACTIVE GLUCOSE IN MY VEINS. FOR ALL I KNEW, I COULD BE RIDDLED WITH THE STUFF. # WELL, MY EYES ARE ONLY FOR DREAMING, # SO YOU TOOK MY HAND. WAITING FOR RESULTS WAS AGONISING. I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, SO I LAUNCHED INTO A RADICAL NEW DIET. SO HERE I AM, THE WINE-AND-BEER-SWILLING, CHOCOHOLIC JOURNO FROM HELL, MAKING KALE CHIPS IN MY DEHYDRATOR. # AND THE WORDS THAT SUNK DOWN BUILT A CHAPEL... NOT CHARDONNAY BUT ORGANIC CRANBERRY JUICE AND POMEGRANATE. BUT, HEY, I LOST 10 KILOS. AND SINCE THEY'RE SCRAPPING OUR PROGRAMME, MAYBE I COULD SELL THE IDEA ` THE LYMPHOMA DIET. # BRIGHT SOUL TO BLIND. # BRIGHT SOUL TO BLIND ME. # HEAVY VIOLIN MUSIC AND FINALLY, THE RESULTS ARE IN. ANY ORGANS WHICH ARE ACTIVELY USING GLUCOSE LIGHT UP, AND SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR BRAIN LIGHTS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. ITS WORKING. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. (CHUCKLES) UH, YOU CAN SEE ORGANS LIKE YOUR LIVER HERE. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF HOTNESS DOWN THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR LYMPH GLAND WAS. SO THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION ` DOES MY LABRADOR HAVE ANY OTHER SHAGGY FRIENDS? NOW, THE PET SCAN'S COME BACK AND SHOWN NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF DISEASE. WHICH IS GREAT NEWS. WHICH IS GOOD NEWS, OK, SO LOOKING LIKE STAGE ONE DISEASE. I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, STAGE ONE? SO, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL FROM ALL THE TEST YOU'VE HAD, IT'S JUST LOCALISED TO THE GROIN. AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL. A BLAST OF RADIATION, AND I COULD BE IN THE CLEAR, THOUGH I CAN'T ALLOW MYSELF TO RELAX.. ONCE YOU GRAB HOLD OF YOUR MORTALITY, IT'S HARD TO LET GO. I'M VERY COY ABOUT CALLING ANYTHING A CURE. I'D SAY WE AIM FOR LONG-TERM REMISSION, NEVER COMES BACK, BUT, YEAH, I DON'T USE THE WORD CURE. IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL BE COMING BACK HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS YET. WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE DELIVERING ME GOOD NEWS. WELL, I HOPE I AM, PHIL. I HOPE I AM. YEP, YEP. THAT GOOD NEWS IS LARGELY DOWN TO KIRK; HIS ADVICE PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE. I FEEL COMPELLED TO PASS IT ON. GOT A LUMP, GUYS? GET IT CHECKED. I'D REITERATE THAT MESSAGE A THOUSAND-FOLD. I THINK MEN TEND TO BE MACHO ABOUT THESE THINGS ` 'OH, A BIT OF A LUMP, I WON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.' A GUYS ARE HERE, THEY'VE COME TO ME, BECAUSE THEIR WOMEN HAVE DRAGGED THEM OFF TO THE GP TO GET THEM CHECKED OUT. BUT I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, PHIL. I THINK IF YOU GET ANY STRANGE LUMPS COMING UP, GET YOUR GP TO CHECK IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL TO GET IT CHECKED. SO, I RAISE A GLASS OF POMEGRANATE JUICE TO YOU, KIRK DAKERS. NOT FOR YOUR BRAVERY ` BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND NOW YOU HAD NO CHOICE IN THAT ` BUT YOUR GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT. THANKS, MY FRIEND, FOR THE HEADS-UP. OK, SO 800 NZERS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LYMPHOMA EVERY YEAR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DISEASE AND ITS SYMPTOMS, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT THE LINK. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S US FOR THIS WEEK. I'M HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH NEWSWORTHY, AND 3D WILL BE BACK FOR A FINAL HURRAH NEXT MONDAY. IN THE MEANTIME, THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. CAPTIONS BY ALANA CRUIKSHANK WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015