Mike. TONIGHT ` YOU ACTUALLY END UP FEELING LIKE YOU'RE NOTHING. THEY'VE FOUND A SAFE PLACE AT THE WOMEN'S REFUGE,... LOOK AT ME! ...BUT WHAT IF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE DIDN'T EXIST ANY MORE? WOMEN REMAIN IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR. PLUS ` YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUNG DALLAS STORER? UM, JUST A... TYPICAL DICKHEAD. SO DALLAS MUST HAVE REALLY WORKED SOME MAGIC, THEN. THEY THINK HE IS SUPERMAN. ALSO TONIGHT ` TODAY, WE'RE ON THE KAPITI COAST TO MEET A LONG-LIFER WHO, WHEN IT COMES TO THREE DIGITS, TAKES THINGS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. SHOULD BE FUN. AND TO A SLIGHTLY YOUNGER GENERATION. # WE ARE STRONG # WE ARE BOLD # REMEMBER THESE GIRLS' FACES, BECAUSE THEY'RE STARS IN THE MAKING. I'M HANNAH! I'M ELLA! AND WE'RE OUT! Good promo, the jazz hands. What a night for you. What a day it has been. There was the cocktail party of the year. It was the talk of the year. T Street has been with on TV NZ for 10 years. I started at 22. The funny thing about it is you have been here way longer. You keep ducking in and out. More on that later on. EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ACROSS NZ DECIDE TO MAKE A VERY BRAVE MOVE, LEAVING THEIR VIOLENT PARTNERS TO STAY AT A WOMEN'S REFUGE SAFEHOUSE. WE KNOW NZ HAS THE WORST RATE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD, SO YOU'D THINK THEY'D BE POURING CASH INTO SERVICES LIKE THE REFUGE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. A LACK OF FUNDING MEANS THEY'RE HAVING TO TURN VULNERABLE WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN AWAY. KRISTIN HALL WITH THE STORY. WOMAN: YOU ACTUALLY END UP FEELING LIKE YOU'RE NOTHING. FOR FOUR YEARS, MARIA ASHWORTH WAS ABUSED BY THE FATHER OF HER YOUNG SON. YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE A CHILD. YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. HER FORMER PARTNER CONTROLLED WHERE SHE WENT AND WHO SHE SAW. HE SAID THAT I DARE NOT GO TO COURT OR GO TO POLICE BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'D NEVER SEE MY SON AGAIN. IT WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE, BUT THE PHYSICAL THREAT WAS ALWAYS THERE. HE'S JUST WENT OFF AT ME FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, AND IF I TRIED TO GET UP AND MOVE, HE WOULD HIT NEAR ME. SO IT WAS ALWAYS AROUND ME. LOOK AT ME! IT CONTINUED UNTIL A POLICE OFFICER TOLD MARIA TO GO TO WOMEN'S REFUGE. IT CHANGED HER LIFE. IT'S VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, 'WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST GOT UP AND WALKED OUT'. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. AND SO FOR REFUGE, THEY UNDERSTAND YOU. BUT THE SERVICE THAT SAVED MARIA AND HER SON IS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC FUNDING THEY GET ISN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT WOMEN REMAIN IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR. IN HASTINGS, THEY'VE HAD TO CUT BACK ON SERVICES AND COSTS, LOSING THREE STAFF IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE. IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXERCISE AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT AGAIN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, OUR FUNDING DICTATES THAT IT HAD TO HAPPEN. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD AN INCREASE IN FUNDING? I CAN'T REMEMBER. WE'VE LOST YEAR ON YEAR. AND IN FACT, IN 2009 WE GOT $36,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE GOT IN 2015. IT'S NOT OK TO CONTROL YOUR PARTNER WITH THREATS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PUSHING THE 'IT'S NOT OK' AD CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. IT'S HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT, BUT FOR THOSE SEEKING HELP, THERE'S OFTEN NOWHERE TO GO. WOMEN'S REFUGE SAFEHOUSES SERVE AS A TEMPORARY HOME FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AWAY FROM ABUSIVE PARTNERS. THIS ONE, LIKE MANY OTHERS, IS FULL UP. THIS WEEKEND JUST GONE, THREE FAMILIES FROM HASTINGS WERE TURNED AWAY, AND TWO FROM NAPIER. AND AS THE HOUSING CRISIS SPREADS BEYOND AUCKLAND, IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR WOMEN TO MOVE ON. WE'VE GOT A MUM HERE AT THE MOMENT WHO'S GOT THREE OR FOUR CHILDREN. SHE'S LOOKED AT 11 HOUSES THE LAST FEW WEEKS. AND AT THOSE 11 HOUSES, OF COURSE, THERE'S 12 OTHER PEOPLE TURNING UP TO HAVE A LOOK. AND AS A LANDLORD IT MAKES PURE BUSINESS SENSE TO GET THE NICE YOUNG WORKING COUPLE WITH THE BUDGIE RATHER THAN THE WOMAN WHO CAME OUT OF A WOMEN'S REFUGE WITH THREE OR FOUR CHILDREN. AT THE REFUGE SAFEHOUSES, THERE'S NO MONEY TO PAY FOR A CLEANER. JULIE AND HER TEAM DO THAT AND THE MAINTENANCE WORK THEMSELVES. THEY FUNDRAISE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH. WE WILL BREAK. WE WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOUR YEARS SINCE MARIA AND HER SON SOUGHT HELP FROM WOMEN'S REFUGE. WHAT SITUATION WOULD YOU BE IN NOW IF YOU'D NEVER GONE TO REFUGE? > I THINK I WOULD PROBABLY... NEVER HAVE GOT OUT. MARIA'S SINCE GONE ON TO TRAIN AS A THERAPIST; SHE'S NOW HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. ON HER WRISTS ARE THE WORDS 'HOPES AND DREAMS', SOMETHING SHE WANTS FOR ALL WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN ABUSED. JULIE WANTS THE SAME THING, BUT IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO PROVIDE. IS THIS THE WORST IT'S EVER BEEN? IS IT THE WORST I'VE SEEN IT AND NOT FELT THAT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? THAT'S WHAT IM STARTING TO FEEL CURRENTLY. AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO FIND THAT LIGHT. I think CYFs is going through a restructure. The government is reassessing the family violence situation. The New Zealand Herald has done a story about this. NOW, IF KRISTIN'S STORY RAISED ANY ISSUES FOR YOU AND YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WOMEN'S REFUGE, THE NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN NOW. WE ALL KNOW THERE'S NO 'I' IN TEAM, RIGHT, MIKE? HE THINKS IT'S ABOUT THE TEAM, BUT IT ISN'T, REALLY. IT'S ABOUT DALLAS. BUT WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN DALLAS' CASE. I THINK IT BLOWS PEOPLE AWAY WHEN THEY SEE WHAT ONE MAN CAN ACHIEVE. THE UKULELE SOUNDS A LOT MORE CHEERFUL, AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO PLAY. THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS APPROPRIATE TO PULL THE OLD UKULELE OUT. 'WHAT? IT'S A PLANE. BOTH CHUCKLE 'WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS ON THE PLANE?' PLUS ` WE BATTLED TO KEEP THEM AS KIWIS. BUT HAVE THE KOI BOYS DONE ENOUGH TO STAY ON THE VOICE AUSTRALIA FOR ANOTHER WEEK? # DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST WATCH # WHOO! # HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! COME ON! # UPTOWN FUNK YOU UP # UPTOWN FUNK YOU UP # KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY # WHEN TO RUN don't sing it. (sings) who doesn't love that song? Imagine Irene van Dyk? I wouldn't mind sitting down and just... I will pick a song you don't like tomorrow. IN MANY WAYS, THE SUBJECT OF OUR NEXT STORY WAS YOUR QUINTESSENTIAL 1980's YOUNG KIWI MALE. DALLAS STORER LIKED HIS RUGBY, HE LIKED HIS BEER AND HE LIKED TO DRIVE FAST ` THE LAST TWO, NOT A GREAT MIX. DALLAS IS ACTUALLY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE TO TELL HIS STORY ABOUT HOW HE CHANGED HIS LIFE AND HIS COMMUNITY. HADYN JONES WENT TO KAITANGATA, NEAR INVERCARGILL, TO MEET HIM. THERE ARE 762 PEOPLE IN KAITANGITA. THEY'RE VASTLY OUTNUMBERED BY COWS. IT'S THE SORT OF PLACE WHERE IF YOU NEED SOMETHING DONE, YOU DO IT YOURSELF. SO WHEN THEY NEEDED A HAND MAKING A BMX TRACK, THEY SENT IN THE CUTE KIDS. THAT WAS A SMART PLAY. WHEN I SAW THE ENTHUSIASM, WHO COULD SAY NO? THAT'S MURRAY NYHONS. THEY SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE. YOU SEE, MURRAY OWNS TRUCKS, AND THE MINE HAD GRAVEL. HE SAID YES AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO. DALLAS STORER PUT THE KIDS UP TO IT, BECAUSE JUST A SHORT WHEEL DOWN THE ROAD FROM HIS HOUSE WAS SOME COUNCIL LAND, UNUSED. DALLAS COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL IN IT AND HE HAD THE TIME. SO HE GOT STARTED. I'LL JUST GO DOWN THERE AND PLUG AWAY ON MY OWN AND DO WHAT I CAN. YES, DALLAS AND HIS CHAIR AND HIS ONE GOOD ARM STARTED BUILDING A BMX TRACK. I HAVEN'T REALLY STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT WHY I DO IT. I JUST DO IT BECAUSE I CAN. THE LOCALS WERE STUNNED. SOME DAYS I SEE DALLAS IN HIS WHEELCHAIR WITH A SPADE OR SHOVEL WORKING AWAY, AND YOU THINK, 'SHIT, THAT MAN NEEDS A HAND,' SO WHEN HE ASKS FOR HELP, YOU GIVE HIM HELP. DALLAS STORER, THOUGH, WASN'T ALWAYS THE TOWN'S FAVOURITE SON. < SO TELL US ABOUT THE YOUNG DALLAS STORER. UM, JUST A TYPICAL DICKHEAD. AS A YOUTH, HE LIKED RUGBY, DRINKING BEER AND DRIVING FAST. THE TRANSPORT YARD WAS AT THE END OF THE STREET ON THE CORNER. HE USED TO GO ROUND THERE ON TWO WHEELS, AND USED TO HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE OLD... MOTORBIKES AND GOING FAST AND DOING WHEELIES. ALL THE WRONG STUFF. NOT SURPRISINGLY, DALLAS STARTED CRASHING. I STOPPED AT END OF KAI STRAIGHT ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY WHEN I SHOULDN'T OF. WELL, RUN INTO A CAR. ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT, I DID THE SUPERMAN OVER THE BONNET THING. HIS THIRD CRASH WAS HIS LAST. DRIVING WHEN I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, PISSED. WELL, I'D BEEN DRINKING, FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. DALLAS HAD SIX MONTHS IN BURWOOD SPINAL UNIT AND RETURNED TO KAITANGITA. IT TOOK HIM A FEW YEARS, BUT HE DROPPED THE BOOZE, GOT MARRIED, GOT A MORTGAGE AND GOT A PURPOSE. AND SOME PEOPLE SHOULDN'T DRINK. IT'S THAT PLAIN. I WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE. DALLAS DIDN'T JUST STOP AT A BMX TRACK ` HE GOT THE WHOLE TOWN INVOLVED, FARMERS HELPED TOO, THE LOCAL PROMOTIONS GROUP GOT SOME FUNDING. NOW THEY HAVE A BMX TRACK, A JUMP PARK AND A SKATE PARK. KIDS LOVE IT. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE PART? I GO DOWN BIG HILLS. DALLAS STORER SAYS THIS IS JUST A WORK IN PROGRESS ` HE'S GOT GREATER PLANS, MORE FAVOURS TO CALL IN. YOU SEE HIS NAME COME UP ON YOUR PHONE AND YOU THINK, 'OH SHIT, DALLAS.' LAUGHTER YOU KNOW. BUT HE'LL TEXT YOU THE NEXT DAY AND YOU THINK, 'OH, BETTER ORGANIZE SOMETHING.' DALLAS THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY. HE'S WRONG. HE THINKS IT'S ABOUT THE TEAM, BUT IT ISN'T REALLY ` IT'S ABOUT DALLAS. HE'LL CRINGE WHEN HE SEES THIS, BUT HIS TOWN IS REALLY PROUD OF HIM. I THINK IT BLOWS PEOPLE AWAY WHEN YOU SEE WHAT ONE MAN CAN ACHIEVE. HE'S MADE SO MUCH OUT OF HIS LIFE. POIGNANT MUSIC SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH KAITANGITA, DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR THE MAN IN HIS WHEELCHAIR WORKING ALONE. IT'S JUST THE WAY HE LIKES IT. I KNOW WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE. I JUST DON'T LIKE BLOWING ME OWN TRUMPET. Giving back is important. Talking about pathways of lives ` a new show is on tonight. They bring them back from overseas and test them ` guess what percentage of people are criminals?These are lives from 72, 1973. 25%. 12% is serious crime. Wow. An amazing program. KIDS TODAY ` THEY'RE ALWAYS ON THEIR PHONES, AND IT SEEMS EVERYTHING'S SERVED UP TO THEM ON A PLATE. NOW, THERE'S NOTHING NEW IN THAT. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT ALL BEFORE. BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO PROVE IT WRONG. ELLA AND HANNAH FROM ELLERSLIE PRIMARY IN AUCKLAND HAVE JUST WRITTEN A PRIZE-WINNING SONG TO WRAP UP NZ MUSIC MONTH. AND IT TURNS OUT THE TUNE'S AS CATCHY AS A COLD, AS TIM WILSON FOUND OUT. # RIVERS HURLING THROUGH THE LAND... # ELLERSLIE SCHOOL STUDENTS HANNAH AND ELLA ARE MORE THAN BEST MATES. WE'RE LIKE SISTERS NOW. AND JUST HAVING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY IS REALLY NICE. AND WE DON'T FIGHT A LOT, LIKE, NEVER. THEY HAVE A SISTER SIGN-OFF. I'M HANNAH! I'M ELLA! AND WE'RE OUT! THEY MORE THAN JUST PREFER UKULELES TO GUITARS. THE UKULELE SOUNDS A LOT MORE CHEERFUL, AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO PLAY. LOOK ` THE UKULELE DAB. DAB. HANNAH AND ELLA ARE ALSO PRIZE-WINNING SONGWRITERS, HAVING WON THE HOOK, LINE AND SINGALONG CONTEST WITH THE SONG 'WE ARE AOTEAROA'. # WE ARE AOTEAROA. # I GET A CALL FROM ELLA SAYING THAT WE WON, AND I WAS, LIKE, JUMPING ON THE TRAMP, DOING FLIPS. I WAS ECSTATIC. THE TUNE CAME TO THEM ON A FLIGHT TO A UKULELE EVENT IN NEW PLYMOUTH. WE SUNG ON THE PLANE. WE HAD OUR UKULELES AND STUFF. AND EVERYONE AROUND US` SOME PEOPLE WERE LIKE, 'OH, GUYS, THAT SOUNDS AMAZING,' AND SOME JUST GAVE US LOOKS LIKE, 'WHAT? IT'S A PLANE.' (CHUCKLES) PART OF THE PRIZE ` RECORDING AT A REAL STUDIO WITH A REAL MUSICIAN MENTOR. VERY TALENTED, INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, ARTICULATE, BRIGHT, HAPPY SPARKS. THE OTHER PART ` HAVING THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL KIDS SING THEIR SONG UP AND DOWN NZ, INCLUDING THE ALMOST-600 VOICES OF WAITAKIRI PRIMARY IN CHRISTCHURCH. CHILDREN SING AND PLAY UKULELE WHEN YOU SEE VIDEOS OF OTHER SCHOOLS ALL OVER NZ SINGING IT, IT'S JUST, LIKE... (GASPS) BOTH LAUGH A SWEET DITTY BY TWO SWEET FRIENDS WHO'VE BECOME SISTERS THROUGH MUSIC. I'M HANNAH. I'M ELLA. I'M TIM. AND WE'RE OUT! # WE ARE AOTEAROA. # It is a music month they will never forget. NOW MICHAEL HOLLAND HAS EARNT HIMSELF A BIT OF A REPUTATION ON THIS SHOW. NOW, SUPPOSING BECAUSE OF SOME STRATEGIC GREY SPLOTCHES UP HERE, I'VE BECOME THE SUPER GOLD CARD SENIOR CITIZEN REPORTER. WELL, THAT ISN'T ALL THAT BAD ` IT THROWS UP SOME REALLY SWEET CHARACTERS. VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. OH, HELLO, IT'S YOU! HELLO! # STOP, # WAIT A MINUTE, # FILL MY CUP, PUT SOME LIQUOR IN IT. # DID OUR KOI BOYS MANAGE TO DO US PROUD ONCE AGAIN? HEY! # HOLLYWOOD. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. # GON' SHOW UP, GON' SHOW OUT # SMOOTHER THAN A FRESH JAR O' SKIPPY # # DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST WATCH. # HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! # STOP ` WAIT A MINUTE. # FILL MY CUP, PUT SOME LIQUOR IN IT. # TAKE A SIP, SIGN A CHEQUE. # JULIO, GET THE STRETCH! UH! # RIDE TO HARLEM, HOLLYWOOD, There is a yes from me. If we could swirl our chairs, we would. THAT'S THE LATEST PERFORMANCE FROM OUR KOI BOYS ON THE VOICE AUSTRALIA LAST NIGHT. IT WAS THE BATTLE ROUND, SO THEY WERE GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH ANOTHER CONTESTANT, WITH THE LOSER GOING HOME. SO DID THE KOI BOYS LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY? UH, WE WOULD GO WITH THE KOI BOYS TONIGHT. I WOULD PICK THE KOI BOYS. THE PERSON I'M TAKING THROUGH... SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS, CROWD SHOUTS ...IS THE KOI BOYS. CROWD CHEERS CONGRATULATIONS, BOYS. YOU ARE THROUGH, STILL ON TEAM JESSIE. Surely we knew that was coming. It was great to see the drama. 10 years of delight. Do you realise you have been looking at this face for a decade? You started with your sports reporting and now you have hit the big time. They had a big party. Here is a lovely photo. Doesn't she look beautiful? That is Pete. He gets the night off tonight. Pete has been here for 62 years. Can you believe it? He is frozen in time. Pete has been here for 30 years and I had to chase him to get the photo. Speaking of old times ` IS IT UNFAIR TO DESCRIBE MICHAEL HOLLAND AS OUR SENIOR CITIZENS REPORTER? HE'S MET HIS SHARE OF GOLDEN OLDIES IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. THERE WAS MRS B, THE 97-YEAR-OLD HORSE TRAINER, AND ALSO PLAYING A ROUND OF GOLF WITH 100-YEAR-OLD REECE ROGERS. BUT TODAY WAS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY WITH A DELIGHT NAMED THELMA. CHEERFUL PIANO MUSIC IT'S A BIG, BIG DAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT ` JUST WHAT I NEED... FOR A VERY VERY SPECIAL YOUNG LADY. COME WITH ME. WHAT'S SHE LIKE? SHE'S GORGEOUS. SHE'S GORGEOUS. DO YOU THINK SHE WILL LIKE THESE? SHE WILL LOVE THEM. DID YOU GRAB THEM FROM OUT THE FRONT? BOTH CHUCKLE I'VE NEVER EVEN CONCEIVED THE POSSIBILITY OF MEETING A 105-YEAR-OLD. COME ON. (KNOCKS ON DOOR) OH, HELLO! IT'S YOU! AND HERE SHE IS, THE BIRTHDAY LADY OF THE MANOR. SHALL I GIVE YOU A KISS? FAVOURITE CHAIR, FAVOURITE PASTIME. YOU'RE THE REPORTER. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE THE FAMOUS MAN. WELL, NOT AS FAMOUS AS THAT OTHER ONE, BUT I'M NICER THAN HIM. WELL, I KNOW YOU ANYHOW. BUT BE IT HOLLAND OR HOSKING, WHEN IT COMES TO SMARTS, WE'RE BOTH SERIOUSLY LAGGING BEHIND THIS LIVE WIRE. 11 DOWN. A TRIPOD. THAT'S... THAT'S SOMETHING A CAMERA SITS ON. THAT'S RIGHT, SO IT IS ` A STAND. SPEAKING OF THOSE THINGS THAT TAKE PICTURES... THAT THERE, THELMA, IS A TELEVISION CAMERA. OH, RIGHT THERE, YEAH. OH, THERE. (CHUCKLES) IS HE GETTING ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION? I THINK HE MIGHT BE. (LAUGHS) THIS IS PLAIN HARD WORK. YES, BUT IT'S GOOD. WHY DON'T WE GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING A BIT MORE EXCITING? I AM AT YOUR SERVICE. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, I WILL BE A STARTER. BYE-BYE. WE HAVE TO BE BACK BY 3AM. OH! (CHUCKLES) 3AM? THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE WHOLE DAY AND WHOLE NIGHT AHEAD OF US. (LAUGHS) OK, I'M AT YOUR SERVICE. AND AT OUR SERVICE, THE KAPITI COAST'S RENOWNED COOK, RUTH PRETTY, COMPLETE WITH THE GOOD STUFF,... OH. OH, A BIT MORE. (LAUGHS) ....AND HIGH TEA. OH, THANK YOU. I WILL ENJOY IT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. AND AS THELMA ENTERTAINS AND AMUSES,... WE'RE ALL DRINKING, I HOPE? ...AN UNEXPECTED SOBERING MEMORY FROM HER CHILDHOOD ` WATCHING OUR BRAVE HEAD OFF TO THE GREAT WAR. MY MOTHER GAVE ME THE TEA TOWEL TO WAVE TO THE SOLDIERS AS THEY PASSED ALONG ON THE WAY TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR. MY MOTHER TOLD ME, 'NEVER FORGET THIS DAY,' # WE'LL MEET AGAIN. # DON'T KNOW WHERE... # SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. A WHOLE YEAR? WELL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN THE MEANTIME? (LAUGHS) # HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU # THANK YOU FOR A VERY LOVELY DAY. IT WAS OUR GREAT PLEASURE, THELMA. AND MINE TOO, I CAN ASSURE YOU. (CHUCKLES) I love that. Remember to fill her up SO YESTERDAY WE WERE DEBATING THE SAD DEATH OF HARAMBE THE GORILLA AFTER A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY FELL INTO THE ENCLOSURE. TODAY ANOTHER ANIMAL ` THIS TIME A CROCODILE THAT ATTACKED AND KILLED A KIWI WOMAN IN NORTH QUEENSLAND. WHAT I'VE FOUND SLIGHTLY DISTURBING WITH THE FALLOUT TODAY IS THE CONDEMNATION OF THE WOMAN THAT DIED JUST DAYS AFTER SHE WAS ATTACKED. EXPERTS HAVE SAID THERE WAS A HUGE RISK SWIMMING AT THORNTON BEACH LATE AT NIGHT, SO THAT WAS UNDOUBTEDLY A MISTAKE. BUT TO HEAR COMMENTS TODAY LIKE 'I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR HER' AND 'SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVED' IS PRETTY BRUTAL. I MEAN, HOW OFTEN HAVE WE ALL DONE SOMETHING A BIT RECKLESS? MAYBE THERE WAS A CLOSE CALL AND YOU'VE WALKED AWAY THINKING 'I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT AND I CERTAINLY WON'T BE DOING IT AGAIN'. I'M PRETTY SURE HER FAMILY KNOW IT WAS A WRONG MOVE. THEY DON'T NEED US WEIGHING IN LIKE RABID DOGS FOR EFFECT. ONE DAY WHEN TOBACCO IS A DISTANT MEMORY OR SOMETHING KIDS STUDY IN SCHOOL, WE CAN TAKE PRIDE THAT WE PLAYED A PRETTY DECENT PART IN ITS DEMISE. TODAY IT WAS PLAIN PACKS TO ADD TO THE TAX ATTACK IN LAST WEEK'S BUDGET. WE LOST OUR NERVE ON THE PLAIN PACKS, IF YOU REMEMBER, BY LETTING AUSTRALIA LEAD THE WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. BRITAIN PIGGYBACKED ON THEIR SUCCESS, BUT WE'VE FINALLY COME TO THE TABLE AND JOINED THE CRUSADE. I'M NOT CONVINCED PLAIN PACKS ARE ALL THAT EFFECTIVE. AFTER ALL, IN THE MAIN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ADDICTION, NOT AESTHETICS. TAX IS YOUR ANSWER. AND ON THAT, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SLIGHTLY SCEPTICAL ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE TAX HIKES ARE A REVENUE GRAB AS OPPOSED TO A GENUINE HEALTH MEASURE. BUT WHAT IS INDISPUTABLE IS WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE FOOT IS DOWN AND THE GOAL OF SMOKE FREE BY 2025 TODAY LOOKS MORE LIKELY THAN EVER. GOODNIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.