TONIGHT ` THE NASTIEST DEBATE IN U.S. ELECTION HISTORY. TRUMP PULLS OUT THE PERSONAL ATTACKS AND EVEN THREATENS TO PUT HILLARY IN JAIL. THE LAST MOMENTS OF A KIWI WOMAN'S LIFE ARE PLAYED TO A COURT AS A MURDER TRIAL BEGINS IN QUEENSLAND. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, THE HUGELY ANTICIPATED SECOND US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEBATE, DUBBED 'FIGHT NIGHT', HAS LIVED UP TO ITS BILLING. THE EXCHANGES WERE BRUTAL AND, IN DONALD TRUMP'S CORNER, DEEPLY PERSONAL, AS HE STRUGGLES TO GET HIS CAMPAIGN OFF THE ROPES. THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING TO SEE HIS RESPONSE AFTER HIS COMMENTS ABOUT GROPING AND ATTACKING WOMEN WENT PUBLIC. WHEN THE TRADITIONAL PRE-MATCH HANDSHAKE WAS REPLACED BY A STEELY GLARE, THE TONE WAS SET. < YOU BRAGGED THAT YOU SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WOMEN. < DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT AT ALL. I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT. THIS WAS LOCKER-ROOM TALK. I'M NOT PROUD OF IT. I APOLOGISED TO MY FAMILY. I APOLOGISED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. CERTAINLY I'M NOT PROUD OF IT, BUT THIS IS LOCKER-ROOM TALK. HE HAS SAID THAT THE VIDEO DOESN'T REPRESENT WHO HE IS. BUT I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO ANYONE WHO HEARD IT, THAT IT REPRESENTS EXACTLY WHO HE IS. IF YOU LOOK AT BILL CLINTON, FAR WORSE. MINE IS WORDS AND HIS WAS ACTION. WHAT HE'S DONE TO WOMEN, THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS IN THIS NATION THAT HAS BEEN SO ABUSIVE TO WOMEN. FOR TRUMP, THE LAST 48 HOURS HAVE BEEN ARGUABLY THE WORST ANY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HAS EVER FACED. THE REACTION HAD BEEN FAST AND FURIOUS TO RECORDINGS OF TRUMP BOASTING ABOUT FORCING HIMSELF ON WOMEN. TRUMP DIDN'T GO IN COMPLETELY UNARMED. EARLIER HE HAD THROWN HIS OWN PRESS CONFERENCE WITH FOUR WOMEN WHO ACCUSE BILL CLINTON OF SEX CRIMES. HILLARY THREATENED ME THREE WEEKS AFTER HER HUSBAND RAPED ME. SHE VISUALLY, PERSONALLY CAME UP TO ME AND THREATENED ME. BUT HILLARY COULDN'T BE RATTLED, INSTEAD FOCUSSING ON POLICY WHILE TRUMP LAUNCHED INTO MORE EXTREME BUT EFFECTIVE ATTACKS. AND JUST WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE EMAILS? IF I WIN, I AM GOING TO INSTRUCT MY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO GET A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO LOOK INTO YOUR SITUATION. IT'S JUST AWFULLY GOOD THAT SOMEONE WITH THE TEMPERAMENT OF DONALD TRUMP IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE LAW IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE YOU'D BE IN JAIL! CROWD LAUGHS BUT ON ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING ISSUES, TRUMP ADMITTED HE HADN'T EVEN DISCUSSED HIS POSITION ON THE SYRIAN CONFLICT WITH HIS RUNNING MATE. MY ARGUMENT IS NOT WITH HIS SUPPORTERS, IT'S WITH HIM! THE DEBATE AT LEAST ENDED ON A SOFTER NOTE WITH BOTH CANDIDATES ASKED WHAT, IF ANYTHING, THEY RESPECTED IN EACH OTHER. I RESPECT HIS CHILDREN. HIS CHILDREN ARE INCREDIBLY ABLE AND DEVOTED. I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT DONALD. I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT HILLARY. SHE DOESN'T QUIT. SHE DOESN'T GIVE UP. WITH ONE MONTH TO GO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HIS OWN PARTY REALLY WANTS HIM TO DO. MONIQUE FISCHER, 1 NEWS. SO WHO WON WHAT? COMMENTATORS SAY IT WAS THE NASTIEST DEBATE IN US HISTORY. A CNN POLL SHOWS 57% OF THOSE WATCHING THINK CLINTON WON TO 34% FOR TRUMP. INTERESTINGLY, ALMOST TWO OUT OF THREE DEBATE WATCHERS IN THE SCIENTIFIC SNAP POLL BELIEVE TRUMP DID BETTER THAN THEY EXPECTED. TO QUEENSLAND NOW, AND THE TRIAL OF A GOLD COAST PLAYBOY ACCUSED OF MURDERING A NZ WOMAN HE MET ON TINDER. WARRIENA WRIGHT DIED IN 2014 AFTER FALLING FROM GABLE TOSTEE'S 14th FLOOR APARTMENT. THE CORE PIECE OF EVIDENCE IS A FIGHT BETWEEN THE PAIR HEARD ON A RECORDING THAT TOSTEE MADE OF THE WHOLE NIGHT. CHANNEL NINE'S TESSA HARDY HAS THE LATEST. MERZABETH TAGPUNO MADE THE JOURNEY FROM NZ FOR THE TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER DAUGHTER WARRIENA WRIGHT. SHE SOBBED AS GABLE TOSTEE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MURDER. HOW ARE YOU FEELING THIS MORNING, MR TOSTEE? ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR DAY IN COURT? NZER WARRIENA (26), KNOWN AS REE, HAD BEEN IN QUEENSLAND FOR A WEDDING IN 2014 WHEN SHE MET TOSTEE THROUGH DATING APP TINDER. THE JURY WAS TOLD THEY DRANK AND WERE INTIMATE AT TOSTEE'S 14TH FLOOR SURFERS PARADISE APARTMENT. THIS IS THE AUDIO FROM THAT NIGHT RECORDED BY TOSTEE ON HIS OWN PHONE. THE JURY WAS PLAYED THAT RECORDING. PROSECUTOR GLEN CASH TOLD THE COURT WARRIENA STARTED THROWING THINGS AT TOSTEE RESULTING IN HIM PHYSICALLY RESTRAINING WARRIENA. THE JURY HEARD LATER IN THAT RECORDING HE SAID TO HIS DATE... THERE IS NO ALLEGATION TOSTEE THREW OR PUSHED WARRIENA FROM THE BALCONY. BUT THE PROSECUTION SAYS HIS THREAT OR INTIMIDATION CAUSED HER TO BE IN FEAR, LEADING TO HER ATTEMPTING TO FLEE AND THAT MAKES HIM RESPONSIBLE. BUT HIS BARRISTER, SAUL HOLT, TOLD THE JURY THEY NEED TO DECIDE IF WHAT HAPPENED... WARRIENA'S SISTER, MARREZA WRIGHT, WAS THE TRIAL'S FIRST WITNESS, TESTIFYING THAT SHE HAD BEEN SPEAKING TO HER SISTER THAT NIGHT ON FACEBOOK. REE SENT HER PHOTOS. TOLD HER SHE HAD MET A GUY. THE WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD IS REVIEWING ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF ROSS BREMNER. POLICE BELIEVE THE MENTALLY TROUBLED BREMNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A KILLING SPREE STARTING WITH THE FATAL STABBING OF HIS MOTHER IN AN ATTACK WHICH ALSO LEFT HIS FATHER CRITICALLY INJURED IN THEIR OTOROHANGA HOME LAST TUESDAY. IT'S UNDERSTOOD HE THEN KILLED AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN THEIR KING COUNTRY HOME BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. THE DHB CONFIRMED IT'D BEEN PROVIDING BREMNER WITH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SINCE 2003. AN INDEPENDENT PSYCHIATRIST WILL REVIEW HIS CASE. THE RISING PRICE OF TOBACCO IS BOOSTING A BOOMING BLACK MARKET, WHICH IN TURN IS FUELLING A SPIKE IN OFTEN VIOLENT THEFTS. WITH MORE AND MORE RETAILERS NOW ARMING THEMSELVES, INDUSTRY LEADERS SAY IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. EMILY COOPER HAS MORE. RAM RAIDS ON PETROL STATIONS AND VIOLENT ATTACKS ON DAIRY OWNERS ARE OCCURRING MORE, AND THE CRIMINALS ARE USUALLY TARGETING ONE THING ` TOBACCO. WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS HUMAN SAFETY. A HUMAN'S LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A PACKET OF CIGARETTES. NOW ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST SERVICE STATIONS IS TAKING EXTREME MEASURES ` INVESTING $8M INTO NEW CCTV AND EVEN LOOKING AT GPS TRACKING CHIPS IN TOBACCO PRODUCTS. IT SAYS IT'S SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN ROBBERIES AND RAM RAIDS IN THE PAST YEAR, TARGETING TOBACCO. OUR STAFF ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THAT'S THE CORE THING, SO WE WILL NEVER STOP TRYING TO STOP THESE GUYS. THE RISE IN COST OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS FUELLING A BLACK MARKET, SOME TAKING TO FACEBOOK'S MARKET PLACE TO SELL ITEMS. AND TOMORROW, FIVE PEOPLE FROM A GROUP OF 11 WILL BE BACK IN COURT, ACCUSED OF STEALING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM A WELLINGTON FACTORY, WHICH WERE THEN SOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THESE PICTURES, RELEASED BY POLICE, SHOW THE HAUL. AS LONG AS THERE'S A MARKET, PEOPLE WILL ATTEMPT TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS. THE DAIRY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ARE WORRIED IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I THINK THE POLICE HAVE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE. I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESCALATED THE PRIORITY OF BURGLARIES AND ROBBERIES, BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO DO MORE. POLICE ARE WARNING AGAINST DAIRY OWNERS DEFENDING THEMSELVES, AS SEEN HERE IN A HAWKE'S BAY DAIRY. IF YOU TAKE A SWING AT SOMEBODY WITH A HOCKEY STICK THAT YOU HAVE STASHED UNDER YOUR COUNTER, AND YOU MISS, AND THEY HAVE A GUN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. RETAIL NZ SAYS MOST DAIRIES HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SELL TOBACCO. YOUR TYPICAL DAIRY OR SMALL GROCER DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. TOBACCO CAN OFTEN ACCOUNT FOR UP TO 60% OF TURNOVER, SO IT CAN BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT. BUT IT ALSO BRINGS SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR RETAILERS. SELLING SMOKES IS NOW DEEMED A DANGEROUS JOB. DON'T EXPECT TO SEE ONLINE VOTING ANYTIME SOON, DESPITE A RECORD-LOW TURNOUT FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS. PARTICIPATION OF JUST 39% HAS TRIGGERED FRESH DEBATE ON HOW WE GO TO THE POLLS. BUT FEAR OF HACKERS IS STOPPING THE GOVERNMENT FROM LETTING PEOPLE VOTE WITH A CLICK INSTEAD OF A TICK. THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH THAT'S COME OUT RECENTLY THAT SAYS ONE IN FIVE NZERS HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF CYBER SECURITY. SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY REQUIREMENTS IN THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ACT IS THE SECRECY OF THE VOTE. A TRIAL FOR ONLINE VOTING WAS SCRAPPED IN APRIL THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF SECURITY FEARS. DESPITE THE LOW TURNOUT, THE WEEKEND DELIVERED LOCAL BODY WINNERS AND, OF COURSE, LOSERS. ONE OF THOSE, AUCKLAND NEWCOMER GHADAIR AL-SHEMARI, STILL HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE TODAY. THAT'S BECAUSE, AS A REFUGEE AND A MUSLIM, SHE'S CONFIDENT SHE'S THE START OF SOMETHING NEW. HERE'S SEVEN SHARP'S GILL HIGGINS. WE SAW A LOT OF CANDIDATES LIKE THIS. BUT ONLY ONE LIKE THIS. THE DIFFERENCE IS HOW I LOOK. HOW I ACT. WHAT I EAT. BEING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES, HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU CAN REPRESENT EVERYBODY IN NZ? THERE ARE 140 CULTURES IN AUCKLAND ALONE, SO SHARE SIMILARITIES AND EMBRACE THE DIFFERENCES. I THINK THEY NEED ME TO BE THERE. YET WHEN DOOR KNOCKING FOR SUPPORT,... I'M REALLY NERVOUS. ...SHE SOMETIMES FEELS SHUNNED. WHAT IF THEY SEE THE MIC AND THEY THINK IT'S SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE A BOMB OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT BEING FUNNY. THIS IS SERIOUS. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE TAKE WITH US BECAUSE OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, REPRESENTING OUR RELIGION IN THE WRONG WAY. GHADAIR AL-SHEMARI IS OUT TO CHANGE THOSE VIEWS. SHE WANTS TO MAKE 'BEING DIFFERENT' A GOOD THING. DIVERSITY IS ABOUT EVERYBODY. DISABILITY. IT COULD BE ABOUT TRANSGENDER, IT COULD BE ABOUT GAY. IT COULD BE ABOUT AGE. IT'S ALL PART OF HER PLAN TO GIVE BACK BECAUSE GHADAIR IS A REFUGEE. SHE WAS BORN IN KUWAIT. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. I REMEMBER IT AS A HAPPY TIME BEFORE THE WAR. BUT THEN THE FIGHTING PUT THE FAMILY AT RISK AS HER FATHER WAS A TARGET. HE WAS DETAINED FOR A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS. AT AGE 6, NZ BECAME HOME. IT WAS STRANGE. SEEING BLONDE AND BLUE EYES, YOU KNOW. DID YOU FEEL ACCEPTED? VERY MUCH. ON THE LAST DAY OF CAMPAIGNING, SHE TOOK TO THE STREETS AGAIN, AND DESPITE ONE HAIRY ENCOUNTER,... DOG BARKS OH GOD. I CAN'T LOOK AT THE DOG. ...THE RESPONSES WERE MUCH MORE POSITIVE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THAT NEXT GENERATION OF IMMIGRATION, AND SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO THE COUNTRY. THAT'S THE THING I REALLY WANT TO DO. AND SHE SEES ALL THIS AS GOOD GROUNDWORK, WHETHER SHE GETS IN OR NOT. JUST AHEAD ` THE DEADLY STING IN THE TAIL OF HURRICANE MATTHEW CARVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN AMERICA'S SOUTH EAST, LEAVING THOUSANDS IN NEED OF RESCUE. SLEDGING IN THE SPOTLIGHT. WHAT IT'S CLAIMED A PLAYER SAID TO CRICKETER PHILLIP HUGHES BEFORE THE BOUNCER WHICH KILLED HIM. PLUS ` LEGS. WHO NEEDS LEGS? WHAT OUR BEST ROCK CLIMBER WOULD'VE DONE IF A DOUBLE HIP REPLACEMENT WENT WRONG. 1 TENSE MUSIC (SIGHS) BEEPING, INDISTINCT SPEECH LOUD CLANGING CLATTERING CAR ALARM CHIRPS TENSE MUSIC A CORONIAL INQUEST HAS STARTED INTO THE DEATH OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER PHILLIP HUGHES. IT'S HEARD A CLAIM THE 25-YEAR-OLD BATSMAN WAS DELIBERATELY TARGETED WITH AGGRESSIVELY BOWLED BALLS, KNOWN AS BOUNCERS. HUGHES DIED IN HOSPITAL IN 2014, TWO DAYS AFTER A BOUNCER STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS NECK. FOR THE HUGHES FAMILY, RELIVING THE SADDEST DAY IN CRICKET WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOUGH. SO MUCH SO HIS FATHER, GREG, LEFT THE COURT WHEN VIDEO OF THE FATAL DELIVERY WAS REPLAYED. HIS MOTHER, VIRGINIA, REMAINED BUT LOOKED AWAY, LEAVING STATE CORONER MICHAEL BARNES TO PROVIDE THE COMMENTARY. CRICKET IS NOT GENERALLY SEEN AS DANGEROUS OR VIOLENT, AND THE DEATH WAS, THEREFORE, COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED AND SHOCKING. TWO YEARS AGO, CHASING A TEST RECALL, HUGHES (25) WAS IN DASHING FORM, WHEN NEW SOUTH WALES PACEMAN SEAN ABBOTT BOWLED A BOUNCER, STRIKING HIM BELOW THE HELMET. BLUES CAPTAIN BRAD HADDIN WAS JUST METRES AWAY BEHIND THE STUMPS. WHILE OBVIOUSLY AN ACCIDENT, THE CORONER, AT THE REQUEST OF THE HUGHES FAMILY, IS INVESTIGATING SUGGESTIONS PHILLIP WAS TARGETED WITH BOUNCERS BY NEW SOUTH WALES. CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN RELATION TO THE NUMBER OF SHORT BALLS THAT WERE DELIVERED BY THE PACE BOWLERS TO PHILLIP HUGHES. UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION BY THE LAWYER REPRESENTING THE HUGHES FAMILY, HADDIN DENIED HIS TEAM TREATED THE OPENER IN AN UNGENTLEMANLY WAY, SAYING... NEXT IN THE WITNESS STAND WAS VETERAN FAST BOWLER DOUG BOLLINGER, WHO FACED ALLEGATIONS THAT HE NOT ONLY TARGETED HUGHES WITH BOUNCERS BUT SLEDGED HIM AND HIS BATTING PARTNER TOM COOPER, STATING... BOLLINGER TOLD THE COURT... BUT AFTER BEING QUESTIONED AGAIN BY THE HUGHES' FAMILY LAWYER, HE CONCEDED... THE INQUEST HEARD 23 BOUNCERS WERE BOWLED ON THAT FATEFUL DAY. 20 OF THEM WERE DIRECTED AT PHILLIP HUGHES. 1000 DEATHS AND WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION DELIVERED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW HASN'T BROKEN THE RELIGIOUS RESOLVE OF PEOPLE IN HAITI. MANY PICKED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE DEVASTATION TO ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES, SOME WORSHIPPING OUTSIDE DESTROYED BUILDINGS. AND THESE ARE THE LATEST AERIAL PICTURES. TREES SCATTERED LIKE MATCHSTICKS, ROOFS FROM MANY HOUSES CLEAN BLOWN AWAY. MORE THAN 60,000 ARE NOW HOMELESS. AN OUTBREAK OF THE WATER-BORNE KILLER CHOLERA IS NOW THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST CONCERN. THE LAST WHIP IN MATTHEW'S TAIL WAS DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE FOR THE U.S. TOO. IT LEFT AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE DEAD, MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES SWAMPED. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE. MATTHEW'S FINAL PUNCH BASHING THE COAST WITH A LAST DOSE OF WIND, RAIN AND FIRE. THIS HOUSE ENGULFED IN HATTERAS. THE RAIN SWAMPING FAYETTEVILLE. 14 INCHES THERE ` A THIRD OF ITS AVERAGE ANNUAL RAIN FALLING IN HOURS. OUR STATE IS FACING MAJOR DESTRUCTION AND, SADLY, LOSS OF LIFE. THE STORM HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST 20 LIVES, AND IN NORTH CAROLINA, OVER 1000 WATER RESCUES. THE WATER COVERING A CANYON INTO THIS ROAD. THIS WOMAN'S CAR WAS SUBMERGED. AS RESCUERS APPROACH, NOTICE THAT BUNDLE UNDER HER ARM. CHILD CRIES WOMAN: OH, COME ON, SWEETIE. IT'S HER BABY, SCOOPED TO SAFETY BY RESCUERS. IN SO MANY PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, IT WAS THE RAIN THAT CREATED ALL OF THAT FLOODING, BUT HERE ALONG THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, IT'S THAT WIND PUSHING THAT STORM SURGE ON TO LAND, CREATING A WATER WORLD IN EVERY DIRECTION. MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE SOUTH. THE HOWLING STORM BLEW TRANSFORMERS AND RIPPED DOWN POWER LINES IN A FLOOD-BATTERED CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. IN FLORIDA, THEY'RE STILL ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER MATTHEW RAKED PAST IT. AND NOW THE WATER'S JUST OVER. BACK HERE IN NAGS HEAD, WE MET BLAKE SMITH. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A GOOD THREE INCHES ABOVE THE BASEBOARD HERE. AND WE ACCOMPANIED HIM TO SALVAGE WHAT'S LEFT OF HIS HOME FOR HIS WIFE AND TWO TODDLERS. I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T COLLECT MY THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO MY MIND'S KINDA RACING. SPORT NOW, AND THE BLACK CAPS ARE LOOKING FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION IN THEIR THIRD TEST AGAINST INDIA ` A DEAD RUBBER IN INDORE. STARTING WITH THE GOOD NEWS, OPENER MARTIN GUPTILL ENDED A DIRE RUN OF FORM, PUSHING PAST 50 RUNS IN INDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE INNINGS. WITH FELLOW OPENER TOM LATHAM ALSO STRIKING 50, THE HUNDRED-RUN PARTNERSHIP WAS UP. THE KIWIS LOOKED IN STRONG SHAPE, CHASING INDIA'S HUGE FIRST INNNINGS TOTAL OF 557. BUT LATHAM'S DISMISSAL SET THE TOP ORDER TUMBLING. CATCH IT! LEADING EDGE, AND IT'S A SOFT DISMISSAL. OH, BOWLED HIM! HIS BRAIN WAS IN GEAR. OH, HAVE THEY CARRIED? YES. GOOD REACTION. CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON AND ROSS TAYLOR BOTH WENT CHEAPLY, BEFORE GUPTILL WAS FINALLY DISMISSED FOR 72 IN RATHER UNLUCKY FASHION. OH, THIS COULD BE TROUBLE. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? HE HAS TO WALK BACK. A FLICK OF THE FINGER. ASHWIN WAS CONFIDENT THERE WAS A FLICK OF THE FINGER. IT'S CLOSE. AND YOU CAN SEE A DEVIATION. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE GUPTILL SHORT OF HIS GROUND. IT'S COMING UP 'OUT'. THE COLLAPSE DIDN'T STOP THERE EITHER. THE BLACK CAPS NOW IN DIRE STRAIGHTS. THEY'RE FACING THE PROSPECT OF BATTING AGAIN WITH 293 RUNS NEEDED TO AVOID THE FOLLOW ON, AND ONLY THREE WICKETS IN HAND. JUST AHEAD, HOW YOUR WEATHER IS LOOKING TOMORROW. AND NZ'S ANSWER TO SPIDERMAN TELLS US WHAT NEARLY GROUNDED HIM FOR GOOD. WELCOME BACK. WATCHING NZ'S BEST ROCK CLIMBER AT WORK IS TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. SEFTON PRIESTLY IS NOTHING LESS THAN OUR ANSWER TO SPIDERMAN. BUT WHAT YOU'D NEVER GUESS IS THAT THE 33-YEAR-OLD HAS HAD NOT ONE, BUT TWO HIP REPLACEMENTS. HERE'S SEVEN SHARP'S MIKE THORPE. ELECTRONIC MUSIC HANDS AND FEET. THAT'S ALL A ROCK CLIMBER HAS TO WORK WITH. IT IS JUST A SERIES OF PROBLEM SOLVING. SEFTON PRIESTLEY SOLVES THEM BETTER THAN MOST. HE'S BEEN CROWNED NZ'S BEST IN THREE DIFFERENT DECADES. I STARTED THE TREND OF PUNK KIDS, YOU KNOW (LAUGHS) HANDING IT TO THE OLDIES. NOW AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 33,... I'M WASHED UP ALREADY! ...HE'S THE GURU. TRY WHAT YOU DID LAST TIME BUT DON'T FALL OFF SO MUCH. BUT INDOORS HAS A CEILING. AND SEFTON'S NUMBER ONE ROCK PARK IS CASTLE HILL. IT'S JUST A HUGE BIG FIELD OF BOULDERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ALPINE VALLEY, AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO CLIMB THERE. THIS IS HIS PLAYGROUND. BUT HE'S LUCKY TO BE CLIMBING AT ALL. SO IN 2007 WHEN A VERY EXPERIENCED PHYSIO, WHO IS ALSO A CLIMBER, SAW ME CLIMBING AND HE JUST SAID, 'MATE, LIE DOWN.' STARTED DOING SOME RANGE-OF-MOTION TESTING. HE WAS LIKE, 'DUDE, YOU'RE TOAST, MAN. YOU NEED TO GO SEE A SURGEON.' SURE ENOUGH, HE NEEDED A HIP REPLACEMENT. FIRST ONE AT WHAT AGE? 29. 29?! YEAH. SIX MONTHS LATER, HE'D HAD BOTH HIPS DONE. DID YOU EVER THINK YOU'D CLIMB AGAIN? I DIDN'T KNOW. EVEN IF I COULD JUST CLIMB JUST WITH MY ARMS, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE TRIED IT. BUT GREATER CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD. ELECTRONIC MUSIC JUST AROUND THE CORNER IS ACTUALLY THE HARDEST BOULDER PROBLEM IN NZ. THIS ONE IS? YEAH, RIGHT HERE. IT'S CALLED BIOTRONIC. AND NONE OF US KIWIS HAVE DONE IT YET. ALL I SEE IS A COUPLE OF MINOR INDENTATIONS. ARE YOU CALLING THEM HOLDS? YEAH, YEAH. THERE'S JUST THE TIPS OF YOUR FINGERS. AND AT ONE POINT, YOU'RE JUST HOLDING WALL. (MOUTHS) YEAH. UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN SOMEONE HOLD THAT, YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE. TODAY'S CHALLENGE, THOUGH, IS SEFTON'S FAVOURITE BOULDER PROBLEM ` CALLED BIO HAZARD. IT INCLUDES REALLY GYMNASTIC, REALLY AGGRESSIVE BIG MOVEMENTS ON QUITE BIG HOLDS, BUT YOU'RE KIND OF THROWING YOURSELF AROUND A BIT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE QUITE HIGH UP THE BOULDER, AND THE HOLDS RUN OUT. IT'S SO EFFORTLESS, YOU ALMOST FORGET THE DANGER. DO YOU WANT TO MOVE IT JUST IN THIS AREA DOWN HERE? AT 33 THIS OLD MAN OF CLIMBING HAS STILL GOT THE GOODS, AND THAT'S NOT ALL. (YELLS) I'VE STILL GOT USEABLE HIPS! NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. LEONARD COHEN'S 'WHO BY FIRE' FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND KATE PARKINSON.