TONIGHT ` HE CAME TO OFFER SUPPORT BUT DIDN'T LIKE THE RECEPTION. GERRY BROWNLEE LOSES HIS TEMPER WITH FRUSTRATED KAIKOURA LOCALS WANTING ANSWERS AND RESULTS. WELLINGTONIANS ARE GIVEN 20 MINUTES TO GRAB THEIR STUFF FROM A QUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDING. WHAT DID THEY TAKE? WE'LL WRAP UP THE NZ RUGBY AWARDS. GIVEN THEY ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS AND HOLD A WORLD RECORD, THE ALL BLACKS MAY HAVE WON SOMETHING. WE START TONIGHT WITH ANGRY SCENES IN KAIKOURA AS THE GOVERNMENT REVEALED THE COST OF REPAIRING THE QUAKE-RAVAGED COASTAL HIGHWAY. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT UP TO $2B WILL BE SPENT CLEARING SLIPS AND FIXING THE ROAD. IT'LL TAKE AROUND 12 MONTHS TO RESTORE PARTIAL ACCESS. LOCALS TODAY VENTED THEIR FURY AND FRUSTRATION AT THE SPEED OF THE QUAKE RECOVERY OPERATION. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE SENT THIS FROM KAIKOURA. FOUR WEEKS AFTER KAIKOURA'S ENORMOUS QUAKE, ISOLATED LOCALS ARE FED UP. WE HAVE SAT DOWN THERE FOR THREE WEEKS, AND NOTHING HAS BLOODY WELL HAPPENED, AND IT'S SHOCKING. IT IS THE ABSOLUTE PITS. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IT'S NOT EASY. SORRY YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, BUT I'M PISSED OFF THAT YOU TOOK THAT ATTITUDE, QUITE FRANKLY. AND I'VE JUST SEEN YOU'RE ON TV. I THINK YOU'LL FIND EVERYONE HERE THINKS LIKE I DO. AND ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT AS PRIME MINISTER, BILL ENGLISH WAS HOPING TO REASSURE LOCALS. THIS IS A COMMUNITY WHICH COULD EASILY FEEL ON ITS OWN, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT IT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID AS PRIME MINISTER. THE NEW PM'S VISIT'S ALSO BROUGHT CONFIRMATION KAIKOURA'S STATE HIGHWAY 1 LINK WILL RE-OPEN WITHIN A YEAR, BOTH TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. GOVERNMENT WILL MEET THE $2B COST. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO SPEND $5M DREDGING KAIKOURA'S HARBOUR TO GET TOURISM OPERATORS MOVING AGAIN. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ACTION THERE WITHIN WEEKS. BUT WHILE SOME LOCALS ARE HAPPY,... GREAT NEWS FOR KAIKOURA. THAT ISOLATION FACTOR IS A REAL CHALLENGE. OTHERS SAY ROADING ISSUES HAVE BEEN BADLY HANDLED, AND THEY'RE DEMANDING AN INQUIRY. BECAUSE I FEEL, AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS FEEL, THAT KAIKOURA WAS STRANGLED A LITTLE BIT UNNECESSARILY. THINGS CERTAINLY AREN'T MOVING FAST ENOUGH AT ISOLATED KEKERANGU, NORTH OF KAIKOURA. MR ENGLISH CHOPPERED IN HERE TO THIS LOCAL CAFE, WHERE HE MET WITH SOME FURIOUS AND FRUSTRATED LOCALS. NOW, THEY WANTED ANSWERS ON WHY OPENING THOSE ROADS IS TAKING SO LONG AND WHY LOCAL CONTRACTORS AREN'T INVOLVED IN THAT WORK. THINGS GOT PRETTY HEATED WHEN MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE BUTTED BACK. HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING AS FAST AS IT POSSIBLY CAN. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE EXCEPT PATCH-UPS, AND I RECKON IT'S PISS POOR. I'M AFRAID YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF VOTES AND A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS AREA. NZTA HAVE NOT BEEN SITING ON THEIR BACKSIDE DOING NOTHING, AND, QUITE FRANKLY, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I RESENT YOUR COMMENTS DEEPLY. MR ENGLISH TRIED TO KEEP THINGS UPBEAT. THIS IS A FANTASTIC PLACE, PARTICULARLY FOR TOURISM. IT'S GOT GREAT REAL GROWTH POTENTIAL. SO IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT FOR THE NEW PRIME MINISTER TO BE HERE. IT WILL BE EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE IF HIS PLANS AND PROMISES CARRY THROUGH. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AND KIWIRAIL'S DELIGHTED THEY TOO WILL BE GETTING GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO HELP FIX THE MANGLED NETWORK AROUND KAIKOURA. JUDGING BY THE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE, THE EXTENSIVE REPAIR JOB WON'T BE EASY. RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH OF KAIKOURA, IT'S A VITAL SUPPLY LINE TO CHRISTCHURCH AND OTHER PLACES FURTHER SOUTH. IT'S A BIG SIGNAL OF SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PEOPLE, BUT ALSO THAT RAIL IS IMPORTANT FOR NZ. KIWIRAIL CAN'T SAY HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO REPAIR 21 TUNNELS, 80 BRIDGES AND A WHOLE LOT OF TWISTED OR BROKEN TRACK, BUT THE STATE-OWNED OPERATOR IS LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY FIXES IN PLACES TO ALLOW FOR RESTRICTED, FREIGHT-ONLY RAIL SERVICES. IF YOU WERE GIVEN JUST 20 MINUTES TO RETRIEVE WHAT YOU COULD FROM A QUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDING, WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE? THAT'S THE QUESTION SOME RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON FACED TODAY. SEAN HOGAN WAS THERE. A DIFFERENT KIND OF RESCUE FOR THESE SEARCH AND RESCUE WORKERS. CORDONED OFF BUSINESSES ON COURTENAY PLACE ALLOWED BACK IN WITH JUST 20 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK. THE RISKS WILL STAY THE SAME, BUT GIVEN THAT LEVEL OF DISRUPTION TO PEOPLE'S LIVES, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THEM IN. VINYL BAR SALVAGING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF ALCOHOL. IT'S $20,000 AT COST PRICE, SO $60,000 AT RETAIL, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH CASH FLOW AT OUR OTHER SITES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT'S THE FIRST ACCESS THEY'VE HAD SINCE THE NOVEMBER QUAKE. THE NEARBY READING CINEMA CAR PARK SUSTAINING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND NOW DUE FOR DEMOLITION. SO HAPPY, YEAH, JUST TO LIKE CLEAR OUT SOME OF THE SMELL, THE MESS. WE KNEW THAT STUFF WAS IN THERE ROTTING, BECAUSE BEING A RESTAURANT AND BEING SO BUSY, WE HAD SO MUCH PERISHABLE GOODS IN THERE. HAD A WHOLE LOT OF BAR FLIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. NOT THE BAR FLIES THAT WE LIKE. OFFICE WORKERS GETTING WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS RUN. LAPTOPS, DRIVERS, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY STILL KEEP THE OFFICE FUNCTIONING OUTSIDE. RESIDENTS FROM THIS APARTMENT BLOCK RIGHT NEXT TO THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE QUAKE WERE ALSO ALLOWED BACK IN THIS MORNING. WE UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, CLOTHES, EVEN A GOLD FISH WERE SAVED. BUT THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RETURN FOR GOOD. WE CAN'T PLAN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE TIMELINE. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE ONE MONTH OR THREE MONTHS OR WHAT, SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO PLAN AND FIGURE OUT THINGS AND WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND TRY AND RETAIN THEM. PRELIMINARY DEMOLITION OF THE CAR PARK IS EXPECTED TO START TOMORROW, BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG ROAD AHEAD. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER SCOTT WATSON FACES AT LEAST ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING DENIED PAROLE. PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS FOUND WATSON STILL HAS A VERY HIGH RISK OF VIOLENT RECIDIVISM. HE KILLED OLIVIA HOPE AND BEN SMART IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS ON NEW YEARS DAY, 1998. THE PAROLE BOARD SAYS HE HAS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO BEFORE HE NO LONGER POSES A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE 45-YEAR-OLD WAS JAILED FOR A MINIMUM 17 YEARS IN 1999. THE PAROLE DECISION WON'T BE REVIEWED UNTIL 2020. TO FEAR AND CONFUSION IN EAST ALEPPO, DESPITE A NEW DEAL TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS AND REBEL FIGHTERS. REPORTS SUGGEST THAT THE FIRST AMBULANCES TAKING INJURED PEOPLE OUT HAVE TURNED BACK AFTER BEING SHOT AT. SEAN HOGAN HAS THE LATEST. THE ILL AND THE INJURED, THE CHILDREN, THE REBEL FIGHTERS. AROUND 15,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING TO FLEE WHAT WAS THE REBEL'S LAST HOLD-OUT. REPORTS JUST IN SAY THE FIRST CONVOY OF AMBULANCES TAKING THE WOUNDED OUT WAS SHOT AT. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. IT'S NOW REPORTEDLY HEADING BACK TO EASTERN ALEPPO. FEARS RISING AGAIN AS SALVATION BECKONS. YESTERDAY'S CEASEFIRE AND EVACUATION DEAL WAS SHATTERED BY SYRIAN REGIME SHELLING BEFORE IT EVEN GOT OFF THE GROUND. BOOM! IT REPORTEDLY FELL APART WHEN IRAN, ONE OF THE SYRIAN STATE'S MAIN BACKERS, DEMANDED THE DEAL INCLUDE THE EVACUATION OF ITS WOUNDED FIGHTERS FROM VILLAGES BESIEGED BY REBELS. TODAY'S NEW DEAL, WHICH INCLUDES LETTING REBEL FIGHTERS GO, CANNOT SIT WELL WITH SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THEIR ALLIES. THEY'VE SUFFERED THEIR OWN LOSSES TOO. THE OVERNIGHT RESURGENCE OF VIOLENCE WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY A WAR CRIME, ACCORDING TO THE UN. TO A SURPRISE PLEDGE NOW FROM THE INDUSTRY MOST OFTEN BLAMED FOR THE DECLINE OF MAUI DOLPHINS. TWO OF OUR BIGGEST FISHING INDUSTRIES SAY THEY'LL CHANGE HOW THEY OPERATE IN PLACES THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES LIVES. EMILY COOPER EXPLAINS. THERE ARE ONLY 63 MAUI DOLPHINS LEFT IN THE WORLD. THEIR BIGGEST HUMAN-RELATED THREAT IS COMMERCIAL FISHING. BUT NOW TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST FISHING COMPANIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO ENSURE THEIR BOATS AREN'T THE CAUSE OF FUTURE DOLPHIN DEATHS. WE ARE KAITIAKI, OR GUARDIANS OF THE SEA, AND AS KAITIAKI, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. MOANA AND SANFORD LTD TODAY ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE NO SET NETS NORTH OF NEW PLYMOUTH. BY NEXT YEAR THEY'LL HAVE CAMERAS AND TRACKING DEVICES ON THEIR VESSELS AND THEY WILL PHASE OUT TRAWLING BY LOOKING INTO SAFER FISHING METHODS. THE FISHING GIANTS WORKED WITH CONSERVATION GROUP WWF ON THE PLAN. I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY IS TWO COMPANIES MAKING A COMMITMENT TO FIND A LASTING SOLUTION, AND THAT TRULY IS GROUND-BREAKING. THE CHANGES WILL COME AT A COST. THE COMPANIES ARE INVESTING $500,000 IN INCREASED MONITORING, AND REDUCING THE CATCH FROM THE AREA COULD COST THEM MILLIONS. SUSTAINABILITY IS ABOUT FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND THAT WILL ALWAYS OUTWEIGH SHORT-TERM COSTS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS WELCOMED THE MOVE, SAYING IT'S BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THE INDUSTRY ABOUT THESE OPTIONS FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS. BUT THE GREEN PARTY SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T DONE ENOUGH. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE STEPPING IN TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS PROTECTION FOR MAUI SOUTH OF NEW PLYMOUTH, THAT TRAWLING IS PHASED OUT FASTER AND THERE'S FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR FISHERS TO SHIFT METHODS. SANFORD AND MOANA ARE ENCOURAGING OTHER COMPANIES TO FOLLOW THEIR LEAD BUT AGREE SMALLER OPERATORS WILL NEED GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. SUPPORT TO ENSURE THESE NATIVE DOLPHINS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT SURVIVAL. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. MORE THAN 1 BILLION YAHOO ACCOUNT HOLDERS HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST EVER HACKING ATTACK. IT'S THE SECOND TIME THE INTERNET GIANT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A MASS PERSONAL DATA THEFT. ABC'S REBECCA JARVIS HAS THE DETAILS. MORE THAN A BILLION YAHOO ACCOUNTS HACKED. THE TECH GIANT REVEALING TONIGHT THAT AN UNAUTHORISED PARTY STOLE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF USER DATA IN AUGUST 2013, POTENTIALLY INCLUDING... THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR YAHOO HAS ANNOUNCED A SIGNIFICANT BREACH, IN SEPTEMBER THE COMPANY DISCLOSING A SEPARATE INCIDENT INVOLVING 500 MILLION USER ACCOUNTS. YAHOO TELLING ABC NEWS THEY... THE FBI SAYS THEY ARE AWARE AND IN CONTACT WITH YAHOO. AND SPARK IS WORKING WITH YAHOO TO FIND OUT WHETHER USERS OF XTRA IN NZ HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. IN A WORLD FIRST ` A WOMAN HAS GIVEN BIRTH AFTER HAVING ONE OF HER OVARIES FROZEN BEFORE PUBERTY. WHEN SHE WAS NINE SHE NEEDED CHEMOTHERAPY, WHICH CAN DAMAGE THE OVARIES. SO DOCTORS REMOVED AND PRESERVED ONE IN THE HOPE THEY COULD USE THE CELLS TO MAKE HER FERTILE. HERE'S THE BBC'S FERGUS WALSH ON A MEDICAL GAMBLE THAT PAID OFF. EVERY BABY IS SPECIAL, BUT THIS LITTLE BOY REALLY IS ASTONISHING, BECAUSE HE IS THE RESULT OF FROZEN OVARIAN TISSUE TAKEN FROM HIS MUM WHEN SHE WAS JUST 9. AGAINST THE ODDS, MOAZA HAS BECOME A MOTHER. IT'S A MIRACLE THAT I HAVE MY BABY NOW, BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG, GENERALLY THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR THIS NICE RESULT. AS A CHILD, MOAZA, WHO'S FROM DUBAI, HAD A SERIOUS BLOOD DISORDER. SHE NEEDED A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT WHICH WOULD MAKE HER INFERTILE. SO PRIOR TO CHEMOTHERAPY, SHE HAD HER RIGHT OVARY REMOVED. SLICES OF OVARIAN TISSUE WERE TAKEN, EACH CONTAINING FOLLICLES WITH IMMATURE EGGS, WHICH WERE FROZEN. TWO YEARS AGO, FOUR WERE STITCHED ON TO HER FAILED LEFT OVARY IN TRANSPLANT SURGERY IN DENMARK. WITHIN MONTHS, SHE BEGAN OVULATING, AND HER PREMATURE MENOPAUSE WAS REVERSED. EGGS WERE RETRIEVED AND USED IN IVF TREATMENT. GOOD MORNING. HER DOCTOR AT THE PRIVATE PORTLAND HOSPITAL IN LONDON SAYS THIS IS A MAJOR ADVANCE IN SAFEGUARDING WOMEN'S FERTILITY. I'M ABSOLUTELY OVERJOYED FOR THIS PATIENT. IT OFFERS FANTASTIC HOPE FOR A LOT OF CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD WHO NEED LIFE-THREATENING TREATMENTS FOR CANCER OR OTHER MAJOR ILLNESSES. WHEN MOAZA HAD HER OVARIAN TISSUE FROZEN IN A TANK OF LIQUID NITROGEN LIKE THIS 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN SHE WAS JUST 9 YEARS OLD, IT WAS A RARE AND PIONEERING PROCEDURE. BACK THEN, SOME SCIENTISTS THOUGHT THE TISSUE WOULD PERISH LONG BEFORE SHE'D WANT TO START A FAMILY. WELL, NOW SHE'S SHOWN WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND GIVEN HOPE TO THOUSANDS. WHAT MESSAGE DOES YOUR BABY SON SEND TO YOUNG GIRLS WHO MAY BE GOING THROUGH CANCER TREATMENT NOW? THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE, AND THERE IS ANOTHER HOPE. MY HOPE WAS TO HAVE A NICE CHILD LIKE THIS BABY. MOAZA SAYS SHE HOPES TO HAVE ANOTHER CHILD AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING HOME TO DUBAI AS SOON AS HER SON IS OLD ENOUGH TO FLY. A RECORD-BEATING EFFORT FROM THE ALL BLACKS, AN OLYMPIC MEDAL FOR THE WOMEN'S SEVENS, AND A SEASON UNBEATEN FOR THE BLACK FERNS. THERE WAS PLENTY TO CELEBRATE AT THE NZ RUGBY AWARDS TONIGHT. BUT REALLY, IT WAS A BEAUDEN BARRETT TAKEOVER. HERE'S LISETTE REYMER. THE VERY BEST IN THE GAME BOWING DOWN TO BEAUDY. KELVIN TREMAIN MEMORIAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR IS BEAUDEN BARRETT. THE FIRST FIVE TAKING HOME THE BIGGEST PRIZE OF THE NIGHT, BEATING OUT HIS TEAM MATES DANE COLES AND SAM WHITELOCK. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S JUST ABOUT PLAYING AS FREELY AND AS INSTINCTIVE AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THEY ADOPT THE GAME PLAN AROUND ME FOR THAT ` TRYING TO KEEP IT REALLY SIMPLE, NOT TOO COMPLICATED. SO I'VE GOT TO THANK FOZZIE FOR THAT, COS STEVE DOESN'T TURN UP TO STRATEGY MEETINGS. HIS THANK-YOUS GETTING A WORKOUT AS HE TOOK TO THE STAGE TO CLAIM SUPER RUGBY'S MVP AS WELL. REALLY GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THE AWARD, BUT IT COMES BACK TO THE COACHES AND THE TEAMMATES, THE BOYS. TWO MORE TROPHIES TO ADD TO HIS EVER-GROWING COLLECTION, HAVING ALREADY PICKED UP WORLD RUGBY'S TOP HONOUR JUST WEEKS AGO. BUT HE DID HAVE TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH HIS BROTHER. JORDIE BARRETT TAKING HOME PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR BOTH AGE GROUPS AND THE MITRE 10 CUP. UNSURPRISINGLY, IT WAS THE ALL BLACKS WHO TOOK HOME TEAM OF THE YEAR. IT WAS A GREAT YEAR. I THINK THE BOYS WERE POTENTIALLY SPENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, REALISING HOW TOUGH IT IS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE BUT CERTAINLY REALLY ENJOYABLE. THE MEN IN BLACK TAKING THE TITLE FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED SIXTH YEAR STRAIGHT, THANKS TO THEIR WORLD RECORD EFFORT THIS SEASON. ADDING TO THE ALL BLACKS HAUL WAS STEVE HANSEN, WHO TOOK OUT HIS FIFTH COACH OF THE YEAR WIN. YOU DON'T DO IT BY YOURSELF. WE'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HELP, AS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE AROUND YOU. I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT, SO THANKS, TEAM. PERHAPS THE CLOSEST CATEGORY OF THE NIGHT WAS WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. IT'S SOMEONE I HOPE WHO'S PUT HER SHOES ON, SELICA WINIATA. RECOGNITION FOR HER CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE BLACK FERNS' UNBEATEN SEASON. WHILE REIKO IOANE AND SARAH GOSS TOOK OUT THEIR RESPECTIVE SEVENS TITLES, THE GREATEST IN THE GAME CELEBRATING ANOTHER YEAR ON TOP OF THE WORLD. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WAX ON, WAX OFF. IT'S WEATHER FORECAST TIME. AND THE SUPERMARKET WHERE YOUR CAR CAN ALSO STOCK UP ON WHAT IT NEEDS. THE PHRASE 'FAST CHARGERS' CONJURES UP A SPEEDY HORSE OR, IF YOU'RE A PETROL HEAD, A CERTAIN '70S MUSCLE CAR. BUT TODAY WASN'T ABOUT SPEEDING NAGS OR BEING A PETROL HEAD. IT WAS ABOUT THE CLEAN FUTURE OF MOTORING, AND IT WAS CENTRED AT A SOUTH ISLAND SUPERMARKET. HERE'S SAM CLARKE. IT'S GROUND-BREAKING TECHNOLOGY, BUT IF PETER HALLINAN IS ANY EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE NEW GENERATION. I'VE HAD IT SINCE FIRST BECAME AVAILABLE IN NZ AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, THIS 78-YEAR-OLD WILL BE ABLE TO CHARGE HIS CAR WHILE GETTING THE GROCERIES. THE RUNNING COSTS ARE PHENOMENALLY LOW. A TANK FULL OF PETROL MIGHT BE WHAT? $70-$80? A TANK FULL OF ELECTRICITY MAY BE $2 OR $3. IT'S PART OF AN EVER-EXPANDING NETWORK OF FAST CHARGERS CAPABLE OF TOPPING UP ONE OF THESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. WITH NEW CHARGERS POPPING UP EVERY WEEK, THE COUNTRY WAS WELL ON ITS WAY TO A FULLY ELECTRIC STATE HIGHWAY 1 BY MID-NEXT YEAR. THEN THE KAIKOURA QUAKES HAPPENED, BUT THE BIG PLAN IS STILL IN PLACE. ABOUT MID 2018 TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE HIGHWAY COVERED SO THAT YOU REALLY CAN DRIVE ANYWHERE IN NZ. NOW ALL THAT'S NEEDED IS CARS. ADOPTION IS EXPONENTIAL. IT'S BEEN DOUBLING EVERY YEAR. EVEN RENTAL COMPANIES ARE GETTING ON BOARD. WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE RAPID CHARGERS AND BATTERY PACK SIZES INCREASING, WHICH MEANS AN INCREASED RANGE FOR CARS THAT MAKES THESE CARS MORE APPEALING FOR CAR COMPANIES. ARE THEY COOL? ALL EVs ARE COOL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET IN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND GIVE IT GO. BUT IF YOU'RE STILL SCEPTICAL, THE OLDER GENERATION HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE NEW ONE. I THINK IT'S THE WAY OF THE FUTURE. YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, WITH DUE RESPECT, SIR, WILL BE ASKING YOU, 'DID YOU ONCE DRIVE A PETROL CAR, GRANDDAD? HOW COULD YOU?' SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH JIM PEPPER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND MADISON BATTEN.