TONIGHT ` A MAN IS IN CUSTODY IN WELLINGTON AFTER A BOMB SCARE WHICH SAW PARTS OF THE CAPITAL IN LOCKDOWN MODE. 'NO JAB, NO PLAY CENTRE.' THAT'S THE VACCINATION PUSH ACROSS THE TASMAN, AND THE IDEA'S NOW SPREAD TO LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE. HE'S A FAN OF THE HERB BUT CLEARLY NOT OF THE DONALD. SNOOP DOGG HAS THE US PRESIDENT IN HIS CROSSHAIRS. A MAN (44) IS IN CUSTODY IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT AFTER A BOMB THREAT SHUT DOWN PARTS OF THE CBD. BUILDINGS WERE EVACUATED AND CORDONS SET UP AROUND THE CENTRAL POLICE STATION AROUND 5 O'CLOCK. A DEFENCE FORCE EXPLOSIVE DISPOSAL TEAM WERE BROUGHT IN, CONDUCTING A SERIES OF CONTROLLED DETONATIONS. (BOOM!) SOON AFTER THE CORDONS WERE LIFTED. THE SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE APPARENTLY A SUITCASE LEFT AT THE STATION'S FRONT COUNTER. IT'S A HOT TOPIC IN OZ RIGHT NOW ` BANNING PRE-SCHOOLERS FROM DAY CARE IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED. AND THE DEBATE'S PROVED CONTAGIOUS OVER HERE. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH THE DETAILS. THIS IS THE CATCHCRY FROM AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER OVER VACCINATING CHILDREN. NO JAB, NO PAY, NO PLAY. AS FAR AS MALCOLM TURNBULL'S CONCERNED, KIDS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE IF THEY'RE NOT VACCINATED. SOME SAY IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING HERE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VACCINATION PROGRAMMES ARE WORKING AND AREN'T BEING COMPROMISED BY LARGE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT BEING VACCINATED. THE HEALTH MINISTER SAYS IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNDER HIS WATCH. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL NZ KIDS GET ACCESS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. KINDERGARTEN TEACHER SHARON COULTON ALSO DOESN'T THINK A BAN'S THE ANSWER. BUT SHE SAYS DAY CARE CENTRES DON'T ALWAYS KNOW JUST HOW MANY KIDS ARE IMMUNISED. WHAT WE WANT IS REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HEALTH SERVICES AND AGENCIES AND EDUCATION AGENCIES. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK EFFECTIVELY TO GET A DATABASE OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. WELLINGTON PARENTS ARE DIVIDED. 15 YEARS AGO, I WOULDN'T HAVE AGREED. THERE ARE SO MANY REVIVED ILLNESSES ` WHOOPING COUGH, YOU NAME IT NOW. I THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO VACCINATE CHILDREN. I'M PRO-VACCINATION. EVERYONE SHOULD BE PRO-VACCINATION, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT KIDS BEHIND BECAUSE THE PARENTS MAKE ONE CALL. THE VACCINATION RATE IS STEADILY INCREASING AND IS HIGHER THAN AUSTRALIA'S. IN 2010, THE OVERALL RATE FOR 8-MONTH-OLDS WAS 83%. IT'S NOW 93%. UNIMMUNISED KIDS CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOLS OR DAY CARE IN THE CASE OF AN OUTBREAK OF A VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASE. VACCINATION IS IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTERESTS, AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT. THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS STRONGLY IN FAVOUR OF VACCINATION. THE MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT ` GET YOUR JABS. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DEATH OF A KILLER WHALE ON AUCKLAND'S WEST COAST ARE UNDERWAY TODAY. MARINE BIOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING AT WHATIPU BEACH, WHERE THE ADULT MALE ORCA WASHED UP YESTERDAY WITH BLUNT FORCE INJURIES. IT'S SUSPECTED HE WAS STRUCK BY A BOAT. AT THIS STAGE WE'RE AT VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE POSTMORTEM. AS YOU CAN, WE ARE LITERALLY ONLY IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING BLUBBER AND ACCESSING SOME OF THE MAIN ORGANS FOR DISSECTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AS YOU WILL SEE BY THE ENTRAILS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY HANGING OUT THE ANIMAL, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF DECOMPOSITION OR GAS BUILD UP SO IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO SAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME ANYTHING MORE THAN WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. ORCA ARE CONSIDERED 'NATIONALLY CRITICAL' AND ARE A PROTECTED SPECIES IN NEW ZEALAND. THE PRESSURE'S MOUNTING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO MODERNISE NEW ZEALAND'S 40 YEAR OLD ABORTION LAW. EVEN ITS ACT PARTY COALITION PARTNER SAYS THE CURRENT LEGISLATION IS ARCHAIC AND A CHARADE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. THERE CAN BE FEW ISSUES MORE EMOTIVE AND DIVISIVE THAN ABORTION. SO WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER DISMISSED THE NEED FOR ABORTION REFORM AT THE WEEKEND,... WE WOULDN'T DO THAT. IT'S A LAW THAT'S STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. ...IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO SPARK DEBATE. THEY'RE AN ARCHAIC CHARADE. WE SHOULD LOOK TO CANADA, WHERE ABORTION IS NOT A CRIMINAL ISSUE. THE HOOPS THAT WOMEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET AN ABORTION ARE DEMORALISING, UNJUST AND UNNECESSARY. IT IS WELL OVERDUE FOR A REVIEW AND FOR A MODERNISATION. THE ABORTION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE SAYS OUR 40-YEAR-OLD LAWS NEED TO BE MODERNISED. IT SAYS THEY'RE CLUMSY, OUTDATED AND FULL OF INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE. IT EMBEDS SEXIST IDEAS IN THAT IT SUGGESTS OR ASSUMES THAT WOMEN NEED TO BE CONTROLLED AROUND THEIR OWN FERTILITY AND THEIR REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH. ACTUALLY, WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES. ABORTION FALLS UNDER THE CRIMES ACT. IN 2015, THERE WERE JUST OVER 13,000 ABORTIONS. 97% WERE APPROVED ON MENTAL HEALTH GROUNDS. BUT THE JUSTICE MINISTER DOESN'T SEE ANY PRESSING NEED FOR CHANGE. THE LAW IS WORKING BROADLY AS INTENDED. NEITHER DOES THE HEALTH MINISTER. I'M HAPPY WITH THE LEGISLATION AS IT IS AT THE MOMENT. GETTING ANY CHANGE ON AN ISSUE LIKE ABORTION WOULD BE WITH A CONSCIENCE VOTE, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN MP TO DRAFT A MEMBER'S BILL AND GET IT DRAWN RANDOMLY FROM A BALLOT. THERE'S 93 OF THEM WHO COULD PUT A PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL IN THE BALLOT. NOT ONE OF THEM HAS. I WOULD, BUT I CURRENTLY HAVE A VERY HIGH-PROFILE BILL IN THE BALLOT. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ONE OF THEM TO MAN OR WOMAN UP. THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER SAYS LABOUR HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO CHANGE ABORTION RULES WHEN LAST IN POWER. AND ANYWAY, SHE SAYS, THE ABORTION RATE'S FALLING. WHAT WE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ABOUT IS THE PERCENTAGE DROP IN THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND. AND THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE OF RECENT TIMES. PERHAPS SO, BUT THAT'S UNLIKELY TO SILENCE DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. ANOTHER ISSUE THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IS FOREIGN COMPANIES BOTTLING OUR WATER AND SENDING IT OVERSEAS. FROM WHANGAREI TO INVERCARGILL, PROTESTORS TURNED OUT TO VOICE CONCERN TODAY. IN WELLINGTON THEY DELIVERED A 16,000-SIGNATURE PETITION TO PARLIAMENT, CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PLACE A MORATORIUM ON EXPORTING H2O. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE, NICK SMITH, FIRMLY RULING THE SUGGESTION OUT. THE GOVERNMENT'S NOT EVEN PREPARED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND A BAN WHEN THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS BOTTLES AND EXPORTED IS JUST SO TINY AND SO SMALL THAT IT WILL MAKE NO PRACTICAL EFFECT TO THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF NZ'S VALUABLE WATER RESOURCES. FOREIGN BOTTLING IS SO CONTENTIOUS IN WHANGAREI, IT'S THE SUBJECT OF A WAITANGI TRIBUNAL CLAIM. AND JUST ONE MORE THING THE GOVERNMENT SAYS DOESN'T NEED A CHANGE ` THE LAW PROTECTING BUYERS FROM HIDDEN COSTS. A SURVEY BY CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND'S FOUND 70% OF SHOPPERS HAVE BEEN STUNG BY A PRACTICE KNOWN AS DRIP FEEDING, WHERE RETAILERS TACK ON FEES WITHOUT DISCLOSING THEM UP FRONT. THOSE FEES WORTH AN ESTIMATED $68M A YEAR, AND CONSUMER WANTS AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE FAIR TRADING ACT TO FORCE RETAILERS TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT COSTS. GENERALLY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BUYING TICKETS TO SOMETHING, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T GET THEM FOR THE ADVERTISED PRICE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT DOESN'T BELIEVE AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO THE ACT BECAUSE ANYONE CAUGHT OUT CAN COMPLAIN TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. THE PARENTS OF A YOUNG NEW ZEALANDER WHO DIED AFTER TRAVELING TO PERU TO TRY A POWERFUL HALLUCINOGEN ARE WARNING OTHER TOURISTS ABOUT ITS DANGERS. THOUSANDS TRAVEL TO THE AMAZON EACH YEAR TO TAKE THE DRUG AYAHUASCA, WHICH HAS BEEN LINKED TO AT LEAST SEVEN DEATHS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE ABC'S HAMISH MACDONALD WITH THIS. AYAHUASCA IS A NEW 'IT' DRUG, A NATURAL HIGH GROWN MAINLY IN THE AMAZON. IT'S BREWED WITH CHAKRUNA LEAVES CONTAINING THE NATURAL PSYCHEDELIC COMPOUND DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE, OR DMT, A SCHEDULE NINE BANNED SUBSTANCE IN AUSTRALIA. BUT IN PERU, AYAHUASCA IS CELEBRATED AS A TRADITIONAL MEDICINE. IT'S VERY SAFE. AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITH THE RIGHT PERSON. YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PEOPLE. IN TRUTH, IT IS NOT ALWAYS SAFE. (SINGS) THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL HALLUCINOGENS ON EARTH. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS ARE FLOCKING HERE EVERY YEAR TO TRY IT. IT'S CLAIMED AYAHUASCA HELPS WITH EVERYTHING FROM PTSD TO ADDICTION. (COUGHS, HOICKS) CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS COME FROM STING AND LINDSAY LOHAN. THE DRUG IS NOW MAKING ITS WAY OUT OF THE AMAZON AND INTO AUSTRALIA, PURCHASED ONLINE, DELIVERED TO THE DOOR. AND THERE'S A GROWING NUMBER OF RELATED FATALITIES. DURING THE TRIAL OF THE MURDER OF ADELAIDE CROWS COACH PHIL WALSH, EVIDENCE WAS PUT THAT CY WALSH HAD BEEN TAKEN AYAHUASCA IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THE KILLING. THE PARENTS OF MATHEW DAWSON-CLARKE KNOW JUST HOW DEADLY THIS AYAHUASCA INDUSTRY CAN BE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO MY SON. CAN YOU JUST TELL ME...? SPEAKING PUBLICALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, LINDSAY DAWSON-CLARKE SAYS HER SON DIED AFTER DRINKING TOBACCO TEA AT A AYAHUASCA RETREAT IN PERU. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. I'M JUST HERE TO SAY BE AWARE. AND ABC REPORTER HAMISH MCDONALD HAS MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED TO MATTHEW DAWSON-CLARKE LIVE ON BREAKFAST, TOMORROW MORNING. A CHILD KILLER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF TRYING TO MURDER ANOTHER CONVICTED KILLER IN JAIL. 42-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN ROGER WILLIAMS WAS SENTENCED IN THE AUCKLAND HIGH COURT TO PREVENTIVE DETENTION. HE'S ALREADY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING HIS 6-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER CORAL BURROWS IN 2003. LATE LAST YEAR HE ATTACKED NIKKI ROPER, A FELLOW PAREMOREMO INMATE, ALSO SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER. AUCKLAND CHILDREN SKIPPING SCHOOL ARE THE TARGET OF A CRACKDOWN TO ENCOURAGE THEM BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. THE MULTI-AGENCY OPERATION INCLUDES POLICE, WHO SAY INTERVENTION'S CRUCIAL BECAUSE TRUANTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIME. SAM KELWAY JOINED POLICE ON THEIR MISSION. COS WHAT'S THE POINT IN BEING ENROLLED IN SCHOOL IF YOU DON'T GO? I WENT YESTERDAY. THEY MIGHT THINK THEY'VE GOT ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT THESE KIDS NEED A LESSON. HOW MANY DAYS SHOULD YOU BE GOING? EVERY DAY. POLICE ACROSS THE CITY ON A MISSION TO PUT AN END TO TRUANCY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY KIDS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SCHOOL-AGED, ANYTHING UNDER 16. TARGETING HOTSPOTS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CONGREGATE. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I ALREADY TOLD THE PIG OVER THERE. ATTITUDE ISN'T A CRIME, BUT POLICE SAY THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN WAGGING AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THIS IS ABOUT LOOKING DEEPER INTO ABSENTEEISM AS A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE INTO MOVING AWAY FROM EDUCATION AND INTO WHAT IS OFTEN A LIFE OF CRIME. WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT AT SCHOOL, YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A QUALIFICATION, AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE IMPORTANT, EDUCATION IS REALLY CRITICAL TO HELPING KIDS HAVE CHOICE. THE MINISTRY SAYS A YEAR 11 STUDENT WHO'S ABSENT FOR HALF A YEAR HAS JUST A 20% CHANCE OF ACHIEVING NCEA LEVEL 1. AND AS WE FOUND, SOME PEOPLE ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE. ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT'S UNDER 16, THAT WANTS A RIDE TO SCHOOL? NAH. WHAT ABOUT THIS LITTLE ONE? THAT'S UP THERE NOW? THE ONE THAT JUST POKED HIS HEAD OUT? THIS BOY'S JUST 13. HE'S MISSED A YEAR OF SCHOOL. NOW HIS DAD'S GETTING HIM BACK ON TRACK. I'LL BE SITTING NEXT TO HIM AT THE DESK IF NEED BE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE HE'S THERE AND JUST BEING RESPECTFUL. HE SAYS PROBLEMS START AT HOME. HOME HAS TO BE SOLID, SEMI-SOLID, TO WANT OUR KIDS TO WANNA GO OUT THERE AND LEARN. AND ALTHOUGH OPERATION 'EYES WIDE OPEN' ONLY RUNS FOR ANOTHER WEEK,... THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE. ...THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. TO NORTHLAND'S 90 MILE BEACH NOW, WHERE FISHERMEN AND WOMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE HOPING FOR A BIG FISH TO WIN THE WORLD'S LARGEST SNAPPER COMPETITION. AND AS HELEN CASTLES EXPLAINS, THE FIVE DAY EVENT IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. HERE COMES THE COMPETITION. AS DAYLIGHT BROKE, THE DEDICATED ANGLERS WENT IN, AND SOON THERE WERE HUNDREDS. THE ADVENTURE, THE MYSTIQUE OF THIS AWESOME BEACH. SOME ARE HERE TO GET SERIOUS; OTHERS FOR A BIT OF FUN. WE LIKE GETTING ON THE BEACH AND THAT. YEAH, GETTING IN THE SAND. THIS COMPETITION IS IN ITS 35TH YEAR AND HAS A RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FROM AROUND NEW ZEALAND AND THE WORLD. BEGINNERS LUCK MIGHT BE THE RIGHT WAY TO JOIN THE COMPETITION. I DONE IT 14 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON HOLIDAY, MADE SOME GOOD FRIENDS, ENJOYED IT AND JUST WANTED TO COME BACK. ADRIAN DRIVES UP FROM HASTINGS EVERY YEAR WITH HIS BROTHER JOHN. HE ENJOYS IT. THE PEOPLE KNOW HIM NOW. AND THEY APPRECIATE HIM. THEY SHAKE HIS HAND. THEY MAKE HIM WELCOME. HE BUILT THIS CUSTOM-MADE CHAIR SO JOHN COULD ENJOY THE SURF. IT GETS HIM OUT, MAKES HIM ALIVE. AND THE FUN'S NOT CONFINED TO THE MEN. HUSBAND AND KIDS AT HOME. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, THEY'RE BACK IN AUCKLAND. AND I CAME UP LAST SATURDAY, AND I'LL GO HOME THIS SUNDAY. THE EVENT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR LOCALS, PUMPING MORE THAN $8M INTO THE KAITAIA COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL TELLS US THAT EACH PERSON THAT'S HERE SPENDS $246 A DAY WHILE THEY'RE HERE; THEY STAY SEVEN TO EIGHT DAYS AT A TIME. LAST YEAR'S WINNER REELED IN AN 8.2KG SNAPPER, BUT THE BIGGEST ON RECORD WEIGHED MORE THAN 12 KILOS. NOW, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT YOU ANY PICTURES OF SNAPPER. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. IT'S TERRIBLE AT THE MOMENT. SO NOTHING SO FAR TODAY. BUT WITH FOUR MORE DAYS TO GO, THE SNAPPER ARE BOUND TO START BITING. YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK. THERE'S 800 GUYS AND ONE FISH THAT WINS IT. AND THE ONE THAT LANDS THE BIGGEST ALSO LANDS A $30,000 PRIZE. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` IS DONALD TRUMP SET TO HAVE AN EVEN REDDER FACE? PLENTY OF ACCUSATIONS OF WIRE TAPPING BY BARRACK OBAMA, BUT STILL NO CONCRETE PROOF. FIRST THE DRINK DRIVE CHARGE, NOW DAN CARTER'S FUTURE WITH HIS FRENCH CLUB COULD BE IN DOUBT, AS PLANS FOR A MERGER ARE REVEALED. WELCOME BACK. BRITAIN'S PARLIAMENT HAS PASSED THE BREXIT BILL, PAVING THE WAY FOR THE UK TO BEGIN NEGOTIATING ITS EXIT FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE MOVE COMES JUST AFTER SCOTLAND'S FIRST MINISTER'S BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SHE AIMS TO HOLD A SECOND REFERENDUM ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE, BEFORE BRITAIN LEAVES THE UNION. I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR SCOTLAND TO BE TAKEN DOWN A PATH THAT IT HAS NO CONTROL OVER REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR ECONOMY, FOR OUR SOCIETY, FOR OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD, FOR OUR VERY SENSE OF WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY. PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY ACCUSED MS STURGEON OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH BRITAIN'S FUTURE. THERE'S STILL NO EVIDENCE BARACK OBAMA HAD DONALD TRUMP'S PHONE CALLS TAPPED IN THE RUN-UP TO THE ELECTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACCUSATION EARLIER THIS MONTH SPARKED OUTRAGE AND DEMANDS FOR PROOF. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAD UNTIL TODAY TO INVESTIGATE, BUT IT'S ASKED FOR MORE TIME. HERE'S ABC'S CECILIA VEGA. NINE DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCUSED PRESIDENT OBAMA OF WIRETAPPING HIM, THERE IS STILL NOT ONE CREDIBLE SHRED OF EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THAT CLAIM. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF ASKED THREE TIMES TODAY. NO COMMENT. BUT AIDES LIKE KELLYANNE CONWAY, THE COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT, FIRST SUGGESTING THE ALLEGED SURVEILLANCE ON HER BOSS MAY HAVE GONE BEYOND WIRETAPPING. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER TRUMP TOWER WAS WIRETAPPED? WHAT I CAN SAY IS THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SURVEIL EACH OTHER NOW, UNFORTUNATELY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WAS`? THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THIS WEEK THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SURVEIL SOMEONE THROUGH THEIR PHONES, THROUGH THEIR` CERTAINLY THROUGH THEIR TELEVISION SETS, UH, ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND MICROWAVES THAT TURN INTO CAMERAS, ETC. SO WE KNOW THAT THAT IS JUST A FACT OF MODERN LIFE. BUT AGAIN, WHERE'S THE PROOF? JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE FOR THESE ALLEGATIONS? NO, OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE FOR THOSE ALLEGATIONS. AND THAT ANSWER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID LAST WEEK. PRESS SECRETARY SEAN SPICER TRYING TO WALK BACK THE WIRETAPPING ACCUSATION ALTOGETHER. THE PRESIDENT USED THE WORD 'WIRETAP' IN QUOTE TO MEAN, BROADLY, SURVEILLANCE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. WOMAN: THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID. HE LITERALLY HAD IT IN QUOTES. TRUE ` TWO TWEETS FROM THE PRESIDENT PUT QUOTES AROUND 'WIRETAP', BUT IN OTHERS, NOPE, NO QUOTES. THIS IS A TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT. DOESN'T THE PRESIDENT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVE` AND HE DOES. AND I THINK... ...TO MAKE THE EVIDENCE CLEAR? AND WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE EXPECT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES TO DO THEIR JOB. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE AN UNFOUNDED ACCUSATION AND THEN ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION AFTER THE FACT. REMEMBER HIS CLAIM THAT MILLIONS VOTED ILLEGALLY IN THE ELECTION? YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. SURE. DONE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS A TASK FORCE HAS BEEN FORMED BUT NO FORMAL INVESTIGATION YET. SPORT NOW, AND LATER THIS WEEK IN WELLINGTON, OTAGO MAN NEIL BROOM LOOKS SET TO MAKE HIS TEST DEBUT FOR THE BLACKCAPS LONG AFTER HE MIGHT HAVE LOST HOPE OF GETTING THE CALL. JOHN MCKENZIE FOUND HIM TAKING A LAID BACK APPROACH AND HOPING NOT TO WASTE HIS CHANCE. AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 33, NEIL BROOM THOUGHT THIS DAY MIGHT NEVER COME. IT FEELS BRILLIANT, MATE. ITS BEEN 135 FIRST-CLASS GAMES. SO IT'S FELT LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S FINALLY HERE ` WELL, HOPEFULLY, ANYWAY. CALLED IN TO REPLACE THE INJURED ROSS TAYLOR, BROOM SHOULD MAKE HIS DEBUT IN CRICKET WHITES ON THURSDAY. IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE AT THE VERY SAME GROUND HE MADE HIS FIRST-CLASS DEBUT FOR CANTERBURY. CAME IN AND SCORED TWO 40S, SO PAID THE BILLS THAT DAY. (LAUGHS) BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT A FEW YEARS BEFORE THAT DEBUT, BROOM PLAYED FIRST 15 RUGBY WITH NONE OTHER THAN FORMER ALL BLACKS DAN CARTER AND ADAM THOMSON. SEEMS A LONG TIME AGO NOW THAT I MADE THAT DECISION TO PLAY CRICKET, BUT... I THINK I'VE MADE THE RIGHT ONE NOW. HE SAYS THAT BECAUSE, TO HIM, TEST CRICKET IS THE PINNACLE OF THE GAME. YEAH, IT DEFINITELY IS FOR ME. I THINK I'LL BE A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS GOING INTO A GAME LIKE THIS THAN ANY OTHER GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED. NERVES WHICH COULD BE HEIGHTENED... OUT. HE'S GOT IT, BROOM. ...DUE TO UNDER-PERFORMING IN THE ODIs. OBVIOUSLY, PRETTY DISAPPOINTING, PERSONALLY, THAT SERIES, AFTER COMING IN, DOING ALL RIGHT AGAINST BANGLADESH AND AUSTRALIA. THE GUYS HAVE PLAYED AGAINST HIM. IN THE TEAM MEETING, A LOT WAS SAID ABOUT HIM, SO WE'LL HAVE OUR PLANS FOR HIM. BROOM EXPECTS AN ONSLAUGHT FROM THE TOURISTS, ALTHOUGH HE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE AGAINST BOTH VERNON PHILANDER AND MORNE MORKEL ` ALBEIT 10 YEARS AGO IN AN EMERGING PLAYERS TOURNAMENT IN AUSSIE. I MANAGED TO BUST MY RIB, I THINK. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER ABOUT IT. IF HE CAN CRACK A TON ON DEBUT INSTEAD OF A RIB, IT'LL SHOW ANY DOMESTIC CRICKETER YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LIVE OUT YOUR INTERNATIONAL DREAM. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. FORMER ALL BLACK DAN CARTER'S DRINK DRIVING MAY NOT BE THE END OF HIS TROUBLES WITH HIS FRENCH CLUB PLANNING A MERGER, MEANING SOME PLAYERS WILL BE CUT. PENDING APPROVAL, RACING 92 WILL AMALGAMATE WITH FELLOW PARIS CLUB STADE FRANCAIS FROM NEXT SEASON. THE MOVE IS BEING COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF TOTTENHAM AND ARSENAL TEAMING UP. A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WILL BE LET GO. CARTER WAS BOOED BY THE CROWD AFTER THE CLUB'S WEEKEND LOSS, THE BOSS TELLING A FRENCH PAPER HIS STAR'S BEEN DISTRACTED BY PARTYING AND MEDIA ATTENTION AND NEEDS TO REFOCUS ON RUGBY. JUST AHEAD ` THE GOOD SHIP WEATHER FORECAST IS ABOUT TO SET SAIL THEN SINK RAPIDLY. THEN SNOOP DOGG GETS POLITICAL. ZERO POINTS FOR GUESSING WHO IS IN HIS SIGHTS. WELCOME BACK. NEVER ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM CONTROVERSY, AMERICAN RAP STAR SNOOP DOGG HAS MADE HIS FEELINGS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR IN HIS NEW VIDEO. THE CLIP FOR 'BAD BAD NOT GOOD' STARTS OUT DARK AND GETS DARKER, DEPICTING A MISERABLE CLOWN DAD DRIVING TO WORK AND THEN GETTING SHOT BY A CLOWN COP. THEN IT TAKES AIM AT ONE DONALD J TRUMP. # WHEN THE NIGHT # TIME FALLS # THERE'S THE FINAL CALL. IN A CLEANED UP VERSION OF SNOOP'S QUOTE, HE SAID 'NOBODY IS DEALING THE REAL ISSUE OF THIS 'JOLLY' CLOWN 'AS A PRESIDENT AND THE "SHENANIGANS" WE ARE DEALING WITH.' END QUOTE. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH A BIT MORE FROM THE DOGG. (SNOOP DOGG FEAT. PHARRELL'S 'DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TOM PEDLAR AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.