HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE. THE NORTH-EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND IS THE AREA TO BE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER SUNNY AND WARM DAY THERE. IN THE WAKE OF A WILD WEEK OF WEATHER, WE RETURN TO A MORE NORMAL WEATHER PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME HEAVY, THUNDERY FALLS ABOUT TOMORROW, AND THE INCOMING RIDGE HAS A CALMING INFLUENCE FROM TUESDAY. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. AFTER A SHOW OF STRENGTH, A FAILURE TO LAUNCH. NORTH KOREA FIZZES AND THE AMERICANS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES. THE STING IN THE TAIL OF CYCLONE COOK CONTINUES. THIS TIME, WAIKATO HOMES ARE EVACUATED. WHAT TO DO ABOUT OUR OVERCROWDED PRISON PROBLEM? LABOUR SAYS IT'S GOT THE ANSWER. AND ITS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR NATIONAL GAME. AFTER 125 YEARS, WHERE TO NOW FOR RUGBY? NORTH KOREA CONTINUES TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH TODAY'S LAUNCH OF A BALLISTIC MISSILE. BUT THE TEST FIRING TURNED INTO A HIGH-PROFILE FAILURE, WITH THE ROCKET BLOWING UP ON TAKEOFF. IT COMES A DAY AFTER THE NORTH KOREANS HELD A MILITARY PARADE IN WHICH NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE BALLISTIC MISSILES WERE ON DISPLAY. AND WITH AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE ABOUT TO ARRIVE IN SOUTH KOREA, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GROUP SENT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW WITHIN STRIKING RANGE. AS THE ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ REPORTS, THE AMERICANS ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST. THE MASSIVE MILITARY PARADE, COMPLETE WITH FLY-BYS, TANKS AND MARCHING SOLDIERS COMES AS TENSIONS WITH THE U.S ARE SIMMERING. NORTH KOREA'S SECOND MOST SENIOR OFFICIAL SAYS DONALD TRUMP IS 'CREATING A WAR SITUATION', AND NORTH KOREA IS PREPARED FOR 'ALL-OUT WAR', INCLUDING A NUCLEAR ATTACK. THE NORTH KOREANS ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP MISSILES THAT WILL REACH THE U.S, AND ALREADY HAVE WEAPONS THAT COULD THREATEN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, WHERE MORE THAN 80,000 U.S FORCES ARE BASED. SO, A HARDENED BUNKER. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF BLAST DOORS HERE. JUST A FEW DOZEN MILES FROM THE DMZ, THE MOST MILITARISED BORDER IN THE WORLD, WE HAD A RARE VISIT DEEP INSIDE THE U.S's OSAN AIR BASE, ONE OF THE FIRST LINES OF DEFENCE AGAINST NORTH KOREA. HERE U.S FIGHTER JETS TAKE OFF TO PATROL THE SKIES ABOVE. AND WE SAW UP CLOSE PATRIOT BATTERIES, A MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM GUARDING AGAINST AN ATTACK FROM NORTH KOREA. BASICALLY, WHAT A PATRIOT DOES IS IT DETERMINES AN INBOUND THREAT MISSILE WE FIRE A PATRIOT MISSILE AT IT, AND IT'S A BULLET-ON-BULLET SCENARIO, WHERE THE PATRIOT MISSILE HITS THE THREAT MISSILE AND DESTROYS IT. ONE OF THE GENERALS IN CHARGE OF ALL U.S FORCES IN KOREA TELLS ME THE SITUATION IS EXTREMELY TENSE. IT'S OUR PREPAREDNESS THAT'S OUR BEST DETERRENT. BUT WE TAKE HIS THREATS AND HIS DEVELOPMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY. SO WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS TO AVERT ANY POTENTIAL CRISIS? THE BBC'S LAURA BICKER HAS THIS ASSESSMENT. PYONGYANG IS BEING WARNED. THESE NAVAL WARSHIPS ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL. THE MESSAGE ` THE US IS READY TO ACT IF PROVOKED. NORTH KOREA IS A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. NORTH KOREA'S GOT TO CHANGE ITS BEHAVIOUR. THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW. KEY TO US EFFORTS WILL BE CHINA. THESE TALKS WITH PRESIDENT XI LAST WEEK LAID THE GROUNDWORK. DONALD TRUMP SAID HE RECEIVED ASSURANCES THAT THEY'D HELP PUT AN END TO NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. AND SOME BELIEVE THAT IS WHY HE'S DISPATCHED THOSE WARSHIPS. PERHAPS THE DISPATCH OF CARRIER STRIKE FORCE TO THE PENINSULA IS REALLY AIMED AT MOTIVATING THE CHINESE, TO TELL BEIJING THAT THE UNITED STATES IS SERIOUS AND WANTS TO SEE CHINA PUT A LOT MORE PRESSURE ON PYONGYANG. CHINA IS ALREADY APPLYING PRESSURE AT ITS BORDER AND PLACED A BAN ON IMPORTS OF NORTH KOREAN COAL. IF PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS, HIS BEST HOPE IS IN BEIJING. THE US COULD ALSO PUSH FOR MORE UN SANCTIONS, BUT CRITICS BELIEVE THAT PUNISHES THE PEOPLE OF NORTH KOREA, NOT ITS LEADERS. THE PENTAGON HAS DENIED ANY SUGGESTION OF A PRE-EMPTIVE MILITARY STRIKE. BUT DONALD TRUMP'S ACTIONS IN SYRIA PROVE HE'S A PRESIDENT PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION QUICKLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. US TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE ADVANCING AFTER THE DROPPING OF A MASSIVE BUNKER-BUSTING BOMB, KNOWN AS 'THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS'. A DISPLAY OF FIRE POWER FROM THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MILITARY THAT JUST MIGHT MAKE KIM JONG-UN THINK TWICE ABOUT LAUNCHING ANY ATTACK. MEANWHILE, THE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS ON HIS WAY TO SEOUL TO REASSURE ASIAN ALLIES AND OFFER THEM AN IRON-CLAD COMMITMENT TO COME TO THEIR DEFENCE. HIS MESSAGE IS THAT THE US WILL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE WORLD SAFE. TODAY HUNDREDS OF SHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OPENED THEIR DOORS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON AN EASTER SUNDAY. A LAW CHANGE LAST YEAR SAW THE DECISION OVER WHETHER TO ALLOW EASTER TRADING TRANSFERRED TO LOCAL COUNCILS. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SIMPLIFY THINGS, BUT SOME SAY IT'S MADE IT MORE COMPLICATED. ALI PUGH REPORTS. HUNTING FOR AN EASTER SUNDAY BARGAIN. SHOPPERS IN CENTRAL NAPIER WERE FILLING THEIR BOOTS WITH SOME RETAIL THERAPY. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I THINK IT'S FABULOUS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THESE STORES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO OPEN THEIR DOORS ON THIS DAY AFTER A NEW LAW HANDED THE CONTROVERSIAL CALL OF EASTER SUNDAY TRADING TO LOCAL COUNCILS. IT'S BEEN GOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN, AND I THINK THEY'RE SURPRISED THERE'S NOT MORE SHOPS OPEN. THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YEARS AGO. BECAUSE IT'S GOOD WEATHER TODAY, AND PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND LOTS OF OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE AS WELL. NAPIER'S JUST ONE OF 25 COUNCILS RIGHT AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT'VE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO EASTER SUNDAY SHOPPING. BUT MAJOR CENTRES, INCLUDING AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH AND DUNEDIN, HAVE YET TO DECIDE. BUT OPENING UP EASTER SUNDAY FOR SHOPPING IS A FRAUGHT ISSUE. ITS OPPONENTS SAY IT'S A DAY THAT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR RELIGION, FAMILY TIME AND A BREAK FOR WORKERS. AND THE NEW COUNCIL-LED APPROACH HAS ITS OWN CRITICS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CERTAINLY MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN PLACE A CONSISTENT PLACE OF NATIONAL RULES AROUND EASTER SUNDAY TRADE. DELEGATING THAT DECISION HAS MEANT A PATCHWORK OF DECISIONS POPPING UP AND EVEN MORE CONFUSION THAN WE HAD PREVIOUSLY. LIKE JUST 20 MINUTES FROM BUSTLING NAPIER LIES AN UNINHABITED HASTINGS. ITS COUNCIL IS STILL UNDECIDED. AND WHILE ALL GARDEN CENTRES HAVE AN EASTER SUNDAY TRADE EXEMPTION, ODERINGS SAY THE NEW RULES AREN'T FAIR, HAVING ALREADY PAID $100,000 IN FINES OVER THE YEARS FOR FLOUTING THE BAN. WE FOUGHT HARD FOR THE SUNDAYS. SO, TO US, IT SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF A COP OUT NOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S SAID, 'IT'S UP TO THE COUNCILS.' 'THEY CAN ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPEN IF THEY WANT,' AFTER WE'VE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR WHAT WE'VE FOUGHT FOR. BUT RETAIL NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE MOMENTUM IS ON THE SIDE OF CHANGE. AND COUNCILS CAN NOW MAKE THE BIG CALL ON WHAT'LL CONSTITUTE A 'HAPPY EASTER' IN 2018. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. TWO WAIKATO FARMING FAMILIES HAVE HEADED FOR DRYER GROUND AFTER SURFACE FLOODING BECAME TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. THREE HOMES WERE THREATENED BY WATER SPILLING OVER STOPBANKS ALONG THE PIAKO RIVER ON THE HAURAKI PLAINS. CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS RECENT WEATHER HAS CREATED RECORD FLOWS, AND LOCALS WERE ADVISED TO LEAVE IF THEY FELT UNSAFE. IT'S JUST BEEN ABOUT PEOPLE'S SAFETY AND MAKING SURE CATTLE ARE... THE LIVES OF THE COWS ARE LOOKED AFTER. CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS FLOOD CONTROL OVER THE PLAINS IS GOING TO PLAN, AND IT COULD TAKE UP TO THREE WEEKS FOR THE WATER TO DRAIN AWAY. AND CYCLONE COOK'S ALSO BEING BLAMED FOR THE MAIN ROAD INTO KAIKOURA FROM THE SOUTH BEING CUT OFF ONCE AGAIN. A MASSIVE SLIP ON STATE HIGHWAY 1, JUST SOUTH OF PEKETA, HAS COVERED THE ROAD IN DEBRIS FOR 100M. CREWS EXPECT IT'LL TAKE TWO DAYS TO CLEAR THE ROAD. LABOUR HAS A PLAN TO REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION BY 30% OVER 15 YEARS. IT COMES AFTER A TREATY OF WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REPORT SAID THAT CORRECTIONS IS FAILING MAORI IN THE PRISON SYSTEM. THEY SPOKE TO JESSICA MUTCH ON TVNZ'S Q + A TODAY. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 10,000 PEOPLE IN NZ JAILS. LABOUR'S GOT A NEW PLAN TO REDUCE THAT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO HAVE A 15-YEAR TARGET TO REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION BY, SAY, 30%. THE GOVERNMENT'S TARGET ISN'T AS AMBITIOUS. IT AIMS TO REDUCE THE POPULATION BY A QUARTER BY 2025. LABOUR SAYS ITS TARGET WOULD SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. WE GET DOWN TO 7000 OVER 15 YEARS. THERE'S 5000 MAORI. THAT WOULD MEAN WE'D HAVE 3500 MAORI IN PRISON. IT'S A START. SO WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU'D DO IF YOU BECAME THE MINISTER TO TRY AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN? I'D GET ON THE PHONE TO MY NATIONAL AND GREEN AND ACT AND WHOEVER ELSE IS IN PARLIAMENT COUNTERPART AND SAY, 'HEY, LET'S SIT DOWN AND LET'S WORK OUT A REAL MATURE WAY OF ACTUALLY MAKING THESE REDUCTIONS.' HE SAYS THINGS LIKE GETTING FAMILY MORE INVOLVED IN REHABILITATION AND HAVING MORE OF A MAORI INFLUENCE ON THE PRISON SYSTEM WOULD HELP. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER A WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REPORT FOUND CORRECTIONS IS FAILING MAORI BY NOT DOING ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE HIGH LEVELS OF REOFFENDING. FIVE YEARS AFTER LEAVING PRISON, 81% OF MAORI ARE RECONVICTED. FOR NON-MAORI, IT'S 50%. THE SYSTEM WITHIN WHICH, SAY, THE JUSTICE PROCESS OPERATES IS INHERENTLY RACIST, AND UNTIL WE ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS THAT HONESTLY, THEN I BELIEVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE CANNOT OCCUR. MAORI ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED. ONCE THEY GET INTO THE COURT SYSTEM, THEY'RE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET CUSTODIAL SENTENCE. SO THAT DISTORTS AND INFLATES THE FIGURES. A PRISONER ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS SIMPLE THINGS WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO REOFFENDING RATES. IF YOU TEACH 'EM TO READ AND WRITE, THEY'VE GOT A FAR BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING A JOB WHEN THEY GET OUT OF JAIL. THE MINISTER SAYS THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. THE LAST MONTH ALONE, CORRECTIONS HAVE PLACED 99 FORMER OFFENDERS INTO JOBS. 42 OF THOSE WERE MAORI. LABOUR'S GOT ITS OWN IDEAS AND HOPES IT'LL GET THE CHANCE TO IMPLEMENT THEM POST-ELECTION. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. POLICE AND SECURITY ANALYSTS BELIEVE DEPORTEES BEING SENT FROM THE UNITED STATES BACK TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO RAPIDLY INCREASING DRUG AND WEAPONS SMUGGLING ACROSS THE PACIFIC. TONGA, FIJI, NEW CALEDONIA AND VANUATU ARE THE FOUR HUBS BEING USED BY CARTELS TO SHIP DRUGS TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS REPORT. AS DRUG- AND GUN-RUNNING INCREASES IN THE PACIFIC, ALARMING TRENDS ARE EMERGING. ANOTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT IS THE MASSIVE CARTELS MOVING AND UTILIZING THE CRYSTAL ROAD TO PUSH METHAMPHETAMINE, HEROIN AND COCAINE THROUGH THE PACIFIC. TONGA IS ONE OF FOUR HUBS ACROSS THE PACIFIC USED BY DRUG CARTELS AS STAGING POSTS FOR GUNS AND DRUGS. THE OTHERS ARE FIJI, NEW CALEDONIA AND VANUATU. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE DESTINATION MARKETS, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. THESE SMUGGLING ROUTES, DUBBED THE CRYSTAL ROAD, ARE USED BY SOUTH-EAST ASIAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN SYNDICATES. NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST METHAMPHETAMINE BUST LAST YEAR CAME THROUGH THE PACIFIC. WHAT'S WORRYING OFFICIALS IS THESE DIFFERENT SYNDICATES ARE STARTING TO OPERATE TOGETHER. THERE SEEMS TO BE THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND. SO WE'RE NOT SEEING VIOLENCE, WE'RE SEEING COOPERATION. ANOTHER ISSUE RAISING ALARM IS DEPORTEES, MANY WITH GANG AND DRUG CARTEL LINKS, BEING SENT TO THE ISLANDS AND GETTING INVOLVED IN TRANS-NATIONAL CRIME. 35 A YEAR ARE SENT TO TONGA. SO FAR THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN 700 FROM THE U.S. ALONE. WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE SENT TO TONGA, THEY ALREADY HAVE THESE LINKS. THEY'RE BRINGING A NEW DIMENSION TO THE PACIFIC IN REGARDS TO SMUGGLING WEAPONS AND DRUGS. MOST ARE ABANDONED WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR HOMELAND OR TONGAN FAMILIES, SO THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF REOFFENDING. MOST OF THEM ARE DRUGS PROBLEMS. AND SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY AFFECTED. SOME OF THEM HAVE NO HOME, NO PLACE TO GO. THEY COME TO US AND ASK FOR, UM, A PLACE TO STAY. DEPORTEE MALANI WOLFGRAMM DID PRISON TIME FOR ASSAULT IN THE U.S. BUT HAS TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND, NOW A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY MAN. TRYING TO TEACH THEM` TEACH THEM BY EXAMPLE BY LIVING THE` A GOOD LIFE. BUT HE'S AN EXCEPTION. THOSE WHO WORK WITH DEPORTEES SAY MORE ARE COMING AND URGENT SUPPORT IS NEEDED. NOT ONLY NEED THE HOUSING AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES WE DON'T HAVE, BUT ALSO THE HUMAN RESOURCES. I'M PRAYING FOR A RESIDENTIAL AREA, A PLACE FOR THEM THEY CAN COME AND STAY. RISK AND SECURITY ANALYST JOSE SOUSA-SANTOS SAYS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS STRENGTHENING. THE SYNDICATES, ONCE THEY TAKE ROOT IN THE REGION AND EMBED THEMSELVES WITH THE LOCAL` ESPECIALLY WITH LOCAL CULTURE AND SOCIETY, IT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL THEM OUT. A WORRYING WARNING WITH REGIONAL SECURITY AT STAKE. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S UPPED THE ANTE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ILLNESS. IT'S CALLING FOR THE URGENT DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS AS PART OF A PLAN TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S POPULATION. SCIENTISTS HERE ARE ALSO SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS MUCH CLOSER TO HOME THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. FROM ALL THOSE OUTINGS TO ALL THE ONLINE SHARING OF THEIR CUTEST MOMENTS, WE JUST LOVE OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS. NOW THAT CLOSE CONNECTION IS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY. DOGS AND CATS, THEY DO LICK THEMSELVES, AND THEY LICK THEMSELVES ALL OVER, AND THEN THEY LICK OUR HANDS OR PERHAPS EVEN OUR FACE. WE NEED TO BE A BIT CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT. THE RESEARCH TEAM IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHETHER PET BACTERIA PICKED UP BY HUMANS IS INCREASING RESISTANCE TO AN ASSORTMENT OF ANTIBIOTICS. IT COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE GLOBAL QUEST TO FUTURE-PROOF WORLD HEALTH. IT'S ALREADY CAUSING US TROUBLE, BUT GIVE US ANOTHER 10, 15, 20 YEARS, IF WE HAVEN'T CRACKED THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BIG ISSUE. IF WE DO NOTHING, THE ESTIMATE IS THAT BY 2050, THERE'LL BE ABOUT 10 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR, GLOBALLY, CAUSE BY BACTERIA THAT PREVIOUSLY WE WERE ABLE TO TREAT BY ANTIBIOTICS. INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS HAVE DESCRIBED THE THREAT AS A TICKING TIME BOMB AS BIG AS TERRORISM. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION RECENTLY PUBLISHED A LIST OF 12 BACTERIA FAMILIES IT SAYS POSE THE GREATEST RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH, AND IT'S CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS TO TREAT THESE BUGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A MINISTRY OF HEALTH TASK FORCE IS OVERSEEING NZ'S RESPONSE. THERE'S ALSO MORE SPENDING ON RESEARCH, INCLUDING A PROJECT LOOKING FOR UNKNOWN ANTIBIOTIC QUALITIES IN FUNGI. MOST OF US HAVE NOT BEEN ALIVE WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANTIBIOTICS, WHEN PEOPLE DIED FREQUENTLY FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES. AND THERE'S A CALL FOR EVERYONE TO DO THEIR BIT. PRACTISING WHAT WE PREACH ABOUT HAND WASHING, CLEANLINESS AROUND FOOD PREPARATION. IMMUNISATION PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN PREVENTION, BECAUSE IT STOPS YOU GETTING THE INFECTIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE. SMALL STEPS IN TACKLING A HUGE PROBLEM. OUR PETS PERHAPS EVEN PLAYING A PART. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. CALLS FOR A FULL-SCALE INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH INQUIRY HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REJECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. SO A GROUP HAS DECIDED TO CROWDSOURCE THEIR OWN REPORT, AND THIS WEEK THE 'PEOPLE'S REPORT' ON MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE RELEASED. IT DESCRIBES A SYSTEM IN CRISIS. SO POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE AFFECTED. TELLING JOKES IS SATIRIST ROBBIE NICOL'S JOB. KIA ORA. I'M ROBBIE NICOL, AND I'M ANOTHER WHITE MAN BEHIND A DESK. BUT IT'S ALSO HIS WAY OF DEALING WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. YOU'RE A PERSON WHO SAYS, 'I'M REALLY STRUGGLING TO DO 'DAY-TO-DAY TASKS. I'M NOT COPING WITH NORMAL LIFE.' AND GETTING HELP WAS HARD. I CAME CLOSE TO SUICIDE AT ONE POINT. YEAH, THAT WAS A REAL SCARY MOMENT, AND LUCKILY I STOPPED BEFORE I FOLLOWED THROUGH. THERE WAS KIND OF A MOMENT OF STILLNESS, AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MUSIC IS LUCY MCSWEENEY'S THERAPY. SHE'S LAUNCHED A PETITION TO GET BETTER MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND SAYS EARLY INTERVENTION IS CRUCIAL. I PROBABLY SOUGHT HELP SIX MONTHS TOO LATE BECAUSE I WAS SCARED AND I DIDN'T RECOGNISE IN MYSELF I WAS HAVING A TOUGH TIME. I JUST PUSHED IT ASIDE AND TOLD MYSELF I WAS BEING SILLY. PSYCHOTHERAPIST KYLE MACDONALD HAS BEEN COLLECTING HUNDREDS OF STORIES FROM PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. THERE'S LOTS OF RED FLAGS, LOTS OF PROBLEMS AND LOTS OF AREAS OF THE SYSTEM ARE OVERWHELMED. REALLY CLEAR EFFECTS IN TERMS OF THE BIG TRAGIC STORIES OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS BUT ALSO LONG WAITING TIMES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS PARTICULARLY THERAPY SERVICES. HE SAYS HIS REPORT, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK, SHOWS WE NEED AN INQUIRY INTO MENTAL HEALTH CARE. AND THE LABOUR LEADER AGREES. AS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS, I'VE JUST MENTIONED THE ISSUE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SAYING WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING BETTER, AND I GET SUCH A REACTION TO IT. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN LET DOWN BY OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S COMMITTED AN EXTRA $300M, RING-FENCED FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING, AND JUST THIS WEEK HEALTH MINISTER JONATHAN COLEMAN RELEASED A DRAFT SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY. IT INCLUDES MORE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES. ROBBIE NICOL SAYS TALKING IS CRUCIAL. PEOPLE THAT COME FORWARD AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, I'M REALLY CHUFFED ABOUT THAT. AND HE'S NOT JOKING. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. NEARLY 30,000 ATHLETES AND SUPPORTERS HAVE BEGUN ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF THIS WEEK'S WORLD MASTERS GAMES. TODAY REALITY SET IN FOR COMPETITORS WHEN THE DOORS OPENED AT THE ACCREDITATION HUB. LISETTE REYMER WAS THERE. ON YOUR MARKS. GET SET. GO. WELCOME TO THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES. THIS IS A FIRST FOR NZ, WELCOMING THOUSANDS TO THE SO-CALLED 'OLYMPICS FOR VETERANS' WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN THE OLYMPICS. IT'S A HUGE MILESTONE FOR US. WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR 4.5 YEARS, AND WE'RE READY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE ONLY ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR THESE GAMES IS YOUR AGE. OUR YOUNGEST ATHLETE IS 25. OUR OLDEST ATHLETE IS 101. SHE IS COMING FROM INDIA, AND SHE'S COMPETING IN ATHLETICS. YOU HEARD RIGHT. 101. SHE'S GOT 82-YEAR-OLD GEORGE FEELING LIKE A SPRING CHICKEN. THERE'S A 101-YEAR-OLD. OH MY GOD. COMPETING? OH HEAVENS ABOVE. WITH 28,000 PARTICIPANTS, THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES IS THE BIGGEST EVENT TO HIT AUCKLAND, AND NZ, SINCE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP IN AUCKLAND WE HAD ABOUT 1800 VOLUNTEERS. FOR THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 3500 PEOPLE. TODAY THEIR WORK BEGINS, WITH ATHLETES FROM 100 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. TORONTO, CANADA. NORWAY. BRAZIL. ARGENTINA. MEETING AT THE CLOUD TO PICK UP THEIR ACCREDITATION... IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE. ...WHERE RIVALRIES WERE ALREADY SPARKING. EVERYONE PUSHING IN, I HAVE ALREADY 34 GOLDS, SO MAYBE I CAN HAVE ONE MORE. COME FRIDAY THE FIRST EVENTS WILL KICK OFF, THE BEGINNING OF A JAM-PACKED 10-DAY SCHEDULE. CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, REALLY. THESE MORE MATURE SPORTING STARS ARE EAGER TO TEACH THE YOUNG'UNS A LESSON. YOU CANT STOP. YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING OTHERWISE YOU STAGNATE AND YOU JUST FALL OVER. LIVING PROOF THAT AGE REALLY IS JUST A NUMBER. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` ANOTHER ATROCITY AGAINST CIVILIANS IN SYRIA. A MASSIVE SUICIDE BOMB RIPS THROUGH A CONVOY OF REFUGEES OUTSIDE ALEPPO. DOZENS ARE DEAD AND DOZENS MORE INJURED AS THEY TRY TO FLEE THE FIGHTING. THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF KIWI DIGGERS IN WORLD WAR ONE. AND THE GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT THAT'S BRINGING TO LIFE THE LOST TUNNELS THEY DUG IN FRANCE. AND A DIFFERENT PIECE OF NZ HISTORY. THIS TIME FROM THE TELLY. THE EXHIBITION OF TV ADS THAT SHOWS HOW FAR WE'VE COME AS A COUNTRY ` 30 SECONDS AT A TIME. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A MASSIVE SUICIDE BOMB ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. THE ATTACK TARGETED A CONVOY OF BUSES THAT WERE MEANT TO BE TRANSPORTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO SAFETY. THE BBC'S RICHARD GALPIN REPORTS. IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH, A MAN RUNS TOWARDS THE SITE OF THE HUGE EXPLOSION, FILMING THE HORRIFYING SCENES AROUND HIM. IT'S BELIEVED A SUICIDE BOMBER CARRIED OUT THIS ATTACK, REPORTEDLY DRIVING A VAN CARRYING AID SUPPLIES. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT. I'M SPEECHLESS. THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. YOU CAN SEE DOZENS OF BURNT-OUT CARS, BODIES EVERYWHERE. EMERGENCY STAFF AND OPPOSITION FACTIONS ARE EVACUATING THE WOUNDED AND THE DEAD. THE TARGET WAS THIS CONVOY OF BUSES CARRYING HUNDREDS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FINALLY ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR VILLAGES WHICH HAVE BEEN UNDER SIEGE FOR YEARS IN SYRIA'S CONTINUING CIVIL WAR. SINCE LAST NIGHT THE CONVOY HAD BEEN HELD UP ON THE ROAD NEAR ALEPPO BECAUSE OF A HITCH IN THE DEAL AGREED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE REBELS FOR THE EVACUATION. THAT LEFT EVERYONE HERE VERY EXPOSED TO AN ATTACK. WITH SO MANY KILLED AND INJURED IN THIS BOMBING, THERE ARE FEARS OF REVENGE ATTACKS AND AN END TO FURTHER AGREEMENTS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF OTHER BESIEGED TOWNS AND VILLAGES. FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVED THIS ATTACK, THE AIM NOW IS TO GET THEM TO SAFE AREAS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SOME ARE ALREADY REPORTED TO BE GETTING BACK ON BUSES, LEAVING THE HORROR OF THIS DAY BEHIND THEM. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN DOZENS OF CITIES ACROSS THE U.S HAVE BEEN PROTESTING TO CALL FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS. TRUMP IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE RICHARD NIXON NOT TO RELEASE HIS RETURNS. IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT IT'S BECOME A TRADITION FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AS A SHOW OF TRANSPARENCY. DURING HIS CAMPAIGN, TRUMP PROMISED HE'D RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS BUT LATER U-TURNED, SAYING THE PUBLIC 'DOESN'T CARE'. (PEOPLE CHANT) APRIL 15TH WAS CHOSEN TO HOLD THE MASS PROTEST BECAUSE IT'S THE DEADLINE FOR FILING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS IN THE US. THE WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON, ALSO THOUGHT TO BE THE LAST KNOWN SURVIVOR OF THE 1800s, HAS DIED AGED 117. ITALIAN WOMAN EMMA MORANO'S LIFE SPANNED THREE CENTURIES, SURVIVING TWO WORLD WARS AND MORE THAN 90 ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS. SHE CREDITED HER LONG LIFE TO GOOD GENETICS AND A DIET OF THREE EGGS A DAY, TWO OF THEM RAW. 100 YEARS AGO, KILOMETRES OF TUNNELS WERE DUG BY NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS IN FRANCE TO HELP LAUNCH A SURPRISE ATTACK ON ENEMY FORCES. IT'S A PART OF OUR WWI HISTORY THAT'S LONG BEEN HIDDEN UNDERGROUND. BUT A GROUP FROM OTAGO UNIVERSITY HAS BROUGHT IT TO THE SURFACE, AND NOW ANYONE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, CAN EXPERIENCE IT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING EXPLAINS. THOUSANDS OF ALLIED BOOTS ONCE MARCHED THE COBBLES OF ARRAS. BUT IT'S BELOW THE STREETS THE KIWIS FOUGHT THEIR BATTLE 100 YEARS AGO. AS I LOOKED INTO THE STORY, I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW LITTLE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT ARRAS AND THESE TUNNELS, AND TO ME IT WAS SOMEWHAT AN UNTOLD STORY. RICHARD HEMI FROM OTAGO UNIVERSITY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO CAPTURE THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD USING NEW TECHNOLOGY. IN 1916, THE NEW ZEALAND TUNNELLING COMPANY EXTENDED QUARRIES BELOW THE TOWN OUT TO THE GERMAN FRONT LINE, FROM WHERE THE ALLIES LAUNCHED A SURPRISE ATTACK. THE LONGEST SECTOR, WHICH IS PART OF THE FULL NETWORK, IS 2.6KM LONG FROM THE CENTRE OF TOWN, OF ARRAS, TO THE FRONT LINE. WE COULD SURVEY ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT. EVEN STANDING IN THE TUNNELS, IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND JUST WHAT THE KIWIS ACHIEVED WITH A PICK AND SHOVEL BY CANDLELIGHT. UNTIL NOW. HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THESE IMAGES? BASICALLY, THIS USES A TECHNOLOGY OF LASER SCANNING. UM, THERE'S ROUGHLY 1000 LASER SCANS IN THIS WHOLE MODEL. FOR NINE WEEKS THE TEAM WORKED UNDERGROUND. IT'S A LASER AND IT JUST SHOOTS OUT LOTS OF POINTS? YEAH, IT DOES. YOU DO A SCAN THAT'S MAYBE FIVE OR SIX MINUTES LONG, AND IT JUST SCANS EVERYTHING IN A 360 CIRCLE. WE THEN PUT THE CAMERA ON AND TAKE A PANORAMA, WHICH THEN PUTS COLOUR OR TEXTURE TO THE POINT CLOUD. FITTINGLY, NEW ZEALAND AND FRENCH STUDENTS AND LECTURERS WORKED TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE TUNNELLERS' LEGACY WOULD BE PRESERVED. THEY HAVE WORKED AND MADE AN AMAZING WORK TO CAPTURE 25 BILLION POINTS WITH AN ACCURACY OF LESS THAN A FEW CENTIMETRES, WHICH IS BY EVERY STANDARD A VERY BIG ACHIEVEMENT. THE TECHNOLOGY CANNOT CONVEY THE HARSH CONDITIONS OR CONSTANT THREATS TO LIFE THESE BRAVE MEN FACED. BUT IT DOES BRING THIS HIDDEN TRIUMPH TO THE SURFACE. THERE'S REALLY SPECIAL KIWI TAONGA DOWN THERE THAT I THINK PEOPLE REALLY WANNA, SORT OF, CONNECT WITH. THEY HOPE TO CREATE A VIRTUAL TOUR IN THE FUTURE. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, ARRAS. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. AND HEAVY, THUNDERY FALLS ARE ON THE RADAR FOR SOME. YES, PETE, A LOW IS APPROACHING THE NORTH ISLAND AND BANDS OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW SHOULD PASS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND UPPER SOUTH ISLAND TODAY AND INTO MONDAY. THERE IS A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY BURSTS OF RAIN FOR WAITOMO, TARANAKI AND WESTERN NELSON. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH MORE OF THAT UNSTABLE, SHOWERY WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND. CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF OUR NATIONAL SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN OUR RUGBY HISTORY AND WHAT THE GAME MEANS TO THE COUNTRY. # WE ARE THE BLOKES FROM DOWN ON THE FARM. WE REALLY KNOW OUR CHEESE. # AND REMEMBER THESE? CATALOGING NEW ZEALAND'S FAVOURITE ADVERTISEMENTS FROM YEARS GONE BY. WE TELL YOU WHY, COMING UP. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. NORTH KOREA HAS TRIED, AND FAILED, TO LAUNCH ANOTHER BALLISTIC MISSILE. THE ATTEMPT HAPPENED JUST A DAY AFTER A MASSIVE MILITARY PARADE WHICH APPEARED TO SHOW NEW LONG-RANGE WEAPONS. US VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS ON HIS WAY TO SOUTH KOREA TO HOLD TALKS ABOUT THE INCREASING TENSIONS WITH THE NORTH. LORDE HAS MADE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE STAGE, STUNNING FANS WITH A BRAND-NEW SONG AT A SURPRISE MIDNIGHT CONCERT. THE GRAMMY-WINNER SOLD $20 TICKETS TO THE IMPROMPTU GIG IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH SOLD OUT IN JUST A MINUTE. IT'S THE SINGER'S FIRST FULL SHOW IN NEARLY THREE YEARS, AND FANS WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED. LORDE DEBUTED AN UNRELEASED SONG CALLED 'SOBER' FROM HER SECOND ALBUM 'MELODRAMA'. IT'S JUST A WARM-UP FOR THE STAR, WHO'S SET TO PERFORM AT THE FAMOUS 'COACHELLA' MUSIC FESTIVAL TOMORROW. FROM THE 'BUGGER' AD TO THE CHESDALE TWINS, TAKING A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT YOUR FAVOURITE NEW ZEALAND ADVERTISEMENTS HAS JUST BECOME A LOT EASIER. AN ONLINE EXHIBITION OF MORE THAN 300 CINEMA, RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS FROM DECADES PAST HAS JUST BEEN LAUNCHED. EMILY COOPER HAD A LOOK. # WE ARE THE BLOKES FROM DOWN ON THE FARM. WE REALLY KNOW OUR CHEESE. # THEY'RE THE ADS WE GREW UP WITH. # HAVE A CRUNCHIE, HOKEY POKEY BAR. # NEW ZEALAND ADVERTS THAT MAY CREATE A BIT OF NOSTALGIA... # THAT MY LOVE FOR YOU HAS GONE... # ...AND HELPED SHAPE KIWI CULTURE. (CRASH! CHICKENS CLUCK) BUGGER. THEY'VE SORT OF BECOME PART OF OUR PARLANCE, IF YOU LIKE, PART OF OUR VOCABULARY. NGA TAONGA SOUND AND VISION HAS SEEN THE IMPORTANCE OF KIWI ADS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING THEM. HANG ON UP HERE, MATE. SHE GETS A BIT BUMPY, EH. IT'S JUST LAUNCHED AN ONLINE EXHIBITION CALLED 'SELL-EBRATION' OF MORE THAN 300 COMMERCIALS FROM THE 1920s THROUGH TILL TODAY,... GROUSE, EH? ...CATEGORISED INTO DECADES. # I... AM EVERYDAY PEOPLE. # THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. IT CERTAINLY HAS STRUCK THAT NOSTALGIC CHORD WITH PEOPLE. IT REALLY TAKES PEOPLE ON THAT NOSTALGIC TRIP OF 'I REMEMBER WHEN'. REMINDS PEOPLE OF A PLACE IN TIME, I THINK. THIS MONTH ALSO MARKS 56 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST TELEVISION COMMERCIAL WAS SCREENED. AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED FROM WHEN ADVERTS FOR CIGARETTES, OR PORTRAYING WOMEN AS HOUSEWIVES, WERE COMMON. MAN: SHE SIMPLY HAD TO SHOW OFF HER LOVELY ULTRA HOME PERMANENT. # SHE'S A LADY. WHOA, OH, OH. # THE TOYOTA STARLET AD FROM THE 1980s IS QUITE REVEALING IN ITS STEREOTYPE, YOU KNOW, THE SOFT FOCUS, THE SHARP GEAR CHANGES AND STUFF. HOPEFULLY IT WOULDN'T BE MADE TODAY, BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK BACK ON. THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ADVERTISING NOW EASY FOR NEW ZEALANDERS TO ENJOY FOR YEARS TO COME. # THE GOOD THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE WHAT IT IS TODAY. # EMILY COOPER, ONE NEWS. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY IS 125 YEARS OLD TODAY. THE GAME ITSELF WAS FIRST PLAYED IN NELSON IN 1870, BUT IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1892 THAT THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY, THEN KNOWN AS THE NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION, WAS FORMED. SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE DAY TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE GREAT AND NOT SO GREAT TIMES IN THE NATIONAL GAME. IT'S PROVIDED US WITH SOME FAMOUS DAYS... (CHEERING) ...AND SOME INFAMOUS. BUT SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE ALL BLACKS, RUGBY'S CONTRIBUTION TO NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONHOOD AND SELF WORTH HAS BEEN IMMENSE. IT'S A MUCH BETTER ASPIRATION FOR OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY THAN LOOKING AT SOME WAR, SOME BATTLE WE LOST IN GALLIPOLI. PEOPLE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE GAME OF RUGBY RUGBY'S BEEN AN INTRINSIC PART OF COMMUNITY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WRITER GREG MCGEE BELIEVES RUGBY HAS ALWAYS REFLECTED WIDER NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY. FOR INSTANCE, HE SAYS 20 YEARS OF THE PROFESSIONAL GAME HAS COINCIDED WITH BIG CHANGES IN WHO WE ARE. MORE DIVERSE SOCIETY, LESS EGALITARIANISM, MORE POLARISED, MORE FRAGMENTED AND A GROWING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT RUGBY, IT'S MORE OR LESS GONE THAT WAY TOO. (SHOUTING, CHANTING) THE SPRINGBOK TOUR IN 1981 WAS A WATERSHED. MCGEE FAMOUSLY BURNT HIS JUNIOR ALL BLACK JERSEY IN PROTEST. BUT DESPITE THE ANGER OF THAT YEAR, HIS OWN REACTION PERSONIFIES HOW THE GAME SURVIVED AND PROSPERED. I'D DETERMINED I WAS NEVER GONNA GO BACK TO EDEN PARK. AND BY '87, THERE I WAS WATCHING THE RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL. NOW WITH MORE WORLD CUP WINS THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AN ALL BLACK WINNING PERCENTAGE IN EXCESS OF 90% IN THE PROFESSIONAL ERA, NEW ZEALAND RUGBY COULD HARDLY BE IN BETTER SHAPE, ITS POPULARITY EXPANDING TO INCLUDE THE WOMEN'S GAME. THERE ARE MORE THAN 20,000 FEMALE PLAYERS. IN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT PACE SPEED UP, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE WOMEN INVOLVED IN RUGBY. BUT DESPITE NEW ZEALAND RUGBY BEING A $120M BUSINESS, CAN WE EXPECT THE SPORT TO CONTINUE TO BE AS DOMINANT IN OUR EVER-CHANGING SOCIETY? WHEN YOU BECOME A NEW NEW ZEALANDER, I THINK YOU PICK UP THAT LOVE OF THE GAME, THAT RESPECT FOR THE GAME. SO RUGBY, SO MUCH A PART OF NEW ZEALAND FOR THE LAST 125 YEARS, AND MORE, SEEMS DESTINED TO REMAIN PART OF OUR DNA FOR SOME TIME YET. And it's in pretty good shape at the moment. The Chiefs will remember this for a long time. MORE ON THE CHIEFS' TURNAROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA. WITH SOME OF THE MORE OUTLANDISH TRIES YOU'LL EVER SEE AT EDEN PARK, THE MAN THE BLUES TRIED TO CORRAL LEAVES THEM IN HIS DUST. PLUS A RECORD-EQUALLING DAY AT THE WORLD TRACK CHAMPS. AND COREY ANDERSON'S BACK. HE COMES UP TRUMPS ON A MASSIVE STAGE IN NEW DELHI. ON A WEEKEND WHERE COMEBACKS ARE CELEBRATED, THE CHIEFS HAVE SCORED ONE OF THE BIGGEST TURNAROUND WINS IN THEIR SUPER RUGBY HISTORY. DOWN 24-0 EARLY AGAINST THE CHEETAHS IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE CHIEFS SCORED SIX UNANSWERED TRIES TO ROMP HOME IN THE END. THE CHEETAHS EARLY ON CERTAINLY PLAYED LIKE THEIR FUTURES ARE ON THE LINE. THE CHIEFS, IT'S A LOOSE BALL. CLAYTON BROMAGHEES. BROMAGHEES FINDS THE CAPTAIN, FRANCOIS VENTER. 24 POINTS IN 20 MINUTES, THE CHIEFS WERE HALF ASLEEP ON DEFENCE AGAINST A SIDE TRYING TO PROVE THEY SHOULDN'T BE CUT FROM SUPER RUGBY. THEY HAD ALL THE BALL ON THE HIGH VELDT AND THERE WAS NOTHING STOPPING THEM. JUST A SHAME NO ONE WAS THERE TO WATCH. WE WEREN'T SURPRISED THE WAY THE CHEETAHS CAME OUT AND PLAYED. WE KNOW THEY CAN PLAY SOME HIGH-QUALITY FOOTY, AND TO BE FAIR WE DUG OURSELVES A BIT OF A HOLE. BUT WHAT A WAY TO DIG YOURSELF OUT OF ONE. PULU! NO ONE WILL STOP HIM. THAT LOOKS GOOD. AND SO DID THE DIVE. INCREDIBLY, IN THE REMAINING 50 MINUTES THE CHIEFS FOUGHT BACK TO SCORE 41 POINTS TO 3. AND THERE'S THE STEP. BRILLIANTLY DONE, JAMES LOWE. IN THEORY, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NEAR THE CHEETAHS ON THE SCOREBOARD. THE CHIEFS HAD JUST ONE-THIRD OF POSSESSION, OFTEN CAMPED INSIDE THEIR OWN 22. BUT OVERALL THE CHEETAHS ATTEMPTED 50-ODD TACKLES AND MISSED ALMOST HALF OF THEM. VENTER LOSES HIS FOOTING. AND ITS SHAUN STEVENSON. HIS THIRD OF THE SEASON. AND ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT, STRETCHING THE CHIEFS OUT PAST SEVEN POINTS. THE SHELL-SHOCKED CHEETAHS SUFFERED ONE LAST IGNOMINY. ON THE DEAD-BALL LINE IT'S BEEN KNOCKED ON, AND THAT'S A TRY. HIKA ELLIOTT FIELDING AT FIRST SLIP FOR THE BONUS-POINT WIN. WITH THE ALTITUDE, THE BOYS DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THAT FIRST QUARTER, THAT GAME COULD'VE GOT BLOWN OUT, BUT WE SHOWED A BIT OF TICKER AND WERE ABLE TO PULL IT BACK. 41-27. A VICTORY FULL OF FORTITUDE. THE CHIEFS SHOW US ANOTHER WAY TO WIN. THE BLUES JUST CAN'T TAKE A TRICK AT THE MOMENT, LEADING THE HURRICANES WITH EIGHT MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY AT EDEN PARK ONLY TO LOSE 28-24. IT HELPS WHEN THE CANES HAVE THE MAN VOTED THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD, AND THE OPPOSITION HANDED HIM SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SHINE. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. ANYONE WHO'S EVER KICKED A RUGBY BALL KNOWS JUST HOW FICKLE THE BOUNCE CAN SOMETIMES BE. BALL BOUNCES UP FOR HIM, OF COURSE IT DOES! BEAUDEN BARRETT ISN'T JUST ANYBODY, THOUGH. AND IF THERE'S A 50-50 BALL UP FOR THE TAKING,... STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HANDS OF SONNY-BILL WILLIAMS. ...HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT HIS. THE 'NAKI BOY WAS AT HIS BRILLIANT BEST LAST NIGHT, BOTH ON DEFENCE AND IN THE OPEN FIELD. NOW BARRETT HAS A CRACK HIMSELF. JUST IMAGINE HOW MANY MORE POINTS HE'D SET UP IF HE WASN'T TAKING REGULAR TRIPS TO THE SIN BIN. AND GUESS WHO. FOR THE THIRD TIME IN AS MANY GAMES, BEAUDEN BARRETT IS BINNED FOR INTENTIONALLY KNOCKING THE BALL IN. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO GET THE RULE BOOK OUT AND HAVE A READ UP, SO STILL PLENTY TO WORK ON IN MY GAME. BARRETT'S PLAYMAKING LAST NIGHT PROVED CRUCIAL AS THE TEAM MANY THOUGH HE'D SIGN WITH JUST LAST YEAR FINALLY FOUND SOME RHYTHM OUT WIDE. HOW ABOUT THAT! TWO WELL-WORKED FIRST-HALF TRIES... ANOTHER ONE IN! ...WHILE ANOTHER CLOSE TO THE LINE IN THE SECOND SPELL HAD THE NORTHERNERS IN STRIKING DISTANCE. THAT'S WHERE BARRETT TOOK HIS CHANCE. BARRETT OVER THE TOP AND INTO SPACE. AND JUST A FEW PLAYS LATER,... MARK ABBOTT GETS A DOUBLE! ...IT'D BE OVER THANKS TO THE UNLIKELIEST OF HEROES. I DON'T SCORE MANY TRIES FOR THE HURRICANES, SO THAT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, I THINK. THAT'S THE BIG PLAY THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR TO WIN. THEY WON IT, UNFORTUNATELY, AND AT THE END OF IT, THAT'S WHAT THE GAME COMES DOWN TO. THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS SAYING IT ALL. THE CANES CAME OUT ON TOP 28-24 FOR THEIR FIFTH VICTORY IN A ROW OVER THE BLUES. THE NORTHERNERS STILL SHOWING SIGNS THEY'RE CLOSE, BUT RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO PROVE IT. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. SO THE CRUSADERS CONTINUE TO RULE THE ROOST IN THE LOCAL CONFERENCE AND OVERALL IN SUPER RUGBY ` NOW THE ONLY UNBEATEN SIDE. THERE'S JUST THREE POINTS BETWEEN THE TOP THREE KIWI TEAMS. THE HIGHLANDERS HAVE HAD THE WEEK OFF. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LOCAL DERBY TO PLAY. THE BLUES, DESPITE BEING BOTTOM, ARE ONLY ONE POINT OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE BYE NEXT WEEK. THE KEY MATCH-UP NEXT WEEKEND SEES THE CRUSADERS HOSTING THE PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN STORMERS. IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SOUTH AFRICAN DERBY BETWEEN THE TOP TWO SIDES, THE LIONS AND STORMERS BASHED THE PROVERBIAL OUT OF EACH OTHER. IT WAS THE MORE ENTERPRISING LIONS ON TOP, SCORING FOUR TRIES. WHAT A JOB HAROLD VORSTER HAS DONE AFTER REPLACING... (CHEERING DROWNS OUT COMMENTARY) ...AND HERE'S MAHUTA! THE LIONS WON 29-16, TO MOVE TO THE TOP OF THE AFRICAN STANDINGS. THE UNDER-THREAT REBELS HAVE UPSET THE BRUMBIES IN MELBOURNE. Offloading. What a try! THE REBELS, DOWN TO 13 MEN AT ONE STAGE, WENT ON TO SCORE THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, AMIDST ALL THE TALK OF THEM BEING AXED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. ON THE DOWN SIDE, LOOSIE LOPETI TIMANI HAS BEEN CITED FOR KICKING AN OPPONENT. IT'S ALL UPSETS ON DAY TWO OF THE SEVENS WORLD SERIES IN SINGAPORE, THE KIWIS GOING DOWN TO CANADA 26-14. CANADIAN NATHAN HIRAYAMA GOING OVER THREE TIMES TO KNOCK NEW ZEALAND OUT AT JUST THE QUARTER-FINAL STAGE. HIRAYAMA! AND THAT'S ANOTHER NUGGET! THE USA HELD ON OVER FIJI 24-19 IN THE FIRST OF THE DAY, WHILE AUSTRALIA CAME UP TRUMPS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME TO WIN 19-17. ENGLAND THE ONLY OF THE TOP FOUR COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO GO THROUGH TO THE SEMIS, COURTESY OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL PENALTY AFTER THE HOOTER. THE KICK TO WIN THE GAME, 13-12. NEW ZEALAND HAS EQUALLED ITS BEST EVER MEDAL HAUL AT A WORLD TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE TEAM HAS NOW WON FIVE MEDALS IN HONG KONG AFTER OUTSTANDING RIDES FROM OMNIUM STAR AARON GATE AND SPRINTER ETHAN MITCHELL ON DAY FOUR. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. ETHAN MITCHELL WAS GUNNING FOR HIS SECOND MEDAL IN FOUR DAYS AND FACED OUTSTANDING DENIS DMITRIV IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE SPRINT. THE SPEED OF DMITRIV, THOUGH, IS VERY, VERY QUICK INDEED. WHILE THE RUSSIAN, PLACED IN THIS EVENT THE PAST FOUR YEARS WAS FAR TOO STRONG AND WENT ON TO WIN GOLD, THE 26-YEAR-OLD AUCKLANDER STILL HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY AND BECOME THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO WIN AN INDIVIDUAL SPRINT MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPS. IN THE RIDE-OFF FOR THIRD, MITCHELL PROVED FAR TOO SLICK FOR BRITAIN'S RYAN OWENS AND CLAIMED HIS SIXTH CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL IN FOUR YEARS. ETHAN MITCHELL IS SO QUICK. IT TOOK A BIT OF GRIEVING TIME POST-RIO TO REALLY... YOU KNOW, FIND OURSELVES AND FIND THE LOVE FOR THE SPORT AGAIN, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AND TO COME HERE AND OBVIOUSLY WIN THE TEAM SPRINT, GET A MEDAL IN THE SPRINT, IT'S NOT A REDEMPTION, BUT IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. JUST AS IMPRESSIVE WAS LONG-TIME TEAMMATE AARON GATE, BACK FROM ROAD RACING TO TRY TO REPEAT HIS 2013 OMNIUM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING RIDE IN THE NEW FOUR-RACE FORMAT. GATE LOST VITAL GROUND AFTER FADING TO 10TH IN THE THIRD DISCIPLINE, THE ELIMINATION RACE. THAT LEFT THE 26-YEAR-OLD AUCKLANDER FIFTH OVERALL GOING INTO THE FINAL LEG, THE 40KM POINTS RACE, CONTESTED OVER 100 LAPS. HE CONSISTENTLY CLOCKED UP THE POINTS TO GRAB THE OVERALL LEAD. LEADING RIDER IS AARON GATES. HE'S JUST DRIVING HIS OWN RACE. IT EFFECTIVELY CAME DOWN TO A MATCH RACE WITH YOUNG FRENCHMAN BENJAMIN THOMAS. AND IT WENT RIGHT TO THE LAST LAP. (BELL RINGS) WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THIS SPRINT? THOMAS FINDING MORE RESERVES AT THE END TO BEAT GATE FOR THE GOLD BY TWO POINTS. AFTER MY WIN AT THE OCEANIAS IN THIS FORMAT, I WAS KEEN TO GIVE IT A GOOD NUDGE AND JUST RACE AS HARD AND HONESTLY AS I COULD. SO FIVE MEDALS SO FAR, SECOND ONLY BEHIND AUSTRALIA, WITH A CHANCE OF MORE IN TONIGHT'S FINAL SESSION. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. LYDIA KO HAS RECORDED HER BEST FINISH OF 2017, TIED FOR SECOND AT THE LATEST LPGA EVENT IN HAWAII. HER WORLD NO. 1 RANKING BEING UNDER THREAT BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN KO, REGAINING HER PUTTING TOUCH. SHE MADE NINE BIRDIES TO CLOSE WITH AN EIGHT-UNDER-PAR 64. WHEN SHE MISSES THOSE PUTTS, WHEN SHE'S BEEN PUTTING POORLY, IT ALMOST GETS TO THE BALL AND STOPS AND THEN TRIES TO GO THROUGH. LYDIA KO FOR YET ANOTHER BIRDIE. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MARK? MAYBE? ALMOST, BUT KO SIMPLY RAN OUT OF HOLES TO CHASE DOWN THE VICTOR, TWO-TIME MAJOR WINNER CRISTIE KERR, THE AMERICAN VETERAN GETTING HOME BY THREE SHOTS. ALMOST THE FORGOTTEN BLACKCAP, COREY ANDERSON HAS RETURNED TO HIS HARD-HITTING BEST FOR HIS NEW TEAM IN THE IPL. THE INJURY-PLAGUED ALL-ROUNDER ONLY MADE FOUR APPEARANCES FOR NEW ZEALAND OVER THE SUMMER BUT DELIVERED WITH BAT AND BALL FOR THE DELHI DAREDEVILS AGAINST THE KINGS 11 PUNJAB. HERE'S MATT HALL-SMITH. THE PLATFORM WAS SET PERFECTLY FOR COREY ANDERSON. WICKETS IN HAND, EIGHT BALLS TO GO. THAT'S IN THE AIR. WILL GO THE DISTANCE. AND HE GOES AGAIN. CONSECUTIVE SIXES. HIS 39 OFF 22 PROPELLED THE DAREDEVILS TO 188. FINAL BALL. AND HE FINISHES IN STYLE. WE THOUGHT 160 MAY HAVE BEEN A REASONABLE TARGET DURING ONE OF THOSE TIME-OUTS. UM, AND IN THE END IT PROBABLY WAS 160, 170. WHEN A FEW GUYS CAN HIT A COUPLE AT THE END, IT ALWAYS PUTS THE CREAM ON TOP. AND AFTER RECOVERING FROM A BACK INJURY, ANDERSON WAS STARTING TO LOOK MORE LIKE AN ALL-ROUNDER AGAIN. HIS WICKET OF DANGERMAN DAVID MILLER SNUFFED OUT ANY CHANCE OF A CLOSE FINISH. FULL-LENGTH DELIVERY. THE FINGER HAS GONE UP. PUNJAB ONLY MUSTERED 137, GIVING THE DAREDEVILS THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN, WITH ANDERSON ADJUDGED MAN OF THE MATCH. LOOK, IT WAS JUST OBVIOUSLY A GREAT CLINICAL PERFORMANCE FROM THE BOWLERS, AND EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB. THE ALL-ROUNDER JUST HAPPY TO BE BACK ON THE JOB. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1 NEWS. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE SHAKEN UP THE NEW NETBALL PREMIERSHIP, OVERCOMING RIVALS WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC. THE UNDERDOGS RACED OUT IN FRONT BY MORE THAN 10 GOALS EARLY ON, GOING INTO HALF TIME WITH A COMFORTABLE LEAD. IT WOULDN'T STAY THAT WAY FOR LONG, THOUGH, THE MAGIC WORKING THEIR WAY BACK INTO CONTENTION AFTER THE BREAK. BUT IT WAS MARIA TUTAIA DOING WHAT SHE DOES BEST TO KEEP THE MYSTICS ON TOP. OH, THAT'S TOO GOOD FROM TUTAIA. ANOTHER FROM LONG RANGE ON FULL TIME TO RUB SALT INTO THE WOUNDS, PUSHING THE MYSTICS OUT TO A 67-62 WIN, THEIR SECOND IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS. THE WARRIORS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE ON THE ROAD, GOING DOWN 20-8 TO THE RAIDERS IN CANBERRA, THEIR SIXTH LOSS IN THEIR LAST SEVEN GAMES ACROSS THE DITCH. DESPITE HAVING CLOSE TO 70% OF POSSESSION AND TERRITORY IN THE FIRST HALF, THE WARRIORS HAD JUST A SOLITARY TRY AND A PENALTY GOAL TO SHOW FOR THEIR EFFORTS, THE RAIDERS' DEFENCE FRUSTRATING THE VISITORS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THREE OF THE BIG FOUR GET INVOLVED, AND ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK. IS HE HELD UP? HE'S HELD UP. HE'S LOST IT. GOT IT ELEVATED AT THE CRUCIAL TIME, DIDN'T HE? WHAT AN EFFORT. I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO MICK THEN, AND HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE TURNING POINT OF THE GAME, AND I'D HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM. THE DEFENCE KEEPING THE WARRIORS SCORELESS IN THE SECOND HALF, WHILE A B.J LEILUA DOUBLE SECURED CANBERRA THEIR THIRD WIN ON THE TROT. THE LOSS LEAVES THE WARRIORS 11TH ON THE COMPETITION LADDER, SIX POINTS BEHIND SURPRISE LEADERS ST GEORGE-ILLAWARRA, WHO SURVIVED A LATE SCARE FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND TO WIN 28-22. THE PROSPECT OF A JOSEPH PARKER VS ANTHONY JOSHUA SUPERFIGHT IN THE UK LATER IN THE YEAR IS FIRMING ON THE HEAVYWEIGHT AGENDA. JOSHUA TAKES ON VLADIMIR KLITCHSCKO IN TWO WEEKS AT WEMBLEY STADIUM. PARKER BOXES HUGHIE FURY IN AUCKLAND IN THREE WEEKS, DEFENDING HIS WBO TITLE. IF THEY BOTH WIN, A JULY FIGHT FOR THREE OF THE FOUR WORLD TITLES COULD BE ON. IF HE CAN COME THROUGH FURY, WE CAN LOOK AT A POTENTIAL UNIFICATION FIGHT LATER IN THE YEAR. THE BRIT IN ME WANTS FURY TO DO THE BUSINESS. BUT THE PROMOTER IN ME LOOKS AT A POTENTIAL MATCH-UP BETWEEN JOSHUA AND PARKER, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT LICK MY LIPS. JOSEPH PARKER IS EXPECTED HOME NEXT WEEKEND TO FINISH OFF TITLE DEFENCE PREPARATIONS, WHILE THE FURY'S ARRIVE A FEW DAYS LATER. NEW ZEALAND'S PARA ATHLETES ARE BRINGING A PICTURESQUE APPROACH TO THIER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WITH THE HELP OF KIWI ARTIST AMBER STEPHENS. FEATURING SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOST WELL-KNOWN PARA ATHLETES, 12 ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN CREATED AND PUT UP FOR AUCTION ON TRADE ME TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR FUTURE EVENTS. AND FOR DOUBLE GOLD MEDALIST, BLIND SWIMMER MARY FISHER, THE PAINTINGS ARE SPECIAL, EVEN USING TOUCH TO 'SEE' THE WORK. For me, often art is an accessible, but it was such a process, her talking to us about what was important and talking about the finished product. THE PAINTINGS ARE AT AUCKLAND'S EASTER SHOW WITH A CHANCE TO EVEN SEE A GOLD MEDAL UP CLOSE, BEFORE THE AUCTION FINSHES TOMORROW NIGHT. A great cause. Go to Trade Me. Coming up on good sorts, we are meeting Josh. He is amazing. He has a great story. HELLO AGAIN. A SWIRLING LOW IS CENTRED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THE LOW IS SPREADING AN ACTIVE BAND OF SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND HOOKING DOWN ONTO THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. A FRONT IS BRINGING SCATTERED RAIN TO THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST, BUT CLEAR SKIES ON THE WEST OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS. LOOKING UPSTREAM AND A FRONT LIES OVER THE SOUTHWEST TASMAN SEA. THE LOW IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARDS, AND SHOULD BE CENTRED NEAR HAWKE'S BAY AT NOON MONDAY AND THEN EDGE SLOWLY EAST. A WEAK TROUGH TAILING BACK FROM THE LOW BRINGS RAIN OR SHOWERS TO THE NORTH ISLAND AS IT CROSSES. MEANWHILE, A COLD FRONT ARRIVES OVER THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AROUND MIDDAY AND CRAWLS UP OVER SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO IN THE AFTERNOON, BRINGING SCATTERED RAIN. A SOUTHERLY FLOW PREVAILS OVER AOTEAROA. SCATTERED RAIN REACHES THE SOUTH COAST AT LUNCHTIME ON A WEAKENING COLD FRONT, THEN SPREADING UP OVER FIORDLAND AND SOUTHLAND IN THE AFTERNOON AND OTAGO IN THE EVENING. A CLOUDY MORNING IN CANTERBURY AND THE KAIKOURA COAST, BUT SUNNY SPELLS AFTER LUNCH. SHOWERS IN NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH RETREATING TO THE RANGES IN THE MORNING. RAIN OR SHOWERS GRADUALLY CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND BECOMING FINE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL FOR THE TOP HALF AND ALSO ALONG THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER, GISBORNE HAS A FINE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY RAIN FROM AFTERNOON. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO AN IMPROVING OUTLOOK TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORKING WEEK. PETE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GET CREATIVE WITH ME FOR A SECOND. WHAT ANIMAL CAN YOU SEE IN THIS CLOUD? EAGLE-EYED STELLA BROWN CAPTURED THIS EASTER BUNNY CLOUD OVER AKAROA. HAPPY EASTER! HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. TONIGHT'S GOODSORT IS JOSH TIA (11) FROM UPPER HUTT. JOSH WAS NOMINATED BY HIS TEACHER BECAUSE HE INSPIRES THEM ALL TO GET INVOLVED. YOU SEE JOSH GETS NO FAVOURS, NO HEADSTARTS, DESPITE MISSING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. HADYN JONES REPORTS. IN THE TIA HOUSEHOLD, THERE ARE NO SHORT-CUTS. EVEN HAVING JUST ONE LEG DOESN'T GET YOU OFF DISHES. NO. OH, NO. THAT'S JOSH. HE HAS TO WASH AND DRY. THEN PACK HIS BAG, THEN DOES HIS OWN BANDAGE. YOU DON'T BABY HIM? NO. NO, YOU CAN GET ON AND DO IT. YOU CAN STILL WALK, SO GET ON AND DO IT. HIS MUM KRISTI SAYS IT ALL STARTED THREE YEARS AGO. HE COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THERE. HE HAD STREPTOCOCCAL PNEUMONIAE SEPSIS. IT COST HIM HIS TOES. THIS IS A BREEZE NOW. THEN AT 11, HE HAD TO CHOOSE TO FUSE HIS LEG SO IT COULDN'T MOVE OR CUT IT OFF. WE LEFT IT UP TO HIM TO MAKE THAT DECISION. WE SAID, 'WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE, WE'LL SUPPORT YOU.' JOSH IS GREAT AT RUGBY AND WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PLAY AGAIN. WHEN I WENT TO THE LIMB CENTRE, I DECIDED MY DECISION BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU CAN MAKE A RUGBY LEG. HE SAID A RUGBY LEG. A PROSTHETIC SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO TACKLE LIKE THIS. AT SCHOOL, JOSH DOESN'T DUCK ANYTHING, INCLUDING P.E. WE'RE GONNA PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF LINE TAG. JUST ASK HIS TEACHER MICHAEL TAMEPO. HE'S A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR EVERYONE IN THE CLASSROOM WHO SOMETIMES HAVE EXCUSES NOT TO DO THINGS. HE'S NOT LOOKING AT REASONS TO DO SOMETHING. DO THEY GO EASY ON YOU, JOSH? SORT OF. SOMETIMES THEY GO HARD. YOU SEE, EVEN WITH NO TOES, JOSH DID ATHLETICS, THE FUN RUN ON CRUTCHES, SURFING, AND WHEN HE LOST HIS LEG FROM THE KNEE DOWN, HE WAS STILL THERE AT SCHOOL SPORTS. HIS MATES ARE INSPIRED. I SAID TO JOSH, 'WHEN I FINISH MY RUGBY CAREER, 'I'M GOING TO GET MY LEG CHOPPED OFF.' WHEN HE HAS PAINS IN HIS LEG, HE ALWAYS STILL PARTICIPATE IN P.E. JOSH SAYS HE USED TO BE ENVIOUS OF HIS FRIENDS, UNTIL THE DAY HE JOINED IN. AND AS FOR RUGBY,... I'M HOPEFULLY GOING TO PLAY THE LAST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON. HE'S A FANTASTIC YOUNG MAN BECAUSE HE TEACHES US SO MUCH ABOUT RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE. HE'S VERY GENEROUS. WHEN I HAVE NO LUNCH, I ASK HIM, AND HE'LL GIVE ME SOME. HE'S EVEN TALKED HIS MATES INTO PLAYING HAND BALL ON ONE LEG. TO MAKE IT FAIR. HADYN JONES, 1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT GOODSORTS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH ALL OUR GOODSORTS, NOMINATE SOMEONE, AND SEE BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE. AND THAT'S THE NEWS HOUR FOR SUNDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. FROM THE SIX O'CLOCK TEAM. GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017