1 Sunday ` proudly brought to you by Mazda. Tonight on Sunday ` it's been called a David and Goliath battle. Just have a feel. Oh wow. Oh yes, they're like little marbles. 200,000 salmon have done their business in this water. Now let's see what it tastes like. The company,... This is 1ha, this farm. It will produce $20 million worth of revenue. ...the protesters,... It's outrageous. They don't care at all about the environment. ...and the fight over salmon farming. Just how polluted are those farms? We admit, it's not the world's best practice, but that's the whole point. We wanna move so it is. Behind locked gates lies a secret garden. MARK CRYSELL: There will be those who say you're mad. Of course. It's the grand design of one passionate man,... Wow. That is a 'wow' moment. ...but it's a huge gamble. How much have you spent on this place? I've not been too keen to add it up. They're putting out a very clear message ` we can kill anybody we like, anywhere in the world. The brazen murder of a dictator's rival with a weapon of mass destruction. It's the most toxic substance that man has ever made. The two young women caught up in the plot,... STEVE PENNELLS: Is she scared now about what will happen? Of course she's scared, because she's been charged for murder. ...and North Korea's warning to the world. If North Korea is attacked, you can expect a nuclear war, and a nuclear war that will, obviously, affect all the world. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2017 Kia ora, I'm Miriama Kamo. On one side ` environmentalists. On the other ` our biggest salmon farming company. While our salmon industry has been recognised as among the world's greenest, King Salmon accepts that some of its fish farms don't meet the highest environmental standards. The company wants to address this, but it's the 'how' that has environmentalists fuming. King Salmon claims it can expand its operation and better protect the environment at the same time. But opponents say the proposal would threaten an outstanding natural landscape. Billie Jo Ropiha reports. BILLIE JO ROPIHA: The Marlborough Sounds ` home to some of our most beautiful landscapes, our cleanest waters and one of our best-kept wildlife secrets. There's 60 there, so we're looking at 20% of the world population of the species. Wow. New Zealand's native king shag ` they've been living here, undisturbed, for thousands of years. The king shag is one of the rarest seabirds in the world. There are, in total, around 800. Rob Schuckard ` ornithologist, world expert on the king shag ` has spent decades studying these birds. It is the biggest colony of the New Zealand king shag. It is a threatened species; that means that you have to have particular regard for the, you know` for the wellbeing of the species. Well this species is feeding, it is feeding, in particular, in the area of the Waitata Reach ` over there. The isolated Waitata Reach, where the king shags dive 20m to 50m into the pristine, clear waters to catch bottom-dwelling fish, like flounder, using their eyesight to locate prey. It is also the colony that has the most nests, and it also produces most of the chicks. It is the most important colony of all of them, yes. But now, Rob Schuckard claims plans by one of our most high-profile seafood companies to put five more salmon farms, like this one, smack in the middle of their habitat, may seriously affect the birds' ability to feed. The impact of salmon farming is that you get more algae growth, and, therefore, it can have an effect on the light that is penetrating into the water column. Murkier water, he says, means the shags may find it increasingly difficult to locate the fish they depend on for their survival. So, you're talking specifically about the king shag. King shag. Grant Rosewarne is the CEO of New Zealand King Salmon. They've been operating salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds for three decades. The king shag has` was counted by Captain Cook way back when he first arrived, and then it's been counted subsequently, and we` we do invest in a programme to monitor the king shag. And the numbers are extremely stable. There's about 800 to 1000 king shags. From all of our previous monitoring, it's stable. It has neither gone up, nor down. I've never known the death of a single king shag due to King Salmon or anybody else. So I think the` the species is in a good place. So, Billie Jo, this is our licence number one, Ruakaka. Grant's company rates highly in terms of environmental practice against overseas competitors. It prides itself on its green image. This is 1ha, this farm. It will produce $20 million worth of revenue. It's just an incredibly valuable asset using a tiny resource to create a lot of value. Even when this farm is fully stocked, it's only 2% fish. It's 98% water space. But there's a problem. Water flow through some of King Salmon's farms, like this one, is too slow to disperse fish waste and uneaten feed, which builds up on the sea floor below. Tests show some farms will fail to meet Best Practice guidelines. Just how polluted are those farms? You might call that pollution, but I wouldn't call it. I'd just say, hey, that is a` is a natural thing. Uh, fish waste, fish organic matter is relatively benign, compared to what mammals do, what humans do. But it's still pollution, isn't it? It's` It could be claimed to be pollution. We admit, it's not the world's best practice, but that's the whole point ` we wanna move so it is. The answer is simple, he says. Move the farms to places where the currents are faster ` so-called 'high-flow sites' elsewhere in the sounds, like the Waitata Reach. So, moving to the high-flow sites, which will essentially spread the fish faeces and fish feed further ` how is this a good thing? Well, if all those fish were out swimming wild, so if our 2.5 million fish were out swimming around, what would the effect be, Billie Jo? It would be spread around, wouldn't it? And then you have a lower impact. Well, in a high-flow site, the fish are still staying still, but their fish organic matter is spread around. It's exactly the situation that you want, because the environment then can assimilate it. So that's what's great about a high-flow site. The profits are high too. Going into King Salmon's hatchery in Takaka is like going into a bank vault, except these trays don't hold diamonds and pearls ` they hold tiny beads of lucrative salmon eggs. Yeah, so just put your hand in here, Billie Jo, and just have a feel. Oh wow. Oh yes, they're like little marbles. Yeah. They're quite robust though, aren't they? Yup. They're quite, yeah, rubbery. Yeah, rubbery. Yeah, beautifully circular. These are a great size. These are about a 7mm egg. A single, mature salmon grown from one of these eggs can be worth as much as $100. Grant's company, New Zealand King Salmon, produces six million eggs a year. There's about 10,000 eggs in here, and you can see their beautiful colour. Debate over King Salmon's pollution may be raging in the Marlborough Sounds, but here, at their freshwater hatchery in Takaka ` where the fish are grown for a year ` Grant Rosewarne claims the process is so squeaky clean, you can taste it. 200,000 salmon have done their business in this water. OK. Now lets see what it tastes like. Pretty good. I'm not gonna get sick, am I? (CHUCKLES) No, you're not gonna get sick. Little bit fishy, but, you know. Does it? (CHUCKLES) What is the value of King Salmon to this country? So, we employ 450 people. We have a revenue turnover of $134 million per annum. Um, we export approaching half of that revenue. Um, we do all that with 17ha ` so with a tiny amount of space. We produce a huge amount of value, and we employ a large number of people. Prohibited means prohibited! Coming up ` the critics bite back,... King Salmon has got a great PR machine, and they have been pumping out positive messages for years, ignoring the science. ...and the ministry fronts up. You say you'll monitor, but if anything adverse happens, won't that be too late for the endangered king shag? 1 They don't often get riled-up here, like this. This flotilla protest, last weekend. Prohibited means prohibited! King Salmon's plans to relocate six of its salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, have lit a fire under many locals. It's outrageous. They don't care at all about the environment. They only care about their profits. Well done, guys, for coming out! Clare Pinder isn't your average greenie. She spent decades climbing the corporate ladder with the likes of IBM and Telecom. Now, as a long-time Marlborough resident, she's horrified. Moving from low-flow sites to high-flow sites is not about reducing pollution. It's about increasing production. King Salmon will be able to farm two to three times the amount of fish in a high-flow site than a low-flow site. Coming along with that, is the tripling of the amount of food and pollution that is associated with those farms ` spread wider by a fast current. With the six new proposed farms, will you put more fish in those farms? Yes. Is this about the environment or making money? So, it does both. We're going to farm so it has a lower impact, and we can farm twice as many fish at the same time. So I get a better environment, and I get more fish ` and then people are critical of that. If we could do that with every primary-producing industry in New Zealand, people would applaud that. We can produce more with a lower environmental impact. Who's not in favour of that? Grant Rosewarne says it's a no-brainer. Moving his farms will bring that most precious of commodities to the region ` more jobs. There's currently 450 jobs. As a result of this swap, we'll employ another 300 people as a result of that. That's an incredible, you know` From no increase in space, we can create 300 more jobs. So we have a lot of support, a lot of supporters. King Salmon says they're not asking for more space; they want to reduce their environmental impact; they're creating more jobs; surely, that's got to be a good thing? King Salmon has got a great PR machine, and they have been pumping out positive messages for years, ignoring the science. The battle has raged for years. Back in 2012, King Salmon applied to move nine farms to high-flow sites. Environmental groups, including Clare's, fought them through a Board of Inquiry, the High Court, all the way to the Supreme Court, which allowed only three farms to be moved. The Supreme Court said that there was an environmental bottom line, and that marine farming shouldn't happen in areas of outstanding natural landscape. And now King Salmon and this government want to put five more farms in the Waitata Reach. The Board of Inquiry said that the area had met its environmental threshold for capacity for marine farming. So, if the Board of Inquiry and the Supreme Court had made those kinds of findings, how did this latest proposal to move King Salmon's farms get off the ground? It was a` a` originally a Marlborough District Council initiative. The central government has picked up on that, and gone` So it wasn't through King Salmon? We've always said we wanna be on high-flow sites, but this is an MPI initiative, not a King Salmon initiative. Whose idea was it to relocate six of King Salmons farms? King Salmon actually approached the government in early 2015 and asked the government to consider using the RMA powers, the regulatory powers that the Minister has, to relocate those farms. Luke Southorn is Director of Economic Development for the Ministry of Primary Industries ` MPI. King Salmon says it's MPI's idea to relocate these farms. Well, I think, the situation at the moment is it's the government's proposal, um, but the initial conversation, um, has been one that King Salmon's been involved in from an early stage. We wanted to know why the government doesn't appear to be adhering to the findings of the Supreme Court and the Board of Inquiry over King Salmon's earlier attempt to move its farms. So, the Board of Inquiry has found that the Waitata Reach is at its maximum for marine farming. Is that right? Look, it's a really interesting question. There's a range of views on that. But the Board of Inquiry said it had reached its maximum. Yeah, so we've had that looked at really closely by a range of, uh, legal experts. And their view is that there isn't that maximum threshold set in the general sense. There is in relation to some of those particular locations. And the Supreme Court ruled that marine farming shouldn't happen in areas of outstanding landscape, yes? That's right. What the Supreme Court says is to avoid adverse effects on outstanding natural landscapes. And if a marine farm is deemed to cause that, then it wouldn't be appropriate for it to be located there. Could this potentially get to the Supreme Court again? Um, look, in the end, let's say that a decision is made to relocate some, or all, of those farms. Then that decision can be judicially reviewed, yes. If King Salmon is consented these six new farms ` and let's not pretend that they're relocations, they are new farms ` when it increases its production two to three times, it has to increase the feed two to three times, and it increases the amount of nitrogen being released into the water by two to three times as well. King shag expert, Rob Schuckard, says more nitrogen means more algae growth and murkier water, which could impact on the already-threatened king shag's ability to feed. They are a real deep-diving species. They` The main feeding takes place between 20m and 50m, and they are feeding on the bottom. They are very dependent on clear water so that they effectively can hunt for their prey. Local bird, expert Rob Schuckard, says the relocation of these farms will adversely affect the king shag. Can you guarantee that won't happen? It's monitoring that will be really important. You say you'll monitor, but if anything adverse happens, won't that be too late for the king shag? Look, I think that's really unlikely, um, given the type of monitoring we're talking about putting in place and the very gradual, um, lifts in production that would occur if these farms are relocated. There's actually plenty of scope there to manage closely and to monitor closely and be cautious in terms of, uh, steps that are taken. What I'd like to say to MPI ` that they have a responsibility to, basically` to every taxpayer in New Zealand. All this water here is owned by the community, by the taxpayer, by everybody that is in New Zealand. With so much at stake here, all that's certain is that neither side is going to back down any time soon. In my view, there's some quite extremist groups out there who aren't latching onto this for the great proposal that it is. You know, if` if I'm an environmentalist, I must want a better environmental outcome. So why they're not grasping it, I don't know. I think for most New Zealanders, they would think that the Marlborough Sounds is iconic, and this is public water space. And King Salmon want to put new farms in this outstanding natural landscape. It's` It's unbelievable. Well, early next month, Rob Schuckard will make a submission on the king shag to the Marlborough Salmon Farm Relocation Advisory Panel. They're considering over 400 submissions and will provide a report and recommendations to the Minister by the end of June. Well, later ` the young women who murdered the North Korean leader's half-brother with a weapon of mass destruction. Were they spies, or were they set up? But, up next ` a man who has dreamed big and his secret garden that's about to be unveiled. Anthony, this is a huge risk. It is. Massive. You're wanting people just to go, 'wow'. What I really want, I suppose, is to enrich lives. Was this something, when you saw it, you just had to have it? No, I didn't think I could possibly afford it. Are you a rich man? No. Not any more. (LAUGHS) Welcome back. Tonight ` we're the first to go inside a vast, colourful, multimillion-dollar art garden north of Auckland, and we're taking you with us. 68-year-old lawyer Antony Grant is determined to shake up the art world with his 'sculptureum'. He's chosen the art, designed the gardens, done pretty much everything himself without any input or advice from the art establishment. It's a huge financial gamble, but Anthony is so passionate about art, he's throwing caution to the wind. Here's Mark Crysell. MARK CRYSELL: About an hour north of Auckland, as the crow flies, nestled between vineyards and farmland, lies a secret garden. There's a huge steel gate. There are two strands of electricity around this property, and only those who work here are allowed in. What's in here? Well, tonight, for the first time, we're going to take you inside. There are probably about 40 cameras on the outside. There are sensors everywhere. Inside the extraordinary sculpture garden built by Anthony Grant. Look, come round here. We can just walk over here. I guess, when you own the place, you can do. He's about to put a small fortune on the line for a dream. What I'm wanting to do here is actually give people something which is completely unique. Anthony, this is a huge risk. It is, massive. This is the Anthony Grant annihilation business. (BOTH LAUGH) So, who is Anthony Grant? I call these the tool birds. When I saw them, I thought, "I'll take the lot." He's a top-flight lawyer from humble roots. His dad died when he was just 16. I didn't have much money. The money I got was from babysitting, and mowing lawns for people from a young age. My mother taught me that there's nothing I couldn't be, and I've always believed I could be whatever I wanted in life. Art came into his life as a young man in his 20s in the UK. The impact was profound. I was taken to what's now the Tate Britain, and they had some Bernini sculptures, and I was just blown away, and I was in tears at the sight of them. Why did you cry? Oh, it was so moving. It was amazing. But it wasn't until about 20 years ago that he started collecting, and once he started, he couldn't stop. I decided that life is too short not to do things that I wanted to do, and I wanted to keep buying art. I've made money out of law. I've made money out of property. I'll find a way to make art work, rather than live a life where I'm` I'm deprived of it. Anthony and wife, Sandra ` she's a lawyer too ` very quickly ran out of room to display their collection. And after several years of it all being in storage, I decided, one day, that this was hopeless. They hatched a plan. The other thing I'd love to do is to be able to have people walking up and coming right up to the top of the hill. Building their own art gallery was too pricey. So, 12 years ago, they bought this patch of farmland near Matakana,... This was a really rough field with a couple of cows on it. ...and started developing it. Before. After. How much of this is you? All of it. How much of the detail of this is you? All of it. I've designed everything How much advice did you take? None. Now he wants you to see all this. His take on combining a sculpture garden and a museum ` what he calls a 'sculptureum'. Where did that come from? I have invented it and trademarked it all over the world, so that if people want to take it, they can't. Here, it can feel like an Alice In Wonderland world ` huge rabbits, giant snails, bright orange meerkats, a polar bear! That's a polar bear made by Marti Wong, and he made it out of whitewear. And so I call it 'From Whitewear to Polar Bear.' This is what you're wanting, isn't it? You're wanting people just to go, 'wow'. Well, I want people to get fun out of art, yes. Of course, there's the rock stars of art. This is a Picasso, with the artist as model. This is a` a Chagall. And this is Matisse's last-known portrait. This is Cezanne, one of his etchings. And actual rocks moved onto site from Puhipuhi in Northland. Ahead of you, here, is what I call the Laughing Hippo. And this is a huge rock, with a very, very unusual shape, and it's, like, a terrific abstract sculpture. As New Zealanders, most of us have no idea about these rocks. We never see them, and we should see them. It's part of our heritage, and they're just beautiful. (CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC) There's a bit of classical France and Italy; not the real thing, but expensive replicas, nonetheless. This classical garden is intended for people, and there will be lots of New Zealanders who won't travel to Italy, so this is the only place they'll probably ever see it. (UPBEAT MUSIC) He's got inspirational quotes. From Plato, Socrates, Confucius, the Qur'an, the Bible, everywhere ` all over the place. Kinetic sculptures. Ceramics. A couple of steel security guards on the hill. They look good against the sky. There's a huge wooden whale. But also real rabbits and birds, including Rocco and Charlie. Why are these works of art? Just look at them. What` Don't you think they're beautiful? Look at the colour shading on this, and how it shades from red, to orange, to yellow, to green. I mean, it's beautiful. (SQUAWKS) The aim is to be unlike any art experience you've ever seen, because Anthony believes art galleries just don't get it. I'm not into curatorial arrogance ` that people know what's right, and what you should like, and what you shouldn't like in the arts, is something I have no time for at all. I want people to enjoy what they see and what they` what they like, and not to be told that they shouldn't like it, because it's, uh, childish or colourful. Anthony wants to shake up the art world ` turn it into theatre. What do you think the art establishment will make of this place? Some of them will like it, some won't. Um, some will be highly critical, I imagine. But they'll have to wait and see for themselves. How much have you spent on this place? Well, I've not added it up, (CHUCKLES) and I've not been too keen to add it up. Ballpark? I suspect it may be in the league of $8 million to $10 million. Are you a rich man? Nope. Not anymore. (LAUGHS) Well, it depends how you define` define riches. We'll leave the most expensive work till last. So, there you are. Wow. That is a 'wow' moment. An intricate, horned and colourful chandelier by leading American glass artist, Dale Chihuly. Was this something, when you saw it, you just had to have it? No. No, I didn't think I could possibly afford it. It took him years to pay it off. Part of the deal was coughing up for a technician to come down from America to install it. Are you game enough to tell me how much you paid for it? Um, well... Well, the work itself was about US$220,000, and it was about $20,000 for the guy to come down here, and there was GST of about $50,000, or something, $60,000. That's around NZ$400,000. It would be fair to say Anthony is haemorrhaging money. I mean, this has become a huge venture, involving massive sums of money. Currently, I think, there are maybe 30, 40 employees. The set-up costs alone have been immense, and now Anthony really needs paying customers through the gates. Not many people would get involved with the kind of financial sacrifices and commitments at this age and stage, but there we go. I thought I'd give it a go. And, very soon, for between $25 and $50, you can go and have a look-see for yourself. Do you think people will pay that much? Uh, yeah, I do. Absolutely. It'll be a struggle for many families, and many of them won't` won't afford it. But the fact that` that not everyone can come, doesn't deter me from going ahead with the venture. If some people come here, and are inspired and enriched in their lives, I succeed. There will be those who say you're mad. Of course. Are you? Uh, well, no, it depends what you mean by madness. If you mean by 'madness', people who don't conform to the ordinary, staid, boring ways, yes, of course. I am. That's not me. (BOTH LAUGH) And Sculptureum will open later this week. You can find a link with more details on our Facebook page. Well, up next ` the brutal murder in Kuala Lumpur's airport. Was it a message from North Korea's dictator? And were the young assassins tricked into committing murder? STEVE PENNELLS: ...and was paid $100 a time to perform the prank at shopping malls around Kuala Lumpur. Do you think the pranks were training her for assassination without her knowledge? I think that what they are trying to do is see how these girls can do the prank, and how well they can do it. VX is the ultimate chemical weapon. Less than a pinhead-size of VX is enough to kill a grown person. What's the penalty she's facing? In Malaysia, if you're charged with murder, there is only one penalty ` that is death, by hanging. 1 Two beautiful women, one of the world's most deadly poisons and a paranoid dictator's plot to kill his rival. It sounds like a spy novel, but this chilling story of international intrigue really happened. It seems that agents working for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recruited two young women to get rid of his unsuspecting half-brother in an audacious airport attack. Steve Pennells investigates. STEVE PENNELLS: Murder doesn't get more brazen than this. (INTENSE MUSIC) (GRUNTS) An assassination carried out by two young women, in full view of the world. They're putting out a very clear message, "We can kill anybody we like, anywhere in the world." The killing, ordered by a ruthless dictator, using a weapon of mass destruction. It's the most toxic substance that man has ever made. The target was a pudgy, unassuming 45-year-old Korean, Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korea's deranged leader, Kim Jong-un. You could imagine Kim Jong-un saying, "I will wipe out anyone "who could conceivably be a potential danger." To the dictator, his brother had always been a threat, because of his closeness to their father ` the previous ruler of this totalitarian state. What kind of person orders the execution of their own brother? Kim Jong-un. I don't know what kind of people, but he's killed already a few hundred people. Sometimes, not only by gun ` hanging up. You know, hanging, you know. He's killed with machine guns. Sometimes the cannon kills. This is a terrible guy. He's a crazy guy. Alex Huang owns a Korean restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, and may have been the closest thing Kim Jong-nam had to a friend. Why would Kim Jong-un want his brother dead? Many reasons. Number one` Number one reason is blood. I cannot tell you because you will follow me. (LAUGHTER) The blood ties put a target on the half-brother's back. Kim Jong-un has been ruthless in holding on to power, killing hundreds of potential rivals, including his own uncle. He had him lined up on a mountain, and then with an anti-aircraft gun, just blasted him out of existence. There's a sadistic streak in the present leader. Glenmore Trenear-Harvey is a former British intelligence officer. He, and his colleagues at MI6, believe the latest assassination was the dictator removing a potential threat to his rule. What you're describing is extreme paranoia. Absolutely, at every point. Uh, and the thing is, that, uh, some say, "Well, he's a madman. An utter madman." Well, you don't, uh, laugh or disregard a madman. And the assassination of Kim Jong-nam was bizarre in the extreme. (TENSE MUSIC) A plot that began with a search for a pair of hit-women to do the job. It's not the first place you'd look for an assassin, but it's here, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's nightclub district, where a group of North Korean agents recruited two young women for their mission. The girls claim they were duped into thinking they were taking part in an innocent prank, but were they really as naive as they say? Or were they willing participants in a murder? (POP MUSIC PLAYS) Behind closed doors, there's a thriving sex trade in conservative Malaysia ` an industry that draws thousands of young women from neighbouring countries. One who sought a new life in Kuala Lumpur was 28-year-old Doan Thi Huong, who had appeared on TV talent shows in her native Vietnam. (SINGS IN VIETNAMESE) But left to work in Malaysia, in what she called an 'entertainment outlet'. (GROUP SINGS 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY') Another arrival was 25-year-old Indonesian, Siti Aisyah, who found work in a massage parlour. She was approached to take part in a TV prank show by a young man called James. Siti was to rub oil on the faces of strangers. What she appears, to me, is like a very naive girl. Gooi Soon Seng is Siti's lawyer. He says she saw other women being trained for this supposed TV show, and was paid $100 a time to perform the prank at shopping malls around Kuala Lumpur. Do you think the pranks were training her for assassination without her knowledge? Personally, I think that, uh, what they are trying to do is to see how these girls can do the prank, and how well they can do it. And, eventually, they will select, uh, people who they think can perform better. On February 13th this year, Siti was instructed to go to Kuala Lumpur's international airport to perform the prank. She claims she didn't know Doan Thi Huong, the Vietnamese girl who was there on the same mission. A senior North Korean agent, who called himself Chang, was there to supervise. And this time, there was something different about the liquid she was given. The oil was still the same, save for the smell. She said it smelled like oil from the mechanic shop. It was different to the previous oil? The smell was different. The liquid was different ` it was VX, a nerve agent and a weapon of mass destruction. Tell me about VX. VX is` is the ultimate chemical weapon. Less than a pinhead-size of VX is enough to kill a grown person. Chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, believes North Korea is one of only a handful of countries with the capability to manufacture VX. We now know that the North Koreans have made and produced VX, and could have up to 5000 tonnes of the stuff in North Korea. The stage was set. When we come back, how the hit unfolded. Plus ` Kim Jong-un's unlikely Spanish spokesman and North Korea's bizarre version of events. That North Korea tried to make their point by assassinating him ` that's ridiculous. And that's being said as a truth, not as a suspicion. In a cast of unlikely characters, Alejandro Cao de Benos is surely the most bizarre. Cao, a Spaniard, is Special Representative of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, and claims the police not only have the wrong suspect, they don't even have the right victim. You're saying this wasn't Kim Jong-nam? This was not Kim Jong-nam. So who was murdered in the airport? (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Welcome back. We return to the story of Kim Jong-nam's brazen murder, as the plot unfolds at Kuala Lumpur's international airport. This is Kim Jong-nam arriving at the airport for his flight to Macau. He checks in under the alias Kim Chol. Three other North Korean agents now join Chang at a coffee shop opposite the check-in counters. They settle in to watch. Was this a murder that the North Koreans wanted to happen quietly? Or was it something that was staged for the world to see? I'm standing on the exact spot where Kim Jong-nam met his fate, and I'm surrounded by CCTV cameras, but that didn't seem to bother the killers. The two women approach from different directions, and in that cafe over there, four North Korean agents with ringside seats to the execution. It all happens in a few seconds. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Kim Jong-nam reels away from the attack shocked, and seemingly dazed. He staggers to the information counter and is helped downstairs to the airport medical centre, where he collapses as the poison does its work. Once it touched his body, particularly his face, where you've got mucus membranes like the eye and the mouth, that would be very quickly absorbed. That would appear to be absorbed within him, and then VX did its trick ` um, it shut his nerves down, and he` he died in 10 minutes. (TENSE MUSIC) As Kim Jong-nam lies dying downstairs in the medical centre, the killers are making their escape. The two assassins head out the front door and back into Kuala Lumpur. The four North Korean agents, straight through Departures, and on to a flight. Their final destination ` Pyongyang, home. Malaysian police arrested the two young women and began to follow the poison trail back to Pyongyang. A charge the North Korean government angrily rejects. That North Korea tried to make their point by assassinating him, that's ridiculous. And that's being said as a truth, not as a suspicion. In a cast of unlikely characters, Alejandro Cao de Benos is surely the most bizarre. Cao, a Spaniard, is Special Representative of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, and claims the police not only have the wrong suspect, they don't even have the right victim. You're saying this wasn't Kim Jong-nam? This was not Kim Jong-nam. So who was murdered in the airport? Kim Chol, citizen Kim Chol. In all his documents, in his passport. Why would someone want to assassinate Kim Chol? We do not have that resource. We don't know. We tried to clarify why someone killed this person, if he was really killed ` if it was not a plot from their own CIA or South Korean intelligence. And with a nerve agent, supposed to be a weapon of mass destruction, which is ridiculous. As far as Western intelligence is concerned, the plot was devised by Kim Jong-un, who purposely ordered the use of VX poison to send a message to the world. Do you think they want us to know they've got this? Absolutely. I think, uh, they want to` they want to be part of, you know, the, sort of, WMD, weapons of mass destruction or weapons of mass terror club. I think they're saying, "Look, we are a serious player here. You can no longer ignore us." Does North Korea have VX nerve agent? But that's a question to be made to an official in charge of the army. I am a Cultural Representative. If I knew that, it would be quite strange or ridiculous. So, would it be fair to say if you're not briefed on whether North Korea has chemical weapons, you wouldn't be briefed on whether an assassination happened in an airport in Kuala Lumpur? No, I` It's not` I will not be` Don't try to find a way to try to make your point to accuse our country. You are just trying, like a snake,... No, I'm not. ...to sneak around, and find all kind of excuses. I told you, it's not that I have to be briefed, it's just a matter of logic, and a matter of how we operate. Our way of thinking in North Korea is never that way, and we never work in that way. It now seems all the North Korean agents have escaped sanction. Three suspects holed up in the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur have been allowed to leave the country. Excuse me. Excuse me. Could you talk? Can we talk? But the two young women charged with murder seem doomed. Siti is adamant she's innocent. But that may not save her. Is she scared now, about what will happen? Of course she's scared, because she's been charged with murder. What's the penalty she's facing? In Malaysia, if you're charged with murder, there is only one penalty ` that is death, by hanging. No other penalty. And even if the women were to somehow walk free, they may forever be, themselves, a target. I have been a lawyer for 37 years, and this is the first time my client ever wore a bulletproof vest to the court. They think she's a target? Of course, likely to be from North Korea. Why would they want to kill her? Then they would have silenced her. And as for the rest of us, well, we know they have weapons of mass destruction. Now they've shown their willingness to use them. How far would North Korea go to protect its interests? I will try to say it with a word we used to say in Korea, OK, the phrase. It's that ` there will be no world without Korea, so it will go all the way. If North Korea is attacked, you can expect a nuclear war and a nuclear war that will, obviously, affect all the world. (ENGINES ROAR) And contrary to North Korea's position, Malaysia says it has DNA evidence confirming the murdered man was Kim Jong-nam. Now, we've had a massive response to our recent Sunday special, The Price of Milk. We wanted to show what it takes to produce products that we value in this country, and which form such a vital part of our exports. Cameron Bennett travelled to the small dairying town of Ngatea to film through the seasons with two fourth-generation farmers. The show sparked strong debate from you about how we portrayed the issues around dairying. There were plenty of you who were critical of what we chose to screen, and there was also lots of positive feedback. Well, thank you to everyone who's been in touch. We value your views, and we listen to them. Thanks, too, to the people of Ngatea, and the farmers we talked to, who so generously allowed viewers to enter their world. Well, next week ` death threats and diggers. The battle to open a new, opencast coal mine overlooking Westport. From boom, to bust. We've lost, you know, 1500-odd jobs in the last four years. A region on its knees. Becoming a ghost town? There's just nobody here. But is this a new era for an old industry? We wouldn't be doing this project if it wasn't a high-quality coal. You'd be crazy to leave it in the ground? We would be, yes. One last piece of paradise, and it's up for grabs. So, we could see that entire hill become an opencast mine. You can actually see it right from town. You can see it from town. Dig it up, or keep it in the ground? They've mined everything but this place. This is the last one we have left. We'd all love to have` keep our fields green and our hills green but until someone comes up with a viable alternative for all the industries that use coal, then I don't feel we have, um, any other option. The fight that's dividing the country. Where does it stop? Where's the line that gets drawn? We are going to protect this last place. Next Sunday... If they do it right, I can't see a problem with it. If it's not done right, yes, it's gonna be a disaster. So, that's next week, and that is our show for tonight. Do join us on Facebook and Twitter, @SundayTVNZ. And thanks for joining us this evening. We'll see you next week. Nga mihi nui, hei kona.