IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO TUCK INTO FISH FOR DINNER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THIS FIRST, BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ABOUT TO EAT SOMETHING YOU'D REALLY RATHER NOT. EVENTUALLY THEY WILL MAKE THEIR WAY ON TO OUR FOOD PLATES. Eden Park where live from Eden Park with the blues are taking on the lions. AND WE'VE GOT A BIG SALMON, AND ALSO A BIG CARROT, AND WHO CAN FORGET THIS BIG BOTTLE? BUT THERE'S ANOTHER 'BIG THING' ABOUT TO HIT A SMALL NZ TOWN. 1 NEWS CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 Of course we have another ASB good as gold tonight. How can we not talk about the America's Cup today. AND TODAY WAS WHY WE LOVE THE AMERICA'S CUP. YOU CAN'T WRITE THIS STUFF. FROM A STANDING START, WELL, FELL OVER. Crisis time for New Zealand. That is a shocking site. We hope everybody is safe. Hhaving watched the whole thing this morning, those boats barely made it around today. Artemas was literally falling apart on the racetrack. You had the feeling that something like that was going to happen. BUT ALL IS NOT LOST. REMEMBER, WE ARE KIWIS ` A NATION WHO SHAKES IT OFF AND GETS BACK UP ON THE HORSE. AND WHO BETTER TO EMPHAISE THAT THAN OTHER KIWI SPORT STARS WHO HAVE TAKEN A TUMBLE AS WELL? HERE'S TIM WILSON. (ROCK MUSIC) THE ART OF THE CRASH. OH NO! OH DEAR, OH DEAR, OH DEAR. WE REALLY ARE QUITE GOOD AT IT. OH, MY GOODNESS. WHAT A HUGE CRASH. SCOTT DIXON PROVED KIWIS CAN NOT ONLY FLY... BUT ALSO LAND UNSCATHED. LOOK AT THAT CAR. IT IS DESTROYED. ADRENALINE JUNKIES WILL TELL YOU DEATH'S A RISK, BUT SURVIVAL IS PART OF THE TRIUMPH. OH, THINGS HAVE GOT EVEN WORSE. WHETHER IT'S A BACK-SCRATCHER,... BRUSH-BASHER... OR ROLLY-POLY,... AS TEAM NEW ZEALAND CAN TESTIFY,... THE KIWIS` OH! ...WINNING IS NEVER PLAIN SAILING. In San Francisco I was on the boat when they fell over. I was on the chase boat out on the water. Then suddenly it was falling over. Imagine being the guys who were dangling from three or four stories. The sale was actually a replacement sale. Now we're going to take the two sales and blend them together that will somehow get us across the line. We will then go on to meet, I suspect, Dean Barker. The poor guys who have to fix it all. They will be working around the clock. What do you think Peter Burling is thinking at the start line? Do you think it's on his mind? COULD YOUR GOOD LOOKS BE KILLING OUR OCEAN? YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT BUT MOST US WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO ANSWER YES. WHY? BECAUSE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS ARE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF DAMAGE TO OUR SEA LIFE. YES, MANY OF THESE PRODUCTS CONTAIN MICROBEADS, THE LITTLE BITS OF PLASTIC IN THINGS LIKE BODY SCRUBS, COSMETICS AND EVEN LAUNDRY DETERGENTS. AS A RESULT OUR OCEANS ARE HEAVING WITH THESE LITTLE PLASTIC THINGS. TODAY THERE'S FINALLY BEEN SOME ACTION, BUT NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. CAROLYN ROBINSON EXPLAINS. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) THEY SOUND SO GOOD, PROMISING TO REVEAL SMOOTH SKIN AFTER A GENTLE CLEAN. BUT THERE'S NOTHING GENTLE OR CLEAN ABOUT MICROBEADS. IT'S VERY, VERY REAL AND IT IS AFFECTING A HUGE PROPORTION OF OUR LIVES. OFTEN MADE FROM POLYETHYLENE, THEY'RE TINY PIECES OF PLASTIC USED FOR THEIR EXFOLIANT PROPERTIES. WITH AROUND 300,000 OF THEM IN EVERY TUBE, AN ESTIMATED 15 TRILLION HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE WORLD'S OCEANS. THE PROBLEM WITH MICROBEADS IS THAT THEY'RE IN SO MUCH OF THE STUFF WE USE ON A DAILY BASIS ` TOOTHPASTE, MOISTURISERS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. LOUISE GREENSHIELDS HAS SEEN THE DAMAGE FIRST-HAND. THIS TURTLE, THE MOST RECENT CASUALTY, WASHED UP ON 90 MILE BEACH FULL OF PLASTIC. BUT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM KIWI-OWNED FOODSTUFFS. WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO IS TO WORK HARD WITH OUR SUPPLIERS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN REMOVE ALL THE MICROBEAD PRODUCTS FROM OUR SHELVES BY THE 1ST OF JULY. THAT'S JULY THIS YEAR, NOT JULY 2018, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED A BAN ON THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF MICROBEADS IN NZ. QUIN SAYS THAT'S JUST TOO LONG. MICROBEADS ARE CLEARLY HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND AS NEW ZEALANDERS WE ARE PROUD OF OUR OCEANS AND OUR FISHING INDUSTRY AND WE JUST SAW THERE WERE MANY WAYS TO WORK AROUND THIS, SO NO NEED TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO GET THIS DONE. SEVEN SHARP HAS INVESTIGATED THE MICROBEAD ISSUE BEFORE. WHEN YOU WEAR MAKEUP FOR WORK, IT'S QUITE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING 'SCRUBBY' THAT YOU CAN REALLY GET IT OFF WITH. I WAS AN UNWITTING OFFENDER WHO'D BEEN SCRUBBING MY FACE WITH PLASTIC BEADS AND WASHING THEM DOWN THE DRAIN. THEY WILL ABSORB A LOT OF TOXINS AND THEY WILL EVENTUALLY FIND THEIR WAY OUT INTO THE OCEAN, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE, THEY'LL GET INGESTED BY FISH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN. THOSE FISH ARE EATEN BY BIGGER FISH AND SO ON, AND... EVENTUALLY THEY MAKE THEIR WAY ONTO OUR FOOD PLATES AND THE FOOD THAT WE'RE TAKING HOME TO OUR FAMILIES. THE PR-SAVVY MOVE HAS BEEN A BIG UNDERTAKING. KIWI-OWNED FOODSTUFFS, HOME OF NEW WORLD AND PAK N SAVE, HAD 31 MICROBEAD PRODUCTS ON THEIR SHELVES. 21 HAVE BEEN REFORMULATED. TWO OTHERS ARE IN THE PROCESS BUT WON'T MEET THE DEADLINE SO FOR NOW THEY'RE GONE. AND EIGHT WON'T BE ON FOODSTUFFS' SHELVES AGAIN. TWO COMPANIES AFFECTED BY THE FOODSTUFFS DECISION ARE JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND CLEARASIL. BOTH OF THEM SAY THEY ARE COMMITTED TO STOPPING MICROBEAD PRODUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO IF THEY CAN, WHY CAN'T THE GOVERNMENT? WE ARE AT THIS STAGE LOOKING AT EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING THE DATE FORWARD, AND IF I CAN DO THAT, I'M VERY KEEN TO TRY AND DO THAT IF I CAN. SO WHAT ABOUT AUSTRALIAN-OWNED PROGRESSIVE? NO BLANKET BAN FROM THEM. THEY SAY THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES. OBVIOUSLY THE SUPPLIERS WE WORK WITH WORK WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER RETAILERS, SO THE OPPORTUNITY MAY BE THERE FOR OTHERS. BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS ISSUE IS ON THE TABLE. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY WON'T ALL HAVE TO ADDRESS EVENTUALLY. WE'RE JUST PRETTY PLEASED TO LEAD OUT. Good on you foodstuffs. From July 1 you can take in your microbead scrub and they will give you a free one of these. I wonder if foodstuffs are paying for it or if it's a smart marketing move from this brand. The beds are not going to a landfill; they will be used to make a creative art piece. How much of this goodwill translates into actual good behaviour? Everyone can line up for a freebie. After that what will people do? LET'S HEAD TO MIKE THORPE NOW BECAUSE LIONS FEVER HAS HIT EDEN PARK. MIKE? It's the same Lions fever that inspired Grant Fox in 1991 to carry on playing after a miserable World Cup. PART OF THAT MOTIVATION WAS WE GET A CRACK AT THE LIONS IN TWO YEARS' TIME AND I WANNA SEE IF I'M GOOD ENOUGH TO STILL BE HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PLAY THEM IN A BLACK JERSEY. AND WE'RE AT MT SMART STADIUM IN AUCKLAND, HOME OF THE WARRIORS, FOR TONIGHT'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD. TONIGHT, A MAN WHO DEDICATES EVERY SPARE MOMENT HE HAS TO LEAGUE. NO PEEKING. NO PEEKING AT ALL? NO PEEKING AT ALL. BUT SHORTLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO MORE THAN JUST PEEK, BECAUSE WE CAN REVEAL THE NEWEST RESIDENT IN MORRINSVILLE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SPECTACULAR CRASHES TONIGHT, AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU NOW ` A PRO-SKIER'S DRAMATIC FALL. 3, 2, 1... GO, GO, GO! CANADIAN IAN MCINTOSH PLUNGED 1,600 FEET DOWN AN ALASKAN MOUNTAIN AFTER MISTAKENLY DROPPING INTO AN UNSEEN 5FT TRENCH. AMAZINGLY, HE SURVIVED, THANKS TO PULLING THE AIRBAG BUILT INTO HIS BACKPACK. I'M OK. (PANTS) I do remember when that happened. Please do not say you're an expert on downhill skiing. Any time I'm in the Swiss Alps, you always check the terrain before you go down. AND NOT JUST THE AMERICA'S CUP TODAY. THE LIONS ARE HERE, TONIGHT GAME 2 AFTER A ROPEY START AT THE WEEKEND. IT'S THE BLUES ` THE FIRST OF THE USPER SIDES. OUR MAN ON THE TOUR, MIKE THORPE IS AT EDEN PARK FOR US. MIKE? Good evening guys. They told me it doesn't rain in Auckland and it's never cold, so we've proven that wrong tonight. This thousands of fans here tonight. 23 young blues players will get their first taste of Lions rugby. (RELAXED ELECTRONIC MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: ALMOST GOT THROUGH... AND SCORES. LIONS FEVER. IT'S BACK, AND IT'S CATCHING FAST. HAS IT GOT THE SAME MYSTIQUE AS IT'S ALWAYS HAD, IN YOUR EYES? GRANT FOX: YEAH, IT HAS BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST GOT TO WITNESS THE FERVOUR AROUND THE PLACE. YOU KNOW, THE THOUSANDS THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM THE BRITISH ISLES, FULL STADIUMS ` IT MEANS JUST AS MUCH NOW AS IT DID WAY BACK THEN. GRANT FOX KNOWS THE LIONS BETTER THAN MOST. HE'S HAD THE UPPER HAND TOO, STARTING IN 1983. ARCHIVE: GRANT FOX'S SECOND TODAY. WHAT DO YOU RECALL OF THAT GAME? IT WAS A WET MISERABLE GAME AT EDEN PARK, I KNOW THAT. CONDITIONS WEREN'T GREAT, AND I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE SCORE. ONE MOMENT, THOUGH, WAS UNFORGETTABLE. THIS TIME THE DROP KICK! (CROWD CHEERS) IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH, SO WE HAD A WEE CRACK, AND IT WENT OVER. GRANT FOX PUTS AUCKLAND INTO THE LEAD. HE GOT ANOTHER CRACK 10 YEARS LATER ` ONE OF THE FEW PLAYERS TO FACE THE LIONS IN TWO SEPARATE TOURS. PART OF THE REASON I STAYED ON POST '91, WHERE WE HADN'T HAD A GOOD WORLD CUP, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, AND I HADN'T PLAYED VERY WELL AT ALL AND BEEN PROPERLY CASTIGATED FOR THAT, AND IT PUT ME IN A PRETTY DARK PLACE IN TERMS OF, DO I WANT TO CONTINUE? I FOUGHT MY WAY THROUGH THAT AND PART OF MY MOTIVATION WAS WE GET A CRACK AT THE LIONS IN TWO YEARS TIME, AND I WANT TO SEE IF I'M GOOD ENOUGH TO STILL BE HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO PLAY THEM IN A BLACK JERSEY. SO, I MEAN, THAT WAS A BIG MOTIVATION FOR ME, TO CARRY ON PLAYING THE GAME WHEN I WAS REALLY SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT CHUCKING IT IN. THEY WERE DIFFERENT TIMES IN '93. NOW THE GAME SEEMS MORE COMPLICATED, AND SO DO THE KICKING ROUTINES. I WASN'T REALLY AWARE I WIGGLED MY FINGERS, UNTIL ONE DAY I WAS AT WORK AND UP AT MY LOCAL BAKERY IN ROYAL OAK AND THE LADY BEHIND THE COUNTER WHO'D SERVED ME FOR GOD KNOWS ` MONTHS AND MONTHS ON END, SAID I ALWAYS KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT WHEN YOU WIGGLE YOUR FINGERS. (LAUGHS) AND IT WAS ONLY THEN THAT I SORT OF BECAME CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT I DID IT, SO PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME I WENT OUT, I TRIED NOT TO WIGGLE THEM SO MUCH, COS I THOUGHT, 'OH GOD PEOPLE ARE WATCHING ME.' I DON'T KNOW, YOU JUST DO WHAT WORKS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT THE OUTCOME, ISN'T IT? HARD TO ARGUE WITH THAT. Sso wet and cold in 1983 and unfortunately a repeat tonight with showers coming through in the last 15 minutes. But Grant Fox was loath to try and pick a winner tonight. He did say that it would be close. I don't think it will be close. I want the Lions to absolutely whack them because unless they do the Lions are useless. I want it to be close so that it just keeps the excitement for the rest of the tour. I want to say the blues will win by 10. I'll say the Lions by 25. If the blues can challenge the Lions, what will the crusaders do to them? You want to ruin the two are when it's barely begun. THANKS, MIKE THORPE. NOW, MIKE, TRUST ME, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE TONIGHT'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD WINNER. A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE YOU GRIEF FOLLOWING THE WARRIORS, BUT, YEAH, DIE-HARD WARRIORS FAN ` YOU JUST STAY WITH THEM. SO WHAT DOES LUCAS HAVE IN STORE FOR HIM? OH, WOW. ALSO STILL TO COME... AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS PLANNING AND BUILDING, MORRINSVILLE BIG DAY IS HERE. AND YEP, IT'S COW-LOSSAL. New song with Bieber, Marley and Dr what's his face. DJ Khaled. ONE FINAL SPECTACULAR CRASH FOR YOU, AND THIS ONE COMES FROM THE VELODROME. The race will be neutralised for a period of time. That was a very big crash. Watch this. The biggest problem with that is splinters. Wwhen did this happen to you? I've never fallen off my bike. You get splinters up and down your body as you slide down the word. You spend hours picking hundreds of splinters out of your body. The worst for crashes is when you're in a pack because of the flow on effect. I tore my knee up biking once. CARL GRIBBLE IS A MAN WHO DEDICATES HIS LIFE TO RUGBY LEAGUE. FROM THE SIDELINE OF OUR COUNTRY'S YOUNGEST GRADES TO HELP LOOKING AFTER THE WARRIORS, EVERY SPARE MOMENT, HE IS DEDICATED TO KEEPING THE CODE GOING. BUT WHEN CARL AND HIS WIFE WANTED TO TAKE HIS FAMILY OVERSEAS, IT MEANT BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS TO MAKE IT A REALITY. SO HIS SON GOT IN TOUCH TO HELP OUT. HERE'S LUCAS DE JONG WITH TONIGHT'S ASB GOOD AS GOLD. (UPBEAT MUSIC) I NOMINATED MY DAD BECAUSE, LIKE, HE'S GOT A BIG HEART, AND HE CARES FOR OTHERS. WITHOUT LEAGUE, I DON'T KNOW WHO HE WOULD BE. HE WAKES UP, SETS UP THESE FIELDS. LIKE 12, HE GOES TO THE RESERVES AND THEN COACHES THE PREMS. HE'S ASSISTANT COACH TO OUR TOP SIDE. CARL HAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND INFORMATION. HE LOOKS AFTER ALL THE BALL BOYS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS. IT'S HARD FOR HIM, BUT HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS. WHAT DOES HE EARN? HE DOESN'T EARN A CENT. HE DOES IT FOR THE LOVE AND THE PASSION OF THE GAME. AND HIS WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOYS, WITH THE TOP SIDE, WITH THE WARRIORS ` THERE'S NO HALF-MEASURES. 100% LEAGUE; 100% WORK. AND 100% FAMILY. OK, CARL'S JUST BEHIND ME. HE THINKS WE'VE BEEN FILMING A STORY ABOUT LEAGUE TODAY. LITTLE DOES HE KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM. I'M AFRAID WE MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU TODAY. YOUR SON GOT IN TOUCH WITH US AND TOLD US ABOUT ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, IN TERMS OF LEAGUE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON TODAY. WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAVING UP FOR A BIT OF A FAMILY TRIP, SO ASB WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU $10,000... OH, WOW. ...TO MAKE THAT TRIP A LITTLE BIT MORE AMAZING. WOW. IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO HAVE CASEY WRITE THAT, AND IT DEFINITELY MEANS A LOT TO ME. A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE YOU GRIEF FOLLOWING THE WARRIORS, BUT, YEAH, DIE-HARD WARRIORS FAN ` YOU JUST STAY WITH THEM, AND JUST BE INVOLVED, WHATEVER IT TAKES. UNDER-6s IS ONE OF THE BEST GRADES YOU CAN WATCH. IT IS JUST FUN, YOU KNOW. IF THEY SCORE A TRY AT THE WRONG END, IT DOESN'T MATTER. JUST LET THEM THROW A BALL AROUND AND HAVE FUN. YOU JUST` I DON'T KNOW, JUST GET IN THERE AND DO IT, AND YOU START ENJOYING IT AND DON'T WANT TO LET THE KIDS DOWN. YOU JUST SEE KIDS SMILE ` THEY JUST LOVE IT OUT THERE. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANNA DO THAN HAVE HAPPY KIDS? I LOVE IT. AND REMEMBER ` IF YOU KNOW A DESERVING NEW ZEALANDER, GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND NOMINATE THEM FOR OUR ASB GOOD AS GOLD AWARD. Fantastic. The only concern I had was when he talked about if they score a try at the wrong end. Was he talking about the warriors? NOW TO THE 'CREAM OF THE COUNTRY' AS THEY LABEL THEMSELVES ` THE MIGHTY MORRINSVILLE. YEP, THE BIG DAY HAS ARRIVED ` YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. MICHAEL HOLLAND WITH INSTALMENT NUMBER, WHAT IS IT, NUMBER FOUR AT LEAST. (COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC) EARL'S GOT HIMSELF POLE POSITION. SOMEONE SAID YOU HAVE BEEN CAMPED HERE ALL NIGHT? NOT BLOODY LIKELY. MOYRA, THE PAMPHLET DELIVERY LADY'S ACROSS THE STREET. YOU HAVEN'T BROUGHT A THERMOS? IT'S PRETTY COLD. NO, I HAVEN'T, NO. AND THE SECURITY GUY'S GIVING NOTHING AWAY. NO PEEKING. NO PEEKING AT ALL? NO PEEKING AT ALL. THIS DAY IS HUGE FOR MORRINSVILLE, ABSOLUTELY MEGA. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A HELL OF A SHOCK WHEN IT'S AN ELEPHANT. AN ELEPHANT? (LAUGHS) YEAH, PROBABLY WILL. WE ARE PRETTY RAPT, EH. MORE THAN A FEW CHALLENGES? OH, ABSOLUTELY, IT WAS ALWAYS A GAME OF WHO DARES WINS,... (BOTH LAUGH) AND HEY, WE HAVE SMASHED IT. WE'LL WHIP THE COVERS OFF AND GIVE EVERYONE A LOOK. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WOW, WE'VE BUILT A COW. # I'M MOO-LOO THE COW. I EAT LOTS OF HAY. WELL, I THOUGHT DAISY WOULD BE A NICE NAME. IT'S NOT VERY ORIGINAL. IT'S NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW... # I SIT ON THE TRACK FOR MOST OF THE DAY. MABEL. IT HAS GOT TO BE MABEL. YEAH, I RECKON. # MY MILK IS SO GOOD, # IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN # TO GROW BIG AND STRONG. # FANTASTIC AND COOL. MEGA COW A GIFT TO MORRINSVILLE FROM FORMER MAYOR, THE LATE LAURIE MABER, WHO PROVIDED FOR HER CONSTRUCTION IN HIS WILL. I THINK LAURIE WOULD BE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT'S ALL TURNED OUT, AND SITTING UP THERE HAVING A BIT OF A CHUCKLE. AS FOR THE BOAT BUILDER WHO'S SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS CONSUMED WITH CREATING MISS MEGA... IT'S TIME TO MOOOOVE ON? YES, DEFINITELY MOVING ON ` GETTING ON TO OTHER PROJECTS. UDDER PROJECTS? (BOTH LAUGH) ENOUGH. (LAUGHS) Beautiful looking cow. Tthat aerial shot was beautiful. Namewise the hot tip is Mabel. That is the most popular. If the blues win tonight I will be laughing. Oon the Mike Hosking breakfast Linsey Buckingham Ed Sheron is in couple karaoke tonight. CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017