TONIGHT ` WILL THE TORIES SURVIVE, OR WILL THE LEFT STAGE AN UPSET? WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST AS BRITAIN GOES TO THE POLLS FOR ANOTHER GENERAL ELECTION. THE WIDOW OF A EUTHANASIA CAMPAIGNER SAYS SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED THE ISSUE IS TO BE FRONT AND CENTRE IN PARLIAMENT. FRIENDS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER A MAN WHO DIED AFTER A NIGHT WITH A NEW ZEALAND DIPLOMAT IN FIJI. IT'S BEEN A CAMPAIGN OVERSHADOWED BY TERROR. BUT TONIGHT THE ELECTIONEERING IN BRITAIN CAME TO AN END AS VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS. WITHIN A DAY, WE SHOULD KNOW WHETHER THE UK HAS DECIDED TO STICK WITH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY OR CHANCE A LABOUR GOVERNMENT LEAD BY JEREMY CORBYN. BRITS ARE LINING UP NOW. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING IS OUTSIDE ONE OF THE POLLING STATION'S IN LONDON. EMMA, THE MARGINS SEEM TO KEEP NARROWING IN THIS RACE? THEY ARE. WHEN THE ELECTION WAS CALLED WEEKS AGO IT LOOKED DOMINANT FOR TH TORIES BUT THE LABOUR LEADER HAS SURPRISED EVERYONE AND DONE A GREAT JOB THERE'S BEEN A FEW MISTEPS BY MAY AND SO THE GAP HAS CLOSED IT'S AROUND 8 POINTS NOW AND MAY HAS LOOKED NERVOUS WHILE CORBYN LOOKS SOLID. THEY BOTH DROPPED THEIR VOTES TODAY AND MAY STRODE INTO THE BOOTH AND LOOKED CALM AND SECURE. MAYBE SHE FEELS THEY DO HAVE ENOUGH. AND CORBYN IS ALWAYS WAVING AT EVERYONE THE POLLS CLOSE AT 1O TONIGHT AN DTHAT IS WHEN WE WILL GET EXIT POLLS TO SEE WHERE THE COUNTRY IS GOING WHO KNOWS HOW MANY WILL GET TO POLLS TODAY IS THERE A FEELING THE RECENT ATTACKS MAY HAVE AFFECTED VOTER TURNOUT? A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT WE MUST BE IN LOCKDOWN HERE BUT THERE IS NOT THE SAME FEELING. THERE IS CONCERN AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACKS WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH IT BUT FOR THE MAJORITY IS IT IS JUST SOMETHING YOU DEAL WITH IN EUROPE. YES, SECURITY IS A PART O FTHE RESASON WHY THEY WILL CHOOSE WHO TO VOTE FOR BUT IT WILL BE THE THINGS WE ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT ` HEALTH CARE, SCHOOLING, HOUSING. AFTER ALL THE ATTACKS, THE CAMPAIGN WENT BACK TO TRIED AND TRUE AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL BE VOTING FOR TODAY. AND WITH SO LITTLE TIME TO MAKE THEIR CASES AND SO MANY DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN PUT ON HOLD FOLLOWING TERROR ATTACKS, THE PARTIES AND THE POLITICIANS HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO SHINE. EARLIER TODAY THEY MADE THEIR FINAL PITCHES. THE ABC'S LISA MILLAR REPORTS. IT WAS A SNAP ELECTION WITH A CAMPAIGN THAT DRAGGED ON FOR SEVEN WEEKS, AND IN THE END, MANY WERE LEFT UNIMPRESSED. SHODDY ON ALL SIDES. I JUST THINK TREATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC LIKE WE'RE STUPID. DISAPPOINTING. NOBODY'S BEEN AT THEIR BEST. IT WAS THERESA MAY'S FIRST AS LEADER, AND IT WAS FAR FROM SMOOTH ` HECKLED ON HER FINAL DAY. (CROWD BOOS) IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST ELECTION LEADING THE LABOUR PARTY FOR JEREMY CORBYN. I'VE BEEN WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. I SIGNED UP JUST FOR YOU. AND HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ENERGISED BY THE CROWDS. JEREMY CORBYN'S PULLING NEW LABOUR BACK INTO THIS IDEA OF IT BEING A FULL-ON SOCIALISM. HE CAN RELATE TO US. THERESA MAY CAN'T RELATE TO PEOPLE LIKE US. SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE US. VOTE LABOUR, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, TO HELP THIS COUNTRY. HE WANTS TO SPEND MORE ON SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. THEY SAY, 'WELL, IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY.' YES, IT IS. I KNOW THAT. BUT ` AND WE'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS ` WE HAVE FULLY COSTED IT. THE TERRORIST ATTACKS MEANT THIS CAMPAIGN TOOK A BACKSEAT, AND THERESA MAY STUMBLED OVER A POLICY TAGGED 'THE DEMENTIA TAX' BY LABOUR. WHAT I HAVE SAID TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE IS TO BE OPEN WITH THEM ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THIS COUNTRY FACES BUT ALSO ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHOEVER ENDS UP IN DOWNING STREET WILL HAVE NO TIME TO REST; THE E.U. WANTS TO START NEGOTIATING BRITAIN'S EXIT WITHIN DAYS. BACK HERE, EUTHANASIA WILL BE TOP OF THE AGENDA IN OUR ELECTION, WITH MPs SET TO DEBATE THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN PARLIAMENT AGAIN. ACT PARTY LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR WON THE RIGHT TO PUT HIS BILL TO A VOTE MORE THAN 10 YEARS SINCE IT WAS LAST DEBATED. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD. THERE'S NO DOUBT THESE ADVOCATES ARE PLEASED MPs WILL BE FORCED TO VOTE ON EUTHANASIA. THIS IS MORALLY, DEMOCRATICALLY AND LEGALLY THE RIGHT THING FOR PARLIAMENT TO DO. LAWYER LECRETIA SEALES TOOK HER FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO DIE TO THE HIGH COURT. THE HIGH COURT RULED ONLY PARLIAMENT CAN DECIDE ON VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA. HER HUSBAND, MATT VICKERS, IS HOPING A NEW BILL, NOW BEFORE PARLIAMENT, WILL WIN LECRETIA'S FIGHT FOR OTHERS. LECRETIA WOULD BE VERY HAPPY, I THINK. SHE'D BE OVER THE MOON THAT THIS HAD FINALLY TO GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S COMING BEFORE THE HOUSE. ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR'S BILL REQUIRES TWO DOCTORS TO ASSESS A TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT. AND THOSE TWO DOCTORS, CRITICALLY, MUST JUDGE THAT THE PERSON IS OF SOUND MIND AND ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS THEY'RE MAKING. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS... NO. I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THE LEGISLATION. AND MPs ARE DIVIDED. I'M NOT A SUPPORTER. I'M IN FAVOUR OF GOOD-QUALITY, EXCELLENT PALLIATIVE CARE. I HAVE AN OPEN MIND. I'M UNDECIDED. BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE I HAVE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN SUPPORT AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT DEBATED. I AM QUITE CONSERVATIVE IN THESE MATTERS, SO I'LL TAKE SOME CONVINCING. OUR CAUCUS WILL HAVE A FULL AND FRANK DISCUSSION AT OUR NEXT CAUCUS MEETING. THE BILL IS UNLIKELY TO BE DEBATED BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER ELECTION. BUT EUTHANASIA IS NOW ON PARLIAMENT'S AGENDA, AND THAT MEANS MPs WILL HAVE TO DECLARE THEIR HAND IF ASKED ABOUT THE ISSUE BY VOTERS DURING THE CAMPAIGN. I THINK THE FACT IT'S AN ELECTION IS GOING TO FORCE POLITICIANS TO FACE UP TO PUBLIC OPINION. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ELECTION CANDIDATES WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED BEFORE TODAY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. AND ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WILL ALSO BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT THIS YEAR ` THE LEGAL USE OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS FOR TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE. FRIENDS OF A MAN WHO DIED IN FIJI AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH A NZ DIPLOMATIC OFFICIAL SAY THE CASE WAS NEVER PROPERLY INVESTIGATED. THE LOCAL MAN HAD BEEN PARTYING WITH THE UNNAMED OFFICIAL BEFORE RETURNING TO THE OFFICIAL'S RENTED APARTMENT NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS THE EXCLUSIVE STORY. A WILD NIGHT OUT IN SUVA ENDED IN A FATAL NIGHTMARE, WITH A 26-YEAR-OLD LOCAL MAN DEAD AND A NZ DIPLOMAT LEAVING THE COUNTRY. JOSATEKI NARUBE AND THE UNNAMED NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL HAD PARTIED AT A STRING OF BARS BEFORE RETURNING TO AN APARTMENT BLOCK RENTED FOR THE DIPLOMAT. THEY GOT HOME JUST BEFORE DAWN. A SHORT TIME LATER, JOSATEKI NARUBE FELL FROM A SECOND FLOOR BALCONY. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MR NARUBE SUFFERED MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. I MISS HIM, HIS NATURE; HIM, THE PERSON THAT HE IS. FIJI POLICE WANTED TO QUESTION THE NEW ZEALANDER. AS AN IMMIGRATION EMPLOYEE SECONDED TO WORK IN VISA SERVICES HERE AT THE HIGH COMMISSION, HE HAD A DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT. SO MURRAY MCCULLY, THEN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, GRANTED A PARTIAL WAIVER OF HIS DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY. BUT IT WAS ONLY SO THAT HE COULD PROVIDE A STATEMENT TO POLICE. THREE DAYS LATER, THE NEW ZEALANDER WAS ON A PLANE BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. IT TOTALLY HURTS US THAT HE JUST LEFT WITHOUT... NOTHING DONE. MM, NOTHING DONE. FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAYS FIJI AUTHORITIES RAISED NO OBJECTION ABOUT THE NEW ZEALANDER LEAVING. BUT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELEASED TO 1 NEWS SHOW POLICE IN SUVA WEREN'T HAPPY AND SENT A LETTER TO THE NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSION. AT THAT TIME THE DIPLOMAT WAS STILL IN FIJI, WAITING IN TRANSIT HERE AT NADI AIRPORT WITH A SENIOR IMMIGRATION STAFFER. CALL LOGS SHOW A FLURRY OF PHONE CALLS BETWEEN OFFICIALS, AND MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE LETTER WAS RECEIVED, MFAT'S CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, JOANNA KEMPERS, TOLD THEM TO BOARD THEIR FLIGHT. MFAT SAYS THE LETTER MADE NO REQUEST FOR THE DIPLOMAT TO STAY, BUT... JOSH NARUBE'S FRIENDS SAY HIS DEATH WASN'T PROPERLY INVESTIGATED. EVEN IF HE IS GAY, RICH OR POOR, THIS IS SOMEONE'S LIFE. SEND HIM BACK TO FIJI. INVESTIGATE. JUST BECAUSE JOSH DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY, THAT'S WHY THE POLICE DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH. FIJI POLICE WOULDN'T TALK TO US, BUT 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE DIPLOMAT TOLD POLICE MR NARUBE JUMPED AFTER AN ALTERCATION OVER MONEY. JUSTICE NEEDS TO BE SERVED, EVEN IF HE JUMPED OR EVEN IF... I'D ACCEPT THE FACT IF SOMETHING WAS DONE AND NOT JUST BRUSHED UNDER THE CARPET. THEY HAVE MEMORIES OF A FUN-LOVING MAN WHO DREAMED OF BECOMING A FASHION DESIGNER. IF I HAD TO SUM HIM UP, HE'S A LOVING, KIND-HEARTED PERSON, CARELESS AND FREE. BUT NOW ALL THEY'RE LEFT WITH ARE QUESTIONS WHILE THE DIPLOMAT IS BACK IN NEW ZEALAND. THE FORMER DIPLOMAT LEFT HIS JOB WITH IMMIGRATION IN MARCH 2016, BUT THE DEPARTMENT WON'T SAY IF THE DEPARTURE WAS RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH POLICE HAVE CALLED IN REINFORCEMENTS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH. THE POLICE DIVE SQUAD CAME IN TO HELP TODAY WITH SPECIALIST DIVERS SEARCHING PONDS JUST OVER THE ROAD FROM A HALSWELL PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN THE FOCUS FOR POLICE SINCE MCGRATH WENT MISSING 16 DAYS AGO. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER THE DEATH OF A TEENAGER IN INVERCARGILL THIS MORNING. THE 19-YEAR-OLD DIED FOLLOWING A SERIOUS ASSAULT AT STADIUM SOUTHLAND. THE ACCUSED, A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN, HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY. POLICE ARE EXAMINING TWO CRIME SCENES ` THE STADIUM AND A RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WHO WAS NEAR THE STADIUM AROUND 11 LAST NIGHT TO COME FORWARD. IT WASN'T THE PRE-SHOW DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR, AND THE MAIN EVENT HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET. FIRED FBI BOSS JAMES COMEY IS DUE TO FRONT AN INQUIRY INTO POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD WITH THIS. TODAY IN AN UNEXPECTED MOVE, FORMER FBI HEAD JAMES COMEY RELEASED IN WRITTEN FORM THE OPENING STATEMENT HE'LL MAKE TOMORROW. TRUMP SAYING AT A PRIVATE MEETING... COMEY REPLIED... AT ANOTHER MEETING, TRUMP ASKED EVERYONE EXCEPT COMEY TO LEAVE AND THEN BROUGHT UP THE INVESTIGATION INTO MIKE FLYNN, THE NOW-FIRED NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, AND HIS RUSSIAN CONNECTIONS. COMEY WRITES THAT TRUMP DESCRIBED FLYNN AS... COMEY WAS FIRED AFTER THAT. TODAY, HOWEVER, APPEARING IN FRONT OF THE SAME INQUIRY, TRUMP'S REPLACEMENT HEAD OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR WERE LESS FORTHCOMING ABOUT PRESSURE THAT THEY GET FROM DONALD TRUMP. DID THE PRESIDENT, THE REPORTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ASK YOU IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO BACK OFF OR DOWNPLAY THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION. I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ARE YOU PREPARED TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED BY THE PRESIDENT OR THE WHITE HOUSE TO INFLUENCE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION? I AM NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TODAY. THOSE NON-ANSWERS INFURIATED THE POLITICIANS AND LEFT THE ADMIRAL YEARNING FOR EASIER DAYS WHEN HE WAS A LOWLY ENSIGN. BOY, SOME DAYS I SURE WISH I WAS AN ENSIGN ON THE BRIDGE OF THAT DESTROYER AGAIN. JUST AHEAD ` THE SHOCKING REALITY OF LONDON AS THE ATTACKERS ARE SEEN BEFORE BEING TAKEN DOWN BY POLICE FIRE. YES, HE'S CUTE, BUT HEAR WHY IT TOOK 17 DOCTORS TO KEEP HIM ALIVE. SHOCKING IMAGES HAVE EMERGED SHOWING THE MOMENT THE LONDON BRIDGE TERRORISTS WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE. THE THREE ATTACKERS ARE SEEN STABBING AND WOUNDING A MAN IN BOROUGH MARKET BEFORE ARMED OFFICERS CLOSE IN AND OPEN FIRE. IT APPEARS TO TAKE A NUMBER OF SHOTS TO SUBDUE ONE OF THE ATTACKERS. POLICE SAY THEY FIRED 48 TIMES IN ALL. IT CAME AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE ATTACKS ROSE TO EIGHT; THE BODY OF MISSING FRENCHMAN XAVIER THOMAS WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER THAMES. ALL THE DEAD HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. IT'S WORLD OCEANS DAY, AND WITH LESS THAN 5% OF OUR WATERS EXPLORED, WE STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT LIES BENEATH. BUT ONE GROUP OF TARANAKI ECO-CRUSADERS IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE OCEAN OFF NEW ZEALAND'S SHORE. SEAN HOGAN REPORTS. (MR PROBZ'S 'WAVES') THIS BOUNTIFUL REEF ISN'T THE BAHAMAS. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST OFF THE COAST OF PATEA, TARANAKI. GENERALLY KNOWLEDGE FOR NZERS IS PRETTY POOR ABOUT WHAT IS OFF THEIR LOCAL OCEAN. THE OCEAN'S JUST A HUGE THING FOR NZ. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY IT. THERE IS MORE OCEAN THAN ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PLANET. LET'S FIND OUT ABOUT IT. LET'S LEARN. THAT'S THE MOTIVATION FOR BRUCE BOYD AND KAREN PRATT. ALONG WITH THE SOUTH TARANAKI UNDERWATER CLUB AND A BIT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING, THEY'VE SET OUT TO DOCUMENT THE DIVERSE COASTAL DEPTHS. THIS IS GROUND-BREAKING. NOBODY HAS STUDIED THE REEFS OF SOUTH TARANAKI. A SPECIALISED CAMERA ON THE SEA FLOOR PHOTOGRAPHS THE REEF EVERY THREE SECONDS, WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GETTING A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. WE TAKE THEM OUT ON CHARTER VESSELS TO DO CATCH-AND-RELEASE SURVEYS. THEN IT'S INTO THE CLASSROOM TO DISSECT THE DETAILS. THEIR VOCAB NOW IS THINGS LIKE BRYOZOANS AND HYDROIDS AND SPONGES. THE GOAL ` TO EDUCATE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ON THEIR OCEAN. YOU GET YOUNG KIDS WHO COME TO YOU WITH THEIR BIG WIDE EYES. AFTER YOU'VE TALKED TO THEM, COME UP TO YOU AND GO, 'THANK YOU SO MUCH. 'I REALLY APPRECI`' YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS. LITTLE KIDS. AND WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITY TOO ` DIFFERENT GROUPS ` AND THE RECEPTION FROM THEM IS JUST AMAZING. IT'S JUST, 'WOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THERE!' THEIR HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS HONOURED AT THE ANNUAL GREEN RIBBON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS... AND THE WINNER IS... SOUTH TARANAKI UNDERWATER CLUB. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ...MAKING IT ALL WORTHWHILE. WE ORIGINALLY SET THIS THING UP AS A MODEL THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY PASS ON TO OTHERS TO ROLL OUT IN THEIR AREAS. BECAUSE NZ HAS GOT A HUGE COASTLINE. TO HELP US ALL UNDERSTAND THE MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. APPARENTLY WE'RE ALL A BIT OLDER THAN WE THOUGHT. ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN MOROCCO HAVE UNEARTHED FOSSILS THAT DATE BACK 315,000 YEARS, ADDING ANOTHER 100,000 YEARS TO THE HUMAN STORY. SCIENTISTS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT HOMO SAPIENS EMERGED IN EAST AFRICA 200,000 YEARS AGO. THE BONES ALSO CAPTURE AN EARLY STAGE OF OUR SPECIES' EVOLUTION. IT WAS TOUCH-AND-GO AND REQUIRED HUMAN DOCTORS, BUT KIRA THE GORILLA HAS GIVEN BIRTH. HER BABY BOY HEALTHY AND HAPPY BUT ALSO CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. HERE'S ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT. 17-YEAR-OLD KIRA REELING AND PAIN, A FIRST-TIME MOTHER AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOO, AND SHE'S GONE INTO LABOUR. THE KEEPERS NOTICED THAT SHE DID SEEM LIKE SHE WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. THINGS WERE NOT PROGRESSING. THE ZOO'S CHIEF VETERINARIAN, KEITH HINSHAW, SAYS NORMALLY A WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA GIVES BIRTH IN UNDER AN HOUR. KIRA WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS FOR 24 HOURS. HOW MANY DOCTORS DOES IT TAKE TO DELIVER A BOUNCING BABY GORILLA? 17, IT TURNS OUT. VETERINARIANS, OBSTETRICIANS, ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ALL THERE ON CALL TO DELIVER A 5-POUND BABY BOY. THE NEXT MORNING... SHE HAD NO HESITATION TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE CARE OF HIM. A 400-POUND GORILLA SHOWING A MOTHER'S LOVE. MOTHER AND SON, STILL TO BE NAMED, NOW INSEPARABLE. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE NAMED THE SQUAD FOR THE MANU SAMOA TESTS AND THE LIONS INTERNATIONALS. THERE'S THE TWO UNCAPPED PLAYERS AND, IN A FIRST, THREE BROTHERS NAMED IN THE SAME ABs SQUAD AT THE SAME TIME. SELECTORS SAY THEIR LATEST SQUAD HAS BEEN THE TOUGHEST TO PICK DURING THEIR TENURE. ANDREW SAVILLE LOOKS AT THE NEW RECRUITS. THESE ARE HECTIC TIMES FOR THE ALL BLACKS' NEW HURRICANES WRECKING BALL. IN BETWEEN WELL-WISHERS TODAY, NGANI LAUMAPE WAS TRAINING FOR TOMORROW'S SHOWDOWN WITH THE CHIEFS BEFORE HEADING INTO ALL BLACKS CAMP THIS WEEKEND. WHEN I WAS PLAYING FOR THE WARRIORS AND THAT, AT THE BACK OF MY HEAD, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN ALL BLACK AND ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY FOR THE HURRICANES. LAUMAPE WAS A STANDOUT SCHOOL UNION PLAYER IN PALMERSTON NORTH BEFORE SWITCHING TO LEAGUE WITH THE WARRIORS. THE YOUNG FATHER THEN RETURNED TO UNION AT THE START OF LAST YEAR. FOR A YOUNG MAN WHO'S JUST COME BACK TO RUGBY AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME IN THE WILDERNESS PLAYING LEAGUE, TO HAVE HIM BACK AND TO HAVE HIM PLAYING AS WELL AS HE IS, IS GREAT. HE'S SHOWN IT WEEK IN, WEEK OUT THAT HE CAN BUST TACKLES AND BREAK LINES OPEN, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT TOO HARD TO IGNORE. LIKE LAUMAPE, JORDIE BARRETT'S IRREPRESSIBLE FORM FOR THE BEST ATTACKING TEAM IN SUPER RUGBY HAS GIVEN HIM THE OFFICIAL CALL-UP. IT WAS A BIT OF A BUZZ LOOKING AT MY PHONE AND SEEING A FEW MESSAGES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S QUITE SUNK IN YET. THE ALL BLACKS SEE BARRETT AS A FULLBACK AGAINST A SIDE WHOSE COACH BELIEVES THERE ISN'T TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUPER STANDARD AND THE ALL BLACKS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY COMPARISON TO SUPER RUGBY AND TEST RUGBY, BUT HE'S JUST PROBABLY TRYING TO MAKE A LIGHT COMMENT. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE LATEST ALL BLACKS SQUAD, THE LIONS MIGHT SOON NEED A RETHINK. JUST AHEAD ` WEATHER TO MAKE YOU THINK, A FORECAST TO MAKE YOU WONDER. AND WHY THIS RISKS OF BEING ENTERTAINED AND LEARNING SOMETHING ARE VERY REAL AT THIS STAGE PLAY. A GROUP OF KIWI ACTRESSES ARE ON A MISSION TO BRING NEW ZEALAND HISTORY ALIVE ON STAGE. 'KORORAREKA: THE BALLARD OF MAGGIE FLYNN' FOLLOWS AN IRISH CONVICT AS SHE CARVES OUT A LIFE FOR HERSELF FROM SLAVE TO WIFE OF THE MAORI CHIEF. LISETTE REYMER WENT ALONG TO REHEARSALS. IF THE WORD 'KORORAREKA' MEANS NOTHING TO YOU,... THERE SHE IS, MY BOYS ` KORORAREKA. ...THIS SHOW'S FOR YOU KORORAREKA WAS THE FIRST NAME FOR RUSSELL AND IT WAS OUR FIRST CAPITAL IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1820. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE WOMEN WHO SET UP CAMP THERE. YOU CAME TO HEAR A STORY, THIS STORY, MY STORY. THEIR STORIES OF SURVIVAL AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM ARRIVING IN THIS LAND WERE PHENOMENAL. SO 'KORORAREKA: THE BALLAD OF MAGGIE FLYNN' IS AN AMALGAMATION OF LOTS OF TRUE STORIES. IT'S LIKE LITTLE THIEVING BITS OF HISTORY THAT HAVE ALL BEEN WOVEN INTO ONE TALE. A TALE TOLD BY JUST FIVE ACTRESSES. QUITE OFTEN WOMEN'S STORIES IN HISTORY ARE TOLD BY MEN, OR THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WOMEN'S STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN JUST SILENCED OR BURIED. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR ONE OF THE STARS, MIRIAMA MCDOWELL, WHO PLAYS FIVE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW. MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER IS (SCOTTISH ACCENT) 'DAGRIN, MY SCOTTISH SAILOR, 'WHO HAS TO PISS ON THE BOAT IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE.' WHY CAN'T HE GO WITH YOU? JUST WON'T YOU TURN AWAY, PLEASE? I'VE DONE LOTS OF FILM AND TV, SO OFTEN I PLAY SOME KIND OF VERSION OF MYSELF, SO IT'S REALLY FUN IN THEATRE TO BE ABLE TO GO REALLY FAR AWAY FROM WHO YOU ARE. AFTER AUCKLAND, THE SHOW HEADS HOME TO RUSSELL. BEING A MAORI ACTOR, TELLING STORIES ABOUT MAORI PEOPLE, THERE'S A GREAT HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE IN DOING THAT. THE STORIES THAT YOU ARE TELLING ARE BIGGER THAN YOU YOURSELF. THEY'RE AS BIG AS ALL OF THE ANCESTORS WHO STAND BEHIND YOU. THAT'S AMAZING, BUT ALSO IT'S A BIT SCARY. WORTH IT, THOUGH, TO KEEP THE HISTORY OF KORORAREKA ALIVE. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH MISTER MISTER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.