TONIGHT ` LABOUR MAKES A PLAY FOR VOTES OVER ITS PLANS FOR RETIREMENT. WILL IT WORK? ARE CREDIT CARDS THE WAY TO STOP KIDS WATCHING PORN? AND IS THIS 9'0S R & B STAR ACTUALLY AN ABUSIVE CULT LEADER? KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. LABOUR HAS PROMISED NOT TO TINKER WITH THE RETIREMENT AGE IF IT GETS INTO POWER THIS SEPTEMBER. PENSIONS ONCE AGAIN BECOMING A HOT ELECTION TOPIC AFTER NATIONAL PLEDGED TO RAISE THE AGE OF PENSION ENTITLEMENT BY TWO YEARS. BUT TODAY THE OPPOSITION REVEALED HOW IT PLANS TO KEEP IT AT 65. EMILY COOPER REPORTS. LABOUR SHOPPING FOR VOTES WITH A NEW PLAN TO PAY FOR OUR PENSIONS. THE PARTY PLANNING TO UN-FREEZE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUPER FUND. YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORK YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER 65. SO WE WANT THIS FUND TO BE THERE FOR YOU. THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE CONTRIBUTIONS NOW. THE AIM ` TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE RETIREMENT AGE AT 65. IF IT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO RETIRE OVER 65, THEN IT IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING. FOR MANY OF MY FAMILY, NOT MANY OF THEM MAKE IT PAST 60, ANYWAY. THE SUPERFUND IS THE GOVERNMENTS' PENSION NEST EGG, BUT IT FROZE CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2009, DUE TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. IT PLANS TO RESUME CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2020. AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THE FUND WAS AT $32.7B. UNDER LABOUR'S PLAN, UNDER LABOUR'S PLAN, THEY WOULD PUT IN JUST UNDER $8B OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT TAX CUTS IN THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING. EXPERTS SAY MORE MONEY WILL BE NEEDED IF OPPOSITION PARTIES KEEP MAKING PROMISES TO KEEP THE AGE AT 65. THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T STACK UP. WE HAVE GOT A MASSIVE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM COMING DOWN THE TRACK. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE BOOMERS, LIKE ME, WHO ARE RETIRING. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OF US RELATIVE TO THE WORKING POPULATION. LABOUR WILL LAY OUT MORE DETAILS OF ITS ALTERNATIVE BUDGET TOMORROW. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR PUBLIC HELP TO FIND TWO MEN WHO VICIOUSLY ATTACKED AN AUCKLAND MOTHER AND DAUGHTER OUTSIDE THEIR HOME ON THIS POINT CHEVALIER STREET LAST NIGHT. THE PAIR HAD INTERRUPTED THE MEN TRYING TO STEAL A CAR. BOTH THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN TRAUMATISED BY THE EVENT. AND POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO LOCATE THESE MEN AND HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT. THIS WAS A BRUTAL ATTACK, AND THESE MEN NEED TO BE LOCKED UP. THE OFFENDERS STOLE THE FAMILY'S CAR, A BLUE VOLKSWAGEN POLO HATCHBACK, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN RECOVERED IN MT ALBERT. THE IMPACT OF KAIKOURA'S EARTHQUAKE LAST YEAR IS STILL BEING FELT, WITH A SHORTAGE OF WORKERS THREATENING THE FUTURE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE REBUILD OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 IS TO BLAME, AND TODAY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TOOK A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE FROM ABOVE AND SPOKE TO THOSE STRUGGLING SINCE THE SHAKE. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WENT ALONG. IT'S THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST-EVER ROADING CHALLENGE. AND THE NUMBER OF STAFF NEEDED TO REBUILD STATE HIGHWAY 1 NORTH OF KAIKOURA IS CREATING A HEADACHE, AND NOT FOR JUST CONSTRUCTION BOSSES. THIS IS MASSIVE. NEW ZEALAND'S NEVER SEEN THIS SCALE BEFORE. 1300 STAFF ARE WORKING ON THIS ROAD, BUT MORE ARE NEEDED, AND KAIKOURA BUSINESSES ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR WORKERS. THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME ARE A BIT BLINDED BY THAT FIGURE. IT'S JUST HARD TO HOLD EMPLOYMENT, SO MY STAFF ARE MOVING AROUND A BIT. HE SAYS TIMES ARE HARD, AND THE PROSPECT OF LOSING STAFF IS MAKING THINGS WORSE. WHEN STAFF LEAVE, I HAVE TO TRY AND REPLACE THEM QUITE QUICKLY OR SCALE MY BUSINESS BACK, OR WORST CASE, CLOSE. THE GOOD NEWS IS SIX MONTHS AGO, THEY WERE ALL WORRIED ABOUT WHAT STAFF WERE GOING TO DO, AND NOW WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVEN'T GOT ENOUGH STAFF. BUSINESS OWNERS ALSO RAISED CONCERNS AT THIS MEETING ABOUT THE EFFECT ROAD CLOSURES ARE HAVING ON BUSINESSES AND TOURISM, AND SOME SAY THEY NEED MORE FINANCIAL HELP. YUP, WE'RE READY TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED TO GET THIS JOB FINISHED AND GET THE TOWN UP AND GOING AGAIN. MORE FINANCIAL HELP IS COMING THE WAY OF SOME BUSINESSES HERE, THOUGH. COMMERCIAL PAUA FISHERS, EFFECTED WHEN THE SEABED ROSE DURING THE QUAKE. A NEW $500,000 RECOVERY FUND HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES. We realise this fishery is really important for paua fishes. Farmers say they want the road open. IT'S HOPED STATE HIGHWAY 1 WILL REOPEN AT CHRISTMAS, AND THE RAIL LINE BEFORE THAT. JUST THE DISRUPTION OF NOT HAVING STATE HIGHWAY 1 OPEN IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST ISSUE. UNTIL THEN, THE GOVERNMENT IS ENCOURAGING ANYONE WHO WANTS A JOB IN CONSTRUCTION... TO HEAD THIS WAY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. WATCHING PORN IS EASIER THAN EVER NOWADAYS. SO EASY, EXPERTS ARE NOW TRYING RADICAL METHODS TO STOP CHILDREN ACCESSING IT ONLINE. IN BRITAIN, A LAW CHANGE HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WOULD SEE ALL PORN SITES NEED A CREDIT CARD. BUT SOME AREN'T CONVINCED IT WILL HELP. JESSICA MUTCH EXPLAINS. THESE DAYS, ACCESSING PORNOGRAPHY IS EASY. IT'S JUST A CLICK AWAY. BUT MAKING SURE CHILDREN CAN'T WATCH IT IS A GROWING CHALLENGE. IN THE UK, THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAKING PEOPLE ENTER THEIR CREDIT CARD DETAILS TO PROVE THEY ARE OVER 18 BEFORE THEY CAN VIEW PORN ONLINE. IT'S A WASTE OF TIME. FOR YEARS, STEVE CROWE MADE HIS LIVING FROM ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. LITTLE JOHNNY CAN GO AND STEAL DAD'S CREDIT CARD IF HE REALLY WANTS TO SEE SOMETHING. HE CAN GET MUM'S CREDIT CARD. HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, IT'S ILLEGAL TO SUPPLY SEXUAL MATERIAL TO UNDER 18s, BUT MOST WEBSITES HAVE FEW WAYS TO CHECK THIS. WE HAVE THOSE LEGISLATIVE SAFEGUARDS. HOW WE ENFORCE THEM IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT THING. NETSAFE ALSO SAYS THERE ARE PRIVACY AND SECURITY ISSUES WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE TO SUPPLY CREDIT CARD DETAILS. THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR US TO BUILD DATA BASES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCESSING ADULT CONTENT, WHICH COULD THEN BE A TARGET FOR HACKING ATTACKS. PORNOGRAPHY HAS LONG BEEN PART OF THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, BUT IT'S EVOLVING. RECENT STUDIES SHOW A THIRD OF ALL INTERNET BANDWIDTH IS USED TO VIEW IT, AND 9 OUT OF 10 MEN ADMIT TO WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY IN THE LAST YEAR. I THINK THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MARKET FOR PORNOGRAPHY, BUT WHAT THE INTERNET HAS DONE HAS MAKE IT SO EASILY, QUICKLY, GLOBALLY ACCESSIBLE THAT ANYONE CAN JUST DIAL UP THE MOST SADISTIC PORNOGRAPHY JUST FROM THEIR OWN HOME, ANY NIGHT. THE FORMER KIWI PORN KING SAYS THERE'S NO EASY SOLUTION. I THINK IT'S VIRTUALLY TOTALLY PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY. OUR GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S NOT CONSIDERING ANY NEW RESTRICTIONS BUT WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE UK. CHANGES THERE KICK IN IN APRIL. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. FRESH FROM BEING KNIGHTED HERE, SIR JOHN KEY HAS BEEN GIVEN AUSTRALIA'S HIGHEST HONOUR. THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOINS THE LIKES OF MOTHER THERESA AND NELSON MANDELA WITH THE ACCOLADE FOR HIS WORK BOOSTING TRANS-TASMAN TIES. BUT WITH THE RELATIONSHIP CRACKING IN RECENT YEARS, AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS SPOKE TO KIWIS LIVING ACROSS THE DITCH WHO AREN'T AS IMPRESSED BY SIR JOHN'S EFFORTS. SIR JOHN KEY THRUST HEADLONG INTO AUSTRALIA'S HALL OF FAME, NOW AN HONORARY COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA. INITIALLY, I WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED AND SHOCKED, BUT NATURALLY DELIGHTED, LIKE ANYONE IS. IT'S THE LUCKY COUNTRY'S TOP AWARD. ONLY FOUR OTHER KIWIS HAVE MADE THE LIST, INCLUDING FORMER PRIME MINISTER SIR GEOFFREY PALMER AND OPERA STAR DAME KIRI TE KANAWA. AND HE SITS AMONG SOME GREAT NAMES, INCLUDING NELSON MANDELA, MOTHER THERESA, AND BURMESE FREEDOM FIGHTER AUNG SAN SUU KYI. YEAH, BIT OF A REDUCTION IN QUALITY IN THE MOST RECENT ADMISSIONS. AUSTRALIANS SOMEWHAT OBLIVIOUS. DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS? NO. OH, I WASN'T PARTICULARLY AWARE, BUT HIS NAME IS VERY FAMILIAR. I'M TRYING TO THINK WHY. MR KEY'S GOT HIS CLOSE FRIEND, AND POLITICAL BESTIE, MALCOLM TURNBULL TO THANK. AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER RECOMMENDED HIM, CALLING HIM 'A GREAT FRIEND OF THE COUNTRY' DURING HIS EIGHT-YEAR REIGN. THE OFFICIAL CITATION SAYS HE 'RAISED THE TRANS-TASMAN RELATIONSHIP TO NEW HEIGHTS 'OF CO-OPERATION AND MUTUAL CONFIDENCE.' BUT MANY KIWIS LIVING HERE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT SURGE IN TRANS-TASMAN TRADE OR PARTNERSHIPS IN GLOBAL SECURITY. FOR THE LAST DECADE, THEY'VE SEEN THEIR RIGHTS ERODE, FROM RISES IN STUDENT FEES TO CITIZENSHIP BARRIERS. THEY'RE KIWIS LIKE FARMER MARIA COMER, WHO SENT THIS PLEA TO THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH. IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU STOOD UP FOR NEW ZEALANDERS IN AUSTRALIA. THE WAY WE'RE BEING TREATED IS JUST NOT FAIR. I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT. I THINK THAT FOR THE MOST PART THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE COME TO AUSTRALIA. THEY'VE PAID THEIR TAXES; THEY'VE WORKED HARD; AND ACTUALLY, THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. SIR JOHN SAYS HE'S STILL PUSHING FOR CHANGE WITH TURNBULL, WHO HAD HIM OVER FOR DRINKS IN SYDNEY LAST NIGHT. KIWIS ARE HOPING THEIR BROMANCE THAT CONTINUES TO BURGEON COULD PERHAPS HELP BRIDGE THE DIVIDE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, CANBERRA. THE FATHER OF AN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN KILLED BY POLICE IN THE US HAS DESCRIBED LOSING HIS DAUGHTER AS A 'NIGHTMARE'. THE FATAL SHOOTING HAS NOW BEEN RULED A HOMICIDE. BUT HER FAMILY SAYS IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHY SHE WAS SHOT AFTER CALLING POLICE TO REPORT A CRIME. THE ABC'S BEN KNIGHT HAS MORE. WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY BY HIS SIDE, A DEVASTATED DON DAMOND PAID TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE-TO-BE. TEARFULLY: THE DEATH OF JUSTINE IS A LOSS TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. SHE TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE WITH HER LOVING AND GENEROUS HEART. THEY WERE SET TO MARRY NEXT MONTH. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FATHOM HOW TO GO FORWARD WITHOUT HER IN MY LIFE. THE FAMILY SAY THEY'RE IN THE DARK ABOUT WHY JUSTINE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER SHE'D CALLED FOR HELP ON SATURDAY NIGHT. JUSTINE WAS A BEACON TO ALL OF US. WE ONLY ASK THAT THE LIGHT OF JUSTICE SHINE DOWN ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. WE'VE LOST THE DEAREST OF PEOPLE, AND WE'RE DESPERATE FOR INFORMATION. PIECING TOGETHER JUSTINE'S LAST MOMENTS BEFORE THE HOMICIDE WOULD BE A SMALL COMFORT AS WE GRIEVE THIS TRAGEDY. NEW AUDIO REVEALS THE SCRAMBLE BY POLICE SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. THE OFFICER WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER IS MOHAMED NOOR, THE FIRST SOMALI-AMERICAN OFFICER IN THE DISTRICT. LOCAL REPORTS SAY JUSTINE DAMOND WAS DRESSED IN HER PYJAMAS, TALKING TO THE DRIVER OF THE POLICE CAR WHEN OFFICER NOOR SHOT HER FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT. IN A STATEMENT, NOOR'S LAWYER SAID THE OFFICER... A STEADY STREAM OF FRIENDS AND STRANGERS HAVE BEEN VISITING THE SCENE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A WOMAN THEY SAY RADIATED PEACE. OUTGOING NATIONAL POLITICIAN TODD BARCLAY HAS HIT BACK AT QUESTIONS OVER HOW HE'S SPENDING HIS FINAL MONTHS ON A PUBLICLY FUNDED SALARY, SAYING HE WILL RETURN TO PARLIAMENT. THE CLUTHA-SOUTHLAND MP POSTED A PHOTO ON FACEBOOK THIS AFTERNOON OF HIM WORKING AT HIS QUEENSTOWN OFFICE, BREAKING THE LOW PROFILE HE'S KEPT SINCE ALLEGATIONS HE SECRETLY RECORDED A STAFF MEMBER SURFACED NEARLY A MONTH AGO. IN A STATEMENT TO TVNZ'S 'SEVEN SHARP', MR BARCLAY SAID HE REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE ROLE. HE HASN'T BEEN IN PARLIAMENT SINCE ANNOUNCING HE WOULD STEP DOWN AT THE SEPTEMBER ELECTION. JUST AHEAD ` SHE MADE HEADLINES FOR BREASTFEEDING IN PARLIAMENT. SO WHY HAS THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN GREENS PARTY BEEN FORCED TO QUIT POLITICS? R KELLY'S LAWYER GOES ON THE WARPATH AFTER ALLEGATIONS THE SINGER IS A DEPRAVED CULT LEADER. A SECOND AUSTRALIAN SENATOR HAS HAD TO RESIGN OVER DUAL CITIZENSHIP. GREENS DEPUTY LEADER LARISSA WATERS, WHO MADE HEADLINES BREASTFEEDING IN PARLIAMENT LAST MONTH, SAYS SHE DIDN'T REALISE SHE WAS ALSO CANADIAN. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS MORE. THE GREENS ` MASTERS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION. QUEENSLANDER LARISSA WATERS ` SENATOR ONE DAY, UNEMPLOYED THE NEXT. SADLY HAVE TO RESIGN BOTH AS THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE GREENS SADLY HAVE TO RESIGN BOTH AS THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE GREENS AND AS THE SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND, (VOICE BREAKS) AND, YEAH, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER SCOTT LUDLAM WAS FORCED TO RESIGN BECAUSE HE WAS STILL A KIWI,... THAT SECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION'S CRYSTAL CLEAR. ...DOUBLE TROUBLE ` WATERS HAS DISCOVERED SHE FAILED TO RENOUNCE HER CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP. I LEFT CANADA AS A BABY, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN BACK. I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS A CANADIAN CITIZEN. MY PARENTS ARE AUSTRALIAN. THEY WERE THERE WORKING AND STUDYING BRIEFLY. WATERS COUNTS ONE OF HER ACHIEVEMENTS AS BEING THE FIRST WOMAN TO BREASTFEED IN PARLIAMENT. SHE TOPPED THAT IN JUNE, FEEDING HER DAUGHTER AS SHE PUT FORWARD A MOTION. WHEN LUDLAM RESIGNED, SHE ASKED HER LAWYERS TO CHECK HER STATUS AND WAS DEVASTATED TO LEARN SHE WAS A CANADIAN CITIZEN. HEARTBREAKING TO ME THAT THAT DISQUALIFIES ME FROM CONTINUING TO DO A JOB THAT I'VE REALLY LOVED. RESCUERS IN THE US ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A MAN SWEPT AWAY IN A FLASH FLOOD THAT KILLED NINE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. THE EXTENDED FAMILY WERE CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY WHEN THE RAGING ARIZONA RIVER RUSHED THROUGH, BLACK WITH CINDERS FROM A RECENT WILDFIRE AND FULL OF TREE TRUNKS. THE BODIES WERE FOUND UP TO 3KM AWAY. FIVE OTHERS WERE RESCUED, CLINGING DESPERATELY TO TREES. THREE GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY WERE KILLED, FIVE OF THEM CHILDREN. ALMOST 40,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED IN CANADA AMID FEARS OVER RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRES. DOZENS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ASH AS AUTHORITIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN OVER 150 OUTBREAKS. SO FAR, NO CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, BUT THE MILITARY'S BEEN BROUGHT IN TO HELP FIGHT THE FIRES. AUSTRALIA IS ALSO SENDING 50 FIREFIGHTERS TO ASSIST. R & B ARTIST R KELLY IS DENYING ALLEGATIONS HE IS HOLDING SEVERAL YOUNG WOMEN HOSTAGE IN AN 'ABUSIVE CULT'. THE 'IGNITION' SINGER'S LAWYER SAYS HE WILL FORCIBLY PURSUE HIS ACCUSERS AND CLEAR HIS NAME. A BUZZFEED REPORT CLAIMS KELLY IS BRAINWASHING WOMEN WHO GOT CLOSE TO HIM TO BOOST THEIR MUSIC CAREERS. IT QUOTED UNNAMED PARENTS WHO SAY THEIR DAUGHTERS HAD THEIR ROUTINES CONTROLLED BY THE SINGER, INCLUDING RULES ABOUT WHAT THEY EAT, WHEN TO BATH AND HOW TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. R KELLY'S PREVIOUSLY HAD ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT LEVELLED AGAINST HIM BUT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY. A SOUTH AFRICAN TV AD'S BEEN PRAISED FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE DANGERS OF TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. THE 40-SECOND-LONG ROAD SAFETY ADVERTISMENT STARTS OFF LIGHT AND FUNNY, SHOWING REAL-LIFE CCTV FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE USING THEIR PHONES AND WALKING INTO THINGS. BUT IT ENDS ON A SOBERING NOTE. (COMICAL BRASS-BAND MUSIC) (CRASH!) (HIGH-PITCHED WHINE) SOCIAL MEDIA USERS HAVE APPLAUDED THE PIECE FOR ITS STARTLING MESSAGE. TO SPORT, AND FOUR MONTHS ON FROM A HEAD KNOCK, HURRICANES AND ALL BLACKS HOOKER DANE COLES HAS OPENED UP ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH CONCUSSION. IN HIS FIRST MEDIA APPEARANCE SINCE THE INJURY, COLES REVEALED HE FEARED HE MIGHT NEVER PLAY AGAIN. HE SPOKE WITH JOHN MCKENZIE. EXACTLY FOUR MONTHS TO THE DAY, THIS IS THE INCIDENT THAT'S KEPT DANE COLES SIDELINED. WHEN I'VE LOOKED BACK AT THE TAPE, I KIND OF THINK I KNOW WHERE IT HAPPENED. IN THE GAME, I JUST JUMPED OVER BECAUSE I WAS GONNA GET SMOKED BY JORDIE, AND I JUST ENDED UP SMASHING MY HEAD ON THE GROUND. SINCE THEN, LIFE'S BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS. YEAH, I GOT INTO SOME PRETTY` A BIT OF A DARK PLACE. I HAD A TALK TO MY MRS, AND I SAID THIS MIGHT BE US, YOU KNOW. I MIGHT BE HANGING UP THE BOOTS. EVEN GOING TO THE STADIUM, I'D STRUGGLE TO BE AROUND LIKE THE NOISE AND PEOPLE SCREAMING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I'D BE DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. I'D BE JUST SO FATIGUED FROM IT. COLES HAD TO SEEK HELP. ONCE I GOT PUT ON TO THE SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST, HE REALLY HELPED ME OUT, JUST TO PUT SOME STRUCTURE IN MY LIFE AND THE WAY I WAS THINKING, COS IT WAS QUITE NEGATIVE, I SUPPOSE. NEXT CAME THE LIONS TOUR, A SERIES HE'D DREAMED OF PLAYING IN. I WAS REALLY HESITANT ABOUT GOING BACK IN THERE. LIKE, I RANG STEVE WHEN THEY NAMED ME, AND SAID, 'MATE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE BEST THING, 'ME BEING BACK IN THE TEAM.' HANSEN TALKED HIM ROUND. CHANGE OF SCENERY, CHANGE OF PLAYERS, JUST STUFF LIKE THAT REALLY HELPED ME. IT'S INTERESTING WITH THE LAST TWO OR THREE GUYS THAT HAVE HAD LONGER-TERM CONCUSSIONS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A POINT WHERE THE SMILE COMES BACK INTO THE FACE. WE SAW THAT MAYBE JUST BEFORE HE WENT AWAY TO THE ALL BLACKS. I THINK HE'D TURN THE CORNER. A CHANGE OF SCENERY, AND A CHANCE TO STEP AWAY FROM CONTINUOUS TESTING. I JUST FELT LIKE A FOOTY PLAYER AGAIN. DANE COLES ` A MAN WHO'S NOT JUST HAPPY TO BE BACK ON THE FIELD, BUT ALSO GRATEFUL. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX'S RUN OF GOOD FORM IN EUROPE HAS SEEN HIM ROCKET UP THE WORLD GOLF RANKINGS, INSIDE THE TOP 100. FOX IS NOW 95TH IN THE WORLD, AFTER THREE TOP-10 FINISHES IN A ROW ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR, HERE PLAYING IN THE SCOTTISH OPEN. HE'S MADE THE BIGGEST JUMP ON THE NEW LIST. OH, HE HASN'T. (CHUCKLES) (APPLAUSE) DANNY LEE IS THE TOP-RANKED KIWI AT 77TH. DANNY LEE IS THE TOP-RANKED KIWI AT 77TH. MIKE HENDRY, WHO ALSO PLAYS THE OPEN, STARTING THURSDAY NIGHT, IS RANKED 110TH. JUST AHEAD, WE'LL WALK DOWN WEATHER STREET AND TAKE PICTURES OF THE FORECAST. AND POOR DIET, SOME LEAVES AND AN EPIPHANY. NO, IT'S NOT A DRUG STORY. IT'S A FAMOUS KIDS' BOOK ONSTAGE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST READ CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME, AND NOW IT'S BURST ON TO NZ STAGES FOR THE FIRST TIME. SALES OF 'THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR' CONTINUE TO ROCKET, WITH A COPY SOLD EVERY MINUTE, ITS SUCCESS SPURNING A NEW WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE TALE VIA PUPPETS. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS CHECKED OUT ITS THEATRE TRANSFORMATION. IT'S THE BOOK READERS LOVE TAKING A HANDS-ON APPROACH WITH, AND NOW SOME SLIGHTLY BIGGER HANDS HAVE TAKEN 'THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR' OFF THE PAGE AND ON TO THE THEATRE. ONE PICKLE. DEFINITELY LIVED UP TO THE STORY. I LIKED THE CATERPILLAR TOO. EVEN FOR THE ADULTS, IT WAS FUN WASN'T IT? YEAH, IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. IT TOOK FOUR YEARS TO CONVINCE ACCLAIMED CREATOR ERIC CARLE TO HAND OVER THE PRODUCTION RIGHTS FOR THE 1969 BESTSELLER. WE FELT A LOT OF EXPECTATION FROM NOT ONLY THE ERIC CARLE STUDIOS BUT ALSO FROM THE MANY GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO'VE GROWN UP WITH THESE BOOKS. PEOPLE LIKE LINDA REID, WHO READ IT TO HER CHILDREN AND NOW GRANDCHILDREN. OH, IT BECOMES A TRADITION, DOESN'T IT, 'THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR'? AND MOST SCHOOLS START THE YEAR BY HAVING MONARCH CATERPILLARS ON PLANTS. THOSE BRINGING THE STORY TO LIFE... THAT NIGHT HE HAD A STOMACH ACHE. ...HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EVERY OVER-INDULGENT MOMENT SINCE THE PREMIERE IN 2015. IT IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT, GENUINELY. WHAT THE AUDIENCE BRINGS AND HOW THEY INTERACT FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES, AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY YELLING OUT, AND THAT'S SURPRISING. CLOSE TO A THOUSAND HOURS WENT INTO HAND-PAINTING, SEWING AND CUTTING THE 75 PUPPETS IN THE SHOW. ALL AGREE THAT CATERPILLAR HERE IS THE STAR PERFORMER. TODAY'S CRITICS WERE TRANSFIXED WITH ONE MOMENT IN PARTICULAR ` WHEN THE CATERPILLAR TURNED INTO A BUTTERFLY. WHEN THE CATERPILLAR TURNED TO A BUTTERFLY. (MAGICAL MUSIC PLAYS) A METAMORPHOSIS SET TO WOW MANY MORE KIWIS, WITH THE SHOW HEADING TO CHRISTCHURCH, YOUDUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL IN THE NEXT MONTH. DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL IN THE NEXT MONTH. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH KALEO. (KALEO'S 'ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.