IT'S MIDDAY. YESTERDAY EMBATTLED LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE ADMITTED HE'S CONSIDERED STEPPING DOWN. TODAY HIS PARTY MEMBERS ARE BACKING HIM TO STAY ON, DESPITE LABOUR'S PERFORMANCE IN THE POLLS THE WORST IT'S BEEN FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THE PRIME MINISTER DOESN'T RULE OUT TIGHTENING GUN CONTROL LAWS AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THE WHANGAREI SHOOTER BOUGHT GUN PARTS ONLINE. AND AUSTRALIAN POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH PROPERTIES LINKED TO A FOILED PLANE BOMB ATTACK. WE'RE LIVE IN SYDNEY WITH THE LATEST. NGA MIHI O TE AHIAHI KI A KOUTOU KATOA. GOOD AFTERNOON. SENIOR LABOUR MPS ARE STANDING FIRMLY BEHIND THEIR EMBATTLED LEADER, ANDREW LITTLE. IT FOLLOWS THE BOMBSHELL REVELATION YESTERDAY THAT HE HAD FLOATED THE IDEA OF STEPPING DOWN AS LEADER, FOLLOWING A POOR SHOWING IN THE LATEST 1 NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN IS WITH US FOR THE LATEST. CORIN, HOW HAS THE PARTY REACTED? There is no question it is a bumpy time for labour. There is a lot of talking going on. But they are standing firmly behind him. Especially has Deputy Jacinda Ardern, and the most likely candidate to take over from him if he stood down she is standing firmly behind this morning. We'll hear more from her later this afternoon. But labour Mps are rattled not just by this frank interview with me yesterday, but by the poll numbers. They have been starved of oxygen and the ability to get the message out across the last few weeks. And the pole has got people worried. What could this have on them eight weeks out from the election? To be floating the idea of stepping down at this point as a pretty big move. And there is a danger that looks defeatist. But he insists that all he did was raise it. As colleagues told him to go back out and fight. He has an opportunity over the next 24 to 48-hour is to try and seize back the agenda and convince people he is in the fight. There is a Caucus meeting tomorrow. And that will be critic when labour Mps come back. And that will be important meeting them to front up and talk to them. It doesn't appear there is any likelihood of a challenge at this stage. He is the man in control, but this is a tricky period for him after the submission he has to put his front foot forward and stamp his mark. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS HE'S OPEN TO FURTHER TIGHTENING NEW ZEALAND'S GUN CONTROL LAWS AFTER THE INVESTIGATION INTO LAST WEEK'S FATAL SHOOTING IN WHANGAREI IS COMPLETE. IT FOLLOWS REVELATIONS THAT SHOOTER QUINN PATTERSON HAD PURCHASED GUN PARTS ONLINE BEFORE KILLING A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ON HIS RENTAL PROPERTY. IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THE RIGHT BALANCE HERE OF RULES THAT FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ARE LIKELY TO MISHANDLE FIREARMS. NOT TRYING TO MAKE LIFE TOO COMPLICATED FOR THOUSANDS OF RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS BANNING GUN TRADE ONLINE COULD BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE AND IS A VERY UNLIKELY GOVERNMENT ACTION. A LEGAL EXPERT SAYS THE NEED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO GUN CONTROL IS OBVIOUS. PROFESSOR AL GILLESPIE HAS QUESTIONED WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS SECURE ENOUGH FOR GUN SALES ON TRADE ME TO CONTINUE. IT DEPENDS ON THE FIREARM. IT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF VETTING INVOLVED, AND SO IF THE POLICE HAVE A GOOD OVERSIGHT AND THE SYSTEM IS ROBUST, THEN, YES, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THE POINT WE NEED TO BE TAKING IS NOT THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PURCHASE FIREARMS, BUT THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED, AND THAT'S WHERE THE REAL ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW. A TRUCK FIRE IN KARAPIRO IS BLOCKING STATE HIGHWAY 1'S EASTBOUND LANE, AND THERE'S REPORTS OF CHEMICALS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. DRIVERS ARE BEING WARNED TO EXPECT DELAYS THROUGH THE AREA WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKING AT THE SCENE. A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TEAM IS INVESTIGATING WHAT CHEMICALS ARE INVOLVED. POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN VENEZUELA'S CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION TO APPOINT A NEW PARLIAMENT WITH POWERS TO REWRITE THE COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION. OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS BOYCOTTED THE VOTE, WHICH HAS SPARKED SEVERAL MONTHS OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS THAT HAVE KILLED MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE. THE BBC'S KATIE WATSON REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL, CARACAS. THE SENSE OF CELEBRATION HERE MADE IT EASY TO FORGET FOR A MOMENT THE DARK TIMES VENEZUELA'S GOING THROUGH. BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE, THE PROBLEMS ARE REAL. LIZBETH TOLD ME SHE'S VOTING FOR PEACE FOR HER CHILDREN ` THE FUTURE FO THE COUNTRY. ANTONIO SAID HE'S HERE TO ENSURE THERE'S MORE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR PEOPLE. LATE PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ LOOMS LARGE IN THIS PART OF CARACAS. ON THE WALLS IT'S HIS FACE, NOT PRESIDENT MADURO'S YOU CAN SEE. BUT MR MADURO WANTS TO CONTINUE HIS LEGACY. HE SAYS A NEW ASSEMBLY THAT COULD REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION IS THE ONLY WAY TO BRING PEACE TO THE COUNTRY. THE OPPOSITION BOYCOTTED THE VOTE TODAY. INSTEAD, MANY CAME OUT ON TO THE STREETS TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. AS POLICE GATHERED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET BARRICADES, THE PROTESTERS GOT READY FOR ANOTHER CONFRONTATION. PEOPLE HERE CAN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A RICH COUNTRY HAS GOT TO THIS POINT. THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS NEVER BEEN SO BAD, BUT THE FEELING IS HERE, IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. THAT MUCH WAS CLEAR. JUST A FEW METRES FROM HERE, A POLICE CONVOY WAS HIT BY IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE OPPOSITION ARE TERRORISTS. THE PROTESTERS SAY THEY'RE FIGHTING AGAINST A GOVERNMENT THAT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY REPRESSIVE. FROM THIS PART OF TOWN, THE VOTE WAS ALMOST IRRELEVANT. PEOPLE HERE ARE WORRIED ABOUT POLITICS, ABOUT FOOD SHORTAGES, AND SPIRALLING IN DEPLETION. MUCH OF THAT IS STOKING THEIR ANGER. PROTESTERS KEEP BUILDING THE BLOCKADES, THE POLICE KEEP TRYING TO DESTROY THEM. THE DIVISIONS HERE SO DEEP IN VENEZUELA, NEITHER SIDE IS BACKING DOWN. THE AMERICAN MILITARY HAS CARRIED OUT A SUCCESSFUL TEST OF ITS CONTROVERSIAL MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM BY SHOOTING DOWN A MEDIUM RANGE TARGET. IT COMES IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCH BY NORTH KOREA LATE LAST WEEK. THE ABC'S GLORIA RIVIERA REPORTS. A SHOW OF FORCE FROM THE US IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA'S MOST ALARMING MISSILE TEST YET. TWO B1 BOMBERS FLYING WITH ALLIES OVER THE KOREAN PENINSULA IN A 10-HOUR MISSION. THE US ALSO CONDUCTED A SUCCESSFUL PREVIOUSLY PLANNED MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILE DEFENCE TEST. PENTAGON VIDEO SHOWS A MISSILE BEING DETECTED AND INTERCEPTED. BUT STOPPING AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE, LIKE THE ONE NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED FRIDAY, IS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT, LIKE A SPEEDING BULLET HITTING ANOTHER SPEEDING BULLET. AND NORTH KOREA'S LATEST MISSILE TRAVELLED FARTHER THAN ANY THEY'VE EVER LAUNCHED. IT COULD POTENTIALLY REACH DEEP INTO THE UNITED STATE'S MAINLAND. JAPAN'S NHK TV CAPTURED A BRIGHT LIGHT FALLING INTO THE SEA OF JAPAN. THIS IS HERE. THEY'VE BEEN BARKING WOLF ABOUT THIS. WELL, THE WOLF IS AT THE DOOR. THIS IS A VERY REAL THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. WITH MILITARY OPTIONS LIMITED ON SUNDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED OUT CHINA, TWEETING... THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING ON CHINA, NORTH KOREA'S ONLY SIGNIFICANT TRADING PARTNER, TO PUT MORE DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON THE REGIME, ARGUING CHINA HAS MORE DIRECT INFLUENCE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. AUSTRALIAN POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FIVE SYDNEY PROPERTIES LINKED TO A FOILED TERROR PLOT TO BRING DOWN A PLANE. FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS JOINS US FROM SYDNEY. KIM, WHAT'S THE LATEST? Investigators this morning remain at the sites of the raids this comes as new details emerge of what's been called a sophisticated terror plot to bring down a commercial plane. The newspapers reporting that there had been a planned poison gas attack for a flight from Sydney to the Middle East. Our flight carrying hundreds of passengers. The reporting that the device was nearing readiness, which is why police swooped when they did. Reports claim that amongst other items of interest as a meat mincer and that may have been used to create a home-made bomb. The four men have been revealed to be two fathers and sons. They remain in police custody though they have not been charged The other major elements of the story is the heightened security at airports both international and domestic across Australia. We are seeing the effects of that with long queues and some cases stretching outside the doors of the airport. In one case at Sydney domestic terminal. Passengers are being told to arrive two hours before domestic and three before international and what may be the new normal For airtravel in Australia. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ORDERED MORE THAN 750 U.S. DIPLOMATS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. IT FOLLOWS CONGRESS APPROVING MORE SANCTIONS AGAINST MOSCOW OVER ITS ALLEGED MEDDLING IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTIONS. THE DIPLOMATS HAVE A MONTH TO LEAVE RUSSIA. A FILIPINO MAYOR HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD DURING A DRUG RAID ON HIS HOME. THE ISRAELI SOLDIER WHO KILLED A WOUNDED PALESTINIAN ATTACKER HAS LOST AN APPEAL TO OVERTURN HIS CONVICTION. JUDGES REJECTED ELOR AZARIA'S APPEAL, SAYING HIS VERSION OF EVENTS WAS UNRELIABLE AND HE SHOWED NO REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS. IN JANUARY AZARIA WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF A PALESTINIAN WHO HAD STABBED AN ISRAELI SOLDIER. AZARIA'S CASE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY WITH NEARLY HALF OF THE COUNTRY SAYING WHAT HE DID WAS RIGHT. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE LEFT DANGLING OVER THE RIVER RHINE IN GERMANY WHEN A CABLE CAR CAME OFF ONE OF THE PYLONS. 32 CARS WERE IN OPERATION AT THE TIME, WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES USING WINCHES AND CRANES TO RESCUE PASSENGERS. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE DERAILMENT. A SECRET LONDON PLAYHOUSE THAT LAUNCHED THE CAREER OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE COULD RISE AGAIN WITH PLANS TO FULLY EXCAVATE ITS REMAINS AND BUILD A VISITOR CENTRE. THE ROSE THEATRE IS WHERE SHAKESPEARE'S MURDEROUS TRAGEDY 'TITUS ANDRONICUS' WAS FIRST PERFORMED. THE SITE LAY HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES AFTER BEING BUILT IN 1587. IT WAS ONLY UNCOVERED IN THE LATE 1980'S DURING CONSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICE BLOCK. AND FROM A RESURRECTION TO A REDESIGN. IDEAS TO REVAMP CHRISTCHURCH'S CATHEDRAL SQUARE HAVE BEEN REVEALED. REGENERATE CHRISTCHURCH HAS ANNOUNCED THE DRAFT CONCEPT PLAN COMPOSING OF THREE PROPOSED SPACES: POST OFFICE PLACE, THE LIBRARY PLAZA AND THE CATHEDRAL GARDENS. THE SPACES ARE DESIGNED TO BRING LIFE BACK INTO THE CBD, CHANGING THE CURRENT SQUARE INTO A HUB OF ACTIVITY WITH EATERIES, DISPLAYS, EXHIBITIONS AND WETLANDS. THE PLANS ARE UP FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE BEGIN COMMEMORATIONS TO MARK 100 YEARS SINCE ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN HISTORY. TOMORROW MARKS 100 YEARS SINCE PASSCHENDAELE. AND IN SPORT ` ANOTHER KIWI WORLD CHAMPION KAYAKER IN THE MAKING. DOUBLE GOLD FOR AIMEE FISHER AT THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPS IN ROMANIA. So, who wants Nova's great-value energy? Heaps of people. I knocked at Dr Knox and Jock the Lock's. Doc ` check. Jock ` check. Checked the Chuck's Charcoal Chicken? Uh, checked Chuck's Charcoal Chicken Tuesday. Chook ` check. BOTH: Choice. Hey, did you ring at Kings'? Uh, yep. Kings; Keatings; Kipling's Couplings; Werring's Herrings. Rang at Huang's? I rang Huang and the gang. Met Fang. (GROWLS, YAPS) Dang. Let's nip to Nick's Taranaki Knick-Knacks next. (KNOCKS) Knock-knock, Nick. No Nick? Ah! 'Back in a tick.' It's Greg Grover from Nova. CHUCKLES: Oh, don't start that all over. TOMORROW MARKS ONE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN HISTORY. HALF A MILLION ALLIED AND GERMAN SOLDIERS DIED IN THE THREE-MONTH LONG BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE DURING WORLD WAR ONE. THE BBC'S ROBERT HALL HAS MORE. (LAST POST) THIS IS THE CITY THAT HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO REMEMBRANCE. THE FIREMEN OF YPRES HAVE SOUNDED THE LAST POST FOR THE MISSING, IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER AND THE SNOWS OF WINTER, AS THE DECADES ROLLED BY. (LAST POST) AROUND THEM, CARVED INTO THE GREAT ARCH OF THE MENIN GATE, OVER 54,000 NAMES. MEN FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE UK. MEN WHO TRAVELLED ACROSS THE GLOBE TO JOIN THE FIGHT. MEN WHO DISAPPEARED IN THE CAULDRON AROUND PASSCHENDAELE. WITH THE SOUNDING OF THIS BUGLE CALL, THE 250,000 BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED ON THE YPRES SALIENT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR ARE REMEMBERED. THE DEFENCE of THE CITY AT SUCH GREAT COST MEANT THAT IT BECAME HALLOWED GROUND. # O VALIANT HEARTS, WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME. # ON THIS EVENING, ON THE SUMMER OF 1917, THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES HAD ALREADY BEGUN. BUT EARLY SUCCESS WAS SWALLOWED BY THE RAIN, WEEKS OF IT, WHICH SLOWED THE ADVANCE. PASSCHENDAELE, THE FINAL TARGET OF THE ATTACK, CAME TO SYMBOLISE DEATH AND MISERY IN A MUDDY WASTELAND, WHERE MANY STILL LIE. GOSH. I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THERE. DOROTHY AND HER COUSIN PETER CAME TO THE MENIN GATE TO REMEMBER THEIR GRANDFATHER. THAT WORD ON THERE IS AS CLOSE TO A BODY AS WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET FOR OUR GRANDFATHER. I WAS IN THE TRENCH AT PASSCHENDAELE. WINSTON CHURCHILL WANTED THE RUINS OF YPRES LEFT AS A MEMORIAL. TONIGHT, METICULOUSLY REBUILT, THEY TOLD THE STORY OF MEN NOW GONE. THEIR GENERATION MAY HAVE LEFT US, BUT THIS CITY STILL MARKS THEIR PASSING, STILL KEEPS THE PROMISE IT MADE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. THERE'S ANOTHER KAYAKING CHAMPION COMING THROUGH THE NEW ZEALAND RANKS. KIWI AIMEE FISHER HAS RECORDED A GOLD MEDAL DOUBLE AT THE JUNIOR CANOE WORLD CHAMPS IN ROMANIA, TAKING OUT THE K1 200 AND 500. FISHER SMASHING THE REST OF THE FIELD IN THE 500 BY MORE THAN 2 SECONDS ` A CLEARLY EMOTIONAL WIN FOR THE 22-YEAR-OLD WHO NOW PARTS WAYS WITH HER COACH RENE OLSEN. CRIES: I JUST WANTED IT SO BAD FOR RENE. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THIS WITHOUT HIM. FISHER ALSO TAKING OUT HER K1 200 BY HALF A SECOND. THE GOLD COAST TITANS PLAY-OFF HOPES ARE OVER AFTER GOING DOWN TO THE SECOND-TO-BOTTOM WESTS TIGERS LAST NIGHT. DESPITE A ROLLERCOASTER SEASON, IVAN CLEARLY'S MEN SEEM INTENT ON GOING OUT WITH A BANG. BROOKS TO THE WINGER, AND MALAKAI WATENE-ZELEZNIAK DOES ENSURE THEY GO BACK-TO-BACK. THE 26-14 WIN TAKING THE TITANS' SLIM PLAY-OFF HOPES AWAY FROM THEM. THEY NOW SIT ON EQUAL POINTS WITH THE WARRIORS IN 12TH. FERRARI'S SEBASTIAN VETTEL'S EXTENDED HIS FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD WITH AN IMPRESSIVE FERRARI ONE, TWO FINISH AT THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX. IT WAS A MATTER OF HOLDING ON TO QUALIFYING SPOTS FOR THE TOP FIVE, WHO ALL FINISHED IN THEIR STARTING POSITIONS. THE GERMAN DRIVER PUSHING THROUGH STEERING ISSUES TO RECORD HIS FOURTH WIN OF THE SEASON, PUTTING HIM 14 POINTS AHEAD OF MERCEDES RIVAL LEWIS HAMILTON. HAYDEN PADDON'S FOUND HIMSELF WANTING TO FORGET ANOTHER RALLY, DESPITE A CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND ALL BUT ENDING PADDON'S RALLY FINLAND. THE KIWI'S STILL SHOWN SOME FORM ON THE FINAL DAY WITH TWO TOP-FIVE FINISHES. IT COMES IN A YEAR PEPPERED WITH TECHNICAL FAULTS. THE 30-YEAR-OLD NEVER IN THE HUNT ON THE LAST DAY FINISHING WELL DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE LEADER BOARD. JUST OUT FOR A SUNDAY DRIVE. THE SUN SHINING, SOME NICE STAGES. THE MOTIVATION'S NOT THERE TO PUSH, BUT WE TRY TO ENJOY IT AND GET SOME INFORMATION FOR NEXT YEAR. FINLAND'S ESAPEKKA LAPPI TAKING OUT THE TOP SPOT. ONE OF THREE FINS IN THE TOP-FIVE CAPPING OFF A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL HOME RALLY. PADDON NOW SITS AT 8TH IN THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP. HOT AIR BALLOON ENTHUSIASTS IN FRANCE HAVE CLAIMED THEY'VE BROKEN THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF BALLOONS IN THE AIR. 456 OF THE HOT AIR BALLOONS TOOK TO THE SKIES ABOVE AN AIR BASE IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH EAST. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET AT THE SAME EVENT TWO YEARS AGO. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND TALK ABOUT MULTI-TASKING ` THE PREGNANT AMERICAN DOCTOR WHO HELPED DELIVER A BABY, THEN GAVE BIRTH HERSELF. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND FINALLY, HOW'S THIS FOR DEDICATION TO THE JOB? AN AMERICAN DOCTOR WHO WAS IN LABOUR HELPED DELIVER THE BABY OF ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WAS IN THE SAME HOSPITAL BEFORE GIVING BIRTH HERSELF. THE ABC'S ANDRIENNE BANKERT WITH THE STORY. NEW MOM AND DOCTOR AMANDA HESS IS COUNTING HER BLESSINGS, MARVELLING IN THE BIRTH OF HER SWEET LITTLE GIRL. THIS IS ELLEN JOYCE. BUT AS THE OBYGN WAS PREPARING TO GIVE BIRTH HERSELF, JUST DOWN THE HALL, SHE HEARD SCREAMS FROM A WOMAN IN LABOUR. MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY SAID, 'IS THAT A WOMAN SCREAMING?' AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY DILATED. WITH THE ON-CALL DOCTOR STILL ON HIS WAY, DR HESS JUMPS INTO ACTION, RECOGNISING THE PATIENT, LEAH HALLIDAY JOHNSON, SHE'D SEEN JUST DAYS BEFORE. SO I JUST PUT ON ANOTHER GOWN TO COVER UP MY BACKSIDE AND PUT ON SOME BOOTS OVER MY SHOES, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP FROM GETTING ANY FLUID AND ALL THAT STUFF ON ME, AND WENT DOWN TO HER ROOM, AND I KNEW HER. SHE SAYS JOHNSON'S BABY WAS READY FOR HER BIG DEBUT, AND MOM WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO JUST START PUSHING. I LOVE DOING WHAT I DO. I LOVE TAKING CARE OF MOTHERS AND BABIES. AND I MEAN, YOU REALLY` A LOT OF DOCTORS, MOST DOCTORS, ARE ALWAYS THINKING OF THEIR PATIENTS, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE A PATIENT THEMSELVES. JUST MOMENTS AFTER JUMPING IN AS THE STAND-IN PHYSICIAN, SUPER MOM DR HESS RETURNS TO HER ROOM, GIVING BIRTH TO HER BRAND-NEW BUNDLE OF JOY. BRINGING LIFE INTO THE WORLD IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU GET TO BE A PART OF, THAT YOU GET TO SHARE, AND SHE WAS THERE WITH MY LAST DELIVERY. I MEAN, SHE WORKED WITH ME RIGHT UP UNTIL THE LAST SECOND. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. KIA PAI TO RA, HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND STARSHA SAMARASINGHE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017