TONIGHT ` METIRIA TUREI STAYS WITH HER PARTY BUT GIVES UP ON A CAREER DREAM. CANDID DETAILS OF DONALD TRUMP'S CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEADERS OF AUSTRALIA AND MEXICO ARE LEAKED. HOW BAD WERE THEY? PLUS ` LORDE DANCES THROUGH A STORM, BUT THE CONCERT'S CUT SHORT IN CHICAGO. SHE'S NOT RESIGNING, BUT DREAMS OF BEING A CABINET MINISTER HAVE BEEN SHATTERED FOR METIRIA TUREI. THE GREENS CO-LEADER TODAY RULED HERSELF OUT OF HOLDING A PORTFOLIO IN A LABOUR-LEAD GOVERNMENT OVER THE CONTINUING BENEFIT FRAUD DEBACLE. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS THE DAY'S EVENTS. A TOUGH DAY FOR METIRIA TUREI,... (SIGHS) ...THE GREENS CO-LEADER SACRIFICING HER DREAM OF BECOMING A CABINET MINISTER. I WOULD LOVE TO BE A MINISTER ` ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT JOB, BUT I AM OFFERING THAT I WILL NOT HOLD A MINISTERIAL POSITION AFTER THE ELECTION IF THE GREENS AND LABOUR ARE IN THE GOVERNMENT TOGETHER. THE CONCESSION COMES AFTER A STRONG SIGNAL FROM NEW LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN. IF WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE TOGETHER AS A CABINET AND I WAS PRIME MINISTER, THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION THAT THIS CALL WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN MADE. IT'S AN EXTREMELY SAD SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT METIRIA TUREI IS DEFYING CALLS TO QUIT PARLIAMENT. SHE HAS TO EXPLAIN WHY SHE IS ABOVE THE LAW WHEN NEW ZEALANDERS EXPECT THEIR LAWMAKERS TO FOLLOW THE LAW. I WILL NOT BE RESIGNING AS THE CO-LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY OR AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. MS TUREI WAS ALREADY FEELING THE HEAT FOLLOWING AN ADMISSION OF WELFARE FRAUD WHILE CLAIMING A SOLE-PARENT BENEFIT IN THE 1990S. I HAD EXTRA FLATMATES THAT I DIDN'T DARE TELL WINZ ABOUT. SO, WHAT'S CHANGED? WELL, WE'VE FOUND OUT MORE ABOUT HER FLATMATES. ONE WAS HER MOTHER, JANICE, ALTHOUGH MS TUREI SAYS SHE WAS NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OR HER DAUGHTER. ANOTHER FLATMATE WAS THE FATHER OF HER DAUGHTER. MY BABY'S FATHER WAS A FLATMATE PRIOR TO US BECOMING PREGNANT, ME BECOMING PREGNANT, BUT I DIDN'T LIVE WITH HIM AFTER THAT. BUT IN 1993 SHE DID REGISTER TO VOTE AT HIS MT ALBERT HOME, AND THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW. MS TUREI WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN A DIFFERENT ELECTORATE AND WANTED TO VOTE FOR HER FRIEND. IT WAS CLEARLY WRONG AND UNLAWFUL, AND I ACCEPT THAT. THIS LAW PROFESSOR SAYS SHE CAN'T BE PROSECUTED. FRAUD IS PROBABLY TOO STRONG. IT'S A FALSE DECLARATION, WHICH IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE ACT. CHANGE ALWAYS COMES AT A PRICE, AND I KNEW THAT WHEN I FIRST TOLD MY STORY, AND TODAY THAT PRICE HAS BEEN PAID. BUT NOT THE ULTIMATE PRICE HER CRITICS SAY SHE SHOULD PAY. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. SO, LABOUR'S NEW LEADER HAS FLEXED HER MUSCLE AND MADE A STAND OVER THE METIRIA TUREI SCANDAL ON THE DAY JACINDA ARDERN ANNOUNCED HER NEW POLICY FOCUS. SHE'S ALSO UNVEILED A FRESH SLOGAN, UPDATED BILLBOARDS AND SOME NEW BLOOD IN THE CAMPAIGN. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS THE DETAILS. LABOUR BANKING ON THE 'JACINDA EFFECT' WITH A NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO AND SLOGAN. SO LET'S DO THIS. IT JUST APPEARS TO BE MORE ABOUT THE LABOUR PARTY THAN THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC. NORMALLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, YOU MAKE IT ABOUT NEW ZEALANDERS. IT'S OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW FOR THE BILLBOARDS TOO. ANDREW LITTLE BEING PLASTERED OVER, AND NEW BILLBOARDS WILL ONLY FEATURE HIS REPLACEMENT. THAT MEANS NO SIGN OF DEPUTY KELVIN DAVIS, HE SAYS HE'S HAPPY WITH THAT. MY COUSIN, WE WERE GRAVE-DIGGING, AND HE GOES, 'KELVIN, I'M VOTING FOR JACINDA!' AND I SAID, 'MATE, YOU LIVE IN MOEREWA, IN MY ELECTORATE.' AND HE GOES, 'I'M VOTING FOR JACINDA!' SINCE JACINDA ARDERN TOOK OVER THE LEADERSHIP, THE PARTY'S BROUGHT IN $300,000 IN DONATIONS. BUT MUCH OF THAT WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE NEW CAMPAIGN. I COULDN'T TELL YOU AT WHAT COST THE HOARDINGS WILL COME. BUT THIS WASN'T AN OPTION. WE HAD TO CHANGE THE HOARDINGS. IT'LL ALSO FEATURE AN EXTRA FOCUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ARE COMMITTING TO FACEBOOK LIVE SESSIONS, WHERE WE'RE ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE. HOW ARE YOU ON SNAPCHAT? OH, I'VE GOT A BIT TO LEARN, I HAVE TO ADMIT. AND A COUP FOR JACINDA ARDERN WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF. SHE'S HIRED FORMER HELEN CLARK PRESS SECRETARY, MIKE MUNRO. IT'S BEEN A MAD SCRAMBLE FOR LABOUR TO GET TO THIS POINT THIS WEEK. IT HASN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO GET FOCUS GROUPS TO TEST ITS MESSAGING, OR THE NEW SLOGAN. AS FAR AS LABOUR IS CONCERNED, IT'S NOW JACINDA ALL THE WAY. TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF TWO BIG POLICY LAUNCHES NEXT WEEK, AND THERE ARE HINTS THERE MAY BE SOME FURTHER TAX REFORM ` ALL WITHIN THE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS LABOUR HAS SET ITSELF. THERE MIGHT BE OTHER AREAS THAT WE TOUCH ON THERE MIGHT BE OTHER AREAS THAT WE TOUCH ON THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE CAMPAIGN. BUT, ULTIMATELY, ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY APPROACH THINGS? BUT WITH ALMOST SEVEN WEEKS TO GO UNTIL POLLING BOOTHS OPEN, THE HARD WORK STARTS NOW. KATE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THERE ARE CONCERNS GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ACCELERATE SOLUTIONS FOR AUCKLAND'S CONGESTION PROBLEMS ARE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. FIVE NEW TRAFFIC PROJECTS, INCLUDING ROADING, RAIL AND BUSWAYS, WILL BE FAST-TRACKED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT ADMITTED THE CITY'S POPULATION HAS BEEN GROWING FASTER THAN EXPECTED. THE MAYOR IS WELCOMING THE MOVE, BUT OTHERS SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER. IF WE WANT TO GET AUCKLAND'S TRANSPORT ISSUES SOLVED, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP BUILDING STUFF TOO LATE. WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME, AND WE NEED TO BUILD SOME OF THE STUFF NOW. THE LIGHT RAIL, FOR EXAMPLE. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED IT WITHIN THE NEXT 30 YEARS. LET'S GET ON AND GET IT DONE. NO START DATES FOR THE NEW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. EXTRAORDINARY DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT TWO HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED TERROR PLOTS STOPPED IN AUSTRALIA, INSPIRED AND COORDINATED BY ISIS. TWO BROTHERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED OVER THE CONSPIRACIES WHICH INVOLVED EXPLOSIVES AND A LETHAL CHEMICAL. WITH MORE, HERE'S THE ABC. TERROR THREATS HAVE BEEN MADE IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE, BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED PLOTS THAT HAS EVER BEEN ATTEMPTED ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL. KHALED KHAYAT (49) AND HIS BROTHER, MAHMOUD KHAYAT (32) ARE ACCUSED OF BEING TWO OF THE MEN BEHIND IT. POLICE ALLEGE THE BROTHERS WERE PLOTTING TO BRING DOWN A PASSENGER PLANE AND PLANNING A SEPARATE CHEMICAL ATTACK. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE GREAT WORK OF OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OVER A VERY QUICK PERIOD OF TIME, THEN WE COULD VERY WELL HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC EVENT IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S ALLEGED THE FIRST TARGET WAS AN ETIHAD AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY ON JULY THE 15TH. POLICE CLAIM A HOMEMADE BOMB WITH MILITARY-GRADE EXPLOSIVES WAS HIDDEN IN A MEAT MINCER INSIDE THE LUGGAGE OF A BROTHER OF THE TWO MEN CHARGED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BROTHER HAD NO IDEA, AND THE BOMB DIDN'T GET PAST CHECK-IN. THERE'S BEEN SOME CONJECTURE THAT RELATES TO THE WEIGHT OF THE` THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS. POLICE BELIEVE THE AIRLINE BOMB PLOT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY AN ISLAMIC STATE COMMANDER IN SYRIA AND YET ANOTHER KHAYAT BROTHER WORKING WITH HIM. THEY ORGANISED FOR EXPLOSIVES AND EQUIPMENT TO BE SENT FROM TURKEY TO AUSTRALIA VIA AIR CARGO. WHEN PLAN A FAILED, THE COMMANDER ORDERED PLAN B, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE A CHEMICAL DISPERSION DEVICE USING THE HIGHLY TOXIC HYDROGEN SULPHIDE. IT'S POISONOUS. IT'S QUITE TOXIC. AND, ULTIMATELY, AFFECTS SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO BREATHE NORMALLY. THE KHAYAT BROTHERS DID NOT APPLY FOR BAIL IN PARRAMATTA COURT THIS MORNING. AT THE MOMENT, ALL I CAN SAY IS THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. A THIRD MAN, KHALED MERHI, REMAINS IN CUSTODY. HIS BROTHER, ABDUL MERHI, WAS LET GO WITHOUT CHARGE ON TUESDAY. THERE IS NO RESIDUAL THREAT TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW SOUTH WALES. WE ARE ENTIRELY CONFIDENT WE HAVE EXTINGUISHED THIS THREAT. SPECIALIST SEARCH TEAMS WILL BEGIN SCOURING NEW AREAS NEXT WEEK IN THE ONGOING HUNT FOR MISSING CHRISTCHURCH MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH. POLICE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERT IN LOCATING EVIDENCE. THE 49-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST SEEN MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. THE FIRST PACIFIC PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY HOUSING HAS LAUNCHED IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, AIMING TO HELP 84 FAMILIES A YEAR. PENINA HEALTH WILL GET $2.5M FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVER THREE YEARS TO RUN THE 22 EMERGENCY HOUSING UNITS. IT'LL ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO COME THROUGH, INCLUDING ACCESS TO BUDGETING AND HEALTH SERVICES. WITH THIS HOME, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE ARE WRAPPING A WHOLE LOT OF SUPPORTS AROUND THAT. AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO INVOLVE PACIFIC PEOPLES AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE RECOGNISE THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE NON-PACIFIC ACCESSING OUR SERVICES. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S WORKING TO GET FOUR OTHER PACIFIC PROVIDERS INVOLVED IN THE SOCIAL HOUSING REFORM PROGRAMME. A GRAND JURY HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SET UP IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA. IT'LL HAVE THE POWER TO GET TESTIMONY UNDER OATH FROM THE US PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE. IT'S BELIEVED THE INQUIRY, RUN BY FORMER FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER, IS FOCUSING ON ANY FINANCIAL DEALINGS TRUMP HAD WITH RUSSIA. TRUMP HAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED THAT A RED LINE THAT HE WOULDN'T TOLERATE BEING CROSSED. MEANWHILE, TRANSCRIPTS OF SOME OF DONALD TRUMP'S PHONE CALLS WITH WORLD LEADERS HAVE BEEN LEAKED. FROM PLEADING WITH THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT TO HANGING UP ON AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER, THE ABC'S CECILIA VEGA HAS ALL THE DETAILS. TONIGHT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE TRUE NATURE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PHONE CALLS WITH WORLD LEADERS IN THE DAYS AFTER HIS SWEARING-IN. THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED LEAKED TRANSCRIPTS OF TWO CONTENTIOUS CONVERSATIONS ` THE FIRST WITH MEXICAN PRESIDENT, ENRIQUE PENA NIETO, ALL ABOUT THAT WALL. AND WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THE WALL? CROWD: MEXICO! THAT WALL WILL GO UP SO FAST, YOUR HEAD WILL SPIN. BUT ON THE PHONE, THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT IS FIRM, CALLING THE IDEA THAT MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL... PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDS... THE WALL WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN PROMISE, BUT IN THAT PHONE CALL HE TELLS HIS MEXICAN COUNTERPART... THE TRANSCRIPTS LEAKED TODAY ALSO SHOW JUST HOW BAD THINGS GOT BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER, MALCOLM TURNBULL. WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TOUGH PHONE CALLS I'M HAVING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. ON THE PHONE, THE PRESIDENT WAS FURIOUS ABOUT INHERITING AN OBAMA-ERA DEAL TO ACCEPT MORE THAN 1200 REFUGEES FROM AUSTRALIA. THE PRESIDENT ABRUPTLY ENDING THE CONVERSATION. CANTERBURY'S FACING A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF A WINTER STAPLE ` FIREWOOD. MANY RETAILERS ARE OUT OF STOCK, AND OTHERS ARE BEING FORCED TO RATION SALES. HERE'S SAM CLARKE. STOCKING UP ON A HOT COMMODITY ` EVERYBODY'S GOING FOR IT, TRYING TO FIND WHATEVER THEY CAN. I BUY EIGHT CUBES A YEAR, AND THIS YEAR IT'S GONE. THIS YEAR'S DEMAND FUELLED BY THE NEED FOR NEW, HUNGRIER BURNERS. THEY JUST GO THROUGH FIREWOOD LIKE NO ONE'S BUSINESS. THAT MUCH AIR GOES THROUGH THEM. LYNDA SCOTT'S UPGRADED TO A LOW-EMISSION BURNER TO MEET THE CLEAN-AIR RULES, BUT IT'S TAKEN A TOLL. I HAD HALF A WOODSHED, AND THAT SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME THROUGH. AND... NOWHERE NEAR. IT WAS GONE BEFORE WINTER STARTED. NOW IN HER HOUSING NEW ZEALAND HOME, HEAT HAS BECOME A LUXURY. IF IT'S MISERABLE IN THE WEEKEND, I'LL ACTUALLY LIGHT IT DURING THE DAY, BUT I'LL STICK TO ONE LOG. WHICH REALLY ISN'T EFFICIENT. AFTER A LONG WINTER, HEATING COSTS ARE UP FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. ONE FAMILY WE SPOKE TO SAID THIS WINTER THEY'VE SPENT TRIPLE THE AMOUNT ON FIREWOOD ALONE. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO. I MEAN, PEOPLE IN OUR SITUATION JUST CAN'T. BUT OFFICIALS SAY THE NEW FIRE PLACES ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 20 YEARS AGO, WE USED TO HAVE 50 HIGH POLLUTION NIGHTS A WINTER. NOW WE ARE DOWN TO FIVE OR SIX. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S MADE A HUGE CHANGE IN TERMS OF BETTER BURNING TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO BETTER BURNING TECHNIQUES. AND ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY ISN'T STOPPING THERE. IT WANTS TO BRING THE NUMBER OF HIGH POLLUTION DAYS DOWN EVEN FURTHER. THAT'S WHY WE'RE KEEPING ON TALKING ABOUT BETTER BURNING AND BETTER BURNERS, BECAUSE THAT WILL KEEP TAKING US TOWARDS THE HEALTH TARGETS. BUT IT'S COLD COMFORT FOR THOSE STRUGGLING TO STAY WARM THIS WINTER. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` ANOTHER APARTMENT FIRE. THE TORCH TOWER IN DUBAI CATCHES FIRE AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS. PLUS ` HE HAD AN EARLY CASE OF THE YIPS, BUT WHAT HAS BASKETBALLER STEPH CURRY CELEBRATING LIKE A PRO ON THE GOLF COURSE? ANOTHER HIGH-RISE HAS BEEN DEVASTATED BY FIRE. HUNDREDS OF EXPATS WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE THE DUBAI SKYSCRAPER, ONE OF THE TALLEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD. AS CHANNEL 9'S MICHAEL BEST REPORTS, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE APARTMENT BLOCK'S GONE UP IN FLAMES. IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, FLAMES LEAP FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR. (SIREN WAILS) THIS IS DUBAI'S APTLY NAMED TORCH TOWER, ONE OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. STANDING AT 335M, IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN. WITH 40 FLOORS BURNING, RESIDENTS RUSHED TO EVACUATE, SMOKE QUICKLY FILLING UP THE HALLWAYS. FIREFIGHTERS TACKLED THE BLAZE FROM THE INSIDE, SHOOTING WATER THROUGH WINDOWS, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN HERE. THE SAME BLOCK WAS DEVASTATED BY FIRE IN 2015. THE RAPID SPREAD OF FLAMES BLAMED ON COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING SIMILAR TO THAT USED IN LONDON'S GRENFELL TOWER. IT WAS ONLY JANUARY AFTER A STRING OF HIGH-RISE INFERNOS THAT DUBAI FINALLY INTRODUCED TOUGHER CONSTRUCTION LAWS. BUT THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF SKYSCRAPERS FITTED WITH DANGEROUS CLADDING. WHILE TORCH TOWER RESIDENTS ARE HOMELESS TONIGHT, SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE ACTOR ROBERT HARDY HAS DIED, AGED 91. HE APPEARED IN TV SHOWS AND FILMS THAT SPANNED GENERATIONS, FROM THE VET SIEGFRIED FARNON IN 'ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL' TO THE MINISTER OF MAGIC IN 'HARRY POTTER'. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE PLAYED THE PART OF WINSTON CHURCHILL SIX TIMES. HIS FAMILY DESCRIBED HIM AS 'GRUFF, ELEGANT, 'TWINKLY AND ALWAYS DIGNIFIED'. A YOUNG WOMAN WHO SENT TEXT MESSAGES TO HER BOYFRIEND ENCOURAGING HIM TO COMMIT SUICIDE HAS BEEN SENT TO JAIL IN THE US. THE VICTIM'S GRIEVING FAMILY SAID SHE EXPLOITED HIS WEAKNESSES TO PROVE HER SUPERIORITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP. CHANNEL 9'S ROBERT PENFOLD WITH THE STORY. IT'S BECOME KNOWN AS THE SUICIDE TEXTING CASE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOUBT MICHELLE CARTER'S TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS TO HER 18-YEAR-OLD BOYFRIEND, CONRAD ROY, ENCOURAGED HIM TO KILL HIMSELF. TODAY, THREE YEARS LATER, CARTER WAS SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. I HAVE NOT FOUND THAT MS CARTER'S AGE OR LEVEL OF MATURITY OR EVEN HER MENTAL ILLNESS HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HER ACTIONS. THE TRIAL WAS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER FOR BOTH FAMILIES. MICHELLE CARTER WAS 17 AND IN 2014 EXCHANGED THOUSANDS OF TEXT MESSAGES WITH CONRAD ROY, WHO EVENTUALLY LOCKED HIMSELF IN HIS UTE AND COMMITTED SUICIDE. JUST BEFORE THOSE FINAL MOMENTS, HE WAS UNSURE, TEXTING.. SHE REPLIED... HIS FATHER WAS HOPING FOR TOUGHER PUNISHMENT FOR HER. SHE HAS NOT SHOWN ANY REMORSE. HOW COULD MICHELLE CARTER BEHAVE SO VICIOUSLY? CARTER'S LAWYER SAYS BOTH WERE TO BLAME. AN 18-YEAR-OLD AND A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO BOTH HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. IT'S A TRAGEDY. IT'S NOT, HOWEVER, A CRIME. THE JUDGE ORDERED THAT SHE SHOULD NEVER PROFIT BY SELLING HER STORY TO ANY NEWS OUTLET, AND MASSACHUSETTS IS NOW CREATING A NEW LAW MAKING IT A CRIME TO ENCOURAGE SUICIDE. AND IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT ANY OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN THAT STORY, YOU CAN CALL LIFELINE ON 0800 543 354. THE 2017 SUPER RUGBY FINAL KICKS OFF IN JOHANNESBURG THIS WEEKEND. TWO TEAMS DESPERATE TO WIN FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS. SUPER RUGBY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SIDE, THE CRUSADERS, HAVE A GAME PLAN THEY THINK CAN HALT THE HOME TEAM LIONS, AND INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT CERTAIN OBSTACLES, THEY'VE CHOSEN TO EMBRACE THEM. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. THE WEIGHT ON THEIR SHOULDERS SEEMS HEAVIER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. VERY DESPERATE ` OH, MYSELF, I'M VERY DESPERATE. I'VE LOST TWO FINALS. TAGGED WITH THE LABEL OF SUPER RUGBY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL FRANCHISE,... WHAT A TEAM ` CRUSADERS NAIL IT. ...THE TIME BETWEEN DRINKS IS INCHING CLOSER... STILL GOING! ...TO A FULL DECADE. OH, IT'S TOUGH. WINNING A SUPER RUGBY TITLE'S NOT EASY. IF IT WAS, THEN, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WOULD DO IT. ASIDE FROM KIERAN READ, WYATT CROCKET AND TIM BATEMAN, THE ONLY OTHER CRUSADERS TO TASTE SUPER RUGBY SUCCESS ARE IN THE COACHING STAFF, AND WHILE THEIR OPPOSITION HAVE PLENTY OF MOTIVATION TO WIN THEIR VERY FIRST TITLE, THAT ONLY COUNTS FOR SO MUCH. I THINK COME FINALS TIME, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY EXTRA MOTIVATION. YOU KNOW, THE FACT IT'S A WINNER-TAKES-ALL GAME, THAT'S ALL THE MOTIVATION YOU NEED. YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING EXTRA OR ANYTHING. THE OBSTACLES ARE CLEAR ` THE TRAVEL, THE ALTITUDE, THE HEAT AND THE HISTORY. YOU KNOW, COS IT CAN BE PRETTY DAUNTING OUT THERE. I'VE PLAYED HERE MANY A TIMES, AND IT CAN BE A VERY LONELY PLACE SOMETIMES. THEN THERE'S THE MATTER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN REFEREE, BUT UNLIKE MOST OF THE NZ PUBLIC, THE CRUSADERS DON'T SEEM TOO FAZED. OH, JACO'S A QUALITY REF. OH, JACO'S A QUALITY REF. WE GOT ASKED TO RANK OUR REFS BEFORE THIS FINALS SERIES ` 'WHO WOULD BE YOU NUMBER ONE?' AND WE SAID JACO. SANZAAR APPOINT THE BEST REF, NOT WHO'S PLAYING IN THE FINAL, NO EXCUSES TO BE FOUND BY A TEAM JUST EAGER TO GET BACK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE. I CAN'T WAIT. I WISH IT WAS TODAY. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. FROM SLAM DUNKS TO THE GOLF GREEN, NBA STAR STEPH CURRY HAS PLAYED HIS FIRST 18 AT A PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT IN CALIFORNIA. THE WARRIORS GUARD USUALLY THRIVES ON A BIG STAGE, BUT EVEN HE GOT A CASE OF THE YIPS ON THE FIRST TEE. ALTHOUGH HE DID GET THE BALL IN THE CUP, JUST NOT THE ONE HE WAS AIMING FOR. AS SOON AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME ON THE FIRST TEE, I LOST ALL FEELING IN MY LIMBS,... (CHUCKLES) ...AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO REALLY JUST TRIED TO FOCUS ON JUST GETTING THE BALL IN THE AIR. DESPITE THE START, HE RECOVERED WELL, HOLING THREE BIRDIES, CHANNELLING THE GAME'S BEST FOR THIS CELEBRATION. I SAW THAT RIGHT OUTTA JORDAN'S PLAYBOOK AT ROYAL BIRKDALE, AND JOHNNY WAS A GOOD SPORT ABOUT IT ` WENT AND GRABBED THE BALL OUT THE HOLE FOR ME, SO IT WAS A REALLY COOL WAY TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A DOUBLE BOGEY THE HOLE BEFORE. DESPITE THE DOUBLE, THE AMATEUR FINISHED FOUR OVER FOR THE DAY. BETTER THAN NINE PROS IN THE FIELD, BUT IT'LL STILL BE TOUGH FOR HIM TO MAKE TOMORROW'S CUT. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER. AND HERE'S HOPING IT'S NOT AS BAD AS WHAT LORDE HAD TO DEAL WITH TODAY. HER LOLLAPALOOZA SHOW CUT SHORT BY A NASTY STORM IN CHICAGO. IT'S BEEN A BIG DAY FOR LORDE. A NEW RELEASE FOR FANS TO BUZZ OVER, FOLLOWED BY A DRAMATIC END TO HER FESTIVAL APPEARANCE. LISETTE REYMER HAS ALL THE ACTION. SHE WAS PROMISING A NIGHT LIKE NO OTHER. I WANNA DO SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, LOLLAPALOOZA. BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT SHE HAD PLANNED. THE WHIMSICAL DREAM OF HEADLINING LOLLAPALOOZA, CHICAGO'S FAMOUS FESTIVAL, CUT SHORT AFTER JUST FOUR SONGS. HOLD ON ONE SECOND, GUYS. THAT'S MY PRODUCTION MANAGER. IF HE'S WALKING ON THE STAGE, THAT MEANS... THEY'RE HAVING SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DRENCHED FANS FORCED TO EVACUATE AFTER THE WINDY CITY LIVED UP TO ITS NAME AND ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN, MADE IT TOO DANGEROUS TO CARRY ON. I GUESS THE FESTIVAL HAVE SAID THE WEATHER IS TOO CRAZY FOR US TO PLAY RIGHT NOW. WE'LL BE BACK. WE'LL BE BACK. HAVE A DRINK. I'M SORRY. I LOVE YOU. I'LL BE BACK. THE SATURATED STAR STILL SENDING HER HEARTFELT APOLOGIES FROM OFF STAGE. EVEN TRYING TO FIND A NEW VENUE TO FINISH THE SHOW. IF YOU THINK IT'S ALL A BIT DRAMATIC, OUR WEATHERMAN ASSURES US IT ISN'T. HERE'S THE STORM MOVING OVER THE CITY. WHILE LORDE HAD TO LEAVE THEM HANGING AT THE FESTIVAL, THE 20-YEAR-OLD RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO EARLY IN THE DAY. # ALL OF OUR HEROES FADING. WITH 'BILLBOARD', 'ROLLING STONE' AND 'TIME' MAGAZINES ALL GIVING THE 'PERFECT PLACES' VISUAL PERFECT REVIEWS. # LET'S GO TO PERFECT PLACES. # A DAY OF HIGHS AND LOWS FOR THE AUCKLANDER AND HER FANS, BUT TO BE FAIR, SHE DID WARN US. THIS IS MELODRAMA. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND CHELSEA THORESEN.