THE POLITICAL FALLOUT HERE FROM REVELATIONS THE AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS A KIWI, AND WHY ONE HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS IS FEELING GLEEFUL. TRUMP FINALLY CONDEMNS WHITE SUPREMACISTS, BUT WHY DID IT TAKE HIM SO LONG? PLUS ` THE SPORT THAT'S GAINING REAL MOW-MENTUM ON OUR SHORES. AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER MAY HAVE JUST SPARKED A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT, THREATENING A RIFT WITH OUR LABOUR PARTY OVER HER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S CITIZENSHIP SCANDAL. WHILE BARNABY JOYCE MAY BE ON HIS WAY TO CLEARING HIS KIWI CONNECTION, THE ISSUE IS NOW AFFECTING TRANS-TASMAN TIES. BRIAR WELLS HAS TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. THIS MORNING HE WAS A KIWI; TONIGHT HE'S NOT ` AUSTRALIA'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCING HE'S RENOUNCED HIS NZ CITIZENSHIP. OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RENUNCIATION. WE'VE RECEIVED VERBAL COMMUNICATION FROM NZ BEFORE QUESTION TIME THAT THAT HAS NOW BEEN ACCEPTED. BUT NOT BEFORE IT SPARKED A TRANS-TASMAN POLITICAL SCRAP, AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSING THE NZ LABOUR PARTY OF MEDDLING. THIS IS HIGHLY UNETHICAL, AT LEAST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT PUTS AT RISK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE NZ GOVERNMENT. LABOUR MP CHRIS HIPKINS DID ASK QUESTIONS OF OFFICIALS HERE ABOUT THE ISSUE OF DUEL CITIZENSHIP, PROMPTED BY A FRIEND IN THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY. BUT INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT WAS ENQUIRIES FROM AUSTRALIAN MEDIA THAT LED TO THE REVELATION ABOUT BARNABY JOYCE. ANY SUGGESTION THAT WE HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT IN MR JOYCE BEING IN THE PREDICAMENT THAT HE IS IN NOW IS INCORRECT. JACINDA ARDERN TODAY ACCEPTING THOSE QUESTIONS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ASKED, AFTER RECEIVING A STEELY MESSAGE FROM JULIE BISHOP. SHOULD THERE BE A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT, I WOULD FIND IT VERY HARD TO BUILD TRUST WITH THOSE INVOLVED IN ALLEGATIONS DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NZ LABOUR PARTY AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS TOO IMPORTANT FOR POLITICS TO GET IN THE WAY. OUR GOVERNMENT SIDING WITH THE AUSSIES. ANY MP SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT INTERFERING OR PART OF THE POLITICS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY. BACK IN AUSTRALIA, OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE STILL CALLING FOR BARNABY JOYCE'S RESIGNATION, ARGUING HE WAS A DUAL CITIZEN AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION. PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL IS STANDING BY HIM. NO ONE'S EVER DOUBTED THE LOYALTY OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA. MR JOYCE'S FUTURE IN POLITICS REMAINING UNDER A LONG WHITE CLOUD, WITH THE HIGH COURT YET TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE'LL BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN PARLIAMENT. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. AND ACTRESS AMBER HEARD HAS HAD HER REVENGE ON BARNABY JOYCE OVER THE INCIDENT. MR JOYCE FAMOUSLY TOLD MISS HEARD, 'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW,' DURING HER AND HER FORMER HUSBAND, JOHNNY DEPP'S, STOUSH WITH AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNMENT OVER THEIR DOGS. TODAY SHE TWEETED THAT SHE DIDN'T REALISE FOLLOWING IT UP WITH THIS CHEEKY DIG, OFFERING HIM A BOX OF OUR FINEST KIWIFRUIT IN HIS, 'HOUR OF NEED,' ASSUMING IT PASSES HIS BIOSECURITY MEASURES, OF COURSE. DUNEDIN RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO BOIL THEIR WATER UNTIL AT LEAST FRIDAY AFTER A POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION WAS DISCOVERED. THE HEALTH RISK MEANS WATER TANKERS HAVE HAD TO BE SET UP AROUND THE CITY. IT'S AFFECTING THIS WHOLE AREA ` THAT'S ALMOST ALL OF THE CBD, INCLUDING THE MAIN HOSPITAL, OTAGO UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS NORTH DUNEDIN. THERE ARE MORE THAN 1700 RESIDENTIAL AND OVER 800 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. MARK HATHAWAY HAS MORE DETAILS. FRESH WATER ON TAP ` A PRECIOUS COMMODITY TODAY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH DUNEDIN. LOCALS TOLD NOT TO DRINK FROM THE TOWN'S SUPPLY FOR FEAR IT COULD BE CONTAMINATED. BIT OF A WORRY, BECAUSE I HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF GUESTS. (LAUGHS) IT'S JUST KIND OF ANNOYING, REALLY. I HAD ONE WATER BOTTLE OF DECENT WATER WHICH I WAS GOING TO MANAGE TO MAKE LAST. THE WARNING CAME THIS MORNING FROM THE DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL, SPARKED BY COMPLAINTS OF DIRTY WATER FROM THE PUBLIC. WHEN PEOPLE RUNG, IT WAS TO SAY THE WATER LOOKED AWFUL, LOOKED DISCOLOURED. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE AFFECTED, INCLUDING DUNEDIN HOSPITAL, OTAGO UNIVERSITY AND THE CADBURY CHOCOLATE FACTORY. WE'VE HAD TO THROW OUT A LITTLE BIT OF PRODUCE, ITEMS THAT WERE MADE WITH WATER THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS A SHAME. WE MAKE HOUSE-MADE ALMOND MILK AND CASHEW MILK, SO USING TAP WATER OR FILTERED TAP WATER. SO WE'VE HAD TO DITCH THOSE. THE PROBLEM STEMMED FROM THE ROSS CREEK RESERVOIR, WHICH IS BEING REFURBISHED BEHIND ME. THE COUNCIL SAYS WATER RELEASED FROM THE RESERVOIR MISTAKENLY MADE ITS WAY INTO DUNEDIN'S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. YOU DON'T EXPECT PIPES YOU THINK WERE DECOMMISSIONED AND WERE REROUTED TO A STREAM YOU DON'T EXPECT TO BE LEADING TO YOUR TOWN SUPPLY. SO WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A LOOK AT OUR PLANS FROM THE AREA. DUNEDIN HOSPITAL HAS CANCELLED SOME ELECTIVE PROCEDURES AND IS RELYING ON A TANKER AND BOTTLED WATER FOR PATIENTS. THE CITY'S RESPONSE IS ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY. I HOPE THAT EVERY DOOR WILL BE KNOCKED ON AND EVERY LETTERBOX WILL BE LEAFLETTED, BECAUSE WE KNOW IN HAVELOCK NORTH, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND FOR SOME DAYS AFTERWARDS, PEOPLE WERE CONTINUING TO DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN FLUSHED OUT. BUT THE BOIL WATER NOTICE DOES HAVE TO STAY IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. FURTHER DISRUPTION AND INVESTIGATION OF HOW THIS HAPPENED IS LIKELY IN THE COMING DAYS. THEY RAN INTO THE BUSH TO ESCAPE POLICE, BUT NOW THERE ARE FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY. MORE THAN 72 HOURS AFTER TWO MEN WENT INTO TONGARIRO PARK, CLOTHING HAS NOW BEEN FOUND, SPARKING CONCERN THEY COULD BE SUFFERING FROM HYPOTHERMIA. DOZENS OF SEARCHERS ARE SCOURING THE BUSH AS THEIR FAMILY WAIT FOR NEWS. SEAN HOGAN REPORTS. A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AT TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK, SEARCHING FOR TWO LOST MEN. LOOK, IT'S BEEN CRITICAL FOR THE LAST TWO NIGHTS. AS I SAID, THEY'RE NOT EQUIPPED TO BE OUT IN THE BUSH. IT WAS A POLICE PURSUIT THAT LED THEM INTO THIS TROUBLE. IT ALL BEGAN ON SATURDAY. POLICE TRY TO STOP A STOLEN CAR FROM WAIOURU ON THE DESERT ROAD. THE CAR'S ABANDONED ON TREE TRUNK GORGE RD. THE OCCUPANTS RUN OFF. ON SUNDAY MORNING THEY CALL 111 FOR HELP, BUT THEN THE PHONE DIES. THE SEARCH STARTS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, POLICE FIND A CAMPFIRE AND CLOTHES. THE SEARCH BEGINS AGAIN THIS MORNING. THE SEARCH AREA IS NOT BIG, SO GEOGRAPHICALLY IT'S CONFINED. AND WE HAVE ROADS ON TWO BORDERS AND TONGARIRO RIVER ON THE EAST SIDE, HOWEVER, IT'S VERY THICK MANUKA, AND IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME FOR TEAMS TO PUSH THROUGH. FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE SEARCH PARTY. EVER SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT 8 O'CLOCK. I FIRST STARTED AT 8 O'CLOCK THAT NIGHT. I DIDN'T FINISHED UNTIL 5 O'CLOCK THAT MORNING. THEY WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE TWO MEN, WHO ARE IN THEIR 20S, BY PHONE UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. I DON'T WHAT TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL. I'M, LIKE, NUMB. COLD, WET WEATHER HAS LASHED THE AREA THE LAST THREE NIGHTS, AND POLICE EXPECT ADVANCED HYPOTHERMIA IS KICKING IN. WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO BE IN ADVANCED HYPOTHERMIA. THEY'LL BE VERY COLD AND VERY DISORIENTED. THEY PROBABLY WON'T HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON. OVER 40 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO HELP WITH THE SEARCH EFFORT, WHICH HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY BAD WEATHER, PREVENTING A HELICOPTER FROM TAKING TO THE AIR. BUT POLICE SAY THEY'LL KEEP SEARCHING UNTIL NIGHTFALL. ALL HOPING IT DOESN'T COME TO A FOURTH NIGHT IN THE COLD. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. A EMOTIONAL PLEA FROM A DESPERATE MOTHER CALLING ON HER SON TO GIVE HIMSELF UP. ROLLIE HEKE'S BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE HE OPENED FIRED ON POLICE IN MORRINSVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND. HIS FAMILY FEARS HE COULD END UP DEAD IF DOESN'T SURRENDER. SAM KELWAY SPOKE TO THEM. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS. IT'S WHAT YOUR WHANAU THINKS ABOUT YOU, AND WE LOVE AND CARE FOR YOU. A DESPERATE PLEA FROM A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER. TURN YOURSELF IN, SON ` THE BEST THING TO DO. ROLLIE HEKE'S MOTHER, MARIE, HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS WORRYING, AND NOW SHE FEARS SHE'LL BE BURYING HER SON. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME AND IDENTIFY YOU IN A MORGUE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE PRISON AND VISIT AND TALK WITH YOU. THAT'S FROM YOUR MOTHER. THAT FOR MY ROLLIE. LAST NIGHT, POLICE SWARMED A PROPERTY IN MORRINSVILLE. (GUNFIRE POPS) THIS MORNING, THE SCENE WAS STILL UNDER ARMED GUARD. WINDOWS SMASHED OUT BY ROUNDS OF TEAR GAS FIRED INTO THE PROPERTY. BROKE THE LAUNDRY DOOR, BUT I THINK I CAN FIX THAT. (LAUGHS) AND THE DOG ATTACKED ONE OF THE SEATS. THE PROPERTY WHERE HEKE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN IS ONLY A FEW KILOMETRES FROM WHERE IT'S ALLEGED HE FIRED A MILITARY-STYLE WEAPON AT OFFICERS AFTER HIS CAR WAS SPOTTED SPEEDING THROUGH MORRINSVILLE. HEKE'S NO STRANGER TO THE AUTHORITIES. HE'S SPENT TIME IN PRISON AND, IN 2014, WAS ONE OF THE MASTERMINDS BEHIND A BUSTED METH RING. HE USED HIS MOTHER TO DELIVER A PACKAGE OF DRUGS TO RIMUTAKA PRISON. A MOTHER FORGIVES THEIR CHILDREN. THEY LOVE THEIR CHILDREN. THEY DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SO MY BEST FOR TODAY IS TO ASK MY SON TO TURN HIMSELF IN. WE SPOKE WITH HEKE'S FORMER PARTNER, THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD. SHE'S ALSO ENCOURAGING HIM TO TURN HIMSELF IN. THE PAIR DON'T TALK VERY OFTEN BUT DID TALK ON SATURDAY, JUST HOURS BEFORE ITS ALLEGED HE SHOT AT POLICE. HEKE HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FROM POLICE FOR THREE DAYS. FOR MORRINSVILLE RESIDENTS, THEIR STREETS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PATROLLED BY POLICE. BUT HEKE, BELIEVED TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS, APPEARS TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS THE RESERVE BANK SHOULD NOW BE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO LIFT TOUGH LVR LENDING RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE TO COOL THE HOUSING MARKET. THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE'S CALLED FOR A REVIEW OF THE LENDING RULES, WHICH MEAN FIRST-HOME BUYERS NEED A 20% DEPOSIT. THEY WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE A TEMPORARY MEASURE, SO THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD BE IN PLACE TO REMOVE THEM. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THERE'S NO INDICATION AT THE MOMENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REMOVE THEM RIGHT NOW. LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS HER PARTY IS NOT A FAN OF THE LVR RESTRICTIONS, BUT AGREES IT'S UP TO THE RESERVE BANK TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DUMP THEM. MORE THAN TWO DAYS AFTER A DEADLY RACE RALLY, DONALD TRUMP'S FINALLY SAID THE WORDS BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR. THE PRESIDENT SINGLED OUT THE WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS WHO TOOK TO THE STREETS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, LABELLING THE RACISM AS EVIL. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL WITH MORE. AFTER A FALSE START AND A TWO-DAY WAIT, DONALD TRUMP FINALLY HAD THESE WORDS FOR AMERICA'S CHAMPIONS OF RACE HATE. RACISM IS EVIL. AND THOSE WHO CAUSE VIOLENCE IN ITS NAME ARE CRIMINALS AND THUGS, INCLUDING THE KKK, NEO-NAZIS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS. CONDEMNING THOSE BEHIND THE DEADLY CHARLOTTESVILLE RACE RALLY, MANY WHO SAY THEY ARE TRUMP SUPPORTERS. AT FIRST, DONALD TRUMP CONTROVERSIALLY BLAMED THE VIOLENCE AS COMING FROM 'MANY SIDES', FAILING TO CALL OUT THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS. TODAY, HE CHANGED HIS TUNE. STAYING ON SCRIPT AND TAKING NO QUESTIONS. THE SURGE OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE TRAGIC DEATH OF HEATHER HEYER IN A CRAZED CAR ATTACK SPARKED A DAY OF PROTEST OUTSIDE NEW YORK'S TRUMP TOWERS. AND IN WASHINGTON, ANTI-RACISM GROUPS ON THE PRESIDENT'S DOORSTEP. MANY OF THESE PROTESTERS AT THE GATES OF THE WHITE HOUSE WERE THE SAME PEOPLE WE SAW ON THE STREETS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE RALLY AGAINST RACE HATE. NOW THEIR CONDEMNATION HAS TURNED TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS DELAYED RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE. FRIDAY NIGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED BEFORE IT GOT ANY WORSE. IT WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, IN MY OPINION. AND THE ALLEGED DRIVER, JAMES ALEX FIELDS JR, FACED A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, CHARGED WITH MURDER. HE WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS AS A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION LOOKS INTO HIS REPORTED INFATUATION WITH THE NAZI MOVEMENT. NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN'S BEEN BRIEFED ON A PLAN TO FIRE MISSILES AT THE U.S. TERRITORY OF GUAM, AND HE'S PRAISED HIS MILITARY FOR A CLOSE AND CAREFUL PROPOSAL. IT COMES AMID A SHARP RISE IN RHETORIC BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH KOREA. KIM JONG-UN'S VOWED TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIS RIVALS FOR LONGER BEFORE MAKING THE CALL TO STRIKE AND SAYS IF THE U.S. WANTS TO EASE TENSIONS, IT NEEDS TO SHOW IT WITH ACTIONS. JUST AHEAD ` A GLAMOUR MODEL SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BEING DRUGGED AND KIDNAPPED WHILE HER CAPTORS TRIED TO AUCTION HER OFF. PLUS ` TAYLOR SWIFT'S PLEDGE TO HELP VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER WINNING HER OWN HIGH-PROFILE COURT CASE. A CROSS-PARTY PLEDGE HAS BEEN SIGNED TO CREATE A NEW GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT TO RE-ENTER THE PIKE RIVER MINE. LABOUR, THE GREENS, THE MAORI PARTY AND UNITED FUTURE GATHERED AT PARLIAMENT TODAY TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. WITHIN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF A NEW GOVERNMENT, THE PARTIES VOWED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE MINE AND APPOINT A NEW MINISTER TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT WITH UNLIMITED FUNDING. PREVIOUS PROMISES TO RE-ENTER THE MINE HAVE BEEN HEAVILY CRITICISED, BUT LABOUR SAY IT WOULD CHANGE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT TO ENSURE NO EMPLOYER WOULD BE LIABLE FOR A RE-ENTRY. A MASSIVE MUDSLIDE HAS KILLED MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION OF SIERRA LEONE. ENTIRE BUILDINGS WERE WASHED AWAY BY MUD, LEAVING TENS OF THOUSANDS HOMELESS. VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN DIGGING WITH THEIR HANDS TO FIND SURVIVORS. THE ABC'S ANNE BARKER REPORTS. IT CAME AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME ` THE GIANT MUDSLIDE SWEPT DOWN FROM THE HILLS OUTSIDE FREETOWN AS PEOPLE SLEPT. NOTHING IN ITS PATH WAS SPARED. AS THE MUDDY TORRENT GATHERED SPEED, HOUSES AND BUILDINGS WERE BURIED OR COLLAPSED INTO THE RIVER. NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THIS HOUSE WHEN IT COLLAPSED INTO THE MUD. THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED AS THEIR HOMES DISAPPEARED. ENTIRE FAMILIES ARE NOW MISSING. YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE USING THEIR BARE HANDS, PULLING UP CORPSES FROM BENEATH THE MUD. THE ROAD ITSELF TO THE DISASTER AREA IS ALMOST IMPASSABLE. MANY RISKED THEIR LIVES AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE ACROSS THE SWIRLING CURRENT. MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE SENT TO ASSIST THE RESCUE EFFORT, BUT THERE WAS LITTLE THEY COULD DO. HOSPITALS AND MORGUES HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED. WE ARE COORDINATING EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE GET PEOPLE OUT. WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF DEAD BODIES. WE HAVE NOT, SO FAR, TAKEN OUT ANYBODY ALIVE. AUTHORITIES SAY DEFORESTATION HAS MADE FREETOWN VULNERABLE TO MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING. AND IS SO OFTEN THE CASE, THE MOST IMPOVERISHED AREAS ARE AMONG THOSE WORST HIT. A BRITISH MODEL WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN ITALY HAS BROKEN DOWN IN TEARS AS SHE RELIVED THE MOMENT SHE WAS DRUGGED AND KIDNAPPED. THE 20-YEAR-OLD OPENED UP DURING A TV INTERVIEW, HITTING BACK AT CLAIMS SHE FAKED HER ORDEAL. CHANNEL NINE'S DAVINA SMITH REPORTS. CHLOE AYLING, A GLAMOUR GIRL-TURNED KIDNAP VICTIM, RELIVING HER OWN HORROR STORY ON BREAKFAST TELEVISION. THAT IS EXACTLY WHEN THE MASKED MAN PUT HIS ARM AROUND MY NECK AND MY MOUTH AND NOSE. THE 20-YEAR-OLD HAD JUST ARRIVED FOR A PHOTO-SHOOT IN MILAN WHEN HER ALLEGED CAPTORS POUNCED, TRANQUILISING HER WITH THE DRUG KETAMINE. I WOKE UP IN THE BOOT OF A CAR IN A ZIP-UP BAG. OH MY WORD. AND I HAD TAPE ON MY MOUTH, AND HANDCUFFS ON MY FEET. CHLOE PREPARED FOR THE WORST. I SAW THROUGH THE GAP THEY'D PUT AN EMPTY SUITCASE ABOVE IT, AND AT THAT POINT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE, BECAUSE WHAT OTHER REASON WOULD THEY PUT AN EMPTY SUITCASE ABOUT MY SIZE ON TOP. THAT WAS WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS YOUR COFFIN. YEAH. YEAH. I WAS HOPING FOR A NON-PAINFUL DEATH. SHE SPENT A WEEK WITH THE ACCUSED KIDNAPPERS AS THEY TRIED TO AUCTION HER OFF ON THE INTERNET AS A SEX SLAVE. SHE WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED. HE SAID I WOULD BE SOLD TO SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHEN THEY'RE EVENTUALLY BORED OF THE GIRLS, AND THEY JUST FEED THEM TO THE TIGERS. THE STORY HAS RAISED PLENTY OF EYEBROWS. MANY DOUBT CHLOE'S CLAIMS, EVEN THOUGH ONE MAN HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED. I WAS IN ITALY FOR THREE WEEKS BEFORE I ACTUALLY CAME HOME TO THE UK, SO I HAD` WHAT PEOPLE HERE DIDN'T WITNESS WAS ME CRYING ALMOST EVERY DAY. CHLOE'S NOW CALLING TIME ON HER CAREER AS A GLAMOUR MODEL AFTER ALMOST PAYING FOR FAME WITH HER LIFE. A JURY HAS RULED IN FAVOUR OF TAYLOR SWIFT, AGREEING A RADIO HOST DID GROPE HER FOUR YEARS AGO, AWARDING THE POP STAR A SYMBOLIC $1 IN DAMAGES. AFTER A WEEK-LONG TRIAL INVOLVING COMPETING LAWSUITS, DJ DAVID MUELLER WAS DENIED A CLAIM OVER LOST EARNINGS OVER THE INCIDENT. THE SINGER THANKED THE JURY, SAYING SHE INTENDED TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING SEXUAL-ASSAULT VICTIMS. SPORT NOW, AND RUGBY LEGEND STEPHEN DONALD HAS SIGNED ON FOR THE UPCOMING PROVINCIAL RUGBY SEASON WITH HIS HOME UNION, COUNTIES-MANUKAU. HE CONSIDERED OTHER OFFERS, BUT DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO STAY PUT. HERE'S ANDREW SAVILLE. NEVER ONE TO SEEK MUCH FANFARE, THAT'S STEPHEN DONALD IN THE SWANNDRI, KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON HIS RETURN HOME TODAY AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE WAIKATO. I MADE A PROMISE TO MY DAD A FEW YEARS AGO THAT BEFORE I FINISHED, I'D HAVE ANOTHER CRACK WITH COUNTIES. DONALD (33) IS GOING BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN AFTER A STRONG SEASON WITH THE CHIEFS. HE'S HAD OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING OVERSEAS. IF IT'S A GREAT DEAL, THEN I'LL DRIVE MYSELF TO THE AIRPORT. BUT IF IT'S NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SETTLED. DONALD'S SIGNING IS A BIG BOOST FOR COUNTIES-MANUKAU, LAST YEAR'S SEMI-FINALISTS MORE THAN HAPPY TO USE HIS EXPERIENCE. I KNOW HE PLAYS QUITE A BIG PART IN THE ATTACK SYSTEMS AND THAT DOWN AT THE CHIEFS, AND WE'D LIKE TO TAP INTO SOME OF THAT KNOWLEDGE AS WELL. LET'S TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO 2001. HERE'S AN ACTIVE YOUNG BEAVER, STILL AT SCHOOL, TRAINING WITH COUNTIES. YEAH, THEY LOOK AFTER ME, ALL THESE OLD ONES LIKE CASEY. SO, YEAH, NAH, IT'S GOOD. 16 YEARS ON, DONALD'S NOW THE ONE LOOKING AFTER THE YOUNGSTERS. FORMER TEAMMATE GUS LEGER HAS A SON, ORBYN, WHO'S IN THE COUNTIES SQUAD. HE WAS 4 WHEN STEPHEN DONALD FIRST PLAYED FOR THE STEELERS. IT'S HARD CASE THAT THE SON'S NOW IN THE SAME SQUAD AS ME. 14 YEARS AFTER LAST WEARING THE FAMOUS RED, BLACK AND WHITE, DONALD IS EYEING UP THE OLD ENEMY AUCKLAND IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S THE MORNING SESSION, SO I TAKE A BIT LONGER TO WARM UP. SO I'LL BE TRAINING THIS ARVO, BUT` (LAUGHS) HE'LL NO DOUBT CATCH THE EYE WHEN HE PLAYS ` IN HIS OWN INIMITABLE FASHION. IT'S A SPORT DREAMED UP BY A COUPLE OF BEER ENTHUSIASTS IN AN ENGLISH PUB IN THE '70S AND IS EVEN GAINING MOW-MENTUM ON OUR SHORES. SEE IF YOU CAN GRASS-P THIS, IN WHAT'S CONSIDERED ONE OF SPORT'S TOUGHEST ENDURANCE RACES. THIS TRACK WILL FIND ANY WEAK POINTS ON THE MOWER ` NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IT'S VERY SOFT IN PLACES, IT'S SAPPING THE ENGINE POWER, SO IT'S DIFFICULT. THAT'S THE KIND OF PRE-RACE ANALYSIS YOU'LL GET IF YOU'RE COMPETING IN THE ` WAIT FOR IT ` ANNUAL 12-HOUR LAWNMOWER RACE. 51 TEAMS GEARED UP FOR THE 'GRASS AND FURIOUS' EVENT IN THE ENGLISH COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX, WITH THE 'NORTHERNERS KICK GRASS' WINNING IT FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW. IF YOU'RE THINKING IT'S A BIT FAR-FETCHED, EVEN FAMOUS NZ GP WINNER SIR STIRLING MOSS HAD A HOON ON THE MOWER, WINNING THE EVENT. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY. PLUS ` PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A TOILET. YES, REALLY. WE'LL EXPLAIN MORE AFTER THE BREAK. IT'S A ROBBERY THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY ` WHY? TIMARU COUNCIL'S WARNING TRAVELLERS TO TE MOANA GORGE THEY COULD BE CAUGHT SHORT AFTER ITS TOILET WAS STOLEN. A VISITOR TO THE POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION NOTICED THE SINGLE TOILET BLOCK, WHICH HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED, HAD DISAPPEARED. THE TOILET, WHICH WAS BOLTED TO THE GROUND, WILL COST AROUND $5000 TO REPLACE. IF ANYONE SPOTS A TOILET WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE, THE COUNCIL WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 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 JEAN TENG AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017.