TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` WINSTON WEIGHS IN ON SUPERPOWER CHINA. AS HE STAMPS HIS MARK ON FOREIGN POLICY, WILL WE SEE A SHIFT IN DEALING WITH A CRUCIAL TRADING PARTNER? WIDESPREAD CHAOS AND MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER IN THE U.S AFTER A POWERFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE STORM SLAMS INTO COASTAL AREAS, PARALYSING CITIES. AND A GOLDEN KIWI FOR A THIRD TIME, SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH IS IN A REAL SPIN, THROWING A BIG ONE TO SMASH THE WORLD RECORD AND KEEP HIS CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN TOMMY WALSH OF NEW ZEALAND ON TOP OF THE WORLD. CAPTIONS BY CAMERON GRIGG AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS HAS SIGNALLED A SHIFT IN THE WAY NEW ZEALAND DEALS WITH GLOBAL SUPERPOWER CHINA, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER. ON Q&A THIS MORNING, HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE LAST GOVERNMENT CHINA'S GRAND GLOBAL ECONOMIC PLAN, KNOWN AS THE 'BELT AND ROAD'. MR PETERS AND JACINDA ARDERN LEFT FOR A WEEK-LONG TOUR OF THE PACIFIC THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMES AS HE PUSHES FOR NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA TO COUNTER THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF BIG POWERS LIKE CHINA IN THE PACIFIC. HERE'S Q & A'S CORIN DANN. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS IS SIGNALLING A SHIFT THE SECOND BIGGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. WE'VE RACKED UP A SERIES OF DIPLOMATIC FIRSTS OVER TEN YEARS, INCLUDING THE FIRST FREE TRADE DEAL IN 2008. BUT THE TONE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOKS SET TO CHANGE. ARE YOU SIGNALLING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH IN FUTURE WITH CHINA THAN, SAY, THE LAST GOVERNMENT? IT'S IN THE SPEECH. IT IS A CASE OF SHIFTING THE DIAL, IT'S A CASE OF HAVING OUR EYES WIDE OPEN. ONE EXAMPLE IS HIS CONCERN AT THE SPEED AT WHICH NATIONAL SIGNED NEW ZEALAND UP TO CHINA'S MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE WORLD, KNOWN AS THE BELT AND ROAD FORUM. THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY DID IT SHOWED A LACK OF ATTACHMENT TO NEW ZEALAND AND LACK OF PREPARATION AND THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION AS TO WHAT IT ALL MEANS. SHIFT. I CAN TELL YOU` IN WHAT SENSE? WELL, I SIGNED THE BELT AND ROAD DOCUMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND` HE SAYS YOU WERE TOO FAST. AND I THINK, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IT'S IN THE PACIFIC WHERE MR. PETERS WANTS TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT. THIS WEEK HE PROPOSED NEW ZEALAND LIFT ITS AID FUNDING TO THE REGION, TO PARTLY COUNTER THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF OUTSIDE PLAYERS THERE. IT MATTERS THAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN RECENT YEARS IN THE PACIFIC AND THAT BOTH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND STEP UP TO THE MARK HERE. CHANGES - YOU MEAN THE INFLUENCE OF CHINA? WELL, NOT ALL OUTSIDE INFLUENCES ARE GOOD, AND SOMETIMES FROM THE SAME COUNTRY CAN COME GOOD INFLUENCES AND BAD INFLUENCE. SOME THOUGH ARE WARY ABOUT HOW MUCH WILL REALLY CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO NEW ZEALAND'S CHINA POLICY. I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME CHANGES IN PERCEPTION GENERALLY. AS TO FORMAL POLICY - I THINK THAT IS STILL A WHILE AWAY YET. I THINK IT'S THE TONE IN WHICH YOU DO IT, AND I DO THINK HE SEEMS TO BE RAMPING THAT UP, AND I WOULDN'T AGREE WITH THAT TONE. A MORE PRESSING CONCERN FOR THE NEW NATIONAL LEADER, HOWEVER, IS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN TO TAX ALUMINIUM AND STEEL IMPORTS TO THE U.S. ALUMINIUM HAS BEEN DECIMATED. WHICH HAS SPARKED FEARS OF A TRADE WAR. I DO THINK YOU NEED TO RAISE THESE ISSUES THROUGH THE WTO AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL FORUMS WITH AMERICA. ALTHOUGH NEITHER MR BRIDGES OR MR PETERS FAVOUR TIT FOR TAT RETALIATION. LET'S BE REALISTIC. SO WINSTON PETERS NOW STAMPING HIS MARK ON THIS GOVERNMENT'S FOREIGN POLICY. EXPECT TO HEAR MORE AS HE MAKES HIS WAY AROUND THE PACIFIC WITH THE PRIME MINISTER THIS WEEK. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. AND THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ALSO CLIMBED INTO THE CONTROVERSY OVER JACINDA ARDERN'S INTERVIEW WITH THE AUSTRALIAN 60 MINUTES CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW. THE JOURNALIST WAS CRITICISED FOR QUESTIONING THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THE CONCEPTION OF HER PREGNANCY, AND DESCRIBING HER AS 'ATTRACTIVE'. LET'S HAVE AN END TO THIS PC, ATTITUDINAL LANGUAGE POLICE WE'VE GOT. SOMETIMES` I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY SAYS THAT SIMON BRIDGES IS AN ATTRACTIVE MAN, IS ANYBODY GONNA GET OFFENDED WITH THAT? WHY DON'T WE JUST GROW UP AND REALISE THAT WE LIVE IN A MODERN WORLD WHERE PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN INSISTED SHE WAS NOT OFFENDED BY THE 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW. A FIERCE STORM HAS LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AS IT SLOWLY MOVES OFFSHORE. IT'S KILLED AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE, AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO NEARLY TWO MILLION HOMES. ABC'S GIO BENITEZ REPORTS. TONIGHT, THE MASSIVE NOR'EASTER LEAVING HOMES AND YARDS FLOODED IN ITS WAKE, AND MORE THAN A MILLION WITHOUT POWER. JUST HOURS AGO, COASTAL COMMUNITIES HIT BY EVEN MORE WATER. IT'S JUST ABOUT 12 NOON HERE IN QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. THAT MEANS IT'S HIGH TIDE, AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE FORCE OF THE STORM SYSTEM, EVEN AS IT LEAVES THE AREA. WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND POWER OUTAGES PROMPTING A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN MASSACHUSETTS, THE NATIONAL GUARD USING RAFTS AND FRONTLOADERS TO CARRY RESIDENTS TO SAFETY. THESE RESCUERS NEEDING SCUBA GEAR TO PULL THIS MOTORIST FROM HIS CAR AND BACK TO DRY LAND. MORE THAN 100 RESCUED IN QUINCY ALONE. THE DETOSTE FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE FOR A DECADE. THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. YOU DON'T WISH THIS ON ANYONE. DEFINITELY NOT THE GREATEST SITUATION TO BE A PART OF. OUR TEAM WITNESSING JUST HOW FAST THE STORM MOVED IN. THIS IS THE SEAWALL HERE. LOOK HOW CLOSE THAT WATER IS GETTING NOW. RAIN POURING DOWN SIDEWAYS, WINDS REACHING UP TO 93 MPH. AND THIS INCREDIBLE WIND THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ` THIS IS ACTUALLY COMING OFF THE OCEAN. THE STORM TURNING DEADLY ` AT LEAST EIGHT KILLED, ALL BY FALLING TREES. 6 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY HAMILTON WAS ASLEEP ON THE TOP BUNK WHEN A TREE CRASHED THROUGH HIS FAMILY'S HOME. SHE WAS TRYING TO GET THE TREE OFF OF ANTHONY BY HERSELF, AND SHE JUST COULDN'T DO IT. IT'S JUST A FREAK ACCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT TOOK THE BABY FROM US. TREES SPLITTING HOMES FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW YORK, AND PULLING DOWN POWER LINES. THOSE LIVE WIRES SPARKING THIS FIRE IN PENNSYLVANIA. MEANWHILE, THE DRAMATIC MOMENTS AFTER A SNOWBOARDER WAS BURIED ALIVE UNDER AN AVALANCHE IN CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA. WITNESSES RUSHED TO TRY AND FIND EVAN HUCK, WHO WAS COMPLETELY BURIED FOR SIX MINUTES. AFTER SPOTTING THE TIP OF HIS SNOWBOARD, THEY FINALLY MANAGED TO DIG HIM OUT, CLEARING SNOW OFF HIS FACE SO HE COULD BREATHE. HE WASN'T INJURED, AND WAS ABLE TO SNOWBOARD DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH HIS WIFE. DEEP SNOW ACROSS THE UK AND IRELAND IS FINALLY STARTING TO MELT AFTER TWO HUGE WINTER STORMS. BUT, WITH THE THAW COMES A NEW WAVE OF PROBLEMS, INCLUDING BLACK ICE AND OVER 50 FLOOD WARNINGS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID WITH THE LATEST. THE SNOW MIGHT BE MELTING, BUT IT'S STILL HAVING DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. THE COWS ON THIS CORNWALL FARM WHERE KIWI FARMER CALEB MARSHALL WORKS ARE SHELTERING UNDERCOVER. TANKERS CAN'T GET IN, WE HAVE TO DUMP THE MILK TO CLEAN THE TANK TO KEEP CELL COUNTS AND EVERYTHING DOWN. THAT'S OUR ONLY OPTION REALLY ` JUST DUMP IT. 20,000 LITRES TODAY ALONE. FAIRLY HEART-BREAKING, REALLY. ALL OUR HARD WORK IS JUST GONE DOWN THE DRAIN. THIS IS WHY... MANY ROADS ARE STILL BLOCKED. WE NEED TO DIG THROUGH TO GET THE ROADS OPEN AGAIN. MANY WELSH COMMUNITIES ARE STILL CUT OFF TOO. IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES NOW. IN IRELAND, EIGHT MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER TWO SUPERMARKETS WERE LOOTED IN DUBLIN DURING THE BLIZZARDS LAST NIGHT... USING A DIGGER. IN SCOTLAND, THE TRANSPORT NETWORK'S STILL STRUGGLING. ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTH, IT'S CLEAN UP TIME THE LONG THAW MAY HAVE STARTED. BUT SEVERAL AREAS IN BOTH THE UK AND IRELAND ARE NOW ON FLOOD ALERT, DUE TO HIGH TIDES, FORECAST RAIN AND SNOW MELT. THIS HAS BEEN THE COLDEST START TO MARCH ON RECORD, BUT TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW DAYS, THE TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE ZERO. YESTERDAY, THIS PLACE WAS COVERED IN SNOW, BUT TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SNOW IS MELTING. THE ICE ON THE POND ALSO STARTING TO MELT. BUT WITH THE WIND-CHILL, IT'S STILL BITTERLY COLD. THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM FOR THIS KIWI IN LONDON, WHOSE BOILER IS BROKEN. WITHOUT IT, NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE CENTRAL HEATING, WHICH MEANS WE'RE FREEZING DURING THE NIGHT ESPECIALLY, BUT ALSO WE'RE HAVING TO HAVE REALLY COLD SHOWERS, WHICH IS AWFUL. HAWKE BAY'S AILSA LAURIE'S BIG OE'S BEEN DISRUPTED. SHE'S STUCK IN YORKSHIRE. TRAINS HAVE STOPPED, BUSES HAVE STOPPED, I COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, SO FRANTICALLY JUMBLING THINGS AROUND AND TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES AND CHANGE TICKETS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO RESCHEDULED EVERYTHING FOR TOMORROW AND I'M JUST REALLY CROSSING MY FINGERS THERE'S NO MORE SNOW. BUT SOME KIWIS AREN'T LETTING IT GET THE BETTER OF THEM. GEEZ, I WISH IT WAS STILL SNOWING. I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HAMMERED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR ME. MANY WOULD DISAGREE, ESPECIALLY THOSE ON HIGH ALERT AS THE BIG FREEZE STARTS TO EASE. JOY REID, ONE NEWS, LONDON THE HIGH COST OF RUNNING EDEN PARK HAS ITS MANAGEMENT RENEWING THE PUSH TO HOST MUSIC EVENTS AS WELL. STADIUM BOSSES HAVE RELEASED A VIDEO OF THEIR VISION FOR THE VENUE. REPORTER NICOLE BREMNER GAUGES REACTION AFTER YEARS OF LOCAL OPPOSITION. RUGBY'S GOLDEN PRIZE IS ALL BLACK AGAIN. IT'S HOME TO SOME OF OUR PROUDEST SPORTING MOMENTS. NEW ZEALAND ARE IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL. AND NOW THE BOARD OF THE EDEN PARK TRUST IS UPPING THE ANTE FOR BIG NAMES IN MUSIC TO PLAY AT THE VENUE TOO. YOU'RE VERY LIVELY, AUCKLAND. OH MY GOD. # WHAT DO YOU MEAN? # THIS FLY-THROUGH VIDEO SHOWING A POTENTIAL NEW LOOK. LOCALS IN NEARBY KINGSLAND QUITE TAKEN WITH THE IDEA. YOU COULD HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, AND A BIG MOSH PIT ON THE FIELD. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD VENUE. GREAT FACILITIES. LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE ALL IN FAVOUR. MORE THAN 360 OF THEM KEEN FOR WHAT COULD ONLY BE AN EXTRA SIX EVENTS A YEAR UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS. CAN WE MOVE 'CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK' TO EDEN PARK? OR CAN WE HAVE 'CAROLS IN THE PARK' AT EDEN PARK? WHY CAN'T WE USE EDEN PARK MORE? IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP PAY THE BILLS. A DIVERSE RANGE OF EVENTS FOR EDEN PARK IS CRITICAL FOR OUR FINANCIAL VIABILITY, AND IT'S CRITICAL FOR AUCKLAND. STAGING EVENTS LIKE CONCERTS HERE'S LONG BEEN OPPOSED BY THE PARK'S NEIGHBOURS ASSOCIATION, AND THOSE OBJECTIONS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE RESOURCE CONSENTS PROCESS ENABLING FUTURE EVENTS TO GO AHEAD. BUT THE LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BELIEVES HARD-LINE OPPOSITION IS SOFTENING AND MANY RECENT ARRIVALS ARE OPEN TO CHANGE. WE LIVE JUST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM EDEN PARK, AND WE DON'T MIND THE NOISE. IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. IN SPORTS EVENTS, IT'S LOUD, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY DIFFERENCE. I THINK THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC AND DIVERSITY OF KINGSLAND HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. MORE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION'S NOW NEEDED TO ADD THIS... MY NAME IS ED. MY JOB IS TO ENTERTAIN YOU. TO THIS... AT EDEN PARK. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, A ROTTWEILER MAULS AN AUSTRALIAN TODDLER TO DEATH CHINESE NEW YEAR'S BEEN MARKED WITH FESTIVITIES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION IS AUCKLAND'S LANTERN FESTIVAL, ALSO FAST BECOMING THE CITY'S BIGGEST CULTURAL EVENT. AND IN THE YEAR OF THE DOG, NEW ZEALANDERS CONTINUE TO BE BARKING MAD ABOUT IT. YVONNE TAHANA LOOKS AT ITS GROWING SIGNIFICANCE. THERE'S SOME DEALS TO BE HAD FROM THOSE GEARING UP TO FEED THE CROWDS. WE ARE GETTING $10 FOR FIVE, BUT WE HAVE BIG ONES WITH PRAWN INSIDE. THE LANTERN FESTIVAL CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR'S BEEN DRAWING TENS OF THOUSANDS TO AUCKLAND DOMAIN SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT. I GUESS THE METAPHOR FOR LIGHT IS BRIGHTNESS, NEWNESS, AND THAT'S ALSO A STRAIGHT METAPHOR FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR. AUCKLANDERS REALLY DO HAVE PUPPY LOVE FOR THIS EVENT. AROUND 200,000 WERE EXPECTED OVER FOUR NIGHTS, MAKING IT THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST FESTIVAL. BY 2038, THE CHINESE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN NEW ZEALAND AND ORGANISERS SAY THE EVENT'S ABOUT SHARING A SNAPSHOT OF CHINESE CULTURE WITH THE 60% OF NON-ASIANS WHO ATTEND. THE CORE OF THIS FESTIVAL IS SOCIAL IMPACT. IT'S ABOUT SOCIAL COHESION, SHARING AND ALSO ABOUT EDUCATING OTHER COMMUNITIES. I'M HAPPY THAT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY WE CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND. PETER CHAN'S BEEN A SUPPORTER SINCE THE BEGINNING, NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. HE'S ALSO THE RESIDENT FORTUNE TELLER. TO ME, THIS IS A GOOD FAMILY HAND. IT'S NOT SO MUCH TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS, BUT RATHER ON CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION. AND IN THE YEAR OF THE DOG, HE HAS SOME TIPS. IT'S A GOOD YEAR FOR YOU TO DO SOME PLANNING, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR SOME TRAVELS, BUT JUST, AH, BE CONSERVATIVE IN FINANCIAL ADVENTURE. THE HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL BE LIT UP TONIGHT AS WELL, WITH CELEBRATIONS SET TO END WITH A BANG, FIREWORKS PLANNED FOR JUST AFTER 10PM. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, A ROTTWEILER MAULS AN AUSTRALIAN TODDLER TO DEATH DURING A FAMILY BARBEQUE. HOW PHYSICISTS ARE USING LASERS TO PINPOINT PRE-CANCEROUS CELLS. WHY IT COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR ONE TYPE OF CANCER THAT'S NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO SPOT. AND WE'RE IN L.A. AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S ACADEMY AWARDS. SO HOW ARE ORGANISERS PLANNING TO AVOID A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S ENVELOPE MIX UP? IN AUSTRALIA, A 1 YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS DIED AFTER SHE WAS MAULED BY A ROTTWEILER DOG. THE GIRL WAS ATTACKED DURING A BARBEQUE AT HOME BY THE FAMILY PET AND DIED ON THE WAY TO HOSPITAL. THE DOG HAS BEEN SEIZED AND A POLICE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. DOCTORS AND PHYSICISTS HAVE JOINED FORCES IN ENGLAND TO DEVELOP A CAMERA TO SPOT ABNORMAL CELLS BEFORE THEY DEVELOP INTO CANCER. THE TECHNOLOGY COULD LEAD TO THE EARLY DETECTION OF OESOPHAGEAL CANCER, AS THE BBC'S RICHARD WESTCOTT EXPLAINS. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS HOW YOU FIND ONE OF BRITAIN'S DEADLIEST CANCERS. CLOSE. CLOSE. OPEN. OPEN. OESOPHAGEAL CANCER KILLS 21 PEOPLE A DAY BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO SPOT. USING A CAMERA WITH A NORMAL WHITE LIGHT ON THE END, THE DOCTOR'S LOOKING AT A DARK RED PATCH. THESE PHYSICISTS ALREADY USE DIFFERENT COLOUR LASERS TO STUDY ELECTRONS. NOW THEY'RE ADAPTING THE TECHNIQUE TO LOOK FOR EARLY SIGNS OF DISEASE. WHAT HAPPENS IS, THE TISSUE COMES CANCEROUS, IS THAT YOU GET A CHANGE IN THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. AND DIFFERENT CHEMICALS HAVE DIFFERENT COLOURS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE CANCER WITH A TECHNIQUE THAT ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE INFORMATION FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COLOURS OF LIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN REFLECTED, WE CAN GET A FULLER PICTURE OF THE DISEASE STATE THAT'S PRESENT. AND THIS IS HOW IT MIGHT LOOK. TWO-THIRDS OF OUR PATIENTS WILL PRESENT WITH A CANCER THAT'S ALREADY SPREADING TO THE LYMPH GLANDS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT CAN GO TO DISTANT ORGANS LIKE THE LIVER. IF WE TREAT A CANCER AT THE POINT OF WHICH IT'S STILL WITHIN THE TISSUE ITSELF OF THE OESOPHAGUS, AND IT HASN'T SPREAD ANYWHERE AT ALL, THEN WE CAN REMOVE IT ALL AND CURE IT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO JACKI. THEY CAUGHT HER DISEASE IN TIME, AND NOW SHE'S FINE. I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE A HEARTBURN FOR 20-ODD YEARS. WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS 30-ODD YEARS. THEY'LL START TRIALLING THE NEW CAMERA ON PATIENTS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IF SUCCESSFUL, IT COULD ALSO BE USED TO SPOT OTHER CANCERS BEFORE THEY BECOME FATAL. THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THE ARISTOCRATIC SURGEON CHARLES WINCHESTER IN THE FAMOUS TV SERIES 'MASH' HAS DIED. DAVID OGDEN STIERS WAS IN THE ROLE FROM 1977 TO 1983. (MUFFLED) OGDEN STIERS DIED OF BLADDER CANCER. HE WAS 75. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN TO HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR IS ON. AND AFTER AN OSCAR ANNOUNCEMENT MIX-UP AT LAST YEAR'S CEREMONY, ORGANISERS ARE HOPING TOMORROW'S SHOW GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES. THE WORLD'S MOST-WATCHED RED CARPET IS READY. AND THERE'S AN UNUSUAL LEVEL OF SUSPENSE IN THE AIR ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, WITH THIS YEARS BEST-PICTURE RACE WIDE OPEN. GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S SHAPE OF WATER HAS A HUGE 13 OSCAR NOMINATIONS, BUT IT'S UP AGAINST AN ECLECTIC FIELD. FROM THE CRITICS' FAVOURITE THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI... WHY DID YOU PUT UP THESE BILLBOARDS? MY DAUGHTER, ANGELA, WAS MURDERED. ...TO STEVEN SPIELBERG'S THE POST,... PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A WOMAN IN CHARGE OF THE PAPER. THANK YOU, ARTHUR, FOR YOUR FRANKNESS. ...WHICH ALSO EARNS MERYL STREEP HER 21ST OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS, AND YES, THAT IS A RECORD. CULTURALLY, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING MOMENT FOR THIS MOVIE ABOUT A WOMAN FINDING HER VOICE TO COME TO THE FORE. I'M JUST SO PROUD OF IT. THIS IS THE YEAR HOLLYWOOD'S WOMEN FOUND THEIR VOICE AFTER ALL, BLOWING OPEN A CULTURE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND PREDATION AND TAKING DOWN SOME OF THIS TOWN'S BIGGEST NAMES IN THE PROCESS. SO EXPECT THE 'TIME'S UP' AND 'ME TOO' MOVEMENTS TO HAVE A MOMENT HERE TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL. THERE WILL BE TIME FOR SERIOUS MOMENTS, AND I THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY FEELS VERY STRONGLY, VERY PASSIONATELY, ABOUT A SUBJECT, THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE 30 SECONDS TO TALK ABOUT IT. THE OSCARS IS CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY, BUT THIS YEAR EVERYONE IS HOPING TO AVOID ANOTHER BEST PICTURE BLUNDER. THERE'S A MISTAKE. MOONLIGHT, YOU GUYS WON BEST PICTURE. ALL EYES ARE ON PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, THE ACCOUNTING FIRM WHICH COUNTS THE OSCAR BALLOTS. PRICEWATERSHOUSECOOPERS TOOK THE SITUATION LAST YEAR SERIOUS ENOUGH TO PUT THOSE STRICTURES IN PLACE. I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE A REPEAT. SO THE STAGE IS SET, THE ANTICIPATING BUILDING, THE 90TH OSCARS SHOULD BE ONE TO REMEMBER, FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS, LOS ANGELES. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS AND CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. YES, PETE. A FRONT IS SET TO MOVE NORTHWARDS UP THE COUNTRY FROM TUESDAY, BRINGING A PERIOD OF RAIN AND COOLER SOUTHERLY WINDS. A NICE CHANGE FROM THE HUMID CONDITIONS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND WE SAY GOODBYE TO MUGGY CONDITIONS OVER THE NORTH FROM TUESDAY. I'LL BACK AFTER SPORT WITH MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. STILL AHEAD, KIWI SHOT-PUT CHAMPION TOM WALSH PUTS HIS RIVALS INTO A SPIN. SET THE CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS STRAIGHT AWAY. AS HE DEFENDS HIS WORLD INDOOR CROWN IN RECORD BREAKING FASHION. AND IS THIS THE FUTURE OF ART? HOW AUGMENTED REALITY IS GIVING CULTURE-LOVERS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AT THE NEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL. TO OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT, IN HIS FIRST MAJOR INTERVIEW SINCE THE ELECTION, FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS HAS SUGGESTED NEW ZEALAND LIFT ITS AID FUNDING IN THE PACIFIC, TO COUNTER THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF BIG PLAYERS LIKE CHINA. AND A POWERFUL STORM THAT'S SWEPT THROUGH AMERICA'S NORTH EAST HAS NOW CLAIMED EIGHT LIVES. MANY OF THOSE KILLED WERE STRUCK BY FALLING TREES. POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT TO NEARLY TWO MILLION HOMES, AND SOME COASTAL TOWNS IN MASSACHUSETTS WERE INUNDATED. EDUCATION EXPERTS SAY NEW ZEALAND NEEDS A MAJOR SHAKE-UP TO BOOST THE ACHIEVEMENT RATES OF MAORI. PROFESSIONALS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN HAVE BEEN IN NORTHLAND THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS HOW MORE MAORI STUDENTS CAN REACH THEIR ACADEMIC POTENTIAL. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. TEACHER KAREN CROSBIE ISN'T MAORI, BUT WORKS AT TE KURA O OTANGAREI, WHERE 98% OF THE STUDENTS ARE. TE REO CLASSES BECAUSE I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I SAY THEIR NAMES PROPERLY. AND JUST ANY MAORI NAMES. IT'S WHAT EDUCATION LEADERS SAY ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE DOING. A LOT OF MY PAKEHA COLLEAGUES ARE REALLY EMBRACING MAORI CULTURE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ENGAGE IN MAORI LEARNERS THROUGH THEIR CULTURE. RAISING INDIGENOUS ACADEMIC LEVELS WAS THE FOCUS OF THIS CONFERENCE IN WAITANGI. THE MAORI PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION IS PUSHING FOR ALL NEWLY-TRAINED TEACHERS TO HAVE GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF MAORI CULTURE AND A GOOD GRASP OF THE LANGUAGE. WHEN YOU WALK INTO AN ENVIRONMENT AND YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND YOU FEEL WELCOMED, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACHIEVE. MYLES FERRIS IS ALSO THE PRINCIPAL AT TE KURA O OTANGAREI, WHERE MAORI CULTURE IS INTEGRATED INTO THEIR LEARNING, THE TEACHERS TAKE REGULAR TE REO LESSONS, AND TWO OF THEIR CLASSES ARE BILINGUAL. THAT'S THE BIGGEST MESSAGE WE'VE GOTTA GIVE. MAKE OUR SCHOOLS MORE MAORI-FRIENDLY, MORE ACCEPTING OF MAORI STUDENTS AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG THERE. NCEA RESULTS PUT MAORI PASS RATES AROUND 15% LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MAORI GRADUATING FROM OUR SCHOOLING SYSTEM WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT WILL ENSURE THEY'LL HAVE A JOB THAT WILL BE FIT FOR PURPOSE FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE DECADES. THE GOVERNMENT AGREES THE MAORI ACHIEVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. MINISTERS ARE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING IT COMPULSORY FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO OFFER TE REO AS A SUBJECT. STEPS SOME SAY MUST BE TAKEN TO HELP GENERATIONS OF MAORI INTO A BRIGHT FUTURE. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS, OUR LONGEST RUNNING AND LARGEST ARTS EVENT IS CHANGING TACK. THE NEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL WANTS AUDIENCES TO HAVE A MORE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE BY USING NEW TECHNOLOGY. RYAN BOSWELL WENT ALONG TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. (STAR WARS THEME) STAR WARS IS BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN, AND THIS TIME, THE OSCAR-WINNING MUSIC IS BEING PERFORMED LIVE BY THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. (ORCHESTRA PLAYS STAR WARS THEME) IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY WAYS THAT THE NEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL IS BRINGING FANTASY CLOSER TO REALITY. MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL DOMAIN OF THEATRES AND CONCERT HALLS ` IT'S SOMETHING REALLY NEW. I LOVE THE FACT THAT FESTIVALS CAN EMBRACE ALL OF THAT IN A CRAZY THREE WEEKS OF INTENSE ACTIVITY. THIS EXHIBIT, FUTURE PLAYGROUND, IS THE ULTIMATE IMMERSIVE ART EXPERIENCE. WITH LIGHT AND SOUND,... (ECHOING CHIME) ...VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY TAKING INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR OWN UNIQUE JOURNEY. AM I MEANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY HANDS? THE FESTIVAL'S BEEN GOING SINCE 1986, AND THIS YEAR, THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND PERFORMERS FROM 26 COUNTRIES AND MORE THAN 300,000 ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT. I THINK WE'RE ALL ASLEEP AND WE'VE BEEN FOUND... WANTING. THERE ARE THE MORE TRADITIONAL ART FORMS, LIKE THIS WORLD PREMIERE OF 'BLESS THE CHILD'. SHE'S... HONESTLY OUT OF IT, THAT GIRL. A CHANCE FOR NEW ZEALAND TO SHOWCASE OUR UNIQUE STORIES. NEW ZEALANDERS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HESITANT FOR A START, BUT ONCE THEY GET TO SEE THE WORK AND THE QUALITY OF IT, AS I SAID, IT'S TOTALLY OF INTERNATIONAL STANDING. THE NEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL GETS A THIRD OF ITS FUNDING FROM TICKET SALES, A THIRD FROM SPONSORSHIP, AND A THIRD FROM GOVERNMENT. WE NEED TO CONTINUALLY RECOGNISE THE ROLE THAT THE ARTS PLAYS, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS WE CAN DO THAT. THIS FESTIVAL SHOWING IT CAN CONTINUE TO HIT THE RIGHT NOTES, EVEN AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND TOM WALSH IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD AGAIN Once again, Pete. HE HAS BRUSHED ASIDE HIS KEY OPPOSITION WITH THESE. WALSH ON TRACK FOR GOLD ON THE GOLD COAST, WHILE WALSH CELEBRATES, ELIZA MCCARTNEY HAS A WORLD MEDAL RIPPED FROM HER GRASP. PLUS, A BIG SETBACK FOR THE DOMINANT CRUSADERS, WHILE THE HURRICANES GET TANGLED UP IN ARGENTINA. AND A DAY OF EXTREMES FOR NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. ALL THE ECSTACY, AND THE AGONY, COMING UP NEXT. SHOT-PUT STAR TOM WALSH HAS FIRED A WARNING TO HIS COMMONWEALTH GAMES RIVALS, DEFENDING HIS WORLD INDOOR TITLE IN RECORD FASHION IN THE U.K. WALSH DOMINATED HIS RIVALS, WINNING BY ALMOST A METRE, INDICATING HE'S RIGHT ON TRACK FOR SUCCESS ON THE GOLD COAST, AS IS ELIZA MCCARTNEY, DESPITE FINISHING JUST OUTSIDE THE POLE VAULT MEDALS. HERE'S GUY HEVELDT. FROM THE VERY FIRST THROW, TOM WALSH LOOKED UNSTOPPABLE. LAUNCHES THAT ONE OUT AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY EXPLOSIVE START FROM HIM AS WELL. IT WAS BIG INDEED, 22.13 METRES, WHICH, ALONE, WOULD'VE WON HIM THE WORLD TITLE BY MORE THAN HALF A METRE. SET THE CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS STRAIGHT AWAY. NONE OF HIS RIVALS GOT CLOSE ACROSS THE SIX THROWS, AND BY THE TIME WALSH CAME TO HIS LAST ATTEMPT, HE ALREADY KNEW HE'D DEFENDED HIS 2016 CROWN. AND WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, HE PRODUCED THIS. LITERALLY GOOSEBUMPS GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH ME. THAT WAS A MONSTER. OH, CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD! BREAKING THE MARK SET IN 1987, FIVE YEARS BEFORE WALSH WAS BORN, WHILE ALSO SMASHING THE OCEANIA AND NEW ZEALAND RECORDS IN THE PROCESS. TO MAKE HIS WIN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE WAS THE FACT SEVEN ATHLETES TOPPED 21M, THE MOST EVER AT THE INDOOR WORLDS. WE COULD HAVE JUST SEEN THE BEST SHOT-PUT COMPETITION OF ALL TIME INDOORS. NOT LONG AFTER WALSH'S EFFORTS, NEW ZEALAND EYED ANOTHER MEDAL THROUGH POLE VAULTER ELIZA MCCARTNEY. SHE EASED UP TO 4.75M, CLEARING THAT FOR A NEW INDOOR PERSONAL BEST AND NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA RECORD. SHE GOES CLEAR AND IS THE FIRST OVER 4.75. BUT SHE MISSED AT 4.80, AND WHEN GREEK VAULTER KATERINA STEFANIDI SQUEAKED OVER, MCCARTNEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR FOURTH ` STILL THE BEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH COMPETITORS. MCCARTNEY CONTENT; WALSH ON TOP OF THE WORLD AGAIN. POSITIVE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETICS' SIGNS JUST A MONTH OUT FROM THE GOLD COAST. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEEN A DAY OF EXTREMES FOR NEW ZEALANDERS WINSTON REID AND CHRIS WOOD IN FOOTBALL'S PREMIER LEAGUE. BACK FROM LONG-TERM INJURY, WOOD SCORED A WINNING GOAL FOR BURNLEY. BUT REID, STARTING AGAIN FOR WEST HAM, WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND SUFFERED WHAT LOOKS TO BE A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE REPORTS. THE MORE YOU WATCH THE INCIDENT, THE MORE YOU FEEL SICK. WINSTON REID TAKES A REALLY NASTY TWIST. IN HIS FIRST MATCH BACK FROM ILLNESS, ALL WHITES SKIPPER WINSTON REID LEFT SCRAMBLING IN HIS OWN GOAL, TRYING TO HOLD OFF A SPIRITED SWANSEA. IT JUST WON'T GO IN. BUT IN THE MIDST OF HIS EFFORTS, THE KIWI SUFFERED A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY. LEFT KNEE GOES RIGHT UNDER, RIGHT KNEE GOES UNDER. IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE WAY TO GO DOWN. IT WASN'T JUST THE KNEE ` REID ACTUALLY COPPED A DOUBLE BLOW. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, HE TAKES AN ELBOW TO THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIM OUT, THEN TWISTING ON HIS LEFT KNEE. THE MATCH WAS HELD UP FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE REID WAS TREATED WITH URGNET PAIN RELIEF, STRETCHERED OFF THE FIELD AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS KNOCKED OUT. I THINK WE'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT A SECONDARY INJURY TO HIS KNEE MORE THAN THE KNOCK TO HIS HEAD. THE MISERY PILED ON, WITH WEST HAM LOSING 4-1 TO THE SWANS. BUT SIGNALLING HIS RETURN FROM INJURY WAS COMPATRIOT CHRIS WOOD. CHRIS WOOD SCORES AND BURNLEY HAVE TURNED IT AROUND. IT WAS WOOD'S FIRST GAME BACK AFTER INJURING HIS KNEE IN DECEMBER, AND HE WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE WINNING GOAL. THAT IS AS STRAIGHT FORWARD OF A PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. THE 2-1 VICTORY OVER EVERTON, THEIR FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE WIN IN 12 MATCHES, KEEPING AT LEAST ONE KIWI GOING IN THE COMPETITION. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HAS CRASHED OUT OF THE LAS VEGAS SEVENS, LOSING TO OLD RIVALS FIJI IN A THRILLING QUARTER FINAL. AFTER TRAILING EARLY, VILIMONI KOROI BROKE FREE TO GET NEW ZEALAND BACK ON TRACK, BEFORE REVERTING TO SOMETHING YOU'RE MORE USED TO SEEING IN FIFTEENS. HE HAS THE BALL UNDER CONTROL. THEY GO FORWARD IN THE OVER. HE SCORES! NEW ZEALAND SURPRISED FIJI WITH A ROLLING MAUL. IT LOOKED LIKELY THEY'D HOLD ONTO THAT LEAD, BEFORE FIJI FINALLY BROKE NEW ZEALAND 90 SECONDS AFTER THE SIREN. NASILASILA POPS IT UP. JERRY TUWAI! THEY HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. THE LOSS MEANS NEW ZEALAND WILL NOW FACE ENGLAND IN A 5TH PLACE PLAY-OFF TOMORROW MORNING. THE HURRICANES HAVE BLOWN OFF THE COBWEBS WITH A HARD-FOUGHT WIN TODAY IN ROUND THREE OF SUPER RUGBY. TAKING ON THE JAGUARES IN ARGENTINA, THE CANES, COMING OFF A FIRST UP LOSS, LOOKED MORE IN TUNE, WINNING 34 TO 9. WITH BEAUDEN BARRETT BACK STARTING, THE CANES BALL RUNNERS THREATENED EARLY, RIGHT ACROSS THE FIELD AGAINST THE FIERY SOUTH AMERICANS. WHAT ABOUT THE WORK OF BARRETT AND EVANS. AND HOW ABOUT THAT CHEAP SHOT? IT IS ON. IT WAS RULED A MISTIMED TACKLE ` NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN, AS THE CANES' STAR BACKS CAME TO LIFE. BARRETT WITH THE KICK THROUGH. WERE THEY OFF SIDE? NO CALL AS YET. AND ASO. AWAY TUSSLE FOR THE CANES, BUT THE ENTERTAINER'S BROKE THE SHACKLES. OUT THE BACK FOR FIDOW, SLIPS OVER THE FIRST INSIDE, THOMSON. BLADE THOMSON HELPING MAKE THE FINAL CUT, THE CANES ON THE BOARD IN STYLE 34-9. THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THE CRUSADERS AFTER SENDING THE STORMERS PACKING FROM CHRISTCHURCH ` A POSSIBLE FRACTURED JAW SUFFERED BY FIRST-FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA IN THIS ATTEMPTED TRY-SAVING TACKLE. NEVER A GOOD SIGN. A KEY PLAYER IN THIS SIDE NOW, RICHIE MO'UNGA. THE IRONY IS, EARLIER, MO'UNGA NOT KNOWN FOR HIS HEAVY TACKLES, SENT STORMERS LOCK PIETER STEPH DU TOIT OFF AFTER A BIG HIT. THE CRUSADERS FLOGGED THE REST OF THE STORMERS IN THE FIRST HALF. GOODHUE BACK IN FIELD AND BILLY HARMON SCORES. UP 31-7 AT THE BREAK, THE CRUSADERS FROM IN CLOSE AND LONG RANGE, LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ON THE TRAINING FIELD. THE STORMERS BEING RUN RAGGED, ALL BUT GAME OVER. THE CAPE TOWN BOYS DID FIGHT BACK TO SCORE FOUR TRIES OVERALL. AT ONE STAGE, THEY WERE JUST 10 POINTS ADRIFT. HOWEVER, THE CHAMPS SOON PUT THE FOOT DOWN AGAIN. SLIPS THE BALL AWAY TO TAIMANIVALU. ANOTHER STRONG PERFORMANCE ` 45-28. AN APT WAY TO CELEBRATE LUKE ROMANO'S CENTURY. BUT THEIR IN-FORM BACKLINE LEADER, RICHIE MO'UNGA, COULD BE GONE FOR SOME TIME. THE BLACKCAPS ARE HOPEFUL ROSS TAYLOR WILL BE FIT TO RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY'S FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ENGLAND IN DUNEDIN. IN HIS ABSENCE, THE NEW ZEALAND MIDDLE ORDER COLLAPSED, LOSING FOUR WICKETS FOR JUST SIX RUNS IN A DEVASTATING FIVE OVER SPELL FROM THE ENGLISH SPINNERS. STRAIGHT TO HIM. GONE. WE WEREN'T AT OUR SMARTEST. WE DIDN'T ADJUST AS WELL ON A TOUGH SURFACE. SO THAT'S ALL IT IS. THERE SHOULD BE REAL CONCERN ABOUT THE PRODUCTIVITY OF HENRY NICHOLLS, WHO'S ONLY SCORED TWO RUNS IN HIS LAST FOUR ODI INNINGS, BUT THE BLACKCAPS STILL LOOKED LIKE PREVAILING ON THE TESTING WICKET. THE FREAKISH RUN OUT OF THE IN-FORM MITCHELL SANTNER LEFT CENTURY MAKER KANE WILLIAMSON TO SCORE 15 RUNS HIMSELF IN THE FINAL OVER. WILLIAMSON HAS TO HIT BIG. HOW BIG? REALLY BIG. A CRAFTY CHRIS WOAKES FRUSTRATED THE SKIPPER AS ENGLAND WON BY FOUR RUNS TO GO 2-1 UP IN THE FIVE-MATCH SERIES. QUEENSLANDER DANIEL NISBET HAS WON THE NEW ZEALAND GOLF OPEN AT THE MILLBROOK COURSE NEAR ARROWTOWN. TERRY PILKADARIS STARTED WITH A FIVE SHOT LEAD, HOWEVER ONLY MANAGING PARS THE LEAD QUICKLY DISAPPEARED AS HIS AUSSIE COUNTERPART NISBET FIRED A NINE UNDER PAR 62 TO WIN BY TWO STROKES. FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE MAKES IT. (CHEERING) 27 UNDER PAR FOR DANIEL NISBET. A RECORD LOW TITLE. 23 YEAR OLD AUCKLANDER NICK VOKE, WHO ONLY TURNED PRO LATE LAST YEAR, FINISHED AS THE TOP NEW ZEALANDER, TIED FOR SEVENTH. THE THIRD PIECE OF THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT JIGSAW PUZZLE, THE WBC CHAMPIONSHIP, HAS BEEN PUT ON THE LINE TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY. CHAMP DEONTAY WILDER UNDER WRAPS BEFORE TAKING ON UNBEATEN CUBAN WAS IN TROUBLE EARLY. HOWEVER, ORTIZ WAS ALL OVER WILDER IN THE SEVENTH ROUND, THE AMERICAN SAVED BY THE BELL. WILDER, THE FAVOURITE, NEEDED A BIG FINISH. A BIG RIGHT HAND. ORTIZ. (ANNOUNCER SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) THIS ONE IS OVER. SOON THERE WILL BE ONE CHAMPION, ONE FACE, ONE NAME, AND HE GO BY THE NAME OF DEONTAY WILDER. DO YOU THINK PARKER CAN WIN THAT FIGHT? I THINK PARKER GOT A 100% CHANCE OF WINNING THAT FIGHT, HE JUST HAS TO BE SMART. WILDER NOW 40 AND 0, IS EXPECTED TO FIGHT THE WINNER OF THE JOSEPH PARKER-ANTHONY JOSHUA FIGHT, LATER IN THE YEAR, TO UNIFY THE FOUR BIG HEAVYWEIGHT TITLES. SHANE VAN GISBERGEN IS TRYING TO DO THE DOUBLE IN THE FIRST SUPERCARS STOP OF THE YEAR IN ADELAIDE. IN A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR, THE HAMILTON DRIVER WON THE OPENING RACE OF THE NEW SEASON LAST NIGHT, MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF HOLDEN FANS. THE NEW COMMODORE'S AWESOME. WON TWO FOR THE NEW CAR, THE NEW COMMODORE'S AWESOME. WON TWO FOR THE NEW CAR, BUT, UM,... REALLY GOOD RACE. IT WAS VAN GISBERGEN'S FOURTH WIN ON THE CIRCUIT, AND HE'S LEADING AGAIN HALFWAY THROUGH RACE TWO TONIGHT. FROM V8S TO BUSES, AND RETIRED MOTORCYCLE AND TRUCK RACER STEVE PARRISH HAS BECOME THE FIRST MOTO GP DRIVER TO RACE A DOUBLE DECKER AROUND HAMPTON DOWNS THIS AFTERNOON. PARRISH CARRIED 50 PASSENGERS IN THE PARTY BUS WITH A JACUZZI ON BOARD WITH THE HELP OF FELLOW MOTOGP LEGEND RANDY MAMOLA. IT WAS THE 65 YEAR OLD'S FIRST TIME RACING A DOUBLE DECKER, 20 YEARS AFTER TAKING A SINGLE DECKER AROUND DONNINGTON PARK. HE SET A LAP RECORD OF 2 MINUTES 58 SECONDS AT HAMPTON DOWNS. I THINK I'VE PUT A LITTLE HOLE IN THE TRACK ACTUALLY, I THINK I'VE PUT A LITTLE HOLE IN THE TRACK ACTUALLY, SHE'LL BE RIGHT, WE CAN JUST PATCH THAT UP. BUT NO, IT WAS GOOD. I REALLY WANTED TO GET THE BACK WHEEL OFF THE GROUND A BIT MORE, BUT I WAS A BIT WORRIED, CAUSE SOME OF THE PASSENGERS WERE SCREAMING. BOTH PARRISH AND MAMOLA HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO BEAT THE LAP TIME, IF THEY'LL LET THEM BACK ON THE COURSE. You're gonna catch the bus home, are you? COMING UP ` WE TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT WEATHER-WISE THIS WEEK. AND WE MEET A NURSE WHO'S OVERCOME AN UNBELIEVEABLE TRAGEDY TO GIVE BACK TO HER COMMUNITY. . Don't worry. Just go to census.govt.nz or call 0800 CENSUS and request a new one. Then check your letterbox for your new code, and complete your census online on or before 6 March at census.govt.nz. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. OUR BLOCKING HIGH TO THE EAST MAINTAINS A HUMID NORTHERLY AIRSTREAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY. HOWEVER, COOLER SOUTHERLIES BEHIND A FRONT ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE FAR SOUTH. A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING NORTHLAND TO 3AM TOMORROW MORNING. BRIGHT, HIGH CLOUD LINGERS EAST OF THE COUNTRY, WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MARKED BY AN INTENSE PATCH OF CLOUD NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. PATCHY FRONTAL CLOUD LIES WEST OF NEW ZEALAND, EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHLAND AND DOWN OVER THE FAR SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKY OVER THE REST OF NEW ZEALAND. SO THE FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND WEAKENS OVERNIGHT AND BECOMES SLOW-MOVING TOMORROW AS A LOW DEVELOPS OFF THE CANTERBURY COAST. A COLD FRONT THEN MOVES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WHILE ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MEANWHILE, THE LOW LINGERING OFF THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND SINKS SOUTHWARDS, BRUSHING PAST THE GISBORNE COAST TOMORROW NIGHT. SHOWERS IN NORTHLAND WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON, AND A FEW SHOWERS CLEARING COROMANDEL AND BAY OF PLENTY. A RAINY DAY IN GISBORNE, WITH A FEW SHOWERS SPREADING INTO THE HAWKES BAY. FINE ELSEWHERE APART FROM MORNING CLOUD AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS. HEAVY SHOWERS AT TIMES FOR WESTLAND AND BULLER. FINE IN SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND APART FROM A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT THE SOUTH COAST. AND ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH. SOUTHERLY BREEZES COOLING THINGS DOWN. CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR YOU, INVERCARGILL, 18 IS YOUR HIGH. LOW CLOUD MORNING AND NIGHT FOR OAMARU, BUT FINE IN BETWEEN. CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON FOR HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH, GENTLE SOU-WESTERLIES AND 21. NELSON IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A TOP OF 23. MORNING CLOUD AND A SHOWER OR TWO THEN SUNS OUT FOR THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. BLENHEIM SOAKING UP THE SUN WITH A TOP OF 26. IT'S A FINE START TO MONDAY FOR HAWKES BAY, BUT GET THE WASHING DONE BEFORE LUNCH, WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED FROM AFTERNOON. MASTERTON GETS A HOT 29. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR WELLINGTON BUT LOTS OF BLUE SKY COMING UP FOR THIS GROUP. LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL AND A WARM 28 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. CLOUDY PERIODS AND A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR THE CENTRE NORTH. THERE'S A CHANCE FALLS MAY BE HEAVY ABOUT TAUMARUNUI AND A WARM 29 FOR YOU. AND TAKE A BROLLY WITH YOU TOMORROW IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT THE NORTHERN SPOTS. SHOWERS ESPECIALLY FROM MIDDAY, AND THERE'S A CHANCE FALLS MAY BE HEAVY AND THUNDERY LOW CLOUD ABOUT THE COAST, DUNEDIN, AND A MORNING SHOWER OR TWO THEN LONG FINE SPELLS, BUT CLOUD AND SHOWERS DEVELOPING AGAIN EVENING. SOUTHERLIES DYING OUT EARLY MORNING AND 19 IS YOUR HIGH. WATCH FOR FOG MORNING AND NIGHT, CHRISTCHURCH, BUT LONG FINE SPELLS IN BETWEEN. SOUTHWESTERLIES DYING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND A TOP OF 21. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE CAPITAL CITY. LIGHT WINDS AND 24 IN WELLINGTON. LOWER HUTT WARMER ON 27. HAMILTON, YOU START THE DAY IN FINE FORM, BUT A FEW SHOWERS FROM AFTERNOON, THEN EASING AT NIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND 28 FOR YOU AND HUNTLY. TAURANGA'S PARTLY CLOUDY, A FEW SHOWERS CLEARING AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS AND 26. AND AUCKLAND GETS A FINE START, BUT A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS. SOUTHEAST BREEZES, DYING OUT EVENING. 27 IS YOUR HIGH. A TROUGH MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND ON TUESDAY, WHILE A FRONT MOVES NORTH OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, FOLLOWED BY A RIDGE AND SOUTHERLIES. A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS ON THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES ONTO THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY AND BECOMES SLOW MOVING. THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN NORTH ISLAND ON THURSDAY AND AWAY TO THE EAST LATER ON FRIDAY. RAIN OR SHOWERS OVER THE EAST COAST, WITH THUNDERSTORMS SPARKING UP IN BRISBANE AND DARWIN. FINE WEATHER FOR AUSTRALIA'S OTHER MAIN CENTRES. A TROUGH OVER FIJI BRINGS UNSETTLED STORMY WEATHER, THUNDERSTORMS ALSO FOR NIUE. SHOWERS FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS AND TONGA, BUT MAINLY FINE OR DRY ELSEWHERE. SO, FOR US IN THE WEEK AHEAD, A CHANGE FROM THE HUMID CONDITIONS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEK. THIS WEEK'S GOOD SORT IS INVERCARGILL'S SANDY BORLAND. A FAMILY TRAGEDY THREE DECADES AGO CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER. BUT RATHER THAN DWELL ON IT, SHE'S GONE ON TO HELP OTHERS, AS HADYN JONES FOUND OUT. WE WERE TOLD TO COME TO INVERCARGILL'S CENTRE STREET DAIRY.... BUSY DAY? OH, NOT TOO BAD. ...TO MEET SANDY BORLAND. HERE ABOUTS JUST AFTER 6. SHE WAS IN EARLY TO BAKE. THE MAC AND CHEESE IS POPULAR. LASAGNE. 26.80, THANKS. SANDY'S SEEN A LOT OF LIFE COME AND GO IN HER DAIRY. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT OF STORIES AND A LOT OF SAD STORIES. SHE'S GOT HER OWN SAD STORY. THAT'S 8.80. JUST ASK HER ELDEST SON, JEREMY. HAD A LOT GONE ON IN HER LIFE, BUT SHE STILL PICKS HERSELF UP EVERY DAY. JEREMY'S TALKING ABOUT THE TRAGEDY THAT STRUCK SANDY BORLAND 35 YEARS GO. MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN. THAT WAS THE DAY SHE LOST HER HUSBAND, RICHARD. FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, AND IT WAS FATAL. HE GOT KILLED INSTANTLY. IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. OUR SON DIED THREE DAYS LATER OF COT DEATH. SANDY HAD LOST HER WHOLE FAMILY IN THREE DAYS. THE DAY THEY DIED, I DID CONSIDER SUICIDE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'WELL, MY FAMILY'S GONE. 'I'M GONNA GO WITH THEM.' MAYBE IT WAS THE GRIEF, BUT SANDY BECAME SICK. SHE FOUGHT OFF NUMEROUS CONDITIONS ` GRAVES, CROHN'S AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. SANDY PICKED HERSELF UP AND ENDED UP MARRYING ANOTHER RICHARD. THIS RICHARD CALLS HIMSELF 'MARK II.' (LAUGHS) THEY HAD THREE KIDS, THEN DECIDED TO FOSTER ANOTHER TWO. HELLO. HI! SHE ALSO WORKS FOR THE PACIFIC ISLAND NURSING SERVICE, WHICH HELPS THE LIKES OF YONNA, WHO REFUSED AN AMBULANCE LAST NIGHT. STUBBORN SAMOAN MEN. SANDY'S THE SORT OF NURSE WHO TAKES PHONE CALLS AT HOME, AFTER HOURS. I CALLED ONE OF THEM DURING THE WEEKEND IF I NEED HELP FOR HIM. I LOST MY DAD WHEN HE WAS 57. HE WAS SAMOAN. IT'S COME DOWN, COS IT WAS UP. AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT ME BACK INTO MY CULTURE. SANDY BORLAND SAYS TRAGEDY HAS MADE HER PROTECTIVE. PROBABLY OVER-MOTHER THE KIDS A LITTLE BIT. HER OWN DREAM IS FOR HER HUSBAND TO FINISH HIS PROJECT. HE'S AN OLD '39 IN THE GARAGE THAT, HE'S HAD THE MONEY THREE TIMES TO GET GOING ON IT, AND IT'S BEEN IN THERE 30 YEARS. SHE SAYS SOMEDAY SOON, IT'LL HAPPEN. ONE DAY. IT'S ONLY TAKEN 30 YEARS, SO... BUT FOR NOW, IF YOU NEED A LISTENING EAR, TRY THE CENTRE STREET DAIRY. COME FOR THE COMPANY,... ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY, AND I'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW. ...STAY FOR THE BACON AND EGG PIE. HADYN JONES, 1 NEWS. 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