TONIGHT ` A RECORD SETTING JOURNEY AFTER 62 DAYS AT SEA. SCOTT DONALDSON BECOMES THE FIRST PERSON TO KAYAK SOLO ACROSS THE TASMAN. AND A REVISED PAY DEAL FOR NURSES, BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO AVERT STRIKE ACTION. WE'LL LOOK AT THE DETAILS THAT COULD MEAN HUNDREDS MORE NURSING JOBS. PLUS A DRUGS SCANDAL IN THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES. A CHINOOK HELICOPTER SQUADRON IS GROUNDED OVER ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING A COCAINE RING. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 A KIWI KAYAKER'S TONIGHT MADE HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST PERSON TO CONQUER THE TASMAN SEA ON A SOLO CROSSING. THIS IS SCOTT DONALDSON'S SECOND ATTEMPT. THE MATAMATA MAN SET OUT TWO MONTHS AGO AND TONIGHT LANDED ON THE SHORELINE IN NEW PLYMOUTH. RYAN BOSWELL WAS THERE. CROWDS ERUPTING WITH APPLAUSE... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ...AS SCOTT DONALDSON APPROACHES DRY LAND.. AFTER A PERILOUS TWO MONTHS AT SEA. THANKS FOR COMING OUT, EVERYONE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE CROWD HERE. HUNDREDS GATHERING ON THIS NEW PLYMOUTH BEACH TO APPLAUD THE INTREPID TRAVELLER MAKING HISTORY. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING HIM. AMAZING FEAT ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA SOLO. VERY BRAVE MAN! IT'S SPECIAL TO HAVE PEOPLE COME DOWN ON A NIGHT LIKE THAT AND BE THERE. HE LEFT COFFS HARBOUR IN NEW SOUTH WALES ON MAY 2ND, HIS JOURNEY SINCE THEN FEATURING 60 KNOT WINDS AND 6M SWELLS. ARRIVING IN NEW PLYMOUTH EXHAUSTED AND IN DISBELIEF. I'VE GOT NO WORDS AT THE MOMENT. THAT WAS KIND OF EPIC, UP AND DOWN, AND IT'S A LONG STORY. BUT TONIGHTS WHAT'S IT'S ALL ABOUT. SCOTT'S AN ASTHMA SUFFERER, HIS TRIP RAISING AWARENESS FOR ASTHMA NEW ZEALAND. A GPS TRACKER SHOWED HIS KAYAK WAS PUSHED BACK AND AROUND OVER MORE THAN 3000KM, THE KEEN KAYAKER SOMETIMES PADDLING 20 HOURS A DAY AND SLEEPING FOR JUST FOUR. IT WAS DIFFICULT IN EVERY SINGLE AREA THAT YOU POINTED AT. ON A GOOD DAY, YOU'RE PADDLING 16 HOURS; ON A BAD DAY, YOU'RE STUCK IN THE CABIN; AND ON A WORSE DAY YOURE GOING BACKWARDS. EVEN TACKLING A SHARK. I SPENT ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TRYING TO SHAKE HIM OFF MY RUDDER, BASICALLY. HE WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY FRISKY. THE TASMAN SEA CAN BE TREACHEROUS. AUSTRALIAN KAYAKER ANDREW MCAULEY PERISHED ON A SOLO ATTEMPT IN 2007, JUST 56KM SHORT OF LANDFALL. SCOTT DONALDSON TRIED ONCE BEFORE IN 2014 BUT HAD TO BE RESCUED WHEN HIS RUDDER BROKE IN HEAVY SEAS. LAST TIME WAS AN ADVENTURE. THIS TIME WAS A RACE. IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT TO LAST TIME BECAUSE BASCIALLY IT WAS TRYING TO IMPROVE IN EVERY AREA HIS WIFE AND SON PLEASED TO HAVE HIM HOME SAFE AND SOUND. FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED A SHOWER. SECONDLY, YOU STINK. THE FAMILY NOW HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS FOR A CELEBRATION INVOLVING PIES AND A PINT. HIP HIP HOORAY! RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. A MAN (32) IS FACING MURDER CHARGES AFTER THE DEATH OF A TODDLER. WHAKATANE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE MATAHINA DAM AREA AFTER REPORTS OF A MISSING CHILD LAST NIGHT. SEARCHERS FOUND A MAN AND LATER DISCOVERED A DEAD 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE RANGITAIKI RIVER. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS KNOWN TO THE VICTIM. THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL SAYS THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE FAMILY. OUR HEARTS... (SIGHS) ARE STRONGLY WITH THE WHANAU. THIS IS A TIME FOR JOINING WITH THEM, SUPPORTING THEM AND HELPING THEIR WAY THROUGH WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE 32-YEAR-OLD APPEARED IN THE WHAKATANE DISTRICT COURT TODAY AND HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY WITH INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. HE'LL REAPPEAR IN THE HIGH COURT IN TAURANGA ON WEDNESDAY. AN 18-YEAR-OLD'S APPEARED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT VIA VIDEOLINK TODAY, ACCUSED OF KILLING A 20-YEAR-OLD. OLIVER JOHNSTON'S BODY WAS FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AT A RURAL PROPERTY IN WOODEND LAST WEEK. THE ALLEGED MURDER OCCURED BETWEEN THE 23RD AND 28TH OF JUNE. THE ACCUSED HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION AND WILL REAPPEAR IN THE HIGH COURT LATER THIS MONTH. AN AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES HELICOPTER SQUADRON HAS BEEN GROUNDED AMID ALLEGATIONS UP TO 10 STAFF ARE INVOLVED IN RUNNING A COCAINE RING. AIR CREWS IN CHARGE OF CHINOOK HELICOPTERS, WHICH CAN CARRY AROUND 60 TROOPS INTO COMBAT, HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF USING DRUGS BEFORE TURNING UP FOR DUTY. WITH DETAILS, HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S DARREN CURTIS. A SQUADRON ON THE GROUND WITH THEIR WINGS CLIPPED ` THE ARMY'S HEAVY-LIFT CHINOOKS LINED UP OUTSIDE THEIR TOWNSVILLE HANGARS. THE UNIT THAT FLIES THE BIG DOUBLE-ROTOR CHOPPERS IS IN TURMOIL. THERE ARE DRUGS OUT THERE. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 9 NEWS CAN REVEAL UP TO 10 STAFF, INCLUDING OFFICERS, AIR CREW, MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE, WERE BUSTED IN A TARGETED OPERATION THAT STARTED WITH A TIP-OFF. WE'RE TOLD A SECOND CREW, ALREADY ON EXERCISE IN QUEENSLAND WITH AMERICAN MARINES AND NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS, WERE ALSO GROUNDED UNTIL EACH OF THEM COULD BE INTERVIEWED AND SUPPLY SAMPLES TO DRUG TESTERS. I'M DEVASTATED TO HEAR THAT. TO PUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW, THEIR LIVES AT RISK BY TAKING DRUGS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S BELIEVED THE DRUG TESTS HAVE CONFIRMED THE ALLEGED OFFENDERS HAD TRACES OF COCAINE, ECSTASY AND AMPHETAMINES WHEN THEY'RE ON DUTY. UNDER THE ARMY'S DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM, THOSE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE IMMEDIATELY KICKED OUT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE. THEY'LL PROBABLY FACE A COURT MARSHALL, AND AT THIS STAGE, THE GROUP HAVEN'T HAD ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES REFERRED TO POLICE. PROBABLY WILL BE DISGRACEFUL AND REALLY LACKS A BIT OF RESPECT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY WORKING THERE AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. FORMER SOLDIERS SAY THERE'S NO EXCUSE THAT DRUGS WERE BEING USED, BUT BELIEVE SOME MAY HAVE TURNED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO ALLEVIATE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. THE REGIMENT PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN FOR NEARLY A DECADE, SHIFTING TONS OF SUPPLIES IN AID. THEY ALSO SPEARHEADED GETTING OUR TROOPS INTO REMOTE LOCATIONS AND LIFTING THEM OUT OF TROUBLE AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND IN OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER. NERVES OF STEEL THAT SAVE LIVES ON THE BATTLEFIELD, BUT 10 POTENTIAL MEDAL RECIPIENTS ARE NOW PAYING THE PRICE FOR POOR DECISION MAKING AT HOME. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LET THEIR MATES DOWN, THAT TO ME IS CERTAINLY NOT ON. IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE A THAI SOCCER TEAM DISAPPEARED IN AN UNDERGROUND CAVE. A MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT IN THE RAIN SWOLLEN CAVES HAS BEEN BOOSTED BY A LET-UP IN THE RAIN. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. IMPOSING MOUNTAINS THAT HIDE AN IMMENSE TASK. SOMEWHERE IN THERE, 12 BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH REMAIN TRAPPED, THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING IF THEY'RE STILL ALIVE. A MAMMOTH INTERNATIONAL RESCUE EFFORT IS INCHING FURTHER INTO THE CAVES. (SPEAKS THAI) TRANSLATOR: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR TODAY IS SPEEDING UP TO REACH THE KIDS. A SPECIAL RESPONSE GROUP FROM AUSTRALIA JOINING TEAMS FROM THE US, CHINA AND THE UK, SUPPORTING THOUSANDS OF THAI SOLDIERS IN THEIR PAINSTAKING, MULTIPRONGED OPERATION, WHICH HAS STRETCHED FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. WHICHEVER WAY THEY CAN, RESCUERS ` WHO ARE MILITARY OFFICERS, POLICE OFFICERS, VOLUNTEERS AND FOREIGNERS ` STILL MAKE THEIR EFFORTS AS THE WHOLE NATION IS CAPTIVATED IN THE HOPE THAT THE BOYS COULD BE RESCUED. HOPE REINFORCED BY WATER LEVELS FINALLY STARTING TO FALL, WHILE HUNDREDS MORE OXYGEN TANKS ARE BEING SENT INTO THE CAVES FOR THE ELITE DIVERS CONTINUING TO PUSH THROUGH KILOMETRES OF MUDDY WATER. THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON AN AREA OF ELEVATED, DRY LAND WHERE IT'S BELIEVED THE BOYS COULD BE SHELTERING. FROM ABOVE... HELICOPTERS FLY DIGGING EQUIPMENT TO TEAMS DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR A DIFFERENT ROUTE IN. THE PLIGHT OF THE YOUNG TEAM HAS REACHED THE VATICAN, AS THE POPE ECHOED A GLOBAL PLEA. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) TRANSLATOR: I ALSO ASSURE MY PRAYERS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. AND AS SOLDIERS PRACTISE FOR THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO, EXPERTS SAY THE BOYS' SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON WHETHER THEY'VE FOUND FRESH WATER THAT HASN'T BEEN CONTAMINATED BY CHEMICALS FROM NEARBY FARMS. IN THIS CRITICAL SECOND WEEK, VOLUNTEERS, SOLDIERS, SPECIALISTS BAND TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. DETAILS OF A REVISED DEAL IN AN EFFORT TO AVERT THOUSANDS OF HEALTH WORKERS WALKING OFF THE JOB HAVE BEEN REVEALED. THE NURSES ORGANISATION IS RECOMMENDING THE OFFER. NURSES HAVE A WEEK TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WILL ACCEPT IT AND AVOID STRIKE ACTION. MEI HERON REPORTS. ONE STRIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BUT ANOTHER COULD STILL GO AHEAD NEXT WEEK IF THE LATEST OFFER IS REJECTED. THREE PROPOSALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REFUSED THIS YEAR. THE REVISED DHB MECA OFFER HAS BEEN STRONGLY REJECTED. THE LAST OFFER WAS WORTH OVER $500M AND RAISED NURSES' SALARIES BY 9% OVER THE NEXT 15 MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYING, AT THE TIME, THAT'S THEIR MAXIMUM. WE HAVE A FISCAL LIMIT, AND WE'VE PUT OUT THERE THE MONEY THAT WE FEEL WE CAN PUT OUT THERE. THE COST OF THE PACKAGE IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THE LAST, BUT IN THIS OFFER, LANGUAGE HAS BEEN TWEAKED, TIMELINES BROUGHT FORWARD AND THE COSTS RESHAPED TO INCLUDE PAY RISES FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THEM BEFORE. PREVIOUS PACKAGES ALSO INCLUDED THE PROMISE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS NOW RECEIVING THE $38M FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO DO SO ` IMMEDIATELY. BUT THE CHANGES STILL TOO MINOR FOR SOME NURSES WHO TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA, OTHERS UNHAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. THE NURSES ORGANISATION AND THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS REFUSED INTERVIEWS TODAY. HOWEVER, THE NURSES ORGANISATION SAYS... CLEARLY, WE HOPE THAT NURSES ACCEPT IT. THIS IS NOT AN UNSYMPATHETIC GOVERNMENT TO THE PREDICAMENT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THEIR CONDITIONS AND WAGES ARE CONCERNED. BUT AS I SAID, WE'VE ONLY GOT SO MUCH MONEY TO RUN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET. SO AGAIN, THE MESSAGE IS 'THERE'S NO MORE MONEY.' DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS SAY THEY'RE PLEASED THE OFFER IS BEING CONSIDERED BUT ARE STILL PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE STRIKE NEXT THURSDAY. NURSES HAVE ONE WEEK TO VOTE ON THE NEW OFFER. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. AS WINTER BRINGS ICY TEMPERATURES, THE FIRE SERVICE IS PLEADING FOR NEW ZEALANDERS TO USE ELECTRIC BLANKETS AND HEATERS SAFELY. IT FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF AN ELDERLY AUCKLAND MAN WHO WAS KNOWN TO WRAP HIMSELF IN AN ELECTRIC BLANKET TO EASE BACK PAIN. YVONNE TAHANA HAS MORE. A BED COMPLETELY GUTTED BY AN ELECTRIC BLANKET FIRE IN AUSTRALIA, THE APPLIANCES DEADLY HERE TOO. SOME RECENT TRAGEDIES INVOLVE PEOPLE WRAPPING THEMSELVES IN ELECTRIC BLANKETS, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT WHAT AN ELECTRIC BLANKET WAS DESIGNED FOR, AND AS A RESULT, THE WIRES IN THE BLANKET BECOME DAMAGED, AND THE BLANKET CAN CATCH FIRE. MORE THAN 100 STRUCTURAL FIRES WERE CAUSED BY ELECTRIC BLANKETS AND HEATERS IN THE PAST YEAR. DRYING CLOTHES OFTEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. WE ALSO SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO DRY CLOTHES AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR USING OTHER HEATING DEVICES THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASSOCIATE WITH THAT. I CAN REMEMBER GOING TO A COUPLE OF FIRE INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO DRY SHIRTS AND TROUSERS BY PUTTING THEM IN A GRILLING PAN IN THE OVEN. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE WARMTH OF AN ELECTRIC BLANKET. FIREFIGHTERS URGING KIWIS TO TURN OFF ELECTRIC BLANKETS ONCE THEY'RE IN BED AND OBSERVE THE 'HEATER METRE' RULE ` WHERE FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AT LEAST 1M AWAY. A CONSUMER WATCHDOG ALSO RECOMMENDING APPLIANCES THAT HAVE A TILT SWITCH, WHICH SHUTS OFF A DEVICE IF IT FALLS. CERTAINLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TILT SWITCH BE MANDATORY. IT'S NOT FOR RADIANT HEATERS AT THE MOMENT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY A LOT MORE TO GET THAT FEATURE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO ACT IN A SAFE MANNER, AND OF COURSE, PART OF THAT IS ENSURING YOU'VE GOT SMOKE ALARMS, SO THAT SHOULD THE WORST HAPPEN, YOU GET THAT EARLY WARNING IN TIME TO GET OUT. A WINTER REMINDER THAT SIMPLE MISTAKES CAN CHANGE LIVES FOREVER. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. WE'VE HAD DRY JULY, GIVING UP ALCOHOL FOR THE MONTH. NOW THERE'S PLASTIC FREE JULY, WHEN PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO FORGO SINGLE USE PLASTIC. BUT FOREST AND BIRD SAYS IT'S THE GOVERNMENT WHICH NEEDS TO ACT FAST TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE IN OUR WATERS IN ORDER TO PROTECT SEABIRDS. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS HAS MORE. NEW ZEALAND, KNOWN AS THE SEABIRD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WE HAVE A THIRD OF ALL THE WORLD'S SPECIES OF SEABIRDS IN THE OCEAN'S AROUND NEW ZEALAND. AND THAT MEANS OUR COASTLINES ARE HOME TO MORE THREATENED BIRD SPECIES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. FOREST AND BIRD SAYS IT'S THESE LARGE POPULATIONS THAT MAKES PLASTIC WASTE HERE SUCH AN ISSUE. THE SMELL OF WHAT'S ON THE PLASTICS, WHAT IT GIVE OFF, THE BIRD'S THINK IT'S EDIBLE. THEY THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO EAT. THAT'S WHY IT WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE QUICKER TO INTRODUCE RULES ON PLASTIC MANUFACTURING AND USE. LET'S SEE SOME POSITIVE AND SOME SERIOUS ACTION. THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES IN ALMOST EVERY CASE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT PRODUCING SO MUCH PLASTIC. ONE STUDY PREDICTS 99% OF THE WORLD'S SEABIRDS WILL BE EATING PLASTIC BY 2050. IN NEW ZEALAND, THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. WHANGANUI, MANAWATU, CANTERBURY AND OTAGO WERE THE ONES WITH THE MOST AMOUNTS OF PLASTICS ON THE BEACHES. BUT RESEARCH ON HOW MUCH PLASTIC IS IN THE NEW ZEALAND WATERS IS LIMITED. THE PACKAGING COUNCIL IS JOINING THE CALL FOR MORE RESEARCH. CLEARLY, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS SPACE HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT. THERE IS NO ONE SOLUTION. SO IT'S EVERYBODY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. THE GOVERNMENT'S ALREADY WORKING ON A PLAN TO REMOVE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS. I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANT ACTION SOONER. WE SHOULDN'T JUST CHARGE IN. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE ACTION IS. IT'S ALSO INVESTIGATING HOW TO INCREASE ONSHORE RECYCLING HERE AFTER OUR BIGGEST WASTE AND RECYCLABLES BUYER, CHINA, CUT DOWN ON IMPORTS. CONSERVATIONISTS HOPING FOR DRAMATIC ACTION TO STOP OUR SEABIRDS FROM CHOKING ON PLASTIC. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. STILL MUCH MORE TO COME, INCLUDING THE PRISON BREAKOUT THAT READS LIKE A HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT, WITH A STOLEN HELICOPTER USED TO FREE A NOTORIOUS FRENCH GANGSTER. AND THE TERRIFYING GREAT WHITE SHARK ENCOUNTER OFF THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST WHICH LEFT TWO KAYAKERS PADDLING FOR THEIR LIVES. A MASSIVE MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY IN FRANCE AFTER A NOTORIOUS GANGSTER ESCAPED FROM PRISON USING A STOLEN HELICOPTER. REDOINE FAID, JAILED FOR MURDER, WAS FREED AND WHISKED AWAY BY HEAVILY ARMED MEN WHO LANDED A HELICOPTER RIGHT INSIDE A FRENCH JAIL. HERE'S PAUL HOBBS. YOU CAN HEAR THE CHOPPER. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT ARMED MEN CUT THROUGH A PRISON GATE, RUSHING TO FIND THE MAN THEY PLANNED TO BUST OUT. MOMENTS LATER, YOU CAN SEE THE HELICOPTER MAKING OFF WITH THE PRISONER, OTHER PRISONERS CHEERING. REDOINE FAID (46) IS SERVING A 25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR MURDER. PRISON AUTHORITIES SAY THE BREAKOUT WAS OVER IN MINUTES, AND UNARMED GUARDS COULD DO NOTHING TO PREVENT IT. IT'S REPORTED THREE ARMED MEN TOOK THE HELICOPTER PILOT HOSTAGE AT A FLYING CLUB NEAR PARIS. THEY FORCED HIM TO FLY TO THE SUD FRANCILIEN PRISON IN REAU, SOUTHERN PARIS, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, LANDING THE CHOPPER IN THE COURTYARD ` THE ONLY PART OF THE COMPLEX NOT COVERED BY PROTECTIVE NETTING. IT ALL HAPPENED JUST BEFORE LUNCHTIME. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: THEY USED A GATE WHICH IS VERY RARELY USED, BUT IT IS THERE. AT THE SAME TIME, FAID WAS MEETING WITH HIS BROTHER IN THE VISITING ROOM. THE ARMED MEN USING A GRINDING MACHINE TO GET IN. THE HELICOPTER WAS LATER FOUND BURNED AND ABANDONED IN A NORTHERN SUBURB OF THE CITY. IT'S BELIEVED FAID AND HIS ACCOMPLICES FLED BY CAR ON THE NEARBY MOTORWAY. FIVE YEARS AGO, FAID USED EXPLOSIVES HIDDEN IN A TISSUE BOX TO BLAST HIS WAY OUT OF ANOTHER FRENCH PRISON. PROCLAIMED FRANCE'S PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, HE WAS CAUGHT SIX WEEKS LATER. FAID'S EVEN CHRONICLED HIS CRIMINAL PAST,... (RAPID GUNFIRE) ...ADMITTING HIS INSPIRATION COMES FROM HOLLYWOOD, COPYING THE M.O. FROM HIS FAVOURITE MOVIE, 'HEAT', WHEN HE TRIED TO RAID A SECURITY TRUCK 20 YEARS AGO. THIS LATEST RUN AT FREEDOM CLEARLY BRAZEN AND CLEARLY WELL-PLANNED. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: SOMEONE SPOTTED THIS POSSIBLE WAY OF GETTING IN. I THINK THIS WAS A DRONE WHICH WAS SEEN FLYING OVER THIS FACILITY A WHILE AGO. IT COULD BE HOLLYWOOD THAT BECOMES INSPIRED AS THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA TO CATCH REDOINE FAID UNFOLDS. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. TO A TRIP OF A LIFETIME ON A SUPER YACHT CRUISE, WHICH ENDED WITH A FREAK SHARK BITE. (SCREAMING) A WOMAN WAS FEEDING A SHARK AT A POPULAR SPOT IN KIMBERLEY, AUSTRALIA, WHEN IT BIT HER FINGER, DRAGGING HER INTO THE WATER. THE SMALL NURSE SHARK, A BREED WHICH IS NORMALLY DOCILE, APPARENTLY MISTOOK THE WOMAN'S HAND FOR FOOD. LUCKILY, HER FINGER IS STILL INTACT AND HEALING WELL. TO ANOTHER SHARK ENCOUNTER THAT BROUGHT TWO FISHERMAN IN KAYAKS HORRIFYINGLY CLOSE TO A GREAT WHITE. THE PAIR ENDING UP BEING CHASED BY THE FIVE METRE SHARK, AS CHANNEL NINE'S AIRLIE WALSH REPORTS. IT BEGAN WITH A BLACK FIN, AN UNMISTAKABLE SHADOW THAT CAN SEND SHIVERS DOWN THE SPINE. PANIC IN HIS VOICE, KEN GERKE HAD BECOME THE BAIT. THE MONSTER LURKING IN THE SHADOWS THEN EMERGING FROM THE DEEP. (MAN BREATHES HEAVILY) THE GREAT WHITE SHARK SPOTTED TAILING THE TWO FISHERMEN IN THE WATERS JUST SOUTH OF COFFS HARBOUR ON SATURDAY. IT WAS ACTUALLY 5. AND FOR THOSE FEW MINUTES, THE TWO MEN WHO LOVE THE OCEAN WERE FUELLED BY FEAR. KEN AND HIS MATE DAVE BARWISE WERE BACK AT THE BEACH TODAY, BUT WELL CLEAR OF THE WATER, SUMMING UP THE SITUATION IN TRUE FISHERMEN FASHION. I'M PRETTY SURE HE WASN'T OUT TO HURT US EITHER. HE WAS JUST VERY CURIOUS AND FRIENDLY. I THINK LIKE A VERY BIG PUPPY DOG, IN A WAY, AND HE WAS COMING OVER TO CHECK US OUT. IF IT LOOKED LIKED THERE WAS GONNA BE A HAIRY MOMENT, I WAS READY TO, LIKE, GO OUT AND, LIKE, PUT THE TWO KAYAKS TOGETHER AND MAKE US A BIT MORE A CHALLENGE. (CHUCKLES) THEY CONCEDE THE OCEAN IS THE SHARK'S DOMAIN. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THESE ANIMALS, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT OUT THERE TO HURT THEM IN ANY WAY. SO WHILE THERE'S NO FISH ON THE TABLE TONIGHT, THEY'VE REELED IN ONE WHOPPER OF A TALE TO TELL. I'M PRETTY SURE DAVE AND I WILL BE BACK OUT THERE AGAIN NEXT WEEKEND. YEAH. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL PUT A FOUR BARREL CARB ON YOUR WEATHER FORECAST AND SEE HOW IT RUNS AS HIS BID TO PLAY FOR EVERY TEAM IN THE NBA AND EARN MORE MONEY THAN ANYONE COULD EVER SPEND CONTINUES. LEBRON CHANGES TEAM AGAIN. (SIGHS) Tim woke with a nasty cold. But a cold won't stop him from making her... (DINGS) ..the best costume ever. 'Cause even though Tim has a cold... (CHILDREN GASP) ..he won't let it stand in his way, thanks to the powerful relief of Codral. IF YOU'RE A LEBRON JAMES FAN, IT'S TIME TO BUY A NEW NBA JERSEY OF THE YELLOW AND PURPLE VARIETY. THE FOUR-TIME MVP HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S LEAVING THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS, SIGNING A FOUR-YEAR DEAL WITH THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS WORTH $227 MILLION. THE MOVE BEING DESCRIBED AS A SEISMIC SHIFT IN THE NBA. I THINK EVEN SEEING LEBRON UP THERE IN THE UNIFORM, IT TAKES PEOPLE'S BREATH AWAY, BECAUSE THE LAKERS ARE THE SLEEPING GIANT OF THE LEAGUE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT BRINGS A FOUR-YEAR STINT AT THE CAVS TO AN END IN WHICH LEBRON LED CLEVELAND TO THE 2016 TITLE, COMING FROM 3-1 DOWN IN THE FINALS SERIES. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH DAVID GRAY. (DAVID GRAY'S 'PLEASE FORGIVE ME') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018