TONIGHT ` THE THREAT OF EVEN MORE STRIKE DISRUPTION IN THE CLASSROOM. NOW SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE INCREASING THE PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT. DESPERATE AND RUNNING OUT OF FOOD, AID AGENCIES IN INDONESIA STRUGGLE TO REACH SOME OF THE WORST AFFECTED DISASTER AREAS. AND THE BOTANY MP TAKING LEAVE FROM PARLIAMENT ` NATIONAL'S JAMIE LEE ROSS GOES ON MEDICAL LEAVE. WHAT THE PARTY SAYS ABOUT HIS DEPARTURE. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND STARSHA SAMARASINGHE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 THE EDUCATION SECTOR IS FACING MORE TURMOIL, WITH THREATS OF STRIKE ACTION FROM PRIMARY AND NOW SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. AS EMILY COOPER REPORTS, BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS ARE BATTLING FOR A BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS. (BLOWS WHISTLE) SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES BUSY AS USUAL THIS WEEK. AND THEY COULD BE NEEDED AGAIN DURING TERM TIME, AS PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS LOOK TO STRIKE AGAIN. WHAT A JOKE ` AND WHAT A BAD JOKE ` THAT THIS OFFER IS. AND NOW POST-PRIMARY TEACHERS ALSO REJECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST PAY OFFER AND NOT RULING OUT STRIKING AS WELL. CAN I RULE STRIKE ACTION OUT? NO, I CAN'T. NOR CAN I RULE IT IN. THAT WILL COME FROM THE TEACHERS OF AOTEAROA. POST-PRIMARY TEACHERS WILL NOW GO BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. THEY WANT A NEW OFFER BY THE START OF NOVEMBER ONCE SENIOR STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON EXAM LEAVE. AND A WEEK-LONG ROLLING STRIKE WILL BE VOTED ON BY PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AT THE START OF NEXT TERM, WITH THEIR POTENTIAL ACTIONS SET DOWN FOR NOVEMBER. EACH REGION WOULD HAVE ITS OWN DAY. TEACHERS SAY IT'S ABOUT PAY, STAFF RETENTION AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THE EDUCATION MINISTER ADMITS THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE WHICH HAS REACHED CRISIS POINT, BUT HE STILL RECEIVED PRAISE AT THE PPTA CONFERENCE TODAY. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BE IN, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN A GOOD FRIEND TO US. BUT HE'S STICKING TO HIS GUNS. LOOK, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF SAYING THEY CAN'T HAVE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. IT'S JUST THEY CAN'T HAVE THEM ALL OVERNIGHT. THE OPPOSITION, WHO COPPED BLAME FOR UNDERFUNDING WHILE IN GOVERNMENT, TODAY SAYING THIS GOVERNMENT HAS THE MONEY. THEY'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON OTHER PROJECTS. IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, THEY SHOULD BE DOING MORE FOR TEACHERS. MORE POTENTIAL STRIKES AND UNHAPPY TEACHERS ` IT HASN'T BEEN FUN AND GAMES FOR FIRST YEAR OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. FOUR DAYS ON FROM THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THAT STRUCK INDONESIA, DESPERATION IS GROWING ` CROWDS NOW TURNING TO LOOTING FOR BASIC FOOD, WATER AND FUEL. MORE THAN 1200 HAVE BEEN KILLED, BUT RESCUERS ARE STILL FINDING GLIMMERS OF HOPE BURIED UNDER BROKEN BUILDINGS. CHANNEL NINE'S SOPHIE WALSH REPORTS. BETWEEN GIANT SLABS OF CONCRETE, A MAN IS FOUND BY FLASHLIGHT. A HEAD TILT AND A BLINK ` GOOD NEWS ` HE'S ALIVE. HE MANAGES A FEW WORDS AND RAISES HIS HANDS BEFORE HE'S CAREFULLY PULLED FROM WHAT'S LEFT OF A FINANCE BUILDING. RESCUERS ARE HOPING FOR MORE STORIES LIKE HIS, WITH SCORES OF PEOPLE STILL THOUGHT TO BE HOLDING OUT UNDER RUBBLE. (MAN YELLS IN INDONESIAN) EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON THIS EIGHT-STOREY HOTEL IN PALU. SNIFFER DOGS WERE BROUGHT IN AS ONE WOMAN TEXTED EMERGENCY TEAMS FROM UNDER THE DEBRIS. BUT THE GRIM REALITY IS MOST WON'T MAKE IT. BROKEN BRIDGES AND ROADS HAVE BLOCKED ACCESS TO REMOTE AREAS. AID WORKERS SAY THEY WALKED THROUGH MUD FOR HOURS TO REACH THE BODIES OF 34 CHILDREN WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A MUD SLIDE SWAMPED THEIR CHURCH. DUE TO THE STAGGERING NUMBER OF VICTIMS, A MASS GRAVE HAS BEEN DUG OUTSIDE PALU. BURIAL IS URGENT BECAUSE OF STIFLING HEAT AND FEAR OF DISEASE. THE CLEAN-UP ON THE STREETS IS OVERWHELMING. THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION CLEAR IN THESE BEFORE-AND-AFTER SATELLITE IMAGES. MORE THAN 1000 PRISONERS HAVE BROKEN FREE FROM JAIL, AND CROWDS HAVE TURNED TO LOOTING WITH FOOD, WATER AND FUEL RUNNING OUT. THERE IS FURY NOW OVER WHY THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT HADN'T BEEN AT WORK EARLIER. ITS TSUNAMI WARNINGS SYSTEM HAS BEEN PARTIALLY BROKEN SINCE 2012, AND ALERTS WERE CANCELLED BEFORE THE WAVE HIT PALU. THE BLAME GAME FOR THAT FAILURE IS JUST THE BEGINNING. FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDONESIA, IT'S ALL TOO LATE. NATIONAL'S MP FOR BOTANY JAMI-LEE ROSS HAS TAKEN LEAVE FROM PARLIAMENT TO DEAL WITH PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES. IT COMES AS THE PARTY INVESTIGATES THE LEAK OF SIMON BRIDGES TRAVEL EXPENSES. WITH MORE HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. JAMI-LEE ROSS IS IN THE INNER CIRCLE ` RANKED 7TH IN THE PARTY, AND, UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CHIEF WHIP IN CHARGE OF ORGANISING NATIONAL MPS. HE HAS ASKED FOR SOME TIME AWAY FROM PARLIAMENT TO DEAL WITH SOME PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES. JAMI-LEE ROSS HAS ASKED FOR PRIVACY, BUT IN A STATEMENT SAYS... HE SAYS... '...FOR A FEW MONTHS', AND ADDS... '...TO RE-JOIN OUR CAUCUS.' MR ROSS FIRST TALKED TO MR BRIDGES LAST WEEK. WHAT IS SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW? PERHAPS ACTUALLY A BIT EMBARRASSING` A LOT EMBARRASSING, POTENTIALLY. IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. IT COMES DURING THE INVESTIGATION BY PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPER INTO WHO LEAKED THE DETAILS OF SIMON BRIDGES TRAVEL EXPENSES. HAVE YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR TEAM ASKED HIM IF HE WAS THE LEAKER? UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. LOOK, I THINK, IMPLICITLY, I HAVE ASKED REALLY EVERY MEMBER OF CAUCUS NOW. JAMI-LEE ROSS IS VERY CLEAR HE'S NOT. WHAT IS SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW? PERHAPS ACTUALLY A BIT EMBARRASSING` A LOT EMBARRASSING, POTENTIALLY. IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. IT COMES DURING THE INVESTIGATION BY PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPER INTO WHO LEAKED THE DETAILS OF SIMON BRIDGES TRAVEL EXPENSES. HAVE YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR TEAM ASKED HIM IF HE WAS THE LEAKER? UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. LOOK, I THINK, IMPLICITLY, I HAVE ASKED REALLY EVERY MEMBER OF CAUCUS NOW. JAMI-LEE ROSS IS VERY CLEAR HE'S NOT. BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO IT IS. I CAN BE NO CLEARER TO YOU THAN TO SAY I DON'T KNOW WHO THE LEAKER IS. WE'VE GOT INVESTIGATION GOING, BUT BE CLEAR, THAT IS SEPARATE, ENTIRELY SEPARATE, FROM WHAT JAMI-LEE ROSS HAS COME TO ME ABOUT. MR ROSS IS THE MP FOR BOTANY. SO WHAT DO THE PEOPLE IN HIS EAST AUCKLAND ELECTORATE THINK? WELL, HE MUST NEED TO HAVE SOME TIME OFF, AND I THINK, I MEAN IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT OFF, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT OFF. IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR THE ELECTORATE, ISN'T IT, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE REPRESENTING THEM? WINSTON PETERS HAS MORE QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT, THERE IS MORE TO COME, AND SO THE NATIONAL PARTY IS DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION AT THE MOMENT, AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF IT. DO YOU STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN JAMI-LEE ROSS? IS THERE A WAY BACK FOR HIM? YES. ULTIMATELY, THAT'S UP TO JAMI-LEE ROSS. AN MP WHO WILL BE TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CORRIDORS OF POWER FOR NOW. THE WIDOW OF A KIWI HELICOPTER PILOT IS PREPARING TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA, AFTER HER HUSBAND WAS KILLED IN A SUSPECTED HIT AND RUN. IAN PULLEN WAS IN NEW SOUTH WALES TO FIGHT BUSHFIRES IN THE HUNTER VALLEY WHEN HE WAS MOWED DOWN CROSSING THE ROAD. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. ANGER FROM A FAMILY GRIEVING FOR A LOST HUSBAND, SON AND FATHER. HE SHOULD BE AT HOME HERE, AND HE'S NOT. POLICE BELIEVE IAN PULLEN WAS A VICTIM OF A HIT AND RUN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY, STRUCK DOWN NOT 50M FROM WHERE HE WAS STAYING. STILL WAITING FOR THE OUTCOME OF SOME POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS THAT MAY ASSIST IN DETERMINING AT LEAST THE SIZE OF VEHICLE. THEY'RE A COWARD. THEY'RE GUTLESS. IAN PULLEN'S JOB AS A FIREFIGHTING PILOT WAS DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE, BUT HE LOVED THE WORK, EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK HIM AWAY FROM TAUMARUNUI TO A SMALL TOWN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. HE WAS THERE TO KEEP SINGLETON SAFE IN CASE A BUSHFIRE BROKE OUT, AND JUST SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEIR HOUSES. SO THAT'S USUALLY PRETTY MUCH THE EPITOME OF HELICOPTER FLYING, AND, AS FAR AS A CHALLENGE GOES, HE DID WELL. A GOOD BLOKE, EH? HIS FRIEND SAYS THE 44-YEAR-OLD HAD SURVIVED NARROW SCRAPES, INCLUDING ONE IN THIS CHOPPER. THAT HELICOPTER UNFORTUNATELY BURNT IN THE FOREST WHILE IAN WAS FLYING IT, SO HE DODGED A BULLET THERE. THAT WAS LAST YEAR, AND SO HE WENT BACK TO AUSSIE FIGHTING FIRES. LOCALS UPSET SOMEONE WHO'D COME TO HELP SHOULD DIE IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. IT'S SOMEONE'S LIFE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE BEEN SAVED. THEY NEED TO PAY DEARLY FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE. SO WE'VE REQUESTED ANY PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE DASH-CAM FOOTAGE, PEOPLE WHO WERE DRIVING IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING TO COME FORWARD, COS THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME FURTHER INFORMATION FOR US. AND ON WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN HER 24TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY,... COME FORWARD. ADMIT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING. ...A PLEA FROM WIFE VICKI AS SHE PREPARES TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA TO BRING HER MAN HOME. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. SURGEONS AT MELBOURNE'S ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATE CONJOINED TWINS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY, STRUCK DOWN NOT 50M FROM WHERE HE WAS STAYING. STILL WAITING FOR THE OUTCOME OF SOME POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS THAT MAY ASSIST IN DETERMINING AT LEAST THE SIZE OF VEHICLE. THEY'RE A COWARD. THEY'RE GUTLESS. IAN PULLEN'S JOB AS A FIREFIGHTING PILOT WAS DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE, BUT HE LOVED THE WORK, EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK HIM AWAY FROM TAUMARUNUI TO A SMALL TOWN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. HE WAS THERE TO KEEP SINGLETON SAFE IN CASE A BUSHFIRE BROKE OUT, AND JUST SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEIR HOUSES. SO THAT'S USUALLY PRETTY MUCH THE EPITOME OF HELICOPTER FLYING, AND, AS FAR AS A CHALLENGE GOES, HE DID WELL. A GOOD BLOKE, EH? HIS FRIEND SAYS THE 44-YEAR-OLD HAD SURVIVED NARROW SCRAPES, INCLUDING ONE IN THIS CHOPPER. THAT HELICOPTER UNFORTUNATELY BURNT IN THE FOREST WHILE IAN WAS FLYING IT, SO HE DODGED A BULLET THERE. THAT WAS LAST YEAR, AND SO HE WENT BACK TO AUSSIE FIGHTING FIRES. LOCALS UPSET SOMEONE WHO'D COME TO HELP SHOULD DIE IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. IT'S SOMEONE'S LIFE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE BEEN SAVED. THEY NEED TO PAY DEARLY FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE. SO WE'VE REQUESTED ANY PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE DASH-CAM FOOTAGE, PEOPLE WHO WERE DRIVING IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING TO COME FORWARD, COS THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME FURTHER INFORMATION FOR US. AND ON WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN HER 24TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY,... COME FORWARD. ADMIT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING. ...A PLEA FROM WIFE VICKI AS SHE PREPARES TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA TO BRING HER MAN HOME. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. SURGEONS AT MELBOURNE'S ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATE CONJOINED TWINS SO THAT'S USUALLY PRETTY MUCH THE EPITOME OF HELICOPTER FLYING, AND, AS FAR AS A CHALLENGE GOES, HE DID WELL. A GOOD BLOKE, EH? HIS FRIEND SAYS THE 44-YEAR-OLD HAD SURVIVED NARROW SCRAPES, INCLUDING ONE IN THIS CHOPPER. THAT HELICOPTER UNFORTUNATELY BURNT IN THE FOREST WHILE IAN WAS FLYING IT, SO HE DODGED A BULLET THERE. THAT WAS LAST YEAR, AND SO HE WENT BACK TO AUSSIE FIGHTING FIRES. LOCALS UPSET SOMEONE WHO'D COME TO HELP SHOULD DIE IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. IT'S SOMEONE'S LIFE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE BEEN SAVED. THEY NEED TO PAY DEARLY FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE. SO WE'VE REQUESTED ANY PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE DASH-CAM FOOTAGE, PEOPLE WHO WERE DRIVING IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING TO COME FORWARD, COS THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME FURTHER INFORMATION FOR US. AND ON WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN HER 24TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY,... COME FORWARD. ADMIT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING. ...A PLEA FROM WIFE VICKI AS SHE PREPARES TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA TO BRING HER MAN HOME. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. SURGEONS AT MELBOURNE'S ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATE CONJOINED TWINS FROM THE TINY NATION OF BHUTAN. THE 14-MONTH-OLD SISTERS ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA IN THEIR MOTHER'S ARMS. WITH MORE HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S BRETT MCLEOD. THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY, AND THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER ONE. NIMA AND DAWA ` AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY ARE UNIQUE ` ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE THIS MORNING FROM THE TINY HIMALAYAN NATION OF BHUTAN. THE GIRLS WERE BORN 14 MONTHS AGO, JOINED AT THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN. THEY'VE LIVED MUCH OF THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THE COUNTRY'S MAIN HOSPITAL. THE CHILDREN'S FIRST FOUNDATION ARRANGED THEIR JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIA. THE TIMING RECENTLY BECOMING MORE URGENT AS THE GIRLS LOST WEIGHT AND PATIENCE. MUM SAID THE GIRLS WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED WITH EACH OTHER, AS YOU WOULD AT 14 MONTHS, AND LIKE ANY SIBLINGS, THEY'RE GETTING CRANKY. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS SUGGEST THE GIRLS SHARE A LIVER AND PERHAPS PART OF THE BOWEL. THE PAEDIATRIC SURGERY CHIEF SAYS THAT SHOULDN'T PRESENT MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE LIVER ALSO IN YOUNG CHILDREN HAS THE ABILITY TO REGENERATE, SO EVEN IF WE'RE LOSING A LITTLE BIT FOR BOTH TWINS, IT'S LIKELY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REGENERATE SOME IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME. SURGERY IS EXPECTED TO LAST SIX TO EIGHT HOURS, AND A NUMBER OF THE HUGE TEAM WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION OF TWINS TRISHNA AND KRISHNA IN 2009. FOR NOW, THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO REST AND RECOVER FROM THEIR JOURNEY BEFORE THE NEXT STAGE BEGINS ` PREPARATION FOR THEIR SEPARATION. ALL GOING WELL, THE OPERATION WILL BE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND DOCTORS ARE CONFIDENT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT IN A SINGLE OPERATION, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A GOOD OUTCOME FOR BOTH TWINS. NONE OF THIS IS CHEAP. THE CHILDREN'S FIRST FOUNDATION EXPECTS SURGERY AND RECOVERY WILL COST AROUND $350,000. THE HOPE IS, WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS, NIMA AND DAWA WILL BE WELL ENOUGH TO GO HOME TOGETHER ` APART. THE EXPANSION OF QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT'S NOW ON HOLD, AFTER A HUGE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE PLAN INCLUDED INCREASING THE AIRPORT'S NOISE BOUNDARIES TO ALLOW FOR GROWTH, WITH THE INTENT TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS OVER THE NEXT THREE DECADES. MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE GAVE FEEDBACK ONLINE AND MANY COMMUNITY GROUPS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT ON SURROUNDING AREAS. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY STRIKE A BALANCE. STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE AIR SERVICES AND GROWTH OF AIR SERVICES TO THE REGION, AND THE IMPACT, OR EFFECTS, THAT THAT GROWTH HAS ON THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. THE QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT CORPORATION WILL NOW FOCUS ON OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING THE AIRPORT IN WANAKA. SHE'S KNOWN AS THE 'MOTHER OF SHARKS' AND AT ONLY 24, HAS ALREADY FEATURED ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL. MELISSA MARQUEZ IS ALSO PROBABLY THE ONLY WOMAN TO BE ATTACKED BY A CROCODILE ON TV. SEVEN SHARP'S JULIAN LEE TOOK HER FISHING IN TIMARU WHERE THEY MANAGED TO LAND A SURPRISING CATCH. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY? OH, LORD. (ZIP!) (SCOFFS, LAUGHS) MELISSA CRISTINA MARQUEZ ` THE SHARK WOMAN FROM THE CARIBBEAN. WHY SHARKS? TO BE HONEST, THEY'RE JUST SUCH MISUNDERSTOOD ANIMALS, AND IT'S THAT KIND OF FEAR PEOPLE HAVE THAT ATTRACTS ME TO THEM. (OMINOUS MUSIC) DESPITE WORKING ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH SHARKS, MELISSA'S CLOSEST CALL WAS WITH A DIFFERENT PREDATOR. WHILE FILMING FOR SHARK WEEK THIS YEAR, I GOT BIT AND DRAGGED BY A 3M CROCODILE. WE WERE NIGHT-DIVING, LOOKING FOR THE QUEEN, WHICH IS A GIANT HAMMERHEAD IN CUBA,... ...AND I FELT HARD PRESSURE ON MY LEFT CALF... ...AND STARTED GETTING DRAGGED AWAY. SO I'M THERE, LIKE, CLAWING AT THE SANDY BOTTOM, TRYING TO HOLD ON TO ANYTHING, AND I TRIED NOT TO MOVE MY LEG, AND IT LET GO AS SOON AS IT REALISED I WASN'T FOOD. IT TOOK A LITTLE NIBBLE TO FIGURE OUT IF I WAS FOOD OR NOT. I THINK IT REALISED, 'OH, NAH, I DON'T LIKE PUERTO RICAN-MEXICAN.' (LAUGHTER) AND SPAT ME OUT. I'M TOO SPICY FOR HIM. (LAUGHS) 'IT KIND OF JUST HIT ME AT ONE POINT,...' NO, NO, NO, NO! NO, NO. WHERE I WAS JUST LIKE, 'HOLY CRAP. THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.' I DIDN'T TRAVEL ALL THE WAY HERE NOT TO SEE THE QUEEN. NOW MELISSA IS NOW TEACHING KIWI KIDS ABOUT MARINE BIOLOGY. FOR SHARKS, SOMETIMES THE EXPERTS TELL YOU TO BUMP THEM ON THE SNOUT. I WOULD NOT DO THAT, BECAUSE HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO PUNCH SOMETHING UNDERWATER? YOU GET SLOW. AND WHAT IS NOT SLOW IN THE WATER? A SHARK OR A CROCODILE. I WILL PUNCH HIM IN THE GILLS, WHICH ARE THOSE SLOTS THAT YOU SEE ON THEIR SIDE. SHE'S IN TIMARU AS PART OF THE 'IDEAS FESTIVAL', EXPOSING SCIENCE TO KIDS WHO NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE CONSIDERED THAT THAT THEY, TOO, COULD BECOME A SCIENTIST. WHEN YOU ASK A CHILD WHAT A SCIENTIST LOOKS LIKE, THEY USUALLY SAY, 'IT'S A GUY IN A LAB COAT,' AND THAT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION OF WHAT SCIENCE IS. OH! (SQUEALS) YOU GOT A LITTLE ONE! I GOT A LITTLE ONE. SO THAT'S A SHARK? IT IS A SHARK. LOOKS LIKE A FEMALE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE LITTLE SPINES. LOOK AT THAT. SPINY DOGFISH IS HOW I KNOW THIS BREED. GORGEOUS. COME ON. COME ON. THE MOTHER OF SHARKS STRIKES AGAIN ` THIS TIME, IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. A MURI AKE I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. AUSSIE'S NEW LEAGUE CAPTAIN GREG INGLIS WON'T BE PLAYING THE KIWIS AFTER BEING SUSPENDED OVER DRINK DRIVNG AND SPEEDING CHARGES. IT'S THE BLENDING OF MAORI, CHINESE AND PASIFIKA CULTURE, BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR A NEW DANCE SHOW WHICH TELLS THE HISTORY OF MANUKAU. Unlimited broadband now with Vodafone TV Intro ` it's TV like never before. Switch to Vodafone and get Vodafone TV Intro and three months' free unlimited broadband. That's over $640 of value. TO SPORT ` AND JUST A DAY AFTER BEING NAMED AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE CAPTAIN, GREG INGLIS HAS BEEN BANNED FROM PLAYING FOR THE KANGAROOS AND STRIPPED OF THE TOP JOB OVER DRINK-DRIVING CHARGES. HE NOW WON'T PLAY IN TEST MATCHES AGAINST NEW ZEALAND AND TONGA. CHANNEL 9'S DAMIAN RYAN HAS MORE. LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN THE JOB, AND THE NEW CAPTAIN OF THE KANGAROOS WAS FIGHTING TO KEEP IT. THIS HAS JUST GOT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME MAKING ONE OF THOSE STUPID MISTAKES THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE. GREG INGLIS WAS RIDING A ROLLERCOASTER. FROM A CAREER-HIGH TO A SHATTERING LOW. AS A PLAYER AND AS A PERSON AROUND THIS COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. HEY, GUYS, JUST HEADING OUT TO DUBBO ` WALL STREET WARRIORS. INGLIS SPENT THE WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY PLAYING IN AN INDIGENOUS RUGBY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT. ALL IT IS IS ABOUT GIVING THE KIDS A CHANCE AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, SO I'LL SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE. BUT ON THE DRIVE BACK TO SYDNEY, THE RABBITOHS STAR WAS STOPPED BY POLICE ON THE GREAT WESTERN HIGHWAY AT LITHGOW AND BOOKED FOR SPEEDING, DOING 99 IN AN 80 ZONE. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH MID-RANGE DRINK-DRIVING. I THOUGHT I WAS FEELING FINE. OBVIOUSLY, I WASN'T, AND IF YOU THINK YOU FEEL FINE, WELL, THEN, PROBABLY THE BEST WAY IS DON'T JUMP BEHIND THE WHEEL. GREG INGLIS WAS EXPECTED TO STAND DOWN, BUT THE JOB AND THE TITLE OF AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM, HE LEFT THE DECISION TO THE GAME'S POWER BROKERS. IT'S OUT OF MY HANDS NOW, BUT I WOULD STILL LOVE TO` IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE. BY MID-AFTERNOON, THE KANGAROOS COACH WHO YESTERDAY GAVE HIM THE JOB... WE CONGRATULATE GREG ON BEING APPOINTED CAPTAIN OF THE KANGAROOS. ...TODAY TOOK IT AWAY. IN A STATEMENT MAL MENINGA SAID... INGLIS WILL MISS THE TWO UPCOMING TEST MATCHES AGAINST NEW ZEALAND AND TONGA, AND NEXT MONTH WILL HAVE HIS DAY IN LITHGOW COURT. MAORI, POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE CULTURE HAVE BEEN COMBINED FOR A SHOW TAKING TO THE STAGE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND TOMORROW. CALLED 'ON-E THE EARTH RISES', IT'S SET TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF THE MANUKAU REGION. LAURA TWYMAN GOT A PREVIEW. (PERCUSSIVE MUSIC PLAYS) ONE SHOW REPRESENTING THREE CULTURES AND HOW THEY'VE COME TOGETHER. IDEALLY, THIS IS HELPING TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER ` TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHER. USING MORE THAN 50 DANCERS ` TAI CHI, KAPA HAKA, MUSIC, AND LIVE SAND ART ` THE PERFORMANCE IS ABOUT SOUTH AUCKLAND, ITS HISTORY AND ITS PLACES. MOST DEFINITELY IT'S A CELEBRATION OF MANUKAU. I'VE COME TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS CITY, IN PARTICULAR, AFTER GROWING UP HERE. WE'RE TAKING ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL STORIES THAT EXIST CURRENTLY WITHIN THE HISTORY OF AOTEAROA AND WE'RE EMBODYING THEM THROUGH CONTEMPORARY DANCE. 'ON-E THE EARTH RISES' HAS BEEN CREATED BY AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER MOSS PATTERSON. MOST OF MY YEAR, ACTUALLY, IS SPENT WORKING WITH HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL DANCERS. AND THIS TYPE OF WORK IS WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR SOUL-FOOD WORK AS WE REALLY GET TO SHARE THE SKILLS WE HAVE AS ARTISTS WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SHOW... THERE'S SO MUCH PREJUDICE OUT THERE, FROM ONE COMMUNITY TO THE NEXT, FROM ONE CULTURE TO THE NEXT. THIS TYPE OF WORK IS ACTUALLY ABOUT BREAKING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS. SO, 'ON-E' - ONE ` IS ABOUT COMING TOGETHER. IT'S, LIKE, THE NEW IDEA OF CULTURAL COMBINATION. WE COMBINE CHINESE CHOIR AND ALL THESE NEW CULTURES FOR ME, LIKE, MAORI DANCE AND HAKA STUFF TOGETHER. IT'S BEING BROUGHT TO LIFE BY THOSE WHO CALL SOUTH AUCKLAND HOME. IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND CREATING ART, AND THEN PRESENTING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THE PEOPLE IN THIS PROJECT AT THIS TYPE OF WORK COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WE HAVE NON-DANCERS, WE HAVE PEOPLE PASSIONATE ABOUT MOVING. I'M USUALLY A MECHANICAL ENGINEER. (CHUCKLES) SO THIS IS AN ON-THE-SIDE SORT OF FUN THING. THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT'S COOL TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW. AND THAT 'SOMETHING NEW' IS ON SHOW FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, HOPING TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY IT'S ALL ABOUT. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` ANOTHER DECENT SPRING DAY AHEAD, WITH SOME SHOWERS FOR SOME. AND A CELEBRATION OF LIGHT FOR CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY. WELCOME BACK - NI HAO. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH MUSIC FROM THE BAND WOLF ALICE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH SOME DAZZLING CELEBRATIONS FOR CHINA'S NATIONAL BIRTHDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND STARSHA SAMARASINGHE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018