TONIGHT ` A GRANDMOTHER AND ALPINE ADVENTURER REVEALS HOW SHE SURVIVED AN AVALANCHE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF HER TWO GUIDES. AND THE JAILED CZECH DRUG SMUGGLER WHO FACES ANOTHER FIGHT ON HIS HANDS AFTER A REVIEW IS ORDERED INTO HIS RESIDENCY CASE. AND THE ROYAL COUPLE ROUND OFF THEIR TOUR. ONE OF THE FINAL DUTIES FOR THE DUKE AND DUCHESS ` A BABY-NAMING FOR TWO LITTLE KIWI CHICKS. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND CHELSEA BRADY CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. ADVENTURER AND GRANDMOTHER JO MORGAN HAS SURVIVED, BUT HER TWO CLIMBING COMPANIONS HAVE DIED IN AN AVALANCHE. JO, WHO IS MARRIED TO THE PHILANTHROPIST AND ENVIRONMENTALIST GARETH MORGAN. WAS CAUGHT UP IN AN AVALANCHE IN THE MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK NEAR AORAKI MT COOK ` THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN NEW ZEALAND. MOVING CLOSER TO SHOW YOU THE EXACT LOCATION ON MT HICKS RIGHT HERE, JUST NORTH-WEST OF OUR TALLEST PEAK. THE MAJOR AVALANCHE CAME DOWN IN THE AREA KNOWN AS HARPER SADDLE. MICHAEL CROPP REPORTS. THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF AN AVALANCHE BACK ON SOLID GROUND. I SURVIVED AND MY FRIENDS, MY VERY DEAR FRIENDS WHO I'VE CLIMBED A LOT WITH, THEY HAVEN'T, AND SO I'M ABSOLUTELY BROKEN. JO MORGAN AND HER TWO GUIDES WERE ON MT HICKS, ONE OF THE MOST ISOLATED AND CHALLENGING CLIMBS IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HAD BEEN SNOWED IN FOR THREE DAYS, BUT AFTER A BREAK IN THE WEATHER THEY HEADED FOR THE SUMMIT. WE SET OFF AT 2 IN THE MORNING TO CLIMB, AND THAT'S A NORMAL TIME FOR CLIMBING. IT'S NOT BEING FOOLISH OR ANYTHING, AND WE JUST HIT A SLOPE THAT WAS UNSTABLE. WE ALL GOT THROWN DOWN THE HILL, TIED TOGETHER, AS CLIMBERS DO, AND THEY WERE BURIED, AND I WAS BURIED TOO, BUT I HAD MY FACE OUT SO I COULD CONTINUE TO BREATHE. UNINJURED, SHE DUG HERSELF OUT, ACTIVATING HER EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON. RESCUERS ARRIVED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR HER GUIDES ` HER FRIENDS. THERE'S TWO VERY DEAR FRIENDS OF MINE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TODAY IN JUST TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES. THE GUIDES, WHOSE NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED BY POLICE, WERE BOTH HIGHLY EXPERIENCED MOUNTAINEERS. CLIMBING MOUNTAINS IS AN EXTREME SPORT. THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF RISK. THESE PEOPLE ARE WELL-EQUIPPED. THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY EXPERIENCED. THIS SLAB AVALANCHE, WHERE A CHUNK OF SNOW DETACHES FROM THE LAYERS BELOW, WAS THE SIZE OF THREE TENNIS COURTS. SHE SWUM THROUGH THE AVALANCHE, WHICH WAS A PRETTY STANDARD TECHNIQUE FOR TRYING TO KEEP AS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE IN AN AVALANCHE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. JOE MORGAN WAS TWO SUMMITS AWAY FROM BECOMING THE FIRST GRANDMOTHER TO CLIMB ALL 24 OF AOTEAROA'S 3000M PEAKS. SHE'S MARRIED TO PHILANTHROPIST, ENVIRONMENTALIST AND ONE-TIME POLITICIAN GARETH MORGAN. IT'S JUST A VERY SAD TIME FOR THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY, AND I JUST FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I'VE SURVIVED AND THROUGH NOTHING MORE THAN LUCK PROBABLY. THIS ADVENTURER, NOW ALSO REUNITED WITH FAMILY AFTER HER BRUSH WITH DEATH. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER'S NOW RECONSIDERING HIS DECISION TO GRANT RESIDENCY TO THE JAILED FRAUDSTER AND CRIMINAL, KAREL SROUBEK. NEW INFORMATION HAS EMERGED ABOUT THE CZECH CITIZEN. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. I'M BACK. HE'S BACK, ALL RIGHT, AND HAUNTING THE GOVERNMENT AGAIN. THE MINISTER FORCED TO RECONSIDER HIS DECISION TO ALLOW KAREL SROUBEK, ALSO KNOWN AS JAN ANTOLIK, NEW ZEALAND RESIDENCY. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, SO I'M TAKING ADVICE. KAREL SROUBEK SHOULD BE DEPORTED. THAT WAS ALWAYS THE RIGHT DECISION. THE KICK BOXER IS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC. HE'S A CONVICTED DRUG-SMUGGLER, GANG ASSOCIATE, AND CAME INTO THE COUNTRY ON A FAKE PASSPORT. HE WAS ALLOWED TO STAY IN NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS HE'D BE KILLED IF HE RETURNED HOME. TURNS OUT THERE ARE REPORTS HE'S BEEN BACK TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC. IAIN LESS GALLOWAY WAS BASING THIS ON THE FACT THAT THIS CZECH MAN WAS NOT SAFE IN CZECH REPUBLIC. ACTUALLY, A GOOGLE SEARCH WOULD HAVE SHOWN THE PAROLE BOARD, THE COURT OF APPEAL DISAGREED WITH HIM. THE MINISTER'S REFUSING TO GIVE DETAILS. OBVIOUSLY, AS A MINISTER, I RELY ON THE INFORMATION I AM PROVIDED. I HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. I NEED THAT INFORMATION TO BE SOUND. HE HASN'T GOT THE JUDGMENT. HE HASN'T GOT THE SKILLS, AND HE SHOULD RESIGN. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS FORCED TO DEFEND HER MINISTER. THE MINISTER MADE THE DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION HE HAD AT THE TIME. AN EMBARRASSING DEVELOPMENT. I CERTAINLY WISH THAT THIS WASN'T THE CASE. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER IS NOW GETTING URGENT LEGAL ADVICE TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. THE ROYAL'S WHIRLWIND TOUR IN NEW ZEALAND HAS OFFICIALLY COME TO AN END, WITH THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX HEADING BACK TO BRITAIN TOMORROW. PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN RECEIVED A ROARING WELCOME IN ROTORUA. NICOLE BREMNER'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE COUPLE AND SENT THIS REPORT. ROTORUA HELD NOTHING BACK, WITH A RIGHT ROYAL WELCOME BORDERING ON PERFECTION. FROM THE SPINE-TINGLING CHALLENGE TO THE HEARTFELT WAIATA, THE ROYALS EVEN ARRIVED TO SPECIAL GIFTS ` KOROWAI MADE WITH AROHA FOR THEM AND THEIR UNBORN CHILD. INSIDE, THE WELCOME GOT OFF TO A HUMOROUS START. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE AN` (LAUGHTER) PRINCE HARRY. BUT THE DUKE AND DUCHESS TOOK IT ALL IN THEIR STRIDE, RETURNING THE WARM WELCOME IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE ` IN TE REO. (SPEAKS TE REO) (CHEERING) THEN, IN A FIRST ON THIS MARAE, PRINCE HARRY LEAD A WAIATA, HIS WIFE JOINING IN TOO. (SINGING) THEIR EFFORTS IMPRESSED THE AUDIENCE. A BEAUTIFUL WAIATA BY THE ROYAL HOUSE. PRINCE HARRY, IT'S GOOD THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK MAORI. YEAH, THAT'S LIKE MEAN AS. HE DID VERY WELL SPEAKING TE REO. I'D GIVE HIM A 10 OUT OF 10. IF THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE DOING IT THEN, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? IT'S JUST A PROUD MOMENT TO HEAR THEM SPEAKING MAORI. THEN THE ROYALS WERE ON TO A VERY DIFFERENT KIWI ENCOUNTER ` NAMING TWO CHICKS AT RAINBOW SPRINGS. WE THINK ABOUT 50 TO 60 YEARS. WOW. MEANWHILE, EXCITEMENT WAS BUILDING FOR THE WALKABOUT. A LOCAL EXPAT HAIRDRESSER HOPED TO CATCH SOME ROYAL ATTENTION. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN OF HARRY. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX WERE HAPPY TO GET IN AMONGST THE CROWDS. ONE LITTLE BOY GOT REWARDED WITH A ROYAL HUG, ANOTHER GOT A RESCUE. WHOSE CHILD IS THIS? (CHEERING) I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST HAD ALL OF MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS COME TRUE. I JUST MET A PRINCESS! A REAL ONE. I SHOOK MEGHAN'S HAND! OH, SHE'S SO GORGEOUS. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. IT WAS GREAT. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA FAINT. A QUICK CHANGE BEFORE THEIR LAST STOP ` ROTORUA'S TOWERING REDWOOD FOREST. A FITTING END TO A DAY FILLED WITH AN OUTPOURING OF EMOTION. ROTORUA SHONE BRIGHT IN THE ROYAL SPOTLIGHT. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. DONALD TRUMP'S VISITED THE SYNAGOGUE IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A FAR-RIGHT GUNMAN ON SATURDAY. HE WAS JOINED BY HIS WIFE MELANIA AND DAUGHTER IVANKA. BUT, AS ABC'S CECILIA VEGA REPORTS, NOT EVERYONE WELCOMED THE PRESIDENT. IN PITTSBURGH TODAY WERE SCENES OF UNSPEAKABLE GRIEF. A LINE OF MOURNERS WRAPPED AROUND THE BLOCK FOR THE FUNERAL OF CECIL AND DAVID ROSENTHAL, THE BROTHERS WHO NEVER MISSED A SERVICE AT 'TREE OF LIFE' SYNAGOGUE. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FIRST LADY, HIS JEWISH SON-IN-LAW, JARED KUSHNER, AND DAUGHTER IVANKA, TRAVELLED TO THE SYNAGOGUE. RABBI JEFFREY MYERS WAS THERE TO GREET THEM. THE FIRST FAMILY FOLLOWED THE JEWISH CUSTOM OF LEAVING STONES TO HONOUR THE DEAD. BUT IT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT TRIP THAN THE WHITE HOUSE HAD PLANNED. JUST HALF A BLOCK AWAY, THIS SCENE ` NEIGHBOURS SHOUTING DOWN THE PRESIDENT. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU! LET THE FAMILIES GRIEVE! THIS IS OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD! YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE! NEARBY, MORE THAN 1000 PROTESTERS CARRIED SIGNS SAYING, 'WORDS MATTER', 'STOP ENCOURAGING HATE', AND 'YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN PITTSBURGH 'UNTIL YOU FULLY DENOUNCE WHITE NATIONALISM.' THE MAYOR OF PITTSBURGH HAD ASKED THE PRESIDENT NOT TO COME UNTIL THE FUNERALS WERE OVER, CITING SECURITY CONCERNS. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO PUT THE ATTENTION ON THE FAMILIES THIS WEEK. AND IF HE WERE TO VISIT, TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. OUR FOCUS IS THE CITY. THE FAMILY OF ONE VICTIM, DANIEL STEIN, ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. THEY WERE ANGERED BY HIS WORDS WHEN HE SAID ARMED GUARDS AT THE SYNAGOGUE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE SHOOTING. IF THEY HAD PROTECTION INSIDE, THE RESULTS WOULD'VE BEEN FAR BETTER. STEIN'S NEPHEW TODAY TOLD US THE PRESIDENT IS BLAMING JEWISH PEOPLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. CCTV FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED SHOWING THE MOMENT A MAN NARROWLY AVOIDS BEING HIT BY A BUS, AS IT PLOUGHS ACROSS A FOOTPATH AND INTO A CLASSROOM ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. THE METRO BUS HAD BEEN STOPPING TO PICK UP PASSENGERS IN BIRKENHEAD WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED EARLIER THIS MONTH. POLICE SAY IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AN $80 FEE FOR SITTING NCEA EXAMINATIONS COULD BE SCRAPPED IF THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS A REVIEW RECOMMENDATION. STUDENTS OWED $1.4M IN UNPAID FEES LAST YEAR, MEANING THOUSANDS HAVE HAD THEIR NCEA MARKS WITHHELD. IF THEY ACTUALLY COME TO SCHOOL, DO THE WORK, GAIN THE QUALIFICATION, BUT IT CAN'T BE RELEASED TO THEM, BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE UNABLE TO PAY THE FEE FOR WHATEVER REASONS, THEN THAT CHILD IS PAYING THE PRICE OF THAT, AND THAT SEEMS REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY UNJUST TO ME. NOT ONLY ARE RESULTS WITHHELD, THOSE WHO CAN'T PAY ON TIME RECEIVE A $50 FINE. THE EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS HE'S LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE. ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST NOTORIOUS MOB FIGURES, WHOSE BRUTAL LIFE OF CRIME IN BOSTON INSPIRED HOLLYWOOD MOVIES, HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN PRISON. JAMES 'WHITEY' BULGER (89), WHO WAS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE, WAS KILLED AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED TO A MAXIMUM-SECURITY FACILITY IN WEST VIRGINIA. CHANNEL NINE'S CHARLES CROUCHER REPORTS. A LIFE OF CRIME ` OVER. JAMES 'WHITEY' BULGER, THE NOTORIOUS BOSTON MOB BOSS AND FBI INFORMANT, KILLED THIS MORNING BEHIND THE HIGH WALLS OF HAZLETON PENITENTIARY. THE 89-YEAR-OLD IS LINKED TO 11 MURDERS, ACCUSED OF MANY MORE, AND SPENT TIME IN ALCATRAZ BEFORE RETURNING TO RUN THE STREETS OF BOSTON. HE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE ON THE FBI'S MOST WANTED LIST. JUST SAYING,... IT COULD GET YOU BURIED REAL (BLEEP) QUICK. IN 2015, JOHNNY DEPP BROUGHT BULGER TO THE BIG SCREEN IN 'BLACK MASS'. HE WAS ALSO THE INSPIRATION BEHIND JACK NICHOLSON'S CHARACTER IN THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM 'THE DEPARTED'. YOU GOT SOMETHIN' YOU WANNA... ASK ME? HE HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE FACILITY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. TONIGHT, AN INMATE WITH MAFIA TIES IS BEING QUESTIONED FOR THE KILLING. IN A STATEMENT, BULGER'S ATTORNEY SAYS ` IT WON'T WORRY THE FAMILIES OF HIS VICTIMS. WELL, HIS NAME, HOPEFULLY, I'LL NEVER HAVE TO LISTEN TO AGAIN, AND HE'S BEHIND ME. STILL TO COME ` INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THEY'VE FOUND THE FUSELAGE OF THE DOOMED LION AIR PASSENGER PLANE WHICH CRASHED INTO THE JAVA SEA. AND THE WORLD'S TALLEST STATUE IS REVEALED. ONE OF INDIA'S FOUNDING FATHERS IS IMMORTALISED AT A COST OF MORE THAN $640M. INDONESIA'S TRANSPORT MINISTER HAS SACKED LION AIR'S TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND SEVERAL OTHERS IN A DAY OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR THE DOOMED JET. INDONESIAN DIVERS HAVE FOUND AN OBJECT ON THE SEA FLOOR THEY BELIEVE IS PART OF THE FUSELAGE OF THE DOWNED PLANE WHICH CRASHED, KILLING ALL 189 ON BOARD. CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC WENT OUT TO THE CRASH SITE. ON A SMALL FISHING BOAT, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE CRASH SITE. IN THE JAVA SEA, ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF THE MAINLAND, WE FIND THE EXPANDED SEARCH PARTY. DOZENS OF BOATS AND THEIR DIVERS PULL UP WHATEVER THEY FIND ` BAGS OF DEBRIS, BODIES AND REMAINS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY WOULD'VE BEEN WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED. IT'S HOT; IT'S SUNNY; IT'S CALM; THERE'S NOT MUCH WIND ABOUT, AND THE WATER IS FLAT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON TOP OF AN UNDERWATER GRAVEYARD, AND ALL THESE BOATS AROUND US ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND IT. OUR SKIPPER FOR THE DAY IS SUHENDY. ON MONDAY MORNING, HE WAS FISHING FOR CRAB AND TUNA WHEN THE LION CAME DOWN OVERHEAD. (SPEAKS INDONESIAN) HE SAID THE PLANE ZIGZAGGED AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE WATER. ITS DEATHLY SOUND WAS LIKE A LOUD STORM. AND MINUTES BEFORE THAT FATAL DIVE, ONE PASSENGER RECORDED HIS FINAL MOMENTS ALIVE. HE FILMED HIS BOARDING PASS. FATHER-OF-THREE PAUL FERDINAND AYORBABA HAD SENT THE VIDEO TO HIS WIFE, WHO'S NOW IN MOURNING. THE FAMILY, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS AT THE JAKARTA POLICE HOSPITAL TODAY, PROVIDING DNA SAMPLES, VICTIM DENTAL RECORDS AND FINGERPRINTS, HOPING TO IDENTIFY AROUND 170 BODY PARTS DISCOVERED SO FAR, INCLUDING THOSE OF TWO BABIES. A FORMER NURSE ON TRIAL IN GERMANY HAS ADMITTED TO MURDERING 100 PATIENTS, MAKING HIM THE MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER IN THE COUNTRY'S POST-WAR HISTORY. PROSECUTORS SAY NIELS HOEGEL (41) ADMINISTERED FATAL DOSES OF MEDICATION SO HE COULD THEN IMPRESS COLLEAGUES BY TRYING TO REVIVE THE PATIENTS. HOEGEL, WHO HID BEHIND A FOLDER IN THE COURT, HAD ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON IN 2015 AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING TWO PATIENTS WITH LETHAL INJECTIONS. THE OFFENDING HAPPENED AT TWO SEPARATE HOSPITALS. THE BBC'S SPORTS EDITOR IS UNDER PRESSURE TO KEEP HIS JOB AFTER BEING CAUGHT MAKING OFFENSIVE REMARKS ABOUT LEICESTER CITY'S OWNER WHO DIED IN THE FIERY HELICOPTER CRASH OUTSIDE THE TEAM'S STADIUM. DAN ROAN HAS BEEN REPRIMANDED BY HIS BOSSES AFTER A LIVE-STREAM OF A MEMORIAL SERVICE CAUGHT HIM SAYING THE MARRIED OWNER DIED ALONGSIDE HIS MISTRESS. BUT WHILE HE'S MADE AN APOLOGY, FANS ARE IRATE ` CALLING FOR HIM TO BE SACKED AND TO NEVER RETURN TO THE CITY. TOWERING 182M OVER INDIA'S WEST, THE WORLD'S TALLEST STATUE HAS BEEN UNVEILED. TWICE THE HEIGHT OF NEW YORK'S STATUE OF LIBERTY, IT HONOURS THE COUNTRY'S FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. IT TOOK 250 ENGINEERS AND MORE THAN 3000 LABOURERS TO BUILD AND COST $642M. REACHING POLICE IF YOU LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A VIDEO CALL. SKYPE IS BEING TRIALLED BY ONE STATION IN HAWKE'S BAY IN THE HOPE THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE POLICE TO DEAL WITH NON-URGENT INQUIRIES. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS. IT'S TURNING WET AGAIN. WE'LL HAVE YOUR WEATHER AHEAD. AND IF THE SHOE FITS, WOULD YOU WEAR IT? THE EXHIBITION MAKING FOOTWEAR AN ART FORM. RETURNING TO THE STORY WE MENTIONED EARLIER ` SKYPE IS BEING TRIALLED BY ONE STATION IN HAWKE'S BAY IN THE HOPE THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE POLICE TO DEAL WITH NON-URGENT INQUIRIES. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS. BRUCE GRIMSHAW'S ONE OF WAIPUKURAU'S NEWEST COPS. IT'S LOVELY TO MEET YOU. MY NAME'S BRUCE. TODAY HE'S GETTING TO KNOW THE TERRITORY, BUT HE'LL BE BASED IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, PART OF A TEAM HELPING FIGHT CRIME BY VIDEOPHONE. THE CONCEPT IS WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COME TO THE STATION, THEY'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO USE THE VIDEO-CONFERENCING DEVICE AND SPEAK WITH STAFF IN HASTINGS. THE SYSTEM'S DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH NON-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS SUCH AS SEEKING ADVICE AND REPORTING STOLEN OR LOST PROPERTY. UM, LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY WITH STAFF AT ANOTHER STATION THAT CAN DEAL WITH THESE ENQUIRIES, AND THAT ALLOWS OUR STAFF HERE TO BE FREE TO CARRY ON WITH MORE COMPLEX SITUATIONS. MANY RURAL POLICE STATIONS LIKE WAIPUKURAU ARE ONLY OPEN FOR A FEW HOURS OF THE DAY, BUT WITH A VIDEOPHONE SYSTEM PEOPLE CAN TALK TO AN OFFICER FACE-TO-FACE AT ANY TIME. RESIDENTS AND RETAILERS ARE BACKING THE IDEA, HOPING IT PROVIDES BETTER ACCESS TO FRONTLINE OFFICERS IN THE REGION. WE HAD AN INCIDENT. WE HAD TO TALK TO ` I THINK IT WAS WELLINGTON, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES ` BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WAIPUKURAU WAS. WE OFTEN GET PEOPLE SAYING THEY'VE TRIED TO GO INTO THE STATION, THERE'S NOBODY THERE, AND WHAT CAN THEY DO NOW? HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL BE FOLLOWED UP AS A RESULT OF IT. BUT THE POLICE ASSOCIATION DOESN'T WANT TO SEE SKYPE REPLACE POLICE ON THE GROUND. IT NEEDS TO BE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES. IT SHOULDN'T BE REPLACING THAT ONE-ON-ONE VALUE THAT A POLICE OFFICER IN A COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GIVE. IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMUNICATE WITH US. THERE IS STILL THE FACE-TO-FACE OPTION. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE TECHNOLOGY COULD BE ROLLED OUT TO POLICE STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. ALL SORTS OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FOOTWEAR IS ON DISPLAY IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEK AS PART OF A COMPETITION CALLED 'SHOES EXTRAVAGANZA'. THERE ARE FOUR CATEGORIES ` YOUNG DESIGNER, PASIFIKA, FANTASTICAL, AND CONTEMPORARY. THE ENTRIES MORE WORKS OF ART RATHER THAN FOR PRACTICAL WEAR. THIS PAIR'S BEEN MADE USING 3D PRINTING, WHILE THIS FUR-COVERED NUMBER'S BEEN HANDMADE FROM SCRATCH UTILISING A MOULDABLE MATERIAL CALLED THERMOPLASTIC. SHOES EXTRAVAGANZA IS A CELEBRATION OF SHOES AND CREATIVITY, SO A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH A DIFFERENT PLATFORM. I THINK WHAT I'VE ENJOYED MOST IS SEEING PEOPLE'S EXPRESSION WHEN THEY LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW OR COME IN AND JUST SEEING THAT JOY ON THEIR FACES MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED OVER WITH THE WEEKEND, WITH THE EXHIBITION OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH MUSIC BY THE WEEKND, AND THE SONG IS 'I FEEL IT COMING'. (THE WEEKND'S 'I FEEL IT COMING') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH SOMETHING EXTRA FOR THE SHOE-OBSESSED ` A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE FUNKY CREATIONS ON SHOW AT THE SHOES EXTRAVAGANZA EXHIBITION IN AUCKLAND. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018