TONIGHT ` A FIRED-UP DONALD TRUMP SACKS HIS TOP LAWMAN AND CLASHES WITH THE MEDIA IN A CONTENTIOUS NEWS CONFERENCE. WHAT'S GOT THE US PRESIDENT SO RATTLED? POLICE HUNT FOR A MISSING PERSON IN A SWOLLEN WEST COAST RIVER AFTER WILD WEATHER BRINGS TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING. AND THE VIEW FROM INSIDE THE DUST STORM. THE FARMER WHO FILMED AS HE WAS ENGULFED BY A HUGE RED DUST CLOUD. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ELLA WHEELER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. HE'S LOST CONTROL IN CONGRESS AND NOW AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AS WELL, DONALD TRUMP LASHING OUT AT REPORTERS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOWDOWN, EVEN BANNING ONE OF THEM FROM THE WHITEHOUSE. AND IT DIDN'T STOP THERE ` THE US PRESIDENT FIRING HIS TOP LAW OFFICIAL. CHARLES CROUCHER OF CHANNEL NINE HAS MORE. A NEW POLITICAL REALITY, BUT IT'S THE SAME DONALD TRUMP. I THINK YOU SHOULD LET ME RUN THE COUNTRY ` YOU RUN CNN, AND IF YOU DID IT WELL, YOUR RATINGS WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. IF I MAY ASK ONE OTHER` THAT'S ENOUGH. MR PRESIDENT. THAT'S ENOUGH. THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE` THAT'S ENOUGH. PARDON ME, MA'AM. THAT'S ENOUGH. A DAY AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF THE CONGRESS HE WAS CONFRONTATIONAL WITH REPORTERS,... CNN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF, HAVING YOU WORKING FOR THEM. YOU ARE A RUDE, TERRIBLE PERSON. WELL, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF YOURS EITHER. THAT'S SUCH A RACIST QUESTION. SIT DOWN, PLEASE. SIT DOWN. ...CALLED OUT ENEMIES IN HIS PARTY ROOM... THEY DID VERY POORLY, CARLOS CUBELA. MIKE COFFMAN. TOO BAD, MIKE. ...AND THEN FIRED AN ENEMY IN HIS CABINET. COME HERE, JEFF. ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S EARLIEST SUPPORTERS, JEFF SESSIONS FIRING WAS ANNOUNCED ON TWITTER. THE RESIGNATION LETTER READING ` (APPLAUSE) AS STAFF SAID GOODBYE WITH APPLAUSE, THE DEMOCRATS WERE CAUGHT OUT BY THE NEWS ` BUT READY TO FIGHT. PROTECTING MUELLER AND HIS INVESTIGATION IS PARAMOUNT. AS ATTORNEY-GENERAL, JEFF SESSIONS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROBERT MUELLER'S RUSSIA INVESTIGATION BUT HAD RECUSED HIMSELF BECAUSE OF HIS OWN RUSSIA DEALINGS. HE TOOK THE JOB AND THEN HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF.' I SAID, 'WHAT KIND OF A MAN IS THIS?' WITH JEFF SESSIONS NOW GONE, THE INVESTIGATION MAY BE NEXT. THIS IS A INVESTIGATION WHERE MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAS BEEN SPENT, AND THERE'S NO COLLUSION. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON COLLUSION. THERE'S NO COLLUSION. TODAY'S PRESIDENTIAL PURGE MEANS, MORE THAN EVER, THE REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF DONALD TRUMP. IT IS EXACTLY AS HE LIKES IT, AND THERE'S LIKELY MORE TO COME. AND IN NEVADA, THE UNLIKELIEST VICTORY OF ALL ` REALITY TV STAR DENNIS HOF OWNS A SERIES OF BROTHELS AND WAS BACKED BY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS. THREE WEEKS AGO HE DIED. LAST NIGHT HE WAS ELECTED. ONLY IN AMERICA. AS WE GO TO AIR, DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT A MASS SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA. U.S. POLICE SAYS A MAN FIRED AT LEAST 30 SHOTS INTO A CROWDED BAR ABOUT 60KM WEST OF LOS ANGELES. WITNESSES SAW THE MAN FIRE A HANDGUN, BEFORE TOSSING SMOKE GRENADES INTO THE COUNTRY AND WESTERN BAR. POLICE AND EMERGENCY CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE. IT'S BELIEVED THE GUNMAN IS STILL AT LARGE. A SEARCH EFFORT'S UNDERWAY ON THE WEST COAST AFTER REPORTS A PERSON IS MISSING IN THE HAUPIRI RIVER, NEAR GLORIAVALE, AFTER A DAY OF HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING, SLIPS AND WASHOUTS HAVE CLOSED SH6 FROM HOKITIKA TO FOX GLACIER AND SH73 THROUGH ARTHURS PASS. DAMAGE INCLUDES THIS WASHED-OUT BRIDGE, THE FLOODWATER FORCING SOME SCHOOLS TO CLOSE EARLY AND RUINING ONE UNLUCKY CAMPER'S WEEK. THE WATER'S NOW UP TO THE DOOR HANDLES. THE BAD WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY CENTRES ARE ON STANDBY AS RIVER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. AND TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE MADE A CREEK IMPASSABLE, TRAPPING A GROUP OF SCHOOLBOYS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND HIGH COUNTRY. THE GROUP OF YEAR NINE STUDENTS FROM OTAGO BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL HAD BEEN DUE TO RETURN FROM THEIR TRIP IN THE MT ASPIRING NATIONAL PARK TODAY. THE SCHOOL SAYS THE GROUP HAS A GOOD FOOD SUPPLY AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED. THEY HOPE TO WALK OUT TOMORROW. ORGANISERS OF A CORPORATE BOXING EVENT SET TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW NIGHT IN AUCKLAND SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT THEY HAVE ROBUST SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. THE FIGHT COMES JUST ONE WEEK AFTER A SIMILAR EVENT IN CHRISTCHURCH, WHICH SAW ONE BOXER KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. HE DIED FOUR DAYS LATER IN HOSPITAL. LAURA TWYMAN REPORTS. WEIGHING IN BEFORE COMING FACE TO FACE IN THE RING. FOR MANY OF THESE BOXERS, IT'LL BE THEIR FIRST TIME. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BOX BEFORE THIS, AND NOW I GET TO EXPERIENCE MY FIRST EVER FIGHT. THE DIAMONDS IN THE RING CHARITY EVENT IS THE FIRST TO FOLLOW THE FIGHT FOR CHRISTCHURCH LAST WEEKEND, WHICH ENDED IN TRAGEDY. KAIN PARSONS (37) DIED IN HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTER HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS IN THE BOUT. IT BREAKS MY HEART, FOR THE FAMILY, FOR THE BOXING COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE. THAT WAS A SHOCK, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY MADE ME CRY AND OUR TEAMMATES CRY ABOUT THE NEWS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN'T LET ONE TRAGEDY DICTATE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT, BOXING NEW ZEALAND'S ANNOUNCED IT WILL NO LONGER BE INVOLVED WITH CORPORATE OR CHARITY EVENTS. IT SAYS IT'S HAD CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE INVOLVED FOR SOME TIME. THE EVENTS ARE SANCTIONED BY OTHER BODIES, INCLUDING THE PROFESSIONAL BOXING COMMISSION OF NEW ZEALAND, WHICH IS NOW BRINGING IN TOUGHER RULES. THE FIRST RULE IS HAVING AN EIGHT COUNT, AND AFTER THE FIRST EIGHT COUNT, IF THEY CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES, IT WILL BE STOPPED. ANOTHER ONE OF THE RULES IS FOR THREE WAYS TO STOP A FIGHT, IT'LL EITHER BE THE REFEREE, THE SUPERVISOR CAN ALSO JUMP IN, AND IF THE DOCTOR ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT HE CAN TELL THE SUPERVISOR, AND WE WILL JUST STOP THE FIGHT. AND OTHER SANCTIONING GROUPS ARE ON TRACK TO THE SAME. WE'RE AGREEING AND DISCUSSING THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS, SO IT BECOMES REGULATED OVER THE WHOLE OF NZ. THE DIAMONDS IN THE RING EVENT HAS ALWAYS HAD STRICT SAFETY STANDARDS. I'M SO STRICT WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY. I'M WELL AWARE THAT NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO NOT BEING HURT. THE RISKS ARE ALWAYS THERE. WE JUST TRY OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN COVER ALL BASES. THOSE TAKING PART IN THIS FIGHT HAVE JUST COMPLETED AN INTENSIVE 14 WEEKS OF TRAINING. OUR TRAINING'S BEEN CONSISTENT, EVERYONE MATCHED TOGETHER IS WELL MATCHED ` THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT GONE INTO IT. WE'RE ALL QUITE EQUAL IN OUR PAIRINGS, WE WEAR HEAD GEAR, MOUTH-GUARDS. IF YOU PUT IN THE HARD YARDS AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PROTECT YOURSELF ` YOU CAN ONLY GO WITH THAT. TRUSTING THEIR HARD WORK HAS BEEN ALL THE PREPARATION THEY NEED. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEEN RULED THE POLICE OFFICER WHO HIT 200KM PER HOUR IN A FATAL PURSUIT WAS DRIVING DANGEROUSLY. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN THE CAR THEY WERE FLEEING IN VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MORNINGSIDE. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY SAYS WHILE LAST YEAR'S PURSUIT WAS JUSTIFIED, THE OFFICER'S SPEED WASN'T, AND IT SHOULD'VE BEEN CALLED OFF. IT ALSO FOUND A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SHOULD'VE BEEN LAUNCHED. THAT'S SOMETHING POLICE DETERMINED THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR AT THE TIME. POLICE HAVE ACCEPTED THE FINDINGS. A TARANAKI MAN ACCUSED OF SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO DEPARTMENT OF CONVERSATION STAFF TO PROTEST 1080 USE, HAS HAD NAME SUPPRESSION DENIED IN THE NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COURT. 65-YEAR-OLD GREGORY BUCHANAN ALLEGEDLY WROTE LETTERS THREATENING TO POISON MILK VATS AND MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS AND TO RELEASE WILD PIGS AND OTHER PESTS INTO EGMONT NATIONAL PARK. HE'LL APPEAR AGAIN LATER IN THE MONTH TO ENTER A PLEA. UNTIL THEN HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH ANY DOC WORKERS OR ENTER CONSERVATION LAND. AN INVESTIGATION HAS FAILED TO FIND OUT WHO LEAKED A REPORT ABOUT FORMER MINISTER MEKA WHAITIRI'S ALLEGED ASSAULT OF A STAFF MEMBER. THAT LEAKED REPORT REVEALED MS WHAITIRI ALLEGEDLY LEFT THE STAFF MEMBER WITH A BRUISED ARM. THE INVESTIGATOR, DELOITTE, SAYS WHILE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE A DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS STAFFER LEAKED THE REPORT, IT CANNOT BE CERTAIN, BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE FAILURES TO KEEP THE DRAUGHT REPORT SECURE. FINDING STAFF IS NEVER EASY, BUT IT'S EVEN HARDER FOR KIWI BUSINESSES NOW THAT OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS HIT A 10-YEAR LOW. IT MEANS EMPLOYERS HAVE ONLY A SMALL POOL OF PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM ` A PROBLEM THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE. FINDING STAFF TO EVEN APPLY FOR MANAGERIAL ROLES IS TOUGH IN NAPIER'S HOSPITALITY SCENE. THOSE THAT ARE APPLYING AREN'T SKILLED; THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE QUALIFICATIONS OR THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE. THAT'S DRIVEN PARTLY BY THE 3.9% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ` THE LOWEST IN 10 YEARS. WE'RE REACHING A POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO START CONSTRAINING BUSINESS BY THAT LACK OF SKILLED WORKFORCE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THIS WAS THE ISSUE AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER'S BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL KICKED OFF TODAY. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S BOSS, WHO HEADS THE GROUP, SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A GREATER FOCUS ON VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME PROGRAMMING AND SOME TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED AROUND THREE DAYS, THREE WEEKS AND THREE MONTHS TYPE PROGRAMMES THAT ACTUALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR WORKFORCES THAT ARE WORK READY. DAN HUGHES AGREES A RETHINK IS NEEDED. THE SOCIAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THIS INDUSTRY DON'T SEEM TO BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE EDUCATION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE A FOCUS ON UPSKILLING AND RETRAINING THE CURRENT WORKFORCE, LIKE THOSE AT TECH LAB ARE DOING. TO MAKE SURE THERE'S STILL SOME RELEVANCE FOR MY PERSONAL CAREER FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS. THE TRADITIONAL MODELS THAT I LEARNED DON'T APPLY ANY MORE. LONG TERM ` I HOPE THAT I EMPLOY OTHER PEOPLE. THE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DEFIES GLOOMY BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SURVEYS. BUT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS A BIG PROBLEM. WHILE THERE WERE 6000 MORE ARE IN WORK OR TRAINING IN LAST QUARTER, THE YOUTH RATE REMAINS A WHOPPING 10.1%. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS WAGES ALSO NEED TO GO UP. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PREMIUM INDUSTRIES THAT CREATE PREMIUM JOBS. I'M HAPPY TO PAY THE RIGHT WAGES FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE, BUT THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T APPLYING. THE CALL FOR WORKERS COMING THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. WE SHOWED YOU PICTURES OF A SPECTACULAR DUST STORM IN NEW SOUTH WALES LAST NIGHT, NOW THE VIEW FROM INSIDE THAT SAME STORM. A FARMER FILMING WHILE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HUGE RED CLOUD. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS THE DETAILS. ON A ROAD NEAR WHITECLIFFS IN THE FAR WEST OF NEW SOUTH WALES, FARMER BARRY TURNER GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH BIG RED, A MONSTROUS DUST STORM. WITHIN SECONDS, BARRY'S UTE IS SWALLOWED AND HE'S FORCED TO PULL OVER. VERY SPOOKY. I THINK IT'S THE UNKNOWN. YOU'RE NOT SURE, COS THE WIND WAS VERY STRONG, AND SAND AND THAT WAS BLOWING AND MAKING QUITE A BIT OF NOISE, AND I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS THE WEIGHT OF IT, UH, A COUPLE OF MINUTES DOWN THE TRACK. THE FORCE OF THE STORM CREATES AN ILLUSION. IT LOOKS LIKE BARRY IS STILL DRIVING. CAN'T SEE A BLOODY THING. SANDBLASTED, SLAPPED BY A GALE, THEN OF ALL THINGS, IT STARTS TO RAIN. (CHUCKLES) IT ACTUALLY PITTED ALL THE WINDSCREEN AND PITTED THE BULL BAR. BARRY ESTIMATES THE STORM WAS 300KM LONG, FROM BROKEN HILL IN THE SOUTH TO TIBOOBURRA IN THE NORTH. 100K AWAY FROM BARRY, SCHOOLTEACHER ERIN CROSSMAN CAPTURED THIS STUNNING TIME-LAPSE. SHE SAYS THE FARMHOUSE WAS BLACKED OUT FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES. IT WAS THE DAY WHEN WHITECLIFFS TURNED A NASTY SHADE OF RED. GOLLY! (WIND HOWLS) OH! DEFINITELY THE THICKEST. I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH A DUST STORM WHERE I'VE HAD TO PULL OVER. STILL TO COME, AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH AND NO OCEAN WIDE ENOUGH ` THE RUSSIAN EXPLORER TAKING OFF ON HIS NEXT ADVENTURE FROM KIWI SHORES. AND THE FORMER BALLROOM DANCER TURNED WARRIOR PRINCESS ` HOW ONE WOMAN'S KICKBOXING CAREER'S ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. HE'S SCALED MT EVEREST, ROWED ACROSS BOTH THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS, AND HE'S THE FASTEST MAN AROUND THE GLOBE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON. RUSSIAN EXPLORER FYODOR KONYUKHOV HAS A NEW MISSION, AND IT'S BEGINNING IN DUNEDIN. JOHN MCKENZIE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. FEDOR KONYUKHOV LIKES ADVENTURE. HIS LATEST TRIP, HOWEVER, EVEN HIS SON COULDN'T BELIEVE. THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY, REALLY AGAINST, AND I WAS SAYING, 'THAT'S TOO MUCH.' NOW 66 YEARS OLD, KONYUKHOV, AN ORTHODOX PRIEST, HAS LIVED A LIFE OF EXTREMES. HERE HE IS ARRIVING IN AUSTRALIA AFTER ROWING THE PACIFIC OCEAN. (CHEERING) THIS WAS HIM JUST TWO YEARS AGO BECOMING THE QUICKEST MAN TO TRAVEL THE GLOBE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON. HE'S ALSO SCALED THE WORLD'S SEVEN HIGHEST PEAKS, INCLUDING MT EVEREST ` TWICE. HE'S A CRAZY MAN, ISN'T HE? YEAH, HE KEEPS US BUSY. HIS 9M ROW BOAT IS BRITISH BUILT WITH SOLAR PANELS, AND KONYUKHOV WILL HAVE A FEW SEA TRIALS NEXT WEEK. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WEATHER TODAY IN DUNEDIN ` IT'S PRETTY TERRIBLE. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT HE'S GOING TO EXPERIENCE IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. TRANSLATOR: THERE'LL BE LOTS OF CHALLENGES INCLUDING COLD, BIG WAVES, STRONG WINDS, AND THE ICEBERGS. FROM DUNEDIN, HIS ROUTE TAKES HIM TO CAPE HORN IN CHILE. AFTER REGROUPING, HE'LL ROW ON TO ALBANY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND FINALLY BACK TO DUNEDIN. ALL UP, THE TRIP'S EXPECTED TO TAKE THREE YEARS. TRANSLATOR: IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR ME IF IT'S 100 DAYS OR 300 DAYS. I'M NOT ALONE IN THE OCEAN. THERE ARE WHALES, DOLPHINS, ALBATROSSES. MANY QUESTION HOW A MAN OF HIS AGE CAN ROW UP TO 18 HOURS A DAY. OTAGO UNIVERSITY LECTURER JIM COTTER, THOUGH, SAYS AGE SHOULDN'T BE A FACTOR. NO, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IN HIS FAVOUR. I MEAN, HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF. PHYSIOLOGY CAN'T BEAT EXPERIENCE. THAT EXPERIENCE WILL TELL. THE FIRST LEG OF HIS JOURNEY TO CHILE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 120 DAYS. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. IT UNFOLDS LIKE A BOOK AND OPENS INTO A TABLET, SAMSUNG'S UNVEILED ITS LONG AWAITED FOLDABLE PHONE TODAY ` THE BIG REVEAL OF THE 18CM SCREEN MADE AT A TECH CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO. FOLDABLE PHONES HOLD THE PROMISE OF ALLOWING CONSUMERS TO DO WORK THAT WOULD NORMALLY ONLY BE DONE ON A TABLET OR LAPTOP. SAMSUNG WANTS PROGRAMMERS TO START CREATING APPS FOR THE PRODUCT, WHICH DOESN'T YET HAVE A LAUNCH DATE. ROLLS ROYCE HAS JUST LAUNCHED IT'S LATEST MODEL, AND IT'S A BOLD DEPARTURE FOR A CARMAKER KNOWN FOR IT'S LUXURY SEDANS. HERE'S TIM WILSON FROM SEVEN SHARP WITH THE NEW ROLE FOR ROLLS. (MAJESTIC MUSIC) ROLLS ROYCE IS USUALLY THE RIDE FOR ARISTOCRATS, PLUTOCRATS AND POP STARS. BUT WITH THEIR LATEST MODEL, THE CULLINAN, THEY'VE GONE SUV SEMI-SUBURBAN. (HIP HOP MUSIC) # NOW CHECK THIS OUT. # SOME THINGS, HOWEVER, HAVEN'T CHANGED. ULTIMATELY IT'S THAT LUXURY ITEM ` SITTING IN THE BACK SIPPING YOUR CHAMPAGNE, DRINKING YOUR COGNAC, SITTING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL BULL-HIDE LEATHER, LOOKING AT YOUR OPEN-PORE WOOD WHILE YOU ENJOY A DVD. WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU DO THAT? IAN GRANT FROM ROLLS ROYCE SAYS THAT TURNING A COMPANY MOST FAMOUS FOR SEDANS AND CONVERTIBLES INTO ONE THAT MAKES AN SUV IS A MARKET-BASED DECISION. THE CUSTOMER BASE IS GETTING YOUNGER. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FAMILY GROWTH, AND WE'VE SPENT OUR TIME RESEARCHING AND NOW DELIVERED YOU THE CULLINAN. TALKING ABOUT YOUNGER CUSTOMERS, HIP HOP STAR POST MALONE ROCKS A ROLLER IN HIS VIDEO FOR THE SONG 'WHITE IVERSON'. # YOU GON' THINK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE. # A PERSONAL FAVOURITE, SO I COULDN'T RESIST. # YOU GON' THINK` # WHOOPS. ONE MORE. # YOU GON' THINK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE. # ROLLS ROYCE IS FAMOUSLY KNOWN NOW AS BEING THE MOST QUOTED BRAND WITHIN HIP HOP RECORDS. AND LET'S FACE IT ` ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE VEHICLES IN THE WORLD. THE CULLINAN STARTS AT AROUND $500,000. ADD EXTRAS, THOUGH... $690,000 PLUS A TANK OF FUEL. (CHUCKLES) THAT'S NOT MUCH SHY OF THE AVERAGE AUCKLAND HOUSE PRICE, BUT THEN, ARE THE SEATS IN YOUR HOUSE MADE OF BULL-HIDE LEATHER? ALL OUR BULL HIDES ARE REARED AT ALTITUDE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE MOSQUITOS AWAY. THEREFORE NO MOSQUITO BITES, NO MORE IMPERFECTIONS IN THE LEATHER. YOU CAN'T NICK THE HOOD ORNAMENT. OOH! AND THE BOOT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE MOST TEDIOUS PARTY GUEST. HEY, WAIT. WHAT? GOODBYE. IT ALL ADDS UP TO AN SUV MADE FOR ALMOST EVERYONE, BUT MOSTLY... ARISTOCRATS. YOU'VE GOT THE ENTREPRENEURS, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, YOU'VE GOT THE RISK TAKERS AND THE DAREDEVILS, REALLY. AS FOR THIS DAREDEVIL... CAN I TAKE IT FOR A BLAT? ...ALL I CARED ABOUT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DROP THE HAMMER. (FUNK MUSIC) SHE'S A FORENSICS TECHNICIAN AND FORMER BALLROOM DANCER TURNED KICK BOXER ` WHO'S NOW VYING FOR A TITLE SHOT. STEPHEN STUART CAUGHT UP WITH THE WARRIOR PRINCESS. IT'S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE AMERICAN CSI SHOWS ` A SENIOR FORENSIC SCIENCE TECHNICIAN BY DAY; A KICK BOXER AT NIGHT. YOU COULD CALL KELLY BROERSE A CHRISTIAN CRIME FIGHTER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I GET THAT A LOT. (CHUCKLES) GOT THE BLONDE HAIR TOO. SHE'D ALREADY HAD THE LEG ACTION WORKING AS A SUCCESSFUL BALLROOM DANCER. DANCING AND THE BALANCE AND SKILLS I GAINED THERE DEFINITELY HELP ME IN THE KICKBOXING RING WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNIQUE. BUT NOW THOSE BLEACHING DAYS ` AND A FEW KILOS ` ARE GONE AFTER THE 28-YEAR-OLD SOUGHT A MORE DEMANDING CHALLENGE AND FOUND IT AT THE WEST AUCKLAND GYM OF FORMER KICKBOXING CHAMPION AARON BOYES. AN IMPORTANT PART OF FIGHTING IS BEING AN INTELLECTUAL FIGHTER AND KNOWING WHAT TO DO. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST CHARGING IN ALL THE TIME. YOU GO FROM BEING ABSOLUTELY SCARED SHITLESS AT ONE END TO THE ELATION WHEN YOUR HAND'S RAISED. IT'S JUST CRAZY. THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT. THE WARRIOR PRINCESS IS ON THE OTHERWISE ALL-MALE KING OF THE RING PROMOTION IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW, HAVING QUALIFIED THROUGH THE LETHAL LADIES EVENT FIVE MONTHS AGO. THE 58KG FIGHTER'S BEEN PREPARING FOR HER SOUTH PACIFIC TITLE SHOT BY SPARRING WITH ONE OF THE KING CONTENDERS. SHE'S A REALLY GOOD FIGHTER, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE I CAN GO HARDER ON IN THE GYM. THERE'S NO HIDING THE TELL SIGNS OF AN OFTEN BRUTAL SPORT. ANY SERIOUS INJURIES DURING YOU CAREER? NOTHING YET, JUST MY SHINS. SHINS TAKE A REALLY LONG TIME TO HEAL. BROERSE IS HOPING TO OUTCLASS OLDER AUSSIE BRAWLER LARA AHOLA AND CLINCH ANOTHER TITLE TO PUSH HER OVERSEAS AMBITIONS. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A COOL CHANGE IN YOUR WEATHER. PLUS AUCKLAND'S WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM HOSTS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN WWI. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH THE THEME MUSIC FROM THE 1981 FILM GALLIPOLI. BEFORE WE SAY GOODNIGHT, WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF A SPECIAL ARMISTICE CENTENARY EVENT HAPPENING IN AUCKLAND OVER THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS. A SHORT FILM FEATURING FACES OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR WILL BE PROJECTED ON TO THE AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. TAKE A LOOK. AND THANKS FOR WATCHING. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ELLA WHEELER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018.