TONIGHT, AN OPPOSITION WALKOUT IN PARLIAMENT AFTER SIMON BRIDGES IS EJECTED. SOME CALLED IT A STUNT, OTHERS MAKING A STAND. LONG QUEUES FOR VACCINATIONS, WORRIED PARENTS KEEN TO ENSURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE FROM A DEADLY DISEASE. AND MEDICAL HISTORY MADE ` A BABY IS BORN USING A WOMB TRANSPLANTED FROM A DEAD DONOR. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND JAMES BROWN CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 NATIONAL LEADER SIMON BRIDGES WAS BOOTED OUT OF PARLIAMENT'S DEBATING CHAMBER TODAY, SPARKING A WALKOUT FROM BY SOME NATIONAL MPs. SOME ARE LABELING THE MOVE A STUNT, BUT NATIONAL SAYS THE SPEAKER ISN'T LETTING THEM HOLD THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH McKAY. QUESTIONS OVER THE KAREL SROUBEK CASE GOING BACK AND FORWARD UNTIL THIS. AND IS SHE DUCKING AND DIVING TO GET OUT OF ITS WAY? NO. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE. WHAT? HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SHADOW LEADER OF THE HOUSE. YOU CAN'T CRITICISE THE SPEAKER, SO MR BRIDGES AND MR BROWNLEE ARE OUT, AND THE OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT. THE PRIME MINISTER WOULDN'T ANSWER, AND MR MALLARD WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HER. NATIONAL HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH THE SPEAKER FOR MONTHS. WE FEEL WE'RE NOT BEING FAIRLY TREATED IN THE HOUSE. THE SPEAKER DOES NEED TO REFLECT ON WHAT OCCURRED TODAY. ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT SIMON BRIDGES. THIS CAUSED DELIGHT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HE CAN'T HANDLE THE HEAT. THEY WENT OUT IN DRIBS AND DRABS. IT LOOKED LIKE THE FIRST LOYAL GROUP, WHEN ABOUT SIX WENT OUT, THEN ABOUT 12 OTHERS DECIDED THEY MIGHT BE LOYAL, THEN THE REST DECIDED THEY BETTER SHOW SOME LOYALTY AS WELL. IT COMES AS REPORTS SURFACE OF ANOTHER LEAK ` A NEW TEXT TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL POLL RATINGS FROM SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE AN MP. AND MORE QUESTIONS OVER MAGGIE BARRY'S BEHAVIOUR. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE WALKOUT IS JUST A STUNT. NO. CERTAINLY NONE OF THIS WAS MY INTENTION. SIMON BRIDGES POSING FOR THIS PIC, SAYING HE'S NOT CONCERNED AND IS MOVING ON. IT'S UNITED. IT'S STRONG. IT'S DISCIPLINED. AND IT'S SHOWN ITSELF THAT WE'VE GOT CONFIDENCE. WE'RE POLLING AT 46. THAT'S NOT A LEAKY BOAT. NO. IS THE CAUCUS UNITED? I THINK SO. EVERYTHING WE'RE ON, OUR TEAM. I THINK THEY ARE. NO, I'M NOT CONCERNED. THE FORMER SPEAKER IS CHIPPING IN TOO. I THINK, SIR, YOUR ACTION THIS WEEK HAS NOT BEEN HELPFUL TO THE ORDER OF THE HOUSE. I WANT TO SAY TO THE MEMBER, I WILL BE LOOKING AGAIN AT THE QUESTION TIME TODAY. TIME TO REFLECT ON WHAT'S BEEN A MESSY AFTERNOON. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF POLITICS TIED UP IN THIS. THE KAREL SROUBEK CASE HAS BEEN DAMAGING FOR THE GOVERNMENT, SO NATIONAL HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND ON ABOUT IT. SO GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE CHAMBER DOES GIVE IT MORE ATTENTION THAN IT OTHERWISE WOULD GET. SIMON BRIDGES AND GERRY BROWNLEE ARE BOTH VERY EXPERIENCED POLITICIANS. THEY KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T TALK TO THE SPEAKER LIKE THAT. THEY SAY THAT THEY SIMPLY GOT FRUSTRATED, GOT ANNOYED, AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING PRE-PLANNED ABOUT ALL OF THIS. INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER TWO PEOPLE DIED AND ANOTHER WAS INJURED IN A CAR CRASH JUST MOMENTS AFTER POLICE CALLED OFF A CHASE. THE CAR PLOUGHED INTO A POWER POLE IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF BROMLEY JUST AFTER 2.30 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY THEY STOPPED THE PURSUIT BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUS WAY THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HUNDREDS OF CONCERNED PARENTS AND CHILDREN HAVE FACED LONG QUEUES FOR MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINATIONS IN NORTHLAND. AFTER THREE DEATHS IN THE REGION, A MASS IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME IS BEING ROLLED OUT. BUT AS HELEN CASTLES REPORTS, NOT ALL CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE. ANXIOUS FAMILIES QUEUED FOR HOURS AT THIS WHANGAREI SCHOOL, DETERMINED TO GET THE LIFESAVING JAB. I DON'T WANT MY CHILDREN TO DIE. SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE MENINGOCOCCAL W STRAIN THIS YEAR, THREE OF THEM IN NORTHLAND. JUST THE FACT THAT IT CAN START AS SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SO INNOCENT. THE PEARCE FAMILY KNOWS THAT ONLY TOO WELL. 14-MONTH-OLD JACOB DIED OF MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN 2011. IT HAPPENED SO FAST. FROM THE FIRST DOT TO GETTING INTO WHANGAREI HOSPITAL WAS ABOUT 45 MINUTES. TODAY, THREE OF EMMA'S CHILDREN WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO BE IMMUNISED. THE HEALTH MINISTRY HAS NOW SOURCED 25,000 DOSES. BUT THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. SO ONLY THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 MONTHS AND 5 YEARS AND TEENAGERS WILL GET THE VACCINE FREE. IT'S MADE IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR US, HAVING LIMITED GROUPS. BUT WE DO HAVE SCIENCE BEHIND THAT, AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR VACCINE CAMPAIGNS TO TARGET PARTICULAR AGES. IT MEANS MADDISON PEARCE (12) WILL MISS OUT. I DON'T LIKE FEELING NOT SAFE. BUT, LIKE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT, JUST IN CASE. THE FAMILY HOPES THEY CAN PAY FOR MADDISON TO BE VACCINATED BY THEIR GP. PRIVATELY, THE VACCINE DOESN'T COME CHEAP. IT COSTS UPWARDS OF $100. FOR STRUGGLING PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN AREN'T ELIGIBLE BUT WANT THEM IMMUNISED, THEY CAN APPLY TO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR A SPECIAL NEEDS GRANT. THE HEALTH MINISTRY HOPES TARGETING THE TWO MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS WILL SPREAD PROTECTION IN THE COMMUNITY. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT, THEN DO IT. THE CAMPAIGN IS AIMING TO VACCINATE AT LEAST 80% OF THE TARGET GROUPS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. ORGAN DONATIONS ARE GENERALLY USED TO SAVE LIVES, BUT THEY COULD INCREASINGLY BE USED TO CREATE NEW LIFE. IN A WORLD FIRST, A WOMAN HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A HEALTHY BABY USING A DEAD DONOR'S WOMB. THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN BRAZIL. CHANNEL 9'S GABRIELLA ROGERS HAS MORE. THIS BUNDLE OF JOY HAS EXCITED THE MEDICAL WORLD. ESPECIALLY THE BRAZILIAN TEAM WHO PLAYED A BIG PART IN HER ARRIVAL. THIS IS CLEARLY A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. SHE'S THE FIRST TO BE BORN USING A DEAD DONOR'S UTERUS. IT CAME FROM A WOMAN (45) WHO DIED FROM A BRAIN HAEMMORHAGE. THE ORGAN WAS TRANSPLANTED INTO THE RECIPIENT (32), WHO WAS BORN WITHOUT A WOMB. THE SURGERY, WHICH LASTED 10� HOURS, INVOLVED CONNECTING THE DONOR ORGAN TO THE PATIENT'S VEINS AND ARTERIES, LIGAMENTS AND BIRTH CANAL. THE WOMAN'S EGGS, WHICH WERE FERTILISED BEFORE THE OPERATION, WERE IMPLANTED ONLY SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE TRANSPLANT. IT'S TECHNICALLY VERY, VERY COMPLEX SURGERY, VERY HIGH-RISK SURGERY. SEVERAL YEARS AGO A SWEDISH WOMAN BECAME THE FIRST TO DELIVER A BABY USING A UTERUS FROM A LIVING DONOR, A FAMILY FRIEND (61). 11 BABIES HAVE BEEN BORN USING THIS TECHNIQUE. RESEARCHERS LEADING THE LATEST BREAKTHROUGH SAY IT WILL BROADEN ACCESS TO TREATMENT. INFERTILITY AFFECTS UP TO 15% OF COUPLES OF CHILD-BEARING AGE. AMONG THAT GROUP, ONE IN 500 WOMEN HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR UTERUS. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WOULD BENEFIT POTENTIALLY FROM THIS PROCEDURE. 9 NEWS SPOKE TO A QUEENSLAND SPECIALIST WHO IS PUSHING TO HAVE THE LIVING-DONOR SERVICE AVAILABLE TO AUSTRALIAN WOMEN NEXT YEAR, DESCRIBING THE LEVEL OF INTEREST AS 'MIND-BLOWING'. OTHERS SAY ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS SURROGACY AVOIDS THE RISK OF COMPLEX SURGERY AND SERIOUS MEDICATIONS. NEW CALEDONIA HAS BEEN HIT BY TWO POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES AND A SERIES OF AFTERSHOCKS WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS. A MAGNITUDE-7 QUAKE STRUCK JUST BEFORE 8 NEW ZEALAND TIME AT A SHALLOW DEPTH OF 10km, SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS. EARLIER A 7.6 QUAKE STRUCK, ALSO NEAR THE LOYALTY ISLANDS. AUTHORITIES ORDERED A COASTAL EVACUATION AFTER A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS ISSUED. IT SEEMS YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS CAN'T AVOID BEING EXPOSED TO ONLINE PORN. THE PROOF IS IN A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF MORE THAN 2000 KIWI TEENS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 17. ONLINE PORN IS SEDUCING YOUNG KIWIS. IT'S REALLY THE FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE OUR AGE AND YOUNGER THAN US EVER HAVE. OVER 2000 TEENS WERE SURVEYED ABOUT THEIR EXPOSURE TO PORN. ONE IN 10 SAID THEY WERE REGULARLY WATCHING IT BY THE AGE OF 14. 42% WOULD LIKE TO SPEND LESS TIME WATCHING PORN, BUT THEY FIND THAT DIFFICULT. THEY ARE SEEING DISTURBING CONTENT. THEY ARE SEEING MISOGYNISTIC BEHAVIOUR. THEY ARE SEEING VIOLENCE. TWO-THIRDS OF TEENS HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT PORN, BUT ALMOST THREE-QUARTERS USE PORN TO LEARN ABOUT SEX. THEY'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX, AND THEY WANT THEM ANSWERED, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO PORNOGRAPHY TO FILL THE VOID. SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SAY PORN IS EVERYWHERE. WE CAN SEE JUST IN OUR SCHOOL HOW PORNOGRAPHY HAS SHAPED THE WAY THAT THE BOYS VIEW THE GIRLS THERE. SOME OF THE BOYS REALLY VIEW THE GIRLS AS PRIZES TO BE WON. LAST MONTH, TVNZ'S 'SUNDAY' PROGRAMME REVEALED HOW THE PORN INDUSTRY HAS HOOKED KIWI YOUNG PEOPLE. THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER REACTED TO THAT STORY. I'M SHOCKED. NOW, ARMED WITH NEW RESEARCH, SHE WANTS ACTION. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PIECE OF RESEARCH. COS IT'LL ACTUALLY GIVE ME THE DATA THAT I NEED TO SAY WHAT WE HAVE SAID FOR A WHILE, WHAT YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ` THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. PORN IS NOW A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS EVIDENCE THAT IT'S HARMING YOUNG PEOPLE. TRACEY MARTIN WANTS TO REGULATE ONLINE PORN, AND CABINET WILL CONSIDER HOW TO DO THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS. MEANWHILE, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SAY WE NEED BETTER SEX EDUCATION. WE REALLY NEED TO BE EQUIPPING SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE HEALTHY DECISIONS AROUND THIS. AT THE MOMENT, THEY KNOW NOTHING. I THINK WE SHOULD START TALKING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT HELPS US REALISE WHAT REAL RELATIONSHIPS ACTUALLY ARE. AND ONCE WE START THAT PROCESS, WE WILL START ELIMINATING THE EFFECTS THAT PORNOGRAPHY HAS HAD ON THE TEENAGE GENERATION. A TOUGH CONVERSATION THAT'S ONLY JUST BEGINNING. JEHAN CASINADER, 1 NEWS. THERE'S BEEN A VOLATILE DAY FOR MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD AMID FEARS THE U.S CHINA TRADE TRUCE IS ALREADY UNRAVELLING. THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET WAS DOWN 1% AT CLOSING. AND, AS KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS, THERE ARE CONCERNS THE UNITED STATES COULD BE HEADING INTO A RECESSION. (TRADING BELL RINGS) THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES ON WALL STREET SAY IT ALL. THE DOW JONES PLUNGED OVERNIGHT ` DOWN 800 POINTS, OR 3.1%. IT WASN'T JUST BANK STOCKS. IT WAS TRANSPORTATION STOCKS, INDUSTRIAL STOCKS, CATERPILLAR, GENERAL ELECTRIC ` YOU NAME IT. ON MONDAY, THE MARKETS WERE ON A HIGH FOLLOWING A 90-DAY TRADE TRUCE AGREED BETWEEN BEIJING AND WASHINGTON DC AT THE G-20. QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN ABOUT WHAT WE'LL GET AT THE END OF IT, AND FRANKLY WHAT THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF THE 90-DAY TRUCE ACTUALLY ENTAIL. BUT THEN DONALD TRUMP'S TWITTER COMMENTS PUT INVESTORS ON EDGE. THE PRESIDENT TWEETED... WITH TRUMP TWEETING ALL THE TIME, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE TWITTER FEED, COS IT IS VOLATILE OUT THERE, AND HE'S CREATING SOME OF THAT VOLATILITY JUST WITH WHAT HE'S TWEETING. THERE ARE FEARS THE U.S. COULD BE HEADING TOWARDS A RECESSION, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT INTEREST RATES AND BORROWING. AND NEW ZEALAND IS NOT IMMUNE ` THE NZX STARTED THE DAY DOWN 1.4%. THERE'S A SAYING ` 'WHEN THE U.S. SNEEZES, 'THE REST OF THE WORLD CATCHES A COLD.' AND THE VOLATILITY IN THE U.S. MARKETS AND CONCERN ABOUT THE U.S. GOING INTO RECESSION, IT DOES HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET. NEW ZEALAND SHOULD BE RELATIVELY BETTER OFF THAN MOST MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD. THE FINANCE MINISTER SAYS INTERNATIONAL FACTORS DO POSE A RISK TO OUR ECONOMY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NEW ZEALAND NOW. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED IF IT ESCALATES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR A STRONG, RULES-BASED SYSTEM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW NEW ZEALAND EXPORTERS DO WELL. CHINESE MAINLAND MARKETS ALSO SLIPPED ON OPENING. IT'S A BIT OF A WAIT-AND-SEE GAME AT THE MOMENT. A BREAK IS ON THE WAY. THERE'LL BE A SUSPENSION IN TRADE IN THE U.S. ON WEDNESDAY FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE HW BUSH'S FUNERAL. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` A HORRIFYING PLANE CRASH IN MEXICO CAUGHT ON CAMERA, AS AN OUT-OF-CONTROL AIRCRAFT SMASHES INTO A HOUSE. PLUS, KIWI SINGER MEL PARSONS REVEALS THE BIG NAMES BEHIND HER NEW ALBUM. BUT JUST WHO IS SHE SINGING ABOUT? (OPERA MUSIC PLAYS TINNILY) I want the blue one! I want the blue one. So looking for a car? Who for? For me. My daughter. Lovely colour, isn't it? Give ya a bit of a rundown on this car. Is it your first car? You're the boss? Or is Dad the boss? Me. This car, as you can see, you got the airbag at the front. Yup. But this car doesn't have airbags on the side, um, of the... It's got a 1-star safety rating. Very low protection in a head-on crash, so this engine's gonna come all the way up to meet you. Bang! Snap the neck like that. (WHIMPERS SOFTLY) And then you'll be` stop talking ` really quiet, and then no more chatterbox, like you were before. You'll be turned inside-out, basically, if you get hit in the side ` unrecognisable. And your daughter will be the same. WOMAN: Think we need to keep looking. (OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING TINNILY) THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE, LOOKED UP AND SAW AN OUT-OF-CONTROL CESSNA BARRELLING TOWARDS THEM. THE SHOCKED RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN IN MEXICO THEN DISCOVERED THE STRICKEN AIRCRAFT EMBEDDED IN A NEARBY HOME. THREE PEOPLE INSIDE WERE INJURED, BUT THE FOUR ON BOARD THE PLANE WERE KILLED. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE PLANE COULDN'T OVERCOME MECHANICAL TROUBLE. AND A CAMERA HAS RECORDED THE MOMENT A LIGHT PLANE SKIDDED ALONG A SUBURBAN ROAD IN FLORIDA, CRASHING INTO AN AUTISM THERAPY CENTRE. ONE OF THE TEACHERS INSIDE SAW THE AIRCRAFT COMING TOWARDS THEM, HE RACED THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS OUTSIDE, AND INCREDIBLY NONE OF THEM WERE HURT. BUT THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER BOTH DIED ON IMPACT. BREXIT IT'S BEEN LABELLED '63 MINUTES OF MAYHEM' AND 'THE DAY THERESA MAY LOST CONTROL'. JUST A WEEK BEFORE A CRITICAL VOTE ON HER BREXIT DEAL, THE UK'S DIVORCE FROM THE EU IS ON A KNIFE EDGE. IT HAPPENED NOT ONCE,... (LOUD MURMURING) ...NOT TWICE,... (DISAGREEABLE MURMURS) BUT THREE TIMES. (LOUD MURMURING) ORDER! THERESA MAY SUFFERED A HAT TRICK OF HUMILIATING BREXIT DEFEATS, DUBBED THE WORST HOUR FOR A SITTING PRIME MINISTER IN 40 YEARS. THE SHOCK IS CLEAR AS PARLIAMENT OPENLY WRESTLED POWER FROM THE GOVERNMENT. LOOK AT THEIR FACES. FIRST IT WAS FORCED TO PUBLISH ITS FULL LEGAL ADVICE ON THE WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT AFTER PARLIAMENT FOUND IT IN CONTEMPT FOR NOT DOING SO. IT IS, I THINK, UNPRECEDENTED FOR THIS HOUSE TO FIND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS IN CONTEMPT. BUT THEN ` THE BOMBSHELL DEFEAT FOR BRITAIN'S BELEAGUERED LEADER. MPs GAVE THEMSELVES THE POWER TO TELL MAY'S GOVERNMENT WHAT TO DO IF HER BREXIT DEAL GETS VOTED DOWN NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS LOOKING EVER MORE LIKELY. THE REALITY OF BREXIT IS NOW LAID BEFORE US ` BROKEN PROMISES OF TAKING BACK CONTROL FROM A GOVERNMENT THAT IS SO OUT OF CONTROL. BUT THEN LIKE A FELLED BOXER RISING FROM THE CANVAS, THERESA MAY CAME OUT SWINGING, STARTING OFF FIVE DAYS OF DEBATE ON HER DEAL. DON'T IMAGINE THAT IF WE VOTE THIS DOWN, A DIFFERENT DEAL IS GOING TO MIRACULOUSLY APPEAR. THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNCERTAINTY AND RISK. AND IN ANOTHER BREXIT DEVELOPMENT TODAY, A TOP EUROPEAN LAW OFFICIAL HAS RULED THAT THE UK SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL OUT FROM EXITING THE EU WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OTHER 27 EU MEMBER COUNTRIES. THAT GIVES PARLIAMENT ANOTHER SCENARIO TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IT VOTES NEXT WEEK. BUT IF TODAY'S ANYTHING TO GO BY, IT COULD BE A LONG WEEK OF POLITICAL GAMES. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, LONDON. ALLEGATIONS OF PLAYER POACHING HAVE SPARKED A WAR OF WORDS AND A BOYCOTT AGAINST AUCKLAND ST KENTIGERN COLLEGE. RIVAL SCHOOLS ACCUSE ST KENT'S OF UNFAIRLY POACHING TALENT, NOW NEW ZEALAND RUGBY IS STEPPING IN TO TRY AND FIND A RESOLUTION. MATT MANUKIA HAS THE LATEST. ST KENTIGERN COLLEGE ` A LONG-STANDING PRODUCTION LINE OF TOP RUGBY TALENT. BUT THEIR RIVALS SAY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THAT TALENT IS DEVELOPED ELSEWHERE, THEN POACHED. AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY RIPPING THAT OUT OF A SCHOOL AS THEY HEAD TO, IN THIS CASE, ST KENT'S FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS TO BOLSTER A RUGBY PROGRAMME, AND THE GROUP OF PRINCIPALS SAID WE'RE NOT REALLY PREPARED TO PUT UP WITH THAT. IT'S NOT AGAINST THE RULES, BUT MOUNT ALBERT GRAMMAR ARE NOW ONE OF 11 AUCKLAND SCHOOLS WHO REFUSE TO PLAY ST KENT'S NEXT YEAR UNLESS THEY AGREE TO CHANGE THEIR RECRUITMENT POLICIES. THE FIVE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND, WE THINK IS A BIT OUTRAGEOUS. THEY WANT ALL ST KENT'S IMPORTS BE STOOD DOWN FOR SIX GAMES AND TAKE NO PART IN ANY FINALS MATCHES, IMPORTS FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN OF OURS, WHO WE'VE HAD IN OUR SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS, HAS BEEN RECRUITED BY ST KENTIGERN COLLEGE FOR 2019, AND WE'RE REALLY UNHAPPY ABOUT IT. ROTORUA BOYS SAY THEY SENT THE STUDENT TO A CHIEFS DEVELOPMENT CAMP, WHERE ST KENT'S COACH TASESA LAVEA WAS INVOLVED. THEY SUSPECT ST KENT'S USE THE CAMPS TO POACH PLAYERS. AND I'VE EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEFS CEO IN THIS REGARD. ST KENT'S WOULDN'T COMMENT, PREFERRING TO SIT DOWN WITH THEIR ACCUSERS FACE TO FACE. COLLEGE SPORT TOLD 1 NEWS THEY HAVE STEPPED IN TO FACILITATE. ST KENT'S WILL LIKELY ARGUE THAT ALL SCHOOLS RECRUIT; THEY JUST DO IT BETTER. BUT REMEMBER THE 1A COMPETITION IS VERY, VERY UNIQUE. IT HAS DECILE 1 SCHOOLS TO DECILE 10 SCHOOLS. MANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT. AND THEY DON'T USE THAT PRACTICE. AND ST KENT'S COULD ACCUSE THOSE THAT DO RECRUIT OF DOUBLE STANDARDS. IT'S UNDERSTOOD OTHER SCHOOLS ARE REFUSING TO STAND THEIR IMPORTS DOWN AS WELL, IT ALL ADDS TO A BITTER FEUD WHICH HAS LEFT THE BEST SCHOOLBOY COMPETITION IN THE WORLD IN DISARRAY. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE ROLLERCOASTER OF LIFE, THAT'S HOW INDIE-FOLK SINGER SONGWRITER MEL PARSONS DESCRIBES HER NEW ALBUM "GLASS HEART" WHICH DROPPED LAST WEEK. SHE PERFORMED IT ON STAGE IN WELLINGTON FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. MICHAEL CROPP SPOKE TO HER AHEAD OF THE GIG. # NOT GONNA SWALLOW THESE TEARS NO MORE. THE MANY FACES OF THE MULTI-TALENTED MEL PARSONS AND THE SONG 'JUST CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ME'. # AND YOU WON'T EVER GET ME BACK. # AND YOU WON'T EVER GET ME BACK. THE CANTERBURY SINGER BACK HOME TO INTRODUCE HER 4TH ALBUM, RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES. I SUPPOSE IT'S SORT OF A REFLECTION OF THE ROLLERCOASTER THAT IS MY LIFE. A ROLLER COASTER SHE HOPES WILL HELP LISTENERS TO PROCESS SAD THOUGHTS, AND HOPEFULLY GET OVER THEM. WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SPACE OF BROKEN-HEARTEDNESS, I SUPPOSE YOU FEEL TRANSPARENT, LIKE PEOPLE CAN SEE THE SADNESS AND SEE INTO YOU A LITTLE BIT. DESPITE THE LYRICS SUGGESTING A BREAK UP, MEL WON'T BE DRAWN ON WHO INSPIRED THE ALBUM WITH THE OPENING LYRIC 'I BLAME YOUR MOTHER FOR EVERY LITTLE THING.' WHOSE MOTHER ARE YOU BLAMING? (LAUGHS) OH, GOD. I GLEAN IDEAS FROM ALL SORTS OF PLACES, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A BIT OF POETIC LICENSE IN THERE AS WELL. # HEAVY WEIGHT'S STILL THERE IN THE MORNING. SHE STARTED WRITING THE ALBUM IN LYTTELTON A YEAR AGO. SHE WAS STILL WRITING IT ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ON HER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS YEAR. THE VERY LAST SONG I FINISHED IN THE MORNING GOING INTO THE STUDIO IN LA. # HEAVY WEIGHT'S STILL THERE IN THE MORNING. THERE SHE PLAYED ALONGSIDE 'MAESTROS', NORAH JONES' GUITARIST AND JOHN LEGEND'S BASS PLAYER BROUGHT IN BY TOP-FLIGHT PRODUCER MITCHELL FROOM, WHO'S WORKED WITH BIG NAMES SUCH AS CROWDED HOUSE, SHERYL CROW, AND FLEETWOOD MAC. I WAS SORT OF THINKING GOING IN THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SOMEONE SO FANCY, IT WOULD BE A VERY HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH STRESS ENVIRONMENT. BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY MELLOW. VERY RELAXED. MEL PARSONS TOOK THE ALBUM ON STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT. SHE'S IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW AND CHRISTCHURCH ON SATURDAY. SHE HOPES TO TOUR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY NEXT YEAR. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS JUST AHEAD, MORE SHOWERS ON THE WAY, BUT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WEATHER TUNNEL. AND THE NINE-YEAR-OLD FIGHTING TO LEGALISE SNOWBALL FIGHTS. NOW TO TOMORROWS WEATHER, WITH JACK JOHNSON'S 'BANANA PANCAKES'. NOTHING SAYS WINTER LIKE A GOOD OLD FASHION SNOWBALL FIGHT. TONIGHT'S MUSIC BOUGHT TO YOU BY TONIGHT REPORTER CARLA PENMAN NOTHING SAYS WINTER LIKE A GOOD OLD FASHION SNOWBALL FIGHT. BUT IN ONE SMALL U.S. TOWN, YOU'D ACTUALLY BE BREAKING THE LAW. SO A BOY (9) HAS TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO GET THE BIZARRE BAN LIFTED. HERE'S ABC'S ADRIENNE BANKERT WITH HOW HE WENT. (CROWD SHOUTS) WHEREVER THERE'S SNOW, THERE ARE SNOWBALL FIGHTS. FROM POLICE OFFICERS PLAYING WITH KIDS, THIS EPIC NEW YORK CITY WINTER WAR OR A LITTLE PLAYFUL FUN ON CAPITOL HILL. OH YEAH! BUT IN SEVERANCE, COLORADO, FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, THROWING SNOWBALLS HAS BEEN ILLEGAL ` UNTIL TODAY. DANE BEST (9) WANTED TO CHANGE THE LAW, AND HE DID. HE JUST SAID, 'MOM, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO CHANGE THE LAW.' AND I SAID, 'I'M NOT GONNA FIGHT TO CHANGE THE LAW. 'IF YOU FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT CHANGED, 'THEN LET'S TAKE THE STEPS AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD DO.' DANE HAD 20 OF HIS CLASSMATES SIGN A PETITION AND GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD ON WHY IT SHOULD BE LEGAL TO THROW SNOWBALLS. I CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE SEVERANCE TOWN BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO LIFT THE BAN. YOU'VE JUST CHANGED THE LAW, BUDDY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IT'S ONLY FITTING DANE THREW OUT THE VERY FIRST LAWFUL SNOWBALL IN CELEBRATION. POWER TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE THANKS FOR WATCHING , GOOD NIGHT