TONIGHT - CAN THE COUPLE BEHIND DESTINY CHURCH REINVENT THEMSELVES AS A NEW POLITICAL PARTY? THE TAMAKIS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON PARLIAMENT. THE ALARMING STATISTICS BEHIND A FIREFIGHTERS PROTEST. WHY THE LIVES THESE CREWS ARE BATTLING TO SAVE ARE THEIR OWN. PLUS, THE NEW, AND THE RETURN OF THE OLD IN A PREVIEW LOOK AT THE NEXT STAR WARS INSTALMENT ` THE RISE OF SKYWALKER. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 THE DESTINY CHURCH HAS REVIVED ITSELF AS A POLITICAL PARTY IT'S CALLING 'COALITION NEW ZEALAND'. BUT THE NAME, WHICH IT'S YET TO EVEN REGISTER, IS ALREADY SPARKING CONFUSION, AS ARE THE FLEDGLING PARTY'S POLICIES. KATIE BRADFORD ASKED THE HARD QUESTIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE POLITICS WITH TEETH. TROTTING OUT A NEW POLITICAL LEADER. THIS IS A PARTY THAT'S LED BY LEADERS. BUT IT'S NOT THE SELF-APPOINTED BISHOP BRIAN TAMAKI WHO WILL BE LEADING; RATHER HIS WIFE, HANNAH. CALLED 'COALITION NEW ZEALAND', IT'S VOWING TO MAKE ITS WAY TO PARLIAMENT IN THE 2020 ELECTION. CHRISTIAN OR NOT, I AM BECOMING UPSET AT WHAT I AM SEEING HAPPENING IN NEW ZEALAND. IT FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF COLIN CRAIG'S CONSERVATIVES, GRAHAM CAPILL'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE PARTY AND THE DESTINY PARTY, WHICH RECEIVED JUST 0.6% OF VOTES AT THE 2005 ELECTION. SO WHAT DOES THE COALITION NEW ZEALAND PARTY ACTUALLY STAND FOR? WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT POLICIES TODAY. HANNAH TAMAKI IS UPSET AT THE DIRECTION THE GOVERNMENT IS HEADING IN. IT'S LIKE A LOCOMOTIVE AT THE MOMENT ` 'LET'S LEGALISE MARIJUANA, 'LET'S GET A LATE-TERM ABORTION DONE.' THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW AND I KNOW ARE HAPPENING, THAT I THINK SOMETIMES IF WE JUST SLOW THINGS DOWN... BUT GETTING ANSWERS ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES BECAME TOUGH. MY QUESTION IS YOU SAID WE'RE SEEING LATE-TERM ABORTIONS. NO, I SAID THEY WANT TO RUSH THROUGH LATE-TERM ABORTION. WHO WANTS TO, THOUGH? WHERE IS IT? WE'RE SEEING IT. I'M ACTUALLY NOT NAMING PEOPLE, KATIE. I'M ACTUALLY SAYING WE'RE ALL SEEING IT. THE FACTS ARE THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING A LAW COMMISSION REPORT THAT PROVIDES OPTIONS FOR TAKING ABORTION OUT OF THE CRIMES ACT. AND WHO WILL STAND FOR THE PARTY IS ALSO UNKNOWN. WILL YOU STAND AS PART OF THIS PARTY? I DON'T KNOW YET. THEY'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE TO GET BEYOND DESTINY; THEY ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE WITH POLICIES; THEY ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY. CHRISTIAN OR CONSERVATIVE PARTIES HAVE RECEVIED ABOUYT 3% TO 4% CHRISTIAN OR CONSERVATIVE PARTIES HAVE RECEVIED ABOUT 3% TO 4% OF THE VOTE IN RECENT ELECTIONS, SO THERE ARE VOTES OUT THERE TO GRAB. BUT ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES FOR THIS NEW PARTY MAY BE A CHALLENGE FROM NATIONAL MP ALFRED NGARO, WHO IS CONSIDERING BREAKING OUT AND FORMING HIS OWN PARTY. THIS RESURGENCE IN THESE PARTIES IS SPARKED BY A NUMBER OF MORAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA. MY MESSAGE TO ALFRED IS ` I DO NOT KNOW YOU, YOU SEEM LIKE A REASONABLE MAN LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO CALL HOME. I GIVE YOU, ALFRED, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SIT WITH ME. BUT THERE ARE DOUBTS THIS LATEST PARTY COULD GET TO THE MAGICAL 5% MARK. I THINK THAT THE NAME 'HANNAH TAMAKI' WILL ACTUALLY CARRY EXACTLY THE SAME BAGGAGE AS 'BRIAN TAMAKI'. THE TAMAKIS RISING TO THE CHALLENGE. DOING SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME IS EXCITING. JUST IMAGINE IF COLONEL SANDERS GAVE UP THE FIRST TIME HE WANTED FUNDING FOR HIS RECIPE. WE WOULD NOT HAVE TASTED THAT SUCCULENT CHICKEN. SO SOME NEW OPTIONS NOW ON THE POLITICAL MENU. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. MORE CHANGES ARE ON THE CARDS FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY AFTER A DAMNING REPORT FOUND IT FAILED TO INTERVENE BEFORE A HELICOPTER CRASH WHICH KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE IN FOX GLACIER IN 2015. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION HAS FOUND THE PILOT WASN'T PROPERLY TRAINED, AND CAA KNEW THAT, BUT STILL LET THE OPERATOR FLY. ANDREW MACFARLANE REPORTS. FOR THE GIBSON FAMILY, THE SCARS ARE STILL VERY VISIBLE. WE WERE DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION. I'VE COME A LONG WAY OUT OF IT, BUT MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER STILL HAVE GOT A LONG, LONG WAY TO GO. CHARLIE'S DAUGHTER JOSEPHINE GIBSON WAS KILLED ALONGSIDE HER BOYFRIEND SOVANNMONY LEANG AND FIVE OTHERS IN THE FOX GLACIER HELICOPTER CRASH. SO THAT'S THE LAST PHOTO OF THEM BEFORE THEY DIED. TODAY IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE PILOT WASN'T PROPERLY TRAINED. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY KNEW AND STILL LET HIM FLY. WELL` ALL I CAN S` THAT'S` TO ME IT'S CLEAR NEGLIGENCE. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION SAYS A MECHANICAL FAULT'S UNLIKELY, BUT BAD WEATHER MAY STILL HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. THE FULL REPORT, RELEASED TODAY, REVEALS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM OF THE AVIATION WATCHDOG LETTING FAULTS SLIDE. SO THE COMMISSION IS CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE A WIDER SAFETY ISSUE, THAT OTHER CIVIL AVIATION OPERATORS FROM THAT PERIOD COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCES THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED OR RESOLVED. BUT THE CAA SAYS IT'S REVIEWED ITS PAST INSPECTIONS AND IS CONFIDENT THOSE OPERATING SCENIC TOURIST FLIGHTS ARE UP TO SCRATCH. THE REGULATOR OF 2019 IS A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ROBUST REGULATOR THAN BACK IN THAT PERIOD LEADING UP TO THE FOX GLACIER ACCIDENT. TODAY THE AUTHORITY'S DIRECTOR REVEALED MORE CHANGES ARE ON THE CARDS. PART OF THAT ` CLEARER AREAS OF FOCUS FOR INSPECTORS. MY INTENTION IS TO MOVE TO A FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE WHERE THEY TEND TO SPECIALIZE IN PROVIDING A PARTICULAR FUNCTION AND PERFORMING PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS. BUT FOR THE GIBSON FAMILY, THEY SAY THEY'LL NEVER RECOVER FROM THE DISASTER, BUT THEY HOPE CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM WILL PREVENT A SIMILAR TRAGEDY. ANDREW MCFARLANE, 1 NEWS. FIREFIGHTERS BROUGHT THE HEAT TO PARLIAMENT TODAY, DEMANDING A LAW CHANGE TO ADDRESS THE HIGH RATES OF CANCER AMONG THEM. RESEARCH SHOWS FIREFIGHTERS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP TESTICULAR CANCER. GIA GARRICK HAS MORE. A HOME FIRE OUT, A FOREST DAMPENED, ANOTHER LIFE SAVED. FIREFIGHTERS ARE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS EVERY DAY, BUT ALSO CONCOCTIONS OF CARCINOGENS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS CAN BE LETHAL IN THE LONG-TERM. FIREFIGHTERS ARE DYING AT RECORD NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR JOB. TOXIC SMOKE CAN MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RISK OF TESTICULAR CANCER AND INCREASE THE RISK OF OTHER CANCERS. NOT ONLY HAVE WE LOST PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENT. YOU HEAR ABOUT GUYS THAT'VE PASSED AWAY BEFORE WE JOINED, AND THEY ALWAYS SPEAK SO HIGHLY OF THESE GUYS, AND THEIR LIVES WERE CUT SHORT DUE TO CANCER. AND THEY'VE BASICALLY HAD TO FUND IT THEMSELVES. FOR MANY, IT MEANS A FIGHT OF A DIFFERENT KIND. PEOPLE WERE TALKING, SAYING, 'OH, I'VE BEEN TO THE DOCTOR. I'VE GOT PROSTATE CANCER,' AND, 'OH, HAVE YOU GOT THAT TOO?' AND I GO, 'WHAT? WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THIS?' SO I MADE IT QUITE OPEN. I PUT OUT AN EMAIL, EXPLAINED, HAD MY OPERATION, AND THAT WAS DEVASTATING. I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT FOR MEN, IT'S THE THIRD-WORST OPERATION YOU CAN HAVE. AND SO FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TODAY TAKEN THEIR WANTS TO PARLIAMENT ` ACCESS TO ACC ENTITLEMENTS LIKE LOSS OF WAGES, AND COMPENSATION FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR CANCER. THEY SAY IT'S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVINCE ACC THAT YEARS OF FIGHTING FIRES IS WHAT CAUSED IT. IF A NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTER DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY BECAUSE OF OCCUPATIONAL CANCER, THEY ARE IGNORED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT. HE'S CONVINCED GOVERNMENTS IN CANADA, THE US AND AUSTRALIA TO ADOPT LEGISLATION WHICH PRESUMES A FIREFIGHTER'S CANCER IS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY THEIR WORK. HERE THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE ` ON BOARD. I ACTUALLY WROTE A LETTER DIRECTLY TO THE MINISTER OF ACC SAYING THAT I BELIEVE THAT THESE FIREFIGHTERS NEED TO HAVE THAT PRESUMPTIVE LEGISLATION PASSED FOR THE PARTICULAR CANCERS. I'VE ASKED FOR ADVICE TO BE PREPARED. THE PRUDENT THING TO DO IS TO WAIT FOR THAT TO COME IN. I'LL MAKE SOME DECISIONS AFTER THAT. A CAUTION FIREFIGHTERS AREN'T AFFORDED. WHEN THERE'S A HOUSE FIRE AND THERE'S LOTS OF SMOKE AND THERE'S SOMEBODY INSIDE, WE'RE GOING IN. GIA GARRICK, 1 NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT REVEALED TODAY IT'S OPEN TO THE COUNTRY BORROWING MORE MONEY IN THE FUTURE TO PAY FOR TAX CUTS AND BIG BUILDS. IT'S A CHANGE OF HEART FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER. AND AS POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY REPORTS, NATIONAL'S ACCUSING HIM OF BREAKING A PROMISE. GRANT ROBERTSON HAS GIVEN HIMSELF A BORROWING LIMIT. RIGHT NOW THAT MAGIC NUMBER IS 20% OF GDP. BUT IN 2023, HE'LL BE ON A LONGER LEASH. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE LOOKING AT A RANGE OF 15% TO 25% OF GDP, BASED ON ADVICE FROM THE TREASURY. THAT MEANS THE NEW LIMIT WILL BE 25%, MEANING MORE MONEY FOR SPENDING OR ONE-OFF SHOCKS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE OR RECESSION. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. BASICALLY IT MEANS THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE A BIT LESS FINICKY ABOUT ITS DEBT TARGET. MOVING TO A RANGE GIVES THE GOVERNMENT A BIT MORE LEEWAY TO SPEND MORE OR TAX LESS IN THE FUTURE. BUT NATIONAL SAYS IT'S THE FINANCE MINISTER WAVING A WHITE FLAG. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS OVERPROMISED AND CANNOT DELIVER. THIS IS TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE DEBT. AND BE UNDER NO ILLUSION ` THIS IS NOT WRIGGLE ROOM; THIS IS GRANT ROBERTSON GIVING THE GOVERNMENT LICENCE TO BORROW MORE AND MORE MONEY. WE ARE NOT SHIFTING OUR DEBT TARGETS. THE 20% TARGET REMAINS. THIS IS ABOUT FROM 2023 ONWARDS. THE SCRAP CONTINUED IN THE DEBATING CHAMBER. HASN'T HE TODAY REALLY JUST REVEALED THE GOVERNMENT'S REAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY, WHICH IS TAX MORE, SPEND MORE, BORROW MORE? MR SPEAKER, NO, NO. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT ITS FUTURE PLANS WHEN IT DELIVERS THE BUDGET. WE SAW IT WITH THE FEES-FREE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK, AND NOW THIS. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLEARLY KEEN TO GET RID OF ANYTHING THAT COULD BE A DISTRACTION ON BUDGET DAY. AFTER ALL, IT'S NOW ONLY A WEEK AWAY. YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO UNWRAP YOUR PRESENTS TILL CHRISTMAS DAY. ONLY SEVEN MORE SLEEPS, AND WITH CLEARLY ONE EXCITED FINANCE MINISTER. JESSICA MUTCH-MCKAY, 1 NEWS. SOME OF THE BIGGEST HIP HOP, RAP AND R'N'B STARS IN THE PASIFIKA MUSIC SCENE ARE CELEBRATING THIS EVENING AFTER SOME BIG WINS AT THE ANNUAL PACIFIC MUSIC AWARDS. OUR TONIGHT REPORTER EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN HAS BEEN AT THE EVENT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. EMILY? IT'S BEEN AN EVENING OF TRUE PACIFIC PRIDE HERE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE EVENINGS THAT I CAN TELL YOU YOU CANNOT KEEP YOUR FEET STILL. NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING. THERE WAS A STRONG MESSAGE OF FAITH FROM PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH SHAPE THE PACIFIC MUSIC. A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED TO QUEEN SALOTE. SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS EVENING FOR COMPOSING MORE THAN 100 SONGS AND HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE TONGAN COMMUNITY. RAZE HAS BEEN AWARDED BEST FEMA PACIFIC ARTIST. BUT IT WAS KINGS AND TOMORROW PEOPLE THAT DOMINATED. TOMORROW PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING FOUR OUT OF FOUR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST ALBUM. CERTAINLY AND ENERGETIC NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TIME, EMILY. NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND-LARGEST IWI IS SET TO GET GREATER RIGHTS TO MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES. IT'S SOMETHING NGATI POROU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING 16 YEARS FOR. TODAY IN PARLIAMENT, THE FIRST BILL UNDER THE MARINE AND COASTAL AREA ACT PASSED ITS THIRD READING. IT MEANS THE IWI WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A PARCEL OF LAND ON THE NORTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST. (CROWD SINGS WAIATA) IT IS EMOTIONAL, BUT IT'S A GOOD, HAPPY EMOTIONAL, AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE SINGING AND THE SONGS. THE PEOPLE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE. THE IWI WILL HAVE TO SHOW IT'S LIVED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA SINCE 1840 BEFORE THE DEAL IS FINALISED. CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND RIOTERS HAVE ESCALATED IN JAKARTA IN WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS INDONESIA'S WORST POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN DECADES. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. CHANNEL NINE'S RENAE HENRY IS THERE. IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL GRIPPED BY MAYHEM FOR A SECOND NIGHT. RIOTERS, MANY OF THE EXTREMISTS HAD THE NOTHING BACK. THEIR TARGET WERE POLICE, ONLY ALLOWED TO FIRE RUBBER PELLETS. AT TIMES, THE MOBS HAD SMALL WINS, SEIZING POLICE SHIELDS AND EVEN A POLICE VEHICLE. BUT 50,000 SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL HAD THE UPPER HAND, TAKING HUNDREDS INTO CUSTODY. A TENSE MOMENT WHERE OFFICERS FEARED THIS WOMAN WAS A SUICIDE BOMBER. REFUSING THEIR ORDERS TO SIT AND ONLY RETREATING IN A SMOG OF TEARGAS. TODAY THE WORRYING REMINDERS REMAIN. THIS IS WHERE RIOTERS AT TIMES MANAGED TO BREACH THE LINES. AFTER MANY ARRESTED RIOTERS FOUND WITH ENVELOPES OF CASH, POLICE INSISTS THEY ARE NARROWING IN ON PROVOKER'S. THE REELECTED PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION TO SECURITY, DEMOCRACY OR THE UNITY OF HIS BELOVED COUNTRY. TO THE U.S., WHERE THERE ARE MASS CASUALTIES AS A TORNADO CAUSES CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE AND AT LEAST THREE FATALITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. THE MONSTER STORM CELL DIRECTLY HIT JEFFERSON CITY, A TOWN OF MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE, COLLAPSING BUILDINGS, TRAPPING PEOPLE, BRINGING DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSING GAS LEAKS. OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR GEOFFREY RUSH HAS BEEN AWARDED A RECORD DEFAMATION PAYOUT FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER IN AUSTRALIA. RUSH WILL GET MORE THAN $3M, THE HIGHEST DEFAMATION PAYOUT AWARDED IN AUSTRALIA TO A SINGLE PERSON. THE ARTICLES ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR, BUT A TRIAL LAST YEAR FAILED TO UPHOLD THE ALLEGATIONS. LAST MONTH THE ACTOR WAS AWARDED MORE THAN $850,000 IN DAMAGES. THE NEWSPAPER SAYS IT WILL APPEAL THE FEDERAL COURT DECISION. STILL TO COME ` AT THE AGE OF 93, THE QUEEN DISCOVERS THE SUPERMARKET SELF-CHECKOUT. SO WHAT WAS IN THE BAGGING AREA? PLUS ` SHE'S A TEEN MAKING A SPLASH. THE DUNEDIN SWIMMER FOLLOWING IN SOME ILLUSTRIOUS FOOTSTEPS. BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER IS NOW FACING AN ALL OUT MUTINY FROM HER OWN MPs AS SHE DESPERATELY CLINGS TO POWER. ONE OF THERESA MAY'S SENIOR MINISTERS HAS QUIT CABINET OVER HER BREXIT POLICY. THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE, ANDREA LEADSOM, HAD BEEN A KEY PRO-BREXIT SUPPORTER. AND MEANWHILE POLLS HAVE OPENED IN THE UK FOR VOTING IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. GOING TO THE SUPERMARKET IS A MUNDANE TASK FOR MOST OF US. BUT FOR THE QUEEN, IT'S PROVEN TO BE QUITE THE EXPERIENCE, IN WHAT'S JUST HER THIRD PUBLIC VISIT TO A GROCERY STORE IN HER LIFE. AND AFTER BEING SHOWN THE WORKINGS OF A SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT, THE 93-YEAR-OLD HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. HER MAJESTY WAS ASSURED THERE WERE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PREVENT UNSCRUPULOUS BEHAVIOUR. THE QUEENS VISIT TO THE SAINSBURY'S POP-UP STORE WAS TO MARK THE CHAIN'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S BEEN 23 YEARS SINCE DANYON LOADER WON GOLD FOR NEW ZEALAND AT THE ATLANTA OLYMPICS ` STILL THE LAST TIME A KIWI MEDALLED IN THE POOL ON THE SPORT'S BIGGEST STAGE. WHILE HE'S LONG RETIRED, A YOUNG DUNEDIN TEENAGER TRAINING IN THE SAME POOL AS LOADER ONCE DID COULD SOON BE ABOUT TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. IT'S 5.30AM, THURSDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS STILL IN BED. ERIKA FAIRWEATHER IS WIDE AWAKE. TODAY'S TWO-HOUR TRAINING SESSION IS JUST A SMALL PART OF HER WEEKLY ROUTINE. I TRAIN SEVEN TIMES IN THE POOL, AND I GO DOWN TO THE GYM TWICE. PLUS SCHOOL? YEP. (CHUCKLES) FAIRWEATHER STARTED SWIMMING AT AN EARLY AGE, TRANSITIONING TO COMPETITIVE SWIMMING WHEN SHE WAS JUST 10 YEARS OLD. WITHIN FIVE YEARS, SHE'D BROKEN REBECCA PERROT'S 43-YEAR-OLD JUNIOR NATIONAL RECORD IN THE 400M FREESTYLE. (CROWD CHEERS) ME AND HER HAVE A LITTLE THING WHERE I GUESS WHAT TIME SHE GOING TO GO, AND I SAID A 4.13, AND SHE PIPPED ME ON THAT ONE AND WENT A 4.12. I'VE DEFINITELY UPPED THE SESSIONS AND UPPED THE INTENSITY. AND, YEAH, I'VE JUST GOT BIGGER GOALS NOW. THE NEXT GOAL IS TO GO FRACTIONALLY QUICKER AT THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN IN JUST THREE WEEKS' TIME, HOPING TO QUALIFY FOR JULY'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH KOREA. SHE'S SWIMMING FASTER, CLEARLY FASTER THAN ANY 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. AND FAST ENOUGH TO BE AMONG THE TOP 10 JUNIORS IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT. FAIRWEATHER'S IN GOOD HANDS HERE IN DUNEDIN. HER COACH, LARS HUMER, WELL, HE SWUM UNDER DUNCAN LANG, THE SAME MAN WHO COACHED OUR LAST EVER OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNER IN THE POOL. AND DANYON LOADER FOR THE SECOND TIME. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN AROUND WHEN HE WON. NO. (LAUGHS) FAIRWEATHER INSTEAD GREW UP IDOLISING SWIMMERS LIKE MICHAEL PHELPS AND KATIE LEDECKY, ATHLETES SHE HOPES TO ONE DAY EMULATE. GARY: THIS IS A SMART COACH, SMART PARENTS AND A REALLY SMART KID, SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR HER WITHOUT OVERCOOKING IT, WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH EXPECTATION. CONTINUE ON THE PATH SHE'S ALREADY SWIMMING, AND YOU GET THE FEELING THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME WE HEAR FROM ERIKA FAIRWEATHER. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` IT'S MORE SUNGLASS WEATHER THAN RAINCOATS IN YOUR WEATHER. PLUS, A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE LATEST MOVIE IN THE STAR WARS SERIES, 'THE RISE OF SKYWALKER'. TO THE FIRST BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE LATEST EDITION OF THE FAMOUS STAR WARS FRANCHISE, 'THE RISE OF SKYWALKER'. THE FILM INCLUDES A SPECIAL NOD TO THE LATE CARRIE FISHER, WHO PLAYED PRINCESS LEIA, AS WELL AS SOME NEW FACES. HERE'S ABC'S WILL REEVE. (LIGHTSABER HUMS) IT'S THE END OF THE TRILOGY THAT STARTED IN 2015 WITH 'THE FORCE AWAKENS' AND THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE SKYWALKER SAGA THAT BEGAN OVER 40 YEARS AGO. THIS ONE WAS PARTICULARLY HARD BECAUSE IT WAS THE END NOT OF THREE MOVIES BUT NINE. AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE TRILOGIES, SUDDENLY THE... THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, EVEN BEYOND WHAT IT IS YOU WANT TO DO, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE I'M THINKING IF SOMEONE IS GONNA BE WATCHING THESE MOVIES WHEN THEY ALL ARE TOGETHER, ONE THROUGH NINE, THERE MUST BE INEVITABILITY. THERE MUST BE A SENSE OF PURPOSE TO ALL OF IT. IT ALSO HAS TO STAND ON ITS OWN. STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER. NOW THIS MORNING, AN EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK ON SET FROM VANITY FAIR, WITH PHOTOGRAPHER ANNIE LEIBOWITZ CAPTURING THESE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGES OF DIRECTOR JJ ABRAMS AND THE ACTORS BRINGING STAR WARS TO LIFE. THEY WENT TO JORDAN, THIS PLACE CALLED WADI RUM, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY REMOTE. AND THAT STOOD IN FOR THIS KIND OF DESERT PLANET. DAISY RIDLEY: WE WERE IN THE DESERT FOR THE FIRST ONE, AND NOW WE'RE HERE FOR THE LAST ONE. I'VE FELT VERY NOSTALGIC AT MANY, MANY POINTS THAT THIS IS SORT OF... AS EVERYONE SAYS, YOU DON'T GET EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN. NEWLY REVEALED CHARACTERS WILL JOIN IN FOR THE RIDE, ALONGSIDE STARS DAISY RIDLEY AND ADAM DRIVER. RICHARD E GRANT PLAYS A FIRST ORDER GENERAL NAMED GENERAL PRYDE. AND THEN THERE'S KERI RUSSELL. SHE'S SOME KIND OF ROGUE OR THIEF. WE KNOW SHE'S GOING TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN WHATEVER HAPPENS. SOMEONE ELSE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE ` GENERAL ORGANA, THE FORMER PRINCESS LEIA, PORTRAYED BY ACTRESS CARRIE FISHER, WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN DECEMBER 2016. WE COULD NOT TELL THE STORY WITHOUT HER. THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF SCENES THAT WE HAD FILMED AND NOT USED FOR EPISODE SEVEN. AND I COMPILED THE FOOTAGE AND WATCHED IT, AND IT WAS LIKE FINDING THIS IMPOSSIBLE ANSWER TO AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION. WE COULD TELL HER STORY WITH THESE PIECES THAT SHE HAD SHOT. SO WHEN SHE'S IN THE MOVIE, IT'S HER. SHE'S IN THE FILM; SHE'S PERFORMING THESE SCENES. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH THE MUSIC 'IN CAMERA' BY YUMI ZOUMA. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN.