TONIGHT ` THE WELL-BEING BUDGET IS OUT, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF WELL-BEING TO GO AROUND. A BIG BOOST FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD WELFARE ` SO WHY ARE TEACHERS NOT HAPPY? BUT HAS THE BUDGET LEAK OVERSHADOWED THE DELIVERY? IT TURNS OUT THE HACK WASN'T A HACK, AND NOW A TOP PUBLIC SERVANT'S JOB IS ON THE LINE. AND INSERT YOUR CHEESY STAR-WARS-RELATED PUN HERE, BECAUSE DISNEYLAND IS ABOUT TO OPEN ITS NEW THEME PARK, AND IT IS EPIC. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND HARIET ELLIS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THEY CALLED IT THE WELL-BEING BUDGET, AND TODAY THE GOVERNMENT'S DELIVERED BIG ON MENTAL HEALTH, IMPROVING THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN AND RAILWAYS. MENTAL HEALTH WILL GET $1.9b OVER FOUR YEARS, WITH A BIG CHUNK GOING TO FRONTLINE SERVICES AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. CHILD WELL-BEING GETS JUST OVER A BILLION DOLLARS, INCLUDING MONEY TO SCRAP DONATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN DECILE 1 TO 7 SCHOOLS. A BILLION DOLLARS WILL BE INVESTED IN KIWIRAIL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR TRAINS, PROVINCIAL RAIL AND FERRIES. AS FOR EDUCATION, THERE'S NOTHING FOR TEACHERS' PAY. BUT THERE IS $1.2B FOR NEW SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY BREAKS DOWN THE BIG WINNER FROM TODAY ` MENTAL HEALTH. THIS 24-YEAR-OLD KNOWS THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM INSIDE AND OUT. THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE, I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, AND I TRIED MANY MORE TIMES THROUGHOUT MY TEENAGE YEARS. SHE'S RELIEVED WITH NEWS OF THE BIG BOOST. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NEEDED AND BEEN ASKING FOR FOR SO LONG. IT'S THE SINGLE BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE FINANCE MINISTER SAYS IT'LL HELP 300,000 KIWIS. IT IS FRONT AND CENTRE IN ALL OF OUR WELL-BEING. (APPLAUSE) A MAJOR CONCERN FROM EXPERTS IS NOT HAVING ENOUGH TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS, SO THERE IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS LEARNING AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO, $455M OVER FOUR YEARS WILL GO ON TRAINING MORE MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS; $200M FOR NEW AND EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES; $128M FOR MENTAL HEALTH HELP FOR PRISONERS; $40M FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION. IT'S HOPED THAT'LL HELP MILD AND MODERATE CASES TOO. ...THAT ARE NOT YET AT THE POINT OF TRYING TO TAKE THEIR LIVES, THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS HELP TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT THAT BECOMING THE OUTCOME. WHEN WILL WE START TO SEE OUR POOR STATISTICS TURN AROUND ON THAT? IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL TAKE TIME. IT'S THE FIRST WELL-BEING BUDGET, MEANING ANY SPENDING HAS TO BE GOOD FOR OUR WELL-BEING, NOT JUST THE BOTTOM LINE. WE BEGIN, THROUGH THIS BUDGET, TO VALUE AND MEASURE ALL THAT MAKES LIFE WORTHWHILE IN NEW ZEALAND. MR SPEAKER, I COMMEND TO THIS HOUSE THE WELL-BEING BUDGET. (APPLAUSE) AND THEN IT WAS NATIONAL'S TURN. IT'S A BROKEN BUDGET. THIS IS A BOTCHED BUDGET. HOW CAN IT BE A WELL-BEING BUDGET WHEN THERE REALLY IS ONLY CRUMBS UNDER THE TABLE FOR CANCER DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY? ALSO QUICK TO POINT OUT WHAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET. IMMIGRATION, WELFARE REFORM, FEES FREE, KIWIBUILD. (LAUGHS) THAT WAS UPLIFTING. IT'S NOW UP TO THE PUBLIC TO DECIDE HOW WELL THE WELL-BEING BUDGET DELIVERS. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY WITH THAT STORY. NOW, NOT EVERYONE CAME AWAY HAPPY FROM TODAY'S BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST TEACHER UNION IS DISAPPOINTED THAT A PAY BOOST FOR ITS MEMBERS WASN'T INCLUDED. NOW ITS ANNOUNCED YET ANOTHER STRIKE, TRYING TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO PLAY BALL. ANDREW MACFARLANE HAS THE DETAILS. SCENES LIKE THESE LOOK SET TO BE REPEATED NEXT MONTH. OUR SCHOOLS ARE UNDER ATTACK! CROWD: STAND UP! FIGHT BACK! SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS CONFIRMED THEY'LL WALK OFF THE JOB ONCE AGAIN. TODAY THEY RECEIVED THE NEWS THEY FEARED ` THERE'S NO CASH IN THE BUDGET TO HELP SETTLE THEIR PAY DISPUTE. THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG AND EXPENSIVE ISSUES TO DEAL WITH IN THE EDUCATION PORTFOLIO. WHAT THE TEACHING COMMUNITY AND THE PARENT COMMUNITY WILL SEE IS THAT WE'RE TICKING THINGS OFF. INSTEAD THE GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING $1.2b OVER THE NEXT DECADE IN BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS. IT WOULD BE HELL OF A GREAT IF WE COULD GUARANTEE WE HAD SUFFICIENT TEACHERS AS WELL AS CLASSROOMS. BIG CHANGES ARE ALSO ON THE WAY FOR THE THOUSANDS OF KIWIS ON THE BENEFIT. WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO EAT AFTER WE PAY OUR RENT. CURRENTLY BENEFIT INCREASES ARE LINKED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. NOW IT'LL BE LINKED TO AVERAGE WAGE INCREASES. THAT'S SET TO DELIVER $320m OVER FOUR YEARS TO MORE THAN 300,000 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BY 2023 THEY WILL BE BETWEEN $10 AND $17 PER WEEK BETTER OFF THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH JUST THE CPI ADJUSTMENT. THOSE WITH KIDS ARE ALSO SET TO GET A BOOST. SCHOOL DONATIONS ARE SET TO BE CANNED FOR DECILE 1 TO 7 SCHOOLS AT A COST OF $266m. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP. SOCIAL HOUSING HAS ALSO BEEN A KEY POINT TO COME OUT OF THE WELL-BEING BUDGET. TODAY THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTED $283m TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECTS, TIPPED TO HELP ALMOST 3000 KIWIS. THAT'S LEFT SOME DISAPPOINTED. CONSIDERING THEY'RE PUTTING MOST OF THEIR EGGS IN THE BASKET OF KIWIBUILD, IT IS WEIRD TO SEE THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING. BUT WHAT'S MOST CONCERNING IS THE LACK OF ADDITIONAL DEBT INTAKE TO BUILD MORE STATE HOMES. THIS IS WHERE THE CRISIS IS. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING A REAL LACK OF ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT. THOSE GROUPS FEELING LEFT OUT IN THE COLD ALREADY PINNING THEIR HOPES ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. THE DAY STARTED WITH PLENTY OF POLITICAL DRAMA AFTER REVELATIONS BUDGET DETAILS WERE NOT HACKED FROM TREASURY'S SYSTEMS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT KEPT ITS HEAD FIRMLY IN THE SAND, SAYING IT HAD BIGGER FISH TO FRY TODAY. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. IN NO MOOD TO TALK... ARE YOU GOING TO RESIGN OVER THIS? YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO LOOK AT THE STATEMENTS I'VE ALREADY MADE. ...WITH A CALL FOR HIS HEAD. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY'S POSITION IS CLEARLY UNTENABLE. HE MUST RESIGN. TREASURY COMPLAINED TO THE POLICE THIS WEEK, TELLING KIWIS BUDGET DOCUMENTS HAD BEEN STOLEN IN A SOPHISTICATED HACK. THEY HAVE ATTACKED IT PERSISTENTLY, SYSTEMATICALLY, IN A VERY DETERMINED FASHION. IN REALITY, NATIONAL SIMPLY LOOKED ON THEIR WEBSITE. THE NATIONAL PARTY GOT THIS INFORMATION THROUGH WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS SHARP PRACTICE. I MEAN, THEY WENT LOOKING VERY, VERY HARD FOR IT. THE POLICE WASTED NO TIME IN GIVING MR MAKHLOUF'S COMPLAINT THE BOOT. THEY TOLD HIM NOTHING UNLAWFUL HAD HAPPENED. IT TURNS OUT TREASURY'S BUDGET SECURITY WAS SIMPLY INCREDIBLY SLOPPY. HAS GABRIEL MAKHLOUF MISLEAD YOU? LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT TODAY. I PUT OUT A STATEMENT ALREADY TODAY TO SAY THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED. SIMON BRIDGES CALLING FOR THE FINANCE MINISTER TO GO TOO. YOU'D HAVE TO BE BORN YESTERDAY TO BELIEVE THAT A DEEPLY POLITICAL MINISTER LIKE GRANT ROBERTSON WASN'T DONKEY DEEP IN THIS. HE MUST RESIGN. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. THIS LOCK-UP IS ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE BUDGET. AND HE WANTS WINSTON PETERS TO SAY SORRY FOR SUGGESTING NATIONAL'S ACTIONS WERE ILLEGAL. IF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HAS ANY INTEGRITY, HE SHOULD APOLOGISE PUBLICLY. THE REALITY IS THAT HE SAID, ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE THAT. WELL, OF ALL THE ADULTS IN THIS COUNTRY, NOT ONE DID ` JUST HIM AND HIS OFFICE. TREASURY'S BEHAVIOUR IS NOW FIRMLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. THE BUDGET INCLUDES A MASSIVE SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING A BILLION-DOLLAR BOOST FOR KIWIRAIL. IT COMES WITH A FOUR-YEAR COMMITMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE. KATIE BRADFORD HAS THE DETAILS AND REACTION. A BILLION DOLLAR PROMISE TO GET CARS AND TRUCKS OFF THE ROADS... RAIL IS BACK ON TRACK. ...REDUCING EMISSIONS, WHILE BOOSTING REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE NEED TO GET OVER THINKING ROADS ARE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING. THE MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN KIWIRAIL INCLUDES $375m FOR NEW WAGONS AND LOCOMOTIVES, $331m ON TRACKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, $35m TO REPLACE FERRIES, AND ANOTHER $300M FOR REGIONAL RAIL. AND THERE'S 50 MACHINES IN THE SOUTH ISLAND WE'VE GOT TO UPGRADE, SO IT'S THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT. THE WAGONS, 900 WAGONS REPLACED, THEY'LL BE NATIONWIDE. WE'RE REPLACING 2000 WAGONS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. NOT A SINGLE NEW ROAD ANYWHERE. ALL THERE IS` WELL IN FACT, IF ALL THERE IS, IS WINSTON PETERS' GHOST TRAINS. A BIG PART OF THIS IS AIMED AT HELPING REGIONS SUCH AS NORTHLAND. EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON THE NORTH IS A DOLLAR WELL SPENT. IT'S A LOGICAL AREA TO CONTINUE INVESTMENT. IT'S SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE IN AND AROUND NEW ZEALAND, PARTICULARLY AUCKLAND, ASPIRE TO LIVE. BUT OF COURSE THEY NEED INDUSTRY TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL. THIS IS ALL PART OF A $10.4b INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PAST DECADE HAS SEEN A HUGE UNDER-INVESTMENT IN CRUCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS HOPED THE SPENDING COMMITMENT WILL PROVIDE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS WITH MORE CERTAINTY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. DEFENCE ALSO GETS A CASH INJECTION, WITH JUST OVER $2.1b EARMARKED FOR THE MILITARY. IT'S THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. KIMBERLEE DOWNS TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR. TRAINING TO SWOOP AND SAIL IN. OFF THE COROMANDEL'S RUGGED COASTLINE, THE HMNZS CANTERBURY AND WELLINGTON LURK. NEW ZEALAND'S DEFENCE FORCE IS IN THE MIDST OF A JOINT EXERCISE TO READY THEMSELVES FOR DELIVERING HUMANITARIAN AID IN NATURAL DISASTERS. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE'LL HAVE MORE SHIPS AVAILABLE TO FULFIL THE DESIRES OF GOVERNMENT, AND PART OF THAT IS THAT WE NEED FULLY TRAINED PEOPLE. IN TODAY'S BUDGET, THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED $35� MILLION TO KEEPING THE NAVY PREPARED, BUT THAT'S SMALL CHANGE COMPARED TO THE SPEND ON UPDATING THE AGEING ORION MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT FLEET, NEARLY $2B ALLOCATED FOR THE FOUR NEW POSEIDONS ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR. WE HAVE HIGH-END CAPABILITIES THAT HAVE COME TO THE END OF THEIR LIFE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THEY FALL OUT OF THE SKY. ANOTHER $150 MILLION IS BEING PUT TOWARDS SUSTAINING OTHER MILITARY CAPABILITIES. THAT INVOLVES TRAINING LIKE THIS. WE COVER A HUGE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PACIFIC AND IN OUR REGION, AND THE NAVY'S BEEN SO FLAT OUT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT THE TRAINING HAS DIPPED A LITTLE, SO THIS IS A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT TO LIFT THAT TRAINING BACK UP. THE AMPHIBIOUS CANTERBURY IS BEING USED TO HELP IN DISASTERS LIKE THE KAIKOURA QUAKE AND CYCLONE WINSTON IN FIJI. THIS LANDING CRAFT IS THE LINK BETWEEN LAND AND SHIP. IT MARRIES UP WITH THE CANTERBURY SO THEY CAN LOAD IT UP WITH PEOPLE, SUPPLIES, VEHICLES, WHATEVER THE DEFENCE FORCE NEEDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO ADMINISTER AID. EARLIER THIS WEEK, OPPOSITION LEADER SIMON BRIDGES CRITICISED DEFENCE SPENDING AS A PRIORITY ` CITING MONEY FOR TANKS, BUT NOT FOR TEACHERS. BUT THE MINISTER DISAGREES. DEFENCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF THE NATION AND ITS PEOPLE IN THE REALM. AND THE GOVERNMENT IS FORECASTING IT'LL CONTINUE TO SPEND AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OVER THE COMING YEARS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` TRAGEDY STRIKES ON A RIVER CRUISE. THE DESPERATE HUNT FOR SURVIVORS AFTER A TOUR BOAT RIDE TURNS TRAGIC ON THE DANUBE. OPERATION BANKSY ` HOW THIS PIECE FROM THE FAMOUS GRAFFITI ARTIST FOUND A NEW HOME. AND A MEDICAL MIRACLE ` SHE IS THE SMALLEST PRE-TERM BABY TO SURVIVE. SEE YOU AFTER THE BREAK. 21 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING AFTER A TOURIST BOAT SUNK ON THE DANUBE RIVER IN BUDAPEST. SEVEN BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND, AND SEVEN PEOPLE WERE RESCUED, BUT THE OTHERS REMAIN MISSING IN THE COLD AND FAST FLOWING WATER. IT'S REPORTED THE BOAT SANK AFTER BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VESSEL EARLIER THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE 33 ON BOARD WERE SOUTH KOREAN TOURISTS. HOLLYWOOD STAR ASHTON KUTCHER HAS TESTIFIED IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF A MAN KNOWN AS THE HOLLYWOOD RIPPER. THE ACTOR TOLD THE COURT HE FREAKED OUT AFTER LEARNING ASHLEY ELLERIN WAS FOUND DEAD THE DAY AFTER HE WENT TO HER HOME FOR A DATE IN 2001. KUTCHER SAYS THERE WAS NO ANSWER, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE ON AND HE COULD SEE WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A RED WINE SPILL. ELLERIN HAD BEEN STABBED 47 TIMES. A GIGANTIC, RARELY SEEN SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN SIGHTED AS A RECORD-BREAKING SPATE OF TORNADOES CUT A DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE PATH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THIS INCREDIBLE TIME-LAPSE VIDEO SHOWS THE MENACING, SUPER-SIZED STORM SYSTEM CHURNING ACROSS NEBRASKA. STORMCHASERS HAVE DUBBED IT THE 'IMPERIAL MOTHERSHIP'. SUPERCELL'S CAN SPAWN AND SPEW OUT MULTIPLE SMALLER TORNADOES. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TYPES OF STORMS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME WEATHER IT GENERATES. 38 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY TORNADOES IN THE U.S SO FAR THIS YEAR. BORIS JOHNSON, WHO'S TIPPED TO BE BRITAIN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT OVER CLAIMS HE LIED ABOUT BREXIT. A KEY LEAVE CAMPAIGNER, MR JOHNSON'S ACCUSED OF FALSELY CLAIMING THAT MEMBERSHIP OF THE EU COST BRITAIN �350M A WEEK. THE NUMBER WAS ON THE SIDE OF HIS BUS ALL THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN. HIS ACCUSERS SAY HE DELIBERATELY MISLED THE PUBLIC. BUT MR JOHNSON'S SUPPORTERS SAY IT'S A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED MOVE TO REVERSE BREXIT. TO SPORT AND THE CRICKET WORLD CUP HAS FINALLY BEGUN ` WITH THE OPENING MATCH BETWEEN HOSTS ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA GETTING UNDERWAY EARLIER TONIGHT. NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST GAME IS AGAINST SRI LANKA ON SUNDAY, BUT BEFORE THAT, BLACK CAPS SKIPPER KANE WILLIAMSON GOT TO MEET THE QUEEN. HERE'S GUY HEVELDT. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S KING SHARING A LAUGH WITH REAL ROYALTY. INTERESTING, THE COLLECTION. KANE WILLIAMSON AMONGST THE 10 CAPTAINS AT A SPECIAL MEET AND GREET WITH THE QUEEN AND PRINCE HARRY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. IT WAS VERY FORMAL. WE, SORT OF, GOT PUT IN OUR POSITIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, AND WE GOT TOLD THAT SHE WOULD TAKE THE LEAD. SO IF SHE SHOOK YOUR HAND, THEN THAT WAS A BONUS. AS FOR WHAT GOT THE LAUGH... HAD A LITTLE CHAT. SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WEATHER. (CHUCKLES) THAT WAS ABOUT IT. THE RARE OPPORTUNITY JUST A DECENT THROW FROM THE EVENT'S OPENING CEREMONY ALONG THE MALL. THE PARTY FULL OF SINGING, SOME ENTHUSIASTIC DANCING... (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) ...AND FIREWORKS ` AN INDICATION BUSINESS HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. IN SOME WAYS, TODAY WAS, I SUPPOSE, THE START OF THE COMPETITION, WHICH IS EXCITING THAT, I GUESS, THE TOURNAMENT JUST GETS TO GET UNDERWAY. SIX WEEKS OF INTRIGUE AHEAD, AS THESE LEADERS AND THEIR TEAMS CHASE CRICKET'S HOLY GRAIL. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. A MURAL BY THE ARTIST BANKSY, WHICH WAS DISCOVERED ON THE WALLS OF A GARAGE IN WALES LAST YEAR NOW HAS A NEW HOME. IN AN EXTREMELY DELICATE OPERATION, THE "SEASON'S GREETINGS" ARTWORK WAS CAREFULLY CUT OFF THE WALL AND LOADED ONTO A TRUCK. THE BBC'S TOMOS MORGAN WITH WHERE THE PIECE IS NOW. AS CHRISTMAS DESCENDED ON PORT ALBERT LAST YEAR, SO DID BANKSY. A PAINTING ON ONE SIDE OF A YOUNG BOY PLAYING IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE SNOW, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE PIECE SHOWS THE CHILD IS BREATHING FUMES. BUT CAN IT BE MOVED INTACT? AFTER SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND MONTHS OF PLANNING, THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAS FINALLY ARRIVED, AND THE BANKSY IS ON THE MOVE. IT'S BEEN QUITE THE HEADACHE FOR ENGINEERS ` PROTECTIVE RESINS, WOODEN CASINGS, AND STEEL BARRIERS HAVE ALL BEEN NEEDED. IT'S BEEN A SLOW PROCESS AS A CRANE SLOWLY MOVED THE GARAGE CORNER ON TO A FLATBED, BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE CENTRE OF TOWN. BUT 'SEASON'S GREETINGS' HAS REMAINED IN PERFECT CONDITION. AND THERE WE ARE! I AM SO RELIEVED, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I SAID THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, 'I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING GOING WRONG.' TOTAL FAITH IN THESE GUYS DOING THE JOB, COS THEY LOOKED SO PROFESSIONAL TO ME, BUT, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. THINGS DO HAPPEN. THAT'S WHY THERE'S, YOU KNOW. AND NOW, HERE IT IS! IT'S IN PORT ALBERT. ANYBODY CAN COME LOOK AT IT, EASILY. THE AIM IS FOR THE PIECE TO BE ON FULL DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WITH A VIEW TO MAKING 'SEASON'S GREETINGS' NEW HOME IN TO A MUSEUM OF STREET ART IN THE FUTURE. AND THE GALLERY OWNER THINKS THIS ARTWORK COULD BRING 150,000 VISITORS TO THE TOWN EACH YEAR. AT FIRST SHE WEIGHED NO MORE THAN AN APPLE ` JUST 245 GRAMS. THIS LITTLE GIRL'S IS THE SMALLEST BABY TO SURVIVE EVER ` AFTER BEING BORN AT JUST 23 WEEKS . NICKNAMED SAYBIE BY HER MEDICAL TEAM SHE STAYED IN THE SAN DIEGO HOSPITAL FROM DECEMBER. SHE'S NOW BEEN DISCHARGED AND WEIGHS AROUND TWO KILOGRAMS. JUST AHEAD ` A MUST SEE FOR YOU STAR WARS FANS WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE FRANCHISE, BUT A THEME PARK? AND THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE. Sarah is about to find out if her denture can cope with a steak. Luckily for her, she uses Polident Adhesive, which helps give her 65% more chewing power leaving Sarah to dig in and enjoy. Polident Adhesive. IF YOU'RE A STAR WARS FAN, OR EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ` YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS. DISNEYLAND IS SET TO OPEN ITS NEW STAR WARS THEME PARK TOMORROW, CALLED GALAXY'S EDGE. IT COST ABOUT $1B AND BASICALLY HAS EVERYTHING A STAR WARS NERD COULD DREAM OF ` AND CHANNEL NINE REPORTER MIKE DALTON, IS A STAR WARS NERD. IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY ` WELL, HALF A PLANET'S REACH, REALLY ` IS THE LATEST CHRONICLE IN THE STAR WARS SERIES. (STAR WARS THEME SONG) BUT RATHER THAN A FLICKERING STRIP OF CELLULOID, THIS IS THE LARGEST SINGLE THEME DEVELOPMENT IN THE HISTORY OF DISNEYLAND, CALLED 'STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE'. EVERYTHING, AS YOU LOOK AROUND, IS INCREDIBLY AUTHENTIC TO THE STAR WARS CANON. SO, BASICALLY WE WENT UP TO THE LUCAS ARCHIVES, AND LOOKED AT ALL THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS MOVIE, AND KIND OF KEYED OFF OF THAT. ACROSS 5.5 HECTARES, DISNEY HAS COMBINED ELEMENTS FROM ACROSS THE FILM SERIES TO CREATE A SPACE PORT CALLED 'BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST', ON THE PLANET 'BATUU' ` WHERE AN UNEASY TRUCE EXISTS BETWEEN LOCALS AND STORMTROOPERS. I'M JUST A TRAVELLER FROM A LAND FAR, FAR AWAY. CODE PLEASE. LET'S SEE SOME IDENTIFICATION. IF YOU'RE NOT BEING PURSUED, YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN DROID FROM 280,000 POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS... IT'S GOING TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONING AS SOON AS YOU STEP AWAY FROM THIS BUILD EXPERIENCE. ...OR PURCHASE A KOWAKIAN MONKEY LIZARD... THESE GUYS, THEY LIKE TO CACKLE ` KIND OF KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED ON YOUR SHOULDER. ...OR DINE ON INTERGALACTIC FARE, LIKE THE FAMOUS BLUE MILK. WHAT DO YOU THINK? MATE, THAT'S THE BEST BLUE MILK THIS SIDE OF TATOOINE. (LAUGHS) BUT THE CENTREPIECE IS THE ABILITY TO RIDE IN A LIFE-SIZED VERSION OF THE FASTEST HUNK-OF-JUNK IN THE GALAXY; THE MILLENNIUM FALCON. SO, WE KNOW THIS SHIP IS SO UNBELIEVABLY ICONIC. SO MAKING SURE THAT STEPPING IN TO THE COCKPIT FEELS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT YOU EXPECT WAS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR US. STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE ` YOU'RE CHANCE TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH HEROES AND VILLAINS ON THE EDGES OF THE COSMOS OPENS TOMORROW. IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT A BRIDGE. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO, THEN TODAY'S THE DAY, WITH THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE TURNING 60 YEARS OLD. AUCKLAND WAS A CITY DIVIDED UNTIL THE LATE 1950s WHEN THE BRIDGE JOINED THE CITY WITH THE NORTH SHORE. OUR TONIGHT REPORTER EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN HAS MORE DETAILS. A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE, WHICH TURNS 60 YEARS OLD TODAY. IN CELEBRATION, A VERY SPECIAL LIGHT SHOW HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND IS ON DISPLAY HERE BEHIND ME. BUT WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY COLLECTIVELY SEEING IS NEARLY 100,000 TINY INDIVIDUAL LED LIGHTS ` ALL CREATING THIS MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY. NOW THE SHOW RUNS FOR AROUND FIVE MINUTES EVERY HALF HOUR FROM 5PM UNTIL 10PM AT NIGHT ` BUT IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT THIS EVENING, DON'T PANIC, THE SHOW WILL BE RUNNING EVERY EVENING UNTIL MONDAY NEXT WEEK. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH BOBANDII'S 'QUEEN BEE'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND HARIET ELLIS