TONIGHT ` THEY WERE DRENCHED BUT DETERMINED. MARCHERS FOR IHUMATAO ON A HIKOI TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S ELECTORATE OFFICE. THE POLICE BUNGLE THAT LEAD TO THREE PRISONERS ESCAPING. THE HUNT FOR THE TRIO CONTINUES TONIGHT. AND THE OPPOSITE OF FAST AND FURIOUS ` MORE LIKE SLOW AND CHEEKY. THE MOBILITY SCOOTER CHASE THROUGH THE STREETS OF TIMARU. CAPTIONS BY JOSHUA TAIT AND ELLA WHEELER CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. IT WAS A SIX HOUR, 18KM... SOAKING. AROUND 300 MARCHERS TAKING THEIR PROTEST OVER IHUMATAO ALL THE WAY ACROSS AUCKLAND. THE HIKOI DELIVERED A PETITION TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S ELECTORATE OFFICE, CALLING FOR HER TO VISIT THE DISPUTED LAND IN MANGERE. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA WENT ALONG. KA WHAWAHI TONU MATOU! UP AT DAWN TO TAKE THEIR MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER. (GROUP CHANT IN TE REO) A SMALL BAND SETTING OFF FROM IHUMATAO FOR CENTRAL AUCKLAND. FOR ME, TODAY, I THINK IT'S A REALLY ICONIC MOVEMENT FOR OUR PEOPLE. TAKE THE WALK, TAKE THE JOURNEY. OVER THE PAST MONTH, PROTESTORS HAVE MADE SEVERAL PLEAS FOR JACINDA ARDERN TO VISIT. THE HIKOI TO HER ELECTORATE OFFICE REINFORCING THAT INVITATION. WE'VE ASKED FOR HER TO WALK AMONGST THE LAND, WITH HER PEOPLE, SO SHE CAN UNDERSTAND, AS THE MINISTER FOR CULTURE AND HERITAGE, WHY THIS PLACE IS SO DESERVING OF PROTECTION. THE MARCHERS SET A FAIR PACE` ALL CHANT: IHUMATAO! ...TWO HOURS LATER, THEY WERE 5KM DOWN THE ROAD. SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MANGERE GIVING A WARM WELCOME. WHAT IT TEACHES THEM IS TO BE LOUD AND PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU COME FROM ` JUST TO MAKE A STAND. THEN, THE GOING GOT TOUGH WITH DRIVING RAIN NEAR PUKETAPAPA ` MT ROSKILL. IT'S LUNCHTIME. IT'S TAKEN ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF HOURS TO GET FROM IHUMATAO TO THIS MID-POINT. PROTECTORS MAKING A POINT OF STOPPING AT THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL MAUNGA ON THE WAY. SHOE CHOICE IS KEY. TELL ME ABOUT YOURS. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S CONFIDENCE IN THE GUMBOOTS. IT'S THE WILLINGNESS TO GET WET, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. POLICE CHECKED OUT THE MT ALBERT ELECTORATE OFFICE BEFORE THE HIKOI ARRIVED. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT THIS MORNING IN PORIRUA, SAID SHE WAS RESPECTING THE KINGITANGA PROCESS. VISITING RIGHT NOW REALLY WOULD DETRACT FROM THAT PROCESS, AND I WANT TO RESPECT THAT PROCESS. THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET A SOLUTION, AND I KNOW THAT THOSE WHO ARE THERE AT IHUMATAO, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ` THEY WANT A SOLUTION FOR THE LAND. THE HIKOI SWELLING IN NUMBERS AS IT APPROACHED ITS DESTINATION. TOIA MAI! ALL: HI TE WAKA! A HAKA WELCOMING THOSE WHO'D MADE THE 18KM JOURNEY. THE PETITION WITH 25,000 SIGNATURES WAS ACCEPTED BY JACINDA ARDERN'S OFFICE STAFF. (ALL CHANT IN TE REO) PROTESTORS STILL HOPING THEIR BOSS WILL TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE TO VISIT. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. A MANHUNT IS CONTINUING TONIGHT FOR THREE MEN WHO ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY AT THE LEVIN DISTRICT COURT. POLICE HAVE ADMITTED MISTAKES LED TO THE ESCAPES, WHICH THEY SAY WILL BE INVESTIGATED. CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. THIS IS WHERE THE BOLD ESCAPE TOOK PLACE. INSIDE THIS GARAGE AT LEVIN DISTRICT COURT LAST NIGHT, FOUR OFFENDERS WERE BEING LED TO A VAN TO BE TAKEN BACK TO PRISON. ONE OFFENDER PRESSED AN EMERGENCY LEVER, ABLE TO GET THE ROLLER DOOR OPEN SUFFICIENT FOR HIM TO ESCAPE UNDER. ANOTHER OFFENDER HELD ON TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS RESTRAINING HIM, AND THEN TWO OTHER OFFENDERS THEN WERE ABLE TO LEAVE UNDER THE GARAGE DOOR. THE RUNAWAYS HEADED TO THE COUNTDOWN CAR PARK ACROSS THE ROAD. I'VE SPOKEN TO A WOMAN WHO WAS IN THIS CARPARK LAST NIGHT AND SAW IT ALL UNFOLD. SHE SAID SHE SAW THREE MEN WHO SHE RECOGNIZED FROM SCHOOL RUN THROUGH THE CAR PARK AND JUMP INTO A WHITE CAR. SHE SAID IT ALL HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY, AND THERE WAS NO SCREAMING OR YELLING. THE THREE OFFENDERS THEN FORCED THE DRIVER TO TAKE THEM TO NORTHWEST LEVIN. POLICE SAY THEY GOT OUT OF THE CAR IN THIS AREA AND RAN OFF. THAT WAS THEIR LAST KNOWN LOCATION, AND POLICE HAVE NOW OPENED UP THE SEARCH TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE HOROWHENUA REGION AND NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS TOO. WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE STRONG LINKS AND ASSOCIATES IN HOROWHENUA. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE ASSOCIATES IN OTHER DISTRICTS ALSO. THE THREE MEN WERE IN COURT TO FACE VIOLENCE AND DRIVING CHARGES. THEY HAVE GANG LINKS, AND ONE OF THEM HAS ESCAPED FROM PRISON BEFORE. POLICE ADMIT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER GUARDED. WE HAD TWO OFFICERS WITH THE FOUR OFFENDERS, AND NO, THAT IS NOT THE BEST PRACTICE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL INVESTIGATE IN THE DAYS TO COME. POLICE ALSO UNABLE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE IN HANDCUFFS. THIS IS A REALLY BIG WAKE-UP CALL, AND ITS A REMINDER OF JUST HOW DANGEROUS POLICE JOBS CAN BE, AND IT'S A REMINDER TO POLICE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE DO SOMETHING EVERY DAY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN SOMETHING WON'T CHANGE AND SOMETHING WON'T HAPPEN. LOCALS TODAY MORE VIGILANT THAN USUAL. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF EXTRA POLICE OUT AND ABOUT, SO THAT'S REASSURING. IT DOESN'T UNDULY WORRY ME. (LAUGHS) I THINK PEOPLE WILL THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT VERY GOOD PEOPLE AND WILL JUST KEEP THEIR DOORS LOCKED AND PROTECT THEMSELVES. POLICE NOW RELYING ON THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC TO GET THESE MEN BACK. THOUSANDS OF WILDFIRES ARE RAGING ACROSS THE AMAZON, PROMPTING FEARS IT MAY SPEED UP CLIMATE CHANGE. COVERING MORE THAN FIVE MILLION SQ KM, MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN BRAZIL AND PARTS OF OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES, AS KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS, IT'S VITAL TO THE PLANET ` PRODUCING 20% OF THE OXYGEN IN OUR ATMOSPHERE. THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, OFTEN DUBBED THE LUNGS OF THE WORLD, BLACKENED, BURNT,... AND SUFFOCATING. MORE THAN 70,000 FIRES DETECTED SO FAR THIS YEAR IN BRAZIL, THE MAJORITY IN THE AMAZON REGION ` AN 84% INCREASE ON LAST YEAR. THE SMOKE'S BEEN VISIBLE FROM SPACE, AND SOME METEOROLOGISTS BELIEVE WIND'S CARRIED IT NEARLY 3000KM TO SAO PAOLO, WHERE DAY TURNED TO NIGHT FOR THE CITY OF 12 MILLION PEOPLE. THE FIRES HAVE IGNITED A GLOBAL OUTCRY. THE AMAZON'S VITAL TO COUNTERING CLIMATE CHANGE, THE MOST RICHLY BIO-DIVERSE PART OF THE WORLD, AND HOME TO A MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. TRANSLATOR: I AM 31 YEARS OLD, AND I THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE GENERATION. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. WILDFIRES ARE COMMON DURING THE DRY SEASON, BUT THEY'RE ALSO OFTEN DELIBERATELY STARTED TO ILLEGALLY CLEAR LAND FOR FARMING. ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THE STARTLING INCREASE IS LIKELY DUE TO THE RISE IN DEFORESTATION UNDER FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENT BOLSANARO. RECENT DATA SHOWS AN AREA AROUND THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD IS CLEARED IN THE AMAZON EVERY MINUTE. TRANSLATOR: WHEN THERE ARE WEAK PUBLIC POLICIES, AND ITS OPENLY SAID THAT THERE IS A TOLERANCE FOR DEFORESTATION, THEN THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR THESE SORT OF ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE. BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT BRUSHING OFF CRITICISM, SAYING IT'S SIMPLY THE SEASON FOR BURNING. 'I USED TO BE CALLED CAPTAIN CHAINSAW,' HE SAID. 'NOW I AM NERO, SETTING THE AMAZON AFLAME.' CITING NO EVIDENCE, HE SUGGESTED ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS MAY'VE STARTED FIRES OVER FUNDING CUTS. PLAYING THE POLITICAL BLAME GAME WHILE THE AMAZON BURNS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. DONALD TRUMP HAS LASHED OUT AT DENMARK S PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERICKSON, LABELLING HER NASTY. THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS ALSO CANCELLED HIS UPCOMING STATE VISIT TO THE COUNTRY, AFTER HE SAID HE DIDN T LIKE THE WAY HIS INTEREST IN BUYING THE DANISH TERRITORY OF GREENLAND WAS REJECTED. I THOUGHT THAT PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT` THAT IT WAS ABSURD, THAT IT WAS AN ABSURD IDEA, WAS NASTY. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INAPPROPRIATE STATEMENT. ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS SAY, 'NO, WE WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED.' THE DANISH PRIME MINISTER NOW JOINS A LONG LIST OF WOMAN DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED NASTY ` HILARY CLINTON, NANCY PELOSI, SENATORS ELIZABETH WARREN AND KAMALA HARRIS, EVEN MEGHAN, THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX. ACADEMIC MAREWA GLOVER'S HITTING BACK AFTER BEING LABELLED A MOUTHPIECE FOR TOBACCO COMPANIES. THIS COMES AS THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO BAN PEOPLE SMOKING WHEN THEY'VE GOT CHILDREN IN THE CAR. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. MAREWA GLOVER WAS NOMINATED AS NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR FOR HER WORK IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF MAORI. NOW, SHE'S TALKING WITH LAWYERS AFTER BEING CRITICISED FOR SPEAKING OUT ON BEHALF OF BIG TOBACCO OVER THE ISSUE OF BANNING SMOKING IN CARS. TO FUND AND BUY OUT RESEARCHERS ` GOOD RESEARCHERS ` SHE'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING, GOOD, RENOWNED RESEARCHER FOR MAORI HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND NOW, SHE'S SOLD OUT. NOBODY IS TELLING ME WHAT TO RESEARCH OR HOW I SHOULD DO IT. IT COMES AFTER A RADIO NEW ZEALAND INVESTIGATION SAYS THE FUNDING FROM HER RESEARCH COMES FROM A FOUNDATION THAT GETS A $1.5M DONATION FROM TOBACCO GIANT PHILIP MORRIS. SHE SAYS THAT'S NO SECRET, AND SHE'S NOT BEEN COMPROMISED. THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ME. I HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP WITH PHILIP MORRIS OR ANY TOBACCO COMPANY. BUT IT'S THESE COMMENTS ON THE EFFECT OF SECOND HAND SMOKE CAUSING A STIR. PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THAT OUR BODIES HEAL. SO EVEN IF WE ARE TEMPORARILY EXPOSED, WE HEAL FROM THAT. WE HAVE EXAGGERATED THE EFFECTS DELIBERATELY TO SCARE PEOPLE OFF SMOKING. THIS IS THE REACTION. MY JAW DROPPED. THE EVIDENCE IS JUST SO ROBUST THAT CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY SECOND HAND SMOKE. THEY'RE UNUSUAL COMMENTS. WE, OBVIOUSLY, PRIDE OURSELVES ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSION SAYS THE BAN IS A NO BRAINER. THERE SHOULD BE NO DEBATE. IT IS INARGUABLY THE BEST THING TO DO FOR CHILDREN. THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BANNED SMOKING IN CARS. MANY HOPE NEW ZEALAND WILL SOON BE ADDED TO THAT LIST. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST-SERVING MAYORS, MENG FOON, HAS HANDED OVER GISBORNE'S MAYORAL CHAINS AFTER 18 YEARS. HE'S TAKING UP HIS NEW ROLE AS RACE RELATIONS COMMISSIONER NEXT WEEK. PAUL HOBBS WITH MORE. A FITTING FAREWELL FOR A MAN WHO'S AS COMFORTABLE ON THE MARAE AS HE IS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MENG FOON'S RENOWNED FOR BRINGING CULTURES TOGETHER. ON MONDAY, HE PUTS THOSE SKILLS TO WORK NATIONWIDE AS THE COUNTRY'S NEW RACE RELATIONS COMMISSIONER. HE'S OFTEN WALKED WITH FEET IN MANY LANDS AND SO I DO THINK THAT MAKES HIM WELL-EQUIPPED TO TAKE ON A ROLE WHERE HE ACTUALLY HAS TO REPRESENT A BROAD RANGE OF NEW ZEALANDERS. MENG WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN GISBORNE, HIS PARENTS, FROM HONG KONG, ESTABLISHING MARKET GARDENS IN THE AREA, LATER SETTING UP SHOPS TO SELL THE PRODUCE. IT'S THERE AS A YOUNGSTER HE FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE MAORI LANGUAGE. BUT WHEN HE WANTED TO LEARN IT AT HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAD TO DEFY HIS MOTHER. MY MOTHER SAID IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME. I CAN SAY TO MUM NOW ` WAS IT WASTE OF TIME? HE IS THE ONLY MAYOR IN THE COUNTRY FLUENT IN TE REO, ALONG WITH CANTONESE AND ENGLISH. (SPEAKS TE REO) THE MAYORAL CHAINS HAVE SAT COMFORTABLY ACROSS MENG FOON'S SHOULDERS. 18 YEARS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. EARLIER TODAY ` HIS FINAL COUNCIL MEETING. OK, DRAFT PROCUREMENT POLICY. NO ESCAPING DISTRICT BUSINESS EVEN ON HIS LAST DAY. PAGE 52, 53. HIS COLLEAGUES GENEROUS IN THEIR PRAISE. HIS QUALITIES, HIS HUMILITY AND EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM HAS MADE HIM A BEAUTIFUL MAN. HE JUST FINDS A WAY TO GET THROUGH TO PEOPLE WITH THE BEST WAY ` THROUGH THEIR HEARTS. MR FOON PASSING ON THE MAYORAL ROBE AND CHAINS TO HIS LONG TIME DEPUTY, REHETTE STOLTZ, WITH BIG SHOES TO FILL. ONE THING I'VE LEARNED FROM MENG IS SHOW UP. BE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE. TALK TO THEM ` THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT, THE AFFECTION PLAIN TO SEE... HAPPY LAST DAY. ...FOR THE OUTGOING MAYOR. LOVE YOU. PLENTY OF LOVE ON GISBORNE'S STREETS AS WELL. I'M SAD TO SEE HIM GO. HE CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. HE'LL BE SADLY MISSED. DON'T EXPECT MENG FOON TO CHANGE IN HIS NEW ROLE. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE. HE TANGATA TE ME NUI. HE TAONGA TE ME NUI. HE REO TE ME NUI. NOT A BAD FORMULA TO TACKLE RACE RELATIONS. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS STILL TO COME, HOW THE TITANIC LOOKS 107 YEARS ON ` DIVERS MAKE A STARTLING DISCOVERY. PLUS, HOW DO YOU TRAVEL THE WORLD AND MAKE SIX FIGURES? WE CHAT TO THE WOMAN DOING JUST THAT. You're still numbing sensitive teeth? It's the way. There's a better way. Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief actually helps repair the openings to exposed nerves. That's, uh...that's... A better way. (GROANS) Ohh! VOICEOVER: Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS A TEAM OF DIVERS HAS EXPLORED THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC. AND THEY HAVE A WARNING OF ABOUT THE SHIP'S DETERIORATION. THE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDED A KIWI, SAY THEY'VE SEEN EVIDENCE PARTS OF THE TITANIC ARE DISAPPEARING. HERE'S BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC, NEARLY 4,000M DOWN ` THE MOST FAMOUS WRECK OF ALL TIME. THIS IS THE BOW OF THE TITANIC, STILL RECOGNISABLE MORE THAN 100 YEARS AFTER SHE SANK. IT'S THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOWN TO SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. BUT WHILE SOME OF THE WRECK IS INTACT, OTHER PARTS HAVE DISAPPEARED ALTOGETHER. PROBABLY THE MOST SHOCKING AREA OF DETERIORATION WAS THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE OFFICERS' QUARTERS, WHERE THE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS ARE. THE CAPTAIN'S BATHTUB IS A FAVOURITE IMAGE AMONG TITANIC ENTHUSIASTS, AND THAT'S NOW GONE. THAT WHOLE DECK HOUSE ON THAT SIDE IS COLLAPSING. MICROBES ARE EATING AWAY AT THE METAL, CREATING STALACTITES OF RUST THAT DANGLE FROM THE SHIP. AMAZINGLY, THOUGH, THE GLASS IN THE PORTHOLES IS STILL IN PLACE, GIVING A TANTALISING GLIMPSE INTO THE TITANIC'S PAST. IT WAS THE BIGGEST SHIP OF ITS TIME ` SETTING SAIL FROM SOUTHAMPTON IN 1912 ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE HEADING TO NEW YORK ` BUT IT NEVER MADE IT. IT SANK AFTER HITTING AN ICEBERG. 1500 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. THESE INCREDIBLY ORNATE SLIPPERS BELONGED TO ONE OF THE TITANIC'S FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS ` EDITH ROSENBAUM, A FASHION BUYER WHO WAS ON HER WAY TO NEW YORK. SHE WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. SHE SURVIVED, AND SHE BROUGHT WITH HER THIS MUSICAL TOY PIG THAT SHE PLAYED TO SOOTH THE CHILDREN ON THE OVERCROWDED LIFE BOATS. EVERY ONE OF THE PRECIOUS ARTEFACTS AT THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM TELL A STORY. BUT EXPLORING THE TITANIC IS ALSO CRUCIAL. I THINK IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO GO DOWN AND VISIT THE WRECK, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE WRECK ITSELF IS NOW THE ONLY WITNESS WE'VE GOT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER. ALL OF THE SURVIVORS HAVE NOW PASSED AWAY. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE THE WRECK WHILST THE WRECK STILL HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. THE TEAM ARE NOW ANALYSING THE FOOTAGE THEY'VE CAPTURED TO ASSESS HOW LONG BEFORE THE TITANIC IS LOST TO THE SEA. IT'S THE ALL-TOO COMMON PIPE DREAM ` TO GET PAID TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. BUT A U.S. ENTREPRENEUR LIVING IN WANAKA SAYS SHE'S ATTAINED THE UNATTAINABLE, AND YOU CAN TOO. TRAVEL WRITER LIZ CARLSON HAD A LITTLE TIME BETWEEN ADVENTURES TO EXPLAIN. WHAT DID YOU DO AT WORK TODAY? WELL, THIS IS A TYPICAL DAY FOR LIZ CARLSON. I GET TO GO OUT AND HAVE ADVENTURES AND MEET AMAZING PEOPLE, EAT GREAT FOOD AND SORT OF GATHER ALL THE STORIES THAT I'LL HOPE TO TELL LATER. THE 31-YEAR-OLD'S PASSPORT'S A COLLAGE OF STAMPS ` 70 COUNTRIES, EVERY CONTINENT ON EARTH. THIS IS HER BUSINESS. AND IT'S A LUCRATIVE ONE. 'MY FAVOURITE PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN IS ANTARCTICA. 'I'M STANDING DOWN ON BEACHES WITH HALF A MILLION KING PENGUINS 'AND NO ONE AROUND ME AND WHALES SWIMMING IN THE STANCE.' GROWING UP IN THE U.S., TRAVEL WAS A WEEKEND AT THE BEACH ONCE A YEAR. SO THE KID OBSESSED WITH THE WORLD MOVED TO SPAIN IN HER TWENTIES. I STARTED BLOGGING MY ADVENTURES THERE ` ALL THE THINGS I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT ` WHY THEY EAT COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST AND OMELETTES FOR DINNER. PEOPLE DISCOVERED HER BLOG AND LIZ DISCOVERED THERE WAS AN APPETITE FOR TRAVEL WRITING. UP UNTIL THE DAY I LEFT MY LAST 'REAL JOB,' MY DAD WOULD LEAVE ME, LIKE, PRINTED JOB APPLICATIONS NEXT TO MY BED, BEING LIKE, 'SURE, YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.' LIKE, 'BLOGGING'S NOT A THING.' IT REALLY WASN'T A THING THEN. LIZ WAS A PIONEER. SHE GOT STUCK INTO EMAILS, CALLS, NETWORKING ` MUCH LIKE AN OFFICE JOB. I STARTED EARNING DOING LITTLE THINGS LIKE COPYWRITING ` WRITING FOR DIFFERENT WEBSITES. GETTING OFFERED A FEW DIFFERENT BITS AND PIECES TO PROMOTE A BRAND OR GO TO A DESTINATION. THE WORK PAID OFF. HER WEBSITE YOUNGADVENTURESS WAS FEATURED ON THE BBC, NEW YORK TIMES AND CNN. HER INSTAGRAM BLEW UP. NOW SHE'S MAKING SIX FIGURES. DEMAND'S SO HIGH, SHE'S HAD TO HIRE STAFF. BUT IT'S NO HOLIDAY. WHEN I'M TRAVELING I'M WORKING, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M LAYING ON A BEACH AND GETTING UP AT NOON OR ON HOLIDAY MODE, YOU KNOW? I'M UP BEFORE SUNRISE SHOOTING AND OFTEN I HAVE 20 HOUR DAYS. LIZ SAYS SHE LOVES HER JOB BUT IT TAKES TRUE PASSION TO BOTH MAKE IT AND SUSTAIN IT. I'D LIKE TO THINK I COULD TRAVEL LIKE A NORMAL TRAVELLER. BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN. I HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE TURNING MY BRAIN OFF. AND I ALWAYS HAVE MY CAMERA WITH ME. SHE'S LEARNT A LOT AND SHE'S RUNNING A WORKSHOP IN QUEENSTOWN IN OCTOBER FOR ANYONE SEEKING A LIFE LIKE HERS. SOME DIRECTION ON THE BEST WAY TO GET LOST. IT WAS LESS FAST AND FURIOUS, MORE SLOW AND CURIOUS. A MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVER WHO LED POLICE ON A BIZARRE CHASE IS TONIGHT UNREPENTANT. ONE DRIVER FILMED THE PURSUIT IN TIMARU ON HER PHONE. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. STOPPING JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO OCCUR TO THIS FLEEING DRIVER. THIS IS HILARIOUS. GO, OLD MAN, GO! (LAUGHS) DOUBLE-AMPUTEE CHARLIE DURHAM WEAVING HIS WAY THROUGH TIMARU TRAFFIC LATE YESTERDAY, WITH A POLICE CAR IN LUKEWARM PURSUIT. HE'S GOING TO GET IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. TODAY THE 60-YEAR-OLD IS QUITE UNREPENTANT. YOU SEE, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. YEAH. IT'S NOT FAST. IT DOESN'T GET AWAY. IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S A RACING CAR. HE SAYS HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ICE CREAM VAN, AND HE DIDN'T WANT AN ICE CREAM, AND HE QUESTIONS WHETHER THE CHASE WAS REALLY NECESSARY. I THOUGHT HE WAS CAUSING HIMSELF MORE HARM, AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD THAN WHAT HE WAS ME. POLICE SAY AN OFFICER OBSERVED THE MOBILITY SCOOTER TRAVELLING AT A SIGNIFICANT SPEED ON A FOOTPATH, AND BELIEVED THE RIDER WAS A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND OTHER ROAD AND FOOTPATH USERS. THIS MORNING, CHARLIE WAS ISSUED TICKETS ` FOR SPEEDING AND FAILING TO STOP. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS A POLICEMAN COULD BE DOING, RATHER THAN CHASING ME. (LAUGHS) HE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN HIS LIFE, LOSING HIS LEGS IN TWO UNRELATED ACCIDENTS. AND HE'S NOT TOO SURE ABOUT HIS NEWFOUND NOTORIETY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS FAME. I'M ABOUT READY TO GO AWAY AND HIDE, ACTUALLY, OR PERHAPS THE POLICEMAN MIGHT PUT ME IN JAIL AND GIVE ME A HOLIDAY. (LAUGHS) BUT THESE EVASIVE ANTICS... HE'S GONNA GET OUT AND CHASE HIM. ...MIGHT TAKE A WHILE TO FADE FROM EVERYONE'S MEMORY. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, THE PREPARATION TOOK OVER A YEAR, BUT JUDGE FOR YOURSELF IF IT WAS WORTH IT ` THE WILD RIDE OF A RUSSIAN BMX RIDER THROUGH A HISTORIC WORLD HERITAGE SITE. 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. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH YELLOW DAYS AND 'GAP IN THE CLOUDS'. (YELLOW DAYS' 'GAP IN THE CLOUDS') THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME DAREDEVIL ANTICS FROM BMX RIDER IREK REZAEV AROUND AN HISTORIC RUSSIAN TOWN. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. (SIGALA & BECKY HILL'S 'WISH YOU WELL') # IT'S SAD WE'RE NOT TOGETHER, # BUT I WISH HAPPINESS FOR YOU. # I KNOW WE SAID FOREVER, # LOVE DON'T ALWAYS MAKE IT THROUGH. # SOMETIMES, EVEN THE GOOD THINGS GET LOST ALONG THE WAY. # WE OPENED UP THE SAME BOOK, BUT WE FOUND A DIFFERENT PAGE. # COS HONESTLY, YOUR LOYALTIES, INSECURITIES AND PRIORITIES # AIN'T THE SAME. # THE HARMONY, IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SAVE. # I WISH YOU WELL, I WISH YOU WELL. I WISH YOU WELL, I WISH YOU WELL. # WISH YOU WELL, I WISH YOU WELL. # I WISH YOU WELL, I WISH YOU WELL. # COS HONESTLY, YOUR LOYALTIES, INSECURITIES AND PRIORITIES # AIN'T THE SAME. # THE HARMONY, IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SAVE. # I WISH YOU WELL, I WISH YOU WELL. # I WISH YOU, I WISH YOU, I WISH YOU. #