TONIGHT ` WHY THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS BEING DUBBED THE RECOVERY BUDGET, AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER AN OVERPASS COLLAPSE IN MEXICO CITY SENDS A COMMUTER TRAIN PLUNGING ON TO A BUSY ROAD. AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST COUPLES CALLS IT QUITS. THE BILLIONS AT STAKE IN THE DIVORCE OF BILL AND MELINDA GATES. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THOSE STORIES SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH A MISSING CHILD. GISBORNE POLICE AND VOLUNTEERS ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING BOY THIS EVENING, SAYING THEY HAVE CONCERNS FOR HIS SAFETY. AXEL (4) WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM THE TOLAGA BAY AREA AROUND 3 THIS AFTERNOON. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE SHIRT WITH PALM TREES ON IT AND BLUE GUMBOOTS WITH SHARKS ON THEM. POLICE DOGS AND A HELICOPTER HAVE BEEN USED IN THE SEARCH, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. KIWIS HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE BUDGET LATER THIS MONTH, WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER REVEALING IT WILL BE A RECOVERY BUDGET. NEARLY $1 BILLION OF UNSPENT MONEY FROM THE COVID FUND IS BEING RE-ALLOCATED TO WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST. KEY PRIORITIES INCLUDE HOUSING, CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHILD WELL-BEING, AND A NEW IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, LED BY GRANT ROBERTSON, WILL BE SET UP TO ENSURE KEY PROJECTS ACTUALLY GET DELIVERED. POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS HAS MORE. THE PANDEMIC'S SEEN THE GOVERNMENT SPEND UP BIG, KEEPING THE COUNTRY SAFE AND AFLOAT. NOW THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS FOUND A BILLION BUCKS AFTER ASKING MINISTERS TO REVIEW THEIR COVID PROJECTS AND LOOK FOR SPARE CHANGE. WE DID THAT FOR EVERY MINISTER, AND THAT'S WHERE THE $926M OF SAVINGS CAME FROM. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY WORRYING WHEN THEY FIND $1 BILLION DOWN THE BACK OF THE COUCH, NOT KNOWING IT WAS THERE. CLIMATE CHANGE, CHILD WELL-BEING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE THE GOVERNMENT'S THREE BIG PRIORITIES. BUT WHAT DO KIWIS WANT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? FEED THE KIDS, PUT SOME SHOES ON THEIR FEET. PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO BUY A FIRST HOME, IT'S ALMOST BECOME IMPOSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM AUCKLAND. LOOKING FORWARD TO PEOPLE HAVING GOOD HOUSING. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN RIDICULED FOR FAILING TO DELIVER ON KEY PROGRAMMES LIKE KIWIBUILD. NOW IT'S SETTING UP A HIGH-LEVEL HEAD-KNOCKING TEAM TO ENSURE THINGS ACTUALLY GET DONE AND THAT MONEY ALLOCATED FOR PROJECTS ACTUALLY GETS SPENT. IT'S ALSO GOOD PRACTICE, I THINK, FOR A GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK ITS INITIATIVES CLOSELY. THE BIG NEWS IS THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN ANNOUNCING POLICIES FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAD NO ONE TO IMPLEMENT THEM! WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE BY GRANT ROBERTSON IN HIS CABINET COLLEAGUES. MIND YOU, HE'S PROBABLY RIGHT ` THEY COULDN'T ACTUALLY DELIVER UBER EATS, COULD THEY? DOES JUDITH COLLINS HAVE A POINT? NO. NO. NO. LABOUR'S MAORI MPs HAVE BEEN PLAYING HARDBALL WITH THE HOUSING MINISTER TO SECURE A DECENT SLICE OF THE BUDGET PIE FOR MAORI. WE HAVE ROBUST KORERO. WE HAVE EXCITING KORERO. WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY IWI BUT ALSO MAORI AND WHENUA MAORI ` LAND IS INCLUDED IN THAT. AND WHILE THERE WAS PLENTY OF FOOD ON THE TABLE THIS MORNING, THAT'S NOT THE CASE FOR MANY ` 360,000 EMERGENCY FOOD GRANTS ISSUED IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THE REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO GO TO PLACES LIKE THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO APPLY FOR FOOD GRANTS, THE REASON ` ONCE THEIR ENTITLEMENT HAS BEEN UTILISED ` THEY'RE GOING TO FOOD BANKS IS BECAUSE RENTS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE CRIPPLING PEOPLE. AND WITH SO MANY KIWIS UNABLE TO AFFORD THE BASICS LIKE FOOD AND SHELTER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOME BIG CALLS TO MAKE IN ITS BUDGET ON MAY 20. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND 70 INJURED AFTER A SUBWAY OVERPASS CARRYING A TRAIN COLLAPSED IN MEXICO CITY. THERE ARE FEARS MORE PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED UNDER THE RUBBLE AS RESCUE CREWS SEARCH INTO THE NIGHT. CHANNEL 9'S VICKI JARDIM REPORTS. A BUSY STREET IN MEXICO. ON THE OVERPASS, YOU CAN SEE A TRAIN WHIZZING PAST. BUT JUST A SECOND LATER, THE OVERPASS GIVES WAY. TRAIN CARRIAGES FILLED WITH PASSENGERS PLUNGE TO THE ROAD BELOW ` A BALL OF DEBRIS AND TWISTED METAL. THIS IS THE SHOCKING AFTERMATH. (SIRENS WAIL) BANGING, LOUD SIRENS AND CRIES FOR HELP. (WOMAN CRIES OUT) A TRAIN SNAPPED IN TWO AND ALMOST VERTICAL, CARS CRUSHED, COUNTLESS PEOPLE TRAPPED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. (SIREN WAILS) THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS, SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS UNDERNEATH. (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) THE WRECKAGE ALIGHT AS EMERGENCY CREWS RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO RESCUE PASSENGERS, THE LUCKY ONES HELPED DOWN LADDERS AND TO STABLE GROUND. FOUR MILLION PASSENGERS A DAY PASS THROUGH THE BUSTLING SUBWAY SYSTEM. THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IS EXPECTED TO GO WELL INTO THE NIGHT. DISGRACED BUSINESSMAN RON BRIERLEY HAS GIVEN UP HIS KNIGHTHOOD AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL. IT MEANS HE CAN NO LONGER USE THE TITLE 'SIR'. THE PRIME MINISTER HAD ALREADY BEGUN THE PROCESS TO STRIP HIM OF HIS KNIGHTHOOD. BRIERLEY WAS ARRESTED AT SYDNEY AIRPORT IN 2019 AFTER AUSTRALIAN BORDER OFFICIALS FOUND HUNDREDS OF IMAGES ON HIS LAPTOP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THE 83-YEAR-OLD'S DUE TO BE SENTENCED LATER THIS YEAR. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS USED PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE TO ACCUSE A MAN OF SERIOUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER APOLOGISING TO HIM FOR A FALSE RAPE ACCUSATION. TREVOR MALLARD INITIALLY MADE THE CLAIM IN 2019, WITH DEFAMATION PROCEEDINGS COSTING THE TAXPAYER MORE THAN $330 THOUSAND DOLLARS. MR MALLARD SAYS HE DOESN'T BELIEVE HE RUINED THE FORMER PARLIAMENTARY STAFFER'S LIFE WHEN HE ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE. MR SPEAKER, THAT MAN'S LIFE WAS DESTROYED WHEN HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN. THAT'S... THAT'S WHAT DID IT. IT IS EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE TREVOR MALLARD CONTINUE DOWN THE SAME PATH THAT HE'S PAVED FOR THE LAST, ALMOST, TWO YEARS AND DEFENDING HIMSELF AS HE DID. THE NATIONAL PARTY IS CALLING FOR MR MALLARD TO RESIGN. TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND MORE MANAGED ISOLATION WORKERS FACE LOSING THEIR JOBS FOR NOT GETTING VACCINATED. AS OF 1ST OF MAY, 4678, OR 97.4% OF THE JUST OVER 4800 WORKERS IN 32 FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAD BEEN VACCINATED, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL FIGURES OUT TODAY. 104, OR 2% OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE AREN'T GETTING THE JAB, INCLUDING 15 BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS. 74 ARE REDEPLOYED TO OTHER AREAS, WORKING FROM HOME OR ON EXTENDED LEAVE. 15 HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN TO SEEK NEW JOBS. TWO RESIGNED, AND 13 ARE UNDERGOING THE TERMINATION PROCESS. IT'S BEEN COMPULSORY SINCE SATURDAY FOR ANYONE WORKING AT THE BORDER TO BE VACCINATED. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF SEVEN PEOPLE AT NEW ZEALAND'S HIGH COMMISSION IN INDIA HAVE COVID-19. THEY'RE ALL LOCAL STAFF AND FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN THE COMPOUND IN NEW DELHI. THE BRUTAL SECOND WAVE IN INDIA ISN'T SLOWING, WITH PRESSURE GROWING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO LOCK THE COUNTRY DOWN. AND A WARNING ` LAURA JAMES' REPORT HAS SOME DISTRESSING SCENES. INDIA IS GASPING FOR AIR. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL, THIS MAKESHIFT MEDICAL CAMP CAN'T KEEP UP. TRANSLATOR: WE BELIEVE THAT NO ONE SHOULD DIE DUE TO THE LACK OF OXYGEN. BUT SO MANY HAVE ` 24 DEATHS IN ONE DAY AT THIS GOVERNMENT FACILITY, ALL THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PREVENTABLE. TRANSLATOR: OUR BOY HAD RECOVERED 75%. HE WOULD HAVE SURVIVED HAD THERE BEEN A CYLINDER, HAD THERE BEEN OXYGEN. CASE NUMBERS SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN HAVE OFFICIALLY PASSED 20 MILLION. INSIDE THE GATES OF THE NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSION, IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED SEVEN LOCALS ARE SICK. THIS CALL FOR HELP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SPARKED A DIPLOMATIC STORM YESTERDAY. THEY HAVE HAD ACCESS TO SUPPORT FROM THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, WHICH THEY HAVE THANKED THEM FOR. THEY'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THAT WAS NOT THE WAY OR MEANS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEEKING THAT SUPPORT. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S BEEN ASKED ` DID THEIR CRY FOR HELP SUGGEST THEY'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH? NO, THAT SUGGESTS THAT THEY'RE IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, IN A PLACE THAT HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH MEDICAL CARE. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S FACING ITS OWN STORM, WITH MOUNTING BACKLASH OVER THE BAN, WHICH, IF IGNORED, COULD SEE CITIZENS RETURNING FROM INDIA THROWN IN JAIL FOR FIVE YEARS. CRICKETING GREAT MICHAEL SLATER CLAIMED THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS. WELL, NO, I DON'T AGREE WITH HIM, AND I WOULD JUST, AGAIN, THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE IN THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THEIR PATIENCE. EXPERTS SAY, TO GET THIS NIGHTMARE UNDER CONTROL, INDIA'S GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CONSIDER A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN. TRANSLATOR: IF THE GOVERNMENT HAD IMPOSED A LOCKDOWN, I THINK THE WORST CONDITIONS WE FACED A FEW DAYS AGO, WHEN THERE WERE NO BEDS AVAILABLE, PATIENTS DYING IN AMBULANCES WITHOUT OXYGEN, WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THOSE HORRIBLE DAYS. WITH MORE HORRIBLE DAYS STILL AHEAD. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. THE INDIAN PREMIER CRICKET LEAGUE HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY THIS EVENING. THE INDIAN CRICKET BOARD HALTED THE TOURNAMENT AFTER MORE PLAYERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. MEMBERS OF THE CHENNAI SUPER KINGS TESTED POSITIVE, AS WELL AS A PLAYER IN BLACK CAPS CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON'S SUNRISERS HYDERABAD TEAM. THERE WERE EMOTIONAL SCENES TODAY AFTER THE FAR NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOUR OF ESTABLISHING MAORI WARDS. AS HELEN CASTLES REPORTS, IT WAS PASSIONATE SPEECHES BY CAMPAIGNERS AT THE MEETING THAT SWUNG THE VOTE. THE MOTION IS CARRIED, FOLKS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) A BURST OF APPLAUSE AND TEARS OF RELIEF IN A PACKED, EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING. AFTER AN AFTERNOON OF IMPASSIONED PLEAS FOR BETTER REPRESENTATION AROUND THE COUNCIL TABLE,... THE AMBITION OF PEOPLE... WHO SAT HERE 181 YEARS AGO... AND TRIED TO DREAM OF A COUNTRY AND A NATION... THAT WOULD WORK TOGETHER! PAKEHA, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND LEARN YOUR TRUE HISTORY. KIA ORA. KIA ORA. COUNCILLOR MOKO TEPANIA FORCED TODAY'S EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING. MY SPEECH TODAY IS FOR THOSE WHO WIELD ALL THE POWER TODAY, AND THEY ARE THE 10 OF US AROUND THIS TABLE. AND THE 10 DIDN'T DISAPPOINT THE CROWDS HERE. TWO COUNCILLORS ARRIVED PLANNING TO VOTE 'NO', BUT THEY WERE MOVED BY THE SPEECHES. THE MOOD IN THE COMMUNITY AND AMONGST THE COUNCIL WAS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO ESTABLISH MAORI WARDS, SO LET'S GET ON WITH IT. EVEN THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST SAY THEY WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED BY THE FINAL RESULT. YOU CAN'T BE DISAPPOINTED. THAT'S HOW IT WENT. I THINK WE'VE GOT MAORI WARDS NOW. WHAT'S NEXT? LET'S START DEALING TOGETHER AND MAKING IT WORK. THE COUNCIL NOW HAS TO DECIDE ON THE STRUCTURE OF ITS NEW COUNCIL. IF IT DECIDES TO RETAIN THE CURRENT NUMBER OF NINE MEMBERS, THEN THREE WILL BECOME MAORI WARD COUNCILLORS, LEAVING SIX TO REPRESENT THE GENERAL WARDS. IT'S A HUGELY HISTORIC DAY. IT'S MASSIVELY HISTORIC. AND I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. (ALL SING WAIATA) THE FAR NORTH WILL NOW JOIN NINE COUNCILS THAT HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO ESTABLISH MAORI WARDS IN TIME FOR THE 2022 ELECTIONS AND THREE OTHERS THAT MADE THAT COMMITMENT EARLIER. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. MORE WOMEN ARE GOING FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS AFTER CABINET MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLAN SPOKE OUT ABOUT HER OWN DIAGNOSIS. SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC FAMILY PLANNING SAYS THERE'S BEEN A SPIKE IN APPOINTMENTS FOR SMEAR TESTS. HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO! EAST COAST MP KIRI ALLAN KEEPING MORALE HIGH AS SHE SHARES HER JOURNEY THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY. IT WAS FOUR WEEKS AGO THE CABINET MINISTER REVEALED SHE HAD STAGE 3 CERVICAL CANCER. THE 37 YEAR OLD'S DIAGNOSIS, A REMINDER TO WOMEN TO GET TESTED. IN APRIL WE SAW ABOUT 20% MORE PEOPLE FOR SMEAR TESTS. AND WE HAD LOTS OF PHONE CALLS FOR APPOINTMENTS. IN NEW ZEALAND, 160 WOMEN DEVELOPED CERVICAL CANCER EACH YEAR, WITH AROUND 50 DEATHS. IT'S RECOMMENDED WOMEN BETWEEN 25 AND 69 GET TESTED REGULARLY. CERTAINLY EVERY THREE YEARS, AND DEPENDS ON YOUR AGE AND STAGE. LOTS OF WOMEN HAVE RANG AND SAID, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SMEAR TEST FOR A LONG TIME AND WE'RE REALLY INSPIRED TO COME AND HAVE IT. I SAW SOMEBODY WHO HADN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE 2014, A MAORI WOMAN WHO WAS VERY, VERY SHY, YOU KNOW, BUT SHE REALLY WANTED TO DO IT AND SHE DID. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A WAIT TIME FOR APPOINTMENTS, SOME OF THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN MAY AND JUNE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SUCH A HUGE RESPONSE. THE MESSAGE IS 'JUST BOOK IT'. IT'S NOT URGENT, URGENT, SO EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO WAIT A BIT IT'S WORTH JUST DOING THAT WAIT, MAKING YOUR APPOINTMENT, AND THEN COMING IN AND BEING SEEN, SO A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS PROBABLY WON'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE. IT'S HOPED KIRI ALLAN SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT HER DIAGNOSIS, WILL SAVE LIVES AS SHE FACES HER OWN CANCER BATTLE. AND THAT'S THAT, WHANAU! JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. E HAERE TONU NEI ` STILL TO COME ` THE NEW SUIT THAT'LL TURN ANY HEAD. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ` HOW IT COULD HELP THE UK MILITARY. PLUS ` THE JOURNEY HOME FOR ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST SHIPWRECKS. TJ: Have I done enough to wear the jersey? Gotta sweat out that fear because this is bigger than me. I do it for my fans and my family. ION4 hydration. Sweat it out witih Powerade. Reckon I could jump from there? - Pretty high. - THINKS: Hmmm... If I get hurt, who's gonna take me to the toilet? I'm so sorry, bro. (SIGHS) DIVORCES ARE KNOWN TO BE EXPENSIVE, BUT THIS ONE IS SET TO INVOLVE EYE-WATERING NUMBERS. BILLIONAIRES BILL AND MELINDA GATES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY'RE SPLITTING AFTER 27 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. CHANNEL 9'S AMELIA ADAMS REPORTS. THEY'RE AMONGST THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND WEALTHIEST PHILANTHROPISTS IN THE WORLD. OVER 27 YEARS, THE GATES HAD THREE CHILDREN AND BUILT A $160 BILLION FORTUNE, DONATING PLENTY TO THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, FIGHTING GLOBAL POVERTY. WE'RE GIVING OUR MONEY AWAY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. THE COUPLE'S AMICABLE JOINT STATEMENT REVEALING THEIR PERSONAL PARTNERSHIP IS OVER, BUT THEIR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WON'T CHANGE. THEY MET THROUGH HIS FIRST LOVE, MICROSOFT. BILL, THE COMPANY FOUNDER AND CEO; MELINDA, A PROJECT MANAGER. AND ONE DAY, I WALKED INTO HIS BEDROOM, AND HIS WHITEBOARD HAD THE PROS AND THE CONS OF GETTING MARRIED. (LAUGHS) THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1994. A FORMIDABLE TEAM, THEY'LL NOW BE A FORMIDABLE SETTLEMENT, THOUGH IT'S UNLIKELY TO TOP THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DIVORCE PAYOUT. AMAZON BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS HANDING OVER $47 BILLION TO HIS EX-WIFE IN 2019. THE GATES WILL NOW DIVVY UP THEIR SPRAWLING REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO, LUXURY CAR COLLECTION AND PRIVATE ISLAND. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SUPERHERO MOVIE, BUT IT'S A JET SUIT BEING TRIALLED BY THE UK MILITARY. THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES RECENTLY TESTED OUT THE FLYING SUIT OFF THE UK'S SOUTH COAST. GRAVITY INDUSTRIES SAYS ITS SUIT CAN FLY UP TO 130KM/HR AND CLIMB TO 12,000FT IN THE AIR, ENABLING SOLDIERS TO QUICKLY BOARD SHIPS AT SEA. THE SUIT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO USING A HELICOPTER AND FAST ROPING, WHICH CAN LEAVE MARINES VULNERABLE TO ATTACK. ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST SHIPWRECKS HAS BEEN WELCOMED HOME TO THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS BUILT. THE 'DARING' RAN AGROUND ON AUCKLAND'S WILD WEST COAST IN THE LATE 1800s. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN WENT ALONG FOR ITS FINAL JOURNEY. AS DAY BROKE OVER THE SEASIDE TOWN OF MANGAWHAI, AN EMOTIONAL WELCOME FOR THIS SHIP. (BAGPIPES SKIRL) IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR MANGAWHAI. CROWDS GATHERING TO SEE THE DARING BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, MORE THAN 150 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS BUILT HERE AND SENT OFF TO BECOME A TRADE BOAT. PRETTY EXCITING DAY? YES. VERY MUCH SO. THE BOAT HAS JUST COME HOME, SO IT'S REALLY GREAT. OH, MANGAWHAI CAN GET UP EARLY IF THEY NEED TO. (LAUGHS) I DON'T THINK THAT... HALF OF MANGAWHAI REALISES JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS SHIP IS TODAY. FOR JIM AND HIS TEAM, IT'S A BIG MILESTONE. THEY'VE SEEN THE PROJECT THROUGH FROM WHEN THE 17-METRE SCHOONER WAS FOUND POKING THROUGH SAND ON AUCKLAND'S MURIWAI BEACH NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO ` THE FIRST TIME SHE WAS SEEN AGAIN AFTER CREWS WERE FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP DURING A STORM IN 1895. I RECOGNISED STRAIGHT AWAY THERE WAS NO WAY IN HELL WE WERE GONNA RAISE THE MONEY THROUGH THE BUREAUCRATS OR THE POLITICIANS. IT'S ALL TALK AND NO DO. AND SO I SAID, 'RIGHTO, I'LL UNDERWRITE THE THING.' HER TRAVEL STARTED HERE YESTERDAY, FROM A HOBSONVILLE POINT SHIPYARD, WHERE SHE'S BEEN RECEIVING SPECIAL TLC. AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS SPRAYING IT WITH FRESH WATER UP TO THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY, WHICH IS WASHING AWAY THE SALTS AND THE MINERALS SO THAT THE TIMBERS CAN BE TREATED IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT THEY LAST. AND AT THE OTHER END, ANOTHER LENGTHY AND DELICATE MANOEUVRE. THIS WILL BE THE DARING'S NEW HOME FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND WHILE SHE'S BATTLED STORMS, BEEN DUG UP FROM HER SANDY GRAVE AND EVEN TRAVELLED HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES ON THE ROAD, HER JOURNEY IS FAR FROM OVER. THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A CUSTOM-DESIGNED BUILDING, AND PLANS ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH THAT ALREADY. WE HAVE TO STAY ALIVE FOR THREE MORE YEARS TO SEE IT HAPPEN. (LAUGHS) THE TEAM SETTING DARING ON HER NEW VOYAGE SO SHE CAN KEEP TELLING HER STORY. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER. SOME EARLY CLOUD ABOUT, BUT OVERALL, IT'S LOOKING FINE. AND COMING UP ` I'M HERE WITH SOME OF AUCKLAND'S DIE-HARD STAR WARS FANS TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL STAR WARS DAY. FOR DIE-HARD STAR WARS FANS, TODAY MARKS INTERNATIONAL STAR WARS DAY. SOME KIWI FANATICS GATHERED IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE. WE SENT ZION DAYAL TO CHECK IT OUT. IN A GALAXY NOT TOO FAR AWAY, AUCKLAND'S DIE-HARD STAR WARS FANS DRESSED UP TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL STAR WARS DAY. IT'S AWESOME. JUST SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENJOYED ALL THE STAR WARS MOVIES COME TOGETHER AND SMILE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SHARE THAT PASSION FOR STAR WARS IS FANTASTIC. THREE SOLD-OUT SHOWS AT AUCKLAND'S STARDOME OBSERVATORY TAKING PEOPLE ON A TRIP THROUGH THE STAR WARS GALAXIES. THE FIRST STAR WARS FILM WAS RELEASED IN 1977,... BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. I USED TO BULLSEYE WOMP RATS IN MY T-16 BACK HOME. THEY'RE NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN 2 METRES. ...FOLLOWED BY NINE OTHER MOVIES... I AM YOUR FATHER. ...PLUS NUMEROUS ANIMATED SERIES AND TV SHOWS. I REMEMBER SEEING 'A NEW HOPE' IN THE CINEMAS IN 1978. SO IT TAKES ME BACK TO ALL THOSE YEARS AND WHAT I LOVED ABOUT STAR WARS SO MUCH. INTERNATIONAL STAR WARS DAY IS FULLY INSPIRED BY THE FANS. THE PUN 'MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU' COMES FROM THE FILM'S ICONIC PHRASE... AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. NEW ZEALAND'S OWN STORMTROOPERS WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, LABELLED 'THE 501ST LEGION'. I HAVE BEEN PAID BY DISNEY TO WEAR THIS COSTUME, SO I CAN CALL MYSELF A PROFESSIONAL STORMTROOPER. IS THAT AN HONOUR FOR YOU? ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE WERE EVEN SOME STORMTROOPERS IN WAITING. TO BE A STORMTROOPER AS WELL IN THE FUTURE IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THIS DAY MEANS TO THE STAR WARS FANATICS... AND MAY THE FOURTH IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY? ABSOLUTELY. MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. KI NGA TOHU HUARERE. ORIGINALLY FROM BLENHEIM BUT NOW BASED IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU, IT'S DAILY J WITH 'SUNSHINE HIDES'. (DAILY J'S 'SUNSHINE HIDES') # PLAYIN' THE FOOL, # FALLIN' FOR TEMPTATIONS. # CIGARETTES BURN # AS I'M CONTEMPLATIN'. # LIKE WE DON'T CARE, # 'DO NOT FEAR' TATTED ON OUR BODIES. # ALIVE OR DEAD, # WE JUST GOTTA GET OUT. # SUN GOES DOWN, # SHADOW HIDES OUT AT NIGHT # WHEN NEON LIGHTS, STARS COLLIDE, # SYNTHESISE TO THE SKIES. # SUNSHINE HIDES IN PARADISE, # IN PARADISE. KOINA NGA KORERO O TE WA ` THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM ALL OF US AT TONIGHT, PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND ALEX WALKER.