TONIGHT, THE MIRACLE THAT HAD A COMMUNITY CHEERING. SO HOW DID A THREE YEAR OLD MANAGE TO SURVIVE 21 HOURS ON HIS OWN IN RUGGED TERRAIN? TWO MEN DIE IN A CLIMBING ACCIDENT ON MOUNT TARANAKI, BUT THE MISSION TO RECOVER THEM FROM THE MAUNGA IS STALLED. AND HEALTH OFFICIALS IN SYDNEY ARE SCRAMBLING TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF A COVID 19 COMMUNITY CASE ` COULD THIS AFFECT OUR TRAVEL BUBBLE? KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. 21 HOURS AFTER HE DISAPPEARED, A 3 YEAR OLD BOY NAMED AXEL IS TONIGHT SAFE AND SOUND WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER SPENDING A NIGHT ALONE IN RUGGED TERRAIN. TEARS OF JOY FLOWED, AND LOUD CHEERS RANG OUT AS THE TODDLER WAS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY JUST BEFORE ELEVEN THIS MORNING. AXEL WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM HIS RURAL HOME IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF MANGATUNA, NEAR TOLAGA BAY, ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF GISBORNE. DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS, POLICE AND SEARCH AND RESCUE STAFF WERE OUT IN FORCE LOOKING FOR THE PRE-SCHOOLER. 1 NEWS REPORTER CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS FROM THE EAST CAPE. (APPLAUSE) A DREAM ENDING TO EVERY PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE ` (BABBLES HAPPILY) AXLE HAMBLEYN (3) BACK IN THE ARMS OF WHANAU. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AFTER 21 HOURS MISSING IN EAST COAST BUSH, HE WAS FOUND THIS MORNING BY A VOLUNTEER SEARCHER, DISORIENTED AND HUNGRY. THEN HALFWAY OUT THE TRACK, I STOPPED AND COULD HEAR THIS CHILD CALLING OUT, I WENT RIGHT UP TO THE TOP, AND HE CAME OUT OF THE BUSH UP THE TOP. THE TODDLER WANDERED AWAY FROM HIS HOME NEAR TOLAGA BAY AFTER 1 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY. HE TOOK THIS TRACK OVER THE HILLS, AND THE NEIGHBOURS' DOG 'BRO' FOLLOWED HIM. MY DOG CAME BACK, AND BECAUSE HE WAS ALONE AND HE CAME FROM THAT DIRECTION, WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. SO HE BASICALLY CAME BACK TO LET US KNOW THAT THE BOY WAS LOST. POLICE AND MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS WERE OUT SEARCHING FOR AXLE. OVERNIGHT, TEMPERATURES FELL TO 6 DEGREES. THE BOY WAS WEARING JUST A NAPPY, T-SHIRT AND GUMBOOTS. SOME ADULTS WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED THAT, EVEN DRESSED IN THE RIGHT CLOTHING. SPENDING A NIGHT OUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT GEAR ` EVEN WITH THE RIGHT GEAR ` IS TOUGH. IT'S OFTEN FATAL, SO FOR SOMEONE THAT AGE AND THAT SIZE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IS A MIRACLE. AXLE WAS FOUND OVER HERE AT 10.45 THIS MORNING IN STEEP AND RUGGED TERRAIN. THIS IS ABOUT 4KM FROM AXLE'S HOME, AND POLICE SAY IT'S A MIRACLE HE'S SAFE AND WELL. HE WAS STRONG. HE HAD TEARS TO HIS EYES ` BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES, BUT ALL HE WANTED WAS HIS MUM. PRETTY STRONG YOUNG FELLA. THE LITTLE BOY'S IN GOOD CONDITION. THOSE WHO HELPED LOOK FOR HIM AS RELIEVED AS HIS PARENTS. THEN PETE GOT BACK, AND THERE WAS CHEERING AND IT WAS LIKE YOU COULD FEEL IT IN THE AIR. YOU COULD FEEL THE RELIEF OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WAS HERE. A MOMENT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET? TELL ME ABOUT IT. AS LONG AS THEY'RE SAFE. HAVING CHILDREN OF MY OWN ` AS A PARENT, THAT DOESN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT SORT OF NIGHTMARE. (SIREN WAILS) THE SIRENS SIGNALLING JUBILATION FOR AXLE'S SURVIVAL IN THE EAST COAST BUSH. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. THE BODIES OF TWO CLIMBERS REMAIN ON MT TARANAKI TONIGHT AFTER DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS FORCED THE RECOVERY OPERATION TO BE CALLED OFF. RESCUE TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL DAY TO RECOVER THE TWO CLIMBERS FROM NEAR THE SUMMIT OF THE MAUNGA, THE PROMINENT PEAK WHICH LIES JUST SOUTH OF NEW PLYMOUTH. AT JUST OVER 2500m, MT TARANAKI IS THE SECOND HIGHEST POINT IN THE NORTH ISLAND AFTER MT RUAPEHU. DOZENS HAVE DIED ON ITS SLOPES ` THE MOST RECENT FATALITY 4 YEARS AGO. WITH MORE HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. IT'S ONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S GREAT PEAKS, BUT ALSO ONE OF OUR DEADLIEST ` CLAIMING THE LIVES OF TWO CLIMBERS LAST NIGHT. NOW, THE RECOVERY WILL HAVE TO WAIT DUE TO CHALLENGING CONDITIONS. IT'S QUITE A NICE DAY, SO IT WOULD LURE PEOPLE INTO ATTEMPTING A SUMMER TRIP, BUT IT WAS VERY COLD. THERE HAD BEEN SOME RAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN PREVIOUSLY. SO THE MOUNTAIN'S GONNA BE WET, AND IT'S GOING TO FREEZE. POLICE HAVEN'T RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE CLIMBERS, BUT ENGINEERING FIRM TONKIN AND TAYLOR HAS CONFIRMED THE PAIR WORKED AT THEIR CHRISTCHURCH BRANCH AND WERE THERE RECREATIONALLY. THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL SAYS MOUNT TARANAKI IS A POPULAR SPOT, BUT WARNS, RIGHT NOW, IT'S A TOUGH CLIMB. DURING THE SUMMER, A IT'S A GREAT FAMILY ` YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHALLENGING BUT ACHIEVABLE FAMILY HIKE TO THE SUMMIT. AND THEN AS THE MOUNTAIN EVOLVES INTO A WINTER ENVIRONMENT, THINGS GET A LOT MORE CHALLENGING. YEAH, I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE YESTERDAY, BUT THAT'S LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. POLICE AND ALPINE CLIFF RESCUE PERSONNEL ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN IN THE MORNING. THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY'S A VERY TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY. AND THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE KNOWN TO A SMALL BUT CLOSE GROUP BEYOND THEIR FAMILY. SO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL BE REALLY FEELING AT THE MOMENT. HOPING FOR BETTER CONDITIONS TOMORROW. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. SYDNEY IS BACK IN THE CORONAVIRUS CROSS HAIRS TONIGHT WITH A MYSTERY CORONAVIRUS CASE PROMPTING URGENT ALERTS ACROSS SEVERAL SUBURBS. A MAN IN HIS 50S TESTED POSITIVE, AND WORRYINGLY, AUTHORITIES HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS. CHANNEL 9'S SOPHIE WALSH REPORTS. FIVE WEEKS SINCE THE STATE'S LAST COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, A TROUBLING REALITY CHECK. WE HAVE A CASE OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THE GENTLEMAN IS IN HIS 50S, VERY ACTIVE IN THE EAST. HE TESTED POSITIVE TODAY. HEALTH AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE'S BEEN INFECTIOUS SINCE LAST FRIDAY. THE BIGGEST CONCERN ` THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE CONTRACTED COVID OR FROM WHERE. HE HASN'T RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS. HE HASN'T WORKED IN BORDER OR QUARANTINE ROLES. HE HAS NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. BUT HE HAS BEEN TO MULTIPLE VENUES WHILE INFECTIOUS. WE'VE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE WORLD IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. WELL, IN THIS CASE, THE EASTERN SUBURBS MAY OR MAY NOT BE. GENOMIC TESTING RESULTS ARE EXPECTED EARLY TOMORROW TO HELP DETERMINE THE STRAIN AND SOURCE. THE MAN HAS MORE THAN 20 CLOSE CONTACTS. AS SOON AS HE SHOWED SYMPTOMS, HE GOT TESTED. THIS PERSON DID EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT IT GOES TO SHOW THAT WE CAN'T TAKE A SINGLE THING FOR GRANTED. AS NEW SOUTH WALES SCRAMBLES TO CONTAIN A POTENTIAL OUTBREAK, ALL EYES ARE ON OUR BORDERS. THE MYSTERY CASE COMES JUST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AFTER THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE FINALLY TOOK FLIGHT. NEW ZEALAND HAD MORE CASES, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN FLINCH. AND NEITHER DID THESE TRAVELLERS HEADING TO AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. UNFORTUNATELY, IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, WE'VE GOT NO CHOICE BUT TO GO. I AM CONFIDENT AND JACINDA ARDERN TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES FOR US. AND OUR MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS THE RISK FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES COMMUNITY CASE IS LOW, AND AT THIS STAGE IT'S NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGE IN THE QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. AND IN FIJI, A HOSPITAL IN LAUTOKA IS IN LOCKDOWN, WITH AROUND 400 STAFF AND PATIENTS QUARANTINED INSIDE. A CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT, A 55 YEAR OLD MAN, IS BELIEVED TO HAVE INFECTED TWO DOCTORS WITH COVID. THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL IS NOW BEING TURNED INTO A FULL TIME COVID FACILITY, WITH AUTHORITIES SAYING MORE COVID CASES ARE INEVITABLE. AND THERE ARE FEARS OF A GROWING OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 CASES AT EVEREST BASE CAMP IN NEPAL. A NUMBER OF CLIMBERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AFTER ARRIVING FROM THE CAMP. NEPAL HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFECTION AMONG THE COUNTRIES BORDERING INDIA, WHERE A SECOND WAVE HAS SPARKED A CRISIS. LAST YEAR'S CLIMBING SEASON WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT THIS SEASON NEARLY 400 CLIMBING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET AND THE PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION ARE QUICKLY TRYING TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET PLAYERS AND SUPPORT STAFF OUT OF INDIA, FOLLOWING THE SUSPENSION OF THE IPL. THE TOURNAMENT'S OFF INDEFINITELY, WITH INDIA'S COVID NUMBERS SPIRALLING, LEAVING MANY TRYNG TO GET OUT. AS GUY HEVELDT REPORTS, SOME WILL GO TO ENGLAND, OTHERS WILL COME HOME. EVEN AS COVID STARTED TAKING HOLD IN INDIA, THE BCCI STOOD FIRM, TELLING ITS IPL PLAYERS THEY WERE PLAYING FOR HUMANITY. NOW, THEY'VE RELENTED. THE TOURNAMENT SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY, WITH AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE INVOLVED TESTING POSITIVE. THE LATEST REPORTEDLY CHENNAI'S AUSTRALIAN BATTING COACH MICHAEL HUSSEY. SUSPENSION IS NOT ENOUGH. THEY SHOULD CANCEL IT. IT MEANS HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS AND SUPPORT STAFF SCRAMBLING TO GET OUT OF INDIA, INCLUDING 10 BLACK CAPS. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL PRETTY ANXIOUS NOW, WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST 24, 48 HOURS. MOST OF NEW ZEALAND'S PLAYERS WILL GO TO ENGLAND, TO EITHER JOIN THE BLACK CAPS FOR TESTS, OR TO PLAY IN THE DOMESTIC ONE-DAY COMPETITION. BUT WITH FEW FLIGHTS LEAVING INDIA TO GO ANYWHERE, JUST DEPARTING IS PROVING DIFFICULT. IT'S A CHALLENGE. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET ARE WORKING WITH THE ENGLAND CRICKET BOARD, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THEY'RE WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO ORGANISE AN EFFECTIVE TRANSFER. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET DECLINED AN INTERVIEW TODAY ` 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS A BIG ISSUE IS GETTING SOME PLAYERS FROM AHMEDABAD TO DELHI, WHERE THE FLIGHTS WILL LIKELY DEPART. WE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THOSE STRANDED IN INDIA, ALL SPOKEN TO ARE SAFE, BUT ALSO DECLINED AN INTERVIEW. THE PLAYERS ARE NO DIFFERENT TO ANYONE ELSE, AND THEY CERTAINLY DON'T EXPECT ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, THEY KNOW THEY'RE THERE UNDER THEIR OWN STEAM, AND WE JUST NEED TO HELP THEM GET BACK. IT'S EVEN TOUGHER FOR AUSSIE PLAYERS, WHO ARE CURRENTLY BANNED FROM GETTING THROUGH THEIR BORDER. FAMILIES PLEADING FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED TO COME HOME. WE SIGNED UP TO PLAY THE TOURNAMENT UNTIL THE START OF JUNE, SO HOPEFULLY IT OPENS UP AGAIN ON MAY 15 AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK THE KIWIS HOPE TO LEAVE WITHIN 48 HOURS, AND ESCAPE A HORROR SITUATION. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. CALLS FOR TREVOR MALLARD TO BE SACKED AS SPEAKER HAVE REIGNITED AFTER AN EXTRAORDINARY DEBATE IN THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT. MR MALLARD USED PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE TO ACCUSE A WORKER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, HAVING PREVIOUSLY APOLOGISED FOR ACCUSING THE SAME MAN OF BEING A RAPIST. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. HEATED ALLEGATIONS AND HIGH EMOTIONS... 'IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE SHE ASKED FOR IT.' 'HER SKIRT WAS TOO SHORT. SHE WAS DRUNK.' I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I HEARD. YOU SAID IT. ...BRINGING A FURIOUS REACTION FROM NATIONAL MPs IN PARLIAMENT LAST NIGHT. SHE HAS JUST SAID WORDS THAT ARE GROSSLY OFFENSIVE. I WITHDRAW AND APOLOGISE. MPs KICKING OFF IN A DEBATE WHERE TREVOR MALLARD HAD VOWED THE TRUTH WOULD FINALLY BE TOLD ABOUT HIS FALSE RAPE ACCUSATION AGAINST A WORKER. I HAVE APOLOGISED FOR A MISTAKE WHICH I MADE. I SHOOK THE MAN'S HAND. BUT MOMENTS LATER, USING PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE, HE WAS AT IT AGAIN. MR SPEAKER, THAT MAN'S LIFE WAS DESTROYED WHEN HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN. THE SPEAKER ALSO LEVELLING THIS ALLEGATION. ...WHO THE POLICE INVESTIGATION FOUND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED SOMEONE. THE POLICE TOLD 1 NEWS TODAY THAT THEY INVESTIGATED THE MATTER FULLY AND, AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE EVIDENCE, DIDN'T LAY ANY CHARGES. SO WHAT DOES MR MALLARD'S BOSS THINK? THAT HE DID NOT CONDUCT HIMSELF IN PARLIAMENT APPROPRIATELY YESTERDAY. HE DID NOT MEET MY EXPECTATIONS, NOR DID HE MEET HIS OWN. HOWEVER, NO ONE LAST NIGHT CROWNED THEMSELVES IN GLORY. DID YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR PARTY LAST NIGHT? NO. WELL, I THINK JACINDA ARDERN HAS LOST CONTROL. LOOK, THE THING THAT I'M VERY ANGRY ABOUT IS THAT THERE ARE WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS, AT WORK, WHOSE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY LOCKED OUT OF THIS. SO WHAT NOW FOR TREVOR MALLARD? SHE SHOULD SACK TREVOR MALLARD. IT SHOULD BE A 'DON'T COME MONDAY' DECISION. LOOK, IN MY VIEW, HE SHOULD SACK HIMSELF. CALLING FOR RESIGNATIONS DOES NOT RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. NO ONE WAS COVERED IN GLORY. WE NEED TO SORT IT OUT. PARLIAMENT'S SPEAKER AGAIN GETTING OFF WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST. A SUMMER WEDDING IS ON THE CARDS FOR JACINDA ARDERN AND CLARKE GAYFORD. THE PRIME MINISTER REVEALING AFTER TWO YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT, THEY'LL SAY 'I DO' WHEN PARLIAMENT'S ON ITS SUMMER BREAK. BUT SHE'S KEEPING THE EXACT DATE CLOSE TO HER CHEST, AND NO WORD YET AS TO WHETHER TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NEVE WILL PLAY FLOWER GIRL. MS ARDERN'S ADMITTED THE INVITES HAVEN'T GONE OUT YET ` EVEN CLOSE COLLEAGUES ARE STILL WAITING. I THINK OF THIS AS A FRIEND OF THE PRIME MINISTER, AND I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED FOR HER AND CLARKE, AND IF I DO GET AN INVITE, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING. THE ENGAGEMENT WAS REVEALED WHEN JOURNALISTS NOTICED JACINDA ARDERN WEARING A NEW RING ON HER WEDDING FINGER IN 2019 ` THE PROPOSAL TAKING PLACE IN MAHIA. STILL TO COME, JUST WHAT CAUSED THE SHOCKING MEXICO CITY OVERPASS COLLAPSE THAT KILLED DOZENS, INCLUDING CHILDREN. PLUS, WHAT'S FUELING THE RISE IN LIVER CANCER DOWN UNDER. BAD NEWS FOR MANY OF THE 400,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS ` YOU WON'T BE GETTING A PAY RISE FOR THREE YEARS. THAT'S ANGERED THEIR UNION, WHICH SAYS THEY'VE SOLDIERED ON THROUGH LOCKDOWNS, AND NOW CAN'T KEEP UP WITH COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. WHEN MOST PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME, MANY PUBLIC SERVANTS WERE STILL AT WORK, INCLUDING STAFF AT THE BORDER AND THOSE DISHING OUT THE WAGE SUBSIDY, LIKE KEVIN JELLYMAN. PRETTY DAUNTING, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD TO HELP NEW ZEALANDERS AT THAT TIME OF NEED. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION DURING COVID-19. BUT APPRECIATION IS ALL SOME IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WILL GET. FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ANY PUBLIC SERVANTS EARNING MORE THAN $100,000 WON'T GET A PAY RISE. THOSE EARNING BETWEEN $60,000 AND $100,000 WILL ONLY GET A BOOST IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THOSE EARNING UNDER $60,000 WILL GET MORE, ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER OF WORKERS. IT'S REAL DOWNGRADING REALLY, THAT OUR EFFORT WASN'T REWARDED PROPERLY. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CONTINUES TO SHOW MODERATION AND RESTRAINT. THE PUBLIC SECTOR KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING ` THERE ARE 380,000 WORKERS AND SALARIES COST $5B A YEAR. IT ALL ADDS UP. IT'S ALSO ABOUT US SHOWING LEADERSHIP. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR A COUNTRY OF OUR SIZE TO GROW THE BUREAUCRACY OVER THREE YEARS BY 10,000. AND NOW YOU'VE SEEN THE GOVERNMENT HAVING TO RESPOND, THE HORSE HAS BOLTED. THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE BUDGET THAT'LL BE DELIVERED IN THREE WEEKS TIME. YESTERDAY, THE MESSAGE WAS RECOVERY; TODAY, IT'S RESTRAINT, CLEARLY TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. THE MINISTER SAYS HE'S NOT WORRIED THERE WILL BE A BRAIN DRAIN TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE DO COMPETE FOR TALENT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF WAGE RESTRAINT HAPPENING WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AT THE MOMENT. ONGOING SYMPTOMS AS EVERYONE TRIES TO RECALIBRATE. JESSICA MUTCH MACKAY, 1 NEWS. INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY INTO WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY OVERPASS COLLAPSE IN MEXICO CITY. AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND DOZENS WERE INJURED AFTER THE METRO LINE COLLAPSED ONTO A BUSY ROAD. THE SUBWAY LINE HAD ONLY BEEN FINISHED A DECADE AGO. THERE'VE BEEN LONG STANDING ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS RELATING TO THE NETWORK. FOLLOWING A RECENT EARTHQUAKE, THE LINE'S SUPPORT COLUMNS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. MORE THAN A HUNDRED CHILDREN AT GLORIAVALE ARE EXPECTED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY POLICE AND ORANGA TAMARIKI. THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE ONSITE AT THE WEST COAST COMMUNITY, INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. SOURCES HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS THAT GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 15 ARE BEING SPOKEN TO, AFTER EARLIER INQUIRIES FOCUSED ON BOYS. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A PROGRAMME IS NOW BEING RUN AT GLORIAVALE, WHICH HELPS CHILDREN WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN CONCERNING SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. IT'S DESCRIBED AS A FORGOTTEN DISEASE BUT LIVER CANCER IS AUSTRALIA'S FASTEST GROWING CAUSE OF ALL CANCER DEATHS. EXPERTS SAY MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IDENTIFY OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES WHICH ARE FUELLING THE RISE. CHANNEL 9'S GABRIELLA ROGERS REPORTS. NICK COLE HAS A 30CM SCAR WHICH RUNS FROM HIS CHEST TO HIS ABDOMEN AFTER TWO THIRDS OF HIS LIVER WAS REMOVED. LIVER CANCER IS A DREADFUL, DREADFUL DISEASE. THE 63 YEAR OLD WAS DIAGNOSED LAST YEAR, AFTER FEELING LETHARGIC AND HAVING A BIT OF A COUGH. FIRST QUESTION I ASKED HIM WAS, 'YOU KNOW, CAN THIS KILL ME?' AND HE EMPHATICALLY SAID, 'YES'. THE INCIDENCE OF PRIMARY LIVER CANCER HAS INCREASED 378% OVER NEARLY FOUR DECADES. JUST 19% OF CASES SURVIVE PAST FIVE YEARS. WE'RE SEEING A TSUNAMI OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH LIVER CANCER AT ALL STAGES OF DISEASE. THE INTRODUCTION OF EFFECTIVE THERAPIES AND SURVEILLANCE FOR LEADING CAUSES HEPATITIS B AND C HAVE HELPED DRIVE NUMBERS DOWN. BUT A NEW REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE LIVER FOUNDATION CITES THE RISE OF OTHER RISK FACTORS ` OBESITY, DIABETES AND FATTY LIVER DISEASE. THE RISING TIDE OF OBESITY AND DIABETES IS DRIVING MUCH OF THE LIVER DISEASE THAT WE'RE SEEING. WE CRITICALLY NEED TO GET TO THAT POPULATION. EXPERTS SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE FUNDING TO SCREEN PEOPLE AT RISK OF LIVER CANCER. THERE IS A BLOOD TEST THAT CAN ASSESS SCAR TISSUE IN THE LIVER ` A RED FLAG FOR DISEASE. IT'S FUNDED IN THE UK, BUT NOT IN AUSTRALIA. LIVER CANCER IS COSTING THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY $4.8 BILLION A YEAR. BEFORE BEING DIAGNOSED, NICK HAD CIRRHOSIS, BUT HE DID THINK IT COULD LEAD TO THIS. I'VE NEVER BEEN A HEAVY DRINKER OR A SMOKER, OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CIRRHOSIS FOR WHATEVER REASON, TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. JUST AHEAD, MORE FINE AND DRY WEATHER IS ON THE WAY. PLUS ` HER WORK IS HER ART, EMILY KARAKA'S LATEST EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE IDEA OF RAHUI. THE WORD 'RAHUI' HAS OFTEN KEPT US AWAY FROM PROTECTED AREAS, BUT THE ARTIST BEHIND AN EXHIBITION OF THE SAME NAME IS WELCOMING KIWIS IN TO EXPLORE THE THEMES IN HER LATEST WORK. LARISSA HOWIE REPORTS. EMILY KARAKA DRAWING IN THE CROWDS AT THE OPENING OF HER LATEST EXHIBITION ` RAHUI. RAHUI IS PROHIBITION. RAHUI IS ABOUT PROHIBITION AND TAPU. RAHUI PLACES TAPU ON AREAS TO PROTECT THE MAURI OR THE LIFE FORCE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WAITAKERE RANGES. TE WAO NUI O TIRIWA ` THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL NAME. THE WORK, DREAMED UP DURING THIS YEAR'S LOCKDOWN, WHICH SHE SPENT OUT IN WEST AUCKLAND SURROUNDED BY TREES INFECTED WITH KAURI DIEBACK. OF COURSE I HAD THE SUBJECT SMACK-BANG IN THE STUDIO IF YOU LIKE, LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW ` KAURI DYING. HER WORK, HIGHLIGHTING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DIEBACK DISEASE AND THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS VERY MUCH TAIAO ` WITH THE WHOLE CIRCULAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOURCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. AT NEARLY 70, SHE'S SPENT THE LAST 40 YEARS AS AN ARTIST AND AN ACTIVIST, PLAYING A PART IN THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT AND TREATY SETTLEMENTS. I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH POLITICS. POLITICS IS PART OF MY WORK. IT'S PART OF MY DAILY LIFE AND EXISTENCE. BEING A MAORI WOMAN, YOU'RE POLITICAL. THE FIRE IN HER BELLY SHINING THROUGH THESE PAINTINGS. WE CAN'T BREATHE. WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BREATHE. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 11 PIECES IN THIS EXHIBITION ` ALL PAINTED AS AUCKLAND WENT INTO LOCKDOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S TAKEN EMILY JUST THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE. A FAMILY OF CREATIVES ` HER BROTHER, DILWORTH KARAKA FROM KIWI GROUP HERBS, PERFORMING AT THE EXHIBITION'S OPENING. THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD UNCLE DILWORTH'S MUSIC AND MUM'S ART TOGETHER. EMILY'S MESSAGE ` STOP, BE CAREFUL AND CONSIDER. WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT EVERYTHING THAT'S WORTH EVERYTHING, AND WE ARE PART OF THAT EVERYTHING. WE'RE NOT DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT. HUMAN BEINGS ARE PART OF THE CHAIN. CANVASSING A SHARED SUFFERING ` A CHAIN THAT'S AS VULNERABLE AS EVER. LARISSA HOWIE, 1 NEWS. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW, WITH KIWI ARTIST LUCA GEORGE AND HIS NEW ONE 'LONELY TONIGHT'. (LUCA GEORGE'S 'LONELY TONIGHT') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT, THANKS FOR WATCHING, PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT.