TONIGHT ` A DAY OF PROTEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NURSES FIGHT FOR BETTER PAY. COULD THERE BE MORE STRIKE ACTION TO COME? A POSITIVE COVID CASE IN ONE OF OUR BUSIEST HOSPITALS, AND RETURNEES FROM MELBOURNE REUNITE AFTER BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE CITY'S LOCKDOWN. AND 44 DAYS AND COUNTING UNTIL THE OLYMPICS, HOW GETTING KITTED OUT FOR THE GAMES IS A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND LILLIE BALFOUR CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A DAY OF PROTEST MAY NOW BE OVER, BUT THE VOICES OF NURSES ACROSS AOTEAROA WERE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY IN THE FIGHT FOR BETTER PAY. WHILE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS SAY THEIR STRIKE CONTINGENCY RESPONSE WENT TO PLAN, BOTH PARTIES SAY THEY'RE KEEN TO GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO PREVENT FURTHER STRIKE ACTION. JORDYN RUDD REPORTS. MAN CHANTS: # STAND, STAND STAND UP! CROWD CHANTS: # FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT BACK! A SEA OF PURPLE AS NURSES TAKE TO THE STREETS IN THEIR TENS OF THOUSANDS. DEMANDING BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS. HEALTH FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S NOT THE FUN IT USED TO BE, IT'S JUST HARD, HARD SLOG. I WANT TO BE LOOKING AFTER PATIENTS I CARE ABOUT, BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SERVE ANYBODY BY STANDING BACK AND BEING SILENT. PROTESTS STRETCHING FROM KAITAIA TO INVERCARGILL. LOOK AT THE SUPPORT THOUGH, OF THE PEOPLE! THE NZ NURSES ORGANISATION IS DEMANDING A 17% PAY RISE. A BIG JUMP FROM THE REJECTED OFFER OF 1.38% AND A $4000 DOLLAR LUMP SUM, PART OF A PAY EQUITY AGREEMENT REACHED IN 2018. BUT THAT'S MONEY THAT WE'RE ALREADY OWED FROM OUR PREVIOUS NEGOTIATIONS. WHERE WE NEGOTIATED PAY EQUITY, SO WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT TO COME AND THAT'S OVER THREE YEARS NOW. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S COMMITTED TO ANOTHER PAY RISE, BUT FUNDS ARE LIMITED. DURING LOCKDOWN SMALL BUSINESSES GOT PAID FOR DURING THE LOCKDOWN. WE HAD TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY. JACINDA CAN PAY FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE BRIDGE IN AUCKLAND FOR THE CYCLISTS, BUT SHE CAN'T PAY US. THE HEALTH MINISTER RECEIVING A FROSTY RECEPTION OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT. (CROWD JEERS) UNDERFUNDING OF HEALTH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. WE'RE IN MAJOR CATCH UP. WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. AND IN OUR BIGGEST CITY ` NURSES STARTED AT AUCKLAND'S BRITOMART AND ARE MAKING THEIR WAY UP QUEEN STREET, ENDING AT MYERS PARK, AND WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE HERE IS ELECTRIC, NZNO SAYS MEMBERS NEED TO REMEMBER WHY THEY'RE HERE. THIS FEELS GOOD RIGHT NOW, BUT THE REALLY IMPORTANT WORK IS GOING TO COME WHEN WE'RE BACK AROUND THE TABLE WITH THE DHBs. DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS KEEN TO GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TOO. WE WILL BE LISTENING AS THE FIRST PIECE OF WORK TO DO ON THAT DAY, THEN WE WILL BE TAKING WHAT WE LEARN FROM THAT TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO TAKE THIS FURTHER. NURSES STRESSING CHANGE IS NEEDED TO STOP MORE LEAVING OUR SHORES OR QUITTING THE PROFESSION ALTOGETHER. WE NEED TO RETAIN OUR OWN NEW ZEALAND NURSES. WE TRAIN THEM, WE SHOULD KEEP THEM. WE WANT THEM TO STAY HERE. WE NEED MORE FUTURE NURSES, AND THING IS, I WON'T RECOMMEND NURSING AS A FUTURE PROFESSION TO MY TWO GIRLS THE FIGHT CONTINUING ` WE DO NOT GET TO SEE OUR MUM THAT OFTEN, SO WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM, SUPPORT OUR MUM, TO MAKE OUR NURSES FEEL VALUED. THE FIRST QUARANTINE-FREE FLIGHT FROM MELBOURNE IN WEEKS ARRIVED THIS EVENING, ENABLING STRANDED KIWIS TO FINALLY GET HOME. THIS AS IT'S REVEALED THREE PEOPLE TRIED TO FLEE MELBOURNE'S LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS TO RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND. LARISSA HOWIE REPORTS. WAITING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES WHO'D BEEN STRANDED IN MELBOURNE. IT'S BEEN A HARD TIME. JUST BE GOOD TO HAVE THEM BACK. I'VE BEEN A BACHELOR FOR SIX WEEKS. IT'S HAD IT'S UPS AND DOWNS (LAUGHS). GREAT TO HAVE HER HOME, YEAH. A SNAP LOCKDOWN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AGO LED TO A PAUSE ON OUR TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH VICTORIA. GOOD TO SEE MY MUM. I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME HOME ON THE DAY THAT IT LOCKED DOWN AND THEN THAT WAS IT. I JUST PLAYED LOTS OF BOARD GAMES AND DID LOTS OF JIGSAW PUZZLES, ACTUALLY. TONIGHT'S FLIGHT IS THE FIRST OF FOUR ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ALL PASSENGERS WILL HAVE HAD TO RETURN A NEGATIVE COVID TEST AT LEAST 72 HOURS BEFORE BOARDING. MELBOURNE'S TOUGH LOCKDOWN RULES ARE SET TO BE LIFTED FROM MIDNIGHT TOMORROW, BUT A RAFT OF RESTRICTIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE, INCLUDING MASK-WEARING INDOORS AND LIMITS ON GATHERINGS. BUT NOT EVERYONE'S STICKING TO THE RULES. THREE PEOPLE BREECHED LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS, LEAVING VICTORIA LAST WEEK. SLIPPING INTO AUCKLAND VIA SYDNEY WHEN THEY WERE MEANT TO BE IN LOCKDOWN. THOSE THREE PEOPLE WERE IDENTIFIED WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND WERE IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED TO A MANAGED ISOLATION FACILITY IN AUCKLAND WHERE THEY WILL REMAIN FOR A 14 DAY PERIOD. QUEENSLAND REPORTING A POSITIVE COMMUNITY CASE AFTER A WOMAN (44) AND HER PARTNER BROKE LOCKDOWN BY TRAVELLING FROM VICTORIA THROUGH NEW SOUTH WALES. OFFICIALS NOW TRYING TO TRACK HER MOVEMENTS AND CLOSE CONTACTS. BACK HERE, A COVID-19 PATIENT IN MANAGED ISOLATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO AUCKLAND'S MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. THERE ARE WELL REHEARSED PROCESSES FOR ENSURING PEOPLE ARE TRANSPORTED SAFELY AND, OF COURSE, ARE CARED FOR SAFELY. IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY RISK FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THAT HOSPITAL FACILITY. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY STRICT INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES WERE FOLLOWED IN THE TRANSFER. LARISSA HOWIE, 1 NEWS. FIJI'S HEALTH SYSTEM IS FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE AGAINST COVID, RECORDING 94 NEW CASES YESTERDAY. HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE TOLD 1NEWS THE COUNTRY IS ON THE BRINK OF LOSING CONTROL. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS THE LATEST. FIJI IS IN TROUBLE. SUVA'S HOSPITAL STRAINING UNDER THE WAVE OF COVID CASES. NEW POSITIVE INFECTIONS ARE BEING TOLD TO ISOLATE AT HOME BECAUSE THERE'S NO ROOM ANYWHERE ELSE. THERE'S CURRENTLY 604 POSITIVE CASES IN MANAGED ISOLATION. I THINK THIS IS REALLY AT THE LIMIT OF WHAT THEY CAN MANAGE. ESSENTIALLY THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PATH AS OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE PANDEMIC, WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF CASES, AND UNFORTUNATELY A LARGE NUMBER OF DEATHS AS WELL. THE WORST HIT IS THE WIDER SUVA AREA. SECRETARY OF HEALTH DR JAMES FONG, HIMSELF IN ISOLATION AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH A POSITIVE CASE, SAYS THE COUNTRY'S PREPARING TO SHIFT INTO A MITIGATION PHASE WHERE HEALTHCARE RESOURCES ARE FOCUSSED ON CARING FOR PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP ONLY SERIOUS ILLNESS. THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS UNDER THREAT FROM WITHIN AS A RESULT OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD. SOME MEDICAL PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN INFECTED AS WELL. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT HAS SO FAR HELD OFF FROM A TOTAL AND INTENSE LOCKDOWN, EXPERTS SAY IT'S WHAT'S NEEDED. BUT THERE'S CONFUSION ON THE GROUND WITH POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TAKING A BACKSEAT ROLE. THE RESPONSE FROM THE CIVIL ORGANISATIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE EXTENT THAT IS REQUIRED, AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND PERHAPS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PLANNING. WHILE RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, TODAY, WELCOME NEWS THAT OVER 220,000 PEOPLE IN VITI LEVU WILL GET A $50 CASH PAYMENT. I THINK FIJI HAS DONE VERY WELL TO DATE, BUT NOW THEY'RE BATTLING THE MORE INFECTIOUS DELTA VARIANT, SO IT'S JUST THAT MUCH TOUGHER TO USE THE SAME MEASURES AND MAINTAIN ELIMINATION OF THIS VIRUS. JUST WHEN THAT WILL BE IS THE QUESTION. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. A HIGH POWERED REPORT INTO NEW ZEALAND'S ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE SHOWS WE'RE NOT ON TRACK, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER LABELLING IT A 'STEEP AND TOUGH ROAD AHEAD'. THE REPORT'S LAID OUT A ROADMAP FOR NEW ZEALAND TO BECOME CARBON NEUTRAL, INCLUDING THE SUGGESTION THAT BY 2035 ALL IMPORTED CARS MUST BE ELECTRIC. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'VE LEARNT THE COST OF DOING NOTHING WILL BE 2.3% OF GDP BY 2050 ALMOST DOUBLE THE COST OF ACTING NOW. IT'S LAID OUT THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CHOOSE FROM, AS POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY EXPLAINS. THE VOICES CALLING FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ARE LOUD. ALL CHANT: # HEY-HEY, HO-HO, CLIMATE CHANGE HAS GOT TO GO! WE'RE OFFICIALLY IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, AND THE PRIME MINISTER EVEN LABELLED IT THIS GENERATION'S NUCLEAR FREE MOMENT. I VIEW THE COMMISSIONS REPORT AS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTS I'LL RECEIVE IN MY TIME AS PRIME MINISTER. THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION REPORT SHOWS WE'RE NOT ON TRACK TO MEET OUR TARGETS, AND EVEN WHILE THEY WERE WRITING THE REPORT OUR EMISSIONS WENT UP. WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE SOONER TO DO MORE. THE MESSAGE ` IT'S URGENT. WE JUST NEED TO GET ON WITH IT NOW. ACTING NOW IS NOT A CHOICE, IT IS IMPERATIVE. WE NEED TO ACT NOW. THIS 400 PAGE REPORT IS DESIGNED TO BE A BLUEPRINT FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE. AND EVEN WITH ALL THIS TALK OF URGNECY, THE GOVERNMENT WON'T BE RESPONDING WITH ITS PLAN UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. AFTER GETTING 15,000 SUBMISSIONS THE COMMISION MADE CHANGES TO ITS FINAL REPORT, SAYING ITS PLANS FOR AGRICULTURE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES WERE TOO AMBITIOUS. THE REPORT SHOWS THINGS LIKE GAS, AND PETROL WILL BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT FOR MANY, EVS AREN'T AN OPTION. THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, I HAVE LOOKED AT SOME. I HAVE TRIED ONE OUT, CERTAINLY I WOULD LIKE TO. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT. EVEN FOR POLITICANS. I'D LOVE A TESLA BUT AT $71,000 THEY'RE OUT OF REACH FOR ME, AND DARE I SAY IT, MOST NEW ZEALAND FAMILIES. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISING HELP BUYING ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS ON THE WAY. IN THE BUDGET WE PUT ASIDE FUNDING FOR AN INCENTIVES REGIME, WE'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON THAT IN THE FUTURE. THOSE WHO TOOK TO THE STREETS HOPE THE PRIME MINISTER ACTS. IT'S GOOD ADVICE. IT'S AMBITIOUS BUT IT'S ALSO ACHIEVEABLE, AND I THINK ITS GREAT FOR OUR FUTURE. A FUTURE THESE STUDENTS ARE PLEADING WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. CONFIRMATION TONIGHT THE TASMAN MILL WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WITH 160 STAFF SET TO LOSE THEIR JOBS. NORSKE SKOG THE MULTINATIONAL OWNER OF THE NEWSPRINT PULP AND PAPER MILL IN KAWERAU ANNOUNCED IT WAS REVIEWING ITS BAY OF PLENTY OPERATIONS IN SEPTEMBER. THE DECISION FOLLOWS A DECLINE OF THE NEWSPRINT INDUSTRY. THE TOWN'S MAYOR, MALCOLM CAMPBELL, SAYS ALTHOUGH THIS DAY WAS COMING, THERE ARE A "FEW NUMB FACES" WALKING AROUND TOWN. A NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN'S BEING HUNTED BY THE FBI FOR ALLEGEDLY DISTRIBUTING PHONES THAT CRIMINALS THEN USED TO PLAN DRUG DEALS, KIDNAPPINGS AND CONTRACT KILLINGS. AUTHORITIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE STILL MAKING ARRESTS AS PART OF OPERATION TROJAN SHIELD, WHICH CAUGHT CRIMINALS USING AN ENCRYPTED MESSAGING APP SECRETLY RUN BY THE FBI. LOGAN CHURCH HAS DEVELOPMENTS. POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE WORLD TAKING A VICTORY LAP. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ARREST A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LEADING ACTORS WITHIN THE VIOLENT CRIME AND DRUG NETWORKS IN SWEDEN. FROM SEIZING DRUGS, GUNS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MULTIPLE CURRENCIES. THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IS EXCEPTIONAL BY ITS GLOBAL OUTCOMES. WITH SIMULTANEOUS RAIDS IN THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, IN NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIA, FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS, SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING ON ANOM, A SECRET MESSAGING APP WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AND CONTROLLED BY THE FBI. CRIMINALS CAUGHT IN THE ACT, HATCHING PLANS LIKE THIS TO SHIP ILLEGAL DRUGS ACROSS BORDERS. THE FBI RECEIVED A COPY OF EACH AND EVERY MESSAGE. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 16 COUNTRIES INVOLVED. 800 ARRESTS AND SEIZURES OF MORE THAN EIGHT TONS OF COCAINE. 22 TONS OF MARIJUANA, TWO TONS OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND AMPHETAMINE, SIX TONS OF PRECURSOR CHEMICALS, 250 FIREARMS, AND MORE THAN 48 MILLION IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE CURRENCIES. THIS INCLUDES THIS SEIZURE OF DRUGS HIDDEN IN TUNA CANS BOUND FOR SPAIN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE SEARCH, LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 613 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE. THE UNITED STATES NOW HUNTING FOR THOSE WHO DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF ANOM PHONES. AMONG THE NINE STILL ON THE RUN, SHANE NGAKURU, A KIWI LIVING IN THAILAND. THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE TOLD 1 NEWS THEY HAVEN'T ARRESTED ANY MORE PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE 35 INITIALLY CAUGHT AND CHARGED. BUT THEY SAY THE HUNT FOR SUSPECTS IS STILL ON. ANOM'S TAGLINE BEFORE IT SHUT DOWN ` ENFORCE YOUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY. IT INSTEAD GAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AN EDGE IT'S NEVER HAD BEFORE. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IS SLAPPED IN THE FACE DURING A WALKABOUT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN RESPONSIBLE. PLUS THE PACKING LIST FOR OUR OLYMPIANS, AND WHY IT INCLUDES FIVE SLUSHIE MACHINES. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHILE VISITING THE COUNTRY'S SOUTH EAST. YOU CAN SEE EMMANUEL MACRON WALKING UP TO A BARRIER TO GREET THE CROWD WHEN THE MAN IN THE KHAKI T-SHIRT HITS HIS FACE, BEFORE HIS PROTECTION OFFICERS QUICKLY SWOOP IN. THE PRESIDENT LATER CALLED IT AN "ISOLATED EVENT". TWO MEN HAVE SINCE BEEN ARRESTED. A COVID 19-SURGE, THOUSANDS OF INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES DESCENDING IN ONE PLACE, THE TOKYO OLYMPICS PRESENTS A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE FOR NOT ONLY JAPAN, BUT EACH OF THE COUNTRIES TRAVELLING TO THE GAMES. METICULOUS PLANNING CONTINUES FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM, LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED. OLYMPICS REPORTER CHRIS CHANG LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGE AHEAD. IF THIS IS LIKE CHRISTMAS DAY FOR AN ATHLETE ` OH, WOW, I GOT A NEW PRESENT! THEN WELCOME TO SANTA'S WORKSHOP. CAN I TAKE THESE HOME? OOSH, LOOK AT THAT. WEIGHTLIFTER DAVID LITI, GETTING A SNEAK PEEK AT JUST A SMALL PART OF THE PACKING. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPRESENTING THE FERN AND REPRESENTING THE FERN WITH THE RINGS ON IT, YOU KNOW? IT'S JUST A BIT MORE MEANINGFUL, BEHIND THOSE RINGS AND WITH THE FERN IN FRONT OF IT. THIS IS LIKE A KIDS ONE. A FERN ON EVERY ITEM, FROM HEAD TO TOE. A REMINDER OF THE LEVEL OF DETAIL REQUIRED. THAT'S A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SENDING AWAY, THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE OF THE GAMES IS MADE EVEN GREATER BY THE FACT THAT THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST OLYMPICS ON RECORD, WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID 30S AND HUMIDITY AROUND 80%. BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, IT'S NOT LIKE THE TEAM CAN EASILY GO OUT TO BUY SUPPLIES. SO THEY'RE TAKING WITH THEM 300 ICE VESTS, A FEW ICE BATHS, FIVE SLUSHY MACHINES AND MISTING FANS FOR HEAT. GEAR ALSO INCLUDES 1500 BOTTLES OF HAND SANITISER AND 69,000 FACE MASKS. THAT'S ALL ON TOP OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT LIKE YACHTS, SKIFFS, CANOES AND EIGHT HORSES. THERE'S CURRENTLY 25 TONS OF FREIGHT ON ITS WAY TO TOKYO. HAND SANITISER, MORE HAND SANITISER. NO ONE SAID EVERY ITEM WAS EXCITING. BUT WITH THE COUNTDOWN ON, ANTICIPATION'S BUILDING. ESPECIALLY FOR LITI'S COACH TINA BALL I THINK SHE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITED THAN I AM. WELL SHE PROBABLY HAS DIBS ON THE BUCKET HAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FITTING YOU, IS IT? YEAH, SHE CAN KEEP MY ONE TOO IF SHE WANTS. SO CONTAINERS ON ROUTE, BAGS ALMOST PACKED. THE REALITY OF TOKYO TRAVEL IS SETTING IN. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL SOON BE ABLE TO FEAST THEIR EYES ON MASTERPIECES FROM THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT, INCLUDING WORKS BY SALVADOR DALI. CUSHLA NORMAN WENT TO VIEW THE PRICELESS WORKS AT TE PAPA. IT'S ONE OF THE ART WORLD'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE IMAGES THE LUSH LIPS OF SCREEN SIREN MAE WEST NOW AT TE PAPA, CREATED BY SPANISH ARTIST SALVADOR DALI IN 1938. IT RADIATES THE FUN OF THINKING ABOUT SUCH THINGS, ABOUT BEING SITTING ON THE BOMBSHELL'S LIP WITH YOUR BUM AND JUST HAVE A CUP OF TEA, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT NAUGHTY IDEAS. 180 PIECES BY SURREALIST ARTISTS ARE ON SHOW, FROM THE TWISTED TO THE TITILLATING, ALL ON LOAN FROM THE NETHERLANDS' BOJIMANS MUSEUM. IT'S TAKEN THREE YEARS OF PLANNING. THERE WERE TWO AIRPLANES, BECAUSE, WELL, (CHUCKLES) IF ONE HITS THE OCEAN, THEN AT LEAST WE HAVE THE OTHER HALF OF THE COLLECTION. SO WE WERE IN ANOTHER PLANE, AND MY COLLEAGUES ` THEY WERE FOLLOWING EVERY MINUTE OF THE TRANSPORT BY ALL KIND OF DIGITAL DEVICES THAT SENT OUT SIGNALS. THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT BEGAN IN PARIS AFTER WORLD WAR I. RENE MAGRITTE AND MAN RAY ARE AMONG SOME OF THE BIG NAMES, BUT DALI'S THE DRAWCARD. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BIG SHOW OF DALI'S WORK IN NEW ZEALAND. I KEEP HAVING A BIT OF A DOUBLE TAKE WHEN I'M WALKING THROUGH THE GALLERIES AND SEEING WORKS AND REALISING THAT THEY'RE IN WELLINGTON. THIS PROJECTION TAKES YOU RIGHT INSIDE ONE OF DALI'S MOST FAMOUS WORKS ` IMPRESSIONS OF AFRICA. YOU CAN SEE THE ARTIST HIMSELF, DALI, BEHIND THE EASEL THERE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE AMAZING BRUSH STROKES AND FINE LINES AND BEAUTIFUL COLOURS. IT'S ALL RATHER DREAMLIKE. THE COST OF THE EXHIBITION IS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE, BUT TE PAPA EXPECTS IT WILL DRAW 100,000 VISITORS. IT'S JUST BRILLIANT. IT'S BEEN LIKE A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, ALMOST. THE DALI PAINTINGS ` I'VE SEEN POSTERS OF THOSE ON MY BROTHER'S BEDROOM WALLS FOREVER, AND PEOPLE'S WALLS FOREVER, BUT TO SEE THEM UP CLOSE IS SPECIAL. THE EXHIBITION OPENS TO THE PUBLIC THIS SATURDAY AND RUNS FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER, AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHO NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR RAIN. AND WE GET OUR JAZZ GROOVE ON AS PART OF THE WELLINGTON JAZZ FESTIVAL WHICH KICKS OFF TONIGHT. FAST-PACED BE-BOP THE CAPITAL'S JAZZ FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TONIGHT, WITH MORE THAN 100 SHOWS ACROSS THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. FOR MANY JAZZ MUSICIANS IT'S THEIR BIGGEST AND BUSIEST WEEK OF THE YEAR. JACOB JOHNSON WENT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ON OFFER. FOR 15 YEARS, UMAR ZAKARIA HAS BEEN PLAYING THE DOUBLE BASS, FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE INSTRUMENT AS A TEENAGER. I THINK I REMEMBER A MOMENT WHERE THEY HAD A SPOTLIGHT ON THE BASS PLAYER FOR LIKE A MINUTE OR TWO AND I SAW HIM PLUCK THE BASS AND I THOUGHT, 'I THINK THAT'S THE ONE.' NOW THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON HIM. HE'S DOING A SERIES OF SHOWS BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK HERE AT ST PETER'S CHURCH. THE FIRST CONCERT IS IN THE MORNING AND WE FIND OURSELVES MAYBE IN A SORT OF RELAXED MOOD. WE JUST GOT UP. (PLUCKS BASS) SECOND CONCERT IS MIDDAY. WE GET A BIT OF ENERGY. THE SUN CATCHES OUR EYE. THE NEXT CONCERT IS AT 6PM. WE'RE SORT OF GETTING RID OF THE WORK. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, WE'RE CLOSING EVERYTHING OFF WITH ONE MORE SUITE. (UPBEAT JAZZ) AND MORE THAN 30 OTHER VENUES IN WELLINGTON ARE GETTING INVOLVED. WE'VE GOT THE MUSICIANS THEMSELVES WHO SOMETIMES PLAY UP TO 20 GIGS IN THIS WEEK. IT'S THEIR BUSIEST WEEK OF THE YEAR. WHILE IT'S A BOOST FOR THE MUSICIANS, IT'S ALSO A BOOST FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. IT'S NOT JUST THE MAIN, MAJOR VENUES THAT ARE SHOWCASING OUR HIGH PROFILE ARTISTS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SMALL VENUES AND BARS LIKE MEOW, WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT, WHO GET BEHIND OUR ARTISTS EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR. LAST YEAR'S FESTIVAL WAS DELAYED UNTIL NOVEMBER DUE TO COVID, BUT NOW IT'S BACK ON TRACK... I THINK THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN, IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, A NICE WARM GLASS OF RED WINE AND SOME REALLY HOT AND HEAVY JAZZ. (LAUGHS) ...WITH VENUES ACROSS THE CITY PUTTING ON DAILY GIGS UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH NUBYA GARCIA AND 'LOST KINGDOMS'. (SMOOTH SAXOPHONE) (FUNNKY JAZZ MUSIC) THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING, PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND LILLIE BALFOUR CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.