TONIGHT... HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS AT ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST FOOD PRODUCERS. A WHISTLEBLOWER GIVES 1 NEWS EXCLUSIVE IMAGES ` THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD. REACTION FROM THE COMPANY INVOLVED. MORE CONFUSION IN THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, AS HEALTHY PEOPLE REPORT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS INVITING THEM TO BOOK IN FOR A JAB. AND FREED ON A TECHNICALITY, BILL COSBY'S CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IS OVERTURNED, AND THE ENTERTAINER'S VICTIMS SAY THEY'VE BEEN DENIED JUSTICE. CAPTIONS BY ANNIE CURTIS AND PHOEBE UPTON CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH AN EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO HEALTH AND SAFETY AT TALLEYS, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST FOOD PRODUCERS. A WHISTLEBLOWER TELLS 1 NEWS THE COMPANY'S FROZEN FOOD FACTORY IN ASHBURTON, WHERE A WOMAN RECENTLY HAD HER HAND CRUSHED, IS ANOTHER 'ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.' REPORTER THOMAS MEAD VISITED THE PLANT TODAY. TO THE PUBLIC, TALLEY S PRESENTS A SPOTLESS IMAGE. STAFF PRODUCING FROZEN VEGES WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. BUT TONIGHT, 1 NEWS CAN PULL BACK THE CURTAIN. THESE LEAKED PHOTOS, TAKEN BY AN ANONYMOUS WHISTLE-BLOWER, SHOW A DIFFERENT SIDE TO THE ASHBURTON FACTORY. I'M SORRY, BUT THESE GUYS ` THEY ARE LYING TO THEM. THEY ARE LYING TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. WE'VE CHOSEN TO REPLACE HIS VOICE FOR HIS PROTECTION. TALLEY S IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FOOD COMPANIES. THEIR PRODUCE IN SUPERMARKETS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. ACROSS THEIR MANY OPERATIONS, ONE WORKER HAS BEEN DECAPITATED AT SEA, ANOTHER PARALYSED, AND OTHERS INJURED IN PREVENTABLE INCIDENTS, PROMPTING ONE WORKER HERE IN ASHBURTON TO COME FORWARD. TO ME, WHAT THEY ARE DOING ` THEY DON'T EVEN CARE BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE EASILY REPLICABLE. SHARING THESE IMAGES OF FILTHY MACHINES, ONE COATED IN BURNT GREASE, THE OTHER WITH CORN JUICE. IN ANOTHER, A CONTRACTOR STANDS ON TOP OF A LOADED TRUCK. AND HERE, A MACHINE HAS EXPOSED 'PINCH POINTS', WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE TRAPPED. IF YOUR HAND IS TRAPPED IN THE MACHINE, YOUR FINGERS OR WHATEVER, THE MACHINE KEEPS RUNNING. IN RESPONSE TODAY, TALLEY'S CLAIMED THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND SENT US THESE ` SAYING THEY DO ADDRESS ISSUES WHENEVER THEY ARISE. IT IS. IT IS CLEANED REGULARLY. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GET SOME HEAT STAIN ON THERE. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GET SOME BUILD UP ON THERE. WHAT I'VE SHOWN YOU HAS NOT BEEN THERE FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS. THE COMPANY SAYING HAZARDS, LIKE THOSE PINCH POINTS, HAVE SINCE BEEN PUT UNDER A GUARD AS PART OF THEIR REGULAR AUDITS. SO YOU WOULD CONTEND THAT EVERYONE WORKING HERE IS SAFE? I CONTEND THAT WE HAVE A SAFE SITE, YES. EXCEPT, JUST THREE MONTHS AGO, A WOMAN HAD HER HAND STUCK IN A MACHINE ON THE ASHBURTON CORN LINE. A LEAKED EMAIL, SHOWING TALLEY'S HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES TO GET HER OUT, AND THEN ASKED STAFF TO KEEP QUIET. WAS SHE SAFE? YES, WELL... IF SHE HAD FOLLOWED THE PROPER PROCEDURES, SHE WOULD BE. WORKSAFE INVESTIGATED, BUT DIDN'T TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION. THE TWO SIDES COULD NOT BE MORE OPPOSED. TALLEY'S REFUTING ANY SUGGESTION THEY PUT PROFIT OVER THEIR STAFF. EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. EVERYONE ` MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, EVERYONE IS THERE. THEY KNOW IT'S THERE; THEY JUST WALK AWAY. I FEEL THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE DO GO HOME SAFELY ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WHILE THE COMPANY MAY FEEL IT'S SAFE, IT SEEMS NOT EVERYONE AGREES. WELL, WE HAD HOPED TO GO INSIDE THAT FACTORY. TALLEYS INITIALLY INVITED US, SAID, COME ON IN AND SEE THINGS FOR YOURSELF, BUT THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND AT THE LAST MINUTE, CITING COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY. IT FOLLOWED AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING IN THEIR BOARDROOM, WHERE THEIR CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE HEAD OF HEALTH AND SAFETY, A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL, AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF LOCAL SITE MANAGEMENT, SPOKE TO US FOR AROUND 45 MINUTES, ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO STOP US FROM RUNNING THIS ARTICLE TONIGHT. THEY THREATENED US WITH LEGAL ACTION, SAYING THAT THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AGAIN 'OUT OF CONTEXT' AND, QUOTE, 'NOT AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE OR SAFETY.' THAT WAS FOLLOWED SOON AFTERWARD BY AN EMAIL FROM THEIR LAWYER, WHERE THEY THREATENED TO INJUNCT TVNZ IN ACTION, WHICH WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS HEAD TO THE HIGH COURT. BUT ULTIMATELY, THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT. WE WERE ABLE TO AIR THIS STORY TONIGHT. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE DID NOT WANT THESE PICTURES TO BE AIRED. HE TOLD ME THAT DIRECTLY IN OUR MEETING. BUT IT IS ALSO FAIR TO SAY THAT THEY ARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, GIVEN THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE IN MANY FREEZERS ALL OVER NEW ZEALAND. AND WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NO INDICATION AT THIS STAGE THAT THERE IS ANY FOOD HYGIENE RISK, WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE STORY, SEE BOTH SIDES, AND MAKE THEIR OWN MIND UP. ORANGA TAMARIKI IS SHUTTING IT'S CHRISTCHURCH FACILITY, WHERE STAFF HAVE BEEN USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE, WHILE MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WITH DEVELOPMENTS. FOOTAGE OF YOUTH WORKERS SLAMMING A YOUNG PERSON INTO THE GROUND HAS SEEN INVESTIGATIONS LAUNCHED, THE POLICE CALLED IN, AND THE STAFF INVOLVED STOOD DOWN. NOW, MORE ACTION. I BELIEVE CLOSING THE FACILITY WHILE THE MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IS THE SAFEST OPTION FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THERE. I THINK THE JOB THAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SAFE. THE GOVERNMENT'S UNCOVERED MORE PROBLEMS AND DECIDED IT IS UNSAFE. THE MORE WE SCRATCH AWAY, THE MORE THAT COMES UP. ALL STAFF WILL BE ON LEAVE AS OF MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. SO WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN GOING ON THERE? LOOK, I'D PREFER NOT TO GO INTO THE DETAILS. THERE IS A POLICE INVESTIGATION HAPPENING. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT TAKES IT'S COURSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED. NEW ORANGA TAMARIKI STAFF WILL BE BROUGHT IN TO TAKE OVER UNTIL ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION CAN BE FOUND. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE LOAD IS. THE PRIORITY IS THE CHILDREN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. I'LL MOVE STAFF, IF I HAVE TO, FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN. THIS FORMER YOUTH WORKER SAYS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN CHRISTCHURCH JUST ISN'T RIGHT. WHAT THEY DID IN CHRISTCHURCH, I DON'T AGREE WITH. TOTALLY NOT. THOSE KIDS ARE THERE TO BE LOOKED AFTER AND CARED FOR, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT CARING FOR KIDS. HE WORKED AT A CARE AND PROTECTION UNIT IN LOWER HUTT. HE SAYS IT'S A CHALLENGING JOB. I WAS GETTING ASSAULTED NEARLY EVERY DAY, SPAT ON OR PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED. YOU TRY AND RESTRAIN THEM TO THE POINT WHERE YOU DON'T HURT THEM OR YOU TRY NOT TO HURT THEM. DOES THAT ALWAYS WORK THOUGH? I DON'T THINK SO, NO. NOT ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES, YOU CAN HURT THEM, MAYBE YOU HURT THEIR ARM OR DO SOMETHING OR HURT YOURSELF EVEN. HE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE STRESS. HE SAYS ORANGA TAMARIKI FORCED HIM TO WORK THE DAY AFTER BEING ASSAULTED. I GOT WHACKED TWICE IN THE FACE BY THE SAME YOUNG PERSON. YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A BIT OF A WAR ZONE. IT FELT LIKE THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW. YOU COME TO WORK, ON EDGE, THINKING, 'WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY?' THE GOVERNMENT IS PROMISING TO REPLACE THE FIVE CARE AND PROTECTION UNITS WITH SMALLER RESIDENTIAL HOMES. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS NOW APOLOGISING FOR FURTHER CONFUSION OVER THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. THIS COMES AFTER SOME YOUNGER NEW ZEALANDERS WERE TOLD THEY WERE IN A HIGHER PRIORITY GROUP. WHILE OTHERS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. WHEN HAYLEY SHEPPERD (24) GOT A TEXT SAYING SHE'S IN VACCINE GROUP THREE, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A SCAM. NO UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES. I'M 24. NO REASON THAT I WOULD, YEAH, BE IN THAT GROUP. AND NO WARNING FROM MY DOCTOR EITHER. GROUP THREE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR PEOPLE AT RISK OF GETTING VERY SICK FROM COVID-19, LIKE ASTHMATIC BRENDA WALLACE. MY ASTHMA THIS YEAR HASN'T BEEN PARTICULARLY UNDER CONTROL. I'VE HAD TO CALL AN AMBULANCE TWICE, AND BEEN QUITE UNWELL. BUT SHE DIDN'T GET A TEXT. MY HUSBAND GOT THE TEXT. NO IDEA WHY. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY HEALTH CONDITIONS. GROUP THREE'S MEANT TO INCLUDE THE OVER 65'S, THOSE WHO ARE PREGNANT, DISABLED PEOPLE OR THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PUBLICLY-FUNDED FLU VACCINE. GENERAL PRACTICES WE'VE SPOKEN TO SAY THEY'VE BEEN FLOODED WITH CALLS FROM CONFUSED PATIENTS. COVID-19 RESPONSE OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGING IN AN EMAIL THE TEXTS HAVE CREATED 'UNWELCOME DEMAND' FOR MEDICAL CENTRES. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE SAYS HE'S GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. CLEARLY, IF THEY HAD NO OTHER REASON TO BE GETTING A MESSAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS OR SO ON, THEN YES, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED A MESSAGE. IF YOU HAD AN OPERATION AS A CHILD, MAYBE FOR A HEART OPERATION OR SOMETHING WHICH ISN'T RELEVANT NOW, THAT COULD GET PICKED UP. THAT'S JUST PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT IS A REASONABLY INSENSITIVE SYSTEM FOR PICKING UP WHO IS IN SEQUENCE THREE. AND THEN THERE'S THE SUPPLY ISSUE. AROUND 1.7 MILLION KIWIS ARE IN GROUP THREE, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BOOK THEIR JABS LATER THIS MONTH. THERE IS MORE DEMAND FOR THE VACCINE THAN THERE IS SUPPLY COMING INTO THE COUNTRY AT THIS POINT. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH VACCINES TO SUPPLY FOR ALL OF THEM? NOT AT THE MOMENT, NO, AND WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH VACCINES FOR THEM. JUST DON'T OPEN THE BORDERS TILL I'VE HAD IT. COS IT'S TOO MUCH OF A RISK. KIWIS AT RISK HOPING FOR THE GROUP THREE CALL-UP EVENTUALLY. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. THERE'S A GROWING RIFT IN AUSTRALIA OVER ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S TWO APPROVED VACCINES. THE GOVERNMENT'S OPENED UP ELIGIBILITY FOR ASTRAZENECA, BUT THERE'S CONFUSION OVER WHETHER PEOPLE UNDER 60 SHOULD BE GETTING IT. HERE'S OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE. AUSTRALIA'S FACING A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE OVER CONFLICTING ADVICE AROUND THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. IT'S THROWN A LITTLE BIT OF A HAND GRENADE INTO OUR VACCINE PROGRAMME. ON MONDAY, SCOTT MORRISON ANNOUNCED ASTRAZENECA COULD BE OFFERED TO ANYONE WHO ASKED FOR IT AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, DESPITE THE COUNTRY'S IMMUNISATION ADVISORY GROUP SAYING IT SHOULD ONLY BE OFFERED TO OVER 60-YEAR-OLDS. OPINION'S NOW DIVIDED OVER WHETHER PEOPLE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL MORE PFIZER VACCINE ARRIVES IN THE COUNTRY. THEY'VE PUT THE MESS BACK IN MESSAGING. THE STATE PREMIERS HAVE REALLY FALLEN INTO LINE TO MAKE THE MESS WORSE WITH THEIR BICKERING. AUSTRALIANS ARE DESPERATE TO COME OUT OF LOCKDOWN, BUT JUST UNDER 6% OF THE POPULATION IS IMMUNISED. AND THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT'S BEING ACCUSED OF SCAREMONGERING OVER THIS STATEMENT ABOUT ASTRAZENECA ` WOULDN'T IT BE TERRIBLE IF OUR FIRST 18-YEAR-OLD IN QUEENSLAND WHO DIES RELATED TO THIS PANDEMIC DIED BECAUSE OF THIS VACCINE. A COMMENT THEY STOOD BY TODAY. JUST STOP ALL OF THIS. THIS IS GETTING ABSOLUTELY SILLY. SO I HAVE PUT MY ADVICE OUT THERE VERY, VERY CLEARLY. IF YOU'RE UNDER 40, YOU WAIT AND GET THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINE. THE RISK OF SEVERE BLOOD CLOTTING ASSOCIATED THE JAB HAS BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED. RESEARCH FROM MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY SHOWS TAKING AN ASPIRIN EVERY DAY FOR A HEART CONDITION IS 200 TIMES MORE DANGEROUS THAN A DOSE OF ASTRAZENECA. SYDNEY'S GLOOMY START TO THE DAY FORESHADOWED THE CITY'S CASE NUMBERS ` ANOTHER 24 DETECTED, HALF OF WHICH WEREN'T IN ISOLATION. AND IF WE WANT THE LOCKDOWN TO SUCCEED, ALL OF US NEED HAVE TO MINIMISE OUR MOVEMENTS. AND WITH ADDITIONAL CASES REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND QUEENSLAND, HER PLEA APPLIES TO ALL 12 MILLION AUSTRALIANS CURRENTLY IN LOCKDOWN. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. BILL COSBY HAS WALKED FREE FROM JAIL IN A STUNNING BLOW TO THE 'ME TOO' MOVEMENT. THERE WAS NO NEW EVIDENCE POINTING TO THE AMERICAN ENTERTAINER'S INNOCENCE, HIS SEXUAL ASSAULT CONVICTION OVERTURNED THANKS TO A LEGAL LOOPHOLE. CHANNEL NINE'S ALISON PITROWSKI HAS MORE. (PAPARAZZI YELL) ARRIVING HOME A FREE MAN ON A TECHNICALITY, BILL COSBY FLASHING THE PEACE SIGN BEFORE TAKING HIS FIRST TENTATIVE STEPS OUTSIDE PRISON WALLS. HIS TEAM JUBILANT, THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT VACATING HIS CONVICTION. HE JUST SAID HIS HEART WAS RACING. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. THE 83 YEAR OLD ALL SMILES, BUT NO WORDS FOR THE CAMERAS. WHAT WE SAW TODAY WAS JUSTICE, JUSTICE FOR ALL AMERICANS. LATER TELLING A US NEWS PROGRAMME... THIS WAS THE FIRST HIGH PROFILE CASE OF THE ME TOO MOVEMENT. A JURY IN 2018 CONVICTED COSBY OF THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST ANDREA CONSTAND, DRUGGING AND MOLESTING HER IN HIS HOME. ALL: GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY. IT WAS A DRAMATIC FALL FROM GRACE FROM AMERICA'S FAVOURITE FATHER AND COMEDY KING TO SEXUAL PREDATOR, THE COURT TODAY SAYING COSBY HAD CUT A DEAL WITH A PREVIOUS PROSECUTOR IN 2004, GIVING HIM IMMUNITY. A DIFFERENT PROSECUTOR LATER IGNORED THE DEAL AND USED COSBY'S WORDS AGAINST HIM. YOU CAN'T HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE PROSECUTORS DON'T HOLD UP TO THEIR WORDS. TODAY'S SHOCK RULING A BLOW TO HIS MANY ACCUSERS ` MORE THAN 50 WOMEN DATING BACK TO THE MID 1960S. AND IT SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS THE STATEMENT OR A FINDING THAT HE DID NOT ENGAGE IN THE ACTS OF WHICH HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED. ANDREA CONSTAND TWEETING THAT IT MAY DISCOURAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS TO SEEK JUSTICE. THE PENNSYLVANIA COURT ALSO SAYING COSBY'S CASE HAD BEEN TAINTED BY THE FIVE OTHER WOMEN ALLOWED TO TAKE THE STAND, A MOVE THAT MAY MUDDY THE WATERS OF OTHER HIGH PROFILE CASES. THE RULING BARS BILL COSBY FROM BEING RETRIED IN THE CASE. STILL TO COME ` CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD ON THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. PLUS ` BRITNEY SPEARS' PLEA TO HAVE HER FATHER REMOVED FROM CONSERVATORSHIP IS DENIED BY A JUDGE. IT WAS A 100TH BIRTHDAY MARKED WITH FANFARE, MILITARY PRECISION AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ADORING SUPPORTERS. CHINA KICKED OFF A CELEBRATION OF ITS COMMUNIST PARTY WITH A POWERFUL SPEECH FROM PRESIDENT XI JINPING, WHO WARNED ANY COUNTRY WHO WANTS TO BULLY IT WILL FACE A GREAT WALL OF STEEL. CHANNEL NINE'S JONATHAN KEARSLEY REPORTS. DEVOTION, DEDICATION AND ADMIRATION AT A CELEBRATION 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR ONE MAN AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL. (MARCHING BAND FANFARES) THE CENTENARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HIGHLY CHOREOGRAPHED, MARKED WITH A MILITARY PARADE THROUGH THE HEART OF TIANANMEN SQUARE ` ONCE A SCENE OF REVOLT; TODAY, A PICTURE OF RESOLVE. CHINA'S MILITARY ON SHOW, AS THIS SUPERPOWER BECOMES THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. PRESIDENT XI JINPING SPOKE OF A PARTY COMMITTED TO COOPERATION, NOT CONFRONTATION, BUT EACH MENTION OF DEFENDING CHINA AND ITS INTERESTS WAS MET WITH RAUCOUS SUPPORT. TRANSLATOR: WE WILL NOT, HOWEVER, ACCEPT SANCTIMONIOUS PREACHING FROM THOSE WHO FEEL THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO LECTURE US. DESPITE HIS EMBASSY HANDING OVER 14 GRIEVANCES AGAINST AUSTRALIA, THE PRESIDENT VOWED NOT TO BE THE BULLY IN THE REGIONAL PLAYGROUND, NOR BE THE VICTIM. WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANY FOREIGN FORCE TO BULLY US. ANYONE WHO WOULD ATTEMPT TO DO SO WILL FIND THEMSELVES ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH A GREAT WALL OF STEEL FORGED BY OVER 1.4 BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE. (APPLAUSE) VOWING TO TAKE HIS PEOPLE ON A NEW JOURNEY, ONE THE WORLD HOPES WILL BE A PEACEFUL ONE. THE TOWN THAT SHATTERED NATIONAL HEAT RECORDS IN CANADA EARLIER THIS WEEK IS NOW ENGULFED IN FIRE, AROUND 250 RESIDENTS ORDERED TO EVACUATE DUE TO OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRES. THE TOWN'S MAYOR TELLING REPORTERS IT TOOK JUST 15 MINUTES FROM THE FIRST SIGN OF SMOKE TO THE FIRE SPREADING EVERYWHERE. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE AREA SWELTERED IN TEMPERATURES OF 49.6 DEGREES. A JUDGE HAS DENIED BRITNEY SPEARS' REQUEST TO REMOVE HER FATHER AS A CONSERVATOR OF HER ESTATE. LAST WEEK, THE POP STAR GAVE EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY TO A LOS ANGELES COURT, COMPARING THE CONTROL JAMIE SPEARS HAS OVER HER TO A SEX TRAFFICKER. THE SINGER'S FATHER WAS APPOINTED TO OVERSEE HER AFFAIRS IN 2008 AFTER HER HIGHLY-PUBLICISED MENTAL HEALTH BREAKDOWN. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK NEEDED TO COMPETE IN SHOT PUT, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T EXPECT DANCING TO BE ON THAT TRAINING LIST. BUT PARA SHOTPUTTER BEN TUIMASEVE'S RYTHYM HAS HELPED LAND HIM IN THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. PARALYMPICS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS MORE. (AMBIENT MUSIC) I LOVE TO DANCE, I LOVE TO SING. YEAH, I SUPPOSE, IN THIS LIFE, I HAVE SORT OF KEPT THAT QUIET COS I FEEL LIKE I HAD TO EARN MY RIGHT TO DANCE. BUT BEN TUIMASEVE'S HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BUST OUT AS MOVES, NOW SEEM TO SHOW THEM OFF ON POWERSPORT'S BIGGEST STAGE. I HAVEN'T QUITE EXPERIENCED A PERSON LIKE BEN BEFORE. AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERYONE'S WARMING UP TO GO OUT AND COMPETE, AND HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ARENA DANCING. AND COUNTRIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD JUST STOP AND WATCH HIM FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THAT'S HIS WAY OF RELAXING. TUIMASEVE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY, SO MOVEMENT DOESN'T COME EASY. THE PARA-SHOTPUTTER ONLY MADE HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT IN 2019 AND AS QUICK STEPPED HIS WAY INTO THE PARALYMPICS TEAM. STILL IN THE RELIEF STAGE, BUT IT JUST HIT TODAY, AND, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT, FOR ALL YOUR WORK TO SORT OF PAY OFF. OF COURSE, IT'S TAKING COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK, BUT IN PARTICULAR, IT'S THE POWER OF DANCE HELPING HIS TIMING. I WANNA ASK YOU GUYS ABOUT HIS DANCE MOVES. (LAUGHTER) FROM MY SIDE. SO, DO THE DANCE MOVES COME FROM YOUR SIDE? FROM MOTHER'S SIDE. IF HE MOVED THAT WELL IN THE CIRCLE, HE'S BE A WORLD CHAMPION. NOT QUITE A DANCE IN THE CIRCLE YET, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, EH? HE'S GOT THE BEAT AND THE RHYTHM. COME TOKYO, HE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING TO DANCE FOR. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER, AND MORE FROSTY NIGHTS BUT THE DAYS ARE FILLED WITH SUNSHINE. PLUS, STACKING M AND M'S ` A CHALLENGE ISSUED TO THE MAORI ALL BLACKS. CAN THEY BEAT THE WORLD'S TALLEST STACK? (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - ANNOUNCER: Mia and Tane's wedding boarding Gate 9. - People fly for all kinds of different reasons, like going to work... and going on leave. You fly to speak a new language... - (WOMAN BABBLES) - ...or for something massive. - (MAN EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY) - You fly for a new home. - (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) - (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) - You fly to say... - Missed you. - ...or... - BOTH: Kia ora. - Hello! How are you? - (EXHALES) We fly to reconnect... - You're it. - ...or to relive. (UPLIFTING MUSIC) - Everyone has a reason for flying, and our reason is you. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE... A BRITISH CIVIL ENGINEER HAS SET THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE TALLEST STACK OF M&M'S. HOW TALL? WELL, JUST FIVE. YES... FIVE STACKED M&M'S. SEVEN SHARP'S MARY-JANE AGGETT FOUND OUT JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT REALLY IS. # I'VE GOT THE POWER! CIRCLES OF CHOCOLATEY GOODNESS, IN THE OLYMPIC COLOURS. THERE'S GOT TO BE A SPORT IN THAT SOMEWHERE. WILL CUTBILL FOUND IT. HE'S NOW A CHAMPION, HOLDING THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR STACKING M&MS. WHEN I TELL THEM IT'S A WHOPPING FIVE, I THINK THEY'RE A BIT SHOCKED. THEY WANT TO GIVE THAT A GO STRAIGHT AWAY AND TRY AND BEAT ME. IN ORDER TO CHALLENGE THE RECORD, WE NEEDED PEOPLE WITH QUICK HANDS, PEOPLE WITH COORDINATION, AND A THICK NECK, AND ABOVE ALL, A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE CREW WHO LIKE FOOD ` THE MAORI ALL BLACKS CAME TO THE PARTY. LOOKING LIKE A SCHNACK. AND THEY WERE QUITE COCKY TO BEGIN WITH. WELL, WE'LL PUT THE BLUES AT THE TOP, BECAUSE THEY JUST WON SUPER RUGBY... COMPETITION, SO THEY CAN GO RIGHT AT THE TOP. NO WAY, BRO. THERE WAS A BIT OF STRATEGY... SURELY THAT COUNTS. ONE. THEY REMEMBER EACH OTHER. AH! AND A LOT OF EATING. STACKING FIVE M&MS REALLY IS A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. BRO, IT'S STUCK TO MY FINGER, G. AND EVERYONE IS AN ARMCHAIR CRITIC. CAN I JUST SAY, MANU SAMOA GOT 6. DID THE M&MS EVEN MAKE THE TABLE? WE DID START TO SEE SUCCESS WHEN THE BENCH CAME ON. PUTTING THEM ON AND PINCHING THEM. WE WERE GOING TO CALL TIME, WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. (SCREAMS, EXCITED YELLS) SPORTSPEOPLE KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE. LINE 'EM UP! LINE 'EM UP! LET'S HOPE SATURDAY'S GAME AGAINST MANU SAMOA BRINGS AS MUCH JOY. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH JACOB COLLIER AND 'TIME ALONE WITH YOU.' (JACOB COLLIER'S 'TIME ALONE WITH YOU') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND ANNIE CURTIS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021