TONIGHT ` MOVES TOWARDS QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL AND CHANGES TO OUR VACCINATION ROLL-OUT. BUT WHY IT'S NOT SO LONG TO MIQ FOR QUITE SOME TIME. INVERCARGILL'S MAYOR CLAIMS HE'S THE VICTIM WORKPLACE BULLYING AS THE CALLS FOR SIR TIM SHADBOLT TO RESIGN REIGNITE. AND CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW STADIUM IS GROWING ` A COUNCIL BACKTRACK THAT MEANS THE CITY WILL GET ITS 30,000-SEAT STADIUM. CAPTIONS BY SOPHIE PEARCE AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. SOME QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL INTO NEW ZEALAND COULD START LATER THIS YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT'S RELEASED MORE DETAILS OF THE PLAN TO OPEN BACK UP TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. IT HAS FOUR STEPS AND, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE BETWEEN STEPS 1 AND 2 WITH FULL-LENGTH MIQ STILL NEEDED FOR TRAVELLERS AND THE VACCINATION ROLL-OUT STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES. STEP 3 IS WHERE WE START LOOKING AT NEW TRAVEL PATHWAYS ` VACCINATED TRAVELLERS FROM LOW-RISK COUNTRIES WOULDN'T NEED TO ISOLATE. THERE'D BE SOME MIQ FOR PEOPLE ENTERING FROM MEDIUM-RISK COUNTRIES. ANYONE UNVACCINATED OR FROM A HIGH-RISK COUNTRY WOULD STILL NEED TO SPEND TWO WEEKS IN A HOTEL. STEP 4 WOULD SEE QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FOR VACCINATED TRAVELLERS WHO RETURN A NEGATIVE TEST, WITH 14 DAYS IN MIQ FOR ANYONE UNVACCINATED. JACOB JOHNSON WITH TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. SECURING A SPOT IN MANAGED ISOLATION CAN SEEM IMPOSSIBLE ` THE CONSTANT REFRESHING AND HEARTBREAKING FOR THIS FATHER OF FOUR. JUST, LIKE, TALKING ABOUT IT HAS PUT TEARS INTO MY EYES. IT'S SICKENING. NO ONE SHOULD BE DOING THAT. NOW CHANGES TO MIQ ARE SET TO BE PHASED IN, STARTING WITH A TRIAL ISOLATING SOME PEOPLE AT HOME. PARTICIPANTS WOULD HAVE TO BE VACCINATED IN NEW ZEALAND AND, WHEN THEY COME BACK, BE SEPARATED FROM FAMILY WHO HAVEN'T TRAVELLED. FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THAT FOR A VERY SMALL NUMBER IN A VERY CONTROLLED WAY. THAT WILL PREPARE US SO THAT WE'LL BE IN A POSITION, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, TO START USING SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS. THERE IS GOING TO BE AN AVALANCHE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT, RIGHT? THERE'S SO MUCH UNMET DEMAND OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY FOR BUSINESSES. BUT THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF ENFORCEMENT. THERE WILL BE CHECKS. REOPENING THE WORLD ALL HINGES ON A REALLY WELL-RUN AND WELL-EXECUTED COVID VACCINATION PROGRAMME. TRAVELLERS WILL BE RANKED LOW, MEDIUM OR HIGH RISK DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN VACCINATED AND WHICH COUNTRY THEY'VE COME FROM. THAT RANKING WILL DICTATE WHETHER THEY STILL NEED TO SPEND A TWO-WEEK STINT IN MIQ. OUR VACCINE ROLL-OUT IS ALSO RAMPING UP. FROM THE 1 SEPTEMBER, JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY, WE WILL BE OPEN FOR ALL ELIGIBLE AGES. THAT'S A MONTH AHEAD OF PLAN ` MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT'S WIDENING THE GAP BETWEEN DOSES. FROM NOW ON, PEOPLE, WHEN THEY BOOK, IT WILL DEFAULT TO SIX WEEKS. THAT GIVES US GREATER CAPACITY TO SPEED UP OUR ROLL-OUT CONSIDERABLY. A LONGER GAP ALSO HAS BENEFITS. OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S FOUND IT LEADS TO PRODUCTION OF MORE INFECTION-FIGHTING ANTIBODIES. YOUR BODY IS MUCH MORE PROTECTED AGAINST THE VIRUS, IT PROBABLY WILL LAST LONGER, THE IMMUNITY, AND ALSO HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF PROTECTING AGAINST SOME OF THE VARIANT VIRUSES. SO YOU GET A STRONGER, BETTER IMMUNE RESPONSE. THIS GENERAL PRACTICE STARTED VACCINATING LAST WEEK AND HAS ALREADY HAD CALLS FROM PATIENTS ABOUT TODAY'S NEWS. PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED. THEY WANT TO GET THE VACCINE. THAT'S OUR EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING. THOSE AGED OVER 50 CAN BOOK FROM TOMORROW, OVER-40s FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY AND OVER-30s THE FOLLOWING WEEK BEFORE IT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL ` THE FIRST STEPS IN A BIG PLAN TO OPEN BACK UP TO THE WORLD. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. MARITIME NEW ZEALAND HAS LAID MULTIPLE CHARGES AGAINST THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND TODAY OVER LAST YEAR'S DEATH OF A 31-YEAR-OLD STEVEDORE. PALAAMO KALATI WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A CONTAINER ON BOARD A SHIP LAST AUGUST WHILE WORKING AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT. THE CHARGES IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT ARE AGAINST THE PORT AND AN UNNAMED PERSON. IF CONVICTED, THEY COULD FACE FINES OF UP TO $3M. IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN ALMOST 12 MONTHS THAT THE PORT HAS BEEN CHARGED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A WORKER. INVERCARGILL MAYOR SIR TIM SHADBOLT SAYS HE'S BEING BULLIED AMID GROWING PRESSURE FOR HIM TO RESIGN. THE MAYOR APPEARED TO STRUGGLE WITH BASIC PROCEEDINGS DURING A RECENT MEETING, CASTING DOUBTS OVER HIS ABILITY TO DO HIS JOB. JARED MCCULLOCH REPORTS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE'S QUITE A LOT HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT. INVERCARGILL MAYOR SIR TIM SHADBOLT APPEARING TO LOSE HIS PLACE IN A COUNCIL MEETING. ...PUT IT TO THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOUR` YOUR WORSHIP, THERE IS NO SECONDER FOR THE AMENDMENT. REPEATEDLY NEEDING THE GUIDANCE OF COUNCILLORS... PUT IT TO THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOUR, SAY AYE. YOUR WORSHIP, YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN THAT VOTE. ...ON WHAT TO DO NEXT. IT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT. HE ONLY HAD ONE AGENDA ITEM. ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING. HE COULD'VE DONE THAT WITHIN A MINUTE. HE WENT ROUND THE ISSUE, I THINK, THREE OR FOUR TIMES. THE LONG-STANDING MAYOR'S PERFORMANCE ONCE AGAIN IN QUESTION. IT WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HIS WORSHIP WAS, UM... WAS FLUSTERED. HE SEEMED TO GET A LITTLE LOST AT TIMES. SIR TIM SHADBOLT CLAIMS HE'S A VICTIM OF WORKPLACE BULLYING. HE DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA BUT TOLD 1 NEWS IN A STATEMENT... THE MAYOR ALSO TOLD 1 NEWS HE THOUGHT A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE WAS COMING HIS WAY. I JUST SAID, 'IF YOU CONTINUE TO REPEAT THIS BEHAVIOUR, 'THIS IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS YOU MAY FACE.' NOBBY CLARK SAYS IT'S TIME FOR THE MAYOR TO GO. HE SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO STEP INTO THE TOP JOB. SHOULD SIR TIM SHADBOLT RESIGN? ABSOLUTELY. HE SHOULD RETIRE. IN THE PAST, HE'S BEEN THE FACE OF THE ORGANISATION, AND A VERY COLOURFUL FACE AT THAT, AND HE'S KEPT US ON THE MAP, BUT HE CAN'T DO THAT ANY MORE. HE JUST DOESN'T ENGAGE WITH ANY OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. RESIDENTS 1 NEWS SPOKE TO SHARING THE SAME SENTIMENT. I THINK HE NEEDS TO RETIRE, YOU KNOW, GRACEFULLY, COS IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A SHIT-FIGHT SHORTLY. HE'S DONE AMAZING THINGS FOR INVERCARGILL, BUT NOW I JUST THINK, SADLY, HE DOES NEED TO STEP DOWN. HE'S DONE HIS DASH. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT INTO THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S PERFORMANCE IS DUE SOON. JARED MCCULLOCH, 1 NEWS. CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW STADIUM JUST GOT BIGGER, WITH 5000 MORE SEATS BEING ADDED TO THE PLANNED COVERED MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA. CITY COUNCILLORS TONIGHT REVERSING THEIR DECISION TO CUT SEAT NUMBERS AFTER IT WAS REVEALED A 30,000-SEAT OPTION WOULD COST AN EXTRA $50M RATHER THAN THE $88M ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR OUR CITY BUT FOR OUR REGION, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF RESTORING OUR PRIDE AS THE SPORTING CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND AND HAVING NOW THE BEST EVENTS CENTRE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BRILLIANT. THE DECISION FOLLOWS HUGE PUBLIC PRESSURE, INCLUDING A PETITION WITH NEARLY 25,000 SIGNATURES. A MEDICINAL CANNABIS COMPANY THAT'S ABOUT TO START PRODUCTION HAS EXPERIENCED A MAJOR SECURITY BREACH. 1 NEWS HAS DISCOVERED THAT CANNABIS PRODUCTS WERE TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM HELIUS THERAPEUTICS LAST YEAR. THE COMPANY CHOSE NOT TO ALERT POLICE. POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. HELIUS THERAPEUTICS WAS PROUDLY SHARING ITS STORY WITH 1 NEWS JUST LAST WEEK. WE'VE JUST ACHIEVED THAT GMP CERTIFICATION TO MANUFACTURE MEDICINES. ISSUED ITS LICENCE TO MANUFACTURE DESPITE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S MEDICINAL CANNABIS AGENCY MONTHS AGO. IT FOLLOWED THE UNAUTHORISED REMOVAL OF 12g OF THC OIL AND 5g GRAMS OF CBD CANNABIS OIL FROM HELIUS' AUCKLAND FACTORY. THE COMPANY'S BEEN REFUSING TO COMMENT, SO THIS MORNING WE TRACKED DOWN ITS CHAIRMAN. ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. (STAMMERS) I WAS STUNNED. YOU KNOW, MY MOUTH WAS WIDE OPEN. 'WHAT?!' STUNNED BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY TOLD IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. I ASKED WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND HE SAID, 'MARCH.' AND I NOTED THAT IT WAS A BIT OF A GAP BETWEEN MARCH AND NOW, AND, 'WHY HADN'T THE BOARD BEEN INFORMED?' AND THEN I JUST SAID, 'NO. LET'S STOP THIS.' AND I SAID, 'WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION.' THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CANNABIS OILS HAD BEEN TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE SITE BUT WERE EVENTUALLY RETURNED. THE LAW IS CLEAR ` MEDICINAL CANNABIS COMPANIES MUST IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE POLICE IF ANY PRODUCT IS REMOVED WITHOUT AUTHORISATION. HELIUS DIDN'T DO THAT. I FULLY EXPLORED REPORTING TO THE POLICE, AND OUR LEGAL ADVICE AND THE ADVICE OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE POLICE SAID, 'YOU CAN COME IN TO THE STATION. YOU CAN REPORT IT, 'AND AS THERE'S NOTHING MISSING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.' YOU KNOW, FULL STOP. HELIUS' FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE PAUL MANNING RESIGNED SUDDENLY IN DECEMBER. THE COMPANY IS REFUSING TO SAY IF IT'S CONNECTED. I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON ANY INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, AS THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. REPORTER: BUT THE PERSON WHO ACCIDENTALLY TOOK THE PRODUCT, ARE THEY STILL EMPLOYED BY...? NO. NO ONE FROM THE MEDICINAL CANNABIS AGENCY WOULD FRONT UP FOR AN INTERVIEW AND CONFIRM HELIUS NEITHER INFORMED THE POLICE NOR THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH IN A TIMELY MANNER, AS REQUIRED. THE AGENCY ALSO DECIDED NOT TO INFORM THE POLICE. YET A BREACH COULD HAVE HAD MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR HELIUS' LICENCE TO OPERATE. PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT BOTH THE COMPANY AND THE AUTHORITY CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS; THEY'VE DRAWN THEIR CONCLUSIONS. THAT'S IT, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. NATIONAL SAYS THE INCIDENT WILL UNDERMINE THE SECTOR. IT'LL CAUSE ASPERSIONS IN AN INDUSTRY THAT'S ALREADY VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT BEING SQUEAKY-CLEAN, AND THIS SHOWS THAT THEY'RE NOT, AND THAT'S A REAL SHAME. BUT HELIUS NOW INSISTS ITS FACILITY IS AS SECURE AS FORT KNOX. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. U.S. INTELLIGENCE HAS WARNED AFGHANISTAN COULD FALL TO THE TALIBAN WITHIN 90 DAYS AND KABUL COULD COME UNDER THE GROUP'S CONTROL WITHIN A MONTH. MORE THAN A THOUSAND CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FIGHTING SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. TROOPS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT CONTINUES TO GIVE AIR SUPPORT, PROVIDE VITAL SUPPLIES AND PAY THE SALARIES OF AFGHAN FORCES. FIRES STOKED BY HOT WINDS HAVE SWEPT THROUGH SOUTHERN ITALY A DAY AFTER THE ISLAND OF SICILY REPORTED TEMPERATURES OF 48.8 DEGREES CELSIUS. SOME SCIENTISTS SAY THE TEMPERATURE, WHICH STILL NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED, COULD BE THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED IN EUROPE. WHILE THE FIRES ARE SAID TO BE COMING UNDER CONTROL, THE HEATWAVE IS NOT EXPECTED TO PEAK UNTIL THE WEEKEND. TURKEY IS IN THE GRIPS OF A CLIMATE CRISIS ` WHILE BATTLING SOME OF THE BIGGEST WILDFIRES IN ITS HISTORY, THE COUNTRY'S ALSO FACING SEVERE FLOODING. AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING THE DELUGE ISN'T OVER YET. CHANNEL NINE'S CARRIE ANNE GREENBANK WITH MORE. RAVAGED BY WILDFIRES IN THE SOUTH, TURKEY IS NOW FACING A NEW CRISIS IN THE NORTH ` POWERFUL FLOODS ARE TEARING THROUGH ITS BLACK SEA PROVINCES, RIPPING DOWN THIS HOUSE. MAN: WHOA! UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED THE CHAOS, THE FLASH FLOODS A FRIGHTENING SIGHT WHEN THEY FIRST RUSHED IN. (WOMAN SCREAMS) DOZENS OF CARS HAVE BEEN STREWN THROUGH THE STREETS OR STACKED HIGH, HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS EVACUATED, OTHERS NEEDING RESCUING. A HUMAN CHAIN PROVED THE UNLIKELY SALVATION FOR ONE PET DOG, PLUCKED FROM THE DEBRIS-STREWN WAVES OF THE BLACK SEA AND SET SAFELY ASHORE. THE COUNTRY BATTLING TWO EXTREMES ` IN THE SAME WEEK, THE U.N. ISSUED A CLIMATE REPORT WHICH IT CALLED 'A CODE RED FOR HUMANITY'. STILL TO COME ` OUR NEXT SPORTING HEROES PREPARE TO DEPART FOR THE PARALYMPICS IN TOKYO LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY. PLUS ` THE MAN WHO TRIED TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN A DAY FOR A YEAR. SO, DID HE SUCCEED? THE OLYMPICS ARE WHERE HEROES ARE CREATED, BUT THE PARALYMPICS ARE WHERE HEROES TURN UP AND COMPETE. IN A WEEK'S TIME, THE BULK OF OUR NEW ZEALAND TEAM HEADS UP TO JAPAN, WITH THESE GAMES BRINGING A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF COVID CHALLENGES AS CASES SKY ROCKET IN TOKYO. PARALYMPICS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WITH THE COUNTDOWN. IT'S ALL WE'VE HEARD ` 'A GAMES LIKE NO OTHER'. BUT FOR OUR PARA STARS, IT'S A GAMES WITH A VERY REAL RISK. I TALKED TO A FRIEND ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'AH, YOU'RE (BLEEP)ING MAD. 'WHY WOULD YOU GO THERE?' THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING ` 'AH, YOU'RE (BLEEP)ING MAD.' AND I WAS LIKE, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, 'LIKE, YEAH, MAYBE I AM.' THE 29-STRONG NEW ZEALAND PARALYMPICS TEAM IS MADE UP OF TETRAPLEGICS, AND MANY ARE IMMUNE-COMPROMISED. WHILE THEY ARE VACCINATED, ANY INFECTION IN TOKYO IS DANGEROUS. DIAPHRAGMS DON'T WORK LIKE THEY USED TO. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY COUGH. SO, YOU KNOW, BREATHING AND STUFF ` THAT COULD BE COMPROMISED. OUR ARMS BEING PRETTY MUCH OUR LEGS, WE PUSH EVERYWHERE, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF BACTERIA OR SOME SORT OF VIRUS THAT WE MIGHT BE PICKING UP. EVEN NOW, WE'RE HAVING TO ZOOM OUR PARALYMPIANS. CURRENTLY, THEY'RE SELF-ISOLATING, LIMITING ANY CONTACT BEFORE HEADING TO JAPAN NEXT WEEK. WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WATCH THE OLYMPICS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL. SO IT'S NICE THAT THEY DID A TRIAL RUN FOR US. (LAUGHS) AND YOU CAN BET THEY'VE BEEN GRINDING AWAY, GETTING READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT, DESPITE ALL THE COVID BACKGROUND NOISE. IT SOUNDS KIND OF SELFISH, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF OURS TO GO TO A PARALYMPICS. WE MIGHT COME TO THE NEXT PARALYMPICS AND WE MIGHT GET CUT, SO THIS IS, LIKE, AN OPPORTUNITY. I FEEL LIKE IF WE DON'T TAKE IT, WE MIGHT LOSE IT. SO, WITH THE PARALYMPICS' BRIGHT LIGHTS CALLING... WHAT'S THAT SAYING? 'COME HOME WITH GOLD; 'JUST DON'T COME HOME WITH COVID.' (BOTH LAUGH) ...THEY'VE GOT THE GAME PLAN DOWN FOR A CHALLENGE LIKE NO OTHER. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. CAMERON HILL IS A YOUNG MAN WHO'S SEEN A LOT OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IN THE LAST YEAR. IF HE HAD A STEP COUNTER, IT MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF DIGITS. WHEN CAM TURNED 25, A YEAR AGO, HE SET HIMSELF A CHALLENGE ` TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN EACH WEEK BEFORE HE TURNS 26. 52 PEAKS IN 52 WEEKS. SO HAS HE MADE IT? HERE'S JENDY HARPER FROM SEVEN SHARP. (AIRY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) HERE WE ARE ON THE PORT HILLS. I LOVE COMING UP TO THIS SPOT, BECAUSE THERE IT IS, ISN'T IT, STRETCHED RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU ` THE SOUTHERN ALPS, ALL THE WAY FROM THE KAIKOURAS UP NORTH. YEP. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MID-CANTERBURY. WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW WHEN YOU LOOK OUT AT THAT? IT'S KIND OF GOT A DIFFERENT MEANING, AND IT'S NICE TO JUST LOOK OVER AND RECOGNISE WHAT I'VE BEEN UP AND, SORT OF, EXPERIENCED FOR THE LAST YEAR. IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, TURNING THE GRAND OLD AGE OF 25, WHEN CAMERON HILL SET HIMSELF A LOFTY GOAL ` TO CLIMB 52 PEAKS IN 52 WEEKS, CALLING THIS A QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS. YEP. (CHUCKLES) (LAUGHS) WHY? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED AND I HAVEN'T MANAGED TO FIND AN ANSWER TO YET. A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO TEST HIS STAMINA, HIS STICKABILITY... I'VE BEEN UP IN 1OOK-PLUS WINDS ON TOP OF SOME MOUNTAINS. ...AND HIS COURAGE. MY 52 PEAKS HAD TO BE OVER 1000m ELEVATION AND THEY HAD TO HAVE A TITLE. AND THEY HAD TO BE CLOSE TO CAM'S CHRISTCHURCH HOME ` IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, AT LEAST, TICKING THEM OFF AS HE WENT. LITTLE MT PEEL, MT LYNDON, MT ENYS, MT AICKEN IN ARTHUR'S PASS ` NUMBER 26. HALFWAY THERE. IT WAS ABOUT THEN HE BEGAN TO LET HIS MATES KNOW WHAT HE WAS UP TO. I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT IT UNTIL HE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 30 PEAKS IN. (UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC) WE JOINED CAM AND HIS WORKMATES FOR THE PENULTIMATE PEAK. WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF MT THOMAS, AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAD UP IN THE RAIN AND WE'RE GOING TO GRAB MY 51st PEAK. JUST ABOUT ALL HIS SUMMITS HAVE BEEN SOLO, BUT NOT THE BIGGEST, MT TAPUAE-O-UENUKU ` HE TOOK COMPANY ON THAT CLIMB. THE HIGHEST ONE OUTSIDE THE MT COOK RANGE, WHICH WAS QUITE A COOL ACHIEVEMENT TO TICK OFF. QUITE HIGH. HIGH ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN FEEL A BIT OF OXYGEN... LOSS AT THE TOP. FAVOURITE MOUNTAIN? WITH VIEWS LIKE THIS ON THE WEEKLY, HOW DO YOU PICK THE PREMIER PEAK? ONE OF THE ONES WOULD BE WOOLSHED HILL, WHICH IS IN KIND OF ARTHUR'S PASS AREA. I WENT IN` I THINK IT WAS JUST AFTER A SPRING STORM HAD COME THROUGH, SO THERE WAS NO WIND. IT WAS JUST A BLUEBIRD DAY. WORST ONE? WORST ONE? UM... HOPEFULLY NOT TODAY. NO, NOT TODAY. NAH, TODAY WILL BE SWEET. YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF THOSE. YOU'VE GOT BAD, LIKE, PHYSICAL ONES AND BAD MENTAL ONES ` LIKE, MENTAL DAYS WHERE YOU'RE JUST NOT FEELING IT ` BUT YOU JUST PUSH THROUGH. MT FYFFE, UP IN KAIKOURA, WOULD HAVE BEEN A HARD DAY. PEAK 51 IS NOT DELIVERING ON THE VIEWS TODAY, THOUGH THAT DEPENDS WHICH WAY YOU'RE LOOKING. THERE'S ALWAYS THAT ONE MATE WHO WANTS TO GET NAKED. SAFELY DOWN, ALL CLIMBERS FULLY CLOTHED, ATTENTION TURNS TO THE FINAL SUMMIT ` A REMOTE BUT PRETTY PEAK CAM WANTS TO CLIMB ON HIS OWN. THE NEXT ONE IS MT ARMSTRONG, DOWN IN HAAST PASS. SO FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE GET THAT WEATHER OPPORTUNITY AND WE CAN TICK THAT ONE OFF AND CALL IT GOOD. HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS THE SUN CAME UP ON TUESDAY, CAMERON HILL TOOK THE FINAL FEW STEPS TO END A YEAR-LONG ADVENTURE. IT WAS AMAZING TO BE AT THE TOP. PRETTY PHENOMENAL, AND I SPENT NEARLY AN HOUR UP TOP, JUST TAKING PHOTOS AND TAKING IT ALL IN. YEAH, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL. THERE YOU GO. PEAK NUMBER 52. JUST AHEAD ` TOMORROW'S LOOKING LIKE A DAY TO GRAB THE RAINCOAT. PLUS ` THE REAL SUPERSTARS COMING TO A FIELD OF DREAMS FROM THAT MOVIE CLASSIC. MOVIE BUFFS WILL PROBABLY KNOW THE QUOTE, 'IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL COME.' THE 1989 ACADAMY AWARD NOMINATED FILM 'FIELD OF DREAMS' BROUGHT BACK THE GHOSTS OF THE 1919 CHICAGO WHITE SOX BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY IN A CORN FIELD IN IOWA. PEOPLE WILL COME, RAY. THEY COME TO IOWA FOR REASONS THEY CAN'T EVEN FATHOM. TOMORROW THEY'RE COMING BECAUSE THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND CHICAGO WHITE SOX ARE SET TO PLAY THE VERY FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE GAME IN IOWA. AN 8000-CAPACITY STADIUM MODELLED ON THE OLD WHITE SOX'S HOME HAS SPRUNG UP IN DYERSVILLE ` RIGHT NEXT TO THE MOVIE SET, NOW A TOURIST ATTRACTION. THE PLAYERS ARE IN SERIOUS PREPARATION MODE. I HAVE THE VHS TAPE. I'VE WATCHED IT A FEW TIMES. HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN... SINCE I WAS A KID, UM... PROBABLY GONNA REWATCH IT TONIGHT. IN A NOD TO THE MOVIE, THE PLAYERS WILL ENTER THE STADIUM FROM THE CORNFIELD, SPORTING RETRO KITS. NOW TO TOMORROWS WEATHER, WITH FKA TWIGS AND 'CELLOPHANE'. # DIDN'T I DO IT FOR YOU? # WHY DON'T I DO IT FOR YOU? # WHY WON'T YOU DO IT FOR ME? # WHEN ALL I DO IS FOR YOU. # THEY WANNA SEE US, WANNA SEE US ALONE. # THEY WANNA SEE US, WANNA SEE US APART. # THEY WANNA SEE US, WANNA SEE US ALONE. # THEY WANNA SEE US, WANNA SEE US APART. # AND I... # JUST WANT TO FEEL YOU'RE THERE. # AND I... # DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SHARE OUR LOVE. # I TRY, # BUT I GET OVERWHELMED. # WHEN YOU'RE GONE, # I HAVE NO ONE TO TELL. # THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU ` GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SOPHIE PEARCE AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021