TONIGHT ` BANNED FROM BUYING SMOKES. THE RADICAL MOVE TO HELP CREATE A SMOKE FREE GENERATION IS A WIN FOR HEALTH. TWO SHOTS ARE GOOD BUT WILL A THIRD VACCINE DOSE OFFER UP THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT? AND SHE WAS THE ULTIMATE 60s FASHION ICON ` A NEW EXHIBITION ON MARY QUANT, THE WOMAN THAT HELPED DEFINE SWINGING LONDON. CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. WIPING OUT CIGARETTES ` NEW ZEALAND IS TO BECOME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO BAN ENTIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM SMOKING AS PART OF ACHIEVING ITS SMOKEFREE 2025 GOAL. THERE'LL BE A RISING AGE PROHIBITION ` NO ONE AGED 14 OR UNDER WHEN THE LAW COMES IN TO FORCE WILL EVER BE LEGALLY ABLE TO BUY CIGARETTES. ONLY PRODUCTS WITH LOWER NICOTINE LEVELS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE SOLD, TO MAKE CIGARETTES LESS ADDICTIVE. AND THEY'LL BE FOR SALE IN FEWER PLACES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RETAILERS IN LOW INCOME AREAS. WITH MORE, HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. THESE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS ON SMOKING. IT'S BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. SMOKING'S BAD FOR YOU. AND THEY'LL SOON BE PART OF NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST SMOKEFREE GENERATION, WITH NEW LAWS STOPPING THEM FROM LEGALLY BUYING CIGARETTES EVER IN THEIR LIFETIME. WE'RE DOING THIS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF 4000-5000 NEW ZEALANDERS WHO DIE OF SMOKING EVERY YEAR. CURRENTLY AROUND 10% OF THE POPULATION ARE SMOKERS. BY 2025, THE TARGET IS FOR JUST 5%. WE NEED DRAMATIC SHIFT IN THE ENVIRONMENT TO DE-NORMALISE SMOKING. THAT MEANS ONLY ALLOWING SMOKED TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITH VERY LOW NICOTINE LEVELS TO BE SOLD, AND SLASHING THE NUMBER OF SHOPS THAT CAN SELL THEM FROM ABOUT 8000 TO 500 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CALLS THE MEASURES UNTESTED, SAYING ` AND SMALL RETAILERS SAY THEY'LL STRUGGLE. ONCE THE LAW COMES, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOORS. BUT VAPING STORES ARE ON THE RISE, WITH E CIGARETTE USE ALMOST DOUBLING IN THE LAST YEAR. INCREASE IN VAPING BY ADULTS WHO WANT TO QUIT IS A GOOD THING. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS MISUSE OF VAPING, AND PARTICULARLY BY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THAT IS THE CONCERN AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO THERE. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT HAS REGULATED VAPING AND IS LOOKING AT PROGRAMMES TO PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM VAPING, DR COLLIN TUKUITONGA SAYS, INEVITABLY, VAPING WILL INCREASE. AS SMOKING AND TOBACCO BECOMES EXPENSIVE AND LESS AVAILABLE, PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. CONSEQUENTLY, I THINK MORE PEOPLE WILL TAKE TO VAPING. THE GOVERNMENT HOPES THE SMOKEFREE GENERATION LEGISLATION WILL BE PASSED NEXT YEAR, AND COME INTO EFFECT IN 2023. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAS MADE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO POLICE AFTER REPORTS A DOCTOR FROM THIS CANTERBURY CLINIC IS HANDING OUT MEDICAL CERTIFICATES AS VACCINE EXEMPTIONS. DOCTOR JOANIE GIRARD REFUSED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MATTER TODAY. EMPLOYERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE COVERED BY VACCINE MANDATES, ARE BEING REMINDED GENERAL PRACTITIONERS CANNOT PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS. I THINK EMPLOYERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN OFFICIAL EXEMPTION PROCESS. THEY GO THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WITH OFFICIAL PAPERWORK. SO, ANYTHING THAT COMES IN THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THAT PATHWAY, I THINK, SHOULD BE QUESTIONED AND PROBABLY IS NOT LEGITIMATE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMED DOCTOR GIROUARD WAS DECLINED AN EXEMPTION TO CONTINUE PRACTICING WHILE UNVACCINATED, AND HER SEEING PATIENTS IN PERSON IS A BREACH OF THE HEALTH ORDER. AS THE WORLD GRAPPLES WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT, NEW RESEARCH HAS FOUND TWO DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO FULLY PROTECT AGAINST THE NEW STRAIN. EARLY STUDIES SUGGEST A BOOSTER SHOT IS NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN THE BODY'S RESPONSE, AND OUR GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S SEEKING ADVICE. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. AS COVID-19 KEEPS MUTATING, OUR VACCINATION PLANS NEED TO RESPOND. OMICRON MAY ESCAPE SOME OF THE IMMUNITY THAT THE PFIZER VACCINE CAUSES. VACCINE MANUFACTURERS BIONTECH AND PFIZER SAY WHILE TWO DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE WILL LIKELY PREVENT SEVERE DISEASE AND DEATH, LAB TESTING HAS FOUND A BOOSTER MAY BE REQUIRED TO FULLY PROTECT AGAINST OMICRON. A BOOSTER DOSE WILL STRENGTHEN ANTIBODY LEVELS 25-FOLD, ABOUT, FROM WHAT WE SEE WITH TWO DOSES AGAINST OMICRON. NEW ZEALAND HASN'T YET HAD AN OMICRON CASE. WE CAN GET A BOOSTER SHOT SIX MONTHS AFTER OUR SECOND DOSE, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE THE UK HAVE SLASHED WAIT TIMES TO THREE MONTHS IN THE FACE OF THE NEW VARIANT. WE CAN'T YET ASSUME THAT OMICRON IS LESS SEVERE THAN PREVIOUS VARIANTS. IF THE ADVICE WAS TO SHORTEN THE GAP BETWEEN DOSES, WE COULD ROLL THAT OUT QUITE QUICKLY. BUT BOOSTER SHOTS COULD BE A LONG WAY OFF FOR THOSE WHO STILL AREN'T FULLY VACCINATED. MINISTRY OF HEALTH DATA SHOWS THE BAY OF PLENTY HAS THE LOWEST MAORI VACCINATION RATE AT JUST 66% DOUBLE JABBED. THIS LOCAL MAORI HEALTH PROVIDER WANTS ANY ROLLOUT OF BOOSTER SHOTS TO BE LED BY COMMUNITIES. WHEN WE STARTED HERE IN MAY, WE DID OUR FIRST VACCINATIONS ON SITE HERE. WE WERE GIVEN VERY LIMITED SUPPLY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PRIORITISED FOR MAORI. EXPERTS HERE SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO ACT ON THE RESEARCH FINDINGS. THESE ARE PRELIMINARY STUDIES, SO THE SAMPLE SIZES ARE SMALL. WITH RESPECT TO THE PFIZER BIONTECH DATA THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE, THAT WAS A VERY, VERY SMALL COHORT. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IS WARNING COUNTRIES NEED TO PLAN FOR THE NEW VARIANT. ALL GOVERNMENTS SHOULD RE-ASSESS AND REVISE THEIR NATIONAL PLANS. GLOBAL PROTECTION NEEDED TO STAY AHEAD OF A VIRUS THAT'S ALWAYS CHANGING. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAS LAUNCHED AN INQUIRY, AFTER FOOTAGE EMERGED OF SENIOR DOWNING STREET STAFF JOKING ABOUT HOLDING A CHRISTMAS PARTY DURING LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR. A TOP AIDE HAS ALREADY RESIGNED AND THE PM IS FACING CALLS TO FOLLOW SUIT. CHANNEL 9'S CARRIE ANNE GREENBANK REPORTS FROM LONDON. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) CAN YOU STOP, PLEASE? CAN YOU STOP? TEARS AND A RESIGNATION LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THIS VIDEO OF LECTERN LAUGHTER WAS LEAKED. SENIOR DOWNING STREET OFFICIALS JOKING SENIOR DOWNING STREET OFFICIALS JOKING ABOUT AN ALLEGED CHRISTMAS PARTY LAST YEAR, WHILE MILLIONS OF OTHERS ACROSS THE NATION WERE CANCELLING THEIRS. I WILL REGRET THOSE REMARKS FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS. AND NOW FOR MY PROFOUND APOLOGIES TO ALL OF YOU AT HOME. (SNIFFS) FOR THE PAST WEEK, BORIS JOHNSON HAS BEEN DENYING DOWNING STREET BROKE ITS OWN RULES. THE PRIME MINISTER PEPPERED WITH CALLS TO EXPLAIN OR RESIGN DURING QUESTION TIME. I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW INFURIATING IT MUST BE TO THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SETTING THE RULES HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING THE RULES, MR SPEAKER, BECAUSE I WAS ALSO FURIOUS TO SEE THAT CLIP. FOR MANY, LAST YEAR'S CANCELLED CHRISTMAS WAS ONE OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF THE PANDEMIC. RON PECK'S FATHER DIED SOON AFTER. IF THEY HAD ANY SENSE OF DECENCY, THEY WOULD DO THE DECENT THING, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE THE DECENT THING. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NOW THINK THE PRIME MINISTER WAS TAKING THEM FOR FOOLS. MAN: HEAR, HEAR. THAT THEY WERE LIED TO. I APOLOGISE UNRESERVEDLY FOR THE OFFENCE THAT IT HAS CAUSED UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. DESPITE THE APOLOGY, BORIS JOHNSON STILL MAINTAINS THE PARTY DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT SAYS HE'S NOW ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION, AND POLICE WILL BE NOTIFIED IF RULES WERE BROKEN. THE BLOW TO CREDIBILITY COINCIDING WITH DOWNING STREET ANNOUNCING NEW RESTRICTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FORCED TO EXPLAIN WHY IT WENT AGAINST MINISTRY OF HEALTH ADVICE TO PUT THE ENTIRE SOUTH ISLAND, WELLINGTON, HAWKES BAY, AND SOME CENTRAL REGIONS INTO GREEN WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM KICKED IN. THE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE HAD SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF AREAS WITH LOWER VACCINATION STATUS, PARTICULARLY FOR MAORI, AND ALSO ACTIVE CASES IN SEVERAL DHBS OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND, SO IT ADVISED THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL THAT ALL REGIONS SHOULD ENTER AT ORANGE EXCEPT FOR AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND. NO REGION WILL MOVE TO GREEN UNTIL AFTER SUMMER, AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND THE COUNTRY OVER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD. UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WHO NEED A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT TO TRAVEL DOMESTICALLY WILL BE ABLE TO GET A FREE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AT SOME PHARMACIES. THE TEST CAN RETURN A RESULT WITHIN 15 MINUTES, BUT WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE. ANYONE BREAKING THAT RULE FACES A FINE OF UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WILL NEED PROOF OF A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT TO CROSS THE AUCKLAND BOUNDARY FROM MIDNIGHT NEXT TUESDAY. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THERE'S NO SYSTEM AT ALL IN PLACE TO ENSURE CHILDREN AREN'T BEING HARMED WHEN THEIR PARENTS' BENEFIT IS CUT BY A WELFARE SANCTION. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE NUMBER AFFECTED IS SMALL, BUT THE NEW CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAYS IT'S TIME TO END THE POLICY ALTOGETHER. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. FRESH IN THE JOB, THE NEW CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SPEAKING UP, CALLING FOR AN END TO SANCTIONS FOR PARENTS THAT CAN CUT BENEFITS IN HALF. IT IS A MATTER OF CONCERN, BECAUSE ANY LOSS OF INCOME IN A FAMILY WHERE THERE'S ALREADY LOW INCOME IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THOSE CHILDREN IN THAT HOUSEHOLD. SHE SAYS THEY SHOULD BE DUMPED FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN. LET'S GET ON WITH IT. LET'S GET THE JOB DONE. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. THIS WEEK, THOSE WHO ENFORCED BENEFITS SANCTIONS WERE ASKED THIS ` IS THERE ANY PROACTIVE CHECKING, YOU KNOW, FROM STAFF TO PEOPLE ON THE BENEFIT, TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT GOING WITHOUT FOOD OR ESSENTIALS BECAUSE THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED? WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I'M JUST NOT` I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE ACTION PROCESS IS IN RELATION TO ONCE PEOPLE ARE SANCTIONED. SO IS ANYONE CHECKING THESE KIDS ARE OK? I'M NOT AWARE OF A PARTICULAR POLICY. ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT NO ONE'S CHECKING UP ON THE WELFARE OF THESE CHILDREN WHEN BENEFITS ARE CUT? I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE OF WHERE SANCTIONS WERE USED WHERE THERE WERE FAMILIES INVOLVED, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AFFECTED WAS RELATIVELY SMALL. MS ARDERN'S GOVERNMENT HAS CUT THE BENEFITS OF THOUSANDS OF PARENTS IN 2021 FOR THINGS LIKE MISSING APPOINTMENTS WITH CASEWORKERS, FAILING TO SHOW UP AT COURT, AND SAYING NO TO A JOB OFFER. WHY SHOULD THE CHILDREN BE PUNISHED FOR THAT? OH, AND, OF COURSE, THAT IS` THAT IS WHY THERE ARE OTHER STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN. THEY ARE THE FIRST PORT OF CALL. THEY ARE VERY MUCH A LAST RESORT. IN FACT, SOME SANCTIONS ARE AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED, LIKE THE WARRANT TO ARREST SANCTION. NONE OF US WANT CHILDREN TO GO WITHOUT. SO IF WE CAN WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN WE MUST DO SO. SHE'S HOPING CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. THE HEAD OF INSTAGRAM HAS CALLED FOR A NEW WATCHDOG BODY TO CREATE STANDARDS FOR AGE VERIFICATION, AGE-APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCE AND ONLINE PARENTAL CONTROLS. ADAM MOSSERI'S PLEA CAME JUST HOURS BEFORE HE WAS GRILLED AT A US CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP'S EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY YOUNG GIRLS. ABC'S ALEX STONE HAS MORE. INSTAGRAM CEO ADAM MOSSERI ARRIVING ON CAPITOL HILL UNDER PRESSURE. HIS TESTIMONY COMING AFTER WHISTLE-BLOWER FRANCES HAUGEN WENT PUBLIC A FEW MONTHS AGO, TESTIFYING HERSELF ABOUT THE COMPANY'S OWN RESEARCH THAT SHE SAID SHOWED INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AMONGST TEENS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG GIRLS. MOSSERI ANSWERING QUESTIONS TODAY. I THINK THAT WE ARE IN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED GOALS ` THE GOALS OF PARENTS OUT THERE AND THE GOALS OF YOUR COMPANY. WE TRY AND MAKE INSTAGRAM AS... RELEVANT AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING TEENS, BUT WE ALSO INVEST, I BELIEVE MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, IN KEEPING PEOPLE, INCLUDING TEENS, SAFE. IN RECENT WEEKS, INSTAGRAM'S OWNER, FACEBOOK, HAS MADE CHANGES LIKE SWITCHING THE CORPORATE NAME TO META. AND HOURS BEFORE MOSSERI'S TESTIMONY, INSTAGRAM ANNOUNCED IT'S LAUNCHING NEW FEATURES TO IMPROVE TEEN SAFETY. INSTAGRAM'S NEW FEATURES WILL LET PARENTS SET TIME LIMITS AND WILL LET THEM SEE HOW MUCH TIME THEIR KIDS ARE ON THE APP. PARENTS WILL ALSO BE TOLD IF THEIR CHILD REPORTS SOMEONE TO INSTAGRAM. THERE SHOULD BE LIMITS. WE NEED TO GIVE OUR KIDS LIMITS. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT THE MOVE IS NOT STOPPING SENATORS ON CAPITOL HILL FROM GRILLING MOSSERI ABOUT WHAT THE COMPANY HAS KNOWN REGARDING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TEENS USING INSTAGRAM, AND CALLING FOR GREATER FEDERAL OVERSIGHT. THESE CHANGES FALL WAY SHORT OF WHAT WE NEED. THE TIME FOR SELF-POLICING AND SELF-REGULATION IS OVER. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE DO HAVE THE SAME GOAL. WE ALL WANT TEENS TO BE SAFE ONLINE. THIS IS AN INDUSTRY-WIDE CHALLENGE. IT REQUIRES INDUSTRY-WIDE SOLUTIONS. ANOTHER NEW INSTAGRAM FEATURE WILL ASK USERS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE PLATFORM EVERY NOW AND THEN, REMINDING THEM TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. STILL TO COME ` HOP IN THE TIME MACHINE WITH US TO THE SWINGING '60S, IN A NEW EXHIBITION OPENING IN AUCKLAND. PLUS ` SYDNEY'S TARONGA ZOO WELCOMES A CUTE NEW ADDITION, THOUGH ITS FIRST MEAL IS A LITTLE HARD TO SWALLOW. MasterFoods has had a makeover. (POP!) (MUSIC PLAYS) (DRUM ROLL, POP!) (MUSIC PLAYS) (POP!) What great flavour looks like - MasterFoods. THE GLAMOUR OF THE 60S IS HITTING AUCKLAND TOMORROW, IN AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE WORK OF LEGENDARY FASHION DESIGNER MARY QUANT. OUR REPORTER VANDHNA BHAN GOT AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK BEFORE THE GRAND OPENING. # HEY, YOU, GET OFF OF MY CLOUD! SHE WAS AN ICON FROM THE SWINGING 60S OF LONDON. # HEY, YOU, GET OFF OF MY CLOUD! WITH A CHIC BOB AND HER PLAYFUL OUTFITS, MARY QUANT TAPPED INTO A NEW AESTHETIC. I WANTED TO DESIGN CLOTHES FOR REAL LIFE PEOPLE, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE MASS-PRODUCED SO THAT ONE COULD ENJOY THEM AND NOT TAKE THEM SO SERIOUSLY. SHE WAS THE FIRST TO REVOLUTIONISE HIGH STREET FASHION AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AROUND THE WORLD. IT WAS REALLY IN THE 1960S THAT WE FIRST START TO SEE FASHION DESIGNERS IN NEW ZEALAND WHO WERE PART OF THE YOUTH QUAKE MOVEMENT THAT MARY QUANT INSTIGATED. THOSE PIECES NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE AUCKLAND ART GALLERY. # HEY, YOU, GET OFF OF MY CLOUD! THIS EXHIBITION IS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MARY QUANT'S GARMENTS IN THE WORLD, WITH OVER 120 PIECES ON DISPLAY HERE WITH ACCESSORIES AND COSMETICS. BUT THE QUANT BRAND IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST CLOTHING AND MAKEUP, IT'S ABOUT REDEFINING THE TRADITIONAL NORMS OF WHAT WOMEN SHOULD WEAR. THIS PARTICULAR OUTFIT IS CALLED BANK OF ENGLAND. THE BANKING SECTOR WAS VERY MUCH SET AGAINST WOMEN, SO TO CREATE AN OUTFIT FOR A WOMAN THAT IMPLIES THAT SHE MIGHT EVEN WEAR THIS INTO A BANK AND HAVE A JOB IN A BANK WAS REALLY QUITE AN AUDACIOUS LITTLE PACKAGE. AND WE CAN THANK HER FOR POPULARISING THE MINI SKIRT, WHICH SHE PAIRED WITH COLOURFUL TIGHTS. SHE IMAGINED THE MINISKIRT AS BEING AN ITEM OF CLOTHING THAT A YOUNG WOMAN COULD WEAR AND RUN AND CATCH ONE OF THE MODERN NEW LONDON BUSES. SO IT WAS ABOUT LIBERATION, IT WAS ABOUT PHYSICAL FREEDOM AND IT WAS ABOUT SASSINESS. THE PETER PAN COLLARS AND THE WET LOOK BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE QUANT STYLE. IT WAS A LOOK THAT SHE CREATED, THAT SHE'S ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY ABOUT WATERPROOF FABRICS. THE NEW PLASTICS THAT ARE SHINY, GLEAMING. IN A SENSE, THEY REPLACE SHINY AND EXPENSIVE SILK. MARY QUANT ABSOLUTELY SOUGHT OUT TO DEMOCRATISE FASHION, SO IT WAS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE AND IT WAS AFFORDABLE. I USED TO INHERIT MY CLOTHES FROM A RICHER COUSIN, AND I FELT SHE WASN'T MY STYLE. I DISAPPROVED OF THESE CLOTHES. MARY QUANT, A TRAILBLAZER, THIS EXHIBITION CELEBRATING HER INFLUENCE ON FASHION THROUGH THE DECADES. VANDHNA BAHN, 1 NEWS. SYDNEY'S TARONGA ZOO HAS JUST CROWNED ITS CUTEST CREATURE. A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY ` A BABY PYGMY HIPPO. BUT WHILE IT REALLY IS A CUTE AS A BUTTON, KEEPERS HAVEN'T BEEN RUSHING TO GIVE IT A SMOOCH. CHANNEL 9'S MIKE DALTON FOUND OUT WHY. ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCALE OF ANIMAL CUTENESS ` ONE BEING VULTURE, 10 BEING KITTEN ` TARONGA ZOO'S LATEST ADDITION GOES ALL THE WAY TO 11 ` A BRAND-NEW BABY PYGMY HIPPO. THEY'RE LIKE A SMALL WATERMELON ON LITTLE TINY LEGS. SO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS YOU CAN SEE. SADLY, ONLY 2500 PYGMY HIPPOS REMAIN IN THE WILDS OF WEST AFRICA, BUT ONE MORE BORN TO THEIR RANKS TWO WEEKS AGO. THE NEW BABY ALREADY UNDERGOING SWIMMING LESSONS FROM MUM, KAMBIRI. STRAIGHT INTO THE DEEP WATER, AND HASN'T LOOKED BACK. IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SWIMMING TOO FRANTICALLY, SHE PUSHES IT TO THE SHALLOWS. THE BABY NOT SO MUCH SWIMMING, BUT PUSHING OFF THE POND FLOOR; OCCASIONALLY TAKING A PIT STOP TO SUCKLE FROM MUM, KAMBIRI. BUT IT WON'T BE TOO LONG BEFORE SHE'S TUCKING INTO A REAL MEAL. THEIR FIRST SOLID FOOD IS ACTUALLY THEIR MUM'S FAECES. RIGHT. DOESN'T SOUND TOO NUTRITIOUS. AND PYGMY HIPPOS ARE HERBIVORES, AND TO GET THE BACTERIA THAT THEY NEED IN THEIR STOMACHS TO DIGEST ALL THAT VEGETATION, THEY GET IT FROM MUM'S POO. THAT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO DIGEST AT FIRST, AS IT MUST BE FOR THE BABY. BUT THAT WAS QUICKLY FORGOTTEN AS GABE SWIPED THROUGH HIS NURSING PICS. AND THE BOSS HAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED THE BABY AS BEING THE CUTEST ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? YEAH, HE HAS! OUR CEO'S TICK OF APPROVAL AS THE CUTEST BABY EVER. IT'S GOT ITS LITTLE EARS THAT WIGGLE AND SHAKE WHEN IT SWIMS. YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH HER. CHOKED: SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, MATE. THANKS, MATE. (WHIMSICAL MUSIC) JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER AND GIVING IT THE BIG CHOP ` THE KIWI WOMAN BOUND FOR THE WORLD CHAMPS OF AXE THROWING ` AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT STRENGTH, BUT FINDING YOUR INNER ZEN. AXE THROWING IS A WORLDWIDE SPORT WITH A GOVERNING BODY, A LEAGUE, AND A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A KIWI REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND, AND SHE'S ONLY ONE OF FIVE FEMALES COMPETING. HAYLEY HOLT MET LANA GASCOIGNE AS SHE PREPARES TO THROW THE BLADE AGAINST THE WORLD IN TEXAS. THE WORLD AXE THROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE THE BIG DEAL YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF. AND LANA GASCOIGNE IS THE LONE KIWI TO MAKE IT TO THE LONE STAR STATE. NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THIS` THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN, AND NOW THAT IT IS HAPPENING, IT'S A BIT SURREAL, TO BE HONEST. IN THIS MIXED EVENT MALES DOMINATE, SO IT MUST BE ABOUT STRENGTH, RIGHT? STRENGTH AS A BIT OF A MYTH. IF YOU GO IN THERE AND EXPECT TO THROW HARD, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS. LIKE EVERY KIWI BATTLER, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TEST THIS THEORY. (THUD!) OK, I GUESS I SHOULD LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS, OR AXE-PERTS, IF YOU WILL. PLACE THE AXE ON TOP AND WRAP THOSE TWO FINGERS AROUND. WOW, GREAT LISTENING, HAYLEY. SOUNDS EASY ENOUGH. (THUD!) UNLIKE ME, WHEN GASCOIGNE THROWS, SHE'S LIKE A ZEN MASTER, AND SHE'LL NEED THAT FOCUS IN THE BIGGEST WEEKEND OF HER THROWING LIFE. SHE IS UP AGAINST THE WORLD CHAMPION FIRST OFF, SO EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT ONE, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT SHE TAKES HIM DOWN. NO PRESSURE. YOU GET 10 THROWS AND THAT'S THE FIRST GAME DONE. THE FINALS WILL BE AIRED ON ESPN, SO IT'S JUST NEXT LEVEL. FROM THE SWEET AXE HALL OF FAME TO THE TEXAS BIG TIME. HAYLEY HOLT, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH GUNS N ROSES AND 'SWEET CHILD O' MINE'. (ROCK MUSIC) (ROCK MUSIC) (ROCK MUSIC) # SHE'S GOT A SMILE THAT IT SEEMS TO ME # REMINDS ME OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES # WHERE EVERYTHING WAS AS FRESH AS THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY # NOW AND THEN WHEN I SEE HER FACE # IT TAKES ME AWAY TO THAT SPECIAL PLACE # AND IF I STARE TOO LONG, I'D PROBABLY BREAK DOWN AND CRY # WHOA-OH-OH OH, SWEET CHILD O' MINE # WHOA-OH-OH OH, SWEET LOVE OF MINE THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021