Captions by Sally Harper. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2022 - Tonight we have 20 years of Sunday. - Good evening. - What do people give up to live here? - They give up themselves. - Our most memorable, most hard hitting and most unique moments. - Did you kill him? - No, I did not! - You put both the bombs on the hull yourself and set them. - Yes. - The stories that surprised us ` - I will not be a party to brutality. - Can we film from further back? - shocked us ` - He looked at me and he asked me, 'Help me. I can't breathe.' - How do you describe your life? - Hell. (PEOPLE SING) - and made us smile. - I think there's definitely more out there. - Kia ora. I'm Miriama Kamo. It's been 20 years since Sunday first launched on our screens. Sounds like a long time, but, man, has it gone fast. There are just four of the original team who still work on the show, me amongst them. Over that time, we've covered some of the biggest stories in Aotearoa and across the world. Tonight we mark some of those moments. We start with the Scoop's investigations and exclusives ` some of Sunday's biggest stories. - Today I give to you a gift that I've given no other man, something that I've kept especially for my husband. Just take me and make me yours. (CHOIR SINGS) - This is Gloriavale. It's a place cut off from the so-called sins of the world. What do people give up to live here? - They give up themselves. Self, absolutely self. - 80 years old, he's fathered 20 children and has more than 100 grand- and great-grandchildren. A quarter of the community is directly related to him. - That was Gloriavale founder and convicted sex offender Neville Cooper, who in a later Sunday story got a scorching from former community member and abuse survivor Yvette Olsen. - My God, he was the leader of the cult. He was a dirty old man. He was` It was` Oh! Perverts don't stop being perverts overnight. Leopards don't change their spots. - Well, Sunday has had many moments where, in the pursuit of truth, our reporters have tangled with some tricky individuals. - Would you like to have a chat with us? - John Hudson's my name. I'm from the Sunday programme at TV New Zealand. We're doing` been looking into your former husband's death, Phil's death. - I'm not interested. - NARRATES: 'Sunday hoped she could now explain the inconsistencies the coroner had referred to 'in her decision.' ..story about it for the television. - I'm not interested. - Why aren't you interested in talking to us? - Because I have been through the mill over all of this. - Yeah. But the coroner was unable to come to a conclusion. - Yeah, and now the police are trying to charge me with murder. Don't touch my car or I will have the cops on you. Now, (BLEEP) off. - Did you kill him? - No, I did not! - Do you actually know what happens to these animals in China? You don't, do you? - No, no, we don't always know that. There's a lot of money paid for them and for mostly breeding purposes, and I'm sure that they're well looked after. - Why are you sure that they're well looked after? - Well, I'm making that assumption. - You could stop it today` - This is not about China. - You could compensate their exports and you could end this trade, but you don't want to upset China. - This is not about China, it's about animal welfare. We've made some changes, but it still hasn't enabled us to guarantee good animal welfare standards on the boat. - So animals will suffer the same fate as we've seen in those reports in the next two years. - They may, and we will do our best to minimise that. - Tony. - How we going? - Good. Why haven't you been honest with these woman, Tony? - Well, I thought we were going to set up a meeting. I was gonna email today. - Why do you actually donate sperm, Tony? - Set up a meeting. - How many children are out there, Tony? - Oh, a couple. - The mothers are worried about incest. Will you stop donating sperm? - OK, so if they're worried about incest... you've got two cameras. Cool. - Two cameras on a 40 minute roadside chat that escalated very quickly. - That` That is (BLEEP)ing sense. - Either way, these mothers have a right to know. - You're attacking me on the street. You're good at this sort of shit. - It's important that we talk to you. Your wife, Sally, has made some allegations as well. And she says that you beat her up on quite a few occasions. You were quite violent. Is that true? Did you break her ribs? Did you` did you bruise her? We do have photographs. Look, the comments have been made. Also, we've heard from three witnesses that you also said you've been questioned about another killing in Slovakia. A woman called Ludmilla. Is that correct? Shall I take your lack of response as a` as a yes? - Take it as you want. - While those people were giving you money, you've bought a lot of things, haven't you? - I do not stand here naked to all these viewers saying, yes, I've lost it. I've gambled it or I recklessly traded. No, I made damn sure that there were assets there that would enable my clients, if and when it was appropriate, to be fully discharged. - They thought you were trading. - Precisely. - They didn't think you were buying properties in the Bahamas. You lied to them. - That's a terminology that you would rather, I guess, sensationalise. Let me` let me` - But were you lying to them? Were you telling them the truth? - Yes, I was. - Did they know you were buying properties with their money? - I would venture to say no, they did not. - And that was convicted Kiwi fraudster Derek Turner, who stole $90 million and was arrested by the FBI. Now, we've covered many tragedies. Among them, the Sanlu milk scandal, a company partly owned by Fonterra. But before we get to that, Alo Ngata. He was high on meth when he brutally attacked an elderly man, but Alo was found dead in police custody after a series of tragic mistakes. - We've seen the pathologist report, and it states that Alo was most likely experiencing a drug-induced condition known as excited delirium. It causes people to be unusually aggressive towards themselves and others. And that was about to tip over into violence. 76-year-old Mike Riley, an innocent man in the wrong place at the wrong time. - 'Bof!' Landed on the ground and started stomping. - The police arrived. How hard out were they going? - Yeah, they were going pretty hard. Like, they had their knees in there. He looked at me and he asked me, 'Help me, help me, help me, brother. Help me. I can't breathe.' - Police admit they have extensive footage of Alo being tasered and taken and left in a cell, wearing a spithood. Policy states, 'The act of restraining prisoners, pepper-spraying them 'and covering their face increases the risk of asphyxia.' The pathologist says the spit hood would have made monitoring his vital signs impossible. No police policies have been changed since his death. - (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) - And when he died, did you have any idea what had caused those kidney stones? Ju Ping Li and Chen Sao Wi are simple farming people. They still have their baby's birth certificate and medical records. But, as is the custom in China, they've tried to forget baby Jin by burning every picture they had of them. And was he a healthy baby boy? They struggle with the fact that they unknowingly helped kill their precious baby by feeding him Sanlu milk formula every day of his short life. But the Tiens could never have imagined the Sanlu baby formula was heavily laced with melamine, an industrial chemical that clogged their son's tiny body. At hospitals all over China, hundreds of babies were turning up in pain. Kidney and urine stones ` toxic waste building up inside them. By August, some of those babies had died. - Well, six babies died from this tainted milk powder and 300,000 became ill. Now this next story created change, real change, around animal welfare in New Zealand. (DISTRESSED SQUEALING) - All I remember when we walked through the door was the screaming. (DISTRESSED SQUEALING) - It's one of those sounds you never forget. I'm a bloke who likes to know where his next meal is coming from. - Mike King. Comedian, once the affable poster boy of the pork industry. - It means it meets our strict standards and is grown right here in God's own, not God-knows-where. - Tonight, he declares war on the people who once employed him. - I will not be a party to... this brutality, this... callous evil. - Mike King, under the cover of darkness, breaks into to an unidentified pig farm, filmed by Open Rescue, an underground animal rights group. - I just walked around looking at these beautiful animals. If I had known this was going on, I would never have supported this. - But Mike, if it's this bad, and plainly, it is, how has it been allowed to carry on for so long? - Because we didn't know it was going on. Honestly, did you know it was going on? I didn't know what was going on. The New Zealand public didn't know it was going on. I honestly believed that our clean green image and the way we love animals would never, ever allow that crap to go on. - It took years to ban sow stalls. In fact, many of our stories play out over years before change is finally made. Here we are in 2004, when allegations of historic abuse inside Porirua Hospital came to light. MIRIAMA, ARCHIVE: In 1970, an 8-year-old boy is committed to Porirua Hospital, a psychiatric institution. Now, more than 30 years later, he lives every day with the horror of it. Why do you cry so much about this? - Because it hurts. I don't like my past. Not a little bit. I didn't deserve it. - Thomas Sheeran is a broken man. He says he survived a childhood of physical, sexual and, ironically, mental abuse at Porirua Hospital. - I used to cry all the time when I there. I used to pray to God, 'Get me out of here.' - You were just 8 years old. - 8 years old. - He's not alone. There were many children committed to Porirua Hospital in the 1960s and 70s for reasons that today would prompt outrage. Many of those children, like Thomas, were in the care of child welfare. We spoke to four former patients. How do you describe your life? - Hell. - They could do what they liked with us. - It was absolutely horrible. - We were assaulted by other patients and... and by nurses. - What makes these stories all the more compelling is they're shared by up to 100 former child patients of Porirua Hospital. The lost children of the 60s and 70s. And the Royal Commission of Enquiry into Abuse in Care is expected to hand in its final report next year. Now, to another type of abuse, where Matt Chisholm uncovered the deeply damaging practise of conversion therapy in this country. - Coming before God and just asking him to heal me from this disease. - They're saying there's a huge problem here and we can fix it. - Conversion therapy, spiritual healing, praying the gay away. This is undercover footage of therapy that has many different names. No matter what you call it, the end goal is always the same ` to change or suppress someone's homosexuality. It's the underlying thing that anything is possible for God. So if we're struggling with same sex attraction, then God can fix it. - Psychologists are not supposed to practise it. It's unethical. - We wanted to know how widespread gay conversion therapy is in New Zealand. It wasn't hard to find websites promoting the practise. So, 'Jay' went undercover as a young Christian, struggling with same sex attraction. Do you think conversion might be possible for me? - Nobody can change. So no matter how hard we try, we're fighting a losing battle that drives people into different forms of mental illness, which include depression, anxiety and a host of other things. - Well, just last month, as a direct result of our 2018 investigation, legislation banning conversion therapy passed its final reading in Parliament. A day of celebration for so many. Those were some of our biggest stories. E whai ake nei ` after the break, the bold and the beautiful, the powerful and the privileged. - I'm the same person I always was. - Tony. - Tony. - Sir Tony. - No! Never use that. - Sunday meets the stars. - I like being casual about things. - I should point out that most chefs smoke. - What does it do to their taste buds? - That's why God made salt. - Kia ora ano. Celebrity interviews can be like a circus where reporters line up, waiting for their 15 minutes with famous people. We've done a fair few of those, but the most memorable are the ones where you spend time getting to know these luminaries of the stage and screen. They're the ones where access is open and so is a star. We've travelled the world, but we're starting right here at home. - Good evening. Good evening. - The unmistakeable John Clarke. - To be in the New Zealand memory is a gorgeous thing. How ya going? # Gumboots, they are wonderful. Gumboots, they are swell. # - What would Fred Dagg make of the state of New Zealand today, do you think? - There have been quite a lot of changes in New Zealand in the last 30 years, and Fred Dagg would now` his dairy operation would have kicked in by now. It would have` The sheep job's not going so well. So I think he may have... He was always a diversified farmer, he was very sensible, but I think he'd be grateful that he'd gone into dairy. # All night long # (CROWD CHEERS) - Much of Parris Goebel's life is spent on the road in the opposite hemisphere. - I just knew I wanted to dance, so I gave it a go and I was like, oh my gosh, this is not, this is not for me. And it didn't last too long. #Oh wo-oh # - A jazz, tap and ballet class her mum enrolled her own as a youngster didn't resonate. But one taste of the hip-hop style, and she was hooked. (SAVAGE'S 'TEAR THE ROOF OFF') - Then I went to my first hip-hop class and I was like... I fell in love. - Nicki Minaj, J.Lo ` stars from the home of hip hop have turned to New Zealand and Parris for that edge to keep them at the top. How are you finding celebrity life? Oh my gosh, did you just call me a celebrity? - Taika's already part of LA's antipodean brat pack. - Feels a little rock and roll, but again, being from New Zealand, you kind of just` - Just roll with it. - take it with a grain of salt and you think, 'Oh, that's Snoop Dogg. Wow. Cool.' You know, and then you go back and sleep on your friend's couch. - You seem so casual about your success. - I like being casual about things, because you never know when it's going to end, as well. You know? You're flavour of the month one minute. You stumble and you're nobody the next minute. I really think that nothing lasts and nothing, you know, you can't hold on tight to anything. You know? It's` Everything changes. - The end. - And of course, it isn't the end. Taika's career is flying high. Likely the envy of many who go to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune. But for some, it's not the driver. - I think if you care about money a lot, then you're in trouble. - I guess you're in a position where you don't have to care. - I never really cared. (LIGHT JAZZ MUSIC) (WHISTLES) - He has the most prestigious address in Manhattan ` a 10 bedroom duplex in a building overlooking Central Park, where apartments sell for as much as $60 million. Then there's the private jet he's bringing to New Zealand. Will you bring the kids? - I doubt it. - Do you have any expectations of what New Zealand will be like? - No, I don't need any expectations. This is the fun thing about travelling, is you just go there and... I land in the airport, by the time they get to the hotel, I'll go, 'I know what this is about. 'It's about whales and winged keels and short pants.' - People go, 'You keep reinventing yourself,' which is so totally untrue, because I'm the same person I always was. I just` people were interested, and then they weren't, and I couldn't get a job, and then I could. # No matter how hard I try # - What would you then say to yourself, as a 19 year old? - Go for your career, try to balance your life. Don't take yourself too seriously and don't sweat the small stuff. - Tony. - Tony. - Sir Tony? - No! Never use that. Tony. - How do you go about playing a New Zealander? - Problem is, is getting the accent. But, um, Roger said to me` Roger Donaldson said to me, 'Well, don't worry about it. 'In New Zealand, they'll probably pick you apart on the accent, 'but around the world, they won't know so much.' - VOICEOVER: Let's go now to London as Bob Geldof...(fades) - 16 hours of rock, that raised over �100 million for famine relief in Africa, and for Geldof, at 34, a knighthood. Do you really think you've made a difference? - No. No, no. - So why bother? - Because you can maybe get to the people who can make a difference. - There you go. - We weren't that good, were we? - (LAUGHS) - I am the best. My name is Michael Caine. Not many people know that. - He's a British acting legend. - Dirty little prick. - A man whose name and accent has become a catchphrase for millions. - All I ever did was to try and make me the best actor I could be. I'm still doing it. - He's played everything from lovable rogues ` - You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off. - womanisers ` - I've had a lovely time, Alfie. - A married woman, see. - to Batman's butler. - Oh, you have no idea. A famous actor, I forget who it was, once said to me, there's only one thing worse than all these people stopping you at getting bloody selfish. He said, that's no one stopping you at getting bloody selfish, because you're over. - Do you have a good side? - No, they're all bad. (CHUCKLES) Especially when you get to my age. - Joy Reid with the inimitable Michael Caine. Well, now to two who changed the face of their industries ` a truly legendary Kiwi broadcaster, but first, the renowned Anthony Bourdain. It was worldwide shock when the acclaimed writer, TV host and chef took his life four years ago. Cameron Bennett met the acerbic Bourdain for a taste of the raw and real raconteur. - I should point out that most chefs smoke. - Most chefs smoke? What does it do to their taste buds? How do they` - That's why God made salt. So chefs could taste their food. - (CHUCKLES) Top five food crimes? What are they? - Hm. Top five food crimes ` Truffle oil. The ketchup of the upper classes. God help us all. Criminal over-use of pesto. Stop, please. Criminal misuse of garlic. Burnt garlic. Old garlic. The Chicken McNugget. And, of course, any restaurant close to or in proximity to either Hollywood or rock and roll memorabilia. Is proximity to Bruce Willis' undergarments ever a good thing for food? I don't think so. - Can you put in your words, perhaps why you think you've earned this? - Because I love people. And I really worked hard and I did it well. - Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Paul Holmes. - You appear to me to be a man with a real will to survive. - Yes, I am. - You've often faced death. - Well, uh, I'm staring it in the face now. And whether I can come through this one, I really don't know. Things have gone beyond possibility. - What have they told you? - More or less, there's nothing he can do. It's come back. - But it hasn't got to your` to your brain. - I would like to think not. - The head is still good. - Is it? - Yeah. - Thank you. - It's good. Thanks, Janet. - Yeah, a broadcaster many of us here at TVNZ were privileged to work alongside ` the extraordinary Paul Holmes. E te rangatira, moe mai, moe mai, moe mai ra. After the break, we've travelled the world over, and you were right there with us. - I would like to be with the poor and to serve the poor. - Completely an accident of birth that we're not in this situation. - Welcome back to our special celebrating 20 years of Sunday. Back when international travel was easier, we've been lucky enough to go to some extraordinary places, to document world events and meet New Zealanders all over the globe. Places like Gaza, China and Guantanamo Bay. But first up, France. John Hudson tracked down special agent Jean-Luc Kister who, in a stunning revelation, expressed regret 30 years on for planting the bomb on the Rainbow Warrior. - This is Metz ` a 3000-year-old city in Lorrain province. Jean-Luc. It's now home to Colonel Jean-Luc Kister, former head of the combat dive team of the French Secret Service. So you put both the bombs on the hull yourself and set them. - Yes. Yes. Uh... I was a team leader and I had the responsibility for this part of the operation. - The plan was to sink the Rainbow Warrior while keeping the crew out of harm's way. But they got it wrong. One man paid for that mistake with his life. When did you realise that, morally, this was the wrong thing to do? - Immediately, when I knew that Fernando Pereira died. - Is this something that's plagued you for the past 30 years? Been on your conscience? - Yes. Many time, I'm thinking about these things, because for me, I have an innocent death on my consciousness. (AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS) - Guantanamo is a small piece of America that is not American. Not technically, anyway. But you could certainly be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Off duty, there are all-American games to play. And there's even a McDonald's here, too ` the only one in Cuba. This is the jailhouse for George Bush's war on international terrorism. - Whatever it cost to defend our country, we will pay. - They're being kept here and not on mainland USA to avoid all the normal conventions. - I believe they're being kept here because this is possibly the most secure place we could put them. - Do you honestly believe that? Or is that just the company line? - No, I honestly believe that. - Now, 20 years on from that story on Guantanamo, it's still operating, still holding prisoners. Presidents have promised to close it, but failed. Now, we've also gone to places where journalists seldom venture, like that time Mark Crysell went to North Korea. - Across the Yalu River, on a slow train from Dandong, China. - The challenge is to get all the customs done before we get across the bridge. - The Chinese call it the Friendship Bridge, one of the few ways to get in ` or out ` of North Korea. Race. European. Race. But it's hard to think we're going anywhere friendly. So if something happened to us when we were in there, what could you do? - Very little. - You've got to cross the border from Israel into Palestinian Gaza to understand the cult of the suicide bomber. And that's because most of the bombers have come from here. Usually men in their teens and 20s, deeply religious and affiliated to militant Palestinian groups like Islamic Jihad or Hamas. - Well, it's been said that while others run from danger, journalists run towards it. So when tragedy strikes, with horror still hanging in the air, we're there. It means we're often alongside those who've lost loved ones, like the Japanese families who were left devastated by the Christchurch earthquake. We'll share that story in a moment. But first, there was the catastrophic 2004 tsunami, which took over 220,000 lives. We were in the disaster zone in Thailand alongside a Kiwi doctor. - 35 degrees. Maggots, doused, stench. In these primitive conditions, a post-mortem examination on a gigantic scale is underway. - It is definitely a male. - Sunday was given unprecedented access to discreetly film the efforts of New Zealand's DVI team. Have you come away from that site, reeking of death? - Yes, yes, yes. Absolutely. - Is it important to try to be detached? - Yes, I think it's extremely important. I think if you cannot be detached, you cannot make the observations over and over again. - And there was a picture of the demolished CTV building. All we could see, a heap of rubble. I thought... Oh my God. My` my daughter. (CLASSIC JAPANESE MUSIC) - Toyama. A quiet city of around half a million people, about 400 kilometres to the west of Tokyo. - There's a whole range of these words. - And every year, students from the Toyama College of Foreign Languages travel to Christchurch to improve their English. 2011 was to be no different. - She's here. - Kuniaki Kawahata, the school's professor, recommended his daughter Kyoko go with them. - She got on the train and walked down the aisle. - This memory is very important to you, isn't it? Because that was the last time` (SOBS) - Kyoko is buried in the same cemetery as her ancestors. Fresh flowers are placed on her grave every day. - And 11 years on, we too remember those Japanese families and everyone affected by the Christchurch quakes. Now, four years ago, I travelled to Bangladesh to cover the Rohingya crisis. Over a million had fled persecution in Myanmar. ARCHIVE: Persecuted for decades, the ethnic minority now find themselves stateless, traumatised and crammed into camps. It's absolute madness, and the crazy thing is that so many of these people come from rural backgrounds. They're used to space. Now they find themselves living shoulder to shoulder in conditions like this. Maintaining a population increase by nearly a million people, it's a big strain on Bangladesh, isn't it? - Yes. - So we've just had a healthy delivery, caesarean section, of a little girl. - It's an accident of birth, completely an accident of birth that we're not in this situation. That we were born in New Zealand with all the privilege that we have. So be thankful. Help where you can. Don't forget to treat people with kindness. (CHILDREN CLAMOUR) - Yeah, two Kiwi nurses speaking of kindness long before COVID. And just like them, we visit Kiwi across the world who are dedicating themselves to those less fortunate. We find them in two places where it's faith that gives hope. In Sri Lanka and in this first story by Tania Page in Guinea, West Africa. - Its capital, Conakry ` a rowdy, bustling, sometimes smelly mass, pulsating with the daily struggle to survive. - You walk down the street and you'll see people with tumours and lumps and bumps and cataracts. - The desire to help a person who's suffering is a natural instinct, especially in Guinea, where the poverty is confronting and people don't have access to basic health care. (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) It's not like a normal ward in New Zealand, is it? - Well, our wards are busy, but it's a completely different reason for business. (ALL SING) - Here it's about so many people being together in a small environment. So, on this ward, we have 20 children, 20 caregivers. - Where do the caregivers sleep? - Under the beds. - Under the beds? - Under the beds. - When a child is abandoned, they want to know somebody is there. - And that's you. - Yeah, that is us. Yeah. - In an orphanage on the outskirts of Colombo ` - Ah! Very good. - a Kiwi is reaching out to children unwanted by their families. - They need love. Without love, they will not survive. - But love isn't just found in her work, it's also in her name ` Sister Aroha. - Aroha means love. Our work is love, isn't it? We will be judged on love, one day. I questioned why I have so much and there are people in the world who have nothing. I have always had this feeling I would like to be with the poor and to serve the poor. - Isn't she awesome? And Sister Aroha will turn 80 this year. Her family in North Canterbury say she still looks just the same and continues to dedicate herself to children at the orphanage. Well, up next, the sporting greats. Dame Lisa, Israel Adesanya and Dame Valerie. - I used to hang around slouching, but here I am, standing tall. - ANNOUNCER: Adesanya! - I wanted him to be an accountant. - And the legends is no longer with us. Peter Snell ` - It is the best race I believe I've ever ran. - and the mighty Pine Tree. - Rugby sort of became everything to us. - That's next. - Hoki mai ano. There's little as exhilarating, as unifying, as those massive sporting moments, which makes the fall of a sporting icon all the more painful to watch. Janet McIntyre was there as pressure came down hard on former cycling great, Lance Armstrong. (CROWD CHEERS) - Most of the world thinks of him as a true sporting champion. - Yeah, he is a high profile sporting icon now. But I believe he's also defrauding a lot of people, um... the truth. - Stephen Swart is also a champion ` one of New Zealand's most accomplished cyclists. - ANNOUNCER: Stephen Swart's in the yellow jersey. - But his record now also includes a confession and a grave allegation about his teammate, Lance Armstrong. - It's my opinion that no one could perform at that level for 21 days, um, naturally. - From 1998 to 2006, women's rugby did what men's couldn't ` (BLUR'S 'SONG 2') win World Cups. Three of them. They only lost one game. And at the helm, Farrah Palmer. - ANNOUNCER: And how appropriate that captain Farrah Palmer is on hand. - I just knew that, once I was in that environment, I really wanted to be a part of it. - If you look at the results, you can easily make the case that she's our greatest rugby captain ever. But her biggest challenge may lay in wait. Joining a board charged with tackling the unsavoury parts of rugby culture. - Had lots of changes, challenges and champions, and that's kind of going to be the focus of the AGM tonight. I ticked two diversity boxes, Maori and being a female. So... was I a token gesture? Am I the right person for this role? How am I going to make a difference? - It's a big job. - Yeah, it is. - For 30 years, it's been lying in the bottom of Peter Snell's closet ` a piece of history. Shall we take a look and see what's on it? - Yeah, I'd love to. - NEWSREADER: Heralded as a duel between the Los Angeles track club's Jim Beattie and New Zealand's Peter Snell. - This is the best race I believe I've ever ran. - With Beattie's team mate, Jim Grell, second, Beattie himself third and Snell a close fourth. - And then he just, boom, he took off. He was going away from me so fast I had to look down to be sure my legs were still moving. - Timed at three minutes, 54 and 9/10th seconds ` the fastest mile ever run in the Americas. - I've ever run as fast over that last 220 in any other event. The Tokyo Olympic Games came close to that, but Modesto was the fastest. - Well, from a legend to ever-growing grapes, it's quite the thing to be alongside young sporting stars and then watch their ascent in the following years. Next, a flashback to a 17-year-old shotput champ, and a UFC fighter on his way up. But first, the Dame. Our most successful Olympian and how she reacts to those gold medal wins. - ANNOUNCER: Lisa Carrington. Lisa Carrington, gold medal! - Claiming a goal, you know, raising your arms and, you know, screaming or something like that, I think that's awesome. But you know, for me, that's not what I do. But yeah, I was just, you know, I was internally happy. A smile` A smile is enough for me. - She has this ability to dig really deep and overcome anything that's set in front of her. - You know, a gold medal is amazing, but I think there's definitely more out there. You know, there's so many athletes in the world that have achieved more than one medal, so who's to say you can't do that? Yeah. - So this is where it all began. This is the first Muay Thai gym I attended. The boxing gym was just right there, actually. Yeah. Humble beginnings. - Did your mum and dad know what you were up to? - Not really, no. I think they didn't find out till close to my first fight. - I wanted him to be an accountant. - He's about as far from an accountant as you can get. (LAUGHS) - I don't have to think. I just react. It's like a sixth sense. That was a moment in my life I'll never forget, when I looked at him and I was like, you can't beat me. I'm prepared to die. - Oh my God, I had my head in my hands. - Israel Adesanya! - I'm just getting started. This is just another chapter. We're about to write another one. Then another one and another one, and I'll close the book when I'm ready. - She's proud of her height, but like most teenagers, there was a time when what made her stand out in the schoolyard was what made her most embarrassed. - Yeah, everybody would take the piss out of me and actually just, basically, judge you from your outside appearance instead of getting to know you, first, before they actually judge who you really are. Yeah. - Hurtful stuff. Enough to make the toughest girl shrink. - I used to hang around slouching, but here I am. I'm standing tall. I don't care about what` whatever people think about my height, but I'm quite confident. And yeah, I've just gained that self-esteem and here I am, boosted myself up and... voila. Valerie Adams. (LAUGHS) - (CHUCKLES) So young. That was, of course, now Dame Valerie Adams, who announced her retirement earlier this week. Even as a teen, she knew exactly where she was heading, but the pathway hasn't always been so clear for our All Whites. So it was a huge moment when they qualified for the World Cup in South Africa in 2010. (CROWD CHEERS) - Come on, boys. - And before you know it, it's all on. (CROWD CHEERS) - In the last minutes, it's just unbearable. On the pitch, and for the 82 team up in the stands. Seconds to go. A place in South Africa is in their sights. - ANNOUNCER: It is all over! - And then, it's done. (CROWD CHEERS) - And words are no longer enough. Moments after victory, assistant coach Brian Turner issues us an invitation - Glad it's over. Come in. Come on. - And so, we are the first to witness the All White's private celebrations. It's a sweet culmination of four years' toil for the team's leaders. (PLAYERS CHANT AND SING) - Well, when I got to high school, I was mad on rugby. I rebelled against schoolwork a fair bit. Sitting in a classroom didn't seem to suit Colin Meads too much. There was never any thought of being anything but a farmer. Farmers, they had to be workers, not educated people. We always seemed to have a football at home and go into the paddock and kick around and that sort of thing, and rugby sort of became everything to us. You realise you've got an opportunity, but you can never believe it until you heard your name read out and actually put the jersey on and play. My nickname was Pine Tree, and I've been called that ever since. - The towering great, the legend that was Colin Meads. We're back with more after the break. Nau mai ano. Next week, we're back with a fascinating and disturbing deep dive with sharks. The Great Whites along our coast. Where are they, how many are there, and should we be worried? (EERIE MUSIC) - Oh, just look at it. You know, it's a beautiful spot. It's a lovely beach, very safe beach and great people. - Growing up here, did you ever hear stories about great white sharks? - Uh, no. No, we didn't. If you'd said that someone saw a Great White in the harbour, you know, you basically wouldn't have believed them. - Ooh. - CHILD: Is that a shark? - You have this population of animals rehabitating an area that happens to be the summer holiday hotspot of this country. - How many sharks do you reckon you've seen? - 10 or 15. - It is a hard one because people don't want to acknowledge that the bogeyman is under the bed. You do not want the reputation of a town where sharks bite people, because that is Jaws. - That story next week. Well, that is us. Sunday tonight and Sunday over the past 20 years. A huge thank you to everyone who's worked on the programme and to all those who've trusted us with their stories ` nga mihi nui. It's a privilege we don't take lightly. 20 years is a wonderful milestone, and we're humbled by your ongoing support of us and our programme. Kei te mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. 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