IT'S MIDDAY. AN ARREST, A 'NOT GUILTY' PLEA AND A MEDIA FRENZY FOLLOWING THE DONALD TRUMP MOTORCADE. THE COURT CASE CAPTURING THE WORLD'S ATTENTION. PLUS, WHY ORTHOPAEDIC PATIENTS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH SOARING SURGERY WAIT TIMES. AND IT'S 100 UP FOR THIS CRUSADERS STALWART. HOW RICHIE MO'UNGA'S ALREADY EYEING UP A RETURN AFTER HIS NEXT CAREER MOVE. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 INDICTED FORMER U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN FLORIDA AFTER AN EVENTFUL COURT APPEARANCE IN MANHATTAN EARLIER TODAY. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 34 CRIMINAL CHARGES, STEMMING FROM A HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO ADULT MOVIE ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS IN THE RUN UP TO THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS BEEN FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS. TRUMP SUPPORTERS PACKED THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY, WAITING FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO ARRIVE AT THE MANHATTAN COURT HOUSE. HE THEN MADE AN UNDERSTATED ENTRANCE TO A COURT CASE THAT'S CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD. THE 76-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED ON ARRIVAL BEFORE APPEARING TO HEAR THE CATALOGUE OF CHARGES AGAINST HIM, 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS, ALL OF WHICH WERE REBUTTED WITH A NOT GUILTY PLEA. 34 FALSE STATEMENTS. MADE TO COVER UP OTHER CRIMES. THESE ARE FELONY CRIMES IN NEW YORK STATE. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT NORMALISE SERIOUS CRIMINAL CONDUCT. IT'S A MOMENT FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS. THE UNITED STATES FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT ARRESTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES. TRUE AND ACCURATE BUSINESS RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT EVERYWHERE, TO BE SURE. THEY ARE ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT IN MANHATTAN ` THE FINANCIAL CENTRE OF THE WORLD. WE TODAY UPHOLD OUR SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE STANDS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW. NO AMOUNT OF MONEY AND NO AMOUNT OF POWER CHANGES THAT ENDURING AMERICAN PRINCIPLE. TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS RESPONDED TO THIS MORNING'S REVELATIONS, SAYING THEY WILL FIGHT TO GET THE CHARGES DROPPED. TODAY'S UNSEALING OF THIS INDICTMENT SHOWS THAT THE RULE OF LAW DIED IN THIS COUNTRY. BECAUSE WHILE EVERYONE IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW, NO ONE'S BELOW IT EITHER. AND IF THIS MAN'S NAME WAS NOT DONALD J. TRUMP, THERE IS NO SCENARIO WE'D ALL BE HERE TODAY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT. BASED ON THESE CHARGES. TRUMP'S HIGH PROFILE LEGAL TROUBLES WON'T BE GETTING IN THE WAY OF HIS CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTION. HIS POLITICAL CAREER SEEMS UNAFFECTED AS HIS SUPPORTERS RALLIED IN SOLIDARITY. THIS IS A DEAD CASE, AND THEN ALVIN BRAGG WANTS TO BRING IT BACK FROM THE DEAD ON A PURE REASON OF POLITICS. AND WE ARE... WE ARE IN THE DANGEROUS TERRITORY. THERE'S NO CRIME AGAINST TRUMP, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. HE'S TREATED UNFAIRLY AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT. IT'S GONNA MAKE HIM MORE STRONGER AND HE'S GOING TO RUN FOR 2024. TRUMP 2024. THE SPECTACLE OF TRUMP'S ARRAIGNMENT WAS SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY HIS DEPARTURE EN ROUTE TO FLORIDA. THE CASE IS ON PAUSE FOR NOW, WITH THE NEXT IN-PERSON HEARING SCHEDULED FOR EIGHT MONTHS TIME. TRUMP RETURNED TO MAR A LAGO WITHIN THE LAST HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO FRONT THE MEDIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. THE MINISTER OF ACC SAYS THE WORKPLACE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION SCHEME NEEDS TO "CATCH UP" WITH THE MODERN WORKFORCE. IT COMES AS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS THE GOVERNMENT IS REVIEWING ITS LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES. ACC MINISTER PEENI HENARE SAYS EVEN WHEN THE ACT WAS WRITTEN 50 YEARS AGO, IT COVERED INJURIES "OF THAT TIME". PREDOMINANTLY, THOSE FOUND IN... HEAVY LABOUR SECTORS, IN FACTORY PROCESSING, ETC. NOW WE KNOW OUR WORK FORCE IS FAR MORE DIVERSE. IT'S SO DIFFERENT TO WHEN THE ACT WAS WRITTEN, AND IT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. CONSULTATION ON THE CONDITIONS LIST CLOSES IN SIX WEEKS. ORTHOPAEDIC PATIENTS ARE FACING THE BRUNT OF OUR STRUGGLING HEALTH SYSTEM WITH SOARING SURGERY WAIT LISTS. ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED BY NATIONAL, OVER THE PAST YEAR THESE LIST NUMBERS HAVE RISEN BY 155%. ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON DOCTOR HAEMISH CRAWFORD SAYS THEY STILL HAVEN'T GOT TO PRE-COVID LEVELS OF WORK. WE'VE GOT 490 ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS JUST CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO TRY AND DO MORE WITHIN THE PUBLIC HOSPITALS. AND WE JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF PATIENTS, BOTH SEEING THEM AND SURGERY, THAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE COVID. THERE'S EMPTY WARDS, THERE'S LACK OF STAFF, THERE'S LESS THEATRE UTILISATION. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF ROAD BLOCKS AT THE MOMENT. HEALTH MINISTER AYESHA VERRALL SAYS SHE ACKNOWLEDGES WAITING IS DIFFICULT FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR WHANAU AND IT'S A PRIORITY TO RESOLVE THIS CHALLENGE. 'A RESET OF EXPECTATIONS.' THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE INSURANCE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND FOR RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY RECENT CLIMATE EVENTS. CHIEF EXECUTIVE TIM GRAFTON SAYS FIGURES SHOW THE CLIMATIC EVENTS OF THE AUCKLAND FLOODS AND CYCLONE GABRIELLE ARE EXPECTED TO COST $2.5b. HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN'T THINK THEIR ISSUES WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE END OF THE YEAR ` BECAUSE THEY WON'T. RESET OF EXPECTATIONS. THERE ARE` SOME PROPERTIES WILL BE WELL INTO 2024 BEFORE THEY'RE AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY. AND POSSIBLY LONGER, DEPENDING ON HOW CHALLENGING SOME OF THE PROPERTY DAMAGE IS TO ADDRESS. GRAFTON SAYS THEY'VE SETTLED $400m WORTH OF CLAIMS FROM THOSE EVENTS. FINLAND HAS BECOME THE 31ST NATION TO JOIN THE NATO ALLIANCE. IT ENSURES SECURITY AGAINST POSSIBLE INVASIONS ` AN ATTACK ON ONE NATO COUNTRY IS SEEN AS AN ATTACK ON ALL. THE SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENT COMES JUST OVER A YEAR AFTER THE SCANDINAVIAN NATION APPLIED. THE BBC'S JONATHAN BEALE EXPLAINS. (FANFARE) A NEAR PERFECT DAY AT NATO HEADQUARTERS TO WELCOME ITS NEWEST MEMBER. FINLAND ONLY APPLIED A YEAR AGO, SOON AFTER RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, AND APPROVED IN RECORD TIME DESPITE MOSCOW'S WARNINGS ABOUT NATO EXPANSION. THIS SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE, THAT EVERY NATION HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE ITS OWN PATH. THAT NATO'S DOOR REMAINS OPEN AND NO ONE CAN CLOSE IT WITH FORCE OR COERCION. WELCOME TO THE ALLIANCE. NATO MEMBERSHIP BRINGS WITH ITS SECURITY GUARANTEES ` AN ATTACK ON ONE IS SEEN AS AN ATTACK ON ALL. IT'S WHY UKRAINE WANTS TO JOIN NATO. BUT FOR NOW, LIKE THESE SUPPORTERS, IT'S BEING KEPT OUTSIDE. FINLAND IS ALSO A NEIGHBOUR OF RUSSIA, BUT UNTIL NOW, AVOIDED PICKING SIDES. THE ERA OF MILITARY NON-ALIGNMENT IN OUR HISTORY HAS COME TO AN END. A NEW ERA BEGINS. FINLAND BRINGS WITH IT A MODERN, WELL-EQUIPPED ARMED FORCES WHO'VE ALREADY TRAINED WITH NATO ALLIES. THEY'RE SMALL, BUT THEY CAN ALSO CALL ON MORE THAN 200,000 RESERVES. BUT FINLAND ALSO CREATES A CHALLENGE ` ITS BORDER WITH RUSSIA STRETCHES MORE THAN 800 MILES. OVERNIGHT, NATO'S FRONTIER WITH RUSSIA HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED AND THE ALLIANCE MUST BE READY TO DEFEND IT IF THREATENED. THE TREATY THAT FOUNDED NATO WAS SIGNED ON THIS DAY 74 YEARS AGO. THEN, THEY WERE JUST 12 MEMBERS. NOW THERE ARE 31, WITH THE FLAG OF FINLAND THE LATEST STANDING OUTSIDE NATO'S HEADQUARTERS. PRESIDENT PUTIN, BEFORE THE WAR IN UKRAINE, SAID HE WANTED LESS OF NATO ON HIS BORDERS. BUT WHAT HE'S ENDED UP WITH IS A LOT MORE. RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE HAS DRAMATICALLY ALTERED EUROPEAN SECURITY IN A WAY IT NEVER INTENDED. TODAY, THE KREMLIN DENOUNCED NATO'S MOVE AS AN ESCALATION. BUT WITH ITS OWN FORCES TIED DOWN IN A GRINDING WAR OF ATTRITION, IT CAN'T PREVENT NATO EXPANSION. SWEDEN IS EXPECTED TO JOIN NEXT. A KEY CORRIDOR TO THE CAPITAL'S CBD IS GETTING AN UPGRADE AS PART OF THE "LET'S GET WELLINGTON MOVING" CAMPAIGN. CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT ON AOTEA QUAY IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE 32,000 VEHICLES THAT USE THE ROAD DAILY. 9% OF THESE ARE HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. IT COMES AS TRANSPORT PROBLEMS PLAGUE THE CAPITAL WITH ONGOING BUS CANCELLATIONS AND COOK STRAIT FERRY WOES. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, BILL CLINTON, VAN MORRISON AND KENNETH BRANAGH ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST GLOBAL NAMES WHO'VE BEEN GRANTED THE FREEDOM OF BELFAST OVER THE YEARS. THAT HONOUR IS NOW BEING SHARED WITH A BOY CALLED DAITHI MCGOWAN (6), WHO'S INSPIRED CHANGES TO NORTHERN IRELAND'S ORGAN DONATION LAWS. THE BBC'S EMMA VARDY EXPLAINS.. FOR DAITHI, EVERY DAY IS A WAITING GAME WITH ONE WISH CENTRAL TO IT ALL. WE'RE HOPING THAT, SOMEDAY SOON, HE WILL GET THAT CALL AND GET THE GIFT OF LIFE ` THE GIFT OF A NEW HEART. BEFORE DAITHI WAS BORN, HIS HEART FORMED DIFFERENTLY. AND ONE DAY, HE WILL NEED A NEW ONE TO SURVIVE. HE'S BEEN ON THE TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST FOR FIVE YEARS. BUT FOR CHILDREN, FINDING SUITABLE ORGAN DONORS CAN BE VERY RARE. YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL HEART. AND YOU NEED A NEW HEART, DON'T YOU? EVERY TIME THE PHONE RINGS AND IT'S NOT THAT CALL, THE DISAPPOINTMENT` THERE'S ALWAYS A BIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CHANCES OF DAITHI GETTING THE GIFT OF A NEW HEART WHILE HE IS STABLE LIKE THIS IS KIND OF SLIM TO NONE. DAITHI AND HIS FAMILY HAVE USED THEIR EXPERIENCES TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR ORGAN DONORS TO SAVE LIVES OF ALL AGES. AND DAITHI'S CAMPAIGNING LED TO A CHANGE IN LEGISLATION. I HAVE MY VERY OWN LAW. THANKS TO DAITHI'S LAW, NOW NORTHERN IRELAND WILL SOON JOIN THE REST OF THE UK IN ENSURING THAT ALL ADULTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ADDED TO THE ORGAN DONATION LIST UNLESS THEY OPT OUT OR ARE EXEMPT. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS LANDMARK CHANGE IN THE LAW, DAITHI'S BEING AWARDED THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY. SOON HE'LL TAKE HIS PLACE ALONGSIDE SOME OF BELFAST'S MOST CELEBRATED CITIZENS. IN TERMS OF DAITHI, MAIRTIN AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY, WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR AN ORGAN DONATION AND FOR THE CITY AND IN SHEDDING LIGHT IN THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INSPIRATIONAL. I GOT FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF BELFAST. WOW. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE KEY OF THE CITY. IT'S JUST SO INCREDIBLE. BUT DAITHI'S OWN WAIT FOR THAT LIFESAVING CALL GOES ON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY SPORT ` RICHIE MO'UNGA TICKS OFF A BIG GOAL BEFORE MOVING OVERSEAS. AND HOW TIGER WOODS IS HOPING TO MAKE MASTERS HISTORY AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL THIS WEEKEND. CRUSADERS FIRST FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA IS SET TO JOIN A PRESTIGIOUS RUGBY THIS WEEKEND. HE'LL RUN OUT FOR THE 100TH TIME ON FRIDAY NIGHT. LACHIE MCLEOD REPORTS. RICHIE MO'UNGA AND THE CRUSADERS DOMINANT REIGN GO HAND-IN-HAND. (CROWD CHEERS) AND RICHIE MO'UNGA SCORES A GREAT TRY! THE STAUNCH CANTAB PREPARING TO PLAY HIS 100TH GAME FOR THE CRUSADERS THIS WEEKEND. I'M REALLY PROUD, EH. I THINK... I LOOK BACK AT A LOT OF MILESTONES, AND I THINK THIS IS RIGHT UP THERE. EVER SINCE I WALKED THROUGH THOSE DOORS AT RUGBY PARK AND SEEING HOW CELEBRATED THE CENTURIONS ARE, IT WAS PRETTY QUICK I WANTED TO BE ONE MYSELF. AT THE START IT SEEMED SO... FAR FETCHED. A YOUNG MO'UNGA DEBUTED BACK IN 2016 AND NOW JOINS 22 OTHER PLAYERS WHO HAVE REACHED TRIPLE DIGITS. JUST TO RUN OUT FOR THE 100TH TIME IN A CRUSADERS' JERSEY JUST MEANS A LOT TO ME, SO... IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER TOO MUCH WHERE IT WAS. YEAH, LOOK, HE'S SPECIAL TO US, AND MYSELF PERSONALLY. WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THE CRUSADERS IS INCREDIBLE. THE 28-YEAR-OLD WANTING TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL BEFORE GOING TO JAPAN. THIS MILESTONE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IN DECIDING, YOU KNOW, WHEN TO HEAD OVERSEAS. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WANTED TO TICK OFF BEFORE I HEADED OFF. A RETURN IN 2027 IS NOT OFF THE TABLE. I THINK EVERYONE WOULD LOVE HIM TO COME BACK AND PLAY. YOU KNOW? YOU WANT YOUR WORLD-LEADING PLAYERS TO PLAY FOR YOUR CLUB AND IN YOUR COUNTRY. SO, YEAH. OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, AS NEW KIDS ARRIVED IN THE SCENE, YOU ASK SOMETIMES, 'OH WHEN WERE YOU BORN?' AND THEY SAY 2003. GIVES YOU A GOOD INDICATION THAT WE'RE ON OUR WAY OUT. (LAUGHS) YOU KNOW? WHEN YOU GOT GUYS BORN IN THE 2000'S, IT'S... IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL OLD. EXPECT PLENTY OF THE OLD MAGIC FROM MO'UNGA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST MOANA PASIFIKA ` A TEAM THAT WOULD HAVE DEARLY LOVE TO HAVE HIM TOO. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. STILL WITH RUGBY ` CROSSING THE TASMAN WHERE AN 18-YEAR-OLD WARATAHS OUTSIDE BACK HAS BEEN FAST-TRACKED INTO THE WALLABIES. MAX JORGENSEN (18) IS JUST A YEAR YOUNGER THAN WHEN HIS FATHER, PETER, PLAYED FOR THE WALLABIES. CHANNEL NINE'S DANNY WIEDLER HAS MORE. MEET MAX JORGENSEN (18) ` THE WARATAH PLACED ON THE WALLABY STAGE BY EDDIE JONES. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT, MAN? OH, JUST` JUST THROUGH INSTAGRAM. NO ONE RANG ME AND SAID, 'HEY, LISTEN, YOU'RE IN THE SQUAD.' NO, NO ONE RANG, NO CALLS OR ANYTHING. WHAT WERE YOU DOING THIS TIME LAST YEAR? SCHOOL. STUDYING AT SCHOOL. JUST PLAYING FOOTY AT JOEYS. PRETTY CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. I THINK IF YOU TOLD ME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I'D BE HERE RIGHT NOW, I WOULDN'T BELIEVE YOU. IT'S EASY TO SAY HE WAS ALWAYS HEADING DOWN THIS ROAD. HIS DAD IS FORMER WALLABY ROOSTER AND PANTHER PETER JORGENSEN. WAS IT HARD GROWING UP BEING A JORGENSON, KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU'D BE A GOOD SPORTSMAN? I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS HARD. I THINK IT'S MORE` IT'S PRETTY COOL HAVING SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN THE FAMILY, LIKE MY DAD, WHO'S PLAYED SO MANY YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL SPORT. SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO AND JUST SOMEONE TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. THE ROOSTERS WERE KEEN FOR MAX TO SIGN WITH THEM, BUT HE TURNED THEM DOWN. THERE'S NEVER A STRONG CONSIDERATION TO PLAY LEAGUE? I WAS THERE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I DEFINITELY MADE THE RIGHT DECISION TO COME TO THE 'TAHS. AND THE CURRENT ROOSTER JOSEPH SUAALII IS COMING FOR HIM. JORGENSEN HAS 18 MONTHS TO MAKE THE 'TAHS AND WALLABY FULLBACK POSITION HIS OWN. SO I GUESS IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO SAY, 'HEY, THIS IS MY 15 JUMP, OR ONE DAY IT'S GOING TO BE MY 15 JUMP. YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT OFF ME'? YEAH, HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY I CAN JUST STAY IN GOOD FORM. YOU BACK YOUR ABILITY IN THAT SORT OF CHALLENGE? YEAH, DEFINITELY. I'LL BACK MYSELF. DO YOU GET UPSET WHEN YOU SEE A LEAGUE PLAYER COMING ACROSS? NO, NOT AT ALL. I WELCOME THEM. YEAH, IT'S GOOD FOR RUGBY GETTING SOMEONE LIKE JOE SUAALII ` A PRETTY BIG NAME, OBVIOUSLY ` AS A UNION BACKGROUND. IT'S GOOD TO GET HIM BACK OVER. A GROUP OF FORMER LEADING SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN IS SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM THEIR GOVERNING BODIES FOR BRAIN DAMAGE, ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY PLAYING THEIR SPORTS. THE CLAIMS, FROM 378 FOOTBALLERS, RUGBY AND LEAGUE PLAYERS, ARE BEING FILED AT THE HIGH COURT IN BRITAIN. HERE'S THE BBC'S MATT GRAVELING. A GOAL AT HOME IN THE MANCHESTER DERBY. IT'S THERE! COLIN GIBSON. A STUNNING STRIKE THAT LIVES LONG IN THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO SAW IT. BUT FOR THE MAN WHO SCORED IT, IT HAS BECOME HARDER TO RECALL. 37 YEARS ON, COLIN GIBSON IS A GRANDFATHER AND LIVES WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF ALZHEIMER'S. OBVIOUSLY IT AFFECTS ME. DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT IT AFFECTS THE KIDS. THE KIDS ARE NOT SURE IF YOU SAY SOMETHING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER IT. YOU KNOW, 'OH, I'M GOING TO BRING THE GRANDKIDS AROUND.' DO I REMEMBER THAT THEY'RE BRING` OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BRING THE GRANDKIDS` THINGS LIKE THAT. TODAY, LAWYERS FOR COLIN AND 13 OTHER FORMER FOOTBALLERS WILL FILE CLAIMS AT THE HIGH COURT, ALLEGING THE GAME'S GOVERNING BODIES FAILED TO PROTECT PLAYERS FROM PERMANENT INJURY CAUSED BY REPETITIVE, CONCUSSIVE AND SUBCONCUSSIVE BLOWS. FOZZARD USING HIS WEIGHT! USING HIS POWER! AND IT'S NOT JUST FOOTBALL. NICK FOZZARD IS ONE OF 100 FORMER RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS ALSO SUBMITTING LEGAL CLAIMS. OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS LOOKING AFTER OUR GUYS, AND FEMALE PLAYERS AS WELL, WITH BRAIN DAMAGE. AND THEY NEED URGENT CLINICAL SUPPORT AND DAMAGES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ULTIMATELY WANT THESE SPORTS TO SURVIVE WELL INTO THE FUTURE. BUT CLEARLY, URGENT, IMMEDIATE CHANGES ARE NEEDED. AND HERE'S DAFYDD JAMES. FORMER WALES RUGBY UNION WING DAFYDD JAMES IS ONE OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA. IN AN EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW, HE TOLD THE BBC OF HIS DAILY STRUGGLES WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH. I KNOW I'VE CHANGED AS A PERSON. IN A WAY, IT PROBABLY HIGHLIGHTS, I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANSWER FOR WHY I FEEL THE WAY I DO. IT'S QUITE CATHARTIC TO TELL PEOPLE. IN A STATEMENT, WORLD RUGBY SAID IT WAS SADDENED TO HEAR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF FORMER PLAYERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING, ADDING ` THREE MEN ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT GAMES. NOW HUNDREDS MORE IN A SEARCH FOR CHANGE TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF CONTACT SPORTS. ANTICIPATION IS BUILDING AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL AHEAD OF THE FIRST MAJOR OF THE YEAR. PRACTISE ROUNDS ARE IN FULL SWING AS BOTH PGA TOUR, AND THE CONTROVERSIAL LIV GOLF TOUR GO HEAD TO HEAD. FIVE-TIME WINNER TIGER WOODS JUST HAPPY TO BE BACK AT THE EVENT. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE I HAVE IN ME. SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT I HAVE HERE AND CHERISH THE MEMORIES. BUT STILL, JUST LOOK AT THE GOLF COURSE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN HERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AND IT HADN'T CHANGED EACH AND EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE COME HERE. EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE I FIRST PLAYED HERE. KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX WILL MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE EVENT LATER THIS WEEK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND WE CATCH UP WITH ONE OF THE BIG ATTRACTIONS AT THE SYDNEY EASTER SHOW ` THE JAWS OF DEATH. - Hey, Toyota, what do I get for that? - You mean the price? - Yeah. - Well, that's the Toyota Driveaway Price, so pretty much everything. - Like everything everything? - Well... - Oh, yeah. That's not bad. - Ooh! I'm not done. Plus all on-road costs, like registration, a full tank of fuel and floor mats. - (BLOWS RASPBERRY) That's heaps. - Don't forget you also get the car. - (CHUCKLES) That's a bonus (!) A MODERN DAY AUSSIE HOUDINI PROMISES TO BE ONE OF THE BIG DRAWCARDS AT THE SYDNEY EASTER SHOW. BUT THE APTLY-NAMED SAM POWERS COULDN'T ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF CHANNEL NINE'S ROVING REPORTER MIKE DALTON. THERE ARE THE GENTLE AMUSEMENTS OF THE EASTER SHOW. THEN THERE'S THE JAWS OF DEATH! (CLANG!) DUNNO WHAT I WAS THINKING. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, MATE? I WAS THINKING, LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT HOUDINI WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE MADE UP IN HIS OWN WORST NIGHTMARE. THE ORIGINAL ESCAPOLOGIST WOULD MAKE THE STRAITJACKET EXTRICATION HIS SIGNATURE. HE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONE TO EVER ESCAPE FROM A STRAITJACKET. IT ORIGINALLY TOOK HIM 10 MINUTES. AND NOW SAM POWERS WILL DO LIKEWISE, ONLY HE'S ADDED BEING SUSPENDED BETWEEN JAGGED STEEL JAWS WITH HALF A TON OF CRUSHING POWER AND A BURNING WICK OF ROPE. AND INSTEAD OF HOUDINI'S 10 MINUTES... I GOT TWO. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE AN ILLUSIONIST AND AN ESCAPOLOGIST? MATE! SAM'S SHOW SEASON OF BEING BOUND UPSIDE DOWN HAS MEANT LONG DAYS IN THE GYM. LOTS OF CARDIO FITNESS, STRETCHING, STRENGTH TRAINING AND, OF COURSE, CORE ABDOMINAL STRENGTH TRAINING. IT TAKES 62 INVERTED AB CRUNCHES PER ESCAPE STUNT. HOW MANY CAN YOU DO? OH, MATE, COME ON. MATE, I'M AND OLD MAN WHO DOESN'T CARE ANY MORE. SO FOR FOUR TIMES A DAY AT THE EASTER SHOW, SAM POWERS WILL RISK HIS LIFE FOR OUR AMUSEMENTS. (CLANG!) THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE THE DANGER OF THE STUNT RIGHT UP CLOSE HERE AT THE SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW. I WASN'T SURE HOW I SHOULD WISH HIM LUCK. BREAK A LEG OR BREAK A NECK. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. # YOU ASK ME IF THERE'LL COME A TIME # WHEN I GROW TIRED OF YOU. # NEVER, MY LOVE. # NEVER, MY LOVE. # YOU WONDER IF THIS HEART OF MINE # WILL LOSE ITS DESIRE FOR YOU. # NEVER, MY LOVE. # NEVER, MY LOVE. # WHAT MAKES YOU THINK LOVE WILL END, # WHEN YOU KNOW THAT MY WHOLE LIFE DEPENDS # ON YOU. # THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT FOUR GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.