Coming up on Te Karere... Bleak news for visually impaired Maori children. Do kids these days know where their milk is coming from? The aim of this visit is to show them. This is the NZ's arm-wrestling champ. Due to the live nature of Te Karere, some segments will not be subtitled. Tena koutou katoa, and welcome to Te Karere. One in every 1000 Maori children have a visual impairment. Maori children only account for 15% of the population in NZ yet almost a quarter of blind children are Maori. That's according to the NZ Medical Association who released a study on visual impairment in Maori children in attempt to compare Maori with other NZ children. Peata Melbourne with this report. Almost 25% of blind children in NZ are of Maori descent, 30% of which are preventable. The main cause of avoidable blindness is child abuse. The main cause of blindness in Maori children is cortical visual impairment, and the impact becoming blind during childhood is sizeable. In fact, 60% of blind children die within one year of becoming blind. Dai says early intervention is key. He also says the health system and the community need to work together to prevent similar figures in future. Peata Melbourne, Te Karere. To the Waiariki region, milk is being distributed out to schools of the area for kids. Over a hundred schools are benefiting from this initiative and today kids from Rotorua schools visited a farm to find out where milk comes from. By walking the land gives a better idea of where milk originates. And by taking this route on one of these award winning farms, you hear flow of history from generations before. Under the Labour government, Milk in Schools programme rolled out in 1937 and it flowed for 30 years. Now Fonterra is keen to roll that concept out again to schools throughout the country. Today it's up and running in the central North Island. It's also an initiative the community backs. But are the kids convinced? We saw the cows and the sheep. It was lovely, all the schools saw the milk. But do they like milk? And that's all that matters. Tini Molyneux, Te Karere. An Auckland District Court judge has found the Defence Force highly culpable for the death of Private Michael Ross. The NZDF last week pleaded guilty to failing to protect the soldier from the hazard of drowning when he fell into the water after a live-firing exercise in Waiouru. In a just-released written decision, Judge O'Driscoll says he's looked at all the factors leading to Private Ross's death, which include the fact he was on an under-inflated Zodiac and had a faulty lifejacket. He says because of the fact no reparation is being sought and because he's unable to impose a fine, the Defence Force is convicted and discharged. Bouncer, Jonathan Dixon has been sentenced to four months community work. A judge has sentenced Dixon for releasing a video of Mike Tindall, husband of the Queen of England's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, flirting with a woman during the Rugby World Cup. Dixon released the video to YouTube. The World Arm-wrestlingChampionships are in their 35th year, and this year, a son of Te Arawa and Ngati Awa is taking part as NZ's first-time entrant. At the end of them month, Maateiwarangi Heta-Morris will travel to Poland to try his hand for the wrestling world title. It's a sport we all know about, but the difference for Maateiwarangi is that he is off to the worlds. A journey that started two years ago while he was out and about in Rotorua's nightclubs. He eventually went on to become NZ's champion, as well as Australasia's champion. his big challenge now is to take down the world's best. His big challenge now is to take down the world's best. Which is why weights training and technique is very important. He's also lucky his training partner is second best in NZ. He firmly believes his brother is ready for the pros. The competition in Poland is set to kick off on the 5th of September. But the biggest challenge is this stage is to raise $7000 to pay for his trip. Kereama Wright, Te Karere. Maateiwarangi is seeking funding to help in his journey. Visit this website for more information if you'd like to help this Maori wrestler make it to the world championships. After the break, the ups and downs of politics this week. Buck Shelford. Buck Shelford. Hi. You're here for the heart and diabetes TV ad? You're here for the heart and diabetes TV ad? Yeah. Of course. Of course. What do you mean? Well, heart disease and diabetes kill more than 6000 Kiwis every year. I know. I know. So, I'm a woman ` fat and funny ` and you're a... ex-All Black ` not so funny. So? So? So we've got all of the demographics covered. Not all of them. Not all of them. Oh, hey, guys. Not all of them. Oh, hey, guys. Boom. PEOPLE CHATTER 50s male. Severe chest pain. Massive cardiac arrest. 50s male. Severe chest pain. Massive cardiac arrest. Get Cardiology down here now. We're losing him. We're losing him. He's flatlining. We're losing him. He's flatlining. Oh my God. What? What? It's Buck Shelford. Heart disease and diabetes kill more than 6000 Kiwis every year. That's why I had a check-up with my doctor. It was quick and easy. Oh, it's OK. I'm not having a real heart attack. That's good, Buck, cos I'm not a real doctor. That's good, Buck, cos I'm not a real doctor. WHEELS SQUEAK Get a heart and diabetes check ` do it for your family. Al-Qaeda trained terrorists in NZ, leaked phone records, and a Parliamentary sacking. This week's drama around the GCSB bill resembles the plot of a bad spy movie. Are you confused? Tina Wickliffe unravels the week in politics. Every spy story has a villain, and this week it's Al-Qaeda. That's right, there's terrorists amongst us, and that's why the government needs new laws so it can spy on us. In its second reading, the bill narrowly evaded enemy assassins thanks to a turnabout from the government's agent Peter Dunne. Every spy story also has its femme fatale... This woman, Andrea Vance. Political reporter Andrea Vance found out this week that Parliamentary Services got a contractor to pass on her phone records to an inquiry. Now the axe has fallen on the head of Parliamentary Services. Tina Wickliffe, Te Karere. Our sports commentator, Tumamao Harawira was unavailable today, no doubt out of fear that his knowledge would be tested and found wanting, so we'll talk instead to an expert on the topic, to our own Kereama Wright. We're unable to provide subtitles. Kereama Wright, thank you for joining us. Now let's take a look at the Maori and Pacific Programmes TVNZ has to offer over the weekend. How can we eradicate cot death? This Sunday on ONE. Coming up on Sunday, Waka Huia profiles two kuia who live in Whanganui. They talk about their world and reveal the secret to a good life. After the break, the weather. To the weather now. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz. Te Ahorangi Winitana has launched her first album, and her brother have also launched an album of the songs they've learnt over the last 28 years. We caught up with them at the launch. We're unable to provide subtitles. That's all we have for today. Turou Hawaiki. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ on Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2013.