TONIGHT ` FEARS THAT AN EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING IN WELLINGTON MAY COLLAPSE AFTER EARTHQUAKES. WE'RE LIVE TO THE CAPITAL WITH THE LATEST. NEARLY 200 ARE AIRLIFTED FROM QUAKE-STRUCK KAIKOURA, BUT FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AMONG SOME LEFT STRANDED. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, A NEW DANGER IN QUAKE-RATTLED WELLINGTON. A CORDON'S AROUND A CENTRAL-CITY BUILDING ON MOLESWORTH ST THAT OFFICIALS FEAR COULD COLLAPSE. ALL SURROUNDING BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. SEAN HOGAN HAS MORE. 61 MOLESWORTH ST IN WELLINGTON, CORDONED AND CLOSED OFF TO THE PUBLIC. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, EMERGENCY SERVICES BLOCKED ACCESS TO PARTS OF THE STREET AND EVACUATED THOSE IN SURROUNDING BUILDINGS. THERE ARE FEARS THE EIGHT-STOREY STRUCTURE MAY COLLAPSE, ESPECIALLY IF POWERFUL AFTERSHOCKS KEEP ROLLING IN. THE CLEAR STRUCURAL FAILURE IS A MAJOR BEAM. A VERTICAL BEAM IN THE BUILDING HAS BEEN. IT LOOKS SOMEWHAT LIKE A BROKEN BONE IN A LEG, SO IT'S FRACTURED THROUGH. SO IT'S A MAJOR SUPPORTING BEAM. IT'S UP ABOVE THE FIFTH FLOOR, SO IT'S THE TOP FLOORS OF THE BULIDING. THE DAMAGE SEEN HERE ON THE STAIRWELL BUCKLED AND BROKEN WINDOWS. IT'S A VACANT BUILDING, UNFORTUNATELY A SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURUAL MEMBER WITHIN THAT. BUT THE BUILDING HASNT BEEN VACANT. A FAMILY OF FOUR CONTACTED 1 NEWS TONIGHT TO SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE JUNE AND HAVE JUST MOVED TO A HOTEL. THE LANDLORD TOLD 1 NEWS EARLIER TODAY THAT NO ONE WAS LIVING IN THE BUILDING. THERE ARE CONCERNS TOO ABOUT THE DAMAGED STATISTICS NZ BUILDING. 500 STAFF HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN FOR A YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY PACKING. WE WERE TOLD THE BUILDING WAS BEING SOLD. ENGINEERS WILL BE KEPT BUSY OVER COMING DAYS, CHECKS ON THE MOLESWORTH ST STRUCTURE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S DEMOLISHED OR FIXED. INSIDE THIS CORDON THERE ARE BUSINESS. THE THAI EMBASSY IS IN THE BACKGROUND. IT'S NOT EXPECTED ANY OF THE BUSINESSES WILL BE BACK SOON. THANKS. SEAN HOGAN IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON FOR US TONIGHT. ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT IS THE MAJOR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY A RELATIVELY NEW BUILDING OCCUPIED BY STATISTICS NZ. THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE 11-YEAR-OLD BUILDING, CENTRE POINT, DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA TODAY. BUT IT TOLD 1 NEWS THE FIRST FLOOR IS PARTIALLY DISLODGED, TWO CONCRETE BEAMS ARE SEPARATED FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE BUILDING AND THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGE TO THE CEILING ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THE TENANTS ARE SHOCKED BY THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. HOW IS IT A BUILDING THAT IS AS NEW AS STATS HOUSE, WITH THE CODE RATING IT HAD, COULD SUFFER THIS SORT OF DAMAGE? STATISTICS NZ SAYS THEY'RE GRATEFUL NONE OF THEIR 500-ODD STAFF MEMBERS WERE IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE QUAKE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN FOR UP TO A YEAR. MEANWHILE, THE EVACUATION FROM QUAKE-ROCKED KAIKOURA IS IN FULL FLIGHT. DEFENCE FORCE CHOPPERS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MAJOR AIRLIFT OPERATION, BUT THEY CAN ONLY TAKE SO MANY, AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ARE RUNNING OUT IN THE CUT-OFF TOWN. LET'S CROSS LIVE TO KAIKOURA AND SPEAK TO PAUL HOBBS. PAUL, GIVE US A SENSE OF THE SIZE OF THIS OPERATION. CONSTANT FLOW OF DEFENCE FORCE CHOPPERS. 140 NOW EVACUATED. CORRECTION: 190. EXPECT TO DO 200 BY LAST LIGHT. RELIEF ON PEOPLE'S FACES WHEN THEY LEAVE. IT'S THE FLIGHT HUNDREDS ARE DESPERATE TO TAKE. ARE YOU OFF NOW? YEAH. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? YAY! (LAUGHS) REALLY GOOD. THE DEFENCE FORCE IS WORKING THROUGH A PRIORITY LIST OF THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR HEALTH ISSUES. WE THINK THERE'S A LIST OF ABOUT 140 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF KAIKOURA AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN. BUSSES FERRIED THE LUCKY ONES TO WAITING HELICOPTERS TODAY. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD HERE. IT MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT REFUGEES FEEL LIKE. CHINESE NATIONALS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT, WHICH CHARTERED ITS OWN CHOPPER; OTHERS TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, BUYING A PLANE RIDE OUT FROM THE LOCAL AIRFIELD. WELL, WE HAVE A SCHEDULED FLIGHT OUT OF CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW MORNING, SO WE'RE LUCKY, AND WE SHOULD GET DOWN THERE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE AMERICAN TOURISTS SPARING NO EXPENSE, OPTING FOR A MORE LUXURIOUS EXPERIENCE. WE JUST HAVE HIRED OUR OWN PRIVATE HELICOPTER TO GET OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND CARRY ON WITH OUR VACATION. THE FIRST EVACUEES TOUCHING DOWN IN WOODEND, NORTH OF CHRISTCHURCH, WITHIN THE HOUR. RELIEF TO BE OUT OF THERE, THOUGH. (CHUCKLES) IT WAS A BIT OF AN ORDEAL ` I TELL YOU THAT. HOW RELIEVED ARE YOU TO BE BACK HERE? OH, VERY. (CHUCKLES) VERY RELIEVED. CIVIL DEFENCE HOPES THE ROADS WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEKEND. BUT UNTIL THEN HUNDREDS REMAIN STRANDED IN KAIKOURA, WAITING FOR THEIR TURN TO TAKE FLIGHT. IT WON'T HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS, BUT I THINK WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS. FOOD IS BEING RATIONED, AND WATER SUPPLIES ARE RUNNING DRY IN THE SMALL TOWN. WE'VE RAIDED MOST OF THE WATER SUPPLY WE CAN. WE'RE GETTING SOME WATER BLADDERS IN, AND HOPEFULLY, THERE'LL BE SOME MORE WATER SUPPLIES COMING IN ON THE NAVY VESSELS. BUT THE KAIKOURA COMMUNITY IS RALLYING TOGETHER, WITH 400KG OF CRAYFISH DONATED BY NGAI TAHU. THE THEMES WE ADOPTED WERE AROHANUI KI TE TANGATA, WHICH SIMPLY MEANT THAT WHOEVER WE COME ACROSS, WE HELPED. IF YOU CAN SEND THEM AWAY WITH A BIT OF A FULL STOMACH, THEY LEAVE WITH A BETTER MEMORY. AND IT'S NOT HARD TO BE KIND, EH. MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FOR A GROUP SETTLING IN FOR THE LONG HAUL. WE'VE GOT NO CASH AND VERY LITTLE FOOD, AND WE MAY BE HERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO. BUT WITH BOTH THE NAVY SHIPS CANTERBURY AND WELLINGTON ON THEIR WAY, HERE'S HOPING THE END IS CLOSER THAN THEY THINK. SO, PAUL, WHEN CAN KAIKOURA EXPECT THE NAVY TO ARRIVE? HMNZS CANTERBURY AND WELLINGTON ` GIVE EXPECTED TIMES OF ARRIVAL. ABOUT 5AM. THEY'RE DETERMINING IF THE CANTERBURY CAN DOCK AT 9AM. IT MAY GO ON TO LITTLETON. IT WILL RETURN TO EVACUATE 250. ANY SIGNS OF FRUSTRATION FROM THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MADE IT ON TO A FLIGHT OUT YET? PEOPLE WERE FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF INFORMATION. THEY CAN'T RING TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION OR HOME. THEY WANT TO GET ON THE CANTERBURY. THOSE WHO DRIVE SHOULD GO ON SATURDAY WHEN THE ROAD TO CHRISTCHURCH COULD BE OPEN. THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE TO OPEN THE ROAD� AS A FRONT WILL HIT. THERE ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN CARS AND TENTS. THANKS, PAUL. THAT'S PAUL HOBBS IN KAIKOURA FOR US TONIGHT. JUST NORTH OF KAIKOURA, RESIDENTS OF THE SMALL TOWN OF WARD ALSO REMAIN STRANDED. MANY ARE WITHOUT POWER OR WATER. AROUND 25 PEOPLE ARE NOW SPENDING A SECOND NIGHT AT A WELFARE CENTRE. IT'S GOT NO WINDOWS, SO FORTUNATELY, I HAD PLY AND PLIED ALL THE WINDOWS UP, SO IT'S PITCH BLACK IN THERE. SO YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT POWER, SO YEAH. AND BASICALLY, IT'S A SHOVEL JOB. EVERYTHING'S BROKEN AND SMASHED ALL OVER THE FLOOR, AND THE RATS ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY, SO... AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING TO FIX STATE HIGHWAY 1 NORTH OF THE TOWN SO PEOPLE CAN GET OUT. AND A SINGLE IMAGE HAS REVEALED JUST HOW DEVASTATING THE EARTHQUAKE WAS TO RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AROUND CONWAY, NEAR KAIKOURA, SHORTLY AFTER THE 7.5-MAGNITUDE QUAKE HIT, THE TWO PARALLEL CRACKS RUNNING DIRECTLY THROUGH FARMLAND. IT'LL BE USEFUL TO SEISMOLOGISTS FIGURING OUT HOW FAR FAULTS HAVE SHIFTED. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. FROM THE AIR, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE SHEER SCALE OF THE EFFORT NEEDED TO RE-OPEN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S ARTERIAL ROUTE. MILLIONS OF TONS OF ROCK AND DEBRIS DUMPED ON COASTAL SECTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 AND THE RAILWAY LINE RUNNING ALONGSIDE IT. REBECCA WRIGHT LOOKS AT THE MAMMOTH TASK AHEAD. KAIKOURA REMAINS CUT OFF TONIGHT, WITH MULTIPLE MASSIVE LANDSLIDES PRESENTING A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE FOR OFFICIALS. PARTS OF THIS ICONIC STRETCH OF STATE HIGHWAY ARE COMPLETELY BURIED UNDER RUBBLE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, ULTIMATELY, WILL BECOME, OK, IN REBUILDING THE ROAD, WHICH OF ITSELF IS A VERY BIG JOB, IS IT ABSOLUTELY IN THE RIGHT PLACE? SECTIONS REMAIN VOLATILE. THE TRANSPORT AGENCY IS CONCERNED ANOTHER BIG EARTHQUAKE WILL TRIGGER MORE ROCKFALL, MEANING THEY'RE UNABLE TO BEGIN WORK ON ASSESSING OR CLEARING THIS POPULAR TOURIST ROAD, AND IT WILL BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS. YOU'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF ROADING AND RAIL ISSUES THERE ON THE STATE HIGHWAY 1. AND IT'S NOT JUST ROADS WHICH ARE IMPASSABLE. THIS GOODS TRAIN IS TRAPPED AFTER THE QUAKE LEFT TRACKS BENT AND BUCKLED. BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. TO THE SOUTH OF KAIKOURA, IT'S A SIMILAR STORY ` DAMAGED ROADS AND BUCKLED BRIDGES ADDING TO THE HUGE TASK OF RECONNECTING THIS SEASIDE SETTLEMENT. THEY'RE GOING HARD AT IT, SO THEY'LL DO IT AS QUICK AS THEY CAN, AND I'D SAY IN PRETTY SHORT TIME JUST TO GET THE TRAFFIC FLOWING THROUGH THIS ROAD TO GET KAIKOURA OPEN AGAIN. THERE ARE TWO ROUTES WHICH ARE CRUCIAL TO GETTING THE SOUTH ISLAND MOVING AGAIN. THE FIRST IS THE STATE HIGHWAY CONNECTION BETWEEN PICTON AND CHRISTCHURCH, WHICH HAS NOW REOPENED. THE SECOND IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE INLAND ROAD. RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL IMPASSABLE, BUT ROAD CREWS ARE WORKING HARD FROM EITHER END TO GET IT OPEN AND RECONNECT KAIKOURA AGAIN. I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF KAIKOURA IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DAYS, NOT MONTHS. AND THE ADVICE FOR MOTORISTS IS TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AND BE PATIENT ON THE ROAD. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS. QUAKE-STRUCK WELLINGTONIANS ARE TONIGHT ASKING 'WHAT NEXT?' AFTER SEEING A MONTH'S RAINFALL IN JUST SIX HOURS. FLOODING TEMPORARILY CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 1 AND A LANE OF NORTHBOUND STATE HIGHWAY 2. TRAFFIC HEADING OUT OF THE CITY THIS EVENING WAS GRIDLOCKED FOR HOURS. EARLIER, IT WAS SLIPS TOO CAUSING CHAOS IN THE CAPITAL, AS EMILY COOPER REPORTS. CRACKED AND BROKEN, THIS QUAKE-DAMAGED ROAD IN LOWER HUTT NOW THE VICTIM OF MAJOR FLOODING. RON MULLANY (87) AND HIS DOG, JACK, WEREN'T TOO WORRIED, DESPITE THEIR HOUSE BEING SANDBAGGED. HE'S BEEN OUT FOR A SWIM! ARE YOU NERVOUS AT ALL NOW SEEING THE FLOODING? NAH! NAH. AT 87, YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT NOTHING, DO YA? (LAUGHS) SOME RESIDENTS ALONG THE WAIWHETU STREAM HAD TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ABSOLUTELY A DOUBLE WHAMMY. WE'RE JUST WAITING THE LOCUSTS COMING NEXT... (LAUGHS) FOR THE PLAGUE. THE RAIN HAS EASED OFF NOW, BUT IT WAS TORRENTIAL LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING, WHICH HAS MEANT ANOTHER DAY OF CLEAN-UPS FOR RESIDENTS HERE. UP THE ROAD IN CENTRAL LOWER HUTT, THE COUNCIL'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTRE SET UP FOR THE QUAKE WAS TODAY WORKING OVERTIME WITH FLOODING. WE HAVE HAD SOME STAFF WHO WERE HERE AT 1AM IN THE MORNING YESTERDAY AND BACK HERE AGAIN NOW. IN TITAHI BAY, RESIDENTS WERE UP TO THEIR WAISTS IN WATER. THOSE IN THE CITY FOR THE FIRST DAY BACK AT WORK WERE ISOLATED, WITH STATE HIGHWAY 2 ALONG THE MOTORWAY CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, THOUGH, THAT FLOODING CAN DISPERSE QUITE QUICKLY. THE BIG ISSUES ON CLOSED ROADS ` FLOODING, BUT ALSO MAJOR SLIPS. STATE HIGHWAY 58 NEAR PAREMATA, PAEKAKARIKI HILL RD AND STATE HIGHWAY 1 AT PLIMMERTON ALL CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE DAY. WITH FLOODING COMING SO SOON AFTER A BIG QUAKE, IT'S CAUSED SOME TO DRAW COMPARISONS TO CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE, FOLLOWING THE QUAKE, MORE AREAS BECAME PRONE TO FLOODING. BUT GNS SCIENCE SAYS THE LINK IS UNLIKELY. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS IS PRIMARILY JUST A WEATHER EVENT AT THE MOMENT. GNS SAYS MORE TESTS WILL NEED TO BE DONE, BUT EITHER WAY, IT'S THE SECOND DAY OF MOTHER NATURE'S IMPACT FOR WELLINGTONIANS. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A DEVASTATED FAMILY LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. A COURT HEARS HOW POLICE SPOKE TO JO PERT'S KILLER THE DAY BEFORE THE AUCKLAND MUM OF TWO WAS SLAIN. AMERICA'S CURRENT PRESIDENT DELIVERS A STERN WARNING TO THE INCOMING PRESIDENT. AND USAIN HAS BOLTED, SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN? IN OTHER NEWS, THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING AUCKLAND MUM JO PERT HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. HER FAMILY SAYS THEY'LL NEVER FORGIVE TEVITA FILO, WHOSE MENTAL CONDITION WAS DETAILED IN COURT. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. TEVITA FILO'S NOW LOCKED UP INDEFINITELY FOR KILLING JO PERT WHILE SHE WAS OUT RUNNING ON A SUNNY MORNING IN JANUARY. POLICE NOW SAY FILO'S BEHAVIOUR HAD COME TO THEIR ATTENTION JUST HOURS BEFORE HER DEATH. POLICE WERE CALLED BECAUSE MR FILO WAS FOLLOWING A COUPLE IN THEIR CAR. THEY SEARCHED HIS CAR, AND THEY DID FIND A KNIFE IN HIS POSSESSION. POLICE CONFISCATED THE WEAPON, BUT CHECKS REVEALED NOTHING SUSPICIOUS. DEFINITELY NO SIGN THE 25-YEAR-OLD BELIEVED HE WAS LIVING IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. AND THAT EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD IS COMPUTER-GENERATED AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF PEOPLE IN ANOTHER WORLD, THE REAL WORLD. HE CONTINUED TO BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON WHO HE HAD KILLED WAS NOT A LIVE HUMAN BEING BUT RATHER THEY WERE A COMPUTER-ANIMATED, CONTROLLED, ARTIFICIAL BEING. EXPERT EVIDENCE SUPPORTED A DIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA DESPITE NO DOCUMENTED HISTORY. IN HANDING DOWN THE VERDICT, JUSTICE MURRAY GILBERT ACCEPTED THAT... THE MANY SUPPRESSION ORDERS IN THIS CASE MEAN WE CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW JO PERT DIED, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE HOURS AFTER HER DEATH, FILO ASSAULTED TWO OTHER WOMEN, ONE OF WHOM HIT HIM AND SAID HE STARED BLANKLY BACK AT HER. THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAT QUIETLY IN COURT, LATER RELEASING A STATEMENT DESCRIBING THEIR ONGOING ANGUISH AND TELLING FILO HIS... A FAMILY WHO SAY THEY'LL NEVER FORGET JO OR FORGIVE THE MAN WHO STOLE HER FROM THEM. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. BARACK OBAMA HAS ADMITTED THAT HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP AND STERNLY WARNED THE FUTURE PRESIDENT THAT HE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE HIS BEHAVIOUR. IT COMES AS PROTESTS CONTINUE TO DIVIDE THE COUNRTY. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD REPORTS. IT'S PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL FURIOUS AND STILL OUT DEMONSTRATING EACH NIGHT ` NO MATTER HOW ANGRY YOU ARE, NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK, AND HE BELIEVES HE'LL HAVE TO TONE THINGS DOWN ONCE HE'S SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT. I THINK WHAT'LL HAPPEN WITH THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS THERE ARE GOING TO BE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF HIS TEMPERAMENT THAT WILL NOT SERVE HIM WELL UNLESS HE RECOGNISES THEM AND CORRECTS THEM. AS WELL, HE BELIEVES TRUMP IS VERY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FROM EXPERIENCED PEOPLE, LIKE HIMSELF. I ALSO THINK THAT HE IS COMING TO THIS OFFICE WITH FEWER SET HARD-AND-FAST POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS THAN A LOT OF OTHER PRESIDENTS MIGHT BE ARRIVING WITH. THE PRESIDENT MADE REFERENCE TO THE MANY INFLAMMATORY AND RACIST COMMENTS TRUMP MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND SAYS THAT'LL HAVE TO CHANGE NOW THAT HE'S IN A VERY DIFFERENT AND IMPORTANT ROLE. WHEN YOU'RE A CANDIDATE AND YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT IS INACCURATE OR CONTROVERSIAL, IT HAS LESS IMPACT THAN IT DOES WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND I THINK HE RECOGNISES THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT. OBAMA IS NOW ON HIS LAST TRIP AS PRESIDENT TO EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA AND NO DOUBT HOPING THAT HIS WORDS TODAY WILL HAVE CALMED AND REASSURED A STILL VERY DIVIDED AMERICA. JUST AHEAD ` HOW WILL THE FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET ADJUST TO LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE? WHAT DO YOU DO ONCE YOU'VE CONQUERED THE WORLD AND ACHIEVED EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE? THAT'S THE QUESTION FACING LEGENDARY JAMAICAN SPRINTER USAIN BOLT AS HE PREPARES TO HANG UP HIS TRACK SPIKES FOR GOOD. THE BBC'S KATIE GORNALL CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN HIS HOMETOWN. HERE IN JAMAICA, RUNNING FAST CAN MAKE YOU A NATIONAL ICON. USAIN BOLT IS THE GREATEST! AHH! BUT USAIN BOLT IS MORE THAN THAT ` HE'S A PHENOMENON. WHEN HE WINS, THE WORLD CELEBRATES. NOW WITH HIS TIME ON THE TRACK COMING TO AN END, HE WANTS TO REFLECT. JUST GIVE US AN INSIGHT. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE USAIN BOLT? AWESOMENESS. (CHUCKLES) BUT YOU HAVE TO RETIRE AT SOME POINT, SO... AS MICHAEL JORDAN SAID, RETIRE WHEN YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, AND I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO, SO I'M GOING TO RETIRE. BOLT'S JOURNEY TO BECOMING THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN BEGINS AWAY FROM THE TRACK IN THE TINY VILLAGE OF SHERWOOD CONTENT. OUT HERE, LIFE MOVES AT A DIFFERENT PACE. AND GROWING UP, HE WAS SO ENERGETIC, HIS FAMILY TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR'S. DOCTOR EXAMINE HIM, SAYS, 'NO. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CHILD.' MAN: USAIN BOLT IS THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPION! BOLT WAS BREAKING RECORDS LONG BEFORE HE REACHED THE OLYMPICS. BUT MOST PEOPLE FIRST HEARD OF HIM HERE IN BEIJING,... MAN: USAIN BOLT STREAKING AWAY FROM THE FIELD! ...AS HE JUMPSTARTED A CAREER THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS SPORT... BOLT'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN! ...AND CHANGE THE WAY WE WATCH IT. THE TRIPLE TRIPLE! HE'S DONE IT! MAN: GO! HE MAKES IT LOOK EASY, BUT BEING THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN TAKES HARD WORK. HE SAYS HE WON'T MISS THIS PART OF THE JOB. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, I'VE ALWAYS SAID I WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL. IN THE PAST, HE'S PAID A VISIT TO HIS FAVOURITE TEAM, MANCHESTER UNITED, AND SOON HE'LL TRAVEL TO GERMANY TO SPEND A FEW DAYS TRAINING WITH BORUSSIA DORTMUND. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS IS HOW BOLT UNWINDS ` FROM LAIDBACK PURSUITS TO SOMETHING WITH A BIT MORE ADRENALINE, THINGS HE'LL HAVE MORE TIME FOR NOW HIS OLYMPIC CAREER IS OVER. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THE BEATLES' 'HERE COMES THE SUN' # HERE COMES THE SUN, DO-DO-DO-DO. # HERE COMES THE SUN, AND I SAY # IT'S ALL RIGHT. # LITTLE DARLING, IT'S BEEN A LONG, COLD, LONELY WINTER. # LITTLE DARLING, IT FEELS LIKE YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN HERE. # HERE COMES THE SUN, DO-DO-DO-DO. # HERE COMES THE SUN, AND I SAY # IT'S ALL RIGHT. # LITTLE DARLING, THE SMILES RETURNING TO THE FACES. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND SARAH MAIAVA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.