TONIGHT ` HE'LL SPEND THE NEXT THIRD OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. THE 20-YEAR-OLD BEHIND NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST METH BUST HEARS HIS FATE. THE FEARED SEX TOY ATTACK AND THE CARELESS DRIVING CHARGE. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TAKES THE STAND. AND 'GOOD LORD' ` SOMETHING MOST OF US SAY, WHICH MEANS MOST OF US ARE LAWBREAKERS. A MAN ON A STUDENT VISA HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO ALMOST 16 YEARS IN JAIL FOR SMUGGLING MORE THAN $170M WORTH OF METH INTO NEW ZEALAND. THE 20-YEAR-OLD FROM HONG KONG WAS CAUGHT IN CUSTOMS' BIGGEST EVER P BUST. BUT THE JUDGE IN THE COURT CASE SAYS MORE OF THE DRUG COULD'VE MADE IT OVER THE BORDER. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. THERE WAS LESS SWAGGER, MORE SHAME AS KAI YIP CHEUNG ENTERED THE HIGH COURT. HE BARELY NEEDED THE BRIEF GLANCE UP TO SEE THAT HIS FUTURE NOW LIES IN JAIL. HIS FATE SEALED WHEN, AFTER A YEAR-LONG OPERATION, CUSTOMS SWOOPED ON A CHINESE SHIPMENT OF SUPPOSED SCAFFOLDING DESTINED FOR A COMPANY SET UP HERE A YEAR EARLIER. IT WAS, HOWEVER, A FRONT FOR A MUCH MORE SINISTER ENTERPRISE ` THE IMPORTATION OF MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF METHAMPHETAMINE. CUSTOMS SEIZING 176KG OF METH, ALL STASHED IN BAGS OF TEA HIDDEN IN THE DOOR FRAMES OF 10 SHIPPING CONTAINERS. THIS WAS A SOPHISTICATED ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE CUSTOMS AND SMUGGLE THE DRUGS INTO NZ. CHEUNG, JUST 19 AT THE TIME, WAS RECRUITED FROM HONG KONG TO LOOK AFTER A SOUTH AUCKLAND WAREHOUSE AND EXTRACT THE DRUGS ONCE THEY ARRIVED. THE REASON YOU BECAME INVOLVED WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE IN DEBT, AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE SOME FAST AND EASY MONEY. HE CAME INTO NZ ON A STUDENT VISA, ENROLLING IN A THREE-MONTH ENGLISH COURSE. UNSURPRISINGLY, YOUR ATTENDANCE RATE WAS LOW, AND YOU DIDN'T SIT ANY OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENTS. OF COURSE, YOU WEREN'T HERE TO STUDY ENGLISH. YOUR PRIORITIES WERE VERY DIFFERENT AND LAY ELSEWHERE. THE METH SEIZURE IS CUSTOMS' BIGGEST EVER AT THE BORDER, BUT DETAILS RELEASED IN COURT REVEAL A CONCERNING FACT. FOUR OTHER SHIPMENTS, A TOTAL OF 18 CONTAINERS, SUCCESSFULLY MADE IT PAST CUSTOMS. CUSTOMS DID LATER EXAMINE THEM AND FOUND THE DOOR STRUT SUPPORTS HAD BEEN REMOVED, JUST LIKE IN THE CONTAINERS THEY'D INTERCEPTED. MEANING THOSE PREVIOUS IMPORTATIONS PROBABLY CONTAINED A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF METH. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A CONCERN. WE DON'T WANT ANY METH TO GET INTO THIS COUNTRY, BUT WITHOUT US STOPPING EVERY CONTAINER AND EVERY PERSON, THERE IS A LEVEL OF RISK THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE. CHEUNG MUST SPEND A MINIMUM NINE YEARS IN JAIL BEFORE HE'S CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE. ANOTHER MAN FACING SIMILAR IMPORTATION CHARGES GOES ON TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. FORMER COURTS MINISTER CHESTER BORROWS HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF CARELESS DRIVING CAUSING INJURY AFTER DRIVING TOWARD PROTESTERS LAST YEAR. THE DECISION CAME AFTER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PAULA BENNETT TOOK THE STAND, DEFENDING HER COLLEAGUE, SAYING THEY FEARED A SEX TOY ATTACK BY THE DEMONSTRATORS. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS BEEN COVERING THE TRIAL. NATIONAL MP CHESTER BORROWS LEAVING COURT AFTER A NOT-GUILTY VERDICT. OH, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THEY SAW IT THE WAY THAT WE SAW IT. THE FORMER COURTS MINISTER DEFENDING A CHARGE OF CARELESS DRIVING, INJURING TWO ANTI-TPP PROTESTERS WITH HIS CAR LAST MARCH. DID SOMEONE GET THAT ON CAMERA? DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PAULA BENNETT WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THEN. TODAY SHE WAS IN THE WITNESS BOX. THE MPS WERE WORRIED ABOUT A FACEBOOK POST BY THIS PROTESTER, PHILLIP REWETI, WHICH APPEARED TO THREATEN MRS BENNETT WITH A DILDO. I TOOK THAT SERIOUSLY. I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HARD SUBSTANCE, SUCH AS WOOD. I DIDN'T REALLY WANT A PHOTO OR TO BE IN THE NEWS WITH THIS THING EITHER HITTING ME OR HITTING THE WINDOW RIGHT NEXT TO ME. EX-POLICEMAN MR BORROWS WAS ACCUSED OF EXAGGERATING THE THREAT. ...OVERSTATED AND EXAGGERATED, WHAT YOU AND PAULA BENNETT FACED ON THIS DAY. IT WASN'T A FEAR; IT WAS AN ASSESSMENT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE OVERSTATED ANYTHING. MRS BENNETT SAID THAT PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH HAD PREVIOUSLY BE TARGETED IN WHANGANUI WHEN A PROTESTER CLIMBED ON HIS CAR. AND MORE RECENTLY, STEVEN JOYCE WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A DILDO. WOMAN: THAT'S FOR RAPING OUR SOVEREIGNTY! SHE SAYS SHE SPOTTED MR REWETI WITH HIS DILDO AS THEY DROVE TOWARDS THE PROTESTERS. SO HE CALLED OUT TO CHESTER, I THINK, SPECIFICALLY AND SAID, I'VE GOT A PRESENT FOR YOUR FRIEND OR YOUR MATE OR SOMETHING. THERE WAS NO DISPUTE CHESTER BORROWS WAS DRIVING, BUT HE SAYS HE WASN'T DRIVING CARELESSLY. I ACCEPT MR BORROWS' EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HIM AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE STOPPED IF HE THOUGHT THE SAFETY OF THE PROTESTERS WAS AT RISK. MR BORROWS IS BITTER THAT THE CASE EVER WENT TO TRIAL. WELL, I'VE BEEN A STAUNCH APOLOGIST FOR THE POLICE FOR 40-PLUS YEARS. AND THAT MAY NOT CONTINUE. AND NOW HE'S RETIRING FROM PARLIAMENT, HE SAYS BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME WILL AFFECT HIS JOB PROSPECTS. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. A PETITION CARRYING NEARLY 13,000 SIGNATURES HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT, CALLING FOR AN URGENT FUNDING INCREASE AND AN INQUIRY INTO THE COUNTRY'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. IT COMES AS POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT WHO DISAPPEARED WHILE IN THE CARE OF PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL. CHELSEA BRUNTON (21) WAS LAST SEEN ON SATURDAY, AND HER MOTHER SAYS SHE'S NEVER DISAPPEARED LIKE THIS BEFORE. I EXPECTED HER TO HAVE SUPERVISION. I WAS ONLY NOTIFIED ONCE SHE WAS MISSING. THE MID-CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH POLICE TO FIND CHELSEA. A DAMNING WORKSAFE REPORT HAS REVEALED TWO STUDENTS WHO HAD THEIR THROATS CUT DURING A PERFORMANCE OF SWEENEY TODD COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE NEWLY RELEASED REPORT OF THE INCIDENT AT ST KENTIGERN'S COLLEGE LAST YEAR SAYS THERE WAS 'POTENTIAL FOR DEATH'. ONE STUDENT SUSTAINED A 5CM-DEEP CUT AFTER REAL RAZOR BLADES WERE USED IN A SCENE. DESPITE THE REPORT RECOMMENDING CHARGES BE LAID, WORKSAFE INSTEAD ORDERED THE COLLEGE TO GO THROUGH A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESS. FRANCE'S YOUNG PRESIDENT-ELECT IS COMING TO TERMS WITH INHERITING ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL POSITIONS IN EUROPE. HE FACES TWO MAIN PROBLEMS ` A COMPLETE LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT AND A DEEPLY DIVIDED COUNTRY. HERE'S JESSICA MUTCH. RIOT POLICE CLASHING WITH UNION PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS OF PARIS. (SHOUTING, CLAMOURING) THEY FEAR LOSING RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE SACRED 35-HOUR WORKING WEEK, UNDER THEIR NEW PRESIDENT. THIS IS EMMANUEL MACRON'S FIRST DAY IN THE JOB. THE NEW AND OLD GUARD COMMEMORATING THE END OF WORLD WAR II. THE POLITICALLY INEXPERIENCED 39-YEAR-OLD LOOKING A LITTLE HESITANT, TAKING HIS CUE FROM THE OUTGOING HEAD OF STATE, FRANCOIS HOLLANDE. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: WE HOPE HE KEEPS HIS PROMISES. POLITICIANS NORMALLY DON'T. WE WANT A FRANCE FOR THE POOR, AS WELL AS THE RICH. VIVE LA FRANCE. NO TIME TO CELEBRATE, THOUGH. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S GOT A MONTH TO FORM A GOVERNMENT AND PICK A PRIME MINISTER. BECAUSE HE'S AN INDEPENDENT POLITICIAN, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS USUAL. HE DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE PARLIAMENTARY SEAT. EMMANUEL MACRON CAMPAIGNED ON THE POSITION OF A MAVERICK, A SELF-STYLED INDEPENDENT WHO IS NEITHER OF THE LEFT, NEITHER OF THE RIGHT. AND FOR THAT REASON, HE WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL POLITICAL PERSUASIONS. DON'T FORGET, ONE IN THREE VOTERS WANTED MARINE LE PEN ` HIS FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL RIVAL. AND MANY HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN MACRON, A FORMER INVESTMENT BANKER. YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE FOR MARINE LE PEN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND ANY JOBS. JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, HE'S ANNOUNCED A NAME CHANGE FOR HIS PARTY TO 'REPUBLIC ON THE MOVE'. AND HE'LL HAVE TO MOVE FAST IF HE WANTS THE POWER TO FULFIL HIS PROMISES AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. AN INDONESIAN COURT HAS JAILED A CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR FOR BLASPHEMY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY INSULTED THE ISLAMIC HOLY BOOK, THE KORAN. THE OUTGOING GOVERNOR OF JAKARTA, KNOWN AS AHOK, WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE CRIME. HIS COMMENTS SPARKED OUTRAGE AND PROTESTS AMONG HARDLINERS, WITH SOME EVEN CALLING FOR HIM TO BE EXECUTED. THE CASE WAS SEEN AS A TEST OF THE COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE. WHAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU ` SIMILAR BLASPHEMY LAWS STILL EXIST HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. TAKING THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN IS, TECHNICALLY, ILLEGAL. AND DESPITE MANY MPS AGREEING THE LAW SHOULD BE SCRAPPED, IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE REPEALED ANY TIME SOON. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. A VIRGIN IN A CONDOM DISPLAY, A SOUTH PARK EPISODE AND A 1921 MAGAZINE COVER ` THOSE ARE THE COMPLAINTS MADE UNDER OUR BLASPHEMY LAWS. IT'S BAD TO HAVE A LAW THAT WE'RE PROBABLY ALL BREAKING JUST ABOUT EVERY GODDAMN DAY, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT IT COULD BE ENFORCED AT RANDOM. BUT IT'S A SURPRISE TO MOST THAT IT'S STILL ILLEGAL TODAY TO TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN. YES, AS I WAS MYSELF. BUT THEN WE USED TO HAVE A LAW THAT FORBADE THE CARRIAGE OF HAY BALES ON THE BACK OF... CARRIAGES, AS WELL. (LAUGHS) I'D HAVE THOUGHT WE HAD MOVED ON FROM THAT, BUT HOWEVER... I THINK THAT'S APPALLING. I THINK THERE'S STANDARDS TO BE UPHELD STILL. THE BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL LAW SAYS YOU CAN BE IMPRISONED FOR UP TO A YEAR FOR CRIMES AGAINST RELIGION. YOU STILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY, AT LEAST, THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE CONVICTED. SO THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE LAW MIGHT STOP SOME PEOPLE DOING CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT JUST BE WORRIED ABOUT. AND MOST POLITICIANS NOW WANT TO GET RID OF IT. ACT IS LEADING THE CHARGE. YOU'VE GOT AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF THE ACT PARTY, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, AND EVEN FAMILY FIRST BELIEVE THIS LAW SHOULD GO. DESPITE THE SUPPORT FOR IT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS REJECTED A REQUEST TO ABOLISH THE LAW IN A BILL DUE BEFORE PARLIAMENT TOMORROW. THE STATUTE'S REPEAL BILL WILL ABOLISH ABOUT 132 OUTDATED ACTS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER BILLS OVERDUE FOR THE SCRAP HEAP. IT'S ILLEGAL TO PUBLISH A NOTICE ASKING FOR THE RETURN OF STOLEN GOODS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. THE NZ WRESTLING ACT OF 1982, WHICH IS THERE TO REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF WRESTLING MATCHES. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WALK DOWN QUEEN ST BAREFOOTED. IS ANYBODY PANICKING ABOUT THAT? SO MOST MPS AGREE THE BLASPHEMY LAW SHOULD BE REPEALED. GODDAMMIT. BUT NO SURPRISES HERE ` THEY JUST CAN'T AGREE ON WHEN. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` HE WAS FIRED, BUT IT WAS A SLOW SACKING QUESTIONS ARE ASKED OVER WHY THE DISMISSAL OF THE US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TOOK SO LONG. THE NRL FEELS THE HEAT AS A COKE CLOUD THREATENS TO ENVELOP THE SPORT. IS IT TOO SOFT ON PLAYERS? WELCOME BACK. FORMER US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WARNED HIS SUCCESSOR AGAINST HIRING MICHAEL FLYNN AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LESS THAN 48 HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ELECTED. IT FOLLOWS A SENATE PANEL TODAY, WHICH HEARD THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CAUTIONED THAT FLYNN'S CONTACTS WITH RUSSIA LEFT HIM VULNERABLE TO BLACKMAIL. THE ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS REPORTS. SHE WALKED INTO A CRUSH OF CAMERAS. (GAVEL BANGS) SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OPENING WITH THIS ` (CLEARS THROAT) BACK IN YOUR CAGES. THE INTENSE SCRUTINY FOLLOWING EVERY WORD OF THE TESTIMONY FROM FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY YATES AS SHE OUTLINED THE STEPS SHE TOOK TO WARN THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THEN-NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, MICHAEL FLYNN. BECAUSE THIS WAS A MATTER OF SOME URGENCY. YATES DESCRIBING AN INTENSE CALL TO WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL DON MCGAHN ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 26. I CALLED DON MCGAHN FIRST THING THAT MORNING AND TOLD HIM THAT I HAD A VERY SENSITIVE MATTER THAT I NEEDED TO DISCUSS WITH HIM; THAT I COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT ON THE PHONE, AND THAT I NEEDED TO COME SEE HIM. SHE WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE THAT VERY DAY TO DISCUSS CONCERNS FLYNN MIGHT HAVE BEEN LYING TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS UNKNOWINGLY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC, AND BECAUSE WE BELIEVED THAT GENERAL FLYNN WAS COMPROMISED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIANS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE RUSSIANS KNEW THIS, AND THAT CREATED A COMPROMISED SITUATION, A SITUATION WHERE THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ESSENTIALLY COULD BE BLACKMAILED BY THE RUSSIANS. YATES CITING REPEATED ASSERTIONS FROM TRUMP OFFICIALS SUGGESTING THAT FLYNN HAD TOLD THEM HE HAD NOT DISCUSSED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SANCTIONS AGAINST THE KREMLIN FOR MEDDLING IN THE US ELECTION ON A CALL WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. BUT YATES KNEW OTHERWISE, BECAUSE FLYNN WAS CAUGHT ON ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE, ALLEGEDLY DISCUSSING THOSE SANCTIONS THE SAME DAY THEY WERE ANNOUNCED. YATES SAID THE EVIDENCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 30TH ` THE VERY DAY SHE WAS FIRED FOR REFUSING TO ENFORCE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT EVER HAPPENED, WHETHER THEY EVER LOOKED AT THAT EVIDENCE OR NOT. DEMOCRATS TODAY ASKING WHY FLYNN WAS ALLOWED TO STAY IN HIS JOB FOR 18 DAYS AFTER THE WARNING, EVEN PARTICIPATING IN AN OVAL OFFICE PHONE CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUSSIAN LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN. SOUTH KOREANS WILL SOON HAVE A NEW LEADER, WITH POLLS JUST ABOUT TO CLOSE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IT WAS CALLED EARLY AFTER A CORRUPTION SCANDAL BROUGHT DOWN THE COUNTRY'S FORMER LEADER. THE FRONT RUNNER OF THE 13-CANDIDATE RACE IS LEFT-LEANING MOON JAE-IN, WHO IS LOOKING TO EASE TENSIONS WITH NORTH KOREA. THE WINNER IS EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED OVERNIGHT, NEW ZEALAND TIME. THE BOSS OF QANTAS GOT HIS JUST DESSERTS TODAY ` LITERALLY. FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE HEAD OF THE AIRLINE ALAN JOYCE COPPED A PIE TO THE FACE AT A BUSINESS FUNCTION IN PERTH. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN HAS THE SWEET DETAILS. A BUSINESS BREAKFAST, AND THERE WASN'T JUST BACON AN EGGS ON THE MENU. KEYNOTE SPEAKER ALAN JOYCE WAS SMASHED SQUARE IN THE FACT WITH A PIE, THEN AFTER HIS DIRTY WORK, THE ATTACKER CALMLY WALKED OFF STAGE AND INTO THE ARMS OF HOTEL SECURITY. LEFT DRIPPING IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE A LEMON MERINGUE, THE QANTAS BOSS REMOVED HIMSELF, CLEANED HIMSELF UP, AND SOLDIERED ON WITH AN EYE OVER HIS SHOULDER. THE PIE CHUCKER WAS HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE. HIS MOTIVATION FOR THE ATTACK REMAINS A MYSTERY. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA. I'M NOT A BIG PIE EATER. MR JOYCE JOINS A TASTY LIST OF PIE-FACE VICTIMS. IN 1998, BILLIONAIRE BILL GATES WAS ATTACKED IN BELGIUM. IN 2011, ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE, RUPERT MURDOCH, COPPED A GLANCING BLOW FROM A PIE THROWER, BEFORE HIS THEN-WIFE STEPPED IN. ALAN JOYCE NEVER TASTED HIS. HIS GLASSES WORE MOST OF IT. IN THE END, THE ONLY ONE EATING WAS THE ASSAILANT ` A SERVE OF HUMBLE PIE TO GO WITH A POSSIBLE ASSAULT CHARGE. A FORMER US PRESIDENT AND A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR... NO, THAT'S NOT THE OPENING LINE TO A JOKE. BILL CLINTON AND JAMES PATTERSON ARE CO-WRITING A THRILLER. THE PAIR ARE COLLABORATING ON A NOVEL NAMED 'THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING', A GLOBAL DRAMA FILLED WITH SUSPENSE, WITH INSIGHT OF THE WHITE HOUSE ONLY AN EX-PRESIDENT WOULD KNOW. MR CLINTON IS ALREADY AN AUTHOR, BUT HIS LITERARY VENTURE WAS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THE BOOK IS DUE TO COME OUT IN JUNE NEXT YEAR. AFTER PLAYING JUST FIVE MATCHES FOR THE WARRIORS, KIERAN FORAN HAS CONFIRMED WHAT MANY HAD EXPECTED ` HE'LL LEAVE THE CLUB AT THE END OF THE CURRENT LEAGUE SEASON. THE KIWIS PLAYMAKER ANNOUNCED TODAY HE'S HEADING BACK TO SYDNEY, TO BE CLOSER TO HIS TWO CHILDREN. I SAID ALL ALONG THAT I WAS GONNA BASE THE DECISION AROUND MY TWO CHILDREN BACK IN SYDNEY, AND IN THE END, IT JUST WASN'T VIABLE TO STAY ANY LONGER IN NZ PAST THIS YEAR. FORAN'S EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A THREE-YEAR DEAL WITH THE BULLDOGS, HIS FOURTH NRL CLUB IN JUST FOUR SEASONS. I WRESTLED WITH THE LOYALTY THERE AND WANTING TO BE ABLE TO STAY LONGER AND POTENTIALLY GIVE BACK, BUT IN THE END, YOU KNOW, IT COULDN'T COME BEFORE MY TWO CHILDREN. THE MOVE SEES HIM LINK UP WITH HIS FORMER MANLY COACH DES HASLER. THE NRL IS UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER ITS DRUG TESTING POLICIES, WHICH ALLOWS PLAYERS TO GO UNPUNISHED ON THEIR FIRST OFFENCE. 1 NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT MORE THAN 10 PLAYERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE LAST YEAR, BUT WERE PROTECTED BY THE THREE STRIKE RULE. MATT MANUKIA HAS THE DETAILS. THE COACH OF DISGRACED KIWI KEVIN PROCTOR TODAY SPOKE ABOUT HIS DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE SECOND-ROWER WAS FORCED TO STEP DOWN AS TITANS CO-CAPTAIN. HE'S SHATTERED BY HIS OWN ACTIONS, AND HE'S NOT DENYING WHAT HE DID, AND HE'S REALLY REMORSEFUL FOR THAT. DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK IS THE FIRST KIWIS TEAMMATE TO SPEAK OUT AFTER PROCTOR AND FORMER CAPTAIN JESSE BROMWICH ALLEGEDLY SNORTED COCAINE. HE WAS WITH THEM AFTER THE TEST BUT DIDN'T JOIN THEM DURING THEIR BIG NIGHT OUT AND HASN'T SPOKEN TO THEM SINCE. I STAYED FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER AND THEN LEFT, SO I KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AS THE PAIR'S SUBSEQUENT EXCLUSION FROM THE WORLD CUP SINKS IN, THE NRL INSISTS IT'S NOT A RUGBY LEAGUE PROBLEM BUT A SOCIETAL ONE, BUT 1 NEWS CAN REVEAL THAT WHEN THE NRL TESTED AFTER LAST YEAR'S 'MAD MONDAY' CELEBRATIONS, 12 PLAYERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE, BUT BECAUSE EACH CASE WAS A FIRST OFFENCE, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNEW ABOUT IT WAS THE NRL AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CLUBS. I THINK THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR FIRST-STRIKE POLICY,... YES. ...COS WHILE THE TEMPTATION IS THERE FOR THESE PLAYERS, THEY'RE TAKING RISKS, COS THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE NAMED; THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SHAMED; THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SUSPENDED. NRL BOSS TODD GREENBERG SAYS THE WAY TO FLUSH OFFENDERS OUT IS TO TEST MORE FREQUENTLY. ONE OF THE GAME'S BIGGEST NAMES DISAGREES. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BIGGER REPERCUSSIONS IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TAKING COCAINE AS AN NRL PLAYER. THE NRL TESTS FOR PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES BUT DOESN'T ALWAYS TEST FOR RECREATIONAL DRUGS LIKE COCAINE. THE PLAYERS KNOW THAT, WHICH IS A HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL RE-CHROME THE BUMPER OF WEATHER. AND ` AFTER HER LAST STAND-UP COMEDY BOMB, AMY SCHUMER IS HOPING HER NEW MOVIE WILL RESTORE HER FORTUNES. WELCOME BACK. WITH MOTHER'S DAY JUST AROUND THE CORNER, HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY GOLDIE HAWN AND COMEDIAN AMY SCHUMER HAVE TEAMED UP FOR THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER COMEDY 'SNATCHED'. BUT AS LISETTE REYMER DISCOVERED, THEY'RE NOT YOUR TYPICAL FAMILY. YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING FUN ANY MORE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'VE BEEN TAKING SCULPTING LESSONS AT THE Y. TA-DA! I TOLD YOU I WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. THAT IS FRIGHTENING, AND YOU MADE THAT. WHAT THEY'VE MADE TOGETHER ` LESS FRIGHTENING, MORE ENTERTAINING. YOU'LL GET THROUGH THIS. THIS IS A LONG HUG. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COMEDY A-LISTER AMY SCHUMER ENLISTING GOLDIE HAWN AS HER MUM IN HER NEW FLICK. SHE JUST CAME UP TO ME, LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, 'OH MY GOD, I JUST HAVE THIS MOVIE THAT IM WORKING ON. 'I REALLY WANT YOU TO BE MY MUM, OR PLAY MY MUM IN IT.' IT WAS IN LONDON AND WE HAD, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY SWEET MOMENT. I LITERALLY TEXTED MY MANAGER AND SAID, 'LET'S LOOK INTO THIS. 'LET'S SEE WHAT IT IS.' BEFORE SHE KNEW IT, SHE WAS ON THE SET OF A TRULY DISASTROUS HOLIDAY IN SOUTH AMERICA. I'M GONNA COUNT DOWN. I'M GONNA DO IT. PLEASE. PLEASE. 100. 99. THE SHOWBIZ VETERAN RETURNING TO THE BIG SCREEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS. HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF A BUSINESS. WHERE WOMEN ARE CONCERNED, AND COMEDY IS CONCERNED, I JUST DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT IS REALLY DIFFERENT WE JUST DON'T HAVE TO BE TIED TO TRAIN TRACKS ANYMORE. EEEE! DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. EVEN THOUGH I THINK THAT WOULD STILL BE PRETTY FUNNY. NOT THAT THESE TWO ARE STRUGGLING FOR LAUGHS. HEY, THAT GUY IS TALKING TO YOU. NO, SORRY. YOU. OH, NOT YOU. IT WAS ME. CAN YOU KINDA BEAT IT? COS YOU'RE A DISTRACTION. SOUTH AMERICA TICKED OFF, THE DUO ARE ALREADY LINING UP THEIR NEXT TRIP, AND NEW ZEALAND'S IN LUCK. EVERYONE THAT GOES THERE IS LIKE, 'OH MY GOD, YOU GOTTA GO.' YEAH. JUST AMAZING. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S LITERALLY CONNECTED TO AUSTRALIA, AND YOU'RE LIKE, 'NO, GUYS.' LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH PINK FLOYD. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TOM PEDLAR AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017