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WAIT FOR ME HOLLYWOD
Hes the much-loved young Kiwi star of Boy and Goodbye Pork Pie who was heading to Hollywood. But last year James Rolleston almost died in a horrific car crash. His life hanging by a thread, James whanau was told to say goodbye. In this exclusive hour-long documentary James describes his miraculous survival, and lets us inside his recovery from his traumatic brain injury. From scratch - learning to walk, talk, and adapt to a whole new life. Can he make it back to the top?
Dying for a high
A bag of synthetic cannabis costs as little as $20 and as much as your life. At least 20 Kiwis have died using it just this year and hundreds more have been hospitalised. 23 year old Feilding man, Rohan Bahram was found in his father's garage "frittering" and foaming at the mouth. Unlike two of his friends, he's survived to tell a story of euphoric highs and life-threatening lows he's experienced over years of using the drug.
Lest We Forget
During the Vietnam War three Kiwi soldiers from the Victor 6 company carried out an act of extraordinary bravery under intense enemy fire. Their brave and selfless actions saved the lives of two Australians who were critically injured when a rocket-propelled grenade fired by the Vietcong slammed into their tank. For 46 years their platoon commander has been pushing governments on both sides of the Tasman to award medals to these men but has been ignored. Whats become of those soldiers, and is it time NZ recognised the outstanding bravery of the Victor 6? Reporter: Mark Crysell Producer: Joanne Mitchell Camera: Gary Hopper Editor: Ben Selkirk
Bulimia in men: silence, secrecy and survival
At 20 years old, Luke Chivers began eating- and then starving- himself to death. Bulimia had trapped him in an endless cycle of binging and purging. The illness is usually associated with women but Kiwi men are suffering too. Luke speaks to SUNDAY, hoping to break the stigma and silence around the disorder.
Too busy for babies
Sharlene Poole is gifted with babies and in her international career as a "baby whisperer", she's looked after a thousand of them. But what about one of her own? Aged almost 40 and single, Sharlene embarked on her own journey to parenthood.
Ajax the kea conservation dog
A passionate conservationist and his canine companion fight together to save New Zealand's kea. Corey Mosen and Ajax, his highly-trained border collie cross, travel into remote and challenging parts of the country to track down the worlds only mountain parrot.