Throng

This week on SUNDAY:

The Oracle

He claimed he was the closest thing to God, the new Messiah, and he had a plan to save the world. He took a mental health patient off her drugs and put her through his 'love energy therapy sessions'. The rest of his CV also makes flaky reading. This son of a former cabinet minister hasn't worked for six years and owes a lot of money. SUNDAY investigates.

Something In The Air

Are airlines poisoning their passengers? Every year tens of thousands of passengers around the world are exposed to toxic fumes on aeroplanes and suffer long term health effects. There are also alarming stories of pilots being overcome by fumes in the cockpit and safety being compromised. The problem is called 'Aerotoxic Syndrome', its symptoms are chronic fatigue and memory loss. They've known about it for 30 years - why won't they fix the problem?

Fishermen & Film Stars

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Silent Night

The police claimed George Gwaze didn't make a sound when he slipped into his niece's bedroom and allegedly raped and murdered her. But the jury didn't buy it and all the charges against the immigrant Zimbabwean veterinary surgeon were quickly thrown out. Why was he even charged? Janet McIntyre investigates.

Fakes

The follow-up story on the People's Republic of Piracy China. We have seen counterfeit watches, clothes and jewellery. But now fakes are becoming a threat to our lives with the production of fake medicine. SUNDAY seeks out the criminals behind this trade in fake pharmaceuticals and uncovers the hidden victims.

Roots

Answering The Call

An exclusive insight into the heroism during the Tamahere coolstore fire. When the factory exploded in a fireball one recent Saturday afternoon, lives changes forever - and out of the ashes came stories of extraordinary courage as ordinary people stepped up to rescue the rescuers.

School parents at a gala put aside their own safety and ran towards the flames to help injured firefighters trapped by the blast. They tell their stories exclusively to Ian Sinclair.

Fakes Inc.

How China became the super power where everything is made and everything is faked. It's become known as the 'People's Republic of Counterfeiting'.

There's even a seven-storey shopping centre given over to fakes produced by China's copy industry: food, clothing, pharmaceuticals and jewellery - all copied, all faked, all cheap. And the rest of the world is flocking there for a bargain.

This week on SUNDAY:

Black Gold

How much more can the motorist take? Best part of two dollars for a litre now; what's it going to be this time next year, and the year after that? Are all our lives about to change because of the price of petrol? Is it a case of simply getting used to it? SUNDAY investigates the price of petrol and who's coining it.

Murphy And Son

The son of one of New Zealand's pioneer movie directors is striking out on his own. Paul Murphy, son of Geoff Murphy (Goodbye Pork Pie), has made his first full-length feature, Second-Hand Wedding. There's no sex, no violence, no swearing - a simple heart-tugging very Kiwi story about a mother with a penchant for garage sales.

Girl Racer

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Kiwi Joker

Could Rhys Darby be the most famous Kiwi in America thanks to Flight Of The Conchords? They know him from New York to LA. His LIVE comedy routine plays to sell-out crowds on Sunset Strip, and he's shooting a movie with Jim Carrey. Rhys Darby, funny man, is also on SUNDAY this week.

Why?

Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Choo carved his name into history with two semi-automatic handguns. Almost a year ago to the day, he wandered onto the Virginia Tech campus and killed 32 people before turning the weapons on himself. It was America's worst mass shooting. SUNDAY investigates the motives of this deeply disturbed individual.

Saving The Rhino

Bush Babes

No TV, no computer, no friends and the nearest road more than 50 kilometres away. Two bush kids who live in a reclusive family on a remote West Coast beach with just the mountains, the sandflies and the sea. How do they get their kicks? Are they missing out? What's the future for them?

SUNDAY meets the bush babes of Gorge River in remote South Westland.

The Enforcer

This cop has busted some of New Zealand's worst criminals. Now Detective Inspector Steve Rutherford is hanging up his badge and he has some tough-talking advice for us. He reckons the crims are getting the breaks and it's got to stop. Some people are plain evil and they'll never be any good - that's why we have jails.

Dying To Live

Don’t miss SUNDAY – award-winning current affairs programme – with some of New Zealand’s best reporters: Cameron Bennett, Janet McIntyre, John Hudson, Ian Sinclair and Simon Mercep.

Enough Is Enough
What happens when a small community is traumatised by a senseless violent crime? Do the perceptions match the reality? SUNDAY visits Taupo, a tourist town blighted by the brutal killing of Scots tourist Karen Aime. They talk of a culture of evil, of intimidation and raw fear - but how afraid should the people of Taupo really be; is what's happening in Taupo reflected in towns up and down the land?

Oi! Oi! Oi!

This week on SUNDAY:

Father Of The Man

The consequences of Steve Irwin's death keep unfolding in unexpected ways. Bob Irwin is the late Crocodile Hunter's dad - and by all accounts he's a very private man. But recently he's been under intense pressure to answer to media speculation about a family rift and his surprise departure from Australia Zoo. Now, finally, Bob Irwin's telling his story, warts and all.

Fishy Business

It's claimed to be the easiest way to make a million bucks. The Ross Sea on the fringe of the Antarctic ice shelf, is teeming with valuable fish stocks. It is called 'the last ocean' because it is devoid of pollution and has **NOT** been over-fished. But for how long? Pirates are brazenly plundering the resource because they can't find fish elsewhere. The last ocean is under threat. What can be done?