Tonight:
New Zealand's own Bernie Madoff? Guyon meets Kiwis who have had their dreams shattered by David Ross.
Plus, Samantha Hayes followes a fearless chopper pilot to Antartica, and Sarah Hall learns what it's like to sleep on sheets worth $250,000.
3rd Degree tonight, 8.30pm on TV3
Could David Ross be NZ’s version of Bernie Madoff?
He's being investigated for taking hundreds of millions of dollars from Kiwi families and running what looks like a giant Ponzi scheme. Guyon Espiner has been hot on his trail.
This week on 3rd Degree. Wednesday, 8.30pm on TV3
Was it just tough luck for the Gray family - Or unfair treatment by the bank & receivers?
If you missed the show tonight, you can watch this story on our website, along with Melanie & Janette's account of what happened when they were removed from the farm by the receivers:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Gray-family-and-receivers-clash-over-farm/tabid/1771/articleID/296189/Default.aspx
On 3rd Degree: The Thai woman who walked away from a people-smuggling charge - all because of three words missing from NZ legislation.
Plus, Melanie Reid is back in the Taranaki where more drama has been unfolding - But this time she finds herself in the middle of a stoush between farm owners & recievers.
Wednesday, 8.30pm on TV3
Also tonight, notorious South African boxer Francois Botha is about to fight the fresh-faced young man he calls “Baby Joseph” - New Zealand’s great heavyweight hope, Joseph Parker.
Duncan Garner heads to the boxing gym to check out both the Baby and the Buffalo - and emerges a little the worse for wear.
3rd Degree - 8.30pm Tonight, TV3
Tonight - an update on Vernon Gardiner.
Armed with your generous donations, Sarah Hall returned to the Philippines to get Kiwi pensioner Vernon Gardiner out of jail.
Vernon faced a sentence of 20 years for swindling, for taking money from a local man and failing to pay him back. Even the judge in the case said it was a travesty, that someone should pay the debt and get Vernon out. You came to the rescue, donating your cash.
What happened next was dramatic.
3rd Degree - 8.30pm Tonight, TV3
Right now a ship is off the Taranaki coast sucking up black sand to see whether we should be turning it into steel to fuel China’s hunger for resources. But do we want mining companies to come over here, stripping our seabed? Will this bring New Zealand economic riches - or will it create an environmental disaster?
Guyon Espiner heads out to sea to find out.
Plus - Simon Bridges, Energy and Resources Minister, talks to Duncan and Guyon about whether the project should go ahead.
3rd Degree - 8.30pm Wednesday, TV3
Could there really be a North Korean spy operating in NZ? ... Or are some things just taken a little too seriously? Phil Vine investigates as one man is shunned from his local church & South Korean community.
And buying up our vineyards: Guyon meets the American billionaire who says it IS ok for foreigners to purchase NZ businesses - but only if they’re NOT Chinese.
Plus - Is playing rugby causing long-term damage to our brains?
Tonight on 3rd Degree - 8.30pm, TV3
It was the most brutal game in the history of rugby, remembered most because Buck Shelford had a testicle ripped open. But some of those who played that day can’t remember it at all, including Buck. So what is rugby doing to our heads?
Plus, is it ok for American billionaires to buy up NZ's vineyards?
3rd Degree - Wednesday, 8.30pm on TV3
On the eve of the New Zealand pull-out from Afghanistan, Mike McRoberts travels to Kabul to find out what will happen to the country when western troops withdraw.
And what about the interpreters who say they risked their lives for the Kiwi defence forces and now feel abandoned.
Prime Minister John Key is in the studio tonight, Guyon gives him the 3rd Degree.
3rd Degree - Tonight 8.30pm on TV3.
Also on the show, a fascinating story about a male model & personal trainer who deliberately got fat by eating junk food. He piled on 40kgs, thinking he would be able to get back to his original shape without much difficulty. So how did he get on?
3rd Degree - Tonight 8.30pm on TV3.
Tonight on 3rd Degree:
A young Kiwi who was once bullied at school and is now starring in perhaps the toughest reality TV show in the world, "The Ultimate Fighter". He’s punching, kicking and grappling his way to the top.
3rd Degree - Tonight 8.30pm on TV3.
Visit our website to see what other stories are on tonight: www.3news.co.nz/TVShows/3rdDegree/Home.aspx
Do you agree with the judge? Should the New Zealand government help New Zealanders stuck abroad on a case-by-case basis? "
Coming up next on TV3:
Locked up abroad: Sarah Hall travels to the Philippines to meet a New Zealander stuck behind bars. Why is the judge who put him there now campaigning for the NZ government to help get him out?
Plus Mike McRoberts is with Kiwi athlete, Nick Willis. What went wrong for him at the London Olympics? And Guyon finds out what Tuhoe's plans are for the future..
3rd Degree -Tonight 8.30pm, TV3
Tomorrow on the show:
TUHOE NATION: This week Ngai Tuhoe will sign a settlement treaty for $170m dollars. Guyon Espiner travels deep into Tuhoe country to find out what they plan to do with this money… Can they really become a nation within a nation?
3rd Degree, Wednesday 8.30pm - TV3
Duncan Garner talks to Olympic gold medal rowers Eric Murray & Hamish Bond. Why did Hamish call Eric a “prick”.. and why was Eric almost left out of the boat before the Olympics?
Plus.. A man still in jail after 20 years, but was he wrongly convicted of murder? Paula Penfold has been investigating the evidence.
Don't miss 3rd Degree - right now on TV3!
Arrests, assaults, allegations of police abusing their powers, court proceedings…You name it, it's all happening in New Plymouth.
2012 Journalist of the Year Melanie Reid investigates on 3rd Degree, Tonight 8:30pm
Tonight Anna Guy is asked by Duncan & Guyon: do you think your brother was killed by your husband? Plus there's a showdown in provincial NZ. Melanie Reid investigates, 8:30pm on TV3
Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner are two of New Zealand's best known - and hardest hitting - journalists. On 3rd Degree, the former network foes join forces to host a show that cuts straight to the heart of the issues that really matter to New Zealanders. Learn more about these two charismatic hosts: http://www.3news.co.nz/TVShows/3rdDegreeComingsoon.aspx
