IT'S MIDDAY ` WORKSAFE OPENS ITS CASE AS PROCEEDINGS IN THE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND TRIAL GET UNDERWAY. THE FIRST GROCERY COMMISSIONER IS UNVEILED. HOW HE HOPES TO ACHIEVE FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY AT THE SUPERMARKET CHECKOUT. PLUS, THE PM CONTINUES HIS TRADE PUSH THROUGH THE EU BUT AVOIDS ANY BIG QUESTIONS ON NATO. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S BEEN REVEALED WHAKAARI MANAGEMENT LIMITED WERE MAKING A PROFIT OF AROUND $1m A YEAR FROM TOURIST TRIPS TO WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND WHICH FATALLY ERUPTED IN 2019. WORKSAFE OPENED ITS CASE IN COURT TODAY WITH ONLY SIX DEFENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL 13 REMAINING. A NUMBER HAVE ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY OR HAVE HAD CHARGES DISMISSED. THE COURT HEARD REVELATIONS PASSENGERS FROM A VISITING CRUISE SHIP RECEIVED NO HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE TOUR. IN 2018 AND 2019, THEY EXPLORED VARIOUS OPTIONS TO INCREASE TOURISM INCLUDING OVERNIGHT CAMPING, GLAMPING, INSTALLATION OF OVERNIGHT HUTS ON WHAKAARI. 22 PEOPLE DIED IN THE ERUPTION AND ALMOST ALL OF THE 25 SURVIVORS SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. IN A BID TO BRING COMPETITION TO THE SECTOR, THE FIRST GROCERY COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN APPOINTED. THE CONSUMER WATCHDOG HOPES IT WILL INTRODUCE 'FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY' TO AN INDUSTRY FULL OF 'PROBLEMS'. JESSICA SWAN HAS THE DETAILS. A DAY OUT FROM THE NEXT OFFICIAL CASH RATE ANNOUNCEMENT, INFLATION IS HIGH AND SO ARE CHECKOUT PRICES. THERE ARE CLEAR PROBLEMS IN THE GROCERY SECTOR THAT NEED TO BE SORTED OUT BECAUSE BOTH SUPPLIERS AND CONSUMERS ARE EFFECTIVELY BEING RORTED BY OUR SUPERMARKET DUOPOLY. THE MAN CHARGED WITH TACKLING THOSE IS OUR NEW GROCERY COMMISSIONER. IT'S A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR KIWI CONSUMERS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, HE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SECTOR, PRODUCING AN ANNUAL REPORT ON ITS COMPETITIVENESS AND PROFITABILITY. THINGS THAT ARE MEASURED AND MONITORED CAN AND ALWAYS DO CHANGE. THE NEW ROLE CAME OUT OF A MARKET STUDY LAST YEAR BY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES IS TO MAKE SURE WE GET A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER PRICES, BETTER CHOICE AND BETTER RANGE FOR THE CONSUMER. BUT IN SHORT TERM, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE MONITORING AND THE SHINING OF THE LIGHT ON THE SECTOR. THOSE CHANGES FROM THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDE ` WE NEED TO LET THESE MEASURES BED IN AND SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE. AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THE MONITORING ROLE THAT THIS ROLE HAS. IF THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVE, WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO MAKE FURTHER CHANGE. THE TWO MAIN SUPERMARKET COMPANIES, WOOLWORTHS AND FOODSTUFF, SAY THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEW COMMISSIONER AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONSTRUCTIVELY WORKING WITH HIM. THE COMMISSIONER WILL START THIS THURSDAY AND SERVE A FIVE-YEAR TERM. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. THE DECLINE IN THE HOUSING MARKET CONTINUES TO SLOW. THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE DECREASING BY 1.8% NATIONALLY THIS QUARTER. THAT'S DOWN FROM 3.4% FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. THE QV HOUSE PRICE INDEX FOR LAST WEEK SHOWS THE AVERAGE HOME WAS SITTING AT OVER $891,000, 11.8% LOWER THAN JUNE LAST YEAR. AVERAGE VALUES IN TAURANGA DROPPED BELOW $1M FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE APRIL 2021. UNDER THE SURFACE, WE ARE SEEING INCREASING VOLATILITY AROUND THE COUNTRY AND BETWEEN PROPERTY TYPES SO THAT VOLATILITY IN PERFORMANCE IS BECOMING A KEY THEME IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE HOUSE PRICE INDEX. JAMES WILSON SAYS FIRST-HOME BUYERS MAKE UP A LARGE OVERALL SHARE OF THE MARKET, WITH INVESTORS STILL HOLDING BACK. PRESSURE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IS EASING WITH RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS COMING DOWN AND THE NUMBER OF DWELLING CONSENTS DROPPING. THE LATEST FIGURES SHOW CONSTRUCTION COSTS ROSE POINT 6% IN THE JUNE QUARTER. THAT'S BELOW THE AVERAGE QUARTERLY INCREASE OF 2%, AND WELL DOWN ON THE PEAK OF MORE THAN 10% RECORDED IN 2022. CONSENTS FOR NEW DWELLINGS HAVE ALSO FALLEN 10% TO LESS THAN 46,000, BUT CORELOGIC SAYS THAT NUMBER IS STILL HIGH. PREPARATIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR THIS WEEK'S NATO SUMMIT. WITH GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS HIGH AROUND THE GLOBE, TALKS SURROUNDING WHO'S ALLOWED INTO THE ALLIANCE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE HEATING UP. HERE'S TESSA PARKER ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE SUMMIT AND WHY NEW ZEALAND IS THERE. NO MATTER WHERE HE IS IN THE WORLD, PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SEEMS TO ALWAYS FIND HIS WAY TO A NEW ZEALAND SAVOURY. I FEEL A LITTLE` ON THESE TRIPS, I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE I'M EATING FOR MY COUNTRY. THIS TIME, A MEAT PIE IN SWEDEN FROM KIWI BUSINESSES SET TO BENEFIT FROM THE NEWLY SIGNED FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE NEW ZEALAND, SWEDEN RELATIONSHIP'S IN A REALLY STRONG SPACE. THEY'VE BEEN REAL CHAMPIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND. BUT NOT ABLE TO OFFER THAT SAME SUPPORT TO SWEDEN IN THEIR BID TO JOIN THE NATO ALLIANCE. WE'RE NOT A MEMBER OF NATO, SO... IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO. THE SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER SQUEEZED IN A QUICK MEETING WITH HIPKINS BEFORE JETTING OFF TO LITHUANIA TO PURSUE THAT ENDEAVOUR WITH A SUCCESSFUL RESULT. I HAVE JUST HAD A CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN AND PRIME MINISTER KRISTERSSON. PRESIDENT ERDOGAN HAS AGREED TO FORWARD THE ACCESSION PROTOCOL FOR SWEDEN TO THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SWEDEN FIRST LAUNCHED A BID TO JOIN NATO MORE THAN A YEAR AGO IN THE WAKE OF UKRAINE'S INVASION. THAT MOVE WAS PREVIOUSLY BLOCKED BY TURKEY DUE TO STOCKHOLM'S WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT KURDISH MILITANTS WHO HAVE THEIR POWER BASE IN SOUTH EASTERN TURKEY. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE NATO RUNS ON 'CONSENSUS' DECISION MAKING. THAT MEANS ALL MEMBERS HAVE TO AGREE ON SOMETHING BEFORE IT CAN GO AHEAD. BUT TURKEY WANTS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IN RETURN FOR ITS APPROVAL. (SPEAKS TURKISH) TRANSLATOR: WHEN YOU PAVE THE WAY FOR TURKEY, WE'LL PAVE THE WAY FOR SWEDEN. NOW SEEKING MEMBERSHIP INTO ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE ALLIANCE. TRANSLATOR: TURKEY HAS BEEN WAITING AT THE DOOR OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR OVER 50 YEARS NOW, AND ALMOST ALL OF THE NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES. ARE NOW MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. IF RATIFIED, SWEDEN WOULD BECOME NATO'S 32ND MEMBER. BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT WANTS IN. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR:: IT IS STILL CLEAR THAT UKRAINE DESERVES TO BE IN THE ALLIANCE. NOT NOW - THERE IS A WAR, BUT WE NEED A CLEAR SIGNAL. AND WE NEED THIS SIGNAL RIGHT NOW. A SIGNAL THAT'S HARD FOR NATO TO GIVE. ARTICLE FIVE OF THAT TREATY STATES THAT AN ATTACK AGAINST ONE ALLY IS AN ATTACK AGAINST ALL, MEANING UKRAINIAN MEMBERSHIP WOULD SEE AN IMMEDIATE ESCALATION OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION. (GUNFIRE) IT'S GOING TO BE A MAIN DISCUSSION POINT OVER THE TWO DAY SUMMIT. NEW ZEALAND, WHICH ISN'T A NATO MEMBER, BUT AN ALLY INVITED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW, IS SET TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REITERATE NEW ZEALAND'S SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. WE SEE THE WAR AS UNJUST. IT'S ILLEGAL. HIPKINS HINTING AT AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE UKRAINE TALKS TOMORROW ONCE THE HIGH STAKES SUMMIT OFFICIALLY BEGINS. TESSA PARKER, 1 NEWS. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SCHEDULED TO MEET HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART ON THE SIDELINES OF THE NATO SUMMIT. BIDEN'S NOW IN LITHUANIA AFTER MAKING A STOP IN THE UK WHERE HE MET WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK AND KING CHARLES. THE PLANNED TALKS MARK A SIGN OF UNITY AS UKRAINE'S FUTURE IN THE DEFENCE ALLIANCE REMAINS IN QUESTION IN THE FACE OF RUSSIA'S INVASION. THE KREMLIN HAS CONFIRMED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND WAGNER MERCENARY BOSS YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN HAVE SPOKEN SINCE LAST MONTH'S FAILED MUTINY. PRIGOZHIN WAS AMONG 35 WAGNER COMMANDERS INVITED TO A MEETING IN MOSCOW, WHERE PRESIDENT PUTIN DISCUSSED THE UKRAINE WAR EFFORT AND THE ATTEMPTED COUP. BUT PRIGOZHIN IS YET TO BE SEEN IN PUBLIC. HIS WHEREABOUTS REMAIN UNKNOWN AFTER HE AGREED TO MOVE TO NEIGHBOURING BELARUS UNDER A DEAL TO END THE REBELLION. THE HEAD OF THE UNITED NATION'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOG SAYS PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED OVER THE RELEASE OF FUKUSHIMA'S WASTEWATER. THE ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY APPROVED JAPAN'S PLAN TO DISCHARGE TREATED RADIOACTIVE WATER FROM ITS TSUNAMI-HIT POWER PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC LAST WEEK. WHILE RAFAEL GROSSI UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE'S FEARS, HE SAYS THE RELEASE OF THE WATER POSES A NEGLIGIBLE THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH. WHILE IN NEW ZEALAND, MR GROSSI MAINTAINED JAPAN'S PLAN HAS HIS FULL SUPPORT. WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THE WATER ` AND THIS THE IMPORTANT THING ` THE WATER THAT IS GOING TO BE RELEASED IS NOT CONTAMINATED WATER. IT'S NOT RADIOACTIVE WATER. IT IS NOT. THERE IS STILL NO SCHEDULED RELEASE OF THE WATER, BUT IT'S EXPECTED THE PLAN COULD GET UNDERWAY IN THE COMING MONTHS. DOUBTS HAVE BEEN CAST OVER THE VALIDITY OF ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A BBC PRESENTER AFTER A LAWYER FOR THE YOUNG PERSON INVOLVED DISPUTED THE CLAIMS. THE UNNAMED PRESENTER HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OVER ALLEGATIONS FIRST REPORTED IN THE SUN NEWSPAPER CLAIMING HE PAID A TEENAGER MORE THAN $72,000 FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS. THE SUN HAS RESPONDED, STANDING BY ITS STORY. THE BBC'S KATIE RAZZALL HAS MORE. THE STORY HAS DOMINATED THE FRONT PAGES FOR DAYS, DRIVEN BY THE SUN NEWSPAPER, WHICH FIRST REPORTED IT IN ITS SATURDAY EDITIONS. NOW, A LAWYER FOR THE YOUNG PERSON AT THE CENTRE OF THE ALLEGATIONS HAS TOLD THE BBC THAT ON FRIDAY, VIA WHATSAPP, THEY TOLD THE SUN THE STATEMENT BY THEIR MOTHER ` ADDING NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE OR UNLAWFUL HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THE ALLEGATIONS ARE RUBBISH. THE SUN NEWSPAPER HAS PUSHED BACK TONIGHT, TELLING THE BBC ITS STORY WAS ABOUT TWO CONCERNED PARENTS WHO MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BEHAVIOUR OF A PRESENTER AND THE WELFARE OF THEIR CHILD. THEIR COMPLAINT WAS NOT ACTED UPON BY THE BBC. 'WE HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THEIR CONCERNS,' THEY SAY, ADDING IT'S NOW FOR THE BBC TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, FOR THREE YEARS THE PRESENTER PAID TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS IN EXCHANGE FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES TO A PERSON WHO WAS 17 WHEN IT BEGAN ` A POTENTIAL CRIMINAL OFFENCE. THE FAMILY TOLD THE PAPER THEY WERE FRUSTRATED THAT THE PRESENTER REMAINED ON TV AFTER THEY APPROACHED THE BBC. SO, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS? THE FAMILY COMPLAINED TO THE CORPORATION ON THE 19TH OF MAY. NEARLY TWO MONTHS ON LAST THURSDAY, THE BBC SAYS IT RECEIVED NEW ALLEGATIONS. THE NEXT DAY, THE SUN PUBLISHED CLAIMS THAT A BBC PRESENTER PAID A TEENAGER FOR EXPLICIT IMAGES. ON SUNDAY, THE BBC SUSPENDED THE PRESENTER. I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS IN THE INEVITABLE INQUIRY IS WHO DID THE COMPLAINT COME INTO AND DID THEY ESCALATE IT FAST ENOUGH? AND IN FUTURE, SHOULD A RED FLAG GO UP WHEN AN ISSUE OF THIS SERIOUSNESS COMES IN, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION OR NOT, THAT IT SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND THAT THEY SHOULD DEAL WITH THE ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. ESCALATION YESTERDAY INVOLVED A REFERRAL OF THE ALLEGATIONS TO THE POLICE. TODAY, AFTER A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE MET'S SPECIALIST CRIME COMMAND, THE POLICE SAID THEY ARE WORKING TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. THERE IS, THEY ADDED, NO INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. THE ACTING BBC CHAIRMAN IS ONLY IN HER ROLE AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF THE POLITICALLY APPOINTED FORMER CHAIRMAN RICHARD SHARP. NOW THE CORPORATION IS AT THE CENTRE OF ANOTHER CRISIS. TOMORROW, SHE AND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, TIM DAVIE, WILL HAVE TO FACE THE MEDIA AS THEY LAUNCH THE ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE CORPORATION IN THE EYE OF A STORM. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` NOT SO SMART AFTER ALL. WHY DUMB PHONES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK. THE SEE-THROUGH MOUSE THAT COULD HELP ACCELERATE MEDICAL RESEARCH. PLUS ` THE BIGGEST STARS IN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TOUCH DOWN IN AOTEAROA AS TEAM USA ARRIVE FOR THE WORLD CUP. RECORD-BREAKING HEATWAVES THAT SWEPT ACROSS EUROPE LAST YEAR WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 60,000 DEATHS. A NEW REPORT REVEALED THE EXTREME HEAT WAS MADE DEADLIER BY GREENHOUSE GASES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO EUROPE'S HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD. ITALY, SPAIN AND GERMANY WERE AMONG THE COUNTRIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HEAT-RELATED DEATHS AND ARE ALREADY BEING HIT BY HEATWAVES THIS YEAR. GERMANY ISSUED A HEAT WARNING TO ELDERLY, PREGNANT WOMEN AND PARENTS WITH CHILDREN THIS WEEK AMID FORECASTS FOR TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS 37 DEGREES. A NEW SCANNING TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT CAN SEE INSIDE THE BODY IN UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL. A CHEMICAL PROCESS HAS BEEN USED ON A DEAD MOUSE TO MAKE IT ENTIRELY SEE-THROUGH, ENABLING THE SCANNER TO DETECT CANCEROUS TUMOURS FROM THE MOMENT THEY FORM. SCIENTISTS SAY IT COULD BE REVOLUTIONARY FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. MEET THE TRANSPARENT MOUSE. EVERYTHING INSIDE ` ITS NERVES, TISSUES AND ORGANS ` ALL MADE INVISIBLE. IT'S DONE BY REMOVING ALL THE FAT AND PIGMENT FROM ITS BODY AFTER IT'S KILLED USING A CHEMICAL PROCESS... AND THEN IT'S BATHED IN DIFFERENT CHEMICALS TO REVEAL THE PARTS THAT GERMAN DEVELOPERS WANT TO STUDY. UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR CANCER TUMOURS SHOWN IN SMALL PINK AND WHITE DOTS THROUGHOUT THE BODY. COMPARE THIS IMAGE TO A CONVENTIONAL SCAN, WHICH SHOWS ONLY TWO OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF TUMOURS. IT ENABLES TO SEE EVERY SINGLE CANCER AT SINGLE-CELL LEVEL. BECAUSE DISEASES LIKE CANCER ` THEY KILL AT CELL LEVEL. SO IF WE DON'T SEE THEM, WE CANNOT TREAT THEM. THIS TECHNOLOGY ENABLES US TO SEE THIS HIDDEN ENEMY. IN GREEN ARE THE NERVE ENDINGS OUTSIDE THE MOUSE'S BODY. DIFFERENT CHEMICALS SHOW DIFFERENT TISSUE. MEDICAL RESEARCHERS TRY OUT NEW DRUGS AND TREATMENTS ON MICE FIRST BEFORE TRYING THEM OUT ON PEOPLE. THE NEW SCANNING TECHNIQUE ENABLES SCIENTISTS TO SEE THINGS THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE THE WAY IN WHICH NEW DRUGS ARE DEVELOPED AND TESTED, AND IT COULD GREATLY ACCELERATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF DISEASES. MUZLIFAH HANIFFA IS IMAGING CELLS TO HELP CREATE AN ONLINE MAP OR ATLAS OF EVERY CELL IN THE HUMAN BODY. SHE SAYS THE NEW SCANNING TECHNIQUE WILL BE USEFUL FOR ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT WILL ACCELERATE THE PACE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. I MEAN, COMBINING THESE TYPES OF FANTASTIC CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND BUILDING THE HUMAN CELL ATLAS WILL NO DOUBT COMPLETELY REVOLUTIONISE MEDICINE. A WHOLE HUMAN WON'T BE MADE TRANSPARENT BECAUSE THE PROCESS WOULD KILL THE PATIENT, BUT IT COULD SOON BE USED TO STUDY DONATED TISSUES AND ORGANS TO STUDY HUMAN DISEASES, SOMETHING SCIENTISTS SAY WILL TRANSFORM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR BODIES WORK. BENDY BUSES MAY BE COMING TO THE CAPITAL AS THE COUNCIL TRIES TO INCREASE CAPACITY ON A POPULAR ROUTE. THE SERVICE RUNS THROUGH A TUNNEL SO CAN'T USE STANDARD DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES. GREATER WELLINGTON COUNCILLOR THOMAS NASH SAYS THEY NEED TO DOUBLE CAPACITY BY 2023. WE LOOKED AT ALL THE ALTERNATIVES. COULD WE DO A DIFFERENT ROUTE? COULD WE DIG THE TUNNEL LOWER, WIDEN THE TUNNEL? COULD WE GET SPECIAL BUSES MADE? AND REALLY THE ONLY OPTION THAT SEEMS TO BE MAKING SENSE IS TO GO FOR THESE ARTICULATED BUSES. THE OPTIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED BY COUNCILLORS NEXT MONTH. SMART PHONES MIGHT KEEP US CONNECTED TO THE WORLD, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS SECURE FROM SCAMMERS OR ONLINE PREDATORS. NOW, NEW SAFE PHONES ARE AVAILABLE ` GOING BACK TO BASICS. NINE'S CLARE TODHUNTER HAS MORE. WHAT WAS OLD IS NOW NEW AGAIN AS RETRO PHONES MAKE A RESURGENCE. WE DO THINK THERE'S A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE JUST SICK OF BEING SO CONTACTABLE. ... AND OF BEING TARGETED BY SCAMMERS, BULLIES AND PREDATORS. THE SOLUTION ` REPLACING THEIR SMART PHONES WITH DUMB PHONES. THEY HAVE LIMITED OR NO INTERNET ACCESS, BUT YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING ELSE ` TALK, TEXT, TAKE PICTURES AND LISTEN TO MUSIC. SALES IN AUSTRALIA DOUBLING IN THE PAST YEAR. THE BIGGEST BUYERS ARE PARENTS. MUM NGAIRE BOUGHT ONE FOR TEN YEAR OLD RIDER WHEN HE STARTED RIDING TO SCHOOL. WE FELT THAT HE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A PHONE SO THAT HE COULD COMMUNICATE WITH US IF THERE WAS ANY PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING. I THINK DUMB PHONES ARE A WAY FORWARD FOR A LOT OF PARENTS WHO WANT TO HAVE THAT ADDED COMMUNICATION BUT DON'T WANT THE DISTRACTIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT THE MAJOR RETAILERS. THE OPTUS X LITE RETAILS FOR $49 AT WOOLWORTHS. THIS NOKIA 8210 $99 AT JB HI-FI. AND THE OPAL LIGHT $79 FROM AUSTRALIA POST. IF YOU'RE WANTING SOMETHING CLOSER TO A SMARTPHONE, THERE ARE PURPOSE BUILT SAFE OPTIONS TOO. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIG PURPLE PHONE DESIGNED FOR THE ELDERLY STARTS FROM $600. IT'S A WAY FOR THE PERSON WHO MIGHT GET LOST AND CONFUSED BY THAT KIND OF THING. IT HAS BIGGER BUTTONS AND TEXT CAN BE RUN REMOTELY BY AN APP, DOES VIDEO CALLS AND BLOCKS SCAM CALLERS. ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAVED ON THE PHONE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A CALL TO THE PERSON. WHILE THE G-MEE CONNECT PRO IS BEING DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN, ALLOWING PARENTS TO CONTROL THE CONTENT. BY TURNING APPS ON AND OFF, SETTING TIME LIMITS. YOU CAN TRACK THE POSITION OF THE PHONE. IT'S GOT A FINGERPRINT SCANNER. WE'VE REMOVED THE CAMERAS SO THEY CAN'T CAPTURE AND SHARE VIDEO OR IMAGES. SOME SPORTS NEWS NOW, AND THE FOOTBALL FERNS HAVE SHOWN A GLIMPSE OF FORM DAYS OUT FROM KICKING OFF THEIR FOOTBALL WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN. THE FERNS BEAT VIETNAM 2-0 IN NAPIER LAST NIGHT TO BREAK A 10-GAME WINLESS STREAK. THE TEAM CONFIDENT THE RESULT SHOWS CONNECTIONS ARE STARTING TO BE BUILT. YEAH, I THINK OBVIOUSLY IT COMES DOWN TO ALL THE TRAINING, SO THE MORE WE CAN DO IN TRAINING, THE MORE WE CAN KIND OF GET MORE COHESIVE TOGETHER ON THE PITCH AND WORK ON COMBINATIONS, BUT I THINK IT CLICKED TONIGHT, AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD PERFORMANCE FROM US. THE WORLD CUP KICKS OFF IN JUST NINE DAYS. MEANWHILE, TEAM USA HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW ZEALAND FOR THE TOURNAMENT, THE SIDE MAKING A QUICK EXIT FROM AUCKLAND AIRPORT. THEIR COACH HAPPY TO BE BACK IN AOTEAROA. FOR US, THE PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD CUP STARTED A LONG TIME AGO. OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE HERE IN JANUARY AND HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE, SO IT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE` NOW LIKE HOME AGAIN. THE UNITED STATES FACE VIETNAM AT EDEN PARK IN THEIR FIRST GAME. WORLD NUMBER ONE CARLOS ALCARAZ IS THROUGH TO THE WIMBLEDON QUARTER FINAL JOINING NOVAK DJOKOVIC. BUT MIRRA ANDREEVA'S (16) REMARKABLE RUN HAS COME TO A DRAMATIC END. THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS REPORTS. IT'S BECOME ONE OF SPORT'S MOST FAMILIAR CELEBRATIONS. IT'S NOW A DECADE SINCE NOVAK DJOKOVIC LOST A MATCH ON CENTRE COURT, ALTHOUGH HE DID LOSE A SET TO POLAND'S HUBERT HURKACZ. BUT IT WAS SOON BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. DJOKOVIC SAFELY INTO THE QUARTERFINALS AND STILL THE MAN TO BEAT. ALTHOUGH CARLOS ALCARAZ MIGHT HAVE OTHER IDEAS. WHY HIT OVER THE NET WHEN YOU CAN JUST HIT ROUND IT? (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) A STROKE OF GENIUS FROM THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AS HE BEAT MATTEO BERRETTINI. OTHER MORE UNHERALDED STARS HAVE EMERGED, THOUGH ` CHRIS EUBANK'S 6'7, WITH AN EVEN BIGGER PERSONALITY. OVER FIVE SCINTILLATING SETS HE BLAZED PAST STEFANOS TSITSIPAS. (CROWD CHEERS) IN THE WOMEN'S SINGLES, LAST YEAR'S FINALIST, ELENA RYBAKINA, AND ONS JABEUR ARE BOTH SAFELY THROUGH. IN FACT, THEY WILL NOW MEET IN THE QUARTERFINALS. BUT THERE WAS DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ONE OF THE GAME'S MOST EXCITING TALENTS. 16 YEAR OLD MIRRA ANDREEVA (16) WON THE FIRST SET AGAINST MADISON KEYS. BUT THEN IT ALL WENT WRONG. AFTER BEING TWICE WARNED FOR THROWING HER RACQUET, SHE WAS DOCKED A POINT. POINT PENALTY ` MIRRA ANDREEVA. BUT I DIDN'T THROW THE RACQUET. I FELL. THAT GAVE MATCH POINT TO KEYS, WHICH SHE PROMPTLY TOOK. ANDREEVA REFUSED TO SHAKE THE UMPIRE'S HAND AFTERWARDS, BUT SHE WILL SURELY BE BACK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (MELLOW MUSIC) # BIRD IN THE GARDEN, BIRD IN HAND. # CLIP ITS WINGS TO MAKE IT LAND. # I WANT YOU FOR MY OWN DELIGHT. # IT BREAKS MY HEART WHEN YOU TAKE FLIGHT. # TO WATCH YOU RISE. # IT HURTS ME. (MUSIC CONTINUES) # BIRD IN THE TREETOPS, BIRD IN THE SKY. # CLIP ITS WINGS BEFORE THE NIGHT. # THANKS FOR JOINING US. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1NEWS.CO.NZ. BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM ` GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023