GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE WESTERLY FLOW OVER US HAS DELIVERED THE TYPICAL SCENARIO OF CLOUD IN THE WEST OF BOTH ISLANDS AND FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER IN THE EAST. A COOL CHANGE IS SET TO BLAST IN FROM THE SOUTH TOMORROW, SO GET THE EXTRA LAYERS READY. YOU'LL NEED A JERSEY AND A RAINCOAT. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. CHANGES TO GUN SAFETY TRAINING COME UNDER FIRE WITH WARNINGS OF FATAL CONSEQUENCES. THIS IS A KNOWN VERY TOXIC AREA IN TERMS OF MERCURY IN THE PAST DOWN BY THE MARAE. PEOPLE ARE BEING POISONED. AND WHY A PLANNED GOLD RUSH FOR THIS NORTHLAND COMMUNITY COULD TURN OUT TO BE ANYTHING BUT. GOOD EVENING. FIRST TONIGHT, WITHIN THE PAST HOUR, POLICE HAVE RELEASED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A MAN YESTERDAY OUTSIDE THE WAIKATO TOWN OF PAEROA IN THE KARANGAHAKE GORGE. MONIQUE FISCHER IS IN OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. MONIQUE, WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING? A POST MOTERM HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IT'S REVEAL HE DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE TORSO POLICE SAY THE MAN CAME AT THEM WITH A MACHETE THEY FIRED FROM THEIR VEHICLE HE COLLAPSED AND THEN DIED THEY EXMPLAINED THE FINDINGS TO THE FAMILY THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING THANKS, MONIQUE. IT'S A DANGEROUS AND BACKWARD STEP THAT COULD COST LIVES. THAT'S WHAT SOME LEADING FIREARMS USER GROUPS ARE SAYING ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES TO GUN SAFETY TRAINING. BUT THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL IS DEFENDING THE DRAMATIC DOWNSIZING OF RESOURCES. ANDREW MORRISON REPORTS. FROM HUNTING TO PEST CONTROL, FIREARMS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN RURAL LIFE. BUT PLANS TO CUT BACK ON SAFETY TRAINING HAVE MANY WORRIED. A WHOLE STACK OF FIREARMS ORGANISATIONS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE IMPACT OF WHATEVER ONE OF THESE MODULES THEY CHOOSE WILL HAVE ON THE FIREARMS COMMUNITY, THE IMPACT WILL BE DEATH. NICOLE MCKEE USED TO RUN THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL. THEY'RE CONTRACTED BY POLICE TO INSTRUCT KIWIS BEFORE THEY GET THEIR LICENCE. HER ROLE WAS DISESTABLISHED LAST YEAR, ALONG WITH THE ADVISORY GROUP OVERSEEING TRAINING AND THERE'S MORE CUTS TO COME. ITS ABOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DELIVERING AS A MECHANISM TO IMPROVE THE CONSISTENCY FROM KAITAIA TO BLUFF. THE NUMBER OF TESTING LOCATIONS IS SET TO DROP FROM 147 TO AROUND 50-55. THE 480 VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS WILL CHANGE TO EITHER 40 PAID PART-TIME STAFF, FIVE PAID FULL-TIME, OR A MIX OF VOLUNTEERS AND SALARIED STAFF. ALL THREE OF THOSE OPTIONS WILL RESTRICT ACCESS FOR OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES TO FIREARMS SAFETY TRAINING 90% OF ALL FIREARMS LICENCES ARE ISSUED THROUGH 55 LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. MIKE DAISLEY SAYS TEMPORARY LOCATIONS WILL ALSO BE SET UP AS NEEDED. NATIONWIDE WORKSHOPS WERE RUN TO TELL VOLUNTEERS ABOUT CHANGES, BUT OTHER GROUPS WEREN'T CONSULTED. INCREDIBLY STUPID CUT ` A BACKWARD STEP, DANGEROUS, AND SABOTAGING A PROGRAMME THAT HAS BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY WELL RURAL COMMUNITIES SAY TRAVELLING TOO FAR WILL BE A DETERRENT TO GETTING TRAINING. PERHAPS SOME OF THEM WON'T GET LICENSED AT ALL AND THEN THEY'LL BE BRANDED AS CRIMINAL. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SUBSCRIBING TO THAT. WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT MOST KIWIS ` THE VAST AMOUNT OF KIWIS ` ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AND THEY SEE THE COMMON SENSE OF GETTING GOOD EDUCATION AROUND THE SAFE USE THEIR FIREARMS. POLICE SAY ITS AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL. A NEW SYSTEM WILL BE INTRODUCED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ANDREW MORRISON, ONE NEWS. EXPLORATORY DRILLING FOR GOLD HAS STARTED THIS WEEK IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED PUHIPUHI, JUST OFF STATE HIGHWAY 1, NORTH OF WHANGAREI. BUT SOME LOCALS ARE DEAD SET AGAINST ANY POTENTIAL GOLD RUSH. HERE'S MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA. ALL CHANT: HAERE ATU, HAERE RA. THESE PROTESTORS HAVE A SIMPLE GET-LOST MESSAGE TO EVOLUTION MINING. WE'RE AGAINST ANYTHING THAT INTERFERES WITH OUR MOUNTAIN, WITH PAPATUANUKU. WHATEVER IS DOWN THERE WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE IT THERE. ABOUT 100 MARCHED IN A PEACEFUL PROTEST SO LOW-KEY ONE COP WATCHED ON AS OTHERS PICNICKED. AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY, EVOLUTION MINING, HAS TWO EXPLORATORY PERMITS TO LOOK FOR GOLD AND SILVER COVERING 11,000HA AT PUHIPUHI IN NORTHLAND. WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH OUR TUPUNA, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH, AND YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO. BUT LOCALS SAY THE MERCURY CONTENT IN THE GROUND IS REASON ENOUGH NOT TO DRILL. THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN VERY TOXIC AREA. IN THE PAST DOWN BY THE MARAE PEOPLE ARE BEING POISONED. EVOLUTION MINING ARE DRILLING UP TO 10 BOREHOLES. THEY'LL PUNCH DOWN TO 600M, BUT SAY THEY'LL PLUG AND GROUT THE BOREHOLES TO PROTECT THE WATER TABLE. HOWEVER, A SENIOR GEOLOGIST FROM EVOLUTION SAYS THE RISKS ARE LOW. WE DO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT MERCURY, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A VERY TOXIC METAL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING OUT OF THE GROUND LIKE LIQUID MERCURY JUST BECAUSE YOU DRILL A HOLE INTO A SOLID ROCK. THE BOREHOLES ARE 10CM IN DIAMETER ` ALL TOLD, ABOUT AS WIDE AS THIS SAMPLE. NORTHLAND DOES HAVE A SIZEABLE MINING INDUSTRY. IF GOLD IS STRUCK, IT COULD BE WORTH MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS. BUT PROTESTORS DOUBT THAT'LL FLOW THROUGH TO THEM. ALL SING THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT RIVERS OF GOLD AND THEY'RE PRAYING NOTHING IS STRUCK HERE. YVONNE TAHANA, ONE NEWS. THE ALL BLACKS FIRST TEST SINCE LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP TRIUMPH STARTS IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES. THERE'S A NEW CAPTAIN, A COUPLE OF NEW PLAYERS IN THE MIX, BUT MOST NZERS HAVE NEVER KNOWN WALES TO BEAT THE ALL BLACKS DURING THEIR LIFETIME. ANDREW SAVILLE, THAT'S NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE TONIGHT, IS IT? I DON'T THINK SO, PETE THAT WOULD BE A MJAOR SURPRISE THE WELSH HAVEN'T BEATEN US FOR 63 YEARS PLENTY OF INTRIGUE IN THIS GAME, NEW PLAYERS, NEW CAPTIAN, AND SIX BIG DEPARTURED PLAYERS AROUND 50,000 FANS HERE AT EDEN PARK TEMPORARY SEATING HAS BEEN INSTALLED NO RAIN FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR HOURS GOOD EVENING FOR RUNNING RUGBY THANKS, ANDREW. MOVIE STARS, POLITICIANS, ATHLETES AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PAID TRIBUTE MUHAMMAD ALI. THE GREAT BOXER AND ACTIVIST WAS REMEMBERED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AT AN INTERFAITH SERVICE IN HIS KENTUCKY HOME TOWN, WITH BILL CLINTON AND BILLY CRYSTAL AMONG THOSE GIVING EULOGIES. OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS. THEY LINED THE STREETS. CROWD: (CHEERS) THEY FILLED AN AUDITORIUM. IN LOUISVILLE, MUHAMMAD ALI'S WIFE SPOKE TO MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD. FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING, KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN HUMBLED BY YOUR HEARTFELT EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE. TOGETHER THEY REMEMBERED A MUSLIM, A FIGHTER, AN ENTERTAINER, A PROVOCATEUR. YOUR FAMILY IS SO PROUD OF THE LEGACY YOU LEFT BEHIND. BUT I HOPE THAT THE HISTORY OF YOU CAN HELP TURN THE TIDE OF SELF-HATE AND VIOLENCE BECAUSE WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH MOMENTS OF SILENCE FOR TRAGIC DEATHS. ALI'S IMPACT WAS NOT LIMITED TO THOSE OF A CERTAIN RACE, OR OF A CERTAIN RELIGION, OR OF A CERTAIN MINDSET. THE GREATNESS OF THIS MAN FOR THE AGES WAS THAT HE WAS IN FACT A MAN FOR ALL AGES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BILLY CRYSTAL. AND THEY WERE THERE, ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS. HE DID THINGS NOBODY WOULD DO ` HE PREDICTED THE ROUND HE WOULD KNOCK SOMEBODY OUT AND THEN HE WOULD DO IT! HE WAS FUNNY. HE WAS BEAUTIFUL. HE WAS THE MOST PERFECT ATHLETE YOU EVER SAW, AND THOSE WERE HIS OWN WORDS. I THINK HE DECIDED VERY YOUNG TO WRITE HIS OWN LIFE STORY. I THINK HE DECIDED BEFORE HE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE WORKED IT ALL OUT, AND BEFORE FATE AND TIME COULD WORK THEIR WILL ON HIM, HE DECIDED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE EVER DIS-EMPOWERED. ALL UP, MUHAMMAD ALI'S MEMORIAL LASTED MORE THAN THREE HOURS. AND YET THREE HOURS OF MEMORIES AND MEANING COULD PERHAPS BE REDUCED TO A HANDFUL OF SIMPLE WORDS: THE KID FROM LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY... CROWD: ALI! ALI! ALI! ...THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS. AND BACK HERE, THERE WERE TEARS, SONGS AND LAUGHTER IN THE FAR NORTH AS SIR GRAHAM LATIMER WAS FAREWELLED TODAY. HELEN CASTLES WAS THERE. THE FINAL BELL FOR A GIANT OF MAORIDOM. THE FLAG AT HALF MAST OVER TE PATU MARAE NEAR KAITAIA AS HUNDREDS GATHERED TO SAY GOODBYE, AT TIMES CONTROVERSIAL, HE FOUGHT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MAORI IN PARLIAMENT AND IN COURT. HE STEPPED UP WHEN ISSUES AFFECTING MAORIDOM NEEDED LEADERSHIP AND NEEDED DIRECTION AND IN THAT LIGHT HE CERTAINLY WAS ONE OF THE BEST ACTIVISTS WE'VE EVER HAD. IN LIFE AND NOW DEATH, BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. HE HAD A BREATH BEYOND WHAT HE COULD SEE OUTSIDE HIS KITCHEN WINDOW, AND I THINK THAT ADDS INTEGRITY TO THE MAN. HE MADE HIS WAY TO HIS RESTING PLACE IN THE VERY WAKA HE HELPED FUND, BRINGING THE SMALL SETTLEMENT OF PAMAPURIA TO A NEAR STANDSTILL. THE SUN IS SHINING DOWN OVER THE MURAPA, OR CEMETERY, HERE ON THE HILL OF PAMAPURIA. BEHIND ME, SIR GRAHAM IS BEING LOWERED INTO THE GROUND. HE'S BEING BURIED RIGHT NEXT TO HIS LATE WIFE, LADY EMILY, WHO PAST AWAY JUST NINE MONTHS AGO. THE END TO AN EMOTIONAL SERVICE LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. A 2-YEAR-OLD IS STILL MISSING AFTER THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SHE WAS TRAVELLING IN WAS STUCK CROSSING A RIVER ON THURSDAY. POLICE DOGS AND A HELICOPTER AGAIN COMBED THE AREA NEAR HARIHARI, SOUTH OF HOKITIKA, FOR EMILY SAUNDERS, BUT SUSPENDED THE SEARCH A FEW HOURS AGO. BAD WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND WHICH MAY HAMPER SEARCH EFFORTS. AFTER 16 BARREN YEARS, THE FAMOUS SUMMIT OF AUCKLAND'S ONE TREE HILL HAS FINALLY BEEN REPLANTED. NINE TREES WERE ADDED TO THE VOLCANO IN A DAWN CEREMONY, BUT THAT NUMBER WILL DWINDLE OVER TIME. WILL HINE EXPLAINS. SINGING IN MAORI ONE TREE HILL, MAUNGAKIEKIE ` A STEP CLOSER TO RETURNING TO ITS FORMER GLORY. TODAY IS HUGE. IT'S A REAL CELEBRATION. AS YOU'VE SEEN WITH ALL THE AUCKLANDERS HERE, THEY LOVE THIS PLACE. THEY WANT TREES BACK. IT'S PART OF THEIR IDENTITY, AND IT'S A SYMBOL TO AUCKLAND. IT'S WONDERFUL. AS THE SUN ROSE OVER THE CITY, SIX POHUTUKAWA AND THREE TOTARA WERE PLANTED ONE BY ONE ON THE VOLCANO'S SUMMIT. A VAST CROWD TURNED OUT TO SEE AN ICON OF AUCKLAND RESTORED. IN SOME CASES, WHOLE GENERATIONS MADE THE TRIP UP THE SLOPES. MY MUM WAS ACTUALLY JUST SAYING TO ONE OF HER OTHER GRANDKIDS, 'I'M 68, AND I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE WHEN YOU'RE 68 WITH YOUR KIDS 'TO SHOW THEM THE SAME THING.' THE CELEBRATED PINE THAT SAT ATOP THE TIHI HAD TO BE REMOVED IN 2000, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF ATTACKS. THE SUMMIT SITTING BARE EVER SINCE. IT HAS BEEN AN OPEN BLEEDING HEART, A WOUND, A SCAR ON THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT OF TAMAKI MAKAURAU. I REMEMBER THE FEELING WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED, BUT ALSO I UNDERSTAND NOW WHY, AND I THINK IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NATIVES HERE. AND THE MAYOR WHO WAS IN CHARGE WHEN THE TREE WAS REMOVED SAYS A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT HISTORY LIVES ON. EMBEDDED IN THE TREE WERE SOME POHUTUKAWA SEEDLINGS. THESE ARE THE FIFTH GENERATION THAT WE HAVE PLANTED TODAY OF THOSE VERY POHUTUKAWA SEEDLINGS THAT CAME DOWN WITH THE MONTEREY PINE. A SHELTER BELT OF NATIVE PLANTS, WIND CLOTH AND A FENCE WILL BE PUT UP AROUND THE TREES TO PROTECT THEM IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WHILE THEY'RE GROWING. BUT THE GROVE WILL BE THINNED OVER TIME UNTIL ONLY THE STRONGEST TREE ` A TOTARA OR POHUTUKAWA ` REMAINS. THERE'S NO PREFERENCE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE TIME AND SOME CALLS WILL BE MADE. THIS MAUNGA AGAIN DESTINED TO BE AUCKLAND'S ONE TREE HILL. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. THE NZ SKI INDUSTRY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR BUSINESS REMAINS VIABLE AND HAS TURNED TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS TO PREDICT THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF OUR SKI SEASONS. MEGAN MARTIN WENT TO OPENING DAY AT MT HUTT TO INVESTIGATE THE STATE OF OUR SNOW. BEN YORSTON WAS DETERMINED TO BE FIRST UP MT HUTT THIS MORNING WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE 12 O'CLOCK AND IT WAS REALLY WINDY LAST NIGHT. HIS PRIZE? A TSHIRT, AND THE BRAGGING RIGHTS CHECK IT OUT! ANDY HERRON USUALLY BOARDS RUAPEHU. HE'S NOTICED BIG CHANGES OVER THE YEARS JUST IN GENERAL, THE SNOW WE'RE GETTING'S NOT AS MUCH SNOW, NOT AS OFTEN. YOU TEND TO GET MORE BIG DUMPS. IT'S A LOT WARMER IN GENERAL TOO. THERE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE FOR OPENING DAY AT MT HUTT. STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPS DID GET RID OF A LOT OF SNOW OVER THE WEEK, BUT THEY'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER DUMP TONIGHT. THE SKI INDUSTRY'S WELL AWARE OF THE WARMER WEATHER PATTERNS. THERE'S EVIDENCE AROUND TO SHOW THAT, SO WE'RE JUST ACTING RESPONSIBLY AS A BUSINESS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A PRODUCT THAT WE CAN GO OUT WITH EACH YEAR AT ABOUT THIS TIME. SO, THE SNOWMAKING'S A KEY PART OF THAT. CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS BELIEVE GLOBAL WARMING WILL CONTINUE TO MEAN LESS SNOW. BUT PROVIDED TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING AT THE SKI FIELDS THEN SNOW CAN BE MADE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL HAVE TO BANK ON. LIKE AT CORONET PEAK, WHICH ALSO OPENED TODAY, WHERE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED SNOW MAKERS ARE ALREADY OPERATING. THE SKI FIELDS ARE MOSTLY LOOKING PRETTY VIABLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE CENTURY. BUT SCIENTISTS SAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO CONTINUE SKIING, WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN GLOBAL WARMING BY REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE. IT'S LIKE PUTTING AN EXTRA BLANKET ON YOUR BED, THE MORE CARBON DIOXIDE, THE THICKER THE BLANKET, THE WARMER THINGS UNDERNEATH THAT BLANKET ARE. WHICH IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT LOVES IT COLD. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. TROUBLE AT ONE OF FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST TOURNAMENTS, EURO 2016 KICKS OFF WITH A MASSIVE SECURITY OPERATION AMID TERROR FEARS. BUT FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH OUT OF CONTROL HOOLIGANS ELSEWHERE. HILLARY CLINTON MEETS WITH ONE OF BERNIE SANDERS' KEY SUPPORTERS. SPECULATION MOUNTS THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE TWO WOMEN TOGETHER AHEAD OF THE AMERICAN ELECTION. SHARING THE LIMELIGHT AS USUAL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY, A SPRIGHTLY PRINCE PHILIP WALKS DOWN THE AISLE OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL TO MARK THE QUEEN'S 90TH CELEBRATIONS. ENGLISH FOOTBALL FANS CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAVOC IN FRANCE AS THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS. ABOUT 70,000 SUPPORTERS ARE IN MARSEILLE AHEAD OF ENGLAND'S FIRST MATCH AGAINST RUSSIA TOMORROW. POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AT THE FANS AFTER THEY FOUGHT IN THE STREETS WITH LOCALS AND RUSSIANS FOR A SECOND DAY. FANS CHANT A THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE TROUBLE ZONE TO CONTROL THE VIOLENCE. THE TOURNAMENT'S OPENING CEREMONY AND FIRST MATCH HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN PARIS AMID UNPRECEDENTED SECURITY. THE BBC'S DAN ROAN REPORTS. THE FIRST ARRIVALS AT THE PARIS FAN PARK THIS EVENING AS EURO 2016 GETS UNDERWAY. AFTER SO MUCH PAIN AND SO MUCH PRESSURE, THIS THE NIGHT FRANCE LOOKS TO SPORT TO LIFT THE MOOD OF A NATION. THE 90,000 EXPECTED HERE REFUSING TO BE DETERRED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED SECURITY OPERATION. THE MESSAGE ` ONE OF RESILIENCE. WE JUST TRY TO KEEP LIVING AS BEFORE, BECAUSE WE CANNOT STAY AT HOME ALWAYS. IF A FRENCH TEAM GO IN FINAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR ALL THE PARISIAN AND ALL THE FRENCH PEOPLE. MEANWHILE, HERE AT THE NATIONAL STADIUM, WHERE THE PARIS ATTACKS BEGAN WITH SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN NOVEMBER, FANS OF BOTH FRANCE AND ROMANIA HAVE BEEN ARRIVING EARLY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY. WE COME HERE TO ENJOY THAT GAME, AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK ABOUT NOTHING ABOUT THE TERRORISM. NEED TO SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO THE WORLD. WE CAN ENJOY THE STADIUM. WE CAN PLAY FOOTBALL. THIS NEWLY EXPANDED 24-TEAM TOURNAMENT BIGGER AND AFTER SUCH A TROUBLED BUILD-UP, ARGUABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN AT ANY POINT IN ITS HISTORY. AND WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST GAME ACTION LATER, IN SPORT. THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS STILL FIVE MONTHS AWAY, BUT IT'S 'GAME ON' BETWEEN HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP. ALREADY THERE'S SPECULATION ABOUT POTENTIAL VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. SO COULD THE US HAVE TWO WOMEN IN THE TOP JOBS? THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS REPORTS. TONIGHT, SIGNS DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO GROW INTO HIS NEW ROLE. JUST LOOK AT HOW HE HANDLED THIS MOMENT. REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE! THE PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINEE NOT FIRING BACK, JUST SITTING BACK, PATIENT. AND TRUMP AGAIN USING THE TELEPROMPTER. THE CANDIDATE WHO CELEBRATED BEING OFF THE CUFF NOW TRYING TO STICK TO THE SCRIPT. TRUMP, ACCUSED OF MAKING RACIST STATEMENTS BY LEADERS OF HIS OWN PARTY, TODAY NOW SAYING THIS. FREEDOM OF ANY KIND MEANS NO ONE SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THEIR RACE OR THEIR COLOUR. ACROSS TOWN, HILLARY CLINTON WASN'T BUYING IT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET DONALD TRUMP OR ANYONE ELSE TURN BACK THE CLOCK. TODAY SHE MET WITH ELIZABETH WARREN FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR WILL BE A BIG WEAPON AGAINST TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP IS A LOUD, NASTY, THIN-SKINNED FRAUD WHO HAS NEVER RISKED ANYTHING FOR ANYONE AND WHO SERVES NO ONE BUT HIMSELF. TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY RIDICULED WARREN, CALLING HER POCAHONTAS, PROCLAIMING SHE HAS NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTORS. TODAY WE CHASED HIM DOWN TO GET HIS RESPONSE FROM HER NEW ATTACK. ANY REACTION TO ELIZABETH WARREN? AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, NOW GETTING READY TO HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, SOUNDING BULLISH ON THE STATE OF THE RACE. DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR CHOICE? UM, WE ARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW... AUDIENCE LAUGHS I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY SWIMMER CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A DRUNK WOMAN HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN A LIFETIME BAN FROM SWIMMING. BROCK TURNER WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR THE CRIME, A SENTENCE WHICH HAS DRAWN WIDESPREAD CRITICISM. AT THE TIME OF THE ASSAULT, HE WAS ON A SWIMMING SCHOLARSHIP AT STANFORD, AND HAD OLYMPIC AMBITIONS. HIS VICTIM'S STATEMENT IN COURT HAS NOW BEEN SHARED THOUSANDS OF TIMES ONLINE AND A PETITION TO SACK THE JUDGE WHO SENTENCED TURNER HAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES. COLOMBIAN SURGEONS HAVE PULLED OFF AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OPERATION, REMOVING A LIVE GRENADE WHICH WAS LODGED IN A SOLDIER'S JAW. THE OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN A SPECIALLY CONVERTED AREA OF A PARKING LOT, FOR SAFETY REASONS. THE PATIENT'S DOING FINE FIVE DAYS AFTER THE SURGERY. THE EXPLOSIVE BECAME LODGED IN THE MAN'S JAW WHEN ONE OF HIS COMRADES ACCIDENTALLY SET OFF A GRENADE LAUNCHER. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS AND CLOUDY IN THE WEST TODAY. YES, PETE. TYPICAL OF A WESTERLY FLOW, CLOUDY IN THE WEST WITH BLUE SUNNY SKIES IN THE EAST. NAPIER THE WARMEST TODAY WITH A TOP OF 24 DEGREES, THAT'S 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. A COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING OVER FIORDLAND AND SOUTHLAND DROPPING RAIN ON INVERCARGILL, 14 WAS YOUR HIGH TODAY. THE EAST FINE AND WARM, HASTINGS HIT 23. A TOP OF 21 FOR GISBORNE, EVERYONE ONE ELSE HOVERING AROUND 16 DEGREES. WHITIANGA AND WHANGAREI HIT A TOP OF 20 TODAY. AND HERE'S HOW WE ARE LOOKING IN OUR MAIN CENTRES OVERNIGHT, WITH MOST EXPERIENCING SHOWERS BY DAWN, AND HERE'S THE FORECAST FOR THE BIG GAME TONIGHT, DRY WITH JUST SOME CLOUD, WESTERLIES, AND ABOUT 15 DEGREES AT KICK OFF. GO THE AB'S ILL BE BACK WITH YOUR OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTER SPORT. FROM MAORI A CAPPELLA TO MIDDLE EARTH MARATHON, WE MEET THE KIWIS MAKING A SPLASH AT AN ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE UK. A POPULAR BRITISH ROCKER GETS A KNIGHTHOOD AS PART OF THE QUEEN'S OFFICIAL 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. WE REVEAL THE NEW 'SIR' NEXT. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT, POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN OFFICER YESTERDAY WAS SHOT IN THE TORSO. POLICE SAY A NUMBER OF SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM THE FRONT SEAT OF A PATROL CAR AT SHORT RANGE. THE MAN WAS ALLEGEDLY THREATENING POLICE WITH A MACHETE AT THE TIME. CHANGES TO GUN SAFETY TRAINING ARE BEING SLAMMED BY THOSE AT THE FRONT LINE, WITH SOME SAYING THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL'S DECISION TO SLASH VOLUNTEER EDUCATOR NUMBERS WILL RESULT IN MORE DEATHS. A CONTINGENT FROM THE KIWI ARTS COMMUNITY HAS DESCENDED ON A TOWN IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE SALISBURY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL HAS FOCUSED ON AN INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY, AND THIS YEAR IT HAS A NZ THEME. FROM MAORI A CAPPELLA, TO CIRCUS AND MIME, TO A MASSED HAKA, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING MET SOME OF THOSE WHO MADE THE JOURNEY. A SOUND CHECK IN SALISBURY. THE MODERN MAORI QUARTET GIVING THE TOWN A TASTE OF KIWI. IT'S CRAZY, I GOTTA PINCH MYSELF. BIGGEST CATHEDRAL I'VE EVER SEEN. SALISBURY CATHEDRAL ALWAYS TAKES CENTRE STAGE, BUT THIS YEAR AT THE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, NZ IS SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT. WE STARTED LOOKING NORTH IN 2014 AT SCANDINAVIAN ARTS, WE HAD A MIDDLE EASTERN DAWN LAST YEAR, AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AS FAR SOUTH AS WE CAN. A VARIETY OF KIWI ARTISTS AND FILMS HAVE MADE AN APPEARANCE TO GREAT ACCLAIM. PEOPLE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS AND NEW STORIES AND FRESH APPROACHES, REALLY. FOOD IS ART, PETER, RIGHT? IT IS, IT IS. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S A JOB OR A PROFESSION, BUT I THINK A REALLY GOOD COOK, FOOD IS YOUR ART. IT'S WHAT WE DO TO BE CREATIVE. IT'S WHAT WE DO TO INSPIRE PEOPLE. CHEF PETER GORDON HAS JUST RELEASED HIS EIGHT COOK BOOK. HE SAYS THE FESTIVAL PROVIDES A WONDERFUL PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS TO BE SEEN. I THINK IT JUST ADDS TO WHAT NZERS ARE, WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING DURING THE ARTS FESTIVAL IS SPREADING THE WORD OF NZ. NZ HAS A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH WILTSHIRE. WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS LEFT THEIR MARK. THE BULFORD KIWI CARVED IN CHALK. IT INSPIRED ARTIST CARO WILLIAMS' SOUND INSTALLATION CALLED 'CALL AND RESPONSE'. FIELD RECORDINGS I TOOK FROM A MILITARY SITE IN NZ WHERE THE SOLDIERS WOULD'VE STAYED BEFORE COMING OVER TO TRAIN AT THE SALISBURY PLAINS. BIRDS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES CALL TO EACH OTHER ACROSS TWO TREES. AND IN THE BACKGROUND OF EACH IS A MORSE CODE RENDITION OF A WWI POEM ABOUT BIRDSONG. DOWN THE ROAD ANOTHER KIWI TALE IS BEING TOLD. # COS IT'S YOU THAT I LOVE... # THE PLAY 'DAFFODILS' IS A LOVE STORY SET IN HAMILTON TO CLASSIC KIWI SONGS. YEAH, WE'RE VERY NERVOUS. (LAUGHS) YOU WONDER, HOW STRONG IS YOUR ACCENT? WILL THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING? THEY'VE TOURED IN AUSTRALIA, BUT THIS IS A TOUGHER TEST. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME SEEING HOW A UK AUDIENCE RESPONDS, AND THEN IN A MONTH'S TIME WE COME BACK AND WE GO UP TO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST THING WE'VE EVER DONE TO DATE. THE ARTISTS FEEL THEIR STORIES ARE UNIVERSAL, CROSSING LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC TOUR, HAD AN AMAZING RECEPTION. EVERYONE LOVES US. AND A BIT OF CHEEKY KIWI HUMOUR ALSO GOES A LONG WAY. EMMA KEELING, ONE NEWS, LONDON. IT'S BEEN A DAY FOR CELEBRATIONS FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. THE QUEEN CONTINUING HER 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WITH A SERVICE AT ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ON THE SAME DAY HER HUSBAND TURNED 95. A SPRIGHTLY LOOKING PRINCE PHILIP JOINED HER MAJESTY FOR THE OCCASION, AS THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. BETWEEN THEM, THEY'VE KNOW 185 YEARS OF LIFE'S EXPERIENCES ` 90 YEARS IN THE CASE OF THE QUEEN; 95 YEARS IN THE CASE OF THE DUKE. BUT IT'S THE LONG LIFE OF A MONARCH WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER A CONGREGATION WITHIN ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL FOR A NATIONAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING. A MOMENT FOR GRATITUDE FOR THIS MONARCH'S QUALITIES. FOR HER FAITHFUL DEVOTION, DUTIFUL COMMITMENT, LOVING LEADERSHIP, GENTLE CONSTANCY, ROYAL DIGNITY AND KINDLY HUMANITY. SHE'S BEEN KNOWN TO TELL CLERGYMEN NOT TO OVERDO THE PRAISE ON OCCASIONS LIKE THIS. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY DEFINED A CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL LIFE, THE LIKE OF WHICH WE WILL NOT SEE AGAIN. THROUGH WAR AND HARDSHIP, THROUGH TURMOIL AND CHANGE, YOUR MAJESTY, TODAY WE REJOICE FOR THE WAY IN WHICH GOD'S LOVING CARE HAS FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY SUSTAINED YOU. REFLECTIONS ON THE PASSING OF THE YEARS, WRITTEN BY ONE 90-YEAR-OLD ` THE PADDINGTON BEAR CREATOR, MICHAEL BOND ` READ BY ANOTHER 90-YEAR-OLD, SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, FEATURED WORDS USED BY THE QUEEN'S FATHER, GEORGE VI, WHEN BRITAIN STOOD ALONE IN SECOND WORLD WAR. TRULY, IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND INTO THE HAND OF GOD, THAT SHALL BE TO YOU BETTER THAN LIGHT AND SAFER THAN A KNOWN WAY. MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT FAITH GROUPS JOINED AN ACT OF THANKSGIVING ` A REMINDER OF HOW BRITAIN HAS CHANGED DURING THE COURSE OF THE QUEEN'S REIGN. ALL SING 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' ONE FEATURE, THOUGH, HAS REMAINED CONSTANT, AND FOR THAT PERSON ON THIS DAY, THE CONGREGATION SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WITH MORE THAN USUAL FEELING. # GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.# THE QUEEN LEFT ST PAUL'S, STEADYING HERSELF ON A SPECIALLY INSTALLED HANDRAIL. AT 90, A FULLY ENGAGED HEAD OF STATE ON THE FIRST OF THREE DAYS MARKING THIS LATEST MILESTONE. BRITISH ROCKER ROD STEWART'S BEEN NAMED IN THE UK'S QUEENS BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST FOR SERVICES TO MUSIC AND CHARITY. THE 71-YEAR-OLD IS NOW SIR ROD AFTER BEING GIVEN A KNIGHTHOOD. HE DESCRIBED THE HONOUR AS MONUMENTAL AND PROMISED TO 'WEAR IT WELL'. BRITISH ASTRONAUT TIM PEAKE BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO BE NAMED ON THE HONOURS LIST WHILE IN SPACE, ALSO GETTING A KNIGHTHOOD. LET'S GO LIVE TO ANDREW SAVILLE NOW AT EDEN PARK, AND THE COUNTDOWN TO THE FIRST TEST OF THE YEAR IS ALMOST COMPLETE. The All Blacks are out behind us warming up already. It has been seven months since that magical night in Twickenham WE GO INSIDE BOTH CAMPS NEXT AS THE ALL BLACKS' NEW LEADERS GET SET FOR A FOUR-YEAR CAMPAIGN WITH A FEW WORDS OF WARNING. PLUS, WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM THE WARRIORS GAME IN NEWCASTLE. AND EURO 2016 IS UNDERWAY WITH A BANG, WHILE IT'S HISTORY REPEATING FOR TEAM NZ. WELCOME BACK TO EDEN PARK. TONIGHT THE NEXT ERA OF ALL BLACKS RUGBY IS LAUNCHED. THE END GOAL ` DEFENDING THE WORLD CUP IN 2019 ` BUT THAT'S A LONG WAY OFF FOR NOW, AS WALES TRIES TO END A 63-YEAR DROUGHT. THE WELSH TRY TO ACHIEVE THE UNTHINKABLE BY BEATING THE ALL BLACKS ON EDEN PARK. A NEW BAND OF SENIOR TEST PLAYER NOW STANDS GUARD AT A GROUND WHERE THE BLACK JERSEY HASN'T LOST FOR 22 YEARS. ARRIVING AT EDEN PARK. THE NOD AND THE WINK SAYS IT ALL. DANE COLES IS READY TO MAKE A NEW MARK ON TEST FOOTBALL. JUST COS I'VE GONE ALL RIGHT IN THE PAST DOESN'T MEAN I'M GUARANTEED THE JERSEY. SO I LIKE COMING INTO THE CAMP AND JUST KIND OF EARNING RESPECT AGAIN AND JUST SHOWING TO EVERYONE THAT I DESERVE TO BE THERE. COLES' ATTITUDE HAS REVERBERATED THROUGH THE TEAM THE PAST FORTNIGHT AS NEW SENIOR MEMBERS TAKE THE REINS. IN THE STARTING 15 TONIGHT, THERE ARE EIGHT PLAYERS WITH SUPER RUGBY CAPTAINCY EXPERIENCE. 36-TEST COLES ADMITS THE HURRICANES CAPTAINCY HAS LAUNCHED HIM TO A NEW LEVEL. IT PUTS THAT PRESSURE ON THAT YOU HAVE TO PERFORM. IF THE CAPTAIN'S NOT PERFORMING, THEN IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD LOOK. THE DEPARTED GREATS ARE NEVER FAR, THOUGH. KEVEN MEALAMU WAS PRESENT AT YESTERDAY'S CAPTAIN'S RUN. TONIGHT IS THE START OF THE POST RICHIE MCCAW ERA AS CAPTAIN AND ALSO OPENSIDE FLANKER. ALL I CAN WORRY ABOUT IS BEING MYSELF AND BEING MY OWN PLAYER AND DOING THAT THE BEST I CAN. WALES WILL HAVE THEIR OWN MULTI STRANDS OF MOTIVATION, NOT LEAST THE 100TH TEST FOR LOCK ALUN WYN JONES ` JUST THE THIRD WELSHMAN IN HISTORY TO BRING UP THE TON. IT'S QUITE NICE TO HAVE THIS MOMENT AWAY FROM HOME. OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE NICE TO SHARE WITH THE FAMILY, ETC, BUT THE GOLDFISH THAT IS WALES, SOMETIMES THE EXPECTATION, ETC, ETC, CAN GET ON TOP OF US. WITH KIWI TEAMS DOMINATING SUPER RUGBY, THE ALL BLACKS ARE PICKED TO RUN WALES RAGGED, BUT THERE'S A WORD OF WARNING. GOING INTO TEST MATCH FOOTY IT'S A DIFFERENT BEAST. YOU'VE GOTTA GO TO SOME DARK PLACES IN TEST MATCHES. THE STAGE, THEN, IS SET FOR PLAYERS LIKE AARON CRUDEN TO TAKE CONTROL; AARON SMITH AND OTHERS TO PLAY WITH AN UPBEAT, WINNING FREEDOM TONIGHT AND IN THE FUTURE. TO THE PACIFIC NATIONS CUP WHERE FIJI HAVE PULLED OFF A STUNNING COMEBACK WIN OVER TONGA THIS AFTERNOON IN SUVA. TRAILING 15-0 AT HALFTIME, CRUSADERS FIRST-FIVE BEN VOLAVOLA SPARKED THE FLYING FIJIANS BEFORE THEY SNATCHED THE LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH SIX MINUTES TO GO. AND NOW FIJI, YES, THERE IT IS! RADRODRO! FIJI WINNING 23-18 TO KICK OFF THE TOURNAMENT WHICH SERVES AS A QUALIFIER FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP IN JAPAN. TO THE NRL, AND THE WARRIORS ARE ON THE VERGE OF SEALING BACK-TO-BACK WINS FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON AGAINST THE KNIGHTS IN NEWCASTLE. WITH A HEALTHY EIGHT-POINT BUFFER AT THE BREAK, WARRIORS WINGER DAVID FUSITU'A WENT ON TO SCORE FOUR TRIES TO ALL BUT CONFIRM THE RESULT. HERE'S JOHNSON AS THEY LOOK FOR NUMBER SEVEN JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE WARRIORS LED 44-14 WITH 8 MINUTES REMAINING A WIN WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO SEE THEM CLIMB TO NINTH ON THE LADDER. LYDIA KO'S RIGHT IN THE HUNT FOR A THIRD MAJOR TITLE IN WOMEN'S GOLF. SHE'S TIED FOR THIRD AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF A WET AND WINDY PGA CHAMPIONSHIP NEAR SEATTLE. THREE BIRDIES AND TWO BOGEYS HAVE SUMMED UP AN INCONSISTENT DAY, BUT SHE'S RIGHT UP WITH THE LEADERS AFTER HER MAIN RIVALS ALSO STRUGGLED. HAD TO LOOK FOR A MOMENT. I DID A LOT OF SCRAMBLING THIS BACK NINE TODAY, AND IF WASN'T FOR MY PUTTER, I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS POSITION. KO'S AT ONE UNDER OVERALL, WITH THE LEADER AT THREE UNDER. ONLY FIVE PLAYERS ARE UNDER PAR. TO THE AMERICA'S CUP WORLD SERIES BEING SAILED OFF CHICAGO, AND BOTH TEAM NZ AND ORACLE HAVE ENDED UP IN THE DRINK ON A VERY CHOPPY LAKE MICHIGAN. JIMMY SPITHILL'S CREW WERE THE SECOND TO TOUCH THE WATER. AFTER THE KIWI TEAM EARLIER ATTEMPTED THIS SUDDEN LEFT-HAND TURN, CREW MEMBERS WERE SEEN LEAPING FROM THE BOAT AS IT TIPPED OVER. WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH A GIBE KIND OF LIKE NORMAL AND BOTH RUDDERS VENTILATED, AND I JUST GOT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF HELM RIGHT AS I WAS NOT REALLY EXPECTING IT AND JUST GOT EJECTED. SO IT'S A BIT OF A SHAME, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT THE BOAT'S NOT LOOKING TOO BAD AND WE CAN FORGET THAT LAST RACE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. ALL SIX CREW MEMBERS REPORTEDLY ESCAPED THE INCIDENT UNINJURED. LUCKY FOR EVERYONE, TODAY WAS PRACTICE DAY. KIWI RALLY DRIVER HAYDEN PADDON HAS CRASHED OUT ONCE AGAIN IN THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP, THIS TIME IN THE RALLY OF ITALY IN SARDINIA. PADDON MADE WHAT HE CALLS A SILLY MISTAKE WHERE HIS HYUNDAI ROLLED HEAVILY DOWN A HILLSIDE, FORCING HIM TO RETIRE FROM THE STAGE. THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECT OF MYSELF AND WE NEED TO BE BETTER SO WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE COME BACK STRONGER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME PADDON HAS FAILED TO FINISH. REMEMBER, TWO WEEKS AGO HE ESCAPED A FIERY CRASH IN PORTUGAL. FRANCE HAVE WON THE OPENING MATCH OF THE EURO 2016 FOOTBALL FINALS, BEATING A DIFFICULT ROMANIAN SIDE IN A THRILLING CONTEST, WITH A MOMENT OF MAGIC SEPARATING THE TWO SIDES. AFTER A GOAL-LESS FIRST HALF, ARSENAL STRIKER OLIVIER GIROUD GRABBED THE OPENER BEFORE A PENALTY ALLOWED THE ROMANIANS TO EQUALISE. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES LEFT, FRENCH MIDFIELDER DIMITRI PAYET STOLE THE SHOW. OH! WHAT A WAY TO WIN IT! DMITIRI PAYET, BRILLIANT! TYPICALLY BRILLIANT! WHAT ABOUT THIS FOR A SENSATIONAL SWIPE OF THE LEFT BOOT? THAT IS MAGNIFICENT. FINAL SCORE 2-1. A SOMEWHAT SPECIAL RETURN FOR PAYET, CLOSE TO TEARS AFTER BEING LEFT OUT OF FRANCE'S 2014 WORLD CUP SQUAD. TO NETBALL NOW, THE SOUTHERN STEEL REMAIN THE ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAM IN THE ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER THUMPING DEFENDING CHAMPIONS THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS IN DUNEDIN TONIGHT. THE STEEL TOOK CONTROL OF THE GAME FROM THE START, WITH THE CHAMPS IN CHASE MODE AND WITHOUT DIAMONDS CAPTAIN LAURA GEITZ. THEY'RE A FORMIDABLE SIDE, THE FIREBIRDS, AND THEY'VE WON THE ANZ BECAUSE OF A REASON. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD START FOR US, BUT I DON'T THINK ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOU COME OUT THERE AND YOU'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN. THE STEEL WINNING BY 15 GOALS, 66-51. TO THE NBA PLAYOFFS, AND STEPH CURRY'S GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM A SECOND CONSECUTIVE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. THE WARRIORS TODAY PULLING OFF A COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN IN GAME FOUR IN CLEVELAND, WHILE ALSO SETTING YET ANOTHER NBA RECORD. JOHN MCKENZIE WITH ALL THE ACTION. STEPH CURRY AND THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DON'T JUST LIVE AND DIE BY THE THREE-POINT SHOT. CORNER THREE. THAT'S GOOD. THEY THRIVE ON IT. CURRY LEFT OPEN. CURRY CONNECTS. BLOCK AT SEVEN. CURRY FAKES. PUTS UP A THREE. THE DEFENDING CHAMPS TODAY MAKING AN NBA FINALS RECORD 17 LONG-RANGE SHOTS IN A SERIES-DEFINING 108-97 GAME FOUR-WIN IN CLEVELAND. WE ANSWERED THE BELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER CONTROLLING THE PACE OF THE GAME AND NOT LOSING IT LIKE WE DID IN GAME THREE. WITH A HUGE WIN ON THE ROAD, TAKES A COMMANDING 3-1 LEAD... THE 11-POINT WIN THE CLOSEST OF THE SEVEN-MATCH SERIES. A WIN LEBRON JAMES' CAVALIERS SO DESPERATELY WANTED TO BE THEIRS TO AVOID AN ALMOST UNASSAILABLE 3-1 SERIES DEFICIT. WHAT'S YOUR MINDSET HEADING INTO THE NEXT GAME? MINDSET IS TO GET ONE. FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF THE GAME, THE CAVS WERE THE BETTER TEAM. POWER FORWARD TRISTAN THOMSON DOMINATING THE BOARDS AS WELL AS LOCKING DOWN THE GAME'S DEADLIEST SHOOTER. ALTHOUGH A FIVE-POINT HALF-TIME LEAD WAS NEVER ENOUGH. BACK OUT TO BARNES FOR THREE, IT'S GOOD! A DEJECTED FAN BASE HERE IN CLEVELAND. A FAN BASE QUICK TO VOICE THEIR DISPLEASURE WITH BOTH THE HOME TEAM AND A CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. GREEN AND JAMES JAWING AT EACH OTHER WHILE PLAY CONTINUES. WHILE LEBRON JAMES WAS ALSO VISIBLY UPSET AND SHOWING RARE FRUSTRATION WITH BOTH DRAYMOND GREEN AND STEPH CURRY. YOU KNOW, DRAYMOND, HE JUST SAYS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH. HISTORY DEFINITELY NOT ON THE CAVS' SIDE. NO TEAM HAS EVER OVERTURNED A THREE GAMES TO ONE DEFICIT IN THE NBA FINALS. JOHN MCKENZIE, ONE NEWS. KIWI PARALYMPIAN CAMERON LESLIE'S ROAD TO RIO HAS TAKEN A GOLDEN TURN. HE'S WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE MEN'S 150 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AT THE GERMAN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN TYPICAL CAMERON LESLIE SWIMMING STYLE. (SPEAKS GERMAN) WE HAVE A NEW WORLD RECORD! THE KIWI SWIMMER IS NOW RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD AFTER BEATING HIS OWN PREVIOUS WORLD RECORD HE SET AT THE LONDON 2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES. AS THE ALL BLACKS START TO WARM UP HERE AT EDEN PARK, SAM WHITELOCK JOINING US NOW FOR A LOOK INSIDE THE CAMP. Just have to keep ticking the boxes after any inury., is there are a lot of excitement? Can sometimes that excitement boil over? The boys are be bashing each other up the two weeks and they cannot wait to get out there and have a real go at it. You have played a lot of rugby with Read. A special moment tonight as he takes on full-time captaincy. I'm sure he'll be fine. Can we expect the all Blacks to move the ball tonight? No excuses here otnight. The Warriors have beaten the Newcastle Knights. It looks like the All Blacks all of the canvas tonight to operate off to try and beat the Welsh team with plenty of pace tonight. TOMORROW ON Q+A, THE GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT ITS NEW DEFENCE PLAN. HAVE WE GOT OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT, AND CAN WE AFFORD THE $20B SPEND? MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE FRONTS UP. WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHO'S REALLY DRIVING UP HOUSE PRICES. AND OUTGOING CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER RUSSELL WILLS ` WHY HE'S NOT GIVING UP ON FIXING CHILD ABUSE. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9, HERE ON ONE. HELLO AGAIN. WE'VE GOT A WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY, SO THE TYPICAL SCENARIO OF CLOUD IN THE WEST OF BOTH ISLANDS AND FINE SUNNY WEATHER IN THE EAST. WE'VE GOT SOME FRONTAL CLOUD MOVING OFF TO OUR SOUTH-EAST. AND ANOTHER BAND MOVING ONTO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHILE A MORE VIGOROUS FRONT FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND, THIS ONE FOLLOWED BY A MASS OF CONVECTIVE SHOWER CLOUD. OTHERWISE IT'S JUST THE LOW CLOUD IN THE WEST. THE WEAK RIDGING MOVES ONTO THE NORTH ISLAND THIS EVENING THEN AWAY TO THE EAST THE ACTIVE TROUGH FOLLOWS, WITH SEVERAL FRONTAL FEATURES WHICH JOIN INTO ONE MAIN FRONT TOMORROW AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. THE WEST TO NORTH-WEST FLOW GIVES WAY TO A COLDER SOUTH TO SOUTH-WEST FLOW. A RIDGE IS FOLLOWING, SPREADING FROM A LARGE HIGH OVER SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, AND THIS RIDGE SHOULD BE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE RAIN IN SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO TURNS SHOWERY SOON AFTER DAWN, AND THESE SHOWERS GRADUALLY RETREAT TO THE COAST. SNOW AT FIRST DOWN TO 400m OR 500m. RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST, BUT CLEARING FROM MORNING. THE BAND OF RAIN IN THE EAST SPREADS UP THROUGH CANTERBURY TO MARLBOROUGH, BUT CLEARS QUICKLY. AND A PERIOD OF RAIN FOR NELSON. STRONG COLD SOUTH OR SOUTH-WEST WINDS PRECEDED BY THE NORTH-WESTERLIES, REACH CHRISTCHURCH MID MORNING. CLOUD INCREASING IN THE WEST, AND SHOWERS PICKING UP IN THE SOUTH-WEST AND TURNING TO RAIN THERE BY MIDDAY. THIS BAND OF RAIN SPREADS EVERYWHERE FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG NORTH-WESTERLIES TURNING COLDER SOUTH OR SOUTH-WEST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO COLD AND SHOWERY WEATHER ON THE WAY. RUG UP WARM IF YOU'RE OFF TO THE RUGBY, AND GO, THE ABs! AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY ONE NEWS NOW WILL HAVE UPDATES ON ALL TODAY'S STORIES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TOM PEDLAR AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.