TONIGHT ` THE MAORI PARTY SAYS IT WONT SUPPORT HELEN CLARK IN HER BID FOR THE UN'S TOP JOB. SO HOW DID SHE REACT? DEMONSTRATING ON THE STREETS OF RIO AND PROMISING MORE TO COME BEFORE THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY IN A FEW DAYS TIME. PLUS, THE TRUMP TRAIN HITS ANOTHER CURVE AS RAUNCHY PHOTOS OF THE DON'S WIFE, MELANIA, EMERGE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, POLICE IN CHRISTCHURCH ARE RIGHT NOW HUNTING AN ARMED MAN AFTER A SHOOTING IN THE SUBURB OF HEI HEI, WEST OF THE CITY. IT'S BELIEVED A RESIDENT IN THE AREA WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND IS NOW BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL. ANOTHER MAN WAS SEEN LEAVING THE ADDRESS, AND TWO NEARBY SCHOOLS WERE LOCKED DOWN FOR A TIME AS A PRECAUTION. I JUST HEARD THE SHOT AND PEOPLE WERE YELLING. COP CARS AND DOGS AND GUNS, AND, YEAH... POLICE BELIEVE THE TWO MEN ARE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER AND IT'S AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THEY SAY THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. THE SLUMP IN DAIRY PRICES IS SET TO CONTINUE WITH FONTERRA NOW PREDICTING THAT TOTAL PAYOUTS FOR ITS FARMERS THIS SEASON WILL BE BELOW THE BREAKEVEN MARK. AND THAT COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR ALL NZERS. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. TWO YEARS DOWN THE TRACK, AND DAIRY PRICES ARE STILL STUCK IN THE MUD. YOU DON'T NEED A SHOULDER TO SOB ON; YOU JUST GET ON WITH IT. HE MAY BE STOIC, BUT DAIRY FARMERS NEED AROUND $5.25 A KILO OF MILK SOLIDS TO BREAK EVEN. AND FONTERRA'S FORECAST PAYOUT ` EVEN WHEN BOOSTED BY A STRONG DIVIDEND - IS STILL UNDER $5. ROSS JOHNSTONE'S CUTTING COSTS AND GETTING BY. BUT HE WORRIES ABOUT OTHERS WITH MORE DEBT. I FEAR FOR YOUNGER FARMERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY PAID HIGH PRICES FOR LAND STOCK ON THE BACK OF THE PREVIOUSLY HIGH PAYOUTS. FONTERRA BELIEVES THE GLOBAL OVERSUPPLY OF MILK IS STARTING TO BALANCE OUT. BUT ECONOMISTS SAY THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. THE RUBBER IS ONLY NOW STARTING TO HIT THE ROAD BECAUSE CASHFLOW HAS BEEN NEGATIVE FOR JUST OVER A YEAR, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE NEGATIVE FOR ANOTHER 12 TO 18 MONTHS. AND A STUBBORNLY HIGH KIWI DOLLAR'S NOT HELPING. A LOWER KIWI DOLLAR BOOSTS RETURNS AND MAKES EXPORTS MORE COMPETITIVE. SOME NOW EXPECT THE RESERVE BANK TO TRY TO BRING THE KIWI DOWN NEXT WEEK BY CUTTING ITS OFFICIAL CASH RATE. THEY ARE TRYING TO KNOCK THE TOP OFF THE NZ DOLLAR BECAUSE THERE IS STILL DAYLIGHT BETWEEN NZ INTEREST RATES SETTINGS AND THOSE AROUND THE WORLD. BUT WHILE DAIRY IS DOING IT TOUGH, OTHERS SECTORS, LIKE KIWIFRUIT, ARE FILLING THE EXPORT GAP. PRODUCTION IS GROWING QUICKLY, BUT IN MARKET WE SEE STRONG PERFORMANCE, WE ARE SEEING INCREASED DEMAND FROM CONSUMERS, AND THAT'S TRANSLATING REALLY WELL INTO GOOD RETURNS FOR GROWERS, ORCHARD VALUES ARE UP, AND WE'RE SEEING STRONG INVESTMENT IN THE INDUSTRY. PLUS, THERE'S BOOMING CONSTRUCTION AND TOURISM KEEPING OUR ECONOMY IN RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE. STRIP OUT THE BENEFIT OF POPULATION, MIGRATION, THE GROWTH NUMBERS DON'T LOOK THAT FLATTERING. BUT RELATIVE TO GLOBAL PEERS, WE ARE STILL THAT ROCK-STAR ECONOMY. OF COURSE THAT'S COLD COMFORT FOR DAIRY FARMERS SLOGGING IT OUT THROUGH ANOTHER TOUGH WINTER. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. MORE THAN A HUNDRED JOBS ARE SET TO GO WITH RETAIL FASHION STORES VALLEY GIRL AND TEMT CLOSING DOWN. THE CHAIN PREVIOUSLY HAD 31 STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EMPLOYING AROUND 160 WORKERS. JUST ONE VALLEY GIRL STORE WILL REMAIN OPEN ON AUCKLAND'S QUEEN STREET. INADEQUATE STOCK LEVELS AND POOR FINANCIALS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED AS REASONS FOR THE CLOSURE. THE MAORI PARTY'S REFUSING TO ENDORSE FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK IN HER BID FOR THE TOP JOB AT THE UNITED NATIONS, SAYING SHE OWES THEM AN APOLOGY. THE PARTY CLAIMS CLARK WAS AGAINST SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE UNDER THE UN AND ALSO DID DAMAGE WITH THE FORESHORE AND SEABED ACT WHEN SHE WAS PRIME MINISTER. IT IS FURTHER NOTED WITH CONCERN THAT THE NOMINATION BY NZ CITES THE LEADERSHIP OF NZ GOVERNMENT AS A CREDENTIAL FOR THE ROLE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL, WHEN THAT SAME LEADERSHIP OVERSAW MULTIPLE ABUSES OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS. THOSE COMMENTS HAVE ANGERED OTHER PARTIES, WHO SAY EVERYONE SHOULD BE GETTING BEHIND HER. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A NZER TO TAKE ONE OF THE PRIME ROLES IN INTERNATIONAL AND DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS ` THE SECRETARY-GENERALSHIP OF THE UN. EVERY NZER SHOULD BE BEHIND THAT. AND I THINK IT, FRANKLY, STINKS THAT THE MAORI PARTY SAY THEY'RE NOT GONNA SUPPORT IT. HELEN CLARK SAYS SHE SUPPORTED THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE UN DECLARATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BUT DELAYED SIGNING BECAUSE OF LEGAL CONCERNS. SHE SAYS SHE WAS PLEASED TO SEE IT SIGNED BY THE NZ GOVERNMENT IN 2010. THE KIWI BOSS OF INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING GIANT SAATCHI AND SAATCHI HAS BEEN PUT ON LEAVE AFTER COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN IN HIS PROFESSION. IN AN INTERVIEW, KEVIN ROBERTS SAID THE GENDER DIVERSITY DEBATE WAS OVER AND WOMEN AREN'T INTERESTED IN PROGRESSING. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. THE KIWI CHAIRMAN OF GLOBAL AD AGENCY SAATCHI & SAATCHI IS IN HOT WATER OVER HIS COMMENTS ON WOMEN. IN AN ONLINE INTERVIEW, HE SAYS, 'I DON'T THINK THE LACK OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLES IS A PROBLEM.' KATE SMITH USED TO WORK THERE AND DISAGREES. YOU HAVE TO REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL BEFORE YOU SUDDENLY ` AND THIS WAS CERTAINLY TRUE FOR ME ` YOU SUDDENLY BECOME AWARE AND GO, 'HANG ON. I'M NOT BEING TREATED THE SAME AS A MALE COLLEAGUE WOULD.' AND THEN SUDDENLY THE LIGHT GOES ON. KEVIN ROBERTS HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF NZ RUGBY, SPARK AND LION NATHAN AND IS THE CHAIRMAN OF 'MY FOOD BAG'. HE GOT THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT BEFORE MOVING TO NEW YORK. MIKE HUTCHESON WORKED WITH THE SAATCHI BOSS AND IS STANDING BY HIM. I THINK WHAT HE SAID WAS PROBABLY PRETTY RIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY GENDER BIAS IN THIS COUNTRY ANYWAY. SOME OF THE BEST ADVERTISING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE FEMALE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW HARD THOSE WOMEN HAD TO WORK IN ORDER TO GET INTO THOSE POSITIONS. MR ROBERTS ALSO SAYS WOMEN 'REACH A CERTAIN POINT IN THEIR CAREERS,' 'AND THE EXECUTIVE INVOLVED SAID, 'I DON'T WANT TO MANAGE. I WANT TO KEEP DOING THE WORK.' I'D RATHER DO THE WORK. BEING THE CEO ACTUALLY MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO BE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE'S CAR PARKS, 'MA-MA-MA, I WANT A SALARY INCREASE. 'MA-MA-MA,' IRATE CLIENTS, 'MA-MA-MA.' BUT THE CHAIRWOMAN OF MERCURY AND TVNZ DISAGREES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF US WHO SPEND QUITE A LOT OF TIME MENTORING YOUNGER WOMEN AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE IN TERMS OF BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING, AND THERE ARE LOADS OF WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE NOT REACHING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. MR ROBERTS HAS BEEN PUT ON LEAVE. IN AN INTERNAL EMAIL, THE PARENT COMPANY DESCRIBED HIS COMMENTS AS 'OFFENSIVE' AND 'UNACCEPTABLE' AND SAY GENDER EQUALITY STARTS AT THE TOP. IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN THIS BOSS WILL BE BACK IN CHARGE. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. NEW DATA RELEASED BY LAND INFORMATION NZ SHOWS MORE FOREIGN BUYERS ARE SNAPPING UP HOMES IN OUR BIGGEST CITY. THE LATEST FIGURES FOR AUCKLAND SHOW OVERSEAS BUYERS HAVE INCREASED FROM 4% TO 5%. BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE THERE WERE 900 PROPERTY TRANSFERS. MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE WENT TO CHINESE TAX RESIDENTS. LABOUR SAYS THE INFORMATION IS MISLEADING AND UNDERESTIMATES THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN SPECULATORS. IT IS STILL A BIG DEAL IN AUCKLAND, AND IT IS THAT GROUP THAT IS PUSHING HOUSE PRICES UP. AND THE GOVERNMENT, IF IT'S SERIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF PROPERTY PRICES IN AUCKLAND, WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE FIGURES SHOW OFFSHORE BUYERS AREN'T THE PROBLEM. JUST FIVE DAYS OUT FROM THE OLYMPICS AND THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER SECURITY SCARE IN RIO WITH ARMED BANDITS HOLDING UP DRIVERS IN A MAJOR TUNNEL. THIS COMES ON TOP OF HUGE ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS ON COPACABANA BEACH. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN HAS THE LATEST ON THE DRAMAS HITTING THE GAMES. IT'S A MAJOR TUNNEL THE ATHLETES ARE ALREADY USING REGULARLY. IT LINKS COPACABANA BEACH AND THE AIRPORT. BUT FOR THE PAST TWO NIGHTS, MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN TERRORISED BY ARMED BANDITS. LAST NIGHT, TWO CRIMINALS ON A MOTORCYCLE STARTED ROBBING CARS SENDING OTHER DRIVERS INTO A PANIC. SOME FLED ON FOOT, OTHERS REVERSED OUT AS WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING GUNFIRE. TODAY, HEAVILY ARMED POLICE MOVED IN TO STOP THE ROBBERIES. WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO SECURITY. THERE WAS ANOTHER DISTRACTION FOR THE HOST CITY AS THOUSANDS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS TOOK OVER COPACABANA BEACH. MAN: WE ARE AGAINST ALL THE WRONGDOING, ALL OF THE CORRUPTION WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN PREPARING FOR THESE GAMES. VERY ANGRY. I AM MIDDLE-CLASS AND IN BRAZIL WE HAVE PAID FOR ALL THESE PROBLEMS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE. IT WAS LARGELY A PEACEFUL PROTEST, BUT TEMPERS FLARED WHEN OPPOSING PROTESTERS MOVED IN. PEOPLE HERE HAVE THE EYES OF THE WORLD ON THEM AND THEY'RE SEIZING ON THE OPPORTUNITY. MORE PROTESTS ARE PLANNED IN THE COMING DAYS, ESCALATING ON THE DAY OF THE OPENING CEREMONY. BRAZIL IS A FANTASTIC COUNTRY BUT THERE IS SO MUCH CORRUPTION HERE IT JUST PREVENTS EVERYTHING ELSE FROM HAPPENING. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR GAMES ORGANISERS WITH BIG WAVES POUNDING TELEVISION STATIONS ALONG COPACABANA. SANDBAGS WERE PLACED AROUND THE STUDIOS TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. TRACTORS WERE BROUGHT IN TO HELP. THE SAILING VENUE ALSO HAD TO UNDERGO URGENT REPAIRS AFTER THE MAIN RAMP COLLAPSED IN THE HEAVY SEAS. IT'S BEEN ANYTHING BUT SMOOTH SAILING FOR GAMES ORGANISERS. MEANWHILE, OLYMPIC OFFICIALS ARE CLAIMING THE OUTBREAK OF ZIKA VIRUS IN RIO IS AS GOOD AS OVER. BUT FURTHER NORTH, IN THE US STATE OF FLORIDA, ZIKA GROUND ZERO'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AFTER FIRST LOCALLY TRANSMITTED CASES IN AMERICA. FOUR PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED POSITIVE WITH AT LEAST TWO BITTEN BY MOSQUITOES IN THE SAME AREA OF MIAMI. URGENT MOVES ARE UNDERWAY TO STOP ZIKA SPREADING. CREWS ARE SPRAYING THE AREA. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE HANDING OUT KITS AND INFORMATION. IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. I THINK PEOPLE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE SITUATION, AND IT KINDA JUST WORRIES US, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW SEVERE IT'S GONNA END UP GETTING. EXPERTS SAY IT'S LIKELY THERE'LL BE MORE INFECTIONS. BUT WHILE BRITAIN'S ADVISING PREGNANT WOMEN NOT TO GO TO FLORIDA, US DISEASE CONTROL OFFICIALS HAVEN'T ISSUED A TRAVEL WARNING. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER FLASH FLOODING DEVASTATED THE HEART OF AN HISTORIC TOWN IN MARYLAND. A STATE OF EMERGENCY'S BEEN DECLARED AFTER A MONTH'S WORTH OF RAIN FELL IN TWO HOURS ON THE TOWN. THE ABC'S GLORIA RIVIERA HAS MORE. GET OUT OF THE CAR! JUST <BLEEP> DO IT! DEADLY FLASH FLOODS RIPPING THROUGH THIS MARYLAND TOWN, KILLING TWO. THE RUSHING WATER THREATENED TO SWEEP THIS DRIVER INTO DANGER. GET OUT! GET OUT! ONE MAN TRIES TO HELP HER BUT IS KNOCKED DOWN. MOMENTS LATER A CHAIN FORMS AS THE WOMAN CRAWLS OUT OF HER CAR, FINALLY PULLED TO SAFETY. THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE WATER. OH MY GOD! INDISTINCT SCREAMING SOME WERE LEFT DESPERATELY CLINGING TO VEHICLES SWEPT AWAY BY THE FLOOD. MAIN STREET IN HISTORIC ELLICOTT CITY WAS TURNED INTO A MASSIVE RIVER, SWALLOWING UP CARS AND CRASHING THEM INTO ONE ANOTHER. THE AFTERMATH ` CARS STACKED ONE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THIS SUV FLIPPED NOSE FIRST INTO A CANAL. WHAT HAS MADE THIS SO DANGEROUS IS THAT A LOT OF THE CITY IS BUILT ON TOP OF A RIVER. SO WHEN A FLOOD LIKE THIS HAPPENS, A LOT OF IT IS SIMPLY WASHED AWAY. BUILDINGS, ROADS AND POWER LINES IN THE AREA ALL SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. WE'VE GOT SECOND FLOORS COLLAPSED INTO THE FOUNDATION, SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WERE COMPLETELY WASHED AWAY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE NOW DESPERATE TO GET INTO THEIR BUSINESSES TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT IS STILL NOT SAFE ENOUGH TO GO IN. JUST AHEAD ` A NEW CRISIS BARES DOWN ON THE DON. AS RAUNCHY PHOTOS EMERGE OF MELANIA TRUMP, SO DO FRESH CONCERNS ABOUT HER FIRST LADY CREDENTIALS. HOW WHANGAREI IS PUTTING A STOP TO SIDELINE ABUSE IN SPORT AFTER LOSING TOO MANY REFEREES. THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS COPPED A WAVE OF CRITICISM AFTER HE INSULTED THE PARENTS OF A MUSLIM AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ, COMPARING THEIR STRUGGLES TO HIS OWN. AND WIFE, MELANIA, ISN'T HELPING MATTERS. SHE'S BEEN CAUGHT IN ANOTHER REVEALING PHOTO SHOOT. CHANNEL NINE'S JANE AZZOPARDI REPORTS. THEIR SON PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. SACRIFICE. I DON'T THINK HE KNOW THE MEANING OF SACRIFICE. AN AMERICAN HERO KILLED BY A SUICIDE BOMBER IN IRAQ. NOW CAPTAIN HUMAYUN KHAN'S PARENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK FROM DONALD TRUMP FOLLOWING THEIR APPEARANCE AT LAST WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. YOU HAVE SACRIFICED NOTHING AND NO ONE! I WORK VERY VERY HARD. I'VE CREATED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF JOBS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS. UH, BUILT GREAT STRUCTURES. I'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. I THINK I'VE DONE A LOT. THEY'RE SACRIFICES? OH, SURE. I THINK THEY'RE SACRIFICES. AND HE DIDN'T STOP THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS WIFE, SHE WAS STANDING THERE. SHE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. SHE PROBABLY... MAYBE SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. TRUMP'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN WIDELY CRITICISED, EVEN WITHIN HIS OWN REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE IS TEMPERAMENTALLY UNFIT AND UNQUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. AND IF ALL THAT ISN'T ENOUGH, THE TRUMP CAMP NOW HAS A NEW CRISIS TO DEAL WITH. NAKED PICTURES HAVE EMERGED OF WOULD-BE FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP FROM HER MODELLING DAYS, WEARING NOTHING BY HIGH HEELS AND A POUT. THE PICTURES FEED INTO DOUBTS ABOUT THE COUPLE'S SUITABILITY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT AS WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, TRUMP HAS A WAY OF DEFYING THE CRITICS. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE BOSS THOMAS BACH WAS HOPING TO USE TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE TO TALK UP RIO'S READINESS TO HOST THE OLYMPICS. INSTEAD, HE WAS GRILLED ABOUT HIS RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN DRUG CHEATS. OUR OLYMPIC REPORTER ABBY WILSON WAS THERE. THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO BE A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS. INSTEAD IT WAS A FORM OF TRIAL BY MEDIA OVER THE IOC'S DECISION NOT TO BAN RUSSIA FROM THE GAMES. I TRUST THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REALISE THE DIFFICULTIES WE ARE IN. THEY REALISE THAT, AGAIN, IT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION TO TAKE. AFTER INITIALLY LEAVING THE RULING ON RUSSIAN ATHLETES UP TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTING FEDERATIONS, A LATE CHANGE MEANS EACH APPROVED COMPETITOR WILL NOW ALSO NEED TO BE SIGNED OFF BY AN IOC REVIEW PANEL. JUST DAYS AWAY FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY HERE IN RIO, RUSSIA AND ITS ATHLETES CONTINUE TO BE AN UNWANTED DISTRACTION FOR THE IOC. ALTHOUGH SOME WOULD SAY, HAD THEY BANNED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, THIS PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER A WEEK AGO. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IN THE END WILL BE DAMAGING, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL REALISE THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS DECISION NOW. SECURITY AND READINESS ISSUES ARE THE ONLY OTHER DISTRACTION FROM THE RUSSIAN SCANDAL. AUSTRALIA'S CHEF DE MISSION ONCE AGAIN UNHAPPY, THIS TIME ABOUT THINGS GOING MISSING FROM THEIR BASE. THERE WAS ONE LAPTOP TAKEN FROM ONE OF OUR CYCLING OFFICIALS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. OUR I.T. EQUIPMENT IN OUR OPERATIONAL SPACES ALSO BEEN RIFLED THROUGH. THE IOC PROBABLY COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS TILL THE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS DROWN OUT ANYTHING ELSE. ABBY WILSON, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANEIRO. RECENT CAMPAIGNS HAVE REVEALED THE LEVEL OF CONCERN IN THE RUGBY UNION ABOUT SIDELINE ABUSE OF REFEREES. IN WHANGAREI, THEY'VE LOST SO MANY OFFICIALS, THEY'RE TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS TO CLEAN UP THE GAME. SEVEN SHARP'S MICHAEL HOLLAND WITH THIS. LAID-BACK MUSIC SHE'S IN HER EARLY 20S, MAD KEEN... NOT STRAIGHT. ...AND AS SCARCE AS AN AUSSIE TEAM IN THE SUPER RUGBY FINALS. WHISTLE TRILLS IT'S GREAT. I LOVE IT HERE. I LOVE IT. WHISTLE TRILLS HAVEN'T BEEN TEMPTED TO MARCH ANYONE? NO. NO, NO. NOT AT THIS LEVEL. NEVER. GO ON. NO! IT'S TOO MEAN. THEY'RE JUST KIDS. YUP, THEY'RE GOOD. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT ` JUST KIDS ` YET THE UNRULY SIDELINE BEHAVIOUR OF THOSE OLD ENOUGH AND SUPPOSEDLY WISE ENOUGH TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES IS MAKING FOR A DEARTH OF YOUNG WHISTLE-BLOWERS LIKE EMMA. SOMETIMES YOU'LL GET SOMEONE WHO DECIDES HE COULD REF THE GAME, AND HE WILL COME UP AND BE LIKE, 'OH, JUST SO YOU KNOW...,' AND I SAY, 'I CAN ONLY RULE WHAT I SEE.' WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE HER, THE GAME IS IN TROUBLE. AND THAT'S OUR ISSUE, IS RECRUITING. (BLOWS WHISTLE) HIGH TACKLE. RED. YOUR AVERAGE AGE IS NORTHLAND IS 52 FOR REFEREES, SO WE WANT TO REDUCE THAT. WE WANT MORE YOUNG KIDS COMING THROUGH. WHAT'S HARDEST FOR THE REFS IS THE YOUNG REFS WHO HEAR EVERYTHING ON THE SIDELINE. EVERY COMMENT COMES THROUGH. IT'S LIKE SOMEONE'S GOT A SPEAKER IN YOUR EAR, AND YOU'RE REALLY TENSE AND NERVOUS ALL THE TIME. THE OFFERINGS FROM THE TOUCH LINE ARE CUTTING AND OFTEN OF THE FOUR-LETTER VARIETY. ABUSED WITH 'F' WORDS AND 'C' WORDS AND THE LIKE. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT IS JUST BLOODY WRONG. RELEASE IT NOW. GOOD WORK. ENTER LONG-TERM REF AND FORMER NORTHLAND POLICE OFFICER GAVIN BENNEY. WE'VE LOST ABOUT 25% OF OUR REFEREES. HIS JOB WHEN NOT OUT ON THE PADDOCK IS MONITORING THE CONDUCT OF SPECTATORS HERE AT KENSINGTON PARK. NO LEG TRIP. NO LEG TRIP. 'WE HAD FIGHTS ON THE SIDELINE.' WE HAD` THE POLICE WERE HERE ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR ASSAULT. THERE WAS MAJOR ABUSE. ONE OF OUR REFEREES WAS THREATENED TO BE KNIFED BY A PARENT. BUT WITHIN 12 MONTHS, THE VERBAL SPRAYS AND WORSE HAVE AS GOOD AS CEASED. WE CAN'T IGNORE IT ANY MORE. SO ONCE YOU IGNORE IT, YOU ALLOW IT. IT BECOMES A SNOWBALL. AND ANYBODY THAT IS SCREAMING AT THE KIDS, SCREAMING AT THE REFEREES, I JUST GO UP AND I QUIETLY REMIND THEM, I SAY, 'WE DON'T DO THAT HERE ANY MORE.' THIS IS ABOUT THE KIDS. THEY SAID YOU COULDN'T CHANGE THE CULTURE, AND I THINK WE HAVE PROVED THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE CULTURE. NO HANDS! NO HANDS! WE NEED MORE REFS. WE REALLY NEED MORE REFS. WITHOUT US, TO BE HONEST, THESE KIDS END UP MISSING OUT, AND IT'S JUST A SHAME. AWESOME GAME. JUST AHEAD, HOW YOUR WEATHER IS LOOKING FOR TOMORROW. THERE WERE STILL THE SURFBOARD STATUES AND BIG ACTS, BUT JESSICA ALBA TOOK TO THE TEEN CHOICE AWARD STAGE WITH A CALL TO ACTION. GUN VIOLENCE AND POLITICS ` TWO TOPICS YOU WOULDN'T USUALLY EXPECT TO BE COVERED IN AN AWARD SHOW FAMOUS FOR ITS SURFBOARD STATUES AND GOOFY SKETCHES. BUT AS BRIAR WELLS REPORTS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS YEAR'S TEEN CHOICE AWARD. # WELCOME TO MY HOUSE. # IT WAS A SHOW FILLED WITH SILLY STUNTS,... WOULD YOU STOP IT? IT'S YOUR LINE! I CAN MULTITASK. ...PUNCTUATED BY POLITICAL GAGS,... DONALD, UH,... I THOUGHT YOU'D BE TALLER. ...BUT WITH SOME VERY SERIOUS MESSAGES. IT KEEPS HAPPENING. AND IT HAS TO STOP. ACTRESS JESSICA ALBA LEADING A MOVING TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE; JOINED ON STAGE BY YOUNG RELATIVES OF THOSE VICTIMS... J.T. WAS JUST LIKE YOU UNTIL HE LOST HIS LITTLE BROTHER JESSE LEWIS (6), ONE OF THE 26 VICTIMS OF THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SHOOTING. ...AND THE SON OF ALTON STERLING, SHOT DEAD BY POLICE IN LOUISIANA JUST A MONTH AGO. TONIGHT WE STAND TOGETHER WITH THESE TEENS, UNITED IN OUR CALL FOR PEACE. # PICKET LINES AND PICKET SIGNS. # DON'T PUNISH ME WITH BRUTALITY. # ECHOED BY STAR WARS' NEW LEADING LADY, 'BREAKOUT STAR OF THE YEAR' DAISY RIDLEY. AFTER THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WE SAW ON STAGE, IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE PART OF FILM THAT REPRESENTS DIVERSITY IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY. WHILE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, GIVEN A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, ALSO IMPARTED SOME WISDOM. YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY. YOU WILL FALL DOWN. I HAVE MANY TIMES. EVEN ALI DID, BUT WHAT WE DO AFTER THAT FALL IS HOW WE MAKE HISTORY. BUT IT WASN'T JUST ACTORS AND MUSICIANS TAKING HOME AWARDS. I DECLARE YOUR TEEN CHOICE PRESIDENT TO BE... HILLARY CLINTON! UNFORTUNATELY, THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL WASN'T ON HAND TO ACCEPT. HERE'S HOW IT'S SHAPING UP TOMORROW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016