HELLO. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING DAY FOR MOST OF US TODAY. BIT MORE OF THAT HIGHER CLOUD WAS WORKING IN. THAT WAS IN THE NORTHERLY WORKING IN. ALSO SOME MILDER AIR. YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT FOR THE AFTERNOON. THAT'S BRINGING IN SOME WET WEATHER FOR THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. A FEW HEAVIER BURSTS AS WELL, BUT THE WEEKEND WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE A WASHOUT. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. 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. GOLD FOR OUR GREATEST. THE UNSTOPPABLE KIWI PAIR TAKE OUR FIRST GOLD MEDAL OF THESE OLYMPICS. WILL THEY STILL BE GOING IN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS? AND THE GOLDEN GLOW EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO FIJI AS THE PACIFIC NATION CLAIMS THE SEVENS CROWN. CHEERING, DRUMMING CAR HORN TOOTS PLUS ` NEW DETAILS ABOUT MT EDEN PRISON'S INFAMOUS FIGHT CLUBS. HOW INMATES KEPT THEM HIDDEN FROM GUARDS. WE'RE FINALLY THERE ` A GOLD MEDAL IN KIWI HANDS AT THE RIO OLYMPICS. AND IT CAME COURTESY OF TWO OF THE TEAM'S CHAMPION STALWARTS. LET'S GET TO PETER WILLIAMS IN RIO. ROWERS HAMISH BOND AND ERIC MURRAY TRIUMPHED IN AN EVENT THEY'VE DOMINATED FOR YEARS. IT'S THEIR SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD, AND THE WIN NEVER REALLY LOOKED IN DOUBT. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. WINNING IS WHAT HAMISH BOND AND ERIC MURRAY DO BEST. NO DOUBTING THE GOLD MEDALLISTS, OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS. THE FIRST GOLD FOR NZ AT THIS OLYMPICS. AND THEIR SECOND GOLD IS JUST AS SWEET AS THEIR FIRST. THIS IS CERTAINLY THE ICING ON THE CAKE ` THE CAKE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS ` AND NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO FINISH IT OFF, AND WE'RE PLEASED THAT WE DID. CHEERING THEIR RIO GOLD REPRESENTS THEIR 69TH CONSECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL WIN ` A RUN DATING BACK TO 2009. AFTER SEVEN YEARS TOGETHER AS A PAIR, TRAINING DAY IN AND DAY OUT, IT'S NO SURPRISE THEY CAN SOUND LIKE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE. AND YOU WENT, 'OH, GO UP ON THE THING.' AND I WAS, LIKE... I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO. YOU JUST DECIDED TO FOLLOW ME AND FELL OFF. BUT THE FACT THAT THESE TWO ARE SO DIFFERENT MEANS TOGETHER THEY'RE A COMPLETE AND PRETTY PERFECT TEAM. AND WHAT THEY DO AGREE ON IS WINNING. WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE. THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS ` IS THE COMPETITIVE NATURE WE HAVE BETWEEN OURSELVES. I LIKE TO WIN EVERYTHING. ERIC LIKE TO PROVE ME WRONG EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. AND THAT KEEPS ME GOING. IT KEEPS THE FIRE GOING. THAT FIRE SAW THEM ARRIVE IN RIO AS CLEAR FAVOURITES, THOUGH NOTHING IS A GIVEN AT THE OLYMPICS. PRETTY NERVE-RACKING, ACTUALLY. MY HIGH BEATS VERY VERY FAST. ALREADY I'M ON HYPERTENSION PILLS. I SHOULD'VE HAD A COUPLE. BUT THEIR SUPPORTERS NEEDN'T HAVE WORRIED. THEIR WIN WAS NEVER IN DOUBT. JUST A STEAM TRAIN, THE NZERS. FOR SO LONG NOW, THESE TWO HAVE BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT. AND WITH TWO GOLD MEDALS, YOU HAVE TO ASK, WHAT COMES NEXT? YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW. THIS MOMENT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS. LITERALLY, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A WALL, AND THAT WAS RIO. IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO SIT THERE AND GO, 'DO WE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN? IS IT WORTH DOING IT AGAIN?' AT 30 AND 34, WHATEVER THEY DO DECIDE, THEIR JOURNEY UP TILL NOW HAS BEEN MORE THAN WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. ABBY WILSON, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANEIRO. EMOTIONS HAVE RUN HIGH ON THE SEVENS FIELD HERE IN RIO AS THE FIJIANS CLAIMED THEIR COUNTRY'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC MEDAL IN THEIR FINAL AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN. BUT ONCE AGAIN, AND THERE'S THE OFFLOAD. FINAL SCORE, 43-7 TO FIJI. UNSURPRISINGLY, THAT PERFORMANCE SENT FIJIANS EVERYWHERE INTO AN ABSOLUTE FRENZY. HERE'S PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER. CAR HORNS TOOT JUBILATION ON THE STREETS OF FIJI. SOMETIMES THE WORDS CAN'T BE FOUND. THE FACES TELL IT ALL. EVEN FATHER OF CAPTAIN OSEA KOLINISAU STRUGGLED TO EXPRESS HIS PRIDE ` EVEN MY TEARS CANNOT EXPRESS THE JOY OF MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. THIS IS A NATION COMING TO TERMS WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR BOYS' VICTORY. THE FIJI SEVENS PROVING FAR TOO STRONG. WE KNOW THAT RUGBY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE IN A THE PACIFIC. HERE'S A CONFIRMFATION, LED BY FIJI AT THE POLYMPIC GAMES, HERE'S A CONFIRMFATION, LED BY FIJI AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, THAT EXPANSE IS TRULY GLOBAL. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FIJI'S FUNDED ONLY A QUARTER OF WHAT MSOT INTERNATION SEVENS TEMAS ARE, BUT THEY STILL MANAGE TO DELIVER AN IMPRESISVE PERFORMANCE. FIJIAN FANS HAD NO DOUBT THEIR SEVENS COULD TAKE IT. IT'S TRULY PHENOMENAL, WHAT THE BOYS ARE DOING. CREDIT IS BEING GIVEN TO COACH BEN RYAN. THE WAY HE MOVED THE TEAM TOGETHER AND HE BROUGHT IN DISCIPLINE AND ALSO THE TRAINING SCHEDULE. IT'S A DISCIPLINE THAT'S HELPED SHAPE THIS WIN ` NOT TO MENTION A WHOLE LOT OF FAITH. PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA WAS ON HAND TO SHARE IN HIS TEAM'S VICTORY. IT'S THE TURNING POINT IN THE DREAM FOR A LOT OF THE PAST FIJIANS AND UPDOMING KIDS. THAT DREAM TURNED TO OLYMPIC-GOLD REALITY ON THE PODIUM. THEY KNELT, LOWERING THEIR HEADS AS A MARK OF RESPECT. IN TRUE FIJIAN STYLE THIS TEAM TURNS JUBILATION INTO SONG, AN ELATION SHARED BY FIJIANS AROUND THE WORLD, WE"RE NOT SLEEPING HERE IN RIO, THAT'S FOR SURE. WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ON ALL NIGHT. AND IT'S CLEAR THE CELEBRATIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR DAYS TO COME IN FIJI. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. THE MAN THEY CALL THE BALTIMORE BULLET HAS SWUM EVEN FURTHER INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS, COLLECTING HIS 22ND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. MICHAEL PHELPS WAS CHALLENGED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, BUT COME THE BREASTSTROKE LEG, THE RACE WAS HIS. There has never been a better swimmer. The most decorated swimmer is miles ahead. THE WIN IS HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE GOLD AT RIO, BRINGING HIS TOTAL NUMBER OF OLYMPIC MEDALS TO 26. AND IN A SENSATIONAL FINISH TO THE NEXT RACE, THERE WAS A DEAD HEAT AND AN OLYMPIC RECORD IN THE WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLE FINAL. IT'S THE FIRST DEAD HEAT AT THE OLYMPICS IN 32 YEARS. AMERICAN SIMONE MANUEL AND CANADA'S PENNY OLEKSIAK ARE DUAL OLYMPIANS. THEY EACH GET A GOLD MEDAL. NO SILVER MEDAL IS AWARDED. AND IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MUCH CLOSER IN THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S SPRINT AT THE VELODROME. ONE TENTH OF A SECOND SEPARATING NZ FROM A FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD FOR OUR MEN ON THE TRACK, BUT IT WAS AS GOOD A SILVER. AS YOU CAN GET, THE TEAM POSTING THE THREE FASTEST RIDES OF THEIR LIVES IN THE FINAL, A FINAL THEY PROMISE WON'T BE THEIR LAST. HERE'S PAUL HOBBS. ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT ALWAYS GOLD. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SILVER PLACE, WE FEEL LIKE WE WON SILVER AND WE DID OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY PROUD. GREAT BRITAIN BEATING THE KIWIS BY A MERE TENTH OF A SECOND. THE FINAL RIDE WAS A PERFECT RIDE, BUT THE BRITISH TEAM'S JUST A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. TOUGH TO TAKE WHEN YOU'RE THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS AND PRE-GAMES PREPARATION WAS SO COMPREHENSIVE. I THINK WE WERE PRETTY HONEST, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA AND WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT COMING HERE AND WANTING GOLD. IT WAS A BRUTAL EQUATION ` THREE RIDES INSIDE TWO AND A HALF HOURS, BUT EVERY ONE A PERSONAL BEST, INCLUDING SMASHING THE OLYMPIC RECORD. WE'VE NEVER BEEN THAT FAST BEFORE. ALL THREE OF THOSE RIDES WERE OUR TOP THREE FASTEST RIDES THEY DID THEIR JOB TO PERFECTION. THEY SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF THAT. AND THEY WERE. STEPPING UP ONTO THE PODIUM, THREE GUYS WHO'VE BEEN A COMPETING AS A TEAM SINCE THEIR TEENS. SEVEN YEARS TOGETHER AND THEIR FIRST OLYMPIC MEDAL. APART FROM BLOOD, WE'RE BROTHERS, YOU KNOW? AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE UP THERE WITH ANYBODY ELSE. LOOKING UP INTO THE CROWD ON THE PODIUM SEEING MY FAMILY AND GIRLFRIEND. THAT WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME. THEY DID SAVE A LITTLE MOMENT FOR OUR CAMERA AND THE INTERNET. IT'S CALLED BOOMERANG. HOW APPROPRIATE, THIS TRIO CONFIRMING THEY'LL BE BACK IN FOUR YEARS. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE THREE OF US WILL BE GOING TO TOKYO. A MOVE THE COACH SEEMS MORE THAN HAPPY ABOUT AS WELL. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO. AND HUNDREDS OF FANS HERE CHEERED ON THE SPRINT TEAM AT THE HOME OF KIWI CYCLING. DESPITE MISSING OUT ON GOLD, THE VOCAL CROWD AT THE CAMBRIDGE VELODROME ENJOYED A MORNING OF WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES ON THE BIG SCREEN. IT'S BITTERSWEET, BECAUSE THOSE BOYS SET SUCH HIGH STANDARDS OF THEMSELVES, AND THEY WILL RIGHTLY BE DISAPPOINTED. BUT IT'S OLYMPIC RACING, ISN'T IT? THEY PUT OUT A PERFORMANCE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE PROUD OF. MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR THE SPRINT FINAL. AND ADDING TO NZ'S SILVER STREAK WAS LUUKA JONES, WHO'S MADE KIWI OLYMPIC HISTORY COMING SECOND IN THE WOMEN'S CANOE SLALOM FINAL. FOLLOWING A LESS-THAN-CONVINCING SEMI-FINAL, THE WORLD-RANKED 22 HAD THE RUN OF HER LIFE WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. THE RUN THAT MADE LUUKA JONES AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST AND CREATED NZ HISTORY. SURELY THE RUN OF HER LIFE. I WAS JUST SO SO STOKED. YEAH, THAT IT ALL CAME TOGETHER FOR THAT FINAL RUN. THE 27-YEAR-OLD STILL BEAMING HOURS LATER, ABSORBING SUCCESS FEW OUTSIDE OF THE CANOE SLALOM WORLD PREDICTED. I HOPE I HAVE INSPIRED PEOPLE A LOT. YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO THE COMPETITION AS AN UNDERDOG AND I REALLY BELIEVED IN MYSELF AND I WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT MYSELF IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION. SO, YEAH, I HOPE IT INSPIRES PEOPLE. I GUESS THE FURTHER OUT OF REACH THAT GOAL IS, AND THE MORE OF A SURPRISE IT IS, THE COMPLETE ELATION THAT GOES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TEAM IS REALLY EXCITING. THE PERSON YOU'RE LOOKING AT, LUUKA JONES, IS NOT JUST AN OLYMPIC MEDALLIST, SHE'S ALSO CREATED NZ HISTORY. IT'S NZ'S FIRST EVER MEDAL IN THE CANOE SLALOM AT THE OLYMPICS. NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S THEIR FIRST MEDAL EVER AT ANY MAJOR WORLD EVENT. JONES' FIRST EVER OLYMPIC FINAL IN HER THIRD GAMES HAD PLENTY OF HEART-STOPPING MOMENTS. FORM THE AUSTRALIAN AHEAD OF HER GETTING A RETROSPECTIVE PENALTY, TO THE LONG WAIT AS PADDLER AFTER PADDLER TRIED TO KNOCK HER OUT OF THE MEDALS. IT'S ALL A DREAM. (LAUGHS) THOSE CLOSEST TO THE TAURANGA PADDLER ARE JUST AS THRILLED. THEY INCLUDE ONE OF HER TEAMMATES, FRIEND, AND BIGGEST FAN. I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYONE THAT DESERVES IT MORE. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE THING THAT JUST HIT ME THE HARDEST. SHE'S WORKED SO HARD. DAWSON AMONG THOSE TO DIVE IN THE WATER TO CELEBRATE ONCE HER MEDAL WAS CONFIRMED. AND WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN EVERYONE DIVED IN THE WATER AT THE END? OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! LIKE, THIS IS REAL. YEAH. A FITTING TRIBUTE FOR AN ATHLETE WHOSE DEDICATE AND PERSEVERANCE TO HER SPORT HAVE FINALLY BEEN REWARDED. AND, YES, SHE'S ALREADY LOOKING AT GOING ONE BETTER IN 2020. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO. THAT'S IT FROM RIO FOR NOW. I'LL BE BACK LATER IN SPORT WITH MORE ON ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND AND ALSO THE STORY OF A NZ RUNNER AND HIS ALLEGATIONS OF DOPING IN KENYA. THANKS, PETER. FIGHT CLUBS IN MT EDEN PRISON WERE HAPPENING AS OFTEN AS ONCE A WEEK, ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. CHRIS CHANG BROKE THIS STORY ON ONE NEWS AND HAS THE DETAILS. CHRIS? SERCO TRIED TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THIS REPORT, SAYING IT'S UNFAIR, BUT TODAY THE HIGH COURT REJECTED THAT AND IN DOING SO, CITED SOME OF THE FINDINGS. WE NOW KNOW THAT THE CHIEF INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED 48 PRISONERS, BUT MANY REQUESTED ANONYMITY, WHICH CONCERNED SERCO. BASED ON THOSE INTERVIEWS, THE REPORT SAYS ORGANISED FIGHTING WAS OCCURRING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK DURING LAST WINTER, THAT THE FIGHTS TOOK PLACE IN CELLS, OUT OF SIGHT OF PRISON OFFICERS AND SECURITY CAMERAS. THEY 'USUALLY INVOLVED GANGS AND GANG-AFFILIATED PRISONERS', AND SOME PARTICIPANTS WERE SAID TO BE 'UNWILLING'. IT SAYS THAT INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THOSE FIGHTS 'CAN BE SERIOUS' AND THAT 'OTHER PRISONERS WOULD SOMETIMES DISTRACT PRISON OFFICERS 'TO ENSURE THE FIGHTING WAS NOT DETECTED'. BRITISH COMPANY SERCO LOST THE CONTRACT TO RUN MT EDEN PRISON AFTER THE SCANDAL. THE COMPANY HAS DONE ITS OWN INVESTIGATION BUT DECLINED TO PROVIDE IT TO THE INSPECTOR. THERE'S STILL NO DATE FOR THE FULL REPORT TO BE RELEASED. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS DECIDING WHETHER TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST A SURFER AND A PADDLE BOARDER WHO TOUCHED SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES OFF THE COAST OF DUNEDIN YESTERDAY. DOC SAYS THE MEN HAVE BREACHED THE MARINE MAMMALS PROTECTION ACT AND IN DOING SO PUT THEMSELVES AND THE WHALES DANGER. BIG, POWERFUL, WILD ANIMALS. THEY MIGHT NOT INTENTIONALLY HURT PEOPLE, BUT WITH AN ANIMAL THAT POWERFUL, YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. THE ACT REQUIRES ANYONE IN THE WATER TO STAY AT LEAST 100M FROM ANY WHALES. OVER THE PAST YEAR NZ'S POPULATION HAS GROWN AT ITS FASTEST RATE EVER. NEARLY 100,000 MORE PEOPLE ADDED TO THE COUNTRY'S HEAD-COUNT IN THE YEAR TO JUNE. AND MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS WERE MIGRANTS. THE RECORD INCREASE TOOK NZ'S POPULATION TO AROUND 4.7 MILLION PEOPLE. THE LAST TIME NZ SAW POPULATION INCREASES LIKE THAT WAS BACK IN 1974. TAXI DRIVERS SAY THEY'RE JUST AS FRUSTRATED AS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY OVER A LACK OF POLICE ACTION WHEN CUSTOMERS DO A RUNNER. RESTAURANT OWNERS AND CABBIES SAY THEY'RE OFTEN TOLD IT'S A CIVIL MATTER WHEN PEOPLE DON'T PAY UP, WHILE THEY MAINTAIN IT'S CLEARLY A CRIME. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. THESE MEN WERE CHARMING, FRIENDLY AND SPENDING UP LARGE. THEY WERE JUST SO LOVELY, GENTLE AND POLITE AND KIND. OR SO IT SEEMED. AFTER ORDERING MORE DRINKS, THEY SAID THEY'D BE BACK. THE MAN IN THE SUIT ASKING, 'HOW DO YOU SAY THANK YOU IN THAI?' BEFORE CASUALLY STROLLING OUT, NOT PAYING A CENT. THEY RACKED UP A HEFTY BILL ON EXPENSIVE WHISKIES, FOOD, BEERS AND DESSERTS TOTALLING ALMOST $300. POLICE LOOKED AT THE FOOTAGE, BUT THE RESTAURANT SAYS IT WAS TOLD THE INCIDENT WAS A CIVIL MATTER. UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS POINT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE RESPONSIBLE, SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION WITH THE GRASSHOPPER CASE, AT THIS STAGE WE'VE GOT NOTHING FURTHER TO PROGRESS IT. THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SAYS RESTAURANT OWNERS LOSE BIG MONEY WHEN CUSTOMERS LEG IT. IT'S NO DIFFERENT TO SHOPLIFTING AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS A CRIME. THEFT IS THEFT. YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW. EVERY TIME YOU BREAK THE LAW, YOU SHOULD TREAT IT AS SUCH, AND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED APPROPRIATELY. TAXI OPERATORS SAY RUNNERS ARE COSTING THEM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. IT'S AN OFFENCE UNDER THE LAND TRANSPORT ACT, AND THEY'RE ALSO BEING TOLD IT'S A CIVIL MATTER. IF THE POLICE DON'T ACT ON IT, THE WORD GETS ROUND, AND PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE AND THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT. NO, I THINK WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY SITUATION ON ITS OWN MERITS AND WE MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US. MEANWHILE, JOY'S STAFF AT THE GRASSHOPPER ARE POISED, READY TO POUNCE ON ANYONE AFTER A FREE LUNCH. GRAB THEM. YEAH. KIND OF, 'HEY! YOU PAY NOW!' SAM KELWAY, ONE NEWS. A POTENTIAL WAR CRIME IN SYRIA. COMING UP ` EVIDENCE OF A TOXIC ATTACK ON A BESIEGED TOWN. A HOSPITAL IS INUNDATED WITH VICTIMS. WAS CHLORINE GAS USED ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS? AND DONALD TRUMP'S OUTRAGEOUS THEORY ON WHO FOUNDED ISIS. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FACES A BACKLASH OVER ACCUSING PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON OF CREATING THE TERROR NETWORK. PLUS ` A DEADLY EXPLOSION ROCKS A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT IN AN AMERICAN CITY. A MASSIVE FIREBALL ENGULFS THE BUILDING, LEAVING RESIDENTS TRAPPED. THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF BARREL BOMBS CONTAINING TOXIC GAS BEING USED ON THE BESIEGED SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. FOUR PEOPLE WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE BOMBING, AND THE UN SAYS SUCH AN ATTACK WOULD CONSTITUTE A WAR CRIME. A WARNING ` THIS REPORT FROM THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMMERVILLE CONTAINS SOME DISTURBING IMAGES. DOZENS CAME HERE TO THE AL QUDS HOSPITAL IN THE REBEL-CONTROLLED EAST. AS THE MEDICS STRUGGLED TO HELP, THERE WAS EVEN WORSE TO COME. BOOM! CHLORINE GAS IS SUSPECTED. THIS IS SAMILYA. SHE'S BARELY 2. WHEN CHLORINE GAS GETS INSIDE SMALL LUNGS, IT CAN DO TERRIBLE DAMAGE. CHILDREN AND BABIES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. TRANSLATOR: WHEN THE ROCKET EXPLODED, WE SMELLED GAS. MY EYES WERE HURT AND BURNING. I HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING. IT WAS HORRIBLE SMELL. SO HORRIBLE, I CANNOT DESCRIBE IT. AFTER A GAS ATTACK, CLOTHES ARE REMOVED; PATIENTS WASHED TO PREVENT SECONDARY CONTAMINATION. THE MEDICS HERE AT AL QUDS HOSPITAL HAVE HAD TRAINING FROM BRITISH DOCTORS IN DEALING WITH CHEMICAL ATTACKS. TRANSLATOR: WE RECEIVED LOTS OF INJURIES ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. THE INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY CHLORINE ATTACKS IN THE AREA. WHEN WE CHECKED THE INJURED, WE DISCOVERED IT WAS FROM CHLORINE SUBSTANCE. THE INJURIES VARIED. WE HAD PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ` CHILDREN, ELDERLY, YOUNG PEOPLE. (CRIES OUT) 'IT'S HURTING ME A LOT,' SAYS THIS BOY. THE DOCTORS TELL HIM, 'WE HAVE TO WASH IT OUT, OR YOU'LL GO BLIND.' THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD WAS HIT BY AS MANY AS FOUR BARREL BOMBS FROM REGIME HELICOPTERS SAY EYE-WITNESSES. THE REMAINS OF SHELLS WERE TAKEN AWAY FOR ANALYSIS. PRESIDENT ASSAD'S TROOPS ARE UNDER PRESSURE AND LOSING GROUND IN ALEPPO. DESPITE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY, THE REGIME HAS DENIED USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS. THE CHLORINE ATTACKS TYPICALLY COME AT NIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THE GREEN GAS THAT'S EMITTED. THAILAND IS ON HIGH ALERT AFTER A SERIES OF BOMB BLASTS APPARENTLY AIMED AT TOURISTS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST ATTACK ON THE SEASIDE RESORT OF HUA HIN, WHICH LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND 23 INJURED. THE SECOND ATTACK ON THE TOWN, JUST HOURS LATER, LEFT ANOTHER MAN DEAD. BLASTS ALSO CLAIMED LIVES IN TWO OTHER CITIES, WHILE POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION PHUKET WAS ALSO TARGETED. NO NZERS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN HURT. TO THE RACE FOR THE US PRESIDENCY AND DONALD TRUMP'S FRESH ATTACK ON PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. TRUMP'S ACCUSING PRESIDENT OBAMA OF BEING THE FOUNDER OF ISIS AND GOES AS FAR AS DESCRIBING HILLARY CLINTON AS THE CO-FOUNDER. THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT HAS DETAILS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TONIGHT IN FLORIDA ` I CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON I CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON THE FOUNDERS OF ISIS. THEY'RE THE FOUNDERS. DONALD TRUMP IS HAMMERING AWAY AT THAT NEW LINE OF ATTACK. ISIS IS HONOURING PRESIDENT OBAMA. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF ISIS. HE'S THE FOUNDER OF ISIS. I WOULD SAY THE DO-FOUNDER WOULD BE CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON. CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST HUGH HEWITT PRESSED HIM ON THAT ` TRUMP ALSO MOCKED THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN FOR ALLOWING THE FATHER OF THE ORLANDO SHOOTER TO SIT BEHIND HER AT ONE OF HER RALLIES. WHEN YOU GE THOSE SEATS, YOU SORT OF KNOW THE CAMPAIGN. BUT RIGHT BEHIND TRUMP ` HOW MANY OF YOU PEOPLE KNOW ME? ...IS MARK FOLEY, THE EX FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN WHO RESIGNED IN DISGRACE FOR SENDING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES TO YOUNG PAGES. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS STRUGGLING TO RECAPTURE THE DOMINANCE HE ENJOYED IN THE PRIMARIES. BY THE WAY, FOUR TIMES ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, WHICH IS AMAZING. THIS WEEK HE'S GOT THE TIME COVER AGAIN ` 'MELTDOWN.' NOT EXACTLY THE HEADLINE YOU'D WANT. OH, WELL, IT'S VERY CLOSE BUT WE NEED HELP. TODAY AT A RELIGIOUS ROUNDTABLE, TRUMP ASKED FOR HELP ` I'M HAVING A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM IN UTAH. AND IN AN INTERVIEW HE EVEN ENTERTAINED THE IDEA THAT HE MIGHT NOT WIN. AND MORE THAN 70 REPUBLICANS HAVE SIGNED A LETTER TO THEIR PARTY ASKING FOR IT TO STOP FUNDING TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN, AND SAYING EVERY DONATED DOLLAR IS A DOLLAR WASTED. A REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN NAMED IN BRITAIN TO HEAD THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY LED BY NZ JUDGE DAME LOWELL GODDARD. DAME LOWELL RESIGNED EARLIER THIS MONTH, JUST A YEAR INTO THE JOB, AND ADMITTED RUNNING THE INQUIRY HAD BEEN DIFFICULT. PROFESSOR ALEXIS JAY, A CHILD PROTECTION EXPERT, HAS BEEN NAMED AS HER REPLACEMENT. PROFESSOR JAY NOW BECOMES THE FOURTH CHAIRWOMAN OF THE INQUIRY. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED AFTER AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH AN APARTMENT BLOCK IN THE US STATE OF MARYLAND. PEOPLE WERE BLASTED OUT OF BED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT BY AN EXPLOSION THAT WAS FELT MORE THAN A KILOMETRE AWAY. THERE WERE DESPERATE SCENES AS RESIDENTS SCRAMBLED TO SAFETY, WHILE FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED TO REACH THOSE TRAPPED INSIDE. WHAT I SAW WAS, LIKE, A LOT OF BUILDINGS ON FIRE. I GOT SO SCARED. THERE WERE, LIKE, PEOPLE JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW, LIKE, SCREAMING FOR HELP. AND KIDS SCREAMING, BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS SCARED. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE BLAST IS UNDERWAY, BUT RESIDENTS SAY THEY CALLED EMERGENCY SERVICES LAST MONTH TO REPORT THE SMELL OF GAS. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE AND A BIT MORE PLEASANT TODAY, WITH A PRETTY COLOURFUL START DOWN SOUTH. It was one of those sunrises where you go outside and what to grab the camera. A nice looking shot. It was all courtesy of this layer of cloud streaming in. For weather, see onenews.co.NZ we get into the weekend. It is not looking too bad. All the details coming up after sport. STILL TO COME ` THE UNSEEN BARRIER THAT'S STOPPING WOMEN FROM RISING TO THE TOP. AND IF IT CAN HAPPEN IN POLITICS, WHY CAN'T IT HAPPEN IN THE CORPORATE WORLD? LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` KEY FINDINGS OF THE REPORT INTO FIGHT CLUBS AT MT EDEN PRISON HAVE BEEN RELEASED. IT'S EMERGED THE FIGHTS WERE HAPPENING AS OFTEN AS ONCE A WEEK, AND SOMETIMES OTHER INMATES CAUSED DISTRACTIONS TO KEEP GUARDS AWAY. THE FULL REPORT HASN'T YET BEEN RELEASED. AND THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS THE USE OF CHLORINE GAS IN SYRIA WOULD CONSTITUTE A WAR CRIME. IT'S INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF BARREL BOMBS WITH THE TOXIC GAS BEING USED ON THE BESIEGED SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. FOUR PEOPLE WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE BOMBING. THEY'RE SHUT OUT OF THE BIG JOBS, ARE LESS LIKELY TO SIT AT BOARD TABLES AND GET PAID LESS WHEN THEY DO. NEW FIGURES CONFIRM ALL IS STILL NOT EQUAL BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN THE BOARDROOMS OF NZ. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. THE GLASS CEILING... GLASS BREAKS ...BACK IN SHARP FOCUS. WE JUST PUT THE BIGGEST CRACK IN THAT GLASS CEILING YET. THIS TOP NZ BUSINESSWOMAN SAYS THERE'S STILL A BARRIER TO WOMEN'S SUCCESS. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP BOARDS IN NZ, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE WOMAN ON THOSE BOARDS. YOU DO HAVE TO ASK, 'WHAT ARE THE LEGITIMATE REASONS, REALLY, FOR THAT?' OF OUR TOP NZX LISTED COMPANIES, WOMEN ARE THE MINORITY, ON 77% OF BOARDS. IN FACT, 32% OF OUR TOP BOARDS STILL HAVE NO WOMEN AT ALL. 82% OF CHAIRS ARE MALE. SO, IN THE FUTURE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BLACK AND GREY EQUAL RIGHT ACROSS THE FIGURES? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS SAYS ALTHOUGH THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS, THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE EMBARRASSMENT COMING FROM THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE CORPORATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, THEY ARE RECEIVING 10% LESS IN FEES THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. THE MEDIAN NON-EXECUTIVE FEE FOR MEN AT $44,000; WOMEN LAGGING BEHIND ON $40,000. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE'VE GOT TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND WE'VE GOT TO CLOSE IT QUICKLY. THE GOVERNMENT'S ABOUT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CABINET TO ENSURE PAY PARITY IN ALL WORKPLACES. BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN A HURRY THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ENDURING IMPROVEMENT WHEN WE CAN GET THERE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT RUSH IT. SO LOOK OUT FOR CHANGE ON EVERY LEVEL... THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. ...TO SHATTER THE GLASS CEILING FOR GOOD. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. A PRIVATE ZOO IN UKRAINE HAS UNVEILED ITS NEW STAR ATTRACTIONS. IN A FLURRY OF CUTENESS, THE FIVE WHITE LION CUBS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC TODAY, SIX WEEKS AFTER THEY WERE BORN. EXTREMELY RARE, WHITE LIONS ARE MOSTLY FOUND IN ZOOS AS THEIR COLOUR MUTATION MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD. STILL BUZZING ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL MORNING FOR OUR OLYMPIANS IN RIO INDEED, WE GOT GOLD, TWO SILVERS PETE WILLIAMS BRINGS US THE LATEST OUT OF RIO NEXT, INCLUDING ANOTHER KIWI ATHLETE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST DRUG CHEATS ` AND IT'S NOT THE RUSSIANS. AND IT'S LONDON 2012 ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THE BLACK STICKS, BUT THEY'RE DETERMINED THE OUTCOME WILL BE DIFFERENT. AND I AM LIVE FORM PUKEKOHE STADIUM KIA ORA AND WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. AND WHAT A DAY IT'S BEEN FOR OUR RIO OLYMPIANS. IT WAS A BUZZ TO WITNESS THE ROWERS CAPTURE GOLD AT 10 TO 2 THIS MORNING, THEN TWO SILVER MEDAL PERFORMANCES BY LUUKA JONES IN THE CANOE SLALOM AND THE MEN'S SPRINT TEAM AT THE VELODROME. OUR ONE NEWS TEAM IN RIO IS LAPPING IT ALL UP, PETE WILLIAMS HANGING OUT WITH OUR ROWERS AFTER THAT STUNNING PERFORMANCE. PETE, SURELY ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND WILL BE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREAT TEAM'S IN ROWING'S HISTORY? ABSOLUTELY, JENNY-MAY. THEIR GOLD MEDAL TODAY TRULY CEMENTS THEM AS ONE OF THE BEST ROWING COMBINATIONS EVER. BUT THEIR LEGACY AS AN UNBEATEN PAIR IS A BY-PRODUCT OF HARD WORK AND A SIMPLE DESIRE ` TO WIN. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. THEY JUST KEEP CRANKING THROUGH. THEY ARE STREETS AHEAD OF THE FIELD. WHILE ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND MAKE WINNING LOOK EASY, THEY SAY THIS KIND OF WORLD DOMINATION DOESN'T COME WITHOUT YEARS OF SACRIFICE. BASICALLY EVERY DECISION I'VE MADE HAS HAD THE CAVEAT OF WILL THIS MAKE ME GO FASTER, AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. WINNING HAS BECOME THEIR TRADEMARK. THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ROWING COMBINATIONS EVER, WITH THE BEST TIMES IN HISTORY AND AN UNBEATEN RUN STRETCHING SEVEN YEARS. BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY BORNE OUT OF LOSING. BOND AND MURRAY WERE PART OF THE WORLD CHAMPION FOUR WHICH FAILED TO MAKE THE FINAL AT BEIJING'S OLYMPICS. THEN THEY SWITCHED TO THE PAIR. WE WOULDN'T HAVE SAT HERE EIGHT YEARS AGO AND GONE YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO WIN EVERY SINGLE RACE ALL THE WAY ALONG. IT'S JUST HAPPENED. THEY'VE BEEN SO GOOD THAT OTHERS HAVE ABANDONED THE EVENT. TODAY'S RACE WADS NEVER IN DOUBT. MORE THAN FIVE SECONDS CLEAR. THAT'S NORMALLY THE PATTERN, WITH THE RETS FIGHTING IT OUT BEHIND THEM. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE AFTER WHEN THEY RE-COMMITTED FOR FOUR MORE YEARS AFTER LONDON. WE HAD TO THINK, 'WELL, IS IT GOING TO BE WORTH IT?' AND OF COURSE WE SAID, 'YEAH, LET'S TRY AND DO IT AGAIN.' IT IS NOW THAT'S THE THING. YOU CAN REFLECT ON IT AND SAY, 'YEAH, IT WAS WORTH IT.' THAT'S THE HARD THING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T WIN THEN IT DEFINITELY MAKES YOU QUESTION WHAT YOU'RE DOING THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THOSE WHO'VE SUPPORTED THEM AGREE. I'D LOVE HIM REGARDLESS, BUT IT DEFINITELY MAKES IT EASIER WHEN HE WINS. AND IT SEEMS THAT WINNING MAKES IT EASIER TO KEEP GOING, MEANING THE LURE OF TOKYO COULD BE STRONG, ESPECIALLY WITH ANOTHER ONE OF THESE ON OFFER. ABBY WILSON, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO. TWO OF THE TEAM SPRINTERS, BEATEN IN TO SECOND PLACE IN THE TEAM EVENT TODAY, WILL BE BACK AT THE VELODROME TOMORROW, FOR THE OPENING ROUND OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPRINTS. COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION SAM WEBSTER SAYS THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR CONDITIONING TO DO WELL. ONCE THE RACING BEGINS IN THE INDIVIDUAL SPRINT, THAT'S WHEN THE TACTICS AND NOUS COMES INTO IT, SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AFTER QUALIFYING. HAVE ONE EYE ON THE KIERIN THAT STARTS IN A FEW DAYS. THE KIERIN IS MY PRIORITY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IM GONNA BACK DOWN IN THE SPRINT. BUT I'LL ALWAYS HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT THE KIERIN IS MY NEXT MEDAL HOPE. THE MEN'S TEAM'S PURSUIT WILL BE CHASING MEDALS TOMORROW AFTER QUALIFYING 4TH FASTEST. DEFENDING CHAMPIONS POLLY POWRIE AND JO ALEH HAVE SURGED BACK TO THE TOP OF THE 470 YACHTING STANDINGS AFTER YESTERDAY'S SHOCK DISQUALIFICATION IN THEIR OPENING RACE. THE AUCKLAND PAIR ISN'T TOTALLY AT HOME IN THE BIG BRAZILIAN WAVES BUT SHOWED ALL THEIR EXPERIENCE TO WIN TODAY'S SECOND RACE. THAT WIPED OUT THE DISQUALIFICATION AND SENT THEM BACK TO THE TOP OF THE FLEET BY TWO POINTS AFTER FOUR RACES IN THE REGATTA. DOPING SCANDALS CONTINUE TO MAR THE OLYMPICS, WITH THE LATEST ALLEGATIONS NOT ABOUT THE RUSSIANS, BUT THE KENYANS. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S SPRINTING COACHES WAS SENT HOME AFTER POSING AS AN ATHLETE AND GIVING A URINE SAMPLE TO DRUG TESTERS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS CAUGHT UP WITH KIWI OLYMPIAN ZANE ROBERTSON, WHO'S BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE AGAINST KENYAN DOPERS. HE LIVED AND TRAINED IN KENYA FOR YEARS, BUT THAT'S NEVER STOPPED ZANE ROBERTSON QUESTIONING THE COUNTRY'S COMPLIANCE WITH ANTI-DOPING CODES, CONSEQUENCES BE DAMNED. THERE'S BIG SHADOWS AND QUESTION MARKS OVER THE KENYAN TEAM BEING HERE. CORRUPTION IS VERY EXISTENT. THINGS HAVE BEEN COVERED UP. STILL NAMES ARE HIDDEN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE I PERSONALLY KNOW ARE STILL VERY NON-COMPLIANT WITH THE DOPING FACTOR. THOSE SORTS OF COMMENTS HAVE LED TO DEATH THREATS, WHILE HE'S ACTIVELY AVOIDING HIS KENYAN COMPETITORS NOW THAT HE'S IN RIO. I ARRIVED LAST NIGHT AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM IN THE DINING HALL. I GOT SOME ANGRY STARES BUT I JUST FOUND IT FUNNY . ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO KENYA'S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM WAS HIT BY A MAJOR DOPING SCANDAL ` THEIR MANAGER SENT HOME FROM RIO AFTER ALLEGATIONS HE WAS OFFERING TO ACCEPT BRIBES IN EXCHANGE FOR HELPING TO PROTECT CHEATING ATHLETES FROM DRUG TESTS. ARE YOU SCARED? NO. IM ANGRY. IM ANGRY THAT IM IN THIS SITUATION AND I KNOW THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN GET TO ME IS IF I'M IN KENYA. ROBERTSON SAYS HE WON'T BE BACK THERE ANYTIME SOON, HE SIMPLY DOESN'T FEEL SAFE. IN THE MEANTIME HE HAS A RACE TO RUN ` THE 10,000M ` WHICH INCLUDES FOUR KENYAN COMPETITORS. I KNOW I'M COMPETING AGAINST NOT AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD, BUT AT LEAST IF I CAN COME AWAY FROM THE NIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD RUN THEN AT LEAST I'LL BE HAPPY KNOWING I DID IT AND DID IT CLEAN. THE 26-YEAR-OLD AIMING TO BREAK ROD DIXON'S 35 YEAR OLD NZ RECORD. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO. THE BLACK STICKS WOMEN ARE ADAMANT THEY'VE LEARNED THEIR LESSON FROM THE LAST OLYMPICS AS THEY PREPARE TO MEET THE SAME SIDE WHICH BROKE THEIR HEARTS IN THE SEMI-FINALS IN 2012. THEY PLAY THE NETHERLANDS TOMORROW, BUT SKIPPER KAYLA WHITELOCK SAYS THEIR MINDSET HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED AND THAT THEY SIMPLY DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION AT THE TIME. NOW WE'VE EMBRACED THAT, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE ` IN THOSE SPOTS ` AND I THINK THAT'S A KEY FOR THIS GROUP. WE'RE CAPABLE OF BEATING THEM AS LONG WE STICK TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WE'RE DISCIPLINED TO DO IT. AND I THINK IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE A REALLY GOOD SHOT. BUT IF WE DON'T AND WE GIVE THEM TOO MUCH LEEWAY, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HURT YOU. BEING IN POOL PLAY, TOMORROW'S MATCH DOESN'T HAVE QUITE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES. ALTHOUGH, A WIN WOULD ALL BUT GUARANTEE THEIR SPOT IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. AND NZ IS CLIMBING UP THE MEDAL TABLE. WITH THE GOLD AND TWO MORE SILVERS TODAY, THE TALLY HAS ROCKETED TO FIVE. NZ NOW 17TH. THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE STILL ON TOP: THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA, FOLLOWED BY JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA. AND FIJI ON THE MEDAL TABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, CURRENTLY AT 30TH. THAT'S IT FOR TODAY IN RIO. COMING UP TOMORROW, VALERIE ADAMS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME THE FIRST NZER TO WIN GOLD AT THREE CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC GAMES. HER QUALIFYING STARTS AT 1AM NZ TIME, JENNY-MAY. BACK HERE NOW, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SEASON IS ALMOST UPON US ` AGAIN. AS WE SPEAK, THE ALL BLACKS ARE IN A HIT-OUT AGAINST COUNTIES-MANUKAU IN PUKEKOHE. ANDREW SAVILLE HAS NEGOTIATED THE TRAFFIC TO FIND HIS WAY OUT TO SOUTH AUCKLAND. ONLY JUST WE NEED TO MENTION THE CROWD, IT IS CHOCKA AS WE MOVE TO THE FIELD, THE BIG GRASS EMBANKMENT IS CHOCKA AS WELL A LOT OF FANS HERE TONIGHT THE MOST FANS THIS HAS GROUND HAS SEEN SINCE THE 90S A CRUCIAL HIT-OUT FOR THE ALL BLACKS FOR THE BLUES AND THE CRUSADERS MOST OF THE SQUAD IS PLAYING HERE TONIGHT, APART FORM THE HURRICANES BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE FINAL NO JOE MOODY AND NO SAM CANE, MATT TODD FILLING IN STUART LANCASTER HERE NOW, FORMER ENGLAND COACH WHAT RBINGS YOU HERE? PREPARING FOR THE GAME AGAINST NORTH HARBOUR NEXT WEEK WITH COUNTIES GRETA TO BE HERE WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT NZ RUGBY? QUALITY. THE DEPTH OF THAT QUALITY. REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM. AND THE PRIDE THE COUNTIES BOYS HAVE IN THE SHIRT THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THERE WE HAVE IT, THE ALL BALCKS HAVE JUST SCORED AGAIN AGAINST NORHTLAND THANKS, SAV, BRILLIANT FORMER ALL BLACKS DOCTOR DEB ROBINSON HAS CALLED TIME ON HER LONG-SERVING RUGBY ROLE, JOINING THE EXODUS FROM THE CRUSADERS. THE SPORTS MEDIC WAS A TRAILBLAZER, AS GEORGE BERRY REPORTS. FOR 16 YEARS DR DEB ROBINSON HAS BEEN THERE WHEN IT MATTERED. COMMENTATOR: DEB ROBINSON, THE DOCTOR, GOT OUT TO HIM VERY QUICKLY. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A SEVERE INJURY, AND THAT'S GOING TO RULE HIM OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT. SHE'S PROBABLY SEEN MORE OF OUR TOP RUGBY PLAYERS THAN ANYONE ON THE PLANET. I THINK THE ONLY THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE CHANGING ROOM. YOU'VE GOT TO BE COMFORTABLE IN IT. THE SPORTS-MAD GIRL FROM GISBOURNE, WHO CARVED OUT A CAREER IN CANTERBURY INADVERTENTLY PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHER WOMEN TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN A MALE-DOMINATED ARENA. CERTAINLY EVERY TIME I SEE ANOTHER FEMALE BEING INVOLVED ` PARTICULARLY THOSE BASTIONS LIKE REFEREEING ` I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT AFTER A SWAG OF MEMORIES THEY'RE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS! I ENJOYED THE BIG MATCH ATMOSPHERE AS WELL. I USED TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE IF IT WAS A STADIUM FULL OF PEOPLE THAT I TOOK A MOMENT TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND AND ENJOY THE MOMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL, YOU'RE THERE AND PART OF A BIG STAGE. AS TOUGH AS IT IS, ROBINSON IS SAYING GOODBYE TO THE CRUSADERS. I TOLD THE PLAYERS THAT RUGBY PARK WAS MY HAPPY PLACE. AND GOODBYE TO HER HANDS-ON ROLE WITH RUGBY. SHE WILL BE DEFINITELY BE MISSED AT THE CRUSADERS, BUT SHE'LL BE MISSED FROM RUGBY FULL STOP. SHE'S AMAZING. IN MY TIME WITH HER SHE WAS THE MOTHER FIGURE OF THE LADS AND KEPT THE BOYS IN CHECK AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THE LADS. WITHOUT SO MUCH RUGBY ON HER HANDS, DR DEB ROBINSON CAN DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS. GEORGE BERRY, ONE NEWS. FINALLY IN SPORT, WE'RE ALL ABOUT RIO AT THE MOMENT, AND WHILE THIS NEXT CLIP ISN'T AN OLYMPIC SPORT, THIS FANS 'PERFORMANCE' AT A GAME OF BASEBALL IS WORTHY OF A MEDAL. WELL, PERHAPS NOT A MEDAL, BUT A HIGHLY-COMMENDED, WE THINK. THIS BLOKE MISSED THE CATCH, BUT HE DID KETCH-UP AND CHEESE, (LAUGHS) THE POSITIVE ` HE GOT A BIT OF ATTENTION, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE FIRST PICK IN YOUR WEEKEND SPORTS TEAM. I THINK HE'S LESS GUTTED ABOUT MISSING, MORE THAT HE HAS TO BUY MORE FOOD HE'S A CELEBRITY NOW. OVER TO SEVEN SHARP TIM WILSON THE OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT? HE'S ROWING I WAS ALITTLE BIT IMPRESSED WITH TIM'S ROWING ALSO TONIGHT, WHY ONE SMALL OTAGO TOWN IS NOW FIRMLY ON THE MAP. TAPANUI, EDGE OF THE FOREST. KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. GORE THAT WAY, ROXBOROUGH THAT WAY, AND FAMOUS FOR THE TAPANUI FLU ` UNTIL NOW. ELLIOT, FLY! YES, AND FROM TAPANUI TO THE 'GREEN' CARPET OF A SPECIAL SCREENING OF PETE'S DRAGON. WE TALK TO A TOP DISNEY EXECUTIVE ABOUT WHY NZ'S THE PLACE TO MAKE MOVIES. AND CAN YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCE? THEY'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO FLY AWAY, AND WE HAVE TO SAY, 'IT'S JUST A STATUE.' MEET MAPUA'S NEW HERON IN TOWN. BUT CAN HE LIVE UP TO THE LEGEND THAT HAMISH LEFT? SEE YOU AT SEVEN. HELLO. HEADING IN TO THE WEEKEND AND IT ISN'T LOOKING TOO BAD A PRETTY WELL-BEHAVED WEATHER SYSTEM, CATCH UP ON THE JOBS AROUND THE HOUSE THIS IS THE INCOMING SYSTEM THE CLOUDS HAVE A GOOD BEND BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING AT DIFFERENT SPEED THERE'S A HIGH MOVING AWAY, AND ANOTHER HIGH EDGING ACROSS THE TASMAN THE OTHER CLOUD WILL AFFECT THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST WITH SOME MOISTURE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ON SATURDAY MORNING THE LOW IS WINDING AROUND WITH BRIEF HEAVY BURTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COUNTRY THOSE ARE THE FRONT THERE TOUCHING THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST THE RIAN IS RATHER BROKEN, JUST SHOWERS A LITTLE SOUTHWEST CHANGE WITH SOME SHOWERS TO THE FAR SOUTH SHOWERS IN NORTHERN CANTERBURY, CROSS MARLBOROUGH INTRODUCE HIGHER CLOUD BY THE EVENING FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ. Weekend plans. These three are looking forward to the weekend. Decent weather in places. Hollywood comes to smalltown NZ.