WE'LL GET TO PETER IN RIO SHORTLY, BUT FIRST TONIGHT, A WATER CONTAMINATION SCARE IN HAWKE'S BAY MAY HAVE CLAIMED A LIFE OF AN ELDERLY PERSON. 20 OTHERS ARE IN HOSPITAL AND HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. NICOLE BREMNER'S WITH ME NOW. NICOLE, HOW BAD IS THIS SITUATION AND WHAT'S CAUSED IT? APPEARS A VERY NASTY BUG HAS GOT INTO THE HAVELOCK NORTH WATER SUPPLY 12 MILLION LITRES A DAY ARE USED THERE. SO NO SURPRISE ` IT'S A BAD WEEKEND FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE. AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN SCHOOLS, INCLUDING TWO BOARDING SCHOOLS. UP TO 30% IN SOME CASES, MORE STUDENTS ARE BEING STRUCK DOWN. ONE PRINCIPAL GTOLD US STAFF ARE STARTING TO GET SICK TOO. IT'S NASTY. THEY FIRST HAD A HEADACHE AND THEN FLU SYMPTOMS WE'VE GOT POLICIES SO WE ARE PREPARED IT IS SO SERIOUS THAT THE D.H.B. CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON TO CLARIFY WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTBREAK. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BORE SUPPLY. OK, SO IS THIS BUG CONTAGIOUS? BUT HOW DID THIS HAPPENH? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? OK, SO IS THIS BUG CONTAGIOUS? YES. THE D.H.B.'S POSTED INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER NASTY CAMPYLOBACTOR ON IT'S FACEBOOK PAGE AS A GUIDE TO STOP IT SPREADING. THEY ARE REMINDING PEOPLE THAT ALL WATER MUST BE BOILED FOR AT LEAST ONE MINUTE, THAT INCLUDES WATER USED FOR FOOD PREPARATION, DRINKING WATER AND TEETH BRUSHING. USE THE HOT SETTING ON YOUR DISHWASHER IF YOU HAVE ONE OR USE BOILED WATER TO WASH YOUR DISHES BY HAND, ANIMALS SHOULD BE OK, BUT IF YOUR PET SEEMS UNWELL, CALL YOUR VET. WHAT'S THE ADVICE FOR PEOPLE AT HOME TONIGHT? CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MOST AT RISK, SO IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY BECOMES UNWELL, KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING ENOUGH FLUIDS IT TAKES ABOUT 10 DAYS FOR THE BUG TO DEVELOP, AND IT CAN LAST FOR AROUND 10 DAYS. THANKS, NICOLE. LET'S GET TO TODAY'S ACTION IN RIO NOW. GREG, IT WAS A SHOCK FINISH TO THE WOMEN'S SHOTPUT JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. VALERIE ADAMS, THE CHAMPION FROM THE PAST TWO OLYMPIC GAMES, IN THE LEAD AND POISED TO WIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. BUT WE HADN'T FACTORED IN THE AMERICAN MICHELLE CARTER WHO HAD ONE THROW LEFT. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. SHE'S LONG BEEN GRACIOUS IN VICTORY. TONIGHT VALERIE ADAMS WAS JUST AS CLASSY IN DEFEAT. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD? UM, 'DAMMIT1' THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, AT THAT MOMENT YOU HAVE TO LIFT YOUR FLAG UP AND FLY IT HIGH AND BE PROUD OF IT BECAUSE THIS IS A TOUGH GIG. FEW HAVE DONE IT TOUGHER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. ADAMS OVERCOMING SURGERIES AND STRUGGLING WITH FORM TO THEN COME HEARTBREAKINGLY CLOSE TO AN HISTORIC THIRD CONSECUTIVE GOLD. I DON'T KNOW HOW I REALLY FEEL. UM... BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT I'VE LEFT EVERYTHING OUT THERE AND THAT I'M AT PEACE WITH THE FACT THAT I KNOW I'VE GIVEN IT MY ALL. AMERICAN MICHELLE CARTER WAS THE LAST COMPETITOR WHO COULD'VE KNOCKED ADAMS INTO SILVER. SHE PULLED OUT A STUNNING PERSONAL BEST ON HER FINAL ATTEMPT. COMMENTATOR: WHAT A FANTASTIC EFFORT! DID YOU THINK YOU HAD IT? UM, IT WAS EASY TO THINK YOU DID HAVE IT, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE COMPETITION'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER. ADAMS HAD EARLIER HIT A SEASON BEST 20.42M, MAKING FOR AN ANXIOUS WATCH FOR KIWIS IN THE CROWD. IT WAS VERY TENSE, ACTUALLY. I MEAN, EVEN RICHIE MCCAW WAS SITTING A FEW ALONG FROM US AND EVEN HE WAS LOOKING PRETTY TENSE ABOUT IT ALL. MOST THOUGHT IT WAS ENOUGH. WE'D GONE DOWN TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS OF HER HOPEFULLY WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL, BUT, NO, IT WASN'T TO BE. EVERYONE JUST WENT QUIET IN OUR CROWD. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT THE WAY ADAMS WANTED TO END HER FOURTH OLYMPICS, BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE AWAY FROM HER LEGACY ` TWO OLYMPIC GOLDS, FOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, THREE COMMONWEALTH GAMES TRIUMPHS. TOMORROW AT HER MEDAL CEREMONY, THE 31-YEAR-OLD WILL GET A SILVER TO ADD TO HER REMARKABLE COLLECTION. THEN IT'S ON TO ANOTHER COMPETITION, A POSTPONED HONEYMOON, AND FINALLY MAKING A DECISION ON HER FUTURE IN THE SPORT THAT'S MADE ROTORUA'S FAVOURITE DAUGHTER A NZ SPORTING GREAT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO, THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS HAVE BOTH QUALIFIED FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OLYMPIC QUARTER-FINALS. THE MEN LINED UP FOR A PLAYOFF AGAINST DEFENDING CHAMPIONS GERMANY. THE WOMEN REACHING THE LAST EIGHT WITH A GAME TO SPARE AFTER SKIPPER KAYLA WHITELOCK SCORED A NEAR LAST-MINUTE STUNNER TO DRAW 1-1 WITH THE TOP-RANKED NETHERLANDS. IT'S A TACTIC WE USE WHEN WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE. WE THROW IT UP HIGH, AND IT'S WORKED IN THE PAST. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, BUT TODAY ON THE BIG STAGE, IT'S PLEASING TO SEE THAT IT DOES HAPPEN, AND, LOOK, SHE'S A CLASS PLAYER. THEY'LL PLAY CHINA IN THEIR FINAL POOL MATCH TOMORROW WHILE THE MEN HAVE WRAPPED UP POOL PLAY WITH A 3-1 WIN OVER BELGIUM. SUPERSTAR AMERICAN SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS ALSO HAD TO SETTLE FOR SLVER TODAY IN THE 100M BUTTERFLY. JOSEPH SCHOOLING OF SINGAPORE WON THE RACE BEATING OUT THE MAN WHO WAS HIS CHILDHOOD IDOL. IT'S SINGAPORE'S FIRST-EVER GOLD MEDAL, AND, REMARKABLY, THERE WAS A THREE-WAY TIE FOR SILVER BETWEEN PHELPS, CHAD LE CLOUS OF SOUTH AFRICA AND LASZLO CZECH OF HUNGARY. SHE DIDN'T WIN HER RACE OR EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT ROUND, BUT A SAUDI ARABIAN SPRINTER MADE A LITTLE OLYMPIC HISTORY IN RIO TODAY. KARIMAN ABJLJADAYEL BECAME THE FIRST SAUDI WOMAN TO RUN IN THE 100M. COMPETING IN FULL BODY KIT AND HIJAB, SHE FINISHED SEVENTH IN HER HEAT, BUT WAS PRAISED HEAVILY ONLINE FOR HER EFFORTS. LATER, KAMIA YOUSUFI FROM AFGHANISTAN ALSO COMPETED IN A HIJAB, FINISHING LAST IN HER HEAT. THAT'S IT FOR NOW FROM RIO. I'LL BE BACK LATER IN SPORT WITH THE STORY OF NZ'S OTHER SILVER MEDAL TODAY ` IT CAME AT THE ROWING. THANKS, PETER. BACK HERE, CHEAPER THAN EVER, AND EASIER TO GET, TWO HEADLINES YOU DON'T WANT TO REPORT IN THE WAR ON P. MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE NEEDING HELP TO FIGHT ADDICTION TO METH AS IT'S ESTIMATED THE DRUG'S A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY HERE. BEN NEHO STARTING USING MARIJUANA AT JUST 13 YEARS OLD. BY 17, HE WAS HOOKED ON METHAMPHETAMINE, OR P, AND HEADED TOWARDS A LIFE OF CRIME. ALL I REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS FIGHT AND DRINK. DRINK HEAPS AND JUST CAUSE TROUBLE. BEN'S STORY ISN'T UNIQUE. ADDICTION SERVICES CLAIM 70% OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE NOW HOOKED ON P, AND IN SOME PLACES IT'S NOW EASIER TO GET THAN CANNABIS. THE COST IS REDUCING. IT'S AROUND $80 TO $100 FOR A POINT. WHANGANUI ALONE HAS SEEN A 25% JUMP IN METH USE. THEIR COMMUNITY'S VERY SATURATED. I THINK THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES, LIKE NORTHLAND, OTHER PLACES THAT ARE REALLY EXPERIENCING A REAL RESURGENCE IN METH. THE POLICE MINISTER'S NOT CONVINCED. THE HEALTH PEOPLE TELL ME THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE USING IT NOW BUT I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT ARE USING IT MORE. JUDITH COLLINS SAYS POLICE AND CORRECTIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON ENFORCEMENT, AND THERE'S FUNDING FOR REHABILITATION, INCLUDING BEDS FOR RECOVERING ADDICTS. THE TROUBLE IS THAT THE DEMAND FAR OUTWEIGHS THE BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, SO THERE'S OFTEN A THREE- TO FOUR-MONTH WAITING LIST. LABOUR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S OUT OF TOUCH. IF I WAS THE MINISTER OF POLICE, I'D BE TAKING THIS INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY. I'D BE MAKING A VERY ROBUST BUSINESS CASE TO TAKE TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, SAYING WE NEED MORE POLICE ON THE GROUND. WE'VE UNDERESTIMATED THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT HERE. I THINK AT THE MOMENT THE POLICE ARE COPING, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S CLEAR WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE RESOURCES. BEN QUIT METH FIVE YEARS AGO AND NOW USES HIS EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS, HOPING THEY'LL FOLLOW HIS LEAD. SOME WELL-KNOWN FACES HAVE TURNED OUT FOR A VIGIL IN CHRISTCHURCH SUPPORTING CONVICTED KILLER SCOTT WATSON, AGAIN CALLING FOR THE CASE TO BE REVIEWED. BUT AS WELL AS SUPPORTERS, THERE WERE SCENES AS OTHERS VOICED THEIR ANGER IN WHAT'S BECOME ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL CASES. DONNA-MARIE LEVER WAS THERE. YOU GUYS ARE JUST A BUNCH OF <BLEEP>WITS. SCOTT WATSON'S GUILT OR INNOCENCE OFTEN DIVIDES THE PUBLIC, AND TODAY THERE WAS MORE CONFLICT AS SUPPORTERS RALLIED IN ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL CASES IN NZ'S HISTORY. ALL CHANT: FREE SCOTT WATSON. FREE SCOTT WATSON. WATSON REMAINS BEHIND BARS, CONVICTED OF MURDERING BEN SMART AND OLIVIA HOPE IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS IN THE LATE '90s. BUT HE'S STILL AWARE OF THOSE TRYING TO HELP HIM. HE'S GRATEFUL FOR IT AND GLAD IT'S HAPPENING. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF IT WAS HAPPENING EARLIER IN THE PIECE. AMONG THE SUPPORT ` ARTHUR ALLAN THOMAS, THE MAN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED TWICE FOR THE CREWE MURDERS IN THE '70s. HE SERVED NINE YEARS IN JAIL BEFORE BEING GRANTED A ROYAL PARDON. THE SYSTEM CAN BE WRONG, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT SCOTT WATSON. IT CAN BE WRONG, AND WITH SCOTT A PRISONER, YOU'RE JUST LOCKED UP IN PRISON AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THIS IS NZ. FORMER POLITICIAN RODNEY HIDE ALSO WANTING TO HELP AND SAYS HE REGRETS NOT ACTING SOONER. IT'S ONE OF MY MANY FAILURES IN PARLIAMENT. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME SCOTT WATSON COULDN'T HAVE DONE THESE HORRIBLE MURDERS. ANOTHER VIGIL WAS HELD IN BLENHEIM TODAY TOO. WHILE THEY'VE STARTED OUT SMALL IN NUMBERS, THEY ARE THE FIRST ORGANISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRY AND GAIN MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE CASE. THE MAIN GAME IS TO OVERTURN THE CONVICTION. THERE'S A PAROLE THING THAT'S GOING ON AT THE MOMENT, BUT THAT'S A SIDE ISSUE. WATSON WAS DECLINED PAROLE LAST YEAR. THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALISATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HAVE RISEN SHARPLY, ACCORDING TO FIGURES OBTAINED BY ONE NEWS. BUT THERE'S A DISPUTE ABOUT WHETHER THAT MEANS THE PROBLEM'S GOT WORSE OR MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED. HERE'S HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON. A MAJOR A.O.S. CALL-OUT IN MANGERE LAST MONTH AFTER A MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT HOLED HIMSELF UP INSIDE HIS HOME WITH A GUN, MAKING THREATS. ONE EXAMPLE OF AN ALARMING NEW STATISTIC THAT 68,000 MORE NZERS HAVE SOUGHT HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THIS YEAR. THERE IS A LEVEL OF PEOPLE BEING NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE NORMAL PRESSURES OF LIFE. MALE YOUTH SUICIDES ARE UP WITH ONE-THIRD OF YOUTH CURRENTLY WAITING MORE THAN THREE WEEKS FOR TREATMENT. NOT HELPED, SAY THE GREENS, BY FUNDING CUTS OR CLOSURES TO SERVICES SUCH AS 'RELATIONSHIPS AOTEROA' LAST YEAR. COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES THAT WE EXPECT TO KEEP PEOPLE WELL OR TO DEAL WITH THEIR ISSUES EARLY ON, ARE FAILING. AS A RESULT, THE GREENS SAY, THE HEALTH MINISTRY'S OWN DATA NOW SHOWS HOSPITALISATION RATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH HAVE INCREASED FROM 485 PER 100,000 PATIENTS IN 2008 TO 593 TWO YEARS AGO. THE WAY WE CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT'S CAUSING THAT FAILURE AND CAUSING THESE INCREASED HOSPITALISATIONS IS BY HOLDING A PROPER INQUIRY, AND DOING SO PRETTY URGENTLY. BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SEES NO POINT IN THAT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT AN INQUIRY IS GOING TO REALLY SHOW US SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW. THE MINISTRY SAYS AN EXTRA $1.4 BILLION HAS BEEN PUMPED INTO MENTAL HEALTH, AND FAR FROM HIGHER HOSPITALISATIONS AND PATIENT NUMBERS BEING A BAD THING, IT SAYS IT SHOWS PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. THE IMPROVED ACCESS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING RIGHT IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST. YOU NEED AT LEAST ONE DAY OFF A WEEK TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD. THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SAYS GOVERNMENT-FUNDED INITIATIVES SUCH AS FARMSTRONG AND THE CANTERBURY D.H.B.'S POST-QUAKE 'ALL RIGHT?' PROGRAMME ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF THIS. IT'S NOW CALLING FOR POLITICIANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND NOT USE THEM AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL. THAILAND'S ON HIGH ALERT TONIGHT AFTER A SERIES OF BOMBS CAUSED CHAOS IN TOURIST HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHY AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING FOR CALM, AMID WARNINGS FOR TRAVELLERS. HE ACCUSED HIS POLITICAL RIVALS OF FOUNDING ISIS, BUT SURPRISE, SURPRISE. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WAS JUST JOKING. HOW'S IT HURTING HIM IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE? AND IT'S POSSIBLY ONE OF THE OLDEST ANIMALS ALIVE. WHAT WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT THIS PECULIAR RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES ON EARTH. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS URGING KIWI TRAVELLERS TO BE VIGILANT IN THAILAND FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF EXPLOSIONS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRY. THAI POLICE SAY THE BLASTS IN HUA HIN, SURAT TANI AND PATONG ARE NOT TERROR ATTACKS BUT DOMESTIC SABOTAGE. THE BBC'S JONATHAN HEAD HAS MORE. SIRENS BLARE THE BOMBS WERE SMALL, BUT, FOR THOSE NEARBY, THEY WERE DEADLY. ANYONE, CAN YOU HELP ME? THIS WAS HUA HIN. A SEDATE SEASIDE RESORT POPULAR WITH RETIREES FROM EUROPE. TWO EXPLOSIONS SHOOK THE TOWN CENTRE ON A BUSY THURSDAY EVENING, JUST BEFORE A LONG WEEKEND. I WAS SAT HERE WITH MY FRIENDS. THERE WAS ABOUT 6 OF US. A NUMBER OF THEM ON HOLIDAY FROM THE UK. WE WERE JUST SITTING HERE, ENJOYING A GOOD TIME, THE MUSIC'S QUITE LOUD, ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW A BIT OF A COMMOTION. WE LEFT THE SEAT WHERE WE ARE HERE, AND WE JUST HEADED AROUND THE CORNER AND PEOPLE WERE SHOUTING, 'BOMB, BOMB!' AS I APPROACHED THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY CHAOTIC SCENES. THERE WAS NO FLASHING LIGHTS AT THAT POINT. NOTHING INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF AN AMBULANCE. THERE WAS AROUND EIGHT BODIES OR TEN BODIES ON THE FLOOR. I COULD SEE THAT. BUT IT TURNED OUT HUA HIN WAS NOT THE ONLY PART OF THAILAND BEING ATTACKED. THERE WERE 11 BLASTS IN ALL, IN FIVE PROVINCES. BUT WHY? AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE? THE THAI POLICE SAY IT'S TOO SOON TO SPECULATE, BUT THEY INSIST THIS WAS NOT TERRORISM, THEY'RE DESCRIBING IT AS JUST DOMESTIC SABOTAGE. BUT AN OPERATION ON THIS SCALE HINTS AT AN EXPERIENCED GROUP MAKING A POLITICAL POINT. PERHAPS THE SEPARATIST INSURGENTS WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE THAI ARMY IN THE DEEP SOUTH, OR GROUPS OUT TO EMBARRASS THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT. MFAT SAYS KIWIS IN THAILAND SHOULD FOLLOW MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND KEEP IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH FAMILY BACK HOME. DONALD TRUMP'S BACKED AWAY FROM COMMENTS CALLING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA THE FOUNDER OF THE MILITANT GROUP ISLAMIC STATE. A NEW POLL SHOWS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE'S LOSING GROUND IN THREE CRUCIAL STATES TO DEMOCRATIC RIVAL HILLARY CLINTON. THE USABC'S DAVID WRIGHT REPORTS. SO, I SAID,'OBAMA IS THE FOUNDER OF ISIS.' TONIGHT DONALD TRUMP WALKED BACK A CLAIM HE;S BEEN HAMMERING HOME ABOUT THE THREAT POSED BY ISIS. THEY'RE NOW 28 COUNTRIES. THEY'RE EXPANDING. NOT QUITE WHAT HE'S BEEN SAYING AT RALLIES ACROSS FLORIDA. I CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON THE FOUNDERS OF ISIS. THE FOUNDER! IN A TRUE SENSE. HE'S THE FOUNDER OF ISIS. THESE ARE THE FOUNDERS OF ISIS BECAUSE OF BAD JUDGEMENT. SYMPATHETIC INTERVIEWERS TRIED TO HELP HIM OUT. BUT TONIGHT, A STUNNING REVERSAL. FIRST, TWEETING, 'THEY DON'T GET SARCASM.' THEN THIS, TONIGHT ` OBVIOUSLY I'M BEING SARCASTIC, THEN` THEN` BUT NOT THAT SARCASTIC, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. A SURPRISE GUEST WAS THERE TO INTRODUCE TRUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA. SO, YOU ALL READY TO WIN? CROWD CHEERS THE GOP CHAIRMAN SIGNALLING THE PARTY IS FULLY BEHIND TRUMP. WE HAVE TO WIN PENNSYLVANIA. NEW POLLS SHOW TRUMP AT RISK OF LOSING NOT JUST BATTLEGROUND STATES, BUT ALSO STATES THAT TRADITIONALLY VOTE REPUBLICAN. TRUMP HIMSELF ADMITTED AS MUCH. WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM. WE'RE HAVING A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM IN UTAH. WE NEED HELP IN OHIO. IF YOU CAN SEND OUT THE WORD TO OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, SOME OF THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT SWING STATES. A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT IN THE AMERICAN CITY OF HOUSTON HAS ENDED IN A THREE CAR CRASH, WITH REPORTS CHILDREN WERE INSIDE ONE OF THE VEHICLES. DRAMATIC FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENT THE UTE BEING PURSUED COLLIDES WITH THE OTHER VEHICLES AS IT RACES ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. ARMED OFFICERS SURROUNDED THE VEHICLE AND ARRESTED THE DRIVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH. FASCINATING NEW DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT THE OLDEST LIVING VERTEBRATE. THE GREENLAND SHARK LIVES IN ICY WATERS OF THE ARTIC AND FEEDS ON FISH AND SEALS. AND NOW, AS THE BBC'S DAVID SHUCKMAN REPORTS, RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND ONE THAT COULD BE OVER 400 YEARS OLD. LARGE, SLOW AND MYSTERIOUS. A GREENLAND SHARK. A GREAT SURVIVOR OF THE NATURAL WORLD. HUNTED FOR ITS OIL IN THE LAST CENTURY, THE SPECIES SOMEHOW KEPT GOING. BUT NO ONE KNEW HOW LONG THESE CREATURES CAN LIVE. NOW SOME, CAUGHT ACCIDENTALLY IN FISHING NETS, WERE ANALYSED WITH ASTOUNDING RESULTS. ONE WAS ABOUT 400 YEARS OLD, WHICH, RESEARCHERS SAY, MAKES FINDING ONE ALL THE MORE EXCITING. THE OLDEST OF THE SHARKS ANALYSED WAS BORN RIGHT BACK DURING THE REIGN OF JAMES THE FIRST, KING OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. AND SHE ONLY REACHED SEXUAL MATURITY AS GEORGE WASHINGTON BEGAN THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE 150 YEARS LATER. BY CONTRAST, A BOWHEAD WHALE, PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO HOLD THE RECORD, ONLY APPEARED AT THE TIME OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. AND THE OLDEST GIANT TORTOISE, NEARLY TWO CENTURIES OLD, WAS BORN SHORTLY AFTER THAT. NOW, THERE ARE SPONGES AND TREES THAT ARE MUCH OLDER, BUT OF THE VERTEBRATES, CREATURES WITH A BACKBONE, THIS SHARK IS THE OLDEST. THE SCIENTIST'S INITIALLY THOUGHT THEY'D GOT IT ALL WRONG ABOUT THIS STRANGE CREATURE OF THE ARCTIC. BUT THEN THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE SHARKS REALLY WERE CENTURIES OLD. THE RAS NOW IS TO TRACK THEM WITH SATELLITE TAGS. A GRIM PROCESS, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE CREATURES LIVE AND TO IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF THEIR SURVIVAL. FREE BREWS AND FRIED CHICKEN ARE THE HEADLINE ACTS AT NORTH KOREA'S FIRST EVER BEER FESTIVAL. AROUND 800 LOCALS AND TOURISTS PACKED INTO THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL PYONGYANG. THE BEER WILL FLOW FOR 20 DAYS, PROMOTING NORTH KOREA'S MOST POPULAR DROP, WHICH RESIDENTS SAY IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND A CHILLY START TO THE WEEKEND FOR SOME. YES, A COLD FROSTY START FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH THIS MORNING. DUNEDIN AIRPORT WAS MINUS -4. QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA WOKE TO MINUS -3. AND A WET START TO THE WEEKEND OVER THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND WHILE IT CLEARED FURTHER NORTH. MILFORD SOUND, QUEENSTOWN, KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM JUST SHY OF DOUBLE FIGURES TODAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THEY'VE BROUGHT A SMALL AMOUNT OF HOLLYWOOD TO CENTRAL OTAGO. WE'RE THERE AS THE RESIDENTS WHO SUPPLIED THE BACKDROP FOR A BLOCKBUSTER GET A FIRST LOOK. AND NOT ALL EYES IN RIO ARE ON THE GAMES. WHY SOME LOCAL CUSTOMS ARE RAISING EYEBROWS. With a St John Medical Alarm, you have the confidence to enjoy living at home. If there's an emergency, you can press the button and it connects directly with St John, who'll know exactly what's needed, from reassuring advice... to dispatching the right help for your situation. It feels like having St John right here in your own home. Call 0800 50 23 23 and find out about a free trial. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN HAWKE'S BAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A WATER-BORNE GASTRO BUG. THE LOCAL D.H.B. IS URGING PEOPLE TO BOIL THEIR WATER BEFORE DRINKING IT, BUT THERE'S OUTRAGE IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE WARNED ABOUT THE ILLNESS. AND KIWI TRAVELLERS IN THAILAND ARE BEING URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AFTER A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAI AUTHORITIES SAY THE BLASTS ARE NOT THE WORK OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS BUT ARE DOMESTIC SABOTAGE INSTEAD. IT'S A MOVE AWAY FROM UNWANTED TAGGING, TOWARDS ART OF A DIFFERENT KIND. YOUNG MEN INSIDE CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON'S YOUTH UNIT ARE LEARNING HOW TO HOLD A PAINT BRUSH AND PICKING UP SOME VALUABLE LIFE SKILLS ALONG THE WAY. KIM SAVAGE WENT INSIDE. IT LOOKS MUCH LIKE ANY HIGH SCHOOL, EXCEPT THAT THE YOUNG MEN HERE DON'T GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THEY CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESSES JUST LIKE OTHER STUDENTS, THOUGH. IN THE VISITORS ROOM AT CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON'S YOUTH UNIT, GREY'S BEEN SWAPPED OUT FOR COLOUR ` THE RESULT OF 16 WEEKS' WORTH OF WORK. I FIRST STARTED OFF WITH DOING THIS CROSSWORD WITH SOME MEANINGFUL WORDS IN THERE. FOR THIS YOUNG MAN, WHO WE CAN'T IDENTIFY, JAILED FOR VIOLENT OFFENCES AND REACHING THE END OF HIS SENTENCE, THIS PROJECT WAS A LIFELINE. WHEN I WAS HAVING A BAD, MISERABLE DAY, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO PAINTING BECAUSE I KNEW ONCE I LEFT PAINTING, EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON MY MIND WAS OUT THE DOOR. I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT MY PAROLE, AND I THINK I'D JUST BE SITTING IN MY ROOM WISHING I WAS OUT. THE FIRST SCHEME OF ITS KIND FOR YOUTH STARTED IN FEBRUARY AND IS RUN BY EDUCATION PROVIDER SKILLWISE. IT SEES YOUNG OFFENDERS PLAN, DESIGN AND PAINT WHAT MEANS MOST TO THEM. YOU TALK ABOUT COME AND LEARN. THEY'RE LIKE, 'URGH, I DON'T WANT TO LEARN. 'I DON'T WANT TO COME TO CLASS,' BUT WHEN THEY THINK IT'S SOMETHING FUN, LIKE DOING ART, AND UNDERNEATH ALL THAT THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH THINGS. LIKE, 'I'M DOING INSPIRATIONAL ARTWORK. 'I'M LEARNING TEAMWORK AND HOW TO INTERACT WELL WITH OTHERS.' TAKING THOSE SKILLS BEYOND THE FENCE. I'VE GOT A BUILDING APPRENTICESHIP TO GO TO SO I'M GOING TO USE MY EYE FOR DETAIL IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND HOPEFULLY SUCCEED IN THAT. MAYBE A LITTLE ARTWORK? YEAH. MAYBE THEY'LL WANT A FEATURE WALL. SINCE THIS SCHEME BEGAN, STAFF HERE HAVE NOTICED A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI THEY'VE SEEN. AS A RESULT, THEY'RE HOPING TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVE FURTHER. NEXT ON THE JOB SHEET? MAYBE ONE OF THESE WALLS WITH PLENTY OF ROOM FOR COLOUR HERE. WHEN DISNEY EXECUTIVES CHOSE THE SMALL TOWN OF TAPANUI AS THE LOCATION FOR THEIR LATEST MOVIE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. IN FACT, SOME OF THEM PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS. BUT THERE, ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF OTAGO, THEY FOUND EVERYTHING, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, EVERYONE THEY NEEDED. MARK HATHAWAY WAS THERE WHEN THE TOWN GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THE MOVIE THEY HELPED MAKE. TINSEL TOWN FILM EXECUTIVES RECEIVING A WARM WELCOME IN SMALL TOWN NZ. IT IS REALLY SPECIAL. THAT PRIDE IN CULTURE AND PRIDE IN NZ IS REALLY SPECIAL. DISNEY EXECUTIVES AND FILMMAKERS REUNITED WITH TAPANUI FOR A SPECIAL SOUTH ISLAND PREMIER OF PETE'S DRAGON, THE ADVENTURE OF AN ORPHANED BOY NAMED PETE AND HIS BEST FRIEND, WHO'S A DRAGON. THERE'S MAGIC IN THE WOODS, IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT. THE WHOLE TOWN` IT'S HUGE. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT'S EVER HAPPENED IN TAPANUI. TAPANUI TRANSFORMED INTO THE FICTIONAL AMERICAN TOWN OF MILLHAVEN FOR THE FOUR-AND-A-HALF WEEK SHOOT IN APRIL LAST YEAR. NORTH ISLAND LOCATIONS AROUND TOKOROA, ALONG WITH WELLINGTON'S STONE STREET STUDIOS, ALSO USED. THE FILM'S STARS RELISHING THE CHANCE TO WORK IN NZ. MAKING THE FILM WAS ONE THING, BUT EXPERIENCING NZ OUTSIDE OF THE FILM WAS ANOTHER AND I REALLY LOVED IT. WE WENT DOWN SOUTH, EVEN PAST INVERCARGILL TO STEWART ISLAND, AND I LIKED STEWART ISLAND AS WELL. IT WAS VERY COOL, LIKE, IN THE NATURE WHERE THERE IS NO ONE AND NOTHING. TAPANUI'S WARM HOSPITALITY HELPING STRENGTHEN NZ'S REPUTATION AS A GREAT PLACE TO MAKE FILMS. WE CAME AND FOUND OURSELVES WELCOMED BY THE CITIZENS, WELCOMED BY THE TOWN ITSELF, AND WE WERE ABLE TO INVOLVE EVERYBODY. WORD TRAVELS FAST IN THIS TOWN. AND AS FOR FINALLY SEEING THE FINISHED PRODUCT ` IT'S ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS COS THE LEAD BOY LIVED NEXT DOOR. YEAH, WE SAW SOME OF OUR CARS AND STUFF. IT WAS GOOD. IT SEEMS IT WILL BE HARD FOR TAPANUI TO EVER TOP THE MAGIC OF THE MOVIES. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THE BEACHES OF BRAZIL ARE WORLD FAMOUS ` COPACABANA AND IPANEMA ` BUT SOME FOREIGN VISITORS AT THE OLYMPICS ARE RAISING THEIR EYEBROWS AT THE TINY BATHING SUITS FAVOURED BY THE LOCALS. AS DANIEL FAITAUA DISCOVERS, IT'S WHAT MAKES BRAZIL UNIQUE, AND, BE WARNED, THERE IS A LOT OF FLESH ON DISPLAY IN HIS STORY. ON COPACABANA CROWDED SUNBATHERS WORSHIP THE TROPICAL SUN. WOMEN OF ALL SIZES WEAR THE SMALLEST BIKINI THEY CAN FIND, MEN, TOO, ADOPT THE LESS-IS-MORE ATTITUDE. NO PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS VERY NORMAL. TRANSLATOR: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE FAT OR SKINNY, IT'S HOW YOU FEEL INSIDE, AND THAT REFLECTS THE REAL BEAUTY THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE. BUT FOR SOME FOREIGN VISITORS THE SKIMPY BEACH ATTIRE TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO - ALTHOUGH, THEY'RE NOT COMPLAINING. IT'S REFRESHING. (LAUGHS) THAT'S WHY YOU COME HERE, ISN'T IT? THAT'S WHY YOU COME HERE! GLORIFYING THE BODY IS AN ESSENTIAL VALUE IN BRAZILIAN CULTURE AND LOCALS TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO STAY FIT. ACCORDING TO A BRAZILIAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 1 IN 3 PEOPLE EXERCISE DAILY, BUT MANY DON'T FEEL THEY'VE ATTAINED THAT PERFECT BEACH BODY SO, WHY DO THEY EXERCISE? WELL, IN ORDER TO STAY YOUNG. AND THAT MEANS GYM WORKOUTS, NOT JUST IN THE DAY. AT NIGHT, IF IM NOT VERY TIRED, I GO EXERCISE AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUTDOOR GYM BUT CARIOCAS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RIO, LIKE VERY MUCH TO WORKOUT. AND AS THE SUN SETS ON COPACABANA. THERE'S NO SIGNS OF BEACH GOERS SLOWING DOWN. TRANSLATOR: THIS IS RIO, THE WATER IS BEAUTIFUL AND HERE AT THE BEACH YOU FEEL FREE AND BEAUTIFUL. A PHILOSOPHY THIS NATION IS PROUD TO STAND AND LIVE BY. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND WHAT A HEART BREAKER FOR VAL ADAMS. I FEEL OVER DRESSED MORE ON ANOTHER OH-SO-CLOSE MOMENT FOR THE NZ TEAM AS THE SILVER TINGE CONTINUES WE HEAD BACK TO PETE IN RIO. PLUS, A HOMETOWN HERO'S WELCOME. THE ALL BLACKS GET THE BLOWOUT THEY'RE AFTER, SO WHO'S LIKELY TO BE ADDED TO THE SQUAD FOR SYDNEY? AND THE MAN WHO SET THE STANDARDS, GIVES BACK TO THE NEXT WAVE OF BIG AIR ATHLETES. TOMORROW ON Q + A, REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD ABUSE AGAINST ASYLUM SEEKERS ON NAURU. A FORMER WORKER TELLS US WHAT SHE SAW, PLUS LABOUR'S DAVID SHEARER ON WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO. THEN A CLOSE CLINTON FRIEND GIVES US AN INSIGHT INTO THE WOMAN WHO COULD BE THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 HERE ON ONE. IT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DAY AT THE RIO OLYMPICS, LED BY VAL ADAMS HAVING THE GOLD MEDAL RIPPED FROM HER GRASP BY AMERICAN MICHELLE CARTER. A THIRD GOLD LOOKED SECURE UNTIL THE VERY LAST THROW BY CARTER. ALSO TODAY, DANNY LEE'S ROARED UP THE LEADER BOARD IN THE GOLF, WHILE THE LEADING SAILORS HAVE STARTED STRONGLY. BUT IT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DAY AT THE MAIN ATHLETICS STADIUM, LET'S GO BACK TO RIO LIVE, AND PETER WILLIAMS. THANKS, ANDREW. THERE CAN BE FEW CRUELLER WAYS TO LOSE A GOLD MEDAL THAN THE ONE WHICH BUMPED VAL ADAMS INTO SILVER TODAY. SHE LOOKED SET FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC TITLE AFTER THROWING 20.42M EARLY IN THE FINAL. BUT THE KIWI INSISTS SHE WASN'T CAUGHT OUT BY AMERICAN MICHELLE CARTER'S LAST THROW WHICH LEFT ADAMS NEEDING TO PRODUCE A SEASON'S BEST TO RETAIN HER TITLE. LIKE, YOU'RE IN THE COMPETITION, YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FROM THE WORD GO, AND YOU HAVE TO ROLL WITH THE EMOTIONS THAT GO WITH IT. WHEN I SAW THAT COME UP I THOUGHT, 'DAMN, I GOT TO PULL SOMETHING TOGETHER,' AND WHAT I DID PULL TOGETHER WASN'T ENOUGH. EARLIER IN THE DAY, ROWERS REBECCA SCOWN AND GENEVIEVE BEHRENT CLAIMED NZ'S FIFTH SILVER AT THESE GAMES. THE PAIR'S FAST FINISH ALMOST SAW THEM SNATCH AN UNEXPECTED GOLD. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. REBECCA SCOWN AND GENEVIEVE BEHRENT WENT FROM JUST HOLDING ONTO BRONZE TO CHALLENGING FOR GOLD IN THE SPACE OF 500M. THEY ARE SNAPPING AT THE ANKLES OF GB. HAD THE RACE BEEN ANY LONGER, THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE IT. THEY MAY HAVE LEFT IT A LITTLE TOO LATE. THE MOMENT THEY CROSSED THE LINE NOT JUST EMOTIONAL FOR THOSE ON THE WATER. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE BATTLE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP WHEN THERE'S AN OLYMPIC MEDAL ON THE LINE. I THOUGHT OF PROBABLY ALL THE YEARS AND YEARS OF PAIN AND MONEY AND LAUGHTER AND TEARS. PHILIPPA BEHRENT SAYS IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH FOR HER TO GET A BIT TEARY AND IT'S SOMETHING HER DAUGHTER'S INHERITED. THE FIRST TIME OLYMPIAN OBVIOUSLY OVERCOME ON THE PODIUM. ARE THESE HAPPY TEARS? OH, THEY ARE. I GUESS THEY'RE TEARS OF RELIEF, REALLY. THE PAIR ARE THE FIRST KIWI ROWERS TO COMPETE IN TWO OLYMPIC EVENTS AT ONCE. THEY'VE ALSO HELPED QUALIFY THE WOMEN'S EIGHT FOR TOMORROW'S FINAL. WEATHER DELAYS MEANT THIS WAS THEIR THIRD RACE IN TWO DAYS. THERE WAS MEANT TO BE A REST DAY IN BETWEEN ,THERE WASN'T. THEY'VE JUST GOT ON WITH IT AND THEY'VE PROVED THEY WERE CALM AND COLLECTED AND A SILVER MEDAL. THE PAIR FROM GREAT BRITAIN WERE DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS AND HAVE AN UNBEATEN RUN SIMILAR TO THAT OF ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND. HERE IN RIO THEY'VE DOMINATED ALL THEIR RACES UP UNTIL THIS POINT, BUT IN TODAY'S FINAL THE NZERS REALLY TESTED THEM. I JUST GAVE HER A MASSIVE HUG AND SAID I WAS PROUD OF HER. SO, TOMORROW'S THE EIGHT, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THE DOUBLE. TODAY'S SILVER IS ALREADY A DOUBLE OF SORTS FOR SCOWN WHO WON BRONZE IN THE SAME EVENT IN LONDON. HER EXPERIENCE WILL BE CRUCIAL WHEN THE EIGHT MAKE HISTORY IN THE OLYMPICS FINAL TOMORROW. ABBY WILSON, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANIERO. ROWING NZ TARGETED FIVE MEDALS HERE AND THERE'S ONLY ONE DAY OF COMPETITION LEFT. BUT NZ IS IN FOUR MORE FINALS, THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S EIGHTS, AND THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SINGLE SCULLS. MAHE DRYSDALE DEFENDS HIS OLYMPIC TITLE AFTER DOMINATING HIS SEMI-FINAL. EMMA TWIGG ALSO GIVING ARCH RIVAL KIM BRENNAN A REAL CHALLENGE IN HER SEMI. I THINK THERE'S 69 COUNTRIES HERE AND WE'RE STILL THIRD ON THE MEDAL TABLE, EQUAL WITH THE NETHERLANDS. SO, YES, WE HAVE A TARGET AND WE SAID THE TARGET WAS FIVE. WE'VET ONE DAY TO GO AND FOUR RACES. DISAPPOINTMENT, THOUGH, FOR THE WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULL, FINISHING FOURTH IN THEIR FINAL. NZ'S TOP GOLFER HAS MADE A CHARGE TOWARDS MEDAL CONTENTION. DANNY LEE FIRED EIGHT BIRDIES AND TWO BOGEYS IN A ROUND OF SIX-UNDER, 65. THE BEST OF THE DAY. THAT INCLUDED BIRDIES ON THE LAST FOUR HOLES. HE'S HAD TWO CONSECUTIVE BIRDIES. HE'S JUST BIRDIED 15 AND HE DOES 16. HE'S FOUR UNDER PAR ON THE DAY. LEE HAS MOVED UP TO A SHARE OF 6TH. HE'S FIVE SHOTS BEHIND THE LEADER MARCUS FRASER OF AUSTRALIA, BUT ONLY THREE BEHIND THE BRONZE MEDAL POSITION. I TALKED WITH DANNY AFTER HIS ROUND AND HE WAS DELIGHTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT HE CALLS THE GENEROUS FINISH TO THE OLYMPIC COURSE. THEY ARE FOUR RELATIVELY SHORT HOLES, BUT ALL WITH AN ELEMENT OF RISK ` RISKS LEE WASN'T LURED INTO TAKING. DANNY KNOWS HE'S IN POSITION TO CHALLENGE FOR A MEDAL, ALTHOUGH BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION HENRIK STENSON IS, I THINK, THE MAN TO BEAT. STENSON IS CURRENTLY THIRD, JUST TWO BACK FROM MARCUS FRASER. SAM WEBSTER WAS THE BEST PERFORMED KIWI AT THE RIO VELODROME, POSTING SHARP TIMES THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPRINT. WEBSTER, WHO QUALIFIED NINTH FASTEST, HAD TO RIDE AGAINST FRIEND AND TEAM MATE EDDIE DAWKINS. DAWKINS PUT UP LITTLE RESISTANCE AGAINST THE TACTICALLY SMARTER WEBSTER, WHO POSTED THE SECOND FASTEST LAP TIME IN THE ELIMINATION RACES. AND WEBSTER, IT IS. BUT THE 2015 WORLD CHAMPION MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT WERE WELL OFF THE PACE IN THE BRONZE MEDAL RIDE OFF AGAINST DENMARK. GREAT BRITAIN BEAT AUSTRALIA TO THE GOLD, BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN ONE DAY, AND MAKING VETERAN SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS BRITAIN'S MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER OLYMPIAN WITH EIGHT GOLD MEDALS. AND DESPITE SECURING TWO MORE SILVERS TODAY, NZ HAS SLIPPED DOWN THE MEDAL TABLE. NZ HAS GONE FROM 17TH TO 19TH, AS THE USA BROUGHT UP 50 MEDALS OVERALL. GREAT BRITAIN THE BIG MOVER AS AUSTRALIA TUMBLED OUT OF THE TOP FOUR. THAT'S IT FOR TODAY IN RIO. THE FIRST OF THE ROWING FINALS IS THE MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS, MAHE DRYSDALE ON THE WATER AT 1.30AM NZ TIME, ANDREW. BACK HERE AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE ON THE PLANE TO SYDNEY TOMORROW, CONFIDENT A PRE-TEST HIT-OUT HAS BLOWN OFF ANY COBWEBS. THE TEST SQUAD, MINUS MOST OF ITS HURRICANES PLAYERS, TOOK ON THE NORTHLAND AND COUNTIES-MANUKAU PROVINCIAL SIDES IN PUKEKOHE. FOR A NUMBER OF THE PLAYERS, THE PHYSICAL WORKOUT WAS JUST WHAT THEY NEEDED. THE PULLING POWER OF THE ALL BLACKS WAS ON SHOW AGAIN IN PUKEKOHE. SEVERAL THOUSAND WERE ON HAND TO CATCH A RARE GLIMPSE OF RUGBY'S STARS, UP CLOSE. GREAT TO COME DOWN TO PUKEKOHE, I SPENT MANY A SATURDAY DOWN HERE, A SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WATCHING MY HEROES PLAY SO TO SEE THESE GUYS HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE IS PRETTY AWESOME. LOCAL BOY MADE GOOD, CAPTAIN READ ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, AND ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS WHO STAYED ON FOR THE WHOLE 80 MINUTES. TO BE HONEST WE JUST PROBABLY NEEDED THAT HIT-OUT. GET SOME AIR IN OUR LUNGS AND GET SOME HEAVY LEGS. BLUES AND CRUSADERS PLAYERS WERE MOST IN NEED OF A LEG STRETCHING, HAVING NOT PLAYED FOR A MONTH. A REWARDING ASPECT WAS THE PHYSICAL HITS AT THE BREAKDOWN. THE ALL BLACKS PUT 70 POINTS ON NORTHLAND IN 40 MINUTES, BUT DIDN'T SCORE FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES AGAINST COUNTIES. SECOND HALF COUNTIES CAME ON, PUT US UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE, THE GAME GOT A LITTLE BIT SCRAPPY TOO. SO WE HAD TO DEAL WITH A FEW THINGS ` IDEAL PREPARATION. BIG DIFFERENCE IN THAT. PRESSURE, BIG PRESSURE. ESPECIALLY AT THE BREAKDOWN, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS FLYING IN. NEW CAP GEORGE MOALA SAW A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME AT CENTRE, A POSSIBLE POINTER TO NEXT WEEK. THE TALENT ON SHOW IMPRESSING FOREIGN VISITORS. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE GOT 30-ODD VERY GOOD PLAYERS HERE TONIGHT AND YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT ANOTHER 50-ODD GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY ANYWHERE. CANES' WINGER JULIAN SAVEA WAS INVOLVED, SEEKING SOME MUCH NEEDED MATCH PRACTICE, WHILE CRUSADER MATT TODD FILLED IN FOR THE INJURED FLANKER SAM CANE, AND IS LIKELY TO BE ON THE PLANE TO SYDNEY TOMORROW. WE CAN ONLY TAKE 32, SO WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE A COUPLE BEHIND FROM THE ORIGINAL GROUP. A HUGE LIFT WILL BE NEEDED IN SYDNEY NEXT WEEK, AN UNHAPPY HUNTING GROUND IN RECENT TIMES. BUT FOR THE PLAYERS AND THOUSANDS OF SOUTH AUCKLAND FANS, THE BLOWOUT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. OUR NEXT CROP OF ELITE FREESKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS HAVE HAD THEIR DAY IN THE SUN THANKS TO A VETERAN OF THE SPORT. GEORGE BERRY REPORTS FROM THE JOSSI WELLS INVITATIONAL AT CARDRONA, NEAR WANAKA. YOU COULD FEEL THE EXCITEMENT LEVELS CLIMBING. AS THE CARDRONA HILLS CAME ALIVE FOR THE VERY FIRST JOSSI WELLS INVITATIONAL. IS THAT THE DEFINITION OF MADE IT, WHEN YOU HAVE AN EVENT NAMED AFTER YOU? IM NOT GOING TO SAY THAT. IM NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM THAT BIG A HEAD, BUT JOSSI'S PRETTY GOOD. (LAUGHS) THERE WAS NO HOLDING BACK THE COMPETITORS EITHER, HITTING THE MONSTER JUMP THAT'S BEING LAUDED AS POSSIBLY THE BEST IN THE WORLD. HONESTLY, IM NOT BLOWING SMOKE JUST NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL THE HONEST TRUTH, THIS IS THE BEST JUMP I'VE EVER HIT. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY ITS THE BEST JUMP EVER AND WHEN ALL THE RIDERS ` IM ALWAYS GOING TO BE BIASED ` BUT WHEN ALL THE RIDERS ARE TELLING ME THAT, WE DID SOMETHING RIGHT. THE KIWI X-GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST, NOT OFFICIALLY COMPETING HIMSELF, BUT NEVER FAR AWAY, INSURING THE TALENT OF THE LOCAL GROMMETS IS BEING BUILT ON TOO. IT'S COOL TO BE ABLE TO THROW AND EVENT HERE AND BRING SOME OF THE BIG NAMES IN THE WORLD AND HAVE THEM COMPETE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE UP AND COMING DUDES. JUST TO GIVE BACK TO THE INDUSTRY IN NZ A BIT. WITH A SCORE OF 192 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 200, AND ONE RUN OF A NEAR PERFECT 98, ENGLAND'S JAMES WOODS' FLIGHT OUT FROM THE UK WAS MADE ALL THE MORE WORTHWHILE. THE JOSSI WELLS INVITATIONAL CERTAINLY SCORING BIG WITH ALL INVOLVED. GEORGE BERRY, ONE NEWS TO THE NRL, AND WITH JUST FOUR ROUNDS REMAINING UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS, IT LOOKS LIKE LAST YEARS' GRAND FINALISTS THE BRISBANE BRONCOS MAY JUST HAVE REDISCOVERED THEIR ATTACKING MOJO. WINNERS OF JUST THREE OF THEIR LAST TEN, THE BRONCOS LOOKED TO BE STUMBLING INTO THE PLAYOFFS. STEP UP, ANTHONY MILFORD. MILFORD SHOWS IT. GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THEM. RUNS TOWARD GORDON, GRABS HIM BY THE COATTAILS. MILFORD STILL GOING. BUMPS AWAY FROM FRENCH, HE KICKS IT... OATES! IT MIGHT BE REDEMPTION! THE LITTLE MAESTRO SCORING ANOTHER ALL BY HIMSELF, AS THE BRONCOS RACED HOME 38-16. THEY'RE NOW JUST THREE POINTS OUTSIDE THE TOP FOUR. AND JARRYD HAYNE HAS RETURNED TO SYDNEY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LEAVING THE PARRAMATTA EELS, PLAYING IN THE HALVES HAYNE SHOWED OFF HIS WHEELS EARLY AGAINST THE TIGERS. THAT EFFORT EVENTUALLY LEADING TO A TRY. THE TWO TEAMS ARE LOCKED AT 18-18 IN THE FINAL FEW MINUTES. That's it for wspor BIG NIGHT FOR THE ROWERS HELLO AGAIN. A BAND OF RAIN-BEARING FRONTAL CLOUD OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NZ MOVES EASTWARDS. AND THERE'S A CLEAR SLOT IN BEHIND IT, INCLUDING OVER SOUTHERN NZ. BUT ANOTHER FRONTAL CLOUD BAND LIES OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TASMAN SEA. SO THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVE AWAY TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT. A BRIEF RIDGE FOLLOWS, HOWEVER, ANOTHER FRONT MOVES ON TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW. ANOTHER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE COUNTRY ON MONDAY AND HANGS AROUND FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. RAIN SPREADS UP THE WEST SIDE, WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THE MIX. CLOUDY OVER BULLER WITH EVENING DRIZZLE TURNING TO RAIN OVERNIGHT. FINE WITH EARLY FROSTS EAST OF THE DIVIDE, HOWEVER, A FEW SPOTS SPREAD OVER THE SOUTH-EAST SECTION. AND NORTHERLY BREEZES DEVELOPING. MAINLY FINE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, JUST SOME ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST, SOUTH OF TARANAKI AND LIGHT WINDS FOR MOST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT. THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR SATURDAY. ONE NEWS NOW WILL STAY ACROSS THE ACTION IN RIO ALL EVENING AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL WRAP OF THE UPDATES ON Q + A IN THE MORNING. FROM THE 6 O'CLOCK TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.