It has been a rollercoaster ride for Weather. Down south we had an active front in some very heavy rain. Back into single figures. RIGHT NOW, ITS 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TIGHTER BORDER CONTROLS ` THE GOVERNMENT CLAMPS DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS COMING INTO NZ. HOW IT COULD AFFECT YOU. ACCUSED OF MURDERING A NZER DURING A TINDER DATE ` HIS TRIAL HEARS A RECORDING OF WARRIENA WRIGHT'S FINAL MOMENTS ALIVE. IT MAY BE JUST CLOWNING AROUND, BUT THIS SCARY PRANK HAS POLICE AROUND THE WORLD CONCERNED AND ISSUING WARNINGS. AND THE GANG MEMBER COOKING UP A WHOLE LOT OF COMPASSION AND FEEDING THE HOMELESS. I'M A FATHER, I'M A BROTHER, I'M A FAMILY MAN AND I ALSO HAVE A HEART AS WELL. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS ALLOWED IN TO LIVE AND WORK IN NZ IS BEING CUT BACK. THE CRACKDOWN, ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT THIS AFTERNOON, WILL RESULT IN 5000 FEWER IMMIGRANTS PERMITTED TO LIVE HERE. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCE APPROVALS WILL BE CUT FROM 90,000 TO 100,000 TO BETWEEN 85,000 TO 95,000. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN BECAUSE OF FAMILY MEMBERS ALREADY HERE WILL BE LOWERED FROM 5500 TO 2000 PER YEAR. IT'LL ALSO BE HARDER FOR MIGRANTS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY UNDER THE SKILLED MIGRANTS CATEGORY. KIM SAVAGE HAS MORE DETAILS AND REACTION. WHIRRING THE GOVERNMENT'S JUST LANDED ITS NEW RULES ON IMMIGRATION ` 5000 FEWER FOREIGNERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SETTLE HERE PERMANENTLY. THE MAXIMUM WAS 100,000; NOW IT COULD BE 95,000. IT'S A VERY SMALL CHANGE AT THE MARGINS AND IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE WE DO GET HAVE THE RIGHT SKILLS. THE CHANGES ARE PART OF A TWO-YEARLY REVIEW AND COME IN TOMORROW. NOW, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYONE WANTING TO ENTER AS A SKILLED MIGRANT WILL BE TOUGHER, AND THE NUMBERS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF RESIDENTS ALLOWED IN SLASHED FROM 5500 TO 2000 PER YEAR. ABOUT 50% OF EVERYONE APPLYING UNDER THE PARENT CATEGORY WERE FROM CHINA, FOLLOWED AGAIN BY INDIA AND THEN THE UK. PARENTS OF RESIDENTS WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO APPLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THE PARENT CATEGORY VISA APPLICATIONS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY BOTH THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT SUPPORT. A FORMER TREASURY ADVISOR HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, OFTEN IN THEIR FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, WILL HAVE ONLY A SHORT WORKING LIFE IN NZ, IF THEY CAN GET JOBS IN NZ AT ALL, AND THEN WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR SUPERANNUATION AND HEALTH SUPPORT. CONCERNED TOO ABOUT THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE COMING HERE UNDER THE SKILLED MIGRANT CATEGORY AND THE ABUSE OF SOME MIGRANT WORKERS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE POLLS MOVING PRETTY SEVERELY ON THIS MATTER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE NATIONAL PARTY'S DROPPED ITS BUNDLE AND IS PANICKING. IT'S CERTAINLY A FLIP-FLOP ON THEIR PART AND THEY'RE DOING IT UNDER PRESSURE. BUT SOME SAY WE'RE SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE TO DESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A MAJOR CHANGE. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN TWEAKS IF ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN EARLIER THAT WOULDN'T HAVE CREATED THE SORT OF DAMAGE THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WEEKS. SO THE CHANGES HAVEN'T TAKEN OFF WITH SOME, BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGNALLED MORE MAY BE ON THE HORIZON. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. A CHILLING RECORDING OF KIWI WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT'S LAST MOMENTS HAS BEEN HEARD AT THE TRIAL OF THE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HER. AND JUST A WARNING ` YOU MAY FIND ELEMENTS OF THIS STORY DISTURBING. SHE'S HEARD SCREAMING AS SHE ARGUES WITH ACCUSED GABLE TOSTEE, BEFORE FALLING 14 FLOORS TO HER DEATH OFF A GOLD COAST APARTMENT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS IS COVERING THE TRIAL AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM BRISBANE. The trial has just resumed for the afternoon. The jury has already heard 190 minof incredibly confronting audio, detailing just what happened on the night Warriena died. It was recorded by the accused, and it is that that the whole trial hangs. You can hear her final screams. her family stayed away from court today. GABLE TOSTEE'S HABIT OF TAKING WOMEN BACK TO HIS APARTMENT AND SECRETLY RECORDING THEM ON HIS PHONE CAPTURED NZER WARRIENA WRIGHT'S FINAL MOMENTS. WARRIENA: NO! NO! NO! THE PAIR, WHO MET ON THE DATING APP TINDER, HAD BEEN DRINKING TOGETHER AFTER A NIGHT OUT ON THE GOLD COAST. ALONE IN TOSTEE'S APARTMENT, THE PROSECUTION SAYS THEY DRANK HOMEMADE VODKA. HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS MS WRIGHT'S VOICE BECOMES INCREASINGLY SLURRED. AT TIMES THE LOWER HUTT WOMAN IS UNINTELLIGIBLE. THE CONVERSATION BECOMES MORE AND MORE ERRATIC. SHE THROWS DECORATIVE ROCKS AT HIM, SHOWN ON THE FLOOR IN THESE POLICE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE PAIR WRESTLE WITH EACH OTHER AND ARGUE SEVERAL TIMES. THE THREE-HOUR RECORDING IS CRUCIAL EVIDENCE. THE CROWN SAYS IT SHOWS TOSTEE FORCED WRIGHT'S DEATH BY REPEATEDLY INTIMIDATING AND SCARING HIS DRUNK DATE. THE PROSECUTION TOLD THE JURY TOSTEE THEN LOCKED THE FRIGHTENED WOMAN OUT WITH NO OPTION BUT TO ATTEMPT THE DANGEROUS ESCAPE THAT LED TO HER DEATH. BUT THE GOLD COAST MAN'S HOMEMADE RECORDING IS ALSO KEY TO HIS DEFENCE. HIS LAWYERS SAY IT SHOWS THE TALL 30-YEAR-OLD WAS SIMPLY RETALIATING AND WAS FORCED TO LOCK THE LOWER HUTT WOMAN OUT TO PROTECT HIMSELF. GABLE TOSTEE THEN CALLS HIS LAWYER. What really strikes you when you are listening to all of this audio is just how quickly those final moments did happen. Afterwards Gable Tostee can be heard swearing. He ordered a pizza and then find his father. He sees it is not his fault and he could not remember what happened. Such highly charged audio was being played, and Gable Tostee was not the emotional in court. DONALD TRUMP REMAINS DEFIANT, THREATENING TO STEP UP ATTACKS ON HILLARY CLINTON IF MORE DAMNING VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE RELEASED. THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE'S CAMPAIGN IS IN TATTERS, A BIG SLUMP IN THE LATEST POLLS AND A TOP REPUBLICAN NOW VOWING NOT TO DEFEND HIM. THIS FOLLOWS WHAT'S BEING CALLED THE DARKEST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN MODERN HISTORY. REBECCA WRIGHT HAS THE LATEST. THIS WASN'T POLITICS. IT WAS PERSONAL. I AM GOING TO INSTRUCT MY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO GET A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO LOOK INTO YOUR SITUATION. IT'S JUST AWFULLY GOOD THAT SOMEONE WITH THE TEMPERAMENT OF DONALD TRUMP IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE LAW IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE IN JAIL. TEAM TRUMP CALLED IT A MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE. OTHERS SAID HE MENACED AND STALKED HILLARY CLINTON. WELL, IT WAS A VERY SMALL SPACE, AND HE WAS VERY PRESENT. AND A NEW INTERNET HERO WAS BORN ` MANY ON SOCIAL MEDIA THOUGHT UNDECIDED VOTER KEN BONE WON THE DEBATE WITH HIS CHOICE OF KNITWEAR. OHHH! SCREW YOU. DOWN IN THE DEEP RED STATE OF ARIZONA, TRUMP'S TOUGH TALK WAS RECEIVED WELL AT WILBUR'S GRILL. AFTER TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE IN PARTICULAR THAT HE'S PROBABLY GAINED SUPPORT. IN TUCSON, DEMOCRAT COUNTRY, IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY WHEN VOTERS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, CAUGHT BOASTING ABOUT BEING SEXUALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH WOMEN IN A TAPE RELEASED FRIDAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DONALD TRUMP? LIKE FOR REAL? I'M ASHAMED THAT HE IS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE AND I HOPE THAT HE STEPS DOWN. I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR HIM. WHY NOT? I THINK HE'S AGAINST HISPANIC PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. NOT LIKED BY LATINOS IN GENERAL. AND INCREASINGLY, BY HIS OWN PARTY. WHILE TRUMP'S DEPUTY RETURNED TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON MONDAY,.... I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH DONALD TRUMP. ...THE MOST SENIOR ELECTED REPUBLICAN IN THE UNITED STATES, PAUL RYAN, CUT THE DONALD ADRIFT, MOVING PARTY MONEY AND CRUCIAL LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. BUT IF TRUMP WAS WORRIED, HE WASN'T SHOWING IT AT HIS FIRST POST DEBATE RALLY. IT TOOK PLACE IN BEAVER COUNTY, WHERE TRUMP SHARED THE STAGE WITH A LOOK-A-LIKE TODDLER WHO HAD THIS TO SAY. DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THEM OR DO YOU WANT TO STAY HERE WITH TRUMP? TRUMP! YES, ONLY IN AMERICA. IN PENNSYLVANIA, HILLARY CLINTON CAN PROBABLY HARDLY BELIEVE HER LUCK. # BABY, THERE AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH... # THE LATEST POLLS PUT HER 11 POINTS AHEAD OF TRUMP. REBECCA WRIGHT, ONE NEWS. CALLS ARE MOUNTING FOR A FULL-SCALE INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM. CRITICS SAY THE SECTOR IS IN CRISIS AND URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED. AS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS, ONE ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE HAS STRONG REASONS FOR WANTING REFORM. THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM FAILED NICKY STEVENS AND NOW HIS FATHER WANTS TO FIX IT. STEVENS KILLED HIMSELF LAST YEAR, WHILE IN THE CARE OF WAIKATO'S HENRY BENNETT CENTRE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A DECENT SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BEREAVED FAMILIES. THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM ON HIS TO-DO LIST ` DAVE MCPHERSON HAS WON A SEAT ON THE WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD. OTOROHANGA MAN ROSS BREMNER, WHO KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND HIMSELF, HAD ALSO SPENT TIME IN CARE AT THE WAIKATO DHB. MR MCPHERSON WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT A FULL-SCALE INQUIRY INTO OUR MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, SIMILAR TO THE MASON INQUIRY OF THE 1990S. AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. WE'RE OUT OF DATE AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO BE OUT OF TIME. BUT... NO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT DOING THAT. WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE SERVICES, MORE MONEY IS GOING INTO MENTAL HEALTH, AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ACCESS. WAITING TIMES ARE COMING DOWN. LOOK, IT'S A DIFFICULT AREA. THEY CANNOT SEE THE EMERGING CRISIS IN MENTAL HEALTH. THE LACK OF COMMITMENT TO IT, A LACK OF PRIORITY AND THE LACK OF FUNDING. MANY SAY THE SYSTEM HAS ALREADY REACHED BREAKING POINT, AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR PATIENTS ` STAFF ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE. WE'RE OFTEN WORKING LONG HOURS NOT TAKING THE BREAKS THAT WE'RE ENTITLED TO, AND WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE. THERE WERE 564 DEATHS BY SUICIDE LAST YEAR ALONE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASED FUNDING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, BUT MANY SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH AND IT'S NOT BEING DIRECTED TO THE RIGHT AREAS, LEADING TO LONG WAITING LISTS AND AN OVERLOADED SYSTEM. IT'S NOWHERE NEAR MATCHING THE DEMAND THAT WE NEED. WE CAN'T BRING OUR SON BACK, AND IT STILL HURTS. BUT IT HURTS US MORE EACH TIME WE SEE SOMEONE ELSE GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. DAVE MCPHERSON SAYS IF THERE'S ONE GOOD THING THAT CAN COME OUT OF HIS SON'S DEATH, IT'S CHANGE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THEY'RE DESCRIBED AS PRIMITIVE AND DEGRADING ` SPIT HOODS HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED IN SEVERAL DEATHS OVERSEAS. POLICE ARE DEFENDING THE INCREASED USE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL TOOL WHEN RESTRAINING SUSPECTS. BUT AS POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE EXPLAINS, CAMPAIGNERS SAY THEY SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. PINNED TO THE GROUND BY FOUR OFFICERS AND RESTRAINED WITH A SPIT HOOD, THIS YOUNG MAN WAS LEFT BRUISED AND SHAKEN. WITNESSES SAY LONDON POLICE TREATED HIM LIKE 'A DOG' AND THE INCIDENT SPARKED AN INVESTIGATION. NOW 1 NEWS CAN REVEAL NZ POLICE HAVE USED THE CONTROVERSIAL RESTRAINTS MORE THAN 300 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT DOES EVOKE GUANTANAMO. IT EVOKES HORROR MOVIES, AND I THINK IT'S JUST SCARY AND DISTRESSING FOR THOSE INVOLVED. IN MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE INCIDENTS, THE FULL-FACE MASKS WERE USED ON SUSPECTS WHO WERE 18 AND UNDER. WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT ACTUALLY POLICE ARE USING IT AS A PUNISHMENT RATHER THAN PREVENTION. BUT POLICE SAY THEY'VE BEEN SPAT AT ALMOST 900 TIMES IN THE SAME TWO-YEAR PERIOD. IT IS AN ASSAULT AND IT'S DISGUSTING. IT'S QUITE DEGRADING AS WELL. AND IT CARRIES A RISK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES LIKE HEPATITIS. THIS UKRAINIAN POLICE OFFICER DIED FROM TUBERCULOSIS EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER SHE WAS SPAT AT ON DUTY. POLICE HAVE STRICT RULES FOR THE USE OF SPIT HOODS AND A MEDICAL OFFICER MUST ASSESS A SUSPECT IF A SPIT HOOD IS WORN FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS. IN THE US, THEY HAVE BEEN LINKED TO DEATHS IN CUSTODY BECAUSE THEY RESTRICT BREATHING AND THEY CAN ALSO MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WHETHER SOMEONE'S BREATHING OR NOT. SO LET'S NOT WAIT FOR A CASE LIKE THAT. LET'S REVIEW THEM NOW. YOUTH JUSTICE ADVOCATES SAY THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS, LIKE SAFETY GOOGLES. WE POLICE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOURS, SO IF THE BEHAVIOUR IS ONE WHERE THERE IS SPITTING OR THE THREAT OF SPITTING, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BEST WAY WE CAN PROTECT OUR STAFF AND PROTECT QUITE OFTEN THE VICTIMS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AND WITH FULL SUPPORT FROM THE POLICE MINISTER, SPIT HOODS WILL STAY PART OF MODERN POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY. ANDREA VANCE, ONE NEWS. APARTMENT BUYERS ARE BEING ADVISED TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK WITH SEVERAL PRE-SOLD PROJECTS FAILING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. THE WARNING COMES AS BUILDING ACTIVITY IN THE SECTOR RAMPS UP IN AUCKLAND, WHERE MANY ARE BUYING OFF THE PLANS. WILL HINE REPORTS. MAN: AT FLO, DESIGN FINDS A VOICE. THIS IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT TO STALL IN AUCKLAND, THE 91-UNIT FLO APARTMENT COMPLEX IN AVONDALE. THE PROJECT WAS ABANDONED AMID RISING COSTS. WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE FINDING IN THIS CURRENT MARKET IS WITH THE GROUND SHIFTING UNDER THEM WITH CONSTRUCTION PRICES GOING UP AND OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDING BECOMING A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT IN THIS MARKET, THEY ARE STEPPING BACK AND ARE HAVING TO STOP SOME PROJECTS. FLO NOT THE ONLY ONE, ACCORDING TO A COMPANY THAT TRACKS BUILDING WORK. THERE'S BEEN 22 MULTI-DENSITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED IN THE LAST YEAR, WITH ABOUT NINE THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED. THIS IS ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN ABANDONED ` THE SANCTUARY APARTMENTS IN NEWMARKET. THE PROJECT HAD BEEN MARKETED AND SOME UNITS PRE-SOLD, BUT WAS SHELVED AFTER THE LAND WAS SOLD OFF. I WOULDN'T TAKE TOO MUCH OUT OF IT. WHILE THEY MAY NOT BE HAPPENING, THE CONSENTING LOOKS VERY STRONG. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THE NUMBERS OF PROPERTIES BEING DEVELOPED IN AUCKLAND ALREADY ON THE GO IS VERY STRONG. BUT NOW IN A HOT HOUSING MARKET, BUYERS ARE LOSING OUT MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE THEIR HARD-WON DEPOSITS ARE TIED UP FOR MONTHS AT A TIME IT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME BUYING POWER ONCE THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK. THE ADVICE FOR THOSE KEEN ON AN APARTMENT? IT'S JUST A CASE OF UNDERSTANDING WHO THE DEVELOPER IS, WHAT'S THEIR BACKGROUND, HOW MANY APARTMENTS THEY'VE DONE BEFORE, WHO THEIR PROJECT TEAM IS. JUST ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` SCENES OF DEVASTATION AS RIVERS BURST THEIR BANKS IN THE PARTS OF THE US, LEAVING THOUSANDS STRANDED AND IN NEED OF EMERGENCY RESCUE. AND THE SCARY CLOWN CRAZE THAT'S SPARKING A CRACKDOWN. DETAILS ON THE FRIGHTENING PHENOMENON THAT CAN'T GO AWAY SOON ENOUGH. AND THE GANG MEMBER ON A MISSION TO HELP THE HOMELESS AND THE PERSONAL TRAGEDY THAT SPURRED HIM TO FEED THOSE IN NEED. HURRICANE MATTHEW MIGHT HAVE ALL BUT BLOWN ITSELF OUT, BUT ITS EFFECTS ARE STILL BEING FELT ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SO MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN, DAMS HAVE BROKEN AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED IN SEVERAL TOWNS. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN HAS THE DETAILS. THE UNRELENTING DELUGE FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW BURSTING DAMS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. THE TOWN OF LUMBERTON TONIGHT A WATER WORLD, ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE STRANDED. HELICOPTERS PLUCKED SOME TO SAFETY, SO MANY RESCUED BY BOAT, OTHERS RESCUING THEMSELVES. SO WE JUST HAD TO DO WHAT WE COULD THINK OF DOIN' ` SWIMMING OUT OF OUR HOUSES AND TRYING TO GET TO SOME DRY LAND. THE GOVERNOR SURVEYED SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HURTING RIGHT NOW IN THIS REGION. AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS IN OTHERS. MAN: EMERGENCY EVACUATION. PLEASE LEAVE PRINCEVILLE. THE STORM HAS TAKEN 27 LIVES IN THE SOUTH-EAST. MANY HAVE DIED IN CARS ON THE ROAD. MAN: THEY BETTER GET OUT. AND WE SAW FIRST-HAND HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE. THERE'S A PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT BESIDE A SEDAN THAT JUST WENT IN THE WATER. THESE TWO GUYS ARE TRYING TO EDGE THEIR WAY IN NOW, TRYING TO GET THAT PERSON OUT. SOMEONE ELSE IS CALLING 911. CREWS ACROSS THE REGION ARE RACING TO RESTORE POWER. OVER A MILLION PEOPLE IN FIVE STATES ARE STILL IN THE DARK. DAMAGE ESTIMATES FOR THIS STORM ARE IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND IN THIS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, YOU CAN TELL WHY. ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES SWAMPED. BUT PERHAPS WHAT'S MOST ASTOUNDING ` THE SCOPE OF THIS FLOODING. THAT WATER GOES ALL THE WAY BACK A MILE AND A HALF. THE STATE IS CUT IN HALF BY WASHED-OUT ROADS. PARTS OF THE MAJOR INTERSTATE I95 ARE SHUT DOWN. EIGHT DAMS HAVE BURST IN ONE COUNTY ALONE, MEANING RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE, AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD. RIOT POLICE IN TURKEY HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS AT PRO-KURDISH CROWDS WHO'D GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF TWO SUICIDE BOMBINGS. POLICE ALSO USED WATER CANNONS AGAINST THOSE TRYING TO MARK THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUICIDE ATTACKS ON A PEACE RALLY WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. ONLY VICTIMS' RELATIVES WERE ALLOWED TO VISIT THE SCENE OF THE SUSPECTED ISIS BOMBINGS AT ANKARA'S MAIN TRAIN STATION. AND WHAT BEGAN AS A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN CHILE ERUPTED INTO CLASHES. POLICE USED TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNONS ON PROTESTERS DEMANDING THE RECOVERY OF HISTORIC LANDS AND THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. AND STUDENT PROTESTS SPILLED OVER ONTO THE STREETS OF JOHANNESBURG, WITH A BUS SET ALIGHT. STUDENTS ARE DEMANDING UNIVERSITIES BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES FREE EDUCATION. POLICE ALSO FIRED RUBBER BULLETS AND TEARGAS TO TRY AND DISPERSE THE CROWD. UK POLICE ARE WARNING SO CALLED "KILLER CLOWNS" THEY FACE ARREST AS AN AMERICAN CRAZE STARTS TO APPEAR AROUND THE WORLD. WITH HALLOWEEN JUST WEEKS AWAY, PEOPLE DRESSED UP AS CLOWNS HAVE BEEN SCARING AND INTIMIDATING PEOPLE. THE BBC'S JON KAY REPORTS. OH MY GOD! IT STARTED IN AMERICA THIS SUMMER. OH GOD, HE'S RUNNING! HE'S RUNNING! HE'S CHASING US! OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF CLOWN INCIDENTS REPORTED TO THE POLICE HERE IN THE UK. I WANNA GET PAST. I WANNA GO OUT. AND HE WAS STOOD MAYBE HERE. GEORGE BIRKBECK WAS CONFRONTED BY ONE IN THIS PLYMOUTH CAR PARK LATE AT NIGHT. HE CLAIMS THE CLOWN WAS WIELDING A HAMMER. GO ON THEN. YEAH. GEORGE CHASED HIM AWAY, BUT WAS LEFT SHAKEN. I THINK IT'S STUPID. PEOPLE ARE JUST JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON AND TAKING IT TOO FAR, AND YOU'VE SEEN REPORTS OF THEM SMASHING UP CARS. I JUST THINK IT'S SILLY, AND OBVIOUSLY` I'VE GOT MY SISTER WHO WORKS HERE. IF SHE WALKED HOME ` A YOUNG GIRL ` THEN THAT WOULD'VE SCARED THE LIFE OUT OF HER. YOU'RE NOT JOKING? YOU REALLY DID SEE IT? YOU DIDN'T SET IT UP? NO, I DIDN'T SET IT UP, NO. IT IS WHAT IT IS. THE NUMBER OF SIGHTINGS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE WEEKEND. A MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A WOMAN WAS LEFT TERRIFIED IN A PARK, AND IN COUNTY DURHAM, CHILDREN WERE CHASED TO SCHOOL BY A CLOWN. THE PERCEPTION OF A CLOWN IN A CIRCUS TENT ISN'T WHAT'S BEING APPLIED HERE AT ALL, AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT THAT'S BEING EXHIBITED AGAIN ISN'T SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE IN A CIRCUS. POLICE SAY THE CRAZE IS BEING FUELLED BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND IS WASTING HUGE AMOUNTS OF OFFICERS' TIME. AT THIS FANCY DRESS SHOP IN BRISTOL, THEY SAY CLOWNS SEEM TO BE SCARIER THAN ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY AROUND HALLOWEEN. WE HAVE KNIVES THROUGH THE HEAD. WE HAVE BARBED WIRE. CHILDREN LOVE IT. SHOW THEM A CLOWN AND THEY'RE SCARED. TONIGHT, POLICE IN MANCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE AND SUSSEX HAVE ALL REPORTED INCIDENTS AND APPEALED FOR THIS CRAZE TO STOP. AND ONLY THREE DAYS AGO, A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN HAMILTON WAS REPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY TWO MEN DRESSED AS CLOWNS. THERE'VE BEEN SIMILAR ATTACKS IN AUSTRALIA. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND SOME GOOD SPRING WARMTH ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. WE SAW THE PLEASANT FACE OF SPRING. A colourful start in Wellington. Some warmer and wetter weather down south. it dumped 100 mm of rain down south. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. It looks pretty good in Auckland. Further south to Hamilton. Looking at some cloud and some showers around the edges. A few spots of rain. You will be going down to 8, Dunedin. The front will be moving its way north. Details after sport. ANOTHER SAFETY WARNING ABOUT A SAMSUNG SMART PHONE. NOW SAMSUNG IS URGING ALL OWNERS OF THE GALAXY NOTE SEVEN TO TURN OFF THEIR PHONE. AND HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH HIMSELF. WE MEET A GANG MEMBER COOKING UP A FEED TO HELP THE HOMELESS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` NEW IMMIGRATION RULES MEAN 5000 FEWER FOREIGNERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SETTLE HERE PERMANENTLY. THE NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF RESIDENTS ALLOWED IN IS ALSO BEING CUT BACK, AND IT'LL ALSO BE HARDER FOR MIGRANTS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY UNDER THE SKILLED MIGRANTS CATEGORY. A CHILLING RECORDING OF KIWI WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT'S LAST MOMENTS HAS BEEN HEARD BY A JURY AT THE TRIAL OF GABLE TOSTEE, THE MAN ACCUSED OF HER MURDER. SHE'S HEARD SCREAMING AS SHE ARGUES WITH TOSTEE BEFORE FALLING TO HER DEATH FROM THE 14TH STOREY OF A GOLD COAST APARTMENT. SAMSUNG IS URGING OWNERS OF ITS GALAXY NOTE 7 TO TURN OFF THEIR CELL PHONE AS IT INVESTIGATES FRESH REPORTS OF THE DEVICE CATCHING FIRE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS THE ISSUE OF A RECALL NOTICE LAST MONTH DUE TO FAULTY BATTERIES. NOW THERE ARE REPORTS THAT EVEN THOSE PHONES THAT WERE REPLACED WERE CATCHING FIRE. VODAFONE, SPARK AND 2-DEGREES SAY CUSTOMERS CAN RETURN THEIR GALAXY NOTE 7 PHONE FOR A FULL REFUND OR EXCHANGE. ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBY GROUPS ARE UPSET ABOUT NEW IMAGES THAT HAVE SURFACED SHOWING CATTLE GRAZING IN RIVERBEDS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S MACKENZIE BASIN. THEY SAY THE AREA'S HOME TO MANY DECLINING BIRD SPECIES, AND WITH NESTING SEASON UNDERWAY, THERE ARE RENEWED CALLS TO KEEP STOCK CLEAR FROM SENSITIVE WATERWAYS. ALI PUGH HAS MORE. THESE PHOTOS OF HIGH COUNTRY CATTLE GRAZING IN THE HOPKINS RIVERBED LAST MONTH HAVE GOT CONSERVATIONISTS SEEING RED. TO HAVE CATTLE TRAMPLING IN RIVERBEDS IS UNACCEPTABLE THESE DAYS. WE'VE GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. WE HAVE BLACK-FRONTED TERN, WRYBILL, BLACK-BILLED GULL, DOTTEREL. ALL OF THESE BIRDS RELY ON THE RIVERBEDS FOR THEIR NESTING SUCCESS, AND THEY'RE ALL DECLINING RAPIDLY IN NUMBERS. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE COWS' LEFTOVERS THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE. YOU WOULD HAVE POTENTIAL TRAMPLING OF EGGS AND CHICKS OF A VARIETY OF ENDANGERED NESTING BIRDS. LAND INFORMATION NZ OWNS AND LEASES THE LAND TO FARMERS. ITS RULES STIPULATE THAT CATTLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LINGER IN RIVERS AND LAKES. BUT IN A STATEMENT IT SAID ` IT FOLLOWS AN INCIDENT IN JANUARY WHERE IMAGES SURFACED OF COWS WADING AND DEFECATING IN NORTH CANTERBURY'S LAKE TAYLOR. FOREST AND BIRD NOW CALLING FOR FARMERS TO KEEP A CLOSER EYE ON THEIR LIVESTOCK. IF YOU OWN CATTLE, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHERE THEY GO AND DON'T GO. BUT LATE TODAY, LINZ WAS STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO THESE COWS BELONG TO. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. THINK OF A HEAVILY TATTOOED GANG MEMBER AND WORDS LIKE 'GOOD SAMARITAN' AND 'CHARITY' PROBABLY DON'T SPRING TO MIND. BUT YOU'LL NEED TO PUT ASIDE THOSE STEREOTYPES FOR THIS STORY FROM PALMERSTON NORTH. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA EXPLAINS. CHICKEN WINGS ARE ON THIS GANG MEMBER'S MENU TODAY, BUT IT CAN BE A MOVEABLE FEAST. YESTERDAY WAS CHICKEN CHOW MEIN. DAY BEFORE WAS SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE. LAST WEEK WAS CURRIED SAUSAGES. GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING WARM IN THE OLD STOMACH. TE KAIPO AHURIRI DOESN'T HAVE MUCH. THE PATCHED STORMTROOPER'S A BENEFICIARY. EXCUSE THE FLASH TAP. BUT FOR THE PAST MONTH HE'S BEEN FEEDING 15 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN PALMERSTON NORTH. HE SAYS IT'S GRIM WATCHING PEOPLE BEG. ONCE YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT, IT'S HARD TO SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE JUST ACCEPTED, 'THIS IS THE LIFE WE'RE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.' SO ON WEEKENDS HE HEADS OUT TO HELP IN A SMALL WAY, WHILE WISHING HE COULD DO MORE. WE'D RATHER HOUSE THEM, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT HOUSING, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE FOOD AND THEN DEAL WITH THE ISSUES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE. THERE'S SOME SUGAR HERE, BRO, AND SOME SANDWICHES. AN ONLINE VIDEO OF HIS MOBILE KITCHEN'S GONE VIRAL. THERE'S BEEN SOME CRITICISM THAT HE COULD BE IN RECRUITING MODE, BUT ONE GANG EXPERT SAYS HE'S ACTUALLY CHIPPING WAY AT STEREOTYPES. WE'VE TENDED TO PUT THEM IN A BOX ` FOR FAIRLY GOOD REASONS ` BECAUSE OFTEN GANGS WILL ONLY COME TO OUR ATTENTION WHEN THEY DO NEGATIVE THINGS, BUT THE GANG SCENE'S ALWAYS BEEN FAR GREATER SHADES OF GREY THAN WE'VE GIVEN IT CREDIT FOR. I'M A GANG MEMBER, BUT WE'RE DOING THIS. I'M A FATHER, I'M A BROTHER, I'M A FAMILY MAN AND I ALSO HAVE A HEART AS WELL. HE'S NOW HOPING TO SET UP A PERMANENT SOUP KITCHEN, AIMING TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. PHIL GOFF HAS SIGNED OFF FROM PARLIAMENT FOR THE LAST TIME. DELIVERING HIS FAREWELL SPEECH JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. THE NEW MAYOR OF AUCKLAND HAS STOOD DOWN AS THE MEMBER FOR MOUNT ROSKILL, 35 YEARS AFTER HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE SEAT. AS WELL AS NEGOTATING THE FIRST EVER TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA, PHIL GOFF WAS FOREIGN MINISTER ON 9-11. THAT WAS A SCARRING EXPERINECE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, AND I REMEMEBER THE DRAMATIC NATURE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND THE DECISION THAT WE MADE SHORTLY THEREAFTER THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COMMIT OUR SOLDIERS, PUTTING THEM IN THE LINE OF DUTY AT RISK BECUASE OF THE THREAT THAT AL QAEDA POSED TO THE WORLD. PHIL GOFF LED THE LABOUR PARTY AFTER HELEN CLARK STEPPED DOWN BUT RESIGNED AFTER THE 2011 ELECTION. A BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN MOUNT ROSKILL ON DECEMBER 3. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE KIWIS REVEAL A STRONG TEAM FOR THE LEAGUE TEST. STAR-STUDDED FORWARD PACK. ALSO TONIGHT, IT'S ANOTHER LONG DAY AHEAD FOR THE BLACK CAPS IN INDIA. AND LOOK WHO DROPPED IN ON THE ALL WHITES IN WASHINGTON D.C. PLUS ` SOME FRANK OPINIONS ON RUGBY'S TRIAL RULES. WOULD YOU RATHER GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS? I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS. WE HAVE THE LATEST ON WHERE RUGBY'S BIG EXPERIMENT IS HEADING. AND WE TAKE AN INSIDE LOOK AT MOUNTAIN BIKING'S NEW NATIONAL BASE. DAY FOUR OF THE THIRD CRICKET TEST BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND INDIA IS UNDERWAY, WITH THE NZERS STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF ANOTHER HEAVY DEFEAT. INDIA HAS QUICKLY MOVED PAST A 350-RUN LEAD. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. AT 118 FOR NO WICKET, IT LOOKED LIKE THE BLACK CAPS HAD FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT WITH THE BAT. CHEERING, APPLAUSE NOT LONG AFTER, IT WAS CLEAR NOT MUCH HAD CHANGED. BOWLED HIM! UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST WICKETS IN CLUMPS, AND WE THREATENED TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS, BUT KEPT LOSING WICKETS REGULARLY. SO OBVIOUSLY LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING TO END THE WAY WE DID. CASE AND POINT ` WHY THE BLACKCAPS ARE STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF A THIRD SUCCESSIVE HEAVY TEST DEFEAT TO INDIA, STAR BATSMAN ONCE AGAIN FALLING CHEAPLY. KANE WILLIAMSON GONE FOR JUST EIGHT RUNS. ROSS TAYLOR EVEN WORSE WITH A DUCK. CHEERING, APPLAUSE YEAH, WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THEY'RE WORLD-CLASS BOWLERS, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR OWN CONDITIONS. NZ ALL OUT FOR 299 AND PROBABLY A BIT LUCKY TO GET A BREATHER FROM THAT BOWLING LINE-UP. THE HOSTS CHOOSING TO BAT RATHER THAN FORCE THE FOLLOW ON. I WAS CERTAINLY PREPARING TO BAT. I'D RATHER PREPARE TO BAT AND BE READY FOR THAT THAN BE SURPRISED. INDIA RESUMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY POWERING PAST A 300-RUN LEAD,... KEEP IT, KEEP IT! ...DESPITE BEING A BIT SLOPPY BETWEEN THE WICKETS. HE'S OUT! EXPECT THE HOSTS TO TAKE THAT LEAD WELL PAST FOUR HUNDRED TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TECHNIQUE AND THE RIGHT MENTAL STATE, IT IS SHOWN THAT YOU CAN SCORE RUNS OUT THERE. HOPEFULLY IN THE SECOND INNINGS WHEN WE GET A CHANCE, WE CAN ALL DO THAT. IF THEY CAN'T, IT FIGURES TO BE YET ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING TOUR OF THE SUBCONTINENT. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. AS THE ALL WHITES PREPARE FOR THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED FRIENDLY THE KIWIS HAVE REVEALED A POWERFUL TEAM TO TAKE ON AUSTRALIA IN THIS WEEKEND'S LEAGUE TEST IN PERTH, WITH SEVEN CHANGES FROM THE SIDE THAT LAST FACED THE KANGAROOS IN MAY. IN THE BACKS, WARRIORS CENTRE SOLOMONE KATA AND CANBERRA WING JORDAN RAPANA WILL MAKE THEIR KIWIS DEBUT. IN THE STRONG-LOOKING FORWARD PACK, ROOSTERS PROP JARED WAEREA-HARGREAVES IS BACK AFTER THREE YEARS OUT OF INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. DALLY M WINNER JASON TAUMALOLO STARTS AT LOOSE FORWARD. SIX PLAYERS HAVE BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH WHICH WILL BE TRIMMED TO FOUR. THAT INCLUDES ANOTHER RAIDERS WINGER, JOSEPH TAPINE. AS THE ALL WHITES PREPARE FOR THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED FRIENDLY AGAINST THE USA TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THEY'VE HAD A SURPRISE VISITOR AT TRAINING IN WASHINGTON DC ` FORMER SKIPPER RYAN NELSEN STOPPING BY, AND HE'S MORE THAN IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE'S SEEING. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. RYAN NELSEN MAY NOW CALL WASHINGTON DC HOME, BUT THE ALL WHITES WILL ALWAYS BE HIS EXTENDED FAMILY. I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THE GUYS FOR A LONG TIME. SOME GREAT MEMORIES OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TEAM, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE OLD GUYS BACK AND SOME OF THE YOUNGER ONES COMING THROUGH. NELSEN LAST PLAYED FOR THE SIDE IN 2012. THESE DAYS HE'S A PLAYER AGENT, BUSINESSMAN AND LOYAL FAN, WATCHING THE GAME AGAINST MEXICO WITH INTEREST. I'VE WATCHED MEXICO QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THEM TURN OVER THE BALL LIKE THEY DID, AND ESPECIALLY HIGH UP THE FIELD, THE PRESSURE WAS REALLY GOOD. THEY WERE A THREAT ON GOAL ALL THE TIME. IT WAS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM NZ. FOR COACH ANTHONY HUDSON, THEIR DOMINANT DISPLAY IN THE 2-1 LOSS IS STILL SINKING IN. I WAS QUITE SHOCKED THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN THEIR HALF, AND EVEN THE SECOND HALF WE REALLY PUT THEM UNDER PRESSURE. IF THEY CAN DO THAT AGAINST THE 15TH BEST SIDE IN THE WORLD, NELSEN SAYS THE USA, WHO ARE RANKED SEVEN SPOTS LOWER, PROVIDE A REAL OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE GOT A REAL GOOD THREAT UP TOP AND THOSE ATTACKING PLAYERS, AND IF WINSTON AND THE GUYS AT THE BACK ARE A STRENGTH AND MCGLINCHY JUST DOES HIS THING HE KEEPS DOING, IT'S A NICE WEE BALANCE THE TEAM HAS RIGHT NOW, SO MORE THAN CONFIDENT THEY COULD GET A RESULT. NELSEN'S BELIEF AND SUPPORT A WELCOME ADDITION AT TRAINING. IT'S GREAT TO FINALLY MEET HIM. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE PLAYERS THAT HE'S HERE, HIS PRESENCE HERE. SO YEAH, IT'S GOOD. IT'LL BE EVEN BETTER IF IT HELPS INSPIRE A SURPRISE WIN TOMORROW. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. THERE'S 60-ODD PLACES IN THE FIFA WORLD RANKINGS BETWEEN THE USA AND THE ALL WHITES, BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE 205TH RANKED GIBRALTAR AND NUMBER TWO BELGIUM. THAT GAP WAS EXPLOITED TODAY AFTER JUST A FEW SECONDS. ALREADY IT'S GIVEN AWAY. STRAIGHT AWAY. AND BELGIUM HAVE A GOAL AFTER SIX SECONDS. IT WAS ACTUALLY SEVEN SECONDS, A NEW RECORD FOR THE FASTEST GOAL IN A WORLD CUP OR QUALIFIER, BELGIUM WINNING 6-0. ALTHOUGH THE GOAL OF THE DAY SURELY HAS TO GO TO FRENCHMAN PAUL POGBA, WITH THIS BLAST IN HIS SIDE'S 1-0 WIN OVER THE NETHERLANDS. RUGBY'S NEW BREAKDOWN RULES WON'T BE GOING ANY FURTHER ` NOT IN THEIR CURRENT STATE ANYWAY. WITH ONE FULL ROUND REMAINING IN THE PROVINCIAL SEASON, MANY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE CHANGES BEING TRIALLED. NZ OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THE WORLD GOVERNING BODY WON'T USE THE RADICAL NEW RULES. HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE STANDOUTS IN THE PROVINCIAL SEASON. PLAYING IN ALL THREE LOOSE FORWARD POSITIONS FOR AUCKLAND, AKIRA IOANE IS IN A GOOD POSITION TO SUM UP THE NEW TRIAL RULES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THEM RETAINED OR WOULD YOU RATHER GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS? > I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY CALL. I JUST PLAY RUGBY. THE RUGBY IOANE'S BEEN PLAYING HAS BEEN QUITE DIFFERENT THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THE TRIAL WAS BROUGHT INTO IMPROVE SAFETY AROUND THE COLLISION AREA AND TO MAKE SURE PLAYERS STAYED ON THEIR FEET, RATHER THAN FLYING OFF THEM. AT SUPER LEVEL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, GUYS ARE FLYING OFF THEIR FEET, AND THAT'S PACE, THAT'S SPEED AND A LOT MORE IMPACT, SO WE CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS LEVEL. TEAMS ARE RETAINING POSSESSION, PLAY IS FASTER, BUT THE BREAKDOWN MESS HASN'T SETTLED. I STILL THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONTEST AT THE BREAKDOWN. IT'S PART OF THE NZ GAME, LIKE, HAVING THAT TRADITIONAL SEVEN IN THERE FETCHING. THE OLD SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN WILL RETURN. NZ RUGBY HAS CONFIRMED TODAY TO 1 NEWS THE TRIALS HERE WON'T BE USED GLOBALLY, BUT SOME MINOR TWEAKS WOULD STILL BE LOOKED AT. IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO TAKE IT TO SUPER NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIONS, SO I DON'T SEE THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE PLAYING IT ANY TIME SOON. EVERYONE NEEDS TO PLAY UNDER THE SAME SET OF RULES. IT MAKES LIFE SO MUCH EASIER FOR FANS UNDERSTANDING, THE PLAYERS, THE REFS, COACHES, OTHERWISE IT'S TOO HARD TO FOLLOW. PROVINCIAL RUGBY IS UNITED ON ONE THING ` THE GAME IS SAFER, BUT THE TRIAL RULES WENT TOO FAR. THE HYPE OF THE RIO OLYMPICS MIGHT HAVE DIED DOWN, BUT CYCLING NZ'S ALREADY SET ITS SIGHTS ON IMPROVING IN TOKYO 2020. TODAY THEY'VE UNVEILED A PLAN TO SECURE MORE MEDALS, ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAIN BIKING. GEORGE BERRY REPORTS. MOUNTAIN BIKING'S POPULARITY IN NZ IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. TRANSFERRING PARTICIPATION THROUGH TO THE ELITE SIDE OF THINGS, THOUGH, HAS BEEN A BIT OF AN UPHILL BATTLE. WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT TALENT THAT'S OUT THERE. THAT WAS HOPEFULLY UNTIL NOW, WITH CYCLING NZ LAUNCHING ITS FIRST MOUNTAIN BIKE PERFORMANCE HUB IN ROTORUA. IT'S THE BEST TRAILS AROUND THE WORLD, IN MY OPINION. I'VE BEEN PRETTY LUCKY TO RIDE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT I HAVE, SO TO BE HERE IN ROTORUA WITH THE TRAILS IN THE BACK YARD, THE HUB BEING JUST HERE IS THE MOST EXCITING THING. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THE CHAMPIONS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT ALL UNFOLDS. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET THAT UNDER-19` UNDER-23 AGE BRACKET. BRIDGING THAT GAP FROM WHEN THOSE KIDS ARE LEAVING SCHOOL AND WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MOUNTAIN BIKE. THE SUCCESS OF OTHER CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TRACK CYCLING, ENCOURAGING MOUNTAIN BIKING TO FOLLOW SUIT. WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS FROM THE LIKES OF ROWING AND THE OTHER SPORTS. AND HAVING THOSE HUBS` GETTING THOSE ATHLETES TRAINING TOGETHER DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THE ATHLETES WILL GAIN ACCESS TO SPORTS SCIENCE SERVICES AND ELITE COACHING, BUT MOST OF ALL, COMPETITION. I LOVED SPORT, BUT I REALLY LOVED COMPETING, WHETHER THAT WAS TENNIS OR SOCCER OR WHATEVER, AND MOUNTAIN BIKING ENDED UP BEING MY NICHE. IT'S LIKE A LOT OF THESE KIDS ` THEY JUST LOVE RACING, SO HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT HUB FOR THEM TO RACE AGAINST EACH OTHER IS ONLY GOING TO IMPROVE PEOPLE AND IT'LL BE GREAT. AN INCREASE IN MEDALS NO DOUBT A DESIRED OUTCOME AS WELL. GEORGE BERRY, 1 NEWS. TIGER WOODS' RETURN TO COMPETITIVE GOLF IS OVER BEFORE IT BEGUN, WITH THE 14-TIME MAJOR CHAMP PULLING OUT OF THIS WEEKEND'S PGA TOURNAMENT IN CALIFORNIA. WOODS, WHO WAS RECENTLY VICE CAPTAIN OF USA'S RYDER CUP-WINNING TEAM, HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE SAFEWAY OPEN, SAYING WHILE HIS HEALTH IS GOOD, HIS GAME IS VULNERABLE AND NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. HE HASN'T PLAYED COMPETITIVELY FOR 14 MONTHS. WE'RE VERY SORRY TO HEAR THIS NEWS. WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT EVERYTHING IS OK WITH TIGER. AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW ANY MORE THAN THAT RIGHT NOW. WOODS HAS ALSO PULLED OUT OF NEXT MONTH'S TURKISH AIRLINES OPEN. HE HOPES TO NOW MAKE HIS COMEBACK IN DECEMBER AT HIS FOUNDATION'S EVENT, THE HERO WORLD CHALLENGE IN THE BAHAMAS. I SUPPOSE IF YOU MAKE A COMEBACK, YOU MAKE IT IN THE BAHAMAS. SEVEN SHARP HAS A BIG GIVEAWAY TONIGHT. WE'RE GIVING AWAY AN ELECTRIC BIKE. ALSO COMING UP TONIGHT ` A BIG SURPRISE FOR ONE OF THE TEAM. THIS IS NOT HOW I THOUGHT THIS STORY WAS GOING TO GO. HOW A NORMAL DAY AT THE OFFICE TURNED INTO A WARNING FOR CARO AND FOR EVERY KIWI. IT'S VERY SAD THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE. THAT'S VERY SAD. SO IF 6-YEAR-OLD TY CAN WORK OUT HOW TO HELP, WHY CAN'T MORE OF US? AND NORAH JONES TALKS NEW MUSIC, BIG CARS AND MOVING HOUSE. FIND OUT HOW THEY'RE ALL RELATED. SEE YOU AT 7. JUST LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WET AND DRY, UPS AND DOWNS. THIS IS STARTING TO TRACK NORTH. THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SOUTH IS WHERE THE WARNINGS ARE. 5-10CM OF SNOW. ANOTHER SYSTEM IS RIGHT BEHIND IT. TEMPERATURES COOLING BACK TO THE LOW TEENS. A BIG HIGH FOR THE WEEKEND. UP AND DOWN. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH ISLAND. THE FRONT IS GOING AWAY THERE WILL BE SOME LEFTOVER SHOWERS BUT OTHERWISE DRY. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. There's that front. This is a good washing day. A new system coming into the South. Another spell of wet weather. The snow level goes to 500m. Some fresh snow on the peaks. The weekend as a wet Saturday. We do have a big high building and through the course of the week. That big high is sitting over south-west Australia. Typical up and down whether, ut at least we're looking at some fine weather. Thank you very much, Dan. Over to Seven Sharp now.