IT'S MIDDAY, THURSDAY THE 13TH OF OCTOBER. THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE HOUSING NZ A FUNDING BOOST AFTER WARNINGS THE CORPORATION'S RUNNING OUT OF CASH. A COURT'S SHOWN SOME OF THE FINAL MOMENTS OF WARRIENA WRIGHT'S LIFE. AND THEY PLAYED THE AUSSIES, AND THEY WON! ALL THE ACTION FROM LAST NIGHT'S SILVER FERNS VICTORY. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HOUSING NZ LOOKS SET TO GET A CASH INJECTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT SO THAT IT CAN FULFIL A PLAN TO BUILD MORE STATE HOUSES AND UPGRADE ITS EXISTING STOCK. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. KATIE, JUST WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT HOUSING NZ TO BUILD AND UPGRADE? As we all know, housing New Zealand was going through a big transformation. It has been selling of houses and working with private developers. But for several years,there has been a warning that housing New Zealand needed more cash. I went to housing minister Bill English. He said they will be given more cash, ut he also hopes that they will get more money from things such as developments. HERE'S WHAT BILL ENGLISH HAD TO SAY. WE'RE SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS MORE NOW ON SOCIAL HOUSING BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET MORE HOUSES IN AUCKLAND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT DEMAND. AND EARLIER, ONE NEWS REPORTED THAT HOUSING NZ WOULD BE BROKE BY FEBRUARY. WE ACCEPT THIS IS NOT THE CASE. THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING NZ, BILL ENGLISH, SAYS THE GOVERNMENT WILL ENSURE HOUSING NZ HAS ENOUGH CAPITAL TO BUILD NEW SOCIAL HOUSING AND TO REDEVELOP ITS EXISTING PROPERTIES. THE NATIONAL MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE IS NOW A RECORD HIGH $515,000, ACCORDING TO LATEST FIGURES FROM THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE. WHILE AUCKLAND'S MEDIAN PRICE IS UP 7% ON LAST YEAR. IT'S BIG RISES IN THE REGIONS LIKE IN NORTHLAND, HAWKE'S BAY, TARANAKI AND NELSON/MARLBOROUGH THAT'S PULLING UP THAT FIGURE. BUT THE PRICE RISES COME OFF THE BACK OF FEWER OVERALL SALES. ONE ECONOMIST SAYS THE INTRODUCTION OF LVR RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS TAKEN A LITTLE HEAT OUT OF THE MARKET, SLOWING INVESTOR SPENDING. TIME WILL TELL IF THAT'S A TEMPORARY EFFECT OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE PERMANENTLY. PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE'VE SEEN LVR RESTRICTIONS CHANGE, IT JUST GENERALLY CAUSES A BIT OF DISRUPTION FOR A FEW MONTHS AS PEOPLE RECONFIGURE. AUCKLAND'S WET WEATHER COMBINED WITH A GENERAL UNDERSUPPLY OF HOUSES IS THOUGHT TO BE BEHIND THE DROP OFF IN SALES IN OUR BIGGEST CITY. AND IN THE PAST FIVE MINUTES WHAT'S UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF NZ'S CLOSEST EVER MAYORAL RACES HAS BEEN DECIDED. ANDREW KING IS NOW THE MAYOR OF HAMILTON AFTER A TINY NINE VOTE VICTORY. HE RECEIVED 8728 VOTES TO PAULA SOUTHGATE'S 8719. THE MID-CANTERBURY RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION SAYS IT TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO STAND DOWN A 24-YEAR-OLD PLAYER WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT RAPE. THE MAN IS DUE TO REAPPEAR IN GISBORNE DISTRICT COURT ON OCTOBER 31. NZ RUGBY SAYS IT'S ALSO MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY. VIDEO'S BEEN RELEASED OF THE HOURS LEADING UP TO THE DEATH OF KIWI WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT IN QUEENSLAND. CCTV VISION SHOWS THE 26-YEAR-OLD MEETING UP WITH ACCUSED KILLER GABLE TOSTEE AND GIVING EACH OTHER A HUG. CHANNEL NINE'S TESSA HARDY HAS MORE. IT'S AFTER 3AM, AND GABLE TOSTEE WALKS INTO A PIZZA SHOP, ORDERS A SLICE, SITS DOWN AND EATS IT, WHILE OVER AT HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEGUN INTO WARRIENA WRIGHT'S 14-STOREY FATAL FALL ONLY 45 MINUTES EARLIER. THE EVENING BEGAN ABOUT SIX HOURS EARLIER, AUGUST 7 2014. THIS IS WARRIENA WRIGHT ON HER WAY TO MEET HER ALLEGED MURDERER. TOSTEE CAN BE SEEN MAKING HIS WAY TO MEET HIS DATE. THE WHOLE SEQUENCE CAUGHT ON CCTV. ONLY SEVEN MINUTES SINCE THEY FIRST MET, THEY'RE AT TOSTEE'S AVALON APARTMENT COMPLEX. HOURS LATER, AFTER DRUNKEN SEX AND ALLEGATIONS, WARRIENA STARTED THROWING THINGS AT TOSTEE. THE PROSECUTION SAYS HE CHOKES OR STRANGLES HER, THEN FORCES HER OUT ON TO THE BALCONY AND LOCKS THE DOOR. SHE FALLS 14 FLOORS TO HER DEATH AS SHE'S ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO FLEE. GABLE TOSTEE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. A MAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING A PERSON DEAD IN RURAL HAWKE'S BAY IS DUE IN COURT TODAY. THE 62-YEAR-OLD IS ALLEGED TO HAVE MURDERED A MAN (43) IN MOHAKA, NEAR WAIROA YESTERDAY. A POST-MORTEM IS BEING CARRIED OUT, AND POLICE ARE CONTINUING A SCENE EXAMINATION. AN EMOTIVE VIDEO CAMPAIGN'S BEEN LAUNCHED, URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO FUND FIVE NEW BREAST CANCER DRUGS WIDELY AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS OVERSEAS. THE BREAST CANCER AOTEAROA COALITION SAYS PATIENTS ARE TRAVELLING ABROAD TO ACCESS DRUGS LIKE KADCYLA AND PERJETA. IN SOME CASES, WOMEN HAVE SOLD THEIR HOMES TO PAY FOR THE TRAVEL AND TREATMENT. THE GOVERNMENT REALLY MUST ACT TO GET US ACCESS TO THOSE MEDICINES THAT CAN EXTEND OUR LIVES AND SAVE OUR LIVES AND GIVE US LESS PAIN AS WE GO THROUGH BREAST CANCER. PHARMAC SAYS IT'S CURRENTLY SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON A PROPOSAL TO FUND PERJETA. THE TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DUNEDIN WOMAN KARIN ROSS IS REACHING ITS FINAL STAGES IN THE DUNEDIN HIGH COURT. ALEXANDER MERRITT WAS A COLLEAGUE OF MS ROSS WHEN SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN A DUNEDIN CAR PARK IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR. MERRITT, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE DAYS AFTER THE DEATH, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENCE ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO THE JURY LATER TODAY. DONALD TRUMP'S CONTINUED HIS ATTACK AGAINST HIS PARTY'S TOP ELECTED OFFICIAL, PAUL RYAN, SAYING THERE'S SOMETHING 'SINISTER' GOING ON. HE'S ALSO EXPLAINED HIS UNUSUAL STANCE BEHIND RIVAL HILLARY CLINTON ON DEBATE NIGHT. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS REPORTS. FOR DONALD TRUMP TONIGHT, A NEW BATTLE CRY. IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, OK? THE SELF-PROCLAIMED UNSHACKLED TRUMP SENDING HIS BASE INTO A FRENZY WITH BLISTERING ATTACKS ON HILLARY CLINTON. AND TODAY, THIS TAKE ON THE DEBATE AND THAT MOMENT WHEN TRUMP HOVERED BEHIND CLINTON. SO I INVADED HER SPACE? BELIEVE ME, THE LAST SPACE THAT I WANNA INVADE IS HER SPACE. BELIEVE ME. I DON'T WANNA INVADE HER SPACE. TRUMP ALSO ESCALATING HIS WAR WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS, ESPECIALLY HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN. I WOULDN'T WANNA BE IN A FOX HOLE WITH A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, THAT I CAN TELL YOU. BUT MCCAIN'S A BRAVE MAN. INCLUDING RYAN! HE'S A BRAVE MAN. BY THE WAY, INCLUDING RYAN. ESPECIALLY RYAN. I GOT THAT. TRUMP LIVID RYAN NEVER CALLED AFTER THE DEBATE. WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT PAUL RYAN WOULD CALL AND SAY, 'GOOD GOING'? YOU'D THINK THAT THEY'D SAY, 'GREAT GOING, DON! LET'S GO! LET'S BEAT THIS CROOK! 'SHE'S A CROOK! LET'S BEAT HER! WE GOTTA STOP IT!' NO, HE DOESN'T DO THAT. THERE'S A WHOLE SINISTER DEAL GOING ON. AND A FORMER MISS ARIZONA SAYS DONALD TRUMP CAME INTO THE DRESSING ROOM DURING A 2001 MISS USA PAGEANT WHILE SOME CONTESTANTS WEREN'T FULLY DRESSED. CNN'S SERENE BRANSON HAS THE STORY. HE JUST CAME STROLLING RIGHT IN. THERE WAS NO SECOND TO PUT A ROBE ON OR ANY SORT OF CLOTHING OR ANYTHING. SOME GIRLS WERE TOPLESS, OTHER GIRLS WERE NAKED. AS MISS ARIZONA 2001, TASHA DIXON, COMPETED IN THE MISS USA PAGEANT, DONALD TRUMP OWNED THE CONTEST, ALONG WITH MISS UNIVERSE AND MISS TEEN USA FOR 19 YEARS. OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO HIM WAS WHEN WE WERE AT THE DRESS REHEARSAL AND HALF NAKED, CHANGING INTO OUR BIKINIS. TO HAVE THE OWNER COME WALTZING IN WHEN WE WERE NAKED OR HALF NAKED IN A VERY PHYSICALLY VULNERABLE POSITION, AND THEN TO HAVE THE PRESSURE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR HIM TELLING US TO GO FAWN ALL OVER HIM, GO WALK UP TO HIM, TALK TO HIM, GET HIS ATTENTION. IT'S A STORY TRUMP HIMSELF SEEMINGLY SUPPORTED IN A 2005 BROADCAST WITH HOWARD STERN THAT WAS RE-RELEASED THIS WEEKEND. AND DIXON HAS STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT SHE THINKS WERE TRUMP'S MOTIVATIONS. I'M TELLING YOU, DONALD TRUMP OWNED THE PAGEANT FOR THE REASON TO UTILIZE HIS POWER TO GET AROUND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. DIXON, WHO LIVES IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, WAS 18 AT THE TIME. WHO DO YOU COMPLAIN TO? HE OWNS THE PAGEANT. (LAUGHS) SO THERE'S NO ONE TO COMPLAIN TO. EVERYONE THERE WORKS FOR HIM. THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES WILL MEET THIS WEEKEND FOR TALKS ON A NEW CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA. RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCED THE TALKS AS MOSCOW FACES MOUNTING PRESSURE OVER THE CONFLICT IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY. THE SYRIAN REGIME'S RUSSIAN-BACKED ASSAULT ON ALEPPO CONTINUES. AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE DIED AFTER A MARKET WAS TARGETED IN AN AIRSTRIKE. A SECRET INTERNMENT CAMP FOR FORMER ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SYRIA. SOME 300 DEFECTORS AND CAPTURED FIGHTERS ARE BEING HELD AT THE CAMP OPERATED BY A REBEL GROUP, WHICH CLAIMS IT'S TRYING TO REHABILITATE THEM AND IN SOME CASES THEN RELEASE THEM. THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMERVILLE REPORTS. WHERE DO JIHADISTS GO WHEN THEIR BELOVED ISLAMIC STATE STARTS TO CRUMBLE? SOME ARE BEING HELD HERE, AT A SECRET CAMP IN NORTHERN SYRIA. THE MEN ARE FROM EUROPE, ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA. THEY'RE DEFECTORS AND PRISONERS OF WAR, SO FEW WANT TO SHOW THEIR FACES. IN RETREAT, MANY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEM. IN THE HEADSCARF IS ABU SAMEEL. HE JOINED THE SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE FROM HOLLAND. NOW A CAPTIVE, HE RENOUNCES THE GROUP. TRANSLATOR: THEY USE PEOPLE LIKE HUMAN MEAT. YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THEM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO START TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. I KNOW I WILL GET INTO TROUBLE, BUT THIS IS WHAT I CHOSE, AND I WILL PAY THE PRICE. I HOPE I CAN GET OUT SOON AND LIVE MY LIFE NORMALLY. THE CAMP IS RUN BY A REBEL GROUP. ITS COMMANDER SHOWED ME THE DETAILS OF DOZENS OF PRISONERS. SOME WILL BE RETURNED TO EUROPE IF THE AUTHORITIES PROMISE TO JAIL THEM, BUT OTHERS WILL FACE SYRIAN JUSTICE. TRANSLATOR: IF THEY HAD COMMITTED MURDER, THEN THEY MIGHT BE EXECUTED. SOME ARE JAILED JUST BECAUSE THEY STILL HOLD THIS WRONGFUL IDEOLOGY. ISLAMIC STATE'S CORE IS COLLAPSING. THEY'RE LOSING TERRITORY, AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DEFECT. JOINING IS WAS RELATIVELY EASY, BUT LEAVING IS DIFFICULT. FOR NOW, THEY'RE HELD IN SYRIA, BUT THESE EUROPEAN JIHADISTS WANT TO COME BACK. IT WILL BE A DANGEROUS HOMECOMING. A DIAMOND CROSS PENDANT HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE STREET NEAR THE HOTEL WHERE REALITY TV STAR KIM KARDASHIAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT. IT REPORTEDLY WAS DROPPED BY THE THIEVES AND IT COULD CONTAIN DNA EVIDENCE. THE NEW INFORMATION COMES AS THE STAR FILES A LAWSUIT RELATED TO THE CASE. HERE'S THE ABC'S MARA SCHIAVOCAMP. KHLOE KARDASHIAN TELLING ELLEN DEGENERES TUESDAY THAT THE WORLD FAMOUS REALITY TV STAR, HER SISTER KIM, IS HAVING TO RETHINK HER OVERSHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I THINK IT'S JUST A WAKE UP CALL TO MAKE A LOT OF LIFE ADJUSTMENTS. AND TO NOT SHARE AS MUCH ANY MORE? YEAH, I THINK IN THAT ASPECT AND JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE. THE KARDASHIAN CLAN'S E SHOW INDEFINITELY ON HOLD AFTER THE OCTOBER 2ND ROBBERY. NOTHING WILL REALLY PREPARE YOU FOR THIS. OFFICIALS SAY KIM KARDASHIAN WAS ROBBED BY FIVE ARMED GUNMEN IN PARIS, FLEEING WITH MORE THAN $10M WORTH OF JEWELLERY. KARDASHIAN HASN'T SPOKEN SINCE THE ROBBERY, BUT TUESDAY SHE FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE WEBSITE MEDIATAKEOUT.COM FOR THREE POSTS WHICH SHE ALLEGES... THE LAWSUIT ADDING THAT THE POST CAUSED KARDASHIAN... BUT NOW RADAR ONLINE POSTING A VIDEO THEY SAY WAS SHOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CRIME THAT EXPOSES HOLES IN HER STORY, SHOWING KIM CALMLY VIDEO-CHATTING ON THE COUCH, NO VISIBLE FORCED ENTRY TO THE DOOR OR MARKS ON KARDASHIAN'S WRIST FROM BEING TIED UP. THE ROBBERY HAS A GREAT DEAL OF MYSTERY. I MEAN, IT'S A MADE FOR TV SPECTACLE. SINGER JANET JACKSON HAS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED SHE IS EXPECTING HER FIRST CHILD AT THE AGE OF 50. SPECULATION ABOUT HER PREGNANCY SURFACED IN APRIL WHEN SHE POSTPONED HER 'UNBREAKABLE' TOUR, SAYING SHE WANTED TO FOCUS ON PLANNING A FAMILY WITH HER HUSBAND. IN A VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE TOLD FANS HER DOCTOR'S ORDERS WERE TO REST UP. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` NO LONGER THE STUFF OF JUST MYTHS. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER THERE REALLY IS AN IRISH GENETIC DEFECT THAT MAKES SOME GROW ABNORMALLY TALL. AND WHY'S THIS BALL BOY AT THE SHANGHAI MASTERS CRYING? WE'LL TELL YOU WHO CAME TO THE RESCUE AND COMFORTED HIM. TALL TALES OF GIANTS IN IRISH MYTHOLOGY MAY HAVE CONTAINED A GRAIN OF TRUTH. SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THE SO-CALLED 'GIANT GENE' IS MORE COMMONLY CARRIED BY PEOPLE IN ONE AREA OF NORTHERN IRELAND. THE BBC'S CHRIS BUCKLER HAS MORE. THESE STONE CIRCLES AREN'T THE ONLY LINK TO HISTORY HERE IN MID ULSTER. THIS IS A LAND OF GIANTS, AND THAT'S A TITLE THAT COMES NOT JUST FROM MYTHS AND LEGENDS. IN THIS AREA, IT'S IN THE BLOOD. THAT'S ME WHEN I WAS 7, 8 YEARS OLD. AT HIS HEIGHT, BRENDAN HOLLAND STOOD ALMOST 6'11" TALL. AND IT'S LIKELY HE WOULD HAVE GROWN TO WELL OVER 7FT TALL IF HE HADN'T BEEN TREATED FOR A GENETIC DISORDER THAT CAUSED GIGANTISM. DO YOU OBJECT BEING CALLED A GIANT? NO, NOT AT ALL. PEOPLE CAN CALL ME WHAT THEY LIKE AND MANAGE THE TIME THEY HAVE. THE CAUSE OF THAT GIGANTISM, WHICH CAN AFFECT HEALTH AS WELL AS HEIGHT, IS IN THE GENES. MY MOTHER PASSED IT TO ME, AND SHE NEVER KNEW THAT. DNA EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN THAT BRENDAN IS A DESCENDANT OF CHARLES BYRNE, WHO WAS ALSO FROM MID ULSTER. IN THE 1700S, HE BECAME FAMOUS AS THE IRISH GIANT, AND HIS 7�FT-TALL SKELETON IS STILL PART OF THE MEDICAL MUSEUM. IT'S OK WHEN YOU'RE, MAYBE, 6FT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE 7FT. THAT'S QUITE A STRAIN ON YOUR HEART. IT'S A MISERABLE LIFE FOR A GIANT, ACTUALLY. MOST GIANTS JUST WISH THAT THEY WERE NORMAL. THERE WAS PROBABLY AT LEAST SOME TRUTH IN THE CENTURIES OF STORIES TOLD ABOUT GIANTS. BUT IT'S LIKELY THAT AT THE HEART WAS A GENE THAT CAUSED CONSIDERABLE PAIN AND PROBLEMS. THAT'S WHY MANY WANT THE IDEA OF GENERATIONS OF GIANTS TO BE CONSIGNED FOREVER TO HISTORY. IN SPORT ` THE SILVER FERNS HAVE PULLED OFF A STUNNING UPSET OF AUSTRALIA TO LEVEL THE CONSTELLATION CUP NETBALL SERIES AT ONE APIECE. AFTER A 12-GOAL DRUBBING IN THE FIRST TEST, IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE DEFENSIVE EFFORT THAT LED THE KIWIS TO THE THRILLING 53-51 WIN IN TASMANIA. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. THE DIAMOND SIDE THAT'S NOT USED TO BEING OUTSHONE OR OUTPLAYED, SHOWING MORE THAN A GLINT OF FRUSTRATION AS THEIR OLD RIVALS DEFIED EXPECTATIONS. THIS IS BRAVE AND GUTSY STUFF FROM THE SILVER FERNS. THE HOME TEAM STRUGGLING UNDER NZ'S DEFENSIVE PRESSURE, WHILE THE KIWIS' ATTACK END REFUSED TO CRACK IN THE MOST CRUCIAL MOMENTS. IT'S THEIRS TO LOSE. BAILEY MES. IT JUST MIGHT BE THE SEALER. IT WAS, COMPLETING A THRILLING TWO-GOAL WIN THAT WAS ALMOST UNTHINKABLE JUST FOUR DAYS AGO WHEN THEY'D BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF AN EMBARRASSING 12-GOAL DRUBBING. OH, IT WAS NICE TO CLOSE THE GAP AND HAVE A REALLY TIGHT GAME. YEAH, WE WERE REALLY DISAPPOINTED WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE, BUT TONIGHT I THINK IT SHOWED THE CHARACTER THE SIDE HAS. PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE FERNS STARTED JUST AS POORLY, FINDING THEMSELVES DOWN 6-1 IN THE OPENING STAGES. BUT IT WOULDN'T LAST. ANNA HARRISON A STANDOUT, MAKING A MENACE OF HERSELF ON HER RETURN TO THE DEFENSIVE CIRCLE TO HELP RESTRICT CAITLIN BASSETT. WHILE RELATIVE NEWCOMER TE PAEA SELBY-RICKIT SHOWED HER COMPOSURE,... WHISTLE BLOWS, COMMENTATOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ...COMBINING WELL WITH BAILEY MES AS THEY DREW LEVEL BY HALF-TIME. THIS CROWD IS SHELL-SHOCKED! NZ KEEPING THE INTENSITY UP IN THE SECOND HALF, EVEN AS AUSTRALIA RECLAIMED A SLIM LEAD IN THE FINAL QUARTER. ENTER LAURA LANGMAN. AND LANGMAN... WITH THE QUICK HANDS. THE MID-COURTER'S CRUCIAL INTERCEPT WOULD LEAD TO THE SCORES BEING LEVELLED AGAIN, TOPPING OFF A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN WING DEFENCE IN WHICH SHE CONSISTENTLY SHUT DOWN DANGEROUS AUSSIE WING ATTACK MADDIE ROBINSON. I ALWAYS LOVE COMING UP AGAINST HER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA BRING YOUR A-GAME. THE KEY NOW IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-OFF. THE TEAMS HEAD TO AUCKLAND FOR THE THIRD TEST ON SATURDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. FORMER ALL BLACKS DAN CARTER AND JOE ROKOCOKO HAVE FRONTED UP AT A FRENCH RUGBY FEDERATION HEARING FOLLOWING REPORTS THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORTICOSTEROIDS. CARTER AND ROKOCOKO SAY THEY HAD THE CORRECT THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS AND STRONGLY DENY ANY WRONGDOING. THE FEDERATION SAYS ITS COMPLETED ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE TWO RUGBY STARS AND THEIR RACING '92 TEAMMATE JUAN IMHOFF. THE RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN NEXT WEEK. BLACKCAPS COACH MIKE HESSON HAS MADE AN HONEST ASSESSMENT OF HIS SIDE'S PERFORMANCES AFTER THEY COMPREHENSIVELY LOST THE TEST SERIES AGAINST INDIA 3-0. WE WERE EXPOSED IN THE SERIES AGAINST A VERY GOOD SIDE AND TOUGH CONDITIONS. BUT WE WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, AND WE'VE GOTTA TAKE THAT ON THE CHIN. THEY NOW FACE THE HOSTS IN FIVE ONE-DAYERS, STARTING ON SUNDAY. ESPN'S WIDELY REGARDED CRICINFO WEBSITE GAVE ROSS TAYLOR A 1 OUT OF 10 RANKING FOR HIS SERIES PERFORMANCE. WHEN YOU'RE JUST A KID AND YOU GET YOUR BIG BREAK AS A BALLBOY AT A HUGE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO GET THE JOB RIGHT. SO SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THIS TOUGH BALLBOY, WHO FIGHTS BACK THE TEARS AT THE SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS WHEN HE'S HIT BY A SERVE FROM CANADIAN VASEK POSPISIL. BOY SHOUTS OOF. HE'S TAKEN A BLOW TO THE STOMACH. POSPISIL'S OPPONENT THE BULGARIAN AND WORLD NUMBER EIGHT GRIGOR DIMITROV NOTICES THE BOY TRYING TO GRIT HIS TEETH THROUGH THE PAIN AND HANDS OVER HIS WRISTBAND TO TRY MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER. THE CROWD CHEERED, AND THE LITTLE BOY PUSHED THROUGH AND KEPT WORKING. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, COULD THIS BE THE MOST SIGN-POSTED CROSSROADS IN THE COUNTRY? THE BUSY INTERSECTION THAT'S TURNING HEADS. A CHRISTCHURCH INTERSECTION NOW HAS 19 TRAFFIC LIGHT POLES. THE NEWLY-INSTALLED LIGHTS AT THE CORNER OF HIGH AND TUAM STREETS WILL BE USED TO CONTROL PEDESTRIAN, CYCLE, VEHICLE AND TRAM TRAFFIC. REACTION THIS MORNING ON THE STREET IN QUESTION WAS MIXED. I THINK IT'S USEFUL, AS I NORMALLY WALK DOWN HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, AND TRAFFIC COMING FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LOT OF CARS COMING DOWN THIS WAY. HOPEFULLY IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIT THAN JUST BLUE BAGS, LOOKING A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN ART INSTALLATION AT THE MOMENT. THE 19 LIGHTS, WHICH ARE WAITING ON A POWER CONSENT, ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN A FEW WEEKS. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'LL GIVE HOUSING NZ EXTRA CASH TO PAY FOR NEW BUILDS AND A REVAMP OF ITS CURRENT STOCK. CCTV FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED SHOWING THE HOURS LEADING UP TO KIWI WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT'S DEATH ON THE GOLD COAST. IT'S WEATHER TIME, AND A WEST TO SOU'WEST FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY, BRINGING A FEW SHOWERS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND JUST BEFORE WE GO, IF DONALD TRUMP THOUGHT HE'D BEGUN REPAIRING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO, A PROTEST THIS MORNING IN MEXICO CITY SHOWS HE COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG. STRINGING UP A TRUMP-LOOKALIKE PINATA, THESE PROTESTERS LET ALL THEIR ANGER OUT. WHACK! AND AFTER THEY'D HAD ENOUGH OF WHACKING TRUMP, THEY BURNED HIM. THANKS FOR JOINING US. 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