GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TODAY'S SUNSHINE HAS THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR ON HIGH BEAM AS WE ROLL INTO THE LONG WEEKEND. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE HIGH WILL HANG AROUND INTO SUNDAY AND MOST OF MONDAY BEFORE WE RETURN TO PUDDLE JUMPING. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AFTER THE LATEST FAR NORTH GANG KILLING, TRIBESMEN GATHER TO BURY A SLAIN BROTHER AND A HARLEY. RELATIONS WITH FIJI MOVE TO THEIR WARMEST FOOTING IN YEARS AS THE PRIME MINSTERS SIT DOWN TO TALK. AND WE'RE LIVE AT EDEN PARK, WHERE THE ALL BLACKS ARE LOOKING TO CEMENT A SPECIAL PLACE IN RUGBY HISTORY. HUNDREDS OF PATCHED GANG MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY GATHERED IN THE FAR NORTH TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO MURDERED TRIBESMAN JOHN HARRIS. HARRIS WAS SHOT AND LEFT FOR DEAD OUTSIDE A WHANGAREI AMBULANCE STATION LAST WEEK. AS HELEN CASTLES REPORTS, SUCH GATHERINGS HAVE BECOME ALL TOO COMMON IN NORTHLAND, ALTHOUGH ACCESS TO THEM IS RARE. BURYING ONE OF THEIR OWN AGAIN. THIS IS BECOMING AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR SCENE FOR THE TRIBESMEN. IT'S THE FIFTH GANG-RELATED KILLING IN NORTHLAND THIS YEAR. WE'RE SHATTERED. JOHN HARRIS, A SENIOR TRIBESMEN MEMBER, WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND LEFT OUTSIDE WHANGAREI'S AMBULANCE STATION. IT'S BELIEVED HE WAS KILLED OVER AN INTERNAL GANG DISPUTE. YOU NEVER EXPECT IT, YOU KNOW. IT'S A HEINOUS CRIME, UNDERSTANDABLY. HE LED A COLOURFUL LIFE, BUT NO ONE DESERVES THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE TRIBESMEN HAVE ALLOWED A CAMERA CREW AT ONE OF THEIR TANGI. THESE ARE HIS BROTHERS, AND THEY'VE BEEN HUGELY SUPPORTIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF OUR FAMILY, HIS 'BROTHERS' GAVE HARRIS ONE PARTING GIFT ` BURYING HIM WITH A BRAND NEW HARLEY DAVIDSON. WHILE WE WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE TANGI BY THE TRIBESMEN, THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR GANG ISSUES, BUT THE MOOD HERE IS PEACEFUL, AND THERE WERE NO FEELINGS OF ANGER OR VENGEANCE. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR HARRIS' KILLER. IT IS OUR MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH ARE FOUND BUT PEACEFULLY. BECAUSE NORTHLAND FAMILIES CAN DO WITHOUT ANOTHER TRAGEDY. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. NZ'S ONCE-TROUBLED RELATIONS WITH FIJI APPEARED FULLY THAWED IN AUCKLAND TODAY, WITH BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN JOHN KEY AND HIS FIJIAN COUNTERPART, FRANK BAINIMARAMA SHOWING HIS WILLINGNESS TO MOVE ON, EVEN WELCOMING PREVIOUSLY-BANNED PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER TO VISIT FIJI AND SEE FOR HERSELF HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. IT'S TAKEN FRANK BAINIMARAMA A DECADE TO GET TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE AS FIJI'S LEADER. HIS JOURNEY FROM MILITARY DICTATOR TO DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED PRIME MINISTER FINALLY GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTS FROM NZ ` VALIDATION. I'M PLEASED THAT PRIME MINISTER BAINIMARAMA IS MAKING HIS FIRST VISIT TO NZ AS PRIME MINISTER OF FIJI. ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE FIJI'S HELD ITS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NZ HAS BEEN TENSE AT TIMES. IT'S ONLY RECENTLY THAT IT'S THAWED ENOUGH FOR THE RED CARPET TO BE ROLLED OUT. IN FACT, THE MOOD BETWEEN PARTIES WAS JOVIAL, THE MESSAGE COMING THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR ` IT'S FINALLY TIME TO MOVE ON. I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH ME TO TAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO ANOTHER LEVEL. OUR RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH WE LET BYGONES BE BYGONES. IF WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD NOW AND NOT NECESSARILY LOOK BACK, THEN THAT'LL BE GOOD FOR BOTH FIJI AND NZ. WHEN HE WAS LAST IN FIJI, JOHN KEY HAD LITTLE LUCK IN GETTING A MEDIA BAN ON TWO NZ JOURNALISTS LIFTED. BUT TODAY HE INDICATED HIS CHANGE OF HEART WAS A POLITICAL MOVE TO IMPROVE DIPLOMATIC TIES. YOU ARE BARBARA DREAVER. I AM, SIR. SO YOU'RE OK TO COME BACK HOME. THANK YOU. I'D LOVE TO. I WAS WONDERING` I'M THRILLED YOU HAVE LIFTED THE BAN, SO YOU'RE OK TO COME BACK HOME. THANK YOU. I'D LOVE TO. I WAS WONDERING` I'M THRILLED YOU HAVE LIFTED THE BAN, BUT WHY DID YOU? AS I SAID, WE ARE HERE AT THE INVITATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER, JOHN KEY, AND WE WANT TO EXPAND ON THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE CONTINUED IN THE LAST` SINCE HE'S BEEN THERE. SO THERE YOU GO. NZ IS HOPING TO LURE FIJI BACK INTO A REGIONAL TRADE DEAL AND ALSO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM. THAT'S THE VEHICLE THAT WE USE FOR THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PACIFIC FRIENDS. WHILE IT'S CLEAR THERE IS STILL A WAY TO GO, THERE IS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM. THE REPAIR WORK BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBOURS IS WELL UNDERWAY. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING VETERANS OF THE 28TH MAORI BATTALION HAS DIED. NOEL RAIHANIA WAS A SERVICEMAN IN THE C COMPANY DURING WWII. THE TOKOMARU BAY VETERAN WAS OF NGAI TAMANUHIRI, RONGO MAIWAHINE AND NGATI POROU DESCENT. (SPEAKS MAORI) NOEL RAIHANIA WAS 89 YEARS OLD. HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN, MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. HIS TANGI WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY. TO IRAQ, WHERE ISIS FIGHTERS HAVE STAGED A SURPRISE COUNTERATTACK TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON THEIR BESIEGED STRONGHOLD OF MOSUL. THE PRE-DAWN ATTACK ON KIRKUK, WELL SOUTH OF MOSUL, LEFT DOZENS DEAD AND BROUGHT KURDISH FORCES RUSHING TO DEFEND THE OIL CITY. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN REPORTS. THIS WAS THE SCENE IN THE CITY OF KIRKUK. SECURITY FORCES BATTLING TO REGAIN CONTROL AFTER A DARING AND DEADLY ATTACK BY I.S. THEY HIT MULTIPLE TARGETS IN AND AROUND THE OIL-RICH CITY, WHICH IS 100 MILE FROM MOSUL AND HAD BEEN CONSIDERED SECURE. BACK AT THE FRONT LINE, BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS ARRIVED TO CHECK FOR SILENT KILLERS. THEY'VE ALREADY CLEARED 300 LAND MINES ALONG A STRETCH OF 3 MILES. THE TROOPS ARE GETTING INTO POSITION NOW FOR MINE CLEARING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FOR THE PESHMERGA TO PROCEED. THE MINES ARE SLOWLY PROGRESS, AND THEY'RE CLAIMING LIVES. THEN A LONE VEHICLE SPED TOWARDS US. RUN, RUN, RUN! THERE WERE FEARS IT WAS A SUICIDE BOMBER. FORTUNATELY, A FALSE ALARM. NEARBY, CIVILIANS WHO HAD JUST FLED, NOW SAFE FROM I.S., WERE BEING SCREENED BY KURDISH INTELLIGENCE. THEY'RE TRYING TO PREVENT MILITANTS ESCAPING AMONG THE DISPLACED. HE TELLS US THEY WERE FORCED TO GROW BEARDS, AND IF I.S. CAUGHT SOMEONE WITH A PHONE, THEY WERE BEHEADED. A NEW CAMP IS NOW BEING RAISED HERE FOR THE MANY OTHERS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO SEEK REFUGE FROM IRAQ'S LATEST WAR. MEANWHILE, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS WARNED ISIS MAY USE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES TAKEN FROM VILLAGES OUTSIDE MOSUL AS 'HUMAN SHIELDS' IN THE BATTLE. CANTERBURY POLICE AND THE COASTGUARD HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A MISSING DIVER NEAR AKAROA AFTER HE FAILED TO SURFACE AROUND 9.45 THIS MORNING. THE 42-YEAR-OLD WAS DIVING IN THE AREA BETWEEN DAMONS BAY AND FLEA BAY ON BANKS PENINSULA. THE POLICE DIVE SQUAD IS DUE AT THE SCENE TOMORROW. NEW GENERATION BATTERIES ARE BRINGING MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY HERE. THEY'RE BOOSTING NETWORK CAPACITY, ALLOWING HOME POWER STORAGE, AND ARE EXPECTED TO SHAPE THE NETWORKS OF THE FUTURE. WILL HINE EXPLAINS. A MILESTONE MOMENT FOR LINES COMPANY VECTOR. ITS GLEN INNES SUBSTATION HAS REOPENED WITH AN ARRAY OF NEARLY 400 BATTERY PACKS, SIMILAR TO THE TYPE IN TESLA'S ELECTRIC CARS. IT'S THE LARGEST IN ASIA-PACIFIC AND LARGEST OUTSIDE OF TESLA'S OWN INSTALLATION IN THE US. THE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO MEET THE POWER DEMANDS OF NEW INFILL HOUSING, AVOIDING THE NEED FOR THE USUAL COMPLEX NETWORK UPGRADE. WE SEE IN THE LONGER TERM THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A MUCH CHEAPER SOLUTION THAN DIGGING UP THE ROADS, PUTTING CABLES IN, BUILDING TRANSFORMERS. THEY GET RECHARGED WHEN POWER DEMAND IS LOW, FOR EXAMPLE, OVERNIGHT, AND CALLED ON WHEN PEOPLE ARE AWAKE AND WANTING ELECTRICITY. AND THE SAME BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS GOING INTO HOUSES, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES TO STORE THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY SOLAR PANELS. WE'RE SEEING MASSIVE COST REDUCTIONS IN SOLAR. WE SEE MASSIVE COST REDUCTIONS IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY. THEY'RE FORECAST TO REDUCE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS. ELECTRICITY GENERATION NO LONGER THE PRESERVE OF BIG OPERATORS. NOW CONSUMERS HAVE OPTIONS. THEY CAN GENERATE THEIR OWN AT SOURCE. THEY CAN STORE IN BATTERIES AND DO THINGS. SO IT'S BECOMING MORE OF A TWO-WAY FLOW. SO WHAT ROLE WILL GRID OPERATOR TRANSPOWER PLAY IN THE COMING DECADES? OVER TIME WE THINK THAT THE GRID WILL MOVE MORE FROM BEING AN INSTANTANEOUS BALANCING INTO A BATTERY CHARGING SERVICE. THE KEY THEME ` LOTS OF CHANGE AND LOTS OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT HOW POWER WILL BE GENERATED, STORED, SOLD AND USED. THAT DISRUPTION, THOUGH, > CAN'T NECESSARILY BE A GREAT THING FOR VECTOR. > WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY INDUSTRIES GLOBALLY THAT JUST THINK THAT DISRUPTION IS JUST GOING TO GO AWAY AND IT'S JUST A FAD, BUT THIS IS CLEARLY NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. IT'S CERTAINLY A BIG GAME CHANGER, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO COME AND WHACK US OVER THE HEAD TOMORROW. WE HAVE TIME TO PLAN, ADAPT, ENABLE PEOPLE TO MAKE CHOICES. BATTERIES LIKE THESE ` THE FACE OF THE LEANER, MEANER NETWORK OF THE FUTURE. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. TO THE BIG MATCH NOW, AND THERE'S HISTORY TO BE MADE FOR THE ALL BLACKS, STARTING IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, IF THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR WINNING WAYS AND TOPPLE THE WALLABIES ONE MORE TIME. ANDREW SAVILLE JOINS US NOW FROM THE PLACE THEY CALL FORTRESS, EDEN PARK. It has been a windy day today. Both teams will have to content with that amount of breeze. The woman's test matches on behind us as we speak. This could be an ominous sign for the Australians. The Black Ferns are leading Australia. The All Blacks aiming to do what no other All Blacks site has done in history. And that is when 18 test matches in a row. This year they have scored 54 tries and only conceded a handful of tries. It would be a major boil over if the Australian were to end the All Blacks winning streak. WITH A BUSY SUMMER SEASON LOOMING, CANTERBURY SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME VALUABLE TRAINING TIME. THE JOINT POLICE, LANDSAR AND WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER EXERCISE GOT THE CANINES TIME IN THE AIR AND ON THE END OF A WINCH. ALI PUGH WENT ALONG. AFTER MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF SEARCH AND RESCUE WORK, OXFORD LANDSAR VOLUNTEER RON ELAM'S KEEN TO TEACH HIS DOG, SEEKER, SOME NEW TRICKS. SHE'S A COOL DOG, YEAH. NOT MUCH FAZES HER. SHE ACTUALLY SEEMED TO ENJOY IT. OH, SHE DOES, YEAH. I TAKE HER ON FLYING FOXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. (LAUGHS) JUST FOR A BIT OF TRAINING. TODAY'S TRAINING, THOUGH, FOR THIS PACK OF SPECIALIST SEARCH DOGS FROM POLICE AND LANDSAR. THE MISSION ` JUMPING ABOARD A HOVERING HELICOPTER, FLYING HIGH AND THEN WINCHING BACK TO LAND. YOU CAN DO IT IN THE WINCH SIMULATORS AND THAT SORTA STUFF, BUT UNTIL YOU'RE OUT THERE WITH THE NOISE AND THE WIND AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. LANDSAR CALLOUTS ARE ON THE RISE ` ON AVERAGE, ONE A WEEK. PART OF THAT INCREASE IS DUE TO THEIR STRENGTHENING TIES WITH POLICE SEARCH TEAMS. THERE'S JUST THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY. WE COULD GET BUZZED ANYWHERE IN A HELICOPTER. WE'RE COMING INTO THAT SILLY SEASON WHEN PEOPLE GO MISSING, AND THERE'S EVERY CHANCE THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA GET PICKED UP AND FLOWN UP THE HILL TO GO AND FIND SOMEONE. AND THAT VERY CALL CAME IN THIS WEEK ` AN AUSTRALIAN HIKER WAS RESCUED AFTER SPENDING TWO NIGHTS LOST IN THE QUEENSTOWN BUSH. IT WAS DUNEDIN LANDSAR EMMA MILBURN AND HER DOG, DART, WHO CHOPPERED IN AND TRACKED HIS SCENT. THIS UPSKILLING SESSION A CHANCE TO GET MORE DOGS LIKE FIRST-TIMER JAGGER LEARNING THE ROPES. THAT'S ANOTHER TICK FOR HIM FOR HELICOPTERS. SO IT'S GREAT, SO WE CAN CARRY ON DOING SEARCH AND RESCUE. IT'S PRETTY SCARY FOR THEM, SCARY FOR US. (LAUGHS) BUT THERE'S NO POINT, MATE, SO WE'RE ALL HAPPY. AND WHILE THESE DOGS WAIT FOR THE REAL CALLOUTS, IT SEEMS HIGH TIME TO TAKE A WELL-DESERVED REST. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES WERE CUT SHORT IN THE ABERFAN DISASTER 50 YEARS AGO HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED TODAY. SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE MOMENT A TSUNAMI OF MINING WASTE WIPED OUT THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL. A FEMINIST ICON? OR JUST ANOTHER OVERSEXUALISED COMIC BOOK CHARACTER? THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE UN'S CHOICE OF AMBASSADOR FOR WOMEN. AND THE MISSION TO DISCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE MYSTERY WOMAN IN ONE OF NZ'S OLDEST FILMS HIDDEN IN A WELLINGTON VAULT. SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR WEBSITES HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN A MALICIOUS CYBER ATTACK IN THE US. THE EAST COAST SERVER OF SITES LIKE TWITTER, SPOTIFY AND NETFLIX WAS HIT BY A 'DENIAL OF SERVICE' ATTACK, WHERE DEVICES ARE USED TO OVERWHELM WEBSITES WITH QUERIES, TAKING THEM DOWN FOR HOURS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR TODAY'S ATTACK. THE FBI AND HOMELAND SECURITY ARE INVESTIGATING. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED IN THE AMERICAN STATE OF KANSAS AFTER A LARGE CHEMICAL SPILL AT A DISTILLING PLANT. A TOXIC PLUME OF CHLORINE ENGULFED THE TOWN OF ATCHISON, FORCING MANY RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE. THE SPILL WAS A RESULT OF TWO CHEMICALS BEING INADVERTENTLY MIXED TOGETHER. ALL AT ONCE IT JUST LOOKED LIKE FOG HAD MOVED INTO THE CITY. I WENT AND GOT MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE SCHOOL. HER EYES WERE BLOODSHOT RED. SHE HAD A HEADACHE TOO JUST LIKE I DID. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. RESIDENTS HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME. IN A DISPLAY OF MILITARY POWER, A FLOTILLA OF RUSSIAN WARSHIPS HAS STEAMED THROUGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL JUST A FEW KILOMETRES OFF THE BRITISH COAST. THE ROYAL NAVY SHADOWED THE VESSELS, WHICH INCLUDED RUSSIA'S ONLY AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND A NUCLEAR-POWERED MISSILE CRUISER. THE WARSHIPS COULD'VE TAKEN A LESS CONFRONTATIONAL ROUTE AROUND THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND, SO IT'S BEING SEEN AS A DELIBERATE MOVE. THEY'RE EN ROUTE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN TO SUPPORT RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN IN SYRIA. PRINCE CHARLES HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE KILLED IN THE ABERFAN DISASTER IN WALES 50 YEARS AGO. 116 CHILDREN AND 28 ADULTS WERE KILLED WHEN AN AVALANCHE OF COAL WASTE ENGULFED THE VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AND SURROUNDING HOMES. THE BBC'S SHAN LLOYD REPORTS. EARLY MORNING IN ABERFAN, AND A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE DISASTER 50 YEARS AGO. THIS WAS A TIME TO REMEMBER THE 144 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN A MANMADE DISASTER WHEN LIQUIFIED COAL WASTE SLID DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE. 8-YEAR-OLD GERALD KIRWAN WAS IN THE SECOND YEAR JUNIORS. HE WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. HELL OF A NOISE. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. AND WE LOOKED UP TO THE WINDOW, AND YOU COULD SEE LIKE BLACK MASS COMING TO THE WINDOW. I'D BEEN PUSHED ACROSS THE CLASSROOM AGAINST THE BACK WALL. THE MUCK WAS UP TO MY CHEST. WHERE CLASSROOMS HAD ONCE STOOD, TODAY THE PRINCE OF WALES PLANTED A TREE ` A TRIBUTE TO THE LOST GENERATION. CHILDREN SING NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE LOSSES YOU SUFFERED. BUT NO ONE COULD'VE BORNE THOSE LOSSES WITH GREATER STRENGTH OR GREATER COURAGE. BUT IT HAD BEEN A DISASTER THAT WAS WAITING TO HAPPEN. COAL WASTE HAD BEEN DUMPED IN HUGE TIPS ON TOP OF STREAMS AND NATURAL SPRINGS ON MERTHYR MOUNTAIN. LOCAL PEOPLE WERE JOINED BY MINERS IN THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. BUT AS THE HOURS PASSED, RESCUERS REALISED THAT THE CHILDREN THEY WERE NOW FINDING HAD ALL DIED. MANY WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR OWN SONS AND DAUGHTERS. IF I CLOSE MY EYES, I'M THERE. AND, UH, I DON'T IMAGINE THAT WILL EVER GO AWAY. ALTHOUGH THE NATIONAL COAL BOARD WAS FOUND TO BE TO BLAME, NO ONE HAS EVER FACED PROSECUTION FOR THE DISASTER. SHE'S A COMIC BOOK SUPERHERO WHO BECAME A STAR OF THE SMALL SCREEN, BUT NOW, IN A SURPRISE TWIST, THE UNITED NATIONS IS MAKING WONDER WOMAN A UN AMBASSADOR FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. THE NEWS HAS BEWILDERED MANY IN THE ORGANISATION AND SPARKED PROTEST. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. 'WONDER WOMAN' THEME SONG SHE CAN LEAP FROM TALL BUILDINGS. SHE CAN ALSO BEND STEEL. BUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF WONDER WOMAN INTO A UN AMBASSADOR FOR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT has plunged the un INTO THE KIND OF STORM THAT WOULD TEST EVEN HER SUPERHUMAN POWERS. THIS IS THE MODERN-DAY FACE OF WONDER WOMAN. AND THE ACTRESS, LYNDA CARTER, WHO BROUGHT HER TO LIFE IN THE TELEVISION SERIES, WAS ALSO AT THE UN TODAY. WITH A NEW FILM ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED, UN OFFICIALS HOPE THE SUPERHERO WILL HELP REACH YOUNGER AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD. SO WONDER WOMAN LIVES. DO NOT DOUBT IT. SHE LIVES IN EVERY WOMAN. BUT STAFF AT THE UN TODAY MOUNTED A SILENT PROTEST. 'REAL WOMEN DESERVE A REAL AMBASSADOR,' READ THEIR SIGNS. THERE'S ALSO REAL ANNOYANCE THAT THE SUPERHERO'S LEATHER BOOTS MIGHT TRAMPLE ON CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND GEOPOLITICAL SENSIBILITIES. HUNDREDS OF UN STAFF HAVE ADDED THEIR NAMES TO AN ONLINE PETITION COMPLAINING, AND I QUOTE, THAT 'A LARGE-BREASTED WHITE WOMAN OF IMPOSSIBLE PROPORTIONS, 'SCANTILY-CLAD IN A SHIMMERY THIGH-BEARING BODYSUIT 'WITH AN AMERICAN MOTIF AND KNEE-HIGH BOOTS 'IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE FIGUREHEAD.' I LIKE WHAT SHE STANDS FOR. I DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT SHE'S WEARING. ALTHOUGH WONDER WOMAN IS A GREAT CHARACTER, I THINK THAT WE CAN FIND SOMEONE BETTER TO REPRESENT WOMEN ` SOMEONE WHO'S NOT SO HYPER-SEXUALISED. THE UN HOPE THIS COLLABORATION WILL BE A PR COUP. BUT THERE ARE MANY SENIOR FIGURES HERE WHO VIEW IT AS A TOWERING PR DISASTER. WONDER WOMAN ISN'T THE FIRST FICTIONAL CHARACTER TO BECOME A UN AMBASSADOR. WINNIE THE POOH WAS NAMED THE AMBASSADOR OF FRIENDSHIP IN 1998. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH BLUE SKY AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND. YES, WE HAVE THE RECIPE RIGHT FOR MOST OF US. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AS THE HIGH DOMINATES. HOWEVER, IT IS STILL RAINING IN GISBORNE WITH A RAIN BAND MOVING THROUGH THERE. BUT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING OUT TO SEA. ALSO JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD SPILLING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR YOUR SUNDAY RIGHT AFTER SPORT. IT'S BIG BUSINESS FOR NZ, BUT OUR FARMING SECTOR'S COMING UNDER FIRE FOR BEING THE DEADLIEST INDUSTRY FOR WORKERS. SO WHAT'S BEING DONE TO IMPROVE SAFETY? AND THE 100-YEAR-OLD KIWI FILM THAT'S REVEALED THE STORY OF THE WOMAN DUBBED THE FIRST 'LADY MAYOR OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE'. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. HUNDREDS OF PATCHED GANG MEMBERS HAVE ATTENDED THE TANGI OF MURDERED TRIBESMAN JOHN HARRIS IN NORTHLAND. HE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND LEFT OUTSIDE A WHANGAREI AMBULANCE STATION ON TUESDAY. GANG MEMBERS PLACED A HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORBIKE AT HIS GRAVE. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY HAS MET WITH HIS FIJIAN COUNTERPART, FRANK BAINIMARAMA, IN AUCKLAND FOR BILATERAL TALKS. IN A SIGN OF IMPROVING DIPLOMATIC TIES, FIJI'S LEADER HAS LIFTED A BAN ON TWO NZ JOURNALISTS. MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY ARE BEING URGED TO PRESSURE FARMERS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR WORKERS. FARMING'S NOT CLASSIFIED AS HIGH-RISK WORK STATISTICALLY, BUT IT REMAINS BY FAR OUR BIGGEST WORKPLACE KILLER. RYAN BOSWELL WITH THIS. AGRICULTURE'S OUR BIGGEST EXPORT EARNER. IT'S ALSO OUR BIGGEST WORKPLACE KILLER. THERE HAVE BEEN 111 DEATHS IN AGRICULTURE SINCE 2011, 16 THIS YEAR ALONE. WHOEVER'S IN POWER AND HAS CONTROL SHOULD BE LOOKING AFTER THESE FAMILIES. IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS CAME INTO FORCE, BUT AGRICULTURE WAS NOT CLASSIFIED AS HIGH-RISK, LEAVING ITS 155,000 WORKERS WITHOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY REPS. AGRICULTURE DOESN'T MEET THE HIGH-RISK CATEGORY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE EMPLOYED COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE. THIS HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPERT SAYS AGRICULTURE IS A SPECIAL CASE. WE HAVE AROUND 50,000 FARMS WITH LESS THAN TWO PEOPLE WORKING PER FARM. IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE EXERCISE TO INSPECT IN THE SAME WAY AS WE WOULD, SAY, WITH PANEL BEATERS. BUT HE SAYS THE INDUSTRY STILL NEEDS TO SHOW IT'S IMPROVING AND QUESTIONS WHETHER A CROSS-INDUSTRY ENFORCEMENT BODY NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED. THAT INCLUDES ORGANISATIONS MORE FROM THE SUPPLIER SIDE, SO FEDERATED FARMERS, DAIRY NZ.. THE BIG PLAYERS LIKE THAT. A SUPPORT GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF WORKERS KILLED ON THE JOB AGREES A BIG COMPANY LIKE FONTERRA IS IN A STRONG POSITION TO CHANGE BEHAVIOUR. LET THEM BE THE ONES TO DECIDE THIS FARM IS COMPLYING WITH ALL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS. THEY ARE A GOOD EMPLOYER. WE WILL BUY OFF THEM. FONTERRA SAYS IT ALREADY EXPECTS FARMERS TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND WOULD PREFER TO WORK WITH THEM TO IMPROVE SAFETY BUT WOULD STOP COLLECTING MILK AS A LAST RESORT. AND FEDERATED FARMERS SAYS THE INDUSTRY IS WORKING HARD. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE MADE ARE PRACTICAL AND ACTUALLY HIT THE HIGH-RISK AREAS. HEALTH AND SAFETY WORKSHOPS ARE NOW BEING RUN NATIONWIDE IN THE HOPE THEY DRIVE CHANGE. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. NORTH CANTERBURY FARMERS WERE OUT IN FORCE AT THE RANGIORA A & P SHOW, CELEBRATING THE EVENT'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S THE FOURTH OLDEST AGRICULTURAL SHOW IN THE COUNTRY. ORGANISERS SAY THERE WERE ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE GATES AND A BIG INCREASE IN ENTRIES IN ALMOST EVERY ANIMAL CATEGORY. THERE'S 800 MORE ENTRIES THAN LAST YEAR, SO, YEAH, IT IS A SPIKE UP. OF COURSE, THE SHEEP ARE A ROYAL EVENT STATUS, AND THE HORSES ARE ALL A ROYAL EVENT, AND IT'S 150 YEARS TOO, WHICH MAKES IT A BIGGER ONE, AND PEOPLE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT IT. THOUSANDS MORE ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. FILM CONSERVATORS IN WELLINGTON HAVE MADE A SURPRISING DISCOVERY IN THEIR COLLECTION, FINDING THE SECOND OLDEST SURVIVING NZ FILM. THEY'VE SPENT MONTHS PIECING TOGETHER CLUES TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHO THE STAR OF THE FILM ACTUALLY IS. BRIAR WELLS HAS MORE. GRAINY, BLACK-AND-WHITE VISION SHOT IN 1900, REDISCOVERED IN THE FILM VAULT AT NGA TAONGA SOUND AND VISION. IT WAS IN THE CATALOGUE UNDER 'WOMAN GIVING SPEECH.' SO PULLED IT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT, AND I WAS FASCINATED BY IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, 'CAUSE IT'S THIS VERY ANIMATED, YOU COULD TELL, VERY TOUGH-LOOKING WOMAN GESTICULATING WILDLY. SO I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH ON IT. BUT FIGURING OUT JUST WHO SHE WAS PROVED DIFFICULT. EVENTUALLY THE FILM CONSERVATORS CAME TO A REMARKABLE CONCLUSION. ONE OF OUR DOCUMENTATION CONSERVATORS CAME BACK AND SAID, 'IT MIGHT BE THIS WOMAN.' IT TURNED OUT TO BE ELIZABETH YATES. THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, ELECTED IN ONEHUNGA IN 1893 SOON AFTER WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER MOVING, TALKING... CLEARLY WE CAN'T HEAR HER, BUT TO ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ENERGY AND THE DRIVE AND THE PASSION THAT SHE BROUGHT TO THAT ROLE. THE FILM, CALLED 'THE WORLD'S FIRST LADY MAYOR', WAS SHOT BY PHOTOGRAPHER ENOS PEGLER. HIS GRANDSON DISCOVERED THE OLD REALS, GIVING THEM TO THE ARCHIVES MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. THEY WERE STORED BY MY MOTHER IN A CUPBOARD, AND WE FOUND THEM AFTER HER DEATH. AND THEY WERE OLD CANISTERS, AND THERE WAS CLEARLY FILM IN THEM, BUT THE NATURE OF IT WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL THE FILM ARCHIVE VERY CAREFULLY RESTORED THEM. IT TURNS OUT THE FILM IS THE SECOND-OLDEST SURVIVING AND THE OLDEST COMPLETE FILM MADE IN NZ. IT'S FAMILY HERITAGE TOO, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT AS PART OF NZ'S HISTORY. BUT SOME MYSTERY REMAINS. LIP READERS NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS ELIZABETH YATES IS SAYING. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S BACK WITH SPORT LIVE FROM EDEN PARK. THE SUN IS SHINING BUT HERE WE ARE AT EDEN PARK. YOU'D EXPECT THE ALL BLACKS TO KEEP THE BALL ALIVE TONIGHT, AS THEY HAVE DONE ALL YEAR. WE LOOK AT THE EERIE SIMILARITIES TO THE GREAT SIDE FROM THE '60S. CAN THE CURRENT TEAM GO ONE BETTER? PLUS, ONE OF OUR BEST AND MOST COLOURFUL CYCLISTS CALLS IT A DAY. AND THE PHOENIX FOOTBALLERS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE SCOURGE OF THE A-LEAGUE. TOMORROW ON Q+A ` HAVE WE LOST CONTROL OF OUR FORESTS? WHENA OWEN INVESTIGATES WHY THE INDUSTRY IS DOMINATED BY FOREIGN PLAYERS AND MUCH OF THE PROCESSING IS SENT OFFSHORE. AND THE HEAD OF THE SUPER FUND TALKS ABOUT GOING GREEN AND HOW IT COULD INVEST MORE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 HERE ON 1. WELCOME BACK TO EDEN PARK, WHERE AT THE MOMENT THE BLACK FERNS WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM IS GIVING THE WALLAROOS A TOWELLING ` UP 48-3 WITH ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO PLAY. THIS RARE TEST MATCH CURTAIN-RAISER HAS LAID THE PLATFORM FOR THE ALL BLACKS' CRACK AT A RECORD 18 TEST VICTORIES IN A ROW. TONIGHT THEY TAKE ON AUSTRALIA, WHO HAVE IN THE RECENT PAST RUINED WINNING STREAKS. IF THE ALL BLACKS CAN HIT 18 TONIGHT, THEY'LL BREAK THROUGH A BARRIER SET AN ASTONISHING 50 YEARS AGO. THE SENSE OF HISTORY AND TONIGHT'S OCCASION ON EDEN PARK CERTAINLY HASN'T BEEN LOST ON THE ALL BLACKS AND THEIR COACH. AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT HISTORY AND SOME GREAT SUCCESSES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DRIVES US, OUR HISTORY. HANSEN RATES THE 1967 ALL BLACKS SIDE AS THE BEST EVER. THEIR STYLE IS CERTAINLY COMPARABLE TO TODAY'S BALL MOVEMENT. LAIDLAW WORKING THE NARROW SIDE. THIS IS KIRTON. KIRTON. CAN HE GET TO THE LINE? SOME OF THOSE PLAYERS, I THINK THEY'D SUIT PLAYING SUPER RUGBY. THEY WERE AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. THE 1965 TO 1969 ALL BLACKS WERE THE FIRST NZ SIDE TO HIT THE 17 TEST CEILING ` 40 GAMES IN A ROW UNBEATEN, IF YOU INCLUDE TOUR MATCHES. THE TEAM WAS CHOCK FULL OF GREAT NAMES ` THE MEADS BROTHERS, KIRKPATRICK, KEL TREMAIN, WAKA NATHAN; IN THE BACKS, SID GOING, LAIDLAW, KIRTON, THORNE, FERGIE MCCORMICK; LED BY SIR BRIAN LOCHORE, COACHED BY SIR FRED ALLEN. THEY WERE THE PIONEERS OF PASSING, FROM ONE TO 15. NATHAN BURSTING CLEAR. NATHAN. LOCHORE. LOCHORE DIVING AND SCORING. WE DIDN'T LIKE GETTING BEATEN ` AS SIMPLE AS THAT. WE PLAYED A VERY, I SUPPOSE, EXTRAVAGANT BRAND OF RUGBY COMPARED WITH WHAT HAD GONE BEFORE. IT TOOK THE 1960S SIDE FOUR YEARS TO SCORE 17 WINS ON THE TROT. THESE DAYS JUST 14 MONTHS. THE LOCHORE-ALLEN TEAM BEAT SOUTH AFRICA, THE LIONS, AUSTRALIA, WALES, FRANCE AND ENGLAND. IT'S A TRY FOR KIRTON. GOOD PLAYERS IN ONE ERA WOULD BE GOOD PLAYERS IN ANOTHER ERA GIVEN THE SAME SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. SIR BRIAN LOCHORE SAYS THE CURRENT DAY SIDE IS PLAYING A GREAT BRAND AS WELL. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING I KNOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THEIR PASSING, GET A BIT FLATTER, AND IT'S WORKED THIS YEAR . IT'S A DIFFERENT ERA, BUT, YEAH, I'D LOVE TO PLAY IN IT. THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE BEEN THE PARTY POOPERS IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, ENDING RECORD RUNS. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING WILL FLOOR THE VINTAGE OF 2016. THE OLDEST SURVIVING ALL BLACK HAS PASSED AWAY IN CHRISTCHURCH. WALLY ARGUS WAS PART OF THE FAMOUS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES KIWIS TEAM WHICH PLAYED AT THE END OF WWII. HE THEN WENT ON TO APPEAR IN FOUR TESTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS AFTER THE WAR. WHEN THE WAR FINISHED, THERE WERE 30 OF US PICKED, AND WE WERE FLOWN TO ENGLAND FROM BARRY IN LANCASTER BOMBERS WHICH WERE CONVERTED FOR CARTING TROOPS. WALLY ARGUS WAS 95. NORTH HARBOUR HAS REACHED ITS FIRST RUGBY FINAL SINCE THE INFAMOUS AND SPITEFUL BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE 22 YEARS AGO. HARBOUR SURGED TO A 12-POINT LEAD EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF AGAINST WELLINGTON IN THE CAPITAL. THE HOME SIDE FOUGHT BACK TO DRAW LEVEL, ONLY FOR HARBOUR TO CUT CLEAR AGAIN. SMYLIE TO LI. TEVITA LI BREAKS THROUGH! HE'S GOT SUPPORT! HE PASSES! AND THAT'S A MIRACLE BALL! FIRST TOUCH FOR HILTON-JONES. HARBOUR WON 40-37 AND WILL NOW TRAVEL TO DUNEDIN TO FACE OTAGO IN THE SECOND TIER FINAL. THE SOUTHERNERS HELD OFF BAY OF PLENTY 27-20, DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF SECOND HALF SUBSTITUTE SAM CANE. THE ALL BLACK FLANKER GIVEN A TORRID TIME IN HIS RETURN FROM A HAMSTRING INJURY SUFFERED SIX WEEKS AGO. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S ELITE CYCLISTS HAS CONFIRMED THE UPCOMING 60TH TOUR OF SOUTHLAND WILL BE HIS LAST. AFTER 15 YEARS AT THE TOP OF THE SPORT, CANTERBURY'S HAYDEN ROULSTON WILL CALL IT A DAY. GEORGE BERRY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TODAY. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HAYDEN ROULSTON'S BIKE'S BEEN PUT AWAY, BUT THIS TIME HE SAYS IT'S FOR GOOD. YEP, FINALLY IT. I CAN FINALLY SAY ONE RACE TO GO AND CAREER'S OVER. AFTER OVERCOMING ALL SORTS OF CHALLENGES,... ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR ME WAS SIGNING THAT PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WHEN I WAS OVER THERE BY MYSELF IN A FRENCH TEAM. I COULD SPEAK NO FRENCH THEN, AND I HAD TO BATTLE AWAY AND BATTLE THROUGH HOMESICK AND LIVING AWAY FROM MUM AND DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME. ...FOUR YEARS LATER, IN 2006, THE THEN 25-YEAR-OLD WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD WITH A HEART CONDITION. HE THEN HEADED BACK TO TRACK CYCLING, BECOMING THE ONLY KIWI TO CLAIM TWO MEDALS ` A SILVER AND A BRONZE ` AT THE SAME OLYMPICS. THAT SPARKED RENEWED INTEREST IN ROULSTON, WHO RETURNED TO EUROPE FOR A FURTHER SEVEN SEASONS OF PROFESSIONAL CYCLING. EACH YEAR RETURNING TO DOMINATE HERE IN NZ, WINNING FOUR TOURS OF SOUTHLAND AND FOUR NATIONAL TITLES AS WELL. A COUPLE OF NATIONALS I DID HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH, I'LL REMEMBER FOREVER. WITH THE RIO OLYMPICS NOT PANNING OUT QUITE HOW HE'D HOPED,... THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE THING IN MY CAREER THAT ISN'T THERE ` WAS THAT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. AS A TEAM WE WEREN'T GOING THERE FOR ANYTHING ELSE. ROULSTON DECIDED HIS SKILLS ARE NOW BEST SUITED TO HELPING OTHERS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. COACHING FOR ME IS GOING TO BE THE WAY FORWARD, AND INITIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE MY OWN COACHING UNDER MY OWN BRAND, AND THEN FROM THERE, WHO REALLY KNOWS? I HOPE TO ONE DAY BE ABLE TO COACH WITHIN NZ CYCLING ON THE TRACK OR THE ROAD. ANOTHER TWIST IN THE CAREER OF ONE OF NZ'S MOST DECORATED CYCLISTS. GEORGE BERRY, 1 NEWS. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE MOVED TO MOHALI AHEAD OF TOMORROW NIGHT'S THIRD ONE-DAY CRICKET INTERNATIONAL AGAINST INDIA. A TRADITIONAL PUNJABI WELCOME GREETED THE BLACKCAPS, WHO WERE LAST IN MOHALI 10 YEARS AGO FOR THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY SERIES WITH MIXED RESULTS. EVEN THOUGH THEY UPSET INDIA IN DELHI THE OTHER NIGHT TO LEVEL THE SERIES, THE TOURISTS AREN'T GETTING TOO CARRIED AWAY. THERE WAS DEFINITELY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. I THINK IT WAS A PRETTY SOLID BOWLING PERFORMANCE, BUT, YEAH, WITH THE BAT, I THINK WE DIDN'T FINISH AS WELL AS WE COULD'VE. SANTNER AND CO WILL BE HOPING M.S. DHONI DOESN'T REPEAT HIS HEROICS FROM HIS LAST TIME IN MOHALI WHEN HE SCORED AN UNBEATEN CENTURY. TWO YEARS AFTER AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETER PHILLIP HUGHES DIED AFTER BEING FELLED BY A BOUNCER, THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER SICKENING INCIDENT IN A STATE MATCH IN SYDNEY. NEW SOUTH WALES OPENING BATSMAN DANIEL HUGHES, NO RELATION, CRASHED TO THE TURF AFTER MIS-TIMING AN ATTEMPTED PULL SHOT OFF VICTORIAN VETERAN PETER SIDDLE. THAT SKIDDED OFF. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PLAYERS STRAIGHT IN THERE. HUGHES, WHO HAD BEEN ON A RUN-SCORING SPREE, SUFFERED A CUT UNDER HIS EYE AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED A CONCUSSION TEST AND WAS ALLOWED TO BE REPLACED. DIVING IN FOOTBALL ` IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY HARD-NOSED RUGBY FAN CRINGE, ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS FOOTBALL'S A-LEAGUE IS FINALLY STARTING TO TAKE NOTE, WITH OFFICIALS SAYING TODAY THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET RID OF THE BLIGHT ON THE GAME. JOHN MCKENZIE EXPLAINS. DIVING ` SADLY, IT'S BECOME A BIT OF A HABIT. DIVING, A-LEAGUE OFFICIALS SAY, THEY WANT GONE. IT IS A BLIGHT ON THE GAME. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT, IN THE AUSTRALIAN AND THE NZ MARKETPLACE, THAT THE FANS DO NOT WANT. IT'S NOT JUST THE FANS WHO AREN'T HAPPY WITH IT. PLAYERS AND COACHES HAVE ALSO HAD ENOUGH. YOU DON'T REALLY WANNA SEE IT. AND EVEN IF IT'S FOR YOUR TEAM, YOU SORT OF HAVE THAT GUILTY CONSCIENCE AS WELL FOR DOING IT. THE ACTING IS VERY GOOD, SO VIDEO REPLAYS SHOULD NAME AND SHAME THEM. MERRICK SAYS WHILE THE DIVES MAY EARN THEIR SIDE A PENALTY, IT HURTS A PLAYER'S REPUTATION IN THE LONG-TERM. THAT'S WHY A-LEAGUE OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STAMP IT OUT, INCLUDING ASKING OVERSEAS SIGNINGS TO SIMPLY STOP. WE'RE ASKING THAT AS YOU COME HERE, THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF OUR GAME. WHEN I WAS AT VICTORIA, A COUPLE OF BRAZILIAN PLAYERS ` NOTHING AGAINST BRAZILIAN PLAYERS ` BUT IF YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH THEM, THEY'D FALL DOWN. MERRICK INSISTS IT'S NOT ALL BRAZILIANS. HE EVEN CLAIMS HIS CURRENT ONE HAS NEVER DIVED. ALTHOUGH HE IS SCEPTICAL THAT THE LEAGUE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ONES THAT DO. IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. WHAT HE DOES WANT DONE IS MATCH REVIEW PANELS TO BE ABLE TO OVERRULE A REFEREE'S RULING. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE TACKLE ON OUR GOALKEEPER, GLEN MOSS, ESCAPED ANY SANCTION WHATSOEVER. IT WENT IN LATE, IT WAS A LEG-BREAKING TACKLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. IF HE THOUGHT THAT TACKLE WAS ALL RIGHT, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. MORE THAN ENOUGH TO BE UPSET ABOUT, ALTHOUGH THE SIDE'S MOST PRESSING CONCERN HAS TO BE BREAKING ITS GOAL-SCORING DROUGHT TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST HIGH-FLYERS SYDNEY. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. BACK TO THE RUGBY TEST HERE TONIGHT. THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S TEAM IS 50-33. JOINING US IS ALL BLACKS LOOSE FORWARD ELLIOT DIXON. I THINK IT'S BEEN A DRIVING FACTOR FOR US, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO BUILD UP TO A QUARTER-FINAL. COMING FROM 16 GAMES TO 18, WE'VE HAD TO EARN THE RIGHT TO GET TO 18. HOPEFULLY THE BOYS WILL PERFORM TONIGHT. BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE HERE TONIGHT. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AGAINST THE AFRICANS, WE MOVED QUICKLY AND PLAYED OUR BEST RUGBY. THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE YOU PLAYED THEM EARLIER. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THEM? IT'S GONNA BE HARD. OUR BIG FOCUS IS TO MATCH AND BEAT THEM IN THE BREAKDOWN. THEY'VE CHANGED A FEW THINGS THAT WILL BE HARD FOR US TO DEFEND. EXCITING TO US. THE BLACK FERNS MIGHT HAVE JUST SCORED. GOOD LUCK TONIGHT. 58-3, COUPLE OF MINUTES TO PLAY. THANK YOU, ANDREW. RENEE'S HERE NEXT, AND LOOKING GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. YES, THE HIGH IS IN CONTROL, SO GRAB YOUR SUNHATS AND SUNGLASSES; THE FORECAST IS BRIGHT FOR SUNDAY. HELLO AGAIN. IT'S MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER NZ, CAUSED BY HIGH PRESSURE, BUT RAIN CLOUDS NEAR GISBORNE DUE TO THAT LOW. BROAD FRONTAL CLOUD IN THE TASMAN SEA, WITH TENDRILS OF HIGH CLOUD AHEAD OF IT AND A SLOW MOVING FRONT SOUTH OF INVERCARGILL. THE LOW NEAR GISBORNE WEAKENS TONIGHT AND DISAPPEARS TOMORROW, THEN THE BROAD HIGH EXPANDS OVER NZ AND THE CHATHAMS. THIS SLOWS THE LOW IN THE TASMAN SEA. THE LEADING FRONT BENDS TOWARDS THE SOUTH ISLAND AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP THE SOUTH ISLAND DURING MONDAY. MOSTLY FINE FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH HIGH CLOUD INCREASING FROM THE WEST. NORTHERLY BREEZES. CLOUDY IN THE EAST WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE FOR GISBORNE, RETREATING TO THE RANGES IN THE EVENING. FINE AND FROSTY ELSEWHERE. SOUTHERLIES DIE OUT IN THE EAST. LIGHT WINDS AND COASTAL SEA BREEZES FOR THE REST. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO WE'RE GOOD FOR MUCH OF THE LONG WEEKEND, BUT YOU WILL NEED THE RAINCOAT MID-WEEK. HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. OF COURSE, YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.