GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GLORIOUS SUNSHINE DRENCHED NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS TODAY WITH BLUE SKIES, BUT A DEVELOPING LOW HANGING ABOUT THE TASMAN IS GETTING ITS ACT TOGETHER AND PUSHING HIGH CLOUD ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST AND FAR SOUTH. COMING UP, DETAILS ON WHEN YOU'LL NEED THE RAINCOAT. 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. THE RADICAL IDEA TO COMBAT THE STATE HOUSING METH CRISIS THAT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO HEAR. DONALD THEN ASKED ME, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT? HOW MUCH?' AN INDECENT PROPOSAL ` THE LATEST SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CLAIM LEVELLED AT DONALD TRUMP, THIS TIME BY A US PORN STAR. THEY DRESSED US UP AS CLOWNS TODAY, SO THEY WOULDN'T REALLY WANT OUR COMMENT. AN ANGRY POST-MATCH OUTBURST FROM THE WALLABIES COACH. WHY NZ MEDIA, AND THE ALL BLACKS, TOOK FLAK. AND THE ABS MAKE IT A FAMILY AFFAIR BY NAMING THREE BARRETT BROTHERS FOR THEIR END-OF-YEAR TOUR. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. FIRST TONIGHT, THE RADICAL PROPOSAL TO CLAMP DOWN ON DRUG USE IN STATE HOMES THAT HOUSING NZ DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT. THE PROBLEM IS NO SECRET, AND IT'S HUGE. IT'S THOUGHT AROUND 15% OF STATE HOMES ARE CONTAMINATED BY METHAMPHETAMINE USE. AND THE CLEAN-UP'S COSTLY TOO. ABOUT $22 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT MAKING POLLUTED PROPERTIES SAFE TO LIVE IN AGAIN. TONIGHT WE CAN REVEAL SOME HOUSING NZ MANAGERS SUGGESTED DRUG TESTING TENANTS AS A WAY TO STOP THE ROT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH THE REACTION. STATE HOUSES LIKE THIS ARE AMONG THE MORE THAN 800 FOUND TO HAVE TRACES OF METH IN THEM IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE. AND NOW SOME HOUSING NZ MANAGERS HAVE SUGGESTED DRUG-TESTING STATE TENANTS. THAT KIND OF THING STARTS TO SMACK OF A POLICE STATE. LEAKED HOUSING NZ DOCUMENTS SHOW THE IDEA WAS FLOATED AT A NATIONAL MEETING ABOUT THE AGENCY'S METHAMPHETAMINE PROGRAMME. THAT APPROACH GOES AGAINST THEIR MANDATE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUSING TO THE MOST VULNERABLE. THE IDEA'S NEWS TO THE SOCIAL HOUSING MINISTER. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S REALISTIC. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE METHAMPHETAMINE IN THEIR SYSTEM, IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE CONTAMINATING HOUSES IS WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN. THE IDEA OF DRUG TESTING 69,000 STATE HOUSE TENANTS IS ILLOGICAL, IT'S STUPID AND IT'D BE A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY. HOUSING NZ'S DISAPPOINTED THE IDEA'S GONE PUBLIC AND SAYS... THE SUGGESTION WAS... THE DRUG FOUNDATION SAYS THE CONTAMINATION THRESHOLD USED IN THE METH TESTING STANDARDS IS TOO LOW AND TOO MANY HOUSES ARE BEING TARGETED. THE SCIENCE IS FLAWED. THEY KNOW IT'S FLAWED AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO USE IT TO PUNISH VULNERABLE PEOPLE. THESE DOCUMENTS ALSO SHOW HOUSING NZ IS KEEN TO REVIEW TESTING STANDARDS AND IS EXPLORING ITS OPTIONS. BUT UNTIL THEN, THE AGENCY SAYS IT MUST ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF STATE TENANTS. I'VE READ ENOUGH AND SEEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO KNOW IT'S TOO LOW. SO TENANT DRUG TESTING'S RULED OUT, BUT OTHER CHANGES ARE CERTAINLY ON THE WAY FOR HOUSING NZ'S METH TESTING PROGRAMME. A RIDER HAS BEEN KILLED AT GREYMOUTH'S ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE STREET RACE. THE RIDER WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN A CRASH AND DIED ON HIS WAY TO HOSPITAL THIS MORNING. IT'S THE FIRST FATALITY IN THE EVENT'S 27-YEAR HISTORY. HE'S NOT CLOWNING AROUND. AUSTRALIA'S RUGBY COACH HAS UNLEASHED ON THE ALL BLACKS AND NZ MEDIA. IN AN ANGRY OUTBURST AFTER LAST NIGHT'S RECORD-BREAKING RESULT, MICHAEL CHEIKA SAID THE WALLABIES' JERSEY HAS BEEN SHOWN A COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT. CHRIS CHANG HAS THE REACTION. MICHAEL CHEIKA ON AN 80-MINUTE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF EMOTIONS. HE'S LIVID, AND HE'S A PASSIONATE MAN. AND THE WALLABIES COACH DIDN'T LET UP AFTER THE FULL-TIME WHISTLE. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT THE ALL BLACKS > HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH THEIR 18 WINS IN A ROW? > THEY DRESSED US UP AS CLOWNS TODAY SO THEY WOULDN'T REALLY WANT OUR COMMENT. I DON'T THINK THEY'D RESPECT OUR COMMENT ANYWAY SO WE WON'T MAKE ONE. WHEN YOU SAY THEY DRESSED YOU UP AS CLOWNS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? > IT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER, BRO. THIS IS THE CARTOON THAT'S GOT MICHAEL CHEIKA ALL HOT UNDER THE COLLAR. SO IS IT DISRESPECTFUL LIKE HE SAID OR IS IT JUST A BIT OF FUN? IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I THINK IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE. HE'S BEHAVING LIKE A CHILD. IT'S JUST A BIT OF GENTLE RIBBING, THOUGH, ISN'T IT? AUSSIE-NZ BANTER. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ANZACS, WE'RE BROTHERS. GET OVER IT. WELL, WE'RE JUST GETTING BACK AT THE RICHIE MCCAW GRUB THING, AREN'T WE? YES, WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE WHEN AUSSIE MEDIA TARGETED THE FORMER SKIPPER BEFORE THE 2015 WORLD CUP FINAL. ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR AND SPORT... ...AND RUGBY! THIS TIME, THOUGH, THE AUSSIES' NOSES ARE OUT OF JOINT. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WAY THE JERSEY'S PORTRAYED IN THAT PICTURE, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S PUT THAT ON IN THE HISTORY OF THE WALLABIES, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY DISRESPECTFUL. I THINK THAT'S THE SAME GUY WHO REPORTED THE SUPPOSED BUG AS WELL, ISN'T IT? WHERE'D THAT COME FROM? CHEIKA OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT THE CARTOON WAS DRAWN BY AN AUSTRALIAN. YOU'VE GOT TO BE BIGGER THAN THAT, DON'T YOU? I'VE BEEN DRESSED UP LIKE A CLOWN MYSELF. YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TO HEART OTHERWISE IT'LL BREAK YA. SOUND ADVICE IF YOU WANT TO AVOID A MEDIA CIRCUS. AUCKLAND'S NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR HAS WASTED NO TIME IN REIGNITING THE CITY CENTRE STADIUM DEBATE. PHIL GOFF'S PITCHING AN AREA NEAR VECTOR ARENA ON THE WATERFRONT AS A GOOD SITE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS. HE EXPECTS EDEN PARK WILL NEED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REMEDIAL WORK AND WOULD RATHER SPEND THE MONEY ON A NEW GROUND. IF WE WANT TO KEEP USING EDEN PARK, WITHIN 15 YEARS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS ON IT. YET IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A STADIUM. IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR TRANSPORT. AUCKLAND'S GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MILLION PEOPLE. IT WILL NEED AN INTERNATIONAL-CLASS STADIUM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HE SEES THE STADIUM HOSTING RUGBY, LEAGUE, SOCCER AND POSSIBLY EVEN COMMONWEALTH GAMES EVENTS. WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NOW JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY, DONALD TRUMP IS FACING YET ANOTHER ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. THE LATEST CLAIMS, FROM AN AMERICAN PORN STAR, CAME AFTER HE THREATENED TO SUE EVERY ONE OF HIS ACCUSERS. JESSICA DRAKE'S (42) CLAIMS ARE JUST THE LATEST IN A GROWING LIST OF SORDID ALLEGATIONS. TODAY THE ADULT FILM STAR TOLD MEDIA SHE MET A MARRIED DONALD TRUMP AT A GOLF TOURNAMENT IN 2006 WHERE HE INVITED HER AND HER TWO FRIENDS BACK TO HIS PENTHOUSE SUITE. WE ENTERED THE ROOM. HE GRABBED EACH OF US TIGHTLY IN A HUG AND KISSED EACH ONE OF US WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION. HE WAS WEARING PYJAMAS. A BODY GUARD WAS ALSO PRESENT. DRAKE, HER ATTORNEY BY HER SIDE, SAYS TRUMP PHONED HER LATER. AFTER THAT, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM EITHER ANOTHER MAN OR DONALD OFFERING ME $10,000. I DECLINED AGAIN, AND ONCE MORE GAVE AN EXCUSE THAT I HAD TO RETURN TO LOS ANGELES FOR WORK. I WAS THEN TOLD MR TRUMP WOULD ALLOW ME THE USE OF HIS PRIVATE JET ONLY IF I ACCEPTED HIS INVITATION. ALL UP, 11 WOMEN HAVE NOW ACCUSED TRUMP OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF A SECRET RECORDING IN WHICH TRUMP BOASTS OF GRABBING AND KISSING WOMEN WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. I'M CHOOSING TO SHARE MY PERSONAL EXCHANGE IN LIGHT OF THE RECENTLY RELEASED TAPES IN ORDER TO LEND MY VOICE, MY STRENGTH AND MY SUPPORT TO THE OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE COMING FORWARD. EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WENT ON THE ATTACK. EVERY WOMEN LIED WHEN THEY CAME FORWARD TO HURT MY CAMPAIGN. TOTAL FABRICATION. THE EVENTS NEVER HAPPENED. NEVER. ALL OF THESE LIARS WILL BE SUED AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER. TRUMP TELLING SUPPORTERS IT'S A CONSPIRACY. A SIMPLE PHONE CALL PLACED TO THE BIGGEST NEWSPAPERS OR TELEVISION NETWORKS GETS THEM WALL-TO-WALL COVERAGE WITH VIRTUALLY NO FACT-CHECKING WHATSOEVER. HE WENT ON TO OUTLINE HIS PLANS FOR HIS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT, INCLUDING DEPORTING MORE THAN 2 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. BUT THAT 'IF' IS LOOKING BIGGER AND BIGGER BY THE DAY. THE NZ SUPER FUND'S LOOKING TO HELP TACKLE OUR HOUSING CRISIS WITH NEW INVESTMENTS. CHIEF EXECUTIVE ADRIAN ORR TOLD TVNZ'S Q+A, THE FUND IS KEEN TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IS EVEN CONSIDERING PROVIDING CAPITAL FOR SOCIAL HOUSING. AND WE ARE VERY AMBITIOUS, AND WE'VE HAD THE SHINGLE OUT. WE'RE WORKING WITH NGAI TAHU. WE'RE CO-INVESTING ACROSS THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, WE NEED GOOD ACCESS TO LAND, GOOD ACCESS TO THE CAPABILITY. WE'VE GOT THE CAPITAL AND WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. THE FUND ALSO INTENDS TO MOVE AWAY FROM FOSSIL-FUEL INDUSTRIES AND INTO MORE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INVESTMENTS. SCIENTISTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT A DISCOVERY THAT COULD SLASH GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS FROM NZ FARMS. SHEEP AND CATTLE RELEASE AROUND ONE-THIRD OF OUR METHANE GAS OUTPUT, BUT A TYPE OF SEAWEED COULD BE THE CURE. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO CUTTING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ON LAND COULD IN FACT BE GROWING IN THE OCEAN. WHEN AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS ADDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SEAWEED ASPARAGOPSIS TAXIFORMIS TO A COW'S DIET, THEY FOUND THE AMOUNT OF METHANE PRODUCED DECREASED BY UP TO 99%. WE THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION SO WE DID IT OVER, AND DID IT OVER SEVERAL TIMES, AND LOW AND BEHOLD, IT WAS A COMPLETE DEPLETION OF METHANE PRODUCTION. IT'S POSSIBLE THE SEAWEED COULD BE USED BY FARMERS AS A SUPPLEMENT IN THE FUTURE. IF THE PRODUCERS IN NZ WERE TO TAKE IT UP AT SOME PERCENTAGE AND THEN UTILISE OTHER METHODS, AND PRESUMABLY THAT WOULD, AT SOME LEVEL, AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A CONTROLLED FEED ENVIRONMENT SO THE INTAKE CAN BE CONTROLLED, BUT IT'S THAT SORT OF THING THAT HOLDS PROMISE. AGRICULTURAL GASES, INCLUDING METHANE, MAKE UP ALMOST HALF OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. A TARGET'S BEEN SET TO REDUCE EMISSIONS TO 30% BELOW 2005 LEVELS BY 2030. THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IS CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION. WE DO NEED TO MAKE A START INSTEAD OF IGNORING IT AND SAYING, 'NOTHING CAN BE DONE. LET'S NOT DO IT.' JAN WRIGHT SAYS THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET TO COMBAT GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS BUT SUGGESTS A GOOD START WOULD BE PLANTING A MILLION HECTARES OF TREES. THAT'S AROUND A MILLION RUGBY FIELDS' WORTH. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S ALREADY SPENDING $20 MILLION A YEAR ON RESEARCH AND PROJECTS TO COUNTER AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS. WHILE THE SEAWEED RESEARCH IS PROMISING, THERE ARE STILL SOME ISSUES TO WORK THROUGH... THE NEXT STEP IS FINDING A LARGE SCALE SOURCE. ...HOPING FURTHER TESTING WILL REVEAL THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THIS SLIMY SEAWEED. ARE KIWI WORKERS BEING CUT OUT OF THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY? NEXT ON 1 NEWS, CLAIMS FOREIGN OWNERS ARE BYPASSING OUR WOOD PROCESSORS, COSTING JOBS AND LEAVING OUR ECONOMY OUT OF POCKET. TENSIONS RISE IN THE CALAIS 'JUNGLE AS FRENCH POLICE CLASH WITH MIGRANTS ANGRY OVER PLANS TO TEAR DOWN THEIR CAMP. AND SEE HOW HACKERS CAN TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR BABY MONITORS AND SECURITY CAMERAS TO LAUNCH A CYBER ATTACK. WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW TO PROTECT YOUR DEVICES. 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. FOREIGN COMPANIES ARE PLUNDERING OUR FORESTS, AND WE'RE FAST LOSING CONTROL OF THE BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY. THAT'S THE CLAIM FROM CRITICS WHO SPOKE TO TVNZ'S Q+A ABOUT THEIR CONSERVATION AND JOB-LOSS CONCERNS. SINCE THE YEAR 2000, LOG EXPORTS HAVE ALMOST TRIPLED ` OFF TO CHINESE AND KOREAN MILLS AND FACTORIES ` WORK OUR LOCAL WOOD PROCESSORS ARE MISSING OUT ON. WE ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOG GRAB. THEY'RE TAKING WAY MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO. WHANGAREI SAWMILL MANAGER MARK HANSEN SAYS THE OVER-HARVESTING OF IMMATURE TREES WITH MINIMAL REPLANTING COULD SEE THE NORTHLAND HARVEST RUN OUT WITHIN A DECADE ` FEARS THAT ARE SHARED BY LABOUR'S STUART NASH, WHO SAYS IT'S TIME FOR A NATIONAL STRATEGY. THERE'S 1.2 MILLION HECTARES IN FOREST PLANTED, AND WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY AROUND HOW TO MANAGE THIS. I WOULD SIMPLY REFUTE THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE. WE HAVE A BUSINESS GROWTH AGENDA. SINCE THE 1980S, GOVERNMENTS HAVE SOLD OFF 99% OF THE FORESTRY ESTATE, SO JUST HOW MUCH CONTROL DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE? THE CROWN, AS IN THE GOVERNMENT, CAN DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT THEY DO WITH THE FORESTRY THAT THEY OWN, BUT AS I SAID, IT'S LESS THAN 1%. THE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT OF THOSE WHO OWN THE OTHER FORESTRY RESOURCE IS THEIRS TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY DO WITH IT. BUT MANY FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES HAVE PROMISED TO PROVIDE LOCAL PROCESSING FACILITIES AS A CONDITION OF SALE ` PROMISES THAT STUART NASH CLAIMS HAVE BEEN BROKEN BY MANY. MALAYSIAN-OWNED HIKURANGI FOREST FARMS BOUGHT 33,000 HECTARES OF GISBORNE LAND 20 YEARS AGO, APPROVED ON THE BASIS THEY ESTABLISH A STATE-OF-THE-ART WOOD-PROCESSING PLANT IN THE AREA. THEY PROMISED THIS AGAIN IN 2007 WHEN THEY PURCHASED MORE LAND. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. WRONG, THERE ARE FANTASTIC FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE NZ FOREST INDUSTRY. THERE ARE OTHERS, LIKE HIKURANGI WHO HAVE MADE PROMISES AFTER PROMISE AND HAVE NEVER MET THEM AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN HELD TO ACCOUNT. Q+A SOUGHT AN INTERVIEW WITH HIKURANGI FOREST FARMS BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. CIVILIANS LIVING NEAR THE BESIEGED IRAQI CITY OF MOSUL HAVE FACED A NEW THREAT FROM CLOUDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS. NEARLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR BREATHING PROBLEMS AFTER ISIS FIGHTERS SET FIRE TO A SULPHUR PLANT ON THE CITY'S OUTSKIRTS. THE US MILITARY'S HANDED OUT MORE THAN 20,000 GAS MASKS TO IRAQI AND KURDISH TROOPS. THE US DEFENCE SECRETARY IS IN THE COUNTRY TRYING TO GET IRAQ TO ACCEPT SUPPORT FROM TURKEY. TURKEY, SINCE IT NEIGHBOURS THE REGION OF MOSUL, HAS AN INTEREST IN THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME IN MOSUL. MANY OTHER PARTIES DO AS WELL; IT'S A COMPLICATED CITY. BUT THE IRAQI PRIME MINISTER HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE DOESN'T WANT TURKEY TO TAKE PART IN THE OPERATION. ABOUT 10,000 MIGRANTS LIVING IN A CAMP IN THE FRENCH PORT TOWN OF CALAIS WILL BE MOVED TO REFUGEE CENTRES ACROSS FRANCE EARLY NEXT WEEK. DUBBED 'THE JUNGLE', FRENCH AUTHORITIES PLAN TO TEAR DOWN THE MAKESHIFT CAMP. POLICE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEALING WITH ANGER FROM MIGRANTS WHO WANT TO GO TO THE UK. 70 MIGRANT CHILDREN WERE TAKEN BY BUS TO LONDON TODAY, DESPITE NOT HAVING ANY FAMILY MEMBERS ALREADY LIVING IN BRITAIN. AND MORE THAN 3000 MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM BOATS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN A SINGLE DAY. THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE ITALIAN ISLAND OF LAMPEDUSA. SEVEN BODIES WERE ALSO RECOVERED. DOZENS OF PASSENGERS WERE INJURED WHEN A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS HIT A RAILWAY BRIDGE IN LONDON. THE ROOF OF THE BUS WAS SLICED OFF LEAVING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE TOP DECK TRAPPED IN THE WRECKAGE. THE CRASH HAPPENED AT AROUND 4 IN THE MORNING. NONE OF THE INJURIES ARE LIFE-THREATENING. MORE'S BEEN REVEALED ABOUT HOW HACKERS USED OTHER PEOPLE'S DEVICES TO BRIEFLY TAKE DOWN MAJOR WEBSITES LIKE TWITTER, AMAZON AND PAYPAL YESTERDAY. SECURITY CAMERAS AND EVEN BABY MONITORS CAN BE COMMANDEERED, AS THE BBC'S JOE LYNAM EXPLAINS. SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR BRANDS WENT A BIT QUIET YESTERDAY. THAT'S BECAUSE NETFLIX, TWITTER AND SPOTIFY, AMONGST OTHERS, WERE AFFECTED BY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CYBER ATTACKS EVER. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN WE TYPE AN INTERNET ADDRESS INTO OUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE PHONE, IT GETS TRANSLATED BY COMPANIES LIKE DYN IN THE US INTO A LANGUAGE WHICH COMPUTERS UNDERSTAND. DYN THEN TALKS TO THE REQUESTED WEBSITE. BUT YESTERDAY IT WAS DIFFERENT. HACKERS ORDERED TENS OF MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS AND DEVICES TO UNWITTINGLY SEND INSTRUCTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO DYN. IT BECAME TOTALLY OVERWHELMED AND COULDN'T TRANSLATE THEM ALL INTO CODE. WHEN THE INTERNET WAS CREATED A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO, IT WAS DESIGNED TO SHARE RATHER THAN TO DEFEND, BUT WHAT THIS CYBER ATTACK HAS SHOWN IS HOW DEPENDENT WE ARE ON SUPER-COMPUTING JUST LIKE THIS. IT ALSO SHOWED THE VULNERABILITY OF SOME OF OUR BIGGEST COMPANIES, AND EVEN THE VULNERABILITY OF ORDINARY OBJECTS IN OUR HOMES. THAT'S BECAUSE ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS LIKE BABY MONITORS, WEBCAMS AND PRINTERS WERE UNWITTING ACTORS IN YESTERDAY'S CYBER ATTACK. SOME OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO THE WIFI IN OUR HOMES AND WERE ORDERED BY THE HACKERS TO BOMBARD THE DYN SERVERS. AS FOR THOSE WHO DID IT, WE STILL DON'T KNOW. ONE GROUP, CALLED NEW WORLD HACKING, CONTACTED ME CLAIMING IT WAS A TEST AND THAT THEY WOULD TARGET RUSSIA IF, AS THEY PUT IT, 'IT MESSED WITH THE US'. AND EXPERTS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO BETTER PROTECT THEIR DEVICES BY FREQUENTLY CHANGING PASSWORDS. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND THE HIGH DELIVERING THE GOODS TODAY. YES, THE DOMINANT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DISHING OUT THE SUNSHINE OVER THE NORTH AND CENTRAL NZ TODAY. HIGH CLOUD SPILLING OVER THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND THANKS TO SOME DEVELOPING WEATHER HEADING OUR WAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH THE OUTLOOK AS WE WIND UP THE LONG WEEKEND RIGHT AFTER SPORT. NEXT ` WHEN AVOIDING PLASTIC PAYS OFF. THE SCHEME TO PAY SHOPPERS FOR GOING REUSABLE, BUT IS IT ENOUGH OF A CARROT? AND IT'S WORTH, WELL, ALMOST $150,000, SO WHAT'S THE TRAGIC STORY BEHIND THIS KEY? LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` LEAKED HOUSING NZ DOCUMENTS REVEAL A SUGGESTION TO DRUG TEST TENANTS WAS FLOATED AT A NATIONAL MEETING ABOUT THE AGENCY'S METHAMPHETAMINE PROGRAMME. HOUSING NZ SAYS THE IDEA WAS QUICKLY RULED OUT. MORE THAN 800 STATE HOUSES HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH METH IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE. AUSTRALIA'S RUGBY COACH HAS CRITICISED THE ALL BLACKS AND THE MEDIA AFTER HE WAS DEPICTED AS A CLOWN IN A CARTOON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF A NZ NEWSPAPER. MICHAEL CHEIKA SPOKE OUT AFTER THE WALLABIES' LOSS TO THE ALL BLACKS, SAYING THE WALLABIES JERSEY HAD BEEN SHOWN A COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT. EVERY YEAR IN NZ, MILLIONS OF PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS ARE USED AND THROWN OUT. FROM TOMORROW, SHOPPERS AT A MAJOR SUPERMARKET CHAIN ARE BEING OFFERED A SMALL REWARD FOR BRINGING IN THEIR OWN REUSABLE BAGS. BUT AS HELEN CASTLES FOUND OUT, NOT ALL SHOPPERS ARE BUYING IT. PLASTIC BAGS WERE BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR CARRY BAG OPTION IN THIS AUCKLAND GROCERY STORE, BUT SUPERMARKET GIANT NEW WORLD RECKONS A CASH INCENTIVE COULD CHANGE THAT. CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN TELLING US THAT THEY'D LIKE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARRY BAGS THEY'RE USING. IT'S OFFERING CUSTOMERS 5C OFF THEIR SHOPPING BILL FOR EACH REUSABLE BAG THEY BRING WITH THEM, BUT CAPPING THAT REBATE AT 50C. YOU'RE YEARS BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING. YOU REALLY OUGHT TO BE CHARGING PEOPLE LIKE WE DO IN THE UK. IT'S MORE OF A CARROT THAN A STICK. THE INITIATIVE DRAWING A MIXED RESPONSE WITH SHOPPERS. < MIGHT MAKE YOU CHANGE SHOPPING HABITS? NO. < WHY NOT? BECAUSE THEY'RE FINE THE WAY THEY ARE. I'D DO IT. YEAH. I THINK SO. IS IT THE MONEY? IS IT THE 50C? UM, YEAH, IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP, BUT PROBABLY FOR A WHILE NOW I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING BAGS THAT AREN'T PLASTIC ANYWAY. OSCAR DUFFY (10) THINKS NEW WORLD NEEDS TO UP THE STAKES. IT'S 50C. PEOPLE WON'T REALLY BOTHER NOT BRINGING REUSABLE BAGS. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BOTHER. I WOULDN'T. IT FOLLOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED $1.2M RECYCLING SCHEME IN WELLINGTON. IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYONE'S LIVES FINANCIALLY, BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWARD PEOPLE IN A SMALL WAY. AND IF YOU'VE GOT ANY SOFT PLASTIC YOU'D LIKE TO GET RID OF, BRING IT DOWN TO NEW WORLD AND PUT IT IN A BIN LIKE THIS. BECAUSE THEY'LL RECYCLE IT FOR YOU AND TURN IT IN TO PRODUCTS LIKE FURNITURE. SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES WORTH CHECKING OUT AT LEAST. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. A KEY FROM THE TITANIC HAS SOLD AT AUCTION IN THE UK FOR $145,000. IT'S THOUGHT IT WAS USED BY A STEWARD TO OPEN A CUPBOARD OF LIFEJACKETS AS THE SHIP SANK IN 1912. DUNCAN KENNEDY HAS THE STORY. THIS IS THE STORY OF A KEY THAT FOR SOME UNLOCKED THE PATH TO SALVATION. RUSTY AND UNREMARKABLE, IT WAS FOR A LIFEJACKET CUPBOARD ON BOARD THE TITANIC. THE CUPBOARD WAS IN THE LOWER DECKS OF THE LUXURY LINER AS SHE SAILED IN APRIL, 1912. THE KEY WAS LATER FOUND ON SIDNEY SEDUNARY, A THIRD-CLASS STEWARD WHO, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY, DID HIS DUTY AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN. THE KEY WAS ONE OF 250 LOTS AUCTIONED TODAY. ANOTHER IS A LETTER WRITTEN BY CHARLES LIGHTOLLER ` THE MOST SENIOR OFFICER TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC. IN IT, HE RECOUNTS THE ASTONISHING MINDSET OF HIS CREW. 'THEY WERE ALL PERFECTLY CALM IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'D DONE 'THEIR DUTY. EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY CAME UP TO ME AND SHOOK HANDS. 'WE MERELY EXCHANGED THE WORDS, "GOODBYE, OLD MAN."' THESE UNSEEN PHOTOS OF THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN, EDWARD SMITH, HAVE ALSO CREATED HUGE INTEREST. THE TITANIC STORY IS SO COMPELLING. THERE ARE BIDDERS INVOLVED TODAY FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, INDIA AND CHINA. IT'S A STORY THAT RETAINS ITS UNIVERSAL APPEAL. THE LETTER WITH THAT GENTLEMANLY FAREWELL SOLD FOR �34,000, WHILST THE KEY TO THE LIFEJACKET LOCKER WENT FOR 85,000. THIS IS NOT ABOUT INTRINSIC VALUE LIKE DIAMONDS OR GOLD; THIS IS ABOUT THE HEART, THE HEAD AND HISTORY. AND WHEN THE TITANIC SANK EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK ON APRIL 15, 1912, 1500 PEOPLE DIED AND 710 SURVIVED. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND WHERE DO WE START? THE NEW RECORD? Cheika. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE TEST MATCH VICTORY NEXT, AS WELL AS THE SQUAD FOR THE END-OF-YEAR TOUR. AND ALSO A CERTAIN COACH GOING OFF THE LONG RUN. OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING, SO... COS THEY'VE GOT YOU BY THE THROAT. THE ALL BLACKS RATE THIS BLEDISLOE AS THE TOUGHEST TEST OF THE YEAR. PLUS ` THE DASHING AUCKLANDER AND THREE BARRETTS, NOT JUST ONE, MAKE THE ALL BLACKS END-OF-YEAR TOUR. AND A KIWI DRIVER HAS A BIG SCARE ON THE GOLD COAST. MATE, I HAVE TO SAY, THAT GUY'S CAREER NEEDS TO BE OVER, I RECKON. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. THE LATEST FROM THE KIWI CHALLENGE AT THE V8 SUPERCARS AFTER THE BREAK. WE'LL COVER OFF THE ALL BLACKS END-OF-YEAR TOUR SQUAD IN JUST A MOMENT, AS WELL AS MORE ON THIS MICHAEL CHEIKA OUTBURST, BUT THE ALL BLACKS ARE PROMISING A LOT MORE AFTER HITTING THE MAGIC MARK OF 18 WINS IN A ROW. THE NEW TOP-TIER WORLD RECORD DIDN'T COME EASY AGAINST AN IMPROVED, IF NOT ANGRY, WALLABIES ON EDEN PARK. AFTER TWO ONE-SIDED BLEDISLOE TESTS, THIS TIME THE AUSTRALIANS CAME TO PLAY, ALTHOUGH AN ANXIOUS, ERROR-RIDDEN ALL BLACKS SIDE STILL NOTCHED UP TWO EARLY TRIES. PERENARA GETS IT, GETS IT OFF TO CROTTY. ALMOST INTERCEPTED! LEINERT-BROWN IN THE CLEAR. THEY WON'T STOP HIM! THE WALLABIES WERE DOWN, BUT DIDN'T FOLD THIS TIME ` NOT UNTIL LATER, ANYWAY. THEY KEPT THE BALL ALIVE LIKE THE ALL BLACKS, CLAIMING TWO THIRDS OF POSSESSION, FORCING SCRAMBLING DEFENCE, THE HOME TEAM MAKING DOUBLE THE TACKLES OF THE WALLABIES. WHAT BALL WE HAD WE EITHER SCORED TRIES IN THE FIRST HALF OR WE KNOCKED IT ON, YOU KNOW. WE DIDN'T REALLY GET A FLOW ON. FLANKER MATT TODD WAS ONE WHO STOOD OUT IN THE EARLY EXCHANGES. THEY WERE GETTING QUICK BALL. WE WERE UNDER THE PUMP A LOT, AND SCRAMBLING A FAIR BIT AT TIMES. AND CERTAINLY BLOWING A FAIR BIT OUT THERE. THE GAME FEATURED A FEW CRUCIAL MOMENTS. CHARGE, KICK. PERENARA'S AFTER IT! WHISTLE BLOWS NIGGLE, CHATTER AND CONTROVERSY WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. WALLABIES WINGER HENRY SPEIGHT'S SECOND-HALF TRY WAS RULED OUT ` A CONTENTIOUS DECISION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THAT. I AGREE, JUSTIN. HE'S ALLOWED TO RUN THAT LINE. THE TMO AND REFEREE RULING JULIAN SAVEA HAD BEEN CHECKED. RECKON HE DOES ENOUGH TO PREVENT HIM GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR HIM. YEAH. HE WAS TAKING 11 BLACK OUT. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING SO` COS THEY'VE GOT YOU BY THE THROAT, SO... I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN SHEPHERDING FROM BEHIND BEFORE. THAT'S WHAT RUGBY'S ABOUT; SOMETIMES THE DECISIONS DON'T GO YOUR WAY, AND YOU CAN'T GET ALL SULKY ABOUT IT. YOU JUST GOTTA MAN UP AND SAY THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. THAT DECISION SPARKED THE ALL BLACKS INTO LIFE, WHILE THE WALLABIES LOST THEIR WAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE STRUCK AGAIN BY A TRADEMARK ALL BLACKS BURST. HERE'S SAVEA. SAVEA GETS AWAY! 22 POINTS IN 20 MINUTES ` THE WALLABIES LEAVE EDEN PARK EMPTY-HANDED FOR THE 30TH STRAIGHT YEAR. A GOOD TEST OF CHARACTER. I RECKON THAT WAS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST TEST WE'VE PROBABLY HAD THIS YEAR TO DATE. DESPITE LIVING OFF SCRAPS, THE ALL BLACKS STILL SCORED SIX TRIES TO ONE ` THEIR AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR ` IN A TEST THAT WAS FINALLY FAR FROM AVERAGE AS A CONTEST. WILL POP IT UP, AND, YES, HE WILL, AND DANE COLES SCORES! JUST THE SORT OF GAME IF YOU'RE GONNA BREAK A RECORD ON THAT YOU WOULD WANT, SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE PROUD OF THE RECORD. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE GOT TO 18. 37-10 ` YOU WOULDN'T BET AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS EXTENDING THEIR NEW RECORD IN THE COMING WEEKS. WE REPORTED EARLIER ON THIS OUTBURST BY WALLABIES COACH MICHAEL CHEIKA, PRIMARILY UPSET OVER BEING PORTRAYED IN A NEWSPAPER CARTOON AS A CLOWN. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! HE STILL BELIEVES THE ALL BLACKS ACCUSED HIM OF BUGGING THEIR SYDNEY HOTEL BACK IN AUGUST. I'M LIKE, 'REALLY? HELLO? HONESTLY?' THEY HAD THAT THE WHOLE WEEK AND THEN THEY TRIED TO... THAT'S WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT BAD FOR ME THAT SHOW OF A LACK OF RESPECT. THAT STUFF. BECAUSE I WOULDN'T EVEN BE SMART ENOUGH TO GET THAT ORGANISED. I'M TOO BUSY WORKING ON MY OWN TEAM. YOU WOULDN'T SHARE A BEER WITH HIM TONIGHT, THEN? OF COURSE I WOULD IF HE INVITED ME. IT'S NOT PERSONAL. IT'S TEAM AGAINST TEAM. STEVE HANSEN WAS EAGER TO MAKE SURE THE POST MATCH WASN'T ALL ABOUT A PERCEIVED LACK OF RESPECT. I JUST INVITED HIM INTO THE CHANGING` THERE'S AN OPEN INVITATION EVERY TIME WE PLAY. WE DON'T GET INVITED OVER THERE, SO... BUT IF THEY WANT TO COME IN, THEY KNOW THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME IN. ASSUMING MICHAEL CHEIKA'S STILL IN CHARGE IN 2017, NEXT YEAR'S BLEDISLOE SERIES SHOULD BE A HUMDINGER. A SQUAD OF 36 PLUS EXTRAS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE TOUR TO THE US AND EUROPE. THE TWO BIG TALKING POINTS ` THE RECALL OF BLUES LOOSIE-LOCK STEVEN LUATUA MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER HIS LAST TEST. AUCKLAND WING OR CENTRE REIKO IOANE (19) HAS ALSO OFFICIALLY MADE THE CUT. HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO TELL HIS PARENTS, BOTH FORMER INTERNATIONALS, THIS MORNING. DAD WAS ACTUALLY DOWNSTAIRS DOING THE WASHING AND SO HE GOT TO KNOW FIRST AND HE WAS JUST HAPPY AS ` YOU KNOW, CHA-HOOING AROUND THE HOUSE AND WHATNOT. AND I TOLD MUM AND SHE WAS STILL ASLEEP SO... YEAH, ONCE SHE WOKE UP, SHE WAS` BOTH OF THEM WERE REALLY REALLY EXCITED. LOCK SAM WHITELOCK SPRAINED AN ANKLE IN THIS RUCK LAST NIGHT. WHITELOCK, HOBBLING HERE IN NUMBER FIVE, COULD MISS THE WHOLE TOUR. YOUNG CANTERBURY LOCK SCOTT BARRETT WILL ACT AS COVER; IN FACT, HE COULD MAKE HIS TEST DEBUT IN JUST A FORTNIGHT. ANOTHER LOCK, BRODIE RETALLICK, SUFFERED CONCUSSION LAST NIGHT, SO WELLINGTON AND HURRICANES FLANKER/LOCK VAEA FIFITA IS ON STAND-BY. RETALLICK WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET BY WALLABIES FLANKER DEAN MUMM IN THE SECOND HALF AS WELL; MUMM HAS BEEN CITED. SO, NOT ONLY IS CANTERBURY LOCK SCOTT BARRETT ON THE TOUR, BUT THE YOUNGEST BARRETT BOY, JORDIE, HAS BEEN SELECTED IN AN APPRENTICE ROLE FOR THE TRIP. JORDIE'S YET TO EVEN PLAY SUPER RUGBY, BUT THIS AFTERNOON THE DUO HELPED CANTERBURY INTO THE MAJOR PROVINCIAL FINAL. GEORGE BERRY REPORTS. JORDIE BARRETT CELEBRATING HIS ALL BLACKS INCLUSION IN THE BEST POSSIBLE FASHION. SKIPPING THROUGH THE FIRST TACKLE, BACK TO BARRETT, AND JORDIE BARRETT'S IN. THE 19-YEAR-OLD KEEPING A LID ON HIS EXCITEMENT, SCORING 12 OF CANTERBURY'S 22 POINTS TO TAKE THEM THROUGH TO NEXT WEEK'S MITRE 10 CUP FINAL. THE EMOTIONS WERE ELSEWHERE, BUT IT WAS JUST ABOUT PUTTING IT ASIDE, AND WE JUST HAD A JOB TO DO HERE, AND WERE JUST STOKED WE DID THE JOB. THE YOUNGEST OF THE BARRETTS WILL TRAVEL IN A NON-PLAYING ROLE ` EFFECTIVELY AS AN APPRENTICE. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE COPES WITH IT. AS I SAID, IT WORKED REALLY WELL FOR US IN 2013 WITH ARDIE. WHILE OLDER BROTHER SCOTT'S PERFORMANCE FOR CANTERBURY AND THE CRUSADERS SEES HIM NAMED AS COVER FOR INJURED SAM WHITELOCK. PREPARING FOR THIS GAME AND DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO OVERWHELMED BY IT, SO JUST TRIED TO PARK IT, AND, YEAH, KEEP THE NERVES DOWN AND PLAY THE GAME TODAY. SCOTT'S EXPECTED TO TRAVEL WITH THE ALL BLACKS WHEN THEY LEAVE FOR CHICAGO ON FRIDAY, MEANING HE WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR NEXT WEEK'S SHOWPIECE. JORDIE, ON THE OTHER HAND... IT'S GREAT FOR HIM TO EXPERIENCE A FINAL. HE'S PLAYED WELL ENOUGH. HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE PLAYERS OF THE MITRE 10 CUP, SO FOR HIM TO GO ON TOUR AND BE AND APPRENTICE, WE GET THE BOTH OPPORTUNITIES. DISCARDED THREE-TEST ALL BLACK SETA TAMANIVALU PUT TARANAKI AHEAD EARLY IN THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL. THAT'S A FEND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IN NZ RUGBY. ALTHOUGH THAT WASN'T ENOUGH ` THE MAKOS SCRAPPING HOME 41-29 AND BOOKING AN ALL-CRUSADERS FRANCHISE SHOWDOWN IN CHRISTCHURCH. GEORGE BERRY, 1 NEWS. THE THREE-DAY TURNAROUND PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THE BREAKERS, GOING DOWN TO THE BRISBANE BULLETS IN BRISBANE LAST NIGHT ` THEIR THIRD LOSS IN A ROW. THE BULLETS, COACHED BY FORMER BREAKERS MENTOR ANDREJ LEMANIS, HELD A 13-POINT LEAD AT HALFTIME, BEFORE THE VISITORS MOUNTED A THIRD-QUARTER COMEBACK. TEDDY! HE GOT THE ROLL FROM HEAVEN THERE. UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE ` TEDDY, FORBES, SHOOTS, SCORES! DESPITE CLOSING THE GAP, THE BULLETS WERE THE BETTER TEAM DOWN THE STRETCH, WINNING 88-82. THE BREAKERS YET AGAIN LEFT TO RUE MISSED FREE THROWS, CONVERTING LESS THAN 50% OF THEIR ATTEMPTS. A JADED ARSENAL'S GONE TO THE TOP OF THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE DESPITE BEING HELD TO A 0-0 DRAW BY STRUGGLING MIDDLESBROUGH. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE GUNNERS HAD BEEN KEPT SCORELESS AT HOME IN EIGHT MONTHS, BUT A POINT WAS STILL SOMETHING FOR MANAGER ARSENE WENGER TO SAVOUR ON HIS 67TH BIRTHDAY. LIVERPOOL LOOKED LIKE GRABBING A SHARE OF THE COMPETITION LEAD WHEN THEY WENT 2-0 UP AGAINST WEST BROM. AND IT'S COME DOWN FOR MANE. AND HERE'S COUTINHO. PHILIPPE COUTINHO! TERRIFIC. TERRIFIC. BUT THE VISITORS GRABBED A LATE GOAL IN THE 2-1 LOSS, WHICH LEFT LIVERPOOL A GOAL SHY OF ARSENAL ON DIFFERENTIAL. ALL WHITES CAPTAIN WINSTON REID SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON FOR WEST HAM, FOUR MINUTES INTO STOPPAGE TIME AGAINST LEAGUE STRAGGLERS SUNDERLAND. IT'S THE WINNING GOAL FOR WEST HAM UNITED. THE HAMMERS WINNING 1-0 AS SUNDERLAND BECAME THE FIRST TOP-FLIGHT CLUB IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS TO GO WINLESS IN THEIR FIRST NINE LEAGUE GAMES FOR TWO SEASONS IN A ROW. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX FOOTBALLERS WILL WISH THEY HAD A PLAYER LIKE WINSTON REID TO HELP SCORE AND DEFEND GOALS TONIGHT AGAINST THE RED-HOT SYDNEY FC. THE NIX ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON TONIGHT IN THE CAPITAL, WITH KICK-OFF 20 MINUTES AWAY. JOHN MCKENZIE JOINS US LIVE FROM WESTPAC STADIUM. Welcome to a beautiful night hearing Westpac Stadium. Should be a great game between Wellington Phoenix and Sydney FC. Ernie, I had to apologise about wearing light blue tonight. Can you tell us why the club will potentially get the win tonight. It's the first time we've had preparation with the whole team for one week. The last two weeks we had half a team and no preparation. We're looking forward to scoring goals in front of a home crowd. Sydney must be the form team of the competition. They defend really well. The well-organised from giving the back line and midfield sorted quickly. You retain that have got a lot of experienced players in good deeds. I think we've got the measure of them today. Thanks for joining us today. Wellington Phoenix head coach Ernie Meyrick. Should be a great game. Expect to see plenty of goals. THE COX PLATE HAS PROVIDED SOME OF THE GREATEST NZ RACING VICTORIES ON AUSTRALIAN TURF. WHO COULD FORGET 'BONECRUSHER' 30 YEARS AGO, WHILE SUNLINE WENT BACK TO BACK. BUT WINX'S TRIUMPH IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT IS BEING HAILED AS PERHAPS THE BEST EVER. THE NZ-BRED MARE'S CLASH WITH HARTNELL WAS BILLED AS A REMATCH OF THE BONECRUSHER-WAVERLEY STAR EPIC, BUT LASTED ALL OF ABOUT 10 SECONDS. IT'S A WINX BLITZ ` TWO IN A ROW, AND SHE JOINS THE ALL-TIME GREATS OF THE TURF. WINX HAS WON IT BY SIX LENGTHS TO HARTNELL. THE DEFENDING COX PLATE CHAMPION HAS NOW WON HER LAST 13 RACES AND BANKED ABOUT $10M, LEAVING HER TRAINER, FORMER KIWI CHRIS WALLER, ALMOST SPEECHLESS. ONCE SHE STARTED RACING, SHE WAS PRETTY SPECIAL, BUT WHO WOULD DREAM OF THIS? THE GOOD NEWS FOR HER RIVALS IS WINX WON'T BE LINING UP IN THE MELBOURNE CUP IN JUST OVER A WEEK. STILL WITH KIWI HORSEPOWER ACROSS THE DITCH, AND A 10-SECOND PIT STOP PENALTY DIDN'T STOP SERIES LEADER SHANE VAN GISBERGEN STORMING HOME IN A KIWI ONE-TWO FROM SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN IN THE FIRST RACE OF THE WEEKEND IN THE V8 SUPERCARS ON THE GOLD COAST. THE RED BULL DRIVER LANDED THE PENALTY AFTER HIS CO-DRIVER, ALEXANDRE PREMAT, GOT A BIT TRIGGER HAPPY AT THE FIRST SAFETY CAR RESTART OF THE RACE. BUT THE REAL DRAMA CAME LATE IN THE RACE, WHEN NZER FABIAN COULTHARD WAS KNOCKED OUT OF FIFTH PLACE BY AUSSIE GARTH TANDER. SO, EXTRAORDINARY SCENE ON THE FRONT STRAIGHT. AND THAT HAS TORN APART THE DICK JOHNSON RACING TEAM PENSKE FORD FALCON. UNBELIEVABLY, HIS TEAM WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR FIXED AND BACK ON THE GRID FOR RACE TWO TODAY. THE KIWIS HAVE BEEN IN THE WARS IN RACE TWO ` BOTH RICHIE STANAWAY BRINGING OUT A SAFETY CAR, AND THEN ANDRE HEIMGARTNER'S HOLDEN ` BEING DRIVEN BY HIS CO-DRIVER ` FIRED IN TO THE FENCE BY CRAIG BAIRD. Van Gisbergen and his codriver are in fourth. I waste found that the most challenging of courses myself on PlayStation. RENEE'S HERE NEXT, AND SOME WET WEATHER ON THE WAY. YES, OUR GOLDEN LONG WEEKEND IS ON THE WAY OUT, WITH WET WEATHER ARRIVING FOR MOST OF US BY TUESDAY. DETAILS UP NEXT. TONIGHT ON... ...GOOD SORTS,... ...WE ARE CELEBRATING THE ART OF... ...LETTER WRITING,... ...FROM ONE GENERATION... PEOPLE CHATTER, DANCE MUSIC PULSATES They've been on the sauce. They've been on the sauce. Your party! They've been on the sauce. Your party! That's Mary's boy, isn't it? Yeah. Maybe you should say something. Maybe you should say something. Nah. I'm crap at that kind of thing, Barry. Yeah, but they're just kids. If we don't say something... (GROANS) Hey, boys? Boys? Why don't you get a lift home tonight? Oh, whatever, mate. I've only had a couple. No, no, no, no. It's too late now. I've spoken to you and I know your mum, so that means our fates are aligned. You get into that car and you get yourself killed or you kill someone else, I become part of it too. How? How? Well, it's like, um, my balls are in your hands. BOYS LAUGH, SNORT BOY: Oh, you want the balls! BOY: Oh, you want the balls! Nobody wants that. Hey, how about I drive you? What? Oh. What? Oh. BOYS LAUGH, DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO (SWITCHES RADIO STATION) (SWITCHES RADIO STATION) YODELLING MUSIC PLAYS I like it. HELLO AGAIN. HOPE YOU MANAGED TO GET OUT IN THE SUNSHINE TODAY. CLEAR SKIES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND UNDER A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. AND BROAD FRONTAL CLOUD OVER THE TASMAN SEA STRETCHES TO THE QUEENSLAND COAST AND CURLS BACK INTO A LOW EAST OF TASMANIA. SO THE HIGH OVER NZ RETREATS SLOWLY TO THE EAST TOMORROW. THIS ALLOWS THE TROUGH IN THE TASMAN TO MOVE CLOSER EXTENDING A RAIN-BEARING FRONT ON TO THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. SO CLOUDY SKIES FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH RAIN IN FIORDLAND SPREADING UP THE WEST COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED FALLS IN THE SOUTH REACHING THE REST OF THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. HIGH CLOUD INCREASING FROM THE WEST. CLOUDY IN THE EAST WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR GISBORNE. A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS DEVELOPING FROM THE BAY OF PLENTY TO TAUPO. NORTH TO NORTH-EAST WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF THE LONG WEEKEND SO ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF THE LONG WEEKEND AS THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE GATHERING, WITH MOST GETTING SOME WET WEATHER ON TUESDAY. CONDITIONS START TO CLEAR ON THURSDAY BUT THERE WILL STILL BE THE ODD SHOWER AROUND. TAKE CARE IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING HOME TOMORROW. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT HAS REALLY HELPED THE STUDENTS OF ARATAKI SCHOOL IN MT MAUNGANUI GET EXCITED ABOUT WRITING. AND AS HADYN JONES REPORTS, THEY AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN ENRICHED. ANGUS! IN ARATAKI SCHOOL, THERE'S A QUIET EAGERNESS WHEN THE MAIL ARRIVES. THEY DEVOUR THEIR LETTERS IN SILENCE. THE TEACHERS ARE DELIGHTED. HAVING THE CHILDREN RUN IN WHEN THEY KNOW THE DELIVERY HAS BEEN MADE, AND GETTING THEM EVEN JUST TALKING AND EXCITED ABOUT WRITING. EACH OF THESE 7-YEAR-OLDS HAVE PEN FRIENDS. LUCY'S IS A LITTLE LIKE HER. WE BOTH HAVE GLASSES AND WE BOTH LIKE ANIMALS. THEY'VE BEEN WRITING TO THEM FOR FOUR MONTHS NOW. THEY ARE REALLY STARTING TO SHARE. THERE'S NO SMOKING IN THE TOILETS. BOTH LAUGH HOW...? THAT'S JET. HE'S A RELUCTANT WRITER. WELL, WAS RELUCTANT TILL HE GOT A PEN FRIEND. SOME OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE PARTICULARLY RELUCTANT TO WRITE HAVE COME IN AND GOT EXCITED ABOUT WRITING AND THEY FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT. THEIR PEN FRIENDS LIVE ONLY A KILOMETRE OR TWO AWAY BUT THEY'RE A WORLD APART. THEY HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL ON HORSES. ANGUS IS AGED 7. HIS PEN FRIEND IS RON, AGED 85. I FORGET WHAT I'M DOING. RON LEFT SCHOOL EARLY. HE TELLS ME HE'S NEVER BEEN A WRITER. GOT TO KEEP MY MIND ACTIVE TOO, REALLY. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. JET'S PEN FRIEND IS MARY. SHE'S 91. PLACID. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD WORD TO USE. THANK YOU. I THINK I COME FROM THE LAST GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO WRITE LETTERS. THAT'S DIANE MCLAUGHLIN. SHE WORKS AT THE REST HOME. IT'S HER IDEA. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE CAN BECOME QUITE ISOLATED. DESPITE LIVING SO CLOSE, THE KIDS AND THE SENIORS HAVE NEVER MET. NO, NOT YET. NO. WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. HELLO DARLING. I'M SO PLEASED TO MEET YOU. JUNE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD WRITE ANY MORE. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE. SHE PROVED HERSELF WRONG, AND MARY HAS TWO PENPALS. YOU'RE JAZZ AND JILL GRACE. THEY JUST HAVE THIS CONNECTION, AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING. ONE KID WROTE, 'WHAT DID YOU DO DURING THE WAR?' AND HE GOT A LITTER BACK, 'I WAS A LOT LIKE 007.' WHAT'S A FEW WAR STORIES BETWEEN FRIENDS WHEN IT'S DOING SO MUCH GOOD. THERE'S MORE THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TOGETHER OF THESE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, THAN WHAT DRAWS THEM APART. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE LOVE WRITING TO YOU. HADYN JONES, 1 NEWS. AND THAT'S THE NEWS HOUR FOR SUNDAY. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE... FROM THE 6 O'CLOCK TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016