HELLO. THE INCOMING WEATHER SYSTEM'S BEEN SITTING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS TO THE WEST OF THE COUNTRY. IT FINALLY MOVED IN TODAY, BRINGING A BAND OF RAIN AND EVEN SOME THUNDER, AND NOW THE MAIN LOW WILL START TO WORK IN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THAT MEANS A GREATER RISK OF SOME THUNDER AND A MORE SHOWERY DAY AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP, BUT 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. GROUNDED. AIR FORCE OR AIR FARCE? CALLS FOR OUR TROUBLED JETS TO BE REPLACED AFTER EMBARRASSING BREAKDOWNS FORCE CHANGES TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S ITINERARY. PICTURESQUE BUT POISONOUS. THE TOXIC LAKE THAT'S KILLING PETS AND LIVESTOCK. WE LOOK AT WHAT'S CAUSING IT AND THE WARNINGS. USING THEIR HEADS TO PLAY THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, BUT AT WHAT COST TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH? THE RESULTS OF NEW RESEARCH. AND PRAISING THE LORD AND PRAISING DONALD TRUMP. WILL CHRISTIAN VOTERS TURN A BLIND EYE TO SEXUAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE? KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. JOHN KEY'S TONIGHT FINALLY WINGING HIS WAY TO INDIA. THE PRIME MINISTER AND A BUSINESS DELEGATION ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT NOW TAKING OFF FROM THE INDONESIAN CAPITAL OF JAKARTA ON A SECOND AIR FORCE PLANE WHICH HAD TO PICK THEM UP FROM AUSTRALIA. THIS CAME AFTER THE EMBARRASSING BREAKDOWN OF ANOTHER AIR FORCE JET STRANDED NZ OFFICIALS IN QUEENSLAND, FORCING THE CANCELLATION OF THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR INDIA VISIT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD IS ON THE TRIP. WHILE NOT QUITE AIR FORCE ONE, THESE 757S HAVE RACKED UP PLENTY OF AIR MILES FERRYING THE PRIME MINISTER AND TRADE DELEGATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. I'VE FAIRLY EXTENSIVELY USED THE AIR FORCE 757, AND THEY'VE HISTORICALLY BEEN VERY RELIABLE. BUT AFTER A FAULT IN TOWNSVILLE FORCED JOHN KEY TO MISS THE FIRST DAY OF HIS TOP-LEVEL TRADE VISIT TO INDIA, QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW RELIABLE THE 23-YEAR-OLD TROOP CARRIERS REALLY ARE. DIPLOMATIC DISASTER AND CREDIBILITY DISASTER. AND WE HAVE A PLANE THAT BREAKS DOWN. IT REALLY IS TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT UPGRADING THE AIRCRAFT. THE TECHNICAL ISSUES IN TOWNSVILLE, WHILST MINOR, AREN'T ISOLATED, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER GLITCHES WITH FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT AVIATION EXPERTS SAY THAT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, AND THE PLANES DO A GREAT JOB. We have used them from the Antarctic. They are fast. THE DEFENCE FORCE IS PLANNING TO REPLACE THE TWO 757S BUT NOT UNTIL AROUND 2025. AND JOHN KEY HAS NO PLANS TO BRING IT FORWARD. I DON'T THINK IT'S TERRIBLY LIKELY. AT SOME POINT, THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NATURAL COURSE OF THINGS. I DO THINK WHAT WE NEED IS SOMETHING WITH A LONGER HAUL CAPACITY SO THEY CAN FLY FROM HERE TO SINGAPORE WITHOUT HAVING TO AT LEAST STOP IN AUSTRALIA ONCE OR TWICE TO GET THERE. THE 737 USED BY THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT CHEAP AT $70M A POP. BUT NZ FIRST SAY A NEW PLANE IS A WASTE OF MONEY. The Prime Minister want something of his own. But that is an extravagance. THE IDEA OF A SPECIAL PLANE JUST FOR THE PRIME MINISTER ISN'T SOMETHING JOHN KEY'S PUSHED FOR, AND RIGHT NOW HE'LL BE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF A TRIP CUT SHORT. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. DESPITE LOSING A DAY, THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE WANTING TO GET NZ TO THE TOP OF A QUEUE FOR A FREE TRADE DEAL with india. WE SPOKE TO POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD FROM JAKARTA AIRPORT A SHORT TIME AGO. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE ON A VERY BRIEF STOPOVER HERE IN JAKARTA JUST SO WE CAN REFUEL BEFORE WE HEAD TO NEW DELHI, WHICH WE'LL GET TO LATE TONIGHT NZ TIME. NOW, WHILE THAT MUMBAI LEG OF THIS TRIP WAS UNEXPECTEDLY CANCELLED, THE BIG SAY REALLY IS TOMORROW IN NEW DELHI, WHERE JOHN KEY WILL MEET WITH LOCAL POLITICIANS AND SITS DOWN WITH INDIAN PM MODI. THE TOP OF THAT AGENDA ` THE FREE-TRADE DEAL THAT HAS STALLED. THEY HOPED TO HAVE IT COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. NOW, JOHN KEY LAST VISITED INDIA IN 2011, AND SINCE THAT TIME, TWO-WAY TRADE HAS INCREASED BY 42%, AND WHAT A FREE-TRADE DEAL WOULD DO, OF COURSE, IS INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE. THERE'S A BIG BUSINESS DELEGATION ON THIS TRIP, AND THEY'RE ALL REALLY KEEN TO SEE THAT PURSUED AND SENT FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK. THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES WAITING IN LINE FOR THAT FREE-TRADE DEAL. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA ARE TWO OF THOSE, BUT JOHN KEY BEING ON THE GROUND IN INDIA REALLY HELPS PROMOTE NZ, AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT HE'LL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TRADE, THOUGH. IT'S ABOUT PROMOTING BUSINESS, TALKING ABOUT OUT EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ENSURING THAT NZ HAS A GOOD REPUTATION FOR INDIAN STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. SO WHILE IT IS NOW A SHORTENED TRIP, THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL BE VERY BUSY FOR THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS DELEGATION. TO STILL DEVELOPING NEWS, THE DEATH TOLL'S EXPECTED TO RISE FROM AN ATTACK ON A POLICE ACADEMY IN PAKISTAN THAT'S KILLED AT LEAST 58 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN A HUNDRED OTHERS. WITNESSES SAY THREE MILITANTS ARMED WITH EXPLOSIVE VESTS AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BURST INTO THE COLLEGE, SHOOTING AT RECRUITS AS THEY FLED THE CAMPUS IN THE CITY OF QUETTA. TWO OF THE MILITANTS MANAGED TO DETONATE THEIR VESTS. THE THIRD WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY SECURITY FORCES. THIS ASSAULT WAS THE DEADLIEST SINCE A SUICIDE BOMBING INSIDE A HOSPITAL KILLED 70 PEOPLE IN AUGUST. OUR BIGGEST COMPANY'S BEEN QUICK TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM THE LATEST MILK POWDER SCANDAL IN CHINA. FONTERRA'S CARRYING OUT A REVIEW AFTER 19 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN SHANGHAI FOR ON-SELLING HUNDRED OF TONNES OF EXPIRED MILK POWDER. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. NZ MILK POWDER IS A HOT COMMODITY IN CHINA, SO WHEN 300 TONS OF IT EXPIRED, A CHINESE COMPANY REPACKAGED IT AND SOLD IT AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE... AND GOT CAUGHT. THIS IS FONTERRA DOING HONEST BUSINESS AND THEN FINDING THAT THESE 19, WHO ARE NOW ARRESTED, WERE NOT BEHAVING HONESTLY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE, A FEW SCALLYWAGS, THAT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NZ'S REPUTATION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS FONTERRA ISN'T TO BLAME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN SOLD AND ON-SOLD ABOUT SIX TIMES. IT'S VERY HARD FOR A NZ EXPORTER TO KEEP A HANDLE ON OUR PRODUCTS ONCE ITS BEEN SOLD. FONTERRA DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA BUT IN A STATEMENT SAYS THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT'S WORKING WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND HAS LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO ITS SYSTEMS. EXPERTS SAY THE EXPIRED POWDER ISN'T DANGEROUS. IT IS A BEST BEFORE THING. IT'S NOT LIKE SOME RANDOM CHEMICAL GOT IN THERE. THIS IS A QUALITY ISSUE, AND OF COURSE, FONTERRA STANDS BY ITS PRODUCT QUALITY, AND IF IT'S GONE BEYOND A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME, IT MAY NOT BE QUITE AS GOOD AS IT ONCE WAS. THE COMPANY'S WORKED HARD TO REPAIR ITS REPUTATION AFTER THE BOTULISM AND MELAMINE SCANDALS. IT'S HOPED THIS LATEST INCIDENT WON'T DAMAGE THE BRAND. IT'S GOING TO BLOW OVER PRETTY QUICKLY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY INSIDE FONTERRA'S CONTROL. THIS WON'T AFFECT OUR REPUTATION. WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS VERY CLOSELY IN THE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN CHINA. WHERE CONSUMERS ARE INCREASINGLY SENSITIVE TO THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. A HAWKE'S BAY WOMAN WHO FELL TO HER DEATH FROM A BALCONY IN MELBOURNE IS BEING REMEMBERED AS A SWEET PERSON. CHANTELLE KLASEMA AND A MAN (35) ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SLIPPED AND FALLEN FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON SATURDAY. THE 29-YEAR-OLD DIED AT THE SCENE, WHILE THE MAN REMAINS IN HOSPITAL IN A STABLE CONDITION. VICTORIA POLICE ARE STILL INVESTGATING BUT SAY THEY'RE NOT TREATING HER DEATH AS SUSPICIOUS. ALMOST A YEAR AFTER RESUMING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1976 MURDER OF AUCKLAND TEENAGER TRACEY PATIENT, POLICE HAVE DECIDED TO WIND IT DOWN. FRESH INFORMATION RECEIVED LAST NOVEMBER SPURRED POLICE TO RE-IGNITE THEIR ENQUIRY INTO THE 40-YEAR COLD CASE. TRACEY PATIENT (13) WAS LAST SEEN WALKING TOWARDS HER WEST AUCKLAND HOME IN JANUARY 1976. A DAY LATER HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WAITAKERE RANGES. POLICE SAY THEY SPOKE TO MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE HERE AND ACROSS THE TASMAN, BUT IT HASN'T LED TO ANYONE BEING CHARGED. THE WATER'S SO TOXIC JUST A TEASPOON OF IT COULD KILL A HUMAN BEING. AND LOCALS ARE CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION TO FIX A POISONOUS LAKE THAT'S ALREADY KILLED PETS AND LIVESTOCK. LAKE FORSYTH ON BANKS PENINSULA IS PLAGUED BY A DEADLY ALGAE THAT'S CREATED A THREAT TO ANYONE WHO COMES INTO CONTACT WITH IT. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. A KILLER BACTERIA FLOURISHING ON THE SURFACE OF LAKE FORSYTH. IT'S VERY DISCONCERTING. IT'S CALLED NODULARIA, AND IT'S BEEN CLAIMING LIVES. EARLIER THIS YEAR, A FARMER LOST 30 SHEEP BECAUSE THEY WENT DOWN TO THE LAKE AND DRANK FROM IT, SO YES, IT'S AN ISSUE. IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. THE LAKE HAS CAUSED MANY HEARTBREAKS. SHE WAS QUITE A NICE LITTLE GIRL. RON PETERSEN LOST HIS DOG KELLY TO THE DEADLY ALGAE OVER A DECADE AGO. SHE LOOKS LOVELY. I DON'T WANT TO SOUND TOO DRAMATIC ABOUT IT, BUT THE CRY WITH HER IN PAIN, IT WAS SOMETHING TERRIBLE. THESE TWO COMPARING NOTES ON LOSS; STEVE LOWNDES LOST A CAT AND A DOG TO THE TOXIC WATERS. THEY WENT DOWN THERE AND DRANK AND DIED RATHER EXCRUCIATING DEATHS, I HAVE TO SAY. THIS YEAR, WARM WEATHER AND A BUILD-UP OF PHOSPHORUS LEVELS HAS CREATED PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THE TOXIC SCOURGE TO TAKE HOLD AGAIN. LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAY UNTIL THE LAKE LEVELS ARE HIGHER, THERE'S NO QUICK FIX. I KEEP ON SAYING IT'S A HEALTH HAZARD, AND IT IS A HEALTH HAZARD, AND THERE IS NO EASY REMEDY. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT HERE ARE WORRIED THE SIGNS JUST AREN'T ENOUGH TO WARN PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF THE LAKE WATER. THEY DON'T REALISE HOW DANGEROUS IT COULD BE. IN FACT, THE CONCENTRATION IS SO HIGH AT THE MOMENT, JUST ONE TEASPOON OF THIS WATER COULD BE FATAL FOR HUMANS. IT CAUSES LIVER FAILURE. THE BRIEFEST CONTACT HAS DONE THIS TO RON'S SKIN. I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYONE TO DIE FROM IT, IT'S BAD ON THE SKIN. WITH SUCH A THREAT, RESIDENTS HERE ARE LOSING PATIENCE. I THINK THEY JUST NEED TO START SOLVING THE PROBLEM. BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST HERE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. THE OFFICIAL LABOUR WEEKEND ROAD TOLL CAME TO AN END THIS MORNING WITH THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ON OUR ROADS FEWER THAN LAST YEAR. THREE PEOPLE DIED, DOWN FROM THE FIVE IN 2015. THE FATAL CRASHES HAPPENED IN THE WAIKATO. KAPITI AND SOUTHLAND REGIONS. BUT THE NUMBER COULD STILL RISE, WITH ONE MAN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A CRASH IN AUCKLAND YESTERDAY. DEALING WITH ROAD ACCIDENTS IS MAKING POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUSIER THAN EVER. NEW FIGURES REVEAL THEY ATTENDED 50,000 MORE TRAFFIC CALL-OUTS THAN LAST YEAR. WITH MORE DETAILS, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE. WELLINGTON POLICE WORKING HARD TO CLEAR A CRASH SCENE THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER LUCKY TO ESCAPE UNSCATHED. WITH MORE CARS AND DRIVERS ON THE ROAD OFFICERS ARE BUSIER THAN EVER, ATTENDING EVERYTHING FROM ROADSIDE RESCUES TO FENDER BENDERS. NZ IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT IS EXPERIENCING THIS. AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED STATES OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR INCREASE. THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC INCIDENTS POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO LAST YEAR HAS GONE UP BY 50,000 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR THERE WERE 4500 MORE EMERGENCY CALL-OUTS. THE EMERGENCY END OF THE SPECTRUM CAN BE THINGS LIKE ROAD CRASHES, BLOCKAGES AND BREAKDOWNS ` THINGS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, STOCK ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT NIGHT. ON THE RISE TOO IS THE ROAD TOLL. THIS ACCIDENT AT THE WEEKEND CLAIMING THE LIFE OF A 79-YEAR-OLD. SO FAR, 263 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS. THAT'S 10 MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. POLICE SAY A SHARP RISE IN DEATHS COULD BE DOWN TO MORE PEOPLE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS. TYPICALLY ABOUT 60 PEOPLE A YEAR DIE WHO AREN'T WEARING A SAFETY BELT, BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN OVER 70 KILLED ALREADY, AND IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS NEARLY 100, SO A BIG INCREASE. BUT WHILE DEMAND IS GROWING, THE NUMBER OF ROAD COPS IS GOING DOWN, CUT BY MORE THAN 100 EARLIER THIS YEAR. BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING ENVELOPE, THERE HAS TO BE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STAFF CARRYING OUT ROAD POLICING. ONE ROAD SAFETY EXPERT SAYS THE POLICY TO CUT COPS ISN'T CHECKING OUT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A HIGH POLICE PRESENCE OUT ON OUR ROADS, NOT NECESSARILY SO THEY START CHALKING UP TICKETS BUT SIMPLY BY BEING THERE, THEY TEND TO DAMPEN DOWN RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR. TO STOP A DEADLY TREND HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. At least 2 people have been killed and 2 were injured. Emergency crews at the scene and reportedly working to free several trapped people. WITH JUST OVER TWO WEEKS TO GO UNTIL AMERICA ELECTS A NEW PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAS ATTACKED THE POLLS CLAIMING THEY'RE PHONEY AND THAT HIS CAMPAIGN IS ACTUALLY WINNING. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE LATEST CNN POLL SAYS. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON IS LEADING ON 49%, THE REPUBLICAN RIVAL TRAILING BY FIVE ON 44%. TRUMP HIMSELF HAS TOLD SUPPORTERS HIS BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. PAUL HOBBS HAS MORE. THE DOORS HAVE OPENED FOR EARLY VOTERS 15 DAYS AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IN THE ALL-IMPORTANT SWING STATE OF FLORIDA, THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF APATHY AS PEOPLE LINED UP TO HAVE THEIR SAY. I FEEL IF I DO MY PART, IF SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T DO THEIR PART, IT'S ON THEIR CONSCIENCE. DONALD TRUMP IS CONCENTRATING HIS CAMPAIGNING EFFORTS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE, HITTING BACK AT LATEST POLLS THAT SEE HIM CLEARLY TRAILING HIS RIVAL HILARY CLINTON. FOLKS, WE'RE WINNING. WE'RE WINNING. TRUMP SAYS THE POLLS ARE RIGGED. THEY ARE PHONEY POLLS PUT OUT BY PHONEY MEDIA, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ` ALL OF US ARE AFFECTED BY THIS STUFF. BUT LATER ON THE RADIO, THAT UNSHAKEABLE VIEW SHOWED CRACKS. STILL, IT'S THIS LINE FROM TRUMP... SUCH A NASTY WOMAN. ...THAT'S CONTINUING TO FIRE UP THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. GET THIS, DONALD ` NASTY WOMEN ARE TOUGH, AND ON NOVEMBER 8, WE NASTY WOMEN ARE GONNA MARCH OUR NASTY FEET TO CAST OUR NASTY VOTES TO GET YOU OUT OF OUR LIVES FOREVER. CHEERS, APPLAUSE HILARY CLINTON COULD ONLY SIT BACK AND SMILE AS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN REVELLED IN HER ROLE AS ATTACK DOG. HE THINKS BECAUSE HE HAS A MOUTHFUL OF TIC TACS HE CAN FORCE HIMSELF ON ANY WOMAN WITHIN GROPING DISTANCE. CROWD BOOS BUT I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU, DONALD TRUMP ` WOMAN HAVE HAD IT WITH GUYS LIKE YOU. BUT TRUMP HAS SOME REASON FOR CONFIDENCE IN FLORIDA, WINNING 66 OUT OF 67 COUNTIES IN THE PRIMARIES. BUT MUCH WATER HAS PASSED UNDER THE BRIDGE SINCE THEN. HILARY CLINTON SEEMS TO HAVE THE MOMENTUM. I WISH THE ELECTION WERE TODAY. SHE ONLY HAS 15 MORE DAYS TO WAIT. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. MIGRANTS ON THE MOVE. COMING UP, THE ACTION TO CLEAR A CONTROVERSIAL CAMP IS UNDERWAY. BUT WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO GO FROM THE CALAIS CAMP KNOWN AS THE JUNGLE? HEADING FOR TROUBLE; THE FOOTBALL MOVE THAT'S RINGING WARNING BELLS OVER HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOUR MEMORY. AND THE RETURN OF THE POP-UP GLOBE THEATRE. THE POPULAR REPLICA OF SHAKESPEARE'S FAMOUS VENUE IS BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON. Hello, Mr Teasell. Come on through. Let's do the hearing test. Alright. (BEEP!) WOMAN: Hi, baba. It's your daughter. (LAUGHS) You're my best friend. You know that. Yes. You told me recently how isolated a lack of hearing makes you feel. Mmm. And that's not fair. I want you to be able to recognise my voice when I call. (SOFTLY) Yes. Something as little as a free hearing check can make a big difference. A CONTROVERSIAL OPERATION TO DISMANTLE THE MIGRANT CAMP KNOWN AS 'THE JUNGLE' HAS BEGUN, AND AFTER ONLY A DAY, NEARLY A THIRD OF THE CAMP HAS BEEN CLEARED. CALAIS OFFICALS SAY AROUND 1600 PEOPLE HAVE LEFT TO BE RESETTLED IN CENTRES ACROSS FRANCE WHERE THEY COULD FACE DEPORTATION OR CLAIM ASYLUM. WITH MORE, HERE'S THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON. THEY CROSSED CONTINENTS TO GET HERE; TODAY THOUSANDS QUEUED TO LEAVE. HOURS STANDING IN THE COLD IS A BETTER BET THAN ONE MORE DAY IN THE JUNGLE CAMP. THE REWARD IS A SEAT IN ONE OF 60 BUSES. BUT A TICKET OUT OF CALAIS DOESN'T GUARANTEE ASYLUM ` EITHER IN FRANCE OR IN THE UK. AND EVEN THOSE LIKE THIS MAN, WHO ARE IMPATIENT TO LEAVE, RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK. I WILL GO WITH THE PEOPLE, AND WE MIGHT COME BACK AND TRY AGAIN. YEAH. WHY IS IT SO`? (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) NEXT TO HIM, ABDUL SAYS HE'S FINISHED WITH HIS DREAMS OF ENGLAND AND WANTS TO SETTLE IN FRANCE. 'I HATE ENGLAND NOW,' HE SAID. 'THEY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE FROM THE JUNGLE, 'AND THEY CLOSED THE BORDER.' INSIDE THE PROCESSING CENTRE, PEOPLE ARE SPLIT INTO QUEUES ` THE VULNERABLE, FAMILIES, LONE CHILDREN, AND EVERYONE ELSE. THEIR NAMES, AGES AND ORIGINS ARE NOTED BUT NOT CHECKED. THEY'RE 14, AND THEY'RE` IT SHOULD BE THERE. THEY'RE GIVEN A CHOICE OF DESTINATION ` FRENCH NAMES IN UNFAMILIAR PLACES, A NEW, TEMPORARY ADDRESS. HOURS LATER, MIGRANTS BEGAN ARRIVING AT TOWNS ACROSS FRANCE, WATCHED WARILY BY THEIR NEW NEIGHBOURS, HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF CHARDONNAY. 'WHAT ARE ALL THESE YOUNG MEN GOING TO DO IN A PLACE LIKE THIS,' ONE SAID. 'THERE'S NOT EVEN A SHOP HERE.' PRESIDENT HOLLANDE SAID HE WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT CALAIS WASN'T A STAGING POST FOR MIGRANTS BUT A DEAD END. MANY HERE SAY THAT MUCH IS ALREADY CLEAR. DOZENS OF MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN DETAINED AFTER SETTING FIRE TO PART OF A FACILITY HANDLING ASYLUM APPLICATIONS ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS. NOBODY WAS INJURED IN THE RIOT AT THE MORIA CAMP, BUT CABINS USED BY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE RIOT BEGAN AFTER A PROTEST OVER DELAYS IN THE ASYLUM PROCESS. THE BRITISH BANKER ACCUSED OF MURDERING TWO INDONESIAN WOMEN IN HONG KONG ALLEGEDLY SUBJECTED ONE OF HIS VICTIMS TO THREE DAYS OF TORTURE. RURIK JUTTING HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY ON THE GROUNDS OF DIMINISHED RESPONSIBILITY. THE 31-YEAR-OLD FILMED BOTH WOMEN ON HIS PHONE, PROMPTING THE JUDGE TO WARN JURORS THEY WILL SEE EXTREMELY UPSETTING IMAGES DURING THE TRIAL. POLICE FOUND ONE OF JUTTING'S VICTIMS STUFFED INSIDE A SUITCASE ON HIS BALCONY. DEAD OR ALIVE FRONTMAN PETE BURNS IS BEING REMEMBERED AFTER DYING FROM A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 57. # YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND, BABY, # RIGHT ROUND, LIKE A RECORD, BABY. # 'YOU SPIN ME ROUND' WAS A TRANSATLANTIC HIT IN 1995. BURNS BECAME WELL KNOWN FOR HIS ANDROGYNOUS STYLE AND APPROACH TO GENDER. CULTURE CLUB'S BOY GEORGE DESCRIBED HIM AS ONE OF THE 'GREAT TRUE ECCENTRICS.' IT CAUSED MUCH ADO EARLIER THIS YEAR; NOW THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL POP-UP GLOBE'S RETURNING TO AUCKLAND FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF SHAKESPEARE. THE FULL-SIZED REPLICA OF THE FAMOUS LONDON THEATRE WILL SHOWCASE MORE PLAYS AND SOME SURPRISES. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. WHILE PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW, THE POP-UP GLOBE IS RETURNING IN THE MORROW. WELL, NEXT YEAR, AT LEAST. WELL, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT IN NZ THERE'S A HUGE APPETITE FOR HIGH QUALITY ARTS AND CULTURE ` AND PARTICULARLY FOR SHAKESPEARE. WE'VE TAPPED INTO A DEEP-SEATED DESIRE, I THINK, FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS KIND OF THEATRE IN THIS KIND OF BUILDING. MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE WATCHED TWELFTH NIGHT AND ROMEO AND JULIET AT THE THEATRE THIS YEAR AT ITS TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IN A CENTRAL CITY CAR PARK. IT'S COMING BACK WITH FOUR PRODUCTIONS AT A NEW HOME AT ELLERSLIE RACECOURSE, WITH SOME NEW FEATURES. A THREE-STOREY JACOBEAN STAGE FRONT. AND ABOVE IT, THIS INCREDIBLE PAINTED CEILING. NOT TO MENTION A WORKING CANNON IN THE ROOF. IN THE FIRST GLOBE THEATRE, OF COURSE, IT WAS THE CANNON IN THE ROOF THAT BURNT THE PLACE DOWN ` A PIECE OF BURNING LODGED IN THE THATCH. WHEN THEY REBUILT THE SECOND GLOBE THEATRE, THEY HAD A TILED ROOF. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. MUCH SAFER. SO, NEW TRICKS, NEW SURPRISES FOR THE AUDIENCE? OH, AND THERE'S MORE TOO, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. IT'S ALL HUSH-HUSH. GIVE US A SNEAK PREVIEW. GO ON. (LAUGHS) I COULD TELL YOU, BUT I'D HAVE TO KILL MYSELF. THE GLOBE WILL POP UP AGAIN FROM NEXT FEBRUARY TO MAY AND COULD GO INTERNATIONAL. I REALLY WANT THIS TO GO OVERSEAS. I THINK, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR COMMITMENT WAS TO TAKE THIS TO THE WORLD. IT TAKES TIME TO DO THAT, THOUGH, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD ON IT RIGHT NOW. SO EXPECT MORE SHAKESPEARE IN 2017. THEATRE ` AS YOU LIKE IT. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. WEATHER TIME NOW, DAN IS HERE AND CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME WET WEATHER AROUND TODAY AND MORE TO COME, DAN? Yes, typical spring weather. The raincoat will come in handy this week. Look at all this unstable, thundery weather to come. You got that for the next hour and then brighter skies. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ The week will be up and down. STILL TO COME, WHY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO DONALD TRUMP'S BAD BEHAVIOUR AND OVERWHELMINGLY RALLYING TO THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE'S SIDE. AND THE DANGERS OF HEADING A BALL; THE WORRYING RESEARCH ON HOW IT CAN AFFECT MEMORY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` AFTER BEING STRANDED IN AUSTRALIA BECAUSE HIS PLANE BROKE DOWN, PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IS TONIGHT ON HIS WAY TO NEW DELHI, WHERE HE'LL MEET WITH THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER. OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY IT'S TIME THE PM GAVE UP USING OUR AIR FORCE'S 757S. THE AIRCRAFT ARE NOT DUE TO BE REPLACED UNTIL 2025. AND A DEADLY ALGAE PROBLEM IS CLAIMING THE LIVES OF PETS AND LIVESTOCK ON CANTERBURY'S BANKS PENINSULA. LOCALS ARE DEMANDING ACTION OVER THE HEALTH HAZARD OF LAKE FORSYTH. JUST ONE TEASPOON OF ITS WATER COULD BE FATAL TO HUMANS. FOR DONALD TRUMP TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING ON NOVEMBER THE 9TH, HE MUST CARRY THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN VOTE. HE HAS STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE GROUP ` SOME POLLS SUGGEST MORE THAN 70% ` BUT HIS SCANDALS ARE PROVING A CHALLENGE. THE BBC'S ALEEM MAQBOOL REPORTS. CHEERING, BAND PLAYS ENERGETIC MUSIC IT'S THE HOMECOMING PARADE AT THE BIGGEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD. STUDENTS PAST AND PRESENT ARE COMING TOGETHER THIS YEAR IN THE MIDST OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION SEASON. WE'RE NOT ELECTING A PASTOR; WE'RE ELECTING SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA GET THE COUNTRY BACK ON THE ROAD. AND YOU DON'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING FOR A MAN WHO'S BRAGGED ABOUT SLEEPING WITH MARRIED WOMEN IN THE PAST? YOU'VE HEARD WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ON THE TV AS WELL. YEAH, YEAH. 11 YEARS AGO, YEP. ABSOLUTELY. HERE WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS. CHEERING SO MUCH SO THAT THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT ` ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS ` HAS FIRMLY ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ALL THE STUDENTS HERE ARE HAPPY ABOUT. I THINK IT'S HYPOCRITICAL OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO NOT CONDEMN SOME OF THE DISGUSTING THINGS HE'S DONE AND NOT SAY, 'THIS IS NOT A MAN WHO WE WANNA GET BEHIND.' POLLS SAY ABOUT 70% OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, LIKE THOSE AT A MEGACHURCH DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE UNIVERSITY, WILL STILL VOTE TRUMP. THE REASON FOR MANY IS A PRIORITY OF HAVING A PRESIDENT WHO'S ANTI-ABORTION AND WHO APPOINTS JUDGES WHO'LL PUSH A CONSERVATIVE AGENDA. THIS IS NOT A FOUR- OR AN EIGHT-YEAR PROBLEM; THIS COULD BE A 30-YEAR ISSUE. AND TO ME, THAT'S WHY ABOVE ALL ELSE, MY VOTE HAS TO GO IN THE DIRECTION OF DONALD TRUMP. BUT THAT, FOR THIS PASTOR AND THE NEARLY ONE-FIFTH OF US VOTERS WHO ARE EVANGELICAL, MEANS SETTING ASIDE A LOT OF TROUBLING TRAITS IN THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. DESPITE HAVING A STRONG HOLD ON THE CHRISTIAN VOTE, TRUMP TRAILS HILLARY CLINTON IN VIRGINIA BY EIGHT POINTS. IT'S A KEY PART OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, BUT NOW RESEARCH HAS SHOWN HEADING A FOOTBALL MAY BE DAMAGING PLAYERS' BRAINS. THE TEAM DISCOVERED AFTER HEADING A BALL JUST 20 TIMES, A PLAYER'S MEMORY WAS REDUCED BY ALMOST 70% FOR UP TO 24 HOURS. THE BBC'S KATIE GORNALL WITH THE DETAILS. IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE GAME, BUT NOW NEW RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT WHEN A PLAYER DOES THIS, THEIR BRAIN IS IMPAIRED. SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STERLING FOUND THAT A PLAYER'S MEMORY CAN BE AFFECTED FOR UP TO 24 HOURS BY A SHORT SESSION OF HEADING THE BALL. SO WE HAVE A WAY HERE TO ASSESS WHETHER THERE'S, SORT OF, IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN, AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN MEASURE THAT BY, UH, LOOKING AT THE SIGNAL AS IT TRAVELS FROM THE BRAIN TO THE LEG. THREE, TWO, ONE, AND PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH! KEEP PUSHING! SO WE MEASURED PEOPLE BEFORE AND AFTER THEY HEADED THE FOOTBALL TO SEE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY CHANGE. WE FOUND THAT AFTER HEADING THE BALL THE RELEASE OF INHIBITORY CHEMICALS IN THE BRAIN WAS HIGHER. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY CHILDREN ARE SPENDING HALF-TERM ON FOOTBALL, AND HERE IN MANCHESTER, THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT TO HEAD THE BALL PROPERLY. SOME OF THESE PLAYERS ARE AS YOUNG AS 5 YEARS OLD. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF KIDS' DEVELOPMENT TO LEARN HOW TO HEAD A BALL, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GOING INTO 16, 17 YEARS OF AGE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING INTO PROPER GAMES OF FOOTBALL. IF THEY'VE NOT LEARNT HOW TO HEAD A FOOTBALL AT THE YOUNGER AGES, THEY'RE GONNA FIND IT REALLY UNSAFE TO DO IT AT OLDER AGES. THE UNIVERSITY IS YET TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES, BUT THEIR FINDINGS WILL FUEL CONCERNS THAT PLAYERS' BRAINS ARE BEING PERMANENTLY DAMAGED. TODAY, THE FORMER ENGLAND STRIKER GARY LINEKER REVEALED HE NEVER HEADED THE BALL IN TRAINING, BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON HIS HEALTH. SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF BRAIN HEALTH IN CONTACT SPORTS FOR SOME TIME. RUGBY HAS TAKEN ACTION. NOW COULD IT BE FOOTBALL'S TURN? HEADING A FOOTBALL IS DEEMED SUCH A RISK IN AMERICA, PLAYERS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND HE'S BACK. SO HOW'S THE MAN WHO PLAYED 83 TESTS FARING. Three years after retiring, Andrew Hore could play for Otago. NEXT IN SPORT, THE FRESH AIR AND HARD WORK ON THE FARM DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN ITS TOLL. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAORI SQUAD IN A MOMENT AS WELL. PLUS, A LEADING ALL WHITES FOOTBALLER IS BACK IN FROM THE COLD. AND, WILL THIS FIRE UP THE KIWIS IN THE UK? YEAH, MY NAME'S DAVID, MATE. LAUGHTER MORE ON THE FOUR NATIONS AFTER THE BREAK. FORMER ALL BLACK ANDREW HORE (38) IS ON STANDBY TO MAKE HIS COMEBACK TO TOP LEVEL RUGBY. HORE TRAINED TODAY WITH THE OTAGO SIDE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT'S PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST NORTH HARBOUR IN DUNEDIN. MARK HATHAWAY WAS THERE. HE'S QUITE POSSIBLY THE LAST MAN ANYONE WAS EXPECTING TO SEE TRAINING FOR OTAGO THIS WEEK. YEAH, LIKE, HE'S AWESOME. HE'S PLAYED ALL THOSE GAMES, AND HE'S STILL PLAYING NOW. TECHNICALLY, ANDREW HORE WAS STILL PLAYING CLUB RUGBY FOR THE MANIOTOTO MAGGOTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK. WHILE HE DECLINED AN INTERVIEW TODAY, HORE DID MENTION HIS CURRENT FITNESS REGIME IS FARMWORK ` PRIMARILY ON THE BACK OF A MOTORBIKE. BUT 83 TESTS, INCLUDING A WORLD CUP FINAL WIN, IS A HECK OF A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TO DRAW FROM. I GAVE HIM A RING ON SATURDAY WHEN I KNEW THAT THE ALL BLACKS MIGHT NOT RELEASE LIAM. WE TRIED TO GET THAT DONE, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO HE WAS KEEN AND RECKONS HE'S FIT ENOUGH, SO WE'LL JUST GO WITH IT. THE HOOKING CRISIS COMES AS REGULAR STARTER LIAM COLTMAN JOINS THE OTHER SOUTHERN ALL BLACKS ON THE NORTHERN TOUR, AND FELLOW RAKE SAM ANDERSON HEATHER IS IN DOUBT FOR FRIDAY WITH A CALF STRAIN. HE'LL BE ASSESSED ON GAME DAY; HORE WILL TAKE HIS SPOT IF HE'S UNFIT. OH, COIN TOSS, REALLY, YEAH. BUT, I MEAN, AS LONG AS WE GET THE JOB DONE, I'M NOT REALLY TOO FUSSED WHO TAKES THE FIELD. THE LAST TIME HARBOUR AND OTAGO MET IN A PLAY-OFF MATCH WAS WAY BACK IN THE 1992 SEMIS. THE MATCH WENT TO EXTRA TIME, WITH GREG COOPER SEALING A MEMORABLE OTAGO VICTORY. PACE AND FLARE ARE EXPECTED TO AGAIN BE IN ABUNDANCE. WE PROBABLY PLAY REALLY SIMILAR, TO BE HONEST, SO IT'S GONNA BE A HELL OF A BATTLE, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY BE UP FOR IT. IF HE DOES PLAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT, GETTING UP ON SATURDAY MORNING COULD BE A BIT OF A BATTLE FOR HORE AFTER WHAT WOULD SURELY BE HIS LAST PROFESSIONAL MATCH. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THE MAORI RUGBY SQUAD HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE UPCOMING TOUR TO THE US AND THE UK. THE 27-MAN OUTFIT TAKES ON THE USA, THEN PLAYS GAMES AGAINST IRISH SIDE MUNSTER, AND HARLEQUINS IN LONDON, ALMOST WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE ALL BLACKS. THE SQUAD HAS A FEW CHALLENGES AHEAD. LET'S START WITH THE FACT IT'S A LONG STRETCH BETWEEN GAMES. THE LAST TIME THE MAORI PLAYED AS A UNIT WAS NEARLY 18 MONTHS AGO. THE SCHEDULING, THE WAY IT IS, EVERYTHING'S SQUEEZING; SUPER'S GETTING BIGGER; THE GLOBAL GAME PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE SORTED, SO THERE IS TIME. THIS TIME AROUND THEY'LL HAVE TO DO WITH JUST ONE INTERNATIONAL MATCH AGAINST AN UNDER-STRENGTH USA. THE MAORI TEAM INCLUDES CHIEFS AND TASMAN PROP KANE HAMES, WHO MADE HIS FULL TEST DEBUT BACK IN AUGUST. HE'S NEXT IN LINE FOR AN ALL BLACKS CALL UP. HE'LL GET GAME TIME FOR THEM AND HE'LL BE FIT. IF HE WAS WITH US, HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF GAME TIME. THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PLAY SOME OF THEIR THIRD HOOKER OR THIRD HALFBACK OR THEIR LOOSE FORWARDS THAT AREN'T STRIPPING, PARTICULARLY IN CHICAGO. ONE OF THE SIX NEW FACES IN THE TOUR SQUAD IS IMPRESSIVE, YOUNG WAIKATO NUMBER EIGHT WHETU DOUGLAS. THE SQUAD IS HEADED BY A NEW CAPTAIN. I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT IF YOU SORT YOUR BROTHERHOOD OFF THE FIELD, THAT YOUR PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD WILL JUST IGNITE. ALL 27 PLAYERS HAVE JUST COME FROM THE MITRE 10 CUP UNDER THE BREAKDOWN RULE EXPERIMENT. THEY'LL NOW HAVE TO SWITCH BACK TO THE OLD RULES. AGAIN THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE OF THE SHORT TOUR, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT A GROUP THAT UNDERSTAND HOW WE WANT TO PLAY. LIGHTNING-QUICK BALL IS THE KEY FOR US. SELECTIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE, WITH A VIEW TO THE BIG INTERNATIONAL GAME AGAINST THE LIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. THE ALL WHITES' CHANCES OF QUALIFYING FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BOOST WITH PREVIOUSLY OUSTED CAPTAIN TOMMY SMITH THROWN A LIFELINE. BACK IN MAY, NATIONAL COACH ANTHONY HUDSON SAID HE'D NO LONGER CONSIDER THE IPSWICH DEFENDER. BUT THAT'S NOW CHANGED. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. ANTHONY HUDSON HAS CHANGED HIS MIND, AND HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADMIT IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE QUITE A FOOLISH MAN TO COMPLETELY STICK BY YOUR GUNS WHEN MORE INFORMATION COMES TO THE TABLE, THE SITUATION CHANGES. THAT SITUATION IS TOMMY SMITH AND HIS LACK OF COMMITMENT TO THE ALL WHITES. THE 26-YEAR-OLD IPSWICH DEFENDER HAD MADE HIMSELF UNAVAILABLE FOR A HANDFUL OF MATCHES UNDER HUDSON, AND IN MAY, THE NATIONAL COACH SAID HE WOULDN'T PICK HIM AGAIN. BUT THEN SMITH GOT IN TOUCH. THE CONVERSATION BASED AROUND ME EXPRESSING MY DESIRE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SELECTION ONCE AGAIN. FOLLOWING MEETINGS IN THE UK AND AN APOLOGY, HUDSON FEELS CONFIDENT SMITH IS BACK ON TARGET. MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED. HIS OWN PERSONAL LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE HAS CHANGED. HE WOULDN'T ELABORATE ON THOSE CHANGES TODAY, BUT AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR PLAYERS, HUDSON DECIDED TO ALLOW SMITH BACK INTO THE ALL WHITES FOLD. HE'S A TOP PLAYER, A GOOD CHARACTER, AND I THINK HE'LL ADMIT THAT HE DIDN'T DO THINGS PROPERLY. IF HE HADN'T HAVE COME TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS MEDIA CONFERENCE NOW. HOPEFULLY IT CAN ALL BE WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE NOW, AND HOPEFULLY THE SQUAD WILL ACCEPT ME BACK WITH OPEN ARMS. THE TEAM HASN'T BEEN DOING TOO BADLY WITHOUT HIM. BUT DESPITE RECENT PERFORMANCES THEY'LL NEED ALL THE STAR POWER THEY CAN GET TO QUALIFY FOR RUSSIA 2018. SMITH WON'T PLAY IN NEXT MONTH'S MATCH AGAINST NEW CALEDONIA, BUT HE'S GOT THE ONLY EXCUSE THAT'LL CUT IT FROM NOW ON ` RECOVERING FROM A BACK INJURY. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. RUGBY LEAGUE'S FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED AT THE FAMOUS ANFIELD GROUND IN LIVERPOOL, BUT NOT WITHOUT A RATHER AWKWARD MOMENT IN THE COACHES' PRESS CONFERENCE. REPORTING 101 ` KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO. AT LEAST KIWIS COACH DAVID KIDWELL COULD LAUGH IT OFF. THE KIWIS OPEN THEIR FOUR NATIONS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ENGLAND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A SOLUTION TO THE BREAKERS' FREE-THROW SHOOTING WOES, AS THEY ATTEMPT TO BREAK A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK THIS WEEKEND. FREE THROWS HAVE LONG BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE SIDE, MOST RECENTLY COMING TO THE FORE IN THEIR LOSS AGAINST BRISBANE OVER THE WEEKEND. CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WILL LOOK AT GETTING EXTRA HELP, WHETHER IT BE FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FROM A MUSCLE MEMORY POINT OF VIEW, THESE GUYS CAN DO IT WITH THEIR EYES CLOSED. IT'S JUST WHEN THEY GET INTO A GAME, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT THOUGHTS COMING IN. THE TEAM, WHO'RE CURRENTLY SIXTH ON THE LADDER WITH A 1-3 RECORD, ALSO SEARCHING FOR SOME CONSISTENCY AHEAD OF THEIR HOME GAME AGAINST ADELAIDE ON SATURDAY. THE YEAR'S 1908, AND THE CHICAGO CUBS HAVE JUST WON BASEBALL'S WORLD SERIES AGAINST DETROIT. SADLY FOR THE FAMOUS TEAM FROM WRIGLEY FIELD THAT WOULD BE THE LAST. TOMORROW THEY LINE UP AGAINST CLEVELAND HOPING TO BREAK THAT LONG RUN OF DEFEAT. IT WILL ALSO GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO BREAK A FAMOUS CURSE. HERE'S THE ABC'S ALEX PEREZ. THE LOVABLE LOSERS ARE FINALLY WINNERS. THE LAST TIME THEY MADE IT TO THE FALL CLASSIC WAS 1945. TRUMAN WAS PRESIDENT, GAS WAS 21 CENTS A GALLON, AND A LOAF OF BREAD WOULD COST YOU 9 CENTS. IT WAS AT THAT LAST APPEARANCE THAT FAN BILLY SIANIS CAST A CURSE ON THE TEAM AFTER HE AND HIS SMELLY PET GOAT WHERE KICKED OUT OF THE GAME. SO THE CURSE OF THE BILLY GOAT WAS BORN. A CURSE THESE DIEHARD FANS BELIEVE IS FINALLY BROKEN. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S BEEN A LIFETIME IN THE MAKING. AND ALL DAY, FANS HAVE BEEN LINING UP TO TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE MARQUEE HERE. THE CUBS LAST WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 1908, AND THEY'RE TAKING ON THE CLEVELAND INDIANS, WHOSE LAST WORLD-SERIES WIN WAS IN 1948, SO THE STAKES ARE HIGH ACROSS THE BOARD HERE. IT'S BARELY A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE OUR YACHTIES RETURNED FROM RIO LADEN WITH MEDALS. BUT ALREADY THE NEXT GENERATION IS MAKING ITSELF KNOWN ` A YOUNG KIWI CREW JUST CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT THE FIRST RED BULL FOILING GENERATION WORLD FINAL. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. FLYING TO SUCCESS AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 20-YEAR-OLD KIWIS OLIVIA MACKAY AND MICAH WILKINSON BEAT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FROM 14 COUNTRIES WHO THEY'VE GROWN TO KNOW OVER TWO SEASONS OF RACING. CHEERING WE'VE MET SO MANY COOL PEOPLE THIS WEEK, AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO CELEBRATE WITH PEOPLE WE NOW FEEL LIKE WE REALLY KNOW. THE KIWIS EARNED THEIR SPOT IN THE WORLD FINAL AFTER WINNING THE NZ TITLE IN AUCKLAND EARLIER THIS YEAR. I THINK IT REFLECTS ON THE DEPTH OF TALENT WE HAVE IN NZ, ON THE PROGRAMMES WE'RE RUNNING AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE CREATING FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS TO EXPLORE NEW AVENUES LIKE FOILING. KIWI SKIPPER OLIVIA MACKAY WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO FEMALES AT THE WORLD FINALS, DRIVING A FOILING FLYING PHANTOM WHICH CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 35 KNOTS. THE WINNERS FROM NZ, THEY FOR SURE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO WIN MEDALS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES OR EVEN SHOW UP IN THE RED BULL YOUTH AMERICA'S CUP IN THE FUTURE. TEAM NZ WON THAT EVENT IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 2013, WITH CURRENT SKIPPER PETER BURLING AT THE HELM. AND WITH THEIR WIN IN NEWPORT, MACKAY AND WILKINSON HAVE PUT THEMSELVES WELL IN THE FRAME FOR BERMUDA NEXT YEAR. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE RED BULL YOUTH AMERICA'S CUP AT THE MOMENT. WE ARE WORKING WITH TEAM NZ, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TIME. THE TEAM WILL BE ANNOUNCED EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. More names to look out for in the future. Seven Sharp is waiting with the results of the competition. So exciting. Some meets Tony's friend Ronan Keating. THEY CALL IT THE CROSSING SEASON ` THE TONGARIRO ALPINE CROSSING SEASON. BUT, AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS, IT'S NOT WITHOUT PERIL. IF IT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST, WE'VE GOT ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. PLUS, LIAM MALONE SURPRISES ONE VERY SPECIAL LITTLE BOY. MATE, YOU'VE GOT COOLER HAIR THAN I DO. AND, WANT A LIFE HACK? THESE WILL HELP ` SORTA. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. CROWD CHEERS UPBEAT MUSIC Here you are, dear. What's this for? Well, you're from up north, aren't you, love? WHISTLE BLOWS, CROWD CHEERS UPBEAT MUSIC Hello there. Looks like another busy week for your raincoat. And that feels the raincoat is worn out and you could do with another one, I would not be surprised. It has been the case in some parts of the country. One place you can tell how much rain we have had as a soil moisture chart. When you get to the orange, that is the dryer. The blue is the surplus. Compare the Hawke's Bay. Note parts of Otago, better than last year. How already going over the next few days? More weather systems coming. This was the centre of the low some unstable air. That is going to rotate over much of the country over the next 12 to 24 hours. It will be the next area of them showery weather going into Wednesday. Remember that leading edge trough? Some thunder coming in. Central parts of the country from Marlboro to Wairarapa Will have thunder. This is the first boundary trough Spreading south. By the afternoon, gathering to the south and east of the North island. Improving to the far North and Taranaki after a wet start your day. Stalled easing away overnight. Down south. Are southerly change moves up the East Coast. They move inland and it could be a few more coming across inland areas for the afternoon. And as a raincoat day ` Hit and miss. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ Spring is always up and down. Sometimes it's up, and other points down.