GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A COOL SPRING DAY FOR MANY, WITH CLEAR SKIES OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AND TOP OF THE COUNTRY. THE BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS HAD US REACHING FOR ANOTHER LAYER. IT SHOULD BE A GOLDEN START TO THE WORKING WEEK FOR MOST, BUT THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE GATHERING FROM TUESDAY ONWARDS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. IS ONE OF OUR MOST TRUSTED SPORTS CHARITIES FAILING KIDS WITH DISABILITIES? THE HALBERG FOUNDATION COMES UNDER FIRE. IT IS NOT JUST STRANGE, IT IS UNPRECEDENTED, AND IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING. THE FBI GETS THE FULL HILLARY TREATMENT OVER THE TIMING OF ITS NEW PROBE INTO HER USE OF PRIVATE EMAILS. IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE HIS STROKE, FORMER POLITICAL BIG GUN MIKE MOORE HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE LABOUR LEADER. SHAUN JOHNSON WITH A DROP GOAL. AND HAS HE PUT IT OVER? YES, HE HAS. AND HE'S BACK TO HIS BRILLIANT BEST. SHAUN JOHNSON'S BOOT SECURES A TIGHT WIN FOR THE KIWIS OVER ENGLAND. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. ONE OF OUR MOST ESTEEMED CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS HAS FIRED BACK AT CLAIMS IT'S NOT DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISES. AN AUCKLAND MOTHER SAYS THE HALBERG SPORT DISABILITY FOUNDATION IS FAILING TO HELP HER SEVERELY DISABLED 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. BUT THE FOUNDATION SAYS HER CRITICISM IS MISGUIDED. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. BABY CHARLOTTE'S FIGHT FOR LIFE GRIPPED THE NATION. SHE WON THE BATTLE, BUT MENINGITIS CLAIMED HER LIMBS. LIFE'S BEEN CHALLENGING EVER SINCE FOR THE NOW 12-YEAR-OLD, MADE EVEN TOUGHER, HER MUM SAYS, BY THE FAILURE OF THE HALBERG FOUNDATION TO HELP CHARLOTTE PARTICIPATE IN SPORT. HALBERGS THE FIRST PLACE WE LIKE TO GO, BECAUSE ALL THE SIGNS AND BANNERS AND BELLS TELL US THAT THEY'RE THE PLACE, AND YET WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY RECEIVING WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE OGING TO GIVE US. THE WINNER OF THE DISABLED SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR IS... PAM CLEVERLEY SAYS THERE'S LITTLE OF THE TRICKLE DOWN TO KIDS IN NEED THAT'S PROMISED AT THE HALBERG'S GLITZY ANNUAL AWARDS. SHE SAYS PARTICIPATION PROGRAMMES HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERED DESPITE A VISIT MORE THAN 12 MONTHS AGO FROM SPECIALIST SPORTS FACILITATORS EMPLOYED BY THE HALBERG FOUNDATION. SHE'S PRETTY KEEN ON WRESTLING AND BOXING, AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT HERE. ALTHOUGH, HALBERG HAS MENTIUONED ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK IN ALBANY THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LOVE TO TEACH CHARLOTTE. EARLIER TODAY, THE FOUNDATION CLAIMED PAM CLEVERLEY'S CRITICISM IS MISGUIDED. IN A STATEMENT LATE TODAY, THE FOUNDATION SAYS IT'S COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH CHARLOTTE. IT SAYS IT HAS HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE 12-YEAR-OLD AND HER FAMILY, AND IT'S ALSO AWARDED HER THREE GRANTS FROM ITS ACTIVITIES FUND. BUT CHARLOTTE'S MUM SAYS WHAT'S OFFERED IS A LONG WAY FROM HOME, AND IT'S HARD FOR HER TO TRAVEL THERE. BUT THE FOUNDATION IS TONIGHT DEFENDING ITS MISSION AND ITS NINE-STRONG ACTIVITIES TEAM. PAM CLEVERLEY SAYS SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PARENT WHO DISAGREES AND IS CARRYING THE COST OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. HILLARY CLINTON'S LET RIP AT THE F.B.I. OVER ITS NEW PROBE INTO HER USE OF PRIVATE EMAILS WHEN SHE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE. WITH NO SIGN OF A SPEEDY OUTCOME, CLINTON SUPPORTERS NOW FACE VOTING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. HILLARY CLINTON OFF TO FLORIDA, ANOTHER BATTLEGROUND STATE. REPORTER: SECRETARY CLINTON, HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE F.B.I? AND SHE'S GOING TO WAR WITH FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY OVER HIS DECISION TO REOPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO HER USE OF PRIVATE EMAIL. IT'S PRETTY STRANGE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT WITH SUCH LITTLE INFORMATION RIGHT BEFORE AN ELECTION. IN FACT, IT IS NOT JUST STRANGE, IT IS UNPRECEDENTED AND IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING. THE FBI DIRECTOR RESPONDED SAYING... HE FELT AN OBLIGATION TO INVESTIGATE THESE NEW EMAILS AND WAS UNSURE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NEW DISCOVERY. BUT HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE IS AWARE THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BE ILL-TIMED, SAYING,... DONALD TRUMP'S BEEN QUICK TO CAPITALISE ON THE SCANDAL ENGULFING HIS RIVAL. HILLARY SET UP AN ILLEGAL SERVER FOR THE OBVIOUS PURPOSE OF SHIELDING HER CRIMINAL CONDUCT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND EXPOSURE. IN A STRANGE TWIST, IT WAS AN INVESTIGATION INTO UNDERAGE SEXTING BY ANTHONY WEINER WHICH REVEALED THE NEW MATERIAL. HE'S THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND OF TOP CLINTON AIDE HUMA ABEDIN, AND THE EMAILS WERE DISCOVERED ON A DEVICE SHARED BY THE COUPLE. SHE'S GOT BAD INSTINCTS WHEN THE EMAILS ARE ON ANTHONY WEINER'S WHEREVER. IT'S A WELCOME MORALE BOOST FOR TRUMP WHO HAS SPENT WEEKS ON THE BACK FOOT EXPLAINING AWAY ALLEGATIONS HE SEXUALLY HARASSED WOMEN, AND A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO FOR THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN, JUST 10 DAYS OUT FROM AN ELECTION. EVERYBODY GETS KNOCKED DOWN. WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOU GET BACK UP. OR COULD THIS STUMBLE END UP BEING FATAL FOR CLINTON'S MARCH TO THE WHITE HOUSE? RECENT CHANGES TO RESIDENCY RULES DESIGNED TO ENSURE JUST THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST COME TO LIVE IN NZ, WILL BACKFIRE. THAT'S THE WARNING FROM AN IMMIGRATION ADVISOR IN INDIA WHO SAYS PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD OUR DOOR IS NOW SHUT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD SPOKE TO HIM IN NEW DELHI DURING JOHN KEY'S TRADE TRIP. THERE ARE 2000 IMMIGRATION AGENTS IN INDIA WHO DEAL WITH THE KIWI MARKET. MUNISH SEKHRI SAYS ONLY ABOUT 30 OF THOSE ARE LICENSED. THERE HAS BEEN A LOBBY WHICH IS WORKING AGAINST THE REQUIREMENTS OR THE EXPECTATIONS OR THE GOALS OF EDUCATION NZ AND GOVERNMENT OF NZ AS A WHOLE. HE THINKS NZ'S RECENT IMMIGRATION CHANGES WILL SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF UNLICENSED AGENTS DISAPPEAR. AND HE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT NZ'S IMMIGRATION RULES TO STOP FRAUD. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE LICENSING FOLD SO THAT SOME ACCOUNTABILITY CAN BE BROUGHT TO THIS INDUSTRY. HE BACKS A MARKETING CAMPAIGN IN INDIA. I THINK THE NZ GOVERNMENT SHOULD INFUSE SOME MONEY AND ENERGY TO HIRE A P.R. AGENCY IN INDIA AND DO SOME KIND OF A DAMAGE CONTROL. IN THE END, I SUPPOSE, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND WE DO DO THAT AS BEST WE CAN, BUT THE AGENTS DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ACROSS A VAST COUNTRY LIKE INDIA TO PEOPLE THAT GO IN AND OFTEN ASK ABOUT A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT PLACES TO GO. MUNISH SEKHRI'S DISAPPOINTED JOHN KEY AND PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI DIDN'T DISCUSS THE ISSUE THIS PAST WEEK. ALL WE'RE REALLY DOING IS POTENTIALLY PUSHING PROBABLY MORE HIGH-QUALITY PEOPLE HIGHER UP THE QUEUE. JOHN KEY'S GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, KEEN TO TARGET THE HIGH-END EDUCATION MARKET WHILE TIGHTENING RESIDENCY NUMBERS AND CRACKING DOWN ON STUDENT VISA FRAUD. MANY INDIAN STUDENTS STUDY AT PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN LOW-VALUE COURSES. MR SUKRI PUTS NZ THIRD OR FOURTH BEHIND AMERICA, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA AS THE COUNTRY OF CHOICE FOR THOSE WANTING TO ESCAPE INDIA. THE MAJOR MOTIVATION FOR INDIAN STUDENTS TO STUDY IN NZ AND MIGRANTS TO TRY TO SETTLE IN NZ TO STUDY OR WORK TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND MR KEY WON'T WANT HIS GOVERNMENT'S TIGHTER RULES TO MAKE NZ EVEN LESS OF A CHOICE. BEFORE IT GETS BETTER IT'S GOING TO GET MUCH WORSE IN THE SHORT TERM TO MEDIUM TERM. AND WE'LL SEE A HUGE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE IT IN TOTALITY, 'IF I'M NOT GOING TO GET A PATHWAY TO RESIDENCY, 'SORRY, I'M NOT GOING TO STUDY THERE.' LEAVING JOHN KEY TO HOPE HIS POSITIVE RECEPTION IN INDIA THIS WEEK LASTS. THE LABOUR PARTY'S DENYING THEIR PROMISE TO FAST TRACK LIGHT RAIL IN AUCKLAND IS PART OF A PLOY TO GET VOTES IN DECEMBER'S MT ROSKILL BY-ELECTION. ANDREW LITTLE TODAY SAID IF THEY WIN NEXT YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTION, THE $1.3 BILLION PROJECT CONNECTING MT ROSKILL TO THE CITY WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE SAY IT'S ABOUT TACKLING AUCKLAND'S WORSENING CONGESTION. THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD A PLAN THAT'S ALREADY THERE. IT'S NOT A BRIBE. WE'RE NOT PROMISING SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER THERE BEFORE. IT'S TAKING A PLAN AND SAYING WE NEED IT EARLIER, WE CAN DO IT EARLIER, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EARLIER. CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY NOT SET TO BEGIN UNTIL AFTER 2028. THE FORMER KIWIS RUGBY LEAGUE STAR HOWIE TAMATI WILL BE THE MAORI PARTY CANDIDATE NEXT YEAR IN THE EASTERN NORTH ISLAND SEAT OF TE TAI HAUAURU. TAMATI PLAYED 24 TESTS FOR THE KIWIS OVER 30 YEARS AGO AND IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE NZ RUGBY LEAGUE. HE WAS ALSO A NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR FOR 15 YEARS. TE TAI HAUAURU IS CURRENTLY HELD BY LABOUR BUT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE SEAT OF FORMER MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER TARIANA TURIA. KIWI COUPLES TRYING TO GET PREGNANT ARE GETTING HELPING HAND FROM TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY. THE TECHNOLOGY, OFTEN USED TO CAPTURE SCENES OF NATURAL BEAUTY, IS NOW AT THE FOREFRONT ON CONCEPTION AND HUMAN LIFE. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF LIFE. CELLS DIVIDING UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF TIMI ` TIME LAPSE MORPHOMETRY IMAGING ` PHOTOGRAPHING A SINGLE EMBRYO UP TO THE VITAL FIFTH DAY OF DEVELOPMENT, TO HELP WOMEN ACHIEVE THEIR DREAM OF PREGNANCY. IT'S VERY VERY AMAZING TECHNOLOGY. AUCKLAND'S HOLLIE LANGAREK AND HUSBAND STEVEN SUFFERED FIVE YEARS OF HEARTBREAK AND FOUR ROUNDS OF IVF IN THE QUEST FOR PARENTHOOD. WE NEEDED A LOT OF SUPPORT AROUND US TO GET THROUGH THAT TIME. ON THEIR FINAL ATTEMPT, FERTILITY ASSOCIATES SUGGESTED THEY TRY SOMETHING NEW WITH THE SECOND OF THEIR LAST FOUR EMBRYOS ` HAVING IT TIME LAPSE MONITORED. IT MAKES US LOOK AFTER EMBRYOS BETTER, AND WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO KNOW WHICH EMBRYOS ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR REALLY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AT THE RIGHT TIME. BY PHOTOGRAPHING THE EMBRYO EVERY FIVE MINUTES, EMBRYOLOGISTS CAN SEE HOW WELL THE CELLS DIVIDE AND GROW, ENSURING ONLY THE HEALTHIEST IS FERTILISED. IVF LABS NORMALLY NEED TO REMOVE AN EMBRYO FROM THE INCUBATOR DAILY TO CHECK ON ITS QUALITY, BUT WITH TIMI, IT'S LEFT UNTOUCHED. I THINK THAT EMBRYOS DON'T LIKE BEING DISTURBED. IT STRESSES THEM. BUT TIMI RAISES THE ODDS OF SUCCESS. THE LATEST RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL, THAT WAS DONE IN SPAIN, SUGGESTS THAT THEY DID HAVE A 10% LIFT IN PREGNANCY RATES ALONG WITH A REDUCTION IN MISCARRIAGES. THE LANGAREK'S ARE AMONG THE FIRST NZ COUPLES TO BENEFIT. LITTLE OSCAR'S THE RESULT. IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO SINK IN THAT IT WAS FINALLY GONNA HAPPEN FOR US, BUT JUST AMAZING. THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS COUPLES FOR TWO ROUNDS OF IVF. AFTER THIS, THEY PAY PRIVATELY FROM $8000 TO $15000 PER ROUND. TIMI IS AN EXTRA $950 COST EITHER WAY AND IS SUITABLE FOR ALL IVF COUPLES. HOLLIE LANGAREK SAYS IT'S CERTAINLY PAID OFF FOR THEM. OSCAR EVEN HAS THE ULTIMATE ITEM FOR 'SHOW AND TELL' AT SCHOOL ONE DAY ` A PICTURE OF HIMSELF AS AN EMBRYO. FORMER NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER AND U.S. AMBASSADOR MIKE MOORE HAS SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE HAD A SERIOUS STROKE. HE'S WADED INTO THE U.S. ELECTION DEBATE AND HAS SOME ADVICE FOR THE CURRENT LABOUR LEADER. HE'S BACK IN NZ RECOVERING, AND SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO JESSICA MUTCH. MIKE MOORE'S BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, WORKING AS OUR U.S. AMBASSADOR AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION DIRECTOR. BUT HE'S BEEN FORCED TO COME HOME TO AUCKLAND TO GET WELL. I CAN JUST MOVE THAT HAND, JUST SLIGHTLY, AND NOW WE'RE OK EXCEPT I CAN'T MOVE, I CAN'T WALK AS FAR AS I USED TO. 18 MONTHS AGO, THE 67-YEAR-OLD WAS IN WASHINGTON WHEN HE HAD A STROKE AND HAD TO STEP DOWN. I GOT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN D.C. THROUGH IN THE MAIN, SO I WAS AT PEACE WITH THAT. GREAT SEEING MIKE LOOKING SO GOOD AGAIN. I SAW HIM A YEAR AGO IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE UPSET AT HIS STATE. THAT MEANS THE FORMER AMBASSADOR'S HAD TO WATCH THE U.S. ELECTIONS UNFOLD FROM AFAR. JESSICA WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE DISLIKE HER SO MUCH? I THINK SHE'S BEEN IN IT SO LONG THAT SHE'S ROBOTIC AND YOU CAN PREDICT WHAT SHE'S GOING TO SAY, AND IT'S ALWAYS TO THE POINT AND WELL-BRIEFED. AND AS FOR TRUMP, WELL, GOD HELP ME. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TRUMP? IT'S NOT PRINTABLE. BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DON'T SUPPORT THE T.P.P., BUT THE FORMER LABOUR LEADER SAYS THE FIGHT'S NOT OVER YET. HE SPENT YEARS LOBBYING FOR THE T.P.P., BUT THE CURRENT LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE ISN'T ON BOARD. I DON'T WANT TO DISAGREE WITH MY LEADER, BUT IT'S NOT THE POSITION. MIKE MOORE ONLY HAD THE TOP JOB FOR TWO MONTHS IN 1990. I WILL BE THE PRIME MINISTER. HE'S GOT SOME ADVICE FOR THE MAN WHO WANTS THAT JOB. I THINK HE NEEDS TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT HE BELIEVES IN AND GO FOR IT. HAS HE SOUGHT ADVICE FROM YOU? BEFORE HE BECAME LEADER, AND WE'VE TALKED ON THE PHONE, I THINK, YES. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANDREW. I WISH HIM WELL. AS FOR MR MOORE, HE HAS NO PLANS TO RETIRE. I'LL GET MYSELF WALKING AGAIN. I'VE GOT SOME WRITING TO DO. I'VE STILL GOT A COUPLE OF BOOKS IN ME. MAYBE THIS ONE WILL BE READ. COMING UP ` PALM OIL'S ACCUSED OF CONTRIBUTING TO RAVAGED RAINFORESTS AND THE PLIGHT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. SO WILL OUR GOVERNMENT LET US KNOW IF IT'S IN OUR PRODUCTS? AS FIGHTERS MOVE TO ENCIRCLE THE LAST MAJOR ISIS STRONGHOLD IN IRAQ, WE'VE A REPORTER'S VIEW AS HE COMES UNDER FIRE ON THE FRONT LINE. AND SHOT AT DAWN. HOW IT TOOK A BATTLE TO ALLOW A KIWI SOLDIER TO BE REMEMBERED AMONG THOSE EXECUTED BY THE BRITISH. THE CLOCK'S TICKING ON A CAMPAIGN TO GET PRODUCTS CONTAINING PALM OIL CLEARLY LABELLED IN OUR SUPERMARKETS. THE CROP'S LINKED TO MASS DEFORESTATION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ANIMAL HABITATS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS INDONESIA. IN A MONTH, THE NZ FOOD SAFETY MINISTER WILL JOIN A TRANS-TASMAN VOTE ON MANDATORY DISCLOSURE. HERE'S Q&A'S WHENA OWEN. PALM OIL IS IN 50% OF SUPERMARKET PRODUCTS, BUT UNLIKE EUROPE, CANADA AND THE US, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE LABEL CONFIRMING THE OIL IS PALM AND WHETHER IT'S BEEN ETHICALLY PRODUCED. AH, THE SUMATRAN TIGER. AND THAT TIGER IS THE ZOO'S AMBASSADOR FOR THE UNMASK PALM OIL CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR CLEARER LABELLING. SUMATRAN TIGERS ` THE SMALLEST TIGER IN THE WORLD, ONLY 300-400 LEFT IN THE WILD. THEY ARE IMMINENTLY AFFECTED BY PALM OIL CLEARING. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, ZOOS ACROSS AUSTRALASIA ARE URGING THE FOOD REGULATION STANDING COMMITTEE TO VOTE FOR MANDATORY LABELLING OF VEGETABLE OILS. THE STANDING COMMITTEE TAKING THE VOTE IS MADE UP OF NINE AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS AND OUR FOOD SAFETY MINISTER JO GOODHEW. I HAVEN'T HEARD WHICH WAY THE MINISTER'S GOING TO VOTE. BUT WE WILL NEVER KNOW, WILL WE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL DONE IN SECRET. IT'S ALL DONE IN SECRET, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE MINISTER TO SAY BEFORE SHE GOES TO THE MEETING WHICH WAY SHE'S GOING TO VOTE. THE MINISTER WOULDN'T TELL Q+A WHICH WAY SHE WOULD BE VOTING; SHE WAS WAITING FOR A TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE ISSUE. BUT IN A STATEMENT, SHE SAID... WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE, THE PALM OIL ISSUE ISN'T GOING AWAY. WHILE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE HAS FORCED SOME CONTROLS OVER DEFORESTATION IN ASIA, PRODUCERS HAVE BOUGHT AND LEASED VAST AREAS OF LIBERIA. WEST AFRICA IS THE NEW PALM OIL FRONTIER. THE NOOSE COULD BE TIGHTENING AROUND ISIS FORCES IN IRAQ, WITH PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES ADVANCING TOWARDS MOSUL ON A NEW FRONT. SHIA MILITIA FIGHTERS ARE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AS THEY MAKE THEIR FIRST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE OFFENSIVE. MEANWHILE, THE IRAQI ARMY AND KURDISH FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ADVANCING ON THE SOUTHERN, EASTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN FRONTS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENCIRCLING THE CITY, WHICH IS THE LAST MAJOR ISIS STRONGHOLD. CHANNEL NINE CORRESPONDENT MARK BURROWS IS TRAVELLING WITH IRAQI SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT LINE, EAST OF MOSUL. JUST A FEW KILOMETRES FROM THE CITY, THEY CAME UNDER FIRE FROM ISIS MILITANTS. A BOMBED OUT HOUSE, NOW AN IRAQI BOMB POSITION, WITHIN SIGHTS OF ISIS MILITANTS. WE ARE 8KM FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF MOSUL. IT LOOKED CALM ENOUGH, BUT THE SOLDIERS WERE ON EDGE, CONSTANTLY CHECKING THE FRONT LINE. INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER THEY COULD EASILY MAKE OUT I.S. FIGHTERS THROUGH THEIR SCOPES. WE'D ONLY BEEN THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES. GUNSHOTS GET DOWN. GET DOWN. GUNFIRE INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS A SOLDIER AIMED A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE... GUNFIRE BOOM! WE'VE JUST MADE CONTACT... GUNFIRE ...WITH SOME ISIS MILITANTS ABOUT A KILOMETRE AWAY. GUNSHOTS SO, THE IRAQIS HERE... CONTINUOUS GUNFIRE ...ARE NOW OPENING UP ON TWO FRONTS. 'THESE ARE THE SOLDIERS WHO WILL TAKE MOSUL, 'BUT IT WON'T BE ANY TIME SOON.' ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS? YEAH. BEFORE YOU GET TO MOSUL? YES, OF COURSE. AS YOU MOVE UP THE ROAD TO MOSUL, YOU SEE THESE TANKS IN POSITION. ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD HERE. THE IDEA IS AS THE IRAQIS DO MOVE UP, THEY WANT A SECURE, SAFE CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY INTO MOSUL. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ALLOW A ROUTE FOR THE CIVILIANS TO GET OUT SAFELY. IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF FIGHTING, THEY'RE SAYING, 200,000 PEOPLE MAY WANT TO USE A SAFE CORRIDOR. THE UN SAYS 8000 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED FROM SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND TAKEN INTO MOSUL TO BE USED AS HUMAN SHIELDS. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS WARNED A WORST CASE SCENARIO COULD SEE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE FLEE FROM MOSUL. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND RATHER BRISK OUT THERE TODAY. YES, PETE, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BUT HAND IN HAND WITH COOL TEMPERATURES THANKS TO SOUTHERLY WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND THE SUN WAS SHINING FOR THE AUCKLAND MARATHON TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO TOOK PART. STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM BELMONT PRIMARY POUNDING THE PAVEMENT TO RECOGNISE A COLLEGUE AND FRIEND FIGHTING CANCER. GOOD WORK, TEAM. I'LL BE BACK WITH A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER FROM TUESDAY RIGHT AFTER SPORT. A SUCCESSFUL BID TO RIGHT A WRONG'S UP AFTER THE BREAK, WITH CLOSURE FOR THE FAMILY OF A WWI KIWI SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MUTINY. AND A NEW BIRTH CONTROL REVOLUTION'S LOOMING, BUT WILL THERE BE A DOWNSIDE TO A MALE CONTRACEPTIVE? LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` THE HALBERG SPORT DISABILITY FOUNDATION'S REJECTED A CLAIM THAT IT'S NOT DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISES. 12-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE CLEVERLEY-BISMAN'S MOTHER SAYS SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET HELP, BUT THE FOUNDATION SAYS CHARLOTTE'S BEEN AWARDED THREE GRANTS. A NZ SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MUTINY 100 YEARS AGO HAS FINALLY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN ENGLAND. PRIVATE JACK BRAITHWAITH WAS ONE OF MORE THAN 300 SHOT BY THE BRITISH ARMY FOR SIMILAR OFFENCES DURING WORLD WAR I. HE WAS PARDONED BY NZ IN 2000. BUT EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING REPORTS THERE WAS ONE MORE BATTLE TO FIGHT FOR JACK. THEY WERE CALLED DESERTERS, COWARDS, MUTINEERS; SOLDIERS SHOT AT DAWN FOR THEIR CRIMES. HE NEVER TOLD OUR FAMILY ABOUT JACK. OF COURSE IT WAS A SCANDAL. DAVID BRAITHWAITE'S FATHER NEVER SPOKE OF HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE CECIL JOHN BRAITHWAITE. KNOWN AS JACK, HE'D GET INTO TROUBLE. HE WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, IN A FRENCH PRISON WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO STOP A RIOT. AND BECAUSE OF HIS HISTORY... 100 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY, JACK WAS SHOT AT 6.05AM IN FRANCE FOR MUTINY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? > WELL, IT IS A CLOSURE. 306 MEN EXECUTED FOR DESERTION, ARE COMMEMORATED AT THE SHOT AT DAWN MEMORIAL. LAST YEAR VISITING NZER GEOFF MCMILLAN NOTICED JACK AND TWO OTHER MUTINEERS WERE MISSING. TODAY THEY TOOK THEIR PLACE IN THIS CORNER OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN CENTRAL ENGLAND. WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT FORCED THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DID. HE'S BEEN DEDICATED NOW, BEEN REMEMBERED APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WRONG HAS BEEN RIGHTED. DAVID'S ALMOST 80. AS HE LAY HIS WREATH, ONE THOUGHT HIT HOME. THAT'S A WONDERFUL STATUE OF A BOY, REALLY, SO I THOUGHT I'D LOOK OVER THERE. IT WAS THE YOUTH AND VULNERABILITY OF THE SOLDIERS THAT ARTIST ANDY DECOMYN WANTED TO CAPTURE IN THIS STATUE. HE'D SEEN A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LONG FIGHT TO GAIN PARDONS FOR THE SOLDIERS. AND I WAS SO MOVED BY IT I THOUGHT THESE GUYS NEED A MEMORIAL OF THEIR OWN. THESE MEN WERE VICTIMS OF THE GREAT WAR; USED AS A DETERRENT. DIFFERENT TIME, DIFFERENT RULES. THEY STILL HAD THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER, AND THAT WAS THE TIME. IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THE SOLDIERS WENT OVER THE TOP. JACK HAS NOW JOINED FOUR OTHER KIWIS SHOT AT DAWN. HE WAS A LARRIKIN. BUT HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE. > HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE. ABSOLUTELY. THESE MEN'S FAMILIES WERE ONCE SHUNNED. NOW THEY TOO HAVE PLACE TO VISIT TO REMEMBER THEIR BOYS WHO NEVER CAME HOME. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, STAFFORDSHIRE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRACEPTION IS COMING CLOSER WITH A MALE EQUIVALENT OF THE PILL IN THE PIPELINE. SCIENTISTS IN SYDNEY ARE TRIALLING A HORMONE INJECTION, AND IT'S PROVING 96% EFFECTIVE. CHANNEL NINE'S TIM DAVIES WITH THIS REPORT. WHEN IT COMES TO BIRTH CONTROL, THE BURDEN LARGELY FALLS ON WOMEN. BUT THAT COULD ALL SOON BE ABOUT TO CHANGE. RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A HORMONE INJECTION FOR MEN WHICH, THEY SAY, IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. THEY HAVE MANAGED TO USE LONG-ACTING HORMONES AS INJECTIONS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST USING A PILL, AND THAT CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE. SCIENTISTS AT CONCORD HOSPITAL, IN SYDNEY, WERE AMONG A WORLDWIDE TEAM WHICH CARRIED OUT THE BREAKTHROUGH TRIAL. IT SAW 350 MEN GIVEN HORMONE INJECTIONS EVERY TWO MONTHS. THEY INCLUDED PROGESTOGEN, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SWITCH OFF SPERM PRODUCTION, ALONG WITH TESTOSTERONE TO COUNTERBALANCE IT. THE TREATMENT WAS CONSIDERED 96% EFFECTIVE, BUT IT CAME WITH SIDE-EFFECTS, INCLUDING... YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING. SAVE MY WIFE, YOU KNOW` TAKE IT IN TURNS FOR A WHILE. NO, I WOULDN'T DO IT. BUT THOSE SAME EFFECTS ARE OFTEN EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WHO RELY UPON THEIR OWN HORMONE-BASED CONTRACEPTIVES. UNTIL NOW, THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO MALE BIRTH CONTROL. IT'S HOPED THIS BREAKTHROUGH COULD SOON REDRESS THAT. YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT. DEFINITELY. GO FOR IT. (CHUCKLES) BRING IT OUT. AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A CAT HAS LANDED A WELLINGTON FIREFIGHTER IN HOSPITAL. HE WAS WINCHED TO SAFETY BY THE WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER AFTER FALLING 14M FROM A TREE. THE OFFICER WAS TRYING TO GET THE YOUNG FELINE DOWN WHEN IT TOOK A SWIPE AT HIM, KNOCKING THEM BOTH TO THE GROUND. HE'S IN A MODERATE CONDITION. THE CAT'S WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. THE KIWIS MAKES UP FOR THE BLACK CAPS, AND A FEW PLAYERS UNDER THE PUMP FRONT UP IN THE UK, SHAUN JOHNSON BEING ONE OF THEM. BACK HERE, CANTERBURY RUGBY DANCES A MERRY JIG AROUND THE REST OF THE COMPETITION AGAIN. PLUS ` JUST WHEN OUR HOPES WENT SKY HIGH, THE BLACK CAPS COLLAPSE IN MIND-BLOWING FASHION. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN EIGHT WICKETS FOR JUST 16 RUNS? AND COULD A MOVIE STAR SAVE CHICAGO'S WORLD SERIES HOPES? # TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME. IT'S BUNG NOTES AND BUNG PITCHING FOR THE CUBS. HE'S ONE OF THE MOST SCRUTINISED PLAYERS IN RUGBY LEAGUE AND UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO PERFORM. TODAY KIWIS' HALFBACK SHAUN JOHNSON DELIVERED A STAR TURN WHICH WAS A BIG FACTOR IN THE KIWIS' 17-16 WIN OVER ENGLAND IN THE FOUR NATIONS IN HUDDERSFIELD. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. IF THERE'S A TEAM SHAUN JOHNSON ENJOYS PLAYING AGAINST, IT SURELY HAS TO BE ENGLAND. HE'S A HEART-BREAKER, ISN'T HE? AN ENGLISH HEART-BREAKER. THE LITTLE NUMBER SEVEN PLAYING WITH SPEED AND PRECISION IN ANOTHER MAN-OF-THE-MATCH PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE BOYS IN WHITE. AWESOME EFFORT FROM OUR BOYS. MASSIVE EFFORT TO START OFF OUR CAMPAIGN, SO, YEAH, I'M SURE WE'LL BUILD ON IT! PLENTY OF CREDIT ALSO HAS TO GO TO THE SIDES' DEFENCE WHICH, DESPITE ALLOWING A COUPLE OF EARLY PENALTIES, HELD ENGLAND TRYLESS AT THE HALF. DOUBLE MOVEMENT. THERE WILL BE NO TRY. YEAH. THE MOST PLEASING THING FOR ME WAS OUR DEFENCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STAND FOR IN OUR HOUSE. DEFENCE EVENTUALLY LEADING TO POINTS AS JORDAN RAPANA CROSSED CLOSE TO HALF-TIME WHILE JOHNSON COMPOUNDED ENGLAND'S WOES WITH THIS. OH, IT'S INTERCEPTED. AND THIS MAN WILL TAKE SOME STOPPING. THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET CLOSE. ENGLAND DID FIGHT BACK. THE SCORES BACK TO WITHIN TWO BEFORE RAPANA BROKE FREE AGAIN. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SECOND TRY FOR JORDAN RAPANA. A MISSED CONVERSION, THOUGH, GAVE ENGLAND A LIFELINE AS THEY DREW LEVEL MOMENTS LATER. BUT 15 MINUTES ON, JOHNSON HIT WHAT WOULD BE THE EVENTUAL WINNER. JOHNSON WITH A DROP GOAL! VERY TOUGH. WE KNEW COMING HERE, THE HOME SUPPORT THE ENGLISH HAVE, HOW GOOD THEY ARE, QUALITY OF PLAYERS THEY HAVE, WE KNEW WE WERE IN FOR A TOUGH GAME. THE KIWIS DELIVERING A PERFORMANCE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF THEIR DISAPPOINTING LOSS TO AUSTRALIA IN PERTH. FIFTH TACKLE OPTIONS HAD CLEARLY IMPROVED. THAT'S WHAT TEST MATCH FOOTBALL IS ABOUT. IT'S A WAR OF ATTRITION AND I THOUGHT BOTH TEAMS WERE OUTSTANDING! PLENTY TO WORK ON. BUT ENCOURAGING SIGNS HEADING INTO THE SIDE'S SECOND ROUND GAME AGAINST AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEKEND. THE BLACK CAPS' DREAM OF A FIRST ONE-DAY SERIES WIN IN INDIA REMAINS JUST THAT. AFTER GETTING US ALL EXCITED, THEY'VE COLLAPSED IN HUMILIATING FASHION, RECORDING THEIR SHORTEST-EVER ONE-DAY INNNINGS TO LOSE BY NEARLY 200 RUNS. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. WINNING THE TOSS AND OPTING TO BAT, INDIA PLUNDERED THE BLACKCAPS' ATTACK SCORING SEVEN SIXES TO NZ'S NIL. OH, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS SHOT. TOP-SCORER ROHIT SHARMA ENJOYING THREE OF THEM. OOH, THAT'S BIG. SOUNDED GOOD, AND IT IS GOOD. VIRAT KOHLI CONTRIBUTING TO ISH SODHI'S EXPENSIVE FIGURES OF TWO FOR 66. AND IT'S GONE ALL THE WAY. SKIPPER MS DHONI ALSO SLAPPING SODHI, HELPING INDIA SET THE BLACKCAPS A TARGET OF 270. HAS HE GOT ENOUGH BAT ON THIS? YES. MORE THAN ENOUGH. THE REPLY GETTING OFF TO A WORRYINGLY FAMILIAR START. HE'S BOWLED HIM. MARTIN GUPTILL SOON FOLLOWED BY FELLOW OPENER TOM LATHAM. OH, THAT'S IN THE AIR. SIMPLE CATCH. A CAPTAIN'S KNOCK REQUIRED. KANE WILLIAMSON LOOKING THE PART. AGAIN, WILLIAMSON TIMING IT EXQUISITELY THROUGH THE COVERS. UNTIL INDIA RELEASES ITS SPINNERS. IN THE AIR. IS IT A CHANCE? YES, IT IS A CHANCE. IS IT TAKEN? YES, IT IS. WILLIAMSON ONE OF AXAL PATEL'S TWO WICKETS, BUT FELLOW SPINNER AMIT MISHRA WOULD BE NZ'S REAL NEMESIS. GONE. ROSS TAYLOR THE FIRST VICTIM FOR THE MAN-OF-THE-MATCH. OH YES! THAT'S A GOOGLY. BEAUTIFULLY FULLY BOWLED. AND THE MAN OF THE SERIES... AND HE'S BOWLED HIM. THAT'S A BEAUTY. MISHRA TAKING FIVE FOR 18. NZ ALL OUT FOR 79. BOWLED HIM. WIN OR LOSE, YOU CERTAINLY EXPECT TO PUT OUT A TOUGH PERFORMANCE. A GOOD PERFORMANCE AND TODAY WE WERE TERRIBLE. THE BLACKCAPS LASTING JUST 23 OVERS, LOSING THEIR LAST EIGHT WICKETS FOR 16 RUNS. TO THE SCOREBOARD. THAT'S SOME WAY TO KICK OFF DIWALI, THE HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHT. INDIA CONSIGNING THE BLACKCAPS INTO THE DARKNESS, THEIR FIFTH LOWEST SCORE IN AN O.D.I. 64'S OUR WORST EFFORT, AGAINST PAKISTAN IN SHARJAR IN 1986. MISHRA TAKING 15 WICKETS IN THE FIVE-MATCH SERIES; THE MOST BY ANY BOWLER AGAINST THE KIWIS. LYDIA KO HASN'T DONE ENOUGH TO MOVE BACK TO THE TOP OF THE L.P.G.A.'S MONEY LIST AFTER FINISHING OUTSIDE THE TOP 10 AT THE LATEST EVENT IN MALAYSIA. KO MADE AN EARLY MOVE INTO CONTENTION WITH PLENTY OF BIRDIE CHANCES, BUT SHE COULDN'T MAKE ENOUGH OF THEM STICK. THE 19-YEAR-OLD THEN MADE A DOUBLE BOGEY ON THE PAR-THREE 15TH AFTER FINDING THE WATER OFF THE TEE. IT'S A MYSTERY. I THINK IT HAS GONE. THE MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED. NO BALL IN SIGHT. KO FINISHED EVEN FOR THE DAY, -8 UNDER FOR THE EVENT, SEVEN SHOTS BEHIND THE CURRENT LEADERS. THE CANTERBURY PROVINCIAL RUGBY TEAM HAS DONE IT AGAIN. THE RED AND BLACKS HAVE WON THEIR EIGHTH TITLE IN THE PAST NINE YEARS, THIS TIME BEATING NEIGHBOURS TASMAN 43-27 IN THE MITRE 10 CUP FINAL IN CHRISTCHURCH. CANTERBURY FAREWELLED THEIR COACH IN STYLE. OR WAS IT THE OTHER WAY ROUND? COACH SCOTT 'RAZOR' ROBERTSON'S ANNUAL POST-MATCH BREAKDANCE WASN'T THE ONLY HIGHLIGHT. ALL CHANT: OOH, EH, RAZOR RAY. OOH-EH, RAZOR RAY. CANTERBURY FIRST-FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA ALSO CAUGHT THE EYE WITH A BEWITCHING PERFORMANCE. AN EARLY BREAK LED, IN THE END, TO A SUPER GRUBBER. NOW THE STAB THROUGH FROM MO'UNGA. NO ONE HOME AT THE BACK. EARL'S AFTER IT. GETS THE BOUNCE. IT WASN'T ALL ONE WAY EARLY ON. TASMAN HELD THE LEAD, IN FACT, MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF, BEFORE SOME MORE MO'UNGA MAGIC. MO'UNGA. DUMMY AND INTO THE HOLE HE GOES. MO'UNGA. RICHIE MO'UNGA SETS SAIL FOR THE LINE! THAT WAS A BRILLIANT TRY! CANTERBURY ALREADY HAD A HANDY LEAD BEFORE THE BREAK, AS A BIG BREAK WENT AGAINST TASMAN. A REPLAY OF THIS NECK ROLL TACKLE WAS PLAYED ON THE BIG SCREEN IN THE VENUE, LEADING TO OFFICIAL INTERVENTION. THIS WILL BE A CARD WITHOUT QUESTION. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT COLOUR. IT WAS YELLOW TO LOCK ALEX AINLEY. DOWN TO SEVEN IN THE SCRUM, TASMAN WERE MADE TO PAY. SO THEY GO TO GET IT WIDE. CHARGE AT THE LINE FROM THOMPSON! CANTERBURY'S MORE CLINICAL APPROACH WAS A STEP AHEAD MOST OF THE GAME. THAT STEP USUALLY BELONGING TO RICHIE MO'UNGA. MO'UNGA NOW. SHOW OF THE BALL. MO'UNGA'S THROUGH. HE WASN'T DONE. HIS DELAYED PASS CAPPED OFF CANTERBURY'S SIXTH TRY AND THE 43-27 WIN. WE BELIEVED IN EACH OTHER. WE BELIEVED IN OUR SYSTEMS, JUST BEING PART OF A TEAM THAT BELIEVES IN EACH OTHER AND WE TRUST WHAT RAZOR SETS OUT FOR US TO DO. IT SHOWS OUT ON THE FIELD. ON THE BACK OF STRONG FORWARD PACKS, PLENTY OF MERCURIAL MEN HAVE WORN THE FAMOUS RED-AND-BLACK 10. 2016 IS NO DIFFERENT, ON MANY FRONTS, IN CANTERBURY. THE FAST5 FERNS NETBALLERS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO CLAIM THEIR FOURTH TITLE WHEN THEY TAKE ON AUSTRALIA IN TONIGHT'S TOURNAMENT FINAL IN MELBOURNE. EARLIER THE FERNS BREEZED PAST JAMAICA 26-16. MARIA TUTAIA AGAIN SHOWING HER CLASS FROM THE TWO-POINT LINE. AND SHE STEPPED IT UP A NOTCH AGAINST MALAWI. OH, THIS IS TERRIFICALLY LONG. THIS IS INSANE! THE CAPTAIN WITH SIX THREE-POINTERS IN THE 52-27 VICTORY. AT NEARLY 36 YEARS OF AGE, SOME MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER BREAKERS BASKETBALLER KIRK PENNEY STILL HAD HIS MAGIC TOUCH. HE'S MORE THAN ANSWERED ANY DOUBTS. PENNEY DROPPED 27 POINTS, INCLUDING SEVEN OF EIGHT THREE-POINTERS. THE BREAKERS SCORED 93 POINTS IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS AGAINST ADELAIDE ` THEIR BEST EFFORT SINCE 2008. NO FOUL. AND PENNEY PAYS! GOOD BALL ROTATION. PENNEY IS OPEN, AND PENNEY PAYS AGAIN. WE NEVER LET OFF, YOU KNOW. ONCE WE GOT A LEAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THE NEXT WAVE CAME IN AND REALLY PUSHED, SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TAP INTO EVERY GAME. THE BREAKERS EVENTUALLY HOME 119-93 TO STOP A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK. BASEBALL'S CLEVELAND INDIANS ARE JUST A VICTORY AWAY FROM BREAKING THEIR 68-YEAR DROUGHT BETWEEN WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP WINS. THEY'VE BEATEN THE CUBS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS AT CHICAGO'S FAMOUS WRIGLEY FIELD. A THREE-RUN HOMER IN THE SEVENTH SILENCED THE CROWD. DAVIS STAYS PUT. KIPNIS SENDS A BALL TO DEEP RIGHT, AND GONE! PLAYER WHOOPS AND IF WE THOUGHT WRIGLEY FIELD WAS QUIET LAST NIGHT... 7-1 INDIANS. NOT EVEN ACTOR VINCE VAUGHN COULD STIR THE CUBS, GOING DOWN 7-2. # IF THEY DON'T WIN, IT'S A SHAME. IF CHICAGO LOSE TOMORROW, THEIR EVEN LONGER WORLD SERIES DROUGHT CONTINUES ` NO TITLE SINCE 1908. THERE WILL BE TEARS IN THE WINDY CITY. JUST 10 K DOWN THE ROAD FROM WRIGLEY FIELD IN CHICAGO, THE ALL BLACKS ATTENDED A CHICAGO BULLS NBA BASKETBALL GAME THIS AFTERNOON. ANNOUNCED ON THE BIG SCREEN, THE PLAYERS WATCHED THE BULLS BEAT THE INDIANA PACERS. LIVERPOOL HAS TAKEN A SHARE OF THE LEAD IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER BEATING CRYSTAL PALACE. PHILIPPE COUTINHO'S PINPOINT CORNERS EXPOSED CRYSTAL PALACE'S DEFENCE. MATIP! JOEL MATIP. CRISP AS YOU LIKE WITH HIS FIRST GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL. AND WHILE LIVERPOOL WEREN'T ALWAYS ROCK SOLID THEMSELVES, THEIR ATTACKING FLAIR NEVER FALTERED, WINNING 4-2. CO-LEADERS ARSENAL AND MANCHESTER CITY ALSO SCORED FOUR APIECE IN THEIR WINS. THE THREE CLUBS EACH ON 23 POINTS. AND THERE WAS SOME CONSOLATION FOR A FEW UNITED FANS IN TODAY'S SHOCK 0-0 DRAW WITH BURNLEY AT OLD TRAFFORD. MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO WAS SENT TO THE STANDS FOR OVER ZEALOUS APPEALS. HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A PENALTY. THE REFEREE DIDN'T. UNITED HAD 37 SHOTS ON GOAL, STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES BY FORMER MANCHESTER KEEPER TOM HEATON. WHILE MANY BLACKCAPS SUPPORTERS MIGHT'VE COVERED THEIR EYES DURING THE TEAM'S LATEST OUTING, TODAY INJURED BATSMAN COLIN MUNRO WAS GIVEN AN INSIGHT INTO LIFE AS A BLIND PLAYER. MUNRO, WHO'S RECOVERING FROM A STRESS FRACTURE IN HIS BACK, HELPED OUT AT THE TRIALS FOR NZ'S BLIND CRICKET TEAM. THE BATSMAN LOOKED UNUSUALLY LOST AT THE CREASE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T SEE THE BALL, AND YOU JUST HEAR THE BALL COMING AT YOU WITH THE RATTLE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE DAUNTING ON THE OTHER END. MUNRO'S HOPING TO GET THE ALL-CLEAR TO BAT FOR AUCKLAND NEXT WEEKEND. THE BLIND TEAM LAST PLAYED 10 YEARS AGO BUT WILL SHORTLY HEAD TO THE T20 WORLD CUP IN INDIA. NO COMMENTS ABOUT THE BLACK CAPS? RENEE'S HERE NEXT WITH A NICE START TO THE WEEK, BEFORE IT ALL GOES PEAR-SHAPED? YES, PETE. NORTHERLIES MOVE IN FROM TOMORROW AHEAD OF A TROUGH. DETAILS FOR YOUR PLACE NEXT. HI. I'M MIA. HI. I'M HAYDN. I'M A JOURNALIST. AND I'M A BAKER, STUDENT AND ANIMAL-LOVER. YEAH, SHE'S MULTI-FACETED. I'M MORE ONE-DIMENSIONAL. BUT, ANYWAY, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE MIA HAS RAISED AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF MONEY THROUGH BAKING AND TEACHERS EATING. AND WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN JUST A SECOND AFTER THE ADS AND THE WEATHER. SAY BYE, MIA. BYE! 1 TENSE MUSIC (SIGHS) BEEPING, INDISTINCT SPEECH LOUD CLANGING CLATTERING CAR ALARM CHIRPS TENSE MUSIC HELLO AGAIN. A COOL SPRING DAY WINDS UP OUR WEEKEND. CLOUD ABOUT AND OVER EAST CAPE IS DUE TO A WEAK TROUGH IN THE AREA. MOSTLY LOW, GREY, SHOWERY CLOUD OVER AND AROUND THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE THE SOUTH ISLAND AND THE CENTRAL TASMAN SEA REMAIN RELATIVELY CLEAR UNDER A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. BUT A BRIGHT BAND OF CLOUD LOOMS OVER TASMANIA AND EXTENDS SOUTH, MARKING AN ACTIVE COMPLEX TROUGH. THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND SPREADS ACROSS THE REST OF NZ TODAY, THEN RETREATS TO THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW. NORTHERLIES DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW AHEAD OF A TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE TASMAN SEA. THE TROUGH THEN MOVES OVER THE COUNTRY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. FINE OR BECOMING FINE FROM NELSON TO SOUTHLAND, WITH MORNING CLOUD ABOUT OTAGO AND SOUTHERN LAKES DISTRICT. NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING, STRONG TO GALE ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST. SHOWERS IN THE EAST SLOWLY EASING OR CLEARING FROM THE SOUTH. ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING NORTH OF WAIKATO. MEANWHILE, CLOUDY PERIODS FROM COROMANDEL TO BAY OF PLENTY AND OVER CENTRAL REGIONS, WITH SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO A WET FINISH TO THE WORKING WEEK, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME FINE SPELLS IN THE NORTH AND EAST. AND BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE OUT TRICK OR TREATING TOMORROW. THE WEATHER SHOULD BE SPOOKTACULAR FOR MOST, JUST A FEW ISOLATED FALLS IN THE NORTH AND ABOUT THE WEST COAST. THIS WAS MY PLACE THIS MORNING, PETE. HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR LOLLIES READY TO GO. OUR GOOD SORT THIS WEEK IS 12-YEAR-OLD MIA STEELE WHO LIVES ON A FARM NEAR NAESBY IN CENTRAL OTAGO. IT'S FAIRLY REMOTE, BUT MIA DOESN'T LET HER LACK OF COMPANY STOP HER RAISING MONEY FOR ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS. HADYN JONES EXPLAINS. WELCOME TO BIG SKY COUNTRY. THIS IS THE MANIATOTO. NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM. HUNGRY? AND THE WIDE OPEN SPACES MEANS MIA STEELE CAN HAVE NOT ONE PET LAMB, BUT EIGHT. WE'VE GOT FROSTY, HENRY, BLOSSOM, BERRY, CHERRY, SKUX, BUTTERCUP AND SPUD. YEAH, I LOVE ANIMALS. MIA'S SECOND LOVE IS BAKING. SHE REALLY GOT INTO IT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME FROM DUNEDIN. I HAD ALWAYS ASKED IF WE COULD GO TO THE S.P.C.A. WHY NOT FUNDRAISE FOR THE ANIMALS BY BAKING? MOST OF THEM HAVE A SWEET TOOTH. AND MIA KNEW EXACTLY WHO WOULD BE HER CUSTOMERS. LOTS OF CHOCOLATES FOR THE TEACHERS. YES, MIA BAKES EVERY WEEK FOR THE TEACHERS AT HER SCHOOL. $1000 WAS THE GOAL AT THE START. WE DROP IT OFF THERE ON FRIDAYS AND THEY EAT IT FOR MORNING TEA. IT'S $2 A PIECE. IN THE STAFFROOM AT MANIATOTO AREA SCHOOL, THEY FLOCK TO THE TUPPERWARE. MRS THOMPSON IS USUALLY FIRST. I'M THE BIGGEST CONSUMER. SHE WANTS YOU TO KNOW IT'S NOT ALL FOR HER. SHE'S DOING AN AMAZING JOB FOR A GREAT CAUSE. SOME GET TAKEN HOME. MY HUSBAND ` HE LOVES MIA'S BAKING. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR FAVOURITES. MUFFINS, SLICES, BISCUITS, BROWNIES. THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE CASH WRITE CREDIT NOTES, AND 15 MINUTES LATER THE STAFFROOM IS BARE AND MIA COUNTS HER CASH... 29, PLUS $12 DOLLARS IS OWED. ANY LEFTOVERS END UP AT THE LOCAL VET CLINIC. I ACTUALLY GET QUITE CRANKY ON A FRIDAY WHEN THE TEACHERS EAT IT ALL. MIA DOESN'T JUST BAKE. SHE'S RUN RAFFLES, MUFTI DAYS, MARKET STALLS, THE WORKS. AND WE DID A BIG AUCTION. THE AUCTION WAS BIG. IT RAISED $14,000. SHE DID REALLY WELL MIXING WITH THE ADULTS AND TALKING ABOUT HER PASSION. OVER THREE YEARS, MIA STEELE ON HER OWN HAS RAISED... $27,000. AND SHE'S LEARNT... THAT SMALL THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. NEXT YEAR, MIA IS OFF TO BOARDING SCHOOL BUT IN THE STAFFROOM THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN. TRAIN UP THE BROTHER. SO DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF GOOD BAKING. IT'S THE ONLY REASON WE COME TO WORK. ALL LAUGH AND THAT'S MIA STEELE ` FRIEND OF THE ANIMALS. I JUST LIKE SUPPORTING THE S.P.C.A. AND KNOWING THAT I'M DOING SOMETHING GOOD. THEY'RE STARVING! > HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND THAT'S THE NEWS HOUR FOR SUNDAY. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP 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 KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016