HELLO. QUITE A DIVIDE IN THE WEATHER TODAY. TOMORROW IT'S ALL CHANGED. HEAVY RAIN, STRONG SEVERE GALES. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. A MISSING YACHTIE AND HIS DAUGHTER (6) ARE FOUND ON THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES AFTER WEEKS AT SEA. BATTLING A BUSH FIRE AND THE ELEMENTS, STRONG WINDS THREATEN TO REIGNITE A CENTRAL OTAGO BLAZE. YES WE CAN. YES WE DID. YES WE CAN. BARACK OBAMA ENDS HIS PRESIDENCY WHERE IT ALL BEGAN ` DELIVERING AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL, AND A WARNING. AND A SEX EDUCATION ROW FLARES ` CLAIMS IMAGES BEING SHOWN TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE TOO GRAPHIC. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE SEARCH IS OVER. MISSING YACHTIE ALAN LANGDON AND HIS DAUGHTER QUE (6) HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE AND WELL. THEY WERE SPOTTED THIS AFTERNOON AT ULLADULLA ON THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES. IT'S BEEN NEARLY FOUR WEEKS SINCE THE PAIR SET SAIL FROM KAWHIA HARBOUR IN A TINY CATAMARAN. SAM KELWAY'S LIVE IN AUCKLAND WITH THE LATEST. THIS WAS A STORY THAT GRIPPED THE NATION. TEN DAYS LATER, AN INTENSIVE SEARCH WAS UNDERWAY. THEY TRIED TO TRACK THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VESSEL. IT INVOLVED A WIDESPREAD SEARCH. AND INVOLVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARTIES. JUST THIS AFTERNOON NEWS BROKE THAT THEY HAD BEEN FOUND. WE SPOKE TO COL CHAPMAN, THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. HE SAID THE TWO WERE FOUND SAFE AND WELL. BOTH ALAN AND QUE ARE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS THERE ARE PROCEEDINGS IN THE AUSTRALIAN COURT. NZ POLICE ARE TALKING TO AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES. THEY WILL ASSESS ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT. THEY WILL LOOK AT ANY FURTHER STEPS REQUIRED. JUST TO RECAP, ALAN AND QUE ARE FOUND. THANK YOU HIGH WINDS ARE THREATENING TO REIGNITE A BUSHFIRE ON THE QUEENSTOWN GLENORCHY ROAD, WHERE HUNDREDS OF HOMES ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT A LAKESIDE CAMPING SPOT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, CLOSING THE ROAD AS IT BURNED THROUGH 150HA. SAM CLARKE HAS THE LATEST. THE CHARRED BLACKENED REMAINS OF WHAT WAS ONCE A BUSH-CLAD HILLSIDE ABOVE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST SCENIC ROADS. THE RESULT OF A FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT AFTER 11 LAST NIGHT NEAR RAT POINT ON THE QUEENSTOWN TO GLENORCHY ROAD. GROUND CREWS WERE THE FIRST TO RESPOND, WITH A CORDON CLOSING OFF ROAD ACCESS TO ALL TRAFFIC. BY DAYBREAK, 50 GROUND CREW WERE ON THE SCENE, HARD AT WORK. WE HAD CREWS WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT WE RELIEVED THEM ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, AND WE'VE HAD FRESH CREWS ON DURING THE DAY. EIGHT HELICOPTERS WITH MONSOON BUCKETS SOON JOINED THE RESPONSE, MAKING FREQUENT RETURN TRIPS IN ATTEMPTS TO DOUSE THE WORST OF THE FLAMES, NEARBY LAKE WAKITIPU PROVIDING THE PERFECT NEARBY SOURCE TO UPLIFT FRESH WATER. THIS FIRE'S CAUSE 150HA OF DAMAGE THROUGH A LOT OF SCRUB COUNTRY UP THE HILL ABOVE LAKE WAKITIPU. BURNING THROUGH POWER POLES AND CUTTING ELECTRICITY TO AROUND 500 GLENORCHY HOMES. THERE'S SEVERAL POWER POLES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE FIRE, AND IN SOME AREAS THE POWER LINES HAVE BEEN SAGGING DOWN TOO. RESIDENTS' ROAD ACCESS WAS SHUT OFF TOO. POLICE ARE NOW SEEKING INFORMATION ON WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THEY SAY RAT POINT IS A POPULAR VISITING SPOT. WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE IN THE AREA YESTERDAY EVENING. IT'S THE SECOND MAJOR BUSH FIRE TO HIT THE SOUTH ISLAND THIS WEEK. CREWS HAVE BEEN DAMPENING DOWN HOTSPOTS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS AFTER A BLAZE ON MT HORRIBLE NEAR ARTHURS PASS. OFFICIALS SAY ITS A SHARP REMINDER OF WHY CAMPFIRES ARE CURRENTLY BANNED IN THE AREA. CENTRAL OTAGO IN PARTICULAR IS VERY DRY, AND MARLBOROUGH IS VERY DRY. WITH THESE HOT DRY WINDS AND HIGH TEMPERATURES THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE FIRE RISK IS GETTING UP TOWARDS EXTREME. BY EARLY AFTERNOON FIRE CREWS MANAGED TO GET ON TOP OF THE BLAZE, DESPITE HIGH WINDS. THE ROAD WAS REOPENED AROUND 3.30 THIS AFTERNOON, BUT 350 GLENORCHY HOMES FACE A NIGHT WITHOUT POWER. IT COULD BE TWO DAYS BEFORE IT'S RESTORED. THE FIRE SERVICE EXPECTS TO BE BUSY DAMPENING HOTSPOTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO COME. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT HAS DELIVERED A POWERFUL FAREWELL ADDRESS AT HIS HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO. AT TIMES EMOTIONAL, BARACK OBAMA IMPLORED HIS POLITICALLY DIVIDED COUNTRYMEN TO UNITE TO FACE FUTURE CHALLENGES. HERE'S CHRIS CHANG. BACK IN CHICAGO, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. HELLO, CHICAGO. IT'S GREAT TO BE HOME. BARACK OBAMA BROKE FROM TRADITION, OPTING NOT TO DELIVER HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. EVEN IF THE PARTISAN CROWD WANTED HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE FOR ANOTHER FOUR MORE YEARS. CROWD CHANT: FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! I CAN'T DO THAT! IN 10 DAYS, OBAMA WILL HAND OVER THE REINS TO DONALD TRUMP. NO, NO, NO. THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER FROM ONE FREELY ELECTED PRESIDENT TO THE NEXT. AFTER A YEAR OF BITTER POLITICAL DIVISION, THIS WAS A CHANCE TO PLEAD FOR UNITY. DEMOCRACY DOES NOT REQUIRE UNIFORMITY, OUR FOUNDERS ARGUED, THEY QUARRELLED. BUT THEY KNEW THAT DEMOCRACY DOES REQUIRE A BASIC SENSE OF SOLIDARITY ` OBAMA'S SPENT TWO TERMS IN THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL POSITION. AMERICA'S A BETTER STRONGER PLACE THAT IT WAS WHEN WE STARTED. THAT AMERICAN WOULD REVERSE RECESSION, REBOOT AUTO INDUSTRY, TAKE OUT THE MASTERMIND OF 9/11; MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND SECURE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH INSURANCE. IT'S OBAMACARE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO REPEAL AND REPLACE. THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THAT ASPECT OF HIS LEGACY. IF ANYONE CAN PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT IS DEMONSTRABLY BETTER THAN THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE TO OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, THAT COVERS AS MANY PEOPLE AT LESS COST, I WILL PUBLICLY SUPPORT IT. AND WHILE THE ELECTION OF AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT IN 2008 WAS HAILED BY MANY AS A RACIAL TURNING POINT, THE 44TH COMMANDER IN CHIEF URGED ALL AMERICANS TO 'DO BETTER'. RACE REMAINS A POTENT AND OFTEN DIVISIVE FORCE. THE MOST EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES WERE RESERVED FOR HIS WIFE, MICHELLE, AND TWO DAUGHTERS. YOU MADE THE WHITE HOUSE A PLACE THAT BELONGS TO EVERYBODY. OF ALL THAT I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE, I AM MOST PROUD TO BE YOUR DAD. IT WAS THE MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHANGE THAT CARRIED HIM TO THE WHITE HOUSE EIGHT YEARS AGO. IT'S THE PLEA FOR UNITY THAT HE HOPES CAN PERSEVERE. YES WE CAN. YES WE DID. CHEERING, APPLAUSE YES WE CAN. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. MEANWHILE, THE FBI SAYS IT IS INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS THAT PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP WAS PERSONALLY COMPROMISED BY THE RUSSIANS. THE UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS WERE PRESENTED TO MR TRUMP IN INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS LAST WEEK. THEY INCLUDE CLAIMS THAT TRUMP AIDES WERE INVOLVED IN ORGANISING THE RUSSIAN HACK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THAT THE KREMLIN HAS COMPROMISING VIDEO OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IN A MOSCOW HOTEL. IN NEWS THAT'LL PLEASE NZ EXPORTERS, A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION COULD BE LESS THAN THREE YEARS AWAY. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH MET EU LEADERS ON THE FIRST DAY OF A EUROPEAN TOUR. GLOBAL SECURITY ALSO TOPPING HIS AGENDA, AS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING REPORTS. IT'S HIS FIRST HIT OUT ON THE WORLD STAGE AS PRIME MINISTER, AND HE'S MEETING SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIG HITTERS. AND FOR A FLEETING MOMENT, BILL ENGLISH FORGOT WHO HE WAS. RECENTLY ELECTED PRIME` SELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF NZ. HE WON'T WANT ANY SLIP-UPS WHEN NZ STARTS NEGOTIATING A NEW FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EU THIS YEAR. TODAY WE REVIEWED OUR EXCELLENT BI-LATERAL RELATIONS AND AGREED TO STRENGTHEN THEM EVEN FURTHER. WELCOME NEWS, AS THE TPP IS UNLIKELY TO PASS UNDER THE UPCOMING DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY. IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL. WHEN YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, THIS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD IS INTERESTED IN DOING FREE-TRADE DEALS. THE EU IS OUR THIRD LARGEST TRADING PARTNER ALREADY, BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN STRIKING A NEW DEAL WITH A 27-BLOC EUROPEAN UNION KEEN TO PROTECT ITS OWN AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. AND NOW THE UK IS PULLING OUT, SOME WONDER IF NZ WILL CHOOSE THE MOTHERLAND FIRST. DO YOU THINK THAT NZ WOULD GET A BETTER DEAL WITH UK IF IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THOSE ORGANISATIONS? NO. LAUGHTER THE PRIME MINISTER ISN'T PLAYING FAVOURITES. WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET AGREEMENTS WHERE WE CAN. IT TOOK CANADA 10 YEARS TO SECURE A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH THE EU. HOWEVER, ITS LEADERS ARE HOPEFUL A KIWI DEAL WILL TAKE JUST TWO TO THREE. WE KNOW EACH OTHER, AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE DONE IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME THAN IT'S USUALLY DONE. ALTHOUGH TRADE IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS TRIP, GLOBAL SECURITY IS ALSO HIGH ON THE LIST. AFTER NUMEROUS TERROR ATTACKS ACROSS EUROPE OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS CO-OPERATION IS VITAL TO KEEP KIWIS SAFE AT HOME AND ABROAD. THAT ISSUE HIGHLIGHTED BY RECENT REVELATIONS THAT A SUSPECTED SAUDI BOMBMAKER AND TERRORIST STUDIED ENGINEERING IN NZ. I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR CASE, BUT I'M ADVISED THE RIGHT CHECKS ARE IN PLACE, AND WE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT STUDENTS COMING IN ARE SCRUTINISED. HE'LL CONTINUE TALKS ON GLOBAL SECURITY WHEN HE MEETS WITH NATO ON FRIDAY. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, BRUSSELS. BACK HERE, A PROMINENT IWI LEADER HAS APOLOGISED TO BILL ENGLISH, AFTER SLAMMING HIS DECISION TO NOT ATTEND WAITANGI. NGAPUHI ELDER KINGI TAURUA SAYS HE OBJECTED TO THE DISCUSSION OF POLITICS ON THE LOWER MARAE DURING THE POWHIRI BUT DIDN'T REALISE HIS IWI HAD TOLD THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE HE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT ALL UNLESS SOMEONE MAORI SPOKE FOR HIM. AND THAT IS WRONG. THAT IS WHY I HAVE NOW COME HERE TO APOLOGISE. I APOLOGISE WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO THE NATIONAL PARTY AND BILL ENGLISH FOR WHAT THAT LETTER CONTAINS. HIS COMMENTS FOLLOW MOUNTING CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL FALLOUT FROM THE WAITANGI REFUSAL, BUT BILL ENGLISH ISN'T FAZED. LOOK, I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND MAORI LEADERSHIP IS STRONGER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, ACTUALLY. MR TAURUA IS INVITING MR ENGLISH TO STILL ATTEND WAITANGI, PROMISING SPEAKING RIGHTS. PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE EXPOSING CHILDREN TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES AND MATERIAL THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR AGE. THIS ACCORDING TO CONSERVATIVE LOBBY GROUP FAMILY FIRST, WHICH IS TONIGHT CALLING FOR SEXUAL EDUCATION TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. RYAN BOSWELL HAS MORE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IMAGES BEING USED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT SEXUALITY. FAMILY PLANNING IS SHOWING THESE PUBERTY CARTOONS TO NINE-YEAR-OLDS IN SCHOOLS AND THEN QUIZZING THEM ABOUT CHANGES TO THEIR BODY. WELL, I THINK IF ANY PARENT ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE MATERIAL THAT'S BEING PUT INTO SCHOOLS THEY'LL BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IT IS, THAT IT'S NOT AGE APPROPRIATE. FAMILY FIRST'S BOB MCCOSKRIE WANTS SEXUAL EDUCATION LEFT UP TO PARENTS. HE SAYS IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT YOUNG KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT SPONTANEOUS ERECTIONS AND WET DREAMS IN SCHOOLS. THE REACTION IN WELLINGTON WAS MIXED. IF IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION AND SAFETY THEN IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. I TAUGHT YEAR FIVE LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY, UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE MATURE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE CLASS WITH THEIR PEERS. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH, SEXUAL REPRODUCTION, THE BETTER. THIS SEXUAL EDUCATION RESEARCHER AGREES. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT FAMILY FIRST HAVE LIFTED OUT INSTANCES OF EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT SHOWING THE BROADER CONTEXT AROUND THEM AND WITHOUT SHOWING THE FACT THAT THERE'S EXPERIENCED, WELL-TRAINED SEXUALITY EDUCATORS THAT FACILITATE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. WHILE SEXUAL EDUCATION IS A REQUIREMENT IN SCHOOLS, IT'S TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH NO REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN TOPICS TO BE COVERED. FAMILY PLANNING ARGUES ITS COURSE GIVES KIDS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, HEALTH AND SEXUALITY. IT POINTS TO RESEARCH SHOWING THOSE WHO TAKE THE COURSE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DELAY HAVING SEX AND HAVE FEWER SEXUAL PARTNERS. A RECENT POLL COMMISSIONED BY FAMILY FIRST SHOWS 80% OF PARENTS ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT SEX AND SEXUALITY. SO OUR ARGUMENT IS THAT THE RESOURCES SHOULD BE TO EMPOWER PARENTS TO BE THE PRIMARY SEX EDUCATORS. QUIBBLING AND POLARISING AND SAYING IT'S PARENTS ROLE TO DO THAT AND NOT SCHOOLS ROLE IS REALLY REALLY UNFORTUNATE. BUT THOSE PARENTS WHO DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE LETTING THEIR KIDS TAKE PART IN SEXUAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOL ARE ABLE TO OPT OUT. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. HOME OWNERSHIP RATES ARE AT THEIR LOWEST IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS. JUST OVER SIX OUT OF 10 NZERS OWN THEIR OWN HOUSE. IT MEANS THAT MORE THAN A THIRD OF KIWIS ARE RENTING, AND THAT'S PUTTING INTENSE PRESSURE ON THE MARKET. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. THEY'RE UP FOR RENT, BUT NOT FOR LONG. RENTAL HOUSES IN AUCKLAND ARE BEING SNAPPED UP. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EMILY AND MICHELLE WORK IN THE CITY AND ARE DESPERATE TO FIND A PLACE. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING UPWARDS OF THREE OR FOUR MONTHS NOW, AND WE NEED SOMEWHERE ASAP. THE HOMES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE CITY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE OUT HERE ARE MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT REALLY BEING ABLE TO GET THEM. COUPLES, SINGLES AND FAMILIES ALL COMPETING FOR A THREE-BEDROOM UNIT IN THIS BLOCK. THE PRICE ` A SHADE UNDER 600 A WEEK. YOU WALK IN, AND THERE'S FIVE FAMILIES THERE, LIKE, COUPLES WITH CHILDREN, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE MORE INCLINED TO TAKE A FAMILY, BECAUSE THEY'RE DEEMED AS MORE FINANCIALLY STABLE. AUCKLAND'S RENTAL MARKET HAS NEVER BEEN TIGHTER OR MORE EXPENSIVE ` RENT'S UP 4% ON THIS TIME LAST YEAR. MIGRANTS ARE FLOCKING TO THE CITY IN RECORD NUMBERS. FANCY THIS ROOM ` A TINY 'CLOSET' IN THIS AUCKLAND APARTMENT COSTS $165 A WEEK. IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE RENTAL SQUEEZE. OVERALL, THE SHORTFALL OF HOUSES IS WIDELY REPORTED TO BE 40,000. AUCKLAND HOUSE PRICES ARE REALLY OUT OF THE REACH OF MANY PEOPLE. SO IT DOES MEAN THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RENTING PROBABLY FOR LONGER AND MAYBE SOME OF THEM WILL RENT FOR LIFE. THAT'S TRANSLATED NATIONWIDE TO AN ALARMING DROP IN HOME OWNERSHIP RATES NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1950S. OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 26 YEARS, WE'VE DROPPED FROM A HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE OF ABOUT 74% TO 63%. A THIRD OF KIWIS RENT, AND MICHELLE AND EMILY HOPE TO JOIN THOSE RANKS, THEIR NEXT VIEWING A CRACKER, BUT STILL MORE EXPENSIVE. THERE'S SIMILAR PEOPLE IN OUR SITUATION WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THIS PLACE, SO IT'S KIND OF EVEN GAME REALLY. THESE WORKMATES HOPE IT'S A GAME THEY WILL SOON WIN. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS COMING UP ON 1 NEWS ` A JURY RULES ON THE SENTENCE FOR A HATEFUL YOUNG MAN. DYLANN ROOF GUNNED DOWN NINE BLACK WORSHIPPERS IN A CHARLESTON CHURCH. TODAY FEDERAL JURORS DECIDED HE SHOULD PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE. TIME RUNS OUT FOR A CELEBRATED BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT. CLARE HOLLINGWORTH ALONE WITNESSED THE GERMAN INVASION THAT SPARKED WORLD WAR II. AND LITTLE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DREAMWORLD DISASTER, DOZENS ARE TRAPPED ON A VIRTUAL REALITY RIDE AT ANOTHER GOLD COAST THEME PARK. THE WHITE SUPREMACIST WHO KILLED NINE BLACK WORSHIPPERS IN A SOUTH CAROLINA CHURCH IN 2015 HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH. AN UNREPENTANT DYLANN ROOF TOLD THE JURY HE 'FELT LIKE HE HAD TO DO IT'. THE ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI WITH REACTION TO THE UNANIMOUS VERDICT. IT TOOK JURORS ONLY THREE SHORT HOURS ` THE JUSTICE DELIVERED TO THESE CHURCH FAMILIES TONIGHT IS BITTERSWEET. THIS VERDICT IS A VERDICT FOR AMERICA. DYLANN ROOF (22) WILL PAY FOR THE NINE LIVES HE STOLE FROM THE BASEMENT OF THIS HISTORIC BLACK CHURCH BY GIVING UP HIS. BUT NONE OF THIS WILL BRING THEIR LOVED ONES BACK. I'M TIRED. EVERY TIME I HEAR ABOUT THE SHOOTING, I CRY. THE HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER OF MYRA THOMPSON TELL US TONIGHT THEY HOPE ROOF FINDS GOD SOON. BECAUSE JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING SOONER FOR HIM THAN WHAT HE EXPECTED. WHAT HAPPENED THAT SWELTERING EVENING WAS MORE THAN PAINFUL TO CHARLESTON; WHILE REV CLEMENTA PINCKNEY AND EIGHT OTHER WONDERFUL PEOPLE WERE BEING EXECUTED AT A BIBLE STUDY IN THE NAME OF WHITE NATIONALISM, HIS WIFE WAS LOCKED IN A ROOM DOWN THE HALL WITH THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, HIDING FROM THE RACIST KILLER. CRACKLING IN HIS CLOSING STATEMENTS, ROOF SOUNDED CALM AND WELL THOUGHT ` IT'S THE SAME LACK OF HUMANITY HE SHARED IN THIS HANDWRITTEN JAILHOUSE JOURNAL ` IN A STATEMENT TONIGHT, SOUTH CAROLINA'S BLACK US SENATOR TIM SCOTT SAID THAT TODAY THAT MAN WAS RIGHTLY SENTENCED TO DEATH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SENTENCE, ROOF ASKED FOR NEW LAWYERS AND REQUESTED A RETRIAL. AT LEAST 28 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 60 INJURED IN TWIN SUICIDE BOMBINGS NEAR THE AFGHAN PARLIAMENT IN THE CAPITAL, KABUL. ONE BOMBER BLEW HIMSELF UP OUTSIDE A BUILDING ENTRANCE WHILE A CAR BOMBER TARGETED A MINIBUS FULL OF STAFF FROM THE COUNTRY'S MAIN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. THE TALIBAN HAVE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. VETERAN BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT CLARE HOLLINGWORTH, CREDITED WITH THE NEWS SCOOP OF LAST CENTURY HAS DIED. IN 1939 SHE WAS FIRST TO SPOT GERMAN FORCES MASSED ON THE POLISH BORDER, AND A FEW DAYS LATER FIRST TO REPORT THE INVASION THAT TRIGGERED WORLD WAR TWO. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS LOOKS BACK ON HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. THIS IS THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FROM LONDON. GERMANY HAS INVADED POLAND AND HAS BOMBED MANY TOWNS. BUT THREE DAYS EARLIER, CLARE HOLLINGWORTH'S GREATEST SCOOP HAD ALREADY APPEARED IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. ALONE INSIDE GERMANY, SHE'D SEEN THE NAZIS MASSING FOR INVASION. AGED 27, AND A JOURNALIST FOR LESS THAN A WEEK, A WOMAN IN A MAN'S WORLD HAD BEATEN THE LOT OF THEM. 1939 I WENT OUT TO POLAND TO BECOME NUMBER TWO TO HUGH CARLETON GREENE, BBC FAME. AND I GOT TO WARSAW AND HE SAID, 'ONE OF US HAS GOT TO GO TO THE FRONTIER,' AND I WAS ON THE GERMAN-POLISH FRONTIER WHEN THE GERMAN HOARDS, TANKS MOVED IN. AND CLARE HOLLINGWORTH'S SCOOPS KEPT COMING. IN 1963, SHE UNCOVERED KIM PHILBY'S ESCAPE TO RUSSIA AS AN MI6 TRAITOR. FOR WEEKS, THE GUARDIAN REFUSED TO PUBLISH, FEARING A LIBEL ACTION. BUT ABOVE ALL, SHE WAS A WAR CORRESPONDENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND NOTABLY IN VIETNAM, REVEALING SECRET TALKS BETWEEN HANOI AND WASHINGTON. I'M REALLY PASSIONATELY INTERESTED IN WAR, AND IF ONE IS PASSIONATELY INTERESTED IN WAR, ONE CAN'T HELP LIKE BEING IN IT. # HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CLARE. # LAST YEAR IN HONG KONG, FELLOW JOURNALISTS CELEBRATED CLARE'S 105TH BIRTHDAY AS EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES EMERGED OF HER WORK BEFORE WORLD WAR II, HELPING REFUGEES ESCAPE THE NAZIS. IN DANGER HERSELF SO MANY TIMES, CLARE HOLLINGWORTH WAS WITNESS TO GREAT EVENTS ACROSS MORE THAN A CENTURY. DOZENS OF HOLIDAYMAKERS HAVE BEEN RESCUED AFTER A ROLLERCOASTER ON AUSTRALIA'S GOLD COAST BECAME STUCK, LEAVING THEM SUSPENDED AT THE TOP. FIREFIGHTERS WERE FORCED TO SCALE THE ARKHAM ASYLUM RIDE AFTER IT BECAME STUCK. NO ONE WAS INJURED. IT COMES AFTER THE QUEENSLAND STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATED A SAFETY AUDIT OF ALL THE STATE'S THEME PARK RIDES, FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF FOUR PEOPLE AT DREAMWORLD IN NOVEMBER. ACROSS THE DITCH, AUSTRALIANS ARE SWELTERING IN EXTREME HEAT WITH TEMPERATURES IN PARTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES SOARING INTO THE MID-40S. THE HEAT, OF COURSE, SENT SYDNEY-SIDERS STRAIGHT TO THE BEACH, WHILE THE MERCURY PEAKED AT 41 DEGREES IN THE CITY'S WEST. RESIDENTS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WEREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES PREPARING THEIR PROPERTIES AS FORECAST STRONG WINDS THREATEN TO FAN BUSHFIRES. ANIMALS AT TARONGA ZOO COOLED DOWN WITH ICY TREATS. SO, THOSE BIG BEAUTIFUL ICE BLOCKS ARE MADE UP WITH A VARIETY OF HERBAL TEAS, WHICH THE GORILLAS ABSOLUTELY LOVE. INSIDE THOSE ICE BLOCKS, WE'VE PLACED A VARIETY OF REALLY HIGH-VALUE FOOD ITEMS, SO SOMETHING TO GET THE GORILLAS NICE AND EXCITED, THINGS LIKE COCONUT, PEANUTS, SULTANAS AND A LITTLE SEED MIXTURE AS WELL. A COOL CHANGE IS DUE IN SYDNEY SOON, BUT THE HUNTER REGION AND THE WEST OF THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BAKE FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND A MIXED DAY OF WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY. IT CERTAINLY WAS. WE'RE LOOKING AT 33 DEGREES IN THE EAST. 17 DEGREES IN THE WEST. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ BIG CHANGES IN THE WEATHER TOMORROW. STRONGLY SEVERE GALES, SOME RAIN. THERE IS SOME SUMMER WEATHER, BUT RAINFALL AS WELL. JUST AHEAD ` TOUCH DOWN IN ANTARCTICA FOR THE SCOTT BASE 60TH ANNIVERSARY. SOME BIG NAMES ARRIVE FOR THIS WEEKEND'S TED TALK ON CLIMATE CHANGE. AND A WHANAU DAY OUT FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, WHERE EVERYTHING'S FREE AND EVERYTHING'S FUN. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE A MASSIVE BLAZE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND IS PUT OUT WITH HOT, DRY CONDITIONS HAMPERING FIREFIGHTERS. THE BUSH FIRE IN GLENORCHY HAS ALREADY BURNED THROUGH 150HA AND CLOSED A ROAD, TRAPPING RESIDENTS OF THE SMALL COMMUNITY. AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE, US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS DELIVERED AN EMOTIONAL FINAL SPEECH IN CHICAGO. HE THANKED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR MAKING HIM A BETTER PRESIDENT AND A BETTER MAN, AND CALLED ON THEM TO UNITE TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY'S DEMOCRACY. LAST NIGHT WE EXAMINED THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT'S RECORD AT HOME. TONIGHT OUR FOCUS SHIFTS TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. AS THE BBC'S JON SOPEL REPORTS, BARACK OBAMA CAN CLAIM SOME SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESSES. THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING UPSIDE DOWN ABOUT BARACK OBAMA RECEIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE BEFORE HE'D REALLY DONE ANYTHING AS PRESIDENT. WHEN HE CAME TO OFFICE, ONE OF THE GREATEST STRATEGIC THREATS WAS IRAN, A RESURGENT POWER IN THE REGION. BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT WAS SECURING A MULTINATIONAL DEAL TO CURB TEHRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. AN AGREEMENT STRUCK DESPITE FIERCE OPPOSITION FROM ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER. WHEN BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CAME TO ADDRESS THE CONGRESS NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS FURY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY WERE ANGRY THAN AN INVITATION HAD BEEN EXTENDED BY REPUBLICAN LEADERS AND ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT KNOWING. BUT VERY SOON, SOMEONE MUCH MORE TO THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S LIKING WILL BE OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE. AND THE QUESTION THE WORLD IS ASKING ` WILL THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL SURVIVE THE CHANGE OF POWER? IN 2011, PRESIDENT OBAMA ACHIEVED SOMETHING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DID NOT ` THE SUCCESSFUL TRACKING DOWN AND RAID TO KILL PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE. THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE LEADER OF AL-QAEDA. GUNFIRE THE RAID AND PROMISE OF THE ARAB SPRING WOULD SOON BE REPLACED BY A MIDDLE EAST IN FLAMES. AND THE RISE OF SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE, THE FIGHT AGAINST WHICH REMAINS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. PRESIDENT OBAMA! FANFARE PLAYS IN THE WARMTH OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND, BARACK OBAMA CONSIGNED THE LAST PIECE OF ICY COLD WAR LEGACY TO HISTORY. CUBA HAD BROUGHT HE WORLD TO THE EDGE OF NUCLEAR WAR; NOW DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ARE RESTORED ` AN EXTRAORDINARY TRANSFORMATION. HE LEAVES OFFICE LARGELY ADMIRED AND POPULAR AROUND THE WORLD, NOT LEAST FOR HIS ROLE IN THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL. BUT AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF WAS GIVEN THE TRADITIONAL SEND-OFF, IN HIS OWN WAY, WAS HE AS DESTRUCTIVE TO US POWER AND INFLUENCE AS HIS PREDECESSOR, GEORGE W BUSH? AND WHAT WOULD THE NOBEL COMMITTEE MAKE OF HIM EIGHT YEARS ON? A FLIGHT CARRYING SOME OF THE WORLD'S BRIGHTEST MINDS HAS ARRIVED IN ANTARCTICA. THE GROUP INCLUDES FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT DAN BARRY AND KIWI SINGER GIN WIGMORE. THEY'LL TAKE PART IN A GLOBALLY STREAMED DISCUSSION AT SCOTT BASE THIS WEEKEND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. TONIGHT, THOUGH, THEY'LL BE SLEEPING OUT ON THE ICE AS PART OF THEIR SURVIVAL TRAINING. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE HERE, COS YOUR BRAIN KIND OF REGISTERS THAT YOU MIGHT BE GOING SKIING. YOU KNOW, THE SNOW BIT'S FAMILIAR. AND THEN YOU REALISE YOU JUST, BASICALLY, COULD BE ON THE MOON. THE VIEW COMING IN ` WE SAW SHACKLETON'S HUT, WE SAW THE MOUNTAINS COMING UP, AND THEN YOU SEE THE SKIWAY, AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, WE ARE REALLY HERE. THE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EVENT MARKS NZ'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF RUNNING SCOTT BASE IN ANTARCTICA. IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST RESEARCH STATIONS ON THE ICY CONTINENT. THOUSANDS OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED CHILDREN HAVE ENJOYED A DAY OUT WITH THEIR WHANAU IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE ATTEND FUNFEST, AND WHO CAN BLAME THEM WHEN IT COMES WITH FREE PARKING, FREE RIDES AND FREE PRIZES. SAM KELWAY JOINED IN ON THE FUN. WHOA! CLAPPING THESE KIDS GETTING A SLICE OF VIP TREATMENT. BLESSED TODAY, BUT NOT ALWAYS. PEOPLE JUDGE YOU OR` NOT JUDGE YOU, BUT THEY LOOK AT YOU A BIT DIFFERENTLY IF THEY HAVE A TANTRUM. WHEREAS HERE, EVERYBODY'S ON AN EQUAL PAR AND WE FEEL THAT THERE'S NO SPECIAL NEEDS AS SUCH. THE FUNFEST CHARITABLE TRUST WAS FORMED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO TO CREATE A FREE EVENT FOR FAMILIES. MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE HEAD ALONG EVERY YEAR. WE IDENTIFIED COUPLE OF YEARS BACK THAT KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS DO NOT GET TO ENJOY OUR EVENT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. SO WE JUST DECIDED AS A GROUP THAT WE WOULD WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A DAY JUST FOR THEM. EVERYTHING'S FREE - THE RIDES, FACE PAINTING, PRIZES, EVEN PARKING. PARENTS SHARING IN THEIR CHILD'S DELIGHT. IT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR MATE. IT'S EVERYTHING. IT'S AWESOME. IT'S AMAZING. SMILES ON KIDS FACES. THEY COME FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS AND JUST TO SEE THE JOY ON THEIR FACES IS REALLY COOL. IT'S HER FIRST TIME OUT TO A PLACE LIKE THIS, AND TO HEAR IT'S FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ACCESS VIP, UM, YEAH, NO WORDS. NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN IT. FUNFEST OPENS TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW FOR FOUR DAYS OF FREE FUN. IT'S AWESOME. IT MAKES YOU SICK. ALL: THIS IS MEAN. SAM KELWAY 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND PLENTY OF SUPPORT FOR FOOTBALL'S NEW BUMPER WORLD CUP. SOME ARE CALLING BLOATED MONEY GRABBING. THE ALL WHITES ARE IN FOR A MUCH EASIER PATHWAY INTO THE WORLD CUP. SO IS THERE MUCH DEBATE OVER FIFA'S RADICAL NEW MOVE? PLUS ` MORE BIG NAMES ARE OUT OF THE TENNIS. THE TOP SEED WITHOUT PLAYING, THE THIRD SEED IN A BIG UPSET. AND FROM A TEENAGE WIZARD, TO THE BLACKCAPS TWO SPEEDSTERS, CRICKET'S BOWLERS COME UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. THE PATHWAY NOW LOOKS CLEAR FOR THE ALL WHITES TO GAIN AN AUTOMATIC ENTRY TO PLAY IN FUTURE FOOTBALL WORLD CUPS. FIFA'S DECISION TO INCREASE THE CUP TO 48 TEAMS FROM 2026 SHOULD ASSURE THE OCEANIA REGION A DIRECT ROUTE, WITH NZ IN THE BOX SEAT. BUT DOES IT LESSEN THE STANDING OF FOOTBALL'S SHOWPIECE? MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. A FRIGID FIFA HEADQUARTERS IN ZURICH, BUT THE NEWS FROM INSIDE WARMING THE HEARTS OF 16 MORE WORLD-CUP HOPEFULS. WE HAVE TO SHAPE THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP OF THE 21ST CENTURY. IT'S NOT ANY MORE THE 20TH CENTURY. IT IS THE FUTURE. WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN JUST EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA. FOOTBALL IS GLOBAL. THE UNANIMOUS DECISION MET WITH UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM NZ FOOTBALL. PEOPLE ARE ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE DIRECT ENTRY. WE'VE GOT TO WAIT FOR THAT. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE THE CASE. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR NZ. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOTBALL IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE REGION. IT'S REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE. ENDORSEMENT TOO FROM A WORLD CUP FINALS GOAL SCORER. CORNER TOUCH IN. NZ, REMARKABLY. AND IT'S NZ WHO BREAK THE DEADLOCK ` SHANE SMELTZ. I MEAN, FOR ANYONE TO SAY YOU'VE GOT AN AUTOMATIC SPOT INTO A WORLD CUP WOULD BE GREAT. AND AS IN 2010, SO WOULD THE MONEY. THE EXTRA TEAMS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AN EXTRA BILLION DOLLARS IN INCREASED PROFITS. THE WHOLE OF FOOTBALL PLAN WAS LAUNCHED THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND WE ARE NOW REAPING THE REWARDS OF THAT PROGRAMME WITH NUMBERS AT RECORD HIGHS, LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE GAME AND OUR QUALITY GETTING BETTER. SO ANOTHER WORLD CUP CAN DO THE SAME FOR US AGAIN. FOR NOW, HAVING TO GET PAST TOP-RANKED COMPETITION LIKE MEXICO REMAINS A DAUNTING TASK FOR THE OCEANIA WINNER, AND WHILE THE ALL WHITES WOULD WELCOME A SOMEWHAT EASIER PATH, THE COMPETITION HAS TO BE TOUGH. IT HAS TO BE HARD, HAS TO BE A CHALLENGE, AND WE HAVE TO EARN IT, AND WE HAVE TO DESERVE IT, AND THAT'S WHY THE WORLD CUP IS SPECIAL. IF THEY EMERGE AS OCEANIA CHAMPS LATER THIS YEAR, THE ALL WHITES' WORLD CUP DESTINY FOR RUSSIA 2018 WILL BE DECIDED IN NOVEMBER. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. THE TENNIS GODS HAVE STRUCK ORGANISERS OF THE ASB CLASSIC AGAIN. THE MEN'S TOP SEED AND DEFENDING CHAMPION HAS PULLED OUT WITHOUT PLAYING A MATCH. SPAIN'S ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT IS GONE, LAID LOW BY A BUG. ON COURT, THE THIRD SEED DIDN'T LAST MUCH LONGER. IT'S BECOME AN ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR WALK, BUT OFFICIALS ARE PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT A FRUSTRATING FORTNIGHT. YOU CAN ONLY PUT THE BEST FIELD YOU CAN TOGETHER, AND THEN FROM THERE YOU'VE GOTTA LET SPORT PLAY ITS COURSE. TOP-SEEDED SPANIARD ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT IS OUT WITH A BUG, PICKED UP AFTER PLAYING IN INDIA LAST WEEK. EVEN DOING THINGS WELL AND TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, I GOT THE VIRUS, AND I DON'T FEEL 100% TO PLAY. THE 2016 CHAMPION'S WITHDRAWAL COMES ON TOP OF AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN OTHERS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S EVENTS. WHETHER THROUGH PRE-TOURNAMENT NO-SHOWS, INJURY OR SUB-PAR PERFORMANCES. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE MIGHT BE HESITANT IN THE FUTURE TO BUY TICKETS, GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENED? OR DO YOU THINK TENNIS FANS BUY THEM NO MATTER WHAT? NO ONE'S EVER GUARANTEED TO SEE ANYONE PLAY HERE. YOU CAN NEVER BUY A TICKET TO GO AND SEE THAT PLAYER. A LION'S SHARE OF OUR TICKETS ARE SOLD BEFORE THEY'VE EVEN GONE ON PUBLIC SALE, BEFORE WE'VE EVEN ANNOUNCED A SINGLE PLAYER. ONE MAN WHO ALWAYS SHOWS UP AND PUTS IN, FOUR-TIME CHAMPION DAVID FERRER. OH, GREAT SHOT. HE PUT IT RIGHT ON TO THE RACQUET. IN HIS 12TH VISIT HERE, FERRER AT 34 DIDN'T LAST AGAINST UNSEEDED DUTCHMAN ROBIN HAASE AND HIS SERVE, LOSING A THIRD-SET TIEBREAK. CHEERING, APPLAUSE WE START THE DAY WITH AN UPSET. ONE FORMER CHAMPION GONE; ANOTHER, SECOND-SEED JOHN ISNER, HAS BEEN GIVEN A HUGE FRIGHT BY LITTLE-KNOWN TUNISIAN MALEK JAZIRI. YEAH, JUST NOT DOING ENOUGH. ISNER FORCED TO DO PLENTY IN ANOTHER NERVE-RACKING THIRD-SET TIEBREAKER. ISNER'S GOT IT. THE TOWERING AMERICAN AT LEAST ONE NAME THROUGH TO TOMORROW'S QUARTER-FINALS. THE GODS WERE SMILING ON KIWI WILDCARD RUBIN STATHAM, THOUGH. BEATEN IN QUALIFYING, HE WAS A GIVEN LIFELINE AFTER BATISTA AGUT'S WITHDRAWAL AND MADE THE MOST OF HIS SECOND CHANCE. INTO THE SECOND ROUND AGAINST CZECH JIRI VESELY. STATHAM WINNING THE FIRST SET IN A TIE-BREAK. VESELY FOUGHT BACK TO WIN THE SECOND AND EASILY TOOK OUT THE THIRD 6-3. BRETT STEVEN WAS THE LAST KIWI TO MAKE THE TOP EIGHT AT THIS TOURNAMENT IN 1999. BACK ON CENTRECOURT, FLAMBOYANT JAMAICAN-GERMAN DUSTIN BROWN JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER THE LAST T20 INTERNATIONAL, THE BLACK CAPS WILL AGAIN PULL ON THE WHITES FOR THE FIRST TEST MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH STARTING TOMORROW IN WELLINGTON. THE HOME SIDE'S HEAVILY FAVOURED TO WIN THE TWO GAME SERIES, WITH TWO VETERAN BOWLERS HOPING FOR A REVIVAL. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. DESPITE BOWLING A FEW OVERS OF SPIN IN THE NETS, TRENT BOULT AND TIM SOUTHEE HAVE TO BE LICKING THEIR LIPS AT THE PROSPECT OF SOMETHING ALTOGETHER QUICKER ON YET ANOTHER REMARKABLY GREEN BASIN RESERVE WICKET. IT'S NOT TOO LONG AGO BOTH OPENING BOWLERS WERE RANKED INSIDE THE TOP 10 IN TEST CRICKET. THEIR CAPTAIN THINKS THEY'RE CLOSE TO REDISCOVERING THAT FORM. I GUESS IN RECENT YEARS THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING TO GET BACK TO THAT, WHERE THEY BALL SWUNG FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY'VE BOWLED QUICKLY, AND THEY'RE SHOWING THOSE SIGNS AGAIN. THERE'S NO DOUBT IT'S GOING TO SWING TOMORROW MORNING, BUT WILLIAMSON'S ALSO BANKING ON SOME RENEWED PACE TOO, WITH BOULT BACK TO BOWLING IN THE MID 140'S IN THE LAST T20 MATCH. WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS 145 I THOUGHT THAT WAS BRILLIANT, I DIDN'T KNOW, SORT OF WONDERED WHAT DELIVERY IT WAS, BUT THEN I HEARD HE BOWLED A FEW MORE OF THEM SO THAT'S A GREAT SIGN. WILLIAMSON HASN'T FINALISED HIS SQUAD FOR TOMORROW, BUT HINTED WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT CHANGES FROM THE SIDE THAT BLITZED PAKISTAN IN THE FINAL SESSION JUST LAST MONTH. AND DESPITE A SERIES LOOMING WITH BIG DOGS SOUTH AFRICA, HE ALSO DOESN'T WANT THE TEAM TO LOOK PAST THE JOB AT HAND. I THINK WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT EACH GAME TRYING TO IMPROVE NO MATTER THE OPPOSITION, YES THE SOUTH AFRICA SERIES IS AROUND THE CORNER, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO TOUGH TEST MATCHES BEFORE THEN WHERE WE WANNA SEE IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN. WITH RAIN LOOMING THOUGH, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT JUST HAVE TO BE PUT ON HOLD. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. TO THE BIG BASH LEAGUE, AND BLACKCAPS SPIN BOWLER ISH SODHI AND A TEENAGER BEING DUBBED 'THE WIZARD' HAVE IMPRESSED ON DEBUT IN THE LATEST MATCH IN MELBOURNE. THE MELBOURNE STARS UNVEILED HARRY POTTER-LOOK-A-LIKE LIAM BOWE (19), WHO CAST HIS OWN SPELL ON THE ADELAIDE STRIKERS, RESTRICTING THEM TO 152, ADELAIDE RECRUIT SODHI STRIKING WITH JUST HIS SECOND BALL. OH! STRAIGHT INTO IT! ISH SODHI. HANDSCOMB. SODHI'S INFLUENCE WASN'T ENOUGH AS MELBOURNE SUCCESFULLY CHASED DOWN THE TOTAL IN THE LAST OVER WITH BEN HILFENHAUS'S QUICKFIRE 32 CLOSING IT OUT. THE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2016 HALBERGS, AND IN A RECORD YEAR FOR OUR OLYMPIANS, MOST OF THE NOMINEES COME FROM BOTH OF THE RIO GAMES. LISA CARRINGTON IS NOMINATED FOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST KIWI FEMALE TO WIN TWO MEDALS AT THE SAME OLYMPICS. OTHERS IN CONTENTION, SILVER MEDALLISTS VAL ADAMS, LUUKA JONES AND LYDIA KO. SOPHIE PASCOE'S FIVE MEDAL HAUL AT THE PARALYMPICS AND FAN FAVOURITE LIAM MALONE ARE AMONG THE FINALISTS IN THE DISABLED CATEGORY. TEAM OF THE YEAR FINALISTS INCLUDE SAILING AND ROWING DOUBLE ACTS PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE, AND ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND. IT'S NOT ALL RIO, THOUGH, IN THE SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR CATEGORY. WBO HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP JOSEPH PARKER MAKES THE LIST. THERE'S ALSO MAHE DRYSDALE AND SHOTPUTTER TOM WALSH. NBA STAR STEVEN ADAMS MISSES THE CUT. HAMISH WILLCOX'S WORK WITH OUR 49ER GOLD MEDALLISTS GETS HIM INTO THE COACH OF THE YEAR FINALISTS, WHERE HE JOINS THE LIKES OF STEVE HANSEN AND CARRINGTON'S COACH GORDON WALKER. MANCHESTER UNITED FANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MORE DAYS AT LEAST TO SEE WAYNE ROONEY PASS SIR BOBBY CHARLTON TO BECOME THE CLUB'S ALL-TIME RECORD GOAL SCORER. THIS WAS AS CLOSE AS HE GOT TO REACHING GOAL 250 TODAY IN THE LEAGUE CUP SEMIS AGAINST HULL, SIR BOBBY WATCHING ON. THE SKIPPER PULLED JUST MINUTES LATER. UNITED DID GET ON THE SCORE SHEET TWICE. MKHITARYAN... AND IT'S MATA WHO TURNS IT IN. AND DARMIAN'S CROSS TOWARDS FELLANI. THAT COULD MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. NEXT TILT AT THE RECORD. HARD TO IMAGINE IT BEING ANY BETTER EITHER. UNITED TAKE ON LIVERPOOL IN THE LEAGUE AT OLD TRAFFORD ON MONDAY. AND HERE'S HOW IT'S DONE, WAYNE. SIR BOBBY IN ACTION ALMOST FIFTY YEARS AGO. GEORGE BEST AND CHARLTON GIVING LIVERPOOL A 4-1 HIDING IN 1969. BEST PLAYING THE PASS AS HE WAS MOVING. CHARLTON GOING FOR ONE AND GETTING IT! OH, WHAT A GOAL! A MAGNIFICENT GOAL BY BOBBY CHARLTON. HEAD AS TRUE AS AN ARROW. 14 GOALS FOR UNITED THAT SEASON, HIS BEST HAUL 29 FOR 1958-59. THANKS, ANDREW. DAN'S HERE NEXT, AND SOME BIG WEATHER CHANGES COMING. THE CHANGES. A WET AND WINDY SPELL COMING. 1 TENSE MUSIC (SIGHS) BEEPING, INDISTINCT SPEECH LOUD CLANGING CLATTERING CAR ALARM CHIRPS TENSE MUSIC TTHE INCOMING WEATHER SYSTEM IS A BIT MORE FRUSTRATING THAN BENEFICIAL. Not great for holiday makers. Rain in the far south and west. The incoming system there. You can see the swell of cloud. Australia is bacon with an extreme heat wave. There is our Northwest arch. The yellow there is thunderstorms offshore. They will be piling into the south-west coast. Watches and warnings ` with this weather system, there is a pile of rain coming in. The blue becomes more thin. The moisture goes that way. By the time this gets to the far north, it might only be a few millimetres in parts of Northland. Well short of what we need in these dry conditions. Rain comes into the south and west by the end of the day. Strengthening winDs. A band of rain spreading north overnight. Scattered falls further east because of the divide. A westerly gusting. Thunder coming into the mix too. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ Some rain and parts of Northland. Maybe only a few millimetres. This could be the dry day for the holiday makers. Some rain spreading north. We keep that Southwest flow. Hang on to your hats for the campers. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE... FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.